Michiru walked into the waiting room where she had left everyone and was surprised to find it empty.
"Where is everyone?" she wondered.
"Coo," Kimahou answered
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Endymion's perfect timing had him outside the waiting room plenty of time before Michiru had shown up. He also was easily able to find Haruka and Serenity. It was just something he could do.
"Haruka-sama. Serenity. I think Michiru-chan might be able to find Neko-chan." He looked apologetically at Haruka. "I don't know how to find Tenshi-chan, but the others are also looking for her, so I'm sure we'll find her too."
Haruka looked at the 2� year old that Endymion was holding. "How would she know where to look?"
"Ano, I think they might have a psychic link."
"Honto?!" Serenity was delighted by the news.
"Demo, Ami-sama and Ryo-sama�." Haruka was sure they would have told them.
"I'm not sure they know."
Mi-chan pulled on Endymion's collar to get his attention. "Can I go seek Neko now?"
Endymion smiled. "In just a second."
However, at that moment Mi-chan received a mental SOS from Neko, who was feeling even more helpless and desperate.
"Iie. I go now." She struggled to get out of his arms, but he didn't let her go.
"Doushita?" Haruka asked.
"I need to help her. She scarwed."
This worried Haruka more. "What's she scared of?"
Mi-chan thought for a second. Haruka had been talking specifically about Neko's current situation, but Mi-chan gave her a list. "Wots of stuff. Ano, new peopowa, yoma, the darwk, and� mean boys 'spesh'ly Akima, and cwosets-"
"Closets?" Endymion interrupted her.
"Papa said she was cwoset- cwosetfo-"
"Claustrophobic?" Mi-chan nodded.
Haruka looked at the ceiling. "She's two years old! How can she be claustrophobic?"
"Almost fwee." Mi-chan held up three fingers to show her "almost age." "We pwayed hide 'n seek, and Neko hid in twunk and it got wocked. And I took wong time to seek her, and she couldn't get out. And I couldn't get her out when I found her. But I twied and twied. Then Papa found us, and wet her out, but she 'sweep, and Papa and Mama said she needed airwa. And waiter (later) they said she cwosetfobic."
"Claustrophobic, not closetphobic. It means she's scared of small spaces, not closets." Endymion clarified. "Though I suppose she'd be scared to be in one of those too."
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Neko was extremely scared to be in on of those. *Where's Mi-chan?* she wondered. Mi-chan had to come save her soon. If she didn't�. Well, Mi-chan would come. The mean boy was wrong. Mi-chan was not like a boy. She was the only one Neko could totally count on. "Mi-chan�," she whispered.
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Mi-chan tried to get loose again. "I wanna find her! She scarwed and she no wike the mean boy with her."
Haruka took Mi-chan from Endymion. "Well, where should we go?" she asked her. Mi-chan shrugged, but then pointed to their right. "Are you sure?"
"I usuawy just seek her."
Haruka put her down and took her hand. She made sure to hold her hand as tightly as possible without hurting Mi-chan.
"Matte!" They stopped and looked at Serenity. "Michiru-chan, what boy is with Neko-chan?"
Mi-chan shrugged. She didn't know; she just had a sense that Neko was with a boy that she didn't like.
Serenity looked at Haruka. "Do you think she could possibly be with Tenshi-chan. She might not realize that she's a girl."
Haruka glared at her. "Tenshi has never been mean in her life!"
"Demo� it's a possibility, ne?" Coincidences like that were always happening around Serenity and her friends.
"If Neko-chan's afraid and with Tenshi, we've got to find them right away!"
"Ne, Serenity?" Endymion inquired. "Isn't there anything we can do to insure their safety?"
"Ano," Serenity thought about it for a second. "I suppose if they're together, I could bless them so that things would always turn out okay while they're together."
Haruka looked at her incredulously. "You can do that?"
Serenity nodded. "Mamoru, could you help me."
She held up her rod and closed her eyes. Endymion put his hands on top of hers on the rod and closed his eyes too. Haruka also closed her eyes, lending her power to Serenity - anything to help Tenshi.
Serenity felt Rei, Minako, and Makoto do so as well from around this floor of the hospital. Her forehead and the top of the rod glowed briefly as she blessed Neko and Tenshi. Her thoughts reached everyone who was contributing to the blessing. *Onegai. Let Neko-chan and Tenshi-chan be safe. Let them help each other so that they will be less scared. Let everything turn out okay while they are together.* The blessing had to be specific, so she hoped that they really were together.
She opened her eyes. "Okay. Let's go."
But Mi-chan was already tugging on Haruka's hand, ready to get moving.
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