The ventriloquist was stunned.  "Why?  How did you know I was lying?"

"Oh?  It wasn't true?" commented Sailor Neptune absently.  Haruka was released from the wall.

 "You, you did it just to save her?" stammered the man, "What kind of heroine are you"

Sailor Neptune smiled.  "A world without Haruka isn't worth saving."

Haruka wobbled to her feet and held out her transformation wand.
"Uranus Planet Power!  Make-Up!" Sailor Uranus looked at the ventriloquist sternly, and cracked her knuckles.

"No... please..." the man started to back away.

"Don't be fooled," said Sailor Neptune, "It's the puppet that's the source of the power!"
The puppet lay still and sweated nervously.  Then it lost it's nerve and began to scamper away!

"World Shaking!"

 The puppet disintegrated in a flash of yellow light.  The third eye disappeared from the ventriloquists forehead.  The man got up and looked around.  "Where am I?" The room was empty.

Downstairs, the maid and the restaurant patrons also began to recover.
Haruka and Michiru watched the sun set over the ocean.  Haruka said she felt completely better.

Michiru noticed something in Haruka's hand.  "What's that?" asked Michiru.

"A piece of that puppet," replied Haruka.  She examined the fragment of the doll.  "Could this be a new enemy?"
   
"Don't worry," said Michiru, "They'll take care of the world."
Haruka smiled in agreement...

 

End of  "The Return of Haruka and Michiru"

 

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