Prelude to a Dream
Inners: 16
Haruka and Michiru: 18
Hotaru: 15
Mamoru: 20 (he was in college during the show so he's older)
Chibi-Usa: 12 (she came back from the future for a vacation)
SM timeline: Two months after Galaxia
Yugioh timeline: The first episode, when Yugi got the millennium puzzle.
Prologue
Makoto reclined on her favorite couch. It was an old couch. The leather was torn in many places, but it was comfortable and more importantly, it was one of the few items she owned that had belonged to her parents.
She wasn't alone, though the racket in her apartment made her half wish she was. Her apartment was small and not meant for the crowd of people currently occupying every available space. Ami and Rei sat across from Makoto on the larger couch. Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru and Mamoru sat in chairs, dragged into the living room from the kitchen. On the floor sat Usagi and Chibi-Usa. The looks on their faces were serious as they both looked at each other. It was nearly comedic, especially considering that the two were rarely anything but happy and giddy.
Usagi and her future daughter, Chibi-Usa both held cards in their hands. They weren't playing poker, though their faces would put some of the best poker players to shame. No. They were playing Duel Monsters, the latest fad among the younger generation in Japan. It must have been entertaining to drag Usagi away from the arcade or her Mamoru's arms. Usagi was obsessed, for all that she had only owned her deck for a day. The other senshi owned decks, but only at Usagi's insistence.
"...Go fish," Usagi said.
Chibi-Usa growled and took a card from the deck in the center. "Um...Usagi...I don't think that's how the game is played," Ami said looking up from her book.
"Who taught you how to play?" Makoto asked.
"Well...a certain pink haired brat," Usagi said, narrowing her eyes at the pink haired girl who attempted to look innocent. The senshi laughed. It was just another ordinary day. Nothing was out of the ordinary, especially as there was no need for the Sailor Senshi.
"What time is it?" Mamoru asked.
Michiru checked her watch. "It's 11am...oh no Haruka, we have to go to the art gallery for the opening of my new exhibit!" Haruka stood up, alarmed. The opening was at 11:15 and was across town. But speed was Haruka's element. They would get there in five minutes...Haruka driving time. Michiru, Hotaru and Haruka said their good-byes and left.
"Drive safely!" Minako called out after them. Rei snorted. Getting in a car with Haruka was never safe.
"Usako, we have to go now," Mamoru said. A mischievous glint in his eyes.
Usagi pretended not to hear. She was much to caught up in her game of Duel Monsters, or rather Duel Fish.
"Usagi..." he said seriously.
"I don't wanna go!" she cried out.
"Where is she going?" Makoto whispered to Mamoru.
"The dentist."
Makoto felt sorry for Usagi. She was scared to even set foot in the reception room of the dentist's office. It wasn't surprising, especially considering how much sweets and junk food the girl ate.
Mamoru stood, prepared to drag Usagi out by force. She clung to the leg of the chair, wailing. "I don't wanna go! You can't make me! I'm the future queen, I don't have to go to the dentist!"
"If you're going to be a queen then act like it," Rei taunted.
Usagi let go of the table then put her finger in her mouth. "You're so mean Rei."
"I'll help you carry her to the car Mamoru," Rei said with a look of pure evil on her face.
Makoto looked on at her friends, struggling not to laugh, but failing. She earned a glare from Usagi as she was dragged out the door by Rei and Mamoru. Chibi-Usa picked up her deck and reluctantly followed.
The senshi of Jupiter Makoto looked at her remaining friends. Minako was reading a book surprisingly, but upon closer inspection she found it was a manga. 'Some things will never change,' she thought.
Ami stood. "I've got to go pick my cousin Tetsuya up from the airport Mako- chan. Thank you for everything though. It was a fun. I've had so much free time now that we don't have to fight any villains. The food was nice...or it would have been if Usagi and Chibi-Usa hadn't eaten it all. I'm sorry that I have to leave so abruptly, I nearly forgot about it."
Makoto waved her hand dismissively. "Don't worry about it, Ami. Just make sure that you bring your cousin to visit for dinner sometime. I'll make extra so that Usagi and Chibi-Usa can get full...though I had cooked more then usual today."
"Thanks Mako-chan. Bye!"
Minako stopped Ami at the door. "Hey Ami, how old is your cousin? Is he cute? Does he have a car?" Ami attempted to answer all of her questions as they exited the apartment together.
The last remaining senshi sighed and closed the door. "Some things never change." She was alone in the apartment again...but on the bright side she had something to do. Her friends, though they meant well, had left her apartment was a mess. It would take her all day to clean everything, provided that there were no interruptions...
Author's Notes [7.18.04]
I wrote this story a long long time ago, when I actually liked Yugioh. Now I'm not so into the show, but I couldn't just let this story sit there, as crappy as it was. So I edited it. It's not getting that in depth editing liked Blood Ties did. I'm just trying to recycle parts and make sure the grammar wasn't that horrible (and it was). It's decent now at least. I hope you enjoy it though. Don't mind my badmouthing my own fanfic, I do that a lot. Reviews would be nice, even years after this story's completion. Tell me if the editing helped, ya?