"Ah, so you do like makeup, Mako-chan?" Usagi asked brightly, appearing right next to her in the mirror.
"Gah!" Makoto yelped, backing away and nearly dropping her compact into the sink. "U-Usagi!"
"Ehhh, I didn't know you had one! Are you just trying it out, or have you used it before?" Usagi got close and peered at Mako's face. "You look very cute!"
"Oh...um, thank you," Mako blushed, rubbing the back of her neck with embarrassment. "I just, uh...thought it might be fun...I know it doesn't suit me, but-"
"Nonsense! I mean it, you look really cute right now! Anyone who isn't careful enough with their heart is extra sure to fall in love with you!"
"Usagi, stop making a ruckus, we're in the bathroom!" Rei snappd, popping out of the stall directly behind them and further startling Makoto. "Ah! Makoto, are you wearing lipgloss?" she peered in, too. Makoto's face turned redder than the strawberries she had been washing yesterday to put in a fruit tart. Now it was just the worst.
"Eh...eh...it's just a little powder and some lipgloss, nothing special," Makoto laughed nervously. "Um, did I mess up on something?"
Rei crossed her arms and lifted an eyebrow. "Hm, well, maybe the undertones should match more, instead of a coral blush you should be using-"
"No! No! You look great!" Usagi insisted. "It's fine like this, as long as you are happy!"
A third stall door swung open. "Huh? Why is everyone crowding around the sink? Oh..." Ami blinked twice and Makoto felt an urge to run out of the bathroom, faster than the speed of light. "Makoto! You look so pretty! Did you do something to your face?"
"Eh...heh...eheheh," Makoto laughed awkwardly. "Please excuse me, everyone," she bowed quickly, then dashed out of the bathroom. Maybe an incognito life in the countryside as Myuu Azama wouldn't be so bad. She could grow her own vegetables and fruits to sustain herself, and fight any evil rodents or weeds that threatened to harm her garden-
"Hey! Mako-chan, wait up wait up!" Usagi screeched and dashed after her at an alarming speed.
"I've never seen her run like that towards an enemy," Rei huffed grumpily.
"Yes, I totally have! And you're just being mean, Rei!" Usagi pouted, sticking out her tongue.
"Oh, please don't go without me! Wait up!" Ami gasped and ran after them to the best of her ability.
I am never going to touch a lipstick ever again, Makoto gasped, quickly wiping off the gloss on her sleeve as she ran and narrowly avoiding a telephone pole. Usagi wasn't as lucky and rammed into it headfirst, screaming loudly then beginning to cry. At the sound of her wails, Makoto froze and turned around, then sighed and ran back.
"Did you hurt yourself, Usagi? Can you show me where the boo-boo is?" Makoto asked gently, bending down.
Usagi, whose cheeks were both completely red and wet, looked up and her and grinned. Then, before Makoto could pull away, she grabbed onto her arm and yanked hard. With a yelp, Makoto stumbled forward and landed into Usagi's waiting arms. Rei and Ami, who had been yelling worriedly after them, finally caught up and screeched to a stop.
"You didn't wipe it away, did you? Oh well! Now, we can give you a makeover too!"
"Uh...you don't seriously think that would...look good on me?" Makoto asked, beginning to realize her fate was nearer than she thought.
Usagi made her bottom lip quiver and gazed at her with puppy dog eyes. "Oh pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease canwecanwecanwe-"
"Oh, all right, I guess it won't hurt," Makoto sighed. "Don't say I didn't warn you, though!"
"Yaaaaay!" Usagi squealed, crushing her in a bear hug. Makoto gulped a breath of air and looked over her shoulder at Rei and Ami, who just shrugged and smiled as if sending the message "I guess we're accomplices now."
"Now, stand still please! Otherwise, we'll have to tie you up," Usagi announced importantly, holding an eyelash curler.
"I-I've seen tutorials, but I don't know what you're going to do with that," Makoto stammered. "Are you...going to pinch me with that or something?"
"What? No, this is just so your eyelashes can curl up and look pretty!" Usagi insisted. "Now, just hold still, and I...Hey!" She protested as Rei snatched the device from her hands. Makoto breathed a sigh of relief.
"You're so clumsy, you're definitely going to hurt someone with that!" Rei chided. With that said, she turned back to Makoto and sat down, moving closer to her face. "I'll handle it instead."
"What? No! Who made you leader?" Usagi growled, trying to reach for the curler. Makoto flinched and watched the two of them bicker, wondering if she should make a getaway.
"I'm the leader! I should be able to do it!"
"No, you're not ready to do this! Besides, you'll just mess it up!"
"I've never messed up before! You can't prove it!"
"Oh, really? Well, what about that time you let that villain go and we had to get rid of it by ourselves-"
"Well I really needed to go to the bathroom, okay, it wasn't my fault!"
"Fine, but what about the other time when you-"
"Well there was a street vendor selling baked sweet potatoes for only five yen each! What was I supposed to do, let them go to waste?"
"Oh my gosh, you pig!"
"How rude-!"
Makoto licked her finger and wiped off the rest of the eyeliner off, carefully crawling on all fours towards the door. Just then, she felt a gentle tug at her ankle and turned around.
"Ah ah ahh," Ami teasingly waved her finger. "You're not reneging on your promise, are you, Makoto-chan?"
"Oh!" Makoto's cheeks flushed and she quickly scrambled around, trying to look more dignified. "No, of course not," she replied, trying not to look nervous.
Ami giggled. "Of course you wouldn't," she smiled brightly. Makoto felt a wave of relief flood her heart as she realized she was just joking. Ami was always so refreshing to be around. "But I must admit," she leaned in and whispered, putting up her hand to shield her mouth as if that would prevent Rei and Usagi from hearing, "that strange device looks rather scary. How about we escape while they are still fighting?"
"Oh, that sounds wonderful," Makoto breathed a sigh of relief and Ami giggled again. "Let's go, now!"
With that, the two of them stood up and ran to the door.
"So what are you going to do if you end up becoming chubbier, hm?"
"Well, then there will be more of me to love and I will become even more beautiful and in love with myself, so there!" Usagi stuck out her tongue.
"Ugh, no wonder you have dango buns on your head!" Rei groaned. "Hey-where did they go?" she wheeled around, catching Makoto and Ami in the act of trying to turn the doorknob quietly. Understanding that they could not escape peacefully, Makoto and Ami quickly opened the door and dashed out. "Hey! Get back here, you can't run away from us!" Rei yelled, forgetting what they had been doing but nonetheless wanting to finish up business.
Giggling madly, Makoto and Ami ran out of the room and into the kitchen, startling Ikuko Tsukino. Usagi, yelling and waving around loudly, bumped immediately into her mom and was forced to apologize. Rei, who bumped into Usagi, looked horrified and apologized quickly before starting another argument.
"Well, I guess that's the end of makeup for me," Makoto yawned, crouching underneath the kitchen table with Ami.
"Oh, really?" Ami asked, sounded almost disappointed. "I thought you were enjoying it."
"Huh? Oh, no, it's not that! I-I mean, I do guess I kind of do...j-just a bit..."
"A bit?" Ami smiled wistfully.
"Okay, I guess I do keep on coming back to it even though I'm not very good," Makoto admitted. "I just don't really like other people doing my makeup since I have to keep still for so long. Or BB cream- it always makes my skin so greasy! And bleh, Usagi got lipstick eeeverywhere!" Quickly, she wiped her mouth, when something else occurred to her. "I bet she filled in my eyebrows unevenly, too !"
Ami giggled. "Well, they are a bit lopsided.."
"Gah! I knew it!" Makoto scrambled around, trying to get at them. Just then, Rei kicked under the table and, feeling something underneath, lifted up the tablecloth.
"Hey! So here is where you two losers have been hiding, huh?" Rei growled.
"Yup, sorry, can you ever forgive us?" Makoto laughed, putting her hands together.
"You don't look sorry at all!" Rei frowned.
"Ah, it's a joke, Rei-chan," Ami smiled gently. "Besides, you were still fighting with Usagi, weren't you?"
"We weren't fighting!" Usagi stuck her head down too, knocking into Rei, who exclaimed in pain.
"Oh my goodness! How many times must you bump into things today? You're such a klutz!" Rei growled, rubbing her head.
"Hey, I didn't do it on purpose-" Usagi whined.
"Well, here they go again," Makoto sighed. Ami giggled again.
"Ahhh~ that was a nice nap," Minako stood up and stretched, pushing aside the sundae she had half-finished before falling asleep. With that, she looked around the Crown karaoke room and blinked.
"Um...where did everyone go?"
Poor Mina! I'm sure she'll find them eventually. She always does.
I'm not a very bright person, but the Sailor Senshi are at least, so may they bring some sunshine and positivism to you. I related a lot to Makoto especially because of her issues with boys and feeling like she didn't really fit into femininity (though I also felt sometimes like I couldn't fit into masculinity either, despite kind of wanting to). Also, no matter what continuity she is in, she always slips an F-bomb in somewhere. My kind of girl.
I'm not very familiar with Sailor Moon, unfortunately, a lot of my information on the 90s and remake anime and musicals come from blogs and video reviews. I swear I tried to watch both of them! I did. I tried to get as far as the 90s dub would allow me, and I watched one episode of Sailor Moon Crystal but got weirded out by how Usagi's personality didn't seem to match (calm, austere, mildly expressive schoolgirl vs CRAZY EMOTIONAL HIGH USAGI WE ALL KNOW). I did read through the manga (not that I remember EVERY villain and plotline by heart!) but if there's one continuity I will love to death, it is the live action PGSM.
So the gang that I have here isn't really any one continuity. Some elements and characterizations carry over from a particular continuity and others are original. I might even tweak around and try different possibilities. You know, it's easy to ship the Senshi with each other because they all have such great relationships together.
But for the love and justice, Jadeite, I am not putting you with Rei. Rei, who hates men with such passion that no water can put out. It doesn't matter how adorable you were at the end of PGSM, staying with Queen Beryl like a good ship going down with the captain. Rei will NEVER look at you that way- unless, of course, you mean "with burning hatred and disgust."
Okay, now that's out, here are some fun facts that everyone probably already knows.
1. Chieko Ochi, who played Naru in the live action PGSM, actually played Sailor Mercury in the Sailor Moon Musicals. This is an interesting piece of information because in PGSM, she and Sailor Mercury have a plot conflict about wanting to be Usagi's best friend and not wanting to share the same role. Also, she released the song Sakura Kiss, which became a theme song for Ouran High School Host Club.
2. The Martian Manhunter is a character from Batman that is capable of shapeshifting. In one instance, it takes the form of a dark-haired woman and is introduced as "Hino Rei" to Bruce Wayne, who replies that such a fake name is a dead giveaway. Clearly, Batman watches Sailor Moon and got his fashion sense from Tuxedo Mask. You know, since they're both orphans...although I don't know if Batman composes sonnets about love and justice? Maybe?
3. Out of all the senshi, Rei is the hot one. Literally. If I have a hard time deciding whether I want to screenshot fanart, I usually check out how hot Rei looks. I have an art folder of pictures of Rei dissing men called "misandrei".
4. I have a huge crush on Keiko Kitagawa and Kanon Nanaki who play Rei in PGSM and the Sailor Moon Musicals (La Reconquista, Petite Étrangere, Nouveau Voyage). And, I guess, Karen Kobayashi (Sailor Moon Musical: Amour Eternal) too. They're all gorgeous. Don't even get me started onto my crush on every iteration of Sailor Jupiter- my personal favorite is Myuu Azama from PGSM, but by the time she decided to pro-wrestle her clone in Petite Étrangere, it was obvious that she'd come out a winner.