Chapter 1: The Final Day
A dark figure moved into the room where three teenaged boys were sleeping. It skulked in the room blending easily into the shadows, as if it was one itself. The shadow approached the teenaged boy with long silver hair who was sleeping on the top bunk above his brother who had long, dark brown hair. It waved its hand over the two boy's heads and proceeded to do the same thing to the other boy with long, black hair. Suddenly the dark brown haired boy climbed out of bed drowsily and turned on the light.
"Mhm….who's there?" He said to the seemingly empty room.
"Urg…what time is it Taiki?" the boy with Black hair said hiding his face in his pillow. "It feels too early."
"Agreed Seiya…turn the light off and get to bed Taiki." The silver haired boy said covering his face with the sheets.
"No guys. I swear I felt someone wondering around in here." Taiki said as he looked around the room.
Seiya look around the room from his single bed and then faceplanted into his pillow. "There's nothing there…"he said, his words mumbled from his pillow.
"But…there was! I swear it!" Taiki argued still sensing a presence that didn't belong.
"You're just excited for school…now go to sleep!" Yaten moaned trying to stay in his tired state.
"Fine…I guess you're right." Taiki looked around the room once more before turning off the light and climbing back into bed. "My mind must've been playing tricks on me."
The dark figure smiled to itself as the three boys went back to sleep and then disappeared suddenly, not leaving a trace of evidence that it was ever there.
"I don't want to be up right now…" Usagi, a teenaged girl with honey blonde hair in two twin tails moaned as she was walking.
"Ditto." A blonde haired teenaged girl, Minako, said holding onto Usagi's arm.
"I know you both don't like school but it's the last day. Why not just enjoy it? Besides…you've always had to wake this early before." A tall, brown haired teenaged girl, Makoto, said.
"I'm excited actually. I'm sure we'll all pass. All the study sessions we've had at Rei's place have been very useful." A blue haired teenaged girl, Ami said as she walked confidently.
"Well not all of us are super geniuses Ami!" Usagi said still cranky she had to wake up. It was only a half day of school and she was sure she had failed the final exam. She also didn't like the idea of cleaning up the school grounds after learning she failed. That would be insult added to injury.
Suddenly Minako and Usagi felt a slap on their backs. "Ouch!" They both exclaimed as they looked around to see a girl with blonde hair in braids and green eyes. "Why are you so gloomy you two? It's the last day of school! I'm so excited!"
"You sound exactly like Ami…why do you like school so much Summer?" Mianko asked yawning.
"I don't like school that much which is why I'm happy. It's the last day in the last year of high school! And I'm sure with all the brain-aching studying Rei has put us through we'll be fine." She said smiling and looking at Usagi. "Isn't that right Usa-chan?"
Usagi looked at Summer drowsily. "Huh? Oh…yeah. I guess we should be happy then." She had befriended Summer half-way through the year, when Summer transferred to Juuban Municipal High School. It was shortly after an intense battle with her apparent sister from the past, Yuki Utsukushi otherwise known as Sailor Sun. The odd thing with Summer was, she looked very similar to Yuki. Usagi still didn't fully trust Summer but she tried to put it behind she since Summer had proven to be a good friend.
"And then we can go get ice cream afterwards!" Usagi heard Minako say, breaking her out of her questioning thoughts about Summer. She saw Summer shiver. "Why don't you like ice cream Summer? It's so creamy and delicious!" Usagi asked.
"It's so cold! I hate the cold!" Summer said pouting and rubbing her arms as if she was warming up from being in freezing conditions.
"It's not that bad…but I'm sure you'll find something else to eat." Makoto said trying to hold in a laugh.
The five girls made it into the school grounds and saw a large crowd off students crowding around a humongous tack board. Usagi and Minako both gulped and held eachother's hands.
"Mina-chan?" Usagi asked looking at Minako pouting.
"Yes Usagi-chan?" Minako asked looking back at Usagi mocking her actions exactly.
"You'll go to summer school with me, right?"
"Only if you come with me Usagi!"
Summer was watching the two girls and started laughing. "You two are so funny sometimes. It's not that bad. Watch…I'll look first." As Summer said that she walked up to the tack board pushing through the crowd. She looked at the tack board section for last names A-D. "Conjum…Conjum…Conjum…Oh there it is!" she said to herself. When she came back out from the crowd she was sighing sadly. "I was wrong…it was bad."
"What was your score!?" Minako and Usagi asked at the same time anxiously.
Summer sighed again before smiling widely. "80 points! I got 80 points!"
Minako and Usagi were so annoyed with Summer's joke they looked about ready to slap her. Then Minako said "I don't believe you got 80 points."
"Well why not go look for yourself? And it only takes like two minutes. Then we can be done with stupid grades." Summer said pointing at the board. Ami, Makoto, Minako and Usagi all looked at the board with their own hopes in mind and pushed their way through the crowd. Ami headed to the section for last names M-P, Makoto headed to letters J-L, Usagi to letters Q-T, and Minako went to letters A-D. The all looked for their scores and Minako, hoping to prove herself right, also looked for Summer's grade since it was on the same board.
"Well, what did everyone score?" Summer asked as the four girls found their way out of the crowd of students.
"Perfect score." Ami said with a slight smile on her face.
"Of course. You're very smart Ami. We all knew that would happen." Summer sneered jokingly.
"I had 74 points." Makoto said shrugging. "At least I passed and got a decent score."
"61 points!" Usagi said. "I passed! I finally can get out of school and focus on the future! Sleeping all day!"
Summer laughed then looked at Minako who looked shocked. "I only got 60…how did you get higher than me Usagi?!"
Usagi smiled. "Well Mamo-chan is always saying how smart I can be if I studied. So I guess I'm just smarter then you."
"I studied just as much!" Minako said annoyed but smiling at the play fight.
Summer laughed again. "It doesn't matter who did better. We all graduated and that's the point! We don't have school anymore!"
"You don't have school anymore. I have quite a few years ahead of me." Ami said smiling.
"Oh yeah, aren't you going to study abroad in America?" Makoto asked while leaning against a wall.
Ami nodded. "I finally got accepted last week. I'm going to be going there to study how to become a doctor."
"Oh wow Ami! I'm so happy for you!" Summer said smiling. "I'm sure you'll be an excellent doctor!"
"Thanks Summer."
A bell rang three times and the crowd of students started to scramble to the front of the school. "Assembly time…" Usagi mumbled under her breath as the five girls headed over with the other students.