This is the first Sailor Moon fanfiction I have written since I was like 14, and I go back to my favorite senshi, Minako to write this. I didn't like the DiC Dub, but I'm not very good with coming up with Japanese sounding names, so I'm sticking with the dubbed names, just so I can use American names for the Shittenou's alter egos. So I'm sorry if anyone just hates that, but it's what I'm going with. I don't like the name Serena, though, so I'm going to call her Bunny like the Mixx manga.
Here's a little back story. It's been three years since the whole Galaxia debacle. Since Mamoru/Darien was supposed to be going to college in America, he decided to go. Bunny followed because Darien is her life. The rest of the senshi weren't going to go, but then Amy had found that there were strange disturbances happening in America, and everyone else hopped on the bandwagon. So they all go to university together, they've settled in Denton, Texas, just northwest of the huge disturbances Amy sensed in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. So far, there have been a few attacks, just random monsters, but no big evil who has come to claim them. So the senshi are puzzled, but always on the lookout while they try to fit in, in America.
And here you go:
This is not going so well, Mina Aino thought to herself, ducking behind a crate.
She had taken a dare for her Zeta Phi sisters to sneak into the recording studio of pop idol Kale Ryan and get a picture of herself with him.
And Mina wasn't one to turn down a dare. This is why she was hiding in the alley behind the recording studio waiting for her chance to climb a small window that was about six feet over her head.
Lucky for me, not only was I a top-notch gymnast, but I fought monsters in high heels. What could be more difficult?
With a smirk, Mina stood up, and jumped up to catch the sill of the open window and boosted herself into it.
Now if I can just keep qui… Mina's purse got caught on the window and she landed with a crash on the ground.
..et. So much for that plan.
She stood up, dusting herself off, and quickly hid in a corner just in case anyone had heard her. After a few seconds, she started toward the door, quietly opening it and sneaking out into the hallway. She heard sounds of music from a door outside the hallway and without looking she ducked into the door closest to it, to keep watch for Kale.
"Uh, do you mind?" a surprised sounding male voice asked.
Mina jumped and whirled around. She was standing in the doorway of the men's bathroom, and the person washing their hands was none other than Ryan Kale.
Blushing furiously she sputtered out, "Ah, ah, I'm sorry!"
Kale smiled, tucking his shoulder-length silvery hair behind his ear. "It's okay. Luckily I was already finished."
Even though she didn't think it was possible, Mina felt herself blushing even more. And despite her extreme embarrassment, looking at him gave her an extreme case of déjà vu. Those gray eyes and that silvery hair – even the smirk. All of it reminded her of something she'd seen long ago.
Kale came up and put a hand on her elbow and guided her out of the bathroom. Mina was too stunned to protest and she let herself be walked towards a small room.
"I'm very interested in hearing how you came to be lurking in the bathroom," he said. "So can you wait five minutes? I'll be back."
Without waiting for her answer, Kale left Mina sitting there in shock.
When he was gone she shook herself out of the near coma she'd been in, and looked around. He'd put her in some kind of break area, which couches and a mini-fridge, and a stack of magazines, including the newest issue of Cosmopolitan.
Mina snatched it up, partly so she'd have something to do, but also so she could see how the fashion shoot photos turned out.
"Man, I look like a stick," she muttered to herself, before tossing the magazine.
And wouldn't you know it, with her luck today, the magazine landed in Kale's face as he walked back in. He caught it deftly and looked at the open page. He lifted an eyebrow and smirked.
"You don't have to throw things at me if you didn't want to explain. You could have just left."
"Oh, god," Mina moaned, putting her face in her hands. "You must think I'm a complete and utter psycho."
"Well, you do seem to be a little," he paused, as if searching for the right word. "Quirky."
Mina stood up and looked at him. "Listen, okay. I am a member of the Zeta Phi sorority and my sisters dared me to sneak in here and get a picture with you. So would you please help me out here?" she held out her digital camera. "I don't have the 50 bucks to pay for not accomplishing my task."
"I think that was the most interesting way I've ever been propositioned."
"Just take the picture with me, will you!" Mina said, stomping over to him, and holding out her camera snapped a picture of the two of them.
"There now I'm gone," she said, adjusting her black shirt, which had fallen off her shoulder. "Thanks for the photo, Kale, and good luck with your new album."
Mina hurried out of the building, ignoring Kale who called after her, and toward the car parked the next block over full of her sorority sisters, including Lita Kino, one of her best friends.
"Did you get it?" she was asked as soon as she opened the door.
"Just drive, Lita," Mina said as she got in the car and slammed the door.
Kale stood in the enterance to the studio, watching the car full of girls drive off, and shook his head. That was one girl he thought he would have liked.
I should have gotten her name, he thought to himself, before shrugging. He turned, and realizing he still had the magazine in his hand, went to put it down, when a long fall of blonde hair caught his eye.
"Gotcha," he said, looking at the girl in the photo that was pouting up at him. His mystery girl was pretty easy to find after all.
He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket, and pressing 9 on his speed dial, called his manager's office.
"Yeah, Zane, I need you to track down this model for me. Her name's Mina Aino, and she just appeared in Cosmo."