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Hey, guys! Fanfic #3 comin' at ya. For all you awesome readers and fans out there. Please read and let me know what you think. Enjoy!
Mysterious Menace
It was finally happening, the one thing everyone had been waiting for since they first realized that they were meant to be together as star-crossed lovers. The infamous wedding of Serena Tsukino and Darien Shields, was about to take place after so many years of being together as just young lovers. They had both been through so much together since being super heroes of Tokyo and saving the world on more than one occasion and surviving the tests their love has been through along the way. Their bond had grown so strong and they had matured so much from the time when they had first been playful enemies way before they had any idea what fate had in store for them.
Darien had become a respectable young man during his years in college and made himself a good career as a young doctor. His deep blue eyes and midnight hair made him one of the popular doctors in the local hospital, but he was much more than his stunning looks and was a surprisingly bright physician among the most experienced doctors in his field.
Serena had become a lovely young woman, with stunning long blonde tresses in their traditional hairstyle, which seemed to have become her very own unique trademark. Her beautiful blue eyes had caught the attention of many young men, but she only had eyes for her darling Darien. She was about to start her second year of college herself having started later than the other girls because she wanted so much to learn to be a good wife to Darien when the time came, so it took a while for her to adjust to being a matured woman who wanted nothing more than to be everything she could be to her husband-to-be.
As for the girls, they had all grown into beautiful young women and were well on their way to making themselves a bright future, but of course, they were never to busy to hang out together and just enjoy life now that peace seemed to reign over everything. Everyone was so happy and excited about the upcoming wedding; things seemed to be looking up for everyone. And the girls were quite busy being in charge of the wedding and the invitations which only seemed to grow in number as things progressed.
Serena, being the big-hearted person she was, insisted that everyone who was anyone be invited to her wedding, even if they happened to be a complete stranger, she wanted her wedding day to be special and bring people together. Darien was a bit skeptical at first but decided to humor her since her request since she seemed so innocent and wanted so much to get her way. He wouldn't deny the love of his life such a simple request and so allowed it. This only made the girls' job harder since their time was limited to just about over two weeks and they needed to get the invitations out fast. Their minimum was to have at least two-hundred and fifty finished and sent out so that the reception would be huge. There were so many things to get done in such a short time, but the girls were up to the challenge and did their best to work together to get everything done in a timely manner.
Amy, a bright girl with short cropped blue hair and matching blue eyes was pretty much in charge of ordering the decorations and on invitation duty. She worked hard to do whatever she could with the given deadline and whenever possible she would help out with any other tasks that needed her attention.
Lita, a lively brunette with stunning green eyes was in charge of the catering and arrangements for the reception. She was a very busy girl, working as hard as any of the others to get things done in a timely manner. She was very strict and at times intimidating when things seemed to be running behind schedule, but otherwise did her best to make things the best they could be for her best friend's wedding.
Mina, a vivacious young blonde with long flowing hair and blue eyes was multi-tasking, doing anything and everything she possibly could, but if nothing else, she was more than fixated on her job with the invitations, doing her best to make sure that her best friend's wish was fulfilled and done with the utmost care, since she seemed to be the social highlight of them all.
Rei, a spirited woman with long black flowing hair and mysterious purple eyes was working with the church and kept up with the dress arrangements for the occasion. She was more of a boss than a worker as she made certain that things were getting done at a brusque pace yet also fussing that things needed to be perfect for her best friend's happy day. She would settle for nothing less and was also on invitation duty since there were so many to be done before the day was upon them.
After properly sending out the first fifty or so through the mail to immediate family and close friends, to be sure none of them were forgotten; friends and acquaintances were next taking up at least a hundred more, since Serena was a genuinely social and friendly individual. There was really no problem getting that many out the first few days or so. Then the girls began to send the invites to their own acquaintances to assure that the minimum of two-hundred and fifty was made, but even then, there was still at least fifty more unaccounted for. It was all coming down to the last week before the big day and the girls began to get stressed as the deadline came ever closer.
All four girls were gathered at Rei's Temple inside her room a stack of unsent invites piled upon the small tea table before them. Rei leaned forward resting her elbows upon the table surface groaning at the number of invites left running both hands through her hair to emphasize her frustration. "There are still so many left, what are we going to do?" She stated trying to soothe her aching temples by rubbing small circles with her fingertips.
Amy was busy tallying up the numbers of sent invites and left over invites that needed to be taken care of. Her fingers flew over her keyboard to her mini-computer trying to see if there was anyone they may have missed in the process of their rush. "Well, everyone Serena knows and everyone we know, for that matter, seem to be accounted for. I just don't understand, perhaps we are forgetting some people, but I don't see how we could be."
Mina began to sift through all the invites still amazed that they had any left over, it seemed to never end. "Well, maybe because a lot of the people we know are kinda related, so we thought that if we sent one for the family we'd have enough for everyone, which wasn't the case. We should have stuck to the plan, and we wouldn't have nearly as many as we do now."
Lita sighed and began to stack the invites into small portions so as to categorize them into groups to make them seem less in number. "Well, it's too for that now isn't it? Come on, guys, we can do this. There has to be some other people we're just not thinking of. Or maybe we just need to be spontaneous here and come up with something different."
Rei leaned back on her palms and stared up at the ceiling thinking of Serena's request. She wanted to be sure to get an invitation to everyone, but they had already gone through everyone they possibly knew. Then she recalled Serena's words and bolted forward to share her news with the girls. "Hey, she did say to send one to everyone, right?" The girls nodded. "Then we'll make sure that everyone gets one."
The girls looked at Rei as if she was crazy, hadn't they just established that there wasn't anyone else they knew? Lita leaned forward and looked at Rei seriously. "But Rei, we already stated that there isn't anyone else."
"Yeah, we sent one to everyone we knew, there isn't anyone else left." Mina added.
Rei shook her head and smiled. "I think that Serena wanted everyone to get one, and by everyone, I mean even people we may not know, just so that they'll be able to gather together at her wedding. You know she's always one to bring everyone together to make sure that no one is left out. I'm sure that this is what she wanted."
Amy pondered this for a moment and realized that when Serena said 'everyone' she was literally referring to 'everyone', which is why she set a fairly high number as a minimum. "I do believe that you're right, Rei. It does seem like something Serena would do. But in this case, what will we do?"
Rei smiled once more. "We'll simply have to set up a place where we could hand out these invitations to anyone who would like to come. Maybe post flyers about it and have them come to the location and just hand them out with a smile so as to encourage them to come. It shouldn't be too hard to pull off, guys."
All the girls looked at each other and seemed to warm up to the idea right away, since it seemed to be the only ready solution to their remaining invites.
Well, that's it for you, no bad guys yet, just setting things up so you know what's going on, but I promise it'll get better as things progress. Let me know what you think, though. Good? Bad? Weird? You know anything would be nice, just so that I had feedback from you readers. I'm open for comments, suggestions, you know that sorta thing. I do take my reader's reviews into consideration when I update, I might not change it to be what you want exactly, but I try to make things as interesting as possible. Well, until next time!
