We arrived at the theater exactly at 6:55. Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten were standing outside waiting for us. The three of them seemed to be in deep conversation. Yaten looked pissed off about something, and Seiya and Taiki were attempting to calm him down. If my intuition was correct, Yaten was upset that we were keeping them. He was just about to go inside when Seiya and Taiki spotted us.
"What took you so long?" Taiki asked as Rei, Ami, Lita, Mina, and I met up with them.
"We thought you weren't going to show," Seiya said, looking over at me.
"Serina got us lost," Rei replied hotly as she pushed past me and made her way next to Seiya. I felt my face get hot. I guess I started to turn red because Ami quickly touched my arm and gave me a slight smile. I took a deep breath.
"Rei, go easy on her," Lita said. She then added to Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten, "Serina's not feeling very well."
Seiya left Rei and put his arm around my shoulders, saying, "You didn't have to come if you weren't feeling well. We could have rescheduled."
"I'll be fine," I replied, my heart beating rather fast. Either I was worse than I thought, or...
"Yeah, she'll be fine!" Mina quickly grabbed hold of my arm and pulled me away from Seiya.
"We better go in. It'll start soon," Yaten said, already moving toward the door.
"Good idea!" Mina yelled. She immediately dropped my arm and took hold of Yaten, who attempted to shake her off, but failed. Lita, Rei, Ami, and I sighed.
"It's going to be one of those nights..."Lita said. We nodded in agreement as Taiki approached Ami.
"Will you kindly accompany me, Ami?" He asked politely.
Ami blushed furiously and mumbled, "Yes, sure." She took his arm and they walked after Yaten and Mina.
Before going in the show, I stopped to get a bottle of water. My throat was so sore and I didn't want to have a coughing fit in the middle of the movie.
"One fifty," the cashier said. She looked strangely familiar. She had long red hair and contrasting green eyes. I would say she was in her early twenties, only a few years older than I. Despite how familiar she looked, I couldn't place her.
I dug through my purse, in search for my wallet. She waited patiently.
"Here," Seiya said as he handed the money to the cashier. "I got it, Odango."
"You don't have to-," I began, but Seiya cut me off.
"Don't worry about it," he said with a sweet smile, as I grabbed my water bottle. He really is cute...
"Thank you, then, "I replied as we turned from the concession stand.
"And what are you two going to see?" It was Michelle!
"Oh! Hey," Seiya said smoothly.
"We're going to see 'Night of the Living Dead'..." I replied, then added, "The guys picked it." We laughed. "Is Amara here, too?" I felt Seiya tense.
"Yes," Michelle said. "She's just parking the car. We thought we were going to be late, so she dropped me off to get the tickets. We're seeing 'One Last Kiss'.
"OH!!!" I gasped. "I wanted to see that!"
Seiya softly put his arm around my waist. He leaned close to me and whispered into my ear, "If you want, we can go see it."
Michelle smiled as I felt my face go red. Just then, Amara walked in and spotted us.
"Ah. My Kitten, what are you doing here?" Amara asked as Seiya evil-eyed her.
"A group of us are seeing 'Night of the Living Dead'," I replied, trying, very slowly, to put some distance in between me and Seiya before Amara said anything. Seiya pulled me closer.
"Oh? Are you sure you're up to it?" She asked. "You don't look so well."
"Yes, I am I little sick," I replied, then saw the worried look on Michelle's face and quickly added, "but I'm feeling much better by the second!" I smiled.
"She'll be fine," Seiya said. "I'll be watching over her." He pulled me up against him.
Amara's hands curled up into fists, and Michelle lightly touched her arm.
"And I'll be watching you-" Amara began, but was cut off my Michelle.
"Well, we better go!" She pulled Amara's arm.
"Right," Amara agreed. She looked at me, into my eyes then said, "In the movie, beware of the Wolf, My Kitten." They turned and went into their show.
"What did that mean?" Seiya asked.
"I have no idea," I lied. I knew what she meant. 'During the movie, beware of the Wolf'... Amara's always looking out for me. I just wish she would see that Seiya is a good guy!
"Come on. I think the previews already started," Seiya said as he led me to the show.
The previews had started. It didn't take us long finding where everyone was sitting, for Mina and Rei weren't sitting at all. They were standing in the row, arguing over who would sit next to Yaten. He was just sitting quietly in an aisle seat, and a few seats down were Ami and Taiki. There were three seats in between Taiki and Yaten. The one on Taiki's left was taken by Lita, and the one on his right was were Ami was seated. They seemed deep in conversation. Two empty seats were next to Ami. Seiya and I moved over there. I sat next to Ami and Seiya sat next to me in the aisle seat. Mina and Rei were still arguing over the seat next to Yaten, when someone in the row behind us told them to "sit down and shut up!" Mina happily took the seat next to Yaten. Rei, on the other hand, didn't look so happy sitting in between Mina and Lita.
The movie started with someone being eaten by a zombie. I clutched my stomach. I didn't feel very well.
Soon after, the zombie began chasing after a girl. There was an ear piercing scream...only, it came from within the theater. Mina.
We all turned to where Mina was sitting. She was practically in Yaten's lap, with her head buried in his chest!
"Oh, Yaten!!! I'm so scared!!" She was saying. "Hold me!" The whole theater was watching her instead of the movie!
"What the-?!!" Yaten started. "Nothing's happening!" He tried to get her off, but failed.
It was then that Rei stood up.
"Oh no," Ami muttered as she turned red and sunk down in her seat.
"Now Rei..." Lita began.
"GET A GRIP!!!" Rei yelled, ripping Mina off Yaten and putting her in Rei's old seat. "I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU!!!"
"Rei, Rei, not so loud!! We're trying to watch a movie!" Mina shushed her. Rei fumed as Taiki and Seiya laughed loudly.
Rei blew up at Mina as Lita tried to calm everyone down. I sat back in my seat and closed my eyes. I blocked out every sound, except Seiya's laughing. I could feel him shake slightly as he laughed. It was comforting...
...Everything became quiet...
"Serina. Serina!"
I opened my eyes. Ami was holding a bucket of popcorn.
"Do you want some?"
I shook my head.
"You don't want any popcorn?!" She was shocked.
"Do you want some candy?" Seiya held out his bag of M&Ms.
"No. I don't feel like eating anything," I replied.
"You don't feel like eating?!" Lita shouted.
"Please be quiet," someone behind us said.
Rei, Mina, Yaten, and Taiki looked over at me. "Really?!"
I closed my eyes.
"That's a first," I heard Mina say. "Usually she eats everything in sight!"
"Mina!" Ami said. "You have to be sensitive to the fact that Serina isn't feeling well!"
"Come on! We're trying to watch the movie!" Another person behind us said.
"Serina, how are you feeling? You look a little pale," Lita said.
"She doesn't look pale," Mina said. "It's just the light from the screen!"
"No," Taiki said. "She does look pale."
"Will you please all shut up!!!" The row behind us screamed.
"Maybe we should go," Lita suggested.
"No!" Rei shouted then quickly added, "She'll be fine."
I felt a cool hand on my forehead.
"You're really warm," Seiya whispered.
"I'm going to take her to the washroom," Ami said. We stood up. I started to make my way out of the row when my knees gave in. I began to fall, when Seiya caught me. He ended up helping me all the way to the washroom with Ami.
"Thanks," Ami said. We went into the empty bathroom and walked over to the sink. I was a little pale.
"You should flush you face with cold water. You'd feel a little better," Ami suggested and turned on one of the sinks.
I cupped my hands under the cool water and watched as a small pool of water gathered. It did feel good on my face. After a few minutes, Ami handed me some paper towel.
"I'm sorry Ami," I said while drying my face. "I'm making you miss the movie."
She smiled. "Don't worry about it. I really didn't care for that movie. I was just happy to sit next to Taiki!" I smiled. "You know," Ami continued, "I think he is the first guy I met that actually understands my love for education in-" She broke off, blushed and began to laugh.
"I know," I said, and laughed with her. We then grew quiet.
"Hey, Serina..."
"Yes?"
"Umm...what's going on between you and Seiya?"
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Well, he had his arm around you the whole time in the show."
I blinked a few times and tried to remember... "He did?"
She nodded, then said, "I mean, it's okay if you two are...well,...it's just that...Um...Darien..." She was red and couldn't look me in the eye.
"Ami!" I said. She looked at me. "Seiya and I are just friends!" I wanted to tell her about it, about my mixed up feelings, and my confusion... This would be the perfect opportunity, but I just couldn't... She smiled at me. I could tell she was relieved to hear me say that...
"Well, I'm feeling a bit better," I lied. "Let's get back."
"Yes!" Ami agreed. "You know we can't leave Mina and Rei unsupervised!" We laughed as we exited the washroom.
Seiya was waiting outside for us. Our eyes connected.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes. I'm feeling better," I said as Ami looked from me to Seiya...she smiled and began to walk ahead of us.
I took a few steps, and tripped. Seiya caught me, again. He held me for a few moments, and my heart began to speed...
"You good?"
"Yes," I nodded. "Thanks."
As we were about to enter the show, we saw a strange bright light spilling out under the doors. Ami quickly pushed us away from the doors just as they flew open.
People were running out of the theaters faster than ever. Lita, Rei, and Mina came running toward us.
"What happened?" Ami asked urgently.
"I'm not sure," Mina said. "One minute we were watching the movie, and then-"
"There was this bright flash of light, and this monster came flying out of the screen!" Rei finished.
"Where's Yaten and Taiki?" Seiya asked. He was holding onto my arm...
"I don't know... They ran out that way," Lita said as she pointed to the back exit.
"I have to go find them!" Seiya said. "I don't want you girls to get hurt! Make sure you get yourselves out!" He let go of my arm and was soon lost in the crowd.
"We have to transform!" Rei said.
"The washroom!" Ami suggested. "It was empty!"
We ran into the washroom. No one was in there, but just to be safe, we each went into a stall.
I pulled out my compact from my purse.
"Moon Eternal!"
"Mercury Crystal Power!" Ami shouted.
"Jupiter Crystal Power!" Lita shouted.
"Mars Crystal Power!" Rei shouted.
"Venus Crystal Power!" Mina shouted.
"Make Up!" We shouted in unison.
My normal clothes disappeared and soon I was dressed in my white knee high boots, yellow and blue skirt, white leotard, white gloves, and my angel wings. I was in my Sailor Uniform!
I heard that the girls were ready too! On my way out of the stall, my wings got stuck.
"Oh!! I don't need this right now," I sighed. My head hurts...
"Ready girls?" Mars asked.
"Yes!" Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter shouted.
"No," I said. They looked at me. "I'm stuck."
"This is no time to joke..." Mars began to say, then she saw that I was actually stuck. I attempted to get loose, but nothing was working. I became upset.
"Calm down, Sailor Moon," Venus said in a supportive tone. "Everything will be all right..."
"Try backing up, then turning sideways," Mercury suggested. "Everyone push." Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Mercury all pushed as I pulled myself backwards. After a few moments of struggling, I was free.
We heard three screams.
"Let's go!" I said.
