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"Motoki-onii-san," I yelled as I skipped into Crown Arcade. I jumped into a stool right of the counter and blonde waiter.
"Usa-chan," Motoki flashed a thousand-watt smile. "What can I get you?"
I smiled back and twirled a strand of my long blonde hair. "A double bacon cheeseburger, some chili-cheese fries, annnnnd…a chocolate fudge milkshake with extra whipped-cream!" My mouth watered at the thought of all the delicious food. So yummy!
"Odango-baka!" I heard a voice behind me. I scowled and turned around to come face to face with a raven-haired miko dressed in a fiery red dress that reach her knees. Perfect for her personality. She smirked. "Mamoru-san doesn't deserve a donut as a girlfriend!"
There goes my good mood… My eyes narrowed. "Shut up, Rei-baka!" I yelled as I stood up. "Mamo-chan looooves me!" And thus started a raspberry war.
Ami, Makoto, and Minako stepped into the arcade and sighed. Shaking her head, Mako-chan grabbed Rei by her long black hair and me by my golden pigtail and dragged us to our usual booth.
"Please bring Usagi-chan's food to our table, Motoki-kun!" Minako called as she followed. She plopped in the seat across from me. Ami quietly sat beside her and pulled out a book.
Somehow, while trying to stop the raging war, Mako-chan caught a glimpse of her watch. "Luna'll be here in ten minutes," she announced.
That shut Rei and me up. What can I say? The cat's scary sometimes.
I glanced at Motoki. He silently shooed the last customer out the door and switched the sign from 'open' to 'closed'. I smiled. Ever since Onii-san found out our secret, we had our senshi meetings at the arcade instead of the temple. Considering how many stairs that place had, I'd say it was a great improvement.
I looked at Minako-chan just in time to catch an evil sparkle in her blue eyes. "So Usagi-chan…" Oh no. "Do you and Mamoru-san have plans later?"
I let out a sigh. That was all? "No," I replied, "he's spending time with Chibi-Usa and I have to study for the test tomorrow." Everyone froze. I frowned and looked at all my friends. "What?"
Mako-chan put a hand to my forehead. "No…no fever."
I gaped. "Check her pulse," Rei instructed.
To my shock, Mako-chan did exactly that. "Normal," Makoto said with a puzzled look.
"Then there's only one explanation!" Minako shouted. Blue eyes met mine. "You're a youma!"
"M-minna!" I shrieked.
Rei muttered something under her breath. "That's Usagi-baka, alright. Only she can make such an oxbnoxious sound."
"Shut up, Rei!" I cried. "How dare you guys think I'm a youma?"
"We're sorry, Usagi-chan," Ami said without taking her eyes off her book. Must be one heck of a story… "It's just strange for you to study voluntarily." Ami added quickly, "Or study at all. Mina-chan didn't mean any harm."
I folded my arms and scowled. "I can study...," I objected.
Motoki-onii-san came over with my food. He let out a chuckle. "Usa-chan, you started liking school? Since when?"
"You too, Onii-san?" I whined. "I'm sixteen years old now. I have to take school seriously."
Ami looked up from her book and joined everyone in staring at me. Seconds later, I cracked. "Okay, okay!" I cried. "Papa said if I fail another test, I can't go to the carnival with Mamo-chan! Happy?"
Ah's and nods surrounded the table. Minako jumped out of the seat and onto the table to capture me in a strangling hug. "Thank gods my twin's not a youmaaa!"
Off the table, Mina-chan," Motoki scolded. He glanced at me. "And let go of my imouto-chan. I'm pretty sure Sailor Moon needs to breathe."
Minako giggled and let go. I greedily sucked in some much needed air. I glared at her. "Eeeeviiiiil…," I whispered hoarsely. I looked at Motoki. "Thanks."
He flashed a smile. "No problem," he replied. And with that, he walked away and whistled a tune.
The girls and I gossiped and laughed (after we pried the book away from Ami) until Luna came in. The ebony feline gracefully jumped onto the table. "Konnichiwa, minna-chan."
"Hi, Luna," we said in unison.
"It's been two months since the defeat of Galaxia and Chaos and it seems like everything has finally settled down," she said happily. We cheered.
Rei cleared her throat. "As much as I hate to be the barer of bad news," she interrupted, "the fire hasn't been calm lately."
"Meaning…," Makoto prompted.
"I feeling a strange force," Rei tried to explain.
"A bad omen?" I asked.
Rei shrugged. "I'm almost sure it's not an enemy. I didn't feel any negative energy. It just feels like…it will change our lives for the worst."
"So it's like the cold beneath the form?" Minako asked.
We sweatdropped. "That's 'calm before the storm,' Mina-chan," Ami corrected.
Luna let out a sigh, shook her head, and turned to Rei. "Your vision haven't been wrong before," she said. "Keep an eye on the fire and report what you see to me." Rei nodded. "The rest of you keep a sharp eye out for anything suspicious." We nodded as well. "I'll go speak to Artemis about this."
Makoto's, Mina's and my broke into smirks. "Yes, Luna," I giggled, "go talk to Artemis." Ami blush furiously and Rei join in our smirking.
"U-Usagi-chan!" Luna stuttered.
"It's okay, Luna," said Rei.
"Yeah," Minako added, the evil sparkle returning, "Diana came to be somehow."
"Rei! Minako!" Luna cried. "You too?"
"Yep," Makoto nodded. "Children don't just fall out of the sky."
I subconsciously rubbed my neck, remembering the first time I met Chibi-Usa. "Actually…."
After about 45 minutes of teasing Luna, the Senshi parted ways. Because Luna went with Minako-chan, I walked down the empty street alone. Was I scared. I was Sailor Moon for crisis' sake! I fought intergalactic enemies on a nightly basis! So, no, I wasn't scared.
Suddenly, the world around me became dark and wavy. Heheh…remember what I said about not being scared? I lied. Just as quickly as it happened, the sky settled. I looked around to find everything normal. "Okay," I whimpered to myself, "maybe this was one of the things Luna wanted me to keep an eye out for."
Without any other weird occurances, I hurried. I ran through the front door, mumbled a hello to my family, and ran upstairs to my room. With my mind still on what happen on my way home, I sat at my desk and opened my botany textbook. I look at the words and that's all they were. Words. Ami made this look too easy. I couldn't comprehend anything after what lust happened! The attempt was stupid in itself!
"Usako!" I heard a deep voice that I was in love with. I looked toward my window. Sure enough, Tuxedo Kamen was climbing through. I smiled. "Mamo-chan!" Fear shined in his eyes. "W-what's wrong, Mamo-chan?"
"Chibiusa," he said quickly, "she's gone."
My eyes widened both in anger and fear. "GONE?"
"Usa-chan," Mom called, "Are you okay, honey?"
"Yes, Mom! I'm fine!" I yelled back. I turned back to Mamo-chan. In a hushed tone, I said, "What do you mean gone? You lost our daughter?"
"No!" He copied my tone. "She went to go watch TV while I made dinner and when I went to the living room, she was gone! I can't even sense her!"
I let out a breath that I didn't even know I was holding. "Then maybe she went back to the future without telling us," I said more to assure myself than him. "She just went to the future."
"I'm afraid not, Usagi-chan," I heard another familiar voice. Fog filled the room.
Out of the fog stepped an older, more graceful version of me in a white gown with a "butterfly wings" bow. Even the aura around her said ROYAL in neon coloring and flashing lights.
"Neo-Queen Serenity," Mamo-chan and I said together.
"Usagi, Mamoru," Neo-Queen Serenity said with alarm written in her face. "The time stream…something has gone terribly wrong."
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