Author's Note:  All disclaimers apply.  I do not own Sailor Moon nor will I ever.  I did, however, create the Flower Soldiers.  Please don't use them without my permission.  This story, I think, addresses some of the stereotypes of NYC.  It's a story that I want to use to display the beauty of this great city!

No Usagi!  You Can't Eat the Big Apple!

Story takes place sometime after the battle with Chaos.

Prologue

            A shadowed figure looked into her long, intricate mirror.  It showed her the island of Manhattan.  "Ah, New York City, where crime goes unnoticed, where there is no sense of justice in the hearts of its people.  This will be the perfect place to gather energy for our attack!  No one will ever suspect that there is anything is different once the people are infected with my evil energy!"  She chuckled to herself, getting louder and louder until her it turned into maniacal laughter…

Meanwhile…

At the Fruits Parlor Crown in Tokyo, Japan, Usagi and her friends, Ami, Rei, Mokoto, and Minako, sat around one of the tables.  Usagi blankly stared through the window.

            "WHAT?!" everyone shouted except for Rei and Usagi.  "YOU'RE GOING TO AMERICA!"

            "Yeah," Rei said.  "My teacher recommended me for this foreign exchange program and it all just sort of happened!  The family I'm staying with lives in New York City.  Can you believe it!  I'm going to the Big Apple!"

            Usagi, waking up from her trance, "A big apple?  Where?"  She whipped her head back and forth.

            "Not A big apple, odango-atama!" Rei shouted.  "THE Big Apple!  You know, New York City!"

            "But what does that have to do with anything?"

            Rei, struggling to resist the urge of strangling Usagi, said through clenched teeth, "Because, I'm going to New York City!"  She calms herself down before saying, "I'm leaving in 2 weeks and staying for 3 months."

            "Well that doesn't give us much time!" Minako said.   "I mean we need time to plan your farewell party!"

            "Yeah Rei!" exclaimed Mokoto.  "You didn't think you were going to leave us without one, did you?"

            "What?  Are you kidding?  You better give me the biggest farewell party EVER!"

            Ami, who had been relatively quiet, said, "You know Rei, I don't think a farewell party is good at all.  You really should try to perfect your English as much as possible.  The everyday people in America don't know Japanese.  If you want, I can set up a schedule where we can…"

            "Oh, Ami!" Minako interrupted with a sigh.  "Rei will be speaking ENOUGH English when she gets there.  And besides, the family she's staying with probably will speak Japanese so she won't be TOTALLY lost!  The important thing right now is to make sure Rei leaves Japan with a BANG!"