One fine morning, Usagi Tsukino woke up. Her hair was in its usual hairstyle of two buns on the top of her head. She yawned and stretched. Her friends were coming over for a sleepover that night. She was excited. But, her being Usagi, she didn't really have a plan for what to do.
She walked outside to the front of the house. She heard voices.
"Don't do it!"
"Will you be quiet? The worst this will do is tick them off."
Usagi ducked behind some bushes by the front of the door. She watched as two girls approached the doorway. Their accents were american, but they spoke in japanese. That was suspicious. One said something to the other in english. The second just set a package on the front step. Then they started to walk away.
"Hachiru, it's a bad idea!"
"Quit it! They might find it amusing."
"Yeah right!"
"Shhh! Let's get out of here before she wakes up!"
They disappeared from view and Usagi emerged from the bushes. She looked at the package on the doorstep and picked it up. "A present!" she cried excitedly. Someone must have known that she was having a party. What's a party without a present?
Usagi breifly thought about the weirdness of a gift just being placed on her doorstep by two suspicious americans. Then she shrugged it off, because this is Usagi we're talking about here!
Later that evening, the senshi arrived and sat down in front of Usagi's tv. The inner senshi took up space on the couch. Haruka grumbled as she sat on the floor. Michiru sat down happily. She thought sitting on the floor was comfy and kind of cute. Luna and Artemis sighed. They had no space to sit now.
"No problem!" said Usagi. "You can sit on my shoulders!"
"No thanks!" they chorused and found a place to curl up next to Ami, who was too polite to take up much space.
"What are we going to watch?" asked Rei. She was curious and kind of impatient. She had heard that Usagi got a new DVD recently and she wanted to see it.
Usagi stood in front of the tv, remote in one hand. "I," she announced dramtically. "have recieved a new DVD. It's in english!" There were mutterings. No one really knew that much english except for Setsuna and Ami. "There will be subtitles!" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"So what is it?" snapped Rei.
"It is an anime..."
"Pffft! Anime is for kids!"
"...about us."
There was silence.
Haruka was the only one who spoke. "Are you sure?" she asked. Usagi held up the DVD case. There was a picture of herself on it as Sailor Moon. Big golden letters across a crescent moon claimed the title was "Sailor Moon". All the senshi looked at each other uncertainly. Luna laughed out loud.
The DVD was in. The opening started. The senshi winced. The music started out okay, but the american voices sounded slightly off-key. They read the subtitles. Haruka laughed. Michiru elbowed her angrily.
When the episode started, the senshi winced again. Even when the voices weren't singing, they still sounded off-key. Usagi's eyes widened. That was supposed to be her? What? They had changed her name? To Serena of all things!
The school scene came up and all the senshi squirmed at Naru's-I mean "Molly's" ridiculous Brooklyn (or a vain attempt at Brooklyn) accent. Haruka laughed some more and so did Rei. They found it really funny. When Luna appeared, Luna placed her head in her paws in shame.
"You sound like an old lady!" laughed Usagi. Artemis wondered how to comfort Luna and whispered, "Your voice is nice. It's just the voice actor's fault."
Outside, kneeling by the window, were the two people who you saw earlier in the chapter. One had brown, shoulder length hair, and the other had long blond hair. Both had glasses and both were observing the senshi with interest.
"The experiment looks like it's going well," muttered the brunette. The blonde nodded her agreement. The brunette shifted position nervously. "How long do you think they'll survive?" she muttered.
"No idea. Some kids have been able to watch that stuff for years."
"Wonder how long they'll be able to stand that awful voice acting."
"They aren't standing it now. Only Haruka's laughing."
"She won't be laughing when they hit the "S" season."
"Do you think we're being too cruel?" asked the blonde in a deepish voice. The brunette just laughed as Rei jumped up and shouted an obscenity at the tv.
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Hope ya like it! Will our two peepers be found? Who are they? Why am I washing a dog? Find out next time!