Ami Mizuno was lying out in the backyard, in the hammock, with a book in hand. She was reading intently, while her daughter snuck around the yard, behind bushes and tress. Till she was right up on her mother.

"Hello Skylar."

Skylar fell over, flat on her face. She groaned, getting back up on her feet she glared at her mother, "How'd you know I was coming up on you?"

Ami Mizuno folded the page down in her book and closed it momentarily to make eye contact with her daughter, "How?"

Skylar nodded, really wanting to know what she had done wrong so she could correct it the next time.

"You were obvious. Next time, maybe you should transform yourself into a cat." Ami suggested. "Perhaps if you stuck your nose in a book every once in a while you'd spend less time trying to scare me and do something with your brain."

Skylar wrinkled up her nose, "Mom, you don't know how to have fun. It's a bright and sunny day out and you're reading a dumb book."

Ami's eyes went wide in horror, "A dumb book? And what better way is there to spend on a bright and shiny day than to be reading a book." Ami relaxed into the hammock and reopened her book back up. She started reading, ignoring the constant glares her daughter was giving her. Skylar stood up, reeled the hammock back and pushed it with all her strength. It didn't do exactly what she wanted it to do, but it knocked Ami out of the hammock.

"You little twerp!" Ami said, her thumb holding the page down. She got up, brushed the dirt off of her and gave her daughter that look that said you-better-watch out and shot out at her. Skylar barely got out of the way before her mother could grab her. She took off at full speed, crawling though a hole in the bottom of the fence.

Ami's reply to this way, "How'd that get there?" She jumped the fence, still with her book in her hand and ran full speed at her daughter, but it didn't seem to matter how fast Ami ran, Skylar was smaller and could fit into small cracks and escape easily.

Ami spotted her chance just up ahead, "Hey Skylar!" She called out, knowing she'd look back. Skylar gave her mother a smirk that read I'm-faster-than-you. She turned back around, satisfied that her mother was so far behind her, but smacked into Rei Hino landing on her bottom.

Ami caught up with her, tackled her to the ground and sat on top of her. She looked up at Rei, who was trying hard not to laugh at the scene, and said, "I'm sorry I had to use you like that."

"Oh, that's alright. Let Skylar run into me any day. If it all ends like this." Rei mused.

Kira came out of the Palace library, gawking at Skylar. She looked up at her mother, with slight concern, and asked, "Why's is Skylar's mom sitting on her?"

Rei chuckled, "It's what happens when your bad. Your mom has the right to sit on you."

Ami opened up her book and started reading. She wasn't applying all her weight on Skylar, just enough to hold her down. Neo-Queen Serenity was walking by with her daughter, Chibiusa, and the twins, Hailey and Mamoru, when she had to stop to see what was going on.

"Ami Mizuno…What are you doing sitting on your daughter like that?" Serenity asked, almost as shocked as Kira had been.

"Enjoying a perfect afternoon with my daughter, while reading." Ami smiled, not looking up from her book. Skylar grunted.