Rei stood impatiently, glaring at her watch while tapping her foot.
As the minute hand passed by the number 12 for the fifth time, she shakes
her head in annoyance, not realizing that it was getting so late. Sighing
in disbelief, she turned to Ami, whose nose was buried in another book.
Glaring at Ami, who didn't even notice her, she huffs once more. Realizing
that she shouldn't take out her frustrations on her friend she coughs,
bringing Ami's attention away from her book for a second.
"She's late again, and this time by several minutes...Is it really
worth waiting for her?"
"Of course it is Rei. Usagi has been going through quite a bit lately,
and she needs our support. If we skip out on her now we might lose her
to the darkness that she has been living in."
"I understand that Ami, but really, it is always the same thing...She
is always late, and quite frankly, I am tired of it. Problems or not, if
she hasn't told us about them by now, then they really cannot be that important
to her."
Sighing once more, for like the twentieth time, Rei's eyes scanned
the parameter around the temple quickly. Hopes of her finding Usagi were
crushed and she sighed (again ^_^) as Makoto came from around the back,
by herself. Automatically seeing that Usagi wasn't with her, she got upset,
hoping that at least Makoto saw her somewhere.
"You didn't happen to see Usagi back there at all, did you?"
"No...Why? She isn't here yet?"
Shaking her head in frustration, Rei weighed both sides of their dilemma
carefully.
*Should I side with Ami and wait, leaving my full trust that Usagi
will come soon, or should I give into my own intentions and leave without
her? What is wrong with Odango? What is she hiding from us*
Thinking carefully, she gave into her own intentions and decided that
enough was enough.
"I suggest that we go. I'm tired of waiting. We are going to be late
meeting Minako, and you know that she is worse at waiting for people then
I am. Besides, we can leave a note for Usagi telling her where we went
and when she can meet up with us....Good idea, yes?"
The others looked at her in disbelief and then agreed with her. They
were all believing that Usagi was just not going to be showing up any time
soon. Just as they were all done, gathering up their belongings, a terrified
scream ripped through the air. Looking at one another petrified, no one
was able to say anything for a moment. Silence went amongst them until
the next scream came, louder and more terrified then the first.
"That scream..."
"It was familiar..."
"It was Usagi...She needs help."
Racing off to help their friend, they quickly transformed, getting
ready to go into battle, something that they hadn't done in a few years.
Racing down the steps of the front of the temple, they came to a halt when
they saw what their dear friend was fighting with.
