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Chapter 2- Romiko
When Chibi Momo got home, her parents were quietly sitting at the low table drinking coffee, her father reading the paper and her mother reading "Household" magazine. She took no real notice and headed upstairs to do some more research for her paper. She logged onto the Internet and searched through Yahoo! and Excite.com for any information at all that differed from what she had already found.
"Crap," she whispered quietly as she went through about 50 sites, finding nothing at all on the queen. Then, something popped up that she had never seen before. It said something in the caption before she opened the web site about Queen Chibi-Usa and some sort of affair. She clicked on the link and found herself in a site with gold letter on a black background. There was a large yellow crescent moon on the top. The first paragraph read:
"Most of us think that the Lost Queen, Queen Chibi-Usa Serenity was happily married and her husband grieved over her when she died. Not so the case. The couple had always had an up and down relationship. Her mother always urged her to marry a nice guy, and she did, but almost reluctantly. Here is the story of "Chibi-Usa's Affair"."
Chibi Momo read the words on the screen like some religion freak reading the Bible.
'Anything,' she thought, 'would help me with my report. Something like this will add some spice.' She read until there was no more left to read, then printed the pages on her printer. She took notes and then wrote an outline for the next part of her report.
'This'll be great!' she told herself before drifting to sleep.
~~
The next day at school, flyers were handed out announcing a school dance. Chibi Momo had looked the paper over thoroughly, memorizing the dates, times, and prices.
"Friday, the 15th of September, at 6:00 in the gym, admission is 200 yen to get in, and food costs more, 350 yen for pictures." Since boys asked the girls to be in pictures with them at dances, Chibi Momo naturally wanted the cutest guy in 8th grade, Toshimo Romiko (last names always come first) to ask her to be in a picture with him. She daydreamed and kind of sat down on the sidewalk thinking about this guy. (Who, by the way, has long black hair, not like Chad-long, but like a long bowl cut, with deep blue eyes, and is a little bit on the tall side, but not huge.) Her friends walked up and saw Chibi Momo, who had, over time, sprawled herself so that she was lying down. Shindarae lightly kicked her in the belly and said, "Oh, wake up, you dumb baka!"
"Hmm? What? Test today? I forgot to study! Oh no!" Chibi Momo exclaimed after waking up with a jolt.
"Oh, silly, there's no test!" Miraki said.
"There isn't?" Chibi Momo asked.
"No, we just kicked you to get you up," Airu explained.
"Oh."
"So, why did you fall asleep, anyway, Momo?" asked Miraki.
"Well, you see, I was thinking about if Romiko would ask me to be in a picture with him at the dance, and I kinda fell asleep," Chibi Momo said rather sheepishly.
"Ohhhh, Romiko can do that to you," Shindarae agreed.
"Yup."
"He's so handsome, and dark," Miraki said.
"And sophisticated and smart," Airu said.
"And really really cute!" Chibi Momo and Shindarae said in unison. There was a nod from all the girls and they went off to class as the bell rang.
"Class, sit down, shush up. We have a lot to do today, and there is something very important going on. I am sure all of you, especially the girls all know Toshimo Romiko. Well, it seems that the class he is presently in is not hard enough, and he will be coming and working with us for the rest of the year," Ichiru-sensei said. There was a happy whisper and occasional giggle from one the girls every so often. "He is coming now, so when he knocks at the door, shush up and look smart," she said with a snap. As on cue, Romiko knocked at the door and let himself in.
"Konnichiwa! Good day to all of you," said Romiko quietly.
"Good day to you, Romiko. I hope this class is suitable. If you would, please take the seat near Miss Kimoshi or Miss Sensura." Chibi Momo had just realized that she had an empty seat to the right of her. She crossed her fingers and said a little prayer: "Kami, please let this cute boy sit next to me, because I really like him." And then, as if her prayer was answered immediately, Romiko looked around, walked toward her and sat down. Shindarae, who was Miss Sensura, looked over to Chibi Momo and stuck out her tongue.
"Miss Kimoshi, please explain the assignment we are working on to Romiko."
"Hai, ma'am."
"Konnichiwa. You already know me I bet, but I don't know you. What is your name?" said Romiko, turning towards her.
"I'm Kimoshi Chibi Momo. Or, if you like, Miss Kimoshi," answered Chibi Momo, blushing.
"No, that's okay. So, Chibi Momo, what is the assignment?"
"Well, it's a report on one of the rulers of Tokyo, so I'm sure that you will pick Queen Usagi Serenity. It's due next Friday."
"Oh. Actually, we were studying the rulers in my other class, and I think I want to do Queen Chibi-Usa Serenity."
"Oh, there is nothing out there on her. I've already looked." Chibi Momo looked sad.
"Not if you help me."
Chibi Momo looked up. "What do you mean?"
"If you help me, we can share information and have a great report, because two intelligent minds are better than one," Romiko said with a smile.
Chibi Momo was stunned. "Um, okay," was all she could mutter. She was going to be the one girl who got to work with the cutest guy on campus. She whipped out her notes and they immediately started working.
~~
After class, the group got together again.
"Kamisama, I am sooooo jealous!" Shindarae said.
"Why?" asked Chibi Momo, who had gotten used to working with Romiko.
"Well duh, ain't it obvious? YOU get to work with. with. him." Miraki broke off.
"Oh. Well, I gotta go home now, see ya at the Vid Grid!" said Chibi Momo, referring to their favorite video game arcade.
"Ja!" exclaimed the girls.
~~
When Chibi Momo had gotten home, her mother had just finished supper.
"Hi honey, how was school?"
"Really good."
"That's rare. Why?"
"Well, this really cute guy ended up sitting next to me in class, and we worked together on our reports."
"That's nice."
"What are you cooking? It smells good."
"Chicken and rice with pineapple marinade. Your father got a promotion today, and I wanted to celebrate!" Sapiruno worked at a computer company, and was promoted from tech engineer to software management because he was working on his own software at home, and the manager of the company liked what he had done.
"That's great! I'm going to go to my room and try to find more info for my report."
"Okay."
Chibi Momo ran upstairs to her room to her computer, and logged on. She searched through dozens of Internet sites, not finding a single piece of information that was new besides the queen's birthdate.
"Oh, pile of poop. Why isn't there anything on her out there? I mean, like, the Biography web site had about nothing on her, and that's what they do for a living! This sucks."
Then, the Instant Messenger screen gave a ding. 'I wonder who could be on,' she pondered. She clicked on the minimized screen and the window popped up. A screen said, "A RoMiShImO_92742 has sent you, Lavender_Odango, an Instant Message. Would you like to answer the message?" She clicked yes and the screen went away.
"Hello? Who is this?" she wrote.
"This is Romiko. Hi, Chibi Momo."
She was utterly shocked. She stared at the screen blankly.
"Um, hi. Why are you er, writing to me?" she asked him.
"Because I thought that you might want a visit."
"But how did you know my screen name?"
"Directory."
"Ah. So."
"Have you found anything new for our report?"
'Our,' he said. That could mean something good.' Chibi Momo thought excitedly. "Um, no, I haven't."
"Oh. Well, I guess I'll see you at school tomorrow then. I might find something new to share with you."
"Okay." She wrote back. "Bye, Romiko."
"Bye, Momo." Then he logged off.
"This could be the start of a be-a-u-ti-ful relationship," she thought out loud. She ran downstairs toward the kitchen. "Mom, is dinner ready?"
"No, honey. But it almost is. Can you set the table for me?"
"Sure. Hey mom, at 7:00 I am going to Vid Grid to meet my friends. Is that okay?" she asked as she leaned over to put down chopsticks.
"I'm fine with it. Just be home by 9:00.You have school tomorrow, and it's picture day, so I don't want you looking like a wreck to all of our relatives."
"Don't worry mom. I don't have any more homework, so I'll be home at 9:00," Chibi Momo assured her.
"Then there is no reason why you can't go. Oops! Almost let the chicken burn," she said as she pulled the roasted chicken from the oven.
"Arigatou, mom. Oh, the sauce is boiling. You might want to take it off to cool," Chibi Momo added.
"Becoming quite the little cook, aren't you?" her mother said chuckling.
"Can't wait till Home Ec. rolls around!"
"Sapiruno! Dinner is served!" she called to her husband.
"I'm coming!" he called back, walking into the room. The family sat down and enjoyed a nice family supper, full of delightful conversation.
~~
When dinner ended, it was only 6:30, and Chibi Momo went upstairs to change. She put on a cute pink shirt that accented her hair that had gold lettering on it. It read: "Boys are like parking spaces. All the good ones are taken." She slipped on flare jeans and her Vans shoes (which were also pink lined) and picked up her purse off the middle of her room's floor. She headed downstairs and picked her charm bracelet up from the counter, and said bye to her mom. She left through the door and walked down the street. She met her friends at the Vid Grid, which on one side was a little café, and the other an arcade. Her friends had chosen a booth at the mini- restaurant and she scooted in so she was sitting next to Miraki, with Shindarae across from her.
"'Sup?" she asked.
"Oh nothing, except that for the past few hours all I could think about was how Romiko chose you over me!" Shindarae burst.
"Sorry to burst your bubble."
"Oh, come on, stop it," Airu said interjecting.
"Besides, I think we all feel the same way."
"Okay, guys. If there was any girl in school at Romiko's fingertips, like they already aren't, who do you think he'd pick?" Miraki asked.
"I think he'd pick Setrina," answered Shindarae, referring to a tall, pretty blonde.
"I think he'd pick Emirie," said Airu, talking about a gorgeous brunette who had curly hair.
"Um, I think he'd choose between Setrina and Emirie," said Chibi Momo nervously. She didn't say what was on her mind.
"That's where I think you are all wrong," stated Miraki. "I think he'd pick Chibi Momo." Chibi Momo gasped in total surprise, choking on the cookie she had bought.
"What? Not me!" exclaimed Chibi Momo. "Why would he like me, anyway?"
"I think you're pretty enough," replied Miraki. "You're smart, and guys like a girl's hair. Your hair is so soft and long. Guys can't resist it."
"You're just the right size for dancing," Airu observed. "You are a little petite, so your head would rest right on his upper chest."
"And, you're helping him with the report. He probably knows you more than any other girl he's been out with," Shindarae said, looking to the side like she hadn't said it.
"Do you guys really think so?" Chibi Momo said happily. "I mean, I do like him a lot."
"Of course."
"Cool. Now, who wants some cookies?"
Disclaimer: I dun own Sailor Moon. I do however have many printed pictures of her!
Chapter 2- Romiko
When Chibi Momo got home, her parents were quietly sitting at the low table drinking coffee, her father reading the paper and her mother reading "Household" magazine. She took no real notice and headed upstairs to do some more research for her paper. She logged onto the Internet and searched through Yahoo! and Excite.com for any information at all that differed from what she had already found.
"Crap," she whispered quietly as she went through about 50 sites, finding nothing at all on the queen. Then, something popped up that she had never seen before. It said something in the caption before she opened the web site about Queen Chibi-Usa and some sort of affair. She clicked on the link and found herself in a site with gold letter on a black background. There was a large yellow crescent moon on the top. The first paragraph read:
"Most of us think that the Lost Queen, Queen Chibi-Usa Serenity was happily married and her husband grieved over her when she died. Not so the case. The couple had always had an up and down relationship. Her mother always urged her to marry a nice guy, and she did, but almost reluctantly. Here is the story of "Chibi-Usa's Affair"."
Chibi Momo read the words on the screen like some religion freak reading the Bible.
'Anything,' she thought, 'would help me with my report. Something like this will add some spice.' She read until there was no more left to read, then printed the pages on her printer. She took notes and then wrote an outline for the next part of her report.
'This'll be great!' she told herself before drifting to sleep.
~~
The next day at school, flyers were handed out announcing a school dance. Chibi Momo had looked the paper over thoroughly, memorizing the dates, times, and prices.
"Friday, the 15th of September, at 6:00 in the gym, admission is 200 yen to get in, and food costs more, 350 yen for pictures." Since boys asked the girls to be in pictures with them at dances, Chibi Momo naturally wanted the cutest guy in 8th grade, Toshimo Romiko (last names always come first) to ask her to be in a picture with him. She daydreamed and kind of sat down on the sidewalk thinking about this guy. (Who, by the way, has long black hair, not like Chad-long, but like a long bowl cut, with deep blue eyes, and is a little bit on the tall side, but not huge.) Her friends walked up and saw Chibi Momo, who had, over time, sprawled herself so that she was lying down. Shindarae lightly kicked her in the belly and said, "Oh, wake up, you dumb baka!"
"Hmm? What? Test today? I forgot to study! Oh no!" Chibi Momo exclaimed after waking up with a jolt.
"Oh, silly, there's no test!" Miraki said.
"There isn't?" Chibi Momo asked.
"No, we just kicked you to get you up," Airu explained.
"Oh."
"So, why did you fall asleep, anyway, Momo?" asked Miraki.
"Well, you see, I was thinking about if Romiko would ask me to be in a picture with him at the dance, and I kinda fell asleep," Chibi Momo said rather sheepishly.
"Ohhhh, Romiko can do that to you," Shindarae agreed.
"Yup."
"He's so handsome, and dark," Miraki said.
"And sophisticated and smart," Airu said.
"And really really cute!" Chibi Momo and Shindarae said in unison. There was a nod from all the girls and they went off to class as the bell rang.
"Class, sit down, shush up. We have a lot to do today, and there is something very important going on. I am sure all of you, especially the girls all know Toshimo Romiko. Well, it seems that the class he is presently in is not hard enough, and he will be coming and working with us for the rest of the year," Ichiru-sensei said. There was a happy whisper and occasional giggle from one the girls every so often. "He is coming now, so when he knocks at the door, shush up and look smart," she said with a snap. As on cue, Romiko knocked at the door and let himself in.
"Konnichiwa! Good day to all of you," said Romiko quietly.
"Good day to you, Romiko. I hope this class is suitable. If you would, please take the seat near Miss Kimoshi or Miss Sensura." Chibi Momo had just realized that she had an empty seat to the right of her. She crossed her fingers and said a little prayer: "Kami, please let this cute boy sit next to me, because I really like him." And then, as if her prayer was answered immediately, Romiko looked around, walked toward her and sat down. Shindarae, who was Miss Sensura, looked over to Chibi Momo and stuck out her tongue.
"Miss Kimoshi, please explain the assignment we are working on to Romiko."
"Hai, ma'am."
"Konnichiwa. You already know me I bet, but I don't know you. What is your name?" said Romiko, turning towards her.
"I'm Kimoshi Chibi Momo. Or, if you like, Miss Kimoshi," answered Chibi Momo, blushing.
"No, that's okay. So, Chibi Momo, what is the assignment?"
"Well, it's a report on one of the rulers of Tokyo, so I'm sure that you will pick Queen Usagi Serenity. It's due next Friday."
"Oh. Actually, we were studying the rulers in my other class, and I think I want to do Queen Chibi-Usa Serenity."
"Oh, there is nothing out there on her. I've already looked." Chibi Momo looked sad.
"Not if you help me."
Chibi Momo looked up. "What do you mean?"
"If you help me, we can share information and have a great report, because two intelligent minds are better than one," Romiko said with a smile.
Chibi Momo was stunned. "Um, okay," was all she could mutter. She was going to be the one girl who got to work with the cutest guy on campus. She whipped out her notes and they immediately started working.
~~
After class, the group got together again.
"Kamisama, I am sooooo jealous!" Shindarae said.
"Why?" asked Chibi Momo, who had gotten used to working with Romiko.
"Well duh, ain't it obvious? YOU get to work with. with. him." Miraki broke off.
"Oh. Well, I gotta go home now, see ya at the Vid Grid!" said Chibi Momo, referring to their favorite video game arcade.
"Ja!" exclaimed the girls.
~~
When Chibi Momo had gotten home, her mother had just finished supper.
"Hi honey, how was school?"
"Really good."
"That's rare. Why?"
"Well, this really cute guy ended up sitting next to me in class, and we worked together on our reports."
"That's nice."
"What are you cooking? It smells good."
"Chicken and rice with pineapple marinade. Your father got a promotion today, and I wanted to celebrate!" Sapiruno worked at a computer company, and was promoted from tech engineer to software management because he was working on his own software at home, and the manager of the company liked what he had done.
"That's great! I'm going to go to my room and try to find more info for my report."
"Okay."
Chibi Momo ran upstairs to her room to her computer, and logged on. She searched through dozens of Internet sites, not finding a single piece of information that was new besides the queen's birthdate.
"Oh, pile of poop. Why isn't there anything on her out there? I mean, like, the Biography web site had about nothing on her, and that's what they do for a living! This sucks."
Then, the Instant Messenger screen gave a ding. 'I wonder who could be on,' she pondered. She clicked on the minimized screen and the window popped up. A screen said, "A RoMiShImO_92742 has sent you, Lavender_Odango, an Instant Message. Would you like to answer the message?" She clicked yes and the screen went away.
"Hello? Who is this?" she wrote.
"This is Romiko. Hi, Chibi Momo."
She was utterly shocked. She stared at the screen blankly.
"Um, hi. Why are you er, writing to me?" she asked him.
"Because I thought that you might want a visit."
"But how did you know my screen name?"
"Directory."
"Ah. So."
"Have you found anything new for our report?"
'Our,' he said. That could mean something good.' Chibi Momo thought excitedly. "Um, no, I haven't."
"Oh. Well, I guess I'll see you at school tomorrow then. I might find something new to share with you."
"Okay." She wrote back. "Bye, Romiko."
"Bye, Momo." Then he logged off.
"This could be the start of a be-a-u-ti-ful relationship," she thought out loud. She ran downstairs toward the kitchen. "Mom, is dinner ready?"
"No, honey. But it almost is. Can you set the table for me?"
"Sure. Hey mom, at 7:00 I am going to Vid Grid to meet my friends. Is that okay?" she asked as she leaned over to put down chopsticks.
"I'm fine with it. Just be home by 9:00.You have school tomorrow, and it's picture day, so I don't want you looking like a wreck to all of our relatives."
"Don't worry mom. I don't have any more homework, so I'll be home at 9:00," Chibi Momo assured her.
"Then there is no reason why you can't go. Oops! Almost let the chicken burn," she said as she pulled the roasted chicken from the oven.
"Arigatou, mom. Oh, the sauce is boiling. You might want to take it off to cool," Chibi Momo added.
"Becoming quite the little cook, aren't you?" her mother said chuckling.
"Can't wait till Home Ec. rolls around!"
"Sapiruno! Dinner is served!" she called to her husband.
"I'm coming!" he called back, walking into the room. The family sat down and enjoyed a nice family supper, full of delightful conversation.
~~
When dinner ended, it was only 6:30, and Chibi Momo went upstairs to change. She put on a cute pink shirt that accented her hair that had gold lettering on it. It read: "Boys are like parking spaces. All the good ones are taken." She slipped on flare jeans and her Vans shoes (which were also pink lined) and picked up her purse off the middle of her room's floor. She headed downstairs and picked her charm bracelet up from the counter, and said bye to her mom. She left through the door and walked down the street. She met her friends at the Vid Grid, which on one side was a little café, and the other an arcade. Her friends had chosen a booth at the mini- restaurant and she scooted in so she was sitting next to Miraki, with Shindarae across from her.
"'Sup?" she asked.
"Oh nothing, except that for the past few hours all I could think about was how Romiko chose you over me!" Shindarae burst.
"Sorry to burst your bubble."
"Oh, come on, stop it," Airu said interjecting.
"Besides, I think we all feel the same way."
"Okay, guys. If there was any girl in school at Romiko's fingertips, like they already aren't, who do you think he'd pick?" Miraki asked.
"I think he'd pick Setrina," answered Shindarae, referring to a tall, pretty blonde.
"I think he'd pick Emirie," said Airu, talking about a gorgeous brunette who had curly hair.
"Um, I think he'd choose between Setrina and Emirie," said Chibi Momo nervously. She didn't say what was on her mind.
"That's where I think you are all wrong," stated Miraki. "I think he'd pick Chibi Momo." Chibi Momo gasped in total surprise, choking on the cookie she had bought.
"What? Not me!" exclaimed Chibi Momo. "Why would he like me, anyway?"
"I think you're pretty enough," replied Miraki. "You're smart, and guys like a girl's hair. Your hair is so soft and long. Guys can't resist it."
"You're just the right size for dancing," Airu observed. "You are a little petite, so your head would rest right on his upper chest."
"And, you're helping him with the report. He probably knows you more than any other girl he's been out with," Shindarae said, looking to the side like she hadn't said it.
"Do you guys really think so?" Chibi Momo said happily. "I mean, I do like him a lot."
"Of course."
"Cool. Now, who wants some cookies?"