Drink Up, 'Fess Up, Throw Up Chapter Three, a sailor moon fanfic

Hey guys! Lots of Ami/Makoto, at Hobbes' request. Besides, most of the last chapter was Rei/Minako, so it's only fair this gets balanced out. I don't think this is my best chapter, and it seems a little short again, but see what you think anyway.

Speaking of my loyal fans, I see I've gotten pretty popular over the past five days… I'm sorry, I'll try to stop the power from going to my head.

Exam went well. Thanks for asking :)

But you didn't ask, did you?

ON BEHALF OF THE MOON, I'LL PUNISH Y- ahaha… hah… quote, unquote?

ME: Bah!

ME: runs but… I… don't… own… them…! DISCLAIM POWER!!!

ME: Stopped your sorry ass didn't it? Enjoy, guys!

Drink Up, 'Fess Up, Throw Up

--- TWO IN THE FREAKIN' MORNING – MAKOTO'S P.O.V. ---

And so I find myself walking home at two in the freakin' morning, carrying a total lightweight in the alcohol department, who turned into a total deadweight in the… uh… weight department when she eventually passed out.

Hey, that's about as poetic as I get, okay?

Depending upon what point exactly you happened to tune in, you may or may not be surprised to know that the lump on my back is for once not Usagi.

It's Ami. Yes, you heard me. Ami. The voluntary drunk. Because of course, that's normal.

Oh no, wait, you haven't heard the best part yet…

--- THE PARTY – A GOOD FEW HOURS AFTER I HAD MY ARM AROUND AMI, AND THEN I SAW THAT MAGAZINE AND… OH YEAH… THAT GUY TOTALLY REMINDED ME OF MY… ---

Minako: "Seriously, Mako, if you're not going to let me narrate then at least learn to write a real slugline…"

--- BITE ME ---

"Mako-chaaaaaan!!!"

Mako had barely reached for the sliding door to the adjoining room when Ami practically fell into her other arm and latched onto it like a limpet.

"H-hi Ami!" She sweat-dropped and shifted from one leg to the other restlessly. "How's it goin'? And what's that awful racket?"

Open questions, what are you CRAZY?! With the position she's put you in, you want to make conversation with her now?

"I'm GUURRRREAT! And that's Usagi doing karaoke. Should have figured she couldn't manage without her LEAD GUITARIST!"

Ami mimed playing a guitar solo with similarly embarrassing sound effects.

"Dang, dang downg…"

Makoto fidgeted.

Oh, this is just too much. You should be trying to get out of this situation! Pry her off, distract her with a textbook, I don't care, just BAIL! NOW!

"So, what's the verdict?"

"H-huh?"

"Usagi told me to ask you if there was any food left from earlier."

"Oh, eheh, sure, it's- it's warmed up in the oven…"

"Mmm… okay then." Ami leaned deeper into her arm as if falling asleep, and Makoto tapped her foot agitatedly for a few moments, until eventually…

"Sorry, Ami-chan! Gotta go!"

She shook off the bluenette and Mercury looked at her confusedly. "Go where?"

The last thing she heard was the slamming of the screen door to the bathroom, a trickling sound and a huge sigh of relief.

Ami stared at the door.

"Come on, Amiiiiiiiiii, you're solo's up!"

"Huh? Oh, okay, Usa!"

(A/N: HAHAHA! Fooled ya! Of COURSE Mako doesn't know yet. I'm not cruel enough to not write that part…)

--- THREE MINUTES LATER ---

Minako: "Why was that the best part?"

--- IT'S NOT! I'M GETTING TO IT, DAMNIT! ---

Minako: "Okay, yeesh…"

--- THREE… MINUTES… LATER… ---

"Hey, Ami, sorry about… that…"

Mako found that she had walked in upon a barrage of hysterical laughter. The karaoke equipment now discarded, the two girls – and let me remind you that Usagi was still sober – were now watching an advert for Venus razorblades, mentioning something about Mina being an emo. The brunette shook her head.

'I'm your fire, your desire…'

Hey, speaking of which, where had Rei and Minako disappeared to? She slipped back out of the room before the two others noticed her presence and headed for Rei's room as the obvious choice.

And how exactly had she gotten saddled with the rowdiest – if deceptively packaged – drunk in their entire circle?

Quietly she opened the door and found Rei snuggled up in her bed. Mina had fallen asleep beside her on top of the covers, and the Fire Senshi had an arm around her, hugging her much like a child hugs their favourite teddy bear. She was pouting slightly, while Venus had a slight frown creasing her brow.

Both the intended and the eventual party host were asleep. Mako sighed to herself. She supposed that was it for the birthday bash, then…

--- BREAK ---

Makoto: "Huh? Wait, I'm not done yet-"

Minako: "Whoa, I'm sorry, didn't you just WRECK my half of the story?"

Makoto: "Now what are you whining about?"

Minako: "You just gave away the CLIFFHANGER to MY STORY! Not to mention you were spying on me and Rei like some kind of pervert! You really are Zeus all over!"

Makoto: "Why you little-!"

scuffling is heard

Usagi: "Kids today." U "Well, I guess I better take over..."

--- MAKO-CHAN'S LUCKY I CAN FINISH THIS OFF…---

The wonderful, smart, beeeautiful Usagi was chuckling elegantly at the infomercials on TV, the only scout responsible enough to take care of Sailor Mercury, when she turned around to see Mako-chan looking tired and glum, yet suspiciously relieved…

"Hey, Usagi, I think we better start cleaning up. Rei and Mina are fast asleep, and since the whole thing involved their planning and hospitality, it's only fair that we deal with the mess, right?"

"OoOoO! But I only just got heeeeeeeeeeeere…"

The princess pulled a face (but still kept looking beautiful). "Besides, I've been taking care of Ami all this time."

Makoto raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah? Where is she then?"

"She's right… uuuuuhhhh…!"

Suddenly, the Moon Princess realised that her beloved servant, Mercury (Ami: "HEY!"), had disappeared! It must have been the work of the evil NEGAVERSE-!

"Hey, guuuuys…!!!" Ami reappeared with a half-empty bottle of beer in her hand.

Eheh… maybe not.

"Ami!" exclaimed Mako, and ran over to support the girl's weight. Then she turned on the Princess (who was in no way responsible for any of this) and glowered at her.

"You let her drink more? Are you crazy? She was totally out of it as it was!"

Usagi opened her mouth to reply, but…

"You know, Mako-chan…?"

The Lightning Senshi looked down to see deep blue eyes gazing up at her. She flinched slightly – they lacked their usual spark of intelligence, their secrets, the emotional torrent that always seemed to conflict with her academic self.

"I was always terrified of telling you exactly how I felt, but now I'm totally brave enough! We should get drunk before we fight monsters, too!"

Jade orbs stared down at her. "W-what are you… talking about, Ami-chan?"

Mercury suddenly hugged Jupiter tightly around the waist. "I love you soooo MUCH, Mako-chaaaan! I've loved you for years and years! I've just been too much of a wimp… to… urgh… Mako, please stop spinning around…"

With that startling revelation, the Ice Senshi collapsed in a bewildered Makoto's arms.

There was silence, save for the mindless chatter of the TV.

She looked up at Usagi.

"Did… did you know anything about this?"

The Princess, also shocked by Ami's words, shook her head mutely (Rei: "For once!" Usagi: "Shut up, Rei!").

There was another, longer pause as Makoto stared hard at the unconscious face of her best friend, before eventually she said,

"I gotta get her home, Usagi."

Sailor Moon nodded seriously. "Of course."

"Sure you'll be okay here?"

"Positive. You better get going."

"Right. Help her onto my back, would ya? It's gonna be a long walk back to my place."

--- END CHAPTER ---

Not sure if that was a bit of a nothing chapter to be honest, but still, I hope you liked it.

The problem is that my attention span is appalling, and although I'm determined to finish this, dragging all of you through the entire evening of the party seems a little much, so a lot of it got broken down. Maybe I'll do a more extensive version of it someday, but until then, deal with it…

Also, we'll be getting onto the heavy stuff soon, so to compensate for my humourless ending chapters, time for a little thing I think I'll call… the Usagi Interlude! Dum, dum, DUUUUUM!!

Rei: "You're right, she is dumb."

Usagi: "Hey! TakaKO! Tell her she's wrong!

pause

Usagi: "… Takako?"

pause

Me: "Well…"

Usagi bursts into tears

Rei: "This could be a long night…"