The Photo (Or #73 Wild West)

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Minako laughed, "I've always wanted to do one of these!" She squealed, moving them towards one of those photo places. The mall was packed with holiday shoppers, but the girls were searching for something to end their boredom. Ami had forced them to finish all their shopping last week, so now there was nothing to do but wait until Christmas and see if their purchases were right.

"Mina-chan, I'm not doing another one of your dumb ideas. I always end up looking ridiculous." Rei said snidely. She pulled her tan coat around her, not waiting to do another one of her schemes.

"Oh Rei-chan, perk up! We've walked the mall 3 times already. This will burn a good hour before Motoki comes and gets us." Makoto begged, dragging the reluctant beauty into the shop.

The rest followed a little eager to have a little fun. Once they were handed their outfits, they all changed in separate rooms. Minako came out first, dressed as a high society lady. Makoto was dressed as a sheriff, Ami as a county doctor, Rei a bar tender.

"Oh HELL NO!" Usagi screeched. "I'm not wearing this. No. No. NO!"

"Come on Usa-chan. It can't be that bad." Ami said, trying to cajole her out of her hiding.

"This wasn't my idea. Why do I have to suffer?" She whined, but before she could change, Rei threw open the curtain to the changing room to reveal a scandally-clad Usagi, dressed as a saloon dancer. The bright red dress sparkled, exposing far to much leg in her opinion.

"Oh you can't wear that style Odango." Minako laughed, pulling out the buns from her hair. It tumbled down her shoulders. "Much better."

The photo session finished in about an hour, and they were all changed back into their street clothes. They all paid the bill. One question asked if you would like to send these to a relative. As they filled it out, Usagi made it clear that, "If Mamoru-baka sees this… you all die, no matter who did it." She set gave her paper to the cashier and left the store.

When the cashier began imputing the information in the computer, she noticed one similarity in the papers. 4 of the 5 girls had put Chiba Mamoru as a recipient of the photo from Western Photography.