Disclaimer : I still don't own Sailor Moon, Barbie, or Ken.
Chocolate Syrup Overdose
Chapter 4 - Finding Mamo
"Point proven! He's just like a child... take your eyes off him for half a minute and he's gone!," Rei said, not looking the least bit worried about Mamoru.
Usagi ignored her and ran to the window, looking back and forth to try to find Mamoru. Her searches didn't help though... He was no where to be seen.
"Rei, we have to go find him!," Usagi said. "What if he's lost? I'll admit, he is acting childish. But that probably means he has no clue where he's going!"
Rei sighed. "Fine. We'll go find him," Rei said, pointing at herself and the other 3 girls. "You will stay here."
"But - "
"No buts! Someone needs to stay here in case he comes back, so it might as well be you. You'd probably get lost, too, anyway."
Ami, Makoto, and Minako stood and walked towards the door. Rei followed after making Usagi sit in the vacated booth.
"Don't worry, Meatball Head. We'll find him," she told Usagi, the venom in her voice suddenly gone.
"Thanks, Rei."
Usagi leaned back into the booth and sighed.
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"I think we should split up. Minako and I will check around the school. Rei, you and Makoto should go check the park," Ami suggested.
"OK. But what should we do if we find him?," Makoto asked.
"Try to get him to come back to the arcade. We'll meet back there around 6. Good luck!," Ami said.
And with those words, they ran off in opposite directions.
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"Where do you think he could've gone?," Minako asked Ami as they walked down the sidewalk.
"For once... I have no clue...," Ami said, sounding hopeless.
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"Any clue where he is, Rei??," Makoto asked as she looked around.
"I think we'll have more luck looking at the park than the others will have looking near the school. He probably saw some kids playing or something and decided to join him. We'll find him soon enough," Rei said
"Don't you think you were being a bit harsh to Usagi earlier? She really thinks Mamoru is happy. She doesn't see much wrong with the way he's acting," Makoto said.
"I don't know...," Rei said, looking at the ground
They walked on in silence for a few minutes. Rei looked up from the ground and noticed a man skipping along into a path between some bushes.
"Hey! There he is! And he apparently wasn't trying to hide from us. Skipping like that kind of makes him stick out..."
They ran after him, hoping to catch him before he went too far into the maze-like collection of bushes and flowers.
"Mamoru!! Mamoru, come back!," Rei yelled.
Mamoru chanced a quick glance back, but lost his balance. He fell into a waist-height bush that he hadn't noticed.
"Ow!"
Rei and Makoto slowed down beside him and tried to help him up.
"Go away! You're mean!"
"Mamoru, it's just us. We're going to take you back! It's OK, we're your friends, too," Rei tried to tell him.
"I heard you talking to Usagi. You made her look sad," Mamoru said in a pouting voice.
"Usagi's OK, Mamoru. Come no, we'll take you back to her!," Makoto told him.
" No! I don't want to... I want Usagi to come here," Mamoru said.
"Please Mamoru?? We'll get you another Barbie doll!," Rei said.
"Rei!," Makoto said as she elbowed Rei. "Bribery is not going to help."
"Fine...," Rei grumbled.
"How about I go get Usagi for you, Mamoru? Will that make you happy?," Makoto said.
"Yeah!," Mamoru said happily.
"Alright, I'll let you stay here with Rei, and I'll be back with Usagi soon," Makoto said.
Rei sighed, not feeling like fighting with Makoto. She sat on the ground across from Mamoru and settled down for the wait. Mamoru pulled out his Ken doll and started squishing ants with Ken's feet.
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