Journey to the Past - Chapter 4
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of the characters; however the idea of the story is completely original and not based upon any of the plot ideas from Sailor Moon.
Ps. I'm really sorry if I spelt Ami's name incorrectly in the previous chapter, I think I might have spelt it with a 'y' instead (the English/American version) – my apologies!
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"Now just add a little more sugar…" Makato explained from the kitchen as she looked down upon the ever growing child before her, "they sure do have you make hard stuff in school huh Serena? I remember when I was 8 I was just learning how to make a fruit salad!"
Serena looked up at her aunt and smiled, "I guess! I'm not good at the food stuff anyway; my friend Becca always does it for me! She's a real good cook, her mama helps her make these things called rainbow cookies, and they taste so good!"
Makato smiled and sighed, rolling her eyes in amusement as she instructed Serena on how to do the next step, "don't worry Serena, I'll make you the best cook in your whole school!"
"I told my friends about you, they said it was way cool to have such a famous aunt!" Serena beamed as she added the next ingredient to the mix, a look of concentration came over her flour covered face as she tried to measure it out on the scales, sighing when she realised she wasn't tall enough.
"Here let me help," Makato smiled as she took the bag of sugar from the child and weighed out the correct amount, her insides still beaming at the thought of being a 'cool, famous aunt'. "So Serena do you like school?"
The instant look of disgust on the child's face was enough to make anyone laugh as she replied, "no! I like my friends, but I don't like the lessons, especially math! It's sooo hard! Besides, Aunt Minako said that school isn't really THAT important, as long as you're pretty!" She stated with a very Minako-esque smile as she stirred the tough mixture, shaking her arm as it began to hurt.
"Trust your Aunt Minako to say something like that…" Makato rolled her eyes and put a reminder at the back of her mind to grill an unsuspecting blond the next time she saw her. "Well it's a shame that you don't like it! I guess I never really loved school either, I enjoyed home economics and sport but that was about it, but it's still very important Serena! And you've always got us to help you if you get stuck, especially Aunt Ami and Mamoru, they were whizzes at math at school." Makato replied as she leaned back against the counter.
The tall brunette looked down at the child and smiled. She rarely got to look after Serena anymore as she was so busy with school and Makato was so busy with her restaurant, she relished any time that she had on her own with the buzzing eight year old. And besides, ever since Ami and Luna found that negative force two years ago, Mamoru had been extremely overprotective of the child, barely letting her out of his sight. A sigh coming from the child interrupted her thoughts as she looked down and exclaimed, "oh no Serena! You've added too much sweetheart!"
"Aw man, that sucks! I told you I was bad at cooking Aunt Makato!"
"No, no, no sweetie it's fine everybody makes mistakes!"
"Everybody makes mistakes, everybody has those days…" Serena started to sing, forgetting the previous mishap as she danced whilst stirring the mixture again.
'Looks like her Hannah Montana phase still hasn't passed!' Thought Makato as she heard a knock at the door. "I'll be one second Serena, don't touch anything sharp, oh, and don't even think about going near that oven ok?"
"Ok Aunt Makato!" Chirped Serena as she went back to dancing and stirring.
Makato answered the door and greeted her friend, "oh hey Ami! Serena's…"
The sound of screeching echoed throughout the apartment, "Nobody's perfect, I gotta work it, again and again 'til I get it right!"
"Serena's here? Oh yes I know, I heard her singing when I came out of the elevator! Guess her Hannah Montana phase still hasn't blown over yet!" The petite bluenette smiled as she entered the apartment, a pile of books in her hands as always as she pushed her glasses up that had fallen down from her nose.
"Exactly what I was thinking!" Replied Makato as she closed the door and followed Ami.
"Hey Serena!" Ami called as she sat down at one of the bar stools in the kitchen.
Serena turned around and stopped singing mid-sentence, "AUNT AMI!" She squealed as she ran over and leapt into Ami's arms, forgetting that she was covered in flour.
"Oh Serena, look at what you've done to Aunt Ami's blouse!" Scolded Makato as she looked at the child sternly. Serena gasped as she saw the beautiful blue blouse which was now covered in white powder and looked up at them both.
"Oh Aunt Ami I'm sorry! I'm really really really really sorry! I really am!" She rambled as Ami chuckled to herself and put her hands on the child's shoulders.
"It's alright, it's just flour, but make sure you're more careful in the future ok?"
"Ok Aunt Ami, I promise!" Smiled Serena, glad that she wasn't in huge trouble as she ran back into the kitchen, her long blonde pigtails trailing behind her.
When they were sure that Serena was out of ear-shot, Makato looked at Ami seriously and asked, "Any more news on that negative energy force?"
Ami sighed and rested her head upon her hands, "No, it's strange, ever since we found that energy force two years ago it seems to have vanished. Luna thinks that maybe we should forget about it but I can't help but think that something bad is going to happen soon."
Makato looked at the ceiling thoughtfully and then looked again at her friend, "maybe Luna's right Ami, I mean it has been two years. Have you spoken to Rei about it recently? Last I heard she had seen something in the fire."
"Yes, but that was just a one off, she hasn't found anything since. To be honest that's the only reason as to why I don't think we should forget about this. Say it is a new enemy? Maybe they want us to forget about it so that they can take advantage of us! We can't let our guards down! I mean, I know that when Usagi died we were promised a future of peace, it's what she sacrificed her life for, but nowadays I'm not so sure. There's no such thing as peace if you ask me!" Exclaimed the blue haired senshi as she looked over to where Serena was baking, noticing how care free the child seemed. She felt a pang of jealousy, wishing she could once again be that age; nothing to worry about except what was on TV that afternoon, no pain and best of all no fighting – not that she didn't like being a Senshi!
"I see what you mean I guess it's just a matter of…" Another knock on the door interrupted Makato as she wondered to herself who it could be.
As soon as she answered the door an energetic blonde enveloped her in a hug, "Minako! What brings you here?" She asked as the blonde released her.
"What so a girl has to have a reason to visit one of her BEST FRIENDS now does she? Hmm?" She cried dramatically as she put her hand to her forehead.
Makato rolled her eyes and continued, "Oh for crying out loud stop being such a drama queen, of course you don't have to have a reason, I just thought you were busy today that's all!"
Minako chirped up at the mention of the words 'drama queen' and beamed at Makato, "well just checking! Ooh something smells good, baking cookies are we Mako-chan?" She cried as her eyes almost bulged out of her head at the delicious smell that had diffused across the spacious apartment.
"Yeah, I'm helping Serena with some cooking for school." Makato stated as she laughed at Minako's antics, 'I guess some things never change!' She thought to herself.
"Oh yeah I forget you had Serena today, Hey Babe!" Minako cried to the young girl who was decorating some cookies with Ami.
"Aunt Minako! Hey!" Serena cried, ecstatic at the rare occasion that she got to see not two, but three of her beloved aunts at once!
Ami wiped her hands on her already filthy blouse and walked over to where Minako and Makato were standing, "Hey Minako, not working today?"
Minako took one look at Ami's blouse and wrinkled her nose, she was about to make a comment when she noticed the death glares she was getting from Makato, "Err…Nah, I thought I'd take the day off! Ah, the perks of being a well known, totally hot and majorly loved Super Star!" She giggled as stars appeared in her deep, blue eyes.
Ami and Makato exchanged glances and sighed, as Makato remembered the little bone she had to pick with a certain 'superstar.'
She cleared her throat loudly, "So Minako, what's this I hear about you telling Serena school isn't important? And that all that mattered was being pretty?" Makato demanded as Minako's eyes widened and her mouth dropped.
"YOU DID WHAT?!" Cried Ami, her usually calm exterior vanishing as her eyes flashed red.
The blonde looked from one of her friends to the other as she tried to come up with an excuse, she started to stutter afraid of the evil glares she was receiving from Ami and the smirk on Makato's face, "Well, you see Ames I didn't really mean it like that, erm, well you see, I…"
"BOOM. AIIIIIEEEE!"
The three women turned around quickly, scared out of their skin by the sudden explosion that had just taken place from the kitchen. They gasped at the sight before them; Serena was covered in flour, literally from head to toe. All that came from the child, after her deafening scream of course, was a meek, "oops" as she surveyed the damage that she had somehow just caused, still shaking slightly from the impact of the loud bang.
"How in Jupiter's name did she manage to explode that packet of flour?" Cried Makato, scratching her head as she almost fainted at the sight of her kitchen, which now looked like a bombsite.
"I have no idea, how strange…" Replied Ami as she followed Makato into the kitchen, reaching for Serena who seemed just as perturbed about the sudden flour explosion as her Aunts.
Minako simply stood at the edge of the kitchen giggling to herself, 'she's almost as bad as me!'
Meanwhile on the outskirts of the city…
A dark chuckle could be heard as Radon stood on the branch of a tree, surveying all that would soon be in his power. His eyes glistened as he watched over the buzzing city. He laughed as he watched couples walking hand in hand, the sight of love and happiness sickened him to the bone. He breathed out deeply and folded his arms, leaning further into the branched of the towering oak tree to ensure that no one would spot him. He was certain that he would succeed in his task. He had to. One more fail and Xenon would surely have his head. He shuddered at the thought.
"Microbe are you there?" He asked as he looked behind him, his green cape blowing in the wind.
"Of course Radon, master, Microbe is at your loyal service!" A robotic voice replied as what looked like a women dressed in leaves appeared out of nowhere, her deep red eyes could not go unnoticed as her thick red hair fell down her back. Her skin was a sickly green colour and seemed to be covered in small bumps adding to her gruesome appearance. She bowed to her master and smirked.
"Excellent! You know what you must do! We have been gathering energy without being discovered for the past two years, but our source is getting weak; we must now attack the human race. They do after all have the most powerful energy. Now go Microbe and do not disappoint me!" With that Radon disappeared leaving a smirking Microbe to look over her prey as she chuckled, preparing to attack, "your energy will be mine earthlings!"
Back at Makato's Apartment…
"Now are you sure you're ok Serena, your ears don't hurt at all?" Asked Ami in worry as she checked over the child, afraid that the loudness of the explosion may have caused permanent damage.
"Oh come on Ami it was only flour, she'll be fine!" Laughed Minako as she looked up from the magazine she was reading from the counter, "Hey Serena, come look at this, your Aunt Minako is in this magazine!" She grinned as she held up the spread, showing her in a very revealing bikini.
"Minako! Don't show her that, you're setting a bad example!" Cried Ami as she walked over and grabbed the magazine before Serena could see it.
"Aw but Aunt Ami I wanted to seeee!" Whined Serena as she crossed her arms and glared at her Aunts who didn't seem to be paying any attention to her.
"What do you mean a bad example? What are you trying to say Ami, huh, HUH?" Argued Minako, her face turning a shade of red as steam seemed to be coming out of her ears.
"Oh Minako calm down, I wasn't trying to start an argument, I'm just saying…"
"Calm down, CALM DOWN, you basically just IMPLIED that…"
A small beeping interrupted the argument as Makato looked up from where she was cleaning the remains of the flour explosion earlier, "that's odd, I don't think I put the timer on." She said as she stood up and looked around the kitchen.
"Where's it coming from?" Asked Minako as she joined Makato in the search for the 'mysterious beeping noise'.
Ami was about to join them when she realised where it was coming from. She gasped and dug deep into the bottom of her bag, finding the small blue contraption that hadn't been used in a long time. She looked at the screen; her eyes grew wide as she hit the answer button.
"Seriously where is it coming from?! Hang on it's stopped! WHAT!" Screamed Minako in annoyance as she bent down and looked under a counter.
Makato stood up and scratched her head, "I really have no idea how…" she stopped when she noticed the serious look on Ami's face, "what is it Ami?"
"The Senshi are needed on the outskirts of the city… Immediately!" She cried as she held up her communicator, showing that it had been the source of the beeping.
Minako stood up and looked at Ami in shock, "Are you serious?"
Ami nodded and cried, "Transform girls!"
Another chapter done and dusted, I had fun writing that one! Please review, whether it's good or bad I don't mind, and thanks again for reading! Sam xxx