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Fortune Teller
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Rei had it all figured out. This new business venture of hers would set her for life, she just knew it. All she needed was to disguise herself, lest someone she knew recognized her and called her a loser. This drawback could have serious repercussions to her bid for popularity, but a girl needed cash to get by in this world.
And her disguise worked. Ami-chan and Makoto came just a few minutes ago. True, Ami had done her best to get away, but Kino Makoto would have none of that. And they didn't even recognize who was giving them their fortune. Rei almost started whooping but calmed herself just in time.
Their fortune had been good, too. Both Makoto and Ami had asked about love and Rei was glad that the tarot cards did not gave any bad readings. Ami would find her love first and Makoto had a long wait to go, but the cards promised they would both find true love. All in good time, was all.
Rei was still musing about that when a tall figure entered. He stood, undecided at the entrance, and then someone shoved him rudely from behind. Soon, Motoki's laughing face poked in, before entering as well. "I swear Mamoru, you really don't know when to enjoy yourself," Motoki said.
Mamoru gave his friend a killing glare before replying, "I told you I don't believe in fortune telling. Why don't you have a go, if your such a believer!"
His best friend gave the fortune teller a wink before answering. "Coz I already found my true love. Reika will skin me alive if she thought I'm having doubts. Now," he turned to Mamoru and gave him an innocent look, "You need all the boost you can get."
Rei wasn't about to let her God given chance go. This was an opportunity of the lifetime, and she was gonna use it. Giving the two young men a seductive smile, she beckoned to her crush and offered him a seat.
Mamoru gave a sigh of defeat and sat down. Giving the woman before him a once over, he frowned a little. "You look familiar…" he said.
The fortune teller made a bobbing gesture. "I am always familiar to a seeking heart. Shall we look at what the cards say about the woman of your dreams?" Rei wasted no time waiting for an answer. She started scrutinizing the old deck and hoped she had marked them right. With subtle movements, she seemingly picked at random while shuffling the cards.
When she had laid them out, her hope begun escalating pleased at the pieces now facing down the table. Rei was fairly sure she had picked out the right ones. Licking her lips, she turned the first face side up with a dramatic gesture, her eyes closed.
"This is the sign that your true love is under," she said in a soft voice. Her eyes opened in a fluttering way, only to become wide. The card was not of the Fire Maiden, but one with the Daughter of the Moon.
Mamoru for his part was suddenly gripping the table. "What else?" he asked. "Can it tell me what she looked like?" Motoki raised his brows, surprised at Mamoru's sudden enthusiasm.
Rei frowned, unsure what happened, but she pursed her lips at the second card. She was fairly sure this one showcased the Queen of Spades. She could use this to pint out that his dream girl was black haired. Heart beating wildly, she flipped it only to almost squawked in frustration.
It showed a rabbit hopping around the moon a happy grin on its face. Rei stared hard at it, pondering the meaning. Then she paled visibly. There was no such thing as the Rabbit in the major arcana of the Tarot cards. Somehow, the deck had included a different trump. "What the hell…" she whispered.
Mamoru's scowl became positively suspicious. "What sort of fortune teller are you?" With a quick and decisive movement he flipped the next card. The rabbit stared at them, this time happily eating a chocolate cake, while sitting down on a miniature moon.
Four more was turned. All four showed the same rabbit this time eating a piece of dumpling, an ice cream on a cone, and munching a giant cookie. The fourth had the same rabbit wearing a pink dress, white ribbons at the base of her ears; on her paw was a small earth.
Frustrated that the fortune teller was staying silent, Mamoru stood up and gave a curt nod to his friend, indicating he wanted to leave. Motoki gave the fortune teller an apologetic smile, and followed his friend out.
Rei was shaken. Looking down, she almost screamed. The tarots had returned to normal. No more rabbits. They were just the same old boring arcana. She stood up, ready to take a break, when another customer entered.
Tsukino Usagi gave the fortune teller a happy grin, while she valiantly tried not drop her purchases. On her hands was a piece of chocolate cake wrapped in cellophane, a bag of dumpling with the name of the store stamped on the bag, a cookie as large as her head, and a bouncy ball designed to look like a globe. Her pink dress was spotless save for a spot of ice cream on the hem line.
The girl posing as a tarot reader gave an "Oh, its you," and fell down in a dead faint. It took Usagi a moment before she realized what happened and she rushed to the side of the fallen girl. As she called out for help, her left hand scratched her head, confused at what the fortune teller meant with her last words. Her gesture skewed the white ribbon she had tied to her odangos, while her blue eyes mournfully gazed at the delicious food now laying on the floor.
