Chapter V
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I bought myself a staff, nothing fancy just a simple little stick that can knock a few skulls if the need arises. I've also modified my leotard into a simple little bodysuit, I got tired of the wedgies.
A couple of days ago J-Man, he hates it when I call him that, had been abusing young girls and women's self-esteem about their body image to get them to start exercising. He's actually stealing their energy with the equipment, I realized what was happening when I saw the teacher walking in a lot skinnier than usual one day, and looking downright skeletal the next. In my short time here I've learned one thing; Whenever the status quo is messed with and all signs point to some new building that's opened around the corner, or some new celebrity in the media, it's the Dark Kingdom.
Anyway, I used a disguise to sneak into the gym. I ran into some mind-controlled humans that tried to attack me and a few little monsters that tried to attack me, but the lessons from my self defence classes helped me quickly subdue the humans. The monsters were a little tricky, but I used my 'Destructo Tiara' and badda bing badda boom, turned them to ash. I found J-Man in the basement, the girls were all in pod like capsules, his back was to me and he was messing with something and muttering to himself. I smirked, 'Idiot,' I thought to myself as I slowly crept forward, like a hunter stalking her prey. I got in striking distance still without him noticing me, I raised my staff in the air like I was playing golf and channeled almost all of my energy into swinging it.
CRACK!
I struck him and sent the poor sap flying, and he landed face first into a wall with a satisfying crunch. I broke his nose, 'Good' I ran as fast as I could toward him and before he could even get up I raised my staff again and brought it down hard.
CRACK!
Last night you would've really believed a man could fly with the way he was flinging about. I treated him like a hacky sack, I was about to deliver one last blow when he disappeared before it could connect.
SWISH!
"He got away," I grumbled, "Again" I added as I slipped out of the gym quietly. I transformed back to my civilian form, "I didn't even have to listen to pretty boy's motivational speeches this time," I jumped for joy and returned to Luna. "Now, if you don't mind. I'm going to get myself a milkshake, see you later!" I yelled as I dashed off.
I enjoyed two great weeks of peace and quiet while the teacher, and J-Man recovered. I even started studying with Mamoru too, It started on Monday when I ran into him while I in town, I asked if he could help me with my studying, he agreed to help me and we sat in a nearby soda shop and we went over my past test. He actually helped me understand it, we agreed to meet up once a week to help me better understand my schoolwork. On Tuesday I convinced my 'parents' to let me keep Luna, or Little Miss Midnight as I've renamed her. Although she didn't speak to me for a few days after that, Friday is when I bought her a little dish and a cute little pink collar that she absolutely hates. But alas, all good things must come to an end, the teacher returned the following Monday and J-Man is probably all healed up by now.
"Hey Usagi," Naru greeted me, "You're actually on time today."
Before I could slap her Umino popped out of nowhere and nearly gave me a damn heart attack, I think I need to get him a bell or something, "Well will you look at that! Ami Mizuno, got a perfect score!"
"Isn't she going to that super elite college prep cram school?" One of Usagi's other friends asked Umino.
"It's called Crystal Seminar." Umino answered. "I heard her IQ is nearly 300."
"I heard of that place," Naru said, "It's near the arcade, I heard my papa talk about it once, he said it's the most expensive cram school in the city."
"Her mother is a doctor, so that's why she goes there," Umino stated with a hint of bitterness in his voice.
Just then the bell rang, and all of us made our way to class. Umino kept going on and on about Ami Mizuno: Girl Genius, I kept quiet. I didn't like how he spoke about her, he did not know her yet here he was calling her everything but her name, my tolerance towards him no longer existed after today.
I left school, the teacher passed out the scores from the mock exam, I got a ninety. Looks like that studying with Mamoru really paid off, I was feeling quite good about myself, not only have I been single handedly kicking the Dark Kingdom's butt, I've also got my grades up. Even the teacher was surprised when she handed me the mock exam, as I confidently strode out the school I bumped into the one and only Ami Mizuno. Nearly knocking her over,
"Oh I'm sooooo sorry!" I blurted out bending over to pick her up when a loud, "Meow," startled us both.
I looked down. Luna was doing that thing where cats rub around your legs and purr.
"Oh, little cat you startled me," Ami said with the most softest voice you could hear, Luna jumped into Ami's arms and purred louder.
"I wish I could keep you, you're so beautiful but I live in a condo, so unfortunately I'm not allowed to have pets," Ami told Luna, smiling sweetly.
"She's my cat," I told her, "Her name's Little Miss Midnight," I added with a smirk as Luna shot me a glare that would've struck me dead if looks could kill.
"Really?" Ami asked, "She's so sweet, like an angel."
I shot Luna a glare back, "An angel is not what I would call her."
I noticed Ami started blushing as she was caught in the middle of a stare down between me and a cat, I gave her a warm smile, remembering that Ami is the type a girl who'd faint if someone had so much as simply blew air in her face, "Your Ami Mizuno, from class five right? I'm Usagi Tsukino, class one. You already know Little Miss Midnight." I ignored Luna's glare.
"Nice to meet you both," she bowed.
Luna squirmed out of Ami's arms and dashed around a corner.
"Little Miss Midnight" Ami yelled after her, I snickered and we both followed her, and realized that she led us to an arcade.
'Okay cat, I get what you're doing,' I nodded at Luna, she nodded back and I grabbed Ami's arm, "Hey Mizuno-san, have you been to this arcade before?" before she could answer I dragged her further into the arcade, "Come on, you have to play this cool new game!"
I led Ami to the Sailor V game, "Try this one Mizuno-san, it's really fun," I put a coin in the machine and demonstrated. Ami stood and watched me play, I made it to the first boss. And got a game over,
"Your turn Mizuno-san," I gave Ami my seat, "I'm all out of coins." I lied,
Ami sat at the machine quietly, put her money in, and started playing. She played showing absolutely no emotion, perfectly navigating level after level, she quickly began unlocking new levels and managed to build up a huge score. Other people started watching and commentating, even giving her hints
It only took Ami a matter of minutes to reach the final boss, and everyone cheered as she entered her name for the high score.
I smiled, "Mizuno-san, that was amazing!"
"Yeah," the arcade guy agreed, "I've never seen a girl beat a game so quickly."
I rolled my eyes as the machine played a little jingle, there was a clunk near the bottom of the machine. Ami looked down and pulled out her transform pen, she uncapped it and shrugged, "I won a prize."
I kicked the machine, "Sometimes if you do this, something will come out," I told her.
Ami giggled and I smirked as the machine played another jingle and another clunk, and I pulled out a pink pen with a plastic jewel on top.
"Pretty cute, huh?" I said as we looked at our pens.
"Usagi-chan!" the arcade guy scolded me, "Don't ever do that again!"
Ami actually started laughing, "You are quite peculiar Tsukino-san."
"Ehh, call me Usagi" I placed a hand on her shoulder, "Is it alright if I call you Ami-chan?"
Ami blushed, "S-sure. Do you want to play another..." Ami looked at the time on the wall clock, "Oh no! I'm late for cram school!"
"Oh that place," I sighed, "Today's your cram school day?"
Ami gathered her things, "I have it every day."
"Every DAY?" my eyes bulged out, I just couldn't believe it, "How do you survive girl?"
She shrugged, "Studying is my strongest point. I want to be a doctor like my mother, so I have to study really hard. See you later Usagi-chan," and she made her way to the door.
"She's actually really cool," I said to no one in particular "She just doesn't know it yet."
'The only question now is; How can I get her to realize it sooner than she does in the anime?' I pondered.
Author's Notes:
Here comes chapter five, I apologize for the delay. I started a new job last week (I like eating you know, and my apartment's pretty cool, I'd like to continue living there) so updates may be slow for a bit while I come up with a schedule.
Anywho, we've now met Ami yay! Our protagonist is also starting to get a little too cocky now that they've better prepared themselves for battles, I hope that won't backfire on them (J-Man is gonna be pretty pissed when he strikes again). They're also treating Mamoru with a little more respect, they still hate him, but they'll admit that he's pretty smart and that if they act friendly towards him, he might help them better understand their schoolwork. They also already know his secret identity, maybe they can convince him to actually help Sailor Moon out instead of throwing roses.
See you then.
