While Yui was taking care of Soichiro and Konata is busy online, Yutaka and Minami made the rounds to introduce themselves to the sea of girls around them. Each girl was almost as innocent and pure as the last, and each have a winning personality. However, there are a few wild cards in the mix, such as Mikazuki Kiryuu, who Konata and her friends know too well from the QCFP outings.
Chibiusa and Hotaru were currently catching up on some manga that was the talk of the town back in Tokyo, while Hibari was combing Yoshino and Nezuko's hair. Helping out in the kitchen were Sasami, Chiyo and Ryo-Ohki.
"You're quite amazing, Sasami," Chiyo said. "You have a knack for cooking,"
"Thank you, Chiyo," Sasami replied. "You do, too. Plus, you're very smart."
"Thanks, Sasami," Chiyo said bowing down. "What's it like over in Okayama?"
"Well, it's quiet, but very scenic," Sasami explained. "The Great Seto Bridge looks amazing at night. Aside from the usual craziness of my family and friends, we get along nicely."
"It must be fun having lots of friends everywhere," Chiyo smiled. "Anyway, I do hope we have enough food for everyone."
"We'll make more just in case," Sasami said, patting Chiyo on the back.
As Sasami and Chiyo continued cooking, back in Yutaka's room, Yutaka and Minami were looking for some games to play during the sleepover.
"I hope everyone brought a few games along," Yutaka wondered. "I'm not sure they know how to play the games oneechan plays."
"Luckily for me, I brought such a game," Chibiusa nodded, as she unpacked her backpack and displayed it for all the girls to see. It's the latest version of Pretty Pretty Princess. "I play this game a lot with Mommy back home. She always loses."
"That's amazing, Chibiusa!" smiled Yutaka. "Can I play?"
"Sure," Chibiusa replied. "Your friend Minami can play, too."
"Thank you," Minami nodded silently.
Hotaru joined in alongside Chibiusa as each chose their colors. Chibiusa chose the pink pawn, Yutaka chose the blue pawn, Minami the green and Hotaru the purple.
"Now, the rules are simple," Chibiusa explained. "We have to be the first Princess to wear the Crown and all the jewelry of your color. That's 2 earrings, a necklace, a bracelet, and a ring, but not the Black Ring. You cannot win wearing the Black Ring. Plus there are special spaces which have their own explanations."
"This is such a complicated game," Yutaka sighed.
"It's very easy, Yu-chan," Hotaru added. "Normally, you start anywhere on any space you wish, but to make things easier, we can start on the Crown space near Chibiusa."
"Just spin this spinner and get started," Chibiusa said, as she spun a 3. She stops her pawn and takes a pink bracelet out of the jewelry box.
Yutaka spins and gets a 4. When she stopped her pawn, she read "Take Any Piece. What's that?"
"You can take any piece of jewelry in the box that you choose," Chibiusa explained, "or you can take the Crown instantly."
"Oh wow!" Yutaka chimed and grabbed the Crown and placed it on her head. "I'm almost like a real Princess now!"
Minami spins a 3 and lands on the same space as Chibiusa. She takes a green bracelet from the box and looks uncertain.
"Multiple players can occupy a single space," Chibiusa explained. "There's no penalties."
Hotaru spins a 2 and lands on a space marked Put 1 Back in Box, but Hotaru has nothing yet.
"Normally when you land on this space," Hotaru explained to Yutaka, "you have to return 1 piece of jewelry back into the box, and if the only thing you have is the Crown, you have to put it back around the box."
"I'll have to be careful," Yutaka said, understanding Hotaru.
The next round had Chibiusa and Minami take a ring and Hotaru finally getting a purple bracelet. Yutaka landed on Take Crown, but since she already wears it, her turn ends.
The third time around, Chibiusa lands on Take Crown. "OK, Yutaka, hand it over." Chibiusa said, pointing to the Crown.
Yutaka surrenders the Crown to Chibiusa as she places the crown on her head. "This move always bugs Mommy to no end."
"I can see why." Yutaka responded, looking concerned.
Yutaka gets her first blue jewelry, a bracelet, from the box. Minami landed on the dreaded Black Ring, but Chibiusa told Minami it was safe, since she already has a ring on. Unfortunately for Hotaru, she landed on the Black Ring on Minami and had to claim it.
"This Black Ring is one you have to watch out for, Yu-chan," Hotaru explained. "You cannot win the game with the Black Ring."
"To get rid of it," added Chibiusa, "someone else has to land on the Black Ring without having any ring, or if she lands on Put 1 Back in Box, she can put the Black Ring back."
"This must be a cutthroat game in disguise," Yutaka thought. "I hope I hold out…"
Chibiusa's next move was taking a pink necklace. Then, her joy turned to frustration as Yutaka landed on the wild space and lifted the Crown off Chibiusa's head and placed it back on her own. Then, Minami landed on the Crown. Yutaka had Minami lean towards her and crowns her like a makeshift coronation, causing Minami to blush. Hotaru takes 1 of the 2 purple earrings out of the box.
Chibiusa felt a little disappointed when she had to return her pink bracelet back into the box. Yutaka gets her blue ring, Minami gets her green bracelet and Hotaru gets her purple necklace. Chibiusa landed on the Black Ring space, but she has a pink ring already. Yutaka lands on the Crown, in which Minami crowned Yutaka the same way she did Minami previously. Minami already has her green ring. Hotaru landed on Take Ring, but she cannot grab her purple ring due to having the Black Ring and she has to get rid of it to win.
"This is tough," Hotaru groaned. "I love black, yes, but not when it prevents me from winning."
"Mommy always gets the Black Ring whenever we play," Chibiusa adds. "I never once got it."
Chibiusa gets her first pink earring, Yutaka gets her blue necklace, Minami gets her first green earring and Hotaru lands on Black Ring again.
Chibiusa already had her necklace, Minami gets her Crown back, Yutaka puts her bracelet back in the box, and Hotaru lands on the same space as Yutaka and proudly gets rid of the Black Ring.
"At last, I'm rid of that cursed item," Hotaru sighed happily.
The next round had Chibiusa lose her bracelet, Yutaka landing on the Black Ring, but her blue ring kept her safe, Minami taking her bracelet and Hotaru finally getting her purple ring, which puts her and Minami in the lead.
Chibiusa and Hotaru each land on Black Ring, but all 4 girls each have their own color rings, so no matter what happens, they are safe. Yutaka already has her necklace, but Minami landed on a wild space. She decides to get her second green earring out of the box. All that Minami needs to win is the necklace.
"Wow, Minami-chan! You're amazing!" Yutaka cheered.
"I am, aren't I?" Minami said quietly.
The next round had Chibiusa get her second earring. Although Yutaka landed on a wild space, she decided to get her blue bracelet back. Minami landed on the Crown, but she's already wearing it. Meanwhile, Hotaru gets her second earring pulling her dead even with Minami. Hotaru needs the Crown to win while Minami needs only the necklace.
Chibiusa gets her pink necklace out of the box as Yutaka already has her ring. Then, Minami spun a 1, landed on the green necklace and won the game.
"I lost?!" Chibiusa said in disbelief. "I never lost at this game until now!"
"I won? I won the game?" Minami said, looking unsure.
"Congratulations, Minami-chan!" Yutaka said, bowing to her.
Although losing to her own game, Chibiusa decided to be a good sport and congratulate Minami. "Turn that spinner over," Chibiusa tells her. "It doubles as a mirror. That's the signal that the game is over."
Minami turns over the spinner and looks at herself in the mirror side, blushing slightly as she's wearing all the green jewelry and the Crown. Chibiusa, Hotaru and Yutaka all curtsy to Minami.
"Presenting, Pretty Pretty Princess Minami Iwasaki!" the players all announced. The large audience clapped for Minami.
"Thank you, everyone," Minami said, smiling, as she bowed to all the girls.
"Wow! That was such an intense game of Pretty Pretty Princess, wasn't it?" spoke Yoshino.
"Yeah, it sure was," Hibari nodded. "Minami and Hotaru sure had everyone on the ropes."
"Anyone else have any good games?" Yutaka asked.
"Maybe," spoke out Sakura Kinomoto, holding her Clow Cards nearby. "You've played one intense game, Yutaka-chan."
"Thank you, Sakura-san," Yutaka nodded.
"Chipple and I were reading fortunes for everyone," Sakura said, holding up her Clow Cards.
"Well, we do fortunes our own way," replied Chipple, the winsome witch of the world of Magical Twilight. "Sakura uses her Clow Cards while I use my real Tarot deck."
"It's amazing how the two decks of cards look the same," Yutaka said, looking at the Clow Cards and the Rider-Waite Tarot.
"Want us to tell your fortunes, Yutaka-chan?" Sakura asked.
"Perhaps later," Yutaka replied, "but all this talk about cards wants me to play a card game."
"What kind of cards do you have?" Chipple asked.
"Most of them are oneechan's," Yutaka sighed, "some from Yu-Gi-Oh!, Force of Will, Weiß Schwartz, Lycèe, Pokémon, and something called Magic the Gathering."
Chipple and Sakura both made that annoyed look at Yutaka as all three nodded in apathy. "Yup, that figures," they thought, knowing full well about Konata.
"However, I did remember to bring a stack of Uno cards before I left Tokyo," Chipple said, pulling out an Uno deck from her bag. "Irene, Liv, Tsukasa and I play this back home."
"Sounds wonderful, Chipple," Yutaka smiled. "Let's find some more players."
"Hey, Uno! I'd like to play!" Mikazuki shouted, going towards Chipple.
"I want in on this hot action!" Hibari said while hopping like a rabbit.
"Is it alright if I play as well?" Minami asked.
"Sure, we can all play," Sakura nodded. Yutaka and Minami found a table and sat down. Sakura, Chipple, Mikazuki and Hibari sat around together as Chipple begins to shuffle the Uno cards.
