Chapter 5: Preparations

The time was now and everyone was excited for the Spring Festival! Today's school day was not a normal one, nor the days before as the entire school was preparing the grounds for the festival. Stalls we're going up, vendors were prepping them, decorations were everywhere and string lights were being strung.

"It's like a wonderland!" Exclaimed Momo all wide eyed and smiling from ear to ear.

She had returned from her uncles mid week,helping out turned out longer than a weekend, looking so exhausted but getting back to school with all the preparations seemed to perk her right back up. Everyone in town was excited as the schools Spring festival was always the biggest this time of the year because the school included the Sakura blossoming as they had an abundance of them on property even a nature trail right next to the school so the city allowed them to use that in conjunction with their festival.

Chibiusa had been down and out about missing her family. She knows she has Momo and her family as well as Kyuusuke. She has the ability to keep in contact with her family but it was very hard being away from everyone. She was getting worried that Momo was starting to see her saddness, she tried to hide it best she could but something told her that Momo could hear her cry at night since she got back. She was hugging her a lot more for a lot longer and she always looked like she wanted to say something but didn't.

"Doesn't it Chibiusa? What do you think?"

"Huh...oh yes! Yes! It's absolutely amazing!" Chibiusa tried to find her words with haste but just stumbled over her thoughts.

"You know, I can hear you at night. I know you're bottling something up. I'm your friend and I hope you know you can tell me anything." Momo said with an almost scolding tone never removing her gaze from the banner she was stapling into the side of the stall she was setting up.

Chibiusa's face tightened and tears began to swell up in the corners of her eyes. Her assumptions were correct, Momo knew something was wrong and she felt like such a bad friend hiding things from her but she knew well she couldn't confide these things to her. Just as her mom couldn't let her best friend Naru know who she really was she couldn't with Momo either.

"Chibiusa..."

Momo dropped the staple gun in her hand on the ground and pulled her best friend in. Momo also began to cry then went into full blown panic mode.

"Please tell me what's wrong? What happen? Did someone hurt you?! Did a boy hurt you?! Did you...omg did you have"

"Hello my fine friends!" Cat called Kyuusuke.

"WAS IT HIM?!"

Momo released Chibiusa and with a dash had Kyuusukes shirt in her grasp holding him up in the air like she was ready to uppercut him into the solar system.

"WHAT DID I EVEN DOOOOOOOOO?!" Kyuusuke whined terrified.

"NO!" Chibiusa ran toward Momo and what seemed like extremely slow motion tripped over the staple gun and fell face first into the grass.

Momo dropped Kyuusuke to the ground and rushed over to Chibiusa. Without even trying to get up still face planted into the grass sounded like she was saying no over and over again she finally rolled over, spit some grass out of her mouth and then took a deep breath.

"No. Kyuusuke didn't do anything let alone THAT." She said blank faced and staring up at her two friends crowded over her.

"I just miss my family is all. I'm sorry to have made you worry like that Momo I really am." Chibiusa said looking sorrowful extending her hand to Momo to help her up.

"So you thought me and Chibiusa did THAT?" Kyuusuke said with a stupid grin on his face.

Momo snarled and raised her hand to slap him but before she could the fair princess got her lick in this time. Momo burst into laughter holding her stomach and tears coming from her eyes. Chibiusa blew her powder pink bangs up out of her eyes and was shaking her hand out.

"I deserved that." He said rubbing his cheek in defeat.

"I know you miss mama and papa Tsukino but they'll be back soon." Momo said with a cheerful smile.

Chibiusa just smiled back at her. She still couldn't tell her the whole truth.

The school had gotten everything in place. Kyuusuke was actually on his way to get the girls to have them finally see the obstacle course completed. Chibiusa felt kinda bad all that had happen just because of her but he never gets what he doesn't deserve. The three of them walked over to where the rest of her class was with others returning as well from helping with other things needing to be done. There on top of an announcers tower stood Miss Takiyama with a megaphone hollering to gather the class.

"We did it everyone! You've all done such wonderful and hard work and I could not be more proud of my class! We've already sold out of our pre-sale tickets and tonight we will have a tickets at the gates to have people buy more!"

She shouted with so much excitement the class was overwhelmed with the great news. Not only their class but the whole school gets to enjoy the fruits of their labor. The festival starts tonight!