While Haruka and Michiru were battling (and still laughing hystarically... er, should I say, insanely), Setsuna was beating Pokémon Snap... for the 5th time. "This is getting boring..." Setsuna complained to herself, and turned it off. "How about Super Smash Brothers?" she wondered outloud, and finally stuck it in. After choosing her player (Pikachu), she quickly beat the first five people. She was almost done beating those polygon things, when there was a knock at the door. She quickly paused it and peeked out the door. It was Hotaru. "Hi!" she exclaimed, "Y'know what? They have the new Hey You, Pikachu! game at Toys R Us this week." She grinned. "What!? How did you know I have a Nintendo 64!?" Setsuna asked, surprised. "I know everything going on in this house, including that right now Michiru and Haruka are playing Gameboys like little kids, squealing how they both have underwear nicknamed Hotaru, whatever THAT means." There was the clearing of throats behind Hotaru.
"It's Umbreon, not underwear. What are you doing, spying on Setsuna now? You're up to something, aren't you?" Haruka asked, tapping her foot with an angry expression on her face. It didn't last long, though, because Haruka and Michiru both started laughing hystarically again, and laughed their way back down the hall. Setsuna blinked. "What's wrong with them?" she asked. "I dunno, must be their Hotaru underwear... Or else thier sandy Ruka or something like that. I couldn't understand what they were trying to say, thier laughing made it sound weird... Their pretty defensive of thier Pokémon." Setsuna raised an eyebrow "Hmmm? What's that, now?"
Meanwhile, Haruka and Michiru were back to battling. They'd stopped laughing for five minutes to battle each other. Ali, Michiru's Feraligatr, quickly smashed all of Haruka's Pokémon, even Andy, her Meganium. Haruka wailed. "You beat me! You... you... you're so mean!" Michiru raised an eyebrow. "Mean, am I?" she asked. "Yes! Yes! And the only way... the only way I'll EVER forgive you is.. is if you trade me Ally for Geovanni!" Michiru laughed. "Ha! Your Geodude? That thing's only like, what, level 34? I don't think so! Nice try, though." Haruka whined. "You're still mean!" she exclaimed. "Okay, then. You can sit here and pout by yourself, I'm going to go talk to Setsuna," Michiru said, and was out the door. "Hey! Wait for me!" Haruka called after her.
Just as Michiru and Haruka were running down the hall, Setsuna resumed her game. She was finally to Master Hand, and doing rather well. Suddenly, Michiru burst in. It made Setsuna look away, not thinking to hit start, and Master Hand ridded her of Pikachu, making her lose the game. She started crying hystarically, and Michiru looked on curiously. Haruka, who had been running too fast -in socks-, slipped on the wood floor and landed face first on it, in the hall by Setsuna's room. Setsuna was too busy crying to notice Haruka had almost killed herself and that now Michiru knew she secretly played Nintendo 64 behind their backs. But, miraculously and because of the magic of Anime, Haruka survived with barely a scratch. Phew, that was a close one.
Michiru, being the kind and gentle person that she is (though this may make you think she's not), didn't even ask Haruka if she was okay. She just laughed. Very loudly and very hystarically. Hotaru, wondering what Michiru was laughing about, looked out into the hall and saw nothing except for Michiru and Haruka, Michiru laughing hystarically and Haruka looking somewhat annoyed. She crossed her arms over her chest. "It's not funny!" she pouted.
Ami and Makoto walked up the stairs of the Ten'ou/Kaiou/Tomoe/Meioh house (don't you get tired of making the 'O' sound?), and knocked on the door. No answer. "Aw, they've gotta be home! Haruka's car is in the driveway!" Makoto complained. Suddenly the door opened, and Ami and her companion looked down to see Hotaru. "Oh! Hi Mako-chan!" she exclaimed, "Ami-chan too! What a nice surprise! I wish I could say someone else was able to come to the door right now, but this house just kinda broke down a few seconds ago... You see, 'Ruka is pouting in Setsuna's hallway, Michiru is just about dying with laughter in Setsuna's doorway, and Setsuna herself is crying hystarically in her room." Ami and Makoto looked at each other and blinked in confusion. "Uhh, okay Hotaru... Then we'd best be going! It was nice talking to you," Ami said. "Nice talking to you, too, Ami-chan!" Hotaru said and shut the door once they'd turned around.
Ami looked at Makoto. "What's wrong with them?" she
asked. Makoto just shrugged. "Beats me. But maybe we'd better tell Rei,
Minako, and Usagi. It could be serious. I mean, the outers are SUPPOSED
to be SERIOUS, not pouty and hystarical." Ami nodded. "You're right. We
should tell them right away. Call for an inner senshi meeting!"