Souvenirs
Ima=Mercury Atile=Jupiter Aneresa=Moon Eire=Mars Animi=Venus
Aneresa was late for school and recieved detention. She wasn't alone, though; Ima, Atile, and Animi were all a little off that morning. Eire went to another school, but they all met up during lunch to talk. They sat away from the other students, under a tree.
"What are we supposed to do now? Are we taking over someone else's life? Are the sailor scouts in our lives?" It didn't matter who asked the question, they were all thinking the same thing. There were no answers for such questions. Aneresa wasn't content to let her friends fall into depression. She felt better after talking to Luna that morning.
"Hey, there's nothing we can do about it, right? So, let's, I don't know, go to the mall after detention or something," she looked around at the faces of her friends. Atile and Animi nodded, but Ima and Eire weren't going to let it go so easily.
"Are you kidding! We can't just start running around in fairytale land here and forget about the real world!" Eire all but shouted. Eire had had a job and a boyfriend, not to mention a family that was well off. As Raye, all she had was an old grandfather and a religion she didn't believe in.
"I was up all night working on this with my computer," Ima spoke seriously, however it was obvious that she liked the new computer, "My only idea would be to try a Sailor teleport."
"Good, then we'll go to the mall by the park. We can shop and try it in the park after dark," Aneresa said, still determined to do some shopping. It wasn't everyday one got to visit a Japan that didn't really exist, and the chance of bringing home souvenirs was too good to miss. Ima's solution gave the rest of the group hope, so, with spirits lifted, they went back to class. No one even noticed that they no longer looked even remotely like the girls who had come to Tokyo only twelve hours ago.
Eire, the only one without detention, sat on a bench outside the mall waiting for the others. Chad spotted her and came up behind her to make yet another attempt at winning Raye's favor. Eire was lost in thought.
"Yo, hi Raye!" Chad said, startling Eire. She jumped up in surprise and snapped around.
"Chad you idiot, don't sneak up on me like that!" Eire yelled at him. Then she caught herself. Chad was tall and lean, with his brown hair hiding his eyes, but Eire could feel something inside her melt. In the RPG, Eire had always felt sorry for Chad, and usually had her character end up with him. Her boyfriend would constantly tease her about it. Now here was Chad, and she felt she was betraying her boyfriend, yet couldn't control the emotions. It made Eire all the more angry as she fought herself.
"Go back to the temple! I bet you're slacking off again, taking advantage our family's generosity!" Chad hung his head in shame and walked away dejected. Eire began to feel guilty and might have gone after him if the girls hadn't come from detention right at that moment.
"Ready to do some serious mall trolling?!" Animi asked energetically. For once, they all smiled and went in, thinking to enjoy the rest of their time in Tokyo. Luna and Artemis followed stealthily from behind.
Four hours later, an impatient storeowner finally gave up on the teenagers shopping in his store and threw them out so he could close up. They walked away with as much dignity as possible and went into the park. Making sure no one was around, they pulled out their transformation pens. A moment and a light show later, five girls in short skirts shivered by a lake.
"Well, I guess this is it," said Aneresa.
"It was kind of fun. I think I like living alone compared to having eleven bothers and sisters, humph, my parents probably don't even realize I'm gone," Atile said. She would miss this place the most of all.
"I wish I could take the computer with me," Ima said wistfully.
"I should apologize to Chad," Eire was too quiet for anyone to hear.
"At least we got some great stuff!" Animi said cheerily. It was only surface deep, though, on the inside she already felt like this was home. She had wanted to bring Artemis back with her, but he had said no and disappeared to go talk to Luna.
"These skirts need pockets. How are we supposed to carry this stuff and hold hands?" Aneresa asked. They spent ten minutes tying bags together and securing them to themselves. That done, Aneresa looked around. They were ready to go. Even now she was beginning to miss Luna and Rini…and Darien. Though she hadn't met him in person, memories of them together had started to pop up. The five stepped together and held hands. They began to glow in their respective colors.
As one, they commenced to speak the words, "Sailor Tele-"
"Wait! You can't leave!" The glowing ceased; the scouts turned to see Luna and Artemis running toward them. "A nega monster is attacking the Juku school, you're the only ones who can stop it. They took off at a dead run.