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Chapter Three
The morning came and cleared away the darkness. She sat up and wiped the sleep from her eyes. "Maybe it won't be really bad," she thought. "Maybe I they will understand that I don't want to be a Sailor Senshi anymore. I mean, who needs Sailor Venus anyway?"
She slid out of bed and noticed Artemis curled up in a ball at the end of her bed. She patted his head and sat down at her vanity. She pulled her hair over her shoulders and stared at her reflection. Her skin was tan and her hair was as golden as the sun. Her eyes were deep ocean blue and her body was thin like a toothpick.
"Why wouldn't I be picked?" she asked her reflection. "I have just as good of chance as everybody else, right?"
No answer. Her reflection just stared back at her.
"Quiet one today, huh?" she asked. "Well, I guess everyone has their days when you don't feel like communicating or being with people. I have my days, too, believe it or not. Sometimes I don't even feel like getting out of bed because I hate myself for not doing the things I want to do. I feel as if my destiny in running my life, instead of me running my life. But, then, I don't really mind being behind the mask of a heroine."
"Mina-chan," Artemis said, yawning. "Are you talking to yourself?"
She smiled. "Yeah," she replied. "But it helps me practice for when I'm going to be in front of the camera. You know, the real deal."
"Oh, did they call already?" he asked.
She slowly shook her head. "No, but I have a gut feeling that they will."
"Just don't get your hopes up, Mina," he warned. "But good luck."
"Thanks, Artemis," she said.
Then, suddenly, the phone started to ring. She stared at it, thinking she was just hearing things, but, then, she jumped out of her seat and raced to the phone.
"Hello?" she said, nervously winding the phone chord around her fingers.
"May I please speak to Aino Minako?" a woman's voice asked.
Mina's hand gripped tighter to the phone and her heart was racing. "This is Minako," she replied.
"This is Akira Yukiko from Crossroads Talent Agency," she said. "And I'm calling to give you really good news."
"Yeah?" Mina said as she smiled excitedly.
"Yes," Yukiko replied. "You have been chosen to go to America and a free recording session and a part in a movie."
The phone almost slipped out of her hand. She was unbelievably happy and relieved that she actually won. But when she thought about it, America was a long way from Japan. And that means she would be away from her friends and from being a Sailor Senshi. But she wanted this more than anything in the world.
"Thank you so much!" she exclaimed.
"You're welcome, honey," she said. "All the information will be sent in the mail, okay?"
"Yeah, sure."'
"Congratulations," Akira said. "But I have to go, so I can let you go tell everyone your news."
"Okay, bye," Minako replied.
"Bye," she said, and hung up.
Minako hung up her phone and started to jump up and down in excitement. She couldn't believe it! She was actually picked! She was actually picked to have her dream come true. But there was a problem. What was she going to tell her friends?
"Mina-chan, what's wrong?" Artemis asked.
She gave him a mile-wide smile and kneeled on the floor next to the bed. "Guess what, Artemis?"
"What?" he asked, stretching out.
"I won! I really won!" she exclaimed. "I'm going to be a teen idol!"
"That's great," Artemis said. But something in his voice made Minako's smile fade. He didn't sound as happy as she thought he would. He actually sounded as if he didn't care at all.
"Artemis," she said, "why don't you sound happy for me? Aren't you happy for me?"
"Of course I am. It's just that I think you're forgetting about everyone who needs your help and your duties as a Sailor Senshi," he replied. "But I understand how much being a teen idol is to you, so I'll support your decision, but you have to tell the others."
She sighed and rested her head on the bed. "I know, Artemis," she said. "I just have to think about what I'm going to say."
"The sooner the better," Artemis said.
"It's not going to be easy," she said, and laid back on the floor.
She stared at the ceiling, searching for an answer.
To Be Continued...
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Chapter Three
The morning came and cleared away the darkness. She sat up and wiped the sleep from her eyes. "Maybe it won't be really bad," she thought. "Maybe I they will understand that I don't want to be a Sailor Senshi anymore. I mean, who needs Sailor Venus anyway?"
She slid out of bed and noticed Artemis curled up in a ball at the end of her bed. She patted his head and sat down at her vanity. She pulled her hair over her shoulders and stared at her reflection. Her skin was tan and her hair was as golden as the sun. Her eyes were deep ocean blue and her body was thin like a toothpick.
"Why wouldn't I be picked?" she asked her reflection. "I have just as good of chance as everybody else, right?"
No answer. Her reflection just stared back at her.
"Quiet one today, huh?" she asked. "Well, I guess everyone has their days when you don't feel like communicating or being with people. I have my days, too, believe it or not. Sometimes I don't even feel like getting out of bed because I hate myself for not doing the things I want to do. I feel as if my destiny in running my life, instead of me running my life. But, then, I don't really mind being behind the mask of a heroine."
"Mina-chan," Artemis said, yawning. "Are you talking to yourself?"
She smiled. "Yeah," she replied. "But it helps me practice for when I'm going to be in front of the camera. You know, the real deal."
"Oh, did they call already?" he asked.
She slowly shook her head. "No, but I have a gut feeling that they will."
"Just don't get your hopes up, Mina," he warned. "But good luck."
"Thanks, Artemis," she said.
Then, suddenly, the phone started to ring. She stared at it, thinking she was just hearing things, but, then, she jumped out of her seat and raced to the phone.
"Hello?" she said, nervously winding the phone chord around her fingers.
"May I please speak to Aino Minako?" a woman's voice asked.
Mina's hand gripped tighter to the phone and her heart was racing. "This is Minako," she replied.
"This is Akira Yukiko from Crossroads Talent Agency," she said. "And I'm calling to give you really good news."
"Yeah?" Mina said as she smiled excitedly.
"Yes," Yukiko replied. "You have been chosen to go to America and a free recording session and a part in a movie."
The phone almost slipped out of her hand. She was unbelievably happy and relieved that she actually won. But when she thought about it, America was a long way from Japan. And that means she would be away from her friends and from being a Sailor Senshi. But she wanted this more than anything in the world.
"Thank you so much!" she exclaimed.
"You're welcome, honey," she said. "All the information will be sent in the mail, okay?"
"Yeah, sure."'
"Congratulations," Akira said. "But I have to go, so I can let you go tell everyone your news."
"Okay, bye," Minako replied.
"Bye," she said, and hung up.
Minako hung up her phone and started to jump up and down in excitement. She couldn't believe it! She was actually picked! She was actually picked to have her dream come true. But there was a problem. What was she going to tell her friends?
"Mina-chan, what's wrong?" Artemis asked.
She gave him a mile-wide smile and kneeled on the floor next to the bed. "Guess what, Artemis?"
"What?" he asked, stretching out.
"I won! I really won!" she exclaimed. "I'm going to be a teen idol!"
"That's great," Artemis said. But something in his voice made Minako's smile fade. He didn't sound as happy as she thought he would. He actually sounded as if he didn't care at all.
"Artemis," she said, "why don't you sound happy for me? Aren't you happy for me?"
"Of course I am. It's just that I think you're forgetting about everyone who needs your help and your duties as a Sailor Senshi," he replied. "But I understand how much being a teen idol is to you, so I'll support your decision, but you have to tell the others."
She sighed and rested her head on the bed. "I know, Artemis," she said. "I just have to think about what I'm going to say."
"The sooner the better," Artemis said.
"It's not going to be easy," she said, and laid back on the floor.
She stared at the ceiling, searching for an answer.
To Be Continued...
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