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Konnichiwa minna-san! Om my gosh! It's been so long since I've updated this fic! Well anyway, I hope you guys like it, and please review!
Chapter Four
Minako aimlessly walked to Rei's temple. Today was the day she was going to tell them. She was going to tell them that she couldn't be a Sailor Senshi anymore, because she won the contest to be an idol. "If only it was that easy…" she whispered into the wind.
She walked up the long stairwell to Rei's temple. With each step, she gained more and more courage. "I can do this," she assured herself. "I can tell them the truth. If they are my true friends, they will understand." She smiled and reached the top of the stairs and walked to Rei's room.
Cherry blossom tree's swayed in the wind, letting pink petals to slowly fall to the ground. The air smelled of flowers and sweet incense that was burning in a small pot on the doorstep of her room. Minako slowly reached out for the door and opened it, to see her friends huddled around a low table. They all looked at her and smiled.
"Mina-chan!" Makoto said, as she brought a plate of cupcakes into the room. "You're just in time to eat my delicious cupcakes."
Minako smiled and sat down next to Rei and Ami. She sighed in a way that made her feel bad already. She felt as if her heart was pierced with a dagger and her body was numb.
"Don't take them all, Usagi-chan," Rei aid, as Usagi held two cupcakes in her hand. "You're going to get fat and ugly, then Mamoru won't like you anymore."
Usagi narrowed her eyes at Rei. "Leave me alone, pyro!" she shouted. "Mamo-chan likes me the way I am! You're just jealous!"
"AM NOT!" she bellowed back. "Why would I be jealous of you?"
"Because he likes me, and not you!" she answered.
Minako rolled her eyes and watched as the two of them bickered back and forth. She was so annoyed. They were acting like four-year-olds. But she wondered why she was so annoyed with them all of the sudden. She never felt this way before. She was always able to put up with it before.
"Girls stop it!" Ami said. "We have to study."
"Well, tell her not to eat all of the cupcakes! She's on her third one!" Rei shouted, with her hands on her hips.
"Shut up!" Usagi shouted.
"Make me, Odango Atama!"
Minako stood up and tightly closed her eyes. "Stop it!" she shouted. Everyone looked at her with shock written all over their faces. She opened her eyes and looked them over, as they exchanged looks.
"Minako…" Makoto said softly.
Rei and Usagi looked at each other with guilty expressions on their faces. "Sorry," they said in unison.
Ami looked over Minako and frowned. "Is everything all right, Minako-chan?" she asked, tugging on her glasses.
Minako took in a deep breath and looked over her friends once more. "I have to tell you guys something," she admitted. "It's really important."
"What is it?" Rei asked.
Minako sighed and sat back down. "I entered this contest to become a teen idol. But I thought I wouldn't win, so I entered just to see if I could," she paused. "The funny thing is, I won."
Big smiles grew on their faces, all except for Makoto. She looked a little confused and unsure what to think.
"Minako-chan," Makoto said, with a curious look on her face. "Why do I have a feeling there is more you want to say?"
She swallowed hard. "Because there is," she replied.
"Well?" she asked.
Minako drew in all the courage that was left in her, and wondered how she should tell them. "Start with the truth," she said to herself. She nodded. "But in order to do it, I have to go to America for a while; a long while."
"And so?" Rei asked. "What are you trying to say?"
She stood up and felt as if she had the world on her shoulders. "I'm saying that I can't be a Sailor Senshi anymore. I want to be a teen idol, and I can't let my destiny and fate stop me from doing it! I hate how my life is already planned out! I don't want to keep fighting enemies! They will never go away! Every time will kill one, another follows, I hate it!" Never before has there been such rage and fury bottled up inside her. She wanted to run away to America and never come back. That was all she wanted to do.
They all gaped at her in surprise. They never saw her like this before. She was like ticking bomb, ready to explode.
Finally Usagi stood up and walked toward her. "Minako-chan … Is this true? You don't want to be a Sailor Senshi anymore?"
She looked at Usagi. When she looked at her, she could only think of standing on that stage, singing her heart out to a crowd of screaming fans, or to be on the silver screen with a large audience, eating popcorn and their eyes locked on the screen. She wanted all of that. And she would do anything to get it. Anything.
"Minako-chan?" Usagi repeated.
She slowly nodded, not regretting her answer. "I don't want to fight anymore. I want to sing and act."
Usagi frowned, as her eyes started to water. The other girls stood up and stared at Minako with disbelief.
"Why?" Makoto asked, comforting Usagi. "Why don't you want to help us anymore? Aren't we more important than a dream?"
Minako clenched her fists. She loved her friends and always will, but she always wanted to be famous. But she couldn't choose over her friends or her dream. She shook her head. "I didn't say that you guys aren't important to me, because you are. Please just understand that I won't ever be happy unless I do this, okay? Please understand. I need you to."
"Please reconsider," Ami said. "Please."
Usagi looked up at her with small tears forming in her eyes. "I understand," she said. "Even a superhero needs a break every once in a while."
Minako smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Usagi-chan." She looked at the others. "I'm sorry, you guys, but I have to do this."
They exchanged looks and then nodded. "All right, Mina-chan," Makoto said. "We support your decision."
"Thank you."
Minako smiled and hugged her friends. "Somehow I knew they would understand…" she said to herself.
To Be Continued...
Please Review!
Konnichiwa minna-san! Om my gosh! It's been so long since I've updated this fic! Well anyway, I hope you guys like it, and please review!
Chapter Four
Minako aimlessly walked to Rei's temple. Today was the day she was going to tell them. She was going to tell them that she couldn't be a Sailor Senshi anymore, because she won the contest to be an idol. "If only it was that easy…" she whispered into the wind.
She walked up the long stairwell to Rei's temple. With each step, she gained more and more courage. "I can do this," she assured herself. "I can tell them the truth. If they are my true friends, they will understand." She smiled and reached the top of the stairs and walked to Rei's room.
Cherry blossom tree's swayed in the wind, letting pink petals to slowly fall to the ground. The air smelled of flowers and sweet incense that was burning in a small pot on the doorstep of her room. Minako slowly reached out for the door and opened it, to see her friends huddled around a low table. They all looked at her and smiled.
"Mina-chan!" Makoto said, as she brought a plate of cupcakes into the room. "You're just in time to eat my delicious cupcakes."
Minako smiled and sat down next to Rei and Ami. She sighed in a way that made her feel bad already. She felt as if her heart was pierced with a dagger and her body was numb.
"Don't take them all, Usagi-chan," Rei aid, as Usagi held two cupcakes in her hand. "You're going to get fat and ugly, then Mamoru won't like you anymore."
Usagi narrowed her eyes at Rei. "Leave me alone, pyro!" she shouted. "Mamo-chan likes me the way I am! You're just jealous!"
"AM NOT!" she bellowed back. "Why would I be jealous of you?"
"Because he likes me, and not you!" she answered.
Minako rolled her eyes and watched as the two of them bickered back and forth. She was so annoyed. They were acting like four-year-olds. But she wondered why she was so annoyed with them all of the sudden. She never felt this way before. She was always able to put up with it before.
"Girls stop it!" Ami said. "We have to study."
"Well, tell her not to eat all of the cupcakes! She's on her third one!" Rei shouted, with her hands on her hips.
"Shut up!" Usagi shouted.
"Make me, Odango Atama!"
Minako stood up and tightly closed her eyes. "Stop it!" she shouted. Everyone looked at her with shock written all over their faces. She opened her eyes and looked them over, as they exchanged looks.
"Minako…" Makoto said softly.
Rei and Usagi looked at each other with guilty expressions on their faces. "Sorry," they said in unison.
Ami looked over Minako and frowned. "Is everything all right, Minako-chan?" she asked, tugging on her glasses.
Minako took in a deep breath and looked over her friends once more. "I have to tell you guys something," she admitted. "It's really important."
"What is it?" Rei asked.
Minako sighed and sat back down. "I entered this contest to become a teen idol. But I thought I wouldn't win, so I entered just to see if I could," she paused. "The funny thing is, I won."
Big smiles grew on their faces, all except for Makoto. She looked a little confused and unsure what to think.
"Minako-chan," Makoto said, with a curious look on her face. "Why do I have a feeling there is more you want to say?"
She swallowed hard. "Because there is," she replied.
"Well?" she asked.
Minako drew in all the courage that was left in her, and wondered how she should tell them. "Start with the truth," she said to herself. She nodded. "But in order to do it, I have to go to America for a while; a long while."
"And so?" Rei asked. "What are you trying to say?"
She stood up and felt as if she had the world on her shoulders. "I'm saying that I can't be a Sailor Senshi anymore. I want to be a teen idol, and I can't let my destiny and fate stop me from doing it! I hate how my life is already planned out! I don't want to keep fighting enemies! They will never go away! Every time will kill one, another follows, I hate it!" Never before has there been such rage and fury bottled up inside her. She wanted to run away to America and never come back. That was all she wanted to do.
They all gaped at her in surprise. They never saw her like this before. She was like ticking bomb, ready to explode.
Finally Usagi stood up and walked toward her. "Minako-chan … Is this true? You don't want to be a Sailor Senshi anymore?"
She looked at Usagi. When she looked at her, she could only think of standing on that stage, singing her heart out to a crowd of screaming fans, or to be on the silver screen with a large audience, eating popcorn and their eyes locked on the screen. She wanted all of that. And she would do anything to get it. Anything.
"Minako-chan?" Usagi repeated.
She slowly nodded, not regretting her answer. "I don't want to fight anymore. I want to sing and act."
Usagi frowned, as her eyes started to water. The other girls stood up and stared at Minako with disbelief.
"Why?" Makoto asked, comforting Usagi. "Why don't you want to help us anymore? Aren't we more important than a dream?"
Minako clenched her fists. She loved her friends and always will, but she always wanted to be famous. But she couldn't choose over her friends or her dream. She shook her head. "I didn't say that you guys aren't important to me, because you are. Please just understand that I won't ever be happy unless I do this, okay? Please understand. I need you to."
"Please reconsider," Ami said. "Please."
Usagi looked up at her with small tears forming in her eyes. "I understand," she said. "Even a superhero needs a break every once in a while."
Minako smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Usagi-chan." She looked at the others. "I'm sorry, you guys, but I have to do this."
They exchanged looks and then nodded. "All right, Mina-chan," Makoto said. "We support your decision."
"Thank you."
Minako smiled and hugged her friends. "Somehow I knew they would understand…" she said to herself.
To Be Continued...
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