Yaten Tenoh
By: Keiko Nakamoto
Disclaimer: Sailormoon ? right there. See? I'm disclaiming Sailormoon. In other words I'm not claiming to own it. Thank you.
Notes: (read the one that applies to you right now) Konbanwa! Konnichiwa! Ohayo! Okay. Yeah. So... Here's the next chapter. Ya know, I thought this was one of my less entertaining stories. I guess I was wrong...Oh, and thanx for reviewing my stories so nicely Cat's Meow. I'm glad you like them.

Chapter 6

"12:35...AM." Yaten mumbled sleepily. She still couldn't sleep. She rolled over so she was facing the blonde sleeping beside her. She sighed and closed her eyes. Haruka had the strangest bed in the history of the world. It felt like you were floating on a sheet, three feet above the ground. And it made this strange motion as if the floating sheet, was blowing gently in the wind. It was comfortable and all, but Yaten wasn't used to it. She crawled off. She walked slowly down to the kitchen to find a snack.

"Yaten?" a groggy voice asked in surprise. Yaten blinked.

"Seiya?" she asked. The boy was sitting at the table.

"What are you doing here?" they asked in unison.

"Haruka." Yaten said.

"No big surprise there." Seiya said.

"Why are you here?" Yaten asked.

"Michiru." Seiya said. "Couldn't sleep. She's got the weirdest water bed. It's like you're on a quilt floating on the ocean...weird..."

"Really?" Yaten asked, sitting down. "Interesting. Haruka's bed is like a sheet blowing in the wind...feels like it's gonna fall out from under you..."

They sat in silence for awhile.

"You know..." Seiya said. "Michiru is a bit angry with you and Haruka."

"Oh?" Yaten looked up. "Why's that?"

"Something about not being able to swim for weeks." Seiya raised an eyebrow. "What did you two do?"

"Go ask Hotaru or Setsuna." Yaten yawned. "They watched."

"Watched what?" Hotaru asked sleepily, walking into the kitchen.

"Why won't Michiru swim?" Seiya asked. Hotaru giggled softly.

"Michiru-mama won't swim because Haruka-papa and Yaten were..." Hotaru giggled more. Seiya stared at her.

"They...in the pool?" he asked. Hotaru nodded and grabbed a cookie. Seiya stared at Yaten. "Ew!"

"Oh go eat a cucumber." Yaten murmured, too tired to actually insult the boy. Seiya wrinkled up his nose.

"Icky!" he said childishly. "I don't like cucumbers!"

"I know." Yaten sighed. Hotaru giggled and sat down.

"You two are funny." She said, nibbling her cookie.

"Don't you want milk with that?" Seiya pointed at the cookie. Hotaru shuddered.

"I hate milk." She said. Seiya shrugged.

"Mm, Yaten?" a voice asked. "When you get here?"

It was Michiru. She walked into the kitchen and pulled out a teapot. She filled it and set it on the stove before sitting down.

"I've been here all day." Yaten said, rubbing her eyes. Michiru nodded.

"Couldn't sleep?" Hotaru asked. Michiru nodded.

"How about all of you?" she asked.

"Weird bed." Yaten said.

"Ditto." Seiya said.

"Couldn't sleep." Hotaru said. Michiru nodded again. They sat staring at the table, Hotaru occasionally nibbling her cookie.

"Can I join you?" another person asked. Setsuna stepped into the kitchen. Everyone nodded at her. She took a seat at the table as well.

"Well we've almost got enough people for a little party." Michiru smiled. "Or we could start a club. 'Insomniacs Anonymous'."

"Ha ha." Yaten rolled her eyes. "Well, either way, I bet Haruka will show up any..."

"Yaten?" Haruka mumbled stumbling into the kitchen. She collapsed into a chair and stared at the table.

"...time now." Yaten finished. "See?"

"See what?" Haruka asked.

"You." Yaten said. "You came."

Haruka mumbled something, and looked around at everyone. Setsuna yawned and Hotaru finished her cookie.

"I'm going back to bed." Everyone said in unison. Nobody moved. A few tumbleweeds blew past. Everyone stared at them.

"Cue the western music..." Hotaru mumbled, then, poof! It was daytime and everyone was wide awake and dressed old western style. Haruka was a Sheriff, and Seiya was a cowboy. Hotaru was dressed as a normal western girl, while Michiru and Yaten were saloon girls. Setsuna looked like a respectable woman. The music Hotaru had requested played and the kitchen turned into a decently sized saloon.

"I don't look good in black and red." Michiru griped. Seiya was staring at the beer bottle in his hand and Haruka was staring at Yaten. Shiny purple cloth lined with a lot of black lace and a short skirt adorned the girl. She had also managed to gain fishnet tights and shiny black high heels. Her hair was still in it's ponytail, but it only came a few inches past her shoulders and was curled into tight springs. Yaten pulled uncomfortably at the choker she was wearing.

"What the hell is going on!?" she yelled. Everyone in the saloon stared at her. She laughed nervously. The men went back to their beers and card games. Haruka walked over to her.

"What happened?" she whispered. Yaten shrugged.

"C'mon Hotaru." Setsuna led the young girl out of the saloon into what appeared to be a old western town. A saloon girl was singing.

"Isn't that...?" Michiru gasped. Seiya, Haruka, and Yaten looked at the stage and held back laughter. On stage, Rei, dressed as a saloon girl, was singing country while Usagi, Ami, Makoto, and Minako, in appropriately colored saloon dresses, danced cancan.

"Hey!" a rough looking man called. "You with the silver hair!"

Yaten looked at him. He threw his glass at her. She caught it.

"Get me more!" he yelled. Yaten stuck her tongue out at him and went to the counter. She handed the glass to...Taiki?

"Re...fill it..." she said. Taiki nodded, looking her up and down suggestively.

"Nice dress." He said as he took the glass. "What's going on?"

"No clue." Yaten said. Taiki handed the now full glass back to Yaten. "Just play along."

Taiki nodded and Yaten brought the glass over to the man. He took it in one hand and with the other, swung Yaten into his lap.

"You're cute." He said to her.

"I'm taken." She said calmly.

"Really." The man said. "By who?"

Yaten pointed to Haruka.

"That pretty boy?" the man scoffed. "C'mon babe...wouldn't you like a real man?"

"No." Yaten delicately removed herself from the man's lap. The man's friends laughed.

"She's practically a prostitute and ya can't even get her!" a man laughed. Yaten growled and stalked over to Haruka.

"This is stupid." She complained. Haruka smiled knowingly and pulled Yaten into her lap.

"I'm sure it'll be over soon." She said.

"What are we doing here?" Makoto asked no one in particular. Minako shrugged.

"Who cares? This is fun!" she grinned.

"I wanna go home!" Usagi whined. Ami blushed and Rei kept singing. The doors burst open and Mamoru, dressed as an outlaw, strode in.

"Ahm lookin' fer the purtyest gal in the west!" he announced, wincing.

"Ahm raht heah." Kakyuu, dressed as a cowgirl, walked up, smoking a cigar, she stared at it. "An ah don't smoke neitha'!"

"You've got to be kidding me..." Haruka gaped. Michiru was giggling insanely. Usagi jumped off the stage.

"Mamo-chan!" she yelled. "I wanna go home!"

"Usako?" Mamoru asked. "Everyone! You're here too? I thought Kakyuu and I were the only ones who got sucked into this crazy world!"

"Nope!" Taiki called from behind the counter.

"Actually, I've had fun!" Kakyuu grinned from ear to ear.

"Well..." Hotaru announced, walking in with Setsuna. "I'm ready to go home."

Poof! Everyone, including the Inners, Mamoru, Taiki and Kakyuu, were back in the Outer's mansion. Everyone stared at Hotaru.

"Did you do that?" Seiya asked. Hotaru shrugged.

"Is this a dream?" Minako asked. Everyone else shrugged.

"Well, I guess we'll find out in the morning." Rei said, curling up on the couch. Haruka and Yaten headed into Haruka's room, Setsuna and Hotaru into their respective rooms, and Michiru and Seiya into Michiru's. The others found acceptable places to sleep, and curled up. Within minutes, everyone in the house was asleep, saloons and cowboys, outlaws and sheriffs scattered in their dreams...

End Chapter 6

Odd? Yes. Terrible? I don't think it's to bad. Stupid, yes. Dull? Most likely. Why don't you tell me what you think. I'd like to know. Bored...

~ Keiko