Idols – Chapter 2

"Wow!" The girls were hardly sitting on their seats. "DID YOU SEE THAT!" Usagi turned to Luna. "Those people over there just got soaked!"

"I know, I just hope it doesn't happen to us." Luna said. She was beginning to wonder if bringing a bunch of 16 year old idols from Japan to Hawaii was a good idea.

"Oh I hope it does!" Ami said anxiously.

'Et tu, Ami?' Luna thought to herself. Even the level-headed one was giddy & giggling.

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"That was a great show!" Minako said as they walked around to dry off after the show.

"Oh souvenirs!" Makoto said. "Can we get some? Please?"

"It's pretty crowded right now... lets go down & aand see the whales first, okay?" Artemis said.

Meanwhile...

"Chiba! Ms. Anderson want's to see you right away. She thinks that there might be something wrong with Sandy." A man called.

"Tell her I'll be right there." A man with black hair called back. As he ran up the stairs he accidently crashed in to Usagi. "Sorry!" He said without even paying attention to if she was alright.

"How rude!" Luna said as she helped Usagi up.

"What is it? What's wrong, Lizzy?" The man asked as he ran over to a red- haired woman over by the Dolphin tanks.

"Darien! It's Sandy, she hasn't been eating, & look at her... she's not even interacting with the others anymore."

"I'll go call Dr. Porter, he can tell you what's wrong better than i can, i'm just a student." Darien went to the office & called Dr. Porter to tell him what was wrong. "He'll be here soon."

"Thanks Darien." The woman said.

"No problem, Lizzy." He smiled reassuringly. "I'm sure Sandy will be fine, don't worry." Sandy was his favourite dolphin, he was pretty worried because she was acting much different than usual.

"Hey Darien," A blonde haired man came up from behind him as he sat overlooking the manatees. "How's it going?"

"Sandy's sick."

"Did you call Dr. Porter?"

"Of course. So... you seem to be in a good mood."

"You mean you don't know?" The blonde man asked.

"No. What's got you so happy, Andy?" Andrew, or Andy as Darien called him, was the main Orca trainer, Lizzy, his younger sister, was the one of the dolphin trainers. Darien had known them both for a long time. Andy had got him his job at the marine park while he went to University to study animal behaviour & veterinary medicine.

"Do you see those 5 girls over there." Andy pointed to Usagi & her friends who were with the seal trainer. "They're mega-stars from Japan, haven't you ever heard of them before?"

"No."

"Come on, you've never heard of S.S.?" Andy asked in disbelief.

"No."

"Well come with me to meet them... i'm to nervous to meet them on my own." He grabbed Darien's hand & dragged him over tomeet the girls. "Hello."



The girls turned their heads to se Andy & Darien walking over to them. "Hello?" Minako said.

"I'm the head Orca trainer here, my name is Andrew Anderson, but you can call me Andy for short." He smiled. "And this is my friend Darien Chiba, he's gonna be a vet here in a few years after he graduates from University."

"Excuse me." Darien said and walked away.

"What's his problem?" Minako asked.

"Don't mind him, he's just worried about Sandy; she's one of our dolphins, she's been sick today." Andy explained.

"Oh, okay. Well, I'm Minako, and this is Ami, Rei, Makoto & Usagi. " Minako pointed to the girls as she said their names.

"It's nice to meet you all, I'm a fan." Andrew smiled. "How long are you staying here for?"

"Six months." Ami said.

"Well, i hope to see you girls around here again." He said. "I've got to get back to work now."

"Bye, nice to meet you." Ami & Minako said. Usagi ,Rei, & Makoto were playing with some seals, completely oblivious of Andy... & Darien, for that matter.

"Oh! One more thing!" Andy turned around & took a few steps back over to Ami & Minako. "What does S.S. stand for?"

"Sailor Senshi."

"Why did you call yourselves that?"

"Sailor-styled uniforms are very popular as school uniforms in Japan, & senshi... just means soldier."

"Ahh... soldiers, huh? I guess i better be careful." Andy laughed & walked off to go find Darien.

The 2 girls rejoined their friends & the seals. "Who was that?" Usagi asked.

"His name is Andy, he's an Orca trainer."

"Orca?" Makoto asked.

"You know, killer whales." Ami explained.

"Cool." Usagi said. "Can we see those too? And the dolphins?"

"Sure, go right ahead." The trainer said. "Go straight along here & it's the Orcas, then the dolphins & then the manatees, & other animals."

"Thank you." The girls all said as the continued on the the Orcas. They talked to Andy for a bit longer & fed some of the whales, then went to see the dolphins.

"Hi, I'm Lizzy, i'm a dolphin trainer." Lizzy stood up and greeted them. "How do you like Hawaii so far?"

"It's beautiful." Rei said.

"It's... different, but nice." Makoto said.

"I'm glad that you girls are having a good time. My brother, Andy & i are both fans, but i'm sure he's already told you that."

"Yes, he did." Ami said with a smile. "Everyone has been so nice to us today."

"Well, except for that one guy." Minako said.

"What? Which guy?"

"I think his name is Darien or something like that. He knocked Usagi down & didn't help her up & then when your brother introduced him to us he just walked off." Minako said.

"Yeah... Darien is a little stressed today. Sandy, is sick & she's his favourite dolphin. After work he's always here playing with her. He's worried about her, even though he's trying to hide it." Lizzy said.

"What are you talking about?" Usagi bounded up to the group of girls.

"The man that you bumped into today." Ami said.

"Okay. Come see this dolphin, he's so cute." Usagi sat down at the edge of the pool & stroked the dolphin's head.

After playing with the dolphins for a while Lizzy walked them over to see the mantees. "Hi Darien." She said.

"Hey Lizzy." He replied, not looking up from the work he was doing.

"I have some visitors here for you that want to learn about the manatees."

"You know about them to Lizzy, can you do it, i've got to get this done."

"What are you doing?" She asked as she walked over to him.

"Getting ready for new residents." Darien explained. "I just got a call from the rescue center it looks like were getting a few turtles that can't be returned to the wild."

"Okay then, i won't bother you." Lizzy patted him on the back & went back over to the girls. "Sorry about that, lets go meet the manatees."

Afew minutes later Darien came out of the office & walked over to where Lizzy was showing the girls how mush the manatees eat a day. "How's it goin?"

"Good. Girls, this is Darien, whom you've already met. Darien, this is Minako, Makoto, Rei, Ami, & Usagi." Lizzy introdced everyone. "Usagi?"

"Where's Usagi-chan?" Ami exclaimed.

"Shimatta! How could we have let her out of our site?"

"She couldn't have gone far." Lizzy reasoned.

"Usagi-chan!" Minako called. They all split up to find her & agreed to meet again in ten minutes.

"Get away from him, he's dangerous." Darien said as he found Usagi in another part of the manatee encloser, over by a big manatee named Bubba.

"Nani?" She looked up at him.

"He... Is... DAN-GER-OUS." He said louder.

"That doesn't help, I have trouble understanding loud English too." Usagi said as she stood up & looked at him.

"So you do know English."

"A bit." She said.

"You're friends are worried, you shouldn't just go wondering around like that." Darien said.

"Tell them I am here." Ahe said simply before kneeling back down to see Bubba.

"I told you, stay away from him."

"He's alone. I'm bad if i was left all alone too."

'That doesn't even make sense.' "What are you doing?"

"Singing to him." She smiled simply.

"I give up!" He left to find Lizzy & the other girls... maybe they could get her to listen. "Lizzy, she's with Bubba... she won't listen to me when i tell her to back off." He led them back to where Usagi was now stroking Bubba's head & back & then went back to the office.

"Usagi-chan, come on, we need to go find Luna & Artemis, now." Minako said. "It was nice to meet you Lizzy, thanks for all of your help." She smiled & all the girls said goodbye as well.

"Usagi, you can't wander off like that... it's not safe." Rei scolded her.

"I was just making him feel better... he was all alone."

"Here you go girls! " Artemis & Luna said as they held out t-shirts & stuffed toys.

"Yay!" They all grabbed a T-shirt & a stuffed toy from them. Ami took the dolpin, Makoto took the turtle, Rei took the seal, Mianoko took the orca, & Usagi grabbed the manatee. "Doumo Arigatou!" They all said. The 7 of them walked to the limo that was waiting outside & went home since it was already 9:00.

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How did you like it? I like everyone's Japanese names better, but it wouldn't make sense if all of the Americans had Japanese names, so i used their dubbed names instead. Also, I had already used the name Anderson before deciding to make Darien's friends Andrew & Lizzy so i didn't bother changing it later even though 'Andrew Anderson' sounds kinda screwy. Stay tuned for chapter 3 soon!