Waiting for Minako
by DDFA (Mark A Page)

Part Six - The Brain

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Scene: Makoto and Ami, sitting on a brick wall in an empty park,
somewhere in Tokyo. In the background are the sounds of distant
explosions and various emergency vehicles. There is smoke blowing
across the sky from somewhere in another part of town. Makoto is
staring off into space as Ami sticks her face into another one of
her books.


Makoto: She's really late, you know.

Ami: Hmm.

Makoto: Really, really late.

Ami: Hmm.

Makoto: Will you stop zoning off into your book and pay more
attention to me?

Ami: But I'm booooooored.

Makoto: I know. So am I.... But that's no excuse for ignoring
me when I'm trying to talk to you.

Ami: Un.

Makoto: Don't "un" me. It's totally out of character for Minako
to forget to go shopping. I mean, when was the last
time she did that?

Ami: Last week.

Makoto: No, you silly fool. I mean before that.

Ami: Two weeks ago.

Makoto: You know.... You're right. There is definitely a
pattern evolving here.

Ami: I think she's starting to lose it.

Makoto: "Starting to lose it. Starting to lose it." What do
you mean she's "starting" to lose it? She's been losing
it from long before we first met her.

Ami: Considering we first met her in the Moon Kingdom, then
she should have reached the point of advanced dementia.

Makoto: Yeah. She was probably like that, then.

Ami: Definite necrosis of the neural tissue.

Makoto: Eh?

Ami: Her brain is starting to rot away. She'd be lucky to
still have a functioning cerebellum.

Makoto: What's a cerebellum.

Ami: Yes, the first bit to go would have been the frontal
lobe. That would have completely screwed up her
personality. Then all the other lobes of the cerebrum.
The occipital, the parietal, the temporal....

Makoto: Er....

Ami: Then there is the midbrain. I thought I saw cerebro-
spinal fluid running from her ears that day....

Makoto: Ano....

Ami: Although, I have to say, with her boy obsession, she's
still got her pituitary gland.

Makoto: @#$%#%$@!

Ami: Hmm.... Definitely signs of someone running on their
brainstem.

Makoto: I know how she feels right now.

Ami: Oh.... Am I confusing you?

Makoto: Oh, no no no no no.....

Ami: Hmm.... It would be nice to think you've managed to get
through all those years of schooling and have learnt
something.

Makoto: Are you calling me stupid?

Ami: No.

Makoto: Well that's alright, then.

Ami: Yes, you just keep thinking that.

Makoto: Did you say something?

Ami: No.

Makoto: Your nose is wiggling.

Ami: Hmm?

Makoto: Your nose is wiggling.

Ami: So?

Makoto: Every time you lie, your nose wiggles.

Ami: Oh Mako-chan....

Makoto: What are you looking at me like that for?

Ami: It's soooo nice to know you know me that intimately.

Makoto: Hey, wait a minute, stop that! Don't put your arms
around me.... Hey, stop.... I'm not into that kind
of thing....

Ami: Liar.... I know how you felt about Haruka.

Makoto: That was a momentary twinge on my part.

Ami: Oh Mako-chan.... You don't know how much I've been
dreaming about you....

Makoto: You're kidding!

Ami: Yes.

Makoto: .....

Ami: .....

Makoto: You COW!

Ami: Alright, alright, I'll let you go. No need to get
rough.

Makoto: Hmph!

Ami: Of course, you know Usagi and Rei are at it like
rabbits.

Makoto: In a pigs eye.

Ami: Or a Davies.

Makoto: Hmm?

Ami: Don't worry. You won't understand.

Makoto: .....

Ami: .....

Makoto: I wonder where she's gotten to.

Ami: Probably sleeping with Artemis.

Makoto: AMI-CHAN!

Ami: Teehee....

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Will Minako ever arrive? Does Minako have a brain, or is it all
a figment of Makoto's and Ami's imaginations? Stay tuned for the
next exciting installment of the enthralling wait by Makoto and Ami,
in "Waiting for Minako", the well-known danger to shipping. ^_^

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