Well, here's another chapter to this story. I hope you like this chapter. So enjoy.

Disclaimer: Same as usual. I don't own Sailor Moon or any related characters. I only own the characters that I put in this story.

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~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: Fourth Competition Time! :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~

            "Well, everyone, we are against the team that calls themselves the 'Queens of Quickness'. I heard that they're really fast. They even beat the best running team in this state. Today, Hiromi, Heather, and Katrina are running today. We really need to win one more race in order to be definitely in the finals and in first place out of all the competitions. There really is no pressure because if we lose, we will always have the fifth one to hopefully win", said Darien. Then he dismissed all of them except for those who are in today's competition.

            As soon as Sheena caught sight of Serena leaving the meeting room, she ran towards her and asked her, "Do you want to run in today's competition?" Then Serena asked, "How will I get a chance to run? Jessilyn, Erica, and Jasmine are here so they will be up next not me." Then Sheena answered, "Well, I don't think that Darien told you, so here goes. You're the new sub. You no longer need to wait for everyone to take your chances of proving your point now." Then, with a shocked expression, Serena answered, "How did you do that?" Then Sheena answered, "Well, I told Darien so I guess that he decided to help you. Anyways, are you going to answer my question now?" then Serena said, "No, I don't want to compete today. Maybe next time I will."

            Then Sheena left, and Serena walked towards the bench and sat down. Then a couple minutes later, the teams approached the tracks and started stretching. After approximately five minutes passed, the teams started heading towards the starting line and got into their positions. After a whistle, everyone was gone from the starting line and on their way to victory.

            At first, Claudia was way ahead of everyone. Then, out of nowhere, Hiromi dashed right in front of her. Around the middle of the track, Marina was behind, but she caught up and passed Heather. At the end of everyone, Katrina remembered the words of advice that Sheena gave Serena before she won the bronze, and started to pace herself as well. Since Katrina was pacing herself, Tara took the opportunity and passed Katrina.

            Once again, the finishing line was approaching so Katrina started to increase her pace. She passed Tara, then she passed Heather, and then Marina. When she noticed that Claudia's pace started to decrease, she, just like Tara, passed by a shocked looking Claudia. Lastly, she caught up with Hiromi and passed her too, just like she did to the rest. Then the announcements came. The announcer said, "First place goes to Katrina, 2nd place goes to Hiromi, 3rd place goes to Marina. Congratulations to the winners and those who are here today." Serena, Mina, and the group, of a large amount of people, came and cheered for the winners as well as for those who participated. Serena noticed that today's crowd was way larger than before.

At the end of the competition and all the cheering, Serena noticed that Katrina looked hungry so she asked, "Do you all want to go get something to eat while we all celebrate?" Then all their replies were heard in unison, "Sure!" Then Serena asked the team if they wanted to go celebrate also, since they are part of the team, and their replies were 'Yes'. Then Serena noticed Latterly and asked her if she wanted to go too, but Latterly said, with her usual tone, "No. I don't need a pity invitation from you. I might as well go myself, but I really don't have time, when it comes to celebrating or even talking to you."

Then she left with her attitude only to be stopped by Sheena who said, "Latterly, why have you been so cruel to MY friend? Why can't you just be nice to her for once? If you don't change that attitude of yours, then I guess our friendship just won't work out will it?" Then Latterly answered, "Well, you know what, I really think that our friendship won't work out so I guess I won't be seeing you around. You weren't a good friend anyways. You would stand up for her instead of me! Well, like I said, it won't work so good luck with your new friend. Oh yeah, don't bother persuading MY friends to join you." "Fine, I won't", yelled Sheena.

Then Serena noticed Sheena and Latterly arguing. She waited for Sheena to come toward her before she said, "Sheena, I heard your argument. I really don't want to intervene in your friendship with Latterly." Then Sheena replied, "Well, it really wasn't your fault. She wasn't a good friend anyways." Serena yelled to get everyone's attention and said, "Who's up for pizza?"

~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: At the Pizza Parlor :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~

            At the pizza place, Amy surveyed everyone's order. She tallied everything up and said, "Looks like we're going to have pepperoni, pineapple, and cheese pizza. When everyone agreed, Ray started to order the pizzas. After five minutes of waiting, the pizzas finally arrived to their table. Everyone grabbed a slice and started eating. When everyone was on their second slice of pizza, Serena was on her fourth slice. Then Katrina asked, "How could you eat so many slices of pizzas like that?" Then Mina answered, "She always eats a lot. She can eat like there's no tomorrow." When Serena heard that, she nodded her head. Everyone continued to eat peacefully for the next half hour. With all that time spent there, Serena said that it was time for her to go. Everyone said their goodbyes and she was off.

~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: While Walking Home :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~

She took the short cut to go home by walking through the park. As she walked through the park, she couldn't help but notice how peaceful everything was. While daydreaming, Serena bumped into someone. Whoever it was helped her up. Then she noticed that it was Darien. When Darien noticed that it was Serena, he asked if she needed company on the way home. So she said that if he wanted to come, he could. Then he decided, since her house was on the way to his house, that he would accompany her on her way home.

They walked in silence through the park. Then finally Darien asked a question, "I heard that you invited the whole team including Latterly to that new pizza place. It that true?" Then Serena answered, "Yes, that's true except Latterly didn't want to come. Why do you ask?" "Well, just curious", said Darien. Finally, after that long (yeah right) I mean short conversation they arrived at Serena's front door step. Then after Serena went in, he left.

~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: The Fifth Competition (In the Afternoon) :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~

            "Finally it's December 31, the day of our last competition. We really need to win this game if we want to be first", said Hiromi. "Who's competing today?" asked Serena. "None of us know the answer to that question yet", replied Katrina.

Then Darien walked into the meeting room and said, "Looks like Heather will not be competing today because she caught the flu. So…Hiromi, Katrina, and Serena, you three will be competing." Then he turned around to look at the subs and said, "All of you can follow Sheena to the bench where you'll be staying until we need you." Then he turned around to the runners and said, "Well, all I know about this team is that their looks can be deceiving. Their team name is 'Speed is our Need'. Well, good luck and run as fast as you can. Now, let's go win this race."

            Everyone left the meeting room and quickly started stretching. After five minutes of stretching, everyone went over to the starting line. Serena quickly glanced behind her and saw Sheena waving towards her. Then she waved back and looked towards the stands and saw Mina and the group. On the opposite side of Mina and the group was Latterly, looking bitterly towards Serena. Finally, when Serena got into position, the whistle sounded and the final race began. Everyone, who was in this race, was determined to win so their team would have another win in their records and their rank in the competition will be higher.

            First, Hiromi was in the lead as usual; but when the second turn came, Joanne dashed right pass her. Then, Tiffany and Connie were in the lead, followed by Katrina, and then Serena. Serena kept thinking about what Sheena said about pacing herself. Then she decided that pacing herself was what she was going to do. As Serena approached the third turn, she started to quicken her speed. With each step that she took, she got closer to Katrina and, setting a record, passed her. Then her next target would be Connie and Tiffany, since they ran about the same speed, so she passed them without any troubles. Now to get the bronze all she had to do was to pass the next person so she passed Joanne, since Hiromi passed her also. Now she was going to get the silver for sure and make another record as well. Now she was too close to the finish line to go for the gold, so she just settled for the silver and continued running at her pace.

            Finally, after everyone passed the finish line, the announcer spoke into his microphone and said 1st place goes to Hiromi, 2nd place goes to Serena, and 3rd place goes to Joanne. Congratulations to all of you all and good job Serena on improving your running techniques and skills. This competition goes to the team known as 'Storm Runners'.

            Then Darien yelled saying that he wanted us to meet him in the conference rooms for a quick meeting. We all nodded our heads and tried to get through the crowd. In the conference rooms, Darien congratulated Serena for her outstanding improvement and started getting in business. He said, "I know when the finals are. The first one is on the last week of March. If we win that one and go to the championships, it will be on the last week of May. Both of the competitions will be on a Saturday, but we'll still have practices on Fridays at our usual time. We have a lot of time until then, but that doesn't mean that we'll slack off on our training." Then we all nodded our heads in agreement and then left the conference rooms.

            As soon as Serena opened the door, Mina, the group, and her family cheered and congratulated her for all her hard work. Then her parents offered another pizza party for everyone's hard work. Everyone agreed, even the coaches agreed. In hopes of  friendship, Serena looked for Latterly and hoped that this time she would not decline the offer. Then she spotted Latterly and asked, "Would you like to come with us to the pizza parlor and eat pizza with us?" then Latterly answered with her usual tone with attitude, "Like I said before no I don't want to go to the pizza parlor with you. I don't care if anyone else is there. I just don't want to go." Then Serena turned around and noticed that everyone waited for her to come so she caught up with them and they all left to that same pizza parlor again forgetting all about Latterly.

~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: At the Pizza Parlor (again) :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~

            As soon as they arrived at the pizza parlor, everyone took a seat and Serena's parents started to order. This time they ordered cheese, ham, and pineapple pizzas. After ten minutes of waiting and talking, the waiter came with all the pizzas that they ordered and they started eating.

            After everyone was done eating, everyone left except for Serena and her family. They left as soon as they were done paying and were on their way back home. On the streets, they passed by many houses, each one with its own special uniqueness and quality. Then they passed by the park that Serena always took as a shortcut home from school. After looking at all the green scenery, they passed by more houses and made several turns until, finally, they made it back home.

~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: At Home :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~

            As soon as Serena's dad opened the front door of the house, Serena raced upstairs and started doing her homework, something she would normally not do. She thought that, if she could do well in the track competitions, she might be able to raise her grades and improve greatly. Three hours later, she finished her homework and decided to take a long bath. An hour later, she finished her bath and started drying her hair. After drying her hair, she brushed her teeth and went to bed. As she lay down on her bed, she wondered how the finals will be and who she'll be against. She also wondered if she could beat the records that she made today and if she'll ever win the gold. As she drifted on into a long sleep, she knew that all these questions would be answered at the finals.

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Well, so how do you like this chapter? Like I said before, review if you want me to continue. I guess this updating every week thing is working out after all.

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