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Last chapter:
Obviously whoever had wanted her to get the note the first time wasn't pleased that it had been soiled by her blood. Ami opened it up and began to read.
Chapter 9
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-Survival depends on keeping love alive-
Ami sighed. What did that mean? She would have to call Usagi in the morning. Oh, she hadn't shown Usagi the first note. She would finally have to show all of her friends.
"Ami. Go to bed, what are you doing just standing there?" Her mother lectured her from the kitchen doorway. Ami turned to look at her briefly but with a little difficulty stood and walked to her room. Her mother was so unfair. All she had done was come home about an hour late earlier and drop Joseph off at the arcade. She sighed. Maybe she should try to see eye to eye with her mom after all. Besides, it's not like her mother knew that she was saving the world from youma. All she knew was that Ami was flaking out and being irresponsible, and had been doing so for the past few weeks. She paused at her doorway. Maybe if she apologized she would get less grounding? She turned around and walked back.
"Mom?" She questioned from the doorway. Her mother looked up, having been talking to James.
"Sorry I was late earlier, and I'm sorry I dropped joseph off at the arcade. I really did go see Usagi," Ami said with such sincerity that her mother believed her. Ofcourse, it was easy to be sincere considering that she technically HAD seen Usagi at her time while Joseph was at the arcade.
"Aww Ami. I've thought about it, and talked it over with James. I know I was a little bit harsh on you, so I've decided that you'll only be grounded for the next 2 days. Monday, and Tuesday. If you behave yourself and don't cross the line those two days, and only leave the house when I take you, then you'll be free Wednsday, Thursday, and Friday, so you can enjoy the wedding on Saturday. Deal?"
It could have been worse.
Ami nodded, and her mother walked over, emotional and silly as she was since she had met James, to give her a hug. Ami tried to avoid this, but her mother had her wrapped in a crushing hug a second later. Not that Ami didn't like hugging her mom, it was just that her mother, unknowingly ofcourse, really hurt Ami when she hugged her because of her injuries. Ami stumbled away.
"Not so tight, mom. You're cutting off my air supply, goodnight!" As Ami staggered into her room, she was about to collapse on the bed when she realized Lisa was in the room, having fully changed and she had her tooth brush in her hand, ready to go brush her teeth.
"Hey Ames, why're you still wearing your big rain coat. Take it off, relax," Lisa said, walking past her out the door. Ami nodded. She unzipped her coat tentitively, looking down at her blood stained shirt and jeans. These would have to be thrown away, she couldn't throw it in the hamper for everyone to see. Her shirt, not surprisingly, stuck to the wound on her stomach when she tried to take it off. She had waited so long, and since it had been raining....Lisa came back into the room, and Ami quickly threw a thick robe over her clothing. She grabbed her PJ's, and headed for the bathroom. She had a first aid kit hidden in their she would use, and she would change in there. She wondered if Usagi went through all of this truble every day.
No. She realized this. Usagi may have gone through a bit of trouble, but she wasn't in the situation Ami was in now. She even had her own bathroom, all of her privacy. It would be simple, if well planned, to hide things like this. Usagi, well planned. Ami shook her head at the thought as she closed the bathroom door.
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"Up up up! It's 11:00. Amazing Ames, you slept past 8:00," Aiko said as she shook her daughter, who groaned in response.
"Aww, come on Ames. You went to bed around 9:00 last night, you couldn't possibly be that tired! It's almost lunch time right now, and you're so frail. By the way, did you eat ANYTHING after breakfast yesterday. According to Joseph, he didn't see you eat!" Aiko said. Ami opened up an eye and peaked at her mother. She seemed in a good mood. Ami wished she was. Although she knew by now that her injuries would all be closed up and looked like nothing had ever happened, they still all hurt. She sat up, and started to climb out of bed.
"I'm sorry, how come no one woke me?"
"We tried, at 9:00, since we thought the miracle was over, then at 10:00. You wouldn't even answer."
"Oh, well thanks for waking me mom," she said, as her mom left the room. She quickly got dressed, removing the cloth she had sloppily placed on in her hurry last night. As she had thought, everything looked healed.
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Everyone was making lunch when Ami walked into the kitchen. She looked around. Kevin sat with Joseph on his knee, the two eating grilled cheese. Lisa stood at the oven, piling more grilled cheese sandwiches on a plate. Anna waved her to the table once she had entered, her and Goerge munching on sandwiches.
"Sit Ami. It's been a day since I've spoken to you, and it feels like a year. I miss our conversations, you make me feel smart!" Anna said this brightly, again ushering to the chair next to her. Goerge nodded, crumbs from his sandwich on his mouth. Ami talked to Anna for a couple of minutes, before James started asking her about the books he had lent her. Aiko walked into the kitchen to see everyone in high moods. She smiled. Grabbing a plate off the counter, she placed two grilled cheese sandwiches on it and put it in front of Ami.
"Eat." Ami nodded, not wanting to cross her mother today, and began to eat. She was starving anyways.
"You are so frail Ami. I could snap you like a twig. It seems to me that if no one makes you eat you don't. That's not healthy you know. You could become anorexic or worse..." Anna began to carry on about that, which she usually did. Ami tried to drone out her rambling as she ate. Soon everyone was in a good mood.
"Oh Ami, since Lisa, Kevin, Anna and Goerge, oh, and of course little Joseph, will be sight seeing today, you will come with me and James to see the wedding planner. 5 days and we still have a ton to do! by the way, none of your friends have allergies, do they? I want to order the food." Ami refrained from sighing. more wedding plans. Ami new her mother and James could do it alone, but she figured her mom didn't want her home alone, she'd sneak out. They set out after lunch. The day was beautiful and sunny, perfect. Well, perfect for most. Ami just didn't feel happy. James didn't yet have his silence, it would be a few weeks, so her mother drove.
Ami sat in the back staring out the window. When the summer had first started she had been content. Then she had been sent to a new demension, which had it's ups and downs. Finally, after beating Julliana, it had seemed like a dream come true. Quatre could visit whenever he wanted, her friends were happy, and best of all, no fighting for Ami. But it was already destroyed. Couldn't they just have peace? Sailor Mercury liked to fight, not Ami. Ami was the one being affected by the fighting though. This was a happy time, her mother's wedding. She decided that she hated Noko for ruining everything, and hate was ussually too strong of a word for Ami's liking. She leaned back and closed her eyes. So tired, still hurting.
"We're here," her mother said after a long while of driving, and Ami was brought back to reality when James opened the door of the backseat and started unbuckling her seat belt. She laughed and unbuckled it, getting out.
They walked into a gigantic hall.
"This is where you're having the reception Mom? It's beautiful." Ami's comment wasn't a lie, it certainly was beautiful. The floor was ceramic, a mix of light grey, and blue, with designs in the middle of each block. The walls were a pale blue, almost white. Beautiful crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling, which had a mural. The hall was already starting to be set up for Aiko's wedding, becasue it would be closed during the week, so Aiko's was the next to come. Ami could see her mother had gitten her way with the sheets on the chairs, off white with a blue ribbon connecting it on the back. There were about 30 tables spread out around the hall, each seating 10. In the front was one large table where the bride and groom would sit, along with their parents, the maid of honor, Ami, and her date, the best man, Kevin, and his wife (and of course little Joseph).
Even though AIko's brother wasn't playing a key role in the wedding, since Aiko's father had passed, her brother would walk her mother into the hall, and then sit at the main table. All of the bride's maids and their dates would be seated at the table next to the main one. In the back there were two glass french doors, leading outside to a beautiful garden where the guests could stroll around if the were tired of sitting inside. Brick gates surrounded the whole outside area, giving all of the guests privacy. The hall was outside of Tokyo, in a much less populated area, so it was calm around the place.
Ami stepped outside the double doors. There was a little fountain too, which looked very cute with the flowers. In fact, there were more flowers than Ami had ever seen in one place, blowing the Tokyo gardens away. She heard the doors open, and Aiko and James walk up behind her, also observing.
"This area will be lovely for the pictures," Aiko said, placing her hand on Ami's shoulder. Ami nodded, silently observing.
"Excuse me, Miss Mizuno, Mr. Kenly?" The three turned. The wedding planner was at the door.
"I expect that you've found everything to your expectations," she said. Aiko beamed.
"Everything is beautiful this is more than I expected!" James smiled at Aiko.
"And we're not even finished yet. Now, about the guest list..." the woman's voice trailed off as James and Aiko followed her through the door. Making sure she was alone, Ami walked towards the back where a small bench was. The area was so serene. She opened up her communicater and called Minako.
"Minako in? What's wrong?"
"No emergency Mina. Sorry I called on the communicater, but I'm grounded. Can't use the phone, and I'm not at home right now, I'm outside of Tokyo."
"Grounded? You! Usagi's gonna love this one. What for?"
"Nothing. Listen, it's for the next two days. If there's ever a battle, I'll probably be able to sneak out, but the reason I called is to tell you this." Ami began to explain about the 2 notes. Minako listened patiently.
"When I got the first note, I figured it was just something strange given out at the restaurant. But when I got the second, which as I told you was ruined the first time, I knew it wasn't a coincidence. I-" Ami paused. She heard a shout.
"Stay with me Mina. I think something's wrong," Ami said.
"Right," Minako said, and Ami stood and approached the glass doors leading inside, looking around. She slid open the door and peered inside. The room was darker now, but where were James and her mother? She turned to the right and saw the two lying on the floor, small gems on each of their foreheads. She paused. Then where was the wedding planner? Noko must have taken over her body.
"Hey, what's going on?" Minako asked. Ami turned around behind her. From her view Minako could see that what seemed to be the lady working in the place standing in the doorway. She had a mean glint her eyes. Ami moved away but before she could run or transform the woman lunged at her with a speed and strength unimaginable and almost impossible. Ami was knocked down, but got up and tryed to escape. The woman followed, and Ami was tackled by her, being knocked into a few tables, chairs falling over and 2 tables flipping over. Ami struggled to get up, but she was kicked back down by the woman, whom she figured was Noko, back into the tables. Her head hit one of the tables. Her wrist hit into one of the legs on the chairs, smashing her communicter. Just before she was entirely knocked out, she saw the barbaric person blasting a quite a few things in the room.
What's was going on, Minako didn't know. The screen went blank.
"Ami? Ami?" Minako pushed the button trying to contact her. Nothing, she'd better call the others. Noko, in the woman's body, stared down at the girl he had just knocked out. Had he drained this girl before? Yes. Awww, but he had broken her watch. Oh well, it was just a stupid watch, nothing important. He left her on the floor underneath the now broken tables and chairs. That girl was so stubborn. He found it odd that a normal human would fight back. He shrugged. At least the Sailor scouts didn't know what was happening, since the girl couldn't get help. Now, his plans wouldn't be ruined. He would drain these two people without interruption. His youma could handle everything from this point though. He fancied a nap. He smiled and dissapeared.
Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Tuxedo Mask raced down the street. Michiru, Amara, Hotaru, and Rin were about 30 miles from Tokyo today, Amara and Michelle having taken the two kids out for a day of fun. They decided that even if they called them, they wouldn't be there in time.
Meanwhile:
Quatre, Heero, Duo, Wufei, and Trowa walked silently in downtown Tokyo. They passed by a store that had tons of people crowding around the outside.
"Hmm, let's see what's in here," Duo said, walking inside. The 4 followed, for lack of anything better to do. Inside, it seemed to be a store selling merchandise for the sailor senshi.
"Hey, cool," Duo said. He saw what everyone wanted to see. It was a tape, caled 'glimpses.' He walked up to the front counter.
"Hey, um, why is everyone crowding around trying to get that tape," he asked.
"Glimpses? Oh, that is a tape of the few rare times the Sailor Senshi have been seen. It's been in the making for three years," the shop owner said, "infact, I'll play some of it for your right now, since I'm interested to see it myself." Duo nodded as the owner slipped it into the tv hanging above the counter. Some theme music came on, followed by a picture of each senshi in battle. Then there were some actual clips. The first one was of the sillouette of Sailor Moon leaping away from a window, the curtains only showing her figure dissapearing and not her face. The second was of the five sailor scuts, leaping quickly and stealthily from roof top to roof top, and then more of them leaping from 10 story buildings and landing just fine. Then there were some not so graceful moments, one of Sailor moon being knocked through a window by a monster, one of Sailor Jupiter being blasted into a telephone booth, smashing it and getting knocked out, and one of Venus toppling off of a bridge into a lake being chased by a youma. Then there was one of Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars being blasted into a shop window and flying into all of the manequins. A vice began to speak.
"Who are these heroes? Where did they come from? How is it that they sustain unnatural injuries and are just fine the next time they're spotted? These mysteries people have been trying to figure out for years, 3 years, ever since Sailor Moon first appeared, and strange happenings began to go on in tokyo. One by one, another senshi was spotted, until they formed one team, or so it seems. However, we have footage of the many disagreements the Sailor Senshi had on this tape during battle as well, as well as some of the most exciting battle scenes ever caught on tape. So, you're in for quite a treat. This movie will not help you to figure out the answers to any of those questions, however it could help you gain some insight on the Sailor Senshi, whom are ussually caught unaware on tape, meaning that they don't want to be seen." At this point, they showed Venus look up and see a camera after being blasted into a wall, and start to blush before telling the person to turn the camera off and evacuate the area. The shop owner stopped the tape.
"Well? I can't show you the whole tape, it's an hour long. Do you want it or not?" Duo figured the senshi might be interested in watching what people were able to film when they were unaware, so he bought it. The five stepped out of the store to hear those that were standing on the outside begin to cheer. Past them, as the five stood in the doorwy, ran Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Mamoru. They stopped in front of the store, and Vnus met Duo's eye's briefly ebfore they returned to what they were discussing.
"It's too far away, it's at least a 45 minute drive, we have to teleport," Jupiter said quietly.
"Fine, let's do it now, we already wasted 20 minutes trying to get everyone together." The five ran off, and in the distance Duo thought he saw some lights.
"45 minutes away? Where are they going," Heero asked. The crowd around them had all gone into the store, one man saying he had caught them on tape and was going ot sell it for big money.
"Perhaps to the reception hall. Ami had mentioned to me a couple of days ago that her mom wanted to meet with the wedding planner there and add the final touches," Quatre said.
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The five appeared at the front. Mars opened the door and walked in first, eying the receptionists desk.
"Everything looks just fine," Moon commented. Jupiter nodded, and opened the two big wooden doors. They lead into the beautiful reception hall. It was a bit darkened, but that was because there were only two windows in the room and the glass doors.
They all walked in, before Jupiter pointed to near the center of teh room, where about 3 of the tables were knocked over and the chairs were all knocked down.
"A struggle," Mamoru said, approaching. The others found Aiko and James in the corner of the room, gems on their heads. Moon was about to remove it when Mars stopped her.
"The youma won't emerge until we break the gem. Don't break the gems until we're all ready to fight the youma. Just move them from the corner, someone help me." Everyone agreed, and they moved the two near to where Mamoru stood.
"Where's Ami," Jupiter asked. Something underneath the table moved, causing Moon to jump. Mamoru stayed put, frowning.
"What is it? What's wrong?"
Mamoru picked up one of the tables and set it aside. This weight removed from on top of her, Ami was able to throw the chairs off of her.
"Thanks Mamoru, I was afraid I was gonna suffacate under there," Ami said, struggling to stand.
Sailor Moon walked over to help pull her up.
"Where's Noko," she said as soon as she was up.
"Noko? No one else is here," Venus said, leaning against a door leading into the kitchen. She screamed whena body toppled out. The wedding planner, Noko had tied her up. Ami checked her out, she was fine. Something red dripped onto Ami's palm. She felt her forehead. blood from where she had hit the table. She shrugged. She was always getting hit on her head!
"Alright Merc, transform and we'll take out those youma," Mars said. Ami nodded.
10 minutes later: (I know, I know I robbed you of a battle scene*)
Ami detransformed and ran over to Aiko and James, and the scouts and Mamoru left quickly. Once outside, they ran into the G-boys. So the 9 left together, and Quatre went inside. Aiko, James and the wedding planner were awake, and Quatre ran in.
"Quatre, what are you doing here," Aiko asked.
"I called him, I didn't know who else to call mom, but the Sailor Scouts came and destroyed the youma, and you're hopefully alright?" Aiko nodded, and the wedding planner stood.
"We'll have to get those three tables fixed. Or get new ones." She had regained a professional manner quickly. She walked away to get the menu and guest list so that they could continue.
"Oh Ami, is your forehead bleeding from hitting your head in the table?" Aiko asked.
"Yeah, it's nothing, i'll patch it up later."
"No, you'll do it now. Quatre, Ami's grounded but you're welcome to stay and sample foods with her after we get her head patched up. We have quite a few choices, and we need to see what everyone will like. Allergies?" Quatre shook his head at Aiko's question.
"Alright, Quatre, there's a room near the reception desk where someone will patch up Ami's forehead, will you go with her?" Quatre nodded and the two walked off, Ami slipping him a small piece of paper she had remobed from Joe's teddy bear.
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minimerc: Thanks, and thanks for your interesting review!
Kaiya: Will you? We'll see. Thanks for your review!
Tenshi-Hotaru: No no, if Ami's mother was being controlled by Noko she would be acting much wierder* I believe her mother getting angry is a perfect example of parents over-reacting. Especially since Ami's mother wasn't around, and now is and learning that her perfect daughter can lie to her. I imagine it would be awkward. Most parents don't want to show imperfections, so I figure that channeling all of her frustration and confusion into anger would be the the first reaction. It's like Aiko's still learning, and I expect put in that situation with her fiance's family all staying in her house and dealing with a stubborn Ami, quite a few would react the same way. Thanks for reviewing!
DevilWench: Thankyou! ::Hugs back:: Thanks for your reviews!
Mercury Ice Storm: Hope this pleases, thanks for reviewing!
Shadow Fox2: Thanks for your review!
Last chapter:
Obviously whoever had wanted her to get the note the first time wasn't pleased that it had been soiled by her blood. Ami opened it up and began to read.
Chapter 9
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-Survival depends on keeping love alive-
Ami sighed. What did that mean? She would have to call Usagi in the morning. Oh, she hadn't shown Usagi the first note. She would finally have to show all of her friends.
"Ami. Go to bed, what are you doing just standing there?" Her mother lectured her from the kitchen doorway. Ami turned to look at her briefly but with a little difficulty stood and walked to her room. Her mother was so unfair. All she had done was come home about an hour late earlier and drop Joseph off at the arcade. She sighed. Maybe she should try to see eye to eye with her mom after all. Besides, it's not like her mother knew that she was saving the world from youma. All she knew was that Ami was flaking out and being irresponsible, and had been doing so for the past few weeks. She paused at her doorway. Maybe if she apologized she would get less grounding? She turned around and walked back.
"Mom?" She questioned from the doorway. Her mother looked up, having been talking to James.
"Sorry I was late earlier, and I'm sorry I dropped joseph off at the arcade. I really did go see Usagi," Ami said with such sincerity that her mother believed her. Ofcourse, it was easy to be sincere considering that she technically HAD seen Usagi at her time while Joseph was at the arcade.
"Aww Ami. I've thought about it, and talked it over with James. I know I was a little bit harsh on you, so I've decided that you'll only be grounded for the next 2 days. Monday, and Tuesday. If you behave yourself and don't cross the line those two days, and only leave the house when I take you, then you'll be free Wednsday, Thursday, and Friday, so you can enjoy the wedding on Saturday. Deal?"
It could have been worse.
Ami nodded, and her mother walked over, emotional and silly as she was since she had met James, to give her a hug. Ami tried to avoid this, but her mother had her wrapped in a crushing hug a second later. Not that Ami didn't like hugging her mom, it was just that her mother, unknowingly ofcourse, really hurt Ami when she hugged her because of her injuries. Ami stumbled away.
"Not so tight, mom. You're cutting off my air supply, goodnight!" As Ami staggered into her room, she was about to collapse on the bed when she realized Lisa was in the room, having fully changed and she had her tooth brush in her hand, ready to go brush her teeth.
"Hey Ames, why're you still wearing your big rain coat. Take it off, relax," Lisa said, walking past her out the door. Ami nodded. She unzipped her coat tentitively, looking down at her blood stained shirt and jeans. These would have to be thrown away, she couldn't throw it in the hamper for everyone to see. Her shirt, not surprisingly, stuck to the wound on her stomach when she tried to take it off. She had waited so long, and since it had been raining....Lisa came back into the room, and Ami quickly threw a thick robe over her clothing. She grabbed her PJ's, and headed for the bathroom. She had a first aid kit hidden in their she would use, and she would change in there. She wondered if Usagi went through all of this truble every day.
No. She realized this. Usagi may have gone through a bit of trouble, but she wasn't in the situation Ami was in now. She even had her own bathroom, all of her privacy. It would be simple, if well planned, to hide things like this. Usagi, well planned. Ami shook her head at the thought as she closed the bathroom door.
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"Up up up! It's 11:00. Amazing Ames, you slept past 8:00," Aiko said as she shook her daughter, who groaned in response.
"Aww, come on Ames. You went to bed around 9:00 last night, you couldn't possibly be that tired! It's almost lunch time right now, and you're so frail. By the way, did you eat ANYTHING after breakfast yesterday. According to Joseph, he didn't see you eat!" Aiko said. Ami opened up an eye and peaked at her mother. She seemed in a good mood. Ami wished she was. Although she knew by now that her injuries would all be closed up and looked like nothing had ever happened, they still all hurt. She sat up, and started to climb out of bed.
"I'm sorry, how come no one woke me?"
"We tried, at 9:00, since we thought the miracle was over, then at 10:00. You wouldn't even answer."
"Oh, well thanks for waking me mom," she said, as her mom left the room. She quickly got dressed, removing the cloth she had sloppily placed on in her hurry last night. As she had thought, everything looked healed.
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Everyone was making lunch when Ami walked into the kitchen. She looked around. Kevin sat with Joseph on his knee, the two eating grilled cheese. Lisa stood at the oven, piling more grilled cheese sandwiches on a plate. Anna waved her to the table once she had entered, her and Goerge munching on sandwiches.
"Sit Ami. It's been a day since I've spoken to you, and it feels like a year. I miss our conversations, you make me feel smart!" Anna said this brightly, again ushering to the chair next to her. Goerge nodded, crumbs from his sandwich on his mouth. Ami talked to Anna for a couple of minutes, before James started asking her about the books he had lent her. Aiko walked into the kitchen to see everyone in high moods. She smiled. Grabbing a plate off the counter, she placed two grilled cheese sandwiches on it and put it in front of Ami.
"Eat." Ami nodded, not wanting to cross her mother today, and began to eat. She was starving anyways.
"You are so frail Ami. I could snap you like a twig. It seems to me that if no one makes you eat you don't. That's not healthy you know. You could become anorexic or worse..." Anna began to carry on about that, which she usually did. Ami tried to drone out her rambling as she ate. Soon everyone was in a good mood.
"Oh Ami, since Lisa, Kevin, Anna and Goerge, oh, and of course little Joseph, will be sight seeing today, you will come with me and James to see the wedding planner. 5 days and we still have a ton to do! by the way, none of your friends have allergies, do they? I want to order the food." Ami refrained from sighing. more wedding plans. Ami new her mother and James could do it alone, but she figured her mom didn't want her home alone, she'd sneak out. They set out after lunch. The day was beautiful and sunny, perfect. Well, perfect for most. Ami just didn't feel happy. James didn't yet have his silence, it would be a few weeks, so her mother drove.
Ami sat in the back staring out the window. When the summer had first started she had been content. Then she had been sent to a new demension, which had it's ups and downs. Finally, after beating Julliana, it had seemed like a dream come true. Quatre could visit whenever he wanted, her friends were happy, and best of all, no fighting for Ami. But it was already destroyed. Couldn't they just have peace? Sailor Mercury liked to fight, not Ami. Ami was the one being affected by the fighting though. This was a happy time, her mother's wedding. She decided that she hated Noko for ruining everything, and hate was ussually too strong of a word for Ami's liking. She leaned back and closed her eyes. So tired, still hurting.
"We're here," her mother said after a long while of driving, and Ami was brought back to reality when James opened the door of the backseat and started unbuckling her seat belt. She laughed and unbuckled it, getting out.
They walked into a gigantic hall.
"This is where you're having the reception Mom? It's beautiful." Ami's comment wasn't a lie, it certainly was beautiful. The floor was ceramic, a mix of light grey, and blue, with designs in the middle of each block. The walls were a pale blue, almost white. Beautiful crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling, which had a mural. The hall was already starting to be set up for Aiko's wedding, becasue it would be closed during the week, so Aiko's was the next to come. Ami could see her mother had gitten her way with the sheets on the chairs, off white with a blue ribbon connecting it on the back. There were about 30 tables spread out around the hall, each seating 10. In the front was one large table where the bride and groom would sit, along with their parents, the maid of honor, Ami, and her date, the best man, Kevin, and his wife (and of course little Joseph).
Even though AIko's brother wasn't playing a key role in the wedding, since Aiko's father had passed, her brother would walk her mother into the hall, and then sit at the main table. All of the bride's maids and their dates would be seated at the table next to the main one. In the back there were two glass french doors, leading outside to a beautiful garden where the guests could stroll around if the were tired of sitting inside. Brick gates surrounded the whole outside area, giving all of the guests privacy. The hall was outside of Tokyo, in a much less populated area, so it was calm around the place.
Ami stepped outside the double doors. There was a little fountain too, which looked very cute with the flowers. In fact, there were more flowers than Ami had ever seen in one place, blowing the Tokyo gardens away. She heard the doors open, and Aiko and James walk up behind her, also observing.
"This area will be lovely for the pictures," Aiko said, placing her hand on Ami's shoulder. Ami nodded, silently observing.
"Excuse me, Miss Mizuno, Mr. Kenly?" The three turned. The wedding planner was at the door.
"I expect that you've found everything to your expectations," she said. Aiko beamed.
"Everything is beautiful this is more than I expected!" James smiled at Aiko.
"And we're not even finished yet. Now, about the guest list..." the woman's voice trailed off as James and Aiko followed her through the door. Making sure she was alone, Ami walked towards the back where a small bench was. The area was so serene. She opened up her communicater and called Minako.
"Minako in? What's wrong?"
"No emergency Mina. Sorry I called on the communicater, but I'm grounded. Can't use the phone, and I'm not at home right now, I'm outside of Tokyo."
"Grounded? You! Usagi's gonna love this one. What for?"
"Nothing. Listen, it's for the next two days. If there's ever a battle, I'll probably be able to sneak out, but the reason I called is to tell you this." Ami began to explain about the 2 notes. Minako listened patiently.
"When I got the first note, I figured it was just something strange given out at the restaurant. But when I got the second, which as I told you was ruined the first time, I knew it wasn't a coincidence. I-" Ami paused. She heard a shout.
"Stay with me Mina. I think something's wrong," Ami said.
"Right," Minako said, and Ami stood and approached the glass doors leading inside, looking around. She slid open the door and peered inside. The room was darker now, but where were James and her mother? She turned to the right and saw the two lying on the floor, small gems on each of their foreheads. She paused. Then where was the wedding planner? Noko must have taken over her body.
"Hey, what's going on?" Minako asked. Ami turned around behind her. From her view Minako could see that what seemed to be the lady working in the place standing in the doorway. She had a mean glint her eyes. Ami moved away but before she could run or transform the woman lunged at her with a speed and strength unimaginable and almost impossible. Ami was knocked down, but got up and tryed to escape. The woman followed, and Ami was tackled by her, being knocked into a few tables, chairs falling over and 2 tables flipping over. Ami struggled to get up, but she was kicked back down by the woman, whom she figured was Noko, back into the tables. Her head hit one of the tables. Her wrist hit into one of the legs on the chairs, smashing her communicter. Just before she was entirely knocked out, she saw the barbaric person blasting a quite a few things in the room.
What's was going on, Minako didn't know. The screen went blank.
"Ami? Ami?" Minako pushed the button trying to contact her. Nothing, she'd better call the others. Noko, in the woman's body, stared down at the girl he had just knocked out. Had he drained this girl before? Yes. Awww, but he had broken her watch. Oh well, it was just a stupid watch, nothing important. He left her on the floor underneath the now broken tables and chairs. That girl was so stubborn. He found it odd that a normal human would fight back. He shrugged. At least the Sailor scouts didn't know what was happening, since the girl couldn't get help. Now, his plans wouldn't be ruined. He would drain these two people without interruption. His youma could handle everything from this point though. He fancied a nap. He smiled and dissapeared.
Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Tuxedo Mask raced down the street. Michiru, Amara, Hotaru, and Rin were about 30 miles from Tokyo today, Amara and Michelle having taken the two kids out for a day of fun. They decided that even if they called them, they wouldn't be there in time.
Meanwhile:
Quatre, Heero, Duo, Wufei, and Trowa walked silently in downtown Tokyo. They passed by a store that had tons of people crowding around the outside.
"Hmm, let's see what's in here," Duo said, walking inside. The 4 followed, for lack of anything better to do. Inside, it seemed to be a store selling merchandise for the sailor senshi.
"Hey, cool," Duo said. He saw what everyone wanted to see. It was a tape, caled 'glimpses.' He walked up to the front counter.
"Hey, um, why is everyone crowding around trying to get that tape," he asked.
"Glimpses? Oh, that is a tape of the few rare times the Sailor Senshi have been seen. It's been in the making for three years," the shop owner said, "infact, I'll play some of it for your right now, since I'm interested to see it myself." Duo nodded as the owner slipped it into the tv hanging above the counter. Some theme music came on, followed by a picture of each senshi in battle. Then there were some actual clips. The first one was of the sillouette of Sailor Moon leaping away from a window, the curtains only showing her figure dissapearing and not her face. The second was of the five sailor scuts, leaping quickly and stealthily from roof top to roof top, and then more of them leaping from 10 story buildings and landing just fine. Then there were some not so graceful moments, one of Sailor moon being knocked through a window by a monster, one of Sailor Jupiter being blasted into a telephone booth, smashing it and getting knocked out, and one of Venus toppling off of a bridge into a lake being chased by a youma. Then there was one of Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars being blasted into a shop window and flying into all of the manequins. A vice began to speak.
"Who are these heroes? Where did they come from? How is it that they sustain unnatural injuries and are just fine the next time they're spotted? These mysteries people have been trying to figure out for years, 3 years, ever since Sailor Moon first appeared, and strange happenings began to go on in tokyo. One by one, another senshi was spotted, until they formed one team, or so it seems. However, we have footage of the many disagreements the Sailor Senshi had on this tape during battle as well, as well as some of the most exciting battle scenes ever caught on tape. So, you're in for quite a treat. This movie will not help you to figure out the answers to any of those questions, however it could help you gain some insight on the Sailor Senshi, whom are ussually caught unaware on tape, meaning that they don't want to be seen." At this point, they showed Venus look up and see a camera after being blasted into a wall, and start to blush before telling the person to turn the camera off and evacuate the area. The shop owner stopped the tape.
"Well? I can't show you the whole tape, it's an hour long. Do you want it or not?" Duo figured the senshi might be interested in watching what people were able to film when they were unaware, so he bought it. The five stepped out of the store to hear those that were standing on the outside begin to cheer. Past them, as the five stood in the doorwy, ran Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Mamoru. They stopped in front of the store, and Vnus met Duo's eye's briefly ebfore they returned to what they were discussing.
"It's too far away, it's at least a 45 minute drive, we have to teleport," Jupiter said quietly.
"Fine, let's do it now, we already wasted 20 minutes trying to get everyone together." The five ran off, and in the distance Duo thought he saw some lights.
"45 minutes away? Where are they going," Heero asked. The crowd around them had all gone into the store, one man saying he had caught them on tape and was going ot sell it for big money.
"Perhaps to the reception hall. Ami had mentioned to me a couple of days ago that her mom wanted to meet with the wedding planner there and add the final touches," Quatre said.
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The five appeared at the front. Mars opened the door and walked in first, eying the receptionists desk.
"Everything looks just fine," Moon commented. Jupiter nodded, and opened the two big wooden doors. They lead into the beautiful reception hall. It was a bit darkened, but that was because there were only two windows in the room and the glass doors.
They all walked in, before Jupiter pointed to near the center of teh room, where about 3 of the tables were knocked over and the chairs were all knocked down.
"A struggle," Mamoru said, approaching. The others found Aiko and James in the corner of the room, gems on their heads. Moon was about to remove it when Mars stopped her.
"The youma won't emerge until we break the gem. Don't break the gems until we're all ready to fight the youma. Just move them from the corner, someone help me." Everyone agreed, and they moved the two near to where Mamoru stood.
"Where's Ami," Jupiter asked. Something underneath the table moved, causing Moon to jump. Mamoru stayed put, frowning.
"What is it? What's wrong?"
Mamoru picked up one of the tables and set it aside. This weight removed from on top of her, Ami was able to throw the chairs off of her.
"Thanks Mamoru, I was afraid I was gonna suffacate under there," Ami said, struggling to stand.
Sailor Moon walked over to help pull her up.
"Where's Noko," she said as soon as she was up.
"Noko? No one else is here," Venus said, leaning against a door leading into the kitchen. She screamed whena body toppled out. The wedding planner, Noko had tied her up. Ami checked her out, she was fine. Something red dripped onto Ami's palm. She felt her forehead. blood from where she had hit the table. She shrugged. She was always getting hit on her head!
"Alright Merc, transform and we'll take out those youma," Mars said. Ami nodded.
10 minutes later: (I know, I know I robbed you of a battle scene*)
Ami detransformed and ran over to Aiko and James, and the scouts and Mamoru left quickly. Once outside, they ran into the G-boys. So the 9 left together, and Quatre went inside. Aiko, James and the wedding planner were awake, and Quatre ran in.
"Quatre, what are you doing here," Aiko asked.
"I called him, I didn't know who else to call mom, but the Sailor Scouts came and destroyed the youma, and you're hopefully alright?" Aiko nodded, and the wedding planner stood.
"We'll have to get those three tables fixed. Or get new ones." She had regained a professional manner quickly. She walked away to get the menu and guest list so that they could continue.
"Oh Ami, is your forehead bleeding from hitting your head in the table?" Aiko asked.
"Yeah, it's nothing, i'll patch it up later."
"No, you'll do it now. Quatre, Ami's grounded but you're welcome to stay and sample foods with her after we get her head patched up. We have quite a few choices, and we need to see what everyone will like. Allergies?" Quatre shook his head at Aiko's question.
"Alright, Quatre, there's a room near the reception desk where someone will patch up Ami's forehead, will you go with her?" Quatre nodded and the two walked off, Ami slipping him a small piece of paper she had remobed from Joe's teddy bear.
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