A New Beginning Chapter 6: More To the Plan, a sailor moon fanfic

Hey, I know I haven't updated in ages, but I decided to take a break from my blossoming Troy story, and get back to this one. If you'd like, check it out 'When the Tables Turn' it has five chapters as well. I also just published a new SM story that is purely for laughs. I got the idea and couldn't help but write it. Not one of my best stories IMO, but check it out, 'Scouts' Honor' Alright, enough self-publicity, on with this story!

Actually, I just realized that I never explained the room arrangements! Ok, Mina, Ami, and Artemis are all in room 213 and are closest to the stairs. Right across the hall from them, is Lita and Raye in room 216, then Serena, Rini, and Luna are in room 217. Ok, now on with the story.

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Chapter 6- More To the Plan

The girls hopped a bus in a hurry, and wasted no time getting up to Mina and Ami's room. Mina handed her shopping bags to Lita and Raye, who hadn't bought anything on their outing and whipped the card key out of her pocket. They stood with bated breath as she opened the door. Ami wasn't there. A sigh of relief echoed through the four of them as they walked in. Everyone set down their bags and flopped down on one of the two beds in the room. The clock read 3:17, and everyone was supposed to meet back at this room at 3. "I can't believe Ami's late." Serena said what everyone was thinking.

"Well so were we," Mina answered.

"Yes, but this is Ami we're talking about."

"I'll bet you that Rini's the one causing the hold-up," Serena joked. Just then, they all snapped their heads towards the door where footsteps could be heard coming up the stairs to the second floor.

"…knowing them, they won't be back yet either." Came Rini's voice. The door opened slightly and a pink-haired girl stood in the doorway. "Oh, I spoke too soon!" She laughed.

"Hey kid," Serena said, not even bothering to get up.

"You all look like you just ran a marathon," Ami said as she set her purse on the dresser. She took out a candy bar from the side pocket and handed it to Rini. "Sorry we're late, the line for the snack stand was longer than we thought."

"Wait a minute, where did you guys go?!" Raye lifted an eyebrow.

Ami blushed slightly, "Well, we… We went to the zoo."

"The zoo!?" They all asked incredulously.

"And here we were all worked up that we were shopping instead of finding our way around! That's why we're so tired." Lita answered the questioning look on Ami's face. Artemis and Luna walked in side-by-side shortly after this comment. Apparently, Artemis had said something terribly funny. There was an awkward silence.

"Sorry we're late!" Both of them said at the same time. Everyone laughed.

"Apparently everyone was late, so I think we can all say that it's forgiven," Mina replied.

"Yes, but out of all of us, we were the least late," Serena added. Ami blushed again.

"Woah!" Rini cried, just noticing the mound of shopping bags on the floor. "Show me what you got." This could be more directed toward Mina than anyone else, but she willingly showed off her many new outfits and accessories as well as trying some of them on for everyone. After going through a good 5 clothing changes, everyone else joined in and it was a full on fashion show. Rini, Artemis, Luna and Ami watched on the floor as everyone else modeled different combinations of shirts, pants, skirts, and such. The end eventually came when it seemed like everyone had basically tried on every combo that could be made, including some that probably couldn't.

"Ok, now that that's over we should-" Mina reached for the TV remote.

"Get down to business," Ami grabbed the remote before she could reach it. "Don't forget why we're here in the first place." She said with a hint of scolding in her voice.

Luna nodded. "It should be our number one priority to find the reincarnations. If we have time afterwards," Serena looked up hopefully, "which isn't very likely, then we can do the things that we want to do." Everyone looked around at each other. They knew she was right. It wasn't very likely that they could find five gifted people in this big city and have time to do something-anything else. "Then of course, we'll either have to train the new girls, or convince their parents to let them follow us back to Japan."

"Neither of them sound like a very easy task," Ami added.

"Exactly my point. Now, we're going to have to split up to do this, or we'll never get it done. So you're going to have to be trusted with the job of going around the city yourself to find your own reincarnation. Each one of you has one, and since they are your reincarnation, they will share many of your best qualities and personality traits. So the first place you should look is in a place that you would normally spend your time when you're just relaxing. For example, Ami's might be at a library or museum. I think it's safe to say that Mina's would be shopping, and Raye's might be at a local church."

"Wouldn't mine be at a temple or a shrine?" Raye pondered.

"That is the difficult part. America is different from Japan, and people with the same interests might be found in different places. In your case, your reincarnation would most likely be at a church because you are very religious. America most likely won't have the kind of church that you are thinking of, unfortunately." Artemis finally chimed in. All the girls nodded in understanding. This was going to be even harder than they once had thought.

"Hey Luna, you said that Rini can count as my reincarnation, right?" Serena asked. Luna nodded. "Then what exactly am I supposed to do while everyone else is out searching for theirs?"

"You'll go with one of them. Who that will be is your choice, but you should help out nonetheless." Luna explained. "Artemis, Rini and I will stay here with Serena's communicator. If you think you've found the one, call us on the communicator and show us their face on the screen. We'll check each person with our scepters. But you should all understand that you shouldn't call us every time you see a girl that looks like you." Luna fore-warned.

"Well, I guess this could be kind of fun. In a way." Raye said hopefully.

"Can we all agree that we will leave tomorrow morning at-say 9:00 and we can meet back here around 4:00." Ami proposed.

"Make it 4:30. We shouldn't try to expect anyone to be here on time." Mina poked fun at Ami.

"We could meet in the middle at central park at noon for lunch!" Serena said. They all laughed at Serena's 24-7 food thoughts.

"Speaking of food. It's almost 5:30; let's hit the town for some restaurants." Lita said.

"Best way to go sight-seeing when you're short on time. We could check out Chinatown for some Asian food. They might have Japanese, you never know." Serena added. They all gave her a strange look.

"Hello?! We didn't come here to eat Japanese food! If we're in America, we should eat American food," Mina explained.

"Well, whatever we do, let's do it quick. I'm getting hungry!" Rini said. Everyone nodded in agreement and stood up. They walked out the door and down the stairs.

"So Serena, have you decided who you're going to go along with tomorrow?" Raye asked her.

"I think I'll go with Mina," Everyone gave her a strange look again. She claimed it had nothing to do with the fact that Mina would most likely be going shopping to try and find her reincarnation, but everyone else had their own ideas…

They walked to the corner and were waiting to cross the street when they noticed a bus just pull out of the bus stop they were going to across the street. "Uhmm, who's up for a cab?"

Hey, I hope you liked it. I decided to make it nice and long for you since you had to wait so long for it and all. Please review so I'll know if you liked it or not!