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world, which is an approximately…three…two…one…oh, hold on,
my math was off. Thirty years, then.
they plot in groups
issalee
Serena tugged irately at a lock of her golden hair and sucked on the end of a pen. Behind her was a mountain of crumpled up paper, and in front of her was a nice, blank piece of paper that she was currently thinking homicidal things about. Wires from the headphones fitted on her head were connected to the CD player in her lap.
I'm on fire, and now I think I'm ready to bust a move
Check it out I'm rocking steady to the beat in my head that goes
Oh, oh oo oh
I know that she's the only one
I'd rather waste our time together
Yea, 'cause we can get down
She wondered vaguely why she had let Rei make a mix CD for her, seeing as it consisted of such songs as "I'm Gonna Burn This City" and (a jibe she truly didn't appreciate) the song she was listening to now, "The Future Freaks Me Out".
She didn't think she would be a bad ruler…
But no. Serena shook her head. She had to concentrate…Minako had managed to convince the other girls that this was a cause worth fighting, especially seeing as it concerned retribution against Darien and his friends.
Stupid, stupid, Darien and his stupid, stupid friends that must die.
Serena's eyebrows shot up, and a smile made its way across her face. With a barely audible "Yes!" she began to scribble wildly across the paper.
"Artemis! This is for the good of the senshi!" Minako sat on her bed, one leg curled under the other as she attempted to fit into the Lotus Pose. Artemis, her white cat, jumped on the bed and curled up next to her.
"Mina, no. Senshi powers are for senshi business only!" He spoke, and Minako cracked open an eye.
"But Artemis, this is senshi business. Darien and his friends have put our morale at such an all time low that we just can't fight! If we could just teach them a lesson—just this once, please?"
Artemis sighed. "Alright, Mina, but only if it really is senshi business. What are you planning on doing anyway?" Minako carefully lifted a leg up and turned around very, very slowly; until she had a leg against the wall and was letting her head hang over the edge of the bed.
"Actually, I let Sere do the planning, seeing as she was closer to one of the Inner Members of the Circle of Evil. IMCE, for short."
Artemis raised a furry eyebrow. "You mean Justin? But he's your cousin too, Minako! Wouldn't you be close to him also?" The blonde shrugged.
"Sere knew him way before we met up. Besides, he trust her more than he trusts me, and why, I have no idea." Artemis muttered something that sounded suspiciously like "I could give you a few reasons" just as the phone rang.
Minako jumped, and in doing so fell off the bed with a crash. "Oh, holy—ARTEMIS! YOUR STUPID LITTER BOX IS JAMMED INTO MY BACK?"
The cat licked a paw as he surveyed his owner trying to get out of the mess of sand. "You know, I always said you would find a better use for it someday, and there you are, you've proved me right."
Minako glared at him before reaching over and picking up the phone. "What?" she said irritably.
"MINA-CHAN! I'VE GOT IT, I'LLBEOVERINTENMINUTES!" Then the dial tone picked up. Artemis, who had heard the entire exchange, looked warily at his charge.
"And what, may I ask, was that supposed to mean?" Minako's face was a little slack, but a grin split it suddenly.
"It means she's got it figured out, and in only a day too! Rei bet it would take a week! I've got to call the girls!" And she began dialing frantically. Artemis stared for a good, long moment before he resumed preening himself.
"Thank the Gods I decided to become a cat. Much more sane…" He let out a yowl as a pillow hit him squarely in the face.
Serena burst through the door, and waved to her aunt, who was sitting in the living room. "HiAuntMisakoI'mInMina'sRoomBye!" And she rushed up the stairs. Mrs. Aino didn't blink.
After all, when the same blur (usually followed by at least four or five others) runs into your house daily, you kind of get used to the speed talking.
Serena almost ran into the door, remembering only at the last second to twist the knob open, and even then she tripped over something (a litter box?) as she entered and ended up sprawled on top of Makoto. She offered a sheepish child and held up the wrinkled paper.
"I have the plan." Rei leaned down and plucked it from her hand, sneering slightly. "Odango, please try to stay upright for the merest of moments, ok?"
Serena knows she's kidding and lets it go. "The thing is, we're going to stage war on these guys. A Prank War. They'll pay!"
"They'll prank back," Ami, from her position on the bed said reasonably. "They'll just keep on retaliating, Serena, until they have what they want. Which is our submission."
Serena sat up excitedly, almost forgetting that she was crushing Makoto's chest. "Yeah, but that's the thing! They always accept challenges—always! So we challenge them to a prank war—boys against girls, no outside help—and people are dropped according to how hard they get pranked!"
There was silence for a moment, before Rei sat down on the floor and scanned the paper. She looked up at Serena and the odangoed blond thought that for a moment she could see something besides contempt shine in the miko's eyes, but she supposes it must have just been the way the pupils looked against the dark mascara as Rei is talking again.
"Surprising, Odango. You've actually figured it all out. And if they accept, maybe we can finally be rid of these annoyances."
"You only say that because you love Justin and you can't get over the fact that you love an immature person." Minako lounged on the office chair next to her computer. "And don't you dare snap at me, I don't need it. My back hurts like heck now."
Rei kept her mouth shut, if only because she didn't want to lose control. Mako slid away from Serena and pried the paper from Rei's hands. She reads it and her eyebrows go up. "Wow, Sere, this is really good! I'm proud of you, girl, soon it'll be Ami asking you for questions!"
Serena blushes then and buries her head in her arms. "Oh, please, I'm just trying to get rid of that annoying baka. He's got no reason to always come in and tease me—" And her head rises, and there's such cold fury in her eyes that even Rei is a little disconcerted. Minako attempts to change the subject.
"Artemis says we can use our powers! He just went off to find Luna, but this means that we can really get the guys!" Serena's face brightens.
"This is great! When are we challenging them?" Minako's eyes shine bright as she hops off the chair, bringing a notepad and pen with her. The girls crowd around.
"We're challenging them tomorrow, at the Crown. They were all in detention the other day except for Darien because they tied that banner that said 'For Sale' to the top of the school. But they'll be here today."
"Let's pick targets." Rei said. "I get Justin." Minako tapped her chin with the pen. "Do you have enough information on him, Rei-chan?"
The miko pushes her hair out of her eyes and sits on her haunches. "Let's see—Justin Kent. He used to live in America but because his mom is Japanese and yours and Odango's mother's sister, he moved back here. He has blond hair and blue eyes, is one year away from college, is a terrible prankster and a flirt, and he is deathly afraid of frogs."
Minako wrote their names down. "Good. Ami? Whom will you get?" the blue haired genius blushed lightly as she answered.
"I think Zach. He has light blond hair that goes down to his back and he always ties it in a ponytail, and he has green eyes. He's very smart, and he always tries to outdo everyone. He's two years away from graduating, so yes, I think that Zachary Lee is the one I'll take."
Mako doesn't wait for Minako to finish. "I've got Nathaniel Adams. He's two years away from graduating, and he has brown hair down to his back that he leaves down, only tying it when he's working on something. He has awards in nearly every sport, and he knows almost every martial art or part of swordplay there is. He has hazel eyes."
Serena watched her friends and wonders for just a moment if maybe they're going about this the wrong way, and that maybe they should just ignore the guys. But then they all look at her, and she feels that boiling in her veins that she was confused about at first but has now decided to call dislike (she could never hate anyone).
"I've got Shields. You all know why." Minako scribbles in the pad and looks up, eyes still twinkling. Everything is a game to her, her friends think. But she knows better…
"Which means I have Keith Daniels. He's got white hair down to his back, and he says it's from dieing it too many times. He's closer to Darien than most of them, and he's very serious, and pompous, and a perfectionist. He has gray eyes, and he never smiles or laughs. Eerie," she adds, almost as an afterthought.
"Why are you girls so adamant against these boys?" Luna is sitting on the windowsill, her tail flicking as Artemis climbs up next to her. Serena answers for them all.
"We all get this feeling, like we won't be content just knowing them. So it's better if we're against them. Everything's much less complicated; it's like choosing whether or not to take eight grade math in the seventh grade."
Luna shook her head. "And yet if you took eight grade math you'd turn out much smarter in the end, and probably happier despite the toughness."
The girls are quiet, but then Mrs. Aino comes up with some food and they have something else to think about. Luna looks out the window and wonders if the world is going to be right again anytime soon.