I have been toying with an idea lately. Several people have commented on how the Chibi Senshi don't have any siblings. So I have been toying with the story idea that a group of orphans should be in need of a good home and the Senshi each adopt one. They will all range in age from maybe about four or five to teenager. I know that will give some discrepancies to the stories where the Chibi Senshi are teenagers but I can always rewrite those. Please give me some feedback on this idea.
Just a reminder I am going more with the Japanese version of the story. I got very little feedback on whether I should change the girls' names to Japanese. However I have changed the names of the Inner Senshi, their husbands, and Rini's to the Japanese names. So Rini is now Usagi since she is no longer little.
The site is up again. I decided to go back to homestead. It is not finished yet but it's looking good. Here's the address http/chibisenshi. Drop by and take a look.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon. The Chibi, Elysian and Crystal Senshi belong to me. For those of you only familiar with the dub:
Amy - Ami Raye - Rei Lita - Makoto Mina - Minako Greg - Ryo Chad - Yuichiro Ken - Shinozuki
Young Visitors Part Ten: A Very Soapy Joke By Angel Raye
A few days after school started again Gloria began to grow restless. Due to all the trouble she got into before the Spring break she had to behave herself during the vacation. Lily did too and was just as restless as Gloria. "It's time we played another joke," Gloria told Lily after dinner one evening. "I can't take this being good anymore. We need a good laugh"
"But what can we do," Lily sighed as she began to think very hard. "Do we want to just play a joke on one person or on everyone"
"Everyone," Gloria promptly replied. "I want to do something that will get everyone's attention"
"Ooh I've got it," Lily whispered in excitement. "My mother is a huge fan of ancient American movies. She has a whole collection of them from the 1950's that were preserved after the big freeze"
"Okay, so?" Gloria asked impatiently.
"In one movie the man had an argument with his wife and got so mad he kicked all of these boxes of laundry detergent into their swimming pool," Lily explained. "Then it rained during the night and the soap caused the house to be surrounded by bubbles"
"I love it," Gloria exclaimed. "But one problem. Our pool is indoors"
"But we can still cover the ground with soap powder when we know it is going to rain and they should still bubble," Lily replied. "The palace laundry room has a huge supply of soap powder I'm sure we can get enough to surround the palace"
"It's suppose to rain late tomorrow night," Gloria giggled. "We can sneak out after the grown ups have gone to bed to do it then"
"Deal," Lily whispered with a giggle. "And we tell no one"
"Agreed," Gloria replied.
Just then Sydney came up. "Hey Minna," she said. "Look what I got today." She opened her bag and pulled out a rubber hand. "Doesn't it look real"
"Cool," Lily exclaimed taking it into her hand.
"What are you going to do with it?" Gloria asked.
"I haven't decided yet," Sydney replied.
"Hey I have an idea," Gloria cried. "Can we borrow this for a minute"
"Sure," Sydney replied. "What are you going to do"
"Come with us," Gloria told her and the three girls left the living room and went to one of the bathrooms nearby. Gloria carefully placed the hand on the rim of the toilet and closed the lid over it. Then giggling all three girls left and went back to the living room. "Now we just have to wait until someone goes in there," Lily giggled.
"Hope it's one of the younger ones," Sydney laughed. They watched carefully and in a few minutes Chasity headed toward the bathrooms. After one minute there was a loud scream and Chasity came flying out, her face pale with terror.
"Nani," Michiru exclaimed picking the frightened child up.
"Michiru-mama, Haruka-papa, there's someone in the toilet!" Chasity screamed. Gloria, Lily and Sydney all fell down laughing hysterically.
"That was a silly trick you played tonight," Celine dryly told Gloria after they returned to the Venus chambers that evening. Tiffany was in the bath. "But then I have always thought your tricks were silly
"I know but it was funny," giggled Gloria as she thought of everyone's reaction to the thought that someone was actually in the toilet.
"Did you get into trouble?" Celine asked curiously.
"No because it didn't do any harm," Gloria replied. Minako had given her a talking too but Gloria had noticed how her mother was trying not to laugh during her lecture.
"That's a first," Celine muttered.
"Nani," Gloria asked.
"Never mind," Celine quickly replied.
"Gloria," Minako came into the room. "Tiffany's finished. It's your turn now"
"Okay Mom," Gloria headed back to her room.
Minako smiled at Celine. Lately her feelings toward Celine had changed. She was beginning to feel sorry for her because of the harsh treatment she was getting from the Crystal Senshi. "How are you doing?" she asked.
"All right," Celine replied. "But I wish Tiffany and her friends would leave me alone"
"Just ignore them," Minako advised as she picked up Gloria's jacket, which was tossed on the chair.
"I'm trying," Celine muttered crossly as she headed back into her room.
Meanwhile Gloria ran into Tiffany in her room. "What are you planning?" Tiffany asked narrowing her green eyes at Gloria, her wavy red tresses loose from their braids.
"What are you talking about?" Gloria asked innocently as she pulled a clean pair of pajamas out of the drawer.
"I saw you and Lily in deep discussion tonight," Tiffany replied. "You two are planning something"
"Now what makes you say that?" Gloria asked keeping her innocent voice.
"I know you and I know Lily," Tiffany pointed out. "So spill. What are you planning"
"Tiffany, trust me," Gloria told the younger girl. "You are better off not knowing. That way if we are found out and punished you won't be blamed either"
"Oh fine," Tiffany muttered deciding she would rather stay out of trouble. "But whatever you're planning it had better not cause any permanent damage"
"It won't," Gloria assured her as she left the room. "It will just be a little messy. That's all."
The next night at around eleven thirty Gloria quietly left her chambers and snuck down to the palace laundry room. Since Asai had night duty in the control room Minako had gone to bed early making it easy for Gloria to sneak out. She crept quietly down the stairs and headed toward the laundry room. The laundry room was located on the bottom floor close to the palace kitchen. Lily wasn't there yet so Gloria sat down and waited. A few minutes later Lily arrived. "Sorry," she muttered. "Shinozuki-papa and Makoto-mama went to bed later than I thought they would. I wanted to give them time to go to sleep"
"That's okay I just got here," Gloria replied as she stood up. She grinned at her accomplice. "You ready"
"Let's do it," Lily giggled as she opened the laundry room door. There were a huge number of boxes of laundry detergent. Both girls grabbed a few boxes and then quietly headed toward outside. Then they got to work. They decided to surround the palace but not the entire grounds. They only did the grounds close to the palace. They kept running out and having to go back. Pretty soon the trashcan was full of empty boxes. It took the girls a full hour. Just as they finished it began to rain.
"Good timing," Lily stated as she and Gloria went back inside. "Now we should go to sleep. We don't want to miss the fun tomorrow"
"I agree," Gloria replied. With stifled giggles they crept back up to their chambers.
During the night it rained hard. Bubbles began piling up around the palace.
Ariel was the first one to see the bubbles the next morning. She woke up and was puzzled at why her room wasn't as light as it normally was in the morning. She pulled back the curtains and a surprising sight met her eyes. All she saw was white. "It snowed last night!" she exclaimed. "Moonbeam, Melody! Wake up! It snowed last night"
Melody stirred and sleepily opened her eyes. "How can it snow you little silly? It's April"
"It did," Ariel insisted. "Look outside"
Moonbeam perched on the windowsill. "She's right!" he exclaimed. "It did snow last night. It's as high as the palace"
"You two are putting me on," Melody muttered grumpily as she scrambled out of bed. She went to the window and stared out. Her annoyed look immediately changed to one of astonishment. "Nani!" she exclaimed.
"Told you," Ariel called as she dashed out her room. She ran straight to her parents' room. Ryo and Ami were still asleep. Ariel jumped on the bed so she was between them. "Mommy wake up! It snowed last night," Ariel yelled.
"What did you say Darling?" Ami sleepily asked looking at her little girl.
"It snowed last night," Ariel repeated. "Can we go build a snowman"
"Ariel you know full well it doesn't snow in the spring," Ryo told her.
"I know Daddy but it did," Ariel insisted.
"Ariel stop playing games and go back to sleep," Ami firmly commanded.
"She's not playing games Ami-san," Moonbeam stated as he came in. He jumped up on the windowsill and pulled back the curtain. Ami and Ryo saw nothing but white.
"How?" Ryo exclaimed.
"A new enemy's plot," Ami wondered.
Just then Marina came in. "Does anyone know why there's a huge pile of soap bubbles outside my window"
"Soap bubbles," Ami exclaimed as she got out of bed. She went to the window and looked closely. "Those are soap bubbles. But how did this happen?"
Rei had gotten up before the sun to meditate in front of the fire. Since it was still dark when she got up she didn't notice anything unusual. So when Annika came bursting in several hours later Rei had no idea what was going on. "What is it Darling?" Rei asked.
"Outside Mama," Annika gasped out of breath. "You need to look outside"
"What's going on outside?" Rei asked.
"There's nothing but white out there," Annika explained. "At first we thought it was snow but the radio said it was warm outside today"
"Annika are you telling me a story?" Rei asked, a little annoyed.
"No Mama I'm not," Annika replied.
"There really is something out there Rei-mama," Brooke told her coming into the room. Rei got up thinking she had better investigate what the girls were talking about. Before she could leave, Ashley came in with soap bubbles in her hair. "The palace is surrounded by soap bubbles," she informed them. "I opened the window in my room to check and they came spilling in"
"How?" Rei gasped as she rushed to a nearby window and gazed at all the bubbles covering the glass.
Haruka, Michiru and the girls were all up and getting breakfast ready. Faith decided to switch the TV on to check out the sports' scores from the night before. The morning news was on and there was a picture of the Crystal Palace next to the news anchor. "Hey the palace is on the news!" Faith called to the others.
"Wonder what happened," Chasity stated as she and the others joined her in front of the television.
"Something must have happened during the night," Michiru pointed out.
"Turn the TV up Faith," Haruka ordered and Faith did what she was told.
"The strange sigh greeted many people this morning as they went by the Crystal Palace," the news anchor reported.
"What strange sight?" Grace asked.
"Shut up so we can find out," Taylor bluntly stated.
"Somehow during the night the Crystal Palace got covered with detergent soap bubbles," the anchor continued.
"Nani!" everyone exclaimed in astonishment.
Lily got out of bed and looked out the window in glee. All she saw were soap bubbles. "So it worked," Lily told herself. She wondered if anyone else had seen it. The smell of Makoto's cooking drifted into the room. Lily quickly dressed and dashed into the kitchen. Everyone else was up. "Good morning," Lily called as she walked into the kitchen.
"Good morning," everyone replied.
"Sure smells good Makoto-mama," Lily stated as she smell of Makoto's cooking filled her nostrils.
"Thank you," Makoto replied as she placed some pancakes on a plate. "Violet how about taking the juice outside now"
"Why are we doing that?" Lily asked in alarm.
"Since it's spring and the weather is warm I thought we could all eat breakfast on the terrace," Makoto replied as Violet took the juice out of the refrigerator.
"But there are bugs outside," Lily hastily protested.
"Since when are you afraid of bugs?" Daisy asked.
"I'm not but they get into the food," Lily replied.
"Well bugs aren't going to keep me from enjoying a spring morning," Violet declared as she headed toward the door to the terrace. There were curtains over it and Makoto hadn't drawn any curtains yet so no one knew about the mess outside. Lily watched Violet with a mixture of excitement and nervousness. Violet opened the door and gave a loud shriek as the bubbles poured in on top of her.
"What's wrong Violet," Makoto asked leaving the kitchen with Daisy right behind her. She saw the mess piling into her chambers. "What is this?" she shrieked in astonishment. Lily immediately put on her innocent face and pretended to be as surprised as everyone else.
Within minutes all the Senshi, Knights and children were gathered into the main hall of the Crystal Palace talking at the tops of their voices. Many servants had gathered around too. "Calm down Minna," Endymion shouted. "We need to find out first where all this soap came from"
"I think I know your majesty," one of the laundry maids came forward. "About half of the boxes of laundry detergent are missing from the laundry room. So someone must have come in there during the night and taken them"
"And then sprinkled it all over the lawn so that when it rained it would bubble up," Ami concluded, her quick brain putting everything together.
"So we know how but we still need to know who," Serenity stated.
"And we're trapped in here until someone cleans up all the bubbles," Usagi protested, flipping her pink pigtails over her shoulders.
"Don't worry about it," Serenity soothed. "The city is cleaning it up right now." Several sighs of relief were heard.
Gloria suddenly had a feeling she was being watched. She looked and saw Rei glaring at her. She nudged Lily who looked and saw the penetrating glare. Both girls immediately tried to look as innocent as possible, but Rei knew Gloria well enough to know that the more innocent she looked the more mischief she was in. Rei now had a good idea who the culprits were. She turned to the Queen, "Serenity," she said. "May I have a word with you, the King, the rest of the Senshi and the knights"
"Of course," Serenity replied. The Royal couple, the Senshi and the knights gathered around Rei.
"What's up?" Makoto asked.
"I think I know who's responsible for this," Rei replied. "Gloria has that innocent look on her face and I am pretty sure that Lily was her accomplice"
"I've had the same feeling," Haruka commented. "But we have no proof"
"And you know they won't confess," Minako added feeling annoyed that she hadn't thought of it earlier.
"Then we need to make them confess," Rei stated.
"How are we going to do that?" Hotaru asked.
"I have an idea," Rei replied. "I suggest that we ground all the children until the guilty party confesses"
"What would that accomplish besides making all the children very angry?" Ami asked.
"Those angry children probably know who the pranksters are," Rei stated. "They'll make Gloria and Lily confess"
"Oh you know Daisy and Faith will be on Gloria until she admits she did it," Makoto immediately added seeing the reasoning behind all this.
"And even though we don't know the Crystal Senshi as well as our children Sydney, Giselle and Ashley look like the types who will get on top of Lily," Michiru stated.
"So is it agreed?" Rei asked.
"Yes," the Senshi all replied. They turned back to the Knights and children.
"We are pretty sure we know who is behind this," Serenity announced. "However we cannot make any accusations without any solid proof"
"What we would like to do right now is let the guilty party confess to this joke," Ami added. "This is your chance now." When no one spoke up Rei came forward. "Very well," she said. "Since no one is confessing then everyone will have to be punished"
"But Mama I didn't do this," Annika protested.
"Neither did I," Grace shouted and several other voices cried out their innocence too.
"Sorry girls," Rei told them. "But until the ones responsible for this confesses, all of you are grounded"
"That's not fair," Daisy shrieked in fury. "I didn't do this. Why should I be punished"
"I've got baseball practice today," Faith protested.
"And I have cheerleading," Maggie added.
"I've got a date," Violet yelled.
"This isn't fair," Marina cried. "We've all got plans. Why should we cancel them just because some bonehead decided to play a trick like this"
"Sorry girls," Makoto shouted over the shouts of protest. "But until we know for sure who did this all of you are grounded"
"Once the guilty party confesses then the punishment will be cancelled for the rest of you," Michiru added. "So let's hope the ones responsible will come forward"
Gloria felt uncomfortable as all the Chibi Senshi turned and glared at her. Lily felt equally uncomfortable as she felt the penetrating stares of the Crystal Senshi. A few minutes later the adults moved away. When they were far enough Daisy grabbed Gloria by her collar. "All right you little creep we know it was you," she shouted.
"What are you talking about?" Gloria asked nervously.
"Oh don't go all innocent," Usagi snapped. "You know as well as we do that you were the one who made that mess outside"
"And now because of your stupid trick all of us are grounded," Ariel added angrily.
"I didn't mean for that to happen," Gloria whispered feebly.
"Well it did," Faith replied. "And I can tell you one thing right now. If I don't get to go to my practice today I may have to give you a fat lip"
"Add a black eye onto that," Daisy added.
"Fess up Gloria," Annika demanded. "Otherwise you're in for a rough time"
"All right," Gloria sighed realizing that she needed to do the right thing. She glanced over at Lily. Her friends were all angrily making the same demands. Lily came over to her. "I think we need to tell the adults it was us," she mumbled.
"Me too," Gloria replied. They walked over to the Senshi. "Mom," Gloria called. Minako turned around. "Don't ground everyone else. Lily and I were the ones who did all this"
"I told you the pressure would get to them," Rei pointed out.
"And you were right," Minako replied. She took Gloria's arm. "Let's go young lady and you might as well get very comfortable in our chambers because you will be spending a lot of time there"
"That goes for you too Lily," Makoto added as she led Lily away.
"So are we still grounded?" Rayna asked when the Queen came over.
"No," Serenity replied. "The culprits confessed"
"More then likely we made them confess," Usagi stated and everyone nodded.
"So the rest of you can enjoy whatever plans you had for the day," Hotaru told them.
"Yes but there's still one problem," Chelsea pointed out.
"And what's that?" Serenity asked.
"We still can't go outside," Chelsea replied pointing to a window that still had soap bubbles outside it. Sweat drops appeared on everyone's heads.
"Well," Ami sighed. "I guess we'll just have to wait until the mess is cleaned up." And everyone agreed.
It took all morning and part of the afternoon for the city to get rid of all the bubbles. As part of punishment Gloria and Lily had to help clean up. Also portions of their allowances were used to replace the soap powder they used. "A funny joke but it did have its drawbacks," Gloria sighed.
"Let's play something a little less messy next time," Lily suggested.
"Deal," Gloria replied. "And I am getting some good ideas."
End of part 10.
Corny I know but hopefully it gave you a good laugh.