Wow, sad chapter last time. Okay, we're fast forwarding 1000 years into the future (aka the present day). Hope you like. I don't own Sailor Moon.
"Mercury, watch out!" Mars screamed as she dodged the energy blast herself.
Mercury looked up from her computer and did a flip to dodge the vines of the youma. Landing on her feet, she shouted out. "Aim for it's left ankle! That's where it's weakest!"
Moon nodded and began to get her tiara ready, but couldn't get a clean shot. "I need someone to hold it down!"
Exchanging looks with Mercury, Mars nodded.
"Shabon Spray!" a fog of bubbles clouded the area
"What's this?" the youma cried as it was blinded by the bubbles.
Sailor Mars spun around and held her fingers together while a ball of fire formed. The ball of fire continued to grow and she sent it out towards the enemy. As the fireball heads towards the enemy it changes into a stream of fire.
The fireball shocked the youma.
"Do it, Sailor Moon!" Both senshi shouted.
Moon nodded. "Moon Tiara Action!" The tiara flies at the ankle and the youma is destroyed.
Once the light dimmed, the senshi gathered. "Good work, girls." Mercury smiled, wiping some sweat off.
"We would have been done faster if Miss Moon over here would have dropped the ice cream and ran." Mars accused.
"Excuse me? Who was the one who was chomping down on popcorn as we ran?" Moon shot back.
"At least I ran with it!" Mars shouted, getting into her face.
"Do you know how hard it is to run with an ice cream in your hand?" Moon screamed, meeting her glare.
They stood like that for a few moments until Mars realized Mercury had left. "Hey, where'd Mercury go?"
"As if I know…" Moon huffed and turned away.
Mars smirked. "Baby…" she murmured, but Moon heard her.
"Who are you calling baby!" she exclaimed, waving her hands above her head.
Mars widened her smirk and turned. "No one, Moon baby." She left, laughing at Moon's screams after her.
She detransformed and began to walk back to her shrine. She decided to take the scenic route to enjoy the fall leaves. "So beautiful…"
She reached her shrine and walked in, trying to ignore her grandfather's lecherous shouts to the poor girls who came to buy good luck charms. Shaking her head, she entered the praying room and settled down to concentrate.
She was fully into it when she heard a insistence ringing. Trying to ignore it, she became even more annoyed by the ringing. "Someone doesn't know when to stop trying!" she shouted, stomping to her room and grabbing the phone.
"Hello? Hikawa Jinja on Sendai Hill. Hino Rei speaking. How may I help you?" she grumbled.
"Geez, Rei-chan. Angry much?" a teasing voice came on.
Rei shook her head at Makoto's teasing. "Geez, Mako-chan. Annoying much?" she teased back.
"Touché, Rei-chan. Touché." Makoto laughed as Rei joined in.
"So, what's up?" Rei asked, slowing the laughing down.
"You up for the arcade?"
"Sure. It wasn't like I was doing anything important." Rei playfully replied.
"What could be more important then arcading?" Makoto gasped.
"I don't know. Homework?" Rei smiled at Makoto's disgusted tone.
"Don't remind me. I already get that from Ami-chan."
Rei giggled. "I guess a couple hours won't hurt."
"Great. See ya there!"
"Ja ne." Rei said into the phone as she hung up and grabbed her coat. "I'm going out, Grandfather!"
"Would you like to work here?" was what she heard as she walked out, shaking her head at her grandpa's antics.
20 minutes, she walked in to see Minako flirting with Motoki and Makoto and Usagi intently into an arcade game.
Shaking her head, she walked in, causing the bell to ring. Everyone looked up and smiled. "Hey, Rei-chan." Her friends chorused.
"Hi, everyone." She walked over to join Makoto and Usagi. "So what game are you trying to play now, Odango Atama?"
Usagi's face flared up with anger. "What did you just call me?"
"Do you have hearing problems too, Odango Atama?" she smirked as she joined Makoto.
"You're just jealous over my beautiful hair…" Usagi did a hair flip as Rei laughed.
"Jealous of that? As if!" Rei did her own hair flip.
"Yeah. Black hair is sooo boring. Blond is so cool and we have more fun." Usagi sneered.
"You want to rephrase that, Odango Atama?" Rei narrowed her eyes.
"Not really." Usagi turned back to Makoto.
"If we're going with stereotypes, then I guess you prove the other one very well."
"Which one?"
"That blonds are dumb."
Usagi felt her face flare up once again. "What did you just say?"
"Don't make me repeat myself…" Rei looked at her fingernails as she smirked at Usagi's anger.
Usagi glared at Rei as Rei smirked back. She opened her mouth to say something else when she heard Ami talking about placements.
Rei groaned along with the others as Usagi whined, walking over to her. "Ami-chan, why did you have to remind us?"
"Sorry, but it's true." She took another sip as her four best friends sat next to her.
"Still…" Usagi whined, causing everyone to laugh.
They began to talk about boys, school (against Usagi's wish) and just stuff in general.
"Oh no! I have to go!" Ami exclaimed, finishing her milkshake, put enough money down with a tip and stood up.
"Ami-chan, don't go." Usagi whined, hugging her, but she was smiling.
"I do have math homework to finish" Ami told them.
After a few moments, Usagi let go, pouting. "Fine, Ami-chan, if you must." But she was smiling. "Sayounara, Ami-chan." She waved.
"Sayounara, everyone." She waved as she walked out.
Looking at her watch, Rei sighed. "I better go also. I have tons of homework to do…" She made the last part towards Usagi and turned. "Sayounara, everyone." she said, walking out.
"Sayounara, Rei-chan." the others, except Usagi, who was still fuming, waved.
Rei turned right and began to walk home, taking in the autumn air. She felt the wind blow though her hair and smiled at the smell of lilies and violets.
She heard a couple arguing about something. Trying not to look too obvious, she turned to see a blond haired man trying to calm down a black haired woman. Rei watched as he brought her into his arms and they began to sway.
Feeling water on her face, Rei was shocked to see she was crying. "Why am I crying?" she murmured, wiping the tears away. "It's probably just because I want a guy. I should get home to do my homework." She continued walking home.
As soon as she reached the shrine, she greeted her grandfather and walked into her room. Staring at the pile of homework that awaited her, Rei couldn't help but become heavy eyed. Yawning, she sat down to start it, but ended on sleeping on her homework.
Dream mode
"Where am I?" she thought out loud, looking around. Looking down, she was shocked to see she was wearing a red dress!
"This is beautiful, but I don't understand why I'm here…" she moaned.
"Darling…" a masculine voice called out.
Whirling around, Rei used her heightened senses to see who it was. She felt two figures, one male, one female. "Who are you?" she murmured.
She saw the male figure smile. "You should know us, darling. We're always in your thoughts."
Rei narrowed her eyes. "What do you mean?" She took a step forward, but sensed something coming at her! Trying to dodge it, she was shocked to see she couldn't move!
"What's going on!" she cried, turning to the figures, but were shocked to see them gone. "Where'd they go?" she asked, shutting her eyes, awaiting the hit.
When she felt nothing, she slowly opened one eye. She saw a tall figure, guarding her.
She was grateful, but also wary. "Who are you?" she asked the figure.
The figure said nothing and began walking. For some reason, Rei felt her heart begin to break. She reached out to him, expecting to catch him, but when she reached him, she felt a burning sensation.
Crying out in pain, she retracted her arm and watched the figure leave, tears falling down her face. "Wait!" she tried one more time, but the figure didn't stop.
"Wait!" a scream broke the silence
Opening her eyes, Rei looked around nervously, but saw nothing but her room. "Just a dream…" she murmured, trying to concentrate on her homework.
When she grabbed her pencil, she felt a searing pain shoot through her hand. Dropping it, she stared at her hand.
"No way…" she murmured, staring at the burn marks on her hand. "But it was just a dream…right?"
Okay, so no romance. Just sort of underlying the boring stuff. I'll get to the other stuff next time. Please RR