Chapter 2: Mall Madness
It was just so strange. It just couldn't be! Basil Anderson blinked his eyes, but the sight was still there. Serena McDouglas was in the bookstore, and she was carrying some manga!
"You must have a lot of money to buy that much, eh," he observed hesitantly.
"Not really. This is all my allowance that I got from Haruka and Michiru this morning," Serena answered innocently.
"But, but...you're Scottish! I thought Scottish people saved their money!" Basil exclaimed in shock.
"That's just a silly stereotype. At least, it doesn't fit me," Serena shrugged.
"Basil, that's an odd thing to say to someone," a girl's Irish accent admonished. Basil turned around to see Bridget staring down at him.
"Do you want to read manga with me? We could all be together and have lots of fun," Serena offered.
Elsewhere, an unconventional yet very traditional family lived in a house. This house had no adults, it was inhabited by 4 teenage girls and their little devil who had been purified of his evil. It was cloaked from view by others, so it appeared to anyone who happened to pass by that there was an empty yard. Yet, when they approached, they were repelled. Such was the power of this little devil, protective in his love of the teenage girls. The biggest irony of all surrounding this group was that all four of these girls were fiercely heterosexual, bringing down wrath from the heavens upon anyone who suggested they were a group of lesbian lovers. While the three Senshi were talking together at the mall bookstore, one of the girls was preparing to visit the same place.
"Yuri, we know about those two evil couples, why not target them? I know you can sense that some of the Sailor Senshi are at the mall, but how are you going to find them in the crowd?" asked Momoko, worried about her friend. She knew first-hand the power of the Sailor Senshi. She also felt that those evil homosexuals should be taken care of quickly.
"I can sense if any of them have immoral love waves. And if there is a pair of true lovers, I can get them to help us," Yuri said. She considered herself to be an expert on human emotions, especially the loves of girls. Of course I can do this, I was the one who could sense Momoko's love for Yousuke before anyone else. This will be a snap, I may not have to even engage in that barbaric fighting, Yuri thought arrogantly as she elegantly swished out of the door.
Meanwhile, back at the mall, Serena had decided to show some of her manga to Basil and Bridget.
"I already have the English translations of the Wedding Peach manga that I got in Scotland, but I thought that since I'm in Japan now, I could buy the Japanese original manga and see if anything's different," she was explaining.
"Did you get any other series?" asked Basil.
"Aye. Here is Saint Tail and Card Captor Sakura. I was going to get the Japanese Magic Knight Rayearth manga, too, but I thought it would make me too sad since we just had to fight them."
"I don't want to frighten you, Serena, but when Akane came back from her double date, she told me and Mrs. Aino that she was attacked by Wedding Peach," Bridget ventured to say. Serena shrieked, dropping her manga in a pile at her feet.
"That can't be true! Wedding Peach would never attack people, especially those who are in love!"
"I'm sorry, Serena, but Akane doesn't lie about that kind of thing. She said that Wedding Peach hated her and her group for being homosexuals," Bridget added, regretting that she had to ruin that cute girl's good mood.
"But you aren't, are you? I can sense wonderful, pure love waves from you," said a voice. Serena squealed in fan-girl glee, forgetting what she had just been told.
"It's Angel Lily! I can't believe I get to meet Angel Lily!" she gushed, shoving Bridget aside and grabbing Yuri in a big hug.
"Um, how do you know about me? I'm just an elegant junior high school girl," Yuri said coyly, surprised that some obviously foreign stranger knew who she was. In response, Serena thrust the Wedding Peach manga at Yuri excitedly.
"I get to read all about you and your friends Momoko and Hinagiku in these manga! There's also an anime series about you girls too!" she exclaimed. Yuri ignored the girl's squealings and grabbed at her bracelet.
"That's a very pretty red; it looks like a lovely rose encircling your wrist. May I hold it?" she asked.
"Why? Can't you just look? It's very special to me because I'm a...MPPHH!!" Serena mumbled as Bridget clamped her hand over her mouth.
"Shh, what did I just tell you? The Love Angels were attacking people yesterday," she hissed.
"Attacking people? It must've been someone else. Oh no! There must be devils impersonating us!" Yuri exclaimed in mock horror.
"Yeah, it must be! Because you'd never attack couples where there's two girls and two boys and they're all gay!" Serena blurted out as she got away from Bridget's hold. Yuri's eye twitched in anger when she heard that.
"So. You support immoral love, yet you call yourself a fan of mine?" she whispered tensely.
"Gay love is beautiful too. I don't know which side I would go with, actually, but I would want a sweet lover who is mystical, whimsical, and..." Yuri put a warning finger to Serena's lips.
"That is enough. Do not spoil the beautiful love waves that come from this pure couple," she shushed, referring to Basil and Bridget.
"You really think we're in love with each other?" Basil asked, blushing.
"Yeah, they are! They act like it!" Serena giggled loudly.
"Why do you attack people just for being in love with someone who's the same gender?" Bridget challenged.
"Because it's evil and wrong. If we allow love between those of the same gender, then people will want to marry their siblings and their pet lizards," retorted Yuri. Serena looked confused.
"Why would someone fall in love with another species? That's weird. And I thought the problem with siblings having sex was because the kids would have birth defects, but you're not gonna have that problem with gay couples 'cause they have to use other ways to have kids." Yuri shook her head.
"Whatever. It would be useless and foolish for me to fight you now," she said, and she walked off.
"Wait! I didn't get your autograph!" called Serena, but her beloved Angel Lily ignored her and disappeared into the mall crowd.
"I think we have a new enemy, eh, but this one doesn't seem as violent as the Magic Knights were," mused Basil.
"Akane told me that Wedding Peach was much more aggressive than this 'Yuri' person. Maybe it's because none of us are homosexuals," Bridget said.
"I don't believe you. Wedding Peach would never attack people," Serena snapped, spinning back around to face Bridget with an angry glare.
"You could ask Pierre yourself; Akane tells me that he was there too," Bridget said nervously, as she wasn't sure what Serena might do.
"He could be making it up to make fun of me being an anime fan," retorted Serena. Basil nodded.
"The French probably wouldn't trust your type; they'd think that Scottish people don't have fancy enough tastes."
"But Pierre's silly, not fancy. Galaxy's always telling him and Rainbow that they need to be more concerned about their appearances," Serena said.
"Either way, there's certainly something strange going on with the Love Angels. Have you ever heard them talk about hating gay people on that anime before?" Bridget asked.
"No! But now that I think about it, there never WERE any gay people in Wedding Peach, so they didn't have the chance," Serena gasped in realization. Bridget sighed, relieved not only that Serena wasn't arguing with her anymore, but also that she didn't have to fight that Yuri girl.