Road Trip
My long awaited (for me at least) new story. I've just been brainstorming everything, and taking some critique so hopefully this will turn out better than A Day To Remember. This is going to be in Rei's POV the whole time (except of course for special moments, but there won't be to many of those)
Hope you enjoy
Disclaimer: Naoko Takeuchi owns Sailor Moon and her friends, I, do not.
It was a normal day so far, but then again, since Usagi beat Chaos, there's been relative peace. My name is Hino Rei. My birthday is April 17th, and I am 16 years old. My astrological sign is Aries, and my blood type is AB. I do fairly well in school, though I'm not as smart as Ami. My favorite colors are red and black, and my hobbies include fortune telling and archery. Right now, it is 2:34 PM, and I'm waiting for my friends to meet up here, at my temple. I now own the hikawa jinja, Grandpa died last year. My friends always help out, but I never ask them to. I'm all alone at this shrine too, since Yuuchirou left 3 years ago. Phobos and Dimos are still here with me though, they would never leave me. Phobos and Dimos look up, as do I, hearing the click of someone's shoes on the stairs leading up to the jinja. I see a head of blue hair and smile. It's Mizuno Ami, one of my best friends. Ami is 15; her birthday is on September 10th. Her favorite color is any shade of blue. She waves at me, and I wave back, calling her over. "Ami! Punctual as always." I smirk, of course Ami is on time, she's the organized one in our group.
"How are you doing Rei? You aren't over working yourself are you?" She asks me. After Grandpa died, I tried to cut all connections with my friends. I was all alone, and depressed. I did some very stupid things, but it's in the past now.
"Yeah Ami, I'm doing great. No, I'm not working too hard; none of you will let me!" We both laugh a little, and then sit beneath the sakura tree, basking in the comfortable silence.
"So why do you think the Outers and Usagi wanted to call this meeting?" I asked her, nobody had told me what this meeting was about.
"I have no idea what so ever. I tried asking Usagi, but she just kept saying it was a secret." Ami replied, putting her hand to her chin to ponder. I snapped my head up, sensing a large amount of energy heading this way. It must just be Usagi. There are many clicks on the staircase, indicating that someone is here. I stand and help Ami to her feet, and walk over to the staircase. Bounding up the stairs is: Usagi, Minako, Haruka and Hotaru. I chuckle, seeing Michiru, Setsuna, and Makoto at the bottom talking. Haruka speeds to the top first, leaning on the hand railing as she stops.
"Why hello Rei, Ami" She says, with a little bow. Haruka is 18 years old, same with Michiru.
"COME ON USAGI! I'M GONNA BEAT YOU!" Minako taunted as she and Hotaru flew past Usagi up the stairs. I laughed as Hotaru got to the top of the stairs and tackled her precious Haruka-papa. Hotaru giggled as Haruka picked her up over her head. Even if Hotaru is 12, she still loves her Haruka-papa unconditionally. Minako got to the top of the stairs, out of breath, and tried to tackle me like Hotaru did to Haruka, but to no avail. I moved out of the way so she just barely clipped my arm, and she started to fall to the ground. Realizing my mistake, I quickly grab for Minako, catching her just before she hits the ground. She giggles then says,
"Why Rei, sudden change of heart?" I lift her back up so she's standing and she punches me in the arm.
"Oww! What was that for!" I growl at her. She just giggles and squeaks out,
"For not letting me tackle you!"
Usagi, now only halfway up the stairs throws up her arms in the air and grunts, then yells so we can hear her, "SCREW IT! JUST COME DOWN HERE, THE SURPRISE IS DOWN HERE ANYWAY!" I laugh, our silly princess. She's 16, and can't wait 'till Mamoru gets back. We all laugh, and make our way down the stairs. Once at the bottom, we meet up with Usagi, Michiru, Setsuna and Makoto. Makoto gives me a steady pat on the back and I just smile at her. Ever since the defeat of Chaos, we've all been trying to get closer to each other. Makoto is going to turn 17 soon, in about half a year. I politely kiss Michiru's hand, and she giggles and pulls me into a hug. Michiru and I haven't always seen eye to eye, I mean, look at the time when we were stuck together in Nehelenia's dimension. We couldn't even agree on which way to start walking! Now, though, we get along great.
"Charming as always Rei." She said with a smile. Haruka walked up behind us and said, "You better not be tryin' to steal my girl, Rei, or I'm gonna kick your ass up and down those stairs!" Everybody laughed but me. I looked into Michiru's eyes, and winked. She caught on to my plan.
"Oh Haruka? And why would she leave you for me? Is it because I'm so sexy? I'm sexy aren't I Michiru?" I purred.
"Oh yes Rei, you are one of the sexiest women I've met!" She punched me in the shoulder after she said this. We all shared a good laugh for a minute. Usagi looked up at everybody and announced, "Ok everybody, follow me! You're all gonna be soooo thrilled." She said. She got in front of the group and led us to the nearest parking lot. I gasped at what I saw. In the parking lot, was the biggest shag van I've ever seen. It was about as big as an R.V. except in Shag Van form!
"OHMYGODUSAGIWHEREDIDYOUGETTHIS!" Minako yelled, jumping up and down frantically.
"Me and Haruka found it online, it says it can hold up to 13 people comfortably!" Usagi explained excitedly.
"What the hell are we gonna do with this?" I ask rudely. Why would she buy a shag van unless…
"We're going on a ROAD TRIP silly!" She yelled excitedly.
"Where you will all find love and riches and junk food!" Haruka added.
Ami blushed and said, "We're going to find love in a shag van? Oh my…"
Makoto looked terrified and said, "You mean I'm going to have to eat Fast Food for a…"
"Year" Usagi confirmed. Wait…A YEAR!
"ARE YOU CRAZY! I CAN ONLY HANDLE GOOD FOOD LIKE THE STUFF I MAKE!" Makoto yelled. I nodded and said,
"That's kinda extreme 'Sagi. A whole year? Are you that blonde?" I asked. I didn't like the sound of this.
"You guys, I really wanna do this! I know we'll have fun if you just come! Pwease" she begged, making a puppy dog face.
Minako and Setsuna caved in, "Come on you guys, I'm sure it'll be fun!" Minako said excitedly. Setsuna just walked toward the van.
"First stop, any where 50 miles or more from here!" Usagi yelled.
What has she gotten us into?