Author's note: I do not own anything but for my toothpaste and underwear. If you sue me, you won't get much.
BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG and on went the obnoxious noise throughout the house. It was soon accompanied by an obnoxious and very loud voice proclaiming "Senshia, Senshia, Meeting in the parlor. Meeting in the parlor!" The owner of the voice put down the obnoxious-noise-maker, two Teflon cookie sheets and sat down on the easy chair with a satisfied smile as she heard tromping on the stairs.
"Whats up Leets?" Mina asked as she curled up at the end of the large green sofa in the parlor.
"Wait until everyone is hee-ere" Lita sang as she bounced on the easy chair.
"No, tell me. You know you want to tell me. Tell me….tellllllll mmmmeeeeee….." Mina said enticingly as she waved her hands in front of Lita's face. Lita swatted her hands away and snorted.
"Get away from me you freak."
When all the Senshias were assembled in the room. Lita smiled at all of them and waited for them to settle down. After waiting for what seemed like five minutes for Rei and Serena to stop poking each other in the stomachs, Lita finally cleared her throat.
"Ahem…Excuse me. Excuse me. May I have your attention please? I have announcement to make."
"No, really? I thought you wanted to show us your hangnail." Rei retorted as Serena chortled
"No comments from the Peanut Gallery, please. Shut up." Lita glared at said Peanut Gallery and when she was satisfied that she had everyone's attention. She smiled.
"I applied to Juuban Culinary Arts as you all know and I have my letter here and…."
Lita did not get a chance to finish her sentence as she was tackled by four, screaming bodies. Lita caught fragments of "Oh Lita." "You got accepted!" "You rock" "Yay, yay, yay!" "Woot, woot, woot!" The latter phrase surprisingly coming out of Ami's mouth.
"Guys…." Lita whined "you stole my thunder! I was supposed to…" but she was drowned out again by her screaming sisters dogpiling her. "Ugh. Get off me. Gosh. You tubs of lard!" She gathered her strength and stood up and spilled the bodies onto the floor. She stepped over the pile and stood on the sofa and shouted "Guys! Shut up and let me read the letter!. Ahem. Miss Lita Karlson Senshia. We have read your resume, considered your recommendations and saw that…blah blah blah….We have decided to accept you (again, the squeals). Please read and sign the Statement of Agree…blah blah blah. Sigh. Can you believe it?"
Serena squeaked from her position. "Of course we believe it. You're a Senshia. Of course they'de accept you. We are the best family in the whole, whole, whole wide world over!"
"Okay, Miss Enthusiasm. Can it. But guys its in Tokyo, Japan."
A veil of silence fell over the group. Mina's face became contemplative. Serena's eyes enlarged as the implications hit her. Mina spoke up.
"Well, you'll have to go." She saw the sad look on the three younger girls' faces. "Come on guys, she's not going to Venus. We can email her, we can write her, we can call her, and we have that camera webbie thing."
"Web camera" Ami supplied.
"Yeah, that. Hey, remember that money we've saved up? I mean, we don't need anything immediately and we've all been itching for a vacation and we all have substantial savings and we.." Mina was cut off as the tallest of the group grabbed her in a bear hug.
"That is a great idea!"
The younger girls appeared to be thinking over it.
"Hey, yeah and they have good shopping in Tokyo, so I've heard." Rei said.
"School is ending soon and I would not object to spending my summer in such a place. The history is wonderful and the culture so rich. The shrines, the museums…" Ami started drooling.
"And the food. Can't forget the mouth-watering Japanese food! Yes, lets do it!" Serena piped up.
Lita shook her head at her family's seemingly spur-of-the-moment-planning.
"Alrighty then. Lets do this."
