INTERMISSION

Hello to everyone that has been reading my fanfic! ^_~

I never expected this much response from people about "The Vacation." I really do want to say thanks to all of you out there for the input and support. ^_^ To imagine, opening your e-mail one day and finding 10 reviews for a story you hadn't updated in a about a year!

I haven't stopped writing for this past year. "The Vacation" is up to 17 chapters at the moment and is drawing to a close. I'll be posting them as I edit and change until I am satisfied with the results. Until then, keep reading and feel free to e-mail me, Sailor_Tsunami9@yahoo.com.

If you notice something a little different about my writing style, I've lost my little-girl addiction to exclamation marks.(Oh!!! Sugoi!!!) Lol. I've been going back and revamping my chapters to make them sound abit more.mature? Sure, that's the word for it, lol.

Aiiyee, this is still so awesome that you all love it so much.ML-chan, Hermione/Nina/Ginny, and Meethrill, you guys are all super kawaii!!! ^_^

Tsunami-chan

-~*-~*~-*~- Chapter Eleven Chef Tsukino

Pallet Town Ketchum Residence The next day, Serena woke up refreshed. Happy thoughts swirled through her mind. She thought back about how her vacation was going. All were pleasant memories until she got to the part when Darien had said she should learn to cook like Mrs. Ketchum. She was going to ask Mrs. Ketchum and Lita to give her lessons! Some wife she would be if she couldn't even cook. After breakfast, Serena ran up to Ash's mom, nearly tripping over a chair and falling over Raye, who was meditating on the floor. She stopped mid- chant to scold Serena. "Akuryo tai-Serena! Watch where you're going, Meatball Head!" "Ahh, sorry Raye!" Serena apologized. Mrs. Ketchum looked at Raye and asked, "What is she doing?" "She's meditating. She can sometimes sense what is about to happen or have these visions that almost always come true. At first, I used to call it mumbo jumbo, but now I really believe that she is psychic!" "Amazing!" "Yes. Mrs. Ketchum?" "Yes, Serena?" "Would you and Lita teach me how to cook?" "Well." "I'm engaged to Darien and he said that you were a stellar cook, and I decided to make him happy by learning how to cook!" "Engaged? Aren't you a little too young?" "It's that Sailor Moon thing. I traveled to the future to find myself as the Queen of Tokyo and married to Darien. Rini's my daughter." "Oh! Um.All right. I'll go get Lita and we'll start right away." "Thank you! Oh! I am going to cook a great dinner for my Darien!" "Um. could you please quiet down? I'm sorry, Mrs. Ketchum, I know this is your house and all but." Raye whispered suddenly. "Oh! I'm so sorry, Raye! Serena, Lita, and I will be in the kitchen." "Thank you. I need to concentrate. I've been getting these strange visions. Something drastic will happen soon.hmm.I have to meditate on this." With that, Raye continued to softly chant her words of spirit fire.

After Lita came into the kitchen, the cooking lessons began. Lita started with the basics. "Okay, Serena. Cooking is like an art, a math class, and a hobby. I know you like art, so you'll like this lesson," started Lita. Serena frowned. "But I totally HATE math!" Serena pointed out. Mrs. Ketchum patted her on the back encouragingly. "That's fine, dear. Just wait and see!" Mrs. Ketchum said optimistically. "Yea, Serena! You only think that we're great chefs only because you can't even boil water!" Lita teased. "That's a good idea. Teach me to boil water!" "Agreed!" said Mrs. Ketchum. Lita and Mrs. Ketchum set out to (try and) turn Serena into a cook.

As the 2 chefs coached Serena, Nido and Nida the nidoran streaked into the kitchen. Amara and Michelle were right behind them. Nido and Nida stopped suddenly, causing Amara to crash into the table and her cousin, Michelle, to fall right on top of her. "Agh! I think Serena's klutziness is rubbing off on me!" teased Amara. Laughing, she and Michelle got up and dusted themselved off. They noticed the 3 ladies at the stove. "Working hard, or hardly working, Moonface?" questioned Amara. Serena stuck her tongue out at the older girl. "I'm learning how to cook, Amara. And I'm going to cook you all a spectacular dinner tonight. You'll see." "Well, what ever you say, Moonface," Amara answered. Michelle frowned then giggled. "Rini told me about the time when you tried to make curry. I just hope that it turns out as good as that!" Serena winked and gave a "Champion of Justice" pose. "Just wait, Micha!" (Serena's curry turned out very good!) Michelle and Amara pulled out their poke balls and said, "Pokemon, Return!" "Hey! Let's bring Nido and Nida out to that field so that they can get some exercise. It must be cramped in that pokeball," suggested Amara. Serena heard this and said, "Hey! Take Moonjump (her clefairy) with you! She needs some exercising too!" The cousins agreed and strolled upstairs. "Okay! Back to work! Oh!" Serena took the water off the stove. It was bubbling! "Good, Serena. You knew when to take the water off!" Lita cheered. All afternoon, Lita and Mrs. Ketchum taught Serena until she could make a decent and delicious meal. At dinner, words like, "delicious", "yummy", "ooh!" and "Lita, you and Mrs. Ketchum are miracle workers!" floated around the room. Who knew that clumsy Serena could make such a great dinner! Darien walked over to Serena and said, "You made a wonderful dinner, Meatball Head!" "Thanks, Tux!"