Rose couldn't believe it, but somehow she and Usagi had made it to class before Miss Haruna did. Rose let out a long sigh of relief as she slid into her seat.

"Hi, Rose," Umino said stepping in front of her desk.

"Morining, Umino," Rose said trying to sound polite. She didn't hate Umino or anything, but the way he was constantly. bugging her to get a chance with Usagi annoyed her a fair amount of the time.

"So I heard we're supposed to get our exams back today," Umino said. "Any idea how you-" Before he could finish, Usagi butt in with Naru with a big smile on her face.

"Hey, Rose," Usagi said bouncing up and down. "Naru and I were just talking about the new Sailor V game. I'm so excited! I just can't wait to play it!"

"Well, you're gonna have to wait a little longer," a voice said from behind them. They all turned to see Miss Haruna standing there with a scowl on her face. "You should focus more on your studies, so you don't have grades like this." She pulled out a test with red marks all over it and a circled 30 at the top.

"I failed again?!" Usagi said terrified as Miss Haruna shoved her test into her hands.

"At least one Tsukino actually tries," Miss Haruna said handing Rose a paper with a 94 on it. "Why can't you be more like your sister, Usagi?" Miss Haruna said as she walked away and continued handing back the completed tests. Usagi just frowned sadly as Rose patted her back.

Usagi remained in a bummed state for the remainder of the day. She and Rose had finished all their classes and were sitting outside with Naru.

"Cheer up, Usagi," Rose said patting her sister's back. "It's not that bad."

"It's horrible," Usagi said. "Mom's gonna be furious, and she'll never let me play the new Sailor V game!"

"Hi, girls!" Umino said, appearing out of nowhere and making all of them jump.

"Umino!" Naru exclaimed in annoyance.

"Hey, Usagi, want me to be your tutor?" Umino asked. "I didn't study, and I got a 95 on my test. I don't know how I'm going to explain this to my parents."

"You're not helping, Umino," Rose said hugging Usagi. "She already feels bad enough. She doesn't need you gloating about your grades."

"But-" Amino tried to say.

"I know what could cheer you up, Usagi," Naru said. "My mom has some new pieces at her shop. Maybe we could check it out."

"Wow! Really?" Usagi exclaimed, getting excited.

"What good is shopping going to do?" Umino asked. "You should focus on your studies."

"Bye, Umino," Usagi said as she and Naru got up and walked off.

"You really should work on your social skills," Rose said placing her hand on Umino's shoulder. He turned his head to look at her, and she saw a strange glow in his eyes.

"If you say so, Rose," Umino said turning his whole body to face her and holding her hand between both of his.

"Okay," Rose said nervously taking a step back and pulling her hand out of his grasp. "I better go now. Bye." She then rushed off.

"Hey, Rose," Usagi said once Rose caught up with her and Naru. "What took you so long?"

"Nothing to worry about," Rose said trying to forget about what just happened with Umino.

After a while, the three girls ended up in front of Naru's mother's jewelry store. They were surprised to see the place jam-packed with customers.

"Wow, I've never seen this place so busy before," Rose said.

"I've never seen my mom act like this before," Naru said as they saw Naru's mom yelling through a megaphone about special sales.

"Mom?" Naru asked as the three of them walked up to her. "What's going on?"

"Oh, Naru, sweetie," her mom said, putting the megaphone down. "Isn't it wonderful? Business is sure booming today."

"It's awesome!" Usagi exclaimed. "I've never seen jewelry so affordable!"

"Oh, yes," Naru's mom said walking behind a counter. "I have something I think you'll like." She pulled out a ring box and opened it to reveal a diamond ring. "A fine 20 karats."

"Oh my gosh," Usagi said looking at the ring with starry eyes. "it's beautiful! But it must cost a fortune."

"Not at all," Naru's mom said. "With today's sales, it would come down to $10."

"20 karats for 10 dollars?!" Usagi and Naru exclaimed. They were suddenly crowded by all the women in the store as they all fought over the ring.

Rose, Usagi, and Naru finally made it out of the store after escaping the women. "Sorry about that," Naru said.

"It's okay," Rose said. "We should probably head home anyway."

"Yeah," Usagi said with a sigh as she lowered her head. "I just have to figure out how to tell Mom about...this." Usagi held up her failed test.

"Well, good luck," Naru said walking back into the store.

Usagi sighed as she looked at her test again. "Rose, how can I show her this thing?!" Usagi exclaimed crumpling up the paper into a ball and throwing it over her shoulder.

"Usagi!" Rose exclaimed.

"Oww!" they heard someone exclaim. "Hey watch it, Meatball Head."

They both turned around to see an older teen guy wearing shades. "Oh, sorry," Usagi said.

"A 30?" the guy said looking at Usagi's paper. Usagi let out a small scream in surprise. "are you stupid or just incredibly lazy?"

"That's not very nice," Rose said as Usagi angrily grabbed her test from his hands.

"Forget him," Usagi said grabbing her sister's hand. "Come on, Rose. What a jerk. Who does he think he is calling me a meatball head?" Rose looked back over her shoulder at the guy as her sister continued to fume. She wasn't sure why, but he seemed familiar in some way.