Spirit- Yay! we have no school tomorrow. only the sophmores have to go for some test!

Tenshi- oh yeah! go us.

Spirit- wait, i thought you failed that test.

Tenshi- nope i passed with flying colors!

Spirit-. . . i don't get it. you're stupid in everything else But school.

Tenshi- yep!

Spirit- that wasn't a compliment. anyways hope you all enjoy this chap!

Diclaimer- i claim no ownership to Sailor Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh, or Practical Magic.

Pairings- Hotaru/Yami Marik, Steven(oc)/Minako/Yami


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"Much better. Now we really look like an herb shop. Hey it's almost one, wanna open up now?" Minako asked. Her sister nodded and the two put on their aprons. Going over the blonde switched the sign to Open and unlocked the door to their new life in Domino.

This Time

"Um . . . Minako-san. Class has ended, wake up." came a deep voice. The blonde's eyes fluttered open and she sat up. She soon was able to see clearly and realized she was in her first period class. Yawning slightly she looked to see who had woken her up and blushed. It was Yami Moto, the boy she sat by in class. He just smirked down at her. "Have a nice sleep?"

A smile slipped it's way onto her face and she nodded. "Yeah I had a dream that there was an ultimate summer vacation and all the teachers vanished." he laughed.

"Sounds great. So Minako-san what class do you have next?"

"You don't have to use formalities, just Minako's fine. And I have Algebra 2 with Matsu-sensei next." she replied.

"I can show you where that is."

Minako beamed. "That would be great thanks Yami-kun!" Yami blinked at her own use of formalities, but shrugged it off. He didn't mind such things too much. The two began walking and were soon engaged in a conversation. The ancient pharaoh learned that she had actually transferred here from a school in her home town a few hours outside of the city. She had a sister named Hotaru and lived with three women guardians.

The blonde haired girl also learned some things about him too. Like that he was into this game called Duel Monsters. When she asked what that was, he looked at her in shock. Coming from a small town, she didn't know to much about the latest games or fashions. He told her a brief summary of it and it actually sounded pretty interesting. Maybe later she could convince him to teach her how to play it.

The two reached the class and Minako looked inside. The room was a bit cramped due to a lot of students in it. The teacher was sitting at his desk reading a book, waiting for the last bell to ring. The blonde said good-bye to the boy then began looking for a seat. A huge grin spread across her face when she saw her sister sitting towards the back. Instantly she bonded over and took a seat in front of her. Hotaru looked up in surprise then smiled at her sister.

"Hey, how has your morning been?" the violet eyed girl asked.

Minako beamed. "It's been great. People actually talked to me. A guy even showed me to this class. This school rocks!"

"A guy huh? What about that Steven guy you couldn't wait to see again?"

Minako slightly blushed. "Well I haven't seen him yet. But hopefully I will. Maybe at lunch."

"Maybe."

The girls stopped talking once the bell sounded and got out their notebooks. Mostly the teacher just talked about what they would be going over this school year, and what they were already expected to know. The next three periods seemed to fly by. The sisters had 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods together. At lunch, they found a table out in the courtyard. There were groups of students everywhere. All were just talking and welcoming each other back. A few wild kids began to chase each other around laughing. The girls sat on the concrete bench and took out their bentos. Hotaru mostly made the food, since Minako was a little kitchen challenged. She was good at some things, but not all. Hotaru's cooking wasn't the best either, but unlike Minako's, all of it was edible.

The two were discussing about there shop after school when a shadow loomed over them. They looked up to see a blonde haired girl standing there. She had dark violet eyes and wore hoop earrings along with some navy blue fingerless gloves to go along with her uniform(the uniform is what Usagi wears last season). She was frowning and just sat down next to Hotaru. Setting her lunch tray on the table she began to eat without saying a word. The sisters looked at each other. Were they perhaps sitting at her table or something. Minako, being the most social decided to ask what was wrong with the other blonde.

"Um, are you ok?"

The girl looked up at her with a glare, but then her expression softened. "Sorry, if I was intruding. My boyfriend is just being so. . .pathetic. I'm Mai by the way. Kujaku Mai."

"Hi, my name is Hikari Minako, and this is my younger sister Hotaru." the violet eyed girl nodded to her. Mai nodded back then when she looked off her glare returned and she gazed down at her food. At that moment a group of teens came over. Their leader was a blonde guy with chocolate brown eyes. He walked straight over to Mai.

"Come on Mai, I'm sorry I forgot. Please give me another chance." he begged, looking at her apologetically.

Her harsh purple eyes flew to him. "Jou this is the second time you forgot my birthday. It's not that hard to remember seeing as it's always the day before school starts."

"He really is sorry Mai." said a brunette haired girl with blue eyes.

"He'll need to prove that to me then." Hotaru and Minako just watched as this little scene went on. Neither really knowing what to say, or if they should say anything. Though Minako could immediately tell it was a lovers quarrel that she would have too much fun with. Hotaru upon seeing a devilish smirk appear on her sisters face, kicked her from underneath the table. The blonde jumped then glared at her sister, who shook her head as to say, "don't even think about." Minako only pouted, but Hotaru didn't seem affected by it. Instead she just took another bite of her sandwich.

"Oh how rude of me. Hotaru, Minako, these are my friends. Anzu, Yugi, Yami, Ryou, Hondo, and the idiot on his knees is my boyfriend Jou." Mai said, pointing out the people when she said their names. "Guys this is Hotaru and Minako."

"Nice to see you again Minako." Yami said with a smile.

The blonde gave him one back. "Same here Yami-kun." instantly she kicked her sister. Though she hadn't seen her face, she knew her sister had raised an eyebrow at her calling him kun. Hotaru herself just smiled at Ryou and Hondo when they said hi to her. She had them in her first period.

"Come on Mai, please. I'll make it up to. I promise, just tell me what you want me to do." his pissed girlfriend got up at this point and threw her half eatten lunch into the trash can.

"I'm not going to tell you to do anything. This time you're on your own." she snapped then for some reason grabbed Hotaru's hand and began to haul off the surprised girl. Minako watched her sister go with wide eyes. She would have gladly chased after them, but she felt more needed by the devastated Jou. And now that her sister wasn't here to stop her, she could be as evil as she pleased.

The blonde haired guy was whaling now. It was rather pathetic. Anzu rubbed her ears. "Jou stop that, you're making my ears bleed."

"But I have no clue on how to get Mai to forgive me."

"I can help you there." everyone turned to Minako.

"Really?" She nodded. She then found herself being squeezed to death by him. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"Woah, hey! I didn't say I was going to just hand everything on a platter to you. You're still going to have to work for her respect back. That way it really will prove to her that you care." Minako explained getting out of his death grip.

Jou blinked. "But I do care."

"Then what I'm going to plan shall be no problem for you." Jou felt a little scared when he saw her impish smirk. "Just meet me tomorrow first thing in the morning and I'll have everything planned out ok?"

"Um. . . ok."

"Good. Now if you'll excuse me. I need to go save my sister. Ja ne." and with that the blonde got up, grabbed hers and Hotaru's bentos and left in search of her violet eyed sibling. The group watched her go then looked at the now happy Jou jumping around.

"Why do I have a sudden feeling, that Jou is Not going to like what that girl plans?" Hondo asked.

Yami nodded. "Cause whatever it is . . .is probably going to be really embarrassing for him."

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It was late at night now. Both girls were preparing for bed. Hotaru couldn't help but notice how Minako was in such a good mood. This was kind of odd considering Minako never really liked having to go to bed so early. The violet eyed girl knew the blonde was up to something. Something that she knew would be bad. Then again it probably didn't concern her, therefore she wanted no part in it. Minako would probably reveal her plan very soon anyways. The said blonde then went into the bathroom to brush her teeth.

"Tomorrow's the big day. For Jou anyways." she thought as she squeezed the toothpaste onto her brush. It was killing her that she couldn't tell Hotaru what she had thought up to help Jou. But her sister would surely protest, and even if she didn't, Hotaru sucked at keeping secrets from her friends...well the few she had. Mai seemed to be getting close to her though, so she couldn't risk it. When she had found the two at lunch they were just chatting about everything. Hotaru even giggled at some of the things Mai said. It was the first time the blonde had seen her sister laugh freely around someone other than her family.

After she had finished up in the bathroom she walked out and found her sister's door was already closed and the light was off. A noise startled her and she turned around to see Artemis. The little cat meowed and rubbed up against her legs. She smiled down at him then picked him up. "Hey pretty kitty. You can come sleep in my room tonight." she said then went into her bedroom. As soon as she changed into her pj's she fell onto the bed and closed her eyes. Artemis made himself comfortable onto of her. She smiled softly before falling into a deep sleep.


NOTE- my friend lady of love just came out with a story that's Minako centered. it has all the senshi in it and they are all paired up. it's also a KHSM cross.titled Worlds of Heart(i helped her think of that )anyways she's fairly new, and hasn't gotten much feedback on it, though i find it to be very promising. if you are interested please check it out and help her out. that is all.

Spirit- and now we better start our homwork.

Tenshi-why did we even have school today?

Spirit- don't know, but i needed to go if i want to pass algebra2. Please Review for me! Ja ne

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