Now we are onto part four. This is another heavy Meiyo and Sachi part but the others are all in this as well.

Here are the Japanese names of the girls.

Ariel – Aoi

Annika – Akaru

Daisy – Mikomi

Gloria – Meiyo

Hope – Natsuki

Faith – Kirio

Maggie – Shinju

Madelyn – Naosu

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Mysterious Moon Child

By Angel Raye

Chapter Four: A Party of Pranks

"Honestly," Rei muttered as she fixed the bow on Akaru's princess dress. "I think Serenity finds any reason she can to throw a party." Yuichiro came in fixing his tie, "We knew a life of royalty would bring many obligations and responsibilities," he reminded her. "Oh I know and I wouldn't trade it for anything," Rei quickly replied. "I just hate having Akaru up past her bedtime." Akaru rolled her eyes at this comment. "Mama, I'm not a baby anymore," she assured her mother. "I'll be all right and it's Saturday so no school tomorrow." Koyo grinned at his little sister. "Do you think Meiyo and Sachi will behave?" he asked and Akaru giggled thinking of the glue incident the day before. "Minako has promised to search but just the same, I forbid both of you to get involved in anything they do," Rei commanded. "If either of you do, the words grounded for a month will be said." "And she means it too," Akaru whispered as they all headed down to the palace ballroom.

"Like this," Kousagi asked nervously as she curtsied in front of Usagi and Gemmei. The two girls had been instructing her on how to greet important people. "Perfect," Usagi exclaimed. "Like Gemmei, you were born for this." All three girls giggled.

Endymion poked his head into the room. "Are you ready girls?" he asked. "I'm ready," Kousagi declared and she started to leave the room. However, she tripped over her the hem of her dress and toppled into a table. There was a loud crash as everything on the table went crashing to the floor. Huge sweat drops appeared on everyone's heads. "If she doesn't destroy everything on the way down there," Usagi muttered to Gemmei who nodded in agreement.

Minako and Asai were ready to go but there was one thing they needed to do before leaving. "Let's go," Meiyo called as she headed toward the door. "I'm ready too," Sachi added as he followed her.

"Halt!" Minako commanded. The two troublemakers stopped at the door. "What is it Mom?" Meiyo asked innocently. "We'll be late to the party." "This will only take a minute," Minako replied. "Asai, you search Sachi and I'll get Meiyo." "We need to make sure that there will be no pranks at this party," Asai added. Sachi rolled his eyes. "Don't you trust us?" he asked. "No," Minako and Asai said together as Asai searched Sachi's pockets and Minako started going through the layers of Meiyo's dress. "And we were right not to," Asai stated as he began pulling things out of Sachi's pockets. "A hand buzzer, sneezing powder, a fake ice cube with a bug in it, and candy that is fire hot are all in your pockets." Sachi gave an embarrassed laugh. "I'm finding a lot here considering Meiyo doesn't have pockets," Minako added. "Here we have itching powder, stink bombs, and squirting flowers." Meiyo pouted. "Now it's going to be boring," she muttered angrily. "But it will be disaster free," Minako added. "Now we can leave." As they headed out the door, Sachi whispered to Meiyo. "You were right. They were going to search us." Meiyo nodded. "Now you know why we put a bunch of stuff down there already," she whispered back. "We can have some fun tonight."

The party was in full swing as every important political figure in Crystal Tokyo was there with their spouses. Since this was a party introducing Kousagi, several of the guests brought their children as well. Therefore there were plenty of youngsters mingled into the crowd. Some of the palace children, such as Kirio and Eizo were able to make new friends quickly while others like Akaru and Tama hung back shyly and only mingled with those they knew. Shinju stood against the wall and gazed dreamily at Koyo, whom she still had a crush on. Both amused and annoyed, Mikomi walked up to her. "For crying out loud Shinju," she exclaimed. "Just tell him you like him instead of just mooning after him." Shinju blushed and shook her head. "Oh no, I couldn't," she protested. "Besides he's in eighth grade and I am in sixth. I don't think a junior high student is going to be interested in an elementary school student." "We'll be in junior high next year and we're studying for the entrance exams," Mikomi reminded her. "While he will be studying for the high school entrance exams," Shinju pointed out and Mikomi sighed. "Hey would you two like some gum?" Meiyo asked as she and Sachi came up to them. "Thanks," both girls each took a piece without paying much attention to whom was offering it. They each popped a piece into their mouths and resumed their conversation. "You're pretty enough," Mikomi told her. "We just need to make you look so beautiful that he can't take his eyes off of you." Shinju looked at Mikomi in horror. "What's wrong?" Mikomi asked. "Your teeth are black," Shinju replied. "So are yours," Mikomi gasped and the two girls ran to a nearby mirror and looked in. Sure enough their teeth were black from the trick gum. "MEIYO AND SACHI!" they roared in rage as they looked around the crowded ballroom for the two culprits.

Meanwhile Sachi was preparing to make his move. He saw Kousagi approaching with Gemmei, Akaru, and Natsuki. He walked up to them. "Hey Kousagi, would you like to look at my kaleidoscope?" he asked holding it out to her. But Gemmei who knew Sachi all too well immediately snatched it out of his hand. "We're not falling for that," she told him as she placed it on a nearby table. "Falling for what?" asked Kousagi in a confused voice. "It's one of his jokes," Gemmei replied. "Meiyo is probably also playing tricks so be careful around her," Akaru added. The four girls walked away with Sachi glaring after them. He was going to have to try and get Kousagi alone if he wanted to play a trick on her.

"Ooh pretty," a small voice exclaimed behind him. Sachi turned around and saw that little Mari had gotten the kaleidoscope and was looking through it. "Hey that's not for you," he protested. Mari put the kaleidoscope down and Sachi saw that her eye had black ink around it. He smothered a laugh. "What's so funny?" Mari asked. "Take a look," Sachi replied and he pulled Mari to a mirror. Mari looked and saw her eye and gasped. "You're in trouble," she snapped. "Mommy will be mad." "Sorry squirt," Sachi replied. "Now I have got to go." With that he was gone leaving Mari alone. She looked around and saw Aoi and Naosu eating some fruit so she went over to them. Aoi took one look at Mari and demanded, "What happened to your eye?" "Sachi's kaleidoscope," Mari replied. Aoi rolled her eyes, took Mari's hand and dragged her over to Ami who was talking to Serenity and Endymion. "Mommy look at Mari's eye," Aoi cried tugging on Ami's dress. Ami immediately turned her full attention and Mari and gasped. "What happened to your eye Sweetie?" "Mari said it was Sachi's kaleidoscope," Aoi informed her. Ami cupped Mari's face in her hands to get a better look and then gently rubbed her finger over it. When she saw the black ink on her finger confirming Aoi's explanation, she angrily stood up. "Meiyo and Sachi," she muttered in fury and started searching the ballroom for the two naughty pranksters.

Meanwhile Meiyo had gone back to the hidden stash of practical joke items and pulled out a can of itching powder. She was glad she stashed this can since her parents confiscated the other one before the party. Meiyo wanted to somehow get it on Kousagi and have her itch. Just as she was walking toward where Kousagi was, a hand grabbed her hair. "Hold it right there you little creep," Mikomi ordered. Shinju was with her. "How dare you give us that gum. Now we have black teeth." Meiyo pulled herself free and grinned. "It's not my fault you were dumb enough to fall for it," she replied. "Oh well we're going to teach you a little lesson," Shinju told her. "I think a head dunk in the toilet might be a suitable, don't you agree Mikomi?" "Oh I do," Mikomi agreed. She started to pull Meiyo in the direction of the bathroom. Meiyo thought quickly and then said, "Sorry girls but I have other things to do." With that she opened the can of itching powder and flung some on the two girls. They both coughed as the dust flew up in their faces. "What was that?" Shinju asked as Meiyo quickly made her escape. "I don't know but wait until I get a hold of that little creep," Mikomi muttered. Suddenly she began itching all over. "Itching powder!" she shrieked as she and Shinju started scratching. "I'm going to pound her."

Sachi in the meantime was putting sneezing powder in some flowers. He then went over to Kousagi, who was still with Gemmei, Akaru and Natsuki. "Those flowers over there sure smell nice," he told them. "We need to fill the room with those." Akaru and Natsuki forgot their caution since it never occurred to them that the flowers would be used as a joke. "Let me smell them," Akaru exclaimed and she, Natsuki, and Kousagi dashed over. "No wait," Gemmei began remembering something Sachi had done at the orphanage. But it was too late. The three girls immediately started sneezing uncontrollably. Sachi began laughing. "He put sneezing powder in the flowers," Gemmei explained. "Why you," Natsuki began but she couldn't get any further because she was sneezing too hard. Meiyo came up with the itching powder. "Perfect," she exclaimed and she started toward Kousagi. Gemmei quickly stuck out her foot to trip her but at that same moment Usagi came up. Meiyo tripped and the can of itching powder was shaken so hard that a spray of it flew out of the can and landed all over the neo-princess. "What is this?" Usagi exclaimed as she rubbed her face to get the powder off. Then she started itching. "What did you put on me?" she demanded as she began scratching. "It's itching powder," Gemmei explained in despair. Usagi's face got as red as her eyes as she began to fill with rage. "You little creeps," she snarled. "Got to go," Sachi quickly replied. He and Meiyo were about to leave but Kousagi, who was still sneezing nonstop tripped over her dress hem and crashed into the two culprits. All three of them fell against a statue which toppled over and crashed into one of the dessert tables. There was a deafening crash as all the desserts, plates and silverware crashed to the floor. Kousagi, Meiyo, and Sachi got covered with different desserts. "What is going on?" Michiru demanded angrily as she, the queen and the rest of the Senshi all came over. She saw Natsuki was still sneezing uncontrollably so she took out a handkerchief and handed it to her. Ami had Mari while Mikomi and Shinju, still itching, dashed over as well. Minako only had to glance once at the evidence and turned red in rage. "SACHI AND MEIYO!" she roared.

The next day Mikomi and Shinju were standing at the ballroom entrance with looks of satisfaction on their faces. Inside the ballroom Meiyo and Sachi were busy cleaning it from top to bottom as part of their punishment for the pranks at the party. The other punishment was no allowance for two weeks plus they were both grounded. Kousagi came up to them. "Why are you watching them?" she asked. "We just wanted to see those two rats get what they deserve," Mikomi replied. "And we have you to thank," Shinju added. "Why," Kousagi asked in surprise. "Because even though they were going to play all these pranks on you, it was you who got them caught in the end," Shinju explained. "I did?" Kousagi asked in confusion. "Yes," Shinju replied. "You tripped and fell knocking them over which got them caught." "Exactly," Mikomi added. "So thank you." Kousagi was still confused but nodded her head. She started to head toward the door. "Watch out for the…," Mikomi began but Kousagi didn't see the rug that was rolled up for cleaning. She tripped over it and crashed into a vase of flowers which fell to the floor with a loud crash. "Rug," Mikomi finished as huge sweat drops appeared on her and Shinju's heads.

To be continued.