It was another peaceful night in the Tsukino residence. Harusuke was in his room just finishing his homework. As he finally put his pencil down, he let out a sigh as he stretched his arms.

"Well... that takes care of that," he said. "I thought I'd never get my homework done."

Then he suddenly remembered the other day when he and Usagi fought Jadeite back when he was using the radio station for his evil plans. He could remember how Jadeite was able to overwhelm them without even breaking a sweat. That alone caused him to feel a little frustrated.

"Damn it all," he said, clenching his fist. "I still can't believe how beaten we got. Jadeite was so strong that he was able to knock us down easily. Usagi may have had her tiara, but all I can do is use my binding spell while she finishes off her enemies. There has to be a way for me to get stronger so it doesn't happen again. But how? Maybe I can ask Luna."

Suddenly Harusuke's thoughts were interrupted by a loud shriek coming from the bathroom, which almost made him fall out of his chair.

"What the heck was that?!" Harusuke cried as he shot up and dashed out of his room.

And it wasn't just Harusuke that heard the shriek. Ikuko, Kenji, Shingo, and even Luna heard it. They all raced to the bathroom and looked through the door. Usagi was sitting on the floor wearing nothing but a towel sobbing her eyes out.

"Usagi! What's the matter?!" cried Harusuke.

"Did you fall?!" asked Shingo.

"Did you see a rat?" asked Ikuko.

"Did you drop something down the tub?!" asked Kenji.

"No!" wept Usagi. "I... I - I've put on weight! I'm so out of shape!"

Usagi then sobbed even harder as Ikuko, Kenji, Shingo, and Harusuke felt very confused. Then Kenji spoke up.

"Usagi. You shouldn't be worried about that," he said. "It's only natural to have a little meat on your bones."

"Daddy's right, Hun," added Ikuko. "It makes you look better, especially since you're young."

"Sadly, the problem is that you overeat," chimed in Shingo. "It's probably no wonder that you feel fat."

"Now, Shingo, be nice," scolded Ikuko. "Although I have to agree. She even eats more than she does studying."

"And it would help that you could get a little exercise," said Kenji thoughtfully.

"That's most likely why you've gained weight," the three said together.

"All right, I get it!" said Usagi, who felt more upset than ever. "You don't have to be so harsh!"


A little later, Usagi got herself dressed and went to her room, still uncomforted by her family's words. Then Harusuke knocked and came in.

"Hey Usagi," he said. "Are you feeling OK?"

"No," sniffed Usagi.

Harusuke then sat on the bed next to his sister. "Look, you shouldn't be worrying and crying over a little thing like that," he said. "If you want my personal opinion about this, I think you're fine just the way you are."

"You do?" asked Usagi.

"Of course I do," smiled Harusuke. "However, if you're serious about losing weight, then try to cut back on the snacks a little and try to get some exercise when you can, OK?"

"OK," nodded Usagi wiping her tears. "Thanks, Harusuke. I feel like you're my only ally."

"Oh, stop," chuckled Harusuke. "I'm your brother. I'm supposed to be there for my sister in times of need."

Then he happened to see Luna, who seemed to be drawing a picture of some sort. Usagi saw her too.

"Hey, Luna. What are you drawing over there?" asked Harusuke.

Luna turned around and let out a mischievous grin and then showed the picture she drew. It was a picture of Usagi, but she looked all fat and chubby.

"Look! It's Usagi in six months!" she giggled.

Harusuke gave Luna a disapproving glare while Usagi became furious. "Luna... I'm 'gonna get you for that!" she cried as she pounced on Luna, chasing her around her room.

Harusuke sighed while the two played cat and mouse. "This is gonna be a long night," he sighed.


The next day at school, everyone was eating their bentos for lunch except for Usagi. She was trying to go on a diet and had purposely left her lunch behind. And to add to that, she had skipped breakfast as well, making her extremely hungry. So much so that she found herself gazing at Naru's food, drooling at how delicious it looked.

Then Naru noticed Usagi staring at her food. "Usagi, is something wrong?" she asked. "And where's your lunch?"

"Oh! Um... uh..." stammered Usagi

She was trying to come up with some excuse when Umino came up to her.

"Hey, Usagi! I noticed that you forgot your lunch today," he said. "Here. You can have mine. It's delicious!"

He held out his bento, offering it to Usagi, but the box was almost empty. There was nothing left but a small piece of egg, a little bit of rice, and a tiny shrimp. Usagi sweatdropped at Umino's attempt at a gesture.

"Um... no, thank you," she replied flatly.

Harusuke, who was eating his lunch, watched on from afar, looking worried. "Oh, Usagi..."


After lunch, Usagi, Naru, and two other girls, a chubby brunette with short hair named Yumi and another girl with medium length brown hair named Satsuki, met up under the tree. The girls wanted to know what was going on with Usagi, so she told them what was happening.

"I see..." said Naru when Usagi finished explaining. "So you're on a diet now, huh?"

Usagi nodded in response.

"Man... I know how you feel," said Yumi. "I've been having a tough time too. It's hard to stay fit."

The girls looked at her in surprise, each raising a brow. "Oh... you don't say?" they said, feeling a bit put off.

"Hey, here's an idea Usagi," said Satsuki. "Why don't you try swimming? That's a great way to stay fit."

"Nah. That won't work," said Naru waving the suggestion off. "Usagi's not good at swimming."

"Oh. That's too bad," said Satsuki.

"I've tried things like fasting and eating some fruit just to lose weight," said Yumi. "But none of those never really last that long."

"I think that the best diet is falling in love," said Satsuki. "That way, you'll have some extra motivation to look good."

"I've never heard that before," said Yumi. "Have you fallen in love before?"

"No," sighed Satsuki blushing a little.

The girls sighed and nodded. "No kidding? That's understandable."

Satsuki nodded along with them, but then she registered what they said. "Hey, wait! What do you mean by that?" she asked, sounding insulted.

Yumi then put a hand on her shoulder. "It's OK, Satsuki," she said. "We all can't help the way we're born. There's nothing we can do about it."

"You're one to talk," rebutted Satsuki. "You're the last person who I wanna hear that from."

"What'd you say?!" snapped Yumi.

"What? You wanna fight?" Satsuki shot back.

Naru and Usagi ignored Satsuki and Yumi continued discussing Usagi's troubles.

"Speaking of which Usagi, have you noticed that Ms. Haruna is looking fit lately?" asked Naru.

"Really? How did she do it?" wondered Usagi.

"I don't know," shrugged Naru.

Just then, the very woman that Usagi and Naru were talking about happened to be walking by. As she did, she gave the girls a cheerful smile seeming to sparkle with confidence.

"Good morning, everyone!" she said.

As she passed, Usagi took a good look at her figure.

"I don't know," she replied. "She doesn't look that different to me."

Then suddenly, Umino popped up seemingly from out of nowhere.

"That's because you can't tell with that dress on," he said. "Take a look at these."

He then pulled out two pictures of Ms. Haruna. One side was Ms. Haruna looking like her usual self, and the other showed her wearing what appeared to be gym attire comprised of a pink unitard and dark blue leggings. She also looked thinner than before.

"These are her before and after pictures," said Umino. "And it only took her two days."

"Wow..." said Usagi impressed.

Then Naru looked at Umino suspiciously. "Umino? Where did you get these photos anyway?"

Umino sweatdropped. "Oh... well... th-that's a trade secret," he said nervously.

Naru glared at Umino, not buying it. "Is that so? I don't believe you."

Umino gulped. "Uh... um... uh..." he stammered.

"Just tell us where you got the photos!" demanded Naru. "Spill it!"

"Go on and tell us!" said Usagi, who now wanted to know as well.

Fearing that this was getting too dangerous for him, Umino turned around and sprinted away.

"Hey! Come back here!" cried Naru and Usagi. "Where are you going?!"

Umino ran, and he ran with Usagi and Naru close behind him. Umino then rounded around a corner and hid in an alleyway. Naru ran right past him, not seeing him hide around the corner. Umino let out a sigh of relief.

"Man... that was close," he said to himself. "I shouldn't have opened my big mouth..."

"Why do you say that, Umino?" asked a voice from somewhere next to him.

Umino jumped, expecting it to be Usagi, but as it turned out when he looked next to him, it was Harusuke.

"Harusuke! What the heck?!" he exclaimed, whispering. "You scared the pudding out of me!"

"Sorry about that," apologized Harusuke. "But what's going on with you? Why are you hiding back here? Did you do something to make Usagi mad at you again?"

"No, it's not that!" began Umino. "It's-"

Then Usagi came around the corner. "Aha! Found you, Umino!" she cried. "Good work, Harusuke!"

She then got up in Umino's face. "Now talk!" she demanded.

Umino then panicked. "OK! I confess! I followed Ms. Haruna and took those pictures with my camera!"

Harusuke stared at Umino, completely baffled as to what Umino had just said. "You did what now?"

But Usagi ignored Umino's confession. "I don't care about that," she said. "I just want to know the name of the gym Ms. Haruna goes to work out."

"Why would you want to know that Usagi?" asked Harusuke. "Don't tell that this is still about your weight problem?"

"Yes, it is," said Usagi. "Why do you think I've tried to go on a diet?"

"But I told you, Usagi," said Harusuke. "You're fine the way you are. You don't need to go to some gym."

"I know that Harusuke," said Usagi. "But you also told me that l should try and get some exercise when I can. Right?"

"Um... yeah. I guess I did," said Harusuke hesitantly.

"Exactly, which is why going to the gym is the perfect place to go get some of that exercise," said Usagi proudly.

"Well... I guess that makes sense," agreed Harusuke.

"Right. So pretty please Harusuke? Let me go to a gym!" begged Usagi. "You can even come along with the girls and me if you want to."

Then an idea came into Harusuke's mind. Usagi did make a good point that a gym would be good exercise. Plus, it would be an excellent opportunity to gain some strength and muscle to get stronger for the upcoming battles with Jadeite and the enemy.

"All right then," he said. "I'm game if you're game Usagi."

"All right!" cheered Usagi. "Now, Umino, tell us the name of this gym, and we'll forget about you taking pictures of Ms. Haruna."

Umino didn't know what was going on, but he was more than happy to tell Usagi the name of the gym if it meant getting her off his back.

"All right then," he said. "The name of the gym is Shapelin."


After they got out of school, Usagi, Harusuke, Naru, Yumi, and Satsuki stood outside the gym's front.

"This is it!" said Usagi. "This is the gym that Ms. Haruna's been going to."

"It certainly looks pretty big," said Harusuke.

"Not to mention it looks expensive too," said Naru.

Then the group noticed a large display with a young woman dancing on it in an ad on top of the gym.

"Whoa! I know who that is!" said Satsuki, her eyes sparkling. "That's Rie Goto, the actress!"

"She's so pretty and cute!" said Yumi in awe.

"Exercise hard, and you can be in great shape!" the display of Rie said. "And in a manner of days, you'll be beautiful! So, let's all get in shape together! Join in Shapelin now and take advantage of our free trial!"

"No way! A free trial?!" repeated Usagi. "That's awesome!"

"Can't get any cheaper than that!" said Naru grinning.

"No kidding!" said Harusuke, who couldn't help but also feel excited.

"Let's do it!" cheered Yumi and Satsuki.

Then the five of them went inside the gym. However, on the gym's second floor, Jadeite watched from above, smirking in the darkness.

"Yes... more fools have come to our lair," he said to himself. "Those kids will soon learn that there's no such thing as a free lunch."


When they got inside, the five then changed into their respective gym clothes from school. Usagi and the girls were wearing long-sleeved white t-shirts with blue gym shorts, while Harusuke wore a pair of sweats with the same long-sleeved white shirt.

"Good thing we brought our gym uniforms," said Usagi.

"Yup! Now, what do you say we get in shape, guys?" asked Naru.

Everyone nodded in response. Then a young gym instructor appeared. He wore pink shores and a purple with green trims tracksuit while wearing glasses with light pink lenses. He was, of course, Jadeite in human disguise, but nobody noticed this yet.

"Welcome to Shapelin. I'm one of the instructors here," he greeted. "Are you all new members?"

The girls, upon seeing Jadeite, all blushed bright red.

"He's so cute..." murmured Yumi.

"And so cool," added Naru. "Especially his glasses..."

Harusuke sighed, rolling his eyes. "Girls. Go fig," he muttered.

"Oh... uh... you should know... that it's our first time being here," said Usagi shyly.

"Great!" smiled Jadeite. "Then come this way... "

He then led the five to the equipment in the gym and assigned a person to each one. Usagi used a rowing machine, Naru on an exercise bicycle, Yumi on a treadmill, Satsuki on a pec deck, and Harusuke on a bench press.

Usagi had just finished a couple of reps on the rowing equipment, with another instructor watching her work.

"Come on. Give me two more," the instructor encouraged.

Usagi groaned.

Yumi was running on a treadmill as fast as her legs could carry her, with another instructor supervising her.

"Not bad," he said. "But let's pick up the pace, OK?"

"What?!" exclaimed Yumi breathlessly. "You're kidding me!"

"Keep it up, you guys!" said Jadite. "Push yourselves to be fit, and all of you girls will end up gorgeous!"

Harusuke groaned as he lifted the barrel, just finishing another set of ten reps. Naru, who was pedaling on the bicycle as fast as she could, happened to see him, and she was amazed.

"Wow, Harusuke! You're so strong!" she said.

Harusuke then set down the barbel and wiped the sweat from his head. "It's no big deal," he panted.

Then Naru looked around and noticed that a certain someone in their group was missing.

"Hey. Where did Usagi get to?" she asked.

"Last I checked, she was on the rowing machine," said Satsuki, who had just finished a rep on the pec deck.

"I think I might know," said Harusuke as he got up. "I'll go check on her. After I cool down for a bit."

Then Harusuke left.

"All right, girls," said Jadeite. "I don't wanna see you all slacking off. You want to be beautiful, don't you? I can already tell that you three have potential."

Naru, Satsuki, and Yumi blushed and pushed themselves harder, feeling motivated by Jadeite's coaching. After a while, Jadeite addressed the girls giving them a break.

"All right! That's enough for today," he said. "You all worked hard today, so as a reward, I'll show you the pride of our gym. The Shape Ray."

"The Shape Ray?" asked Naru. "What's that?"

"Come with me, and you'll see," said Jadeite.

He led the three downstairs into another room. Inside it was somewhat dark and creepy, and in the middle of it were five strange pods with tendrils like vines coming out from their tops, leading to a peculiar orb that glowed in white. The three girls were a little nervous about the pods.

"There's no reason to be afraid," reassured Jadeite. "Step in here for about five minutes, and you'll lose weight and be in the fittest you've ever been in your entire life!"

The girls' faces immediately brightened with amazement.

"That's gotta be how Ms. Haruna was able to lose weight!" said Naru. "I'm going in!"

"In that case, count me in too!" said Yumi.

"Me too!" chimed in Satsuki.

Then the three stepped into the pods and let them do their magic in taking away their weight. However, this was not altogether true. In truth, Jadeite was draining their energy. After a few minutes in the pods, the girls stepped out, looking very pale and weak.

"Oh, man... I feel so," began Naru wearily.

"So tired," finished Yumi weakly.

"But it's worth it, right?" asked Jadeite. "Tiredness is a small price to pay, but now you've become prettier than before. And if you come back tomorrow, you'll be even more gorgeous. How does that sound?"

The girls smiled, agreeing with Jadeite.

"OK. We'll be back tomorrow," the three said.

Jadeite evilly smiled as he watched the three leave. Then after making sure that he was alone, he shed his disguise and contacted Queen Beryl. A projection of her appeared before him.

"Jadeite are you there?" she asked.

"Yes, I am here, Queen Beryl," he responded.

"How is everything going?" she asked.

"Everything is going fine, my queen," he said. "We are gathering a large amount of human energy as we speak, so there's no need to worry. "These foolish girls are determined to lose weight no matter what, so I'm sure that this plan will be a complete success.

"I see," said Queen Beryl. "Very good. Carry on as planned then."

"Yes, my Queen," said Jadeite as the projection of Queen Beryl disappeared. Then he held out his hand, and a giant glowing ball of energy appeared, making him chuckle in triumph. "What strong energy. And all because these girls are willing to shorten their lives just to lose weight. With this much energy, we'll be able to revive our Great Ruler in no time!"


Meanwhile, Harusuke was still looking for Usagi, and he had a hunch about where she was. But, as he did, he couldn't help but still be worried about her sister.

"I know I said I'd come along with her," he thought. "But I'm worried that Usagi might be pushing herself too hard. Especially since she didn't eat a thing today."

He came to a room with a large sign that read: "Spa Room. Being polite." Harusuke gave a light knock on the door.

"Usagi? Are you in there?" he called.

"Yes," responded Usagi. "Is that you, Harusuke?"

"Yeah, it's me," said Harusuke. "Is everything OK in there?"

"Yes. Everything's fine," said Usagi. "I'm just soaking in the bath in here. I'll be out in a second."

After a while, Usagi came out of the spa, and she and Harusuke walked back to the equipment room. She looked fatigued.

"Boy did I need that," said Usagi. "I never thought it was possible to be so tired. It sure is tough being fit."

"Well, nobody said that being fit was easy," said Harusuke. "Until then, you up for doing some more?"

Usagi hesitated, unsure how to respond, but when Harusuke and Usagi returned to the equipment room, they were surprised to find it empty. Naru, Yumi, and Satsuki were nowhere around.

"What the..." said Harusuke. "Where are Naru and the others?"

"I don't know," said Usagi. "They're not here."

The Jadeite appeared now wearing his gym instructor uniform once again. "If you're looking for your friends, they went home already. They were tired from all the exercise they did, so they decided to get some rest."

"What?! They went home?!" exclaimed Usagi. "Without telling us? No fair!"

"Well, I guess that they were tired," said Harusuke. "No helping that. To be honest, I'm feeling a little beat myself. It's getting a little late anyway, so why don't we go home and get some rest, too, Usagi? "

"OK..." pouted Usagi.

Then Harusuke and Usagi left the gym while Jadeite watched them go.


Soon enough, Harusuke and Usagi got dressed in their regular clothes and were walking home just passing by the arcade. Usagi was still complaining.

"I can't believe Naru and the others just left us behind like that," she grumped. "Some friends they turned out to be. Not only that, but I'm hungry too. I bet Sailor V never had to worry about these kinds of things."

"It's all right, Usagi. They were probably so tired that they forgot to tell us," said Harusuke. "No need to get upset. Plus, that's what happens when you skip Breakfast and Lunch. I understand that you want to lose weight, but skipping those things is not the way to go about it. Understand?"

Then Harusuke noticed that Usagi wasn't walking next to him anymore. At first, he wondered where she was, but then he looked behind him to see that Usagi was now walking at a slow crawl, looking like she was about to fall over.

"Usagi!" cried Harusuke as he rushed to catch her before she fell. "Watch out!"

Luckily someone had caught Usagi before she fell to the ground. It was Motoki.

"Usagi! Are you alright?!" he asked. "You almost fell!"

"Motoki..." murmured Usagi.

Harusuke then rushed up to the two. "Nice save Motoki," he said.

"Harusuke. Is your sister sick or something?" asked Motoki. "Should I call the hospital?"

Before Harusuke could respond, Usagi then interrupted. "No thanks... I'd much rather go to a restaurant," she rasped. "I haven't... eaten... since... yesterday..."

She then passed out in Motoki's arms.


Usagi was now fantasizing herself being in Motoki's arms, feeling lighter than a cloud and very giddy.

"This feels like a dream..." sighed Usagi as she basked in the warmth in Motoki's arms. "Motoki is holding me..."

"Usagi? Usagi, are you all right?" asked Motoki.

"Yes... I think so," said Usagi.

"Good. Just be strong," said Motoki. "Hopefully, the energy of love will help you recover as quickly as you can."

"The energy... of love?" wondered Usagi.

"That's right," smiled Motoki. "My love for you."

"Motoki..." gasped Usagi lovingly as Motoki inched closer and closer to her, going for a kiss. "Oh, I'm so happy to be alive right now."

Then just as Motoki's lips were going to make contact with Usagi's...


"Usagi? Usagi?"

"Come on, Usagi! Hang in there!"

Then Usagi's eyes opened as she found herself inside the employee's room of the Game Center with a can of hot chocolate pressed on her lips.

"Thank goodness! You had us worried, Usagi!" said Harusuke.

"Wha...? What happened?" wondered Usagi as she looked around. "Did I pass out?"

"Yeah. Harusuke and I carried you here in the Game Center. Glad you're feeling better now," smiled Motoki. "But... what did you mean you haven't eaten since yesterday? Don't tell me that you failed on a test so bad that your Mom refused to feed you for a day or something."

"Of course not!" said Harusuke and Usagi together.

Then Usagi explained. "I just thought that I'd go on a little diet, is all," she said.

Motoki stared at Usagi. Then he laughed. "A diet? You got to be kidding me!"

"Hey! It's not that funny!" cried Usagi, her eyes slightly welling up in tears.

Motoki then calmed down. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't be laughing, but there's no need for you to do that, Usagi. Where on earth did you get such an idea? If anything, you could stand to gain some weight."

"You think so?" asked Usagi.

"Of course," smiled Motoki. "Besides, I find curvy people to be much more attractive. I mean, why would a girl want to be nothing but skin and bones?"

"That's what I've been trying to tell her," said Harusuke. "And I still don't get why people would want to be that way."

Usagi then smiled widely, now feeling much better. "Oh wow! Thank you, Motoki! You're the best!" She then turned to Harusuke. "Hey, Harusuke! Let's go to the shop and buy some pork buns! I'm starving!"

Then before Harusuke could speak or react, Usagi grabbed him by the arm and then dragged him away, leaving Motoki speechless.


Not long after that, Usagi and Harusuke just left the store with a bag of pork buns which Usagi was happily eating.

"Yummy!" she said between bites. "You can't go wrong with pork puns!"

"Slow down, Usagi," chided Harusuke. "If you keep eating that quickly, you're going to choke."

"Come on, Harusuke! Live a little," said Usagi. "After all, I'm young, and it's OK to carry a little extra weight."

Harusuke could only sigh, but he smiled a little too. "Well, at least she's eating again," he thought. "Not to mention she looks a lot more cheerful now. I'm glad. Hopefully, nothing else will make her feel bad about eating again."

"Well, well, what do we have here?" said a voice. "Is this what people call cannibalism? A bun-head eating a pork bun?"

Usagi and Harusuke looked and saw the last person they wanted to see come up to them, the casually dressed boy with black hair, wearing a suit and a pair of black sunglasses.

"Oh, just leave me alone!" snapped Usagi. "What do you care what I eat anyway? It has nothing to do with you!"

"If you keep eating like that, you might just turn into a pork bun," retorted the boy.

"Hey. That's not very nice," said Harusuke.

"Yeah! Shut up!" said Usagi as she then grabbed a pork bun and threw it right at the boy. However, the boy caught the pork bun with ease.

"What a catch!" he said as he took a bite and walked away. "Thanks for this. It'll be one less bun for you to eat bun-head.

"Geez! What a jerk!" grumbled Usagi crumpling up the now empty bag. "He gets me so mad!"

"Just ignore him, Usagi," soothed Harusuke. "He just likes to tease you."

"He kinda does have a point, though," said a voice. "If you keep eating like that, then you're just gonna have to work even harder to stay fit, and you'll probably turn into a pig."

Harusuke and Usagi looked behind them to see that Luna had appeared on top of a mailbox.

"Shut it, Luna!" snapped Usagi as she threw the crumpled-up bag at Luna, causing her to jump off the mailbox. "I don't care what you or anyone else has to say. Motoki told me that I'm pretty just the way I am."

"That may be so, but maybe you're going about this the wrong way Usagi," said Luna.

"How do you figure Luna?" wondered Harusuke.

"Well, Motoki said that he prefers curvy girls," said Luna. "But he never said anything about girls going too far the other way if you catch my drift."

Usagi gulped, her face turning slightly pale.

"Luna. You're not exactly helping with the problem, you know," said Harusuke flatly.

"Never mind that now," said Luna. "There's an even bigger problem that's come up!"

"What is it?" asked Harusuke.

"It's about Ms. Haruna and the other girls," said Luna. "They've all been acting very strange lately. She looks skinny."

"What's so bad about that? Usagi and I just saw her the other day, and she looks OK to me," said Harusuke.

"You don't understand what I'm saying," insisted Luna. "She looks so thin that it's to a point where she's practically wasting away into nothing! She's become nothing but skin and bones! Literally!"

Harusuke's eyes widened. "What?! Are you sure?"

"Yes, and it's not just her; a lot of the people who have gone to Shapelin to work out have become way too thin as well," explained Luna. "Something's going on in that gym!"

"Sounds to me that the enemy's back with a new plan, and Ms. Haruna and the others are once again in the middle of it," said Harusuke. "It looks like we'd better go to Shapelin and investigate. Right Usagi?"

Usagi was not paying attention, muttering to herself while visualizing how big she would get after eating so many pork buns.

"Oh no!" she shrieked. "I ate six pork buns, and now I'm gonna get super fat!"

"Hey! Usagi! Are you listening?!" cried Luna.

"Of course I am!" said Usagi. "It's Shapelin! I get it! Shapelin is the only thing that will save me from becoming a fatty nightmare!"

She then shot to her feet and then dashed away.

"Usagi! That's not what we're saying!" said Luna. "Come back here!"

But it was no use. Usagi had already raced into the distance.

"Oh, brother..." sighed Luna.

"You do realize that this is kinda your fault, Luna?" said Harusuke. "No thanks to your big mouth, now Usagi is back to trying to lose weight again."

"Well, it's true," said Luna. "I was only stating the facts."

"Well, Usagi was better off not hearing them," said Harusuke. "Now come on. We gotta head to Shapelin and try and stop her before she faints again!"

And then Harusuke and Luna raced off, heading towards Shapelin.


Soon enough, Luna and Harusuke arrived at Shapelin. Luna and Harusuke looked through the window, hoping to find Usagi in there. Sure enough, they saw her. She was on an exercise bicycle pedaling as if her life depended on it.

"Must get fit, must get it, must get fit, must get fit, must get fit, must get fit, must get fit, must get fit, must get fit, must get fit, must get fit!" she chanted to herself as she pedaled faster and faster.

Everyone who was watching her was either disturbed or just plain baffled. Harusuke and Luna only sighed.

"I swear she's utterly hopeless," said Luna, face-pawing herself. "I'm not sure if I can watch this anymore."

"I'll say this much; she sure can pedal," said Harusuke. "But if she keeps pedaling on the bike like that, she's 'gonna end up breaking it."

Then Harusuke happened to see someone walking by in the halls that made his eyes go wide. There was Ms. Haruna, who looked very horrible. Her skin was so thin that her bones were showing. Her face looked ashen and had a look in her eyes that made her look like some kind of zombie. Luna saw her too.

"Luna! Do you see what I see!?" cried Harusuke.

"Yes! It's Ms. Haruna," said Luna. "She does look like skin and bones now! I wonder where she's going?"

"I don't know, but we gotta find out," said Harusuke. "Let's follow her."

Harusuke and Luna then entered the building and followed Ms. Haruna until she led them downstairs into the room where the five pods were.

"Man... this place is giving me the creeps," said Harusuke.

"I know. I don't like it either," said Luna.

Then suddenly, a bright light caught their attention. Harusuke and Luna then slowly and quietly walked down the steps. When they reached the bottom, a horrible sight awaited them. Ms. Haruna was standing in one of the pods having her energy drained from her while Jadeite watched with an evil smile on his face.

"This young woman's energy is at an end," he said to himself. "We'll finish draining her today, and then soon, she'll grow weak and die."

Harusuke and Luna's eyes widened in horror.

"Oh no!" gasped Luna. "This is terrible!"

"We have to get Usagi right now!" said Harusuke urgently. "We need Solaris and Sailor Moon!"


Meanwhile, Usagi was still pedaling on the exercise bicycle. Then Harusuke came bursting into the room.

"Usagi! You have to come with me right now!" he said. "It's an emergency!"

"Not right now Harusuke!" said Usagi. "I have to keep losing weight!"

"Usagi! I'm serious! You get off that machine right now!" cried Harusuke.

"No way! Not until I'll burn all of these calories!" refused Usagi as she continued to pedal.

"That's it! I didn't want to do this, but you leave me no choice!" snapped Harusuke, clearly fed up. "Get her, Luna!"

Luna then raced into the room and pounced on Usagi. Usagi was so surprised that she fell right off the bicycle and onto the floor with Luna on her lap.

"Hey! What's the big idea, Luna?!" demanded Usagi.

Luna only answered with a mocking meow. She then jumped off Usagi's lap and raced out of the room with Harusuke. Feeling irritated with what Luna did, Usagi followed right behind them in hot pursuit.

"I'm gonna get you for that, Luna!" she yelled.

She followed Luna and Harusuke until they came to a deserted dark hallway. Then suddenly, Luna pounced out from the darkness at Usagi, causing her to fall flat on her back with Luna on her chest.

"Hey! Get off of me!" cried Usagi.

Luna glared at Usagi and extended her claws, and pointed them dangerously at Usagi. "Quit your yowling and listen!" she snapped. "And if you give us any grief, your face is gonna' pay the price! Get it?!"

"Take it easy Luna," said Harusuke. "You're starting to scare even me right now." Then he turned to Usagi. "Listen, Usagi. Ms. Haruna is in danger! Jadeite's draining the energy out of her as we speak! If we don't do something now, she's going to die!"

"So you and Harusuke need to transform right now and save her!" added Luna.

"What?!" squeaked Usagi. "But... it's so sudden!"

"Shut up and just do it!" snapped Luna and Harusuke together.

"All right! All right! I get it already!" whimpered Usagi. "On second thought, I don't get it at all!"

Then Usagi and Harusuke immediately transformed.

"MOON PRISM POWER MAKE UP!"

"SOLARIS GUARDIAN POWER FLARE ON!"


Transformation Sequence: Usagi

Usagi's body shone with rainbow-colored light as she seemed to spin around. Then from her brooch, it flashed pink and pink ribbons shot out, wrapping her upper torso and midsection and became a white leotard with a red bow in the center and a collar that was blue with white stripes. Next, Usagi crosses her arms, and more pink ribbons wrapped around them, turning into long white gloves. The pink ribbon then wraps around Usagi's legs and turns into a pair of red thigh-high boots. Then a blue skirt appears around Usagi's waist with a red bow in the back. Then a tiny gem starts glowing in the middle of Usagi's forehead, and a gold tiara with a red gem, a pair of dangling crescent moon earrings, a red choker with a moon on it appear along with red circular accents in her hair buns. Usagi then strikes her signature pose as the Moon shines behind her in the background.

Transformation sequence: Harusuke.

Harusuke's bracelet begins to glow as Harusuke holds it into the air. Next, the symbol of the sun starts to shine on Harusuke's head as golden yellow and silver light envelop his body. First, the sun appears right above him, shining its light upon him. Then, while Harusuke bathed in its light, a silver jumpsuit with gold lines on his hips materializes around his body. After that, the light shone on his legs, and long golden metal boots that went up to his knees appeared on his legs with silver hexagon knee pads. Next, the light shone on his arms, and then golden gauntlets appeared on his hands going up to wrists. Then a yellow symbol of the sun materializes in front of him, and it crashes into his chest, making a golden chest piece of armor appear with silver shoulder guards. Finally, a silver helmet covers his head, exposing his hair and making it stand up with a mouth guard covering his mouth and nose. Finally, Harusuke's eyes open, and he strikes his signature pose the symbol of the sun appears behind him.


In the pod room downstairs, Ms. Haruna was on the brink of death as her energy got drained.

"Just a little bit more," said Jadeite. "Just a little bit more till we reach our goal."

"Stop right there, Jadeite!"

"And release Ms. Haruna at once!"

Jadeite snapped his head towards the direction of the voices which were coming from the staircase. Standing there were Sailor Moon and Solaris. He then smirked.

"So it's you two again," he said.

"How dare you prey on the dreams of people who only want to stay fit!" scolded Sailor Moon.

"That alone is unforgivable and makes you an enemy to men and women alike!" added Solaris firmly.

"I'm the Pretty Guardian who fights for love and justice!"

"And I'm the knight with the brilliance of the sun and the courage of a warrior who also fights for love and justice!"

"I'm Sailor Moon!"

"And I'm Solaris!"

"And now, in the name of the moon, I'll punish you!"

"And in the name of the sun, with my blinding rays, I"ll scorch you!"

"Heh. What a couple of impudent brats," sneered Jadeite. "Get them!"

Then the gym instructors, who turned out to be Jadeite's servants, appeared from out of nowhere. They were bigger and looked ready to crush them. One of the servants pounced towards Sailor Moon while taking a dumbbell and swinging it at her.

"Watch out, Sailor Moon!" cried Solaris.

Luckily the Guardian of the Moon jumped out of the way just in the knick of time. Then another one of Jadeite's servants snuck up behind her, but Solaris gave him a sharp kick to his chin. It managed to knock the giant back a little, but the brute shrugged it off. The three servants then managed to circle the two Guardians trapping the two.

"Oh no! They got us surrounded!" cried Sailor Moon.

"I know!" said Solaris. "But we must stand our ground!"

"Well done, my servants!" said Jadeite with the ball of energy he stole in his hand. "Go ahead and finish them off!" He then disappeared, taking the energy he drained with him.

"No! He got away!" cried Solaris. "That coward!"

"Never mind that now!" cried Sailor Moon. "We have to do something about these guys! Luna! Any ideas?!"

"The headbands on their heads are controlling them!" yelled Luna. "If you can destroy them, you'll be safe!"

"How are we supposed to do that?!" cried Usagi trying to run away. "I'm too scared!"

"Stay strong, Sailor Moon!" said Solaris. "We have to do this no matter what! Otherwise, Ms. Haruna won't last much longer!"

Then Luna had an idea to make Sailor Moon fight. "Sailor Moon! If you do this, it'll be a great way to lose weight!"

Sailor Moon looked at Luna. "Wait... what did you just say?"

"I said that if you fight these guys, it'll help you get into shape!" the black feline repeated.

Sailor Moon then stopped, and her face shone with newly found confidence. "All right then! I'll do it!"

Sailor Moon turned around and stared down at the servants. One of them lunged at her, but Sailor Moon dashed forward and gave him a wicked punch right in the gut, stunning it.

"Sweat once and get fit!"

She then jumped up and dive-bomb kicked another servant right at its jaw.

"Sweat twice and get even more fit!"

The third tried to hit Sailor Moon with the dumbbell, but she sidestepped the blow, grabbed the servant by his arm, and performed a powerful judo throw.

"Sweat three times, and I can do anything!"

Sailor Moon stood tall as all three of the servants now lay stunned and defeated.

"Never mess with a girl's will to get into shape!" she said, grinning.

Solaris could only gape in shock at what Sailor Moon had just done, surprised but amazed.

"Nice going, Sailor Moon!" he said. "I didn't know you had it in you!"

"Thanks, Solaris!" said Sailor Moon. "Now hurry! You take out that orb that's draining Ms. Haruna! While I finish these guys."

"How am I supposed to do that?" asked Solaris. "I don't have an attack like you with your Moon Tiara Action."

"Yes, you do, Solaris," said Luna. "You have an attack that utilizes your power of the sun and light."

"You're kidding! How do I do it?" asked Solaris.

"Concentrate your energy to your hands until a ball of light appears," instructed Luna. "Then punch it while aiming at the orb and shout 'Sunshine Meteor.' "

"You got it, Luna," nodded Solaris. "Let's finish this Sailor Moon!"

Sailor Moon nodded too. "Yeah!"

Sailor Moon took off her tiara, transforming it into a white disk once more. Solaris clapped his hands together and pulled them apart, creating a ball of shining yellow energy aiming at the orb while clenching his fist.

"MOON TIARA ACTION!"

"SUNSHINE METEOR!"

Sailor Moon then flung her disc attack hitting all three of the servants' headbands destroying them instantly. Solaris punched the ball of light, making it zoom through the air like it was a meteor. It hit the orb with a bang, shattering instantly and setting Ms. Haruna free from the pod.

"All right! We did it!" cheered Sailor Moon. "And that was a workout!"

"Yeah, we did! That was awesome!" smiled Solaris.

Then the instructors and Ms. Haruna regained consciousness and were confused, not remembering what had happened.

"What the... what are we doing here? What's going on?" they wondered.

"Looks like we better go," said Sailor Moon. "Let's go, Solaris."

"Coming," Solaris replied.

Then Sailor Moon, Solaris, and Luna left, leaving the gym behind them.


Back in the Dark Dimension, Jadeite had managed to return safely with the energy he stole and was now feeding it to Queen Beryl's scepter. Queen Beryl was pleased.

"Well done, Jadeite," she said. "You've done very well to gather this much human energy for our ruler. I think you could call your plan mostly a success."

"Thank you, my queen," bowed Jadeite. Then he spoke to himself. "And next time, I'll get that Sailor Moon and Solaris!"


Later that night, Usagi was soaking in the bath after a long day.

"This feels nice," she said.

Then she heard Ikuko call out to her outside of the bathroom.

"Usagi! I put out a towel for you," she said.

"Thank you, Mom!" said Usagi.

Then Ikuko left the bathroom. Harusuke and Shingo were waiting outside.

"Hey Harusuke, I wanted to ask how's Ms. Haruna doing?" asked Ikuko. "I heard she wasn't feeling well."

"She's fine, Mom," said Harusuke. "She was going through malnutrition from her diet, so she's taking the week off. But she'll be back to teaching in no time at all."

"Well, that's good," said Ikuko. "But still, she suffered quite the ordeal."

"You know, Mom," said Shingo. "I don't think you should go on a diet either. Nor you Harusuke."

"Yes. I agree," said Ikuko.

"Don't worry about that, Shingo," said Harusuke. "I have no intention going on something like that."

"One thing's for sure," smiled Shingo. "It seems that Usagi's finally back to normal."

"How do you figure that?" asked Harusuke.

Then suddenly, there was a scream that came from inside the bathroom. Ikuko was surprised, as was Harusuke, but Shingo only smiled.

"That's how," he said.

In the bathroom, Usagi was now once again wrapped in a towel sobbing after she had just weighed herself.

"How can this be?!" she wept. "I gained weight?! But how could I when I've exercised so much!? Why me?!"

The road to a woman's fit body was a long, challenging, and complicated route.