Halloween

What the Pilot didn't know, was that Rei joined Setsuna and him for training the next morning.

And boy, the two dark haired Senshi didn't spare him anything and went in hard on him.

But SunTzu held himself up valiantly and actually took quite some time and the combined efforts from both the Senshi to be bested.

Rei had to attack him from the front with everything she got and flaming kicks and fists to open his defense enough so that Setsuna could snatch his legs away with the Garnet Rod.

Before he could recover Rei already had her knees on his arms fixing him on the ground, her body on his chest and a predatory smile on her face.

The smug on his face that formed a moment after he admitted his defeat inside gave hint that both were thinking the exactly same thing.

"Ahem!" Setsuna had to loudly clear her throat to break up any imminent following moves from the two lovers.

Rei got up and helped SunTzu to stand up again as well.

"Good training you two. But Rei, I missed a bit of focus on your side." Setsuna stated.

"Yeah… well, I don't know. Guess I was not feeling it today." She replied, a bit unsure.

"You okay, Babe?" SunTzu asked, concern audible in his voice.

"Yes, sure, it's all good." Maybe I'm just a bit tired today.

Thinking about it SunTzu noticed it as well now, that she had seemed to hold back on training lately. He didn't want to push it, as she got enough other things going on and decided to not ask her about it for now.

Also there were other matters at hand.

Before they parted their ways for their respective jobs Rei made sure they were set for tonight, after all it was the thirty first of October.

"You're going to get the customes in the city later, right?"

"Sure thing, I'll be on my way at around four in the afternoon."

"Great, I can't wait to see you in this. And that you fulfill all your duties satisfactorily." She teased him.

Although Halloween was an US-American tradition parts of the Kingdom celebrated it as well and so some public areas of the Royal Gardens had been decorated. These year they were also stuffed with masked actors to scare people.

The Inner Circle of the Kingdom would celebrate in a theme park on Japanese soil, that offered a Halloween experience with a haunted house, masked actors and an overall Halloween themed night. Although some of the Senshi, including the Queen and Princess would have preferred to hit up the Halloween Extravaganza in Shibuya that was next to impossible regarding their safety.

Not that there would be undercover guards and commandos in the park as well. A certain Commando Officer and Senshi of Thunder and a certain Force-sensitive German Pilot would highly probable be armed also. Just in case.

They would leave in the early evening and meet in the theme park, everybody had kept their costumes a well hidden secret so far and this made for a lot of anticipation.

Rei and SunTzu got to the amusement park together and while standing in line to get into the park, stumbled into Minako, dressed in a sexy nurse costume.

"Where's you costume? You're basically a slutty doctor. That's not a costume for you."

Rei mocked her best friend, when she saw her.

"As if your costume is any better, Miss Maid. But i see you made your boyfriend cater for a Butler Fetish." Was the snarky reply and then both girls hugged.

"You look hot." Both said at the same time to the other one.

Rei was dressed in a French Maid Outfit, not the short sexy one but rather a longer cut, giving her quite the elegant look. She was also wearing her hair in a fine bun and a bonnet on top of her head. The raven haired woman even wore glasses to the outfit.

SunTzu was dressed as a butler, so he was wearing a black smoking, white shirt and a black bow tie and his hands were covered with white gloves.

The trio made their way to the part of the park where the haunted mansion was located, interrupted by a small stop, so the Butler could get the girls some candied apples.

When he came back, the two apples in his hand he saw, that Haruka and Michiru were standing next to Rei and Minako.

Michiru was dressed in a beautiful Victorian dress, complimenting her teal hair. Two teeth marks on her throat showed what she was playing a Vampire Victim to Haruka, who was wearing a Victorian Suite with cape, showing off pointy fangs as she smiled at SunTzu.

"Hey Haruka. You suck." SunTzu stated coldly.

"Fook you mate. But it's nice that you got a job at a restaurant now." She replied with a smile and the two greeted each other with their special handshake.

"But Rei, you could definitely clean at my place." Haruka greeted her fellow Senshi in a flirty tone.

"Haruka, with the mess you usually leave at home, every maid would quit immediately again." Michiru chimed in and the other girls began to giggle.

SunTzu handed the apples to the two girls when Michiru began to complain why Haruka didn't get her one as well yet.

"Don't worry, I'll get you one as well." SunTzu and walked back to the booth where they sold them.

The four girls were observing him.

"God Rei, you are so lucky to have such a well mannered boyfriend."

"Well mannered? You obviously haven't spent enough time with him yet."

Michiru and Rei giggled.

"Just reinforces my opinion that he and Haruka got separated at birth."

The Vampire, the Vampire's victim, the Nurse, the Maid and the Butler moved on after Michiru got her candied Apple as well and, after a bit of pleading the Senshi of Embrace, actually allowed Haruka to have a bite of the apple as well.

Soon they arrived at the Haunted House were a white dressed wizard and a black dressed Witch, along with their little grey dressed witch child were standing next to a couple of orange colored pumpkins.

King and queen in round shaped pumpkin costumes made for a good laugh to the five friends.

As soon as they had finished saying hello to everyone Ryu and Ami showed up, dressed in clothes from the early 19th Century, Ryu also had a fake full beard on and Ami a brown haired wig.

"Ami? What are you guys dressed up?" Minako asked, nobody had the slightest clue what the couple tried to display.

"Well, isn't that obvious? Ryu and me are Pierre and Marie Curie."

Makoto, her husband Kenji Shinozaki and Setsuna arrived together.

The married couple went as knight and princess, with Kenji wearing a full armor, although out of plastic and not metal,he had made in a 3D-Printer and Makoto was dressed in a long green dress and a pointy green hat.

"What is it with you doctors? Why you dress up as something you are?" Rei jokingly asked Setsuna. The dark green haired was dressed as a ancient Egyptian Queen.

"What do you mean? It's not like this costume is authentic. But Hotaru found it to be funny." Setsuna asked dumbfounded.

After everybody had greeted everybody there were only two more Senshi left to appear.

"Where's the kids?" Haruka asked.

"They're not kids Haruka, they're teenagers." Michiru corrected her girlfriend.

As soon as she said that, two figures appeared behind them.

"Sorry, we took a small detour through Shibuya, to see what's poppin' there."

Chibiusa said as everybody turned around.

Hotaru and her had disguised themselves as Mikasa and Historia from Attack On Titan. And they were looking pretty close to the Anime Characters. Mikasa was a perfect choice for Hotaru, and she wore the Scout Regiment's clothing and the iconic red scarf. Chibiusa had a blond wig on and also the clothes with the Wings of Freedom from the character.

"Yo, you two look pretty cool, I gotta admit." SunTzu said.

"Yeah. We totally do." A happy Chibiusa said. "We even have the sword dummies. But why are you dressed as a waiter?"

"I'm a Butler." SunTzu replied politely, while besides him, Haruka bursted out into loud laughter.

As they were complete the group of friends now marched into the haunted house that had been staffed with actors playing monsters.

Most of them had a great time but Michiru and Rei soon learned that their significant others were pretty prone to be jump scared, which immensely amused them.

Makoto on the other side wasn't scared at all, but acted like she was, so she could cuddle onto Kenji and make him feel good about protecting her.

Ami and Ryu weren't scared at all as logic forbade them to believe the show.

Mamoru was squeezed in between his wife and his daughter, as both clinged onto him for their lives as they were so scared.

Minako hung onto Setsuna and Hotaru, who didn't seem to be scared at all and took care of the Blonde, who had been hiding behind her friend's backs most of the time.

Luna just enjoyed the show while Artemis, voluntarily, took Diana to a nearby carousel as she was still too small for the haunted House.

After the house the group, notably Usagi and Chibiusa went for more snacks and candy and then took a tour through the park, enjoying the scenery and the costumes of the other guests. They all had a great time and enjoyed themselves.

Before the inner circle of the Kingdom all went to their homes again, they gathered together as Usagi wanted to tell them something.

"Listen guys, the Far Side is going to Coruscant in two days. The Taskforce is getting an Unit Citation from Lady Organa-Solo herself. To be honest I'm not in a mood to get decorations after our last assignment but it's a great honor and we have to be there. This will also be a public event, just that you guys know. Get some rest and enjoy these days here at home."

This sparked mixed feelings in the friends as it was a huge honor but on the other side they just had lost some of their own and didn't feel like getting a citation.

"We have to see it's also a sign of respect towards our fallen. It's earned in blood." Makoto told them after a moment of silence.

"You're right Mako-Chan." Usagi replied and nodded slowly with closed eyes. "And we will continue to proof our worth."

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