By Sailor Star Crusher
It was a very lazy type of day in Tokyo, and frankly Usagi was taking full advantage of it. She lay sprawled on Rei’s bed at the Cherry Hill Temple laughing hysterically at her friend’s new mangas.
“Usagi-chan, please,” Rei huffed, “Must you be so loud?”
“Ara, sorry Rei-chan.” Usagi giggled, “They’re really funny though.”
Ami on the other side of the room sighed hopelessly and put her nose back in the geography book. Setsuna was sitting on the floor, reading a book to Chibi-Usa and Hotaru when the door slid open at the side of the room. So far only Rei, Ami, Setsuna, Hotaru, Chibi-usa, and surprisingly, Usagi herself, had shown up for the Sailor Senshi meeting. Chibi-Usa jumped out of Setsuna’s lap and welcomed in Sailors Neptune and Uranus. Michiru and Haruka entered smiling. Michiru had worn a sweeping blue dress that hung at her ankles, just about a pair of neat black shows. Her hair hung loose about her head. Haruka however, who couldn’t stand dresses, wore tan khakis and a yellow t-shirt with navy sneakers. Her motorcycle helmet was clenched under her left arm.
Usagi looked up at them and smiled. “Konnichiwa, Haruka-san, Michiru-san. How goes things?”
“Pretty good,” Michiru answered, seating herself next to Setsuna. “School’s good, social life’s good. Everything’s great.”
“We saw Mako and Minako-chan on the way up here.” Haruka said, “They should come soon. Mako-chan saw a bake sale and wanted to scout around.”
“Bake sale, huh? Usagi said, eyes lighting up as they always did with the mention of food. “Maybe we should go meet them there.”
The door slid open again and Makoto stumbled in with an armload of goods. Minako stumbled in after her.
“I bought a ton at that bake sale,” Makoto puffed, “And there’s still stuff there. Any volunteers to help me carry it all?”
“Me!” Usagi shouted, jumping up. She wanted to see any cookies Makoto might have taken it into her head to buy.
Luna, who had been sitting on the teenager’s lap, tumbled to the ground with a yowl. Artemis pranced out from behind Minako.
“Nice landing,” he joked, seeing the prim cat sprawled in an embarrassing fashion on the mat.
“Cute Artemis, very cute.” Luna growled.
“Guess we can all carry some stuff for you.” Rei told Makoto. Standing up, she rolled up the sleeves of her sweater. “Let’s go.”
“Great!” Minako said, settling her goods on the floor. “If I carry more than one box again I might break something essential. Like my spine maybe?
Setsuna laughed. “We’ll all help.”