Okay I'd like to apologize again to SKJAM, yet again my mouth does damage.
Please don't stop reading, Will would hurt me. We appreciate your comments.
And I hope we can put this... incident behind us.
Enjoy the fic,
Doug
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Adventures of the Chibi-Scouts
By "Tuxedo" Will Wolfshohl and Doug "Candle Light Author" Helm
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon, Sailor Scouts, and all terms, names, etc.
associated with this or other series are copyrighted by Naoko Takeuchi,
DiC, Disney, Bandai, Toei Animation, Kodansha, and other big companies.
We make no claim to them and this work of fanfiction should not be seen
as making a claim. ACS is not intended for commercial release or use.
Those characters that are original and the story "Adventures of the
Chibi-Scouts" are copyrighted (c) 1997 by Will Wolfshohl & Doug Helm
Comments good or bad are encouraged. Please Email comments to "Tuxedo"
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Part 8 "Points of View"
The rest of that morning passed quickly. As Amy, Serena, and
Lita waited out in the schoolyard for Mina, Amy turned to her sister and
asked, "What did the teacher say to you?" Lita had been pulled out of
the game early by their teacher and had disappeared into the school
building.
Lita shrugged before replying, "Not much. Typical stuff really."
"Then why were you looking so depressed, Lita?" Amy pressed on.
"Well..." Lita trailed off and blushed slightly, "She somehow
found out about me pushing that bully. She wanted to know why I had
shoved him." Lita shuffled her feet, "I told her that they were picking
on you." Seeing the look on Amy's face, she said, "Don't worry, Sis,
everything will be fine." <It was worth it.>
Any remark that Amy might have made was precluded when Mina
skipped up to the trio. Mina wasn't alone. Carrie was right behind her
looking anxiously around trying to see if her bus had arrived. She
wanted to talk to the girls but didn't want to miss her ride home. In
addition, she was raring to go on the trip that she and the girls were
taking later that day.
"Hi-ee!" Carrie and Mina declared.
"We had a great time today, didn't we?" Mina questioned.
"Yeah, Serena was a good Sailor Moon," Carrie admitted. <She
knew a lot about her.> "I gotta go but I'll see you guys later when we
go to SCOUTLAND!!!"
"Scoutland?!?" the four other girls questioned, each staring at
Carrie with some shock.
"Yeah," Carrie replied frowning, "We go today..." Something
struck her odd about their reaction. They had all been eagerly
anticipating this outing since their parents gave their permission for
them to go last week. <Is something wrong with Mina?> She looked at Mina
a bit confused and said, "I thought you REALLY wanted to go?"
"I do!" Mina quickly reassured her friend, "It's just... we
forgot." Mina giggled a little, "Silly us, we'll see you later then!"
"Yeah, we REALLY want to go!!!" Serena jumped in, "Now you don't
want to miss the bus, Carrie." Amy and Lita nodded in agreement.
Carrie gave them a strange look before smiling again, "Mina,
you're getting silly like Serena."
"Hey!" Mina and Serena squawked in unison as Amy and Lita
giggled.
"Later!" Carrie giggled and skipped towards the school bus.
"Scoutland???" Serena questioned as the four friends headed for
the entrance, "I've never heard of that before."
"Maybe it has something to do with this reality," Amy speculated
softly.
Just as the four little girls were about to step out of the
schoolyard, Lita nudged Mina and said, "Hey, isn't that Chris?"
"Where?!?" Mina asked looking all around, "Oh Yeah!"
"Who's Chris?" Serena inquired somewhat confused. She followed
their looks and spotted a tall well built young man of fifteen. "Who is
he?" Serena asked again when her first question wasn't answered.
"He's this really adorable hunk that goes to Mina's school..."
Lita explained.
"Yeah... we have a friendly little wager that I'm going to win!"
Mina added. <A senior like him would prefer a sophisticated woman such
as myself. I'll prove it!> She started towards the teen. However, she
was drawn up short when Lita grabbed her arm. "What?" Mina asked
innocently.
"Wait here, Mina, and we'll settle this right now," Lita
instructed, "When he passes by, we'll both say hello to him." Mina
didn't look too happy about that but nodded in agreement.
When the young man passed them both, Mina and Lita squeaked,
"Hi!" Chris quickly looked down at the two little girls. To their
astonishment, he only mumbled a "Hello" and continued on his way.
"Why that... He reminds me of my..." Lita paused and blinked.
"What's the matter, Lita?" Amy asked.
"It-it's gone!!!" Lita exclaimed. <I should feel something...>
"What's gone?" Serena asked slightly confused.
"I didn't even think about going after that guy!" Mina piped in,
"I mean, my eyes tell me he's really, REALLY cute looking... sorta like
one of my cousins..." Mina ground to a halt and shivered, <How could I
think any of my cousins are cute?!?>
"I didn't have any desire to go after him!" Lita whined.
"Yeah," Mina agreed taking on a greenish tinge, "If we aren't
interested in guys, what's the use of being five?!?" <Not that any of
the boys in our kindergarten class...> She found Amy and to a lesser
extent Serena staring at her, "What?"
"Come on," Amy said, "Let's go. We don't want Mrs. Tsukino
worrying about where we are." The four girls started moving down the
street headed for Serena's house.
Ten minutes later, the girls were nearly to the Tsukino home
when Serena observed, "Hey guys, isn't that Chad's motorcycle?"
"It looks like it but there's a sidecar attached to it." Mina
wondered, "What would Chad be doing at your place, Serena?"
None of the girls had any answer to that question so they
continued up the front walkway to the door. Ellen opened the door as
they approached. She smiled and said, "Girls, I'm glad to see you didn't
dawdle today. Now come on inside and have some lunch."
The girls complied and entered the house. However, Lita, Mina,
and Amy nearly tripped over Serena when she came to a sudden halt. Amy
was about to ask why she stopped when she saw the young man that was the
object of Serena's attention sitting at the kitchen table holding a cup
in his hands.
"Serena?" her mother asked. There was no answer. "Serena!" Her
young daughter whirled around and stared at her mother. "Is something
wrong?"
"No Mommy," Serena squeaked out, sending an awed look towards
the figure sitting in the chair. It was matched by the other girls.
"You girls go wash up for lunch; take Raye along with you. I'll
be up in a minute to help you get changed into your play clothes."
Serena nodded and once she had taken off her shoes moved off to find
Raye.
Finding her friend wasn't difficult. Raye was sitting on the
couch with arms crossed looking none too pleased about something. Her
scowl lessened when she saw that Serena had Amy with her. Hopping off
the couch the little girl grabbed Amy's arm and hissed, "We need to
talk!" and started leading Amy up towards Serena's room. Serena looked
over at Lita and Mina before following Raye and Amy up the stairs.
"Mommy told us to wash up," Serena reminded her when she saw
Raye heading for her room. Raye stopped then changed course nearly
dragging Amy into the bathroom. Once all the girls were in, Raye moved
to close the door but Serena stopped her, "Just let the water run,"
Serena instructed. <Closing the door would make Mom suspicious.> Serena
scowled, <Now how did I know that?!?>
Pulling out a stepstool and placing it on the floor next to the
washbasin, Serena started to wash her hands while Raye said, "Amy,
PLEASE tell me you have figured out a way to get us back to normal!"
"Sorry Raye," Amy answered rubbing her arm where Raye had
gripped her, "I haven't had time to complete my analysis of what
happened to us. I've only barely begun."
"Don't you know anything?!" Raye demanded throwing up her hands,
"I HATE being five!" <Why hasn't she figured it out?! I don't think I
can stand another day like this!>
"Well, there are some biochemical changes that are certainly
asserting themselves," Amy explained, "We had a young man pass by and it
appears that our chemistry IS that of five year olds. All this is
speculation, of course, until I can run a full battery of tests."
"Lita, what did your sister say?" Mina asked.
"I have absolutely no idea," Lita giggled.
"Uh, guys, maybe we should wash up first," Serena suggested
getting off the stool, "Besides there's something I wanted to ask Raye."
"What's that?!" Raye asked sourly.
"Just one question," Serena said, "WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO
CHAD?!?"
"I don't know!" Raye retorted, "He's turned into some type of
sick demented..."
"But cute," Mina interjected and got a dark look from Raye in
return. <Sorta like Daddy...> Mina turned slightly green and took on a
disgusted look, <Ick! What am I thinking?>
"Yes, Chad appears to be more responsible," Amy observed, "I
mean, he doesn't look as scruffy as he used to -- clean shaven, decent
haircut even though it's still long."
"Don't let that fool you. He still sings badly!" Raye stated
darkly while crossing her arms.
"What's with you, Raye?" Lita asked, "You seem really annoyed or
something?" Her only response was Raye walking out the door. The other
girls quickly finished washing their hands and followed Raye into
Serena's room. A few moments later Ellen appeared and helped the girls
get dressed before leading them downstairs for lunch.
As they entered the kitchen Mrs. Tsukino instructed, "Now,
girls, let me see your hands." One by one the girls held up their hands,
"Very good, Serena," Ellen complimented her daughter who smiled broadly.
She also complimented Amy and Lita on their good job. Mina, being
inclined to show off, displayed her hands if she were modeling gloves.
Ellen being the accommodating type clapped and complimented Mina on her
thorough wash job. Lita and Serena giggled. "Raye, can I see you hands?"
Ellen asked. Raye pulled her hands out of her pockets and stuck them up
with a sigh. "Honey, did you wash your hands?"
Raye looked at her hands before saying, "But they're clean."
"Raye, go wash your hands please," Chad ordered getting up and
walking over to stand beside Mrs. Tsukino.
"But they're clean! I didn't get them dirty!" Raye protested. It
wasn't that she didn't like washing her hands, she just didn't like to
being TOLD to wash her hands. Chad walked over, took Raye by the hand,
and led her into the downstairs' bathroom. Raye started to make a fuss
but then remembered that the girls were watching so she reluctantly went
with him.
"Raye, you have to wash your hands. Now do you want me to help
you?"
"No," Raye said flatly crossing her arms as best she could.
Chad let go of her hand, turned on the water, and handed Raye
the bar of soap. "Then, you can wash them yourself," he said retrieving
the stepstool. Grudgingly, Raye took the soap and after stepping up to
the washbasin started to wash her hands. She was quite aware of the
girls' whispered conversation and occasional giggles just outside. She
couldn't hear what they were saying but she would bet that it was about
her.
Soon enough the girls were eating lunch and chatting while Raye
sulked. That is Raye sulked until the girls, knowing Luna was asleep
upstairs, brought up the topic of the Sailor Scout game they were
playing at school. She got caught up in the descriptions and was
actively chatting with everyone by the time that lunch was over.
As Ellen and Chad went to set up the living room for the girls'
naps, Serena turned to Raye and stated, "Raye, you should have listened
to Mommy and washed your hands."
"You're such a Meatball Head... My hands are clean. I didn't
need to wash them," Raye said regaining her sour mood.
Serena's bottom lip started to tremble and tears started to well
up in her eyes. Amy, seeing this, leaned over and said, "Serena was just
trying to help, Raye."
"Okay... So MAYBE I should have washed my hands," Raye admitted.
Serena immediately brightened and smiled cheerily. "Anyway why am I over
here? Chad won't tell me anything." Raye griped, "He acts as if I should
know this stuff. All he kept mentioning was that if I didn't want..."
Raye trailed off. <Kami, I nearly said too much. It's best I don't
mention Chad said that if I acted like I did when I was taking my bath,
he'd take me home and I wouldn't be going with them. Like I care what he
says but Serena would never let me hear the end of it.>
Any reply was cut short when Ellen and Chad reappeared in the
room. "Now, girls," Mrs. Tsukino said, "it's time for your naps." Raye
opened her mouth to protest but all that came out was a substantial
yawn. To her a nap actually sounded good though she had no idea why she
would be so tired. Getting up off the chair, Raye followed the other
girls into the living room. As they were getting comfortable Chad
suddenly appeared beside where Raye was laying and held something out.
"Awww... She's soooo cute!!!" Serena declared seeing the Raggedy
Anne doll. Raye, at first, didn't want to take it but, as the seconds
passed, she realized that Chad was giving her an odd look. Feeling a
slight nudge from Amy, she reached up and took the doll.
<Why do I like this childish thing?!?> Raye thought. She
surprised herself by hugging it. <If Serena thinks she's getting it, she
can forget it!> This other thought caused Raye to blink. Soon though all
five girls slid into sleep and the room was quiet. Chad and Ellen
returned to the kitchen and poured themselves each a cup of tea. It was
going to be a long day for them.
Rubeus' UFO floated high above Tokyo undetected. As he appeared,
Rubeus looked at the Four Sisters and declared, "I have discovered
another Crystal Point. It is here." As he pointed a map of Tokyo
overlaid with a map of Crystal Tokyo appeared, "The place is a pitiful
shrine to those loathsome Chibi-Scouts!" He clenched his fist, "Who will
go and capture this point for the Negaverse?"
"I will..." Avery volunteered, "I have the perfect Droid for
this job." With that Avery walked through a mirror and disappeared.
Rubeus smiled nastily. He would capture that Crystal Point and maybe
even the Rabbit!
While the girls had been waiting for Reenie's arrival from
school, they played in Serena's room. Amy managed to start her analysis
while Serena and Mina lost themselves playing with Serena's burgeoning
stuffed bunny collection. Raye for her part moped around the room
muttering darkly about Chad, baths, and nasty things she was going to do
to him. Lita was keeping lookout but she was also keeping an eye on
Raye. Lita attributed Raye's annoyance to not being able to date Chad.
Soon Serena began to tire of her bunnies and as she glanced at
the clock in the hall found herself becoming restless. She uneasily sat
and watched Raye for a few minutes. Her curiosity finally piqued, Serena
got up, walked over to Raye, and asked, "Raye, can I see your doll
please?"
"No," Raye snapped and hugged it possessively to her, "This is
MY doll. I don't want your grubby little hands all over it."
"Hey!" Serena protested, "It's just a doll. Come on, I just want
to see it. I did ask you if I could..."
"No, go play with your stupid rabbits, Meatball Head!" Raye said
and turned her back on Serena. Serena's bottom lip started to tremble,
then she sniffled.
"FINE!" Serena shouted, "Keep your STUPID old doll!" She then
pointedly turned and stomped over to Mina and flopped down to play with
her bunnies again.
"My doll IS NOT stupid!" Raye snarled. She turned around and
stalked over to where Serena and Mina were sitting. "That!" she said and
aimed a kick at a stuffed rabbit sitting on the floor, "Is stupid!" The
other girls were frozen watching the spectacle.
"Mr. Floppy!" Serena cried and chased after her favorite rabbit
as it sailed through the room and hit the far wall. She was about to
wail when she heard the door opening and Reenie enter the house.
Sticking her tongue out at Raye, she ran out of the room and went down
the stairs. Once down them, she raced around the corner and over to
Reenie. "Hi!!!" Serena yelled happily and hugged Reenie who eagerly
obliged her "sister" and hugged Serena back.
"And how is Mr. Floppy today, Serena?" Reenie asked.
"He's okay," Serena said cheerfully, "Now that you're here." <I
hope Raye didn't hurt him.>
"Okay girls, let's get ready and then we'll go pick Carrie up."
Ellen called upstairs to the other girls. When Raye came downstairs, she
stuck her tongue out at Serena while Mrs. Tsukino wasn't looking.
The drive to Scoutland was a boisterous one. Ellen and Chad were
sitting in the front seats of the minivan. Lita and Amy were in the
middle along with Mina and Carrie. Taking up the rear seat was Raye and
Serena with Reenie sitting between them.
By the time they got to the Scoutland parking lot, the girls,
even Raye, had worked themselves into a frenzy of excitement. This
excitement was disgusting Raye but she seemed to be fooling Chad and
that was all that mattered.
"GIRLS!" Mrs. Tsukino shouted commanding silence, "You have to
stay with us." She looked each girl in the eye before nodding and
saying, "Okay! Let's go have some fun!" Giving a cheer the girls
hurriedly piled out of the van. Mina did a somersault to Carrie's
delight. Raye, trying to keep up appearances, snorted and daintily
climbed out of the van. She was somewhat shocked to have Chad hoist her
up and settle her on his shoulders before taking Mina's and Carrie's
hands.
"Hold on tight," he said. <Raye loves this.>
<Kami!> Raye thought as she looked down to the ground. It seemed
a long ways off. For some reason this excited her. "'Kay!" She complied
and clung to the top of Chad's head. <I can't believe this!> Raye
thought as she started to bob up and down synchronized with the motion
of Chad's walking, <I shouldn't be enjoying this!> Although she wanted
to get back at Chad. She wanted to do it in a covert way. Something that
wouldn't come back on her so she tried to hide her face and still keep
her sitting position.
"Lucky duck," Serena griped as she saw that Raye wasn't having
to walk. In fact, Raye seemed to be enjoying the ride. She felt Reenie
squeeze her hand gently so she looked up and saw the older girl smiling.
"Chad's doing that so we don't have to split up Mina and
Carrie." Reenie gave her an even bigger smile, "Besides, me and you are
hangin' out together, right Little Sister?"
"Yeah!" Serena declared and then giggled, "You're right, Big
Sister." Ellen who was walking behind her daughter, smiled.
Scoutland Amusement Park was a Sailor Scout theme park. Most of
its customers were children Reenie's age or younger with their parents.
There were a number of attractions geared for younger children. The park
was a favorite of theirs. There were many renderings of the Sailor
Scouts throughout although only somewhat accurate. People in Sailor
Scout or animal costumes roamed around the park grounds.
The girls except for Raye were caught up in the excitement of
Scoutland and gawking at the various suited figures that were ushering
the customers. What became the focus of their attention though was the
giant Sailor Moon look alike that was standing just past the gates
greeting everyone. Reenie saw Serena's eyes bulge slightly at the sight
and smiled.
"Yeah, she looks a lot like you," Reenie observed. <Too bad she
isn't the real one I need to help Mommy.>
"Yeah," Serena agreed, "But..." she trailed off remembering that
she was supposed be acting like a five year old. "Cool!" Serena
squeaked. She wasn't the only one that was surprised by the character of
Sailor Moon greeting them. In fact the other girls were surprised to see
the giant form of Sailor Moon towering over them.
"And what's your name?" the giant Scout asked the girls as they
came into the park proper.
"And what's it to you?!" Raye snapped back. <Idiot! Bad enough I
have to put up with one meatball head and her rabbit head friend, now I
have this other meatball head asking my name!>
"Raye!" Chad hissed out and gave one of her legs a mild squeeze.
"Sorry..." Raye squeaked out in her best apologetic voice.
The giant Scout ignored her and went on to the other girls. When
she came to Serena, she said, "My, you must really like the
Chibi-Scouts!"
"Yeah!" Serena chirped and giggled, "You'll never guess my
favorite!"
"Hmmm..." the giant Sailor Moon pondered, "Would it be... Sailor
Moon?"
"YEAH!" Serena crowed gleefully and clapped her hands, "You're
right!" Raye just looked up at the sky in disgust.
The first attraction was a small show performed by people
dressed as Chibi-Scouts. It was a short skit mainly to introduce the
different characters that would be wandering around Scoutland.
As they watched the show Mina commented to Carrie, "That doesn't
look much like Sailor Venus at all."
"Yeah," Lita put in, "And Jupiter's eyes are the wrong color."
"They got Mars down pretty good," Serena muttered, "Only thing
missing are the horns!"
"Serena!" Reenie hissed, "There are little kids that like Sailor
Mars."
"'Kay," Serena squeaked. <Poor kids...> she giggled to herself.
"Girls, quiet. Let's watch the show," Mrs. Tsukino chided
softly. Complying, the girls settled back to watch the rest of the show
in silence but as they were leaving the performance area, it started up
again.
"And that Sailor Moon! They did her hair wrong," Mina remarked.
Carrie nodded in agreement. Reenie also nodded but was careful not to
attract attention to herself.
"That Mercury seemed awfully tall to me," Serena commented.
"Well they aren't the real ones, Serena. They are just
pretending," Reenie whispered to Serena and sent her younger sister a
wink. This caused Serena to giggle. The debate, or rather critique
lasted until they got to the first real attraction. It was one that made
Lita's eyes light up with anticipation.
What Lita saw was a pony ride. Each pony had a little placard
with a different Scout's name on it. Lita's eyes enlarged and all her
attention was focused on one particular pony giving a little girl a
ride. It had a "Sailor Jupiter" placard. Lita's mouth formed a large,
almost enraptured, grin.
"Would you like to take a ride, Lita?" Ellen asked.
"Yes please!" Lita answered not taking her eyes from the pony.
"Anybody else?"
"Me!" all the other girls called. Unnoticed by Raye, Chad smiled
as he thought that maybe it wouldn't be such a long day. Although the
other girls enjoyed the ride, Lita seemed almost reluctant to get off
the pony and as they walked away from the pony ride area, she kept
glancing back over her shoulder.
The next stop as they went through the park was a trampoline
type of structure. Actually it was a rubber construct of a castle that
was filled completely with air. Serena spent most of the time pretending
she was a bunny rabbit. She would have liked Reenie to join her but was
still delighted to have her "big sister" watching her and her friends.
What annoyed Serena was that Raye wouldn't come and play. Raye was quite
content to sit on Chad's shoulders and look around the park. Reenie
wanted to join Serena inside but she had seen one of her classmates.
Playing with Serena and the other little girls at the park or in the
Tsukino home was one thing, playing bunny rabbit with Serena where her
classmates could see her was quite a different matter. Reenie was happy
still to watch her "little sister" bounce. Lita and Amy were not very
enthusiastic about it. The ones who really shined were Mina and to a
lesser extent Carrie. They were in their element as they tumbled,
bounced, and somersaulted around giggling with delight.
There was a fascinating collage of colors and sounds as children
and parents went to the different attractions and costumed people
wandered around interacting with the children. The little group soon
moved on and, as the afternoon progressed, most girls found something
that they were particularly delighted with. Amy found her element in a
larger version of ring toss where she won a stuffed toy. Serena and
Reenie were very much entranced with the petting zoo that they found. It
featured many animals but Serena ignored them and headed straight for
the bunny rabbits.
Not many of them were thrilled with the merry-go-round, Raye in
particular found it very dull. Lita because of the ponies was the lone
exception although Amy made an effort for her sister's sake.
Raye had found most of afternoon's events boring and made no
effort to hide that fact. However, Chad knew what Raye liked. It was a
small Ferris wheel. As Raye and Chad rode in the car, she squealed in
delight, much to her utter disgust. She could see out over the gates,
out into Tokyo and the entire grounds. Raye tried to deny it but she
loved every minute of the ride.
As time passed the girls began to get thirsty. The day hadn't
been particularly hot but they'd done a lot of walking and giggling.
Ellen and Chad along with Reenie led the smaller girls over to the
concession stands to get drinks and have a little rest break before
doing one more tour before going home.
As Raye leaned up against a wall she felt something stir. At
first she was uncertain of what it was, then as she concentrated, she
realized what the stirring had been. <A premonition!> Raye smiled
broadly, <I still can sense evil!!!> She let a small sigh of relief and
a little contentment escaped her. Giving herself a shake, Raye started
to concentrate to see if she could detect where it was coming from but
as usual she could not pinpoint the exact location.
Walking over to Amy and Lita, Raye whispered, "The Negaverse is
near."
Both girls blinked. "Are you sure?" Lita asked looking around
the area. <At last, maybe a little action.>
"Yeah... I sense it," Raye confirmed. She was keeping her voice
low so as to not let Carrie overhear their conversation, "You two
distract Carrie for a couple of seconds and I'll tell Mina and Serena."
As Amy and Lita called Carrie over, Raye went over to two blondes.
Reenie was standing near Ellen so Raye hurried and told both Serena and
Mina what she had discovered.
"Okay, but what do we do if they attack?" Serena asked, "I mean
do we transform in front of my mom and Chad?"
"Not to mention Carrie and Reenie," Mina added in.
"Just wait and see what happens," Raye said, "I can't tell where
it is but I do feel it's close by." <The problem is there are people
walking around in costumes that could be Droids.>
After the girls had finished their drinks they set off for one
last go around to the girls' favorite attractions before going home.
This time, they had to keep an eye out for danger.
Coming next in ACS part 9: "Going Nuts over You!"
Doug
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the little details to the reader unless the detials are important."
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