********** DISCLAIMER: Sailor Moon is copyrighted 1992 by Naoko Takeuchi. All except the characters I created belong to her. I'm just borrowing them for awhile :-) ********* How to Date a Sailor Senshi! Part Two - The Preparation by DQBunny Any and all comments can be directed to dqbunny@juno.com. All flames shall be redirected to the little trash monster on my laptop. Rated PG13 for dealing with some sexual content. Read it with your parents! You can learn some important lessons in this little comedy! ********* "Okay, as the commander in chief of the Sailor Senshi, and the senshi of love and beauty, I feel it is my duty to prepare the Sailor Senshi for the its next campaign...the dating scene!" Minako paced up and down the length of Rei's room. The girls were back at Hiwaka Shrine, having bought the book on how to marry the man of your choice, along with several other books on romance, relationships, and the things that went along with them. Usagi looked nervous while Ami looked like she was in pain. Rei and Makoto looked as if they were geared up for battle. "Okay!" Minako turned to face her friends. "Rei-chan, you will help get Ami-chan ready for the night club tonight." "Ni...ni...night club?" Ami stuttered. "Hai! A night club!" Minako turned to Makoto. "Mako- chan, you and I will help Usagi-chan prepare for her special mission." She picked up a stack of books, and thrust them at Usagi. "Here, time to study!" "I don't want to study!" Usagi protested. "You don't want Mamoru-san to go poof, do you?" Minako asked her. Usagi reluctantly took the books. "The book says to make the experience as unforgettable as possible," Makoto said as Minako walked out of the room. "Trust me, I highly doubt I will forget this," Usagi said, opened up the first book, screamed, and slammed it shut. From the other side of the room, Rei had Ami over by the closet, and was holding up several blouses next to the blue-haired girl to see which one looked the best on her. "What's wrong with you, Odango Atama?" Rei asked, holding a white blouse up next to Ami's face. "The book....the men in there are naked!" "What do you expect them to be wearing? A full suit of armor?" Rei muttered. "Usagi-chan, we all had sex education in junior high. Weren't you paying attention?" Ami asked. "Umm...I think I was asleep," Usagi admitted. All of the girls remaining in the room sweatdropped. "That's our Usagi-chan for you," Ami commented. "Poor poor Mamoru-san," Rei said. "Maybe we should warn him." "Don't you dare!" Usagi reached for the portable phone, yanked it off its base, and hid it under the pillows on Rei's bed. "Maybe if we do this, he'll be nicer to me." "Eh? Has he been mean to you, Usagi-chan?" Makoto asked. "Well...," Usagi nervously clasped and unclasped her fingers. "It wasn't so bad when we first went out, and then broke up and got back together. But, sometimes, he would act like he wouldn't want to kiss me at all, or try to avoid touching me. Sometimes, I wonder if he even really wants to be around me, or just puts up with me because of what's going to happen in the future." "Usagi-chan," Makoto put her arm around Usagi. "Mamoru-san really does love you. He's put you before himself so many times, and you've done the same for him." "And doing this will really show how much you love him," Rei supplied. "Relationships are not based on the physical," Ami said. "No, but it's time to go the next step," Rei replied. "Perhaps he has been wanting to take the next step, but doesn't know how to go around doing it," Makoto reached over and tapped the finger on Usagi's fourth left finger. "You two are engaged, and it's only right that this can happen now. You're sixteen years old, and we are finally at peace. You've been through hell and back the past few years, and now it's time to sit back and enjoy being with the one you love." "Besides, if history is any indicator, you two won't need to worry about Chibi-Usa-chan arriving unexpectedly for a long time," Rei added with a smile. "The reason he's probably acting that way around you is the fact that you act like a little kid, and he's uncomfortable." "I'm not a little kid," Usagi muttered. "But, still," Ami reached into her bookbag, and withdrew a large box. She offered it to Usagi, who accepted it while Rei and Makoto crowded around, and their jaws dropped to the ground and beyond. "A BOX OF CONDOMS? AMI-CHAN!!" "I knew that relationship with Urawa was more serious than you said it was!" Rei exclaimed. "Minna...it's better to be safe than sorry," Ami stammered. "You mean you've done 'it'?" Rei gasped. "No! No! I bought them at the drugstore while you were paying for those books," Ami explained. "Still, 25 condoms?" Makoto glanced at the box. "You're expecting them to get pretty busy, huh?" Meanwhile, Usagi had hidden her face behind one of the relationship books, and did not know whether or not she wanted to laugh, cry, or choke. This was so embarassing! But, she desperately wanted to know if something was wrong with her. She had started wondering about things at the beginning of her ninth grade year when she had been upset about the Silver Crystal not appearing to have any power. She had gone to him, seeking physical and emotional comfort, and had gotten a kitten instead. Sure, the kitten had been cute, and it got her mind off of things, but she had longed to hold on to Mamoru and share her pain with him. Instead, he seemed to be shutting her out. Then, there was after Hotaru had been reborn, and they were standing out on the balcony. And all the times she had wanted him to go places with her, and he appeared to be barely tolerant of her (of course, fighting with Chibi-Usa did not help). But, it's not all bad, Usagi, she told herself. Remember the night Galaxia was defeated and the walk in the park? And your engagement ring? And the talking and sharing of dreams? It's not all bad. Still, he always seems to be holding a part of him back. I wish, I wish I could get through to him. "I got them! I got them!" The sound of Minako's voice snapped Usagi back to reality. She noticed while she had been daydreaming that Makoto, Ami, and Rei had all changed. Ami wore a white buttoned-blouse with a navy blue skirt that stopped a little above her knees. She wore a vest which matched the skirt over the blouse. Rei wore a red silk blouse tucked into a pair of beige slacks, which were belted. Makoto wore an emerald sleeveless sundress, the skirt appeared almost gauze- like. "Sugoi! Minna, you look great!" Usagi said just as Minako ran in the room, waving around four plastic cards. "What are those?" Ami asked, warily. "Fake IDs! You like them? I paid Umino to make them for me," Minako passed out the cards. "I didn't get one for you, Usagi-chan, because of your special mission," she added, whinking in Usagi's direction. "Fake IDs?" Ami held hers out as if it was some type of disease-ridden animal. "How else are you going to get into a night club?" Minako pulled some clothes out of her bag, and began to change. Soon, she was ready, and she grinned at all of the other senshi. "Come on, girls! Let's go teach these men how to date a sailor senshi!"