Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: Chaos Theory

Act 66: Steal Me Away

The remaining days of the tour pass in a whirlwind of events for the Three Lights and Minako. Rei and Usagi continued to explore São Paulo. Tonight is the final concert of the tour.

Usagi and Rei are sitting in a small café enjoying the tranquility while everyone else is at fan events. Rei swishes her tropical juice with her straw. "I can't believe we go back to Japan tomorrow."

The blonde sitting across from Rei frowns at something else. "I can't believe we are going to miss almost an entire day just by being on a plane!"

"It's because of the time change. Remember how we gained all that extra time when we landed in Hawaii?" Rei recaps for Usagi. "It won't be that bad, just get some sleep and we'll be there before you know it around 8pm at Narita."

Usagi sighs. Other than her night with Seiya, she's only had one other night without a nightmare or premonition in the past few days. She's constantly tired and the stress is making her hungry all the time. Eating has always been a way she copes with extra stress. She leans back in her chair, her eyes downcast. One of things she has tried to avoid is approaching rapidly. "I guess I'll have to face everything I've been putting off; like speaking with Ami-chan and Mako-chan about the other timeline." She lets out a deep breath, "and Setsuna-san too."

Rei tries to lighten the mood. "Did you hear? Michiru-san is doing an art exhibit and a small concert next week and she asked the Three Lights to perform with her."

Usagi stares at Rei in shock. Her eyes blink several times as she tries to process this new information. This is first she heard about it. "Seriously?" She looks at Rei for confirmation.

"Isn't it a good thing? Maybe it will help them get along?" Rei suggests, her voice raising slightly at the end of her question.

"I hope so..." Usagi doesn't sound too convinced given her last conversation with Haruka. Usagi stares are her tea. Her thoughts focused on how Haruka and Michiru have acted toward Seiya in the past. Will it continue?

Rei realizes the news seems to have backfired and is only making Usagi more worried. She looks at her watch. "We should be going; we don't want to be late for their performance tonight. Starting some of the packing early would probably be a good idea too."

Usagi nods her head slowly.

Rei pauses, "I'm going to help Minako-chan clean up her dressing room after tonight's concert; you know she's going to have tons of makeup and clothes!"

Usagi laughs as she pictures piles of clothes around Minako's dressing room. "I'll help you too. Otherwise Minako-chan will be there for hours. I'm really looking forward to the party with lots of food!" Usagi grins. They can all relax and spend time together, something she missed a lot on the tour. It was rare all of them were together unless they were on an airplane or at a concert.

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Setsuna looks across the table at Mamoru.

Mamoru is nodding his head with a slight smile on his lips. "That sounds like Rei-chan confronting Haruka-kun and Michiru-chan. She can be very... very direct..." He tries to suppress a laugh as he recalls Rei's past antics with Usako. The smile fades as quickly as it came. "But for Rei-chan to be that angry... it makes me very worried about Usako if she's still not sleeping."

Setsuna looks at her tea mug in front of her. "The entire situation caught Michiru-chan and Haruka-kun by surprise. I think they needed to hear it. They are not listening to me."