Sailor Moon and Sailor Star

Peculiar Morning

Rose stirred for a moment as she slowly started to flutter her eyes open. She yawned while stretching her arms and legs. She sat up and rubbed the tired feeling out of her bright, blue eyes.  She gave a slightly annoyed sigh when she saw the mess her hair was in. Bed head was always terrible for her, especially with having so much hair. 

Rose looked over at the other side of the room where her sister, Usagi, laid, still asleep. A small smile graced her lips before getting on her feet and moving into the bathroom. 

Rose stared at her refection in the giant bathroom mirror for a moment. She looked over her fair, pale skin and long, red locks of hair that cascaded down her back. She reached forward on the counter and picked up her hair brush. She slowly started to brush through the mess that was her hair. There were times she questioned why she kept it so long, since it only made it that much harder to take care of. She wasn't sure. Maybe it was because Usagi had long hair.  Maybe she only felt pretty if her hair was abnormally long. The answer wasn't very clear to her. All she could think of was that it felt right. Rose shook her head, clearing away her thoughts and went back to brushing her hair. 

After several minutes, Rose had brushed her hair to the point where it looked and felt like silk. Feeling satisfied with her work, she returned to the room she shared with Usagi to get her school uniform. Rose couldn't stop a few small giggles from escaping her lips at seeing her sister all sprawled out on her bed in such a silly way. 

Rose looked at her sister's clock and saw that she needed to get up soon if she didn't want to be late for school. That was a small problem with her. No matter what Rose tried, she was never able to get Usagi to show up anywhere on time. 

Rose just shook her head and headed down to the kitchen where her mom and dad were already waiting. 

"Morning, my little blossom," Kenji said with a smile as he looked over the morning paper. 

"Morning, Dad, Mom," Rose said walking past the table and into the kitchen. 

"Sweetie, I already have breakfast ready," Ikuko called from the table. 

"I know," Rose said grabbing a small treat from the pantry and wrapping it up. "Just working on my back up plan. You both know how Usagi can be in the morning."

Ikuko and Kenji both let out a bit of a sigh and nodded as Rose sat at the table and nibbled on the pancakes Ikuko had prepared. After a few minutes, Shingo showed up and joined them at the table. 

"Is your sister up yet?" Ikuko asked as Shingo sat down. 

"I don't think so," Shingo said. "But it's Usagi. She'd sleep for a week straight if she could."

Rose let out a small chuckle. "That's just our Usagi."

A fair bit of time passed, and Rose was starting to worry. She didn't want Usagi to be later dn she didn't want to be late either. However, being Usagi's sister, Rose never left for school until her sister was ready. She suddenly heard a high pitched scream and loud falls of footsteps coming from upstairs. It looked like Usagi was finally up. 

"I can't believe I overslept!" Usagi exclaimed runing around, trying to brush her teeth and her hair and get dressed. "Why didn't any of you wake me?!"

"I kept coming up to your room, and you said you were awake," Ikuko said slightly irritated. 

"And you believed me?!" Usago exclaimed nearly falling down the stairs. Rose calmly handed Usagi her bag and followed her out the front door. 

"We're gonna be late! We're gonna be late!" Usagi exclaimed running down the sidewalk with Rose close behind her. 

"Calm down, Usagi!" Rose exclaimed. "You can't be this harsh on your body after just getting up. You haven't even eaten yet."

Usagi stopped in her tracks, nearly making Rose run into her. She turned to face Rose as her eyes watered up. "Oh my gosh," she said sounding chocked up. "I didn't eat breakfast!" She then went into one of her crying breakdowns. "I'm gonna starve!"

"It's okay, Usagi," Rose said pulling out the treat she had taken from the pantry. "I always come prepared."

"Is that...?!" Usagi asked in excitement. 

"Yes," Rose said with a smile and a nod. "It's one of my homemade breakfast bars."

"Yay!" Usagi exclaimed quickly grabbing the bar from Rose's hand and taking a big bite out of it. She then embraced her with tears in her eyes. "You're such an amazing sister!"

"There, there," Rose said with a nervous laugh as she patted Usagi's back. "It's just what I do, but  we should really get going--"

"Oh my gosh! We're late!" Usagi exclaimed, remembering the situation they were in. "Come on!" She grabbed Rose by her wrist and sped down the sidewalk at tremendous speed. 

They suddenly paused when they passed a parking lot. They saw a group of young boys bulling a black cat. 

"Hey!" Usagi and Rose yelled running towards the boys, scaring them off. 

"Some people have some nerve!" Usagi said with a huff. 

"Oh, you poor thing," Rose said kneeling down and picking the cat up. "Are you alright?" She then noticed the cat was desperately clawing at a bandage that was stuck to her forehead. Rose acted instinctively and pulled the bandage off, revealing a crescent moon mark on the cat's head. The cat was still for a moment before jumping high and landing on the top of a car, looking at Usagi and Rose.

"Okay," Usagi said nervously. She gasped when she heard a clock chime in the distance. "Oh no! Come on, Rose!" She once again grabbed her sister by the wrist and raced towards the school. 

The cat watched them with interest as they disappeared in the distance. Could they be the ones she was looking for?