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My very own movie! [Active]

Character(s): Minako, Serena, Raito, Yachiru, & Peter
Content: Minako's Active Imagination! The film event of a lifetime! (Or, Minako winds up in Paixao unexpectedly and ends up meeting a familiar face.)
Setting: Joutenheim gate area
Time: mid-morning
Warnings: None

Trap or none, Minako couldn’t help but feel like she was starring in her own action flick! She was like a famous explorer pushing through the uncharted wilds! Moments ago she had been traveling through the urban jungle, and now here she was, in a real jungle! It wasn’t a jungle like in the movies, though, with trapped pits and snakes dangling from the trees and a temple full of exotic treasures fit for a queen!

It was pretty quiet, though, and that bothered her. Usually jungles – or woods, in this case – were pretty noisy. There were always birds singing at least, or the wind rustling the leaves of the trees. Here it was almost like the environment was holding its breath, waiting for something.

Maybe it was a movie set waiting for its leading lady! There could be hidden cameras all over the place, with people recording her every move! In that case, she ought to look the part. Minako glamorously tossed her hair back over one shoulder and straightened her high school uniform. Too bad she was dressed in something so boring. A true explorer would have some khakis and one of those really funny round brimmed hats! Or she could be like Jane from Tarzan, and wear an elegant Victorian gown as she trudged through the forests!

As she continued, Minako noticed the trees were thinning out slowly. She was coming onto a clearing. A pretty big one at that. She stopped and stared in awe. There was her temple! It was a futuristic domed temple, but if that was the kind of movie she was in, she’d go along with it! In that case, she’d need one of those funky sparkly silver one-piece outfits with a space helmet! She’d always wanted to wear one of those.

Thinking nothing of possible danger and everything of being a real, live starlet, Minako crossed the open space towards the domes. She made sure her walk was attractive and feminine, just as she’d practiced in front of the mirror on countless occasions. Eventually she came on a huge gate. It had two giants battling! This was definitely a future flick. Something so imposing could only be designed with the technology of tomorrow! She stared for awhile, and then turned to look around.

Ah! There were her extras. They were a few people waiting in line. Minako squinted at them. They weren’t wearing future clothes! What they had on was closer to the Victorian clothing she’d pictured herself in just minutes before. What kind of movie was this, anyway? She had a hard time trying to define a genre. Was this an ancient culture awaiting their cataclysmic destiny? Was this a group of special people who’d survived a nuclear disaster for untold years within their fallout shelter? Was this a time-traveling movie? She could hardly play the leading role if she didn’t know what sort of movie it was! Never mind that she had never actually read a script. It was a reality film, she decided, and her improvisational skills would shine!

Minako trotted to the back of the line, not wanting to ruin the film’s flow and cut everyone even though she was the star. Good thing the line was so short. Oh, and the extras were acting! They seemed sorta nervous, really. They kept glancing back at her, and through the gates ahead. They weren’t that calm. Maybe there were dinosaurs roaming around outside! Minako smiled happily. It could still be an action flick after all!

Ah, if only her friends were here to share it with her. She could only imagine their reactions to this! Oh well. They were sure to be invited to the opening night anyway. They wouldn’t miss a bit of Minako’s stunning skills!

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Serena Tsukino was walking home from school on a sunny day, but she was not feeling very sunny herself. She had just gotten back another test that she failed, and she was in for it. Her mom would ground her for sure this time. She walked with her head down, not paying attention to her surroundings.

“Stupid tests” She grumbled. She didn’t need them anyway. She could be an actress! They didn’t have to go to school! Or a model! She stared at herself in the glass window of the arcade. Yes, she would be a superb model! She would walk down the cat-walk with a long gorgeous dress and the crowd would cheer for her! And then Andrew would come up to her and take her in his arms...

“Maybe the reason you fail all the time is because you spend all your time staring at yourself” a male voice came from behind her. She cringed. She knew that voice.

“Can it Darien! No one asked for your opinion!” She yelled at him. What did he know anyway, she thought.

“Relax meatball head.” He smirked.

“Stop calling me meatball head!!” She screamed and stomped off. She didn’t need this today! It was bad enough she was going to be grounded, but to listen to Darien call her meatball head was the last straw! Serena ran down the street and into an alleyway. It was just the worst day ever, she thought to herself as she leaned against a wall. Maybe she could just hide the test! Her mom would never know!

Serena then heard the familiar sound of Luna calling to her. No way, I can’t stand another lecture! And I just remembered I was supposed to go study at Rei’s! Serena groaned at the thought. She quickly ran further down the alley to escape. She didn’t want to see anyone today, at least not anyone that would yell at her more than Mrs. H did. She kept running and looking back to make sure Luna hadn’t spotted her after all, and that’s when she fell.

“AAAH!!!” Serena let out a yell as she tumbled to the ground and immediately burst into tears. “Waaah! That huuurtt!” She sat up and rubbed her knee with a pout. She looked around. “Uhhh...” This was not a place she recognized at all.

Before her was an empty space with a line heading into what looked like an amusement park of some sort. Serena didn’t remember one being here, but she knew one thing for sure. Amusement parks had cotton candy! She hopped up and ran to join the line.

For the first time, Raito was beginning to think that the gods who were with him before hated him now. As if being brought into a tenuous rollercoaster of calculated victories and anticipated defeats weren't enough, they had to do this to him.

Grimacing and rubbing the large knot at the back of his head, and vaguely surprised that his skull wasn't cracked open like a bloody coconut, considering that it fucking hurt, he contemplated the massive gates that loomed in front of him, wondering if this was yet another of L's traps.

But then again...his traps weren't that over the top, were they? It was not L's style, and Raito knew L well enough to know that the detective had his pride, and that his pattern of investigation would probably never change.

And it would probably never include some ridiculous looking, funfair type of gate that made his brain hurt just by looking at it.

Instinctively glancing to search out his shinigami, Raito paused for a moment. Ryuuku was nowhere to be found, and so was Misa, who had been in his arms just minutes ago, before he woke up feeling like there was a baby alien clamped to his cranium.

He supposed it wasn't surprising, though. Ryuuku would be wherever the Death Note was, and Misa was the current owner of it, thanks to Raito's earlier forfeiture of said Note. Come to think it of it, the young man thought with no small trace of smugness, it really had been a stroke of brilliance.

Now it was Raito's turn to play kittycat with L before he went in for the kill. The game was getting too close to his dangerous secret, and L definitely had to be disposed of before any more crucial information about Kira was discovered.

If the detective was here at all, that was.

Keeping his renewed annoyance in check, the young man decided to simply follow along and find out just where he had been dumped in. Leaving the gates was a bad idea, because there was nothing on the horizon, and common sense dictated that wherever people were, the answers were bound to be there as well.

Spotting a queue, Raito straightened his dark, well-cut jacket before he started towards it, mildly startled when he saw a blond girl with the strangest hairstyle burst into tears and rubbing her knee a little later before running to join the queue.

Well then, this would mark the beginning of another game. It was better to establish a few ties or two now, in case they came in handy a little later. Going up behind her, he tapped the pretty blonde haired girl on her shoulder gently, his smile mildly concerned and pleasant as he pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket.

"Um, hello there. Are you all right? It was a pretty bad fall back there, wasn't it?"

A thousand excited thoughts tumbled through Minako’s head, and they all ground to an immediate halt when she heard a familiar sound. She knew Usagi’s wails anywhere! She’d heard enough of them during these past few years to pick them out of a crowd, even!

She turned around and saw Usagi, now behind her in line. Minako couldn’t stop the flow of words once they began. “So you’re here too, huh, Usagi? And here I thought I was the only one! Doesn’t this look like a movie set? I think they’ve finally recognized my talent! Just wait til I debut! I bet I have an entire crew dedicated to me just inside these gates, waiting with my costumes. Ooh, wouldn’t it be awesome if this were a Three Lights promotional gig too? They’d be costarring with me! We’d be sensational! Hey, have you found some new makeup? You look great, Usagi! If it didn’t sound completely crazy, I’d swear you were a little shorter, too! Oh! And I didn’t know you could go retro! Your brooch looks just like your old one! And—“

She stopped mid-stream when she noticed a particularly pleasing-looking young man step in line behind Serena. Minako’s internal hot boy alarm went off loudly. That thing was practically patented! She immediately went into Star Mode, tossing her hair elegantly over one shoulder and making a her eyes a little larger.

“Oh,” she laughed, covering her mouth with a dainty hand, “that’s just my friend Usagi. She’s always been so clumsy! She probably just tripped. She cries over silly things like hangnails. You don’t have to worry about her. She already has a boyfriend to worry over her anyway!” She stepped a little to one side so the boy could see her better. Again she wished she was wearing something better than her stupid school uniform. “My name’s Aino Minako! A pleasure to meet you!” She then bowed politely.

Serena was very confused when the girl in front of her started talking to her as if they were friends. She took a step back even to look the girl over. She was most certain she had never seen this person before. She didn’t go to Serena’s school. And what was the girl talking about? This wasn’t a movie at all.

She was so absorbed in trying to figure out who the girl was that she didn’t even notice the boy until Mina did. Serena turned to look and her eyes widened a bit. It was a hot boy! And he was worried over her! How could she get so lucky! And hey! Who did this girl think she was anyway? She turned to face Mina once more with an angry expression.

“Just who do you think you are huh? I don’t have a boyfriend and I don’t even know you! Besides that, he was talking to me!” Serena was quite annoyed that this crazy girl was taking attention away from her. “And I don’t cry over silly things! That really hurrrt” She whined. Serena turned to fully face the boy. She may have had on her silly school uniform, but surely her beauty would make up for that. She smiled happily at Ratio. “My name is Serena. And I’m ok. Really! Just a little fall!” She laughed a bit, cheerfully. “What’s your name?”

Quite apparently - Raito was pleased to note - his effect on the female gender was still very much intact, and he was more than willing to use it to his advantage. And it probably really helped that they were exceedingly easy on the eyes.

Giving the new arrival a soft, charming smile - the one he specially reserved for Misa so that she'd be in a daze and forget about throwing yet another jealousy-induced tantrum - Raito inclined his head slightly in polite response, taking in the girl's evident elegance and poise. Aino Minako really knew how to make an impression, he decided.

Before he could speak, though, the one named Usagi spoke angrily to the other girl, and Raito was beginning to get the impression that he had probably just made a very bad judgement call, and that he would never, under any circumstances, underestimate the power of adolescent girls. Or maybe all girls in general, considering the fact that Misa was a year older than him and had acted like...well, like them.

Not that he really minded, or anything, because that would make things a lot easier, if he played this right. People needed potential allies, especially in a strange sort of city like this.

Though, perhaps Raito's current course of action was more of a subconscious bid to get a hold on the situation, where every variable was unknown and there was no information of any kind forthcoming. And if he could somehow use these beautiful young girls...the possibilities were endles.

So this one was Serena, then? Interesting.

"It's a pleasure to meet lovely ladies like you both," Raito responded, his voice smooth and even. He made sure that adequate eye contact with both girls were established, with the hint of a cheeky smile for added effect. "My name's Yagami Raito. Is there a chance that either of you might know where we are?"

The question was probably a long shot, but it never hurt to try, did it?

Minako very nearly swooned when she saw the hot boy smile at her. He of course looked more at her than at Usagi because she was the obviously better, prettier candidate. Having a boyfriend on-set? That would be sweet! Maybe it would even make the Three Lights get jealous and try harder to win her affections!

She stopped her internal squealing enough to return the smile, looking at Raito through lowered eyelashes. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Yagami-san,” she said softly. “Anyway!” Her tone now changed to a bold and confident one. “I know precisely where we are! We are on the set of the newest Three Lights movie! We’re about to be let in through the gate so we can get to my dressing room, because I’m costarring. They’re probably filming right now to get behind the scenes footage for the bonus release!” She twirled around on one foot happily, eyes starry.

And then a swift change of gears. “You’ll have to excuse my friend here,” Minako continued, now beginning to look annoyed. How could her friend treat her like that? Did Usagi have some sort of long-distance spat with Mamoru? That would the only explanation she could think of for Usagi to even be looking at another man. And if she thought she was going to win this boyfriend race, she was sorely mistaken. “I don’t know where she came up with Serena. Her name really is Usagi. Tsukino Usagi, to be precise.” She shot a glare at Usagi. What had gotten into her? Serena sounded like Serenity, which was her queen name in the future. Was she getting ahead of herself? How arrogant! Usagi must not be feeling well. “She has a very loving and kind boyfriend anyone would be jealous of. So pardon her illness! It makes her speak out in odd phrases, kind of like verbal diarrhea!” She laughed a typical superior “oh-ho-ho” laugh, covering her mouth with the back of her hand.

Serena whirled around to face Minako. “My name is Serena! Ser-en-a! I don’t know what you’re talking about! I’ve never even heard tat Usagi name before!!” Serena was getting very angry at that crazy girl. “And I don’t have a boyfriend, not that I don’t deserve one. Why are you pretending to know me??”

Serena’s head was about to explode. Cute boy or no, she wasn’t about to put herself in danger and stay around a crazy person. She doubted very much that this was a movie set. No one would cast a crazy person in a movie, she thought. Serena’s face was red with anger. It was one thing for her friends to make fun of her, or even that jerk Darien. But this was a complete stranger! She wouldn’t stand for it!

She crossed her arms and shot a glare at Minako. She stepped a bit closer to Raito and said in a low voice. “We might want to stay away from her. She’s a little crazy.” Maybe the crazy girl was working for the Negaverse. That would explain a lot. Ooooh, but she was there all alone! But this would be the perfect chance to prove that she wasn’t a complete loser. She could protect the people of...where ever they were. And once she turned into Sailor Moon maybe Tuxedo Mask would come!

It was then that Raito decided that the next time he wanted peons, he would look for ones who were male.

And sane, because despite what Minako thought, this was not a movie set. If there were, there would be cameramen, hustlers, cameras and other devices that were crucial to filmmaking.

As far as he saw, there was absolutely nothing of the like here. Which was disappointing, really, because he really wanted to get back to where he had been unceremoniously...removed from. If he found the perpetrators responsible for this, their names were definitely going into the Death Note.

Now, though...it was time to quell the rising migraine that Raito was beginning to feel. The girls were bickering again, and as much as he was trying to catch up to logic, he felt himself lagging behind. So Minako knew this girl as Usagi and this Usagi was Serena who didn't know her? And what was that about kind boyfriends?

Crazy was probably the best thing to use even as Serena stepped beside him, but for some reason, Raito really didn't think that the other blonde girl was insane. There had to be something more going on here...right?

Turning the situation over and over in his mind and coming to a dead end, Raito almost wished that Ryuuku was here with him, although that no-good, bastard shinigami of his probably wouldn't be of any use anyway.

Putting a gentle hand on Serena's shoulder nonetheless and reminding himself that he had an act to keep up, Raito soothed, "I'm sure there's a better explanation for this, Serena. Minako doesn't look crazy to me."

Moving ahead in the queue discreetly, he made a mental note to ask the person at the counter for more information, since the girls evidently didn't know where this place was. As soon as he got what he wanted, he would contemplate his next course of action.

[[OOC: I decided that I will be even more sadistic to dear Raito, and pitch Yachiru in as well >:D OH THE MADNESS]]

Waaaaah~~ this was exciting! The tiny pink haired girl looked up at the large gates, admiring its decorations even as she dragged her sword along beside her. She had been playing hide and seek with Feather Eyes and Baldie - who had been tasked with babysitting her thanks to Ken-chan's absence - and then she ended up in this funny place with dome-shaped things and was there candy?

There should be candy! Yachiru hadn't had sweet things in awhile, because Ken-chan said that she always went nuts after a candy binge. Which was really unfair, though, because she really liked those little round caramel sweets that Baldie used to get for her.

Come to think of it, this was a place she hadn't seen in Soul Society before. Did Yama-jii make it? Ken-chan always said that the old man didn't have any imagination, though, so it probably was--

Oooooooh.

Cocking her head to the side interestedly as she watched two blonde girls - one even had dumplings on her head! - quarrelling with each other, and some guy with them. Were they fighting over him? Ehh, how fun!

Without further ado, an exceedingly curious Yachiru practically bounced her small self over to them before tugging on the hem of the not-dumpling girl's pretty shirt. "Naa~what are you guys fighting about?"

Minako’s eyes went starry when she heard Raito defend her. HA! She wasn’t crazy, and it was so obvious she wasn’t! Even a stranger could tell! She smiled happily at Raito as he moved further in the line. When he was far enough away, she couldn’t resist the urge anymore and stuck her tongue out at Usagi. Usagi, who called herself Serena in a fit of arrogance! Minako had once posed as the Moon Princess, but she had never taken it to this extent! Minako had never called herself Princess Serenity! Serena was too close for her liking.

She was about to give Serena even more of her opinions when she felt a tug at her shirt. “Huh?” She looked down, expecting to see a lost child. The kid probably wanted her autograph! Buuuuut what she saw wasn’t a kid, was it?

There was a little woman tugging at her shirt. She was the smallest woman that Minako had ever seen! Minako stared in shock. She was more inclined to say ‘woman’ rather than child or girl because there was something to the face, though childlike, that was mature despite its sunny expression. “Oh my god, Usagi, look!” she said, still staring. How CUTE was this lady, huh?

And it was only then that she remembered her manners. She wasn’t looking at a museum exhibit, after all! This was a living person! She laughed an odd, high-pitched giggle in embarrassment. “I’m so sorry! I mean no offense, miss.” She smiled at the little woman. “Well, um, we’re arguing about my friend’s name!” She pointed to Usagi. “See, she’s using the age-old shtick of pretending she’s lost her memory and going around under an assumed name! I don’t know why, really, when she could never outact a can of soup.” She grinned evilly, shooting a sideways glance at Usagi. “Her name is Tsukino Usagi, and I am Aino Minako. It’s nice to meet you!” She made a little pleasant bow to the short woman.

Serena pouted when Raito defended Mina. She didn’t care what he said either. Only crazy people claimed to know strangers and give them new names! And then Mina stuck out her tongue! How rude!! Serena, naturally stuck her tongue out in return. She was about to stomp away when Mina pointed out the little girl. Err...person.

Serena looked at the girl who was indeed very cute. But Serena didn’t have time to dwell on that because Mina was telling yet another person that her name was Usagi. Serena was outraged. “MY NAME IS SERENA!!!!” She screamed, balling her hands up into little fists at her side. Serena’s face kept growing redder the more Mina talked. “I did NOT lose my memory! I have never seen you before in my life!! Stop telling everyone you know me!!!”

Serena did not like this blonde girl at all! The nerve of that girl! Going around and telling everyone her name was Usagi! It made her very angry when people made up names for her! Like stupid Rei and Darien calling her meatball head. Serena wouldn’t stand for name calling from a stranger! It never once crossed her mind that she was being rude. She was glaring so intently at Mina that she didn’t even notice that people were staring.

Raito returned the smile that Minako sent him, and merely raised in eyebrow when something small, pink, and oddly-garbed bounced up to them. A hyperactive six year-old? It definitely looked that way.

And...off they went again. It was odd, the way Minako seemed to recognize Serena, and how Serena didn't know her at all. Something which, really, begged the question: Just what was going on here?

Against his better judgement, however, Raito decided to move back towards them. They were creating a scene, and he really didn't need anything else to bring attention to him - however indirectly - for the moment.

Stepping over, Raito couldn't help but look over at the tiny, hyperactive girl, who was bouncing up and down in glee when she saw him. Was she playing dress-up, or something? It definitely had to be, because that...sword had tiny wheels attached to it, of all things.

"Come on, we need to move forward," He placated, attempting to smooth things over before some form of cat fight could break out. "The important thing is to find out where this place is."

[[Hee, I godmod Yachiru because I can >:D ]]

Cocking her head curiously when the tall woman with the pretty, pretty ribbon bowed to her after going on about memory loss and soup, Yachiru bowed as well, just like what Feather-Brows had taught her. Ken-chan never really bothered about manners, but Yumi said that a lady always had to have them.

"I'm Yachiru!" She exclaimed brightly, her tone cheerful and buoyant. "Kusajishi Yachiru!" Well, at least these people were friendly - most of the shinigami in Soul Society never really wanted to play with her, and boy were they annoying.

Looking over at Serena/Usagi innocently, Yachiru was almost immediately drawn to the girl's strange hairstyle. It was so cute! A pause, and she giggled, pointing. "Ah, Meatball!" Completely guileless and meaning no harm whatsoever, Yachiru beamed at Serena. "They look cute on you, Meatball! Don't get so angry, okay?"

The two girls' argument had flown completely past her head, and she brightened when she saw someone else coming to settle the fight - probably?

She was quiet when he spoke, and when he was done, Yachiru piped up. "I know! You guys are in Soul Society!"

“You don’t need to scream!!” Minako yelled back at Usagi, glaring hard at her. What a brat! And here, Minako had thought that she’d matured so much over the years! They’d been through so much, and now this baloney? Some queen Usagi would turn out to be!

Then Raito came back and talked to them, and Minako just about melted. Aww, how noble of him to try to resolve their little dispute! He was cute but he was hardly the diplomat they needed. Minako and Usagi had years of friendship between them. The best of friends often had the worst of arguments. She would have replied to his moving-ahead-in-line idea, but then their pink-haired friend spoke up.

Minako thought Yachiru was adorable! She was so tiny and she had a little sword on wheels, too! Could she be some kind of mini-cosplayer? That would be even cuter! Minako decided she liked this Yachiru already. She won even more points when she named Usagi “Meatball.” First Minako snorted, and then she gave in to all-out laughing. “Meatball! That’s not quite odango, but it’ll do!”

She was so carried away with laughter that she missed the rest of what Yachiru said. Finally someone had broken the tense mood, and it felt much better to laugh her anxiety out than to spend it shrieking at Usagi.

Serena turned her anger towards Yachiru. “DON’T CALL ME—“ Serena stopped mid-scream. The little girl said she was cute. She couldn’t yell at the girl for that. “Oh..ah, thank you ” She let out a little embarrassed laugh. Serena loved getting compliments. She didn’t particularly like being called “Meatball” but she let it go. She also chose to ignore Mina laughing at her. She didn’t know what an “odango” was, but she had enough problems with this cray girl. She didn’t need the girl to laugh at her because she didn’t know what a word meant.

“I won’t get angry anymore. As long as she” Serena shot a glare at Mina “calls me by my real name. Serena.” She said her name for emphasis. Serena looked at the girl. She didn’t know what Soul Society was. But it didn’t sound good to her. She hoped very much that they were not really in a place with that name.

Serena looked at Raito. “I thought we were in line for cotton candy. Do you think the man up there has any?” She asked excited. “Lets go see ” Serena began to make her way to the front of the line focused once again on the cotton candy that she wanted. She went through all the colors in her head that she could get. Maybe Raito would instantly fall in love with her and buy some cotton candy for her She was going to get pink No, blue HA She could get both colors She couldn’t wait until she had that sweet cotton candy in her mouth!

Well, at least the pair of them were not going to get violent in the near, foreseeable future, for which he was rather grateful. Because, frankly speaking, breaking up two girls in a fight was something he would rather not do, thanks to the fairer sex's many complications.

Looking over at an excited Serena, Raito smiled faintly despite himself. The notion of this...place selling cotton candy was patentedly ridiculous, because as far as he could see, there weren't any machines of the like around, and if it really sold cotton candy...

Well, better to keep his options open.

And...Soul Society? What was this place?

"We'll have to ask them," Raito offered to the pretty blonde teenager before nodding faintly at Minako and Yachiru; who seemed to be in a rather good humor. A born gentleman despite everything, the brunette enquired politely, gesturing to the large gates that were a little way in front of them now that most of the line was cleared. "Shall we, ladies?"

Nodding brightly at both girls, not really understanding why they were angry, and not quite bothering either now that she knew that they were going to be fine - at least, mostly, the tiny girl giggled with Minako. She was very much amused with the both of them, and she wondered, with their appearance, if they were all shinigami as well. Surely they weren't from Rukongai, were they? They wouldn't be allowed through the gates of the Seireitei!!

Now, though, there were more important things to worry about as she bounced along beside the adults, brownish red eyes alight with excitement. It didn't feel like Soul Society, though, but this was fun all the same! There were nice people with her, and although this Raito reminded her vaguely of a certain fifth Division Captain, Yachiru didn't bother. Cotton candy was top priority!

"Ne," Yachiru said happily to Serena, her previous statement already clean forgotten. "I want a pink one!"

Minako got rid of the last bits of laughter, taking a few breaths to calm herself. In all the time they’d spent arguing, the line before them had all but vanished entirely. She could even see a bored-looking attendant behind a booth just before the gates. He didn’t know what he was in for, what with Usagi running full-tilt for him. Even little Yachiru ran after her! That was going to be a train wreck encounter! She couldn’t help but snicker a little. She’d have mercy on the attendant and wait her turn. She’d walk up to the booth elegantly, like a real lady, because everyone else was wrong and this was just a really well-disguised movie studio and she needed to look her best for the camera.

She cleared her throat. Yelling with Usagi hadn’t been kind to her vocal cords, and it would suck if she had to give a vocal performance! She’d always been great at karaoke. She’d wow everyone around with her talent! Not like she needed to get in. She already was, after all.

She had a change of heart then. What if they were right? This place could hardly be a movie studio, really. And the last time she performed for a talent scout, he seemed only lukewarm about her abilities. Besides, shifting environments like this was much more an enemy tactic. The Circus might have been behind something like this, were they still around to cause trouble. This had to be the sign of a new enemy! Maybe someone else was after the Silver Crystal. What worried her, though, was Usagi’s brooch. It was her very first one. Before she ever had the crystal. Maybe she had it attached to the Moon Wand. She could only hope that was the case.

Pushing these thoughts aside, clinging to her fantasy, Minako smiled politely at Raito. “Yes, we shall,” she said, and followed after the others at a distance.

Even before he opened his eyes, Peter knew he wasn’t in Texas anymore.

There was the tickle of grass against his cheek. That wasn’t right. He’d just fell a few stories onto concrete. Solid, very hard, unforgiving concrete. How the hell was he on grass now?

Slowly he sat up from lying face-down. There should have been pain in numerous places, but amazingly there wasn’t. He only felt nausea, and that was after he saw the angle his legs were twisted in. They were obviously broken and needed to be set. He reached and righted the bones, grimacing in pain when the bones protested any movement. How was he going to walk with broken legs? And how come they didn’t hurt more?

After a few moments’ thought, he realized he didn’t hurt so much as feel kind of tacky from a vast amount of drying blood all over him. He felt a lot on his face, but when he reached up to touch his cheek, he found no wound to speak of. With that much blood, his head must’ve been split open! Still, there was nothing. No pain, not even a little irritation.

He grinned. He’d just healed himself!! He must have bumped into someone with great healing abilities. Maybe it was that cheerleader he’d helped out. It had to be. She had to be the one that needed saving. By saving her, did he save the world?

He couldn’t tell now. He wasn’t at that high school in Texas. He was somewhere else entirely. He had to be dreaming. A hit to the head was enough to make people delusional; imagine what full-body trauma must cause. Aside from death, he thought grimly. He took a chance and got to his feet just fine. It was completely amazing! He really hoped it wasn’t a dream then.

He began walking, and didn’t have far to go before he heard voices. So there were others in this place, or dream, or afterlife, too. That was a relief. Well, it would be a relief if he didn’t look like a mass murderer. He looked at all the blood on him, covering much of his skin and soaked into his clothing. Anyone seeing him would be mighty suspicious. So he’d take it carefully.

Peter walked towards a giant gate in the front of a domed structure. This wasn’t anywhere in America. Where was he, and how did he get there? It had to be a dream. He saw a handful of people, too. Dream-people generally were cryptic and didn’t help much. He’d have to deal with this on his own, then.

When Serena bounced up to the man she looked around. “Where’s the cotton candy?” She was very disappointed to see that there weren’t any cotton candy machines at all. “I don’t see any and I neeed it ” She whined. The man didn’t even have a chance to answer her before she walked up to the gate and peeked in. Maybe the machine was behind the gate and they had to get tickets She turned back towards the others when she heard the man say something about not having any. No cotton candy?? But she was so hungry!!

Serena let out a groan, that could have easily turned into a cry. Surprisingly though it didn’t. Something else had caught Serena’s attention that made her completely forget about the cotton candy and whatever the man was going on about. She looked at the new comer curiously. She couldn’t be sure but it looked like he was hurt. She may not know much about medical things but she knew when she saw blood that it was bad.

“Oh no..” Her eyes grew concerned and she took off running to the boy. “Excuse me, but are you ok?” She looked at him with big worried eyes. “Did someone hurt you?” Serena didn’t like seeing people hurt. She wondered if a monster had done this to him. If one had she’d have to fight and she hated fighting. She got scared easily and she didn’t have any friends here to help her in battle. She knew Luna would tell her she had to fight though. But she shouldn’t worry about it. Maybe he just fell. She told herself that no matter what things would be ok. She could handle things if she had to. At the very least she could help this guy. “My name is Serena”. She didn’t want him calling her some weird name like Mina did.

Giving Minako a charming smile of his own, and wondering at how he could possibly get some useful information; preferably, the directions on how to get the heck out of this place, he moved along at a more sedate pace behind the two exuberant...individuals.

That was until he caught sight of someone who looked like he'd just stepped out of a gory slasher flick.

Then again, at least the blood on him didn't look like it was fresh, although it still looked rather grotesque. Watching as Serena ran up to the boy, evidently having gotten over her disappointment at the lack of cotton candy in the stand not too far away from them, he settled for quiet observation. The guy didn't look like he was in pain; perhaps he was an extra from some kind of movie set?

Heaven forbid that Minako was actually right; that this was some kind of movie set, because that really would not explain why he had been transported here all of a sudden.

Pouting at the distinct lack of mind-numbingly sweet confectionery, Yachiru resorted to tagging along behind Serena, who seemed to have found something new to focus her attentions on.

Hm, that new something - or someone, really - was covered in blood, and that little fact had promptly distracted her from further plans to acquire candy. Brightening visibly, Yachiru beamed and went up to the man, tugging at his shirt with all the excitement of a child on Christmas morning.

"Hey, Bloody!" She chirped, taking in the way the blood was caked on his face, and wondering if he'd let her draw him, or something. "Where did you come from? Did you get eaten? How come you've got so much blood on you and you're not dead yet?"

First towards the gate, annnd… now away from it. Minako watched as Usagi and the small Yachiru bounded up to the gate. She had to laugh at their disappointed reactions when the man at the booth clearly didn’t have what they wanted. This place wasn’t a carnival, after all! It was a movie set. Hel-lo! They didn’t just sell candy. It should have been obvious by the distinct lack of candy making equipment. Ah, well.

She stayed nearer to Raito than Usagi did. If Usagi wanted to play around and give herself new names, fine. She’d just have to be more careful around her. It could be the first signs of an illness. The future queen might need looking after. It would be stupid of her to abandon her duties just because of a silly squabble. And if she wasn’t going to be more active in snaring Raito, well, then she’d have to make up for her friend’s lack of advances!

She turned towards Raito, prepared to give him her best damsel-in-distress eyes and throw herself upon his mercy when she saw what now held Usagi’s attention. Immediately the sparkles faded away from her eyes and her jaw dropped. There was a new man around, and he was absolutely covered in blood. If it was his own blood, it was a miracle he was still walking. If not, well, then she certainly didn’t want to cross this man’s path. Her eyes went round as both Usagi and Yachiru went over to him. Blood was really never her thing, and as much as she hoped that was stage blood, she didn’t really believe it.

She gave Raito a thin, stressed smile. “Maybe he’s here for a different movie,” she said weakly. That’s what she hoped fervently, anyway. “What do you say we pass this security gate and get onto studio grounds proper?” The man wasn’t a monster, as far as she could tell, or he would have already launched into theatrics. Besides, even if he was, she could hardly transform here. She’d have to wait it out, or duck into the studio for a moment. She swallowed hard and hoped nothing horrible would happen. Usagi and Yachiru were so close! She wanted to snatch them both away from the guy and carry them into the studio. This wasn’t going to end well.

Peter hardly had any time to take in the scenery. He couldn’t appreciate the vastness of the domes that stretched out in front of him, nor study the carved battling gate guardians. He couldn’t count how many people were in the line, or how many weren’t.

Within moments of getting appreciably close to the line, a teenage girl had approached him. Considering he was just at a high school, that shouldn’t have been surprising. But she was wearing a strange, er, uniform, the kind that Japanese girls reportedly wore due to its sailor stylings. Okay, he could have accepted even that. But the one thing he didn’t get was this girl’s hairstyle. There were two buns or something on her head, and pigtails came from them, dangling like floppy rabbit ears. Umm… okay. This would be much easier to accept as a dream, or even some fantastic sort of afterlife thing, and so he tried not to think about it and focused on her questions instead.

“Serena?” he echoed. “I’m fine, really. I just, um… I had an unfortunate accident.” That’s how his brother would phrase something incredible like this. “Don’t worry. I’m okay now, thanks.” He offered a smile. Peter didn’t want someone fawning over him. He needed some answers, and wandering around in some wilderness wasn’t going to get him anywhere. Everyone seemed to be going into the domes, and that’s where he was going, too.

“Do you know where we are?” he asked. Or at least he started asking it when he felt a tug at his shirt, so it came out as “Do you know… where… we… Uh…” He looked down at the child holding the hem of his shirt. A child with pink hair, a distinctly Japanese-flavored outfit, and, er, a sword. On wheels. Right. Anyway, only a kid would call him Bloody like that. “Uh, hi,” he said, trying to be friendly. He even managed a smile. “You sure have a lot of questions, huh?” He couldn’t begin to answer them. Except for one. “No, I didn’t get eaten. I just fell, that’s all. Do you know where we are?”

His unfortunate accident was a fall? Did he have a lot of clutz attacks too? She had plenty of those and she had often been bleeding after one. Never that much though. She wasn’t sure if she really believed him. But why would he lie? Oh no! Maybe it was because he was scared of a really big monster that attacked him! She looked very worried at the thought.

“Well I thought we were at a carnival buying cotton candy. But there isn’t any. And Yachiru thinks we’re in a place called Soul Society. And that crazy blonde girl over there,” She pointed at Minako. “She thinks this is a movie set. But she’s a little nuts if you know what I mean.” She nodded knowingly. “We were going to that gate over there to ask but then he said there was no cotton candy and I saw you.”

Serena looked him over. “Are you sure you’re ok?” She tilted her head with concern. He really didn’t look well. She’d fallen plenty of times and she never looked like that. It had to be more than a fall. And she, Serena, would get to the bottom of things! She was Sailor Moon after all! Champion of Justice! She could help this man! She could tell that even though he was all bloody that he was good looking. Once she helped him clean up maybe he’d repay her with a kiss! Yes! He would pull her close and slowly lean in and give her the best kiss ever! She couldn’t wait! “I bet that man will have a first aid kit.” Her face had a slight blush from her mini day dream.

Looking over at Minako, whose expression changed drastically when she caught sight of the man covered in blood, Raito tilted his head slightly and wondered if she was one of those squeamish types.

To her credit, however, she didn't look like she was going to scream anytime soon, and for that, he was endlessly grateful. Watching her expression carefully, discreetly staying between her and the man covered in blood - he was a gentleman, despite his entire mission to cleanse the world - Raito patted her hand and commented calmly, his mind already working quickly through various options.

He knew that they couldn't leave him there, but so far, the man seemed all right. At least he was walking and talking normally.

As the people standing in front of them entered the...city-place, whatever it was, Raito simply nodded at Minako, playing along even though the prospect that he was actually in a movie was highly unlikely. "Ah, yes, he probably is."

Gleefully clinging onto the shirt hem when Yachiru realized that Bloody was a friendly guy after all, - maybe a little too soft spoken, but eh. - the 11th squad Vice-Captain beamed up at him and gave him an enthusiastic wave with her free hand, sending her sword jiggling around madly. "Hiii!! Yup, we're probably in Soul Society!"

So he just fell, huh? She'd seen people fall plenty of times, but none of them were as bloody as he was. Tilting her head and looking up at him, quite oblivious to Serena's daydream, thanks to the fact that Yachiru didn't (and probably never would) have hormones for that sort of thing.

And at least he was nice, Ken-chan would simply grunt at her and glare for asking so much questions, although he eventually answered them anyway. Some of the answers Ken-chan gave were absolute bullcrap, but Yachiru didn't mind them too much.

Bouncing along beside him, interested in the new arrival, she asked again, "Did you fall into a pit of spikes and things? Because Ken-chan once said that there was this pit full of spikes in Soul Society that they used to throw little children into when they misbehaved. And yeah, we're probably in some part of Soul Society." A pause, and she thought about it, a worrying little thought niggling at the back of her mind. "....Though I don't know why Ken-chan isn't around."

Minako felt better immediately when Raito had touched her hand. It was one of those little pats meant to bring a hysterical person back to earth. She wasn’t that bad off, really. The blood threw her, of course. But the touch did feel pretty nice. She smiled a little. “Thanks,” she said quietly. She knew Raito didn’t believe a scrap of her movie-set idea. And now she was starting to lose the notion, too. It didn’t seem right to keep pretending when her one of her best friends, and future queen, was looking danger right in the face.

She felt uneasy, even though the bloody man didn’t reach out and grab Usagi by the throat, or stab her, or transform into a monster, anything. He actually looked as confused as any of them felt. She wondered what his story was. She forced those thoughts out of her mind, though, and kept focused on Usagi’s situation. She was supposed to be the queen’s guardian. She slipped one of her hands into her pocket, lightly touching her transformation wand. It was good to feel it there still. She could become Venus in a moment and fight off any danger. Hopefully she wouldn’t have to.

“You know, I’d really love to go inside,” she mentioned to Raito, “but I have to watch out for my friend. Usagi. She’s lost her mind so I’d better keep tabs on her. And I don’t trust that guy one bit. I hope he doesn’t hurt her.”

Things were getting even more confusing. Peter tried to keep track of everything that was happening at once. His biggest concern was finding that cheerleader. There was really no guarantee that she was anywhere around here. He was where he hadn’t been just before, so there was no way of knowing if the girl had come along for the ride, or if she was still in danger. So it was reasonable that he was distracted. He looked around, scanning the area as both Serena and the tiny pink-haired girl talked.

“Soul Society?” That phrase grounded him immediately. “Wait. That sounds an awful lot like somewhere people would go after they die.” Shit. He closed his eyes for a moment, rubbing his forehead. If she was right, he’d died and the cheerleader was out there still, in extreme danger. He’d failed, then. But if he had, then there was chance she’d end up here too, right? That was hardly an encouraging thought, but at least he’d find out what happened after he’d gone. Bones mending themselves? He knew that had been too good to be true. That just didn’t happen in the real world, right? But it would explain why the cheerleader had been targeted…

“Sorry, I need to go. I have to find someone. Thanks.” He detached Yachiru’s small hand from his shirt and hurried past Serena towards the gates. If this was Soul Society, or whatever they called the afterlife, he needed to be inside and not out here. He didn’t see any cheerleaders out here. And this was extremely important, more important than anything he’d ever done before.

Serena paled when Peter voiced his thoughts on what “Soul Society” was. Death? She couldn’t be dead! She wasn’t in a battle when she appeared here! Oh no! Maybe she had died in the last battle but her ghost self didn’t know she was dead! That’s why the death people lured her here with cotton candy! How sneaky! Well Serena wasn’t going to just die! “But we’re not dead...are we?” She looked very worried.

And then Peter got up to go into the place. What if there were dead people in there? Corpses and zombies walking around with their eyes hanging out. Ewwww. Serena did NOT like the thought of that! But she didn’t want to see him be attacked by dead people! “Wait! You can’t go in there alone! Who are you looking for?” Serena ran after him “I can help!” See! She wasn’t afraid! She could face her fears!

She looked up at the gates. She really hoped those stone things didn’t come to life. She was scared as she stared up at them and let out a little groan. Why did everything have to look so scary when she had to help people?

"No, we're not dead," Raito said briskly even as he moved ahead. At least, he didn't think they were. For one, the shinigami Ryuk had ever so kindly informed him that those who held the Death Note would go to neither heaven or hell, and this was beginning to look like hell right about now.

There were no answers to be had here, and the girls didn't seem to be able to know where they were as well. Which only meant one thing, the answers would probably lie within, unless he planned to have a chat with the artificial grass.

Heading up to one of the entrances and saying a polite goodbye, slapping on a smooth excuse that he had people to find, he passed Serena when she stared up at the gates after trying to give chase to the man that had been drenched in blood. "If you want answers, you'd probably would want to come in as well."

Heading over to the little kiosk, he deliberately gave a false name and asked for directions, but was only gifted with a strange sort of journal. Not looking back, his attention already caught by the blatantly striking and different interior. Everything looked false and unnatural, and Raito simply muttered a curse under his breath. If this was somehow Ryuuzaki's doing - the raccoon-eyed bastard was so eccentric that Raito wouldn't put it past him - the brunette really was going to kill him.

After heading a little deeper into the domed city, he looked down at the device once again before he flipped it open. Well, at least this would be of some use.

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