A Sailor Moon Fanfiction: The Pledge of the Sun.

Chapter 7

It was another day in Juuban. Usagi, who had once again woken up late, was running to make it to school as fast as she could.

"Oh, man! I'm 'gonna be late again!" she cried. "But if I keep running like this, then I'll be too tired to study!"

Then she stopped to try and catch her breath right by a drugstore putting her hands on her knees. She then happened to notice a poster on the window. It was of a young brunette girl with her hair in a ponytail looking like she was a part of a gymnastics team holding a bottle in her hand. Usagi inspected the poster a little closer.

"Feeling exhausted? Try this energy booster recommended by Mikan," she read. "Well, if Mikan thinks I should try it, then maybe I will."

Just then, Naru came running, who was also running late. Then she saw Usagi staring at the poster of Mikan. As she ran by, she purposely held up her bag and made it smack Usagi on the back of her head.

"Ow! What was that for Naru?!" cried Usagi rubbing her head.

"Get moving, slowpoke!" called Naru. "There's no time to be daydreaming!"

Usagi was still irritated at Naru for hitting her, but she knew that she was right, and then she followed close behind her.

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Eventually, Usagi and Naru managed to make it to school on time just before the bell rang. Usagi, however, was still rubbing her head in pain.

"Ow... that hurt..." she grumbled.

"You should be grateful that's all you suffered," said Harusuke. "The last thing you need is Ms. Haruna giving you a reason to stand in the hall."

"That's right," smiled Naru. "So, feel free to thank me for saving your sorry butt from being late."

Then Umino came up to three, looking very excited. He also had a rolled-up poster in his hands.

"Hey, you guys! Check this out!" he said. "I finally got the poster of Mikan Shiratori!"

He then unfurled the poster revealing it to be the same poster that Usagi saw earlier this morning.

"Wait a minute Umino. You didn't steal that from the drugstore, did you?" asked Usagi.

"Of course not!" said Umino. "I ordered this little gem over an internet store. I also have a whole bunch more if you're interested in getting one. I can sell it to you for cheap."

"We're... gonna have to pass," said Naru.

"By the way, who's this Mikan Shiratori person?" asked Harusuke. "Is she an idol?"

"That's right!" said Umino as he whipped out his computer and began typing. "And not only that, but did you know that she used to attend Juuban Middle School just like us, and she's seventeen years old? She's also appeared in eight commercials, and each month she makes over two million yen!"

"Whoa! You're kidding!" cried Harusuke. "Two million yen?!"

"That's a ton of money!" said Usagi. "I wonder how many pieces of shortcake I could buy with that?"

Then two female classmates named Yumiko and Kuri, who happened to overhear the conversation, chimed in.

"You know if I'm not mistaken," said Yumiko. "I believe that Mikan was discovered right here in town."

"She sure is lucky," said Kuri. "I wish someone would discover me."

"I agree," said Naru. "If I had some luck, I'd want to be discovered too."