A Sailor Moon Fanfiction: The Pledge of the Sun.

Chapter 50

In the town of Juuban, at the Tsukino Residence, a scream came from inside the house.

"Oh, no! I'm late for school! I'll see you later!"

Then, Usagi raced out of the house, her mouth filled with a slice of toast, as she ran down the sidewalk. Then, being the clumsy girl she was, she tripped over a crack and fell flat on her face causing her to cry.

"That seriously hurt!" she wailed.

Usagi's little brother Shingo then came out from the house's front gate carrying a bookbag in his hands.

"Hey, Crybaby Usagi! You forgot your bookbag again!" he called. "So why don't you stop crying and come and get it!"

Usagi, feeling insulted, immediately stopped crying and raced back to Shingo. "What'd you say, Shingo?!" she snapped, pulling back her sleeve.

"Listen, I'm not your bookbag babysitter, so why don't you stop being such a klutz?" teased Shingo as he ran away, sticking his tongue at her.

Usagi stuck out her tongue back but quickly remembered. "I don't have time for this! I have to get going!" she cried. "Otherwise, Mr. Haruna will reap me a new one!"

And with that, Usagi raced away. Not too far away, Luna and Artemis were sitting on the roof of the house, the two cats having to have seen everything.

"Good grief. Still the same old, Usagi," chuckled Luna. "It's hard to imagine that it's been two months since she and the others lost their memories of being Guardians."

"Yup. All of them are back of being ordinary people again," agreed Artemis, as he gazed up to the sky. Then he blushed as a mischievous grin crept up to his face, and he went to nuzzle Luna on the cheek. "But you know, Luna, I think you and I should settle down, you know, have kids and stuff," he went on in a sultry voice, trying to be flirty.

Luna was appalled. "What the heck do you think you're saying, you pervert!"

She then raked the white cat square in the face with her claws, making the white cat yowl in agony.

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At Juuban Middle School, Usagi had to stand in the hallway while balancing a bucket of water on top of her forehead. As a result, she felt miserable and was once again in tears. At that moment, Ami came out from a different classroom a few doors down. She was walking down the hallway when she saw Usagi. Seeing Usagi in her sorry state, she kindly took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears, causing the blonde to look up in surprise.

"They made you stand outside again?" Ami asked with sympathy. "You poor girl."

"Hey, you're the genius from Class 5, Ami, right?" Usagi whimpered, feeling touched. "That heartless Haruna could learn a thing or two about kindness. Especially from someone as thoughtful as you."

At that moment, the door suddenly opened, and Ms. Haruna stood there, who had heard everything and was very cross.

"And who do you think you're calling heartless?!" she snapped.

Usagi, not wanting to anger Ms. Haruna any more than she already did, said nothing more. Ms. Haruna then looked at Ami.

"You're Ami Mizuno from Class 5 a couple of doors down, isn't that right?" she asked.

Ami nodded in response. "Yes, Ma'am."

"I should warn you that nothing good will come out of hanging around with Miss Tsukino," Ms. Haruna said. "This girl is nothing but trouble."