Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Act 31
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Makoto is in her apartment cooking curry. She tastes it and gives a nod of approval. There is a family picture of Makoto with her parents when she was young in her living room. Makoto leans against the counter. |
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The next day, Motoki is waiting anxiously at Crown, plate ready with rice and tsukemono and spoon in hand. He leans down to talk to Kamikichi. "Kamikichi, today I'm going to have a big lead over you. It's homemade curry!" He puts his plate on the counter and brandishes his spoon. "CURRY!" Quickly, he puts the spoon behind his back as Makoto walks in. "Good afternoon," she smiles. "Welcome!" Makoto pulls out a container with curry in it and hands it to Motoki. "Here! I don't know if it's to your liking, but..." Motoki takes the container and brings it under his nose. "Wow! That smells good! Thank you!" Makoto smiles and holds up her passport. "Well..." She starts to leave, but Motoki stops her. "Ah! Wait a second!" He pulls out the two Kame Fighter tickets and presents them to her. "This is...my thanks." "Oh! It's okay!" she declines, but Motoki presses on. "No no! If you don't, I won't be satisfied. Okay?" He thrusts the tickets at her. "Really?" Motoki nods, "Yeah." "Then...thank you." Makoto reaches out to take both tickets, but she can't get them away from Motoki's death grip. They tug on them back and forth for a bit before Makoto makes a questioning sound. Motoki freezes. "Ah! Um...one is..." he awkwardly points to himself with the thumb of his injured hand. He glances at his thumb for a second, and Makoto smiles, a bit embarrassed. She takes one ticket and leaves one for him, both of them smiling and laughing nervously. Motoki starts to fan himself with his ticket and laughs some more. |
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Inside the secret room, Rei and Ami are doing work at the table, and Makoto is gazing at the ticket when Usagi rushes in. "Mako-chan! I heard you were going on a date with Motoki after this!" Rei and Ami look up in surprise. "No!" denies Makoto, "I gave him some curry, so this is just a way of saying thank you." Usagi plucks the ticket from Makoto's hand. "Really? Motoki seemed really happy, you know! The impression I got was that he definitely likes you!" Makoto grabs the ticket back from Usagi. "Cut it out, will you?" She sits herself down in a chair, "Just as I thought, I won't go. Things like that are going to be said, and Motoki will be bothered, too." Usagi pouts and walks in front of Makoto. "What are you saying?" She puts her hands on her hips, "Poor Motoki!" Makoto just turns away from her. "If you go," speaks up Rei, "I won't say anything." Makoto leans back into her chair. "Your attitude is saying it." Chibi-Luna pops in next to Makoto, food in her hands. "Mako-chan! This is also a Senshi’s training!" "That has nothing to do with it," says Makoto. "Wait! Wait!" cries Usagi. She looks over Makoto. "Hmm, a bit of a cuter look would be good. Ah! That's it!" All the other watch Usagi as she holds up her Teletia S with a big grin. Makoto stands up on the stage and flips open Usagi's phone. She presses a button and tries on different outfits. "Hmm," thinks Usagi, "Just as I thought, mine doesn't suit Mako-chan, huh?" Luna nods as Usagi turns around and asks, "What about yours, Rei?" With Rei's phone, Makoto transforms into a policewoman's uniform, and then a firefighter's uniform. Makoto looks puzzled at the outfits. "What?" says Usagi, "You want to look stupid like this?" Rei's smile is replaced with an annoyed look. "I don't enter outfits that aren't useful," she replies. Usagi counters with "Boring!" causing Rei to turn her head away, annoyed. Usagi turns to Ami. "What about yours, Ami?" Makoto changes into a simple white dress, and then into an odd black and white geometric dress. Makoto pulls on a string in the center. Everyone looks at Ami, who's smiling. She looks at them and then nervously laughs. "No reason..." she explains, forcing more laughter while Rei, Usagi, and Luna give her flat looks. "That's enough," says Makoto, changing back, "I'll go in my own clothes. She snaps Ami's phone shut and shoves it at Usagi in passing. Usagi whines as Makoto leaves, and Luna's jumping up and down, waving her own phone in the air. |
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Outside the theatres, Motoki is looking at the posters of Finding Kame and Kame Fighter side by side. He comments, "Just as I thought, she preferred it not animated," and turns to see Makoto walking up the stairs. "Mako-chan!" He waves. "Hurry hurry! It'll start!" Motoki grabs Makoto's hand and drags her into the theatre. Inside the two have their popcorn and drinks in hand and are trying to get past people to find a seat. There are three seats free. Motoki starts to sits in the farthest seat, and seeing this, Makoto sits down one seat away from him. Motoki sees this before he sits all the way down and changes his seat to the one next to Makoto. "The center is good, huh," he says and drinks his soda, captivated by the movie. Makoto hesitantly munches on some popcorn and looks at him, remembering what Usagi said. "The impression I got was that he definitely likes you!" "That can't be..." Makoto thinks to herself. |