"Usagi?"
Usagi blinked and looked up from where she'd been trying to do balance training by walking along a curb. "Uhm, Naru, right?"
Naru stared at her friend. "Usagi, we've known each other how long?"
Usagi searched her memories. "At least five or six years."
"So why are you acting so strange?" asked Naru.
Usagi winced as someone saw through the clever disguise. What to do? The truth was too bizarre. So... Ah. "I decided that I didn't want to keep tripping over everything, and I didn't want to be bullied anymore. So I'm devoting myself to the martial arts."
"Wouldn't rhythmic gymnastics be more... you?" asked Naru.
"Nah, I've got some bad memories about that," said Usagi, thinking of Kodachi.
"Oh, yeah," said Naru, remembering the previous year when somehow or other Usagi trying to use the ribbon had managed to end up hanging upside down from one of the gym's basketball hoops.
Usagi (Ranma) saw how sad the girl looked and tried something else. "Hey, we're still friends! It's just I'm... exploring all my options."
"If you get too weird, the boys won't pay any attention to you," said Naru. "Not that they're exactly lining up anyway."
"That's fine," said Usagi, hoping they DID stay away. "Hey, since it's after school how about we go get something to eat?"
"With what money?" Naru asked.
"Oh, uhm, right," said Usagi, realizing she didn't have any. "I'm going to do my homework and then get right on with practicing. I, uh, didn't realize how out of shape I was until after I started training."
"You're out of shape?" asked Naru, though she knew her friend wasn't exactly an athlete. Her big workout seemed to be when she was running to school.
"Oh yeah, big time," agreed Usagi, rolling her eyes. "Maybe do something about this hair too. Maybe something shorter and easier to manage."
Luna watched from a tree. This girl was one of the Senshi and she had awoken, but not in the usual manner. The dedication to fighting arts was obviously something dredged up from her previous life. Maybe she was Sailor Jupiter?
Now how to try and approach her since the first time hadn't exactly gone well.
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