"Akane, could you come here for a second?"
Akane turned around and walked over to Kasumi's hut. "Coming, sis..."
After she was gone, the soup continued bubbling on its fireplace...
Sneakily, a fuku-clad blonde approached the steaming cauldron from behind, holding something in her right fist.
Venus made sure that Akane and Kasumi were still talking to each other, then she looked down at the soup.
Giggling, she held up the mysterious item over the cauldron. "Let's see what they say if they find THIS in your soup..." And then she let go.
Like a leaf in autumn, the seemingly harmless piece of cloth floated downwards, until it got swallowed by the thick, stew-like soup.
"The chest bow of my old fuku... I've been wearing it for years! All of the blood, sweat and hard work I gathered during my early missions as Sailor V are stuck inside there... and I've NEVER washed it!"
Sure, that was a little harsh... but Minako couldn't stand that snotty Tendo brat! Always losing her temper, always endangering the troops by 'improving' her sister's meals... Venus was happy to get back at her for all that.
"Surely they will blame her when this soup upsets someone's stomach," Minako giggled evilly. "And that will hopefully teach her a lesson!"
Quickly, she dashed back behind some boulders lying near the 'cooking camp' of the Tendo sisters, as she heard Akane coming back out of Kasumi's shack.
Humming, Akane put down the dish she had been carrying on the table next to the big cauldron and began scooping soup into it. Afterwards, she put a spoon into it and carried it away.
Minako peered out of her hiding place. "Huh?" she wondered. "Where is she taking it?"
And when she realized just WHOSE lunch she had just contaminated, she almost screamed out loud...
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Akane beamed with pride as she brought the warm soup to the queen of Crystal Tokyo and the general of the army. Kasumi had done her a big favor by letting her deliver the soup herself... now she could show the queen her abilities.
She walked into the big tent, where Sailor Moon and several of her Senshi were waiting... Mars, Chibimoon and Jupiter!
Sailor Moon deeply inhaled the scent of the soup, as soon as Akane came in. "Hmmmm... that really smells nice!"
Akane smiled. "Your Highness, this Consommé Royal has been made by my elder sister, Kasumi... and I've been helping her!"
"Well, you must be a big help for your sister," Usagi said as Akane put down the dish in front of her. "If the nice smell is anything to go by, you must both be very talented in cooking..."
Akane blushed. That was the first time someone had complimented her cooking skills...
Rei, Chibiusa and Makoto exchanged a nervous glance... Unlike their queen, they all knew very well just how good Akane could cook...
"Well, have a nice meal," Akane said and bowed.
But just as Akane was going to leave, and Usagi was going to take the first sip, Minako came storming into the tent.
"Minako, what's the meaning of this?" Makoto asked angrily, not even bothering to call the blonde Senshi by her title.
Minako quickly grabbed her queen's arm. "Um... your highness, please, let me take away that soup... I will go to the cook and order her to cook something else."
Usagi looked at her old friend in confusion. "But why, Mina-chan? It is a delicate Consommé Royal, after all..."
"Ummm... because it already gave the soldiers the cramps... and it isn't salted..."
"It IS salted, damnit!" Akane growled.
Usagi shook her head. "Nonsense! This smells just too delicious to be unedible... also, I don't know why I should eat something else than my loyal soldiers..." And she moved the spoon towards her mouth.
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Some time later, Minako was shuffling to the shack of the Tendo sisters. Instead of her normal fuku, she was wearing a normal soldier's uniform.
Akane, who was standing outside, welcomed her with a sneer. "Well, well, well... If it isn't our dear critic de cuisine... Where's your fuku, 'Venus'?" She let out a mocking gasp. "Don't tell me you've been demoted..."
"Let's not talk about this, please..." Minako groaned. "You got a glass of water for me?"
Akane grinned while getting a glass. "Well, I think that serves you just right... I hope you'll think twice before you try to pull such a prank again, right?"
Minako accepted the glass of water. "If it had only been the demotion... I would have survived that..." She gulped the water down and burped. "But, after finding out that it was MY fuku bow they found in the soup, they did not only take away my transformation pen..." Another big gulp.
"They forced me to eat it... BUUURP!"
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Usagi was lying on the floor of her tent and was clutching her sides in agony.
Hotaru and her assistant Michiru came in. "What's wrong with the queen?" she gasped.
"Quick, Hotaru-chan," Chibimoon said in a panic. "My Mom's not feeling well... I fear that it is a case of food poisoning."
Hotaru smiled at her friend. "Now, Chibiusa-chan, I'm the doctor here... Leave the diagnosis to me, please!"
Chibiusa looked slightly offended. "I... I also know much about medical stuff... I took part in a first-aid training course."
"Very well then... Could you please help me and check her breathing?"
"Um... sure!" Chibimoon knelt down next to her writhing mother. She moved her head over Sailor Moon's face and took a deep sniff.
With a sharp "YIKES!", the pink-haired princess of Crystal Tokyo went stiff, grimaced and fell down right next to her mother.
Hotaru nodded. "Yeah, she was right... That's definitely an acute case of food poisoning..."
Michiru turned around and shouted out of the tent: "Bring a second stretcher, Haruka!"
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Shortly after, Chibiusa was feeling better... but she had left the tent, because she just could not stand looking at her mother without feeling sick again...
After helping her queen, general and friend sit down on a bench, Rei looked down at Usagi in worry. "What should we do... We can't let her die."
"We have to make sure she throws up," Makoto suggested.
"But how?" Hotaru wondered. "I can't just simply stick two fingers in her throat like I would do with a normal soldier... she is the queen, after all!"
Just then, Michiru had an idea. She took the dish with the soup that was still standing on the table, and put it in front of their queen.
"Is this what you ate, your Highness?"
Usagi's eyes widened as she took a good look at the dish in front of her.
Then she turned her head.
"BEURK!"
Grimacing, Rei looked down at her feet. "Eeeeeewww..."
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