It was a quite evening in the household of the Outer Senshi. Haruka was sitting in front of the TV, while Michiru was setting the table.
Hotaru was sitting next to Haruka, reading in her atlas from school. Suddenly, she tugged on Haruka's sleeve.
"Haruka-papa," she said. "Say, are there still undiscovered islands left?"
"Say what?" Haruka asked in confusion, turning her attention away from the soccer game she was watching.
"I mean, islands that have yet to be discovered. In the past, people always put a white spot on every map where there was some place left on earth that still wasn't discovered."
Haruka grinned. "Hotaru, but that was... decades ago! Today we've got satellites and the like, and I doubt there's even one tiny bit of Earth left that's not on our maps."
"But why is there one in my atlas?" Hotaru frowned.
"One what?" Haruka asked.
"A white spot, I mean."
Haruka sighed. "I'd really wish I could peacefully watch TV in the evening..." she mumbled. "Well, maybe you dropped some yoghurt on your atlas or something. Or it's a misprint."
"Or maybe a bird dropped something," Michiru smiled as she came out of the kitchen. "Come on, you two, it's time to eat! I made Natto."
Haruka stared at the soy dish Michiru was carrying. "Michiru," she gushed. "My favorite food... I love you!"
Hotaru didn't look up from her atlas. "Still, there's a white spot in here." She spat on the page and tried rubbing it away, but it didn't work. "I can't even remove it with spit."
"Hotaru!" Michiru frowned. "You can't just spit in your school atlas." She put down the Natto on the table. "Lemme take a look, sweetie..."
Hotaru showed her the atlas. "Here, there's the wide ocean between China and Japan, right? And there are so many little islands. But there, can you see? Over there is a... a white spot!"
Michiru's eyes widened. "That has to be a misprint, Hotaru!" she said.
"On the other hand, the atlas was quite expensive..." Hotaru murmured. "Let's see..." She looked into the atlas as well and frowned. "Strange..."
But then, she shook her head. "Aw heck, stop worrying about that, Hotaru! That is a misprint, no doubt about it! There can't be any undiscovered islands left. And now, time to eat!"
Together, they sat down and Haruka inhaled the sweet scent of her favorite dish. They started eating, and after Haruka swallowed her first bite, she sighed. "Mmmmmm, that's just what I needed..."
Hotaru nodded. "Delicious..." she murmured, her mouth still full. "But what if it really is an undiscovered island..."
"Don't eat with your mouth full!" Michiru scolded.
Hotaru swallowed and giggled. "Don't you mean 'Don't talk with your mouth full', Michiru-mama?"
When they were finished, Michiru asked Hotaru to do the dishes. Hotaru didn't like that. "I can't," she said. "I have to ponder."
"Ponder?" Michiru wondered. "About what?"
"About the white spot, obviously!"
"Go ahead, young lady!" Michiru smirked. "The kitchen is the ideal place to ponder, especially while doing the dishes."
Hotaru grumbled something unintelligible, grabbed the dirty dishes and vanished inside the kitchen.
"Say, when does Setsuna's plane take off?" Haruka asked her.
Michiru looked at her watch. "In a couple of hours," she said.
"And she already left for the airport?" Haruka wondered. "Does she expect traffic to be that bad?"
"Well, you know Setsuna," Michiru smirked. "She prefers to be on time, all the time."
"Well, hopefully, she'll have a great time in Beijing..."
"I hope so," Michiru nodded. "After all, she deserves a nice, relaxing vacation from all her duties as the guardian of time."
As soon as she was in the kitchen, Hotaru took her cell phone out of her pocket and dialed a number, completely ignoring the dirty dishes.
Some time later, another girl's voice answered: "Yes?"
"Chibiusa-chan?" Hotaru whispered. "It's me, Hotaru! Listen, I can't speak much louder, I don't want them to hear me. Can I come to your place in a couple of minutes? I have to show you something!"
"Well, actually... You know, Usagi's Mom sentenced me to redo my math homework. It's so unfair..."
"Don't worry, I'll help you," Hotaru replied. "As long as I can come over... please?"
"Oh well, I guess there's no harm in asking..." Chibiusa sighed.
"Fine, see you then!" Hotaru switched off her cell phone and put it away. With a grin on her face, she started to put the dishes into the dishwasher.
When she came back out of the kitchen, Michiru's eyebrows rose. "Finished already?" she wondered.
Hotaru grinned. "Put all of them into the dishwasher."
Michiru frowned, but Haruka had to chuckle. "You little cheater," she smirked. "Oh well, as long as the work's done..."
"Say, can I go over to Chibiusa's place for the night?" Hotaru pleaded. "She already asked her parents and they said it was no problem." She hoped Chibiusa would forgive her the small lie.
Michiru and Haruka looked at each other. "Well, I'm okay with it," Haruka shrugged.
"Fine," Michiru sighed. "But remember that you have school on Monday."
"Okay, thanks!" Hotaru beamed.
Later in the evening, Hotaru knocked at the door of her pink-haired friend. "Chibiusa-chan?"
The door opened. "Come in," the future princess of Crystal Tokyo sighed. "I really hope you can help me... these math exercises are too much. Say, wasn't Auntie Ikuko a bit surprised when you showed up?"
"Both she and Haruka-papa," Hotaru giggled. "But in the end, they didn't mind. Although this was the second time I've been called a 'little cheater' this evening... Now, let's take a look at your homework..."
"Aww, and here I thought Small Lady would start to learn doing things by herself..." muttered Diana, who was lying on Chibiusa's pillow.
When they were finished, they sat down on Chibiusa's bed. Hotaru told her friend everything about the white spot she discovered.
"Isn't this exciting?" she grinned. "If there's really an undiscovered island, we'll be the first to find it. And then, we'll name it after ourselves: The Hotaru-Chibiusa Island!"
Chibiusa giggled. "You're crazy, Hotaru-chan..."
"But there is no place on Earth left that is undiscovered," protested Diana. "My Mom told me so."
"What does Luna know?" Hotaru frowned. "Listen, I know I'm not crazy. And I hate being watched by Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama all the time. Setsuna-mama went on a vacation by herself... so why can't we have some fun by ourselves? And in case of emergency, we just use our Senshi powers."
Chibiusa frowned. "I don't know... somehow, I don't think we'd find anything, even if we somehow manage to reach that spot on the map. How do you plan on going there anyway?"
"Oh, I'm sure we'll think of something," Hotaru smiled. "Please, Chibiusa-chan? I'll make it up to you somehow..."
Chibiusa crossed her arms and thought about it. On the one hand, she didn't really believe that there was actually some undiscovered island. On the other hand, Hotaru was her best friend... and she was itching for some action on her own as well.
"Okay," she finally nodded. "You convinced me. But how are we gonna explain this to Auntie Ikuko and Uncle Kenji?"
"Well, that's why you have a Luna Ball, right?" Hotaru smirked.
Chibiusa groaned. "I thought so... okay, but Diana comes with us."
The grey kitten winced. "Do I have to?"
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