Senshi Meeting

Senshi Meeting
By Lance

The temple on the hill. The Senshi had gathered around the table in Rei's room, as per the usual, to begin their meeting. And again, as per the usual, the Odangos were late.
Minako couldn't make it, being unable to break her date with a boy she'd just met, but the other three senshi sat waiting to begin. Ami was typing on her computer as Makoto re-re-read a manga with a bored look on her face. Rei meanwhile, was sitting with her arms crossed and head down, fuming, although silently.
Finally the door slid open, and Chibi-Usa stepped in, Usagi and Chibi-Chibi right behind her.
"Hi!" cried out Usagi happily as the toddler around her knees waved and giggled.
"We know we're late," explained Chibi-Usa.
Rei barely moved, still fuming, "I should hope so. Sit down, we're already behind."
Chibi-Usa frowned at Rei's malice-filled voice, but moved to take a seat. Her cousins seemed too cheery to notice their companion's apparent anger. The pink-haired eight-year-old was dressed in a red sweater and a pair of denium jeans. Usagi and Chibi-Chibi however, had once again fallen victim to Ikuko's love of dressing the pair of them into matching outfits. Both wore a pink T-shirt with Hello Kitty over the chest, accompanied by loose white skirts that came just above the knees of their respected wearers. Both of them had slightly rounded hips noticable to the keen eye, evidence that they were firmly taped into their Pampers (one Teen size, one toddler).
The two sat next to each other on an empty side of the four-sided table. To their left, Makoto was alone on a side, as Minako still couldn't make it. Across from the diapered pair, Chibi-Usa sat beside Ami, who politely smiled at her and turned off her computer. Rei, on their right, enjoyed a side to herself as she cleared her throat to begin the meeting.
Just as Rei prepared for speaking, Chibi-Usa reached into the diaper bag she carried for her cousins. She pulled out a picture book and slid it under to table to Chibi-Chibi who squealed and began to flip through it, looking at the bright colors. Usagi whimpered slightly. The toddler was a little too young to pay attention at the meeting, so to keep her entertained while the older girls settled up, they bought her a new picture book before business got underway. They only needed to be sure Usagi was paying attention and not peeking over her sister's shoulder.
"Well, now that all participating are present, finally" Rei added that last part on under her breath, "We can begin. First order of business- the Outers."
Chibi-Usa blinked, "The Outers? What's the problem with them?"
"Not really a problem," stated Ami, "We just aren't coordinating with them as well as we'd like. They insist on keeping us at arms length."
Chibi-Usa sighed, "They've always been like that. Puu espicially doesn't like working with the Inners."
The dark-haired priestess crossed her arms about that, "Well, we're going to have to do something about that if we're going to increase our effectiveness."
"I don't know," stated Makoto thoughtfully. "Like Chibi-Usa said, that might just be the way they are. We can't just change that. Besides, maybe they'll work better as a seperate group."
"Yeah," the eight-year-old nodded, "I doubt we'll be able to change their mind without any problems. They'll most likely resist any attempt to cooperate."
Raye opened her mouth to speak, but Ami cut her off, "Still, they have alot of potential that they can't truly harness unless we work together. Espicially Hotaru."
Chibi-Usa mulled over that for a moment. Usagi suddenly giggled. The other senshi turned to see her hunched over looking with Chibi-Chibi through her picture book.
"Hehehehe... oh um..." she blushed as she noticed them staring at her. "Sorry" She sat upright again, her hands on the table.
Rei gave out an irritated sigh before returning to adress the whole group.
"So, we ask the Outers to attend a training session sometime next week, making emphasis on how important it is they come. Any objections?" A short pause. "Very well, then."
"Second order of business," a brow appeared on Rei's forehead, "Do we still want Usagi to remain leader of the Sailor Senshi?"
Every pair of eyes- save Chibi-Chibi's, turned to Rei in surprise. Usagi suddenly felt any feelings of boredom evaporate as she stood up, alarmed.
"What?!" She exclaimed, looking at Rei as though she couldn't believe her ears. "You wanna sack me?!"
Chibi-Usa waved toward her cousin to calm down, "Nobody's sacking anybody, Usagi. Sit back down." As the blonde sat back onto her diapered butt, the pink-scalped girl turned toward the preistess. "Where's this coming from Rei? This better just not be because we were late to the meeting."
"It's more then that," stated the preistess angrily. "Usagi hasn't ever seemed to have the qualities of a leader, espicially not now."
"We've gone over this before," said Makoto, raising a finger. "You tried to take over things before, too."
The black-haired one looked insulted, "I'm not trying to take over. I just think the Senshi should be in the most capable hands possible."
Under her breath, the pampered senshi muttered, "Yeah, and I suppose those are automatically yours."
Before Rei could retaliate, Ami rose an eyebrow, "What do you mean, she's not as good of a leader now."
"Well," Rei's friendship began to clash with her anger, and she tried taking the edge off to not hurt Usagi's feelings. "Back in the Beryll days, I guess she handling things well enough, but nowadays she doesn't quite cut it." She ignored the blonde's angry pout in her direction and continued, "I mean, our enemies are getting smarter, more agressive, and the same old tactics don't quite do it anymore."
"Usagi's always pulled through for us," said Makoto as she glared in Rei's direction. "We've always been able to get out of trouble, no matter what gets thrown our way."
"Yeah," said Rei with a raised eyebrow, "And how much of that has been luck? How much of that has even been her? She rarely gives out battle orders anymore." The priestess smirked slightly, "Usually I'm the one telling people who does what."
"Actually," said Ami as she consulted her computer, "Battle analysis indicates it's usually me or Chibi-Usa doing that."
Chibi-Usa blushed modestly. After pausing to let everyone mull on that, Rei went on, "There's also the problem with Usagi's battle record."
"HEY!" Usagi said, offended, "I work real hard when I fight!"
"Usagi, I been looking at the analysis sheets Ami prints out and you're battle abilities are the lowest out of all the senshi," said the preistess, pulling out a small sheet of paper (Ami looked apologetically toward Usagi). Rei looked up and down the battle analysis, "You're usually about equal with Chibi-Chibi when it comes to fighting prowess. Hell, sometimes she completely passes you by."
Rei stood up to adress the whole group again, "Let me repeat that. Usagi's getting upstaged, by a three-year-old." She put emphasis on certain words to make sure it sunk in.
Chibi-Chibi looked up at the sound of her name. "Two-yeaw-ow," she corrected, holding up the right amount of fingers.
As the red-headed tot went back to her book, Rei sighed, "The point still remains that Usagi's not even as tough as a baby."
Usagi suddenly went very red. She stood up and glared at Rei face-to-face. It was quickly understood by everyone in the room (including Rei, who felt a twinge of guilt), that she had just said the wrong word.
"I'M TUFFA THEN A BABY!" She replied hotly, "And I know I'm tougher then Chibi-Chibi!" She pointed at the tot who was innocently humming as she turned a page in her book. "I'm probably even a better fighter then you, Rei!"
At this phrase, Rei's anger surfaced again, "Usagi, your most devestating attack is the one where you shit yourself that the enemy then has to keep one hand constantly over his nose. Unfortunately, that attack has the same effect on your allies!"
Usagi blushed bright red at this, and pouted, apparently at a loss for what to say. Chibi-Chibi however, broke the silence. The toddler was on her stomach looking through her book, and was able to get a good look up her elder's skirt.
"Wet," she pointed at the somewhat bloated diaper between Usagi's legs. The teen somehow managed to blush even more.
As Chibi-Usa shouldered the girl's diaper bag and headed over to cousin, Usagi looked spitefully toward Rei, "I'm still tougher then Chibi-Chibi. Lots tougher."
"Of... course...." It was hard to veiw Usagi as being tough. She was standing with her arms crossed and a large pouting expression on her face and her eight-year-old cousin took her skirt off and checked her diaper.
"Usagi, you're totally soaked," confirmed an amazed Chibi-Usa. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Well..."
Usagi couldn't say much before Chibi-Usa guided her to the floor to be changed. As the blonde began to get powered, Ami spoke up.
"I think that if the Outers come to our next session, we should start senshi-on-senshi trainings again," she said pensively. "It would be a good way to see how we measure up to them."
"Yeah... YEAH!" Usagi said, suddenly excited. The girl even sat up unexpectantly. "An' me an' Chibi-Chibi can see who's tougher! And if I win," She suddenly stood up and pointed to Rei, not caring that she was naked from the waist down, her chubby bottom still white with powder, "then you and me can fight, Rei! I'll prove how tough I really am! That I'm the toughest-"
"Usagi, you know better then that!" exclaimed Chibi-Usa. She easily did a wide sweep with her arm, knocking her cousin's legs out from under her. The teen fell back onto her bottom, and blinked back tears. Usually when she fell on her butt, she was cushioned. The pink-haired girl quickly taped her cousin safely into her pampers and reached for her skirt so she could button it back on.
"Well," Makoto stood up and headed to the door in the awkward silence following Rei and Usagi's fight. "I guess if that's everything."
She opened the door. Suddenly, from the new opening came the magical sounds of an ice-cream trucks song. Chibi-Chibi and Usagi's eyes both lit up.
"ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM!" they screamed, as they stood up. While Usagi was now safely diapered, her skirt still wasn't on, and her pamper was in plain view. Despite this, the two of them quickly ran out of the temple to the curb to stop the truck. Chibi-Usa sighed and headed after them, reaching for her wallet as she did so.
Rei sighed as well.
"Meeting adjorned."