"Ami, did Rei tell you about Michiru's diary and Makoto?"

Ami nodded. "It seems unlikely that any of us still conscious can cook as well as Mako-chan." She knew for a fact that Usagi and Rei were not good cooks; Chibi-Usa could cook, but the food often did not look extremely appetizing. She wasn't certain how well Minako or Haruka could cook, but she knew Makoto was the best of the group.

"But I think Usagi and Rei have been acting odder than Makoto." Ami was surprised how bluntly she had put it. They hadn't done anything super suspicious while she was with them in the pool room, which made her more suspicious of them. Until she knew about Makoto and Minako's state of being, the fact that no one else had fainted or fallen victim to cookies made her suspicious.

"Why?" Usagi asks, suddenly feeling like the trust she had in her blue haired friend was a mistake.

"Well, it struck me as odd when you said, earlier today, that you wanted to knock out Chibi Usa." It seems that Usagi's view had changed sharply since then.

But then again, Ami thought, Usagi and Rei were horrible cooks, so they couldn't have baked the cookies from before. And, location-wise, they were often far away from where people had started to faint. She put her hand on her chin. "Makoto and Minako haven't arrived back, yet. Maybe we should search for them, and hear Makoto's defense?"

"No. First I want to hear why you think Rei is suspicious!" Usagi squeezed her hands so tight her knuckles turned white. "I said earlier that I had wanted to TIE up Chibi-Usa. I would never want to knock out my own daughter!"

Usagi felt frustrated. She had trusted Ami and Chibi-Usa with important information during the blackout. Now she had a feeling that that was a mistake, a huge mistake at that.

"I think the obvious suspicion falls on the two absent scouts, not only because they have yet to arrive back, but the sinister baked goods and the power outages as well. We really need to hear their defense, if any."

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Ami couldn't quite remember if Usagi had said 'tie up' or 'knock out,' but decided not to challenge her about it, as it was clearly distressing her. She addressed Rei's point instead: "It is disturbing that they haven't shown up, yet."

"I'm not sure what to think anymore, Rei," whispers Usagi, glancing at Ami with distress and anger.

Chibi-Usa was wondering what to do. Should she just agree to knock one of their friends out in hopes of getting the right one? But how could they knock someone out when they're not even here? Are they alright? ((I know we can but you know, MAJOR plothole xD))

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 ((I know we can but you know, MAJOR plothole xD))

 

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Chibi-Usa was afraid to speak up. What she had to say would definitely cause heated reactions. And would the other girls take her seriously, or would they dismiss her words once again due to her age?

But she had no other choice. Everything had began to sink in, and she had to let her friends know.

"Okay everyone", Chibi-Usa said as she stood up, as if she was about to make a speech. "I wanted to wait for Mako-chan and Minako-chan first, but I don't think this can wait any longer."

"I can sense a dark aura from two girls around us. I cannot tell who with absolute certainty, but I feel it that it is two of them. The question is, which two of the girls could possibly be working as a pair?"

She looked at Haruka, whose condition seemed to worsen. "I think we can safely exclude Haruka-san", she commented. That leaves 6 of us - 5 to me since I know I'm fine, but I can see you have no reason to trust me already".

"Can you also feel the two different dark auras? We need to look for a pair. If someone is suspicious, we also need to consider who they are working with. For example, I do not think it is plausible that I am working with Rei, or that Ami is working with Usagi, after all that has been said."

She took a deep breath and continued. "Our primary suspects are Mako-chan and Minako-chan right now. However I have to wonder, why would they target Haruka-san, when it was Minako-chan who first doubted her innocence? Why not target someone from our group of 4 during the last blackout, and attempt to pin it on someone of the other three? I am not convinced that those two are our brainwashed girls."

"Another possible combination would be me and Ami-chan, I'll admit", she commented. "I know that's not right since I know about me. But I also trust Ami-chan, I don't believe she would target Haruka-san right after she expressed her suspicion of her. Plus I would not target the girls closest to me as it would bring suspicion to me. I was being framed, just like Haruka-san. We were also the ones to delay the verdict for Haruka, who we could have already knocked out if we had agreed."

"Then there is Rei-chan and Usagi...", Chibi-Usa said. If you remember their words, they have already accused everyone and everything, or at least among those still conscious. I was wary of their trust to each other from their beginning, as well as how one's thoughts somehow seemed to complete the other's, as if they had already discussed them."

Chibi-Usa brought up Hotaru's diary once again. "Perhaps there is a clue to be found in here. But what if we were looking at the wrong clue all along? After reading both Hotaru-chan and Michiru-san's diary, I think the clue we should have figured out is that the Outers are innocent. They knew of the incoming threat and were prepared for it and would be able to deflect it. Much unlike the rest of us, 2 of which fell victim to".

"Something that made me believe in their innocence was that there was no target during a blackout. But after remembering all the events, this isn't true. Michiru-san ate a poisoned cookie after the first blackout, so unlike what we thought, she was the first target, and not Hotaru-chan. In two more blackouts, two more targets followed: Hotaru-chan and Haruka-san. These cases could implicate about everyone except for Rei-chan and Usagi, who would no doubt want to stay as far as possible from their targets."

With regret but determination, Chibi-Usa exhaled and finally said "I'm sorry, but I still believe that our brainwashed friends are Rei-chan and Usagi. We'll save you girls!"

 

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