From: phoenix@mediaone.net   
      
   Act 8 - Rei and Her Father   
      
   The heart of this episode is a conflict between Rei and Makoto on how   
   much should they indulge Usagi's whims. Usagi has called the girls   
   together to ask their help to both complete her school workbook and to   
   complete a costume to enter a look-alike cosplay contest based on   
   Minako's mascot, Nako Nako.   
      
   Makoto is agreeable to helping out, but Rei is firm in her belief that   
   Usagi should do this completely on her own as that would make her a   
   stronger person. This results in a major argument between the two   
   girls. Ami stays out of the whole thing, saying she needed to research   
   Sailor V. Usagi tells everyone to please not argue, that she will do   
   the work herself.   
      
   Mako goes to the Hikawa Shrine to hang a Shinto wish plaque for Usagi   
   to win the costume contest when she overhears a phone conversation   
   from Rei about it being too late to have a parent-child relationship   
   with "him". The two of them continue their argument and Mako walks   
   away without hanging the plaque.   
      
   Usagi finally finishes her workbook and continues work on her costume.   
   While Usagi goes to the contest, Mako returns to the shrine to hang   
   the plaque. She witnesses what appears to be an abduction as Rei is   
   forced into a car which drives off.   
      
   Meanwhile, Jadeite has enlisted Zoisite's help to find Sailor Moon. By   
   way of playing the piano, Zoisite projects Jadeite to Usagi's location   
   at the contest.   
      
   Mako catches up to Rei at a hotel. She takes out the two burly   
   bodyguards blocking the door to Rei's room and makes her way inside   
   (Have I mentioned that you should never be on the receiving end of   
   Mako's ire?)   
      
   Once Rei sees how concerned Mako is for her safety, they reconcile   
   their differences and make up. We find out that Rei has been coerced   
   into meeting her father (a politician) for a once a month luncheon.   
   Rei hates her father since he has left her completely on her own. She   
   says that his only goal in meeting with her is to further his   
   political goals by portraying himself as a loving father.   
      
   Mako helps Rei escape from the hotel and the girls horseplay a bit as   
   Mako pushes Rei thought the hotel on a luggage cart. Mako spills her   
   purse and Rei teases her about all the cute items in it. Their cell   
   phones ring and Luna tells them that Usagi is in trouble at the   
   contest.   
      
   Jadeite has knocked out Sailor Moon, who is exhausted from her   
   all-night homework/cosplay marathon. Before he can finish, he is   
   stopped by Sailor Jupiter and Mars who take him on in another bout of   
   ballet-fu. Jupiter uses a new attack, Flower Hurricane combined with   
   Mars' Akuryo Taisan against Jadeite. However, he absorbs their attack   
   and is about to return it ten-fold when he collapses in pain and is   
   suddenly returned to Zoisite.   
      
   Since Usagi is completely out of the contest due to her exhaustion,   
   Mako and Rei both enter the contest in her place to win this Minako   
   signed Nako Nako toy for her. Rei was quite scary at first (acting   
   cute is _not_ her forte ^_^) but recovers and manages to strike a few   
   very out of character cute poses. NTL, the girls do not win and they   
   pledge to not tell Usagi of their failure (Which is a shame. Usagi   
   should know that they cared that much about her).   
      
   In the end, both girls were right in their own way. Usagi should   
   finish her workbook on her own, which she did, but it was perfectly   
   fine to help her with the contest, which they did.   
      
   By now, as Sunnie-chan pointed out, both Rei and Mako are calling   
   Usagi by her personal name only indicating a very close relationship.   
      
   Some side notes:   
   Despite the name of the episode, Rei's father does not make an   
   appearance. Also, there are now five chairs in the secret base, four   
   chairs color coded for the four senshi and one white one. Motoki is   
   getting _way_ too attached to that turtle.   
      
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