Cruising With Giantesses

(Cubed Cinder)

NOTE from author: See Sailor Moon Japanese episode 67 to see exactly what swimsuits the sailor scouts are wearing!

Ra looked out at the wide open sea from one of the decks of the cruise ship on which he was a passenger. He sighed.
“If only my life were this peaceful.” Ra said. His real life has been up and down the charts, with him balancing multiple jobs and having to deal with a wide range of emotions while visiting with friends and family. It’s left him with very little time to pursue his artistic endeavors, a fact that has eaten him up alive. He hoped this mini vacation would allow him to clear his mind and decide what he needs to do next. For now, he walked around the deck.
As he did, he passed by what he assumed was a married couple with their daughter holding each of their hands. For a brief moment, he thought the trio looked like three characters of the anime Sailor Moon that he was a big fan of.
“Mommy, I want a big ice cream cone!” the young girl said.
“Okay, Renee. We’ll make sure you get a nice big chocolate cone.” the mother said.
“While your Mom of course gets the triple thick chocolate sundae.” the father said, prompting all three to get a laugh. When Ra turned around to look at this family, they were instead normal looking. The guy didn’t have short black hair with a handsome face that deserved to be hidden behind sparkling glasses and a red rose. The girl didn’t have long blonde hair wrapped in two odongo, and the younger girl didn’t have short pink hair or beautiful red dress shoes. Ra shook his head as he got back to walking around the deck to head back to his cabin.
“Now I'm seeing things. I think I better take that nap now." Ra said to himself. After a couple more minutes of walking, Ra finally made it back to his quarters. After walking inside and closing the door behind him, he fell onto the bed on his back and closed his eyes.

It would be the last bit of peace he would enjoy for a little while.

A couple hours later, dark storm clouds suddenly began to swirl over the cruise ship, with frequent claps of thunder accompanying the growing murmurs from the crowd.
"Everyone please return to your quarters. I'm sure we will be past this storm in just a few... Aaaaaah!" an older gentleman, presumably part of the ship's crew, started to say. Then a huge gust of wind, along with a powerful tidal wave, suddenly tilted the ship a few degrees more than normal. The man lost his balance and fell head first into the sea. The nearby pedestrians didn't care what happened to the man... they just started screaming their heads off and ran in whichever direction they were facing.
That severe tilt of the boat was enough to knock Ra off his bed. He had somehow been able to sleep through the heavy wind and thunder from outside, but like with a cup of coffee, falling off the bed made him wide awake.
"Huh? What the heck was that?" Ra said. Because his quarters didn't have windows, Ra was forced to step outside to see what was going on. He was greeted not only by some of the nastiest dark clouds in the sky, but also screaming people that were running by. He suddenly found himself wrapped in the arms of a young man who was passing by.
"Come on, man! We gotta abandon ship!" the man said.
"But..!" Ra said. He wanted to go back and retrieve his bags and other personal belongings, but this man clearly wanted to be a hero and save as many as he possibly could.
Another tidal wave crashed against the ship, causing it to tilt once more. Ra and a few others held on as tight as they could to the nearby railing, but others were not so lucky and they went falling into the sea. Ra listened as a couple people argued over if they could save those people.
"Darn it, we have to save those people!"
"Are you kidding, man!? We have to save ourselves!"
Before the gentlemen could argue any more, another tidal wave, this one much bigger and able to crash land on the deck, swept up the two and threw them into the sea. Although Ra was able to hold on again, his white T-shirt, tennis shoes, and blue jeans were absolutely soaked. It didn't help matters that he felt his strength sapped and he was coughing up seawater.

"Cough cough! Gotta... COUGH!... Get to lifeboat..." Ra said as he slumped his way along the railing and made his way to an intersection of the ship. That's when the same family he passed by earlier was fumbling their way towards his direction.
"Renee!" the mother shouted as the young girl named Renee used Ra as a makeshift landing pad to keep from going over the edge. But that hit was enough to knock whatever wind was left within Ra, and he collapsed onto his knees and then face first onto the deck.
"Are you alright, mister?" Renee asked, only to quickly be grabbed by her father.
"Come on, come on! We have to get to the life boats!" the father said. Ra could just barely make out the words being said by the family. He was just plain exhausted... his energy being robbed seemingly by Mother Nature herself. He used the last of said energy to express one thought.
"Well, I guess if I'm going to die, it's going to be in the open sea where nobody will find me." Ra said to himself.

Ra soon was unconscious, and his body was consumed by the next tidal wave and he fell into the sea, supposedly into a watery grave like with a few other unfortunate souls.
When Ra next woke up, he would once again be treated to a radically different scenery.

Ra opened up his eyes. His vision was blurry and he felt very groggy initially, but after 15-30 seconds, he was able to at least rest on his knees.
"Oooooooooh... my aching... everything." Ra said as he rubbed his head and other parts of his body. His head was particularly sore. As he tried to tap into his memory banks trying to remember what he was doing hours ago and how he ended up here, he could not remember no matter how hard he tried. So instead, he focused on the here and now, like the seemingly never ending stretch of sand that laid before his eyes. A quick turnaround showed the ocean, with rather large waves continuously crashing on shore every few seconds.
“Where am I? Heaven?” Ra said. He briefly wondered… was heaven a beach and not some land residing high in the sky over the clouds? He knew he wouldn’t find any answers just by standing where he was at, and so he muscled himself to standing up again and began a slow walk up the sandy hill.
The walk lasted for seemingly a long time, when in reality it was only 30 minutes since he started. Finally, Ra started to see something other than a plain hill of sand. He squinted a bit to get a better look at the distance.
“Huh? A castle? Made out of sand?” Ra said. Indeed, a modest sized castle was sitting out in the distance, and he was quite curious as to why it was made out of sand much like the ‘desert’ he was traversing. Nevertheless, he felt he needed to get some shelter soon from the sweltering sun. It took a few more minutes of jogging, but Ra finally was able to make it inside the sandcastle.
He looked around and admired how well the inside was made despite the lack of furniture.
“Such a nice castle… and as long as nobody lives here, I might as well make it my own.” Ra said.

For another few minutes, Ra relaxed a bit, forgetting about his partial memory loss which included how he ended up here in the first place. Soon, however, Ra ended his relaxation when he looked outside and saw a shadow cover up all sunlight.
“Oh, finally some cloud cover. Guess I’ll take a look around the rest of this sandcastle.” Ra said. As he started to walk outside, he suddenly gasped when he looked up to the sky. The shadow wasn’t from any clouds at all. It was a giant girl.
“Wh… what!?” Ra shouted as he quickly ran back inside the castle so that he wouldn’t be seen by this giantess. He studied the giantess from head to toe, guessing she was somewhere between 150-180 feet tall. First, she looked young… probably 8 to 9 years old by his best guess. She had pink hair with two pigtails and pointy odongo. Plus she was wearing a one piece red-and-white colored swimsuit with yellow polka dots and a white bowtie tied at the chest. Of course, we knew this girl as Rini, the daughter of Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymion from the future, now living in the past training to become a sailor scout (Sailor Chibi-Moon).
Rini, oblivious at the moment to Ra’s presence, was busy setting down a bucket full of sand along with a small shovel.
“Hello, my little castle. Guess what? Your queen has just gotten the seal of approval to build a new tower, so now you’ll have more living space! Yay!” Rini said as she started scooping up nearby sand. Ra stuck his head out, watching as the young giantess was talking and scooping up sand.
“Hmmm… this child has such a vivid imagination. Yet, for some reason I feel like I’ve seen her before.” Ra said.
“Oh? What’s this?” Rini said. Ra looked up and suddenly saw Rini looking down towards him.
“Yikes!” Ra shouted as he ran back inside the tower. He breathed heavily and slithered to the side.
“Maybe she didn’t see me…” Ra said. He looked as the giantess briefly had one of her eyes looking inside the structure. When it was gone, and just as he was wondering if it was safe to come out, the roof of the castle suddenly came off! In actuality, Rini had sliced the top of the tower off with her shovel, but nevertheless, Ra was forced to cover his head as some sand came raining down inside from above. By the time he uncovered his head, Ra had nowhere to run as two giant fingers came down and trapped him from both sides. Ra watched helplessly as he was lifted up in the air and eventually looking straight into the red irises of the giant Rini.

“Huh? An actual little man? I wonder where he came from…” Rini said out loud. Ra, naturally, begged to be spared.
“Please, don’t hurt me!” Ra shouted.
“Oh, don’t worry! I’m not going to hurt you. I think you look kinda cute, actually.” Rini said.
“You’re so big…” Ra said.
“Well, I imagine I do! You look so tiny… you’re probably the same height as my pinky toe. What’s your name, little man?” Rini asked.
“Ra.” Ra said simply.
“Ra? What an interesting name. I’m Rini. We should be friends.” Rini said.
“I… I would like that very much.” Ra said.
“Teehee, you’re pretty funny when you’re scared, Ra.” Rini said. Suddenly, another female voice called out Rini’s name.
“Rini! Food’s ready!” the female voice shouted.
“Coming, Serena!” Rini shouted.
“Wait, there are others?” Ra said.
“Of course! Hmmm… I wonder if I should introduce you to them. I’m going to hide you for now. Hold on tight!” Rini said. With that, she carefully lifted her fingers up to one of her odongo and dropped Ra behind it. The tiny man held on tight to the strands of pink hair, especially as Rini picked up the bucket and shovel and got walking back to the island hut where her other friends were. Along the way, Ra was fully convinced he had not gone to heaven.
“Okay, this can’t be heaven. Where am I?” Ra said to himself, watching from within Rini’s pink hair as he was coming up to the island hut.

Rini walked up the steps to the open hut that provided protection from the bright sunlight. Also walking up the steps were two fellow sailor scouts, Amy and Mina. They were both wearing one piece swimsuits as well, with Amy’s having blue and white vertical stripes and Mina’s being purple with a lighter purple sash wrapped around her waist.
“Hey, Rini. How’s your little sandcastle kingdom coming along?” Mina said.
“Oh, great! The little people are very happy.” Rini said.
“I’m glad you’re looking out for the little people instead of trying to step on them.” Amy joked, which prompted a laugh from the three girls. They all walked up the steps and met up with the other three girls, who were all in swimsuits as well. Raye’s swimsuit had no shoulder straps and was colored red on one side and orange on the other. Serena also had a one piece swimsuit on (colored either light purple or pink depending upon who you asked), although the backside had a big hole that made it look like she was wearing a bikini. One thing that was for certain was the red flowers drawn all around the suit. Lita was the only one currently wearing a two piece bikini, as she had a lighter shade of green on the upper half while it was darker on the lower half. It made her look sexy as she stood over the grill checking on the barbecue like a master chef.
Ra looked out beyond Rini's hair and was in awe of the giant women nearby. Being teenagers, they appeared much bigger from Ra's shrunken perspective, and it was a challenge not to be struck by their beauty.
"Goodness... it's like they're goddesses of the Earth or something..." Ra said to himself. While staring up at these other giantesses that seemed to come one after the other because of Rini moving around, the tiny man did his best to stay hidden so he wouldn't be spotted.

Meanwhile, it was business as usual for the sailor scouts. In this case, they all sat down ready to be fed by Lita, who came on over with a tray full of food items, most of which were barbecued ribs.
"Dinner is served, ladies. Lita's lucious barbecued ribs, ready for consuming!" Lita shouted.
"Wow, Lita! They look amazing! No wonder you're the master chef." Rini said with a smile.
"Thanks, Rini!” Lita said as she playfully rubbed Rini on the top of her head. Ra ducked as he saw the giant hand rub across the hair, but luckily not getting anywhere near him. Still, he began to wonder how safe he really was inside Rini’s sea of pink hair.
Before everyone could start eating, Amy held up her glass of iced lemonade.
“May I just say before we start eating this wonderful food? I want to sincerely thank Raye for inviting us all to her private island. I think we all could use a break to a faraway place after our battles with the Dead Moon Circus.” Amy said.
“You’re welcome, Amy. You know you’re all welcome to join me here on my humble island anytime.” Raye said with a smile.
“That’s certainly a long way from when we first found out about this place!” Mina said.
“Enough talking, let’s dig in!” Serena shouted as she wasted no time, as usual, in digging into her dinner plate. The other girls (including Rini) both sighed and laughed, knowing it was typical Serena behavior, and they eventually started eating as well.

As far as Ra was concerned, he suddenly felt his stomach rumble, along with the accompanying grumbling sound.
“Oy… guess I haven’t eaten for a while. But what to eat at this size?” Ra said. As Rini tilted her head forward to lick up some of the barbecue sauce on her place, Ra noticed the ribs themselves on the plate and almost licked his lips.
“I guess that’ll have to do for now. Just gotta get down there somehow…” Ra said. He slowly made his way through the thick strands of pink hair on Rini’s head, trying his best to keep his balance. Unfortunately, one quick move by Rini would prove to be a costly error. Rini quickly swung her head to answer a question by Mina.
“So, Rini, how do you like the ribs? Nothing like 21st century cooking by Lita, right?” Mina said.
“Oh yeah, Lita’s the best no matter what century it is!” Rini said.
Ra, meanwhile, lost his grip and felt himself flying through the air.
“Whoooa!!!” Ra shouted.

After he felt himself splashing into some form of liquid, he looked around and was shocked to see where he had landed.
“I… I’m on the plate of ribs, and that means…” Ra said.
“I’ll have another one!” Rini said. Ra then watched in terror as Rini, using both her sauced up hands, separated a rib from the slab and slowly raised it towards her mouth after licking her lips.
Ra did the only thing he could think of, even if it meant stealing a couple lines from a movie he saw years ago.
“Don’t eat me! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” Ra shouted, watching as he was helplessly being moved towards Rini’s wide open mouth.

As Rini was slowly moving the ribs towards her mouth and Ra pleaded for his life to the giantess that was unknown to his current whereabouts, she suddenly stopped when she felt a hand grab her shoulder. The hand belonged to Mina.
“Whoa, hold on, Rini! I think I see a bug on your ribs.” Mina said.
“Huh?” Rini said. She allowed Mina to take the ribs out of her hands before she could get a good look and realize that her new little friend, Ra, was the 'bug' that Mina was describing. Mina could only briefly look down on the tiny Ra before she watched as Amy walked up to her side.
"A bug? Don't throw the food away yet! I'm curious to see what kind of bug it is." Amy said.
"Huh? Amy, I didn't know you were so interested in bugs and insects!" Serena said.
"Well, normally I'm not, but it's a subject that I'm sure will show up on the high school entrance exams, so better to know now than later!" Amy said.
"Amy... even on vacation she still wants to hit the books." Serena said softly.
"But that's Amy for you!" Raye commented in the background.
Without a hint of hesitation, Amy reached down and picked up the 'bug' from the ribs, allowing Mina to finally dispose of the food. When Amy moved the bug closer to her face, she suddenly had a surprised look on her face. Ra, meanwhile, gulped as he got a look at now the biggest blue irises he would ever see.
"Wha... What?" Amy said.
"What is it, Amy? You look like you saw a ghost." Lita said.
"Guys... this isn't a bug. It's a tiny man." Amy said.

At first there was silence among the group, but a few seconds later, Serena broke the silence with one of her breakout laughters.
"Hahahaha! I think you've been out in the sun for too long, Amy." Serena said. Rini then lightly gasped after coming to a quick realization, and that’s when she felt the back of one of her odongo and realized Ra was no longer there. That’s when she got up from her chair and briskly walked over towards Amy.
“Amy, wait! He’s my friend!” Rini said.
“Oh, you’ve already met this person?” Amy asked.
“Yeah, I found him hiding inside my sandcastle. Please give him to me.” Rini said.
“Okay, sure.” Amy said. As she handed the tiny Ra back over to Rini, the other girls couldn’t help but get up (after setting down their food) and surround Rini, wanting to get a closer look at the tiny man for themselves. Ra felt overwhelmed as he saw his vision almost be surrounded from every angle by giant girls.
“Oh my gosh… it IS a tiny man!” Raye shouted.
“He looks so cute!” Mina said.
“He looks like my old boyfriend…” Lita said softly.
“Finally, another man who’s shorter than me!” Serena commented.
“You say you found him inside your sandcastle, Rini?” Amy asked.
“Yep. I don’t know where he came from.” Rini said.
“Um… ladies, maybe you could permit me a little breathing space?” Ra said as the idea of several giant girls towering above him (even though he was safely in Rini’s hands) made him uncomfortable.

“So what’s your name, mister?” Lita asked.
“Ra… at least I still remember that.” Ra said.
“Huh? What do you mean?” Amy asked.
“I’m afraid I’m suffering from memory loss. I don’t know how I got here. I don’t know if I’m even dreaming or not.” Ra said.
“Who knows? Maybe we’re the ones dreaming. It’s not everyday we come across a man like you so incredibly teeny tiny!” Serena said.
“Unless maybe Rini shot him with a shrink ray while we weren’t looking or something.” Raye said.
“Hey! I didn’t shrink anyone. Honest!” Rini shouted.
“Well, regardless of where he came from, I’d like to study him and find out more about him, namely how he’s so small.” Amy said.
“So I guess we’ll have to go into the beach house?” Rini asked.
“Of course! That’s where my mini computer is. Come on, Rini, bring him with us.” Amy said.
“Hey, wait! What are we supposed to do!?” Serena shouted.
“Yeah, we kinda want to spend time with him too…” Raye said.
“Even you, Raye!? I’m kinda surprised.” Lita said.
“Yeah, it’s not like you to want to play with a shrunken guy.” Mina said.
“Hey, come on, I can’t help it! Sometimes I wish Chad could be that small and I can crush him under my sandal.” Raye said.
“Well, before you do that, how about you guys play some volleyball in the meantime?” Amy said.
“Okay, but you better be done by the time we get back in the house!” Mina shouted. As she and the other three girls all ran off towards the beach where the ball and net were set up for some 2-on-2 volleyball action, Amy breathed a sigh of relief.
“Okay. Come on, Rini, let’s go.” Amy said. As Rini cupped her hands together and trapped Ra inside, Ra could only wonder what kind of insanity would happen once the other giantesses got back in. He peeked through one of the small holes up above and got another look at Rini’s face.
“Somehow… I feel the safest with the one named Rini.” Ra said.

Back inside the beach house, Rini and Amy approached one of the dining tables, where Rini opened up her hands and carefully dropped Ra on the surface.
“Here we are, Ra!” Rini said as she sat down in a nearby chair, along with Amy. As Amy was still getting set up, Ra took the time to look around the vast beach house that he was inside.
“This is a nice looking house.” Ra commented.
“Yes… Raye’s father is a successful businessman. He’s the one who took ownership of this private island years ago. It was meant for Raye to use as priestess training.” Amy said.
“Um… which one is Raye?” Ra asked.
“Oh! Forgive me! We didn’t introduce ourselves properly because we were so surprised to see you so small. My name is Amy. The girl with the red swimsuit and very long black hair is Raye, who I talked about earlier. The brunette with the ponytail is Lita, the girl with the long blonde hair and red bow is Mina, and the other blonde girl with the two pigtails is Serena.” Amy said.
“Hmmm… I see. Serena looks a lot like you, Rini.” Ra said.
“Teehee… there’s actually a story behind that, but I’m not really allowed to tell anyone.” Rini said. Amy set down her familiar mini blue laptop that she normally summoned when she was Sailor Mercury, but today, she was using it as plain ol’ Amy. Still, Ra couldn’t help but notice the insignia of Mercury on the back of the unit.
“Isn’t that the symbol of Mercury?” Ra asked.
“Hmmm? Oh, yes. There’s not really any meaning behind it.” Amy said, of course playing it cool so she wouldn’t reveal her secret identity as Sailor Mercury.
“I see.” Ra said.
“Okay, beginning scan now. Try to hold as still as possible, please.” Amy said. Ra did just that as Amy began the scanning program. Thin beams of blue light went back and forth and up and down Ra’s roughly two inch tall body.
“May I ask what you’re scanning for?” Ra asked.
“Any known elements in the world that would cause the molecules in your body to compress towards each other.” Amy said. Ra gave a confused look up at the giant pink-haired one.
“Don’t mind her… she’s super smart. She talks like that alot.” Rini said with a smile.
“Ah… that’s assuring to know. Heh heh.” Ra said as he continued to look up at Rini.
“You two seem to be getting along nicely.” Amy said with a smile. Both Rini and Ra did a light gasp.
“Hey, come on, we’re just friends.” Rini said. Before anymore could be said, Amy’s laptop started beeping. Amy looked very carefully on the screen.

“Hmmm… this looks strange. I better use my visor to download more data.” Amy said as she reached underneath the table and suddenly pulled out a pair of light blue shades.
“Huh? What kind of gadget is that?” Ra asked.
“Oh, just some shades that allow me to see computerized info right in front of me.” Amy said, obviously not wanting to tell the true story of where those shades came from.
“That’s amazing! Do you test stuff for Google or something?” Ra said.
“Um… yeah, something like that!” Amy said with a sweatdrop coming down the side of her head. She then watched as the results she had been waiting for came up in front of her.
“Well, there seems to be some sort of element filtering around your body, mixing in with unmistakably sea water.” Amy said.
“Element? What does that mean?” Ra asked.
“Your body is covered in minerals that are typically found in salt. That tells me you washed ashore and walked your way to Rini’s sandcastle.” Amy said.
“Makes sense to me. Like I said, for some reason I don’t remember how I got here.” Ra said.
“But there’s this other element that’s proliferating your body from what my scan picked up. I don’t know what the element is… but I have no doubt it has caused you to shrink to the size you’re at now.” Amy said.
“So… is there any way you can fix it?” Ra asked.
“Possibly. I’ll have to compare the molecular structure of this element with everything else in my database. It’s gonna take some time, though.” Amy said.
“I don’t mind. I… I kinda feel safe being around all of you, especially Rini for some reason.” Ra said.
“Teehee! I guess you can call me your guardian angel.” Rini said.

Just then, Raye suddenly came inside the beach house.
“Hey, Rini. I think Serena stepped all over your sand castle.” Raye said.
“She WHAT!?!?” Rini shouted.
“Mina spiked the ball really hard and when Serena went to go get it, she couldn’t help but go Serenazilla or something all over your castle.” Raye said.
“Ooooooh… she’s so gonna get it! Maybe I’ll tie her hair into a pretzel!” Rini said as she slammed her hands on the table and then got up. She walked outside the beach house and eventually made her way down to the beach to look for Serena. Raye, meanwhile, walked over to the table where Amy was sitting and typing away at her mini laptop. The tiny Ra was standing there as well, looking up in awe at the giant Raye. He felt captivated by her towering size as well as her very long black hair that went halfway down her body.
“So, find anything with our teeny tiny new friend?” Raye asked.
“I’m checking through the database. I’m hoping whatever caused his molecules to tighten together matches up with other elements. If so, we can work on a cure to bring him back to normal.” Amy said. Raye had a dumbfounded look on her face as she looked over at Ra.
“Um… don’t look at me! Science wasn’t my strong point in school!” Ra shouted.
“I mean whatever caused him to shrink.” Amy said.
“Ah, okay. That I understand all too well.” Raye said.
“All too well?” Ra asked.
“Well, let’s just say this is not the first time we’ve dealt with tiny human beings.” Raye said.
“Rini has a toy she uses on rare occasions to shrink people and make them her dolls. She did that to us once upon a time.” Amy said.
“At least that’s all she does. All you gotta do is talk some sense into her and she’ll apologize and grow you back to normal.” Raye said.
“I see…” Ra said.

After looking down on him for a few more seconds, Raye finally reached down and wrapped one of her hands around the shrunken man, slowly lifting him up to her face.
“Huh? Raye? What are you doing?” Amy said.
“I just want to look at him a little closer, that’s all. Although...” Raye said.
“Although what…?” Ra asked nervously.
“Say, Ra? How good of a climber are you?” Raye asked.
“I… uh… well… I don’t think I’ve climbed anything more than a jungle gym in elementary school…” Ra said.
“Amy. How about we time our friend to see how fast he can climb my hair?” Raye asked.
“Are you sure, Raye? It could be dangerous.” Amy said, clearly with a nervous look on her face.
“Come on, you can be right behind me to catch him if he falls!” Raye commented. She then laid some of her hair on the table, waiting for Ra to grab hold. Ra gulped nervously… he had a bad feeling he was going to be dangling seemingly several feet above the floor as soon as he started climbing, but when he saw the blue-haired giantess named Amy stay close to Raye, it put his mind a little more at ease.
“Okay, Raye. He’s on.” Amy said. As soon as Ra grabbed one of the thick black strands and Amy gave a verbal signal, Raye took a couple steps away from the table. Sure enough, Ra was now holding on for dear life. Down below was a long drop to the floor that he was worried would kill him. In front of him and above him was nothing but Raye’s black hair, and spots where he could see her swimsuit. Ra took a deep breath and began to climb upward...

It was an incredible feeling for Ra as he continued to climb up the thick strands of Raye’s hair. Equally incredible was the giant Amy behind him watching the whole way.
“He’s about halfway up, Raye.” Amy said.
“I wish we had a mirror or something so I could actually see him!” Raye said. She started to bob her head side to side, and as a result, it was causing her hair to slightly move around. It was only slight, but to tiny Ra, it was enough to rock him back and forth.
“Whooooaaaaa!” Ra shouted as he clung onto the hair tighter than ever.
“Raye! Stop moving your head! It’s causing Ra to fly around.” Amy said.
“Oops… sorry.” Raye said, who promptly went back to holding still. Although this didn’t last long.
“Bah! I want to actually see him climbing my hair. Can you move my hair in front of me?” Raye said.
“Well, okay. Um… Mr. Ra, if you could move over to your left and hold on tight…” Amy said.
“I gotcha. I know better than to argue against beautiful girls bigger than me.” Ra commented. Amy couldn’t help but laugh a bit as she watched Ra slowly make his way over to the left side of Raye’s long hair. Once he was there, he held on very tight as Amy gently took several strands of hair and placed them in front of Raye’s upper body rather than behind her. Once Ra felt the moving stopped, he had opened his eyes after closing them to keep from getting vertigo or something like that. He looked up and saw the wall of red that made up Raye’s swimsuit, and of course he saw Raye looking down on him with a smile on her face.
“There you are. Aren’t you just the cutest thing?” Raye said.
“Um… thank you.” Ra said.
“Well, come on! Get climbing! Maybe I’ll give you a kiss if you make it to my shoulder.” Raye said. Ra didn’t waste any more time and got to climbing up more of Raye’s hair.

When he had made it past Raye’s chest and was probably about 10 more climbs up to her shoulder, there was suddenly the noise of a door opening not far from where Raye was standing. Everyone, including Ra, looked to see the rest of the girls coming inside. First was Lita, then Mina, then Rini… and then Serena with her hair tied up like a pretzel. Raye couldn’t help but burst out laughing, something that caused Ra to cover up one of his ears with one hand while holding onto the hair with his other hand.
“Hahahaha! So here comes meatball and pretzel head!” Raye shouted.
“Arrrrgh! You’re so mean, Raye!!! I told you guys she’d laugh her guts off!” Serena said.
“That’s what you get for ruining my beautiful sand castle!” Rini said with a giggle or two.
“Alright, Serena. Never fear, you’ve got Mina the hair specialist to the rescue.” Mina said as she winked one of her eyes. She walked behind Serena and got to work untying Serena’s hair and restoring it back to its usual self. Lita, as she was wiping herself off with a towel, walked over to Raye where she noticed the tiny Ra holding onto her hair.
“Ah, I see our new little friend has taken up the sport of hair climbing.” Lita joked.
“Yep, I guess you could say that.” Raye said. The two watched as Ra finally made it up to the top of Raye’s shoulder. He thrust his arms up in celebration as he breathed heavily from all that climbing, only seconds later to be grabbed by two giant fingers. Raye held the tiny Ra in front of her face.
“Congratulations, Ra. As promised, here is your kiss.” Raye said. She then planted both her lips on Ra’s tiny body. It was a good thing, he thought, that the giantess wasn’t wearing any lipstick. Still, he felt some moisture overcome his body from the kiss.
“Okay, Raye, that’s nice. But now it’s my turn to play with him, wouldn’t you say?” Lita said.
“Go ahead. I gotta go shower and change anyway.” Raye said as she dropped the tiny man on the palm of Lita’s right hand. As Raye walked away (as did Amy so she could change as well), Lita wasted no time in getting a good look at Ra.
“You know… you almost look like one of my old boyfriends.” Lita said.
“(gulp) I do? I don’t think we’ve met before.” Ra said.
“Teehee… I would just love to have all my ex-boyfriends in my hand. In fact, I’ve got something I’d like to try.” Lita said.

The tall girl (which only made her look even bigger than the others to Ra’s eyes) walked over to one of the couches and laid down flat on it. Lita then carefully dropped Ra on top of one of her ankles. As Ra got up after the smooth landing, he looked out in the distance at Lita’s seemingly never ending body. Up above him was the giant pink-haired one named Rini, who naturally was curious as to what Lita was doing.
“Huh? Lita? What are you doing with my friend?” Rini asked.
“I want to see how quickly he can run across my body. Don’t worry, I promise I won’t hurt him.” Lita said.
“Okay then. I’m keeping my eyes on you though.” Rini said.
“I would expect nothing less. Okay, Ra, start running!” Lita said as she very gently nudged her ankle with her other foot. It was a gentle tap, but it was enough to almost knock Ra to his feet, prompting him to get moving. Ra couldn’t run too fast as he was still recovering from the breathtaking climb up Raye’s hair earlier. Still, he once again marveled at the incredible sight of running across a giant teenage girl’s body. He made it at the knees but stumbled briefly trying to walk over the crevices. As he was running up the upper half of Lita’s leg, Rini cheered him on.
“Come on, Ra! You can do it!” Rini shouted. Her words seemed to work as Ra slightly increased his running speed. He hopped across the bottom half of Lita’s bikini and was now standing on her stomach, which was moving up and down as a result of Lita breathing. Ra briefly stopped when he got a look at Lita’s bellybutton, which looked like a large bottomless pit from his perspective. But he had to get going when he felt a poke in his back by one of Lita’s fingernails.
“Go, Ra! No time for sightseeing!” Lita said. And with that Ra got running again.

Once he made it up to Lita’s chest, that’s where he stopped again. He wondered which way he should go. Does he climb up the mountain that was really one of her breasts? Or does he try to go in between the two ‘mountains?’ Neither one he was very comfortable with, because as he pointed out to Lita and Rini, he wasn’t that kind of guy.
“Ummm… may I ask which way I should go?” Ra asked up to Rini.
“He wants to know which way he should go. I guess he’s too afraid to climb up one of your boobs.” Rini said. The last word coming out of Lita’s mouth caused her to chuckle.
“Gosh, Rini, aren’t you a little too young to be saying stuff like that?” Lita asked.
“Hey! I may look young but I’m hundreds of years old, you know!” Rini said.
“Still, it’s polite of him to ask. What a nice shy guy he is! He can climb up if he wants.” Lita said.
“Well, you heard him, Ra! Climb the mountain!” Rini shouted. Rini’s cheerful voice once again sparked inspiration in Ra. In fact, he saluted the younger giantess.
“Yes, giant pink-haired one!” Ra shouted. Without a hint of fear now, he grabbed onto the material that made up the top half of Lita’s bikini and started climbing. In only about a minute, he was able to make it to the top. Once again, out of pure adrenaline, he thrust his arms up in a victory formation. And this time, he couldn’t help but shout…
“Top of the world!” Ra said. As Rini applauded from above (her claps sounding more like claps of thunder to his tiny ears), Lita simply let out a sly smile.
“Yeah, yeah. Okay, showboating’s over.” Lita said. She then ever so slightly bumped her breasts from below, causing Ra to lose his balance and then slide down the breast. He landed on his behind, but quickly got up and saw the next challenge… climbing up Lita’s neck.

And so Ra got moving again. He felt himself gliding down towards Lita’s neck since it was a downward slope to there for his two-inch-tall body. Once he made it all the way to the neck, he took a deep breath and starting climbing up the skin… or at least he tried too. This was not like Raye’s hair that had better grip, whereas he was trying to climb up slippery skin that had been exposed to UV rays seemingly the whole day. Suddenly, after he slipped again, he felt himself being grabbed again by two large fingers.
“I’ll help you, Ra.” Rini said. She picked up Ra and placed him on Lita’s chin. Ra didn’t have time to thank the younger giantess, for he was focused on what he thought were the two most dangerous obstacles… the lips and the nose. And Rini made Lita aware of that.
“She’s on your chin, Lita. Try not to open your mouth or breathe through your nose!” Rini said. All Lita did was nod and she waited as patiently as she could for Ra to climb to the tip of her nose. Ra ran faster than he ever had before across the lips and then moving to the side of the giantess’s nose, getting pelted with warm air that Lita was breathing out through her nose. Lita smiled as she watched Ra begin his final climb. This time, with thanks to miniscule bumps and curves on the surface of her nose, Ra was standing on top of the nose just a minute later. He looked out at the entirety of Lita’s body that he had just traversed and had only one word on his mind.
“Wow…” Ra said. Sadly, he could not enjoy the view for much longer, as he felt himself being trapped by giant fingers once more. This time the fingers belonged to Lita, the girl he just got finished traversing. He was soon placed in the palm of her hand.
"Nice job, little Ra. I'm impressed!" Lita said.

Right afterwards, Lita and Rini were suddenly joined by Mina and Serena, who had her hair set back the way it should be.
"Ah, so what's the little guy been up to?” Mina asked.
“He just ran all across Lita’s body from bottom to top!” Rini said.
“Ahhhh… good for you! That’s no easy feat you know!” Mina said.
“Huh? How would you know, Mina?” Serena asked.
“Well, I’m sure ANY normal-sized guy would give anything to come within inches of Lita.” Mina said.
“She’s right, you know. I’m usually not this open, so to speak.” Lita said as she looked down on Ra.
“Uh huh… so I see.” Ra said, trying his best not to picture how an angry giant Lita might’ve treated him. Just then, he felt another pair of giant fingers grabbing him, this time belonging to those of Mina. Ra had a faceful of one of Mina’s blue eyes.
“But surely you must think I’m the most beautiful of them all.” Mina said.
“Uh oh, here we go again.” Serena said.
“Yep. Mina flirting with an attractive young man.” Lita said.
“Hey, what’s wrong with that? I must warn you, little one. I’ve been called a modern day Aphrodite. You know who that is, right?” Mina asked.
“Um… sure! Of course!” Ra said. He was about to offer a guess, but Mina filled in the blanks for him.
“The Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. Although… I probably look goddess-sized to your eyes right now! In fact…” Mina said.

The teen girl secretly also known as Sailor Venus then did something that had the other girls worried at first. She placed Ra right on the floor, leaving him looking at her mighty toes. Ra was just as curious as he looked up at the four giantesses around him.
“Uh… Mina? What are you doing?” Serena asked.
“Don’t worry, I just want him to see us from a different perspective. What do you think?” Mina asked.
“I… well, I’m not going to argue.” Ra said. Mina couldn’t help but twirl herself around, allowing Ra to get a brief look at her backside. He instinctively backed up, only to bump into Lita’s big toe. There was no way he was not stunned by Mina from where he was standing. She easily looked somewhere between 250-300 feet tall by his best guess, with the sash around her waist only making her look even more majestic. Mina then sat down on the same couch that Lita had previously been lying on.
“But every goddess also needs a good foot massage. How about you give me one, and maybe clean up the sand between my toes?” Mina asked. At first Ra didn’t move, but then had no choice when Lita started nudging him with her huge bare foot.
“Well, go on! You heard the giant lady!” Lita said.
“Oh oh oh oh! Rub mine too!” Serena said as she walked over and sat down next to Mina.
“Okay… but remember, I can only do one foot at a time! Unless that science girl knows how to clone or something.” Ra said. He finally climbed up first on Mina’s right foot, and just started rubbing. He at first only used his hands, but realized this wasn’t going to get him far at all, so he got down on all fours and rubbed his own shoes on as much skin as his tiny size would allow. It seemed to be working as Mina made a comment from above.
“Oh… I felt that. Keep rubbing there for a little bit.” Mina said. Ra did just that for a couple more minutes, then receiving the next command from Mina.
“Don’t forget between the toes!” Mina shouted from above. Ra gulped nervously, wondering what that was going to smell like. He very tentatively made his way over to the toes. Serena and Lita couldn’t help but giggle over how uneasy Ra moved towards the toes, while Rini watched like a hawk to make sure the other girls weren’t even thinking of mistreating or torturing him.
To Ra’s surprise, though, there was no viciously bad smell coming from Mina’s feet… just the faint smell of beach sand. Still, Ra didn’t want to trap himself between the giant toes, so he reached down with his hands and started brushing as much sand as he could out of the way.
“Gotta admit, he’s one clever guy.” Lita said.
“Yeah… he knows that’d be bad news to get stuck in between the toes.” Mina said.
“So when will he do my feet?” Serena said.
“Alright, Serena. I can tell you’re anxious. Go on, Ra. Give Serena’s feet a massage now.” Mina said.
“YAY!” Serena shouted. Again, Ra hesitated at first, especially after witnessing Serena’s personality earlier in the day, but he nevertheless did as he was told.

After hopping across from one foot to another as far as Mina was concerned, Ra made the same kind of leap over to Serena’s right foot, who lightly giggled as soon as he landed. Ra got to work on rubbing the foot he was standing on… or at least he tried to. It seemed every time Ra laid a hand on Serena’s skin, she would suddenly start giggling and the foot would move around, causing him to wobble about.
“Serena, would you hold still? He can’t massage while you’re moving around.” Mina said.
“I can’t help it… he’s ticklish!” Serena said. Once again, Ra tried to move around, but even the slightest movements caused Serena to giggle some more. The next foot movement knocked Ra off balance and almost caused him to fall right off the very foot he was trying to massage. Rini didn’t waste any more time, walking over and reaching down to scoop up Ra from Serena’s foot and hold him between her hands once again.
“Serena! He’s only a couple inches tall and you’re laughing your guts off at his every move.” Lita said.
“I told you, I can’t help it! He… he’s tickle torturing me!” Serena said as she tried in vain to stop giggling. When Mina looked down and realized Ra was no longer on Serena’s feet but instead in Rini’s hands, she let loose a devilish smile.
“Oh, come on. I’ll show you tickle torture!” Mina said as she suddenly placed her fingers on and then spread them all over Serena’s waist. Serena laughed harder than ever.
“AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! NOW THAT REALLY TICKLES!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!” Serena shouted.
“Tickle torture!” Lita shouted, who kneeled down and put her fingers all over the top of Serena’s feet. Ra simply watched this all play out from Rini’s hands.
“My my… they’re certainly getting along well.” Ra said.
“They’re like that a lot. Those three, Raye, and Amy have been very good friends since they met.” Rini said.

Naturally, this loud and almost hyena-like laughter was not lost on Amy and Raye. They came out from another room, with Raye dressed up in her priestess outfit and Amy in her light blue/white pajamas, and saw Serena being tickle tortured. Amy’s first concern, however, was that of the tiny man known as Ra.
“Guys! Where’s Ra!?” Amy said.
“He’s right here.” Rini said as she gently held up the tiny Ra in the air. Knowing Ra was safe, Raye flashed a smirk and a giggle when she saw Serena getting double teamed on the tickle torturing.
“Heh heh, they’re getting her good.” Raye said. About a minute later, the two finally stopped tickling and Serena’s laughing died down considerably.
“Okay, we’re done.” Mina said.
“Besides, we gotta be getting ready for bed soon.” Lita said, noting Raye and Amy already in their sleeping outfits.
“Awww… can’t we stay up late and camp out or something like that? It’s going to be a beautiful night!” Rini commented.
“Maybe, but we should leave as soon as the sun comes up tomorrow. The sooner we can get back to studying, the better.” Amy said.
“Amy…” all the girls except Rini groaned. As the other girls started to walk back to the other room so they could change, Raye stopped Rini in her tracks.
“Rini, you might want to leave our little friend out here for now.” Raye said. Rini immediately knew what Raye was getting at.
“Okay. Wait here, Ra!” Rini said as she gently placed the tiny man on the nearby table. Ra watched Rini and the other girls leave the room (leaving just Raye and Amy who minded their own business) and waited for their return.

Ra wasn’t retrieved right away, as the other girls were busy brushing their teeth and doing other important things they always did before bedtime. Both Rini and Serena were in their similar-looking pajamas, with Rini’s being cyan-colored while Serena’s were colored pink. Finally, Rini approached the table and picked up Ra.
“Okay, Ra. Sorry for the delay.” Rini said.
“It’s okay, Rini. I’d wait for eternity if I had to.” Ra said.
“Teehee! You’re so sweet! I hope we can stay together forever.” Rini said. She held Ra close to her chest, allowing him to hear her soft heartbeat, and watched as the young girl walked into what he assumed was one of the bedrooms. There were two beds big enough to accommodate two people each. Lita and Mina were already laying down on one side while Amy and Raye were still getting their own bed ready. As for Serena? She and Rini would have to sleep on an inflated mattress on the ground. Rini was about to plant herself on the mattress, but Lita was wondering one thing about Ra.

“Hey, wait! Where is our tiny friend going to sleep, Rini?” Lita asked.
“Well, with me, of course!” Rini said.
“Are you sure that’s a safe idea? He could be crushed if either you or Serena start tossing and turning.” Amy said.
“I don’t toss and turn… Serena’s the one who rolls like a boulder.” Rini said.
“Hey! You little squirt!” Serena said.
“I’ll just put him between our heads. He’ll be fine there!” Rini shouted. The other four girls just looked at each other and eventually came to a decision.
“Okay, Rini. We trust you.” Amy said.
“But if he gets flattened like a pancake, we better not hear any complaining.” Raye said.
“I’m hoping tomorrow I’ll be able to find a cure for his condition.” Amy said. With that settled, Rini carefully made her way onto the mattress. She expected to get her hair pulled by Serena for making that remark about rolling around on the bed, but she was too tired to do so. Once Rini was settled, she put Ra on her own pillow, about a foot away from her own two eyes.
“Sorry, Ra. I don’t have any covers that match your size.” Rini said.
“Don’t worry about it. This is probably more comfortable than the last place I slept in.” Ra said. Rini couldn’t help but giggle at that remark.
“Everybody settled in?” Raye asked as she walked over to the light switches.
“Yep, let there NOT be light!” Mina jokingly said.
“Good night, everyone…” Raye said as she turned the lights off and it was almost pitch black in the room, the only light coming from the moonlight beaming outside through the open windows. Ra, meanwhile, just let the beautiful face of her ‘guardian’ Rini, drift him off to sleep. He could only wonder what tomorrow would be like with not just her, but the other giantesses as well.

He would not get that chance, and not because of being flattened by either Rini or Serena tossing and turning.

“Ra… Ra…. Ra… up, Ra… Wake up, Ra…” a female voice said in Ra’s head. It was finally enough for him to open his eyes. When he did, there was a glow of red light in the room rather than the moonlight from outside. But more important than that, as he turned over to sitting on his knees rather than laying on his back, there was another giantess towering above him. This one looked different in that she appeared a bit older than the teenage girls, wore a sailor fuku, and had very long dark green hair. He eventually recognized the light as coming from this woman’s staff. He didn’t know it yet, but this girl was Sailor Pluto illuminating the room with her Garnet Orb. As the other girls, including Rini, were still sleeping, Ra focused his attention on this woman who seemed to be the one calling his name.
“Who… who are you?” Ra asked.
“My name is Sailor Pluto. I am the guardian of the Space-Time Door and protector of all time and space. I am here to take you home.” Sailor Pluto said.
“Take me home?” Ra asked.
“Yes. Please allow me to show you a vision.” Sailor Pluto said. Her orb flashed out a slightly brighter red light, and all of a sudden, Ra was watching something play out in his head…

“Do you remember now?” Sailor Pluto asked.
“Y...Yes! I remember I was on a cruise ship and we suddenly got caught in this big storm. I guess that’s how I washed on this island?” Ra said.
“Yes. The storm you encountered was not natural. It was the result of a disruption in the space-time continuum. I can only assume a monster from the time period I reside in tried to come back to this time period. Whether the monster was successful or not, it caused a rift that caused the unnatural weather you encountered.” Sailor Pluto said.
“So… wait? You’re from the future? And how is it that I shrunk, like these other girls are saying?” Ra said.
“It’s another side effect from the rift in time and space. You should be very fortunate. You’re the only one to survive the shrinking process. All other victims have died. And the storm is only growing worse.” Sailor Pluto said. Ra then took another look over at Rini. Suddenly the artistic memories came flooding back like the tidal wave that swept him to this situation in the first place.

The picture he drew of Rini sporting a dragon’s extra features like horns, a tail, and flaming breath, using it all to destroy the city while people were screaming ‘run from ChibiZilla!’
The picture he drew of Rini giant-sized and wearing a white tank top and black skirt. She’s stomping around with an evil smile on her face and a black crescent moon on her forehead.
The picture he drew of Rini ‘rudely interrupting’ Serena’s date with Darien with her giant-sized and in the same swimsuit she’s seen her in all day long.
The story he wrote of Rini’s birthday where she shrinks the other girls to one inch tall and puts them in a miniature city they had built for her.
The story he wrote called Rini’s Torture Chambers that’s much too violent to repeat here! :)

“Oh my god…” Ra said.
“There isn’t much time left. I must transport you back to when the anomaly in the space-time continuum presented itself.” Sailor Pluto said. Ra just realized he was with the girl that has made him the artist he is today.
“But… but I want to stay with Rini!” Ra said.
“I’m sorry. We have no choice.” Sailor Pluto said.
“I don’t care about the life I once had! Rini… has treated me like a best friend…” Ra said.
“If you stay here, the world will eventually cripple from the weight of the space-time anomaly. The ensuing paradox will destroy this entire universe.” Sailor Pluto said with a stone cold look on her face. It went right through to Ra like a lawnmower to grass.
“You have your own life to live. Rini would understand just as well. You’ll both live on in each other’s memories, especially through your artwork.” Sailor Pluto said.
“My… my artwork? You know about that?” Ra asked. Sailor Pluto, for the first time, cracked a smile.
“How else would Small Lady become fascinated with being, feeling, or dreaming bigger?” Sailor Pluto said. It started to make sense to Ra now. A totally destroyed universe meant no chance to get back to his real life, let alone continuing to draw like he always did even with such little free time left.
“Okay, okay. I’ll go back. What do I do?” Ra asked.
“Just leave everything to me. And thank you for doing the right thing.” Sailor Pluto said. As she closed her eyes and started concentrating on her Garnet Rod, Ra quickly ran over towards Rini’s giant face and gently kissed her on the forehead.
“Goodbye, Rini.” Ra said.

As soon as he did that, all faded to white. Ra covered his eyes.

When Ra felt the light die down and he could open his eyes again… he was back onboard the cruise ship, evidently back at the point in time where the storm that swallowed him and ship would’ve taken place. Except when he walked outside, the sky was clear blue and the sun was shining bright. A fellow passenger, the same one he remembered screaming ‘we gotta abandon ship!’, made a comment.
“Hey, man. Beautiful weather, isn’t it? You should join me in the swimming pool.” the young man said.
“Er… maybe later. I’m still a little dozed off.” Ra said.
“Okay. Well, take care.” the man said as he walked away. Ra soon walked back inside his quarters and when he sat back down on the bed, he suddenly thought back to the mini adventure he had with the giant sailor scouts, including Rini.

That’s when he picked up the sketchpad and got doodling. He had found his spark.

But what about the sailor scouts, you ask? They were finishing up packing their bags onto the boat that would take them away from Raye’s private island and back to civilization. As Rini, now wearing her schoolgirl outfit, climbed onboard the ship, she suddenly looked back at the beach house.
“Hmmm? What is it, Rini?” Amy asked from nearby.
“Oh, it’s nothing. I know I’ve packed everything, but for some reason I keep thinking I’ve forgotten something.” Rini said.
“Hopefully not a shrink ray or something like that.” Raye said as the other girls (except Serena for some reason) laughed out loud.
“Don’t worry, Rini. You didn’t miss anything. It’s understandable to have that feeling when you’re both going away and then going home.” Lita said.
“Yeah, you’re right. Thanks, Lita!” Rini said. Once everyone and all their belongings were onboard, Lita (as the pilot) fired up the motorboat and it sailed away from the island. All the girls waved goodbye even though there was nobody on there.
“Bye, Raye’s private island! Until next summer!” Serena shouted.

Although Ra still had his memories, it seemed Sailor Pluto had wiped the time Rini spent with tiny Ra from her own memory banks. Sailor Pluto knew, even though she understood, that Rini would be more upset with the parting than he was.

Nevertheless, as Ra continued with his drawing in the comfort of his quarters, he was confident he would be seeing the Giant Pink-Haired One again somehow, someway, and some day.

END