Welcome to the Solar System

(BiggerBetterBarbie; idea by greenharold)

From a distant galaxy come five space travelers; all of whom are on a mission to explore the Milky Way Galaxy and seek out new life and civilizations. Who knows where they came from, although all five men looked no different from typical Earth people. And speaking of Earth… that was their destination. As one of the men piloted the spaceship past the red planet that we know as Mars, he looked back at the other four spacesuit wearing men.
"Captain! We've cleared the red planet. According to our space charts, we should be coming up on Earth next." the pilot said.
"Good work, Two. Continue on our present course." the captain said.
"I take it Two is my codename, sir?" the pilot asked.
"Affirmative. I will be One. You Three, you Four, and you Five." the captain said as he pointed to the other explorers one by one.
"Might I inquire of the origin of these words, sir?" Three said.
"It's my understanding the people of the planet we're about to visit, Earth, use these words as common numbers. I feel it's appropriate we use these numbers as our codenames when we arrive." One said.
"Hey, I like it. A lot simpler than our numerical system." Five said.
"All the more reason we have to take as much notes as we can on this planet." Four said.
"Four is right. The knowledge we gain on this journey will go a long way towards potential future colonization of our planet's people to this galaxy. So needless to say, this mission is of utmost importance." One said.

A few minutes later, as the explorers began final preparations, namely on the spacesuits they were wearing, Two (the pilot of the spaceship) was about to note the remaining distance between their ship and Earth. However, alarms started going off.
"Two, what's wrong!?" One said.
"Thrusters are offline! Warp drive is not responding! It's like we're being pulled in!" Two said. One then ran up to the control panel and pressed all sorts of buttons.
"I see why! We're caught in Earth's gravitational pull! Try full reverse!" One shouted.
"Already did, sir! The pull is too strong, reverse engines have no effect!" Two shouted. Then more alarms went off, and the crew shivered nervously when they heard rattling-like sounds.
"The ship… it's being ripped apart! Everyone to the escape pods, now!" One shouted. The five explorers leapt from wherever they were sitting and ran to the back of the ship. They each pressed a series of buttons, and seconds later, tubes opened up in front of their eyes, and they all jumped in where they eventually landed in different escape pods.

The pods launched… and just in the nick of time, as about 45 seconds later, the main ship exploded, sending debris in every direction.
"Goodbye, ship. You were a real trooper." Two said.
"There will be another time and place to mourn our great vessel's loss, but we must concentrate on the task at hand, and that's descending towards Earth." One said.
"But where, Captain? I've never seen a planet as big as this one." Three said. He was looking over how huge Earth appeared despite still being presumably hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.
"Everyone, I'm locking in coordinates for all five of our pods. This will make sure we go down together." One said.
"Coordinates received, One. Activating atmospheric shields!" Four said, with the other explorers doing the exact same thing.
"Acknowledge readiness to deploy Hyperdrive." One said.
"Ready!" all four remaining explorers eventually said.

The five escape pods all locked almost together, rocketing down towards the same spot on the planet, which turned out to be the country of Japan, specifically the city of Tokyo. The pods were doing a good job of sticking together, until…
"Captain! I'm losing control of my pod!" Two said.
"Magnetic interference is really strong! It's causing my pod to veer off course!" Five shouted. One could see it outside the windows of his pod. They were all breaking out fast and furiously in other directions. He knew they were going to be in for rough landings if they tried to stay together.
"Straighten your pod as best as you can… and brace for impact!!!" One shouted. The captain did his best to keep the ship as straight as he could, but finally he had to let go of the flight stick and slam the buttons to deploy all sorts of safety cushions. As soon as he did, the ship crashed right into the pavement, leaving a hole exactly one half inch in diameter, so nobody noticed.

In fact, it was business as usual for the city and residing neighborhoods. The pods were tiny, and the explorers were tiny beyond recognition. The explorers, meanwhile, managed to survive thanks to the seat cushions (like air bags in a car) and also thanks to the extraordinary armor of the escape pods that prevented any major damage from occuring. One knew he was safe, but because he couldn't see the other escape pods due to them being separated, he had no way of knowing that.
"This is One! Come in, team!" One said. No answer.
"Captain One calling the team! Please respond!" One said.
"Ooooooh… Two reporting." Two said over One's radio.
"Three checking in." Three said.
"Four here. Man, that smarts!" Four said.
"Five here. I'm okay, and the pod held together." Five said.
"Whew… thank goodness. Where are you all exactly?" One said.
"I don't know, sir. My pod's computer is out." Three said.
"Mine too." Two said.
"Same here. I think we're all out due to the magnetic interference." Five said.
"Hmmm… most unfortunate. Yes, we made it to Earth, but we have no way of contacting our home world." One said.
"Successful failure, I gather." Two said.
"I'm glad you still have a sense of humor, Two." One said.
"Whoa!" Three said.
"What is it, Three?" One said.
"I left my escape pod and was almost crushed by a young woman. Long black hair and wearing some kind of robe I've never seen before." Three said.
"A woman? You mean like the female species on our home planet?" One said.
"Exactly, sir! Except this woman was… my word… she was probably 100 times bigger than any monument I've ever seen!" Three said.
"Fascinating…" One said.
"Captain, sir. What do we do now?" Four asked. One didn't respond at first, but watched as a mega-sized young couple walked by outside the window of his pod. He first thanked his lucky stars that this couple didn't unknowningly step on his pod, and then he came to a realization.
"Gentlemen… despite the incomparable size difference between us and the people of this world, we must try and communicate with these giants and giantesses." One said.
"Are you sure? Is there no other plan, Captain?" Two said.
"Nothing that I can think of, unless anyone has an alternative." One said. There was silence for almost five seconds, until…
"Well, I seem to have crash landed in front of what looks like a home. I would take my chances and talk with any people I encounter in that home rather than a large crowd." Four said.
"What a coincidence, Four. I crash landed in front of a home too!" Five said.
"Fine then. If you're near a home, find a way inside it no matter what it takes, including the use of our jet packs. Either way, we have to enlist the aid of these giant people. Surely they will understand our plight and help us out." One said.
"Understood, Captain. Should we stay in touch via radio?" Two said.
"No, let's go to radio silence from this point forward. I'm concerned our enemies may be here on this planet too." One said.
"Roger, One. Good luck, everyone." Three said.

As One finally exited out of his escape pod, he slowly approached the incredibly large home that stood in front of him. Just as he waded his way into the grass, which seemed as tall as forest trees as tiny as he was, he watched as a car drove up the driveway of this home. He watched as two more of these giant women, one of them much younger than the other like she was a child, came out of this strange vehicle that he had never seen before. We knew these women to be Ikuko Tsukino and Chibiusa.
"Yay! Home at last!" Chibiusa said. She started to run for the front door until she was called back by Ikuko.
"Hold it, Chibiusa! It's your turn to help me bring the groceries inside!" Ikuko said.
"Awww… I wish Usagi would do it instead!" Chibiusa said. Ikuko smiled and patted the pink-haired one on the head.
"Now now, Chibiusa. You know the drill, and even then, Usagi's not in the car with us! I wonder if she's still on the phone." Ikuko said.
"Teehee… you're probably right. Okay, I'll help!" Chibiusa said with a smile on her face. As the two ladies took turns unloading groceries from the van, walking to and from the front door of their home, One took a moment to admire the sheer size of both ladies.
"It's incredible how massive these women are… even the pink-haired young girl towers far over our famous monument." One said. Then he looked at the front door of the house and saw it was still open. He realized this was his best shot at getting inside the home.
"This is my greatest shot at getting inside the home." He said to himself. One activated his jetpack and took off running, allowing him to run at super speed. He slid to a stop on the wooden floor inside the house, but had to quickly jet out of the way as Chibiusa came walking in and was about to plant one of her red dress shoes where he was standing. He watched both her and Ikuko walk by and wondered how he was going to get their attention, only to watch as Ikuko hollered up the nearby stairway.
"Usagi, we're home! Come help put away the groceries with us!" Ikuko shouted. Chibiusa started to walk up the stairs, but could hear Usagi's voice even from below.
"It sounds like she's still on the phone with someone." Chibiusa said.
"Oh, it's okay, we'll leave her alone for now." Ikuko said.
"Teehee, okay! Besides, I wouldn't mind helping you out all the way." Chibiusa said.
"Awwww… thanks, Chibiusa! Glad you came around so quickly." Ikuko said as the two ladies went back outside. One, meanwhile, looked at the staircase.
"Hmmm… perhaps it would be less risky to deal with this Usagi person." One said. That's when he activated his jetpack and went rocketing upstairs.

It only took about 30 seconds for him to make it to the upper floor and land in Usagi's bedroom, specifically on top of one of the many carpet strands that spread out before him. There he got his first look at Usagi, dressed in one of her casual outfits (pink T-shirt, gray shorts, and pink socks), walking back and forth around the room holding a cordless phone up against her head.
"What a charming looking young woman… though that hair style. I've never seen anything like it." One said. He made his way atop the carpet strands and watched the giantess walk around as she talked on the phone.
"Naru, that's what I keep telling you! Sometimes it's hard to predict what is on Umino's mind these days!" Usagi said. One wasn't paying much attention to what Usagi was talking about, not that it was any of his business anyway, but he did make a note of the phone she was talking into.
"That communications device looks very primitive, though. Perhaps this planet is behind the times when it comes to staying in touch with friends and family." One said.

One knew he couldn't get Usagi's attention from where he was on the floor. He took note of Usagi's bed.
"I'll need to get to higher ground." One said. He activated his jetpack again and was airborne once again. It wouldn't be a smooth ride to the bed, however, as Usagi made a sudden U-turn and was heading unknowningly straight for One.
"Naru, here's what you do. You know he's such a geek, right? So play to that strength!" Usagi said.
"Whoa!!!" One shouted as he looked to his right and suddenly saw Usagi's knee right smack in front of him. He braced himself like he was a superhero catching a runaway train, and that's when the explorer stuck to Usagi's skin like glue. He rode Usagi's right knee for only a couple seconds when the giantess came to a stop. That's when One reactivated his jetpack and eventually managed to settle down on Usagi's bed.
"Whew… that was too close. I must be careful. The sudden movements are greatly exaggerated thanks to the size difference between us." One said. The explorer walked towards the center of the bed, thinking he would be safest there. As he continued to watch the giantess walk around, he took more mental notes.
"Despite the difference in technology, the subject mirrors that of a typical teenage girl from our homeworld. Talking seemingly endlessly with friends on all kinds of subject matter, not realizing the passage of time all along the way…" One said as he pressed a few buttons on his suit, probably to record his thoughts and feelings.

Those thoughts and feelings would be among the last ones of One's life. He looked up and saw Usagi sitting down on the bed, causing One to bounce up and down on the sheets temporarily.
"Whoa! This is most unexpected. Subject is using the bed as a de facto couch; a much different use for a bed compared to our home world…" One said.
"Oh, Naru, you're almost killing me here! Maybe you're thinking too hard about this. Why don't you try and take a deep breath. We'll think of a perfect date night for the two of you." Usagi said, and that's when the teenage girl also known as Sailor Moon laid down on the bed, her upper half on the bed and her legs off. One could only gasp in horror as Usagi's head and back came towards him like a spaceship at Warp 10!
"Oh noooooooooooooooooo…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" One screamed before his world, just like that, was crushed flat.

A few minutes later, Usagi felt she had talked with Naru for long enough.
"I know, Naru. I'm wondering why Mamoru won't talk to me anymore. Look, I gotta go for now. How about we meet in the park after dinner? Okay? Great! I'll see you then!" Usagi said. Just as she disconnected the cordless phone, Chibiusa came walking into the bedroom.
"Usagi! Can you come downstairs and give us a hand?" Chibiusa said.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Usagi said.
"Oh… Mama dropped something between the counter and the refrigerator and she needs to move it." Chibiusa said.
"Oh, okay. I'm coming." Usagi said as she sprung to her feet and exited her bedroom. Chibiusa was about to do the same, but did a double take and looked back at Usagi's bed. She looked near the center of the bed sheets where she saw a miniscule red spot there. Usagi came back in the bedroom when she realized Chibiusa wasn't following her.
"What is it, Chibiusa?" Usagi asked.
"Oh, it's nothing. I thought I saw something." Chibiusa said.
"Like what? Your imagination? Hahahaha!" Usagi said.
"Pfffft… you wish! Maybe I was looking for your smarts!" Chibiusa said with a wink from one of her eyes.
"Ooooooh… come here, you little squirt!" Usagi said as she chased Chibiusa all the way downstairs into the kitchen, not knowing for even a millisecond that she had just effortlessly ended the life of an explorer from the farthest reaches of outer space.

For the explorer codenamed Two, he started his journey at the front yard of a tremendously huge house. Unlike with One, it looked like there was no way into the house from where he was standing.
"Hmmm… I could drill my way through that door… but it would probably take hours… no, days… months even! It's better to just find another way in." Two said as he activated his jetpack and flew around to another side of the house. There, he came across an open window.
"An open window! This is how I will enter the house." Two said as he did just that. The first thing that struck him was he didn't see anyone.
"Hmmm? Is nobody home?" Two said. He slowly flew around the gigantic room. It struck him with great curiosity that there was nobody home, and yet there was an open window and a few lights on nearby. It made him feel eerie seeing the emptiness around him, and even the lack of sound sent a chill down his spine.

But it wouldn't be quiet for long, as he suddenly heard a very loud ringing sound several yards to his right.
"Ack! What an incredibly loud sound! Adjusting outside audio dampening levels…" Two said as he pressed a few buttons on his spacesuit. Then he watched as a giant blue-haired girl wearing her schoolgirl outfit as well as glasses over her eyes came walking into the room and picked up part of the ringing object, which we know as a telephone. ^_____^
"Hello? Oh… hi, Mom! No, it's okay. I figured you were working late again, I'm almost used to it by now." Ami said.
"Ah… so that would explain why nobody else is home. It's just this young woman." Two said to himself.
"Yes, Mom, I already ate dinner. I'm just finishing up my homework. I know, I know, you worry too much. It's okay, Mom, I understand. Okay, Mom, I love you too. Bye." Ami said as she finished up her chat with her mother, Saeko, and hung up the phone. Two watched as Ami walked away to another room and then followed her from behind.

Two watched as Ami sat back down at her desk and got back to looking at the screen on her laptop. He approached the giantess, but soon heard all sorts of alarms go off inside his suit.
"What? Jetpack overheating? I could've sworn it lasted longer than this! I'll have to land until it cools down." Two said to himself as he flew over Ami's shoulder and landed on the rightmost edge of the laptop. Immediately he gazed upon the seemingly endless road that were the keys of the laptop, and also up at the screen. He was even amazed with the light from the screen that reflected off Ami's glasses.
"A most fascinating interface. It would seem this device resembles the computer terminals on our ship, albeit with actual, physical keys instead of touch-based ones." Two said. He walked onto the keys and marveled over their immense size.
"These keys are immense… bigger than 10 Spacebrawl fields combined!" Two said. His concentration was broken when Ami started typing again, and some of the keys she hit were coming very close to the one he was standing on, which he just made out as the 'Enter' key.
"Whoa! Look out!" Two said as Ami's massive pinky finger reached for the key he was standing on. Although he wasn't crushed by the finger, he still felt the ground shift as the key was pressed down and then back up when Ami released pressure from the key.
"Whew… that was too close. That finger would've very easily crushed me like an avalanche from the snowy mountaintops." Two said.

Just then, Two heard a series of beeps from inside his suit.
"Oh? My jetpack has cooled off sufficiently. Now I will endeavor to get the giant girl's attention." Two said. He fired up his jetpack again and planned to fly up in front of one of Ami's eyes, hoping that will get her attention. However, seconds later, more alarms went off inside his suit. And when Two recognized the pattern in which these alarms were going off, he panicked.
"Oh no! Not now! No no no nooooooooooo!" Two said as his jetpack suddenly cut off power and he fell downward. He eventually felt the falling stop after a resounding splash, which told him that he had landed in some kind of liquid. A quick glance around told him what kind of liquid.
"Huh? Water? In this room? Perhaps I have landed in an aquarium? And yet there do not appear to be any fish in this…" Two said, but before he could pepper himself with any more questions, he suddenly had a look of despair in his eyes as he felt the container of water move, along with the surroundings around him. He didn't realize it just yet, but he had actually splashed into Ami's glass of drinking water that she was keeping in front of her laptop. And Ami had picked up that glass and moved it towards her mouth.
"Oh no! She's going to swallow me!" Two said as he swam as hard as he could against the current of the water. There was slight good news for Two, as Ami only took a small sip of the water.
"Mmmmm… that's good water." Ami said as she moved the glass away but then brought it back towards her mouth. This time, she took much more than a sip. She tilted the glass enough that water practically slid down her throat, and the current was far too strong for Two to keep up with. With water damaging his jetpack and his arms giving out, he could only do the inevitable.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Two screamed as he slid down Ami's tongue and down the darkness that would eventually lead to her stomach.

Ami finally set the glass down to the right of the laptop and took a deep breath before getting back to typing on her laptop, concentrating on her homework and not on the nearly microscopic explorer from the farthest reaches of outer space that she just swallowed and left for her stomach to digest.

Meanwhile, at the Hikawa Shrine, the explorer codenamed Three already had a close call to deal with. As he was talking with One, not knowing the eventual fate of him or Two, he had to jet out of the way as a giantess almost crushed him 100 times over with her massive yellow sandal. As he reported, the giantess had long black hair and a robe he had never seen before. Of course, we knew this girl as Rei Hino, and she was wearing her shrine maiden outfit while holding a broom horizontally with her two hands. After wishing the rest of his crew good luck, Three watched as Rei walked towards the steps and was approached by a man wearing a similar outfit, but colored light blue. We knew this man as Yuuichirou Kumada, who also worked at the shrine (at least until he could get his music career on track!).
"Hey, Yuuichirou. It's time for me to meditate with the sacred flame, can you finish sweeping that corner of the shrine?" Rei said.
"No problem, miss Rei. Though I was wondering…?" Yuuichirou said.
"Yes?" Rei asked.
"Perhaps maybe you and I can finally go on a date this weekend?" Yuuichirou said.
"Well… sure… just as soon as you get a haircut." Rei said. Yuuichirou's eyes were open wide briefly, and then he lowered his head.
"I'm kidding, Yuuichirou! I'm kidding! Sure, we can go out this weekend." Rei said with a cute smile on her face.
"Oh, thank you, miss Rei! You are as surprising as you are beautiful!" Yuuichirou said.
"But you gotta sweep that corner real good. If I see even one leaf, the date's off!" Rei said.
"Yes, miss Rei! Right away, miss Rei!" Yuuichirou said as he rushed off to commence the sweeping.
"Haha! He may not look like Prince Charming but he has his good qualities." Rei said as she finally walked up the steps that took her inside the shrine.

The conversation between the two allowed Three to catch up with the giantess. He activated his jetpack and used it to shoot his way up on top of one of Rei's sandaled feet, covered of course by a sock.
"Landing successful! I can conserve jetpack fuel by hitching a ride on this giant girl's foot." Three said as he held on tight to the cotton material that made up Rei's sock. Rei, of course, was unaware of Three's activity and she continued on her merry way, putting away the broom and then walking further into the shrine. She walked by her grandfather's room and saw him doing simple exercises like punching or kicking the air.
"Huh? Grandpa? What are you doing?" Rei asked.
"Oh! Hello, Rei! I'm just warming up before I embark on an important mission." Grandpa said.
"What mission is that?" Rei asked.
"There was this beautiful girl from the high school that came by yesterday, and I'm going to ask her to buy one of my charms the next time she visits! Ho! Haaaaa!" Grandpa said. Rei knew Grandpa was just being his usual silly self and would probably snap out of it sooner than later.
"Um… right. Anyway, if you need me, I'll be in the sacred flame room." Rei said.
"Don't be too long, Rei! You know I hate it when the green tea I make gets cold!" Grandpa shouted as Rei walked away.

Seconds later, Rei walked into the darkest room of the shrine. Despite no light whatsoever, Rei had no trouble navigating the room. All she had to do was walk straight ahead and pick up a match. She threw it a couple feet in front of her, and immediately the room lit up with a bright ball of flame. Three marveled at this sequence of events.
"Wow… what incredible skill by this young woman. Whoops!" Three said, only to suddenly fall off the foot as Rei flipped it over. Three quickly scrambled to get out of the way before he could be crushed by one of Rei's legs as she took a kneeling position in front of the sacred flame.
"Great and powerful sacred flame. I call upon your guidance. Tell me if any evil dares to cross our sacred grounds." Rei said as she threw some ashes into the flame to intensify it a bit. As Rei put her hands together and prayed, Three looked up at the giantess as she sat almost motionless.
"I must get up to her upper body immediately so I can communicate with her." Three said as he activated his jetpack. He rocketed up Rei's body until he landed on one of her shoulders. He tried walking closer towards Rei's ear, but sudden movement from her arms knocked him off balance.
"Whoa!" Three said as he tumbled down the white fabric of the top half of Rei's priestess outfit.
"Rin, Pyou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, Zen!" Rei said as she rapidly moved her fingers around. At the end of her chant, the flames seemed to burn brighter. What Rei didn't know was that Three had tumbled all the way down to her wrists, and as Three tried to activate his jetpack and escape, Rei thrust her arms all the way forward at max speed.
"Taisan!" Rei shouted. The momentum was far too much for Three and he went flying right into the sacred flame.

Right away, the microscopic explorer could feel the burns even through his spacesuit.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! It burns!!!" Three shouted as he scrambled to get out of the flames. In his rush to escape, he made the mistake of activating his jetpack, which only made the flames worse. He landed on the wooden floor with a thud as he rolled around trying to extinguish the flames.
"GET THEM OFF ME!!!! GET THEM OFF ME!!!!" Three shouted.

A couple minutes later, Rei was done interacting with the flame, standing back to her full height and watching as it slowly died down to a level that was safe to leave behind. However, she looked on the ground and noticed a small ember that was rolling around.
"Oops! A loose ember! Don't want to leave that burning…" Rei said as she raised one of her sandaled feet and brought it down towards the 'ember,' which of course was really Three still on fire. With his body severely burned and leaving him unable to move, the explorer could only look up as he saw the bottom of the giantess's yellow sandal coming in fast.
"Oh, sweet mother of…" Three said, only to get completely crushed before he could finish his thought.
After stomping out the ember and checking to make sure there weren't any others, Rei breathed a sigh of relief, brushed her long black hair, and then walked out of the room, not knowing she had crushed the living life out of an explorer from the farthest reaches of outer space.

Four, much like the other explorers, was standing before a gigantic house. He marveled upon how massive just the front door was.
"*whistles* I could almost write a fairy tale on a place like this." Four said. He couldn't admire the house for much longer, however, as he watched the front door open and saw a giant woman coming out. We knew this girl as Makoto, dressed up in her usual gray-colored school uniform complete with short black shoes, but to the eyes of Four… this was a woman who looked hundreds of feet tall, and she was heading right for where he stood!
"Look out! Activating jetpack!" Four shouted as he quickly fired up his jetpack and darted out of the way just as Makoto put one of her feet down. Four took several deep breaths and eventually landed on a nearby dandelion, just one of many flowers that were in a flower bed just inches away from the sidewalk. There were a couple of these flower beds, and Makoto kneeled down in front of one of them.
"Ahhhh… these flowers are looking nice. I don't know why I didn't take up gardening much sooner." Makoto said as she took a quick sniff of some of the flowers. Then she stood back up and approached another flower bed, the same one Four was sitting in.
"Uh oh…" Four said to himself as he watched Makoto kneel down. His eyes were just about completely filled with Makoto's giant face, but the giantess could not see or hear the explorer from another galaxy.
"But this batch looks the best." Makoto commented. She then leaned in and sniffed some of the flowers in front of her, including the dandelion that Four was sitting on. Four grabbed one of the petals of the dandelion and held on tight as he tried not to get pulled into Makoto's nose.
"Arrrrgh! It's like fighting against a black hole!" Four shouted. Finally, though, Makoto stopped sniffing and looked over the entire flower bed.
"Mmmmm… this batch is especially healthy, just by the smell. I should have this batch reside in my home." Makoto said. The giantess reached down and picked up the bed with both her hands and carried it inside the house. Four knew, one way or the other, he was just along for the ride as he held on tight to the dandelion.

Makoto, despite holding the flower bed in one hand, managed to close the front door behind her with her other hand. Four couldn't help but be impressed with what he just saw.
"What amazing strength by this young woman. To think there would be a planet where women are just as strong as men…" Four said to himself. Eventually, Makoto brought the flower bed into the kitchen, setting it down on the nearby countertop. Just as she did that, she heard a series of beeps go off from the microwave.
"Oh! Dinner is ready." Makoto said as she ran over to the microwave and opened the door, pulling out one of her lunch boxes. She set it down and opened it up, and inside was a mix of cherry pie and meat loaf, the latter of which topped off with ramen noodles.
"Mmmm… my two favorite dishes and some ramen noodles in one box. I shall enjoy!" Makoto said as she clapped her hands together.

Four finally climbed off the dandelion and jetted his way just inches away from the lunch box, watching as Makoto scooped up the noodles with chopsticks and also stuck a fork into pieces of cherry pie. She had a smile on her face as she chewed away.
"Hmmm? Another interesting sight. It seems the food on this planet makes people incredibly happy. Perhaps I can test this theory by sampling this particular cuisine." Four said. He jetted on top of one of the pieces of cherry pie, and started to press some buttons to open up his helmet.
Unfortunately for him, he didn't realize he was standing on what would be Makoto's next piece of pie to go down her throat. She stuck the fork into the piece of pie and lifted it up towards her mouth. Four didn't realize what was going on until he felt the ground moving beneath him as well as the scenery rapidly changing. He turned around, and there was Makoto's wide open mouth in front of him.
"Yipes!!!" Four shouted. He didn't have time to activate his jetpack and so he made a bold leap off the cherry pie and went falling. He fell and fell and fell, but finally managed to activate the jetpack and lunge his way over to Makoto's shirt.
"Whew… that was close." Four said. He then looked down and saw the ground was a long way down.
"But I am in a most dangerous predicament." Four said.

But he was not out of the woods yet. As Makoto took another piece of cherry pie into mouth, a tiny bit of juice from the cherries dripped down onto Makoto's shirt, leaving a tiny red stain on it. That red stain was where Four was holding on for life. His spacesuit was completely covered in cherry, and he couldn't see through it either.
"What… what is this substance? I'm blinded!" Four said as he used one hand, using the other to hold onto Makoto's shirt, to try and wipe off the juice, but he was having no luck.
"Oops! How clumsy of me. Usagi and the others would have a field day if they saw this!" Makoto said. She set down both her fork and her chopsticks and walked over towards the sink. She turned on the water dabbed two of her fingers in it, then brushing those fingers up against the red stain on her shirt. After more than a few firm rubs, the stain was gone.
"There we go! Who says you need to wash everything with napkins or paper towels?" Makoto said with a confident smile on her face. She then licked her fingers of the juice that had come off, which included a slightly brighter than usual shade of red. What Makoto didn't know was that brighter stain was the blood of a completely crushed Four. There was hardly anything left of him as the remains slowly trickled down Makoto's tongue and down her throat, having crushed the living life out of an explorer from the farthest reaches of outer space.

Five didn't know it, but he was the last one standing. The last of five explorers whose mission was to seek out new life beyond the confines of their home galaxy, but they wouldn't get that opportunity thanks to various ways of their lives ending… and the sailor scouts responsible for their deaths had no heavenly idea of even their existance. Still, Five had a mission and vowed to complete it no matter the costs. Like the others, before him stood a gigantic house.
"Looks like I'm going to have to find my way inside." Five said. He activated his jetpack and looked for any way he could inside the home. About a minute later, he found an open window. On top of that, he heard some music emanating from inside.
"Oh? Some form of audio is coming from inside." Five said. He carefully made his way to the edge outside the window, looking inside and watching a giant blonde-haired (with a big red bow tied on top of the backside) girl wearing a short white dress. The girl, whom we know as Minako, was dancing left and right and bobbing her head up and down while holding a microphone in her right hand.
"C’est la vie, as long as I am me! C’est la vie, I want to keep on being in love with you!" Minako shouted over the music. Five then flew into Minako's room and landed on the karaoke machine. With the bass turned up on the machine, it would occasionally vibrate, and to someone as incredibly tiny as Five, these vibrations were like earthquakes.
"Whoa! Wow! Humans on this planet sure do like their music loud!!!" Five shouted.
"C’est la vie, that’s the reason I am me! C’est la vie, that’s the reason you are you!" Minako shouted.

A few seconds later, the music ended and Minako stopped her dancing. She wiped her forehead and looked down at her white cat, Artemis, who was laying on her bed.
"Well, Artemis, what do you think?" Minako asked.
"Um… it's good, I suppose." Artemis said.
"Good!? That was all!?" Minako said as she glared angerily down at Artemis.
"Er… great! That's what I meant to say! Great! Fantastic! Encore, encore!" Artemis said.
"Haha! That's more like it. This is my career change, Artemis… singer and songwriter! A pop idol star in the making!" Minako said.
"(Maybe in another dimension...) That's great, Minako, although how long do you suppose that will last? Last week you said you wanted to be a doctor… until you wrecked Rei's temple, of course!" Artemis said, first to himself and then out loud.
"Hey, come on! It's not easy thinking of the future when you're only 14 years old! Anyway…" Minako said.

As the giantess walked around talking with Artemis, Five quickly fired up his jetpack and flew up towards the bottom of Minako's white dress. He started to climb up the dress… only to have it fall down towards the ground. That's because Minako took it off, leaving her in just her bra and panties.
"Whoa…!!!" Five shouted as his screams suddenly got muffled as the dress landed on top of him. While Five scrambled to try and escape, Minako walked over to her closer and quickly slipped into her school uniform.
"Hey, where are you going?" Artemis said.
"I promised Makoto I'd go clothes shopping with them after she had dinner. I shouldn't be gone long." Minako said. Once she finished dressing up, Minako picked up the white dress she had been wearing.

After walking down a flight of stairs, Minako walked into a dark room that she illuminated with the flip of a light switch. Inside was a washer and dryer, and after opening up the washer, Minako threw in her white dress along with a few other outfits. It was at this time that Five finally made his way out from underneath the white dress. A quick glance around told him he was trapped, judging by the distinct lack of escape hatch and also seeing a circular glass window where all he could see was the blue skirt that Minako was wearing.
"What… what kind of apparatus is this? A secret room to stow away dirty laundry?" Five said. Just then, water started to rapidly fill up the 'chamber' and the clothes spiraled all around left and right. Even worse for Five, he watched as Minako walked away. Five activated his jetpack and banged feverishly on the window.
"No! Giant woman! Please don't leave! I am in a terrible predicament!" Five shouted. But it was of course no use. The water finally caught up to Five and doused his jetpack, leaving it unusable. He tried one more plea for help.
"Help! HELP!!!" Five shouted, but it was no good. He was now underwater, and his oxygen tank was running low, but it wouldn't matter. The pressure of being thrown left and right inside the washing machine caused his helmet to crack open. He was taking in water, and it only took seconds for him to drown to death.

Artemis walked by the room with the washer and dryer and couldn't help but stop. Minako noticed him staring just before she could walk out the door.
"What is it, Artemis? Why are you staring in there?" Minako said.
"Oh, it's nothing. I got the weirdest feeling there was some kind of life form inside that machine." Artemis said.
"In the washing machine? HAHAHAHA!! Oh, Artemis, maybe you're just thinking too hard about what the Black Moon might be up to." Minako said.
"Yeah, you're right. It's probably nothing. And besides, it's Luna's job to worry more!" Artemis said.
"Anyway, I shouldn't be gone long! Bye!" Minako said as she walked out the front door. Artemis just yawned and stretched, jumping onto the nearby couch to take a catnap and pass the time. He, along with Minako, never knew that inside the washing machine was a lifeless microscopic corpse of an explorer from the farthest reaches of outer space.

Needless to say, but the bodies and even the spacecraft of these explorers were never found by authorities from the distant galaxy. They didn't even try to travel past the planet Pluto, fearing the Milky Way Galaxy was considered a very dangerous place to explore…

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