Carmen Sandeigo and Sailor Moon
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter.)
"So this is the little thief? She's a cute one." Sara Bellum said smiling a bit as she looked at the little girl that had just finished having a long bath and was currently dressed in a set of, ironically, bunny pajamas that Sara had bought.
"Her name is Bunny. Bunny Sandiego, in English." Carmen said smirking a bit as she pulled the little girl close. Now that she was all clean she looked even cuter. Her hair was a vibrant golden color, her skin alabaster pale, and her the silver in her eyes stood out even more.
"Usagi-chan? This is Bellum Sere." Carmen switched to Japanese as easy as breathing as she pointed at the inventor who smiled and gave a small wave. Usagi looked up at the inventor who had the sudden feeling of being under a microscope. As if she could hide nothing from this child. The last time she felt this open was when she had first met Carmen and applied for V.I.L.E.
"Hello little one." Sara said in flawless, if not accented, Japanese as the little girl grinned up at her. Apparently she had passed the mini-Carmen's test and… holy crap!? Were those actual sparkles around the girl? The hell?!
"You can meet everyone else in the morning but for now you need some sleep in a warm environment." Carmen said and she was a bit amused to see Sara and a few other henchmen falter under the cheer the girl exuded with a simple grin, good to know it wasn't just her effected by it.
"She's not going to want to let you go anytime soon most likely. I…may or may not have already made an electric blanket for her." Sara admitted, holding out a blanket with little cats on it which had the small child going wide eyed in wonder.
"Little bunny. Mama has to take a shower and get clean now. Are you alright to stay out here with Sara, Cora, and Clara?" Carmen asked running a hand through the girls slightly curly golden blond hair as she looked at the child.
"Mama clean. Stay with Auntie." Usagi said smiling as she reached out for Sara, who gave a small squeak as she tried not to squeal. Aunty? She wasn't expecting that!
"She's going to have you all wrapped around her finger before the week's out." Carmen said more amused than anything as Sara took the four year old and held her as if she were glass.
"I give it two days, tops, for everyone here. A week for everyone else after you introduce her to the rest of V.I.L.E." Clara said with a snicker even though she was hovering nearby almost protectively.
"Not even that long." Cora said from in the kitchen where she was whipping up something warm to eat for both her boss and the little girl.
"Story?" Usagi asked looking wide eyed up at Sara who seemed to positively melt in the face of the childs accidental puppy dog eyes.
"Sure I can tell you a story. How about I tell you about one of your mama's thefts?" Sara asked making Usagi nod her head happily as she curled up into Sara, sharing the bunny blanket that the scientist had wrapped her in.
When Carmen came out of the bathroom dressed in her sleep cloths, she paused at the doorway and smiled at the sight of Usagi staring wide eyed and awestruck as Sara told her a story. Not just any story. No she was telling the little girl about how Carmen had managed to travel back in time once, despite how pissed off that weird green haired woman with red eyes had been for it.
The woman had actually whacked Carmen with that staff of hers that looked interesting before sending them back to the future. The only consolation was that Carmen had heard Ivy and Zack talking about the woman who had hit them both lightly before thanking them and stealing their Chronoscanner.
Carmen had yet to find out who that woman was and how she had known about the time traveling thefts.
"The thefts would have been much easier if it weren't for that red eyed woman." Carmen spoke from the doorway, making Sara jerk slightly in surprise while the little bunny didn't look surprised.
"Red eye?" Usagi asked tilting her head at her mama who nodded.
"A strange woman with dark skin, long green hair, and blood red eyes wearing a Fuku with black and red accents. She held a metal staff with a heart shaped top that had a red gem in it like a garnet." Carmen explained making Usagi blink slightly before she grinned.
"Plu! You see Plu! She nice! Keep me safe." Usagi said happily making Carmen pause. Usagi knew the strange woman and the woman had kept the little bunny safe?
"Plu work lots, not see her much…she nice. Feed me…make me warm…no let papa take me way…" Usagi said making Carmen's face soften. Hm. The woman had helped her little bunny and kept her from being taken to the orphanage. Maybe she wouldn't find a way to steal that womans staff out of spite.
"I see." Carmen said simply before she offered the little girl her hand, making the girl blink before she crawled out from under the blanket and took the hand. Not before she made sure that Sara was under the blanket and not getting cold however.
"She's a sweetheart Carmen. She spent the whole time trying to make sure the blanket covered me more than it did her despite her being the one who was out in that weather for what seems to have been at least two or three days." Sara said in English as she stood up and folded up the blanket, making Carmen smile slightly down at the little blond who smiled back cluelessly.
"It seems she has a big heart. I haven't seen any hint of anger at her former parents for wanting to replace her for a child of their own. Only pain that they did so, and sadness that she didn't seem good enough for them." Carmen said in return as she walked into the kitchen where a warm meal was waiting for them, and Usagi was picked up and placed in a booster seat so that she could reach hers.
"I do hope you aren't going to let them get off easy for letting a four year old child run away and they apparently never reported it. I checked the media around here with one of the guys that speaks the language. There's been no missing child reported matching the Bunny's description or name." Clara said making Carmen's eyes turn cold for a brief moment before she smiled at the little girl and began cutting up the chicken for her.
"They have a new child on the way it seems. I'll direct my detectives towards them once the two learn about my little bunny, but I won't steal anything that they could be using to support or get ready for their new baby." Carmen said making the others look at her for a moment.
"Ivy has a soft spot of her own for children, once I direct her to the former parents of this little one and she learns what happened…" Carmen said smirking slightly and making a few of the goons in the room pale. They had been on the receiving end of the red head's martial arts before.
They did not pity the former parents of the bunny however.
They had everything coming to them for not even reporting their child as a runaway.
Oh well…their loss was V.I.L.E.s gain and boy did they gain a lot from this venture to Japan.
After all it wasn't every day you found a new Princess of Thieves.