Paper Moon
Disclaimer: I obviously don't own either of these animes, they belong to their respective creators/companies.
"What's your name?" She asked as she caught up to his side and grabbed his arm, slowing his pace. Spike looked down at her and laughed lightly.
"Spike." Usagi nodded and let his arm go with a slight blush when they reached the shower room.
"It's nice to meet you Spike."
"Pleasure," He said as he pulled out another cigarette and put it to his lips. She crinkled her nose at this but smiled and bowed to Spike before closing the door between then. Spike turned when he heard the water start but spared a quick glance at the door. Shaking his head he walked down the hall in search of clothes for the small girl. He had an unsettling feeling she'd be with them for a while.
Usagi sighed in content as she stepped in to the warm spray of water; it was a relief to finally be out of her cold, damp clothes. She ran a hand through her long hair and worked out the snarls with her fingers, there was a bottle of conditioner but it was almost empty and with her hair it would be more wasteful than helpful to use such a small amount.
'Maybe I should just get rid of it.' She pulled the cascade of blond hair over her shoulder and examined it. The thought of separating with it filled her with anxiety, 'I suppose I must have had it this long for a while, but now that I have no memories of my past it almost seems right to leave it all behind and move one.'
Her eyes filled with tears once more and she cursed herself for crying so much. How did anyone put up with such a crybaby? But the thought of losing almost half a lifetime (she assumed she must have been in her 20s) was especially when you wake up to a group of strangers. It was hard to decide what frightened her more; losing her memories or relying on people who had just as much clue of who about her past she did.
She lowered herself to the tiled floor and curled in to a small ball as she cried silently in to her knees. She couldn't even say she wanted to go home, she had no idea home was, or if she even had home. Her crying was cut short as the shower pipes groaned under a change in the pressure and scalding hot water came spurting out harsly.
With a loud shriek she tried to jump out of the small stall but got tangled in the dirty, once cream colored curtain. She gripped it tightly to catch herself from falling and tried to steady herself, but the old, rusted hooks that held it up gave out just as the door flew open and Spike rushed in. He caught the blond just in time to prevent another head trauma but slipped on a lock of her hair and crashed to the ground with the naked, wet girl clutched firmly to his chest.
"Damn it." Spike cursed loudly as he used his free hand to rub the spot where his head had smacked against the toilet. "What the hell happened?" He looked up at Usagi's bright red face and grew worried.
"Are you okay?" He asked gently.
"Um yes thank you, but Spike...Would you wanna let me go? I'm...I'm kind of naked." Her face seemed to glow from how red it turned when the dark haired cowboy stole a glance at the very naked, very wet woman he had firmly in his arms. His hands shot up over his head when he realized he hand them securely wrapped around her thighs..
"Uh, sorry. I just heard you scream and...I brought clothes." He pointed to the scattered clothes on the floor that he dropped in his rush to catch her.
Usagi nodded and as quickly as she could grabbed the towel he left for her and covered herself up, unconsciously pulling her hair over her shoulder as she did so. It was Spikes turn to blush lightly when he looked up. Her skin was still rosy from her shower and her long blond hair flowed down almost to her knees. But he was most taken with her wide blue eyes and the sparkled of amusement they held.
"Um, are you going to get up?" She giggled and offered her small hand to him, he felt his face get a bit warmer but he shook it off and took the girls hand, even if he didn't need it, and haul himself to his feet.
"Yeah," He paused awkwardly as she tried not to watch water droplets as they traveled down her skin, he may be 27 years old, but he was still a man and she was wet and nearly naked less than a foot away from him. "Dinner should be ready soon."
He turned around to leave but stopped when Usagi tentatively grabbed his arm.
"I know that I should be furious with you and all, for what happened, but I'm not. I'm upset of course, but how can you really be mad about something that you don't even remember? I mean I know I'll remember one day, maybe and then maybe I'll be mad at you and then we can deal with that then, well I...I'm just really grateful for you not leaving me there. I don't know why but I feel safe here, and the idea of waking up out there just seems so scary-"
"You're welcome, Usagi." Spike laughed at he cut of her rambling and saw the blush on her cheeks deepen. 'She blushes a lot.' He noted before turning away once more and stepping out of the small room. "Get dressed and come eat, okay?"
He waved his hand at her as walked off whistling an unfamiliar tune. Usagi smiled at his back then turned to the clothing that still littered the floor. As she held them up to her body her eyes widened in shock and her cheeks burned red.
"What the...?"
In the kitchen Jet hummed to himself as he stirred food in various pots on the old stove. It was nice to finally have real food to eat but he felt guilty at how they'd come across it.
"Poor girl," He tsk'ed around the cigarettes that sat between his lips and moved to grab plates making sure to pull out one extra, even though Ed had been missing most of the day. He'd almost forgotten about the small red haired girl during everything that happened earlier. He would've been worried but he heard her yelling excitedly at her computer, Tomato, in her room an hour or so before Spike came back on board the Bebop. She probably didn't even realize they had another new addition to the crew.
Jet paused for a moment, would she even be staying? For some reason he hadn't thought otherwise, he just figured she was like the rest of the characters they'd collected over time.
"Got a thing for the weird ones, apparently." He shrugged it off, sure it was one more mouth to (sometimes) feed, but she didn't have the same obnoxious presence Faye had, and was a hell of a lot quieter than Ed, "Even with all the crying."
He laughed and finished plating up the meal, how ironic that the once feared 'Black Dog' had turned in to something of a father figure for the Bebops ragtag crew.
"Foods ready, come eat before it's all gone." He said in to the small speaker in the kitchen that connected to the ships PA system, it didn't take long for Faye to walk in, grab a plate and saunter away with out so much as a 'thanks.' She rarely joined them during meals.
"Good riddance," He muttered as he grabbed a plate for himself and Spike then headed in to the living room area. Spike was lounged in his usual place on the couch watching 'Big Shots' on their small TV with a beer in one had and a cigarette in the other his normally stoic eyes were wide in shock. Jet set the plate on the mans lap but he hardly even took notice.
"What's wrong with you?"
That seemed to snap him out of it and he lazily looked at the steaming food before him as he tried to hide his pink cheeks, "Nothing, her boob almost popped out."
Jet frowned at him but rolled his eyes and took a bite of his dinner, "Where's Usagi?"
"I'm right here," The small blond walked in and they both had to catch their mouths from falling open. The only clothes Spike could find that would fit the petite blond were a pair of Ed's shorts and one of her small white tops. Though they were nearly the same height Usagi had a bit more going for her up top and the white t-shirt seemed more like a sports bra with sleeves than an actual shirt. Jet was the first to get his thoughts out of his pants and he coughed before pointing towards the kitchen.
"Your dinners on the counter, and I guess your beer," he glared pointedly at Spike who simply shrugged and took another sip of his drink, "is in the fridge."
"Thank you," She bowed to Jet making him shift uncomfortably in his seat partially from the formality, and partially from the view he got when she bent down. He waved her off and shoved more food in his mouth hurriedly.
"Smooth," Spike smirked.
Just as Usagi was reentering the room the ships resident hacker bounced in, her small dog in tow. Ed still wore her goggles and poor Ein looked frazzled as his tiny legs hurried to keep up with the energetic youth.
"Dinner time Ein-Ein, chow time Ein-Ein. Eat up, eat up!" She sang as she marched past Usagi in to the kitchen, taking no notice of the blond who seemed to be having a staring contest with the welsh corgi who had stopped dead in it's tracks. Usagi knelt down and reached her hand out to pet him but snatched it back when he clamped his little teeth over her fingers and started barking frantically.
"EIN!"
"Usagi!"
Startled out of her daze Usagi fell to her butt, barely managing to save her plate, and pushed herself back from the growling dog that was now being restrained by Jet's cybernetic arm.
"Damn it Ein, whats gotten in to you!" He huffed and he hauled the pooch in to the air. Ed, finally taking notice of Usagi as she moved to comfort her companion, looked between the blond and the canine in confusion.
"Ein is scared of the bunny-lady!" She proclaimed and motioned for Jet to hand over the pooch, "Edward will take him now Jet-person!"
"He doesn't usually bite," Jet said as he scratched his bald head with his now free hands as he watched the duo disappear back to Ed's room. Usagi just smiled sadly as Spike lifted her from the ground before gently leading her over to the couch.
"It's alright. I should know you're not suppose to frighten an animal like that. He just seemed familiar..." Her voice trailed off as she looked to where the dog had been just moments ago.
'Why did a dog of all things seem to stir up something inside me? Did I know him once...'
Alright, chapter 2 already! I'm not gonna lie, I'm writing this mostly for myself. It's not the same as reading a story with your favorite series in it, but it's still fun to write it and see how the story developed as you go. Honestly, I started with only a very rough idea and just fill in all the details as I go along.
It may be a while before anymore SM type stuff starts getting in to the story, and I've yet to decide if any other SM characters will be in this, but for now just keep reading and eventual things will come together and make sense (I hope! XD).
And just to nip this in the bud before it's brought up, I love Spike/Usa pairings, and while this wont be just a romance it will contain a lot of them growing together. I'm not a big action writer, but I'm gonna try to incorporate a little in this story. The main reason I'm writing this is for my own entertainment, and I love romances so yes there will be scenes like the shower seen, and yes I think Sailor Moon is hot and damn it I'm gonna make it obvious! So if shit like that bothers you in a fanfic, I'm sorry but I'm the writer. XP
But like I said, this is mostly being written for my own amusement, but I'd still love to get feedback from you! It's nice to know that theres people out there who share a common interest! And reviews are really good motivation to keep me going if I get stuck and just wanna give up!
Well,
Peace and Love!