Chapter 10-Buffy the babysitter?

Sailor Pluto de-transformed into her civilian form. She and Rei decided to check out the store that sells the Telulu flowers. Rei saw how Chibiusa was taken with Buffy, so she decided to entrust the little one to the slayer.

Buffy wished she could go with them. She did just promise Chibiusa that she would help. However, this was not her world and it was not her fight. So she held on to Chibiusa's hand and waved goodbye to the other senshi.

Chibiusa waited till they were out of sight. Then she tugged Buffy's hand and said she wanted to take her somewhere.

"Chibiusa, I promised them that I would keep an eye on you." Buffy frowned at the little pink hair child, wondering if she would be a handful like Dawn.

"The place we are going to, you can certainly keep an eye on me. Please. With you by my side, I will be safe." Chibiusa pouted and looked at Buffy.

The slayer gave in. She figured the little one would run away in secret anyway. This way, at least, she could protect Chibiusa. Then, the little girl brought out a floating cat head. Buffy looked at the levitating cat head and raised an eyebrow.

"Luna-P Henge." Chibiusa bounced the cat head and then tossed it up. The cat head magically transformed into a tracking device. Then it flew away, presumably tracking the other senshi. "Come on." Chibiusa grabbed Buffy's hand and started running after the floating tracking device.

"I am following a child following a floating cat head." Buffy thought.

After flying for five or six blocks, the cat head/tracking device stopped. It flashed twice in front of a closed flower shop and then transformed back into "Luna P ball".

Chibiusa gestured Buffy to follow her into the back alley. The little one took out a pink brooch and yelled "Moon Prism Power Makeup." The slayer watched in awe as the girl transformed into a tiny sailor senshi.

"Wait, Chibiusa. They let you fight? You are so young." Buffy asked.

"I am nine already. I am just really short, okay?" Chibiusa charged ahead bravely.

Buffy shrugged. The kid had a point. Demons and vampires had a tendency to underestimated Buffy because of her size, but that didn't mean she wasn't powerful.

They continued walking along the back alley until they came to the back door of the flower shop. Chibiusa turned the handle and it was locked. She looked at Buffy expectantly. The slayer broke the handle like it was butter. "Amazing!" Chibiusa said, wishing she had that strength.

It was pitch dark inside. No windows, no lights. Buffy instinctively pulled Chibiusa closer, her slayer sense on high alert. Just then, a scream was heard from the other room.

Buffy opened the door and found herself face to face with a gigantic flower monster. One of the branches was wrapped around Sailor Mar's neck while the other had wrapped around Sailor Pluto's neck and waist. A woman with green hair was holding a black star in her hand, laughing evilly.

The slayer dodged the tentacles from the flower, rolled under and then jumped. Her powerful right hook caught the green hair woman in the face. The woman screamed in pain but flew higher, out of Buffy's reach.

"Pink Sugar Heart Attack." The little one pulled out a pink wand and yelled out her attack. Buffy turned around and was curious. "What the hell is pink sugar heart attack? Diabetes? Heart attack? What?" Whatever it was, a ray of pink energy radiated from the wand and hit the enemy.

It didn't hurt the woman that much but it was enough to distract her. Buffy saw the black star she was holding and figured it was important. The slayer climbed onto the shelves on the wall and then jumped. Her hands grabbed the pipes in the ceiling. She swung herself and slamed into the green hair woman. The enemy came crashing down and in the process, dropped the black star.

The black star shattered and a lot of pure hearts flew out of it. "What the…." That was when Buffy saw a pile of unconscious people in the corner of the dark room. The flower moster let out a roar and turned toward its master. Tentacles flew out and grabbed the woman.

Buffy watched in confusion as the flower monster and the enemy mutually destructed.

"The monster would attack the person with the purest hearts. In this case, when that black star broke, its master became the one with the purest hearts. Mutual destruction." Pluto explained.

Buffy nodded, but she had no idea what that meant. She went over to Chibiusa and gave her a hug. "You did it. That was amazing. But, what is pink sugar heart attack anyway?"

Chibiusa shrugged. "You kill things with a wooden stick. Rei told me. I attack things with pink sugar heart attack. We are both weird, okay?"

"Why are you guys here?" Sailor Mars asked accusingly.

"To rescue you guys of course." Chibiusa crossed her arms and pouted.

"Thank you, Small Lady." Pluto knelt down next to the child and gave her an affectionate pat on the head. "You fought bravely." The time soldier than turned to Buffy and gave her a grateful nod.

The victims started to gain consciousness and stood up in confusion. The shop was completely destroyed from the earlier explosion of the monster. Out of habit, Buffy jumped in and explained to everyone that there was a gas leak and everyone passed out. That was the excuse they always used back in Buffyverse, it seemed to work just as well here. Rei and Setsuna looked at the slayer and couldn't help but admit that Buffy was quite resourceful.

'If there was no way back, Buffy might be useful in their final fight,' Setsuna thought. She lament the fact that as the soldier in charge of time and space, she had yet to find a way to bring the princess back…