Chapter 2: Mamoru and the Blonde-haired Spy!
Minako covered up a yawn with her hand. The meeting had gone on long enough and the other girls were getting restless, even though nearly all of them seemed to be paying attention to Luna's lecture. She frowned. It was obvious that they weren't getting anything done. She made her decision and quietly slipped out of the room. Minako smiled to herself. The Senshi of Love had more important duties. Besides, I don't want to be there when Luna finds out Usagi been daydreaming all though meeting!
Walking out of the temple, Minako caught a bus to the mall. She felt slightly guilty for sneaking out of the meeting like that but she just had to find out what Mamoru was getting Usagi. And it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission. She'll apologize to Artemis and the others later. Minako got of the bus and walked into the mall. She glanced around. Now where would a Mamoru be? she thought to herself. She spotted a green jacket and grimaced. You would think that a guy who shows up to battle in a tux would have better fashion sense than that! And then she realized where he was in the mall. She couldn't help herself, she snickered. It'll take poor Mamoru hours to get away from that crazy vendor!
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Mamoru groaned again. At the rate this was going, he could look forward to another sleepless night. Better that than getting Usako one of these "gifts"! He had more of an education in tackiness this past half hour than he had in his entire life. And the vendor didn't show any signs of stopping any time soon. Mamoru was considering methods of escape when he heard a familiar snicker from somewhere in the crowd. He whipped his head around and stared straight into Minako's eyes. Now, Mamoru was usually a pretty nice guy. Hell, most of his corny speeches as Tuxedo Kamen were about the importance of not using and deceiving others. However, desperate times require desperate measures and all's fair in love or war. And being a guy, he knew the one thing all guys went for. "Hey, man" he said, interrupting the vendor and pointing at Minako, "That girl looks just like Sailor V!" The vendor's eyes who grew wide and he whirled around to face Minako, who has luck would have it, had thrown on a Sailor V sweatshirt after school. If it was possible for the vendor's eyes to have gotten any wider, they would have popped out of his head. "Hey, pretty Sailor V girl!" he called out to Minako, flexing his so-called 'muscles' "Wanna go out with the love machine?" Minako took one look at his beady eyes and potbelly, shrieked and ran.
Mamoru leaned back on the vending booth and laughed quietly at the spectacle of the vendor chasing poor Minako. Now he could get back to finding a suitable gift for his Usako without fears of teenage spies and crazed vendors.
Minako, however, was not enjoying herself as much as Mamoru obviously was. And she was not in a mood to be charitable towards the baka either. In fact, having managed to lose her chaser at the hentai section of the manga store, she was thinking very un-Senshi of Love thoughts toward Mamoru. An uncharitable soul might actually call them murderous thoughts. However you might define it, Minako was pissed. Seriously pissed. A fact that Mamoru only realized after getting up and catching the glare of her ice blue eyes. He gulped. And I thought Rei angry was bad! And then he did what any self-respecting guy confronted with an angry superheroine who had proven her proficiency with a whip would do: He turned tail and ran. Straight into a lingerie store.
Mamoru's eyes took in the layers of white lace and black silk. "Wait...this isn't...I'm not in..." he said out loud. He squeezed his eyes shut, hoping the embarrassing visions would go away. He slowly opened his eyes again. They hadn't. Hmmm, maybe I could get Usako one of these things...and then we could.... His face turned red as Mamoru realized exactly what he had been contemplating. "No! Bad thoughts! Evil thoughts!" he yelled. Taking a wild glance around, he realized everyone in the store was staring at him and turned even redder. Mumbling incoherent apologies, Mamoru stumbled out of the shop and bumped into a hysterically laughing Minako.
Looking down at vastly amused blonde,
Mamoru found the perfect outlet for his pent-up humiliation and sexual
repression. "How dare you do this to me! I won't allow you
to-"
"Oh shut up for once, Mamoru-baka!
You were the one who siced that vendor on me!"
"You were spying on me!" he retorted angrily.
"C'mon, Mamoru-san. I just happened to be at the mall at the same time as you!" She pulled an 'angel' pose "I'm perfectly innocent. You're just paranoid!" Mamoru collapsed on a mall bench, completely speechless. Minako smiled at him and skipped out of the plaza. "Ja ne!"
With a groan, Mamoru covered his face with his hands. Why me?!? He groaned again as he realized that everybody in the intermediate vicinity was staring at him with a mix of pity and disgust. At this rate, I'll never find a present for Usako....and then my relationship will be ruined, and I'll get kicked out of Azabu for dismal grades due to excessive amount of time spent pining and then some overeager youma will put me out of my rose-throwing misery! AGGGHHH! Mamoru jerked his head up. Suudenly he felt the need to throw a rose at something. And that was when he saw it. It was beautiful, sparkling in the cheaply colored lights of the mall much as his Usako sparkled everywhere. In a daze, he stumbled over to it. Through the window of the shop., Mamoru could see that it was indeed perfect in each and every way. It was even in his price range! I've found it! My gift!
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Ohmygosh! That was short! But I had to leave y'all with an evil cliffhanger. BUWHAHAHA! However I promise the next one will be longer and that I'll have it out sooner, minna-san! And now for a special bonus:
*Omake Theater!* (audience hisses
and boos).
Ekaterinn: For this special feature
(aka the-author-feels-bad-because-her-chapter-is-so-damned-short), Mamo-chan
will sing a parody of the song "One Song Glory" from the musical RENT.
Mamoru: NOOOOOOOO!
Ekaterinn: That's what's you get
for being in a fanfic by someone who is both a Moonie and a RENThead!
Mamoru: *steps up to the microphone
and says nervously* This parody is called "One Gift Glory" *He begins to
sing:*
One gift
Glory
One gift
Before I go
Glory
Insane from the search
Find one gift
Find one perfect present
Glory
From the tuxedo-wearing kamen
bishouen
Who wasted sleep
One gift
Why won't my subconscious shut
up!
Glory
About the eyes of a young bishoujo
A young bishshoujo
Find glory
Beyond the cheap colored lightbulbs
One gift
Before the mall closes
Glory - on another insane Mamo-chan
Time flies - and then my relationship
dies
Glory - One blaze of glory
One blaze of glory - glory
Find
Glory
In a gift that shows true love
And isn't the least bit sexual
A perfect present!
Find
One gift
A beautiful gift
Glory
From the soul of a bishouen
A bishouen
Find
The one gift
Before she cries
Glory
And my heart dies
One gift
To give me some sanity
Time flies
And then - the mall closes
She cries!
Ekaterinn: *laughing her ass off*
Mamo-chan: That wasn't funny!
Ekaterinn: In any case, please review
my fic or email me.
Thanks!