*takes off thinking cap* well, Ely... I can't think of any way to amuse the masses. *puts away Chibi-Usa barbecue spit*
*cleans up the last of the bbq sauce* aww, and just when it was getting hot, too...
well, we do have Chibi-Usa fans out there. we have to be nice. we just have to put in the Rei apology.
Oh yeah, that. *clears throat* We in no way purposely meant to torture Rei in this story, she just fit the part. Flames will be added to the pit and a new character will be roasted. *flames are provided and copyrighted by Tasuki*
Thank you, and enjoy the show.
Crazy For You 5/9
By Lazuli [jupiterlightning@yahoo.com]
And Elysia [ely_chan@yahoo.com]
Usagi waited until Mamoru had left the arcade to emerge from her bottle, sending her new master into shock when she did. "ACK! Do you have to do that without telling me? At least give me a warning before you do that next time." Then he stopped. "Wait a moment, I thought I had to rub the bottle to get you out of there. How did you....?"
Usagi gave him a sheepish grin. "All right, I confess. I had you rub the bottle so you would become my master. I had to get out of that hospital some how."
His jaw nearly dropped to the ground. "You mean you set me up? Just so you could get what you wanted? I can't believe you! And all this time I thought you were big on helping other people. How could you--"
She covered his mouth with one hand to shut him up. Then she leaned up on her tiptoes to whisper in his ear, just to make sure no one else could hear them. "You can be so blind, you know that? I had to do what I did so I could get out and help others. Besides, you're getting a good deal out of this too. Remember? You're the master, so you're getting your three wishes, just like everyone else."
Mamoru took that into consideration and all was silent until Usagi spoke up again. "Hey, 'master,'" she replied, heavily emphasizing the word, "where am I going to stay?"
He hadn't thought of that. "Well... can't you just stay in your bottle?"
Usagi glared at him. "Hey, I used to be mortal too, you know, and there's NO WAY on this world that I am going to stay cooped up in that thing unless I absolutely have to."
"Okay, okay, I see your point. I guess you'll be staying at my place until we get this all figured out."
Mamoru groaned inside as soon as he suggested it. He knew it was the only solution, but to have a genie running loose in his house while he was at work? He sighed, and motioned Usagi towards his car. "Let's go home."
Usagi looked around Mamoru's apartment. "Well, it is a nice place, Mamoru-san. I won't do anything to destroy it." She grinned, then got a serious look on her face. "Look, I know you don't want me around. I've been a thorn in your side ever since you met me. So make your three wishes at anytime to be rid of me."
She turned her back on him, not wanting him to see the hurt look on her face if he agreed. She was actually starting to like him, as a friend at least. He was the only one who knew about her past, and cared about her. She felt a gentle hand on her shoulder and she looked up into Mamoru's blue eyes.
"Well, I don't intend of getting rid of you too soon, Usagi-chan, and I plan to put those wishes to good use. So you can stay as long as you want."
'A person could melt in his gaze if they weren't careful,' she sighed dreamily to herself, then snapped out of it. 'You have to get home and get away from this mortal world. You don't belong here among them.'
She sighed, and followed Mamoru around his apartment, which was now her new home, at least until he used all his wishes.
"The guest room is that way, and the bathroom is right across from it. Anou... I don't know what kind of food you like, but there's bound to be something in the kitchen."
Usagi laughed at his nervousness. "Relax, Mamoru. I don't bite and this whole thing is not going to blow up in your face until you wish for it. Just think of me as a regular mortal--well, a mortal with extraordinary powers, that is." She set her bottle on the kitchen counter, then stretched lazily. "Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to freshen up a bit. Why don't you start thinking about your wishes?" With that, she slipped into the small bathroom and shut the door soundly, leaving Mamoru to wonder just what he had gotten himself into.
Nearly an hour later, the door creaked open, and Usagi stepped out into the hall. Mamoru was in the kitchen, trying to whip up a quick meal and clean up the mess he made from it.
Stirring the soup, he looked up at Usagi and nearly dropped the bowl. "W-what are you wearing?" he stuttered.
Usagi looked down at herself and then back at Mamoru with a grin. "This? Well, this is what I usually wear. Like it?" she laughed.
Mamoru slowly took it all in, surprised at what he saw. She was decked out in a purple tank top and matching capri pants, all of it swathed with a filmy material. She had also twisted her extremely long hair into two balls on top of her head, letting the rest fall into two ponytails behind it.
"Cute hairstyle. Where did you pick that up?"
She fiddled with one of her ponytails, trying to make it dry faster. "I've always had it. It's one of the few things that reminds me of my real life."
Mamoru paused in his cooking. "What do you mean? Is that how you used to wear it in when before you became a genie?" He asked.
Usagi nodded, her hair now completely dry. "Hai. They let me keep this. They said it reminded them of my name," she said with a small grin.
Mamoru couldn't help smiling back. The hairstyle did remind him of a rabbit. He tested the soup one last time, and then declared it fit to eat. He had just put the soup in bowls when there came a knock on the door.
Mamoru opened the door to find Rei there, and he groaned to himself. Of all the time to come over...he thought he had blown her off at the arcade. Apparently not. This girl was like a bottle of glue. Sticky and dense.
Usagi saw Rei there too, and her eyes narrowed. So this was the one that Mamoru had been talking to earlier.
"Mamoru! I am so sorry to bother you, but I just had to come over and see if you were okay. You looked pale earlier, and I thought you might be sick." She held up a bag. "Don't worry, I'll make it all better for you! I can just..." She started to go on, when she realized that Mamoru had company.
"Mamoru...who is this?" She asked, anger flashing in her eyes at this person who dared to take her Mamoru away from her. Mamoru sensed that a fire was going to be brewing between these two, and he silently wished that he could just run out of the room.
"Rei-san, this is Usagi. Usagi, this is Hino Rei, a... friend of mine." The two girls smiled at each other, while they sized each other up. Rei pounced on Usagi's outfit right away. "Aren't you a little too old to be playing dress-up?" She sneered. Usagi's blue eyes flashed.
"I didn't realize that Mamoru did baby-sitting in his free time. Aren't you too young to be out after dark without your mother's permission?"
Usagi clenched her fists tightly, and didn't answer the dark-haired harpy. She pretended to be very interested in the magazine she picked up from the coffee table.
Rei seemed satisfied with her success, and joined Mamoru in the kitchen, about to open the paper bag she brought with her. "Oh, I brought you some soup, but it looks like you were a step ahead of me," she giggled loudly. In the other room, Usagi rolled her eyes. How could he not see how annoying she was?
Little did she know it, but Mamoru was thinking the same thing as Usagi. He didn't know how to tell Rei to back off without becoming the bad guy in all this. She was a good friend, but that was all he wanted. With his hectic life and job at the hospital, he didn't have time for anything else.
"Usagi-chan, do you want any of this soup?" He called out over Rei's constant chattering. "I suppose so," came the reply from the living room. Mamoru took a bowl out to her, and Rei followed him the entire time.
"Mamoru-san, are you listening to me?" Rei was getting annoyed by this point.
"Gomen, Rei-san, I guess I wasn't paying attention."
She put her hands on her hips. "Did you even hear one word I've said the whole time?"
Usagi broke into the conversation at this point. "How would you like me to take care of her, Master? I have a few things up my sleeve, you know."
Rei glanced at the strangely-dressed girl on the couch, then back to Mamoru. "Since when do you bring your work home with you, Mamoru-san?"
That was the last straw. Without warning, Usagi snapped her fingers, and Rei disappeared in a puff of purple smoke. "She was really getting on my nerves."
"Wha-what did you do with her?" Mamoru stuttered.
"Put her in a cab to go home, where she should have been in the first place. Consider that a freebie," she smirked, and started eating her soup like nothing had ever happened.
Mamoru however, was not letting it end so easily. In fact, he was grateful, but also slightly amused at Usagi's reaction. He leaned over her, with a smirk on his face.
"Usagi-chan...you wouldn't happen to be jealous, now would you?" He asked. Her reaction was immediate. She blushed bright red for a moment, then she glared at him.
"You are *my* master, and I have to make sure that you are happy at all times. There is nothing more going on, got it?" she snapped, and Mamoru recoiled from her anger. She was *ticked* and he started to walk away. He was halfway out of the room when he turned back and smiled.
"You won't mind then, going to the convention with me tomorrow? I know you'll be great protection against any vicious harpies who dare to come near *your* master." He remembered the look on Rei's face when Usagi had called him Master, and he could hardly suppress the laughter at that memory.
Usagi glared at him and grabbed her bottle, walking off into the guest bedroom to be alone. Why did she have to pick such a arrogant, good looking man for her master? She sighed and stared at the bottle. It just wasn't fair.
Finally alone, Mamoru thought about the situation at hand. He had a genie. A personal servant who would grant him any three wishes that he would desire. One that he used to think was crazy, and one who was strangely beautiful and almost exotic as her true self. He sighed. He didn't have time for this, but having Usagi as a houseguest would make it very hard not to fall in love with her.
Wait a minute. Love? Where on earth did he get an idea like that? He was much to busy and too stubborn to even consider anything of the sort. Besides, she was a genie, an immortal and mystical figure. Once he used up his three wishes, she would be out of his life forever.
Forever was an awfully long time to be alone.
*cleans up the last of the bbq sauce* aww, and just when it was getting hot, too...
well, we do have Chibi-Usa fans out there. we have to be nice. we just have to put in the Rei apology.
Oh yeah, that. *clears throat* We in no way purposely meant to torture Rei in this story, she just fit the part. Flames will be added to the pit and a new character will be roasted. *flames are provided and copyrighted by Tasuki*
Thank you, and enjoy the show.
Crazy For You 5/9
By Lazuli [jupiterlightning@yahoo.com]
And Elysia [ely_chan@yahoo.com]
Usagi waited until Mamoru had left the arcade to emerge from her bottle, sending her new master into shock when she did. "ACK! Do you have to do that without telling me? At least give me a warning before you do that next time." Then he stopped. "Wait a moment, I thought I had to rub the bottle to get you out of there. How did you....?"
Usagi gave him a sheepish grin. "All right, I confess. I had you rub the bottle so you would become my master. I had to get out of that hospital some how."
His jaw nearly dropped to the ground. "You mean you set me up? Just so you could get what you wanted? I can't believe you! And all this time I thought you were big on helping other people. How could you--"
She covered his mouth with one hand to shut him up. Then she leaned up on her tiptoes to whisper in his ear, just to make sure no one else could hear them. "You can be so blind, you know that? I had to do what I did so I could get out and help others. Besides, you're getting a good deal out of this too. Remember? You're the master, so you're getting your three wishes, just like everyone else."
Mamoru took that into consideration and all was silent until Usagi spoke up again. "Hey, 'master,'" she replied, heavily emphasizing the word, "where am I going to stay?"
He hadn't thought of that. "Well... can't you just stay in your bottle?"
Usagi glared at him. "Hey, I used to be mortal too, you know, and there's NO WAY on this world that I am going to stay cooped up in that thing unless I absolutely have to."
"Okay, okay, I see your point. I guess you'll be staying at my place until we get this all figured out."
Mamoru groaned inside as soon as he suggested it. He knew it was the only solution, but to have a genie running loose in his house while he was at work? He sighed, and motioned Usagi towards his car. "Let's go home."
Usagi looked around Mamoru's apartment. "Well, it is a nice place, Mamoru-san. I won't do anything to destroy it." She grinned, then got a serious look on her face. "Look, I know you don't want me around. I've been a thorn in your side ever since you met me. So make your three wishes at anytime to be rid of me."
She turned her back on him, not wanting him to see the hurt look on her face if he agreed. She was actually starting to like him, as a friend at least. He was the only one who knew about her past, and cared about her. She felt a gentle hand on her shoulder and she looked up into Mamoru's blue eyes.
"Well, I don't intend of getting rid of you too soon, Usagi-chan, and I plan to put those wishes to good use. So you can stay as long as you want."
'A person could melt in his gaze if they weren't careful,' she sighed dreamily to herself, then snapped out of it. 'You have to get home and get away from this mortal world. You don't belong here among them.'
She sighed, and followed Mamoru around his apartment, which was now her new home, at least until he used all his wishes.
"The guest room is that way, and the bathroom is right across from it. Anou... I don't know what kind of food you like, but there's bound to be something in the kitchen."
Usagi laughed at his nervousness. "Relax, Mamoru. I don't bite and this whole thing is not going to blow up in your face until you wish for it. Just think of me as a regular mortal--well, a mortal with extraordinary powers, that is." She set her bottle on the kitchen counter, then stretched lazily. "Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to freshen up a bit. Why don't you start thinking about your wishes?" With that, she slipped into the small bathroom and shut the door soundly, leaving Mamoru to wonder just what he had gotten himself into.
Nearly an hour later, the door creaked open, and Usagi stepped out into the hall. Mamoru was in the kitchen, trying to whip up a quick meal and clean up the mess he made from it.
Stirring the soup, he looked up at Usagi and nearly dropped the bowl. "W-what are you wearing?" he stuttered.
Usagi looked down at herself and then back at Mamoru with a grin. "This? Well, this is what I usually wear. Like it?" she laughed.
Mamoru slowly took it all in, surprised at what he saw. She was decked out in a purple tank top and matching capri pants, all of it swathed with a filmy material. She had also twisted her extremely long hair into two balls on top of her head, letting the rest fall into two ponytails behind it.
"Cute hairstyle. Where did you pick that up?"
She fiddled with one of her ponytails, trying to make it dry faster. "I've always had it. It's one of the few things that reminds me of my real life."
Mamoru paused in his cooking. "What do you mean? Is that how you used to wear it in when before you became a genie?" He asked.
Usagi nodded, her hair now completely dry. "Hai. They let me keep this. They said it reminded them of my name," she said with a small grin.
Mamoru couldn't help smiling back. The hairstyle did remind him of a rabbit. He tested the soup one last time, and then declared it fit to eat. He had just put the soup in bowls when there came a knock on the door.
Mamoru opened the door to find Rei there, and he groaned to himself. Of all the time to come over...he thought he had blown her off at the arcade. Apparently not. This girl was like a bottle of glue. Sticky and dense.
Usagi saw Rei there too, and her eyes narrowed. So this was the one that Mamoru had been talking to earlier.
"Mamoru! I am so sorry to bother you, but I just had to come over and see if you were okay. You looked pale earlier, and I thought you might be sick." She held up a bag. "Don't worry, I'll make it all better for you! I can just..." She started to go on, when she realized that Mamoru had company.
"Mamoru...who is this?" She asked, anger flashing in her eyes at this person who dared to take her Mamoru away from her. Mamoru sensed that a fire was going to be brewing between these two, and he silently wished that he could just run out of the room.
"Rei-san, this is Usagi. Usagi, this is Hino Rei, a... friend of mine." The two girls smiled at each other, while they sized each other up. Rei pounced on Usagi's outfit right away. "Aren't you a little too old to be playing dress-up?" She sneered. Usagi's blue eyes flashed.
"I didn't realize that Mamoru did baby-sitting in his free time. Aren't you too young to be out after dark without your mother's permission?"
Usagi clenched her fists tightly, and didn't answer the dark-haired harpy. She pretended to be very interested in the magazine she picked up from the coffee table.
Rei seemed satisfied with her success, and joined Mamoru in the kitchen, about to open the paper bag she brought with her. "Oh, I brought you some soup, but it looks like you were a step ahead of me," she giggled loudly. In the other room, Usagi rolled her eyes. How could he not see how annoying she was?
Little did she know it, but Mamoru was thinking the same thing as Usagi. He didn't know how to tell Rei to back off without becoming the bad guy in all this. She was a good friend, but that was all he wanted. With his hectic life and job at the hospital, he didn't have time for anything else.
"Usagi-chan, do you want any of this soup?" He called out over Rei's constant chattering. "I suppose so," came the reply from the living room. Mamoru took a bowl out to her, and Rei followed him the entire time.
"Mamoru-san, are you listening to me?" Rei was getting annoyed by this point.
"Gomen, Rei-san, I guess I wasn't paying attention."
She put her hands on her hips. "Did you even hear one word I've said the whole time?"
Usagi broke into the conversation at this point. "How would you like me to take care of her, Master? I have a few things up my sleeve, you know."
Rei glanced at the strangely-dressed girl on the couch, then back to Mamoru. "Since when do you bring your work home with you, Mamoru-san?"
That was the last straw. Without warning, Usagi snapped her fingers, and Rei disappeared in a puff of purple smoke. "She was really getting on my nerves."
"Wha-what did you do with her?" Mamoru stuttered.
"Put her in a cab to go home, where she should have been in the first place. Consider that a freebie," she smirked, and started eating her soup like nothing had ever happened.
Mamoru however, was not letting it end so easily. In fact, he was grateful, but also slightly amused at Usagi's reaction. He leaned over her, with a smirk on his face.
"Usagi-chan...you wouldn't happen to be jealous, now would you?" He asked. Her reaction was immediate. She blushed bright red for a moment, then she glared at him.
"You are *my* master, and I have to make sure that you are happy at all times. There is nothing more going on, got it?" she snapped, and Mamoru recoiled from her anger. She was *ticked* and he started to walk away. He was halfway out of the room when he turned back and smiled.
"You won't mind then, going to the convention with me tomorrow? I know you'll be great protection against any vicious harpies who dare to come near *your* master." He remembered the look on Rei's face when Usagi had called him Master, and he could hardly suppress the laughter at that memory.
Usagi glared at him and grabbed her bottle, walking off into the guest bedroom to be alone. Why did she have to pick such a arrogant, good looking man for her master? She sighed and stared at the bottle. It just wasn't fair.
Finally alone, Mamoru thought about the situation at hand. He had a genie. A personal servant who would grant him any three wishes that he would desire. One that he used to think was crazy, and one who was strangely beautiful and almost exotic as her true self. He sighed. He didn't have time for this, but having Usagi as a houseguest would make it very hard not to fall in love with her.
Wait a minute. Love? Where on earth did he get an idea like that? He was much to busy and too stubborn to even consider anything of the sort. Besides, she was a genie, an immortal and mystical figure. Once he used up his three wishes, she would be out of his life forever.
Forever was an awfully long time to be alone.