Ramblings: Here's the next act. Also from now on with every act you'll have a recap of who the characters are. Oh and Tokiya is from Flame of Reccaif you wants pictures of the bishonen that are revealed I'll give links in the next Act. This doesn't include the mystery aniki quite yet though.

Usagi from Sailormoonhas a new step-brother, a new friend, and might have found the guy of her dreams.
Tatshua from GravitationUsagi's rival for still unclear reasons
Ryuuichi from Gravitationfamous singer and one of Usagi's school friends. Has a surprise planned for her.
Tokiya from Flame of ReccaUsagi's new step-brother, and in her eyes a pervert.
Alec from Ayashi no Ceres Usagi's best friend who's a major otaku and into RPG's.
???.... Usagi's older brother.. not much more is known
Aki from Ayashi no Ceres Older brother's best friend
???... a possessive ghost from ??? Apparently haunting Tokiya for reasons unknown
Hoto from ??? A new girl striving to be Usagi's friend. For some reason she's a bit possessive of the blonde.
Usagi's first love from ??? A bishie stranger in the arcade, that makes Usagi's heart skip a beat. Who is he?

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailormoon or any of the characters I borrowed for this.

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A Thousand Loves
Act Three:

Scene One:
He was in hell.

No scratch that. He had been in hell. He was just passing through purgatory and it had just turned out to be just as bad.

"Come in and see the hidden delights of the Sultan's harem." A brothel barker shouted, "There's no need to be shy! You there! You look like a couple of daring Americans!" Besides him, Aki chuckled as the barker picked on a couple of nerdy looking American who probably wouldn't know what to do with a girl to save their lives.

"Twenty thousand yen they get nosebleeds before even going in," Aki snickered.

"Shut up."

Aki grinned lazily. "Are you still blaming me for the train derailment? That wasn't my fault, I'm not god." The blonde replied, "It was an act of nature."

"Then I'm going to kick nature's butt, 'god'"

Aki laughed. "Thank you for acknowledging my superiority."

Before he could knock his best friend into next Tuesday, the barker turned his sights on the two boys. "Do you two have what it takes to attain the attentions of the finest courtesan's in your hands? Can you withhold the seductive pleasures hidden within these walls?"

There was nothing he wanted within the building. The one he wanted remained a continent and a sea away from his reach. He could tell that Aki was interested, and he couldn't blame him. Imprisoned in the fortress disguised as a distinguished academy, any outside contact was welcome in any shape or form. He wasn't about to let his best friend to ruin his plans because of his hormones. Usagi was the only one that mattered.

If Aki wanted to get laid, let him do it on his own damned time. Slinging his arm over Aki's shoulder and moving a step closer, he looked at the barker, lowering his voice to a husky tone. "Sorry, we're not interested."

"Ah..." The barker nodded with understanding. "The club you're looking for is down the street and a block to the left."

Aki should have known something was up. His baka of a friend was a firm believer of personal space. The farther away the better, unless you're looking for trouble or just plain stupid. "I hate you."

"Hn."

"Would it be so bad to have some fun on this trip?!" Aki exclaimed once they were out of sight. "I mean our train doesn't come for another couple hours and you're like a damn statue in a city that has legalized prostitution!!!"

"Say it a little louder honey, I don't think they heard you at the Christian Mission Center." A passing by cross dresser commented. "Though with your cute little butt, I'd do you for free before you go and save your soul."

A smirked crossed his face, as Aki turned green. "You wanted to come to the Red Light District." He reminded him, wondering if there was any chance of ditching his friend now.

Time for a history lesson. "Isn't Amsterdam where Anne Frank lived? Lets go there..." Aki questioned walking blindly down the street.

"I don't care, 'cute butt'"

Aki shuddered. That just sounded wrong. "Let's just go..."

Soft candlelight flickered erotically against a background of white silk and satin. Like a beautiful centerpiece. Young women, dressed to indulge the senses move sinuously, hinting at the delights that laid beyond the windowpane. The crowd of onlookers watched with morbid fascination. Only a few drug up the courage to enter, to allow the curtain to fall and allow the shadowed silhouettes to perform.

At center like a serene princess stood a delicate blonde, with eyes blue as ice. Sheer silk swathed her slender form, inviting as her smile. Her long blonde hair was a delicious concoction of curls and braids made to drive a
man to distraction. As her curtain closed, he could feel the blunt sharpness of fingernails cut into the palm of his hand. He could feel the hint of blood stain his skin. "Usagi."

Scene Two:
Usagi sneezed herself awake. She yawned and looked around her room confused for a moment as she struggled to find out what had woken her up. She sat up and rubbed sleep out of her eyes. "Is someone there?" she questioned as she glanced around her room. She could have sworn someone was watching her.

She slipped out of bed and into her slippers as she sat in front of her mirror with yet another yawn. As soon as her eyes caught sight of her reflection she winced and hurriedly grabbed some hair ties. Her aniki wasn't her identical twin but with her hair down she looked enough like him for it to hurt.

Brushing fresh stinging tears out of her eyes she stared hard at her reflection as she thought about the mysterious guy she had ran into the day before. Hoto had practically whisked her away from the scene before she could try to find him and the whole day had been spent shopping.

Usagi's eyes lowered and a soft tiny smile came to her lips as she noted the presents she had bought for Alec, Ryuuichi and a peace gift for Tatsuha. She doubted the last gift would work but she was determined to try. If her famous black window luck rubbed off on him and anything happened... Well she had been in enough arguments and fights for others to think that she hated him.

"What time is it anyway?" she asked of no one in particular. She picked up her clock and her eyes widened. What had woken her up from her deep sleep?

She faintly pouted as dim memories came back to mind. She had been dreaming about the emerald-eyed guy. They were on some sort of dateShe was fairly positive it was the movies but they had been all alone. He had turned and offered her a piece of homemade chocolate cake and she had taken itand then after she had taken a bite he had morphed into a smirking Tokiya who was pointing at her and laughing. Mortified she had glanced down and realized her clothes were gone. Then she had been woken up by that sneeze.

Usagi growled and threw her clothes on before marching downstairs not caring if she woke Tokiya up or not. "Okaasan, what's for breakfast?" she queried as she got to the bottom step.

She paused puzzled for a moment as she sniffed the air. Where was the usual aroma of pancakes or eggs? Frowning she searched the kitchen until she spied a note. The hair on the back of her neck stood on end as she glanced over it.

Kids,

Take care of the house. We'll be gone for the weekend. We found this wonderful cruise and just had to go! You know how it is, Usagi-chan, ne? We left some money for groceries under the milk so either buy groceries or get takeout with it. If we decide to stay a little longer we'll call and tell you. Have fun you two!

Love your parents

Usagi stared blankly at the note for a long moment. They didn't. Why were the adults of this family so irresponsible! She grumbled and jerked the fridge open knocking a pitcher of ice water onto her. That was it. There was no way she was going to let Tokiya sleep peacefully with her day starting like this!

Scene Three:
Tokiya awoke to the refreshing feeling of having a bucket of ice cold water generously poured onto his bed. His eyes shot open and he glared at the blonde culprit. "Usagi," he growled his voice low in warning.

She merely glared back at him with her hands on her hips. "Everyone left us alone!" she protested as she pulled out a wrinkled sheet of paper. "No breakfast, no lunch or snacksnothing!" She frowned at him. "You deserved that wake-up call as payback for yesterday, ecchi," she snapped before throwing the paper at his head and stomping out of his room and out of the house.

Tokiya skimmed through the lines for a moment with a frown. All four parents had went for a weekend cruise? He shook his head with a sigh and rolled out of bed picking up his clothing for the day. He was going to be stuck with a furious Usagi for at least two days maybe more? He glanced back at his drenched bed and shook his head before heading for the shower. How was he going to survive this?

Cautiously he tapped on the bathroom door to make sure Usagi hadn't retreated in there and then he slowly opened the door and peeked inside. "Clear"

"Trying to sneak a peek?" Usagi demanded behind him.

Tokiya glanced over his shoulder at her. "I could say the same for you Do you plan to follow me in?"

Normally he could have easily dodged the ill placed kick but a tiny part of him had somehow came to the conclusion he deserved it so he let it hit him. He almost chuckled at the impact and patted Usagi on the head an action that he could easily see infuriated her.

"Cut that out!" she snapped slapping at his hands looking more like a ruffled kitten than any serious threat. Even the way she was glaring could be defined as cute.

"I'll leave the door unlocked in case you want to join me, Usagi-chan," he offered with a wink before neatly ducking in the bathroom and closing the door before her tiny fist impacted with his face. At the sound of a roar and than a whimper on the other side of the door he came to the conclusion she had meant to hit him with all she had. With a grin he leisurely got ready for his shower.

Scene Four:
Tokiya strolled down the sidewalk and glanced around at the shops. If he wanted to come in the house by the front door he had to get Usagi a present and ask for her forgiveness. Though he could always climb the house's tree and make it to his room

A flash of silver caught his side vision and he turned and stared into a pair of golden eyes and a mouthful of sharp teeth. The tiny animal was smashing itself against the glass in an attempt to attack him.

Tokiya sensed something strange about the canine and entered the pet shop and went straight to the window display. He almost snorted at the sign. Really who would believe that this little terror was a Husky? He ignored the sign stating that the creature only liked females and picked it up with a slight wince as it sunk it's miniature fangs into his arm.

"Oi!" Protested a man behind the counter. "I'm sorry but I doubt you can afford that one. He's a rare breed of Husky and he's a purebred." The man used all his willpower not to throw the kid out of his store. There was no way a child like that could afford one of his animals.

"I'll take him," Tokiya interrupted as he pulled out his wallet. The animal in his arms paused as it saw a photo and it touched its nose to the picture before calming almost instantly in Tokiya's arms. Tokiya glanced down confused but was only answered by now innocent golden eyes. "Though for your asking price I'm going to need a collar, food, feed and water bowls, and of course some toys."

"What do you think this is?" The man protested with a frown. "That stuff is extra. The price is only for the pup." He eyed the cash in Tokiya's hand with puzzlement. Where did the kid get so much?

Tokiya smirked. "Or," he continued as if the man had never spoke. "I tell the animal control you're trying to sell a fox for a purebred Husky."

The man scowled but meekly got the items Tokiya pointed out. "You know he doesn't like guys, right?" Tokiya merely nodded. "So what are you going to name him?"

"KitI think Kit is a good name for a fox, ne? What were you calling him?" Tokiya finally gave the man his attention as he waited for his answer. From this type of person he pretty much had a good idea of what it would be.

"Kitsune" he admitted with a sigh. "Of course not in front of the customers"

Tokiya chuckled and with the bag of items in hand made his way back to the house with Kit. The tiny fox had decided that Tokiya was much safer to be with than the pet store and easily fell asleep in the boy's arms. Soft snores had Tokiya chuckling softly at the furry bundle. 'At least now I can go home.'

Scene Five:
Tokiya scowled. Really he had went through all this trouble and the door was locked? Frustrated he attempted to rock back on his heels t to see if there were any lights on.

"I bet she's went back to sleep," he admitted to the fox. "Gomen ne, your new owner is more than a little strange."

Kit made a soft whimpering sound and hopped out of Tokiya's arms and scratched at the front door. What was the problem? It was kind of cold out here and he wanted in what looked like a warm house. He glanced back at Tokiya to see what the boy would do.

Tokiya easily scooped the fox up with one arm and ignored the frustrated yip. "Come on, we'll just have to take plan b."

Tokiya set the animal and the supplies down next to the base of the tree that's branches extended almost to Usagi's room. He took off his jacket and let it fall down to the ground as he easily hopped onto a low branch and ascended until he was at her window. Remembering to be quiet he gently eased the window open and shook his head as he saw Usagi fast asleep.

'Figures.' He carefully climbed back down the tree and picked up the supplies. He ignored the silent Kit and repeated his climb. This time however instead of just opening the window he hopped inside and exited out of Usagi's room to leave the items in his own. He'd give those to her later.

He checked her door to make sure it wasn't locked anymore before jogging downstairs and picking up the fox and his jacket. He made a last survey of the area to make sure he had everything before placing the shivering pup into his jacket pocket and entering the house. He was completely unaware of the pair of eyes that had silently watched him.

Scene Six:
Usagi was woken from a fast sleep as someone placed something warm in her arms. She smiled and hugged the warm thing as she drifted back off into slumber. If she had opened her eyes however she would have been severely beating her step-brother as he had pulled back her covers revealing her nightgown to put the warm thing in bed with her.

It wasn't much longer however when she squeezed just a bit too tightly and the warm thing whimpered and something cold and wet touched her nose. Puzzled she opened her eyes and stared into a pair of playful golden ones. She suppressed her first instinct to scream and pulled back to get a closer look at the animal.

Kit put one paw on his new mistress and made a small sound of encouragement to attempt to get her up and off his tail. When this didn't work he whimpered and pulled in hopes she'd realize she was squishing him. As she smiled at him than went back to bed he let his head fall.

Usagi's eyes flew open and she sat up and stared fully awake at the animal. "So kawaii!" she squealed as she picked it up and hugged it. She noticed a golden collar around it's neck and fingered the engraved name. "Kit?" she kissed the animal on its nose and smiled. "Nice to meet you Kit." She frowned a moment later though in confusion. "Demowhere did you come from anyway?"

Scene Seven:
"Usagi-chan?" Alec whispered to his partner. "What are we supposed to be doing again?"

"Alec! Weren't you listening to the teacher? We're supposed to be baking a cake today!" the blonde girl whispered back loudly, catching the attention of not only the teacher, but also the boys sitting across from her.

"Tsukino-san, do you have something that you want to share with the class?" the teacher demanded, frowning as she questioned her decision to let the students choose their own partners.

The bunny blushed when everyone turned to stare at her, expecting her to say something. "NNo sensei."

"Then be quiet and listen to what I have to say!" the teacher reprimanded lightly before returning back to what she was saying.

"That was close!" beside her, Alec sighed pretending to wipe the sweat away from his brow.

"And who's fault is it?" the annoyed girl pointed out.

"Yes, who's fault is it, Odango?" a mocking voice asked from across the two blondes.

"Mind your own business Tatsuha," Usagi hissed angry. The last thing that she needed now was for her rival to ruin her day not that it was perfect anyways, being stuck in the same house with that ecchi step brother of hers for god knows how long.

"Ah Usagi-chan?" Alec poked his partner again. "Sorry, but have you realized something?"

Blank faces turned towards the blonde boy. "Who's going to bake the cake?"

Immediately, Tatsuha looked around him for a place to hide. It was a well-known fact that Usagi and Alec were a destructive duo in home EC class. All he wanted was to be near Ryuuichi, so it didn't sink in until now that the singer had chosen to sit across from Usagi until Alec mentioned it now. The last time that Usagi was put in charge of the stove, her poor partner was sent to the ER just ten minutes after class started. Added to that fact was that Alec who was so masterful in designing costumes, was more than useless when it came to kitchen work.

"Me of course!" Usagi answered as if it was a no brainer, only making everyone back away even more.

"Yeah Odango, and should we contact the hospital ahead of time?" Tatsuha smirked in at the bunny's read face.

With a nasty comment hanging off her tongue, it took a great effort to ignore the dark haired boy. It wouldn't be worth it to argue with Tatsuha now. It would make her think about how much she hated him all though the class, and make her loose her concentration from baking.

"It's okay Usagi-chan. Kumagorou can help too!" Ryuuichi suddenly popped out next to Usagi, waving his stuffed bunny around.

"Ryuuichi-sama! But but you agreed to be MY partner!" Tatsuha cried out bug eyed.

"I'm sorry Tatsuha. Maybe next time." The singer gave the other boy his trademark smile, making the dark haired boy almost melting into a puddle of goo right in front of the oven.

Scene Eight:

"You are going to pay for turning my Ryuuichi-sama into your slave, Odango," Tatsuha murmured under his breath, glaring at the happy trio across from him, beating the cake mix even harder.

After her first failed attempt at stirring the sticky cake mix and spilling everything on herself and making a mess, Ryuuichi being the nice person that he was, decided to do the work all by himself, which from Tatsuha's point of view wasn't much better than what Usagi was doing. It didn't take long before both the girl and the singer were covered in the sweet chocolaty mix and feeding each other the raw cake mix by scooping up the goo using their fingers. It took all the control he had within him to control himself from reaching over and strangling Usagi when Ryuuichi picked up the girl's hand up and licked a lump of chocolate from her finger.

That should be his finger Ryuuichi should be licking! Not the Odango-Atama's! It had been his fantasy for the past month, and now when he finally had to chance to grab Ryuuichi as his partner, Usagi had to step in again and steal away the singer at the last minute. The thought made the dark haired boy throw his baking pan into the oven and slam the door angrily.

"There! Done!" The happy voice of his idol made Tatsuha look up in curiosity. It was confusing how Ryuuichi could be so happy when almost his entire face was covered with cake mix.

"Ryuu-chan! Kawaii!" Beside him, Usagi cried out in excitement.

The singer looked up blushing at the praise. "We didn't have enough mix left for the cake, so I thought that we could make cookies instead." Ryuuichi chuckled sheepishly looking down at all the chocolate bunnies he made.

"Sugoi Ryuu-chan! I bet that they're as good to eat as they look!" the blonde girl clapped her hands impatiently as Alec put the baking sheet into their own oven.

Scene Nine:
"Usagi-chan?" Ryuuichi asked as everyone waited for their own cake/cookie to bake, the classroom was filled with the delicious smell of the sweets, even outside the classrooms, students who were on break were attracted to the Home EC room by the tempting aroma. "Do you want to try one?"

As if he had to ask. Tatsuha thought as he pulled out his own vanilla cake, knowing that vanilla was Ryuuichi's favorite.

Even without waiting for the cookies to be cooled down enough, the blonde girl quickly snatched up a bunny shaped cookie and popped it into her mouth. Tatsuha watched amused as the baka girl started to fan her mouth immediately from the heat. To his surprise, instead of screaming for water, Usagi turned to Ryuuichi with a cheery smile on her face, before jumping onto Ryuuichi with a big hug after all it was her first time succeeding in cooking.

Unconsciously, Tatsuha blushed as he watched the singer and the girl hugging each other and giggling together. It was strange how such a simple scene appeared to him to be so beautiful. And it confused him to think that he considered Usagi to be beautiful too. For some reason, instead of finding her repelling, for the first time, his eyes were opened to the brightness of her blue eyes, her smooth skin that was tainted with the lightest shade of pink, and the long shiny blonde hair that wrapped itself around her slender body. It couldn't be possible could it was he falling for Usagi Tsukino? His nemesis?!

Scene Ten:
Vaguely Aki wondered for how long, his friend had kept her a secret. Not that it mattered, he already had her name and face locked away. For now that would have to be enough. "I don't know what you're talking about. But has it crossed your mind, that you just got us lost, dumbass?!"

Blankly he looked around him. Brightly colored houses loomed heavy shadows over them in the blackened sky. He'd bet in the day, it was the perfect neighborhood. With little brats running around. The dutiful housewife awaiting her husband, disregarding the faint scent of perfume that lingered on their love's jacket. The perfect neighborhood....Just like back home...A home he hadn't even seen in almost ten years. Glaring at his surroundings, he scowled. Nothing, not even a speck of dirt looked familiar. He cursed as he glanced down at his watch, barely making out the time. The train had come and gone, leaving them behind.

Angrily he dropped his bag onto the ground, and settled himself against a stone wall next to his bag for the night. Aki sweatdropped. For a moment he had thought that the other blonde was about to throw a temper tantrum. While good blackmail material...The world would have to be coming to the end, if his friend ended up a doing such a thing. "What are you doing?"

"I'm not spending my money on an overpriced hotel."

"So?" Aki replied smartly.

"So, shut up and go to sleep."

"...You've got to be kidding me. You want to sleep in cold dirt?"

"It's concrete."

Aki scowled. He really hated how his friend seemed to have this innate ability to make him sound like he was the idiot. He wished there was another window to kick the disgruntled blonde out of. Seeing that, he wasn't about to get his warm bed or a handy window, Aki slid down to the hard ground. "I don't know about you, but I hate any form of camping."

"Shut up."

Scene Eleven:
He was having seconds thoughts.

All weekend, his little gift on four legs had become Usagi's permanent shadow. Wherever the little blonde was, Kit was there at her heels. And it's seemed that not even schooldays were exempt from the shadow game. A pitiful look was etched on Kit's furry face, as Tokiya closed the door pushing Usagi out .

A disappointed moan escaped Usagi's lips as Kit begun scratching at the door. "Please?!"

"K~on!!!"

"No."

"Tokiya-niichan! Please?" Usagi latched on his arm, resting her head on his shoulder. Big blue eyes stared up at him. "How can you leave a poor defenseless little pet by itself all day?!"

"Kit's not defenseless." Tokiya grumbled, as he pulled Usagi down the drive. He had the bite marks to prove it. "Besides you are enough trouble without bringing your pet to school."

Either Usagi chose to ignore the insult or she wasn't paying attention "But...but, who's going to feed him, or turn on the TV to let him watch his favorite show?"

Tokiya sighed. Next time he was getting her a goldfish. Goldfish didn't have favorite shows.

Scene Twelve:
Carefully he weighed the merits of butting his head against the wooden door, before turning around, searching for another escape route. The kitchen door had also refused to move. Tail twitching behind him, Kit trotted to the living room. The latch to the sliding door was completely out of reach.

With an animal equivalent of a huff, Kit returned to his seat in front of the door. Someone was coming. He knew his mistress wouldn't leave him behind...

"USAGI-CHANNNN!!"

Kit looked warily at the blonde male that whirled in. "USAGI-CHAN?" Why was this boy looking for his mistress? "Usagi-chan?"

To bite or not to bite was the question....

Alec looked around the empty house mournfully before noticing the tiny fox. The silver fox looked at him questioningly. "Usagi-chan left without me!!!! Can you believe it? She doesn't love me anymore!!!"

Not to bite. He wouldn't want to catch whatever that human had. Darting out the door, Kit hurried after his Rabbit.

Scene Thirteen:
"Be good now, I wouldn't want to get any calls that you've been a bad girl." Tokiya grinned as Usagi's face turned a purplish shade of red. If she didn't start breathing, she was going to reach new heights of blue. "By the way, you might want to avoid leaning against anyone. It gives them a rather nice view of your chest...Not that there's much to see."

Usagi spluttered angrily as Tokiya turned on his heel and headed off to his school. "Y-YOU JERK!!!!! I HATE YOU!!!!!"

She was barely acknowledged with an indifferent wave of her step-brother's hand. If she had, had connections Usagi would have sent the yazuka after him. Especially, after being treated like a kindergartner. Tokiya had been kind enough to walk her to school, but all the way he treated her like an amusing child. Only to do an complete turn about and make a lavish condescending remark about her looks...At least that was what she thought.

"What's wrong?"

Usagi squealed at the husky voice whispering in her ear. Spinning around, the tiny blonde brandished her book bag like a deformed sword.

Hoto chuckled amused, as she stepped back. She pouted playfully, "You're not happy to see me, Usagi-chan? I'm hurt."

Usagi blushed, as she recognized her newfound friend. "Gomen nasai!"

Hoto smiled beautifully. "It's okay, I was just stopping by."

"Oh," Usagi looked up thoughtfully. "Aren't you going to be late?"

"No, I'm never late." Hoto replied, "Besides I only wanted to see if you would like to go to the-"

"USAGI-CHAN!!!!!!"

Hoto frowned as Usagi's attention was diverted from her. Narrowed eyes focused on a young man as he zoomed across the street , oblivious to the upcoming traffic. He wore the male vision of Usagi's uniform and he seemed to have no problem latching onto the small blonde like a monkey to a banana.

"Alec-kun?!" Usagi gasped as he bowled into her. Usagi was beginning to think that her friend could give a few pointers to the American football club. He was really good at...what was that word again...Tackling.

Watery eyes glanced up at her, as Alec did his impression of a super deformed chibi. "How could you be so cold?! Leaving me behind?! You don't love me anymore do you? WHAT DID I DO WRONG?!"

Usagi sweatdropped, and decided to sign him up for the drama club when they transferred. "Ano...?"

"Is he your boyfriend?" Hoto seemed to fairly spit out the word 'boyfriend.'

Usagi blushed. "No...He's my best friend."

The dark look that crossed the taller girl's beautiful face, indicated that she was displeased. Very much so. Quickly Hoto arranged her own features into a saddened pout, "But I thought I was your best friend?"

Alec managed to stop the waterworks, as he noticed a third member of their weekly drama. Every week, he only joked that Usagi didn't want him as a best friend. He knew that he had a place in Usagi's heart despite his antics. She wouldn't honestly replace him...Maybe she had only gained them a new friend of co-playing. With those thoughts, he bounced up to Hoto, ignoring the darkening look as he inched closer. Sticking out his hand, he smiled. "Hi!"

Hoto would have scowled, but she didn't want wrinkles. "There's a fox hanging on your hand."

"Kit!" Usagi exclaimed as she recognized Alec's new hand decoration.

Alec stared at the fox incredulously. "So that's why my hand was hurting."

Hoto gave him the, 'you're an idiot' look. While Usagi gathered the fox in her arms. "Alec, are you okay? I don't know why Kit likes biting people so much..."

"Yep." Alec grinned sheepishly. "Actually I thought it was a hand cramp from staying up sewing up all night!"

Usagi sweatdropped as he pulled out an garment bag. What had he come up with now? Kit meanwhile snuggled deeper into his mistress' warm arms, while eyeing Hoto. He bared his teeth, as the black haired girl stepped closer to Usagi.

"What is that?" Hoto demanded to know.

Alec loved sharing his custom made costumes, even more so when he had Usagi modeling them. "A first season battle costume from Card Captor Sakura complete with staff, and hat. Fitted especially for Usagi-chan!"

It was a cute replica, and it covered much more than the Sailor V outfit. The staff would be handy if Tokiya had happened by. Talk about an added bonus.

"What do you mean 'fitted'?"

"Tailored to fit Usagi's exact measurements." Was Alec's reply to Hoto's question.

"You know her measurements?!" Hoto was livid.

Usagi blushed, burying her face in Kit's fur. She needed to get normal friends.