Here is chapter 1 as promised, see?? And I dedicate it to all the nice
reviewers who reviewed the prologue. Thank you minna-chan ^.^
Disclaimers: the usual ^^;;; nothing new
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Too Close For Comfort
Chapter1
By: Silver Bunny
E-mail: moonsilverbunny@hotmail.com
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"Ami you're kidding, right?" I said in disbelief. "Oh I see, Usako talked you into this little prank of hers, right. That little minx. HAHAHA a mind of a five year old.. What an imagination.. okay Usa, you can come out now, you're little scheme didn't work.." I continued, and started laughing hysterically. And I looked around me to see Mercury's pale face.. Why isn't she laughing? If it really was a joke, she's over doing it a little, isn't she?? Is Usa... is Usa. and with that last thought, I started laughing even more loudly... I couldn't control my laughs, and I didn't feel like stopping them, because I knew that when I stop them, the cruel reality will stab me in the heart.
"Mamoru-san stop it, you're scaring us." I heard Venus's shaky voice in between my laughs.
"Somebody stop him, or he'll have a nervous breakdown." Shouted Mercury, and before I know it..
SLAAAAAPPPPPPP. Then, it's like I woke up from a bad. VERY bad dream, and stared at Uranus, who just slapped me across the face.
"Sorry Mamoru, but you didn't give me any other choice." Apologized Uranus, a concerned look on her face.
"Don't worry about it, Haruka, I think I deserved it." I said, returning to my normal self. I took a very deep breath and let it out with a big whoosh. I was stressed, very stressed, and it didn't help at all the way the senshi were looking at me at the moment, like I was some kinda nutcase or something.
"You scared us for a moment there Mamoru." Said Mars, giving me one of her fiery looks
"Yeah, we thought you lost it for a moment there." Agreed Saturn, giving me a Much kinder look.
"Sorry guys, it's just that I didn't know how to handle all this, please forgive me." I said, apologizing.
"Mamoru-San, I know how you feel, but we'll get through this, all of us." Said Luna.
"Yeah, Luna is right, besides I'm sure it isn't permanent, right, Ami- chan?" Asked Jupiter.
"Of course not." Said Mercury.
"Great, that means you have an antidote or something like that, right." Asked Pluto.
"Well... not exactly." Said Mercury.
"What do you mean by that? You just said it's not permanent, didn't you?" that was from Artimus.
"It's not, but we can't do anything for her. We just have to wait until it wears off, her Immune system will get rid of that weird substance sooner or later ..."
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Well minna-san, that's how my story began. My Usako thinks she's a five year old kid, and I'm supposed to act like her nanny. What?? You ask why me? well simply because, or tell you what.. I'll explain to you exactly what happened...
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"Guys, ummm who's gonna tell Usagi's parents about what happened?" Asked Neptune.
"Explain to her parents?????? What do you want us to say, oh excuse me Mr. And Mrs. Tsukino, but your daughter is actually sailor moon, and well, she faced a little accident and she thinks she's a five year old, so we would greatly appreciate it if you keep an eye on her until she remembers who she is, so she can fight bad guys again ." said Uranus sarcastically.
"Then what shall we do?" asked Venus.
"How about one of us takes care of her?" suggests Jupiter.
"Great idea Mako-chan, but who?" asked Satern.
Everybody just stood in silence, and didn't answer. During that conversation, I was looking at a picture of my darling Usako, and didn't pay much attention to the people in the room, but something started nagging at me, so I slowly raised my head to see all of them staring at me. I didn't realize why they were looking at me like that at first, but then it hit me.. they want ME to... to.
"Take care of Usako??????????? ME??????? oh no, find someone else." I said, shaking my head.
"But, Mamoru, you're the most logical choice." Said Artimes.
"And why is that?" I asked.
"Because you took care of Chibi-Usa before, and you know how to handle children." Explained Luna.
"That's not a good reason Luna, you all took care of children in some point of your lives. You and Artimes took care of Usako when she was a child in the moon kingdom. Haruka, Micharu, and Setsuna took care of Hotaru when she was a child, and all the inner senshi took a baby sitting job every now and then." I said, trying very hard to make them change their mind. "Not to mention how they helped Usako with Chibi-chibi."
"But Mamoru, Artimes and I are cats, and we can't take care of her on earth. Ami, Rei, and Mina can't take care of her because of their families. Makoto is staying with Rei because her apartment's electricity is being repaired. Hotaru is too young to take care of her . And Setsuna has to go to the time gate every now and then, so she can't possibly keep an eye on a child."
"What about Haruka and Micharu?"
"I'm too busy with my coming concert." Said Micharu. "And I have to stay almost all day in the theater and frankly, I can't trust Haruka with her, she'll probably get busy with one of her bikes and forget all about Usagi, she may even loose her somewhere."
"HEY, I would never do that." Said Haruka, defending herself.
"Yeah right." And the two began to argue, but I wasn't concentrating on their argument. I was thinking about their reasons, and all of their reasons seemed logical to me, but still I can't take care of her, I just can't.
"Well, try finding someone else, because I can't do it." I said, interrupting them.
"And why not?" Asked Marse.
"Because.. Because.." *okay here's the moment of truth, now I have to spill my heart out for them to understand. Jesus, I have to say it in a room filled with girls. Why was it SO hard for queen Serenity to choose a guy as a senshi anyway?? Why was she so fixated on choosing girls??? The only other male here is Artimis for god's sake, and I don't think that a male cat would understand, no matter how much he can talk, or how often he thinks, that is when he's not leaving all the thinking for Luna and Ami.
"Because I love her, she's my fiancé, and I can't treat her like a child, I don't know how I'll act toward her, I mean do you really think I can tuck her in every night without feeling anything? Do you expect me to see her in front of me each day and not kiss her, or hug her? Do you want me to look at her beautiful eyes and not confess my love for her over and over again? Do you think I can act as her Nanny when all I want to be is her husband and lover? I'm not a saint you know." I said, waving my arms in frustration. There, I said it, and I tried making it as less physical and sexual as I could, now if they're REALLY as smart as they think they are, they would understand and let me off the hook. "Mamoru-san, you can do it." Great, betrayed by the only male in the room, I told you Artemis wouldn't understand. If only I knew what in the name of everything holy was Queen Serenity thinking when she chose an all-girl team, I would be satisfied for now.
"you always proved that." but Artemis's sentence was cut by the slow opening of my bedroom door. We all turned around and glared at the door. The door slowly opened, and a blond head peaked in. My Usako looked at us with her big ocean blue eyes one by one, until her eyes fell on Mercury. Oh my sweet, SWEET Usako. So innocent, so lovely, and so kissable.
"Ami-chan, I'm sowwy fow not staying in the woom like you told me, but I got scawed." Said Usako in a very babyish voice, turning every R into a W, the same way most children do.
"Oh it's okay Usagi-chan, I'm the one who should apologize, I shouldn't have left you alone." Said Mercury, rushing to her side, and giving her a gentle hug.
I was standing at the far end of the room ,but I took a good look at my Usako, and I didn't like what I saw. well I would've liked it if the situation was different, hey don't look at me like that, I told you, I am NOT a saint... okay, getting back to my story.. Usako was wearing my gray T- shirt, which never looked that good before, and only my T-shirt. It was an old T-shirt, that I didn't wear for almost three years, cuz well *cough* *cough* I can't fit in it anymore, Hey don't look at me like that.. I didn't gain weight or anything, It just shrunk after I -accidentally- threw it in the dryer..but it sure looks good on my Usako. It clung to every curve in her body like a second skin, and it reached to her mid thighs, nah.. It's a little bit higher than her mid thighs, and her long slender legs were visible to the naked eyes. Ahhh, her beautiful endless legs, so creamy, so soft, so caressable.. When she took a step forward, her bare little feet barely touched the floor, and the movement of her body made the shirt come a little bit higher, and.
"Mamoru-san, are you okay?" asked Mercury, taking me outta my thoughts.
"Huh? Sorry Ami.. I umm, was just...cough cough...uh..thinking about.. Ummm oh yeah, I was thinking about my biology exam tomorrow." I said, and mentally gave my self a high five for coming with that nothing less than a perfect excuse in less than a second.
"Um, Mamoru san. I just HATE to be the one who tells you this, but you already graduated, but then again, I could be wrong." said Mars, trying to sound serious, but her muffled laughs didn't help much.
*Great* I said to myself, *Now they all know what I was thinking about, thanks a lot you BAKA* I said, giving my self a mental slap on the face.
"Now now Rie, don't make fun of Mamoru-san, I'm sure he's telling the truth, and we all know that knowledge has no limits, and there's absolutely nothing wrong about studying biology after graduation." AHHHHH saved by Mina, I couldn't believe she defended me like that, I can't believe she came through for me, Mina?? Of all people?? She usually love to tease me about my feelings toward Usako..
"Thanks Mina, it's good to know that SOMEBODY believe me." I thanked her.
"Hey, Of course I believe you, after all, I -myself- have seen you study from that *Gray* BIOLOGY book just now." She said giving Mars a high five. And the two of them, along with the other girls, started laughing loudly, TOO loudly if I may say so. Only my Usako stood there looking at the rest, with a questioning eyes, she -thankfully- didn't understand what Mina , that back stabber, meant by her words. That's what you get when there's no other man around, of course, by now, considering Artemis as potential support was out of the question.
"Okay guys, that's enough." Said Ami, then looked at my Usako. "Usagi-chan, everyone I have introduced you to is your friend and will be happy to help you if you ever needed anything, but now I want to introduce you to the one who'll take care of you, okay?" Asked Mercury.
"Uh huh." Nodded my little Usako.
"Okay." She smiled at Usako, then turned her to me. "Usagi-chan, this is Mamoru, and he'll take care of you.
"Nice to meet you, Siw." Said my Usako, shaking my hand.
Then, only then, it hit me, my Usako is safe and well, and she's standing right in front of me... Usako is safe... Usako didn't get hurt..my lovely Usako is SAFE..and then, in my eyes, all the senshi and two cats disappeared, and I could only see my little Usako, my little beautiful Usako...the one I used to tease all the time, the one I dream about all my life, the only one who understands me, the only one who completes me... Usako is here, she's really here.. And with out a word, I took her in my arms, and hugged her gently, ever so gently like she was made of glass, very warm glass. I hugged her and buried my head in her beautiful hair, hiding from reality, and living with her in our own world, the world we always wished to be left alone in for eternity. I lowered my head, and kissed her neck gently, completely forgetting about the audience, and then I slowly took her arms and wrapped them around my neck, and I hugged her more tightly.. I needed to feel her close and safe, I needed to be with her, I needed her, I needed my odango atama so badly, because without her, I'm the one who becomes a helpless five year old child.....
"We're together, Usako. And as long as we are, nothing can harm us." I whispered into her ear. "I love you my sweet." I barely said, never noticing the tear that escaped my eye and fell on her tender neck, and never noticing the questions that filled her angelic face.
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*dodges tomatoes.* Hey easy minna-chan, it wasn't that bad, was it? Was it? *sniff* *sniff* .it was?? *WAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL* please review the story and tell me what you think , pleasseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee????????????????????????????
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Too Close For Comfort
Chapter1
By: Silver Bunny
E-mail: moonsilverbunny@hotmail.com
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"Ami you're kidding, right?" I said in disbelief. "Oh I see, Usako talked you into this little prank of hers, right. That little minx. HAHAHA a mind of a five year old.. What an imagination.. okay Usa, you can come out now, you're little scheme didn't work.." I continued, and started laughing hysterically. And I looked around me to see Mercury's pale face.. Why isn't she laughing? If it really was a joke, she's over doing it a little, isn't she?? Is Usa... is Usa. and with that last thought, I started laughing even more loudly... I couldn't control my laughs, and I didn't feel like stopping them, because I knew that when I stop them, the cruel reality will stab me in the heart.
"Mamoru-san stop it, you're scaring us." I heard Venus's shaky voice in between my laughs.
"Somebody stop him, or he'll have a nervous breakdown." Shouted Mercury, and before I know it..
SLAAAAAPPPPPPP. Then, it's like I woke up from a bad. VERY bad dream, and stared at Uranus, who just slapped me across the face.
"Sorry Mamoru, but you didn't give me any other choice." Apologized Uranus, a concerned look on her face.
"Don't worry about it, Haruka, I think I deserved it." I said, returning to my normal self. I took a very deep breath and let it out with a big whoosh. I was stressed, very stressed, and it didn't help at all the way the senshi were looking at me at the moment, like I was some kinda nutcase or something.
"You scared us for a moment there Mamoru." Said Mars, giving me one of her fiery looks
"Yeah, we thought you lost it for a moment there." Agreed Saturn, giving me a Much kinder look.
"Sorry guys, it's just that I didn't know how to handle all this, please forgive me." I said, apologizing.
"Mamoru-San, I know how you feel, but we'll get through this, all of us." Said Luna.
"Yeah, Luna is right, besides I'm sure it isn't permanent, right, Ami- chan?" Asked Jupiter.
"Of course not." Said Mercury.
"Great, that means you have an antidote or something like that, right." Asked Pluto.
"Well... not exactly." Said Mercury.
"What do you mean by that? You just said it's not permanent, didn't you?" that was from Artimus.
"It's not, but we can't do anything for her. We just have to wait until it wears off, her Immune system will get rid of that weird substance sooner or later ..."
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Well minna-san, that's how my story began. My Usako thinks she's a five year old kid, and I'm supposed to act like her nanny. What?? You ask why me? well simply because, or tell you what.. I'll explain to you exactly what happened...
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"Guys, ummm who's gonna tell Usagi's parents about what happened?" Asked Neptune.
"Explain to her parents?????? What do you want us to say, oh excuse me Mr. And Mrs. Tsukino, but your daughter is actually sailor moon, and well, she faced a little accident and she thinks she's a five year old, so we would greatly appreciate it if you keep an eye on her until she remembers who she is, so she can fight bad guys again ." said Uranus sarcastically.
"Then what shall we do?" asked Venus.
"How about one of us takes care of her?" suggests Jupiter.
"Great idea Mako-chan, but who?" asked Satern.
Everybody just stood in silence, and didn't answer. During that conversation, I was looking at a picture of my darling Usako, and didn't pay much attention to the people in the room, but something started nagging at me, so I slowly raised my head to see all of them staring at me. I didn't realize why they were looking at me like that at first, but then it hit me.. they want ME to... to.
"Take care of Usako??????????? ME??????? oh no, find someone else." I said, shaking my head.
"But, Mamoru, you're the most logical choice." Said Artimes.
"And why is that?" I asked.
"Because you took care of Chibi-Usa before, and you know how to handle children." Explained Luna.
"That's not a good reason Luna, you all took care of children in some point of your lives. You and Artimes took care of Usako when she was a child in the moon kingdom. Haruka, Micharu, and Setsuna took care of Hotaru when she was a child, and all the inner senshi took a baby sitting job every now and then." I said, trying very hard to make them change their mind. "Not to mention how they helped Usako with Chibi-chibi."
"But Mamoru, Artimes and I are cats, and we can't take care of her on earth. Ami, Rei, and Mina can't take care of her because of their families. Makoto is staying with Rei because her apartment's electricity is being repaired. Hotaru is too young to take care of her . And Setsuna has to go to the time gate every now and then, so she can't possibly keep an eye on a child."
"What about Haruka and Micharu?"
"I'm too busy with my coming concert." Said Micharu. "And I have to stay almost all day in the theater and frankly, I can't trust Haruka with her, she'll probably get busy with one of her bikes and forget all about Usagi, she may even loose her somewhere."
"HEY, I would never do that." Said Haruka, defending herself.
"Yeah right." And the two began to argue, but I wasn't concentrating on their argument. I was thinking about their reasons, and all of their reasons seemed logical to me, but still I can't take care of her, I just can't.
"Well, try finding someone else, because I can't do it." I said, interrupting them.
"And why not?" Asked Marse.
"Because.. Because.." *okay here's the moment of truth, now I have to spill my heart out for them to understand. Jesus, I have to say it in a room filled with girls. Why was it SO hard for queen Serenity to choose a guy as a senshi anyway?? Why was she so fixated on choosing girls??? The only other male here is Artimis for god's sake, and I don't think that a male cat would understand, no matter how much he can talk, or how often he thinks, that is when he's not leaving all the thinking for Luna and Ami.
"Because I love her, she's my fiancé, and I can't treat her like a child, I don't know how I'll act toward her, I mean do you really think I can tuck her in every night without feeling anything? Do you expect me to see her in front of me each day and not kiss her, or hug her? Do you want me to look at her beautiful eyes and not confess my love for her over and over again? Do you think I can act as her Nanny when all I want to be is her husband and lover? I'm not a saint you know." I said, waving my arms in frustration. There, I said it, and I tried making it as less physical and sexual as I could, now if they're REALLY as smart as they think they are, they would understand and let me off the hook. "Mamoru-san, you can do it." Great, betrayed by the only male in the room, I told you Artemis wouldn't understand. If only I knew what in the name of everything holy was Queen Serenity thinking when she chose an all-girl team, I would be satisfied for now.
"you always proved that." but Artemis's sentence was cut by the slow opening of my bedroom door. We all turned around and glared at the door. The door slowly opened, and a blond head peaked in. My Usako looked at us with her big ocean blue eyes one by one, until her eyes fell on Mercury. Oh my sweet, SWEET Usako. So innocent, so lovely, and so kissable.
"Ami-chan, I'm sowwy fow not staying in the woom like you told me, but I got scawed." Said Usako in a very babyish voice, turning every R into a W, the same way most children do.
"Oh it's okay Usagi-chan, I'm the one who should apologize, I shouldn't have left you alone." Said Mercury, rushing to her side, and giving her a gentle hug.
I was standing at the far end of the room ,but I took a good look at my Usako, and I didn't like what I saw. well I would've liked it if the situation was different, hey don't look at me like that, I told you, I am NOT a saint... okay, getting back to my story.. Usako was wearing my gray T- shirt, which never looked that good before, and only my T-shirt. It was an old T-shirt, that I didn't wear for almost three years, cuz well *cough* *cough* I can't fit in it anymore, Hey don't look at me like that.. I didn't gain weight or anything, It just shrunk after I -accidentally- threw it in the dryer..but it sure looks good on my Usako. It clung to every curve in her body like a second skin, and it reached to her mid thighs, nah.. It's a little bit higher than her mid thighs, and her long slender legs were visible to the naked eyes. Ahhh, her beautiful endless legs, so creamy, so soft, so caressable.. When she took a step forward, her bare little feet barely touched the floor, and the movement of her body made the shirt come a little bit higher, and.
"Mamoru-san, are you okay?" asked Mercury, taking me outta my thoughts.
"Huh? Sorry Ami.. I umm, was just...cough cough...uh..thinking about.. Ummm oh yeah, I was thinking about my biology exam tomorrow." I said, and mentally gave my self a high five for coming with that nothing less than a perfect excuse in less than a second.
"Um, Mamoru san. I just HATE to be the one who tells you this, but you already graduated, but then again, I could be wrong." said Mars, trying to sound serious, but her muffled laughs didn't help much.
*Great* I said to myself, *Now they all know what I was thinking about, thanks a lot you BAKA* I said, giving my self a mental slap on the face.
"Now now Rie, don't make fun of Mamoru-san, I'm sure he's telling the truth, and we all know that knowledge has no limits, and there's absolutely nothing wrong about studying biology after graduation." AHHHHH saved by Mina, I couldn't believe she defended me like that, I can't believe she came through for me, Mina?? Of all people?? She usually love to tease me about my feelings toward Usako..
"Thanks Mina, it's good to know that SOMEBODY believe me." I thanked her.
"Hey, Of course I believe you, after all, I -myself- have seen you study from that *Gray* BIOLOGY book just now." She said giving Mars a high five. And the two of them, along with the other girls, started laughing loudly, TOO loudly if I may say so. Only my Usako stood there looking at the rest, with a questioning eyes, she -thankfully- didn't understand what Mina , that back stabber, meant by her words. That's what you get when there's no other man around, of course, by now, considering Artemis as potential support was out of the question.
"Okay guys, that's enough." Said Ami, then looked at my Usako. "Usagi-chan, everyone I have introduced you to is your friend and will be happy to help you if you ever needed anything, but now I want to introduce you to the one who'll take care of you, okay?" Asked Mercury.
"Uh huh." Nodded my little Usako.
"Okay." She smiled at Usako, then turned her to me. "Usagi-chan, this is Mamoru, and he'll take care of you.
"Nice to meet you, Siw." Said my Usako, shaking my hand.
Then, only then, it hit me, my Usako is safe and well, and she's standing right in front of me... Usako is safe... Usako didn't get hurt..my lovely Usako is SAFE..and then, in my eyes, all the senshi and two cats disappeared, and I could only see my little Usako, my little beautiful Usako...the one I used to tease all the time, the one I dream about all my life, the only one who understands me, the only one who completes me... Usako is here, she's really here.. And with out a word, I took her in my arms, and hugged her gently, ever so gently like she was made of glass, very warm glass. I hugged her and buried my head in her beautiful hair, hiding from reality, and living with her in our own world, the world we always wished to be left alone in for eternity. I lowered my head, and kissed her neck gently, completely forgetting about the audience, and then I slowly took her arms and wrapped them around my neck, and I hugged her more tightly.. I needed to feel her close and safe, I needed to be with her, I needed her, I needed my odango atama so badly, because without her, I'm the one who becomes a helpless five year old child.....
"We're together, Usako. And as long as we are, nothing can harm us." I whispered into her ear. "I love you my sweet." I barely said, never noticing the tear that escaped my eye and fell on her tender neck, and never noticing the questions that filled her angelic face.
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*dodges tomatoes.* Hey easy minna-chan, it wasn't that bad, was it? Was it? *sniff* *sniff* .it was?? *WAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL* please review the story and tell me what you think , pleasseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee????????????????????????????
