Babysitting the Player Killer
By Dr@gon Princess
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Happy Birthday, me! Well, this is it, the last chapter… Actually, it's more of an epilogue. I hope it doesn't seem like I'm cutting this fic short. It was supposed to only have four chapters and it ended up with six. I should thank people and stuff now, right? I've never finished a fanfic before… Okay, thank you reviewers (especially Darkbloodtwist, who reviewed almost every chapter, maybe even every chapter, and didn't flame), thank you real-life friends, thank you Project dot-Hack. Okay, this is getting sappy. One final note: Tsukasa/Subaru Forever!
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6. Still Can't Get a Job
"Wow," said Mimiru, looking around the now-clean house.
"How?" said Tsukasa, wondering how the power could be back on AND the house could now be clean, after an evil 10-yr-old and his clueless girlfriend, several traps, and a break-Sora's-stuff party. Only in fanfiction, Tsukasa. Only in fanfiction.
"Ow…" said Subaru, because, out of jealousy, Mimiru had unsuccessfully tried to use her as a sponge.
"Well, we finally got this room cleaned," said Tsukasa. "That means…"
"PAYDAY!" yelled Mimiru. "We get money!" The doorbell rang. Sora's parents were home.
"Oh, how is my darling little angel?" Sora's mom asked as Tsukasa let her in. Subaru almost gagged at this. DARLING LITTLE ANGEL? If only Sora's mom knew what they had been through.
"Fine," said Subaru, trying very hard to keep a straight face. "Just fine."
"He didn't give you a hard time, did he?" asked Sora's mom. Before the three could answer and tell her just how evil her darling little angel really was, she continued to talk. "Oh, I should pay you now," she said. "You're the first babysitters to ever survive to get paid." Sora's mom began to fish around in her purse for money.
"I can imagine," said Tsukasa, under her breath.
"Here's your pay," Sora's mother said, and held out…
… a quarter.
"A quarter?" asked Mimiru, shocked.
"I know!" replied Sora's mom. "My wonderful son told me that 25 cents a night is a very good babysitting rate these days!"
"A QUARTER?" yelled Mimiru, shocked.
"We'll be leaving now," said Tsukasa, pulling her friends out the door. If Mimiru got angry at Sora's mother, she might lose their hard-earned quarter. "Thank you very much…"
Sora listened to the whole scene from his room. 25 cents a night was a good rate? God, his mother was more gullible than he had thought. He looked out of his window and saw the three arguing outside.
"You should have let me at her!" yelled Mimiru.
"Well, you would have lost us our job!" yelled Subaru. "Then you'd be stupid and unemployed!"
"I'm not going back there!" said Tsukasa. "I quit!"
"What?" Mimiru replied. "But we earned a whole quarter! Which is mine, by the way, because I distracted A20."
"No way!" said Tsukasa. "It's mine! I went through the most suffering! Plus, I need money to pay for my date with Subaru tomorrow!"
"You're dating her?" screamed Mimiru.
"But I want the money! I set up the traps!" said Subaru.
"But, honey, the date would be for you!" protested Tsukasa. "My money!"
"You're dating her?" screamed Mimiru again, at full volume this time.
As the argument turned louder, Sora smiled. Maybe he didn't completely lose after all.
And Fight #52 had to be some kind of record.
~END
Tsukasa and Subaru started to date, and Mimiru continued fighting for Tsukasa (and losing). On a related note, Dr@gon Princess continued to be a T/S author.
The three friends never went back to Sora's house to babysit, for fear of their lives. In fact, that night was the one and only time they ever babysat. They did, however, try an assortment of other dangerous and humiliating jobs, such as costumed character, plumber, authoress, and contestant on a reality TV show.
Sora and A20 went to Disney World to celebrate their victory. It was a life changing experience for A20, whose new goal is to be a Disney Princess. Sora's new goal was to get the hell out of that evil place. A20's given name is still a mystery.
Tsukasa, Mimiru, and Subaru have a new record of 55 fights in one day.