Games of Seduction

By: The Young Lady of Legends

Author'sNotes: Excruciatingly short. I try to write long chapters and I can't! I just can't!

ChapterSeven:Death of an Appendage

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"She did what?!" Rei exclaimed upon hearing Makoto's big news.

"Forget what she did! I wanna hear about what he did!" Minako squealed delightedly. "This is soooo romantic! I can't believe that one of my best friends is in this deliriously sexy situation with a real man!" she sighed happily. "This is the stuff sappy chick flicks are made out of."

"Hmph. More like dirty romance novels." Luna chided.

Makoto groaned. "Ugh! Would somebody gag her with something?"

"You mean like a strawberry muffin...?" Ami asked slowly.

"AMI-CHAN!" I whined as I came up from underneath the pillow I'd been hiding her face under. And for good reason. I could feel my cheeks blazing in embarrassment.

"Usagi-chan...if I didn't know any better I'd say you were blushing." Rei laughed.

I let Rei's pillow fall back to cover my face and sighed. "Oh just shut up."

"You know if I were you I'd be back at his apartment right now, but that's just me." Minako said breezily, as though she expected Usagi to find her idea brilliant and decide to jump up and run to Mamoru's apartment. The thought did appeal to Minako. She'd get to watch this time!

Rei rubbed her hands together both eagerly and evilly. "Just wait until I see Mamoru-san!"

Alarms went off in my head. Visions of other forms of torture devised by my evil friends appeared before my eyes. Rei-chan stretching my face out shape, Minako-chan chaining me to a chair and dumping it in the bay. What if Ami-chan and Mako-chan break out nun-chucks? Ahh! "Don't you dare say anything to Mamo-chan!"

A chorus rang around the room. "MAMO-CHAN?!"

A gasp of horror, surprise and sincere disbelief escaped my mouth hanging open. "I did not say that!"

"Oh whatever Usagi!" Makoto said as an eruption of giggles spilled from her mouth.

"Yeah Usagi-chan! It's four against one!" Minako smiled.

"Make that five against one." Luna said as she sashayed toward the center of the group.

Rei stuck her tongue out at Usagi in victory. Where she preceded to blow raspberries.

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I sat in our usual booth with Rei, Minako, Makoto and Ami in the arcade. I glanced around nervously, making sure that Mamoru hadn't snuck in without me noticing, and began to blow bubbles in my milkshake.

Minako half whispered to Ami, "I think she's going to faint." as she pointed to me. I sincerely hoped she hadn't thought I didn't notice. Of course, I pretended not to. Furthermore, I didn't look faint! I felt fine!

"Actually, she does look rather pale." Ami agreed.

Rei squinted at me, studying my every (apparently sickened) feature. "You're right. She looks almost ill."

Mokoto nodded. "Think it's the flu?" she asked Ami.

"ENOUGH!!!" I roared. "I am here you know? I can hear everything you're saying! So if you don't mind...SHUT UP!"

Rei chided. "Well excuse me! See if I care next time!"

"Touchy." remarked Minako.

Just then the arcade door opened allowing someone to come in. Let's see...dark hair, tall, muscular features, very nice looking...It was him alright. I began to find that my milkshake was extraordinarily interesting. I concentrated my entire being on blowing chocolate bubbles with my straw, leaving no room for anything else to be an object of concentration.

"Usagi." came Minako's voice.

I ignored her. I figured that if I paid her no attention she'd go away. Just forget that she wanted to tell me something. I made a chocolate whirlpool.

"Usagi."

Nothing's breaking this concentration. I was enthralled with my milkshake. There was no world beyond me and my milkshake.

"Usagi!"

Doesn't she ever give up? Doesn't she know I'm busy playing in my glorious double chocolate milkshake? WHEE! I love my milkshake!

"USAGI!!!!"

"WHAT?! I'M PLAYING WITH MY MILKSHAKE RIGHT NOW IF YOU DON'T MIND! WHAT IS SOOOO IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE TO INTERRUPT ME AND MY MILKSHAKE?!??!"

A deep chuckle sounded behind me and suddenly I remembered what was so important. The entire reason I began to study my milkshake in fascination in the first place. Mamoru. "I knew you liked food Usa, but now you bond with it too?" he asked as he showed off a mouthful of glistening white teeth.

HE SMILED AT ME! Happy days are here again! Wait...did they leave? NO! Because Chiba Mamoru had not only just smiled at me but this morning he'd kissed me! It just doesn't get any better than this. Of course...my tongue could do me the honor of cooperating with me.

Say something back. "..."

You know, something witty and clever! "...uh..."

Damn it! Why won't my mouth work right?! "..." Great! Just great! I have half a million things to say and my mouth freezes up.

Calm down. Take a sip of milkshake to remind your tongue of all the sweetness of talking. Swallow. Moistens throat. Now I'll be able to talk. "Uh...hi?"

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?! UH...HI?!!!!!!!! WELL THIS IS JUST PERFECTION ISN'T IT!!!

My tongue had absolutely no problem enjoying itself this morning and now what? It dies on me! Breathes it's last dying breath and waves a white flag. I could see it now:

RIP

Here lies the tongue of Tsukino Usagi.

Died in the heat of the battle between

Tsukino and Chiba.