Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
Author's Notes: Sorry it's been so long, but I'm lazy. Answer is as simple as that. Gomen ne.
Posted: 2/26/04
Updated: 2/27/04
Kitten Serenity Chapter 2
Serenity sighed as she passed a new pet shop. 'They're at it again. What a hideous way to trick people.'
She then saw someone familiar enter the shop and her eyes widened. 'Wait a minute......... That was Shingo! Wasn't it? The eyes were the same.'
Serenity jumped to the window, hoping that the boy she just saw was the brother she hadn't seen in eleven years. The pre-teen was eyeing the chanelas in the cage, and Serenity watched helplessly as he got hypnotized. He walked out with the girl he had walked in with, their eyes slightly vacant.
"Wasn't that a nice shop Shingo?" the girl said, head turning to the boy next to her.
"Yeah," Shingo said, "Thanks Mika."
Serenity frowned, and smelled the scent coming off of the chanela. She sneezed, and quickly ran to transform and investigate. Transforming into a school girl, she was surprised to find documents stating she was Shingo's sister in her hands. She took a look at the address listed for his adopted parents. 'So he did get adopted,' she thought to herself, storing the address away for later.
She then walked out of the alley confidently, only to run into someone. Someone with a muscular chest and rose scented cologne. 'I know that smell,' Serenity thought vaguely as she stammered out an apology.
"Geez that HURT odango atama!"
'I know that voice,' she thought as she opened her eyes, only to find herself looking into Mamoru's deep blue eyes.
She turned bright red, a bit from anger and a bit from embarrassment. "My name is Usagi! U-S-A-G-I!"
A sharp intake of breath alerted Usagi to Luna, who was riding on Mamoru's shoulder. Luna jumped down onto Usagi's lap, startling Mamoru as Luna looked into Usagi's eyes. Usagi gave an imperceptible wink to Luna and hugged the cat, squealing, "Kawaii!"
Luna slid out of her charge's hug and around her shoulders as Usagi made to stand so her skirt wasn't riding so high on her thighs. She gave Mamoru a convincing glare and snorted, "How can such a jerk have such a nice kitty?"
"None of you business, Odango Atama."
Usagi growled as Luna jumped back on Mamoru, digging into his shoulder as she did so. "Luna!" Mamoru shouted, quickly disengaging Luna's claws from his shoulder. He put Luna on the ground as Usagi giggled.
He then stalked off after seeing Luna glare at him. After he left, Luna jumped to Usagi's shoulder, and quietly giggled as well. "That was fun Luna. We need to do that again."
Luna sighed, "Practicing again?"
Usagi shook her head, "No. There's something odd about this shop."
"Mamoru's looking for you, you know."
Usagi sighed, "We need to get this done first. That, and............"
Usagi pulled out the papers her transformation to a human had left her with. Luna looked at them, wide-eyed.
"I want to be his sister again," Usagi whispered softly, "But first, I need to make sure everything is ok."
Usagi walked into the pet shop, leaving Luna outside to watch from the window. Usagi paused, examining each of the chanela, careful not to look into their eyes. The perfumes tickled Usagi's nose, until one of the chanela caught her eye. It entrapped her senses as she reached for it.
Usagi sneezed, and drew her hand back like she was about to touch a live wire. She ran out of the store, and the store keeper smirked, thinking the girl had taken a chanela, having been paying attention to another customer.
Usagi grabbed Luna on the way out and quickly ran to the address she knew Shingo was living at, pulling out the papers on the way. She reached the address and double checked her uniform before going up and ringing the doorbell.
After a few moments, a dark-haired woman answered the door, looking a little confused. Usagi gulped and brought the papers closer to her. "Does Shingo live here?"
The woman nodded, still looking confused and Usagi's muscles began to relax. "You adopted him eleven years ago?"
The woman nodded again, her eyes becoming worried. Usagi gave the woman a bright smile as she handed the woman the papers. "I'm Usagi, his sister. I survived the car accident and came across these recently and I was hoping that I could be a part of his life, even only a little bit."
Luna gave her charge a strange look, but then realized Usagi was trying to get the chanela away from Shingo.
The woman's eyes widened, and with tears in her eyes, hugged Usagi, tightly. "Welcome to our household, Usagi. I'm Ilene Moon."
Usagi blushed a bit, and Ilene called Shingo down. Shingo answered with a rather rude reply, which had his adoptive mother shocked. She turned to Usagi with a sad expression, "I'm sorry Usagi. Maybe you had better come back later. Will you give me your address? I will give you a call when a good time to visit is."
Usagi bit her lip and looked at Luna. An idea suddenly sprung in her head. "I'm not sure I'll be in my apartment long. With school and all I don't have enough money without spending Shingo's inheritance."
Ilene looked personally affronted, "You weren't adopted?"
Usagi shook her head, fake tears in her eyes as Luna marveled at her charges acting abilities. 'It's got to be the pen,' Luna thought.
A call of 'tadaima' interrupted them and Ilene turned to greet her husband. "Chris dear, this is Usagi. She's Shingo's only blood relative. She wasn't adopted but she wants to be apart of Shingo's life."
Chris looked slightly startled, and pushed his glasses up, studying the fourteen year old girl in front of him.
Usagi, for her part, was having a hard time, as the pen was really draining on her reserves. 'I should have come here first,' Usagi thought hazily as Ilene explained things to her husband and showed him the papers. Chris nodded to his wife's inquiry and turned with a smile to Usagi. "How long until you're apartment lease is up?"
Usagi stood a little straighter, and held her chin up, "Another four months, but I'm not sure I can pay that long."
Luna then realized what Usagi was going to do. 'Does she really think she can get strong enough within four months and become human?'
Chris frowned, "A cancellation costs quite a bit, and we need to add on to our house."
Usagi gave him a questioning look and Chris smiled, "We're going to adopt you now and get you a room built. The add-on shouldn't take too terribly long so by the time your lease is up we'll have space for you to move in. I'm surprised they let a fourteen year old girl out of the orphanage."
Usagi shifted uncomfortably, and Luna realized the transformation wasn't going to hold much longer. She yowled and ran for the door. Usagi, startled, ran after her. At the door, she gave the two a bright smile and promised she would be back. She then chased after Luna and collapsed in a bush. She didn't even feel her detransformation.
Serenity awoke to Luna washing her face in a motherly cat fashion. "It's near dark Serenity," Luna said when she was finally awake, "You're brother passed by here just a little while ago with that chanela. It looked as though he was being drawn to that store again."
Serenity got up quickly and dizziness hit her, hard. Luna frowned, wishing they could find another of the scouts to help the girl turned cat out. As soon as Serenity was steady, she ran towards the pet shop, Luna not far behind. They soon reached the pet shop and Serenity became Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon frowned as she saw the monster stealing the energy of people of all ages. She then saw Shingo among the masses. 'No!' she thought, rushing inside. "Hold it right there! You have no right to take advantage of people's want and need for a pet. Part of the joy is that they require work to maintain! On behalf of the moon, I'll punish you!"
The store manager transformed into a lizard like creature, effectively scaring the once determined girl.
Freaking a bit, Sailor Moon took a step back, and then began to run after the monster ordered the people to kill her. Knocking over a bunch of boxes, Sailor Moon managed to delay her pursuers. After a short while, as Sailor Moon tried to think, they cornered her. Sailor Moon wanted to cry as she saw her little brother's face among the crowd. An idea suddenly came to mind as she tried to find a way to get to the monster.
Taking her tiara, Sailor Moon threw it, screaming, "Moon Tiara Stardust!"
The tiara swirled over the children, sprinkling something akin to fairy dust on them. They fell asleep and Sailor Moon leapt over them towards the youma, screwing up her courage. The monster lunged, right claw extended. Sailor Moon dodged, leaping over it and kicking it forward by pushing off its back. The monster finally caught its balance and turned to find Sailor Moon's tiara headed straight toward it. It didn't have time to defend itself as the tiara
Sailor Moon quickly checked on the people lying there, and gave a look of longing towards Shingo. She then turned and ran as they began to wake up. Shingo saw her and gave chase. "Sailor V! Sailor V! Can I have your autograph?"
Sailor Moon smiled a bit as she turned to face her brother. "I'm not Sailor V. I'm Sailor Moon."
Shingo grinned and shook his head, "It doesn't matter because you're cute too. Can I have your autograph?"
Sailor Moon took the proffered pen and paper, trying to remember how to write, as Luna had taught her while Mamoru was away. "Do me a favor Shingo?" she said as she drew a crescent moon and signed the small pad.
Shingo's eyes widened as he saw the signature, "Anything."
Sailor Moon gave him a brilliant smile as she laughed, "When you meet your sister, please be nice to her?"
Shingo looked startled, "Sis-?"
Sailor Moon smiled and leapt to the safety of a roof top, the moon behind her concealing her features as others walked out of the vacant building.
People pointed as Sailor Moon saluted and leapt away. Mika ran up to Shingo who was clutching the autograph and still in shock.
"Shingo? Shingo what happened?"
"She saved us, and gave me her autograph," Shingo said, "She told me to be nice to my sister. Do I have one?"
Mika was more interested in the autograph she saw in Shingo's hand.
Mamoru walked home, his mind awash with worry. 'Where did Serenity go? She usually comes back before lunch when I'm home. She didn't even come back before I left for work.'
Walking into his apartment building, Mamoru sighed, knowing that worry over his cat was no excuse for his poor performance at work. 'Even though Serenity's not really a cat, but they wouldn't understand that.'
Mamoru opened his apartment door and he was quick to find Luna, sleeping on the couch. He frowned with worry, and quickly checked his bedroom. Serenity was lying on his pillow, looking extremely worn out. Mamoru frowned, and walked over to his bed. "She's had a trying day," Luna said from the doorway.
Mamoru looked over to where Luna was standing, "What happened? Where did she go?"
Luna sighed as she began to recite the story she had carefully prepared in her head. "She was headed home when a rabid dog attacked. She managed to get away without injury when she stumbled into some sort of pet shop. In that pet shop was one of those youma that have been attacking recently. Don't wake her please. She needs to recover the energy she lost."
Mamoru looked upset, more than upset in Luna's eyes. Luna wondered if she embellished the story too much. Mamoru took a deep breath and visibly calmed down. "Why does she have to be Sailor Moon? I'd rather her just be a normal human girl when she is human."
Luna looked startled and Mamoru gave a bitter smile, "I saw her detransform the night she kissed me. It's bad enough she can't be how she's meant to be, but to only be human to fight evil? That's cruel."
Luna frowned, and sighed, "Fate is cruel to those with big hearts. I hate having to do this to her. She's responsible about it, which surprises me. She's more responsible than I thought she would be. Given her personality, she would have made a fabulous human. She has such a big heart."
Mamoru ran a hand over Serenity's fur, and gave a bitter sigh. "As much as I want her to become human again, and be happy, I don't want her to change. I'm not sure how I could handle life without her. She's always been there."
Luna didn't answer as she watched Mamoru move his pillow slightly and then head towards the shower. Luna gave Usagi a few cleaning licks before returning to the living room where she usually slept. Moments later, she heard the shower shut off and climb into bed next to Serenity.
*Three Days Later*
Serenity and Luna entered the auditorium, Serenity still grumbling about how Mamoru was a pervert. Luna was glad he didn't mention to Serenity that he knew her identity as Sailor Moon, but at the same time was wondering why he did it. Serenity looked up to see all manner of people performing, though there was no one in the audience. A blue head turned all the way around without moving it's body, and Serenity freaked. Luna ran after her charge.
"Serenity!" Luna yelled, glad there was no one else in the building, "Come on! You weren't this freaked out by the bat youma the other day."
"That was then! This is now! That was way too freaky!"
Luna sighed, and played her trump card, "What about Naru?"
Serenity stopped and automatically shouted out her transformation. Sailor Moon ran back in the other direction and made a grand entrance on stage. Sailor Moon frowned as more blue goo was spit at her. Dodging, she leapt into the auditorium seats, trying to get a better shot. 'This wasn't smart,' Sailor Moon thought, 'I can't see the enemy.'
She stood a bit to get a better view, and was attacked from behind, the monster entrapping her tiara arm first.
Sailor Moon shrieked and fought entrapment in the blue gel. She was soon covered from head to foot in the stuff, making it near impossible for her to breath. A rose broke through Sailor Moon's encasement, freeing her. Sailor Moon was startled when Tuxedo Mask drew the youma away a bit, allowing Sailor Moon a shot at the youma's back. 'Better take advantage of its distraction,' Sailor Moon thought, quickly throwing her tiara.
Serenity and Luna left the building in higher spirits. "Very good Serenity, we'll have human lessons tomorrow."
Serenity giggled, "I'm supposed to meet them for a picnic tomorrow anyways. I'm so glad there's no school tomorrow."
Luna sighed, "It's not like you go to school."
Serenity gave a convincing imitation of a pout, "But then Shingo wouldn't be able to come and I'd have to say why I wasn't in school. Which reminds me, I need to learn as much as I can so I'll be up to the grade I'm supposed to be in."
"Mamoru said he would teach you, but he has work tomorrow."
Serenity gave a soft snort as they got inside the apartment.
The next morning, Mamoru ran out the door with a cry of "Mamo-hentai!" ringing in his ears. Luna fell off the couch laughing and Serenity gave the door a dirty look before helping Luna get control of her laughter.
"I feel like I'm never gonna be clean again," Serenity muttered as she pulled out the miniaturized Luna pen.
"So take a bath when you become human. Your powers have grown so this is a good time to test how long you can hold that transformation with the Luna pen. It should last longer since you had a good rest and a decent breakfast."
Serenity stuck her tongue out at Luna before transforming into Usagi. She then did just that. After her bath, Usagi giggled, glad Mamoru had taught her to read a while ago. Luna listened to her charge's happy singing and sighed, 'This will be a good time to check up on that Mizuno girl mission control told me about.'
Soon, Usagi was on her way with a bright smile and a pretty dress, ready to meet the people she hoped to call family. Luna followed her out and then they parted ways, Luna to investigate, and Usagi to have fun and test her powers.
'That cat works too hard,' Usagi thought as she mentally prepared herself to meet with her brother for the first time.
Luna sighed as she watched Usagi go. She hoped things would go alright.
Usagi made it to the designated meeting spot early, and sat down on a bench waiting. She sat there thinking about everything that had happened, and wondered how she would manage without Mamoru once she saw this through. 'Come to think of it, I do need to tell him about all of this, despite what Luna says.'
Her thoughts were interrupted by a face popping up in her vision. Shingo's face. Her retreat was stopped by the back of the bench. Shingo grinned at her, "Are you Usagi?"
Usagi got over her fright and began to giggled, nodding. Shingo pounced, giving her a big hug. Usagi hugged him back, glad to see him once more. Ilene and Chris finally caught up, panting. Shingo and Usagi shared a grin as they waited for the two to catch their breath.
Shingo was quick to speak up as they waited. "They've started building the add-on already. It should be done soon."
Usagi giggled, and gave a short nod of her head. Ilene was the first to catch her breath, and gave Usagi a kind smile. "Shall we go?"
Usagi nodded, and they were off.
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Luna was having a hard time locating the girl she was supposed to be inspecting. She sighed, 'Things would be so much easier if they just gave me directions that weren't so vague.'
She sat down in front of the prep school, yawning. Suddenly the bell rang, startling Luna. Jumping on the fence, she decided to check the students that were there for extra study sessions. 'There she is!'
Luna followed the girl for a while, trying to get a feel for the girl's power. 'I can't read her from this far away. I'll need to get closer,' Luna thought, preparing her self to jump.
"Hey, look at that cat!" Shingo said, pointing to the cat on the railing.
Usagi looked up to see Luna preparing to pounce. "What's Luna doing?" she wondered aloud. Getting up, she made it to the gate to see Luna pounce on a girl with blue hair. The girl looked slightly surprised by the cat's sudden appearance, but cheered up immensely after Luna began to purr.
Usagi giggled, "Luna what are you doing?"
Ami looked up to see a blonde girl with an odd style giggling at the cat that had landed on her. The cat looked from Ami to the other girl and quickly ran to the girl with the odd style.
Usagi caught Luna and walked up to Ami, "I hope she didn't bother you."
"Oh is that your cat? She's very sweet. She's no bother," Ami said, startled.
Usagi giggled, "My name's Usagi."
"I'm Ami it's nice to meet you."
Usagi nodded, "Do you go to that prep school?"
Ami blushed, "How could you-?"
"You're wearing your school uniform on a holiday."
Ami gave a short laugh, "I'm very dedicated. I want to be a doctor like my mother."
"Sugoi," Usagi breathed.
Just then, Ilene called to Usagi, and Usagi turned, Luna watching her carefully for fatigue. Usagi waved to Ami, "I've gotta go. I'll see you around! Maybe we can go to the mall sometime."
Ami blushed as Usagi turned around and ran to Ilene. She then smiled to herself, happy at the prospect of a new friend.
Later that evening, Usagi began to walk home, Luna on her shoulder. "She could be an enemy, Usagi," Luna said, "Or she could be a scout."
Usagi yawned, trying to keep from stretching, "I'm betting scout. I think you should get down, I'm running out of energy."
Luna, seemingly ignoring the last part of Usagi's statement, bristled, "Look! We can't ignore the Negawarrior option. There is always that option."
Usagi yawned once more, and then collapsed, her transformation losing shape. Luna leapt clear, and stepped out onto the sidewalk, sighing. 'Guess I can't get that angry at her. She told me she was low on energy.'
Mamoru then just walked by, nose in a book. "Mamoru!" Luna hissed, drawing his attention.
Mamoru looked down, and was startled to see Serenity stretched out in the sun, just barely in sight, with Luna standing on the sidewalk in front of her. Luna gave him a baleful look, "She doesn't want to wake up and go home."
Mamoru laughed, and picked up the sleeping cat, "She looks better though, I'm glad."
Luna just nodded, and leapt to his shoulder, ready to be carried home herself. Hunting the negaverse was hard work, even if she wasn't the only one doing it most of the time.
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The next morning, as Mamoru ran out with 'HENTAI' rolling around in his head again, Luna explained everything once more to Serenity. She listened, and agreed to check things out with Luna.
They arrived at Juuban middle to find Ami eating alone, and reading a text book. Serenity sweatdropped, "How can she do that?"
"Well Serenity, are you going to be this dedicated to your studies when you're human?"
Serenity frowned and took a swipe at Luna, who dodged, laughing. Serenity sighed and jumped down to get a better look at the girl she met yesterday. 'Now that I think on it,' Serenity thought as she looked at the girl's face, 'She looks like Sailor Mercury.'
Purring, Serenity rubbed up against the girl, startling Ami out of her reverie. "Oh! Another pretty kitty."
Serenity purred harder, eliciting a giggle from the girl. Luna sighed as she jumped down to join her charge and friend.
Ami giggled as she saw Luna jump down to her, both cats distracting her from her getting ahead. "My, why aren't you at home? I'm sure Usagi's worried about you two."
Serenity gave a soft snort, and suddenly the bell rang. Ami quickly gathered her things. "I have to go now. Maybe we'll see each other again."
Serenity gave Luna a look as Ami ran into the building. "Did you get a better reading that time?"
Luna nodded, "I'm sure she doesn't have negaverse energy but something around her did. We need to keep an eye on her."
Serenity nodded, and they both sat outside, awaiting the blue haired genius.
It was some time later that they saw Ami head into her prep school, and Serenity yawned. She then noticed something on the ground. "Hey Luna, look at this. Ami dropped her disk."
Luna frowned, "We should look at that. There's something odd about it."
"Serenity? Luna? What are you two doing here?"
Serenity turned to see Mamoru standing behind them. "Mamo-chan!"
Mamoru picked up Serenity and the disk and Luna jumped to his shoulder. "Mind if we borrow your computer Mamoru-kun?"
Mamoru frowned, "You can use a computer?"
Luna snorted, "I happen to be a very advanced sentient being."
Serenity laughed, "Yup, that's why you still look so funny Mamo-chan!"
Mamoru growled at the playful slight, "So why do you want to be human again if it's so great being an advanced cat?"
Serenity blushed and gave him an indignant look, "I have my reasons."
Mamoru burst out laughing at the look on the small cat's face. "Alright, alright, you can use the computer."
Serenity gave a small cheer, and they were off to Mamoru's apartment. Moments after they arrived, Mamoru went off to work after getting the two cats onto his computer. "Wish I could stay around and watch you work the thing," he said as he left, "Don't mess anything up."
Luna had just snorted at him as Serenity called out a goodbye. They then continued their perusal of the disc. "It looks like an ordinary study disc," Luna said, frowning.
Serenity then walked on the keyboard, much to Luna's dismay, and the subliminal message permeated the room for the two to hear.
Serenity froze, "Oh no! We gotta stop them!"
Serenity was quick to transform and head to the balcony, knowing she wouldn't be able to use the front door. Luna quickly leapt to Sailor Moon's shoulder as she leapt out the balcony door and to the roof of the building next door. Saying a prayer as she held on for dear life, Luna tried to talk to her charge.
"We can't just run in there like that Sailor Moon. It would be better to use a disguise."
Sailor Moon groaned, "But that takes up a lot of energy, this doesn't."
Luna dug her claws into Sailor Moon's shoulder, making her wince just as she touched down in the alley next to the school. She quickly pulled out the moon pen and transformed into a nurse. "Time to make a house call," Usagi said, quickly making her way into the building. Luna sweatdropped, not far behind Usagi as the girl rushed up to one of the classrooms.
Usagi slammed open the door, barely startling the people at the computers. "They're all zombies," she breathed.
"All of you get out of here now! It's dangerous!"
The zombies just stared and Ami stood, "What are you doing? This is a place of learning?"
Usagi, forgetting she was in her nurse's guise shook her head, "No Ami! The only reason you aren't like them is because you dropped your disk! Get out of here before they capture you!"
"Too late!" said the teacher, clasping Ami and transforming, "This girl's genius will go to the negaverse!"
"Not if I have anything to say about it! Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" Usagi shouted, becoming Sailor Moon again.
The youma didn't waste time, asking Sailor Moon questions that she didn't know because of her issue and tossing razor sharp exam papers at her. Sailor Moon was soon backed into a corner. The monster called upon her zombied students, and tried to force Ami to give up her energy. Ami's symbol flashed, and Luna reacted.
"Why isn't it taking your energy? You haven't been using the crystal disk have you?"
"I can study fine on my own! I'll never give in to this!" Ami shouted.
The youma threw Ami to the floor, forming an ax from one of her arms, "Then you'll die!"
Luna chose that moment to toss Ami her pen, "Ami! Yell out 'Mercury Power, Make Up!' You must help Sailor Moon!"
Not questioning, Ami grabbed the pen, shouting out the words to her transformation. It was relatively quick, and she quickly threw out a Shabon Spray, covering the room in mist.
The students dropped, and Sailor Moon wiped her brow. "That was close," she murmured, peering through the fog.
The youma appeared behind her and Sailor Moon reacted on cat like instinct, lashing out with her tiara. The youma disintegrated, and the fog disappeared.
Sailor Moon turned with a smile to Sailor Mercury. "Glad to have you on the team!"
Sailor Mercury studied the other girl for a moment, "Usagi?"
Sailor Moon held a finger to her lips, and motioned for Mercury to follow her to the roof. On the roof, Sailor Moon and Mercury let go of their transformation, Mercury becoming Ami and Moon becoming Serenity once more.
Ami gasped, "Usagi?"
The small gold and white cat turned with a smile, "Hi! When in cat form, I'm Serenity. When in Sailor form, I'm Sailor Moon. When in human form, I'm Usagi. When I was little, an accident led to me being like this. Now I'm trying to return to being human."
Ami knelt down next to the small cat, "This isn't possible."
Luna sighed, "Anything is possible Ami-chan. You are Sailor Mercury, destined to protect the princess, and fight the negaverse along with the team of Sailor Scouts. Serenity-chan just has a harder time of getting things the rest of you take for granted."
Serenity gave Ami a slight pouty look, "When I become human again, and I have a feeling it's going to be soon, I'll need your help to get up to a normal school girl knowledge level. You saw how poorly I did in there."
Ami smiled, "Of course I'll help."
Serenity purred, and Ami picked both cats up, "So you can be human?"
Serenity frowned, "For a while, yes. It's draining on my energy though. Sailor Moon is easier to deal with but I should be able to just stay human."
Ami sighed, "Don't worry."
Serenity giggled, "I'm so glad we're friends!"
Ami blushed as she let the two cats go outside the building. She looked forward to having a real friend.
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*Omake* *OMAKE* *OMAKE* *OMAKE* *Omake*
"Geez that HURT odango atama!"
'I know that voice,' she thought as she opened her eyes, only to find herself looking into Mamoru's deep blue eyes.
Usagi lost herself in those eyes, and Mamoru found he couldn't look away either. He then felt an urge he rarely felt, and saw a connection in the looks of the girl in front of him.
"Want to go back to my place?" he said huskily, giving Usagi a rakish grin.
Usagi blushed, and took his offered arm. "That sounds like a grrrrrreat idea," she purred.
Luna jumped down from her perch on Mamoru's shoulder, hoping Usagi wasn't about to do something she shouldn't.
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Author's Notes: Ladies and Gentlemen! This last piece is an OMAKE! It's kind of like a blooper but not. It's basically an alternate way to write the story. You get it a lot in the Fushigi Yuugi manga. They're meant to be funny, or sweet, or daring. I've read more risqué ones than you can imagine. It's not a part of the story, or a preview of the next chapter. It's just a kind of; 'What do I do if people liked the story this way more?' Quite personally I think it's a shame that more people don't include more omake's in their stories. They can be great fun. If people still don't understand this, I'll not include them anymore.
Author's Notes: Sorry it's been so long, but I'm lazy. Answer is as simple as that. Gomen ne.
Posted: 2/26/04
Updated: 2/27/04
Kitten Serenity Chapter 2
Serenity sighed as she passed a new pet shop. 'They're at it again. What a hideous way to trick people.'
She then saw someone familiar enter the shop and her eyes widened. 'Wait a minute......... That was Shingo! Wasn't it? The eyes were the same.'
Serenity jumped to the window, hoping that the boy she just saw was the brother she hadn't seen in eleven years. The pre-teen was eyeing the chanelas in the cage, and Serenity watched helplessly as he got hypnotized. He walked out with the girl he had walked in with, their eyes slightly vacant.
"Wasn't that a nice shop Shingo?" the girl said, head turning to the boy next to her.
"Yeah," Shingo said, "Thanks Mika."
Serenity frowned, and smelled the scent coming off of the chanela. She sneezed, and quickly ran to transform and investigate. Transforming into a school girl, she was surprised to find documents stating she was Shingo's sister in her hands. She took a look at the address listed for his adopted parents. 'So he did get adopted,' she thought to herself, storing the address away for later.
She then walked out of the alley confidently, only to run into someone. Someone with a muscular chest and rose scented cologne. 'I know that smell,' Serenity thought vaguely as she stammered out an apology.
"Geez that HURT odango atama!"
'I know that voice,' she thought as she opened her eyes, only to find herself looking into Mamoru's deep blue eyes.
She turned bright red, a bit from anger and a bit from embarrassment. "My name is Usagi! U-S-A-G-I!"
A sharp intake of breath alerted Usagi to Luna, who was riding on Mamoru's shoulder. Luna jumped down onto Usagi's lap, startling Mamoru as Luna looked into Usagi's eyes. Usagi gave an imperceptible wink to Luna and hugged the cat, squealing, "Kawaii!"
Luna slid out of her charge's hug and around her shoulders as Usagi made to stand so her skirt wasn't riding so high on her thighs. She gave Mamoru a convincing glare and snorted, "How can such a jerk have such a nice kitty?"
"None of you business, Odango Atama."
Usagi growled as Luna jumped back on Mamoru, digging into his shoulder as she did so. "Luna!" Mamoru shouted, quickly disengaging Luna's claws from his shoulder. He put Luna on the ground as Usagi giggled.
He then stalked off after seeing Luna glare at him. After he left, Luna jumped to Usagi's shoulder, and quietly giggled as well. "That was fun Luna. We need to do that again."
Luna sighed, "Practicing again?"
Usagi shook her head, "No. There's something odd about this shop."
"Mamoru's looking for you, you know."
Usagi sighed, "We need to get this done first. That, and............"
Usagi pulled out the papers her transformation to a human had left her with. Luna looked at them, wide-eyed.
"I want to be his sister again," Usagi whispered softly, "But first, I need to make sure everything is ok."
Usagi walked into the pet shop, leaving Luna outside to watch from the window. Usagi paused, examining each of the chanela, careful not to look into their eyes. The perfumes tickled Usagi's nose, until one of the chanela caught her eye. It entrapped her senses as she reached for it.
Usagi sneezed, and drew her hand back like she was about to touch a live wire. She ran out of the store, and the store keeper smirked, thinking the girl had taken a chanela, having been paying attention to another customer.
Usagi grabbed Luna on the way out and quickly ran to the address she knew Shingo was living at, pulling out the papers on the way. She reached the address and double checked her uniform before going up and ringing the doorbell.
After a few moments, a dark-haired woman answered the door, looking a little confused. Usagi gulped and brought the papers closer to her. "Does Shingo live here?"
The woman nodded, still looking confused and Usagi's muscles began to relax. "You adopted him eleven years ago?"
The woman nodded again, her eyes becoming worried. Usagi gave the woman a bright smile as she handed the woman the papers. "I'm Usagi, his sister. I survived the car accident and came across these recently and I was hoping that I could be a part of his life, even only a little bit."
Luna gave her charge a strange look, but then realized Usagi was trying to get the chanela away from Shingo.
The woman's eyes widened, and with tears in her eyes, hugged Usagi, tightly. "Welcome to our household, Usagi. I'm Ilene Moon."
Usagi blushed a bit, and Ilene called Shingo down. Shingo answered with a rather rude reply, which had his adoptive mother shocked. She turned to Usagi with a sad expression, "I'm sorry Usagi. Maybe you had better come back later. Will you give me your address? I will give you a call when a good time to visit is."
Usagi bit her lip and looked at Luna. An idea suddenly sprung in her head. "I'm not sure I'll be in my apartment long. With school and all I don't have enough money without spending Shingo's inheritance."
Ilene looked personally affronted, "You weren't adopted?"
Usagi shook her head, fake tears in her eyes as Luna marveled at her charges acting abilities. 'It's got to be the pen,' Luna thought.
A call of 'tadaima' interrupted them and Ilene turned to greet her husband. "Chris dear, this is Usagi. She's Shingo's only blood relative. She wasn't adopted but she wants to be apart of Shingo's life."
Chris looked slightly startled, and pushed his glasses up, studying the fourteen year old girl in front of him.
Usagi, for her part, was having a hard time, as the pen was really draining on her reserves. 'I should have come here first,' Usagi thought hazily as Ilene explained things to her husband and showed him the papers. Chris nodded to his wife's inquiry and turned with a smile to Usagi. "How long until you're apartment lease is up?"
Usagi stood a little straighter, and held her chin up, "Another four months, but I'm not sure I can pay that long."
Luna then realized what Usagi was going to do. 'Does she really think she can get strong enough within four months and become human?'
Chris frowned, "A cancellation costs quite a bit, and we need to add on to our house."
Usagi gave him a questioning look and Chris smiled, "We're going to adopt you now and get you a room built. The add-on shouldn't take too terribly long so by the time your lease is up we'll have space for you to move in. I'm surprised they let a fourteen year old girl out of the orphanage."
Usagi shifted uncomfortably, and Luna realized the transformation wasn't going to hold much longer. She yowled and ran for the door. Usagi, startled, ran after her. At the door, she gave the two a bright smile and promised she would be back. She then chased after Luna and collapsed in a bush. She didn't even feel her detransformation.
Serenity awoke to Luna washing her face in a motherly cat fashion. "It's near dark Serenity," Luna said when she was finally awake, "You're brother passed by here just a little while ago with that chanela. It looked as though he was being drawn to that store again."
Serenity got up quickly and dizziness hit her, hard. Luna frowned, wishing they could find another of the scouts to help the girl turned cat out. As soon as Serenity was steady, she ran towards the pet shop, Luna not far behind. They soon reached the pet shop and Serenity became Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon frowned as she saw the monster stealing the energy of people of all ages. She then saw Shingo among the masses. 'No!' she thought, rushing inside. "Hold it right there! You have no right to take advantage of people's want and need for a pet. Part of the joy is that they require work to maintain! On behalf of the moon, I'll punish you!"
The store manager transformed into a lizard like creature, effectively scaring the once determined girl.
Freaking a bit, Sailor Moon took a step back, and then began to run after the monster ordered the people to kill her. Knocking over a bunch of boxes, Sailor Moon managed to delay her pursuers. After a short while, as Sailor Moon tried to think, they cornered her. Sailor Moon wanted to cry as she saw her little brother's face among the crowd. An idea suddenly came to mind as she tried to find a way to get to the monster.
Taking her tiara, Sailor Moon threw it, screaming, "Moon Tiara Stardust!"
The tiara swirled over the children, sprinkling something akin to fairy dust on them. They fell asleep and Sailor Moon leapt over them towards the youma, screwing up her courage. The monster lunged, right claw extended. Sailor Moon dodged, leaping over it and kicking it forward by pushing off its back. The monster finally caught its balance and turned to find Sailor Moon's tiara headed straight toward it. It didn't have time to defend itself as the tiara
Sailor Moon quickly checked on the people lying there, and gave a look of longing towards Shingo. She then turned and ran as they began to wake up. Shingo saw her and gave chase. "Sailor V! Sailor V! Can I have your autograph?"
Sailor Moon smiled a bit as she turned to face her brother. "I'm not Sailor V. I'm Sailor Moon."
Shingo grinned and shook his head, "It doesn't matter because you're cute too. Can I have your autograph?"
Sailor Moon took the proffered pen and paper, trying to remember how to write, as Luna had taught her while Mamoru was away. "Do me a favor Shingo?" she said as she drew a crescent moon and signed the small pad.
Shingo's eyes widened as he saw the signature, "Anything."
Sailor Moon gave him a brilliant smile as she laughed, "When you meet your sister, please be nice to her?"
Shingo looked startled, "Sis-?"
Sailor Moon smiled and leapt to the safety of a roof top, the moon behind her concealing her features as others walked out of the vacant building.
People pointed as Sailor Moon saluted and leapt away. Mika ran up to Shingo who was clutching the autograph and still in shock.
"Shingo? Shingo what happened?"
"She saved us, and gave me her autograph," Shingo said, "She told me to be nice to my sister. Do I have one?"
Mika was more interested in the autograph she saw in Shingo's hand.
Mamoru walked home, his mind awash with worry. 'Where did Serenity go? She usually comes back before lunch when I'm home. She didn't even come back before I left for work.'
Walking into his apartment building, Mamoru sighed, knowing that worry over his cat was no excuse for his poor performance at work. 'Even though Serenity's not really a cat, but they wouldn't understand that.'
Mamoru opened his apartment door and he was quick to find Luna, sleeping on the couch. He frowned with worry, and quickly checked his bedroom. Serenity was lying on his pillow, looking extremely worn out. Mamoru frowned, and walked over to his bed. "She's had a trying day," Luna said from the doorway.
Mamoru looked over to where Luna was standing, "What happened? Where did she go?"
Luna sighed as she began to recite the story she had carefully prepared in her head. "She was headed home when a rabid dog attacked. She managed to get away without injury when she stumbled into some sort of pet shop. In that pet shop was one of those youma that have been attacking recently. Don't wake her please. She needs to recover the energy she lost."
Mamoru looked upset, more than upset in Luna's eyes. Luna wondered if she embellished the story too much. Mamoru took a deep breath and visibly calmed down. "Why does she have to be Sailor Moon? I'd rather her just be a normal human girl when she is human."
Luna looked startled and Mamoru gave a bitter smile, "I saw her detransform the night she kissed me. It's bad enough she can't be how she's meant to be, but to only be human to fight evil? That's cruel."
Luna frowned, and sighed, "Fate is cruel to those with big hearts. I hate having to do this to her. She's responsible about it, which surprises me. She's more responsible than I thought she would be. Given her personality, she would have made a fabulous human. She has such a big heart."
Mamoru ran a hand over Serenity's fur, and gave a bitter sigh. "As much as I want her to become human again, and be happy, I don't want her to change. I'm not sure how I could handle life without her. She's always been there."
Luna didn't answer as she watched Mamoru move his pillow slightly and then head towards the shower. Luna gave Usagi a few cleaning licks before returning to the living room where she usually slept. Moments later, she heard the shower shut off and climb into bed next to Serenity.
*Three Days Later*
Serenity and Luna entered the auditorium, Serenity still grumbling about how Mamoru was a pervert. Luna was glad he didn't mention to Serenity that he knew her identity as Sailor Moon, but at the same time was wondering why he did it. Serenity looked up to see all manner of people performing, though there was no one in the audience. A blue head turned all the way around without moving it's body, and Serenity freaked. Luna ran after her charge.
"Serenity!" Luna yelled, glad there was no one else in the building, "Come on! You weren't this freaked out by the bat youma the other day."
"That was then! This is now! That was way too freaky!"
Luna sighed, and played her trump card, "What about Naru?"
Serenity stopped and automatically shouted out her transformation. Sailor Moon ran back in the other direction and made a grand entrance on stage. Sailor Moon frowned as more blue goo was spit at her. Dodging, she leapt into the auditorium seats, trying to get a better shot. 'This wasn't smart,' Sailor Moon thought, 'I can't see the enemy.'
She stood a bit to get a better view, and was attacked from behind, the monster entrapping her tiara arm first.
Sailor Moon shrieked and fought entrapment in the blue gel. She was soon covered from head to foot in the stuff, making it near impossible for her to breath. A rose broke through Sailor Moon's encasement, freeing her. Sailor Moon was startled when Tuxedo Mask drew the youma away a bit, allowing Sailor Moon a shot at the youma's back. 'Better take advantage of its distraction,' Sailor Moon thought, quickly throwing her tiara.
Serenity and Luna left the building in higher spirits. "Very good Serenity, we'll have human lessons tomorrow."
Serenity giggled, "I'm supposed to meet them for a picnic tomorrow anyways. I'm so glad there's no school tomorrow."
Luna sighed, "It's not like you go to school."
Serenity gave a convincing imitation of a pout, "But then Shingo wouldn't be able to come and I'd have to say why I wasn't in school. Which reminds me, I need to learn as much as I can so I'll be up to the grade I'm supposed to be in."
"Mamoru said he would teach you, but he has work tomorrow."
Serenity gave a soft snort as they got inside the apartment.
The next morning, Mamoru ran out the door with a cry of "Mamo-hentai!" ringing in his ears. Luna fell off the couch laughing and Serenity gave the door a dirty look before helping Luna get control of her laughter.
"I feel like I'm never gonna be clean again," Serenity muttered as she pulled out the miniaturized Luna pen.
"So take a bath when you become human. Your powers have grown so this is a good time to test how long you can hold that transformation with the Luna pen. It should last longer since you had a good rest and a decent breakfast."
Serenity stuck her tongue out at Luna before transforming into Usagi. She then did just that. After her bath, Usagi giggled, glad Mamoru had taught her to read a while ago. Luna listened to her charge's happy singing and sighed, 'This will be a good time to check up on that Mizuno girl mission control told me about.'
Soon, Usagi was on her way with a bright smile and a pretty dress, ready to meet the people she hoped to call family. Luna followed her out and then they parted ways, Luna to investigate, and Usagi to have fun and test her powers.
'That cat works too hard,' Usagi thought as she mentally prepared herself to meet with her brother for the first time.
Luna sighed as she watched Usagi go. She hoped things would go alright.
Usagi made it to the designated meeting spot early, and sat down on a bench waiting. She sat there thinking about everything that had happened, and wondered how she would manage without Mamoru once she saw this through. 'Come to think of it, I do need to tell him about all of this, despite what Luna says.'
Her thoughts were interrupted by a face popping up in her vision. Shingo's face. Her retreat was stopped by the back of the bench. Shingo grinned at her, "Are you Usagi?"
Usagi got over her fright and began to giggled, nodding. Shingo pounced, giving her a big hug. Usagi hugged him back, glad to see him once more. Ilene and Chris finally caught up, panting. Shingo and Usagi shared a grin as they waited for the two to catch their breath.
Shingo was quick to speak up as they waited. "They've started building the add-on already. It should be done soon."
Usagi giggled, and gave a short nod of her head. Ilene was the first to catch her breath, and gave Usagi a kind smile. "Shall we go?"
Usagi nodded, and they were off.
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Luna was having a hard time locating the girl she was supposed to be inspecting. She sighed, 'Things would be so much easier if they just gave me directions that weren't so vague.'
She sat down in front of the prep school, yawning. Suddenly the bell rang, startling Luna. Jumping on the fence, she decided to check the students that were there for extra study sessions. 'There she is!'
Luna followed the girl for a while, trying to get a feel for the girl's power. 'I can't read her from this far away. I'll need to get closer,' Luna thought, preparing her self to jump.
"Hey, look at that cat!" Shingo said, pointing to the cat on the railing.
Usagi looked up to see Luna preparing to pounce. "What's Luna doing?" she wondered aloud. Getting up, she made it to the gate to see Luna pounce on a girl with blue hair. The girl looked slightly surprised by the cat's sudden appearance, but cheered up immensely after Luna began to purr.
Usagi giggled, "Luna what are you doing?"
Ami looked up to see a blonde girl with an odd style giggling at the cat that had landed on her. The cat looked from Ami to the other girl and quickly ran to the girl with the odd style.
Usagi caught Luna and walked up to Ami, "I hope she didn't bother you."
"Oh is that your cat? She's very sweet. She's no bother," Ami said, startled.
Usagi giggled, "My name's Usagi."
"I'm Ami it's nice to meet you."
Usagi nodded, "Do you go to that prep school?"
Ami blushed, "How could you-?"
"You're wearing your school uniform on a holiday."
Ami gave a short laugh, "I'm very dedicated. I want to be a doctor like my mother."
"Sugoi," Usagi breathed.
Just then, Ilene called to Usagi, and Usagi turned, Luna watching her carefully for fatigue. Usagi waved to Ami, "I've gotta go. I'll see you around! Maybe we can go to the mall sometime."
Ami blushed as Usagi turned around and ran to Ilene. She then smiled to herself, happy at the prospect of a new friend.
Later that evening, Usagi began to walk home, Luna on her shoulder. "She could be an enemy, Usagi," Luna said, "Or she could be a scout."
Usagi yawned, trying to keep from stretching, "I'm betting scout. I think you should get down, I'm running out of energy."
Luna, seemingly ignoring the last part of Usagi's statement, bristled, "Look! We can't ignore the Negawarrior option. There is always that option."
Usagi yawned once more, and then collapsed, her transformation losing shape. Luna leapt clear, and stepped out onto the sidewalk, sighing. 'Guess I can't get that angry at her. She told me she was low on energy.'
Mamoru then just walked by, nose in a book. "Mamoru!" Luna hissed, drawing his attention.
Mamoru looked down, and was startled to see Serenity stretched out in the sun, just barely in sight, with Luna standing on the sidewalk in front of her. Luna gave him a baleful look, "She doesn't want to wake up and go home."
Mamoru laughed, and picked up the sleeping cat, "She looks better though, I'm glad."
Luna just nodded, and leapt to his shoulder, ready to be carried home herself. Hunting the negaverse was hard work, even if she wasn't the only one doing it most of the time.
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The next morning, as Mamoru ran out with 'HENTAI' rolling around in his head again, Luna explained everything once more to Serenity. She listened, and agreed to check things out with Luna.
They arrived at Juuban middle to find Ami eating alone, and reading a text book. Serenity sweatdropped, "How can she do that?"
"Well Serenity, are you going to be this dedicated to your studies when you're human?"
Serenity frowned and took a swipe at Luna, who dodged, laughing. Serenity sighed and jumped down to get a better look at the girl she met yesterday. 'Now that I think on it,' Serenity thought as she looked at the girl's face, 'She looks like Sailor Mercury.'
Purring, Serenity rubbed up against the girl, startling Ami out of her reverie. "Oh! Another pretty kitty."
Serenity purred harder, eliciting a giggle from the girl. Luna sighed as she jumped down to join her charge and friend.
Ami giggled as she saw Luna jump down to her, both cats distracting her from her getting ahead. "My, why aren't you at home? I'm sure Usagi's worried about you two."
Serenity gave a soft snort, and suddenly the bell rang. Ami quickly gathered her things. "I have to go now. Maybe we'll see each other again."
Serenity gave Luna a look as Ami ran into the building. "Did you get a better reading that time?"
Luna nodded, "I'm sure she doesn't have negaverse energy but something around her did. We need to keep an eye on her."
Serenity nodded, and they both sat outside, awaiting the blue haired genius.
It was some time later that they saw Ami head into her prep school, and Serenity yawned. She then noticed something on the ground. "Hey Luna, look at this. Ami dropped her disk."
Luna frowned, "We should look at that. There's something odd about it."
"Serenity? Luna? What are you two doing here?"
Serenity turned to see Mamoru standing behind them. "Mamo-chan!"
Mamoru picked up Serenity and the disk and Luna jumped to his shoulder. "Mind if we borrow your computer Mamoru-kun?"
Mamoru frowned, "You can use a computer?"
Luna snorted, "I happen to be a very advanced sentient being."
Serenity laughed, "Yup, that's why you still look so funny Mamo-chan!"
Mamoru growled at the playful slight, "So why do you want to be human again if it's so great being an advanced cat?"
Serenity blushed and gave him an indignant look, "I have my reasons."
Mamoru burst out laughing at the look on the small cat's face. "Alright, alright, you can use the computer."
Serenity gave a small cheer, and they were off to Mamoru's apartment. Moments after they arrived, Mamoru went off to work after getting the two cats onto his computer. "Wish I could stay around and watch you work the thing," he said as he left, "Don't mess anything up."
Luna had just snorted at him as Serenity called out a goodbye. They then continued their perusal of the disc. "It looks like an ordinary study disc," Luna said, frowning.
Serenity then walked on the keyboard, much to Luna's dismay, and the subliminal message permeated the room for the two to hear.
Serenity froze, "Oh no! We gotta stop them!"
Serenity was quick to transform and head to the balcony, knowing she wouldn't be able to use the front door. Luna quickly leapt to Sailor Moon's shoulder as she leapt out the balcony door and to the roof of the building next door. Saying a prayer as she held on for dear life, Luna tried to talk to her charge.
"We can't just run in there like that Sailor Moon. It would be better to use a disguise."
Sailor Moon groaned, "But that takes up a lot of energy, this doesn't."
Luna dug her claws into Sailor Moon's shoulder, making her wince just as she touched down in the alley next to the school. She quickly pulled out the moon pen and transformed into a nurse. "Time to make a house call," Usagi said, quickly making her way into the building. Luna sweatdropped, not far behind Usagi as the girl rushed up to one of the classrooms.
Usagi slammed open the door, barely startling the people at the computers. "They're all zombies," she breathed.
"All of you get out of here now! It's dangerous!"
The zombies just stared and Ami stood, "What are you doing? This is a place of learning?"
Usagi, forgetting she was in her nurse's guise shook her head, "No Ami! The only reason you aren't like them is because you dropped your disk! Get out of here before they capture you!"
"Too late!" said the teacher, clasping Ami and transforming, "This girl's genius will go to the negaverse!"
"Not if I have anything to say about it! Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" Usagi shouted, becoming Sailor Moon again.
The youma didn't waste time, asking Sailor Moon questions that she didn't know because of her issue and tossing razor sharp exam papers at her. Sailor Moon was soon backed into a corner. The monster called upon her zombied students, and tried to force Ami to give up her energy. Ami's symbol flashed, and Luna reacted.
"Why isn't it taking your energy? You haven't been using the crystal disk have you?"
"I can study fine on my own! I'll never give in to this!" Ami shouted.
The youma threw Ami to the floor, forming an ax from one of her arms, "Then you'll die!"
Luna chose that moment to toss Ami her pen, "Ami! Yell out 'Mercury Power, Make Up!' You must help Sailor Moon!"
Not questioning, Ami grabbed the pen, shouting out the words to her transformation. It was relatively quick, and she quickly threw out a Shabon Spray, covering the room in mist.
The students dropped, and Sailor Moon wiped her brow. "That was close," she murmured, peering through the fog.
The youma appeared behind her and Sailor Moon reacted on cat like instinct, lashing out with her tiara. The youma disintegrated, and the fog disappeared.
Sailor Moon turned with a smile to Sailor Mercury. "Glad to have you on the team!"
Sailor Mercury studied the other girl for a moment, "Usagi?"
Sailor Moon held a finger to her lips, and motioned for Mercury to follow her to the roof. On the roof, Sailor Moon and Mercury let go of their transformation, Mercury becoming Ami and Moon becoming Serenity once more.
Ami gasped, "Usagi?"
The small gold and white cat turned with a smile, "Hi! When in cat form, I'm Serenity. When in Sailor form, I'm Sailor Moon. When in human form, I'm Usagi. When I was little, an accident led to me being like this. Now I'm trying to return to being human."
Ami knelt down next to the small cat, "This isn't possible."
Luna sighed, "Anything is possible Ami-chan. You are Sailor Mercury, destined to protect the princess, and fight the negaverse along with the team of Sailor Scouts. Serenity-chan just has a harder time of getting things the rest of you take for granted."
Serenity gave Ami a slight pouty look, "When I become human again, and I have a feeling it's going to be soon, I'll need your help to get up to a normal school girl knowledge level. You saw how poorly I did in there."
Ami smiled, "Of course I'll help."
Serenity purred, and Ami picked both cats up, "So you can be human?"
Serenity frowned, "For a while, yes. It's draining on my energy though. Sailor Moon is easier to deal with but I should be able to just stay human."
Ami sighed, "Don't worry."
Serenity giggled, "I'm so glad we're friends!"
Ami blushed as she let the two cats go outside the building. She looked forward to having a real friend.
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*Omake* *OMAKE* *OMAKE* *OMAKE* *Omake*
"Geez that HURT odango atama!"
'I know that voice,' she thought as she opened her eyes, only to find herself looking into Mamoru's deep blue eyes.
Usagi lost herself in those eyes, and Mamoru found he couldn't look away either. He then felt an urge he rarely felt, and saw a connection in the looks of the girl in front of him.
"Want to go back to my place?" he said huskily, giving Usagi a rakish grin.
Usagi blushed, and took his offered arm. "That sounds like a grrrrrreat idea," she purred.
Luna jumped down from her perch on Mamoru's shoulder, hoping Usagi wasn't about to do something she shouldn't.
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Author's Notes: Ladies and Gentlemen! This last piece is an OMAKE! It's kind of like a blooper but not. It's basically an alternate way to write the story. You get it a lot in the Fushigi Yuugi manga. They're meant to be funny, or sweet, or daring. I've read more risqué ones than you can imagine. It's not a part of the story, or a preview of the next chapter. It's just a kind of; 'What do I do if people liked the story this way more?' Quite personally I think it's a shame that more people don't include more omake's in their stories. They can be great fun. If people still don't understand this, I'll not include them anymore.
