Hello again Minna, Here is Chapter 5 of Miko's Grand Adventure. I am sorry for the delay, with Kumori Con over Labor Day Weekend and school back in things have been really hectic and OMG 6 a.m. comes really early…

Author's Notes - 'Denotes People's Thoughts' - I'd like to take a moment and thank my reviewers…THANKS GUYS! I would give you more but from what I understand that is now against the rules…Sorry, I do not make them but neither do I break them.

DISCLAIMER - Once more I do not have any rights to any of this…It all belongs to she-who-must-be-named….Naoko-Sensei

Miko's Grand Adventure

Recap of Chapter 4 -

Usagi stood a hand covering her mouth frozen with shock, "Mo…toki-onnisan?"

Motoki lay still chuckling nervously, "Usagi-chan eto…I can explain…" He slowly sat up turning a bright shade of red…..

Chapter 5 – Curtain Call

Motoki sat up slowly aware of all the eyes in the arcade trained on him. He could feel his face turning a brilliant shade of red and closed his eyes as he began trying to explain.

"You…see…uh…Mamoru-kun…uh dared me to dress as a girl and come in here." Motoki peeked at Usagi to gauge her reaction. 'How do I distract her? Way to go buddy boy, I don't think you can distract her from this.'

Staring disbelievingly at Motoki, Usagi tried to understand what had just happened.

"Usagi-chan by the way you have a mean right upper-cut that hurt and just why did you hit me?"

"You were kissing Mamoru…well Miko was…but Miko is you." She looked shocked at her own words. "Motoki oniisan you were kissing another guy, why would you do that?"

"That's what I want to know." Mamoru piped up sounding disgruntled.

Motoki hung his head before mumbling, "We wanted to get you jealous enough to admit you liked Mamoru. Yeah I know." He waved a hand at everybody, "but it sounded like a good idea at the time." He sounded defensive.

"Wait you said we? Who put you up to it?" Mamoru glanced curiously at his friend sitting on the floor.

"Um…did I say that…well I meant me?" Motoki tried to cover his mistake praying they believed him. He glanced at Mamoru to find dark blue eyes studying him thoughtfully; thankfully Usagi seemed to believe it.

He stood slowly glancing around the place. Customers in the place had stopped whatever they were doing to watch the current drama unfold.

"The End!" Motoki looked around excitedly before continuing. "A big round of applause, my friends here don't usually perform for free and make sure to tell all of your friends about our little improve theatre here at the Crown Arcade." He glanced around expectantly waiting until one interested bystander began applauding.

Mamoru turned to the crowd and realizing what Motoki had done, bowed as though he was only acting. Usagi glanced at him in surprise and then quickly followed suit. Motoki was the last to bow as the applause slowly died off and everything returned to normal.

"That was some quick thinking Motoki-kun." Mamoru glanced at Motoki in surprise and then leaned close, "but you ever kiss me again and you will live to regret it." His words spoken softly with serious intent had Motoki shivering. "Oh and by the way, I think you should know how I won the bet. Did you ever wonder how I got Hayao's number so quickly?

Motoki glanced at him curiously. He had wondered but never thought to ask.

"I simply told him you thought he had a cute ass and were too shy to ask for his number." Mamoru grinned evilly at Motoki and walked away leaving a stunned Motoki in his wake.

Mamoru strolled to the table where the girls sat and stood silently looking on until Usagi glanced up and noticed him watching.

"Could I…uh talk to you for a moment?" He waited as she thought it over and smiled when she nodded.

He led her over to a more private booth and motioned for her to sit before sliding in across from her.

Watching her for a moment he thought about how to bring up the subject. "That was some punch."

Usagi nodded but remained silent. 'Where is he going with this?'

Figuring honesty was his best option he tried being blunt. "So uh…did you mean what you said? Am I really yours?" Swallowing nervously he tried to keep his features blank as he waited for her to speak.

"I uh…I well I…you have to understand in the heat of the moment…" Usagi colored softly as she tried to explain. Seeing a look of disappointment flash across his features she simply gave up the fight and nodded before speaking.

"If you want to be mine then well yeah…you can be." She watched him hesitantly as he accepted her words.

"I think I would like that." Mamoru smiled and reached over picking up her hand. "Let's do something special to celebrate this, Usagi-chan would you like to go somewhere different?"

Thinking quickly, Usagi nodded in agreement.

"Good because I think I have somewhere you are really going to like." He slipped out of the booth and waited for her to follow.

Wandering over to the group Mamoru and Usagi were surprised to see the Motoki and the four girls sitting in the same location laughing over something.

Mamoru cleared his throat to garner their attention. "Guys we are going to leave now." He smiled at the group before continuing. "I don't know who helped Motoki plan this little debacle but I would like to thank whichever of you put him up to such a dumb idea."

His eyes landed on Minako and he watched as she paled just a bit. He smiled knowingly and winked watching her blush.

"Bye guys, we will catch up with you later on." He grabbed Usagi's hand and gently pulled her towards the door.

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Minako sat awe struck as the girls all made their excuses and one by one left. Finally she was alone sitting next to Motoki. She glanced at him curiosity eating at her.

"How do you think Mamoru-kun figured out it was me?" Minako waited impatiently for an answer.

Motoki still sat dressed as a woman, minus the wig, sipping at a soda. "He has a quick mind and knowing that I liked you so much, he probably just put two and two together." He shrugged it off as no big deal and Minako found relief in such calm assurance.

"So my plan worked pretty well huh?" Exuberance lit her eyes as she waited for some kind of recognition.

"I wouldn't say that." Motoki looked thoughtful for a moment before continuing, "I think it's more like you got really lucky." He smiled at her shocked look. "Ah sweetheart you know what I mean."

He leaned sideways pecking her on the cheek.

"Ugh enough already, why don't you go home and clean up and then we could…uh…go catch a movie?" Minako smiled apologetically before continuing. "You know you do make a pretty woman and all but I prefer you as the handsome man you are."

"Okay, okay I got it…I will run home and change." He grinned sheepishly and started to stand.

Minako grabbed him and pulled him back for a quick kiss. Smiling evilly she gave him one last warning. "If you ever pull a stunt like this again, you won't have to worry about being a man anymore. It is time for Miko, and any other woman you might find yourself wanting to impersonate, to die." Kissing him she threw him one last mock glare. "And no more bets with Mamoru-kun either!"

FIN