Disclaimer: If I owned Sailor Moon, I wouldn't have to get up and go to work tomorrow morning, and that would suit me fine. As it is. . . I'll be getting up and going to work tomorrow morning. Ugh.
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Night of the Killer Bunny Slippers
By Jessyca Thornbrook
Chapter Two
What Usagi lacked in size she made up in speed, Mamoru found as he raced up the stairs after her. He caught up just as she darted through a doorway and jerked to a stop so quickly that he almost knocked her down. Over her head he could see three small, light colored animals backing a small, dark colored animal into a corner. The dark one was hissing and spitting, and the light ones made a growling noise like no beast he'd ever heard before.
All this he noticed in an instant, for the white creatures, startled by the sudden arrival of the two humans, scattered to the far side of the room. The dark animal, which Mamoru now identified as a cat, moved toward Usagi, obviously injured.
"Luna!" cried Usagi, scooping the cat up in her arms. "Are you okay? Oh, please be okay!" Luna made a strange noise, and jerked her head oddly. "What? Tell me what's wrong!" Luna jerked her head again, and Usagi followed the movement to Mamoru, who was slowly bending down to look under the bed.
"Oh, right," whispered Usagi. Then, aloud, "Um, we should get out of here!"
Mamoru turned slightly to reply, and the bunny slippers chose that moment to attack. Mamoru straightened up with a yell, two of them hanging off his arms and one chewing away angrily at the lapel of his green blazer—evidently it had gone for his throat and only just missed. He spun around quickly, flinging one of them off and slamming another into the wall. The third held on stubbornly, slavering and snarling, but he finally managed to tear it away, along with most of his lapel, and throw it hard against the floor. It seemed dazed for a moment, and Mamoru stared at it. It was quite obviously a bunny slipper.
After a few seconds, it shook itself and scuttled back under the bed. Mamoru turned to Usagi, who stood hugging Luna and staring at him. "Let's get out of here!"
The girl nodded, moved toward the door, then suddenly turned back and grabbed something off the desk. As she pulled her hand away, a snarling white ball of fur landed in the place she had just touched. Mamoru grabbed her and pulled her out the door, slamming it behind them.
"What about your family?" he gasped as they pelted down the stairs and out the front door.
"They're not here," she gasped back. Outside the night was quiet, the stars were shining, and Usagi felt safer already. In fact, she'd felt much safer the moment she'd seen Mamoru—which was odd, considering their acquaintance couldn't exactly be called a friendship. She'd have to think more about this later. . . .
Mamoru stopped suddenly, about six paces from the front door, looking up. Usagi stopped, too, looking at him. "Please," said Mamoru in a low voice, "tell me those are big clusters of cherry blossoms in that tree."
Usagi followed his gaze, and her face grew pale.
"It's a maple tree," she said quietly.
"Damn," said Mamoru.
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I had a bizarre thought over my Cheerios this morning (I was up a leetle too late last night working on later chapters of this story, so my mind's been wandering in strange circles all day). Anybody here ever watch Darkwing Duck? I loved that show! Cracked me up. Anyway, I was thinking about Darkwing's evil nemesis, Negaduck, who was supposed to have come from the Negaverse. . . so my question is: are he and Beryl related? Think about it—they're both evil, and Negaduck has a serious dislike for fluffy bunnies, so he probably wouldn't like Usagi/Sailor Moon. . . .
Feel free to discuss. Or not. Me, I'm going to bed.
-Jessyca