A/N: Hey :) Just a quick Keyword section: Leporiphobia is the fear of mutant rabbits; Usagi (as I have been lead to believe) is Japanese for bunny; Neko is Japanese for Cat :)
There will be things within this chapter that are not cannon with ether Mai Hime or the Batman franchise, but seeing as it is a dream, I think I deserve a little leeway :P
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me, except the crap-ness of the plotbunnies...ahem
"Last night, I had the strangest dream..." Started Natsuki.
Yes. It was another Saturday night in the Kuga-Minagi-Tokiha residence.
"Oh! Do tell!" Mai whipped out a bowl of pop-corn.
"I was in this Mansion and you were there and we were talking..."
*Insert weird dream effect*
"I can't take it any more Mai!" Exclaimed Natsuki Wayne. "Ever since my mother was taken away from me by that joker, Nagi, all I've been able to think about is my revenge and how I can prevent people from feeling the way I do."
Mai Pennyworth watched as her friend and Mistress of the house paced back and forth in front of the fireplace. The whole room was dark, except for the flicker of the flames and the occasional flash of lightening outside. The only sounds were Natsuki's pacing and the rhythm of the fast falling rain hitting the windows of the library. Thanks to the flickering light, the worry lines marring Mistress Wayne's face could be viewed by Mai in stark detail.
"What is your plan Ma'am?" Mai asked finally.
"You know me so well, old friend." Natsuki stopped her pacing to view Mai's profile. "I plan to fight fire with fire, so to speak."
"You mean to tell me that you are planning on going rogue Ma'am?" Mai was a tad alarmed. She knew that the death of Saeko Wayne would change Natsuki's perspective on life, but she never would have guessed that the woman standing in front of her now would resort to such extremes.
"I guess, you could put it that way Pennyworth. Personally, I see it more as fighting crime without the help, or should I say, hindrance, of the law."
Mai forehead creased as she tried to come to terms with what Natsuki was saying, "So... you're thinking of becoming a masked hero of some sort then?"
"Yes." The darker haired woman continued her pacing.
"And what would your masked persona be?" Mai asked, humouring her companion.
"I don't know; I hadn't thought of that yet." Natsuki paused, humming in thought. A flash of lightening caused her pacing to commence. "Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot," She remarked, "So my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. I must be a creature of the night, black, terrible..." As if responding to her desires, a black creature hopped into the room, inspiring her to become...
"Usagi-chan?" Tokiha Mai burst out laughing.
"It's not my fault!" Pouted Natsuki, "Mikoto was going on and on about rabbits and her fear of them last night. Anywho..."
Usagi-chan's rabbit hole was hidden beneath the mansion and could be accessed via a secret switch hidden on one of the many willow trees. Once her persona was created, Natsuki created and built many a gadget to aid her fight for justice. One of these gadgets happened to be the very vehicle she was currently driving around Fuka City; The Bunny-Mobile. Everything seemed to be in order until "*static* Usagi... can you hear me?" crackled the radio.
"Loud and clear Mai. What's the sitch?" Natsuki replied ["Isn't that another crime fighter's catchphrase" Tokiha Mai was quickly silenced with a glare]
"Just North of where you are at Fuka Bank. There appears to be a break in. Looks like the bank robbers got bored of daylight robbery and hostages."
"Okay, I'm on my way." Flooring the acceleration, Usagi-chan sped off to her destination, nearly running over a tortoise in the process.
Once our brave hero reached Fuka Bank, she hopped out of her Bunny-Mobile (which is equipped with bullet proof, cotton tail) and jumped to the top of the building. From the one of the roofs many sky-lights, she could see the silhouette of a figure drilling into the banks vault. Using her rabbit teeth (detachable rectangles of diamond), Usagi-chan cut a circle out of the sky-lights glass and jumped through.
"Hold it right there Neko Woman!" Natsuki declared proudly; fists on hips and back ramrod straight.
With a flick of her tail, Neko Woman spun round, claws bared. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't cut you where you st... Holy Moly! You're Usagi-chan!" With a hiss, Neko Woman jumped high and stuck to the ceiling with her claws.
"Yes, it is I!" Natsuki confirmed, throwing a rabbit head shaped throwing star at her opponent, causing Neko to fall and land on her feet.
"All I wanted was money for some ramen!" Cried Neko Woman as she ran away, her tail between her legs.
"Looks like another victory for justice!" With that, Natsuki hopped back into her Bunny-Mobile and drove home.
"Mikoto was your nemesis?" Asked Tokiha Mai. "Well I guess it fits." She concluded, thinking back on when she first met her two best friends.
"After that I woke up to grab a glass of water. When I returned to bed..."
"Ara, if it isn't Natsuki Wayne." Declared a Kyoto voice in faux shock.
"Hello to you to Ms. Fairchild." Replied Natsuki, trying in vain to ignore the plunging V of the newcomers black dress. Baka! Look at her eyes! "Or can I call you Shizuru?"
"You can call me anything you want sugar." Purred Shizuru. "Excuse me, I can see Reito Al Ghul beckoning me over." Natsuki watched her saunter off, finding the sway of her hips more alluring than her cleavage.
"Is there something you're not telling me Natsuki-chan?" Snickered Mai.
"What! NO!" Blushed Natsuki, "It was a dream... continuing with said dream."
The party hosted by Fuka's latest and greatest Metropolitans was in full swing. All the guests were wearing the newest brand names and champagne was being poured like rain from a cloud. All was going swimmingly until with a CRASH, part of the ceiling collapsed. Manic laughter could be heard through the dust and debris. "How rude of me," Said the silhouette behind the smoke, "I appear to be gate crashing. Oh well."
"Nagi." Growled Natsuki. To the rabbit hole! In the space of a nano second, Natsuki rushed to her lair, changed into Usagi-chan, nearly ran over the same tortoise ("Crazy whipper snappers!" *Shakes fist*) and returned to the crashed party.
"Hold it right there... Nagi!" Fists on hips, back straight, chest out... Ears up, tail out, carrot eaten.
"If it isn't Usagi-chan!" Laughed Nagi, "Glad to know I'm not the only one who came uninvited."
"Leave now or face the consequences!" Usagi demanded.
"Bite me Bugs!" taunted Nagi. With a vein bulging on her temple, Usagi-chan lunged for the green haired joker, who jumped away in the nick of time. "What's up Doc?" He smacked Natsuki on the back of the head with a pillow, "No pancakes for you if you don't wake up!"
"Huh?" Natsuki, momenterally confused by the last comment did not see the next pillow coming. It pushed her backwards with such a force that it caused her to smash through a window and fall with a THUMP!
"And that's when I woke up."
"So that's why when you fell out of bed , you started mumbling about you're cotton tail not cushioning the fall!" Laughed Mai, her bowl of pop-corn now empty.
"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up!" Natsuki stood up gingerly, rubbing her bottom. "Next time you wake me up with pillows, just make sure I'm not dreaming about your demise."
Mai only laughed harder.