The Last Odango
Chapter 4
Author: nat-chan
E-mail: natalie. KG (kissing g )
Genre: First Season Romance
Disclaimer: standard
author's notes: holy crapola it's been a long time since I started this fic.
For my first act of the new year I shall post up the next chapter
ennnnnnnnjoy!
Usagi remembered to tilt her head, the neck clasp was already in place,
all was going exactly as it should--and what minty breath Tuxedo Mask had...
Alas, kissing and balance have never been known to work together and the
branch they were standing on wasn't all that sturdy and CRACK it gaveway...
With a gasp, a scream and an unexpected "Who-oa"
they fell and landed in the bushes below.
Usagi still found herself in her hero's arms and as they checked themselves
for immediate injury and realized they were fine Tuxedo Mask gave her
an impish grin, "Oops..."
And she found herself laughing with him.
They were tangled up in the bushes, at odd angles so that all the tilting and
neck clasping in the world couldn't have worked properly but she didn't care.
His face changed, the smile slowly dispelling as he leaned up, catching her face
in his hands. She caught the front of his jacket and met him halfway, their mouths
touching sweetly and holding as a strange rush of feelings emerged from that kiss.
And it was just starting to get interesting when the rest of the Senshi discovered them.
A rush of flames burned away those bushes and the four scouts stood glaring down
at them.
"Get away from Sailor Moon!" Makoto shouted and looked ready to use her mop
killing technique from earlier.
Tuxedo Mask was unceremoniously ripped away from Usagi and looked
rather surprised.
Rei looked between them with fury.
"WELL? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELVES?"
And to their utter surprise Tuxedo Mask broke into a crooked smile
and said "It was so worth it!"
Then he disappeared laughing into the night as all the scouts tried to
attack him at once.
Rei turned to find Usagi grinning madly at his comment.
They pulled her to her feet and she said happily. "That was exactly what I needed!
Practice! And I didn't need any of your theories or self-defense methods at all!"
Mako-chan looked rather shocked at that and said "Usagi,
he was lying on top of you in the bushes!"
Usagi merely smiled and Mako-chan was left with two thoughts.
Either he really hadn't tried anything funny or her leader was QUITE the hentai.
They headed for the shrine to collect themselves and rest and Usagi looked very
well-pleased with herself.
"My problems are over!" she sang, "I'm pretty good too, I think."
Rei rolled her eyes.
"We don't even know if he's the enemy." Ami said helplessly.
But Usagi was past caring about that, "So? NOW I'm ready to face Mamoru and
finally be rid of that nickname FOREVER!"
The word forever really seemed to echo ominously and Mako-chan hastily
sweatdropped.
"Don't you see? After this I will be stress free! I will be the happiest most
focused Usagi I can be! Everything will fall into place! School is better, scout
business is better. This is the last thing on my list!"
She had worked herself up into quite a righteous rant now and was waving her
small fist in the air, having climbed atop a bench as she spoke.
"But Usagi, it's Mamoru-baka, do you really WANT to kiss him?" Rei cut in,
dashing cold water on her parade--or should I say tirade? ;)
Usagi paused but then continued undaunted, "I'd rather kiss him than
hear Odango again!" she triumphed!
With that, she checked her watch and jaunted off to the park,
eager to usher in the era of Usagi-zen-dom.
After she left the girls settled down still shaking their heads.
"She's crazy." Rei lamented, "I think I liked her better before she was
crazy AND scheming!"
Makoto nodded, "I'm really worried now about that Tuxedo Mask guy"
she ground her fist into her palm, "I must keep a closer eye on him in future..."
Mina sighed, "I wonder how it will all work out...they're both a little insane."
Ami was tapping away at her computer. She had suddenly thought of something and
now looked up at them all in abject horror.
"uhhhh guys?"
"Yeah Ames?"
"Remember how Usagi's theories about Tuxedo Mask being the long lost
Prince seemed to really hold up?"
"Yeah."
"And how when I analyzed Mamoru and Usagi's personalities in the master
computer it told me that although they argue, on another level they are totally
compatible?"
"Mmhmmm." they replied.
"Yes well, I put in this new data of Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon kissing and it
has combined all my data together unexpectedly..."
"And?" Rei asked after a long and dramatic pause.
Ami looked up wide-eyed, "You are not going to BELIEVE who Tuxedo Mask is!"
Mamoru entered the arcade with a definite swagger. Motoki just shook his
head, wondering why he looked so pleased.
"I" Mamoru announced with satisfaction, "am READY!"
"Oh really?" Motoki asked.
"Oh yes!" Mamoru returned, "I had some practice! Whatever happens,
I'm READY!"
Motoki laughed, "So if she doesn't kiss you, you can keep teasing her. And
if she DOES kiss you, you know you'll get it right?"
"Exactly!" Puffed Mamoru proudly.
"And what exactly will happen after that?"
Mamoru paused mid-puff. What WOULD happen exactly?
Motoki happened to glance at his watch at this moment and smiled even
MORE broadly, "I'm glad to hear you're so prepared for the moment that
SHOULD have happened 20 minutes ago!"
Mamoru's eyes widened in horror. He looked at his watch, shook
it and held it to his ear.
"My watch stopped!" he squeaked, "I must have broken it when
I fell out of that tree."
(Motoki was never to understand that particular statement)
He moved to run out the door but at that moment the girls burst in,
sans Usagi, looking quite wild.
They spotted Mamoru and all started yelling at once. His eyes widened.
"Mamoru!"
"We know everything!"
"Don't you DARE even THINK about TOUCHING Usagi!"
(this from Mako-chan who was shaking him by the shirt and
lifting him bodily off the ground as she spoke)
"The gig is up buddy!" Rei said.
"What are you talking about?" Mamoru choked out.
"We know...about the roses." Mina said mysteriously and
tapped her nose.
Motoki was more confused than ever. Mamoru's eyes
widened in shock.
"W-What?"
"We know." Ami said seriously.
He looked utterly shell-shocked, "B-but...what does that
have to do with anything?"
He was looking desperately at the clock but they ignored him.
"It has EVERYTHING to do with Usagi." Rei said as though he were daft.
"Yes, we know now what your TRUE intentions are!" Mako-chan
announced, eyeing him as though here the most lecherous and
unsavory man on the planet.
"We're not letting you anywhere NEAR Usagi-chan!" Mina told him.
And truly, Usagi was not ready for this shock. How would she take it
when she realized her precious Tuxedo Mask was...the baka.
No one wanted to find out.
Of course Mamoru had no idea Usagi was Sailor Moon so
he was quite baffled.
But none of this mattered because at that moment in burst Usagi in a
rage like none before it.
"CHIBA!" Her voice shook the furniture and Mamoru swallowed hard.
"I WAITED AT THE PARK FOR 30 MINUTES!"
She was stalking towards him now and had him in three quick strides,
faster than any of the girls reacted. Truly there was fire coming from her eyes.
"IF YOU THINK YOU ARE BACKING OUT OF OUR DEAL YOU
ARE SADLY MISTAKEN! I NEVER WANT TO HEAR ODANGO AGAIN!"
That said she threw him back and kissed the life out of him. Head tilt, angle,
positioning, all were perfect though she was displaying quite super-human strength.
There was a moment of silence as the girls and Motoki and most of the
patrons stared in shock.
And then...
RIP the sound of two pairs of shocked lips tearing apart.
"YOU!" They both said in shock, pointing at one another.