The Odango and the Baka-Chapter 14
Lady Catherine
Catty1324@hotmail.com
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon no matter how much I wish that I did.
Author's Note: Thanks to Byaghro who gave me the advice that I have been looking for
in my writing. I tried it this time to see if it works so hopefully it will. If I get any of the
names wrong please let me know so that I can fix them. This should be a fairly long
chapter (I hope). I hope you guys like it. Please REVIEW!!!! With praise advice, and
criticism or all of the above if you so desire. Thanks for reading my story.
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The next day at school, all anyone could talk about was the police reward that had
been announced on the news last night.
"Usagi! Did you hear about the reward that the police are offering for the Sailor
Scouts?" A very excited Naru dashed up to a rather groggy Usagi. "Umino said that he
is going to stake out the park until the next attack so that he can get the reward. I hope
that the idiot doesn't get hurt."
"Me too." Usagi hadn't heard about the reward but she wanted to ask Ami and
Makoto about it before she asked Naru to explain. "I have to go see Ami about an
assignment now but I will talk to you at lunch okay?"
"Sure Usa. See ya later!" She was already running off to tell somebody else the
news. Usagi simply shook her head at her friend's enthusiasm and continued into the
school.
She went straight to Miss Haruna's classroom and waited for Ami and Makoto to
arrive. A minute later a breathless Ami came barreling through the door followed by an
equally breathless Makoto.
"Usagi! Did you see the news last night?" Ami had come up panting and
plopped down into a desk.
"No I haven't but Naru was blabbing something about a reward for the sailor
scouts when I saw her a few minutes ago."
"Last night on the news they announced that the police are offering a reward for
any information on either the youma attacks or the sailor scouts. This is SO bad. This is
SO BAD!" Ami quickly declined into a slightly breathless mantra of 'This is so bad' as
Usagi digested the information that she had just been given.
"Ami stop panicking. This is not as bad as it seems. We just need to think of a
way to keep people from figuring out who we are. We need to have a scout meeting after
school today and talk to Luna and Artemis about new ways to protect our identities. Let
me think for a minute." Usagi got a distant look on her face as she began to plan.
Disturbed by Usagi's poise and her own panic, Ami simply stared. Makoto had been
watching the entire exchange and made a mental note to tell Luna about the change in
Usagi later.
"Usagi?"
"Yeah Makoto?"
"Do you have a plan? 'Cause if you do, I'd like to hear it."
"I'll think about it today and let you guys know after school." She smiled and
faced the front of the classroom as Miss Haruna walked in.
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+AFTER SCHOOL+
As Usagi walked out of the school building she waved to her friends. Since it was
Friday they were planning to spend the night at the shrine and have their meeting about
the reward situation. Right now, Usagi was going to her tutoring session with Mamoru
and they were going to the arcade to meet Rei and Minako and tell them of their new
plans for the evening.
"Odango! Over here!" Mamoru waved at her as she looked for the source of the
hated nickname.
"Haven't I told you not to call me that?"
"I think that I may vaguely recall a conversation like that but I can't be sure." He
grinned at her and she couldn't help but smile back.
"Well don't do it again. Since you came to dinner my little brother has started
calling me that, as if you and Rei weren't enough." She huffed but the smile was still on
her face.
'Man she's beautiful. Wait a sec!? Where the HELL did that come from?' As
his inner monologue argued with itself he realized that Usagi had been talking to him.
"What did you say? Sorry I zoned out for a minute."
"As I was saying, I think that I have made a good amount of progress in the last
few days don't you?" She looked up at him questioningly as he tried to get a hold on the
conversation.
"Oh, yeah. Of course you are improving Usagi. I'm your tutor." He gave her a
very self-important grin as she giggled. He couldn't help but be oddly pleased by her
laughter and vowed to make her do so more often. "Oh, Usagi I was thinking that maybe
because you have been doing so well we could go to the arcade for a little while and I
would treat you to a milkshake. Of course there is one condition to that."
"Oh really? Can we? What's the condition?" This last was asked cautiously but
he could see that she was really excited about the opportunity.
"The condition is that you promise not to pour another milkshake over my head."
"No problem. I promise not to pour another milkshake over your head. I still
can't believe that I did it in the first place."
"Me either."
"I know. What a waste of a perfectly good milkshake." She giggled and watched
his face register what she had just said.
"Why you little..."
"Yes?" She looked up at him innocently, batting her eyelashes.
"Let's go to the arcade before I give in to the temptation to strangle you."
"Okay." He just shook his head as he watched her get into his car and then
walked around and got in. As they drove to the arcade they didn't speak but the silence
was a comfortable one. As Mamoru parked she waited for him to lock it and they walked
into the arcade side-by-side.
Usagi saw her friends and waved but stayed with Mamoru. They walked to the
counter together as everyone in the arcade watched with both an avid interest and a
morbid desire to see the latest bout of bloodshed that was expected when they were in the
same room as each other.
"Hey you two. Long time, no see. Hey Usagi, how has he been treating you
during your tutoring sessions?" Motoki had missed the cheerful presence of the little
blonde during the last week.
"He's been fine Motoki. He let me out for good behavior today. I want a
chocolate milkshake please." She hopped up onto a stool next to Mamoru's customary
spot and smiled at them both.
"Coming right up. Do you want anything Mamoru?"
"Coffee...wait, make that a chocolate milkshake."
"Okey-doke." Motoki quickly made their orders and placed them in front of the
couple. They sat and drank their milkshakes for a minute without talking.
"Usagi, do you want to go sit with your friends?"
"Sure but only if you come with me."
"Lets go." They both got up and walked towards the booth in the back where
Ami, Minako, Rei, and Makoto were seated, talking quietly to one another.
"Hey guys! How are you?" Usagi squeezed into the booth and pushed her
friends over to make room for Mamoru to sit. "Mamoru and I decided to come and sit
with you. Rei, Minako I haven't seen you guys in ages! How was school today?" She
had to stop there to breathe but before she could continue Mamoru spoke up.
"I've been sitting here thinking about this for a minute and I realize that I had
already figured it out."
"Figured what out?"
"Which Sailor Scout each of you is." The girls just sat there in stunned silence as
he smiled in satisfaction. "Let's see...Rei you are Sailor Mars, Minako you are ...Sailor
Venus, Makoto you must be Sailor Jupiter, Ami you must be Sailor Mercury, and, last
but not least, Usagi you are Sailor Moon." He sat back and grinned at the surprise and
shock that was playing across their faces. Then anger set in and he tensed, waiting for
the coming explosion.
"How in the HELL did you figure it out?" Usagi thought that there was no point
in denying what he had so casually announced. She skipped right from surprise to anger.
She remembered the reward that had been announced last night and she grew even
angrier. "Are you going to turn us in for the reward?" The other girls gasped, having
forgotten the latest development in the Negaverse saga.
"Well let me think about that for a second...if I turned you in then I guess that I
would have to turn myself in too." He sat back and waited for this to sink in.
"Hold on...turn yourself in? What do you mean?" Usagi couldn't really figure it
out but as soon as he opened his mouth she imagined him in a black tuxedo and mask.
"OH MY GOD! You're Tuxedo Kamen. He's Tuxedo Kamen. OH MY GOD." She sat
there with her mouth hanging open, trying to get her mind around the idea.
"You are correct Usagi. My tutoring must be helping after all. I really expected
Ami to get it first." He smirked and waited for the next inevitable question.
"How did you figure out who we are? When did you figure out who we are?"
"I figured out yesterday who Usagi was after the youma battle. By the way Usagi
you really need to watch what you say when you are still transformed. I heard you when
I was in the tree and it wasn't really hard to put the pieces together. I figured out who the
rest of you are by simple common sense and then comparing how you look with the how
the scouts look I figured out who each of you were exactly. I wasn't that hard once I
figured out who one of you was." He sat back and looked at them all glare at Usagi.
"Hey don't get mad at her. I would have figured it out pretty quick if she had kept
disappearing every time there was a youma attack." He had a point and they all agreed
with him but it was not everyday that someone figured out your secret identity.
"Are we still on for tonight at the Shrine. Now we really have some stuff to tell
Luna and Artemis."
"Usagi, isn't Luna your cat?"
"Yup."
"Then why are you going to tell her about this?"
"Because she's one of our advisors."
"Advisor. A cat is your advisor?"
"Yup. She talks too."
"Okay, now I am confused. You say that you were going to have a meeting at the
shrine today, right?"
"Yeah. We were going to talk to them about the reward."
"Why don't you all come to my apartment tonight and stay over? I can meet
Luna and Artemis and then we can discuss what we each know about the Negaverse."
"That sounds good." The girls nodded their agreement to Mamoru's idea.
"Well, Usagi and I need to go now so that we can study some so that her parents
don't pay me for nothing. Come on Usagi." He pulled her gently out of the booth,
"Wave goodbye to your friends." She was trying to suck up the last vestiges of her
milkshake and wave goodbye at the same time. For some reason she wasn't protesting
the highhanded behavior of her tutor.
"Bye guys!"
"What time should we come to your apartment?"
"How about 7:30? Does that work for you guys?"
"Sounds great. We'll let Luna and Artemis know and see you at 7:30." With that
last comment they watched as the odd pair walked out the door. And suddenly hey
weren't feeling so calm.
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That's all for now folks. I hope to be able to get myself back onto track with the plot of
my story. The next chapter will really get into my main premise I promise. This one was
about twice the length that my chapters usually are. I hope you guys like it. PLEASE
REVIEW!!! I really like hearing exactly what you guys think.
Lady Catherine
Lady Catherine
Catty1324@hotmail.com
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon no matter how much I wish that I did.
Author's Note: Thanks to Byaghro who gave me the advice that I have been looking for
in my writing. I tried it this time to see if it works so hopefully it will. If I get any of the
names wrong please let me know so that I can fix them. This should be a fairly long
chapter (I hope). I hope you guys like it. Please REVIEW!!!! With praise advice, and
criticism or all of the above if you so desire. Thanks for reading my story.
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The next day at school, all anyone could talk about was the police reward that had
been announced on the news last night.
"Usagi! Did you hear about the reward that the police are offering for the Sailor
Scouts?" A very excited Naru dashed up to a rather groggy Usagi. "Umino said that he
is going to stake out the park until the next attack so that he can get the reward. I hope
that the idiot doesn't get hurt."
"Me too." Usagi hadn't heard about the reward but she wanted to ask Ami and
Makoto about it before she asked Naru to explain. "I have to go see Ami about an
assignment now but I will talk to you at lunch okay?"
"Sure Usa. See ya later!" She was already running off to tell somebody else the
news. Usagi simply shook her head at her friend's enthusiasm and continued into the
school.
She went straight to Miss Haruna's classroom and waited for Ami and Makoto to
arrive. A minute later a breathless Ami came barreling through the door followed by an
equally breathless Makoto.
"Usagi! Did you see the news last night?" Ami had come up panting and
plopped down into a desk.
"No I haven't but Naru was blabbing something about a reward for the sailor
scouts when I saw her a few minutes ago."
"Last night on the news they announced that the police are offering a reward for
any information on either the youma attacks or the sailor scouts. This is SO bad. This is
SO BAD!" Ami quickly declined into a slightly breathless mantra of 'This is so bad' as
Usagi digested the information that she had just been given.
"Ami stop panicking. This is not as bad as it seems. We just need to think of a
way to keep people from figuring out who we are. We need to have a scout meeting after
school today and talk to Luna and Artemis about new ways to protect our identities. Let
me think for a minute." Usagi got a distant look on her face as she began to plan.
Disturbed by Usagi's poise and her own panic, Ami simply stared. Makoto had been
watching the entire exchange and made a mental note to tell Luna about the change in
Usagi later.
"Usagi?"
"Yeah Makoto?"
"Do you have a plan? 'Cause if you do, I'd like to hear it."
"I'll think about it today and let you guys know after school." She smiled and
faced the front of the classroom as Miss Haruna walked in.
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+AFTER SCHOOL+
As Usagi walked out of the school building she waved to her friends. Since it was
Friday they were planning to spend the night at the shrine and have their meeting about
the reward situation. Right now, Usagi was going to her tutoring session with Mamoru
and they were going to the arcade to meet Rei and Minako and tell them of their new
plans for the evening.
"Odango! Over here!" Mamoru waved at her as she looked for the source of the
hated nickname.
"Haven't I told you not to call me that?"
"I think that I may vaguely recall a conversation like that but I can't be sure." He
grinned at her and she couldn't help but smile back.
"Well don't do it again. Since you came to dinner my little brother has started
calling me that, as if you and Rei weren't enough." She huffed but the smile was still on
her face.
'Man she's beautiful. Wait a sec!? Where the HELL did that come from?' As
his inner monologue argued with itself he realized that Usagi had been talking to him.
"What did you say? Sorry I zoned out for a minute."
"As I was saying, I think that I have made a good amount of progress in the last
few days don't you?" She looked up at him questioningly as he tried to get a hold on the
conversation.
"Oh, yeah. Of course you are improving Usagi. I'm your tutor." He gave her a
very self-important grin as she giggled. He couldn't help but be oddly pleased by her
laughter and vowed to make her do so more often. "Oh, Usagi I was thinking that maybe
because you have been doing so well we could go to the arcade for a little while and I
would treat you to a milkshake. Of course there is one condition to that."
"Oh really? Can we? What's the condition?" This last was asked cautiously but
he could see that she was really excited about the opportunity.
"The condition is that you promise not to pour another milkshake over my head."
"No problem. I promise not to pour another milkshake over your head. I still
can't believe that I did it in the first place."
"Me either."
"I know. What a waste of a perfectly good milkshake." She giggled and watched
his face register what she had just said.
"Why you little..."
"Yes?" She looked up at him innocently, batting her eyelashes.
"Let's go to the arcade before I give in to the temptation to strangle you."
"Okay." He just shook his head as he watched her get into his car and then
walked around and got in. As they drove to the arcade they didn't speak but the silence
was a comfortable one. As Mamoru parked she waited for him to lock it and they walked
into the arcade side-by-side.
Usagi saw her friends and waved but stayed with Mamoru. They walked to the
counter together as everyone in the arcade watched with both an avid interest and a
morbid desire to see the latest bout of bloodshed that was expected when they were in the
same room as each other.
"Hey you two. Long time, no see. Hey Usagi, how has he been treating you
during your tutoring sessions?" Motoki had missed the cheerful presence of the little
blonde during the last week.
"He's been fine Motoki. He let me out for good behavior today. I want a
chocolate milkshake please." She hopped up onto a stool next to Mamoru's customary
spot and smiled at them both.
"Coming right up. Do you want anything Mamoru?"
"Coffee...wait, make that a chocolate milkshake."
"Okey-doke." Motoki quickly made their orders and placed them in front of the
couple. They sat and drank their milkshakes for a minute without talking.
"Usagi, do you want to go sit with your friends?"
"Sure but only if you come with me."
"Lets go." They both got up and walked towards the booth in the back where
Ami, Minako, Rei, and Makoto were seated, talking quietly to one another.
"Hey guys! How are you?" Usagi squeezed into the booth and pushed her
friends over to make room for Mamoru to sit. "Mamoru and I decided to come and sit
with you. Rei, Minako I haven't seen you guys in ages! How was school today?" She
had to stop there to breathe but before she could continue Mamoru spoke up.
"I've been sitting here thinking about this for a minute and I realize that I had
already figured it out."
"Figured what out?"
"Which Sailor Scout each of you is." The girls just sat there in stunned silence as
he smiled in satisfaction. "Let's see...Rei you are Sailor Mars, Minako you are ...Sailor
Venus, Makoto you must be Sailor Jupiter, Ami you must be Sailor Mercury, and, last
but not least, Usagi you are Sailor Moon." He sat back and grinned at the surprise and
shock that was playing across their faces. Then anger set in and he tensed, waiting for
the coming explosion.
"How in the HELL did you figure it out?" Usagi thought that there was no point
in denying what he had so casually announced. She skipped right from surprise to anger.
She remembered the reward that had been announced last night and she grew even
angrier. "Are you going to turn us in for the reward?" The other girls gasped, having
forgotten the latest development in the Negaverse saga.
"Well let me think about that for a second...if I turned you in then I guess that I
would have to turn myself in too." He sat back and waited for this to sink in.
"Hold on...turn yourself in? What do you mean?" Usagi couldn't really figure it
out but as soon as he opened his mouth she imagined him in a black tuxedo and mask.
"OH MY GOD! You're Tuxedo Kamen. He's Tuxedo Kamen. OH MY GOD." She sat
there with her mouth hanging open, trying to get her mind around the idea.
"You are correct Usagi. My tutoring must be helping after all. I really expected
Ami to get it first." He smirked and waited for the next inevitable question.
"How did you figure out who we are? When did you figure out who we are?"
"I figured out yesterday who Usagi was after the youma battle. By the way Usagi
you really need to watch what you say when you are still transformed. I heard you when
I was in the tree and it wasn't really hard to put the pieces together. I figured out who the
rest of you are by simple common sense and then comparing how you look with the how
the scouts look I figured out who each of you were exactly. I wasn't that hard once I
figured out who one of you was." He sat back and looked at them all glare at Usagi.
"Hey don't get mad at her. I would have figured it out pretty quick if she had kept
disappearing every time there was a youma attack." He had a point and they all agreed
with him but it was not everyday that someone figured out your secret identity.
"Are we still on for tonight at the Shrine. Now we really have some stuff to tell
Luna and Artemis."
"Usagi, isn't Luna your cat?"
"Yup."
"Then why are you going to tell her about this?"
"Because she's one of our advisors."
"Advisor. A cat is your advisor?"
"Yup. She talks too."
"Okay, now I am confused. You say that you were going to have a meeting at the
shrine today, right?"
"Yeah. We were going to talk to them about the reward."
"Why don't you all come to my apartment tonight and stay over? I can meet
Luna and Artemis and then we can discuss what we each know about the Negaverse."
"That sounds good." The girls nodded their agreement to Mamoru's idea.
"Well, Usagi and I need to go now so that we can study some so that her parents
don't pay me for nothing. Come on Usagi." He pulled her gently out of the booth,
"Wave goodbye to your friends." She was trying to suck up the last vestiges of her
milkshake and wave goodbye at the same time. For some reason she wasn't protesting
the highhanded behavior of her tutor.
"Bye guys!"
"What time should we come to your apartment?"
"How about 7:30? Does that work for you guys?"
"Sounds great. We'll let Luna and Artemis know and see you at 7:30." With that
last comment they watched as the odd pair walked out the door. And suddenly hey
weren't feeling so calm.
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That's all for now folks. I hope to be able to get myself back onto track with the plot of
my story. The next chapter will really get into my main premise I promise. This one was
about twice the length that my chapters usually are. I hope you guys like it. PLEASE
REVIEW!!! I really like hearing exactly what you guys think.
Lady Catherine