The Odango and the Baka- Chapter 18
Lady
Rating: PG but steadily rising
Author's Note: Thank you to everyone who is still reading my story and I am very sorry
that I have been so bad about updating. I started this chapter a while ago but didn't get
very far so I am starting over. I will try to make it fairly long because I can guarantee
that there will be no update for at least a month after this as I am going to England in
about two days and won't have a lot of access to a computer. As always please send me
reviews and criticisms so that I can improve in my writing.
Last time:
"Well then lets go check there right now. I doubt that's where she is though."
Rei held fast to her belief that her friend was not in bed with a boy but was soon shocked
into reality when Minako opened the door ever so slightly.
There on the bed was a very naked but asleep pair still curled together as tightly
as when they had fallen asleep the night before.
"Told you so."
Minako laughed as Rei simply stood there for a minute and absorbed the sight in
front of her. The other girls were doing the same thing and only she was not shocked.
"USAGI!" Rei bellowed her friend's name after she had regained the use of her
brain and watched as her friend jumped wide-awake and realized what was going on.
"What are you bellowing for Rei?" she asked nonchalantly. She then watched in
amazement as her friend turned an unhealthy shade of red.
"WHY AM I BELLOWING? I WILL TELL YOU WHY I AM BELLOWING!
I HAVE JUST WALKED IN ON MY BEST FRIEND NAKED IN BED WITH A BOY
SHE RECENTLY HATED! I THINK THAT I AM ENTITLED TO BELLOW!"
Everyone simply stared in amazement as she vented and Usagi did have the
decency to look a little embarrassed by the situation. Mamoru had woken up during the
rant and now stared sleepy eyed at the four girls staring at him. Then he looked down at
himself and turned beet red in embarrassment. He quickly dove all the way under the
sheets.
"Make them go away so the we can get dressed," he whispered to Usagi.
"I'm trying. Would you guys please go back out into the living room so that we
can have some privacy to get dressed?"
"No we will not give you privacy. Look at what happened the last time we did
that. You ended up naked in bed with a boy!" Rei had calmed down to the point where
she was no longer yelling but she was nowhere near to being understanding about the
situation.
"Fine then. Minako can stay as long as she turns her back but the rest of you have
to leave."
"Agreed. You have 5 minutes." With that Rei turned and stalked out of the
room, closely followed by Ami and Makoto who were still too shocked to say anything.
After they had left Usagi collapsed back onto the bed with heavy sigh and then
started giggling at the absurdity of the situation. Pretty soon it turned into a fit of
laughing bordering on hysteria and both Mamoru (who had emerged from his cocoon)
and Minako simply stared in wonder.
"Minako, would you mind turning your back so that I can get dressed," asked
Mamoru?
"Sure, no problem."
They simply ignored the cackling Usagi until there was only a minute of their five left
and Mamoru was completely clothed.
"Usako honey, you need to pull it together now. You don't want Rei to bust the
door down do you?" Unfortunately that mental image only sent her farther into her
hysterics and the seconds ticked by.
"Okay, that's it," said Minako, "Do you want Rei to kill Mamoru because you
couldn't pull it together long enough to explain the situation to her because that is what'll
happen if you aren't in the living room in thirty seconds."
Usagi paused in her maniacal fit to think about this and jumped up with the sheet
clutched tight around her.
"Eeek! You're right! I don't want Mamoru dead before we get to the good
stuff." And with that last revealing remark she dashed into the bathroom and set a new
record for getting dressed. Mamoru simply turned even more red and wished that she had
been a bit more circumspect in her remarks. Minako just grinned.
In under a minute they left his bedroom and went to the living room where it was
obvious that Ami and Makoto had cleaned as Rei seethed on the couch.
"Took you long enough."
"Sorry 'bout that. I was laughing to hard to get dressed."
"Well I'm glad that someone finds this funny."
"Me too." Usagi's flippant remarks were only managing to make Rei even
angrier with the blonde so Minako butted in.
"Why don't we all sit down and discuss the events of the morning like rational
people." Ami and Makoto quickly agreed and guided Mamoru and Usagi to separate
sides of the room in an attempt to pacify Rei.
"Rei, why don't you express your feelings about the situation first," said Makoto
in her best talk show host voice.
"I cannot believe that my best friend who is only in middle school slept
with a man that she hated only a week ago."
"Usagi, what is your response to her feelings?"
"She used the operative word, 'slept'. That's all we did. Sleep. No hanky-
panky." Rei snorted in disbelief at this and Makoto popped in with her own opinion.
"You really expect us to believe that all you did was sleep? You must be joking!
You two were buck naked and about as close as two people can be." Makoto snorted in
disbelief and stared at her friend.
"You don't have to believe me but it is the truth. Ask Minako or Ami."
Minako finally spoke up, "She's right you know. They didn't do anything."
Ami also joined the conversation as she read the results of the scan she had done
of the couple. "There are no signs of any kind of inappropriate behavior on either's part
and the lie-detector scan also shows no abnormalities. They are telling the truth."
Rei simply gaped at the information and then looked a little sheepish as it sunk in.
"Well it still doesn't excuse the fact that you slept together completely naked."
"Oh leave off Rei." Minako had had quite enough of Rei's attitude. "They love
each other and they didn't do anything wrong not that I would have blamed them if they
had."
"Thank you Minako." Usagi hugged her best friend tightly for supporting her.
Then she turned and grinned at her friends. "I don't know about the rest of you but I am
starving. Let's go eat." With that she dashed to the kitchen with everyone but Rei
following close behind.
Later that day:
The girls, minus Usagi, had just left Mamoru's apartment and were heading to the
shrine in order to discuss the events of the last 24 hours.
"I still can't believe that things progressed so quickly between them," said
Minako, "Who would have thought that they could go from hating each other to sleeping
naked in just a matter of little more than a week?"
"I know," said Makoto, "This is really weird. We need to find Luna and Artemis
and fill them in on what happened this morning."
"I still don't think that it was a good idea to leave the two of them alone together.
What if they decide to pick up where they left off?" Rei looked more than a little worried
and Minako put her arm around her shoulders.
"Don't worry Rei. Mamoru and Usagi are not stupid. They won't do anything
that they shouldn't." What Minako didn't say was that she was pretty sure that it wasn't
wrong of the couple to continue along that particular line of activities. They were in love
and that was the necessary conclusion to most forms and cases of love but she didn't
think that was what Rei wanted to hear.
"I do hope that Luna doesn't throw a fit when she finds out."
"She won't because no one is going to tell her that they were naked, only that they
slept in the same bed. We know that she would forbid Usagi to see him and that could
have disastrous effects. Right Ami?" Minako looked at Ami for confirmation.
"Minako is right. If we were to keep them apart there is no way to know what the
energy of the crystals would do to them. We must let their relationship progress on its
own course." Rei did not look at all happy but reluctantly agreed with her friends
because she was not willing to risk either of them.
"Hopefully they can keep their hands off each other." Rei said with a distinct lack
of conviction.
At Mamoru's Apartment:
"I am sorry that my friends barged into your room like that." Usagi looked very
apologetic as she looked up at him.
"It's not your fault Usako. They were just trying to protect you."
"As if I need protection from you!"
"We know that but Rei especially can't really grasp the fact that we are in love
and have been for a few thousand years. To us this is perfectly normal but to them it is
probably a little sudden."
"I guess you're right but I am still angry with them for their behavior." She
sighed, "Oh well. What do you want to do today?"
"I would tell you but I might offend you so how about a picnic in the rose garden
at the park instead?"
"I doubt that I would be offended but I like the idea of a picnic too."
An hour later, armed with a bulging basket of food and a large blanket, they set
off towards the park hand in hand. It was only a short walk to the park and they were
soon among the blooming rose bushes.
"They are so beautiful. I love roses!"
"They are not nearly so beautiful as you my love."
"Mamo-chan?"
"Yes, Usako?"
"Have you been reading my romance novels?"
"Maybe. Why?"
"Oh, no reason."
"Whatever."
They strolled along the paths until they were hungry again and then found a
secluded place to set up their picnic. As they set out the food they once again slipped
into memories of a time long ago when they had first fallen in love.
"We used to have picnics in a place just like this in the Moon Kingdom but I can't
remember the name of the garden. Can you Mamo-chan?"
"No but I remember the spot. We used to have a lot of fun there and no one ever
interrupted us. To bad we don't have that guarantee here. I would have liked to pick up
where we left off last night." Usagi blushed at his comment but didn't scold him. Hell,
she wanted the same thing.
"I almost wish that I had let you scandalize me with your other suggestions
instead of agreeing to a picnic."
"I like being here with you though. I am still in shock that we have progressed so
far in such a short period of time. We only stopped fighting a short time ago but I already
feel as if I would die if we were separated. Which is why we have to behave ourselves so
that no one has a reason to separate us. We still have to do our tutoring and we can't be
caught in any more compromising positions."
"I know but it would be so nice to just go back to where we left off which is much
further along than we are now."
"I agree Usako but there is also a much larger age gap between us now as well as
a change in what is proper and accepted. We have to be careful. Especially since your
father has a shotgun." Usagi giggled at this and then sighed.
"Will you just hold me Mamo-chan?"
"Of course." She climbed into his lap and he simply held her for a long, long
time.
Eventually they had to pack up because she needed to be home by dinner. They
walked slowly, hands entwined, simply savoring the feel of each other. When they
reached Usagi's block they paused.
"You probably shouldn't walk me to the door because my father has his gun back.
I don't really want you to get shot." She grinned up at him, trying not to feel sad about
saying goodnight.
Mamoru didn't respond but simply bent down and brought her into a breathtaking
kiss that expressed what neither could say.
"Goodnight Usako."
"Goodnight Mamo-chan."
He watched her as she walked up to her front door and paused to look back. He
blew her a kiss and didn't notice the face peering out the curtains of the kitchen.
That's all for now. I am pretty sure that this is my longest chapter yet. I hope that I
didn't make things too sappy for most of you but I really have been reading too many
romance novels and I have developed a whole new vocabulary because of that. I will
probably not update again for at least a month because I will be gone but I might if I get a
huge amount of reviews or a really good plot idea. Thanks again for reading my story
and I hope that you enjoyed the latest chapter. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lady Catherine
Lady
Rating: PG but steadily rising
Author's Note: Thank you to everyone who is still reading my story and I am very sorry
that I have been so bad about updating. I started this chapter a while ago but didn't get
very far so I am starting over. I will try to make it fairly long because I can guarantee
that there will be no update for at least a month after this as I am going to England in
about two days and won't have a lot of access to a computer. As always please send me
reviews and criticisms so that I can improve in my writing.
Last time:
"Well then lets go check there right now. I doubt that's where she is though."
Rei held fast to her belief that her friend was not in bed with a boy but was soon shocked
into reality when Minako opened the door ever so slightly.
There on the bed was a very naked but asleep pair still curled together as tightly
as when they had fallen asleep the night before.
"Told you so."
Minako laughed as Rei simply stood there for a minute and absorbed the sight in
front of her. The other girls were doing the same thing and only she was not shocked.
"USAGI!" Rei bellowed her friend's name after she had regained the use of her
brain and watched as her friend jumped wide-awake and realized what was going on.
"What are you bellowing for Rei?" she asked nonchalantly. She then watched in
amazement as her friend turned an unhealthy shade of red.
"WHY AM I BELLOWING? I WILL TELL YOU WHY I AM BELLOWING!
I HAVE JUST WALKED IN ON MY BEST FRIEND NAKED IN BED WITH A BOY
SHE RECENTLY HATED! I THINK THAT I AM ENTITLED TO BELLOW!"
Everyone simply stared in amazement as she vented and Usagi did have the
decency to look a little embarrassed by the situation. Mamoru had woken up during the
rant and now stared sleepy eyed at the four girls staring at him. Then he looked down at
himself and turned beet red in embarrassment. He quickly dove all the way under the
sheets.
"Make them go away so the we can get dressed," he whispered to Usagi.
"I'm trying. Would you guys please go back out into the living room so that we
can have some privacy to get dressed?"
"No we will not give you privacy. Look at what happened the last time we did
that. You ended up naked in bed with a boy!" Rei had calmed down to the point where
she was no longer yelling but she was nowhere near to being understanding about the
situation.
"Fine then. Minako can stay as long as she turns her back but the rest of you have
to leave."
"Agreed. You have 5 minutes." With that Rei turned and stalked out of the
room, closely followed by Ami and Makoto who were still too shocked to say anything.
After they had left Usagi collapsed back onto the bed with heavy sigh and then
started giggling at the absurdity of the situation. Pretty soon it turned into a fit of
laughing bordering on hysteria and both Mamoru (who had emerged from his cocoon)
and Minako simply stared in wonder.
"Minako, would you mind turning your back so that I can get dressed," asked
Mamoru?
"Sure, no problem."
They simply ignored the cackling Usagi until there was only a minute of their five left
and Mamoru was completely clothed.
"Usako honey, you need to pull it together now. You don't want Rei to bust the
door down do you?" Unfortunately that mental image only sent her farther into her
hysterics and the seconds ticked by.
"Okay, that's it," said Minako, "Do you want Rei to kill Mamoru because you
couldn't pull it together long enough to explain the situation to her because that is what'll
happen if you aren't in the living room in thirty seconds."
Usagi paused in her maniacal fit to think about this and jumped up with the sheet
clutched tight around her.
"Eeek! You're right! I don't want Mamoru dead before we get to the good
stuff." And with that last revealing remark she dashed into the bathroom and set a new
record for getting dressed. Mamoru simply turned even more red and wished that she had
been a bit more circumspect in her remarks. Minako just grinned.
In under a minute they left his bedroom and went to the living room where it was
obvious that Ami and Makoto had cleaned as Rei seethed on the couch.
"Took you long enough."
"Sorry 'bout that. I was laughing to hard to get dressed."
"Well I'm glad that someone finds this funny."
"Me too." Usagi's flippant remarks were only managing to make Rei even
angrier with the blonde so Minako butted in.
"Why don't we all sit down and discuss the events of the morning like rational
people." Ami and Makoto quickly agreed and guided Mamoru and Usagi to separate
sides of the room in an attempt to pacify Rei.
"Rei, why don't you express your feelings about the situation first," said Makoto
in her best talk show host voice.
"I cannot believe that my best friend who is only in middle school slept
with a man that she hated only a week ago."
"Usagi, what is your response to her feelings?"
"She used the operative word, 'slept'. That's all we did. Sleep. No hanky-
panky." Rei snorted in disbelief at this and Makoto popped in with her own opinion.
"You really expect us to believe that all you did was sleep? You must be joking!
You two were buck naked and about as close as two people can be." Makoto snorted in
disbelief and stared at her friend.
"You don't have to believe me but it is the truth. Ask Minako or Ami."
Minako finally spoke up, "She's right you know. They didn't do anything."
Ami also joined the conversation as she read the results of the scan she had done
of the couple. "There are no signs of any kind of inappropriate behavior on either's part
and the lie-detector scan also shows no abnormalities. They are telling the truth."
Rei simply gaped at the information and then looked a little sheepish as it sunk in.
"Well it still doesn't excuse the fact that you slept together completely naked."
"Oh leave off Rei." Minako had had quite enough of Rei's attitude. "They love
each other and they didn't do anything wrong not that I would have blamed them if they
had."
"Thank you Minako." Usagi hugged her best friend tightly for supporting her.
Then she turned and grinned at her friends. "I don't know about the rest of you but I am
starving. Let's go eat." With that she dashed to the kitchen with everyone but Rei
following close behind.
Later that day:
The girls, minus Usagi, had just left Mamoru's apartment and were heading to the
shrine in order to discuss the events of the last 24 hours.
"I still can't believe that things progressed so quickly between them," said
Minako, "Who would have thought that they could go from hating each other to sleeping
naked in just a matter of little more than a week?"
"I know," said Makoto, "This is really weird. We need to find Luna and Artemis
and fill them in on what happened this morning."
"I still don't think that it was a good idea to leave the two of them alone together.
What if they decide to pick up where they left off?" Rei looked more than a little worried
and Minako put her arm around her shoulders.
"Don't worry Rei. Mamoru and Usagi are not stupid. They won't do anything
that they shouldn't." What Minako didn't say was that she was pretty sure that it wasn't
wrong of the couple to continue along that particular line of activities. They were in love
and that was the necessary conclusion to most forms and cases of love but she didn't
think that was what Rei wanted to hear.
"I do hope that Luna doesn't throw a fit when she finds out."
"She won't because no one is going to tell her that they were naked, only that they
slept in the same bed. We know that she would forbid Usagi to see him and that could
have disastrous effects. Right Ami?" Minako looked at Ami for confirmation.
"Minako is right. If we were to keep them apart there is no way to know what the
energy of the crystals would do to them. We must let their relationship progress on its
own course." Rei did not look at all happy but reluctantly agreed with her friends
because she was not willing to risk either of them.
"Hopefully they can keep their hands off each other." Rei said with a distinct lack
of conviction.
At Mamoru's Apartment:
"I am sorry that my friends barged into your room like that." Usagi looked very
apologetic as she looked up at him.
"It's not your fault Usako. They were just trying to protect you."
"As if I need protection from you!"
"We know that but Rei especially can't really grasp the fact that we are in love
and have been for a few thousand years. To us this is perfectly normal but to them it is
probably a little sudden."
"I guess you're right but I am still angry with them for their behavior." She
sighed, "Oh well. What do you want to do today?"
"I would tell you but I might offend you so how about a picnic in the rose garden
at the park instead?"
"I doubt that I would be offended but I like the idea of a picnic too."
An hour later, armed with a bulging basket of food and a large blanket, they set
off towards the park hand in hand. It was only a short walk to the park and they were
soon among the blooming rose bushes.
"They are so beautiful. I love roses!"
"They are not nearly so beautiful as you my love."
"Mamo-chan?"
"Yes, Usako?"
"Have you been reading my romance novels?"
"Maybe. Why?"
"Oh, no reason."
"Whatever."
They strolled along the paths until they were hungry again and then found a
secluded place to set up their picnic. As they set out the food they once again slipped
into memories of a time long ago when they had first fallen in love.
"We used to have picnics in a place just like this in the Moon Kingdom but I can't
remember the name of the garden. Can you Mamo-chan?"
"No but I remember the spot. We used to have a lot of fun there and no one ever
interrupted us. To bad we don't have that guarantee here. I would have liked to pick up
where we left off last night." Usagi blushed at his comment but didn't scold him. Hell,
she wanted the same thing.
"I almost wish that I had let you scandalize me with your other suggestions
instead of agreeing to a picnic."
"I like being here with you though. I am still in shock that we have progressed so
far in such a short period of time. We only stopped fighting a short time ago but I already
feel as if I would die if we were separated. Which is why we have to behave ourselves so
that no one has a reason to separate us. We still have to do our tutoring and we can't be
caught in any more compromising positions."
"I know but it would be so nice to just go back to where we left off which is much
further along than we are now."
"I agree Usako but there is also a much larger age gap between us now as well as
a change in what is proper and accepted. We have to be careful. Especially since your
father has a shotgun." Usagi giggled at this and then sighed.
"Will you just hold me Mamo-chan?"
"Of course." She climbed into his lap and he simply held her for a long, long
time.
Eventually they had to pack up because she needed to be home by dinner. They
walked slowly, hands entwined, simply savoring the feel of each other. When they
reached Usagi's block they paused.
"You probably shouldn't walk me to the door because my father has his gun back.
I don't really want you to get shot." She grinned up at him, trying not to feel sad about
saying goodnight.
Mamoru didn't respond but simply bent down and brought her into a breathtaking
kiss that expressed what neither could say.
"Goodnight Usako."
"Goodnight Mamo-chan."
He watched her as she walked up to her front door and paused to look back. He
blew her a kiss and didn't notice the face peering out the curtains of the kitchen.
That's all for now. I am pretty sure that this is my longest chapter yet. I hope that I
didn't make things too sappy for most of you but I really have been reading too many
romance novels and I have developed a whole new vocabulary because of that. I will
probably not update again for at least a month because I will be gone but I might if I get a
huge amount of reviews or a really good plot idea. Thanks again for reading my story
and I hope that you enjoyed the latest chapter. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lady Catherine