Disclaimer: Sailor Moon, Sailor Senshi, and all terms, names, etc. associated with the series are copyrighted by Naoko Takeuchi and Kodansha. We make no claim to them and this work of fanfiction should not be seen as making a claim. Those characters that are original and the story "Chibi-Usa Times Two" are copyrighted (c) 1997 by Douglas Helm & Will Wolfshohl. This fanfic and over 300 other SM fanfics reside in "Tuxedo" Will's SM Fanfics Archive at http://log.on.ca/users/helm/anime/index.htm Send comments to: Douglas "Candle Light Author" Helm (dhelm@log.on.ca) or "Tuxedo" Will Wolfshohl (wwolfshohl@logicon.com) Chibi-Usa Times Two Part 10: Petz "But Onee-san!" Chibi-Usa protested. She was holding Usagi's hand heading home from school. "Chibi-Usa-chan, I said iie," Usagi stated firmly. Usagi, for her part, was still shaken by the fact that the evil Chibi-Usa had gone after her at school. "But Onee-san, I want to stay with you!" Chibi-Usa pleaded, "Rei-chan might yell at you again." Usagi stopped dead in her tracks and glared at Chibi-Usa. The little girl shrunk backwards and whimpered slightly. Usagi was finding it hard to cope with this little girl who was good all the time. Yes she loved the child with all her heart but Usagi was starting to feel a little stifled. "Chibi-Usa-chan, I said you can't come to the Shrine... I'll drop you off at Mamoru's and come back as soon as I can," Usagi stated firmly again. Chibi-Usa was about to comply but decided to give it one more shot, "But Onee-..." "Enough!" Usagi barked out, "You're not coming and I don't want to hear any more argument about it." Usagi saw the tears start to form and immediately picked Chibi-Usa up. Usagi started to walk again while she said, "Gomen, Imouto... I've had a really rough day. I love you very much and I'm not trying to get rid of you. Rei-chan won't be mean to me." "I promise I'll be back as soon as I can. Anyway, you like staying with Mamoru-kun and he likes to spend time with you." If Usagi didn't know any better, she'd swear that Chibi-Usa was sulking. "Now are you going to be good?" Chibi-Usa nodded sullenly, "That's a good girl." Usagi gave her a big hug and turned into Mamoru's place. ****** "Gomen, I'm late," Usagi said, "I had a hard time getting Chibi-Usa to go to Mamoru's." Rei remained silent and uncharacteristically didn't say anything about Usagi's being late. Turning to Ami she inquired, "So, Ami, the evil one was prowling around your school? Anybody hurt?" "Iie... the appearance of the Senshi caused quite a stir though." "What I want to know is what they were after..." Makoto said vehemently, Minako nodded her agreement and added, "Yeah, it's strange for the enemy to go after a school." "Hai... but we have a bigger problem: what are we going to do with the evil Chibi-Usa after we catch her?" Ami waited to see if anyone had come up with an idea. Her plan entailed a certain risk. After a minute of silence Ami suggested, "I was thinking that if Usagi used the Ginzuishou to split them, couldn't she use the Ginzuishou to merge them?" Makoto chimed in, "Yeah but how do we keep the evil one still... We're not even sure that'd work." "How 'bout one of my ofuda?" Rei asked, "I'd have to modify a few of them. I think a normal one would be too powerful and inflict a lot of pain. It might even kill the evil one." Usagi gasped, "I don't want to kill her... and I don't know what it would do to the good Chibi-Usa. She might die too. How long will it take for you to modify your ofuda, Rei-chan?" Rei carefully thought about this for a few moments before saying, "Maybe two, three days... It's hard to say. I won't be able to make a lot of them so we'll only get one or two shots at this." "So we capture the evil one, stick an ofuda on her, and then use the Ginzuishou to merge her with the good one..." Minako summed up, "but that just leaves the question of what do we do if that doesn't work?" There was general silence from the gathered girls before Usagi said, "Minna-san, I should go..." Rei started to scowl but Usagi hurried on with her explanation, "I left Chibi-Usa at Mamoru's... I would have taken her home but with the evil one lurking around, Mamoru would be in the best position to protect the good one if it came down to it." The shocked expression that crossed Rei's face was priceless, she did a reprise of her fish routine again... speechless. Usagi got up and started for the stairs before she came back and said, "Rei-chan, would you please look after Chibi-Usa for the afternoon tomorrow? I'd really like to spend the afternoon at the arcade or mall-trolling." "Hai," Rei said, "Drop by about one... I have a few errands to do in the morning since there's no school tomorrow." "Arigato, Rei-chan!" Usagi smiled before leaving to get Chibi-Usa. ****** "Onee-san!" Chibi-Usa cried joyfully. "See, Imouto, I didn't take that long, now did I?" Usagi asked, Chibi-Usa shook her head. "Arigato, Mamoru-kun." "Hai! Arigato Mamoru-kun, ja ne!" Chibi-Usa waved good-bye then, taking Usagi's hand, Chibi-Usa led her down the hallway. "We don't want Ikuko-mama mad at us for being late for supper... Onee-san?" "Hmmm." "Mamoru-kun was acting really funny..." Seeing Usagi's questioning look Chibi-Usa continued, "He kept calling me Usako and..." Usagi stopped dead in her tracks, Chibi-Usa looked tentatively at Usagi, Surprisingly Usagi let go of Chibi-Usa's hand and stalked back down the hall towards Mamoru's door. She knocked solidly and waited for the door to be opened; Chibi-Usa couldn't hear what they were saying and didn't try to but Usagi seemed angry about something. After a little bit Usagi came back, took Chibi-Usa's hand, and started down the hall again without uttering a word. Usagi thought, ****** It was two hours after Chibi-Usa left with Usagi that Mamoru heard another knock on his door. Opening it, he frowned to see that Chibi-Usa was back and wearing a dress that just didn't sit well with him. "Mamo-chan... I'm glad to see that MY boyfriend got dressed up and waited just for me." The sharp tongue lashing that Usagi had given Mamoru came speeding to the forefront of his mind. He stood there a moment before replying, "Chibi-Usa-chan..." Chibi-Usa growled, "I can't be your boyfriend. It isn't right... Now I'll take you home. I want to speak with Usagi about these dresses she's buying you." "MY NAME'S USAGI!!!!!!" Chibi-Usa roared. "Iie, it's Chibi-Usa, Chibi-Usa-chan. You're the smaller version of Usagi. Even though your name's the same as hers, she's older than you and it shows her proper respect. I don't take kindly to you humiliating Usagi. She's a wonderful girl and you should be proud to be bound by the same name. She's always treated you kindly... especially this week." "That BAKA ODANGO ATAMA?!!!" Chibi-Usa screeched, "Mamo-chan, you're not HER boyfriend so you can be mine." "Iie, it is very inappropriate. You dishonor me by this behavior. If you keep this up, I'll tell Usagi you aren't allowed to see me anymore... Now come... I'll take you home." "Oh no you don't!" Chibi-Usa yelled and ran off down the hallway. She stormed out the front door and looked at Beruche, "Take us back to the UFO... I have planning to do." Beruche thought but didn't act on it. At the moment this child was under Rubeus' "protection". Grumbling slightly, she teleported away with the abrasive child. ****** Walking over to his phone Mamoru dialed the Tsukino household and waited. After only a couple rings it was answered by Usagi who was surprised to hear Mamoru's voice; he never called there. After a brief conversation, where Mamoru told Usagi about what had just happened and determined that she would not have bought those dresses for Chibi-Usa. Mamoru finished off with, "Usagi-san, you'll have to tell Chibi-Usa that she can't see me anymore." "Are you sure, Mamoru-kun?" Usagi asked, "Iie, she can't." "What if she apologizes to me?" "Hai, but only if she apologizes to you and improves her behavior." "She shouldn't be going to your place without someone dropping her off if she comes by again would you please let me or one of the girls know?" "Hai, if she comes by again, I'll call. Ja ne." "Ja ne." Usagi hung up the phone and then called the others on her communicator. She had news to report. ****** Chibi-Usa opened her eyes. The room was dark except for the streetlights that were streaking in through the window. She noticed she was alone in the bed. Glancing around she saw Usagi sitting near the window staring out into the night looking worried. Chibi-Usa thought. They had come home and when it was time for bed Usagi had tucked Chibi-Usa in said good night and then turned out the lights without reading her a story. Chibi-Usa laid there quietly for a while longer reasoning out what she should do. Finally the concern for her onee-san and the desire to try to cheer her up won out over any thought of being in trouble for not being asleep. Tentatively she crawled out of bed and padded over to where Usagi was sitting with her legs tucked under her, chin resting on her hands which were laced on top of the windowsill. "Imouto..." Usagi said softly when she detected the little girl beside her, "You shouldn't be up this late." "Onee-san, why are you sad?" Usagi gave a soft smile and pulled Chibi-Usa onto her lap. Wrapping her arms around the little girl Usagi said, "I'm just thinking Imouto... I'm thinking about what the `bad' Chibi-Usa might do and I'm thinking about Mamoru-kun." "Can... can I meet the other Chibi-Usa?" Chibi-Usa asked softly. She felt Usagi's warmth in the hug and laid her head back against Usagi's shoulder while closing her eyes. Chibi-Usa gave a small smile at the thought. "Gomen Imouto, I can't let you meet the other Chibi-Usa... She's a very naughty girl and is still doing bad things..." "Then she needs a hug," Chibi-Usa asserted. Usagi smirked slightly, "If I can make sure she doesn't hurt you, I might let you see her." "Really?" a nod, "Onee-san, why doesn't Mamoru-kun want to be your boyfriend?" Chibi-Usa asked even more softly. It was obvious to Usagi the little girl was falling asleep again. "Because... because he doesn't love me..." Usagi whispered softly. As a final parting before sleep overtook the little girl Chibi-Usa whispered, "I love you, Onee-san." Usagi felt some tears well up in her eyes. ****** The next day, just after lunch found Usagi re-counting her allowance for the week. Usagi beamed happily, "Onee-san, whatcha doing?" Chibi-Usa asked hesitantly. That thought brought a smile to her face. Usagi looked at Chibi-Usa who was watching her carefully, "I'm counting my allowance, Chibi-Usa-chan." "Are you going to save it?" "Iie." "But..." Chibi-Usa trailed off and flushed slightly.