At 17:04 4/20/98 -0500, CHRISTIAN A ROGERS wrote:
(Continued from part a)
THE FLASH POINT
(Flashman is sitting, crying his eyes out.)
Ninjor:(To Sakura) What's with him?
Sakura: Oh nothing, he just saw the original subtitled version of the
last three episodes of the first Sailor Moon season.
Flashman:<Sob> "I'm sorry Mamoru <sniff> but none of the others got
to <sniff sniff> kiss the boys they love goodbye <choke> so I can not
partake of that joy as well." BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
(Everyone else sweatdrops.)
Trident: Let us begin.
Yay!!! They're back! [notices Flashman crying...] O_o
Ami looked around at the others before saying, "We have to be
prepared for what's to come."
"I still say we go back into the past and warn ourselves," Minako
stated firmly, "That would simplify everything."
[Flashman:(Sighs) Haven't ANY of these people seen Back To The Future?]
Probably but the translation likely stunk.
"Certainly not," Luna sniffed, "How unreliable do you think I'd allow
the Royal Guard to get?" She fixed Minako with a cold gaze and added,
[Zero: My my, Luna's laying down the law.
Trident:(Curious) Sakura...
Sakura: Yeah?
Trident: Does Luna have that... mess, you were muttering about last
week?
F/Z/N: "Mess"?
Sakura:(Glowing and blushing at the same time) DON'T ask.]
O_o Hmmm... Okay I won't ask but... not you got me to thinking.
"Nani?!?" Rei questioned, "Minako, are you sure you don't have
odangos too?"
[(A poster-sized enlargement of THAT frame of SMS ep. 100 unravels on
the wall behind the reviewers.)]
[snicker...]
Minako giggled, "Well, if Grandpa Hino wears it, we're in REAL
trouble." She giggled again, "Although... Yuuichiro WOULD look kinda
kawaii in it." Her eyes sparkled as she picture Yuuichiro wearing
that... <Hmmmm... Oh yeah!>
[(Zero looks like he's going to cry.)
Flashman:(Pats him on the back) Hey, she'd think you're cute too.
Ninjor:(Also patting Zero's back) And besides, it is not what you are
on the outside, it is what rests within that truely matters.
Zero: I have a 20,000,000,000 Giga Byte memory for a mind and a Gamma
Energy Matrix for a heart.
Ninjor: Ummm...
Trident: "Pictured Yuuichiro" not "picture".]
Thanks, And Zero she can like you. Although with you being... well, not
human and Minako's petchant for blowing things up you might go out in a
blaze of glory.
"I couldn't," Usagi confirmed as she grimaced, "Chibi-Usa got sick...
and I'm not just talking a tummy ache." The other girls gave Usagi
disgusted looks, "Mom said it was my fault 'cause I made the bet and
then let Chibi-Usa eat two sundaes that I had to take care of her."
Wrinkling her nose, Usagi added, "That included trying to clean the
carpet in her room."
"Ewww!" Minako said, "I really didn't need to know that."
[(Everyone nods in agreement.)]
Gomen, had to be said though.
<Silence,> Kenji thought to himself, <Beautiful silence.> Quietly
turning the paper, he breathed in deep and expelled his breath in a
long drawn out sigh. It had been a hectic time ever since Chibi-Usa
came and although he certainly didn't mind the little girl being
there, it was still a shock to his system. Having two kids in the
house was one thing but adding a third one to the mix was something
else.
[Flashman: Like adding nitrogen to TNT.]
[wince] Yeah I can attest to that thank you very much. No I wasn't playing
with TNT and nitrogen, although... [Off to the side we her Sakuya growl:
Don't even think about it!]
After gently wiping away the blood, Kenji examined the injured area.
"How'd you manage to do this?"
[All: Genetics.]
^_^ [snicker...]
"Arigato," Chibi-Usa said, a look of concern on her face. <Daddy
looks like he's gonna fall down.> Kenji wobbled a little and then
stood before pulling a chair from around the table.
[Flashman:(Singing) Kenji wobbles but he doesn't fall dooooownnn!
Zero:(Drawing Z-Saber) SOMEONE is going to fall down if they don't
stop singing.]
Thanks Zero, [snicker...] but Flashman must be in a good mood if he's now
composing songs.
Gulping, Chibi-Usa lifted her arm and looked at it. She studied it
for a moment before saying, "But it would go in the top and come out
the bottom."
"Did I say they'd stick it in your arm?" Kenji queried. Chibi-Usa
gulped again and, after several seconds, handed the antiseptic back
to Kenji.
[Ninjor: Very diabolical... yet necessary.
Flashman: And people WONDER why we teenagers are so distrustful of
our parents sometimes?]
True, although getting needles wasn't too bad, I was petrified of the
detest though.
The rest of August passed uneventfully. The Senshi's plan to guard
Usagi during the night soon fell apart when their leader discovered
it. Although Usagi was grateful for the effort, she wouldn't allow
the others to lose sleep over her. Exactly how Usagi found out wasn't
clear; Makoto suspected that Rei told Usagi but there was no proof of
that. Another theory was that Venus had slipped from the Tsukino roof
and was spotted by Usagi although Minako hotly denied this allegation.
[All: <Snicker>
Flashman: I say B.
Zero: I say it's A.
Ninjor: I'm more inclinded to belie...
Zero:(Drawing Z-Saber) It's... choice... A.
N/S/F: <Gulp>]
Now, now... each to thier own opion. [looks at Z-Saber] then again....
Mamoru had spent the time since he had last saw any of the girls
moping about his apartment or doing those things that had to be done,
like going to work. Those things became automatic. Something he
cruised through while his thoughts turned to the future and what it
held for him. The dreams had sputtered out and had eventually
disappeared. Now lonely and somewhat lost. Mamoru tried to find the
strength to rebuild... to move on, likely without Usagi.
[Flashman: You know... as someone who's freshly finished with the
original three of the first season... while I still hate Endymion, I
feel even more sorry for Mamoru then ever.]
I never intend to paint Mamoru as the true villian. He was the victim of
circumstance really. Wrong place, wrong time... wrong person to be
incarnated from.
"How come?" Chibi-Usa wondered, "I was good, Mommy." <How come I
can't go over to Maia's? Onee said she'd walk with me.>
"I know you were good, Chibi-Usa, I just don't want you going over to
Maia's today." She looked at Chibi-Usa apologetically, "Why don't you
come help me in the kitchen?"
[Flashman: That's pretty lame. Usualy, mom's have a reason... even
if it's something stupid. It's cruel to say you just don't feel like
letting them go and Ikuko, while not having the most tact a mother
can have, doesn't strike me as cruel.]
Ikuko does have a good reason. She wants the reason to be a surprise
though. That's why she said that if it had been Kenji who told Chibi-Usa
she could go over to Maia's she'd kill'm. Maybe that wasn't clear enough.
I'll take another look. Ikuko wasn't trying to be cruel, she just couldn't
find a better excuse without lying to Chibi-Usa.
<I'll ask Daddy. He'll let me go.> As Chibi-Usa thought about that
something occurred to her, <Daddy is married to Mommy...> Although
she knew Ami's mother wasn't with Ami's father, it was a confusing
concept. <But Daddy's not married to Usagi cause Usagi is Daddy's
mesume like me.> She ventured down that line of reasoning a little
further. <So Sobo is really Mommy cause they... um, a-ado...>
Screwing up her face with concentration, Chibi-Usa thought hard for
the word. <Adoption!> she thought and gave a smile. <But if I don't
want Sobo as Mommy, then I can't have Sohu as Daddy.> Her smile
slowly slipped from her face when she came to another realization, <I
was mean to Mommy. Sometimes Maia can't play with me cause her mommy
says so...> Chibi-Usa sniffled a
[Zero: Is that the bottom line?
Flashman: Mommy 3:16!
Sakura:(Shakes her head) I REALLY wish he'd just go to that damn Raw
taping so he'd stop with the WWF crud!
Voice: Bit... oh, you know.]
Nani? Err... never mind.
Thanks for this part, see you in the next!
Doug
"It is the major decisions that change the course of our future but it
is the minor decisions that shape the being who we are."
"I write in broad tapestries, interweaving characters lives leaving
the little details to the reader unless the detials are important."
- Anne McCaffrey
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