Title : "Usa's Birthday"
Genre : Romance/Comedy/Drama
Rating : R - for sexual references and provocative situations.
Get out of jail card : All characters are owned by Nako T. and all respective companies that own Sailor Moon and all the nice copyrighted stuff. I own nothing except the idea and concept.
Hello Happy Readers! I had to raise the rating because of a few select yet humorously placed curse words and some sexual situations. Ok... a few but nothing explicit. I know I secretly hear your grumble. I know what your minds are thinking. You can't fool me... I see how all the hentai fanfics get the most reviews. Tisk tisk. And some of them are so poorly written! Well, my grammar is nothing to crow about but if you do by chance see any big mistakes... don't tell me. Enjoy!
Chapter 1 :
Shoes pounded on the hard asphalt in a rush. Usagi Tuskino was always late. Even after four years of being the super hero Sailor Moon, not much has made her any different. Skillfully she grabbed a streetlight and swung herself around the corner as she raced towards her destination, blonde ponytails flying in the wind behind her.
"Rei is going to be so mad!" She cried as she glanced at her watch. Her nose hit it first and then the rest of her body crumpled against the hard object she smashed into. The impact threw her backwards onto the pavement beneath her. With a startled gasp she looked up, her hand quickly going to cover her nose. "Ow..." She whined painfully and stared up at midnight eyes.
"You never watch where you are going do you Meatball head?" An almost annoyed voice said above her and Usagi huffed. She tried to get up but her muscles hurt. It felt like she had run into a truck. Mamoru Chiba sighed and reached down, pulling her small body up effortlessly. She came to her feet wobbily and looked up at him, his head a good foot above her own. Her hand went to her nose again, , her brows furrowing accusingly at him for the cause of her pain.
"Ow..." She whimpered again and he raised a curious eyebrow at her over his small glasses that rested on his nose.
"Are you hurt?" He asked, annoyance still littering his voice. This girl had run into him, literally, for the last four years. She was a pest, a beautiful pest but a child who always brought out the feisty side in him. He enjoyed being a calm person but she had a way of rustling his feathers. Her deep blue eyes looked into his and he could see a twinge of harsh criticism in them even though her face displayed innocence. He moved her hand away to check her nose, which was just a little red.
"Geez... you felt like a brick wall." She cried, her shoulder aching as well as her bum, which she had landed on. He looked at her confused and dropped her hand.
"What?" He asked and she rolled her eyes and walked past him, her pace gaining speed as she walked away.
"What do you do... work out just so you can run into me and hurt me?!" She cried over her shoulder and Mamoru watched her retreat then a smile came to his face and he let out a chuckle.
"Impressed Meatball head?" He called teasingly and he heard her huff.
"I'd sooner ogle at a snake!" She cried over her shoulder and he frowned annoyed. As if he needed her... he had his share of women ogle over him, he didn't need some silly child too. He hadn't run into her in a few months... things had changed a bit. She glanced over her shoulder at his thin tall form and gulped remembering how much it hurt running into him. Boys... they always had to work out to get buff. Losers. She said with a roll of her eyes and rounded the corner.
"I'm surprised she didn't cry. Good for her." He mumbled to himself and turned back onto his present course. Mamoru Chiba was a loner. He had always been that way since his parents were killed in a car accident. To be honest, Usagi was actually the only thing he could count on to never vanish. There would always be that little girl who would run into him or yell at him for making fun of her pigtails. At least she was consistent.
"Mamoru!" A voice suddenly yelled approaching him and Mamoru looked up from his book. Gently he put a hand to his chest where the minx had run into him. It was the first time she had done it where he hadn't stumbled back. He probably did feel like a brick wall... "I've been looking all over town for you!" An exuberant voice cried as he walked to him and put an arm around his shoulders.
"Shouldn't you be at the arcade?" Mamoru asked smiling for once today at his oldest friend.
"That is what little sister's are for... remember I have my own business to run." The blonde winked at him and Mamoru raised his eyebrows in acknowledgement and kept walking, his friend beside him. Indeed, Motoki had his own business to run which was exactly the reason for Mamoru's brick wall state as Usagi had put it. It was the oddest thing Motoki had probably ever done. Perhaps he was going through his mid-life crisis or rebellion stage but whatever made him get a wild streak was at least making him more interesting to be around.
"So, why have you been looking for me?" He asked casually and was met with Motoki wide scheming grin. He wanted to instantly groan at that.
"People have been begging for you! You have to give me a monthly show!" He cried and Mamoru raised an eyebrow at him taken back.
"I'm a doctor now Motoki... I don't need the money..." He mumbled and Motoki grinned.
"Come on... use it to by some girl a gift... Buy Usagi a butt cushion for all of the pain you cause her." Motoki smirked and Mamoru shook his head, a small grin on the corner of his lips. That might be a good idea and might get a rise out of the minx.
"No." He grumbled resolutely and Motoki stepped in front of him.
"Please! Just once a month...you are my star... no one does it like you." He grinned and Mamoru gave him an odd look and stepped to the side, trying to avoid him. Now Motoki was making him uncomfortably.
"I was just desperate for cash..." He mumbled quietly and Motoki turned with a grin. "I never liked doing it." He finished, his voice doing a bad job of sounding convincing and Motoki's grin only grew.
"But everyone else did... come on... a part of you loved the lights and the music and the girls." He called after him as he followed. "You could be my big draw in... once a month that's all. Come on Tuxedo Mask." Motoki smirked and Mamoru spun around and pointed a finger at him, his eyes darting around suspiciously hoping no one had heard his best friend's loud voice. "You know you want to..." Motoki whispered and Mamoru was beginning to not like Motoki's wild side. It was getting annoying. "I'll pay you double and you can keep all of your tips." He grinned and Mamoru sighed and removed his glasses. "I'll even take your mask out of its frame." He mumbled and Mamoru rolled his eyes. He realized that his blonde friend was persistent and wouldn't give up when he got something in his head. He could fight him, he had the energy too but he didn't want to spend the rest of the month arguing with him. With a deep breath he admitted defeat.
"Fine." He growled and Motoki let out a cry of success.
"Perfect!"
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"Usagi!" A voice yelled happily with a wave as the blonde seventeen year old walked up to the outside café. She glanced up at the marquee with a large coffee cup and then at the four women who looked up at her with big smiles. Happiness came over her and she sighed plopping down into a waiting chair for her. Her friends gave her such comfort. "I was getting worried..." Makoto grinned, her emerald eyes dancing as she glanced at the young blonde.
"You're nose is all red..." Rei said critically reaching out to touch it. Usagi swatted it away and rolled her eyes.
"I ran into a wall." She hissed and Rei blinked as Minako made an 'ouch' face.
"Why?" Ami asked raising an eyebrow curiously and Usagi rolled her eyes.
"I mean I ran into Chibaidiot..." She grumbled and the rest of the girls looked at her confused. Usagi gulped and rubbed her chest. "He felt like a brick wall..." She complained and Rei smirked, resting her chin in her hand as she looked at the others.
"We were just talking about how Ami was going to miss your birthday next weekend." Minako said and the blue haired genius frowned.
"Aw..." Usagi whined looking at one of her best friends with big eyes. "How come?" She pouted and Rei grinned at the young girl. It amazed her that she use to be the Princess of the Moon... a sophisticated, elegant woman of many talents. Not that Usagi didn't possess talents... elegant just wasn't her. Rei always wondered perhaps Usagi's last life was too strict, which was why she reverted to such a childish manner now... She grinned, enjoying her own logic as the conversation continued on without her.
"I have that special seminar in Beijing with my mom. It's the first time I can go and I'm so sorry it fell on your birthday." Ami said, sadness and guilt coming over her as her frame slumped. Makoto smiled and wrapped an arm around the blue prodigy. Usagi smiled and grabbed her hand.
"Oh don't worry!" She cried. "I'll have plenty more birthdays!" She said with a large smile and Ami brightened slightly.
"We'll take her out for you!" Minako cried and Ami glanced at the other three who nodded.
"It won't be the same without you but we know you'll always be with us." Makoto grinned and Ami raised an eyebrow at her.
"You can get me something in Beijing!" Usagi said with a big smile and Ami nodded. "I'll always love you Ami... even if you miss my birthday for the rest of our lives!" She giggled and Ami shook her head with a smile. "Especially if you always get me a nice present." The blonde added with a smirk and the others looked at her and giggled as the blue haired genius let out a breath and then smirked.
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"What should we do for Usagi's birthday?" Minako asked quietly as she walked through Juuban Crossroads Shopping District. She had been racking her brain all morning for the perfect thing to do. She had to make this birthday special so Usagi wouldn't be depressed over Ami-chan not being there. She pounded a fist on her palm, a look of determination in her eyes.
"I got her the cutest little cooking set..." Makoto grinned to herself as the wind blew through the two women's hair.
"Yeah but Usagi is turning eighteen... we have to do something big." Minako said with a smile, her eyes glittering with eagerness when suddenly a paper smacked her in the face. She gasped and removed it, the wind making it flap around.
"What's that?" Makoto asked as the two girls stopped.
"It's an advertisement for that strip club on the outskirts of Juuban, a few blocks from Rei's temple." Minako said reading the red piece of paper. "Oh! They are having a special event this Friday! That's Usagi's birthday!" Minako cried and Makoto raised an eyebrow at her as she looked around seeing colored papers blowing everywhere.
"So?" She asked confused and Minako grinned at her.
"It says that the famous Mask is coming for a special show... We could take Usagi here for her birthday!" She cried, excitement coming to her eyes.
"To a strip club?" She almost yelled and then blushed and stepped closer to the blonde leader as her voice lowered as passerby's glanced at the two school uniform clad girls. "Why?" She asked and Minako shrugged.
"Why not? Serenity use to be a very passionate person... it's like an entrance into womanhood to have a fine man dance before you and you casually dismiss them... it's a right of passage." She preached on as she continued walking down the street. Makoto blinked and walked after her, slightly afraid of the zeal she was displaying over her 'brilliant' new idea.
"But Usagi isn't like that... she's sweet and innocent..." Makoto grinned picturing the ditz in her head and Minako giggled throwing her arms out, her fingers still clutched to the paper.
"We all are but we have our bad sides..." She smirked, a determined step to her now.
"But it says you have to be twenty-one to get in." Makoto said pointing to the flier and Minako grinned at her and the idea suddenly was beginning to grow on Makoto. She did like men after all.