Good Afternoon,

This is part #1 that will probably be a 15 part series.  For those that had
read my "Tales of Younger Jupiter" you can stop panicking, these parts will
be smaller.  The first part is short but the other parst are larger.

Part #2 will be next sunday.

C&C always welcome.  If you'd like to get on my distribution list are not
send me a private e-mail.

Doug
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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.

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Rated: PG


Chibi-Usa Times Two
Part 1:  Rabbit's trap

<It just isn't fair!>

That particular thought ran through Usagi's mind as she laid fully awake
in bed. Through bloodshot eyes, she once more looked at the clock on the
headboard of her bed. If she got to sleep right now, she'd just manage
to have four hours of sleep. Usagi could feel the reason for the thought
that was keeping her awake snuggled up against her.

<Now I'll fall asleep in class again and Haruna-sensei will give me
ANOTHER detention because of her. Even worse, I have to be extra sweet
to her because if I don't, Mom hits the roof and I wind up doing stuff I
already hate to do...>  Usagi internally winced as she remembered having
to clean her room today instead of going to the arcade. <And THEN I have
to share my bed with this FUNGUS who seems to think I'm some sort of
substitute teddy bear! I'm a grown woman! Why do I have to share a bed
like I was her little sister or something?!>

Suppressing the whine that wanted to escape Usagi continued to look at
the wall.  <It just isn't fair!>

******

Another week of sleepless nights was catching up with Usagi.  One more
day of dozing in class and yet another day of detention...  Usagi heaved
a mighty sigh as she trudged towards the meeting. She knew she was
really late but figured running wouldn't help matters.  <Rei's going to
be furious. Another thing to blame on that spore!> she thought hotly,
<That spore's been around me nearly three months and all she's done is
make ME miserable!>

After forcing her foul mood as deep as she could Usagi climbed the
shrine steps.  <The others think I'm exaggerating...  Rei wouldn't think
that if she had been dating Mamoru and that fungus broke them up!>

******

Chibi-Usa was happy... sort of. It wasn't so bad in the past.  She still
hadn't found the Ginzuishou.  She knew that Usagi had it, <But where'd
that baka Odango Atama hide it?>  This puzzled Chibi-Usa, she just
couldn't figure out where a baka like Usagi would hide something where
her obviously SUPERIOR intelligence couldn't find it. She had searched
for months now in vain.

Turning the corner Chibi-Usa heard a whistle. <Where did that come
from?> she thought as she looked around.  Then she saw him floating
above... Rubeus! Spinning on her heel Chibi-Usa started to run down the
now deserted street.

"What luck! I hadn't been looking for you but you obliged me by
delivering yourself to me! And it isn't even my birthday!" Rubeus
crowed, a feral grin spreading across his face.

Turning another corner Chibi-Usa finally was forced to a sudden stop as
she ran head first into a small brick wall.  Bouncing back she landed
with a thump on her backside.  Hearing Rubeus' laugh she opened her eyes
and looked directly into his dark heart.  Letting out a scream of fright
her crescent moon sigil burned brightly and shot a beam into the
darkening sky.

Rubeus at first was surprised and temporarily blinded by this
development. When his vision cleared he noticed that his prey had
started to scramble over the low wall she'd run into.

"Not this time, Rabbit!  I've got a snare for you!"  With that dark
energy streamers shot from Rubeus' hands and started to encircle
Chibi-Usa making her stick to the wall.  "I see I should have handled
this myself instead of relying on those baka Sisters!"

Chibi-Usa struggled against the bonds as Rubeus stalked towards her.
She could see the gleam of anticipation in his eyes as he grew closer.
That's when she heard the voice, that voice that sounded so familiar to
her...

"Depriving a girl of her sleep! How low can you go! In addition to being
healthy, a good sleep keeps a girl looking good, and for depriving ME of
my beauty sleep, in the name of the Moon, I WILL PUNISH YOU!!"

<Sailor Moon's starting to sound like Odango Atama,> Chibi-Usa thought,
<But at least it got him thinking about something else besides me.>

Giving a snarl Rubeus whirled around.  "Come on out!  I've caught one
Rabbit... I can certainly trap the others."

"Up here!"

Rubeus swung his head up to see the Senshi standing atop a nearby
building. Raising his hands Rubeus released a dark sphere of energy
rushing toward the Senshi who easily dodged it.

"BURNING MANDALA!" Mars shouted out.  The attack missed Rubeus when he
flitted out of existence and reappeared in midair.

"Hey watch it, pyro!" Chibi-Usa shouted indignantly, "I want to live to
see my next birthday!" Mars just snarled at the remark.

"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!" Jupiter called out and sent her attack flying
towards Rubeus.  It missed but managed to hollow out a section of wall.

"I'll be back, Rabbit!" Rubeus snarled and then teleported away.

"Chibi-Usa-chan, are you alright?" Sailor Moon asked as she rushed
forward. Then noticing Chibi-Usa was injured, <Oh Kami-sama, she's
hurt!> "Where'd you get that bruise?"

Chibi-Usa raised her hand to feel a bump on her forehead starting to
form.  "Oh... must be from when I ran into the wall."  She winced
slightly as her hand brushed across the forming bruise. "I'm okay
though."

"I show indications that Rubeus is returning," Mercury stated calmly.

"What!?!?" Jupiter and Venus alarmed asked as they started to watch for
possible attacks. Mercury continued her scans.

"I am detecting a low amount of Dark Energy consistent with the energy
signature used by the Black Moon Family."

"Where's it coming from... I don't see a thing," Jupiter said, "We're
the only one's around.  When we got here the street cleared pretty
quickly."

After tapping the minicomputer's keys for several seconds Mercury began
to frown.  Lowering her visor she started a more intense scan...  After
a few more seconds Mercury calmly said, "Well I've located the source of
the Dark Energy."  She waited until everyone was looking at her, "It's
coming from Chibi-Usa-chan."

<I knew she was evil! Little spore!> Sailor Moon darkly thought.

"What will it do to me?" Chibi-Usa asked worriedly as she latched onto
Sailor Moon's leg, tears already forming in her eyes.

"It is a small amount of energy and should be passed out of her body in
the same manner any other contaminant would be."

"Huh?!?" Sailor Moon and Chibi-Usa queried.

"Since it is such a low amount of Dark Energy it should have no effect
on Chibi-Usa.  As it's a foreign agent it'll be attacked by her body's
own defenses and will eventually leave."  Mercury watched as Sailor Moon
and Chibi-Usa chewed on this simplified explanation.

"Why don't you just say what you mean?" Sailor Moon said still puzzled.
She was too tired to try to muddle through what Mercury said.  Chibi-Usa
herself had an expression of being unconvinced.

Heaving a sigh Mercury kneeled down and spoke softly, "Chibi-Usa-chan,
don't worry you'll just poop it out." Mercury immediately blushed in
embarrassment.

"Eeewww!" Venus said, "I really didn't need to hear that!"

******

As Venus and Jupiter were taking Chibi-Usa home Mercury pulled the two
remaining Senshi aside.  Glancing around, Mercury made sure that they
weren't observed. "Sailor Moon, I want you to watch Chibi-Usa
carefully," she almost commanded.

"But why?! You said she'd be fine...  and there wouldn't be anything to
worry about!"

Mars frowned before saying, "Did you lie to her, Mercury?  I think you
should have told her what's going to happen even if she's a kid."

"That's just it, I DON'T KNOW," Mercury stated firmly, "We've never
encountered this problem before... It could happen just as I told her
and it'll work itself out of her system or it could have dangerous
side-effects on her. There's no way to know for sure with the data
currently available." Turning to Sailor Moon who had already changed
back Mercury reiterated, "Usagi, just keep an eye on her...  please?"
Her face showed signs of worry.

"Oh... alright."  With that Usagi sprinted away from the two other
Senshi who were looking on in wonder.

"She didn't even whine..." Mars slowly said, "That's incredible..."

******

Later that night Usagi was trying to complete the homework assignments
she'd neglected for the past two days. <Haruna-sensei will give me
another detention if I don't get his done.> A light knock at the door
gave her an excuse to stop which she took full advantage of.

When she opened the door she saw it was Chibi-Usa standing in the hall
clutching Luna-P in her arms.  "Usagi-chan, can I sleep with you
tonight?" Chibi-Usa asked looking up with her puppy dog eyes.

Usagi was surprised, usually the spore would simply come into the room
and crawl into bed uninvited.  <Well Ami did say to keep an eye on her
and this will give me that chance.>  Nodding she stepped out of the way
to let Chibi-Usa in.

The little girl entered the room and proceeded to snuggle under Usagi's
covers.  "What are you doing?" she asked.

"Nothing..." Usagi said but it was hopeless.  She imagined an angry
Haruna-sensei sending her off to detention. She just sighed.  She wasn't
going to get her homework done in time for school tomorrow.  She had
enough experience to know that much. She glanced over to Chibi-Usa. <She
reminds me of myself at that age.> Turning off the lights she also
slipped in under the covers.

Several hours passed.  Chibi-Usa had soon drifted off to sleep but Usagi
kept seeing the little girl trapped against the wall by Rubeus in her
mind. <I hope you're alright,> Usagi thought, <We may fight a lot but
what happened today is different.> Sighing again Usagi closed her eyes
but she just couldn't fall asleep.  Curled up beside her was Chibi-Usa
who was lightly snoring.  It was going to be a long night. <It just
wasn't fair...>  That was the last thought Usagi had before drifting
finally off into sleep.

End Part 1

Next Part 2 : Paladin's Hand