In the hidden recesses of K-2,alarm claxons blare and a voice issues 
forth.
Jiro: It is time!
Two figures stand ready beside him. As lightning flashed they are 
revealed to be Guyver 1 and Gally
Sho/Guyver:What is it Jiro, new Threat?
Jiro:Worse, remember how we lost Nene-chan to the mental institute?
Sho/Guyver: Yeah, it was after she reviewed Mama's hand with us that she 
became a psychotic vigilan..., wait you don't mean.
Jiro nods his head
Jiro: Start up the MST machine, oh yes before I forget, here Gally, this 
is a summary of what happened in the previous chapters.
Gally smirks and then frowns.
Gally: Gomene Jiro-san but I might become too busy to review this fic 
with you.
Jiro nods then points at a door
Jiro: Portal is that way, and yes save some for me ne?
Gally winks and heads out
Jiro: ok, let's do it! Roll fic!
Douglas Helm wrote:

                              Mama's Hand
                                   By
                              Douglas Helm

                           Edited/Co-Plotted
                                   By
                        "Tuxedo" Will Wolfshohl
                               Rated : R

Part VII - The Gentle OneJiro: nice title!
Another week passed. To Usagi it passed with tortured slowness as she
struggled with her new responsibilities. Her days of coasting through
life and just barely getting by came to an abrupt halt. Her mother was
consistent and firm in watching Usagi do her homework and no amount of
wailing or pleading dissuaded her mother.Sho: not this time!
Saturday morning was bright, if slightly chilly. The occasional
powder-puff cloud lazily floated across the early morning sky as the sun
crept up from its watery bed in the east.

Usagi lay awake, thinking. She could feel the warmth as Chibi-Usa
snuggled close to her. She could hear the little girl's breathing as she
slept peacefully, a little arm lightly hugging Usagi. Reaching up, Usagi
gently stroked Chibi-Usa's hair and smiled softly.both: awww!
<I'm glad you got used to me going to school,> Usagi thought, <Mom was
right. I should have thought about you. I guess I wanted my life both
ways. To be able to help you and not have to work at it.>Jiro: Finally! some maturity at last takes root on Usagi-sama!
Chibi-Usa stirred slightly and slowly opened one eye. She gave a smile
of contentment and looked up to Usagi. "Morning Mommy," the little girl
said sleepily, "Time to get up?"

"No, it's Saturday. You can sleep some more if you want," Usagi said and
gave Chibi-Usa a hug, "Or do you want to get up?" Shaking her head
slightly, Chibi-Usa closed her eyes and snuggled against her mother.
For the moment, Chibi-Usa was content to simply lay next to her mother,
eyes closed, enjoying the warmth.Jiro: Sho, what's with the silence?

Sho: sniff! shhhh I'm enjoying this!

                                  ******

Later that morning, Usagi entered the kitchen and said, "Mom, can I talk
to you?"

"Where's Chibi-Usa?" Ikuko asked, noting that the little girl wasn't
trailing Usagi.Jiro: Quick ! Code pink! Code Pink! (alarm claxons switch on, monitors 

began to track any life form with pink hair in all known universes)
Sho: It may not be what you think Jiro.

"She's watching TV with Shingo," Usagi said,Sho: see! I told you so.

Jiro: Genesis Alpha, Abort Code Pink , authorization code Juliet Romeo 
Oscar one niner! (claxons cease to blair and everything returns back to 
normal) still, can't be too careful, right?
 "She didn't seem to mind.

Chibi-Usa must be getting used to him." <I'm glad he isn't being a pain
either. Although I think maybe Mom had a talk with him.>

"What did you want to talk about, Usagi-chan?" Ikuko asked while sitting
down at the table. <I know this week's been hard on you, Usagi. I'm so
proud of you though. You've actually started to do homework without me
having to goad you into it.>Jiro(with hearts in his eyes): Usagi-sama is finally a woman!

Sho (baps him with a nearby generator):Shhh! can't you stop mooning 
around for a while, no pun intended!

"I thought I'd take Chibi-Usa over and introduce her to Ami," Usagi
said, "She seems pretty comfortable with you now. I know Chibi-Usa can't
spend all her time here. I thought Ami would be best because she's the
quietest of my friends."Sho (With hearts in his eyes): Ami-sama!!!!

Jiro(stage whisper): look who's talking

Ikuko smiled at Usagi and nodded, "I think that would be a good idea.
Have you told Chibi-Usa yet?"

"No, I haven't yet. I wanted to see if you thought it was a good idea
first. I don't need her getting really scared again." <I had enough
trouble the last time.>Sho:(in Guyver form)Causing a child to become scared of being left alone 

is most unforgivable.
Jiro: Don't worry, if I know Gally, she's certain to cause a lot of paint 
to any Endymion taht crosses her path! 

"Usagi-chan, what a pleasant surprise," Ikuko said, "I think Chibi-Usa
should like Ami."Sho (regains his calm upon mention of Ami's name): who wouldn't?
                                  ******

Shortly after her conversation with her mother, Usagi took Chibi-Usa
upstairs to get dressed and to talk to her about going to Ami's. The
first order of business was to put Chibi-Usa's hair up in "rabbit ear"
odangos. It had taken Usagi nearly two hours the previous Sunday to get
the knack of putting Chibi-Usa's hair up in the original style. What had
utterly amazed Usagi was the patience that Chibi-Usa seemed to have.
She simply sat contentedly looking through a book.Jiro: As Ikuko-mama said, she is deciplined

Sho: Too deciplined!
Jiro: Darn right!

Now, however, it didn't take much time for Usagi to get the hair up into
the odangos. Once that was done, Usagi said, "Chibi-Usa-chan, would you
like to meet one of my friends?"

"Pardon Mommy?" Chibi-Usa asked looking up from her book.

"I thought that you'd like to meet one of my friends. Her name is Ami,"
Usagi said, "Would you like to meet her?" Chibi-Usa gave this some
thought before nodding, "That's great!" Usagi exclaimed. <I thought I'd
have to con you into it.>

"You're not gonna leave, are you Mommy?" Chibi-Usa questioned looking at Usagi with he large, innocence eyes.

Jiro: uh-oh the unstoppable "Cute puppy dog eyes Technique"!
Sho: I think you meant "..with her large, innocent eyes."

"NO! No, Chibi-Usa-chan, I won't leave you. I just want you to meet Ami.
You should like her. She likes to read too." <Boy, does she ever like to
read! I think that girl was born with a book in her hands.>Sho: Hey! you can't blame a lady for trying to acquire a little 

knowledge!
Jiro: A little?

Rifling through her closet, Usagi produced two dresses, "What one do you want to wear?"

Sho: Rifling... she shoot's the closet?
Jiro: Baka Sho!

Chibi-Usa hopped off the bed and, going over to stand in front of her
mother, gave the question some thought. <This is Mommy's friend. Mommy
said somethin' about Ami but I can't remember.> "Mommy, what's Ami's
color?"Both: huh?
"Nani?" Usagi questioned, "You mean what color does Ami like?" Chibi-Usa
nodded. "Well Ami likes blue, I think." <Why can't she like a really
kawaii color... like pink?!>Sho: Hey! I think blue is a kawaii color!

Jiro: I hate to say this but I agree with him.

"Then I want to wear that one, please Mommy," Chibi-Usa said as she
pointed to a light blue dress. <I hope Ami likes me. I wonder where
Daddy is?> She had asked Usagi before and Usagi kept saying she didn't
know where her father was. In fact, in the past few days this was the
first time that she had even thought about her father.Jiro: probably extinct! with all those Anime Characters out huinting for 

Endymions.
 <I hope when I

see Daddy, he won't be mad at me for running away,> Chibi-Usa thought.
"Mommy, can we see Daddy?" Chibi-Usa questioned, "I don't want him to be mad at me."

(Guyver's chest plate swings open and he shoots a megabuster into the 
air. Meanwhile NemesisFires an antimatter blast towards the sky, the 
unlucky bird dissintigrated into atoms)

<Uh oh, I've been avoiding that question. So should I answer it fully? I don't think she'd understand. Me trying to get her to call me Usagi
didn't work either.> Crouching down so she could look at Chibi-Usa in
the eye, Usagi said, "Honey, I'm not sure where your dad is. Now let's
get ready and then I'll phone Ami see if it's okay that we come over."
Chibi-Usa nodded happily and gave her mother a hug. Usagi hugged the
little girl back before standing up, "Now are you sure you don't want to wear the pink one?"
"I'm sure, Mommy," Chibi-Usa replied.
<Darn.>(Both fighters return to normal and upon seeing this scene began to laugh 

out loud)

                                  ******

Usagi looked down to the little girl who was holding her hand tightly.
Chibi-Usa was gazing around the streets, acting as if everything was new to her. If the sidewalk became particularly crowded, Chibi-Usa would
press close to Usagi's leg making walking difficult and crushing Luna in the process. The Lunar Cat was being held by Chibi-Usa almost like a
security blanket.Jiro(winces in pain): that has got to hurt (Sho nods in agreement)
After a few minutes they approached the Mizuno's front door and it was
opened by Ami. "Konnichiwa Usagi-chan, and who's this?" she asked
turning her gaze onto Chibi-Usa. <You do look like Usagi,> Ami thought,
<Luna never mentioned that.>Sho: I believe a black lunar cat turned security blanket has some 

expaining to do!

"Konnichiwa Ami-chan," Usagi replied happily, "Ami-chan, this is Tsukino
Usagi, but we call her Chibi-Usa. Chibi-Usa-chan..." Usagi stopped and
looked around, "Where'd she go?!?" Usagi questioned. Chibi-Usa, who had
been standing beside her had disappeared.(Sho stops Jiro from once again issuing code pink)
"I'm here, Mommy," came a soft voice from behind Usagi.(Jiro breathes a sigh of relief)
Usagi turned and found Chibi-Usa standing behind her, "Chibi-Usa-chan,
you don't have to be scared. This is my friend. Come on," Usagi said
taking Chibi-Usa's hand, "Chibi-Usa-chan, this is Mizuno Ami."Sho: Ami-sama!!!!
"Konnichiwa Mizuno-san, you and Mommy are friends?" she asked Ami. <She
not look mean,> Chibi-Usa thought examining the strange girl who her
mother was introducing her to.Jiro: Uh-oh, Shampoo complex again.
"I'm very pleased to meet you, Chibi-Usa-chan, please come in," Ami said
and stepped out of the doorway to let the small group enter. <Hmmm...
Luna looks uncomfortable.> "Chibi-Usa-chan, why don't you let Luna down
and I'll get her some milk."Sho: Who wouldn't be? I bet P-chan felt less pain every time he went to 

bed with Akane than the pain Luna felt when she became the security 
balnket 

Chibi-Usa seemed reluctant at first but after getting a reassuring smile
from Usagi she let Luna go. The black cat dropped to the ground and
shook her fur out before saying, "Arigato Ami-chan, I could use a drink.

Jiro(Luna Voice): and severe rib and vertebral surgery

Now Chibi-Usa, I promise that Ami won't hurt you," Luna said turning to
look at the young child, "I think you'll like Ami."

                                  ******

A little while later, Ami along with Usagi, Chibi-Usa, and Luna were
sitting in Ami's room. Ami smiled as Chibi-Usa giggled. She could see
that Usagi was happy to see Chibi-Usa enjoying herself.(both reviewers smile at the WAFF scene they just witnessed)
"You're smart, Ami-san," Chibi-Usa said while clapping, "You can read
pretty good!" She then giggled again as Usagi gave her a hug. She was
sitting in Usagi's lap and had listened to Ami read a story.

"Chibi-Usa-chan, do you like school?"Jiro: This question was inevitable, Ami and School are inseperable
"What's school?" Chibi-Usa asked again. <Mommy never had school before
but now she has to go. I don't think I like school very much. It takes
away my mommy.> Then an idea occurred to her, "Mommy, does Daddy go to
school, too?"Sho: such trauma in a small child!
"I don't think so, Chibi-Usa-chan," Usagi said.Jiro:That's
Ami raised and eyebrow quizzically at Chibi-Usa's first question before
saying, "School is where you go to learn stuff."

Chibi-Usa wrinkled her forehead, "But Sobo not got to school with Mommy.

Jiro: Doug-kun was that line deliberately misspelled

How can Mommy uh... do stuff if Sobo not show her?" This response made
both Ami's eyebrows raise in curiosity. "I not like school. It takes my
Mommy away. It bad!"Sho: This child is in serious need of a psychiatrist! 
Usagi giggled, "No, Chibi-Usa-chan, school isn't that type of bad. You
know what rules are right?" Chibi-Usa nodded, her daddy made a lot of
rules.(Jiro and Sho begin to give off immense amounts of battle aura)

 "Well one of the rules is that I have to go to school."

"What about me?" Chibi-Usa questioned. <I not want to be naughty.>(Steam comes out of Jiro's ears)
"When you're not scared anymore, then we'll talk about you going to
school," Usagi said, "How does that sound?" Chibi-Usa looked skeptical
but nodded her acceptance.Sho: Guy...
"So you learn stuff from your mother, Chibi-Usa-chan?"

"Hai, Mommy's GREAT! She shows me all sorta stuff!" Chibi-Usa then said,
"But when you sent me to the past you stopped showing me stuff, how
come?" <I have fun when you show me stuff. Like that birdie.> The image
of the great bird brought a smile to her face.Both: awww
"Because..." Usagi trailed off looking for an answer, "Because, I don't
know," she finally admitted, "Would you want me to show you stuff?"
Chibi-Usa nodded, "Like what, honey?"

"Show me Kanji. Mommy, you said you didn't know it. But if you go to
school, then you must know it, ne?"Jiro: knowing Usagi-sama, most unlikely!
"Gomen," Usagi said and flushed, "I don't know Kanji but Ami could show
you."Sho: Ami-sama yaaay! ( begins to wave flags to and fro)
"Really?!?" Chibi-Usa asked turning to Ami, "You..." <I better not say
she smarter than Mommy. Mommy might get mad.> "Please show me, Ami-san?"

(The two reviewers try to hold their respective tempers)

"Only if you call me `Ami-chan'."Sho: hai Ami-chan (goo-goo eyes)
"'Kay," Chibi-Usa said happy to comply, "You show me now?"

"Hai, come over here and sit by me." Ami noted the hesitation, "You come
over to Usagi-chan and we'll show you some too."Jiro: I think that was supposed to be,"..come over too Usagi-chan and 

we'll show you some as well."
 That last comment made

Usagi stick out her tongue, "Now Usagi-chan, that's not very polite,"
Ami admonished then giggled at Usagi's scowl. <Maybe she'll learn
something... well I can dream at least,> Ami thought as she retrieved
some writing material.Jior and Sho Shake their heads in resignation: We doubt it!
                                  ******
Just after lunch Ami waved good by to Usagi and Chibi-Usa, "Good-bye
Chibi-Usa-chan, Usagi-chan. I enjoyed having you over!" Ami called,
"I'll send Luna home soon, Chibi-Usa-chan, I promise!"Jiro(Luna Voice):no please don't send me back, I need to recover from my 

spinal surgery!!!

"Arigato Ami-chan!" Chibi-Usa said as she waved good-bye.

"Bye Ami-chan, arigato for lunch. We'll see you later!" Usagi called and
taking Chibi-Usa's hand they started heading for home.

When the door closed Luna looked up towards Ami and said, "Ami-chan, did you get a chance to do a scan?"

Jiro: Uh-oh!

"Hai, come into my room. I need to talk to you." Picking Luna up, she
went walked back into her room and shut the door. Sho:If she wanted to say "come into my room" she wouldn't have picked 

Luna up, otherwise she would have said "let's go to my room". 
That's just my opinion of course. Also, you used two verbs "went" and 
"walked" at the same time. 
Retrieving her

minicomputer, Ami typed a command to pull up the data that she had
recorded,Jiro: I think that should have been "bring up"

 "I set my computer to do a broad spectrum scan. I also had it

do a comparison on both Usagi's and Chibi-Usa's DNA structure."

"I'm not going to like this, am I?" Luna questioned.(Sho and Jiro shake their heads)
"Usagi is Chibi-Usa's mother. The margin by which Usagi could NOT be the mother is so slim even I'm not willing to consider it."

<That's certainly saying something,> Luna thought, then frowned. "But if Usagi IS Chibi-Usa's mother, does that mean that Mamoru is the 

father???

I'd hate to think that. I mean Mamoru is a very caring person. Could it
be that he is her abuser?"Jiro: Genesis, new directive. Droids are also to go after Mamoru Chibas
"Unfortunately, I have never really gotten a good scan of Mamoru. At
least at the genetic level," Ami admitted, "Although I wouldn't want to
speculate on the matter if we rule out either Usagi or Mamoru being
unfaithful, then we have to look at the possibility that he is the
abuser."Jiro: The mind still nags, why did Mamoru think that Usagi-sama cheated 

on him?

"Damn!" Luna swore, "This is all I need." She sat down, "We call the
Senshi for a meeting, tomorrow. I'll try and get Chibi-Usa to stay with
Ikuko long enough for Usagi to come. Ami do you think you can get over
and do a scan on Mamoru? Say you just need to update your records or
something."Sho: That'll make Ami-sama another target!
"I'll try Luna but if Mamoru is the abuser, wouldn't that raise his
suspicions? Or rather his future self's suspicions? If he can travel
back in time, what else could Mamoru's future self do? He knows where we live."

Jiro: Quick thinking Ami-chan!

Luna twitched her tail in irritation, "I forgot about that. Okay, we'll
have to be sneaky about it. I'll try and think of something." Turning,
Luna headed for Ami's bedroom window, "Well I better get home before
Chibi-Usa worries that something's happened to me."Sho: Admit it Luna, you'd rather stay here than be squeezed to death!
"Ja ne, Luna."

"Ja ne, Ami-chan. I'll see you tomorrow."

                                  ******

Later that evening at the Tsukino home, the phone rang. Usagi bounded
down the stairs and grabbed it before her mother could get to it. "Moshi moshi," Usagi said into the mouth piece, "Tsukino residence."

Jiro(looking at a stop watch): 2.3 seconds! that means only one thing....

"Usako?" came the man's voice.Jiro:...only one person and one alone...
"Mamo-chan?!?" Usagi cried softly, "What are you doing calling me
here?!? Not that I mind or anything but my dad'd blow a fuse or
something if he heard me talking to you."Sho: yep! Mr. Tsukino will definitely give a Krakatoa impression if he 

walks in on his daughter

"I haven't seen you in two weeks," Mamoru said in a very depressed
voice, "You never showed up for our meeting that Saturday and I haven't
heard anything since."Jiro:I smell a trap!

Sho: You always do

"Oh my poor Mamo-chan," Usagi said, "I'm sorry I missed our date. I've
just been really busy." She pictured Mamoru's sad face and said, "Gomen,can you ever forgive me?"

Jiro(grumbles under his breath):What does he got that drives women 
bonkers? Even my Alita-himei goes gaga over him!

"I suppose," Mamoru said taking on a reluctant air, "What do I get out
of it?"

"Ice cream?"both:LOL! 
"Usagi..."

Usagi giggled, "Gomen, ah, how about a kiss?"(Jiro falls into a dreamlike state after the author mentioned Usagi's 

kiss)

"Well I'd like a kiss from you Usako but I was thinking maybe something
a little more romantic. Say like that boat ride we WERE supposed to go
on?
"I wish I could," Usagi said as she noticed Chibi-Usa watching her
intently, "But I have to stay at home for a while... Say would you mind
if someone tagged along?"
"Usagi, I said romantic. Typically, that only involves only TWO people.
Might I also remind you that Rei gave up on me?" Usagi was glad Mamoru
couldn't see her blush, "Well give me a call, okay? I'm worried about
you."
"Love you," Usagi whispered and stood there deep in thought, long after
Mamoru had hung the phone up.Jiro:Arrgh! I don't trust that guy!

Sho: You don't trust him cause your jelous!
Jiro:partly, but majorly because Endymion has a time key and they do have 
the same voice, I still smell a trap!

Chibi-Usa was also thinking. <Was that Daddy?!? I wonder who Mommy was
talking to? I'd like to go on a boat ride; I never been on a boat
before.> Her curiosity was just dying to know who her mother had been
talking to but Chibi-Usa knew that it would be impolite to ask,
especially when she really shouldn't have been listening in to the
conversation at all.Jiro:What a polite little child!

Sho:too polite!
Jior: We'll MST part 8 tommorow! See you then!