Here's the second installment of my first fanfic! This time: The Scouts make their usual bloopers as they fight the Monster of the Day! A Peek into Odango Atama's Life By: Eternal Flame Usagi arrived home, after a long, hard, excruciatingly painful day of school. Sighing happily while munching on a cookie, she walked upstairs into her fairly large room. (Although Tokyo is supposed to be crowded and the living quarters are tiny? Oh, wait! They don't live in Tokyo, do they?) Usagi left behind a trail of cookie crumbs through the living room, up the stairs, across the hall, and into her room. No, Ikuko-mama does not like trails of cookie crumbs. "TSUKINO USAGI!!!!!!!! COME DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT!!!!!!!!!" she bellowed. Usagi stuck her head out of her door, with a hopelessly innocent expression. Her mother stood at the base of the stairs with her usual apron and usual long, frizzly blue hair. "Yeah? What is it?" "GET DOWN HERE AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS!!!" Usagi shrugged and walked downstairs, heedless of the crumbs sticking onto her bare feet. Seeing her mother's face, she had enough sense to realize that her beloved mommy wasn't very happy right now. "What's wrong, Mom? Are you okay?" Closing her eyes, Ikuko replied in a shaky voice, "Usagi, go pick up those cookie crumbs that you dropped on my spotless white carpet that I had just finished cleaning that took hours to do and was perfect before you DIRTIED THE SPECKLESS FLOOR THAT I HAD JUST FINISHED CLEANING THAT TOOK HOURS-," she paused, and then regained control of herself. "As I was just saying, please go and clean up that mess you made, Usagi, sweetie." Usagi smiled cheerfully, and went to the kitchen to get a towel. CRASH!!! SMASH!!! Bang!!! "Owwwww??uh-oh?" Ikuko sighed as she walked into the kitchen, where Usagi laid, covered with broken pans, plates, and cups? but waving a white paper towel triumphantly. Later, Usagi plopped onto her bed, covered with scrapes and band- aids. Luna jumped effortlessly on the bed beside her. "Usagi, I sense trouble," Luna said. Yes, said. Usagi smiled and said simply, "That's nice." Luna turned to face her with a serious expression on her face. (How can cats have serious expressions?) "Usagi, I'm serious. Transform right now and use those hair ornaments to see what's going on." She looked at Luna. "Huh? What are hair ornaments? Oh, wait, hold on? It's when you take a bunch of hair, shape it into a Christmas tree, and put ornaments on it, right?" Luna scowled. "No, Usagi, it's those round, shiny balls in your buns, remember?" Usagi blinked. "Uhhhh?oh, those! Those aren't hair ornaments, silly! They're things to put in your hair!" Many, many sweatdrops appeared on Luna's head. (Mine, too.) She continued. "Besides, those things don't work anymore. I think they ran out of batteries." She nodded her head wisely. "WHAT?!?!?!?!?!? WE SPENT MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF GOLD FOR THOSE THINGS BACK IN THE SILVER MILLENIUM!! THEY CAN'T JUST DIE DOWN LIKE THAT SO SUDDENLY!" Usagi's turn to sweatdrop! "Silly Luna, I haven't been able to use those things ever since that first day you found me!" Luna jumped off the bed, muttering something angrily under her breath. She turned around to face Usagi again. "Go to the temple. Rei probably has sensed something too." "But, but how come I can't sense things? I'm the future Queen of the Earth? I think. Or was it the Moon Kingdom? Or Elysion?" "I don't know, and I don't care. Get going!" Usagi arrived at the top of the stairs to the temple breathless. Suddenly, her amazingly acute hearing heard a distant scream. Something seemed very familiar about it? Usagi sat down on the steps, trying to recall where she had heard that voice before. Then, someone whizzed by her. "Get up, you lazy odango atama! Remember, you're Sailor Moon? You fight people who make other people scream when they get hurt? And, you rush to those screaming people's rescue, right?" a beautiful, raven haired, gorgeous, stunning, dazzling, elegant, and attractive young teenager screamed at Usagi. Usagi groaned. "Can't we let the police do it this time? Please Rei?" Rei sighed. "Usagi, we don't have a police. That's why we always have to protect our city by ourselves. Hurry up, we have to save Molly!" "Oh, that was Molly? Let's go, then!" Rei smiled at Usagi. "You're such a good friend," she said genuinely. They rushed to that familiar, lush, green park, Usagi lagging behind considerably. Puffing with exhaustion, she finally caught up with Rei at the park entrance. "Shhh?" Rei whispered to Usagi. Usagi smiled goofily in mock imitation of Elmer Fudd. "Be ve-wy, ve-wy quiet. Hehehehe?" Suddenly, Usagi lay sprawled on the ground, eyes spinning dizzily. Rei was scowling, her fist still on her friend's head. (Yeah! You go, Rei!) "AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" came from inside the forest. Rei shot her head up, and looked toward the direction the scream was coming from. She quickly grabbed Usagi's hand, and with amazing strength, pulled Usagi through the entrance and into the park. Poor Usagi was being dragged mercilessly on her butt. Dear Usagi is too tender and delicate to be treated this way! "REI!!!!" she squealed piercingly. Soon, they came upon a small clearing in the woods. Usagi took the chance to stand up and examine the bruises and cuts she got. Being the sweet and considerate friend she is, she decided not to whine to Rei this time. (Gasp! For once she makes a decision by herself!) Rei peered over the bushes to where Molly, frail and pale from the many other attacks that freaky little monsters targeted on her, lay unconscious (again). When Rei saw the new Monster of the Day, she couldn't suppress a little giggle. It was a rubber ducky. (Hey, I wouldn't put it past Toei to think up of such a monster!) Its head was held the same dorky smile a normal rubber ducky would, except the eys were a bit bigger. (Okay, a lot bigger.) Its short, stubby webbed feet made moving around really hard for the monster, but it seemed to have practiced a lot. Its skin gleamed in the bright sunlight. A small black duck was imprinted onto its stomach. Hovering a little above Molly was a small, gleaming pearl that gave off a fluorescent green glow. (Not another floating object!) The duck licked its lips, and a hand shot out from the duck on its stomach and grabbed the pearl. "Kekekekeke?Finally, a beautiful brain crystal!! All mine for the taking!!" Usagi blinked. "There's ANOTHER crystal in our bodies?" Rei sniggered. "Don't worry, if it's reall a brain crystal they're after, you won't be a target." Suddenly, she gasped. "Nonono! I'm supposed to be calm and quiet, like Naoko made me! Not mean and sarcastic like Toei forced me to be ?but it's so hard not to be when I'm around Usagi!! What am I supposed to do?" A voice behind them shouted, "Transform!" Usagi and Rei spun around to look. Sailor Mercury and Jupiter were standing above them, Jupiter clearly towering over the others. Rei nodded, and shot her hand up. She shouted, "Mars Crystal Power!" A cage of fire lifted her high above the others as her clothes suddenly went POOF! Those were replaced by a very revealing skirt, and some rubbery-ish leotard. Teens these days? Sailor Mars turned towards Usagi, who was smiling exasperatingly cheerfully. Trying to control her anger, she screamed, "TRANSFORM, YOU DITZ!!!!" The monster, who was happily chewing on the pearl, looked up. Usagi murmured hesitantly, "Uh?I-I forgot my transforming thingy?" That was really too much for poor Sailor Mars. "WHAT?!?!?!!?" and immediately grabbed Usagi's shirt and shook her like a stuffed rabbit toy. "HOW COULD YOU FORGET YOUR OWN TRANSFORMATION PHRASE????????" "Do not fear, my beloved Usagi! For I, Tuxedo Mask, will save you from any catastrophe! For I, Tuxedo Mask, swear to be by your side forever! For I, Tuxedo Mask, am your dutiful servant for eternity!" Usagi scratched her head. "Really?" Tuxedo Mask stood high above them all, perched gracefully on a streetlight. He was a perfect picture of grace, balance, and eloqence. Spoke too soon. His foot moved a tiny bit, but that makes all the difference if you're standing on a skinny, slippery, little lamppost. No, Tuxedo Mask is not the smartest guy in the world. His heel slipped off, and with a loud "AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" plummeted down to the ground. He landed only a few feet away from the monster, who was staring very widely at this tuxedo-freak. Groaning, he stumbled to his feet, "Usagi, the words are Moon Eternal Make-up!" Usagi had hearts in her eyes, and gushed, "Oh, Tuxedo Mask, you saved me!" Sailor Mercury interrupted, "Wait, but those were the words for the Dead Moon Circus period. This is a new enemy, and thus to transform into Sailor Moon, Usagi needs a stronger form. You see, if you analyze each enemy that we have encountered, they each get more physically powerful. The former Sailor Moon most likely will not be strong enough to defeat this enemy." She nodded her head wisely. The monster stared at them even more, and began lugging Molly's (still) unconscious body deeper into the park. Jupiter saw it sneaking away, and rushed after it. She grabbed it by one of its feet aggressively. The monster jerked on it lightly, and easily pulled it away, then disappeared into the forest. Sailor Jupiter stared at her hands. Turning towards the others, she giggled nervously and said, "Hehe?I guess I haven't been working out enough! Teeheehee?" Usagi was frantic. "The monster got away before it could hear my speech! Ahh! MOON ETERNAL MAKE-UP! No, I didn't say it right. MOOOOON ETEERRRRNAL MAKE-UP! No, that didn't sound right either. MOON ETERNAL MAAAAAKE-UP!" The other Scouts dashed off after the monster, while Tuxedo Mask faithfully stood by Usagi's side. Part two done! I really hope you enjoyed this! There's so much I want to put into this, but not enough room to? * sigh * Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi-sama, Toei Animation (who totally ruined the characters' personalities), and Kodansha. (Licensed by Mixx, Bandai, Cloverway, DiC,?)