You didn’t think I’d continue writing this, did ya? Did ya?! Shocker, isn’t it? Well anywho; thank
you for remembering me if you’re reading this.
~Lady Hiko

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…And then I realized they were some of the darkest blue eyes I had ever seen, familiar blue eyes,
almost human…
I blinked in astonishment.
“Mamo-chan?” I squeaked.
I really don’t know if he heard me, or if he could even understand me, but I was pretty sure it was
Mamoru as he lifted his paws off of me and sat back on his haunches, staring at me in the glow of the
moonlight as his tail twitching in thought.
Okay, so there’s a cat staring at me, Usa the Moon Mouse, whom may be Mamoru, or may be not,
but now what?! There’s someone else in MY bed and in MY BODY and I don’t know what to do about it!
Okay, think Usa, think Usa, what to do? What do I do?
I turned and looked up at ‘Mamoru’.
“Okay,” I squeaked. “If you are Mamoru, speak to me or do something other than stare at me.
Give me a sign!”
“Merow,” was his only reply.
Great, just great. He can apparently understand me, but I can’t understand him. Just great…
Okay, if you need to talk to a cat, then get a cat you can understand…Cat…cat… where’s a cat I
can understand?!
…LUNA! Duh! She was the first thing I came in here for!
I looked over to my bed where she would usually lay, and found a big empty spot. I badly wanted
to slap myself in the forehead at that moment. All that work, all that crawling, scampering and climbing
for what? NOTHING! Grrr…why wasn’t she here where she’s supposed to be?! She’s supposed to be my
guardian!
Okay Usagi, calm yourself down, calm yourself down. There’s a logical explanation in here
somewhere; you just have to think. What is the last thing you were doing? Let’s see, the last thing *I* was
doing was scampering around like an idiot in a mouse suit... No, the last thing HUMAN I was doing was
killing off Beryl as Princess Serenity. Where would Luna be after a big battle like that?
I sat there and thought for a moment, but finding that useless, I began to pace, Mamoru’s silent
eyes following my every movement. Let’s see…Beryl…death…rebirth…MOUSE…Luna would be in
charge of keeping us safe in case of memory loss due to the event, so therefore she’d be in the command
center below the arcade! That’s where she’d be, the arcade! Now all I need to do is go there, talk to her,
and then she can turn us back! Yeah! That’s what I’ll do!
The clock read 1:30 am.
I looked down at the city streets below and realized the high improbability of me getting me to the
command center and my body back before my parents woke up at this rate. I’d need help, but who would
help me?
I felt a gaze penetrate my back and thought hit me once again that night. I could use Mamoru!
Visions of little mousy me riding a little horsy-kitty Mamoru’s back filled my head and I almost fell over
with laughter, but… if it would work…
I looked at Mamoru with pleading eyes. “Oh Mamoru!” I shrilly squeaked in what I thought was
my sweetest voice. “Do you think I could have a ride to the arcade?”
I never knew cats could sweat drop until today. It seemed like an enormous drop of sweat was
poring down his face, as he appeared to imagine me holding up a little horse bridle to him.
The look of ‘You’ve got to be kidding’ was spread across his little kitty face. The look was so
cute that I was tempted to buy another little black kitty after this ordeal just to get that look again, but
anyway…
I gave him the sternest look I could muster - I mean really, how stern can a mouse look – but that
didn’t seem to work. So I immediately put plan B into action. I began bawling at my spot on the bed, little
mousy tears falling to the mattress as I cried, “Now what am I supposed to do! I can’t get to the arcade on
my own in time! Not with these little legs.” I peeked up from my stunt. His resolve had begun to melt.
“And what if I get lost along the way? Then what? And what if another cat eats me? Who’s supposed to
be Sailor Moon then? All those children walking the streets unprotected…”
His resolve seemed to have been broken completely as he bent down to let me on.
“Thank you Mamoru! You won’t regret this!” I yelled as I climbed up onto his back, grabbing
onto the fine kitty hairs on his neck.
With me secured onto his neck, he made a gentle leap to the nearby branch of the tree, scampered
down its trunk, and down to the city streets below.

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Riding Mamoru isn’t as easy as it sounds. First, there’s the bumpiness, followed by the feeling of
falling off his slick fur. Then, of course, there’s the pulling sensation of being carried by the scruff of the
neck because you keep flying off as he runs from dogs… so yeah, riding Mamoru isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Moving on…
We arrived at the arcade in about ten minutes, my neck sore from all the swinging and swaying,
but there was an apologetic look on Mamoru’s face, so it wasn’t so bad.
The building was dark as we arrived at the arcade, making me wonder if Luna was really even
there.
Well, I’m here, so now what? Let’s see, the building is dark, therefore, the electric sliding doors
are probably turned off, so that takes care of that idea. Okay Usa, let’s think about this a moment. Small
rodents, like myself, often get into buildings like these, and of course, Luna got in here, but how did they
do it? There has to be another entrance! But where?
My thought process was immediately interrupted as ‘Mamo-kitty’ ever so unceremoniously
swatted me with his tail.
“Mamoru!” I yelled in my squeaky little voice, and was about to retaliate until I realized what he
was looking at. High above my head, towards the back of the building was a slightly open window. No
light was on in the room, so I figured it would be a safe passage through… or so I thought.
Motioning to Mamoru, I quickly and quietly crept onto his back. Swift as ever, he stalked up to the
window’s base, careful not to make a sound. I mean really, what would people think if they saw a mouse
on top of a cat, or better yet, what would the GIRLS think if they saw ME on top of MAMORU?! The
thought isn’t all too pleasant.
Just as he was about to leap up into the window, we heard a loud crashing noise, followed by the
sound of, “Where IS IT?!”
Leaping up onto the windowsill, hiding in the shadows as not to be seen, we peered in the
window. There was a man, tall it seemed, who was tearing though out the arcade, getting nearer and nearer
to something…getting closer to the Sailor V game…

~~~ Author’s notes ~~~

Yeah I know, you wait all this time for the next chapter, and it’s super short. I’m sorry! You
won’t kill me, right? Listen, I promise I will get more out soon, promise! Also, don’t worry, this story
should only be four or five chapters TOPS! I do intend to finish it, PROMISE!!!
Anywho, thank you, THANK YOU for reading this so far.

~Lady Hiko