Title: The Turning of the Tables?? Authors: Nat-chan and Kuris-chan E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] Genre: Demented Romance mwahahahahahaha! Rated: DG (demented G) Disclaimer: Would NAOKO feature a chiwawa in her fic? I think not. tsk tsk. Silly minna. :P AN's: Kuris-chan and I were inspired by some humorous e-mails we exchanged about the chiwawa (Kuris-chan: I swear it wasn't a chiwawa!!!.......~_~) I am currently dog sitting for my cousin! (woke me up at 8am on like three hours sleep!!!!! waaahahhhhhh!!!!! *pat* *pat* there there nat-chan....) By the by, see if you can count how many 101 Dalmations references there are in here *nat-chan and k-chan run away from giant, nasty Disney execs in dark glasses with electrical hammers* aaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Serena was awakened at an unearthly hour by the yapping of a dog. Her parents had *oh-so-generously* volunteered her to look after her cousin's dog for the weekend and now it wanted to go out. Serena groaned and squinted at her clock, "zzzzhmmmm......*shock* WHAAAATTTT???!!! What is WRONG with you baka dog?! It's SOOOOOO early!" But the "baka" dog kept right on barking and yapping until she had to admit defeat and rouse herself to walk the wretched creature. She threw on clothes and splashed cold water on her face. Her odangos were crooked, she looked like the dead. She didn't care. She grabbed some plastic bags (~ugh, at least Luna doesn't need to be picked up after...!!!~) and the leash and headed for the door. The afore mentioned dog went into spasms of excited joy, tail wagging like a jet engine, or the energizer bunny that kept going. (shudder...the bunny...) He stepped easily into his leash without protest and met her blue eyes with his own adorable brown ones. Serena softened. "Awwww, you *are* kinda a cute baka aren't ya? Let's go." She set off with the dog in tow and laughed thinking of the way Luna high-tailed it to Mina's at the first sight of him. She walked him through the park and then, on impulse, headed to the arcade to see Andrew. With the jingle of bells she entered and Andrew grinned over at her from where he was chatting with Darien at the counter. ~Oh great!~ She thought. Her dreaded nemesis. No doubt he would take great joy in making fun of her haphazard appearance and her little dog too! "Hey Serena!" Andrew cheered. Darien perked up. Meatballhead, up early? This was an opportunity NOT to be wasted. He rubbed his hands together, ~MWHAHAHHAHA, definitely not to be wasted!~ But the next words out of Andrew's mouth erased any and all thoughts of teasing whatsoever. "Where'd you get the dog?" Before she could reply Darien suddenly swung around and jumped up on the counter in one fluid motion. He looked like a canary pirched on a tree, in fear of a very very big cat. Andrew and Serena gaped. "I'm....watching him for my cousin." Serena finally replied. She came closer and watched Darien stiffen further into terror. "Darien?" "Yeah?" His voice was strained, even kinda squeaky. "It's a chiwawa." Darien shot her an icy smile, "Awwww....a chiwawa....." His face blanked out, "It's still going to eat me." Serena stared at him in utter disbelief. Then she burst out laughing. She was laughing so hard, tears were coming out of her eyes, and she bent over due to the pain in her stomach, from laughing so hard. (kuris-chan: Welll EXCUSE me.....if I still think it's gonna eat me....) "Y-you're scared of a tiny little dog?! And you make fun of ME!" She spat out during her laughing fit. Darien shut his eyes. All opportunities to tease her ever again had suddenly been lost. Oh, how the tables had turned. "How the tables have TURNED buddy!" She echoed his thoughts, pointing at him. Darien frowned, "Just cause he's little doesn't mean he isn't vicious!" "He's not VICIOUS!" Serena said defensively, "He's very sweet and gentle. He barely barks!" (~except waaaay too early in the morning when he has to go out~)" Darien almost relaxed a fraction, but just a fraction. Andrew had managed to stop laughing hysterically and asked, "What's his name?" while wiping the tears from his eyes. Serena grew uncomfortable, "Uhhh...well....keep in mind he's my *cousin's* dog and he's a twelve year old boy...." They leaned forward expectantly, Darien moving to get off the counter. "Psycho." She said carefully. Darien retracted his legs at breakneck speed. "Come again?" He asked incredulously, his eyes wide and blood shot. "Psycho, the dog's name is Psycho--but that doesn't mean--" "Are you mad?!" He cut in hysterically, "With a name like that I'm NEVER getting off this counter!" Andrew and Serena just stared at Darien, as he gathered himself into a startlingly small ball, rocking back and forth. He began to laugh hysterically and chant about the dog named Psycho, never blinking once. Andrew turned to Serena, "I think he's lost it. This is very bad, I have never in all the years as his best friend, seen him lose it. And if we don't find a way to get him *off* *my* counter, my customers are going to start leaving. And my boss, won't be happy." "How about I just leave with the dog?" Asked Serena. Little Psycho wagged it's kawaii tail and looked back and forth from Serena and Darien. Then he leapt onto the counter--dragging Serena along on the leash. Darien snapped out of his trance and jumped to a stand, turning white with terror. Tiny, adorable, panting Psycho edged closer and closer....Darien stepped back farther and farther.... Finally Psycho decided this must be a game and broke into a happy run. Darien--the picture of cool collectedness and suave upperclassmanship--let out a positive SHRIEK( that strangely reminded Serena of her mother, when she thought she saw Serena wearing that *ugly* dress that Aunt Mary sent her...)of utter human terror and scrambled backwards without looking until he tumbled backwards off the counter and landed behind it, little Psycho jumping over after him. The shriek that followed far outdid the first as Serena's chiwawa landed on his chest. Serena, meanwhile, had been hoisted up onto the counter and dragged, face first along it after her freakishly strong charge. She had finally come to a stop some foot before Darien and lay, arm still stretched out, hand still clinging the leash futily as Andrew watched it all in shock. For after that last hideous shriek, Darien had fallen strangely silent. Had he fainted? Had a complete cardiac arrest? But suddenly his laughter could be heard, "Awww, that tickles! Stop that!" Serena and Andrew's heads perked up. Could they be hearing right? "Hey!" Said Andrew. "It sounds like they're getting along fine!" Serena cheerly added in. "Hey puppy, what's this button on your leash do?" Darien cooed from behind the counter. "NO! DARIEN DON'T--" Serena cried but it was too late and suddenly, with a snap, she was flying down the counter again, with the automatic retract button depressed on the leash. She sailed off the end and let out a shriek, but only Psycho had time to get out of the way and then, there she was, sprawled out across Darien, nose to nose with her nemesis. They stared at one another in shock while Andrew winked down at Psycho, "I'm impressed." He informed the small dog, who merely panted in his all-knowledge-of-the-universe-is-in-my-possession type way. A million thoughts per second ran through Darien's head. He didn't know whether it was the initial shock that the dog caused for the weird tingling feeling he was having now. But he knew, it just couldn't be Serena, no way could the Meatballhead have an affect on him like that, it was too insane. But the more Serena stared, unmoving from her *ehm* current position the stronger, and more potent the feeling got. His mind started babbling several thoughts at a time, mostly just about kissing her. He tried to block out the mental minds shouting at him to kiss her (~MWHAHAHAHA...I was one of the voices.....Nat-chan too, right nat-chan?!~) He shook mentally, he wasn't falling! He wasn't! But soon they were drugged into their own world. Only hearing their hearts pound. Serena thought she could have melted right there and then. She had never been so close to him before, never realized the strange comfortable pull that came from his cool swirling blue eyes. He was warm, and smelled nice. ~Yeah, nice. How else can you describe something so, different? But it was sheer insanity! This was Darien, so, what if there was a thin line between love and hate? This was just ridiculous.~ Serena babbled to herself. But he tilted his head upward, and she protested with a shaky voice, "Don't kiss me!" She warned in a whisper, but he took her lips anyway, and boy, was Serena feeling, *the* kiss. Darien's insane thoughts soon took over him, she seemed to speak, but the drug was just too strong, he couldn't hear her. So, he just possessively grabbed Serena into a kiss. To any passerby, they were making out like the world would never end. But kawaii little Psycho just sat patiently and wagged its tail. And Andrew, dear, dear, Andrew was collecting money from the people throughout the arcade. "Pay up people, we had a deal!" Shouted Andrew, he was seeing dollars. He held a bet with the customers that constantly watched the pathetic bickering of the two sprawled across the floor. He was quite happy indeed, he won the bet, and remembered to mop the floor before those two jumped on! *nat-chan enters the fic* An: hmmmm...what to add....bwahahaahahaha! Some more kissing! *cracks knuckles*....cause they're can never be TOO much kissing...right? *Kuris-chan wanders in, lost* Oh yeah... agree too..^_^ *Both dodge shoes* Darien felt his arms slip around his once-enemy. Felt the softness of her sweet kisses....had he ever really kissed before this? No. He heard her murmur something softly into his mouth and felt a dreadful falling sensation in his heart as it curtly informed him that from now to eternity he would be a slave to that subtle, girly sound. But had he ever noticed how warm and sweet-smelling she was before? Not really. And now, against all reason, he didn't want the moment to end...why would THAT be? Serena for her part, struggled to regain control. ~He's kissed lots of girls. He doesn't like you. This means nothing.~ Her mind informed her. Ha, just trying to convince herself with him still, *attached* to her was like getting an "A" in physics. ~He's so warm and strong and smells so nice.~ Her heart observed. And then his arms slipped around her and she suddenly knew this was the place she had most wanted to be--without ever knowing. ~No no no. I CAN'T fall for DARIEN! He HATES ME!!!!!~ The kiss continued. ~Well....he isn't kissing me like he hates me.~ She had to admit. But her head persisted. ~He's going to make fun of you about this!~ That thought jerked her back into reality--most cruelly. An image of Darien teasing her about being a terrible kisser clouded her thoughts and made her rip her lips away from his, staring down at him in shock. After all, this was her first kiss, how was she to know what she was supposed to do? His blue eyes were dazed and languid, "Huh?" He managed. "But you HATE me!" She blurted. His eyes widened at that and reality came crashing back over him. He stared intensely at her in shock, "No I don't!" "Yes you do!" "No I don't!" "Yes you do! I KNOW you do Darien Chiba! You hate me and you're going to make fun of my...of my kisses!" She bit back tears and he felt his heart grab. "That's not true!..." He trailed off then as he could not vocalize the ecstasy of kissing her. His thoughts began to cloud and he reached out to kiss her again, only to discover she was no longer in his arms. The jangle of the arcade doors revealed she had fled, kawaii Psycho hot on her trail. He pulled himself up shakily and met Andrew's highly amused face. "Where'd she go?" He managed dumbly. "I don't know. But I think you should go after her--and confess your love!!" He said, with a sly, sly grin. "NANI?!?!?" Darien managed and only nearly escaped fainting. "You know you do pal!" As if the smile could get wider, well, it just did. "Wh-what? That can't be...possible..." He touched a hand to his still-tingling mouth. "I've never felt kisses like that though..." He muttered to himself. Andrew heard and smiled a real smile. "Go get her!!!" Meanwhile, Serena ran crying to the park and collapsed on a bench across the creek. Psycho watched her, wagging his tail in curiousity. He jumped up next to her and laid his adorable littleface in her lap. "Oh Psycho..." She lamented (how often do you get to read THAT in dialogue...heh heh *sweatdrop* *lets shoes hit her* <-- ~_~ and I'm working with *HER?!*...haha....now now Nat-chan, now is not a time to use my hammers.......ECK!......*nat-chan chases after K-chan with a giant rubber mallot*), "I don't want to fall for someone that hates me, but I think it's too late..." Psycho looked at her sad face...and over to the tall guy from the arcade, rushing over at breakneck speed alongside the pond....something had to be done....and it was all up to him!!!.................. Psycho knew in his own way this was the final moment. The moment that determined if that man was a chicken. That's right, a chicken, even dogs know chickens are fraidy cats, and this dog had had his share of cats. Realizing that Serena had a hold of his leash, his dog mind worked like clock work, perhaps he was the smartest dog in the world! He waited till the tall man was close enough, but not close enough for the pig-tailed girl to notice, and he leaped for tall man's feet. Unaware Serena was suddenly pulled from her dark self pity back to reality when a strong tug came from the tiny chiwawa. She collided with something strong, soft and warm. Her first instinct, like anyone else would be to snuggle up to the soft warm object, or person, but when she looked up to see who it was, her instinct changed to, stay away! She tried to get away, only to fall back, but of course Darien caught her. And the fact that she was so close again didn't help his *delayed* hormones that didn't recover from their last incounter. He probably would have kissed her again too, except she predicted that already. "Don't you dare touch me, get away!" Serena screamed, but she knew that her voice shook and quivered as she tried her hardest to utter the harsh words. "Meatballhead list--" She started pushing again, and Darien tried to get her back in his arms to tell her how he felt. Kawaii Psycho just sat and watched the show. Soon the pushing and pulling got rough and they lost their balance and fell into the clear calm creek, afterall their feet were wrapped together. Now both in the creek shivering and soaked. Psycho manage to untie his leash from them as they fell, he was sniffing around the nearby bushes and shrubs leaving the two to themselves. "Now Serena, will you listen to me?" Darien said annoyingly, yet somehow sweetly. Giving up and settling in his arms from the cold, she answered with a quick nod of the head. "Serena, I don't hate you, but quite the opposite. I could never make fun of your kisses. Your kisses are too sweet to make fun of." Serena was blushing like crazy, her kisses were sweet?! SWEET?!...It was her first kiss... yet he didn't think the kiss was wierd. She snuggled closer to him, as the cool water began to affect her. Darien got the signal and hauled her out of the water and towards the closest place he knew of. Psycho just tailed along. "OPPOSITE?!" Serena suddenly screamed as Darien dragged them into the Crown Arcade. Her brain finally kicked in with full force, what did he mean by opposite of hate, wouldn't that be love?! Serena just started blushing madly all over again. Her curiousity grew stronger, but she was simply too embarrassed to ask, every time she tried to utter something, she would start blushing and Darien would be as clueless as a dog.(AN...ah.............okay.....maybe not ALL dogs... ..Kuris-chan sees thousands of doggie eyes glaring at her. *cough* *cough* HELP NAT-CHAN!!!!!! ..IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...) Finally she gathered enough courage to utter more than three "um's" and "aah's". "Darien...?" She shakily asked. "Yes?" Darien looks over. Serena had gotten into some of Andrew's sister's (AN forgot her name...^^:;--nat-chan enters--Lizzie! Silly K-chan) clothes. She painfully wringed at Andrew's sister's clothes, and if she was there, she would have killed Usagi. "Darien..." She repeated again, amazingly blushing harder and harder, "What did you mean, by...The oposite of hate?" Using much force, she looked into his eyes. Darien smiled brightly, "Well Meatball head, what do you think the oposite of hate is?" Darn him he had to ask that, Serena didn't have the guts to say it. She just threw her hand behind her head and started laughing hysterically. "Oh well, doesn't matter, I better be getting Psycho home now, it's getting awfully late better get home for dinner!" She started to walk off, but Darien's voice interupted her. "Serena, it's 11 am." She finally looked up at him. He was comfortable leaning against a counter, his eyes were playful and he smiled evilly. She suddenly felt very trapped. *K-chan runs off and leaves nat-chan to write* *nat-chan enters the fic* Now, let's see, where did my dear friend K-chan leave off? WHAAAAATTT???!!!! HERE!!!!! KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY--CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNN! *sharpens hammer for later* oO;;.... Darien made his way towards her with a terrible, tiger-like glint in his eyes. So Serena was afraid to say the L-word?? My, how the tables had turned back in his favour. He stalked over, "You never answered my question Serena..." He sang out, "What exactly IS the opposite of hate?" Serena's eyes narrowed to little slits, "Oh no you don't Mister!" She accused, pointing a finger at him, "I am NOT saying it first! YOU ARE!" His eyebrows raised, "No I am NOT!" He said in sudden terror. Use the L-word? For serious?? He thought not. "Are too!" "Am not!" "Are too!" "Am not!" "What's the matter Meatballhead? AFRAID???!!!!!!" Serena's narrow eyes slitted further, and she suddenly grinned making Darien nervous, "Funny you should use the word AFRAID doggie-man." She turned her head ever-so-slightly, "Oh Psycho?" Psycho came over obligingly. Serena smiled, "See the nasty man over there? He REFUSES to tell me he opposite-of-hates me. Do you know what that means?" Psycho's tongue came out in a happy pant. His little doggie eyes narrowed. Darien shivered--was it just him, or was that dog grinning? "SICK 'EM BOY!!!" Serena cried joyously and the tiny chiwawa sprung to life and lept barking at Darien's face. He seemed to defy gravity as his tiny dog body hurtled through the air and took Darien down at the neck, crashing to the arcade floor. Psycho yapped and growled and looked as though he might eat Darien's face. "AHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Screamed a once-again-terrified Darien, "Serena! Make him stoooooppppp!!!!" Serena merely smiled and pretended to check her fingernails, "I don't KNOW Darien....maybe you could persuade me?" "P-p-persuade y-you?" Serena chuckled. A stuttering, terrified Darien Chiba...could this day GET any better? She thought about him uttering the coveted L-word and smiled. Yes, yes it could. The L-word would be hers. Oh yes. It would be hers. (Anyone else see Wayne's World? gomen peoples....heh heh) Darien lay trembling on the floor. Silly man. Never cross a woman in love. "S-s-serena pleeeeepleeeease?" "SAY IT BUSTER!!!!" And there, in the middle of the arcade, with only a tiny chiwawa pinning down the great Darien Chiba, he uttered the phrase most terrifying to all of male-kind. "I l-l-l-l-l-love you Serena!" "I'm sorry I didn't quite catch that?" The power had gone straight to Serena's head. Hey, it's not often you can terrify the words you most want out of your man! "I LOVE YOU SERENA! I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU!" Serena grinned happily and made a running leap for him, "WATCH OUT PSYCHO, HERE I COME!" Psycho quickly lept away and Darien didn't even have time to move out of the way as Serena crashed down on top of him. ".....oof...." He gasped out. "I LOVE YOU TOO!" She cried happily and planted one right on him. "mmmmph!" Darien managed before his dazed sense were thoroughly and irreversibly meatballheadized forever. "Mmmmmm." He murmured happily. Visions of golden Serena's crashing into him every day and saying the joyous L-word danced through his head (nat-chan is still in the Chrismas spirit la la la) And that was how the four Sailor Senshi came to find Serena lying on top of her nemesis, kissing the daylights out of him as a small chiwawa looked on. "Is that...??" "Serena...??" "...and Darien??" ".....KISSING???" Ami screamed the 'kissing' part loudly blushed beet red, and was the first to fall. faint. faint. faint. faint. Who knew a small dog could wield such power? Psycho lept up to the counter where K-chan and Nat-chan sat sipping sodas. (What? I can put us in the fic--can't I K-chan? *K-chan bops Nat-chan on the head with a hammer* oy +_+) "Y'know, *slurp* these are even better than they look in the cartoon!" "I agree Nat-chan." Andrew came over, "Alright girls, how much do you I owe you for the...er....tip." "AND the dog Andrew." Nat-chan said in a business-like tone. "Yep." Andrew smiled. "We---ll, how much did you make off the bet?" Nat-chan smiled. Andrew laughed nervously, "Oh, er, not too much...." Nat-chan's eyes narrow to slits, "K-chan?" Kuris-chan produces a giant hammer and pats it in one hand, while slurping her free milkshake. Andrew sweats, "ALRIGHT ALRIGHT 50/50! Like we agreed!" Nat-chan and K-chan smile. They collect their money and Psycho (*GRIN* which I must say is quite a bit, don't you agree Nat-chan? I mean, 50 for me and 50 for you) and turn to the still kissing couple and the four fainted senshi. "Well, I think our work here is done." "I agree." They walk off into the sunset. "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." OO;; "Oye, Nat-chan, don't quote old movies!" *bops nat-chan on the head with a hammer* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wow, finally finished! heh heh....I actually dog-sat like three months ago....*sweat* and the place was FULL of daddy-long-leg spiders *shudder* I kept chasing them around till 5 am with phone books...I became deranged. Evvviiiiiill spiders. Kuris-chan: *Shudder...* Spiders.....Shudder.... Anyhoo, it was super fun writing with K-chan right K-chan? K-chan? *tumbleweed* "Nerdie-sama.....ano....the...SHUDDER....dogs......" shudder shudder... Nat-chan: ~_~;; sighs. Now if you'll excuse us minna, BaKa-chan and I are off to Maniacal Laughter 101....MWHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! Heh heh...inside joke there minna....anyone else ever see that Far Side card??? minna? *silence* hmmmm...... |