Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Silly senshis ❯ The Flu ( Chapter 4 )

The flu

by Fade9wayz

A Sailor Moon fanfiction pairing Ami and Makoto in my Silly Senshis serie.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters used here. I do own the plot though, unless I was possessed, but I don't see a ghost or demon suing me, unless it's a lawier of course. But then again, this kind of demons are only interested in money and I don't have any...

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It seemed as though the snowstorm had been the last spite of winter before spring decided to take over with a vengence. As it was, temperature had risen up considerably, giving a good idea of what summer had in store for Tokyo. The cherry trees were in full blossom, the birds were chirping happilly and all that sort of things. However, things weren't going as well for one Mizuno Ami. Indeed, the ice senshi, of all people, was stuck in bed with a very bad cold and a high fever.

Now, being stuck in bed wasn't such a bad thing, provided she could at least read a good book, that is. Even a simple article would do. Something like, oh, at random, `The Entropy of the Muon in a Magnetic Field', `The Complete Encyclopedia On Human Anatomy' or `The belly dance in ten lessons (Illustrated, DVD included)'. But nooooo!!! Even this simple pleasure was denied to her. She had the worst headache of her life. Under this circumstance, even the Archimedes's law was a galactic mistery for her. Watery, bloodshot eyes and overstuffed nose didn't help in the least.

Wallowing in her own private abyss of misery, she heard the familiar buzz of the door bell, then her mother talking to someone. Quick footsteps followed before the door of her bedroom literally exploded under the vigorous assault of one Nurse Minako Aino. Ami just had the time to cover from the rain of wooden shrappnels behind her bed after having stuck a military helmet on her head. A genius should always be ready for everything...

"Do not fear, Ami-chan!" Exclaimed the senshi of love. "For Nurse Mina is back from her torrid love nest where the hottest, sexiest succubus in the whole world lives, just for you! Yes, you heard me right! Right now my heart is torn between the spell of lust she cast upon me and my honor-bound duty to you, my friend!" Her eyes became glazed. "Bound...?" She shook her head. "No! I have to resist! I shall stand by you in this difficult time!"

Pure, unaldutered terror gripped Ami's heart. "Nonononononononooooo! It's nothing, just a little flu! Don't mind me!" Sadly, her raucous flu-induced voice wasn't really convincing.

Mina strode over her, casually snatched the helmet and tossed it away, she then lifted Ami by the waist band of her pajama before throwing her back in her bed. "Nonsense, Ami-chan. Awful little youmas're assaulting your body. Our motto's always been `one for all and none for us!' and as the leader of the senshis, my responsability is double. I couldn't live with myself is something happened to you!" By then, Minako had tears welling in her eyes.

Ami sweat dropped.

Then she sneezed.

"But Mina-chan, my mother's there and last time I checked, she was still a doctor..." She said miserably as Mina set to tuck her under the blankets. In fact, to Ami, it felt like the senshi of love was trying to bury her under the blankets.

"Oh, about that, she said she had an important meeting she couldn't put off. Actually, she was the one calling me to ask if I could take care of you."

"My mother called you?" Ami asked faintly.

"Actually, she called Rei. But does that make any difference now that she and I have united soul and body for everlasting love-filled lives?"

Ami groaned and sneezed once again.

Minako frowned. "You have a sore throat, it must hurt, you shouldn't try to speak." Her face suddenly brightened considerably. "I know just what you need! A grog!"

"A what?!?"

"Y'know! Hot wine, lemon, honey and some other stuff. My mother used to make me drink some each time I was sick when I was a kid!" She jumped to her feet and ran to the kitchen.

The young genius was so firmly tucked in that she was helpless to prevent Minako from doing whatever she was doing. She heard noises of clattering dishes, cups meeting their fate, small alarmed cries. She was dozzing off when the blonde finally came back, two hours later or so. She had small cuts and burns everywhere, but she was proudly holding a full jug of a strange dark red liquid. She gently helped the sleepy genius in a sitting position.

Not fully awake, Ami smiled at the delightful smell while Minako helped her drinking it all. The taste was sweet and deliciously perfumed and it soothed her painful throat. "That's nice, I didn't know Mina could..."

Her eyes shot wide open. "Mmmmrdjko?" She tried to say before choking on the grog she was still drinking. She jerked away while Minako patted her back worriedly.

Once she recovered, Ami asked her. "What was that stuff you made me drink?" Her head was already spinning.

"I told you, a grog..."

Ami stared blankly at her, slowly remembering what it was made of, then she turned her head, her gaze falling on the medecine pills her mother had given her on the nightable, then back to Minako. "Oh shit!" Was her last coherent thought before her world became a colourful blur...

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Ami stirred. Her head was pounding like a giant Japanese drum. She didn't really feel like waking up, but something prevented her from falling asleep again. Feeling a presence by her side, she slowly turned her head and was met by the sight of a young brown-haired goddess sitten in an uncomfortable chair by the bed. The goddess smiled warmly, reached out and stroked a few sweaty strands of hair away from Ami's face.

"How are you feeling?" She asked her softly.

"Mako?" Ami croaked out. "What happened...?"

Makoto looked a bit uneasy. "Well... Remember the grog, Mina-chan made? After you drank it all, you became rather... huu, delirious... So much that Mina-chan panicked and called Rei-chan, who called me in turn..."

The blue-haired girl absorbed the news. No wonder Minako was so hyper if she was regularly given this kind of treatment! Finally, she asked, quite worriedly. "And what... did I say?"

Makoto blushed brightly and looked at the ceiling. "Err... you see... When Rei and I arrived, you were in the middle of a... <cough> <cough>"

"Makoto... Mako-chan, what did you say?" The threat in her tone was more than clear.

Makoto sighed. If not her, Rei or Minako would certainly tell her...

"Ahem... you were kindda doing a... strip-teaseonaMarilynMansonsongandyouweretearingyourpajamasapart..."

Funny how fog could suddenly appear in Tokyo.

Makoto took some time to compose herself. The mere thought of the whole ordeal sent multiple chivers down her spine. "... Hum... as soon as you saw me, you came and pushed me on the couch and err... lap-danced while telling me how much you loved me..." Both girl's blushes were so bright that some people on the street thought they had ended up in the red-light district. "You really have beautiful legs, by the way..." Makoto finished rather lamely. `Damn! Why the hell did I say that? I had a nice speach all ready...! Niiiice legs, though, among other things...'

"I was doing a strip-tease? And you were there?" Ami's voice was incredulous.

"Err, and Rei and Mina too..." Makoto inwardly beat herself up, why did she keep saying stupid things? Ami was probably mortified as hell and there she was, remembering her of petty details...

"Hum, right..."

"And did you enjoy it?"

The last question threw Makoto for a loop. She stared at Ami like she had grown another head or something until she saw the little smile tugging at the young genius lips. She answered with a grin of her own while enthusiasticaly nodding her head. She got back up and leaned in close to Ami's face. "A lot... Let me show you how much..."

She slowly leaned closer, tilting her head slightly and closing her eyes. Ami felt a surge of elation when she realized Makoto, the woman she was madly in love with, was about to kiss her. She closed her own eyes in anticipation and... sneezed, head-butting the taller girl in the process.

"OWWW!!!" They both howled, clutching their respective forehead.

"Oh Mako-chan! I'm so sorry!" She felt tears forming.

"No worries, Ami, no worries... Things like that happen all the time..." She was still rubbing her forehead, a bruise slowly appearing.

"Really?" Ami sounded quite dubious.

"Really!" Makoto confirmed with confidence. "You can't imagine the number of times I've head-butted my ex-boyfriends."

An eerie silence fell between them.

"Hum, good... I guess... Maybe we should improve our technic though..." Stated Ami rather matter-of-factly. She looked around, suddenly remembering something.

"You said Rei came too, didn't you? Where is she? And Minako? Did they go back to the Hikawa shrine?" It was maybe too late, but she wanted to make sure that nothing that had happened here would transpire. She still had a reputation to protect, after all.

Makoto slapped her forehead, wincing a bit after doing so. "I completely forgot about them! Last time I saw them, Rei was scolding Minako for videotaping you and they took off to clean the kitchen."

Ami paled. "Video... tape?" She asked in a strangled voice. She struggled to get out of the bed. "Must find them! Help me!"

As she stumbled on her wobbly legs, Makoto quickly picked her up and they made their way to the kitchen. Ami opened the kitchen door and they entered... to get out and slam the door shut almost immediately after, breathing heavily. More people got lost in the wrong part of the city.

"Was Mina-chan tied to the table? Covered with chocolate?" Makoto asked rethorically after finding back her voice. Her hold on the young woman in her arms increased. The feel of the soft, warm skin pressed against her own, coupled to the vision of her two other friends in the kitchen caused her to have a severe nosebleed. That was the last straw.

"I think they need more time for... the cleaning..." Ami answered, stuffing Makoto's nostrils with tissue. "What was Rei doing with the..."

"Fresh air, need fresh air!"

Still carrying Ami, Makoto walked to the window, stepped on the balcony and sat herself on one of the lounge chairs, the young genius in her lap. She took a long, calming breath. Aaahhh, better...

Ami made herself a bit more comfortable. "You seem to have got fairly used to me sitting in your lap..."

Makoto chuckled. "You were so incredible, Ami-chan, would you mind if I called you `my little frog'?"

Ami sweatdropped, wondering where that came from and if Makoto wasn't a bit too fond of French cuisine... That or she had finally lost it. As far as she was concerned, the French kiss was more than enough when it came to foreign importations. She just hoped Makoto would never come up with `my slimey little snail' as a pet name.

Makoto gazzed longingly in the two ocean pools that she adored so much, she slipped a hand on the back of Ami's hand and leaned in. This time, no sudden sneezing interrupted this all important moment. The kiss was everything they had dreamed about. Sweet, gentle, warm, stirring. Soon enough, passion took over and it became fierce, hungry, demanding, breathtaking. Ami's brain was litterally floating in an ocean of endorphine and adrenaline. However, it managed to come up with a revolutionary equation before it drowned happily:

0∫∞[K x L] + exp[S x N] = B x mg²t

for K = kiss (mmrrraow!)

L = lust

S = stuffy

N = nose

B = blackout

m = mass

g = gravitational acceleration (m/s)

t = time (sec)

In other words, that the dizziness she was feeling wasn't probably all induced by the new feelings raging inside of her, but that serious lack of oxygen was certainly a primary factor too.

Luckily, Makoto finally realised that her girlfriend's face was turning as blue as her hair and promptly released her. "Oh! I'm sorry! I completely forgot about your flu!"

Makoto wrapped her arms tightly around the young genius as she was recovering her breath. The sky was free of clouds and the stars exceptionally bright.

"Oh! Look! A falling star! Make a wish!" Makoto whispered.

A deep, warm silence engulfed them again as they both made their wish. They both knew each other's wish. Ami snuggled deeper in her lover's embrace, sighing contentedly and occasionaly sniffling.

Makoto reluctantly broke the intimacy of the moment. "Hum... Ami?"

"Yes?" The genius answered in a contented yawn.

"Does it still work when you realize the star was a plane?"

Ami smiled knowingly. She was about to pull an Usagi for once. Actually, she could almost hear the princess saying it. "As long as it comes from your heart, Mako-chan, as long as it comes from your heart..."

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Ami's mom sighed wearily as the doors of the elevator opened with the traditional `DING'. The meeting had lasted longer than expected, and then, on her way back home, strange men kept whistling at her and checking her out. She didn't mind the attention, but these guys were WAY too weird.

Strange, this suburb had the reputation to be a quiet and upscale one, though.

She was so deep in her thoughts that she didn't noticed the thugs waiting in the hall until she almost bumped in them. "Oh dear! I'm sorry! I didn't see you..." She looked at them more closely, they were all wearing black suits and black coats. "I don't remember having ever met you, are you new neighbours?"

The closest to her smirked, revealing a golden tooth. "Yeah, something like that, pretty lady. Are you the owner?" he asked, pointing at her flat door.

"Hum, yes, can I help you...?" She was beginning to have a bad feeling.

They surrounded her. "Ahh, I see you're really new, don't know the rules yet, he? Well, in that case, our boss sent us to welcome you in the business and wish you good luck. He said that he'd be glad to ensure your security too..." The guy drawled before handing her a card. "I'll be back by the end of the week, we take 10 %..." He looked her over one last time before leaving with his friends.

A hand on her door handle, she watched them leave, utterly confused. "What the...?"

The end

A.N: Funny how sometimes a fic stays blocked at one point for weeks, and then, suddenly, you are able to finish it in just one feverish evening...