Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Odango and the Baka ❯ Chapter 9 ( Chapter 9 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
The Odango and the Baka- Chapter 9
Lady Catherine
catty1324@hotmail.com
Rating: PG

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon. Gosh Darnit!

Author's Notes: I am sorry that it has taken me so long to write
a new chapter. Today I had a chemistry lab, a speech, a math
test, and an archery test, which I have spent the last week
getting ready for. I am now free of all homework and studying for
a week. Until finals that is. You have got to love the running
start program. I have gotten so many more credits than everybody
else and for the first time it took me less than 10 hours to
complete my registration for next year. I took me only FIVE
MINUTES!! Do you know how cool that is? All I had to write in
was running start because all the required senior classes were
already filled in.
Ummm, sorry about the above rant. I will try and get as many
chapters out this week as possible but probably none afterwards
until the last week of March. That's my spring break. Another
cool thing about running start is that I get like 2 months off
that my friends don't.
Ok, sorry. To the story.







The rest of the weekend had passed in a much more ordinary
manner than Saturday. Usagi had gone to the arcade again on
Sunday but at a much more reasonable hour so as not to cause a
repeat of Motoki's fainting spell. She had attempted to do her
homework on Sunday evening but hadn't had much luck in completing
it. She was now sitting at her desk, staring dejectedly down at
her paper, wondering why the little symbols made no sense.
"Luna, why do I have to learn math?"
"Because you do."
"Whoever invented math needs to be taken out back and shot.
They were either looking for a way to torture thousands of future
generations of students or they had WAY too much time on their
hands. I think it was the latter personally." Usagi heaved a
deep sigh and looked up the problem she was trying to work on in
the back of her math book where the answer key was. "Here it is.
How did they get that answer? It is sooo off from mine." Usagi
threw the book at the wall and put her head in her arms on the
desk. Luna walked over to her and sat primly in front of her
sobbing charge.
"Stop crying immediately Usagi. You will start your tutoring
tomorrow. Tell Miss Haruna that you tried and that you will do
better tomorrow. Tell her that you have gotten a tutor and she
might not give you detention if you are on time. Mamoru will help
you tomorrow. This is nothing to get so upset about." Usagi
simply stared at her guardian wondering who she was and where the
REAL Luna was.
"You know what? You're right Luna. I am going to stop
stressing about this one assignment and I am going to try tomorrow
when I am with Mamoru. I will prove to him that he is wrong about
my mental capabilities." She had thrust her fist in the air
during this determined speech before she realized just how
ridiculous she looked.
"You finally have the right attitude about this Usagi. I
know that you are smart. Your only problem is that you have
slacked off for so long that when you try and focus you are
completely lost. Am I right?" She looked at Usagi expectantly.
"You are. Maybe this tutoring thing will be good for me
after all." Usagi got up from her desk and got into her pink
bunny pajamas. She walked over to her stuffed-bunny covered bed
and got under her down comforter. "Goodnight Luna. Try and make
me get out of bed early tomorrow morning. Use claws if
necessary." She reached over and turned off the light. She
snuggled down into the covers and closed her eyes. 'Tomorrow will
be a good day. It has to be.'







~*THE NEXT MORNING*~

"USAGI! IT'S TIME TO GET UP!" Luna was yelling in the
unconscious girls ear. "Ok, I guess it's time to break out the
claws." Luna flexed her paw and was just about to give her arm a
good swipe when the girl bounced up and jumped out of her bed.
'Darn. I almost got her.' "I am glad to see that you are up
Usagi. I hope that you are ready for your tutoring this
afternoon."
"I am. I am also going to get to school on time today. Ok,
gotta get moving." She raced to her closet and quickly got out a
clean uniform. Laying it carefully on her bed she then turned and
raced out her bedroom door towards the bathroom. She zoomed past
her brother who was heading downstairs for breakfast. Needless to
say he looked a little confused at seeing his sister up before
7:30. It couldn't be any later than 6:45 could it. He turned and
rushed back to his room to check the clock and Usagi locked
herself into the bathroom.
She hopped in the shower and quickly washed her hair. Once
she was dried off she began blow-drying her hair. Luckily she had
a VERY powerful blow dryer or it would have taken an hour. Once
her hair was dry she put it up in her normal odangos. She was
very adept at this process after many years of doing it in less
than 30 seconds. She even had time to curl the ends neatly to
give her a dressier look. As she left the bathroom she met her
father going downstairs.
"Hello honey, how are you this morning?" He asked his
daughter.
"I'm fine. Luna managed to get me out of bed this morning so
I am on time. Aren't you proud of my daddy?"
"Very." He turned to go down the stairs as she turned to go
into her room. Once inside she looked at the clock and saw that
it was only 7:00.
"Cool I have time to eat breakfast this morning. I don't
think I have had a decent breakfast on a weekday since the
summer." It was January. She quickly put on her uniform and
grabbed her briefcase. She grabbed Luna and bolted out the door
and down the stairs. "Hi Mom. Can I have pancakes?" She wasted
no time in sitting down at the table and grabbing a fork.
"Good morning sweetie. I am glad to see you up on time for a
change. Of course you can have pancakes. It will only take me a
second to whip you up a batch." Ikuko turned back into the
kitchen and began preparing the batter.
"I GET BREAKFAST!!" Usagi was having the best morning so
far. She even remembered that she had tutoring with Mamoru and
wasn't even fazed by it.
"Honey don't forget that you have tutoring with Mamoru after
school today. He's going to pick you up after school and you guys
are going to go to his apartment and work for a few hours. I want
you to invite him over for dinner so that we can meet him. Don't
worry I will hide your father's shot gun before he gets here."
Ikuko smiled down at her daughter.
"I hadn't forgotten mom. I am actually looking forward to
the session. I decide that I am going to prove him wrong, just
like you said." Her mother looked shocked at this pronouncement
but was pleased nonetheless.
"I am glad you see it that way now honey. Here are your
pancakes." She set the plate down in front of Usagi and quickly
got her hand out of the way before it was inhaled with the rest of
the food. Usagi was done in seconds and was running to the door.
"Don't forget your lunch dear."
"Oh thanks mom. I will call you and tell you whether or not
Mamoru will be coming for dinner. I will probably run into him
this morning so I will ask him then. Ok, Bye!" She slipped on
her shoes, grabbed a jacket and her briefcase and dashed out the
door. At the end of her block she finally realized that it was
only 7:15 and she didn't need to run for once. 'I have 45 minutes
before I have to be at school. I can take my time for once.
Cool' She started on her normal route, going at a very leisurely
pace. Soon she came to the normal corner where she ran into
Mamoru. She looked up and down the street for him. She wanted to
talk to him about this afternoon and dinner. Deciding to wait for
him to show she sat down on the bench that was there and waited.
Five minutes later she saw him, in his usual hideous green jacket,
walking calmly down the street towards her. "Hey Mamoru!" She
yelled at him. She jumped up from her bench and jogged down the
street to meet him.
"Hey Odango. Good to see you up on time for a change." He
laughed at the face she made in response to his comment. "Were
you waiting for me?" He looked at her questioningly.
"Yeah. I just wanted to make sure that we were still on for
this afternoon."
"As far as I know we are. Hopefully you won't get
detention." He looked jeeringly at her.
"I will not get detention today, Baka. Anyways, my mom
wanted you to come over for dinner tonight so that my parents can
meet you. I hope that you can make it. My mom is the best cook.
So can you make it?" She looked expectantly up at him waiting for
an answer.
"I don't know Odango." He looked a little hesitant.
"Please? My mom really wants to meet you and she promised to
hide my dad's shotgun."
"SHOTGUN! Why would she need to hide his shotgun?"
"My daddy has a problem with older boys being around me.
Don't worry, my mom can take care of him." She smiled brightly up
at him, her eyes beaming.
"Okay, I'll go." Mamoru heaved a deep sigh and looked at the
petite blonde, who was now jumping up and down with joy.
"My mom will be so happy. Thanks Mamoru." She looked down
at her watch. "Oh I gotta go. It's almost 7:45. I need to be at
school early so that I can talk to Miss Haruna. I will see you at
3 O'clock, okay?"
"Yup sounds good. See you this afternoon, Odango." He waved
to her as she jogged down the street towards her school. He then
turned and continued on his way to the arcade.
Usagi reached her school five minutes later. She ran into
the building and went directly to her classroom. Her teacher was
already there and was preparing for the day's lessons. When she
saw Usagi she nearly shrieked.
"Usagi? Are you feeling alright?"
"I'm fine Miss Haruna. I just wanted to talk to you about
the homework that is due today. I really tried to do it but it
just wasn't clicking. I have the work that I did but I know that
the answers aren't right. I just wanted to let you know that I
tried and also that I am starting tutoring this afternoon. My mom
decided that it was time I got some extra help. She suggested
that I talk to you and explain that I really am trying but it
might be awhile before I show some improvement." Usagi took a
deep breath as she finished this speech. She had rehearsed while
she was running the last few blocks. She waited anxiously for her
teacher to respond.
"I am amazed Usagi. I never thought that you would show this
much responsibility. I am willing to allow incorrect homework
from you for a while as long as you begin to show improvement
soon. By the way, who is your tutor?" She looked at her student
questioningly.
"Chiba Mamoru. He's a student at the High School."
"I have heard of him. He is the top of his class and is
incredibly smart. He'll whip you into shape all right. Go to
your seat and start reading today's assignment. If I am going to
go along with this I expect you to pay attention and be on time
everyday. Is that understood?"
"Of course Miss Haruna. I was going to do that anyways."
She turned and went to her seat. Pulling out her literature
textbook she flipped to the page numbers written on the board and
began to read. The other students began to file in and most were
utterly shocked to see Usagi sitting at her desk already, but none
more so than her friends. Makoto and Ami sat in their usual seats
on either side of her and simply stared. Usagi paid them no mind
and continued to read.
"Good morning class. I hope you all had an enjoyable
weekend. Would you all please bring your homework up to my desk."
She waited patiently as they filed up to the front and dropped
their papers. "Good. Now let us begin with our literature
lesson. Please turn to the page number on the board and begin
reading. When everyone is done we will discuss the main theme.
Please begin." Miss Haruna sat at her desk and began grading the
homework as her students doggedly pulled out their books and began
reading.





That is all for this chapter. It is the longest chapter that I
have written to date but I can't help thinking that it is rather
pointless. I meant for it to cover the tutoring session and
dinner but I am really tired of typing and I just want to post
this. Please review. Because this is such a long chapter I am
going to require at least 7 reviews for the next chapter. That is
not very many and I think that I deserve it for the work that I
put into writing this chapter. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!


Lady Catherine