Duet
Part: 1/1
By: Loralei Fairhill
Rated: G
Genre: Crystal Tokyo Fic 





this is just a lil masterpiece i wrote during a break from
finals study......fffeeeeeeedbaaaaaack, onegai onegai
onegai! i don't like 2 write things in my non-existant spare
time just 2 have ppl not respond or absolutely hate it.....i
mean i'll understand if ya don't like it at all, demo.....i'd
really appreciate knowing just WHY u hated it, so i can
learn how 2 write better. k?

disclaimer: high pink sugar nightmare content, only she's a
kawaii sleeper. so don't knock it cuz itz got the brat, just
read it so u know a different side o hers!! ^_^


"Duet" 
(A Chibi-Usa lullaby)
dedicated 2 my lil sista who i affectionately refer 2 as
rosebud



	Mamoru stroked the bright pink hair of the small
child curled in his arms affectionately. He began an old
Sondheim song he knew, carefully, so as not to awake his
sleeping wife who lie in their canopied bed nearby.

~&~*~&~*~
Not to worry
Not to worry
~&~*~&~*~

The little girl snuggled closer into his bare, muscular chest. 
	"Papa . . ." she murmured. 
	"Shh . . ." he whispered back. "Go to sleep."
	The woman in the bed stirred and, lifting her head,
said groggily, "Mamo-chan? What are you doing? What
time is it?" 
	He looked at her, his heart full to bursting with
love. "Go back to sleep, Usako. It's okay. I'll take care of
Chibi-Usa."
	"Iie . . ." she answered. "You've been up with her for
so long now. Let me take her," Usagi protested.
	"We'll both take care of her, ne?" he compromised.
She smiled sleepily.
	"Hai." She got up and pushed the cream-colored
covers back. The moonlight pouring in through the open
window made her long, rippling hair seem an iridescent
silver as she approached her loving husband and small
child. "What were you singing just now?" she asked, taking
the toddler from his arms.
	"‘Not While I'm Around' . . ." he said. She smiled
again. He was such a good father.
	"Then let's finish it, shall we, and go back to sleep?"
she said in a tender voice. Mamoru looked at her, surprised.
It was a rare occasion that made Usagi want to sing even
though she had a lovely voice.
	"Alright." 
	She started the next part of the verse, directing her
soprano voice towards the child who was now comfortably
held in the warm circle of her arms.

~&~*~&~*~
I may not be smart
But I ain't dumb
~&~*~&~*~

	Usagi looked at Mamoru. It was his turn to sing the
next few lines. But he was lost in thought about what the
words she had just sung meant. 
	‘But she is so very smart,' he thought. ‘Not book
smart, but that doesn't matter to me . . . and she's learned so
much in our years together. . . .' he sighed.
	"A penny for your thoughts?" she asked. He didn't
answer, only continued the song in his mellow baritone. 

~&~*~&~*~
Let me do it
Put me to it
Show me somethin' 
I can overcome
~&~*~&~*~

	"I was thinking about when you and I . . . weren't
like this. When we didn't like each other very much . . . and
we fought all the time. I remember I used to make fun of
your poor academic work. . . ."
	"I forgive you," she said softly. "I'd forgive you
anything." She stared into his eyes, made almost black by
the night, with their maelstrom of blue swirling, and saw
how much the words she had just uttered meant to him. She
continued the song in her sweet voice, directing the line
towards him because it was so relevant to what he had said.

~&~*~&~*~
Not to worry chum
~&~*~&~*~

	"Arigato, my love . . ." he whispered. Then he
directed his verse to both child and mother.

~&~*~&~*~
Nothin's gonna harm you
Not while I'm around
Nothin's gonna harm you
No sir
Not while I'm around
~&~*~&~*~

	Usagi laughed lightly, the bell-like sound
permeating the room with its brightness. She smiled down
at Chibi-Usa. 
	"Your papa is a very good mamoru, ne, little one?"
	The toddler answered with her light breathing as
she slept. Usagi handed her to Mamoru as she went down
the long columned hallway and through a marble-arched
door to the baby's room. She walked over to Chibi-Usa's
crib and drew back the embroidered covers, arranging the
stuffed animals back into their places so her daughter could
sleep.
	Careful not to wake the baby, Mamoru followed his
beloved into their child's room. He looked around for the
rocking chair, then motioned for Usagi to sit in it. She did,
and he handed Chibi-Usa back to her, kissing his Usako's
cheek as he did so, and looking fondly down at the child. 
	Usagi took a breath, then sang.

~&~*~&~*~
Demons are prowlin' everywhere
Now adays
I'll send them howlin'
I don't care
I got ways
~&~*~&~*~

	She was drawn back in time to the days when she
was Sailor Moon, defender of love and justice, when she
guarded an older version of this small child with her life.
	"It's true, Chibi-Usa. I'll never let them harm you.
Not ever," she whispered fiercely. Mamoru suddenly
understood that, even though in the past the women who
were the most special to him fought like cats and dogs, in
this time and place they loved each other very much. He
took up his verse with a soaring sound that filled the empty
void in the room with love. 

~&~*~&~*~
No one's gonna hurt you
No one's gonna dare
Others will desert you
Not to worry 
Whistle
I'll be there
~&~*~&~*~

	"And you always were, Mamo-chan," Usagi
whispered. "Whether we were Usagi and Mamoru, or
Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask; even as far as right now,
when we're King and Queen of Crystal Tokyo. . . . You're
still here," she finished. Her eyes were glassy with tears of
happiness as she looked up into her husband's handsome
face. 
	He could only answer with an emotion-choked,
"Hai," before he bent down and kissed her firmly on the
lips. She leaned into him, careful of the sleeping child in
her arms. He released her, his eyes starry, and she sang to
the child.

~&~*~&~*~
Demons'll charm you
With a smile
For a while
But in time
~&~*~&~*~

	"We got you back, that time, from the demons,
Chibi-Usa, my love, didn't we?" Mamoru said as he helped
Usagi to her feet from the chair, and walked with her to the
crib. He watched as his wife put their child safely in
between the colorful blankets, then finished the singing the
song, directing it to both mother and child.

~&~*~&~*~
Nothin's gonna harm you
Not while I'm around
~&~*~&~*~

	‘I believe you, Aishiteru, Mamo-chan,' Usagi
thought as she stared at Mamoru through the darkness.
	‘Aishiteru, Usako, I'll always be here,' he promised.
They came together, holding each other tightly, watching
the face of their child through the dim moonlight, enfolding
her with all the warmth and love they possessed.
	‘Aishiteru, Chibi-Usa,' they thought simultaneously.
‘And we always will.'


Fin



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