[RL with Simon]

[pinksugargirl]

After talking with Pegasus late into night Chibiusa feel asleep. It wasn't a very deep sleep and she felt restless the whole time. Eventually she woke up again and something didn't feel quite right. She winced a bit as she stretched and yawned. Slowly and groggily she sat up and rubbed her eyes. It wasn't until she actually opened her eyes that things went bad. It was dark. She could barely see what was in front of her. There's no way her attic room would be that dark. Even at night the streetlights and stars leaked their glow into her window.

Frantically she felt around only to have her arm touch something soft...it was skin. Someone else's skin. There was someone lying next to her. Immediately she leaped out of the bed and let out a shrill cry. And as she did she felt a tight pain form in her chest, causing her to scream even more and collapse to her knees.

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[which is totally okay to do~]

[pink-sugargirl.livejournal.com]

"A mole...pig," she repeated. It was strange seeing different animals like this. She put down her fork and held out her empty hand in hopes that Boota would hop over. "Hello Boota. I'm Chibiusa."

[yaaay]

[core-digger.livejournal.com]

Boota hopped over to her hand and scrambled onto her shoulder with a "buhi." Simon grinned. "He likes you."

... The Boota Whisperer.

[pink-sugargirl.livejournal.com]

Chibiusa giggled as the molepig crawled up her shoulder. "I like him too. It's a good thing Diana isn't here. She might get jealous," she laughed.

[core-digger.livejournal.com]

Boota settled himself as if that was his natural position. This shoulder was his.

"Boota's like family. It'll be horrible leaving him behind." Simon sighed.

[pink-sugargirl.livejournal.com]

The smile on Chibiusa's smiled faded at that. She already missed Diana, not to mention the rest of her family, and she was asking Simon to leave his world.

"Boota could probably come too...but that probably isn't the same. Sorry."

[core-digger.livejournal.com]

"...You don't mind?" He sighed. She probably had a pet, too. "You have pets where you're from?"

[pink-sugargirl.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Chibiusa nodded. "Nothing quite like molepigs, but he'd be easy enough to hide from people. I have a cat named Diana, and my cousin has Luna."

[core-digger.livejournal.com]

"...Cats?" He looked blank.

[pink-sugargirl.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Chibiusa nodded as she tried to think of how she would explain cats to someone. "Do you have anything like a lion or tiger here?"

[core-digger.livejournal.com]

He shook his head. "I've never heard of one... they say Viral is part 'cat' thought..."

[pink-sugargirl.livejournal.com]

"Viral? Who's that?" she asked.

[core-digger.livejournal.com]

"He's a beastman. He was Aniki's rival. He's... surprisingly not as bad as the rest." Simon looked confused as Boota returned to him.

[pink-sugargirl.livejournal.com]

"Are all beastmen against humans?" she asked, curious once more.

[core-digger.livejournal.com]

"...All that we've met. They think they're better than us, and have the right to kick us around." He sighed. "Viral's just the only one that's ever fought fair."

[pink-sugargirl.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Chibiusa said. "I'm sure they'll think differently when you defeat the Helix King."

[core-digger.livejournal.com]

"...I hope so." It was half a groan. "But things are never easy for us."

[pink-sugargirl.livejournal.com]

"Most things aren't easy, especially the things you really want," Chibiusa pointed out.

[core-digger.livejournal.com]

"So we keep fighting." He grinned again. "And we fight until we win, or we die. We keep digging the hole Aniki left for us."

[pink-sugargirl.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure you'll win," Chibiusa smiled, confident in her statement. "You and the others all sound very strong and brave."

[core-digger.livejournal.com]

He blushed. "A-ah! No... I'm not. Everyone else is, though. It's because of them I can keep going."

[pink-sugargirl.livejournal.com]

"But you're the leader," Chibiusa reminded him. "They wouldn't trust you with a position like that if they didn't believe you were brave and strong enough for it.

[core-digger.livejournal.com]

"... I believe in myself because I've got such an amazing dan." He chuckled. "If I give up on myself, I give up on them. So I guess it's mutual trust."

[pink-sugargirl.livejournal.com]

"That's the best I think," she smiled. "I know that's what my friends are like."

[core-digger.livejournal.com]

"You've got good friends, then." He smiled. "Ready to--" Simon was cut off as a voice came over the speaker. Leeron's, telling him there were enemy ganmen coming from the north. If he had been on the computer, Simon would have keysmashed. "What?!" He looked from Chibiusa, to the speaker, and back. "You have to come with me, okay?!"

[pink-sugargirl.livejournal.com]

Feeling a little panicked, Chibiusa looked at Simon rather like a deer in headlight. "Uh, sure," Chibiusa nodded. "Lead the way."