Humming happily, Naru walked down the street.
That had been a fun weekend. And Usagi's new friends certainly were nice people. And the beach had been nice as well...
Even if there had been rumors about the Sailor Senshi fighting flying sharks... Naru had to chuckle at that. Now who would believe something like that?
Suddenly, Naru had to sneeze. "Ah... ah... ACHOOO!"
Sniffing, Naru searched for a tissue. Now that came out of nowhere...
Someone else that was standing in front of her handed her one. "Ah, thank you..." she mumbled and wiped her nose.
Then she looked up at the person that gave her the tissue. The girl waved. "Hi there!"
Naru blinked.
That girl looked exactly like her...
"Whaaah!" she shouted and jumped back. "Who... who are you?"
Her double grinned. "I'm you! I'm your double being created by your powers."
Naru didn't look convinced. "Yeah, right..."
"No, it's true!"
"Oh yeah? Prove it!"
Her double smiled. "Okay!" She grabbed her sleeve and pulled it up.
And there, sitting on her elbow was the birthmark she had seen all her life... on her own arm. Naru gasped, pulled up her own sleeve and stared at the birthmark. They were identical.
"But... but how?" she gasped.
Naru-2 smiled. "How should I know? I'm just your double. I only exist because of your powers! Once you send me away again, I cease to exist... until you decide to call me again! I already saw you once, you know?" She giggled. "You thought I was a mirror..."
"That's... pretty weird..." Naru walked around her double. "But... at the same time... somehow cool." She smirked. "Hey, you really are identical to me. And... what can you do?"
"Everything you can do," Naru-2 replied. "But, see it like this: Double the Naru, double the fun!" She grinned.
Naru chuckled. "I guess you're right... But what do I call you when you're around? I can't simply call you Naru-2, can I?"
Her double shrugged. "I'm your copy, not the other way around. Give me whatever name you like!"
Naru nodded. "Okay, then let's call you 'Ranu', okay? Still somehow similar to my name."
Ranu smiled. "I like it. So, what do we do next?"
Naru thought about it. "I know! We can play a little trick on Usagi."
Ranu giggled. "Good idea!"
----
That afternoon, Usagi once again was walking down to Motoki's arcade to play some games...
Just then Naru came towards her. "Hello there, Usagi! What's up?"
Usagi smiled. "Hey Naru-chan! I'm just going to Motoki's arcade for a little game."
Naru smirked. "Of course, where else? Hey, can you do me a favor?"
"Um, it's not too time-consuming, is it?"
Naru shook her head. "No, no, it isn't! I just think I forgot my bag at the bus stop behind the corner... can you look if it's still there?"
That was a strange request, but Usagi just shrugged. If Naru asked her to look for her bag, she could do that. "Okay, lemme take a look..."
She went back to the corner and looked around...
...and nearly bumped into Naru. The red-head smiled at her. "Hello, Usagi! Is something wrong?"
Usagi stared. "Huh? B-b-but you... wait a minute..." She looked back around the corner. But there was no one there.
She looked at Naru. "Weren't you just talking to me over there?"
Naru shook her head. "No, I didn't! Are you all right, Usagi? You're not starting to imagine things, are you?"
"N-n-no, I don't think I am..." Usagi mumbled. "S-see you later, Naru..."
She was confused. Did she imagine talking to Naru before?
She walked back towards the arcade. But when she turned around the corner, she once again saw Naru standing in front of her. "Well, did you find my bag?"
Usagi was ready to freak out. "Whaaaa...? But how...? I thought you were behind that corner?"
"That's silly, Usagi. How can I be behind the corner if I just asked you if you could look for my bag over there?"
Usagi didn't know what to answer. Her head was spinning.
"Well?" Naru asked. "Did you see it?"
"Huh? See what?" Usagi mumbled.
Naru giggled. "My bag, of course! I asked you to look for it, did I?"
"Oh... right! I think I forgot... lemme take a look, Naru..."
She walked back around the corner... and yelped when, once again, Naru was standing before her, her bag hanging around her shoulder.
"Huh? Did you forget something, Usagi?"
Usagi stuttered: "Um, y-you... I mean... you asked me to see if your bag is here... so I just came to look..."
"Really?" Naru asked thoughtful. "Did I ask you that? Well, then I suppose you should tell me it's here, right?"
"Uh... sure!"
Usagi walked back around the corner, looking like a screw-up doll.
"Um... you said I should tell you it's already there..." Usagi murmured. "Besides, I think I already saw you standing there, with the bag around your shoulder."
"Oh really?" Naru asked. "Well, then I suppose I should go and ask myself if I could have my bag back, right?"
She walked past Usagi and around the corner.
Usagi blinked. "Wait a minute..."
She ran after Naru and turned around the corner.
In front of her, two Narus were standing, one of them holding a bag, and both were laughing at her dumbstruck face.
"Usagi, you should see your face..." the first one laughed.
"Yeah," the other one chuckled. "Priceless!"
Usagi raised a hand. "Umm, what's going on here?"
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(Posted Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:58)
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