The Mistletoe Meme

[mapsincolor]

Oh no, mistletoe!

 

SHOOT. Who put that there?! Well, you’re caught - pucker up!

How to Play

1. Post your character and canon in the subject line
2. Next person who responds is the one you’re caught under the mistletoe with!
3. Go as awkward, sweet, or embarrassing as you like! (Quick cheek peck? Full French? Sure! But you have to kiss or the Nargles will get you!)
4. Comment, Tag, and catch others under the mistletoe. Have fun!

Comments

[oceans_blue]

A damsel? No. But even so, she didn't mind Uranus being her Knight in Shining Armor for this situation.

Neptune closed her eyes as she was told to do, happy to play along with this scenario. The blue-haired woman waited with quiet anticipation as Uranus cupped her cheek with her gloved hand. Neptune certainly felt a little blush at her partner's touch.

The Ocean Senshi couldn't help herself...gently reaching out and grabbing her partner's arm in kind, and moving her smooth glove over the skin. Other than that, she waited patiently for her 'Knight' to make her move. After all, as Uranus herself thought, two and a half hours was plenty of time.

[actsmagnificent]

This was turning into quite the production. Uranus smirked, breathing lightly against Neptune's face before her lips slid into position. Her fingers curled against Neptune's cheek, and she let herself relax, focusing only on the moment. The woman's cheek was warming at her touch. That was so cute...

It was funny. She didn't usually think of Neptune in those terms. The other woman wasn't something to belittle with fond diminutives. She was a fellow warrior - a warrior Uranus admired, respected; a role model. She was someone Uranus never had to exchange words with, because she'd know just what Uranus meant every time....she kept Uranus humble and focused. She gave her direction. She'd given her everything.

Lost in her thoughts, Uranus failed to notice just how into this kiss she was getting. But that was all right. She didn't mind.

[oceans_blue]

Sailor Neptune's emotions and feelings swam around her as Uranus's warm lips pressed against her own. Here she was, pressed against this strong and handsome woman...her warmth intermingling with her own; the entire world outside this moment seemed to be forgotten.

But in the back of her mind, Sailor Neptune hadn't forgotten that this was ultimately a trap. During a break in the kiss, Neptune ventured the question, "Haruka..." Her voice was so quiet it was practically a whisper. "...your feet, are you able to move them?"

The secondary effects of the cursed mistletoe coupled with the touch of her partner made Neptune hesitant to break off contact. And the mistletoe 'reset' quickly, ready to re-trap them if they stayed underneath. But increasingly, Neptune found it hard to care.

[actsmagnificent]

The question roused Uranus from her reverie - probably just in time; if she'd slipped any further there might have been no going back. Her heart pounded in her throat for very different reasons than those that'd been increasing her pulse just moments before, and despite taking only a moment to process the question she still had time to wonder: how had Neptune known?

"...what's that supposed to mean?" she asked, her tone light but the question coming just a second too late, yet sounding a second too hurried, to be completely innocent. "Here, speak for yourself..."

And she nudged Neptune's legs with a knee, gratified her own feet had moved (though they felt weighted down - this trap was tougher than it looked!). She kept herself pressed close to Neptune, though, even through her nervous chuckling. Good, she'd fixed it. That was...that was good. They could...move. That was good.

Once they felt like it, anyway.

[oceans_blue]

The blatant sensuality of the moment had let Neptune's guard down, and she let the knowledge slip before she could think on it. Certainly, she hadn't intended to reveal such a thing in such a circumstance as this. And yet...

"I think you know, Haruka-san."

...there wasn't anyone she'd rather be in this situation with. Neptune dutifully moved her leg back slightly once Uranus bumped it, though her legs too felt heavy. But movement wasn't on her mind right now.

A light smile playing on her glossed lips, Neptune reached up and brushed her hand against Uranus's cheek, feeling the warmth of the skin through her glove. In spite of it all, Neptune couldn't help some good natured teasing. "You know, I've always liked it when you smile like that, Haruka-san." She whispered, leaning in close and letting her heated breath blow against Uranus's skin.

By now, the mistletoe had re-trapped both of them...heels and boots affixed strongly to the floor.

[actsmagnificent]

"H-hey..." Caught just as effectively by Neptune's knowing smile - and feeling quite a bit more in the hot seat for it - Uranus blinked and tried shifting her weight, only to find her legs frozen in place again. Shoot. While they'd been busy making light of their situation, the enemy's trap had...

She couldn't even have the satisfaction of tracking down the guilty party afterwards; for once, she'd been too efficient. Payback wasn't supposed to operate in reverse. It almost felt like letting the enemy have the last laugh.

Blinking again, she rested her hands on Neptune's hips - to steady both of them, she told herself, staring into the other woman's eyes in grim determination. "Anyway, we've got a time limit," she reminded her partner, resolute that she was not re-finding her focus just because Neptune had discovered her slip-up. "Let's finish this up and get out."

And without further ado, she planted a rather more urgent kiss on Neptune's mouth, holding on firmly. The moment they could move again, they needed to be on their way. This was no time to be forgetting they were soldiers!

The kiss was no less passionate for all that. She wanted to smile some more at her partner, too - once they were somewhere she could take her time.

[oceans_blue]

Seeing the determination in her lover's eyes sparked something in Sailor Neptune too. Like Uranus, she allowed herself to get carried away in the moment...but her partner's determination quickly brought her back into focus. 'You're right of course, Haruka...' She thought to herself as Uranus pressed her warm lips against her own. '...we can't let the enemy have the satisfaction of getting the better of us like this. Using our love for each other against us...'

And for a moment, Neptune felt a spring of anger well up within her. Not at Uranus, but at herself. By fault or no, she let her feelings get the best of her; something she'd swore to avoid especially in battle. And now she had revealed certain truths that might make her future with Uranus/Haruka a bit awkward to put it mildly. Like Uranus, Neptune wouldn't mind some payback against the Daimon herself. But of course he was dead and gone...certainly.

The kiss was ended, and Neptune gently pushed Uranus back, a steel in her gaze. She was determined to regain control after the Daimon tried to wrest it from her. But even now, it wasn't easy.

Knowing that you were under a spell didn't make fighting it a breeze. A lingering need to touch Uranus was ever present in her mind...no matter how hard she tried to fight it down. She could move her feet, but they nonetheless felt like lead weights were attached to them...and getting more magnetized to the floor by the second.

"We've got to hurry Uranus.." Neptune spoke, formal determination clear in her voice. "...it looks like this creature won't let us go free so easily!"

[actsmagnificent]

There they were. Those were the eyes that had first captured Uranus's attention; despite the way they urged caution, maturity, and self-denial, the emotions they masked made her long to embrace the other woman all the more. But Neptune was right. This was no time or place to be dawdling.

Nodding in agreement, and with a quick peck on the cheek to make things easier - "Yeah" - Uranus wrenched herself free and leaped forward, out of the mistletoe's reach. She trusted Neptune would do the same.

Once safely freed, Uranus turned to both check on Neptune and assess the "souvenir" their fallen enemy had left for them. "Might as well clean up the mess," she decided. Her right hand flexed in its glove. "How annoying. Some idiots just don't know when to quit!"

[oceans_blue]

The kiss was appreciated, and in it's own way helped reaffirm Neptune's determination to escape. With a surge of strength in her lithe body, the blue-haired woman bounded from the trap in perfect unison with her partner.

Her head immediately began to clear as soon as they left the trapping field. Neptune couldn't help but let a sigh of relief escape her lips. Whatever pleasantries were enjoyed due to the trap, they were best experienced under less dire circumstances.

"It appears that way. Some creatures are hopelessly stubborn like that." Neptune agreed, getting into a stance. "And I agree, clean up would definitely be the most appropriate course of action in this circumstance, Uranus!"

Eliminating any trace of this near-defeat was right up her alley. "Although, this plant absorbed my power when I struck at it earlier so it might not be as easy as all that, I'm afraid." Neptune thought for a moment. "Perhaps what I suggested before...a combined strike with our powers. Such strength might overwhelm whatever defenses it has."

[actsmagnificent]

Uranus smirked. If Neptune said that was what it took, it'd be her pleasure.

"Aren't you bossy," she sighed, raising her hand. Light arced from between her fingers, but she wouldn't release it until Neptune's attack was ready, too. Then they'd finish this up and be on their way. "Let's get this over with. World..."

[oceans_blue]

Neptune gave a brief nod of acknowledgement to her partner, then prepared her own attack.

Feeling her power well up within her, Neptune took special care to ensure that her energies and aura was in tune with Uranus's own. Combining attacks successfully took special attention and focus, but for a team as practiced as Neptune and Uranus it was practically second nature.

In short order, Sailor Neptune was ready strike at their captor along with Sailor Uranus. A swirl of water-like energy coalesced into an orb over her head, and with hardened determination she let the energy fly in sync with Uranus's strike.

"Deep Submerge!"

[actsmagnificent]

"...Shaking!"

The two attacks merged, slamming into the mistletoe with a window-rattling explosion. When the light cleared, a few charred leaves drifted down from a smudge on the ceiling. Nothing else remained.

Uranus smirked, relaxing. Not bad, for an evening's work. They could take their time sauntering back to the car...

And then the ceiling cracked.

[oceans_blue]

And the mistletoe was gone...all major traces of it. Neptune once again felt the grim satisfaction of an enemy destroyed. But with the immediate threat gone, another potential issue began to bubble up in her mind.

'Now I just need to figure out how to handle the issue of Uranus's identity.' Neptune thought, her glossed lips turning into a slight frown. 'I imagine Haruka and I will have plenty to talk about once we...'

However, Neptune's thoughts were interrupted by the ceiling cracking, something her keen senses were quick to pick up on. Immediately, her thoughts turned to protecting her partner. "Uranus! We should withdraw! The room might collapse!" The blue-haired Senshi had already tensed her body to dart towards an escape route.

[actsmagnificent]

Uranus was right behind her - and then right ahead of her, opening the door to the stairwell. "Never a dull moment, right?" she asked, grinning over her shoulder. They'd have to both remember to avoid indoor fights from now on, however. Neither could afford the distraction of worrying about property damage...especially not the thought that the property might damage them right back.

They also should probably vacate the premises even if part of the ceiling didn't end up collapsing. So although Sailor Uranus had entered this staircase, it was Tenoh Haruka who, like the consummate gentleman that she was, held the door open for her partner at the bottom. Her convertible was parked not far away, in the adjacent parking lot. By all means, Michiru. After you.