It was a dark and stormy night... but that was last night.  
Today was cheerfully pleasant with happy sunbeams dancing 
on the lush green grasses that swayed in the yard of the 
home owned by Ten'ou Haruka and Kaioh Michiru.  And being 
that is was such a perfectly nice day, they decided to go 
on a picnic.

This presented a slight problem in that they wanted it to 
be just the two of them.  To resolve this, they sent Hotaru 
off to go play with Chibi-Usa (where ever when she may 
be..)  Setsuna presented a bit more of a problem since she 
would not be so easily amused.  The solution presented 
itself when Michiru recalled Mamoru mentioning that he 
would be studying at the library today.  Someone with 
Setsuna's knowledge would surely be an asset to the young 
prince.  [Insert ecchi thoughts here].

That done, HarukaandMichiru packed themselves a picnic 
basket filled with the most delightful of foodstuffs.  (So 
delightful that this naive author has no knowledge of them, 
but they were delightful, trust me).  Hand in hand they 
skipped out to Haruka's yellow sports car.  Once the basket 
was squirreled away in the back seat, they hopped in and 
*vroom* left for the park.

The drive to the park was an uneventful one except for an 
encounter with a police official who was upset for some 
reason.  Michiru felt bad about this, so she waved merrily 
at him as they sped past.  For some reason, this didn't 
improve his outlook on things.  Haruka shook her head and 
sped up, not wanting his thundercloud to rain on their 
parade.

Arriving at the park in record time (quite literally), 
Haruka parked the car, then engaged the car alarm (which 
included such goodies as siren, flashing lights, 
electrified chassis, bat signal..).  Michiru took up 
Haruka's hand and merrily they skipped along to a secluded 
creek where they could be alone to enjoy nature.  Happy 
squirrels skittered across their path before they selected 
an appropriately private location.

Haruka (acting the part of gentleman, despite her wishing 
to break the role she has been cast in since day one of 
being masculine) laid out a blanket that was patterned with 
colorful checks of red and white.  (Red secretly being 
Michiru's favorite color, though it clashes terribly with 
her hair).  The basket of foodstuffs was placed between 
them.  A moment passed before Haruka opened the basket and 
pulled out the first entree of today's meal.

Shyly, a curious squirrel scampered onto the blanket and up 
to basket.  Michiru giggled as the kawaii squirrel charmed 
her with its dark eyes.  It waggled it's bushy tail, then 
came closer to the soldier of embrace.  She held out her 
hand with a piece of food on her delicate fingertips.  The 
squirrel came closer to examine the offered morsel.

Golden light flashed and a now beheaded squirrel lay on the 
blanket.  Haruka sniffed then levered the squirrel bits 
into a nearby bush before putting the Space Sword away.  
Michiru raised a questioning eyebrow at the amount of her 
lover's jealousy.  Haruka quickly amended by pointing how 
that the squirrel stains matched the red of the blanket 
before snuggling closer.  The poor forest creature was 
quickly forgotten in light of the attentions Haruka was now 
lavishing upon her.

The rushing waters of the stream covered the noises of 
HarukaandMichiru's snuggling.  (It's a small stream, but 
very noisy, especially when small children may be exposed 
to other's indiscretions).

They snuggled.

And snuggled.

And snuggled some more.

Then the park ranger came by to close the park for the 
evening, but a cold glare from Haruka convinced him to find 
somewhere else to be.  (That and the Space Sword, but we 
shan't go into that).

By this time, the other squirrels had organized a militia 
and were going to plan retaliation against the one who 
murdered their brother.  The squirrel surrounded the 
blanket on all sides.  HarukaandMichiru were oblivious to 
their furry lil guests.

With a gnashing of teeth and squeaky battle cry, the 
squirrels charged.  Michiru noticed a nibbling on her ankle 
when Haruka was quite definitely nibbling a bit higher then 
that.  Now, even accounting for Haruka's incredible skills, 
this isn't quite possible.  Michiru pointed this out to 
Haruka, who thought she was doing pretty damn well and 
didn't need any pointers.  A squirrel launched itself at 
her head, clinging to the back of it.  Haruka then realized 
the problem.

The situation (especially the squirrel on her head) was 
intolerable.  She henshined into her fuku (noting that it's 
the most clothing she's warn in hours) then turned around 
to kick some squirrel ass.  Neptune had her back. 
Thankfully, she did stop long enough to remove the critter 
that clung to her before doing her posing.

It was a fierce battle with fur flying everywhere.  Enough 
fur to make a new coat for Michiru, but they could pick up 
carcasses later.  The squirrel army was leaving its mark as 
well, in the form of scratches and eaten rations formally 
belonging to the murderous Uranus and Neptune.

Once all was said and done and stopped moving, Uranus and 
Neptune took in their surroundings.  No longer was it a 
happy day (it was night).  The winds the whisped through 
the trees carried the scent of blood upon them.  Neptune 
hung her head in remembrance of the lives lost.  Even 
though they were enemies, she still respected squirrel kind 
for its bravery in the face of such odds.

Uranus placed an arm around Neptune's shoulders, directing 
her away from the scene.  This was no longer a place for 
them to lie together.  No, their picnic would be moved to 
another park and continued...