<<Four female voices, chanting>>: Omake!  Omake!  OMAKE!  Yay!!

<<SD characters of Haruka, Beans, Michiru, and Setsuna running 
around a college campus>>

<<Shot of the SD Fanboys Chaos, Pesti-chan, Mayhem, and Havoc 
being hung by their heels from a high bridge as SD Outer Senshi 
and Beans dance around, wielding a large pair of scissors.>>

<<The College Life cast, still in SD mode, gathers on a stage and 
takes a bow. Above them, a banner proclaiming: "College Life: 
Omake Theatre" is unfurled.>>

Beans (picking up a beanbag and clonking Haruka with it): Now, 
for the big finish!

-----

"Ouch!"

Artemis quickly pulled his paw back.  "Sorry.  I forgot my claws 
were out.  Are you okay?"

Haruka examined the three or four small scrapes on the back of 
her hand.  They weren't deep and the bleeding wasn't even worth 
worrying about.  "I'm fine, Artemis.  Don't worry about it."

-----
College Life
Omake Theatre 3: When the Fur Flies

by Jamie David Jeans a.k.a. JOLT!!! <xwing@uniserve.com>
and by Nightbreak
-----

"Michiru?" came the voice from the other side of the bed.  The 
teal-haired girl opened her eyes slowly, wincing at the 
early-morning sunlight.  "Yes, Haruka?"

"I *really* hope I'm dreaming," commented her partner.  Michiru 
turned her head to glance over her shoulder.  Then her eyes 
widened and she sat bolt upright.  "What. . .?"

Haruka shrugged and reached up to scratch her blond hair, which 
had grown much longer and wilder overnight.  At the same time, 
she ran a hand over the pair of sandy-coloured cat ears that were 
poking up out of her head.  "Got me."

The rest of her body was also covered in the soft, tan fur, with 
white patches on her arms and chest, looking like a furry 
bodysuit.  Her face was relatively clear, except for more patches 
on her jaw and neck.

Tentatively, Michiru reached out a hand to stroke her shoulder.  
"Is it. . . on?"

Haruka gripped a handful of arm fur and yanked hard.  
"MEEOOOUUCHH!  Yep."  Then she paused.  "*What* did I just say?"

Michiru stifled a chuckle.  "Oddly enough, it seems to suit you."

Her partner cast her a withering glance.  "Funny.  Now excuse me 
while I figure out how I'm supposed to shower with all this on." 
She rolled out of bed and headed for the bathroom.  Behind her, a 
long cat's tail did its best to trip her up.

"Just don't clog the drain with hairballs."

Haruka's ears twitched in minor annoyance.

*****

By the time breakfast was finished, Michiru had finally pulled 
out her Deep Aqua Mirror.

"It's the scratches on your hand," she said, watching as the 
image of Haruka and Artemis formed.  "You must have caught Cat 
Scratch Fever from him."

"Wonderful," Haruka grumbled, "And how long is this going to 
last?"  She rubbed a furry shoulder absently.

"It doesn't say."  Michiru put the Mirror away.  "It's a good 
thing that this weekend is extended for us.  I can't see you 
going back into school like that."  Reaching out with a hand, she 
lightly scratched Haruka behind her cat ears.  "Besides, this 
could be fun."

Haruka looked briefly irritated again, then sighed softly and put 
her head down on the table as Michiru continued to scratch.  "At 
least Beans isn't here to see this.  She'd never let me forget 
it."

Just then, the phone rang.  Haruka reached over to pick it up, 
then her ears perked as she heard the voice on the other end.  
Covering the mouthpiece, she grinned wickedly.  "Then again. . ."

*****

Beans frowned as she hurried up the front steps of Haruka and 
Michiru's house.  She could still hear Michiru's laughter over 
the phone when Haruka had invited her to come by.  Idly, she 
wondered what trouble she was getting herself into now.

She quickly rang the doorbell a couple of times, with a feeling 
of uneasiness growing a bit more when Michiru came out and closed 
the door, not even allowing her a look inside.

"Morning, Michiru... is there something wrong?" Beans asked.

The senshi of Neptune shook her head, and almost looked to be 
fighting a smile from creasing her face.  Despite the answer to 
her question, Beans felt her anxiety jump up a few notches.

"I have some errands to run this morning, Beans, and I would 
greatly appreciate it if you could keep Haruka company until I 
return," Michiru said.

"Company?  But why?" She gave her friend a frustrated look.  
"Come on, Michiru, you can tell me if anything is wrong."

"I believe this is one of those cases in which seeing is better 
then me telling you.  Now please, Haruka is waiting for you."

At Michiru's gentle push, Beans entered the small house and took 
her shoes off, then cast one last glance at Michiru, who was now 
driving off in the car, before closing the door.

"Nothing wrong?  It certainly doesn't seem that way... and why 
was Michiru in such a rush," Beans wondered, taking her coat off 
and hanging it up.

"Meow..."

"'Meow?' Since when did Michiru and Haruka have a ca-"

Beans line of thought was cut off abruptly as she turned to face 
the feline and saw Haruka standing before her, grooming her arm 
fur with her tongue.

"Haru- Ha- Haruka?" Beans was barely able to get out, mind 
reeling from the sight before her.

"Meow? Yup... that's me.  Damn," she cursed as she caught herself 
and stopped grooming her arm fur.  "This is getting annoying.  
I'm feeling all of these new habits forming and they're hardly 
anything that I like."

"But... but how?"

Haruka looked at the shocked look on Beans' face and meowed once 
more, dropping to all fours and narrowing her eyes.

"Hey, come on, Haruka.  Quit that.  You make it seem like I'm a 
mouse or something," Beans laughed nervously, and hoped that 
Michiru would get back soon from where ever she had gone to.

But Haruka did not quit and inched forward towards Beans instead, 
meowing again and flexing her entire body.  As soon as Beans saw 
the tail stop wiggling, she jumped aside and dodged the furry 
Senshi.

"Bad kitty!  Bad kitty!" Beans shouted, grabbing a newspaper from 
the living room and rolling it up.  "I can't believe I said 
that," she thought as she waved the rolled up newspaper at 
Haruka.

Haruka meowed again as she followed Beans further into the living 
room.  She flexed her paws and her tail stopped moving.

"Oh man... now I know why Haruka invited me over... ACK!!!"

"ROWL!!!"

*****

Michiru pulled up into the driveway, the bag of herbs sitting in 
the seat beside her, and quickly turned the car off.  She knew 
that even in her new state, Haruka would not hurt Beans, but that 
wouldn't mean that she wouldn't play around with her either.

Walking in through the front door, she removed her shoes and 
called out. "Beans! I'm home!"

"In here!" Her voice echoed out from the bedroom.  Beans sounded 
extremely nervous and Michiru hurried in, feeling a shiver of 
fear run up her spine.  Perhaps Haruka wasn't fully in control of 
herself as Michiru had first thought.

Upon reaching the doorway, she couldn't help the smile that 
slowly spread across her face or the slight giggles that escaped 
her lips.

"I highly doubt how you could find any humor in this!" Beans 
silently hissed.

Michiru tried to say something to that but couldn't stop the 
giggles.

Sitting up on the bed, her legs stretched out to keep them from 
cramping, Beans was the new comfort feature for furry Haruka, the 
Senshi stretched out over her while cuddling close to her.  She 
was sleeping, purring gently, and her claws were sunk into Beans 
clothes, most of which had been used for a scratching post.  
Haruka was not going anywhere soon if she could help it.

"Oh, a camera to capture a picture for the ages," Michiru said, 
laughing lightly at how red Beans face became.

"Hah hah... see if I help out next time Haruka goes kitty cat on 
you," Beans replied.

Haruka meowed and woke up, tails swishing happily as she turned 
to see Michiru in the doorway.

"Come here, Haruka," Michiru said, and Haruka did so, standing up 
and nuzzling her face into Michiru's.  She giggled at how her 
partner's fur tickled her face but commanded Haruka to sit down. 
 Meowing, Haruka did so and began grooming her arm fur.

"How the heck did you do that?!  She was chasing me all around 
the house almost all the time you were gone and didn't listen to 
me at all!" Beans nearly shouted, getting off the bed and 
examining her shredded clothing.

"Haruka knows which one of us is in charge, no matter what state 
her body is in," Michiru explained, smiling as she gave Haruka a 
tender ear scratch. "Now, let us fix up this remedy for Haruka 
and get you some new clothes..."

"Joy... I just hope Haruka doesn't keep reminding me of this or 
else I'll get her a catnip mouse for Christmas," Beans muttered.
