The dark purple helmet on his head slowly slid off to the left, only prevented from going further as the slit on the top bumped against one of his horns.
Luna shook her head. "We'll get a helmet tailored for you, but this will do for now." She gestured over her... whatever he was, garbed as a lunar guard. "We didn't even have suits this large in stock. It was with great fortune that we had a few decorative statues that could serve the purpose."
He reached up and adjusted the helmet a little before he snorted and shook his head vigorously. The helmet bounced off his head and clanged to the ground, rejected.
Free of the bothering head piece, a bright smile spread over the face of the rabbit-like creature before he leaned in and began sniffing at Luna.
Luna sighed even as she pet along the cheek of her massive beast. "It's not that bad, is it?"
He crossed his arms defiantly.
Luna gave a faint smile. "At least you're wearing the rest of it. We'll come back to the helmet after a proper one is forged for you." She rose up, standing on her hind legs as her new pet often did, though it required far more balance for her than for him. "Now, let us go over some etiquette."
Her standing was apparently some kind of signal, because he stepped in and wrapped her in a warm hug even as she squeaked. He leaned in and began nibbling at her neck with his deadly teeth. Thankfully he was careful and affectionate and brought no harm to Luna as he began preening her fur and eagerly cuddling her.
Luna wasn't as surprised that day as she had been the day before. Her horn glowed as she gently pushed her pet back. "No hugging without permission." He looked confused. "No hugging," she repeated, but she had the distinct impression she had only succeeded in saying 'no hugging right now.'
Even as he settled to his large haunches, she tapped at her chin. "You need a name." He twitched one of those flopping ears towards her before it fell back down. "Do you already have one?" He shook his head. "Very well... I shall call you Tsuki Usagi. That's Neighponese for Moon Rabbit, we believe. For simplicity, Tsuki will do. Do you like it?"
Tsuki bobbed his head eagerly and advanced, looking ready to deliver another hug.
Luna's magic gently held him at bay. "We are pleased you like your name, Tsuki, but now--"
He pushed through the magic, but ultimately obeyed her spoken desire to not be hugged. Instead he stroked over her cheeks and through her sparkling mane.
Luna darkened a bit at the boldness of it. "You have no sense of propriety." Despite that, it was... nice. Few were the pony ready to stride up to Luna and demonstrate just how wonderful they thought she was. Luna decided to relax a little, letting Tsuki stroke over her as she savored the attention. Besides, was it so bad so long as the one doing it wasn't another pony?
Tsuki circled around her as he worked and came up behind her, sitting with his belly to her back as his paw-like hands stroked along her sides and down her legs, grooming her fur meticulously.
Luna shivered softly as those sharp claws tickled sensitive places along the way. "You could prove your worth as a masseuse, if such were your desire." Tsuki made a little noise, but he had no words. Luna perked an ear back at him. "Surely there's a spell that would allow your tongue to form proper pony phrasing. Would you like that, to be able to speak clearly?"
Tsuki tilted his head thoughtfully before he nibbled at Luna's left shoulder.
Luna decided that was an affirmative and rose up and away from his grasp. "We will consult the archives. You remain here." Her magic wrapped around the discarded helmet and brought it over to Tsuki. "Try to get used to this, if you would?"
He made a sour sound but did reach to accept it. The willingness to at least try at her command made Luna smile. "We promise, a better one is being forged. Be good. I will be back shortly." She took off at an easy trot. She'd find the spell, come back, and zap some words into her pet.
What could go wrong?
Thou shalt count to three, and three shalt be the number of the counting.
Luna, your plan will not end well for you. As much as I want to hear my dog speak to me I doubt it would be an interesting or revalent conversation.
i'm confused a bit... is it complete or not?
as a one shot i loved it, as a longer story i will love it more.... new good fics are hard to find and a huge bunny pet for luna is fun
7680011 It was a one shot, but it was also a paid piece, and the bloke covering it said 'MORE PLEASE'. I tried to object, but my open mouth seemed like a fine place to shove money.
Here we are.
7680031 aye... have the same problem at the moment
i imagine this if Tsuki starts to take
L : now that you can talk, mind telling me while you like hugging me so much
T: you are huggable
L: and?
T: you are huggable , so i hug.... big blue pony is funny, tsuki likes big blue pony
7680052 then you find out he's a solder from another planet and pritty smart
7680066 way to fluffy and hugging... but can hear him having a British accent
7680087 well dam I am British also have a link to a pick of him http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16307483/
Note he is 13 foot tall in this
7680091 always trust your gut feelings. my gut said British
7680100 indeed and I'm looking forward to what happens next
SHES MAKING HIM A BATTLE BUNNY SUIT OF ARMOR!!!!!
Me thinks Luna is Tsuki's pet, after all he's doing all the patting.
Typos might end up being the last thing you will end up worrying about after all...Luna said the words...
7680066 I remember a bit of story\short story that I heard of more than a few years ago, goes SOMETHING like this:
Space explorer\First Contact guy ended coming across a unknown animal on some planet. Couldn't figure much out about it besides it was not a danger to anyone, because of skin and body makeup. So the guy ended up giving the critter to his 10ish or so boy.
Some years later a armada shows up and proceeds on its way through human space, all but ignoring the best weapons and what ever else the human fleet could come up with.
The alien fleet finds and parks itself around the planet the boy has made a life for himself, his family and the pet on.
Rest of the story cut out, the fleet left without the PRINCESS because she liked living with her pet and its family.
the gift of tongue isn't one to just toss on anything. Let's see what our affectionate bunny has to say!
This was a cute story to read. I rather enjoyed it.
As an old fart, I have to ask. Is the character Tsuki Usagi a cross over from another show, or is he an original character. I tried googling a bit, but couldn't find anything.
The Monk
7849529 The picture was given to me by the fellow who paid to have the story written. The rest was me and my muse.