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Ok, here I go again this is my second attempt at a
fanfic, don't hold it against me. If this sounds somewhat like a
fic you wrote gomen you just inspired me. How many of you
have read my first story "Just Friends"? *Nikki looks at
audience two people raise their hands, then one puts his
down.* OOOOK well for those of you who have e-mail me and
let me know if I should continue or just stop while I'm
ahead. Now on with the story.
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Disclaimer: I don't own sailor moon, and if you needed me
to tell you that I have a palace on the moon I would like
to sell you, It has a few cracks but other than that it's
perfect and a steel at $300 (you must provide your own
transportation).
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"Rain, Rain Go Away..."
By: Me, Nikki99
Another long day ended for Tuskigo, Usagi she
had just come out of detention where Mrs. Harura spent
thirty minutes lecturing her on being late and them made
her write "I will be on time" one-hundred and fifty times
on the board because she *claimed* that's how many times
Usagi was late. 'But I couldn't help it' Usagi thought to
herself 'the senshi and I were up late last night
fighting youmas, so it's only natural I oversleep'. But
she couldn't tell Mrs. H that.
"Like she'd believe me anyway" Usagi mumbled to
herself. As she walked outside only to find out that it
was raining. "Great the perfect end to a perfect day" she
mumbled sarcastically. That day had been a particularly
long one for her, it started a 3AM with the youma, then
she was late, she forgot her lunch, was given a pop math
quiz (with a grade that she didn't even want to think
about), not to mention that LONG detention and now it was
raining she had no coat and her parents weren't home to
pick her up. Oh did she mention she was TERRIFIED of
thunder.
'It's almost time for the bus to come' she thought
to herself 'maybe if I run I won't get as wet.' Usagi
then took off out of the school grounds and towards the
bus stop. And as usual on her way Usagi tripped but not
as usual she felt a sharp pain go through her ankle.
"Ow, ow, ow my ankle!" she screamed as she tried to
walk on it. Then as she looked up she noticed the bus. 'Oh
no the bus!!' her mind screamed but her only possibility
was to run for it and right now that just wasn't possible.
"Wait! Wait!" She called to the bus driver but he
was too far to hear her. There was nothing left to do so
Usagi sat in the middle of the sidewalk and sobbed, then
all of a sudden the rain stopped....then it didn't.
"Nani?" Usagi asked as she realized the rain didn't
stop it just stopped falling on her. As she looked up she
saw a big black umbrella, following the handle she came
across a hand and continued on this root until she was
trapped in a pair of beautiful stormy blue eyes that
belonged to non-other than her long time nemesis Chiba
Mamrou.
"Konnichi wa Usagi-chan Diajobu?" he asked looking
concerned.
"Hai Mamrou-san." she replied looking still looking
into his eyes as a slight smile formed on his soft lips.
"Good odango-amata" he said with a smirk.
"Shut up Mamrou-baka!" she screamed going back into
their old routine.
"What are you doing sitting on the sidewalk in the
middle of a storm anyway?" he asked with one eyebrow
cocked, in that oh so cute way of his.
A now embarrassed Usagi put her head down as she told
Mamrou what happened
"IhaddetentionandwasrunningtocatchthebuswhenIfellandhurtmy
ankle." she replied hurriedly blushing crimson at her own
clumsiness.
"What?" Mamrou asked he was slightly confused at her
answer although he caught 'detention, running, bus, and
fell'.
"I *SAID*" replied Usagi I had detention and was
running to catch the bus when I fell and hurt my ankle."
Finally knowing the whole story Mamrou knelt down next
to Usagi and noticed that not only was her ankle starting
to swell but she was shivering as well.
'You *are* a baka' he thought to himself 'why didn't
you notice she was soaked to the bone and hurt before you
started teasing her again? 'He asked himself and the rain
seem to come to come down harder in response to his
silent question.
"Usagi-chan your ankle looks like it might be
sprained." he stated matter-of-factly showing no sign of
his inner thoughts except perhaps the use of her name.
"How far do you live from here?" he asked with some
concern apparent in his voice.
"About half way across town." She replied about to go
into wail mode. But before she could start Mamrou cut her
off with his next statement.
"Well I just live about a block and a half from here,
you can probably call your parents from there."
At first Usagi just stared at Mamrou in shock but
quickly recovered at the mention of her parents.
"But my parents aren't hoommmee!!" she wined with an
adorable pout on her small pink lips.
"Well I guess you'll have to stick it out at my place
since my car's in the shop (AN: Wow! what and interesting
coincidence, who'd have thunk it *Nikki smiles evilly* but
I'm sure YOU don't mind right:-)!!), I only live about a
block from here. Can you walk?" Mamoru asked helping
Usagi up, she immediately fell back down with a sharp cry
of pain.
"Ok" Mamoru said "I'll take that as a no. Here, hold
this" he finished giving her the umbrella, he then
proceeded to kneel down next to Usagi, take off his green
jacket and wrap it around her shivering shoulders. Then
to Usagi's surprise he picked her up and started walking
to his apartment building.
After getting over the initial shock Usagi said the
only thing that she could think of..."Arigatou Mamoru-san."
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They reached Mamoru's apartment a few minutes later
and Usagi smiled as the heat hit her face but it quickly
turned to a frown when Mamoru sat her down on the couch.
'Why are you disappointed' she thought to
herself 'it's not like you like Mamoru-baka anyway.'
Usagi looked around Mamoru's apartment as he went
looking in what she guessed was his bedroom for something.
'His apartment is so clean' she thought 'Kamei, I can't
even keep my *ROOM* clean for two minutes let alone a
WHOLE apartment. Lun..' Her thoughts ended abruptly as
Mamoru entered with what looked like clothes in his hand.
"Put these on, you can change in my room." he ordered.
"NANI?!" Usagi asked her eyes practically bugging out of
her head and her jaw almost touching the ground. Mamrou
blushed slightly at her reaction, turning his head to look
out the window (half out of embarrassment of what she was
implying and half to hide the rosy huge that was now
covering his cheeks) he quickly responded.
"Well you need to get out of those wet clothes or
your going to catch your death of cold... if you don't
freeze first."
At this revelation Usagi realized how cold and wet
her clothing was.
'Oh no, I must look like a drowned rat I can't
believe I thought he meant...'she cut off her thought and
apologized to Mamoru.
"Gomen nasi Mamoru-san" now taking her turn to blush
at where her mind had taken her.
"That's ok" he said smiling (which wasn't something
he did very often, then again neither was blushing) 'I
guess she just has that effect on me' he thought to
himself.
"Here, let me help you." He said lifting her up and
carrying her to his room (which was as spotless as
everything else). "You can change in here, I'll go and
get you some ice for that ankle of yours. Let me know when
you're dressed." he said and walked briskly out of the
room shutting the door tightly behind him.
Usagi looked around Mamoru's room again, it was so
plain and so...what's the word she's looking for.... oh
yeah BORING.
'Just like his personality... empty' she thought to
herself giggling slightly.
'You like his personality' responded another voice
inside of her head.
'No I don't'
'Yes you do'
'NO I DON'T!'
'YES YOU DO!!
'NO I DON'T I do not like Mamoru-baka he's sooo mean,
and.. and conceded, not to mention a total jerk!!'
'A totally kawaii jerk!!' the other half of her mind
responded.
She had to admit he was kawaii.
'Maybe but he's still mean to me, picking on me,
starting arguments, and calling me odango amata!!'
'But you like it when he calls you that don't you?
Tell the truth he's not Mamoru-baka he's Mamo-chan!! And
you want to be *his* Usako!' Usagi sighed and looked at
the ceiling as she put on the shirt (she had already put
the sweat pants on).
"Oh great!" she screamed to herself "Now I'm arguing
with myself, maybe he's right," she said exasperated "
maybe I *AM* and odango amata. Oh Mamo-chan why do you
have to be so mean?!"
"NANI?!"
Usagi looked up to see a shocked Mamoru standing in the
doorway holding a ice pack.
"What did you call me?" He asked looking into her
eyes as trying to read her soul. Usagi (who was in a
similar type of shock but for the opposite reason) didn't
know what do say so she just said the first thing that
came to mind.
"Mamo-san, I said Mamo..ru-san" she stated squishing
her eyes together and silently praying he would buy it.
Mamoru eyed Usagi suspiciously, he didn't really believe
her... did he. Maybe his mind was playing tricks on him.
He didn't know what else to do so he let it go when the
icepack started to drip on the floor.
"Ohh" he said slowly "well let's get you back into the
living room. Here take this and put it on your ankle." He
stated giving her the ice pack he then proceeded to pick
her up and carry her to the other room while Usagi
silently cheered at getting off so easily.
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It had been over two hours since Usagi had arrived at
Mamoru's home. In that time they had gotten to know each
other a lot better. They talked about school, friends,
family, and Mamoru even told Usagi about his parent's
death and his miserable childhood in the orphanage. Which
surprised him because the only other person he had ever
told was Motoki(and that was mainly because he was still
living in the orphanage when he met Motoki at school).
But for some reason he really couldn't explain he just
found it easy to open up to Usagi. They laughed at the
lame jokes that Usagi told from school, and played a few
board games that Motoki had left there after a "guy's
night in".
"Usagi-chan" Mamoru said.
"Hai?" she asked.
"The rain's letting up, maybe you should call your
parents to come and pick you up."
Earlier Usagi had left a message on the answering
machine that she had fallen, but she was ok. And that she
was at a friends house until the rain let up, then she
would call home for a ride.
"Hai" a disappointed Usagi replied picking up the
cordless phone from the charger. Part of her hoped no one
was home (a big part) and the other part hoped if someone
was home that it was her mother. Because she knew she
couldn't get downstairs without Mamoru's help and her dad
would absolutely *FLIP* if he saw she had been alone with
a *boy* all this time. After two rings someone picked up.
"Moshi-moshi." said a female voice.
Usagi sighed 'Good mom' "Moshi-moshi mom, I'm ready
can you come and pick me up?"
"Oh good it's you dear, I was starting to get worried.
Your dad's not home so your lucky. How bad did you hurt
your ankle?" she asked.
"Not bad it's swollen though, Mamoru thinks it's
twisted."
"Mamoru?" her mother asked "As in Mamoru-baka?"
Usagi could just see the smile on her mother's face.
"It's not like that mom we're just friends now
*nothing* more."
"Friends?" her mother asked.
"Look it's a long story that I can tell you at home,
just plleeaassee come and get me" she pleaded and looked
up to see Mamoru smiling down at her 'He's been doing
that a lot tonight.' she thought as she gave her mom the
address.
"Ok dear, I'll be there in fifteen minutes. Sayonara
Usagi"
"Sayonara mom." she said then they hung up.
"She'll be here in fifteen minutes." Usagi told
Mamoru looking down at her hands, which were suddenly
very interesting.
"Well we had better get you changed and downstairs."
he said picking her up. Usagi was *loving* the treatment
she was getting from him. She smiled as he handed her,
her freshly washed and dried uniform.
"That seemed like an interesting conversation"
Mamoru said from outside the closed door.
"Trust me that was nothing if my dad would have
answered I would have been dead and so would you." she
responded.
"But I was only helping you." he said trying to
sound hurt.
"That doesn't matter," she told him " my dad doesn't
like me going to school because *IT* has boys."
"Well," Mamoru said chuckling nervously "remind me to
thank your mom for answering." he finished as he carried
her back to the living room.
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Thirteen minutes later they were in the lobby
waiting for Usagi's mother to get there, which wasn't
long because she pulled up about three minutes later.
"Well I guess this is it." Mamoru stated as her
watched Usagi's mom get out of the car. "Sayonara odango
amata!" he said smiling.
Usagi cringed at her (somewhat) hated nickname she
wanted so bad for him to call her Usako.
"MAMO-CHAN!!" She wailed before thinking, but it
didn't take long for her to realize her mistake as Mamoru
stared at her shocked. "I mean Mamo-san, no what Mamoru-
san, uhh...Mamoru-baka? Yeah that's it Mamoru-baka." She
knew there was no use trying to cover this one up she had
said it to loud, but luckily her mom used this moment to
make her entrance.
"Konnichi wa Usagi-chan daijobu?" she asked
"Hai, daijobu." she answered breaking away from
Mamoru's gaze (who had finally managed to close his
mouth).
"Konnichi wa you must be Mamoru."
"Hai." he responded shaking her hand.
"Arigatou for taking care of our daughter." she said
smiling sweetly.
"Oh, it was no problem."
"Well thanks again anyway." she said shaking
Mamoru's hand one last time "Usagi-chan are you ready to
go?" she asked turning her attention to her unusually
quiet daughter.
"Yes, but how am I going to get to the ccaarr!!" she
wailed.
"Your a bunny..." her mother said smirking "hop."
After a moment Usagi realized what her mother meant
and took her shoulder and began hopping towards the car
when something hit her..(AN: not literally, duhh!)..an
idea, 'if she could hop all along then why did Mamoru
always carry her?' Usagi thought turning her attention to
the handsome ebony haired man waiting for the elevator.
"I'll be right back mom" she said then hopped
(rather wobbly) over to Mamoru. "Did you know I could do
this?" she asked pointing to her hopping leg, then
stopped steadying herself with his shoulder.
Mamoru smiled at her. "Hai." was his response.
Instead of asking more questions Usagi just hopped
forward and hugged her Mamo-chan.
"Arigatou... Mamo-chan." she whispered into his ear,
then she lent back and said "Sayonara."
Mamoru smiled at her again and stepped onto the
waiting elevator and said something that made her heart
stop and skip a few beats.
"Ja ne... Usako." he said just as the elevator doors
closed.
Usagi squealed and jumped up and down on her good
foot. 'He didn't call me odango amata!!' she screamed in
her mind 'he called me Usako... his little rabbit.'
"Wow" she said to herself "wait till I tell Minako,
oh she'll be so excited and, and Amy she'll be shocked
maybe she'll even drop he book!" Usagi giggled at the
thought as she hopped over to her waiting mother " and
Mokoto oh she won't believe it and Motoki he'll be soo
happy, oh but I *have* to tell Rei-chan first she'll be
sooo jelou..."
THE END
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Well, what do you think e-mail me and let me know either
way, yeah I know it sucks but no one can have a winner every
time, oh and if you notice some mistakes with my Japanese,
sorry, but I tried. Let me know if it sucks and I should
remove it from the page or not.
Ja ne
Nikki99