A/N: Sooooo this is pretty much my mix of another anime, Itazura Na Kiss, a Taiwanese drama, It Started With A Kiss (that's based off of Itazura Na Kiss, though) and Sailor Moon! And if you've never watched them, don't worry! All the episodes are on YouTube or you can just read this story and follow along (:
Note: There will be no senshi, talking cats, or space aliens. Everyone's normal. If you want to read a fanfic with Luna and Artemis talking, or crime-fighting, I suggest you turn back now. Also, I had to mix around the characters. For example, in the show, Naoki/Zhi Shu (Mamoru) has parents and a little brother, so I had to mix the characters around and add some. I'll also add more characters along the way as the story progresses, so if your favorite character isn't on this list now, chances are they'll show up later. Also, Usagi and Mamoru are both seniors in high school in the beginning of this fanfic.)
So here is the first chapter and I hope you enjoy it!
DISCLAIMER! I DO NOT OWN SAILOR MOON OR ITAZURA NA KISS!
Chapter 1
Tsukino Usagi stood on the bridge, nervous, and squeezed the piece of paper in her sweaty palm as the breeze slowly whirled around her, calming her racing heart. Today had to be the day. She worked all night last night on this letter, and her hard work would pay off soon.
She slowly walked forward and saw the familiar dark figure, reading a book while walking towards her. Chiba Mamoru. The hot genius in Class A, whom she had developed a burning passion for ever since she heard his speech at the Freshmen orientation 3 years ago. He was walking towards her. His shiny, ebony-black hair, his dark, midnight-blue eyes, that perfect figure, those lips...
Usagi shook her head and built up the courage to hold the letter up in front of her. Mamoru, as if she was sending a signal towards him, looked up from his book and saw her. This little girl, holding out a small piece of paper at him, her eyes looking hopeful as if he would take it, read it, and sweep her off her feet. He thought he recognized her as one of the ditzy, dumb girls from Class F. There were so many other girls out there who were smart, beautiful and perfect. What could she have to offer to him? He walked past her, uninterested.
He saw one of his buddies, Motoki, walking towards him from the building across and was about to continue walking towards him when he heard a THUMP behind him. He turned around and saw the blonde had fell down on the floor, a sad look of disbelief on her face. The piece of paper she was holding out to him earlier was still being held up in the air.
He sighed, walked over to her, and knelt down. "Could it be that you have nothing else better to do in your life?" He asked coldly, and walked away with Motoki. Usagi thought she heard him whisper, "Baka Odango-Atama."
Poor Usagi felt a knife drop on her heart. How could he have been so cruel? She thought, dropped the love letter she was holding up on the floor, and lost conscious as she heard voices surround her, asking her if she was all right.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Say that you love me…Say that you care…~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"WHAT?" Usagi yelled. "THE WHOLE SCHOOL SAW IT?"
"It's nothing, really." Aino Minako told her.
"YES IT IS!" Usagi smacked her forehead with her palm.
"The whole school saw the love letter you wrote to Chiba. So what?" Kino Makoto, Usagi's other friend asked. "It's no biggie. People write him and the other snobs in Class A love letters all the time." She remembered briefly about the time she was going to write one for Motoki, but decided to just forget it.
Usagi looked down and started to twist the end of one of her ponytails around her finger. "Yeah, but….it was just special. I worked so hard on it…."
Mizuno Ami, Usagi's third friend looked up from her book and pushed up her glasses. "Usagi-chan, it's okay. We have other things to worry about other than love right now. Like the midterms that are coming up. They might put you in a lower level depending on your score…" She went back to reading and, a bit more quietly, added, "if that's possible."
"She's just upset that she got into Class B instead of A." Minako half-whispered to Mako and Usagi, who both giggled, but were immediately silenced by a stern look from Ami. The four friends were sitting in the remains of one of their usual hangouts- one of the old courtyards of their school, Juuban High. Ami, the genius of them who was in Class B, was reading "an interesting piece of literature with a wonderful storyline" while the three girls from Class F were trying to do their homework but could not help discussing the recent events. The whole school now knew that Tsukino Usagi, one of the ditzy girls from Class F, had a huge crush on the smartest heartbreaker in the neighborhood- Chiba Mamoru. He was the most ideal man, but never seemed to be interested in anyone. Usagi hit her forehead with her head again. "How could I be so stupid?" She asked her friends. "I knew that he would reject me, yet I still…." She looked down and didn't even bother to finish her sentence.
Ami closed her book and turned to Usagi, a smile on her face. "Usagi-chan, as I said before, don't worry about it. In a few days, everyone will forget about it."
Usagi nodded, hoping that she was right. She had to look at this positively. Even though Mamoru knew the truth and had rejected her, at least she wouldn't be thinking about confessing her love to him anymore.
Minako smiled, too. "And isn't today the day you and your dad move into your new home?" She asked, and Usagi suddenly remembered. "Yes!" She exclaimed happily.
Makoto turned to them. "Y'know, since it's Friday and the weekend is here, we could go shopping for new things for your room! It'd be really fun!"
Usagi nodded excitedly, her ponytails bouncing up and down. "Yes!" She agreed, and immediately got up, a determined look on her face. "I'm going to start my new life, now, in my new home with my dad! Forget Chiba and the love letter! I'll find someone else, and everyone else will forget about the letter soon!"
"That's the spirit!" Her three friends replied as they got up too.
"Then, let's go!" Usagi grabbed her bag, and was about to walk further when Kou Seiya, one of her classmates, popped up out of nowhere. "Usagi!" He exclaimed. "How are you feeling about what happened earlier today?"
Usagi bit her lip and looked down. Minako and Ami sighed while Makoto looked angrily at him. "Seiya, she was about to forget about it and start over and—"
Seiya's eyes brightened when he heard Mako say "start over" about Usagi. He took one of Usagi's hands in his and held it up, ignoring her confused look. "Usagi, I've been waiting, ever since I met you on the first day of high school, to forget about Chiba. Now that you have, I no longer have any competition!"
Usagi opened her mouth to answer, but Seiya kept talking on. "Now, we can get married after high school ends! Usagi, I promise you, I'll take care of—"
Usagi yanked her hand away. "Seiya! We're only seniors! Don't you think we should at least wait?"
Seiya shook his head. "When one is in love, Usagi, time rushes by." He turned away from her, put one hand on his heart and extended out his other arm as if he was gesturing his hand to the sky. "I promise you, Usagi, I will love you forever and ever, until the end of time! I will do everything Chiba couldn't do! And, what's so great about that cold fellow, anyways? He doesn't love anyone—"He turned around and saw that no one was there. "….Usagi?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Say that you love me…Say that you care…~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So, what do you want the color of your bedroom to be, Usagi-chan?" Minako asked Usagi, who tapped her index finger on her chin, looking as if she was in deep thought. "Hmm….well, I always thought that pink would look nice….Oh! And some white bunnies would look really cute, too!"
"Hmm I wonder why you think that?" Ami asked, raising a skeptical eyebrow and all four of the girls burst into laughter.
The four girls were walking to Usagi's new home and discussing the joys of her new home ("No more sharing a bathroom with Papa!") when, all of a sudden, the ground started to shake. The girls immediately froze, looking at each other with a shared look of concern on their faces, Usagi's expression looking the most anxious.
Things from people's windowsills started falling down and breaking, but all the houses stayed rooted to the ground, strong as ever. And that's when Usagi remembered that her papa had built the house himself—they didn't have any earthquake insurance. Their house would be ruined!
All of a sudden, the minor earthquake ended and Usagi felt as if her legs and turned into jelly. She felt Mako rest her hand on her trembling shoulder and asked, "Usagi-chan, are you all right?"
Usagi could suddenly feel her body filled with energy again, and she screamed, "Papa!" as she ran quickly up the street to a heap of wood and bricks, where her dad, Tsukino Kenji, was sitting on the edge of the sidewalk, with their four suitcases, looking sadly at a small photo frame in his hands. Ami, Mako and Minako followed behind her. She looked up at the ruins of her house, and shook her head in disbelief. "N-No…." She whispered, half-hyperventilating, and dropped down on her knees, burying her face in her palms. This couldn't be happening. This day couldn't get worse.
Mr. Tsukino turned and patted his sobbing daughter's head. "Usagi, it won't be bad. Please, don't cry." He looked down at the photo frame, which snuggled a photo of a smiling, bright violet-eyed woman with dark blue hair, wearing a white apron on top of her bright yellow and orange dress. "I know your mother is watching us in heaven, and she knows what's good for us and what's not. Maybe she thought this house wasn't a good idea for us…" Usagi could hear his voice cracking up a bit. She looked up and hugged her father. "Papa….Where are we going to live?"
"You could live with me, man!" Everyone turned around to see a smiling partly-rounded man behind Usagi's friends, his short black hair looking shiny as if he was sweaty a few moments ago. Mr. Tsukino slowly got up and walked over to the man, staring at his bright brown eyes. He squinted for a moment and then had a look of sheer happiness on his face. "Kobayashi!" He exclaimed, and the two embraced. "I haven't seen you since high school!" Kobayashi exclaimed and Mr. Tsukino nodded. "Yeah, it's been a while." He replied, and wiped away his tears, trying not to sniffle.
Usagi got up and her friends walked over to her. "Who is he, Usagi-chan?" Mako asked, and Usagi shrugged, wiping away her tears as well. "I don't know, I've never met him."
Kobayashi looked at the remains of the Tsukino's house and then turned to them. "You know, you guys can live with my family and I. We have lots of space, and my wife would be delighted to meet Usagi…she always wanted a daughter." He smiled at Usagi, who grinned slightly back and bowed a little. He turned back to Mr. Tsukino, who shook his head. "No, Koba…I don't want to impose—"
Kobayashi flung his arm around Mr. Tsukino. "You're still as formal as ever, Kenji. C'mon. I insist. It'll also be a great way to catch up."
Mr. Tsukino looked at his daughter, who was a bit red-eyed from crying too much, and pursed his lips. After a few moments of awkward silence he looked up at his best friend. "Thank you so much, Koba." He half-whispered, and hugged Kobayashi again. "But it's only until we get enough money from my restaurant to get back on our feet! And I'll try to pay you back somehow…" He told his friend, who cut off their embrace and shook his head. "Nonsense! That's what friends are for, Kenji!" He smiled, and Usagi felt a tiny grin appear on her face. She turned around and hugged her friends tightly, who were whispering "It's all right, you'll be fine" while she silently thanked her mother for helping her and Papa.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Meeting the right person is kind of a fate/I cannot disagree girls still need to know their standpoint….~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"We really appreciate what you're doing for us, Koba. We promise to move out as soon as we can." Mr. Tsukino said as he and Usagi carried their suitcases, following Kobayashi down the street to a large house with a large gate and bright lights shimmering around it.
Kobayashi turned around and smiled at them. "It's nothing, Kenji. We're best friends, and best friends help out one another in times of need. You and Usagi need a home, and so I'm helping you. It's nothing, really." He smiled at the two, and opened the gate with a key he took out of his pocket. He held open the door for the father and daughter, and then opened the bright maroon door to the big home.
"Ah, you're home? Aiya, you've been out on your run too long, Kobayashi. Dinner is almost ready." A female voice scolded from the kitchen.
Kobayashi chuckled. "Saori, come meet our guests." He called back to the voice.
The sound of two feet running towards the living room grew louder and louder until a sapphire-eyed woman came into sight, her wavy black hair trailing behind her as she came running towards them. Once she stopped in front of them, she dusted off her bright pink apron, smiled largely and bowed. "Konnichiwa, I'm Saori, Kobayashi's wife."
Kobayashi turned to her. "This is my best friend form high school, Kenji. He and his daughter needed a place to stay due to the small earthquake, so I offered them our home. Remember, I used to tell you about him?" She nodded excitedly and said to Mr. Tsukino, "Kobayashi has told me so many things about you!"
"Good things, I hope." Mr. Tsukino replied, and Saori nodded again. "And who's this?" She asked, turning to Usagi.
"My name is Usagi." Usagi replied, her voice kind of quiet from crying so much earlier that day, and Saori, without warning, immediately hugged her tightly and examined her face in her palms. "Oh my, you're so lovely!" She exclaimed, and Usagi smiled a bit. "I wish you were my daughter!"
All of them started laughing, and then Saori clasped her hands together. "Please, please, come in, put your bags here." She grinned and showed where the two could keep their stuff. "We'll take them upstairs later. And aiya! You need to meet our two sons!" She turned towards the stairwell and yelled, "Anatatachi [You guys!]! Come down here!"
Usagi and Mr. Tsukino kept down their bags where Auntie told them and then heard two feet come stomping down. Usagi turned around and saw a short, sandy-haired boy wearing a green and yellow sweater and bright blue jeans. His turquoise eyes eyed Usagi in such a way that she felt as if he was annoyed by her presence. She smiled weakly and bowed. "I'm Usa—"
"I know, I heard you upstairs." He replied, and Usagi bit her lip. This was going to be hard. "So, what's your name? What grade are you in?" She asked, trying to keep the conversation friendly.
The boy sighed as if he was extremely irritated. "My name is Shingo and I'm in 4th grade."
Usagi smiled again. "Ah, the 4th grade. One of my favorite grades in elementary, you know—"
"Why? Were you the most stupidest kid?" Shingo shot at her.
"Shingo!" Saori shot him a look, her sapphire eyes gleaming angrily. "Be nice!" She turned to Usagi, looking apologetic. "I'm sorry, he's just like that sometimes."
Usagi shook her head. "No, it's fine, Auntie."
Before anyone could respond, another person came down from the stairwell. Usagi turned around and froze. No, this couldn't be happening. It couldn't be possible. She knew Mama was watching her from above, and that this rough day that was ending smoothly could not end in a complete downturn.
Right next to the stairwell was Chiba Mamoru.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~You need to aim at the person you want/No longer want to wait?/I'll send you my lips and be yours… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A/N: WOOT, CLIFFHANGERS! XD Sorry if you really wanted to know what happened next ;P
Plus, I've been thinking about changing Kinnosuke/Ah Jin/Seiya's character to another guy from Sailor Moon who likes Usagi, because Kinnosuke/Ah Jin is supposed to be a bit….immature but really in love with Usagi and keeps confessing his love for her by saying things like, "Let's get married!" or "I would walk on the Sun for you!". (Plus he works at Mr. Tsukino's restaurant) I was thinking about changing his character to Ginga Seijuro/Ali, but I keep thinking he's a bit too mature…anyone got any ideas?
Please review! (: If there are any "Itazura Na Kiss" fans out there, please don't critic too harshly! ^^;
