Author: Kurisutaru
Email: kurisutaru_faithful@lunap.com
Title: Too Long Ago
Chapter: 1
Disclaimer: not standard....ahhhha....just j/k
standard...
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An angel-like woman held her papers close as
she runs to work. She wore your basic lab coat,
her hair set in a high ponytail. She bolted
into work panting and already making apologies.
"Gomen, gomen gomen! My ride came late." She
smoothly lied, when in truth she was checking
her child's fever.
Two men stood next to her desk. One was Mr.
Fujiwara, the CEO in charge, the other was
strangely familiar. He had his back to the
woman with black night hair, and stood
approximately 6 feet. It was too familiar to
her.
"Ahh, Tsukino-san. I have a new partner for
you, he came all the way from the states."
The familiar man turned around, and the
Tsukino's heart stopped. She would have fainted
too, but after many years of torture, strangely
she knew it was inevitable. Keeping her calm
composition she walked over to shake his hand
accordingly.
"Usagi Tsukino, nice to meet you." Flashing a
spark of remembrance in the young man's eyes,
Usagi quickly looked away.
"Likewise, Mamoru Chiba." Quickly smiling in
return.
Usagi cursed silently, he had the same name.
And the smile she would never forget. She took
a breath, and turned back to Mr. Fujiwara.
"Now that you two have met, I assume you will
get along well, now if you'll excuse me I have
to get back to work."
The partners bowed alike and muttered, "Good
Day Fujiwara-sama."
Usagi took another breath and placed her things
at her desk.
"Chiba-san, we better get to work. I'll show
you around first."
And she briskly walked past him, as he followed
like a dog.
He curiously watched her the whole way. There
was something about this woman, and he was
going to find out.
Usagi turned around to the feeling of someone
watching her. As coldly as possible she
stuttered, "Chiba-san, now isn't the time to
daydream. I'll show you the project now."
Usagi led him down a floor, the big elevator
doors opened to a huge lounge where an
aerodynamic craft was being put together. She
began to speak confidently and loudly to
overlap the sounds of the craft being
assembled. "This is model T90 this is the
project I have been working on for the past 2
years. Its purpose is for the Japanese
military, as I'm sure you know." She eyed him
carefully when she said the last sentence,
looking for the reaction on his face. it was
hard as stone, there was no reaction. But Usagi
didn't give up. "Now if you follow me back to
the office we can begin some real work."
Mamoru looked one last time at the craft and
followed silently.
Usagi arrived at her desk and started to work
on the pile of papers loaded on her desk.
"Chiba-san, if you please look over the plans
and tell me if there is anything you would like
to add, after all you are my partner." She
never looked up once saying that.
For the next 7 hours, they worked without
talking. At lunch, Mamoru attempted
conversation.
"Tsukino-san, you seem very familiar, do I know
you from somewhere?"
Usagi stiffened at his accusation. She DID know
him from somewhere. Tear threatened to fall, if
only she could tell him, but she couldn't.
"No Chiba-san, I don't believe we have met
before. Now if you would excuse me, I have to
get back to work." She coldly shunned him, and
tapped her heals back to her office, leaving a
sandwich hanging from Mamoru's mouth, with his
obviously confused eyes.
It was near the end of the day, when Mamoru
even had a chance to speak to Usagi again.
Usagi felt bad, for neglecting him like that,
and knew she couldn't keep acting so cold
towards him, if he continued to work here.
While packing her papers, she asked Mamoru, who
was sitting on the couch, about his ideas.
"Chiba-san, did you have any suggestions to the
plans of the prototype?" Usagi winced a little
at how icy her voice sounded.
He smiled politely, causing Usagi to look away,
and back to her papers and briefcase. "In fact
I do. Perhaps we should meet outside of the
office to further discuss the prototype."
Usagi, would have dead-on exclaimed 'no'. But
she knew she couldn't run forever, for she
knew, that this day would come. Weakly smiling,
she answered, "Certainly Chiba-san, how about
dinner at my house?"
Tension caught up with the two, they merely
smiled at each other as Mamoru agreed with the
plan.
"How does tomorrow sound Chiba-san?"
Smiling again, he nodded, and quickly perked
her to call him 'Mamoru' from now on, for
'Chiba-san' was too formal. They said their
polite good byes and parted their ways.
When Mamoru was out of sight, Usagi cursed
silently as she speed walked home. This was
tougher than she thought.
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"Mommy!" Exclaimed the bright haired pixy, as
Usagi opened the door to her well off
apartment. Usagi smiled, "Bani-ga-ru(Bunny
Girl)! What are you doing out of bed? Did
Auntie Minako give you your medicine?"
The enthusiastic pink haired girl nodded
quickly as she grabbed her mommy's things into
the kitchen. Usagi followed quickly, starting
to work around the kitchen. The little one
around the age of 4 started to tell her mommy
about her day with the blue dragon.
"---So mommy, I couldn't sleep, the dragon
needed my help!"
Usagi smiled at her daughter, she was going
through an imaginative stage. Too many things
about her remained Usagi of Mamoru. Usagi wiped
her hands with the green towel and set out two
plates for dinner while calling for her
daughter to set the table.
They sat down and began eating. After a few
clangs and bangs of the utensils and dishes
Usagi decided to ask her daughter if she did
her homework.
"Bani-ga-ru did you finish your homework?"
"Hai okaa-san!" the little one spurred as she
wolfed down her dinner. Usagi learned over the
year that wolfing down food didn't help her
social life very much. But as a child she was
just the same.
Usagi smiled at her kawaii daughter, "Good,
then we can play some games after dinner."
She beamed the smile that would melt anyone
into goo, "ARIGATOU MOMMY!!!"
The kawaii sprite, Chibi-usa was told to get
changed and ready for bed before they played
games. A few board games later Chibi-usa was
yawning and nodding off to sleep. Usagi grabbed
the sleepy one to her room to bed.
Chibi-usa's room was a pale pink, the sky was
written across her walls, and bunnies were
showered across her blankets. Usagi remember
when they decorated this room. He picked all
the colors, perfect for his little girl. Usagi
smiled sadly, and placed her worn out daughter
to bed. She pulled her blankets over Chibi-usa
and handed her favorite doll over, a ball-like
black-purple kitty.
Usagi left her daughter's room to clean a
little. After all, a guest was arriving
tomorrow. Usagi knew perfectly well, the
apartment didn't need to be cleaned, however it
was a plain excuse to take her mind off him. It
seemed to work well all these years, and she
wasn't about to let these walls crumble again.
Moving to her room, she looked over a few
papers and soon fell asleep...
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Usagi awoke to a sore back, and cranky eyes,
she couldn't even put her contacts in this
morning. She passed by Chibi-usa's room, to
double check on her, she was sound asleep like
an angel. Usagi moved closer and knelt down
brushing gentle aside the hair on Chibi-usa's
forehead to check for a fever. She was fine.
Usagi sighed and moved quietly back out of the
room. Rubbing her eyes, she placed her black
ugly framed glasses and grabbed a bun and her
papers. On her way out the door, she checked
her messages.
Minako-chan phoned.
Usagi dialed her number. A few rings passed
before a deep man's voice picked up. "Moshi
moshi?" the man said in his British accent. It
was Minako-chan's Husband, Kelvin. "Ano, can I
speak to Minako-chan onegai?" Kelvin brightened
over the line and switched to English, "Usagi
is that you? She's in the Kitchen it will just
be a moment."
Footsteps and children's voices were heard as
Kelvin brought the phone to Minako-chan.
"Usagi-chan!" She squealed "I'm very sorry, but
I can't bring Chibi-usa to school today. I
phoned the other girls but they are all
occupied as well. I would have asked Mr.
Matthews down the hall, but I didn't think you
want someone you didn't know driving your
daughter."
Usagi sighed, "It's okay Minako-chan, Thank
you. I'll bring her myself. Thank you for
everything ja ne(See ya)!"
Usagi gently placed the phone on the receiver,
took a bit out of her bun, and picked up the
phone again, this time, dialing her office.
"Moshi moshi Tokyo Aerospace Tech. How may I
help you?" A Friendly voice answered
"Hello, Rei-chan? It's Usagi."
"Usagi-chan! Let me guess? Chibi-usa?" Rei
already knew about the little girl, she always
covered for Usagi.
"Hai Rei-chan. Arigatou for covering for me."
"No problem, ja!"
"Ja..." This time, Usagi didn't hang up right
away. She stood there to think, how did she get
into this situation? All in the name of love.
But she couldn't just excuse the past, it's
what holds her together.
But now, it may be the one thing that breaks
her.
Sighing again, Usagi went over to Chibi-usa's
room to wake her up.
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End of chapter 1
IIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeee.....stupid flesh and
blood imouto-chan...stole my
blankie!!!.....WAHH~~........hit me and bashed
me, poked my eye, gave me head
damage....~_~......SIGH............stupid
sister.....thus, chapter 2 will be out sooner
than planned, if I'm not dead yet....
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Email: kurisutaru_faithful@lunap.com
Title: Too Long Ago
Chapter: 1
Disclaimer: not standard....ahhhha....just j/k
standard...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An angel-like woman held her papers close as
she runs to work. She wore your basic lab coat,
her hair set in a high ponytail. She bolted
into work panting and already making apologies.
"Gomen, gomen gomen! My ride came late." She
smoothly lied, when in truth she was checking
her child's fever.
Two men stood next to her desk. One was Mr.
Fujiwara, the CEO in charge, the other was
strangely familiar. He had his back to the
woman with black night hair, and stood
approximately 6 feet. It was too familiar to
her.
"Ahh, Tsukino-san. I have a new partner for
you, he came all the way from the states."
The familiar man turned around, and the
Tsukino's heart stopped. She would have fainted
too, but after many years of torture, strangely
she knew it was inevitable. Keeping her calm
composition she walked over to shake his hand
accordingly.
"Usagi Tsukino, nice to meet you." Flashing a
spark of remembrance in the young man's eyes,
Usagi quickly looked away.
"Likewise, Mamoru Chiba." Quickly smiling in
return.
Usagi cursed silently, he had the same name.
And the smile she would never forget. She took
a breath, and turned back to Mr. Fujiwara.
"Now that you two have met, I assume you will
get along well, now if you'll excuse me I have
to get back to work."
The partners bowed alike and muttered, "Good
Day Fujiwara-sama."
Usagi took another breath and placed her things
at her desk.
"Chiba-san, we better get to work. I'll show
you around first."
And she briskly walked past him, as he followed
like a dog.
He curiously watched her the whole way. There
was something about this woman, and he was
going to find out.
Usagi turned around to the feeling of someone
watching her. As coldly as possible she
stuttered, "Chiba-san, now isn't the time to
daydream. I'll show you the project now."
Usagi led him down a floor, the big elevator
doors opened to a huge lounge where an
aerodynamic craft was being put together. She
began to speak confidently and loudly to
overlap the sounds of the craft being
assembled. "This is model T90 this is the
project I have been working on for the past 2
years. Its purpose is for the Japanese
military, as I'm sure you know." She eyed him
carefully when she said the last sentence,
looking for the reaction on his face. it was
hard as stone, there was no reaction. But Usagi
didn't give up. "Now if you follow me back to
the office we can begin some real work."
Mamoru looked one last time at the craft and
followed silently.
Usagi arrived at her desk and started to work
on the pile of papers loaded on her desk.
"Chiba-san, if you please look over the plans
and tell me if there is anything you would like
to add, after all you are my partner." She
never looked up once saying that.
For the next 7 hours, they worked without
talking. At lunch, Mamoru attempted
conversation.
"Tsukino-san, you seem very familiar, do I know
you from somewhere?"
Usagi stiffened at his accusation. She DID know
him from somewhere. Tear threatened to fall, if
only she could tell him, but she couldn't.
"No Chiba-san, I don't believe we have met
before. Now if you would excuse me, I have to
get back to work." She coldly shunned him, and
tapped her heals back to her office, leaving a
sandwich hanging from Mamoru's mouth, with his
obviously confused eyes.
It was near the end of the day, when Mamoru
even had a chance to speak to Usagi again.
Usagi felt bad, for neglecting him like that,
and knew she couldn't keep acting so cold
towards him, if he continued to work here.
While packing her papers, she asked Mamoru, who
was sitting on the couch, about his ideas.
"Chiba-san, did you have any suggestions to the
plans of the prototype?" Usagi winced a little
at how icy her voice sounded.
He smiled politely, causing Usagi to look away,
and back to her papers and briefcase. "In fact
I do. Perhaps we should meet outside of the
office to further discuss the prototype."
Usagi, would have dead-on exclaimed 'no'. But
she knew she couldn't run forever, for she
knew, that this day would come. Weakly smiling,
she answered, "Certainly Chiba-san, how about
dinner at my house?"
Tension caught up with the two, they merely
smiled at each other as Mamoru agreed with the
plan.
"How does tomorrow sound Chiba-san?"
Smiling again, he nodded, and quickly perked
her to call him 'Mamoru' from now on, for
'Chiba-san' was too formal. They said their
polite good byes and parted their ways.
When Mamoru was out of sight, Usagi cursed
silently as she speed walked home. This was
tougher than she thought.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Mommy!" Exclaimed the bright haired pixy, as
Usagi opened the door to her well off
apartment. Usagi smiled, "Bani-ga-ru(Bunny
Girl)! What are you doing out of bed? Did
Auntie Minako give you your medicine?"
The enthusiastic pink haired girl nodded
quickly as she grabbed her mommy's things into
the kitchen. Usagi followed quickly, starting
to work around the kitchen. The little one
around the age of 4 started to tell her mommy
about her day with the blue dragon.
"---So mommy, I couldn't sleep, the dragon
needed my help!"
Usagi smiled at her daughter, she was going
through an imaginative stage. Too many things
about her remained Usagi of Mamoru. Usagi wiped
her hands with the green towel and set out two
plates for dinner while calling for her
daughter to set the table.
They sat down and began eating. After a few
clangs and bangs of the utensils and dishes
Usagi decided to ask her daughter if she did
her homework.
"Bani-ga-ru did you finish your homework?"
"Hai okaa-san!" the little one spurred as she
wolfed down her dinner. Usagi learned over the
year that wolfing down food didn't help her
social life very much. But as a child she was
just the same.
Usagi smiled at her kawaii daughter, "Good,
then we can play some games after dinner."
She beamed the smile that would melt anyone
into goo, "ARIGATOU MOMMY!!!"
The kawaii sprite, Chibi-usa was told to get
changed and ready for bed before they played
games. A few board games later Chibi-usa was
yawning and nodding off to sleep. Usagi grabbed
the sleepy one to her room to bed.
Chibi-usa's room was a pale pink, the sky was
written across her walls, and bunnies were
showered across her blankets. Usagi remember
when they decorated this room. He picked all
the colors, perfect for his little girl. Usagi
smiled sadly, and placed her worn out daughter
to bed. She pulled her blankets over Chibi-usa
and handed her favorite doll over, a ball-like
black-purple kitty.
Usagi left her daughter's room to clean a
little. After all, a guest was arriving
tomorrow. Usagi knew perfectly well, the
apartment didn't need to be cleaned, however it
was a plain excuse to take her mind off him. It
seemed to work well all these years, and she
wasn't about to let these walls crumble again.
Moving to her room, she looked over a few
papers and soon fell asleep...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Usagi awoke to a sore back, and cranky eyes,
she couldn't even put her contacts in this
morning. She passed by Chibi-usa's room, to
double check on her, she was sound asleep like
an angel. Usagi moved closer and knelt down
brushing gentle aside the hair on Chibi-usa's
forehead to check for a fever. She was fine.
Usagi sighed and moved quietly back out of the
room. Rubbing her eyes, she placed her black
ugly framed glasses and grabbed a bun and her
papers. On her way out the door, she checked
her messages.
Minako-chan phoned.
Usagi dialed her number. A few rings passed
before a deep man's voice picked up. "Moshi
moshi?" the man said in his British accent. It
was Minako-chan's Husband, Kelvin. "Ano, can I
speak to Minako-chan onegai?" Kelvin brightened
over the line and switched to English, "Usagi
is that you? She's in the Kitchen it will just
be a moment."
Footsteps and children's voices were heard as
Kelvin brought the phone to Minako-chan.
"Usagi-chan!" She squealed "I'm very sorry, but
I can't bring Chibi-usa to school today. I
phoned the other girls but they are all
occupied as well. I would have asked Mr.
Matthews down the hall, but I didn't think you
want someone you didn't know driving your
daughter."
Usagi sighed, "It's okay Minako-chan, Thank
you. I'll bring her myself. Thank you for
everything ja ne(See ya)!"
Usagi gently placed the phone on the receiver,
took a bit out of her bun, and picked up the
phone again, this time, dialing her office.
"Moshi moshi Tokyo Aerospace Tech. How may I
help you?" A Friendly voice answered
"Hello, Rei-chan? It's Usagi."
"Usagi-chan! Let me guess? Chibi-usa?" Rei
already knew about the little girl, she always
covered for Usagi.
"Hai Rei-chan. Arigatou for covering for me."
"No problem, ja!"
"Ja..." This time, Usagi didn't hang up right
away. She stood there to think, how did she get
into this situation? All in the name of love.
But she couldn't just excuse the past, it's
what holds her together.
But now, it may be the one thing that breaks
her.
Sighing again, Usagi went over to Chibi-usa's
room to wake her up.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
End of chapter 1
IIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeee.....stupid flesh and
blood imouto-chan...stole my
blankie!!!.....WAHH~~........hit me and bashed
me, poked my eye, gave me head
damage....~_~......SIGH............stupid
sister.....thus, chapter 2 will be out sooner
than planned, if I'm not dead yet....
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