Okay. So far so good with no hate. And the story is rated M for language. And this time I will look through my chapters before they are published because I have to keep going and changing things... *sighs* Well, enjoy!
The girls and Mamoru all rushed around town, looking to try and find where Usagi had taken Chibi-usa. With them reporting every half hour, no one had found a trace of anything. Not even Ami could track their location using her communicator.
Eventually, Usagi's location appeared in town, at the Crown Arcade. She alerted the others and they all started to head that way.
Minako was the first to arrive. She saw the odango headed girl talking to Motoki and another man. Unaware of how to approach the girl, she just stood there by the entrance, looking in through the glass windows.
With the trio inside
"... that is still a bit of a shock! I mean... a tiny blue box that is bigger on the inside!" Usagi shouted. The Doctor just smiled, expecting this.
"Ah, it shall never get old." He said with a smirk. Usagi giggled a bit.
"So, two chocolate milkshakes?" Motoki asked. The two nodded and the blond man went to fix their drinks.
"... So, when you said your name was... Doctor... Why is that? Why just the Doctor? Don't you have a name?" Usagi asked, curious as could possibly be.
"Well... I do, but that's my bussiness to worry about. My name is just about as strange as your hairstlye! It's so weird, but creative! Two buns instead of one! How long is your hair?" He asked, tugging at one of the strands of her hair.
Usagi pulled her hair out of his grasp, really weirded out by this. Although he was a strange man with a strange box. "I-It's just really long. I like it like that. And this has been my hairstyle for years... I'll never change it unless necessary." She said, now running her nervous fingers through the long hair in her hand.
"Oh, how interesting. Is it a family thing? Families always have weird traditions for their kids." He spoke very quickly, with a heavy English accent.
"Wait a minute..." She thought for a moment then just stared at the man before her in shock.
"You're talking in a type of English! I only speak Japanese! I'm awful at English!" She exclaimed. This made the Doctor laugh.
"That's the TARDIS's work. She gets into your head and translates all of the different languages for you. All human and alien languages are now easy for you to understand. Or just the fact that I understand you and can speak any language because of her. Either way, it's confusing." He said as Motoki set down their milkshakes. "Ah, thank you good man!" The Doctor took a sip of his drink.
"Alien...? Are you not human yourself?" She asked, taking her milkshake into her hands. He shook his head.
"With a strange box like that? Oh, definitely not. I'm from a race of beings who enjoyed traveling to wherever and--" He got cut off by the sound of many voices.
They turned to see Mamoru and the girls all looking very tired from a long run here. Usagi looked away, taking a long slow sip of her drink.
Motoki had heard about earlier and sent such an angry glare to his "best friend." He hurt the girl whom he loved like his own sister, but he refused to get involved with Mamoru at all now because of that. He'll take his time to calm down just so he doesn't do anything crazy against Mamoru. He turned his back and walked into the kitchen area when he heard a faint 'ding' sound.
"Usagi, where... is... Chibi-usa...?" Rei asked, panting trying to catch her breath. This made the Doctor understand the situation. She ran to keep them away from her and the little girl. He heard of her connections to these girls when she led him to Crown for something to eat. The feeling of betrayal was evident in her voice, but he couldn't understand why at the time.
"Maybe it's best that you all just leave her alone." Motoki said sternly with a dark light in his eye as he set down the Doctor's food. This scared the group a bit since it was so unlike the man to have any dark emotions.
"That'd be best, yes. Being broken isn't fun when the ones who broke you come to bug you." The Doctor said, turning to his food. They stared at him, wondering who he was and why he was getting involved in their business. Then they kept asking Usagi again, getting on all of their nerves.
The icy glare sent by Usagi herself was enough to make them back off from their constant questioning, so they relocated to their usual booth. After that, they started whispering lowly to each other about the situation and about what might have happened.
Usagi sighed as she finished the last of her milkshake. "Now I need to go and pack my stuff up."
"Why is thaf?" The Doctor's mouth was full. She giggles at how his face looked.
"I lived with Mamoru since... well... reasons, and now I'll need to move out because I doubt he'll just let me keep living there. I'll try to find somewhere to live until I finish high school.
The Doctor decided to swallow his food this time. "No other family or friends to live with?"
"Nope."
"Hm... How about you go stay with your other friendly friends and then at the end of High School, you can come live in the TARDIS and maybe... travel with me?" He asked. She thought for a moment.
"That does seem like a good plan... I'll need to think about that last part though. I have three months left untill school ends in December... I'll think about it until then. Once it ends, I'll ask Setsuna-san to contact you and I'll give you an answer." She said, patting him on the back. He smiled a bit, thanking whoever in the universe that he didn't get a straight answer of no. The solitude was really starting to drive him crazy.
"Alright then." Finishing his food, the Doctor got up thanked Motoki for the food and left.
"He sure seemed strange." Motoki commented as he took the places to the back kitchen area. Usagi pondered over it.
'Maybe if one were to be alone for so long, they might get a little crazy in the head. Or maybe he wasn't alone... Hm... He's also not human in any way...'Usagi sighed and left yen on the counter to pay for the milkshakes and the food. Then she got up and made her way to Mamoru's apartment.
While both on her way to the apartment building and packing up all of her stuff, she thought over the Doctor's words. 'It's a big decision, choosing to go traveling in time or staying home... but... do I really have anything here for me anymore? Sure, I have the Outers, of course. Yet, they are easier to contact... No one else is really here for me... Ah well I'll think about it more over the next few months.' She concluded her thoughts after suffing the final batch of clothes into her bag.
She then placed the spare key to the apartment on the kitchen counter, grabbed her jacket and left. The Outers are letting her stay until she finishes school (or however long as she wanted to stay, as Haruka put it).
The month of October passed in the most tortuous way she could have ever possibly imagined. It completely skipped her mind that she and some of the girls still shared the same classes, as well as Mamoru and her still having the bad habit of running into each other later in the day. Since she went with the Outers, she's more prone to get to school on time thanks to Haruka. Although, it doesn't stop Haruka's fans from bombarding the poor girl as to how she knows the famous racer. Its always a struggle for her to get away, but sometimes she prays that the school bell will go off as soon as possible.
She now sits somewhat alone, with some people who come to ask her about Haruka every now and then, but no one who really ever talks to her.
At least it was one month down until the end of this supposed neverending hell she felt that she was living in.
Yet, once November passed, she now had to change her opinion about the previous month. So much was going on with friends and families all around her and couldn't help but feel a little envious. And since now lived with the Outers, she had limited herself to eat just enough to keep her going throughout the day. She doesn't want to be rude while staying at their place.
The other girls, Usagi had felt, were either trying to get on her nerves or were doing their best to avoid upsetting her more.
Usagi knew she could talk to Naru, but she was somewhere else in Japan for a while and she didn't have a phone number to call.
She sighed, knowing she had only a week before they went on a short break and had to wonder how she'd spend her time. 'The view from this window over the city is nice at least,' she observed.
A knock came on her door. "It's open." Usagi said, and Setsuna walked in. "Oh hi Setsuna-san. What brings you here? Other than to visit your favorite princess, of course."
Setsuna smiled and giggled. "You do know you can always ask me to contact him." Usagi knew which 'him' she referred to. Since the day she met the Doctor, she's been asking Setsuna any questions that popped into her head. The man was such a mysterious engima to her.
"Well... It's not like I'll have anything to do over the break... I guess a few adventurers wouldn't hurt a bit. I'm not saying I'll go live in his blue box, but I would like to see what he does. Him being a time traveler and all." She smiled at the other woman. Setsuna returned it and nodded, walking out of her room and closing the door.
"Maybe wait a few minutes before barging into her room though." Setsuna said, giving a pointed look to the man leaning on the wall next to the door frame.
"Yep, I'll be sure to do that. I think a surprise yell of hello would make anyone jump in... well surprise. Sometimes anger. Oh I never do like the ones who get angry." The Doctor said, winking at Setsuna. She softly laughed before walking away.
Being the impatient man he was, he knocked on the door, startling Usagi out of her daydream.
"Setsuna-san? Is that you?" She asked. 'Could she havehave already contacted him? it hasn't even been a minute!'
"Not really. Although, if you want her here, I could call for her!" A muffled male voice spoke to her through the door.
'Heavy accent indeed.' Usagi thought as she jumped up from her seat by the window and opened the door. The Doctor smiled. "Hello again, "Sir."" She said with a mini salute.
"Oh you seem to know how to push a person's buttons, don't you?" He said, poking at her hair buns. She stuck her tongue out at him. "So, interested in time travel only? We can go through all of space too, if you'd like." He started walking away.
"Uh..." Usagi looked down seeing she was only in a knee high blue skirt and tank top. "Maybe just a place where clothes like this are acceptable to walk around in. I really don't care." She shrugged as she walked to catch up with him.
"To the TARDIS then. Oh and I never mentioned, her full name is Time and Relative Dimesion in Space. She is a very beautiful machine." He said as they walked towards said blue box.
"Something tells me that you stroke bits of her console." Usagi said, looking at the sign on the door.
"I do not. I just say nice things to her and she's an absolute angel for me. She takes good care of me and friends." He said defensively.
"Friends? Are there others in there?" She asked. This made him pause as he put the key into the lock.
"No. Not anymore." His serious tone made her feel a deep sadness. "But, no point in dwelling on the past. Come along, Ms. Rabbit." He pushed the door open.
"First off, it's Usagi! My name may mean rabbit, but it is pronounced as U-sa-gi! Second, this says pull, not push." She pointed at the sign on the door.
"My TARDIS, my rules. Besides, they open either way." He said walking in.
"Okay then...?" She knew it was strange, but surely the TARDIS would like that he at least follows her proper protocol. "It's still as amazing as it was over a month ago." Usagi said, looking around and getting a much better look at the interior as she closed the door.
"For all who have entered, I always get something about how larger it is on the inside. Rarely about the outside being small, but you get the point." He said, now messing with the various buttons and levers on the console.
Usagi inspected the doors that opened and led to a series of different hallways. "Oh goodness there is still more to explore..." She marveled, looking down the hallways.
"Ha ha yes there is." He said as she climbed up the stairs to stand and look over the console. Pulling down on a really big lever, the room began to shake. "Hold on to something tight cause we are in for a big, bumpy ride!" He yelled, his hands gripping onto the console.
Usagi had fallen back onto the railing and practically held onto it for dear life as it moved her side to side while the Doctor laughed.
The movement continued for a few moments before it all just suddenly stopped and Usagi fell to the floor. It took her a minute or two to gather what the hell just happened to her.
"How you doing? Feeling okay? That does sometimes overwhelm people for their first time." He said, picking her up from the ground. She took a little bit to get used to the floor under her feet evenly.
"How do you live like this?" She asked exasperated.
"Nine hundred plus years gives me time to adjust." He said simply. Her jaw practically unhinged from hanging so low.
"You're over nine hundered years? You don't look that old. Then again... you are alien. How old?" She asked, a little less shocked than he expected.
"Nine hundred nine."
"Hm... Chibi-usa was only seven years younger than you..." She said, her mind drifting back to the pink haired girl.
"What do you mean by that? How long is a human life span for her?" He inquired, wanting to know more. A human living as long as a Time Lord is unheard of.
"I... I'll explain later. You can also let go of me now." He still held onto her arms.
"Oh right! So sorry, Usa. Now, let's go and step out those doors onto a new planet!" He rushed over to the TARDIS doors and opened them. "Welcome to Cheem! The Green Planet as I like to call it! The beings here vary in the type of plant and trees that look human but with features of a specific plant or tree. This is a future point after the humans have expanded out to other planets. Its all very interesting." He explained walking out into the forest.
Ignoring the nickname, she quickly followed and stepped out after him. "So, is it like Earth? But more green?"
"No, it is very, very, very, very, very, very green here. Green cities, green homes, and the water exists within the Earth to keep it all functioning. They use a sprinkler system when things seem to be drying up, but if used to excess, it would drown them all out." He said.
"A disaster waiting to happen, then?"
"Oh no, they have their ways with their technology. Only the ruler has access to the sprinkler system and can change it swiftly if needed. Though yes, it can be a bit of a disaster that is waiting to happen. Shall we go explore on of the cities?" He asked, holding out his hand to her. She smiled before taking it.
"Of course, my good man."
'Goodbye Earth, hello time and space!'
Enjoying so far? I hope so. I'm having fun writing it.
