Control
by: Serenity Blaim
(edited: 12/30/2008)
Chapter Three...
"Do you think we're making the right decision?" Ikuko asked. Usagi had made them breakfast before she'd left for school, and Ikuko was showing a little weakness. The girl seemed so heart broken, and when she'd fainted... Ikuko's heart was still calming from the scene.
"Absolutely not. It's not solely our decision, and you know that. Whoever were Usagi's real parents had asked for it too. That she'd go to Ginka when she turned sixteen. I think that girl needs an awakening to real world." Kenji spoke stubbornly. Kenji had seen his daughter grow, now it was time to return the favor to those who blessed them with their child.
When Usagi had been a baby, they'd taken her in off of their doorstep. They fed her clothed her, but she still hadn't grown into a young woman. The note with Usagi told them she was a special child. Destined for great things, but she will be unable to get there without help. She should be sent to Ginka, by at least her sixteenth birthday.
They had never understood the reasoning, or what exactly their daughter was, but they knew she would go to Ginka. It was her parent's wish. It was the least they could do.
Usagi sulked her way to her first class of the afternoon. She hadn't made any friends, and when Mamoru had introduced her to all of her teachers and showed her around, it had only gotten worse. She had still gotten lost after he'd abandoned her for lunch.
After she'd introduced herself, she met silence. They were all unsure how to treat the girl Mamoru allowed to ignore him. She sat quietly in her desk. She paid attention to the lesson.
After school was over she realized she didn't know where her dorm was. She went to the office to get a key. The receptionist was cheerful. "You're parents dropped off your stuff in your room. Here's your key. The number is 23. Your roommate is known to be a little mysterious, but I'm sure the two of your will hit it off." She smiled one of those painful smiles, and sent Usagi on her way.
As soon as she entered the dorm building she knew something was off. Her dorm was a cozy setting with nothing to show of her roommate. It wasn't soon after she got into her dorm that her communicator went off. "Moon here." She habitually answered.
"Youma in the shopping district. Bring an umbrella." Rei spit out as she ran. The girl seemed a little tired. Wonder what she had been doing before...
"On my way." Usagi opened the window, grabbing the key, she locked the room from the inside. She hoped no one would see her as she scaled the three-story building. She transformed quickly and headed for the shopping district. Luckily it wasn't nearly as far from her new school, as it was from Rei's.
Entering the arcade, Mamoru sat down and waved Motoki over. "Hiya!"
"Hey there Mamoru, how's it going?" Motoki answered cheerfully, wipping down the counter in his usual bout of OCD. Mamoru wondered how many times that his friend did that in a day. You could probably have a surgery on that counter and not get an infection.
"Good and yourself?" he replied, keeping the conversation light.
Motoki smiled and nodded, " fairly good. It's been a light day here."
"Hey, guess who the new girl was?" They had chatted about the mysterious girl, who was transfered half way through the semester. It had been a subject of slight interest. Now he knew who it was...
Motoki's eyebrows rose. A new girl, and Mamoru's excited about it. Must be someone interesting. "Who?"
"It was Odango." The familiar twinge he felt when Sailor Moon had transformed tugged at his chest. He had to get out. "hold that thought, I just remember something I had to do, I'm be back later." Duty called, and one day he was going to find out, just why he answered.
Mamoru was gone before Motoki had even replied. The arcade keeper just shrugged, and muttered, "well, I'm done work now."
Just as she reached that area, rain began to spill down. The Youma appeared even more ominous in the rain, as the female half of it's body showed many mascara trails from the eyes which all seemed to be crying. It charged; Usagi leaped out of the way at the last minute.
"What's its weakness?" screamed Usagi. She was anxious to get back, incase her roommate got back. "Does this thing even know what waterproof mascara is?" how would she explain the puddles of rain water, that would come with her.
Ami breathed deeply, "I believe its weakness is the cold. Her attacks have been coming slower since the rain started."
"Watch out Sailor Moon!" snapped Rei angrily, as the monster aimed towards the girl. The projectile missed Usagi just barely, leaving a huge hole where Sailor Moon had been moments before.
"Close one." Usagi sighed, as she began to circle the Youma. "Mercury you know what to do then."
Tuxedo Mask watched in the shadows as the Scout successfully dusted the Youma, with a simple strategy, Mercury iced it, and Moon dusted it. Tuxedo Mask left as soon as all seemed clear.
"Wow, Usagi have you been training or something? You didn't get hit once." observed Venus, after the battle.
"Nah, She would've been hit if I hadn't warned her." Rei said smugly.
"Yes, actually I have." And with a pointed look at Rei in a bit of a rant. "And I'd really appreciate it, when you tell me to bring an umbrella, also tell me it would pour, cause I didn't really get that, Rei." Usagi looked around quickly before detransforming.
'I wonder where Mamoru went?' wondered Motoki as he wondered around the shopping district. Most of the stores were long closed by now, so he just wondered aimlessly. Taking a brief intrest in some of the kitchenware in window, when a bright light reflected on the window catching his gaze he turned around and saw Sailor moon become… Usagi? Whoa… Motoki staggered for a few steps. He was stunned into dizziness.
Usagi lifted the window, and it made an annoying squeak as much as she tried to silence it. She sighed in relief when all seemed to be in the same place as when she'd left it. Her roommate had yet to make an appearance.
She was a sight to behold, with her soaked pigtails, and drenched clothes. Skipping lightly over the floor, she made little effort and after she changed into P.J's, she collapsed onto the bed.
Mamoru woke up at the usual time. Like usual, he was drenched with sweat, and the sun had yet to come up. He couldn't go back to sleep. Her figure haunted his dreams. While he slept every feature was defined, her voice familiar. The moment he woke, it would fade. Only the presence of the moon princess kept him sure. She was real; She would come to him, show him her world, and then rip it from him as soon as he could do anything about it. He needed to help her, not because of some connection he'd had with her, but because he needed closure. Without that he could no longer live his life.
Dressed in sweatpants and t-shirt, he decided to go for a run. The morning was brisk as he left his single dorm, one of the perks to being Student President. He ran awhile before he found Motoki, curled up in street. His clothes were dirty and stuck to him. It had rained the night before. "Have you been here all night?" His friend seemed uncoherant.
"Whaaa?" He was feverish, and need to be looked at right away. Mamoru knew he couldn't carry him, as Mamoru, but as Tuxedo Mask anything was possible. He transformed quickly, so no one would see, and began running towards Ginka. He got to the infirmary door before he changed back. Running inside, he alerted the nurse who helped him bring Motoki inside.
In the time it had taken to get Motoki there, his clothes had become wet again with his own sweat. The nurse had Mamoru change him into a cleaner set of clothes, and as awkward as it was, he did it. It was almost time for class when Motoki had become settled. Mamoru talked briefly with the nurse, and promised to visit afterwards.
Usagi was dressed for the day and in class before the bell. Still no one would dare even look at her. She kept to herself, and did her work. She was about ready to give up. To make things worse... this teacher was really trying too hard.
"...and you get the speed of light. Does anyone not understand?" a girl in the back almost raised her hand, when the girl in front of her shot her a look that said, "raise it and lose it."
"But, Momoko, I need to understand this…" the girl muttered quietly. Usagi sat close by and observed the exchange.
"I do not want to have to sit here through homeroom because your have trouble with your homework. Got that, Asuna?" The meek girl nodded, and flipped her hair back.
"I'll just get the cute boy in my maths class to help me." Asuna large toothy grin was over powering and Usagi had to look away.
"If no one has any problems, Class dismissed." Students filled out of the room quickly. One of the girls from before, Momoko, walked up to Usagi desk and looked straight at her face.
"Stay away from Mamoru." The threat was clear in her voice and Usagi would've backed down, had she been just some other girl. She felt herself in an odd sense of protectiveness over Mamoru. This girl was completely evil.
"I'll try but he seems to like to run into me a lot. Can you get him to stop that? I'd really appreciate it." Attitude. The girl huffed, and walked away, her little sidekick following behind her. This school was bringing out a completely different side of Usagi.
