Definition of Terms (for those who doesn't know yet)

Kouhai – junior (at work or school)

Baka – Foolish, idiot


CHAPTER 3: BUTTONS AND THE BEACH



This is the moment of truth for hundreds of Juuban High students. They will finally be able to go to college, find a job or get married. But above all of their hopes and dreams… the air is now full of disarray. Girls are running. Guys are hiding. It's all for the sake of having the 'legendary button' of the person they like.

"I cannot believe it," Ami stressed as she wait for the wakeful event to stop. She looked pretty on her azure knee length dress, but her head shook in disappointment when she saw Minako approach the captain of the football club, while Makoto went to the captain of the tennis club both of whom gave their buttons to them almost instantly upon request.

It's just been about 30 minutes since the end of the graduation ceremony but the situation doesn't seem to ease. She sighed. I think I'm better off packing things for the beach… she reflected.

"Chill." A soft but masculine voice whispered in her ear and she shivered out of surprised. A pair of big and warm hands enveloped hers.

Ami looked up to see shining green eyes out of anticipation. Smiling. "Can't wait to dip in the beach huh?"

She blushed at his straight-forwardness. "Mmm. You're coming with us right?" her eyes full of hope. Please say yes. Please say yes. Please say---

"But of course! You think I'll let you go on your own, model your beautiful body on the beach while guys drool over you?" he pointed his finger in upward trying to show his point. "Nuh uh! I ought to protect my princess shouldn't I?"

If Ami hadn't known that a proper princess shouldn't curse at all, she would have done so. For the first time in her life, she hated her pale skin because as of now she's sure that her blush is very visible to the man in front of her.

Zoisite chuckled. She's so adorable. "Shall we go?"

He hoisted her up and started to shove their way out to the gates. Ami impeded a little when she saw a pair of blonde odangos from far away but shrugged at once.

I'm sure Usa-chan bid farewell awhile ago. Mamoru said he's pick her up for her party at home… May that's just a kouhai who liked to imitate her hair. She stopped on her thought when she saw a dark raven haired guy leaning against his car.

Mamoru looked at his watch, wondering where his Usako is. He sent a message that he's outside so he was sure that she'll dashed her way to him. He flipped his sunglasses as he heard a familiar voice.

"Mamoru! Come to give us a lift?" grinned Zoi as he scanned his master's clothes. "A bit too decent… Aha! You're going to Usa-chan's house today aren't you?"

He just nodded. With the look of tease on Zoisite's face he knew that words don't have to come out because everyone knows how his girlfriend's father reacts the moment he sees him.

Ami walked ahead, near the black-haired guy. "I thought you'll leave with Usagi-chan?"

"Yes." He answered then sighed. "But she seems to be preoccupied to forget about our meeting. I even sent a message to her."

"But she bid farewell about 10 minutes ago…" Ami wondered aloud. "So she IS the one I saw earlier. I wonder--- she never overlooked you for something unimportant."

"Where did you last saw her?" worry filled his voice.



"I wish to give this to you. It's not a graduation button but I WILL give you mine when I graduate next year."

Usagi hesitated. She's not sure if she should accept it. Besides taking it would mean that he's feelings would be reciprocated one way or another. She nervously flips the end of her yellow sundress which was hidden in a graduation robe about an hour ago.

Shoot! Why hadn't I realized it before! Her brain seems to blame it on her denseness.

"I'm sorry Yuu-kun. But I already have someone special." She ended up saying.

"But it's not like you're married right?" the young guy seemed so determined.

Arggh! Actually we kind of--- know we are in the future…. "Yuu---"

"I love you senpai." He said as he advanced to grab her hands into his. "I will make you love me. Definitely!" his right hands cupped the contours of her chin, "I'm so happy. Now, you're not my senpai anymore. You're just Usagi and I'm just Yuu."

Usagi fought the urge to smack this young guy's face. He's her adorable kouhai. She can still remember the day he went to the Gardening Club. His face is glowing with the sight of her. She thought it's just like the princess attraction that they have been emitting since they come of age….

Argggh! Baka Usagi! You're really to slow! The moon princess pushed him away. As much as she likes him, she knows she cannot give him any hope.

"I'm really sorry." Her eyes full of sympathy. She twirled to walk back to the gate to the man she's supposed to be with. Unfortunately, a pair of strong arms stopped her, clutching into her hips… not letting go.

"Yuu… kun…." She uttered, startled by the aggressiveness of the boy she treated like a younger brother, except that she never spanked him like she did with Shingo whenever he intentionally pisses her off.

The soft voice he had earlier changed into a plea. "Just give me a chance. Just please. Look at me." He cried as he turned her to face him. His hazel brown eyes serves as a witness that his intentions are pure. "Look at me as a man."

Her heart tightened. She never wanted to hurt anyone, especially this guy who obviously never looked at any other girl during those two years she knew him. She thought he is just so serious in his studies. Now she knows she was wrong.

"I believe that love is not something you should force into someone." A cold voice broke his brace from Usagi. Her eyes scared at the deadly glare her boyfriend threw at Yuu.

Usagi looked at Yuu, fear is written all over his face but he didn't budge. She looked at Mamoru and saw that he's about to loose his cool. She grabbed her boyfriends arm and pulled him away.

"Let's go Mamo-chan. Mom and Dad will be worried if we come so late." She called hoping to turn his attention to her. It worked. He glowered one last time at the boy before holding her carefully, and shoves their way out. Away from the nerved guy who dared to make his moves on his girl.



Awkwardness is in the air… or so to 2 blonde women as they sat on a trailer parked on a beautiful private beach in Okinawa. The one with a red bow chose to look outside. Avoiding to make any move as if she's going to explode if she does. The other with hair buns continued to eat several cookies that Makoto made for their snacks; murmuring something between a complaint and a cry at each bite.

Rei's head appeared the 3rd time, "Hey! Are you two sure that you'll waste the beautiful scenery, friendly sunlight, clear blue ocean and lots of barbeques outside just to avoid seeing Mamoru and Kunzite?"

"Shut up!" They roared at once.

Jadeite appeared too and pulled his beautiful firebird in his arms. "Just let them be. Let them and their guys make up on their own." He murmured on her hair. "You're so gorgeous." He muttered, pushing a little to look at her sweet body.

Rei suppressed her giggle. "But they are wasting time."

"I don't have a guy." Minako's face now flushed in anger. "When will you quit saying that?"

"I should be the one saying that," said a silver haired guy. He's green eyes seem too struck into her, seeing the very insides of her. "It's not my fault if she can't take a constructive criticism."

"Constructive criticism?" she yelped. She stood up throwing the large towel away from her, revealing a yellow polka-dot bikini of lined triangle top with no cups, pads, or wires, and with lined retro tie bottom with full back coverage. "What's so dirty about this?"

Jadeite and Rei shrugged and went back to the beach. Usagi, although she wanted to stay and eat her heart out of frustration, chose to go out of the trailer bringing the bowl of cookies with her. A war is about to start and they surely don't want to go in between the battleground.

"Look at me you--- you, arrogant, whimsical, irritating…" she blurted thinking of other words to describe or rather, insult the man in front.

"Hot? Lovable?" he pressed forward to join her inside the trailer. "Irresistible? Is that why you just can't do as I say and you always choose to fight and gain my attention?"

Minako put her right hand on her hips and raised her right golden brow. "Excuse me?"

She knew her etiquette professor may punish her if she's informed by it, but she's not holding back her anger anymore…. So much for being prim and proper. This guy is a jerk!

"For your information, a guy who calls a girl that she looks dirty can never be called hot, lovable or irresistible. JERK!" her beautiful face looks more tempting now that she's all red. It emphasizes the glow of her hair and eyes.

"I said you'll look dirty… especially with those perverts' eyes once you display your body out there. Don't you get it!" He said coolly, trying to calm her down.

Kunzite put his both of his hands into her shoulder pushing her down the table so that she's force to look up on him a little higher. She flinched as his hands rose to her face, tracing the curves from her forehead, her brows, her eyes, and her nose to the sides of her cheeks, to her lips and chin.

Minako whimpered. "Wha--- what are you doing?"

He just smiled. It's been so long…. too long that he even amazed himself on how he managed to keep his hands from touching her the way he does now, the way he used to. Actually, he dreamt of doing something MORE. He's just a human after all. And her? Well, she's the one woman who is able to break down his defenses without doing anything at all. The immunization he had with the other princesses doesn't apply to her.

She is the ONE. He thought. From the beginning I knew.

She gazed and saw the passion on his eyes. This is the guy whom she felt something special from the beginning. Her duty stopped her on approaching him over millennia ago. But now that they are given a chance here on earth, she's been avoiding having this encounter with him because she doesn't know what to do--- how to respond.

Her anger changed into something incomprehensible. She have to do something or else she'll fall--- like on a cliff, "Just quit it---"

Her words were cut off by his lips. His kiss wasn't forceful though it is absolutely possessive. "I've waited for too long. I've waited for a chance for you to accept my advances. You're amazingly hard-headed and definitely a duty-freak." He pulled away a little as his hands began to trace her body, from the back of her neck down to the lowest point of her spine. "This body," he said in between kisses "is only for my eyes to see."

Minako felt like she's floating. A hidden passion suddenly sprouts out of her every limb. And it did not subside even after they pulled away from each other gasping for breath.

"Wooh!" she heard him shrieked. "We really are floating!"

The Venusian princess looks down at their feet and saw that they really are indeed FLOATING. Her hips not resting on the table edge anymore and they are almost as high as the trailer bed's feet.

They looked at each other and chuckled at the cool event before Kunzite bowed his head again to capture her lips.

"Bloody hell!"

They looked at the trailer door only to see the shocked faces of their dark auburn-haired friends.

"Sorry!" cried Makoto as she hid behind her boyfriend's broad back.

Nephrite made their way out backwards trying to give his commandant some privacy. "We----we'll leave you two." He said as they vanished out of sight. "Enjoy!" he shouted from the outside.

The last word came tingling on the silver king and the golden princess' ears. "I think we startled them," muttered Minako.

"I bet we did." He answered back. "Well, we better not spoil this privacy they've given us." He's voice became so lascivious.

Minako pushed him away. Her pretty visage is now even brighter with a grin, her eyes glowing with mischief. She leapt on her feet, made her way to the door, looked back at the hot, lovable and irresistible guy who just kissed her.

"Well, if this body is just for you to see…" she pointed to her body and gave him a wink. "Then you better come and make sure that no one else will take it from you." She rushed out to join her friends on the shore.

"Honestly!" is the only word that can come out from his mouth. Then a grin soared on his face. "Finally!" he added as he followed HIS princess to the beach.


AUTHOR'T NOTE: I'm thinking right now on how to give other pairs some justice since my favorite are UsaMamo and MinaKunz... Oh well... i think i'll figure out something. Watch out for the next one okay?

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