Summary:

(AU) What if their roles were reversed? What if it was Usagi who was hopelessly in love with Seiya, and he was the one who was in love with someone else, oblivious to the feelings of his friend for him? How would Usagi get him to see her as more than just a best friend?

Disclaimer:

I don't own any of the Sailor Moon characters. I do own the plot and the invented characters. Plagiarism is illegal.

AN:

Yes, shocking I know. I actually posted within a one month period. However I acknowledge the fact that I was cajoled, beaten, threatened, blackmailed and pleaded to before I gave in. I would also like to say that I give it up to Kael for actually getting me to post. –winks- Watch out for UFM. I'm not telling why (aside from the fact that it's written by one of the most talented writers at but please do make sure to read it!

Anyway, on with the story…

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"Oooh look at me! I have buns on my head!" The other kids laughed as one of the boys tried to do jerky movements whilst gesturing to his hair. "I'm all special because I'm different from everyone else!" He added as he tried to prance around as a ballerina would.

A small girl started sniffling, her hands forming into tight fists. "Stop it…" She said feeling the tears about to fall. "I'll tell on you…"

"Watch out! She's going to call her older sister!"

"Don't you mean brother?"

"Yeah… Her 'brother's' just as much as a weirdo as she is! They're in one big weirdo family…"

By now the little girl felt the tears freely falling. "Meanies!" She cried out as she ran away from the kids. She ran away from their hurtful stares and bullying. She wanted to be nowhere else but in the rock garden behind the day care center. She called it her sanctuary. And so she headed straight for it. However to her dismay she found that someone was already there. She started to leave but something held her back. "Let go…" She said tugging her arm away.

"I don't want to… And besides, you're crying…"

She looked at the kid who held her back. He was a boy about her age. He had the darkest blue eyes she had ever seen, not to mention the blackest hair. Curiously enough, it was long and gathered in a ponytail. Not the usual hairstyle for a kid his age. "So what if I'm crying? What do you care?"

"A pretty girl like you shouldn't be crying…" He said as he held out his hanky to her. Seeing that she eyed it cautiously, he took the initiative to unfold it and wipe her tears. "There… All better…"

"Why?" The little girl asked quietly.

"Why what?" He looked back at her with a confused expression on his face.

"Why are you being so nice to me?"

He simply shrugged and took her hand in his. "Come on…" He said as he dragged her towards the playground.

She shook her head and firmly planted her feet on the ground. "No… Don't make me go back there…"

"But we have to teach them a lesson. They can't say mean things like that to other people…" He said walking towards the bullies, the young girl fighting desperately for freedom. But the boy's grip on her tightened and soon they were in front of her tormentors again.

"Oh look! The weirdo got a friend…" The boy soon found himself doubling over in pain. "You hit me!" He said clutching his stomach, tears about to fall from his eyes as he looked at the newcomer.

"Never call Odango a weirdo…" He said in a low tone.

All other the other kids had a terrified expression on his face. Knowing that he meant it they all scampered away and left the little girl and the new boy alone.

Seeing this, the newcomer looked at his new friend. "See… I told you it would all work out…" He found that he was met with a glare, crossed arms and pouted lips. "What? What did I say?

"Don't call me Odango!" With that the little girl stormed away, the boy following in her wake.

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"So should I go for this navy blue one or this yellow one?" Usagi held up two tops and presented them to Michiru for further scrutiny. Before the green-haired woman could reply however her lover commented.

"Whichever one you pick will look good on you." The blonde said giving the two a bored expression, her head being supported by her hand as she sat on the couch. This comment earned her a pinch in the arm. "Ouch! Michi…" She pouted at her lover and crossed her arms.

Michiru simply smiled at her then turned her attention to Usagi. "The yellow one looks good on you. Not to mention it accentuates your figure."

"And you're encouraging her to wear that?" She gave her lover an exasperated expression, which earned her again another pinch. "Oi! I'm not immune to pain you know…" She whined clutching her arm.

"I'll make it all better later." The artist told her girlfriend as she rubbed her arm and leaned closer to Haruka.HaH

Usagi shook her head at the two and decided it was best to head for the counter. She was happy for her sister and all. It wasn't everyday one got to meet the person they were meant to spend the rest of their life with. However the two of them had the tendency to go off on their own little world, sometimes forgetting that there were people around them.

After she had paid for her merchandise she returned to where the couple was seated. She found that Michiru was resting her head on Haruka's shoulder while they were talking about something, their hands intertwined. She sighed at the sight. If only… She thought to herself, her mind presenting her images of a certain guy. She shook her head and cleared her throat to signify that she had returned.

Her sister looked up at her with a hopefully expression in her eyes. "We're done?" At the affirmative reply, Haruka quickly got up from the couch and extended a hand to help Michiru up. "So that means we're done shopping right?"

"Maybe... Maybe not…" She responded as they got out of the shop.

"I hate you… You're not my sister…" Haruka muttered darkly as she followed Usagi out of the store. "Remind me again what I'm doing here?" The only reply she got was an innocent smile from her sister which she returned with a glare.

"Don't mind her… She knows she loves you." Michiru commented, very much amused at the two.

"I know!" Usagi said as she looked back at the two and made a victory pose.

Haruka rolled her eyes at this. "Whatever… Just hurry up will you?"

She nodded and went ahead, once in a while stopping at display windows to look at some outfits. She almost thought she was done for the day when they passed by a store selling vintage outfits. She headed inside and looked through the racks. After a few moments, she found that she wasn't alone as Michiru had joined her.

"How's school?" Her sister's girlfriend asked.

"Same old. Teachers who love to torment their students by wishing them death by being worked to death." She said casually.

"And how's the boyfriend?"

Before Usagi could say anything, her sister came over, an unreadable expression on her face. "Who's this guy? Why haven't I heard of or met him before?" She demanded.

She raised an eyebrow at her older sister. "Down girl…" To Michiru she replied, "I have no idea who you're talking about."

"Oh you know… Sei-Sei.. Or Seiya-poo… Or whatever it is you call your boyfriend these days…" Michiru finally settled on a dress that she liked and took it out. She then headed off to the changing rooms.

Usagi gapped at Michiru for a while then followed her. "What!? Seiya. Is. Not. My. Boyfriend." She managed to say before the green-haired woman disappeared behind a door.

"He better not be…" Haruka interjected, appearing behind Usagi. "He's not worthy of you Usagi. It's bad enough that you hang out with that loser…"

"He's not so bad…" Michiru quipped from inside the changing room. "If I were younger I would go for Seiya…"

The race gawked at the door. "You're… you're kidding right? Tell me you aren't serious Koi…" She said a crestfallen expression on her face.

"He is good looking…" Michiru said as she came out of the changing room. She had on checkered green and white dress. It was held up by two thin straps and further supported by boned bodice. Its full swing skirt went down to until a few inches below her knee. "How do I look?" She asked Usagi.

"Like a Stepford wife…" The younger woman commented. "But it looks good on you…"

She then turned to her lover to ask her opinion, but she was only met with a scowl. "What?"

"You find him attractive?" Haruka drawled stressing the fact that she wasn't exactly fond of the younger man.

"Well he is… Am I not correct?" The artist looked at Usagi for confirmation.

Usagi's eyes widened slightly and felt her face turning red. "I wouldn't know! I just see him as a brother… I mean come on… We've been friends forever…" She ranted hoping that she wasn't giving herself away.

"And it should stay that way." Her sister added. "Otherwise, he'd wish he'd never been born…" She said while cracking her knuckles.

The green-haired woman shook her head. "Deep down, you just dislike him because you see much of yourself in him…" She then looked at her wristwatch. "And we have an hour to kill before I need to head off to the sound check…"

"Can we spend that time idly?" Haruka whined not wanting to go in to another shop.

Usagi nodded her head. "Why not? There's this coffee shop that just opened that I want to go to…"

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"You actually punched the kid?" Cho looked in awe and shock at the young man in front of him.

Seiya simply shrugged and took another sip of his drink. "He deserved it. He was being an asshole after all."He leaned back on his seat as he stared at the table. After a couple of seconds he looked up and grinned at Cho. "What about you?"

"What about me?" She raised an eyebrow at him.

"How did you meet Odango?"

She giggled a bit before putting down her glass. She then straightened up in her chair and smiled. "It's a funny story actually." She started. "I met Usagi at a writing workshop. The facilitator was reading the top three works of the day and Usagi and I were tied for top spot. Of course it was all animosity at first because of competitiveness and stuff… You know how Usagi is with her works…"

Seiya nodded. "I do believe she told me that someone had the audacity to show her up or something… So how did the rivalry end between the both of you?"

"Hmm… I think it happened after one workshop and it took a long time for us to get picked up. Out of necessity we started talking and discovered the other wasn't so bad and thus we became friends."

"Oh I see… So you're that friend. She talks about you all the time but I never thought that the 'Cho' she refers to is the Cho." He motioned to a magazine on the table next to them with her on the cover.

Cho laughed off the comment. "Enough about me… What about 'The Starlights,' are you guys serious about pursuing a professional music career?"

"Well if by serious you mean that just the other week a music producer came to the club we usually perform at and listened to us and since he was impressed he wanted to make a demo for our band, then I guess so…"

"That's great then!" She beamed at him "I know you guys are going to make it big."

He was just about to reply to her comment when he saw Usagi, her sister and her sister's girlfriend enter. "Oh look, speaking of… Odango!"

All three women looked at him. One gave him a smile, the other gave him a scowl and the last had a very unreadable expression as they went closer to their table.

"Seiya… What are you… Cho!" Usagi rushed towards her friend and gave her a hug. "This is unexpected!"

Haruka eyed the younger man evenly and watched the way he was looking at his sister. As usual, he wanted nothing more than beat off the smirk on his face but sadly Usagi would mind and she wouldn't dare upset her sister. "Haven't seen you in a long time Kou… I was starting to think those groupies finally found a way to kidnap you and make you disappear from the face of the planet. Not that anyone would mind… They'll be doing everyone a favor after all…"

He looked away from Cho and Usagi and gave the blonde a glare. "It's nice to see you, too," he drawled. "And how do you know anything about my groupies? I certainly hope you're no one of them... it'd be terrible if you liked me at all. As for leaving the planet, well... we all know I'm already out of this world! So there's no point, really." He countered while raising an eyebrow in challenge.

"I'm giving you ten seconds to remove face from my sight before I do something you'll regret…" She responded looking at him straight in the eyes.

"I'd like to see…"

"Seiya! Stop provoking my sister!" Usagi cut in before anything else could be said. "Haruka stop harassing the poor defenseless boy!"

Both gave her innocent smiles but once she turned around they sent each other looks. Michiru saw this and tugged on Haruka's hand and pulled her towards the counter. Haruka was ordering, the green-haired woman looked back at the table where apparently Seiya and Cho were getting ready to leave. She was about to turn away when she noticed something very peculiar about Usagi. Could it possibly mean? She decided to find out later on.

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He sat patiently in the bar, nursing his drink, and waiting for his date to arrive. She wasn't late; he was early. It was quite unnatural for him to be this punctual, nor to be as eager as he was at the moment to see her. It was simply against the image he wanted others to see of himself but found that he couldn't help it.

"Yaten?"

He turned towards the feminine voice, but instead of finding a bubbly, blue-eyed blonde, he saw a crimson bombshell standing in front of him. Her ruby eyes directed at him, conveying amusement and surprise.

"Kakyuu?" He asked a bit startled at the woman's presence.

"Oh my god! It's really you!" She briskly walked to where he was seated in the bar and enveloped him in a hug. "It's good to see you!"

At first, Yaten was quite surprised by the gesture but later on returned it as well. "Good to see you too." He said when the hug ended.

"What are you doing here?" She asked.

"Erm… I'm waiting for Minako to arrive."

"Minako? Another one of your flames?" She inquired, her curiosity piqued.

"No. No… She's nothing like that. She's actually my girlfriend." He stated a bit uneasily, given his situation.

"You actually have a girlfriend?" She followed-up, very much in disbelief of what she had just heard.

"Yeah… As hard it is to believe for a lot of people." He answered, and then gulped down the remainder of his drink. He really felt uncomfortable talking about Minako.

"Oh…" She leaned forward, making sure that only a few millimeters of air separated her from Yaten. "Then she'd definitely mind if I were to kiss you right now?"

"She will and she'd slap you senseless if you did."

Both turned around and found the woman in question standing a few feet from them. Yaten broke away from the close contact Kakyuu established. He then dashed to his girlfriend's side and gave her cheek a quick kiss. "Hey! Didn't see you…"

"I can see that sweetie." Minako stated calmly. "And you are?" She addressed the other woman the tone of her voice saying she wasn't amused.

"Akai Kakyuu." The red-head replied, returning the glare of Minako with as much distaste as she could muster.

"Kakyuu? The Kakyuu?" The blonde goaded a look of amusement on her face.

"Glad to see I've been talked about…" She returned. "Anyway, I don't want to keep my date waiting…" With one final look she left the two of them alone.

When she was gone, Yaten backed away from Minako slowly, fear evident in his eyes. "Mina… It's not what you think…"

She simply smiled at him and took his hand in hers. "Forget about it." She said dragging him to their table. "We need to talk about something."

The four infamous words, nothing ever good came out of them. He felt his hands getting cold, and nervousness beginning to rise. "But.. But I didn't do anything!" He exclaimed trying to defend himself.

Once they've arrived at their table, she motioned for Yaten to help her sit down. When he himself was settled she grinned. Taking his hand in hers she began, "Yaten, I need your help."

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