Chapter ten
"Usagi hime can I speak with you?"

Usagi whirled around in surprise, "Holy kami. You scared me half to death."

Haruka scratched the back of his head, "Gomen nasasi Usagi hime. I thought you'd see...hear me."
Usagi heaved a sigh when she recognized the voice, "It's alright. I'm used to it here. The guys always know how to sneak up on me. So what is it that you wanted Ten'oh san?"

Haruka shook his head, "Call me Haruka, Usagi hime." Usagi nodded and sat down on the bench in the music room. "Then call me Usagi. I'm not a hime anymore Haruka san."

Haruka nodded and sat down but instead he faced the Piano while Usagi faced the large room.

Haruka looked at the keys of the piano and let out a sigh. "I wont let you fight alone this time Usagi."

Usagi looked up at Haruka. He was bent over at the waist his arms held his middle. "Setsuna told us what happened and then she showed us. We watched it all Usagi."

Haruka turned to stare into his hime's face. His sky blue eyes held Usagi's dark blue ones, which held nothing. Haruka's eyes welled up with unshed tears. He swallowed hard, forcing down the emotions, "I wont let you be hurt like that ever again."

Usagi shook her head and turned herself till her hole body faced Haruka. She had to straddle the bench to do so, though. Her hands came up to the tall scouts face and held his head in her hands.

"Haruka, it's my fight, not yours. And I wont let anymore be hurt on my account. I love you all too much to let you or anyone else get hurt. No more sacrifices, no more deaths."

Haruka sighed and turned away. He faced the piano again. His face-harden slightly as he stared at the grand white piano.
"Usagi, you are my hime. I am your protector and I will do everything in my power to protect you." His head lifted and he looked at her, "And no one, not even you will stop me."

Usagi softly smiled and she leaned forwards and kindly kissed Haruka's cheek, "I understand. But I wish you wouldn't."

Haruka softly smiled and laid his fingers on the keys. "Here's a song for you hime, one my love and I played for you on your engagement ball before we left."

Usagi faced the piano as well as Haruka's fingers hit the keys and a soft melody started.

Usagi inhaled sharply as the familiar song began.

Half way through it another sound worked it way into it. Usagi turned her head slightly as the soft strokes of the violin came to her ears.

Usagi shut her eyelids as she began to hum to the soft melody. Suddenly her eyes snapped open and she was on her feet. She turned and stared at the doorway. She knew that feeling she got when he was around. A smile tugged at her lips as she slowly made her way towards him. She passed Michiru who was playing the violin without a fault. Usagi stopped in front of him. He was tall and looked down upon her as she looked up at him, into his eyes, as if she could see him. "Would you like to dance...before you say a thing, I don't need eyes to see what I'm doing for this."

She grabbed his arms, by the wrists and placed them at her waist, and then she slipped her arms around his neck.

She felt him stiffen, and was ready to pull away, "Heero, come on. It'll be fun I promise. Just one dance then you can do whatever you do when I don't feel you around me."

"Hn."

Usagi grinned as she amazingly moved them out to the dance floor. She was right she didn't need her eyes to know what she was doing. She knew all the steps and where to go.


Haruka glanced over his shoulder, and he softly smiled. 'You can try all you want Koneko chan, but you can't dump them like the inners did to you. Your heart is still soft and it likes them...all.'


Usagi slowly spun them both around and she laughed, "See I told you this is fun."

Heero frowned, "Hn."

Usagi shook her head as both stepped together then spun around only to take another step in another direction.

Usagi looked up at him, and right then she wished she could see his face, see what he was thinking, and see his eyes. She didn't care if he was giving her his most annoyed look she just wanted to see his face.

"Heero, will you tell me something about you? Anything."

Heero stiffened suddenly and he seemed to disappear even though she still held him in her arms.

Usagi pursed her lips, "I see, you had a tough past, I understand. But could you at least tell my your favorite color, smell, even food...umm food. I like ice cream and milk shakes and pizza and Pepsi and chocolate, and...Heh, heh I'm rambling."

Heero licked his lips before he asked, "Why do you want to know?"

Usagi slightly shivered, 'what is it with guys and husky voices?' "I just want to know. I don't know anything about you."

"We don't know anything about you."

That statement startled Usagi. She could never tell them of her past. They would throw her out if they knew. They would laugh in her face, maybe even attack her like the scouts. Or they would take pity on her or maybe try to bring her closer to them, she couldn't let any of them know, she couldn't let any of that happen none of it, even if she didn't want to leave.

"You wouldn't want to know."

Heero replied, "Why?"

"It's too complicated."

Heero smirked, "So is mine."

Usagi sighed, he was good at this, kami he was good at a lot of things to. Sneaking up, on her was his best.

"Fine I'll tell you some, but you have to tell me some things about you. I was adopted at the age of two by a great family. A few years later they had a boy name Shingo. I grew up in a great neighborhood had many friends, I failed in school, I also have a cat and a few over protective friends, who you have met."

Usagi sighed, nothing too harmful in what she said, he couldn't find out anything from what she said.

"Your turn."

"Hn."
Usagi frowned, "Hey I told you about me. Now it's your turn."

"Who says?"

Usagi growled under her breath and stopped them both, "I do buddy. Or I'll..."

"You'll what?"

"I'll sic Haruka san and Michiru san on you."

Heero almost laughed at that statement and her pouting face, it was too cute. He shook his head and controlled himself, "alright."

Heero inhaled then exhaled calmly. "I was an orphan until a man came and adopted me. He was, a cruel man. One day he died when I was five and another man came and took me away. Years later I met the others, and Relena."

Usagi cut him off, "Relena, whose she?"

Heero rolled his eyes, "The hime of Earth. She lives at the Cinq Kingdom, and controls the world Peace that had been gained."

Usagi nodded slowly and they both stepped and spun again, "You know you're a great dancer."

Heero smirked slightly, but soon the song ended and Usagi pulled back, "that was fun, and don't lie and say you didn't have fun."

Heero rolled his eyes again, and turned away. Usagi sighed but then realized that Quatre and Trowa had joined them in the music room. "Usagi that was wonderful, where did you learn to dance like that?"'

Usagi blushed, "Uh...Haruka!"

The blond at the piano spun around, "What? What is it?" Her sharp blue eyes scanned the room intently.
Usagi continued, "Yea, uh Haruka taught me how, and it just clicked I guess." She blushing like crazy as the lie grew and grew.

Usagi rubbed her face with her hands to ease herself some. "Oh, I wanted to say that I need a ride into town tomorrow."

Quatre stopped his speech to Michiru and turned to face Usagi. "What?"

Usagi nodded, "Yea I need to go to the library."

At that instant Duo had walked in. "What? But you can't read."

Michiru, Trowa, and Quatre glared at Duo.

Haruka frowned as he stared at Usagi. No one knew the real reason why Usagi wanted to go but he did. Haruka knew exactly why, Usagi wanted to see Ami. That would be the place Ami would most likely be on a Sunday afternoon. Haruka shook his head, 'Usagi, you're pushing yourself to hard, slow down, before it's too late.'