Usagi sighed happily and sank lower into the tub filled with lavender scented bubbles. There was nothing like a good soak to relax in. Suddenly, there was a banging on the front door. She sighed again, this time with agitation, and wrapped a fluffy white towel around herself. She knew it wasn't really good to answer the door in nothing but a towel, but she didn't care. She opened the door to Duo.
"What do you want?" He looked rather panicked.
"I need your help! Wait a sec. Why are you only in a towel?" Usagi scowled as he whistled, his eyes roaming over her body.
"I have a feeling that you don't want to live much longer." He gulped and looked away. "But anyway, what do you need my help for?"
"Um…I sorta spilled some soda on Wu-man and I think he's going to castrate me."
"Oh. Too bad for you. What about the other's?"
"Trowa and Quatre aren't there, Hiiro locked me out, and you're the only one I sorta know!"
"I personally think you deserve it." She slammed the door in his face. Two seconds later, there was a thump outside the door, and she decided to open it again.
Wufei had tackled Duo, his katana imbedded in the ground an inch away from Duo's braid. And now, he was banging his head against the floor.
"That's not very nice to do, even if Duo is rather annoying and asinine." Wufei paused for a second and looked at Usagi, who was still in her towel. His eyes widened to the size of dinner plates, and in another few seconds, he passed out from a bloody nose.
"Kami, I know some strange people." She shut the door, and went to her room to finally get changed. When she walked out of her room, in a tight fitting spaghetti strap shirt and a pair of loose pants, someone knocked on the door yet again. Usagi sighed with clear agitation and answered it. In front of her stood Quatre.
"Do you know what happened to those two?" Usagi looked over his shoulder at the two teenagers still passed out on the floor.
"Yeah. After Duo spilled soda on Wufei, he came running over here, and banging on the door in the middle of my bath, asking for shelter. I said no and closed the door, but opened it again 'cause there was a banging noise outside. Wufei was bashing Duo's head against the floor, and when he saw me, he got a nosebleed and passed out."
"Ah. That explains it. Thank you!" As he went back to his dorm, Usagi shot a look at the two. Sighing, she dragged Wufei into the room, dumping him on the floor.
She walked back out to the hallway, grabbed Duo's arms, and proceeded to drag him over to his dorm before banging on the door. Hiiro answered with the usual emotionless look on his face.
"What." Usagi nudged Duo closer to the door.
"Could you please get him out of the hallway? He is your roommate." With that, she turned around and walked back to her dorm.
So now, a few minutes later, she stood out on the small balcony (I forgot to mention it ^^;;), her damp hair in a thick braid. She inwardly smirked as she heard a groan, and a few mutters.
Wufei groaned and sat up, finding himself in the living room of his dorm. He was a little confused as to how he got there, but decided that it wasn't important. But what was important, however, was where his katana had gone.
"Onna! Where is my katana!" Usagi looked towards the living room before answering.
"It's in the hallway. Well, it was when I brought you in." The door was slammed shut before being opened again a second later.
Usagi yawned, suddenly very tired, and turned to head to her room. The moment she collapsed onto her bed, she was asleep.
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Over the course of the next few days, Usagi started to feel worse and worse, and she felt like she was supposed to remember something important. A week after the day she had caught what she called the cold, the answer to what she was supposed to remember came up in history class.
The principal of Peacecraft Academy walked into Usagi's third period class, the much disliked History, with a tall female following. She looked vaguely familiar, with chin length hair and ruby red eyes…Usagi sat up straighter. It was Setsuna! Why was her hair so short?
"Good morning class. Mr. Peters had to leave unexpectedly, so today, your substitute will be Ms. Meioh." She smiled at the class after he walked out.
"I've heard that this class is considered to be rather…boring…so the lesson plan will be a little different than usual. Today, we will be going over ancient civilizations." A student groaned.
"But Mr. Peters went over that last week!" Setsuna smiled mysteriously.
"I'm talking about ancient civilizations belonging to myths, such as Atlantis." That got the attention of the class.
"Could you possible stay forever?" Setsuna shook her head.
"Only until Mr. Peters gets back." She started handing out papers. "We will start out with a very little known civilization, that was said to have existed a little over two thousand years ago." Usagi looked at her paper and frowned. The title read, in bold black letters, The Moon Kingdom.
"Does anyone know anything about the Moon Kingdom?" She raised her hand.
"The Moon Kingdom was ruled by only Queens, and all were named Serenity. They were called Lunarians, and the rulers were said to be descended from Artemis herself. It was also said that Artemis created a gem of ultimate power, called the Ginzushou. I won't really get into anything about the crystal, though. But that's all I really know, besides the destruction of the kingdom."
"That's much more than what quite a few people know. But there's something you missed. Does anyone believe that people have soulmates?" There were various answers, ranging from 'yes' to 'maybe' to 'no'.
"I see most of you don't really believe. But anyway, it was said that if a Lunarian did have a soulmate, as very few did, they would have to find that person before they turned 18. If they didn't find that person, a month before their birthday, they would develop symptoms similar to a cold, but it would gradually worsen. If they didn't find that person by the day they turned 18, one of quite a few things would happen. One, that person could lose their memories, or something much worse." The truth struck Usagi painfully. Her 18th birthday was in a month, seven days ago. She could sum her situation in two words. Life sucks. That summed it up completely.
"Tsukino-san, could I speak to you after class?" She looked at Setsuna blankly, and nodded.
The class seemed to pass by twice as fast as usual (Pluto had nothing to do with it), and in what seemed like only a few minutes, Setsuna was at her side again.
"Hime…" Usagi looked at the Time Guardian.
"I've got 23 days left before my birthday." She nodded.
"I wish I could help you, Usa-hime. But I can only tell you that he's in this dimension, and you see him everyday." Usagi slammed her fist down on the desk.
"Do you know just how many males I see everyday? This is practically impossible!" She broke down right then and there in tears. Setsuna hugged her comfortingly.
"I know, Usa-hime, I know. But he is closer to you than you think. Just don't give up hope, and I can guarantee that you will find him."