Don't Wanna Lose You Now - Part Seven
By: PhoenixStAr
Rating: Pg-13

Disclaimer: Sailormoon not mine. However, Fenikkusu Kirei *is* mine,
so please ask before you use her.

My email: kireiphoenix@hotmail.com

My site : http://takeoff.to/platinumphoenix
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Narrator's P.O.V.
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Usagi sat in her car, still holding the phone in a daze.
Makoto finally noticed, and tried to snap her out of it. "Hello?
Usagi-chan? Usa? WATCH THE ROAD!"

Usagi woke just in time to swerve the car to the right, just
missing a truck. "Gomen!"

"Who was that?"

"Mamoru..."

Makoto grinned. She realised what had gone on. "So? What
are you going to wear?"

"Well, you heard him! It's casual! I can't wear anything
to special, or he'll realise that I like him!"

"Don't you mean *love* him? And besides, the stuttering you
were doing on the phone gave that fact away a long time ago!"

The odangoed woman glared at her tall friend. "You're not
helping."

"Gomen!"

"Anyway, we're here. Help me carry Ami-chan?"

"Sure!"

"You're too perky for 4 a.m."

"Hai, usually I'd say so too, demo I need to help you with
your outfit for tomorrow, so of course I'll need to be as energetic
as possible!"

This so called 'conversation' continued while they rode the
elevator, meeting up with Minako and Rei, and up until they were
at Usagi's apartment.

"WILL YOU TWO JUST SHUT UP ALREADY?"

"Rei! Keep it down! My neighbours will kill you!"

Just as Usagi predicted, yells from the other apartments
started. "Will you keep it down?"

"Some people are trying to sleep!"

"Lousy kids."

Rei blushed, and the other girls, save for Ami, giggled.
Usagi fumbled in her purse for a while before finding her keys.
When she opened the door, she saw that the lights were on.

Usagi poked her head in cautiously while Minako asked her,
"Who else has the keys to your apartment?"

"No one...demo..." Out of the corner of her eye, she saw
a short figure with brown hair. "KIREI!!!"

"Onee-chan? AHH!!!! USA!!!!!"

The two women hugged tightly, then the elder asked, "What
are you doing here?"

"Well, I took the offer! I'll risk seeing *him*."

"So you'll be staying here and working at Tokyo General?"

"Yep!"

"Oh, I'm so rude! Ki, this is Rei, Minako, and Makoto.
Ami's the one that's passed out. Girls, this is Kirei, my best
friend from Toronto."

"Uh...introductions are great, but can I put Ami down?
She's heavier than you think!"

Gales of laughter echoed the walls while Usagi pointed to
the couch, clutching her stomach.

With Ami down on the couch, Makoto turned to Minako and
Rei while Usagi chatted with Kirei. "You guys got Mamoru
to call, didn't you?"

"He called already?"

"Hai, and Usa agreed."

"Usa? You agreed?"

Usagi looked up from her conversation. "Hai...why?"

"Oh, nothing. I'm just..uh..surprised that he asked so
soon!"

She walked over to the group of nervous women. "You
guys had something to do with this, didn't you?"

"Uh...well...it was Mina's idea!"

"Nani?!"

"Mina?"

"Hai, well...I..." Before Mina could stutter out an excuse,
Usagi crushed her in a hug.

"Arigato, arigato, arigato! Arigato gazaimasu!"

Though happy that her best friend was not mad at her, she
choked out, "Uh...you're welcome...just...onegai...air..."

"Oh, gomen..." Usagi sweatdropped.

Rei clapped her hands together. "So! What are we waiting
for? Let's choose tomorrow night's outfit!"

"What's to choose? He said *casual*!"

Rei looked at Usagi wide eyed, then seconds later, her eyes
darkened while she muttered to herself, "Casual. For the first date,
the baka chooses *casual*. Didn't he learn anything while going
out with Karla?"

"Why don't we get some sleep first?" Suggested Makoto wisely,
"I'm sure Kirei-san,"

Kirei interrupted, "Kirei-chan, or Ki-chan's fine."

Makoto smiled warmly, "I'm sure Kirei-chan's tired from her
trip, and that we're all tired from the party. We can get to Usagi's
wardrobe tomorrow."

Four women nodded warily and headed to their 'sleeping quarters'.

Meanwhile, at Mamoru's apartment...

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"Okay, okay. So it's all planned out. We'll eat at my apartment,
something simple. Nothing can screw up. I'll make something, and...
why am I talking to myself?"

Mamoru ran his hand through his hair (yet again). This girl was
driving him insane.

~*~ Night of the 'Big Date' ~*~

"GET AWAY FROM ME, REI!!!"

Anyone that saw the havoc that had been reaked upon the Tsukino
apartment would've laughed. Clothes were strewn all over the floor, a
blue haired woman was in a corner, holding her head from an obvious
hangover. A blonde with her hair in a bright red bow was looking through
a closet, with piles of clothes in one arm. A tall brunette was sifting
through a vanity chest, and a short brunette watching the whole scene
with a wicked smile playing at her lips. But that was not the most
interesting part of the scene.

What was it, you ask? Well, a raven haired beauty was chasing a
blonde haired doctor around the apartment, holding an iron curler
menacingly.

"Odango! Would you stop it? I'm just curling your hair!"

[whimper] "I don't wanna...those things *hurt*!"

"Not if you use it correctly! Mako!!"

The tall woman looked up from the wide selection of make up.
"Hai?"

"Hold her down for me?"

Usagi paled with fear. "Mako...you wouldn't...Mako? Onegai...iie!"

Makoto picked up Usagi and plopped her down in a seat. "Come on,
you know that Rei wouldn't hurt you," she said soothingly.

Usagi gave her a look.

"Okay," Makoto thought for a second, "You know Rei wouldn't hurt
you with anything other than a broom and her own slaps."

"Well..."

"Can it, Odango. Whether or not you like it, I am curling your
hair!"

Grudgingly, Usagi sat with her arms crossed as Makoto and Rei undid
her odangoes and curled her hair a bit, not making it too obvious that she
had done extra preparation for this date.

"Ooh! Minna-chan, what do you say about this little number?"
Mina held up black catsuit.

"Mina! I'm sorry, but IIE! Who do you think I am? One of the
Spice Girls???" (AN: Spice Girls not mine. Thank kami for that. :)

"Gomen. It was just a suggestion! Sheesh, if you won't wear
it, then what is it doing in your closet?" Mina rolled her eyes, then
they caught something. "Oh! This is *perfect*!"

"Not another one, Minako-chan, onegai."

"Iie, I'm serious, this will be perfect! Sort of innocent, yet
still sophisticated."

"I'm listening."

Mina pointed to an outfit. "See?"

"Surprisingly, you're right, Mina-chan."

"Huh? I wanna see it!"

"Stop moving, Odango, and let me finish curling your hair!"

"Demo I wanna see the outfit!" [whine]

After two more hours of similar conversation, Usagi was finally
ready. She wore a black miniskirt that had two little pockets in the
front which was outlined in white stitches. Her top was a tight turtle
necked sweater which had navy and baby blue stripes. Her face was
make up free, save for a dull lip gloss. Her hair was put up in a loose
bun, and using the curler, Rei had put a strand of delicate little
ringlets on each side of Usagi's face. Finishing off the outfit was a
pair of navy Mary Janes.

"Do I look okay?" Usagi pirouetted in front of the group.

"Perfect." Minako shot a 'V is for Victory' to her friend.

"Hai, now stop twirling, Odango! You'll ruin my ringlets!"

Makoto grinned as an idea formed in her head. "Well, Rei, even
if she *does* stop twirling, *someone* else will be ruining them instead."

"Mako-chan!" Usagi blushed a deep red.

Rei smirked. "You're right, Mako. Demo, Usa, you should still
leave it so that he has something to mess up."

"Ugh, you guys are impossible! Minako? Ami? Ki? Some support,
onegai?"

"Gomen, onee-chan. I've gotta agree with them."

[whine] "KIIIiiiii... Ami?"

"Well, knowing Mamoru-san..."

"Iie, not you too! I'm not even going to *ask*, Mina-chan."

"Nani? Why not?" Minako tried in vain to wipe the evil smile
off her face.

At that moment, as Usagi was about to retaliate, the doorbell
rang. "Oh my kami, he's here. Are you sure I look okay?"

Kirei sighed. "You look *fine*, onee-chan."

"Are you sure?"

"Iie, we're not, Odango. You grew a pimple the size of Tokyo in
the last five minutes."

"NANI?" Usagi rushed to a mirror.

Ami glared at Rei. "Rei-chan! That wasn't very nice."

"Hai, well I was getting sick of listening to her freaking out!"

The bell rang again. Usagi yelled, "REI-CHAN! DON'T LIE TO ME
LIKE THAT!!!!!!"

~*~ Meanwhile, on the other side of the door ~*~

"Arigato for coming with me, Motoki."

"You're welcome, demo what am I supposed to do later on? I bet
you that all her old friends are in there. You know, Rei, Minako, Makoto,
Ami...and I *really* don't want to get caught in there with them."

"Oh, you'll do fine. Besides, this is payback for all the blind
dates."

"Hey, not *all* your blind dates turned out bad! I mean, look
at Karla! You asked her to *marry* you!"

"Demo look how blind I was!"

"Love is blind, my friend."

"Hai, and you will be too, soon."

The sandy blond haired man backed off with his hands in the air,
motioning that he surrendered. "Okay, okay. Are you ready?"

"Iie. Kami, here goes nothing."

~*~ Back on the other side of the door ~*~

"I'll get it!" Kirei rushed to the door. Ami, Rei, Makoto, and
Minako were sitting on the plush white couch, eating popcorn and watching
a movie. "Save a seat for me, minna-chan."

While opening the door, she yelled, "HURRY UP, ONEE-CHAN!"
Hearing a muffled response that sounded something like 'on my way', she
turned to the now open door. "Konn'wa Mamor-" She was cut off when she
saw someone whom she thought she would never see again. "T-Toki?"

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Author's Notes: So...how'd you like? Comments, suggestions,
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