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~*Getting to Know You*~
~*Chapter Seven: Alone *~
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Usagi Tsukino smiled as she walked home from school. The Three Lights were absent that day
and Usagi knew that all three of them weren't sick.
'Well, it doesn't matter right now.' Usagi thought. 'I can't but help to wonder if Seiya
really did say 'Goodbye Usagi', maybe he is done with the 'Odango' thing, I hope so.
Well, it's good to know that he knows my name!' Usagi smiled at this thought as she opened
the door to her home.
"Mama, I'm home!" Usagi called as she opened the door, she was in a great mood! She then
noticed the worried expression on her mother's face. "What's wrong?"
"I was waiting for you to get home. Chibi-chibi is missing!" Her mother, yelled.
"She's WHAT?" Usagi asked. Chibi-chibi was Usagi's little sister. Chibi-chibi was about
two and couldn't talk much. "Where's Shingo? He should be helping!" Shingo was Usagi's
twelve year old brother.
"He's out at a friend's. We better go look for her!"
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"How did this happen?!" Usagi asked as her mother locked the door.
"I don't know. We were out grocery shopping. When I got home I asked her what I should make
for dinner and she wasn't there!"
"She must have drifted off somewhere! I'll search the town and you can go see if anything
came up at the police station!"
"Okay."
Usagi ran to the right as her mother ran to the left.
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Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki were the chief policemen for the day. The three had split up looking
for trouble.
That's when Seiya spotted a mysterious little girl. She was by herself, lost.
"Hello there." Seiya smiled.
"Hello there." The girl began to mimic him.
"What's your name?"
"name?" The girl laughed. She had red hair in two heart-shaped buns. She looked around two.
He carried the tiny girl on his back.
"Chibi-chibi!" The girl called as she laughed.
"Where's your family?" Seiya asked.
"...family?" The girl laughed.
"You remind me of someone." Seiya said as he continued to carry her to the police station.
"...Someone."
"You remind me of a certain girl. You look like her so much."
"...so much!"
"That's a compliment because she is a beautiful girl."
"...girl! Chibi chibi!"
"Your cute."
"Seiya-kun!"
Seiya turned when he heard a familar voice. "Odango?"
"...So your not done with those nicknames are you?" Usagi pouted.
"Well, what is it? Being a cheif of police is a busy job."
"So, that's why you three were absent today!"
Seiya nodded.
"Well, I'd like you to hand me back my little sister. My mother is really worried."
"So this is your little sister?" Seiya asked as he handed Chibi-chibi to Usagi. "No
wonder you two look so similar."
Usagi smiled. "It's okay now, Chibi-chibi-chan."
"So her name is Chibi-chibi?" Seiya asked.
"...Name is Chibi-chibi!" Chibi-chibi laughed.
"My mother is at the police station." Usagi smiled. "I better go tell her that I've found
Chibi-chibi."
"I'll go with you." Seiya smiled. "After all I am a policeman today."
"Being an idol is hard, isn't it?" Usagi asked.
Seiya nodded. "Your always being set up to do special services and you always move from
town to town. I hope we can stay here for awhile. This is city is nice."
"...city is nice!" Chibi-chibi laughed.
Usagi blushed. "I hope you stay too." Usagi's thoughts began to drift off again. "I wonder
if it's harder to be a college student."
"What do you mean?" Seiya asked.
"Mamo-chan... He hasn't written me in two months."
"Odango, I'm sorry."
"I know that he said he'd be busy, but two months. I've written him so much. You'd think
that if he had the time to read them that he'd write back. I guess not..."
"Odango..."
Usagi's worries suddenly turned into a smile. "Well, Chibi-chibi-chan, Mama is in there."
"Chibi-chibi!" The little girl laughed as she jumped out of Usagi's arms and ran up
to her mother.
"I found her!" Usagi yelled.
"Thank you for helping, Usagi-chan." Usagi's mother smiled now that Chibi-chibi was found.
"You didn't do it on you own." Seiya scolded.
Usagi gave off a sweatdrop... "I know, I know... Mama, Seiya-kun helped me too."
"Oh, well thank you." Usagi's mother smiled. "I better be going home... Usagi-chan, don't
stay out too late."
"I won't." Usagi assured. "Goodbye, Mama."
"Goodbye Usagi." Her mother replied before heading out the door.
"...Usagi!" Chibi-chibi laughed.
"She's cute." Seiya smiled. "... your sister."
"Thank you." Usagi replied. "Even if your an idol like that, you shouldn't be avoiding school
so often!"
"Odango, it's my job."
"Sure... Well, where are the other two?"
"They're still out."
"Oh." Usagi smiled as she looked at her fingers. Her ring... was gone. "SEIYA-KUN!"
"Odango, what is it?"
"My ring... the ring from Mamo-chan. I must have left it at school!"
"Where did you leave it?!" Seiya asked.
"I don't know, I had it... Then those two girls from our school... I don't know if you
know them... I think their names were Reiko and Akane. Well, Reiko asked to see my ring I
agreed, I put my hand out and let her look. Akane then called me from a distance and I guess
that Reiko must have took it." Usagi began to cry. "Seiya-kun! That ring was from my Mamo-chan!"
"I know. Usagi, let's go over to the school... Maybe those two are still there. If not,
then we can look them up in the directory." Seiya paused. "Usagi, please don't cry. I
know how much this ring means to you and I will get it back."
"Thank you, Seiya-kun." Usagi replied. 'He called me Usagi again...' Usagi then started to
smile... for him.
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Once the two arrived, Seiya began to search with Usagi behind.
"Where did they take it?" Seiya asked.
"Outside, during lunch."
"Okay, I'll look for them in the classrooms and outside while you search the roof, the gym,
the library, and the lunchroom."
Usagi nodded her head as she ran towards the lunchroom.
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"Akane-san, are you sure that Usagi will find us up here?" Reiko asked from the rooftop. "We've
been waiting for five hours. Maybe the ring doesn't mean anything to her."
"We have to redeem ourselfs." Akane responded.
"Why?"
"Remember when you gave Usagi your ticket? We are still being taunted by the others about it!"
"Oh... yeah." Reiko sighed. "I'm getting hungry."
"YOUR ALWAYS HUNGRY!" Akane snapped.
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"Damn." Seiya cursed. "It's not in this room either."
He had gone through five rooms and nothing yet. Seiya had no choice but to search until he found
the ring or Akane and Reiko.
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"I can't find it"! Usagi cried as she walked out of the gym. "The only place left is the
rooftop..."
Usagi sighed as she climbed up the stairs.
"Hello, is anyone here?" Usagi asked.
"It's about time you showed up!" Akane yelled.
"I was getting tired of waiting..." Reiko whined.
"Uh, excuse me..." Usagi began. "Reiko-san, when you wanted to see my ring... I think you
took it by mistake... You see it means a lot to me and I was wondering if you have
seen it..."
"Yeah," Akane answered. "It's right here." Akane pulled the ring out of pocket as Usagi
ran towards her.
"Give it back!" Usagi cried.
Akane then threw the ring at Reiko. Reiko caught it.
"I'm sorry Usagi-san..." Reiko sighed. "We have nothing against you really... It's
just Ginga's orders."
"What do you mean?" Usagi yelled she ran towards Reiko... where her ring was.
Reiko then threw the ring back at Akane. "I'm sorry." Reiko repeated as she grabbed Usagi
to hold her in place.
Akane pulled out her gun. "I don't know... Let's have it this way, you leave this city
and bring the Three Lights along... You get to live and have your ring back. If not you'll
die."
"Akane, you better not miss!" Reiko cried. "I'll be hit!"
"Don't worry, Reiko-chan. I have perfect aim." Akane winked.
"I don't want any of this! My family lives here! I grew up here!" Usagi screamed.
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"Odango!" Seiya called. 'Where is she?'
"Usagi!" Seiya called as he heard the screams from the roof.
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Usagi kept screaming. "Please don't shoot me! I have my friend, my family... Mamo-chan..."
"Well, I'm waiting for your answer..." Akane protested.
"Usagi?!"
"Seiya-kun!" Usagi screamed as Seiya entered the room.
"I don't know what you girls are doing, but leave Usagi alone!" Seiya commanded.
Akane screamed. "I'll kill you. Both of you."
"You wouldn't." Seiya laughed. "You forget what comes with being cheif of police
for a day." Seiya pulled his gun from his pocket. "You will give Usagi her ring. Or I'LL
kill you."
"Damn." Akane cursed. "There is no way out of this." Akane through the ring back at Usagi.
"It's funny really." Akane laughed. "Nezu told us that your "boyfriend" hasn't written you in
two months. That's pathetic. If he really loved you, he would've found a way. He hates you. Usagi,
everyone hates you. You're alone in this world."
"We'll be back." Reiko smiled as she re-joined with her partner. The two of them left the building.
"I'm sorry about all of this, Usagi." Seiya explained. "I can't believe that they would..."
Usagi fell to her knees. "Akane's right."
"What do you mean?" Seiya asked as he knelt down in front of her.
"It's true. I'm trouble. When I think about Mamo-chan, I think that I can make by myself alone.
I'm not so strong. Seiya, I'm not so strong!" Usagi began to cry.
It began to rain harder.
"Usagi, you're not alone." Seiya conforted her. "You're not alone."
"Seiya..."
"Am I not good enough?" Seiya asked. "Am I not good enough?"
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~*Getting to Know You*~
~*Chapter Seven: Alone *~
---------------------------
Usagi Tsukino smiled as she walked home from school. The Three Lights were absent that day
and Usagi knew that all three of them weren't sick.
'Well, it doesn't matter right now.' Usagi thought. 'I can't but help to wonder if Seiya
really did say 'Goodbye Usagi', maybe he is done with the 'Odango' thing, I hope so.
Well, it's good to know that he knows my name!' Usagi smiled at this thought as she opened
the door to her home.
"Mama, I'm home!" Usagi called as she opened the door, she was in a great mood! She then
noticed the worried expression on her mother's face. "What's wrong?"
"I was waiting for you to get home. Chibi-chibi is missing!" Her mother, yelled.
"She's WHAT?" Usagi asked. Chibi-chibi was Usagi's little sister. Chibi-chibi was about
two and couldn't talk much. "Where's Shingo? He should be helping!" Shingo was Usagi's
twelve year old brother.
"He's out at a friend's. We better go look for her!"
-------------------------
"How did this happen?!" Usagi asked as her mother locked the door.
"I don't know. We were out grocery shopping. When I got home I asked her what I should make
for dinner and she wasn't there!"
"She must have drifted off somewhere! I'll search the town and you can go see if anything
came up at the police station!"
"Okay."
Usagi ran to the right as her mother ran to the left.
-----------------------
Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki were the chief policemen for the day. The three had split up looking
for trouble.
That's when Seiya spotted a mysterious little girl. She was by herself, lost.
"Hello there." Seiya smiled.
"Hello there." The girl began to mimic him.
"What's your name?"
"name?" The girl laughed. She had red hair in two heart-shaped buns. She looked around two.
He carried the tiny girl on his back.
"Chibi-chibi!" The girl called as she laughed.
"Where's your family?" Seiya asked.
"...family?" The girl laughed.
"You remind me of someone." Seiya said as he continued to carry her to the police station.
"...Someone."
"You remind me of a certain girl. You look like her so much."
"...so much!"
"That's a compliment because she is a beautiful girl."
"...girl! Chibi chibi!"
"Your cute."
"Seiya-kun!"
Seiya turned when he heard a familar voice. "Odango?"
"...So your not done with those nicknames are you?" Usagi pouted.
"Well, what is it? Being a cheif of police is a busy job."
"So, that's why you three were absent today!"
Seiya nodded.
"Well, I'd like you to hand me back my little sister. My mother is really worried."
"So this is your little sister?" Seiya asked as he handed Chibi-chibi to Usagi. "No
wonder you two look so similar."
Usagi smiled. "It's okay now, Chibi-chibi-chan."
"So her name is Chibi-chibi?" Seiya asked.
"...Name is Chibi-chibi!" Chibi-chibi laughed.
"My mother is at the police station." Usagi smiled. "I better go tell her that I've found
Chibi-chibi."
"I'll go with you." Seiya smiled. "After all I am a policeman today."
"Being an idol is hard, isn't it?" Usagi asked.
Seiya nodded. "Your always being set up to do special services and you always move from
town to town. I hope we can stay here for awhile. This is city is nice."
"...city is nice!" Chibi-chibi laughed.
Usagi blushed. "I hope you stay too." Usagi's thoughts began to drift off again. "I wonder
if it's harder to be a college student."
"What do you mean?" Seiya asked.
"Mamo-chan... He hasn't written me in two months."
"Odango, I'm sorry."
"I know that he said he'd be busy, but two months. I've written him so much. You'd think
that if he had the time to read them that he'd write back. I guess not..."
"Odango..."
Usagi's worries suddenly turned into a smile. "Well, Chibi-chibi-chan, Mama is in there."
"Chibi-chibi!" The little girl laughed as she jumped out of Usagi's arms and ran up
to her mother.
"I found her!" Usagi yelled.
"Thank you for helping, Usagi-chan." Usagi's mother smiled now that Chibi-chibi was found.
"You didn't do it on you own." Seiya scolded.
Usagi gave off a sweatdrop... "I know, I know... Mama, Seiya-kun helped me too."
"Oh, well thank you." Usagi's mother smiled. "I better be going home... Usagi-chan, don't
stay out too late."
"I won't." Usagi assured. "Goodbye, Mama."
"Goodbye Usagi." Her mother replied before heading out the door.
"...Usagi!" Chibi-chibi laughed.
"She's cute." Seiya smiled. "... your sister."
"Thank you." Usagi replied. "Even if your an idol like that, you shouldn't be avoiding school
so often!"
"Odango, it's my job."
"Sure... Well, where are the other two?"
"They're still out."
"Oh." Usagi smiled as she looked at her fingers. Her ring... was gone. "SEIYA-KUN!"
"Odango, what is it?"
"My ring... the ring from Mamo-chan. I must have left it at school!"
"Where did you leave it?!" Seiya asked.
"I don't know, I had it... Then those two girls from our school... I don't know if you
know them... I think their names were Reiko and Akane. Well, Reiko asked to see my ring I
agreed, I put my hand out and let her look. Akane then called me from a distance and I guess
that Reiko must have took it." Usagi began to cry. "Seiya-kun! That ring was from my Mamo-chan!"
"I know. Usagi, let's go over to the school... Maybe those two are still there. If not,
then we can look them up in the directory." Seiya paused. "Usagi, please don't cry. I
know how much this ring means to you and I will get it back."
"Thank you, Seiya-kun." Usagi replied. 'He called me Usagi again...' Usagi then started to
smile... for him.
-----------------
Once the two arrived, Seiya began to search with Usagi behind.
"Where did they take it?" Seiya asked.
"Outside, during lunch."
"Okay, I'll look for them in the classrooms and outside while you search the roof, the gym,
the library, and the lunchroom."
Usagi nodded her head as she ran towards the lunchroom.
-----------------
"Akane-san, are you sure that Usagi will find us up here?" Reiko asked from the rooftop. "We've
been waiting for five hours. Maybe the ring doesn't mean anything to her."
"We have to redeem ourselfs." Akane responded.
"Why?"
"Remember when you gave Usagi your ticket? We are still being taunted by the others about it!"
"Oh... yeah." Reiko sighed. "I'm getting hungry."
"YOUR ALWAYS HUNGRY!" Akane snapped.
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"Damn." Seiya cursed. "It's not in this room either."
He had gone through five rooms and nothing yet. Seiya had no choice but to search until he found
the ring or Akane and Reiko.
-------------
"I can't find it"! Usagi cried as she walked out of the gym. "The only place left is the
rooftop..."
Usagi sighed as she climbed up the stairs.
"Hello, is anyone here?" Usagi asked.
"It's about time you showed up!" Akane yelled.
"I was getting tired of waiting..." Reiko whined.
"Uh, excuse me..." Usagi began. "Reiko-san, when you wanted to see my ring... I think you
took it by mistake... You see it means a lot to me and I was wondering if you have
seen it..."
"Yeah," Akane answered. "It's right here." Akane pulled the ring out of pocket as Usagi
ran towards her.
"Give it back!" Usagi cried.
Akane then threw the ring at Reiko. Reiko caught it.
"I'm sorry Usagi-san..." Reiko sighed. "We have nothing against you really... It's
just Ginga's orders."
"What do you mean?" Usagi yelled she ran towards Reiko... where her ring was.
Reiko then threw the ring back at Akane. "I'm sorry." Reiko repeated as she grabbed Usagi
to hold her in place.
Akane pulled out her gun. "I don't know... Let's have it this way, you leave this city
and bring the Three Lights along... You get to live and have your ring back. If not you'll
die."
"Akane, you better not miss!" Reiko cried. "I'll be hit!"
"Don't worry, Reiko-chan. I have perfect aim." Akane winked.
"I don't want any of this! My family lives here! I grew up here!" Usagi screamed.
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"Odango!" Seiya called. 'Where is she?'
"Usagi!" Seiya called as he heard the screams from the roof.
----------
Usagi kept screaming. "Please don't shoot me! I have my friend, my family... Mamo-chan..."
"Well, I'm waiting for your answer..." Akane protested.
"Usagi?!"
"Seiya-kun!" Usagi screamed as Seiya entered the room.
"I don't know what you girls are doing, but leave Usagi alone!" Seiya commanded.
Akane screamed. "I'll kill you. Both of you."
"You wouldn't." Seiya laughed. "You forget what comes with being cheif of police
for a day." Seiya pulled his gun from his pocket. "You will give Usagi her ring. Or I'LL
kill you."
"Damn." Akane cursed. "There is no way out of this." Akane through the ring back at Usagi.
"It's funny really." Akane laughed. "Nezu told us that your "boyfriend" hasn't written you in
two months. That's pathetic. If he really loved you, he would've found a way. He hates you. Usagi,
everyone hates you. You're alone in this world."
"We'll be back." Reiko smiled as she re-joined with her partner. The two of them left the building.
"I'm sorry about all of this, Usagi." Seiya explained. "I can't believe that they would..."
Usagi fell to her knees. "Akane's right."
"What do you mean?" Seiya asked as he knelt down in front of her.
"It's true. I'm trouble. When I think about Mamo-chan, I think that I can make by myself alone.
I'm not so strong. Seiya, I'm not so strong!" Usagi began to cry.
It began to rain harder.
"Usagi, you're not alone." Seiya conforted her. "You're not alone."
"Seiya..."
"Am I not good enough?" Seiya asked. "Am I not good enough?"
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