Part 2b: The project
(WARNING: Female/ female mentioning ahead. If this offends you, skip the second and third paragraphs. Thank you, you HAVE been warned, so don't email me saying that I didn't!)
Usagi was having one heck of a day. It was last period, and she REALLY didn't want to think about what had been occuring all day long. It was just too disturbing. But of course, the unwanted memories came back.
**earlier that day...** (before school)
Usagi had walked to school alone that day, and had seen her new-found friends, bt had been hesitant to go over there. It seemed that Relena was trying to perfect her glomping skills on Heero, but was failing miserably and was glomping everyone but him. She cautiously approached, but Relena tripped over a rock, and didn't notice it. She glomped onto a shocked Usagi and then said, "Heero!" She happily snuggled against Usagi, and Usagi was blushing a cherry red. People were staring, and it was awful. Relena was spueezing really tight, and she couldn't seem to gret free. "Relena," she fianlly gased, "I'm not Heero." She looked up to slowly, and saw that she was holding someone who happened to be wearing a skirt and had shapely femanine features. She then threw herself back, and people began to laugh.
"Wow, Heero, it looks like you won't have to worry about Relena glomping you any more! It seems that she likes girls better!" Usagi blushed deeper, and then said, "I'm not that way, so it doesn't matter. And I'm sure that Relena didn't mean to, either, so why don't you just shut your trap, Duo," she snapped with an edge to her voice. "Whoah! Just calm down, I didn't mean that I though that you were that way, long ears."
Usagi's temper flared for seemingly no reason. She didn't understand why, but she became very aggitated at that name. "LONG EARS?!" She stepped forward and he stepped back and said, "Now now, Usagi, let's not be too hast here..." Usagi heard the bell ring, but she was still upset. She gave him a final death glare, and then stalked off to first hour. Duo sighed with relief, he had been saved by the bell! They all split up, and went their own ways.
(lunch time)
"Oi, long ears! Come'ere and eat with us!" Duo was waving at her, but Usagi was still mad at him. And that stupid nickname only made it worse. She stuck her tongue out at him and pulled down the corner of her left eye. She gave him a rasberry, and then turned around to see the principal glaring at her. "Young lady, we do not tolerate vulgar signs at this school. This time you'll get lunch detention. Next time it'll be suspension." "NANI???!!!" Usagi couldn't believe it, what vulgar signs? She had just been telling Duo that he could go and- Her thoughts were interupted as he began to haul her off. "Yes, miss, now I suggest thst you behave from now on."
Usagi glared at Duo all the while until she couldn't see him any more. And even then, she glared at the walls, sure that he could feel her eyes on his back.
Meanwhile, Duo was fidgeting. "Make her stop!" "Who stop what," Quatre asked in confusion. "Usagi, she's glaring at me through the wall!" He began to fidget more until it looked like he was doing some sort of dance while sitting indian style.
**end**
Usagi hadn't talked to him once, and refused to let him come near. She was thoroughly mad at him, and didn't intend on having anything to do with him until he grew up. "Oi, Usagi!" He was weaving his hand in frnt of her face, and looked pretty desperate. She ignored him for as long as possible, and then said, "What is it?" "Oh, please! Ya gotta save me! Wufei's going to beat me up! Pleeeeeeaaaaaaasse, Usagi! Please?" He was down on one knee now, and had Usagi's left hand in his two hands. A couple of girls walked in and stared. Usagi blinked, and they burst into laughter. "Sorry if we're interrupting anything!" They began to snicker, and Duo said, "Awww, get lost ya blonde ditzes!" The girls huffed and looked miffed, but they left all the same. Usagi arched an eyebrow. "And what's so bad about being blonde, Hmm?"
Duo sweatdropped, and said, "There's nothing wrong with it, it's just when they act like... like... airheads!" Usagi smiled despite herself, and then he said, "Oh, please help me just this once! And- and I promise I'll owe you forever and ever, and I'll make it up to you somehow!" He gave her a puppydog face, and Usagi laughed at the site he made. "All right! I'll help you... you do know that I wasn't THAT mad at you earlier, understand? But, anyways, you owe me big time after this. And part of the deal is going to be that you NEVER make fun of my name or hairstyle ever again. Got it?" "Yes ma'am!"
"MAXWELL!!!!!" They both turned to see an enraged Wufei standing at the doorway. "Sheesh," Usagi whispered out of the corner of her mouth, "he looks like he's ready to spout steam at any time now." Duo nodded slightly, but then gave Wufei a big, but extremely nervous, smile, and said, " He he... hiya Wufei, old buddy, old pal of mine! How are ya?" "Maxwell, prepare to die!" Usagi then stepped in and said in a reprimanding voice, "Wufei! You otta be ashamed (sp?) of yourself! Picking on poor little defensless Duo!" "Hey!" Duo looked irritated at her. " I'm not defenseless!" Wufei's eyes norrowed, and then he scoffed at Duo. " Pathetic, Maxwell! You had to get a weak onna to help you? Ha!" Usagi got very mad out of nowhere, and retorted in a spiteful tone, "Hey! I'm stronger than you'll EVER be, so why don't you just go and shut your pie hole, you loser!"
While their little conversation had been going on, people had shown up the potential fight, that looked like it might possibly be very rich indeed. Quatre was standing at the doorway with Trow and Heero. Relena as well had come to try and stop the commotion. They had heard everything since Wufei had shown up, and were quite shocked at Usagi's little speech. In fact, all of the onlookers and instigators had shut up and stopped betting. They all just stod stock still, knowing that Wufei was well-known for his fighting skills. Usagi knew that she had made a mistake, but didn't let her fear show.
Wufei sputtered for some sort of comeback, but couldn't find one. Usagi was surprised but pleased as she saw a slow, light blush beginning to form on his face, and it gave her more courage. All the while, whispers were growing louder. The bell rang, but no one came in. Everyone was watching what had become a staring contest. The teacher finally squeezed in through the crowd, and said, "All right, that's enough. You've had your time, and now you're taking up mine. Everyone sit down, please." The students all filed in in a hushed sort of way, btu watched the two in the middle of the floor. "Please, I know that couples have their differences all the time, but you two MUST sit down." It was finally Wufei who broke the contest, and sat down. Usagi turned to face the man who had spoken to her. " Sir, you have things all wrong. He's not my boyfriend. He never has been, nor will he ever be if he doesn't stop being such a sexist." There were oohs and chuckles coming from all over the room, and Usagi sat down and held her head high. She had just come out of her first tiff here with her dignity intact, and that boosted her confidence a bit.
The man blinked, and then said, "Well then... we'll just have to see about that..." Usagi frowned, she could almost SEE the little gears turning in this man's mind. He went up to the front, and then sat down on his stool. "As you all know, this year we will be doing the Electronic Baby Project and-," he was interrupted by groans coming from many of the males, and some of the girl's heads thunked on their desks. "Ahh, I see that some of you are skeptical about this. Well, don't you worry, by the time I'm done with you all you'll be wonderful parents!" Usagi stared at the man for a moment and then sweatdropped, and then felt a little lightbulb turn on. Oi! He wouldn't pair me up with that baka (jerk, idiot) seisabetsu-shugisha (sexist), Wufei, now would he? (Of course he would! Cuz I'm going to make him do it! ^_~) He began to pair up people, according to how they got along with others. Relena and Heero, Quatre and some slut named Cheril, Trowa and one of the ditzes that had made fun of her and Duo, Duo and a shy timid girl name Marie, and and Wufei with her. When the teacher had called that out, Wufei jumped up and said, "Injustice!" Usagi just slowly grabbed her belongings in resignation and sat down beside Wufei who was trying to make her die from his laser glare. She gave the teacher a final look and said, "This means war." She then turned around and gave Wufei the stoniest look that she could manage without cracking up at him and the ironicy of the situation, and then proceeded to ignore him.
He then handed out everyone's babies, setting them up as he went along. When he came to Usagi and Wufei, he smirked at the two, and Usagi gave him a look that said purely, 'go to hell' (Sorry, I've made tones of those. I'm pretty good at it. What, did you expect for me to make her ompletely innocent? I have to change some things about her...) and Wufei was facing the wall pouting. "Here's your little girl-" " Subarashii, mo hitori yowai onna!" (" Wonderful, another weak woman!") Usagi turned, and gave him a 'drop dead, you jerk' look, and said, "Damare (shut up), Wufei." SHe then accepted the little doll, and said, " I was serious before about what I said. I'm going to get even with you for this." He laughed and said, "I'm sure you will, most people do. But you may not want to..." "Why not?" "Because I'm a very good match maker." "NANI? OI, you think that I'd fall for that-" She was cut off by the teacher putting his hand over her mouth. "Miss, I'mm sure that you realize that people who don't get along with in the beginning have a fifty fifty chance of becoming a couple? That's what I try to do here. Unless i see you having bigger problems with other students, this is where you stay." "Demo, that's not fair!" "I know. That's why i do it." He then walked off, laughing loudly like a pompous jerk who had utterly no cares in the world. She glowered in rage, and then muttered under her breath, "Oh, believe me, you'll get yours, jerkwad. Just you wait and see, as soon as I get a decent can of shving cream, toilet paper, and your adress, me an' Duo'll go out and make you regret this." The baby then began to wail, and Usagi sweatdropped. "Funny, it sounds just like a police siren." "Make it shut up, on'na!" " I have a name, and if you want me to do anything for you then you'll use it." "No." "Fine then, handle the aka-chan (baby) yourself." The bell for school to end rang, and Usagi grabbed her bookbag, and then headed for the door confidently. She heard Wufei call her a yowai on'na (weak woman) again, and she just stuck her tongue out at him while pulling down her left bottom eyelid and left him to the task of taking care of the aka-chan.
(WARNING: Female/ female mentioning ahead. If this offends you, skip the second and third paragraphs. Thank you, you HAVE been warned, so don't email me saying that I didn't!)
Usagi was having one heck of a day. It was last period, and she REALLY didn't want to think about what had been occuring all day long. It was just too disturbing. But of course, the unwanted memories came back.
**earlier that day...** (before school)
Usagi had walked to school alone that day, and had seen her new-found friends, bt had been hesitant to go over there. It seemed that Relena was trying to perfect her glomping skills on Heero, but was failing miserably and was glomping everyone but him. She cautiously approached, but Relena tripped over a rock, and didn't notice it. She glomped onto a shocked Usagi and then said, "Heero!" She happily snuggled against Usagi, and Usagi was blushing a cherry red. People were staring, and it was awful. Relena was spueezing really tight, and she couldn't seem to gret free. "Relena," she fianlly gased, "I'm not Heero." She looked up to slowly, and saw that she was holding someone who happened to be wearing a skirt and had shapely femanine features. She then threw herself back, and people began to laugh.
"Wow, Heero, it looks like you won't have to worry about Relena glomping you any more! It seems that she likes girls better!" Usagi blushed deeper, and then said, "I'm not that way, so it doesn't matter. And I'm sure that Relena didn't mean to, either, so why don't you just shut your trap, Duo," she snapped with an edge to her voice. "Whoah! Just calm down, I didn't mean that I though that you were that way, long ears."
Usagi's temper flared for seemingly no reason. She didn't understand why, but she became very aggitated at that name. "LONG EARS?!" She stepped forward and he stepped back and said, "Now now, Usagi, let's not be too hast here..." Usagi heard the bell ring, but she was still upset. She gave him a final death glare, and then stalked off to first hour. Duo sighed with relief, he had been saved by the bell! They all split up, and went their own ways.
(lunch time)
"Oi, long ears! Come'ere and eat with us!" Duo was waving at her, but Usagi was still mad at him. And that stupid nickname only made it worse. She stuck her tongue out at him and pulled down the corner of her left eye. She gave him a rasberry, and then turned around to see the principal glaring at her. "Young lady, we do not tolerate vulgar signs at this school. This time you'll get lunch detention. Next time it'll be suspension." "NANI???!!!" Usagi couldn't believe it, what vulgar signs? She had just been telling Duo that he could go and- Her thoughts were interupted as he began to haul her off. "Yes, miss, now I suggest thst you behave from now on."
Usagi glared at Duo all the while until she couldn't see him any more. And even then, she glared at the walls, sure that he could feel her eyes on his back.
Meanwhile, Duo was fidgeting. "Make her stop!" "Who stop what," Quatre asked in confusion. "Usagi, she's glaring at me through the wall!" He began to fidget more until it looked like he was doing some sort of dance while sitting indian style.
**end**
Usagi hadn't talked to him once, and refused to let him come near. She was thoroughly mad at him, and didn't intend on having anything to do with him until he grew up. "Oi, Usagi!" He was weaving his hand in frnt of her face, and looked pretty desperate. She ignored him for as long as possible, and then said, "What is it?" "Oh, please! Ya gotta save me! Wufei's going to beat me up! Pleeeeeeaaaaaaasse, Usagi! Please?" He was down on one knee now, and had Usagi's left hand in his two hands. A couple of girls walked in and stared. Usagi blinked, and they burst into laughter. "Sorry if we're interrupting anything!" They began to snicker, and Duo said, "Awww, get lost ya blonde ditzes!" The girls huffed and looked miffed, but they left all the same. Usagi arched an eyebrow. "And what's so bad about being blonde, Hmm?"
Duo sweatdropped, and said, "There's nothing wrong with it, it's just when they act like... like... airheads!" Usagi smiled despite herself, and then he said, "Oh, please help me just this once! And- and I promise I'll owe you forever and ever, and I'll make it up to you somehow!" He gave her a puppydog face, and Usagi laughed at the site he made. "All right! I'll help you... you do know that I wasn't THAT mad at you earlier, understand? But, anyways, you owe me big time after this. And part of the deal is going to be that you NEVER make fun of my name or hairstyle ever again. Got it?" "Yes ma'am!"
"MAXWELL!!!!!" They both turned to see an enraged Wufei standing at the doorway. "Sheesh," Usagi whispered out of the corner of her mouth, "he looks like he's ready to spout steam at any time now." Duo nodded slightly, but then gave Wufei a big, but extremely nervous, smile, and said, " He he... hiya Wufei, old buddy, old pal of mine! How are ya?" "Maxwell, prepare to die!" Usagi then stepped in and said in a reprimanding voice, "Wufei! You otta be ashamed (sp?) of yourself! Picking on poor little defensless Duo!" "Hey!" Duo looked irritated at her. " I'm not defenseless!" Wufei's eyes norrowed, and then he scoffed at Duo. " Pathetic, Maxwell! You had to get a weak onna to help you? Ha!" Usagi got very mad out of nowhere, and retorted in a spiteful tone, "Hey! I'm stronger than you'll EVER be, so why don't you just go and shut your pie hole, you loser!"
While their little conversation had been going on, people had shown up the potential fight, that looked like it might possibly be very rich indeed. Quatre was standing at the doorway with Trow and Heero. Relena as well had come to try and stop the commotion. They had heard everything since Wufei had shown up, and were quite shocked at Usagi's little speech. In fact, all of the onlookers and instigators had shut up and stopped betting. They all just stod stock still, knowing that Wufei was well-known for his fighting skills. Usagi knew that she had made a mistake, but didn't let her fear show.
Wufei sputtered for some sort of comeback, but couldn't find one. Usagi was surprised but pleased as she saw a slow, light blush beginning to form on his face, and it gave her more courage. All the while, whispers were growing louder. The bell rang, but no one came in. Everyone was watching what had become a staring contest. The teacher finally squeezed in through the crowd, and said, "All right, that's enough. You've had your time, and now you're taking up mine. Everyone sit down, please." The students all filed in in a hushed sort of way, btu watched the two in the middle of the floor. "Please, I know that couples have their differences all the time, but you two MUST sit down." It was finally Wufei who broke the contest, and sat down. Usagi turned to face the man who had spoken to her. " Sir, you have things all wrong. He's not my boyfriend. He never has been, nor will he ever be if he doesn't stop being such a sexist." There were oohs and chuckles coming from all over the room, and Usagi sat down and held her head high. She had just come out of her first tiff here with her dignity intact, and that boosted her confidence a bit.
The man blinked, and then said, "Well then... we'll just have to see about that..." Usagi frowned, she could almost SEE the little gears turning in this man's mind. He went up to the front, and then sat down on his stool. "As you all know, this year we will be doing the Electronic Baby Project and-," he was interrupted by groans coming from many of the males, and some of the girl's heads thunked on their desks. "Ahh, I see that some of you are skeptical about this. Well, don't you worry, by the time I'm done with you all you'll be wonderful parents!" Usagi stared at the man for a moment and then sweatdropped, and then felt a little lightbulb turn on. Oi! He wouldn't pair me up with that baka (jerk, idiot) seisabetsu-shugisha (sexist), Wufei, now would he? (Of course he would! Cuz I'm going to make him do it! ^_~) He began to pair up people, according to how they got along with others. Relena and Heero, Quatre and some slut named Cheril, Trowa and one of the ditzes that had made fun of her and Duo, Duo and a shy timid girl name Marie, and and Wufei with her. When the teacher had called that out, Wufei jumped up and said, "Injustice!" Usagi just slowly grabbed her belongings in resignation and sat down beside Wufei who was trying to make her die from his laser glare. She gave the teacher a final look and said, "This means war." She then turned around and gave Wufei the stoniest look that she could manage without cracking up at him and the ironicy of the situation, and then proceeded to ignore him.
He then handed out everyone's babies, setting them up as he went along. When he came to Usagi and Wufei, he smirked at the two, and Usagi gave him a look that said purely, 'go to hell' (Sorry, I've made tones of those. I'm pretty good at it. What, did you expect for me to make her ompletely innocent? I have to change some things about her...) and Wufei was facing the wall pouting. "Here's your little girl-" " Subarashii, mo hitori yowai onna!" (" Wonderful, another weak woman!") Usagi turned, and gave him a 'drop dead, you jerk' look, and said, "Damare (shut up), Wufei." SHe then accepted the little doll, and said, " I was serious before about what I said. I'm going to get even with you for this." He laughed and said, "I'm sure you will, most people do. But you may not want to..." "Why not?" "Because I'm a very good match maker." "NANI? OI, you think that I'd fall for that-" She was cut off by the teacher putting his hand over her mouth. "Miss, I'mm sure that you realize that people who don't get along with in the beginning have a fifty fifty chance of becoming a couple? That's what I try to do here. Unless i see you having bigger problems with other students, this is where you stay." "Demo, that's not fair!" "I know. That's why i do it." He then walked off, laughing loudly like a pompous jerk who had utterly no cares in the world. She glowered in rage, and then muttered under her breath, "Oh, believe me, you'll get yours, jerkwad. Just you wait and see, as soon as I get a decent can of shving cream, toilet paper, and your adress, me an' Duo'll go out and make you regret this." The baby then began to wail, and Usagi sweatdropped. "Funny, it sounds just like a police siren." "Make it shut up, on'na!" " I have a name, and if you want me to do anything for you then you'll use it." "No." "Fine then, handle the aka-chan (baby) yourself." The bell for school to end rang, and Usagi grabbed her bookbag, and then headed for the door confidently. She heard Wufei call her a yowai on'na (weak woman) again, and she just stuck her tongue out at him while pulling down her left bottom eyelid and left him to the task of taking care of the aka-chan.