5b: It'll all be okay.
The next school morning found Usagi talking to some girls that she hardly knew- a bunch of peace-loving, sappy weaklings that were Relena's friends. They were off on some wild tangent about global dissarment- a nice thought, but a fairly far stretch from reality. No country would agree to leave itself as a sitting duck to another one. It would take a miracle for Relena to actually get it to happen.
And then Relena announced the boys' arrival by screeching 'Heero!'- well, something more like "HEEEEEEERRRROOOOOOOOO!!!"- and running off. Some of the girls followed, and some stayed, but Usagi found herself backing away and trying to hide behind a large group of students. She couldn't find the courage to face them now.
As soon as the bell rang, Usagi dashed inside and went strait to her locker and then headed strait off to her fist period class without dilly-dallying. She spent her entire day doing this; playing an odd game of hide 'n' seek with her friends. Towards the end of the day, however, she found herself trapped- she had been seated toward the back, and Heero, Duo, and Trowa were all in this same class as her- not to mention further up than her.
When the bell that marked the end of the school day rang, Usagi jumped up and was about to run out of the class room as though the hell hounds were at her feet when she saw that she was already being blocked off by three of her best friends. None of them spoke as the other students filed out, talking excitedly. Only Relena lingered at the door, waiting for her precious 'HEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRROOOOOOO' to join her.
When he made a sign to her that clearly said, 'Get lost,' she took the hint, sent Usagi a dirty look, and left begrudgingly.
Usagi looked around the room to see that there was no one in there but the four of them- even the teacher had left. She avoided looking into any of their eyes, standing stiff and tense for long moments that stretched out like eons. It was finally Duo who broke the silence.
"Usa, when were you planning to tell us about... ya know," he asked, trying to catch her eyes with his cobalt ones. She gave him no answer, and finally he tried again.
"Usa, c'mon, we're your friends... we just wanna help you! You won't even talk to us... did you think we were going to hate you or something over something that wasn't your fault?"
Usagi looked down at her hands that were clutching her binder and books so tightly that her knuckles had turned white. That was exactly what she had thought- that they'd be disgusted that she was that weak, that stupid, that- that- It was too much. Usagi felt the burning hot tears collecting in her eyes, and she tried to blink them away, but instead they flew down her cheeks. And the thing was, they just kept coming.
She felt someone sitting her back down in her chair, and she could hear the far-off sounding of someone scolding Duo. Someone handed her a tissue, and in the back of her mind she recognised that she was accepting it. She sniffled and wiped her tears away, waiting for her eyes to unblurr.
When she could finally see properly again, she saw three concerned people looking down at her... well, one bashful and concerned Duo, a concerned Heero who looked a bit unsure of what he should be doing, and Trowa who looked slightly concerned, but mostly masked.
"Daijobu ka?," Heero softly asked.
Usagi nodded in response, sniffling again before wiping away all of the traces of her tears and giving them all a shaky yet reassuringly sunny smile. Duo grined back, Heero instantly relaxed somewhat and Trowa nodded, not revealing however it was that he felt
"Thanks, you guys. I don't think I could have asked for better friends than I already have."
She gathered all of the startled boys in for a group hug before smiling radiently once more and then dashing off to get her things and go.
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"Did you guys finally talk to her," an over-eager Quatre asked Heero, Trowa, and Duo as they came out of the building. Wufei approached in a detached manner, able to hide his interest about the subject all but a little.
"Why, gee, Quatre, it's good to see you, too! But yes, we did talk to her, and she's gonna be fine," Duo answered considering that Trowa and Heero had slid back into their emotionless, one-word sentences state.
Quatre blushed and apoligised, and they headed back to the place they called home- for now, at least.
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Usagi whistled as she made her way to the address she had been told to go to. As far as she could see, everything was going to be alright. She had a bunch of great friends, a family- as much as she needed of one, anyway- and the chance to regain her memories. And who knows, she said mentally, maybe I'll have a boyfriend, too...
She giggled slightly, and hurried up her pace until she reached the destinated place. When she got there, she was in for a bit of a shock.
It was like a large house that had come off of the street and into a sub-street, and was somewhat secluded. It had a very private and sterile feeling about it, and it made her nervous. There were large walls that ran around it that gave it an even stronger feeling of secrecy. There were no gates or iron bars- thank the heavens, Usagi thought, or else I'd be too scared to go in!- and the grass and bushes were a pretty, natural green as well, which was comforting.
She strode up to the large doors that stood without handles on them. They were huge, and made her feel so very, very insignificant. All in all, she wanted to leave- she was getting spooked. Usagi shook her head in determination, and looked over the door once more for a handle of some sort. When she found none, she decided to give up and leave. If Trieze was upset about it, then he could just sit on a pin- after all, how was a person to get into a place if they couldn't even find the handle to the stupid door?!
She heard the noise then. She looked around for the source of the noise, and then spotted the hedges. They were shaking oddly as if though some creature were walking through them, rustling the leaves. She felt her heart instantly speed up, and adrenaline surged through her body. She backed up on the porch, pressing up against the door in fright.
The bushes directly in front of her began to rattle dangerously, shaking and shivering and quaking. Despite herself and her efforts to try and calm herself down, her heart picked up its pace again. A vague memory came from seemingly nowhere of a strange, humanoid, half-liquid looking creature errupting from a large bush and coming strait at her leapt out from the darkest corners of her mind.
Her mouth became dry, and she fought with herself to try and cry out for help- but she came up with nothing but a strange croak. She squeezed her eyes shut as the thing came hurling out of the bushes at her and braced herself for the worst.
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Ha ha! Cliffie! Nyyyyyaaaa! 10 reviews or I swear I won't continue.
PS: I knew these were both very short, which is why I bothered to release both parts at the same time.