Yuugasa Usagi – Chapter 5
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Now that that's settled, on to the story!
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Keys on a keyboard clacked quickly as the teen everyone called the "Perfect Soldier" typed in e-mail. He had no one to send it to; there would be no reason, though there was a random e-mail address in the 'Send' box for some reason.
But he had things on his mind, and when he had things on his mind, he typed them. Silent and unsocial, the boy continued to type as he heard the familiar sound of Usagis' laugh.
'She certainly changed everyone around camp. Trowa is talking, Quatre is...flirting, but with the other girl, Minako Aino. Duo has calmed down, he even said that maybe someday he was going to get his braid cut off.' Hiiro typed quickly.
'Wufei, for some odd reason, will not called Usagi anything but 'Usagi-hime' much to her annoyance. She seems to deal with it though. The only one that has not changed is I. At least I don't think I have.'
Yes, you have. You're always thinking about the way she's affected the others...aren't you? A little voice said in Hiiros head.
'Shut up.' He thought.
It's true. Admit it, you wish that she would listen to your problems like she listened to the others! The voice replied.
'Shut up!' Hiiro yelled in his head, slamming his fist down on the keyboard.
"Mail Sent." His computer sounded.
Hiiros eyes widened. "Kuso!" He didn't even know whom he had sent the e-mail to; he had just typed an e-mail address that he thought no one would have. He had really personal things in the e-mail too.
Usagi turned to look at Hiiros tent when she heard him yell, "what was that about?"
"I don't know, do I look like I know?" Minako said as she tagged Quatre who wasn't paying attention. "You're it, Quat-chan!"
At the name, Quatre blushed profusely, causing both Usagi and Minako to laugh.
Usagi yelped when she saw Quatre coming after her and ran. They were all playing the childish game of Tag to pass the time. Usagi had somehow convinced Wufei that he should play too, even though every five minutes he claimed it was 'injustice.'
"Iie, get away!" Usagi shrieked when Quatre was catching up to her. She jumped behind Duo and Quatre tagged the brown haired boy instead, which in turn caused Usagi to take off again to get away from Duo.
"Usagi-san, I'm going to get you!" Duo vowed as he chased after the fleeting form of the Moon Oojo. Usagi dove into her tent, one of the safe bases.
"Hey, you can't go in the tent, Usagi-chan. You are supposed to just touch it!" Minako said, still laughing.
"I know that. It just was easier this way." Usagi said as she popped her head out of the tent. Usagi stepped cautiously out of the tent and looked around for Duo. "Where'd Duo--"
"You're it!" Duo exclaimed as he jumped out from behind her and tapped her shoulder.
"NOT FAIR!" Usagi yelled, at the teenager.
"Will you guys please shut up!" Hiiro said from his spot in front of his tent. He was visibly pissed off about something. Minako gulped down the laugh that she was about to release. Duo, Quatre, Wufei, Trowa and Usagi all stood still in shock.
Usagi was first to recover, "what the heck it your problem? We are just trying to pass the time and have a little fun, Hiiro."
"My problem is you people acting like little children!" Everyone was shocked to hear the normally stoic ex-soldier yelling like that. He then directed his look to Usagi, "especially you."
"Hey, don't talk to her--" Trowa started.
"Iie, Trowa." Usagi said, silencing the tall teen, "he's right. I was acting immature." She walked up to Hiiro, an unnervingly dead look in her normally jubilant blue eyes.
"Gomen nasai, Hiiro. I did not mean to disturb you from your... whatever." With that the girl turned and walked away, but not before grabbing her laptop that she had recently purchased.
"Usa-chan..." Trowa started to follow her, but Minako placed a hand on his arm.
"Let her be. She needs to be alone right now." She said. Trowa nodded.
Hiiro, though he didn't show it, was almost sad that he had made the girl stop her game. He just walked back inside his tent and soon began the search for her e-mail address so he could say sorry. Maybe.
Usagi, however, was typing away in an online journal that she had started as soon as she had gotten the laptop. She had yet to look at the mail she had received.
'Fun. That's all we wanted to have. We were all so bored until Minako suggested we play Tag. But then Hiiro just had to come out and ruin it. I don't think he really meant for it to hurt my feelings, but he is just so cold sometimes that I think he will never want to talk to anyone, let alone me.' She typed.
Hiiro finally found the e-mail address that was registered under Tsukino Usagi. When he scrolled down to see what it was, his eyes widened. 'Kuso...that's the address that my damn e-mail was sent to. How utterly ironic. ' He thought. (AN: Lmao, stupid I know.)
Finally, once she had finished typing as much as she wanted to, she went up to check the e-mail. 'I don't know this address...' she thought, but she opened it anyway. She started reading when she figured out that it was an e-mail that Hiiro had must have accidentally sent.
"I cannot read this. It's his personal business." Usagi stated as she closed the laptop. She wanted to read the email, but she knew she shouldn't. Soon the little voice she had been debating it with won and she opened up the computer to read.
"It just says how I've changed the guys... why would he care about that?" Usagi pondered aloud. When she got to the part where he started to discuss his childhood, she deleted the email. She didn't deserve to eavesdrop into his life.
Usagi sat there for a few minutes, her laptop still placed on her lap. She thought she heard someone approaching, but she brushed it off as an animal.
"Did you read it?" Came Hiiros familiar monotone voice.
Usagi yelped as her laptop tumbled off her lap, "what?" she finally asked.
"Did you read it?" He repeated himself, though by the sound of his voice he didn't like doing so.
"Um..." Usagi started, "I didn't know who it was from so I read a little. Then when I got to the part about the childhood stuff I deleted it."
Hiiros eyes glared into her back. She had yet to look at him. "So are you going to laugh about it like you do everything?"
Usagi thought she heard hurt in his voice, but she couldn't be sure. "Iie. Hiiro, those were your personal thoughts, and I feel bad that I read them. But I did read them." She retrieved the fallen laptop and placed it next to her legs.
They both remained silent for some time. Usagi wasn't even sure that he was still there, but she could just tell that he was.
Sighing, she turned to face him, "I'll listen, you know."
Hiiro looked at her, shock a little evident on his face, "nande?"
"Because everyone needs someone to have listen to their problems. I'm not saying that I'm that person, because I might not be. I am merely offering to listen." Usagi stated.
Hiiro sat down beside her and they sat there quietly again. She smiled at him, though she doubted that he saw it.
"How'd you get the others to change?" Hiiro finally said.
"I didn't get them to change. They talked, I listened. Changing was their choice." Usagi replied in her normal tone.
"Iie, whatever you said to them all changed them."
"I just told them what they needed to hear from someone for a long time. That's all." Usagi said as she turned to face him, "why do you care anyways?"
"..."
"Don't pull that 'Perfect Soldier' stuff on me for two reasons: one, you're no longer a soldier; and two, you have someone sitting right next to you who is willing to listen whenever you're willing to talk." She grabbed her laptop and walked back to the others.
"Usagi-chan, daijoobu ka?" Minako asked when she saw Usagi.
"Hai," she replied as she set the laptop back in the tent. She turned to Minako with a grin on her face and tagged the other blonde; "you're it!"
"Hey!" Minako said as she started to chase after her friend.
Quatre dodged the two blondes and took his place at the tent. His eyes danced as he watched the two friends chase each other.
"Usagi-chan, look!" Minako said as come to a dead halt and pointed to the forest where she had seen a flash of blue.
What Usagi saw made her gasp, "um...lets go, Minako-chan. Everyone, we be right back!" The two girls dashed off into the forest, leaving behind four very confused teens.
"Do you think..?" Minako asked as they ran towards it.
"I hope so." Usagi replied. 'Please let it be true.' Both girls ran towards what they had seen, neither of them seemed to be getting any closer.
"Odango atama!" A voice rang out from behind the two girls. Both of them stopped dead and turned slowly.
"Minako-chan... What month is it?" Usagi asked.
"The month that the Festival of Selene is in." Minako replied as she looked around.
"And what did the moon look like when I said I wished that the Inners were here with us?" Usagi asked again.
"Kami-sama, it was a full moon. Usagi-chan, do you think it came true?!" Minako yelped.
"Odango!" The voice rang out again, only this time from in front of the two.
"I know it did." Usagi said matter of factly as she launched herself into the arms of the girl whom was standing in front of them. "Rei-chan!"
"Ami-chan, Mako-chan!" Minako exclaimed when she saw the blue haired girl and the pony tailed tall girl.
"Minna-chan! I don't believe it! You're all here!" Usagi screamed happily.
"Usagi-chan, please." Ami said for everyone.
"Gomen." Usagi replied as everyone took they hands off their ears. "How did you all get here?"
"We don't know. It's like one minute were are in the other dimension, the next poof!" Ami said.
Usagi grinned at the un-logical way Ami had said it, "well, it doesn't matter. What matters is that you all are here with me!"
"Hai." Everyone replied.
"Let's get back and surprise the guys." Minako said.
"I got dibs on the boy with the braid." Makoto said with a grin.
"Mako-chan!" Usagi scolded playfully. She then leaned over to Makoto and whispered, "I think that Rei-chan would really fit Wufei's personality."
"I heard that, Usagi-chan." Rei said, but she had a glassy look to her eyes.
Usagi laughed, "let's go." Everyone started talking at once and they caught up on the things that had happened. Even though the girls could see everything from the other dimension, it was nice to hear it from their leaders' own mouth.
"Usagi--what the hell? More onnas?" Wufei said when he saw all the girls.
"We are not onnas, Chang Wufei!" Rei countered back, you could practically see the fire in her eyes.
"Whoa, don't mess with that one." Duo muttered.
Makoto looked over at him and smiled, "hey, I'm Kino Makoto."
"Guys, these are the rest of my friends, Mizuno Ami, Hino Rei, and Kino Makoto." Usagi said, introducing the girls, "girls these are the guys...you already know their names."
Everyone shook hands and said hello.
"Usagi-chan, where's Hiiro?" Ami asked when she noticed the other boy wasn't there.
"He's pondering whether or not he wants me to listen to his problems, Ami-chan." Usagi replied so that only Ami could hear it.
"Oh, okay." She replied.
"In fact...you guys all get acquainted, I'm going to see what Hiiro is up to." Usagi walked back to the lake where she had left Hiiro sitting and soon the voices of her friends floated to her ears.
"Wow, you sure got a lot done." Usagi said to Hiiro when she saw him still sitting in the same position and spot she had left him in.
"I'm willing to tell you, if you tell me about your past." Hiiro said in reply.
Usagi took a seat next to him and thought for a moment, "okay. A past for a past."
Hiiro proceeded to tell her about how he didn't know who he really was. How he had been trained from birth to be a soldier and that was the only thing he had ever known how to do.
He told her about the little girl and her puppy. How a mission had gone terribly wrong and innocent people had died. Hiiro told her about the many times he had tried to kill himself, but always stopped just in time.
Countless battles he had fought, never once thinking about the people who had lost their lives. They were just soldiers like him. He went all the way up to when she had brought Minako back with her. Then he stopped.
Usagi sat there, listening intently as the teenager who had never spoken so much in his entire life poured every little bit into this story.
"Hiiro, I don't know what to say...except that you've had a hard life and you deserve to be happy now. The wars are over, your Gundams have been blown up for good and you've got all your friends around you."
"Now it's your turn to tell." Hiiro replied making it seem like he had ignored the girls' statement.
"Hai, I guess it is." She put her forehead against the confused Hiiros forehead, "clear your mind of all your thoughts. Just focus on me." She commanded.
Hiiro did as he was told and opened his mind.
Usagi felt him do so, and she closed her eyes and soon images of her lives played in Hiiros head like a movie. The Moon Kingdom, the battles, her becoming a Senshi and dying all those times just to be reborn. All of her thoughts up to that moment she had gotten there flashed in his head.
"That's my life..." Usagi said quietly when she pulled away.
"You really are a oojo then?" Hiiro asked.
Usagi just nodded, her head still facing the ground by her feet. She didn't want to have to face him...she couldn't.
"I...I don't have any good advice for you, Oojo. I don't even know what to say." Hiiro said, his voice oddly quite.
"Don't call me oojo, I'm not a princess anymore." Usagi said bitterly.
"Hai, you are."
"What kind of a princess would kill people?" Usagi said, her eyes now welling up with tears as she looked at him.
"You didn't kill them because you wanted to, you had to." Hiiro replied a bit uneasy at the way she was looking at him.
"Hiiro, you've grown up not able to know feelings. I grew up knowing to many of them. The only thing that I never knew was love from another, something that I'm sure you don't really care about. But if you had lived my life, you too would have this empty feeling inside."
Hiiro didn't know what to say or do so he just sat there watching the girls' tears fall. Soon her tears turned to cute little hiccups.
"Gomen, you must think I'm some big baby..." Usagi said to Hiiro.
He looked at her, and his hand reached out and brushed the remaining tears from her cheeks, though he didn't know why he had done so. "You're not a baby, you're a sixteen year old girl that has been threw far more then someone of your age should have."
Usagi looked up at him and nodded, it was true, she had been threw a lot more then any normal person had in their entire life and she was still here to tell about it. "Arigatoo."
"Nani?" Hiiro asked, not knowing why she had said that.
"You're right, I have been threw a lot and I've lived to tell about it. So I guess..." She never finished her sentence, she only shrugged. "Come on, I'll introduce you to my friends. Somehow they got here too." Usagi said as she stood and held out a hand.
Hiiro grasped the hand and she hoisted him to his feet. She smiled and they both walked back, the traces of her every crying was gone from her features.
"Minna-chan, this is Hiiro Yui." Usagi said to her friends who were all still talking to the boys.
"Konnichiwa, Hiiro-san." Everyone said politely.
"Hiiro, that's Mizuno Ami, Hino Rei, and Kino Makoto." Usagi said as she waved a hand at each of the girls.
"Konnichiwa." Hiiro said to the surprise of the boys.
Usagi watched as everyone started talking again, only then did she notice that everyone had found someone that was perfect for them.
Rei and Wufei were having a discussion on how women were and were not weak. Rei looked ready to hurt him.
Ami and Trowa were talking about a book they had both read and loved. At this, Usagi laughed a little.
Makoto and Duo were playing a game of basketball; neither of them could score a point without the other one scoring one right after that.
Minako and Quatre were doing their usual, talking about music.
'Everyone seems to have found their soul mate...or so it may seem.' Usagi thought. 'I just hope that they all will be happy.'
Usagi walked over to watch the game of basketball, and to cheer on her friends, but she was thinking about the man she had thought was her soul mate.
"Ami-chan," Usagi asked when she noticed that the blue haired girl and Trowa had stopped talking for a minute.
"Hai?" Ami replied.
"What happened to Mamoru? I never see him in my dreams...not that I ever really did." Usagi muttered the last part.
"Um...well," Ami said. At Usagi's question, all the girls had stopped what they were doing and were paying attention to their oojo.
"You guys, what's going on? Why won't you tell me?" Usagi asked when she saw all of the girls looking at her.
"You see Usagi-chan," Minako started.
"He went to hell." Rei blurted out.
Usagi fell off the tree stump she was sitting on, landing hard on her butt. "He what?!"
"The jerk went to hell, guess he wasn't good enough." Rei said again.
Usagi sat there in shock until it finally sunk in. Mamoru had gone exactly to the place she thought he would've. She snickered, and then she soon started out into a full laugh.
"Oh, Kami-sama, that's...just to much!" Usagi said, still laughing. Soon her laughing died out when the full force of landing on the rock hit her. "Ouch..." she said.
"Daijoobu ka?" Hiiro asked so quietly that only Usagi heard him. She just nodded and stood up.
"I just can't believe it...well, yeah I can. But still." Usagi said to her friends.
They just laughed and went back to what they had been doing. Usagi took at look at her arm and winced when she saw a cut. "I'm going to get this cleaned up. Be back in jiff...if I don't end up killing myself." She said jokingly.
Walking down to the lake she cupped some of the cold water in her hand and splashed it onto the cut, rubbing it so she could get all the dirt out. She splashed a little on her face too, since if seemed so nice on her arm.
Usagi looked at the suns' reflection on the water, this was the life she had always wanted to live and here she was, living it. All that was missing was the perfect guy for her. 'Yeah like that'll ever happen. I think I've got Minakos curse now.' Usagi thought, rolling her eyes.
She stood up, taking one last look at her arm to make sure she didn't need to douse it in water again and turned to walk back to all her friends.
"Sugoi!" Usagi heard Makotos' voice exclaim.
"What happened?" Usagi asked the happy Makoto.
"I won," Makoto replied, then she looked at Duo, "aww, don't feel so bad, Duo-chan. You're a great player." She said, then kissed his cheek causing him to blush.
Usagi laughed along with the others, then congratulated Makoto on her win. 'Hey, wait. All of the guys have told me about their pasts and they changed...well, I don't know about Hiiro, but he will. So why hasn't Puu come to get me?'
'Serenity-hime, I just want you to be happy again. Do you really want to go back?' Pluto's voice said in her head.
'Iie. I love it here... I think the girls do too.' Usagi replied with a smile on her face.
"What are you smiling about now, Usagi-chan?" Trowa asked.
"Puu is letting us stay here." Usagi said happily.
"Really?!" All the girls exclaimed, yes, even Ami.
"Hai!" Usagi said before all the girls jumped over to their leader and hugged her.
"Arigatoo, Usagi-chan." They all said, none of the guys got why they were doing this, but if it made the girls happy then it must be a good thing.
Later that night, all the girls were talking in the tent. Everyone else had already gone to sleep...they had made sure to check though.
"Okay, all of you, out with it." Usagi finally said to her friends.
"Out with what?" Rei asked.
"You know what I mean. Well?" Usagi retorted with a grin.
"Hai." They all answered.
"I knew it!" Usagi replied, "I knew you guys would have crushes on them."
"What about you, Usagi-chan?" Ami asked.
"What about me? I'm beginning to think that I've got Minako-chans' curse now." Usagi replied.
"There's always Hiiro." Makoto said.
"True. Demo, I don't think he's looking for anyone right now. And I don't really know how I feel for him. I think he's just my friend for now." Usagi replied.
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End. :D Whelp, not a cliffie, but it'll just have to do since I've hit my page limit! Anyway, then next chapter will focus on all of the girls. So have fun reading! And I know it was kind of a stupid chapter. o_o just don't kill me. Jaa!