Author's notes: Once again, I don't really have anything to say. YOu
know what's a funny show? Jackass. Okay, I'm fine now.
Chapter Five
Sunday came. Usagi woke up early to go to Dr. M's
townhouse. She got there by eight in the morning, after training as usual.
Before Usagi could even knock on the door, Dr. M opened it.
"Usagi, how have you been doing? I'm glad you made
it on Earth okay. So, why don't you come in, I'll get some tea and breakfast
going, and then we can start our day of shopping, huh?" Usagi just nodded
her head and went into the townhouse. She ate with Dr. M, and when they
were about to go out at about ten thirty, Dr. M broke the long silence
and spoke.
"Usagi, I cannot be called Dr. M here. If I am found
out, I will be killed. So, I want you to call me Setsuna Meioh. Understand?"
Usagi nodded her head in a 'yes.' (A.N.: Obviously,
she's back to her old self.)
"I want to tell you that we will be meeting friends
of mine at the mall at one o' clock in the food court. Okay, now, let's
go," Setsuna said.
They went around the mall to find the perfect dress.
They went to a bunch of fancy stores, but the stores didn't have what Usagi
and Setsuna were looking for. Finally, while the two women were walking
around the mall, Usagi saw the perfect dress at Macy's (A.N.: I'll describe
the dress later.). They had taken the dress to the car, and had come back
into the mall. Since they had the dress, it was time to set up an appointment
at the hair salon. After that was done, Usagi and Setsuna went to the food
court to meet up with Setsuna's friends.
"Michiru, Haruka, Hotaru, over here!" Setsuna called.
The three girls came over.
"Setsuna-mama! Usagi-chan!" Hotaru called.
"You know her?" Setsuna asked Usagi. Usagi just
nodded her head. Hotaru gave Setsuna a hug.
"I'm so glad to see you!" Hotaru practically yelled.
The five girls sat down at a table, and bought lunch.
"So, why are you guys here?" Michiru asked.
"I'm helping Usagi get ready for the Winter Formal.
You two are going together, right?" Setsuna asked.
Haruka and Michiru nodded their heads.
"I have to get my dress, still. Haruka already has
her outfit. What about you, Usagi?" Michiru asked.
"I have my dress. I still need my accessories,"
Usagi said in monotone. The group finished their lunch, and went back to
shopping. Michiru had seen an aquamarine dress that was absolutely perfect
for her. Haruka and Michiru took it to their car while the others waited.
When they came back, the five women resumed to shopping. Usagi found a
pair of white upper arm (A.N.: You know, the ones that go up to half the
upper part of your arm.) length opera gloves that had silver swirl embroidery
at the top. Michiru had found a pair of half arm (A.N.: It's up to half
the lower arm.) white gloves that went with the dress. Usagi got a choker
that covered most of her neck, with all crystals all over the choker. Usagi
also found some dangling crystal earrings with a little crystal crescent
moons at the bottom. Michiru had bought some pearl hairpieces, a pearl
necklace, and dangling pearl earrings.
With their shopping bags, Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru
went to their home, and Setsuna and Usagi went to the townhouse. When they
got to the townhouse, Usagi left all her stuff in an extra room on the
second floor, and went back downstairs (A.N.: It's now about 6:30 P.M.
It was a major shopping spree.).
"Usagi, on the day of the formal, I want you to
come get dressed here," Setsuna called. "That way, after we get your hair
fixed at the beauty salon. You can just come here, get dressed, and you
won't have to take all this stuff to your dorm tonight."
Usagi nodded her head.
"Usagi, you want to go get something to eat?"
Usagi nodded her head in a 'yes', and they went
to a local restaurant. Meanwhile, in Heero and Usagi's dorm, Heero was
on his computer about hack into something when his communicator went off.
"01, there is a very simple mission for you. It
is to get the new plans for mobile dolls. Mission accepted or declined?"
Dr. J said on the monitor.
"Mission accepted," Heero said.
"Good. Here are the details. The plans are at the
OZ base L-894. 01, you will be getting the plans while 03 plants the explosives.
02, 04, and 05 will fight off the mobile dolls while you retrieve the plans.
Leave no survivors. I've already notified the rest of the pilots. Here
are the rest of the details."
Heero went to where his Gundam and the others were
hidden, and found the other guys there. They went to their base, and took
out their Gundams. They flew to the space military base L-894. As in their
directions, Heero landed his Gundam where it was not visible, went into
the base and headed straight for the computer room with his gun in front
of him. There were a couple of living (A.N.: And I stress that word.) soldiers,
and soon, there were none, at least living ones. Heero made it to the computer
room pretty quickly, hacked into the database, downloaded all the files
onto the disk, deleted any other copies, and got out of the base. The others
were fighting the mobile dolls, and defeated them pretty quickly. As soon
as Heero got out of the base and into his Gundam, he pushed the button
to detonate the explosives. They went back to their base, with OZ's military
base exploding, leaving no survivors, and on the way, Heero said, "Mission
complete."
When the five pilots got back to Earth, they went
into their base to make repairs on their Gundams. After they finished,
the pilots put them in the carriers, then in the hiding spot, and went
back to the dorms. (A.N.: Okay, I know it's not the greatest battle scene
in the world, but HUGE scene planned, where there will be many surprises.
I can't tell you yet about what's to come, but I can tell you that someone…nah!
You'll find out! Okay, back to the present fic. Oh, yeah, please don't
send me hate mail because of this little Author's Notes. I'm sorry!)
Usagi had been eating dinner with Setsuna, and then
driving around the town when the five pilots had been on their mission.
When Usagi heard about the plans from OZ's military base being stolen on
the news later on, she was furious. Usagi knew that Setsuna had planned
to keep her distracted and not send her on missions just yet, but she didn't
imagine that she would hear about something that might have been her mission
on the news.
Usagi went to bed (A.N.: It was about 6:45 P.M.
when Usagi and Setsuna went out to dinner, and about 9:30 P.M. when they
came back.). Usagi had come home late because they went with Haruka, Michiru,
and Hotaru to dinner, then they drove around because Haruka demanded to
go to one of the racetracks to practice on her driving, Michiru wanted
to go to a record store to listen to some music, and Setsuna wanted to
go to an antique store where she bought Hotaru another lamp to add to her
collection (A.N.: I know I got the antique store idea by reading it from
somewhere, and if I stole your idea, I am SO sorry. I really had nothing
else to write, so PLEASE forgive me if you are the author that thought
of the idea, and please don't sue me.). Usagi had been dragged through
all this only because it was too cold outside and they were too far away
to walk home, and she had no other ride. So, it was nine thirty by the
time Usagi got home. Heero had already come back from his mission, since
missions usually take about an hour to complete. Usagi had already taken
her bath by ten o' clock, which was when the news came on.
The next morning, Usagi woke as usual to train.
She came back to the dorm at about five thirty when she saw Heero had already
gotten dressed and was drinking a cup of coffee. She went in to the bedroom,
took a shower, got dressed, and joined Heero in the kitchen/living room
about twenty minutes later. Usagi poured herself a cup of coffee, pulled
out a muffin from the little container, and leaned against the counter
while she ate. At about six, Heero and Usagi went out of the dorm, locked
up, and headed towards the school. The other guys joined them in the hall
of the dorm building.
When they got towards the school, Relena was about
to join the group, when she saw a glimpse of a girl's version of the school
uniform. (A.N.: Usagi was standing in the middle where she wasn't really
seen since the guys were all taller than her.) Relena figured out that
the girl-that-lived-with-Heero was with them, so she didn't approach the
group. The pilots and Usagi went in to their next class together after
going to their lockers.
After school, Usagi went to the dorm with Heero,
and changed in the bedroom while Heero changed in the bathroom. She went
to the coffee shop while he sat on his bed and went online on his laptop.
When Usagi had got to the coffee shop, found a booth upstairs as usual,
ordered her drink, stretched herself in the booth, and started reading
her book on mythology. She was rereading the part on the moon goddess Selene.
What happened was that she was confused with the moon goddess Artemis,
and because of this, she wasn't very well known. Usagi was confused as
to how the mythologists could do this, but then she went on to the next
part of the book, which was on the Roman god Pluto. He had been the god
of death, almost the equivalent to the Greek god Hades. Usagi sat there
and read for about two hours.
At about five, she decided to go home and start
dinner since she didn't have any homework (A.N.: wouldn't that be nice
to finish all your classwork in class so that you didn't have any homework?)
Usagi decided to make pasta, with ice cream for dessert. She loved ice
cream, and she couldn't really hide that fact no matter how serious she
looked eating it. Heero was still on his bed when Usagi got home, and didn't
hear her come in. Usagi started making dinner, and went to check to see
if Heero was home. (A.N.: They sound like a married couple, don't they?
Usagi coming home after a long day, making dinner, seeing if her 'husband'
Heero was home so that she could set up an extra seat for him, etc. Don't
think the situation like that yet.) Usagi went into the bedroom, and saw
him just like she had left him two hours ago.
"Heero, are you going to eat here or are you going
to go out and eat?" Usagi asked in her monotone.
"Uh…here, if it's no trouble," Heero said also in
monotone. (A.N.: Okay, remember that when Heero and Usagi talk, it's in
'monotone.')
"I've already started dinner. It'll be done in about
fifteen minutes. I hope you like pasta," said Usagi.
Heero just nodded his head as Usagi left the room.
When she did, closing the door behind her, Heero sighed, and laid back
on his bed. He was so confused. Ever since that night Usagi was drunk and
she kissed him, Heero couldn't stop thinking about her. Heero got up again,
closed his laptop, and went outside to 'watch the news'. Fifteen minutes
later, Usagi and Heero had their dinner, and when they were finished, Usagi
brought out mint chocolate chip, chocolate chip, and chocolate chip cookie
dough ice cream, whipped cream, Magic Shell chocolate syrup topping, and
sprinkles and made sundaes for her and Heero. (A.N.: Doesn't that sound
so good? Drool. Okay, back to the story.) The two sat on the couch watching
TV as they ate their ice cream. The telephone broke the silence.
"I'll get it," Heero said as he got up. "Hello?"
"Hey Heero, I wanted to know if you were doing anything
tonight. We were going to go to Quatre's mansion to get fitted for our
tuxes that he's going to get made for us, for FREE!" Duo practically yelled
into the phone.
"Fine. I'll be at Quatre's dorm in two minutes,"
Heero said in his monotone.
Heero grabbed a coat and went outside of the dorm.
Usagi just sat and watched TV, as she was satisfied eating her ice cream.
Heero went to the dorm and the five guys went to
the front of the building where a limousine was waiting for them. The limousine
took the guys to the Winner mansion, or at least one of the many, and got
fitted for their tuxedos for the Winter Formal, which was a week from Friday
away. They all basically got the same tuxedos, which were black, but they
had different sash and tie colors. Heero had all black, both the sash color
and tie, Wufei had dark blue, Trowa had dark/forest green, Duo had deep
purple/violet (A.N.: No, it wasn't plum. I hate that color for tuxedos!
It's so ugly! Sorry, just my crazy no sense opinion. Back to the fic.),
and Quatre had a maroon/dark red. Once the guys got fitted for their tuxedos,
arrangements were made for each of the guys to be given one of Quatre's
limousines for that night, and that they would first meet at the mansion
to get dressed and ready. After everything was settled, all the guys were
driven back to their dorms, including Quatre.
For the next two weeks, nothing unusual happened.
OZ was still having a huge fit that his plans were stolen as usual, the
pilots and Usagi went to school, Relena kept stalking Heero, but not as
much, Setsuna didn't really talk all that much to Usagi, Usagi started
talking a little more to Haruka and Michiru, and Hotaru, Trowa performed
at the circus and Quatre and Duo went to watch, Wufei occasionally went
to the school gym and sparred with Usagi after school, Heero and Usagi
hacked into stuff for fun, Duo ate a lot, Quatre blushed occasionally,
Wufei asked Sally Po to the Formal, Duo asked Hilde Schbeiker, Trowa asked
Dorothy Catalonia, and Heero was asked to go by Relena, and he reluctantly
accepted.
Finally, the Saturday of the Formal came. Usagi
woke up to train, took a shower, and headed for Setsuna's. When Usagi got
to Setsuna's house, she ate breakfast with her, and then they decided to
go to the mall for any other accessories that they needed. They spent the
day at the mall, looking for extra things that Usagi might need. Usagi
had forgotten to get shoes the last time they were at the mall, so she
got some shoes. (A.N.: I'll explain them along with the dress, or else
I'll ruin the surprise.) At four, Usagi and Setsuna went to the beauty
salon to get her hair fixed. It took forty-five minutes for her hair, since
they cut some of it. Her hair had been down to her lower calves now because
her hair kept growing at a really fast rate. It grew about two inches everyday.
Her last haircut had been the week before, and it was cut to a little lower
than her waist. After they finished Usagi's hair, the salon wanted to do
her makeup, and Usagi agreed. So, they were at the salon until about 5:15
P.M. The salon gave Usagi a thick hair cover because of the weather outside.
Usagi and Setsuna got back to the townhouse, and
as soon as they did, Usagi went upstairs to change. She only had half an
hour to get dressed. Luckily, her hair and makeup were done, so all she
had to do was get into her dress, pantyhose, shoes, and accessories.
Quatre went to the address on the piece of paper
about ten minutes early. He nervously knocked on the front door. He was
wearing his black tuxedo with the maroon/dark red sash and tie, and his
hair was gelled back. Quatre had on white wrist gloves, and fancy cuff
links. Quatre had on his black coat that went over his tuxedo jacket. His
shoes were really fancy, made of Italian leather. Setsuna answered.
"Hello. You must be Usagi's date. I am Setsuna Meioh,
Usagi's guardian. And you are?"
"Quatre Raberba Winner. It's a pleasure to meet
you, Miss Meioh," Quatre said as he bowed. He still couldn't believe that
this was Usagi's guardian. She didn't look a day older than twenty-six
(A.N.: I again apologize to whomever I got this age from. I couldn't find
her age because I found an article that said she was about Haruka and Michiru's
age in the manga, but in the anime, they made her an adult. Oh well, back
to the story.)
"Just Setsuna, Mr. Winner," Setsuna said as she
led Quatre into the townhouse.
"Well, if I am to call you just 'Setsuna', then
please, just call me Quatre," he said as he followed her into the townhouse.
"Very well then, Quatre. Would you like some tea?"
Setsuna asked.
"Well, if it's no trouble, then I would love some,"
Quatre said.
"Here you go," Setsuna said as she handed him a
teacup. "Usagi should be down in a couple of minutes."
"That's fine. The formal doesn't start until eight
o' clock," Quatre said after he took a sip. For the next fifteen minutes,
Setsuna and Quatre talked, waiting for Usagi.
"I'm coming down!" Usagi called from upstairs. She
came down the stairs slowly, so she wouldn't trip in the high heels. Usagi
was wearing a normal formal dress, and the color was ice blue. At the top,
it had spaghetti straps that were made of rhinestone, and had a square
neckline. The dress hugged her body from the waist up nicely, showing some
of her curves, and then slowly puffed out at the waist. At the bottom,
there was the same silver embroidery as at the top of her gloves. She had
ice blue three-inch closed toe pumps with straps at the ankles. Usagi's
hair was up in curls (A.N.: You know when you get all your hair in curls,
and put it in a huge bunch at the top of your head.) but had a couple of
streams of curls falling down her back. In the front, it was straight,
with the slit in her hair at the far left, covering her widow's peak. When
Usagi got her haircut, they cut some layered chin length bangs that were
now on her face. There were two strands of curls coming down to the front
of the dress, but since they didn't want the hair to go all the way down
to waist in the front, they salon curled the bottom half of the strands
of hair. (A.N.: You know how Neo-Queen Selenity has the two strands of
hair in the front, one coming from each ear? Well, imagine that, but lightly
curled at the bottom half.) Usagi had on her crystal dangling crescent
moon earrings and the crystal neck choker. The people at the salon had
put some glitter on her face, so to add to the glitter, Usagi put some
on her shoulders and chest. Since the gloves covered most of her arms,
Usagi put glitter only on the parts of her arms that were visible. She
had on her gloves, and a smile on her face, which was surprising. Setsuna
had talked to her earlier, and told her to put on fake emotions, no matter
how painstaking.
Quatre thought he had seen an angel. He blushed
at the thought, and he saw a fake smile on Usagi's face. Quatre could tell
it was fake because he kind of had that ability, and also because he knew
Usagi was the silent serious type like Heero.
"So, are you going to say anything, or what?" Usagi
said as she lightly laughed.
"Um…you look amazing," Quatre said as he blushed.
"Oh, I almost forgot. Here is your corsage." Quatre pulled out a corsage
that had six dyed blue lined white rosebuds. It looked very expensive,
because it had roses for one, and also they were dyed specially. Quatre
put it on her wrist.
"Thank you. It's beautiful Quatre. Now, I have something
for you." Usagi pulled out a single white rosebud and placed it in his
handkerchief pocket. Usagi grabbed her white coat, which Quatre gladly
helped Usagi with, and then stuck out his arm for her.
"Shall we, my lady?" Quatre asked. Usagi took his
arm.
"Yes we shall, my good sir," Usagi said with a fake
smile. They went out to the limousine, where Quatre opened the door for
her himself. He went in after he helped Usagi in, and they went to the
Moonlight Café for dinner.
Usagi didn't really eat much; she just ordered some pasta, as did Quatre.
They had a nice conversation while they were waiting for the food to come
out.
"Usagi, why are you showing fake emotions when you
don't want to?" Quatre asked.
"Am I that obvious?" asked Usagi.
"No, it's just that I can tell you're putting up
fake emotions, and if it's for my sake, please don't do it," Quatre said.
"No, it's not that. I just agreed to not ruin anyone's
night by being my serious self on such a happy night," Usagi said with
another plastered smile. Quatre knew what Usagi was going through. He had
made Heero agree to put on fake emotions even if it was for a couple of
minutes, although he knew that that would never happen.
"I understand," Quatre said.
"I'm sure you do. I know you're probably wondering
about my guardian and why she looks so young. I can understand if people
want to know why I have such a young guardian,' Usagi began.
"Oh…I'm sorry for seeming rude. It's just that I
was wondering for a little while, and you don't have to answer," Quatre
said, assuring Usagi that he was sincere.
"You might as well know. I was born to my parents
as their first and only child. They loved me, and I loved them. They somewhat
spoiled me, only because they loved me, and they were also very wealthy.
Have you heard of the family 'Moon'?"
Quatre almost exclaimed in surprise, but said in a whisper, "You're
related to Stephen and Selenity Moon?"
Usagi nodded.
"I am Selenity Usagi Moon. No one really knew they
had a daughter because they didn't 'advertise' me for my safety. You see,
during my first month alive, my parents could not bear to be one minute
without me. They took me all around the world with them because of business,
or some other important stuff. I wasn't seen because only one parent would
attend to business while the other would take care of me in the hotel room,
or wherever we were staying. Well, when we landed here on the Sanq Kingdom,
OZ soldiers attacked the place we were staying at, and remember, this was
still when I was barely a month old. They didn't see me because I was taken
to another room when a knock on the door was heard. This was routine, or
so I was told, because my parents did not want my birth to be known. Both
my parents were in the hotel room when the OZ soldiers came. They murdered
my parents, because they wanted information, and when my parents denied
the knowledge of anything, they killed them instead of taking them to a
jail. Some of the soldiers were looking for their money after my parents
died, but luckily, my parents had drawn up their will the day I was born.
It left everything to me, the entire estate. If my parents had been in
a freak accident, which ironically, they were, although it was no accident,
I was to be adopted and raised by my now guardian Setsuna Meioh, who was
my mother's, and later my father's, best friend. Setsuna brought the will
to light, or at least to a lawyer where he got the money for my guardian
and myself after pending a blood test on me. The case was a quiet one upon
the request of my parents in the will. I was then raised by her, learning
how to protect myself, and to survive in any environment. My parents were
good people, never wanting war, but a life of peace for everyone. They
weren't pacifists, but they did want peace, as I now want. Setsuna and
I first went to Japan, to bury my parents when they were murdered. When
I was about one, Setsuna told me that my parents were gone, and that I
was going to live with her. Because I didn't really know what was going
on, I really didn't care. When I was five, I asked Setsuna to tell me what
really happened to my parents. She told me that 'I was too young to hear,
to young to be hurt.' That same night, I went into my living quarters,
and started research. I already knew how to use a computer and the internet
by the time I was three, so it wasn't exactly a big deal. I found out what
happened, every detail of the entire story. I was heart broken, but it
was then that I vowed my revenge. I had already taken my family's original
name, Tsukino because my guardian thought that it would be safer since
OZ didn't know my parents had a child. Setsuna had changed it the day after
my parents were buried. I was still too young to decide, I mean, I was
barely a month old, so it didn't exactly matter to me anyway. That explains
my middle name, Usagi. You see, my parents were both Japanese, but they
realized that their last name was constantly misspelled and mispronounced,
so they took the meaning of our real last name, and turned it into a simple
one, Moon. They had also changed their names to English ones, and gave
me an English one as well as a Japanese one. My real name is Usagi, but
they put it as my middle name for my birth certificate. I really am Tsukino
Usagi, not Selenity Moon."