Part XII
It was almost lunchtime and already Seiya was fed up the looks that he was getting from all his friends. He knew they were all looking at him and wondering how his date with Minako went. He had thought for sure that Minako with her big mouth would have told everyone all about it, but for some reason she was being very secretive about the whole thing.
Seiya walked a bit until he found a nice secluded area under a tree to enjoy his lunch in peace and quiet. "Finally I get to be alone." He muttered under his breath as he began opening is bag.
"Oh, sorry, you wanted to be alone? I'll leave." A voice came from behind him and caused him to turn around to see its owner.
"No, Odango, you can stay. I was just trying to get away from some annoying people, that's all." He smiled reassuringly at her as he motioned for her to join him. "Where's your lunch?" He asked noticing her empty hands.
Usagi twiddled her fingers in front of her as she looked down at them. "Um. I actually. Well, I was running a little late this morning and I forgot it when I was running out the door."
Seiya let a chuckle escape his lips. (Manly men like Seiya don't 'giggle') "Here, you can share mine with me."
Immediately Usagi's face lit up as she graciously accepted his offer and began chowing down. Through a mouth completely filled with food some words tried to escape every now and again. "So. how. was. your. date. with.Minako?" She managed to get out without losing any of her precious food.
Seiya sighed, this was the one person, well wait a minute maybe Yaten too, that he didn't want to have this conversation with. "It was alright." He said plainly while offering her some more food. Maybe if he could keep her mouth full she wouldn't ask him so many questions.
Of course Usagi took the food but kept talking anyway. "Minako won't tell any of us what happened so it must have been pretty good!"
"I think she's just doing that to aggravate Yaten, you know how touchy he can be."
"Yeah, but still, what did you guys do?" Usagi was curious to say the least and wasn't about to let the subject drop.
"We went to the movies and then I brought her home." He saw no need in rehashing every little detail of their time together, to tell the truth, he didn't really remember that much about it.
"So are you guys going out on another one any time soon?"
Seiya gave her a shocked look and stopped eating. "No."
"Yeah right. You guys are going to hook up now aren't you? She always said she'd catch one of you!" Usagi laughed as she remembered her blond friend's determination.
Seiya couldn't believe what she was saying. How could she think that? She knows that she's the only one that he wanted. Before he could correct her a girl approached the two with Yaten.
"Hi Seiya, this is Suzaki." He introduced the mystery girl.
Seiya and Usagi both waved and said hello. "Nice to meet you." The girl seemed very confident and sure of herself. "I was wondering what you were doing tonight? I know that you have a busy schedule and everything, but Yaten told me that you were free tonight and I was wondering if you'd like to get together and do something with me?"
Yaten was standing behind the girl where she couldn't see him giving him thumbs up signs and little OK symbols. Seiya's face grew displeased and a little red due to the sudden urge to smack Yaten. Out of no where Seiya felt Usagi nudge him in the side. "You should go, you'll have fun. I know her she's really funny."
"Thanks Usagi!" Suzaki smiled with her hands behind her back.
Usagi didn't really know why she had just said that, she knew this girl had, how do I put this nicely, a 'reputation' and she wasn't helping her image by sticking her chest out like that either.
Seiya looked at Usagi like she was crazy but saw that there was once again no way out of this and had to accept. "Sounds good, how about I meet you at Crown at 6:00?"
"Great see you then! Ja ne" She took off skipping away.
Yaten took this opportunity to sit down next to Seiya and Usagi, well actually in between them and finish the rest of Seiya's lunch before Usagi realized what he was doing. "See I told you I would help you out."
"But I didn't need your help. I was planning on seeing Minako again." Seiya said once he noticed his food was gone.
"WHAT!!" Once again escaped Yaten's lips as he noticed the two laughing at him.
"Just don't do that to me again or you'll pay for it."
"Well I've got to go. I'll see you guys later!" Usagi got up and brushed herself off as she hurriedly took off towards the school.
"Way to go moron!" Seiya slapped Yaten upside the head.
"Oww! What did you do that for, I did you a favor." Yaten rubbed his tender wound that he had just received.
Seiya saw no sense in explaining the obvious to him and headed in the direction that Usagi just went.
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"I picked out your clothes for you this time. You're going to make an effort if it kills you!" Kakyuu explained as she pointed out the ensemble that she had laid out on Seiya's bed.
"Yeah, you know this time it isn't one of your friends. This girl won't take it as well as Minako did if you aren't nice to her." Taiki joined their conversation.
"This, coming from you Mr. I haven't had a date in forever!" Seiya criticized.
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The inners sat around a booth at Crown enjoying a snack. They had all met here after dinner to hang out together, well everyone minus Usagi. She was stuck watching Shingo tonight.
"Do you think I should ask Seiya out next?" Rei asked finishing off her pie.
Minako shook her head. "I wouldn't go out with him again."
The girls were all very surprised when she said this. This was the first that she had said anything about the 'date' to them. "Why not, Seiya's a sweet heart?" Ami asked.
"Yeah, I thought you were excited to go out with him the other night?" Makoto remembered helping Minako get ready for her 'date'.
"I was excited. You have no idea how hard it was to keep his mind off of Usagi though." Suddenly everyone seemed to understand the dilemma. "Every little thing reminded him of her, he even told me at one point that I kind of looked like her with my hair down!"
"What were you doing with your hair down? Huh Minako?" Makoto poked her in the ribs.
"Oww, stop it you hentai! I had to wear a helmet OK?" She tried her best to defend herself, but she doubted that Makoto believed her.
"Well, you know, you do look a bit like her in some ways. Maybe it was just an honest opinion." Rei tried to defend him. "See that's why he should have gone out with me. I look nothing like a little dumpling haired cry baby!"
Minako was about to defend herself again when she saw Seiya walk into Crown and sit in a booth not too far away from them. "Do you see who I see?" She asked instead.
The girls looked over to witness the sight the Minako just did and also noticed Suzaki walking over towards him. "What is she doing here?" Makoto questioned.
"Who is she?" Rei didn't go to the same school as the others and had never seen this girl before.
"Bad news." Was all that Makoto replied.
Ami butted in. "She's going out on a date with Seiya tonight." The girls quickly turned to look at the poor blue haired girl. "What? Taiki told me." She held her hands up defensively.
The couple that they were so interested in got up and began to leave. Suzaki was latched onto Seiya's arm like some lovesick puppy.
"Hi guys what's going on?"
The group turned around again to see Usagi standing behind them. "What happened to Shingo?" Rei asked not noticing him.
An evil grin appeared on Usagi's face as she held up a roll of duct tape. "It's a wonder what you can do with a simple roll of tape. I just have to be back in time to untape him before my parents get home. What were you guys staring at?" Usagi got up on her toes to try and see what was going on.
Minako quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her down in the booth with them. "Seiya was just here on a date with SUZAKI of all people!"
"Yeah, I know." Usagi freed her arm. "Yaten introduced them today at lunch. Why did you pull me down so hard like that?"
"I don't know. I guess I just thought it would bother you seeing him going out with other girls." Minako's reply was shy and it almost seemed like she had regretted saying it in the first place.
Usagi shot Minako a confused look and then looked around to see everyone else's faces. "Minako? Why would it bother me to see Seiya with other girls?"
"I don't know. I just thought."
"I'm dating Mamo remember? Why would I have any interest in what was going on in Seiya's love life?"
There seemed to be a sigh of relief escaping from the girl's mouths as Usagi reinstated her relationship with Mamoru. They had all wondered about her feelings for a while before the whole Isai incident had happened and thought that perhaps something had changed. In a way they were right. Usagi did realize that she didn't love Mamoru any more but she also realized that when he came home from America that she would have the chance to fall in love with him all over again, especially now that he was more out going.
"You know what would be fun?" Makoto abruptly changed the subject with a playful tone in her voice. "We should follow them!"
Usagi pulled Minako back down into the booth with her.
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The bell rang to signal the beginning of the day. Once again, (like she would some how be on time, give me a break!), Usagi came ripping into class at the speed of light and quickly took her seat as the giant dust cloud that was following her slowly subdued.
"Miss Tsukino, do I even have to say it?" The teacher asked as she looked up from her desk.
"No, I know, detention." Usagi sighed as she put her head down on her desk. She heard Seiya laughing from behind her and turned around to see him trying his hardest to keep quiet.
"Mr. Kou, are we going to start this again this morning?" The teacher once again looked up this time directing her comments to a red Seiya. "Leave Miss Tsukino alone or I will have to move your seat."
"Yes mamma." Seiya tried to look sorry although he wasn't. He would have to stay on the teacher's good side now so that she didn't move him away from his Odango.
Usagi turned around and gave him a haha-how-do-like-it smile then turned back around. Just as he had grabbed ahold of one of her pigtails to give it a yank the teacher got up and caught him messing around with her again.
The teacher just shook her head with her eyes closed. "Mr. Kou, do I even have to say it to you too?"
"No mamma, I know, detention."
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"I'm going to spend the rest of my life in detention if this keeps up!" Usagi threw her bags down on her desk. She took a glance around the room and saw that she was the only one there. "Great, this is going to be even longer than usually if I have to be in here alone." She remembered the fact that Seiya had detention too. "Yeah right, he'll probably skip out and have his manager write him a excuse or something."
"Oi Odango!" Seiya waved as he walked in the room.
"Glad you could make it." Usagi mumbled not sparing the sarcasm.
"Aww, stop it, you're gonna hurt my feelings! Besides, it's your fault I'm in here!" The room was empty but he still insisted on taking the seat right next to Usagi.
"Yeah right, like I asked you to pull my hair!"
Seiya had to laugh at the face she was making it was absolutely priceless. He sat back and put his hands behind his head in a relaxing position. "Well at least we know we'll never be in detention alone!"
They sat there a while waiting for the teacher to come. "And she yells at me for being late!" Usagi huffed. "So how was your date with Suzaki?" He hadn't said anything about it to her or anyone else all day and with a girl like that anyone would be curious.
"Repulsive." Seiya said not taking his body from the position it was in. "You could have warned me about that chick if you knew her, you're as much to blame in this one as Yaten is. Trust me, he's getting his later!"
Usagi just laughed at him, she could only imagine the torture he had been put through last night. She didn't think Suzaki knew about 'personal space'. "Well there are other fish in the sea!"
Seiya looked over at her and then around the room to make sure they were still alone. He leaned over closer to her so that he didn't have to speak to loudly. "Do you really think that it's right for a senshi to date a normal person?"
The question threw Usagi off guard and she didn't quite know how to answer it. "You know, I've thought about that before. I mean what if Mamoru and I broke up, how would I be able to explain my being Sailor Moon to anyone I date or maybe even end up being married to?"
"Yeah, that's just it. But my problem is a little bigger." Seiya made extra sure that no one was around before he continued. "How would I explain to them that I'm actually a girl?"
Usagi had never thought about that, she had always just thought of Seiya and Fighter as the same person and really didn't think about the gender difference. "I guess you shouldn't tell them."
"How would I have a relationship with some one and keep that kind of secret from them?" Seiya had backed up now, anyone could over hear their conversation from here on in.
Usagi just shrugged her shoulders. She didn't have to worry about that problem she had Mamoru. "I don't know what to tell you, but if the person really loves you I'm sure they'll understand, I mean it's not like it's something you're going to come out and tell them on the first date, ne?!"
Seiya laughed. "No, I guess you're right." The teacher still hadn't shown up yet. "So, ten minute rule will be in effect in a minute."
"What's the ten minute rule?" Usagi asked scratching her head.
"When the teacher doesn't show up within the first ten minutes of class then you get to leave."
"I've never heard of that before."
"I just made it up, let's go!" He grabbed her hand and bag and pulled her up out of her seat. The slyly made their way out of school and were soon on the road.
"Wow, everyone is going to be so surprised to see us there so early!" Usagi exclaimed as she skipped down the road with Seiya towards Crown. (No Seiya wasn't skipping, I wouldn't make him do that. Yaten maybe, not Seiya!)
Seiya laughed at how happy she was to get out of detention, he was too. "So Odango you were thinking about breaking up with Mamoru huh?" Some how he had got stuck carrying her bag too.
Usagi stopped in her tracks. "What?"
"You said earlier that you when you thought of breaking up with Mamoru."
"I was speaking hypothetically!" She blurted out.
"Well then hypothetically I still have a chance!" He said as he opened the door to Crown for her.
Before Usagi could respond she was met by the gasps of her friends. They were indeed surprised to see her there that early. Usagi forgot about her argument with Seiya and sat down beside Minako. "How did you guys escape the evil hand of school detention justice?" Minako asked making some over dramatic gestures.
"Ten minute rule!" Usagi piped up.
"What's that?" Makoto asked.
"If you don't know, I'm not going to tell you!" Usagi crossed her arms as she remembered that Seiya had just made it up. Seiya in turn laughed at her.
"Since it's Friday night you'd better have a hot date lined up." Yaten spoke from across the table to Seiya. "Since the ones that we've picked out for you haven't worked out maybe you should ask some one on your own." Even though he had just said that he was still thinking of possible contenders.
"Alright!" Seiya said with an overly pleased expression on his face. Yaten and Taiki got scared as he got so excited. All of the girls leaned in closer to listen to see who he was going to ask. "Hey Usagi, you want to go out with me tonight?"
Complete face fault on everyone's behalf as Seiya sat there beaming. "How many times do I have to tell you I'm not dating you!?"
"Hey it was worth a shot!" He laughed at how flustered he had made her and so did everyone else.
Usagi actually felt bad about turning him down though. She had remembered all of the things that she had read while in his subconscious and how much he did actually love her. But she shouldn't go out with some one out of pity! It was true that she would admit that she was physically attracted to him but she would never admit that it could be emotionally too. She had always thought that he looked better than Mamoru, but he wasn't her Mamo and that was the problem.
"I know!" Yaten threw his hand up in the air doing an almost Minako like pose.
"Hey cut that out! I have that move copy righted!" Minako pulled him down.
"You can go out with Hanishi! I'll go and call her right now, don't make plans because you're going out with her at 7!" Yaten said as he ran off.
Seiya just brought his hands up to cover his face and sighed.
"Hey, has anyone seen Kakyuu?" Taiki asks. Everyone shakes their heads. "I thought she was supposed to be going to school with us?"
Everyone looks up at author. * Sorry guys, I actually forgot about her. I promise I'll bring her back. geesh if looks could kill! *
It was almost lunchtime and already Seiya was fed up the looks that he was getting from all his friends. He knew they were all looking at him and wondering how his date with Minako went. He had thought for sure that Minako with her big mouth would have told everyone all about it, but for some reason she was being very secretive about the whole thing.
Seiya walked a bit until he found a nice secluded area under a tree to enjoy his lunch in peace and quiet. "Finally I get to be alone." He muttered under his breath as he began opening is bag.
"Oh, sorry, you wanted to be alone? I'll leave." A voice came from behind him and caused him to turn around to see its owner.
"No, Odango, you can stay. I was just trying to get away from some annoying people, that's all." He smiled reassuringly at her as he motioned for her to join him. "Where's your lunch?" He asked noticing her empty hands.
Usagi twiddled her fingers in front of her as she looked down at them. "Um. I actually. Well, I was running a little late this morning and I forgot it when I was running out the door."
Seiya let a chuckle escape his lips. (Manly men like Seiya don't 'giggle') "Here, you can share mine with me."
Immediately Usagi's face lit up as she graciously accepted his offer and began chowing down. Through a mouth completely filled with food some words tried to escape every now and again. "So. how. was. your. date. with.Minako?" She managed to get out without losing any of her precious food.
Seiya sighed, this was the one person, well wait a minute maybe Yaten too, that he didn't want to have this conversation with. "It was alright." He said plainly while offering her some more food. Maybe if he could keep her mouth full she wouldn't ask him so many questions.
Of course Usagi took the food but kept talking anyway. "Minako won't tell any of us what happened so it must have been pretty good!"
"I think she's just doing that to aggravate Yaten, you know how touchy he can be."
"Yeah, but still, what did you guys do?" Usagi was curious to say the least and wasn't about to let the subject drop.
"We went to the movies and then I brought her home." He saw no need in rehashing every little detail of their time together, to tell the truth, he didn't really remember that much about it.
"So are you guys going out on another one any time soon?"
Seiya gave her a shocked look and stopped eating. "No."
"Yeah right. You guys are going to hook up now aren't you? She always said she'd catch one of you!" Usagi laughed as she remembered her blond friend's determination.
Seiya couldn't believe what she was saying. How could she think that? She knows that she's the only one that he wanted. Before he could correct her a girl approached the two with Yaten.
"Hi Seiya, this is Suzaki." He introduced the mystery girl.
Seiya and Usagi both waved and said hello. "Nice to meet you." The girl seemed very confident and sure of herself. "I was wondering what you were doing tonight? I know that you have a busy schedule and everything, but Yaten told me that you were free tonight and I was wondering if you'd like to get together and do something with me?"
Yaten was standing behind the girl where she couldn't see him giving him thumbs up signs and little OK symbols. Seiya's face grew displeased and a little red due to the sudden urge to smack Yaten. Out of no where Seiya felt Usagi nudge him in the side. "You should go, you'll have fun. I know her she's really funny."
"Thanks Usagi!" Suzaki smiled with her hands behind her back.
Usagi didn't really know why she had just said that, she knew this girl had, how do I put this nicely, a 'reputation' and she wasn't helping her image by sticking her chest out like that either.
Seiya looked at Usagi like she was crazy but saw that there was once again no way out of this and had to accept. "Sounds good, how about I meet you at Crown at 6:00?"
"Great see you then! Ja ne" She took off skipping away.
Yaten took this opportunity to sit down next to Seiya and Usagi, well actually in between them and finish the rest of Seiya's lunch before Usagi realized what he was doing. "See I told you I would help you out."
"But I didn't need your help. I was planning on seeing Minako again." Seiya said once he noticed his food was gone.
"WHAT!!" Once again escaped Yaten's lips as he noticed the two laughing at him.
"Just don't do that to me again or you'll pay for it."
"Well I've got to go. I'll see you guys later!" Usagi got up and brushed herself off as she hurriedly took off towards the school.
"Way to go moron!" Seiya slapped Yaten upside the head.
"Oww! What did you do that for, I did you a favor." Yaten rubbed his tender wound that he had just received.
Seiya saw no sense in explaining the obvious to him and headed in the direction that Usagi just went.
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"I picked out your clothes for you this time. You're going to make an effort if it kills you!" Kakyuu explained as she pointed out the ensemble that she had laid out on Seiya's bed.
"Yeah, you know this time it isn't one of your friends. This girl won't take it as well as Minako did if you aren't nice to her." Taiki joined their conversation.
"This, coming from you Mr. I haven't had a date in forever!" Seiya criticized.
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The inners sat around a booth at Crown enjoying a snack. They had all met here after dinner to hang out together, well everyone minus Usagi. She was stuck watching Shingo tonight.
"Do you think I should ask Seiya out next?" Rei asked finishing off her pie.
Minako shook her head. "I wouldn't go out with him again."
The girls were all very surprised when she said this. This was the first that she had said anything about the 'date' to them. "Why not, Seiya's a sweet heart?" Ami asked.
"Yeah, I thought you were excited to go out with him the other night?" Makoto remembered helping Minako get ready for her 'date'.
"I was excited. You have no idea how hard it was to keep his mind off of Usagi though." Suddenly everyone seemed to understand the dilemma. "Every little thing reminded him of her, he even told me at one point that I kind of looked like her with my hair down!"
"What were you doing with your hair down? Huh Minako?" Makoto poked her in the ribs.
"Oww, stop it you hentai! I had to wear a helmet OK?" She tried her best to defend herself, but she doubted that Makoto believed her.
"Well, you know, you do look a bit like her in some ways. Maybe it was just an honest opinion." Rei tried to defend him. "See that's why he should have gone out with me. I look nothing like a little dumpling haired cry baby!"
Minako was about to defend herself again when she saw Seiya walk into Crown and sit in a booth not too far away from them. "Do you see who I see?" She asked instead.
The girls looked over to witness the sight the Minako just did and also noticed Suzaki walking over towards him. "What is she doing here?" Makoto questioned.
"Who is she?" Rei didn't go to the same school as the others and had never seen this girl before.
"Bad news." Was all that Makoto replied.
Ami butted in. "She's going out on a date with Seiya tonight." The girls quickly turned to look at the poor blue haired girl. "What? Taiki told me." She held her hands up defensively.
The couple that they were so interested in got up and began to leave. Suzaki was latched onto Seiya's arm like some lovesick puppy.
"Hi guys what's going on?"
The group turned around again to see Usagi standing behind them. "What happened to Shingo?" Rei asked not noticing him.
An evil grin appeared on Usagi's face as she held up a roll of duct tape. "It's a wonder what you can do with a simple roll of tape. I just have to be back in time to untape him before my parents get home. What were you guys staring at?" Usagi got up on her toes to try and see what was going on.
Minako quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her down in the booth with them. "Seiya was just here on a date with SUZAKI of all people!"
"Yeah, I know." Usagi freed her arm. "Yaten introduced them today at lunch. Why did you pull me down so hard like that?"
"I don't know. I guess I just thought it would bother you seeing him going out with other girls." Minako's reply was shy and it almost seemed like she had regretted saying it in the first place.
Usagi shot Minako a confused look and then looked around to see everyone else's faces. "Minako? Why would it bother me to see Seiya with other girls?"
"I don't know. I just thought."
"I'm dating Mamo remember? Why would I have any interest in what was going on in Seiya's love life?"
There seemed to be a sigh of relief escaping from the girl's mouths as Usagi reinstated her relationship with Mamoru. They had all wondered about her feelings for a while before the whole Isai incident had happened and thought that perhaps something had changed. In a way they were right. Usagi did realize that she didn't love Mamoru any more but she also realized that when he came home from America that she would have the chance to fall in love with him all over again, especially now that he was more out going.
"You know what would be fun?" Makoto abruptly changed the subject with a playful tone in her voice. "We should follow them!"
Usagi pulled Minako back down into the booth with her.
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The bell rang to signal the beginning of the day. Once again, (like she would some how be on time, give me a break!), Usagi came ripping into class at the speed of light and quickly took her seat as the giant dust cloud that was following her slowly subdued.
"Miss Tsukino, do I even have to say it?" The teacher asked as she looked up from her desk.
"No, I know, detention." Usagi sighed as she put her head down on her desk. She heard Seiya laughing from behind her and turned around to see him trying his hardest to keep quiet.
"Mr. Kou, are we going to start this again this morning?" The teacher once again looked up this time directing her comments to a red Seiya. "Leave Miss Tsukino alone or I will have to move your seat."
"Yes mamma." Seiya tried to look sorry although he wasn't. He would have to stay on the teacher's good side now so that she didn't move him away from his Odango.
Usagi turned around and gave him a haha-how-do-like-it smile then turned back around. Just as he had grabbed ahold of one of her pigtails to give it a yank the teacher got up and caught him messing around with her again.
The teacher just shook her head with her eyes closed. "Mr. Kou, do I even have to say it to you too?"
"No mamma, I know, detention."
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"I'm going to spend the rest of my life in detention if this keeps up!" Usagi threw her bags down on her desk. She took a glance around the room and saw that she was the only one there. "Great, this is going to be even longer than usually if I have to be in here alone." She remembered the fact that Seiya had detention too. "Yeah right, he'll probably skip out and have his manager write him a excuse or something."
"Oi Odango!" Seiya waved as he walked in the room.
"Glad you could make it." Usagi mumbled not sparing the sarcasm.
"Aww, stop it, you're gonna hurt my feelings! Besides, it's your fault I'm in here!" The room was empty but he still insisted on taking the seat right next to Usagi.
"Yeah right, like I asked you to pull my hair!"
Seiya had to laugh at the face she was making it was absolutely priceless. He sat back and put his hands behind his head in a relaxing position. "Well at least we know we'll never be in detention alone!"
They sat there a while waiting for the teacher to come. "And she yells at me for being late!" Usagi huffed. "So how was your date with Suzaki?" He hadn't said anything about it to her or anyone else all day and with a girl like that anyone would be curious.
"Repulsive." Seiya said not taking his body from the position it was in. "You could have warned me about that chick if you knew her, you're as much to blame in this one as Yaten is. Trust me, he's getting his later!"
Usagi just laughed at him, she could only imagine the torture he had been put through last night. She didn't think Suzaki knew about 'personal space'. "Well there are other fish in the sea!"
Seiya looked over at her and then around the room to make sure they were still alone. He leaned over closer to her so that he didn't have to speak to loudly. "Do you really think that it's right for a senshi to date a normal person?"
The question threw Usagi off guard and she didn't quite know how to answer it. "You know, I've thought about that before. I mean what if Mamoru and I broke up, how would I be able to explain my being Sailor Moon to anyone I date or maybe even end up being married to?"
"Yeah, that's just it. But my problem is a little bigger." Seiya made extra sure that no one was around before he continued. "How would I explain to them that I'm actually a girl?"
Usagi had never thought about that, she had always just thought of Seiya and Fighter as the same person and really didn't think about the gender difference. "I guess you shouldn't tell them."
"How would I have a relationship with some one and keep that kind of secret from them?" Seiya had backed up now, anyone could over hear their conversation from here on in.
Usagi just shrugged her shoulders. She didn't have to worry about that problem she had Mamoru. "I don't know what to tell you, but if the person really loves you I'm sure they'll understand, I mean it's not like it's something you're going to come out and tell them on the first date, ne?!"
Seiya laughed. "No, I guess you're right." The teacher still hadn't shown up yet. "So, ten minute rule will be in effect in a minute."
"What's the ten minute rule?" Usagi asked scratching her head.
"When the teacher doesn't show up within the first ten minutes of class then you get to leave."
"I've never heard of that before."
"I just made it up, let's go!" He grabbed her hand and bag and pulled her up out of her seat. The slyly made their way out of school and were soon on the road.
"Wow, everyone is going to be so surprised to see us there so early!" Usagi exclaimed as she skipped down the road with Seiya towards Crown. (No Seiya wasn't skipping, I wouldn't make him do that. Yaten maybe, not Seiya!)
Seiya laughed at how happy she was to get out of detention, he was too. "So Odango you were thinking about breaking up with Mamoru huh?" Some how he had got stuck carrying her bag too.
Usagi stopped in her tracks. "What?"
"You said earlier that you when you thought of breaking up with Mamoru."
"I was speaking hypothetically!" She blurted out.
"Well then hypothetically I still have a chance!" He said as he opened the door to Crown for her.
Before Usagi could respond she was met by the gasps of her friends. They were indeed surprised to see her there that early. Usagi forgot about her argument with Seiya and sat down beside Minako. "How did you guys escape the evil hand of school detention justice?" Minako asked making some over dramatic gestures.
"Ten minute rule!" Usagi piped up.
"What's that?" Makoto asked.
"If you don't know, I'm not going to tell you!" Usagi crossed her arms as she remembered that Seiya had just made it up. Seiya in turn laughed at her.
"Since it's Friday night you'd better have a hot date lined up." Yaten spoke from across the table to Seiya. "Since the ones that we've picked out for you haven't worked out maybe you should ask some one on your own." Even though he had just said that he was still thinking of possible contenders.
"Alright!" Seiya said with an overly pleased expression on his face. Yaten and Taiki got scared as he got so excited. All of the girls leaned in closer to listen to see who he was going to ask. "Hey Usagi, you want to go out with me tonight?"
Complete face fault on everyone's behalf as Seiya sat there beaming. "How many times do I have to tell you I'm not dating you!?"
"Hey it was worth a shot!" He laughed at how flustered he had made her and so did everyone else.
Usagi actually felt bad about turning him down though. She had remembered all of the things that she had read while in his subconscious and how much he did actually love her. But she shouldn't go out with some one out of pity! It was true that she would admit that she was physically attracted to him but she would never admit that it could be emotionally too. She had always thought that he looked better than Mamoru, but he wasn't her Mamo and that was the problem.
"I know!" Yaten threw his hand up in the air doing an almost Minako like pose.
"Hey cut that out! I have that move copy righted!" Minako pulled him down.
"You can go out with Hanishi! I'll go and call her right now, don't make plans because you're going out with her at 7!" Yaten said as he ran off.
Seiya just brought his hands up to cover his face and sighed.
"Hey, has anyone seen Kakyuu?" Taiki asks. Everyone shakes their heads. "I thought she was supposed to be going to school with us?"
Everyone looks up at author. * Sorry guys, I actually forgot about her. I promise I'll bring her back. geesh if looks could kill! *
