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"Makoto? Do you want to go shopping with me to get a dress?" Ami asked Makoto as they walked to school.
"Sure. You are talking about getting a prom dress right?" It was too early in the morning for Makoto to be thinking clearly.
"Of course. Do you think we should ask Minako, Kakyuu and Usagi to go with us?" She asked meagerly.
"They don't have dates yet do they?" Makoto asked. "Well I guess that means that they wouldn't need dresses though."
"I'm sure some one will ask them. I know that Seiya is already planning on asking Usagi, as if that one wasn't obvious enough. Taiki told me." Ami blushed as she mentioned his name.
"You two have been spending a lot of time together huh?" Makoto smiled at her friend's happiness.
The bell rang and Seiya, Usagi and Minako were missing from class. Usagi's usual thunder of being late was somewhat louder today as Minako and Seiya both ran with her. The trio came in and when Seiya noticed it was a substitute he stopped dead in his tracks. The sudden stopped caused Usagi and Minako to become plastered to his back. The class laughed at them and the teacher asked them to take their seats. "I will see you three in detention after school." She lectured.
"Way to go. I told you that you didn't have time to play video games in the morning." Kakyuu patted Seiya on the back.
"Oh, well. I beat the stupid game anyway! I am now champion of the universe." He shot her a victory sign.
Everyone had gone home for the day and the only ones that were left still at school were the nerds and the troublemakers. Usagi, Minako and Seiya were the only ones in detention that day. What a way to start off the week. Mondays already sucked as it was, but this just made it worse.
Usagi figured that this was the perfect time for her and Seiya to torture Minako. "Who are you going to the prom with Minako?" Seiya tilted his brow. "Don't tell me you're going with Kakyuu."
"No, I'm not going with Kakyuu. No one has asked me yet?" Minako got an idea. "Who are you going with Seiya?"
"I'm going with my Odango." He glanced over at Usagi. He had previously asked her to go with him. She smiled at him. "Why don't you ask Yaten?" He offered up.
"I don't think that he'd want to go with me. Besides he has Makoto." Minako put her head down in frustration. "I think everyone in this school thinks that I'm a lesbian now."
Usagi and Seiya laughed. "So are you going to come dress shopping with us?" Usagi asked.
"What's the point? I'm not going to go and be the only one there without a date." She picked her head up. "I should just tell him that I was just kidding. I messed up big time."
"What are you talking about?" Seiya asked still playing dumb.
"It's ok, Minako, Seiya knows about you're plan." Usagi stopped him from torturing her any further. "But you know what?"
"What?" Minako was less than enthusiastic.
"We know about Yaten's plan too." Seiya finished for her.
"What plan?" Minako became interested.
"He's doing the same thing with Makoto that you are with Kakyuu." Usagi winked at her. "Since you started it, you should finish it. You know how stubborn he is!" She scolded her friend.
"WHAT!!! How can he turn this around on me." Minako pointed to herself. "What an idiot I am. How did I not see it?"
"You were too busy trying to fool him that you didn't notice what he was doing." Seiya sat on her desk. "He really likes you a lot. He just has a funny way of showing it."
"I'd say!" Usagi agreed.
The bell rang and the three left school. As they walked out the main doors they noticed Yaten sitting by a tree watching the road. He stood up as he noticed them walking towards him. "I was." He started but was cut off by Minako taking a flying leap into his arms. She clung to him like a wet shirt. "What are you doing?"
"I'm just so happy to see you." She said without letting go.
Here's the old Minako that I knew and loved. Yaten thought to himself.
"I think everything is going to be alright now." Usagi looked up at Seiya. "Ne?"
"Yeah me too." He agreed. "Do you want to come over and wrestle?" He asked her when he returned his gaze to her eyes.
"What?!" Usagi was taken off guard by this comment.
"You know wrestle, I just got his great new game. It's a bunch of big hairy men in spandex that fight each other with chairs and things like that. Do you want to play it?" They started to walk off forgetting about Yaten and Minako.
"Oh,." Usagi was relieved that he didn't want to actually wrestle her. "Sure." She smiled as they headed for his apartment.
The two soon arrived at the Light's apartment. Seiya got the door and as it opened it revealed Ami, Taiki and Kakyuu sitting in the living room. "How was detention?" Kakyuu asked recalling the days earlier events.
"Enlightening." Seiya said as he threw his keys down on the table.
"I don't think that you have to worry about pretending to like Minako anymore." Usagi giggled as she sat next to Kakyuu on the couch.
"What's for dinner?" Seiya asked.
"It's your turn to cook, we were waiting for you to get home." Taiki said as he got up to stand next to Seiya. "Where is Yaten? With Makoto?"
"No, I don't know when he'll be home. He's with Minako." Seiya said walking into the kitchen. "I don't feel like cooking, do you want to order out? Pizza maybe?" He peeked his head around the corner. "Ami, Usagi are you guys going to stay for dinner?"
Both of the girls said yes. Seiya started dialing the phone. "Will you guys go and pick it up?" He looked at Taiki.
"Sure."
Seiya ordered the pizzas and returned to the living room. He saw Kakyuu and Usagi talking on the couch. "What now that you can't go after Minako you're going after Usagi?" He laughed as he joined them on the couch.
"Maybe." Kakyuu pulled Usagi into a hug. Usagi just laughed because she knew she was just kidding. "You have to help me find a date for the prom." Kakyuu looked at Usagi.
"I'm outta here, this stuff isn't my department. I'm going to go and take a shower, give me a call when the foods here." He got up and walked off.
"So who do you think? I haven't been here long enough to meet anyone." Kakyuu turned her attention back to Usagi.
"I know how about Misaki?" Usagi questioned. She would never set Kakyuu up with anyone that she wouldn't hang out with herself. "He's cute."
"I don't think I know him." Kakyuu thought.
Usagi got a giant sweat drop on her head. "Umm. He sits right next to you in just about every single one of our classes."
Kakyuu gets a closed eye smile. "Hheheee. him. Yeah he's cute. I'll get him for sure!" Kakyuu gets a determined look in her eyes. "I heard that you were going with Seiya."
"Yeah, he asked me the other day." Usagi answered with a smile. He had asked her during lunch.
"I've noticed that you haven't told him how you feel about him and that you haven't tried to get together with him yet." Kakyuu got a little closer to Usagi so that she didn't have to speak so loud. "Is there something wrong?" She was genuinely concerned.
Usagi looked at Kakyuu seriously. "Why does it matter?" She didn't seem to be the happy girl that Kakyuu had just been looking at a moment ago.
"What do you mean 'what does it matter'? What happened? There is nothing standing in your way now. Have you changed your mind? Please tell me that you didn't change your mind." Kakyuu was practically begging her.
Usagi just sat there in silence.
"You did. You changed your mind didn't you?" Kakyuu was on the verge of tears.
Usagi saw how she was reacting and finally spoke. "No, I didn't change my mind."
Kakyuu's face calmed a bit showing her relief. "Then what's wrong?"
"How long are you guys visiting for?" Usagi seemed to have changed the subject.
"I've actually been meaning to talk to you about that." Kakyuu's face dropped again. She took Usagi's hand. "I was wondering if you would allow us to live on this planet permanently." Her downward turned eyes were brought up to meet Usagi's clear blue ones.
Usagi sat there motionless for a moment a giant smile appeared on her face. "Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes again. Of course you can stay here!" She leapt onto Kakyuu and wrapped her in a hug.
"Well you seem to be in a better mood." Kakyuu noticed.
Usagi got up off of her and wiped a few tears away. "I thought you guys were going to leave me again." She sniffled. "I was scared, I didn't want to tell Seiya how I felt if you guys were just going to leave again." She was almost whining.
"Well now you're stuck with us and we're not going anywhere!" Kakyuu was happy to say the least with Usagi's reaction. Usagi jumped on her again and they hugged each other.
"What are you guys doing?" Seiya came out of the bathroom drying his hair. "I leave you two alone for five minutes and you're all over each other!" He teased them as they broke apart. Ami and Taiki soon returned with the pizza.
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Rei came with the girls shopping for their prom dresses even though she wasn't going. "Hey I've got an idea, why don't I take Yuuchiro and Taiki can take you. That way everyone will be going." Ami suggested.
"Thanks Ami." Rei said. "Are you sure Taiki won't mind?"
"Why would he? Once we show them our tickets you and Yuuricho spend the night together and Taiki and I can do the same." Ami said while she held the door open to the shop.
"I'm so excited, I've never been to one of these things before." Kakyuu had stars in her eyes.
"None of us have." Minako pointed out. "Dinner and dancing with Yaten." She too got that far off dreamy look in her eyes.
"Will you two snap out of it. We don't have all day. This is the one day that all of us could get together to do this." Makoto cut between them as she headed for the racks.
The day was almost over and everyone had found their dress. The girls had just stopped by crown to talk over a soda. (Bet you can't guess what color dresses everyone got.^_^) There were too many of them to all ride in one limo. The limos that were around and available on such short notice, were only six person limos, and there was twelve of them. They were trying to decide who should ride in what limo.
"Kakyuu and I were going to get ready at Minako's house, so us three and our dates should ride together." Usagi did have a point.
"That sounds fine with me." Makoto agreed and everyone else nodded.
"Makoto? Do you want to go shopping with me to get a dress?" Ami asked Makoto as they walked to school.
"Sure. You are talking about getting a prom dress right?" It was too early in the morning for Makoto to be thinking clearly.
"Of course. Do you think we should ask Minako, Kakyuu and Usagi to go with us?" She asked meagerly.
"They don't have dates yet do they?" Makoto asked. "Well I guess that means that they wouldn't need dresses though."
"I'm sure some one will ask them. I know that Seiya is already planning on asking Usagi, as if that one wasn't obvious enough. Taiki told me." Ami blushed as she mentioned his name.
"You two have been spending a lot of time together huh?" Makoto smiled at her friend's happiness.
The bell rang and Seiya, Usagi and Minako were missing from class. Usagi's usual thunder of being late was somewhat louder today as Minako and Seiya both ran with her. The trio came in and when Seiya noticed it was a substitute he stopped dead in his tracks. The sudden stopped caused Usagi and Minako to become plastered to his back. The class laughed at them and the teacher asked them to take their seats. "I will see you three in detention after school." She lectured.
"Way to go. I told you that you didn't have time to play video games in the morning." Kakyuu patted Seiya on the back.
"Oh, well. I beat the stupid game anyway! I am now champion of the universe." He shot her a victory sign.
Everyone had gone home for the day and the only ones that were left still at school were the nerds and the troublemakers. Usagi, Minako and Seiya were the only ones in detention that day. What a way to start off the week. Mondays already sucked as it was, but this just made it worse.
Usagi figured that this was the perfect time for her and Seiya to torture Minako. "Who are you going to the prom with Minako?" Seiya tilted his brow. "Don't tell me you're going with Kakyuu."
"No, I'm not going with Kakyuu. No one has asked me yet?" Minako got an idea. "Who are you going with Seiya?"
"I'm going with my Odango." He glanced over at Usagi. He had previously asked her to go with him. She smiled at him. "Why don't you ask Yaten?" He offered up.
"I don't think that he'd want to go with me. Besides he has Makoto." Minako put her head down in frustration. "I think everyone in this school thinks that I'm a lesbian now."
Usagi and Seiya laughed. "So are you going to come dress shopping with us?" Usagi asked.
"What's the point? I'm not going to go and be the only one there without a date." She picked her head up. "I should just tell him that I was just kidding. I messed up big time."
"What are you talking about?" Seiya asked still playing dumb.
"It's ok, Minako, Seiya knows about you're plan." Usagi stopped him from torturing her any further. "But you know what?"
"What?" Minako was less than enthusiastic.
"We know about Yaten's plan too." Seiya finished for her.
"What plan?" Minako became interested.
"He's doing the same thing with Makoto that you are with Kakyuu." Usagi winked at her. "Since you started it, you should finish it. You know how stubborn he is!" She scolded her friend.
"WHAT!!! How can he turn this around on me." Minako pointed to herself. "What an idiot I am. How did I not see it?"
"You were too busy trying to fool him that you didn't notice what he was doing." Seiya sat on her desk. "He really likes you a lot. He just has a funny way of showing it."
"I'd say!" Usagi agreed.
The bell rang and the three left school. As they walked out the main doors they noticed Yaten sitting by a tree watching the road. He stood up as he noticed them walking towards him. "I was." He started but was cut off by Minako taking a flying leap into his arms. She clung to him like a wet shirt. "What are you doing?"
"I'm just so happy to see you." She said without letting go.
Here's the old Minako that I knew and loved. Yaten thought to himself.
"I think everything is going to be alright now." Usagi looked up at Seiya. "Ne?"
"Yeah me too." He agreed. "Do you want to come over and wrestle?" He asked her when he returned his gaze to her eyes.
"What?!" Usagi was taken off guard by this comment.
"You know wrestle, I just got his great new game. It's a bunch of big hairy men in spandex that fight each other with chairs and things like that. Do you want to play it?" They started to walk off forgetting about Yaten and Minako.
"Oh,." Usagi was relieved that he didn't want to actually wrestle her. "Sure." She smiled as they headed for his apartment.
The two soon arrived at the Light's apartment. Seiya got the door and as it opened it revealed Ami, Taiki and Kakyuu sitting in the living room. "How was detention?" Kakyuu asked recalling the days earlier events.
"Enlightening." Seiya said as he threw his keys down on the table.
"I don't think that you have to worry about pretending to like Minako anymore." Usagi giggled as she sat next to Kakyuu on the couch.
"What's for dinner?" Seiya asked.
"It's your turn to cook, we were waiting for you to get home." Taiki said as he got up to stand next to Seiya. "Where is Yaten? With Makoto?"
"No, I don't know when he'll be home. He's with Minako." Seiya said walking into the kitchen. "I don't feel like cooking, do you want to order out? Pizza maybe?" He peeked his head around the corner. "Ami, Usagi are you guys going to stay for dinner?"
Both of the girls said yes. Seiya started dialing the phone. "Will you guys go and pick it up?" He looked at Taiki.
"Sure."
Seiya ordered the pizzas and returned to the living room. He saw Kakyuu and Usagi talking on the couch. "What now that you can't go after Minako you're going after Usagi?" He laughed as he joined them on the couch.
"Maybe." Kakyuu pulled Usagi into a hug. Usagi just laughed because she knew she was just kidding. "You have to help me find a date for the prom." Kakyuu looked at Usagi.
"I'm outta here, this stuff isn't my department. I'm going to go and take a shower, give me a call when the foods here." He got up and walked off.
"So who do you think? I haven't been here long enough to meet anyone." Kakyuu turned her attention back to Usagi.
"I know how about Misaki?" Usagi questioned. She would never set Kakyuu up with anyone that she wouldn't hang out with herself. "He's cute."
"I don't think I know him." Kakyuu thought.
Usagi got a giant sweat drop on her head. "Umm. He sits right next to you in just about every single one of our classes."
Kakyuu gets a closed eye smile. "Hheheee. him. Yeah he's cute. I'll get him for sure!" Kakyuu gets a determined look in her eyes. "I heard that you were going with Seiya."
"Yeah, he asked me the other day." Usagi answered with a smile. He had asked her during lunch.
"I've noticed that you haven't told him how you feel about him and that you haven't tried to get together with him yet." Kakyuu got a little closer to Usagi so that she didn't have to speak so loud. "Is there something wrong?" She was genuinely concerned.
Usagi looked at Kakyuu seriously. "Why does it matter?" She didn't seem to be the happy girl that Kakyuu had just been looking at a moment ago.
"What do you mean 'what does it matter'? What happened? There is nothing standing in your way now. Have you changed your mind? Please tell me that you didn't change your mind." Kakyuu was practically begging her.
Usagi just sat there in silence.
"You did. You changed your mind didn't you?" Kakyuu was on the verge of tears.
Usagi saw how she was reacting and finally spoke. "No, I didn't change my mind."
Kakyuu's face calmed a bit showing her relief. "Then what's wrong?"
"How long are you guys visiting for?" Usagi seemed to have changed the subject.
"I've actually been meaning to talk to you about that." Kakyuu's face dropped again. She took Usagi's hand. "I was wondering if you would allow us to live on this planet permanently." Her downward turned eyes were brought up to meet Usagi's clear blue ones.
Usagi sat there motionless for a moment a giant smile appeared on her face. "Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes again. Of course you can stay here!" She leapt onto Kakyuu and wrapped her in a hug.
"Well you seem to be in a better mood." Kakyuu noticed.
Usagi got up off of her and wiped a few tears away. "I thought you guys were going to leave me again." She sniffled. "I was scared, I didn't want to tell Seiya how I felt if you guys were just going to leave again." She was almost whining.
"Well now you're stuck with us and we're not going anywhere!" Kakyuu was happy to say the least with Usagi's reaction. Usagi jumped on her again and they hugged each other.
"What are you guys doing?" Seiya came out of the bathroom drying his hair. "I leave you two alone for five minutes and you're all over each other!" He teased them as they broke apart. Ami and Taiki soon returned with the pizza.
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Rei came with the girls shopping for their prom dresses even though she wasn't going. "Hey I've got an idea, why don't I take Yuuchiro and Taiki can take you. That way everyone will be going." Ami suggested.
"Thanks Ami." Rei said. "Are you sure Taiki won't mind?"
"Why would he? Once we show them our tickets you and Yuuricho spend the night together and Taiki and I can do the same." Ami said while she held the door open to the shop.
"I'm so excited, I've never been to one of these things before." Kakyuu had stars in her eyes.
"None of us have." Minako pointed out. "Dinner and dancing with Yaten." She too got that far off dreamy look in her eyes.
"Will you two snap out of it. We don't have all day. This is the one day that all of us could get together to do this." Makoto cut between them as she headed for the racks.
The day was almost over and everyone had found their dress. The girls had just stopped by crown to talk over a soda. (Bet you can't guess what color dresses everyone got.^_^) There were too many of them to all ride in one limo. The limos that were around and available on such short notice, were only six person limos, and there was twelve of them. They were trying to decide who should ride in what limo.
"Kakyuu and I were going to get ready at Minako's house, so us three and our dates should ride together." Usagi did have a point.
"That sounds fine with me." Makoto agreed and everyone else nodded.
