Okay I want to thank: Thunderwing, Rita, M-chan, Samantha, Naishinnou, siren, The rabbit, Flame-chan, Spooky Fyre, JLSCORPIO78, cherry blossoms little wolf2, and MarsMoonStar who all reviewed chapter 6 and I also want to thank Anime Princess and JLSCORPIO78, who have reviewed almost every chapter! Rita and Thunderwing also reviewed a lot of the chapters! THANK YOU! Doomo arigato gozaimasu! If I missed anyone please tell me! Oh yeah I got grounded again! Lucky me! My teacher phoned home cause I didn't pass in some project ^_^;... It was the first time too! Parents can be so cruel...
And Usagi and everyone else speaks both English and Japanese (unless I say so), the English is English and the Japanese is Japanese (of course!)
Okay now on with the story!
Silver Light
Chapter 6: The Afro
The three women walked into the salon. Almost immediately they
were converged upon by the giggling group of hairstylist. In the rush to
get to them Usagi's hat was knocked off and her hair tumbled to the floor.
"Oh my, I love your hair it's so long!" one said.
"And the color... It's so exotic!"
"I love it!"
"Is it real?"
"How long did it take you to grow it?"
"Did you dye it?"
"Do you have extensions?"
"How did you get that color! It's amazing!"
"Look no split ends!"
"That's impossible!"
"And no dandruff!"
"Can I do your hair?"
"No, I want to!"
"No I'm doing it!
"No me!"
"I'm the one who's the best at it!"
"No, I deserve to do it!"
"Everyone knows I'm the best!"
The four hairstylist started brawling by the door while ChiChi,
Bulma and the now terrorized Usagi inched away, towards the front desk.
Usagi shoved her hair back into the hat at the same time.
"Hello how may I help you?" the woman at the front desk asked
them. She looked from Bulma to ChiChi to Usagi, looking at their hair as
profit.
"Um.. well we would like to get our hair done and-" ChiChi was
unable to finish her sentence. When the hairstylist heard this bit of information,
they got up of the floor and sprinted towards the front desk.
A girl with spiky, curly, pink hair yelled, "I'm doing the silver
girl's hair!"
"No I want to do her hair!" A girl with green hair that was
shaved close to her head shouted, waving her arms to get attention.
"Can I do it?" asked a timid voice. Usagi turned to see a girl
around 17 years old. She had normal light brown hair that fell to mid back
and had a head band in to keep it away from her face. She was only an inch
taller then Usagi (She's short!) and had pale brown eye's. She was wearing
glasses that were to big for her. She was wearing a pair of Tommy jeans
and a three quarter length shirt under her apron she had on to keep hair
off her clothes. Usagi smiled at the girl. She smiled back.
"Girls! Well I think the decision should be made by these women
who want their hair done." The lady at the desk said. She smiled at ChiChi,
Bulma and Usagi, wanting them to come back.
ChiChi and Bulma surveyed the group of eager stylists. Finally
after five minutes ChiChi choose the one with the pink hair, whose name
turned out to be Rachel. Bulma choose a really perky girl with shoulder
length white blond hair, her name was Sara and right after she was introduced
she almost yelled, "Sara with NO H! I HATE it when people assume right
away that it ends with an H!"
Bulma nodded and Sara calmed down. Usagi decided to pick the
quiet brown haired girl, she seemed the most normal. After she picked her
the girl told her that her name was Elizabeth, but she liked to be called
Beth. Usagi introduced her self and said, "I hope we can be friends."
Beth's eye's widened, not used to people saying something like
that. Eventually she nodded and in a soft voice said, "I'd like that."
Usagi smiled. "Okay now lets get to work on my hair, Beth-chan!"
Beth smiled back, "What do you want done?" she asked, her voice
still soft.
"Well..." Usagi began, pulling off her hat, her hair tumbling
down, brushing the floor at the tips, "I want to cut it really short."
Beth's mouth dropped open at the length of the hair. "Oh my
God, your hair is so long! I don't think I've ever seen hair that long!
I've always wanted really long hair. I've been growing it out for the last
couple of years."
Usagi smiled and explained, "My hair grows at a fast rate, so
I let it grow."
"HEY, LIZ, GET TO WORK AND STOP YAPPING!" Her boss yelled from
the door to his office.
"I HATE being called Liz." She muttered, as she pulled
Usagi towards one of the chairs. Usagi went and sat in the turning, blue
cushioned seat.
"What so bad about it?" Usagi asked hearing Beth.
She looked up, surprised that she had been heard. "I don't know
why, I just don't like it." She turned looking at the hair products.
"Well I know how you feel. I hate being called Odango Atama.
I have no reason for that either." Usagi said, not wanting Beth to be the
only one with that problem, "There were only two people who called me that...
and now ones... um never mind."
Beth noticed Usagi looked uncomfortable with this subject so
she asked, "Do you want cherry shampoo or strawberry?"
Usagi smiled and said, "cherry please."
"I like the cherry best too." Beth said, smiling back.
Usagi was lead over to the sinks and Beth leaned her over the
side and began to lather up the shampoo. "So, do you have a boyfriend?"
Beth asked, trying to fill the silence. But there was no answer. She looked
down and saw that Usagi looked like she was eating something sour. "Oh
I'm sorry, if you don't want to talk about it then I'll just shut my trap."
"It's ok... it's just I not ready to talk about it yet." Usagi
said not wanting Beth to feel bad.
"Ya I know what you mean..." she said, with an emotion Usagi
couldn't pick out.
She looked up at Beth and smiled, but it didn't quite reach
her eyes. Beth smiled back, not noticing, but in some dark corner in her
mind she knew Usagi was just like her...
In a dark space...
Put in some dark void, where no life should ever be, a voice
could be heard, out in the darkness. It was a sinister voice that only
some one truly evil could speak with it. The voice was laughing. "Well
have you located where the girl is staying?" It said, still laughing softly.
"Yes, Dark One." A man in black said, bowing low to the floor.
He looked up when he heard more laughter.
"Oh, she is so foolish!" Out of the the darkness stepped a shadow,
that was the only word for it. The darkness seemed to wrap around the figure,
almost caressing it. "She is such a stubborn little thing, but so powerful!"
It said, glee apparent in it's voice. It lifted one hand cloaked in darkness
and a circle started to form.
As the man looks down in to the circle, he sees a girl with
very short silver hair, skipping down the street. She had a large smile
and was beckoning her friends to hurry up. The man smiled evilly and stated,
"That's her." The figure in darkness waved it hand and the circle disappeared.
"We shall start her first test very soon." It said mysteriously.
"You must stay here and prepare."
"But, Dark One..." The man on the floor started.
"Silence!" It screamed. "You will not go! Not yet. When the
time is right, but not now." It stated, calming down.
"Demo, I-" He was suddenly cut off when the figure lifted its
hand and moved one finger forward. The darkness pushed forward and covered
the man.
"YOU MUST NOT TRY MY PATIENCE!" It screamed. "I will rule this
universe and your pathetic ideas won't help, so just do what I SAY!" With
that it pulled it's hand back the darkness coming with it. The man was
left gasping for air, his eyes so horror filled he almost cried. "I must
have that girl, but not yet, this is a tiresome game but everyone must
be patient and we will get what we want. If only you had know that, then
you wouldn't be here."
"Yes, Dark One." He said with a bow and disappeared from the
room..
From up in the darkest shadows it started laughing, a terrible
laugh, that made all the other dark creatures present cringe.
"Ya know, I've always wanted hair as long as yours. I've been
trying forever to get it that long!" Beth said to break the silence that
had followed her last remark. "I once cut it to my shoulders a couple of
years ago and I've always regretted it."
Usagi smiled sadly at that comment.
"I've always felt like a princess with long hair, you know.
It's kinda silly but when I was younger I would always dream of someday
having a beautiful past revealed to me and I would be loved and I could
help people like a princess would." Beth said, in a dreamy voice.
"Sometimes you don't need to be a princess to help people."
Usagi said in a sad voice. "All you need is courage to stand up for the
people you love." 'Something I don't have.'
"I know that but every time I try to help someone they
act like I'm insignificant and they point out all my flaws."
"I know what you mean, my fr... people I knew always said I
was stupid and lazy and klutzy. I mean I was all of those things, but it
still hurts to hear it out loud."
"Mostly the people tell me I'm fat and I'm ugly." Beth said.
"Who says your ugly?!" Usagi cried, "If they were her right
now I'd sock them in the nose!"
"But it's true..." She said softly, turning away to get a towel
for Usagi's hair.
"No it's not! And never ever believe that!" Usagi said, vehemently.
"You should only believe the stuff you know is true and you definitely
aren't ugly or fat!"
Beth was still turned away. She leaned on the counter and Usagi
noticed her shoulders begin to shake. She grabbed the near by towel, wrapped
it around her hair and got out of the chair. She walked over to Beth and
took her by the shoulders and lead her to one of the separate rooms. Once
they got there she closed the door and said, "I know how you feel because
I feel the same way once and a while, but I've learned to let it out once
and a while. Never let it build in side of you or you will never know the
wonderful things in life." Usagi looked sadly to Beth's still crying figure.
"I used to wail anytime something bad happened and all the people around
me would cover their ears. I would always be called a cry baby but back
then I pretended not to notice because that was how I felt better. To get
away from all the name calling I would cry really loud, but I think it
would have worked just the same if I cried like you do." She finished with
a small smile.
Beth turned around and gave Usagi a watery smile. "Thanks for
telling me this." She said quietly. "Oh, now I just feel stupid for wasting
all your time! I'm sorry. I'm really usually not like this, really. I just..."
"Couldn't take it anymore." Beth nodded. Usagi smiled. "Yeah,
I know, but I think as you can now tell crying can help you feel better.
If you bottle up your problems they will never get solved, so lets solve
our problems." 'I should learn to take my own advice.'
"Okay, and thank you. I promise to never let another person
boss me around again!" She said.
"Sugoi!" Usagi yelled pumping her fist in the air. "Now lets
get my hair cut!"
"Hai!" Beth laughed. Usagi linked her arm with Beth's and they
walked out of the room laughing.... that is until they bumped into her
boss.
"Liz, may I have a word with you, NOW?" He said angrily.
"But, sir, shouldn't I be doing my customers hair? You always
said the customer comes first." Beth said, blinking wide innocent eyes
while Usagi was trying hard not to break up.
"What were you doing in there so long?" He said, his teeth clenched.
His face was getting redder by the second.
"Why, we were looking in the catalogues for the perfect hairstyle
for my customer. Did you think I would be wasting valuable work time for
anything else?" She said putting her hand to her chest in mock hurt. By
this time Usagi had to turn away, covering her laughter with coughs. 'I
didn't think she had it in her!' Usagi thought, grinning.
Beth's boss looked disgruntled and, knowing he couldn't get
to mad with customers near by, he turned away, walking straight into his
office, slamming the door.
Beth and Usagi giggled quietly so he wouldn't hear. "I swear
you should be an actress!" Usagi said, when she had stopped giggling.
"Well when I was in Beckwith, I always got a part in the plays!
What can I said, when I get in a role, I get in a role!" They both laughed
and headed back to the sink. "Well I have to wet your hair again since
it's drying, sorry about that."
"Don't worry about it." She smiled.
"You know the two women you came in with, they're ChChi and
Bulma, right?"
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"Well, I heard about them after the attack from cell." She whispered
quietly. "Their husbands were there."
"Nani? Cell? Where? What are you talking about?" Usagi said.
"You don't know?" Beth said in shock. How could anyone not know
about cell!
"I have no idea what your talking about."
"It was all over the television! All over the world!" At Usagi's
blank look she continued. "Cell wanted to take over the world so he made
a tournament and the fighters beat him. You know Goku, Gohan, and all of
them. Every one else thinks that arrogant Mr. Satan did it, but I think
he's just a big coward!"
"I still don't know what your talking about but I think I'll
ask Goku tomorrow."
"You know Goku!" Beth almost screamed. When everyone around
her when quiet she laughed nervously.
"Yeah, he's sorta trying to train me right now." Usagi said
like it was nothing.
"WHAT!!??" Again everybody stared and she slapped her hands
over her mouth. She glanced neverously at her bosses door, but luckily
it didn't open.
"What's so special about that?" Usagi asked.
"Well he's my idol! I would love to be trained by him, all I
get taught is some karate form my fight class and from what I've read it
is not very advanced. They seem to think since I'm a girl I can't fight
right so they wont teach me anything higher."
"Well that's not fair! I would love to go there and teach them
a lesson or two!" Beth thought about that and giggled at the thought.
"I can just see you walking into the place and beating the crap
out of Mr. Satan!"
Usagi smiled, then said, "Who's Mr. Satan?"
Beth's mouth opened in shock. "You really don't watch T.V. much
do you?"
"I watch T.V. all the time... except, now that I think about,
I haven't watched T.V. since I came here."
"Where were you before you came here?" Beth asked, finally realizing
she wasn't from around here.
"Ummm... Tokyo." Usagi said, slowly. Beth was the first person
she had told anything about herself, but then again Beth was a good person
to open up to.
"Well you should still know about cell! It was broadcasted all
over the world!"
"Gomen nasai, but I've never heard of it."
"The whole world was at stake, I don't see how you could have
missed it!"
"Well in Tokyo, the Sailor Senshi saves... umm.. saved the world
many times, did you ever hear about them?"
"No."
"I don't see how you can not! They risked their lives many times
to save our lives! They never let anyone down..." As Usagi said this, she
could feel her eyes begin to burn. She blinked rapidly to stop the tears.
'I'm
not supposed to cry anymore! I can't even keep promises to myself!'
She
finally blinked them away but not before Beth saw.
"Did you ever know them personally?" Beth asked, quietly.
Usagi gave her a watery smile and said, "Kaimono ga suki desu
ka?"
Beth nodded, confused at the quick change of subject.
"Well, not yesterday but the day before, ChiChi, Bulma and I
went shopping..." and Usagi explained in detail the events of the day Usagi
went shopping. Beth started cutting Usagi's hair. She and Usagi laughed
and chatted, forgetting about the talk about the senshi.
"I can't believe you got thrown off an escalator!" Beth exclaimed,
as she picked up the blow dryer.
"I got the bruises to prove it." She said, wryly, just before
Beth turned on the blow dryer, putting a temporary end to their conversation.
She quickly dried her hair, fluffing it up at the same time..
"Volia! I'm done!" Beth exclaimed, after brushing it out. She
turned her chair around and Usagi got to see her new hair do.
"Wow..." Usagi says, in an awed voice. Her hair was now just
above her ears, in a shaggy kinda look. It brought more attention to her
face, showing off her silver flecked eyes. Some how Beth had also gotten
her hair brighter, because her hair shone with silver light. "Sugoi!" Usagi
shouted jumping up from her chair. She ran around the chair and grabbed
Beth, pulling her towards the back, where ChiChi and Bulma were still sitting
in those blow dryer chairs. (I have no idea what they are called. "Bulma,
look at this!" She yelled.
Bulma and ChiChi looked up from their magazines and saw the
grinning Usagi bounding towards them, with a confused girl in tow.
"Watashi no kami wa dou desu ka?" she asked.
"Oh, Usa, your hair looks great!" ChiChi exclaimed.
Bulma nodded with a smile. "I'm almost done, and I think ChiChi
is too."
"Okay, I'll be over there, oh this is Beth by the way." She
said, pulling Beth in front of her.
"Very nice to meet you." ChiChi said, but was almost immediately
interrupted by Rachel running up.
"Okay, like, your hair is done!" She said with a giggle, taking
her out of the chair. She ran a brush through it and gave ChiChi a hand
mirror.
"It's nice." She said, with a wavery smile. Her hair was now
in an afro, with a white streak running down the side, but the worst part
was that is was a bright neon pink, brighter then Rachel's. Rachel just
giggled and ran of.
Usagi took one look at her hair and said, "What did you tell
her to do!?"
"I just said, 'You choose.'" ChiChi said, still staring in the
mirror. Her knuckles were beginning to turn white.
"Umm... ChiChi-san." Beth said heisentaly. ChiChi now had a
twitch in her left eye. She was still staring in the mirror.
CRACK! Usagi jumped, then realized that ChiChi had cracked the handle
of the mirror.
"I can fix it for you..." Beth finished neverously, "Free of
charge." She added hastily.
Suddenly ChiChi lost the twitch and put down the mirror, but
when she turned Beth, she could still see the broken fragments of the mirror
in her hand.
"No thank you." She said calmly.
Usagi and Bulma were looking at ChiChi as if she were crazy.
"What is with her?" Usagi whispers to Bulma.
"I don't know, but I don't wanna ask." Bulma said, looking at
the broken mirror handle.
"Oh, Bulma..." ChiChi said in a sing a song voice, "I think
it's your turn to see your hair."
Bulma's eyes widened in realization. Bulma gulped and looked
up to see Sara coming over.
"What did you ask for?" Usagi asked, quickly.
"The same thing as ChiChi..." They looked over to see ChiChi
wearing an evil grin. "NOOOOOOO!!!"
A while later, ChiChi, Bulma and Usagi were paying for their
new hairstyles. Usagi had asked Beth to come over to Bulma's tomorrow to
fix their hair. Beth agreed on the condition that she could meet Goku.
Usagi ran out of the store, skipping ahead. She turned back to see, Bulma
and ChiChi stuffing their afro's into hats and tying them down. They would
never live it down if someone saw them like this.
"Isoide kudasai!" Usagi yelled, running backwards to look at
them. The wind ruffled her now short hair. She stopped and turned. She
had the strangest feeling that she was being watched. But she could see
no one. She squinted her silver flecked eye's and scanned her surroundings,
in fact there was no one else around at all! She quickly turned to where
Bulma and ChiChi were to see that they had vanished, also.
TBC.........
Japanese Translations
Kaimono ga suki desu ka? - Do you like shopping?
Gomen nasai - sorry
Watashi no kami wa dou desu ka? - How do you like my hair?
Isoide kudasai - Hurry up
Okay, I know this chapter is boring and I know your like "Why the hell
did she take so long to write a stupid chapter like this!" But I couldn't
help it because... 1) this info might be important later in the story 2)
I have writers block!!!!! It's a terrible disease!!! AHHHH!!! Okay people,
if you are reading my story you should know the following: My computer
broke down and I'm doing this at school. I can't get a find a job so I'm
gonna try to find money (most likely from my parents) to buy a laptop in
March (or later ^_^;) so until then I won't be getting the chapters out
very fast. Sorry! If you want to know more email me or if you have ideas
for the story, email me! Thanks!!
AHHHHHHH!!!!! I FINALLY FINISHED A FREAKIN' CHAPTER!!!!!! IT'S A MIRACLE!!!!!!
Oh and review please!!!
