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No One's Fault
Part 4
By Usa and Emiri
Disclaimer in Part 1
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Makoto quickly grabbed her communicator and went onto Usagi's balcony. She needed to call the others. Rei was the first to answer.
"Mako-chan, what's wrong?" Rei asked when she saw her friend's troubled face.
"Rei-chan..." the brunette was near tears herself. This brought back some horrible memories. "Usagi-chan's dad was killed in a car accident."
"Nani yo? Where are you? How is Usagi-chan doing?"
"I'm at her house right now. She's not doing so well. Her okaa is beside herself and Shingo-kun is in denial. Usagi-chan is convinced that she has to be strong for them and is trying not to show how hurt she is. I... I barely know what do."
"Do you want me to come over?"
"Could you?" Makoto asked, relieved. "I think Usagi-chan needs us all. Will you call the others?"
"Hai, I will. Don't let yourself get lost in the memories, Mako-chan."
"I'll try not to..."
After Makoto and Rei stopped talking, Rei called Ami and Minako, and soon they were all at Usagi's house.
Makoto sat with them in the living room. Her eyes were red from crying. Minako came in and gave her a hug.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. I just overheard Usagi-chan talking in her sleep. I want to help her but I don't know... I can't think..." Makoto sighed. "I..."
"Mako-chan," Ami said, taking her friend's hand. "We'll help her through this! We'll help you too!"
"We're all here for Usagi...and for you too," Minako said.
The girls were about to go into the kitchen to see about something to eat, when they hear an ear piercing scream. "Usagi!"
In her bed, Usagi was thrashing about. "Iie! Papa!! It's my fault! PAPA!"
"Usagi-chan!" Makoto exclaimed, rushing to her friend. She grabbed Usagi's arms so the girl wouldn't hurt herself or the others.
"Usagi-chan, it's Mako-chan. Everything is going to be all right," she said soothingly.
Usagi stopped thrashing and slowly opened her eyes. "Mako-chan? Minna?"
"Hai, we're all here, Usagi-chan," Rei assured her.
"Oh, will you get Papa for me, Rei-chan? He's probably in the living room watching the news."
Four mouths hung open. "Usagi-chan..." Ami started. She sat next to her. "Usagi-chan... gomen ne, but your Papa's not here."
"Nani? What do you mean, Ami-chan! Of course he's here!"
"Usagi-chan, he was killed in a car accident tonight." Minako sat on the other side of her.
Usagi stared at them for a few minutes, then she began to laugh. "You guys are so funny! He couldn't have been! I talked to him before I left with Mamo-chan. He said, 'If you're not back by 8:30, I'm coming...'"
Flashes of the fight she had about homework, the ride home passing the car accident... car accident, 'Tsukino Ikuko?', 'Sumimasen, but he's gone.'
"Iie... Iie..."
"Gomen, Usagi-chan..."
Usagi sighed and held back her tears. "If this is true, then I'd better be strong." She laid down again. "Mama and Shingo will need me... Oyasumi..."
No One's Fault
Part 4
By Usa and Emiri
Disclaimer in Part 1
*************
Makoto quickly grabbed her communicator and went onto Usagi's balcony. She needed to call the others. Rei was the first to answer.
"Mako-chan, what's wrong?" Rei asked when she saw her friend's troubled face.
"Rei-chan..." the brunette was near tears herself. This brought back some horrible memories. "Usagi-chan's dad was killed in a car accident."
"Nani yo? Where are you? How is Usagi-chan doing?"
"I'm at her house right now. She's not doing so well. Her okaa is beside herself and Shingo-kun is in denial. Usagi-chan is convinced that she has to be strong for them and is trying not to show how hurt she is. I... I barely know what do."
"Do you want me to come over?"
"Could you?" Makoto asked, relieved. "I think Usagi-chan needs us all. Will you call the others?"
"Hai, I will. Don't let yourself get lost in the memories, Mako-chan."
"I'll try not to..."
After Makoto and Rei stopped talking, Rei called Ami and Minako, and soon they were all at Usagi's house.
Makoto sat with them in the living room. Her eyes were red from crying. Minako came in and gave her a hug.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. I just overheard Usagi-chan talking in her sleep. I want to help her but I don't know... I can't think..." Makoto sighed. "I..."
"Mako-chan," Ami said, taking her friend's hand. "We'll help her through this! We'll help you too!"
"We're all here for Usagi...and for you too," Minako said.
The girls were about to go into the kitchen to see about something to eat, when they hear an ear piercing scream. "Usagi!"
In her bed, Usagi was thrashing about. "Iie! Papa!! It's my fault! PAPA!"
"Usagi-chan!" Makoto exclaimed, rushing to her friend. She grabbed Usagi's arms so the girl wouldn't hurt herself or the others.
"Usagi-chan, it's Mako-chan. Everything is going to be all right," she said soothingly.
Usagi stopped thrashing and slowly opened her eyes. "Mako-chan? Minna?"
"Hai, we're all here, Usagi-chan," Rei assured her.
"Oh, will you get Papa for me, Rei-chan? He's probably in the living room watching the news."
Four mouths hung open. "Usagi-chan..." Ami started. She sat next to her. "Usagi-chan... gomen ne, but your Papa's not here."
"Nani? What do you mean, Ami-chan! Of course he's here!"
"Usagi-chan, he was killed in a car accident tonight." Minako sat on the other side of her.
Usagi stared at them for a few minutes, then she began to laugh. "You guys are so funny! He couldn't have been! I talked to him before I left with Mamo-chan. He said, 'If you're not back by 8:30, I'm coming...'"
Flashes of the fight she had about homework, the ride home passing the car accident... car accident, 'Tsukino Ikuko?', 'Sumimasen, but he's gone.'
"Iie... Iie..."
"Gomen, Usagi-chan..."
Usagi sighed and held back her tears. "If this is true, then I'd better be strong." She laid down again. "Mama and Shingo will need me... Oyasumi..."
