I'm horrible I know! U_U I was visiting my hime this weekend and didn't
write… but hey, I had fun! ^_^v If you guys want me to put a bad guy in
here I can, but it wasn't going to have too much senshi stuff. Just let me
know, maybe Mr Montery Jack the incredibly dashing cheese master will show
up!! Ha! That would be a sight!
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There I go again… Thank you for all of the great reviews!! spies her overly sugared cheerleader bouncing off the walls
[::Akuen::]
by Lady in Red
(Rude Awakening/Hands Down, Ace's High)
Her hands were shaking as she approached Seiya's form lying on her futon. It was Sunday morning and Minako was up before anyone else in the apartment. She had discovered quickly that trying to run your own business meant not keeping hours, all of her time was company time. Trying to find something to wear sprawled about the apartment had lead her to the area in which Seiya was sleeping. Seiya's chest heaved up and down and her breaths were quick. She was breathing as though she was running or extremely frightened. Her hair was plastered to her forehead from the sweat that drenched her form.
"Seiya… wake up." Minako whispered trying not to wake anyone else in the process. She shook Seiya gently but she didn't wake up and only responded with a muffled sound. Her breathing sped up and Minako became more frantic. "Oh god Seiya, wake up!" Her voice rose a little louder and still Seiya didn't wake up. Tears started to form in Seiya's closed eyes and her fists were clenched tightly.
Minako shuffled over to where Yaten was sleeping to wake her up. She didn't have to try very hard, the moment she stepped within five feet of Yaten's futon she was awake and peering at her. "What is it?" She asked with distaste in her tone.
"I can't wake Seiya up…" Minako huffed and Yaten could tell that she was scared by her shaking form. "… she's crying… and breathing really fast… wake her up damn it!" Minako grabbed Yaten out of bed and drug her over to witness what was happening to Seiya.
"Ow, let go devil woman!" Yaten pried her arm free from Minako's hold. "It's no big deal, she does it all the time." The words came out of her mouth making the matter sound as if it was no big deal.
Seiya suddenly shot up and stared at her empty hands in front of her with wide eyes. Beyond her hands stood Minako and a very grumpy looking Yaten standing at the end of her futon watching her. "Are you alright?" Minako asked as she noted Seiya's breathing starting to slow down. "I tried to wake you up."
Seiya's hands came up to her head and she felt the sweat and tears on her face. "What the hell is going on?" She asked of no one in particular, but Yaten felt obligated to answer.
"You scared the living daylights out of Minako and for that I got woken up. Way to go dumb ass." Yaten rolled her eyes and flipped her hair back as she spoke but when she finished she received a shove from Minako.
"What were you dreaming about?" Minako asked sitting down next to her on the futon.
"Yeah Seiya, tell her about your little nightmares that brought us halfway across the galaxy!" Yaten sat down too stealing Seiya's pillow in the process.
Minako looked with a scowl at Yaten and then with concern for Seiya. Seiya took her hands from her face and regained her composure. "I have to call Odango… I have to make sure she's alright." Seiya said trying to get up.
Minako looked questioningly at her but handed her the phone regardless. Usagi was number one on her speed dial so the line was ringing in a matter of seconds. "Konnichiwa." A man's voice said from the other end of the phone, without replying Seiya disconnected and handed it back to Minako.
"Yeah, I'm sure she'll be real thrilled that you pranked her first thing in the morning." Yaten laughed at herself but received another blow from Minako in her arm. "Damn you devil woman!"
"Mamoru answered?" Minako said understandingly and watched as Seiya nodded her head. "Care to tell me about your dreams?"
Seiya went on telling Minako about the dreams she had on Kinmoku and the ones that she's had since they had come to Earth. She had conveniently left out the parts that would lead Minako to believe she was a complete eechi. This was the first time that Yaten had heard anything concerning the content of the dreams and she immediately felt bad for making fun of her so much for them.
Minako sat back and listened to the details and a few pieces seemed to fit together, she understood it for the most part, but listened on nodding her head. From what she gathered it looked as though Seiya was seeing Usagi the way she was after defeating Chaos. She figured the new moon represented Chibi-Usa. The two eyes that appeared on the moon, one blue and one red were Usagi and Chibi-Usa's eyes. She gathered the symbolism from the different landscapes she had been in as a reflection of her mood and self-image. But the part that baffled her was why the new moon kept being destroyed, and why Usagi had told Seiya not to try and save it. It just didn't make sense, and here Seiya was blaming herself for the chibi- moon's destruction.
"Does any of that make sense to you?" Seiya looked up with hope in her eyes.
Minako remained silent and shook her head. "I have no idea what any of it means." Seiya didn't know about Chibi-Usa or the future concerning Crystal Tokyo, knowing how much she loved Usagi, Minako was not about to break the news to her. This was something Seiya was going to have to figure out for herself. "Have you told Usagi about any of this?"
"No." Seiya said flatly. "She has her boyfriend back, it's not like she needs me coming into the picture telling her about all these crazy dreams I keep having about her!"
Yaten laughed a bit at the statement. She had seen the way Minako's face reacted to certain parts of Seiya's explanation. She knew she knew something about the strange dreams and wasn't telling them. "Minako, I think I'll go and help you out today."
Minako sat shocked, stunned, amazed at what Yaten had just offered to do. "What side of whose bed did you wake up on?" She asked still blinking. The phone rang and cut her off from looking at Yaten's evil smile. "Moshi moshi." She answered still a little wary of Yaten's offer.
"Ohayo Minako! Is Seiya there?" Usagi asked from the other end of the phone, it sounded like she was out of breath.
Minako handed the phone to Seiya without looking at her and continued to stare at Yaten in amazement. "What?" Yaten asked narrowing her eyes at her. "I want you to give me a job, doesn't this show initiative?"
"Oi." Seiya held the phone up to her ear, she wasn't expecting anyone to call and hoped to god it wasn't Mamoru *69-ing them.
"Hey good morning! What are you doing today?" Usagi asked and Seiya heard the sound of little chimes in the background.
"Odango?" Seiya asked confused. "What are you doing up this early?"
"Jogging." She said flatly, she had apparently not been in her apartment when Seiya had called earlier and spoke with Mamoru. "Can I come in?"
"Nani? Come in where?" Seiya asked looking around. Suddenly the door of the apartment was flung open and Usagi jogged in and shut it behind her.
She noticed the pile of people on Seiya's bed and wondered what she had just walked in on. Yaten was lamped out with a pillow under her head on Seiya's legs while Minako sat beside Seiya staring at Yaten. "Breakfast?" Usagi asked still talking into her cell phone.
"Odango." Seiya said hanging up the phone. "We can hear you without the phone."
Usagi laughed nervously putting her hand with the phone in it behind her head. "Oh yeah!" She started to walk over to them so she didn't have to shout across the apartment, she noticed Taiki sleeping on the other side of the room. She was trying to be quiet and was looking at Taiki to see if she was waking up and tripped in the process. "Whaoo!"
Usagi lay in her running shorts sprawled out on top of all three of them and came face to face with Seiya. "Odango, I'm surprised you made it all the way over here jogging." Seiya said sweat dropping.
"Hey!" Usagi said giving her a dirty look.
"Get off of me cow!" Yaten cursed giving Usagi a shove in the process sending her face closer to Seiya's just as she had planned.
"Are you knocking my Princess again?" Minako asked standing up, also shoving Usagi off of her and positioning her more on Seiya.
"What are you going to do about it?" Yaten asked standing up too and staring Minako down again.
"Grrrr… we'll settle this later, come on, we have to get going." Minako said walking off. Yaten turned around and flashed Seiya and Usagi a mini- victory sign then went off to get dressed.
Usagi's body was emanating such a strong heat from her jog over here and she was right on top of Seiya. Seiya took Usagi by the hips but then noticed that her Odango was swallowing a lump in her throat. Was she nervous? Without thinking about it more Seiya continued what she was doing and pushed Usagi off of her to the side. A look of relief passed over Usagi's face and Seiya just looked at her questioningly. "You alright?"
Usagi paused for a moment. When Seiya's hands had come up to her hips she suddenly became very nervous and very antsy. Mamoru's words still hung in her mind and perhaps she was just looking for the proof of them. "Yeah, I'm fine." It was just her imagination, Seiya didn't really look at her that way. It must just be these thoughts from the previous days mixing with what he said to make her even assume to believe that could be true. "Yaten's working with Minako now?"
Usagi laid down on the futon next to Seiya on top of the covers with one hand behind her head and the other flat on her stomach. "I guess so. We were all going to get jobs here since it didn't look like we were going to be able to pose as the Three Lights."
"What are you doing for a job?" Usagi asked turning her head to look at her. Seiya was looking up at the ceiling. She couldn't like her, why would she be so nonchalantly looking up that the uninteresting ceiling instead of her? She still had to prove it to herself though…
Seiya laughed a bit at the question. "I don't know, there's not really that many jobs that meet my criteria." She noticed a small movement out of the corner of her eye and realized it was Usagi's hand moving up her stomach taking her shirt with it. Seiya saw the smooth exposed flesh of her stomach and the area was increasing by the second. The curve from her hip to her ribs was now fully exposed and it looked as though Usagi was still stretching. Seiya tried to keep her mind off of the girl next to her and looked back up at the ceiling. "I was thinking about maybe becoming a talk show host or a game show host, something like that."
Seiya didn't seem to be at all affected by Usagi's little show. Usagi laughed lightly at Seiya's idea for a career. "Only you would think of such a thing." She laughed some more while thinking of a new plan. "Why don't you try singing again?"
Seiya shrugged and noticed that Usagi had sat up next to her. "I guess, but what good would only one light be?"
"I think you'd do just fine." Usagi smiled down at her and got up some more. "I'm getting a drink, you want anything?" She offered as she stood above Seiya lying on the futon. Seiya shook her head and looked up at her. Usagi walked into the kitchen and Seiya's eyes followed her every step of the way.
"Oh Kamisama, why does she have to be so perfect?" Seiya asked quietly. "No wait, why do those running shorts have to be so damn short?" She shook her head and tried to think of something else. Baseball, football, sweaty men in uniform… Seiya cringed at the mental thought and then laughed at herself for conjuring it up in the first place.
"What are you laughing about?" Usagi asked coming back towards her with a small glass of water in her hand.
"Nothing." Seiya said still laughing a bit and put her hands behind her head with a smile. She could do this, she was under control. Suddenly out of nowhere Usagi came flying on top of her soaking both of them in the process, well more so Usagi than herself. "Odango!" That water was cold and it gave Seiya a start but she realized she couldn't go anywhere since Usagi was on top of her once again. Not that she minded one bit.
"Ah man!" Usagi sat straddling Seiya and looked down at the front of herself. She tried not to smile at her brilliantly executed plan, it really had worked out too perfectly. If Seiya wanted her, she was going to find out. "My shirt is soaked!" She sighed and then looked down at Seiya. "I got you all wet too, gomen. May I borrow a shirt?"
Seiya couldn't figure out where to put her hands, she couldn't put them down at her sides, then they would be resting on Usagi's legs, she couldn't put them back behind her head, her wet shirt would stick to her chest and she didn't want to put them out to the sides because it would make her boobs look smaller. Wait, why should I be concerned about that, it's not like Usagi's looking at them! "Uh… yeah, there right back … here…" Seiya stretched out and tried to reach the pile of t-shirts that was at the head of her futon but wasn't really getting anywhere with Usagi on top of her.
"No, here, I'll get them. You should take that wet one off though." She brought her fingertips down to the bottom of Seiya's shirt and started to work it up.
"Uh, no, that's alright, I was going to get in the shower soon anyway." Seiya said pulling her hands away from her shirt and now exposed stomach. What the hell am I doing? She's offering to undress me and I'm saying no? Yeah, that's right, you're saying no because could you really control yourself being half naked with her on top of you? No!
Usagi looked a little defeated but then pulled her own shirt off and leaned forward to reach for the shirts just above Seiya's head. 'Oh Kamisama!' Seiya prayed silently as she saw Usagi's exposed upper body coming closer to her. Her breasts just topped her bra making them seem like supple mounds of pink flesh and when she bent over towards her the valley of her cleavage stared her right in the face. Usagi bent down farther and her hand fell on top of Seiya's breast. "Oh gomen." She apologized and quickly removed it reaching farther towards the laundry. By now the full length of her body was pressed up against Seiya's and her lips were just lightly brushing the lobe of her ear and the top of her neck.
Seiya's mind was about to explode, she had to fight with her own arms to keep them from wrapping around Usagi's body. Her blond hair flowed over from her shoulder to brush against her face and left its scent in Seiya's senses. "Just a little bit more." Usagi said as she struggled forward more. With every word she spoke it sent a tingling sensation throughout Seiya's body feeling her lips brush lightly against her ear and the smooth caress of her breath. That was it, she couldn't take it any more and shifted so that she could gain a more dominating position on top of Usagi.
"Konnichiwa Usagi." Taiki said as she groggily walked past the two and on to the kitchen. Seiya hadn't done anything except gotten Usagi off of her, so in a sense no one would have suspected a thing about the turmoil that was raging inside of her. Usagi finally grabbed the shirt that she could have reached all along and threw it on just before her cell phone rang.
"Moshi moshi." She answered and smiled at Seiya and immediately felt bad for what she had just put that poor girl through. She hadn't tried to touch her, she really was just her friend, what the hell did Mamoru know? Maybe he was getting jealous that she had found a new friend. Well she'd show him, she'd spend all of her free time with Seiya now.
"Usako?"
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The building was empty, it was Sunday after all. Yaten was relieved however that Ms Bitch the secretary from hell wasn't here though, it was just her and Minako today. Yaten walked in following Minako into her office and took the liberty of plopping down in Minako's oversized chair. "I thought you were going to help me today?" Minako stood with her hands on her hips staring at Yaten.
"And I thought you would have told Seiya what you knew about her dreams earlier. I guess we were both wrong." Yaten said with a wry smile. "So tell me Minako, just what do you know about Seiya's dreams?"
Minako faltered for a moment but regained herself when she noted Yaten's serious composure. "How about we make a little deal here?"
Yaten looked at her curiously from the other side of the desk. "What kind of deal?" She was intrigued and wondered what Minako had up her sleeve.
Minako came up closer to the desk, straightening some piles and putting some pens away. "I'll tell you what I know about Seiya's dreams, since it seems you've already got me figured out anyway, and while I do so, you will help me like you said you would." Minako grinned at her plan but then noticed Yaten with her eyebrow raised. "Nani?"
"Nothing, it's just so simple. Here I was thinking you were going to make me do something totally outrageous to get this information out of you and yet it turned out to be so simple."
"If you really want me to I could think of something for you to do." Minako leaned over the desk and faced Yaten rather closely. Yaten didn't back away as she thought she would, instead looked Minako straight in the eyes.
Yaten brought her face closer to Minako's, any closer and their noses would have been touching. "Honto?" She said narrowing her eyes seductively and a mischevious grin appeared on her face.
Minako's heart began to pound in her chest and she suddenly backed away from the silver haired girl. "Well w…we'd better get to work." She stuttered out and busied herself with various things on top of the desk. She could feel Yaten smiling at her while she moved around frantically. Minako cursed herself for having lost that little battle, Yaten was supposed to back down first. When she looked up to see that Yaten was indeed smiling at her she knew Yaten was playing the same game as her. 'Damn her.'
Yaten was definitely pleased with herself. She knew Minako would have folded before she was even thinking of doing so. "So when do I get my interview? I have been practicing you know."
"Tomorrow. I have an opening at the end of the day. It's the last day that I'm going to be interviewing, so it's then or never." Minako didn't want to look at Yaten just now and continued to file away papers.
"Whatever." Yaten shrugged and started to straighten up the mess near her. "I don't know why you even bother interviewing other people, you KNOW I'm the best." She flung her hair back over her shoulder and laughed at herself along with Minako. "So tell me about the dream."
The morning turned into the afternoon and the work Minako had set out to do was just about done as was her story of Seiya's dream. She had to go through and explain everything, including the Moon Kingdom to Crystal Tokyo to her. "So you see the Generals were resurrected when Chaos was defeated. Just as Usagi is destined to be with Mamoru, Ami, Rei, Makoto and I are destined to be with the Generals."
"So why aren't you with him now?" Yaten asked being unusually understanding and sweet for herself.
Minako smiled at Yaten to show her that it didn't bother her. "My destiny was cursed a long time ago. Kunzite loves Zoicite, who am I to stand in their way?"
"Does it bother you? I mean the one you were in love with in a former life and the one you were destined to be with in this life loves another man." Yaten could see where Minako would be upset and hurt about this and knew that it was no time for the rude comments and quick judgments, but also saw where Kunzite and Zoicite were coming from.
"No, it doesn't bother me at all." Minako stood up. "If two people really love each other, I don't think destiny or gender should get in their way." She faced out the window and felt the pang in her heart because she knew she had a cursed destiny for love and that no matter how much she loved some one, that would always get in the way.
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The flick of the lighter sparked through the room. "I see you haven't really gotten too far with your plan, ne?" Jed laughed as he looked over at Mamoru lighting the bowl.
Mamoru held his hit and passed the bowl with the lighter covering the cherry over to Fiore. His hit was exhaled with his words. "Oh don't worry my friend, I was thinking about making a little wager tonight."
Fiore mindlessly flipped through a magazine that was sitting on Usagi's coffee table. It was around 6 or so in the evening from the last time he checked the clock, Usagi should be home soon. Once again they were going to have to listen to her bitch and moan about smoking in her apartment but then Mamoru would just take her down the hall for a little make out session. It was all getting really quite old and he didn't know how much more of this he could take. He glanced over at Mamoru who was explaining his plan of 'senshi domination' as he would call it to Jed who was desperately trying to hold his hit in and not laugh at how ridiculous he sounded. The reason Mamoru was such a dick to Usagi wasn't because he didn't love her, it was because she couldn't satisfy him… but Fiore could if Mamoru would just give him a chance. Usagi would never suspect a thing.
"So you see, it's a fool proof plan." Mamoru tapped out the resin and pocketed the lighter and pipe.
Jed sat back on the couch and finally got his laughter under control. "Yeah, fool proof that is if she agrees to place her as a bet."
"I'm sure she will, trust me." Mamoru grinned and Fiore could only imagine what he had up his sleeve this time.
"MAMORU ASSHOLE CHIBA!!"
"Busted!" Jed laughed as Usagi stood behind Mamoru fuming.
Seiya walked into the apartment behind Usagi and much to her disappointment noticed Mamoru and his friends. When she noticed the state that Usagi was in she began to have a serious sweat drop. "Odango?" She put her hand up on Usagi's shoulder to calm her down.
Usagi immediately lightened up and spun around to give Seiya a hug. "Where are my manners! I believe you've already met Fiore and this is Jedite, this is Seiya."
Seiya hadn't been expecting the hug and suddenly blushed but managed to wave to Fiore and Jedite. Jed had definitely noticed the blush and knew that Mamoru's predictions were true. "We were just about to play cards. Would you lovely ladies like to join us?" Mamoru said clearing off the coffee table.
"No we w-" Fiore was cut off by a sharp elbow to the ribs by Mamoru who only continued to smile at the girls.
"Sure I'll play." Usagi said sitting down on the couch between Mamoru and Fiore.
Seiya wasn't sure that she really wanted to play but since her Odango was she saw no way out of it. She had thought they were going to be alone here. "I guess I'm in."
"Don't worry Seiya, I'll loan you some money." Usagi winked and sat giddy next to Mamoru who just smiled smugly at Seiya. Seiya knew that look and didn't like it, she was sure Mamoru knew of her feelings towards Usagi and he liked to flaunt that she was his. Bastard.
After a few games it was pretty much down to the wire and Mamoru was pretty much robbing everyone blind, especially Seiya. "So what will it be Usagi?" Mamoru asked, it was only him Seiya and Usagi left playing while Fiore and Jed just watched with amusement.
"I don't want to lose but I don't have anything else left to bet!" She whined as she looked at her cards with an air of determination. It was only Mamoru and Seiya… hmmmm… "I know, how about I bet myself?"
"Nani?!" Seiya yelped while Mamoru just smiled.
"Yeah, I'll bet myself. I'll be the winner's slave, if I lose, for a whole day. Come on, that has to be at least $20 bucks, ne?" Usagi looked pleadingly from Seiya to Mamoru.
"I don't have a problem with it, how about you Seiya?" Mamoru put his cards down and looked her in the eye.
"Mamoru, you can see as well as I can that I have no more money left. How do you propose I continue playing?" Seiya said putting her cards down as well. She cursed herself mentally for not having won before. The most important prize ever known to man was up in the air and she had no chance to win it!
"You can bet yourself too!" Usagi cheered and watched Seiya face fault.
Seiya looked down at her cards. She did have a pretty good hand, and there was a chance that she would end up being USAGI's slave… "Alright, I'll do it." Seiya had a definite poker grin on as she picked her cards back up.
"Show me your cards." Mamoru said pleased with himself as he watched Usagi and Seiya put down their cards. Seiya's hand beat Usagi's hand, to Mamoru's surprise Usagi didn't look that upset about it "Read 'em and weep ladies!" Mamoru said as he spread his hand out for them to get a good look. Mamoru's hand beat them both. "I guess that means that you're both MINE!" He grinned at them and laughed a bit. "Since Usako has school tomorrow, you can be my slave in the morning Seiya and then when Usako gets out of school she can join you."
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There I go again… Thank you for all of the great reviews!! spies her overly sugared cheerleader bouncing off the walls
[::Akuen::]
by Lady in Red
(Rude Awakening/Hands Down, Ace's High)
Her hands were shaking as she approached Seiya's form lying on her futon. It was Sunday morning and Minako was up before anyone else in the apartment. She had discovered quickly that trying to run your own business meant not keeping hours, all of her time was company time. Trying to find something to wear sprawled about the apartment had lead her to the area in which Seiya was sleeping. Seiya's chest heaved up and down and her breaths were quick. She was breathing as though she was running or extremely frightened. Her hair was plastered to her forehead from the sweat that drenched her form.
"Seiya… wake up." Minako whispered trying not to wake anyone else in the process. She shook Seiya gently but she didn't wake up and only responded with a muffled sound. Her breathing sped up and Minako became more frantic. "Oh god Seiya, wake up!" Her voice rose a little louder and still Seiya didn't wake up. Tears started to form in Seiya's closed eyes and her fists were clenched tightly.
Minako shuffled over to where Yaten was sleeping to wake her up. She didn't have to try very hard, the moment she stepped within five feet of Yaten's futon she was awake and peering at her. "What is it?" She asked with distaste in her tone.
"I can't wake Seiya up…" Minako huffed and Yaten could tell that she was scared by her shaking form. "… she's crying… and breathing really fast… wake her up damn it!" Minako grabbed Yaten out of bed and drug her over to witness what was happening to Seiya.
"Ow, let go devil woman!" Yaten pried her arm free from Minako's hold. "It's no big deal, she does it all the time." The words came out of her mouth making the matter sound as if it was no big deal.
Seiya suddenly shot up and stared at her empty hands in front of her with wide eyes. Beyond her hands stood Minako and a very grumpy looking Yaten standing at the end of her futon watching her. "Are you alright?" Minako asked as she noted Seiya's breathing starting to slow down. "I tried to wake you up."
Seiya's hands came up to her head and she felt the sweat and tears on her face. "What the hell is going on?" She asked of no one in particular, but Yaten felt obligated to answer.
"You scared the living daylights out of Minako and for that I got woken up. Way to go dumb ass." Yaten rolled her eyes and flipped her hair back as she spoke but when she finished she received a shove from Minako.
"What were you dreaming about?" Minako asked sitting down next to her on the futon.
"Yeah Seiya, tell her about your little nightmares that brought us halfway across the galaxy!" Yaten sat down too stealing Seiya's pillow in the process.
Minako looked with a scowl at Yaten and then with concern for Seiya. Seiya took her hands from her face and regained her composure. "I have to call Odango… I have to make sure she's alright." Seiya said trying to get up.
Minako looked questioningly at her but handed her the phone regardless. Usagi was number one on her speed dial so the line was ringing in a matter of seconds. "Konnichiwa." A man's voice said from the other end of the phone, without replying Seiya disconnected and handed it back to Minako.
"Yeah, I'm sure she'll be real thrilled that you pranked her first thing in the morning." Yaten laughed at herself but received another blow from Minako in her arm. "Damn you devil woman!"
"Mamoru answered?" Minako said understandingly and watched as Seiya nodded her head. "Care to tell me about your dreams?"
Seiya went on telling Minako about the dreams she had on Kinmoku and the ones that she's had since they had come to Earth. She had conveniently left out the parts that would lead Minako to believe she was a complete eechi. This was the first time that Yaten had heard anything concerning the content of the dreams and she immediately felt bad for making fun of her so much for them.
Minako sat back and listened to the details and a few pieces seemed to fit together, she understood it for the most part, but listened on nodding her head. From what she gathered it looked as though Seiya was seeing Usagi the way she was after defeating Chaos. She figured the new moon represented Chibi-Usa. The two eyes that appeared on the moon, one blue and one red were Usagi and Chibi-Usa's eyes. She gathered the symbolism from the different landscapes she had been in as a reflection of her mood and self-image. But the part that baffled her was why the new moon kept being destroyed, and why Usagi had told Seiya not to try and save it. It just didn't make sense, and here Seiya was blaming herself for the chibi- moon's destruction.
"Does any of that make sense to you?" Seiya looked up with hope in her eyes.
Minako remained silent and shook her head. "I have no idea what any of it means." Seiya didn't know about Chibi-Usa or the future concerning Crystal Tokyo, knowing how much she loved Usagi, Minako was not about to break the news to her. This was something Seiya was going to have to figure out for herself. "Have you told Usagi about any of this?"
"No." Seiya said flatly. "She has her boyfriend back, it's not like she needs me coming into the picture telling her about all these crazy dreams I keep having about her!"
Yaten laughed a bit at the statement. She had seen the way Minako's face reacted to certain parts of Seiya's explanation. She knew she knew something about the strange dreams and wasn't telling them. "Minako, I think I'll go and help you out today."
Minako sat shocked, stunned, amazed at what Yaten had just offered to do. "What side of whose bed did you wake up on?" She asked still blinking. The phone rang and cut her off from looking at Yaten's evil smile. "Moshi moshi." She answered still a little wary of Yaten's offer.
"Ohayo Minako! Is Seiya there?" Usagi asked from the other end of the phone, it sounded like she was out of breath.
Minako handed the phone to Seiya without looking at her and continued to stare at Yaten in amazement. "What?" Yaten asked narrowing her eyes at her. "I want you to give me a job, doesn't this show initiative?"
"Oi." Seiya held the phone up to her ear, she wasn't expecting anyone to call and hoped to god it wasn't Mamoru *69-ing them.
"Hey good morning! What are you doing today?" Usagi asked and Seiya heard the sound of little chimes in the background.
"Odango?" Seiya asked confused. "What are you doing up this early?"
"Jogging." She said flatly, she had apparently not been in her apartment when Seiya had called earlier and spoke with Mamoru. "Can I come in?"
"Nani? Come in where?" Seiya asked looking around. Suddenly the door of the apartment was flung open and Usagi jogged in and shut it behind her.
She noticed the pile of people on Seiya's bed and wondered what she had just walked in on. Yaten was lamped out with a pillow under her head on Seiya's legs while Minako sat beside Seiya staring at Yaten. "Breakfast?" Usagi asked still talking into her cell phone.
"Odango." Seiya said hanging up the phone. "We can hear you without the phone."
Usagi laughed nervously putting her hand with the phone in it behind her head. "Oh yeah!" She started to walk over to them so she didn't have to shout across the apartment, she noticed Taiki sleeping on the other side of the room. She was trying to be quiet and was looking at Taiki to see if she was waking up and tripped in the process. "Whaoo!"
Usagi lay in her running shorts sprawled out on top of all three of them and came face to face with Seiya. "Odango, I'm surprised you made it all the way over here jogging." Seiya said sweat dropping.
"Hey!" Usagi said giving her a dirty look.
"Get off of me cow!" Yaten cursed giving Usagi a shove in the process sending her face closer to Seiya's just as she had planned.
"Are you knocking my Princess again?" Minako asked standing up, also shoving Usagi off of her and positioning her more on Seiya.
"What are you going to do about it?" Yaten asked standing up too and staring Minako down again.
"Grrrr… we'll settle this later, come on, we have to get going." Minako said walking off. Yaten turned around and flashed Seiya and Usagi a mini- victory sign then went off to get dressed.
Usagi's body was emanating such a strong heat from her jog over here and she was right on top of Seiya. Seiya took Usagi by the hips but then noticed that her Odango was swallowing a lump in her throat. Was she nervous? Without thinking about it more Seiya continued what she was doing and pushed Usagi off of her to the side. A look of relief passed over Usagi's face and Seiya just looked at her questioningly. "You alright?"
Usagi paused for a moment. When Seiya's hands had come up to her hips she suddenly became very nervous and very antsy. Mamoru's words still hung in her mind and perhaps she was just looking for the proof of them. "Yeah, I'm fine." It was just her imagination, Seiya didn't really look at her that way. It must just be these thoughts from the previous days mixing with what he said to make her even assume to believe that could be true. "Yaten's working with Minako now?"
Usagi laid down on the futon next to Seiya on top of the covers with one hand behind her head and the other flat on her stomach. "I guess so. We were all going to get jobs here since it didn't look like we were going to be able to pose as the Three Lights."
"What are you doing for a job?" Usagi asked turning her head to look at her. Seiya was looking up at the ceiling. She couldn't like her, why would she be so nonchalantly looking up that the uninteresting ceiling instead of her? She still had to prove it to herself though…
Seiya laughed a bit at the question. "I don't know, there's not really that many jobs that meet my criteria." She noticed a small movement out of the corner of her eye and realized it was Usagi's hand moving up her stomach taking her shirt with it. Seiya saw the smooth exposed flesh of her stomach and the area was increasing by the second. The curve from her hip to her ribs was now fully exposed and it looked as though Usagi was still stretching. Seiya tried to keep her mind off of the girl next to her and looked back up at the ceiling. "I was thinking about maybe becoming a talk show host or a game show host, something like that."
Seiya didn't seem to be at all affected by Usagi's little show. Usagi laughed lightly at Seiya's idea for a career. "Only you would think of such a thing." She laughed some more while thinking of a new plan. "Why don't you try singing again?"
Seiya shrugged and noticed that Usagi had sat up next to her. "I guess, but what good would only one light be?"
"I think you'd do just fine." Usagi smiled down at her and got up some more. "I'm getting a drink, you want anything?" She offered as she stood above Seiya lying on the futon. Seiya shook her head and looked up at her. Usagi walked into the kitchen and Seiya's eyes followed her every step of the way.
"Oh Kamisama, why does she have to be so perfect?" Seiya asked quietly. "No wait, why do those running shorts have to be so damn short?" She shook her head and tried to think of something else. Baseball, football, sweaty men in uniform… Seiya cringed at the mental thought and then laughed at herself for conjuring it up in the first place.
"What are you laughing about?" Usagi asked coming back towards her with a small glass of water in her hand.
"Nothing." Seiya said still laughing a bit and put her hands behind her head with a smile. She could do this, she was under control. Suddenly out of nowhere Usagi came flying on top of her soaking both of them in the process, well more so Usagi than herself. "Odango!" That water was cold and it gave Seiya a start but she realized she couldn't go anywhere since Usagi was on top of her once again. Not that she minded one bit.
"Ah man!" Usagi sat straddling Seiya and looked down at the front of herself. She tried not to smile at her brilliantly executed plan, it really had worked out too perfectly. If Seiya wanted her, she was going to find out. "My shirt is soaked!" She sighed and then looked down at Seiya. "I got you all wet too, gomen. May I borrow a shirt?"
Seiya couldn't figure out where to put her hands, she couldn't put them down at her sides, then they would be resting on Usagi's legs, she couldn't put them back behind her head, her wet shirt would stick to her chest and she didn't want to put them out to the sides because it would make her boobs look smaller. Wait, why should I be concerned about that, it's not like Usagi's looking at them! "Uh… yeah, there right back … here…" Seiya stretched out and tried to reach the pile of t-shirts that was at the head of her futon but wasn't really getting anywhere with Usagi on top of her.
"No, here, I'll get them. You should take that wet one off though." She brought her fingertips down to the bottom of Seiya's shirt and started to work it up.
"Uh, no, that's alright, I was going to get in the shower soon anyway." Seiya said pulling her hands away from her shirt and now exposed stomach. What the hell am I doing? She's offering to undress me and I'm saying no? Yeah, that's right, you're saying no because could you really control yourself being half naked with her on top of you? No!
Usagi looked a little defeated but then pulled her own shirt off and leaned forward to reach for the shirts just above Seiya's head. 'Oh Kamisama!' Seiya prayed silently as she saw Usagi's exposed upper body coming closer to her. Her breasts just topped her bra making them seem like supple mounds of pink flesh and when she bent over towards her the valley of her cleavage stared her right in the face. Usagi bent down farther and her hand fell on top of Seiya's breast. "Oh gomen." She apologized and quickly removed it reaching farther towards the laundry. By now the full length of her body was pressed up against Seiya's and her lips were just lightly brushing the lobe of her ear and the top of her neck.
Seiya's mind was about to explode, she had to fight with her own arms to keep them from wrapping around Usagi's body. Her blond hair flowed over from her shoulder to brush against her face and left its scent in Seiya's senses. "Just a little bit more." Usagi said as she struggled forward more. With every word she spoke it sent a tingling sensation throughout Seiya's body feeling her lips brush lightly against her ear and the smooth caress of her breath. That was it, she couldn't take it any more and shifted so that she could gain a more dominating position on top of Usagi.
"Konnichiwa Usagi." Taiki said as she groggily walked past the two and on to the kitchen. Seiya hadn't done anything except gotten Usagi off of her, so in a sense no one would have suspected a thing about the turmoil that was raging inside of her. Usagi finally grabbed the shirt that she could have reached all along and threw it on just before her cell phone rang.
"Moshi moshi." She answered and smiled at Seiya and immediately felt bad for what she had just put that poor girl through. She hadn't tried to touch her, she really was just her friend, what the hell did Mamoru know? Maybe he was getting jealous that she had found a new friend. Well she'd show him, she'd spend all of her free time with Seiya now.
"Usako?"
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The building was empty, it was Sunday after all. Yaten was relieved however that Ms Bitch the secretary from hell wasn't here though, it was just her and Minako today. Yaten walked in following Minako into her office and took the liberty of plopping down in Minako's oversized chair. "I thought you were going to help me today?" Minako stood with her hands on her hips staring at Yaten.
"And I thought you would have told Seiya what you knew about her dreams earlier. I guess we were both wrong." Yaten said with a wry smile. "So tell me Minako, just what do you know about Seiya's dreams?"
Minako faltered for a moment but regained herself when she noted Yaten's serious composure. "How about we make a little deal here?"
Yaten looked at her curiously from the other side of the desk. "What kind of deal?" She was intrigued and wondered what Minako had up her sleeve.
Minako came up closer to the desk, straightening some piles and putting some pens away. "I'll tell you what I know about Seiya's dreams, since it seems you've already got me figured out anyway, and while I do so, you will help me like you said you would." Minako grinned at her plan but then noticed Yaten with her eyebrow raised. "Nani?"
"Nothing, it's just so simple. Here I was thinking you were going to make me do something totally outrageous to get this information out of you and yet it turned out to be so simple."
"If you really want me to I could think of something for you to do." Minako leaned over the desk and faced Yaten rather closely. Yaten didn't back away as she thought she would, instead looked Minako straight in the eyes.
Yaten brought her face closer to Minako's, any closer and their noses would have been touching. "Honto?" She said narrowing her eyes seductively and a mischevious grin appeared on her face.
Minako's heart began to pound in her chest and she suddenly backed away from the silver haired girl. "Well w…we'd better get to work." She stuttered out and busied herself with various things on top of the desk. She could feel Yaten smiling at her while she moved around frantically. Minako cursed herself for having lost that little battle, Yaten was supposed to back down first. When she looked up to see that Yaten was indeed smiling at her she knew Yaten was playing the same game as her. 'Damn her.'
Yaten was definitely pleased with herself. She knew Minako would have folded before she was even thinking of doing so. "So when do I get my interview? I have been practicing you know."
"Tomorrow. I have an opening at the end of the day. It's the last day that I'm going to be interviewing, so it's then or never." Minako didn't want to look at Yaten just now and continued to file away papers.
"Whatever." Yaten shrugged and started to straighten up the mess near her. "I don't know why you even bother interviewing other people, you KNOW I'm the best." She flung her hair back over her shoulder and laughed at herself along with Minako. "So tell me about the dream."
The morning turned into the afternoon and the work Minako had set out to do was just about done as was her story of Seiya's dream. She had to go through and explain everything, including the Moon Kingdom to Crystal Tokyo to her. "So you see the Generals were resurrected when Chaos was defeated. Just as Usagi is destined to be with Mamoru, Ami, Rei, Makoto and I are destined to be with the Generals."
"So why aren't you with him now?" Yaten asked being unusually understanding and sweet for herself.
Minako smiled at Yaten to show her that it didn't bother her. "My destiny was cursed a long time ago. Kunzite loves Zoicite, who am I to stand in their way?"
"Does it bother you? I mean the one you were in love with in a former life and the one you were destined to be with in this life loves another man." Yaten could see where Minako would be upset and hurt about this and knew that it was no time for the rude comments and quick judgments, but also saw where Kunzite and Zoicite were coming from.
"No, it doesn't bother me at all." Minako stood up. "If two people really love each other, I don't think destiny or gender should get in their way." She faced out the window and felt the pang in her heart because she knew she had a cursed destiny for love and that no matter how much she loved some one, that would always get in the way.
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The flick of the lighter sparked through the room. "I see you haven't really gotten too far with your plan, ne?" Jed laughed as he looked over at Mamoru lighting the bowl.
Mamoru held his hit and passed the bowl with the lighter covering the cherry over to Fiore. His hit was exhaled with his words. "Oh don't worry my friend, I was thinking about making a little wager tonight."
Fiore mindlessly flipped through a magazine that was sitting on Usagi's coffee table. It was around 6 or so in the evening from the last time he checked the clock, Usagi should be home soon. Once again they were going to have to listen to her bitch and moan about smoking in her apartment but then Mamoru would just take her down the hall for a little make out session. It was all getting really quite old and he didn't know how much more of this he could take. He glanced over at Mamoru who was explaining his plan of 'senshi domination' as he would call it to Jed who was desperately trying to hold his hit in and not laugh at how ridiculous he sounded. The reason Mamoru was such a dick to Usagi wasn't because he didn't love her, it was because she couldn't satisfy him… but Fiore could if Mamoru would just give him a chance. Usagi would never suspect a thing.
"So you see, it's a fool proof plan." Mamoru tapped out the resin and pocketed the lighter and pipe.
Jed sat back on the couch and finally got his laughter under control. "Yeah, fool proof that is if she agrees to place her as a bet."
"I'm sure she will, trust me." Mamoru grinned and Fiore could only imagine what he had up his sleeve this time.
"MAMORU ASSHOLE CHIBA!!"
"Busted!" Jed laughed as Usagi stood behind Mamoru fuming.
Seiya walked into the apartment behind Usagi and much to her disappointment noticed Mamoru and his friends. When she noticed the state that Usagi was in she began to have a serious sweat drop. "Odango?" She put her hand up on Usagi's shoulder to calm her down.
Usagi immediately lightened up and spun around to give Seiya a hug. "Where are my manners! I believe you've already met Fiore and this is Jedite, this is Seiya."
Seiya hadn't been expecting the hug and suddenly blushed but managed to wave to Fiore and Jedite. Jed had definitely noticed the blush and knew that Mamoru's predictions were true. "We were just about to play cards. Would you lovely ladies like to join us?" Mamoru said clearing off the coffee table.
"No we w-" Fiore was cut off by a sharp elbow to the ribs by Mamoru who only continued to smile at the girls.
"Sure I'll play." Usagi said sitting down on the couch between Mamoru and Fiore.
Seiya wasn't sure that she really wanted to play but since her Odango was she saw no way out of it. She had thought they were going to be alone here. "I guess I'm in."
"Don't worry Seiya, I'll loan you some money." Usagi winked and sat giddy next to Mamoru who just smiled smugly at Seiya. Seiya knew that look and didn't like it, she was sure Mamoru knew of her feelings towards Usagi and he liked to flaunt that she was his. Bastard.
After a few games it was pretty much down to the wire and Mamoru was pretty much robbing everyone blind, especially Seiya. "So what will it be Usagi?" Mamoru asked, it was only him Seiya and Usagi left playing while Fiore and Jed just watched with amusement.
"I don't want to lose but I don't have anything else left to bet!" She whined as she looked at her cards with an air of determination. It was only Mamoru and Seiya… hmmmm… "I know, how about I bet myself?"
"Nani?!" Seiya yelped while Mamoru just smiled.
"Yeah, I'll bet myself. I'll be the winner's slave, if I lose, for a whole day. Come on, that has to be at least $20 bucks, ne?" Usagi looked pleadingly from Seiya to Mamoru.
"I don't have a problem with it, how about you Seiya?" Mamoru put his cards down and looked her in the eye.
"Mamoru, you can see as well as I can that I have no more money left. How do you propose I continue playing?" Seiya said putting her cards down as well. She cursed herself mentally for not having won before. The most important prize ever known to man was up in the air and she had no chance to win it!
"You can bet yourself too!" Usagi cheered and watched Seiya face fault.
Seiya looked down at her cards. She did have a pretty good hand, and there was a chance that she would end up being USAGI's slave… "Alright, I'll do it." Seiya had a definite poker grin on as she picked her cards back up.
"Show me your cards." Mamoru said pleased with himself as he watched Usagi and Seiya put down their cards. Seiya's hand beat Usagi's hand, to Mamoru's surprise Usagi didn't look that upset about it "Read 'em and weep ladies!" Mamoru said as he spread his hand out for them to get a good look. Mamoru's hand beat them both. "I guess that means that you're both MINE!" He grinned at them and laughed a bit. "Since Usako has school tomorrow, you can be my slave in the morning Seiya and then when Usako gets out of school she can join you."