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Chapter 5. O.k. let's get on with it.---Arigatou to my readers.
well if they're positive anyway; p)
Disclaimer: Jiminy Cricket belongs to Disney, not me and Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi. I am not that person. Sailor Moon belongs to a bunch of companies. I am not a (part of any) company. There, that being said lets get this show on the road.
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Chapter 5
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I want to speak to the maker of this contest! A ticked off auburn haired woman growled.
"I'm sorry but he's not here," returned the half asleep guard.
"Then you'd better find him."
"Why would I want to do that?"
Miss. Haruna flashed some money and the guard quickly complied.
"Oh, another tip-offer? You're not the only one there's been lady, you know? Your the 5th person I've seen so far."
"Get over it, are you open for another boy or not?"
"Yeah we've got room for a boy...or a girl..." he added giving the junior high teacher an appreciative glance. Miss Haruna blushed as eyes traveled up and down her form.
"I don't want a ticket for me! I'm not the one that I'm trying to get into the contest!"
The guard looked confused and for the first time rested his eyes on Ms. Haruna's hostage.
Tryin to get your son in here?" The guard looked a little dejected while he looked Melvin up and down he stopped, then chuckled,
"Yeah if I had a son that looked like that I'd try and get rid of him too..."
'He's not my son!" Miss Haruna gulped, he's my student! The man's face brightened just enough to be noticeable.
"And I need him to be in this contest, paired to a particular girl!"
"That's a lot of requests there for just one contest...and a lot of people are gonna want to enter this thing." the man's eye's glistened. "I'm the overseer of this thing you know, how would you make it worth my while?"
"How much do you want!?" Miss Haruna cried throwing down her hands on the coffee table in front of the man. "I'll pay anything!"
She watched as the man's eyebrows shot up. "Anything huh? Pretty desperate here aren't you? What makes this so desperately important if I might ask?"
'I need to get back at someone for...for...uh...for" miss H stuttered, "Hey that's not your business! Will you take the money or not?"
Melvin let out an audible sigh, " She wants to use me to get back at some one who made her look like a real idiot today." -----------there was silence, The man laughed a belly laugh and Haurna's face went as red as her hair. "MEELLVVINN!" (Wuddya know, I didn't think he had it in him to say something like that.) "Wuddoya think your doing?"
"Well it's the truth Haruna-Sensei! You've gotta admit Serena really fooled you bad, I don't think anyone in the school will ever let you forget it!" Melvin tried to back away from his very angry teacher.
The man cut in "S-Serena! Where's the after title?" he looked at the boy sternly then gazed back at the teacher; a smile crossed his face as Patricia's face color surpassed the red of her hair. " Wait a minute let me guess! She's another student of yours and she played a trick on you! You're wasting your money to get back at a junior high student?" he burst out laughing, "That is the most immature thing I have ever heard of! He set off in another fit of laughter. "But that's the funniest dang thing I ever heard of." he added meekly to the teachers murderous glare.
He smiled again and laughed. "O.K. O.K, hoo hoo, what's the boys name?" " I'll be sure he gets in.," the man told the speculative glance from Haruna.
After he'd gotten the information from the boy so that he could be announced, he asked for the information about the girl. "Wait a minute!" the man said as he held up a very oily and greasy hand that matched the rest of his skin. Haruna cringed at the sight of it. "If the girl ain't already in the contest, how're you gonna get her to go with------him?" The man jerked a thumb at Melvin.
"She's already out there." The two others said in unison.
" She's been planning on joining this thing for a while now. I gather that much from how easily she tricked you Haruna-s.." Haruna slapped a hand on the blabbermouths face.
"Her name is Serena Tsukino, she lives at 5531, Cherry Hill, Juuban," recited Miss Haruna, she knew the girls address like she knew her own address. Seeing it 52 times a week on detention slips kinda made it stick..."and she's 14 years old." The man burst out laughing.
"Shut up about it would you!"
He guffawed a few more times before he calmed down; "It's just not somethin you hear about every day ya know..." he smiled. Haruna was surprised at what a shining smile he had, in total contrast with the rest of him, his teeth were a brilliant white. Ms. Haruna couldn't help studying his face with more care. His eyes were really quite shocking, (light brown) observed Haruna (They're even more gorgeous than Peters were and his were baby blue!) Snapping back to reality she saw him returning her gaze in full measure. She blushed and looked away. (I'm getting like Serena! I swear that girl is contagious!)
" So how much will it cost me?" she asked quietly
"Nothing." he stated simply
"Nothing!" she responded, not understanding.
"You heard right...absolutely nothing." He leaned back in his chair balancing on its hind legs.
"You mean you won't let me pay you off?" Haruna's face was blank. But anger boiled dangerously high beneath her skin. "What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about," started the man, " that this one's on me. Hell, I haven't laughed like that since I was his age." finished the man gesturing towards Melvin.
Haruna's face lit up. "You mean it!" she asked hopefully. Now that she thought about it, she really was gonna need her money later.
"Yep!" he replied smiling.
"Alright!" screamed Haruna. She found herself almost throwing herself at him and hugging him right then and there but the grease on him acted like a very powerful bug spray.
"Arigatou!" she said again before she turned to leave.
"Uh but there is one catch..." trailed the man.
THUNK! Miss Haruna hit the floor with Melvin in tow. (She hadn't let go of him yet. talk about a serious death grip ^-^.)
"A-a-a-a ca-catch?" Haruna stuttered disbelieving
"Yep."
"Dang it there's always a catch."
"Can't get something for nothing you know!" he said jovially.
Haruna sighed. " O.K., O.K.... tell me what it is..." Surprise crossed the face of the man at her reaction. He'd been expecting her to blow up and call it all off. (Oh well let's see what she'll think of this.)
"yeah,um, a catch ya see," he stuttered. Haruna was surprised at the slew of emotions crossing his face. She watched them all go by, one at a time and she was surprised at how easily she recognized them on this strange man's face. (There goes unease) she thought, (fear, jumpiness, confusion,eagerness, expectation, anger? What's he doing? Arguing with himself?) Haruna thought to herself, more than a little puzzled. She wasn't to far off the mark.
(I can't ask her this, she doesn't even know me! She'll think I'm a weirdo!) he argued,
(C'mon man she's just standing there! She looks like she could use some company anyway, just ask her!) Said another voice.
(I can't!) he replied
(You can!) it answered
(I can't!)
(Just do it! For freaks sake!) The man let out an uneasy breath and Haruna looked at him inquisitively.
"So what's the catch?" she asked a little more bravely than she felt.
The man breathed in deeply once more before beginning. " Well as you know there is a cruise lined up for the "winners" (he coughed at the word. Or maybe it was a laugh?) And on the cruise there will be a lot of couples. Now I happen to have a strong connection with the captain of that ship and since he has strong connections to this contest he managed to hook up a way for me to be around the whole time the contest is going on." He paused with an almost pleading look in his eye at the passive face of the woman before him. Hoping he wouldn't have to continue.
She looked back at him with what almost appeared to be mirth. He cringed inwardly as that mirth came out in her words.
'So what your saying is that, in return for fixing up this boy and that girl. All I have to do is be-your date- for the week?"
The man nodded weakly, he couldn't believe how pathetic she made it all sound. Or how stupid he felt for actually thinking such a beautiful woman would say yes to a total stranger, she had to be smarter than that! (She is a teacher after all.) He concluded, fully expecting the negative answer. He wasn't disappointed when it came.
She laughed, " First of all do I really look so much like a street whore or something that you think I would say yes to a total stranger?" she asked him.
He shook his head weakly. "I actually thought the total opposit..." Haruna didn't let him finish.
"And second of all, I'm a teacher! I have work to do this week! Do you really think I'd just abandon all the kids that depend on me just so I could run off with some dashing stranger on a romantic..." Haruna caught herself. (What the heck am I saying!? He's not dashing!) she looked at him once more. ( ----then again...) she felt her face going hot as she admired...uh...looked at him up and down..(O.K. so what if his eyes are captivating, his teeth are gorgeous, he has a great body {she noticed this with a sharp breath intake, most females, [even some teachers] make at the sight of a great bod.} , and underneath all that grime he probably has gorgeous hair too...AAgh!)her brain screamed. (I'm losing control of my own mind!) Ms haruna mentally flipped. what was this guy doing to her!?
"Uh, are you still there?" the guard interrupted smugly. (dashing huh? When did that happen?) he thought, (I like her adjectives)
"Yes!" Haruna replied snidely as she was rudely jerked out of her reverie.
"Good. I understand your decision, and I'll show you two the door..." He made the motions of getting up.
"Hey wait a minute!" Haruna cried holding her hand out like a stop sign. "What's your name?"
"Joshua Price," He replied in mock coldness, "but call me Josh" He made another fake move for the door. Haruna slammed him back into the chair.
"So now I know you! I said I wouldn't go with a stranger right? Now you're not a stranger. And who do you think I would be kidding saying those kids depend on me! They'd be the happiest monsters on Earth if I never came back!"
"But Sensei I'd miss you!"
"Shut up Melvin!"
"Now look! You want a date for that shindig you got one!" Miss Haruna said finally. (What the heck am I doing!) Her logic cried. Haruna ignored it. Strangely enough she felt nothing wrong in making this decision, somehow she knew it would be best for her to be with him. (Jeez Haruna you make it sound like your gonna marry him!) She spaced out momentarily while dreamily looking him up and down, (Hey I wouldn't have any objection to that!)
(She said yes!?) the man thought confused. (And how did this decision get turned on me?) he chuckled, (A very interesting, and beautiful woman I have here, better act quick.)
"Miss. Haruna... I take it that, that is your name?" he asked her.
"Yes, Mr. Price it is."
"Call me Josh."
"Call me Patricia." the two smiled lovingly at each other as Melvin watched, utterly astounded.
(Oh my god my teachers gone mad!) the computer kid thought wildly, before it quickly crossed his mind what juicy gossip it would make to tell Serena that Haruna had fallen in love at first sight! And was going out with a man she hardly knew! That stuff usually interested her. (Serena!) drooled Melvin mentally; thanks to Haruna he would finally have his chance to make her fall in love with him! He couldn't wait! He imagined Serena in his arms, telling him about he was the smartest, coolest, and most noble man alive.----He really did drool that time. And it was a good thing Haruna would be coming along too, he thought his parents probably would've tried to rob him of his chance at true love otherwise.(Yeah they'd never let me go with out adult supervision!) he confirmed himself out loud before he looked up to the sound of a new voice.
'Hey cap'n!" An unfamiliar voice called.
Melvin watched as a man came from around the corner.
"You're gonna be late for the drawing if you don't get out of those messy clothes and into your suit sir!"
Haruna's whole face narrowed and her voice took on a mask interrigism. "Captain?' she uttered, completely confused.
The guard in questioned stuttered as he literally tried to wave the man away.
"It's uh...a nickname! Yeah that's it a nickname!"
"A nickname sir?" rang out the new voice with mirth. "That's a good one cap'n!" he walked over to the three that were standing there and put his arm around the man with a red face.
"Lady your look'n at the Cap'n of the cruise ship Crystal Midnight! The largest Cruise ship Tokyo's had in over a hund'erd years!"
Haruna's mouth fell to the floor.
"YOU'RE the captain of the cruise?" she cried disbelievingly.
"Uh no..." he replied sheepishly as he whacked the sailor next to him on the head.
"Yes you are!" Haruna's mouth was gaped, way open but somehow she managed to spit out "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Well I've had a problem with girls and my money so I had to be careful..." the captain said embarrassed.
"Captain Price sir!" the man chirped, obviously having allot of fun with the situation, 'We gotta go sir! People are waiting sir!"
"I know sailor and stop calling me sir! we're not on board yet!"
"Ah! but we are in front of the captains new 'girlllfriend' I should show a little respect sir, Right sir?"
"Shut up Norkus!" the captain said going even more red in the face. He turned back to Haruna and put her chin back up in its place. "Do we still have a date?" he asked cautiously.
Haruna could only nod and wave and he smiled and gave her a quick peck on her cheek before running off in the other direction as if he were still a schoolboy. She was still ogling after him, even when he was out of her sight.
Melvin walked tentatively closer to the frozen woman and jumped back in fear when she exploded, jumping off the ground in delight. Melvin turned hide and tail to run out side when Haruna jumped on him too. And pulled him up into a deadly bear hug. "I LOVE Serena Tsukino! I LOVE her! I LOVE her! I LOVE HER! Oh yeah (she giggled like she was a little girl), and I love HIM too!"
She grabbed the end of one of Melvin's' long sleeves and began unconsciously pulling him towards the exit. She thought with relish upon the last few words of the sailor and her captain,(HER captain, that sounded so....thrilling, mysterious, delicious!)She sighed, when the sailor had referred to her as the captains' girlfriend, he the captain hadn't denied it!!(OOOHHH!) She smiled, (I'll have to remember to clear Serena's detention for the rest of the year! I knew she wouldn't hurt someone like I thought she did to me! Why is it that every time that girl does something stupid someone ends up in love?) She thought back to another teacher in her school that had credited her marriage to Serena, and there were a lot of others whom she had heard about from the gossip extrodinaire's around town, who told about the countless others who had relationships because of Serena's "attributes and follies." She finished with that thought quickly enough though, and instead, all she could think about now was her new, totally hot, enticingly gorgeous, and filthy RICH date for the rest of the week. Pushing open the double doors, Patricia Haruna, a junior High teacher with a hostage and a rich boyfriend walked out side into the mob of a crowd waiting for the contest to begin.
~ Darien~
Darien was ticked, he was -very- ticked. That blonde was -not- going to escape him no matter -what- direction she ran in. He -would- catch up to her and she -was- going to feel his wrath. (If only she weren't so dang fast!) he sped up for good measure. No way was that little wisp of a girl going to out run him. He had been on the Olympic level of track for his age group ever since he had gotten to junior high.
(You know.) said an annoying little voice (you really shouldn't be so mad at her, she is young and she did tell you not to call her meatball head. It's not like she didn't warn you.)
(Yeah?! and what?) Darien answered himself, (That little Sheera tried to kill me for crying out loud! Me! Darien Chiba! Just for making fun of her hair!)
(Well you should've known better about not doing that.)
(Oh yeah? And why?)
(You just should've.)
(So what if I did?)
(Why didn't you listen?)
(Cause I knew how she'd react.)
(Wait. Now wait a minute! Let me get this straight. You already knew she was going to do her best to kill you, but you make fun of her anyway? And then you have the nerve to be mad at -her-?)
(Yeah so?)
Silence while the mental crickets croak
(Sometimes it really sucks being your conscience you know that?)
(You'll get over it.)
Darien closed his mental discussion when he was distracted by a teasing voice floating back at him.
"Would you guys like me to slow down for you!?" Serena called back
Darien could not ever remember being so mad at a person before, he solemnly swore that he would not let this little twerp live another day! He would catch her and make her pay! Darien played the scenario out in his mind, he watched as the girl with golden rivers flowing behind her ran with all her might. He watched as a predatory Darien easily caught her and swung her around into his soft embrace...(hey wait a second that isn't how it goes!) he watched as her face contorted with fear, but for some reason that fear didn't touch her eyes; they were laughing! And at him! The mental Darien had an insane desire to wipe that laugh right off her silly face.
He smiled as he ran in real life (that's more like it!) he thought smugly, he'd make her pay! Nobody, NOBODY whacked Darien Chiba's head on the ground 132 times and got away with it! He watched as his mental self told the blonde about how he would make her pay. He almost wanted to slow down just to watch this, how would the mental Darien..... He stopped thinking with words and watched the pictures fly through his mind about a faceless girl with meatball hair. There he went! There he went!
(Make her pay!) Thought Darien viciously
(Make her pay?) Answered the mental Darien [the mental Serena didn't seem to notice] ...(oh I will,) answered the mental Darien (Just as soon as I...) the mental Darien trailed off.
The real Darien tripped over his feet and crashed to the pavement.
His mental self was kissing that faceless blonde! And passionately!
(What the hell do you think you're doing?)
The mental Darien painstakingly broke his kiss, (What's it look like genius?) he answered himself
(You're kissing her! Why aren't you killing her?)
(You should really get Genius of the year award for that one, Dare baby)
Darien pushed himself up off the ground and thrust the stinky salts away from his nose.
"Oh for Jimminy crickets sake!" Ami Scolded, " Darien maybe we should just get an ambulance to take you home! Cause I swear, if you hit your head one more time you really will die!"
Lita burst out laughing, "For WHOSE sake Ami? FOR WHOSE? And who the heck got stuck with a name like that?!
Ami blushed a deep scarlet, and Rei, mistaking the name for someone Ami liked more than as just a friend came to Ami's defense from her standing position over her boyfriend.."Hey don't laugh at Jimminy! He's probably a really nice guy right Ami?" (A.N. I'm assuming that they don't have a Japanese jimminy cricket here)Rei looked at the blue haired girl and was amazed at the contrast between the skin of her face and the color of her hair. "Uh, Ami?"
Serena, who was standing at Darien's feet pointed to her lips.
"No." Rei snapped at her
"He's a really good looking guy too right Ami?'
Serena frantically pointed at her lips with tears in her eyes.
"Shut up Serena!"
"Jeez Rei give her a break would you? At least take the duct tape off her mouth, I'm sure she'll be quiet if you ask her."Lita shrugged at rei's Icy Death glare. "Just a suggestion, hee hee." Lita looked back at Ami,
" So who is this guy anyway?"
Ami stood up next to the man being supported by Andrew. This is Darien Chiba, a College student who goes to that elite school for the gifted." She reached out her hand to steady Darien as he was once again trying to find his bearings.
"Give me a break Ami you know she didn't mean Darien, Who's this Jimminy Cricket guy?" Rei asked with eagerness. (Any guy worth Ami's attention has gotta be someone totally drop dead hot!)
Ami totally let go of Darien and he stood on his own, while the poor girl tried avidly to avoid the subject with Rei and Lita. "What lovely weather we're having.."
Darien stood alone (with his bearings intact) and looked at the pitiful figure standing in front of him. Serena, roped and taped together in a little bundle of beauty. Her hair was out side the tape (to Serena's great relief.) and Darien followed it with his eyes, it flowed far beyond her waist and stopped midway down her well-toned calves. It reminded him of two golden rivers; he wished he could run his hands through it just once. Darien caught himself. (What am I thinking?) he shook his head and looked at the captive again. Her eyes were pretty much the only thing he could see of her and they were flooded with tears. Still, he couldn't help but feel drawn into them, enticed and teased by them, he couldn't help but feel love and admiration for them, he licked his lips at the thought of covering them with his own light kisses...and he realized with a shocking, yet pleasant surprise...he wanted them so badly for his own...
Darien was brought back to earth from his reverie as Serena broke their gaze and began looking at anything but him. Darien immediately remembered his earlier anger and got a wicked idea. Taking a step closer to the restrained blonde Darien gave a menacing whisper. "I want you to know," he said. "that this is going to hurt you a lot more than it's going to hurt me." Serena whimpered as Darien's hand flew straight for her face....
Seeing what Darien was about to do, both Rei and Andrew cried out! "DARIEN! NO!"
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There it is Chapter 5, hope you liked it!
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Chapter 5. O.k. let's get on with it.---Arigatou to my readers.
well if they're positive anyway; p)
Disclaimer: Jiminy Cricket belongs to Disney, not me and Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi. I am not that person. Sailor Moon belongs to a bunch of companies. I am not a (part of any) company. There, that being said lets get this show on the road.
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Chapter 5
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I want to speak to the maker of this contest! A ticked off auburn haired woman growled.
"I'm sorry but he's not here," returned the half asleep guard.
"Then you'd better find him."
"Why would I want to do that?"
Miss. Haruna flashed some money and the guard quickly complied.
"Oh, another tip-offer? You're not the only one there's been lady, you know? Your the 5th person I've seen so far."
"Get over it, are you open for another boy or not?"
"Yeah we've got room for a boy...or a girl..." he added giving the junior high teacher an appreciative glance. Miss Haruna blushed as eyes traveled up and down her form.
"I don't want a ticket for me! I'm not the one that I'm trying to get into the contest!"
The guard looked confused and for the first time rested his eyes on Ms. Haruna's hostage.
Tryin to get your son in here?" The guard looked a little dejected while he looked Melvin up and down he stopped, then chuckled,
"Yeah if I had a son that looked like that I'd try and get rid of him too..."
'He's not my son!" Miss Haruna gulped, he's my student! The man's face brightened just enough to be noticeable.
"And I need him to be in this contest, paired to a particular girl!"
"That's a lot of requests there for just one contest...and a lot of people are gonna want to enter this thing." the man's eye's glistened. "I'm the overseer of this thing you know, how would you make it worth my while?"
"How much do you want!?" Miss Haruna cried throwing down her hands on the coffee table in front of the man. "I'll pay anything!"
She watched as the man's eyebrows shot up. "Anything huh? Pretty desperate here aren't you? What makes this so desperately important if I might ask?"
'I need to get back at someone for...for...uh...for" miss H stuttered, "Hey that's not your business! Will you take the money or not?"
Melvin let out an audible sigh, " She wants to use me to get back at some one who made her look like a real idiot today." -----------there was silence, The man laughed a belly laugh and Haurna's face went as red as her hair. "MEELLVVINN!" (Wuddya know, I didn't think he had it in him to say something like that.) "Wuddoya think your doing?"
"Well it's the truth Haruna-Sensei! You've gotta admit Serena really fooled you bad, I don't think anyone in the school will ever let you forget it!" Melvin tried to back away from his very angry teacher.
The man cut in "S-Serena! Where's the after title?" he looked at the boy sternly then gazed back at the teacher; a smile crossed his face as Patricia's face color surpassed the red of her hair. " Wait a minute let me guess! She's another student of yours and she played a trick on you! You're wasting your money to get back at a junior high student?" he burst out laughing, "That is the most immature thing I have ever heard of! He set off in another fit of laughter. "But that's the funniest dang thing I ever heard of." he added meekly to the teachers murderous glare.
He smiled again and laughed. "O.K. O.K, hoo hoo, what's the boys name?" " I'll be sure he gets in.," the man told the speculative glance from Haruna.
After he'd gotten the information from the boy so that he could be announced, he asked for the information about the girl. "Wait a minute!" the man said as he held up a very oily and greasy hand that matched the rest of his skin. Haruna cringed at the sight of it. "If the girl ain't already in the contest, how're you gonna get her to go with------him?" The man jerked a thumb at Melvin.
"She's already out there." The two others said in unison.
" She's been planning on joining this thing for a while now. I gather that much from how easily she tricked you Haruna-s.." Haruna slapped a hand on the blabbermouths face.
"Her name is Serena Tsukino, she lives at 5531, Cherry Hill, Juuban," recited Miss Haruna, she knew the girls address like she knew her own address. Seeing it 52 times a week on detention slips kinda made it stick..."and she's 14 years old." The man burst out laughing.
"Shut up about it would you!"
He guffawed a few more times before he calmed down; "It's just not somethin you hear about every day ya know..." he smiled. Haruna was surprised at what a shining smile he had, in total contrast with the rest of him, his teeth were a brilliant white. Ms. Haruna couldn't help studying his face with more care. His eyes were really quite shocking, (light brown) observed Haruna (They're even more gorgeous than Peters were and his were baby blue!) Snapping back to reality she saw him returning her gaze in full measure. She blushed and looked away. (I'm getting like Serena! I swear that girl is contagious!)
" So how much will it cost me?" she asked quietly
"Nothing." he stated simply
"Nothing!" she responded, not understanding.
"You heard right...absolutely nothing." He leaned back in his chair balancing on its hind legs.
"You mean you won't let me pay you off?" Haruna's face was blank. But anger boiled dangerously high beneath her skin. "What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about," started the man, " that this one's on me. Hell, I haven't laughed like that since I was his age." finished the man gesturing towards Melvin.
Haruna's face lit up. "You mean it!" she asked hopefully. Now that she thought about it, she really was gonna need her money later.
"Yep!" he replied smiling.
"Alright!" screamed Haruna. She found herself almost throwing herself at him and hugging him right then and there but the grease on him acted like a very powerful bug spray.
"Arigatou!" she said again before she turned to leave.
"Uh but there is one catch..." trailed the man.
THUNK! Miss Haruna hit the floor with Melvin in tow. (She hadn't let go of him yet. talk about a serious death grip ^-^.)
"A-a-a-a ca-catch?" Haruna stuttered disbelieving
"Yep."
"Dang it there's always a catch."
"Can't get something for nothing you know!" he said jovially.
Haruna sighed. " O.K., O.K.... tell me what it is..." Surprise crossed the face of the man at her reaction. He'd been expecting her to blow up and call it all off. (Oh well let's see what she'll think of this.)
"yeah,um, a catch ya see," he stuttered. Haruna was surprised at the slew of emotions crossing his face. She watched them all go by, one at a time and she was surprised at how easily she recognized them on this strange man's face. (There goes unease) she thought, (fear, jumpiness, confusion,eagerness, expectation, anger? What's he doing? Arguing with himself?) Haruna thought to herself, more than a little puzzled. She wasn't to far off the mark.
(I can't ask her this, she doesn't even know me! She'll think I'm a weirdo!) he argued,
(C'mon man she's just standing there! She looks like she could use some company anyway, just ask her!) Said another voice.
(I can't!) he replied
(You can!) it answered
(I can't!)
(Just do it! For freaks sake!) The man let out an uneasy breath and Haruna looked at him inquisitively.
"So what's the catch?" she asked a little more bravely than she felt.
The man breathed in deeply once more before beginning. " Well as you know there is a cruise lined up for the "winners" (he coughed at the word. Or maybe it was a laugh?) And on the cruise there will be a lot of couples. Now I happen to have a strong connection with the captain of that ship and since he has strong connections to this contest he managed to hook up a way for me to be around the whole time the contest is going on." He paused with an almost pleading look in his eye at the passive face of the woman before him. Hoping he wouldn't have to continue.
She looked back at him with what almost appeared to be mirth. He cringed inwardly as that mirth came out in her words.
'So what your saying is that, in return for fixing up this boy and that girl. All I have to do is be-your date- for the week?"
The man nodded weakly, he couldn't believe how pathetic she made it all sound. Or how stupid he felt for actually thinking such a beautiful woman would say yes to a total stranger, she had to be smarter than that! (She is a teacher after all.) He concluded, fully expecting the negative answer. He wasn't disappointed when it came.
She laughed, " First of all do I really look so much like a street whore or something that you think I would say yes to a total stranger?" she asked him.
He shook his head weakly. "I actually thought the total opposit..." Haruna didn't let him finish.
"And second of all, I'm a teacher! I have work to do this week! Do you really think I'd just abandon all the kids that depend on me just so I could run off with some dashing stranger on a romantic..." Haruna caught herself. (What the heck am I saying!? He's not dashing!) she looked at him once more. ( ----then again...) she felt her face going hot as she admired...uh...looked at him up and down..(O.K. so what if his eyes are captivating, his teeth are gorgeous, he has a great body {she noticed this with a sharp breath intake, most females, [even some teachers] make at the sight of a great bod.} , and underneath all that grime he probably has gorgeous hair too...AAgh!)her brain screamed. (I'm losing control of my own mind!) Ms haruna mentally flipped. what was this guy doing to her!?
"Uh, are you still there?" the guard interrupted smugly. (dashing huh? When did that happen?) he thought, (I like her adjectives)
"Yes!" Haruna replied snidely as she was rudely jerked out of her reverie.
"Good. I understand your decision, and I'll show you two the door..." He made the motions of getting up.
"Hey wait a minute!" Haruna cried holding her hand out like a stop sign. "What's your name?"
"Joshua Price," He replied in mock coldness, "but call me Josh" He made another fake move for the door. Haruna slammed him back into the chair.
"So now I know you! I said I wouldn't go with a stranger right? Now you're not a stranger. And who do you think I would be kidding saying those kids depend on me! They'd be the happiest monsters on Earth if I never came back!"
"But Sensei I'd miss you!"
"Shut up Melvin!"
"Now look! You want a date for that shindig you got one!" Miss Haruna said finally. (What the heck am I doing!) Her logic cried. Haruna ignored it. Strangely enough she felt nothing wrong in making this decision, somehow she knew it would be best for her to be with him. (Jeez Haruna you make it sound like your gonna marry him!) She spaced out momentarily while dreamily looking him up and down, (Hey I wouldn't have any objection to that!)
(She said yes!?) the man thought confused. (And how did this decision get turned on me?) he chuckled, (A very interesting, and beautiful woman I have here, better act quick.)
"Miss. Haruna... I take it that, that is your name?" he asked her.
"Yes, Mr. Price it is."
"Call me Josh."
"Call me Patricia." the two smiled lovingly at each other as Melvin watched, utterly astounded.
(Oh my god my teachers gone mad!) the computer kid thought wildly, before it quickly crossed his mind what juicy gossip it would make to tell Serena that Haruna had fallen in love at first sight! And was going out with a man she hardly knew! That stuff usually interested her. (Serena!) drooled Melvin mentally; thanks to Haruna he would finally have his chance to make her fall in love with him! He couldn't wait! He imagined Serena in his arms, telling him about he was the smartest, coolest, and most noble man alive.----He really did drool that time. And it was a good thing Haruna would be coming along too, he thought his parents probably would've tried to rob him of his chance at true love otherwise.(Yeah they'd never let me go with out adult supervision!) he confirmed himself out loud before he looked up to the sound of a new voice.
'Hey cap'n!" An unfamiliar voice called.
Melvin watched as a man came from around the corner.
"You're gonna be late for the drawing if you don't get out of those messy clothes and into your suit sir!"
Haruna's whole face narrowed and her voice took on a mask interrigism. "Captain?' she uttered, completely confused.
The guard in questioned stuttered as he literally tried to wave the man away.
"It's uh...a nickname! Yeah that's it a nickname!"
"A nickname sir?" rang out the new voice with mirth. "That's a good one cap'n!" he walked over to the three that were standing there and put his arm around the man with a red face.
"Lady your look'n at the Cap'n of the cruise ship Crystal Midnight! The largest Cruise ship Tokyo's had in over a hund'erd years!"
Haruna's mouth fell to the floor.
"YOU'RE the captain of the cruise?" she cried disbelievingly.
"Uh no..." he replied sheepishly as he whacked the sailor next to him on the head.
"Yes you are!" Haruna's mouth was gaped, way open but somehow she managed to spit out "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Well I've had a problem with girls and my money so I had to be careful..." the captain said embarrassed.
"Captain Price sir!" the man chirped, obviously having allot of fun with the situation, 'We gotta go sir! People are waiting sir!"
"I know sailor and stop calling me sir! we're not on board yet!"
"Ah! but we are in front of the captains new 'girlllfriend' I should show a little respect sir, Right sir?"
"Shut up Norkus!" the captain said going even more red in the face. He turned back to Haruna and put her chin back up in its place. "Do we still have a date?" he asked cautiously.
Haruna could only nod and wave and he smiled and gave her a quick peck on her cheek before running off in the other direction as if he were still a schoolboy. She was still ogling after him, even when he was out of her sight.
Melvin walked tentatively closer to the frozen woman and jumped back in fear when she exploded, jumping off the ground in delight. Melvin turned hide and tail to run out side when Haruna jumped on him too. And pulled him up into a deadly bear hug. "I LOVE Serena Tsukino! I LOVE her! I LOVE her! I LOVE HER! Oh yeah (she giggled like she was a little girl), and I love HIM too!"
She grabbed the end of one of Melvin's' long sleeves and began unconsciously pulling him towards the exit. She thought with relish upon the last few words of the sailor and her captain,(HER captain, that sounded so....thrilling, mysterious, delicious!)She sighed, when the sailor had referred to her as the captains' girlfriend, he the captain hadn't denied it!!(OOOHHH!) She smiled, (I'll have to remember to clear Serena's detention for the rest of the year! I knew she wouldn't hurt someone like I thought she did to me! Why is it that every time that girl does something stupid someone ends up in love?) She thought back to another teacher in her school that had credited her marriage to Serena, and there were a lot of others whom she had heard about from the gossip extrodinaire's around town, who told about the countless others who had relationships because of Serena's "attributes and follies." She finished with that thought quickly enough though, and instead, all she could think about now was her new, totally hot, enticingly gorgeous, and filthy RICH date for the rest of the week. Pushing open the double doors, Patricia Haruna, a junior High teacher with a hostage and a rich boyfriend walked out side into the mob of a crowd waiting for the contest to begin.
~ Darien~
Darien was ticked, he was -very- ticked. That blonde was -not- going to escape him no matter -what- direction she ran in. He -would- catch up to her and she -was- going to feel his wrath. (If only she weren't so dang fast!) he sped up for good measure. No way was that little wisp of a girl going to out run him. He had been on the Olympic level of track for his age group ever since he had gotten to junior high.
(You know.) said an annoying little voice (you really shouldn't be so mad at her, she is young and she did tell you not to call her meatball head. It's not like she didn't warn you.)
(Yeah?! and what?) Darien answered himself, (That little Sheera tried to kill me for crying out loud! Me! Darien Chiba! Just for making fun of her hair!)
(Well you should've known better about not doing that.)
(Oh yeah? And why?)
(You just should've.)
(So what if I did?)
(Why didn't you listen?)
(Cause I knew how she'd react.)
(Wait. Now wait a minute! Let me get this straight. You already knew she was going to do her best to kill you, but you make fun of her anyway? And then you have the nerve to be mad at -her-?)
(Yeah so?)
Silence while the mental crickets croak
(Sometimes it really sucks being your conscience you know that?)
(You'll get over it.)
Darien closed his mental discussion when he was distracted by a teasing voice floating back at him.
"Would you guys like me to slow down for you!?" Serena called back
Darien could not ever remember being so mad at a person before, he solemnly swore that he would not let this little twerp live another day! He would catch her and make her pay! Darien played the scenario out in his mind, he watched as the girl with golden rivers flowing behind her ran with all her might. He watched as a predatory Darien easily caught her and swung her around into his soft embrace...(hey wait a second that isn't how it goes!) he watched as her face contorted with fear, but for some reason that fear didn't touch her eyes; they were laughing! And at him! The mental Darien had an insane desire to wipe that laugh right off her silly face.
He smiled as he ran in real life (that's more like it!) he thought smugly, he'd make her pay! Nobody, NOBODY whacked Darien Chiba's head on the ground 132 times and got away with it! He watched as his mental self told the blonde about how he would make her pay. He almost wanted to slow down just to watch this, how would the mental Darien..... He stopped thinking with words and watched the pictures fly through his mind about a faceless girl with meatball hair. There he went! There he went!
(Make her pay!) Thought Darien viciously
(Make her pay?) Answered the mental Darien [the mental Serena didn't seem to notice] ...(oh I will,) answered the mental Darien (Just as soon as I...) the mental Darien trailed off.
The real Darien tripped over his feet and crashed to the pavement.
His mental self was kissing that faceless blonde! And passionately!
(What the hell do you think you're doing?)
The mental Darien painstakingly broke his kiss, (What's it look like genius?) he answered himself
(You're kissing her! Why aren't you killing her?)
(You should really get Genius of the year award for that one, Dare baby)
Darien pushed himself up off the ground and thrust the stinky salts away from his nose.
"Oh for Jimminy crickets sake!" Ami Scolded, " Darien maybe we should just get an ambulance to take you home! Cause I swear, if you hit your head one more time you really will die!"
Lita burst out laughing, "For WHOSE sake Ami? FOR WHOSE? And who the heck got stuck with a name like that?!
Ami blushed a deep scarlet, and Rei, mistaking the name for someone Ami liked more than as just a friend came to Ami's defense from her standing position over her boyfriend.."Hey don't laugh at Jimminy! He's probably a really nice guy right Ami?" (A.N. I'm assuming that they don't have a Japanese jimminy cricket here)Rei looked at the blue haired girl and was amazed at the contrast between the skin of her face and the color of her hair. "Uh, Ami?"
Serena, who was standing at Darien's feet pointed to her lips.
"No." Rei snapped at her
"He's a really good looking guy too right Ami?'
Serena frantically pointed at her lips with tears in her eyes.
"Shut up Serena!"
"Jeez Rei give her a break would you? At least take the duct tape off her mouth, I'm sure she'll be quiet if you ask her."Lita shrugged at rei's Icy Death glare. "Just a suggestion, hee hee." Lita looked back at Ami,
" So who is this guy anyway?"
Ami stood up next to the man being supported by Andrew. This is Darien Chiba, a College student who goes to that elite school for the gifted." She reached out her hand to steady Darien as he was once again trying to find his bearings.
"Give me a break Ami you know she didn't mean Darien, Who's this Jimminy Cricket guy?" Rei asked with eagerness. (Any guy worth Ami's attention has gotta be someone totally drop dead hot!)
Ami totally let go of Darien and he stood on his own, while the poor girl tried avidly to avoid the subject with Rei and Lita. "What lovely weather we're having.."
Darien stood alone (with his bearings intact) and looked at the pitiful figure standing in front of him. Serena, roped and taped together in a little bundle of beauty. Her hair was out side the tape (to Serena's great relief.) and Darien followed it with his eyes, it flowed far beyond her waist and stopped midway down her well-toned calves. It reminded him of two golden rivers; he wished he could run his hands through it just once. Darien caught himself. (What am I thinking?) he shook his head and looked at the captive again. Her eyes were pretty much the only thing he could see of her and they were flooded with tears. Still, he couldn't help but feel drawn into them, enticed and teased by them, he couldn't help but feel love and admiration for them, he licked his lips at the thought of covering them with his own light kisses...and he realized with a shocking, yet pleasant surprise...he wanted them so badly for his own...
Darien was brought back to earth from his reverie as Serena broke their gaze and began looking at anything but him. Darien immediately remembered his earlier anger and got a wicked idea. Taking a step closer to the restrained blonde Darien gave a menacing whisper. "I want you to know," he said. "that this is going to hurt you a lot more than it's going to hurt me." Serena whimpered as Darien's hand flew straight for her face....
Seeing what Darien was about to do, both Rei and Andrew cried out! "DARIEN! NO!"
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There it is Chapter 5, hope you liked it!
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