Oi, minna-san.. A little sleepy, so gomen if this is a little strange. I've been up all night and sleeping all day all week, so I'm a little off.
Chibi Angel's sleeping, so she can't read the disclaimer. In short, we don't own SM... Arigato for your sweet reviews, minna-chan. You're all
darling and I adore you. Ano...Watercolored Tears-san... Iie. I don't have multiple personalities.... ^_^;; Sorry to disappoint. ^_~
Oi, note added later... A little Seiya bashing from Mamoru's POV, a little Mamoru bashing from Seiya's end..Gomen, don't hate the messangel ^_^;;;; Did anyone even get that?
Ah, another note added later... ^_^;; I guess I've been sorta graphic with the anorexia thing... Is that an issue? Gomen..
ANOTHER NOTE: ...Very much a shorty chapter, gomen. ^_^
Goodbye, Usagi
Chapter Ten
We Accept
~*Mamoru's POV...*~
Two minutes later, I stood up in mild disgust. Had anyone even noticed my fall? Ano...No. They were all too busy eyeing the three "men" in front of us with delight, and lemme tell ya, the attention was not unreturned. Everyone was quiet for a moment, just staring at each other, until a most unusual person broke the silence.
"TAIK-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!" Mizuno Ami squealed, rushing forward and flinging herself at the tallest one in an exuberent version of a hug. Everyone sweatdropped, and even I had to admit that the expression on, "Taiki's" face was priceless. [AN: If you've seen Sailor Stars, think of his face when Usagi and Minako ripped his mathbook in half. *Smirk*] It didn't take long before Minako was imitating Ami with the shorter, silver haired one. Makoto and Rei just stood there, smiling, but my narrowed eyes were locked on the one in the middle. Seiya...
I can distinguish him from the others only because Usako's talked about him so much and I'm unfortunate enough to have seen the framed picture-booth strip of her and Seiya at an amusement park that's in her room. He, too, was staring back at me with equally narrowed eyes.
"Mamoru-kun," He said slowly, his voice noticably harsher than it had been when he'd issued his condescending warning before he'd left before. I remained silent for a long moment, finally spitting "Kou." in a voice filled with nothing but comtempt. The others must have been a little too wrapped up with their ecstatic greetings, because they didn't appear to notice the high degree of tension crackling through the air between the other man and I.
I stepped forward and murmured in his ear, "You're not wanted here."
He smirked at me, and as I looked into his smug face I knew he knew Usagi was gone. Finally he spoke, and when he did it was with a stark self-assurance and his words were something nothing could have prepared me for. He said...
"Neither are you."
***
~*Seiya's POV...*~
One look at Mammoth-chan's face and I knew something really was wrong. A following look at the others turned up the following: Usagi wasn't there. A third look at Taiki and Yaten confirmed they'd noticed her absence, too, over the clamboring heads of--respectively--Ami and Minako...
Speaking of Ami, what's up with her? I wondered absently, watching her practically jumping up and down as she babbled on to a baffled looking Taiki. ...Where the hell is Odango? As if they heard my thoughts--or maybe I said it outloud--all four girls stiffened and grew serious, followed quickly by the challenging look in the Mammoth's dark eyes fading into one of worry.
"...Daijabou?" Yaten finally questioned faintly, apparently noting the faded expression in Minako's pretty blue eyes.
"Nani? Ano...Iie."
I stepped forward quickly and gripped the blonde's arms. "Where's Odango?" I asked her sharply, watching the fear spread over her face. "Gomen..." I reduced the psychopath franticness in my expression. "...?" But it wasn't a teenage voice who answered me; it was the voice of a mature woman...The voice, in fact, of Black, this weird little cat Yaten adopted for awhile. I blinked rapidly... Did that cat just... Talk? Oh, God. It's been a *really* long day.
"Usagi's gone," the "cat" said, shooting a hard glare quickly followed by me at the Mammoth. "*Somebody* chased her off after being caught wrapped around a CERTAIN PRETTY BLONDE!!!" My hands snapped away from Minako and Yaten's sharp, shocked glare accompanied the motion.
"Not ME!" She squealed indignantly. "That slut Jessica."
"Don't call Jessica a--" The Mammoth began heatedly, his words quickly trailing off into the silence. I smirked. *...Jessica? Oh, right. That gorgeous--Erm... Yeah...*
"*Anyway*," Black all but thundered. Man, for a cat, she sure could scream. "I'd love to tell you where she is, but because of THESE FIVE, I cannot. Besides, I can't be sure you wouldn't tell them...Yaten..." She continued, not without a sweet smile at the aforementioned and a hiss from the white cat at her side. Shooting a quick look at Taiki and Yaten, we silently agreed on a course of action.
***
Five minutes later...
"Thank you, Luna!" The three of us chorused in our good-little-boy voices, beaming identically angelic smiles at her. She looked back at where the others stood, about a hundred feet away, and then broke into the gooniest smile I've ever seen. "Iie," she finished faintly.
"Well, gotta go. Ja!" Yaten patted her head and we sprang into the sky, out of sight in an instant.
***
~*Yaten's POV...*~
"There she is," I hissed to Seiya, nodding at a slim figure encased in black, approximately ten feet ahead of us. Very slim, in fact--had she always been so skinny?
"Azure, matte!" A cultured voice chorused from behind us, and the girl in black spun delicately. You could practically *hear* Seiya choke in his breath; but even Taiki would have to admit Usagi-chan looked more gorgeous than ever. Apparently, someone had taught her how to play with makeup... But she didn't look trashy at all, just like an incredible, somewhat enhanced version of herself. "Ivy!" she called, waving urgently. The three of us slouched behind the largest woman I'd ever seen as the most beautiful girl I've ever seen rushed past us. She stopped in front of Usagi and they did that dumb, air-kissy thing French chicks always do in movies. I doubled over at the waist, laughing, until Seiya-baka elbowed me in the ribs and scowled at me.
"Ewww," I clearly heard the other blonde girl say to Usagi, eyeing the larger woman in front of us with distaste. "That's why we do this, Usagi, so we don't look like her." *...Nani?* The three of us exchanged nervous looks.
"I know, Ivy. We'll never look like that as long as we..." Usagi repeated as if brainwashed. "Ivy" clamped a hand over her mouth.
"Nan da?" Taiki asked a sulky looking Seiya.
***
~*Seiya's POV...*~
"How the hell should I know?" I asked sulkily. "*You* never let me come back!" Finally, we were only a couple feet away from the distracted Odango.
"Oi, Odango!" I tossed out at her, not pausing as we passed. "Imagine seeing you here." We continued walking.
"Nani--Seiya-chan!!!" She broke away from the Ivy girl and glomped me against a wall. "Konnichiwa! Konnichiwa!" She planted a giant kiss on my cheek before moving onto the others, I wondered vaguely if my smile looked as stupid as it felt. Slowly I became aware of Ivy's unwelcoming glare.
"Ivy-chan, Ivy-chan..." Odango slowed her speech and became calm and cool again with one look from the taller beautiful girl. She cleared her throat. "Seiya, Taiki, Yaten, this is Di--erm, Ivy Diamond," she corrected herself to the American style of giving names. "I'm living with her right now...What are you doing here?" She finished curiously.
"We were in town," Yaten shrugged. "We just happened to notice you, that's all."
"Are you two free for dinner?" My question came as a surprise even to myself. The two girls cast glances at each other, starting at the word "dinner", but a sharp elbow in Odango's ribs revived her.
"OW--er, iie. We'd love to go, if it's convienient for you."
"He wouldn't have asked otherwise." Taiki finally spoke, smiling stupidly at Ivy. I wondered if he'd forgotten Ami already and smiled idly.
"All right, then. We accept."
Chibi Angel's sleeping, so she can't read the disclaimer. In short, we don't own SM... Arigato for your sweet reviews, minna-chan. You're all
darling and I adore you. Ano...Watercolored Tears-san... Iie. I don't have multiple personalities.... ^_^;; Sorry to disappoint. ^_~
Oi, note added later... A little Seiya bashing from Mamoru's POV, a little Mamoru bashing from Seiya's end..Gomen, don't hate the messangel ^_^;;;; Did anyone even get that?
Ah, another note added later... ^_^;; I guess I've been sorta graphic with the anorexia thing... Is that an issue? Gomen..
ANOTHER NOTE: ...Very much a shorty chapter, gomen. ^_^
Goodbye, Usagi
Chapter Ten
We Accept
~*Mamoru's POV...*~
Two minutes later, I stood up in mild disgust. Had anyone even noticed my fall? Ano...No. They were all too busy eyeing the three "men" in front of us with delight, and lemme tell ya, the attention was not unreturned. Everyone was quiet for a moment, just staring at each other, until a most unusual person broke the silence.
"TAIK-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!" Mizuno Ami squealed, rushing forward and flinging herself at the tallest one in an exuberent version of a hug. Everyone sweatdropped, and even I had to admit that the expression on, "Taiki's" face was priceless. [AN: If you've seen Sailor Stars, think of his face when Usagi and Minako ripped his mathbook in half. *Smirk*] It didn't take long before Minako was imitating Ami with the shorter, silver haired one. Makoto and Rei just stood there, smiling, but my narrowed eyes were locked on the one in the middle. Seiya...
I can distinguish him from the others only because Usako's talked about him so much and I'm unfortunate enough to have seen the framed picture-booth strip of her and Seiya at an amusement park that's in her room. He, too, was staring back at me with equally narrowed eyes.
"Mamoru-kun," He said slowly, his voice noticably harsher than it had been when he'd issued his condescending warning before he'd left before. I remained silent for a long moment, finally spitting "Kou." in a voice filled with nothing but comtempt. The others must have been a little too wrapped up with their ecstatic greetings, because they didn't appear to notice the high degree of tension crackling through the air between the other man and I.
I stepped forward and murmured in his ear, "You're not wanted here."
He smirked at me, and as I looked into his smug face I knew he knew Usagi was gone. Finally he spoke, and when he did it was with a stark self-assurance and his words were something nothing could have prepared me for. He said...
"Neither are you."
***
~*Seiya's POV...*~
One look at Mammoth-chan's face and I knew something really was wrong. A following look at the others turned up the following: Usagi wasn't there. A third look at Taiki and Yaten confirmed they'd noticed her absence, too, over the clamboring heads of--respectively--Ami and Minako...
Speaking of Ami, what's up with her? I wondered absently, watching her practically jumping up and down as she babbled on to a baffled looking Taiki. ...Where the hell is Odango? As if they heard my thoughts--or maybe I said it outloud--all four girls stiffened and grew serious, followed quickly by the challenging look in the Mammoth's dark eyes fading into one of worry.
"...Daijabou?" Yaten finally questioned faintly, apparently noting the faded expression in Minako's pretty blue eyes.
"Nani? Ano...Iie."
I stepped forward quickly and gripped the blonde's arms. "Where's Odango?" I asked her sharply, watching the fear spread over her face. "Gomen..." I reduced the psychopath franticness in my expression. "...?" But it wasn't a teenage voice who answered me; it was the voice of a mature woman...The voice, in fact, of Black, this weird little cat Yaten adopted for awhile. I blinked rapidly... Did that cat just... Talk? Oh, God. It's been a *really* long day.
"Usagi's gone," the "cat" said, shooting a hard glare quickly followed by me at the Mammoth. "*Somebody* chased her off after being caught wrapped around a CERTAIN PRETTY BLONDE!!!" My hands snapped away from Minako and Yaten's sharp, shocked glare accompanied the motion.
"Not ME!" She squealed indignantly. "That slut Jessica."
"Don't call Jessica a--" The Mammoth began heatedly, his words quickly trailing off into the silence. I smirked. *...Jessica? Oh, right. That gorgeous--Erm... Yeah...*
"*Anyway*," Black all but thundered. Man, for a cat, she sure could scream. "I'd love to tell you where she is, but because of THESE FIVE, I cannot. Besides, I can't be sure you wouldn't tell them...Yaten..." She continued, not without a sweet smile at the aforementioned and a hiss from the white cat at her side. Shooting a quick look at Taiki and Yaten, we silently agreed on a course of action.
***
Five minutes later...
"Thank you, Luna!" The three of us chorused in our good-little-boy voices, beaming identically angelic smiles at her. She looked back at where the others stood, about a hundred feet away, and then broke into the gooniest smile I've ever seen. "Iie," she finished faintly.
"Well, gotta go. Ja!" Yaten patted her head and we sprang into the sky, out of sight in an instant.
***
~*Yaten's POV...*~
"There she is," I hissed to Seiya, nodding at a slim figure encased in black, approximately ten feet ahead of us. Very slim, in fact--had she always been so skinny?
"Azure, matte!" A cultured voice chorused from behind us, and the girl in black spun delicately. You could practically *hear* Seiya choke in his breath; but even Taiki would have to admit Usagi-chan looked more gorgeous than ever. Apparently, someone had taught her how to play with makeup... But she didn't look trashy at all, just like an incredible, somewhat enhanced version of herself. "Ivy!" she called, waving urgently. The three of us slouched behind the largest woman I'd ever seen as the most beautiful girl I've ever seen rushed past us. She stopped in front of Usagi and they did that dumb, air-kissy thing French chicks always do in movies. I doubled over at the waist, laughing, until Seiya-baka elbowed me in the ribs and scowled at me.
"Ewww," I clearly heard the other blonde girl say to Usagi, eyeing the larger woman in front of us with distaste. "That's why we do this, Usagi, so we don't look like her." *...Nani?* The three of us exchanged nervous looks.
"I know, Ivy. We'll never look like that as long as we..." Usagi repeated as if brainwashed. "Ivy" clamped a hand over her mouth.
"Nan da?" Taiki asked a sulky looking Seiya.
***
~*Seiya's POV...*~
"How the hell should I know?" I asked sulkily. "*You* never let me come back!" Finally, we were only a couple feet away from the distracted Odango.
"Oi, Odango!" I tossed out at her, not pausing as we passed. "Imagine seeing you here." We continued walking.
"Nani--Seiya-chan!!!" She broke away from the Ivy girl and glomped me against a wall. "Konnichiwa! Konnichiwa!" She planted a giant kiss on my cheek before moving onto the others, I wondered vaguely if my smile looked as stupid as it felt. Slowly I became aware of Ivy's unwelcoming glare.
"Ivy-chan, Ivy-chan..." Odango slowed her speech and became calm and cool again with one look from the taller beautiful girl. She cleared her throat. "Seiya, Taiki, Yaten, this is Di--erm, Ivy Diamond," she corrected herself to the American style of giving names. "I'm living with her right now...What are you doing here?" She finished curiously.
"We were in town," Yaten shrugged. "We just happened to notice you, that's all."
"Are you two free for dinner?" My question came as a surprise even to myself. The two girls cast glances at each other, starting at the word "dinner", but a sharp elbow in Odango's ribs revived her.
"OW--er, iie. We'd love to go, if it's convienient for you."
"He wouldn't have asked otherwise." Taiki finally spoke, smiling stupidly at Ivy. I wondered if he'd forgotten Ami already and smiled idly.
"All right, then. We accept."
