Idols - Chapter 7

"Hello?" Andrew answered the phone at his office. "Yeah, it's me. Who is this?"

Andy? It's Usagi.

"Usagi! It's so great to hear from you! How's your tour going so far? Are you & the girls having a good time?"

Yeah. We're having a blast... Hey, Andy... How would you like front-row seats for our final concert?

"Are you kidding?! I'd LOVE it!" Andrew exclaimed.

I'll give you 4 tickets, so Lizzy can come, & you can each... invite... someone...

"Usagi? Can I ask you something?"

Of course.

"Why did you break up with Darien?"

Why? I guess... I... just realized that it's better to hurt now than later...

"But you two were so great together!"

It would've changed. Usagi's voice broke a little.

"Are you ok? I'm sorry if I upset you."

Iie. I mean- No. I'm fine the connection is just bad. I'll send the tickets to your house. I've got to go!

"Who was that Andy?" Darien walked into Andrew's office.

"Uh... it was... Usagi." Andrew said guiltily.

"Oh?"

"She's giving me 4 free tickets to their final concert, so Lizzy & I can each bring a friend... would you like to come? Their songs are great."

"No. I better not." Darien said, placing some files into the top drawer of a filing cabinet.

"I'm sure she would like to see you again."

"Did she /say/ that?"

"Well... No... But it was sort of implied."

"Forget it. You must've misunderstood. Bring your girlfriend." Darien laughed & left Andrew's office. 'I must be crazy... she would be better off with a "Backstreet Boy" or someone like that... but... I still have one last chance, if this doesn't work then I'll let her go for good.'

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Usagi hung up her phone & lay down on her bed. "Darien. I'm so sorry."

"Usagi?" Makoto & Rei stood at her doorway. "Are you okay?" Rei asked.

"Me? I'm fine! I just called Andy & asked him if her wanted some free tickets to our concert when we get back to Hawaii."

"Is Darien going to be there too?" Makoto asked.

"I don't know... I doubt it."

"You've certainly been working hard lately." Makoto smiled.

"So we've bought you a little present!" Rei smiled.

"Oh?" Usagi blinked. "What is it?"

"Open it & see!" Makoto laughed.

"A manatee T-shirt!" Usagi laughed. "And chocolate! And-! A notebook?" She looked at her friends in puzzlement.

"You've been writing your old lyrics book to shreds so we bought you a new one." Rei laughed.

"Aww. You didn't have to, really!" Usagi gave her friends each a hug.

"Mako-chan made the chocolates!" Rei said. "So they'll be really great!" Makoto blushed a little.

"I'll enjoy them a lot, I'm sure."

"Hey Usagi-chan." Makoto said. "Do you miss Darien?"

"I guess I do... a little." Usagi added, afraid that she would get in trouble if she told the complete truth.

"You seem to miss him a lot more than a little." Makoto grinned.

"I guess... I was hoping to see him, or at least hear from him one last time..."

"Usagi..." Rei smiled sadly. "How would that really help? Even if- even if you got to see him one last time... & you both were in love... you'd still have to leave him in the end. We're not meant to live on this planet for our whole lives."

"I know. Don't worry about me. I'm fine!" Usagi smiled brightly. "I feel like writing a song now. Are we going to rehearse later on tonight?" She asked, opening up the new notebook.

"Yep. Definitely!" Makoto said. "See you later, Usagi-chan." The two girls left.

Usagi lay back down on her bed & began to write feverishly. She pulled out a little picture from underneath her pillow. A picture of Darien. "I'm such a fool." She whispered. "I'm such a fool to have broken up with you. Darien... The first person from here to REALLY understand me, & the only person to love me even after learning my secret." She shoved the picture back beneath her pillow as someone walked past her door. "My only love..."

*~*~*~*Two Weeks Later, The Day of the Last Concert*~*~*~*

"Hey Usagi, Minako." Artemis walked into the room where Minako was putting Usagi's hair up into Odango. "Are you excited for tonight?"

"Yep! It's going to be so exciting to be back in Hawaii & performing!" Minako cheered.

"Ow! Mina-P!" Usagi winced as Minako hopped in excitement, taking Usagi's dango with her for the ride.

"Oops! Sorry Usagi-chan!"

"It's ok. I'm excited too." Usagi laughed it off.

"I wonder if Darien will be there, maybe Andy invited him." Minako said.

"I don't think he would be the type of person to come see us, especially me, in concert." Usagi said roughly.

"Well, you'll never know. Guys do crazy things when they're in love with a girl." Artemis laughed.

"Artemis?" Usagi gave him a questioning stare.

"We all can tell you still love him, Usagi. We could all tell you both loved each other long before the press got a hold of anything."

"It's true." Minako smiled.

"Why didn't anyone say anything? Why didn't anyone get mad or tell me to stop?"

"Would you have stopped if we told you to?" Minako grinned.

"No." Usagi blushed. "I see your point. I had to do this on my own, because I had to face the fact that we really couldn't be together."

"The moon is quite far for a long-distance relationship." Artemis laughed. "But at least you'll get a chance to see him again."

"You can finally say goodbye properly."

"Thank you. I guess that's all I have to do now." Usagi said. "Actually... there is ONE other thing... I have a question that I'm hoping you could answer for me, Artemis."

"Of course. Anything."

"Could you tell me what kind of crazy things you did when you fell in love with Luna?"

"Huh?" He blushed dark red.

"Yeah! Come on! Tell us!" Minako exclaimed as she & Usagi began to chase him around the dressing room.

"NOT ON YOUR LIVES!" He ran from the room while Usagi & Minako fell to the ground, laughing.

"I better go get ready. We only have 4 hours until the concert." Minako winked & left Usagi's change room.

Usagi sighed with a little smile. She opened up the notebook that Rei & Makoto had given her before. She had taped Darien's picture inside the cover. "My final chance to say goodbye, huh?" She huffed. "I still have one trick left up my sleeve... if this doesn't work, THEN I'll say goodbye forever." She grinned, flipping through the pages in her notebook, full with writing. "If..."

*~*~*~*30 Minutes before the Concert*~*~*~*

"Andy!" Minako smiled as she saw Andrew wandering the halls backstage, lost beyond belief. "How are you doing?"

"Good, good. How about you?"

"Great. I'm glad to see you got those tickets from Usagi-chan." She replied. "Isn't Lizzy here too?"

"Yeah, she is. She brought two of her friends & they're making sure no-one takes our seats... they'll come backstage after the show's over."

"Oh? You didn't bring anyone?"

"I was going to bring my girlfriend, but she broke up with me before I could ask her." Andrew laughed. "It's no big deal. Lizzy's friends are die- hard fans, too."

"Is that so?" Minako laughed. "Well, I better get to Usagi-chan's room... we're all meeting there before the concert starts..."

"Okay. I'll see you later."

"Definitely." She winked & Andrew blushed a little. "Oh! Wait a sec!" Minako called as he started to walk away. "Lizzy brought 2 people... didn't Darien come?"

"I asked him, but he said no." Andrew replied. "Was Usagi asking about him?"

"Not really... it just would've been cool if he could've seen her in her last concert..."

"Yeah. Well, I'll let you get to your meeting." Andrew smiled.

"Yes. Thank you. Don't forget to come back after the show, okay? Then we can talk again."

"Okay." Andrew smiled again, faintly aware that he was grinning like an idiot.

"Bye!" Minako smiled & quickly ran to Usagi's dressing room. "Sorry to keep you all waiting... Andrew was just outside so I was talking to him for a few minutes."

"Mina-P, you're blushing!" Usagi teased.

"Be quiet." Minako blushed more. "What are we all here for anyway."

"Yeah, why are we all here, Usagi-chan?" Ami asked.

"I wrote a new song... & I want to sing it at the end of the concert, a special song for Hawaii, since everyone's been so nice to us." Usagi smiled. "Is that ok?"

"Sure." Everyone agreed. "Just as long as we get the music to play." Makoto added.

"Of course. I've got it all right here." Usagi held up a handful of papers. "Okay... that's it. I'm going to get dressed & get the last touch ups of my make up & meet you all in about 10 minutes."

"Be quick, Usagi." Rei laughed & the 6 others left.

Usagi quickly got dressed & the makeup artists came back in to finish her makeup. "Thank you very much." She smiled as she left her room & ran down the hallway to find the others behind the stage.

"Usagi-chan! You're on time!" Luna teased. "But just barely! Get into you position!"

"Yeah!" Usagi ran over to her spot. "I'm so excited!"

"You're always excited." Ami laughed. The opening performers left the stage followed by cheers & applause.

"Here we go." Rei said.

The music for "La Soldier" began to play as the girls stood/sat at their instruments & Usagi stepped forward on stage from the shadows. Ami on keyboard, Minako on guitar, Makoto on drums & Rei on guitar as well, & for some songs on violin. [A.N. Lessons from the talented Michiru! ^_~]

"Kore i jo muri yo matenai wa sure sure de o warasenaide anata no subete hoshii futari wo he date tasuraidoga harari suberi ochite atoha arawa ni sa re tashi manaza shi ni se me rarete kokoro ga suki koworu shinmade

Ikusen nen kuri ga ashita koi wa shinpi no tatakai ne anata kara no aino MoonLight A bi te watashi wa kawatte yuku ata yaka ni ime yakani La Soldier

Motto kono mama de itai kedo hou hou mi de kawasu wa kareni yaku se ku hakomenaide mata a eru tsugi ga ashita demo ningyaku demo chi no mo onaji sabare ga futa eni kuru kokoro no katachi soto nazo te wasure zu ni obete meguri meguru roman no naka koi ha itsu demo tatakai ne watashi ha hima aino Lunatic kisekimo yume mo misete ageru hateshinaku uruhashiku La Soldier

Ikusen nen kuri ga ashita koi wa shinpi no tatakai ne anata kara no aino MoonLight A bi te watashi wa kawatte yuku ata yaka ni ime yakani La Soldier"

"ALOHA HAWAII!!!" Usagi shouted out to the packed stadium. "It's great to be back! This really feels like home to us now!" The crowd roared & Usagi smiled. "We've got a great concert full of a great group of songs, English & Japanese so please enjoy our special last show!!!"

Darien grinned as he watched Usagi up on stage, smiling ear to ear & shouting out to her fans, doing something that she truly loved doing. He was glad he had bought a ticket long before she had offered them to Andrew... he didn't want anyone to tell Usagi that he was here.

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Minna, Konban wa! [it's 10:00 pm right now ^_^] I hope you enjoyed that chapter, only one or 2 left to go! Thanks for your reviews! I'm so glad, all of the reviews I've ever had have been positive ones, and it's really encouraging! I want to be a writer after I go to University... except I want to move to Japan & be a writer there... but it all matters, right? Anyway, the next chapter should be out sometime tomorrow, or today, depending on when you're reading this ^_^. Please review! [Oh, by the way, would anyone read an original story of mine if I posted it here on ff.net? Please tell me if you would!]