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PLEASE READ: This is a lot longer than I was originally gonna post, but enjoy it anyways! The reason I could post so fast is cause I've been working on the first few chapters for awhile now, but haven't posted before. I'm open to pairing suggestions, but PLEASE email them to me. I did already have a pairing in mind… but let's see what you peoples want. I'll try to check the reviews for votes as well, but please email them. Sorry this was so long! Read on…..
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Yui Hiiro ran briskly through the park. It was about six in the morning, he confirmed by looking at his watch, when he saw a flash of light come from underneath a huge willow tree. Intriqued, he ran over. He saw a young girl standing there with her back to him.
'Interesting, where did that light come from?' he asked himself. He hid behind a tree as the girl sank to her knees next to two large black duffel bags. She held two things in her hands, and a soft melody could be heard in the early morning's peaceful silence. Hiiro jumped swiftly into the willow tree, and made his way soundlessly out so he could see her better.
The girl sobbed suddenly, her shoulders shaking. Hiiro, surprised, would have fallen out of the tree had it not been for his training. 'There's nothing unusual here.' Hiiro told himself. 'Just a crying girl. The light I saw must have been a reflection off the picture in her hand.' He made his way off the tree and continued on his run.
"Hey, Hiiro, back from your daily torture?" Duo asked as Hiiro came in the door of their apartment.
"Hnn." he said in his usual monotone, at the same time sitting down in front of his laptop with a glass of water. He went straight to his email. Opening one from Dr. J, he inwardly moaned. On the outside, he printed it out and stood up, walking to the kitchen where his four comrades were conversing.
"We are going to have a new roommate." he announced with a slight hint of sarcasm in his monotone. Duo immediately spit out the Coke he was drinking, and the others set about wiping themselves off.
"What?" the braided pilot asked.
"You heard. Dr. J has rented the sixth bed out to a girl that is going to the Academy. She'll arrive this morning." Hiiro finished, setting the printout on the table.
"Who is this weak onna?" Wufei asked.
"Wu-man, have a little respect." Duo said.
"MAXWELL!" Wufei nearly screamed. He grabbed a katana and chased after Duo, swinging it dangerously close to his braid.
"Uhhh...." the girl moaned, putting a hand to her head. She sat up suddenly, looking around her. 'What did I do?' she thought. 'Wait, I went home, Luna wasn't there, I wrote a note...' she layed back down. 'How can I still be alive? I thought I escaped that life.' she wondered. Then she saw a piece of paper sticking out of her brooch, which was in her hand.
'Usagi-hime,' she smiled, immediately knowing who it was from.
'I am sorry the Crystal won't let you die eternally. Enjoy this life more, o-negai. You're still the same Usagi. You can henshin, but you need not be Sailor Moon any longer, though it is your decision whether or not you want to tell your five roommates about your life. You are approximately three thousand years from the Silver Millenium, two thousand after your life in Tokyo. Do not worry, by now the others are dead. You need not fear anything in this time. Your roommates can be trusted. I'll send you a laptop, with my email address encoded on it if you have any questions. You know how to use them.
--------Pluto.'
"Thank you Pluto." she whispered. Standing, she stretched and looked around some more. She stood underneath a large willow tree that obstructed everything outside it from view. She looked down, and pawed through the two duffel bags that sat near her, to find what Pluto had gotten for her. Another shorter note lay on top of one of the bags.
'Usagi-
Everything else you could possibly need is in your subdimensional pocket.
--------Pluto'
She stopped suddenly, and lifted a locket and a picture frame out of the bag. Opening the locket, she closed her eyes and let the melody wash over her. She looked at the picture of her and Mamoru, and began to sob. After a few moments, she stopped and put the picture and locket at the bottom of the bag. She took out a map, and picked up the duffel bags before heading towards the street and hailing a cab.
"I still say that we skip school for the next couple years and just go on with our lives!" Duo cried. After Quatre had saved him from Wufei and his katana, they had engaged in a debate about the need for school. Quatre was on the losing side, saying school was needed. (AN: HA! Yeah, right! It's just another form of torture and mind control! Jk… just read.)
"Dr. J sent me another email." Hiiro said emotionlessly to the other four, turning his laptop around so the others could read.
"Your new roommate is Tsukino Usagi. She'll be staying with you and finishing school here. She's been through a lot, don't bug her about her past life. Her things will be arriving soon, and yes, she's got someone sending part of the rent. Hiiro, do some hacking and enroll her in the exact same classes as you five." Quatre read aloud.
They heard a knock, and five heads turned to stare at the door. Hiiro opened it. A girl stood outside. Hiiro fought the mad urge to pull out his gun.
"Hnn." he said in his monotone.
"Hi." The girl said. "I'm-"
"Usagi." Trowa cut in, in his usual tone.
"How'd you know?" Usagi asked. Hiiro pointed to his laptop.
"We have a twelve year old SHOJO for a roommate?! This is an INJUSTICE!" Wufei cried. (Shojo=girl)
"Hey I'm nearly sixteen!" she cried indignantly.
"Almost the same as us, huh?" Duo said lightly. "I'm Duo." he said. Pointing to each, he introduced the others as well.
"That's Hiiro, Trowa's over there, the polite blondie there is Quatre, and this is Wu-man."
"MAXWELL!!!" Wufei screamed. He grabbed his katana once more. Duo hid behind Usagi.
"Move." Wufei said, trying to poke his katana around Usagi. In one swift movement, she pulled another from the table and crossed it with his.
"Come on, give the guy a break." Usagi said, smiling.
"Yeah, give the guy a break." Duo echoed. Wufei sheathed his katana once more, and Usagi set the other one down as well.
"Thanks, Odango Atama." Duo said, grinning. He had noticed her hair.
"What'd you call me?" she asked, astonished.
"Odango atama. 'Cause of your hair. Yeah, I learned some Japanese in school." he said.
"Odango Atama, huh? No one's called me that in awhile." Usagi said. The silence after that was broken by the rumbling of her stomach. She flushed.
"Uhh... Have you guys eaten breakfast yet?" she asked. They shook their heads.
"We all know how to cook, we're just...." Quatre trailed off.
"Not in the mood to poison ourselves?" Duo ended. Usagi laughed.
"Don't worry, I know just the thing!" she said, running to the fridge. (AN: Remember, there are a lot of things Usagi knows how to do that she hid, sooo........)
Twenty minutes later she put several dishes and a plate in front of each of them.
"Here you go! Scrambled eggs, toast, muffins, waffles, and, in case you're really hungry..." she said, "A stack of humongous chocolate chip pancakes, which smell incredible, if I do say so myself." She grinned at them.
"Whoah." Duo said as they reached in and grabbed some food.
"This is good, Usagi-chan." Trowa said as they ate.
"Yeah these are really delicious. Just what an onna should be doing, cooking. Last time Maxwell tried to cook he nearly burnt the entire place down." Wufei said.
"Hey how was I supposed to know that you don't cook with black-yolked eggs?" Duo asked. Usagi cringed. 'This is great.' she thought. 'I've only been here a little while and they're all being so nice!'
"What do you think, Hiiro?" Duo asked.
"Hnn."
"That's his way of saying good, I think. He's ummm.... Just don't mess with him." Quatre whispered to her. Usagi nodded.
Soon they were done with breakfast. The guys began to show her around the large apartment. It had two half bathrooms, (Half bath= sink & toilet only) and one large full bathroom. When you entered, you came into the living room, and there were two doors off the side. One led to a half bathroom, the other into the bedroom. Another opening in the wall led into the kitchen. In the bedroom were six beds arranged so that there were three going up each wall. There were four doors in this room, not counting the way to the living room. A set of glass double doors went out onto a small balcony, and had large curtains that could be drawn across them. The other two doors led to a two different bathrooms, a half bath and the other a full bath.
"Nice." Usagi commented, setting her two duffel bags on the empty bed. Quatre sat down on his bed, Duo sprawled across his, which was directly opposite Usagi's, and Trowa leaned against the wall, in his favorite position.
"So when are you going to start at the Academy, Usagi?" Quatre asked.
"Well, no one really told me I had to go-" she was cut off by Duo.
"Sweet! You don't have to go at all! Well, you might get in trouble when the Academy starts sending your parents letters, but..." Usagi smiled sadly.
"My parents wouldn't get the letters. They don't live around here." she told them.
"They can send letters to everywhere, even the colonies."
"Believe me, my parents- there's no way- I mean, nevermind." She gave up, knowing if could be dangerous to tell them where she was really from.
"Honto?" Quatre said.
"Nothing, nevermind." Usagi repeated and she walked out, calling over her shoulder. "I'm going to go make a snack."
"YUM! FOOD!" Duo squealed. Quatre put his hands over his ears. Trowa rolled his eyes, and went to find Wufei and Hiiro.
Five days later...
Brrrrrrrrriiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnngggggggggg!!!! The obnoxious ring of the alarm went off at six. Usagi rolled over, picked up the soft round alarm, and threw it against the wall right above Duo's head on the other side of the room. It stopped ringing, and dropped on Duo's head as the door to the bathroom closed.
"Huh- wha?" he said, still half-asleep. The shower turned on, and he got up and proceeded to wake everyone up. Hiiro had left long since on his morning run.
Twenty minutes later...
Usagi stood looking at her reflection in the mirror. She had used the Ginzuishou to speed up the drying of her hair, as she always did. She had found over time that it could be very helpful with small, trivial things as well as wiping out youma after youma. She looked about the bathroom.
"Shimatta!" she swore softly. She wrapped her towel around her body and picked up her clothes before opening the door quietly. She peered out and saw that the others were awake and talking.
"Morning!" she said cheerfully as she walked across the room. Setting her pyjamas on her bed she looked around.
"Did you guys see where I put my uniform yesterday?" she asked.
"Ummm.... I think it's in the living room." Duo said, his eyes traveling up and down the towel. Quatre blushed, and tried to resist his urge to stare at her legs.
"We'll help you find it." Quatre offered, and they walked into the next room. Usagi was bent over double using one hand to cast about underneath the couch and the other to hold up the towel, when Hiiro came in.
"Hnn." he said, his cold eyes looking at how short the towel was on her, especially when she leaned over like that.
"Usagi-chan I found it!" Quatre called, walking into the room. "It was in the kitchen." he said almost apologetically.
"Thanks, Quat!" she said, smiling brightly at him. "Morning, Hiiro!" she said as she went back into the bathroom.
"Quat?" Duo asked incrediously. Quatre blushed.
"So?" he shot back.
Hiiro nearly shook his head, but ignored the urge to do so, and went into the bedroom. The four others followed him.
Usagi came out of the bathroom a few minutes later, and the others were dressed and ready, with the exception of Hiiro. As she came out he went in and took a quick shower, before coming out with his uniform on.
"We'll be late if we don't leave now." he stated in his monotone.
"Hai, we will." Usagi said, perfectly imitating his monotone. He whirled around and pointed his gun in between her eyes. She gulped. Trowa looked from Hiiro to Usagi and back again.
"Omae o korosu." he stated coldly.
"What are you doing with a gun, Hii-chan?" Usagi asked, choosing the wrong moment to use her new nickname. He pressed the gun to her forehead, and clicked the safety off. Then something dawned on her.
'If I can't kill myself, then maybe I can be killed!' she thought excitedly. 'Then I won't have to go through any reminders anymore. I won't have to live with these Goddamn memories.'
"Kill me." she said seriously. The four did a double take.
"What?" Hiiro asked, though still in his monotone.
"Kill me. I. Don't. Want. To. Live." she said, as if spelling it out. Hiiro out his gun away, as usual, making it disappear.
"Usagi, are you okay?" Trowa asked.
'Okay?! Am I OKAY? I haven't been okay since the day I met a talking cat, you moron.' Then she caught herself. 'He doesn't know.' She remembered. 'None of them do.'
"Yeah, I guess." she sighed. "Come on, let's go."
At the entrance to the Academy she said goodbye to them, and went to the Headmaster's office. She knocked timidly.
"Come in!" A man's voice called. She opened the door.
"Hi, I''m-"
"Tsukino Usagi, right?" the man said, standing behind his desk. He reached across it to shake her hand. "I'm the headmaster or dean, whichever you like. Name's Rem Martin. Sit down, please." he motioned to a chair, and they both sat.
"I just wanted to welcome you the Academy, and to give you this." he said, handing her a small stapled stack of papers. "In there you'll find a letter of welcome, your class schedule, after school activities, sign-up forms, all the usual things. Let's see, you moved here from..." he looked at his computer screen. "That's interesting, it isn't here. Where did you move here from?" he asked. She looked at a map on the wall behind him, silent for a moment.
"America." Usagi said, breathing a silent sigh of relief that at least one country she reconized was still around.
"Oh what a wonderful country! It has so much culture and so much technology! I used to go there when I was a boy..." he trailed off. "Anyway, I'll escort you to your first class. Follow me." he said, and she put the paper in her bookbag and followed him.
He rapped on door labeled 156 B.
"This is Mrs. Dubbins' Math class. She is expecting you, and you can ask someone for directions to your next class." He said as he opened the door.
"Ahh, Dean Martin." The middle-aged woman said cheerfully, turning away from a problem on the board. Usagi smiled brightly.
"This is your new student." The Dean said simply before smiling at the class and leaving.
"Hello, why don't you introduce yourself?" Mrs. Dubbins asked. Usagi nodded, and moved away from the door a little.
"My name's Tsukino Usagi." she said in her cheerful voice. Several guys were watching her intently.
"Where'd you move here from, Usagi?" the woman asked.
'Uh, the Twentieth Century?' Usagi felt like saying. She stuck to the story she told in the Dean's office.
"America." she said firmly. "The West Coast."
"Great, well, you can sit right back there, and lets see, oh dear! Silly me, I need to go down to the office and get you a book. Can you share with Erik for now?" Mrs. Dubbins asked.
"Sure." Usagi said, making her way to her seat. She sat with Hiiro to her left, Duo in front of her, Trowa behind her, Wufei in front of Hiiro, and Quatre behind Hiiro. A cute muscular boy sat next to her, and he scooted his desk next to her. 'He looks exactly like Lance from N*Sync.' she thought dreamily.
"Hi, I'm Erik Bass." he said. Her eyes shot up in suprise. 'BASS! OMG, you gotta be kidding me.' she thought. (AN: LoL.)
"Usagi." she said, referring to herself. He nodded, and put his book in the center of the two desks. He struggled to find a comfortable place for his arm. He ended up with it across the back of her chair.
"So, if we refer back to the Pythagoream Therom, and we take X plus Y..." Mrs. Dubbins droned on and on, until finally the bell rang.
"So who's class you got next?" Erik asked as she closed her binder and put it in her bookbag.
She showed him her schedule. "Somebody named Burke." she said. He looked over her schedule.
"Slammin'." Erik said. "We've got 1st, Lunch and PE together."
"Awesome." Usagi agreed slowly.
"See you there." he said before swinging his bookbag onto his shoulder and walking out. She joined up with the "gang" just outside the classroom.
"Hey guys, what's up?" she asked.
"Nuttin. Dreading Burke though." Duo said.
"It's not her fault you got a D on her semester exam." Quatre told him.
"She gave me a D!" Duo cried.
"You EARNED it." Wufei reminded him.
"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrooo!" A high-pitched voice cried.
"Nooooo!" Duo groaned.
"Who's that?" Usagi asked as a blonde grabbed Hiiro's arm.
"I am Relena Peacecraft." she said royally, extending her hand towards Usagi.
'This girl is annoying the crap outta me already.' Usagi thought, looking towards the five's faces. 'Time to take action. Maybe I can prove I'm not a pushover. Especially to Wufei. He is so egocentric, but you can tell he's nice on the inside.'
"Okay, listen up chick, for a start, you know that whatever you have stuck up your ass cannot be healthy. I suggest you take it out. And two, I'm postive that no one wants to have their eardrums broken right now, so stop squealing like a pig." Usagi said sweetly.
Relena's mouth fell open.
"I'll have you know I am the Queen of the Sanq Kingdom!" Relena said.
"Every kingdom has to have a Queen Bitch, doesn't it?" Usagi said, shaking her head.
Relena's mouth fell open as Usagi nudged her backwards, straight into a group of nerds who, startled, started to drop everything on top of her.
Duo and Usagi began to crack up. Quatre laughed but tried to cover it with a fake cough, which only served to make the other two laugh even harder. Wufei rolled his eyes but a slight grin light his features, and even Trowa smiled. Hiiro took it all in silently, though he mentally chuckled, and then mentally smacked himself.
"Come on, let's go." Usagi managed to choke out, and they entered their next class.
Later....
Usagi entered the locker room slowly, clutching her gym suit to her chest. The coach had assigned her a locker and she now made her way slowly to it, and looked at the slip of paper she had been given. She spun the lock to the right numbers, first one way and then another. Once she had completed the sequence, she tried to lift the latch. It didn't open. After a moment or two of trying it, a hand came out of nowhere and struck the metal just above the latch. It immediately popped open. Usagi turned to see a smiling brunette.
"I had that locker last year. You'll get used to it. Are you the new girl Erik told us about?" she said.
"Ummm.... Yes?" Usagi asked more than stated, a bit dumbfounded. The girl giggled.
"How silly of me. I'm Angela. Erik's my boyfriend's best friend, as well as my friend. We've got a couple of periods together I hear." she said, extending her hand.
"I'm Usagi." the blonde said as she shook Angela's hand.
"Come on, better change quick, Coach Rein can get really mean if you're not out there when he blows the whistle." Angela said. Usagi nodded, and began to change. A minute later, a whistle blew. Angela looked at Usagi, who was still struggling with her uniform.
"Go on, I'll be out in a minute." Usagi said. Angela nodded, and ran out. Usagi pulled on the ash-grey tank top and blue shorts. Looking at the mirror in the locker room, she grimaced.
"These shorts are soo long." she commented to her reflection. She rolled the waistband of the shorts up until they showed nearly every inch of her long, youthful legs.
"Much better." she said, and walked out the door.
The boys sat on one side of the court, the girls on the other, in alphabetical order. The coach looked up as Usagi came out.
"You're late!" he bellowed. "We're almost ready to begin! The punishment for being late is embarrassment! Stretch and then run 20 laps around this basketball court!" Usagi nodded slowly. She sat on the ground spread her legs, pressing her forehead to first on knee and then the other, and finally put her chest on the floor in between her legs. Then she stood up and took off running at a fast pace.
Murmurs came from around the court as the others began to mingle into groups.
"She'll never be able to keep up that pace for the entire 20 laps. That's like, a mile or two." Duo said as the five boys watched Usagi running.
"Weak onna." Wufei commented.
Ten minutes later Usagi finished. The coach looked at his watch, and then at her. Somewhat surprised, he blew his whistle, and everyone headed back to their seats on the tarmac.
Back in the locker room, Angela came over to Usagi.
"Hey girl, you staying in the dorms or what?" she asked.
"Nope, I'm in an apartment on campus." she replied.
"Wow, I hear those are expensive." Angela said, impressed.
"Not when you split the rent six ways with five guys." Usagi told her.
"You live with five boys?" Angela asked as they exited the locker room.
"Yup. They're right over there." Usagi said, at the same time pointing towards where the five stood.
"They're so kawaii!" Angela said.
"So what's there to do for fun around here?" Usagi asked.
"There's a couple of movie theaters and the like around here, and some clubs and cafe's and stuff, but not much else." the brunette said, and the two parted as the bell rang.
Usagi joined back up with the five guys in the hallway near their lockers.
"You guys wanna go to a movie tonight?" She asked. Four heads turned to Hiiro.
"Hnn." he said in his monotone.
"Gomen, Usagi-chan, we've got plans." Quatre said.
"Oh. Okay then, another time?" she asked, pouting.
"Hai!" Duo cried.
Afterschool...
"What's our mission, Hiiro?" Quatre asked as soon as the door had shut behind them. Usagi had not walked back with them, she had said something about being back in half an hour or so.
"Oz Mobile Doll base." Hiiro said. "Retrieve files, kill all associated with it, and destroy the base. We leave at 1850 hours."
"Six-thirty for us normal people." Duo said jokingly.
"Hey guys?" Usagi yelled from the half bathroom where she had just finished applying her make-up.
"Yeah?" she heard Duo call.
"I'm going out to pick up some stuff for the kitchen. That is if you guys want to eat anything good for the next month or so."
"Okay, Usagi! We're going out too." Duo called back.
"See you in the morning!" Usagi yelled to them as she left the apartment.
Next morning...
It was Saturday morning, and for once Serena was up around 9:30. She climbed out of bed and yawned, stretching before going into the living room. Hiiro, Duo, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei sat or stood in various positions around the room. When Usagi entered all the conversation ceased.
"Morning!" she said brightly, sitting on the floor next to the couch. Wufei stood across the room from her.
"Wazzup Usagi?" Duo asked.
"Good Morning Usagi-chan." Quatre said politely.
"Good, the weak onna finally wakes up." Wufei snorted.
"Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the litter box this morning." Usagi retorted. "Are you ever nice to girls, Fei-chan?" she asked. Wufei shook his head 'no', a small grin on his smug face.
After rolling her eyes, Usagi retreated back into the bedroom to change. She came out with a pair of low-cut jeans and a tight pink shirt that said "Warning: High Sugar Content." on the front, and "Sugar High." on the back.
"I've gotta go, I'm supposed to meet the Dean for something. Sorry I can't make breakfast, but I promise I'll make dinner, okay? Bye!" she called as she left.
A couple of weeks later…
"Okay Usagi, we'll be back in a couple of hours." Quatre told her as they stood at the door. Usagi sat on the couch mindlessly flipping the TV channels and staring absentmindedly out the window.
"Usagi?" Trowa asked.
"Hmmm?" she replied, her attention snapping to the door for a moment, then straying away again.
"Are you alright?" Trowa asked again.
"Oh…. Yeah, I'm fine." Usagi replied. Nodding, Trowa motioned to the others and they left, closing the door behind them. Usagi sighed.
Usagi eventually fell asleep on the couch crying, holding several items in her arms. Pictures of the Senshi and Usagi with Mamoru, the small carved dagger, and the Crystal were drenched with tears.
"Mamo-chan… why?" she whispered in her sleep.
"Mission… completed." Hiiro stated into the communications system of his Gundam.
"Let's go back quickly. I'm worried about Usagi." Trowa said.
"I agree with Trowa. Let's go." Quatre replied as they headed back to the hangar.
"Usagi?" Quatre called as they opened the door.
Usagi lay on the couch, her cresent glowly brightly. She was shaking violently, and one of her arms, draped across the couch, trailed to the ground, holding the carved dagger. The scars from both of the past milleniums glowed as well, giving her an eriee appearance. The TV was still on, and the news was playing muted.
"What the?" Duo said.
Okay, I don't know if this is much of a cliffhanger or not, but OH WELL! I'm gonna post this anyways! Please email me, I love talking to others who like the same animes as I do.
Oh and one more thing: To everyone who has Microsoft Word: I HATE AUTO- SPELL CHECK! It bugs the crap outta me! LoL. Ja ne, and please review! 10 more for the next chapter! Thanks!
PLEASE READ: This is a lot longer than I was originally gonna post, but enjoy it anyways! The reason I could post so fast is cause I've been working on the first few chapters for awhile now, but haven't posted before. I'm open to pairing suggestions, but PLEASE email them to me. I did already have a pairing in mind… but let's see what you peoples want. I'll try to check the reviews for votes as well, but please email them. Sorry this was so long! Read on…..
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Yui Hiiro ran briskly through the park. It was about six in the morning, he confirmed by looking at his watch, when he saw a flash of light come from underneath a huge willow tree. Intriqued, he ran over. He saw a young girl standing there with her back to him.
'Interesting, where did that light come from?' he asked himself. He hid behind a tree as the girl sank to her knees next to two large black duffel bags. She held two things in her hands, and a soft melody could be heard in the early morning's peaceful silence. Hiiro jumped swiftly into the willow tree, and made his way soundlessly out so he could see her better.
The girl sobbed suddenly, her shoulders shaking. Hiiro, surprised, would have fallen out of the tree had it not been for his training. 'There's nothing unusual here.' Hiiro told himself. 'Just a crying girl. The light I saw must have been a reflection off the picture in her hand.' He made his way off the tree and continued on his run.
"Hey, Hiiro, back from your daily torture?" Duo asked as Hiiro came in the door of their apartment.
"Hnn." he said in his usual monotone, at the same time sitting down in front of his laptop with a glass of water. He went straight to his email. Opening one from Dr. J, he inwardly moaned. On the outside, he printed it out and stood up, walking to the kitchen where his four comrades were conversing.
"We are going to have a new roommate." he announced with a slight hint of sarcasm in his monotone. Duo immediately spit out the Coke he was drinking, and the others set about wiping themselves off.
"What?" the braided pilot asked.
"You heard. Dr. J has rented the sixth bed out to a girl that is going to the Academy. She'll arrive this morning." Hiiro finished, setting the printout on the table.
"Who is this weak onna?" Wufei asked.
"Wu-man, have a little respect." Duo said.
"MAXWELL!" Wufei nearly screamed. He grabbed a katana and chased after Duo, swinging it dangerously close to his braid.
"Uhhh...." the girl moaned, putting a hand to her head. She sat up suddenly, looking around her. 'What did I do?' she thought. 'Wait, I went home, Luna wasn't there, I wrote a note...' she layed back down. 'How can I still be alive? I thought I escaped that life.' she wondered. Then she saw a piece of paper sticking out of her brooch, which was in her hand.
'Usagi-hime,' she smiled, immediately knowing who it was from.
'I am sorry the Crystal won't let you die eternally. Enjoy this life more, o-negai. You're still the same Usagi. You can henshin, but you need not be Sailor Moon any longer, though it is your decision whether or not you want to tell your five roommates about your life. You are approximately three thousand years from the Silver Millenium, two thousand after your life in Tokyo. Do not worry, by now the others are dead. You need not fear anything in this time. Your roommates can be trusted. I'll send you a laptop, with my email address encoded on it if you have any questions. You know how to use them.
--------Pluto.'
"Thank you Pluto." she whispered. Standing, she stretched and looked around some more. She stood underneath a large willow tree that obstructed everything outside it from view. She looked down, and pawed through the two duffel bags that sat near her, to find what Pluto had gotten for her. Another shorter note lay on top of one of the bags.
'Usagi-
Everything else you could possibly need is in your subdimensional pocket.
--------Pluto'
She stopped suddenly, and lifted a locket and a picture frame out of the bag. Opening the locket, she closed her eyes and let the melody wash over her. She looked at the picture of her and Mamoru, and began to sob. After a few moments, she stopped and put the picture and locket at the bottom of the bag. She took out a map, and picked up the duffel bags before heading towards the street and hailing a cab.
"I still say that we skip school for the next couple years and just go on with our lives!" Duo cried. After Quatre had saved him from Wufei and his katana, they had engaged in a debate about the need for school. Quatre was on the losing side, saying school was needed. (AN: HA! Yeah, right! It's just another form of torture and mind control! Jk… just read.)
"Dr. J sent me another email." Hiiro said emotionlessly to the other four, turning his laptop around so the others could read.
"Your new roommate is Tsukino Usagi. She'll be staying with you and finishing school here. She's been through a lot, don't bug her about her past life. Her things will be arriving soon, and yes, she's got someone sending part of the rent. Hiiro, do some hacking and enroll her in the exact same classes as you five." Quatre read aloud.
They heard a knock, and five heads turned to stare at the door. Hiiro opened it. A girl stood outside. Hiiro fought the mad urge to pull out his gun.
"Hnn." he said in his monotone.
"Hi." The girl said. "I'm-"
"Usagi." Trowa cut in, in his usual tone.
"How'd you know?" Usagi asked. Hiiro pointed to his laptop.
"We have a twelve year old SHOJO for a roommate?! This is an INJUSTICE!" Wufei cried. (Shojo=girl)
"Hey I'm nearly sixteen!" she cried indignantly.
"Almost the same as us, huh?" Duo said lightly. "I'm Duo." he said. Pointing to each, he introduced the others as well.
"That's Hiiro, Trowa's over there, the polite blondie there is Quatre, and this is Wu-man."
"MAXWELL!!!" Wufei screamed. He grabbed his katana once more. Duo hid behind Usagi.
"Move." Wufei said, trying to poke his katana around Usagi. In one swift movement, she pulled another from the table and crossed it with his.
"Come on, give the guy a break." Usagi said, smiling.
"Yeah, give the guy a break." Duo echoed. Wufei sheathed his katana once more, and Usagi set the other one down as well.
"Thanks, Odango Atama." Duo said, grinning. He had noticed her hair.
"What'd you call me?" she asked, astonished.
"Odango atama. 'Cause of your hair. Yeah, I learned some Japanese in school." he said.
"Odango Atama, huh? No one's called me that in awhile." Usagi said. The silence after that was broken by the rumbling of her stomach. She flushed.
"Uhh... Have you guys eaten breakfast yet?" she asked. They shook their heads.
"We all know how to cook, we're just...." Quatre trailed off.
"Not in the mood to poison ourselves?" Duo ended. Usagi laughed.
"Don't worry, I know just the thing!" she said, running to the fridge. (AN: Remember, there are a lot of things Usagi knows how to do that she hid, sooo........)
Twenty minutes later she put several dishes and a plate in front of each of them.
"Here you go! Scrambled eggs, toast, muffins, waffles, and, in case you're really hungry..." she said, "A stack of humongous chocolate chip pancakes, which smell incredible, if I do say so myself." She grinned at them.
"Whoah." Duo said as they reached in and grabbed some food.
"This is good, Usagi-chan." Trowa said as they ate.
"Yeah these are really delicious. Just what an onna should be doing, cooking. Last time Maxwell tried to cook he nearly burnt the entire place down." Wufei said.
"Hey how was I supposed to know that you don't cook with black-yolked eggs?" Duo asked. Usagi cringed. 'This is great.' she thought. 'I've only been here a little while and they're all being so nice!'
"What do you think, Hiiro?" Duo asked.
"Hnn."
"That's his way of saying good, I think. He's ummm.... Just don't mess with him." Quatre whispered to her. Usagi nodded.
Soon they were done with breakfast. The guys began to show her around the large apartment. It had two half bathrooms, (Half bath= sink & toilet only) and one large full bathroom. When you entered, you came into the living room, and there were two doors off the side. One led to a half bathroom, the other into the bedroom. Another opening in the wall led into the kitchen. In the bedroom were six beds arranged so that there were three going up each wall. There were four doors in this room, not counting the way to the living room. A set of glass double doors went out onto a small balcony, and had large curtains that could be drawn across them. The other two doors led to a two different bathrooms, a half bath and the other a full bath.
"Nice." Usagi commented, setting her two duffel bags on the empty bed. Quatre sat down on his bed, Duo sprawled across his, which was directly opposite Usagi's, and Trowa leaned against the wall, in his favorite position.
"So when are you going to start at the Academy, Usagi?" Quatre asked.
"Well, no one really told me I had to go-" she was cut off by Duo.
"Sweet! You don't have to go at all! Well, you might get in trouble when the Academy starts sending your parents letters, but..." Usagi smiled sadly.
"My parents wouldn't get the letters. They don't live around here." she told them.
"They can send letters to everywhere, even the colonies."
"Believe me, my parents- there's no way- I mean, nevermind." She gave up, knowing if could be dangerous to tell them where she was really from.
"Honto?" Quatre said.
"Nothing, nevermind." Usagi repeated and she walked out, calling over her shoulder. "I'm going to go make a snack."
"YUM! FOOD!" Duo squealed. Quatre put his hands over his ears. Trowa rolled his eyes, and went to find Wufei and Hiiro.
Five days later...
Brrrrrrrrriiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnngggggggggg!!!! The obnoxious ring of the alarm went off at six. Usagi rolled over, picked up the soft round alarm, and threw it against the wall right above Duo's head on the other side of the room. It stopped ringing, and dropped on Duo's head as the door to the bathroom closed.
"Huh- wha?" he said, still half-asleep. The shower turned on, and he got up and proceeded to wake everyone up. Hiiro had left long since on his morning run.
Twenty minutes later...
Usagi stood looking at her reflection in the mirror. She had used the Ginzuishou to speed up the drying of her hair, as she always did. She had found over time that it could be very helpful with small, trivial things as well as wiping out youma after youma. She looked about the bathroom.
"Shimatta!" she swore softly. She wrapped her towel around her body and picked up her clothes before opening the door quietly. She peered out and saw that the others were awake and talking.
"Morning!" she said cheerfully as she walked across the room. Setting her pyjamas on her bed she looked around.
"Did you guys see where I put my uniform yesterday?" she asked.
"Ummm.... I think it's in the living room." Duo said, his eyes traveling up and down the towel. Quatre blushed, and tried to resist his urge to stare at her legs.
"We'll help you find it." Quatre offered, and they walked into the next room. Usagi was bent over double using one hand to cast about underneath the couch and the other to hold up the towel, when Hiiro came in.
"Hnn." he said, his cold eyes looking at how short the towel was on her, especially when she leaned over like that.
"Usagi-chan I found it!" Quatre called, walking into the room. "It was in the kitchen." he said almost apologetically.
"Thanks, Quat!" she said, smiling brightly at him. "Morning, Hiiro!" she said as she went back into the bathroom.
"Quat?" Duo asked incrediously. Quatre blushed.
"So?" he shot back.
Hiiro nearly shook his head, but ignored the urge to do so, and went into the bedroom. The four others followed him.
Usagi came out of the bathroom a few minutes later, and the others were dressed and ready, with the exception of Hiiro. As she came out he went in and took a quick shower, before coming out with his uniform on.
"We'll be late if we don't leave now." he stated in his monotone.
"Hai, we will." Usagi said, perfectly imitating his monotone. He whirled around and pointed his gun in between her eyes. She gulped. Trowa looked from Hiiro to Usagi and back again.
"Omae o korosu." he stated coldly.
"What are you doing with a gun, Hii-chan?" Usagi asked, choosing the wrong moment to use her new nickname. He pressed the gun to her forehead, and clicked the safety off. Then something dawned on her.
'If I can't kill myself, then maybe I can be killed!' she thought excitedly. 'Then I won't have to go through any reminders anymore. I won't have to live with these Goddamn memories.'
"Kill me." she said seriously. The four did a double take.
"What?" Hiiro asked, though still in his monotone.
"Kill me. I. Don't. Want. To. Live." she said, as if spelling it out. Hiiro out his gun away, as usual, making it disappear.
"Usagi, are you okay?" Trowa asked.
'Okay?! Am I OKAY? I haven't been okay since the day I met a talking cat, you moron.' Then she caught herself. 'He doesn't know.' She remembered. 'None of them do.'
"Yeah, I guess." she sighed. "Come on, let's go."
At the entrance to the Academy she said goodbye to them, and went to the Headmaster's office. She knocked timidly.
"Come in!" A man's voice called. She opened the door.
"Hi, I''m-"
"Tsukino Usagi, right?" the man said, standing behind his desk. He reached across it to shake her hand. "I'm the headmaster or dean, whichever you like. Name's Rem Martin. Sit down, please." he motioned to a chair, and they both sat.
"I just wanted to welcome you the Academy, and to give you this." he said, handing her a small stapled stack of papers. "In there you'll find a letter of welcome, your class schedule, after school activities, sign-up forms, all the usual things. Let's see, you moved here from..." he looked at his computer screen. "That's interesting, it isn't here. Where did you move here from?" he asked. She looked at a map on the wall behind him, silent for a moment.
"America." Usagi said, breathing a silent sigh of relief that at least one country she reconized was still around.
"Oh what a wonderful country! It has so much culture and so much technology! I used to go there when I was a boy..." he trailed off. "Anyway, I'll escort you to your first class. Follow me." he said, and she put the paper in her bookbag and followed him.
He rapped on door labeled 156 B.
"This is Mrs. Dubbins' Math class. She is expecting you, and you can ask someone for directions to your next class." He said as he opened the door.
"Ahh, Dean Martin." The middle-aged woman said cheerfully, turning away from a problem on the board. Usagi smiled brightly.
"This is your new student." The Dean said simply before smiling at the class and leaving.
"Hello, why don't you introduce yourself?" Mrs. Dubbins asked. Usagi nodded, and moved away from the door a little.
"My name's Tsukino Usagi." she said in her cheerful voice. Several guys were watching her intently.
"Where'd you move here from, Usagi?" the woman asked.
'Uh, the Twentieth Century?' Usagi felt like saying. She stuck to the story she told in the Dean's office.
"America." she said firmly. "The West Coast."
"Great, well, you can sit right back there, and lets see, oh dear! Silly me, I need to go down to the office and get you a book. Can you share with Erik for now?" Mrs. Dubbins asked.
"Sure." Usagi said, making her way to her seat. She sat with Hiiro to her left, Duo in front of her, Trowa behind her, Wufei in front of Hiiro, and Quatre behind Hiiro. A cute muscular boy sat next to her, and he scooted his desk next to her. 'He looks exactly like Lance from N*Sync.' she thought dreamily.
"Hi, I'm Erik Bass." he said. Her eyes shot up in suprise. 'BASS! OMG, you gotta be kidding me.' she thought. (AN: LoL.)
"Usagi." she said, referring to herself. He nodded, and put his book in the center of the two desks. He struggled to find a comfortable place for his arm. He ended up with it across the back of her chair.
"So, if we refer back to the Pythagoream Therom, and we take X plus Y..." Mrs. Dubbins droned on and on, until finally the bell rang.
"So who's class you got next?" Erik asked as she closed her binder and put it in her bookbag.
She showed him her schedule. "Somebody named Burke." she said. He looked over her schedule.
"Slammin'." Erik said. "We've got 1st, Lunch and PE together."
"Awesome." Usagi agreed slowly.
"See you there." he said before swinging his bookbag onto his shoulder and walking out. She joined up with the "gang" just outside the classroom.
"Hey guys, what's up?" she asked.
"Nuttin. Dreading Burke though." Duo said.
"It's not her fault you got a D on her semester exam." Quatre told him.
"She gave me a D!" Duo cried.
"You EARNED it." Wufei reminded him.
"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrooo!" A high-pitched voice cried.
"Nooooo!" Duo groaned.
"Who's that?" Usagi asked as a blonde grabbed Hiiro's arm.
"I am Relena Peacecraft." she said royally, extending her hand towards Usagi.
'This girl is annoying the crap outta me already.' Usagi thought, looking towards the five's faces. 'Time to take action. Maybe I can prove I'm not a pushover. Especially to Wufei. He is so egocentric, but you can tell he's nice on the inside.'
"Okay, listen up chick, for a start, you know that whatever you have stuck up your ass cannot be healthy. I suggest you take it out. And two, I'm postive that no one wants to have their eardrums broken right now, so stop squealing like a pig." Usagi said sweetly.
Relena's mouth fell open.
"I'll have you know I am the Queen of the Sanq Kingdom!" Relena said.
"Every kingdom has to have a Queen Bitch, doesn't it?" Usagi said, shaking her head.
Relena's mouth fell open as Usagi nudged her backwards, straight into a group of nerds who, startled, started to drop everything on top of her.
Duo and Usagi began to crack up. Quatre laughed but tried to cover it with a fake cough, which only served to make the other two laugh even harder. Wufei rolled his eyes but a slight grin light his features, and even Trowa smiled. Hiiro took it all in silently, though he mentally chuckled, and then mentally smacked himself.
"Come on, let's go." Usagi managed to choke out, and they entered their next class.
Later....
Usagi entered the locker room slowly, clutching her gym suit to her chest. The coach had assigned her a locker and she now made her way slowly to it, and looked at the slip of paper she had been given. She spun the lock to the right numbers, first one way and then another. Once she had completed the sequence, she tried to lift the latch. It didn't open. After a moment or two of trying it, a hand came out of nowhere and struck the metal just above the latch. It immediately popped open. Usagi turned to see a smiling brunette.
"I had that locker last year. You'll get used to it. Are you the new girl Erik told us about?" she said.
"Ummm.... Yes?" Usagi asked more than stated, a bit dumbfounded. The girl giggled.
"How silly of me. I'm Angela. Erik's my boyfriend's best friend, as well as my friend. We've got a couple of periods together I hear." she said, extending her hand.
"I'm Usagi." the blonde said as she shook Angela's hand.
"Come on, better change quick, Coach Rein can get really mean if you're not out there when he blows the whistle." Angela said. Usagi nodded, and began to change. A minute later, a whistle blew. Angela looked at Usagi, who was still struggling with her uniform.
"Go on, I'll be out in a minute." Usagi said. Angela nodded, and ran out. Usagi pulled on the ash-grey tank top and blue shorts. Looking at the mirror in the locker room, she grimaced.
"These shorts are soo long." she commented to her reflection. She rolled the waistband of the shorts up until they showed nearly every inch of her long, youthful legs.
"Much better." she said, and walked out the door.
The boys sat on one side of the court, the girls on the other, in alphabetical order. The coach looked up as Usagi came out.
"You're late!" he bellowed. "We're almost ready to begin! The punishment for being late is embarrassment! Stretch and then run 20 laps around this basketball court!" Usagi nodded slowly. She sat on the ground spread her legs, pressing her forehead to first on knee and then the other, and finally put her chest on the floor in between her legs. Then she stood up and took off running at a fast pace.
Murmurs came from around the court as the others began to mingle into groups.
"She'll never be able to keep up that pace for the entire 20 laps. That's like, a mile or two." Duo said as the five boys watched Usagi running.
"Weak onna." Wufei commented.
Ten minutes later Usagi finished. The coach looked at his watch, and then at her. Somewhat surprised, he blew his whistle, and everyone headed back to their seats on the tarmac.
Back in the locker room, Angela came over to Usagi.
"Hey girl, you staying in the dorms or what?" she asked.
"Nope, I'm in an apartment on campus." she replied.
"Wow, I hear those are expensive." Angela said, impressed.
"Not when you split the rent six ways with five guys." Usagi told her.
"You live with five boys?" Angela asked as they exited the locker room.
"Yup. They're right over there." Usagi said, at the same time pointing towards where the five stood.
"They're so kawaii!" Angela said.
"So what's there to do for fun around here?" Usagi asked.
"There's a couple of movie theaters and the like around here, and some clubs and cafe's and stuff, but not much else." the brunette said, and the two parted as the bell rang.
Usagi joined back up with the five guys in the hallway near their lockers.
"You guys wanna go to a movie tonight?" She asked. Four heads turned to Hiiro.
"Hnn." he said in his monotone.
"Gomen, Usagi-chan, we've got plans." Quatre said.
"Oh. Okay then, another time?" she asked, pouting.
"Hai!" Duo cried.
Afterschool...
"What's our mission, Hiiro?" Quatre asked as soon as the door had shut behind them. Usagi had not walked back with them, she had said something about being back in half an hour or so.
"Oz Mobile Doll base." Hiiro said. "Retrieve files, kill all associated with it, and destroy the base. We leave at 1850 hours."
"Six-thirty for us normal people." Duo said jokingly.
"Hey guys?" Usagi yelled from the half bathroom where she had just finished applying her make-up.
"Yeah?" she heard Duo call.
"I'm going out to pick up some stuff for the kitchen. That is if you guys want to eat anything good for the next month or so."
"Okay, Usagi! We're going out too." Duo called back.
"See you in the morning!" Usagi yelled to them as she left the apartment.
Next morning...
It was Saturday morning, and for once Serena was up around 9:30. She climbed out of bed and yawned, stretching before going into the living room. Hiiro, Duo, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei sat or stood in various positions around the room. When Usagi entered all the conversation ceased.
"Morning!" she said brightly, sitting on the floor next to the couch. Wufei stood across the room from her.
"Wazzup Usagi?" Duo asked.
"Good Morning Usagi-chan." Quatre said politely.
"Good, the weak onna finally wakes up." Wufei snorted.
"Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the litter box this morning." Usagi retorted. "Are you ever nice to girls, Fei-chan?" she asked. Wufei shook his head 'no', a small grin on his smug face.
After rolling her eyes, Usagi retreated back into the bedroom to change. She came out with a pair of low-cut jeans and a tight pink shirt that said "Warning: High Sugar Content." on the front, and "Sugar High." on the back.
"I've gotta go, I'm supposed to meet the Dean for something. Sorry I can't make breakfast, but I promise I'll make dinner, okay? Bye!" she called as she left.
A couple of weeks later…
"Okay Usagi, we'll be back in a couple of hours." Quatre told her as they stood at the door. Usagi sat on the couch mindlessly flipping the TV channels and staring absentmindedly out the window.
"Usagi?" Trowa asked.
"Hmmm?" she replied, her attention snapping to the door for a moment, then straying away again.
"Are you alright?" Trowa asked again.
"Oh…. Yeah, I'm fine." Usagi replied. Nodding, Trowa motioned to the others and they left, closing the door behind them. Usagi sighed.
Usagi eventually fell asleep on the couch crying, holding several items in her arms. Pictures of the Senshi and Usagi with Mamoru, the small carved dagger, and the Crystal were drenched with tears.
"Mamo-chan… why?" she whispered in her sleep.
"Mission… completed." Hiiro stated into the communications system of his Gundam.
"Let's go back quickly. I'm worried about Usagi." Trowa said.
"I agree with Trowa. Let's go." Quatre replied as they headed back to the hangar.
"Usagi?" Quatre called as they opened the door.
Usagi lay on the couch, her cresent glowly brightly. She was shaking violently, and one of her arms, draped across the couch, trailed to the ground, holding the carved dagger. The scars from both of the past milleniums glowed as well, giving her an eriee appearance. The TV was still on, and the news was playing muted.
"What the?" Duo said.
Okay, I don't know if this is much of a cliffhanger or not, but OH WELL! I'm gonna post this anyways! Please email me, I love talking to others who like the same animes as I do.
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