Hello, everybody! I am glad you are still with me. Oh, boy, Chapter 11 is here! I can't believe I am still writing it. I need to get a life. Or watch another anime besides Trigun and Sailor Moon. Oops! Actually I did! I bought myself a Vampire Hunter D "Bloodlust" for the Valentine's day. Yum! You've got to see this vampire D guy. Gorgeous. I think I know what my next crossover will be! Kidding. Oh, yeah, Tenshi no Nozomi - I adore Ranma. I found this absolutely incredible SailorMoon/Trigun/Ranma crossover that is worth reading. It's great. I would definitely recommend it to everybody.
Thanks for the reviews. I enjoy all of your comments and guessing. And you don't give Chibi-Usa enough credit. Just wait and see.
Kei-chan. Thank you for the editing. I might actually learn English from you! Ehh, kidding.
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Chapter 11. Sleepover.
Usagi finally made it to Rei's temple. All the girls were already there munching on some snacks and Makoto's cookies. Usagi dropped her sleeping bag and pillow on the floor and grabbed a few cookies for herself.
Makoto pushed the cookie plate closer to Usagi and sat next to the blond. "So, Usagi, does he have a girlfriend?"
"Who?" Usagi stared at her friend, dumbfounded.
"Oh, come one, Usagi! You know!"-Minako fell on the sleeping bag next to Usagi.-"That blond hunk, Vash!"
Usagi choked on the cookie and was saved with a glass of milk from Makoto.
"Oh no! Guys! Forget about it! He's from another world, an alien of some sort!" Usagi obviously was trying to scare her friends away. With no luck.
"So what! We're not exactly normal ourselves!" Minako turned on her back. "Usagi, are trying to keep him for yourself? It's not fair you know, you already have Mamoru!"
Usagi finished her milk. "No! Of course not, Minako! Why would I do that? It's just I'm trying to warn you guys: he is one hundred and thirty-four years old!" She was satisfied with her friends startled reaction and happily continued, "Besides, he has all these scars on his body, it's a nightmare..." She stopped when she realized that Minako, Rei, and Makoto were all sitting on top of her with shock written on their faces.
"You saw him naked?" Rei was furiously shaking Usagi.
"No, no! It's not what you think!"
Minako fell into a fit of giggles: "Way to go, Usagi! Never knew you had it in you."
"Iiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee!" Usagi pushed her friends off her. "It was an accident!"
Minako dreamily stared at the ceiling. "It's so much fun, dating two guys at the same time! Last time I did it I had a blast! It's like they say: you have more then one soul mate or something like that."
Usagi's throat was terribly hurting from all the screaming she was doing. "I am not dating Vash, Minako-baka! Get it through your damned head!"
Ami coughed and lightly blushed. "Well, Usagi, I think it's very understandable. Vash is a very handsome guy and I think it's quite normal to like two guys. Of course you love Mamoru very much but I don't see the reason why it should stop you from paying attention to another male. You had a crush on Motoki at one point. And you are with Mamoru now. You two will get married and have Chibi-Usa in the future."
Ami saddened when she thought of something. "But I still think it's not fair that you know your future, Usagi. I am kind of glad that the others and I were never told what will become of us. Our future has this mystery and excitement, yours, on the other hand, is already decided for you."
Usagi interrupted Ami by taking away her book. "What have you been reading lately, Ami? You really sound weird tonight, even... romantic!"
Ami flushed and grabbed the book from Usagi's hand.
Usagi sighed. "I was thinking, about Mamo-chan and Vash. How different they are. With Mamo-chan, I don't really know how to act. When we talk, I'm afraid that he'll think I'm childish and immature. I am trying so hard to be a perfect girlfriend, but I always end up making a total fool out of myself. I know how embarrassing it is for Mamo-chan when Chibi-Usa and I get into a fight over him in public.
"Vash is the total opposite. He doesn't care what kind of grades I am getting at school. He doesn't point out that I can't walk straight even if my life is dependent on it. And he eats more doughnuts then I do! I can tell him anything and don't feel stupid. I feel easy and free. And it's always makes me feel sad that it can't be the same way with Mamo-chan."
"Maybe it's because you try too hard, Usagi?" Makoto found Usagi's hand in the dark and lightly squeezed it. "Tell Mamoru how you feel!"
Usagi blushed. "You know, before I met Mamo-chan I read all those romantic novels and always imagined how I would have a love like in the storybook. You know, to have this wild, passionate relationship." She furiously smacked Rei who was giggling in the dark. "If you are going to laugh at me, Rei, I will never talk to you again!"
"Sorry, Usagi, but I really can't see Mamoru being wild and passionate." Rei heard Usagi growl and quickly continued: "Well, you probably know him better then I do, but when I dated him, I always had this feeling that he wanted to be somewhere else. He was polite and such, but distant somehow. He is different with you, right, Usagi? Usagi" Rei shook Usagi with worry.
"No, Rei,"--Usagi swallowed a limb in her throat--"he is not much different with me. He is sweet and polite. He takes me to the movies, buys me food, sweets, and clothes, sometimes. And he is not much different when we are alone. We talk, watch TV, and have a hot chocolate together. When I told him about my romantic storybook relationship, he laughed. He said that love like that is only in books; in real life it's different. He said that he is happy and content with the relationship we have now, we are more like a good friends, who kiss on the lips sometimes." Usagi blushed.
"Of course I am only fifteen. I was so happy when I found out that he was my soul mate. I thought, `Wow, Usagi, you've got a perfect boyfriend and you didn't even work hard for it!' But now, I keep asking myself, would we ever be together in this life if we didn't know about our past?
"I never liked him before; he was mean, cruel and cynical. He never ever indicated that he liked me. And then he found out that I was that Princess he was looking for...
"We've talked about it so many times. He told me that he loves me for who I am and not because of our past, but how come he never asked me on a date before we fought Queen Beryl? He chose you, Rei, not me!"
"Usagi, I was chasing after him, I forced him to go out with me! You, on the other hand, couldn't stand him! I am sure he was just afraid to ask you out!"
"You think so, Rei-chan?"
"Of course. Now go to sleep, Usagi, everyone else already has."
"Goodnight, Rei." Usagi closed her eyes and sighed.
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Rei woke up in the middle of the night. Usagi next to her was tossing and screaming in her sleep. Ami was awake too and weakly smiled at the dark-haired priestess. "Want the earplugs? I've got an extra pair."
"No, I'm just worried. Usagi never was a soundless sleeper, but tonight it is just terrible! What is going on with her?" Rei lightly brushed Usagi's forehead, checking for fever. Usagi's face was covered in sweat and she was whimpering in her sleep.
Ami motioned to Rei to follow her. Both girls went to the kitchen and Ami pulled out her Mercury computer. "I think you know the reason better than I do. Usagi no longer has her Crystal. Her body violently responds to its loss. I am afraid it may become worse." Ami looked with worry at the priestess. "I'm scared, Rei."
They were interrupted by Usagi's loud screams.
Minako and Makoto burst into the kitchen. "I think we need to call the hospital, there is something wrong with Usagi!"
Rei brought a wet washcloth. Ami and others tried to shake Usagi awake. Just when a terrified Rei was about to go and wake her grandfather, Usagi suddenly stilled and then turned on her side, lightly smiling in her sleep.
Rei placed her head next to Usagi's trying to see if she was breathing when she heard her friend murmur, "He's here."
The girls exchanged weird looks and went back to their beds. The rest of the night was peaceful.
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Vash woke up on the roof of the Hikawa Jinja (AN:Cherry Hill Temple) and tried to stretch his stiff body. "Damn. What I go through for the sake of this girl!"
Thanks for the reviews. I enjoy all of your comments and guessing. And you don't give Chibi-Usa enough credit. Just wait and see.
Kei-chan. Thank you for the editing. I might actually learn English from you! Ehh, kidding.
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Chapter 11. Sleepover.
Usagi finally made it to Rei's temple. All the girls were already there munching on some snacks and Makoto's cookies. Usagi dropped her sleeping bag and pillow on the floor and grabbed a few cookies for herself.
Makoto pushed the cookie plate closer to Usagi and sat next to the blond. "So, Usagi, does he have a girlfriend?"
"Who?" Usagi stared at her friend, dumbfounded.
"Oh, come one, Usagi! You know!"-Minako fell on the sleeping bag next to Usagi.-"That blond hunk, Vash!"
Usagi choked on the cookie and was saved with a glass of milk from Makoto.
"Oh no! Guys! Forget about it! He's from another world, an alien of some sort!" Usagi obviously was trying to scare her friends away. With no luck.
"So what! We're not exactly normal ourselves!" Minako turned on her back. "Usagi, are trying to keep him for yourself? It's not fair you know, you already have Mamoru!"
Usagi finished her milk. "No! Of course not, Minako! Why would I do that? It's just I'm trying to warn you guys: he is one hundred and thirty-four years old!" She was satisfied with her friends startled reaction and happily continued, "Besides, he has all these scars on his body, it's a nightmare..." She stopped when she realized that Minako, Rei, and Makoto were all sitting on top of her with shock written on their faces.
"You saw him naked?" Rei was furiously shaking Usagi.
"No, no! It's not what you think!"
Minako fell into a fit of giggles: "Way to go, Usagi! Never knew you had it in you."
"Iiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee!" Usagi pushed her friends off her. "It was an accident!"
Minako dreamily stared at the ceiling. "It's so much fun, dating two guys at the same time! Last time I did it I had a blast! It's like they say: you have more then one soul mate or something like that."
Usagi's throat was terribly hurting from all the screaming she was doing. "I am not dating Vash, Minako-baka! Get it through your damned head!"
Ami coughed and lightly blushed. "Well, Usagi, I think it's very understandable. Vash is a very handsome guy and I think it's quite normal to like two guys. Of course you love Mamoru very much but I don't see the reason why it should stop you from paying attention to another male. You had a crush on Motoki at one point. And you are with Mamoru now. You two will get married and have Chibi-Usa in the future."
Ami saddened when she thought of something. "But I still think it's not fair that you know your future, Usagi. I am kind of glad that the others and I were never told what will become of us. Our future has this mystery and excitement, yours, on the other hand, is already decided for you."
Usagi interrupted Ami by taking away her book. "What have you been reading lately, Ami? You really sound weird tonight, even... romantic!"
Ami flushed and grabbed the book from Usagi's hand.
Usagi sighed. "I was thinking, about Mamo-chan and Vash. How different they are. With Mamo-chan, I don't really know how to act. When we talk, I'm afraid that he'll think I'm childish and immature. I am trying so hard to be a perfect girlfriend, but I always end up making a total fool out of myself. I know how embarrassing it is for Mamo-chan when Chibi-Usa and I get into a fight over him in public.
"Vash is the total opposite. He doesn't care what kind of grades I am getting at school. He doesn't point out that I can't walk straight even if my life is dependent on it. And he eats more doughnuts then I do! I can tell him anything and don't feel stupid. I feel easy and free. And it's always makes me feel sad that it can't be the same way with Mamo-chan."
"Maybe it's because you try too hard, Usagi?" Makoto found Usagi's hand in the dark and lightly squeezed it. "Tell Mamoru how you feel!"
Usagi blushed. "You know, before I met Mamo-chan I read all those romantic novels and always imagined how I would have a love like in the storybook. You know, to have this wild, passionate relationship." She furiously smacked Rei who was giggling in the dark. "If you are going to laugh at me, Rei, I will never talk to you again!"
"Sorry, Usagi, but I really can't see Mamoru being wild and passionate." Rei heard Usagi growl and quickly continued: "Well, you probably know him better then I do, but when I dated him, I always had this feeling that he wanted to be somewhere else. He was polite and such, but distant somehow. He is different with you, right, Usagi? Usagi" Rei shook Usagi with worry.
"No, Rei,"--Usagi swallowed a limb in her throat--"he is not much different with me. He is sweet and polite. He takes me to the movies, buys me food, sweets, and clothes, sometimes. And he is not much different when we are alone. We talk, watch TV, and have a hot chocolate together. When I told him about my romantic storybook relationship, he laughed. He said that love like that is only in books; in real life it's different. He said that he is happy and content with the relationship we have now, we are more like a good friends, who kiss on the lips sometimes." Usagi blushed.
"Of course I am only fifteen. I was so happy when I found out that he was my soul mate. I thought, `Wow, Usagi, you've got a perfect boyfriend and you didn't even work hard for it!' But now, I keep asking myself, would we ever be together in this life if we didn't know about our past?
"I never liked him before; he was mean, cruel and cynical. He never ever indicated that he liked me. And then he found out that I was that Princess he was looking for...
"We've talked about it so many times. He told me that he loves me for who I am and not because of our past, but how come he never asked me on a date before we fought Queen Beryl? He chose you, Rei, not me!"
"Usagi, I was chasing after him, I forced him to go out with me! You, on the other hand, couldn't stand him! I am sure he was just afraid to ask you out!"
"You think so, Rei-chan?"
"Of course. Now go to sleep, Usagi, everyone else already has."
"Goodnight, Rei." Usagi closed her eyes and sighed.
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Rei woke up in the middle of the night. Usagi next to her was tossing and screaming in her sleep. Ami was awake too and weakly smiled at the dark-haired priestess. "Want the earplugs? I've got an extra pair."
"No, I'm just worried. Usagi never was a soundless sleeper, but tonight it is just terrible! What is going on with her?" Rei lightly brushed Usagi's forehead, checking for fever. Usagi's face was covered in sweat and she was whimpering in her sleep.
Ami motioned to Rei to follow her. Both girls went to the kitchen and Ami pulled out her Mercury computer. "I think you know the reason better than I do. Usagi no longer has her Crystal. Her body violently responds to its loss. I am afraid it may become worse." Ami looked with worry at the priestess. "I'm scared, Rei."
They were interrupted by Usagi's loud screams.
Minako and Makoto burst into the kitchen. "I think we need to call the hospital, there is something wrong with Usagi!"
Rei brought a wet washcloth. Ami and others tried to shake Usagi awake. Just when a terrified Rei was about to go and wake her grandfather, Usagi suddenly stilled and then turned on her side, lightly smiling in her sleep.
Rei placed her head next to Usagi's trying to see if she was breathing when she heard her friend murmur, "He's here."
The girls exchanged weird looks and went back to their beds. The rest of the night was peaceful.
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Vash woke up on the roof of the Hikawa Jinja (AN:Cherry Hill Temple) and tried to stretch his stiff body. "Damn. What I go through for the sake of this girl!"