Five Times Five
By Princess Ashley
Well, not as many reviews as I hoped, but that's okay, you get another chapter anyway. Hope you like it ^_^ Here's the next chapter!
Chapter 17: Even
Usagi woke up in the room given to her by Quatre, insisting that she needed some more rest before she went anywhere. Usagi couldn't see why she would go anywhere else now that the colonies and the earth alliance knew who she was and that she was loose on the earth, they would track her down in a matter of hours. There was no way for her to get back to OZ, and there was a for sure chance that Treize had dismissed her already. She may have been his favorite assasin and agent, but he stuck strictly to his rules. Course, now that she found out that it was indeed Treize who took her away and killed her parents without heed; she found no reason she would want to go back, even though technically she was on neither's side.
There was a knock on the door, and it opened a crack. Usagi saw a strand of blonde hair, and then she knew who it was. Minako entered the room, there was a trey that she held with both hands, which were shacking slightly, and who could blame her, if you did what Minako did to Usagi, you wouldn't want to be within a 60 mile radius of her. Minako steadied herself under Usagi's blank stare, and walked to the side of the bed. She never looked into Usagi's eyes, but she knew they burned with hate. Minako set the trey, that Usagi now knew had breakfast on it. There was a stack of chocolate chip pancakes, a small pouring dish with hot syrup, and a butter dish, also a glass of orange juice. Usagi looked at Minako in question but still making room for dispising as Minako sat in a chair by the bed, looking at her hands.
They were silent for a while, until Usagi broke the silence and started to eat. Minako looked hopeful as Usagi broke the pancakes with her knife and ploped it into her mouth. She said nothing.
After a while, Minako couldn't take the silence. "Well say something!" But Usagi was delited that her silence was torture to Minako, so she kept quite. Minako sighed, knowing what Usagi was doing. "Okay, look, I talked with Duo last night. Seems we have the same problem as he and Heero." Usagi looked at Minako as she said Heero's name, but them went back to eating some of the chocolate chips that fell off the pancakes. Minako smiled sadly. "All I wanted was to be your friend, I didn't mean to get so carried away. I guess I was just jealous that you spent all your time with Rei and not me. I just didn't understand. I do now." Usagi stayed silent, but Minako knew she was just taking in her words, so she continued after a few seconds. "Look, I'm sorry Usagi. I'm sorry about following you around all the time, not giving you any privacy, no time with your other friends, I'm sorry I made fun of your poem, and I'm sorry I killed Apollo. I figured if I got rid of the thing that you and Rei loved most you would somehow not be as close as you were. I'm sorry." Minako was about in tears, just as she was when she knew what she had done, and finally figured out that the panther wouldn't stop Rei and Usagi's friendship, but would just make Usagi hate Minako more.
Usagi sat in silence. She tried to not show any emotion toward Minako right then. Realization hit her. But that was not enough to cover for Minako's actions. She had battered and almost killed her soul. What was her deal, killing her panther believeing that that would make Usagi closer to her. It wasn't right. It just wasn't right.
Usagi burst into tears right before Minako's eyes. Minako couldn't believe it. Usagi could cry, it's impossible! But she was, she was crying for Apollo, even thinking about him made Usagi weep inside, this was the first time she ever cryed for the world to see. Minako did the only thing she could that Rei would do in this situation. She went to sit on the bed next to Usagi, and she started to rub Usagi's back. Usagi didn't move, she was just sitting there while her entire body structure shattered to peices. Minako pulled her into her arms, and Usagi went with her willingly and cryed into her shoulder. Minako felt all the meomories of her past flood into her. For some reason, the images of all the pain Usagi had kept in her swept into Minako's head. She saw Usagi's parents. Apollo and Serenity. She saw the little panther cub Apollo as he was licking a small Usagi's face. She saw Molly, Usagi's best friend before Oz took her away. She saw her brother, Motoki. *He's cute, but not as cute as Duo.* She saw the day when Rei was brought in when a probably five year old Usagi was training. They were instant best friends from the start. Then she saw when Usagi was beat for her mistakes when she was younger. Une had beat her for not taking the right turn when she was in training class when she had to get out of a base alive after killing all the soldiers and cameras that would most likely be in the base when she was only four. She had to memorize the blue prints of the building and know all the halls and instinct had to tell her where all the soldiers were waiting and where they would come from if they were lucky enough to have back up.
Usagi stopped after a while, and realized what she must have done after seeing the understanding in Minako's eyes and looking off into space as if images were poping out of nowhere inside her mind. And Usagi's knew they were her meomories, for whenever she was in emotional parol, and she touched someone, meomories would leave her body and make images inside the other's mind. It was a curse, when she was younger she was a fun loving girl who was king natured and cute, but when her emotions where beat out of her, whenever they came back to haunt her, they were always given away. She thought that made her weak, but the one thing that made people the toughest was to accept the emotions and learn to fight with them. That is what made her weak. Even the perfect soldier couldn't keep his emotions inside forever. That was of course Heero. But he is not the subject.
Usagi sat up a wiped her tears. "I still don't forgive you yet, you still killed the only thing that meant most to me. My father gave me that panther, you know. He was a gift." Her voice was hollow. But she was okay. She gave Minako a smirk, and Minako knew Usagi would find a way to get her back, but for now, they were even. She let Minako have some of her chocolate chip pancakes with her while they talked for a while.
********* Shortie! But I didn't have enough time. The next chapter is called Face off, when Rei and Ami get to earth, and Rei gets into a fight with Minako, one in which Usagi has no intention of stopping. Rei and Minako get into a cat fight, what is going to happen? Even I don't know! Seriously I don't, I'm still trying to pick which idea I like more. Get goin, you've got other fics to read.
~mo
Well, not as many reviews as I hoped, but that's okay, you get another chapter anyway. Hope you like it ^_^ Here's the next chapter!
Chapter 17: Even
Usagi woke up in the room given to her by Quatre, insisting that she needed some more rest before she went anywhere. Usagi couldn't see why she would go anywhere else now that the colonies and the earth alliance knew who she was and that she was loose on the earth, they would track her down in a matter of hours. There was no way for her to get back to OZ, and there was a for sure chance that Treize had dismissed her already. She may have been his favorite assasin and agent, but he stuck strictly to his rules. Course, now that she found out that it was indeed Treize who took her away and killed her parents without heed; she found no reason she would want to go back, even though technically she was on neither's side.
There was a knock on the door, and it opened a crack. Usagi saw a strand of blonde hair, and then she knew who it was. Minako entered the room, there was a trey that she held with both hands, which were shacking slightly, and who could blame her, if you did what Minako did to Usagi, you wouldn't want to be within a 60 mile radius of her. Minako steadied herself under Usagi's blank stare, and walked to the side of the bed. She never looked into Usagi's eyes, but she knew they burned with hate. Minako set the trey, that Usagi now knew had breakfast on it. There was a stack of chocolate chip pancakes, a small pouring dish with hot syrup, and a butter dish, also a glass of orange juice. Usagi looked at Minako in question but still making room for dispising as Minako sat in a chair by the bed, looking at her hands.
They were silent for a while, until Usagi broke the silence and started to eat. Minako looked hopeful as Usagi broke the pancakes with her knife and ploped it into her mouth. She said nothing.
After a while, Minako couldn't take the silence. "Well say something!" But Usagi was delited that her silence was torture to Minako, so she kept quite. Minako sighed, knowing what Usagi was doing. "Okay, look, I talked with Duo last night. Seems we have the same problem as he and Heero." Usagi looked at Minako as she said Heero's name, but them went back to eating some of the chocolate chips that fell off the pancakes. Minako smiled sadly. "All I wanted was to be your friend, I didn't mean to get so carried away. I guess I was just jealous that you spent all your time with Rei and not me. I just didn't understand. I do now." Usagi stayed silent, but Minako knew she was just taking in her words, so she continued after a few seconds. "Look, I'm sorry Usagi. I'm sorry about following you around all the time, not giving you any privacy, no time with your other friends, I'm sorry I made fun of your poem, and I'm sorry I killed Apollo. I figured if I got rid of the thing that you and Rei loved most you would somehow not be as close as you were. I'm sorry." Minako was about in tears, just as she was when she knew what she had done, and finally figured out that the panther wouldn't stop Rei and Usagi's friendship, but would just make Usagi hate Minako more.
Usagi sat in silence. She tried to not show any emotion toward Minako right then. Realization hit her. But that was not enough to cover for Minako's actions. She had battered and almost killed her soul. What was her deal, killing her panther believeing that that would make Usagi closer to her. It wasn't right. It just wasn't right.
Usagi burst into tears right before Minako's eyes. Minako couldn't believe it. Usagi could cry, it's impossible! But she was, she was crying for Apollo, even thinking about him made Usagi weep inside, this was the first time she ever cryed for the world to see. Minako did the only thing she could that Rei would do in this situation. She went to sit on the bed next to Usagi, and she started to rub Usagi's back. Usagi didn't move, she was just sitting there while her entire body structure shattered to peices. Minako pulled her into her arms, and Usagi went with her willingly and cryed into her shoulder. Minako felt all the meomories of her past flood into her. For some reason, the images of all the pain Usagi had kept in her swept into Minako's head. She saw Usagi's parents. Apollo and Serenity. She saw the little panther cub Apollo as he was licking a small Usagi's face. She saw Molly, Usagi's best friend before Oz took her away. She saw her brother, Motoki. *He's cute, but not as cute as Duo.* She saw the day when Rei was brought in when a probably five year old Usagi was training. They were instant best friends from the start. Then she saw when Usagi was beat for her mistakes when she was younger. Une had beat her for not taking the right turn when she was in training class when she had to get out of a base alive after killing all the soldiers and cameras that would most likely be in the base when she was only four. She had to memorize the blue prints of the building and know all the halls and instinct had to tell her where all the soldiers were waiting and where they would come from if they were lucky enough to have back up.
Usagi stopped after a while, and realized what she must have done after seeing the understanding in Minako's eyes and looking off into space as if images were poping out of nowhere inside her mind. And Usagi's knew they were her meomories, for whenever she was in emotional parol, and she touched someone, meomories would leave her body and make images inside the other's mind. It was a curse, when she was younger she was a fun loving girl who was king natured and cute, but when her emotions where beat out of her, whenever they came back to haunt her, they were always given away. She thought that made her weak, but the one thing that made people the toughest was to accept the emotions and learn to fight with them. That is what made her weak. Even the perfect soldier couldn't keep his emotions inside forever. That was of course Heero. But he is not the subject.
Usagi sat up a wiped her tears. "I still don't forgive you yet, you still killed the only thing that meant most to me. My father gave me that panther, you know. He was a gift." Her voice was hollow. But she was okay. She gave Minako a smirk, and Minako knew Usagi would find a way to get her back, but for now, they were even. She let Minako have some of her chocolate chip pancakes with her while they talked for a while.
********* Shortie! But I didn't have enough time. The next chapter is called Face off, when Rei and Ami get to earth, and Rei gets into a fight with Minako, one in which Usagi has no intention of stopping. Rei and Minako get into a cat fight, what is going to happen? Even I don't know! Seriously I don't, I'm still trying to pick which idea I like more. Get goin, you've got other fics to read.
~mo