HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You see, I hate the snow, and it's SNOWING!!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! We got out of school early, and I didn't get to make
crepes. *sniff* OOC-NESS!!!!!!!! OOC Heero!! Hehehheehhe!!!
A/N: No ownie Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing.
Oh yeah, everyone's 16 years old, and Gundam Wing and Sailor Moon never happened, in a sense. Oh well, you'll find out later. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Usagi and Minako Tsukino sat in their living room, anxiously waiting for their cousin to arrive from America. "ARGH! Where is she?" Minako asked as the door opens, revealing two figures. One of them was Mr. Tsukino, the other a small blonde girl with hot pink streaks in her hair. The blonde girl was frowning, but when she saw Usagi and Minako. She ran to them, hugging them upon contact. "Kathleen! Our Kathleen is here!" Usagi squealed. The girl 'Kathleen' stepped back, and said, "Usa, you'll never change. I don't mind you calling me Kathleen, but it's Kitty. I totally hate that name, so don't ask how it happened. I changed my name way too early. Dad changed it for me with his sick humor." Minako and Usagi laughed, remembering their Uncle. Tall, dark and you can call him handsome, he had the strangest sense of humor. The whole reason Kitty was here though was because the rest of her family was dead. At 16, Kitty was 5'1'' and fully figured. She had three suitcases full of stuff, and also had a backpack. "Kit, you'll be going to school with us starting tomorrow. Uniform, school rules, and loopholes to those rules are in your room along with your schedule and school id." Minako said, taking her small cousin upstairs with her, Usagi following behind. "Those two. I'll never get used to them, and now that Kathleen's here, oh who knows what will happen in this house." Ikuko Tsukino said to her husband. Kenji Tsukino nodded, and flinched as strains of Janet Jackson came downstairs.
The next day, Minako and Kitty stood poised over Usagi's sleeping head. It was Monday, and it was hard enough waking up Usagi on Friday, much less today. "Ready? GO!" Kitty whispered, and dumped a bucket of ice cold water over her cousin's head as Minako held a ringing alarm clock in her face. "AHHHHH!!!!!!" Usagi screamed, now wide awake. "ALRIGHT! Minako, it worked!" Kitty said, high fiving her cousin. Usagi glared at them and got ready in record time while Kitty and Minako laughed their heads off.
"You should've seen it Mako-chan. It was so funny!" Minako said to her tall friend. The group laughed, while Usagi and Kitty were in the front of the room with the teacher. The school uniform fit pretty well on Kitty, even though it was Usagi's old one. Kitty was aware of the stares she was getting, and was fidgeting with her multi-colored golden hair because of it. The streaks were gone, due to her uncle's insistence and a going over of the dress code. The braid reached her waist, and rivaled fifteen layers of fleece in thickness. "Class, this is our new transfer student from America, Kathleen Terre. Please make her feel welcome. She is Usagi and Minako's cousin." The teacher said, and Kitty bowed politely and sat down next to her cousins, where she felt safest. The boy in front of her turned around and said, "Hi. My name is Duo Maxwell. I may run, I may hide, but I never tell a lie." Kitty giggled and asked a question that made him blush and turn back around. "By the way Maxwell-kun.." she started to say, but Duo turned back around and said, "Just Duo please." Kitty nodded and stated, "And me Kitty. I tried to change my name once, but that didn't work now did it? I ended up with Kathleen."
The bell rang, and Kitty turned back to Usagi and Minako. "Minna! I need help! I don't know where my next class is, and it's not with you two!" Usagi and Minako looked at her sympathetically, but left in a different direction. "You're Usa-chan's cousin right? My name's Rei Hino, and this is Makoto Kino. I think Mina-chan told us you were with us for most of the day. Is you next class gym?" the dark haired girl asked, and when Kitty nodded, she grabbed her hand, "Come with us. You'll like gym. At least, Mako-chan likes it because she check out all the guys and compare them to old boyfriends." Rei said, shaking her head. "Rei-chan! That wasn't fair! Do you want us to call you Kitty-chan?" Makoto asked the small blonde next to her as they cruised into the gym and into the girl's locker room. Kitty nodded and used Usagi's locker combination to get out gym clothes. Silent, she changed and got out of the locker room as fast as possible. Makoto and Rei came out minutes later, and they pointed out all the guys they thought were cute and what guys to stay away from. "Those four guys over there? We call them The Hot 4, but they call themselves The Pilots. Don't ask me why, I don't know. Hot 4 consists of Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Wufei Chang, and Heero Yuy. I've always said Rei would look good with blah blah blah." Makoto said, but Kitty tuned her out as the four looked at her. "Mako-chan shut it! Anyway, stay away from them. Get on their bad side, and you'll be begging to transfer to another school. Remember that guy Quatre? Rest his soul, I thought he was going to die of embarrassment, but instead he went to this rich kids school. This may be a private school, but he's in a boarding school now. Ami-chan still sees him every so often. Right Mako?" Rei asked her friend as they stretched for gymnastics. Makoto nodded and backed away when the four came over to Kitty. Rei dragged Makoto back to help support their new friend, but they didn't last long.
"Guys, I don't see why we have to do this!" Duo complained, but only received three glares from his friends. Kitty rolled her eyes as the picture they made, then remembered something one of her old friends told her. "I'm guessing you're either here for a rumble, a favor, or a tongue lashing." She said, winking at Duo. "Onna. Sticks and stones will break your bones, and words will always hurt you." Wufei said, spitting at her. "I don't get it. Why do men always talk about themselves when they're talking to someone else? It never makes any sense." Kitty said expertly, looking innocent as a newborn lamb. "Are you asking us to torture you? Or are you just stupid?" Heero asked the blonde. Ice blue eyes met Prussian blue ones, and Kitty said, "Stupid no. But it depends on what you mean by torture. If you mean torture by tongue, you lose, torture by tickling, you win. It all depends. It'll be a cold day in hell when I'll be scared of you." Heero raised an eyebrow, but found Trowa saying something before he could. "Why should you be scared? You should be terrified." Trowa said in a monotone voice. Kitty smirked. "I've gotten worse than that boy. Try to make me scared, I dare you. If you actually do, then you'll have my thanks, and then maybe I'll be a sort of slave for a week. Ja ne!" Kitty said, and blew them a kiss as she walked back to Rei and Makoto, who pounced on her. The four boys stared at her back, each at a different place on her body. "Who wants to take up the challenge? Or maybe, if she's an innocent, which I'm guessing she is, we can try something totally different." Heero said, staring at her head. "No way man. I'm not that stupid. I go with different. What about you Wu-man?" Duo asked his Chinese friend. Instead of chasing him, he nodded in agreement. "Yuy, do something different, and I vote you do it." Trowa nodded in agreement with them all, and Heero said, "Fine with me. This is the plan."
Rei looked back at the now scheming four, worried. "Kitty, are you sure that was a good idea? I mean, you don't know what they can do!" Kitty stared to answer, but was cut off by the teacher. "Class! Let's start! First up, girls doing floor exercises. Boys, sit down near the mats and decide partners for Swing Dancing!" Kitty gulped and turned away from the mats. Makoto grabbed her arm and dragged her towards them, Kitty protesting the whole way. "NO! NO WAY IN HELL AM I GOING TO DO SWING DANCING! I'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THAT TORTURE!" she screamed as Makoto and Rei sat her down on the end of the mats. When Kitty's name was called as "Kathleen Terre", she flinched, but began a floor exercise she didn't rehearse, just did whatever her body told her to. When she was finished and panting, the whole gym was silent for minute, then clapping. Kitty walked back to Rei and Makoto, both of them had already gone, and frowned. "Damn it. Just what I need, everyone trying to be my Swing Dance partner. I hate that kind of dance!" Makoto and Rei laughed at her, and they didn't notice the Pilots' eyes on them.
"Heero, pairing with Kitty would be good, but you can't dance a lick. No offense." Duo said before Heero could kill him. "We have to get her close to Heero somehow. Maxwell!" Wufei said, snapping his fingers as he next girl went up, but following what Kitty did was hard to do. "What Wu-man?" Duo asked, his eyes on Kitty still. Wufei grimaced, and promised to kill him later. "You can dance, everyone knows that, and in this group, you understand Yuy the best, you be partners with her!" Duo looked up at Wufei in amazement, his eyes lit up with glee. "Perfect!" Heero said, and everyone agreed. After gym was over, and everyone changed, Duo went up to Kitty with Heero, Wufei, and Trowa.
Kitty saw them coming, and rolled their eyes. "Great. Here come the first of many to ask me to be their partners. My true dance partner is still in New Jersey and said he would try to come by the end of the week." She told Makoto and Rei. "Kitty-chan, you will SPILL!" Makoto said as the four boys came up to them. Kitty ignored them expertly, and wasn't fazed when Duo waved his hand in front of her face. "Mako-chan, I will. God he was gorgeous though. I hope he comes. Everyone who saw us dance called us a dream team, and we were going to go out, but then the accident happened, and we couldn't." Kitty said, ice blue eyes misting over with tears. Duo finally stepped in front of Kitty, not noticing the tears, grabbed her shoulders and shook her, causing those tears to fall. "God Kitty, I didn't know you were crying. I'm sorry." He said, but Makoto and Rei grabbed her away and led her to her next class, glaring at Duo with anger and a little bit of fear.
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The rest of the day passed without much happening, except for Kitty being asked by a hundred guys to be their dance partners. Each time, she politely turned them down, and each time, a different guy walked away hurt. "I hate doing that sort of stuff." Kitty finally said at lunch to Minako, Usagi and Makoto. Rei was buying lunch, and Kitty said she never had an appetite for lunch things, but occasionally stole some things from Makoto's lunch. "Come on girl, nobody likes turning cute guys down, and I have to say, the last couple were H-O-T hot!" Minako squealed. Rei sat down with Ami, another new friend Kitty met in her Math class. "Yeah, but I already told you, I work best with a guy I left behind in New Jersey." Kitty said, and didn't notice when The Hot 4 sat down near her and her friends. "Well babe, can't go get a Jerseyian, but can you do a fellow American a favor?" Duo asked. Kitty ignored him, and continued telling her friends and cousins about her dance partner. "I first started dancing with him in 7th grade, and with Swing Dancing too. His name was Jerry Black, and cute as hell. All my old friends knew I liked him, and they swore he liked me too. We were really good friends, but I didn't think he liked me, you know? Anyway, even after our dance unit was over in Gym, I sort of persuaded him to keep taking Swing Dancing with me. We won come competitions, but every time I had to work with someone other than him I would make some sort of mistake or mess up the whole routine. But when I moved here, he promised to try and transfer here too, so we could keep up our dancing. It was really sweet, and he told me he'd try to be here later this week. Also, I've never kissed him" Kitty finished, winked at Minako and Usagi. and finally turned in her seat to face Duo. "Yes? How may I help you? Oh, and if you wanted to go out with me, get in line." She said, smiling sweetly. "Actually babe, I wanted to be your dance partner, and I'm the only boy in the grade who can actually dance." Duo said, smiling right back as the recess bell rang. "Well then BABE, let's see if you're actually as good as you say you are. It's not that cold out, and I can dance in anything. If you're as good as you say you are, then you can be my partner. If you're not, I'll have to decline." Kitty said, heading outside with everyone following behind her.
Duo, Wufei, Trowa, and Heero stared after her flabbergasted. "Duo, you know you can do this. No matter what, you HAVE to do your best." Heero said as they went outside. "Duo, you ready? Lesson one: When dealing with your partner, NEVER be late. Partners don't like to be kept waiting. Lesson two: Always be ready. Try out the First Step with a few personal touches. That'll determine if you're good enough for me. Remember, no mistakes now!" Kitty said, starting opposite Duo. As if to some inner music, Duo and Kitty started the same time, mirroring moves like magic. The did that first dance four times, until the inner music ended, facing each other, left hands touching. Kitty pulled her hand away and said, "You'll do. Not as good as I would've liked, but I can always change partners later." Before she could walk away, Duo grabbed her hand again. "Yes?" Kitty asked, all kindness in her voice. "Nothing. If you need help in Social Studies, you can always be in that classroom after school." Duo said, following in on the plan. No matter what, they knew Kitty always got a grade lower than all of her other classes in Social Studies. Kitty glared at him, but left to go to French 3 as the bell rang.
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Inside the French room with Minako and Ami, Kitty let her mind wander. She had already learned this stuff, and glanced around the room to see who else was in the class. 'Shit.' She thought as she spied the Pilots. 'Damn it. Are all of them in all my classes?' she thought angrily as the teacher called on her. "Kathrine! How much is the whole menu added together?" the teacher called out in French. Kitty smiled, since she already figured this out while she was thinking how boring this class was. "845 Euros all together Madame." She said smoothly, astonishing everyone in the class. Madame Wilhelm did some quick adding and said, "She's right." The bell rang a few minutes later, signaling the end of the school day. Everyone in the French 3 class continued to look at Kitty in amazement as she packed up and left the room. The class didn't come to their senses until a few seconds later. Heero ran out of the classroom, determined to find Kitty.
Sure enough, he found her at her locker, cursing her mind. "Damn it!" she said, then let out a stream of curses in a language Heero didn't understand. "Kitty." He said as smooth as glass. Kitty didn't hear him, but instead took out her Social Studies book instead of her backpack, slammed her locker with a note to her cousins, and left for the Social Studies room without even noticing Heero. Heero smiled and walked to the Social Studies classroom, where he did find Kitty. "Kitty." Heero said again, and this time she looked up, scowling. "Please tell me you can help. I hate Social Studies, and no matter what, I hate learning American history. Damn it Heero, this is the second time I've had this fricken book!" she said, holding up the 10 pound book titled America's Past and Present. To Heero's surprise, Kitty started crying. He walked over and hugged her until she stopped. "Kitty, if you've already studied this, why are you taking it again?" he asked, pushing her away, ignoring his wet shirt. "I'm supposed to, or I won't-oh. I made your shirt wet. I'm sorry. You didn't have to comfort me. It's just that I miss New Jersey and I miss everyone in it." Kitty said, never finishing her first sentence. "I don't care about the shirt, but what won't you do if you don't take this class?" Heero asked her. Kitty looked up at him, ice blue eyes shining. "I won't get to see Jerry again. I promised him I would take this class, and he promised he would come. We agreed, and now I have to take this class for him, even though I hate it to pieces! Can you help?" she asked, and Heero nodded. "Good. I really need your help. I always fall asleep in this class, and never do well in it." Kitty said, opening the book to the page their class is on. "The Civil War. A war between the Northern states and Southern states. The Mason-Dixon Line was established, being an invisible boundary between the North and South. The North was in Blue, called the Union, the South was in Gray, called the Confederacy." Kitty started, reciting everything she could remember about that war. Before she could finish, Heero leaned in and kissed her. Kitty didn't refuse, because it felt so right. Her hands went to his face, pulling him closer. Heero's cell phone rang, making the two spring apart. Heero answered it as Kitty grabbed her things and left the room, blushing.
Minako and Usagi were waiting at Kitty's locker, talking about Swing Dance partners. When Kitty finally came back from the room, they sprang on her. "Who was tutoring you?" Usagi asked. "No one special." Kitty said, opening her locker and taking out what she needed for homework. "How did you know how much the whole menu was Kit?" Minako asked. "I had added it up before she asked me, because I was so bored. It helps a little bit." Kitty said, starting to walk home. "I thought the Hot 4 was going to kill you when you said that! At least, Wufei looked like he was going to. Did Mako-chan tell you she thinks Rei-chan should be with him?" Minako asked her small cousin. "She did mention it yeah. Rei-chan looked like she was going to kill poor Mako-chan, but the Hot 4 interrupted us. If Jerry does come, he's going to kill me when he finds out I'm dancing with Duo-kun." Kitty said, sighing.
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Later that night, after Kitty had finished her homework, she opened her laptop and found 5 e-mails from Jerry and 4 from the Hot 4, one from each of them. The rest were forwards, which she deleted. She read the ones from the Hot 4 first, and gaped at what Heero had written. "MINAKO!!!!! USAGI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she shouted at the top of her lungs, and her cousins ran into her room, scared. "What happened Kit?" Usagi asked. Minako had read what Heero wrote, and showed Usagi. "WHY?" Usagi yelled. "Why would he send you that?" Minako asked her cousin, who just shook her head. "Why would he want to go to the Winter Formal when he has tons of other girls he could ask? Why did it have to be me?" Kitty asked, shaking her head. "Are you going to say yes?" Minako asked, "If you don't I'll never speak to you again! I know Mako-chan won't!" Kitty answered the e-mail, making Minako happy when she wrote down yes. Usagi and Minako left after the mail was sent, leaving Kitty alone to read her e-mails from Jerry. "YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " was heard throughout the house as Kitty read Jerry's last e-mail. Happy as a poor girl who had just gotten a million dollars, she ran downstairs, laptop in hand. When the doorbell rang, Kitty opened it, laptop still open in hand. "Heero. What're you four doing here?" Kitty asked, elation disappearing. "We came to see you." Duo said. "Why? I mean, why did you want to see me this late at night?" Kitty asked, checking the time on her laptop, "I mean, it's almost midnight."
"KITTY! YOU FORGOT TO RESET THE TIME ON YOUR LAPTOP DIDN'T YOU?" Ikuko's voice echoed to Kitty's ears. "Oops. Sorry. I forgot. HEY! That means...AUNT IKUKO!" Kitty called, turning. "Yes dear? Oh hello boys. Why don't you come in? Kitty, what are you doing in your pajamas?" Ikuko asked, standing next to her niece. "I thought it was later than it really was. Aunt Ikuko, what time is it really?" Kitty asked her aunt, anxious on time. "It's almost 9:30 dear. Come in boys, and don't mind Kenji, he's just a little bit overprotective of family, especially his daughters and nieces." Ikuko said, leading the boys in, but Kitty checked the time on the e-mail Jerry sent her and squealed. "Auntie, I have to get changed, and if anyone comes to the door asking for a Kathryn or Katrin, call me. USAGI-CHAN!!!!!! MINAKO-CHAN!!!!!" Kitty called, running up stairs to her cousins. She got changed into a tight pair of pants, which were actually very comfortable to her, and a t-shirt, grabbed her cousins, and ran back downstairs.
"Gee Kitty-chan. In a hurry to see someone?" Duo asked the running girl. Kitty stopped running abruptly and turned around, having lost her cousins a minute ago. "Duo-kun! Jerry's coming tonight!!!!!!!!!! In a few minutes! Isn't that exciting?" Kitty asked, jumping up and down. Duo frowned and looked at his friends. This ruined everything in their plan. "Duo, I forgot! Ack! Auntie, once Jerry gets here, I've told you about him, can I use the basement? There's a lot of room down there, and I'm going to need it." Kitty asked her aunt, not knowing her uncle was a few feet away fuming. "Kathleen! You will not go into that basement with BOYS! Absolutely not! Not without supervision." Kenji said. Kitty lit up at the idea, a totally different reaction from her than Kenji expected. "Good idea Uncle Kenji! You can be a judge!" Kitty said as the doorbell rang once again. "I'VE GOT IT!" Kitty screamed, and ran to the door. She opened it slowly, to tease whoever was behind it, until the person gave up and threw it open after a few minutes. "Aww. Jerry! You let me have no fun!" Kitty said as she was picked up into a hug. "Is this the thanks I get for being here days early?" the person said, hugging Kitty fiercely. Heero and Duo glared at this person, whom they could only assume was Jerry. "Duo, correct me if I'm wrong. Kitty's never kissed him right?" Heero whispered, and Duo nodded. "Never. She said so at lunch."
Kitty came back into the room now with a frowning Jerry, since he now knew the story of Swing Dancing. "Uncle Kenji, if you're going to just sit there, then I'll have to find another judge, and that's annoying." Kitty said, walking to the basement with all the guys following her, and Minako, Usagi, and both parents.
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Downstairs, Kitty had a stereo and many old Swing CDs to play. She picked her favorite, the one both she and Jerry learned on, and put it on pause with instructions to Minako. "Ok. This is what we'll do. I'm going to have to choose who to be partners with, don't look at me like that Jerry, and this is how it'll happen. I'm going to play this song, and I'm going to dance first with Duo, and secondly with Jerry, doing whatever suits you. You guys can call out 'complicated' or 'easy' and then we'll do either complicated or easy moves. Duo, it's kinda like what happened at recess, only we can do throws and stuff. Jerry, you can think of it like a competition, but not so aggressive. PLEASE? Ok, now that the rules are laid out, we can begin. Oh yeah, my uncle's the judge, and he's a hard judge to please." She said, and Duo came up to dance first. Kitty gave the signal, and Minako started the music. The dance Duo and Kitty did was very complicated at first, but got easier as people called out easier. Kitty got thrown into the air many times, and leaped off of Duo's back lightly three times. When the song ended, everyone clapped and Jerry stepped forward, frowning. Kitty gave the signal again, and was thrown into the most complicated dance she ever had to do for competition.
Everyone was so astonished, the didn't call out at all, just when the song ended a few minutes later, you could've heard a pin drop. "OWW!! Jerry, I said NOT so aggressive, not do the High School dance! I told you, my back hurt for weeks after that and I was sore for days!" Kitty said, smiling as she turned to Jerry. "Yeah, but we won first with that one, remember?" he asked, turning back around to sit down. Kitty frowned. "That was because you bribed the judges, and don't deny it! There were tons of dances better than ours, but you bribed the judges because you were tired of losing! You could've at least did one of the other dances we got first on!" Kitty told his turned back, but Jerry didn't listen. "Jerry! Listen to me!" Kitty pleaded, but Kenji decided to clear his throat at that time. Ikuko sent him a thankful look, and sat down next to a tearing Kitty. "It's always like this after a set Auntie. He always hurts me when he does it, but he doesn't care." Kitty whispered, throat tight. Everyone but Jerry looked at her sadly, even Wufei.(A/N: AUGH! OOC WUFEI!!) "I think I have made my decision." Kenji said, and Jerry turned back around, face blank like it always was at award ceremonies. "I think, in my personal opinion, that Kitty did better with Duo, and worse with Jerry. I will tell you why. When Kitty was with Duo, her face wasn't blank like it was with Jerry. If her face hadn't been blank with Jerry, it would've shown so much pain. Jerry, get out of my house for hurting my niece, or I will use force to get you out." Kenji said threateningly. Jerry had a look of rage on his face as he left. Kitty sighed and went back upstairs, grabbing a heating pad from a shelf on the wall. "Why would she stay his partner if she always gets hurt?" Usagi wondered aloud. Nobody answered, but Heero and co got up and left, Duo promising Kenji he would never hurt his niece like that. They left quietly, leaving the family alone in the house.
Kitty sat in a hot bath upstairs, trying to relax. 'Damn it Jerry! Why did you have to do that?' she thought, putting her head under the water. 'It's no use. I can't relax, not after knowing my whole family heard my argument. I can't get Heero's face out of my mind either.' Thoughts like this flowed through her mind as she got out of the bathtub, getting dressed the most comfortable things in her wardrobe and taking the heating pad. Within minutes, Kitty was sleeping like a baby.
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The next day, Kitty got up, wincing. "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!" she screamed as she tried to bend down to pick up her uniform. The whole family ran into Kitty's room, worried. They found her crying from the pain. "I think you should stay home dear. You can't go to school like that." Ikuko said, but Kitty unearthed a heating pad from her backpack and placed it on her back. "No. If I keep this on, it'll last the day, even through Gym. I have to go to school today! I want to go! If I don't, Jerry would think he won!" Kitty said, getting dressed, still wincing. "I promise if it doesn't go away after four hours, I'll go to the nurse and come home Ok?" she asked, gathering up everything she needed. Ikuko reluctantly nodded in agreement, and feeling guilty, drove all three of them to school.
Duo was on the lookout for Kitty. Heero, Wufei, and Trowa were playing poker beneath a tree with all the money they had. Right now, Heero was winning with 23 dollars. (A/N: I don't know the yen exchange, so if I say dollars, its American dollars ok?) "Guys! I found her! She and her cousins just got out of a car. Kitty's wincing. Damn, there's Jerry." Duo said, getting their attention. Heero growled. He would never forget the look on Kitty's face when she was finished being Jerry's partner. Kitty saw Jerry, but didn't let him know she was in too much pain. "Kitty, baby, you will never live without me as your partner. Remember babe, I'm not leaving anymore. I've got exchange papers for foreign exchange student for two marking periods. This one and the next one. Babe, you're stuck with me for a long time." Jerry said, and tried to kiss Kitty. Before he could, Kitty's fist contacted his jaw, her knee in his crotch. "Sorry BABE, but you'll have to be stuck with me for a long time too. I'll say this, I'm not happy with you anymore. Ja ne. Don't forget that picture, which can come back to haunt you." Kitty said, walking over to where she saw Duo and Heero.
"Go Kitty-chan!" Duo said, doing a little victory dance as she came over. "Thanks, but I hurt like hell. I'm only surviving by my trusty portable- heating pad I have on my back. It still hurts though." Kitty said sitting down. "She screamed bloody murder this morning. You could've heard it on Osaka, that's how loud it was." Usagi said, sitting down one side of her cousin, Minako on the other. They leapt up a second later, seeing Rei, Makoto and Ami. "Seriously? I didn't hear you." Duo said, smiling. "Very funny. It hurt so much I almost stayed home. I promised my Aunt that if it still hurt after four hours, I would go home. Damn him." Kitty said, wincing as she stood up. "Ja ne guys. I've got to talk to Mako-chan and Rei- chan before they kill me." She said, walking over to a group with her cousins. "I have the strangest feeling she hurts more than she's letting on. What do you guys think?" Duo asked his friends, who went back to poker. Duo sighed and shook his head. He's not stupid. 'He-man's going to win that one too.' He thought, going back to watch Kitty.
"KITTY-CHAN! What the hell were you doing, sitting with them?" Rei asked her friend, who winced from both pain and the noise. "Were they cuter today than they were yesterday? Trowa looks like one of my old boyfriends." Makoto said. "I was sitting with them because they were close, and because Duo IS my Swing Dance partner remember. Mako-chan, you've got to get a steady boyfriend. Rei-chan, you would make a good match with Wufei-kun." Kitty said, running away from Rei as the bell rang. Her legs still hurt, but she didn't let anyone see it.
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In homeroom, Kitty gently messaged her hurt legs. Applying pressure ever so gently, she tried to ignore Usagi's disapproving stare. "I'm sorry Usa-chan, but I didn't want to get killed by Rei-chan." Kitty said to her cousin. Usagi sighed, and said, "At least they'll tell the gym teacher about you. That way you won't get hurt even more than you already are. I have half a mind to send you home in four hours." Kitty laughed and shook her head. She kept messaging her legs until the bell rang. Wincing, she met Rei and Makoto outside the door to go to gym. Unbeknownst to her, Duo and Heero were following her. She got changed even quicker today than yesterday, and started stretching to try and relax tight muscles. Ghost hands came up behind her and started messaging her back. Thinking it was Makoto she sighed happily. Behind her, Heero smiled. Duo actually had a good idea when he signed them up for messaging lessons.
Rei and Makoto came out of the locker room laughing. When they saw Heero messaging Kitty, their tempers flared like fire in a pool of gasoline. Makoto ran over to the two and snatched Heero's hands away, making Kitty open her eyes and turn around. Eyes wide, she realized who was messaging her. "What the hell were you doing Yuy?" Rei asked, violet eyes flashing. Heero sighed as Duo, Wufei and Trowa came into the gym. Kitty, choosing to ignore what was going on, kept stretching, happy her back was feeling much better. "Arigato Heero. It feels much better now." She said, and kept ignoring the stares they were getting. Duo came over and sat down across from her. "What did He-man do anyway babe?" he asked, curious. "He messaged my back for a couple minutes. If I didn't think it was Mako-chan, I would've moved away." Kitty said, blushing. "SEE! There was good in those lessons guys!" Duo said happily. Kitty looked at him in confusion. As Duo explained about the messaging lessons, a heated argument was going on behind her. "Ahh. Good idea Duo! Hey, where's the teacher?" Kitty asked. They looked around for their teacher, but only found a note on the white board saying: 'No Swing Dancing Lessons Today. Instead, Talk.'
"Oh." Kitty said then turned around to where Rei and Heero were arguing. Actually, it was only Rei arguing, Heero said "hn." once in a while. Winking behind her to Duo, Kitty through her arms around Heero's neck. "Hi guys! What are you talking about?" she asked innocently. Heero, unfazed by her arms, didn't say anything, but Rei said, "Are you absolutely positive all he did was message you?"
"Rei, if he did anything else, I would've told you, and poor Heero here would be dead. Wouldn't he Duo?" Kitty asked. Duo nodded, smiling. "It was very nice of you Heero. Arigato." Kitty said, then noticing the time, went to get changed. "Rei-chan, you know she's telling the truth. Come on. Be happy her back's better. It's not like they kissed or anything." Makoto said, pulling her dark haired friend off the floor and dragging her to the locker room. "You didn't kiss her yet, did you Yuy? According to plans, you were supposed to during the tutoring sessions yesterday." Wufei said. Heero grunted and left the gym. "Take it as a yes Wufei." Trowa said, also leaving.
Two hours later, at lunch, Kitty rubbed her back for the fifteenth time in 10 minutes. "HA! It didn't last long did it?" Rei asked, laughing in triumph. "Rei-chan, shut it. You can gloat after I finish this. Now it hurts more than before. Happy?" Kitty said, rubbing her back again. Rei laughed again in triumph. "God onna, your constant laughter hurts my ears. Will you ever shut up?" Wufei asked, glaring at Rei. Rei stopped and said, "Tell you what. I don't care about your ears, I care about my friend's back." Heero raised an eyebrow and stepped near Kitty, but Makoto stopped him. "No way. Not again buddy." Makoto said. "But it helps! You saw how relaxed Kitty was afterwards, and if you let him do the whole thing, it wouldn't hurt now!" Duo whined. Minako sighed with exasperation. Kitty looked over at her and raised her eyebrows, then jerked her head towards the four boys. Minako nodded, and smiled. "Mako-chan," Minako said sweetly, "Why don't you let him do it? I mean, that way, Kitty doesn't have to hurt her back more by rubbing it every three seconds." Makoto looked from Kitty to Minako, confused. Both blondes looked innocent, and Usagi looked like she was going to burst with laughter. Makoto sighed in defeat and let Heero pass. Grateful, Heero started messaging her back quickly and patiently. Kitty sighed and winked at Minako, who winked back, smiling. "One day, I'm going to figure out what you two meant when you did that stuff." Makoto said. "Mako-chan, don't worry. You don't need to know." Kitty said lazily, "Plus, if the curiosity gets to you, lets just say what we said to each other was not meant for virgin ears." Kitty finished, and Minako, Usagi, and Duo burst out in laughter.
By the time the recess bell rang, Kitty was like Jell-O. Heero had to practically carry her outside. Kitty was as weak as a newborn kitten, so to speak. (A/N: Get the joke? *laughs her head off, then realizes no one else was laughing* oops. Hehe?) Jerry, having recovered, saw this and stormed over to the tree where Heero was almost finished messaging Kitty. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Jerry asked, jerking a sleepy Kitty wide- awake. Heero just kept messaging her back and didn't say a thing. "Jerry, he's making my back feel better. Something you never did." Kitty said, muscles tensing again. Heero, surprised, took his hands off of her back. "That's better, bastard. Keep your hands off of my girl." Jerry said, grabbing Kitty again. "Since when was I your girl?" Kitty asked. Jerry glared at her, and wrenched her hands behind her back, making her scream in pain and ruining 30 minutes work of relaxing her. Jerry let go and let Kitty fall to the ground. Heero ran over to her, but it was no use. Jerry stopped him before he got a foot near Kitty. "Son of a bitch. Stay away from her you hear me?" Jerry said, and Heero nodded, knowing he would break the "promise" later that day. Jerry walked away and Kitty got back off the ground. She didn't have any new injuries, but she was limping again.
After school was over, Kitty was in the Social Studies classroom again waiting for Heero. She was flipping through the textbook, remembering old friends and wishing Jerry would be sent back. "I don't get it," Kitty mumbled, "he wasn't like this before at school. The only time he was like that was at competitions." Heero came in and saw her reading a chapter, talking to herself. "Hi Kitty-san." He said, sitting down next to her. Kitty looked up surprised, then sighed at who it was. "I should've known, but I've been so jumpy since recess. I know it's not your fault." Kitty said. Heero nodded, and Kitty started reciting again. "The first battle of the Civil War was the First Battle at Bull Run, and the Confederacy won it. Andrew Jackson was there, sitting on his horse like a stone wall, and it was how he got his nickname Stone Wall Jackson. People were excited about the first battle, and they came to watch. Some people said that all the blood shed in the war would fit into a lady's thimble. The people that came to watch brought lunches and wore their Sunday best. Once the battle was under way, the people that were watching started running for their lives. They were so scared, and they couldn't understand why they could've been misleading on how much blood had been shed. The Civil War was the bloodiest war America has ever seen. The bloodiest battle was Antitum (A/N: sp?) and- " Kitty was cut off once again by Heero kissing her. Before she knew it, she was pulled onto his lap and making out with him.
'Yeah. This is a really good tutoring session. But I have to say, I'm probably doing better is this class than before, because when I have to remember stuff, I remember what I was talking about before we kissed.' Kitty thought. Not pressuring Kitty, Heero deepened the kiss. 'I can't believe it. This wasn't part of the plan. I'll have to tell the guys tonight that the plan is off. I'll see how that goes.' Heero thought, pulling away from the kiss when Kitty moaned in pain. "Don't tell me your back hurts again." Heero thought, trying to be funny. (A/N: *gasp* HEERO?? FUNNY? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! Then again, I am the one writing the story.like I said, TOTAL OOC!) Kitty nodded, and left the room again in a blur. She didn't notice the other three Pilots standing outside the doorway, just headed for her locker where Minako and Usagi were waiting again. "Girl, you've got to stop these Social Studies sessions. They're killing our time! Mom's outside waiting for us with instructions for you to take a hot bath ASAP." Usagi said, pulling Kitty's arm. "And once we get home, you soooooo spill! We know Heero's your tutor, but it doesn't take that long for you to learn American History!" Minako added, running with them.
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Kitty was sitting in a hot bath, listening to soothing music and thinking about her "session" with Heero. This was her second hot bath of the day, and Minako and Usagi still didn't get Kitty to spill. She was wondering what was going to happen tomorrow when Minako and Usagi walked in and got into the tub with her. "Now spill!" Minako said, taking off Kitty's headphones and putting them away. "Heero's called twice, and Duo three times! This isn't normal!" she said. Usagi agreed saying, "Spill or we take away your heating pad for a month." Kitty looked at her cousins and said, "He's a very good kisser. Think about it carefully. I've been in these sessions for two days." Kitty got out of the tub and put on her blue velour robe, leaving Usagi and Minako flabbergasted in the tub.
An hour later, Kitty was trying to do her homework and Minako and Usagi were watching TV, drooling over Frodo. "Tell me why you're torturing me with this movie again." Kitty said, once again looking up to see Legolas and Aragorn on the screen. "Because this is payback. You kissed him twice without telling us, so we're torturing you." Usagi said as the doorbell rang. "I'll get it. Maybe I'll get my homework done after the movie's over." Kitty said, standing up in her robe. She was finally relaxed without message, and didn't want it ruined by seeing Aragorn kiss Arwen. Kitty opened the door to see the Pilots. Inwardly she groaned, but let them inside. "Come in. I'm trying to do my homework." She said, going back into the living room. "Minako, Usagi, if the movie was Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones, then I wouldn't have even started my homework, and you two would be drooling over Anikien, my loyal followers of the cute boy kind." Kitty said, sitting down again. "You four can sit down you know. Watch Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, help me with my homework, help me with my homework, whatever you want. We're the only people in the house, since Aunt Ikuko and Uncle Kenji went out to see an opera." Kitty said to the four guys, making Minako and Usagi look up from where they were drooling over Aragorn this time. "Jeez Kit! You could've warned us!" Minako said. Heero and Duo sat down next to Kitty and saw that she was trying to work on Social Studies homework. "You know this stuff Kitty-chan. Why aren't you doing it?" Duo asked. Kitty pointed at the TV. "That's why." she said, and all the guys saw she was pointing to an elf. "You like an elf?" Wufei asked grinning. "The actor's sooooooooo cute! I mean, look at him! He's cute too." Kitty said, going back to her homework. Heero looked up to see Aragorn. Choosing to ignore it, he went back to helping Kitty with her homework. "First Battle of Bull Run, check; Antitum, check. DONE!" Kitty said, still blushing from the last two. Minako looked over at the blushing Kitty and raised an eyebrow. Kitty looked back and said, "Jealous! I knew it!" then started on her math homework.
Half an hour later, Kitty's math homework was done, all her other homework done, and she was crying at the TV. Heero's arm was around her waist, Duo's around her shoulders. The Fellowship was split up and Boromir had just died. "I really don't like that ending. It's so sad!" Kitty said as the front door opened. "Hello! Kitty, Minako, Usagi! We're home!" Ikuko said. "I want to know why there's another car in our driveway!" Kenji said as he came into the living room. "Uh oh." All three girls said in unison. 'He's gonna hit the roof!' Kitty thought, and moved out of the protective hold. "Uncle Kenji, they were helping me with my homework! After I finished it, we watched Lord of the Rings and I always get emotional at the ending and they were comforting me! Really they were!" Kitty said pleadingly. 'Please don't hurt them.' Was running through her mind, and when she saw her uncle calm down, she knew they were safe. "Next time we're out and they come, call me on my cell phone. That's why I have it." he said, taking the cell phone out. "Now all four of you get out." Kenji said, and the guys did as they were told quickly. "Ja ne Kitty-chan." Duo said and left out the door. Kitty sighed and went upstairs to sleep.
(A/N: STUPID SNOW WON'T STOP! So, as long as it snows, I'll write. Good idea ne?)
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Once again, Duo was on the look out for Kitty. Once again, Heero, Wufei and Trowa were playing poker and Heero was winning. 'Where is she?' he thought.
Little did he know, Kitty had just woken up. "AHH! AUNTIE IKUKO, WHY DIDN'T YOU WAKE ME UP?????" Kitty asked as she got dressed. There wasn't enough time for breakfast, and Kitty grabbed her lunch and ran in the direction of the school. The only problem was, Kitty wasn't wearing the uniform, just a pair of pants and a tank top. Ikuko laughed to herself as she imagined when Kitty would notice what she was wearing. 'Good thing she always keeps an extra uniform in her bag.' She thought as she went back into the kitchen.
Heero now joined Duo in the search, letting Wufei and Trowa play War. "Usagi! Minako!" Duo yelled, and flagged them down. "Yeah Duo? Make it fast." Minako said. "Where's Kitty?" Heero asked her cousins. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" was heard as Kitty flew into the school. Hair flying, heart racing, she ran into the girl's locker room. 'Dummy! Dummy! Dummy!' Kitty thought as she changed into her spare uniform. She left her hair unbound, not knowing the dangers of it. She went back outside, cursing herself. "Kitty, what the hell did you do?" Heero said the same time Minako said, "What time did you finally wake up?" Kitty glared at her cousin. "Did you turn my alarm off Mina-chan?" Now Duo and Heero didn't want to know. "Umm.Usagi-chan helped!" Minako said, running off to hide behind Makoto. "MINAKOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kitty screamed but couldn't get to her. Usagi held her back by her collar. "Usa- chan! Let me go!! I woke up a few minutes ago! I didn't get dressed in my uniform, and I didn't get any breakfast!" Kitty said, tearing as she looked at her cousin. "Kitty, I would've thought you'd gotten used to wake up that early. I mean, you do it everyday." Usagi said confused. "Usagi! At home, we get two days off a week! It's called a WEEKEND! I sleep in on those weekends and catch up on my sleep! Saturdays I sleep until 8:00! It's not fair!" Kitty said, sitting down. "My CD player is being held hostage even!"
"Who is holding your CD player hostage?" Usagi asked, blinking. The bell rang before Kitty could say anything. "Never mind." Usagi said, joining her friends again. Duo and Heero looked at each other. "What just happened here?" Duo asked. "You were hit by Hurricane Kitty. She hates being late. Didn't she tell you? Oh yeah, tell her I have her CD player." Jerry said, going inside. Heero felt his blood boil at the sight of him.
In Gym, Hurricane Kitty finally got her outlet. The teacher taught the basics all over again, and even though Kitty was bored to tears, she still got her anger out with Duo. At a small break, Rei and Makoto dragged her away from Duo and didn't let Heero near her. "Kitty-chan, does your back hurt still?" Rei asked. "Less than yesterday, but it still hurts like a bitch in heat. I figure if I don't let people see it, I can live with it for a while. Jerry has my Discman though. Damn him." Kitty said, crossing her arms. "How did Jerry get your Discman?" Makoto asked. "I ran past him this morning and he grabbed it out of my hands. I couldn't stop because I wasn't in my uniform, I was wearing a pair of pants and a tank top. That's what happens when I wake up late." Kitty said, blushing. The teacher said they could get changed, and that's exactly what she did.
In Math, Kitty sat next to Ami and tried to ignore Heero's eyes on her. The teacher kept talking about solving geometric equations and algebraic expressions combined, and more than one Kitty almost fell asleep. "Ami-chan, I can't do it. It's so boring!" Kitty whispered to Ami, who quietly giggled. "Kitty-chan, you'll have to deal with it for ten more minutes." Ami whispered, and giggled some more as Kitty stared at the clock, willing it to go faster. Duo saw this also, and tried hard not to laugh. He wrote Kitty a note and slipped it to her. Kitty accepted and read, "Bored? This class is always boring. Nice job in Gym BTW, it's an interesting outlet. Heero's staring at your hair, probably wishing he could run his hands through it. The clock won't go any faster, I've tried too many times. Eight minutes babe, then Social Studies. Having nice sessions with Heero hm? Having fun? All the girls he's been with (which is like five) call him Heaven on Earth. Don't ask me how he got that nickname, I don't swing that way. I think it'll be safer to ask you. Ja ne! Duo-chan." Kitty tried to hard not to blush, and wrote a note back.
"Duo-chan! I'm so not going to tell you why he gets called that, and knowing me, I'll probably zone out in SS. *shudders* Evil class. Maybe if I quit, Jerry will go back, but then I won't have those "sessions" quotes intended. I do like them though. Are you sure it's only five? Somehow, I think it's less. *laughs* and what's wrong with my hair braid boy? And why aren't you staring at it? *laughs again* Tell me what he thinks about it babe. Ja! Kitty-chan! ^.^ Luv an Peace! PS. You can come over again tonight if we don't get a project in SS like the teacher said we might. I feel like baking for company. Luv an Peace!" Duo read. He laughed as the bell rang. Kitty turned around, winked, and gave the V sign. "Luv and Peace Duo-chan!" she said and left the classroom laughing to herself.
In Social Studies, they were given a project to make a newspaper, front page only, on the Battle of Gettysburg. They were to work in groups of two. First change she got, Kitty reached for Heero, saying, "I've already done this project once. Pick a day, Heero-kun. 1,2, or 3."
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That night, Heero came over with tons of books and information on Gettysburg. Kitty looked at this and sighed. "Come on He-kun. Let's go into the kitchen. Auntie Ikuko and I just made some cookies. When's this due again?" she asked, bringing over a plate of various cookies. There was chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal raisin, and another brown cookie Heero didn't recognize. He looked up questioningly, and Kitty laughed. "There's chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, peanut butter, and molasses. If you won't eat the molasses, I will." Kitty said, snatching one up. "Hn. It's due Saturday." Heero said, opening up a book. Kitty dropped her cookie. "SATURDAY? Why are we starting it today then? It's only Wednesday. We have tons of time." Kitty said. "She's the procrastinating type, as you can see." Usagi said, coming into the kitchen and stealing a peanut butter cookie. "Mmm! Did Mom make them?" Usagi asked as Minako came into the kitchen. "Auntie Ikuko made the oatmeal raisin. I made the rest of them, which is why there's molasses. Go watch The Princess Bride already! Leave us alone while we work on our project!" Kitty said, shooing the two out of the room with another plate of cookies. "Drool over Cary Ewes or whatever his name is for all I care, just as long as you don't watch his other movie!" Kitty's cousins exited the kitchen laughing. Kitty wanted to close the door, but couldn't because of her uncle. "Sorry about that. Why are you looking at me like that?" Kitty asked Heero, who was staring at her in amazement. "Tell me this, if you can cook, why don't you?" Heero asked, suspicious. "Because I can only cook cookies and stuff like that. Don't ask me to make complicated stuff like spaghetti sauce or something, because I think I stink at it. I'm only brave with my cookies." Kitty said, sitting down. "You said you wanted to do day one right?"
A few hours later, all the written stuff was done, and Heero promised to type it if she let Makoto and Duo taste her cookies. "Why? I like them here thanks." Kitty asked. "Because they are the best things I've ever tasted, and I'm not just saying that. They really are. Duo's an excellent critic of food, and Makoto is an excellent cook." Heero said. "But Heero! It's not fair! I know people in my family like them, but I'm scared other people won't like them!" Kitty said, going outside with Heero to say goodbye. Down the block, in the darkness, Heero kissed Kitty goodbye, then left quickly. "Ja ne Heero-san." Kitty whispered.
When she back in, Minako and Usagi were engrossed in a different movie. "What're you watching now?" Kitty asked them. "Robin Hood: Men in Tights!" they said together, and Kitty got more cookies and watched it with them. When it was over, they had a debate about who was cuter: Cary Ewes or the guy who plays Will Scarlet O'Hara. Kitty was all for Will Scarlet, but Minako and Usagi both agree it was Cary. Kitty slept on it, remembering to set her alarm twice instead of once.
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At Heero's apartment he shared with the other guys, Heero went in to see them watching The Blair Witch Project. "Heero! My man! How was Kitty's house? Was it boring without us?" Duo asked, grateful for the distraction. "What did the onna do to you to make you like that?" Wufei asked. Heero looked down to see his shirt un-tucked and his hair even messier than before. "How did she do that?" Heero wondered out loud. "You mean you didn't sleep with her? Damn man, you're going too slowly on the plan!" Duo said, turning off the movie. "I didn't tell you guys?" Heero asked. He could've sworn he told them the plan was off. "Tell us what Yuy?" Wufei asked. "I want the plan called off. It'll hurt her so much, and she's hurt enough already. Plus." Heero started, but trailed off. "Plus what Heero?" Trowa spoke up. "Hn." Heero said, and went into his bedroom. Damn her! Why'd she do that to him?
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The next day Kitty was there earlier than usual and went into the cafeteria, which was normally open for early people, considering something. 'If Jerry told me to bring in my cookies, I wouldn't have done it. But now that Heero asked me to, I did so.' Kitty thought. Then something dawned on her. 'Oh my God. I'm falling in love with him!' Kitty thought, surprising the hell out of her. She ran outside, not caring who saw her. "KUSO!" she yelled, punching the nearest object, which happened to be Duo. "Babe, I never knew you could hit that hard." He said, rubbing his jaw. Kitty blinked away her rage and sadness, then realized who she punched. "Duo- chan! I'm so sorry! I was thinking and something made me so mad. Gomen! Here, I brought something for you." Kitty said, handing him a bag of chocolate chip, molasses, and peanut butter cookies. "What for?" Duo asked as Heero came over with Wufei and Trowa. "Ah. You did bring them." Heero said. Kitty's rage came back, and she turned around and slapped him, then ran away. Wufei laughed at him, glad to see his face. "Looks like we'll have to tell Winner! He'll love it!" Wufei said, laughing. "What the hell was that for?" Heero asked. "I have no idea He-man," Duo said, "But at least you didn't get punched."
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Blossom: FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Soooo long!! @.@
Airenne: Hey, if you think it's good, then maybe other people will think it's good!
Blossom: True! But this is my warning, if I put up other chapters, which I might, if I get enough reviews, then don't be disappointed if they aren't as long as this. Thanks! R&R!!!!!!!!
A/N: No ownie Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing.
Oh yeah, everyone's 16 years old, and Gundam Wing and Sailor Moon never happened, in a sense. Oh well, you'll find out later. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Usagi and Minako Tsukino sat in their living room, anxiously waiting for their cousin to arrive from America. "ARGH! Where is she?" Minako asked as the door opens, revealing two figures. One of them was Mr. Tsukino, the other a small blonde girl with hot pink streaks in her hair. The blonde girl was frowning, but when she saw Usagi and Minako. She ran to them, hugging them upon contact. "Kathleen! Our Kathleen is here!" Usagi squealed. The girl 'Kathleen' stepped back, and said, "Usa, you'll never change. I don't mind you calling me Kathleen, but it's Kitty. I totally hate that name, so don't ask how it happened. I changed my name way too early. Dad changed it for me with his sick humor." Minako and Usagi laughed, remembering their Uncle. Tall, dark and you can call him handsome, he had the strangest sense of humor. The whole reason Kitty was here though was because the rest of her family was dead. At 16, Kitty was 5'1'' and fully figured. She had three suitcases full of stuff, and also had a backpack. "Kit, you'll be going to school with us starting tomorrow. Uniform, school rules, and loopholes to those rules are in your room along with your schedule and school id." Minako said, taking her small cousin upstairs with her, Usagi following behind. "Those two. I'll never get used to them, and now that Kathleen's here, oh who knows what will happen in this house." Ikuko Tsukino said to her husband. Kenji Tsukino nodded, and flinched as strains of Janet Jackson came downstairs.
The next day, Minako and Kitty stood poised over Usagi's sleeping head. It was Monday, and it was hard enough waking up Usagi on Friday, much less today. "Ready? GO!" Kitty whispered, and dumped a bucket of ice cold water over her cousin's head as Minako held a ringing alarm clock in her face. "AHHHHH!!!!!!" Usagi screamed, now wide awake. "ALRIGHT! Minako, it worked!" Kitty said, high fiving her cousin. Usagi glared at them and got ready in record time while Kitty and Minako laughed their heads off.
"You should've seen it Mako-chan. It was so funny!" Minako said to her tall friend. The group laughed, while Usagi and Kitty were in the front of the room with the teacher. The school uniform fit pretty well on Kitty, even though it was Usagi's old one. Kitty was aware of the stares she was getting, and was fidgeting with her multi-colored golden hair because of it. The streaks were gone, due to her uncle's insistence and a going over of the dress code. The braid reached her waist, and rivaled fifteen layers of fleece in thickness. "Class, this is our new transfer student from America, Kathleen Terre. Please make her feel welcome. She is Usagi and Minako's cousin." The teacher said, and Kitty bowed politely and sat down next to her cousins, where she felt safest. The boy in front of her turned around and said, "Hi. My name is Duo Maxwell. I may run, I may hide, but I never tell a lie." Kitty giggled and asked a question that made him blush and turn back around. "By the way Maxwell-kun.." she started to say, but Duo turned back around and said, "Just Duo please." Kitty nodded and stated, "And me Kitty. I tried to change my name once, but that didn't work now did it? I ended up with Kathleen."
The bell rang, and Kitty turned back to Usagi and Minako. "Minna! I need help! I don't know where my next class is, and it's not with you two!" Usagi and Minako looked at her sympathetically, but left in a different direction. "You're Usa-chan's cousin right? My name's Rei Hino, and this is Makoto Kino. I think Mina-chan told us you were with us for most of the day. Is you next class gym?" the dark haired girl asked, and when Kitty nodded, she grabbed her hand, "Come with us. You'll like gym. At least, Mako-chan likes it because she check out all the guys and compare them to old boyfriends." Rei said, shaking her head. "Rei-chan! That wasn't fair! Do you want us to call you Kitty-chan?" Makoto asked the small blonde next to her as they cruised into the gym and into the girl's locker room. Kitty nodded and used Usagi's locker combination to get out gym clothes. Silent, she changed and got out of the locker room as fast as possible. Makoto and Rei came out minutes later, and they pointed out all the guys they thought were cute and what guys to stay away from. "Those four guys over there? We call them The Hot 4, but they call themselves The Pilots. Don't ask me why, I don't know. Hot 4 consists of Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Wufei Chang, and Heero Yuy. I've always said Rei would look good with blah blah blah." Makoto said, but Kitty tuned her out as the four looked at her. "Mako-chan shut it! Anyway, stay away from them. Get on their bad side, and you'll be begging to transfer to another school. Remember that guy Quatre? Rest his soul, I thought he was going to die of embarrassment, but instead he went to this rich kids school. This may be a private school, but he's in a boarding school now. Ami-chan still sees him every so often. Right Mako?" Rei asked her friend as they stretched for gymnastics. Makoto nodded and backed away when the four came over to Kitty. Rei dragged Makoto back to help support their new friend, but they didn't last long.
"Guys, I don't see why we have to do this!" Duo complained, but only received three glares from his friends. Kitty rolled her eyes as the picture they made, then remembered something one of her old friends told her. "I'm guessing you're either here for a rumble, a favor, or a tongue lashing." She said, winking at Duo. "Onna. Sticks and stones will break your bones, and words will always hurt you." Wufei said, spitting at her. "I don't get it. Why do men always talk about themselves when they're talking to someone else? It never makes any sense." Kitty said expertly, looking innocent as a newborn lamb. "Are you asking us to torture you? Or are you just stupid?" Heero asked the blonde. Ice blue eyes met Prussian blue ones, and Kitty said, "Stupid no. But it depends on what you mean by torture. If you mean torture by tongue, you lose, torture by tickling, you win. It all depends. It'll be a cold day in hell when I'll be scared of you." Heero raised an eyebrow, but found Trowa saying something before he could. "Why should you be scared? You should be terrified." Trowa said in a monotone voice. Kitty smirked. "I've gotten worse than that boy. Try to make me scared, I dare you. If you actually do, then you'll have my thanks, and then maybe I'll be a sort of slave for a week. Ja ne!" Kitty said, and blew them a kiss as she walked back to Rei and Makoto, who pounced on her. The four boys stared at her back, each at a different place on her body. "Who wants to take up the challenge? Or maybe, if she's an innocent, which I'm guessing she is, we can try something totally different." Heero said, staring at her head. "No way man. I'm not that stupid. I go with different. What about you Wu-man?" Duo asked his Chinese friend. Instead of chasing him, he nodded in agreement. "Yuy, do something different, and I vote you do it." Trowa nodded in agreement with them all, and Heero said, "Fine with me. This is the plan."
Rei looked back at the now scheming four, worried. "Kitty, are you sure that was a good idea? I mean, you don't know what they can do!" Kitty stared to answer, but was cut off by the teacher. "Class! Let's start! First up, girls doing floor exercises. Boys, sit down near the mats and decide partners for Swing Dancing!" Kitty gulped and turned away from the mats. Makoto grabbed her arm and dragged her towards them, Kitty protesting the whole way. "NO! NO WAY IN HELL AM I GOING TO DO SWING DANCING! I'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THAT TORTURE!" she screamed as Makoto and Rei sat her down on the end of the mats. When Kitty's name was called as "Kathleen Terre", she flinched, but began a floor exercise she didn't rehearse, just did whatever her body told her to. When she was finished and panting, the whole gym was silent for minute, then clapping. Kitty walked back to Rei and Makoto, both of them had already gone, and frowned. "Damn it. Just what I need, everyone trying to be my Swing Dance partner. I hate that kind of dance!" Makoto and Rei laughed at her, and they didn't notice the Pilots' eyes on them.
"Heero, pairing with Kitty would be good, but you can't dance a lick. No offense." Duo said before Heero could kill him. "We have to get her close to Heero somehow. Maxwell!" Wufei said, snapping his fingers as he next girl went up, but following what Kitty did was hard to do. "What Wu-man?" Duo asked, his eyes on Kitty still. Wufei grimaced, and promised to kill him later. "You can dance, everyone knows that, and in this group, you understand Yuy the best, you be partners with her!" Duo looked up at Wufei in amazement, his eyes lit up with glee. "Perfect!" Heero said, and everyone agreed. After gym was over, and everyone changed, Duo went up to Kitty with Heero, Wufei, and Trowa.
Kitty saw them coming, and rolled their eyes. "Great. Here come the first of many to ask me to be their partners. My true dance partner is still in New Jersey and said he would try to come by the end of the week." She told Makoto and Rei. "Kitty-chan, you will SPILL!" Makoto said as the four boys came up to them. Kitty ignored them expertly, and wasn't fazed when Duo waved his hand in front of her face. "Mako-chan, I will. God he was gorgeous though. I hope he comes. Everyone who saw us dance called us a dream team, and we were going to go out, but then the accident happened, and we couldn't." Kitty said, ice blue eyes misting over with tears. Duo finally stepped in front of Kitty, not noticing the tears, grabbed her shoulders and shook her, causing those tears to fall. "God Kitty, I didn't know you were crying. I'm sorry." He said, but Makoto and Rei grabbed her away and led her to her next class, glaring at Duo with anger and a little bit of fear.
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The rest of the day passed without much happening, except for Kitty being asked by a hundred guys to be their dance partners. Each time, she politely turned them down, and each time, a different guy walked away hurt. "I hate doing that sort of stuff." Kitty finally said at lunch to Minako, Usagi and Makoto. Rei was buying lunch, and Kitty said she never had an appetite for lunch things, but occasionally stole some things from Makoto's lunch. "Come on girl, nobody likes turning cute guys down, and I have to say, the last couple were H-O-T hot!" Minako squealed. Rei sat down with Ami, another new friend Kitty met in her Math class. "Yeah, but I already told you, I work best with a guy I left behind in New Jersey." Kitty said, and didn't notice when The Hot 4 sat down near her and her friends. "Well babe, can't go get a Jerseyian, but can you do a fellow American a favor?" Duo asked. Kitty ignored him, and continued telling her friends and cousins about her dance partner. "I first started dancing with him in 7th grade, and with Swing Dancing too. His name was Jerry Black, and cute as hell. All my old friends knew I liked him, and they swore he liked me too. We were really good friends, but I didn't think he liked me, you know? Anyway, even after our dance unit was over in Gym, I sort of persuaded him to keep taking Swing Dancing with me. We won come competitions, but every time I had to work with someone other than him I would make some sort of mistake or mess up the whole routine. But when I moved here, he promised to try and transfer here too, so we could keep up our dancing. It was really sweet, and he told me he'd try to be here later this week. Also, I've never kissed him" Kitty finished, winked at Minako and Usagi. and finally turned in her seat to face Duo. "Yes? How may I help you? Oh, and if you wanted to go out with me, get in line." She said, smiling sweetly. "Actually babe, I wanted to be your dance partner, and I'm the only boy in the grade who can actually dance." Duo said, smiling right back as the recess bell rang. "Well then BABE, let's see if you're actually as good as you say you are. It's not that cold out, and I can dance in anything. If you're as good as you say you are, then you can be my partner. If you're not, I'll have to decline." Kitty said, heading outside with everyone following behind her.
Duo, Wufei, Trowa, and Heero stared after her flabbergasted. "Duo, you know you can do this. No matter what, you HAVE to do your best." Heero said as they went outside. "Duo, you ready? Lesson one: When dealing with your partner, NEVER be late. Partners don't like to be kept waiting. Lesson two: Always be ready. Try out the First Step with a few personal touches. That'll determine if you're good enough for me. Remember, no mistakes now!" Kitty said, starting opposite Duo. As if to some inner music, Duo and Kitty started the same time, mirroring moves like magic. The did that first dance four times, until the inner music ended, facing each other, left hands touching. Kitty pulled her hand away and said, "You'll do. Not as good as I would've liked, but I can always change partners later." Before she could walk away, Duo grabbed her hand again. "Yes?" Kitty asked, all kindness in her voice. "Nothing. If you need help in Social Studies, you can always be in that classroom after school." Duo said, following in on the plan. No matter what, they knew Kitty always got a grade lower than all of her other classes in Social Studies. Kitty glared at him, but left to go to French 3 as the bell rang.
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Inside the French room with Minako and Ami, Kitty let her mind wander. She had already learned this stuff, and glanced around the room to see who else was in the class. 'Shit.' She thought as she spied the Pilots. 'Damn it. Are all of them in all my classes?' she thought angrily as the teacher called on her. "Kathrine! How much is the whole menu added together?" the teacher called out in French. Kitty smiled, since she already figured this out while she was thinking how boring this class was. "845 Euros all together Madame." She said smoothly, astonishing everyone in the class. Madame Wilhelm did some quick adding and said, "She's right." The bell rang a few minutes later, signaling the end of the school day. Everyone in the French 3 class continued to look at Kitty in amazement as she packed up and left the room. The class didn't come to their senses until a few seconds later. Heero ran out of the classroom, determined to find Kitty.
Sure enough, he found her at her locker, cursing her mind. "Damn it!" she said, then let out a stream of curses in a language Heero didn't understand. "Kitty." He said as smooth as glass. Kitty didn't hear him, but instead took out her Social Studies book instead of her backpack, slammed her locker with a note to her cousins, and left for the Social Studies room without even noticing Heero. Heero smiled and walked to the Social Studies classroom, where he did find Kitty. "Kitty." Heero said again, and this time she looked up, scowling. "Please tell me you can help. I hate Social Studies, and no matter what, I hate learning American history. Damn it Heero, this is the second time I've had this fricken book!" she said, holding up the 10 pound book titled America's Past and Present. To Heero's surprise, Kitty started crying. He walked over and hugged her until she stopped. "Kitty, if you've already studied this, why are you taking it again?" he asked, pushing her away, ignoring his wet shirt. "I'm supposed to, or I won't-oh. I made your shirt wet. I'm sorry. You didn't have to comfort me. It's just that I miss New Jersey and I miss everyone in it." Kitty said, never finishing her first sentence. "I don't care about the shirt, but what won't you do if you don't take this class?" Heero asked her. Kitty looked up at him, ice blue eyes shining. "I won't get to see Jerry again. I promised him I would take this class, and he promised he would come. We agreed, and now I have to take this class for him, even though I hate it to pieces! Can you help?" she asked, and Heero nodded. "Good. I really need your help. I always fall asleep in this class, and never do well in it." Kitty said, opening the book to the page their class is on. "The Civil War. A war between the Northern states and Southern states. The Mason-Dixon Line was established, being an invisible boundary between the North and South. The North was in Blue, called the Union, the South was in Gray, called the Confederacy." Kitty started, reciting everything she could remember about that war. Before she could finish, Heero leaned in and kissed her. Kitty didn't refuse, because it felt so right. Her hands went to his face, pulling him closer. Heero's cell phone rang, making the two spring apart. Heero answered it as Kitty grabbed her things and left the room, blushing.
Minako and Usagi were waiting at Kitty's locker, talking about Swing Dance partners. When Kitty finally came back from the room, they sprang on her. "Who was tutoring you?" Usagi asked. "No one special." Kitty said, opening her locker and taking out what she needed for homework. "How did you know how much the whole menu was Kit?" Minako asked. "I had added it up before she asked me, because I was so bored. It helps a little bit." Kitty said, starting to walk home. "I thought the Hot 4 was going to kill you when you said that! At least, Wufei looked like he was going to. Did Mako-chan tell you she thinks Rei-chan should be with him?" Minako asked her small cousin. "She did mention it yeah. Rei-chan looked like she was going to kill poor Mako-chan, but the Hot 4 interrupted us. If Jerry does come, he's going to kill me when he finds out I'm dancing with Duo-kun." Kitty said, sighing.
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Later that night, after Kitty had finished her homework, she opened her laptop and found 5 e-mails from Jerry and 4 from the Hot 4, one from each of them. The rest were forwards, which she deleted. She read the ones from the Hot 4 first, and gaped at what Heero had written. "MINAKO!!!!! USAGI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she shouted at the top of her lungs, and her cousins ran into her room, scared. "What happened Kit?" Usagi asked. Minako had read what Heero wrote, and showed Usagi. "WHY?" Usagi yelled. "Why would he send you that?" Minako asked her cousin, who just shook her head. "Why would he want to go to the Winter Formal when he has tons of other girls he could ask? Why did it have to be me?" Kitty asked, shaking her head. "Are you going to say yes?" Minako asked, "If you don't I'll never speak to you again! I know Mako-chan won't!" Kitty answered the e-mail, making Minako happy when she wrote down yes. Usagi and Minako left after the mail was sent, leaving Kitty alone to read her e-mails from Jerry. "YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " was heard throughout the house as Kitty read Jerry's last e-mail. Happy as a poor girl who had just gotten a million dollars, she ran downstairs, laptop in hand. When the doorbell rang, Kitty opened it, laptop still open in hand. "Heero. What're you four doing here?" Kitty asked, elation disappearing. "We came to see you." Duo said. "Why? I mean, why did you want to see me this late at night?" Kitty asked, checking the time on her laptop, "I mean, it's almost midnight."
"KITTY! YOU FORGOT TO RESET THE TIME ON YOUR LAPTOP DIDN'T YOU?" Ikuko's voice echoed to Kitty's ears. "Oops. Sorry. I forgot. HEY! That means...AUNT IKUKO!" Kitty called, turning. "Yes dear? Oh hello boys. Why don't you come in? Kitty, what are you doing in your pajamas?" Ikuko asked, standing next to her niece. "I thought it was later than it really was. Aunt Ikuko, what time is it really?" Kitty asked her aunt, anxious on time. "It's almost 9:30 dear. Come in boys, and don't mind Kenji, he's just a little bit overprotective of family, especially his daughters and nieces." Ikuko said, leading the boys in, but Kitty checked the time on the e-mail Jerry sent her and squealed. "Auntie, I have to get changed, and if anyone comes to the door asking for a Kathryn or Katrin, call me. USAGI-CHAN!!!!!! MINAKO-CHAN!!!!!" Kitty called, running up stairs to her cousins. She got changed into a tight pair of pants, which were actually very comfortable to her, and a t-shirt, grabbed her cousins, and ran back downstairs.
"Gee Kitty-chan. In a hurry to see someone?" Duo asked the running girl. Kitty stopped running abruptly and turned around, having lost her cousins a minute ago. "Duo-kun! Jerry's coming tonight!!!!!!!!!! In a few minutes! Isn't that exciting?" Kitty asked, jumping up and down. Duo frowned and looked at his friends. This ruined everything in their plan. "Duo, I forgot! Ack! Auntie, once Jerry gets here, I've told you about him, can I use the basement? There's a lot of room down there, and I'm going to need it." Kitty asked her aunt, not knowing her uncle was a few feet away fuming. "Kathleen! You will not go into that basement with BOYS! Absolutely not! Not without supervision." Kenji said. Kitty lit up at the idea, a totally different reaction from her than Kenji expected. "Good idea Uncle Kenji! You can be a judge!" Kitty said as the doorbell rang once again. "I'VE GOT IT!" Kitty screamed, and ran to the door. She opened it slowly, to tease whoever was behind it, until the person gave up and threw it open after a few minutes. "Aww. Jerry! You let me have no fun!" Kitty said as she was picked up into a hug. "Is this the thanks I get for being here days early?" the person said, hugging Kitty fiercely. Heero and Duo glared at this person, whom they could only assume was Jerry. "Duo, correct me if I'm wrong. Kitty's never kissed him right?" Heero whispered, and Duo nodded. "Never. She said so at lunch."
Kitty came back into the room now with a frowning Jerry, since he now knew the story of Swing Dancing. "Uncle Kenji, if you're going to just sit there, then I'll have to find another judge, and that's annoying." Kitty said, walking to the basement with all the guys following her, and Minako, Usagi, and both parents.
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Downstairs, Kitty had a stereo and many old Swing CDs to play. She picked her favorite, the one both she and Jerry learned on, and put it on pause with instructions to Minako. "Ok. This is what we'll do. I'm going to have to choose who to be partners with, don't look at me like that Jerry, and this is how it'll happen. I'm going to play this song, and I'm going to dance first with Duo, and secondly with Jerry, doing whatever suits you. You guys can call out 'complicated' or 'easy' and then we'll do either complicated or easy moves. Duo, it's kinda like what happened at recess, only we can do throws and stuff. Jerry, you can think of it like a competition, but not so aggressive. PLEASE? Ok, now that the rules are laid out, we can begin. Oh yeah, my uncle's the judge, and he's a hard judge to please." She said, and Duo came up to dance first. Kitty gave the signal, and Minako started the music. The dance Duo and Kitty did was very complicated at first, but got easier as people called out easier. Kitty got thrown into the air many times, and leaped off of Duo's back lightly three times. When the song ended, everyone clapped and Jerry stepped forward, frowning. Kitty gave the signal again, and was thrown into the most complicated dance she ever had to do for competition.
Everyone was so astonished, the didn't call out at all, just when the song ended a few minutes later, you could've heard a pin drop. "OWW!! Jerry, I said NOT so aggressive, not do the High School dance! I told you, my back hurt for weeks after that and I was sore for days!" Kitty said, smiling as she turned to Jerry. "Yeah, but we won first with that one, remember?" he asked, turning back around to sit down. Kitty frowned. "That was because you bribed the judges, and don't deny it! There were tons of dances better than ours, but you bribed the judges because you were tired of losing! You could've at least did one of the other dances we got first on!" Kitty told his turned back, but Jerry didn't listen. "Jerry! Listen to me!" Kitty pleaded, but Kenji decided to clear his throat at that time. Ikuko sent him a thankful look, and sat down next to a tearing Kitty. "It's always like this after a set Auntie. He always hurts me when he does it, but he doesn't care." Kitty whispered, throat tight. Everyone but Jerry looked at her sadly, even Wufei.(A/N: AUGH! OOC WUFEI!!) "I think I have made my decision." Kenji said, and Jerry turned back around, face blank like it always was at award ceremonies. "I think, in my personal opinion, that Kitty did better with Duo, and worse with Jerry. I will tell you why. When Kitty was with Duo, her face wasn't blank like it was with Jerry. If her face hadn't been blank with Jerry, it would've shown so much pain. Jerry, get out of my house for hurting my niece, or I will use force to get you out." Kenji said threateningly. Jerry had a look of rage on his face as he left. Kitty sighed and went back upstairs, grabbing a heating pad from a shelf on the wall. "Why would she stay his partner if she always gets hurt?" Usagi wondered aloud. Nobody answered, but Heero and co got up and left, Duo promising Kenji he would never hurt his niece like that. They left quietly, leaving the family alone in the house.
Kitty sat in a hot bath upstairs, trying to relax. 'Damn it Jerry! Why did you have to do that?' she thought, putting her head under the water. 'It's no use. I can't relax, not after knowing my whole family heard my argument. I can't get Heero's face out of my mind either.' Thoughts like this flowed through her mind as she got out of the bathtub, getting dressed the most comfortable things in her wardrobe and taking the heating pad. Within minutes, Kitty was sleeping like a baby.
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The next day, Kitty got up, wincing. "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!" she screamed as she tried to bend down to pick up her uniform. The whole family ran into Kitty's room, worried. They found her crying from the pain. "I think you should stay home dear. You can't go to school like that." Ikuko said, but Kitty unearthed a heating pad from her backpack and placed it on her back. "No. If I keep this on, it'll last the day, even through Gym. I have to go to school today! I want to go! If I don't, Jerry would think he won!" Kitty said, getting dressed, still wincing. "I promise if it doesn't go away after four hours, I'll go to the nurse and come home Ok?" she asked, gathering up everything she needed. Ikuko reluctantly nodded in agreement, and feeling guilty, drove all three of them to school.
Duo was on the lookout for Kitty. Heero, Wufei, and Trowa were playing poker beneath a tree with all the money they had. Right now, Heero was winning with 23 dollars. (A/N: I don't know the yen exchange, so if I say dollars, its American dollars ok?) "Guys! I found her! She and her cousins just got out of a car. Kitty's wincing. Damn, there's Jerry." Duo said, getting their attention. Heero growled. He would never forget the look on Kitty's face when she was finished being Jerry's partner. Kitty saw Jerry, but didn't let him know she was in too much pain. "Kitty, baby, you will never live without me as your partner. Remember babe, I'm not leaving anymore. I've got exchange papers for foreign exchange student for two marking periods. This one and the next one. Babe, you're stuck with me for a long time." Jerry said, and tried to kiss Kitty. Before he could, Kitty's fist contacted his jaw, her knee in his crotch. "Sorry BABE, but you'll have to be stuck with me for a long time too. I'll say this, I'm not happy with you anymore. Ja ne. Don't forget that picture, which can come back to haunt you." Kitty said, walking over to where she saw Duo and Heero.
"Go Kitty-chan!" Duo said, doing a little victory dance as she came over. "Thanks, but I hurt like hell. I'm only surviving by my trusty portable- heating pad I have on my back. It still hurts though." Kitty said sitting down. "She screamed bloody murder this morning. You could've heard it on Osaka, that's how loud it was." Usagi said, sitting down one side of her cousin, Minako on the other. They leapt up a second later, seeing Rei, Makoto and Ami. "Seriously? I didn't hear you." Duo said, smiling. "Very funny. It hurt so much I almost stayed home. I promised my Aunt that if it still hurt after four hours, I would go home. Damn him." Kitty said, wincing as she stood up. "Ja ne guys. I've got to talk to Mako-chan and Rei- chan before they kill me." She said, walking over to a group with her cousins. "I have the strangest feeling she hurts more than she's letting on. What do you guys think?" Duo asked his friends, who went back to poker. Duo sighed and shook his head. He's not stupid. 'He-man's going to win that one too.' He thought, going back to watch Kitty.
"KITTY-CHAN! What the hell were you doing, sitting with them?" Rei asked her friend, who winced from both pain and the noise. "Were they cuter today than they were yesterday? Trowa looks like one of my old boyfriends." Makoto said. "I was sitting with them because they were close, and because Duo IS my Swing Dance partner remember. Mako-chan, you've got to get a steady boyfriend. Rei-chan, you would make a good match with Wufei-kun." Kitty said, running away from Rei as the bell rang. Her legs still hurt, but she didn't let anyone see it.
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In homeroom, Kitty gently messaged her hurt legs. Applying pressure ever so gently, she tried to ignore Usagi's disapproving stare. "I'm sorry Usa-chan, but I didn't want to get killed by Rei-chan." Kitty said to her cousin. Usagi sighed, and said, "At least they'll tell the gym teacher about you. That way you won't get hurt even more than you already are. I have half a mind to send you home in four hours." Kitty laughed and shook her head. She kept messaging her legs until the bell rang. Wincing, she met Rei and Makoto outside the door to go to gym. Unbeknownst to her, Duo and Heero were following her. She got changed even quicker today than yesterday, and started stretching to try and relax tight muscles. Ghost hands came up behind her and started messaging her back. Thinking it was Makoto she sighed happily. Behind her, Heero smiled. Duo actually had a good idea when he signed them up for messaging lessons.
Rei and Makoto came out of the locker room laughing. When they saw Heero messaging Kitty, their tempers flared like fire in a pool of gasoline. Makoto ran over to the two and snatched Heero's hands away, making Kitty open her eyes and turn around. Eyes wide, she realized who was messaging her. "What the hell were you doing Yuy?" Rei asked, violet eyes flashing. Heero sighed as Duo, Wufei and Trowa came into the gym. Kitty, choosing to ignore what was going on, kept stretching, happy her back was feeling much better. "Arigato Heero. It feels much better now." She said, and kept ignoring the stares they were getting. Duo came over and sat down across from her. "What did He-man do anyway babe?" he asked, curious. "He messaged my back for a couple minutes. If I didn't think it was Mako-chan, I would've moved away." Kitty said, blushing. "SEE! There was good in those lessons guys!" Duo said happily. Kitty looked at him in confusion. As Duo explained about the messaging lessons, a heated argument was going on behind her. "Ahh. Good idea Duo! Hey, where's the teacher?" Kitty asked. They looked around for their teacher, but only found a note on the white board saying: 'No Swing Dancing Lessons Today. Instead, Talk.'
"Oh." Kitty said then turned around to where Rei and Heero were arguing. Actually, it was only Rei arguing, Heero said "hn." once in a while. Winking behind her to Duo, Kitty through her arms around Heero's neck. "Hi guys! What are you talking about?" she asked innocently. Heero, unfazed by her arms, didn't say anything, but Rei said, "Are you absolutely positive all he did was message you?"
"Rei, if he did anything else, I would've told you, and poor Heero here would be dead. Wouldn't he Duo?" Kitty asked. Duo nodded, smiling. "It was very nice of you Heero. Arigato." Kitty said, then noticing the time, went to get changed. "Rei-chan, you know she's telling the truth. Come on. Be happy her back's better. It's not like they kissed or anything." Makoto said, pulling her dark haired friend off the floor and dragging her to the locker room. "You didn't kiss her yet, did you Yuy? According to plans, you were supposed to during the tutoring sessions yesterday." Wufei said. Heero grunted and left the gym. "Take it as a yes Wufei." Trowa said, also leaving.
Two hours later, at lunch, Kitty rubbed her back for the fifteenth time in 10 minutes. "HA! It didn't last long did it?" Rei asked, laughing in triumph. "Rei-chan, shut it. You can gloat after I finish this. Now it hurts more than before. Happy?" Kitty said, rubbing her back again. Rei laughed again in triumph. "God onna, your constant laughter hurts my ears. Will you ever shut up?" Wufei asked, glaring at Rei. Rei stopped and said, "Tell you what. I don't care about your ears, I care about my friend's back." Heero raised an eyebrow and stepped near Kitty, but Makoto stopped him. "No way. Not again buddy." Makoto said. "But it helps! You saw how relaxed Kitty was afterwards, and if you let him do the whole thing, it wouldn't hurt now!" Duo whined. Minako sighed with exasperation. Kitty looked over at her and raised her eyebrows, then jerked her head towards the four boys. Minako nodded, and smiled. "Mako-chan," Minako said sweetly, "Why don't you let him do it? I mean, that way, Kitty doesn't have to hurt her back more by rubbing it every three seconds." Makoto looked from Kitty to Minako, confused. Both blondes looked innocent, and Usagi looked like she was going to burst with laughter. Makoto sighed in defeat and let Heero pass. Grateful, Heero started messaging her back quickly and patiently. Kitty sighed and winked at Minako, who winked back, smiling. "One day, I'm going to figure out what you two meant when you did that stuff." Makoto said. "Mako-chan, don't worry. You don't need to know." Kitty said lazily, "Plus, if the curiosity gets to you, lets just say what we said to each other was not meant for virgin ears." Kitty finished, and Minako, Usagi, and Duo burst out in laughter.
By the time the recess bell rang, Kitty was like Jell-O. Heero had to practically carry her outside. Kitty was as weak as a newborn kitten, so to speak. (A/N: Get the joke? *laughs her head off, then realizes no one else was laughing* oops. Hehe?) Jerry, having recovered, saw this and stormed over to the tree where Heero was almost finished messaging Kitty. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Jerry asked, jerking a sleepy Kitty wide- awake. Heero just kept messaging her back and didn't say a thing. "Jerry, he's making my back feel better. Something you never did." Kitty said, muscles tensing again. Heero, surprised, took his hands off of her back. "That's better, bastard. Keep your hands off of my girl." Jerry said, grabbing Kitty again. "Since when was I your girl?" Kitty asked. Jerry glared at her, and wrenched her hands behind her back, making her scream in pain and ruining 30 minutes work of relaxing her. Jerry let go and let Kitty fall to the ground. Heero ran over to her, but it was no use. Jerry stopped him before he got a foot near Kitty. "Son of a bitch. Stay away from her you hear me?" Jerry said, and Heero nodded, knowing he would break the "promise" later that day. Jerry walked away and Kitty got back off the ground. She didn't have any new injuries, but she was limping again.
After school was over, Kitty was in the Social Studies classroom again waiting for Heero. She was flipping through the textbook, remembering old friends and wishing Jerry would be sent back. "I don't get it," Kitty mumbled, "he wasn't like this before at school. The only time he was like that was at competitions." Heero came in and saw her reading a chapter, talking to herself. "Hi Kitty-san." He said, sitting down next to her. Kitty looked up surprised, then sighed at who it was. "I should've known, but I've been so jumpy since recess. I know it's not your fault." Kitty said. Heero nodded, and Kitty started reciting again. "The first battle of the Civil War was the First Battle at Bull Run, and the Confederacy won it. Andrew Jackson was there, sitting on his horse like a stone wall, and it was how he got his nickname Stone Wall Jackson. People were excited about the first battle, and they came to watch. Some people said that all the blood shed in the war would fit into a lady's thimble. The people that came to watch brought lunches and wore their Sunday best. Once the battle was under way, the people that were watching started running for their lives. They were so scared, and they couldn't understand why they could've been misleading on how much blood had been shed. The Civil War was the bloodiest war America has ever seen. The bloodiest battle was Antitum (A/N: sp?) and- " Kitty was cut off once again by Heero kissing her. Before she knew it, she was pulled onto his lap and making out with him.
'Yeah. This is a really good tutoring session. But I have to say, I'm probably doing better is this class than before, because when I have to remember stuff, I remember what I was talking about before we kissed.' Kitty thought. Not pressuring Kitty, Heero deepened the kiss. 'I can't believe it. This wasn't part of the plan. I'll have to tell the guys tonight that the plan is off. I'll see how that goes.' Heero thought, pulling away from the kiss when Kitty moaned in pain. "Don't tell me your back hurts again." Heero thought, trying to be funny. (A/N: *gasp* HEERO?? FUNNY? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! Then again, I am the one writing the story.like I said, TOTAL OOC!) Kitty nodded, and left the room again in a blur. She didn't notice the other three Pilots standing outside the doorway, just headed for her locker where Minako and Usagi were waiting again. "Girl, you've got to stop these Social Studies sessions. They're killing our time! Mom's outside waiting for us with instructions for you to take a hot bath ASAP." Usagi said, pulling Kitty's arm. "And once we get home, you soooooo spill! We know Heero's your tutor, but it doesn't take that long for you to learn American History!" Minako added, running with them.
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Kitty was sitting in a hot bath, listening to soothing music and thinking about her "session" with Heero. This was her second hot bath of the day, and Minako and Usagi still didn't get Kitty to spill. She was wondering what was going to happen tomorrow when Minako and Usagi walked in and got into the tub with her. "Now spill!" Minako said, taking off Kitty's headphones and putting them away. "Heero's called twice, and Duo three times! This isn't normal!" she said. Usagi agreed saying, "Spill or we take away your heating pad for a month." Kitty looked at her cousins and said, "He's a very good kisser. Think about it carefully. I've been in these sessions for two days." Kitty got out of the tub and put on her blue velour robe, leaving Usagi and Minako flabbergasted in the tub.
An hour later, Kitty was trying to do her homework and Minako and Usagi were watching TV, drooling over Frodo. "Tell me why you're torturing me with this movie again." Kitty said, once again looking up to see Legolas and Aragorn on the screen. "Because this is payback. You kissed him twice without telling us, so we're torturing you." Usagi said as the doorbell rang. "I'll get it. Maybe I'll get my homework done after the movie's over." Kitty said, standing up in her robe. She was finally relaxed without message, and didn't want it ruined by seeing Aragorn kiss Arwen. Kitty opened the door to see the Pilots. Inwardly she groaned, but let them inside. "Come in. I'm trying to do my homework." She said, going back into the living room. "Minako, Usagi, if the movie was Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones, then I wouldn't have even started my homework, and you two would be drooling over Anikien, my loyal followers of the cute boy kind." Kitty said, sitting down again. "You four can sit down you know. Watch Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, help me with my homework, help me with my homework, whatever you want. We're the only people in the house, since Aunt Ikuko and Uncle Kenji went out to see an opera." Kitty said to the four guys, making Minako and Usagi look up from where they were drooling over Aragorn this time. "Jeez Kit! You could've warned us!" Minako said. Heero and Duo sat down next to Kitty and saw that she was trying to work on Social Studies homework. "You know this stuff Kitty-chan. Why aren't you doing it?" Duo asked. Kitty pointed at the TV. "That's why." she said, and all the guys saw she was pointing to an elf. "You like an elf?" Wufei asked grinning. "The actor's sooooooooo cute! I mean, look at him! He's cute too." Kitty said, going back to her homework. Heero looked up to see Aragorn. Choosing to ignore it, he went back to helping Kitty with her homework. "First Battle of Bull Run, check; Antitum, check. DONE!" Kitty said, still blushing from the last two. Minako looked over at the blushing Kitty and raised an eyebrow. Kitty looked back and said, "Jealous! I knew it!" then started on her math homework.
Half an hour later, Kitty's math homework was done, all her other homework done, and she was crying at the TV. Heero's arm was around her waist, Duo's around her shoulders. The Fellowship was split up and Boromir had just died. "I really don't like that ending. It's so sad!" Kitty said as the front door opened. "Hello! Kitty, Minako, Usagi! We're home!" Ikuko said. "I want to know why there's another car in our driveway!" Kenji said as he came into the living room. "Uh oh." All three girls said in unison. 'He's gonna hit the roof!' Kitty thought, and moved out of the protective hold. "Uncle Kenji, they were helping me with my homework! After I finished it, we watched Lord of the Rings and I always get emotional at the ending and they were comforting me! Really they were!" Kitty said pleadingly. 'Please don't hurt them.' Was running through her mind, and when she saw her uncle calm down, she knew they were safe. "Next time we're out and they come, call me on my cell phone. That's why I have it." he said, taking the cell phone out. "Now all four of you get out." Kenji said, and the guys did as they were told quickly. "Ja ne Kitty-chan." Duo said and left out the door. Kitty sighed and went upstairs to sleep.
(A/N: STUPID SNOW WON'T STOP! So, as long as it snows, I'll write. Good idea ne?)
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Once again, Duo was on the look out for Kitty. Once again, Heero, Wufei and Trowa were playing poker and Heero was winning. 'Where is she?' he thought.
Little did he know, Kitty had just woken up. "AHH! AUNTIE IKUKO, WHY DIDN'T YOU WAKE ME UP?????" Kitty asked as she got dressed. There wasn't enough time for breakfast, and Kitty grabbed her lunch and ran in the direction of the school. The only problem was, Kitty wasn't wearing the uniform, just a pair of pants and a tank top. Ikuko laughed to herself as she imagined when Kitty would notice what she was wearing. 'Good thing she always keeps an extra uniform in her bag.' She thought as she went back into the kitchen.
Heero now joined Duo in the search, letting Wufei and Trowa play War. "Usagi! Minako!" Duo yelled, and flagged them down. "Yeah Duo? Make it fast." Minako said. "Where's Kitty?" Heero asked her cousins. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" was heard as Kitty flew into the school. Hair flying, heart racing, she ran into the girl's locker room. 'Dummy! Dummy! Dummy!' Kitty thought as she changed into her spare uniform. She left her hair unbound, not knowing the dangers of it. She went back outside, cursing herself. "Kitty, what the hell did you do?" Heero said the same time Minako said, "What time did you finally wake up?" Kitty glared at her cousin. "Did you turn my alarm off Mina-chan?" Now Duo and Heero didn't want to know. "Umm.Usagi-chan helped!" Minako said, running off to hide behind Makoto. "MINAKOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kitty screamed but couldn't get to her. Usagi held her back by her collar. "Usa- chan! Let me go!! I woke up a few minutes ago! I didn't get dressed in my uniform, and I didn't get any breakfast!" Kitty said, tearing as she looked at her cousin. "Kitty, I would've thought you'd gotten used to wake up that early. I mean, you do it everyday." Usagi said confused. "Usagi! At home, we get two days off a week! It's called a WEEKEND! I sleep in on those weekends and catch up on my sleep! Saturdays I sleep until 8:00! It's not fair!" Kitty said, sitting down. "My CD player is being held hostage even!"
"Who is holding your CD player hostage?" Usagi asked, blinking. The bell rang before Kitty could say anything. "Never mind." Usagi said, joining her friends again. Duo and Heero looked at each other. "What just happened here?" Duo asked. "You were hit by Hurricane Kitty. She hates being late. Didn't she tell you? Oh yeah, tell her I have her CD player." Jerry said, going inside. Heero felt his blood boil at the sight of him.
In Gym, Hurricane Kitty finally got her outlet. The teacher taught the basics all over again, and even though Kitty was bored to tears, she still got her anger out with Duo. At a small break, Rei and Makoto dragged her away from Duo and didn't let Heero near her. "Kitty-chan, does your back hurt still?" Rei asked. "Less than yesterday, but it still hurts like a bitch in heat. I figure if I don't let people see it, I can live with it for a while. Jerry has my Discman though. Damn him." Kitty said, crossing her arms. "How did Jerry get your Discman?" Makoto asked. "I ran past him this morning and he grabbed it out of my hands. I couldn't stop because I wasn't in my uniform, I was wearing a pair of pants and a tank top. That's what happens when I wake up late." Kitty said, blushing. The teacher said they could get changed, and that's exactly what she did.
In Math, Kitty sat next to Ami and tried to ignore Heero's eyes on her. The teacher kept talking about solving geometric equations and algebraic expressions combined, and more than one Kitty almost fell asleep. "Ami-chan, I can't do it. It's so boring!" Kitty whispered to Ami, who quietly giggled. "Kitty-chan, you'll have to deal with it for ten more minutes." Ami whispered, and giggled some more as Kitty stared at the clock, willing it to go faster. Duo saw this also, and tried hard not to laugh. He wrote Kitty a note and slipped it to her. Kitty accepted and read, "Bored? This class is always boring. Nice job in Gym BTW, it's an interesting outlet. Heero's staring at your hair, probably wishing he could run his hands through it. The clock won't go any faster, I've tried too many times. Eight minutes babe, then Social Studies. Having nice sessions with Heero hm? Having fun? All the girls he's been with (which is like five) call him Heaven on Earth. Don't ask me how he got that nickname, I don't swing that way. I think it'll be safer to ask you. Ja ne! Duo-chan." Kitty tried to hard not to blush, and wrote a note back.
"Duo-chan! I'm so not going to tell you why he gets called that, and knowing me, I'll probably zone out in SS. *shudders* Evil class. Maybe if I quit, Jerry will go back, but then I won't have those "sessions" quotes intended. I do like them though. Are you sure it's only five? Somehow, I think it's less. *laughs* and what's wrong with my hair braid boy? And why aren't you staring at it? *laughs again* Tell me what he thinks about it babe. Ja! Kitty-chan! ^.^ Luv an Peace! PS. You can come over again tonight if we don't get a project in SS like the teacher said we might. I feel like baking for company. Luv an Peace!" Duo read. He laughed as the bell rang. Kitty turned around, winked, and gave the V sign. "Luv and Peace Duo-chan!" she said and left the classroom laughing to herself.
In Social Studies, they were given a project to make a newspaper, front page only, on the Battle of Gettysburg. They were to work in groups of two. First change she got, Kitty reached for Heero, saying, "I've already done this project once. Pick a day, Heero-kun. 1,2, or 3."
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That night, Heero came over with tons of books and information on Gettysburg. Kitty looked at this and sighed. "Come on He-kun. Let's go into the kitchen. Auntie Ikuko and I just made some cookies. When's this due again?" she asked, bringing over a plate of various cookies. There was chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal raisin, and another brown cookie Heero didn't recognize. He looked up questioningly, and Kitty laughed. "There's chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, peanut butter, and molasses. If you won't eat the molasses, I will." Kitty said, snatching one up. "Hn. It's due Saturday." Heero said, opening up a book. Kitty dropped her cookie. "SATURDAY? Why are we starting it today then? It's only Wednesday. We have tons of time." Kitty said. "She's the procrastinating type, as you can see." Usagi said, coming into the kitchen and stealing a peanut butter cookie. "Mmm! Did Mom make them?" Usagi asked as Minako came into the kitchen. "Auntie Ikuko made the oatmeal raisin. I made the rest of them, which is why there's molasses. Go watch The Princess Bride already! Leave us alone while we work on our project!" Kitty said, shooing the two out of the room with another plate of cookies. "Drool over Cary Ewes or whatever his name is for all I care, just as long as you don't watch his other movie!" Kitty's cousins exited the kitchen laughing. Kitty wanted to close the door, but couldn't because of her uncle. "Sorry about that. Why are you looking at me like that?" Kitty asked Heero, who was staring at her in amazement. "Tell me this, if you can cook, why don't you?" Heero asked, suspicious. "Because I can only cook cookies and stuff like that. Don't ask me to make complicated stuff like spaghetti sauce or something, because I think I stink at it. I'm only brave with my cookies." Kitty said, sitting down. "You said you wanted to do day one right?"
A few hours later, all the written stuff was done, and Heero promised to type it if she let Makoto and Duo taste her cookies. "Why? I like them here thanks." Kitty asked. "Because they are the best things I've ever tasted, and I'm not just saying that. They really are. Duo's an excellent critic of food, and Makoto is an excellent cook." Heero said. "But Heero! It's not fair! I know people in my family like them, but I'm scared other people won't like them!" Kitty said, going outside with Heero to say goodbye. Down the block, in the darkness, Heero kissed Kitty goodbye, then left quickly. "Ja ne Heero-san." Kitty whispered.
When she back in, Minako and Usagi were engrossed in a different movie. "What're you watching now?" Kitty asked them. "Robin Hood: Men in Tights!" they said together, and Kitty got more cookies and watched it with them. When it was over, they had a debate about who was cuter: Cary Ewes or the guy who plays Will Scarlet O'Hara. Kitty was all for Will Scarlet, but Minako and Usagi both agree it was Cary. Kitty slept on it, remembering to set her alarm twice instead of once.
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At Heero's apartment he shared with the other guys, Heero went in to see them watching The Blair Witch Project. "Heero! My man! How was Kitty's house? Was it boring without us?" Duo asked, grateful for the distraction. "What did the onna do to you to make you like that?" Wufei asked. Heero looked down to see his shirt un-tucked and his hair even messier than before. "How did she do that?" Heero wondered out loud. "You mean you didn't sleep with her? Damn man, you're going too slowly on the plan!" Duo said, turning off the movie. "I didn't tell you guys?" Heero asked. He could've sworn he told them the plan was off. "Tell us what Yuy?" Wufei asked. "I want the plan called off. It'll hurt her so much, and she's hurt enough already. Plus." Heero started, but trailed off. "Plus what Heero?" Trowa spoke up. "Hn." Heero said, and went into his bedroom. Damn her! Why'd she do that to him?
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The next day Kitty was there earlier than usual and went into the cafeteria, which was normally open for early people, considering something. 'If Jerry told me to bring in my cookies, I wouldn't have done it. But now that Heero asked me to, I did so.' Kitty thought. Then something dawned on her. 'Oh my God. I'm falling in love with him!' Kitty thought, surprising the hell out of her. She ran outside, not caring who saw her. "KUSO!" she yelled, punching the nearest object, which happened to be Duo. "Babe, I never knew you could hit that hard." He said, rubbing his jaw. Kitty blinked away her rage and sadness, then realized who she punched. "Duo- chan! I'm so sorry! I was thinking and something made me so mad. Gomen! Here, I brought something for you." Kitty said, handing him a bag of chocolate chip, molasses, and peanut butter cookies. "What for?" Duo asked as Heero came over with Wufei and Trowa. "Ah. You did bring them." Heero said. Kitty's rage came back, and she turned around and slapped him, then ran away. Wufei laughed at him, glad to see his face. "Looks like we'll have to tell Winner! He'll love it!" Wufei said, laughing. "What the hell was that for?" Heero asked. "I have no idea He-man," Duo said, "But at least you didn't get punched."
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Blossom: FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Soooo long!! @.@
Airenne: Hey, if you think it's good, then maybe other people will think it's good!
Blossom: True! But this is my warning, if I put up other chapters, which I might, if I get enough reviews, then don't be disappointed if they aren't as long as this. Thanks! R&R!!!!!!!!