Good Morning.... Strange Day...
Hotaru opened her eyes and looked around. She was in her room, in her and her sister's mansion, in the dimension they'd come to. She stretched and got up. "I wonder what's for breakfast?" Sighing she opened the door and headed down stairs.
She felt so comfortable she didn't want to change for the rest of the day. She wore a pair of light purple pj's with pink bunnies and dark purple fireflies on it. On the sleeves were two white dragons. "Everything I have must have a dragon on it." She mused.
Downstairs she crept into the kitchen and found the three other girls sitting around a table looking depressed and sleepy. "Morning." She said. Her reply was a few mumbles and grunts. "What's the matter?"
"None of us can cook." Usagi muttered. "I'm hungry."
"We need to assign choirs so we can get stuff done. I'll shop." Rei said.
"I'll clean." Minako sighed.
"I'll do laundry." Usagi volunteered.
"I'll cook." Hotaru said softly. Three sets of eyes flew to her in surprise. "You think Ruka, Michi, or Suna cook that great? Someone had to do it for them." She huffed.
Usagi sprang up and crushed Hotaru in a hug. "You're the best sister in the world.
"Hai! Except the sister part." Minako laughed.
"Why not?" Rei asked. "You live with us. You grew up with us. So your our sister in all the ways that count."
"Hai. I'm your sister too then!" Minako giggled and launched herself at the Usagi and Hotaru. They all started laughing joyously. "Can I have a cool name too?"
"Sure!" Usagi grinned. "You can be Shea Chang."
Rei sighed and took out a pad of paper. "So tell me what we'll need to stock up on just in case?" She asked. Usagi listed ten thousand things that stood at the top of her mind. Hotaru giggled and started to pace the kitchen, looking in every cupboard, cabinet, and draw.
"Not much." She said after a moment. "Chocolate, cause we're girls. Soda, cause we're teens. And. anything you girls like." Hotaru sighed.
"Get some movies at the store. Music too." Minako said.
"Um.. A camera. And lots of wind chimes, cause Taru loves em'." Usagi decided.
"And whatever else I see that strikes my fancy." Rei said. "So." She finally got up from the chair. "Anyone wanna come with me?"
"Me!" Usagi and Minako cried.
"Thought so." Rei mumbled. "We ought to go change first though." She motioned to her red pj's with the silver crickets and black ravens over them. Usagi looked down at her own pink pj's with violet bunnies and silver dragonflies.
Mina giggled, "But I like my pj's." They all laughed.
"So scoot." Hotaru said. "I'll cook while you change. Then I'm gonna explore while your all out."
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An Hour later...
Minako, Usagi, and Rei came down stairs and nearly died. The dining room table was laid out with scrambled eggs, pancakes, OJ, milk, tea, toast, butter, syrup, raspberries, and cereal.
Usagi squealed and threw herself into a chair. Minako and Rei sat down with a bit more hesitation and courtesy, but dug right in. Hotaru laughed when she came in carrying a pan of muffins. "Well I was right. you are hungry enough to eat for twelve."
Rei paused and glanced at Hotaru. "Arigato, sis." She smiled. Hotaru nodded and sat down and filled her plate.
"Like it?" Hotaru asked after a second.
"Hai." Usagi and Minako said, and then dug back in.
When they were done, the three girls left. Letting Hotaru have the house to herself. She ran up stairs and into her room. With a shout of glee she flung onto the bed and started to bounce. (An: Okay, ya not like her. I know. But don't you think she might just do it if she were by herself. Ya know, everyone gets the urge to act wild once in a while.)
After a few minutes of jumping she went into the big bathroom. The sink, floor, shower, and bath were all made of black marble. Golden dragons were painted on the black walls, with silver phoenixes used as handles.
Hotaru sighed as she undresses and stepped into her shower. It was so wonderful to lounge in the warm water. When she was finished she stepped out into the cool air and went back into her room, wrapped in a soft purple towel.
She opened the closet and pulled out a pair of jeans and a white shirt with a gold phoenix on the back. "I think everything I own is Chinese." She sighed. Dressing quickly she walked into the library and searched the shelves. Choosing an Anthology of Poems she sat down in the big leather chair.
"This is the life." She mumbled with a grin.
Half an hour passed as Hotaru read. The doorbell rang causing her to jump. She stood up and stretched. Yawning she looked out the grand sun window and caught sight of two boys and a girl standing at the door.
"I should have heard the car." She muttered and walked out of the library, through her room, and to the top of the four-flight staircase. She grinned as a wild idea struck her, and jumped onto the railing. With a laugh, she slid down the floor flights and landed in a heap on the white marble floor.
"Wow. Um. That was fun. I should be spontaneous more often." With a sigh, she picked herself off the floor and walked to the door. With a quick jerk of her hand she opened it. She should have looked before she flung though; cause one of the boys had been leaning on it and fell at her feet.
He mumbled something about being okay and glanced up. "Hi."
"Oh I'm so sorry." Hotaru cried getting to her knees besides him. "Are you alright?"
"Ya lady." He said sitting up. Though Hotaru caught the wince. She stood with him and smiled slightly. Someone cleared their throat causing her to look at the other two. "Um." The boy who she'd knocked over started, "I'm Duo Maxwell. This is Heero Yuy and Relena Peacecraft. We came over to meet the new residence of this house. Our they home?"
Relena smiled softly, "Yes, could you go get your mistress?"
Hotaru blinked, "Mistress?"
"Yes." Heero said. Hotaru looked him over; he looked cold, yet a good fighter. He was, though, an enemy until she could figure him out.
"No." Hotaru finally said.
All three people stared at her, "Wha'd ya mean 'no'?" Duo asked. He couldn't believe the servant girl who didn't want to let them in.
"I've no mistress. And I'll thank you all kindly to not judge a person on first appearance. Good day!" With this, Hotaru slammed the door.
"Ah.." Relena sighed. "She's not very nice."
"No." Heero said coolly.
"I wanna know why she's so rude." Duo said. He grinned and ran over to the side of the house. When he found the big balcony he grinned wider. "Ahhh. right!" Heero and Relena had followed him around and watched as he scaled the side of the building. He was to the balcony within minutes.
Heero muttered a curse under his breath. "Get on my shoulders." He told Relena. She smiled and climbed on. He scaled up the wall and found Duo waiting for them.
The three exited the room and went down the hall. They were on the third floor so they went down the stairs. Silently they crept into the living room and found.. Nothing.
"What, may I ask, are you doing?" They all spun around and found the girl staring at them.
"Woooooo.. You're quiet." Duo whistled.
"I'm also in a bad mood." She growled. "Now please leave." She motioned to the main hall.
"Wait a minute." Relena said. "We just want to talk to the four girls who moved in."
"You're talking to one of them." Hotaru said.
Duo and Relena fell over while Heero just watched her. "Oh." Duo said. "That's why you slammed the door. Ah. we did insult you badly. Didn't we?" He smiled sarcastically. "Sorry."
"Well?"
"We came to say hi." Relena sighed, "I'm terribly sorry. Its just.. most people that live in mansions don't. open the door."
"Well, I'm not most people." Sighing, she calmed herself down. "I'm sorry for being rude." She said. "We just moved and I'm sort of tired still." Hotaru ran a hand through her hair and smiled. She leveled her glance to Heero, 'well he's not letting his guard down.'
"So. We didn't catch your name." Heero said. She was a threat to his power. And. something. She was different.
"Oh. I'm Xia Chang." Hotaru smiled. "Though I'm also called Hotaru."
Duo blinked, "Any relation to Wufei Chang?"
Hotaru's eyes darkened for a second, "I recall a man named Wufei. But we're long dead to him." She said softly. "Would you care for tea, I was just about to make some?"
"What about your servants? Don't they make it?" Relena asked.
"We don't have any." Hotaru said lightly.
"Where are the others that moved in her?" Relena asked.
Hotaru motioned for them to sit, "Que, Rica, and Shea are shopping." She said. "They'll be back soon."
"Are you sisters?" Duo asked.
"Hai. Well, Shea's not blood related, but she's our sister." She entered the kitchen and was back in minutes with the tea.
Hotaru opened her eyes and looked around. She was in her room, in her and her sister's mansion, in the dimension they'd come to. She stretched and got up. "I wonder what's for breakfast?" Sighing she opened the door and headed down stairs.
She felt so comfortable she didn't want to change for the rest of the day. She wore a pair of light purple pj's with pink bunnies and dark purple fireflies on it. On the sleeves were two white dragons. "Everything I have must have a dragon on it." She mused.
Downstairs she crept into the kitchen and found the three other girls sitting around a table looking depressed and sleepy. "Morning." She said. Her reply was a few mumbles and grunts. "What's the matter?"
"None of us can cook." Usagi muttered. "I'm hungry."
"We need to assign choirs so we can get stuff done. I'll shop." Rei said.
"I'll clean." Minako sighed.
"I'll do laundry." Usagi volunteered.
"I'll cook." Hotaru said softly. Three sets of eyes flew to her in surprise. "You think Ruka, Michi, or Suna cook that great? Someone had to do it for them." She huffed.
Usagi sprang up and crushed Hotaru in a hug. "You're the best sister in the world.
"Hai! Except the sister part." Minako laughed.
"Why not?" Rei asked. "You live with us. You grew up with us. So your our sister in all the ways that count."
"Hai. I'm your sister too then!" Minako giggled and launched herself at the Usagi and Hotaru. They all started laughing joyously. "Can I have a cool name too?"
"Sure!" Usagi grinned. "You can be Shea Chang."
Rei sighed and took out a pad of paper. "So tell me what we'll need to stock up on just in case?" She asked. Usagi listed ten thousand things that stood at the top of her mind. Hotaru giggled and started to pace the kitchen, looking in every cupboard, cabinet, and draw.
"Not much." She said after a moment. "Chocolate, cause we're girls. Soda, cause we're teens. And. anything you girls like." Hotaru sighed.
"Get some movies at the store. Music too." Minako said.
"Um.. A camera. And lots of wind chimes, cause Taru loves em'." Usagi decided.
"And whatever else I see that strikes my fancy." Rei said. "So." She finally got up from the chair. "Anyone wanna come with me?"
"Me!" Usagi and Minako cried.
"Thought so." Rei mumbled. "We ought to go change first though." She motioned to her red pj's with the silver crickets and black ravens over them. Usagi looked down at her own pink pj's with violet bunnies and silver dragonflies.
Mina giggled, "But I like my pj's." They all laughed.
"So scoot." Hotaru said. "I'll cook while you change. Then I'm gonna explore while your all out."
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An Hour later...
Minako, Usagi, and Rei came down stairs and nearly died. The dining room table was laid out with scrambled eggs, pancakes, OJ, milk, tea, toast, butter, syrup, raspberries, and cereal.
Usagi squealed and threw herself into a chair. Minako and Rei sat down with a bit more hesitation and courtesy, but dug right in. Hotaru laughed when she came in carrying a pan of muffins. "Well I was right. you are hungry enough to eat for twelve."
Rei paused and glanced at Hotaru. "Arigato, sis." She smiled. Hotaru nodded and sat down and filled her plate.
"Like it?" Hotaru asked after a second.
"Hai." Usagi and Minako said, and then dug back in.
When they were done, the three girls left. Letting Hotaru have the house to herself. She ran up stairs and into her room. With a shout of glee she flung onto the bed and started to bounce. (An: Okay, ya not like her. I know. But don't you think she might just do it if she were by herself. Ya know, everyone gets the urge to act wild once in a while.)
After a few minutes of jumping she went into the big bathroom. The sink, floor, shower, and bath were all made of black marble. Golden dragons were painted on the black walls, with silver phoenixes used as handles.
Hotaru sighed as she undresses and stepped into her shower. It was so wonderful to lounge in the warm water. When she was finished she stepped out into the cool air and went back into her room, wrapped in a soft purple towel.
She opened the closet and pulled out a pair of jeans and a white shirt with a gold phoenix on the back. "I think everything I own is Chinese." She sighed. Dressing quickly she walked into the library and searched the shelves. Choosing an Anthology of Poems she sat down in the big leather chair.
"This is the life." She mumbled with a grin.
Half an hour passed as Hotaru read. The doorbell rang causing her to jump. She stood up and stretched. Yawning she looked out the grand sun window and caught sight of two boys and a girl standing at the door.
"I should have heard the car." She muttered and walked out of the library, through her room, and to the top of the four-flight staircase. She grinned as a wild idea struck her, and jumped onto the railing. With a laugh, she slid down the floor flights and landed in a heap on the white marble floor.
"Wow. Um. That was fun. I should be spontaneous more often." With a sigh, she picked herself off the floor and walked to the door. With a quick jerk of her hand she opened it. She should have looked before she flung though; cause one of the boys had been leaning on it and fell at her feet.
He mumbled something about being okay and glanced up. "Hi."
"Oh I'm so sorry." Hotaru cried getting to her knees besides him. "Are you alright?"
"Ya lady." He said sitting up. Though Hotaru caught the wince. She stood with him and smiled slightly. Someone cleared their throat causing her to look at the other two. "Um." The boy who she'd knocked over started, "I'm Duo Maxwell. This is Heero Yuy and Relena Peacecraft. We came over to meet the new residence of this house. Our they home?"
Relena smiled softly, "Yes, could you go get your mistress?"
Hotaru blinked, "Mistress?"
"Yes." Heero said. Hotaru looked him over; he looked cold, yet a good fighter. He was, though, an enemy until she could figure him out.
"No." Hotaru finally said.
All three people stared at her, "Wha'd ya mean 'no'?" Duo asked. He couldn't believe the servant girl who didn't want to let them in.
"I've no mistress. And I'll thank you all kindly to not judge a person on first appearance. Good day!" With this, Hotaru slammed the door.
"Ah.." Relena sighed. "She's not very nice."
"No." Heero said coolly.
"I wanna know why she's so rude." Duo said. He grinned and ran over to the side of the house. When he found the big balcony he grinned wider. "Ahhh. right!" Heero and Relena had followed him around and watched as he scaled the side of the building. He was to the balcony within minutes.
Heero muttered a curse under his breath. "Get on my shoulders." He told Relena. She smiled and climbed on. He scaled up the wall and found Duo waiting for them.
The three exited the room and went down the hall. They were on the third floor so they went down the stairs. Silently they crept into the living room and found.. Nothing.
"What, may I ask, are you doing?" They all spun around and found the girl staring at them.
"Woooooo.. You're quiet." Duo whistled.
"I'm also in a bad mood." She growled. "Now please leave." She motioned to the main hall.
"Wait a minute." Relena said. "We just want to talk to the four girls who moved in."
"You're talking to one of them." Hotaru said.
Duo and Relena fell over while Heero just watched her. "Oh." Duo said. "That's why you slammed the door. Ah. we did insult you badly. Didn't we?" He smiled sarcastically. "Sorry."
"Well?"
"We came to say hi." Relena sighed, "I'm terribly sorry. Its just.. most people that live in mansions don't. open the door."
"Well, I'm not most people." Sighing, she calmed herself down. "I'm sorry for being rude." She said. "We just moved and I'm sort of tired still." Hotaru ran a hand through her hair and smiled. She leveled her glance to Heero, 'well he's not letting his guard down.'
"So. We didn't catch your name." Heero said. She was a threat to his power. And. something. She was different.
"Oh. I'm Xia Chang." Hotaru smiled. "Though I'm also called Hotaru."
Duo blinked, "Any relation to Wufei Chang?"
Hotaru's eyes darkened for a second, "I recall a man named Wufei. But we're long dead to him." She said softly. "Would you care for tea, I was just about to make some?"
"What about your servants? Don't they make it?" Relena asked.
"We don't have any." Hotaru said lightly.
"Where are the others that moved in her?" Relena asked.
Hotaru motioned for them to sit, "Que, Rica, and Shea are shopping." She said. "They'll be back soon."
"Are you sisters?" Duo asked.
"Hai. Well, Shea's not blood related, but she's our sister." She entered the kitchen and was back in minutes with the tea.