Chapter Four
Usagi fell into one of the red booths at the arcade, "I'm beat." Motoki laughed, "You've only been working for an hour Usagi."
She nodded, dropping her head on the table, "Yea, but I have track now. Minako was right, we had to do a hundred push ups." She sniffled, "and then we had to run a mile. I hate running. And Haruka told me there was a youma after me."
Motoki sat down across from her, "what did you get on the mile run?" Usagi lifted her head, "4 minutes."
Motoki blinked, "Four minutes? Usagi that's sugoi. Iie wonder you're in track. You must be in the top of your class."
Usagi shook her head, "iie, Squall got three minutes, and fifty-eight seconds." Motoki gasped, "Nande kuso Usagi. But at least you came in second. That means your school finally has a chance at winning this year against the other schools."
Usagi sighed, "But I'm soooo tired. The only reason I'm on the track is because Minako made me. She wants me to hook her up with Squall. But the guy doesn't want to go near me, because I slammed a door in his face."
Motoki nodded, "Do I want to ask, why you slammed a door in his face?"
Usagi pouted, "I was taking the garbage out, and he got in the way of the door. It's not my fault he didn't look where he was going." Motoki tilted his head to this side, "Uh Usagi, you don't either."
She scowled, "that's beside the point." He nodded, "what's the point then?" Usagi sighed, "why do I have to play matchmaker for my friend, when the guy is a baka?"
Motoki stood, and collected the glasses from the table, "Why don't you think on it, while I serve the young man walking in."
The sliding glass door opened, and Usagi looked up, "Speak of the devil." Squall glanced at her, raising an eyebrow in questioning. He moved to an empty table, and fell into the booth with a sigh.
Motoki walked up to him, "Can I get you anything?" Squall replied easily, "coffee; black."
Motoki nodded, and headed for the kitchen, and faintly thought, 'it's like having Mamoru kun here, all over again.'
Usagi glanced over at Squall, and sighed. Sluggishly, she climbed to her feet, and moved to his booth. "Can I sit here?"
He looked up, "there are other booths." She nodded, and took a seat, "you did a nice run today...I mean..." She frowned, and mentally slapping herself upside the head. "I meant to say, you're a sugoi runner."
"Thanks I think."
She sighed, sitting back in her seat, "I'm tired, how bout you?"
"More or less."
She frowned, suddenly realizing he didn't want her company, and went to stand. "Well I hope you enjoy your stay in Tokyo." She moved to the counter, and sat onto one of the many stools. Picking up a napkin, she folded it, and refolded it over and over again.
Squall stared at her back, and sighed tiredly. Motoki stepped back out into the arcade, and moved to his booth, setting down the coffee mug. "Here you are sir."
Motoki joined Usagi at the counter. "Has Mamoru called you yet?" Usagi looked at him, "iie not yet, why?"
He frowned, "well he told me, he was going to call you." Usagi sat up, "he did? You've talked to him?"
Motoki nodded, "hai, he called me a couple of days ago. Well maybe he's been calling when you're not home?" Usagi pouted, "But it's been over a month, and I haven't heard a thing from him."
Motoki glanced at Squall, who was staring at Usagi's back, a sad expression on his face. He pursed his lips together in thought, but before he could comment on Usagi's statement, he spotted a certain person outside the arcade.
Suddenly, the glass door opened, and Motoki straightened up. Both his eyebrows rose, "well...maybe he has a good reason why."
Usagi pouted, "Hai I know, but couldn't he just call me once? I really miss him." Her lower lip trembled, and Motoki muttered, "Well I need to clean the kitchen." He grabbed a rag, and left to the kitchen in a hurry.
Suddenly two hands covered her eyes, and Usagi gasped, a chill rising up her spine. "Guess who." She shuddered, heat racing through her veins. "Mamo chan."
She heard him chuckle, and his hands moved away. She spun around in her stool, and leaped into his arm, "Mamo chan!!!!!"
"I've missed you to Usako. Come on, let's sit, and you can tell me everything you've done while I was gone."
She lifted herself up on her tiptoes, and kissed him on the lips. Her hands snaked around his neck, pulling herself closer. His arms wrapped around her waist, and he carried her to a booth in the corner of the arcade.
Squall watched, and sighed. Deep down, he realized if he had picked the other choice that could have been him and Rinoa.
He drank the rest of his coffee, and slapped down a few yen on the table, before standing. With only a brief glance towards Usagi, he left the arcade.
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Usagi held Mamoru's hands, which laid against her stomach. She shifted in his lap, and glanced at Rei.
Ami pulled out her mini computer, and stated, "Hai, she resembled a youma, but she fought against the one that attacked me at the gym." Makoto slammed her fist into her palm, "I bet it's a trick, tying to make us think, we have a new ally."
Rei nodded, "I agree with Makoto, we can't trust everyone that helps us." Ami heaved a sigh, "I did get an analysis on her though. I didn't find any negative vigor, within the organism."
Minako blanched, "Nani?"
Rei sighed, "You ditz, she said, she didn't find anything evil about the youma that saved her life."
Minako nodded, "oh, well why couldn't she say that in the first place." Ami frowned faintly, as replaced her computer, unable to stop herself from thinking, 'I did.' Clearing her throat, she added, "With my scanned result, I would say, we could trust it."
Makoto dropped to the floor, and folded her long legs in front of her, and flipped her ponytail from her shoulder, "alright then. We trust it, well whatever it is, that is."
Minako nodded, drawing a blank with the whole conversation, "yea whatever. Well now down to business, Usagi have you talked to Squall yet?" Usagi flushed, when Mamoru looked at her, his brows drawn together. "Iie. Minako. He'd rather jump off a building then talk to me. So maybe you should get someone else to hook you two up."
Mamoru's lips formed a line, and his hands held her wrists tightly. With a smile, Usagi tugged at them, but he didn't relent. "Mamo chan what wrong?"
"Can I talk with you outside?"
Minako watched, as the couple left the room, and she leaned forwards from where she sat, "do any of you see what I see?"
Rei nodded, her eyes narrowed into hard slits "yea I saw it." Makoto nodded, slamming her fist into her palm again. Ami looked around at each of her friends, "See what?"
Minako sighed, "Ami you dork!!!! It's obvious he's cheating on her." Ami blinked, "Nani?"
Rei nodded, "hai, I saw it in the fire, something has changed in their bond." Minako nodded, "He acts like he owns her, but he's cheating on her with women in America. Why else wouldn't he call? Or write back?"
"That rotten kono yaro!"
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Usagi turned around, "So what's wrong Mamo chan?"
Mamoru looked at her, "whose Squall?" Usagi smiled, "He's new to our school, and Minako has a crush on him. She wants me to hook them up."
He nodded, "Why you?"
Usagi grinned, "well because Minako thought I knew him, when I didn't because I saw him once at the arcade, when I slammed the door in his face, and I went to help him, but he blew me off. He's in our PE class, and Minako signed me up for track, since he's in it. She thought it would help."
He crossed his arms over his chest, "Right. Are you feeding me kuso Usagi?"
Usagi took a step back, hearing her name on his lips was like a slap on the face. "Iie Mamo chan, I wouldn't do that."
He stared down at her, "I hope not Usagi. I don't want to find out, from someone, that you're actually chasing this man for yourself."
Usagi's eyes widen, tears rimming them, "Mamo chan. Why would... I wouldn't do that? I love you." He turned his back to her, "Well how should I know what you're doing here, while I'm in America. For all I know, you could be going from one guy to the next, behind my back."
Usagi shook her head, "Mamo chan, how can you say that? You know I love you, and only you." Mamoru's eyes narrowed, "we'll see." With that said, he started off down the steps, leaving Usagi, her heartache, and all.
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Minako looked outside the door to Rei's room, "Usagi?" She frowned, and looked back inside the room, "Uh guys, we have a problem. Usagi's gone, and so is Mamoru."
"Oh iie."
Usagi fell into one of the red booths at the arcade, "I'm beat." Motoki laughed, "You've only been working for an hour Usagi."
She nodded, dropping her head on the table, "Yea, but I have track now. Minako was right, we had to do a hundred push ups." She sniffled, "and then we had to run a mile. I hate running. And Haruka told me there was a youma after me."
Motoki sat down across from her, "what did you get on the mile run?" Usagi lifted her head, "4 minutes."
Motoki blinked, "Four minutes? Usagi that's sugoi. Iie wonder you're in track. You must be in the top of your class."
Usagi shook her head, "iie, Squall got three minutes, and fifty-eight seconds." Motoki gasped, "Nande kuso Usagi. But at least you came in second. That means your school finally has a chance at winning this year against the other schools."
Usagi sighed, "But I'm soooo tired. The only reason I'm on the track is because Minako made me. She wants me to hook her up with Squall. But the guy doesn't want to go near me, because I slammed a door in his face."
Motoki nodded, "Do I want to ask, why you slammed a door in his face?"
Usagi pouted, "I was taking the garbage out, and he got in the way of the door. It's not my fault he didn't look where he was going." Motoki tilted his head to this side, "Uh Usagi, you don't either."
She scowled, "that's beside the point." He nodded, "what's the point then?" Usagi sighed, "why do I have to play matchmaker for my friend, when the guy is a baka?"
Motoki stood, and collected the glasses from the table, "Why don't you think on it, while I serve the young man walking in."
The sliding glass door opened, and Usagi looked up, "Speak of the devil." Squall glanced at her, raising an eyebrow in questioning. He moved to an empty table, and fell into the booth with a sigh.
Motoki walked up to him, "Can I get you anything?" Squall replied easily, "coffee; black."
Motoki nodded, and headed for the kitchen, and faintly thought, 'it's like having Mamoru kun here, all over again.'
Usagi glanced over at Squall, and sighed. Sluggishly, she climbed to her feet, and moved to his booth. "Can I sit here?"
He looked up, "there are other booths." She nodded, and took a seat, "you did a nice run today...I mean..." She frowned, and mentally slapping herself upside the head. "I meant to say, you're a sugoi runner."
"Thanks I think."
She sighed, sitting back in her seat, "I'm tired, how bout you?"
"More or less."
She frowned, suddenly realizing he didn't want her company, and went to stand. "Well I hope you enjoy your stay in Tokyo." She moved to the counter, and sat onto one of the many stools. Picking up a napkin, she folded it, and refolded it over and over again.
Squall stared at her back, and sighed tiredly. Motoki stepped back out into the arcade, and moved to his booth, setting down the coffee mug. "Here you are sir."
Motoki joined Usagi at the counter. "Has Mamoru called you yet?" Usagi looked at him, "iie not yet, why?"
He frowned, "well he told me, he was going to call you." Usagi sat up, "he did? You've talked to him?"
Motoki nodded, "hai, he called me a couple of days ago. Well maybe he's been calling when you're not home?" Usagi pouted, "But it's been over a month, and I haven't heard a thing from him."
Motoki glanced at Squall, who was staring at Usagi's back, a sad expression on his face. He pursed his lips together in thought, but before he could comment on Usagi's statement, he spotted a certain person outside the arcade.
Suddenly, the glass door opened, and Motoki straightened up. Both his eyebrows rose, "well...maybe he has a good reason why."
Usagi pouted, "Hai I know, but couldn't he just call me once? I really miss him." Her lower lip trembled, and Motoki muttered, "Well I need to clean the kitchen." He grabbed a rag, and left to the kitchen in a hurry.
Suddenly two hands covered her eyes, and Usagi gasped, a chill rising up her spine. "Guess who." She shuddered, heat racing through her veins. "Mamo chan."
She heard him chuckle, and his hands moved away. She spun around in her stool, and leaped into his arm, "Mamo chan!!!!!"
"I've missed you to Usako. Come on, let's sit, and you can tell me everything you've done while I was gone."
She lifted herself up on her tiptoes, and kissed him on the lips. Her hands snaked around his neck, pulling herself closer. His arms wrapped around her waist, and he carried her to a booth in the corner of the arcade.
Squall watched, and sighed. Deep down, he realized if he had picked the other choice that could have been him and Rinoa.
He drank the rest of his coffee, and slapped down a few yen on the table, before standing. With only a brief glance towards Usagi, he left the arcade.
?????
Usagi held Mamoru's hands, which laid against her stomach. She shifted in his lap, and glanced at Rei.
Ami pulled out her mini computer, and stated, "Hai, she resembled a youma, but she fought against the one that attacked me at the gym." Makoto slammed her fist into her palm, "I bet it's a trick, tying to make us think, we have a new ally."
Rei nodded, "I agree with Makoto, we can't trust everyone that helps us." Ami heaved a sigh, "I did get an analysis on her though. I didn't find any negative vigor, within the organism."
Minako blanched, "Nani?"
Rei sighed, "You ditz, she said, she didn't find anything evil about the youma that saved her life."
Minako nodded, "oh, well why couldn't she say that in the first place." Ami frowned faintly, as replaced her computer, unable to stop herself from thinking, 'I did.' Clearing her throat, she added, "With my scanned result, I would say, we could trust it."
Makoto dropped to the floor, and folded her long legs in front of her, and flipped her ponytail from her shoulder, "alright then. We trust it, well whatever it is, that is."
Minako nodded, drawing a blank with the whole conversation, "yea whatever. Well now down to business, Usagi have you talked to Squall yet?" Usagi flushed, when Mamoru looked at her, his brows drawn together. "Iie. Minako. He'd rather jump off a building then talk to me. So maybe you should get someone else to hook you two up."
Mamoru's lips formed a line, and his hands held her wrists tightly. With a smile, Usagi tugged at them, but he didn't relent. "Mamo chan what wrong?"
"Can I talk with you outside?"
Minako watched, as the couple left the room, and she leaned forwards from where she sat, "do any of you see what I see?"
Rei nodded, her eyes narrowed into hard slits "yea I saw it." Makoto nodded, slamming her fist into her palm again. Ami looked around at each of her friends, "See what?"
Minako sighed, "Ami you dork!!!! It's obvious he's cheating on her." Ami blinked, "Nani?"
Rei nodded, "hai, I saw it in the fire, something has changed in their bond." Minako nodded, "He acts like he owns her, but he's cheating on her with women in America. Why else wouldn't he call? Or write back?"
"That rotten kono yaro!"
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Usagi turned around, "So what's wrong Mamo chan?"
Mamoru looked at her, "whose Squall?" Usagi smiled, "He's new to our school, and Minako has a crush on him. She wants me to hook them up."
He nodded, "Why you?"
Usagi grinned, "well because Minako thought I knew him, when I didn't because I saw him once at the arcade, when I slammed the door in his face, and I went to help him, but he blew me off. He's in our PE class, and Minako signed me up for track, since he's in it. She thought it would help."
He crossed his arms over his chest, "Right. Are you feeding me kuso Usagi?"
Usagi took a step back, hearing her name on his lips was like a slap on the face. "Iie Mamo chan, I wouldn't do that."
He stared down at her, "I hope not Usagi. I don't want to find out, from someone, that you're actually chasing this man for yourself."
Usagi's eyes widen, tears rimming them, "Mamo chan. Why would... I wouldn't do that? I love you." He turned his back to her, "Well how should I know what you're doing here, while I'm in America. For all I know, you could be going from one guy to the next, behind my back."
Usagi shook her head, "Mamo chan, how can you say that? You know I love you, and only you." Mamoru's eyes narrowed, "we'll see." With that said, he started off down the steps, leaving Usagi, her heartache, and all.
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Minako looked outside the door to Rei's room, "Usagi?" She frowned, and looked back inside the room, "Uh guys, we have a problem. Usagi's gone, and so is Mamoru."
"Oh iie."