Okay, I made up my mind about the happy ending/ sad ending thing... read on, though remember that I'm really pissed off right now at my stupid computer and the next chapter could take a turn for the worst.
"Everyone? Does that mean?" Duo asked.
"Hai. Wufei too." she replied. Usagi stood up and prepared to leave. Duo stood with her.
"Lemme walk you to your ride." he said. She grinned and led him outside to the motorcycle.
"There's no WAY you ride that thing with any skill." Duo joked. Usagi stuck her tongue out before climbing on the bike and speeding off, even popping a wheelie and jumping over the speed bumps.
"You GO girl!" Duo called after her, pumping his arm in the air. Wufei, back as Wufei, came out of the mall behind him.
"You let her get on that thing?!" he demanded. Duo shrugged.
The day passed in a blur, and before she knew it, Usagi was once again leaving Sean's house to go see the guys.
When she arrived in front of the door at 4:15, she was caught in the same dilemma as before- stand like a statue or knock. Hesitantly, she knocked. Quatre opened the door and immediately enveloped Usagi in a hug.
"Hi Quatre." she greeted.
"Please don't leave us again Usagi." he whispered in her ear before backing away and letting her come in. Usagi looked at him hopefully.
"He's in the living room." he said softly. Usagi's eyes lit up and she walked past him and into the doorway between the kitchen and the living room.
"Usagi!" Wufei exclaimed, rushing forward to hug her- the others sat around the room. She stepped back from his open arms. Slowly, he lowered them.
"Usagi?" he asked. She nodded.
"What's wrong, baby?" Wufei pressed. Tears sprang up in her eyes.
"Who's Jade?" Usagi asked. "And why were you kissing her?"
"Kami Usagi you should know by now that you're the only one I love." he sighed. Without warning, he grabbed her shoulders and pressed her against the wall, then pressed his lips to hers. In that instant, Usagi's memories flooded from her to Wufei and each of the pilots. They lived her lives in an instant, feeling her pain and her emotions, celebrating her victories and lamenting her failures.
Not realizing what she was doing but feeling their heightened emotions, Usagi pulled away and looked around. They were sitting in complete shock, running her lives back through their minds.
'Oh Kami-sama what did you do this time Tsukino?' she wondered hastily. Wufei snapped out of it first.
"Usa?" he asked. Usagi slowly raised her eyes to meet his gaze.
"Why didn't you come back, Usa? You've been gone for five months..." Wufei trailed off.
"I couldn't..." she began. "The concrete slab fell on me and messed up the nerves in my legs. It took me a month and a half to recover and then two more months to learn to walk again. I spent the last month and a half living with Ben and Mike, getting to know them better and trying to get up the guts to come home."
"Did you fear coming back here?" Quatre asked, though they all knew the answer, being that they had seen and felt her emotions. Usagi nodded, crying- but she still wouldn't let anyone comfort her.
"Kami I was so afraid... I screwed up so many times... Fighting in Unmei... Getting caught by OZ... Getting captured again... Being weak..." she cried. Wufei lost it.
"Usagi!" he shouted. "You are NOT WEAK! I never thought I'd say this to an onna, but you are not weak. You built a dangerous weapon and involved yourself in a war that was none of your concern but you did it anyway because you wanted to protect your friends! What could be more just than that? You were captured by our enemies and beaten to near death because you wouldn't tell them who we are! What could be stronger than that?"
Duo stood up from his position on the floor.
"Usagi when we first figured out that you were Unmei's pilot, we were furious. You had gotten yourself into more than we thought you should be involved in. But when we saw you after OZ had finished all of the anger just drained out. You protected us, Usagi... You were willing to protect us with your life..." Duo said.
"We were trained to give it all up for a mission." Trowa spoke. "But you, you weren't trained to do that. You were willing to die to protect us out of kindness. That really... shocked me..."
"Usagi I love you... we all do..." Wufei said softly. "Please, will you stay?" The entire room fell quiet, waiting for her answer. The silence rang in their ears.
In her mind, Usagi tried to think of reasons to return to Ben and Mike's home, tried to justify leaving. 'You'll just get hurt again.' she thought. Then another part of her mind spoke up. 'Dammit Usagi stop being so selfish!' Debating which part to listen to, Usagi finally opened her mouth to speak. Then, deciding that there were no words to acurately describe her feelings, she simply moved forward to hug Wufei. He gratefully opened his arms and enveloped her in a tight embrace of warmth and love.
"Will you stay, Usa?" he whispered. Her head pressed against his chest, she nodded.
"Hai." Usagi croaked out through her tears. He smiled, tears forming in the corners of his own eyes. Wufei bent down and placed his mouth close to her ear.
"I love you, Usagi." he whispered. She nudged his head a little so that she could turn her head and whisper back.
"I love you, too, Wufei. I always will."
"Hey Wufei you think you could let the poor girl breathe and let us hug her?!" Duo exclaimed. Wufei blushed and let Usagi go. She didn't stray far from him but hugged each of the others. Even Hiiro hugged her with no qualms.
"So Usagi now that you're back you think you could make us some dinner?" Hiiro asked. The other five stared at him. It was unbelievable- Hiiro Yui, the Perfect Soldier, had just cracked a joke. Wufei grinned a bit and spoke up before Usagi could.
"I don't think she'll be able to, Hiiro. We're going to get her stuff from wherever she's been staying and then we're going to spend the night elsewhere."
"Whooo-hooo!" Duo yelled, slipping back for a moment into his old goofy self. "Go Wu-FEI!" Usagi blushed brightly. Wufei grabbed Usagi's hand and pulled her towards the door like a child in a toy store.
"Don't leave us again, Usagi." Hiiro warned. "Or omae o kuroso." She grinned before hugging Hiiro briefly again and following Wufei's tug outside. As soon as they were outside Wufei pressed Usagi against the wall and gently kissed her waiting lips.
"Kami Usagi I thought I had lost you..." he whispered against her ear. Wufei moved his mouth down a bit and kissed her earlobe, her neck, her jaw, and finally back to her mouth. After a few moments of sweet distraction, he pulled away and they walked together out to Sean's bike.
"I'm driving." Wufei said. Usagi grinned.
"Uh-uh, Sean lent me the bike and darn it I swore I'd shake this chauvenist attitude from you. I drive." she said, climbing on the front.
"Fine." Wufei gave in, climbing on behind her. He wrapped his arms tightly around her waist as she gunned the engine and took off.
"Hey Sean!" Usagi called as she opened the door to the apartment.
"Hey Usagi!" Sean called back. Usagi led Wufei by the hand into the kitchen. Sean was surprised to see a guy trailing behind her.
"Hi, you must be Wufei." he greeted, extending his hand. Wufei shook it.
"How'd you know?" Wufei asked. Sean raised an eyebrow.
"She keeps a picture of you in her pocket and I caught her staring at it about a zillion times."
Usagi blushed bright red. Before she could stop him, Sean darted his hand into her jacket pocket and grabbed the picture, then handed it to Wufei. The edges of the picture were torn and faded, as if it had been handled many, many times.
"One of these days you're going to tell me when you took this picture." Wufei said. Usagi grinned and nodded, taking the picture and placing it back in her pocket.
"I'm going to grab your bag. I saw it as we passed through." the Chinese one informed her, then walked out.
"So are you happy now, Usagi?" Sean asked kindly.
"Yes. Thanks again for letting me stay with you." she replied. Wufei came back in carrying her small duffel bag.
"Oh yeah, here are your keys. Thanks for letting me borrow the bike." Usagi said, setting the keys on the table.
"No problem." Sean laughed. Usagi gave him a quick hug and then she and Wufei left. As they began walking, Usagi pulled out her cell phone.
"Who are you calling?" Wufei asked.
"Ben and Mike. I promised I'd call them if something happened." She dialed the number and waited. It was once again Mike who picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Mike!"
"Hey, what's up Usagi? You sound happier than last time."
"I am! Everything's okay now- Wufei and I are okay. We're together!"
"That's great! When are you going to come back and let us meet him?"
"I need to get my feet back on solid ground here and then I'll be back as soon as I can to visit."
"Okay baby, you tell Wufei that you love him alright?"
"I will."
"Alright. Love you Squirt!"
"Love you 'tousan!"
"Uuugh!"
"Right back atcha!" With that, Usagi hung up and happily followed Wufei to a nice hotel just outside Sanq.
A few months later, Usagi came home from the doctor, estatic.
"Guess what?!" she exclaimed, rushing into the living room.
"What Usa?" Wufei replied, raising out of his chair.
"I'm pregnant!" Usagi squealed before throwing herself at Wufei for a hug. They heard a loud shattering noise and spun around to see Trowa looking a little shocked. A broken glass lay by his feet.
"Whoah." Duo commented.
"Oh and guess what?" she added.
"Oh boy." Quatre interjected.
"What?" Wufei asked.
"Ben and Mike want us all to go visit them in California! Can we, please, guys, please?" Usagi begged. Wufei's eyes sparkled like a little kid's as he looked at Usagi's stomach. As she debated going to see her friends with the others, he wrapped his arms around her from behind and placed his hand on her lower stomach. Usagi giggled and shrugged his arms off.
"Silly Fei, I'm only two months along. You won't be able to feel anything for a few more months." she teased. Wufei actually blushed before removing his arms.
"So what do you say, guys? Can we go to Cali?" she pleaded. The five guys exchanged glances.
"Sure Usagi." Wufei replied.
"Yaaay!" she exclaimed. "Come on, let's get packing!"
"With that much enthusiam who are we to argue?" Quatre joked. The others joined her in packing.
Wufei: YYEESSS!! Wufei got some, Wufei got- *Gag*
Aka: *stuffs sock in Wufei's mouth* Shut up!
Duo: YYEESSS!! Wufei got told, Wufei got- *Gag*
Trowa: *stuffs braid in Duo's mouth* Shut up!
Hiiro: Review or omae o kuroso.
"Everyone? Does that mean?" Duo asked.
"Hai. Wufei too." she replied. Usagi stood up and prepared to leave. Duo stood with her.
"Lemme walk you to your ride." he said. She grinned and led him outside to the motorcycle.
"There's no WAY you ride that thing with any skill." Duo joked. Usagi stuck her tongue out before climbing on the bike and speeding off, even popping a wheelie and jumping over the speed bumps.
"You GO girl!" Duo called after her, pumping his arm in the air. Wufei, back as Wufei, came out of the mall behind him.
"You let her get on that thing?!" he demanded. Duo shrugged.
The day passed in a blur, and before she knew it, Usagi was once again leaving Sean's house to go see the guys.
When she arrived in front of the door at 4:15, she was caught in the same dilemma as before- stand like a statue or knock. Hesitantly, she knocked. Quatre opened the door and immediately enveloped Usagi in a hug.
"Hi Quatre." she greeted.
"Please don't leave us again Usagi." he whispered in her ear before backing away and letting her come in. Usagi looked at him hopefully.
"He's in the living room." he said softly. Usagi's eyes lit up and she walked past him and into the doorway between the kitchen and the living room.
"Usagi!" Wufei exclaimed, rushing forward to hug her- the others sat around the room. She stepped back from his open arms. Slowly, he lowered them.
"Usagi?" he asked. She nodded.
"What's wrong, baby?" Wufei pressed. Tears sprang up in her eyes.
"Who's Jade?" Usagi asked. "And why were you kissing her?"
"Kami Usagi you should know by now that you're the only one I love." he sighed. Without warning, he grabbed her shoulders and pressed her against the wall, then pressed his lips to hers. In that instant, Usagi's memories flooded from her to Wufei and each of the pilots. They lived her lives in an instant, feeling her pain and her emotions, celebrating her victories and lamenting her failures.
Not realizing what she was doing but feeling their heightened emotions, Usagi pulled away and looked around. They were sitting in complete shock, running her lives back through their minds.
'Oh Kami-sama what did you do this time Tsukino?' she wondered hastily. Wufei snapped out of it first.
"Usa?" he asked. Usagi slowly raised her eyes to meet his gaze.
"Why didn't you come back, Usa? You've been gone for five months..." Wufei trailed off.
"I couldn't..." she began. "The concrete slab fell on me and messed up the nerves in my legs. It took me a month and a half to recover and then two more months to learn to walk again. I spent the last month and a half living with Ben and Mike, getting to know them better and trying to get up the guts to come home."
"Did you fear coming back here?" Quatre asked, though they all knew the answer, being that they had seen and felt her emotions. Usagi nodded, crying- but she still wouldn't let anyone comfort her.
"Kami I was so afraid... I screwed up so many times... Fighting in Unmei... Getting caught by OZ... Getting captured again... Being weak..." she cried. Wufei lost it.
"Usagi!" he shouted. "You are NOT WEAK! I never thought I'd say this to an onna, but you are not weak. You built a dangerous weapon and involved yourself in a war that was none of your concern but you did it anyway because you wanted to protect your friends! What could be more just than that? You were captured by our enemies and beaten to near death because you wouldn't tell them who we are! What could be stronger than that?"
Duo stood up from his position on the floor.
"Usagi when we first figured out that you were Unmei's pilot, we were furious. You had gotten yourself into more than we thought you should be involved in. But when we saw you after OZ had finished all of the anger just drained out. You protected us, Usagi... You were willing to protect us with your life..." Duo said.
"We were trained to give it all up for a mission." Trowa spoke. "But you, you weren't trained to do that. You were willing to die to protect us out of kindness. That really... shocked me..."
"Usagi I love you... we all do..." Wufei said softly. "Please, will you stay?" The entire room fell quiet, waiting for her answer. The silence rang in their ears.
In her mind, Usagi tried to think of reasons to return to Ben and Mike's home, tried to justify leaving. 'You'll just get hurt again.' she thought. Then another part of her mind spoke up. 'Dammit Usagi stop being so selfish!' Debating which part to listen to, Usagi finally opened her mouth to speak. Then, deciding that there were no words to acurately describe her feelings, she simply moved forward to hug Wufei. He gratefully opened his arms and enveloped her in a tight embrace of warmth and love.
"Will you stay, Usa?" he whispered. Her head pressed against his chest, she nodded.
"Hai." Usagi croaked out through her tears. He smiled, tears forming in the corners of his own eyes. Wufei bent down and placed his mouth close to her ear.
"I love you, Usagi." he whispered. She nudged his head a little so that she could turn her head and whisper back.
"I love you, too, Wufei. I always will."
"Hey Wufei you think you could let the poor girl breathe and let us hug her?!" Duo exclaimed. Wufei blushed and let Usagi go. She didn't stray far from him but hugged each of the others. Even Hiiro hugged her with no qualms.
"So Usagi now that you're back you think you could make us some dinner?" Hiiro asked. The other five stared at him. It was unbelievable- Hiiro Yui, the Perfect Soldier, had just cracked a joke. Wufei grinned a bit and spoke up before Usagi could.
"I don't think she'll be able to, Hiiro. We're going to get her stuff from wherever she's been staying and then we're going to spend the night elsewhere."
"Whooo-hooo!" Duo yelled, slipping back for a moment into his old goofy self. "Go Wu-FEI!" Usagi blushed brightly. Wufei grabbed Usagi's hand and pulled her towards the door like a child in a toy store.
"Don't leave us again, Usagi." Hiiro warned. "Or omae o kuroso." She grinned before hugging Hiiro briefly again and following Wufei's tug outside. As soon as they were outside Wufei pressed Usagi against the wall and gently kissed her waiting lips.
"Kami Usagi I thought I had lost you..." he whispered against her ear. Wufei moved his mouth down a bit and kissed her earlobe, her neck, her jaw, and finally back to her mouth. After a few moments of sweet distraction, he pulled away and they walked together out to Sean's bike.
"I'm driving." Wufei said. Usagi grinned.
"Uh-uh, Sean lent me the bike and darn it I swore I'd shake this chauvenist attitude from you. I drive." she said, climbing on the front.
"Fine." Wufei gave in, climbing on behind her. He wrapped his arms tightly around her waist as she gunned the engine and took off.
"Hey Sean!" Usagi called as she opened the door to the apartment.
"Hey Usagi!" Sean called back. Usagi led Wufei by the hand into the kitchen. Sean was surprised to see a guy trailing behind her.
"Hi, you must be Wufei." he greeted, extending his hand. Wufei shook it.
"How'd you know?" Wufei asked. Sean raised an eyebrow.
"She keeps a picture of you in her pocket and I caught her staring at it about a zillion times."
Usagi blushed bright red. Before she could stop him, Sean darted his hand into her jacket pocket and grabbed the picture, then handed it to Wufei. The edges of the picture were torn and faded, as if it had been handled many, many times.
"One of these days you're going to tell me when you took this picture." Wufei said. Usagi grinned and nodded, taking the picture and placing it back in her pocket.
"I'm going to grab your bag. I saw it as we passed through." the Chinese one informed her, then walked out.
"So are you happy now, Usagi?" Sean asked kindly.
"Yes. Thanks again for letting me stay with you." she replied. Wufei came back in carrying her small duffel bag.
"Oh yeah, here are your keys. Thanks for letting me borrow the bike." Usagi said, setting the keys on the table.
"No problem." Sean laughed. Usagi gave him a quick hug and then she and Wufei left. As they began walking, Usagi pulled out her cell phone.
"Who are you calling?" Wufei asked.
"Ben and Mike. I promised I'd call them if something happened." She dialed the number and waited. It was once again Mike who picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Mike!"
"Hey, what's up Usagi? You sound happier than last time."
"I am! Everything's okay now- Wufei and I are okay. We're together!"
"That's great! When are you going to come back and let us meet him?"
"I need to get my feet back on solid ground here and then I'll be back as soon as I can to visit."
"Okay baby, you tell Wufei that you love him alright?"
"I will."
"Alright. Love you Squirt!"
"Love you 'tousan!"
"Uuugh!"
"Right back atcha!" With that, Usagi hung up and happily followed Wufei to a nice hotel just outside Sanq.
A few months later, Usagi came home from the doctor, estatic.
"Guess what?!" she exclaimed, rushing into the living room.
"What Usa?" Wufei replied, raising out of his chair.
"I'm pregnant!" Usagi squealed before throwing herself at Wufei for a hug. They heard a loud shattering noise and spun around to see Trowa looking a little shocked. A broken glass lay by his feet.
"Whoah." Duo commented.
"Oh and guess what?" she added.
"Oh boy." Quatre interjected.
"What?" Wufei asked.
"Ben and Mike want us all to go visit them in California! Can we, please, guys, please?" Usagi begged. Wufei's eyes sparkled like a little kid's as he looked at Usagi's stomach. As she debated going to see her friends with the others, he wrapped his arms around her from behind and placed his hand on her lower stomach. Usagi giggled and shrugged his arms off.
"Silly Fei, I'm only two months along. You won't be able to feel anything for a few more months." she teased. Wufei actually blushed before removing his arms.
"So what do you say, guys? Can we go to Cali?" she pleaded. The five guys exchanged glances.
"Sure Usagi." Wufei replied.
"Yaaay!" she exclaimed. "Come on, let's get packing!"
"With that much enthusiam who are we to argue?" Quatre joked. The others joined her in packing.
Wufei: YYEESSS!! Wufei got some, Wufei got- *Gag*
Aka: *stuffs sock in Wufei's mouth* Shut up!
Duo: YYEESSS!! Wufei got told, Wufei got- *Gag*
Trowa: *stuffs braid in Duo's mouth* Shut up!
Hiiro: Review or omae o kuroso.