Title: It's In Her Kiss...
Chapter Six
Author: KissThis
Rating: Pg-13...might change to R in later chapters.
Summary: Takes place about a year after the fight with Galaxia and the leaving of the Starlights. Visions plague Healer, and she desires to return to Earth. And a romance ensues with many obstacles and bumps along the way. Usagi/Yaten
Disclaimer: All Sailormoon paraphernalia belongs to Naoko Takeuchi. The plot, though, was dutifully thought of and recorded by my faithful plot bunnies.
A/N: I'm gonna try and make this one longer. Btw, you guys asked for drama...I gave you drama. Do you know why? Because I aim to please. It's turning into quite the soap opera isn't it? Seiya...Yaten...Seiya...Yaten........Usagi.... I love myself sometimes! Anyhoo, this chapter will be chock filled with both Seiya and Yaten goodness so---Enjoy!
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"Sorry I'm late, 'Toki-san." Usagi apologized ducking under the bar and grabbing an apron from an overhead cupboard. Motoki shook his head and finished his current task of wiping down the counter. Motoki, now a dashing man of 26, had been married to his long-time girlfriend, Reika, for 3 years and had actually become the owner of the Fruit Crown Parlor Arcade just two and a half years before.
"Like you'd ever let me stay mad at you." He chuckled.
Grinning as she passed by in her white apron and holding a pad of paper and a pencil, Usagi winked at her boss and childhood friend. "That's why you love me."
"Just get out there and start taking people's orders."
She gave a mock salute, "Yes, Sir." Turning smartly on her heel she marched into the main room of the parlor her arms swinging stiffly at her sides.
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"Hey Cutie!"
"Minako! Hey!"
Usagi paused in loading the dirty dishes onto her serving tray and turned to her friend. Before hugging her friend she wiped her hands on her apron and then embraced her "twin". "Looks like you've been shopping." Usagi mused taking in the dozen paper bags Minako had clutched in both hands.
Minako gave a tired sigh and plopped down into the booth Usagi had finished cleaning. "Yeah, since eight. It was a blast you should've come!" She exclaimed while piling her numerous packages beside her in the green leather booth. Usagi gestured to the piled high platter. "I had to work."
"Speaking of which. Could you be a doll and get me a glass of sparkling water?" She batted her wide, innocent, blue eyes at her and Usagi couldn't help but laugh.
"Whatever, Mina-chan." With a grunt she hoisted up the overburdened tray and disappeared into the kitchen. Minutes later she returned with a tall, cool glass of sparkling water.
"Oh! You're a dish." Minako gushed.
"Wait! I almost forgot." Usagi leaned forward and pulled from behind her back a paper drink umbrella and stuck it in Minako's beverage. "I know how you like the little umbrellas." She grinned.
"You only got one?" Minako asked suspiciously. Usagi rolled her eyes before reaching behind her back and drawing forth-another tropical umbrella, which she placed behind Minako's ear. "You're too good to me, Usa-chan."
"Yeah, yeah."
"Oh!" Minako exclaimed, jumping slightly in her seat. "I got you some clothes while I was out..."
"You're too good to me. Because of you I never actually have to shop for myself..." Usagi said with a laugh. Leaning against the side of the booth she brushed a strand of hair out of her eyes and then focused her amused attention on the bag through which Minako was rummaging.
"Ah ha!" Minako's declaration of triumph was slightly muffled do the fact that almost her entire upper body was hidden inside the obscenely large shopping bag. Straightening, she held outstretched her prize that she had retrieved from the bottom of her multiple purchases.
Motoki looked up in surprise to find Usagi gagging while clutching her heart and turning the color of cherries. "What is that?" She hissed through tightly clenched teeth.
Minako pulled her right hand up, and began twirling a golden strand of hair around her finger while fluttering her eyelashes. Usagi ignored her friend's innocent look, and made a strangling noise while eyeing the article between Minako's hands.
"It's a swimsuit." Minako said pointedly.
"It's a scrap of cloth!" Usagi insisted trying to shield the suit from the eyes of the customers.
"It's sexy." Minako countered, easily.
"It's the middle of Autumn!" Usagi enforced her point, by gesturing out the window where leaves of all colors drifted lazily down from the tree tops the settle restlessly on the pavement.
"It was on sale." Minako said beaming, obviously proud of her amazing find.
"And where am I gonna wear this?"
Minako winced and bit her lip, "At the indoor beach we're all going to...right now..." Her eyes squeezed shut fearing the outburst that was sure to follow such a statement.
"WHAT?!" She practically exploded.
"Usagi!" Motoki called from the bar.
"Sorry, 'Toki-chan." She called back in apology. Then she turned back to Minako and lowered her voice before repeating herself. "What?!"
"Yeah. Let's go." Minako went to stand, but Usagi pushed her back down with a not-so-gentle shove so she could not get away so easily.
"Talk. NOW!"
"Well, we all wanted to do something to day, and Ami suggested swimming..."
"Go figure." Usagi muttered.
"Anyway!" Minako continued glaring at her friend, "We knew you wouldn't want to go once you found out that Yaten and Seiya would be there."
Holy shit!
Usagi laughed, "Why would you think that?"
Stop now...
"Well it's so obvious that they both are digging on you..." Minako said sipping her drink.
"R-Really?" She stammered slightly.
"Yeah." Minako gave her an odd look, "Like you didn't know? And everyone know you like them both......how much we're not certain. And we know something happened last night between the three of you, but we don't have any details..."
Usagi knew the blonde was strategically placing an opportunity for Usagi to explain everything about her love life. Unfortunately, for Minako, Usagi wasn't easily persuaded to divulge her secrets regarding her social life.
"I'll go."
Back out now.
"Really?" Minako was incredulous.
No.
"Yeah."
Minako hesitated a moment before grinning at her friend. "Great!"
You really don't want to do this. Bad things...
"I'll even wear the swimsuit."
Now you're screwed.
Minako was literally beaming from ear to ear. Minako's infectious smile did, in fact, infect Usagi and she found a small, shy smile forming on her own face. "Well let's go!" Leaping up she looped her arm through Usagi's and used the other arm to grab about half her bags. Usagi grabbed the rest of Minako's bags and stumbled towards the door behind her captor.
"Motoki, I-" Usagi started.
Motoki waved her away, "I've already been briefed."
Usagi groaned. Minako made another rude yank and Usagi cleared the sliding glass doors.
Now you're really screwed...
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"Minako, you made it!" Rei exclaimed, swimming to the edge of the pool. "Is-"
"Yep!" Her eyes positively twinkled, "She's coming."
The princess of Venus pulled off the concealing towel that she had wrapped around her waist and dropped it on top of the chlorine-bleached, plastic bench that lined the walls of the indoor pool. She was revealed to be wearing a hot orange bikini decorated in a Hawaiian flower motif. She had undone her normal hair-do and her golden tresses clung to her back, now charged with static electricity.
"Oh my god!" Rei exclaimed.
Minako, seated at the edge of the pool looked up from dipping her legs, to see that Usagi had made her "grand" entrance. The blushing blonde was inching her way along the wall while futilely trying to cover herself.
"What is she wearing?" Makoto asked swimming up next to Rei.
"I picked it out. I think it's cute."
"She's practically naked, Minako." Rei cut in. "I can't believe she agreed to wear it."
"Neither can I."
By this point in the trio's conversation Usagi had successfully reached the deep end of the pool, which reached about 11 ft., and was currently bending over and whispering to Minako.
"Maybe this wasn't such a good idea."
"Let me see." Makoto ordered.
Usagi blushed and reluctantly moved her arms so that they no longer obstructed her friends' view. Rei whistled. "Shit, Minako..."
The tiny bikini top was shimmering silver that picked up hints of rainbow when the overhead, fluorescent lights hit it just right. The strings wrapped around her slender neck and tied behind her head. Her bottoms were identical to the top hanging extremely low off her hips and tying on each side of her hips.
"Neither one of them are going to be able to resist her, don't you agree?" Minako asked Rei.
Usagi interrupted Rei before she could even speak, "What?"
Minako gulped.
"This isn't some attempt at fixing me up...is it Minako? Is it?"
"N-no...of course not..."
"That's it! I'm leaving."
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The first thing Yaten saw when she stepped out of the locker room was a pair of endlessly long tanned legs. Perfect legs that came together at a really nice piece of...
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Usagi straightened feeling immensely foolish and slightly embarrassed. Letting out a huff to display her annoyance she turned around fully intent on stalking out. Instead, she came face to face with Yaten. Those emerald eyes froze her in her place and she felt a smile creep onto her face despite the situation and tension hovering between them.
"Hey..."
"Hey..."
Silence
"This is awkward..." Ami whispered to Makoto.
"No shit..."
Usagi crossed her arms self-consciously over her chest, and broke eye contact to stare at her feet.
"So..." Yaten said quietly. "You're here to swim?"
"Yeah, yeah...I guess everyone's making it into a big party deal..."
"..."
"..."
"Are you leaving?"
"I was thinking about it..." Usagi said quietly.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. But now...not so much..."
Yaten blushed rewarding Usagi with a grin of her own. Yaten opened her mouth slightly as if to speak but whatever she said or was about to say was drowned out by a louder voice.
"The fuuuuuuuun has arrived!" Shouted a sing-song voice.
Usagi looked over Yaten's shoulder to see that Seiya had entered the pool area. She herself was wearing a navy blue swimsuit and a crimson tank top over. Yaten's blush seeped from her cheeks and she paled. Looking down at her own modest bathing suit she sighed.
The baby blue suit was fashioned like a sport's bra on top and short shorts on bottom. Of course what Yaten had thought was cute on her was nothing compared to her sisters skin-baring, muscle-revealing, gaze-stealing, hotsie-totsie suit. For indeed Usagi's eyes were fixed on the approaching woman with a wide grin slapped on her face.
"You look like a hooker." Seiya pointed out walking up to her.
Usagi tried to cover herself while simultaneously glaring at Seiya's annoyingly smirking face. Despite her vain attempts to cover herself Seiya's eyes were drawn from her face and down to her long legs. Goosebumps rose on Usagi's skin as Seiya's indigo gaze swept appreciatively and approvingly up her legs and up until they once again landed on her face and rested there.
"Mina made me do it!" She insisted harshly taking a step back. She realized belatedly that she sounded just like a little child tattling to an adult.
Seiya took a step closer and winked. "I didn't say that was a bad thing..."
Usagi was so shocked that all she could say was a whispered "hentai!" before she stepped back again, slipped on the wet tile, and fell backwards into the pool. Following Usagi's good, even if it wasn't planned, "example" the rest of the group jumped in after her with a continuous ruckus of laughter and a more than a little splashed water.
It seemed as if everyone had settled down for the paddled slowly back and forth along the deep end or simply floated lazily upon their backs. Ami and Michiru were currently engaged in a "friendly" diving competition which a few of the girls watched in amusement.
Minako and Usagi had started up a racing game in the corner; to which most of the girls joined in on. The game involved a ring thrown about fifteen feet away from the wall of the pool and then at that time groups of two would dive for the ring and try to retrieve it before the other person.
"Herein are the rules." Hotaru announced.
Everyone groaned.
"We know the rules of the game, 'Hota-chan." Makoto interrupted, "We've all played it before."
"Well where's the fun if you don't go over the rules?" Hotaru asked with a small laugh.
"Yeah..." Minako rolled her eyes, "Fun."
Hotaru glared at her, but continued anyway, "Rule # 1: Both racers must wait until the judge yells go. Any violations and you lose. Rule #2: It doesn't matter who grabs the ring first, but who is the one in possession of it when they break the surface"
Haruka's hand shot into the air.
"Yes, Haruka – This means you can retrieve the ring by any means necessary."
Haruka's arm dropped back down into the water. The older woman grinned evilly making the group grimace while thinking about it and giving Usagi the impression that she didn't want to get paired up with the sandy-haired goddess of wind.
"Finally: Only one breath is allowed. There will be absolutely no coming up for air unless one of you is in possession of the ring." Hotaru finished with a grin. "That's it."
"Could you repeat the first one again?" Usagi asked mockingly.
"Ha. Ha." The sixteen-year-old woman drawled out sarcastically in response.
"Come on, come on!" Rei shouted, swimming between them, "Let's play already!"
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Hotaru, though not physically inclined, was a master at the diving ring game and had only lost a few of her races. Currently she was locked in an underwater battle with Minako whom she was against in the race. Minako was trying to kick her way to the top, with the neon green ring in hand, but was finding it even difficult to see with Hotaru climbing all over her back and head.
The rest of the group, including Ami and Michiru who had concluded their competition at twelve wins each, watched in amusement as Minako tried unsuccessfully to pry the younger girl off. It was during one of these attempts that Hotaru took the opportunity, of Minako's one-handed grip on the ring, to snatch it from her and push away.
Out of air and no time to chase down Hotaru, Minako straightened herself out and pushed off the bottom of the pool. She broke the surface seconds before Hotaru's head shot up from beneath the rolling, turquoise water. Brushing her hair back and out of her eyes she grinned cheekily at Minako and lifted the green ring out of the water and into the open air.
"Okay..." Taiki read aloud from a water-splattered piece of paper that hung from the diving board. She squinted slightly to read the names that had been inked on the paper and were now running do the extensive and wet water that had been splashed on it throughout the course of the game. "I believe it's Seiya..."
At the mention of her name the obsidian haired woman gave a cocky grin and swam over to the official unofficial "starting line".
"And.....Usagi..."
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R & R!
More jam-packed pool fun next chapter!
KissThis
