Title: It's In Her Kiss...
Chapter Seven
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: Um...ending the pool scene here. And moving on...
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Silence...
Pushing off the pool wall, Usagi glided over to the starting line, positioned herself for the best start, and got ready to go. Taiki, being the judge raised her hand straight up like a flag. "Ready...set...GO!" Her arm hit the water with a splash and Usagi and Seiya pushed off from the wall and into steep dives.
Usagi was surprised to be the first to get to the ring. She snatched it and was about to swim back up when she turned around and saw Seiya only a few feet away. She floated passively near the bottom and simply watched Usagi. Usagi had no idea what was going on...this wasn't a competition...this was......something else...
Everyone on the surface was baffled as well.
"What the hell is going on down there?" Haruka asked in exasperation. As if she had heard her, Michiru's head popped back above the water and the water Senshi handed her goggles to her cousin.
"She's just sitting there!" Haruka exclaimed after taking a peek, "Why is she just sitting there?" It was impossible for a person like Haruka to believe that anyone would just "give-up" in a competition like this. She was even more shocked that it was Seiya.
"She's letting Usagi win..." Yaten murmured quietly, and Minako nodded her agreement.
Meanwhile, Usagi had swum over to Seiya and was trying to figure out what was going on. Running out of air and getting fed-up, Usagi pulled her hand back to Slap Seiya, but her opponent had other ideas. The water slowed Usagi's attack long enough for Seiya to reach up and grab her arm. Tugging on it, Usagi was lurched forward and glided into Seiya.
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"Okay......and now she's kissing her...." Makoto reported.
"And now she copping a feel..." Minako broke in. "Oh.....and now she's pissed off....."
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Usagi brought her knees to her chest and she pushed off Seiya's chest and back to the surface. Gasping for air it took Usagi a moment before she could speak clearly. Seiya's head broke the surface beside her, and the raven-haired woman had no time to react.
SMACK!
Seiya's head reeled back with the force of impact. Her left cheek was bright red and Usagi's handprint was outlined upon it.
"What the hell was that?" Usagi exploded, "No, I mean it! What. The Hell. Was. THAT!?"
Seiya winced, both from the biting pain in her cheek and Usagi's angry words. This wasn't going the way she had planned.
"First, you…you just "let" me win. A-And then-"
"Usagi..." Ami interrupted quietly.
"No!" Usagi shouted at the blue haired girl, "No! I'm leaving."
"You can't leave yet!" Minako insisted, but Usagi had already disappeared beneath the water. Her lithe and streamlined body streaking swiftly towards the shallow end.
Minako growled in frustration as she watched her entire plan for Usagi's love life totally backfire on her. She turned to Rei, and shook the priestess by the shoulders. "She's ruing my plan!" Minako hissed.
Rei rolled her eyes, but decided to help anyway. It was turning into quite the soap opera...all she needed how was a tub of popcorn.
"Ami! Michiru!" She called out with a laugh, "Bring her back!"
The two Senshi of water pushed hard off the wall and raced after their retreating leader. And when Usagi came up for air she heard the sounds of quick pursuit close behind her. Risking a peek she recognized Ami and Michiru as her hunters – and they were gaining...fast.
She'd barely swum a foot when Michiru's hand clamped down around her ankle and she was drug backwards across the shallows. Flipping onto her back Usagi tried to plead with her jailers.
"Come on guys! Let me go..."
"Sorry Usagi," Ami said with a grin, "Rei's orders."
"Yeah, well I'm sorry too!" Usagi shot back.
As she was pulled passed one of the pool ladders Usagi's arm snaked out and grabbed hold of the cold, metal rung. Ami and Michiru were jerked backwards at their sudden stop, but Usagi wasn't about to let them recover.
In a strategic maneuver to free herself, Usagi spun in a corkscrew. Ami and Michiru, still clutching her legs, were spun around with her until they collided and fell away in a tangle of limbs and bodies. Usagi scrambled up the ladder and out of reach of their wildly groping arms as they swallowed more of the chlorine water than was physically healthy.
Ignoring the lifeguard's orders to walk she sprinted down the tile floor and back into the locker room.
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Pleasantly, alluring breakfasty smells wafted up through her open bedroom door and lulled Usagi out of bed. She stretched beneath the warm comforter and resurfaced from the tangled nest of her silk sheets. Noise twitching as the scents reached her her wide blue eyes flickered open and blinked back the sleep.
"Mmm...Pancakes......"
She pulled some boxers and an old T-shirt with a stifled yawn. She thought absently about brushing her hair, but decided she was too lazy to bother with her hair at moment; as it had humidified during the night and now her golden and silver tresses had frizzed into a wild torrent of loose curls that framed her angelic face.
With a sigh, she started down the mansion stairs. " 'Ruka-chan, if this is an attempt to make me feel better-"
Her voice faded and Usagi felt glued to the bottom stair. A vase filled to bursting with blood red roses sat upon the kitchen counter; there had to have been over three dozen. Finding her feet again Usagi walked to the kitchen counter and slide the vase to the side.
Seiya Kou stood in her kitchen absolutely covered in flour.
She was flipping light and golden pancakes with skilled and practiced ease from a greasy skillet onto a huge platter that was already loaded with waffles, bacon, sausage, and eggs.
"Hungry?" Seiya asked looking up at the blonde who was staring at her in awe. Her flirtatious smile made Usagi smile too.
"You didn't have to do this." Usagi insisted but snitched a piece of bacon from the platter anyway. She licked her fingers clean of grease and oil before grabbing the platter to carry it over to the dining table. Underestimating the weight of it she stumbled forward struggling to keep everything balanced.
Seiya ducked around the kitchen corner and grabbed hold of the other side. With their combined effort the two managed to hoist the overburdened tray to the table and set it down. Seiya brushed her floury hands off on her apron and blew a wisp of hair from where it had escaped her long braid. "I felt bad about...yesterday."
"I'm sorry too, I didn't mean to snap at you Seiya. I-I just felt uncomfortable in the swimsuit Minako bought me...and well...it wasn't the best time." Usagi explained.
"Are you saying there's a better time?"
Usagi's head snapped up. She coughed nervously and smiled. "Um...I'm gonna go get dressed."
Seiya grinned, "Ok."
Padding back up the stairs Usagi disappeared into the upper level. When she came back down she was wearing denim capri's and a black 'Bunny Ranch' T-shirt that made Seiya smirk when she saw it.
"Listen, Usa-chan..." Seiya started, turning around in her chair.
"Oh! We need plates..."
Seiya rolled her eyes, "You're avoiding talking to me."
Usagi sighed, "Yes."
"No you are." Seiya insisted.
"I just admitted it." Usagi called out from the kitchen area.
"Why are you avoiding talking to me?" Seiya demanded stalking over the kitchen counter and looking through to where Usagi was collecting dishes.
"It's complicated."
"Yaten." Seiya growled harshly through clenched teeth.
Usagi stopped moving and leaned against the counter, "Yeah...Yaten." She shook her head to clear it and crossed the threshold to the cabinet.
"You know that night after the party..." Seiya asked quietly.
"Yeah..." Reaching up she grabbed a glass from the cabinet shelf.
"If Yaten didn't like you so much.....................I would've had sex with you."
The glass slipped from Usagi's fingers and shattered.
"I just took it to the next level, didn't I?"
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R & R! Pleaaaaaaaase! Love you all!
KissThis
