Blossom: MWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! THE PERFECT IDEA (finally) FOR
LBN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd like to thank Marmalade Boy for the plot of this
chapter (and possibly the chappies following this one)
Duo: Babe, get the crazy look out of your eyes.
Blossom: NO!!!!!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: *looking behind shoulder to make sure evil pick pocketing squirrels aren't there* OKIES! No own Gundam Wing, Ranma ½, um..I think that's it. Also, Marmalade Boy doesn't belong to me, and I kinda stole the manga from my sister. O well! Happy Trails!!!!!! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~* Blossom and Ranma are sitting in the kitchen a couple hours after Jason, Mogura and Amber had left at 7:00 pm.
Blossom: Are you sure you wanna do this? I'll miss you!
Ranma: Pretty sure. I miss Pop, no matter how idiotic he is. Plus, it confuses me beyond belief when I think of this, but I miss Akane and Ryoga.
Blossom: What about Shampoo?
Ranma: *shrugs* Her too.
Blossom: *eyes filling with tears, she presses the erase button on her laptop, and Ranma disappears* WHY ME?
Duo: *coming in the room* What's wrong babe?
Blossom: I.*sniff* just.*sniff* had.to *sniff* erase...RANMA! *cries*
Duo: *looking uncomfortable* Poor Blossom! *comforts Blossom and thinks* Perfect! Now another guy is out of the way! I'll have her before long! (A/N: where do I get this stuff?)
Heero: *comes in wearing sweatpants* Hn? (Translation: What's wrong with her?)
Blossom: *looks up and brightens when she sees Heero* I had to erase Ranma. Why are you in JUST sweatpants?
Duo: *sends Heero a death glare*
Heero: *ignores Duo and reaches into the fridge* Looking for food
Blossom/Duo: O.O
Duo: YOU? It's usually me who's looking for food!
Blossom: He MUST have an appetite after all! I'm so happy, I could make cookies!
Duo: *looks hopeful* Please?
Blossom: But we don't have the ingredients for them.
Duo: Please??? *.* (A/N: THE EYES!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!! *runs and hides*)
Blossom: *cringes and dials a number on the phone* Stop it Duo!
Meanwhile, at the apartment, everyone is getting ready for bed. Quatre was settling into Blossom's old room when the phone rang.
Quatre: *picking up the phone* Hello?
Blossom's voice: Hey Quatre! Is Mogura there? I need to ask her something. GET OFF DUO!
Quatre: -.-;; Hang on a sec. *gets Mogura, who's punching her punching bag in her room* Mogura?
Mogura: *looks up* Yeah Quatre?
Phone: *yelling and other signs of a fight are heard*
Mogura/Quatre: *sweatdrop*
Quatre: Phone. *blushes and hands her the phone*
Mogura: *takes it* Hello?
Blossom: Good! Mogura! DUO GET THE HELL OFF OF ME! FOR THE LAST TIME, I CAN'T MAKE COOKIES! Sorry, Duo wants me to make cookies.
Mougra: *raises eyebrow* You wanted to ask me something?
Blossom: Wow. How'd you know? You must be psychic or something!
Mogura: Or something.
Blossom: Right. Anyway, I know you're birthday's this month, but when's Jason's? And Aunt Amber's?
Mogura: I thought you knew that. Jason's is November 9th, Amber's the 11th.
Blossom: THANK YOU! DUO GET AWAY FROM THE BLENDER! Aw shit.
Mogura: *chuckling* What happened?
Blossom: he stuck his hand in the blender and turned it on.
Mogura: *winces* Any blood?
Blossom: Strangely, no. Goddamn him though. But he is the cutest guy I know, after Heero.
Mogura: What about Jason?
Blossom: He's after Duo. But he might move up in the next couple days. Who knows? Ja ne! *hangs up*
Mogura: *sighs for her sanity and goes to sleep*
The next day at Blossom's house, Blossom has noticed the day of the week.
Blossom: O.O IT'S THE 7th ALREADY?
Duo: *coming in her bedroom yawning* Why're you making so much noise babe? It's only 8:00.
Blossom: Guess we're giving up on school huh?
Duo: Seems like that. Why were you screaming?
Blossom: Amber's birthday is in *counts* four days, and Jason's birthday *Duo frowns* is in two days! Duo, we've got to do something for him!
Duo: Why not just do something for Amber?
Blossom: Mogura's already doing something for her. Duo-kun, please? *puppy dog eyes*
Duo: Hn. *walks out of her room with a frown on his face*
Blossom: *makes sure all her clothes are still on before following Duo into the kitchen* DUO! Please?????? It'll be fun, and I'll reward you later!
Duo: *eyes light up at 'reward'* Won't help that much.
Blossom: *hugs Duo and drags him back into her room* Now, you're coming with me on errands. We've got to go to Party City, fye, Sam Goody, the grocery store, Mogura's house, and the bank. *starts changing with Duo in the room*
Duo: *still mad at her a little, and turns his back while she's getting changed* Should I call Mogura?
Blossom: *digging through her new closet for something to wear* No. Don't be mad at me, please. I hate it when people are mad at me. It makes me feel bad. *unearths a pair of motorcycle boots* Sugoi! Duo babe, if you don't want to come, it's ok with me.
Duo: I don't feel like going right now.
Blossom: *laces her voice with pure sadness* Fine. I'll just ride my motorcycle all alone, dressed in who-knows-what, and get molested by mean and nasty men with no one to protect me. *sniffs*
Duo: *hasn't heard, since he was heading upstairs*
Blossom: Damn. Oh well, might as well not go. Let's see, where did I put my comfy jeans? *searches through drawers*
Half an hour later, Blossom is dressed warmly in a thick sweatshirt that said 'Detroit Red Wings' and a worn-in pair of jeans. Her long hair was in its usual braid, and in her hands was a big helmet.
Blossom: *looking at a piece of paper* Right. Not going to Mogura's apartment, bank first, then follow the list. I can do this if Barns and Nobles don't sidetrack me.
Duo: *coming out of the house to get the newspaper, doesn't spare a glance at Blossom, thinks* I can't believe she's throwing a surprise party for Jason! I'll just have to ignore her. Hey, what's Chang doing over there?
Wufei: *looking at Blossom's motorcycle* Nice bike, for an onna.
Blossom: Glad you think so. It was my mother's. Her birthday was three days after.Damn.
Duo: What're you doing Chang?
Wufei: *narrows eyes* Looking at the bike. It's a Honda, isn't it?
Blossom: Yup. A blue Honda ShadowSpirit. Runs well.
Wufei: *keeps admiring*
Blossom: I don't know when I'll be back, and when I do come back, I'll have a ton of things. If I get any calls whatsoever, tell them I'm not here, and will not be here for the rest of the day. Got it?
Wufei: *nods absently* (A/N: I just noticed something. This is a total OOC for Wufei. Funny huh?)
Blossom: *rolls eyes and puts on her helmet. She gets on the bike and revs it, after a few minutes she peels out of the driveway*
Duo: *muttering* Stupid onna. (A/N: ARGH! DUO'S ACTING LIKE WUFEI!!!!! *runs away*)
A couple hours later, Blossom roams the bookstore with five books in her arms.
Blossom: I have a serious problem with bookstores.
Angelo: *coming up next to her* I completely agree.
Blossom: *growls low in her throat* What are you doing here?
Angelo: I work here. *Blossom notices that he's wearing the store's uniform*
Blossom: Whatever. Can I buy these or not? *follows Angelo to the checkout counter*
Angelo: I'm surprised you're not here with Mogura.
Blossom: Doesn't live with me anymore.
Angelo: It's a few months until your birthday, isn't it?
Blossom: *nervous* NO! My birthday was in October!
Angelo: Your new birthday. I'm talking about your actual birthday. It's in February, isn't it?
Blossom: *nods and takes books away from him* Can't tell anyone. They go by my new one.
Angelo: Ah yes. The FBI changed it when you were threatened a couple years back, didn't they?
Blossom: Go fuck yourself. *walks out the door and into the November chills. She peels out of her parking spot and speeds home, tears dotting her eyes*
That's how Heero finds her ten minutes later, when she turned into the driveway.
Heero: Something wrong? You were gone a long time.
Blossom: *shakes head to clear it* It's nothing. Just a little run in with someone. I've got to go back out for baking supplies. Is Duo-kun still mad at me?
Heero: *nods head and takes a couple bags from out of the storage pockets on the motorcycle*
A few minutes later, all the bags were inside. Blossom grabbed her car keys and headed for the grocery store, where she ran into Quatre and Jason.
Quatre: Blossom! What a surprise! What're you here for? Didn't you just go grocery shopping?
Blossom: *nods absently, thinking about what Angelo had said* Baking supplies for cookies.
Jason: What kind of cookies?
Blossom: *jumps and notices Jason* Um.I don't know yet.
Jason: Oh. I suggest sugar, chocolate chip, and peanut butter. Those are my favs.
Blossom: *nods again and stores the information in her mind* Ok.thanks. *goes down a different aisle than them*
Quatre: She's got something on her mind.
Jason: *nods in agreement*
Blossom buys the supplies and heads home, still thinking about birthdays and Angelo. All the boys were waiting for her when she got back, all with frowns on their faces.
Duo: How can you just take off like that?
Blossom: I told you I was going to the grocery store! Didn't I?
Trowa: We just went the other day.
Blossom: I got absolutely nothing for cookies.
Wufei: You're making cookies onna? Why?
Blossom: *far-away voice* Birthdays.....
Duo: *said snidely* Right. JASON'S birthday.
Blossom: *nods and goes inside with her supplies, and drags out an ancient and big cookbook and starts working*
Heero: Something's up with her.
Duo: No shit.
Heero: Seriously Duo. That's the second time she's been like that today. When she got back before, she said something about Angelo.
Duo: ANGELO? Damn, what did he do to her now? *rushes inside*
Inside, the smell of cookies fill the air like perfume. Finished chocolate chip cookies were cooling on trays, and Blossom was running her hand under cold water.
Blossom: Dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit!
Duo: What happened? Blossom: I burned my finger again!
Duo: That's not what I meant. What did Angelo tell you?
Blossom: Something about birthdays. It isn't your concern. 'Tis mine.
Heero: *coming in* All of us have a right to know.
At the apartment, Jason and Quatre are telling Mogura and Amber about their run-in with Blossom.
Quatre: She seemed out of it.
Mogura: She's usually like that.
Jason: *mad at his cousin for bad mouthing his new crush* She is not!
Amber: She is too. Be quiet.
Quatre: I mean really out of it. More than usual.
Mogura: Are you that concerned?
Quatre/Jason: *nod their heads*
Mogura: *sighs* We'll call her and put her on speakerphone. *dials the number*
The phone rings in the kitchen, and Blossom picks it up gingerly, hoping to use it as an excuse to avoid the boys' questions.
Blossom: Hello?
Mogura: Hey Blossom, Quatre and Jason told me you were out of it before. What's up?
Blossom: Why does everyone want to know what Angelo said to me?
Mogura: Angelo's involved?
Blossom: Oops.
Duo: *turns on speakerphone too* She won't tell us what he said Mogura!
Blossom: I don't have to!
Wufei: It's weak of you for not telling.
Blossom: Hello? I'm female? I'm weak anyway, right?
Wufei: *shakes his head* Not since I saw the way you handle your bike.
Blossom: I should take that as a compliment. *takes another batch of cookies out of the oven and loads another in* Don't touch!
Duo: But I was begging for them before! Just a taste?
Mogura: What're you doing over there?
All (including Quatre and Jason): Making cookies!
Amber: Cookies? Why?
Blossom: Feel like it. Don't need a reason all the time do I?
Mogura: Last time you made cookies, you were sad about something. Now I know something's up.
Blossom: Fine. *turns off speakerphone and holds the phone up to her ear, speaks softly* Angelo mentioned my birthday.
Mogura: So?
Amber: And?
Blossom: Not my new one! My old one!
Mogura/Amber: Oohh.
Quatre: What do you mean by that?
Blossom: You wouldn't get it. *starts mixing things for sugar cookies, peanut butter cookies are sitting on the opposite counter as the chocolate chip ones* DON'T TOUCH THE CHOCOLATE BUB!
Duo: But babe!
Blossom: I thought you were mad at me.
Duo: It's forgiven as long as I get a cookie!
Blossom: *sighs* Fine, you can all have ONE each.
Mogura: Did he say anything else?
Blossom: Just that it was a couple months away. Like *counts* one, two, three. Three months away! Aw shit 'Gura, I'm not going to make it!
Mogura: And why not?
Blossom: *whispers something into the phone*
All in apartment: CAN'T HEAR YOU!
Blossom: 'Cause of what he does each year on my birthday!
Duo: Your birthday already past though.
Wufei: Unless you're hiding something from us, that is.
Blossom: No! Nothing! Mogura, I've got to go and save my cookies before they eat all of them. Ja ne! *hangs up*
Two days later, the day of the surprise party, Blossom wakes up to see Duo sleeping next to her.
Blossom: O.O AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Duo: *wakes up* Wha? What happened?
Blossom: GET OUT! *picks him up and shoves him out the door, then slams it*
Heero: *looks in from the den with a smirk on his face* Tell her she's got a package.
Duo: . Do you see 'moron' written on my forehead?
Wufei: YES!
Duo: . shut up!
Blossom: *comes out of her room and gracefully steps over Duo's body* Hey Heero. Did I hear you say I got a package?
Heero: *nods*
Blossom: ^_^ Good! No one can come into my room until I say so, so don't even try it! *she disappears again with a box Trowa threw her from the kitchen*
Duo: O.O That's a big box. Wonder what's in it?
Trowa: Something from Victoria's Secret. (A/N: They've got good clothes! Seriously, they sell clothes and shoes and things. We get the catalog.)
Duo: *gets a nosebleed*
Blossom: *comes out of her room with her CD player, a speaker set, a robe, and a bottle of bubble bath* Taking a bath. NO PEEKING! *she disappears into the small bathroom* And someone clean up that blood! *all the guys hear loud Paulina Rubio music all over the house*
One hour later, Blossom comes out of the bathroom with the robe on, a towel over her head and her CD player and speakers in her hand.
Blossom: What time is it?
Wufei: *glances at the kitchen clock* Just about 11:00. What happened last night anyway?
Heero: Horror movie marathon.
Blossom: *shivers* At noon, expect Mogura and Amber over. When they come, tell them I'm waiting for them in my room. 'K?
Wufei/Heero: *nod*
12:00 on the dot
Mogura: Blossom! Open up! We're here.
Duo: *opens door* she's in her room. Come in.
Jason: Mo, I still can't believe you actually adopted her. She's only like 4 years younger. Like Me!
Duo: *narrows eyes* Come in
Mogura: *sees the tension and pushes everyone in (which includes Amber, Jason and Quatre)* Right.. Anyway me and Amber are gonna just nip into her room and see her ok? *to Jason and Quatre* Make your self comfy this will take a while. *walks out of the living room followed by Amber *
Blossom's room
Mogura: *flops down next to Blossom on her bed and pulls the ear phones off* Ok so sup?
Amber: *delicately sits in a chair* Is something wrong?
Blossom: No its just.. Uh well you know how I'm throwing Jason his party today
Mogura: *smiles happy that her cousin and sister are getting along* Yes.
Blossom: Well I think there may be a bit of a problem with him and Duo.
Amber: Why would you think that
Blossom: Well think of when they met.
~~~~~~flashback~~~~~~~~~
Jason: Oh My God! Duo Maxwell! The real Duo Maxwell! You're my Hero! *shakes Duos hand*
Blossom: Uh ok
Mogura: I told you he was a fan.
Duo: Uh nice to meet you uh..
Blossom: His names Jason. He's Mo's cousin.
Duo: Right. *everyone sits down*
Jason: So Blossom you've survived living with Mo. I worship you
Duo: *eyebrow goes up at the word 'worship' and looks to see what Mo does. She just smiles*
Blossom: Well she isn't that bad. I'm so happy I can finally meet more of the family *scoots closer to Jason on the couch*
Duo: Well. uh..
Quatre: *notices the tension* Well uh I'm Quatre Winner
Jason: *who had been staring into Blossom eyes turns around and grabs Quatres hand* Wow this is amazing nice to meet you. Wow.
Mogura: *whispers in Quatres ear* Thanks
Quatre: *blushes*
Duo: grrr I'm going upstairs call me when its LESS crowded.
Jason: What's eating him?
Blossom: No idea.
~~~~~~end flashback~~~~~~
Amber: I don't see I problem calm down Blossom. Nothing's wrong
Blossom: You're right. I'm just nervous about the party.
Mogura: Ok going over the plan. We get Quatre to get Jason out of the house then we set up and surprise.
Blossom: Ok but how come Jason and Quatre are such good friends?
Mogura: No idea. I got to go check on them ya know be right back. *leaves the room*
Blossom: *turns to Amber* Do YOU know?
Amber: well yeah I was in the car with them when..
~~~~~~ANOTHER flashback (A/N: Mogura like flash backs ^.^)~~~~~~~~~
Mogura: *stops the car on the way home at the local food store* I got to get some ice cream we're all out.
Amber: ^.^ Cold and yummy.
Jason: ITS NOVEMBER ITS FREZZING HOW CAN YOU EAT ICE CREAM?!??!!
Mogura: We can and we will Be right back *hops out of the car*
Jason: *turns to Quatre* Don't you think my cousin is quite crazy
Quatre: Nah not really *dreamy look in eyes*
Jason: Dude! You have a crush on her don't you!
Quatre: *goes red* Uh well umm...
Jason: No need. You're a nice guy I'm sure she likes ya. No need to say a thing.
~~~~~~~end flashback~~~~~~
Blossom: interesting..
Mogura: *comes in the room* I'm back!!
Ok, I really should describe what they are wearing. Lets see: Blossom is wearing a tight pink shirt that shows her stomach and low rider jeans. Mogura is wearing a sleeveless black shirt and black pants. Amber is wearing a sleeveless amber shirt and beige pants.
Mogura: Time to put Operation: Surprise Party into action
Amber/Blossom: *sweatdrop*
Blossom: Ok lets go *gets up stretches and leads the way down stairs*
Quatre: *is saying to Jason* .. So would you like to come?
Jason: *nods happily* This will be great I love pizza
Quatre: ok *Jason and Quatre leave*
Blossom: *peeks out the window* Ok they're gone! Lets move it people
Mogura: I'll make the cake! *moves towards the kitchen*
Blossom: No! I'm making it I found the best chocolate cake recipe *runs to the kitchen*
Duo: *sits down on the couch and crosses his arms* everything's Jason, Jason, Jason! I wish that idiot would just buzz off.
Mogura: What did you just say!
Duo: Nothing I'm going up stairs tell me when its over *marches upstairs*
Amber: What's eating him?
Mogura: Dunno. * starts blowing up balloons that read: Happy Birthday Jason!*
Amber: Ok. hey you! *points to Heero* Help me with these *throws streamers at him*
Heero: hn (translation: fine) *starts fixing streamers around*
1 hour later..
Blossom: *comes out of the kitchen smiling happily* Cake done!! Uh, Mo Jason and Quatre have been gone a long time! It doesn't take that long to get pizza!
Mogura: *shares a glance with Amber* Oh well you know we gave Jason completely loopy instructions but they should be heading home now.
Blossom: *looks around* Where's Duo? I thought he said he would help.
Wufei: Maxwell shut himself upstairs in your old room onna.
Blossom: *trades Look with Mogura* I'll go get him out *runs up stairs and raps on her door* Duo open up
Duo: *opens door* Whatcha want?
Blossom: *moves into the room* Just wanted to see what's wrong
Duo: *moves close to her* Can I kiss you?
Blossom: *thinks he's joking because its completely random* Sure
Duo: *Leans in and kisses her*
Blossom: *shocked that he actually kissed her. She slaps him* (A/N I know I know its really Marmalade boy but I had to do it. Blossom: IT'S THE PLOT YOU IDIOT!) Duo stop acting weird *marches out of the room*
Duo: *touches stinging cheek* What did I do?
In the car
Jason: No no! Take a left at North Glen *Quatre turns the car and drives* Oh god look where we are! *points to something*
Quatre: We went in a circle! Well better go back in *parks the car and gets out but Jason runs ahead*
Jason: *opens the door* Hey Mogura These instructions were bull..
Everyone else: SURPRISE! *streamers fall*
Jason: Oh my god!
Blossom: *grabs Jason in a hug* Happy birthday!
Jason: *returns the hug*
Duo: *in the shadows thinks* He's getting too close to her.
Mogura: Come in come on. We've got cake, presents, pin the tail on the Triskle. *laughs slightly as she gets a death glare from Blossom* Just kidding! heh heh heh
Jason: Wow you guys did this all for me!
Quatre: *comes in from behind him* Yup.
Jason: You guys are to much!
*everybody goes to settle down*
Duo: *still in the shadows, still thinking* Why did she slap me? She said yes when I asked her.
Blossom: *still confused by the kiss, also thinking* Why did he kiss me? He usually teases me about that stuff. Is he jealous of my new relationship with Jason?
Mogura: *waving her hand in front of Blossom's clouded eyes* Hello? Blossom? Are you in there?
Blossom: Wha? *mentally slaps herself to see everyone's staring at her* Oh. Sorry! Spaced out a minute there. *doorbell rings* I'll get it. *she opens the door to see Angelo*
Angelo: Hey.
Blossom: *pales and steps outside* What the hell are you doing here?
Angelo: Free country.
Blossom: But I'm in the middle of doing something important!
Angelo: I looked in your windows before. You're throwing a party. You know it's not a party unless I'm there.
Blossom: I beg to differ.
Angelo: Baby, you're colors gone. *puts his hands on her cheeks to warm them*
Blossom: *narrows and slaps his hands away* Get your filthy hands off of me! *heads back inside, Angelo follows unknowingly* Sorry about tha-GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF OF ME YOU IDIOT!
Angelo: *sheepishly smiles and removes his hands from her waist*
All in room: *seethe*
Angelo: What? I just came to visit my girlfriend.
Blossom/Mogura: EX-GIRLFRIEND!
Blossom: *with the help of Mogura and Amber shove him out the door and slam it behind him* Stay away from me you bastard!
Jason: Who was he?
Mogura: Bastard.
Amber: Idiot.
Blossom: Ex-boyfriend. Likes to psyche me out a lot.
Jason: *concerned about Blossom* You ok?
Blossom: ^.^ Just peachy! Let's not let that ruin our day, ok?
For the rest of the day, Duo stayed in the shadows thinking, and everyone else had fun at the party. Everyone marveled at Blossom's chocolate cake, which she didn't touch because she doesn't like cake that much. Later that night, Blossom and Jason were standing outside, Blossom shivering in her long coat.
Blossom: I.hate.the.cold!
Jason: Same. It was nice of you to throw me a surprise party today.
Blossom: N-n-no..problem.
Jason: *on impulse, leans over and kisses Blossom. Since she didn't feel like being kissed, she pulled away and ran back inside without saying goodbye* Weird. Thought she liked me. *goes over to the car*
Blossom runs into her room and locks herself in. She throws herself on her bed and cries until she feels better.
Blossom: Two in one day. One out a fit of jealousy, I'm guessing, and one for pure pleasure against the cold. ARGH! I'm so confused. *takes a box out of under the bed and takes out three things: a pair of pants, a leather top, and biker boots with a high heel* Better. *puts the three things on and decided her method of escape from reality* Lets see. I can either go out the front, the back, or climb out the window. I'll slowly go around to the back, sense it's closer to my bike. *slowly walks out of her room, making a image of herself in her bed*
In the kitchen, Heero and Trowa are looking for a midnight snack when Blossom comes in.
Blossom: Shit.
Heero/Trowa: *turn to see her* O.O
Blossom: Hi. Bye! *quickly runs out of the house, grabbing her motorcycle keys on the way*
Heero: Hn? (Translation: Interesting.)
Trowa: . (Translation: Should we follow her?)
Heero: *shakes head* Hn. (Translation: No. I've got a tracking device on her connected to my laptop.)
Trowa: *nods in approval* . (Translation: Lets go see.) *the two go into Heero's room, which is the basement that is shared with Wufei*
Blossom was driving to a place she thought she would never be found, the graveyard. She kneels by her family's tombstones and thinks.
Blossom: *thinking* I wish this had never happened to me. *whispering* Mom, Dad, Beth. I'm so sorry for everything that has ever happened between us four. *she hears footsteps and turns around quickly* Who's there?
???: Aren't you Blossom? Mogura's adopted sister?
Blossom: Maybe I am. Who're you?
???: *smiles in the darkness* A friend.
Blossom: How do you know Mogura? *there are knots in her stomach from this person*
???: I'm an old friend.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flashback (A/N: Blossom like flashbacks too!)~~~~~~~~~~~~~
12 years ago
???: 'Gura! I missed you!
Mogura: I missed you too! *hugs ???*
???: You'll never guess what I did!
Mogura: WHAT? *stars in eyes* (A/N: Blossom: *shivers* STARS IN MOGURA'S EYES?)
???: I killed a few people! All male!
Mogura: NANI? Why? Who?
???: 'Gura. It's my job. Lesse. I killed...*ticks a number of names on his fingers, all were Mogura's friends* That's all.
Mogura: O.O *tears in her eyes* I HATE YOU! LEAVE ME ALONE! *runs away, crying and thinking* I'll never trust another boy ever again!
Amber: Mogura, what's wrong?
Mogura: Ambie-chan! He.he killed them all!
Amber: He? Who's he?
Mogura: Howard! *sobs in Amber's arms*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~end flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Blossom: Howard? I've never heard of you before.
Howard: *still smiling, baring pointed teeth* Of course not. Mogura never forgave me. But it was because of me that she hates all males.
Blossom: *mutters* I wonder why.
Howard: But once I found out from my nameless contact that Mogura adopted you, I was excited. I'm always to see my 'Gura.
Blossom: *pales* How do you know about me?
Howard: Angelo is my slave.
Blossom: What? *her voice is deadly soft* Since when?
Howard: He's always been my slave. Now I'll have to kill you. You've heard too much. *takes out a gun and aims it at Blossom's heart*
In the basement of Blossom's house, there are some technical problems.
Duo: Fuck it! Heero, why'd your laptop have to fritz out the power NOW?
Heero: hn. (Translation: shut up Duo.)
Wufei: Maxwell! Stop complaining!
Trowa: *watching the laptop screen, which was running on the internal battery* Heero, she's in trouble. Wait...no she isn't. Now she is. Wait. Nope. Not anymore. Now she is again. Now she isn't. Now she is.
Heero: MAKE UP YOUR MIND!
All other than Heero: O.O
Heero: What's wrong with her?
Trowa: She's just been shot in the arm.
Heero: NANI? *grabs his coat and runs out the door, with everyone else following* Where is she?
Duo: Who ARE you talking about?
Trowa: Blossom.
Duo: That's stupid! She's sleeping!
Wufei: *just came back from checking her room* No she's not. There's a likeness of her in there, but the onna herself.
Duo: Crap! Should we call Mogura?
Trowa/Heero: NO. *Heero drives the car to the cemetery*
Back at the graveyard/cemetery, Blossom is trying to avoid being hit again.
Blossom: Goddammit! *hisses through her teeth when another bullet skims her cheek*
Howard: *laughing maniacally* You'll never get away from me!!! *fires again*
Blossom: Never-ending bullets. I hate those type of guys. *dodges again and sighs with relief when Howard slumps to the ground* Thank god!
Duo: WHY ARE YOU AT A CEMETERY?
Blossom: Visiting. Why do you care? *Duo shuts up*
Trowa: You're bleeding.
Blossom: Gee. I never noticed!
Heero: *examining the wound in her arm* It's deep. You might need stitches. But there's no bullet.
Blossom: He also had a knife.
Wufei: That's injustice! Going after an unarmed onna!
Blossom: *winces when Trowa gets the first aid kit from the car* Thanks for caring, but I think I can handle it. There's no need for you to stitch me up.
Heero: We have to.
Trowa: You don't need more scars.
Blossom: I can handle scars. *pales when Trowa brings out the needle* Please don't!
Trowa: We have to!
Blossom: BUT! It's injustice!
Wufei: *chuckles at the use of his word*
Heero: Get over it. *starts to stitch up her arm*
Blossom: *faints*
Duo: Now she's done it. *holds her upright for Heero*
Heero: *after a few minutes* Done. *clips the thread* Let's go.
Duo: How're we supposed to get her bike back?
Trowa: Bring it over to Mogura's and tell her what happened. Then come home.
Duo: *nods and mounts her bike*
The boys and an unconscious Blossom go in separate ways, leaving Howard alive in the graveyard.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*
Blossom: DONE! ^.^
Mogura: What's with the gore?
Blossom: In a gory mood! Oh yeah, go read Sempai Sunny's Stories! They're really good! ^.^ *skips off*
Mogura: -.-;;; R&R please! The story is in danger of being discontinued!
Duo: Babe, get the crazy look out of your eyes.
Blossom: NO!!!!!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: *looking behind shoulder to make sure evil pick pocketing squirrels aren't there* OKIES! No own Gundam Wing, Ranma ½, um..I think that's it. Also, Marmalade Boy doesn't belong to me, and I kinda stole the manga from my sister. O well! Happy Trails!!!!!! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~* Blossom and Ranma are sitting in the kitchen a couple hours after Jason, Mogura and Amber had left at 7:00 pm.
Blossom: Are you sure you wanna do this? I'll miss you!
Ranma: Pretty sure. I miss Pop, no matter how idiotic he is. Plus, it confuses me beyond belief when I think of this, but I miss Akane and Ryoga.
Blossom: What about Shampoo?
Ranma: *shrugs* Her too.
Blossom: *eyes filling with tears, she presses the erase button on her laptop, and Ranma disappears* WHY ME?
Duo: *coming in the room* What's wrong babe?
Blossom: I.*sniff* just.*sniff* had.to *sniff* erase...RANMA! *cries*
Duo: *looking uncomfortable* Poor Blossom! *comforts Blossom and thinks* Perfect! Now another guy is out of the way! I'll have her before long! (A/N: where do I get this stuff?)
Heero: *comes in wearing sweatpants* Hn? (Translation: What's wrong with her?)
Blossom: *looks up and brightens when she sees Heero* I had to erase Ranma. Why are you in JUST sweatpants?
Duo: *sends Heero a death glare*
Heero: *ignores Duo and reaches into the fridge* Looking for food
Blossom/Duo: O.O
Duo: YOU? It's usually me who's looking for food!
Blossom: He MUST have an appetite after all! I'm so happy, I could make cookies!
Duo: *looks hopeful* Please?
Blossom: But we don't have the ingredients for them.
Duo: Please??? *.* (A/N: THE EYES!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!! *runs and hides*)
Blossom: *cringes and dials a number on the phone* Stop it Duo!
Meanwhile, at the apartment, everyone is getting ready for bed. Quatre was settling into Blossom's old room when the phone rang.
Quatre: *picking up the phone* Hello?
Blossom's voice: Hey Quatre! Is Mogura there? I need to ask her something. GET OFF DUO!
Quatre: -.-;; Hang on a sec. *gets Mogura, who's punching her punching bag in her room* Mogura?
Mogura: *looks up* Yeah Quatre?
Phone: *yelling and other signs of a fight are heard*
Mogura/Quatre: *sweatdrop*
Quatre: Phone. *blushes and hands her the phone*
Mogura: *takes it* Hello?
Blossom: Good! Mogura! DUO GET THE HELL OFF OF ME! FOR THE LAST TIME, I CAN'T MAKE COOKIES! Sorry, Duo wants me to make cookies.
Mougra: *raises eyebrow* You wanted to ask me something?
Blossom: Wow. How'd you know? You must be psychic or something!
Mogura: Or something.
Blossom: Right. Anyway, I know you're birthday's this month, but when's Jason's? And Aunt Amber's?
Mogura: I thought you knew that. Jason's is November 9th, Amber's the 11th.
Blossom: THANK YOU! DUO GET AWAY FROM THE BLENDER! Aw shit.
Mogura: *chuckling* What happened?
Blossom: he stuck his hand in the blender and turned it on.
Mogura: *winces* Any blood?
Blossom: Strangely, no. Goddamn him though. But he is the cutest guy I know, after Heero.
Mogura: What about Jason?
Blossom: He's after Duo. But he might move up in the next couple days. Who knows? Ja ne! *hangs up*
Mogura: *sighs for her sanity and goes to sleep*
The next day at Blossom's house, Blossom has noticed the day of the week.
Blossom: O.O IT'S THE 7th ALREADY?
Duo: *coming in her bedroom yawning* Why're you making so much noise babe? It's only 8:00.
Blossom: Guess we're giving up on school huh?
Duo: Seems like that. Why were you screaming?
Blossom: Amber's birthday is in *counts* four days, and Jason's birthday *Duo frowns* is in two days! Duo, we've got to do something for him!
Duo: Why not just do something for Amber?
Blossom: Mogura's already doing something for her. Duo-kun, please? *puppy dog eyes*
Duo: Hn. *walks out of her room with a frown on his face*
Blossom: *makes sure all her clothes are still on before following Duo into the kitchen* DUO! Please?????? It'll be fun, and I'll reward you later!
Duo: *eyes light up at 'reward'* Won't help that much.
Blossom: *hugs Duo and drags him back into her room* Now, you're coming with me on errands. We've got to go to Party City, fye, Sam Goody, the grocery store, Mogura's house, and the bank. *starts changing with Duo in the room*
Duo: *still mad at her a little, and turns his back while she's getting changed* Should I call Mogura?
Blossom: *digging through her new closet for something to wear* No. Don't be mad at me, please. I hate it when people are mad at me. It makes me feel bad. *unearths a pair of motorcycle boots* Sugoi! Duo babe, if you don't want to come, it's ok with me.
Duo: I don't feel like going right now.
Blossom: *laces her voice with pure sadness* Fine. I'll just ride my motorcycle all alone, dressed in who-knows-what, and get molested by mean and nasty men with no one to protect me. *sniffs*
Duo: *hasn't heard, since he was heading upstairs*
Blossom: Damn. Oh well, might as well not go. Let's see, where did I put my comfy jeans? *searches through drawers*
Half an hour later, Blossom is dressed warmly in a thick sweatshirt that said 'Detroit Red Wings' and a worn-in pair of jeans. Her long hair was in its usual braid, and in her hands was a big helmet.
Blossom: *looking at a piece of paper* Right. Not going to Mogura's apartment, bank first, then follow the list. I can do this if Barns and Nobles don't sidetrack me.
Duo: *coming out of the house to get the newspaper, doesn't spare a glance at Blossom, thinks* I can't believe she's throwing a surprise party for Jason! I'll just have to ignore her. Hey, what's Chang doing over there?
Wufei: *looking at Blossom's motorcycle* Nice bike, for an onna.
Blossom: Glad you think so. It was my mother's. Her birthday was three days after.Damn.
Duo: What're you doing Chang?
Wufei: *narrows eyes* Looking at the bike. It's a Honda, isn't it?
Blossom: Yup. A blue Honda ShadowSpirit. Runs well.
Wufei: *keeps admiring*
Blossom: I don't know when I'll be back, and when I do come back, I'll have a ton of things. If I get any calls whatsoever, tell them I'm not here, and will not be here for the rest of the day. Got it?
Wufei: *nods absently* (A/N: I just noticed something. This is a total OOC for Wufei. Funny huh?)
Blossom: *rolls eyes and puts on her helmet. She gets on the bike and revs it, after a few minutes she peels out of the driveway*
Duo: *muttering* Stupid onna. (A/N: ARGH! DUO'S ACTING LIKE WUFEI!!!!! *runs away*)
A couple hours later, Blossom roams the bookstore with five books in her arms.
Blossom: I have a serious problem with bookstores.
Angelo: *coming up next to her* I completely agree.
Blossom: *growls low in her throat* What are you doing here?
Angelo: I work here. *Blossom notices that he's wearing the store's uniform*
Blossom: Whatever. Can I buy these or not? *follows Angelo to the checkout counter*
Angelo: I'm surprised you're not here with Mogura.
Blossom: Doesn't live with me anymore.
Angelo: It's a few months until your birthday, isn't it?
Blossom: *nervous* NO! My birthday was in October!
Angelo: Your new birthday. I'm talking about your actual birthday. It's in February, isn't it?
Blossom: *nods and takes books away from him* Can't tell anyone. They go by my new one.
Angelo: Ah yes. The FBI changed it when you were threatened a couple years back, didn't they?
Blossom: Go fuck yourself. *walks out the door and into the November chills. She peels out of her parking spot and speeds home, tears dotting her eyes*
That's how Heero finds her ten minutes later, when she turned into the driveway.
Heero: Something wrong? You were gone a long time.
Blossom: *shakes head to clear it* It's nothing. Just a little run in with someone. I've got to go back out for baking supplies. Is Duo-kun still mad at me?
Heero: *nods head and takes a couple bags from out of the storage pockets on the motorcycle*
A few minutes later, all the bags were inside. Blossom grabbed her car keys and headed for the grocery store, where she ran into Quatre and Jason.
Quatre: Blossom! What a surprise! What're you here for? Didn't you just go grocery shopping?
Blossom: *nods absently, thinking about what Angelo had said* Baking supplies for cookies.
Jason: What kind of cookies?
Blossom: *jumps and notices Jason* Um.I don't know yet.
Jason: Oh. I suggest sugar, chocolate chip, and peanut butter. Those are my favs.
Blossom: *nods again and stores the information in her mind* Ok.thanks. *goes down a different aisle than them*
Quatre: She's got something on her mind.
Jason: *nods in agreement*
Blossom buys the supplies and heads home, still thinking about birthdays and Angelo. All the boys were waiting for her when she got back, all with frowns on their faces.
Duo: How can you just take off like that?
Blossom: I told you I was going to the grocery store! Didn't I?
Trowa: We just went the other day.
Blossom: I got absolutely nothing for cookies.
Wufei: You're making cookies onna? Why?
Blossom: *far-away voice* Birthdays.....
Duo: *said snidely* Right. JASON'S birthday.
Blossom: *nods and goes inside with her supplies, and drags out an ancient and big cookbook and starts working*
Heero: Something's up with her.
Duo: No shit.
Heero: Seriously Duo. That's the second time she's been like that today. When she got back before, she said something about Angelo.
Duo: ANGELO? Damn, what did he do to her now? *rushes inside*
Inside, the smell of cookies fill the air like perfume. Finished chocolate chip cookies were cooling on trays, and Blossom was running her hand under cold water.
Blossom: Dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit!
Duo: What happened? Blossom: I burned my finger again!
Duo: That's not what I meant. What did Angelo tell you?
Blossom: Something about birthdays. It isn't your concern. 'Tis mine.
Heero: *coming in* All of us have a right to know.
At the apartment, Jason and Quatre are telling Mogura and Amber about their run-in with Blossom.
Quatre: She seemed out of it.
Mogura: She's usually like that.
Jason: *mad at his cousin for bad mouthing his new crush* She is not!
Amber: She is too. Be quiet.
Quatre: I mean really out of it. More than usual.
Mogura: Are you that concerned?
Quatre/Jason: *nod their heads*
Mogura: *sighs* We'll call her and put her on speakerphone. *dials the number*
The phone rings in the kitchen, and Blossom picks it up gingerly, hoping to use it as an excuse to avoid the boys' questions.
Blossom: Hello?
Mogura: Hey Blossom, Quatre and Jason told me you were out of it before. What's up?
Blossom: Why does everyone want to know what Angelo said to me?
Mogura: Angelo's involved?
Blossom: Oops.
Duo: *turns on speakerphone too* She won't tell us what he said Mogura!
Blossom: I don't have to!
Wufei: It's weak of you for not telling.
Blossom: Hello? I'm female? I'm weak anyway, right?
Wufei: *shakes his head* Not since I saw the way you handle your bike.
Blossom: I should take that as a compliment. *takes another batch of cookies out of the oven and loads another in* Don't touch!
Duo: But I was begging for them before! Just a taste?
Mogura: What're you doing over there?
All (including Quatre and Jason): Making cookies!
Amber: Cookies? Why?
Blossom: Feel like it. Don't need a reason all the time do I?
Mogura: Last time you made cookies, you were sad about something. Now I know something's up.
Blossom: Fine. *turns off speakerphone and holds the phone up to her ear, speaks softly* Angelo mentioned my birthday.
Mogura: So?
Amber: And?
Blossom: Not my new one! My old one!
Mogura/Amber: Oohh.
Quatre: What do you mean by that?
Blossom: You wouldn't get it. *starts mixing things for sugar cookies, peanut butter cookies are sitting on the opposite counter as the chocolate chip ones* DON'T TOUCH THE CHOCOLATE BUB!
Duo: But babe!
Blossom: I thought you were mad at me.
Duo: It's forgiven as long as I get a cookie!
Blossom: *sighs* Fine, you can all have ONE each.
Mogura: Did he say anything else?
Blossom: Just that it was a couple months away. Like *counts* one, two, three. Three months away! Aw shit 'Gura, I'm not going to make it!
Mogura: And why not?
Blossom: *whispers something into the phone*
All in apartment: CAN'T HEAR YOU!
Blossom: 'Cause of what he does each year on my birthday!
Duo: Your birthday already past though.
Wufei: Unless you're hiding something from us, that is.
Blossom: No! Nothing! Mogura, I've got to go and save my cookies before they eat all of them. Ja ne! *hangs up*
Two days later, the day of the surprise party, Blossom wakes up to see Duo sleeping next to her.
Blossom: O.O AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Duo: *wakes up* Wha? What happened?
Blossom: GET OUT! *picks him up and shoves him out the door, then slams it*
Heero: *looks in from the den with a smirk on his face* Tell her she's got a package.
Duo: . Do you see 'moron' written on my forehead?
Wufei: YES!
Duo: . shut up!
Blossom: *comes out of her room and gracefully steps over Duo's body* Hey Heero. Did I hear you say I got a package?
Heero: *nods*
Blossom: ^_^ Good! No one can come into my room until I say so, so don't even try it! *she disappears again with a box Trowa threw her from the kitchen*
Duo: O.O That's a big box. Wonder what's in it?
Trowa: Something from Victoria's Secret. (A/N: They've got good clothes! Seriously, they sell clothes and shoes and things. We get the catalog.)
Duo: *gets a nosebleed*
Blossom: *comes out of her room with her CD player, a speaker set, a robe, and a bottle of bubble bath* Taking a bath. NO PEEKING! *she disappears into the small bathroom* And someone clean up that blood! *all the guys hear loud Paulina Rubio music all over the house*
One hour later, Blossom comes out of the bathroom with the robe on, a towel over her head and her CD player and speakers in her hand.
Blossom: What time is it?
Wufei: *glances at the kitchen clock* Just about 11:00. What happened last night anyway?
Heero: Horror movie marathon.
Blossom: *shivers* At noon, expect Mogura and Amber over. When they come, tell them I'm waiting for them in my room. 'K?
Wufei/Heero: *nod*
12:00 on the dot
Mogura: Blossom! Open up! We're here.
Duo: *opens door* she's in her room. Come in.
Jason: Mo, I still can't believe you actually adopted her. She's only like 4 years younger. Like Me!
Duo: *narrows eyes* Come in
Mogura: *sees the tension and pushes everyone in (which includes Amber, Jason and Quatre)* Right.. Anyway me and Amber are gonna just nip into her room and see her ok? *to Jason and Quatre* Make your self comfy this will take a while. *walks out of the living room followed by Amber *
Blossom's room
Mogura: *flops down next to Blossom on her bed and pulls the ear phones off* Ok so sup?
Amber: *delicately sits in a chair* Is something wrong?
Blossom: No its just.. Uh well you know how I'm throwing Jason his party today
Mogura: *smiles happy that her cousin and sister are getting along* Yes.
Blossom: Well I think there may be a bit of a problem with him and Duo.
Amber: Why would you think that
Blossom: Well think of when they met.
~~~~~~flashback~~~~~~~~~
Jason: Oh My God! Duo Maxwell! The real Duo Maxwell! You're my Hero! *shakes Duos hand*
Blossom: Uh ok
Mogura: I told you he was a fan.
Duo: Uh nice to meet you uh..
Blossom: His names Jason. He's Mo's cousin.
Duo: Right. *everyone sits down*
Jason: So Blossom you've survived living with Mo. I worship you
Duo: *eyebrow goes up at the word 'worship' and looks to see what Mo does. She just smiles*
Blossom: Well she isn't that bad. I'm so happy I can finally meet more of the family *scoots closer to Jason on the couch*
Duo: Well. uh..
Quatre: *notices the tension* Well uh I'm Quatre Winner
Jason: *who had been staring into Blossom eyes turns around and grabs Quatres hand* Wow this is amazing nice to meet you. Wow.
Mogura: *whispers in Quatres ear* Thanks
Quatre: *blushes*
Duo: grrr I'm going upstairs call me when its LESS crowded.
Jason: What's eating him?
Blossom: No idea.
~~~~~~end flashback~~~~~~
Amber: I don't see I problem calm down Blossom. Nothing's wrong
Blossom: You're right. I'm just nervous about the party.
Mogura: Ok going over the plan. We get Quatre to get Jason out of the house then we set up and surprise.
Blossom: Ok but how come Jason and Quatre are such good friends?
Mogura: No idea. I got to go check on them ya know be right back. *leaves the room*
Blossom: *turns to Amber* Do YOU know?
Amber: well yeah I was in the car with them when..
~~~~~~ANOTHER flashback (A/N: Mogura like flash backs ^.^)~~~~~~~~~
Mogura: *stops the car on the way home at the local food store* I got to get some ice cream we're all out.
Amber: ^.^ Cold and yummy.
Jason: ITS NOVEMBER ITS FREZZING HOW CAN YOU EAT ICE CREAM?!??!!
Mogura: We can and we will Be right back *hops out of the car*
Jason: *turns to Quatre* Don't you think my cousin is quite crazy
Quatre: Nah not really *dreamy look in eyes*
Jason: Dude! You have a crush on her don't you!
Quatre: *goes red* Uh well umm...
Jason: No need. You're a nice guy I'm sure she likes ya. No need to say a thing.
~~~~~~~end flashback~~~~~~
Blossom: interesting..
Mogura: *comes in the room* I'm back!!
Ok, I really should describe what they are wearing. Lets see: Blossom is wearing a tight pink shirt that shows her stomach and low rider jeans. Mogura is wearing a sleeveless black shirt and black pants. Amber is wearing a sleeveless amber shirt and beige pants.
Mogura: Time to put Operation: Surprise Party into action
Amber/Blossom: *sweatdrop*
Blossom: Ok lets go *gets up stretches and leads the way down stairs*
Quatre: *is saying to Jason* .. So would you like to come?
Jason: *nods happily* This will be great I love pizza
Quatre: ok *Jason and Quatre leave*
Blossom: *peeks out the window* Ok they're gone! Lets move it people
Mogura: I'll make the cake! *moves towards the kitchen*
Blossom: No! I'm making it I found the best chocolate cake recipe *runs to the kitchen*
Duo: *sits down on the couch and crosses his arms* everything's Jason, Jason, Jason! I wish that idiot would just buzz off.
Mogura: What did you just say!
Duo: Nothing I'm going up stairs tell me when its over *marches upstairs*
Amber: What's eating him?
Mogura: Dunno. * starts blowing up balloons that read: Happy Birthday Jason!*
Amber: Ok. hey you! *points to Heero* Help me with these *throws streamers at him*
Heero: hn (translation: fine) *starts fixing streamers around*
1 hour later..
Blossom: *comes out of the kitchen smiling happily* Cake done!! Uh, Mo Jason and Quatre have been gone a long time! It doesn't take that long to get pizza!
Mogura: *shares a glance with Amber* Oh well you know we gave Jason completely loopy instructions but they should be heading home now.
Blossom: *looks around* Where's Duo? I thought he said he would help.
Wufei: Maxwell shut himself upstairs in your old room onna.
Blossom: *trades Look with Mogura* I'll go get him out *runs up stairs and raps on her door* Duo open up
Duo: *opens door* Whatcha want?
Blossom: *moves into the room* Just wanted to see what's wrong
Duo: *moves close to her* Can I kiss you?
Blossom: *thinks he's joking because its completely random* Sure
Duo: *Leans in and kisses her*
Blossom: *shocked that he actually kissed her. She slaps him* (A/N I know I know its really Marmalade boy but I had to do it. Blossom: IT'S THE PLOT YOU IDIOT!) Duo stop acting weird *marches out of the room*
Duo: *touches stinging cheek* What did I do?
In the car
Jason: No no! Take a left at North Glen *Quatre turns the car and drives* Oh god look where we are! *points to something*
Quatre: We went in a circle! Well better go back in *parks the car and gets out but Jason runs ahead*
Jason: *opens the door* Hey Mogura These instructions were bull..
Everyone else: SURPRISE! *streamers fall*
Jason: Oh my god!
Blossom: *grabs Jason in a hug* Happy birthday!
Jason: *returns the hug*
Duo: *in the shadows thinks* He's getting too close to her.
Mogura: Come in come on. We've got cake, presents, pin the tail on the Triskle. *laughs slightly as she gets a death glare from Blossom* Just kidding! heh heh heh
Jason: Wow you guys did this all for me!
Quatre: *comes in from behind him* Yup.
Jason: You guys are to much!
*everybody goes to settle down*
Duo: *still in the shadows, still thinking* Why did she slap me? She said yes when I asked her.
Blossom: *still confused by the kiss, also thinking* Why did he kiss me? He usually teases me about that stuff. Is he jealous of my new relationship with Jason?
Mogura: *waving her hand in front of Blossom's clouded eyes* Hello? Blossom? Are you in there?
Blossom: Wha? *mentally slaps herself to see everyone's staring at her* Oh. Sorry! Spaced out a minute there. *doorbell rings* I'll get it. *she opens the door to see Angelo*
Angelo: Hey.
Blossom: *pales and steps outside* What the hell are you doing here?
Angelo: Free country.
Blossom: But I'm in the middle of doing something important!
Angelo: I looked in your windows before. You're throwing a party. You know it's not a party unless I'm there.
Blossom: I beg to differ.
Angelo: Baby, you're colors gone. *puts his hands on her cheeks to warm them*
Blossom: *narrows and slaps his hands away* Get your filthy hands off of me! *heads back inside, Angelo follows unknowingly* Sorry about tha-GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF OF ME YOU IDIOT!
Angelo: *sheepishly smiles and removes his hands from her waist*
All in room: *seethe*
Angelo: What? I just came to visit my girlfriend.
Blossom/Mogura: EX-GIRLFRIEND!
Blossom: *with the help of Mogura and Amber shove him out the door and slam it behind him* Stay away from me you bastard!
Jason: Who was he?
Mogura: Bastard.
Amber: Idiot.
Blossom: Ex-boyfriend. Likes to psyche me out a lot.
Jason: *concerned about Blossom* You ok?
Blossom: ^.^ Just peachy! Let's not let that ruin our day, ok?
For the rest of the day, Duo stayed in the shadows thinking, and everyone else had fun at the party. Everyone marveled at Blossom's chocolate cake, which she didn't touch because she doesn't like cake that much. Later that night, Blossom and Jason were standing outside, Blossom shivering in her long coat.
Blossom: I.hate.the.cold!
Jason: Same. It was nice of you to throw me a surprise party today.
Blossom: N-n-no..problem.
Jason: *on impulse, leans over and kisses Blossom. Since she didn't feel like being kissed, she pulled away and ran back inside without saying goodbye* Weird. Thought she liked me. *goes over to the car*
Blossom runs into her room and locks herself in. She throws herself on her bed and cries until she feels better.
Blossom: Two in one day. One out a fit of jealousy, I'm guessing, and one for pure pleasure against the cold. ARGH! I'm so confused. *takes a box out of under the bed and takes out three things: a pair of pants, a leather top, and biker boots with a high heel* Better. *puts the three things on and decided her method of escape from reality* Lets see. I can either go out the front, the back, or climb out the window. I'll slowly go around to the back, sense it's closer to my bike. *slowly walks out of her room, making a image of herself in her bed*
In the kitchen, Heero and Trowa are looking for a midnight snack when Blossom comes in.
Blossom: Shit.
Heero/Trowa: *turn to see her* O.O
Blossom: Hi. Bye! *quickly runs out of the house, grabbing her motorcycle keys on the way*
Heero: Hn? (Translation: Interesting.)
Trowa: . (Translation: Should we follow her?)
Heero: *shakes head* Hn. (Translation: No. I've got a tracking device on her connected to my laptop.)
Trowa: *nods in approval* . (Translation: Lets go see.) *the two go into Heero's room, which is the basement that is shared with Wufei*
Blossom was driving to a place she thought she would never be found, the graveyard. She kneels by her family's tombstones and thinks.
Blossom: *thinking* I wish this had never happened to me. *whispering* Mom, Dad, Beth. I'm so sorry for everything that has ever happened between us four. *she hears footsteps and turns around quickly* Who's there?
???: Aren't you Blossom? Mogura's adopted sister?
Blossom: Maybe I am. Who're you?
???: *smiles in the darkness* A friend.
Blossom: How do you know Mogura? *there are knots in her stomach from this person*
???: I'm an old friend.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flashback (A/N: Blossom like flashbacks too!)~~~~~~~~~~~~~
12 years ago
???: 'Gura! I missed you!
Mogura: I missed you too! *hugs ???*
???: You'll never guess what I did!
Mogura: WHAT? *stars in eyes* (A/N: Blossom: *shivers* STARS IN MOGURA'S EYES?)
???: I killed a few people! All male!
Mogura: NANI? Why? Who?
???: 'Gura. It's my job. Lesse. I killed...*ticks a number of names on his fingers, all were Mogura's friends* That's all.
Mogura: O.O *tears in her eyes* I HATE YOU! LEAVE ME ALONE! *runs away, crying and thinking* I'll never trust another boy ever again!
Amber: Mogura, what's wrong?
Mogura: Ambie-chan! He.he killed them all!
Amber: He? Who's he?
Mogura: Howard! *sobs in Amber's arms*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~end flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Blossom: Howard? I've never heard of you before.
Howard: *still smiling, baring pointed teeth* Of course not. Mogura never forgave me. But it was because of me that she hates all males.
Blossom: *mutters* I wonder why.
Howard: But once I found out from my nameless contact that Mogura adopted you, I was excited. I'm always to see my 'Gura.
Blossom: *pales* How do you know about me?
Howard: Angelo is my slave.
Blossom: What? *her voice is deadly soft* Since when?
Howard: He's always been my slave. Now I'll have to kill you. You've heard too much. *takes out a gun and aims it at Blossom's heart*
In the basement of Blossom's house, there are some technical problems.
Duo: Fuck it! Heero, why'd your laptop have to fritz out the power NOW?
Heero: hn. (Translation: shut up Duo.)
Wufei: Maxwell! Stop complaining!
Trowa: *watching the laptop screen, which was running on the internal battery* Heero, she's in trouble. Wait...no she isn't. Now she is. Wait. Nope. Not anymore. Now she is again. Now she isn't. Now she is.
Heero: MAKE UP YOUR MIND!
All other than Heero: O.O
Heero: What's wrong with her?
Trowa: She's just been shot in the arm.
Heero: NANI? *grabs his coat and runs out the door, with everyone else following* Where is she?
Duo: Who ARE you talking about?
Trowa: Blossom.
Duo: That's stupid! She's sleeping!
Wufei: *just came back from checking her room* No she's not. There's a likeness of her in there, but the onna herself.
Duo: Crap! Should we call Mogura?
Trowa/Heero: NO. *Heero drives the car to the cemetery*
Back at the graveyard/cemetery, Blossom is trying to avoid being hit again.
Blossom: Goddammit! *hisses through her teeth when another bullet skims her cheek*
Howard: *laughing maniacally* You'll never get away from me!!! *fires again*
Blossom: Never-ending bullets. I hate those type of guys. *dodges again and sighs with relief when Howard slumps to the ground* Thank god!
Duo: WHY ARE YOU AT A CEMETERY?
Blossom: Visiting. Why do you care? *Duo shuts up*
Trowa: You're bleeding.
Blossom: Gee. I never noticed!
Heero: *examining the wound in her arm* It's deep. You might need stitches. But there's no bullet.
Blossom: He also had a knife.
Wufei: That's injustice! Going after an unarmed onna!
Blossom: *winces when Trowa gets the first aid kit from the car* Thanks for caring, but I think I can handle it. There's no need for you to stitch me up.
Heero: We have to.
Trowa: You don't need more scars.
Blossom: I can handle scars. *pales when Trowa brings out the needle* Please don't!
Trowa: We have to!
Blossom: BUT! It's injustice!
Wufei: *chuckles at the use of his word*
Heero: Get over it. *starts to stitch up her arm*
Blossom: *faints*
Duo: Now she's done it. *holds her upright for Heero*
Heero: *after a few minutes* Done. *clips the thread* Let's go.
Duo: How're we supposed to get her bike back?
Trowa: Bring it over to Mogura's and tell her what happened. Then come home.
Duo: *nods and mounts her bike*
The boys and an unconscious Blossom go in separate ways, leaving Howard alive in the graveyard.
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Blossom: DONE! ^.^
Mogura: What's with the gore?
Blossom: In a gory mood! Oh yeah, go read Sempai Sunny's Stories! They're really good! ^.^ *skips off*
Mogura: -.-;;; R&R please! The story is in danger of being discontinued!