KONNICHIWA MINNA! How are you today? It's all good here, well here you go, the second part of 'Voice' just for you, because you are so very very special to me! Just remember:
If four dogs ganged up on sixty three cats, then there would be many cups of pudding for the world!
And those are your words of wisdom for the day! ^^
I don't own Sailor Moon!
Usagi almost had half a mind to go back to Seiya's… it would have been closer and safer then walking the streets during the night. But she couldn't… her body shook suddenly at the thought of what could have happened had she not found her voice.
She wasn't like that… she was pure and only one person was allowed to take that special thing from her… She always believed in waiting until you found the one you knew you were truly in love with. She barely knew Mamoru, and he was already trying to take something important from her.
"Usagi?" A soft voice asked, startling Usagi. She turned to find Seiya standing there with a book in his hand. He looked curiously at her, "Usagi, I thought you were with… ma…mo…ru…" He finally understood and Usagi blushed, then turned away.
"Seiya… you were right… how could I have been so stupid?" Usagi wanted to cry, but she forced the tears back. She had to prove to herself and others that she was stronger then what they thought.
Seiya stared at her with worry, anger, care, and sadness in his eyes. He was going to have to have a little 'talk' with Mamoru later… this certainly wasn't allowed. Seiya had let Mamoru take this precious gift to the world out, and he destroyed everything in one blasted night.
"Come on, Usagi, I'll take you home…" Seiya said reassuringly, placing a hand on her shoulder. He led her to his car, and Usagi made a face.
"I thought your car was in the shop?" She questioned.
"It was, until yesterday evening," Seiya smiled gently.
"Then why…"
"I wanted to see you today." He said calmly, opening the door for her.
"Oh…" Usagi blushed and got in the car silently. Seiya walked around and got in, then started the car.
"So, Usagi… what happened tonight?" Seiya questioned tenderly, he didn't want to frighten her anymore.
"I don't want to talk about it…" Usagi bit out, suddenly angry, and turning away. The tears would return if she didn't keep herself from it.
Seiya gave a small start at her sudden change of mood, "Alright… I respect that."
There was a long pause from Usagi, and then several tears rolled down her cheeks, "Seiya, I should have said no…" She said sadly. "I can't believe I was so stupid."
"Usagi," Seiya said sternly, "You are far from stupid."
"Then why did it happen? I let him touch me…" Usagi wiped away a tear and sniffed. Seiya couldn't stand to see Usagi like this, it ripped him apart inside. It was all Mamoru's fault. Him and his blasted hormones.
"Usagi… it's not your fault," Seiya said, trying to keep her from crying any more, "Mamoru… Mamoru took advantage of you, it wasn't right, and it's not your fault."
"I feel like it is," Usagi wiped a few more tears away.
"It's not," Seiya said sternly. He reached over and took her hand for a moment, feeling her flinch a little. "I promise, Usagi, you're safe with me."
Usagi felt comforted, some how she knew Seiya wouldn't try to take advantage of her. It seemed almost like a sixth sense… She let a faint blush flow over her cheeks and then looked out the window again.
"I'm sorry, Seiya," Usagi whispered hoarsely.
"What for?"
"For everything… For being such a bad student, for not listening to you, for taking Mamoru up on his offer…" She was breaking down inside and it was hard to keep up the 'I'm brave' act.
"Usagi… You are a wonderful student, and you did nothing wrong…" Seiya spoke sternly to her as he pulled into her driveway and turned off the car. Usagi got out and Seiya followed her to her door.
"Domo arigato, Seiya-san," Usagi whispered, looking at the boards below her feet. Seiya took her hands very softly and gently made her look into his eyes.
"Usagi… smile," He smiled softly himself, "You're safe now, nothing is going to happen, and tomorrow is going to be much better then today."
"How so?" Usagi questioned.
"You'll be going on a date with me… that is… if you still want to. I respect you if you don't…"
Usagi thought for a moment, then smiled and nodded at him. Seiya kissed her hands softly, making her weak at the knees.
"Arigato…" He smiled charmingly at her, "Don't forget to dress nice."
"I thought we were going to a movie," Usagi looked confused.
"I changed my mind," Seiya grinned at her, then gently kissed her cheek. "It's a good change though. I'll pick you up about seven, alright?"
"Alright… Ja ne, Seiya-san…" Usagi said, watching him confusedly. Seiya smiled once again.
"Ja ne, Usagi-san," He walked off, smiling and humming to himself. Their date would be perfect, and if it wasn't… well, Seiya would make up for it.
Usagi woke the next morning, feeling much better then she did the night before. And the dreams hadn't come, so it seemed better then usual. It was now about eleven and she quickly dialed her friends' numbers, and so they could meet at the mall.
"So, why are we out here?" Minako asked as they stopped in a nice dress shop.
"Because I have to find a new dress! Seiya told me to dress nice and I was looking through my closet this morning and I didn't have anything really nice…" Usagi sighed as she flitted through some racks of dresses.
Makoto held up a red dress and looked at it, "This?"
Ami made a face, "No. Usagi would look like a tube of possessed lipstick. How about a pale, blue satin?" Ami held up a pretty dress. "It would accent her eyes."
"No… I'm thinking something simple…" Minako flitted through some dresses until she discovered a deep violet dress. "Hm?"
"She'll look like a deformed grape!" Makoto giggled. Minako made a face.
"I guess you're right…"
"How about this?" Usagi held up a silver dress.
"It's pretty, you should dry it on…" Minako said. Her friends nodded, and Usagi tried on the little silver thing, almost automatically she took it off.
"I'll pass…" Usagi said. Her friends and her tried on more and more dresses, a pink one a violet one, and any other color you could imagine, and she didn't find one thing. Usagi sighed angrily as she put another dress back on the rack.
"I'm losing!" She growled.
"How about this one?" Makoto, Minako and Ami held up a beautiful black dress that fell all the way to the floor and had beautiful silver rhinestones across the bottom. Usagi's eyes lit up and she tried it on.
"Oh… wow… Usagi you look beautiful," Ami said when she came out of the dressing room.
"Really?" Usagi slipped the silver wrap over her shoulders and struck a movie star pose. "Good enough for him?"
"Good enough for anyone! Buy it!!"
"Just one thing…" Usagi pointed to the nasty scar on her neck.
"I've got the perfect remedy…" Minako grinned.
Usagi had on a thick choker made purely of rhinestones. She looked up at Minako and raised an eyebrow, "Isn't it a bit flashy?"
Ami was making a face, "It is…"
"But it matches, and it looks cute… so shut up and take off the dress so we can do your make up, hair, and nails. He'll be here in four hours so we better get started…"
Usagi sat there in her underwear and bra as her friends started working on her.
"So, Usagi, tell us about your date with Seiya's roommate last night," Makoto said, filing Usagi's nails as Ami matched a polish color and Minako went to pick out a pair of shoes. Usagi sighed and looked down.
"It was terrible, you guys… He tried to get with me," Usagi looked out the window, as her friends gasped.
"Nani!? What a bastard!" Minako snuffed angrily as Makoto growled.
"Did he touch you?" she asked. Usagi nodded.
Ami shook her head, "I agree with Minako…" She went to painting her fingernails.
"You didn't let him though, right?" Makoto asked.
"Of course not! You know I believe in waiting for the one you know you truly love…" Usagi sighed sadly.
"Usagi, it'll be okay…"
"I know… it's just… I don't know… I feel as though something has been missing in me lately… I've got to start getting more sleep," She chuckled as her and her friends talked some more.
Time passed and after lots of primping, and pulling, and painting, and arguing they had finally finished making Usagi beautiful.
Half of her hair was pulled up in a beautiful curly bun, while the other half hung freely down her back in soft curls. Her eyelids glittered with a pale silver, and a simple pale gloss lay temptingly on her lips. Halfway through her nails they decided Usagi should wear three quarter length black gloves, and so the nails had been forgotten. After all of the work, Usagi looked at her friends and smiled brightly.
"Thank you so much!" She hugged each of them and smiled, then heard a knock at the door. She swallowed her worries and the four of the walked down the stairs.
"… Yes, is Usagi ready?" the male voice asked. Usagi stepped out and smiled gently. His back was turned to her and he hadn't seen her come down the stairs.
'He looks so handsome in his black suit,' Usagi blushed, and walked down the last few steps.
"Koban wa, Seiya-san," she smiled. Seiya stopped talking mid-sentence to turn and look at her. He couldn't help but stare, she was beautiful, wonderful… and simply magnificent.
"Usagi… you look so beautiful," He said, offering his hand to her. Usagi turned a shade of pink, then smiled.
"Arigato, Seiya-san. You also look very handsome tonight," She blushed some more and tried to hide her nervousness.
"Arigato," He smiled, then looked behind her at the three girls. "These must be your friends?"
"Hai, this is Ami, Minako, and Makoto," Usagi said introducing each of them.
"Koban wa, Kou-san," They smiled at Usagi and gave her a wink. She blushed yet again and looked back at Seiya.
"We don't want to be late, so I think we'll be going now…" Seiya smiled and offered his arm to her like a gentleman. Usagi threaded her arm through his, said good-bye to her friends, and they walked out to his car.
"So where are we going?" Usagi questioned as they got on the freeway. Seiya smiled like he was hiding a fun secret.
"It's a surprise," He said, turning on the radio to a soft jazz station. Usagi gave a start and pouted.
"It's the night of, and you still won't tell me?"
"Nope… I want to see the look on your face. I guarantee you'll like it."
There was a little conversation after that, mostly about Usagi's friends, then Seiya turned off the freeway and down a large street into a parking ramp.
"We're here," he said, getting out of the car and going around to open the door for her, "Come, the doors open in ten minutes."
"Huh?" Usagi took his offered arm again and they walked onto an elevator, then…
Usagi gasped. It was a large theater, guilded with gold and packed with beautiful people in beautiful dresses and clothing, mingling about and talking to one another. Seiya smiled at her surprised expression and took her hand in his.
"Welcome… to the opera," He said grandly.
"Nani? The opera…?" Usagi looked up at Seiya, then out at the people around her. Seiya nodded and smiled.
"The opera, I thought this would be a good experience for you… I kind of convinced your parents that it was kind of an… educational outing…"
"Huh?" Usagi looked up at him naively.
"I have a feeling your parents would think it improper if I took you out on a 'date', so I said I wanted to take you to the opera to give you choices of what to do with your voice."
Usagi looked up at him for a long moment, the din around her was forgotten as she stared into his endless eyes. "Could a relationship start?" Her voice was soft and innocent as she spoke.
Seiya blushed, and hurriedly searched for an answer when… a bell suddenly rang, signaling the patrons to take their seats in the house. "Shall we go?" Seiya asked quickly, to change the subject.
He offered his arm to her, and Usagi blushed then threaded her arm with his own and followed him to the doors and they walked into the ornately decorated house, and into third row, balcony, center. Seiya handed her a program. Usagi just stared, dumbfounded.
"Seiya this is wonderful…" She whispered after a while, the question pertaining to his and her relationship was starting to fade from her memory.
"Thank you… I'm very crafty," Seiya smiled, then his eyes turned to the stage as the lights dimmed. Usagi watched his stunningly handsome profile for a moment, then turned to the stage herself as a beautiful, lone voice broke across the hall.
The opera had been magnificent, and Usagi couldn't help but love every moment, note, and chord. She nearly refused to take her eyes from the stage. Like all good things though, it had to end, and Seiya and her were walking back to his car.
"So? You enjoyed it?" he questioned. Usagi hugged him tightly, a large smile playing on her lips.
"I loved it… her voice was so magnificent…" Usagi sighed as he opened the car door for her.
"You could do that with your voice, Usagi," Seiya said, "It's certainly not out of your range, it just takes practice."
"I know…" Usagi smiled at him innocently. "Thank you so much, Seiya-san, it was wonderful."
Seiya smiled as he started the car, "I'm glad you enjoyed it."
"Seiya?" Usagi questioned softly, her mood suddenly changing.
"Hai?"
"I… I'm wondering…"
"About what?"
"How… you and Mamoru were getting along…"
Seiya made a face. "Not at all."
"Nani?"
"Mamoru and I aren't getting along…"
Usagi was quiet, "Oh… it's all my fault, isn't it… this wouldn't have happened if never met him!"
Seiya chuckled, "Hardly. Mamoru's so full of himself I'm surprised I can breathe in the apartment, seeing as his ego takes up most of the air."
Usagi blushed and looked down, "I'm sorry…"
"Usagi…" Seiya said softly, "It's not your fault. Mamoru and I never got along before, why should we now?"
"Then why are you two roommates?" Usagi questioned.
Seiya sighed, "Let's call it an arranged match."
Usagi looked questioningly at him, "Nani?"
Seiya smiled, "Don't worry about it, okay?"
She looked out the window as the time passed and he pulled into her driveway. He stepped out of the car, then walked around and let her out. It was nearing eleven thirty as they walked up to her house. Usagi looked at him and smiled softly.
"Thank you, Seiya, for such a wonderful time…"
Seiya smiled and took her hands in his, "I hope… we can do it again sometime?"
Usagi blushed then hugged him for a moment. Seiya smiled and whispered into her ear, "May I kiss you?"
Usagi took a step back. That was the same way Mamoru had kissed her first. She didn't want to feel that again… anything…
"No."
Seiya looked a little confused, then sad, then he nodded, "Alright, I respect that." He smiled softly. "Good night, Usagi. I'll see you here on Monday." He gave her hands a soft kiss, then bowed to her and left.
Usagi stood there and watched him go. She wanted to kiss him, but the way he asked her had frightened her and brought up crude memories she wanted to forget. She didn't want to feel anything like she had the night before… not until she was good and ready to give herself to someone she knew deserved it.
Now he was opening his car door… If she didn't go to him soon she might never be able to kiss him again.
"Seiya, Wait!" She called, starting towards him. Seiya paused and looked back at her, with a confused expression.
"Hai?"
Usagi rushed up to him, "Kiss me." Was all she said. Seiya smiled and brought his arms softly around her waist, then his lips touched hers.
Usagi was stunned by the gentleness of his kiss, his lips were soft and smooth like silk, and there was a new emotion buried into his innocent kiss. An emotion Usagi had never felt before. Not with Mamoru, not with anyone else…
Seiya released Usagi's lips, before he was tempted to go farther with his kiss. Usagi looked at him with curiosity, then she kissed him quickly once again.
That emotion was still there… even in the quickest kiss she could still feel it. What was it and why didn't she understand it?
"Usagi?" Seiya questioned. Usagi looked up at him, then smiled and hugged him. That emotion made her feel so nice and safe in his arms. Like she could stay there forever. Seiya kissed her forehead and held her softly.
"Usagi… you are wonderful," he whispered softly into her ear.
Usagi blushed and looked up at him as he took her hands again. "Can I see you tomorrow?" She asked. Seiya chuckled.
"Don't you think your parents will be getting suspicious?" he smiled. Usagi blushed, then looked up at him.
"Alright…"
"I'll see you Monday…" Seiya kissed her forehead again and held her. Usagi slowly nodded and pulled away from him a little.
"I'll work on my song, I promise…" Usagi said. Seiya chuckled and fingered her soft golden curls for a moment.
"Usagi… have a nice night," Seiya smiled, Usagi blushed and nodded. Then she stood on tip-toe and kissed him quickly and gently once again. Seiya smiled, when Usagi kissed him… it was like nothing else, it was like Seiya had been transported to some fantasy world, and he was waiting to wake up. She was so innocent, and wonderful… nothing could make him happier then when she was wrapped in his arms.
"Seiya?" Usagi questioned. She had long since taken her lips from his, but his eyes were still closed and he seemed in perfect contentment.
He gave a start, then smiled. "I'll see you Monday, Usagi…" He paused for a moment, his eyes at her neck, then his arms wrapped around her neck and the necklace slid off her and into Seiya's hand. Her scar was more irritated then ever, since it had been rubbing against the metal all night.
Seiya made a face as he looked Usagi in the eyes. "I thought you said you were going to get this checked out by Monday," he scolded.
"I forgot…" Usagi blushed. Well, that was a lie… how could she forget a pain that severe?
"Mmm," Seiya didn't buy her act. He sighed and placed a few fingertips on her neck, seeing the cringe pass over Usagi's face. "Usagi…" he was almost pleading with her, "I want you to see a doctor… if you don't then I will take you myself."
"I've already seen a doctor!" Usagi protested, "And it's getting better!"
"Oh, yes… instead of being black and green, now it's bright red. And that's supposed to be better how?" Seiya crossed his arms over his chest and looked at her sternly.
Usagi pouted and turned away from him, "I'm fine."
"Usagi…" His voice was softer as he spoke to her, "I care about you," Seiya placed his hands on her shoulders. "I want you to be safe and healthy… I want you to be happy, but please just go see a doctor."
Usagi looked up at him and sighed, "Does it mean that much to you?"
"If it pertains to you, of course," Seiya said calmly.
"Alright…" Usagi sighed and gave in, "I'll have my mother make an appointment… It's just… I hate missing time with you."
Seiya kissed her lips softly and smiled at her stunned expression. He kissed her again, "Arigato… and Usagi, you don't have to worry about missing classes with me, we can always make them up."
Usagi smiled and blushed some more. "Arigato, Seiya-san."
Seiya smiled again, and held her close for several more minutes. Then he walked her up to her house and said good night again. Usagi hugged him, then walked inside and smiled happily as she went to bed.