Sorry this chapter is comming out so late, I tried to post it before I left on Saturday (at about 6:00 am) butI couldn't get ff to load. I forgot on Sunday. Earlier today I was kicked off before I could load the chapter into it, and I'm trying in earnest now to get it to go through. Hope you enjoy this chapter as much as some of you enjoyed the last. And I'm sorry to those of you who don't like Usagi's personality but this is my story and I thought it for the better.
Reviewers! OMG WE MADE IT PAST 50 I AM SO ELATTED WITH JOY, EVEN IF I CAN'T SPELL ELATTED!!
AniJap, I'll try my best and keep em comming on schedule... but I'm only human!
lill_one, sorry its slow, I think the end of this chapter holds a little more edge for ya.
Small-lady19, it could possibly be a freaky foreshadow, but if I told you that would ruin the surprise.
serena, I'm glad you like my fic, encouraging reviews like yours are always welcome.
soul 141, I think this chapter may prove that he wants her a little more than she wanted him--in other words he's one hell of a friend.
Lindsey, Thanks, glad you liked it!
Lil-PrincessK, I like how Usa shot down ol mamoru to, of course if I didn't I could have changed it... but thats not the point.
just a teen, I hate when the make her weak as well, its like she's got no self respect... in ym opion in those stories she is no better than a dog.
LitaLover, thanks and I like your name... its different.
Sal Maxwell, I am going to check out your stories after I post this, wash my hiar and study for english! But I promise I will read them and I'll try and leave a review if my internet connection will allow it.
Tevrah, glad you loved it!
SweetFal288, I try and update once a week, sorry I can't get em out faster, but I have a lost of other things going on in my life as well!
Thanks again for the reviews. And an advanced warning, my sister is due to have a baby by the end of March, the week that happens I might not be able to get a chapter out! I'll try, but I plan to be in the hospital with her as much as I can. I didn't get to be there for the first two cause I was too young, now that I'm odl enough I wouldn't miss it for the world!
Bye bye
Rini
The next day Usagi left her apartment at 7:15 am, only to find Mamoru standing outside her door with a bouquet of white roses. Usagi raised and eye brow. "Shouldn't you be in bed at this hour?"
"Normally I am, but I decided to go and get you these!"
"Why, pray tell, did you get me a dozen white roses?"
"Its two dozen. And white roses signify friendship." A chipper Mamoru responded.
"So..."
"Its a peace offering. We are allies, but I need more than that. Please, I'd like to be friends."
"Alright. I suppose I can deal with that. Thank you." Usagi took the pro-offered flowers and went back into her apartment to put them in water. When she came back out she saw Mamoru still standing infront of her door. "How may I help you now?"
"May I please have the honor of walking my new friend to her school?"
"I suppose." With that they headed to the elevator. In the elevator Usagi looked at Mamoru from the conor of her eye, "You do realize that simple acts like the roses and walking me to school will get you no closer to being the man I love, just closer as a peculiar friend, right?"
"Yes, its just... Oh, never mind its stupid!"
"No comment is stupid if it comes from the heart, does it?"
"Does it what?"
Usagi rolled her eyes, 'His listening skills are so impecable,' she thought sarcastically. "Come from the heart."
As they exited the elevator Mamoru replied, "Yes, yes it does."
"Then it can't possibly be stupid, do tell me."
"It most certianly is, and its probably corny too boot."
Mamoru held the door for her as they left the buidling. "I'll be the judge of that."
"Its just that, even though I KNOW you can't love me, I can still HOPE that you will. Besides if this is the only way I can be near you I'd die a thousand deaths just to do this once."
"You were wrong and you were right."
"Excuse me?"
"It wasn't stupid but rather sweet and it most certainly was corny."
Mamoru mumbled under his breath. "I told you so."
Usagi smiled. "But its a nice sentament." Then Usagi frowned, "Still only words."
"You used to believe every word I said, why can't you now when I mean it?!"
Usagi smirked. "You didn't mean it back then?"
"Thats not what I ment!"
"Did you mean it back then?"
Mamoru pulled her hair in frustration. "OF COURSE! Its just that I mean it now too, only this is more important!"
"No its not."
"Yes it is, because now we're apart."
"Ahh, but if I hadn't believe you in the first place, when you were lying to me, we wouldn't be apart! SO in my point of view its more important that I believed you then because you were a lying sack of crap!"
"I lyed to keep you safe! How was I supposed to know that a month after you left the man in my dreams would say it was just a practice drill."
Usagi gave him a skeptical look. "Right. And how do I know thats the first and only time you lied to me?"
"Because you should know that I loved you enough to never lie to you."
Usagi raised an eyebrow and replied with sarcasm lacing her voice, "Except for that ONE time of course." She smiled, "And how do I knw you aren't lying to me now?"
"JESUS CHIRST! You trust me Usagi, because you are my friend thats how you know."
"Calm down sweet pea, I'm just teasing you." Usagi looked up, they were standing in front of Juban High School. "This is my stop."
"Can I get a good bye kiss?"
Usagi sighed and replied once more with sarcasm, "Is the pope jewish?"( My mom says stuff like that to me all the time but normally its "Is the Pope Catholic?" but I had to have a no one so I changed it!)
"If it means I can get a kiss!"
Mamoru leaned forward lips puckered, and Usagi ducked out of the way. "No Mamoru, you may not have a kiss, and the pope isn't jewish!" Usagi shook her head. "I'm going to find a quiet place to read. Have a nice day." Usagi ran away quickly turning to wave once before taking solice in reading under the large gnarled oak tree at the back of the school grounds.
After about 15 minutes the bell rang and Usagi headed into class. Once there the Ms. Haruna took roll and began teaching the class about sentance structures in the English language(Oh, golly gee what fun!).
All had gone normally for the first thirty minutes, but as soon as the clock struck 8:45 the interupotions began.
*8:45*
*Knock, knock.*
"Come in, please." A man caring a dozen white roses walked in. and handed them to Miss H, nodded his head then left. Miss H read the card aloud,"I miss you more than a rose in the dessert misses water! Your Mamo-chan. Mamo-chan, who the hell is that?"
Usagi rolled her eyes and raised her hand. "That would be my ex-boy friend."
"Why Usagi dear he sounds possitively wonderful, why on earth would you break up with him?"
"He lied to me, Miss H."
*Knock, knock.*
A second man brought in another dozen roses and handed them to Miss H. Miss H read the card to herself this time, noting that it was similar to the first and just as corny, and then handed the roses to Usagi. "It looks like he misses you an awful lot, give him a second chance. Besides dear, all men lie to their significant others at some point in time!"
"His lies were in the form of verbal abuse. That abuse caused me to leave for two years and change everything I possibly could about myself. I choose not to forgive him, it was and still is my decisiousn. So, please lets just continue with the class work."
"I'm sorry to hear that dear."
*Knock, knock.* The first man returned with a third dozen roses. "Keep 'em, Miss H, or throw them away I don't want them." Usagi said dejectedly as she got up and threw the first two dozen in the garbage.
Miss Haruna frowned but kept quiet while pulling out a vase to put the flowers in. Then she began her lesson once more. Though after an hour, where every 15 minutes a different deliery person came in and gave somthing to Usagi, she gave up her lesson and gave her students a free day.
By lunch, all the girls were jealous that Usagi was getting all this attention, from an Azubu student no less, and that fact that the entire male population of Juban High due to the fact that all the guys decided to hit on her, because Furien had told them that she must be pretty damn easy and pertty damn experienced cause there was no other way a guy would want to spend any money on her, or no guy would go to all the trouble this man was for one girl.
Usagi sat under the same gnarled oak tree as she had sat that morning and ate her lunch, thankful for the break from deliverers. Ami, Minako, and Makoto sat down by her. After a minute of silence, Ami was the first to speak her thoughts. "I saw you with Mamoru at the front gates this morning, have you made up?"
"We're not dating if thats what you mean. But we are friends."
A slightly confused Minako spoke next. "Why the change in attitude towards Mamoru? I mean yesterday when it came to him it was complete and total avoidance!"
"He cuaght me by the elevator last night, so we talked. He came to my apartment and we had tea..."
"And?" Asked an anxious Makoto.
"Well he said he was sorry. And I totally believe him its just that..."
"Yes?" Makoto promted agian.
"I'm afraid he'll hurt me again, like he did last time... and it hurt so much... I just don't want to face that. I mean, I'm afraid that being with him will bring nothing but pain."
"I'm sorry I made you fell that way, but I swear on my parents' grave that there is nothing on this planet that could make me hurt you like I did before."
Usagi looked up as she heard Mamoru's voice and visibly paled. "What are you doing here?" The bell rang and she got up and ran to class. It was when she was taking her seat in class that she noticed that he had followed her, so she repeated herself. "What are you doing here?"
"I brought you your last present." He held a tiny crystalcrystal cresent moon that had a red rose entertwined about it and the stand it was on out to Usagi, but she did not take it.
The bell rang meaning class was to begin, and the teacher entered. "Hello, who are you?"
"I'm Mamoru sir. Usagi's boyfriend, I've just come to deliver somthing, as soon as she takes it I'll be on my way."
As Usagi spoke the class looked to her. "EX-boyfriend, and you can leave because I will NOT expect anything more from you. This is rediculous, Mamoru! Go home!"
"I'm just trying to welcome you home."
"Damn it! You being so sweet is not helping matters. The more stuff you do, the more I want to trust you, but I can't!"
"Can't or won't!"
"I can't, Mamoru, because I am afraid of you!"
Furien, who was standing at the front of the room fuming because the hot guy (who is just as cute as Joe from Blue's Clues! I love Joe!) was soley interested in Usagi, screamed as she was grabbed around the waist and somthing pointy(its a crytal thingy if you are curios, but she doesn't know that cuase of where its at!) was held to her neck.
Usagi and Mamoru looked to the front of the room as the mysterious man holding Furien spoke. "I know you're in here future Neo Queen Serenity, I've searched this city high and low and your presence radiates from this place today. Now, show your self or I'll kill the girl."
Reviewers! OMG WE MADE IT PAST 50 I AM SO ELATTED WITH JOY, EVEN IF I CAN'T SPELL ELATTED!!
AniJap, I'll try my best and keep em comming on schedule... but I'm only human!
lill_one, sorry its slow, I think the end of this chapter holds a little more edge for ya.
Small-lady19, it could possibly be a freaky foreshadow, but if I told you that would ruin the surprise.
serena, I'm glad you like my fic, encouraging reviews like yours are always welcome.
soul 141, I think this chapter may prove that he wants her a little more than she wanted him--in other words he's one hell of a friend.
Lindsey, Thanks, glad you liked it!
Lil-PrincessK, I like how Usa shot down ol mamoru to, of course if I didn't I could have changed it... but thats not the point.
just a teen, I hate when the make her weak as well, its like she's got no self respect... in ym opion in those stories she is no better than a dog.
LitaLover, thanks and I like your name... its different.
Sal Maxwell, I am going to check out your stories after I post this, wash my hiar and study for english! But I promise I will read them and I'll try and leave a review if my internet connection will allow it.
Tevrah, glad you loved it!
SweetFal288, I try and update once a week, sorry I can't get em out faster, but I have a lost of other things going on in my life as well!
Thanks again for the reviews. And an advanced warning, my sister is due to have a baby by the end of March, the week that happens I might not be able to get a chapter out! I'll try, but I plan to be in the hospital with her as much as I can. I didn't get to be there for the first two cause I was too young, now that I'm odl enough I wouldn't miss it for the world!
Bye bye
Rini
The next day Usagi left her apartment at 7:15 am, only to find Mamoru standing outside her door with a bouquet of white roses. Usagi raised and eye brow. "Shouldn't you be in bed at this hour?"
"Normally I am, but I decided to go and get you these!"
"Why, pray tell, did you get me a dozen white roses?"
"Its two dozen. And white roses signify friendship." A chipper Mamoru responded.
"So..."
"Its a peace offering. We are allies, but I need more than that. Please, I'd like to be friends."
"Alright. I suppose I can deal with that. Thank you." Usagi took the pro-offered flowers and went back into her apartment to put them in water. When she came back out she saw Mamoru still standing infront of her door. "How may I help you now?"
"May I please have the honor of walking my new friend to her school?"
"I suppose." With that they headed to the elevator. In the elevator Usagi looked at Mamoru from the conor of her eye, "You do realize that simple acts like the roses and walking me to school will get you no closer to being the man I love, just closer as a peculiar friend, right?"
"Yes, its just... Oh, never mind its stupid!"
"No comment is stupid if it comes from the heart, does it?"
"Does it what?"
Usagi rolled her eyes, 'His listening skills are so impecable,' she thought sarcastically. "Come from the heart."
As they exited the elevator Mamoru replied, "Yes, yes it does."
"Then it can't possibly be stupid, do tell me."
"It most certianly is, and its probably corny too boot."
Mamoru held the door for her as they left the buidling. "I'll be the judge of that."
"Its just that, even though I KNOW you can't love me, I can still HOPE that you will. Besides if this is the only way I can be near you I'd die a thousand deaths just to do this once."
"You were wrong and you were right."
"Excuse me?"
"It wasn't stupid but rather sweet and it most certainly was corny."
Mamoru mumbled under his breath. "I told you so."
Usagi smiled. "But its a nice sentament." Then Usagi frowned, "Still only words."
"You used to believe every word I said, why can't you now when I mean it?!"
Usagi smirked. "You didn't mean it back then?"
"Thats not what I ment!"
"Did you mean it back then?"
Mamoru pulled her hair in frustration. "OF COURSE! Its just that I mean it now too, only this is more important!"
"No its not."
"Yes it is, because now we're apart."
"Ahh, but if I hadn't believe you in the first place, when you were lying to me, we wouldn't be apart! SO in my point of view its more important that I believed you then because you were a lying sack of crap!"
"I lyed to keep you safe! How was I supposed to know that a month after you left the man in my dreams would say it was just a practice drill."
Usagi gave him a skeptical look. "Right. And how do I know thats the first and only time you lied to me?"
"Because you should know that I loved you enough to never lie to you."
Usagi raised an eyebrow and replied with sarcasm lacing her voice, "Except for that ONE time of course." She smiled, "And how do I knw you aren't lying to me now?"
"JESUS CHIRST! You trust me Usagi, because you are my friend thats how you know."
"Calm down sweet pea, I'm just teasing you." Usagi looked up, they were standing in front of Juban High School. "This is my stop."
"Can I get a good bye kiss?"
Usagi sighed and replied once more with sarcasm, "Is the pope jewish?"( My mom says stuff like that to me all the time but normally its "Is the Pope Catholic?" but I had to have a no one so I changed it!)
"If it means I can get a kiss!"
Mamoru leaned forward lips puckered, and Usagi ducked out of the way. "No Mamoru, you may not have a kiss, and the pope isn't jewish!" Usagi shook her head. "I'm going to find a quiet place to read. Have a nice day." Usagi ran away quickly turning to wave once before taking solice in reading under the large gnarled oak tree at the back of the school grounds.
After about 15 minutes the bell rang and Usagi headed into class. Once there the Ms. Haruna took roll and began teaching the class about sentance structures in the English language(Oh, golly gee what fun!).
All had gone normally for the first thirty minutes, but as soon as the clock struck 8:45 the interupotions began.
*8:45*
*Knock, knock.*
"Come in, please." A man caring a dozen white roses walked in. and handed them to Miss H, nodded his head then left. Miss H read the card aloud,"I miss you more than a rose in the dessert misses water! Your Mamo-chan. Mamo-chan, who the hell is that?"
Usagi rolled her eyes and raised her hand. "That would be my ex-boy friend."
"Why Usagi dear he sounds possitively wonderful, why on earth would you break up with him?"
"He lied to me, Miss H."
*Knock, knock.*
A second man brought in another dozen roses and handed them to Miss H. Miss H read the card to herself this time, noting that it was similar to the first and just as corny, and then handed the roses to Usagi. "It looks like he misses you an awful lot, give him a second chance. Besides dear, all men lie to their significant others at some point in time!"
"His lies were in the form of verbal abuse. That abuse caused me to leave for two years and change everything I possibly could about myself. I choose not to forgive him, it was and still is my decisiousn. So, please lets just continue with the class work."
"I'm sorry to hear that dear."
*Knock, knock.* The first man returned with a third dozen roses. "Keep 'em, Miss H, or throw them away I don't want them." Usagi said dejectedly as she got up and threw the first two dozen in the garbage.
Miss Haruna frowned but kept quiet while pulling out a vase to put the flowers in. Then she began her lesson once more. Though after an hour, where every 15 minutes a different deliery person came in and gave somthing to Usagi, she gave up her lesson and gave her students a free day.
By lunch, all the girls were jealous that Usagi was getting all this attention, from an Azubu student no less, and that fact that the entire male population of Juban High due to the fact that all the guys decided to hit on her, because Furien had told them that she must be pretty damn easy and pertty damn experienced cause there was no other way a guy would want to spend any money on her, or no guy would go to all the trouble this man was for one girl.
Usagi sat under the same gnarled oak tree as she had sat that morning and ate her lunch, thankful for the break from deliverers. Ami, Minako, and Makoto sat down by her. After a minute of silence, Ami was the first to speak her thoughts. "I saw you with Mamoru at the front gates this morning, have you made up?"
"We're not dating if thats what you mean. But we are friends."
A slightly confused Minako spoke next. "Why the change in attitude towards Mamoru? I mean yesterday when it came to him it was complete and total avoidance!"
"He cuaght me by the elevator last night, so we talked. He came to my apartment and we had tea..."
"And?" Asked an anxious Makoto.
"Well he said he was sorry. And I totally believe him its just that..."
"Yes?" Makoto promted agian.
"I'm afraid he'll hurt me again, like he did last time... and it hurt so much... I just don't want to face that. I mean, I'm afraid that being with him will bring nothing but pain."
"I'm sorry I made you fell that way, but I swear on my parents' grave that there is nothing on this planet that could make me hurt you like I did before."
Usagi looked up as she heard Mamoru's voice and visibly paled. "What are you doing here?" The bell rang and she got up and ran to class. It was when she was taking her seat in class that she noticed that he had followed her, so she repeated herself. "What are you doing here?"
"I brought you your last present." He held a tiny crystalcrystal cresent moon that had a red rose entertwined about it and the stand it was on out to Usagi, but she did not take it.
The bell rang meaning class was to begin, and the teacher entered. "Hello, who are you?"
"I'm Mamoru sir. Usagi's boyfriend, I've just come to deliver somthing, as soon as she takes it I'll be on my way."
As Usagi spoke the class looked to her. "EX-boyfriend, and you can leave because I will NOT expect anything more from you. This is rediculous, Mamoru! Go home!"
"I'm just trying to welcome you home."
"Damn it! You being so sweet is not helping matters. The more stuff you do, the more I want to trust you, but I can't!"
"Can't or won't!"
"I can't, Mamoru, because I am afraid of you!"
Furien, who was standing at the front of the room fuming because the hot guy (who is just as cute as Joe from Blue's Clues! I love Joe!) was soley interested in Usagi, screamed as she was grabbed around the waist and somthing pointy(its a crytal thingy if you are curios, but she doesn't know that cuase of where its at!) was held to her neck.
Usagi and Mamoru looked to the front of the room as the mysterious man holding Furien spoke. "I know you're in here future Neo Queen Serenity, I've searched this city high and low and your presence radiates from this place today. Now, show your self or I'll kill the girl."