Hammer To The Heart
Chapter 4
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That morning...
"LUNA! LUNA!" Usagi ran around the room ten minutes before her mom would come in to get her. "Socks! Shoes! UGH! Where's my stupid BOW!" she had thrown on her uniform, all but for her bow, socks and shoes. The reason? She couldn't find them. "Luna! FIND THEM!" she yelled while looking under her bed.
"Usagi…" Luna sighed shaking her head slightly getting up and padding over to the closet nudging her nose around in there for a minute or so came out pulling a pair of black shoes with a single strap across the foot of it. Dropping them half way to Usagi whom was still looking under the bed shoving around all the clutter; started making a spitting sound, the shoes weren't all that clean.
"Pht! Usagi their right here you goofy girl!" she wasn't going to be mean about it, after all Usagi was up on time, even a little early, so she wasn't going to get on her case not after her having tried to do her home work which almost sent Luna into a faint when she found out she was truly serious about it.
"Thanks Luna!" she happily cried finding and putting on her socks then her shoes, grabbing her school bag she ran downstairs sliding to a stop in her chair at the end of the table grinning at everyone. "Nani?" they were staring at her strangely.
"Umm nothing dear. Pancakes?" Ikuko offered her a plate stacked high with pancakes, syrup and a little butter smiling warmly at her remembering their talk last night.
"OH YEAH!" she snatched the plate from her mom grabbed a fork and stuffing her face, dropping the fork two minutes later she patted her tummy. "Ummm delicious! Thanks maw!"
"Your welcome dear. Did you get any homework done?" she raised an eyebrow at her.
Shingo laughed. "Ha! Her? Do homework? Who do you think she is Ami?" he clutched his stomach laughing.
"Sammy…" her father said in a stern tone even with knowing Usagi didn't study or like to do homework… at all.
"Aww but daaaddddd…" he whined.
"No."
Usagi grinned at him sticking out her tongue before she turned to her mother. "Hai I got some done, I'm not sure if it's all right-"
"Ha! Doubt it." Shingo had to put in.
"Shut up brat!" she turned back to her mother. "But I tried so we'll see. I gotta go now!" she jumped up kissing her mom and dad on their cheeks ruffling Shingo's hair she grabbed her school bag ran to the door where Luna was waiting, never slowing down she slipped on her shoes grabbed an umbrella at her mom's yelling and ran out the door with Luna close behind.
"Usagi! You can slow down now you know!" Luna yelled getting tired of running.
"Huh? Why Luna?" Usagi stopped looking down at her cat.
She jumped into Usagi's arms staring at her. "Cause your on time." She muttered, "For once." At Usagi's glare she gave her a cat grin. "Well it's true and you know it."
Usagi nodded not trying to get out of that one, after all it was an everyday thing for her. "Yeah, well you don't have to keep pointing it out. You watch one day I'll be on time and be on time for the rest of the year, you just watch Luna!"
She stuck her nose up in the air turning her head as Usagi started forward again. "You keep telling yourself that child." She heard and felt Usagi's laughter; she turned and looked up at her laughing smiling face.
"Alrighty I will then!" Usagi sped up her pace going into skipping as she lightly swung her school bag back and forth in her left hand.
Minutes seemed to pass like seconds as she and Luna walked in the quietness of the park; taking a cut through it on their way to school as they listened to the birds chirp and watched the squirrels search the ground for fresh nuts from the trees above and ducks swimming with their ducklings.
Cutting through the park lessened the time it took them to get to school and letting them see many a great things on the way that they wouldn't normally see on her 'express run' to school. Normally it was a super speed run that she never saw more then a blur of colors and shapes and sizes.
This morning though she was actually early for once. Glancing around to all the animals running to and fro searching the grounds for their morning meal, she watched the ducks swim around and dunk under the water to catch a small fish or two. "It's quiet and calm in the mornings Luna." She all but whispered to the black cat on her shoulder also looking around at everything.
"Yes it is Usagi, we should do this *every* morning." Putting the emphasis on 'every', so her young charge would get the hint that she should get up early all the time, not just 'cause she was supposed to meet someone today; which reminded her, "Usagi, whom *are* you meeting today? Do I know him?" curiosity getting the better of her.
Usagi let a small smile grace her lips as she thought about the boy. "Iie Luna, you don't know him." She thought a second putting a slim digit to her pink lips in thought, "Well, I take that back you've *seen* him, you just don't *know* him."
"How so?" Luna asked tilting her head to the side as she looked at her charge wonderingly.
"Well…" Usagi trailed off looking at Luna then back to the pond they were passing. "You've seen his picture all over Japan, it's probably all over the world really, along with four others."
'Four others?' Luna mused raising a paw to her cheek thinking, "Did they do something great to have their pictures around the world? They'd have to have saved it or som-" she stopped looking up at a smiling Usagi. "You can't be serious."
"Oh but I am dear Luna!" she giggled skipping down the path swinging her bag again.
Luna nodded, "So he's one of the five Gundam pilots then?" Usagi nodded, "Which one?" she wanted to know exactly which one her young charge was going to be hanging out with knowing that they all, like them, had killed before, she knew one was cold and uncaring, not at all liking the idea of her hanging out with the likes of him.
"Hmm, not totally sure Luna, but BOY is he a cutie!" she grinned, "Dark brown hair, deep blue eyes, strong build… WOW!" she laughed noticing Luna staring at her like she'd lost her mind. "What?"
Luna shook her head. "Hm nothing, don't worry about it." she noticed they were almost to school with twenty minutes before it started still. She looked around scanning the area for a bench but stopped as her eyes landed on a group of kids; she tapped Usagi's cheek with her left paw never taking her eyes from the kids. "Umm Usagi?"
"Yes Luna?" she looked down at her.
Luna pointed to the group of kids, "Does he look like him? The one facing the others?" she questioned spotting one with a muscular build and dark brown hair.
"Him who? Where? Luna I don- ohh." She spotted them also smirking as a plan came to mind. "Oh yeah… that's Heero alright…" she looked at Luna with that look of mischievousness and grinned, "Come on!"
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Boom Boom Boom,
Yeah I knew right from the start,
This was something new, oh baby!
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She tiptoed up behind them slowly not attracting attention to herself by looking as if she was just out on a slow stroll, when in truth she was sneaking up behind a certain someone, as she got closer she could make out them saying something, but she wasn't close enough to hear it clearly. Shrugging it off she smiled widely as she stopped three feet from his back getting the attention of the others.
"Hello Miss." The blonde one she remembered as being Quatre greeted her.
The one with a braid smiled widely, "Yo babe! What's happenin'?!" 'Duo.' Her mind named him.
"……." The tall one nodded. 'Trowa.'
"Hmp, weak onna." The last frowned.
'And Wufei.' She knew them all by the pictures, naming them in her head as they greeted her; she bowed. "Ohayo Minna!" she smiled making bunny ears on the back of Heero's head making sure not to touch his head.
"So uhh…" Duo snickered, "whatcha doin'?"
"That's disgraceful onna!"
"Umm…" Quatre looked around, "You probably shouldn't do that Miss."
She smiled keeping it up. "Oh chill guys it's cool! Right Sir?" silently hoping that dropping her voice would disguise it enough. She watched as Heero started turning around, ducking behind him and back again when he turned back not seeing anyone. Hearing a "Hn." she grinned and winked to the others before placing Luna on the ground, she stood up and stepped closer to him, keeping her voice sounding low and deep, "And just what…" she trailed off thinking of what exactly she should do. She knew his ways, well sort of anyhow and how he was around others… 'Hmm… take a chance?' she thought nodding to herself.
Sending a wink down to Luna who was eyeing each of the guys she winked to the others before jumping on Heero's back holding on tightly so she wouldn't fall, her hands around his neck making sure not to choke him while her legs half wrapped around half dangled around him, "Did I tell you about saying HN!" she laughed grinning innocently ear to ear as she slapped his chest while he turned his head slightly to glare at her coldly.
Seeing who it really was he wrapped his arms behind himself to help hold her up, still glaring, his eyes took on a small spark to them that only she could see, leaving the others to wonder what the deadly pilot of Wing Zero was going to do with this seemingly crazy onna on his back.
Noticing that the others only saw the cold glare and Usagi saw the spark in his eye he let his lips pull upward in a small smirk as he moved his arms up to her sides, letting them hover there a second, "Hnn?" sounding almost innocent and mischievous at the same time he started to tickle her making her squeal out immediately dropping her arms from around his neck, once on her feet again she backed off form him still laughing.
She looked to the others that wore looks of disbelief that the Perfect Soldier just tickled a girl and smirking while doing it. She noticed it was too much for Duo to handle as he fell to the ground.
She laughed at that turning her eyes back to Heero who arched a chocolaty brown brow at her, his eyes still holding that spark of… humor in them? Watching as he fully turned around facing her he motioned with his index finger out of sight to the others, for her to come to him. Shaking her head she laughed, "Nu uh Heero! I'm not THAT blonde!" she backed away him from.
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Hammer to the heart…
Hammer to the heart…
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He smirked, "Are you sure Usagi? Might want to check that hair color of yours." 'What am I saying?!' he mentally yelled to himself, not truly knowing why he said that, was it really him that said it? Or was something trying to take him over? Either way he kinda liked how got her to glare at him. 'She's cute when mad.' He thought watching her straighten her clothes and start marching over to him.
'Did he just do what I think he did?' she wondered coming closer to him, 'He just tried to rail me up didn't he? He's picking a fight with me?' she could have laughed, instead she smirked her own little smirk, 'Ruffling my feathers eh?' Stopping five foot in front of him she put her hands on her hips, "Care to repeat that?" she asked glancing to Luna who hopped back on her shoulder eyeing them both warily.
"Hn." He nodded, "Check the hair color." He closed his eyes taking a step forward he opened them. "You'll find its very much blonde." He still couldn't believe that him of all people were picking a fight with her, he wouldn't even fight with Duo or the others, unless it was serious sparing. 'Little closer.'
"He's going to kill her?" Quatre wondered aloud getting a shrug from Trowa and nothing from Wufei who was watching seemingly wanting to see him fight the girl and nothing from Duo who was still passed out on the ground. Getting nothing from his friends he turned back to the two.
"It's not blonde, it's umm… brighter then blonde. It's uh, got some silver in it, see?" she walked forward and pushed one of her pigtails up to his face so he could see that indeed there were silver strands in her golden tresses.
He looked at her before bending down some to get a closer look at the silver strands and couldn't help but to get a whiff of her hair that smelled of peaches and strawberry. "Smells-er looks nice." He looked into her sapphire eyes moving forward a bit more as she did the same, something passing through their eyes.
"Ya think so?" she asked looking into his Prussian eyes as she stepped forward dropping the pigtail from her hand as he put his around her waist, coming closer.
Quatre looked around in disbelief, "He's not going to… Is he?"
"Injustice." Wufei muttered.
A moan form below made them turn around to look at Duo who was starting to sit up again. "Wha-what's going on?" he asked looking around before spotting Heero and the girl from before looking like they were about to lock lips. "He's gonna? Oi…" he passed out again from too much non-Heero like acting for one day.
Usagi smiled to Heero as they heard the *thump* of Duo's head hitting the ground again. She was going to comment on it when she was shocked into silence by Heero winking at her before picking up his bag and handing hers to her. "Nice cat." He commented placing his right hand at the small of her back walking back over to the other guys.
"Arigatou! Her names Luna; say hello to Heero Yuy, Luna." She looked to Luna and smiled watching as Luna looked to Heero and nodded to him. "Smart cat, ne?"
He nodded as he kicked Duo's foot. And kicked again, and again. "Baka, wake up." He said in monotone once again kicking his foot.
Ever smiling, Usagi blocked his next kick with her own petit leg. Casting her a questioning look she winked at him, "Let me, I know how to wake him up, have to do it to Oniisan all the time." With a nod from him she walked over to Duo's right side after politely asking Quatre to move over, kneeled down and started tickling Duo's side, getting little jerks as she did so.
Seeing that just lightly tickling him wasn't working she looked over to Wufei. "Mind helping out here?" she asked poking her foot at Duo's ribs and rubbing it back and forth tickling him more, showing Wufei what to do, nodding to her, he followed what she did. After all he did love to torture the braided baka.
A low laugh caught their attention, more squirming, the laughter turned into full requests to stop while laughing harder. "I'm UP! I'm UP!" he yelled between laughter.
Usagi kneeled down beside him poking his nose and giggled as he peeked one eye open to look at who was messing with him now. "Hey there guy, wakie, wakie!" She jumped up and back by Heero who was watching the whole thing, also loving to see Duo tortured.
"Wha-huh? Who are you?" he asked getting up and dusting himself off, fixing his braid he finally noticed Heero's hand resting on the girls back. "Aww Heero's got a girlfriend eh?" said in a teasing tone never one to not tease someone. Getting a cold glare from Heero he shut up. "I uh meant that you've got a uh, girl as a friend… yeah that's it."
"Hn." Heero glared at him getting a slap to his arm he glared down to the girl next to him.
Smiling innocently Usagi looked up, "What'd I tell you about 'Hn-ing' all the time?" she tried to glare at him but failed in giggling. "You know how to talk. Now talk."
"Fine then." With an almost non-audible sigh and rolling his eyes, ignoring the harder slap to his arm he looked to Duo glaring again. "Duo no baka, shut up." At Duo's dropped jaw at not getting threatened Heero smirked looking down for her approval. She nodded and with that he led her the rest of the way to school, neither talking 'til they reached the double doors, him holding one open for her.
"Thanks Heero-kun!" she pecked his cheek taking on a light pink hue to her cheeks while doing so.
He nodded, "Your welcome Bunny."
"So see ya after school, ne?" he nodded, "'Kay then! Ja ne Heero!" she waved as she ran off to her English class skipping through the door out of his view.
"Hmm… see you later… Bunny…" Heero murmured walking towards his class once he saw Usagi bounce into hers. A slap to his back and "Hey man! That your girl or what?!" told him the others had caught up again. Glaring at Duo once more, in a deadly monotone brooking for no arguments he warned him, "Lay off baka."
Duo held up his hands defensively as he backed off a few feet. "Whoa man… I was just askin'! Chill… she ain't my type anyways." He smiled to him knowing yes she was his type but he liked a girl that was more into sports and she didn't look like she was. 'Though looks can be deceiving.' He reminded himself. "So, seein' her again?" he grinned to his buddy. At Heero's nod he almost fell over again but Trowa and Quatre caught him standing him back up. "Thanks guys."
"She seems friendly." Trowa commented nodding his head to the door Usagi disappeared through.
Quatre looked to them both, "I agree, and she has a pure heart full of happiness and… I sense some sorrow or sadness within her." He frowned at that little bit of information thinking that she wasn't the type to be sad.
"So why ya gettin' together later eh buddy?"
Heero started walking towards his class again so he wouldn't be late calling over his shoulder, "To do home work." With that the rest shrugged and followed him, all having the same class as he.
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Hours flew by like minutes for Usagi as she tried paying attention in her morning classes. This time her excuse wasn't that she was sleeping; it was just that she didn't get any of it. Oh she'd ask questions about it to her friends and once or twice to the teacher, but still she didn't understand some of it, hoping that after school would be different with Heero helping her. "Maybe I'll actually understand a bit of it." she mused.
Before long the bell sounded snapping Usagi out of her thoughts of trying to understand the math work. Jumping up from her seat she ran over to her backpack grabbed it out of it's slot, dug around for her lunch and *ran* out of the building stopping underneath the huge oak and plopped down leaning against the trees trunk and started opening her lunch pulling out it's contents.
"Mmm yummy!" she eyed her sandwich hungrily bring it up to take a huge bite out of it, opening her mouth she started to "Hey Usa-chan!" she sighed hanging her head setting the sandwich down she looked up smiling, "Oi Minna-chan!" she waved them over, picking back up her sandwich and finally biting into it munching happily as she watched each sit.
"Ossu Usagi-chan!" Ami greeted smiling at her as she sat down smoothing out her skirt. "How are you today? You got to school early, ne?" she questioned setting out her own lunch.
"Mmmhmm! Wa id and wa naw wut!? Wa id maw omewirk wast wight!" she smiled as she kept munching on her food.
"Umm… anyone get what she just said?" Makoto asked sitting down.
"Yep she said 'Mmmhmm! I did and know what?! I did my homework last night!' Well at least I think that's what she said." Minako answered just joining the group and sitting down herself.
"Well sounds right, not to sure about that homework part though." Makoto leaned forward feeling Usagi's forehead, "No fever, seems normal."
Usagi swallowed. "Hey now… I had a reason for doing it and umm… well you see uhh…" she looked down at her lap blushing, this made the others smile and learn forward with a "Yes?" Looking back up Usagi winked, "I got a tutor!" she cheered making them all fall over backwards in shock. "Nani?"
"N-nothing… A tutor? You wouldn't even let Ami-chan tutor you. What's new with this one?" Makoto eyed her.
"Umm… well nothing…"
"Bet this ones not smarter then Ami-chan." Minako said.
"N-no, he's not… I mean well… I don't know…"
Minako smiled as did Makoto, "So it's a guy eh? Is that why you did your homework? Like him do ya? If not is he free for grabs? Come on tell us!"
"Well I uhh… yes… no… umm and no?" Usagi answered looking to each of them not sure what to do now that she'd opened her big mouth.
"Was that a yes to liking him, a no, to why you did the homework and a no to up to grabs?" Ami asked figuring that's what her friends' unsure answers were for.
"Umm… yes?" Usagi answered picking and eating her chips.
"Okay, so he's got to be cute to her your attention, and you didn't just do the homework 'cause he's a guy… You do like him… So what's he like? Who is it?"
Usagi sweat-dropped, "Umm, Minna-chan, you all know of him already."
"Know of who?" came a new voice sitting down by them looking around.
"REI-CHAN!" Usagi cheered hugging her friend. "What are you doing here?"
"Yeah girl, what's kickin'?" Makoto winked at her.
"Well… You'll never think of what I talked Grampa into doing for me." She smiled.
"Nani! Nani!?" they all asked.
Rei's smile grew wider as she looked to each anxious face of her friends. "I got him to transfer me to y'all's school! I go here now, isn't that great!?" she was happy after so many years of knowing them she could finally go to the same school as they now.
"OH WOW! WAY COOL!"
"Oh yeah together once again!"
"I'm very happy for you Rei-chan, it's great that we can be together like this now. Do you have our classes too?" Ami asked.
"Hmm, well not sure, here's what I got. English, History, Math, lunch, gym, music and religion. What about y'all?"
"Same." Was the group answer. "But I've got calculus for fifth and science for sixth." Ami answered.
"I've got art for fifth and science last." Minako answered.
"Same here." Makoto said.
Usagi looked at all of them looking to her. "Well I've got the same but it's science for fifth and Mythology for sixth." She looked at their shocked expressions. "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Usagi… your taking Mythology? Why?"
Minako looked at her, "Can you understand all that stuff?"
She nodded, "Hai and I LOVE it! Wow did you know it's a REALLY interesting class to be in?" she smiled to them, "Good thing it's last class, I can be wide awake and pay attention in that class." Grinning she dug back into her lunch.
"I see." Rei nodded, "It is a pretty cool class though. Hmm Alrighty now what were you talking about before I came along and why was Usa-hime blushing?"
Usagi gave an innocent shrug letting them know she wasn't going to be the one to retail the whole story. So she sat there eating and listening as each one put their bit in on the story from when she left the Cherry Hill Temple 'til now.
"Okay, so you've got a guy to tutor you, he's a hottie and you like him, no grabs, ne?" Usagi nodded as Rei continued. "We know him, but don't know him, ne?" again she nodded, "Okay, taking a wild guess here… I'm going to say it's… Heero Yuy? Pilot of 01, Wing Zero, the cold hearted of them all, ne?" she looked to Usagi for conformation and found her frowning hard at her almost to the point of a glare. "What'd I say?"
"He's *not* cold hearted! He's just shy and not sure about how to show feelings, he's hurting deep inside from something, I can feel it." she put a hand over her chest, like Quatre she also had the gift or curse of feeling what others felt, if it was strong enough. Being empath's had it's up and downs. "He's really sweet once you get to know him. And yes he's my tutor, helping me after school." She smiled and stared off behind them all as some people were passing. Gather her things together she stood up, blushing again. "I'm umm… going to go say hi and then head to class now… Ja ne!!" and with that she ran off behind them all.
Turning around the girls were in time to see her run up and throw an arm around a boy slightly taller then her with unruly dark brown hair and the darkest blue eye's they'd ever seen. They watched as he glared at her making her giggle and grab his arm then talk to the others that were with him before waving and running into the building.
The girls all took a last look at the guys before turning back to their half eaten lunches. Rei looked around at them all wonderingly. "Their all really hot…" she leaned forward, "So did she really kiss him??"
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Chapter 4
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That morning...
"LUNA! LUNA!" Usagi ran around the room ten minutes before her mom would come in to get her. "Socks! Shoes! UGH! Where's my stupid BOW!" she had thrown on her uniform, all but for her bow, socks and shoes. The reason? She couldn't find them. "Luna! FIND THEM!" she yelled while looking under her bed.
"Usagi…" Luna sighed shaking her head slightly getting up and padding over to the closet nudging her nose around in there for a minute or so came out pulling a pair of black shoes with a single strap across the foot of it. Dropping them half way to Usagi whom was still looking under the bed shoving around all the clutter; started making a spitting sound, the shoes weren't all that clean.
"Pht! Usagi their right here you goofy girl!" she wasn't going to be mean about it, after all Usagi was up on time, even a little early, so she wasn't going to get on her case not after her having tried to do her home work which almost sent Luna into a faint when she found out she was truly serious about it.
"Thanks Luna!" she happily cried finding and putting on her socks then her shoes, grabbing her school bag she ran downstairs sliding to a stop in her chair at the end of the table grinning at everyone. "Nani?" they were staring at her strangely.
"Umm nothing dear. Pancakes?" Ikuko offered her a plate stacked high with pancakes, syrup and a little butter smiling warmly at her remembering their talk last night.
"OH YEAH!" she snatched the plate from her mom grabbed a fork and stuffing her face, dropping the fork two minutes later she patted her tummy. "Ummm delicious! Thanks maw!"
"Your welcome dear. Did you get any homework done?" she raised an eyebrow at her.
Shingo laughed. "Ha! Her? Do homework? Who do you think she is Ami?" he clutched his stomach laughing.
"Sammy…" her father said in a stern tone even with knowing Usagi didn't study or like to do homework… at all.
"Aww but daaaddddd…" he whined.
"No."
Usagi grinned at him sticking out her tongue before she turned to her mother. "Hai I got some done, I'm not sure if it's all right-"
"Ha! Doubt it." Shingo had to put in.
"Shut up brat!" she turned back to her mother. "But I tried so we'll see. I gotta go now!" she jumped up kissing her mom and dad on their cheeks ruffling Shingo's hair she grabbed her school bag ran to the door where Luna was waiting, never slowing down she slipped on her shoes grabbed an umbrella at her mom's yelling and ran out the door with Luna close behind.
"Usagi! You can slow down now you know!" Luna yelled getting tired of running.
"Huh? Why Luna?" Usagi stopped looking down at her cat.
She jumped into Usagi's arms staring at her. "Cause your on time." She muttered, "For once." At Usagi's glare she gave her a cat grin. "Well it's true and you know it."
Usagi nodded not trying to get out of that one, after all it was an everyday thing for her. "Yeah, well you don't have to keep pointing it out. You watch one day I'll be on time and be on time for the rest of the year, you just watch Luna!"
She stuck her nose up in the air turning her head as Usagi started forward again. "You keep telling yourself that child." She heard and felt Usagi's laughter; she turned and looked up at her laughing smiling face.
"Alrighty I will then!" Usagi sped up her pace going into skipping as she lightly swung her school bag back and forth in her left hand.
Minutes seemed to pass like seconds as she and Luna walked in the quietness of the park; taking a cut through it on their way to school as they listened to the birds chirp and watched the squirrels search the ground for fresh nuts from the trees above and ducks swimming with their ducklings.
Cutting through the park lessened the time it took them to get to school and letting them see many a great things on the way that they wouldn't normally see on her 'express run' to school. Normally it was a super speed run that she never saw more then a blur of colors and shapes and sizes.
This morning though she was actually early for once. Glancing around to all the animals running to and fro searching the grounds for their morning meal, she watched the ducks swim around and dunk under the water to catch a small fish or two. "It's quiet and calm in the mornings Luna." She all but whispered to the black cat on her shoulder also looking around at everything.
"Yes it is Usagi, we should do this *every* morning." Putting the emphasis on 'every', so her young charge would get the hint that she should get up early all the time, not just 'cause she was supposed to meet someone today; which reminded her, "Usagi, whom *are* you meeting today? Do I know him?" curiosity getting the better of her.
Usagi let a small smile grace her lips as she thought about the boy. "Iie Luna, you don't know him." She thought a second putting a slim digit to her pink lips in thought, "Well, I take that back you've *seen* him, you just don't *know* him."
"How so?" Luna asked tilting her head to the side as she looked at her charge wonderingly.
"Well…" Usagi trailed off looking at Luna then back to the pond they were passing. "You've seen his picture all over Japan, it's probably all over the world really, along with four others."
'Four others?' Luna mused raising a paw to her cheek thinking, "Did they do something great to have their pictures around the world? They'd have to have saved it or som-" she stopped looking up at a smiling Usagi. "You can't be serious."
"Oh but I am dear Luna!" she giggled skipping down the path swinging her bag again.
Luna nodded, "So he's one of the five Gundam pilots then?" Usagi nodded, "Which one?" she wanted to know exactly which one her young charge was going to be hanging out with knowing that they all, like them, had killed before, she knew one was cold and uncaring, not at all liking the idea of her hanging out with the likes of him.
"Hmm, not totally sure Luna, but BOY is he a cutie!" she grinned, "Dark brown hair, deep blue eyes, strong build… WOW!" she laughed noticing Luna staring at her like she'd lost her mind. "What?"
Luna shook her head. "Hm nothing, don't worry about it." she noticed they were almost to school with twenty minutes before it started still. She looked around scanning the area for a bench but stopped as her eyes landed on a group of kids; she tapped Usagi's cheek with her left paw never taking her eyes from the kids. "Umm Usagi?"
"Yes Luna?" she looked down at her.
Luna pointed to the group of kids, "Does he look like him? The one facing the others?" she questioned spotting one with a muscular build and dark brown hair.
"Him who? Where? Luna I don- ohh." She spotted them also smirking as a plan came to mind. "Oh yeah… that's Heero alright…" she looked at Luna with that look of mischievousness and grinned, "Come on!"
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Boom Boom Boom,
Yeah I knew right from the start,
This was something new, oh baby!
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She tiptoed up behind them slowly not attracting attention to herself by looking as if she was just out on a slow stroll, when in truth she was sneaking up behind a certain someone, as she got closer she could make out them saying something, but she wasn't close enough to hear it clearly. Shrugging it off she smiled widely as she stopped three feet from his back getting the attention of the others.
"Hello Miss." The blonde one she remembered as being Quatre greeted her.
The one with a braid smiled widely, "Yo babe! What's happenin'?!" 'Duo.' Her mind named him.
"……." The tall one nodded. 'Trowa.'
"Hmp, weak onna." The last frowned.
'And Wufei.' She knew them all by the pictures, naming them in her head as they greeted her; she bowed. "Ohayo Minna!" she smiled making bunny ears on the back of Heero's head making sure not to touch his head.
"So uhh…" Duo snickered, "whatcha doin'?"
"That's disgraceful onna!"
"Umm…" Quatre looked around, "You probably shouldn't do that Miss."
She smiled keeping it up. "Oh chill guys it's cool! Right Sir?" silently hoping that dropping her voice would disguise it enough. She watched as Heero started turning around, ducking behind him and back again when he turned back not seeing anyone. Hearing a "Hn." she grinned and winked to the others before placing Luna on the ground, she stood up and stepped closer to him, keeping her voice sounding low and deep, "And just what…" she trailed off thinking of what exactly she should do. She knew his ways, well sort of anyhow and how he was around others… 'Hmm… take a chance?' she thought nodding to herself.
Sending a wink down to Luna who was eyeing each of the guys she winked to the others before jumping on Heero's back holding on tightly so she wouldn't fall, her hands around his neck making sure not to choke him while her legs half wrapped around half dangled around him, "Did I tell you about saying HN!" she laughed grinning innocently ear to ear as she slapped his chest while he turned his head slightly to glare at her coldly.
Seeing who it really was he wrapped his arms behind himself to help hold her up, still glaring, his eyes took on a small spark to them that only she could see, leaving the others to wonder what the deadly pilot of Wing Zero was going to do with this seemingly crazy onna on his back.
Noticing that the others only saw the cold glare and Usagi saw the spark in his eye he let his lips pull upward in a small smirk as he moved his arms up to her sides, letting them hover there a second, "Hnn?" sounding almost innocent and mischievous at the same time he started to tickle her making her squeal out immediately dropping her arms from around his neck, once on her feet again she backed off form him still laughing.
She looked to the others that wore looks of disbelief that the Perfect Soldier just tickled a girl and smirking while doing it. She noticed it was too much for Duo to handle as he fell to the ground.
She laughed at that turning her eyes back to Heero who arched a chocolaty brown brow at her, his eyes still holding that spark of… humor in them? Watching as he fully turned around facing her he motioned with his index finger out of sight to the others, for her to come to him. Shaking her head she laughed, "Nu uh Heero! I'm not THAT blonde!" she backed away him from.
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Hammer to the heart…
Hammer to the heart…
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He smirked, "Are you sure Usagi? Might want to check that hair color of yours." 'What am I saying?!' he mentally yelled to himself, not truly knowing why he said that, was it really him that said it? Or was something trying to take him over? Either way he kinda liked how got her to glare at him. 'She's cute when mad.' He thought watching her straighten her clothes and start marching over to him.
'Did he just do what I think he did?' she wondered coming closer to him, 'He just tried to rail me up didn't he? He's picking a fight with me?' she could have laughed, instead she smirked her own little smirk, 'Ruffling my feathers eh?' Stopping five foot in front of him she put her hands on her hips, "Care to repeat that?" she asked glancing to Luna who hopped back on her shoulder eyeing them both warily.
"Hn." He nodded, "Check the hair color." He closed his eyes taking a step forward he opened them. "You'll find its very much blonde." He still couldn't believe that him of all people were picking a fight with her, he wouldn't even fight with Duo or the others, unless it was serious sparing. 'Little closer.'
"He's going to kill her?" Quatre wondered aloud getting a shrug from Trowa and nothing from Wufei who was watching seemingly wanting to see him fight the girl and nothing from Duo who was still passed out on the ground. Getting nothing from his friends he turned back to the two.
"It's not blonde, it's umm… brighter then blonde. It's uh, got some silver in it, see?" she walked forward and pushed one of her pigtails up to his face so he could see that indeed there were silver strands in her golden tresses.
He looked at her before bending down some to get a closer look at the silver strands and couldn't help but to get a whiff of her hair that smelled of peaches and strawberry. "Smells-er looks nice." He looked into her sapphire eyes moving forward a bit more as she did the same, something passing through their eyes.
"Ya think so?" she asked looking into his Prussian eyes as she stepped forward dropping the pigtail from her hand as he put his around her waist, coming closer.
Quatre looked around in disbelief, "He's not going to… Is he?"
"Injustice." Wufei muttered.
A moan form below made them turn around to look at Duo who was starting to sit up again. "Wha-what's going on?" he asked looking around before spotting Heero and the girl from before looking like they were about to lock lips. "He's gonna? Oi…" he passed out again from too much non-Heero like acting for one day.
Usagi smiled to Heero as they heard the *thump* of Duo's head hitting the ground again. She was going to comment on it when she was shocked into silence by Heero winking at her before picking up his bag and handing hers to her. "Nice cat." He commented placing his right hand at the small of her back walking back over to the other guys.
"Arigatou! Her names Luna; say hello to Heero Yuy, Luna." She looked to Luna and smiled watching as Luna looked to Heero and nodded to him. "Smart cat, ne?"
He nodded as he kicked Duo's foot. And kicked again, and again. "Baka, wake up." He said in monotone once again kicking his foot.
Ever smiling, Usagi blocked his next kick with her own petit leg. Casting her a questioning look she winked at him, "Let me, I know how to wake him up, have to do it to Oniisan all the time." With a nod from him she walked over to Duo's right side after politely asking Quatre to move over, kneeled down and started tickling Duo's side, getting little jerks as she did so.
Seeing that just lightly tickling him wasn't working she looked over to Wufei. "Mind helping out here?" she asked poking her foot at Duo's ribs and rubbing it back and forth tickling him more, showing Wufei what to do, nodding to her, he followed what she did. After all he did love to torture the braided baka.
A low laugh caught their attention, more squirming, the laughter turned into full requests to stop while laughing harder. "I'm UP! I'm UP!" he yelled between laughter.
Usagi kneeled down beside him poking his nose and giggled as he peeked one eye open to look at who was messing with him now. "Hey there guy, wakie, wakie!" She jumped up and back by Heero who was watching the whole thing, also loving to see Duo tortured.
"Wha-huh? Who are you?" he asked getting up and dusting himself off, fixing his braid he finally noticed Heero's hand resting on the girls back. "Aww Heero's got a girlfriend eh?" said in a teasing tone never one to not tease someone. Getting a cold glare from Heero he shut up. "I uh meant that you've got a uh, girl as a friend… yeah that's it."
"Hn." Heero glared at him getting a slap to his arm he glared down to the girl next to him.
Smiling innocently Usagi looked up, "What'd I tell you about 'Hn-ing' all the time?" she tried to glare at him but failed in giggling. "You know how to talk. Now talk."
"Fine then." With an almost non-audible sigh and rolling his eyes, ignoring the harder slap to his arm he looked to Duo glaring again. "Duo no baka, shut up." At Duo's dropped jaw at not getting threatened Heero smirked looking down for her approval. She nodded and with that he led her the rest of the way to school, neither talking 'til they reached the double doors, him holding one open for her.
"Thanks Heero-kun!" she pecked his cheek taking on a light pink hue to her cheeks while doing so.
He nodded, "Your welcome Bunny."
"So see ya after school, ne?" he nodded, "'Kay then! Ja ne Heero!" she waved as she ran off to her English class skipping through the door out of his view.
"Hmm… see you later… Bunny…" Heero murmured walking towards his class once he saw Usagi bounce into hers. A slap to his back and "Hey man! That your girl or what?!" told him the others had caught up again. Glaring at Duo once more, in a deadly monotone brooking for no arguments he warned him, "Lay off baka."
Duo held up his hands defensively as he backed off a few feet. "Whoa man… I was just askin'! Chill… she ain't my type anyways." He smiled to him knowing yes she was his type but he liked a girl that was more into sports and she didn't look like she was. 'Though looks can be deceiving.' He reminded himself. "So, seein' her again?" he grinned to his buddy. At Heero's nod he almost fell over again but Trowa and Quatre caught him standing him back up. "Thanks guys."
"She seems friendly." Trowa commented nodding his head to the door Usagi disappeared through.
Quatre looked to them both, "I agree, and she has a pure heart full of happiness and… I sense some sorrow or sadness within her." He frowned at that little bit of information thinking that she wasn't the type to be sad.
"So why ya gettin' together later eh buddy?"
Heero started walking towards his class again so he wouldn't be late calling over his shoulder, "To do home work." With that the rest shrugged and followed him, all having the same class as he.
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Hours flew by like minutes for Usagi as she tried paying attention in her morning classes. This time her excuse wasn't that she was sleeping; it was just that she didn't get any of it. Oh she'd ask questions about it to her friends and once or twice to the teacher, but still she didn't understand some of it, hoping that after school would be different with Heero helping her. "Maybe I'll actually understand a bit of it." she mused.
Before long the bell sounded snapping Usagi out of her thoughts of trying to understand the math work. Jumping up from her seat she ran over to her backpack grabbed it out of it's slot, dug around for her lunch and *ran* out of the building stopping underneath the huge oak and plopped down leaning against the trees trunk and started opening her lunch pulling out it's contents.
"Mmm yummy!" she eyed her sandwich hungrily bring it up to take a huge bite out of it, opening her mouth she started to "Hey Usa-chan!" she sighed hanging her head setting the sandwich down she looked up smiling, "Oi Minna-chan!" she waved them over, picking back up her sandwich and finally biting into it munching happily as she watched each sit.
"Ossu Usagi-chan!" Ami greeted smiling at her as she sat down smoothing out her skirt. "How are you today? You got to school early, ne?" she questioned setting out her own lunch.
"Mmmhmm! Wa id and wa naw wut!? Wa id maw omewirk wast wight!" she smiled as she kept munching on her food.
"Umm… anyone get what she just said?" Makoto asked sitting down.
"Yep she said 'Mmmhmm! I did and know what?! I did my homework last night!' Well at least I think that's what she said." Minako answered just joining the group and sitting down herself.
"Well sounds right, not to sure about that homework part though." Makoto leaned forward feeling Usagi's forehead, "No fever, seems normal."
Usagi swallowed. "Hey now… I had a reason for doing it and umm… well you see uhh…" she looked down at her lap blushing, this made the others smile and learn forward with a "Yes?" Looking back up Usagi winked, "I got a tutor!" she cheered making them all fall over backwards in shock. "Nani?"
"N-nothing… A tutor? You wouldn't even let Ami-chan tutor you. What's new with this one?" Makoto eyed her.
"Umm… well nothing…"
"Bet this ones not smarter then Ami-chan." Minako said.
"N-no, he's not… I mean well… I don't know…"
Minako smiled as did Makoto, "So it's a guy eh? Is that why you did your homework? Like him do ya? If not is he free for grabs? Come on tell us!"
"Well I uhh… yes… no… umm and no?" Usagi answered looking to each of them not sure what to do now that she'd opened her big mouth.
"Was that a yes to liking him, a no, to why you did the homework and a no to up to grabs?" Ami asked figuring that's what her friends' unsure answers were for.
"Umm… yes?" Usagi answered picking and eating her chips.
"Okay, so he's got to be cute to her your attention, and you didn't just do the homework 'cause he's a guy… You do like him… So what's he like? Who is it?"
Usagi sweat-dropped, "Umm, Minna-chan, you all know of him already."
"Know of who?" came a new voice sitting down by them looking around.
"REI-CHAN!" Usagi cheered hugging her friend. "What are you doing here?"
"Yeah girl, what's kickin'?" Makoto winked at her.
"Well… You'll never think of what I talked Grampa into doing for me." She smiled.
"Nani! Nani!?" they all asked.
Rei's smile grew wider as she looked to each anxious face of her friends. "I got him to transfer me to y'all's school! I go here now, isn't that great!?" she was happy after so many years of knowing them she could finally go to the same school as they now.
"OH WOW! WAY COOL!"
"Oh yeah together once again!"
"I'm very happy for you Rei-chan, it's great that we can be together like this now. Do you have our classes too?" Ami asked.
"Hmm, well not sure, here's what I got. English, History, Math, lunch, gym, music and religion. What about y'all?"
"Same." Was the group answer. "But I've got calculus for fifth and science for sixth." Ami answered.
"I've got art for fifth and science last." Minako answered.
"Same here." Makoto said.
Usagi looked at all of them looking to her. "Well I've got the same but it's science for fifth and Mythology for sixth." She looked at their shocked expressions. "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Usagi… your taking Mythology? Why?"
Minako looked at her, "Can you understand all that stuff?"
She nodded, "Hai and I LOVE it! Wow did you know it's a REALLY interesting class to be in?" she smiled to them, "Good thing it's last class, I can be wide awake and pay attention in that class." Grinning she dug back into her lunch.
"I see." Rei nodded, "It is a pretty cool class though. Hmm Alrighty now what were you talking about before I came along and why was Usa-hime blushing?"
Usagi gave an innocent shrug letting them know she wasn't going to be the one to retail the whole story. So she sat there eating and listening as each one put their bit in on the story from when she left the Cherry Hill Temple 'til now.
"Okay, so you've got a guy to tutor you, he's a hottie and you like him, no grabs, ne?" Usagi nodded as Rei continued. "We know him, but don't know him, ne?" again she nodded, "Okay, taking a wild guess here… I'm going to say it's… Heero Yuy? Pilot of 01, Wing Zero, the cold hearted of them all, ne?" she looked to Usagi for conformation and found her frowning hard at her almost to the point of a glare. "What'd I say?"
"He's *not* cold hearted! He's just shy and not sure about how to show feelings, he's hurting deep inside from something, I can feel it." she put a hand over her chest, like Quatre she also had the gift or curse of feeling what others felt, if it was strong enough. Being empath's had it's up and downs. "He's really sweet once you get to know him. And yes he's my tutor, helping me after school." She smiled and stared off behind them all as some people were passing. Gather her things together she stood up, blushing again. "I'm umm… going to go say hi and then head to class now… Ja ne!!" and with that she ran off behind them all.
Turning around the girls were in time to see her run up and throw an arm around a boy slightly taller then her with unruly dark brown hair and the darkest blue eye's they'd ever seen. They watched as he glared at her making her giggle and grab his arm then talk to the others that were with him before waving and running into the building.
The girls all took a last look at the guys before turning back to their half eaten lunches. Rei looked around at them all wonderingly. "Their all really hot…" she leaned forward, "So did she really kiss him??"
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