A.N. Man, I'm getting terrible at updating! Gomen nasai!! Well, here's another great (hopefully!) chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 15
"I wish I could fly…"
Usagi wakes up, staring at the ceiling of Capsule Corp. She rolls over, seeing Trunks still asleep beside her. She smiles, reaching her hand out to touch his soft hair. She almost laughs. He looked so cute in his sleep. Sometimes he looked so peaceful and innocent. Other times he frowned, which looked even cuter. It probably meant something was happening that he didn't like. Tonight was one of those nights he frowned. She knew what was on his mind. The way Caleb was making moves on her. She sighs, pulling her hand away. It was on her mind too. That's why she was awake, instead of sleeping. She quietly slips out of bed, walking over to the balcony, staring up at the night sky. The stars shone brightly, illuminating the sky. She loved the night…it was so pretty. She could remember when Pegasus would take her high above the sky at night…first she would ride on his back…then she had wings on her back, so she could fly. She couldn't remember for sure if it was a dream they both shared, or if it really happened. Either way…it was magical…and she loved it. She wanted to go back to it. She sighs sadly. But…there was no way she could ever go back to that. Her childhood. That freedom to fly high in the sky…to escape all life's problems. Now…she had tons of things on her mind…and a big problem on her hands.
"I wish I could fly…" Usagi says.
Suddenly, long, angel wings grow out of Usagi's back as she lifts off the ground into the air. She cries out, squirming around, trying to touch the ground.
"Holy shit! I'm flying!" Usagi cries.
Suddenly, she hears someone giggling. She turns around, finding Chibi-usa on the balcony behind her, smiling. Usagi stares, shocked, yet smiles.
"I should've known you'd do this!" Usagi says.
Chibi-usa smiles. "You tan fly anytime you want! I used magic to make it happon…"
Usagi smiles. "Arigatou…Chibi-usa…now…go back to bed! You shouldn't be up this late…"
"Otay!" Chibi-usa says. "Goonight, Mama!"
Usagi smiles. "Goodnight, Chibi-usa."
Chibi-usa turns around and runs off, jumping high over Trunks' bed, landing softly on her feet, so as not to wake Trunks. Then she runs out of the room, stifling her giggles. Usagi smiles, then turns around, flying up high into the sky. She looks down, seeing she's high over the city.
"This is so great…" Usagi says. The cool night air felt great. It was such a romantic night. Of course…it had been for her and Trunks. The night air was still filled with romance…she could tell that everywhere…someone had had romance somewhere. Suddenly, for some reason, something told her to fly down towards the city. She follows her intuition, flying down into the city. She flies past houses and apartments, seeing mostly everyone sleeping. Suddenly, her eye catches an apartment with the lights on. She stops by the apartment and peeps in the window. She gasps, shocked. "It's…it's Caleb! This…is his apartment!"
Caleb sits on the couch, flipping through the channels on the T.V., bored. Usagi looks around, noticing that he was alone. Usagi stares, sadly.
"Poor Caleb…I figured that someone like him would have a girlfriend all the time…" Usagi thought.
Usagi hits herself in the head. "C'mon, Usagi! Get your act together! The reason you wanted to fly was to get high above the sky and escape your problems for a while and you're down here making them worse! Get out of here before he sees you and you make things worse!" She quickly flies up into the sky.
Caleb looks over at the window. "I thought I saw something…" He gets up off the couch and looks out the window, looking around. Then, he looks up at the sky, shocked. A beautiful angel of some sort flies up high into the sky, which seems to sparkle and leave trails of glitter that fall to the ground. All that Caleb could remember seeing significant about this angel was the color of her hair…pink. "Whoa…"
**
Usagi lands back on the balcony, her angel wings disappearing. She opens the sliding door carefully, then tiptoes over to the bed, still noticing Trunks was asleep. It was already 5 in the morning, and the sun would be rising soon. She couldn't believe that she flew around for almost 2 hours. It was just so fun…and exhilarating. She carefully slides into bed. Finding that Trunks didn't wake to her moving on the bed, she smiles in satisfaction. She was glad her back was facing him too…so if he did wake up…he'd just think she was rolling over in her sleep. She starts closing her eyes.
"Where were you?" Trunks suddenly asks.
Usagi's eyes snap open, widening. "Nani? You're awake? What time is it?"
Trunks moves to sit up, leaning against the headboard of the bed. "I know you left…where've you been?"
"I just went to get a drink…" Usagi says. "From the kitchen…I accidentally fell asleep after my drink…I just came back in after waking up…"
"Really?" Trunks says. "Cause…when I found you gone…one of the first places I looked was in the kitchen. You weren't there. In fact…I didn't see you anywhere in the house."
Usagi sweatdrops, biting her lip nervously. It was a good thing her back was facing him. But…the fact that he was sitting up…meant…he could easily lean over and see her. She looks up, finding, in fact, that he was leaning over her, staring at her. She jolts, getting a chill down her spine.
"Stop that!" Usagi says.
"What? I just wanna know where you went…" Trunks says. "Is it that big a deal that you can't tell me?"
"No…" Usagi says. "But…I don't wanna get into it right now…it's kinda a long story…I'll tell you later."
"Why not now?" Trunks says. "It's already morning…you're probably not gonna be able to sleep anyway, since you've been gone for 2 hours."
Usagi grits her teeth nervously. "God! Is he gonna stay awake every time I leave, and wait for me to get back? I feel like I have no privacy!"
"So…what's up?" Trunks asks.
"Nothing…" Usagi says, somewhat out of habit. "I'll tell you later…I'm tired…I wanna sleep some more…"
Trunks lies back down, rolling over away from her. "I knew it…"
Usagi sits up, turning to look at him. "You knew what?"
"You went to see Caleb…didn't you?" Trunks says.
"Nani?" Usagi cries. "No! Why would I wanna see Caleb? He's probably sleeping now anyway! Or…doing something…riding on his stupid motorcycle or whatever he does at night…"
"It's ok…you don't have to lie to make me feel better" Trunks says. "I don't care if you went to see Caleb." He was glad his back was facing Usagi, cause then she couldn't see that he was clenching his fist and teeth. But then…if she was sitting up…he looks up to see her leaning over him, looking down at him, smirking. He jumps up a little, getting nervous. "Stop that!"
Usagi giggles, then kisses him on the forehead. "Looks like we both have something in common…some secret we're keeping from each other. Guess we won't know each other's secret…maybe until morning." She smirks, then lies down, rolling over to face away from Trunks. "Goodnight…"
Trunks sighs. "Goodnight…"
**
"So…what were you doing?" Trunks asks.
Usagi groans. "Are you still gonna pester me about this?"
"What's going on?" Cere asks, confused.
"He's bugging me cause I left for a while last night" Usagi says.
"Well…you should tell me where you went!" Trunks says.
"It's not that big a deal!" Usagi says. "I just went out for a while!"
"Out? Where?" Trunks asks.
"None of your business, that's where!" Usagi says.
"That's because you went to see Caleb, and you're afraid to tell me…" Trunks says.
"Here we go…" Goten says, rolling his eyes.
"For the last time…I did NOT go to see Caleb…I don't even know where he lives!" Usagi says. "He's only been in school for a week, and the only thing I know about him is that he's from California…"
Suddenly, there's a big explosion ahead of them, sending them flying back. All the students scream, yelling to call 911.
"Holy…shit…" Goten says, shaking his head.
"Is everyone ok?" Trunks asks.
"Yeah" Usagi says.
Everyone stands up, brushing themselves off. They look to see the cause of the explosion came from above, cause there was a huge hole in the ceiling of the school.
"Who could've done this?" Goten asks.
Suddenly, a woman with long, flowing blue hair comes down through the hole, floating above the fire. She smirks, holding her hand out. A blue ki blast shoots out, hitting the ground before them. The blast forms into a weird green looking youma, with fangs in it's mouth.
"Take over this pathetic school…" the woman says. "Take their energy…kill them…and don't come back as a failure!" She disappears, just before the fire engulfs larger.
The youma smirks, then takes off quickly past them, running at the other kids of the school.
"We have to transform and stop that youma!" Usagi says.
"Right!" the other senshi say.
"Moon…"
"Wait" Trunks says.
"Nani?" Usagi says, confused.
"Let Goten and I take care of him" Trunks says.
"No way!" Usagi cries. "I'm…" She stops, looking around. "Sailor Moon! There's no way I'm gonna stay out of this fight…"
"Please…just do it…" Trunks says. He powers up to SSJ 2, Goten doing the same. The two fly off after the youma.
Usagi clenches her fists. "Since when does my own boyfriend boss ME around? I don't think so! Moon Eternal…Makeup!"
"Para Crystal Power, Makeup!"
"Ves Crystal Power, Makeup!"
"Jun Crystal Power, Makeup!"
"Cere Crystal Power, Makeup!"
They run off after the youma.
"Hey…you'd better stop that…or else die…" Trunks says.
The youma turns to look at them, smirking. It drops the humans it's holding, then quickly lunges out at them. Trunks smacks the youma away with ease. The youma growls, holding it's face in pain.
"You…asshole!" the youma screams. Suddenly, it's hands start looking funny. It then shoots a bunch of ki blasts down at the ground, causing dust. Trunks and Goten stare, confused.
"Is he stupid or what?" Goten says.
Suddenly, the youma appears behind Trunks and Goten, it's hands stretching out long, grabbing their necks, choking them. Then, the dust clears, showing another youma, looking identical to the one behind Trunks and Goten. The youma starts draining their energy.
"Shoot ki blasts at that youma!" Trunks chokes out.
Goten nods his head, and they both shoot ki blasts at the youma in front of them. The youma dodges, laughing manically. Trunks and Goten stop, noticing they both fall out of SSJ 2 into SSJ 1.
"Damn-it! He's sucking it really fast!" Trunks says. (I just noticed that sounds sort of yaoi-'sucking it really fast!' ^_^ *laughs out loud*)
"Spraying Flowers!"
The attack hits the youma behind Trunks and Goten, unaffecting it.
"Acrobatic Kick!"
JunJun kicks the youma in the head, causing it to fall over and it's arms to rip off. The hands are still attached to Trunks and Goten's necks, choking and stealing their energy.
"Shit!" Moon says. She runs up, trying to pull the hands off, but it does no good. Then, the other youma ahead of Trunks lunges out and tackles Moon, trying to grab her brooch. Moon fights back, finding it very strong.
The youma who lost it's arms stands up, it's arms growing back. It's new grown hands shoot out and grab ParaPara and CereCere's necks, choking them. Its hands grow again and shoot out at JunJun and VesVes, doing the same. The senshi try getting the hands off, but they're clamped on tight, not letting go. Trunks and Goten fall out of SSJ 1, falling to their knees.
"Damn-it…" Trunks says.
"World Shaking!"
"Deep Submerge!"
"Dead Scream!"
One attack hits the youma on Moon, sending it flying. The other hits the hands on Trunks and Goten's necks, destroying them. The other hits the hands on the other 4 senshi's necks, destroying them. Everyone looks to see Sailor Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto.
"Thank God you're here!" Moon says.
"Sailor Moon…take care of the youma now!" Diana yells.
Moon stands up, pulling her tier out. "Silver…"
Suddenly, the two youmas jump up quickly, splitting into 8 more of the same exact youma. They all lunge out at each of the senshi and Trunks and Goten, attacking them. Everyone fights back, which they find is hard to do cause they're very strong.
"Mars! Flame Sniper!"
"Jupiter! Oak Evolution!"
"Mercury! Aqua Rhapsody!"
"Venus! Love and Beauty Shock!"
The 4 attacks hit all 10 youmas, pushing them away from the others. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus join the others. The youmas quickly getting up, then splitting again into 4 more youmas, making 14 all together.
"Gee…this is our lucky day, isn't it?" Moon says.
"Sailor Moon! Use your tier!" Diana says.
"I wish I could!" Moon cries, fighting off a youma. "But…I need time…I need a distraction! I need someone to push them away from me so I can prepare my attack!"
Suddenly, a ki blast comes out of nowhere, hitting the youma that was attacking Moon. Moon, surprised, looks to see Chibi-usa appear, in SSJ 1 form, ready to attack the youma.
"Chibi-usa! Get out of here!" Moon cries. "It's too dangerous!"
Chibi-usa looks up at her, determined. "You need to prepare for your attack, so I'm giving you a distraction!" Her voice was different, sounding like an adult. Moon stares, shocked, but nods her head. Chibi-usa starts attacking the youma.
"Silver Moon Sparkling!"
The attack hits every youma, destroying it.
Moon sighs a breath of relief. "If it weren't for Chibi-usa…we would've been gone…"
The inner and outer senshi look at her, somewhat disappointed.
"Hey! What about us?" Venus says. "If it weren't for us too, you'd be goners!"
Moon gets a sweatdrop. "Ok, ok…I'm thankful you guys were here too…"
"We need to put the fire out…" VesVes says.
"Leave it to me" Mercury says. "Shine Aqua Illusion!"
The attack hits the fire, extinguishing it.
"I hope no one was hurt in that explosion…" Moon says, concerned.
"There's probably some people who were killed…" Trunks says.
"They won't be…after Chibi-usa uses her magic…" Moon says.
"For some odd reason…those witches showing up was the best thing for us!" Trunks says.
Chibi-usa holds her finger up, which sparkles. Then, people appear where the fire used to be, waking up.
"Good girl, Chibi-usa!" Moon says, patting her on the head.
Chibi-usa smiles. "Your weltome!" Her voice was back to a normal kids voice. Plus, she was out of SSJ. Moon looks at her, confused. Earlier, she was talking in an adult's voice, and she was very intelligent. What was going on?
"What happened here?"
Everyone turns behind them to see Caleb, staring, confused. Moon gasps, then looks behind her at the others, where she finds the outer and inner senshi gone. She looks back at Caleb.
"Uh…there was a fire…" Moon says. "But…it was taken care of. No one got too seriously hurt."
Caleb looks at Moon, shocked. She looked exactly like Usagi! "You're…you're Usagi!"
Moon's eyes widen. "Nani? No…I'm Sailor Moon…"
"Yes…you're Usagi!" Caleb says.
"You…must have me mistaken for someone else…" Moon says. "I'm…Sailor Moon…champion of justice!"
"Then…why is he around you?" Caleb says, referring to Trunks.
Trunks frowns. "Don't you remember? I said I was a martial arts fighter…I intend on finding the person who did this and kicking their ass!"
"You should probably go, man" Goten says. "You'll just get in the way when someone else attacks…"
"When someone else attacks?" Caleb asks. "How much do you know?"
Goten sweatdrops. "I…I don't know…I'm just saying…maybe someone might try attacking again…"
"What do you know?" Caleb asks.
"It doesn't matter…you shouldn't be sticking your nose in" Trunks says. "This is our business…we'll take care of it."
Caleb looks at him. "Yeah…I'm sure you will…" He turns around and walks off.
Trunks clenches his fists. "What the hell did he mean by that?"
"Just ignore him, Trunks" Moon says. "We need to get out of here in case someone else thinks they know my identity."
**
"Hey, kaasan, we're home…" Trunks says.
"THERE WAS A FIRE IN YOUR SCHOOL?!" Bulma cries.
"Uh…more like an attack…" Trunks says.
"An attack?" Bulma asks.
"Yeah…" Trunks says. "We were just walking down the hall and something exploded ahead of us. Then, a woman appeared, sending a bunch of youmas out to attack us. But…we kicked their asses…"
"Yeah…no thanks to me!" Usagi says. "Well…actually, to Chibi-usa…"
"Hey…is tousan still a cat?" Trunks asks.
Bulma smirks. "Yup. And he's my lab experiment right now!"
"You managed to catch him?" Trunks asks, raising an eyebrow.
"Yup" Bulma says. "I used a saiya-jin's weakness…food! He hadn't eaten for a whole day…I knew he'd be out in second!"
"Did…you actually feed him?" Trunks asks.
"Yeah…I let him eat for a minute…then I snatched him!" Bulma says, triumphantly.
"Hey…how'd you know there was a fire at our school?" Usagi suddenly asks.
"It's all over the news…" Bulma says. "They even have a suspect."
"Nani? Who?" Trunks cries.
"Some woman with long blue hair" Bulma says.
"That's her!" Usagi says. "She's the one! How'd they get a picture of her?"
Bulma shrugs her shoulders. "I dunno. I guess maybe a student saw her or something…"
"Let's hope whoever that student was didn't see us transform…" Usagi says.
"I don't think anyone was around…" Trunks says. "Except for maybe Caleb…"
"You know…he's really suspicious…" Usagi says. "He's always following us around…"
"More like following YOU around" Trunks says.
"I think he's way in over his head" Usagi says. "If he finds out any of our secrets…" She shakes her head. "I don't know…"
"Let's just hope that doesn't happen" Cere says.
"But…he keeps following me!" Usagi says. "I'll be sitting here with you guys, having our normal…or what we call normal conversations, and then he appears out of nowhere! On his little no good motorcycle, saying he was following us the whole time! I think he's bullshitting us…"
Trunks smirks. "You're starting to think like me now…"
"Maybe he's the enemy…" Goten says.
"Nani?" Usagi cries. "No way! Caleb? He was shocked by Goku appearing! Why would HE be the enemy?"
"Cause he's suspicious, like you said" Trunks answers for Goten. "And he always follows YOU. Maybe he's after the ginzuishou. Maybe THAT'S why he's making moves on you…"
"Hey!" Usagi cries. "He is NOT the enemy! And even if he was, I wouldn't let him fool me! I'm Sailor Moon! Nothing can stop me!"
Trunks smirks. "Are you sure about that?"
"YES!!" Usagi cries.
"This just in!" the news reporter on the T.V. cries. "The amusement park is being attacked by giant, red youmas!"
"Nani?" everyone cries, turning to look at the T.V.
The T.V. shows a picture of about 10 foot tall red youmas, attacking people. They grab them and suck their energy away, then let them drop to the ground, lifeless.
"This is such a horrible tragedy!" the reporter cries.
"Hurry guys, let's go!" Usagi says.
**
Everyone appears, finding the amusement park empty and quiet.
"Ok…where are they?" Moon asks, looking around.
"You're too late."
They all look over to see the inner and outer senshi.
"They've destroyed everything and everyone" Uranus says. "We were too late as well. Nothing's left. All of the bodies are gone."
"Nani?" everyone cries.
Moon looks around, in horror. The whole amusement park was completely empty, not a single human in sight.
"But…what happened…to all the people?" CereCere asks. "I thought…their energy was drained…and the youmas threw them down on the ground…"
Uranus shakes her head. "When we got here…the youmas were gathering up the dead humans…and they took off before we could do anything. We tried looking for them…but they're long gone."
"Or else they're in another dimension" Neptune says. (No, I'm not following stupid Funimation's ways of 'the next dimension!' I'm simply stating about how they could be…in another dimension…like somewhere they can hide out…ya know what I mean? Like somewhere that wouldn't really be on earth…ah hell, never mind…*mutters and walks away*)
"This…is so awful!" Moon cries.
"There…there has to be something we can do!" VesVes cries.
Just then, people start screaming.
"Let's go!" Moon cries.
They all run to the sound of the screaming to find the giant red youmas attacking more people.
"Let's do this!" CereCere says. "Spraying Flowers!"
A youma dodges the attack. All the youmas stop attacking the people and turn to look at the senshi, angry.
"Good job, CereCere, now you made them angry!" ParaPara says.
"So what?" Moon says. "We're gonna take them out!"
"Right!" the other senshi say.
"Mars! Flame…"
The youmas lunge out quickly, one attacking each senshi and Trunks and Goten.
"Shit! I forgot we lost all our energy!" Goten cries. "We can't do shit unless we're super saiya-jins!"
"I know!" Trunks cries, dodging the youma's attacks.
"World Shaking!"
The youma jumps, avoiding the attack. It then kicks Uranus in the face, sending her flying. The other senshi aren't doing well either, as they're either getting the crap kicked out of them, or getting their energy drained. Moon dodges the attacks, unable to fight back.
"I can't do anything!" Moon cries, dodging. "I have to have time to do my move!"
Just then, the sound of a gun goes off, shooting at the youma that attacks Moon. The youma growls in annoyance, turning around to find a human shooting a gun at it. Moon stares, shocked.
"Caleb! What…the hell is he doing here?" Moon thought. "Trying to be a hero? He's gonna get killed!"
Caleb continues shooting the gun. The youma advances on Caleb, letting the bullets bounce off it.
"No, don't!" Moon cries, running to stand in the way of the youma.
The youma growls, and simply smacks Moon away. Then, the youma runs up and quickly grabs Caleb's gun, smashing it. Then, he punches Caleb, sending him flying back.
"Shit…" Moon says, starting to get up.
Trunks cries out as the youma drains his energy away.
"Trunks!" Moon cries. She then gets hit in the back by the youma she was fighting.
"Lavender heart kiss!"
A bunch of lavender hearts hit the youma attacking Moon, wounding it. SSJ 1 Chibi Moon flies in, ready to attack.
"Chibi-usa…" Moon says, weakly.
"Use your attack while I stall it!" Chibi Moon says, in that same adult voice as earlier.
Moon stares, shocked, then stands up, determined. Chibi Moon attacks the youma like a super saiya-jin. Moon pulls out her tier.
"Silver Moon Sparkling!"
The attack hits all the youmas, destroying them. Moon falls to her knees, weak. Trunks and Goten lie on the ground, breathing heavily. The other senshi either stand, weak, or sit on their knees, exhausted.
"Thanks…so much…Chibi-usa…" Moon says. "You…saved us…again…"
Chibi-usa smiles. "Your weltome!" She giggles.
Moon looks at her, confused. Whenever Chibi-usa was in battle mode, she sounded like an adult. Now that the fight was over, she acted like a kid. Was it possible that some of Dark Angel was still in her? It wouldn't make any sense, but it could be possible.
Caleb sits up, holding his head in pain. He musters up enough strength to stand up. "Usagi…are you ok?"
Moon looks over at him, shocked. "What…did you call me?"
Caleb smirks. "I know you're Usagi. I saw you transform."
Moon's eyes widen. "When?"
"Just back there…I followed you…" Caleb says.
"God! He's like a little kid who has to follow his mother everywhere!" Moon thought.
"You still believe I'm this girl…Usagi?" Moon says, regaining her composure. "I'm not revealing my identity…except that I'm Sailor Moon. That's the only thing you know."
"You can't stay in that form forever" Caleb says. "When you transform out, it'll just prove that you're Usagi."
Moon smirks. "Too bad you won't be able to see it. I'll be long gone."
"Sailor Moon!" CereCere cries. "Come over here! Trunks and Goten aren't doing good!"
"Shit!" Moon says, running over to them. She holds Trunks. "Trunks…are you ok?" She hits herself in the head. "Of course you're not! We gotta get you back to Capsule Corp…your kaasan can get you sensu…"
"I'm fine…" Trunks says, trying to sit up.
"C'mon, don't act all tough right now" Moon says. "You can do that later, after you've regained your strength." She smirks. "Then you can show off your super saiya-jin strength" she whispers.
Trunks smirks. "How did I pick you up again?"
Moon shrugs her shoulders. "I guess I'm one of a kind." She looks at the other senshi. "C'mon guys…I need help taking these sai…these guys back to Capsule Corp."
The Amazon senshi help Trunks and Goten to their feet.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" Caleb asks.
"Yeah…go home" Goten says.
Everyone gets in the capsule cars, driving towards Capsule Corp, leaving Caleb alone.
**
Everyone walks into Capsule Corp. finding Bulma standing there, hands on her hips. She smiles as she sees them enter.
"You're back! Thank God!" Bulma says. She looks at Trunks and Goten, who look back, like they just got the crap kicked out of them. (which they did! ^_^) "What happened?"
"Well…we did the stupid thing…and attacked even though our energy had been drained from the fight at school…" Trunks says.
"Yeah…that was pretty stupid" Bulma says, crossing her arms.
"We need sensu…then we'll be all right…" Trunks says.
"Well, we have none here…" Bulma says. "Someone's gonna have to go to Karin's tower and get some…"
"Who's gonna go then?" Trunks says. "No one else can fly but Goten and I…and dad's turned into a cat…" He stops. "Well…there's Chibi-usa…but she can't go up there alone…"
"I'll go with her…" Usagi says.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Trunks asks.
"Sure! Why wouldn't it be?" Usagi says. "I'm only going up to Karin's…it's not like I'm going off to battle…"
"Ok, ok, I get the picture…" Trunks says. "Just hurry up you two, ok?"
"Otay!" Chibi-usa says, smiling.
"We'll be back soon…" Usagi says, taking Chibi-usa's hand as they both fly into the air.
Hmm…interesting…Chibi-usa acting both like an adult and kid…any guesses why? Anyone wanna try? Go ahead…give me guesses…maybe I'll give you a prize!! ^_^ Well…keep watching for another chapter…maybe I'll actually be able to get it out under a month!! -_- geeze, I'm terrible…
