Disclaimer: I dun own Sailor nor do I own Gundam wing. This will go for all chapters since I hate repeating myself like a broken record.
A/n: HI!!!!!!! I just realized something.. I'll probably be able to update at least once a week so if any of you people have patience it will all be posted soon…
Weeks Later Mina finally decided to come back to school. She was immediately croweded with hugs and words of sympathy from her friends. Very few of the other kids said anything and she understood why. The entire time she was home she had time to think about what Quatre said about her. He had told her that she picks on the flaws that people have… and for some reason she thought about Blimp-.. Usagi. She remembered way back in the first grade they had all been good friends and Usagi's mother usually packed like two lunches for her. Back then Mina didn't really care, nor did any of the other girls but when they made it to 6th grade Mina desperately wanted to be popular.
She had noticed at one point that all of the populars had been making fun of Usagi calling her things like elephant or hippo or some other things. Since she desperately wanted to be friends with the older popular girls she at one point had joined in all of the taunting. She remembered the day she first started to make fun of Usagi, it was almost a week after the populars had accepted her for her good looks and fashion style. She remembered that Mina had coaxed the others to hang out with the populars and leave Usagi out. Usagi had been deeply hurt by it and just left crying, Quatre on the other hand didn't like to see any girl cry and he went after her declining the invite. The following day they had to give out the updated uniform but they couldn't find Usagi's size and the other girls started making fun of her calling her something like hot air balloon. Mina just thought it would be simpler to call her blimpie and that's how the stupid nick name started. Everything up to lunch was a complete and total blur, she wasn't even sure that she ever heard the bells ring to let her go to her next class.
"Mina??" Lita waved her hand in front of the girl's face. "Are you sure you're okay enough to be here.." Lita slowed her words when Mina began to cry.
"Why didn't any of you tell me I was such a monster??" She asked suddenly making Chad, and Chad get up from the table.
"What??" Rei found herself asking.
"How could you let me torment our best friend back then??" She asked as guilty looks crossed the girls' faces. They knew what she was talking about.. they all thought about the same question many times after she left.
"You forget we hurt her too.." Lita said.
"I know you did but I started it.. why didn't you stop me before it got so bad??" She asked.
"Mina, back then we all wanted to be popular and the way those other girls had said it was that we had to step all over everyone else to get there. We were young and stupid." Rei found herself saying. Mina only had more tears fall down her face.
"I was evil…"
"We all were.." A different voice said. The girls looked up to see Duo Maxwell. "We were all friends and we lost sight of that.. we only saw her as a target to pick on day after day. We broke her heart, her spirit, and possibly most of her ability to make the proper judgement." He said watching her sit with Mamoru. Duo already didn't like the guy.. everytime Serena suggested something he agreed but last minute he'd want something else. She was miserable with dating him but he always brought her flowers and to her it made up for it. Another glance at Quatre told him the boy was slowly dying on the inside, since Duo moved he had a perfect view of the two. "Someone told me once a broken bone may heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever." Duo said.
"But someone told me we can't always dwell on the things we've done in the past and just move on with life with a new perspective of things." Ami set a bouquet of roses in front of Mina. "I'm sorry for your loss." She said making Mina look at her in shock.
"T-Thank you." Mina said gently.
"The least I can do.." She said then turned to Duo.
"Yeah, Yeah I know… We've got to work on my history grade." Ami rolled her eyes.
"No that's tomorrow.. Movie night.. remember??" She said and he gave her a quizzical look.
"God knows why I care so much.." Ami said in japanese making Duo's stare turned worried. She shook her head and walked away.
"Ami.. I can make it better.. please!!!" He chased after her.
"For some reason they got together the same day they found out about your mother." Lita provided when Mina looked lost. "I'm gonna go fix my make-up.. coming Rei??" She said.
"but I just.." Rei looked over Lita's shoulder to see Quatre heading towards the table. "Whatever.." Rei got up with Lita and they left them alone.
"hello…" Mina said gently.
"I'm sorry.." He said making her look at him. "I didn't mean to be so harsh but it seemed like the only way to get my message across. Then to top it off I'm sorry about your mother."
"It's ok.." She said. "it's true I'm thick headed.. I mean I've been trying since eighth grade.. I just needed a reality calll I suppose." She said noticing he was staring heavily at her. "What??"
"You look a lot like.. Serena without the bow…" He said disappointing her again, the one day she doesn't wear her bow he says she looks like someone he cares deeply about..
"Why don't you just go and be with her?? I'm out of the way now… I know when I'm not wanted."
"No… No… I mean." He started to become flustered afraid she'd start crying again. "She's with someone else." He said walking away.
"Not my problem so don't get caught up in it." She decided looking at the roses Ami gave her. "I promise to change.. but one thing at a time. How
*~*~*~*
"Darien.. please!!!" Serena pleaded making him wince since she addressed him by his middle name. "You promised me today we were going out.. just you and me." She said pouting a bit.
"But I thought my mother and father were having their dinner party tonight and since they aren't I figured how about you and me spend some time here at my house.." He said rubbing her shoulders. She kept her back turned towards him and shook out of his grasp.
"but you promised me that we'd go out this week." She said taking a few steps away from him. He hair seemed to glow in the moonlight but he didn't really care much for that. "You didn't say anything about spending time with you friend and his girlfriend who he can't seem to stop groping."
"Come on.. I swear.. after tonight we'll have time for ourselves." He said pulling her close gently rolling his hand over her stomach. "He just came to visit since he was in a competition near here. He's leaving tomorrow." He said moving his hand to her sides while planting light kisses on her neck.
"Fine but if they just start doing things in the middle of the room I'm leaving." She said falling victim to the way he was touching her.
"They won't… We're going swimming." He said.
"Now??"
"We have an indoor pool here too." He said blowing gently on her neck making her shudder.
"Don't Turn into your friend" She said making him laugh.
"Unlike Andrew I can keep my cool around a pretty girl." He said as she followed him into the house.
"Wait I don't have a bathing suit." She said being yanked upstairs by the other girl.
"They're provided." She said quickly. They got to a room and she slammed the fdoor.
"Excuse me…" Serena pulled her wrist back rubbing it from the hard grip of the other girl.
"Sorry.. I'm Rita.." The girl said with a smile.
"I'm… Serena."
"I know.." Rita said in a tone that Serena didn't like at all.
"Why would you want to hurt such an innocent girl like her??" Andrew asked sticking his feet in the water while they waited for the girls.
"She's just an innocent in my test to see how much pain an suffering Quatre Rebabra Winner can stand to have friend go through before snapping."
"I still don't see what's so important about that guy.. one would think you two would grow up."
"Don't question why I do things.. just do it." Mamoru snapped sticking his own feet into the warm water. 'Quatre Rebarba Winner. The guy who is far from innocent.. the one who had everything. A loving father and mother not to mention sisters who care about him.' He thought bitterly. 'While his family gave him the world I had nothing. To top it off he had Usagi.. The one he had fallen in love with without trying… Back then she was nothing a big nothing. How could anyone fall for something that huge was beyond me.. not to mention he had the her heart. Mina Pearldrop Aino. The only girl I was to ever love… of course I had to be the shy idiot to say nothing. But what could I say.. we had nothing in common. We went to two different schools and she was beautiful and common while I was me..'
"Wow.." Andrew's voice drew Mamoru from his daydream. He looked up at the two girls. Rita wore a pink bakini while Serena chose a skirt like bottom and a tank top kind of bathing suit, both pieces were a lovely shade of blue.. they brought out her eyes. If he wasn't out for vengeance he would love to take total advantage of the girl… but he had to keep his head away from his pants at the moment and leave that part up to Andrew.
"You look great." Darien said giving a slight nod to Rita.
"Hey listen.. how about I go get us something to drink and you guys wait for me in the hot tub." Rita said suddenly.
"Sure.." Darien said as Andrew got comfortable in the hottub. "Come on Serena." He held his hand out to her as they both got inside shortly after. A couple of minutes later Rita came back with a bush apparent on her face.
"I forgot how to get to your kitchen." She said. Darien sighed then stood up. He grabbed a towel "I'll be right back.." He told Andrew and Serena, both only nodded a little. When he was gone Andre ducked to the bottom of the hottub and came back up a few seconds later shaking his head of the warm water as his skin turned red from the heat.
"Your too tense to be in the hot tub." He said with a boyish grin.
"N-no I'm not tense.. just thinking." She said.
"thinking is not an option.. you're supposed to relax in a hottub." He said
"I can't help it.. but I just have a strange feeling. Like something isn't right." She said quietly as his eyebrows furrowed in the middle.
"What couldn't be right.. I mean we're just two people sitting in a hottub while I'm trying to figure out how long will it take.."
"huh??"
"I mean Mamoru was never one for keeping girlfriends for a long time. He usually just hold sout until he gets what he wants and that's that." He said making her frown.
"Well Maybe I'm different…." She suggested a bit.
"Yeah.. Jessica told me the same thing, as well as my younger sister Elizabeth, and my cousin and Rita."
"Rita used to be Mamoru's ex??" She asked.
"Yeah… didn't he tell you??" Andrew said making Serena only frown harder. Things then got silent. "I thought I told you to relax and not think."
"I'm just…. Uh.. sorry." She said. "They're taking a while with those drinks."
"you're thinking about what I said aren't you??" He asked scooting over closer to her. "You might be right this time.. maybe you are different." He said one he got right next to her. Things only became heavier with the growing slince and Serena was gone in thought. Andrew shook his head and sighed. He then turned her head to his. She looked at him as he brought his face close to hers. "Don't worry about it…"
"I can't help but think about it.. it was a random thought and.." she said but he put a finger to her lips.
"Let me try and redirect your thoughts…" He said just before leaning in to kiss her. She was shocked and tried pushing away from him but he only brought her face closer to his that she thought her lips would bruise form the pressure.
He kept kissing her as he slid a hand up her thigh and to the very bottom of her bathing suit. Somehow he managed to take then both out of the hottub and onto the cold tile floor. She then went limp in his hold and her breathing stopped. She was very still, he thought maybe he had smothered her to death and pulled his head back to examine her face. He eyes were close and not moving he leaned in some to look at her face better as his mind began to panic.
"KYA!!!!!" She yelled delivering a good punch to his face making him fall back wards. She stood up and fell into a karate type of stance. He went to stand up as she rose an eyebrow at him but he only backed away a bit. "If you wish to live don't try that again." She said with a tone running cold. She kicked him for the hell of it and shook her head.
She then left the room and followed the wet footprints of Mamoru's. She got to the kitchen and felt her heart stop. They were all over the kitchen counter practically having sex on it. She closed her eyes trying to fight the image that already burned itself into her mind and ran up stairs. She got dressed and left the house crying.
"Damn.. you never told me she was into karate!!!" Andrew practically yelled getting to the kitchen. Both Mamoru and Rita stopped their 'make-out session' and looked at Andrew. He had a bruise forming under his eye where she punched him and his lip was bleeding from when she kicked him.
"Who cares…" Mamoru said with a sly grin. "It worked didn't it??"
"Of course it did.. she left looking like the world was going to end." Andrew said reaching into the freezer for ice. "I'm telling you this is the first and last girl I victimize for you.
"Yeah, Yeah…" Mamoru said too proud of his work to even care.