Here's the next chapter of Usagi's Secret!!!! Hope you guys like it so
far!!! Just to warn you!!!! I have just started reading Fushigi Yugi, so
don't be surprised if people are hit in the head with a chair, table, etc.
Sorry, but I've fallen in love with FY and until I see the end, there's
probably gonna be some FY-ness.
Chapter Three
It had been almost two weeks since the flagpole incident, and the relationship between Duo and the others was slightly strained. It seemed that only Usagi understood his mental pain. Sighing, Duo poked Hiiro in the head with his eraser again. Hiiro growled, and was ready to shoot Duo. Quatre stepped on Hiiro's foot, and Hiiro stopped trying to kill Duo.
Duo gave a thumbs up to Quatre. Suddenly, the teacher cleared her throat.
"Boys, if you can't sit quietly and pay attention, then I will be forced to separate you. Please see me after class."
"Yes, Mrs. Daq." Quatre replied.
Mrs. Daq nodded and turned back to the blackboard. As she continued to speak about throwing down weapons for the war to end, Duo thought, 'Man, what am I gonna tell Usa? She's gonna be mad at us for being late!!'
*****
"Where were you?" Her voice was dangerously quiet. "You may have been held back for a while, but not for an hour. I deserve an explanation as to where you were. Don't even try to leave, Chang. You're not out of the woods yet."
"Onna, I won't listen to your inane babble." WuFei snorted. "I'm leaving."
Suddenly, she was blocking his path. "Sit. Down. Now."
WuFei gulped and sat down. She nodded, and tapped her foot. "Well, where were you?"
"Uh...we were studying! Yeah, that's it! We were studying!" Duo exclaimed.
She was still tapping her foot impatiently. "No? How about eating lunch? No? How about water skiing? No? Ho-"
"Duo, shut up." Quatre glared. "You're not helping us at all. Usagi-san, we were on a mission."
"Now then, you see? Honesty works so much better! Arigato, Quatre-san. You may leave. So can Trowa-san and Hiiro-san. Duo-chan and WuFei-san stay."
"Onna, is it your time of the month?" WuFei forever regretted saying that.
Faster than the blink of an eye, a chair was slammed into his head. After that came a table. Before Usagi could throw another object at WuFei, Duo was restraining her. Breathing heavily, she attempted to calm down.
"How dare you! Kami-sama! If I was on my per-" Duo cut her off.
"WuFei, can you leave? I need to talk to Usagi. Thanks." WuFei was all too happy to leave.
Bending down, Duo looked at Usagi. She refused to meet his gaze. So, Duo gently took her chin in his hand and forced her to look at him.
"Why did you do that? Usa-chan. Look at me." He softly commanded. "Why did you do that? It could've killed him!"
Usagi began to cry. "I-I'm so sorry! Duo-chan, don't hate me!" Usagi launched herself into his arms.
Duo looked surprised. Comforting her, he exchanged a look with Quatre who had come in when he'd seen what had happened to WuFei. Looking back down to Usagi, he began to speak.
"Usa-chan, I could never hate you. You know that. I'm just worried that something's wrong. Aishiteru. Please, don't cry. Can you tell me why you did that?"
Usagi sniffled and nodded. "I don't know why. I just got so mad at him for the past few weeks and how rude he's been to everyone. I guess I just need a break from all the pressure."
Duo chuckled. "You sure picked a weird way to express your frustration. Just try not to do it again, okay? I'm not mad, but Wu-man might be."
Usagi smiled softly. "Arigato."
"No prob." Duo winked. "Besides, where would I be if my girl got hurt by Wu- man? He's probably still mad at you, you know. After all, you're supposed to be 'just another weak onna'. His words, not mine!"
"Usagi?" Quatre spoke up. "I think it might be a good idea if you see one of the Maguanac doctors just in case something is wrong."
Usagi sighed but nodded. "When?"
"Whenever you're ready." Quatre replied. "Duo can come too, but he won't be able to sit in, okay?"
Glumly, Usagi and Duo nodded.
**********
"Hello, Miss Usagi. I'm not sure if you know me, but my name is Farid. We met a couple months ago."
Usagi smiled. "It's nice to meet you, Farid-san."
"Let's get started. Miss Usagi, have you ever violently reacted to what someone has said to you before?"
"No."
"Alright. Have you had sexual relations with Duo Maxwell?"
Usagi turned crimson. "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM???? FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I BELIEVE IN CHASITY!!!!! I'M NOT A WHORE!!!!"
"Forgive me." Farid spoke frantically. "It is just a question I'm required to ask. Let's get onto another subject, alright?"
Taking deep breaths, Usagi nodded. On the other side of the one-way mirror, Duo was choking Quatre. 'If that bastard goes down that road again, I'll kill him! Usa doesn't deserve to be questioned like this!!!'
"Q-man! If you'd wanted to know that, you should've just asked me!!!"
Quatre gulped nervously. "Sumimasen. It won't happen again."
Meanwhile, Usagi was becoming very uncomfortable with where the questions were going. Sighing, she looked out the window. 'Why should it matter if I hit WuFei? It probably knocked some sense into him. Besides, I didn't REALLY hurt him. Still, it was t-'
"Miss Usagi?"
"Huh?" Usagi asked.
"I asked you if you witnessed your parent's deaths?" Farid persisted.
"Yes." Usagi spoke icily. "They were interrogated, tortured, and shot, execution style."
"How does this make you fell?" Farid hesitantly prodded.
"Anger. Burning hate at the bakayaro's who killed them. They didn't deserve to die. They shouldn't have died."
"Are you sad that they died?"
"Of course!" Usagi snapped, irately. "They may not have been my biological parents, but they've raised me since I was eight! I loved them, and I love my adoptive brother. It crushed me to think I was the cause of their deaths!"
"Has anything else happened to make you feel burning hate?"
Usagi thought for several moments. "The church being burnt down. Thinking Duo-kun was dead. My so-called best friends betraying me. I can't think of anything else."
Farid nodded, jotting notes down on a pad of paper. "Now, what makes you feel the happiest?"
"Being with Duo-kun." Usagi replied, a millisecond later.
The questions continued for another half hour before Farid seemed satisfied about something. Standing, he thanked Usagi for answering the questions. Happy to leave, she nearly ran over Quatre in her hurry to leave.
"What do you think?" Quatre asked, shaking his head at Usagi's antics.
"She seems to be in good mental health. Just try not to get her very angry, Master Quatre. I'm willing to be that that was her first violent outburst."
"Arigato, Farid-san. I'll see you later." Quatre dismissed him.
********
Usagi shrieked in surprise as Duo picked her up. "Iie! Please don't! Duo- kun! AHHH!!!"
Sputtering, she rose to the surface. Chuckling, Duo bent down to help her out of the pool. Much to his surprise, Usagi pulled him into the water. Glaring, he began to think of ways to get his revenge. Slipping under the water, he swam around Usagi and came up behind her. Wrapping his arms around her waist, he whispered,
"Surprise." And dunked her.
They continued to play in the water for a while before Duo managed to corner Usagi. Breathing heavily, Usagi looked up at Duo. Grinning, he gently kissed her.
"I'm sorry about all those questions that guy asked. He could've asked me, and I would've been able to answer almost all of them."
Usagi smiled. "It's okay, Duo-kun. Besides, it was fun to see Quatre after we were done. What did you do to him, anyways?"
"I just got a little mad." Duo replied. "That's all."
********
Nearly two weeks had passed, and two men were looking at rings in a jewelry shop. Sighing, one of them spoke.
"Are you almost done?"
The other nodded. "That's the one. In the far corner." The shopkeeper nodded, and slid open the case. Handing the ring to the man, he asked,
"Will you be paying in cash or credit card?"
"Credit card. Can you put this into a box for me?"
The shopkeeper nodded, and led them over to the cash register. Five minutes later, the duo left. One of them had the small ring in his pocket.
********
"How do I look?" She asked nervously.
"You look great, Usagi-chan." A woman replied.
"Thanks for helping me, Noin-san." Usagi spoke softly.
"No problem. I know why you're so nervous." Noin replied. "They're leaving in the morning, aren't they?"
Usagi nodded sadly. "They want me to stay here. Well, I will but only until things really heat up. Then I'll go help them."
"That's the spirit." Noin spoke softly. "Duo-san's here. Konban wa, Duo."
"Konban wa, Noin-san." Duo replied. "Wow." When he saw Usagi, he let out a low whistle. "Ready to go, Usa-chan?"
"Hai!" Usagi nodded.
********
Dinner had been eaten in comfortable silence. As they ordered dessert, Usagi looked at Duo.
"Duo-kun, daijoubu desu ka?"
"Hai." Duo replied, fidgeting. "I just really want dessert."
Usagi giggled. "You haven't changed a bit. Don't worry, dessert will be here in a minute."
True to her word, the desserts arrived less than a minute later. As they dug in, silence reigned once more. Finally, the dishes were cleared away. Before Usagi could begin to speak, Duo gently placed a finger over her lips. Getting down on his knees, he took her hands in his.
"Usa-chan," He was really nervous now. "I've known you since you were seven, and since then, our relationship has gone from friendship to love. I know that I'm not perfect, and that I could never give you everything, but I'd like to try. Usa-chan, once this war ends, will you marry me?"
Usagi gasped, tears filling her eyes. With a soft smile on her face, Usagi dove into his arms. "Hai!!! Hai!!"
Duo sighed in relief, and gently kissed her forehead. Slipping the ring onto her finger, he whispered, "Aishiteru." ********
Sighing, Duo carefully rolled out of the bed. Picking up his bag, he gently kissed Usagi on the forehead, and lightly ran his hand down her face. As he walked out of the room, he stopped, and whispered,
"I'll live for you. Sayonara, Usa-chan."
Struggling to hold back the tears that threatened to spill over, Duo left Usagi to join the others. Little did he know how hard it would be to uphold that promise.
******** How was it? I'm pretty sure that the proposal was pretty corny, but hey, I've never been proposed to!! Hopefully the next chapter will be out soon!
Chapter Three
It had been almost two weeks since the flagpole incident, and the relationship between Duo and the others was slightly strained. It seemed that only Usagi understood his mental pain. Sighing, Duo poked Hiiro in the head with his eraser again. Hiiro growled, and was ready to shoot Duo. Quatre stepped on Hiiro's foot, and Hiiro stopped trying to kill Duo.
Duo gave a thumbs up to Quatre. Suddenly, the teacher cleared her throat.
"Boys, if you can't sit quietly and pay attention, then I will be forced to separate you. Please see me after class."
"Yes, Mrs. Daq." Quatre replied.
Mrs. Daq nodded and turned back to the blackboard. As she continued to speak about throwing down weapons for the war to end, Duo thought, 'Man, what am I gonna tell Usa? She's gonna be mad at us for being late!!'
*****
"Where were you?" Her voice was dangerously quiet. "You may have been held back for a while, but not for an hour. I deserve an explanation as to where you were. Don't even try to leave, Chang. You're not out of the woods yet."
"Onna, I won't listen to your inane babble." WuFei snorted. "I'm leaving."
Suddenly, she was blocking his path. "Sit. Down. Now."
WuFei gulped and sat down. She nodded, and tapped her foot. "Well, where were you?"
"Uh...we were studying! Yeah, that's it! We were studying!" Duo exclaimed.
She was still tapping her foot impatiently. "No? How about eating lunch? No? How about water skiing? No? Ho-"
"Duo, shut up." Quatre glared. "You're not helping us at all. Usagi-san, we were on a mission."
"Now then, you see? Honesty works so much better! Arigato, Quatre-san. You may leave. So can Trowa-san and Hiiro-san. Duo-chan and WuFei-san stay."
"Onna, is it your time of the month?" WuFei forever regretted saying that.
Faster than the blink of an eye, a chair was slammed into his head. After that came a table. Before Usagi could throw another object at WuFei, Duo was restraining her. Breathing heavily, she attempted to calm down.
"How dare you! Kami-sama! If I was on my per-" Duo cut her off.
"WuFei, can you leave? I need to talk to Usagi. Thanks." WuFei was all too happy to leave.
Bending down, Duo looked at Usagi. She refused to meet his gaze. So, Duo gently took her chin in his hand and forced her to look at him.
"Why did you do that? Usa-chan. Look at me." He softly commanded. "Why did you do that? It could've killed him!"
Usagi began to cry. "I-I'm so sorry! Duo-chan, don't hate me!" Usagi launched herself into his arms.
Duo looked surprised. Comforting her, he exchanged a look with Quatre who had come in when he'd seen what had happened to WuFei. Looking back down to Usagi, he began to speak.
"Usa-chan, I could never hate you. You know that. I'm just worried that something's wrong. Aishiteru. Please, don't cry. Can you tell me why you did that?"
Usagi sniffled and nodded. "I don't know why. I just got so mad at him for the past few weeks and how rude he's been to everyone. I guess I just need a break from all the pressure."
Duo chuckled. "You sure picked a weird way to express your frustration. Just try not to do it again, okay? I'm not mad, but Wu-man might be."
Usagi smiled softly. "Arigato."
"No prob." Duo winked. "Besides, where would I be if my girl got hurt by Wu- man? He's probably still mad at you, you know. After all, you're supposed to be 'just another weak onna'. His words, not mine!"
"Usagi?" Quatre spoke up. "I think it might be a good idea if you see one of the Maguanac doctors just in case something is wrong."
Usagi sighed but nodded. "When?"
"Whenever you're ready." Quatre replied. "Duo can come too, but he won't be able to sit in, okay?"
Glumly, Usagi and Duo nodded.
**********
"Hello, Miss Usagi. I'm not sure if you know me, but my name is Farid. We met a couple months ago."
Usagi smiled. "It's nice to meet you, Farid-san."
"Let's get started. Miss Usagi, have you ever violently reacted to what someone has said to you before?"
"No."
"Alright. Have you had sexual relations with Duo Maxwell?"
Usagi turned crimson. "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM???? FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I BELIEVE IN CHASITY!!!!! I'M NOT A WHORE!!!!"
"Forgive me." Farid spoke frantically. "It is just a question I'm required to ask. Let's get onto another subject, alright?"
Taking deep breaths, Usagi nodded. On the other side of the one-way mirror, Duo was choking Quatre. 'If that bastard goes down that road again, I'll kill him! Usa doesn't deserve to be questioned like this!!!'
"Q-man! If you'd wanted to know that, you should've just asked me!!!"
Quatre gulped nervously. "Sumimasen. It won't happen again."
Meanwhile, Usagi was becoming very uncomfortable with where the questions were going. Sighing, she looked out the window. 'Why should it matter if I hit WuFei? It probably knocked some sense into him. Besides, I didn't REALLY hurt him. Still, it was t-'
"Miss Usagi?"
"Huh?" Usagi asked.
"I asked you if you witnessed your parent's deaths?" Farid persisted.
"Yes." Usagi spoke icily. "They were interrogated, tortured, and shot, execution style."
"How does this make you fell?" Farid hesitantly prodded.
"Anger. Burning hate at the bakayaro's who killed them. They didn't deserve to die. They shouldn't have died."
"Are you sad that they died?"
"Of course!" Usagi snapped, irately. "They may not have been my biological parents, but they've raised me since I was eight! I loved them, and I love my adoptive brother. It crushed me to think I was the cause of their deaths!"
"Has anything else happened to make you feel burning hate?"
Usagi thought for several moments. "The church being burnt down. Thinking Duo-kun was dead. My so-called best friends betraying me. I can't think of anything else."
Farid nodded, jotting notes down on a pad of paper. "Now, what makes you feel the happiest?"
"Being with Duo-kun." Usagi replied, a millisecond later.
The questions continued for another half hour before Farid seemed satisfied about something. Standing, he thanked Usagi for answering the questions. Happy to leave, she nearly ran over Quatre in her hurry to leave.
"What do you think?" Quatre asked, shaking his head at Usagi's antics.
"She seems to be in good mental health. Just try not to get her very angry, Master Quatre. I'm willing to be that that was her first violent outburst."
"Arigato, Farid-san. I'll see you later." Quatre dismissed him.
********
Usagi shrieked in surprise as Duo picked her up. "Iie! Please don't! Duo- kun! AHHH!!!"
Sputtering, she rose to the surface. Chuckling, Duo bent down to help her out of the pool. Much to his surprise, Usagi pulled him into the water. Glaring, he began to think of ways to get his revenge. Slipping under the water, he swam around Usagi and came up behind her. Wrapping his arms around her waist, he whispered,
"Surprise." And dunked her.
They continued to play in the water for a while before Duo managed to corner Usagi. Breathing heavily, Usagi looked up at Duo. Grinning, he gently kissed her.
"I'm sorry about all those questions that guy asked. He could've asked me, and I would've been able to answer almost all of them."
Usagi smiled. "It's okay, Duo-kun. Besides, it was fun to see Quatre after we were done. What did you do to him, anyways?"
"I just got a little mad." Duo replied. "That's all."
********
Nearly two weeks had passed, and two men were looking at rings in a jewelry shop. Sighing, one of them spoke.
"Are you almost done?"
The other nodded. "That's the one. In the far corner." The shopkeeper nodded, and slid open the case. Handing the ring to the man, he asked,
"Will you be paying in cash or credit card?"
"Credit card. Can you put this into a box for me?"
The shopkeeper nodded, and led them over to the cash register. Five minutes later, the duo left. One of them had the small ring in his pocket.
********
"How do I look?" She asked nervously.
"You look great, Usagi-chan." A woman replied.
"Thanks for helping me, Noin-san." Usagi spoke softly.
"No problem. I know why you're so nervous." Noin replied. "They're leaving in the morning, aren't they?"
Usagi nodded sadly. "They want me to stay here. Well, I will but only until things really heat up. Then I'll go help them."
"That's the spirit." Noin spoke softly. "Duo-san's here. Konban wa, Duo."
"Konban wa, Noin-san." Duo replied. "Wow." When he saw Usagi, he let out a low whistle. "Ready to go, Usa-chan?"
"Hai!" Usagi nodded.
********
Dinner had been eaten in comfortable silence. As they ordered dessert, Usagi looked at Duo.
"Duo-kun, daijoubu desu ka?"
"Hai." Duo replied, fidgeting. "I just really want dessert."
Usagi giggled. "You haven't changed a bit. Don't worry, dessert will be here in a minute."
True to her word, the desserts arrived less than a minute later. As they dug in, silence reigned once more. Finally, the dishes were cleared away. Before Usagi could begin to speak, Duo gently placed a finger over her lips. Getting down on his knees, he took her hands in his.
"Usa-chan," He was really nervous now. "I've known you since you were seven, and since then, our relationship has gone from friendship to love. I know that I'm not perfect, and that I could never give you everything, but I'd like to try. Usa-chan, once this war ends, will you marry me?"
Usagi gasped, tears filling her eyes. With a soft smile on her face, Usagi dove into his arms. "Hai!!! Hai!!"
Duo sighed in relief, and gently kissed her forehead. Slipping the ring onto her finger, he whispered, "Aishiteru." ********
Sighing, Duo carefully rolled out of the bed. Picking up his bag, he gently kissed Usagi on the forehead, and lightly ran his hand down her face. As he walked out of the room, he stopped, and whispered,
"I'll live for you. Sayonara, Usa-chan."
Struggling to hold back the tears that threatened to spill over, Duo left Usagi to join the others. Little did he know how hard it would be to uphold that promise.
******** How was it? I'm pretty sure that the proposal was pretty corny, but hey, I've never been proposed to!! Hopefully the next chapter will be out soon!