Returning Home
By: Dal
Thanks for all the reviews! This chapter is a little short. Sorry bout that! Arigato for reading!
"Alright, what's the camera showing?" Usagi asked as she walked into the room. She slid into a seat in front of the TV screen.
One of the technicians next to her responded. "We haven't gotten anything on visual yet." He said.
Usagi frowned. She would have expected Shingo to go straight for the phone as soon as she'd left.
"The audio hasn't picked up anything unordinary yet." Another man said.
Usagi nodded and stood. "Keep me informed." She said. The head technician nodded. Usagi turned and left the room. As she walked down the hallway, she paused at a door and stuck her head in. "Hiiro?" She called.
"Hn?" He responded.
"I'm going out to say hi to some old friends." Usagi said.
Hiiro just nodded. "Don't forget to be back by two." He said. "We're leaving then."
Usagi looked at her watch and grimaced. Four hours. "You sure you don't want to come?" She asked. "Take some time away from that damn computer of yours?"
Hiiro sighed. She wouldn't leave him alone until he agreed. "Fine. I'm coming." He said. He stood up and joined her at the door. "Let's go."
"Take five!" The director called.
The young actress practically dropped into her chair. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back. A few minutes rest and she'd be as good as new. Someone tapped her on the shoulder and she wearily opened her eyes. It was one of the make-up ladies.
"Gomen for bothering you, Aino-san." She said. "But there are two people here to talk to you. They insist."
Minako sighed and stood up. "Fine, where are they?" She asked.
The lady smiled. "They're waiting in your trailer." She said.
Minako tiredly walked towards the small area where her trailer was located. She was in the middle of shooting a major scene for a movie, and she was the star role. They'd been filming since early that morning and she hadn't gotten much sleep the previous night. Now, she slowly opened the door and walked into the trailer. And stopped.
Sitting on her couch was one of the most dangerous men on the face of the planet. She backed away and almost yelled for help, but the woman sitting next to him stood up quickly.
"Calm down, Minako." She said quietly.
Minako stared at the woman in surprise. Then, she said, "There is a murderer sitting on my couch and you expect me to calm down? Who the hell are you anyways?"
The woman smiled slightly. "I don't know why you're so worked up." She said. "Did the make-up woman not tell you that we were waiting for you?"
Minako was shocked. "She told me I had guests, not a gundam pilot and some woman." She said.
Usagi rolled her eyes. "He won't hurt you." She said. "Now, I came here to talk, not to try and calm a hysteric woman down. Can we do that?"
Minako plopped down on a stool. "Who are you?" She asked. The woman was vaguely familiar, but she couldn't place it.
Usagi brushed a piece of silver hair from her face. "That's better." She said. "Now, for introductions. My name is Yui Usagi. And this is, as I'm sure you know, Yui Hiiro."
Recognition struck Minako and she gaped at the young woman. "Usagi?" She asked. "As in Tsukino Usagi?"
Usagi nodded. "Hai, once. But I'm married now." She said.
"But, what happened?" Minako asked. "You disappeared ten years ago and now your back, alive, and married to a gundam pilot?"
"Hai." Usagi said simply.
Minako studied her. She looked like Usagi, only older and more mature. And much colder. Her eyes were like ice, and even though she smiled it didn't reach them. And her hair. It was streaked with silver, but it looked real. "What happened to you?" She asked. "I mean you're so different. Your hair, your clothes, even your attitude."
"I haven't been around very many people. At least, not many that smiled or laughed." Usagi said. "As for my hair." She shrugged. "I don't know. Over time, it just happened."
"Where exactly were you?" Minako asked.
"Exactly?" Usagi asked. "Well, I was in China for a little while, then America, Africa, all over Europe, then back here." She said.
"Why?" Minako asked.
Usagi shrugged again. "The war." She replied. "I went where ever there were battles."
Minako glanced uneasily at the man still sitting on her couch. "Because of him?" She asked.
"Not because of him, though I knew him before I left." Usagi said. "We fell in love during the war. Got married as soon as it ended."
"But, he's a gundam pilot." Minako pointed out. "How'd you know him?"
"All us gundam pilots knew each other." She said.
Minako stared at her friend as the information sank in. "You are a… a… a gundam pilot?" She asked.
Usagi nodded. "Hai." She said. She noticed the feared look in her friend's eyes. "But like I said, he won't hurt you and neither will I." She looked at her watch. "I need to go now." She said. "I don't have much time in town and there are others I'd like to visit."
Minako snapped out of her shock. "You mean I'm the first you've visited?" She asked.
Usagi nodded. "Hai. You were the easiest to find. I'm sure Rei is still at the temple, but I don't know where the others are." She looked at the blond. "Have you guys kept in touch?"
Minako smiled and looked down at the yellow, heart-shaped watch she wore around her wrist. "We have." She said. "Come with me, I'll take you to them."
"What about your work?" Usagi asked.
Minako shrugged. "They can live without me for a few hours." She said. Then she remembered Hiiro. "Uh, Usagi-chan?" She asked. Usagi looked up. "Can we please not bring him along?"
Usagi frowned but nodded. "I guess." She said. She looked at her husband. "Hiiro, I'll meet up with you later. Okay? Besides, I'm sure your relieved to get back to your laptop."
Hiiro nodded and kissed her on the cheek. "Be careful." He whispered. Then he was gone.
Usagi turned to Minako and smiled slightly. "Come on." She said. "I don't have much time."
Minako smiled. "Okay, but I have to get someone first." She said. She opened a small door at the back that led to her bedroom. A white cat walked out of it and easily jumped onto her shoulder. "All right, now we can go."
Usagi looked curiously at the cat, but followed the cheerful blond out the door and to her yellow sports car.
By: Dal
Thanks for all the reviews! This chapter is a little short. Sorry bout that! Arigato for reading!
"Alright, what's the camera showing?" Usagi asked as she walked into the room. She slid into a seat in front of the TV screen.
One of the technicians next to her responded. "We haven't gotten anything on visual yet." He said.
Usagi frowned. She would have expected Shingo to go straight for the phone as soon as she'd left.
"The audio hasn't picked up anything unordinary yet." Another man said.
Usagi nodded and stood. "Keep me informed." She said. The head technician nodded. Usagi turned and left the room. As she walked down the hallway, she paused at a door and stuck her head in. "Hiiro?" She called.
"Hn?" He responded.
"I'm going out to say hi to some old friends." Usagi said.
Hiiro just nodded. "Don't forget to be back by two." He said. "We're leaving then."
Usagi looked at her watch and grimaced. Four hours. "You sure you don't want to come?" She asked. "Take some time away from that damn computer of yours?"
Hiiro sighed. She wouldn't leave him alone until he agreed. "Fine. I'm coming." He said. He stood up and joined her at the door. "Let's go."
"Take five!" The director called.
The young actress practically dropped into her chair. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back. A few minutes rest and she'd be as good as new. Someone tapped her on the shoulder and she wearily opened her eyes. It was one of the make-up ladies.
"Gomen for bothering you, Aino-san." She said. "But there are two people here to talk to you. They insist."
Minako sighed and stood up. "Fine, where are they?" She asked.
The lady smiled. "They're waiting in your trailer." She said.
Minako tiredly walked towards the small area where her trailer was located. She was in the middle of shooting a major scene for a movie, and she was the star role. They'd been filming since early that morning and she hadn't gotten much sleep the previous night. Now, she slowly opened the door and walked into the trailer. And stopped.
Sitting on her couch was one of the most dangerous men on the face of the planet. She backed away and almost yelled for help, but the woman sitting next to him stood up quickly.
"Calm down, Minako." She said quietly.
Minako stared at the woman in surprise. Then, she said, "There is a murderer sitting on my couch and you expect me to calm down? Who the hell are you anyways?"
The woman smiled slightly. "I don't know why you're so worked up." She said. "Did the make-up woman not tell you that we were waiting for you?"
Minako was shocked. "She told me I had guests, not a gundam pilot and some woman." She said.
Usagi rolled her eyes. "He won't hurt you." She said. "Now, I came here to talk, not to try and calm a hysteric woman down. Can we do that?"
Minako plopped down on a stool. "Who are you?" She asked. The woman was vaguely familiar, but she couldn't place it.
Usagi brushed a piece of silver hair from her face. "That's better." She said. "Now, for introductions. My name is Yui Usagi. And this is, as I'm sure you know, Yui Hiiro."
Recognition struck Minako and she gaped at the young woman. "Usagi?" She asked. "As in Tsukino Usagi?"
Usagi nodded. "Hai, once. But I'm married now." She said.
"But, what happened?" Minako asked. "You disappeared ten years ago and now your back, alive, and married to a gundam pilot?"
"Hai." Usagi said simply.
Minako studied her. She looked like Usagi, only older and more mature. And much colder. Her eyes were like ice, and even though she smiled it didn't reach them. And her hair. It was streaked with silver, but it looked real. "What happened to you?" She asked. "I mean you're so different. Your hair, your clothes, even your attitude."
"I haven't been around very many people. At least, not many that smiled or laughed." Usagi said. "As for my hair." She shrugged. "I don't know. Over time, it just happened."
"Where exactly were you?" Minako asked.
"Exactly?" Usagi asked. "Well, I was in China for a little while, then America, Africa, all over Europe, then back here." She said.
"Why?" Minako asked.
Usagi shrugged again. "The war." She replied. "I went where ever there were battles."
Minako glanced uneasily at the man still sitting on her couch. "Because of him?" She asked.
"Not because of him, though I knew him before I left." Usagi said. "We fell in love during the war. Got married as soon as it ended."
"But, he's a gundam pilot." Minako pointed out. "How'd you know him?"
"All us gundam pilots knew each other." She said.
Minako stared at her friend as the information sank in. "You are a… a… a gundam pilot?" She asked.
Usagi nodded. "Hai." She said. She noticed the feared look in her friend's eyes. "But like I said, he won't hurt you and neither will I." She looked at her watch. "I need to go now." She said. "I don't have much time in town and there are others I'd like to visit."
Minako snapped out of her shock. "You mean I'm the first you've visited?" She asked.
Usagi nodded. "Hai. You were the easiest to find. I'm sure Rei is still at the temple, but I don't know where the others are." She looked at the blond. "Have you guys kept in touch?"
Minako smiled and looked down at the yellow, heart-shaped watch she wore around her wrist. "We have." She said. "Come with me, I'll take you to them."
"What about your work?" Usagi asked.
Minako shrugged. "They can live without me for a few hours." She said. Then she remembered Hiiro. "Uh, Usagi-chan?" She asked. Usagi looked up. "Can we please not bring him along?"
Usagi frowned but nodded. "I guess." She said. She looked at her husband. "Hiiro, I'll meet up with you later. Okay? Besides, I'm sure your relieved to get back to your laptop."
Hiiro nodded and kissed her on the cheek. "Be careful." He whispered. Then he was gone.
Usagi turned to Minako and smiled slightly. "Come on." She said. "I don't have much time."
Minako smiled. "Okay, but I have to get someone first." She said. She opened a small door at the back that led to her bedroom. A white cat walked out of it and easily jumped onto her shoulder. "All right, now we can go."
Usagi looked curiously at the cat, but followed the cheerful blond out the door and to her yellow sports car.
