In the middle of a clear field stood the two groups. Two groups who had been destined to be rivals from the first day that they met. Not one single person from either group had expected the blast directed towards Usagi to have such a force behind it. Not even the two who had participated in the creation of the double blast. They never knew that it would have the power to rip an arm off.
Mamoru, who was still trying to rethink his actions, grew pale as Usagi stood to her feet with righteous anger in her eyes. He knew he was going to get it from more than just his father. He would now have to deal with Usagi as well as her entire family, a line he never planned to cross over. "Odang...Usagi, I never intended it..."
Usagi stomped over to Mamoru and let herself hover up to his height. "Don't try to play stupid with me! I know that was a trick just to get me in your path! You knew very well what kind of power you were putting into that thing! THAT COULD HAVE KILLED ME!"
Mamoru frowned as he pushed Usagi away. "Don't accuse me of ACTUALLY trying to RIP your limbs off let alone trying to kill you!"
Ami, Makoto, and Rei jumped to Usagi and grabbed a hold of her waist. They could feel her anger rising more and more as she continued to stare at the Rat Pack. They didn't exactly blame her for being angry. After all, they did just attempt to kill her without a second thought.
Usagi glared down at her friends. "Let go!"
Haruka chuckled as she joined Michiru, who had made her way to Mamoru. "You should thank your friends for holding you back there, Monkey. You're powerless against us now. You used most of your power trying to heal yourself. If you tried to beat us now you would lose."
Hotaru looked down to the ground as she walked to Rei's side. "It's all my fault."
"What?" Curious as to what would make Hotaru say such a thing, Rei looked down to her. "What do you mean? This couldn't have been your fault."
Hotaru sighed as she let her knees drop from underneath, leaving her on the ground. "Yes it is. They wanted me to help them beat her up and I refused. That's why they wanted to take me home on Tuesday. They lied about you guys. They said it wasn't over when they left and I guess it was true." With eyes full of tears, Hotaru looked up into the eyes of Haruka, which were only filled of hate. "This was their payback I think. In the end, they still used me to beat up Usagi."
Rei could only respond with a quiet gasp as she looked back up to Usagi, who was still struggling to break free. "Usagi...did you hear that?"
"Yes!" Usagi said with clenched teeth. She slowly let her power level drop and lowered herself to the ground. "You will stop at nothing, will you? Imagine! Getting someone else to try and beat me up!" She grinned when her friends let go of her, thinking things were in the calm, boy were they ever wrong. "YOU'RE JUST NO GOOD!" An anger that could only be caused by the need of Justice erupted from her in the form of a Golden aura with a hint of Silver mixed in. Before her friends could react, she began stalking over to Mamoru with no compassion in her eyes that had always been shown from them.
Ami gulped as she hesitantly forced herself to not go after Usagi. "Don't do anything rash." 'Don't do anything your father wouldn't do.'
Usagi stopped stalking forward exactly three feet in front of Mamoru and Haruka. Mamoru gulped and tried to make light of things as he stared down into the merciless eyes of the child before him. "Neat trick with the arm, Usagi. Are you going to teach us that as well?"
No smile cracked at the joke as Usagi glared at the lot of them. Only one thing was going through her mind at that point. Something that had been brought to mind many times in the past few weeks. "You have all hated me and my friends since we met. For some reason, because I have a tail, you think that's a reason to hate me." She scowled over Haruka especially. "All I did was ask for directions and you had to treat me like I was an animal, like I had no feelings to be hurt. If you're so upset that I can beat you in a fight then blame yourselves. The only reason why I wanted to learn to fight was because of people like you. I wanted to know how to defend myself from bullies. And now that I can you hate me even more. Well what do you want from me? I try to be nice...I take a lot of abuse from you...Physically and Mentally. And yet you always seem to throw it back in my face without any feeling or thought that you might be hurting me. I put up with a lot from you guys. But to try to KILL me or even Hotaru...ANY of my friends for that matter is just TOO FAR. You think SO much of yourselves, yet you care nothing of anyone around you. Well this time you went too far. Power up to your fullest. Me against ALL of you. I'm going to teach you what it's like to be on the receiving end of being a bully."
"WHAT?!" Makoto dashed to Usagi and pulled her away from the Rat Pack. "What are you talking about?! Your dad would kill you if he knew of what you were about to do!"
Usagi lighted up her frown as she looked over her shoulder to her friend. "I know. But I figured things out. I'm not doing this to be mean. It may actually teach them something. I've always had the power to hurt them IF I chose too. But I didn't. It's time they learned just because you have power, doesn't mean you have to use it."
Makoto groaned. "But your parents will..."
"I know, I know. They're going to go crazy, but that's just something I'm going to have to risk, ok?" Usagi pulled away from Makoto and turned around to look at her. She noticed the other three coming up from behind. "Are you guys all right with this? I won't do it if you don't want me to."
Ami sighed as she looked back at the Rat Pack, who looked at her group as if they were all nuts. "I think Usagi has a point. There is a chance that they will learn something from this whole ordeal and besides, they do deserve some kind of punishment after what they pulled."
Usagi nodded with a smile. She chose not to reply with words. Instead, she just turned around and jumped back to the Rat Pack. "Let's get this over with. Me against all of you, now." Mamoru was about to protest when Usagi went Super Saiyan and flicked him with her finger, sending him flying head first into a nearby tree. "Come on, all of you."
Mamoru quickly regained his footing and powered up. Glaring at his friends he shouts, "GET HER!" 'She WILL NOT win this. She may have power, but she sure as hell does NOT know how to USE that power.' "We'll see who teaches who a lesson here!"
"I'm not in a good mood so don't think I'm going easy on you. Almost getting killed and then getting your arm blown off really puts a damper on a person's mood!" Usagi barely gave the four Americans a chance to move before she gave a series of teleport kicks and punches that they could barely see on each one of them.
Hotaru's jaw dropped wide open as she watched Usagi move on to Haruka. "Wow. I never knew you guys could fight so good. It's gonna take a while for me to learn to fight like that."
Ami placed her hand on the younger child's shoulder and smiled. "Don't worry. I'm still trying to get to that level myself."
Usagi built up a fairly small for her Ki blast and sent it Haruka's way. "It doesn't feel good to be bullied by someone stronger than you, DOES IT!?" She jumped to Haruka, who had been knocked over on the ground with her Ki blast despite her counter attack. "Remember the time you kept kicking me OVER AND OVER AGAIN!? After I was already beaten by Mamoru!?" She smirked down at the nearly immobile bully. She lifted her foot, which was coated with a metal boot. She brought it into a stumping position. She took one look at Haruka's frightened face and frowned. "What's the matter? You can dish out abuse but you can't take it in?" Haruka said nothing. Smirking, she slams her foot downward. Shaking, Haruka looks at the depression in the ground next to her head.
"Because I'm not like you, you're REALLY lucky." Usagi then turned to glare at Mamoru.
Haruka sighed with great relief as she watched Usagi leave towards Mamoru. 'Stupid brat.' She wasn't even the least bit thankful that Usagi had chosen not to kick her while she was down.
"And you!" Usagi let her voice ring throughout the forest. "You're good you know that? You had me believing for a while that things were starting to get better between us. That whole time we were in the Past nothing came up and now THIS. The tournament and trying to kill me. Mamoru, you are FIFTEEN! You should act like it! You should respect others!"
Mamoru snickered. "Haven't you ever heard of a little thing called an adolescent? I am acting like it."
Usagi growled as she took a step closer to him. "That may be true, but I don't see every other teenager running around threatening and trying to kill little kids. You have been ganging up on me ever since I was Six years old. That's what now...FOUR years?"
"Don't try to run the guilt crap over my head."
Usagi teleported to be just in front of Mamoru and narrowed her eyes. "You SHOULD be feeling guilty." She reached out and grabbed the front of his GI, pulling his face down to her level. "Let's see how grown up you are now Mamoru. I'm offering a once in a lifetime free hit. I let you hit me, get back at ALL I've done to you. But then you have to start growing up. Start to respect other's feelings and be a good person. It will close the door on all of this! One LAST hit."
Mamoru grinned. "Is this a trick? This is going to give you a reason to hit me again since you've already hit you once and I've only hit you once."
Hotaru gulped as she backed into Makoto. "IS this a trick?"
Makoto grinned as she kneeled down. "Nope. It's a test. If Mamoru doesn't hit her, than there's hope for him yet. If he does, than he's heartless. But by hitting her, he also agrees to not bully her anymore if you're really listening to her words right."
"This is NOT a trick. What I did earlier was a tap, and I think that no one would believe that tap was equal to what you did. Besides my dad has made it very clear to me NOT to challenge someone just so I can make a hit and I plan to live by it."
Mamoru smirked as he pulled his fist back. "Do you do everything that your father tells you to do?"
Usagi pulled her face away from Mamoru's so he could get a good clean hit on her if he wanted to. She was determined to prove her point. "When it comes to what's right and wrong I listen to him as good as I can. And when I disagreed it was not because I was trying to just be a bully, but because I felt it the right thing to do."
Mamoru powered up his fist, creating a Golden aura around it. "Then his words will be your downfall..." He began to send his fist flying towards Usagi, but found it being held back by a greater force.
"No they won't!"
Mamoru's eyes widened to their fullest as he dropped his power level. "Oh crap..." Mamoru gulped as he turned his head only to his right to be face to face with an angry Saiyan father by the name of Goku.
"Piccolo!" Goku lifted Mamoru into the air, away from his daughter's grasp and threw him to Piccolo. He took his eyes off the boy and laid them upon his daughter. "And what do you have to say for yourself? We watched you take out the rest of the gang. When Minako came to us saying there was trouble, we thought that it was you girls who were in trouble but I guess things are ok and then some here," He glared harder into her eyes, "Aren't they?"
Usagi gulped. She didn't dare move away from him as she was afraid that it would only cause more anger and with anger came trouble. "Daddy this isn't what it looks like..."
Goku looked around the area. The only thing he saw was the hurt bodies of the older children. Intervals between his breaths became longer and louder as he became angrier at the thought that his own child could have done something so horrible. He turned back to his daughter, who had not moved an inch. "Well then please explain to your father what this is supposed to be because to me, this looks like you just going against everything I've ever taught you."
Usagi gulped as she began to try to think of a way to explain her reasoning for all of this. 'Nothing better than the truth I guess.'
"We were having Hotaru train with these guys while we tried to think of ways to train them." She stopped when she saw the adults going to each of the downed kids, which had been brought down by her hands. 'He's gonna kill me.' "Haruka and Mamoru started to build up this really powerful attack."
Goku nodded in interest. "Yeah. We felt that."
Usagi squirmed in her father's glare. She hated it when he was angry with her. "We teleported there and then Justin pushed me in front of Hotaru. All I remember is seeing the double blast coming right for my chest and then..."
Justin pulled away from Yamcha's grasp glared at Usagi. "That's an out right LIE. I did NOTHING OF THE SORT!"
Goku raised his hand to Justin, silencing him. "Go on, Usagi."
"I don't know how, but I found myself out of harms way, well, except my arm, WHICH WAS BLOWN OFF BY THE BLAST!" She glared over at Mamoru and Haruka.
Piccolo growled as he jumped to Usagi and pushed Goku away. "And which arm would that be?" He let his eyes point out the fact that both arms were still intact.
Usagi could tell this was going to be hard to prove. "My right arm, but..." Piccolo frowned as he grabbed her right arm and pulled on it as hard as he could. "Owe!"
Piccolo sneered down at her as he moved her elbow and wrist to make sure they were still moveable. "Lying is a bit much, kid. Next time, don't lie about something so unbelievable."
Chi-Chi walked to her daughter and glared down at her, almost as much as Goku was. "Usagi...we've been through this time and time again. Weren't you the one who was mad that we made you carry out a lie at the tournament?"
Usagi groaned at her mother's tone of voice. "Guys...back me up here."
Loud laughter was heard in the direction of Mamoru, who was revealed when his father stepped to the side. "The kid is delusional. How could we have ripped off her arm? I mean, its hanging right there ON HER BODY I might add." 'And hopefully was disintegrated by the blast.'
Usagi looked back to her friends for help. Ami was the first to acknowledge the cry for help. If anyone could pull off getting them to believe it would be her for the fact that she had always been known as the most trustworthy of the group. "It's very true. It was ripped off."
Minako ran to Usagi's side and grabbed her arm out of Piccolo's grasp. "HOW DID YOU GET IT BACK?!"
"ENOUGH ALREADY!" Piccolo grabbed Minako by the shoulder and threw her to the side. "You're a conniving little brat. Quit trying to start a new fire."
Usagi felt her fury mount. 'Again they think the worse. They still have no faith in me when push comes to shove.' She raised herself to Piccolo's face level and for the first time, became brave in the situation. She knew that she wasn't telling a lie and she wouldn't stand for being called a liar. "Lying? I'll give you lying!" With that, she flew off in the direction opposite of Piccolo and her family.
"USAGI GET BACK HERE!" Chi-Chi rose into the air. "If she thinks she's getting away with this then she's got another thing coming."
"Mrs. Son...she's not lying." Hotaru innocently looked up to the airborne Chi-Chi in hopes to calm her.
Before Chi-Chi had a chance to reply, though she had thought of one, Usagi came flying back with something in her hands. "I'm NOT lying!" She threw her dismembered limb out on the ground for everyone to see. "I found it! Now tell me if I'm lying now! If it wasn't for my friends helping Hotaru with her healing skills, I wouldn't have a right arm anymore. They'd be calling me LEFTY." Usagi turned to look at Michiru, the only one who she had not hurt. She gave her a small smile in thanks. She had helped a great deal in helping with power. 'Once again I owe her my thanks. She's becoming a good friend.'
Chi-Chi took one look at the limb full of blood and fainted. If it had not been for Goku standing by, she would have been out on the ground counting the stars. "Usagi..."
Usagi smiled as she approached her father. "I was trying to teach these guys about what it's like to be bullied, but I guess I did it the wrong way. I shouldn't have tried to beat them up"
Goku grinned. "If you hadn't have done it, I know me and your brothers would have. I'm just glad that you're ok...kind of."
Usagi giggled. "I'm fine. But what are we going to do about THEM."
Goten and Gohan both had a few ideas on that subject when Piccolo answered with actions instead of words.
Piccolo glared at his son. "YOU will NOT fight for a year, GOT THAT?!" He looked up to Haruka and Michiru. "That goes for the both of you as well."
"Actually, Piccolo..." Minako tapped Piccolo timidly on the back. "Michiru didn't do anything in this case. It would be wrong to punish her for something she didn't do."
Rei winked at the surprised Michiru. "Yeah, she even helped give power to Hotaru when she realized she didn't have enough."
Piccolo lighted up his glare and nods his approval to Michiru as she blushed. "Well then I guess it's just you two. No training for ONE year...GOT IT?"
Mamoru and Haruka shamefully dropped their heads. "Yes sir."
Yamcha glared back at his group. "That goes for the four of you as well. No powering up, no flying, no fighting or so much as looking like you're going to do it."
Piccolo turned back to Usagi with a softer look of understanding. "We'll see you around. We're sorry about what happen. Thanks for trying anyway." With that, he grabbed his son and flew up into the air. "Michiru, fly your friend home."
Haruka scowled at Michiru as she felt the girls arms wrap around her waste, though she found herself enjoying it...somewhat. "You've changed Michiru. You're more girlish...But I kind of like that." Michiru only giggled as she took off into the air.
Yamcha looked at his students and realized that he couldn't fly all of them home. "You guys can fly home, and that's IT. Other than that, you're grounded." He turned up to Goku, who he had known since he was fourteen. After all they had been through in their lives, from fighting each other to fighting along side each other this had to be the worst fight he had ever witnessed. "I'll see you around. Sorry about all this." He shot a piercing glare to his students. "This WON'T happen again."
Goku nodded with a subtle smile. "I know. The kids have learned to at least not mess with my daughter." He looked down to his fainted wife. "Better get Chi-Chi home before she wakes up."
Usagi looked around to her scattered friends feeling defeated by something that shouldn't have been able to make her feel such a way. It should have been simpler than this, but in her heart she knew that the kids had started their road to recovery. She could tell that this one event had immensely helped them. They would never forget anything that she had told them nor would she forget the scared look she had placed on Mamoru's face when her arm had been blown off. But she knew that was only the beginning. They may have seen what their powers can do if left to anger, but they had to face their anger and overcome it for any true progress could be made.
"Daddy, is it ok if my friends come over for a while?"
"Huh?" Goku looked around to the tired faces of the girls. All of them were completely worn out, except Minako. They were all tired from giving nearly all of their energy to Hotaru. "Well, ok. Just for a while. You know how your mom feels about having them come over without her consent. She's going to think that they want dinner."
Usagi nodded. "I know. We just need to think."
Goku chuckled. 'There she goes again. She's going to try to make things right...as usual...'
~*~*~
Once at home, Usagi went right into action as she led her friends into the kitchen while her father took
Chi-Chi off to lay her down. "I kind of feel bad about getting them into the trouble." Usagi stated as she sat down at the table.
Rei quietly sat down across from Usagi and sighed. "Don't. They deserved it."
Angry at what had just taken place, Makoto slammed her fist against the table. "Who cares anyway? They've caused us nothing but trouble ever since we first met them. It's their loss."
Minako sighed at the same time as Usagi. She too was more than put out with the Rat Pack's attitude towards others. "Why can't we just finally be friends? We really have nothing to fight about anymore."
"I agree. I'm willing to forgive them for everything they've ever done to us if all of you are willing to." Rei looked around to her friends, who softy nodded...except for Usagi, who seemed to be lost in her own thoughts. "Come on Usagi...cheer up."
"They didn't want to learn from us anyway." This whole ordeal was wearing on Usagi more than anyone else. She had been the main victim of their "attacks" ever since they met and now things were escalating into situations that she had never dreamed of. "We failed Piccolo and Yamcha. Maybe we didn't try hard enough, or maybe we tried too hard. What if we were too soft of them..."
"What if the fault lies within them and not you?"
"What?" Usagi perked up when she heard the voice of her father from behind. "What are you talking about? It's not their fault. That's what they were taught, right?" Usagi watched her father sit down in the chair next to her.
"Not totally, Usagi. Yes, it's what he was taught at first, but Piccolo has been trying to get him out of his nasty habits. He just doesn't want to cooperate. Sometimes, when kids go bad, it's hard to ever bring them back to the privileged point of view. So like I said, the fault lies within them. There was really nothing you could have done. No matter how much love you show kids like them they will never understand nor will they change."
"Goku..." Ami interrupted. She had a few ideas of her own. "Maybe it's not love they need to be shown."
Goku grinned at the child to his right. "You're absolutely right, Ami. What we need to do is show them how lucky they are to have all that they have. We need to show them that other people's feelings count just as much as theirs do."
Hotaru sighed as she rested her head against the table. "This is hopeless."
Makoto grinned. "Maybe not."
"What are you talking about, Makoto? This IS hopeless. They won't ever change. They've never even..."
A quick reply from Rei cut Usagi off. "It's not hopeless. What about that camp that Mr. Satan holds every summer for those kids who have...Muscular..."
"Dystrophy?"
Rei nodded. "Thanks Goku. That's the word I was looking for."
Goku smiled with pride as he looked down to the child in red. "That's a great idea, Rei. Now those kids there ARE the real heroes of the world. They have to fight everyday."
Usagi looked up at her father. For some reason, she knew that he had been thinking of that scenario the entire time. He just wanted them to think of if instead of him telling them. "You really think it would change them though daddy? Mamoru didn't seem to care that I was way weaker than him when he first fought me."
Ami didn't even give Goku a chance for a reply before she interjected. "I think it's a wonderful idea. I mean, they could really learn a thing or two about people's feelings there. And Usagi, don't worry about them trying to hurt the other kids there, I don't think we'll have a problem with that."
Seeing his daughter sigh in confusion, Goku felt torn. He could sense the emotions of the girls and just knew that they still wanted to try and reform the gang to the best of their abilities. He was somewhat happy that there was still hope for the group, but just the thought of what had caused that day's uproar made it tough for him to not want his youngest to have nothing to do with the Rat Pack. "What ever you girls chose to do is fine with the rest of us. We want you girls to be happy and if that means trying to resolve your conflict, that's great."
Usagi looked around the rooms at her friends, seeing nothing but defeat in their eyes. She was even ready to call defeat with this, but hat would mean giving in, quitting, losing without a fight, something that just wasn't in her nature. She knew that in the long run, everyone would be hurt if I truce wasn't called soon. And the only way to call a truce was if and when the Rat Pack decided to come down off their high horses.
Usagi also hated having to figure things out on her own. She hated the fact that her father would present her with solutions, but would never say one way or the other which one was actually better, or which one he would choose. "I don't know if..."
Makoto already had in mind what she wanted to do. She wanted to can the whole idea of trying to teach them respect. "They don't care about anyone but themselves. They think they're better than everyone and if you're the least bit weak, you're not worth their attention. It would be a bad idea to let them meet up with these kids."
Usagi frowned as she looked over to Makoto. She seemed to have no patience for them, and who could blame her. She herself was even surprised that she still wanted to help the group of troubled teens. She didn't want to give up. She hadn't ever given up on anything in her life and she wasn't about to start, even if her friends didn't want to help her, she was determined to continue trying to get through to the teens. "You're right." 'But they need to learn.'
Minako sighed as she sat back in her chair. 'This is going to be a long night.' "Come on Usagi, the answer is simple and clear. We need to learn to be friends. This idea of letting them meet this other kids is a great idea. They will learn not only that they aren't the center of the earth, but hopefully, in working with these kids, they will also become more compassionate. I think we should do it."
Makoto glared at her friend, who pretty much knew the inner workings of the heart better than the rest of the gang. "But they are ruthless. You know that. They have done horrible things to us, to Usagi over the years. Just because they are younger than them won't mean anything. They will still be ruthless bullies. That's all they'll ever be."
Tears began to weld up in Usagi's eyes as she listened to two of her best friends bicker back and fourth, not going unnoticed by her father. Both of them had very different, but very valid points to make. The duo sounded exactly like the internal argument that was taking place in her head. "Stop it. Don't you realize what you're doing? You're arguing over peoples' future."
Goku gasped at what had just come out of his daughter's mouth. He hadn't expected her to understand that that's exactly what was going on. "That's right girls. You need to think this through all the way. You need to decide if you want to bring this to Piccolo and Yamcha's attention or not."
Hotaru put her hand on Goku's arm and looked up at him as he gazed down at her. "Why do WE have to figure it out? You're the adult. Shouldn't you make the decision?"
Goku calmly shook his head with a soft smile. "You're the ones who are supposed to figure out how to make them respect others..." He paused when he saw the distressed faces of all six children around him. "But if you want my advice, go with your gut instinct, your heart. It never betrays you. Don't listen to what anyone else has to say. If you feel it's the right thing to do, then do it. If you feel that it will only cause trouble..." He turned to Makoto. "Then don't do it. It's entirely up to you."
Usagi sighed as she looked up to her father. "That's not very good advice, daddy."
Goku grinned. "It's good advice, just maybe a bit more than you can handle."
'Well gee, I could have figured that out on my own.' "Would you have them go?"
Goku pondered over his daughter's question for a mere second. "Truthfully, I have no idea. Makoto and Minako prove very good points. On one hand, it may prove to be a very good experience for all of them to learn from, but then as Makoto said, they are rather ruthless when it comes to people who are weaker than them."
"Who do we get in contact with if we decide to do this?"
Goku looked up to Ami with a grin. 'I knew SHE would be up for it. I just hope the rest of them can get Makoto to go along with it.' "Mr. Satan."
Usagi nearly choked on her own saliva after hearing that one. "What? Mr. Satan?"
"Yes. It's his charity that has been putting this thing on for years. He likes to help out people who couldn't normally get help, you know that. Don't act so surprised."
Usagi grinned as she looked down to Lucky, who had just realized where the mass was. 'I totally forgot about Mr. Satan. Maybe he CAN help us. But...' She paused to shudder. 'It's Mr. Satan.' "Maybe we should think about it." She looked up to her less than stunned friends. They had all known that she would agree to it one way or the other. "We can't just give up on them, but like dad and Makoto said, we have to think about the safety of the other people there."
Goku smiled with pride. "That's my girl. Thinking off all possible options. Why don't you all sleep on it and then decide in the morning."
Rei reached out and grabbed the excited puppy from the floor. "Why so soon?"
"Because it starts on Monday, first weekday after school ends. It's a two week deal. Of course, if you do decide to do this, Piccolo and Yamcha will most likely suggest that you stay there with them to make sure they don't do anything wrong."
Hotaru tapped Goku's arm. "How do you know?"
Goku smirked. "Cause I know that's what I was going to suggest."
"Why can't Piccolo and Yamcha do it? I don't think that we're training them anymore."
Goku turned to his daughter with a half serious, half playful smirk. "You want to have some real fun before your test results come in don't you?"
Usagi gulped. "Yes."
Rei playfully grinned at Usagi. "Well way to go, Usagi. Your test results won't be back for about three weeks so your mom shouldn't freak out about you being allowed to leave."
Usagi rolled her eyes with annoyance. "Thanks for caring, Rei. Instead, it will be here just in time for my birthday."
Mamoru, who was still trying to rethink his actions, grew pale as Usagi stood to her feet with righteous anger in her eyes. He knew he was going to get it from more than just his father. He would now have to deal with Usagi as well as her entire family, a line he never planned to cross over. "Odang...Usagi, I never intended it..."
Usagi stomped over to Mamoru and let herself hover up to his height. "Don't try to play stupid with me! I know that was a trick just to get me in your path! You knew very well what kind of power you were putting into that thing! THAT COULD HAVE KILLED ME!"
Mamoru frowned as he pushed Usagi away. "Don't accuse me of ACTUALLY trying to RIP your limbs off let alone trying to kill you!"
Ami, Makoto, and Rei jumped to Usagi and grabbed a hold of her waist. They could feel her anger rising more and more as she continued to stare at the Rat Pack. They didn't exactly blame her for being angry. After all, they did just attempt to kill her without a second thought.
Usagi glared down at her friends. "Let go!"
Haruka chuckled as she joined Michiru, who had made her way to Mamoru. "You should thank your friends for holding you back there, Monkey. You're powerless against us now. You used most of your power trying to heal yourself. If you tried to beat us now you would lose."
Hotaru looked down to the ground as she walked to Rei's side. "It's all my fault."
"What?" Curious as to what would make Hotaru say such a thing, Rei looked down to her. "What do you mean? This couldn't have been your fault."
Hotaru sighed as she let her knees drop from underneath, leaving her on the ground. "Yes it is. They wanted me to help them beat her up and I refused. That's why they wanted to take me home on Tuesday. They lied about you guys. They said it wasn't over when they left and I guess it was true." With eyes full of tears, Hotaru looked up into the eyes of Haruka, which were only filled of hate. "This was their payback I think. In the end, they still used me to beat up Usagi."
Rei could only respond with a quiet gasp as she looked back up to Usagi, who was still struggling to break free. "Usagi...did you hear that?"
"Yes!" Usagi said with clenched teeth. She slowly let her power level drop and lowered herself to the ground. "You will stop at nothing, will you? Imagine! Getting someone else to try and beat me up!" She grinned when her friends let go of her, thinking things were in the calm, boy were they ever wrong. "YOU'RE JUST NO GOOD!" An anger that could only be caused by the need of Justice erupted from her in the form of a Golden aura with a hint of Silver mixed in. Before her friends could react, she began stalking over to Mamoru with no compassion in her eyes that had always been shown from them.
Ami gulped as she hesitantly forced herself to not go after Usagi. "Don't do anything rash." 'Don't do anything your father wouldn't do.'
Usagi stopped stalking forward exactly three feet in front of Mamoru and Haruka. Mamoru gulped and tried to make light of things as he stared down into the merciless eyes of the child before him. "Neat trick with the arm, Usagi. Are you going to teach us that as well?"
No smile cracked at the joke as Usagi glared at the lot of them. Only one thing was going through her mind at that point. Something that had been brought to mind many times in the past few weeks. "You have all hated me and my friends since we met. For some reason, because I have a tail, you think that's a reason to hate me." She scowled over Haruka especially. "All I did was ask for directions and you had to treat me like I was an animal, like I had no feelings to be hurt. If you're so upset that I can beat you in a fight then blame yourselves. The only reason why I wanted to learn to fight was because of people like you. I wanted to know how to defend myself from bullies. And now that I can you hate me even more. Well what do you want from me? I try to be nice...I take a lot of abuse from you...Physically and Mentally. And yet you always seem to throw it back in my face without any feeling or thought that you might be hurting me. I put up with a lot from you guys. But to try to KILL me or even Hotaru...ANY of my friends for that matter is just TOO FAR. You think SO much of yourselves, yet you care nothing of anyone around you. Well this time you went too far. Power up to your fullest. Me against ALL of you. I'm going to teach you what it's like to be on the receiving end of being a bully."
"WHAT?!" Makoto dashed to Usagi and pulled her away from the Rat Pack. "What are you talking about?! Your dad would kill you if he knew of what you were about to do!"
Usagi lighted up her frown as she looked over her shoulder to her friend. "I know. But I figured things out. I'm not doing this to be mean. It may actually teach them something. I've always had the power to hurt them IF I chose too. But I didn't. It's time they learned just because you have power, doesn't mean you have to use it."
Makoto groaned. "But your parents will..."
"I know, I know. They're going to go crazy, but that's just something I'm going to have to risk, ok?" Usagi pulled away from Makoto and turned around to look at her. She noticed the other three coming up from behind. "Are you guys all right with this? I won't do it if you don't want me to."
Ami sighed as she looked back at the Rat Pack, who looked at her group as if they were all nuts. "I think Usagi has a point. There is a chance that they will learn something from this whole ordeal and besides, they do deserve some kind of punishment after what they pulled."
Usagi nodded with a smile. She chose not to reply with words. Instead, she just turned around and jumped back to the Rat Pack. "Let's get this over with. Me against all of you, now." Mamoru was about to protest when Usagi went Super Saiyan and flicked him with her finger, sending him flying head first into a nearby tree. "Come on, all of you."
Mamoru quickly regained his footing and powered up. Glaring at his friends he shouts, "GET HER!" 'She WILL NOT win this. She may have power, but she sure as hell does NOT know how to USE that power.' "We'll see who teaches who a lesson here!"
"I'm not in a good mood so don't think I'm going easy on you. Almost getting killed and then getting your arm blown off really puts a damper on a person's mood!" Usagi barely gave the four Americans a chance to move before she gave a series of teleport kicks and punches that they could barely see on each one of them.
Hotaru's jaw dropped wide open as she watched Usagi move on to Haruka. "Wow. I never knew you guys could fight so good. It's gonna take a while for me to learn to fight like that."
Ami placed her hand on the younger child's shoulder and smiled. "Don't worry. I'm still trying to get to that level myself."
Usagi built up a fairly small for her Ki blast and sent it Haruka's way. "It doesn't feel good to be bullied by someone stronger than you, DOES IT!?" She jumped to Haruka, who had been knocked over on the ground with her Ki blast despite her counter attack. "Remember the time you kept kicking me OVER AND OVER AGAIN!? After I was already beaten by Mamoru!?" She smirked down at the nearly immobile bully. She lifted her foot, which was coated with a metal boot. She brought it into a stumping position. She took one look at Haruka's frightened face and frowned. "What's the matter? You can dish out abuse but you can't take it in?" Haruka said nothing. Smirking, she slams her foot downward. Shaking, Haruka looks at the depression in the ground next to her head.
"Because I'm not like you, you're REALLY lucky." Usagi then turned to glare at Mamoru.
Haruka sighed with great relief as she watched Usagi leave towards Mamoru. 'Stupid brat.' She wasn't even the least bit thankful that Usagi had chosen not to kick her while she was down.
"And you!" Usagi let her voice ring throughout the forest. "You're good you know that? You had me believing for a while that things were starting to get better between us. That whole time we were in the Past nothing came up and now THIS. The tournament and trying to kill me. Mamoru, you are FIFTEEN! You should act like it! You should respect others!"
Mamoru snickered. "Haven't you ever heard of a little thing called an adolescent? I am acting like it."
Usagi growled as she took a step closer to him. "That may be true, but I don't see every other teenager running around threatening and trying to kill little kids. You have been ganging up on me ever since I was Six years old. That's what now...FOUR years?"
"Don't try to run the guilt crap over my head."
Usagi teleported to be just in front of Mamoru and narrowed her eyes. "You SHOULD be feeling guilty." She reached out and grabbed the front of his GI, pulling his face down to her level. "Let's see how grown up you are now Mamoru. I'm offering a once in a lifetime free hit. I let you hit me, get back at ALL I've done to you. But then you have to start growing up. Start to respect other's feelings and be a good person. It will close the door on all of this! One LAST hit."
Mamoru grinned. "Is this a trick? This is going to give you a reason to hit me again since you've already hit you once and I've only hit you once."
Hotaru gulped as she backed into Makoto. "IS this a trick?"
Makoto grinned as she kneeled down. "Nope. It's a test. If Mamoru doesn't hit her, than there's hope for him yet. If he does, than he's heartless. But by hitting her, he also agrees to not bully her anymore if you're really listening to her words right."
"This is NOT a trick. What I did earlier was a tap, and I think that no one would believe that tap was equal to what you did. Besides my dad has made it very clear to me NOT to challenge someone just so I can make a hit and I plan to live by it."
Mamoru smirked as he pulled his fist back. "Do you do everything that your father tells you to do?"
Usagi pulled her face away from Mamoru's so he could get a good clean hit on her if he wanted to. She was determined to prove her point. "When it comes to what's right and wrong I listen to him as good as I can. And when I disagreed it was not because I was trying to just be a bully, but because I felt it the right thing to do."
Mamoru powered up his fist, creating a Golden aura around it. "Then his words will be your downfall..." He began to send his fist flying towards Usagi, but found it being held back by a greater force.
"No they won't!"
Mamoru's eyes widened to their fullest as he dropped his power level. "Oh crap..." Mamoru gulped as he turned his head only to his right to be face to face with an angry Saiyan father by the name of Goku.
"Piccolo!" Goku lifted Mamoru into the air, away from his daughter's grasp and threw him to Piccolo. He took his eyes off the boy and laid them upon his daughter. "And what do you have to say for yourself? We watched you take out the rest of the gang. When Minako came to us saying there was trouble, we thought that it was you girls who were in trouble but I guess things are ok and then some here," He glared harder into her eyes, "Aren't they?"
Usagi gulped. She didn't dare move away from him as she was afraid that it would only cause more anger and with anger came trouble. "Daddy this isn't what it looks like..."
Goku looked around the area. The only thing he saw was the hurt bodies of the older children. Intervals between his breaths became longer and louder as he became angrier at the thought that his own child could have done something so horrible. He turned back to his daughter, who had not moved an inch. "Well then please explain to your father what this is supposed to be because to me, this looks like you just going against everything I've ever taught you."
Usagi gulped as she began to try to think of a way to explain her reasoning for all of this. 'Nothing better than the truth I guess.'
"We were having Hotaru train with these guys while we tried to think of ways to train them." She stopped when she saw the adults going to each of the downed kids, which had been brought down by her hands. 'He's gonna kill me.' "Haruka and Mamoru started to build up this really powerful attack."
Goku nodded in interest. "Yeah. We felt that."
Usagi squirmed in her father's glare. She hated it when he was angry with her. "We teleported there and then Justin pushed me in front of Hotaru. All I remember is seeing the double blast coming right for my chest and then..."
Justin pulled away from Yamcha's grasp glared at Usagi. "That's an out right LIE. I did NOTHING OF THE SORT!"
Goku raised his hand to Justin, silencing him. "Go on, Usagi."
"I don't know how, but I found myself out of harms way, well, except my arm, WHICH WAS BLOWN OFF BY THE BLAST!" She glared over at Mamoru and Haruka.
Piccolo growled as he jumped to Usagi and pushed Goku away. "And which arm would that be?" He let his eyes point out the fact that both arms were still intact.
Usagi could tell this was going to be hard to prove. "My right arm, but..." Piccolo frowned as he grabbed her right arm and pulled on it as hard as he could. "Owe!"
Piccolo sneered down at her as he moved her elbow and wrist to make sure they were still moveable. "Lying is a bit much, kid. Next time, don't lie about something so unbelievable."
Chi-Chi walked to her daughter and glared down at her, almost as much as Goku was. "Usagi...we've been through this time and time again. Weren't you the one who was mad that we made you carry out a lie at the tournament?"
Usagi groaned at her mother's tone of voice. "Guys...back me up here."
Loud laughter was heard in the direction of Mamoru, who was revealed when his father stepped to the side. "The kid is delusional. How could we have ripped off her arm? I mean, its hanging right there ON HER BODY I might add." 'And hopefully was disintegrated by the blast.'
Usagi looked back to her friends for help. Ami was the first to acknowledge the cry for help. If anyone could pull off getting them to believe it would be her for the fact that she had always been known as the most trustworthy of the group. "It's very true. It was ripped off."
Minako ran to Usagi's side and grabbed her arm out of Piccolo's grasp. "HOW DID YOU GET IT BACK?!"
"ENOUGH ALREADY!" Piccolo grabbed Minako by the shoulder and threw her to the side. "You're a conniving little brat. Quit trying to start a new fire."
Usagi felt her fury mount. 'Again they think the worse. They still have no faith in me when push comes to shove.' She raised herself to Piccolo's face level and for the first time, became brave in the situation. She knew that she wasn't telling a lie and she wouldn't stand for being called a liar. "Lying? I'll give you lying!" With that, she flew off in the direction opposite of Piccolo and her family.
"USAGI GET BACK HERE!" Chi-Chi rose into the air. "If she thinks she's getting away with this then she's got another thing coming."
"Mrs. Son...she's not lying." Hotaru innocently looked up to the airborne Chi-Chi in hopes to calm her.
Before Chi-Chi had a chance to reply, though she had thought of one, Usagi came flying back with something in her hands. "I'm NOT lying!" She threw her dismembered limb out on the ground for everyone to see. "I found it! Now tell me if I'm lying now! If it wasn't for my friends helping Hotaru with her healing skills, I wouldn't have a right arm anymore. They'd be calling me LEFTY." Usagi turned to look at Michiru, the only one who she had not hurt. She gave her a small smile in thanks. She had helped a great deal in helping with power. 'Once again I owe her my thanks. She's becoming a good friend.'
Chi-Chi took one look at the limb full of blood and fainted. If it had not been for Goku standing by, she would have been out on the ground counting the stars. "Usagi..."
Usagi smiled as she approached her father. "I was trying to teach these guys about what it's like to be bullied, but I guess I did it the wrong way. I shouldn't have tried to beat them up"
Goku grinned. "If you hadn't have done it, I know me and your brothers would have. I'm just glad that you're ok...kind of."
Usagi giggled. "I'm fine. But what are we going to do about THEM."
Goten and Gohan both had a few ideas on that subject when Piccolo answered with actions instead of words.
Piccolo glared at his son. "YOU will NOT fight for a year, GOT THAT?!" He looked up to Haruka and Michiru. "That goes for the both of you as well."
"Actually, Piccolo..." Minako tapped Piccolo timidly on the back. "Michiru didn't do anything in this case. It would be wrong to punish her for something she didn't do."
Rei winked at the surprised Michiru. "Yeah, she even helped give power to Hotaru when she realized she didn't have enough."
Piccolo lighted up his glare and nods his approval to Michiru as she blushed. "Well then I guess it's just you two. No training for ONE year...GOT IT?"
Mamoru and Haruka shamefully dropped their heads. "Yes sir."
Yamcha glared back at his group. "That goes for the four of you as well. No powering up, no flying, no fighting or so much as looking like you're going to do it."
Piccolo turned back to Usagi with a softer look of understanding. "We'll see you around. We're sorry about what happen. Thanks for trying anyway." With that, he grabbed his son and flew up into the air. "Michiru, fly your friend home."
Haruka scowled at Michiru as she felt the girls arms wrap around her waste, though she found herself enjoying it...somewhat. "You've changed Michiru. You're more girlish...But I kind of like that." Michiru only giggled as she took off into the air.
Yamcha looked at his students and realized that he couldn't fly all of them home. "You guys can fly home, and that's IT. Other than that, you're grounded." He turned up to Goku, who he had known since he was fourteen. After all they had been through in their lives, from fighting each other to fighting along side each other this had to be the worst fight he had ever witnessed. "I'll see you around. Sorry about all this." He shot a piercing glare to his students. "This WON'T happen again."
Goku nodded with a subtle smile. "I know. The kids have learned to at least not mess with my daughter." He looked down to his fainted wife. "Better get Chi-Chi home before she wakes up."
Usagi looked around to her scattered friends feeling defeated by something that shouldn't have been able to make her feel such a way. It should have been simpler than this, but in her heart she knew that the kids had started their road to recovery. She could tell that this one event had immensely helped them. They would never forget anything that she had told them nor would she forget the scared look she had placed on Mamoru's face when her arm had been blown off. But she knew that was only the beginning. They may have seen what their powers can do if left to anger, but they had to face their anger and overcome it for any true progress could be made.
"Daddy, is it ok if my friends come over for a while?"
"Huh?" Goku looked around to the tired faces of the girls. All of them were completely worn out, except Minako. They were all tired from giving nearly all of their energy to Hotaru. "Well, ok. Just for a while. You know how your mom feels about having them come over without her consent. She's going to think that they want dinner."
Usagi nodded. "I know. We just need to think."
Goku chuckled. 'There she goes again. She's going to try to make things right...as usual...'
~*~*~
Once at home, Usagi went right into action as she led her friends into the kitchen while her father took
Chi-Chi off to lay her down. "I kind of feel bad about getting them into the trouble." Usagi stated as she sat down at the table.
Rei quietly sat down across from Usagi and sighed. "Don't. They deserved it."
Angry at what had just taken place, Makoto slammed her fist against the table. "Who cares anyway? They've caused us nothing but trouble ever since we first met them. It's their loss."
Minako sighed at the same time as Usagi. She too was more than put out with the Rat Pack's attitude towards others. "Why can't we just finally be friends? We really have nothing to fight about anymore."
"I agree. I'm willing to forgive them for everything they've ever done to us if all of you are willing to." Rei looked around to her friends, who softy nodded...except for Usagi, who seemed to be lost in her own thoughts. "Come on Usagi...cheer up."
"They didn't want to learn from us anyway." This whole ordeal was wearing on Usagi more than anyone else. She had been the main victim of their "attacks" ever since they met and now things were escalating into situations that she had never dreamed of. "We failed Piccolo and Yamcha. Maybe we didn't try hard enough, or maybe we tried too hard. What if we were too soft of them..."
"What if the fault lies within them and not you?"
"What?" Usagi perked up when she heard the voice of her father from behind. "What are you talking about? It's not their fault. That's what they were taught, right?" Usagi watched her father sit down in the chair next to her.
"Not totally, Usagi. Yes, it's what he was taught at first, but Piccolo has been trying to get him out of his nasty habits. He just doesn't want to cooperate. Sometimes, when kids go bad, it's hard to ever bring them back to the privileged point of view. So like I said, the fault lies within them. There was really nothing you could have done. No matter how much love you show kids like them they will never understand nor will they change."
"Goku..." Ami interrupted. She had a few ideas of her own. "Maybe it's not love they need to be shown."
Goku grinned at the child to his right. "You're absolutely right, Ami. What we need to do is show them how lucky they are to have all that they have. We need to show them that other people's feelings count just as much as theirs do."
Hotaru sighed as she rested her head against the table. "This is hopeless."
Makoto grinned. "Maybe not."
"What are you talking about, Makoto? This IS hopeless. They won't ever change. They've never even..."
A quick reply from Rei cut Usagi off. "It's not hopeless. What about that camp that Mr. Satan holds every summer for those kids who have...Muscular..."
"Dystrophy?"
Rei nodded. "Thanks Goku. That's the word I was looking for."
Goku smiled with pride as he looked down to the child in red. "That's a great idea, Rei. Now those kids there ARE the real heroes of the world. They have to fight everyday."
Usagi looked up at her father. For some reason, she knew that he had been thinking of that scenario the entire time. He just wanted them to think of if instead of him telling them. "You really think it would change them though daddy? Mamoru didn't seem to care that I was way weaker than him when he first fought me."
Ami didn't even give Goku a chance for a reply before she interjected. "I think it's a wonderful idea. I mean, they could really learn a thing or two about people's feelings there. And Usagi, don't worry about them trying to hurt the other kids there, I don't think we'll have a problem with that."
Seeing his daughter sigh in confusion, Goku felt torn. He could sense the emotions of the girls and just knew that they still wanted to try and reform the gang to the best of their abilities. He was somewhat happy that there was still hope for the group, but just the thought of what had caused that day's uproar made it tough for him to not want his youngest to have nothing to do with the Rat Pack. "What ever you girls chose to do is fine with the rest of us. We want you girls to be happy and if that means trying to resolve your conflict, that's great."
Usagi looked around the rooms at her friends, seeing nothing but defeat in their eyes. She was even ready to call defeat with this, but hat would mean giving in, quitting, losing without a fight, something that just wasn't in her nature. She knew that in the long run, everyone would be hurt if I truce wasn't called soon. And the only way to call a truce was if and when the Rat Pack decided to come down off their high horses.
Usagi also hated having to figure things out on her own. She hated the fact that her father would present her with solutions, but would never say one way or the other which one was actually better, or which one he would choose. "I don't know if..."
Makoto already had in mind what she wanted to do. She wanted to can the whole idea of trying to teach them respect. "They don't care about anyone but themselves. They think they're better than everyone and if you're the least bit weak, you're not worth their attention. It would be a bad idea to let them meet up with these kids."
Usagi frowned as she looked over to Makoto. She seemed to have no patience for them, and who could blame her. She herself was even surprised that she still wanted to help the group of troubled teens. She didn't want to give up. She hadn't ever given up on anything in her life and she wasn't about to start, even if her friends didn't want to help her, she was determined to continue trying to get through to the teens. "You're right." 'But they need to learn.'
Minako sighed as she sat back in her chair. 'This is going to be a long night.' "Come on Usagi, the answer is simple and clear. We need to learn to be friends. This idea of letting them meet this other kids is a great idea. They will learn not only that they aren't the center of the earth, but hopefully, in working with these kids, they will also become more compassionate. I think we should do it."
Makoto glared at her friend, who pretty much knew the inner workings of the heart better than the rest of the gang. "But they are ruthless. You know that. They have done horrible things to us, to Usagi over the years. Just because they are younger than them won't mean anything. They will still be ruthless bullies. That's all they'll ever be."
Tears began to weld up in Usagi's eyes as she listened to two of her best friends bicker back and fourth, not going unnoticed by her father. Both of them had very different, but very valid points to make. The duo sounded exactly like the internal argument that was taking place in her head. "Stop it. Don't you realize what you're doing? You're arguing over peoples' future."
Goku gasped at what had just come out of his daughter's mouth. He hadn't expected her to understand that that's exactly what was going on. "That's right girls. You need to think this through all the way. You need to decide if you want to bring this to Piccolo and Yamcha's attention or not."
Hotaru put her hand on Goku's arm and looked up at him as he gazed down at her. "Why do WE have to figure it out? You're the adult. Shouldn't you make the decision?"
Goku calmly shook his head with a soft smile. "You're the ones who are supposed to figure out how to make them respect others..." He paused when he saw the distressed faces of all six children around him. "But if you want my advice, go with your gut instinct, your heart. It never betrays you. Don't listen to what anyone else has to say. If you feel it's the right thing to do, then do it. If you feel that it will only cause trouble..." He turned to Makoto. "Then don't do it. It's entirely up to you."
Usagi sighed as she looked up to her father. "That's not very good advice, daddy."
Goku grinned. "It's good advice, just maybe a bit more than you can handle."
'Well gee, I could have figured that out on my own.' "Would you have them go?"
Goku pondered over his daughter's question for a mere second. "Truthfully, I have no idea. Makoto and Minako prove very good points. On one hand, it may prove to be a very good experience for all of them to learn from, but then as Makoto said, they are rather ruthless when it comes to people who are weaker than them."
"Who do we get in contact with if we decide to do this?"
Goku looked up to Ami with a grin. 'I knew SHE would be up for it. I just hope the rest of them can get Makoto to go along with it.' "Mr. Satan."
Usagi nearly choked on her own saliva after hearing that one. "What? Mr. Satan?"
"Yes. It's his charity that has been putting this thing on for years. He likes to help out people who couldn't normally get help, you know that. Don't act so surprised."
Usagi grinned as she looked down to Lucky, who had just realized where the mass was. 'I totally forgot about Mr. Satan. Maybe he CAN help us. But...' She paused to shudder. 'It's Mr. Satan.' "Maybe we should think about it." She looked up to her less than stunned friends. They had all known that she would agree to it one way or the other. "We can't just give up on them, but like dad and Makoto said, we have to think about the safety of the other people there."
Goku smiled with pride. "That's my girl. Thinking off all possible options. Why don't you all sleep on it and then decide in the morning."
Rei reached out and grabbed the excited puppy from the floor. "Why so soon?"
"Because it starts on Monday, first weekday after school ends. It's a two week deal. Of course, if you do decide to do this, Piccolo and Yamcha will most likely suggest that you stay there with them to make sure they don't do anything wrong."
Hotaru tapped Goku's arm. "How do you know?"
Goku smirked. "Cause I know that's what I was going to suggest."
"Why can't Piccolo and Yamcha do it? I don't think that we're training them anymore."
Goku turned to his daughter with a half serious, half playful smirk. "You want to have some real fun before your test results come in don't you?"
Usagi gulped. "Yes."
Rei playfully grinned at Usagi. "Well way to go, Usagi. Your test results won't be back for about three weeks so your mom shouldn't freak out about you being allowed to leave."
Usagi rolled her eyes with annoyance. "Thanks for caring, Rei. Instead, it will be here just in time for my birthday."