P.S. Have fun finding out whose who!! ^_^
P.P.S. The song "Seasons" by Ayumi Hamasaki inspired the first part of this chapter… not that I understood more than a few words… I think it was just the basic feeling you know?
The Noble Name of Black
Raindrops struck the window with a tiny tap sound. Leaning her head against the windowpane, she traced the water dribbling down with her finger. The glass was cool underneath her fingers. "How ironic that the weather can do what I cannot… cry," she whispered to herself. For it was true. A long time ago, she had promised herself she would never cry for what she had lost that fateful day.
But oh! She had thought about it long enough. She wasn't what everyone thought she was. Sure, it was still her, and she had the same personality, but they didn't know how much she had hidden deep inside for fear they would shun her. She knew she ought to trust them more - they were after all her best friends - but she felt that it was her secret. If she told, it would be like giving up a part of herself, and she didn't want to see their betrayed eyes if she did.
Her thoughts wandered to those she had left behind what seemed like such a long time ago. If they could see her now! She doubted they would even recognize her. She had changed in more ways than one. Had they changed? What had happened? Was the evil still out there? Did her friends… her family need her help? Oh, if only she hadn't… well, that was the past now.
How was he doing? Sure, others hadn't liked him very much, and most of the time with reason, but all he really needed was a friend. For a long time he had been completely alone. How did he stand it? The aloneness? She would never be able to bear it, of that she was sure. Heck, she couldn't even stand being completely alone for one night! Perhaps he was the reason…
She was the only person who had ever been nice to him, at least that she was aware. Perhaps that's why he thought… but he didn't. He couldn't. It would cause way to many problems for everyone. Her eyes filled with tears at the thought. How unfair for him!
No! She wouldn't cry! For once in her life, she would be strong. If she let one tear fall, then the entire dam she had built would come crashing down and all the years' worth of tears would come spilling out.
She missed her life, and was ashamed to admit it. Sure, her friends were great, but there would always be that place that only those seven people could fill. The sad thing was, she would never get to see them again. For all she knew, they were all dead. The thought in itself made her want to get up and smash everything that was nice in her tiny room. How dare she have happiness, luxury - peace!- while they may be dead or dying!
If her friends knew these thoughts, she probably wouldn't be left alone ever again. She loved them dearly, but they could be too overprotective sometimes…
She sighed and realized all she could do was hope… and love. She would love them all until the day she died.
"So… what did you call us over for?"
"That."
"Yeah… it's a man…"
"Looks like a bum to me!"
"A bum in a dress?"
"Nobody said bums had fashion know-how!"
"Wait… you called us over to look at a bum?! I thought it was something important!"
"Hey! He fell from the sky!"
"From… THE SKY????"
"Yup."
"Great! Just what we need! Bums from space! Weren't those three transvestites enough?"
"Koi!"
"Yeah, yeah…"
"So what do we do now?"
"Well, there's a bum in a dress…"
"Jeez! Doesn't this guy know anything! If you want to cross-dress, you have to do it right!"
"Well, they can't all be as good as you."
"I'll take that as a compliment."
"Well, we know one thing for sure!"
"What's that?"
"He's not a werewolf 'cause this garlic bread doesn't effect him!"
Silence…
"Well that's good news!"
"Again, what do we do now?"
"I suppose we could take her to her house…"
"WHAT? Are you insane?!?! What if he's some intergalactic rapist and he… you know… rapes her!!!!"
"'Cause we all know you gotta watch out for those intergalactic rapists. They're so sneaky!"
"Quiet you! I'm not taking any chances! I almost let that pony tailed freak touch her! Luckily, I saved her in time!" (Insert violent smacking noises)
"Is it me, or does anyone else remember it being little different?"
"Just go with her!"
"'K…"
"He doesn't appear to have any traces of negative energy."
"Okay, then let's just take him to her apartment! Besides, if he does turn out to be an 'intergalactic rapist', we'll just blast him."
"Can we skip the apartment part and get straight to the blasting!"
"No! Let's just take her over there and get this over with!"
"…Fine!"
Usagi was jerked out of her thoughts by a loud knock on the door. "Com - IIIIIIIIING!" The last part of her sentence was rudely cut off as she tumbled off the window seat in her apartment. Gingerly rubbing her rear-end, she made her way to the door.
"Hello?" she said, opening the door. There, all waiting not-so-patiently outside her door, were her senshi (with the exception of Saturn and Pluto), all grinning innocently. "Minna! What are you all doing here?" She hadn't been expecting them, no doubt about that. If she had, she probably would have… tidied more than usual… or at least asked Mako-chan to bring over some cookies.
"No time to chat Usagi-chan!" announced Minako, barrelling past Usagi. The others followed the suit, Haruka and Makoto taking up the rear. They were carrying an odd shaped something covered in a white sheet. Usagi watched mutely as the duo swung the package onto the couch and winced as it made a sound that could not possibly be good. This was followed by a sheepish laugh as a moth fluttered out of her couch.
Thoroughly confused, Usagi shut the door, and glanced at her friends. Something was definitely up judging by the way they all stood around the something covered in a white sheet. "Um, guys? What's with the white… thing?"
Simultaneously, they all let out an awkward laugh. It was rather… creepy.
"You see Usagi-chan…" began Rei, but was interrupted by a thunk. All eyes turned to the white sheet covered something. There, from beneath the sheet, was an arm. A human arm!
Usagi looked between the arm and her friends who were all trying to look nonchalant. "Oh - My - God!" All eyes now turned to her. "You - you killed someone!!!!"
"WHAT? No!" exclaimed Makoto, looking frantic.
"You murdered someone and you're stashing the body at my apartment! Oh my God! We're all going to be arrested! They'll take us to jail! We'll have to use those gross toilets with the sinks on top! We'll die!!" She let out a huge gasp. "I'll miss the new Sailor V video game!!!!" She started to sob loudly, ranting on and on about all the video games and movies and whatnot she'd miss.
The senshi looked at each other and nodded. "USAGI!!!!"
The blonde bunny looked up and sniffed. "You know! I'm ashamed at you! It's one thing if it's a youma or some scantily clad female trying to take over the world, but it's something completely different if it's - it's a … bum in a dress?!?!"
By now the senshi had pulled off the sheet exposing the bum. Usagi could tell that he was alive by the fact that his chest was moving. However, she couldn't see his face because it was cover in very greasy, very stringy hair and no one volunteered to move it.
"As you can tell, we didn't murder anyone," said Michiru calmly, sitting down on a chair.
"We simply found him in the park, and decided that we should take him here seeing as it was closest," added Ami.
"So… why did you decide to pick up the bum and bring him to my house?" wondered Usagi, sitting on the floor, trying to process what had happened in the last few minutes. "I mean, I don't mind (much), but what made this particular bum more special than all the other bums out there?"
"He fell from the sky," said Rei impatiently, tapping her foot and crossing her arms.
"From the sky…" echoed Usagi awestruck. She immediately perked up. "Like the Starlights?"
"He better hope not," muttered Haruka, glaring at the man who occupied her koneko's couch. She made a silent vow to blast him with her space sword if he turned out to be either an intergalactic rapist, or an annoyingly annoying singing idol who sang the same damn song over and over and over and over…
The man in question made a groaning noise and started to move. Everyone made an eep! noise and backed up a couple steps. Sitting up, the man moved his hair out of his face and peered around groggily at the room. He studied each of them for a second, until he came to Usagi.
"Serenity?" he choked out. "But you're dead!"
Usagi blinked. "Eh?"
A/N: So… what did you think? Was it funny? Please tell me it was funny!! I must admit, this is the first humour … ANYTHING that I've ever written. I didn't think the first chapter was funny until my friends assured me that they laughed… a lot. * smiles * I think I'm going to have fun with this fic. * grins evilly* Until next time!
