A Chance for Romance in America
Disclaimer: I really don't own it, so don't sue!
Summary: This takes place during the STARS season but it's A/U. Usagi goes to America to visit her boyfriend Mamoru Chiba. But what happens when she starts to fall for another? ~*Seiya/Usagi Fic*~
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Chapter One: To America
Mamo-chan. It's been one full month and I feel so empty inside…I wish I could see you! Usagi thought to herself one rainy afternoon. She was missing her 'Mamo-chan' more and more, and the more she thought about it didn't really make it any better. Her friends noticed the sudden change in her but they couldn't actually do anything to make the situation better than comfort her. Usagi spent most of her days writing endless letters to her boyfriend but she had only one from him in her possession, a short letter that looked like it was written in a rush.
'Usako,
I am so sorry for not writing as much as I should have been but I'm just so busy. America is great, I miss you.
--Chiba Mamoru'
To Usagi's parents and friends it was a little letter that could have shown more emotion in it but it could had said
Usako,
--Chiba Mamoru
And Usagi would still treasure it. Some of Usagi's friends noticed that the message didn't say 'I love you' but they couldn't tell Usagi that, she would just get mad at them for thinking that her 'Mamo-chan' didn't love her. It was raining never ending which didn't make Usagi feel better. She was stuck in her house just thinking about America and her dearest love.
Mamo-chan, do you miss as much as I miss you? I wish…I wish I could just be with you, even if was just for the weekend. Then Usagi's head shot up. That was it! That was the answer to her problems! She could book a plane ticket to America and surprise her boyfriend! He would be so happy to see her. Usagi was so happy about her idea she jumped up and started to twirl around in her room. Her black cat Luna entered the room and stared at her. Usagi picked Luna up and twirled in a circle with the black cat in her arms. "Luna! I'm going to America…" Usagi immediately stopped twirling and slumped down onto the ground.
She placed the dizzy cat on the ground and stared at the ground. "Mew?" Her cat asked surprised in her owner's mood change. Usagi gathered the cat in her arms and buried her face in the cat's fur. "Oh Luna, I forgot all about papa, he sure wouldn't let me go to America all by myself, he sure wouldn't let me go if it was just Mamoru and I there. He would think we would get ourselves into a 'dangerous situation', God he's just so over protective, doesn't her trust me?" Usagi asked to no one in particular. Someone had crushed her reams, in her own family. Luna seemed to sense her owner's sadness and licked her cheek to try to make her feel better. Usagi giggled a little. "Your such a smart cat Luna, you can tell when I don't feel great can't you?" "Mew." Was Luna's response. "Well you know, it's worth a try to see if they would let me." Usagi smiled down into her cat's eyes and stood up. She walked over to the doorway and winked at her cat. "Wish me luck Luna-chan!" "Meow!"
Downstairs Shingo's eyes were glued to the T.V as he, like he did every day tried to beat Street Fighter. Ikuko was in the kitchen busily preparing the meal of the day while Kenji read the paper. Usagi quietly made her way downstairs; this was harder than she thought it would ever be. Taking in a few deep breaths she bravely walked down the oak stairs and then she turned off the T.V to get everyone's attention. "Oi! You baka I was on the last level! I swear do you really want me to take all of you underwear and hang it over the doorway?" An angry Shingo screamed. This got both of their parent's attention. "What's wrong?" Kenji asked adjusting his glasses. "This baka over here turned of the T.V while I was playing my game!" Shingo explained the rage still bubbling inside of him. "Shingo, don't call your sister a baka she isn't, Usagi…why would you turn off his game knowing he was playing it." Ikuko asked spatula in hand. "I…I want to talk to you, could you sit on the couch please." The family obeyed and they all exchanged questioning glances. "Well as you all know…Mamo-chan has been in America for a month now-" Kenji scoffed at the name of Mamoru. "And-and I was wondering if I could visit him." Usagi closed her eyes and held her breath, her dad would voice his opinion in 3…2… "The day I let you travel to America-alone, to spend sometimes with your boyfriend-unsupervised will be the day the world ends! So I say no-no make that hell no!" Kenji screamed face looking like it was about to explode any minute. "Demo papa!" Usagi protested. "I said no! And I mean it. You're my little girl, as if I would let you travel to America where all of those boys could take advantage of you, and-and where would you stay? At you boyfriends apartment? Oh yeah, that's a GREAT idea!" Kenji said with sarcasm. "Kenji! Why don't you trust Usagi? Usagi you wouldn't let a thing like that happen to you, would you?" Ikuko asked trying to defend her daughter. Usagi shook her head hoping that maybe they would give in and let her go to America. "But Ikuko, honey where would the girl stay?" "I could stay in a hotel…I only really wanted to stay for the weekend." Usagi said in a small voice. Ikuko and Kenji looked at each other for a while as if deciding if she should go or not in their own minds. Kenji sighed and shook his head. "Fine, fine you can go to America, but you are NOT staying for just two days! No way am paying over a hundred dollars for just a two-day vacation! You're staying for a whole month! And that's that!" Usagi's face lit up like a bright Christmas lights and she jumped up to hug her father as tight as she could. Then her mother. "Oh thank you mama, papa! You two are the BEST! So when do I leave?" "Next week, I want us to all have family time before you take off dear." Ikuko said after her daughter was finished showing all of her appreciation. "Thank you…arigato! I've so got to tell the girls!" And with that Usagi was gone out of the door. "That was a good thing you did Kenji-chan." Ikuko told her husband as she gave him a peck on the cheek. "You know," Shingo said making himself known. "I seriously think that we should extend her vacation to a year. You know so that she can spend some more time with her boyfriend…and you know…not be around to bug us."
"What should we do with Usagi-chan?" Rei Hino asked as she brought a plateful of treats into her room for her friends.
"What do you mean 'what are we going to do with Usagi'?" Minako asked as she took a cookie from the plate. Rei sighed and flopped down onto her bed. "Look, we all know that Usagi is going crazy because she isn't with Mamoru-san, demo we also know Mamoru-san isn't making the situation better. He's not writing enough and when he did it was only two sentences. I know he's busy but can't he take some of his study time and make it Usagi Time?" "I agree with Rei, a person can't study that much. The most I study a day is two hours." Ami told the other three girls; Just then there was a knock on the door and a cheerful Usagi entered the room, soaking wet but still cheerful.
"Konnichiwa minna!"
"Usagi!" Ami gasped.
"Your wet." Rei informed her.
"Duh, demo I have the greatest news on the world!" Usagi said as she sat on the bed next to Rei, Rei immediately got up and moved, Usagi was freezing and for some reason she knew her bed would be just the same when she prepared herself for sleep. "What is it?" A curious Makoto asked. "Papa and mama agreed to let me go to America for a month to visit Mamo-chan! Isn't that great?" It was silent for a second then everyone began talking at once.
"You're going to America? Lucky!"
"Your gonna need a new outfit you know?"
"We're gonna miss you!"
"Will you bring us back a souvenir?"
"I'm going to miss you too. But we'll see each other really soon, the month will go by quick, anyway I really need to spend sometime with Mamo-chan, we have a lot of catching up to do, and no offense or anything I've seen you four like almost everyday since we were in Kindergarten." Usagi said causing the senshi to sweatdrop. "Ouch!" Minako said reenacting being stabbed. "I'll write you all every day, it's a promise!" Usagi said tears swelling up in her eyes. Rei wiped away Usagi's tears but had tears forming in her own eyes. "Don't cry baka, this is what you wanted remember? We'll still be here when you return." Usagi sniffed in. "I know Rei-chan demo I'll miss you all a lot, even if I am with my Mamo-chan…" "Oh Usagi don't worry. I bet you'll forget all about us when you see Mamoru-san." Minako told her trying to cheer her friend up, the senshi sweatdropped.
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"Have a good time Usagi-chan." Ikuko told her daughter at the airport. It was the day that she took off to America; Usagi was torn between happiness and sadness. She would be able to see her boyfriend again but in return she would have to say goodbye to her friends and family. Usagi wiped away a tear and hugged her mother and father, then her little brother. "See ya Shingo-chan, don't bug mama and papa to much." "I won't…Usagi-chan." Shingo said in a small voice. Kenji put a hand on his daughter's shoulder. "Musume (daughter)…if anything goes wrong call us right away and we'll fix so that you can come home." "I will papa, don't worry." "All boarders for JAL (Japanese Air Lines) flight 138 for New York City, America please come to the gates, I repeat please come to the gates, your flight will be leaving in 20 minutes." The announcer's voice boomed through the airport. "Well, that's my flight." Usagi said with a forced smile. "I'll see you all in a month." Usagi gave her family one last hug and began to walk to the gate.
"Usa-chan…" Usagi turned around and saw her friends smiling at her. "You guys…you came." Usagi said while tears of happiness spilled down her face. "Did you think we wouldn't come? You're our best friend in the whole world." Rei said smiling. Usagi hugged all of her friends and they laughed at nothing important, Usagi was just happy to see her friends. "I better get going," Usagi said turning her head. "Yeah, have a good time okay, we want to know everything that happens all right?" Minako said smiling. "We'll be waiting for your letters." Ami told her winking. Usagi bit down on her lower lip and waved goodbye to everyone. "Ja ne minna!" Usagi took her luggage and ran to her gate. She stopped at the door leading to the airplane and waved again.
On the plane Usagi was seated between a two Americans who were just returning from their vacation in Japan. Usagi would have watched the movie but it was in English so that didn't help her so much. So she was on a ten-hour flight with nothing to do…I might as well learn some English. So Usagi opened up the 'Language Help' book she found underneath her seat and began to learn some english. It took Usagi took three hours to learn 'I'm Lost', and another hour to learn 'I'm Japanese.' And it took Usagi the rest of the time to learn 'Can you show me where….is?" Usagi felt her stomach flip as she looked at the window and saw all of the skyscrappers. It was such an industrailized city! She gathered her bags from above her and got off of the plane. She walked out into the open city and called a cab. Before getting in she took a few breaths in and smiled to herself. "So this is America."
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Thus ending my first chapter! Hm I think I should make this a prologue actually but it really doesn't matter. How soon until the next chapter you ask? Well it all depends on you, as soon as I get ten reviews I'll post the next chapter. Ja Ne!
~Kou Usagi