A Chance For Romance In America
KU: *excited voice* KOONICHIWA MINNA! YEAH ITS BEEN SO LONG!!! You wanna know where I've been? Come closer….a lil bit more. I'VE BEEN ON PUNISHMENT FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS!!!! (I'm surprised that I even survived!) Well now I'm back and ready to write the 2nd chapter! YAY Seiya appears! Oh yeah and…um…there's a bit-ah who am I kidding? There's a LOT of Mamoru bashing! READ at your own risk and if you didn't notice…I changed the rating…you'll find out in later chapters. Okay enough of my talk, FORWARD W/ THE STORY!!!
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Chapter Two: 'Surprise Mamo….-chan?'
"T-t-thank you" Usagi said in a quivering voice hoping the taxi driver wouldn't laugh at her poor English.
"Hey no problem kid. Lemme see that will be…$10.75." The middle aged taxi driver said with a grin. Usagi only could nod even though she didn't have a CLUE at what he was saying to her, but seeing his out stretched hand she could tell that he wanted money.
Biting her bottom lip she began to rummage through her purse and pulled out three green bills: A 5, 10, and 20. The blonde paused staring at the three foreign bills. What was the amount he had said? She didn't want him to think that she was a fool…
'MOU! I should have listened to 'tou-san when he told me about this stuff…demo I couldn't miss my Saturday morning cartoons! Okay okay…which should I give him? Well this one has an old man on it…and so does this one…and this one! But this guy looks the youngest…I'll give this one to him.'
"Thank you sir." She said as she handed him the crisp 20 dollar bill. The driver took the money and turned his back to retrieve the girls change.
"Here-huh?" The driver scratched his head and looked at his empty back seat. "Weird." Was all he said as he drove off.
'Mamo-chan! Mamo-chan! Mamo-chan!' That was all that was going through Usagi's brain, she couldn't wait to see his surprised face when she would appear at his door step. Then they would have countless romantic evenings. Just thinking about it got Usagi all giggly.
'Okay. Okay, okay! I'm here…now what did papa want me to do again?'
*FLASH BACK*
"Usagi-Usagi are you even listening to me?" Kenji asked his distracted daughter.
"Uh huh…" Usagi replied not even glancing at her father. It was 10 A.M, much, much to early for her to be up. Luna lay curled in her lap grooming herself while her owner just stared blankly at the TV.
"Usagi-chan. Your hotel is called Embassy Suites…Usagi?!"
"I hear ya loud and clear papa!" Usagi said hearing the frustration in her father's voice. (hey I would be frustrated if I had a daughter like that!)
"Oh forget it!" Kenji said as he went to the table in the Living Room and began to jot something down on bits of paper.
"Papa?" Usagi asked sitting up. She was now curious, Kenji FINALLY had her attention. He stood up from the table and handed her two different colored sheets of writing paper which was written in an unfamiliar language…Usagi could only guess that it was English. "What's this?" Usagi asked staring at the two sheets.
"Usagi when you call for a taxi I want you to give him the AOI (Blue) sheet of paper…and when you get to the hotel I want you to give that person at the front desk the MIDORI (Green) sheet of paper. Got it? Taxi aoi, Hotel midori!"
Usagi smiled as she tucked the two sheets into her purse. "Hai! Sounds easy enough. Arigato!"
*END OF FLASH BACK*
'midori…' Usagi thought as she took out the folded piece of green paper. "I wonder what it says." Usagi said out loud to no one particular. She shrugged off the thought and looked up at the hotel and her eyes grew LARGE!
"Ka…kawaii!" She shrieked not caring if anyone heard…which some people did. The sight was to beautiful. A large white water fountain stood 10 feet high and made Usagi feel so short. A beautiful maiden stood with a vase in hand with water gushing out of it and into the base of the fountain…and all of the flowers.
"Very pretty!" Usagi squealed in a small voice. Then calmed herself. She just remembered the whole purpose of this trip: To see Mamoru.
She picked up her suitcase and ran into the big rotating doors. The lobby was just as beautiful as the outside landscape. The room was dim from the light of the large chandelier and many comfy sofa's were set in a circle for relaxation, Usagi could just see herself falling asleep in one of them. She slowly walked up to the front desk and coughed to get the old woman's attention, she turned to the little bunny with piercing eyes.
"Yes…?" She asked with an English accent. Usagi felt chills run down her spine.
"Ano…" She began and slid the green sheet of paper across the marble countertop. The old woman whose name tag read: Agatha, looked at her before placing half moon glasses on her nose and read of the letter. She stared at Usagi for a few seconds before averting her eyes to call for someone.
"Tomoe! Come and show this girl to her room." Agatha snapped as a young teenage girl came bouncing towards them and was smiling. "Yes ma'am. Which room?" She asked while she brushed some of her black hair behind her ear. "351D. Here's her key, just show her the way, I'm busy at the time." Agatha waved them away. "Yes ma'am." The girl smiled to the woman then turned around and stuck out her tongue. Usagi giggled a little although she didn't understand what was going on she knew that this young girl wasn't to fond of the one named 'Agatha'. The girl smiled to the bunny then picked up her suitcase. Usagi read her name tag and it read: Hotaru Tomoe.
"This way miss." Hotaru pointed to a twisting staircase. Usagi touched the girl's shoulder getting her attention.
"Ano…actually I'm not to good at English, I only had four 10 hours to practice it so could we stick to nihongo?" Usagi asked in Japanese, hoping Hotaru would understand.
Hotaru's eyes widened in surprise. "You speak Japanese?" She asked in the same language.
Usagi nodded and looked towards the chandelier with a dreamy expression. "I'm here to surprise my boyfriend. He's studying at Harvard."
"Wow romantic! Well this way to your room…." Hotaru started but noticed that she didn't know the blonde's name.
"Watashi namae wa Tsukino Usagi." Usagi introduced herself.
Hotaru nodded and bowed her head. "Watashi namae wa Tomoe Hotaru."
"Nice to meet you Hotaru." Usagi started as they made their way up the winding staircase. "Hotaru you work here? You look a little to young to be working."
"Well actually it's just a summer job. My guardians got tired of me asking them for money all of the time and decided that it was time for me to get a job. I agree but I don't like WHO I'm working for. Agatha Yourmis always gives me a hard time. That old woman needs to retire big time! Your lucky Usagi. Your parents let you travel all the way from Japan by YOURSELF?!"
Usagi began to fiddle with her fingers. "Hai, it surprised me too, my papa is very protective and I thought for sure that he would just say NO! Actually he did say no but my okaa-san convinced him." Usagi said with a little giggle.
Hotaru stopped in front of a room and held out a key. She opened the locked door with the key and handed it to Usagi.
"Now this is your room Usagi, try not to loose the key because I wouldn't want to have to ask Agatha for one if I were you. She can turn uglier than you've witnessed."
"Hai!" Usagi said while squeezing the key in hand. She looked into her room and smiled. "You know, I could get use to living like this." She said while walking around the spacious room. She bent over to one of the mini fridges and put her hand on it's miniature handle.
"Oh Usagi…I wouldn't open that if I were you! I cost 5 dollars just to open the darn thing. You don't want to know the prices of the food." Hotaru warned. Usagi immediately let go of the handle. She came upon a mirror and began to groom herself while Hotaru leaned on the doorway.
"Mou! I need a new outfit if I want to surprise Mamo-chan! It's been almost 3 months! I have to look good! Ooo Hotaru!" Usagi grabbed hold of the teenagers shoulders and began to shake her. "Hotaru where's the nearest mall? Quick tell me."
"Chill Usagi." Hotaru said taking Usagi's hands. "There's a mall less than 4 blocks away from here…in fact…" Hotaru turned to the digital alarm clock that sat on the drawers near the bed, it's numbers had just turned to 2 P.M. She turned to Usagi with a smile. "How about I take you there myself I'm officially off of work for today, and it's pay day! I get to buy something to! Come on!" Hotaru said while smiling and grabbed the surprised blonde's hand.
"Oi! Hotaru…Hotaru onegai osoi shita! (Slow down!)" Usagi begged feeling as though her arm would be dislocated, not to mention she could of sworn that she was running as if she was apart of the track team.
"Oh, gomen Usagi-chan." Hotaru said while blushing a little and let go of Usagi's hands. Usagi smiled hearing her new friend call her 'Usagi-chan' she had made a new friend in a new country in like what, an hour?!
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(Mall)
"Oh this is soo cute! Oh and so is this one. Hotaru-chan do you think this one looks a little skimpy? Red? I look great in red!" Usagi said while looking at every piece of clothing the store had. Hotaru laughed a little.
"You'll look good in all of them Usagi-chan." Hotaru reassured her. "Honto ni?" Usagi asked with 3 dresses in hand. Hotaru nodded. "Yatta! I'm getting all of these then!" Usagi said excited while placing all three dresses on the check out counter. The woman checked out of the dresses and Hotaru showed Usagi the right amount of cash to hand the woman…which was an even hundred. Usagi picked up her two bags and winked at the young woman. "I'll be back tomorrow!" She said with a smile and skipped out of the door. Hotaru giggled in her hand and translated to the puzzled woman.
"She says she'll be back tomorrow." And she was out the door to find Usagi.
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(Usagi's Room)
"Now twirl around Usagi-chan!" Hotaru ordered. Usagi did as she was told. "So does it look…decent?"
It was an hour after they had their little 'shopping spree'. Usagi had bought over 5 dresses, why…Hotaru had no idea why…unless she planned to year every day for a month.
Hotaru clapped her hands and giggled. "Uh oh! It looks like I just discovered a new model." Usagi giggled to and flopped down on her bed sitting next to her new friend.
"Usagi-chan I think it's about time for you to go and wow this 'Mamo-chan' of yours." Hotaru told her with a bright smile. Usagi glanced at the clock, it was 5:23 P.M. Usagi nodded but didn't make eye contact, she just fiddled with her hands. Hotaru noticed the change.
"Nani yo?" She asked with concern.
Usagi looked up slowly. "Well…you know I'm just a bit nervous. I mean it's been over a month since we've seen each other."
"Ah don't worry about it Usagi-chan, you came all this way to see him, don't get cold feet all of a sudden. I mean it's not like your getting married."
"Ano…" Usagi began to twist her Promise Ring around her finger. Hotaru's eyes widened.
"You mean you are?" Hotaru asked, she wanted all the details!
"Actually Hotaru-chan…this is just a Promise Ring. When Mamo-chan was leaving he gave it to me." Usagi explained.
"Ooooh! That is just to kawaii! Now you've wasted enough time missy, come on time for you to go and meet your Prince." Hotaru ordered pushing her towards the door.
"Hai hai!" Usagi giggled. They both walked down the winding stairs and stopped at the main entrance.
"I'll see you tomorrow, and I want to know everything…and I mean EVERYTHING that happened!" Hotaru said in a hyper voice.
"Hai hai I will. And I promise that I won't leave a THING out." Usagi assured.
"Good. Now go ahead Usagi-chan…the quicker you get there the quicker the romance will start!"
"HAI!!" Usagi agreed and ran towards Mamoru's apartment complex. She stopped at the towering building and tried hard to remember. 'Let me see…I had been writing to…oh what was that number? Oh yeah! 96A!' And she flew up the stairs, not wasting anytime.
Knock Knock
No answer
Knock Knock
Still no answer!
"Mamo-chan!" Usagi said in a whisper. "Matte! Mamoru always leaves a key underneath his mat just in case. She quickly lifted the 'Home Sweet Home; mat and something gold caught her eye. It was the spare!
"Hai!" She said in an excited voice and turned the key in the keyhole. There she met complete darkness.
"Mamo-chan must not be home…" Usagi concluded looking around the dark apartment. Her mouth curved into a smile. "I'm sure that there's harm in exploring the place, I just want to see how he's been living all this time."
Usagi told no one particular and began to roam around, then she found her way to the Master Bedroom. In the corner of the room there was a shredder…with pink paper slices in the trash can underneath it.
'Odd…that's the color I write Mamo-chan in." Usagi said with a curious voice. She turned and saw the dresser. There she became ever MORE confused.
'Where are all of the pictures that Mamo-chan and I took all these years?' Usagi asked herself while staring at the bare top. Then she heard the click of a door closing. "Mamo-chan!" Usagi said in a loud whisper and began to creep out of his room very quietly…but stopped abruptly when she saw Mamoru having a conversation with another young woman a few years older than her.
"Come on Omacha…follow me." Mamoru said in a husky voice. The girl named Omacha giggled as Mamoru took her hand and led her to the bedroom where Usagi was staring.
"Oh…so my little Mamo-chan wants to be naughty ne?" Omacha asked while Mamoru played with her light blue hair.
"Come on." Mamoru said while leading her to his room. Finally Usagi caught on and understood what was happening and began to cry. Mamoru stopped outside his door with Omacha in hand when he saw the little bunny curled up in a ball leaning against his door frame. Mamoru's eyes widened in horror when he saw her.
"Usagi!" He choked out. Omacha who hadn't noticed the girl looked down and smiled at her.
"Oh so YOU'RE Usagi. Chiba Usagi right? Your my Mamo-chan's little sister aren't you? Your a very loyal sister, your write him like twice a week. I wish my sister was like you!" Omacha said with a little giggle.
Usagi looked up at Mamoru with hate in her eyes. She stood up and walked right up to him.
"Usako…I can expla-"
^SMACK^
"Don't call me Usako you-you-" Usagi couldn't even find the words to call him, all she knew was that he had fooled her and played with her fragile heart. He went behind her back. It felt good to smack him actually, actually she wanted to do it again, but she decided that he wasn't even worth getting mad at.
"Mamoru…" Usagi began with tears falling down her eyes. "I…I really did love you but I guess you don't feel the same." After that sentence Usagi felt confident and stared Mamoru in the eye. "I don't care what you do, just don't call me ever again or come over my house…and to think…I came all this way for you. Goodbye." The hurt blonde said and walked out of the apartment.
She felt as if her heart was being broken up into little pieces. He had hurt her…who would of thought.
More tears fell from her eyes and she broke out into a dash and out of the apartment complex. Being blinded by her tears of sorrow she couldn't see straight and didn't see a young man in front of her as they collided. Usagi got up with tears still in her eyes and bowed her head.
"Gomen." She apologized and continued running to her destination. The young man who she had collided into stood up and watched her small figure run.
"Matte!" He tried to cry but she was already out of sight. He let out a sigh and brushed a lock of his long jet black hair from his face. He then stared at the apartment complex and narrowed his eyes. That was the 4th young girl he had seen running away while crying this month. Something was definitely wrong there…someone was using young women for his own pleasures which he despised completely. He stared where the young blond had ran and sadly shook his head.
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Usagi stared at her full length mirror. Her eyes were red and her face was tear stained. She needed someone to talk to, someone to comfort her. She really wished that Hotaru was there to talk to but she had already left. Her eyes fell on the white telephone and she picked it up. She needed to talk to her friends, no matter how much it cost!
She dialed the number to Rei's temple where she was sure the girls were meeting at. After a few rings a voice answered.
"Moshi moshi?" Rei answered in a cheerful voice, Usagi wish she could sound that happy. For a few seconds she didn't answer.
"Rei-chan…it's Usagi…" She began.
On the other line Rei became excited. She smiled to all of her friends in the room who were looking at her questionably.
"Oh Usagi-chan! How's America? Wait don't answer that! Let me put you on speaker so everyone can hear you!"
Usagi let out a long sigh as she felt the tears coming back to her.
"Konichiwa minna."
"USAGI!" All of them screamed in unison.
Usagi smiled a bit. "Yeah…it's me."
"How's it going in America Usa-chan? Have you seen 'Mamo-chan' yet?" Minako asked. Usagi heard the rest of the group giggle, she couldn't bring herself to talk about what had just happened so she just stayed quiet which had her friends worrying.
"Usagi…what's wrong?" Ami asked, she usually knew if something was wrong with one of her close friends.
"Ano…I went to Mamoru's, he wasn't there but he came back with his girlfriend…" Usagi's voice trailed off.
There was complete silence.
"NANI?!"
"Oh that lying bas-" Makoto started.
"Makoto wait. Now are you sure Usagi-chan?" Ami asked.
"Un…Mamoru even told her that I was his little sister, and he shredded all of my letters."
"Oh Usagi…" Came Rei's soothing voice.
"Usagi…do you want to come home, I mean back to Tokyo?" Minako asked now hovering over the phone.
There was a long pause.
'Should I stay…or should I go back home?' Usagi asked herself over and over.
"No.." Finally came her answer.
"But Usa-chan…you'll be reminded of him." Rei tried to argue.
"I'll be reminded of him in Tokyo to Rei-chan. Would you come home from a tropical vacation if it started to drizzle. Don't worry you guys I'll be fine…I..I think I'm over it now." Usagi explained.
"Usagi your a strong girl.." Ami complimented.
"Demo Usa-chan is right. That jerk doesn't deserve her at all." Minako said agreeing with her friend.
"You guys…I think I'm going to go to sleep early today. It's 6 o'clock over here."
"We understand Usa. Good luck." Rei said.
"Hai, ja minna."
"Ja Usa-chan."
^CLICK^
Usagi leaned back on her bed and let out a sigh.
"Tomorrow will be Tsukino Usagi's first chapter in a new book." Then she dozed off into a dreamless sleep praying the new day would hold something worth wild.
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Oh I'm am so sorry it took so long to get this chapter out! Really I am! Oh and if you didn't know Omacha mean toy *evil smirk*.
*Senshi Sweatdrop*
KU: Nani?
Hotaru: I thought you said Seiya would appear.
KU: He did! Hey I never said how long he would stay!
*Senshi fall over*
KU: Anyway 10 reviews and I'll post the next chapter!
Ja Ja!
KU: *excited voice* KOONICHIWA MINNA! YEAH ITS BEEN SO LONG!!! You wanna know where I've been? Come closer….a lil bit more. I'VE BEEN ON PUNISHMENT FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS!!!! (I'm surprised that I even survived!) Well now I'm back and ready to write the 2nd chapter! YAY Seiya appears! Oh yeah and…um…there's a bit-ah who am I kidding? There's a LOT of Mamoru bashing! READ at your own risk and if you didn't notice…I changed the rating…you'll find out in later chapters. Okay enough of my talk, FORWARD W/ THE STORY!!!
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Chapter Two: 'Surprise Mamo….-chan?'
"T-t-thank you" Usagi said in a quivering voice hoping the taxi driver wouldn't laugh at her poor English.
"Hey no problem kid. Lemme see that will be…$10.75." The middle aged taxi driver said with a grin. Usagi only could nod even though she didn't have a CLUE at what he was saying to her, but seeing his out stretched hand she could tell that he wanted money.
Biting her bottom lip she began to rummage through her purse and pulled out three green bills: A 5, 10, and 20. The blonde paused staring at the three foreign bills. What was the amount he had said? She didn't want him to think that she was a fool…
'MOU! I should have listened to 'tou-san when he told me about this stuff…demo I couldn't miss my Saturday morning cartoons! Okay okay…which should I give him? Well this one has an old man on it…and so does this one…and this one! But this guy looks the youngest…I'll give this one to him.'
"Thank you sir." She said as she handed him the crisp 20 dollar bill. The driver took the money and turned his back to retrieve the girls change.
"Here-huh?" The driver scratched his head and looked at his empty back seat. "Weird." Was all he said as he drove off.
'Mamo-chan! Mamo-chan! Mamo-chan!' That was all that was going through Usagi's brain, she couldn't wait to see his surprised face when she would appear at his door step. Then they would have countless romantic evenings. Just thinking about it got Usagi all giggly.
'Okay. Okay, okay! I'm here…now what did papa want me to do again?'
*FLASH BACK*
"Usagi-Usagi are you even listening to me?" Kenji asked his distracted daughter.
"Uh huh…" Usagi replied not even glancing at her father. It was 10 A.M, much, much to early for her to be up. Luna lay curled in her lap grooming herself while her owner just stared blankly at the TV.
"Usagi-chan. Your hotel is called Embassy Suites…Usagi?!"
"I hear ya loud and clear papa!" Usagi said hearing the frustration in her father's voice. (hey I would be frustrated if I had a daughter like that!)
"Oh forget it!" Kenji said as he went to the table in the Living Room and began to jot something down on bits of paper.
"Papa?" Usagi asked sitting up. She was now curious, Kenji FINALLY had her attention. He stood up from the table and handed her two different colored sheets of writing paper which was written in an unfamiliar language…Usagi could only guess that it was English. "What's this?" Usagi asked staring at the two sheets.
"Usagi when you call for a taxi I want you to give him the AOI (Blue) sheet of paper…and when you get to the hotel I want you to give that person at the front desk the MIDORI (Green) sheet of paper. Got it? Taxi aoi, Hotel midori!"
Usagi smiled as she tucked the two sheets into her purse. "Hai! Sounds easy enough. Arigato!"
*END OF FLASH BACK*
'midori…' Usagi thought as she took out the folded piece of green paper. "I wonder what it says." Usagi said out loud to no one particular. She shrugged off the thought and looked up at the hotel and her eyes grew LARGE!
"Ka…kawaii!" She shrieked not caring if anyone heard…which some people did. The sight was to beautiful. A large white water fountain stood 10 feet high and made Usagi feel so short. A beautiful maiden stood with a vase in hand with water gushing out of it and into the base of the fountain…and all of the flowers.
"Very pretty!" Usagi squealed in a small voice. Then calmed herself. She just remembered the whole purpose of this trip: To see Mamoru.
She picked up her suitcase and ran into the big rotating doors. The lobby was just as beautiful as the outside landscape. The room was dim from the light of the large chandelier and many comfy sofa's were set in a circle for relaxation, Usagi could just see herself falling asleep in one of them. She slowly walked up to the front desk and coughed to get the old woman's attention, she turned to the little bunny with piercing eyes.
"Yes…?" She asked with an English accent. Usagi felt chills run down her spine.
"Ano…" She began and slid the green sheet of paper across the marble countertop. The old woman whose name tag read: Agatha, looked at her before placing half moon glasses on her nose and read of the letter. She stared at Usagi for a few seconds before averting her eyes to call for someone.
"Tomoe! Come and show this girl to her room." Agatha snapped as a young teenage girl came bouncing towards them and was smiling. "Yes ma'am. Which room?" She asked while she brushed some of her black hair behind her ear. "351D. Here's her key, just show her the way, I'm busy at the time." Agatha waved them away. "Yes ma'am." The girl smiled to the woman then turned around and stuck out her tongue. Usagi giggled a little although she didn't understand what was going on she knew that this young girl wasn't to fond of the one named 'Agatha'. The girl smiled to the bunny then picked up her suitcase. Usagi read her name tag and it read: Hotaru Tomoe.
"This way miss." Hotaru pointed to a twisting staircase. Usagi touched the girl's shoulder getting her attention.
"Ano…actually I'm not to good at English, I only had four 10 hours to practice it so could we stick to nihongo?" Usagi asked in Japanese, hoping Hotaru would understand.
Hotaru's eyes widened in surprise. "You speak Japanese?" She asked in the same language.
Usagi nodded and looked towards the chandelier with a dreamy expression. "I'm here to surprise my boyfriend. He's studying at Harvard."
"Wow romantic! Well this way to your room…." Hotaru started but noticed that she didn't know the blonde's name.
"Watashi namae wa Tsukino Usagi." Usagi introduced herself.
Hotaru nodded and bowed her head. "Watashi namae wa Tomoe Hotaru."
"Nice to meet you Hotaru." Usagi started as they made their way up the winding staircase. "Hotaru you work here? You look a little to young to be working."
"Well actually it's just a summer job. My guardians got tired of me asking them for money all of the time and decided that it was time for me to get a job. I agree but I don't like WHO I'm working for. Agatha Yourmis always gives me a hard time. That old woman needs to retire big time! Your lucky Usagi. Your parents let you travel all the way from Japan by YOURSELF?!"
Usagi began to fiddle with her fingers. "Hai, it surprised me too, my papa is very protective and I thought for sure that he would just say NO! Actually he did say no but my okaa-san convinced him." Usagi said with a little giggle.
Hotaru stopped in front of a room and held out a key. She opened the locked door with the key and handed it to Usagi.
"Now this is your room Usagi, try not to loose the key because I wouldn't want to have to ask Agatha for one if I were you. She can turn uglier than you've witnessed."
"Hai!" Usagi said while squeezing the key in hand. She looked into her room and smiled. "You know, I could get use to living like this." She said while walking around the spacious room. She bent over to one of the mini fridges and put her hand on it's miniature handle.
"Oh Usagi…I wouldn't open that if I were you! I cost 5 dollars just to open the darn thing. You don't want to know the prices of the food." Hotaru warned. Usagi immediately let go of the handle. She came upon a mirror and began to groom herself while Hotaru leaned on the doorway.
"Mou! I need a new outfit if I want to surprise Mamo-chan! It's been almost 3 months! I have to look good! Ooo Hotaru!" Usagi grabbed hold of the teenagers shoulders and began to shake her. "Hotaru where's the nearest mall? Quick tell me."
"Chill Usagi." Hotaru said taking Usagi's hands. "There's a mall less than 4 blocks away from here…in fact…" Hotaru turned to the digital alarm clock that sat on the drawers near the bed, it's numbers had just turned to 2 P.M. She turned to Usagi with a smile. "How about I take you there myself I'm officially off of work for today, and it's pay day! I get to buy something to! Come on!" Hotaru said while smiling and grabbed the surprised blonde's hand.
"Oi! Hotaru…Hotaru onegai osoi shita! (Slow down!)" Usagi begged feeling as though her arm would be dislocated, not to mention she could of sworn that she was running as if she was apart of the track team.
"Oh, gomen Usagi-chan." Hotaru said while blushing a little and let go of Usagi's hands. Usagi smiled hearing her new friend call her 'Usagi-chan' she had made a new friend in a new country in like what, an hour?!
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(Mall)
"Oh this is soo cute! Oh and so is this one. Hotaru-chan do you think this one looks a little skimpy? Red? I look great in red!" Usagi said while looking at every piece of clothing the store had. Hotaru laughed a little.
"You'll look good in all of them Usagi-chan." Hotaru reassured her. "Honto ni?" Usagi asked with 3 dresses in hand. Hotaru nodded. "Yatta! I'm getting all of these then!" Usagi said excited while placing all three dresses on the check out counter. The woman checked out of the dresses and Hotaru showed Usagi the right amount of cash to hand the woman…which was an even hundred. Usagi picked up her two bags and winked at the young woman. "I'll be back tomorrow!" She said with a smile and skipped out of the door. Hotaru giggled in her hand and translated to the puzzled woman.
"She says she'll be back tomorrow." And she was out the door to find Usagi.
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(Usagi's Room)
"Now twirl around Usagi-chan!" Hotaru ordered. Usagi did as she was told. "So does it look…decent?"
It was an hour after they had their little 'shopping spree'. Usagi had bought over 5 dresses, why…Hotaru had no idea why…unless she planned to year every day for a month.
Hotaru clapped her hands and giggled. "Uh oh! It looks like I just discovered a new model." Usagi giggled to and flopped down on her bed sitting next to her new friend.
"Usagi-chan I think it's about time for you to go and wow this 'Mamo-chan' of yours." Hotaru told her with a bright smile. Usagi glanced at the clock, it was 5:23 P.M. Usagi nodded but didn't make eye contact, she just fiddled with her hands. Hotaru noticed the change.
"Nani yo?" She asked with concern.
Usagi looked up slowly. "Well…you know I'm just a bit nervous. I mean it's been over a month since we've seen each other."
"Ah don't worry about it Usagi-chan, you came all this way to see him, don't get cold feet all of a sudden. I mean it's not like your getting married."
"Ano…" Usagi began to twist her Promise Ring around her finger. Hotaru's eyes widened.
"You mean you are?" Hotaru asked, she wanted all the details!
"Actually Hotaru-chan…this is just a Promise Ring. When Mamo-chan was leaving he gave it to me." Usagi explained.
"Ooooh! That is just to kawaii! Now you've wasted enough time missy, come on time for you to go and meet your Prince." Hotaru ordered pushing her towards the door.
"Hai hai!" Usagi giggled. They both walked down the winding stairs and stopped at the main entrance.
"I'll see you tomorrow, and I want to know everything…and I mean EVERYTHING that happened!" Hotaru said in a hyper voice.
"Hai hai I will. And I promise that I won't leave a THING out." Usagi assured.
"Good. Now go ahead Usagi-chan…the quicker you get there the quicker the romance will start!"
"HAI!!" Usagi agreed and ran towards Mamoru's apartment complex. She stopped at the towering building and tried hard to remember. 'Let me see…I had been writing to…oh what was that number? Oh yeah! 96A!' And she flew up the stairs, not wasting anytime.
Knock Knock
No answer
Knock Knock
Still no answer!
"Mamo-chan!" Usagi said in a whisper. "Matte! Mamoru always leaves a key underneath his mat just in case. She quickly lifted the 'Home Sweet Home; mat and something gold caught her eye. It was the spare!
"Hai!" She said in an excited voice and turned the key in the keyhole. There she met complete darkness.
"Mamo-chan must not be home…" Usagi concluded looking around the dark apartment. Her mouth curved into a smile. "I'm sure that there's harm in exploring the place, I just want to see how he's been living all this time."
Usagi told no one particular and began to roam around, then she found her way to the Master Bedroom. In the corner of the room there was a shredder…with pink paper slices in the trash can underneath it.
'Odd…that's the color I write Mamo-chan in." Usagi said with a curious voice. She turned and saw the dresser. There she became ever MORE confused.
'Where are all of the pictures that Mamo-chan and I took all these years?' Usagi asked herself while staring at the bare top. Then she heard the click of a door closing. "Mamo-chan!" Usagi said in a loud whisper and began to creep out of his room very quietly…but stopped abruptly when she saw Mamoru having a conversation with another young woman a few years older than her.
"Come on Omacha…follow me." Mamoru said in a husky voice. The girl named Omacha giggled as Mamoru took her hand and led her to the bedroom where Usagi was staring.
"Oh…so my little Mamo-chan wants to be naughty ne?" Omacha asked while Mamoru played with her light blue hair.
"Come on." Mamoru said while leading her to his room. Finally Usagi caught on and understood what was happening and began to cry. Mamoru stopped outside his door with Omacha in hand when he saw the little bunny curled up in a ball leaning against his door frame. Mamoru's eyes widened in horror when he saw her.
"Usagi!" He choked out. Omacha who hadn't noticed the girl looked down and smiled at her.
"Oh so YOU'RE Usagi. Chiba Usagi right? Your my Mamo-chan's little sister aren't you? Your a very loyal sister, your write him like twice a week. I wish my sister was like you!" Omacha said with a little giggle.
Usagi looked up at Mamoru with hate in her eyes. She stood up and walked right up to him.
"Usako…I can expla-"
^SMACK^
"Don't call me Usako you-you-" Usagi couldn't even find the words to call him, all she knew was that he had fooled her and played with her fragile heart. He went behind her back. It felt good to smack him actually, actually she wanted to do it again, but she decided that he wasn't even worth getting mad at.
"Mamoru…" Usagi began with tears falling down her eyes. "I…I really did love you but I guess you don't feel the same." After that sentence Usagi felt confident and stared Mamoru in the eye. "I don't care what you do, just don't call me ever again or come over my house…and to think…I came all this way for you. Goodbye." The hurt blonde said and walked out of the apartment.
She felt as if her heart was being broken up into little pieces. He had hurt her…who would of thought.
More tears fell from her eyes and she broke out into a dash and out of the apartment complex. Being blinded by her tears of sorrow she couldn't see straight and didn't see a young man in front of her as they collided. Usagi got up with tears still in her eyes and bowed her head.
"Gomen." She apologized and continued running to her destination. The young man who she had collided into stood up and watched her small figure run.
"Matte!" He tried to cry but she was already out of sight. He let out a sigh and brushed a lock of his long jet black hair from his face. He then stared at the apartment complex and narrowed his eyes. That was the 4th young girl he had seen running away while crying this month. Something was definitely wrong there…someone was using young women for his own pleasures which he despised completely. He stared where the young blond had ran and sadly shook his head.
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Usagi stared at her full length mirror. Her eyes were red and her face was tear stained. She needed someone to talk to, someone to comfort her. She really wished that Hotaru was there to talk to but she had already left. Her eyes fell on the white telephone and she picked it up. She needed to talk to her friends, no matter how much it cost!
She dialed the number to Rei's temple where she was sure the girls were meeting at. After a few rings a voice answered.
"Moshi moshi?" Rei answered in a cheerful voice, Usagi wish she could sound that happy. For a few seconds she didn't answer.
"Rei-chan…it's Usagi…" She began.
On the other line Rei became excited. She smiled to all of her friends in the room who were looking at her questionably.
"Oh Usagi-chan! How's America? Wait don't answer that! Let me put you on speaker so everyone can hear you!"
Usagi let out a long sigh as she felt the tears coming back to her.
"Konichiwa minna."
"USAGI!" All of them screamed in unison.
Usagi smiled a bit. "Yeah…it's me."
"How's it going in America Usa-chan? Have you seen 'Mamo-chan' yet?" Minako asked. Usagi heard the rest of the group giggle, she couldn't bring herself to talk about what had just happened so she just stayed quiet which had her friends worrying.
"Usagi…what's wrong?" Ami asked, she usually knew if something was wrong with one of her close friends.
"Ano…I went to Mamoru's, he wasn't there but he came back with his girlfriend…" Usagi's voice trailed off.
There was complete silence.
"NANI?!"
"Oh that lying bas-" Makoto started.
"Makoto wait. Now are you sure Usagi-chan?" Ami asked.
"Un…Mamoru even told her that I was his little sister, and he shredded all of my letters."
"Oh Usagi…" Came Rei's soothing voice.
"Usagi…do you want to come home, I mean back to Tokyo?" Minako asked now hovering over the phone.
There was a long pause.
'Should I stay…or should I go back home?' Usagi asked herself over and over.
"No.." Finally came her answer.
"But Usa-chan…you'll be reminded of him." Rei tried to argue.
"I'll be reminded of him in Tokyo to Rei-chan. Would you come home from a tropical vacation if it started to drizzle. Don't worry you guys I'll be fine…I..I think I'm over it now." Usagi explained.
"Usagi your a strong girl.." Ami complimented.
"Demo Usa-chan is right. That jerk doesn't deserve her at all." Minako said agreeing with her friend.
"You guys…I think I'm going to go to sleep early today. It's 6 o'clock over here."
"We understand Usa. Good luck." Rei said.
"Hai, ja minna."
"Ja Usa-chan."
^CLICK^
Usagi leaned back on her bed and let out a sigh.
"Tomorrow will be Tsukino Usagi's first chapter in a new book." Then she dozed off into a dreamless sleep praying the new day would hold something worth wild.
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Oh I'm am so sorry it took so long to get this chapter out! Really I am! Oh and if you didn't know Omacha mean toy *evil smirk*.
*Senshi Sweatdrop*
KU: Nani?
Hotaru: I thought you said Seiya would appear.
KU: He did! Hey I never said how long he would stay!
*Senshi fall over*
KU: Anyway 10 reviews and I'll post the next chapter!
Ja Ja!