Disclaimer: Don't own. Probably never will, either.
To Be A Star
She searched everywhere for a job. She was still too young, they say. No one would hire a sixteen year old.
Usagi was getting tired. She looked into a café and decided to take a break. She went inside and sat at a corner in the back.
How could she find a job that wouldn't involve selling her body? Because she wouldn't do that even if she was desperate. Never.
Then there was the fact that she was going nowhere on jobs. She couldn't do much anyway. And she didn't even have any diplomas.
Sure she could get a one of those jobs that regular teenagers get, but that wasn't exactly going to pay for everything, right?
She gave out a loud sigh. She hailed an employee over and ordered a milkshake and a small order of sweet pastry. As she was eating one of her sweets the same employer that served her came back. "Is there anything else you want, tenshi?" She blushed and said, "Unless you know any jobs that can pay a lot of money, then no thank you." He shook his head and offered a smile to which she smiled back. He left to help other tables, but before he left he wished her luck on trying to find a job.
She finished off the pastry she was eating and made to grab another one when a man who looked like a very rich and respected guy came to a stop right in front of her. The two guys flanking him seemed like they were his bodyguards. Her hand was just above the sweets, but she felt it would be rude to grab one when it looked like he wanted to talk to her. She retracted her hand and started to fidget in her chair.
"I overheard that you were looking for a job. If you come with me, I'll make you a business proposition." Usagi looked at them suspiciously. It actually wouldn't hurt to follow them, but what if it had something to do with prostitution? That already was a no deal. She had to try though. "Lead the way."
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A warehouse. 'Oh my god, they led me to a warehouse. Damn it, what if they try to rape me?! I'm so stupid!' She kept thinking those thoughts over and over.
They led her to a desk inside. They sat her at a wooden chair and the guy she met sat at the other side.
"Well, now we can get to business. Your name?" Usagi was panicking, though she tried not to show it.
"Usa-Usagi. Tsukino Usagi." She was shaking in fright.
The guy smiled. "Since you are in need of a job I will give one to you. No, I will not ask you to become one of those street hussies or even be a refined date. All I ask is that you become one of my assassins."
Her eyes bulged. He was asking her to be a killer? She was the Champion of Love and Justice! How could she kill when she abhorred death and violence?
"You may not be able to kill since you are such a delicate creature. I will understand if you refuse. If you accept, I will let you do the bounties since you are obviously in need of money. So what will it be?"
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She can't believe it. How could she have even considered it?
She was desperate, that's why. She wouldn't be able to find a job that would accept her, that'd pay a lot, because she was young. She had to get money. If this was the only way…
Well, it couldn't be too bad. She'll deal with it somehow. But for now, she had to tell her mom the good (?) news. Being a bounty hunter ("later on maybe even an assassin") would stun her, no doubt.
She arrived at "Death's Corner" and entered. She wrinkled her nose at the place and stuck a tongue out in disgust. She waited around for her Mom to come back from wherever.
She didn't have to wait long. Her mother came soon and Usagi came up to her. She led her to a couch and started to tell her mom all about her job.
Her mother blinked rapidly and seemed to be in shock. Her baby was a bounty hunter? Oh no. She'd be killing!
The fact that she had agreed to being a killer finally sunk in. "I-I I got employed for something worse than what you do. WHAT WAS I THINKING?!"
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Usagi was sulking around. She had run away from there and started to cry when she had reached the park. Suddenly, she shrieked when someone blocked her path and she fell down.
"Hello. You must be Tsukino Usagi, right?" The man that had made her fall, accidentally or not she did not know; had long blonde hair tied in a loose ponytail and green eyes. He held out his hand and she felt his piercing gaze on her as she pushed herself up while being pulled up by him.
She nodded to his question. "Why do you need to know?" He gave her a small smile. "I'm assigned to teach you the basics of martial arts and how to use a gun. Shall we start now or are you busy? Perhaps another time?"
"Iie. I'll learn now. Will you go easy on me?" "No." And with that he ran at her in full speed before she could react. She froze as she looked him in the face.
He slammed his fist against her stomach and she could feel the wind being blown out. She felt the pain real bad and she could feel tears welling up in her eyes. She also realized that she was lying on the ground and that she was brutally attacked.
He started to speak and she listened with very great concentration. "I'm sorry. That was supposed to be a surprise attack, however, maybe it was too much of a surprise. Please forgive me." He picked her up while he was talking. He started to head towards a car, but she was too tired to answer back or even protest about going anywhere with this stranger. She blacked out before they had even reached the car.
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When she woke up she was still hurting. She felt dried up tears on her face. She was also still tired.
"Kon'ba wa! How are you Usagi-chan?" Blondie was there. Ugh.
What was she saying? She was blonde, too.
"I-I'm okay. I'm still hurting, though." He smiled apologetically and said, "Gomen, demo I was testing you. You will need a lot of practice." She nodded. He continued, "You'll need to talk to your mother because you'll be staying with me."
Usagi was thinking about how that wouldn't be so bad, 'This place looks better than "Death's Corner" so it looks like it'll be better living conditions. It doesn't hurt to say that I get to live with a bishonen.'
"And yes Usagi, you still have to go to school." And Usagi let out a groan and fell back onto the bed.
She was going to go back to sleep, but that guy prevented that by hauling her to her feet. "Come on! Time to wake up! You still have to talk to your mother. And we have to get back to training." Usagi let out another groan.
"But my stomach still hurts! Onegai, let me rest!" He frowned and faced the other direction, opposite of Usagi. "This will be the only time I will let you rest. Appreciate this because I don't normally do things like this with others I've had to train. You will call your mother."
Usagi smiled and walked over to where he was. He was still facing the other direction. She put her arms around him and hugged him with what strength she had.
"Arigato, sir." "Julius. Call me Julius."
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"Come on, Knives! We have to hurry." Knives Millions was not a happy person. His dolt of a brother dragged him to come find some spider over at some planet they were going to arrive at soon. He couldn't understand why Vash couldn't just stay with that blasted spider onna he had at Planet Gunsmoke. All Vash would say was that he had to find this person; that this person was special and needed their help. Hmph. Like he could care.
Vash the Stampede, in all his years of living, was very nervous. It was to the point where he had to start pacing to keep away the anxiety.
He'd finally get to see her in person. That was what Vash was mostly thinking of. He got to see the tenshi that had been haunting his dreams lately. He could remember her unique hairstyle and her eyes. Silvery blonde hair put up in buns at the side of her head with streamers coming down. Sapphire blue eyes that held so much purity in them. But she looked so sad. Immediately, Vash knew that look should never be on her face.
Vash stopped his pacing and Knives stopped thinking murderous thoughts as their eyes feasted upon Earth. It was beautiful. They were so much in awe that even Knives could not find fault. If that was what it looked like on the outside, they couldn't wait to see Earth when they landed.