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To my wonderful readers,
I regretfully inform you that I MAY BE PULLING OUT ALL MY STORIES from except for 'Boei Academy', 'Blue Eyes' and my 'Collection of Prologues'.
This is because some bitter freak seems to have a grudge against me and keeps reporting me for the stupidest reasons in the world and all my stories get taken down. It hurts to see my work treated like trash. If this continues, all of my other stories will be found on another website. It saddens me that this freak has nothing better to do in life except for trying to get the admins to take others' stories down. I really appreciate all those of you who have so kindly supported me throughout all of my fics! Your kind words will never be forgotten!
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Inspired by Wallflower. A manga I read eons ago.
AU (Alternated Universe) meaning no Sailor Moon or Universe of Four Gods stuff. OOC may occur, but good reasons shall be revealed in time.
I'm calling the seishi by their seishi names, cause it's way more… 'comfortable' - for the lack of better words.
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Can You Handle It?
Chapter One
The Strange Girl
By Angel-Goddess
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Usagi accidentally dropped her hairbrush and bent down to pick it up. The lights above her suddenly flickered off just as she touched the handle of her brush. Stupid lights. She scowled, annoyed. Now she'd have to go downstairs to check if there were any spare light bulbs lying around.
She carefully made her way downstairs, bumping into numerous things along the way and stifling noises of anger that ended up sounding like predatory growls without her meaning to. She trudged down the stairs at a slow pace to avoid tripping and falling the rest of the way down. Soft light shone through from a distance in front of her. What on earth? The front door was open! She remembered clearly that she had definitely closed it. That meant someone was in the house!
There was a shout outside and something, or rather, someone, came sailing cleanly right though the doorframe, landing almost perfectly by her feet after a few rolls and painful gasps.
Alarmed, she immediately gripped her hairbrush like a weapon and approached the intruder slowly.
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"P-please don't kill me! M-mercy, please." Tasuki cowered as he stared up at the dark silhouette that was prominently standing out against the darkness of the room caused by the lack of lights. The eerie moonlight shone through some of the windows around the room and through the front door, casting shadows everywhere and making the scene look even more horrifying. Tasuki, who was never usually scared of anything, nearly let out a load in his pants when the silhouette had popped out of nowhere as soon as he had tried to get up after that blasted cross dresser had booted him into the house like a ball.
Oh god, it was alive! The thing that he sworn had died in one of the room in the upper level was standing right in front of him, ready to kill out of bloodthirst as it held a knife…
He could almost imagine the steel of the knife stabbing into his gut, over and over again. The pain that would come along with it… The figure slowly reached for him and he let out a scream against his will.
"Tasuki!" There was a chorus of voices and a number of different noises as his saviours stampeded into the room like maniacs.
There was a loud flick of a switch, and the wonderful lights flickered on, flooding into the room like a God send and making clear to them what 'IT' was that was actually standing over Tasuki in such an intimidating way.
Tasuki filled his pants in relief.
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As Tasuki left to clean himself, the other boys were subtly scrutinizing the girl that had almost given Tasuki congestive heart failure. To say she looked quite freaky was an understatement. Her long dirty blonde hair was slightly messy, it looked as though she didn't take very good care of it, and her "fringe" completely covered her face like a veil, preventing them from seeing any of her facial features, which was a little unnerving. She was rather short and had she looked rather chubby. They weren't all that sure whether it was because of her extremely baggy clothing or that it was really her body figure. As they examined her, Usagi did her own inspection of them.
The first thing that came into her mind was that these boys, plus the girls present, were a very attractive bunch. Not a good start. She doubted she would get along with them. They were too beautiful for the likes of her.
The second thing that popped up in her head was the feeling of confusion. Hadn't the landlord tell her that she was to live with six boys? If so, why were there two females here? Maybe the two girls were their whores? Usagi scowled slightly beneath her protective barrier of hair. They just better not keep me up all night. She thought.
"You know, you really shouldn't scare people like that!" The girl with long purple hair tied behind her in a long braid berated her. Oh… so the purple haired person it wasn't a female after all. But, what was with the female clothing?
"I was going to help him up." She replied dryly, allowing them to hear her voice for the first time.
"Shouldn't you have turned on the lights first in that case?" The mild voice came from the flawless female with long, honey coloured hair that shined like silk. Oh, another male.
At least she knew she wouldn't be hearing anything odd during the night. A small smirk lit her face at her earlier thoughts. Heh. She should've noticed that the two feminine-looking boys hadn't a chest.
A blue-haired boy pushed the others out of the way and closed in on her until he was only a metre away from her, the closest distance any man had been in two years. "Hey, what's with the do?" He asked, referring to her hair. "It looks strange."
She frowned at the offending comment even though they couldn't see it. "I happen to like it." She replied bluntly. Why won't they just leave her alone?
"Haha, you're joking, right? I mean, who on earth would like hair like that?" the dark haired boy continued. "It looks like a family of rats have been living in it." He reached a hand for her and she immediately backed away instinctively, almost tripping over in her attempted to back peddle as quickly as she could.
"Don't touch me!" She shrieked, caught in surprise that someone so fair would actually get that close. Why? Why weren't they afraid of her and just leave her to herself?
"Hey, don't be so touchy." The violet-haired cross dresser commented, folding his arms. "Tamahome's just curious, you know. We all are." Nuriko muttered the last part of the sentence so that only his friends could hear him. When the odd girl didn't say anything, Amiboshi decided to step in and introduce them to her in hopes to lessen the awkwardness of the situation.
"My name's Amiboshi, that's my twin brother over there, Suboshi-" he motioned to a mirror-like image of him that leaned against the wall casually, giving a nod of greeting her way. His sandy blonde hair flicked out at the sharp gesture, revealing more of his cornflower blue eyes.
"This is Hotohori-" Usagi followed the direction of his arm that indicated to the rather elegant honey-haired teen that she had thought was a female earlier. She couldn't really tell what colour his eyes were because of her hair thwarting her view, but she assumed they were a striking golden colour.
"Tamahome-" Oh, so the blue haired boy owning the dark violet gaze that almost looked blue was called Tamahome. She'd have to give him credit for not turning tail and running away like so many others. He had even dared to try and touch her. Her, the outcast.
Amiboshi's gesture towards the long purple-haired male cross dresser pulled her out of her thoughts and commanded her undivided attention to the person that he was referring to. "Nuriko-"
A rather feminine name to go with his looks… and clothes. Usagi thought in mild amusement, exceedingly aware that Nuriko's pale purple eyes were focused on her intently. Actually, all of them were staring at her. She'd never been given so much attention from such beautiful men. Fear started to bubble up inside her.
"And the one that went upstairs was Tasuki." Amiboshi finished placidly. Curiousity gripped him as he waited for a reaction from the girl. When there was none, he tried to push for a conversation again, "What's your name?"
Usagi debated whether she should bother wasting her breath on these people that probably won't take notice of her afterwards. "… That's none of your business."
Everyone sweatdropped.
Nuriko scowled at her reply, clearly displeased. "Hey, we're trying to be nice here, the least you could do is be nice back! Stop acting so stuck up."
Her? Stuck up? No one's ever called her that before. Meekly, she muttered, "Usagi." And hurriedly bolted up the stairs behind her to avoid anymore contact with them.
Surprised, all they could do was stare after her rapidly retreating form.
"That's one strange girl." Hotohori commented, raising an eyebrow.
Suboshi shrugged, "Hey, look on the bright side, at least we won't have to worry about her trying to get into our pants."
"… We'd best turn in for the night. We've got classes tomorrow, remember?" Amiboshi reminded them, inclining his head.
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AN Thanks for the wonderful feedback, guys! Glad to know you like the story.
Sorry for the short chapter. Hey, at least it's an update, right? Next chapter is bound to be funny XD. They're off to school!
datajana - Thanks for your review! Glad you like it.
devilsheart - Thanks v. muchly for your comment.
Eternalmoonprincess – Hey! Nice to hear from you again. How is you? Hehe. Multiple endings? Oh, we'll see, we'll see. XD Sorry it was so short. It was just cause I wanted to keep the school chapter separate from the expository part of the story.
Sailor Ronin Usa-chan – Omigosh, I haven't heard from you in ages! And what happened to your stories? –Pouts- You haven't been updating lately. Ahaha, no, no, I won't make Usagi that bad! And yeah, that was exactly the title I was looking for, Wallflower! I read it ages ago. It's kinda foggy in my memory, but hey, it's still there!
Usagi Asia Maxwell – Hi, hi! –glomp- it's awesome to hear from you again. Sorry for the very late update. But you know me, I rarely update. –Sweatdrops- But I have an excuse this time! I had exams! I still have one more left. –Sigh- It's on Wednesday. I should really be studying…
themoonmaiden - -Glomp- How are you? Haven't heard from you in a while. How are your stories going? I'm still waiting for your FB/SM to be update –grins-. Don't worry! All will be revealed in no time at all! Ahaha, it's not really stabbing. We all know Usagi's too innocent to do that, despite the sudden twist in her personality O.o for this fic.
Enternal1990 – Thanks for your review! And you were very close to it. Hehe.
H! – Okiedokie! Vote in. Lol.
koneko J – Thankies for reviewing! All the reasons behind her sudden change in personality will be revealed as the story progresses, if I told you know, that'll ruin all the fun, ne? –Pouts- haha, no, she didn't fake the knife scene. Ooh, you have an adorable for love triangles too, hehe! Good taste.
Fae – Yup! That's the one! No, it won't exactly fully follow the story, certain parts of it was just inspired by the funny manga. Although, I won't give Usagi the girl's very scary habits. –Sweatdrops- That would be completely changing Usagi's personality!
CosmicAngelLuna – Thanks for the review! Hehe, a Hotohori fan, are you?
HeavensNightingale – Thanks for the review! Glad you liked it! Sorry for the late update.
cin-min – Hi again! How are ya? Thanks for reviewing my story! Lol, Tasuki's funny. He's one of my faves in FY because of his attitude and personality. Sorry for the lack of updates!
Liquid Ice – Yup! This fic was inspired by that manga! Wallflower. Yuhuh. I read it ages ago, and it just somehow spurred me only now to write a fic based around it. But it won't be along those storylines. It would way too predictable if I did that. Thankies for reviewing!
Flame Ivy Moon – Glad to hear you liked it! Hehe! Thanks very much for reviewing!
Vera-Sama – Yup, wallflower inspired this fic! Although I won't run it along that manga. It's gonna be different. Hehe. Thanks for your review, ne?
Heero's Bunny – Scribble – Lol, they have a right to be paranoid. Hehe! You got close, she was brushing her hair! Sorry about the very late update! I had exams. You like with all of them? Ahaha, that would be hard to write. And kida wrong if you really think about it. A dominatrix Usagi. –Sweatdrop-
Dark Universe – That's right! This was inspired by Wallflower, a manga I read ages ago that's probably why it seems familiar to you. But it won't be running along those lines. I have different plans for this crazy fic.
Raye-chan – Hiiii, Raye-chan! Glad to hear from you! How are ya and your fics? –Blinks- What's a bigamist? Lol. Yes! Tasuki's uber funny!
Fariey's Delight – Wish granted. Lol. Thanks for reviewing!
very-lazy-one – Hehe, it's never too late to submit a review. I haven't really read much of wallflower to tell you the truth; I've read … I think… the second volume? I still haven't seen the first one but I recall my friend was telling me about it. So the second hand information will have to suffice for now. Hehe. Thanks for your review! Sorry for the short chapter.
Much Love,
Angel-Goddess
Aka Tenshi-Megami
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