Author: Gleaming Ruby
Disclaimer: I don't own SM, MG/HYD, or Fanta (which by the way is not sold in Canada…).
Note: The plot is based on a drama/manga called Meteor Garden/Hana Yori Dango. Get it? A SEGMENT OF THE PLOT IS BORROWED FROM A MANGA/DRAMA, NOT FROM FELLOW WRITERS! I CANNOT stress this enough, this is not HYD and will not be the same as HYD, I have planned many changes so that it is different!…Anyways…I have the next two new chapters written on paper… perhaps someday I shall type them up :D if I get lots of reviews… REVIEW=MOTIVATION! :D So hurry, hurry!! PSSTT!! I wrote a segment of the last chapter and I have to say…I'm so depressed…
Summary: [AU] [UsaMamo] MGxHYD plot with a twist. Chiba Mamoru is a rich boy, a very rich boy who always gets what he wants. What will happen when he sets his sights on Tsukino Usagi and she sets her sights on, Motoki, his best friend?
Pairing: Definitely UsaMamo
Thank you to everyone who read this! EVEN more thanks to those that reviewed, here are a couple of replies…if you have a question, REVIEW!!
AdorableAngel: AWWW! THANK YOU!
Azura1: Lei/Vic? Why? I like Ah Shi/Jerry…he's so funny! :D He cracks me up! And I love his smile…(tiny little hearts develop in eyes). And thank you for review #100!
emmastarz: ER isn't a one shot, just writers block is killing me.
Gz Dzo: I'll admit the name isn't original and I might have heard it multiple of times somewhere so it stuck in my head. But I honestly never heard of your story, and its not even on your author page!
jade: As I have stated multiple of times in my notes, this plot is indeed borrowed. What you might not have read is that only a segment is borrowed. Only the beginning is the exact same and little scenes in the middle. You may know the HYD story, but you don't know this story. I can already tell you that the ending will be abrupt and perhaps unexpected and sad. One major difference that I can point out already is that Amy is sticking up for her and not running away. I know it may bother you and I can't do anything about it. Please, if it bothers you, don't read.
kelli: Yes, I know by rinoaj. I love it, but PLRB is gonna take a different turn. TRUST ME!
khuu-khuu: LOL, I have been watching it actually! And I have been reading the manga. Doumyouji is so funny! When I read it I get new ideas for it all the time…all I need to do is type them up!
lilgirlie: Hn. I think somebody did write something like this and then gave up. See note.
Mimi: Read comments to jade.
Miras: Hn. Not really…but Usagi does like Motoki better at this point…
moonangel: Thank you! :D! To tell you the truth I think this theme has been overdone, but I love this plot so much I couldn't resist!
MoonPrincess568: LOL, okay…I'll try not to disappoint you!
nykaulys: sorry to leave you hanging…but I don't really have the rest…sorry!
Rockergirl1991: Yup. Read note. PS. Jerry is the best!
Serenity's Angel In Heaven: LOL, don't worry. Usa is gonna fight back! Yeah!…LOL. Anyways…I never understood why people like Lei so much… Please spare me from your twin, LOL…Usako4life: I LOVE evil plans for revenge…mwahahahahaxO vietxgirl Ox: I believe someone did, but lots of authors write this kind of story because they fell in love with the plot. See note.
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Poor Little Rich Boy
Chapter 2: Of Pigs and Weeds
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"Vanilla milkshake please." ordered a young boy.
Usagi loved working at the Crown Arcade. Especially since Azabu's elites did not like to socialize at such an ordinary place. So, most of the customers were very nice, normal, polite people that very easy to get along with. Plus she got to play the games for free. She jumped around silly for days when she heard of this perk. Of course she did end up with uncountable numbers of bruises…"Mako-chan, vanilla milkshake! That'll be 450 yen, please."
She smiled pleasantly as the boy gave her the money and exchanged it with milkshake.
"What would you like?" Usagi asked the next customer looking at the computer ready to punch in the order.
"Well, well, well, Odango Atama… What are you doing here?" asked the ever-annoying Chiba Mamoru in his standard arms crossed across his chest pose.
She glared at his patronizing smirk. I am thankful to be alive…she exhaled, angrily.
Usagi tried to calm herself, she hated when people made fun of her cherished hairstyle and the sound of his voice was really starting to irritate her and produce goose bumps!
She breathed in deeply and tried to sound calm, "It's called working, idiot! I don't suppose someone as stupid as you would understand that money doesn't fall of trees. Now kindly move aside and let real customers order,"
Apparently yoga was not as useful as she thought. She tried again, I am thankful for my friends…
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Odango Atama. That's not the way to treat a very very rich customer," the devil said with a very handsome boyish grin.
"Stop calling me Odango Atama, you creep!" Usagi screeched to the very very rich customer.
I am thankful for beautiful trees…
"As you wish Odango," he said stressing the last word merrily.
Usagi had now given up on her yoga exercise and had steam coming out of her ear. She was content just to glare at him. And on second thought she wasn't thankful for the trees because they had not killed Chiba Mamoru during a freak thunderstorm.
She cackled to herself at the thought.
"Mamoru-kun, stop harassing my employee!" Furuhata Motoki exclaimed from one of the far booths.
Usagi had failed to see Motoki and the rest of E4 until this point because of Mamoru's ANNOYING presence, she assured herself.
"Aw, Motoki! You take the fun out of everything!" Mamoru whined unpleasantly as he headed for the booth.
"Employee?" Usagi asked as she raised an eyebrow.
"My father owns this arcade." Motoki explained flashing Usagi a handsome smile before disappearing out of her line of sight into the booth.
Usagi's blushed and gripped the counter hard, her knees felt like jelly.
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"Mako-chan, it was horrible!" Usagi complained to her friend and co-worker, Kino Makoto, a great cook and intimidating at times. She pouted.
"Usa-chan, it can't be that bad. Look on the bright side: they're so hot! Way better than my old boyfriend." Makoto exclaimed. If one looked closed enough, hearts could have been seen in her eyes.
Usagi groaned. "Please, don't make me puke…"
Makoto grinned like the Cheshire cat. "You can't tell me that you don't even find one of them cute?"
Usagi's cheeks turned a lovely shade of crimson.
Makoto's grin expanded from ear to ear.
Usagi glared at her friend. "Shut up!"
"Usa-chan is in love…"
"Makato!" the blonde threatened softly.
"By the way, what does E4 mean?" the brunette asked quickly changing the subject, afraid of her impending death.
"Something about Elite fours or something as pathetic as that... Can you go take their order? Please? Pretty please?" she pouted and batted her eyelashes pitifully.
"Sorry hun, I would but I'm on a break." she said cheerfully as she went over to a handsome college student and started flirting.
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"Mamoru-kun, you shouldn't be picking on that poor defenceless girl." Motoki lectured.
"Are you kidding, Motoki? After she embarrassed me like that? She deserves everything she gets," Mamoru ranted moodily. He slammed his fist down the table a couple of times to show his anger. A vein popped on his forehead.
Motoki cringed for the furniture. He loved the arcade so much and Mamoru was on his brooding warpath…things were not ending well, he knew that for a fact.
"Mamoru, I think you should leave her alone. She's new…she doesn't know what she's up against," Jadeite tried.
"Jay, shut up! You only want me to leave her alone 'cause you want to get your filthy hands on her!" Mamoru pointed out wanting to kill his so called encouraging friends.
A group of teenager girls passed by, giggling like crazy and making flirtatious eyes at the four attractive boys. Mamoru's mood darkened and chased the girls away with a piercing glare.
"You can't blame him. She is totally different from all the Azabu girls! She's so cool…" Nathan declared smirking devilishly along with Jadeite.
Mamoru's glare penetrated the soul of the wonder twins. They didn't flinch; after all, they had been best friends forever it seemed. They were use to the cool stares.
"And anyways, it wasn't her Fanta…" Motoki said lazily.
"Who cares? She defied us!" he bellowed loudly.
The three rolled their eyes.
"Well…that is how this whole thing started…" Jadeite was brave enough to explain.
Another vein popped.
The others backed away a little. Usually, Mamoru only popped one vein. They shuddered slightly.
"And…actually, she defied you…" Nathan pointed out.
Mamoru glowered at his soon to be dead friend. Nathan swallowed hard.
"Mamoru, you face is going to get stuck that way one day…" Jadeite joked trying to lighten the mood.
Mamoru directed his fearsome glare at Jadeite, who became as quiet as a mouse for the next couple of minutes.
"Now…we need to think of something big…"
"That hairstyle is so weird and yet oddly familiar…" Motoki muttered in a non-committed tone to himself.
"I was just thinking that," Jadeite agreed excitedly.
Another vein popped: Mamoru hated being ignored.
"I don't know what you guys are…" Mamoru trailed off as Usagi approached their booth rather menacingly.
"May I take your order?" Usagi asked putting on the most sickening sugary sweet smile she could muster.
"Come crawling back have you, Odango?" Mamoru asked with a very wide smirk. "You know if you beg hard enough, I might be able to forgive you.""
She dropped the saccharine smile. "I would Chiba-baka, but you see, I don't make a habit of begging to a dirty pig like you." Usagi replied with a scrunched up facial features.
E4, Mamoru excluded, were trying hard not to let Mamoru hear their suppressed laughter. Needless to say they were failing.
Lucky for them Mamoru was beyond something so trivial. He was clenching the booth-chair so hard his knuckles were deadly white. He was mad and he was going for the blood.
"Pig? Pig?!"
"Yes, pig! You don't know what that is? It's a farm animal that is smelly, fat—"
"I know what a pig is!" his screamed, his voice was rising higher by the second.
"Then why did you ask?" she asked in fake confusing.
"I didn't ask, stupid girl!"
"Yes you did! Right after I called you one!"
Mamoru's fist tightened into a ball.
"Aino-san, I think it would be best if you—" Motoki stated calmly.
"You still haven't learned yet have you, Odango? I am very powerful and you, you're like an…an ugly poor weed!" he exclaimed deafeningly as he glared at the petite waitress.
She snorted. "Ha, is that the best comparison you can make? Well…I may be a poor weed, you snob. But you'll never get rid of this weed with your pitiful poison. And anyways, I'd rather be a poor weed than a rich pig like you!" Usagi screeched to him.
She then swiftly grabbed a milkshake off a tray that Makoto was bringing around and threw the contents at Mamoru.
Jed and Nathan, who were the closest to Mamoru had to restrain him from hitting Usagi as she walked away completely forgetting their orders.
"Pig? Pig? WHO IN THE WORLD DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?!" a very livid chocolate milkshake covered Mamoru demanded as he tried to get out of his holdings.
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School the next day was horrible.
Usagi didn't dare open her locker. She wasn't stupid enough to fall for the same thing twice. Instead she headed straight for first period.
Science test. She groaned at the thought as she started responding the questions she knew the answers to.
"Get out, Aino!" yelled the teacher.
"Tsuto-sensei, please! I-" She stared at her teacher confused. Apparently he knew something she didn't.
"Aino, I do not tolerate cheaters in my class. Please be aware that you will be receiving a mark of zero on your test. Now leave!" he said in a you-will-not-argue-or-you-will-fail-my-class tone.
Usagi ignored the snickering of her classmates as she left the classroom moodily.
I don't cheat…this must be another prank, she frowned irritably. A bad mood took over.
She ran and ran. And somehow she ended up in a wooded area where a small bridge was overlooking a big pond. Not many people knew of this place so it was a safe haven for Usagi. A place she could come to think and recollect herself.
A place where her feelings could be relieved with no pressure such as now.
"YOU SPOILED LITTLE RICH BOYS! YOU THINK YOU'RE SO COOL WITH ALL YOUR MONEY AND SPORTS CARS, WELL YOUR NOT! YOU ARE JUST A BUNCH OF GOOD FOR NOTHING SNOBS WHO DO NOT DESERVE WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH! ESPECIALLY YOU CHIBA-GAKKI! YOU ARE NOTHING WITHOUT YOUR PARENTS; YOU'VE NEVER KNOWN THE HARDSHIPS OF MAKING YOUR OWN MONEY. YOU COULDN'T LAST A DAY IN THE REAL WORLD AND…" She stopped to catch a breath.
"And?" asked a soft voice behind her.
For the first time she arrived on the bridge she realized she was not alone. Furuhata Motoki was there buried behind some rather larger bushes.
He looked at her expectantly.
Usagi snorted to herself as if expecting the misfortune of ruining into one of the E4s. "Look…I am not a bit sorry for all those things I've just said so don't expect an apology-"
"No," he said softly looking on to the horizon, "no, I don't want an apology."
"What?" Usagi asked confused.
"We may have deserved that…" He grinned handsomely at her.
Usagi felt faint.
"From here, everything looks so calm, so peaceful…like you can escape from everything…" He stared forward towards the beautiful tall trees that were surrounded by wild flowers and cute chipmunks.
Usagi looked at him confused at his civility.
But she understood. It is so peaceful here, away from the rest of the world. But why is he being so nice? Shouldn't he be avenging his friends?
"Do you want me to leave?"
"You can do whatever you want Aino-san. I don't care." he replied not directing his emotionless eyes towards her confused ones.
She stayed.
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Economics was so boring! Usagi tapped her fingers softly against the table. After hearing about economics for so long, one could not help but fall asleep in class. Especially since it was the last period of the day.
"Excuse me," An office assistance was standing at the door waiting politely to be acknowledged.
"Aino Usagi is needed at the office,"
"Very well. Aino! Follow him,"
Usagi stared, confused. Why in the world am I needed at the office for? Are they kicking me out? No. Can't be…she thought scared to death.
She followed the office assistant to a door that did not look like the shiny plush office door at all. He opened it and pushed her into a small dark closet.
"What in-"
He locked the door.
That freak locked me in, she thought angrily looking around the small broom closet.
"Let me out!" she yelled loudly banging on the door at the same time.
"YOU LITTLE SNAKE, LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT NOW OR YOU'LL HAVE HELL TO PAY! YOU DO NOT WANT TO GIVE ME TIME TO PLOT MY REVENGE! SO LET ME OUT! NOW! I DEMAND YOU LET ME OUT!"
Fifteen minutes later…
"I'M NOT KIDDING! LET ME OUT, NOW!" she screamed with her last ounce of voice. The last fifteen minutes of screaming was getting to her throat. And just when she was about to give up all hope, the door was opened and the outside light shined in.
Two upperclassmen were standing there.
Usagi looked at them both suspiciously. "Thank you,"
She got out of the closet and tried to leave but one on her 'saviours' stopped her abruptly by grabbing her wrist tightly.
She looked at them suspiciously. She should have known they didn't do anything for free at Azabu. "What do you want?"
"How about…" guy two said as he wiggled his eyebrows strangely.
Usagi was just about to ask if his eyes needed medical attention when she realized what he was suggesting. She tried to refrain from vomiting and pushed guy one and two away from her. Both were surprised at the sudden movement and stumbled backwards.
Usagi took this chance and ran like hell in the opposite direction as fast as she could. School was over for a while now and most students were gone. Even if they were still at school, they wouldn't help her anyways. She was one metre away from the girl's washroom and she could almost taste heaven but it all came crashing down as guy two caught her arm.
"NO! LET GO OF ME YOU PERVERT!"
Guy one was now beside her and trying to subdue her struggling by bringing her back to the marble floor.
"LET ME GO! I SWEAR-" Guy one had a hand over her mouth to ensue her silence.
She struggle but it was no use. They were too strong for her.
"Let her go," commanded a soft voice that Usagi had come to memorize. Furuhata Motoki.
"But—"
"Let her go."
Guy one and two crawled away quickly, begging Motoki not to harm them.
Tears formed in Usagi's eyes as she thought of what almost happened. She shivered and hugged herself tightly. She closed her eyes and tried to ignore the mental image of what could have happened. She bit her bottom lip hard.
Why did he save me? "Thank you for saving me…"
Motoki looked at her and quickly looked away. He leaned against a pillar.
Usagi rubbed her eyes and bit her lips harder as she stood up to do a handstand against the wall.
He looked at her, puzzled. "What are you doing?"
Usagi giggled, he looked quite cute that way. "Someone once told me," she told him slowly standing upright again, "if you stand upside down-"
"Yours tears cannot fall…" he finished softly reliving in the moment.
"You've heard?" she asked, perplexed.
Motoki nodded grinning.
Usagi glimpsed into his sky blue eyes, which were much like her own. He's gorgeous…
"…don't blame Mamoru-kun. He was brought up that way with all the money his family has, of course he's going to be a little bit arrogant," he explained to her.
"A little?" Usagi asked as she let out an unladylike snort and scrunched her brows together.
He laughed handsomely. "Okay, perhaps not a little…"
He has such a sweet boyish grin, maybe they're not all that bad…
"He's a good guy you know. Underneath all that tough exterior and macho rudeness-"
She giggled. "What are you? Mamoru's personal advertisement?"
He laughed again. "I don't remember the last time Mamoru was so interested in a girl…"
She smirked. "I did not know he swung that way,"
Again, he laughed. "You know I don't mean it in that sense. Being heir to the Chiba Corporation, millions of women are after him. With his money and power, most females in the country are attracted to him-"
"Again with the ad," She waved her hand in a circular motion.
Motoki is so cute…
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Usagi skipped happily towards the tree to eat lunch with Ami. She had been handcuffed to a pole so students could throw things (rotten eggs, tomatoes, and such) at her, she had been embarrassed by the teachers repeatedly because they kept on asking her questions she did not know the answer to, and as usual her lunch was stuffed with bugs so it became a routine of getting some overly priced food from the café.
But nothing could bring her into a dark mood! Phase I of GET MAMORU THE DESPICABLE INSECT BACK FOR EVERYTHING HE DID TO HER (GMTDIBFEHDTH) was complete. She smiled cheerily at the thought and cackled softly of the days ahead. Hn…perhaps she needed to change phase II to getting a new name with a better acronym…
"Hi Usa-chan!" greeted Ami cheerfully ignoring the fact that her uniform was a mess and that her bag had various bad words sprayed on it.Usagi knew she was putting up a brave front though. She knew that they were hurting Ami just as bad as they were hurting her. She made a memo to herself to buy Ami a new bag…
"Ami-chan, maybe…we shouldn't hang out for a while. I don't want you to be hurt. Don't worry about me! Truly, I'll be fine on my own-"
"Usa! I told you, NO! Friends stick to each other. Till the end! It's my fault you have been placed in this situation in the first place."
"But-"
"No buts, Usa!" she said firmly.
"I warned you…"
"You did," She nodded her head in affirmation.
"Alright, fine. It's time for retaliation then…" she said whispering her plans of GMTDIBFEHDTH into Ami's ear. The two girls laughed madly and were given many stares as they talked about their evil plans for the days ahead.
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Everybody has a breaking point, one thing that they cannot bear. But the question is what is the Odango's breaking point? Mamoru's attractive face was crushed together in deep thought. Why was she still here? Why wasn't she crying or whining about a broken nail or a shoe heel that had fallen off?
He put on his trendy rectangular reading glasses and reread her file that he had nicely gotten from the principal (Jay had called it grabbing but Mamoru knew for a fact that Jay was blind…alright it wasn't a fact but close enough). He rolled his eyes at the lack of information on the page. It was useless…
He tugged on one of his hoop earrings on his ear, annoyed. She was an enigma. A puzzle. A Pandora's box…
He exhaled loudly and looked at the clock in his bedroom.
Time for ELA, he thought with glee.
ELA = Odango.
An adorable small grin began to quirk as he jumped off his bed quickly to head for class.
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I just LOVE ELA, the petite blonde thought to herself sarcastically. She exhaled loudly trying to get rid of all the excitement and ignored the stares of her classmates.At least this time she had a seat in the back. Even though E4 had been known to skip very often, Usagi just did not want to take the chance.
Students were chattering wildly but then they entered. They being who else but E4?
God must hate me! What happened to their 'I am so smart I don't need school' faze? Oh, hell! No, no, no! Do not sit there. DO NOT SIT THERE! Usagi chanted in her mind, it was however lost on Mamoru as he sat down next to her.
"Why hello there, Odango," Mamoru greeted in a smooth velvety voice.
Usagi frowned as she tried to ignore him. Unfortunately the rest of the world did not.
"Odango, it is customary to greet people who greet you in polite society," he drawled with a striking smirk.
Usagi refrained from asking when they had entered a polite society and said a simple 'hi' and a 'you son of a bitch' under her breath. Unfortunately, Mamoru did not catch the last part.
At the end of the period, Usagi thought that she was home free but Mamoru's big mouth had to ruin everything.
"Well," began Mamoru loudly, "I have good and bad news Odango. Good news is that I like your endurance. Bad news is that now I'll try even harder to bring you down!"
He smirked confidently and left before Usagi could get a word edgewise.
Usagi muttered many things sulkily to herself.
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So what is Usagi's evil plan? And will she come up with a better codename…most likely not… and does anybody feel Mamoru's attraction towards Usagi? Huh? Huh? Well, I guess Usagi's attraction towards Motoki is more obvious, huh? FEAR NOT UsaMamo lovers! It will soon change! Yay! Motoki is too weird for Usa… haha
Next Chapter: Hn…let me think. Um, Rei and Reika are going to make and entrance. Usagi's evil plan is unveil. LOL. A chance meeting between Usagi and Mamoru, that means fluffy moments! LOL… or at least I think.
Well what does everybody think? Huh? Huh? Do review, okay? I'll love you forever! Thank you for reading! I hope you liked it. Please review! Question, comments, criticism, want a special scene? Then REVIEW! It's not hard! I swear!