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Disclaimer: Sailor Moon does not belong to me. I'm a very poor university student.


PART II

Sigh. Thank goodness school is over with and now we have out winter break.

Huh? Did I hear something?

"Usagi-chan!" Yup. I heard someone or rather some persons since I'll never forget their voices. "Usagi-chan!" calls Mako-chan, Ami-chan and Minako-chan as they catch up to me. "Are you alright? You haven't been to school for the last two days and your mom wouldn't let us into your room when we came to visit. We were worried, even Rei-chan," says Minako-chan.

"Oh yeah…I got sick. It was just a 24hr bug, but it was really nasty. I didn't want any of you to get it. Sorry." I think back to what happened yesterday. Mom came in the morning I found the sea of roses in my room and told me that the girls had stopped by. But since I was sleeping and the room had been "occupied" she sent them home. I tried to get her to tell me who did those things, but she just shrugged and said, "Who know? I'll go get you some soup." "Who know"! Yeah right! No one gets past my mom without her knowing it. But I guess if she won't tell, can't do much about it. Once she has her mouth shut, it's like trying to separate something glued together with Super Glue. It's impossible. Anyways…as much as I don't want to keep any secrets from the girls, I'd really like to keep this to myself…at least until I figured out who did those things.

"Ok, we understand," says Ami-chan. "So where are you off to?"

"To the arcade! I haven't been there in such a long time." I give them a humongous smile.

"Yeah…haven't seen you there in a while," says Mako-chan.

"So what are we waiting for, a piece of cardboard? Let's go!" says Minako-chan.

"Minako-chan," starts Ami-chan. "It's "invit–"" just as she was about to correct our utterly blond friend, Minako-chan found the strength to pull us all towards the Crown.

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"Motoki-niisan!" I call out as I sit at the counter with the girls.

"Usa!" Niishan looks surprised. Wonder what's up with him? "I haven't seen you in a while. Must have been some cold to have kept you away." How does he know? Could it be?

"How did you know I was sick?" I ask.

"Oh! Uh…well you see, um…I called your mom the other day, wondering where you were…" He looks like he's sweating. Hm…something fishy is going on.

"Oh really? Mom didn't tell me that you called. Guess I was asleep when you called and Mom forgot to tell me." I decide to "go with the flow" as some would put it and see maybe if Niisan can help me solve my mystery, without him knowing of course. Somehow I get the feeling that if he knows that I'm up to something, he's not going to say anything. And besides, as "stuttery" (is that even a word? ;;) as he sounded, it's still a plausible excuse so it'd be easy to make him believe that I fell for it. "So anything new?"

"Not really…just haven't seen you or Mamoru-kun around lately. I know why you haven't been around, but I wonder what Mamoru-kun's up to. He hardly every comes in here anymore and I barely see him at school. And the odd times that I do see him, he's usually with Saori-san. I wonder if he decided to go out with her." I have a distinct feeling that that last sentence wasn't supposed to be said.

"Who's Saori-san?" asks Minako-chan. Trust her to voice out my question.

"Oh…she's a really good friend of Mamoru-kun's and mine. We've been to the same school since high school."

"Really? And she likes him?" Oh dear…Minako-chan is going to play matchmaker, I know it! even if she doesn't really know the people.

"Yeah…I think she has liked him ever since our senior year in high school."

"Hm…" says the bubbly blond. "So how's she like?" Uh oh…

"She's really nice. Pretty short compared to Mamoru-kun, making them look really well together and she's pretty beautiful too. No wonder people call them the "Perfect Couple" at the university."

"I see…what about personality-wise? How's she like there?" What is she up to?

"Hm…actually she's a lot like Mamoru-kun. They both work really hard to do their best and want to achieve their dreams. And neither goes out very much, now that I think about it."

"I see…I don't think they'd go well together!" exclaims my blond friend. Well this definitely shocked us. We all look at each other and back at her. They seem to be so compatible, what's with this girl? Did she hit her head or something?

"Minako-chan," says Ami-chan. "Why would you say that? From the way Motoki-san described Saori-san, it seems like both she and Mamoru-san are quite compatible." See! Even Ami-chan thinks so.

"It's simple really. Mamoru-san needs someone who can show him the other part of life, one where he doesn't need to keep working day and night; someone who can show him how to have fun and just let go from time to time. This Saori-san doesn't seem like that type of person, especially if she's like Mamoru-san. He needs to loosen up, not get more serious. I mean, he's serious enough as it is."

"So who do you suggest he go out with?" asks Rei-chan. Wait a sec, Rei-chan? When did she get here? Just as I am about to ask, she continues on with "Usagi?" What? Why would she say my name?

"Rei-chan? When did you get here? Oh well, but actually your suggestion isn't bad. Usagi-chan is loads of fun to be with. And she wouldn't need to worry about cramming his style since she knows when to be serious. Rei-chan, you're a genius! I couldn't have thought of a better person! And they already know each other too!"

Arg! I hate being ignored! "Minako-chan, if you forgot, I'm right here so you don't need to talk like I'm not. And by any chance have you forgotten that Mamoru-baka and I are mortal enemies?"

"I know that. But haven't you noticed that glint he has whenever you guys are fighting? And he looks so much more alive when he's talking to you!"

"Ya know?" says Rei-chan. "The blond does have a point. The two of you would look really cute together if you weren't at each other's throat all the time."

I can't believe I just heard Rei-chan say what she just said, especially since she used to like that Baka! But all I manage to say was "What!" It takes me a few seconds to recollect myself. "Rei-chan, do you have any, absolutely ANY idea what you just said!" I don't give her a chance to answer before I continue my little speal. "How in the world would we look, as you just put it, cute! We're completely opposites. He's tall, I'm short. He's dark-haired, I'm light-haired. He's always so serious and aloof, I'm not! Heck I doubt he even know how it feels like to have fun. Our personalities are like night and day!"

"Well, have you every heard of the saying "opposites interact?"?" Do I need to tell you who said that?

"Minako-chan…it's "opposites attract" not interact," says Ami-chan. She then turns to face me. "But they are right, you know Usagi-chan. Even though Minako-chan screwed up on that saying, opposites do attract. Don't you ever wonder why you and Mamoru-san always run into each other or are always drawn together?" Oh. No. Ami-chan is NOT taking their side!

"Aw what?"

"I agree with them Usagi-chan," say both Mako-chan and Motoki-niisan. Is everyone out to get me today! Just as I was about to say something, something outside grabs my attention.

"Look!" I say, pointing outside. It's Mamoru-san with a really pretty girl, whom I'm guessing is the Saori-san Motoki-niisan mentioned earlier. "He's walking, talking, heck he's even laughing with a girl, whom I'm guessing is Saori-san. I mean, Motoki-niisan did say that they were going out just now." Ok so I twist his words a little bit.

"Correction. I said "he might be" not "he was"." Dang…so close.

"Yeah, but you might as well say it. I mean, you have to admit, he doesn't usually treat girls that way." Can you tell I'm trying to get out of the "Mamoru and Usagi" matchmaking situation?

"Yeah, but he's also know Saori-san for a while."

"But–" I was just about to retort against his excuse when I hear the dreaded name…

"Yo Odango!" That Baka…doesn't he know my name by now!

"Mamoru-san," greets everyone else, but me (can you tell why?).

"Haven't seen you in a while. Going through videogame-withdrawal?" Guess I can't expect too much from a butthead that has no manners. "Oh, by the way, this is Saori, a friend of mine." I pretty much ignore him while he's introducing everyone. Didn't think he'd bother introducing me. "And this is Tsukino Usagi."

Or not.

Hey! He knows my name!

"You know my name!" I exclaim, pointing at him.

"It's not polite to point," he pushes my hand down. "And yes, I do know your name. I'm not as thick-skulled as you think me to be, you know."

"You could have easily fooled me, that's for sure," I grumble. But I bow anyway. "Konnichiwa," I greet Saori-san.

"Konnichiwa," she replies. She seems really nice. I think I'm going to like her. "How long have you known that baka? Oops…I mean Mamoru-san," I ask (and quickly corrected) her. I get a smile from her, but a scowl from him.

"I've known Mamoru-kun since high school. First year to be precise."

"Really?" I ask, surprised.

"Yeah…why do you sound so surprised, Odango?"

I really want to ignore him for calling me that…and you know what? I think I will. Instead I keep looking at Saori-san and say, "Wow…you're really strong then!"

I think I surprised everyone. Saori-san asks why do I think that and I say, "Because you've been around him for so long, but you aren't corrupted by him. Just like Motoki-niisan. You're both really really strong mentally to be able to put up with him and still be so nice."

Did I overdo that? I look at everyone's face and all are trying not to laugh or smile, but one. Nah…

"I'll take that as a compliment, Tsukino-san." Saori-san just smiles.

"Please just call me Usagi." I give her a huge smile in return. I look from the corner of my eye and see the baka glaring at me. Guess that's my cue to go before another war starts. And besides, if I get some studying and homework done within the next few days, I won't have to worry about it later. I'll just need to review. With that in mind, "Gotta jet people. Gotta get some work done! See ya!" And I run out.


So how is it?

I'm probably going to drag this a little bit longer…how long, I don't know.

I have about 85 to 90 percent of the whole story done, but I have no idea when I'll be able to finish this. Truthfully speaking, I actually started writing this almost 2 years ago. I'm the kind of person to write a little bit here and a little bit there, so if you like this story, please be patient with me. I'll try to finish this story as fast as I can without making it too bad.

Again, your comments are welcomed.
Your flames are appreciated.
Constructive criticism is loved.

Babo Chunsa