"Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you."
Carl Gustav Jung
Chapter 3: Meet the Gang
Usagi, or Max Pegasus in this world, plopped down on the chair in her new apartment in Domino City. Ishizu had explained that she had been taken from her home dimension; this one, at the age of four. Pluto had needed her to protect the other dimension; although, now she wanted her to be happy in her home dimension with her soul mate. Ishizu had just taken her leave and it was at that given moment, her telephone began to ring.
"Hello," she said leaning over her love-seat to answer the phone.
An unfamiliar female voice filled with uncertainty came over the ear piece with, "Uh, Ms. Pegasus?
Usagi nodded to herself, eyes closed in content as she adjusted herself to hearing her actual last name, "Yea, that would be me! What can I do for you?"
"This is the girl you talked to at the game shop," the female voice told her.
"Hey, what's up?" she asked, grinning to herself. "Did you beat that loser?"
"Yea, I had Yami watch, would you like him to confirm it?" the girl asked her, unsure of what Usagi; Max, would want.
"Who's Yami?" Usagi curiously inquired.
"The guy next to me. He has crimson-violet eyes and funky hair style," the girl gushed on the other end as if she was dating the guy.
"Sure," Usagi said. "I wanna know how good someone else thinks you are."
Through the listening part of the phone, Usagi heard, "YAMI!" being screamed by the girl as she situated herself on her love-seat. She smiled to herself and heard a deep male voice on the other end, "Hello?"
"Hey," she said, "Yami, right?"
"Yes. Why?"
She laughed to herself as she stood up off her crimson love-seat in her apartment, "This is Max Pegasus… the lady that beat that Steps-dude."
"Oh… Hi…" his voice seemingly stronger than before.
"So,…" she said, opening the fridge, grabbing a carton of chocolate syrup and a tub of ice cream. "How was your friend…"
"Gardener, Té a."
"How was Té a dancing against that guy at the arcade?" she questioned as she grabbed a spoon and sat down.
"Great. She beat him fair and square. He became angry and stormed off," he told her.
'He's got a sexy voice. I'd love to meet him!' she cheered in her head.
"Um… yum. Ice cream is good." She laughed at her stupid remark, "Uh, do you mind if you and Té a could meet me for food somewhere?"
Yami called to his friends, "Do you guys want to get something to eat with Max Pegasus?"
A choruses of "YES!" filled the background of the phone.
"Uh, sure, we'd love to…" Yami responded, but paused. "Do you mind if we have a couple of your other fans come with us?"
Usagi laughed, "Sure, why not?"
"Okay," Yami said. "Where are we meeting?"
"Um… why don't you pick the restaurant?" Usagi mumbled out while licking her spoon clean.
"Alright. How about a half an hour from now at P.F. Chang?"
"Okay. Dress casually, please! See you then!" Usagi cheered mentally and hung up after Yami had responded with, "Great."
"What to wear? What to wear?" she asked herself, stood up, placed the ice cream tub on the counter with the spoon and carton of Hershey's syrup. Then went to her bedroom that was decorated in silver and white. She turned on the radio and walked over to her walk-in-closet. She swung open her closet and rummaged through them, singing to herself.
"Here's the thing, we started off friends,
It was cool, but it was all pretend
Yeah, yeah
Since you've been gone
You dedicated, you took the time
Wasn't long till I called you mine
Yeah, yeah
Since you've been gone
And all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I pictured me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say
But since you've been gone,
I can breathe for the first time,
I'm so movin' on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you,
Now I get,
What I want
Since you've been gone
How can I put it? You put me on
I even fell for that stupid love song
Yeah, yeah
Since you've been gone
How come I never hear you say
I just wanna be with you
I guess you never felt that way
But since you've been gone,
I can breathe for the first time,
I'm so movin' on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you,
Now I get,
I get what I want
Since you've been gone
You had your chance, you blew it
Out of sight, out of mind
Shut your mouth, I just can't take it
Again and again and again and again
Since you've been gone,
I can breathe for the first time,
I'm so movin' on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you (Thanks to you)
Now I get,
I get what I want
I can breathe for the first time,
I'm so movin' on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you (Thanks to you)
Now I get (I get)
You should know (You should know)
That I get
I get what I want
Since you've been gone,
Since you've been gone,
Since you've been gone…" 1
She tied her hair up in a French twist and stared at herself in the mirror. When she was finished, she was dressed in a pair of black faded low-rise jeans with paint all over, slashed, marked with Permanente markers and held together by safety pins, patches, ribbons and duck-tape. Underneath the jeans, was a pair of crimson fishnets. For a top, she wore a baby silver spaghetti strap light-weight dress and ended two inches were the jeans started. Putting on a black leather choker with a crimson cross, she pulled out a pair of metallic black ballet flats. 2
She painted crimson lipstick on her lips and dabbed black mascara on her eyelashes. She grinned at herself, grabbed her silver purse, keys and ran out into the limo that was waiting for her.
"P.F. Chang," she told the driver as she shut the door behind her. 3
When she arrived, the pizzazz had already surrounded the restaurant, trying to catch a glimpse of the only daughter of the famous creator of Duel Monsters, Maxine Pegasus. She plastered a smile to them and quickly strode into the restaurant, where she was greeted by a ton of fans and a waitress.
She laughed at her fans wanting autographs and told the waitress, "Pegasus."
"Follow me," the waitress told the multi-billionaire dancer, singer and creator of Dance, Dance Revolution, with wide brown eyes.
Usagi/Max arrived back to P. F. Chang's private lunch-dinner backroom, and let go of deep breath she was holding. Just as she sighed, a male teenager with blonde hair and brown eyes ran up to her. She shrieked, eyes wide, flew into the air and clutched the door for support.
"I highly advise you to never do that again, mister…" she trailed off, letting him fill in his name.
"Joey!" the boy told her with a cheeky grin and bowed profusely. "Mr. Joseph Wheeler, at your service."
Known to the gang as Max Pegasus, she placed a hand on he chest then burst out laughing. "You really want to be my slave?"
Joey's brown eyes widened, "Um… no, thanks."
After she clamed down, she sincerely asked, "Would you like an autograph?"
Joey's face lit up as he grinned, "I'd like one for my little sister, Serenity, who's in the hospital!"
Max smiled, pulled out a notepad and pen, scribbling down something, then signed it,
'To: Serenity; best wishes to you.
I hope you get better, m'k?
From: Max Pegasus
P.S. Your big bro loves you, girlfriend.'
Max/Usagi smiled handed the piece of paper to the giddy blonde; turning her attention to the rest of the occupants in the room. The second tallest of the group was a teenager guy who had dusty brown hair in a funky-looking Mohawk and had hazel eyes. 'Makoto…' her thoughts drifted off. Next to him was a boy with white-hair that went to around his shoulder blades with messy bangs and his eyes matched the first guys' hair. He was slightly shorter than Joey. Followed by him was the girl she had "met" at the Game Shop, Té a. She was taller than Usagi, but she was also wearing platforms. Her brown hair was cut in the same style Hotaru normally wore and her blue eyes reminded her of Minako. The teenage guy next to Té a was the guy Té a was with at the Game Shop. She guessed it had to be Yami. But his appearance seemed different. He seemed shorter, even though he was at least three inches taller than her five foot frame. His eyes were violet. She remembered crimson. His hair was in seven spikes: gold bangs, black hair with crimson ends. Next to him was a man-looking-teen with dark brown messy hair and dark blue orbs that seemed to be glaring at her. He was the tallest of the group. She mustered up her best glare as she thought, 'Haruka!' The youngest of the group was the shortest too. He was around 4' 6" with violet butt length messy hair and lavender spheres. 'Hotaru…' as her future daughter's best friend flashed in her mind. He was clutching the tallest teen's jacket. She assumed they were family. A little distance away from the youngest boy was Ishizu. She grinned, "Hey Ishizu-chan, what's up?"
Ishizu gently smiled at her companion, "Nothing much, Max-chan. You?"
Max grinned, "I'm here aren't I?"
Her eyes moved the boy standing next to Ishizu. He had a wild white-creamy colored hair with violet-lavender eyes. "You're Marik, aren't you?"
He nodded. She grinned, "You look nothin' like Ishizu!"
He nodded. Her eyes moved to the second to last member of the group. She was tall, around Makoto's height with hair that matched Minako's shade of blonde. She had violet-lavender eyes. Next to her was a guy with black hair and green eyes. He was around Marik's height.
"So…" she drawled. "Who is everybody?"
Ishizu stepped forward to introduce the group of people, "On the far left is Joseph Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, then Ryou, then Té a Gardener, then Yugi Motou then Seto Kabia and his brother Mokuba, then my brother, Marik Ishtar, then Mai Valentine and Duke Devlin."
Mentally, Ishizu told Usagi that Ryou's other half was Bakura and Yugi's other half was Yami.
Usagi grinned.
"Hey! I'm Maxine Serenity Pegasus," she then sweet dropped, "but I'm sure you guys already know that, huh?"
The group nodded.
"Just call me Max or Max-chan, sound ok?"
The group nodded in unison again.
Chapter 3:
1 Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" song
I was listening to the song when I wrote this chapter; it just seemed to fit.
2 Usagi's outfit
My favorite outfit to wear. I designed the pants and made the dress; I bought the shoes.
3 P.F. Chang
I really good Asian restaurant I've visited on several occasions.