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SUMMARY: Usagi Tsukino has been sick for quite a while and now she only has a few months to live. What'll she tell everyone when the symptoms start to kick in? When she can't deny the fact that she is dying anymore?
CHAPTER THREE: USAGI TSUKINO EQUALS BAKA
"Oh my goodness, are you trying to kill yourself?" Dr. Suzuki walked over to Usagi's bedside and talked to the unconscious girl.
"Excuse me but who are you?" Minako asked, wondering why this strange woman suddenly burst into the room.
"Why she is none other than the brilliant Dr. Amaya Suzuki!" Dr. Metz informed everyone.
"Yes, I am Usagi's personal doctor," Dr. Suzuki turned to face the girls and gave them a friendly smile.
Usagi has a doctor? Ami wondered. This was strange to her because Usagi had never mentioned this and was deathly afraid of anything relating to a hospital. That basically meant that Usagi was afraid of needles, doctors, the papery beds and that stuff. But then again . . . the last time she mentioned her fear of these things was a while ago. Maybe things changed. Oh no, I wonder if Usagi is sick! Ami's facial expression changed at the thought but no one noticed.
"Excuse me, Dr. Suzuki," Ami tapped Dr. Suzuki on the shoulder. "Is Usagi ill?"
"Oh, she –" Dr. Suzuki started but was interrupted by the sound of Usagi's moans. "She's waking up!"
"W-wha' happen'?" Usagi's words were slurred (an effect of the drugs that she was on).
"Usa! I'm so glad you're all right! I'm really sorry for dragging you onto that horse!" Makoto exclaimed with concern.
"Me too!" Rei said.
"Oh, no pro'lem," Usagi said faintly.
"Usagi, I don't think those drugs are reacting well with your condition –" Dr. Suzuki said in a worried tone.
"ER!" Usagi added frantically.
"Your conditioner?" Minako raised her eyebrows.
"Baka," Rei groaned.
"Yes. Well, this new condi'oner I'm usin' is . . . well . . . it doesn' reac' well to drugs!" Usagi struggled through the sentence.
"Usagi, you don't mean . . ." Dr. Suzuki said wide-eyed. "I'm sorry everyone, but can you leave for a few moments so Usagi and I can talk in private?"
"Sure," the girls said uncertainly with Dr. Metz shooing them out the door.
Once everyone left, Dr. Suzuki stared at Usagi disappointedly.
"Usagi, darling, you can't mean that you haven't told them yet!" Dr. Suzuki sighed.
Usagi clutched her bed sheets and buried her face in it, hiding her embarrassment. She really didn't want Dr. Suzuki find out that she had been keeping this a secret for this long.
"I'm sah-ee, Dr. Suzuki! I trie', really I ha'," Usagi said but in her head she was thinking, Baka! You are so stupid Usagi! Stop lying to her!
"Well I for one am not going to keep this dirty little secret of yours a secret anymore!" Dr. Suzuki started marching towards the door to let the others in but stopped when she felt a tug on her coat.
"Please!" Usagi's lips started to quiver as she felt tears strolling down her cheek.
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"Guys, will you quit talking?" Rei yelled at the other girls.
"Trust me, you are talking way louder than all of us combined!" Minako rolled her eyes.
"Girls, I don't think this is right!" Dr. Metz said as he tried prying the girls off.
All four former sailor senshi were now pressing their ears against the thick door that led to Usagi's room. Dr. Metz had no choice but to watch as he found out, the hard way, that all four of them were extremely heavy. Well, not exactly heavy but strong.
"I can't hear a thing!" Makoto whined.
"Well, if you would have listened to what I said before, you would know that these doors are soundproof," Dr. Metz gave up.
"That's stupid! What if a patient was screaming in agony? You wouldn't hear it," Minako yelled.
"Only on this floor! And Miss, please don't yell so loudly!" Dr. Metz shrank back.
"I think I can make out a tapping sound," Ami said excitedly.
All four of them quickly laid their ears on the door again when all of a sudden, the door opened viciously. This, of course, resulted in pain for the snoopy girls. All of them were sprawled on the ground with their hands to their heads, crying in pain.
"What'd I say?" Dr. Metz said in a serious tone (but he was trying to suppress the urge to laugh).
"Um . . . terribly sorry about that, ladies! Please follow me inside," Dr. Suzuki smiled.
Groaning, all four senshi walked inside, followed by a triumphant Dr. Metz.
"My medication wore off. Isn't that great?" Usagi said happily, smoothing out her bed sheets.
"Yeah . . ." Minako eyed her suspiciously.
"Now, what were you going to tell us about her 'conditioner'?" Rei put the 'conditioner' in air quotes.
"Well . . . I think it is my duty to tell you that –" Dr. Suzuki stole a quick glance at Usagi, who looked absolutely miserable. "That Usagi needs to change from L'Oreal to Dove. Yes, that is all."
Rei, Minako, Ami, and Makoto all had sweat drop (Author's Note: You know like in the anime how they had like beads of sweat roll down when they think something is weird?) and chuckled nervously. Who would know what to say in a situation like that when the doctor was obviously crazy?
"I must be off," Dr. Suzuki said, ashamed of herself. She quickly walked to Usagi's side and whispered in her ear, "I can't believe I stooped that low. Tell them now!"
With that being said, Dr. Suzuki walked out with Dr. Metz following.
"Ah, yes, Miss Tsukino may check out, if she wishes," Dr. Metz smiled.
"Arigato. Good bye!" Usagi smiled.
"Tell us what's going on Usa!" Ami pleaded.
"Yeah. Something's up," said Rei.
"You're not one to keep secrets," Minako told her best friend.
"Nothing's going on!" Usagi grinned, hoping they would forget about it.
"U - sa - gi!" Makoto said, dragging out her name.
Feeling defeated, Usagi bit her bottom lip and after a long moment of silence, she finally broke down. Tears were streaming down her face as her friends quickly went to her side to comfort her.
"You want to know? YOU WANT TO KNOW?" Usagi shouted so loud that all the other patients on the floor (even if they had their sound-proof doors closed) probably heard it crystal clear.
"We're your friends. Of course we want to know!" Minako smiled comfortingly.
"Fine . . ." Usagi suddenly felt as if her heart stopped and started hyperventilating.
"USAGI!" the girls screamed as they started calling for a doctor.
"N-no, it-it is alright!" Usagi finally calmed down. She was used to all this now and definitely did not need a doctor.
"But you –"
"Sit. I'll tell you about my condition," Usagi motioned everyone to the chairs on one side of the room. Everyone sat down and Usagi let out a big sigh before saying, "I have HFD cancer."
Everyone, except for Ami, was confused at the words. Ami, though, was looking grief-stricken and suddenly felt her whole world dizzying.
"Ami?" Makoto asked.
"I'm fine," Ami tried to smile and returned her attention to Usagi.
"HFD stands for Hallie's Final Disease. Scientists and doctors have only encountered this type of cancer twice, and now I guess three times. The first was Hallie Marshall, the disease is named after her, the second is Isabella Remini, and the third is I, Usagi Tsukino. The reason why it's called Hallie's Final Disease is because HFD kills. It's the final disease a person who has it has," Usagi paused when she saw everyone in the room freeze up.
"H-how long have you known this?" Minako's voice shook.
"About two months," Usagi tried to give an encouraging smile.
"Doesn't the usual HFD victim die a month after they find out?" Ami spoke up.
Ami (who wanted to become a doctor like her mother) remembered researching this disease, of course she found very little, after she heard of it.
"They've been doing a little research," Usagi informed Ami.
"What are the symptoms?" Makoto cried.
"Nothing important, I'm guessing, if Odango Otama didn't tell us!" Rei muttered.
Usagi felt hurt. Sure Rei didn't mean to be rude about it. She was, after all, hurt that her best friend forgot to tell her the single most important thing in the world.
"I-I'm sorry." Usagi whispered.
"Just tell us the symptoms," Makoto said in a hushed tone.
"I'm not sure why this is so important but . . . the symptoms are fainting, vomiting, hallucinating, internal pains, and some other things," Usagi closed her eyes, remembering the first time she had experienced the symptoms.
"So that means . . ." Minako started shaking all over.
"Yeah… I didn't want to go horseback riding because I was afraid that I would faint… which I did."
"BAKA!" Rei cried angrily. "YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD US!"
"Rei calm down. You might upset Usagi," Ami said.
"Its alright. I guess I deserve it," Usagi sighed.
"Y-you . . . I . . . let's go to the temple and talk about it," Makoto said.
Everyone agreed and started preparing to check Usagi out. Nobody really knew what they were feeling. Afraid? Helpless? Angry? Hurt? What were they to do, anyways? Their best friend, princess, and future queen was dying! What was going on in the world?
In the corner, Usagi heard Rei sobbing, and muttering, "Usagi Tsukino equals baka!"
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Author's Note: Shoot, I don't have time to spell check this! If anyone notices any mistakes, please tell me. Agh – if I somehow changed Usagi into Serena or something, let me know because I've done that a million times in Chapter 1! (I had to check Chapter 1 ten times, lol). Hope this clarifies some things. Watch for the next chapter! It's going to have Usagi and Mamoru on a date and a certain situation forces Usagi to tell Mamoru about her HFD! Oh, and Michiru, Haruka and the other Outers are making an appearance, too!
BTW – I am most definitely certain that HFD is not a real disease. I made it up because I don't know any actual deadly diseases, lol. I'm not that into medical science:)
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