Bulma examined the picture Usagi was holding. "Oh, that's Trunks, well, when he came to our time from the future to help us fight cell. Isn't he cute!" Bulma didn't notice the dreaded look on Usagi's face.
Usagi vaguely remembered Bulma telling her about the cell games. She stood up quickly. "I just remembered that I have to do something!" Usagi explained and ran from the house not even looking at Trunks. Everything from that day came back to her. The break up and now this. Tears started to pour down her face.
"Usagi wait!" Trunks commanded chasing after her.
Usagi stopped and turned around violently. Trunks stood there in front of her.
"Usagi…" His voice shook.
"You knew didn't you!" Usagi roared. "For these past few weeks I thought I was some kind of sick pervert!"
A thunder bolt crashed off in the distance and it began to pour down raining.
"Usagi…" Trunks spoke again.
"Why didn't you tell me!" Usagi screamed.
"Because, I thought you wouldn't love me if I was a little kid." Trunks replied his head lowered. "So I sent you those dreams, and…"
"You sent those dreams!" Usagi yelled. She was now soaking wet. She remembered breaking up with Mamoru and now almost wished she hadn't. And then, she couldn't take it anymore. Usagi sank down to her knees and began to sob.
"Usagi," Trunks approached her. She didn't answer but continued to cry. He stood above her, unknowing what to do. Finally he grabbed her around the waist. "You'll get a cold if you stay out here. I'm going to take you home." Trunks flew back to Usagi's house and set her on the front porch. She was still crying but she had calmed down some and now looked at him angrily.
"I'll leave now." Trunks spoke. "If you want to talk to me later, you can, but I'll understand if you don't want to." Trunks turned around and flew back home and Usagi ran inside her house.
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Minako sat on her bed staring out the window into the rain. A lightning bolt struck nearby and she jumped. She was daydreaming and was abruptly snapped back to reality.
She giggled and blushed. "If mom knew I was thinking that she'd kill me!" She rolled onto her back into her bed. "Maybe I should call him, Nah! I'm definitely not his type, he's smart and I'm, well, not smart."
Minako rolled over to her stomach and reached for her phone calling Makoto.
"Hello." Makoto answered her phone on the second ring.
"Hi Mako-chan! Wanna do something! I'm so bored!" Minako said all in one breath.
"Sorry Mina-chan, I have to go to work."
"Work?" Minako repeated. "When did you get a job?"
There was a pause at the other end of the line. "Remember that restaurant Ami and Ryo ate at? Well, my wallet fell out of my pocket and the manager found it, and, he liked my food so much that he called me up and offered me a full time job. You won't believe how much I get paid!"
"Oh," Minako said sounding very disappointed but happy for her friend. "Well have fun." She hung the phone up before Makoto even had a chance to say goodbye. She dialed Usagi's number next, but no one was home there. Next she tried Rei's, but no one picked up there either. Finally she called Ami.
"Hello." Ami answered the phone.
"Hi Ami-chan!" Minako greeted. "I'm bored, wanna do something?"
"Sorry Minako-chan, I have a big test tomorrow." Ami replied.
"Well, good luck." Minako hung up the phone. She picked it up again and called Videl. Maybe she would get lucky and get to fight crime with her.
"Hello." Videl answered.
"Hi Videl!" Minako shouted into the phone. "Wanna do something?"
"Don't scream so loud!" Videl scolded. "And yes, what do you want to do?"
Minako thought for a moment. "Meet me at Crown Game Center." Minako hung up her phone, grabbed her purse, and ran out the door.
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"I will be triumphant!" Minako proclaimed loudly as she battled the last villain on some shooting game.
"Ok! Ok! You don't have to let everyone here know that!" Videl tried to quiet the excited blond down.
Minako played the game intensely, her eyes never leaving the screen when suddenly, GAME OVER flashed before her eyes.
"Game over!" Minako cried. "But that wasn't even fair!"
"It's ok." Videl spoke before Minako could have another outburst.
Minako turned to face Videl. There was an intense look on her face. "Videl, I challenge you to" She paused very dramatically. "Dance Dance Revolution!" Minako pointed to the game.
"I don't know about that Minako-chan." Videl looked very worried.
"Oh come on!" Minako pleaded. "I've always wanted to try it." She then grabbed Videl's hand and dragged her over to the game. She deposited money and chose their song and the hardest level.
The game was much harder than Minako expected. She stumbled along all the arrows and eventually fell over on to her face. Her screen went blank and flashed GAME OVER once again.
"This game sucks!" Minako announced and looked over at Videl.
Her jaw dropped. Videl was doing awesome as if she had played hundreds of times. A large crowd of people was gathering around her. When she finished, her score showed that she had all 'perfects' with the exception of one 'great'.
"Wow, that was fun!" Videl exclaimed stepping off the control panel.
"Aren't you going to play the next two rounds?" Minako asked still in disbelief.
"No." Videl decided. "I'll do it some other time. I'm really thirsty."
The two girls walked up to the counter and ordered drinks. Minako paid for Videl's since she won DDR. They sat down at a table and Videl drank all of hers in one gulp.
"Wow, you're awesome at that game Videl-chan!" Minako congratulated.
Videl seemed to ignore her. Her expression turned very grim "I need to talk to you about something."
"What is it?" Minako asked not expecting much.
Videl blushed. "It's Gohan, you see, I really like him and..."
Minako's face fell but she tried not to show it. She stood up quickly and was silent for a moment. "Then you should tell him how you feel."
Videl looked at her surprised. "I was kind of worried that you may have liked him too."
"Me? Like Gohan!" Minako tried to sound convincing. "Of course I don't! Could honestly imagine the two of us together! I get sick thinking about it."
Videl was silent and would not make eye contact with her friend.
"You should tell him though." Minako encouraged. "Just don't cut me out of the team or we can't be the Super Duper Really Cool Crime Fighting Trio."
Videl's eyes welled up with tears. She leaned across the table and embraced Minako. Minako felt a little uncomfortable at first, but then hugged her friend back.
When the hug ended, Minako spoke. "Look, tomorrow Gohan is giving us our first flying lesson after we study for the exams. Tell him after that. Don't worry, I won't spy on you."
Videl sniffled. "Thanks Minako-chan."
Minako smiled, but she couldn't help feeling heart breaking at the same time.
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A/N: More of this chapter than I was expecting featured Videl and Minako. I just thought I needed some humor after all the drama. Hope you enjoyed it!
