*cringes* minna...now, put away the weapons... back away from the
procrastinator writer... easy now... Now, i have GOOD reason for not
writing or posting in eons... ever heard of Final Fantasy X? totally
addicting, i HAD to beat that baka Seymore, what IS up with that guy? Yes,
i know he's dead, and a Gaudo and a Maester... and marries Yuna, did they
forget about that or something? *shrugs* well, that highly addictive game
took up a lot of my time... and English, my teacher could kill someone with
the workload. and C-SAPs, stupid standardized testing.... and my mother
decided to break her wrist... that isn't fun... so i do have good reason
for not posting! AND have any of YOU tried to write a football game? it's
HARD! But then SUPERSAYIANKYIA, is a goddess, I'm building a shrine to
her. *laughs* she gave me courage, actually ideas to write. You too Ryu
and BabySerenity!
oh yes, this is three parts (perhaps you noticed, maybe not since only two are posted) because the dance (since SSK gave me another great idea, you all should worship at the shrine when it's done) gave me another brilliant idea to type, so only pre-game, and game are posted, the dance will take a bit longer (it wont be a much longer considering BabySerenity will hound me down like a ... ferret *laughs* if i don't post) 'cause i'm tired of writing for the night, and this story is 104 pages so far, give me a break! *ehem* i'll work on it if i have the change tomorrow, 'cause i wont be near a computer for a while, unless my brother bought one since i'll be at his apartment... which i doubt... but it WILL GET DONE
Disclaimer: as if you didn't know by now, i own NONE OF THESE CHARACTERS! not even Mr. Weizer, he's a real person! (a cute one too!) they all belong to their respected owners and companies.
WARNING! THE AUTHOR, also know as LizBethy, HAS USED RATHER STRONG LANGUAGE IN THIS CHAPTER! 'kay?
OH, and all the Assassin anime characters have been sent to the room o' evilness to learn how to be bad guys, so, when you read one of your favorite characters go: Fucking Asses! (which none of them do, it's a good example) it's because all those acting classes are starting to pay off and they can act as evil characters as well as good guy. Except Anubis, he already had the prerequisite.
~Chapter Seven~
Part A: Pre-Game
A week plus a few days has passed by since we last checked in with our characters. A whole blissful week and it happens to be the day before Friday, also known as Thursday…
Usagi sat by herself out side on the bleachers during the lunch hour. She watched as a gym class ran laps and Miss Aisha ran after them keeping the pace. It dimly reminded her of 'Starship Troopers' when they were in boot camp and Zim practically killed them all. She smirked and hoped she never had to join the army. Just being a sailor Senshi was hard enough on her.
"USA!" Hotaru called as she hopped up the bleachers to her princess.
"Yes Hotaru?" Usagi asked after swallowing a rice ball.
"Why aren't you eating with anyone else?" She asked plopping beside Usagi.
"I'm not in the mood to be around everyone at the moment. This homecoming thing is complicated!" Usagi cried fustarated and threw down her sandwich. They both watched it teeter on the edge of the seat and topple down into the dirt. Usagi sighed. "And I've lost my appetite."
Hotaru patted her friend on the back sympathetically. "It's okay."
Usagi raised an eyebrow at her. "It's all okay?"
Hotaru nodded enthusiastically before hopping up. "Will you join us?" She asked.
"Nah, I need to think by myself." Usagi sighed and then sipped her mountain dew.
"Usagi!" Minako sat beside her dearest friend.
"Minako? Aren't you supposed to be in class?" Usagi asked raising an eyebrow.
Minako waved her comment away like it was a bug. "I'm ditching again. I need to talk to you. I'm sorry I blew up at Gohan like that and got tons of people ready to rip yours and Gohan's head off." Minako sighed.
"It's okay Minako."
"Good. You owe my twenty bucks." Minako stuck out her hand.
"What?"
"I bet Rei twenty bucks that you and Gohan would go out together to the dance. I NEED twenty bucks." Minako stared at her friend.
"How is this my fault?"
"Well, Ami said serves me right for gambling. Makoto spent hers on her dress. Akane and Shampoo have no money. Hotaru only has ten. Haruka won't talk to me or let me talk to Michiru." Minako explained.
Usagi sighed. "I'll give it to you when we go shopping tonight."
"We're still going shopping?" Minako squealed.
"Of course!" Usagi smiled.
"Good. I'll pick you up tonight." Minako smiled standing up.
"Uh, how about Rei goes with us and she drives." Usagi smiled.
Minako shrugged. "Okay. Ja!"
~~~@~~~
"Ooh! Ooh! Parking spot!" Minako yelled pointing out the window towards the empty spot.
"Minako, calm down. We'll park when I'm ready--"
Minako didn't let Rei finished as she jerked the wheel sending the car careening into the spot. Rei and Usagi screamed and came to a screeching halt when Minako pulled up the e-brake. Hitomi was clutching the seat and an unusual white color. "That's it, MINAKO! YOU ARE NEVER SITTING IN THE FRONT WHILE I DRIVE AGAIN!" Rei screamed waving her arms up and down.
"Relax Rei, we're here to shop!" Minako smiled and cheerily hopped out the door.
"Why did I come along again?" Hitomi wheezed.
Minako stuck her head in the door and grinned. "'Cause we're gonna find a dress that will drive Van crazy." Minako winked. "Now let's get a move on!"
The girls reluctantly followed as if marching to their doomsday.
A few hours and many stores later, in the food court…
"Minako how is it you can pay for all of this when you need to borrow twenty bucks from me?" Usagi asked surveying the bags Minako had.
"Simple, I have several credit cards." Minako answered.
Hitomi choked on the pretzel she was eating. "And dig yourself in a debt unimaginable." She accused.
"We did get killer dresses and accessories, right?"
The girls nodded.
"Good, mission successful." Minako sighed contently.
"Look what we have here! " A voice interrupted.
The girls looked up startled to see a few of the Katana High boys. Irvine, Squall, Sage, and Tasuki. Irvine and Tasuki looked haughty, while Sage looked bored and Squall looked indifferent.
"What are the Ken girls doing so far from home?" Irvine asked leaning over.
"Bug off boys." Rei growled. Minako looked dreamily up at Squall and sighed.
"Hey, you're in our turf." Tasuki defended his friend.
"You're turf?" Hitomi asked.
"Well, yeah. This is Juban South Mall, strictly Katana territory." Sage broke in. "Everyone knows that."
"What? I live in South Juban!" Usagi cried outraged.
Irvine just smirked. "Tomorrow night is the big game, can you handle it?" Irvine taunted.
"No, I think the questing is, can your boys handle it? Because we're going to wipe the field with them." Sage corrected. The boys laughed, even Squall managed a small smirk. Irvine let out one last smile before the guys walked off.
"We are SO going to kick their Asses, even if it means I have to join the football team." Rei fumed as she glared at their retreating backs. Usagi giggled at the mental image of Rei chasing down the whole Katana offensive line with her fire sniper arrows.
"He is SO cute!" Minako sighed. "He also looks an awful lot like Heero if you think about it."
Hitomi and Usagi studied Squall's figure. "That is so weird, you're right!" Usagi agreed.
"You know Minako, you and half of Tokyo think he's fine. He's a monthly feature in Tokyo Girl Magazine since he was fifteen because he's the president's son." Hitomi pulled out an issue from one of the bags and flipped through the magazine until Squall's stolid face came up. Minako sighed dreamily at the picture.
"OH!" Usagi squealed changing the subject. "Did you guys hear the good news?" She asked.
"What good news?" Rei asked.
"Jim asked Hotaru to the dance! Isn't that so cute? He is even taking her to a nice restaurant with Gene and his friend Melfina." Usagi bubbled.
"At least one of us had a date." Minako sighed. Not one of the guys she had picked responded to her advances.
"Quatre and Ami too." Usagi listed off the couples going.
"Too cute!" Minako squealed.
"Didn't Van finally ask you?" Rei asked Hitomi.
"Yes, after Gohan convinced him to." Hitomi nodded. "Merle is attending as well."
"Speaking of Gohan… I'm surprised Trunks hasn't killed him yet." Minako gossiped.
"And isn't that whole incident YOUR fault?" Rei asked with a smirk.
"That's beside the point." Minako sniffed. "Trunks hasn't said a decent word to him for a week."
"Yeah, you should try sitting at my table in auto shop. It's like a 'dragon graveyard' according to Van." Usagi sighed. "It's kind of creepy watching Trunks glare at Gohan for fifty minutes."
"At least Ranma is a nice guy." Rei smiled. "But have any of you seen the red haired girl that looks exactly like him, except a girl? I see her in school a lot and she yells like Ranma too."
Hitomi chewed on a French fry thoughtfully. "They might be, I once knew a girl that could turn into a guy with magic and lots of torture."
"True, we've seen a few guys that sure could pass off as girls." Minako thought back to the Dead Circus days, Fish Eye, Tigers Eye, and Hawks Eye and don't forget Zoicite.
"And Mousse! He once hugged me and started raining flowers on me because he thought I was Shampoo!" Rei shuddered at the memory of the nearly blind Amazon man.
"Oh well, let's get going, I have to read seventy pages of 'Catcher in the Rye' tonight." Usagi sighed. The girls nodded and gathered their many bags.
~~~*~~~
Friday Morning…
Gohan peeked around the corner in the hall. He knew he would only be safe in a classroom that had a teacher in it. It wasn't his fault that both on them had crushes on the same girl. Gohan sighed in relief when he didn't see a rampaging Trunks in the hallway.
"Hey Gohan—"
"AAAAAAAH!" Gohan screamed as a hand rested on his shoulder.
"Hey! Take it easy buddy, it's only me, Ryoga." Ryoga held up his hands in defense.
"Sorry man, I thought you were Trunks for a minute." Gohan apologized. "What's up?"
Ryoga ran a hand through his fingers nervously. "I have a problem. Every time I get near the girl I wanna take to the dance tomorrow I get tongue- tied and I can't do any thing." Ryoga sighed and leaned against the wall dejectedly.
"So… why come to me? Duo is the ladies man." Gohan asked.
Ryoga looked up from the floor. "Duo also has the biggest mouth. I don't need the whole world to know I have a crush on Minako." Ryoga's eyes grew big as he realized what he said. "Oh crap! I've said to much!" He grabbed Gohan by the shoulders. "You can't tell ANY body!" Ryoga growled.
"Don't worry Ryoga, my lips are sealed." Gohan assured.
"So, can you help me?" Ryoga asked letting go of Gohan.
Gohan looked thoughtful for a moment. "Well, my plan for asking Usagi was bringing up the dance casually and if she didn't already have a date I would have suggested that we go together."
Ryoga's eyes widened. "You're a genius! That might work! I hafta go!" Ryoga patted Gohan on the shoulder before booking off down the hallway. Gohan shook his head and smiled at his friend's back. 'That man needs lots of help.' He thought to himself.
~~~&~~~
Usagi ran down the hall towards auto shop. This was the day she was going to be early! She even got out of her medieval history class early. Granted Mr. Weizer never counted her tardy but she was still determined to get there on time. Plus, she had to talk to Trunks. Gohan was her friend and she didn't want him hunted any longer.
She burst into the room and bent to catch her breath. Mr. Weizer looked at her in surprise. "Congratulations Usagi, we still have a minute until class starts." He told her. Usagi smiled up at him.
She glanced around the room noticing a lot of people weren't here. Heero and Trowa sat broodingly at their table. The only other guy in the room, besides the teacher, was Trunks. Usagi sent a silent prayer up to Selene.
"Trunks." She greeted approaching the table.
Trunks looked up from the book he was reading surprised. "Hey Usagi." He nodded.
Usagi sat in her chair and smiled at him. "I'm here to talk about Gohan." She began. She held up her hand to stop Trunks from saying anything. "I know you guys are best friends and share practically everything. I also know you both had a crush on me." Trunks eyes widened in surprise. "Don't act surprised. With Minako as my best friend, I find out a lot of things I shouldn't know. Back to the point." Usagi paused for a breath and to make sure Gohan wasn't in the room yet. "You guys are best friends and you shouldn't let some little silly girl like me get in the way of your friendship. I know you're mad but Gohan feels more guilt than you could imagine. Give him another try." Usagi smiled.
Trunks looked at her speechless. "…Thanks Usagi." His face broke into a smile. "And I don't think you're a silly little girl." He grinned. Usagi blushed and looked at the floor.
"Hey Trunks, Usagi." Van greeted unknowingly changing the subject. "I think I'm finally ready for this dance." He stated proudly.
Usagi patted him on the back. "That's great! I know Hitomi is very excited about it."
Gohan sat down at the table seconds before the bell rang. "Hey everybody." He greeted. He avoided eye contact with Trunks.
"Hey Gohan." Trunks responded. Gohan looked at him in surprise. "Let's let bygones be bygones." Trunks held out his hand for a shake.
Gohan was still in shock. "SURE!" He blurted out grabbing his friend's hand.
"Yay!" Usagi giggled.
" 'Afternoon class." Mr. Weizer greeted. "In honor of tonight's game, we will have a study period. I think all need to give a cheer for our team! And the newest addition, Wufei." The class filled with hoots and whistles.
Usagi looked puzzled and Wufei. "When did Wufei join the team?" She asked.
"He said he needed to do something manly after his Women of the World class, so he joined the team." Gohan supplied.
"Thanks coach!" Wufei held up his fist receiving more howls of joy. Mr. Weizer was the assistant coach to Miss Aisha for the football team.
"Maybe I should as well." Van muttered. "But I don't know the first thing about it."
"You are coming the game tonight, right?" Gohan asked.
Of course!" Van nodded.
"I have practice and it ends a half hour before the game, not enough time to go home and change." Usagi pouted.
"That means you'll be hott and sweaty." Duo winked.
Usagi blushed scarlet, while Gohan and Trunks glared daggers. "DUO! Where did you come from?" Usagi asked.
Duo pointed behind his shoulder. "I have a question, I'd ask Ranma, but he looks nervous enough and I'm not suicidal enough to ask Ryoga or that Mousse character."
Usagi looked blankly at him. "Yes?"
"Do you know if Akane has a date?"
Usagi's eyes widened. "YOU want to take AKANE to the dance?"
"And the game, well, does she?" Duo asked glancing around to make sure Ryoga hadn't heard.
"Nope. She's single since Ranma and I are going together and Ryoga doesn't the nerve to ask her." Usagi replied.
"Thanks Usa!" Duo winked before heading back to his table.
"That will be interesting to see." Van commented. Usagi nodded in agreement.
~~~!~~~
Continue onward brave soul!
oh yes, this is three parts (perhaps you noticed, maybe not since only two are posted) because the dance (since SSK gave me another great idea, you all should worship at the shrine when it's done) gave me another brilliant idea to type, so only pre-game, and game are posted, the dance will take a bit longer (it wont be a much longer considering BabySerenity will hound me down like a ... ferret *laughs* if i don't post) 'cause i'm tired of writing for the night, and this story is 104 pages so far, give me a break! *ehem* i'll work on it if i have the change tomorrow, 'cause i wont be near a computer for a while, unless my brother bought one since i'll be at his apartment... which i doubt... but it WILL GET DONE
Disclaimer: as if you didn't know by now, i own NONE OF THESE CHARACTERS! not even Mr. Weizer, he's a real person! (a cute one too!) they all belong to their respected owners and companies.
WARNING! THE AUTHOR, also know as LizBethy, HAS USED RATHER STRONG LANGUAGE IN THIS CHAPTER! 'kay?
OH, and all the Assassin anime characters have been sent to the room o' evilness to learn how to be bad guys, so, when you read one of your favorite characters go: Fucking Asses! (which none of them do, it's a good example) it's because all those acting classes are starting to pay off and they can act as evil characters as well as good guy. Except Anubis, he already had the prerequisite.
~Chapter Seven~
Part A: Pre-Game
A week plus a few days has passed by since we last checked in with our characters. A whole blissful week and it happens to be the day before Friday, also known as Thursday…
Usagi sat by herself out side on the bleachers during the lunch hour. She watched as a gym class ran laps and Miss Aisha ran after them keeping the pace. It dimly reminded her of 'Starship Troopers' when they were in boot camp and Zim practically killed them all. She smirked and hoped she never had to join the army. Just being a sailor Senshi was hard enough on her.
"USA!" Hotaru called as she hopped up the bleachers to her princess.
"Yes Hotaru?" Usagi asked after swallowing a rice ball.
"Why aren't you eating with anyone else?" She asked plopping beside Usagi.
"I'm not in the mood to be around everyone at the moment. This homecoming thing is complicated!" Usagi cried fustarated and threw down her sandwich. They both watched it teeter on the edge of the seat and topple down into the dirt. Usagi sighed. "And I've lost my appetite."
Hotaru patted her friend on the back sympathetically. "It's okay."
Usagi raised an eyebrow at her. "It's all okay?"
Hotaru nodded enthusiastically before hopping up. "Will you join us?" She asked.
"Nah, I need to think by myself." Usagi sighed and then sipped her mountain dew.
"Usagi!" Minako sat beside her dearest friend.
"Minako? Aren't you supposed to be in class?" Usagi asked raising an eyebrow.
Minako waved her comment away like it was a bug. "I'm ditching again. I need to talk to you. I'm sorry I blew up at Gohan like that and got tons of people ready to rip yours and Gohan's head off." Minako sighed.
"It's okay Minako."
"Good. You owe my twenty bucks." Minako stuck out her hand.
"What?"
"I bet Rei twenty bucks that you and Gohan would go out together to the dance. I NEED twenty bucks." Minako stared at her friend.
"How is this my fault?"
"Well, Ami said serves me right for gambling. Makoto spent hers on her dress. Akane and Shampoo have no money. Hotaru only has ten. Haruka won't talk to me or let me talk to Michiru." Minako explained.
Usagi sighed. "I'll give it to you when we go shopping tonight."
"We're still going shopping?" Minako squealed.
"Of course!" Usagi smiled.
"Good. I'll pick you up tonight." Minako smiled standing up.
"Uh, how about Rei goes with us and she drives." Usagi smiled.
Minako shrugged. "Okay. Ja!"
~~~@~~~
"Ooh! Ooh! Parking spot!" Minako yelled pointing out the window towards the empty spot.
"Minako, calm down. We'll park when I'm ready--"
Minako didn't let Rei finished as she jerked the wheel sending the car careening into the spot. Rei and Usagi screamed and came to a screeching halt when Minako pulled up the e-brake. Hitomi was clutching the seat and an unusual white color. "That's it, MINAKO! YOU ARE NEVER SITTING IN THE FRONT WHILE I DRIVE AGAIN!" Rei screamed waving her arms up and down.
"Relax Rei, we're here to shop!" Minako smiled and cheerily hopped out the door.
"Why did I come along again?" Hitomi wheezed.
Minako stuck her head in the door and grinned. "'Cause we're gonna find a dress that will drive Van crazy." Minako winked. "Now let's get a move on!"
The girls reluctantly followed as if marching to their doomsday.
A few hours and many stores later, in the food court…
"Minako how is it you can pay for all of this when you need to borrow twenty bucks from me?" Usagi asked surveying the bags Minako had.
"Simple, I have several credit cards." Minako answered.
Hitomi choked on the pretzel she was eating. "And dig yourself in a debt unimaginable." She accused.
"We did get killer dresses and accessories, right?"
The girls nodded.
"Good, mission successful." Minako sighed contently.
"Look what we have here! " A voice interrupted.
The girls looked up startled to see a few of the Katana High boys. Irvine, Squall, Sage, and Tasuki. Irvine and Tasuki looked haughty, while Sage looked bored and Squall looked indifferent.
"What are the Ken girls doing so far from home?" Irvine asked leaning over.
"Bug off boys." Rei growled. Minako looked dreamily up at Squall and sighed.
"Hey, you're in our turf." Tasuki defended his friend.
"You're turf?" Hitomi asked.
"Well, yeah. This is Juban South Mall, strictly Katana territory." Sage broke in. "Everyone knows that."
"What? I live in South Juban!" Usagi cried outraged.
Irvine just smirked. "Tomorrow night is the big game, can you handle it?" Irvine taunted.
"No, I think the questing is, can your boys handle it? Because we're going to wipe the field with them." Sage corrected. The boys laughed, even Squall managed a small smirk. Irvine let out one last smile before the guys walked off.
"We are SO going to kick their Asses, even if it means I have to join the football team." Rei fumed as she glared at their retreating backs. Usagi giggled at the mental image of Rei chasing down the whole Katana offensive line with her fire sniper arrows.
"He is SO cute!" Minako sighed. "He also looks an awful lot like Heero if you think about it."
Hitomi and Usagi studied Squall's figure. "That is so weird, you're right!" Usagi agreed.
"You know Minako, you and half of Tokyo think he's fine. He's a monthly feature in Tokyo Girl Magazine since he was fifteen because he's the president's son." Hitomi pulled out an issue from one of the bags and flipped through the magazine until Squall's stolid face came up. Minako sighed dreamily at the picture.
"OH!" Usagi squealed changing the subject. "Did you guys hear the good news?" She asked.
"What good news?" Rei asked.
"Jim asked Hotaru to the dance! Isn't that so cute? He is even taking her to a nice restaurant with Gene and his friend Melfina." Usagi bubbled.
"At least one of us had a date." Minako sighed. Not one of the guys she had picked responded to her advances.
"Quatre and Ami too." Usagi listed off the couples going.
"Too cute!" Minako squealed.
"Didn't Van finally ask you?" Rei asked Hitomi.
"Yes, after Gohan convinced him to." Hitomi nodded. "Merle is attending as well."
"Speaking of Gohan… I'm surprised Trunks hasn't killed him yet." Minako gossiped.
"And isn't that whole incident YOUR fault?" Rei asked with a smirk.
"That's beside the point." Minako sniffed. "Trunks hasn't said a decent word to him for a week."
"Yeah, you should try sitting at my table in auto shop. It's like a 'dragon graveyard' according to Van." Usagi sighed. "It's kind of creepy watching Trunks glare at Gohan for fifty minutes."
"At least Ranma is a nice guy." Rei smiled. "But have any of you seen the red haired girl that looks exactly like him, except a girl? I see her in school a lot and she yells like Ranma too."
Hitomi chewed on a French fry thoughtfully. "They might be, I once knew a girl that could turn into a guy with magic and lots of torture."
"True, we've seen a few guys that sure could pass off as girls." Minako thought back to the Dead Circus days, Fish Eye, Tigers Eye, and Hawks Eye and don't forget Zoicite.
"And Mousse! He once hugged me and started raining flowers on me because he thought I was Shampoo!" Rei shuddered at the memory of the nearly blind Amazon man.
"Oh well, let's get going, I have to read seventy pages of 'Catcher in the Rye' tonight." Usagi sighed. The girls nodded and gathered their many bags.
~~~*~~~
Friday Morning…
Gohan peeked around the corner in the hall. He knew he would only be safe in a classroom that had a teacher in it. It wasn't his fault that both on them had crushes on the same girl. Gohan sighed in relief when he didn't see a rampaging Trunks in the hallway.
"Hey Gohan—"
"AAAAAAAH!" Gohan screamed as a hand rested on his shoulder.
"Hey! Take it easy buddy, it's only me, Ryoga." Ryoga held up his hands in defense.
"Sorry man, I thought you were Trunks for a minute." Gohan apologized. "What's up?"
Ryoga ran a hand through his fingers nervously. "I have a problem. Every time I get near the girl I wanna take to the dance tomorrow I get tongue- tied and I can't do any thing." Ryoga sighed and leaned against the wall dejectedly.
"So… why come to me? Duo is the ladies man." Gohan asked.
Ryoga looked up from the floor. "Duo also has the biggest mouth. I don't need the whole world to know I have a crush on Minako." Ryoga's eyes grew big as he realized what he said. "Oh crap! I've said to much!" He grabbed Gohan by the shoulders. "You can't tell ANY body!" Ryoga growled.
"Don't worry Ryoga, my lips are sealed." Gohan assured.
"So, can you help me?" Ryoga asked letting go of Gohan.
Gohan looked thoughtful for a moment. "Well, my plan for asking Usagi was bringing up the dance casually and if she didn't already have a date I would have suggested that we go together."
Ryoga's eyes widened. "You're a genius! That might work! I hafta go!" Ryoga patted Gohan on the shoulder before booking off down the hallway. Gohan shook his head and smiled at his friend's back. 'That man needs lots of help.' He thought to himself.
~~~&~~~
Usagi ran down the hall towards auto shop. This was the day she was going to be early! She even got out of her medieval history class early. Granted Mr. Weizer never counted her tardy but she was still determined to get there on time. Plus, she had to talk to Trunks. Gohan was her friend and she didn't want him hunted any longer.
She burst into the room and bent to catch her breath. Mr. Weizer looked at her in surprise. "Congratulations Usagi, we still have a minute until class starts." He told her. Usagi smiled up at him.
She glanced around the room noticing a lot of people weren't here. Heero and Trowa sat broodingly at their table. The only other guy in the room, besides the teacher, was Trunks. Usagi sent a silent prayer up to Selene.
"Trunks." She greeted approaching the table.
Trunks looked up from the book he was reading surprised. "Hey Usagi." He nodded.
Usagi sat in her chair and smiled at him. "I'm here to talk about Gohan." She began. She held up her hand to stop Trunks from saying anything. "I know you guys are best friends and share practically everything. I also know you both had a crush on me." Trunks eyes widened in surprise. "Don't act surprised. With Minako as my best friend, I find out a lot of things I shouldn't know. Back to the point." Usagi paused for a breath and to make sure Gohan wasn't in the room yet. "You guys are best friends and you shouldn't let some little silly girl like me get in the way of your friendship. I know you're mad but Gohan feels more guilt than you could imagine. Give him another try." Usagi smiled.
Trunks looked at her speechless. "…Thanks Usagi." His face broke into a smile. "And I don't think you're a silly little girl." He grinned. Usagi blushed and looked at the floor.
"Hey Trunks, Usagi." Van greeted unknowingly changing the subject. "I think I'm finally ready for this dance." He stated proudly.
Usagi patted him on the back. "That's great! I know Hitomi is very excited about it."
Gohan sat down at the table seconds before the bell rang. "Hey everybody." He greeted. He avoided eye contact with Trunks.
"Hey Gohan." Trunks responded. Gohan looked at him in surprise. "Let's let bygones be bygones." Trunks held out his hand for a shake.
Gohan was still in shock. "SURE!" He blurted out grabbing his friend's hand.
"Yay!" Usagi giggled.
" 'Afternoon class." Mr. Weizer greeted. "In honor of tonight's game, we will have a study period. I think all need to give a cheer for our team! And the newest addition, Wufei." The class filled with hoots and whistles.
Usagi looked puzzled and Wufei. "When did Wufei join the team?" She asked.
"He said he needed to do something manly after his Women of the World class, so he joined the team." Gohan supplied.
"Thanks coach!" Wufei held up his fist receiving more howls of joy. Mr. Weizer was the assistant coach to Miss Aisha for the football team.
"Maybe I should as well." Van muttered. "But I don't know the first thing about it."
"You are coming the game tonight, right?" Gohan asked.
Of course!" Van nodded.
"I have practice and it ends a half hour before the game, not enough time to go home and change." Usagi pouted.
"That means you'll be hott and sweaty." Duo winked.
Usagi blushed scarlet, while Gohan and Trunks glared daggers. "DUO! Where did you come from?" Usagi asked.
Duo pointed behind his shoulder. "I have a question, I'd ask Ranma, but he looks nervous enough and I'm not suicidal enough to ask Ryoga or that Mousse character."
Usagi looked blankly at him. "Yes?"
"Do you know if Akane has a date?"
Usagi's eyes widened. "YOU want to take AKANE to the dance?"
"And the game, well, does she?" Duo asked glancing around to make sure Ryoga hadn't heard.
"Nope. She's single since Ranma and I are going together and Ryoga doesn't the nerve to ask her." Usagi replied.
"Thanks Usa!" Duo winked before heading back to his table.
"That will be interesting to see." Van commented. Usagi nodded in agreement.
~~~!~~~
Continue onward brave soul!