Okaybees here, here's day two! yay! *grins* i didn't have the last half of it beta read... so if there's a mistake, be gentle, ever since i started my new job, my brains been on aux. power @.@ So enjoy this chappie!
He-hey! watch out for a parts written by KYIA and BABYSERENITY! They finally submitted me some stuff!
Disclaimer:
As always, i do not own any of the mentioned products, characters, or anything else! Not even Disney!
Anime High
Saturday, Day Two
Seifer's eyes fluttered open. He looked out the window of his apartment and blinked; it was night. He'd slept the day away... oh well sleep was a good thing. Sitting up in his bed, felt pain explode in his head and he moaned. What happened? Running his hand through his blond hair, he rubbed his eyes and got out of bed. The movement made his head spin and he felt his stomach rebel against the action of movement. Widening his eyes, he made a beeline for the bathroom and heaved over the toilet as his stomach emptied itself into the water filled bowl.
When it stopped, he slumped and laid his head on the moderately warm bowl. Reaching up, he flushed the toilet, wincing at the sound of water rushing down. Staying that way for a few minutes, he allowed his head to stop spinning. Groaning, he got up and looked in the mirror. He winced; he looked like hell. His blond hair was matted to his forehead with his sweat, his face had a day of growth on it, and his eyes despite having dark circles underneath them were bloodshot and glassy; plus, he really did stink.
Turning to his shower, he turned the hot water on full blast and stepped in. The hot water beat down on him soothing his aches and pains and washing the stench away along with the soap bubbles and shampoo; it even helped his head a bit, but not too much. Turning off the shower, he stepped out and wrapped a towel around his waist feeling almost human or superhuman for that matter, once again. Now, if only he could remember what had happened. Going to his kitchen, he decided against a sandwich and instead pulled out some cheese and crackers. Munching, he tried to remember. He remembered a carnival in... the Juuban district! Yeah! That was it! Irvine had brought some kind of liquor...he'd had way too much! He also remember a tall brown haired girl...and a meatball headed blond...Usagi. Yeah, he remembered that bitch.
She'd escaped them when they'd kidnapped her. He remembered Squall telling him to back off and leave the girls alone...Squall. Going into his living room, he picked up a phone and dialed a number and waited.
The shrill tones of the ringing phone awoke Squall. Groping for the phone, he grabbed the princess phone out of its cradle and put it to his ear. "Hello?" he asked sleepily.
"Squall?"
"Seifer." He looked at the clock. It was 3:07 a.m. and dammit he was tired! "What do you want?"
"To talk. I remember you telling me to leave Usagi and her friends alone. Why?"
Squall closed his eyes and ran his hand through his messy brown hair. He pictured the blond. Long silky hair set in perfect circles atop her head, flawless pale skin, and those large blue eyes that no man could help but fall into their depths. "...Because," he said, "a fight isn't worth it. That's why."
"What? First you let Usagi get away, and then we can't even pummel her friends?!"
"That's right, Seifer," he said coldly. "Just leave Usagi alone from here on."
"But she's an enemy."
"No, she's not. You've taken football defeat too far. Usagi was not on the field, she did not enable them to beat us, they did because that's the way it worked out. She's not an enemy, she's an innocent by-stander that happened to be the one you all chose to kidnap because you couldn't stand the thought of defeat. Leave her alone from here on out," he said angrily.
"Always the goody-two-shoes!" Seifer shouted just as angry.
"Be that as it may Seifer, you will leave Usagi and her friends alone from now on. You don't want to know the consequences if you don't."
"Why?"
"Because I said so, that's why."
"I have a hunch as to why. I think I know why," Seifer said cruelly.
Squall frowned, not liking that tone of voice. "I don't care what you think Seifer. I really don't. From this moment forward, you will leave Usagi and her friends alone. Goodbye Seifer, see that you do as I say, or you'll find out just what the consequences are," he said in an icy tone never heard before.
Slamming the phone back into its cradle, he looked up at the ceiling of his room. 'Usagi,' he thought longingly...
Seifer looked at the phone in disbelief not really paying attention to the dial tone. What the hell had just happened? Usagi! This was all her fault! He would get her for it, despite what Squall said. 'Usagi!' he thought angrily, 'you're mine!'
~Kyia~
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Minako cracked open an eye, the clock shone 3:41 am. She rolled over and sat up, looking towards Usagi's bed where Usagi and Rei were sprawled across the full sized bed. Ami was curled up near Usagi's rarely used desk with Luna and Makoto was between Ami and Minako, snoring softly.
"Usagi." She whispered softly.
There was no answer.
"Usagi!" She called a little louder.
Usagi groaned softly and rolled over.
Minako rolled her eyes, stood quietly, and shook Usagi. "Usagi! Mamoru is out side your window!"
Usagi sat up with a start. "What? Where is that bastard?" She asked, groggy with sleep in her voice.
Rei was awakened also. She moaned and pulled a pillow over her head.
"Usagi." Minako sat on the edge of the bed.
Usagi looked at her blonde friend. "What?"
"What was Squall wearing last night?" Minako asked quietly.
"Minako! For Ares sake! Go back to sleep!" Rei bellowed and pushed the Senshi of Love of the bed. "You are going out with Ryoga!"
Minako sniffed. "I can look! I just wanted to know what Squall was wearing!" Minako fought back.
Usagi laid back down and closed her eyes, envisioning the very cute tousled, brown haired boy. She sighed happily as the vision of his eyes past her vision. "Brown leather pants, white tank top and black boots, now go back to sleep!"
"I missed Squall wearing leather pants? Damn!"
She was silenced by Rei's pillow flying into her face. "Go to bed, NOW!" Rei ordered.
Minako sighed and rolled back to her sleeping bag.
~~~#~~~
"Honestly! The parade starts at 10:30, couldn't we get here at 10:15?" Duo cursed as he leaned against the cab of the truck tiredly.
Trunks smirked. "It's only 9:30."
"Precisely my point." Duo sniffed.
"It's the price we pay for being the school's best athletes." Ranma grinned as he straightened his jersey.
Wufei, Ranma, Trunks, and Gohan were representing the football team wearing their jersey's and jeans; Lee, Duo and Heero were representing the basketball team wearing their jersey's and shorts; and Amano, Hitomi and Usagi were representing the track team in their warm up pants and t-shirts.. Those were the major fall sports. And, of course, the varsity cheerleading team was there with pompoms and outfits.
Mr. Weizer jogged up. "Okay troops, we are behind Katana High School in the line up, let's show some school spirit!" He announced.
Minako bounced. "What do you think he'll be wearing?" She asked excitedly.
Akane rolled her eyes. "Gee, I don't know, how about his jersey and jeans, just like our football team."
"Wow!" Minako sighed.
"Miss Aisha! You can't be serious!" Usagi pouted.
"What? You all are the track team; you all run all the time! Plus, the cheerleaders are walking as well."
"Technically, Miss Aisha, they'll be jumping and screaming and kicking." Hitomi pointed out. Aisha glared back and Hitomi grinned.
Usagi grumbled out a, "fine." And went to sit in between Duo and Gohan. The layout for their 'float' would be: a basketball hoop in the bed of the truck, Duo, Heero, and Lee would jog behind the truck and shoot baskets, the tailgate would be down so the balls would roll back out; the football players would be on either side of the truck, Wufei and Trunks would be on the left with Ranma and Gohan on the right, they'd be throwing footballs back and fourth; the track team would be jogging behind the basketball players; two cheerleaders would be in front of the truck holding the Ken High banner and the rest of the squad would be behind the track runners cheering with their pompoms.
"Is it too much to sit in the truck and wave?" Usagi sighed.
"You sound like Duo." Ranma rolled his eyes and leaned next to her.
"Hey!" Duo glared. "I am not complaining... I'm just..."
"Complaining?" Gohan prodded.
"No, stating what I want." Duo nodded firmly.
Ranma, Gohan, and Usagi rolled their eyes and let out a, "Riiiight."
One hour later, everyone was lined up and the Parade was beginning. The Ken High truck was, unfortunately, behind the Katana High truck. The glares going back and forth were hot enough to cook a steak to well done in a matter of seconds. Except Minako's.
"He's so cute!" Minako sighed dreamily.
"Minako! Pay attention!" Akane scolded.
"But look at him! He's wearing a blue and silver jersey, black jeans, and his hair looks tousled." She stared openly at the truck ahead of them.
"His hair is always tousled." Akane pointed out.
"Your point?" Minako asked.
"I give up." Akane rolled her eyes.
"Minako Loire. Minako Leonheart. Minako Leonheart Loire. Mrs. Squall Loire." Minako babbled.
"Good Lord! You need help." Akane shook her head sadly. "What about Ryoga?" She reminded.
Minako grinned. "Minako Habiki. Mrs. Ryoga Habiki... It does sound better, doesn't it?"
Akane muttered something about 'blondes' and 'asylums' then rolled her eyes.
Meanwhile... in the Katana Truck...
"Yo Squall, you look like you didn't get much sleep." Zell commented.
Squall sent a glare at Seifer. "No, someone decided to call me at three o'clock in the morning." He bit.
"Well, you don't look nearly as bad as Seifer, Anubis, and Kento... they look like they were stepped on by Talpa." Sage commented.
On the other side of the Truck...
"Do I even want to know?" Ryo asked, gesturing towards the five cartoons of Seifer's ammo.
Seifer grinned evilly, wincing slightly as his headache reminded him that grinning evilly hurt like Hell Fire. "When I give the word." He ordered and nodded towards the Ken High truck behind them.
The Katana truck just reached the announcer box, where the crowd is the thickest and the cheering in the loudest, when Seifer gave the nod to commence with another of his plans.
The Ken High athletes, at first, didn't know what hit them.
"Oh my GOD! EEEEGGGGS!" Minako screeched as one hit her on her chest. But not just any eggs, rotten eggs.
Eggs pelted the Ken High truck and athletes. The truck swerved and tipped over, due to too much cargo, people on the sides screamed, horses behind the truck reared and panicked, the Katana Truck, due to the masses of panicking people, swerved and ran into a fire hydrant, which exploded and soaked everyone in the vicinity. And the eggs were still flying.
"It's in my HAIR!" Usagi screeched and held up a chunk of wet hair, dripping yellow with yolk.
"Your hair? Look at mine!" Duo held up his now slimy, yellow braid.
Squall glared at Seifer, even though the Ken High Senshi looked hilarious in slimy, egg yolk and the chaos ruined the parade he had wanted NO part in, it was still one of the stupidest things the blonde ever thought of. He glanced over at the Senshi to see Usagi holding a pigtail and shrieking at a boy with a long braid, Duo.
Back to the tipped over Senshi truck...
Wufei smirked and pulled out his duffel bag that miraculously survived unharmed. "I was prepared for this." He opened the bag quickly.
Gohan gaped. "You prepared to be bombed by the Assassins?" He asked.
"More or less." Wufei shrugged and showed him the contents of the bag. Gohan grinned evilly. "You in Heero?" Wufei asked the perfect soldier that was glaring at the Katana Assassins so hard, Gohan was afraid they'd turn to ice on the spot. Heero nodded silently. "What about you Trunks?"
"This. Is. Disgusting." Trunks picked yellow goop out of his lilac colored hair. He glanced over at the bag and his eyes light up with revenge.
This time, since they were to busy gloating, the Katana High Assassins didn't know what hit them.
Kento licked his shirt. "Is this...? WATER BALLOONS FILLED WITH RANCID MILK!" He screamed and pulled off his jersey.
Trunks, Gohan, and Wufei, with their incredible aim and accuracy, pelted the Assassins with water balloons filled with three-week-old milk. It was nauseating. What was left of the crowd now scattered due to the smell.
"We're gonna smell for WEEKS!" Kento moaned and ducked to avoid another balloon, instead it hit Sage.
Sage growled and threw the remains on Kento's head. "Watch it!" He complained.
Squall looked down at his seventy-dollar jeans with disgust. There is no way this stuff was coming out anytime soon. Luckily, he brought a change of clothes so he wasn't stuck in his jersey all day. Squall quickly sneaked off to find the nearest bathroom.
Seifer sat up from the puddle of milk he was in. Most of the balloons had been aimed at him and he was soaked, reeking of rancid milk, and still had a headache the size of China. He snarled and stood up, to be hit by another balloon. He heard, "And that's for messing with my hair!" being shouted from the Ken High truck. He growled and stalked over to Kento. "Are there any eggs left?" He asked, his voice barely hiding his anger.
Kento shook his head. " 'fraid not."
Seifer glared at the pavement for a moment. "Fine then. Retreat." He ordered. The Katana boys scampered off, to find a change of clothing.
"Hell yeah!" Duo whooped after they left.
"Look at this mess." Gohan shook his head in disgust. The whole street was giving off a horrid, rotten smell.
"At least no one got hurt." Said Ranma.
Usagi gaped at Ranma's neck. "Ranma! Your neck! It looks like your head is on sideways!" She pointed with her jaw hanging open.
Ranma rubbed his neck. "Yeah... That happens... I'll just see Dr. Tofu." He shrugged.
"Are you sure you don't want the hospital?" Usagi asked concerned.
Ranma waved the suggestion away. "I'm fine!" He winced as he tried to move his neck. "Just a little...discombobulated."
"We better get out of here." Trunks suggested. "Before authorities come and decide to blame us."
The group nodded and headed off.
~~~$~~~
Later that day, a little after noon, the Ken High Senshi were cleaned up and changed. And each was out exploring the carnival in whatever way they wanted. Minako and Makoto were riding the Zipper (trying to beat Gohan and Usagi's record). Usagi, Hitomi, Rei, and Ami were wandering the booths, looking for stuff to buy (Usagi found a bear wearing a playboy outfit, ears included). Hotaru, Jim, and Merle were trying their best at games (Jim, by now, had won three teddy bears for each girl). Gene was at home, working with Mel. Ranma (his neck in the right order), Van, Heero, and Gohan were lost in the fun house (and they weren't having much fun trying to get out, Heero had shot three mirrors by now). Wufei and Shampoo were riding the Ferris wheel (much to Wufei's mortification). Ryoga was lost, as usual. Lastly, Duo and Trunks were looking for lunch.
Duo and Trunks were looking for a turkey leg stand. They both had the biggest urge to eat a turkey leg so off the two went, in search of a turkey leg. Duo bounced alongside Trunks. "I haven't had a turkey leg in... weeks!" Duo rubbed his stomach.
Trunks rolled his eyes. "You're acting like it's been years." He pointed out.
Duo grinned. He turned to look at Trunks while he walked to respond. But Trunks saw what was in his path. "Hey Duo, watch out for-"
Duo smacked right into a tall figure with a raging headache and a mission to find out why Squall was so overprotective of Usagi. Anubis and Kento, standing nearby eating corndogs, laughed.
Seifer turned angrily to see who had ran into him. Duo was looking sheepish. "Hey, sorry man. I didn't see you." Duo apologized.
Seifer snarled. "Get lost!" Seifer rubbed his head and winced again. What a headache he had!
Trunks took this chance, "What's wrong with you? You're head hurts?"
Duo sighed, "C'mon, Trunks. I'm hungry. Let's just get our legs, and leave." He started to walk off. But suddenly a staff with lots of rings around the top appeared in Anubis' outstretched hand, blocking their path.
"Leaving so soon, braid boy?" Seifer mocked.
That did it for Duo, nobody, I mean, nobody, talks trash about his hair, and gets away with it. He turned back around curtly and growled. "You dare make fun of the Great Destroyer!?"
Seifer blinked, "Great destroyer? What's with that lame nickname?"
Duo narrowed his eyes.
Kento grinned wickedly, "Anubis, boxers? Or briefs?"
Anubis took the hint, "BRIEFS!"
Kento cocked his head to the side, "How come?"
Anubis smirked, "'Cuz, it's TRUNKS BRIEFS!"
Seifer cracked up.
Trunks threw himself at Anubis, making a point in between punches that wouldn't hurt him, "Never-Insult-Me-Again!"
Anubis wiped the blood off of his mouth, his grip on his staff tightened and it glowed. The demi-Saiya-jinnn lunged at him again, kneeing him in his private spot. His staff lay forgotten, he tried a punch at Trunks, who dodged it with ease. Finishing him off, Trunks did a roundhouse kick, making Anubis fly back into a bench.
Seifer looked indifferent as he walked over to Anubis, kicked him, then watched Duo take on Kento.
The Great Destroyer blocked a punch from Kento, then countered by flipping behind him, and tripped him over by swinging around his leg.
Kento stood up by pulling Duo's braid. Duo growled and used this to his advantage. He swung his hair, and Kento went flying into Anubis.
Seifer was disgusted, "Weaklings."
Amused, Duo raised his eyebrows, "So, you would dis your own friends!?"
"My friends, are those who prevail over weak beings like you," Seifer smirked. "Zombie." A black light came out of his hands and struck Trunks, leaving him as a Zombie.
Trunks fell down to his knees as Duo ran up to Seifer, who dodged his punch and countered with thunder. He got out a potion. Duo, expecting Seifer to use it on himself, widened his eyes as the potion went to Trunks. But instead of healing, it hurt him.
Roaring, Trunks ran over to Seifer in the blink of an eye and knocked him onto a young girl who shrieked and jumped up. Blushing madly, she coughed and walked away swiftly.
Seifer growled and wiped the blood that was streaming down from his mouth. "Fire." Hot, burning flames flew from his hands and knocked the demi-Saiya-jinn off of his feet. He then ran up to Duo, grabbed his braid, and started to pull.
"Woah, man, now that's going a bit to far!" Duo did a roundhouse kick and got loose from Seifer's grip. Trunks then took out a vial from his pocket, threw it over himself and a bright light cured him of his abnormal status. "Gotta love that holy water." He half mused to himself.
Duo and Seifer were locked in a hand-to-hand combat when Trunks came up behind Seifer and threw him next to his buddies. "Duo, we're leaving!"
"Right, man!" Duo exclaimed as he patted Trunks on the back.
Trunks straightened his Capsule Corp. jacket, and brushed his bangs out of his eyes.
"But, man, I could sure use a good turkey leg!"
BabySerenity
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Ami and Rei stopped at a table full of thick books that just looking at gave Usagi a headache; so on she and Hitomi kept going, looking for something un-educational, like food.
"Dad?" Usagi gaped as she and Hitomi stopped their meandering, each holding a strawberry banana smoothie and sesame chicken.
Her dad was standing with a tall lady, mid thirties, with shoulder length blonde curly hair. She wore brown slacks with a gold and green flowered top. "Hello Usagi!" Her father greeted. "This is a client of mine, Joyce Summers, new here in Japan." Kenji introduced the woman.
"Hello." Usagi bowed politely.
"Your father has told me a lot about you and your brother, Shingo. It's nice to finally meet you." She shook hands with Usagi.
"Ms. Summers is from America. California to be exact." Kenji told his daughter.
"Wow! This here is my friend Hitomi." Usagi introduced.
"Nice to meet you." Joyce shook hands with Hitomi.
"You to, Ms. Summers." Hitomi smiled.
"Well, we better be on our way." Usagi hauled Hitomi off with a smile.
Once out of hearing range, Hitomi turned to Usag. "So... what does your dad do?" Hitomi asked.
"He owns the Juuban Bank." Usagi told her. "But I've never met any of his clients before." Usagi mused.
Hitomi shrugged. "Let's find the others." She suggested.
Usagi nodded and they walked off.
~~@~~
Gohan, Van, and Heero were wandering aimlessly around the rides looking for one that might test their skills. There were debating the huge Jack and Jill slide or the Fun House.
"Hey Gohan!"
Gohan turned around to see his dad with Goten and Chibi Trunks. "Hey dad!" Gohan waved. Van and Heero nodded a greeting.
"Gohan! Look at what I won!" Goten was holding up a stuffed cow that was three times his size.
"And look at mine!" Chibi Trunks held up an identical cow.
"And I ate three carmel apples."
"And two bags of Cotton Candy."
"And four turkey legs."
"And eight corn dogs."
"And two boxes of #24 at the Thai food booth."
"And I drank ten bottles of water."
"Along with seven Pepsis."
"And then we ate funnel cake!"
Van and Heero stared in bewilderment (of course Heero's look didn't look any different than normal to the untrained eye). "You all ate that... today?" Van asked in amazement.
"No, silly! Just in the last hour!" Goten laughed.
This time Heero did look surprised with Van. "Last hour?" Heero asked.
"We ate plenty of more stuff before that." Chibi Trunks grinned. "I like carnival food."
Gohan laughed sheepishly. "They're exaggerating."
"And that's not near what Daddy ate!" Goten smiled proudly.
Goku laughed. "C'mon kids, let's leave Gohan alone." He ushered the two away."
"...How?" Heero asked Gohan.
Gohan laughed nervously. "They're growing boys!"
~~~*~~~
"Beauty and the Beast? Minako! That's not a musical! It's the damn Disney Empire!" Rei cried exasperated. Ami and Rei had run into Minako and Makoto after Ami stocked up on books. They found Hitomi and Usagi a few moments later at a picnic table and proceeded to talk about musicals (Usagi had been drooling over a poster of Ewan McGregor from Moulin Rouge). Ami was oblivious to the conversation, reading a textbook on astronomy.
"But they sing! And dance! And I love Chip!" The blonde tried to argue.
Usagi and Hitomi laughed while Rei rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Hey girls! What's up?" Duo asked between mouthfuls of turkey. He and Trunks walked up to the girls followed by Wufei and Shampoo.
"We're talking about our favorite musicals, and Minako is convinced Disney's Beauty and the Beast in a musical." Hitomi explained.
"I love musicals!" Duo exclaimed.
"Really?" Usagi grinned. "What's your favorite?"
"You did not just ask that." Wufei moaned and covered his eyes.
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Duo told them eagerly.
"The what?" Minako asked, interested.
"Please don't sing." Wufei begged.
Duo ignored his Chinese friend and jumped onto the picnic table the girls were sitting at and grinned before singing: "I'm just a sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania." He sang loudly and swayed his hips erotically.
"Gods no!" Wufei groaned.
Hitomi stared at him in horror, Rei choked, Trunks eyed him warily, Shampoo looked incredible confused, Ami looked up from her book in puzzlement, and Usagi burst out laughing. "What's so bad about a transvestite? Don't they stuff animals?" Minako asked confused.
"They stuff all right." Usagi mumbled, earning a smack from Rei.
"That's a taxidermist." Ami corrected.
"Oh. Ooooooh, I get it now! EW! Duo! Why are you singing about yaoi?" She wrinkled her nose.
"It doesn't necessarily mean you're yaoi." Duo defended and sat down at the table. "Besides, Tim Curry is the best!" Duo grinned mischievously.
Trunks and Wufei snorted.
"He prances around in drag throughout the movie, how can you not admire that?" Duo asked seriously.
"I think we need a subject change." Rei muttered and shook her head.
"All right... Duo, what's your favorite movie?"
"Don't ask that either!"
"Wu-man, you're no fun!"
*SMACK*
~~~^~~~
Michiru and Haruka showed up later that night and rode the Tilt-a-Whirl with Hotaru and Usagi. Hotaru looked an awful shade of green afterwards from Haruka and Usagi's unpredictable and high-speed spinning. And Duo got another turkey leg. Minako stopped asking Duo questions, much to Wufei's relief. But then Wufei was dragged back on to the Ferris wheel with Shampoo. Duo took Akane on the Ferris wheel as well. Ranma, Heero, Van, and Gohan finally found their way out of the fun house (Gohan blasted a hole through the wall) and were now back in the Beer Gardens listening to a swing band with their friends, where Quatre and Trowa met them, after some Preventor business. Ryoga was currently at Mt. Fuji wondering where Juuban district was.
So now we're at the Beer Gardens, the gang of friends sitting in the grass laughing and talking. Except Usagi who was standing ten yards away talking to Shingo on her cell phone, telling him to meet her in the Beer Gardens at 9:30 (the present time being 8:45).
"So Shampoo, why did you drag Wufei up on the Ferris Wheel so many times?" Hitomi curiously asked the Amazon.
"Fun to watch Wufei squirm at such height." Shampoo answered.
Wufei choked on his drink.
The group fell silent for a moment, until Duo burst out laughing. "Wufei afraid of heights? HAAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHA..."
"Duo, don't be so hard on Wufei." Quatre lectured.
"How are you afraid of heights? Weren't you a Gundam Pilot?" Jim asked curiously.
Wufei snorted. "I am NOT afraid of heights! I just don't like being that high up in an open cart." He growled.
"Wu-bear is afraid of heights!" Duo continued to laugh.
"MAXWELL!"
Usagi plopped down next to Rei. "What I miss?"
Rei turned to her friend. "Wufei is afraid of the height of the Ferris wheel."
"So are you." Usagi pointed out.
"Yeah, but Rei is afraid of all the rides." Minako pointed out.
Rei blushed. "Not all the rides! I'm fine with the Merry-go-Round." She argued.
"What I want to know is how you all got lost in the Fun House." Trunks asked amused.
"There were all those damn mirrors!" Ranma defended.
"We tried to ask little kids how to get out." Gohan pointed out.
"Yeah, but Heero always scared them off with his, 'tell us now, or I'll kill you.' And a gun pointed at the poor kids heads." Van shook his head sadly.
"Hn." Heero shrugged.
The gang cracked up laughing.
"There's Shingo, I'll be back in a minute." Usagi stood up and jogged over to her little brother and his friends. "You're early." Usagi commented.
"Yeah, we're going home to see if we can beat the best time on Hydro Racing." Shingo told her eagerly.
Usagi laughed and shook her head sadly. "My brother the Playstation geek."
"Hey!" Shingo cried out.
"Just don't give mom a hard time." Usagi ushered them off. Shingo waved and he and his friends trotted off.
Usagi glanced towards the swing band. They were really, really bad. But the audience was so drunk that they didn't even notice. Usagi giggled at the site of them swaying to their own beat, not the music's.
"Usagi."
Usagi spun around to be face to face with Squall Loire. "Squall!" Usagi responded in surprise. "Coming to apologize?"
Squall raised an eyebrow. "For what?"
"For kidnapping me, for throwing eggs at me, for beating up Trunks and Duo earlier... take your pick." Usagi crossed her arms over her chest.
Squall looked mildly confused. "Kidnapping was my idea, it was one of Seifer's half baked plans. You all found revenge for the eggs with rotten milk. Lastly... what are you talking about?"
"Never mind. Then why are you talking to me? Come to warn me to stay out of Seifer's way?" Usagi took a defensive posture.
Squall sighed. "No... I'm here because-forget it." Squall turned to walk away.
"Wait, Squall, what did you want to talk to me about?"
Squall looked Usagi in the eye; Usagi felt her heart speed up from his gaze. "...Whatever." He sighed, almost sadly.
He left Usagi standing in the Beer Gardens surrounded by scores of drunk and loud people. Usagi stared after him with a look of pure confusion on her face.
~~~@~~~
END
Done with Day 2! YAY! As always, I thank BS-chan, she always gives me info when I'm too lazy to look it up myself! *Grins* and so does Kyia-chan! You both are just so good to me! *glomps both* (comment on their parts of the story)
Yes, Beauty and the Beast IS a musical, just not musical musical. Get my drift? And, I love Disney movies; but really, there's a Disney empire out there!
And now for the usual thanks korner:
datajana: *glomps* thanks! I always try with my humor!
tori: twelve times?! WOW! I think you deserve a metal! *hands over the 'i read Anime High 12 times medal'.
brandy: look *hint hint* here's an update!
PrincessLesse: *glomps* thanks! I think i'm going to lose a lot of readers when the pairing is offically revealed... but, i did write a great moment were chichi meets usagi and is convinced they are going out...
Shinigami Babe88: thanks!
Kyia: aahhhH! you dared me! *sighs* guess i'll have to squeeze them into a chapter! *giggles* and, you gave me a great idea that i'll need your help on... about the medieval thing... im me and we'll talk! OH! *SUPER MEGA GLOMP* thanks for the phone call part! *glomps again* i love it!
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Anime High
Saturday, Day Two
Seifer's eyes fluttered open. He looked out the window of his apartment and blinked; it was night. He'd slept the day away... oh well sleep was a good thing. Sitting up in his bed, felt pain explode in his head and he moaned. What happened? Running his hand through his blond hair, he rubbed his eyes and got out of bed. The movement made his head spin and he felt his stomach rebel against the action of movement. Widening his eyes, he made a beeline for the bathroom and heaved over the toilet as his stomach emptied itself into the water filled bowl.
When it stopped, he slumped and laid his head on the moderately warm bowl. Reaching up, he flushed the toilet, wincing at the sound of water rushing down. Staying that way for a few minutes, he allowed his head to stop spinning. Groaning, he got up and looked in the mirror. He winced; he looked like hell. His blond hair was matted to his forehead with his sweat, his face had a day of growth on it, and his eyes despite having dark circles underneath them were bloodshot and glassy; plus, he really did stink.
Turning to his shower, he turned the hot water on full blast and stepped in. The hot water beat down on him soothing his aches and pains and washing the stench away along with the soap bubbles and shampoo; it even helped his head a bit, but not too much. Turning off the shower, he stepped out and wrapped a towel around his waist feeling almost human or superhuman for that matter, once again. Now, if only he could remember what had happened. Going to his kitchen, he decided against a sandwich and instead pulled out some cheese and crackers. Munching, he tried to remember. He remembered a carnival in... the Juuban district! Yeah! That was it! Irvine had brought some kind of liquor...he'd had way too much! He also remember a tall brown haired girl...and a meatball headed blond...Usagi. Yeah, he remembered that bitch.
She'd escaped them when they'd kidnapped her. He remembered Squall telling him to back off and leave the girls alone...Squall. Going into his living room, he picked up a phone and dialed a number and waited.
The shrill tones of the ringing phone awoke Squall. Groping for the phone, he grabbed the princess phone out of its cradle and put it to his ear. "Hello?" he asked sleepily.
"Squall?"
"Seifer." He looked at the clock. It was 3:07 a.m. and dammit he was tired! "What do you want?"
"To talk. I remember you telling me to leave Usagi and her friends alone. Why?"
Squall closed his eyes and ran his hand through his messy brown hair. He pictured the blond. Long silky hair set in perfect circles atop her head, flawless pale skin, and those large blue eyes that no man could help but fall into their depths. "...Because," he said, "a fight isn't worth it. That's why."
"What? First you let Usagi get away, and then we can't even pummel her friends?!"
"That's right, Seifer," he said coldly. "Just leave Usagi alone from here on."
"But she's an enemy."
"No, she's not. You've taken football defeat too far. Usagi was not on the field, she did not enable them to beat us, they did because that's the way it worked out. She's not an enemy, she's an innocent by-stander that happened to be the one you all chose to kidnap because you couldn't stand the thought of defeat. Leave her alone from here on out," he said angrily.
"Always the goody-two-shoes!" Seifer shouted just as angry.
"Be that as it may Seifer, you will leave Usagi and her friends alone from now on. You don't want to know the consequences if you don't."
"Why?"
"Because I said so, that's why."
"I have a hunch as to why. I think I know why," Seifer said cruelly.
Squall frowned, not liking that tone of voice. "I don't care what you think Seifer. I really don't. From this moment forward, you will leave Usagi and her friends alone. Goodbye Seifer, see that you do as I say, or you'll find out just what the consequences are," he said in an icy tone never heard before.
Slamming the phone back into its cradle, he looked up at the ceiling of his room. 'Usagi,' he thought longingly...
Seifer looked at the phone in disbelief not really paying attention to the dial tone. What the hell had just happened? Usagi! This was all her fault! He would get her for it, despite what Squall said. 'Usagi!' he thought angrily, 'you're mine!'
~Kyia~
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Minako cracked open an eye, the clock shone 3:41 am. She rolled over and sat up, looking towards Usagi's bed where Usagi and Rei were sprawled across the full sized bed. Ami was curled up near Usagi's rarely used desk with Luna and Makoto was between Ami and Minako, snoring softly.
"Usagi." She whispered softly.
There was no answer.
"Usagi!" She called a little louder.
Usagi groaned softly and rolled over.
Minako rolled her eyes, stood quietly, and shook Usagi. "Usagi! Mamoru is out side your window!"
Usagi sat up with a start. "What? Where is that bastard?" She asked, groggy with sleep in her voice.
Rei was awakened also. She moaned and pulled a pillow over her head.
"Usagi." Minako sat on the edge of the bed.
Usagi looked at her blonde friend. "What?"
"What was Squall wearing last night?" Minako asked quietly.
"Minako! For Ares sake! Go back to sleep!" Rei bellowed and pushed the Senshi of Love of the bed. "You are going out with Ryoga!"
Minako sniffed. "I can look! I just wanted to know what Squall was wearing!" Minako fought back.
Usagi laid back down and closed her eyes, envisioning the very cute tousled, brown haired boy. She sighed happily as the vision of his eyes past her vision. "Brown leather pants, white tank top and black boots, now go back to sleep!"
"I missed Squall wearing leather pants? Damn!"
She was silenced by Rei's pillow flying into her face. "Go to bed, NOW!" Rei ordered.
Minako sighed and rolled back to her sleeping bag.
~~~#~~~
"Honestly! The parade starts at 10:30, couldn't we get here at 10:15?" Duo cursed as he leaned against the cab of the truck tiredly.
Trunks smirked. "It's only 9:30."
"Precisely my point." Duo sniffed.
"It's the price we pay for being the school's best athletes." Ranma grinned as he straightened his jersey.
Wufei, Ranma, Trunks, and Gohan were representing the football team wearing their jersey's and jeans; Lee, Duo and Heero were representing the basketball team wearing their jersey's and shorts; and Amano, Hitomi and Usagi were representing the track team in their warm up pants and t-shirts.. Those were the major fall sports. And, of course, the varsity cheerleading team was there with pompoms and outfits.
Mr. Weizer jogged up. "Okay troops, we are behind Katana High School in the line up, let's show some school spirit!" He announced.
Minako bounced. "What do you think he'll be wearing?" She asked excitedly.
Akane rolled her eyes. "Gee, I don't know, how about his jersey and jeans, just like our football team."
"Wow!" Minako sighed.
"Miss Aisha! You can't be serious!" Usagi pouted.
"What? You all are the track team; you all run all the time! Plus, the cheerleaders are walking as well."
"Technically, Miss Aisha, they'll be jumping and screaming and kicking." Hitomi pointed out. Aisha glared back and Hitomi grinned.
Usagi grumbled out a, "fine." And went to sit in between Duo and Gohan. The layout for their 'float' would be: a basketball hoop in the bed of the truck, Duo, Heero, and Lee would jog behind the truck and shoot baskets, the tailgate would be down so the balls would roll back out; the football players would be on either side of the truck, Wufei and Trunks would be on the left with Ranma and Gohan on the right, they'd be throwing footballs back and fourth; the track team would be jogging behind the basketball players; two cheerleaders would be in front of the truck holding the Ken High banner and the rest of the squad would be behind the track runners cheering with their pompoms.
"Is it too much to sit in the truck and wave?" Usagi sighed.
"You sound like Duo." Ranma rolled his eyes and leaned next to her.
"Hey!" Duo glared. "I am not complaining... I'm just..."
"Complaining?" Gohan prodded.
"No, stating what I want." Duo nodded firmly.
Ranma, Gohan, and Usagi rolled their eyes and let out a, "Riiiight."
One hour later, everyone was lined up and the Parade was beginning. The Ken High truck was, unfortunately, behind the Katana High truck. The glares going back and forth were hot enough to cook a steak to well done in a matter of seconds. Except Minako's.
"He's so cute!" Minako sighed dreamily.
"Minako! Pay attention!" Akane scolded.
"But look at him! He's wearing a blue and silver jersey, black jeans, and his hair looks tousled." She stared openly at the truck ahead of them.
"His hair is always tousled." Akane pointed out.
"Your point?" Minako asked.
"I give up." Akane rolled her eyes.
"Minako Loire. Minako Leonheart. Minako Leonheart Loire. Mrs. Squall Loire." Minako babbled.
"Good Lord! You need help." Akane shook her head sadly. "What about Ryoga?" She reminded.
Minako grinned. "Minako Habiki. Mrs. Ryoga Habiki... It does sound better, doesn't it?"
Akane muttered something about 'blondes' and 'asylums' then rolled her eyes.
Meanwhile... in the Katana Truck...
"Yo Squall, you look like you didn't get much sleep." Zell commented.
Squall sent a glare at Seifer. "No, someone decided to call me at three o'clock in the morning." He bit.
"Well, you don't look nearly as bad as Seifer, Anubis, and Kento... they look like they were stepped on by Talpa." Sage commented.
On the other side of the Truck...
"Do I even want to know?" Ryo asked, gesturing towards the five cartoons of Seifer's ammo.
Seifer grinned evilly, wincing slightly as his headache reminded him that grinning evilly hurt like Hell Fire. "When I give the word." He ordered and nodded towards the Ken High truck behind them.
The Katana truck just reached the announcer box, where the crowd is the thickest and the cheering in the loudest, when Seifer gave the nod to commence with another of his plans.
The Ken High athletes, at first, didn't know what hit them.
"Oh my GOD! EEEEGGGGS!" Minako screeched as one hit her on her chest. But not just any eggs, rotten eggs.
Eggs pelted the Ken High truck and athletes. The truck swerved and tipped over, due to too much cargo, people on the sides screamed, horses behind the truck reared and panicked, the Katana Truck, due to the masses of panicking people, swerved and ran into a fire hydrant, which exploded and soaked everyone in the vicinity. And the eggs were still flying.
"It's in my HAIR!" Usagi screeched and held up a chunk of wet hair, dripping yellow with yolk.
"Your hair? Look at mine!" Duo held up his now slimy, yellow braid.
Squall glared at Seifer, even though the Ken High Senshi looked hilarious in slimy, egg yolk and the chaos ruined the parade he had wanted NO part in, it was still one of the stupidest things the blonde ever thought of. He glanced over at the Senshi to see Usagi holding a pigtail and shrieking at a boy with a long braid, Duo.
Back to the tipped over Senshi truck...
Wufei smirked and pulled out his duffel bag that miraculously survived unharmed. "I was prepared for this." He opened the bag quickly.
Gohan gaped. "You prepared to be bombed by the Assassins?" He asked.
"More or less." Wufei shrugged and showed him the contents of the bag. Gohan grinned evilly. "You in Heero?" Wufei asked the perfect soldier that was glaring at the Katana Assassins so hard, Gohan was afraid they'd turn to ice on the spot. Heero nodded silently. "What about you Trunks?"
"This. Is. Disgusting." Trunks picked yellow goop out of his lilac colored hair. He glanced over at the bag and his eyes light up with revenge.
This time, since they were to busy gloating, the Katana High Assassins didn't know what hit them.
Kento licked his shirt. "Is this...? WATER BALLOONS FILLED WITH RANCID MILK!" He screamed and pulled off his jersey.
Trunks, Gohan, and Wufei, with their incredible aim and accuracy, pelted the Assassins with water balloons filled with three-week-old milk. It was nauseating. What was left of the crowd now scattered due to the smell.
"We're gonna smell for WEEKS!" Kento moaned and ducked to avoid another balloon, instead it hit Sage.
Sage growled and threw the remains on Kento's head. "Watch it!" He complained.
Squall looked down at his seventy-dollar jeans with disgust. There is no way this stuff was coming out anytime soon. Luckily, he brought a change of clothes so he wasn't stuck in his jersey all day. Squall quickly sneaked off to find the nearest bathroom.
Seifer sat up from the puddle of milk he was in. Most of the balloons had been aimed at him and he was soaked, reeking of rancid milk, and still had a headache the size of China. He snarled and stood up, to be hit by another balloon. He heard, "And that's for messing with my hair!" being shouted from the Ken High truck. He growled and stalked over to Kento. "Are there any eggs left?" He asked, his voice barely hiding his anger.
Kento shook his head. " 'fraid not."
Seifer glared at the pavement for a moment. "Fine then. Retreat." He ordered. The Katana boys scampered off, to find a change of clothing.
"Hell yeah!" Duo whooped after they left.
"Look at this mess." Gohan shook his head in disgust. The whole street was giving off a horrid, rotten smell.
"At least no one got hurt." Said Ranma.
Usagi gaped at Ranma's neck. "Ranma! Your neck! It looks like your head is on sideways!" She pointed with her jaw hanging open.
Ranma rubbed his neck. "Yeah... That happens... I'll just see Dr. Tofu." He shrugged.
"Are you sure you don't want the hospital?" Usagi asked concerned.
Ranma waved the suggestion away. "I'm fine!" He winced as he tried to move his neck. "Just a little...discombobulated."
"We better get out of here." Trunks suggested. "Before authorities come and decide to blame us."
The group nodded and headed off.
~~~$~~~
Later that day, a little after noon, the Ken High Senshi were cleaned up and changed. And each was out exploring the carnival in whatever way they wanted. Minako and Makoto were riding the Zipper (trying to beat Gohan and Usagi's record). Usagi, Hitomi, Rei, and Ami were wandering the booths, looking for stuff to buy (Usagi found a bear wearing a playboy outfit, ears included). Hotaru, Jim, and Merle were trying their best at games (Jim, by now, had won three teddy bears for each girl). Gene was at home, working with Mel. Ranma (his neck in the right order), Van, Heero, and Gohan were lost in the fun house (and they weren't having much fun trying to get out, Heero had shot three mirrors by now). Wufei and Shampoo were riding the Ferris wheel (much to Wufei's mortification). Ryoga was lost, as usual. Lastly, Duo and Trunks were looking for lunch.
Duo and Trunks were looking for a turkey leg stand. They both had the biggest urge to eat a turkey leg so off the two went, in search of a turkey leg. Duo bounced alongside Trunks. "I haven't had a turkey leg in... weeks!" Duo rubbed his stomach.
Trunks rolled his eyes. "You're acting like it's been years." He pointed out.
Duo grinned. He turned to look at Trunks while he walked to respond. But Trunks saw what was in his path. "Hey Duo, watch out for-"
Duo smacked right into a tall figure with a raging headache and a mission to find out why Squall was so overprotective of Usagi. Anubis and Kento, standing nearby eating corndogs, laughed.
Seifer turned angrily to see who had ran into him. Duo was looking sheepish. "Hey, sorry man. I didn't see you." Duo apologized.
Seifer snarled. "Get lost!" Seifer rubbed his head and winced again. What a headache he had!
Trunks took this chance, "What's wrong with you? You're head hurts?"
Duo sighed, "C'mon, Trunks. I'm hungry. Let's just get our legs, and leave." He started to walk off. But suddenly a staff with lots of rings around the top appeared in Anubis' outstretched hand, blocking their path.
"Leaving so soon, braid boy?" Seifer mocked.
That did it for Duo, nobody, I mean, nobody, talks trash about his hair, and gets away with it. He turned back around curtly and growled. "You dare make fun of the Great Destroyer!?"
Seifer blinked, "Great destroyer? What's with that lame nickname?"
Duo narrowed his eyes.
Kento grinned wickedly, "Anubis, boxers? Or briefs?"
Anubis took the hint, "BRIEFS!"
Kento cocked his head to the side, "How come?"
Anubis smirked, "'Cuz, it's TRUNKS BRIEFS!"
Seifer cracked up.
Trunks threw himself at Anubis, making a point in between punches that wouldn't hurt him, "Never-Insult-Me-Again!"
Anubis wiped the blood off of his mouth, his grip on his staff tightened and it glowed. The demi-Saiya-jinnn lunged at him again, kneeing him in his private spot. His staff lay forgotten, he tried a punch at Trunks, who dodged it with ease. Finishing him off, Trunks did a roundhouse kick, making Anubis fly back into a bench.
Seifer looked indifferent as he walked over to Anubis, kicked him, then watched Duo take on Kento.
The Great Destroyer blocked a punch from Kento, then countered by flipping behind him, and tripped him over by swinging around his leg.
Kento stood up by pulling Duo's braid. Duo growled and used this to his advantage. He swung his hair, and Kento went flying into Anubis.
Seifer was disgusted, "Weaklings."
Amused, Duo raised his eyebrows, "So, you would dis your own friends!?"
"My friends, are those who prevail over weak beings like you," Seifer smirked. "Zombie." A black light came out of his hands and struck Trunks, leaving him as a Zombie.
Trunks fell down to his knees as Duo ran up to Seifer, who dodged his punch and countered with thunder. He got out a potion. Duo, expecting Seifer to use it on himself, widened his eyes as the potion went to Trunks. But instead of healing, it hurt him.
Roaring, Trunks ran over to Seifer in the blink of an eye and knocked him onto a young girl who shrieked and jumped up. Blushing madly, she coughed and walked away swiftly.
Seifer growled and wiped the blood that was streaming down from his mouth. "Fire." Hot, burning flames flew from his hands and knocked the demi-Saiya-jinn off of his feet. He then ran up to Duo, grabbed his braid, and started to pull.
"Woah, man, now that's going a bit to far!" Duo did a roundhouse kick and got loose from Seifer's grip. Trunks then took out a vial from his pocket, threw it over himself and a bright light cured him of his abnormal status. "Gotta love that holy water." He half mused to himself.
Duo and Seifer were locked in a hand-to-hand combat when Trunks came up behind Seifer and threw him next to his buddies. "Duo, we're leaving!"
"Right, man!" Duo exclaimed as he patted Trunks on the back.
Trunks straightened his Capsule Corp. jacket, and brushed his bangs out of his eyes.
"But, man, I could sure use a good turkey leg!"
BabySerenity
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Ami and Rei stopped at a table full of thick books that just looking at gave Usagi a headache; so on she and Hitomi kept going, looking for something un-educational, like food.
"Dad?" Usagi gaped as she and Hitomi stopped their meandering, each holding a strawberry banana smoothie and sesame chicken.
Her dad was standing with a tall lady, mid thirties, with shoulder length blonde curly hair. She wore brown slacks with a gold and green flowered top. "Hello Usagi!" Her father greeted. "This is a client of mine, Joyce Summers, new here in Japan." Kenji introduced the woman.
"Hello." Usagi bowed politely.
"Your father has told me a lot about you and your brother, Shingo. It's nice to finally meet you." She shook hands with Usagi.
"Ms. Summers is from America. California to be exact." Kenji told his daughter.
"Wow! This here is my friend Hitomi." Usagi introduced.
"Nice to meet you." Joyce shook hands with Hitomi.
"You to, Ms. Summers." Hitomi smiled.
"Well, we better be on our way." Usagi hauled Hitomi off with a smile.
Once out of hearing range, Hitomi turned to Usag. "So... what does your dad do?" Hitomi asked.
"He owns the Juuban Bank." Usagi told her. "But I've never met any of his clients before." Usagi mused.
Hitomi shrugged. "Let's find the others." She suggested.
Usagi nodded and they walked off.
~~@~~
Gohan, Van, and Heero were wandering aimlessly around the rides looking for one that might test their skills. There were debating the huge Jack and Jill slide or the Fun House.
"Hey Gohan!"
Gohan turned around to see his dad with Goten and Chibi Trunks. "Hey dad!" Gohan waved. Van and Heero nodded a greeting.
"Gohan! Look at what I won!" Goten was holding up a stuffed cow that was three times his size.
"And look at mine!" Chibi Trunks held up an identical cow.
"And I ate three carmel apples."
"And two bags of Cotton Candy."
"And four turkey legs."
"And eight corn dogs."
"And two boxes of #24 at the Thai food booth."
"And I drank ten bottles of water."
"Along with seven Pepsis."
"And then we ate funnel cake!"
Van and Heero stared in bewilderment (of course Heero's look didn't look any different than normal to the untrained eye). "You all ate that... today?" Van asked in amazement.
"No, silly! Just in the last hour!" Goten laughed.
This time Heero did look surprised with Van. "Last hour?" Heero asked.
"We ate plenty of more stuff before that." Chibi Trunks grinned. "I like carnival food."
Gohan laughed sheepishly. "They're exaggerating."
"And that's not near what Daddy ate!" Goten smiled proudly.
Goku laughed. "C'mon kids, let's leave Gohan alone." He ushered the two away."
"...How?" Heero asked Gohan.
Gohan laughed nervously. "They're growing boys!"
~~~*~~~
"Beauty and the Beast? Minako! That's not a musical! It's the damn Disney Empire!" Rei cried exasperated. Ami and Rei had run into Minako and Makoto after Ami stocked up on books. They found Hitomi and Usagi a few moments later at a picnic table and proceeded to talk about musicals (Usagi had been drooling over a poster of Ewan McGregor from Moulin Rouge). Ami was oblivious to the conversation, reading a textbook on astronomy.
"But they sing! And dance! And I love Chip!" The blonde tried to argue.
Usagi and Hitomi laughed while Rei rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Hey girls! What's up?" Duo asked between mouthfuls of turkey. He and Trunks walked up to the girls followed by Wufei and Shampoo.
"We're talking about our favorite musicals, and Minako is convinced Disney's Beauty and the Beast in a musical." Hitomi explained.
"I love musicals!" Duo exclaimed.
"Really?" Usagi grinned. "What's your favorite?"
"You did not just ask that." Wufei moaned and covered his eyes.
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Duo told them eagerly.
"The what?" Minako asked, interested.
"Please don't sing." Wufei begged.
Duo ignored his Chinese friend and jumped onto the picnic table the girls were sitting at and grinned before singing: "I'm just a sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania." He sang loudly and swayed his hips erotically.
"Gods no!" Wufei groaned.
Hitomi stared at him in horror, Rei choked, Trunks eyed him warily, Shampoo looked incredible confused, Ami looked up from her book in puzzlement, and Usagi burst out laughing. "What's so bad about a transvestite? Don't they stuff animals?" Minako asked confused.
"They stuff all right." Usagi mumbled, earning a smack from Rei.
"That's a taxidermist." Ami corrected.
"Oh. Ooooooh, I get it now! EW! Duo! Why are you singing about yaoi?" She wrinkled her nose.
"It doesn't necessarily mean you're yaoi." Duo defended and sat down at the table. "Besides, Tim Curry is the best!" Duo grinned mischievously.
Trunks and Wufei snorted.
"He prances around in drag throughout the movie, how can you not admire that?" Duo asked seriously.
"I think we need a subject change." Rei muttered and shook her head.
"All right... Duo, what's your favorite movie?"
"Don't ask that either!"
"Wu-man, you're no fun!"
*SMACK*
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Michiru and Haruka showed up later that night and rode the Tilt-a-Whirl with Hotaru and Usagi. Hotaru looked an awful shade of green afterwards from Haruka and Usagi's unpredictable and high-speed spinning. And Duo got another turkey leg. Minako stopped asking Duo questions, much to Wufei's relief. But then Wufei was dragged back on to the Ferris wheel with Shampoo. Duo took Akane on the Ferris wheel as well. Ranma, Heero, Van, and Gohan finally found their way out of the fun house (Gohan blasted a hole through the wall) and were now back in the Beer Gardens listening to a swing band with their friends, where Quatre and Trowa met them, after some Preventor business. Ryoga was currently at Mt. Fuji wondering where Juuban district was.
So now we're at the Beer Gardens, the gang of friends sitting in the grass laughing and talking. Except Usagi who was standing ten yards away talking to Shingo on her cell phone, telling him to meet her in the Beer Gardens at 9:30 (the present time being 8:45).
"So Shampoo, why did you drag Wufei up on the Ferris Wheel so many times?" Hitomi curiously asked the Amazon.
"Fun to watch Wufei squirm at such height." Shampoo answered.
Wufei choked on his drink.
The group fell silent for a moment, until Duo burst out laughing. "Wufei afraid of heights? HAAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHA..."
"Duo, don't be so hard on Wufei." Quatre lectured.
"How are you afraid of heights? Weren't you a Gundam Pilot?" Jim asked curiously.
Wufei snorted. "I am NOT afraid of heights! I just don't like being that high up in an open cart." He growled.
"Wu-bear is afraid of heights!" Duo continued to laugh.
"MAXWELL!"
Usagi plopped down next to Rei. "What I miss?"
Rei turned to her friend. "Wufei is afraid of the height of the Ferris wheel."
"So are you." Usagi pointed out.
"Yeah, but Rei is afraid of all the rides." Minako pointed out.
Rei blushed. "Not all the rides! I'm fine with the Merry-go-Round." She argued.
"What I want to know is how you all got lost in the Fun House." Trunks asked amused.
"There were all those damn mirrors!" Ranma defended.
"We tried to ask little kids how to get out." Gohan pointed out.
"Yeah, but Heero always scared them off with his, 'tell us now, or I'll kill you.' And a gun pointed at the poor kids heads." Van shook his head sadly.
"Hn." Heero shrugged.
The gang cracked up laughing.
"There's Shingo, I'll be back in a minute." Usagi stood up and jogged over to her little brother and his friends. "You're early." Usagi commented.
"Yeah, we're going home to see if we can beat the best time on Hydro Racing." Shingo told her eagerly.
Usagi laughed and shook her head sadly. "My brother the Playstation geek."
"Hey!" Shingo cried out.
"Just don't give mom a hard time." Usagi ushered them off. Shingo waved and he and his friends trotted off.
Usagi glanced towards the swing band. They were really, really bad. But the audience was so drunk that they didn't even notice. Usagi giggled at the site of them swaying to their own beat, not the music's.
"Usagi."
Usagi spun around to be face to face with Squall Loire. "Squall!" Usagi responded in surprise. "Coming to apologize?"
Squall raised an eyebrow. "For what?"
"For kidnapping me, for throwing eggs at me, for beating up Trunks and Duo earlier... take your pick." Usagi crossed her arms over her chest.
Squall looked mildly confused. "Kidnapping was my idea, it was one of Seifer's half baked plans. You all found revenge for the eggs with rotten milk. Lastly... what are you talking about?"
"Never mind. Then why are you talking to me? Come to warn me to stay out of Seifer's way?" Usagi took a defensive posture.
Squall sighed. "No... I'm here because-forget it." Squall turned to walk away.
"Wait, Squall, what did you want to talk to me about?"
Squall looked Usagi in the eye; Usagi felt her heart speed up from his gaze. "...Whatever." He sighed, almost sadly.
He left Usagi standing in the Beer Gardens surrounded by scores of drunk and loud people. Usagi stared after him with a look of pure confusion on her face.
~~~@~~~
END
Done with Day 2! YAY! As always, I thank BS-chan, she always gives me info when I'm too lazy to look it up myself! *Grins* and so does Kyia-chan! You both are just so good to me! *glomps both* (comment on their parts of the story)
Yes, Beauty and the Beast IS a musical, just not musical musical. Get my drift? And, I love Disney movies; but really, there's a Disney empire out there!
And now for the usual thanks korner:
datajana: *glomps* thanks! I always try with my humor!
tori: twelve times?! WOW! I think you deserve a metal! *hands over the 'i read Anime High 12 times medal'.
brandy: look *hint hint* here's an update!
PrincessLesse: *glomps* thanks! I think i'm going to lose a lot of readers when the pairing is offically revealed... but, i did write a great moment were chichi meets usagi and is convinced they are going out...
Shinigami Babe88: thanks!
Kyia: aahhhH! you dared me! *sighs* guess i'll have to squeeze them into a chapter! *giggles* and, you gave me a great idea that i'll need your help on... about the medieval thing... im me and we'll talk! OH! *SUPER MEGA GLOMP* thanks for the phone call part! *glomps again* i love it!
LunaPrincess: yay! At least YOU will be satisfied with the final pairing!
BS-chan: I'm working on your 'story'. and i'm working on the co-authored one... @.@ too many stories i'm working on! stupid job that eats up all my time! *sighs* *SUPER MEGA GLOMP* thanks for your submission! As always! my #1 fan/manager/boss/slave driver/deity of work!
rtr: yooooou guessed correctly! and you win this cute little button that says "I guessed right"
Ann Parker: nooo, close though! thanks for the thought! (jim + hotaru) wait... did i already thank you last chapter? *shrugs* oh well!
THANKS TO EVERYONE!!
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