1The Return Of Tenshi

Ch14

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or Sailor Moon.

AN: For those who have been hoping to see some familiar faces, I suggest you pay close attention to this chapter. I'm afraid that if you already harbor some hatred towards the Prince Yuki Fan Club, your hatred may grow ten fold in this chapter.

Things weren't looking good for the Prince Yuki Fan Club. They've been watching Usagi Tsukino for the past month to only find out, in horror, that she was probably more perfect than Yuki Sohma. They discovered that Usagi was the type that brings people close to her, or probably hypnotize them into adoring her. She was also very close to the Sohmas and could often be found n the presence of at least one Sohma. Now it's not just the first years, but also the second and third year that are joining the club made for Usagi; even the teachers are being entranced with her cheerful and carefree personality and were amazed with her level of intelligence (a trait Usagi received from Ami). For those who are still remain immune to her charm and loyal to Prince Yuki, they see Usagi as a much bigger threat than Tohru Honda.

Mio was in Usagi's homeroom so it was her job to spy on her when during their classes. She was watching her very carefully during morning homeroom. As much as she was impressed with how many friends Usagi managed to get in so little time, she was also disgusted with her acting all innocent and oblivious to the boys' attention, not once believing that Usagi was truly oblivious to their attention.

"All right, everyone, into your seats," the teacher ordered as he entered the room with the bell signaling the beginning of the school day. "We have three new students today and I want everyone to NOT throw themselves at these young boys, especially you girls."

The minute he said that, the door slid open with three handsome and very familiar boys walking in. The tallest one had brown hair tied in a thin long ponytail with wise purple eyes. The middle-sized boy had long black hair tied in a ponytail with confident blue eyes. And last but not least, the shortest one had long silver hair in a ponytail with a superior look in his green eyes.

Everybody gasped as they recognized the once popular band singers, the Three Lights, but nobody was more shocked to see them than Usagi. "Seiya? Yaten? Taiki?" she said, standing up, "What are you doing here?"

"What do you mean by that, odango?" Seiya asked in a teasing tone, "You sound pretty disappointed to see us."

Taiki just smiled and replied, "We're just here to make sure that you're on your feet, especially with all that had happened."

"Kakyuu-hime asked us to make sure nothing happens to you," Yaten said. He rolled his eyes to the ceiling. "I really don't see why we have to do that when you seem perfectly fine after…"

Seiya elbowed Yaten at his side and eyed pointedly at Usagi, whose eyes started to cloud slightly. "Don't listen to the baka over here, odango," the raven-haired singer said quickly, while ignoring his 'brother's' glare. "Come on, show us that smile that everyone loves so much," he said. He frowned when he saw a small grin, almost as if she was forcing it. "Oh no you don't."

Taiki laughed slightly and said gently, "I know you can do better than that, Usagi." His purple eyes glanced at the doorway and back. "And besides, there's someone here who would rather see you beam with happiness than see you sad."

Usagi's head tilted to the side as she stared curiously at her three friends, resembling very much like the nickname Haruka had given her. "You guys?" she replied slowly. The three of them shook their heads. She hummed a low note as she continued to think to herself. She doubted that they were talking about her cousins, since they don't know each other, and her senshis, since they passed away. Just who is it that they were referring to?

Yaten shook his head and sighed. "How did I know that she wouldn't know who we're talking about?" he muttered.

Seiya just laughed and said to someone behind the door. "You can come out now."

"Chibi!" a voice exclaimed excitedly as the door slide open. An adorable three-year-old girl with red hair and bright blue eyes skipped into the room. Her hair was put in the same style as Usagi's, but instead of perfect spheres, hers was in the shape of a heart, with slight curls coming down. Her blue eyes landed on Usagi as she released a big cry, "Chibi chibi!" as she ran towards the shocked teenager and hugged her legs.

"ChibiChibi, what are you doing here?" Usagi asked, staring at the cheerful girl. She kneeled down and picked her up in her arms.

"Galaxia allowed her to come with us," Taiki said, "She probably thought that ChibiChibi might help cheer you up."

"We were actually planning on making her go to a pre-school, but she completely refused to go," Yaten said, "We figured she wanted to stay by your side." He sighed in annoyance as he brushed his hair to the side in the same snobbish way he had done when he was in Juuban. "Maybe she could live with you and your cousins and be out of our hair."

"Hold it!" Mio shouted, slamming her hands on her desk. The teacher had long sat down and allowed the conversation to go on, knowing full well that they wouldn't stop until the whole talk was over. "Just why are you talking to the Three Lights so familiarly? First you were so touchy-feely with Yuki Sohma and his family and now you think you can talk to people who are famous like they're…like they're common people!"

"Like you?" Yaten added coldly. He wasn't very happy to heart that they would be separated from their princess after only a few weeks of returning home. And now he has to deal with screaming fan girls, which he never enjoyed very much.

"Oh come on, Yaten, don't be like that," Seiya said, laughing as he slammed his hand on his back. "And anyway, we just happen to be good friends with odango here."

"So, she just happens to be friends with the Three Lights, who are immensely popular," Mio said in a doubtful tone.

Taiki had caught the slight envy in her tone and figured that she must've been jealous of Usagi for something. "Usagi, weren't you friends with Michiru-san and Haruka-san?" he asked.

"Big deal, so she's friends with them," Mio muttered, but in the back of her mind, she was wondering why the names sounded familiar, "It's not like they're anything special."

"But Michiru Kaioh is a really good artist and a really famous violist," Momiji said, "Papa gave me some of her CDs once and they were really good. Even Ha'ri likes her music."

"And I also remember Kagura-nee talking about how Haruka Ten'oh became a number one racer in Japan at a really young age," Hatsuharu said.

"Wait! You're friends with THE Michiru Kaioh and Haruka Ten'oh!" someone created.

"She could be lying for all we know," Mio said, slightly miffed at the fact that when people finds out that she's friends with famous people, it would make her popularity increase more.

"Actually Usa-chan showed us a bunch of photos of her friends," Hatsuharu said, staring at Mio.

Momiji nodded his head. "Yep! They were shopping, having a picnic, eating in a restaurant…it looked like you guys were having so much fun!"

"How in the world did you meet them anyway?" Mio asked, "You don't strike me as a stalker type."

"Actually I met Haruka at an arcade where I usually hang out with my friends," Usagi said, "And from there, I met Michiru. After meeting them several time by coincidence, we just started to hang out together more." She then turned to the Three Lights with a wide grin on her face. "Then after two years, I met these three."

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Motoko's eyes widened as she heard the news. She threw her hand over her eyes dramatically and her body flew to a side. "This is just getting worse and worse. I can't believe that…that she-devil…this seductress has now sunk her fangs into the Three Lights," she said, talking as if it was the end of the world.

"Motoko-sempai, we really must find a way to dispose of her immediately," Minami said, "I passed by some of the people in the Goddess Club and I overheard how they say that it was fitting for her to hang out with the prince and the Three Lights and…and how wonderful it is if one of them fell in love with her." She shook her head rapidly. "There's even a rumor of Seiya Kou being in love with Tsukino."

"But I wonder who gave her that ring and why that child is so close to her?" Mio questioned out of the blue.

The two upperclassmen looked at Mio immediately. "What ring? What child?" they asked quickly.

"She wears this ring around her neck," Mio said, trying to remember what it looks like. "It's a silver ring with a pink heart as an ornament. And there's this cute little girl, who looks just like her, that clings to her all the time." Motoko and Minami glanced at each other as an idea sprung from their minds.

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The day went by as the whispering of the ring Usagi Tsukino wears and the young child who refused to leave her side. The whispering came to the ears of Seiya, Yaten, Taiki, Yuki, Kyo, Momiji, and Hatsuharu but were kept away from Usagi's ears as they tried to make sure that she won't be reminded of the bad memories, knowing that the ring was a touchy subject for her. People were talking about the ring perhaps was from an ex-boyfriend who left her for another or from a secret marriage and that ChibiChibi was her daughter.

As the school ended and people were about to go home, Motoko and Minami walked into the classroom. "Tsukino-san," Motoko said, eyeing the girl suspiciously as ChibiChibi sat on her lap with the two Sohmas her age and the three singers were standing by her side. She noticed how much the young teen and young child look very much similar and how it could also be very possible how ChibiChibi could in fact be her daughter. "I was wondering if you can clearly explain the story behind the ring," she continued.

Usagi looked confused as the others started to freak out. Standing by the doorway was Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, Saki, and Arisa. "What ring are you talking about?" she asked, not knowing the unwanted consequence coming from this conversation.

"Why, the ring around your neck, of course," Minami said snidely, "Everyone's been talking about it all day."

Usagi felt her heart stop and then try to jump up to her throat to get out of her body. "All day," she repeated.

"I heard that you're already married and that the reason why ChibiChibi looks so much like you is because she's your daughter," Mio brought up.

"I heard that it was a secret engagement between you and Seiya," another said. Soon different stories began to pop up. "I heard that you got it from an affair with a married man." "From your ex-boyfriend who fell in love with someone else." "From an unrequited love."

As different stories began to fill up with the room, Usagi ignored each and every one of them. She grasped the ring hiding underneath her shirt. "Mamo-chan," her mind whispered, but playing in the back of her mind were no good memories of the love they had shared, instead the only memories being played were how he had died when he should've been in America, studying at Harvard to be the doctor he had dreamt of becoming since he was a child. Not being able to reply or deny anything, Usagi stood up with ChibiChibi in her arms and ran out of the school to her present home with her cousins.

"Usagi!" "Tenshi!" The small group of friends glanced at each other and, without talking out loud, knew what to do next and nodded in silent agreement. They all ran out of the room, all but Yuki, who remained behind, glaring angrily at the three girls who had started the conversation.

"Oh, Yuki, I'm so sorry that you had to discover the scandalous background of Tsukino," Motoko said, feigning sincerity in her tone.

Yuki's gray eyes narrowed slightly. "And I feel sorry for Tenshi being the victim of your false accusations," he snarled angrily. Everyone was quite shocked to hear the unusual angry tone of the Prince of Kaibara High. Yuki walked to the door, ignoring everyone, and before exiting the room, he turned to glower at Motoko and Minami since they were the ones who started the discussion. "Don't come near me or my family until you apologize to Tenshi," he said, racing out of the room and out of the school.

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The small group made it to Shigure's house and stampeded inside. The twenty-seven year old novelist was standing by the staircase. "What's all the hustling about?" he asked with a cigarette stick hanging out of his mouth.

"A couple of nosey idiots brought up some bad memories for Sagi," Kyo said angrily. His red eyes turned to Yuki, who had caught up with them all. "So, what did ya say to them?" he asked.

Yuki ignored his question and said, "Let's go see how Tenshi is." He started walking up the steps. "Are you going to tell everyone, Shigure?" he asked his older cousin.

A small smile came up on Shigure's face. "Well, it depends, should I tell everyone?" he asked, "I mean, you know how much of a riot they might cause when they hear about her getting hurt."

"I think you should tell them," Seiya said, "Spending time with the people she loves might help lessen the pain."

"How much do you know about the ring anyway?" Yaten asked, looking at the Sohmas with his piercing green eyes.

"Wasn't it an engagement ring from her boyfriend?" Tohru asked, thinking back to what she heard Usagi said about her life in Juuban.

"And that's all she said," Taiki said, staring at them in a bland curious way. He watched everyone nod their heads and sighed as he stared up the staircase.

Shigure looked at the three boys as he tried to remember where he saw their faces before, but before he could say anything, Seiya and his brothers walked ahead towards the attic room. He sighed and turned to the black phone across from the staircase. He picked it up and dialed the familiar number of the doctor and placed the receiver by his ear. "Hey, Ha-san, would you mind bringing the gang over? It's Usagi-chan…no, no, she's not hurt…well physically anyway. The kids said that some girls brought up a painful memory and she's upset. All right, see you." And with that, he hung up the phone and sighed once more. "Just when I thought things wouldn't go wrong for her, this happens. Well, it just shows that jealousy is an ugly thing."

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Everybody, Sohmas and outsiders, were all sitting around Shigure's kitchen, some listening and some talking. The Three Lights kept their lips shut as they studied each and every one of Usagi's cousins. They started to take notice that while Yuki and Kyo are very popular in school, the two of them would rather remain unknown. Momiji is very similar to Usagi, with their cheerful expressions and resemblance to a rabbit. Hatsuharu appeared to be a calm and kind person, but there was this feeling underneath that screams, "Don't anger him." They were quite surprised to find out that Ritsu was a man, but the shock didn't last long since they were also in disguise as men in this world. Rin and Kagura are about the same age, but are completely different, Kagura seems to be very open with her emotions, especially around Kyo, and Rin seems to be cold and keep her emotions to herself. Kureno also seemed to be very cold and calm, keeping everything to himself. Kisa and Hiro were two of the youngest, pretty close to Shingo's age; Kisa was kind of like Tohru, but with more confidence in what she wants and Hiro was almost like Shingo in his criticisms, though his were much more harsher. Ayame, Shigure, and Hatori were the oldest of the bunch and all were the best of friends, or so Ayame and Shigure claim. If Ayame weren't a guy, the three brothers would've thought that he was a big drama queen, what with the way he speaks and acts. Shigure was also a bit of a pervert, that makes them a bit worried for Usagi, but since Hatori, the one who seems to be the most responsible, was there, they weren't too preoccupied with the thought.

"Have I seen you before?" Shigure asked the three singers, "You seem awfully familiar."

"Shii-chan, they are the Three Lights," Kagura said, "You know, they were really popular and had stopped singing just recently."

"Ahhhh…so that's why they looked familiar," the novelist said.

Hatori sighed. "I thought that we were here because of what happened to Usagi," he said. He sighed again when he caught Shigure making a look saying he just remembered why everyone was in his house. "So, what exactly made her upset?" the doctor asked the teens.

"The damn rat's fan club decided that it was okay for them to go and talk about her engagement ring," Kyo said, crossing his arms over his chest.

Shingo and Hiro both stood up and shouted, "WHAT?" They stared at each other and then at Kyo and Yuki, declaring, "We're going to your school tomorrow!"

"Whatever for?" Kureno asked.

The two stared at the rooster and shouted at the same time, "For revenge!"

"And what good would that do?" Rin asked, "Other than cause more trouble for Usagi and us."

"But we can't let them get away with hurting Tenshi," Momiji said, getting all teary eyed.

Kisa nodded her head shyly. "I think we should go and try to explain about Usa-nee-chan," she said.

Hatori stared at the doorway where the staircase was visible. "Whatever the case is, I think it is best if Usagi stays home from school tomorrow," he said, "She'll probably wear herself out from crying." He stood up and paused for a second before staring at the three singers and continuing, "So, what are we going to do with the little girl?"

"Huh?" Taiki said, "Well, we figured that she could stay with Usagi."

Yaten shrugged his shoulders in an uninterested manner. "ChibiChibi wouldn't even go to a preschool if we send her to one, so she'll most likely follow Usagi to school as well."

"I don't think it's such a good idea is she stays over here," Shigure said with a nervous smile.

"Why? She's just a little girl so she won't take up much of the space," Seiya said, "And I think that odango might appreciate her company if we're not there by her side."

"We have to ask Akito about it. Only he could decide whether or not if an outsider are allowed to stay," Kureno said. He didn't catch the slight wincing at the thought of telling Akito that somebody had harmed his precious tenshi, he would no doubt probably order him or her to be assassinated.

"Then don't tell him," Yaten said, not really understanding the deal with the whole outsiders business with this family. He understood the deal with not trusting outsiders, since he had followed the same routine when he first came here and refused to take part with the senshis of this world in the fights.

Taiki studied the family suspiciously. "Unless…there's something you failed to mention to us that would explain why ChibiChibi can't stay here," he said, watching everyone's cautious eyes.

Shigure laughed awkwardly. He shook his hands in front with an inept look on his face. "No, no, the girl can stay with us," he said. His cousins looked at him, wondering if he had just lost his mind. "Just as long as she doesn't go and cause trouble, then I have no objections," he said.

The three brothers glanced at each other and nodded before standing up. "We better get going then," Seiya said, "If anything happens to odango, give us a call." Taiki handed Shigure a slip of paper with their home number on it.

When they left, everybody turned to Shigure, who was just waving goodbye with a simple smile on his face. "Shigure, have you lost your mind?" Kyo asked, "We can't keep that brat here. She's a girl, for crying out loud!"

"It's okay, Kyo-nii, ChibiChibi may be three years old, but she can't say anything other than her name and repeating after others," Shingo said. He stood up and was about to go upstairs when he glanced at Hatori cautiously.

"No, you, along with everyone else, will attend school tomorrow," Hatori said, sipping his cup of tea, "I know that you're upset with what had happened, but we can't do anything too dramatic or else Akito may find out." He stood up and glanced at the wall clock. "We should head back home now, since it's getting late."

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"So?" Hatori and Kureno looked at Akito, who was seated by the window in his dark room. The family head narrowed his eyes when they didn't reply. "What was the big rush over to Shigure's home? Did something happen to Usa-chan?" he asked. Akito stood up and seethed quietly. "If you won't tell me what happened, then I believe the best option is to go to Usa-chan myself and find out."

Hatori shut his eyes tightly and clenched his fists. "Several girls had made a discovery of Usagi's ring, but since they didn't know the truth behind it, they spread some rumors about it," the doctor said.

"Those rumors brought back memories of the life she had before coming back," Kureno added.

Akito sat back down and glanced outside the window. "I see…"

Hatori and Kureno glanced at each other and then back at Akito. "Akito, are you…upset?" Kureno asked.

Akito chuckled slightly. "This might work to my advantage after all," Akito said with a crooked grin. His mind had already started to form a plan for the next day.

AN: And this chapter is now finally finished. Gomen nasai for the long wait everyone! I hope you enjoy this chapter and I'm trying my best to finish the rest of chapters as well, so please be patient just a little while longer.