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"Usagi we're heading to the crown you coming?" Minako's voice rang through the phone, chipper as always
Turing to her father so shook her head "No, I'm gonna hang back today"
"Awe" her cousin whined "come on! It'll be no fun without you"
Usagi laughed "as if Mimi, our group of friends has more drama and mental issues than day time TV"
"True, alright fine…have fun doing whatever"
"I will, talk to you later"
Hanging the phone up Usagi walked over to her father looking confused "So are you going to tell me what's going on or what?"
Kenji buttoned his short sleeve kaki Charles "nothing going on" he answered simply grabbing his cover and walked down the stairs
"Then why are you in uniform?" she asked as she fallowed her father
With a breath Kenji turned to his daughter "I received a call this morning"
"You can't go back to work dad! Not yet, its way to early" she protested "I know that you're upset at me and I get that, but don't you think your taking this a little too far?"
Kenji laughed "I'm not upset with you, disappointed yes, but upset no" he answered "I do on the other hand understand why it happened, I just wish you wouldn't have lied to me…you know I am a big boy I can handle things just fine" he smiled kissing Usagi on the forehead "as you know I to…did that at a young age…so it would be very hypocritical of me to chop your head off, I'm just happy it was only one time" he looked at his daughter seriously "not that I regret you angel, but you're young and not ready for the responsibilities of a child" he held her hands tightly "You have your whole future ahead of you, I want you to enjoy it before you get tied down…do you understand?"
Usagi nodded a tear falling from her eye "I'm sorry dad" she whispered hugging him "are you going to be long?" Kenji shook his head "okay, then I'll just wait here for you…when you get back we can head to the park for a picnic with Kakeru"
Kissing his daughters cheek he nodded placing his cover on to his head "sounds like a plan"
Neph laughed as he saw his blabber mouth of a friend, Jed "oh man you look like shit"
".Ha" Jed mocked taking his seat "that Usa sure does pack a punch" he mumbled rubbing his black and blue face "Who ever gave her a name that means Rabbit, was on crack that girl is nothing like a cute cuddly rabbit!"
"Well if you would just keep that mouth of yours closed you wouldn't have been put into this situation" Rei said placing her purse on the floor
"There is nothing wrong with speaking your mind, Ricotta"
Rei just rolled her eyes as she turned to Minako, who was laughing at the couples banter "Where's Usagi anyway?"
"She decided to hang at home today" Minako shrugged
"Well that's nice, have some time alone with her father" Kunzite smiled "I like the guy, he's pretty cool"
"How do you think their conversation when about…you know who and her doing you know what?" Zoi asked looking around
"I'm right here" Mamoru hissed "and I think that is none of our business"
"From what I understood from Kakeru, papa-Kenji is okay with everything, disappointed but alright" Minako answered, everyone staring at her "what? He came over this morning; he was dropping off some college stuff"
"Speaking of college, don't you guys find it a little strange that Usa hasn't found a college yet? Let alone knows what's she's going to do with her life after graduation?"
"Rei, Usagi is Usagi she always waits till the last minute." Makoto said with a shrug
"besides with everything that's happened this year I can totally understand her resistance to picking a career path, she probably just wants to take a year off figure things out" Seiya said sipping on his milkshake
Ami looked around the table as she fidgeted with her straw "Do you think she'll go back to modeling?"
"It's a possibility" Rei whispered rubbing her tinny bump a sad look on her face
"You two are worried about this too?" Makoto asked the same worried look on her face "I don't want to sound selfish but…I'm hoping she doesn't"
"I've been thinking the same thing" Rei whispered looking up at Makoto and then Ami, who nodded
"Well... She has been receiving tons of letters..." Minako said looking at her three friends
"What?! Mina why didn't you say anything?! "Rei yelled slamming her hands on the table "You should have told us!"
"I…I just figured that…that it didn't matter"
"Didn't matter, Mina she's our best friend! We have a right to know if she was even considering going back to…to that life"
"Whoa whoa whoa" Kunzite waved his hands stopping the conversation "Usa use to model?"
Minako nodded "for a year...she won this contest when she was 14. The agency wanted her to continue but her mother and father wouldn't allow it. Said it tarnished uncle's image, something about not wanting his marines to have posters of his daughter in their rooms or whatever"
Seiya laughed at guys confused expressions "Where do you think she gets all of these designer clothes?"
Kunzite shrugged "I just thought the American government payed their solders really well"
At that moment Zoi spoke up "They do! It's a way of controlling them"
With an annoyed look Ami lifted her heavy math book "You know I'm really not in the mood for this" it was then that she hit the paranoid teen over the head causing him to pass out "you were saying"
Mina shook her head as she continued "I don't think we should talk about this anymore"
"Why?" Kunzite asked looking around the table as Neph poked Zoi with his fork
"It just isn't our place to say anything, I mean if she wants you to know than she'll tell you"
"I just really hate the idea" Ami whispered "if she did go back...we'd never see her, I mean we barely saw her that whole year!"
"You forget Ami, You-Makoto-Seiya....and myself are leaving" Mamoru reminded
"Actually you can count me in on that list" everyone turned to mina as Kunzite laid a supporting hand on her shoulder "I got offered an internship in Paris..."
Rei stared wide eyes "wait a minute you mean... you mean I'll be left here alone?" she looked around frantically
"Awe havarti I'll still be with you" Jed cooed as he rubbed her back
Rei started to cry "you're leaving me with him?!"
"Hey you love me!"
"W-what am I going to do?!" she cried hysterically "who am I going to go shopping with?! Who's going to help me with my hair?! Who am I going to TALK TO?!!"
"You can talk to me" Jed said but was ignored as Rei cried even harder
"Rei sweetie it will be okay, you'll see...I mean it's not like we'll be gone forever... We'll be back to visit" Minako added gently
"Yea their be back to visit, and again you still have me" again he was ignored
"Mina's right, we all have cell phones you can call us any time day or night and besides we have to help raise our new edition" Makoto smiled as she laid her hand on Rei's tinny bump
"I'll be there to help with the baby" Jed announced but yet again was unnoticed
"God forbid his education be left up to the two of you" the blue haired genus sighed
"Why does everyone ignore me?"
"Hey! I was accepted to Harvard!" Rei defended
"May I remind you Rei that I helped you with your essay that got you into the school in the first place?" Ami reminded raising a perfectly blue eye brow
"What?! You little cheat!" Mamoru yelled "I knew something was up!"
"Is he still alive?" Seiya asked pointing to the unconscious teen
Ami lifted Zoi's hand and dropped it "seems fine to me" she said with a shrug
"That doesn't seem fine he didn't even move" Seiya said worriedly "Neph stop pocking him with your damn fork!"
Ami shrugged turning to Mamoru "So Mamoru what do you plan to do?
"About what?"
"Don't play dumb Mamoru, we all know you're not just a sizzling piece of manly eye candy"
the girls turned to Motoki "did u just call my brother sexy?"
"What?! You can't act like you haven't seen him whenever we go swimming or the way his white shirts cling to his body, show off the curvatures of his god like abs!" there was silence "I mean look at his messy zack efron locks, I mean have you ever smelt his breath while slept?! GOD peppermint freshness!! All he does is wake up and he's shines with sex appeal like Hugh Jackman in wolverine"
"How do u know what his breath smells like?" Seiya asked with raised eye brow "in his sleep"
"It's not a crime to watch your friend sleep soundly in his bed while running your fingers through his oh so silky locks"
"It's official I am nailing my window shut" Kunzite announced with a scared look on his face
Mamoru turned to his blonde friend with a look of terror. Okay guys let's talk about the signs of a heart attack…
"And you wonder why mom and dad think you're gay." Makoto grumbled
"Mamoru does have unusually silky hair" Jed said while taking a bite of his fries "have you ever noticed the sweet smell of berry?"
Motoki nodded "Vanilla as well, a bit of hickory too, it balances out very nicely, I wonder what shampoo he uses"
"Euphoria" came Zoi voice as he snatched the fork from Neph "it's an all natural product; in fact have you two noticed the texture of his skin?
Mamoru placed his hand on his chest
Sign number one -Chest painis the first sign that indicates a man may be experiencing a heart attack. The pain doesn't have to be intense---perhaps just a feeling of pressure, squeezing, heaviness, tightness or numbness. This feeling may last for more than a few minutes; it may also go away and then resurface.
"Oh god so smooth like a babies butt" Motoki said in a dream like state
"Baby oil'" Jed said also in a haze "his secret is to rub the oil on right after your shower while you're Still wet"
The teen in question turned a sickly pale as he rubbed his arm –Which brings me to sign number two- Other areas of the body where he may experience pain or discomfort are thearms, neck and back. Because pain in the left arm is a well-known sign of a heart attack, he may begin showing signs of anxiety, such as breaking out in a cold sweat or losing color in his skin.
"I'm surprised I didn't know this" motoki said in disbelief
Jed shrugged "that's because it happens every Monday Wednesday and Friday"
Sign number three-In many cases, it's when a man experiences shortness of breath---or has difficulty breathing---that he or a person nearby takes notice. Dizziness may accompany this feeling, along with feeling weak, lightheaded or nauseous.
"Oh see I sneak in every Tuesday and Thursday" the blonde arcade worker added as he opened his date book, sure enough there on said days stated
-Mamoru's house 10:30-
"You marked it in your planner?!" Kunzite snatched the planner from the blonde's hands flipping through it "good lord man, this goes back over a year!"
It was then that Mamoru's eyes widened and he stopped breathing
Motoki nodded a look of pride in his eyes "yes, I marked the special night in red"
"Why didn't I notice this before?!" Mamoru yelled looking at the planner rubbing his arm "is it getting hot in here?" his breathing becoming labored
Motoki shrugged snatching back his planner "sometimes you're just too slow for your own good Mamo-chan"
"Don't call me that!" he yelled pulling on the collar of his shirt "god damn it, it's hot!"
Ami placed her hand on to his forehead pulling it back quickly "Oh my word, Mamoru you're sweating!"
Ignoring the worried looking Ami, Makoto continued the conversation; loving the torment this was causing the raven haired teen "So Zoi what days are yours?"
"I'm Saturday and Sunday- Sundays are his "special sock days" he said with a wink at Mamoru who turned bright red
"I think I'm going to pass out" he mumbled as Ami grabbed a napkin wiping his forehead
"Special sock days?" Rei asked confused "What are u ...ewww what the hell?! " Rei yelled reaching over and punching her brother in the arm "Is that why you won't let me do your laundry on Sunday?!"
Embarrassed beyond belief Mamoru turned wide eyes to the three blonde males "How the hell are u getting…" he gasped for air as he held his chest "into my room?!"
Jed waved his hand, a smile on his face as Rei sat beside him rocking back and forth as if in a traumatized state "threw your window silly"
"HOW?! The only way is to go through..." Mamoru stopped himself as he looked to his friends in shock than promptly passed out
"MAMORU!" Ami screamed
Sign four- A person may collapse and lose consciousness during a heart attack. He may or may not respond to commands and questions. His pulse may race or his heart could stop beating
"Oh my god!" Makoto grabbed her sides laughing uncontrollably "she let you sneak into Mamoru room?!"
Motoki nodded "Usagi doesn't care just as long as we didn't wake her up…"
"And that we leave her a sugary treat on her night stand" Jed finished with a large smile
"Oh my god someone call an ambulance, I think he's having a heart attack!" Ami screamed shaking Mamoru "wake up!"
"Is he breathing?!" Seiya asked unbuttoning Mamoru shirt "gezz they were right look at those abs! And his skin wow he really does smell sweet"
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"Sgt Major Tsukino" Cornel Jackson greeted "Please, have a seat"
"Thank you sir" Kenji took the seat in front of Jackson's desk
"Welcome back Tsukino, it's not every day that one of our best returns from the dead" the man laughed shaking Kenji's hand
"It's good to be back sir" his smiled, after a few moments of silence he asked "with all due respect sir, why am I here? Last time I checked I still had three weeks of leave time"
"Well Tsukino" the man stood up walking to his window "we checked with your doctor and from what they tell us you're doing quite well, in fact you can step out of that brace in the next week or so am I correct?
"Yes sir that's correct"
The man smiled as he turned to Kenji "Well than I am happy to inform you that your request has been granted"
Kenji looked confused "Request sir?"
"The request you put in before your deployment, you wanted to be stationed in Jacksonville North Carolina, am I correct?"
Usagi's father thought for a moment, it was true before he deployed he had put in a request to be stationed at Camp Legune, he had thought it would be a great place to retire since the base and surrounding community is home to an active duty, dependent, retiree and civilian. Thinking this would give his daughter both the military friends that understand and yet a civilian life style to where she could get away from the day to day life that the military brings…but now he wasn't so sure. Since being back, this has shown Kenji how much his little girl had grown, how close she was to her friends and former boyfriend.
"I have the orders right here in my hands" Kenji looked up at his commanding officer, it was too late the orders were right in front of him, he had no choice but to fallow them. He just hopped that Usagi would understand.
---Kakeru laughed as he entered the kitchen "What are you trying to do burn down the house?"
Usagi glared at her brother "Shut up, I'm trying to cook dad's favorite" she groaned as the chicken stuck to the pan "Stupid poultry!" she growled as she tried with all her might to lift the meat from the pan, but it wouldn't move.
Kakeru walked over looking at the blacken mess "good god Usa, you burnt the thing to the pan" he rubbed the back of his neck "what were you trying to cook anyway?"
"Parmesan chicken…" she sniffed tears welling up in her eyes "I even burnt the water" she mumbled as Kakeru turned to the stove to find a burnt pot
"Wow" he whispered "well it looks like the culinary field is a negative" he laughed throwing away one of the many folders he had brought over
"What are those?" she asked turning off the stove "thank god for KFC" she mumbled to herself turning to her brother
"These" he flopped the stack of folders onto the kitchen table "are college folders, I noticed you hadn't picked one when I was going though the paper work with Ty"
"that's probably because I don't plan on going" she said with a shrug grabbing a bottle of water and taking a seat a crossed from her brother
Kakeru looked to his sister worriedly "what do you mean you don't plan on going? Usagi College is extremely important"
"I just don't want to go, at the moment" she shrugged folding napkins for their picnic
Kakeru placed his hands over hers stopping her from folding "okay, explain-you give me a good reason why you're choosing not to further your education and I'll leave it alone"
Usagi took a breath before looking up at her brother "I just need some time" she said looking at her hands again "things have been so crazy messed up lately…I just need some time to figure out where I want to be, where I want to go in life"
Kakeru sat back in his chair a small smile on his face as he nodded in understanding "okay, good enough" he said grabbing some napkins and folding them "so what do you plan to do afterwards? I hear you guys are taking a trip to Puerto Vallarta"
Usagi shook her head "not anymore, we think Rei and Jed could use the money for the baby" Kakeru smiled "besides what fun would an island paradise without Rei? It just wouldn't be the same with her not here and Jed" she laughed "I was really looking forward to him sniffing every native girl and guy"
"That is very generous of you guys to give all your savings to help out your friend"
"She's always been there for us, no matter what" Usagi smiled "so now it's time for us to be there for her"
----To be continued
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