A/N: Here's the next chapter! I hope you all enjoy this. I feel bad for making Wufei get his feelings hurt, but oh well. XD Here are some personal replies to the chapter 4 reviews.

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Jade Rabbit

When Rei had asked her if she'd like to take a year off from college to vacation at a summer home in China, Usagi couldn't refuse. Everything reminded her of Duo. The water fountain he'd usually drink from, the tree he liked to nap under, the bench he ate his lunch on—everything led back to him. She didn't want to forget him—but she definitely wanted to let go.

"The only down side to this is," Rei began ranting as she folded various clothes into her luggage case. "We have a neighbor—and his grandson—ugh! I don't even—" She had trouble completing her trail of thought. "Whatever, he's the most annoying person in the universe."

"Universe?" Usagi arched a brow, though her eyes were staring intently on her own, fully packed, luggage bag. She'd just finished packing hours before she came over to Rei's house. "Does this include everyone living in the space colonies too?" she asked, unknowingly swinging her feet back and forth.

"I said what I meant, Usagi." Rei stated firmly. "Those annoying space pricks who think their asses are way above us, don't even compare to him." She heaved, bitterly. "I have this theory that every time someone says his name, ten women in the world decide to have abortions."

"Isn't that a harsh thing to say, Rei?" Usagi wasn't sure if Rei meant it as a joke or not, but judging on the way she began hastily shoving her clothes and the other items into her bag, Usagi was pretty sure that she was serious.

Usagi didn't like airplanes. It gave her the dry heaves—so when the plane finally landed, she was extremely excited. She met Rei's grandmother. Her silver hair was tied up into a loose bun, with strands of hair framing her face. Her posture was similar to a queen's and she always spoke in a polite voice—even to her own granddaughter. "Your grandmother is like a queen." Usagi whispered into her friend's ear. "Tell me about it," Rei whispered back. "She hasn't aged a day older since the last time I saw her." She quickly added.

Usagi couldn't help but think how graceful she was. It scared her just a little bit—she liked grandmas who were small and treated complete strangers as if they were family. When they arrived at Rei's summer home, Usagi couldn't keep her gasps of awe to herself.

"Wow, Rei! I didn't realize how rich you were!" she commented. Rei rolled her eyes in response. "Do you know how long it takes for me to mop and dust every inch of this house? I may be rich, but my parents aren't stupid enough to spoil me too much."

It was a modern, black and white pagoda. In the front of the house, was a field of flowers with a large koi pond at the very middle—a bridge serving as a way to cross over the pond to the other side. The door opened up at two sides—as if opening a closet.

The furniture inside was very traditional. The way everything was arranged gave Usagi a relaxed feeling. She fallowed Rei into the guest room upstairs to unpack. When they got there, the wide window definitely caught her full attention. The curtains were pulled to the sides to reveal the view of the trees—teeming with various colored flowers. "I want the bed by the window!" Usagi screeched, racing towards the bed. Rei merely rolled her eyes and snorted. "Sure thing." She said, dragging her luggage to the other bed.

Usagi grinned widely, indicating her gratitude until a faint rumble of grunts came from the balcony. Curious as to who was making those sounds, she stepped outside and peered over the railing and spotted a young Chinese man, hair pulled back into a low ponytail just behind his neck, donned with nothing except for loose black slacks—it seemed to her that he was strength training.

His chiseled chest gleamed with beads of sweat that traveled sensually down his body. His face was rock hard with concentration and, surprisingly, it was smooth and he was fair-skinned. She watched intently as he picked up a long rod—is that a kendo stick? She asked herself.

He swung it rapidly around. Sometimes, he would throw it into the air and catch it on the other end. Other times, he spun it in his hand and lunged forward with it at an invisible opponent. Rei, who had been busy in the room, unpacking her clothes from her bag, shifted her eyes towards the balcony and scoffed at the back of Usagi's head. She knew exactly what—or rather who—she was staring at.

"Oh God…" Rei rolled her eyes and hastily stood up, making her way towards her guest. She firmly pressed her hands on either side of Usagi's shoulders and poked her head from behind her thick hair. HEY!" she called out. The strength of her voice surprised Usagi as her shoulders shook slightly. She looked over her shoulder to find Rei pursing her lips aggressively, her glares aimed at the Chinese man standing on the large field which belonged to the next house over.

The man merely grunted and shifted his stance into a more casual position and averted his eyes to their direction.

When she finally received his attention, even though it was just a simple glance over his shoulder, she snarled with such ferocity that Usagi shivered. In a dangerously challenging tone, she said, "Mr. Passive-aggressive; could you please do everyone a favor and stop swinging that stupid stick around like a damn—HEY!"

In their direction, a long stick launched towards them, almost piercing through Usagi's face, if it had not been for Rei, who had pushed her to the ground and out of the way in time. "WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?" she screamed, a mixture of low grumbling and high-pitched shrieking.

"Right now, you." He responded curtly. Surprisingly, this Chinese man's Japanese sounded fluent. Rei bit her bottom lip and fumed. She then stood up and stomped to where the stick had landed. She turned to him and held it out horizontally and brought her knee to the stick, promptly breaking it in half. "Stick. These. Up. Your. Ass." She said through gritted teeth and launched them back at him.

With dull eyes he stepped aside and let the broken pieces of his kendo stick fall onto the ground beside him. "Annoying woman!" he grunted and turned away. Royally pissed, Rei groaned. "Are you trying to be sexy? Cause' it's not working! Your grunts sound like dead pigs dying!" she shouted with a strained voice.

Usagi, sat up on the floor, utterly shocked—especially at Rei's remark. How could dead pigs sound like they were dying? Having enough of it, Rei stormed back into the room, also letting out a cry of frustration.

Usagi shifted her attention to the Chinese man and listened intently as he muttered a few things. "Hah! 'Dead pig dying'? Annoying and an idiot...unbelievable." Usagi couldn't help but smile at his remark. He then picked the pieces of his kendo stick from the ground and groaned. Muttering something in a language that was foreign to her. The only languages she knew were Japanese and English; perhaps he was speaking Chinese? She was impressed, though. She didn't know that there were Chinese people who were fluent in Japanese as well.

Usagi stood up and leaned over the railing, cupping both her hands over her mouth and called out, "SORRY!" her voice had been louder than she actually meant it to be. He flashed his eyes dangerously towards her direction again and grunted. "Why are you apologizing? It's not your fault that your friend is stupid."

With that remark, Usagi burst into tiny fits of laughter. Rei wasn't stupid! She thought, a horrible bitch, yes. Stupid? No way. She opened her eyes again to tell him just what she thought, but he was gone.

Rei's grandmother had informed the two girls of a special welcome dinner and that they were to dress formally. Rei's face twisted into a grimace, to which her grandmother scolded her politely for it. "Oh God," Rei groaned. "He's going to make my life hell." She murmured under her breath.

"Who?" Usagi was curious.

"The stupid dying pig!" she snapped abruptly. Usagi arched a brow. "He's joining us for dinner?" In response, Rei nodded miserably.

Just as Rei had said, he was there. Standing politely in formal clothes just as everyone else were when the two girls walked into the dining room. He pulled out the seat for Usagi to sit in and then proceeded to do the same to Rei until she threw glares in his direction and swatted his hand away to pull her own chair out.

"Fine," he muttered to her rudely and sat down in his own seat across from her. Rei rolled her eyes and whispered to Usagi complaining about how bad it was to eat in front of an ugly man. Usagi pursed her lips together and nodded slightly, not wanting to affix to Rei's growing irritation.

"Introduce yourself, boy." The old man sitting across from Rei's grandmother shot a look at the person causing Rei's anger. He stood up and bowed respectably. "Thank you for inviting us." He said politely then bowed towards Usagi. "It's a pleasure meeting you. My name is Wufei." Not a second after his introduction, Rei snorted curtly and rolled her eyes.

Usagi nodded and smiled in reply. "My name is Usagi. It's a pleasure meeting you too."

The dinner had been really tense. The only talking came from the older adults. Some questions regarded Rei's future and if she was to get married soon, to which Rei scoffed. After dessert was served, Wufei walked outside and stood at the back porch. The other adults sat on the couches in the living room and chatted. Rei stalked off to their room, demanding that Usagi had better follow her.

Usagi, about to do as she was told, spotted Wufei standing at the back porch. Curiosity overwhelmed her and she chose to go and talk to him first.

"Wufei!" she called out to him softly. He lifted a hand lazily in the air without even turning back to face her as a greeting. "What are you doing out here?" she asked, trying to bring up a conversation. Wufei pointed over his shoulder. "Because the devil's daughter is in there."

Usagi just had to laugh at this. "Why are you two like this?" she questioned with giggles in between every two words. "This is none of your business, girl." He sneered the last word so crudely that it stung. "I-" Usagi's throat went dry. Then, with her voice cracking, she sneered back. "Rei is right about you. You're a lot worse than those royal asses back in the space colonies."

Wufei folded his arms over his chest and heaved. "And I was right about you too. You're just another pesky girl."

God, his words went through her heart as if it was made of butter. With tears clinging to her eyes she ran into the house and up the stairs. Upon entering the room, Usagi grumbled with irritation. "That stupid Wufei is really unbelievable. God, he's the worst!" Rei looked up at her with a frown. "Don't say his name!" she snapped. "Ten women in the world choose to have abortions when someone says his name!" she reminded, angrily.

She would always get upset when he'd refer to her as a "pesky girl" He never called her by her name. What was even worse, was the fact that he never called her a "woman" either. At least he referred to Rei as an "annoying woman." Usagi just wasn't a girl anymore—she was an adult; a woman. Did he not see that in her?

There were his nice sides as well. Sometimes, she'd see him helping some of his grandfather's servants out. On rare occasions, he'd help Usagi when she looked hopelessly inept. At these times, she thought that she had developed a little crush on him—until he called her a "pesky girl" again.

Usagi was just so confused. Sometimes, Wufei could really be the most helpful, most kind, most wonderful person alive. Then he'd be a total ass hole about everything. One month in China had been like a roller coaster for her. Was this why Rei hated him? After all, she was the kind of person who didn't like being confused. Usagi on the other hand, wasn't sure if she liked him as a person—or just completely hated his guts.

Then, one night, Usagi woke up and attempted to sneak out of the house. She really needed some time to herself—just to think things over. She left the house with her hair let down, and swept over her right shoulder. Eleven more months left, she told herself. That night, it had been a full moon, her favorite phase of the moon—aside from the crescent moon. She recalled seeing a small, public river bank just a little while away from the house. She could sit on the large rocks that lined along the sides of the river and stare at the moon.

She had to maneuver her way around thick and thin trees until she finally reached the river bank. Just as she got there, though, she spotted the silhouette of a man. She wondered if she should retreat or call out to him, and carefully weighed each decision, seeing which one was safe. Slowly, she took a few steps back, attempting to leave when her foot landed on a pile of twigs that snapped loudly as she stepped on them. The man turned around and snarled. "Who is there?" his voice was loud and intimidating.

"I was just leaving. I'm sorry." She said, softly and attempted to run away until she heard the man say her name. "Usagi?" She cocked her head to the side. That voice sounded fairly familiar.

"Wufei?"

"What are you doing here?" he questioned in a serious tone. Usagi took a step forward and stood before him. "I was just trying to find a place where I could get a good look at the moon." She replied. Wufei stepped aside and allowed her to join him. "Tonight's a full moon." He stated.

Usagi nodded. "It's beautiful, isn't it?" Wufei nodded in response. The two were silent for a few minutes until Wufei spoke once again. "Do you see the jade rabbit?" he asked in a suave voice. Usagi cocked her head to the side and glanced at him. "Jade rabbit?"

"There." He put his right arm around her shoulder and leaned towards her; his right cheek almost touching her left cheek as he pointed at the moon with his free hand. "It's pounding the elixir of life for the goddess that lives on the moon." He exclaimed in a soft voice. Usagi shivered under his touch. She hadn't noticed how warm he was—he always treated her (and practically every female) so cold.

"I think…I see it." She said, narrowing her eyes, though she really couldn't see it. She could feel Wufei's right hand playing with the locks of hair that was kept loosely over her right shoulder. Oh God, she thought with increasing panic. What is he doing?

"Tell me, why are you like this?" she questioned, in a demanding tone. Wufei immediately released his hold on her and took a cautious step away. "What?" his eyes narrowing alarmingly. Usagi heaved. "You're so nice—then you're a jerk. Why?" but before she gave him the chance to answer, she burst into tears, not knowing why she had done so.

"Do I really seem that much of a pesky girl to you? Do you see me as a child, Wufei? You call Rei a woman. A woman! What is she to you? Why are you two treating each other like this?" she hadn't meant to sound rude, but she was desperately curious—and she had to admit—no matter how many times he had angered her, referred to her as a pesky girl, and coldly treated her—she had fallen in love with him.

"Pesky girl, stop crying!" he sneered. Usagi smiled a closed-lipped smile and chuckled at how flustered he looked. Wufei shook his head, clearly confused and withdrew himself, trying to walk away but was pulled back by the firm grip on both his arms.

"You're not going anywhere, you pest." She smirked, pulling him closer to her. "Pest?" Wufei narrowed his eyes, his lips pursed together to form a straight line. Usagi nodded. "I won't let you go until you do something for me." She declared and tightened her grip around his wrists, forcing Wufei to comply.

"What." He grunted under his breath. Usagi grinned, her teeth gleaming from the moonlight. "I want you to stop confusing me. You're so nice to me—then you become the most horrible man in the universe. If you like me, kiss me on the cheek. If you don't—well, I know for sure that I like you—so if you don't like me, then just give a light peck on my lips. I want to at least be able to kiss you once; then, I'll be out of your life forever…once Rei and I go back to Japan." Then she closed her eyes and inclined her face towards him.

Wufei gulped nervously and heaved. He looked around, paranoid and wary of any onlookers. He didn't want Rei to watch, nor any of his family members; they'd give him a hard time about this. He nervously turned his head to her and stared at her face.

Her skin was a creamy white, smooth and glowing, like the moon. Her lashes were gloriously long, he wanted so much just to lightly kiss them. Her full lips were the color of pomegranates; his favorite fruit as a child. He wanted to kiss those too—but what was it that she said again? On the cheek if he liked her, and on the lips if he didn't.

He cleared his throat and closed his eyes, tilting his head to the side as he inched closer to her right cheek. Without warning, Usagi purposely turned her head to the right. Wufei pressed his lips into hers, slowly realizing that he was kissing her on the lips. He pulled away, just a couple of inches and opened his eyes in shock. Usagi smiled sheepishly. "Ok, you don't like me. I can live with that. At least I got a kiss." She smacked her lips most beautifully and released him from her grip.

Wufei stayed, looking at her for a brief moment—then he recalled her request again and lightly pressed his lips against her right cheek. Shocked, Usagi stepped back and gazed at him looking completely dazed. "Really…?"

"Pesky woman—You got a kiss on your cheek, right?" he grunted with growing frustration. Her eyes welled up with tears and she grinned widely, her eyes crinkling at the corners. Wufei sighed and smiled back, looking as if he had just lifted a heavy burden off his shoulders. Then, once again, they shared another kiss under the moon.

A few things had changed since they both declared their love for one another. When he was being a jerk, he'd call her a "pesky woman." When he was being nice, he'd hug her and kiss her and sometimes, fiddle with her hair, which he admitted, took a great liking to.

Rei found out about them nine months into their relationship. She was completely shocked and upset that her best friend was her worst enemy's new lover. Things were tense between them now, and Rei would always speak to her in a formal tone—like they had never been friends.

Wufei wouldn't mind her, even though Rei would now treat him as horrible as ever when she had found out about their relationship. One night, when Wufei walked her up to the door to say goodnight, Rei had rudely opened the door and pulled Usagi in, scoffing at Wufei saying, "It's late, rat-tail. Go home." She snapped and attempted to close the door, but failed, had it not been for Wufei using his arm and pushing the door open again.

He gave Rei an irritated glance then shifted his attention towards his girlfriend. "Goodnight, koi." He said, his first attempt at a mixture of English and Japanese.

Usagi melted at the sound of his English and Japanese mixed together. "Goodnight." She squeaked back and kissed him on the cheek. Before retreating, Wufei glanced at Rei and wrinkled his nose, then he closed the door and headed home. Rei let out a frustrated shriek and stalked upstairs like an angry cat. Usagi pursed her lips bitterly and followed her into their room.

"What is wrong with you, Rei?" Usagi demanded, gripping her by the arm. Rei turned back and pulled her arm away. "Usa, I just knew this was going to happen. God, I can't let this happen to you. You're not ready for this. You're still young, you still have to experience many things before this happens to you." By the end of the sentence, Rei could barely stand, her only means of support was Usagi, who had to hold her up by her arms.

"What are you talking about, Rei?" Usagi questioned passively, starting to feel sorry for her. At that moment, Rei broke down into tears. "I know he's going to do it. He's asked me before, and—God, he hated me for it, but I refused." Usagi's face twisted into confusion and concern as she tried to process everything Rei had poured out into her brain.

"Keep talking." Usagi urged her to go on. Rei heaved, with a few sobs in between. "There was a time, when I was fifteen or sixteen, Wufei and I—God, I can't tell you. You'll hate me, Usa." She was hesitant and the fear in her voice was apparent.

"Go on." Usagi nodded in assurance. Rei took a deep breath and calmed down a bit, nodding to herself to continue. "We were together, Usa. Me and him—I loved him so much; I guess he loved me as much too since he decided to move to Japan and attend the same high school as me—but Usa, I was so happy with him!" she admitted, with a grimace.

"Then after we graduated, he asked me to marry him. I wasn't ready for that—I told him 'no' but I didn't think he'd hate me after that! He moved back to China! And when I followed him there, he started treating me like this! I couldn't take it anymore, so I started acting like a total bitch to him too!"

Usagi's eyes began to tear up. So this is why he was so touchy when I asked him what was up between them, she thought to herself. "Rei, I'm so sorry. I didn't know—"

"Usa," Rei shook her head, trying to regain herself. "No, I'm over him. All feelings of him are gone now. I just don't want you to go through what I had to go through. Tell me; do you want to marry him?" she asked with a serious expression. It took quite a while, but Usagi shook her head. "Rei, you know me more than anyone else. No matter how in love I am with someone, if I think it won't be able to work out—five, ten, TWENTY years from now, I won't marry him."

Rei nodded, a reassured smile on her face. "I thought so too." She then widened her eyes in alarm. "He knows that we'll be leaving in one more month. Knowing him; he might propose to you the night before we leave for Japan."

"What?" Usagi shrieked in a panicked voice. Rei shook her head and smiled calmly. "Just answer truthfully. If he hates you for it, then he's an idiot."

Usagi nodded hesitantly. She was sure that marriage wasn't a good idea at her age—definitely not now. Marrying at twenty was just too insane. But she didn't want the man she loved to hate her.

Usagi stared at Wufei's cold, distant eyes—the eyes that used to be filled with affection and warmth were long gone. Her time with Wufei had been an adventure. She was never bored with him—always amusing her with his passive-aggressive attitude on life. Then, she began to sympathize for him. He had been the only one that she hurt deeply. He was ready for a commitment—and she denied him. Of course, he hated her. Who wouldn't?

Wufei hadn't meant to glare at her. It was just a reflex of his. Still, there was a tinge of dislike towards her. She was the last person he wanted to see after what had happened years ago. He let down his defenses; brought his wall down; opened up to her—only to get hurt again? That happened to him twice, and it stung just as hard as it had the first time it happened to him.

It's only in his right nature to hate someone who hurt him deeply.

Just as Rei had predicted, he proposed to her the night before they were getting ready to leave for Japan. Usagi had tried so hard to steer clear from that question and tried to constantly change the topic—away from marriage—but that had been so hard to do considering the fact that he decided to bring her to the place where they shared their first kiss.

"Usagi," he began saying in a gentle voice. Usagi arched a brow, trying to look surprised though she was dreading this moment from the inside. He didn't go down on one knee—instead, he brought a pretty diamond ring out from his back pocket and presented it to her. "Marry me." He declared, shocking Usagi to no end.

How could she say 'no' to that? He hadn't even asked her anything.

"Um… I'm sorry?" she squeaked softly. Wufei's smile formed into a stiff line. "Usagi, marry me. Yes or no." he stated, nonchalantly, his voice cracking slightly. Usagi pulled her hand away and shook her head, her heart pounding in her chest and her eyes welling up with tears. "Wufei, don't hate me. I love you, I really do—but marriage? I don't—" She began choking out.

Wufei heaved and squeezed the ring tightly in his hand. "You don't love me enough to marry me, Usagi?" he asked, his expression was deeply disappointed. "I opened up to you because I thought you'd be a perfect wife for me. I let my guard down because I fell in love with you." He said in the most irresistible voice any woman would melt to. Usagi listened intently as he spilled his feelings out to her.

"Usagi, stay here with me, please." It was almost too much for her to bear when he had asked her that question. "I love you." He whispered into her ear. At this moment, Usagi was every inch a woman—then she thought of Rei. She had to do this for her too.

"I'm sorry." She said through sobs.

And that was the end of it. After rejecting his proposal, he gave a deep sigh and then glanced at her with cold, distant eyes. After that, he went home, leaving her at the river bank. He didn't see her off at the airport—nor did he say goodbye.

Every month, she would always go out in the middle of the night just to stare at the full moon. She looked warily at Wufei who stood tall and intimidatingly in her fiancé's office. To this day, she still wasn't able to see the jade rabbit.

A/N: Expect a new chapter next week Sunday. School is a pain and soccer pre-season is coming up. Hopefully I'll be able to post a chapter ever week or so. Soo, only Heero (and perhaps Mamoru) to write. So far, the votes are:

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