Boy Meets Girls
Chapter 6: Weekend At The Beach
Part One
------------------------------


The five Senshi were sitting at a table in Rei's room, Artemis and Luna 
were on top of the table as the meeting began. It was the day after the 
last battle where Super Saiya-man made his appearance and there were 
lots 
of things to be discussed.

"Well," began Luna "this Super Saiya-man really turned out to be 
something 
unusual..."

"Wasn't he great!" Minako interrupted "Did you see him fight? He was 
incredible!"

"And really cute too!" Usagi added 

"Ahem...." Luna brought out, noticing which way the conversation was 
taking

"And how noble of him for saving me." Makoto said "He risked his life 
not 
even thinking about it twice... What a guy!"

"Er... Girls..." Luna spoke

"Hey?" Minako asked Makoto "Don't tell me that you're falling for him 
too? 
I saw him first and besides, aren't you trying to get Trunks' 
attention?"

"I never said that!" Makoto explained

"GIRLS!!!" Luna yelled "I'm trying to make a point here!! I for one 
think 
that we don't know enough about Super Saiya-man to trust him 
completely!"

"What are you saying?" Usagi declared "You saw him yesterday, how CAN'T 
we 
trust him?"

"Luna is right." Rei stated, everyone looked at her confused "We can't 
trust him."

"Why is that?" Artemis asked her, he suspected that Rei knew something 
the 
others didn't.

"Do you remember what I told you a few days back about some weird energy 
being unleashed?" she began, everyone nodded in response "Well that 
energy 
comes from Super Saiya-man!"

"Are you sure of what you're saying?" Ami asked her

"Positive."

"Are you trying to tell us that Super Saiya-man is evil??" Minako asked 
concerned

"I don't know..." Rei responded "When we last met I could feel his aura. 
It was something... wild and aggressive."

"Surely you don't think that he's the one that brought all those 
monsters 
here." Makoto implied "If he's behind all this he wouldn't have helped 
us 
yesterday."

"Maybe he's trying to trick us into trusting him." Ami proposed

"Ami, don't tell me you think he's behind all of this also?" Usagi asked 
her

"I don't want to jump into any conclusions," she explained "but he's 
been 
appearing since those monsters showed up. There might be a connection."

"Well I for one think that he's on our side" Usagi stated

"That doesn't surprise me." Rei said "First guy with a cute face that 
shows up is sure to make a thick headed girl like you think he's on our 
side."

"Are you calling me thick headed???" Usagi asked her angrily

"Girls, don't start now!" Luna interrupted "This is serious, Artemis and 
I 
found out something about the crack in time and reality."

"What is it?" Ami asked

"Well," Artemis began "We found out that the crack is a result of an 
unbalance between two universes, ours and another one which I don't know 
of."

"Any idea of what might of caused that?" Makoto asked

"We're still trying to find the source of the problem." Luna answered 

"Do you think Super Saiya-man could be the source?" Rei asked

"There you go blaming him again," Minako stated "Why do you assume he's 
responsible for all of this? As far as we know he might have came 
through 
that crack when it was already there. He might even be from this world 
for 
all we know."

"Minako is right!" Makoto added "Why are you taking this so personally? 
You don't usually act this suspicious, what's wrong?"

"It's just that... " she explained "That energy of his gives me the 
chills, it makes me very uncomfortable."

"Well you certainly didn't look very uncomfortable when he was holding 
you 
in his arms while flying yesterday." Usagi brought out

"What are you implying by that??" Rei asked angrily

"Your face was the same color as your mini-skirt." Usagi pointed out "If 
I 
didn't knew better I would've thought you actually enjoyed your little 
trip."

"I was not blushing!" she declared enraged, although it was pretty 
obvious 
to everyone that she was lying

"Anyway," Luna continued "until we find out more about the problem you 
girls better be careful around this Super Saiya-guy, he may not be what 
he 
appears to be."



				***


Friday morning, 7:58 AM...


"WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! TRUUUUUUNKS, SLOW DOWWWWWN!!!" Usagi 
yelled 
while being pulled to school by Trunks

"We're almost there!" he answered as he jumped over a mail box "We're 
gonna make it! We're gonna make it!"

Once at school, the rest of the day went on normally. At lunch time, 
Usagi, Makoto, Ami and Trunks were sitting next to a tree while having 
something to eat. Both Usagi and Trunks were eating as if tomorrow 
didn't 
existed, it seemed as if they were competing against each other to see 
who finished his/her lunch first, it was a matter of status. Makoto and 
Ami on the other hand were witnessing how the "duel" went.

"You guys are incredible." Makoto pointed out "How can both of you eat 
so 
much and still live to brag about it?"

"Takes practice, dedication... " began Usagi

"And a good stomach to do the job!" Trunks added as both of them 
finished 
what was left in their lunch boxes.

"So," Usagi said as she cleaned her mouth from what was left of the rise 
"what are you guys going to do this weekend?"

"I wanted to talk to you about that." Ami declared "Do you remember my 
aunt's beach house we went to last summer?"

"Oh yeah, I remember." Makoto stated "That beautiful house by the sea, 
how can I forget. So what about it?"

"Well," Ami continued "my aunt asked me if I could stay there this 
weekend 
and do some house-sitting while she's on a business trip. All of you are 
invited for the weekend, I know it's rather sudden since we should leave 
today after school..."

"Sure we'll go!" both Usagi and Makoto interrupted simultaneously before 
letting Ami finish what she was going to say

"Great!" she said "What about you Trunks? You're invited as well."

"Well... I don't know, I wouldn't want to impose on your aunt's 
hospitality." he replied

"Nonsense!" Ami stated "You're as welcome as any other of my friends."

A get away to the beach wouldn't be such a bad idea as Trunks began to 
think about it. It would break with the every day routine and there was 
nothing really that kept him from going, except...

"I'd love to," Trunks began "but there's a little problem."

"What is it?" Makoto asked

"I was grounded for not doing my homework today." he explained

"Oh that's right!" Ami said "You're suppose to stay after school today, 
aren't you?"

"That's right," Trunks continued "I don't think I can join you girls at 
the train station, I'll be stuck here til 5:00, and I don't know the way 
to your aunt's house either."

"No problem!" Usagi told him "I have to stay after school also because 
of 
something like that, we can both leave together after detention, I know 
the way to the house."

"So what did you do?" Makoto asked her 

"I was eating during class." she responded "On top of all that I think 
that my sensei got dumped again, that might of explained her bad mood."



After school day, Ami and Makoto left to the train station, they were 
suppose to meet with Rei and Minako there and leave towards the beach. 
Usagi and Trunks on the other hand were still stuck in school, they were 
doing exercises one after another as their senseis took all their 
frustrations out on them. Trunks found it all less difficult than 
before, 
all that training with Ami was starting to pay off after all. Around 
5:00 
PM, both of them left school.

"I think we should go get our stuff for the trip." Trunks suggested, 
after 
all they were still in school uniforms and didn't have any luggage 
ready.

"You're right," Usagi said "I still have to ask permission to go, I hope 
we can catch a train before it's too late." as she looked at her watch

"Don't worry!" Trunks replied as he took Usagi by the hand "We'll just 
have to run to your house to make some time."

Usagi was looking worried, she knew what was going to happen next. But 
before she could make any complains she was already being pulled as 
Trunks 
ran down the street a la Project A-ko. A few moments later (and lots of 
screams from Usagi), they both reached Usagi's house. Trunks left her 
there and went home to pack his things, a few minutes later he came back 
for her and both of them left to the train station. Once there, they got 
on a train and set off.

"Well, that was one heck of a ride!" Usagi said while massaging her sore 
arm

"Hey, we made it in plenty of time, didn't we?" he responded

"I guess." she stated "So, have you ever been to the beach before?"

"Once or twice." he answered "It's really sweet of Ami for inviting us 
along."

"Well, you know Amy," she added "she's the sweet girl of the gang."

"I can see that." he affirmed "But I still can't figure out how all of 
you girls ever came together. I mean, you're all so different, except 
for 
you and Minako perhaps. How did you girls ever met each other?"

"Well... er... we... uh..." Usagi began trying to make an excuse "I 
think 
you could say that we're all very opened minded."

"I see."

A long pause followed, Trunks didn't knew what to talk about so he 
looked 
out of his window admiring the view. Usagi on the other hand had quite a 
few questions in mind but didn't knew how to make an approach, until...

"Hey Trunks!" she said "Can I ask you direct question?"

"Sure, what is it?" 

"What do you think of Mako-chan?" she asked

"What do you mean 'what do I think of her'? She's been my best friend in 
Japan next to you guys if that's what you mean." he answered

"You're trying to tell me there's nothing going between both of you 
beyond 
friendship?" she asked once more. She knew how Makoto felt for him, she 
had to know how Trunks felt for her as well. Trunks on the other hand 
was 
beginning to get the picture, he already went through this with Ami.

"Well sure, we're only friends if that's what you want to know." he 
stated. That answer seemed to have worked with Ami the last time.

"Does that mean you don't find her attractive in any way?" she insisted

"Hun?? I never said that!!" he responded obviously not expecting such 
turn 
of events

"Well then answer me!" Usagi asked yet again, there was a certain tone 
of 
persistence in her voice each time she made a new question "Do you find 
her attractive?"

Trunks felt completely off guard, he couldn't handle this like the usual 
problems back at home, this time none of his training was going to help.

"Well... er... I don't know! Yeah... I think... she is kinda cute."

"You just find her cute? Is that it?"

"No! I mean... er... she's not only cute," Trunks responded "I mean... 
she's fun to talk to, a great cook and very sweet also."

"She could make a great girlfriend, right?" she brought out 

"Well... yeah, I think so... I mean... I don't know... maybe." Trunks 
explained, he was really going through a hard time, this situation was 
out 
of hand, he never actually thought of Makoto as a girlfriend before.

"So, do you like her?"

"Like her? What do you mean like her?" He answered, he was getting 
irritated of her asking so many questions "Sure I do, I like all my 
friends. Why do you ask?"

Usagi noticed that Trunks began to look uncomfortable, she knew she was 
asking way to much questions and decided to cut him some slack.

"Well, most people think both of you make a cute couple." she lied "So I 
just wanted to know what did you think about that."

"Well I think people talk too much!" he responded coldly "You shouldn't 
pay much attention to all of those rumors you know."

"I guess you're right." she said


A few moments later, there was another long pause, Usagi didn't want to 
make any other questions to avoid upsetting her friend. Trunks gradually 
began to cool down and decided to re-engage conversation, he knew Usagi 
wasn't a bad person and didn't meant to get him mad.

"Hey Usagi," he asked "how come you didn't bring along your boyfriend?"

"Mamo-chan is giving classes in Nerima for the next weeks." she 
responded, 
happy that Trunks was talking again to her "He's way too busy."

"Oh yhea. That's right," he said "how are things going for him at 
Furinkan 
high?"

"Well I talked on the phone with him yesterday," she began "he told me 
he 
was okay but that things weren't as simple as he thought they would be. 
He 
sounded more worry that he said he was, I'm sure he'll manage to get 
along 
with the students eventually."


The conversation went on with no much trouble, both of them were more 
relaxed. At 7:00 PM they finally reached their destination. Usagi leaded 
the way to where all the rest of their friends were. Once there, each 
one 
took a room. It was too late to go swimming. After a succulent dinner 
courtesy of Makoto everyone was talking and laughing until eventually 
everyone got tiered and went to bed.



				***


Saturday morning, 7:15 AM.

Trunks got out of bed ready to enjoy breakfast. He got dressed, only 
this 
time he was wearing shorts, sneakers and a white shirt with the word 
"Capsule" written in pink at the front. As he went out of his room he 
noticed he was the only one awake, his five friends were still sleeping. 
Trunks went to the kitchen and took some orange juice, then stepped out 
at 
the balcony. It was quite a beautiful day, the sun was shining and there 
wasn't a single cloud in the sky. On top of all that, the view from were 
he stood was magnificent, he could see the ocean in all its splendor. 

[I think I'll go jog for a while, the morning sure seams perfect for 
it.] 

He stepped back into the kitchen ready to leave when he heard a door 
open 
up. Rei came out of that door on her pajamas, she was rubbing her eyes 
and 
yawning when she finally noticed Trunks.

"Oh, Good morning Trunks." she said "Up already?"

"Good morning Rei." he responded "Yeah, I'll go jog for a while, I need 
to 
buy a swimsuit too. Anything you need?"

"No thanks, have fun."

Trunks left the house while Rei was still struggling to wake up, she 
managed to take one last good look at him before he closed the door 
behind him.

[He looks good in those shorts.] she thought [Quite a nice boy too, 
although there's something about him that gives me a strange felling.]

She then snapped out of her trance and headed to the fridge.

"I have to stop acting this way," she said to herself "the girls are 
right, I'm getting way too paranoid, now I'm even having doubts about 
Trunks."


About an hour later, all the Senshi were already awake and were sitting 
by 
the pool. Usagi had a pink swimsuit with a green bow on the back, Ami 
was 
wearing a blue one with white stripes, Rei had a red with orange one and 
was wearing sun glasses, Makoto was wearing a purple bikini and Minako 
had 
a completely black swimsuit with a white mini-shirt on top (All of them 
were looking VERY good if I may say so).

"... and a guy with three fiancees?? Yeah right!!" Rei asked "Are you 
sure 
you weren't half asleep when Mamoru told you all of this?"

"No I wasn't!" Usagi implied angrily "I'm telling you the truth, that 
Ranma guy has four girls after him and he's engaged to three of them, 
Mamo-chan told me so and you know he's not the lying type."

"Well he has to be one heck of a stud to have four girls chasing after 
him." Minako joked "Any idea if he wants a fourth fiancee?"

"Well if all that you told us about that school is right," Makoto said 
"martial arts showdowns each day, people turning into animals when they 
get splashed with cold water, a lunatic Hawaiian principal who 
terrorizes 
students, and a guy with three fiancees that is mostly the cause all the 
trouble ; well in that case, I wish Mamoru the best of luck to get 
out of there while keeping some of his sanity."

Suddenly, the girls heard the front door open.

"I'm back!" Trunks said out loud

"We're by the pool Trunks!" Usagi shouted back "Come on and join us!"

"Be there in a minute!" he responded

Everyone turned to Makoto almost by instinct ready to interrogate her.

"So Mako-chan tell us, how are things going between you two?" Usagi 
began

" Things are really difficult," she said "I never had so much 
trouble getting a guy's attention before."

"What?" Minako asked "Didn't you get him when you went to see 'Romeo & 
Juliet' three days ago?"

"He fell asleep during most of the show!" she explained, she then turned 
to Ami "I think your studding session left him mostly lifeless Ami."

"I'm sorry," she apologized while covering her face with a book she was 
reading "I never thought something like that could happen."

"But then you told me *he* invited *you* to another show." Usagi 
reminded 
her "Didn't you get another chance there?"

"Well... not exactly," she told her "he took me to see 'Fist of the 
north 
star', there wasn't much of a romantic opportunity there."

All four of her friends sighed in a sign of lost cause.

"Maybe you should give up on him Mako-chan," Rei told her "it looks like 
a 
lost cause the way I see it."

"Rei might be right," Ami added "maybe it's not so bad having him just 
as 
a friend."

"No way," Makoto said determined "I'm not going to quit!"

"Listen Mako-chan," Rei brought out "he might be cute but you're getting 
nowhere like this, I for one think that a cute face just isn't enough in 
this case, not for all this trouble."

"I'm not giving up!" Makoto declared

"Mako-chan," Rei continued "it's hopeless, just give me ONE good reason 
why you shouldn't give up!"


End of Chapter Six, Part One
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