¡°Ok, I¡¯m there.¡±
¡°What¡¯s wrong Seiya?¡± asked Taiki.
¡°Gotta go.¡±
¡°He gets weirder every day.¡±
He was gone from the room. He has to know what happened. He just couldn¡¯t
forgive himself. He forgot how drained she was when he left her. He arrived at Ami¡¯s
house.
¡°What happened?¡±
¡°I don¡¯t know she got to my house and just collapsed like 5 minutes afterward.
She¡¯s not good. I think she¡¯s sick. It¡¯s highly likely. She was still crying when she got
here. She said she ran into you so I wanted to know what happened.¡±
¡°Well I was at the airport and saw her. I thought she needed some comfort. She
Was crying she reassured me she was okay when I left her. So I don¡¯t get it.¡±
¡°You don¡¯t get what?¡±
¡°How someone can cause this much pain? How can they leave when they know
they cause great pain? I can forgive someone who hurts Usagi this much. How do you
people live with this?¡±
¡°We help her, but she loves that jerk so much. I don¡¯t get it either.¡±
¡°Shut up you two. Mamu-chan loves me and he would never hurt me
intentionally.¡±
They gasped realizing she over heard their conversation. Usagi was crying again.
¡°I want to know how can friends talk this way about people they know?¡±
She Tried to get up from the couch. She fell back down.
¡°Usagi-chan I insist you stay here the night. I¡¯ll tell your mother.¡±
Ami left the room. Seiya went and sat down next to Usagi. He looked at her. He
saw the pain.
¡°Gomen Usagi-chan. If you want me to leave, I will. I hope you are okay.¡±
She looked up at him.
¡°No I don¡¯t want you to go. For some reason I really want you to stay.¡±
¡°Onadago, you can¡¯t be sad forever you have to look to the future. You have to
live each day like it¡¯s your last. You can¡¯t on doing this to your self. You¡¯re making your
self sick. You can¡¯t ignore your friends. Friends are to depend on. Remember that.¡±
¡°Hai, I¡¯ll try but it¡¯s hard. I thought he wasn¡¯t going back. I was so happy. Then
you left and I was a little sad. I really don¡¯t get anything any more. Two years ago, I was
a happy normal teenager until I was sucked up in this whole thing. All it¡¯s been is battle
after battle.¡±
¡°We all have. Some have been born into it. Others are twisted into this madness. I
hope you feel better. It¡¯s late and I have to go. Ja.¡±
He left. He decided she needed something. He stopped off two shops.
The bell rung and Usagi got the door. There standing was a man in a uniform.
¡°Here are your flowers miss.¡±
¡°Arigato?¡±
She wondered who would send her flowers. They were not you regular flowers.
They were blue roses. It was weird. She picked up the card. It said Onadago Atama.
Dear Usagi-chan,
I hope you get well soon. I hope you cheer up.
Forever yours,
Seiya
¡°Wow. These must have cost a fortune. You can¡¯t find roses like these around
here.¡±
¡°Who was that Usagi?¡± Asked her mom.
¡°A delivery guy.¡±
¡°What for?¡±
¡°Some one sent me flowers.¡±
¡°What did you do with the cereal?¡±
¡°I ate it. Duh Seiya you¡¯re a real genius. What did you think I would do. Stick it
in my ears,¡± Yaten replied.
¡°Well I would like some breakfast.¡±
¡°I¡¯m sure you would. Get a bagel on the way if you¡¯re so hungry.¡±
¡°I would like to but I would have to stop off at the bank. That would make me late
to class. Unless you lend me some for right now.¡±
¡°What did you do with the money you had yesterday?¡± Taiki asked.
¡°I sorta spent it to help out a friend.¡±
¡°Well I¡¯ll give you some.¡± Taiki said.
¡°Arigato, see that¡¯s what I call a friend.¡±
He stuck out his tongue at Yaten. He ran out the door. When he got to the shop,
he saw Minako there. Then he had a brilliant idea.
¡°Minako-chan your going to be late.¡±
¡°Shut up Artimis.¡±
¡°Minako-chan!¡± Seiya called.
¡°Seiya-kun.¡±
¡°Just the person I wanted to see. I was wondering if you would like to come over
and hang out after school. Yaten really wants you to come but he¡¯s too shy.¡±
¡°That would be great!¡±
She turned to her cat.
¡°See Artimis, Seiya-kun is not late then neither am I.¡±
¡°That¡¯s a first,¡± the cat grumbled.
There was a knock at the door. Seiya answered it. Yaten couldn¡¯t make out who it
was from his room. Then he recognized the voice. He jumped up.
¡°Hi Yaten-chan.¡±
¡°Minako-chan. Seiya Can I talk to you in the kitchen?¡±
¡°Well no I thought you might want to talk with Minako-chan. Anyway I have to
go talk to someone myself.¡±
This is for the cereal. I know it has to do with the cereal. It can¡¯t be anything else.
Oh great now I¡¯m going to have to do something with her. She looks great. Arrrrggggg
what the hell am I saying. This is Minako-chan. She¡¯s almost as big of a klutz as Usagi.
¡°Would you like something to drink?¡±
¡°Yes please.¡±
¡°Gomen, I¡¯m sorry if I came off mean all those times. I¡¯m just really sarcastic. I
don¡¯t like people.¡±
¡°Don¡¯t like people?¡±
¡°Yes I feel they are dumb and they have no sense.¡±
¡°Your human.¡±
¡°Yes I am and I regret it. For mankind has the most worries of all.¡±
¡°Gomen. I¡¯m late, I know, traffic.¡±
¡°Well it¡¯s about time Haruka. I started worrying. Anyway did you drop of
Hotaru?¡±
¡°Of course. I think she¡¯s glad this whole thing is over.¡±
¡°We all are. I¡¯m just glad everything is finally calm. I hope it stays that way,¡±
Setsuna said.
¡°I don¡¯t know. You know what they say; it¡¯s always calm before the storm. I
think something big is going to happen,¡± Michiru said.
¡°You never much of a predictor Michiru. I think you¡¯re just worried.¡±
¡°Well you know we never have time to relax. It¡¯s one battle after another. It really
does tire the soul.¡±
¡°Something big is about to happen,¡± Setsuna said.
¡°What do you mean?¡± asked Haruka.
¡°I think something has to happen. I haven¡¯t talked to Chibi-Usa in the longest
time. I think this big thing doesn¡¯t have to do with the senshi at all.¡±
¡°Don¡¯t kid Setsuna.¡± Michiru stated.
¡°I¡¯m not. I really have a terrible feeling. Like time is going to change. It¡¯s silly
and I know it can¡¯t be true. I must not be true.¡±
¡°Well I don¡¯t know how you people can be so down. It¡¯s over I think we should
celebrate,¡± Haruka said.
¡°Why yes I believe Haruka¡¯s right. We should not try to predict the future,¡±
Michiru added.
¡°Oh we already know the future,¡± Setsuna joked.
¡°Oh guess who we saw the other day?¡± Michiru asked.
¡°Who?¡±
¡°Taiki-kun. He told us they¡¯re back. He was very polite. Well brought up don¡¯t
you think.¡±
¡°Unlike his brothers,¡± Haruka added.
¡°Stop being jealous Haruka.¡±
¡°I¡¯m not jealous I just think they¡¯re improper.¡±
¡°Oh and you are for some unknown reason. I don¡¯t know why you still think of
that. It meant nothing. You know that. Stop being so rude.¡± Michiru scolded.
¡°Gomen, I have to go anyway. Ja.¡±
Haruka left the cafe.
¡°Don¡¯t mind her she¡¯s just in a tisy.¡±
Haruka got in her car. She loved her new Shelby Cobra GT-500. She got it at a
sale and fixed it up. She was coming to a red light and saw Usagi.
¡°Onadago. Do you need a ride?¡±
¡°Actually I do.¡±
¡°Hop in.¡±
¡°Arigato Haruka-san.¡±
¡°Where are you going?¡±
¡°Rei-chan¡¯s.¡±
She sped off. She looked at Usagi and noticed she had a blue rose in her hand.
¡°Where did you get that rose? It¡¯s the most beautiful blue.¡±
¡°Oh someone sent it to me while I was sick¡¦¡±
¡°Oh dear you we¡¯re sick? If I known I would have brought over some of
Michiru¡¯s curry. She makes the best curry in the world.¡±
¡°Where were you going Haruka-san?¡±
¡°Nowhere I thought I just take a ride.¡±
¡°Oh you look a little steamed when I saw you.¡±
¡°I was but I began thinking it over and I decided it was silly to be mad at such a
stupid subject. Well we¡¯re here.¡±
¡°Ja ne. Arigato.¡±
¡°Ja.¡±
She sped away. Usagi began to walk up to the temple. She was smiling. There
was something intoxicating with the blue flowers. They made her feel happy. Rei was
tying a string to the tree. She looked up and saw Usagi.
¡°Oh sure now you smile.¡±
¡°I know I feel happy. It¡¯s because of this. The color make¡¯s me happy.¡±
She showed Rei the flower.
¡°Na ne? A flower? That¡¯s ridiculous.¡±
¡°No it¡¯s not Rei.¡±
¡°Who gave it to you?¡±
¡°A friend.¡±
¡°That¡¯s what you tell every one. It¡¯s probably someone who like¡¯s you. I got it
right. I knew it. I knew you knew, you can¡¯t fool me.¡±
¡°Well we¡¯re just friends and nothing more.¡±
¡°Baka,¡± Rei mumbled.
¡°Guess who sent me a letter!¡±
¡°Hmm who would send a letter all the way from America to you? I don¡¯t know,
because I¡¯ve been buried underground for the last two weeks.¡±
¡°There¡¯s no reason to be stingy about it.¡±
¡°Oh Usagi we¡¯re all going to meet with Setsuna tomorrow. Okay?¡±
¡°Yea where?¡±
¡°3rd street shopping plaza bridge. Who dropped you off here? I didn¡¯t recognize
that car.¡±
¡°Oh that was Haruka-san. Didn¡¯t she tell us she bought a new car and fixed it up.
Wait Minako told me. ¡°
¡°Sure. Why did you come here anyway?¡±
¡°I was wondering if I could have a reading. I wanted one because I¡¯m having
mixed feelings about things lately.¡±
¡°Okay come in.¡±
¡°Arigato Rei-chan.¡±
They went inside. Rei read the fire as best she could. She didn¡¯t get a definite
answer.
¡°Usagi-chan, It said something along the lines of, your going to have to do
something only you can do yourself. The fire¡¯s starting to sound like Haruka-san.¡±
¡°What¡¯s keeping Minako chan?¡± Rei complained.
¡°Here she comes Rei,¡± Makoto said.
¡°Gomen, I¡¯m late. I just saw this really cute guy and I sorta got sidetrack.¡±
Sweat drops were on the side of every ones head.
¡°Minako-chan this is no time to be thinking about guys,¡± Rei scolded.
¡°This is coming from someone who has a boyfriend.¡±
¡°Why are we here Setsuna?¡± asked Ami.
¡°Because I feel something wrong. I was wondering if anyone had the same
feeling.¡±
¡°Well I don¡¯t know if we should be worried about this but, I gave a reading to
Usagi yesterday. It said she is going to have to do something that she can only do. I told
Usagi the fire is starting to sound like Haruka-san.¡±
The laughed a little bit.
¡°Well I think that is strange, but nothing we should worry about,¡± Setsuna said.
¡°I don¡¯t love Mamu-chan,¡± Usagi whispered.
They gasped.
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