Gundam Wing Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ By The Light... ❯ crises at 10'o clock! ( Chapter 5 )

Check it out! If I had a muse, I would be down on bended knee before it...

Duo: But you DO have a muse!

SHUT UP, D-kun! The Random Idea Generator (RIG) is NOT a muse! And if you don't stop messing with the buttons on it-

Duo: *grinning sinisterly*

Don't you dare! *sighs as he runs off to go wreak havoc yet again... the Duo in my world is much more- "playful" than the one in this story...* Um, ok back to business- I spent this long weekend writing. NOT writing my essay for WH, but writing this fic. Be happy. I am. ^___^ Gomen to Mako-chan, I posted chp 4 w/o sending it to her first- GOMEN! She seems to like this chp and the next tho. Yup- there's another chp sitting in My Document folder all ready to post so long as I get some good reveiws! And lots of 'em! IhopeIhopeIhopeIhopeIhopeIhope! Anyway, as always, enjoy and reveiw!!

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By The Light…

A Fanfic by Lady Lye

Idea suggested and consulting/editing by Mako-chan

Disclaimer: Don't own GW *sob* Don't own SM *sob again* but I do own- KATAKU! My keyboard!! BWAHAHA! *laughs in Wufei's face* Take THAT annoying Justice Boy!!

Note: I scramble names a tad… Japanese- English- what's the dif? Some of each all mixed together to create MY Universe…

Other Note: SM time; after Super S but before Stars since the manga's not all out. ^__^ GW time; um, we're gonna mess with this A LOT. They're comrades living together w/ the Winner's I dunno if they have gundam but it remains to be seen… Just go with the flow, k? All will be revealed eventually…

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Lightning ripped across the sky, accompanied by a peal of thunder. Usagi shrieked and covered her ears with her hands, squeezing her eyes tightly. Her heart was pounding wildly over her irrational fear. She could feel the cold wetness of the rain running down her back. She tried desperately to remember the things Raye had told her about fear management. She wimpered as another bolt pierced the clouds.

"Usagi? Usagi!" Usagi's eyes opened in surprise as warm arms circled her shoulders. "Usagi, what's wrong? Are you alright?"

She lifted her head to stare at Quatre in amazement. He had rushed to her side and there was genuine worry in his crystalline eyes. She started to speak but then more thunder and lightning made her heart jump and she willingly threw herself at Quatre, hugging him for dear life. She didn't realize that she had started to sob.

Startled, Quatre's eyes widened. But he hugged her back, rocking her gently. Whatever it was, she needed comforting now. "Usagi, what's wrong?" he whispered after a few minutes without incident.

She pulled away a little to wipe the salty tears from her eyes. She didn't really need to of course, they just mixed in with the rain. "I hate thunderstorm… I don't know why. They just scare me." Bright whiteness lit the area again in a flash and the thunder seemed to shake her very soul. Before she knew it she was in his arms again. "I HATE THUNDER!" she shouted, her voice competing with the rumble of the storm. "I HATE LIGHTNING! I HATE THUNDERSTORMS! I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM!"

Quatre hugged her back fiercely. He could fear her warm tears seeping into his shirt. "Oh, Usagi," he murmured. Carefully, he peeled her off him so he could look into her eyes. "You don't have to be afraid. It's only a storm."

"I know," she swallowed hard. "But it still scares me so much…"

"Come on, we're not far from your house," he helped her to stand and lead her around the corner onto her street. Her steps quickened until she was practically dragging him up her driveway.

"Mama! Mama, I'm home!" she called as she scrambled to open the door with her housekey.

"That's nice dear," her mother's voice called.

Quatre suddenly felt embarrassed. He had done too much here, he knew it. "Well, you're home now so I should-"

"No, no, Quatre stay!" Usagi's eyes showed complete relief and gratitude. "I want to thank you! And I want you to meet my family, please say you'll stay," she begged hopefully.

"Can I really say no?" he felt his knees weaken as he looked into her face. The heavy rain had made a complete mess of her hair and long strands of it fell into her face. It only made her all the more beautiful.

"Usagi, I'm so proud of you- you made it home even in the rain," her mother came down the hallway, drying her hands on a hand towel. "Oh, do you have a new friend here?" she blinked at them both.

"Mama, this is Quatre," Usagi pulled him inside. "He helped me get home today. Quatre, this is my mother, Mrs. Tsukino."

"Well I'm very happy to meet you, Quatre," Mrs. Tsukino extended her hand they shook. "Any friend of Usagi's is welcome here. Please, come in and I'll get you something. Actually, we were about to have dinner- would you like to stay?"

"It's nice to meet you too," he said, feeling a little off balance. "Actually I really can't stay long…"

"Oh PLEASE, Quat-kun?" Usagi turned her huge, pleading blue eyes on him again.

All his resolve melted away. "I suppose I could…"

"Wonderful," Mrs. Tsukino beamed. "Usagi's father is out of town on a business trip so you can take his seat," she bustled happily into the kitchen.

Usagi rolled her eyes and whispered to Quatre, "Mama loves to cook. She hates it when one of us is gone."

"Oh," he nodded, eyes wide. It finally began to dawn on him just what he had agreed to…

"Hey, Usa, can I use your Gameboy? Mine's busted and I can't find it," her little brother came running into the hallway.

"Sammy!" Usagi exclaimed in exasperation. She forgot about Quatre for a moment to turn on her brother. "You were using my Gameboy already! Don't tell me you lost it! What if I want to play it again, hm? You're always doing this! You're almost as destructive as- as-" she trailed off. "What was I talking about again?"

Sammy also looked thoughtful. There WAS someone more destructful than he. And he knew who it was, too- he just couldn't think of it. Uhhhh… "Eh heh- it doesn't matter, sis… SO- who's this guy?"

Usagi flushed in embarrassment and looked at Quatre. She had forgotten he was there! "Uh, Sammy this is Quatre. Quatre, this is my little brother Sammy."

"It's nice to meet you, Sammy," he tried to say pleasantly.

"What happened to Mamoru?" Sammy ignored him.

Usagi's eyes narrowed. "We had a fight. He's not my boyfriend anymore. Dinner's going to be ready soon, Quatre it's right down the hall," she gave him a push in the right direction before hissing at Sammy, "and neither is he so don't even THINK about it!"

Sammy got an all-too-innocent look on his face. "Do what, Usa?"

"Don't push it, squirt, I'm warning you," she growled before following Quatre into the dining room. "Mom!" she exclaimed when she saw the table. "You didn't have to do all this!" the table had been set with all the trimmings humanly imaginable. Quatre was looking just a LEETLE bit overwhelmed.

"Hm," Mrs. Tsukino came out of the kitchen to see. "I suppose I did overdo it a bit. Could you put them away, Usagi?"

"Gladly," Usagi sent an apologetic look at Quatre and started to clear away extra knives and forks. A few minutes later they sat at a more normal table and Mrs. Tsukino served.

Quatre swallowed a sudden lump in his throat as he looked at the plate before him. Theoretically he COULD eat, but he didn't know if he's want to. Wouldn't it taste different now? It had been so very, very long since he'd last had real food.

Usagi noticed him staring. "That's a beef stew. I promise it only LOOKS weird. It's really very good."

"Yeah, it is, even if it does look like-" Sammy glanced at his mother, who was glaring at them both. "Like- like a beautiful meal, thank you, mother! Wow, this is good," he busied himself with his plate.

Hesitantly, Quatre took a forkful. He glanced around the table at Mrs. Tsukino's hopeful face and Usagi's pleasing one. He put it in his mouth and chewed.

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The Aino house reverberated with shouts. A tinkling crash signaled the destruction of a drinking glass. Still more shouting came and the sound of stomping feet. The door opened and a half open umbrella filled it.

"-Where do you think you're going?"

"Out," was the muffled response from behind the umbrella. It was pushed past the door frame and finally held aloft to reveal Minako. She put her key in her raincoat pocket.

"It's nearly nine o clock!" Her mother screamed from behind her. "You can't just go out there in the rain like that!"

Mina stuck a hand out past her umbrella. "Well what do you know? It's stopped raining. I'll be home before midnight." She collapsed the umbrella and stuck it under her arm in case the rain began again. "Bye, mom."

"MINAKO AINO! You get back in here right now!" her mother screamed angrily. Mina ignored her and turned down the street. She needed to walk. She needed to cool off after yet another antagonistic fight with her mother. The park seemed a good place. Maybe she'd even be lucky enough to find a monster

to destroy.

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FREEDOM!!! The wolf shot out the door and down the street as Wufei opened the door. He never bothered to glance back and simply ran for the joy of running. He flew around the estate aimlessly for several minutes before shaking himself dry of all the water he had picked up from the grass. He headed into the woods, ready for some squirrel stalking.

Yes, squirrels. His old enemy. They liked to tease him. Stupid squirrels. He never actually caught one or did them any harm, but it was SO much fun to chase them. The term 'wolfish grin' took on more meaning as he headed into the forest behind the park.

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