Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Breaking Free ❯ Meeting Up Again ( Chapter 3 )

Breaking Free

Chapter 3: Meeting Up Again

By

Middlen

The alarm clock rings bringing a hand out of the pile of blankets and slams down on top of it turning it off. The figure raises their head from under the blankets and blue eyes stare at it blurry eyed before groaning.

“Five o'clock already? Why do I have to get up this early again?” Usagi asks before flinging her blankets off of her then groans when her injuries from the week are announce well more like screamed for her to acknowledge them.

She sits on the edge of her bed in her boxers and a white tank top when the door opens and in comes Hotaru with a cheerful smile on her face. She sits down on the bed beside Usagi and nudges her gently with her shoulder.

“I'll bet that you're glad it's the weekend aren't you? After the week you had, I'd be glad as well,” the dark haired girl states in a sing song voice that makes Usagi groan loudly.

“Why do you have to be so damn cheerful in the morning?” Usagi grumbles before getting out of bed and walks over to her dresser to find something to wear for the day.

“Because it's a beautiful day. The birds are singing, the air is crisp and there's nothing better then being up early to watch the sun rise,” Hotaru retorts still in her sing song voice that makes Usagi wince slightly.

“Hotaru. It's the weekend. Did you forget what is going on this weekend? Does family reunion ring a bell to you?” Usagi asks from where she is standing, rooting around in her drawers for something appropriate to wear for their family gala while Hotaru grimaces at the remembrance of what today is.

“Oh yeah. I forgot about that. Damn it, Usa. You just had to rain on my parade didn't you?” The girl asks before walking out of the room, but stops to look over at Usa. “Dad says that breakfast is in twenty and that you should try to make it down before then. He wants to talk to you about something.”

Usa lets out a groan then waves a hand at Hotaru to acknowledge that she heard her before walking over to her bathroom and tosses her cloths down on the hamper then prepares her shower and herself for the day to come.

Once finished with the shower, she dresses in light tan slacks, a red long sleeved shirt with a black element t-shirt over it and black boots. She looks at herself in the mirror before racking her fingers through her hair then lets out a sigh before walking out of her bedroom and down the stairs to the dinning room where she's met by Luna who grabs her gently by the arm and proceeds to pull her aside.

“Mamoru and his father are in there. Your grandfather has an announcement to make. He wouldn't say what it is though,” she hisses in a whisper while Usagi's eyes narrow to slits.

“I swear if he makes me marry that pompous ass hole, I'm gonna leave this place so fast it'll make their head spin,” Usagi whispers back to Luna while glancing towards the door and then back to the head maid.

“Don't worry. Haruka has already said the same thing when I warned her. You do have back up even if it will get them in trouble. No one will allow him to marry you, Usa. Now, get in there before they wonder what's going on,” Luna states before kissing her cheek and pats her on the back.

She watches her young charge go into the dinning room with her head held high and stifles a chuckle while shaking her head. `They wont know what hit them if they try to force her into this marriage. She's so much like her mother, god rest her soul.' She thinks to herself before going off towards the kitchen to warn the servers about the storm that is brewing while Usagi stands in the dinning room looking around at the people gathered.

She growls under her breath, but keeps a stoic face when she notices Mamoru looking at her with a triumphant smirk on his face. She glances over at Haruka while walking towards her seat and notices that Haruka's hands are clenched so tightly together that her knuckles are turning white from the strain she's putting on them.

She smiles towards her father who smiles back brightly while she sits down in her chair and a server brings in her breakfast. She eats quietly, every once in a while she glances over towards her grandfather who is sitting at the front of the table. When he notices her looking at him. He puts on a small smile and nods his head towards her which causes her to raise an eyebrow, but puts it out of her mind while she eats her eggs and toast.

After everyone is finished eating her grandfather raises from his chair and looks at their guests sitting at the table before clearing his throat. “I have thought long and hard about what you have proposed Hiro, but I must decline what you are saying. For the simple fact that I don't have a granddaughter named Usagi Tsukino, but a grandson named Nathaniel Tsukino. The girl that was promised to your son is no longer for I believe it says on a birth certificate Nathan Tsukino not Usagi Tsukino and it would not do for two boys to get married now would it?” He asks a ghost of a smile playing across his lips before sitting back down. “You are excused. Please don't darken my doorstep ever again.”

Hiro and Mamoru Chiba both shoot up from their chair while Haruka, Hotaru and Usa share a smirk between the three of them. Hiro storms out of the room while his son strolls casually out of the room, but stops and leans down to whisper to Usa.

“This isn't over. You haven't heard the end of this. I'll make your life miserable. You do realize this don't you?” He asks while playing with the back of her neck which makes Usagi frown and jerk away from his touch.

“Oh don't worry, Mamoru-kun, I wont forget this at all and I'll make yours even more miserable,” she whispers back with a sweet smile on her face. “Try me. You wont like it when I do. You aren't under my fathers protection any more because you were a possible suitor. My grandfather has made up his mind. You're free game now and you'll regret that for as long as you live. So I wouldn't be making promises I can't keep.”

She winks at him before turning away and begins to chat with Haruka who is sitting beside her, letting him know that she had dismissed him as if he was no more then a common servant. He growls under his breath and storms out of the room leaving a smirking and hand slapping girls behind him.

Usagi looks down at her grandfather and lets a smile come to her face before turning back to Haruka and Hotaru once again. “So, are you two ready for your siblings and cousins?”

“Oh, don't make me laugh. I'm never ready for them,” Haruka states with a chuckle before shoving some food into her mouth.

“Haruka, will you slow down. You aren't a friggin garbage disposal!” Hotaru retorts while slapping her sister on the arm.

“Buh ah'm a gwoien irl,” Haruka states while her mouth is full which leaves Usagi and Hotaru looking at each other before turning back to the older girl.

“What?” The ask together with looks of disbelief when Haruka swallows.

“I said, but I'm a growing girl,” Haruka answers before taking a sip of her tea.

“Haruka, you're older then the two of us. I think you're grown enough,” Usagi states while waving her fork around to make her point which has Hotaru and Haruka backing away. “Oh, for the love of Kami. I only hit someone once with my fork and that was when I was ten. Stop being so immature!”

Hotaru and Haruka look at each other and begin to laugh which makes Usagi roll her eyes and scoff before she starts laughing as well.

Down at the other end of the table Usagi's father and grandfather look at each other then smile at the happiness that is once again in the house. They both know that what they are doing is putting a lot of strain on the girls, but at the same time they know that it'll help them build better character and in the end isn't that what all parents want for the their kids, even if it is hard?

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Later in the morning the trio had decided to go out for a walk to get away from the bustling maids and servants that were running around the rooms trying to get ready for their family reunion. Usagi and Hotaru were trying to read while Haruka was trying to watch T.V. and had been asked three times to move to where they decided that it was time to get out there before they started to take pop shots with rubber bands or as Haruka had suggested, really heavy books.

Usagi walks between Haruka and Hotaru while they walk down the street with her hands in her pockets, by then she had changed out of her good pants so not to get her father upset with her and had on baggy cargo pants with a skateboard hanging out of her back pocket.

Hotaru looks at the skateboard hanging out of her pants and the belt that was barely holding them up. “What do you have that again?”

“In case I get inspired and decide to do some riding,” Usagi states with a shrug of her shoulders.

“How in the hell did you get that past Dad?” Haruka asks while walking with her hands behind her head.

“Why do you think I had you walk behind me and Hotaru walk on the other side of me?” Usagi asks with a smirk while the other two roll their eyes.

They continue to walk down the slightly deserted area for a while until they come towards a stretch of sidewalk that no one is using and a lot of benches. Usagi stops and her eyes grow wide at the sight of the deserted area. She pulls her skateboard wheel out of her back pocket then looks around before taking off down the side walk in a rush of air.

Once she has enough speed, she olies up onto one of the bench and fifty-fifty's all the way to the next one where she jumps up and performs a perfect kickflip. She lands and continues on down the sidewalk. She turns her head slightly to see Haruka and Hotaru shaking their heads before turning back in time to see someone in front of her.

“Shit!” She exclaims before putting her foot down to stop herself only to end up running into the person that was on the sidewalk.

She lands sprawled out onto of the person that she had run into. She reaches down to push herself only to have her hands connect with a very soft chest. Her eyes grow wide, before she hesitantly looks down and sees hazel colored eyes narrowed in annoyance. She scrambles to her feet then looks around for her skateboard only to have a hand coming towards her face, but the smack doesn't land due to her quick reflexes she grabs the hand and pulls Rei closer to her so that they are now eye to eye.

“Let me go, you pervert,” Rei yells while wiggling around in Usagi grasp trying to get away from her.

Usagi shrugs her shoulders before letting go of the hand and the offender wrenches herself away only to trip over her feet and land on the sidewalk once again. Usagi crosses her arms over her chest and stares down at Rei with her head tilted towards the side a bit before rolling her eyes and reaches down to help the girl to her feet, but her hand is batted away.

“Are you always this nice with everyone you meet?” Usagi asks before looking around again for her skateboard.

“Not to Hentai perverts that try to cop a feel after running a person over!” Rei spits out vehemently while Usagi rolls her eyes.

“Look I didn't mean to run into you. You just sorta got in the way is all. I tried to stop. It wasn't like I wanted to run into you, Banshee!” Usagi states with a frown on her face.

Rei gets up and brushes herself off before glaring at the young man standing in front of her and lets out a puff of breath before crossing her arms across her chest. By then Hotaru and Haruka came over just as Makoto and Minako were coming up from the other side of Rei.

The four of them let out a sigh when they notice the two people squaring off in the middle of the sidewalk before rushing over to them before things got more heated then is usual does when those to meet. It's like mixing oil and water, but which one was which they weren't sure as of right now.

“What are you two doing now?” The four ask the other two at the same time then laugh quietly.

“He/she started it!” They exclaim together while pointing at the other one.

“He ran into me like some crazed freak then proceeded to grab at me,” Rei states with her hands now on her hips.

“I did no such thing, you Banshee! I already apologized for running into you. You just came out of now where. Maybe if you were to get your eyes checked every now and then, you would've seen me coming, but no. You just stood there like some sort of, cow caught in a field of dreams!” Usagi states but backs away when Rei lunges at her.

“Take that back you damn hentai!” Rei screams while chasing Usagi around the sidewalk.

“Hey if the shoe fits!” Usagi states while turning around to run backwards then sticks her tongue out at the furious girl only to be tackled by Haruka who pulls the taunting girl away from the dark haired one.

“I see what you mean,” she whispers to Hotaru while leaning away from a struggling Usagi so that she can't hear her.

Hotaru rolls her eyes then looks over towards Rei and her group who is being restrained, none to pleased, by Makoto. The two of them share a look and roll their eyes at the same time before looking towards their friend/relative.

Hotaru and Haruka bow towards the other two. “We're sorry for our nephews behavior.”

Minako and Makoto bow back. “Yeah, we're sorry for Rei's as well.”

Usagi and Rei both turn to look at their group and frown. “Don't apologize!” They both exclaim at the same time.

“Well we better get going,” Haruka states before pulling Usagi away after getting her skateboard and thrust it towards Usagi before pushing her in front of her.

Makoto and Minako wave towards them before pulling Rei away from where she was standing fuming. The two girls look at each other before looking back at Rei.

“You know, Rei, if I didn't know better, I'd think that you like, Nate-san,” Minako states with her eyebrow raised while they walk down the street away from the other three.

Rei stops in the middle of the sidewalk and stares at her friends while the continue to walk off down the street. “What? I don't like that, pervert!”

“Well, you have to admit your behavior has been stranger then usual and I've never really seen you so worked up over a guy before,” Makoto states with a shrug of her shoulders after stopping and turns around to face Rei.

“Makoto has a point, Rei. You never acted this way around that jerk, Yuuichirou and he actually was a pervert. You have to admit, it's sorta strange,” Minako states before flicking her blonde hair over her shoulder before she looks towards Makoto and they start off back down the sidewalk.

Rei follows behind them with her head down. Is it true? Does she really like that bastard? No way. She's not that way. She shakes her head and tells herself that her friends are being baka's before running to catch up with her friends.

While on the other side of the sidewalk, going in a different direction Hotaru, Haruka and Usagi are having the same conversation.

“You gotta admit, Usa, it's just strange. I mean, I've never seen you act this way with anyone before. Usually, you are so soft spoken and you get along with just about everyone that you come across, well, unless they are the boys at school who are trying to beat you up because they are so insecure,” Haruka states with a slight smile on her face when she looks over towards Usagi who is staring down at her shoes.

“Look, I don't know what I get that way. She's just horrible. She totally rubs me the wrong way. I don't know,” Usagi huffs out feeling frustrated by the whole ordeal that she's going through with Rei.

Does she really like her? Well maybe, but who could like her? She's just so horrible and awful and lets not forget a banshee. So yeah. There's no way that she can like her, right? Usagi lets out a breath of hair which makes her bangs flutter out of her eyes before looking over towards her Aunts who are looking at each other with knowing looks, which makes Usagi frown then speed up her walking.

“Come on, we've gotta get back to the house. I'm sure that the party has started and grandfather is looking for us. We've been out to long as it is,” Usagi states before shoving her hands into her pockets and looks down at the street dejectedly.

“Look, it's okay. For what it's worth, she's one hot looking girl. You could've done worse,” Haruka states with a laugh before wrapping an arm around her niece's shoulders.

“Right, sure, whatever you say, Haruka,” Usagi states with scoff before shrugging the arm from her shoulders.

“Hey, I've got an idea. Let's go to the club. That always takes your mind off things,” Haruka suggests with a wide smile on her face.

“Um, did you forget that you are meeting your intended, Haruka?” Usagi states with a smirk when Haruka's shoulders drop and a frown crosses her face.

“Don't remind me. I don't wanna give up, Michi!” Haruka exclaims while rivers of tears run down her face.

Hotaru and Usagi grimace while sizeable sweat drops appear on the side of their head before they both try to comfort the very unmanly crying of Haruka.

“Oh suck it up, Ruka. Maybe it won't be that bad!” Hotaru suggests, but that only makes the rivers run faster.

Usagi reaches over and slaps the girl upside the head and hisses at her. “Good going, baka!”

Hotaru rubs the side of her head and winces before sticking her tongue out at her niece then turns her attention back to Haruka.

“Look, who knows, maybe it'll turn out to be, Michi. I mean, dad knows how much you like Michi, so maybe he did something right and had it set up so it was like an arrange marriage, but really isn't,” Usagi suggests while looking around towards Hotaru who nods her head in agreement.

“Yeah, who knows,” Hotaru agrees before handing Haruka a handkerchief from her pocket to clear away the rivers of tears.

“You think so?” Haruka sniffs while whipping the moisture from her face.

“Yeah, sure, I mean, anything is possible right?” Usagi asks before they continue down the street.

“Yeah, anything is possible,” Haruka agrees then strikes a pose and lifts her fist towards the air. “And if not, then I'll run away with my love and we'll live happily ever after!”

Hotaru and Usagi sweat drop again before rolling their eyes and continue down the street towards the mansion, leaving a still posing in the middle of the street while other people look at her strangely and mutter things about mother ship and drugs before continuing on their way.

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To Be Continued …

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Next chapter- The family reunion and Haruka's meeting

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Riku: Yeah, I have to agree about Mamoru. I gave him a break in my other longer story, so this time I had to do that to him. I really don't like that guy very much, well okay I don't like him at all. Lol. Thank you for your kind words!

Zoey89: This is a Rei and Usagi story. If you don't like that, then I'm sorry, but thanks for the review anyways.