Title: No One's Fault
Authors: Usa ([email protected]) and Emiri ([email protected])
Rating: PG
Disclaimers: All characters belong to Takeuchi Naoko-sama, TOEI Animations, and Bandai Entertainment.
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No One's Fault
Part 1
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"You are not to go out tonight unless you finish all your homework," Kenji told Usagi.
Usagi pouted. "But Papa! Someone's taking me out for a special Christmas dinner!"
"Well, if you get all your homework done by seven, you can go."
"The reservations are at six," Usagi told her father.
"Well, then you'd better get working if you hope to go."
Usagi sighed in defeat. "Hai..." She slowly trudged up the stairs to her bedroom. "Papa you're so mean!" she grumbled.
"By the way, who exactly is taking you to dinner?"
"I know!" Shingo exclaimed, running down the stairs. He still had to get back at Usagi for taking the last piece of lemon pie. "She's going with Mamoru-san... on a daaaaaate!"
"Shingo!" Usagi hissed.
"Oh?" Kenji raised an eyebrow. "Is it just you two going?"
"Um... hehe... hai?"
"And just how are you planning on getting there?"
Usagi nervously wrung her hands. "Well, he's going to pick me up and we're going to drive there together."
"And what time are you going to get home?"
"I don't know yet."
"Papa! She can't go out with him!" Shingo exclaimed. "He's 20 years old!"
"That's for me to decide, Shingo. Don't you have homework to do?"
Shingo grunted a response and headed upstairs. Usagi glared at him then turned to her father. "Please Papa! Let me go."
"If you get your homework done, and if you're back by 8:30. Two and a half hours is more than generous on a school night."
Usagi nodded, but she wasn't very happy about it. "Okay..."
"If you're not back by 8:30, I'm coming to pick you up mysef."
"Haaii."
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Usagi looked up at Mamoru and smiled. The two were enjoying a quiet meal in a small restaurant on Juuban Road. "Mamo-chan!" Usagi said. "Arigatou!"
"Douitashimahite, Usako. I knew you'd enjoy it."
"Mou, I wish Papa would be more understanding! I mean, what can we accomplish in 2 hours?"
"Well, I'm just glad that he let you come out."
Usagi nodded, taking a drink of her water. "Ne, didn't you say you had some kind of present for me?" she asked.
Mamoru smiled. "Maybe."
"Maybe?" Usagi grinned. "What is it!"
"Guess."
Usagi thought. "Hmm... manga?"
"Nope."
"Sailor V movie???"
"Nope. You get three more guesses."
"Shoes? Nevermind, if they're shoes, I don't want them," Usagi said, as a sweat drop appeared above her head.
"You don't want shoes?" Mamoru blinked.
"Iie..."
"Don't worry, I didn't get you shoes anyway."
Usagi sighed. "I give up!!"
"Two more guesses. Or don't you want your present?"
"Of course I want it, Mamo-chan!" Usagi thought harder. "Um, a necklace?"
"Not quite...but you're getting warmer."
The blonde giggled excitedly. "A ring!"
"Nooo...."
"...earrings?"
:
"Hai!" Mamoru smiled again, and held out the box.
Usagi took it and smiled back. "Arigatou!" she whispered, opening the box. She gasped. They were the most beautiful pair of earrings she had ever seen! Silver moons with pears inset in them. "Mamo-chan..."
"You're welcome."
"Ne, Usako, what time do you have to be home?"
Usagi was still admiring her earrings. "8:30," she replied, not looking up.
"It's 8:20 now, we'd better get going."
"Kami! We'd better!" Usagi stood up. By the time they paid, it was just about 8:30.
Authors: Usa ([email protected]) and Emiri ([email protected])
Rating: PG
Disclaimers: All characters belong to Takeuchi Naoko-sama, TOEI Animations, and Bandai Entertainment.
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No One's Fault
Part 1
***********
"You are not to go out tonight unless you finish all your homework," Kenji told Usagi.
Usagi pouted. "But Papa! Someone's taking me out for a special Christmas dinner!"
"Well, if you get all your homework done by seven, you can go."
"The reservations are at six," Usagi told her father.
"Well, then you'd better get working if you hope to go."
Usagi sighed in defeat. "Hai..." She slowly trudged up the stairs to her bedroom. "Papa you're so mean!" she grumbled.
"By the way, who exactly is taking you to dinner?"
"I know!" Shingo exclaimed, running down the stairs. He still had to get back at Usagi for taking the last piece of lemon pie. "She's going with Mamoru-san... on a daaaaaate!"
"Shingo!" Usagi hissed.
"Oh?" Kenji raised an eyebrow. "Is it just you two going?"
"Um... hehe... hai?"
"And just how are you planning on getting there?"
Usagi nervously wrung her hands. "Well, he's going to pick me up and we're going to drive there together."
"And what time are you going to get home?"
"I don't know yet."
"Papa! She can't go out with him!" Shingo exclaimed. "He's 20 years old!"
"That's for me to decide, Shingo. Don't you have homework to do?"
Shingo grunted a response and headed upstairs. Usagi glared at him then turned to her father. "Please Papa! Let me go."
"If you get your homework done, and if you're back by 8:30. Two and a half hours is more than generous on a school night."
Usagi nodded, but she wasn't very happy about it. "Okay..."
"If you're not back by 8:30, I'm coming to pick you up mysef."
"Haaii."
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Usagi looked up at Mamoru and smiled. The two were enjoying a quiet meal in a small restaurant on Juuban Road. "Mamo-chan!" Usagi said. "Arigatou!"
"Douitashimahite, Usako. I knew you'd enjoy it."
"Mou, I wish Papa would be more understanding! I mean, what can we accomplish in 2 hours?"
"Well, I'm just glad that he let you come out."
Usagi nodded, taking a drink of her water. "Ne, didn't you say you had some kind of present for me?" she asked.
Mamoru smiled. "Maybe."
"Maybe?" Usagi grinned. "What is it!"
"Guess."
Usagi thought. "Hmm... manga?"
"Nope."
"Sailor V movie???"
"Nope. You get three more guesses."
"Shoes? Nevermind, if they're shoes, I don't want them," Usagi said, as a sweat drop appeared above her head.
"You don't want shoes?" Mamoru blinked.
"Iie..."
"Don't worry, I didn't get you shoes anyway."
Usagi sighed. "I give up!!"
"Two more guesses. Or don't you want your present?"
"Of course I want it, Mamo-chan!" Usagi thought harder. "Um, a necklace?"
"Not quite...but you're getting warmer."
The blonde giggled excitedly. "A ring!"
"Nooo...."
"...earrings?"
:
"Hai!" Mamoru smiled again, and held out the box.
Usagi took it and smiled back. "Arigatou!" she whispered, opening the box. She gasped. They were the most beautiful pair of earrings she had ever seen! Silver moons with pears inset in them. "Mamo-chan..."
"You're welcome."
"Ne, Usako, what time do you have to be home?"
Usagi was still admiring her earrings. "8:30," she replied, not looking up.
"It's 8:20 now, we'd better get going."
"Kami! We'd better!" Usagi stood up. By the time they paid, it was just about 8:30.