Rabbits and Roses
Chapter 15
By: Prophetess of Hearts
Disclaimer: Standard... duh!
A.N: la la la la la la la la la la... I’m bored, and I’m trying. *shows off cat ears too*
Oh yeah, and the roses seperate days.. excuse the jump of days in the first part here. Thanks.
~~~~{~~@ August 8th - August 11th @~~}~~~~~
^_^ My PoV ^_^

Over the next few days things were going as dully yet as busy as ever. Because although preparations were being made for the events that would happen in the following days there was still uncertainty about it. The day was coming would determine which group it would be the end of: either the Rabbits or the Roses. It was not yet assured as to whom it would be yet, which group would lose value, face, and itself. Or if things went badly enough in the full of it, it could easily end up resulting in the destruction and decay of both parties. This fact alone could cause tension and fear on both sides.

Both sides where busy with the preparations that were needed to insure the minimal to their own side of this war, but also maximum damage to the other without resulting in quite a number of deaths. You see; death is not really what the aim of this war was, just admission that one side was better then the other and had more control. Thus, death was only a side mater, that was to be avoided if able, and accomplished if needed.

Death was something that both sides have felt much of in the past, though the death of Makoto for the rabbits was the one that was fresh in most of the people’s minds. It goes with the sayings ‘out of sight, out of mind’ and ‘time shall heal all wounds’. Although these wounds and all the ones before it were being brought to life once more, and being opened in such a way that it brought resentment, anger and hate to the surface along with the hurt. Death was quite possible seeing as such elements were now present, for fear, anger and hate are the most dangerous of emotions.

As for Usagi and Mamoru themselves, they were dealing with the stress of such things by themselves. They were turning in wards and relying on their second of command more and more. Mamoru was diving into his studies with a renewed force, one so great that it threatened to tear the fabric of space, much like his Physics assignment was about. Usagi, never being one for studies went to the next best thing; arcade games and annoying her little brother Shingo.


~~~~{~~@ August 9th @~~}~~~~
^_^ Usagi’s PoV ^_^

I was upset. No, that doesn't quite cover how I was feeling. I was being bitchie. I was pissed, depressed, frustrated, confused, and just about anything else you can think of. In other words I was a mess of emotions that happened to all be negative. That is except the love that I hold towards Mamoru. That was ever present. And that may have been what was causing this whole war idea to be so hard upon me. Is it so wrong to be in love?

Thank heavens for Shingo and video games. Those are heaven sent. You see; Shingo didn’t complain above the minimum in this case about me pestering him. He’s been good that way, although I suspect that he is being this way out of being forced to do such. After all, mom was probably being protective over her lil girl who’s in love. Parents are funny that way.

My gang has been pressuring me to pick a date. You know, one that shall be the day that we go against the Roses, I choose the 13th. It’s as good a day as any other one. Can you believe that they next asked me to pick a TIME! I sighed at that, then decided that it should be at 2am, that way not many people are out there, so less risk of civilian casualties. Hey, I’m trying. At least know I can show more of my intelligence. Then I ever could before that is. It follows that saying ‘When you’re strong, pretend you’re weak. When you’re weak pretend you’re strong’.



^_^ Shingo’s PoV ^_^

I’ve been letting Usagi annoy me, use me as a pushing bag... Let me tell you, that girl sure knows how to punch when she is angry! And the scary thing is, that I was doing this all by my own free will. Just because Usagi is my sister, if you ask me I might be going a little overboard on this whole ‘helping out any way I can’ thing. And boy was it causing me bruises! I mean Shimatta! But it was all in the name of what’s right.

As I walk around home right now, and mom is in the kitchen, dad no place to be found... I struggle to hide the bruises that Usagi made: just to protect her from any trouble that our parents may try to put on her. She has enough trouble. With the activities of her and Mamoru’s gangs ((A.N: Remember Shingo knows about his sis and Mamoru being the leaders of the gangs)) since they were preparing for trouble and all.

I’ve decided to take today to look at that painting that was done of Usagi that lead the cops to the idea that she knew something about the Rabbits or the Roses. Of course she knows something about them, but she's not going to tell. After all that Fifth Amendment in the US is right. Don’t put yourself in any position that you in... incrim... incriminate yourself in... that’s just downright insane to do.

And so, yelling a quick ‘be back later’ to mom, and high tailing it as quickly as possible out of the house and down the street I’m off to see the painting. That entails walking the dozen blocks or so to the business and... *shudder*... shopping district of town just to find the building that holds the painting of it. Oh well, I want to see how Mamoru views my sister, and who knows, maybe it is a good picture of her. Any ways, I have a camera with me so if they decide to paint over it I have a copy of how it looks. What can I say, it’s basically making my sister famous. In an unknown kind of way.

As I get there and find the building, I decided that I like how he did it, it’s actually a pretty good picture of her. And so I snap about a dozen different pictures of it and am on my way again.


^_^ Mamoru’s PoV ^_^

I swallowed the lump in my thought, I knew the date that my gang wanted the war on. Friday the 13th((A.N: just pretend thats the right day of the week if it isn't)). It was 'fitting' they said because Friday the 13th was supposed to be a day of bad luck. They thought that maybe it would mean bad luck for the Rabbits, but I couldn't help but wonder if it really meant bad luck for all of us.

We still haven't really done anything to Beryl. She was locked away where only Usagi, Motoki, and I knew wear. We had decided on this before the group had given the verdict that surely spelled the death of my heart. I wondered quietly if she was being fed by Motoki, cuse I sure as hell wasn't going to be feeding that bloody wench who insulted the one I love.

Okay, sure... I admit that Usagi beat the crap out of her for that, and I know I can't pin the whole war on her. But just watch me try! HA! She deserves every damned thing that she got and then some. She deserves death. But to be tortured for a good long time before. Hmmm... chinesse water torture maybe? There's an idea.

But I dragged myself out of bed that morning, just like any other, and decided to avoid any possible way that I would interact with my beloved Usako again. It was all I could do.


~~~~{~~@ August 11th @~~}~~~~
^_^ Usagi's PoV ^_^

It was midnight, the very start of the 11th. I admit that I was a bit depressed. After all that would explain the tears that had long saturated my cheeks and changed them from the normal pale color to a light red hue that was in the spots where my tears have already fallen. But you would cry as well if you had to deal with the simple fact that you couldn't be with the one you love.

It was funny though, all thoughts of Beryl were banished from my mind. As if she didn't exsist anymoe, and I wish that she didn't. Becuase in a weird way I felt that she deserved the blaim for this whole war. How I don't really know, if you ask me later I might think of something, but for know it was just my anger, and hate of her that caused this blaim to be put on her. I know, that doesn't make me a very good leader, but what can I say. It's just the way I feel.

Ami and Rei were trying to keep most of the gang away from me. It seems as they explained to me, that most of the Roses do not know who I am, and how I am. And so, they tried to keep most of the gang away from me in order to help keep the secrecy intact.

Of course I didn't believe a word that Ami and Rei told me. I knew that the insigna that I normally wore gave me away. After all, no one else of the Rabbits wore it, so it could hardly be considered common. You think that they would know better then to try and pull the wool over my eyes. I guess my normal ditz act worked better then I had origonally thought.

I was thinking all this when there was a knock on my bedroom door. It was kind of funny what I saw there.


^_^ Shingo's PoV ^_^

I was laying in my bed at midnight, I had decided long before that I needed to do this. Yes, it may blow my cover, but it was something I had to do. I couldn't be an innocent bystandard in my sisters downward fall from happiness. That fate just wasn't for her.

And so, I got up quietly from my bed, in my light blue pajamas, in case your wondering, they are one of those button up shirt and pants kind of pj's. I wouldn't very well sleep just in my underware or nothing at all with my sister in the house, that was just asking for her to torture me.

I opened my door and looked around, and also listened. I could hear my sister crying silently and so, I decided that it was time to walk over to her room and have a talk. And so I walked quietly across the hall and knocked lightly on the door after a slight pause in consideration.

I hung my head after knocking, and looked at the floor. My hands were wringing my shirt bottom as I did. I was standing there, listening as I heard Usa open the door, I looked up after a second and looked into her eyes, my eyes pleading.

"Usa, can we talk?" I asked quietly wanting to explain to her how things were. Kind of weird wfor a younger brother to do that to an older sister. But at times a younger person knows more about some things then older ones do. it's just the way that the world works.

Usa nodded after looking at me for a second and let me into her room, closing the door behind me. "What is it Shingo?" She asked, her voice equally as quiet as mine, i assume for the purpose of not wanting to wake up our parents.

"Usa, I know about the up coming battle" I said, I looked into her eyes to see what she was feeling, but I couldn't tell. "I know that your the leader of the Rabbits, I also know about the leader of the Roses. You love him Usa, and what as they always say should conqure all. After all, you may not be the smartest or graceful person, but you do have a quality about you, that which not many people can ignore or help but be happy when your there." I stated.

Okay, okay, so I had spent most of the day thinking about how to word that. Can I help that that I am a kid? I try to be mature, I try to know more stuff. But there is so much that a kid can say on the spot. I'm great of getting out of trouble on the spot, but being nice and explaining things to Usa is another thing.

Usa smiled at me after a few seconds of thought, and then she did something I didn't exspect. She hugged me. My sister hugged me! Normally I would be discusted, okay not really, but I would have to play at it for the sake of the Sibling code, but tonight, in this moment of kindness, of understanding...it was okay. And so I hugged her back then left her roo without another word.

Both of us knew thought, that that moment of understanding was rare. And that things after all this settled down would be back to normal, and that once more I would tease and taunt her.