A Sailor Moon Fanfiction: The Pledge of the Sun.

Chapter 61

"Hounding?! Who's hounding anyone, Seijuuro?!" Harusuke said. "If anything, your sister's the one hounding me! Not the other way around! And for that matter, you've been doing your fair share of hounding when it comes to Usagi, Mr. Pot calling the kettle black!"

"I don't even know why my sister's interested in an annoying pest like you," scoffed Seijuuro. "You're nothing special, and quite frankly, I don't understand why Usagi or rather any girl would be interested in dating someone as boring and clingy as you."

Now Harusuke was angry. "Oh, yeah?! At least I'm not some fake pretty boy who doesn't know anything about girls if one came up and slapped him in the face!"

"What was that?!"

"You heard me! Or are you deaf as you are shallow?!"

Seijuuro and Harusuke gazed grimly at each other as Usagi and Natsumi looked on worriedly. Then, a couple of the students saw the two and became interested, eventually forming a crowd.

"Hey! Check it out! Harusuke and Seijuuro look like they're about to fight!"

"Oh, man! It's a battle of the pretty boys!"

"You mean a battle of the overprotective pretty boys."

"Come on, you guys! That's enough!" Naru spoke worriedly.

"You know that if you two end up starting a fight, you're both going to get in big trouble!" Umino pointed out.

But Harusuke and Seijuuro both still refused to back down, their eyes never leaving each other. Natsumi and Usagi stepped in at that moment, pushing the two gently apart.

"Now, that's quite enough, Brother!" Natsumi spoke sternly. "You need to calm down!"

"That goes for you too, Harusuke!" Usagi said. "Can't we all just get along?"

Harusuke and Seijuuro looked at the girls and then at each other. They then turned away with a huff, the two not liking each other one bit. At that moment, the tardy bell began to ring, and the crowd immediately dispersed, hurrying to their classes. Seijuuro, realizing this, started to take off rushing to his classroom, but not before giving Harusuke one last look before running as fast as his feet could carry him. Harusuke watched him walk away for a few seconds; then, he walked with Natsumi and Usagi into the classroom.

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Soon enough, it was the lunch period, and Usagi, Harusuke, Makoto, and Ami were all eating lunch together. The news about the confrontation between Harusuke and Seijuuro had soon spread.

"So Harusuke, you've become the talk of the school lately," said Ami. "Is it true that you and Seijuuro were about to fight?"

"Yeah, but only because he said I was, and I quote: "hounding" Natsumi. Not to mention that he called me clingy and boring!" Harusuke said huffily. "The indignity of it all. Me? Hounding, Natsumi, and boring and clingy?! Give me a break!"

"Come on, Harusuke. Don't let it get to you," said Makoto. "You know what Seijuuro said wasn't true, so why bother thinking about it?"

"Because that Seijuuro's so annoying!" Harusuke cried irritably. "I mean, the fact of how oblivious and rude that guy is just ticks me off! Especially because he has no idea that my sister has Mamoru! Sometimes he makes me wanna-"

"Whoa, take it easy there, Bro," Usagi soothed, resting her hands on his shoulders. "I know that you're looking out for me, but you could dial back the overprotective part a bit. There's no way I'll go out with Seijuuro. Besides, there's only one guy good enough for me, and that's Mamoru."