Kaien: Well, seven of my ten siblings are in the hospital now, so it's just me at home. Hoy…and of course these idiots…and a newbie.
Su: HIYA KAIEN'S FANDOM! BANANAS!
Naruto: Hi again.
Nuriko: Hello.
Kaien: So, I have a new co-host, courtesy of Kailor. Koalla Su, everyone.
Su: BANANAS!!!!!
Kaien/Naruto/Nuriko: SHUT UP!
"…channnnn….wake up, Secchan……WAKE UP!!!" Setsuna gave an undignified squeak, and toppled out of the chair she had fallen asleep in the night before.
"Kono-chan? Wha-what are you doing here? Where's Mana-san?" Konoka shrugged.
"Get up, Secchan. There's going to be an eclipse today and I want to see it!"
"Um,
don't you go blind if you see that?"
"Not with these
special glasses Negi-kun made." The healer produced two pairs of
what looked like regular reading glasses. "We can watch and our
eyesight won't be affected. C'mon!"
Before the swordsman could say a word, she was dragged out of the room and down the stairs, feebly protesting. Konoka didn't let go of her until they reached the park down the hill. Nobody was there.
"Guess everyone went inside because of the eclipse," Konoka said, putting on her glasses. Setsuna slipped her own on as well. "Now what?"
"We wait."
Setsuna watched Konoka swing on the swing for a while then climb up on the monkey bars and try to hang upside down. "Kono-chan?"
"Yah?"
"Why are you so happy?"
"Because I'm here with you, Secchan." Setsuna flushed, but that wasn't what she meant.
"No, I mean, in general. I left you for all those years, your mother is dead, you hardly ever see your father, your grandfather won't let you breathe unless he says so…I'd be pretty depressed with a life like that."
Of course, her life had been worse in a way but she didn't think about her own problems.
Konoka flipped over, so that she was sitting on top of the monkey bars, gazing up at the sun and the dark orb that was the moon that were working their way towards each other.
"Those things are exactly why I'm so happy. I learned a long time ago, I have to appreciate what I have before time forces me to appreciate what I had."
Setsuna could only stare. She hadn't known her princess thought that way.
"Well…what do you have?"
Konoka giggled. "I have good grades, a roof over my head, I do get to see Daddy every once in a while. I have Asuna and Negi who are wonderful friends. My grandfather loves me, no matter how he acts. And I have you."
The healer turned and locked her chocolate brown eyes on the obsidian depths of the swordsman's. "You have always protected me, even when I thought you hated me. I love you, Secchan."
Just then the sky grew dark and the light died behind the black circle of the moon. As the dark settled all around, Konoka reached down and squeezed Setsuna's hand. They stood that way, in the complete darkness for about five minutes. Then a single ray of light beamed down towards them. It spread and the world lit up once again. As the moon and the sun moved away, Setsuna asked, "Did you mean that?"
Konoka glanced down at her. Setsuna had removed her glasses and was staring back at her.
"Yes, Secchan. I love you."
Setsuna placed one foot on the bottom rung of the monkey bars and hoisted herself up until her lips met the healer's. Their bodies merged. On the ground behind them, where their shadow fell, it was almost like an eclipse, blocking out the sun, then moving apart to let the light back through to that patch of grass.
"I love you, too."
Kaien: And there goes the, what, sixth installment of the Konoka's Galaxy Series!! Yay, for a finished chapter.
Naruto: Yay!
Nuriko: Su, what is that thing?
Su: Meet Mecha Tama-chan fourteen! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Kaien/Naruto/Nuriko: RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!
