Chapter 2 was a light edit, but an edit nonetheless!

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My heart was pounding through my chest. I didn't know what I should do, should I smile and laugh with joy or cry my heart out. I held the card close to my heart, and ran inside. Thank goodness, mom and Kenji were already sleeping.

I pulled out a tub of ice cream and sat in my room. I ate the ice cream; keeping it in my mouth till the last piece melted. After the ice cream was done with, and the tears had finally ceased.(The tears snuck up on me so suddenly, it just wouldn't stop!) I opened the closet and pulled out a small chest.

In it were all the things I've kept from my past life, I found the ring Seiya had given me when I was 10. I looked at all the things that may have deemed pointless to others, but to me it was my childhood. My childhood with Seiya, my best friend.

A thousand questions rushed through my head but I gave it a rest, and fell asleep on my desk, my hand still lying on the card.

I woke up 5 minutes before the alarm, at the same spot I was last night. Great, that wasn't a dream after all.

I walked into the kitchen, bags under my eyes and my hair tossed and tangled. Kenji was there, drinking his coffee and smiling at the newspaper.

"Good Morning Usagi," He smiled giving me a cup of coffee his eyes still glued on the paper. "How was your night?"

"Tiring," I managed to breathe out, I was going to tell him about Seiya, but then mom would know and who knows what will happen.

I got ready and grabbed my bags for school Mamoru was already waiting outside, leaning on the side of his car.

He gave me a kiss before he opened the passenger door and ushered me in, and walked to the other side. It was a long car ride, neither of us spoke, he had tried to get a conversation started but I simply continued to look out the window. Mamoru eventually gave up and just drove, I glanced at him, he did remind me of Seiya a bit.

He and Seiya both saw something in me that others didn't. I suppose Mamoru did look like a Seiya a bit, the dark indigo eyes, along with the raven black hair. But Mamoru, although he was sweet, he was rather mean and obnoxious. Seiya was tender and sweet.

Both of Seiya's rings were now in my jacket pocket, and rolled them around with the tips of my fingers, then I realized how much I really did miss Seiya.

"We're here," Mamoru's voice broke me out of my trance, I turned to get my stuff out of the backseat. His hand caught mine before I can touch my backpack. "Serena... What's wrong? Where's your smile..?"

That's right, my name was Serena, not Usagi. He didn't know the real me, that was the big difference between him and Seiya. Seiya knew the real me. Mamoru just knew the act I put up. I put on a fake smile, "Nothing, I'm just tired. It was a rough night."

He pulled his hand away; I quickly grabbed my things, gave him a quick peck on the lips and got out of the car. He walked me to my locker, where Mina and Ami were already there.

"Hey Serena! Heard you got a new car!" Mina said excitingly grabbing my hand and pulling me away from Mamoru. "Sorry Mamoru! But the last time I checked, your locker is over there!" Mina pointed down the hall, as he gave her a disgruntled look and tried to give me a peck on the cheek, but Mina managed to pull me out of the way for that.

Mina wasn't exactly a fan of Mamoru. She didn't like the way he was so serious, and basically a jerk to everyone but me. Mina is my new current best friend, I'm not sure how it happened but it did. One thing everybody knew about Mina, she was a flirt. Her full name was Minako Aino. If I were to put a red bow at the top of my head, we would be twins. She was far different from me, she did what she wanted to do, when she wanted. I had to think things through, why couldn't I just be normal?

Ami, is one of my close friends that Mina had introduced me to. Ami Mizuno was the top student in our class, and most likely to be a doctor like her mother. She had bright blue hair, that matched her bright blue eyes, but her personality was nice and shy. Ami was truly someone I can trust, but I still believe she likes, or had liked Mamoru. Who knows?

"Hey Mina, Ami." I smiled as I opened my locker and tossed my backpack in. "What's up?"

"Well news flash Sere! You got a car! A carrrrr! Do you get it?" Minako said, her head leaning on the locker next to my opened locker.

"No… What's your point, Mina?" I pulled out a textbook and a folder and set them to my side.

"Why is Mamoru still taking you to school if you have your own car?" Minako straightened herself and grabbed her belongings. I swore I could've just heard Ami mumble something like "Why are you even still with him?"

Maybe it was a mistake? Oh well, all that matters right now is Seiya. Seiya. Seiya. I sighed and replied, "I'll drive myself to school tomorrow. Let's get to class."

It was already lunch; everybody was in their own conversations, as I just stared at my food. I saw Mamoru's backpack open, his keys clearly out in the open. I took them out and turned to see if anyone saw, I saw Mina's shocked eyes look into my own. She's going to tell, she's going to say something!

"I'm going to go to the restroom." I quickly said, as I got up and got my things.

"I'll come with you." I heard Mina say from behind me, and quickly reached my side. "What are you doing? Are you gonna surprise him with something? Oh my gosh! You guys are gonna have sex!"

"Minako!" I hissed at her, she always thought the worst, "I just need to do something."

"Come on Sere! I'm your best friend, you can trust me! And beside this has to be something important since this is going to be your first time ditching." Minako glared at me and grabbed my hand.

Sighing, I let her come along. "So what are we doing?" She asked excitedly, practically bouncing off the walls.

"We're going to go get my car." I answered driving us to my house; we had a small chat about her new found love for some pop idol. "Here you drive Mamoru's car. I'll take mine."

We drove back to school and parked where Mamoru's car previously was. I placed his key under in front of his front tire. Minako looked at me questioningly, "He'll think he just dropped it." I replied grabbing my keys and putting them into my own car.

"But what if someone takes it? Then what? "Minako asked.

"What happens, happens Mina. Are you coming or what?" Mina hopped into the car and we drove off.

"So what are we looking for?" Mina asked flipping her phone open to check her texts.

"Not a what, a who. Who are we looking for. Well to answer your question we're looking for nobody. Someone who doesn't exists. Who left this world years ago," I didn't even glance at Mina as I spoke, I just keep looking out my window for any sign of Seiya.

"Mamoru keeps asking about you. What do I say?" Mina showed me the several texts she's received from Mamoru, I sighed. He was clingy.

"Tell him I have cramps or something." I mumbled under my breath as we drove through a drive thru to get some food, even though we just had lunch. Mina and I we're irregular. We ate more than we should, but neither of us gained weight.

"Oooooooooh good one!" She quickly replied to his message, and chomped down on her burger.

Maybe Minako was different, maybe I could tell her about Seiya, what happened on my 9th birthday. Maybe, some other time.

I sighed, it's been an hour of countless searching for someone, that may not even be anywhere near here.

"Minako, wanna go to the arcade?" I asked driving toward the Crown Parlor.

"Sure! I'm sure Motoki will get us some free things!" Mina smiled as she got some things out of her bag, and stuffed them in the pockets of her skirt. I parked the car, and we walked into the Parlor, Motoki was already cleaning tables. He had a 5 period day, so he was always there before anyone else. In an hour, this place will soon be packed with tons of high school kids. Only two people other than themselves were there, one had long silver hair tied neatly in a low ponytail, the other light auburn hair also tied in a low ponytail. I paused, and took a good look. Not everyone has silver hair here. The only people she knew with silver hair was Diamond, and Yaten. She knew it wasn't Diamond, he always liked his hair short. But Yaten, he had his hair like Seiya.

Although Yaten and Taiki never hung out with me and Seiya. They were always so kind to me. They didn't have much friends, suddenly I remembered. They were with Seiya when he spent a month at my house. After that, it wasn't just me and Seiya anymore, it was all of us. The four of us.
We made a promise, the last day they we're at my house. We'll be together, always and forever.

How could I forget? That's right, a few months later, it was my 9th birthday. I forgot a lot of things that day. But we were all best friends at some point, right?

"Yaten.. Taiki..?" I heard myself whisper, I didn't even realize that I said it aloud until I saw them both whip around and look to the owner of the voice.

"Usagi..." Yaten said just above a whisper. A second later I saw him jump out of his seat and his arms wrapped around me in a tight hug. Taiki slowly followed and joined in the hug. Before I knew it, tears were running down my eyes. That month made us so close, like we were the only ones left on earth. I held them tightly, afraid they would disappear if I let go. I'm sure they were doing the same, after a few minutes, we finally released each other.

"Umm, Sere. Who are these people..?" Minako asked, still questioning what just happened. Trying to find my voice, I tried to answer her. But nothing came out, I looked back at them to make sure they we're still here.

"We're Serena's old friends, from elementary." Taiki said, his eyes watery from the hug. "I'm Taiki Kou, and this is my brother Yaten."

"Oh nice to meet you then! Any friend of Serena's is my friend. I'm Minako Aino! Mina, for short." She held out her hand, and Taiki gladly took it.

"Neh, Mina can I talk to them alone? We have a lot of catching up to do. I'm sure Motoki would like your attention!" I turned to face her, but she was already gone flirting with her friend.

I led them to a table near the back of the parlor, and sat down.

"What are you guys doing here? And how do you know my name is Serena..?" I asked looking at them, I still couldn't believe they were here! In Juuban!

Taiki smiled, he was always the calm one. Yaten looked like he was gonna attack me into another bear hug.

"I'm sure Seiya will answer your questions when you see him. You are closer to him then to us, I'm sure he will be glad to have things to talk to you about." Taiki said, his eyes not leaving mine for a second.

"I'm sorry." I whispered. I felt so bad. Wait. Did he say, Seiya?

"Sorry for what?" Yaten spoke this time. His voice a little raspy, obviously not use to talking.

"That I forgot you guys. I forgot about our promise! It's my fault you guys left wasn't it? Because I broke the promise."

"Of course not! Don't ever think that way. It wasn't your fault, if it was our choice, we would have stayed for you- no, with you. We were the ones to break the promise. We left without even saying good bye or anything." Yaten looked down in shame, drips of water dropping onto the table.

Taiki let out a small laugh, "It wasn't your fault you forgot us either, it was our father. It's his damned fault!" Taiki punched the table with anger. Your eyes widened, Taiki was always calm. Always. He only had rare occurrences with anger and he was quite frightening.

"It's about time for us to go, we'll see you another time Usagi, I mean Serena." Taiki stood up, and walked out the door. Yaten slowly followed wiping his tears. Just when he was half way out the door he turned around and waved.

"Wait! What do you mean Seiya? Isn't he… dead?" I questioned them, my thoughts running faster than a road runner.

Yaten looked confused, "Of course not… He'll tell you when he says you. Bye Usaaaaa- oops! Serena!" He winked and walked out the door.

I felt my face turn bright red, Yaten, he always was a flirt. Even when we were young he would always want to hold my hand, or cuddle with me. The memories kept flooding back as I remember all the times we had together. I can't believe I forgot them! I don't think I can ever forgive myself.

The days seemed to go by like nothing happened. I didn't bother to tell my mom any of it. Finally it was Monday.

The weekend was filled with my thoughts of the Kous, and the every long story of Seiya.

School started once again, and today I took myself to school. I didn't talk to Mamoru a lot, which lead to a lot of texts, missed calls, and IMs. Boy was he protective, and clingy.

I dropped by my locker, not shocked to find Mamoru waiting there. He immediately hugged me saying how worried he was. We walked to homeroom, and took our seats. Everyone was talking about the new students in class. Most likely Yaten, Taiki, and Seiya.

I turned and saw long black hair, he sat in the front. Could it really be?

Minako took her seat next to me, "So there's those two I met Friday. And there's another one..?"

"Seiya…? Seiya!"


Originally Taiki and Yaten weren't even supposed to be any relative or any part of the story, but I love them too much to set them aside.

I honestly ship Usagi with all three of them, and deciding who she should be with in this story seems obvious, but I really want her to end up with all of them.

/sigh/ if only polygamy worked for females.

So although it's 89% SeiyaUsa fic… don't doubt for a second that there won't be any TaikiUsa or YatenUsa… hehe.

Venixren