The year is now 2014. Krystal and steve have been dating now for the 3 years hes been thawed, and she couldn't be happier. He adores her son JJ, who is the son of her and his best friend, and he's one of the sweetest men she knows. Gone are the lonely days where she would spend her time alone and crying, wishing for her other half. While she could admit to herself she didn't feel quite complete without onyx, she knew she loved steve dearly. Krystal had always felt responsible for both their deaths. If she hadn't of been pregnant, she would have enlisted with them and been there to catch bucky and pop steve away at the last second. She still regretted never being able to be with bucky as his wife, and she regretted that bucky never got to see his only son grow up. "Onyx... buckeye, my love. Come back to me." She wispered softly she made dinner, waiting for steve to come home. While she wanted bucky back more than anything. She loved steve very deely too.
The lights were turned down low, and michael Buble plays softly in the background. Krystal's hair is up in a braid, and she wore a pretty dark blue dress that looked like it was taken straight from the 40's. Smells of steak potatoes and fresh green beans wafted through the house from the kitchen, and krystal smiled. Everything was going according to the plan.
The pretty senshi fae queen looked at herself in the mirror, checking her makeup. She had no lipstick on her teeth, and her winged eyeliner was flawless, but still she fussed. She wanted their 3 year anniversary to be absolutely perfect. Little did she know, Steve had a plan of his own for tonight.
Steve parked his classic 1930's car in the garage of their penthouse apartment, smiling a little. He couldn't believe his girlfriend had gone to such troubles just to make him smile. She was even more wonderful than he had remembered.
He went up in the elevator, wearing his old army uniform and his trenchcoat, playing with the small box in his pocket. He planned on asking her to marry him tonight. Bucky would want him to be happy, right?
When the elevator doors opened, steve put his trenchcoat in the closet, pulling out the small box and sticking it in the pocket of his pressed army dress pants. The smells coming from the kitchen calmed steve slightly, but he was still nervous.
Krystal grinned when she saw him, hugging him tightly. "Stevie! You're home!" She exclaimed happily, and then got dinner on the table. Steve was left to his thoughts, and his nerves got worse. She wouldn't say no would she?
After dinner, steve sat krystal down, and worry crossed her face. What was he trying to do? Was something wrong? She didn't know what would happen.
He got down on one knee. "Krystal Serena Kobayashi, I have loved you since I saw you back in 1940, and I know that I always will. I guess what I'm trying to ask is… will you marry me?" He asked, hope and fear crossing his features.
Krystal couldn't believe this was happening. She grinned widely, hugging him tightly, and nodded. "Yes, yes of course Stevie! Ill marry you!" She exclaimed, pulling him up and kissing him passionately.
Krystal smirked. "Now we dance." She stated simply, showing him the steps to the rumba. He caught on quickly, and soon they were tangoing to light jazz music the whole night. This evening had just been everything both could have ever hoped for. Little did they know that Bucky was watching them intently from the balcony, hiding in the shadows.
The winter soldier sat on the edge of the balcony of his next targets, Krystal Kobayashi and Steve Rogers. He knew all about them from their Hydra files, and he knew he had to kill them, but she was like no other target he had ever had to kill. There was something special about her, something different.
The soldier never felt remorse for what he does, nor did he ever question his orders. It was always, thaw, kill, ice. That was how it had been for as long as he could remember, and he doubted it would ever change.
Krystal on the other hand, was happily dancing around the kitchen as she listened to her long since dead fiancee's favorite album. With his enhanced body, the soldier could hear the music, and found himself swaying to it as he watched her. She was cooking, making something that smelled delicious.
The soldier held his head in what sort of felt like frustration. He was seeing something. In his mind, he saw a scrawny little blond boy, and himself, though younger, sitting at a table, waiting to be served. The woman smiled at him. "Now stevie, you eat all your breakfast. We wouldn't want you to get sick again." The woman said, handing each boy eggs and bacon.
The flash had stopped, and now a new one came. A woman, who looked like one of his targets, was kissing, no, making love to him, and he wore military dog tags on his neck. "I love you, Sgt James Buchanan Barnes, and don't you forget it!" She crooned before she kissed him again the soldier's mind went blank once again, though the feelings stayed.
"Krystal…" he muttered softly, wondering why she was cooking such food. He wondered why he was seeing these flashes, and he wondered what she would think of him now. He hated that the target was making him feel, but he couldn't help it. There was just something about her that captivated him.
Krystal wasn't a stupid woman by any means, though she could be quite the reckless one. She was luring the one who would kill her into her house. She wasn't afraid, though she knew she should be. Someting told her though, she didn't have to worry. That it would all work out like it should. Soon she'd be incomplete no more.
That night, the soldier snuck in, just as she had predicted. Her trap had been sprung. Krystal smirked at him as she came out from her hiding place. "So, Hydra must be very desprate if they've sent you to kill me, comrade." She said flippantly, looking at the man as his entire body, save his head, was covered in adamantium. He had no way of getting away from her now.
Krystal looked him straight in his goggle and mask covered face before she took off his mask. She gasped slightly, then she smirked again. The soldier was silent, grey blue eyes lifeless. "I thought you were dead." She said softly, before she started to glow slightly. She looked him straight in the eyes, her glacial blue ones meeting his. "James buchanan barnes, you will be mine again." She muttered, before she started to chant in a dialect of japanese he didn't understand, glowing more brightly each time she finished a single syllable.
There it was again. That name. He'd heard it before, she'd called him it before. Had that been his name? He didn't know, but he had a gut feeling he'd find out soon.
When she was finally finished chanting, Krystal's glow didn't subside. In fact, it intensified, causing the soldier to close his eyes to keep from beind blinded. That was when it happened. Soft red lips hit his more chapped war and ice worn lips, and it all came back. Everything. She had succeeded in undoing what hydra had tried so hard to do for so long.
Krystal's lips parted from his, and he looked at her. How could she look just the same that she had when they'd made love? He stumbled as he tried to speak, his english so out of practice. "M-moon p-pie?" He asked tentatively, and krystal smiled, nodding as the adamantium around him dissolved, and his rifle dropped. She hugged him.
"Buckeye.. my buckeye. I've missed you so much, iubesc." She cried into his chest, the romanian word for love slipping from her tongue as easily as it did 70 years prior. She had her fiancee back. Now, her only problems were telling him of their son, and her fiancee.
Krystal didn't have to have magical powers to know who was at the door. "Come in sweetness. I have a big surprise for you." She called from the living room, waiting for their son to walk in. JJ sauntered in like usual, not even noticing the man staring at him. He hugged his mother tightly. He had missed her very much, seeing as he had been off on a mission for SHIELD with uis fiancée Tony. She hugged him back, turning him to his father. The 70 year old's eyes widened like saucers. "Dad?" He almost squeaked and krystal just nodded as JJ practically glomped Bucky, happy tears streaming down his face. He had never thought he'd meet his father, at least not in this lifetime.
An "oof" sound could be heard from bucky when JJ higged him. He almost couldn't believe that he had helped create such a man. He smiled lightly. "Its nice to meet you, son" he said in his trademark drawl, squeezing JJ a bit tighter. He was so happy to know him and it was apparent on his face. Krystal smiled at the reunion, giving bucky a light kiss.
JJ gave her a sidways glance. He thouhht she was in love with his uncle steve. There was obvious confusion in his eyes and then he looked at the door. There stood his uncle. Steve hadn't seen the kiss, but he knew krystal well enough to know that she would want jucky back now that he was alive. yhe two had been almost inseprable before the war. He gave he a kiss. "Hello my sweet." He said softly, and bucky raised an eyebrow. He was happy for his friend, but at the same time insanely jealous. yhe former assassin hadn't missed the Engagement Ring on her finger. "Steve. I thought you were smaller" he joked as he hugged his best friend, the two of them laughing. They looked at each other, a smile grazing their lips. "Moonpie, would you be opposed to sharing?" Bucky asked and krystal chuckled, small smile on her face. "Absolutely. I love you both to much to ever choose." she admitted, giving them each kisses. It looked like the Blue Moon Princess was finally getting her happy ending.
