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"Usagi-san!?" Yaten was surprised, "It's been a while." He smiled warmly at her.

"What are you doing here?" The shock of seeing Yaten had made her forget about everything for a moment.

He smirked, "You told me to visit remember?" He winked at her slyly, as if hiding something. "Thought I might check up on you later but I guess I found you." One reason that Healer had snuck to Earth was to check up on Usagi and see if the senshi would let her return to Fighter. Although better than Usagi, Fighter was nevertheless distraught without her and Healer couldn't stand to see her friend like that. For several weeks after the Sol senshi departed, Fighter had been working non-stop, as if trying to occupy her mind with her work. Everyone was concerned about her mental health… and soon, her physical health too as she started to skip meals. Even a brief break for her would cause her to reminisce about the life she created with Usagi. But when she fainted from exhaustion, Princess Kakyuu had relieved Fighter of any major Starlight duties. Fighter had protested but ceased immediately after a long emotional talk with her compassionate princess. Since then she still worked odd jobs around the palace, but it was still apparent to everyone that Fighter was depressed even a year later. Unlike Usagi, Fighter had the support of everyone and tried to work hard to repay their kindness. Still… without Usagi, she was lost.

"Thank you Yaten." Usagi smiled genuinely for the first time in a year. It was comforting to her that Yaten was here – the usually cool and aloof Yaten considered her a friend and made the effort to visit. "I just left Mina, I don't know where she is now."

Yaten looked at Usagi strangely, as if trying to determine something. Usagi noticed and asked what he was doing. "It just occurred to me how much you look like Mina. Although you're thinner… too thin Usagi-san." Yaten frowned. Usagi had lost a lot of weight, her bones were more prominent and her shirt hung loosely on her. "But I just thought of something." He raised an eyebrow to examine her more and answered her questioning look shortly, "Maybe I could disguise you."

"Disguise me to look like Mina?"

He nodded, "They'll probably kill me if they found out though."

Then it finally struck her what he was talking about and her face broke out in a huge grin. "Let's do it! When can we go?"

"Usagi-san, I'm not talking about kidnapping you because they'll fight us to bring you back and we can't have that." Yaten frowned and spoke seriously, "I meant that if in the future you wanted to visit us, I can smuggle you out for a short period of time. I know it's not a good solution, but I thought you might want to at least see Seiya once in a while."

Usagi was crestfallen – she had hoped to run away forever. "There's no escaping this is there?" She gazed out at the lake again and Yaten followed suit.

"Sorry. That's the best I can offer for my two friends."

Usagi closed her eyes and smiled, "Thank you." She looked up at him and smirked, "When I pretend to be Mina, you don't get to do touch me the same way you touch her though."

Yaten blushed furiously and cleared his throat, "Don't know what you're talking about." Usagi giggled at the flustered Yaten. "Don't want Seiya to kill me anyways."

"How is he?"

"Depressed. He mopes around everywhere." He hesitated, "I have a feeling he's trying to find a way back into his coma."

Usagi turned to face him, "Has he found a way?"

Yaten didn't know if he should be worried or angry about the excitement in her voice, "No! You guys are crazy! That's not a good solution."

Her face dropped and she looked away again. "It's the only way we can be together." A single tear trickled down her face as she whispered softly.

Yaten sighed. "Usagi-san," he hated seeing his friends hurt, "we still don't know what caused the coma. Don't you remember Fighter's condition when you guys arrived on Kinmouku?" Yaten and Usagi both cringed at remembering the sight of the pale, corpse-like Fighter in the hospital bed. "Maker is working hard to discover the cause and prevent it from happening again. You guys might not wake up next time if it does happens again."

"I'd much rather die in there than live here." She shrugged as if her statement was nothing.

"I hope you're not still asking people to kill you."

"Might do it myself on my wedding day."

He looked at her with concern – he couldn't tell if she was joking or not. Yaten was troubled when he saw that her face remained impassive, "Usagi-san…"

"Don't worry." She knew she had scared him even though she had seriously considered her statement, "I'll find a way out of this… somehow." He knew she was only patronizing him but there was nothing he could do to comfort her. Usagi noticed how uncomfortable Yaten had gotten and changed subjects, "What's going on with you and Mina?"

Yaten merely shrugged, "Just seeing where this goes." He had never admitted that he had any kind of feelings for Mina. Unlike his fellow Starlights, Yaten knew that Usagi wouldn't tease him about it. But still… he couldn't admit it. it was as if saying it aloud would make him face reality… a reality where he could never be with Mina since they were both bound by duty. "We can never be together though."

"Mina use to wish that she was just an average schoolgirl with ordinary happiness." Usagi sighed and remembering that it use to be her wish too. "Sometimes I wonder why it had to be us. But I guess if it isn't us then it would just be another person." She scoffed.

Yaten looked at the twilight sky and smirked, "None of us would be friends and I definitely wouldn't have talked to you Usagi-san." They both chuckled at his comment. Although the sight of Yaten reminded her of Seiya, Yaten was still a great comfort to her. Though slightly nicer, his sarcastic attitude was… refreshing. Usagi had missed it – she realized now more than ever that everyone else had been over sensitive around her and because of that, it constantly reminded her of the love she lost. 'Perhaps this is what I need.' Even if for a short time, Usagi was glad that she had a friend who could help her feel the hope she had forgotten so long ago.

The two talked through the whole night about a variety of things, never again mentioning Usagi's situation. When morning arrived, Usagi watched as a golden-green light streaked across the sky, returning to Kinmouku. She sighed and headed home to sleep. 'Will I see you tonight Seiya?'

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