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A Galaxy Apart
Chapter Four ~ Truth.
When Haruka arrived with Darien and Rini to his building they put small lady to sleep and both headed to the balcony. The north wind had come to town, making it cold, but none of them complained, apparently they both enjoyed the cold weather.
"Cigarette?" Darien asked Haruka as he retrieved one from his pocket. The blonde agreed on one.
"Don't tell Michiru."
He smiled, he also kept his vice for himself.
"Alright. What is it that you wanna know about star boy?"
He couldn't think of a single question to start with. He had so much doubts revolving around his head, making him dizzy. Did he have to be specific? If he had been told, days ago, that Serena was capable of being with someone else he wouldn't have believe it but that damn picture said more than a thousand words, you could feel the affection coming out of it, it was an odd sensation.
"Everything. Where did they come from? How did they met? How close were they? Was there something between them?"
Haruka squirmed and for the first time she longed to be like Mina Aino, the unconditional of Serena who would rather face torture than spill the beans about her friend. But Darien was right, before her friendship with the princess was her mission: to protect her and the future silver millenium just as she did on her past life.
"I- I only know my side of the story." She started to mumble. "I know they came from their home planet to find their princess, the three of them took idols identities to gain fame, hoping their message would reach their princess wherever she was. I don't know why but they also got enrolled on the same high school that Serena and the girls attend, I am almost sure they shared classroom as well. It all started there."
She breathed in and then out. Darien was not moving at all.
"They didn't know about each other identities at first. Neither did I but I never liked him, I could feel something about him. Then we met the Sailor Starlights and I hated those girls, specially the black haired one, though Serena wanted us to work together. She was upset about your absence, we all could notice the glow in her eyes was slowly disappearing but we thought it was normal, of course she missed you like hell. But that stubborn and obstinate boy gain her trust, he made her smile again I must accept though you know I hate intruders."
Darien cracked his fingers, that story was making him nervous. He pictured Serena, worried and sad about him. They never talked about those times, Serena bursted into tears every time he brought the topic up, his death was something very traumatic for her. But now he understood, Serena could had thought he was not calling on purpose, maybe she thought he was abandoning her. He cursed in his inner thoughts. He bet that guy was who comforted her.
"I asked her to get away. I threatened him to do the same, several times but none would understand. It was so frustrating. Then, in battle, they got to know each other identities. Taiki, the brown haired one, and Yaten, the silver blonde, got upset at the girls for all the troubles the Sailor Scouts had brought upon them, or so they said and kept Seiya away from Serena. We thought we wouldn't deal with the Starlights again but…" Haruka recalled that moment she witnessed from afar.
Darien gasped for air. He felt something important coming up.
"I knew it was not only that I hated him because he was an intruder, I always felt there was something else. In battle, Serena was attacked from behind, she would had been serious injured or even killed but he… He covered her with his own human-form body."
"He… was willing to protect her with his life." Darien whispered and ran his hands through his hair.
"I finally understood why I hated him so much and felt he was a threat to our princess."
"He had fell in love with her."
Haruka nodded. She felt awkward for being the one who was telling Darien but she also felt he had the right to know. What was the harm anyway? Darien was together with Serena and Seiya Kou was in the other extreme of the galaxy.
"And… did she corresponded his feelings?" Darien asked, interrupting Haruka's thoughts.
She bit her lip.
"I thought for a second that yes but I am not sure. It all happened so fast, they found their princess and then Galaxia attacked. Michiru and I walked Serena so she could say her final goodbye to them. It was on their final concert which would be used to find the light of hope that we needed to defeat Galaxia. They asked us for five minutes alone and I don't know what happened there." Haruka finished with low head.
Darien's knuckles were white by that part of the story, he was feeling sick and felt the acid burning his throat. It was worse than his worst nightmare. His Serena in love with someone else? Why she never said anything?! Why nobody told him?! He was getting very pissed off.
Haruka could tell Darien's mood was getting seriously bad. She didn't know what to say to make him feel better but she better came up with something.
"Darien. I think you are forgetting the important thing here: She is with you and he is very far away. She was confused because you were away, she thought you were not calling on purpose, Rei told me so. It is easy to be confused when you think your loved one doesn't love you anymore." She begged for him to understand.
"What worries me, Haruka, is that it happened. Circumstances aside. I thought Endymion and Serenity's love was certain no matter what."
"It was." Haruka insisted. "It survived everything that happened."
"No. Serena shouldn't had even consider that..confusionn." Darien mumbled, his voice showed he was about to cry.
Haruka thought that her words would only make the situation worse. He was not thinking at all, it was his wounded heart speaking for him. She wanted to head back home and hug Michiru.
"Serena loves you, don't even doubt it. We all know it." She said while putting her hand over his shoulder. "We'll keep you informed prince."
He nodded and she went back home. Darien spotted her from the balcony when she got in her car.
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Seiya was on his apartment living room, playing around with his guitar. He had missed that activity very much, he loved to unplug his mind from all the trouble and just let himself go with the music. His peacefulness was interrupted when the computer screen turned on all the sudden. Maker's face appeared on the screen.
"Fighter. Fighter."
Seiya sighed while placing his guitar on the couch and stood up to face the transmision.
"Seiya, if you don't mind." He cleared up.
Maker smiled at him.
"It had been a while since I last saw you with those clothes on. What happened with your hair?"
The short black haired guy just shrugged. "Kuno thought that my comeback needed another image."
"He must be really happy that you contacted him."
"He is such an evil mastermind. He is introducing me like someone else and then he will reveal I am Seiya, ex-Three Lights. He says is the comeback of the decade." Seiya said with pride.
Maker just rolled his eyes. He was unbelievable.
"Maybe Healer and I should come back to keep you from stealing all the credit."
Seiya laughed because he noticed how Healer lifted her arms, on the back of the image, to say he was not in for Maker's idea.
"I think your partner does not agree with you."
Maker laughed too. He really didn't care about going back to Earth with things as they were in Kinmoku.
"Okay then let's talk about the important stuff now." Maker looked Seiya in the eye.
"Everything here is okay. Odango and the girls are living their normal lives but there are a couple of things that got me intrigued."
Healer stood up and walked to Maker's side.
"Talk." She urged him.
"There is this girl. She looks a lot like Chibi-chibi and Odango. I have no idea who she is or where she came from but I feel an energy coming out from her." He explained.
"Chibi-chibi turned out to be the light of hope that was needed to fight Chaos." Healer recalled about the little girl who found their princess. "are you telling me that light has come back to Earth in the shape of another girl?"
"I am not sure about that. Maybe, I-I don't know. That girl doesn't even live with Odango but with her boyfriend, but I can tell they are very close. She is also older than Chibi-Chibi but a little younger than Sailor Saturn. Remember her?"
Both Maker and Healer nodded. They were intrigued now. Maker thought that if the light of hope was on Earth it meant another huge battle was coming up.
"Have you told her anything?" She asked.
"Nope. Just as we agreed." Seiya answered.
Healer rolled her eyes. She hated that idea.
"I still believe she has the right to know. I would had liked a warning for princess Kakyuu."
The three of them got quiet when Healer brought her up. When the enemy attacked their home planet they stole the royal jewel which was the power and energy source of Princess Kakyuu. She was now in a deep sleep.
Seiya's quest consisted on getting back that jewel, and his own personal mission, protect Serena from those creatures.
"We know they are after two other crystals, one of them being the Silver Crystal Sailor Moon holds. If we let her know she might activate its power and they will be able to find her. Let's let them live their lives peacefully by now." Maker explained, again, the reasons of the agreement. Healer only turned around. "Speaking of Serena…"
"I don't even want to listen to it." Healer covered her ears.
"Seiya…" Maker insisted.
"I am alright. Don't worry about me, I am busy researching and with my come back. Actually, the agreement of not telling her also helps a lot. Everything is fine." He needed to make that clear to his sisters.
"Fine. Ok." Maker agreed. "So what is the second thing that worries you?"
"She has been… worried or anxious. Maybe she feels it coming." Seiya gasped, he hated seeing her restless.
"We know is coming but it will be your battle, you will gain back our princess's crystal and you will come back home safe and sound. I don't doubt that the Sailor Senshi will want to put on a fight but it won't be necessary." Maker stated with his foot down.
"Those despicable creatures! How did we let them escape?!" Healer yelled from the back of the room, totally frustrated by having failed on their mission of protecting their beloved princess.
"They are elusive, they try to attack by surprise but they are not strong, in a frontal battle they will fall." Maker again explained.
Seiya nodded at his older brother. It was getting dark outside, which meant it was time for his walk.
"Count with me to take back Princess Kakyuu's crystal." He promised. «I will protect Odango with my own life if necessary» He promised himself with unspoken words.
Maker smiled and said his goodbyes. From the back Healer only waved his hand. When the transmission was over he sighed. If only Maker knew how much he had desired to be on Earth all these years. In his human shape he could feel Serena closer and that helped with the constant pain that his heart carried since he got away. It was officially night time so he took his coat and headed towards Serena's place.
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Maker got quiet once he finished the transmission with Fighter. Behind him, Healer was trying to find another solution for their princess in the ancient books.
"What is it Maker?" She asked like she had no choice.
"Seiya." She only mumbled.
"It's obvious that he won't be able to keep his promise to be away from Serena." Healer knew that since the beginning of the mission.
"I am afraid so and when he comes back it will be worse than last time."
"That is if he comes back."
Maker turned to face Healer not believing her words. He didn't think Seiya could abandon them or princess Kakyuu.
"Healer!"
"Hey, hold on. I didn't mean what you are thinking. I just believe that once he brings that thing back it will be such a torture for him and for us for him to be in Kinmoku. Maybe the princess should award him for such bravery or so I will ask."
Maker raised her eyebrows, her sister was unbelievable sometimes but she got what she meant. She could only hope for her brother to be able to complete the mission.
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A couple of weeks passed by, a couple of weeks really busy for Seiya Kou. He had forgotten how exhausting being an idol could be though he didn't complain. He liked that lifestyle, he loved to sing, act, dance and receive tons of fan love, opposite from Yaten, he read each one of the fanatic love letters that arrived to him. But what he liked the most was the live performances, the adrenaline of singing in front of thousands was unbelievable, he once compared to the adrenaline he felt in battle but without the constant danger of dying.
Precisely he was thinking about all that at that moment, with a few hours before the show: his first performance with his new alterego. He had convinced his pmanager of keeping his secret identity for further time with the excuse of making S super famous, that way his comeback would be even more spectacular. In reality he knew that in the moment that the world knew he was Seiya Kou, a blonde girl with odangos on her head would look for him and if she did, he wouldn't be able to push her away.
Sooner or later they would see each other but he was focusing on gaining enough strength to have the power of keeping her away. It was for her own good, he repeated himself constantly although he also meant it for his own good. Seeing her hand by hand with her boyfriend those last weeks had been a torture. He could only find comfort on thinking that she looked happy with him and with the unknown pink haired girl.
His time of reflection was over when he was called on stage: the show was about to start.
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"Mmmm there is nothing good on the T.V." Rini complained out loud while changing the channels.
She was in Darien's living room, next to her Serena was trying to finish some school homework. The blonde tried to distract herself from physics and she turned her gaze to the television, the images were switching rapidly but then she saw him.
"Wait! Go back!"
Rini did. The television showed a live gig transmission.
"Ehhh? Isn't he the guy from the shopping mall?" Rini asked in surprise that guy was truly famous.
Serena let her pencil slip from her fingers into the carpet and got closer to the TV. Darien was staring at her from the sofa where he was reading a book.
Serena couldn't apart her gaze from the television. She couldn't ignore the energy that guy gave away, it was like something calling for her. She also couldn't stop thinking how much he reminded her of Seiya which got her pretty nervous. She had listened to the album he gave her at the mall and she loved the songs, she even knew the lyrics of the song that was being performed at the moment. She could only think that whoever that wrote such lovely songs couldn't be bad.
"Serena". Darien called. "You should go back to your homework".
She turned to see her fiancé, his voice was not rude but it was not nice neither. He had been pretty weird for some days now and she couldn't understand what she had done to upset him.
"Uhm. I think I should head home, I'll finish there". She said as she started to feel the awkward atmosphere between them.
"Alright". Darien only spoke before returning to his book.
Serena got her stuff into her case and gave a forehead kiss to a very confused Rini. She gazed at Darien who didn't look away from his book. She wore back her shoes and headed home.
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"Saaaaaamy!"
The yell Serena emitted could be heard in all the neighborhood. Her head was about to explode and you could see smoke coming out of her ears. She listened how her whole family was running upstairs.
'Serena! Dear, what's going on?" Her mom asked when she got next to her.
His father and brother were also there within seconds, the four of them not believing their eyes. Serena's room was destroyed: her bed was upside down, the blankets and her clothes were all over the floor, leaving her drawers empty. Her stuff was also spread all over the place.
"It wasn't me! I swear!" Sammy tried to explain before anyone spoke. "I was all day on the softball practice.".
Serena turned to him. "Then who was it?!" She yelled furious.
His father decided to step in to see things closer. He noticed the window was wide open.
"I believe someone came in through the window and did this." Ikuko covered her mouth in horror. "However it is weird, It doesn't seem they stole anything".
Serena nodded to her dad very confused. On the floor there were some valuable bracelets and her money sock intact.
Her family helped her fix the place and decided not to call the police as nothing was missing. They even thought someone from school could had pulled that as a mean joke to Serena. They went to bed pretty scared just after checking that every door and window were closed.
She was trying to sleep when she heard weird noises from outside the window. Very scared she moved the courtain only to find Luna scratching the glass. She rolled her eyes and let her in.
"You scared the living hell out of me Luna!" She protested. —¡Me asustaste! —le reclamó a la gata negra.
"I am sorry Serena. I was hanging out with Artemis." She answered confused."Why was it closed anyway. You always leave it open to let fresh air in".
Serena sighed when she closed the window again.
"Someone entered my room and made a mess. It looked like they were looking for something.
Her guardian cat got an alerted expression.
"What are you saying?" She inquired worried.
"I-I don't know. I have a bad feeling". She mumbled. "Don't worry. I am saying nonsense". She replied to her own self trying not to worry Luna.
She didn't want to say that she felt that whoever got into her room was looking for the silver crystal.
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"Congratulations Seiya! That was one hell of a concert!".
"I am glad everything went perfect. Nice job everyone". He said out loud when he got backstage.
"We were planning a mini tour within the country and finish back in Tokyo".
"Sounds fantastic." He could only say to his manager.
Seiya took the towel he was given by the crew to clean up the sweat from his face and body. He let it hang from his neck while walking to his dressing room followed by his manager who was speaking about the concert. When they got there he noticed the door was not entirely closed, he opened and found the place like if it was hitted by a tornado. His manager freaked.
"I'll call auditorium's security!" He left running.
Seiya got in to get a better look. He was sure it had been those despicable winged beings. He cursed for himself, they had arrived to Earth so fast. He heard some guardsmen come in and his manager giving orders away. He decided he had nothing worthy to be stolen and left the room.
