Because of You… Seiya's New Heart

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon

Megumi snuck out of her bedroom around one AM. She could not believe how long it took Yaten and Taiki to finally hit the hay even after Seiya nodded off around midnight. The three of them were rehearsing for their next concert. Megumi swallowed the lump that formed in her throat. After listening to the three of them singing together, Megumi felt that she could not separate Seiya from them. They had their own mission, and she had caused too many troubles already. She knew that she had to leave town. Maybe even Japan, if she had enough money to do so. She shifted the bag on her shoulder. 'Okay, here goes nothing.' Megumi inched her way towards the front door of their apartment when a hand flew onto the door before she could even reach for the doorknob.

"Where do you think you're sneaking off to?" Seiya's voice hissed into her ear as he touched her shoulder. His touch sent electric vibes into Megumi's shoulder. She slowly looked over at Seiya and gave him a guilty smile.

"I…I…" Megumi let her bag fall onto the floor with a thunk. "Seiya, I am the problem. You should stay, and I should go."

Seiya studied her tear streaked face. "You left your contacts out." He noticed. "Your eyes are so red…"

Megumi nodded her head. "I don't want to be a burden to you or your friends any more. If I'm gone…"

Seiya glared at her. "If you're gone, they will freak. They will hunt you down, thinking you're blowing our cover. If we are gone together, they at least will know that our cover is not blown."

Megumi looked up at Seiya with wide eyes. "I never thought of it that way…"

Seiya placed his hands on her shoulders. "Odango… I'm not doing this just for you either. I'm doing this for me."

Megumi's eyes widened as she took in how serious Seiya was being. "I'm sorry…"

"Don't be. Anyhow, you would have never made it past this door. Taiki has an alarm on it."

Megumi chuckled. "Oh, so that would have been a dead give away then."

Seiya grinned. "I'm all packed any ways. Do you have your contacts?"

Megumi nodded her head. "Yeah. They're in my bag."

Seiya picked up her bag. "Then, lets go."

Minako rolled over in her bed, unable to sleep. Megumi, who was under her nose all this time, was Usagi! Minako sat up and slammed her fist onto her bed in frustration. "Why did I not notice? How could I be so dumb?" Minako choked on her tears. She continued to sob as the communicator went off. She grabbed it quickly just to see Haruka's face.

"Haruka! What's up?" Minako asked quickly.

"I'm at their apartment, but they have an alarm system now. I need lookouts as Ami works on the system." Haruka informed Minako.

"Look outs?" Minako pressed her lips together. "Where are you?"

Yaten yawned as he sat up in his bed. He had such an urge to go pee that he couldn't sleep. He rubbed his eyes, angry that his peaceful night was once again interrupted. He got out of his bed and glanced out the window. To his dismay, he saw a couple of figures standing by the lamp post that lit the streets at night. One was tall and manly looking, while the other was petit with shoulder length flowing hair. "Damn those people! I had better tell Taiki before I go." Yaten grumbled. He rushed over to Taiki's room and kicked Taiki's door open. Taiki sat up, alarmed. "We have trouble!"

Taiki threw the covers off his legs as he rushed into Yaten's room. Yaten made a mad dash into the bathroom as Taiki watched the two figures stand by the post. Soon, a shorter person joined them. Taiki frowned as he thought of the length of the third person's hair. "That must be the blue haired girl we followed."

Yaten joined Taiki by the window. "You figured out who they are?"

Taiki nodded. "The shortest one is defiantly the blue haired girl. Therefore, I figure that these are Megumi's friends again."

Yaten cursed under his breath. "Damn, don't they ever give up?"

Taiki turned to look at Yaten when he yipped. "Fix yourself!" Taiki turned away as Yaten gave him a confused look. Yaten looked down and gasped. He had forgotten to zip up his zipper.

"Sorry." Yaten grumbled.

"Never mind that, let's get Megumi and get her in the safest area of the apartment." Taiki told Yaten as he watched a fourth person with long flowing hair join the others. "They should be ready for their attack soon."

Yaten nodded his head and rushed out of his bedroom. Taiki watched as the four people ran towards their apartment building, vanishing from his sight.

"Taiki!" Yaten hollered.

Taiki rushed to Megumi's room. "What?" His eyes fell upon Megumi's bed. "Oh, shit!" Taiki ran into Seiya's room and discovered that Seiya was gone too.

Megumi rested her head on Seiya's shoulder as the train clanked down the subway. She felt safe being with Seiya. It was weird how one person could make her feel so at piece in such a chaotic moment. Seiya narrowed his eyes as he looked out the window at the graffiti tunnels that they were flying down. He worried about his decision as far as the band could not play with out him. He knew that Yaten and Taiki would declare him a trader but right now, this person, whoever she was, was too important to lose.

"Seiya-kun…" Megumi whispered.

"Hmm?" Seiya responded absentminded.

"Can I sleep on your shoulder?" Megumi asked softly.

Seiya looked down at her sleepy face. "Yeah, I'll let you know when the ride is over."

Megumi smiled up at him. "Thanks, Seiya…" She laid her head on his shoulder once more and fell to sleep. Seiya released a heavy sigh. The trip would be a long one, but it was for the best. He frowned. 'Why am I doing this for her?'

Taiki glared at Seiya's empty bed. "DAMN HIM!" Just then, he heard someone messing with something outside of their apartment. Taiki pushed Yaten to the side. What is this for now that the stupid girl was gone? Taiki opened the curtains to see Ami and Haruka working on his electric box.

"Hey, you're trespassing on personal property!" Taiki growled.

Yaten watched from afar, not use to seeing Taiki losing his cool.

Ami stood up and blushed as Haruka glared at him. "We want Usagi back!"

Taiki glared at her. "For your information, Megumi is not here!"

Haruka rolled her eyes. "As if I would believe you!"

Taiki looked at Ami who was blushing. "As for you, I wouldn't play with that box much missy." With those words, Taiki let the curtains fall into place. He turned to Yaten. "I'm going to trace Seiya's credit card. You call his cell phone!" Taiki stormed into his room where he flung himself into his office chair. He quickly typed on his computer as he ran a trace on Seiya's credit card, only to find that it was closed out two days prior. Taiki stared at the monitor in shock.

"Taiki, Seiya's cell phone is turned off!" Yaten informed Taiki as Taiki gritted his teeth with anger.

"How the hell are we going to do our concert tomorrow if his MIA?!"

Ami looked up at Haruka. There was a lot of screaming coming from inside the apartment.

"Apparently, one of them has fled." Haruka mused. She turned her attention back onto Ami. "Did you figure out the box yet?"

Ami sighed. "If I touch it, I believe a few thousand bolts of electric will surge through my veins." She pointed at the wires that played as a double edged sword. "No one can go near this thing, unless they cut off the electricity throughout the building because he is using power from an unknown source."

Haruka smirked. "Figures. He's a smart one, isn't he?" Haruka admired.

Ami looked at the box. She wanted to know even more about Taiki.

Minako leaped over the rail that the two girls were standing by. " Haruka, you told us that you broke Megumi's window, right?"

Haruka nodded her head.

Minako sighed. "Because of that, I heard that evidently Seiya and Usagi took off during the night. Taiki and Yaten have no idea where they are."

Haruka groaned. "Then this is pointless. We need to find Seiya."

Ami stood up. "With it only being one guy with her, this should be an easy task."

Minako clasped her hands together. " Usagi is so lucky!"

Ami and Haruka glared at her. "How's that?" Haruka growled.

"Not everyone gets to be with the three of them, let alone live with them!" Minako chuckled. "Too bad she has Mamoru…" Suddenly, Minako's eyes flew open. "Mamoru…"

Ami shook her head. "If Usagi has amnesia, then she would not remember Mamoru either."

Minako clasped her hand over her mouth. "Which means?!"

Haruka's aurora turned violent. "That Seiya could be moving in on our princess!"

The train came to a screeching stop at its last destination before it would head back in the direction which they came from. Seiya looked at his watch to see it was actually eight am in the morning. Seiya gently pushed on Megumi's shoulder, trying to wake her up, but it was useless. Megumi had drooled a huge pile of drool on his shoulder and was not waking up.

"Oi, Odango! Wake up!" Seiya hissed in her ear. Still she did not budge. Seiya frowned. "Oi! Oi!" Seiya pushed her harder. Still, she would not wake up. Seiya groaned. He had not moved from that seat in four hours. His entire body was screaming for him to move it. "Odango!" Seiya pushed harder, and Megumi fell out of her seat and onto the floor. Seiya blushed and tried not to laugh as her bunny panties were once again exposed to him.

"What?! Where?!" Megumi sat up and looked over at Seiya with wide innocent eyes. "Where are we?"

Seiya tried to hide his laughter. "We're at our destination."

Megumi rubbed her head as she recalled what had happened the night before. "Oh, yeah."

"Need to use the bathroom?" Seiya asked as he cleared his throat and stood up.

Megumi nodded her head. "Yeah."

"It's over there." Seiya informed her as he pulled their bags off the rack. "I'm going outside." He turned away from Megumi and started to leave. Megumi rushed over to the bathroom and slammed the door closed. Her mind was filled with Seiya. Why was it that she was relieved to be with someone like him? A person that she didn't know about and now was doing anything to keep her from figuring out who she was? Megumi bit her thumb nail. Why?

Seiya walked off the train and turned to see the mountains in a far distance. He frowned as he thought of having to get out there. However, for her sake, he had to do it. He had to keep her safe from everyone. Seiya looked at the ground. He wanted to tell her who she really was… but was afraid to. What if she remembers that she has a boyfriend? What if she hates him suddenly? Seiya gulped. Why did it matter to him? This was just for everyone's sake. There would be too many issues if she knew who she was. Megumi touched Seiya's shoulder gently.

"Hi! I'm ready!" She announced. Seiya turned to see her smiling face. He could not help but to also smile back. She glowed with joy.

"Good! Then lets go give you a new hairstyle." He gestured at her shoulder length raven hair. "Want to try brown?"

Megumi frowned. "I like my hair like this." She looked at Seiya with blue puppy eyes. "Yaten gave me this hair."

Seiya felt a touch of jealousy hit him. "You like Yaten?"

Megumi shrugged her shoulders. "I feel like you guys sometimes are my real older brothers."

Seiya turned to face her as he placed their bags onto the ground. He placed his right hand on her left shoulder as he cupped her chin in his left hand. He tilted her head back as he looked deeply into her true blue eyes. "We are not siblings, Meg." He licked his lips as he tried to think of a way to remind her that he was not her brother. "In these mountains, we are husband and wife."

Megumi blushed slightly. "We're only pretending."

Seiya watched her eyes divert from his stare. "True, but we never were siblings. That was pretend as well."

Megumi cleared her throat. "I know." She could not help but wonder if she really had a brother.

Seiya looked towards a few girls who stood off to the side, watching the couple. One girl waved at him as the other blushed. Seiya released Megumi and turned to face the girls. He grinned and waved at the two girls.

"It is you!" The girl who was waving at him shrieked. "Kou Seiya!"

Suddenly, Seiya felt a ton of bricks hit him. Of course! He was the one who would give the couple away! Only Yaten and the others knew who Megumi is. Now Seiya could have blown their cover. "Shit!"

Megumi frowned as she kicked Seiya in his butt. "That's what you get for flirting with other women! We've been married for five years, and you still have not grown up!"

Seiya looked up at Megumi in shock. What was she doing?

Megumi picked up her bag and slammed it into Seiya's shoulder. "Cut your ridiculous hair! You're not that stupid Kou guy!"

The girls watched horrified as Megumi continued to hit Seiya with her bag. Seiya realized what was going on and tried to change his voice as much as possible. "But, dear! If I…!" Seiya screeched out.

The two girls burst out laughing at the tone of Seiya's voice. "How silly! Come on, we need to get home and watch the real group on DVD!"

Seiya breathed a sigh of relief as Megumi stopped hitting him with her heavy bag. He grinned up at her. "That is going to leave a mark, you know."

Megumi frowned. "Sorry… I didn't mean to…"

Seiya stood up and brushed off. "No, you're right. I need to change my appearance. I'm such a fool not to think of that in the first place!" He fingered a lock of his long hair. "I could stay in my Fighter appearance…" He mused.

Megumi chuckled. "We would make a good looking husband and wife then."

Seiya chuckled with her. "Maybe sisters instead." He pulled his hair tie off and allowed his long raven hair to flow around his body. "However, it would look silly for me to protect you from other men…"

Megumi rolled her eyes. "Come on, let's go and fix our appearance."

Seiya watched as Megumi walked off in the wrong direction. She was smiling and humming a soft tone. If he was to stay as Fighter, then… could she still think of him as… Seiya shook his head. "No, I can't think of that right now." He hurried to catch up to her. "Odango… you're going the wrong way!"

Yaten threw papers all over their dressing room. "Damn that Seiya! When we find him, I'm going to kill him!" He, Taiki and their manager were all in their dressing room. Yaten and their manager could not sit down while Taiki was lounging on their couch.

Taiki nodded his head. Seiya had actually covered his trail very well. He had to give it to Seiya, he actually had somewhat of a brain. Taiki could not think of a way to actually find Seiya.

"Where is Seiya-san?" Their manager yelled.

"We don't need him." Taiki informed their manager.

"You don't? He is your lead singer!" The manager fumed. "That does it, we have to cancel the concert tonight and give everyone their money back!" The manager fell to his knees. "Why? It was a sell out!"

Taiki pressed his lips together. "We need to get the message out some how."

Yaten turned to Taiki. "How? Seiya is a traitor! He does not care about our message!" Yaten began to choke on his tears. "How could he abandon our mission?"

Taiki frowned. "Well, when we find him, we will have to give him capital punishment for his traitorous behavior."

The manager looked at the two men with confusion. "Boys, that is just too much. I'm sure he has a reason. Even though it is going to cost me my job!"

Yaten narrowed his eyes. "I don't understand it… why is he doing this for her?"

Taiki glared at their manager. "Please, leave."

Their manager quickly rushed out of the room, confused by the two men's words.

Taiki leaned forward. "What if… Seiya is onto something?"

Yaten stopped in his tracks. "What do you mean?"

Taiki looked at Yaten. "She can save a phage. Something only our Princess could do." Taiki pressed his lips together. "I'm pretty sure that other women… Sailor Moon and our Megumi are the same. Which means… she has a star seed. If that is the case, she and Seiya will be hunted down. With her powers, it will be no time before Galaxia finds her." Taiki continued to think. "Maybe she is a link to our Princess."

Yaten frowned. "Or not." He glared towards the floor. "She could be an enemy."

Taiki shrugged. "Well, the point is that now that Seiya has Megumi, no one will be able to save the phages here."

Yaten shrugged. "That is not my concern. Our princess is the only one I care about. What we do means nothing if we can't find her."

Taiki thought of the blue haired girl and her teacher. "You are right." He added meekly.

Haruka sat before the other girls. The tension in the room could be cut with a knife. They were now back to square one. Only, now there was no way that Sailor Moon would ever appear again.

"Nothing else matters except finding Sailor Moon!" Haruka informed the other girls. "We cannot save any of those phages without her, so why worry about it?"

Ami hung her head. "We can't turn our backs on it either."

Minako nodded her head. "We need to do something!"

Haruka glared at the group. "I say we go in groups and hunt for the bastard who took her."

Makoto shook her head. "I would agree, but what if something happens, and we run across a phage?"

Haruka glared at her. "That is not our concern. The moon princess is."

Michiru calmly walked to Haruka's side. "I agree with Haruka. If we do not get her back, we cannot save the phages."

Rei gritted her teeth. "Damn. I hate to admit this, but they are right. We tried to save them on our own and almost lost. If Sailor Moon did not…" Rei shook her head. "We must retrieve her, at all costs."

Minako sighed. "She has no memory of us."

Rei shook her head. "It does not matter… what matters is getting her back!"

The others nodded their heads. It was inevitable… they had to find Sailor Moon if they were to save anyone else.

Seiya stared at his reflection in the mirror. He and Megumi were in a local country store that had a sale going on for farmer's clothing. It was the perfect opportunity for them to get clothes to fit in the area better. His hair was pinned into his hat, and he wore a dark pair of sunglasses. He couldn't help but to feel stupid. It was nothing to them to hack off Megumi's ultra long blonde hair, but he could not cut his own hair. He looked over at Megumi who had done her hair up in two pigtails on either side of her head. The short braids made her look like a farm girl. Seiya chuckled. "Odango!"

Megumi glared at him and stuck her tongue out at him. However, it was good to see him smile once more. She grabbed a straw hat and placed it on her head. "I think this would look better if I was blonde."

Seiya's eyes snapped open. "If you were blonde again…!"

Megumi laughed. "I know… it would be a dead giveaway." She paused for a moment. "Seiya, why can't I go back home?"

Seiya tugged on his overalls as he thought of putting some grass in his mouth, so he would look like a real farmer. "Because you know…" Seiya's voice fell. For some odd reason, he hated doing this to her. She knew nothing of who she really was, and Seiya was not helping her to find out either. "If we were to return… no telling what Yaten and Taiki would do. Plus, if you accidentally tell someone…" Seiya turned from the mirror in disgust.

Megumi stared at her own overalls and flannel shirt. She wore a pair of boots that went up to her knees. "I promise that I won't tell…"

Seiya shook his head. "I'm going to buy these." He walked away, unable to finish the conversation. Was he being selfish in reality? He enjoyed being with her more than anything. He even was risking their mission. Seiya handed the store owner a wad of cash.

"Thanks." The man said as he gave Seiya back his change.

Megumi walked over to Seiya's side. "Are you okay?"

Seiya grabbed their bags. "Yes." He turned to leave the store quickly.

Megumi rushed after him. Something was really wrong. "Seiya! Please… hold on!" Megumi rushed over to his side and tried to look him in the eyes. However, he kept moving his head so that she could not. Finally, she collapsed her hands on either side of his face and made him meet her eyes. His eyes were full of resentment. "Seiya! What's wrong?"

Seiya looked at Megumi's face. He took in her caring expression. He had never felt such a feeling from anyone else in the entire universe. Seiya tried to hide his feelings. "I'm…nothing." He tried to smile down at the petit girl that was looking up at him.

"No, it's something… I can tell!" Megumi insisted.

Seiya dropped their bags onto the concrete and embraced her tightly. "I…I…" Seiya choked out as he continued to hold her in his arms. He could not get the words out, so he did the only thing he could think of. He gently pushed her from him and bent down to her level. Seiya looked into her eyes before he closed his eyes and kissed her tenderly on her lips. He pulled from her and whispered, "I think I love you…"

Megumi's eyes widened in shock as everything stood still around the couple. What just happened?

A/N: Well… Seiya finally confessed… but what does this mean? Can Megumi return his feelings?

Sorry this took so long to get out. At first, I had a bad case of writers block, then my family kept getting sick and we kept giving each other the same cold over and over again. However, it looks like it is all over now and I'm back to writing.