As the Ferris Wheel climbed higher and higher into the night, Usagi was
filled with awe as she saw the sunset from way up high. Seiya just sat on
the other side, watching her look out the window. He had his chin resting
on his hand and he was thinking about Usagi deeply.
"Oh, Seiya, it's so pretty up here! And look, everyone is like ants!" Usagi laughed in delight.
"It is pretty, isn't it?" Seiya said quietly as he watched Usagi sitting there, beautifully.
"Seiya, come over here and look at this!" Usagi pointed excitedly to the window.
Seiya got up from his seat and walked over to where Usagi was. The room they were in shook a little bit as Seiya sat down next to her.
"Do you see the sunset?" Usagi pointed excitedly.
"Hai, it's very beautiful," Seiya said. "But not as beautiful as you." Seiya said under his breath.
"What was that?" Usagi turned back around and faced him.
"Nothing, Odango." Seiya's eyes sparkled with sadness and lacked the merriment that Usagi was feeling.
Usagi turned back toward the window a moment, and looked outside.
"Odango . . . Usagi," Seiya started. He wanted to tell Usagi everything. He didn't want her to be sad about her past anymore, but on the other hand, he couldn't live without her. She came along and Seiya had found more meaning and value in his life then ever before. The kind and gentle aura she produced always seemed to cause Seiya to smile. He wasn't ready to lose her yet. But on the other hand, shouldn't he tell her instead of having her find out and hate him forever? He just couldn't bear that.
"What is it, Seiya?" Usagi turned back around to face him.
Seiya hesitated for a moment. "Well," Seiya started, but looked into Usagi's caring blue eyes and couldn't tell her the truth. He knew it would crush her fragile spirit, he couldn't hurt his Odango. "I'm not feeling very well, I think the hot dog disagreed with me." Seiya lied. He felt horrible, not because he was sick, but because of chickening out of an opportunity to tell her.
"Do you feel warm?" Usagi looked worried as she placed her hand gently on Seiya's forehead.
Seiya's face suddenly flushed at her touch.
"You feel a little warm, Seiya." Usagi got closer to him and felt his forehead with her cheek. Seiya was blushing even more. Usagi leaned back and looked at Seiya. "You look a little flushed, are you sure you're not going to throw up or anything?"
"I'm sure." Seiya tried as hard as he could to keep from holding Usagi in a hug and telling her everything.
"Well, don't worry, Seiya, I'm right here for you." Usagi leaned her head on Seiya's shoulder and yawned. She wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his shoulder.
They sat there in silence, watching the sunset, until the ride ended and they got off.
"How about we go home now, okay?" Seiya smiled weakly at Usagi.
"Okay Seiya." Usagi and Seiya left the park and started walking home under the dusk evening sky. By the time they got home, the stars had come out.
As Seiya and Usagi walked into the house, they saw Taiki sitting on the couch watching the news. Upon seeing them, he stood up, stretched and turned off the television.
"Did you guys have a good time?" Taiki stretched his arms.
"Yeah, but Seiya started to feel a little sick, so he is going to go right to bed." Usagi started pushing him towards their room.
"Odango, I feel fine now," Seiya protested.
"No, we don't want you to be sick for your concerts! You need your health!" Usagi pushed him into their bedroom and then shut the door. She smiled at Taiki. "Am I right? He needed to go to bed so he wouldn't get sick!"
Taiki shook his head and smiled. "I think you mother him too much, Usagi- chan."
"Well, is that such a bad thing?"
"Of course not, Seiya was never really close to his mother."
"You mean my Aunt?" Usagi looked up at him, blue eyes sparkling with concern.
"Hai," Taiki faltered a bit. "He never could get himself close enough to anyone, he has always pulled away. His trust is hard to earn." He tipped his head a little bit. "But he's given you his trust pretty fast, ne? I mean, he is usually more . . ." Taiki stopped, searching for the right word.
"Closed-off?" Usagi interjected.
"Yeah, something like that." Taiki put his hand behind his head.
"Mm," Usagi nodded. "Seiya seems like that kind of person to me, I mean, he's afraid to open up to people." She paused a moment, looking at the floor. "But you're all like that, aren't you, Taiki?"
Taiki was a little surprised by her observations. He struggled for words for a moment. "Well, Usagi, being an Idol and all, it's been hard on us. You tend to become very introverted."
"I see, Taiki." Usagi smiled, looking up at him. There was silence a moment, and then she said quietly, "Taiki, if you ever need to talk to me about anything, anything at all, I'll always be here." She smiled and then opened the door to her room. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight." Taiki was left almost speechless. 'How could she act like this? She doesn't even know us very well and she is so kind and caring.' Taiki sighed and walked back into his room, where Yaten was writing in a little purple book. He looked up, and seeing Taiki enter the room, immediately snapped it shut. Taiki didn't notice and walked over to his bed and sat down on it.
Yaten sensed Taiki's odd mood, so he edged over to the end of his bed, discreetly placing the small book under his pillow, and then asking Taiki, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing really." Taiki stared into space.
"Okay then." Yaten said, a little confused.
"Let's just go to bed." Taiki gently put his head down onto his pillows.
"Okay," Yaten turned off the light and then soon went to sleep.
***
Usagi awoke from her dreams with a start, her memories seemed to be resurfacing through her dreams, but upon about 30 seconds of thinking about her dreams, they totally escaped her mind.
Usagi stood up and left the room, looking to go and get a glass of water. She walked into he bathroom and turned on the light, turning her head as the bathroom light blinded her. She looked down at the floor and waited until her eyes adjusted to the light, it was then that she saw a small red gleam on the floor. Curious, she walked over and picked up a small box that was hiding just below the lip of the sink fixture.
The small box was blue, and very simple, and Usagi turned it around in her hands a few times. She then gently slid the lid off of the top of the box and set it down onto the counter in the bathroom.
Inside the box was a dazzling ring, one Usagi had never seen before. She picked it up out of its snug little resting-place and examined it. It was silver and near the top of the ring grew round with a circular shape. There was an appropriately sized red jewel, and the metal surrounding the ring was just swirls of metal that seemed to barely hold together because wherever there wasn't a swirl, there was no metal.
Amazed, Usagi took it and slid it onto her middle finger on her right hand. It was a perfect fit. She smiled and admired the brilliant ring that seemed to gleam with her shine. She then set the lid of the box back in place and returned the box to it's resting place, leaving the brilliant red ring on her finger.
She smiled as she went back into her room and fell back asleep, letting her right hand with the ring on it fall peacefully onto her heart.
***
Yaten awoke from yet another nightmare. He sat up in bed, covered in a cold sweat, the images of blood and war seemed to still be in his head. He quickly looked over at Taiki who was slumbering peacefully, and he swung his legs over the side of the bed and quickly walked into the bathroom.
He needed to relax, he needed to get the awful images out of his head. He turned on the light in the bathroom and splashed cool water onto his flushed face. He patted it dry with a towel and then sat on the toilet. He reached down to his secret hiding place and found the small blue box with his treasure in it.
He held the box a moment, and sat in peaceful silence. He wanted to open the box and look at the blood red ring, but for some reason, no matter how hard he tried, he could never pry the lid off, and he guessed that no one but the women he was searching for would have the power to open it. He sighed, a little bit of his fear displaced, and he set the box back into his resting-place.
He sighed and left the bathroom, padding along quietly to his room. He walked into his room and stood near his bed a moment, almost pondering if his bed was the source of his bad dreams. He turned around and watched Taiki snore gently in his bed. Yaten knelt down on the floor and gently shook Taiki to rouse him.
"Taiki? Taiki?" Yaten gently shook him.
"Huh?" Taiki's sleepy response was.
"I had another nightmare, this time it was really bad." Yaten whispered, almost afraid to talk too loudly.
"Did you splash cold water on your face?" Taiki asked sleepily.
"Yeah," Yaten rubbed his neck.
"Still bad?" Taiki asked.
"Yeah." Yaten sighed.
"Okay," Taiki sounded a little annoyed. He pushed over in his bed and flung the covers open.
"Thanks, Taiki." Yaten climbed into Taiki's bed.
"Don't mention it." Taiki pushed over towards the wall more, and Yaten curled into a small ball, facing Taiki.
"It's okay, you're safe, okay?" Taiki gently said, even though his sleepiness was apparent in his voice.
"I know it's safe." Yaten sighed.
Taiki wrapped his arm around Yaten's shoulder, as if protecting him. Yaten in turn, cuddled closer to Taiki, and soon fell asleep listening to his rhythmic breathing.
***
Usagi awoke in the morning to the sound of Seiya awaking. She rolled over on her bed on the floor and watched him slowly rise out of his bed. She pretended she was still asleep as she watched him through almost closed eyes.
Seiya stood up and stretched his arms for a moment. He let out a small sigh and then stepped over Usagi in her bed on the floor and walked over to the dresser. Usagi still pretended that she was asleep and rolled over so she could watch him still.
Seiya pulled some clothes out of the dresser and then set them down on his desk. He stood for a moment, pondering and then he turned around and walked over to where Usagi was sleeping. Usagi then shut her eyes all the way so he couldn't see that she had been watching him.
Seiya knelt down next to Usagi and gently placed his hand on her blonde hair. He lifted up a large piece and brushed it away from her face. He then leaned down, and Usagi started getting worried as she felt his breath on her neck. Seiya kissed Usagi gently on the cheek and then stood up, grabbed his clothes and left the room.
Usagi sat straight up when she heard the door shut. Her face was crimson red, and her cheek felt like it burned where Seiya had kissed her.
Usagi quickly stood and pressed her hand to her cheek. She quickly grabbed clothes out of her dresser and got dressed. She then quickly brushed her hair and put it up in Odangoes. She then went out into the kitchen, and heard the shower going.
Usagi shuddered a moment, not exactly sure what her heart was feeling. She then heard the shower shut off, and so she decided to go and wake up Taiki and Yaten, because she didn't see them up yet.
She knocked quietly on their door before going in. When she walked in, she was in shock. 'Yaten is sleeping in Taiki's bed? Why?'
Usagi felt her heart pounding, and started to feel faint. "Yaten, Taiki!" Usagi called out, trying to rouse them.
Taiki was the first one to wake up, and he saw Usagi standing in the room and quickly jumped up.
"Usagi! What are you doing in here so early?" His face was beet red. He quickly got out of his bed and walked over to her.
Yaten suddenly opened his eyes and quickly stood up as well, blushing. "This . . .isn't anything weird, really." Yaten tried to say.
Usagi kept feeling faint as she stared at the two boys. Suddenly she started to say something, but it felt like the voice wasn't her own.
"Boys, I am disappointed in you! What is your excuse?" A different voice came from Usagi's mouth.
Yaten and Taiki both looked at each other in confusion. They were aware that Usagi was not talking like herself.
"Usagi-chan, do you have a cold? Why does your voice sound so funny?" Yaten asked.
"You never answered my question!" Usagi snapped back.
Taiki and Yaten just looked at her with wide eyes.
Taiki took a step forward and then said, "Usagi-chan, are you sure you're feeling alright?"
"I am feeling perfectly fine, Taiki." The voice answered. "Now, I would like to know why . . ."
"I had a bad dream, okay?" Yaten shouted. "Is it such a crime? I was scared! There! I said it! I was scared!" Yaten's face was growing red with frustration.
"My Yaten," The voice said sadly. "I didn't mean to make you feel that way."
"Wait a second," Taiki looked at Yaten confusedly. "What is wrong with you, Usagi?"
Inside of Usagi suddenly felt very weird, she couldn't speak, but only see what her body was doing. Someone was speaking through her, but who was it?
Seiya was then walking by their room and he heard the entire ruckus so he came inside.
"Oi, what's going on?"
Usagi turned around and looked at Seiya, and her eyes softened. "Seiya . . ." The voice whispered.
"What's wrong with Usagi?" Seiya looked at Yaten and Taiki. He was very confused.
"Why don't you tell us!" Yaten looked at Usagi in shock.
"Seiya, I'm glad you're safe." Usagi felt the voice through her again, and involuntarily her eyes began to tear.
"What is up with you, Odango? Why wouldn't I be safe?" He took a step closer to Usagi.
"I thought you wouldn't have escaped . . ." The voice said quietly.
Seiya looked at Yaten and Taiki nervously.
"I escaped, and I'm just fine. " Seiya took a step closer to Usagi.
"I'm so happy." The voice seemed to make Usagi cry even more and she fell onto Seiya, and Seiya took her into a hug.
"It's okay." Seiya sighed and then he grabbed Usagi's hand and his fingers stopped when they felt the red ring. He quickly took it off of Usagi's hand, and then Usagi fell down onto the floor.
"Odango!" Seiya bent down to catch her as she fell to the ground. He caught her and then looked up at Yaten and Taiki.
"What was that about?" Taiki looked at Seiya.
"I'm not entirely sure." Seiya looked down at Usagi, who was lying unconscious in his arms. He gently set her down on the ground and stood up, clutching the ring in his hand. "Maybe it has something to do with THIS?" He showed Taiki and Yaten then ring.
"It's *her* ring!" Taiki exclaimed, just as shocked to see it as Seiya was.
"Where could she have gotten it?" Seiya looked suspiciously around. Yaten was looking at the ground. Seiya walked over to Yaten and grabbed him by the collar. "You took it, didn't you! DIDN'T YOU?" Seiya shook him roughly.
"Seiya!" Taiki yelled. He ran over and tried to break up their fight.
"He had this all along and he never told us!" Seiya pushed Yaten onto Taiki's bed.
"Seiya! Stop, please! Stop!" Taiki tried to reach out and stop Seiya from punching Yaten in the face.
Usagi suddenly awoke and quickly got to her feet. Seeing the fight that Seiya was in, she quickly ran over and grabbed Seiya by the arms, and kept him from harming anyone.
Seiya was surprised by her power as he struggled to get away from her, but couldn't.
Yaten quickly got as far away from Seiya as he could, hiding near the corner of the bed.
"Seiya, what's wrong?" Usagi held her grip firm against Seiya who was struggling.
"You piece of crap! I can't believe you'd keep this from us! HOW COULD YOU?" Seiya was yelling, and tears started streaming down his face.
Yaten just stayed in the corner, wide-eyed, he really was afraid.
"Seiya! Stop it, stop it now!" Taiki yelled.
Seiya slumped against Usagi in defeat, and Usagi sat down on Yaten's bed, still holding onto Seiya, but this time she let go of his arms.
"What is going on?" Usagi asked quietly.
Seiya clutched the ring in his hand; he couldn't take the pain and memories the ring brought back.
"She was speaking, through the ring, through Usagi." Taiki whispered. "I just know it was her."
"Gomenasai . . ." Yaten said quietly. "I just didn't know if I should bring it up, you all seemed so happy. But . . . the ring, that must have been the thing that was giving me nightmares all the time. I took it from her jewelry box before we fled. She had forgotten to put it on."
"Why? Why didn't you tell us? Yaten, you know how much this means to us." Taiki said quietly.
"I just couldn't bear speaking about it ever again. I was so afraid . . .afraid it would mean that she was . . ." Yaten trailed off, looking at Taiki sadly.
"I didn't know it had this kind of power." Seiya looked at the ring that was in his outstretched palm.
"I wish I could understand what you guys were talking about." Usagi said quietly.
Taiki looked up at Usagi and then shook his head. "Usagi-chan, we should go and get breakfast ready. We still have that concert tonight."
Usagi looked at Taiki a moment and then nodded.
"Yaten, why don't you go and take a shower, we'll talk about this later." Taiki walked out of the room slowly, and Usagi followed behind him. Seiya came soon after and they all went into the kitchen.
Breakfast was made in close to silence, as was eating breakfast and the trip to the theater to get warmed up and prepare for the concert.
***
"Mako-chan! Mako-chan!" Minako ran quickly up to her friend. Minako was panting.
"What is it, Minako-chan?" Makoto looked at her tired friend.
Minako stood up straight and smiled with a gleam in her eye. "Who wants tickets to see 'The Three Lights?'"
Makoto smiled. "Arigato, you're so nice to be sharing them with all of us." Makoto took her ticket from Minako.
"Hai!" Minako grinned. "Now all I have to do is find Ami and give her the ticket."
"What about Rei-chan?" Makoto looked at her ticket.
"We'll walk by her school on the way to the concert." Minako quickly sped off in the direction of her blue-haired friend. "Ami-chan!" She called.
Makoto shook her head and laughed.
"School is finally out! I can't wait until the concert!" Minako shouted happily as the three girls walked out of their school.
"So we're going to go and pick up Rei-chan, and then get a ride from the bus near her house?" Ami asked as they walked towards Rei's school.
"Hai, that's the plan." Minako grinned.
"Front row tickets, ne?" Makoto looked at her ticket. "Are you sure you actually ran into Seiya, or did you just spend 36,000 Yen on one ticket alone?"
"I actually ran into Seiya! Why would I spend so much money on tickets like these? You're just jealous you don't meet any Idols on the street!" Minako scowled. "You know, I COULD revoke your ticket, Mako- chan."
"I was just asking!" Makoto didn't want to lose her ticket.
***
[A/N: 36,000 Yen = about $300, I figured, spend $300 on each ticket, understand? By the way, you'll learn more about that weird ring later, okay? Okay, because I haven't updated in a LONG time, I treated you to an 11 page long chapter. ^^ Aren't I nice? Uhm, I should get the next chapter out soon, review, minna- san!]
"Oh, Seiya, it's so pretty up here! And look, everyone is like ants!" Usagi laughed in delight.
"It is pretty, isn't it?" Seiya said quietly as he watched Usagi sitting there, beautifully.
"Seiya, come over here and look at this!" Usagi pointed excitedly to the window.
Seiya got up from his seat and walked over to where Usagi was. The room they were in shook a little bit as Seiya sat down next to her.
"Do you see the sunset?" Usagi pointed excitedly.
"Hai, it's very beautiful," Seiya said. "But not as beautiful as you." Seiya said under his breath.
"What was that?" Usagi turned back around and faced him.
"Nothing, Odango." Seiya's eyes sparkled with sadness and lacked the merriment that Usagi was feeling.
Usagi turned back toward the window a moment, and looked outside.
"Odango . . . Usagi," Seiya started. He wanted to tell Usagi everything. He didn't want her to be sad about her past anymore, but on the other hand, he couldn't live without her. She came along and Seiya had found more meaning and value in his life then ever before. The kind and gentle aura she produced always seemed to cause Seiya to smile. He wasn't ready to lose her yet. But on the other hand, shouldn't he tell her instead of having her find out and hate him forever? He just couldn't bear that.
"What is it, Seiya?" Usagi turned back around to face him.
Seiya hesitated for a moment. "Well," Seiya started, but looked into Usagi's caring blue eyes and couldn't tell her the truth. He knew it would crush her fragile spirit, he couldn't hurt his Odango. "I'm not feeling very well, I think the hot dog disagreed with me." Seiya lied. He felt horrible, not because he was sick, but because of chickening out of an opportunity to tell her.
"Do you feel warm?" Usagi looked worried as she placed her hand gently on Seiya's forehead.
Seiya's face suddenly flushed at her touch.
"You feel a little warm, Seiya." Usagi got closer to him and felt his forehead with her cheek. Seiya was blushing even more. Usagi leaned back and looked at Seiya. "You look a little flushed, are you sure you're not going to throw up or anything?"
"I'm sure." Seiya tried as hard as he could to keep from holding Usagi in a hug and telling her everything.
"Well, don't worry, Seiya, I'm right here for you." Usagi leaned her head on Seiya's shoulder and yawned. She wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his shoulder.
They sat there in silence, watching the sunset, until the ride ended and they got off.
"How about we go home now, okay?" Seiya smiled weakly at Usagi.
"Okay Seiya." Usagi and Seiya left the park and started walking home under the dusk evening sky. By the time they got home, the stars had come out.
As Seiya and Usagi walked into the house, they saw Taiki sitting on the couch watching the news. Upon seeing them, he stood up, stretched and turned off the television.
"Did you guys have a good time?" Taiki stretched his arms.
"Yeah, but Seiya started to feel a little sick, so he is going to go right to bed." Usagi started pushing him towards their room.
"Odango, I feel fine now," Seiya protested.
"No, we don't want you to be sick for your concerts! You need your health!" Usagi pushed him into their bedroom and then shut the door. She smiled at Taiki. "Am I right? He needed to go to bed so he wouldn't get sick!"
Taiki shook his head and smiled. "I think you mother him too much, Usagi- chan."
"Well, is that such a bad thing?"
"Of course not, Seiya was never really close to his mother."
"You mean my Aunt?" Usagi looked up at him, blue eyes sparkling with concern.
"Hai," Taiki faltered a bit. "He never could get himself close enough to anyone, he has always pulled away. His trust is hard to earn." He tipped his head a little bit. "But he's given you his trust pretty fast, ne? I mean, he is usually more . . ." Taiki stopped, searching for the right word.
"Closed-off?" Usagi interjected.
"Yeah, something like that." Taiki put his hand behind his head.
"Mm," Usagi nodded. "Seiya seems like that kind of person to me, I mean, he's afraid to open up to people." She paused a moment, looking at the floor. "But you're all like that, aren't you, Taiki?"
Taiki was a little surprised by her observations. He struggled for words for a moment. "Well, Usagi, being an Idol and all, it's been hard on us. You tend to become very introverted."
"I see, Taiki." Usagi smiled, looking up at him. There was silence a moment, and then she said quietly, "Taiki, if you ever need to talk to me about anything, anything at all, I'll always be here." She smiled and then opened the door to her room. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight." Taiki was left almost speechless. 'How could she act like this? She doesn't even know us very well and she is so kind and caring.' Taiki sighed and walked back into his room, where Yaten was writing in a little purple book. He looked up, and seeing Taiki enter the room, immediately snapped it shut. Taiki didn't notice and walked over to his bed and sat down on it.
Yaten sensed Taiki's odd mood, so he edged over to the end of his bed, discreetly placing the small book under his pillow, and then asking Taiki, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing really." Taiki stared into space.
"Okay then." Yaten said, a little confused.
"Let's just go to bed." Taiki gently put his head down onto his pillows.
"Okay," Yaten turned off the light and then soon went to sleep.
***
Usagi awoke from her dreams with a start, her memories seemed to be resurfacing through her dreams, but upon about 30 seconds of thinking about her dreams, they totally escaped her mind.
Usagi stood up and left the room, looking to go and get a glass of water. She walked into he bathroom and turned on the light, turning her head as the bathroom light blinded her. She looked down at the floor and waited until her eyes adjusted to the light, it was then that she saw a small red gleam on the floor. Curious, she walked over and picked up a small box that was hiding just below the lip of the sink fixture.
The small box was blue, and very simple, and Usagi turned it around in her hands a few times. She then gently slid the lid off of the top of the box and set it down onto the counter in the bathroom.
Inside the box was a dazzling ring, one Usagi had never seen before. She picked it up out of its snug little resting-place and examined it. It was silver and near the top of the ring grew round with a circular shape. There was an appropriately sized red jewel, and the metal surrounding the ring was just swirls of metal that seemed to barely hold together because wherever there wasn't a swirl, there was no metal.
Amazed, Usagi took it and slid it onto her middle finger on her right hand. It was a perfect fit. She smiled and admired the brilliant ring that seemed to gleam with her shine. She then set the lid of the box back in place and returned the box to it's resting place, leaving the brilliant red ring on her finger.
She smiled as she went back into her room and fell back asleep, letting her right hand with the ring on it fall peacefully onto her heart.
***
Yaten awoke from yet another nightmare. He sat up in bed, covered in a cold sweat, the images of blood and war seemed to still be in his head. He quickly looked over at Taiki who was slumbering peacefully, and he swung his legs over the side of the bed and quickly walked into the bathroom.
He needed to relax, he needed to get the awful images out of his head. He turned on the light in the bathroom and splashed cool water onto his flushed face. He patted it dry with a towel and then sat on the toilet. He reached down to his secret hiding place and found the small blue box with his treasure in it.
He held the box a moment, and sat in peaceful silence. He wanted to open the box and look at the blood red ring, but for some reason, no matter how hard he tried, he could never pry the lid off, and he guessed that no one but the women he was searching for would have the power to open it. He sighed, a little bit of his fear displaced, and he set the box back into his resting-place.
He sighed and left the bathroom, padding along quietly to his room. He walked into his room and stood near his bed a moment, almost pondering if his bed was the source of his bad dreams. He turned around and watched Taiki snore gently in his bed. Yaten knelt down on the floor and gently shook Taiki to rouse him.
"Taiki? Taiki?" Yaten gently shook him.
"Huh?" Taiki's sleepy response was.
"I had another nightmare, this time it was really bad." Yaten whispered, almost afraid to talk too loudly.
"Did you splash cold water on your face?" Taiki asked sleepily.
"Yeah," Yaten rubbed his neck.
"Still bad?" Taiki asked.
"Yeah." Yaten sighed.
"Okay," Taiki sounded a little annoyed. He pushed over in his bed and flung the covers open.
"Thanks, Taiki." Yaten climbed into Taiki's bed.
"Don't mention it." Taiki pushed over towards the wall more, and Yaten curled into a small ball, facing Taiki.
"It's okay, you're safe, okay?" Taiki gently said, even though his sleepiness was apparent in his voice.
"I know it's safe." Yaten sighed.
Taiki wrapped his arm around Yaten's shoulder, as if protecting him. Yaten in turn, cuddled closer to Taiki, and soon fell asleep listening to his rhythmic breathing.
***
Usagi awoke in the morning to the sound of Seiya awaking. She rolled over on her bed on the floor and watched him slowly rise out of his bed. She pretended she was still asleep as she watched him through almost closed eyes.
Seiya stood up and stretched his arms for a moment. He let out a small sigh and then stepped over Usagi in her bed on the floor and walked over to the dresser. Usagi still pretended that she was asleep and rolled over so she could watch him still.
Seiya pulled some clothes out of the dresser and then set them down on his desk. He stood for a moment, pondering and then he turned around and walked over to where Usagi was sleeping. Usagi then shut her eyes all the way so he couldn't see that she had been watching him.
Seiya knelt down next to Usagi and gently placed his hand on her blonde hair. He lifted up a large piece and brushed it away from her face. He then leaned down, and Usagi started getting worried as she felt his breath on her neck. Seiya kissed Usagi gently on the cheek and then stood up, grabbed his clothes and left the room.
Usagi sat straight up when she heard the door shut. Her face was crimson red, and her cheek felt like it burned where Seiya had kissed her.
Usagi quickly stood and pressed her hand to her cheek. She quickly grabbed clothes out of her dresser and got dressed. She then quickly brushed her hair and put it up in Odangoes. She then went out into the kitchen, and heard the shower going.
Usagi shuddered a moment, not exactly sure what her heart was feeling. She then heard the shower shut off, and so she decided to go and wake up Taiki and Yaten, because she didn't see them up yet.
She knocked quietly on their door before going in. When she walked in, she was in shock. 'Yaten is sleeping in Taiki's bed? Why?'
Usagi felt her heart pounding, and started to feel faint. "Yaten, Taiki!" Usagi called out, trying to rouse them.
Taiki was the first one to wake up, and he saw Usagi standing in the room and quickly jumped up.
"Usagi! What are you doing in here so early?" His face was beet red. He quickly got out of his bed and walked over to her.
Yaten suddenly opened his eyes and quickly stood up as well, blushing. "This . . .isn't anything weird, really." Yaten tried to say.
Usagi kept feeling faint as she stared at the two boys. Suddenly she started to say something, but it felt like the voice wasn't her own.
"Boys, I am disappointed in you! What is your excuse?" A different voice came from Usagi's mouth.
Yaten and Taiki both looked at each other in confusion. They were aware that Usagi was not talking like herself.
"Usagi-chan, do you have a cold? Why does your voice sound so funny?" Yaten asked.
"You never answered my question!" Usagi snapped back.
Taiki and Yaten just looked at her with wide eyes.
Taiki took a step forward and then said, "Usagi-chan, are you sure you're feeling alright?"
"I am feeling perfectly fine, Taiki." The voice answered. "Now, I would like to know why . . ."
"I had a bad dream, okay?" Yaten shouted. "Is it such a crime? I was scared! There! I said it! I was scared!" Yaten's face was growing red with frustration.
"My Yaten," The voice said sadly. "I didn't mean to make you feel that way."
"Wait a second," Taiki looked at Yaten confusedly. "What is wrong with you, Usagi?"
Inside of Usagi suddenly felt very weird, she couldn't speak, but only see what her body was doing. Someone was speaking through her, but who was it?
Seiya was then walking by their room and he heard the entire ruckus so he came inside.
"Oi, what's going on?"
Usagi turned around and looked at Seiya, and her eyes softened. "Seiya . . ." The voice whispered.
"What's wrong with Usagi?" Seiya looked at Yaten and Taiki. He was very confused.
"Why don't you tell us!" Yaten looked at Usagi in shock.
"Seiya, I'm glad you're safe." Usagi felt the voice through her again, and involuntarily her eyes began to tear.
"What is up with you, Odango? Why wouldn't I be safe?" He took a step closer to Usagi.
"I thought you wouldn't have escaped . . ." The voice said quietly.
Seiya looked at Yaten and Taiki nervously.
"I escaped, and I'm just fine. " Seiya took a step closer to Usagi.
"I'm so happy." The voice seemed to make Usagi cry even more and she fell onto Seiya, and Seiya took her into a hug.
"It's okay." Seiya sighed and then he grabbed Usagi's hand and his fingers stopped when they felt the red ring. He quickly took it off of Usagi's hand, and then Usagi fell down onto the floor.
"Odango!" Seiya bent down to catch her as she fell to the ground. He caught her and then looked up at Yaten and Taiki.
"What was that about?" Taiki looked at Seiya.
"I'm not entirely sure." Seiya looked down at Usagi, who was lying unconscious in his arms. He gently set her down on the ground and stood up, clutching the ring in his hand. "Maybe it has something to do with THIS?" He showed Taiki and Yaten then ring.
"It's *her* ring!" Taiki exclaimed, just as shocked to see it as Seiya was.
"Where could she have gotten it?" Seiya looked suspiciously around. Yaten was looking at the ground. Seiya walked over to Yaten and grabbed him by the collar. "You took it, didn't you! DIDN'T YOU?" Seiya shook him roughly.
"Seiya!" Taiki yelled. He ran over and tried to break up their fight.
"He had this all along and he never told us!" Seiya pushed Yaten onto Taiki's bed.
"Seiya! Stop, please! Stop!" Taiki tried to reach out and stop Seiya from punching Yaten in the face.
Usagi suddenly awoke and quickly got to her feet. Seeing the fight that Seiya was in, she quickly ran over and grabbed Seiya by the arms, and kept him from harming anyone.
Seiya was surprised by her power as he struggled to get away from her, but couldn't.
Yaten quickly got as far away from Seiya as he could, hiding near the corner of the bed.
"Seiya, what's wrong?" Usagi held her grip firm against Seiya who was struggling.
"You piece of crap! I can't believe you'd keep this from us! HOW COULD YOU?" Seiya was yelling, and tears started streaming down his face.
Yaten just stayed in the corner, wide-eyed, he really was afraid.
"Seiya! Stop it, stop it now!" Taiki yelled.
Seiya slumped against Usagi in defeat, and Usagi sat down on Yaten's bed, still holding onto Seiya, but this time she let go of his arms.
"What is going on?" Usagi asked quietly.
Seiya clutched the ring in his hand; he couldn't take the pain and memories the ring brought back.
"She was speaking, through the ring, through Usagi." Taiki whispered. "I just know it was her."
"Gomenasai . . ." Yaten said quietly. "I just didn't know if I should bring it up, you all seemed so happy. But . . . the ring, that must have been the thing that was giving me nightmares all the time. I took it from her jewelry box before we fled. She had forgotten to put it on."
"Why? Why didn't you tell us? Yaten, you know how much this means to us." Taiki said quietly.
"I just couldn't bear speaking about it ever again. I was so afraid . . .afraid it would mean that she was . . ." Yaten trailed off, looking at Taiki sadly.
"I didn't know it had this kind of power." Seiya looked at the ring that was in his outstretched palm.
"I wish I could understand what you guys were talking about." Usagi said quietly.
Taiki looked up at Usagi and then shook his head. "Usagi-chan, we should go and get breakfast ready. We still have that concert tonight."
Usagi looked at Taiki a moment and then nodded.
"Yaten, why don't you go and take a shower, we'll talk about this later." Taiki walked out of the room slowly, and Usagi followed behind him. Seiya came soon after and they all went into the kitchen.
Breakfast was made in close to silence, as was eating breakfast and the trip to the theater to get warmed up and prepare for the concert.
***
"Mako-chan! Mako-chan!" Minako ran quickly up to her friend. Minako was panting.
"What is it, Minako-chan?" Makoto looked at her tired friend.
Minako stood up straight and smiled with a gleam in her eye. "Who wants tickets to see 'The Three Lights?'"
Makoto smiled. "Arigato, you're so nice to be sharing them with all of us." Makoto took her ticket from Minako.
"Hai!" Minako grinned. "Now all I have to do is find Ami and give her the ticket."
"What about Rei-chan?" Makoto looked at her ticket.
"We'll walk by her school on the way to the concert." Minako quickly sped off in the direction of her blue-haired friend. "Ami-chan!" She called.
Makoto shook her head and laughed.
"School is finally out! I can't wait until the concert!" Minako shouted happily as the three girls walked out of their school.
"So we're going to go and pick up Rei-chan, and then get a ride from the bus near her house?" Ami asked as they walked towards Rei's school.
"Hai, that's the plan." Minako grinned.
"Front row tickets, ne?" Makoto looked at her ticket. "Are you sure you actually ran into Seiya, or did you just spend 36,000 Yen on one ticket alone?"
"I actually ran into Seiya! Why would I spend so much money on tickets like these? You're just jealous you don't meet any Idols on the street!" Minako scowled. "You know, I COULD revoke your ticket, Mako- chan."
"I was just asking!" Makoto didn't want to lose her ticket.
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[A/N: 36,000 Yen = about $300, I figured, spend $300 on each ticket, understand? By the way, you'll learn more about that weird ring later, okay? Okay, because I haven't updated in a LONG time, I treated you to an 11 page long chapter. ^^ Aren't I nice? Uhm, I should get the next chapter out soon, review, minna- san!]