"USAGIII!" Minako squealed, jumping on her bed. Usagi groaned and rolled over.
"Ten more minutes," she muttered, pulling the covers over her head. Minako ripped them off.
"No way little Usa! We have lots of things to discuss! I even made pancakes for you! Come on now, Lets go," She grabbed Usagi by the leg and began to drag her off the bed. Usagi kicked in protest.
"Minako get OUT OF MY ROOM!" she yelled, cursing Minako.
"Christ girl you need to cut back the cake. You slept in long enough! Its ten o' clock GET YOUR ASS OUT OF BED!" With one final, hard pull, Minako managed to rip Usagi out of bed and onto the floor.
"MINAKO!" Usagi yelled. Minako jumped on Usagi and began tickling her.
"WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP!" she cried as Usagi laughed and kicked.
"Alright I'm up!" she cried, sitting up and pushing her off. Minako smiled with approval.
"Good. Be out in five minutes. You and I, girlie, have plenty to discuss," Minako left and Usagi sat up and groaned. Ten o' clock already? It didn't seem like very long since she had stumbled into her room and collapsed on the bed. For a moment she found herself wondering about poor Taiki, who had looked exhausted beyond explanation. She smiled as she remembered Yaten comment about Ami saying that he had fallen asleep on her couch. The guy needed it! Usagi stood and frowned when she realized that she was still in her clothes. After quickly changing into gym shorts and a tank top, she walked out into the kitchen, where Minako was waiting with a plate full of pancakes and a warm bottle of syrup.
"How did your date with Yaten go last night?" Usagi asked as she began to pile pancakes on her plate. Minako, being so picky about her eating, had scooped out a pear to eat with her whole wheat toast.
"It was wonderful. We ate and talked about how things have been going and all that good stuff. Later on, I took him...well her...out for ice cream. Not much to talk about other than catching up other than...oh my god Usa, she gave me a rose! A beautiful rose!" Minako jumped up and grabbed a yellow rose from the top of their fireplace. "Look how beautiful!" The rose was indeed, blooming and extravagant.
"Let me see," Usagi grabbed it and stared at it in awe. "It's so pretty!" she exclaimed, handing it carefully back to Minako. Minako nodded excitedly and set it back onto the fireplace.
"Anyways, after dinner, we went and got ice cream! It was great! Especially since Yaten always refused to ice cream and she had taken me to w walk on the beach....oh my God Usa it was fantastic! Anyways, how are things going with Seiya?" she asked. "Yaten told me that something bad happened to him and that he changed completely. What is that all about?" she asked as she took a bite out of her pear. "She didn't want to talk about it and said you would," Usagi made a mental note to kick Yaten later.
"I don't want to talk about it," Usagi said. "I can't describe it Minako. You'll have to see for yourself. He's like a terrified little kid. He's scared of everything..." Once she began to describe it, she couldn't stop. When she was done, Minakos mouth had fallen open in shock.
"Seiya? Cocky, smart, I-can-handle-anything-and-look-hot-at-the-same-time Seiya? You can't be serious!" Usagi nodded.
"Yaten and Taiki couldn't leave the apartment for seven months because he was so scared he would lose them. When he figured out they were gone last night he was in hysterics. He thought they were dead," Minako shook her head.
"Usagi you need to talk to Ami about this. She's the doctor. She's the smart one. Shes the one who can help. You might want to talk to Rei too. She's good with these kinds of things. And perhaps Hotaru...you know her...she's the one who can see the troubled soul and figure things out...you can't do this alone Usagi. Yaten and Taiki insisted on doing this alone and they completely stopped living. That obviously isn't helping Seiya any. Lets invite him over and have us all here. It might he-"
"He doesn't even like anyone to leave the apartment," Usagi said. "What makes you think he'll leave and be comfortable with a huge group of people? I know we shouldn't give in to his paranoia Minako but when he panics he gets violent," Minako gazed at the ceiling. She then stood up abruptly, pulling Usagi out of her thoughts.
"Lets go see him," Minako said. "And lets bring Makoto, Ami, and Rei. You were right when you said he needs to be around the people he loves. And you know what I can feel? That love is the answer. Come on Usa! Call Rei! I'll call Ami and Makoto!" Usagi dug her phone out of her pocket.
Yaten would not be pleased.
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"You don't mean shit to me," Usagi growled at him. She buried her head in the crook of Mamorus neck and thats when he saw it. The huge bruise on the side of her face. He looked at Usagi in shock, and Mamorus grip around her waist tightened. It clicked to him.
"YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF HER!" Seiya screamed, lunging for Mamoru. He cried out when he bounced off of them. Suddenly, the pair were dressed like royalty. Mamoru dressed in what looked like a suit of armor. Usagi was in a long, beautiful pearl colored dress with an exquisite gold decoration on the waist. Endymon and Serenity. Seiyas mouth dropped open in realization. They couldn't be married yet! "Odango get away from him!" Usagi gave a nervous glance to Mamoru. He grabbed her arm and squeezed.
"Don't even think about it," he growled to her. Seiya felt his body light up with fury.
"STAR SERIOUS LASER!" He screamed, launching the attack towards Mamoru. He hadn't even realized he transformed. When the light and dust cleared, Star Fighter saw Serenitys figure slumped in Mamorus arms. Mamoru had a smirk on his face as he dropped her lifeless form to the ground. She felt all the blood freeze in his body. Star Fighter fell to her knees and let out an ear splitting wail-
"SEIYA!" Yaten cried, tearing through his nightmare and bringing him back to reality. Seiya's heart was pounding and he could feel the burn the attack left on his hand. Behind Yaten he could see Usagis lifeless form.
"ODANGO!" Seiya screamed, throwing Yaten aside and jumping towards her body. Seiya picked it up and screamed again. "Oh my...ODANGO!" he cried
"Seiya Usagi isn't here!" Yaten cried. "Taiki!" Yaten began trying to drag Seiya up. Seiya shrugged her off. He couldn't tear his eyes off her pale body. He pressed his forehead against her cold chest and screamed.
"Seiya?" Taiki cried. Seiya could feel his panic but he didn't care.
"He thinks Usagi is here," Yaten explained. Taiki knelt down next to him.
"Seiya look at me," he said as he began to shake him. Seiya burst into tears and cradled Usagi against him. "Seiya? Usagi isn't here. She left last night and she said she'll be back this afternoon."
"I killed her," he sobbed. Seiya had never felt so sick since his planet was attacked by Galaxia. He head began pounding like somebody punched him. He felt everything around him spinning and his stomach churning. He felt so sick he wanted to throw up. He felt his throat burn and his entire body go limp. Seiya fell to the floor and cradled Usagis body like a teddy bear. He blinked and Usagi was gone. He shot up and patted the space where Usagis body had laid. "ODANGO!" he screamed, looking frantically for her body. "ODANGO?" he cried out, breaking out in a new wave of sobs. Taiki wrapped his arms around him and Yaten knelt down beside him.
"She isn't here. She's at her apartment with Mina-"
"WHERE IS SHE?!" Seiya screamed, jumping on Taiki and punching him in the face. Yaten pulled Seiya off and pushed him away from Taiki.
"SHE'S NOT DEAD!" Yaten screamed, standing in front of Taiki in case Seiya decided to attack him again. "Whatever just happened was a dream. Whatever you saw was not real Seiya. Usagi is fine. She's going to be here soon," With that, Yaten knelt down in front of him. "Stop being so scared all the damn time. We're fine. Usagi's fine. Everybody is fine," Yaten stood up and buried her face in her hands. Seyia gazed up at her, than at Taiki, who was wiping a bit of blood off of his face with his sleeve. He bit his lip and looked to the floor.
Seiya felt lost. He has never felt so lost and empty. Everybody around him was dying every time he closed his eyes and he saw their death when he woke up. He couldn't understand what was going on with him. Ever since...that day...he felt disgusting, dangerous, terrified, worthless, nervous, and sick. It was disgusting. He was disgusting. He was a disgrace to his team-unable to protect himself and his loved ones.
"Seiya are you okay?" Taiki asked.
He needed to see his Odango. He needed her. If he didn't see her he would explode.
"I want Odango," he whispered. "I need her please let me see her-" Just then, the doorbell rang.
"Right on time," Yaten muttered, walking to the door. Taiki followed and Seiya followed shortly behind. "Who the hell said you could bring all these people?"
"YATEN OH MY GOD!" Rei squealed, jumping on Yaten. "Wait why are you a girl?"
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE ALL OF YOU PEOPLE DOING HERE? USAGI!"
"Oh quit your whining Yaten and let us in," Minako said. As Makoto, Ami, Usagi, Minako, Michiru, Hotaru, Haruka, and Michiru came in.
"You three?" Yaten asked, looking at Michiru, Haruka, and Hotaru. Haruka crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at her.
"Yes," she said in a warning tone.
"Wasn't there four of you? Wheres the creepy one?"
"Time Gates. Be nice. She can end your existence before it began," Michiru said. "You too Haruka," Haruka scowled. At the sight of all the people, Seiya felt his stomach churn and tremble. He turned around and as he walked back, he felt Usagis hand on his.
"Seiya come back out," she said with her beautiful voice. He blinked and remembered seeing her corpse. Seiya gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to tackle her into a hug. All was well. All had always been well.
Seiya was tired of being scared. And a part of him knew that talking to all these people would help. Seiya gripped Usagis hand and they walked back into the living room.
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