Note: Any character that isn't from Sailor Moon belongs solely to me

Taiki came back to the south two days later with Sora.

"Why aren't you in earth?" he greeted Yumeko with his usual bombard of questions.

"Because," She replied not caring.

"Answer the question properly."

"Why?"

"Because I am telling you to that's why!"

"No, I meant why should I listen to you." She asked stubbornly. Before Taiki could reply Yaten broke in.

"She is here because she wanted to talk to you." He said sternly so they would break up. The two had never gotten along much.

"Okay then, why did you want to talk to me?"

"Why did you send Yaten here? You know that Minako and Ami were here for their mission. What if Yaten had been caught?" This snared Yaten by surprise. She was actually here for his behalf? Maybe she was suffering from a fever.

"I knew they were up to something." Taiki told her matter of factly, "I heard report that they were here not for their mission but for some other reason. I wanted to catch them in the act."

"I see," Yumeko said, "And this was so discreet that you couldn't inform me or Sora. How quaint…"

"I didn't want to spread it around." He replied. Sora and Yaten just watched quietly. Outside Ami and Minako who were eavesdropping were shocked. Next time they should be careful.

Zoisite found it hard to escape but he managed to make it to South. He knew he had passed General Taiki's army somewhere on the way. He was going south because everyone would expect him to go somewhere away from the two Generals not toward them and so he went that way. Also, he knew Ami and Minako were there and that Kunzite was right in the air above. That would help.

At the reports of Zoisite's escape Taiki send out parties searching for him and fast. Sora and Yumeko had already left for earth so he couldn't count on Sora's inspiring spying skills anymore.

They had said that Sonoko was found knocked out. No body knew how she was knocked out and the girl won't speak. All she said was she was feeding him and then all went black. Sonoko was too scared to say she had opened his hands and then he had knocked her out. She knew if she said that she would be in trouble. She wasn't Ami, she wouldn't be able to smart talk herself out of it.

Yaten went back to Saleno Falls in wonder. Yumeko had wasted so much of her time for his sake, it was amazing him a lot. Maybe the girl was changing. He still remembered when they were young, how they used to play with Kakyuu and how Yumeko didn't like Kakyuu, or anyone else for that matter, very much.

"She's a snobby princess, that's what she is!" she used to say swishing her short curls around. Yaten felt that Yumeko was snobbier but he didn't say because he had seen her fight with Seiya. He didn't want to end up with unexplained bruises like Seiya at all. Of course Yumeko would be a mess herself, dirty and bruised, but that was natural for her. She had a habit of "falling from tress" as she put it to get away from trouble.

Yumeko and Sora found Seiya a terrible mess.

"Hi!" Sora said and he had looked at her in wonder. There were circles underneath his eyes and his skin was pale. His cheeks were gaunt and his eyes dead.

"Well I do know I am not very pleasant to look at but I am not that bad." Sora said trying to make a small joke. He barely smiled. Sora was shocked. This was a guy who walked around and called her clown head. She had got so irritated but he didn't care much. This was the same guy who had ruined a hair dryer in her parlor while he was trying to make bubbles in a tub of water and soap. This was the same guy who had threatened Yumeko that he would paint her face permanently purple if she dared to tell on him. Then when Sora had found out, this same person had told said nonchalantly "Oh so what?" Now he looked like a dead person.

"Um," Sora had looked at Yumeko for support, who was nervously pulling the silver pendant, the only thing she had of her family, on the piece of cloth on her neck. 'Okay,' Sora told herself, 'Yumeko's nervous. This is a problem.'

Seiya didn't care much of the two girls. He knew one obviously, as the one who had pushed a gun down his throat. The other one looked like a clown more or less. He couldn't think of anything anymore.

"Ok well I guess its up to me now," Sora said, "Hi, my name is Sora and I am more or less your baby sitter." She winked, "So that you won't end up looking like a zombie and all. First we are gonna get some equipment here. I brought some of mine but I need oils and herbs and stuff."

"For what?" Seiya asked worried. He hoped she wasn't going to turn him into something like herself.

"For you, hun," she replied, "Yumeko, darling, go get me a paper and a pencil."

"Don't call me darling." She sneered. Seiya raised his eyebrows at her. She was pulling at something in her neck. Unconsciously he reached out and yanked it out of her neck. The cloth ripped apart at the strength he pulled at. Yumeko eyes went wide from the shock and pain.

"OW!!!" she yelled, "Seiya give that back or else!"

"Or else what?" he said examining the pendant, "You'll break my legs?"

Sora stared in confusion.

"Oh I see, you are getting your memories back." Yumeko told him and reached for the pendant but he moved away.

"Give it back."

"No."

"Now!"

"No."

"Come on!"

"No."

"Say the magic words Yumeko, darling." Sora sang and Seiya grinned. He liked this girl after all.

"NO!" Yumeko burned in anger.

"The magic words." Seiya repeated, "come on, it won't be so hard." Sora noticed he was grinning. Yumeko sighed through clenched teeth.

"Please…" she started in a quiet dangerous voice, "and thank you." She got her pendant back. Seiya thought this was more excitement then he had in ages. Sora found herself a paper and pencil and started to scribble. Rei walked in and found it very surprising to see Seiya arguing with the chestnut haired girl. He was actually grinning.

"Yumeko, here." Sora said handing a list to the girl.

"I thought your name was Koroko…" Rei started.

"Well now it isn't! Here you go, Rei," Yumeko handed the list to her.

"That's Hino-san for you." Rei snapped but Yumeko didn't give a damn.

"What's this for?"

"I'd like you to get everything on that list, hun, for your "cousin" here." Sora explained.

"Shampoos, massaging oils, relaxing creams, face masks?" Rei looked baffled, "For him?"

"Yes, for him." Yumeko replied irritated.

"And who is gonna pay?" Rei asked.

"You, of course." Sora gave her a bittersweet smile. Rei decided she didn't like her one bit.

Even before the wedding Usagi had asked Makoto to get her contraption pills. She was absolutely not going to get pregnant by the man. She didn't love him and he didn't love her like he said he did. A child growing up between them would only grow up feeling unloved and alone. And no child deserved that.

Couple of days later she was at breakfast waiting for him. He came and gave her a small kiss.

"You know I wanted to go on a honeymoon but the war is on our heads and everything."

"I understand." She was only too relieved.

"I have to go down to north for two days. Will you be okay by yourself?"

"I guess," she said softly the decided to grab the chance, "I would get bored though. Can I invite Hino Rei over, you know my friend who was one of the bridesmaid?"

"Oh, that's the girl Jadeite is crazy over." Mamoru grinned, "Sure just as long as she doesn't tire you out or anything. Don't go shopping too much, ok, love?"

"Sure," she managed a smile and they ate breakfast quietly. After breakfast she had to help him dress. He slipped off his usual shirt and she brought the pressed and dry cleaned shirt. On his back, for the first time, she noticed a long scar. Unconsciously she touched it. He stiffened.

"Is this a battle scar?" she asked.

"No," he said and for a minute she felt she wasn't going to get an explanation but he spoke then, "My father used to whip me when I did anything terribly wrong."

She felt her jaws drop.

"Oh," she said and slipped the shirt on then moved to the front to button his shirt up, "I am sorry."

"He was always very strict." Mamoru said, "it's ok though, I didn't care much about him. I spent a lot of time with my mother, until she died that is."

"How?" Usagi asked looking up at the Prince.

"She was in Venus when she died." He replied, "that's why our relations with Venus aren't good, because we believe they killed her, but they said she had a heart failure."

"I never met my parents." Usagi provided, "At least you knew yours, I just had to live by myself mostly."

"When we have kids we will give them all the love in the world, what do you say?" he looked so hopeful and so boyishly handsome. He slipped his hands around her waist. This was different than what she had expected.

"Yeah," she replied feeling guilty about the pill.

Yumeko sent a message to Yaten that if Seiya could see Taiki and him, his memories would come back faster. Yaten said that was nonsense, no point in letting people think he is still alive. Princess Kakyuu agreed with Yumeko though but she couldn't tell her generals that.