"You don't understand."
"What?"
"You only cause pain and suffering.. Sailor Moon."
Her eyes welled up with tears. "I don't understand!"
"Exactly." Taiki and Yaten turned around, not giving a second look to the disgrace on the ground, bruised and blistered.
The two starlights walked off calmly, leaving Sailor Moon trembling on the ground, wounded from the last battle. She was sure that they were there to help her.. It seemed as if they were only a mirage. They came when hope was fading quickly, but disappeared just as quick as it came.
Sailor Moon was alone in this fight against an Animate. Her senshi weren't aware of the intense fight she was in. Still.. Their words.. They stung.
"Starlights.. Believe in me." Her tears dropped to her hands as she sobbed. "Mamo-chan. I need you now more than ever."
- - - -As Taiki and Yaten walked home to their apartment, they couldn't help but wonder if what they were doing was right. This thought has crossed their minds much too many times. From Ami, most of all, with her persistance. Taiki never has been able to turn his mind away from her. Her innocence and purity.. It blanketed him with the calmness of the sea.
"Yaten," Taiki murmured.
He looked up sadly, thinking only the same thing. "Hai."
"Sailor Moon.. Friend or foe?" He touched his chin intently, as he turned the key to unlock their door. "She confuses me. So sweet and innocent on the outside; yet.. I can't help but not believe."
Yaten nodded quietly. "It's true. Perhaps because.. Because.." Yaten shook his head in frustration. He clenched his fists in anger and stormed in the apartment, knowing that he was beaten at his own game.
Taiki stared off at Yaten, watching as he went immediately to his room. "Hai, Yaten. I don't understand either." His eyebrows furrowed together in wisdom, as he sat down on his couch. He stared off into space for several moments, letting his mind wander. He pounded his fist on the counter with fury. "Sailor Moon. Usagi. Who are you?!"
- - - -Rain started to fall, as both Taiki and Usagi looked out through their windows at the mournful night.
Seiya entered the apartment, drenched with water, his clothes sticking to him, in which he couldn't stand. "Gomen, Taiki. I'm late as always. This weather is slowing me down, I can't believe how --"
"Mm," Taiki responded with no emotion.
Seiya's usual optimism drained from his face. He took off his coat, and grabbed a nearby towel. "Ah, Taiki, what do you have on your mind this time, my friend?" He smiled a weak smile, as he sat beside his trusted companion.
"Seiya, you're getting the couch wet," Yaten commented, in his usual disgusted manner. He was thinking of other things, however. Primarily of this Rei girl. Her commitment to Sailor Moon; her honesty; her loyalty. To Yaten, she stood out most from the rest of the senshi. He shook this strange idea from his head, and focused at the moment. "Seiya, where have you been?"
"Just a walk. I stumbled upon a picture near Odango's house. Look," he showed the two men the photo. It was torn at the edges, and it was crumpled from the rain. Still, the faces were clear. It was a young girl with pink hair. Odangos in a strange, almost triangular shape. Her eyes were intense. The young girl was smiling sweetly with a straw hat on, and a balloon in hand. Seiya turned the photo over. Inscribed was, "Mama, don't forget me."
This photo piqued all of their interest. Different thoughts crossed all of their minds. The one in Seiya's, however, was most prominent. He stood up, and dropped the photo to the floor, as it fluttered silently. He walked over to the window quietly, and stared out the window. "My odango. You have a child.. I couldn't possibly think that you had any more secrets, Moon."