Usagi, Minako, Makoto, and Ami sat in the front row on the lawn of their school wearing caps and gowns.
"Usagi I don't believe we actually passed and now we're graduating!" Mina squealed. Usagi smiled back, she thought to herself while fiddling with her diploma. ~I'm eighteen and I finally pulled up my marks in school. I've put in a lot of hard work into getting prepared to become Queen of the Earth. Who'd a thought that me, Tsukino Usagi, of all people would end up as Queen of the Earth? Sure I've brought my marks to an A- average, but I just don't seem to be as, well, lady-like as Neo-Queen Serenity. How can I rule the whole planet? I don't know how Princess Fireball does it, but Mamo-chan will help me.~ Usagi came out of her deep thought and turned and looked over her right shoulder at Mamoru. He was seated diagonally from her three rows back, wearing a black tuxedo. ~He looks so handsome in a black tuxedo~ Usagi thought to herself. Their eyes met and they smiled. Mamoru mouthed, "I love you" and Usagi blew him a kiss. Beside Mamoru was Rei in a red dress, she smiled at Usagi and gave her a thumbs up. Then beside Rei was her mother, father, and Shingo. Usagi turned around and faced the principal.
"Congratulations to all of you, and we have a special treat." The principal said and walked off the stage. The tech crew ran onto the stage and placed a guitar, keyboard and three microphone stands. All the students looked around at each other, the area was silent. Footsteps could be heard climbing the back stairs of the stage. A male voice boomed out,
"Congratulations to you all!" Usagi looked at Mina then back to Mamoru and Rei. ~That voice is familiar~ Usagi thought, then all the girls in the crowd jumped up and screamed,
"It's the three lights!"
Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki smiled and waved to their fans. All three of them threw roses to the crowd, the shrieking girls madly tried to grab one of the roses. Seiya come to the edge of the stage and looked down to Usagi. He winked at her, then took the red rose from his jacket and threw it on her lap. Usagi smiled and blushed, Mina's elbow jabbed her in the ribs and Mina whispered,
"Boy, he's still hung up on you." Usagi bit her lip and looked back to Mamoru, who looked less then pleased, and started to crack his knuckles. ~Oh no,~ Usagi thought as the Three Lights started to sing.
Usagi kept looking back at Mamoru. She didn't really tell Mamoru what happened between the time that he left for America and the final battle with Galaxia. She told some things, enough to satisfy Mamoru's queries. She figured she should leave out most of the Seiya parts including, their 'date', Seiya taking a shower at her house, Seiya saving her life a bunch of times, all their time alone, and certainly not when Seiya kissed her. ~Boy Mamo-chan would kill Seiya if he knew what all went on~ Usagi thought.
The concert finished, the principal thanked the Lights for coming and said,
"That concluded our ceremonies, congratulations and good luck in the future to all of you." Usagi chuckled to herself and thought, ~Like I need luck.~ Everyone got up and threw their caps in the air. Everyone started to chat, Rei and Usagi's family joined the group.
"Congrats darling, we love you." Ikuko said and hugged her daughter. Shingo patted Usagi on the back,
"Surprised you made it sis, congrats."
"Thanks Shingo." Kenji hugged Usagi and told her congratulations and Usagi's family left.
"Here you go ladies," Mina jumped as Yaten snuck up behind her and stuck a rose in her face. She excepted it with a smile. Then Taiki and Seiya joined the group. Taiki handed Ami a rose,
"To the Valid Victorian." Ami blushed and took the rose.
"Thanks for coming Taiki. I see you got my message. Why didn't you write back and tell me that the three of you were coming?"
"Well I told Yaten and Seiya and they seemed eager enough to come and we decided it would be a nice surprise."
"Well I say it was. Thanks you made this day great!" Ami said and gave Taiki a hug. His cheeks flushed a bit and Yaten smiled to him.
"It's nice to see you to Ami."
"Here Mako," Seiya handed Mako a rose.
"Thanks Seiya. Well it's nice to see the three of you again. I wish Ami told us that she was communicating with Taiki." Mako glared at Ami.
"Well, I wanted it to be a surprise." Ami said.
"Here Rei, sorry we weren't at your graduation." Yaten handed Rei a rose.
"That's OK. It's better you came to this one, mine wasn't very good."
Usagi was slowly moving away from the group looking for Mamoru. Seiya grabbed her arm,
"Congratulations Odango." Seiya hands her a bouquet of red roses. Mamoru was walked towards them and looked down at the one red long-stem rose in his hand and frowned.
Seiya whispered in Usagi's ear,
"It's really good to see you again Odango. I really missed you," then pecked her on the cheek. Usagi blushed and giggled,
"I missed you to Seiya." Seiya looked up at Mamoru as he approached. Usagi followed his eyes to Mamoru.
"Mamo-chan!" Usagi screamed and mauled him in a huge hug.
"Congratulations Usako," he said and handed her the rose.
"Oh thank you Mamo-chan!" She smiled and took to rose and breathed in the aroma. Mamoru took Usagi's chin into his hand and lowed his head down and kissed Usagi passionately. Mamoru opened an eye to see the hurt expression on Seiya's face. Seiya bit his lip and turned around. ~Why can't Usagi love me as much as she loves Mamoru, I want her to kiss me like that~ Seiya thought and let out a sad sigh. Mamoru thought to himself, ~HA, you can give her roses and write songs for her but only _I_ can kiss her like this.~ Rei noticed the hurt and tormented look in Seiya's gorgeous blue eyes and then yelled to Usagi.
"Hey Usagi, will you two get a room!?" and made gagging noises. Mamoru and Usagi broke the kiss, Seiya looked up relieved at Rei and she winked. Seiya mouthed, "thank you" Rei nodded.
"Rei you can't tell me what to do with my boyfriend! It's my graduation and I'll kiss Mamo-chan if I want to, and you can't do anything!" Rei and Usagi got into a fight which resulted with the two of them back to back mirroring each other. They had their arms folded across their chests, and their noses high in the air. The others sighed,
"They'll always be the same."
Seiya took a deep breath and walked up to Mamoru, and stuck out his hand to meet Mamoru with a hand shake. Mamoru excepted, they clasped hands and shook firmly.
"How are you Mamoru?"
"Not bad Seiya, and yourself?" Seiya shrugged,
"Can't complain."
"So what are you doing back on Earth?"
"Well Taiki heard from Ami that the girls where graduating, so we wanted to come and see them on their special day."
"I see, so how long are you here for?"
"Well the princess says we can stay as long as we like." Mamoru's muscles tighten with the words 'as long as we like' Mamoru thought to himself, ~not if I can help it.~ Mamoru cleared his throat and said in a menacing, threatening voice,
"Well isn't that-"
"Mamo-chan!!!" Usagi called as she came over and hugged Mamoru around the waist, ~you can feel the tension in the air~ she thought.
"So Seiya, how long are you guys here for?"
"Well, we not really sure Odango. I mean Princess Fireball says we can stay as long as we like. Taiki says that he's probably staying for a couple weeks and Yaten say he'll be staying for a month or so." Mamoru sighed, ~Great that annoying Yaten is here for a month.~ He asked the dreaded question on his mind.
"And Seiya what about you, how long are you staying for?" Seiya mulled over it for a bit, thinking to himself, ~as long as it takes for me to prove to Usagi that I'm the one for her.~ Seiya smiling to himself at the thought, then snapped out of his thoughts.
"Actually Mamoru, I'm not really sure. I mean there's not much left to do on my home planet, and Usagi finished off Chaos so there's no threats. I don't have much reason to return home." Mamoru sucked in a breath, ~he better not stay on Earth forever, it's _my_ planet~ Usagi exclaimed,
"Really!?" and hugged Seiya, "That would be totally cosmic if you stayed!" Mamoru saw the smile on Seiya's lips as he looked to Mamoru and he wrapped his arms around Usagi, ~My Usagi~ Mamoru thought. Mamoru fought the urge to wipe Seiya's look off with his fist.
The other joined Seiya, Usagi and Mamoru.
"Seiya, would you like to come to the graduation party at my temple? All the senshi will be there, and Yaten and Taiki are coming too."
"Well I guess I have to come." Seiya smiled
"Great you guys go and get set up at your apartment and some to my temple for 8." Rei waved good-bye and left. Mako, Ami, and Mina exchanged a few words then left. Yaten and Taiki joined up with Seiya and they chatted with Usagi and Mamoru for a bit.
"Well I guess I'll see you at the party, see ya Odango, later Mamoru" Then the three lights left. Usagi and Mamoru left the school and headed Mamoru's apartment.
"Usagi I don't believe we actually passed and now we're graduating!" Mina squealed. Usagi smiled back, she thought to herself while fiddling with her diploma. ~I'm eighteen and I finally pulled up my marks in school. I've put in a lot of hard work into getting prepared to become Queen of the Earth. Who'd a thought that me, Tsukino Usagi, of all people would end up as Queen of the Earth? Sure I've brought my marks to an A- average, but I just don't seem to be as, well, lady-like as Neo-Queen Serenity. How can I rule the whole planet? I don't know how Princess Fireball does it, but Mamo-chan will help me.~ Usagi came out of her deep thought and turned and looked over her right shoulder at Mamoru. He was seated diagonally from her three rows back, wearing a black tuxedo. ~He looks so handsome in a black tuxedo~ Usagi thought to herself. Their eyes met and they smiled. Mamoru mouthed, "I love you" and Usagi blew him a kiss. Beside Mamoru was Rei in a red dress, she smiled at Usagi and gave her a thumbs up. Then beside Rei was her mother, father, and Shingo. Usagi turned around and faced the principal.
"Congratulations to all of you, and we have a special treat." The principal said and walked off the stage. The tech crew ran onto the stage and placed a guitar, keyboard and three microphone stands. All the students looked around at each other, the area was silent. Footsteps could be heard climbing the back stairs of the stage. A male voice boomed out,
"Congratulations to you all!" Usagi looked at Mina then back to Mamoru and Rei. ~That voice is familiar~ Usagi thought, then all the girls in the crowd jumped up and screamed,
"It's the three lights!"
Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki smiled and waved to their fans. All three of them threw roses to the crowd, the shrieking girls madly tried to grab one of the roses. Seiya come to the edge of the stage and looked down to Usagi. He winked at her, then took the red rose from his jacket and threw it on her lap. Usagi smiled and blushed, Mina's elbow jabbed her in the ribs and Mina whispered,
"Boy, he's still hung up on you." Usagi bit her lip and looked back to Mamoru, who looked less then pleased, and started to crack his knuckles. ~Oh no,~ Usagi thought as the Three Lights started to sing.
Usagi kept looking back at Mamoru. She didn't really tell Mamoru what happened between the time that he left for America and the final battle with Galaxia. She told some things, enough to satisfy Mamoru's queries. She figured she should leave out most of the Seiya parts including, their 'date', Seiya taking a shower at her house, Seiya saving her life a bunch of times, all their time alone, and certainly not when Seiya kissed her. ~Boy Mamo-chan would kill Seiya if he knew what all went on~ Usagi thought.
The concert finished, the principal thanked the Lights for coming and said,
"That concluded our ceremonies, congratulations and good luck in the future to all of you." Usagi chuckled to herself and thought, ~Like I need luck.~ Everyone got up and threw their caps in the air. Everyone started to chat, Rei and Usagi's family joined the group.
"Congrats darling, we love you." Ikuko said and hugged her daughter. Shingo patted Usagi on the back,
"Surprised you made it sis, congrats."
"Thanks Shingo." Kenji hugged Usagi and told her congratulations and Usagi's family left.
"Here you go ladies," Mina jumped as Yaten snuck up behind her and stuck a rose in her face. She excepted it with a smile. Then Taiki and Seiya joined the group. Taiki handed Ami a rose,
"To the Valid Victorian." Ami blushed and took the rose.
"Thanks for coming Taiki. I see you got my message. Why didn't you write back and tell me that the three of you were coming?"
"Well I told Yaten and Seiya and they seemed eager enough to come and we decided it would be a nice surprise."
"Well I say it was. Thanks you made this day great!" Ami said and gave Taiki a hug. His cheeks flushed a bit and Yaten smiled to him.
"It's nice to see you to Ami."
"Here Mako," Seiya handed Mako a rose.
"Thanks Seiya. Well it's nice to see the three of you again. I wish Ami told us that she was communicating with Taiki." Mako glared at Ami.
"Well, I wanted it to be a surprise." Ami said.
"Here Rei, sorry we weren't at your graduation." Yaten handed Rei a rose.
"That's OK. It's better you came to this one, mine wasn't very good."
Usagi was slowly moving away from the group looking for Mamoru. Seiya grabbed her arm,
"Congratulations Odango." Seiya hands her a bouquet of red roses. Mamoru was walked towards them and looked down at the one red long-stem rose in his hand and frowned.
Seiya whispered in Usagi's ear,
"It's really good to see you again Odango. I really missed you," then pecked her on the cheek. Usagi blushed and giggled,
"I missed you to Seiya." Seiya looked up at Mamoru as he approached. Usagi followed his eyes to Mamoru.
"Mamo-chan!" Usagi screamed and mauled him in a huge hug.
"Congratulations Usako," he said and handed her the rose.
"Oh thank you Mamo-chan!" She smiled and took to rose and breathed in the aroma. Mamoru took Usagi's chin into his hand and lowed his head down and kissed Usagi passionately. Mamoru opened an eye to see the hurt expression on Seiya's face. Seiya bit his lip and turned around. ~Why can't Usagi love me as much as she loves Mamoru, I want her to kiss me like that~ Seiya thought and let out a sad sigh. Mamoru thought to himself, ~HA, you can give her roses and write songs for her but only _I_ can kiss her like this.~ Rei noticed the hurt and tormented look in Seiya's gorgeous blue eyes and then yelled to Usagi.
"Hey Usagi, will you two get a room!?" and made gagging noises. Mamoru and Usagi broke the kiss, Seiya looked up relieved at Rei and she winked. Seiya mouthed, "thank you" Rei nodded.
"Rei you can't tell me what to do with my boyfriend! It's my graduation and I'll kiss Mamo-chan if I want to, and you can't do anything!" Rei and Usagi got into a fight which resulted with the two of them back to back mirroring each other. They had their arms folded across their chests, and their noses high in the air. The others sighed,
"They'll always be the same."
Seiya took a deep breath and walked up to Mamoru, and stuck out his hand to meet Mamoru with a hand shake. Mamoru excepted, they clasped hands and shook firmly.
"How are you Mamoru?"
"Not bad Seiya, and yourself?" Seiya shrugged,
"Can't complain."
"So what are you doing back on Earth?"
"Well Taiki heard from Ami that the girls where graduating, so we wanted to come and see them on their special day."
"I see, so how long are you here for?"
"Well the princess says we can stay as long as we like." Mamoru's muscles tighten with the words 'as long as we like' Mamoru thought to himself, ~not if I can help it.~ Mamoru cleared his throat and said in a menacing, threatening voice,
"Well isn't that-"
"Mamo-chan!!!" Usagi called as she came over and hugged Mamoru around the waist, ~you can feel the tension in the air~ she thought.
"So Seiya, how long are you guys here for?"
"Well, we not really sure Odango. I mean Princess Fireball says we can stay as long as we like. Taiki says that he's probably staying for a couple weeks and Yaten say he'll be staying for a month or so." Mamoru sighed, ~Great that annoying Yaten is here for a month.~ He asked the dreaded question on his mind.
"And Seiya what about you, how long are you staying for?" Seiya mulled over it for a bit, thinking to himself, ~as long as it takes for me to prove to Usagi that I'm the one for her.~ Seiya smiling to himself at the thought, then snapped out of his thoughts.
"Actually Mamoru, I'm not really sure. I mean there's not much left to do on my home planet, and Usagi finished off Chaos so there's no threats. I don't have much reason to return home." Mamoru sucked in a breath, ~he better not stay on Earth forever, it's _my_ planet~ Usagi exclaimed,
"Really!?" and hugged Seiya, "That would be totally cosmic if you stayed!" Mamoru saw the smile on Seiya's lips as he looked to Mamoru and he wrapped his arms around Usagi, ~My Usagi~ Mamoru thought. Mamoru fought the urge to wipe Seiya's look off with his fist.
The other joined Seiya, Usagi and Mamoru.
"Seiya, would you like to come to the graduation party at my temple? All the senshi will be there, and Yaten and Taiki are coming too."
"Well I guess I have to come." Seiya smiled
"Great you guys go and get set up at your apartment and some to my temple for 8." Rei waved good-bye and left. Mako, Ami, and Mina exchanged a few words then left. Yaten and Taiki joined up with Seiya and they chatted with Usagi and Mamoru for a bit.
"Well I guess I'll see you at the party, see ya Odango, later Mamoru" Then the three lights left. Usagi and Mamoru left the school and headed Mamoru's apartment.