[:::for just one day:::]

Part I

The starlights arrive on Earth. They haven't been back for quite sometime now. Six months to be exact. Both the inner and outer senshi and Mamoru greet them. They were not unexpected visitors. Kakyuu had sent a message telling them that they would be arriving for a visit.

When they arrived they detransformed and began to walk back to civilization with everyone. Ami had sent them the coordinates of a vacant area just outside of the city. They all walked and talked. They caught up on each other's lives and the conversation lasted them until they got back to the city. "You are welcome to stay here as long as you like Princess." Setsuna bowed to Kakyuu.

"Thank you. You are very kind." Kakyuu stated. Michiru, Hotaru and even Haruka, yes Haruka bowed too.

"We must be going, we'll catch up with you guys some other time." Michiru waved as they excused themselves and left. There was no hostility as there had been before and Haruka had even been seen giving Seiya a warm smile.

"Do you guys have a place to stay yet?" Rei questioned.

"Yes, I had Miss Mizuno check to see if our condo was still vacant." Taiki retorted looking at Ami kindly.

"So, Ami you had contact that we didn't know about?" Rei nudged Ami in the side. Ami blushed as usual. Everyone laughed at her comment.

Mamoru reminded Usagi that they had reservations for 8 and that they had better be going. Usagi groaned and complained that the Lights had just gotten here, but reluctantly said good-bye. Everyone went their separate ways and the lights went back to their condo with Kakyuu.

Everything was just as they had left it. Yaten's room was still a mess and Taiki's books were still piled up to the ceiling. They settled in. "It's nice to be back here." Taiki sighed.

"I never thought that I would say it but I did miss this place." Yaten agreed.

"Yeah everything seems to be just the way we left it, except one thing." Seiya looked at Yaten. "Minako wasn't all over you like she was when we left." Seiya laughed at Yaten's expense.

Yaten didn't have anything to say back for once. "I was surprised too, but I wasn't about to say anything. Why ruin a peaceful Minako free moment." Taiki added in.

They had told Kakyuu about all of their experiences on Earth. She smiled at the joke.

"Oh no! Not you too. It's bad enough that I have to deal with these two taunting me but you too?" Yaten put his hands to his face. They were still laughing at him and he got up and walked to his room. The door slammed behind him and they knew he was in for the night.

"I think he was disappointed that she didn't jump on him." Taiki said as he stood up. "But I wouldn't say that in front of him." He winked and said goodnight. Kakyuu made herself some tea and sat quietly in the kitchen.

"Princess do you need anything before I go to bed?" Seiya asked.

"Please call me Kakyuu here and no I'm fine. Get some sleep, you've had a long day." Seiya smiled and retreated to his room. About a half hour went by and Kakyuu got up to go to bed. She walked past Seiya's room, the door was open half way and she could see him sitting up on his bed looking out the window.

"What are you thinking about?" She came in and sat on the bed next to him.

"Nothing." He turned his head to look at her.

Kakyuu gave him a grimace. "Well, you were thinking pretty hard about nothing. Why don't you tell me what's really on your mind?" She touched his arm.

Seiya smiled. "You know me too well."

"It was nice to see her again wasn't it?" She questioned.

"I just wish I could be him for one day. I wish I could have her love me that way. I would be happy if it could be so for just one day." Seiya turned his gaze back to the window.

Kakyuu smiles and gives out a little chuckle. "Why didn't you tell me before?" She asks. "You know I have the power to do that."

Seiya turns around with a shocked look on his face. "What? You can?"

"Yes, think of me as your fairy god mother." She puts her hands on his shoulders. "I can only do it for 24 hours and it will be a day that has already happened. I can't let you go and screw up this poor guy's life."

"What are you talking about? How would I screw it up?" Seiya was confused.

"If you were Mamoru in the present then you could break up with Usagi and make yourself look like a complete jerk. I can't go letting you do that now can I?"

Seiya sat and thought to himself. "I didn't even think about that."

"Here's what's going to happen. You will go to sleep tonight as Seiya and when you wake up tomorrow you will be Mamoru. Except you will be him in the past. It will probably be a couple of days ago, I'm not sure. Anyway, since you are in the past you can't screw up anything that is going on now or in the future. It will be like a dream, but everything that happens around you will actually happen. Are you with me?" Kakyuu asks.

Seiya has spirals in his eyes and is holding his head. "Sure, I think so."

"Good. When you go to sleep as Mamoru you will wake up as yourself again. You will have missed a day." Kakyuu thinks. "I will call Usagi and the other girls so that they can take me shopping for some clothes. I can't go around looking like this you know. I'll tell them that you guys need some rest. I'm sure Taiki and Yaten won't mind a days rest either."

Seiya smiles and gives Kakyuu a hug. "Thank you Prin. I mean Kakyuu."

"You're welcome now go to sleep." She pushes him down on his bed and gets up.