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It was the last period, driver's ed. There were six cars with four students and an instructor in each one. Kakyuu, Taiki, Ami and Makoto were all together in a car with Yaten, Seiya, Usagi and Mianko in a separate one. "I've been taking driving tips from Haruka." Usagi whispered over at Seiya. Seiya became a little nervous, he knew how Haruka drove.

"Minako, just remember that this isn't formula one racing at crown!" Makoto warned as Ami and Kakyuu laughed.

Kakyuu walked up to Minako. "Maybe Yaten will switch with me and let me ride in your car."

"NO!" Yaten yelled. "I promised Seiya that I would ride with him."

"No you didn't." Seiya retorted.

"Yes I did, you just don't remember!" Yaten snapped back. Minako and Kakyuu laughed, their plan was working out great.

"Well then we'll just have to wait until after school, I'll meet you at your house." Minako said after Kakyuu as she walked to car.

"What are you doing after school?" Usagi asked Minako once they were in the car. It was Usagi, Minako and Yaten in the back. Seiya was driving first since he seemed to be the most anxious.

"I'm going over to hang out with Kakyuu." Minako answered. "Do you want to come?" Minako figured that they could get Usagi in on their little plan too.

"Sure, but on one condition! You have to feed me."

"I'll make you something Odango!" Seiya called from up front.

"Keep your eyes on the road Mr Kou not the girls in the back seat!" The driving instructor warned as he became visibly nervous. Seiya smiled as he looked in the rearview mirror again to see Usagi smiling at him.

Next it was Minako's turn. Everyone buckled their seat belts, even in the back seat. Yaten was about to assume the head between your knees position when Minako took off. She took off gently like she had done it a million times before. The instructor seemed very impressed. "Very good Miss Aino." Minako shot him a victory sign and kept driving.

Next was Yaten's turn. Minako had purposely put the seat back as far as it would go so that the short boy wouldn't be able to touch the pedals. Already he was frustrated. He fought with the seat to bring it up. Seiya was laughing at his misfortune and didn't help him. When he finally got the seat in a comfortable position he started the car. After Seiya and Minako did such a good job, he didn't want to look like an idiot. He took a casual pace around the course he was very nervous and Minako saw that. He seemed as though he was about to break under the pressure. All of the sudden he heard a gagging noise.

The instructor turned around as Yaten stopped the car. "Are you alright Miss Aino?" he asked.

"No, I think I have motion sickness." Minako tried to look as convincing as possible.

"Why don't you get out and wait for us at the return spot." The instructor suggested.

"Yaten will you sit with me, just in case?" Minako asked.

"Sure." The two got out of the car and headed back towards the school. Usagi took Yaten's place behind the wheel.

"This should be interesting." Was the last thing they heard Seiya say before all of the doors shut.

"Thank you." Yaten said while looking at the ground walking next to Minako.

"What are you talking about?" Minako looked up at the sky playing dumb.

"I know that you don't have motion sickness. Thank you for getting me out of that car." He turned to look at her. She brought her head down to his eye level and shot him one of her closed eyes smiles.

In the car with Makoto, Kakyuu , Ami and Taiki was a pretty uneventful ride. They all seemed to be mature and excellent drivers. Makoto had been a little forceful with the gas but calmed herself down when she saw that she couldn't go anywhere. They pulled up to the return spot and noticed Yaten and Minako sitting on the lawn waiting for them. Kakyuu smiled when she saw this. They all piled out of the car and walked up to them.

All of the cars had returned save one. (Guess which one that is!) All of the students went inside to get ready to go home. It had been the last period of the day. Minako, Makoto, Ami, Kakyuu, Yaten and Taiki were waiting for Seiya and Usagi's car to return. All of the sudden they heard the squeel of tires coming up around the bend. They all got a giant sweat drop on their heads.

Usagi was driving and pulled around the turn up on two wheels. She was speeding beyond control and came to an abrupt stop after doing a 360 perfectly between the parking spaces. The instructor and Seiya got out dazed and walked towards the group. Usagi undid her seat belt and walked behind them. "See, just like Haruka told me!" She exclaimed and then everyone understood.

"I'm glad we got out when we did!" Minako said discretely to Yaten. He nodded his head in agreement.

"Are you ready to go?" Kakyuu asked Minako.

"Yeah, Usagi's going to come with us if that's alright?" Minako asked.

Kakyuu seemed to know what she was thinking and nodded her approval. Ami and Makoto left to go and see Rei. The others walked back to the Light's apartment. "Hey, I can't wait to drive!" Usagi was excited. She and Seiya were behind talking about her driving ability. Yaten and Taiki were walking silently next to one another and Kakyuu and Minako lead the way laughing and talking.

"So what are you three doing today?" Seiya asked Usagi.

"I don't know. Maybe they'll let you come along too!" She smiled at him.

Seiya was grateful that she was making an effort to involve him. He was still waiting for her to have her talk with him. He was sure that it had something to do with her feelings towards him. "Nah, I'll leave you guys alone for girl time." He winked at her.

When the group got to the apartment the three girls went straight into Kakyuu's room and shut the door. Usagi looked around her room taking in all of the ornaments and trinkets that she had decorated it with. "Wow, you're room is beautiful." Usagi was amazed. She looked at Kakyuu and noticed that her and Minako were staring at her. "What?"

"You have to help us with something, will you?" Kakyuu asked.

"Sure, I'd do anything for you guys, you know that."

"Alright, great!" Minako sat her down on the bed and explained the situation to Usagi.

"This sounds like fun. What do you want me to do?" She asked.

"Just go out of the room and sit on the couch. When they ask you what's wrong." Kakyuu explained their plan. Usagi had a funny look on her face but said that she would do it.

Seiya was on the couch watching TV, Taiki had left to go to a lecture at the hall and Yaten was in the kitchen making something to eat. Usagi came out of Kakyuu's room and shut the door loudly to get their attention. She walked into the living room and sat down on the couch with Seiya. "What's wrong?" He asked as she folded her arms.

"Nothing, they were just leaving me out of their conversations and ." She hesitated before she said the last part. She wanted to be sure that Yaten could hear her. Usagi saw Yaten's head poke around the corner from the kitchen and she knew that she had his full attention. "They were getting a little 'close' if you know what I mean." Seiya's eyes widened.

"So what we thought was true?" He asked Usagi getting a little closer to her in the process.

Usagi didn't seem to mind the fact that Seiya had come up right next to her. "Something like that." They heard dishes fall to the floor in the kitchen and Usagi knew that she had done her job well. "Hey, you want to know a secret?" She whispered to Seiya, sure that Yaten couldn't hear her. She inched closer to him and put her hand up to cup around her mouth. "Kakyuu and Minako are playing a little game with Yaten. Yaten likes Minako and they're trying to make him admit it by pretending that Kakyuu and Minako like each other."

"Ahhh, that explains everything." Seiya said outloud. He began laughing at Yaten's misfortune. "I'm glad you let me in on that one."

"So do you want to hang out? I don't really feel like going home and I'm not supposed to go back in there." Usagi said looking at Seiya who was starting to show tears in his eyes from laughing so hard.

Seiya stopped laughing long enough to tell her that he would love to hang out with her.

"Usagi told me that she had a long story to tell me when we were on the train last time. She said that she was going to wait to tell me until you were there to help her. Do you know what she was talking about?" Kakyuu asked Minako, they had to find something to fill their time while they were stuck in this room.

"I think I do, but let me ask Usagi first." Minako got up and opened the door. She saw Seiya and Usagi sitting on the couch, rather close. "He must be happy."

"What?" Kakyuu got up and looked out the door with Minako and saw Usagi and Seiya talking on the couch. "OH!"

"Hey Usagi." Minako said rather loudly to get her attention. Usagi's head spun around as she came to look at Minako. "Come here, would ya." Minako waved her hand for Usagi to come to the door.

"What?" Usagi asked as they pulled her into the room.

"What were you going to tell Kakyuu about on the train?" Minako asked.

"I was going to tell her about the moon and our previous battles and Chibi- Usa." Usagi's mood seemed to drop.

Kakyuu noticed. "Well can I tell her?" Minako asked.

"We should probably tell all of them." Usagi said mono toned.

"We'll call Yaten and Seiya in here, you'll tell Taiki later won't you Kakyuu?" Minako seemed excited to tell the story, while Usagi seemed to dread it.

"I'll tell him." Kakyuu was watching Usagi. Usagi sat down on the bed and Minako went to fetch the other two.

Pretty soon it was the five of them sitting in Kakyuu's room. Minako told them the whole story, it seemed to take forever. Usagi didn't say one word through the whole thing. When she got up to the part where the Starlights came in she stopped. "Well the rest you know."

Kakyuu saw Usagi and felt bad. She now knew what she was talking about when she was trying to explain herself on the train and now Seiya knew why she wasn't leaving Mamoru. "I've got to go home, my moms probably worried." Usagi said and got up.

"Do you want me to walk you home?" Seiya offered as he got up behind her.

"No, I'm fine." She turned and she left the apartment without saying anything else.

Kakyuu watched Seiya as he watched her leave. She felt bad for both of them. Minako stood up to leave. "I should probably be going too."

"I'll walk you home." Yaten got up and walked towards her.

"Thank you." Minako smiled and they were gone.

"Not a light burden to carry on your shoulders huh?" Kakyuu broke the silence that was hanging between her and Seiya.

"It seems hopeless. Well now we know who Chibi-Usa is and now we know why she can't ever leave Mamoru." Seiya got up and walked to the window.

"It's not hopeless." Kakyuu stood behind him. "Fate has a funny way of playing it's hand."

Seiya turned to look at her. "We're staying here forever aren't we? I have to see her everyday for the rest of my life in his arms don't I?" Kakyuu could see the hurt in his eyes. She knew that she could tell him that Mamoru and Usagi weren't together any more, but she thought that there was a reason that Usagi hadn't told him yet.

Kakyuu tried to touch him on his arm but he jerked away as he left the room. "Where are you going?" Kakyuu asked.

"For a walk. I have to sort some things out." And with that the door slammed behind him.

"What were you and Kakyuu doing today?" Yaten asked Minako as he walked her home. She didn't live too far from his apartment.

"We were just talking. You know girlie stuff. You wouldn't be interested." Minako cut him off so that he couldn't ask her anymore questions. "I think I'd like to start spending more time with her. I think we really connect."

"Oh." Yaten said as he just looked at the ground. The came to Minako's house and stopped.

"Thank you for walking me home. I'll see you in school tomorrow." She waved and disappeared into her house.

Yaten stared at the closed door for a minute and then turned and headed home. "What does Kakyuu have that I don't?" He asked himself as he walked down the street. "Maybe I'll make her jealous, if she sees me with some one else then she'll realize how much she used to like me." With that idea he began to run home.

Seiya was walking down the street, not really having a destination just following where ever his feet took him. "What am I going to do?"