Part III
The afternoon was getting on and seemed to be going now where at the same time. It was a dreary rainy day and Seiya saw no point in getting out of bed at all at the moment. She was comfortably tucked away beneath the sheets of Kenada's bed staring at her companion beside her. Usagi was still asleep and showing no signs of waking any time soon. Seiya took this opportunity to take in her beauty and remember how she used to look.
Seiya wished more than anything that they could just be back to the way they were before, she missed looking at this face everyday. Seiya brought her hand up to touch Usagi's face lightly. It was still as smooth as the day she remembered her lips touching it so long ago and it was hard to believe that she would want to be a man now.
Her thoughts seemed to be getting the better of her and had no idea how much time had actually passed until Usagi began to stir. Seiya glanced over at the clock on the nightstand and realized that she had been staring at her 'Odango' for well over an hour now. Usagi's eyes fluttered open and she saw Seiya's face gazing upon her own. "What are you looking at? You look like you've seen a ghost." She said and then realized how her voice had changed.
"I think I have." Was all that Seiya replied.
Usagi quickly took a look down at herself and realized that her transformation had faded. Once she completely understood what was going on she flew out of bed to look for her transformation pen.
Seiya grabbed her wrist and tried to stop her. "Is it really that bad?" She asked but received no reply from Usagi. Usagi sat back down on the bed and diverted her mission for the time being. "Can't you just stay like this a little longer? If not for anyone else but for me?"
Usagi looked sympathetically in Seiya's eyes and realized just how truly selfish she had been the past year. She knew that Seiya preferred her in this form but Seiya loved her in both forms and didn't let anything inhibit her from showing her that. "I'm sorry."
"For what? You don't have to be sorry for anything Odango." Seiya smiled as she said that name again. She noticed that this too brought a smile to Usagi's lips. Usagi's lips.
Usagi's smile got a little bigger as she sat up a little straighter. "You know, I think I will go with you to that party tomorrow." This was a way that Usagi could do something for Seiya that was not being totally selfish.
The way that she had stated it so matter of factly took Seiya back a bit and she didn't respond right away. After some time and some funny looks passed Seiya found her voice again. "Are you sure? I mean, you don't have to if you don't want to."
"I'm sure!" Usagi said cheerfully, bent over and gave Seiya a kiss. She hadn't realized just what she was doing until she pulled back and saw the shocked look on her face. Usagi had become so accustomed to kissing Seiya like this when she was Kenada that the habit just must have gotten the better of her. Before they headed into a discussion about this or any sort of confrontation Usagi decided to quickly get out of bed and change the subject. "Hungry?"
Seiya was still a little bewildered by what had just happened but not too much that she didn't laugh a bit at Usagi's comment. "When aren't you?" Usagi smiled back and watched Seiya climb out of bed after her.
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"She's actually going to bring him here?" Rei asked Yaten while preparing for the party. Minako and Yaten had offered to come over and help Rei get everything all set. Actually Yaten just wanted to make sure that Rei didn't pull any decorating no-nos. "Seiya actually said that she was bringing him here?"
"Well no not quite, see Minako didn't give her a chance to respond, but I haven't heard anything different from her so I'm assuming that he'll come." Yaten finished lining the glasses up just the way she wanted them.
"Yeah, that sounds like Minako!" Rei sighed as she looked in the other room at the blond reading her manga. "She never ceases to amaze me."
Yaten laughed a bit at her comment and took a moment to take in the sight of Minako also. "We'll I guess we're lucky she's one in a million, who needs more than one of her running around?"
The doorbell chimed and Minako flew up from what she was doing to go and answer it. "Michiru, Haruka!! Come on in!" Minako made way for them to pass by her and took their jackets.
"Oi!" Haruka said as she waved to Rei and Yaten in the kitchen. The animosity was no longer present between the outers and the lights and Haruka had actually grown quite fond of Yaten.
"Mamoru and Setsuna are on their way up the stairs as we speak, so I wouldn't get too comfortable Minako." Michiru said to her as she noticed her going to resume her former position.
Minako sighed and decided to help out in the kitchen. Before she could get in the room the doorbell sounded again. "Coming!" She shouted from across the house.
"God Minako, do you have to be so loud?" Rei asked covering her ears in the process.
Minako turned around to give her a smile while still heading for the door. While she was turned around however she didn't see Yaten walking out of the bathroom and ran smack into him. "What the." She said as she was falling swiftly to the floor.
Yaten tried her best to struggle out from under Minako but wasn't getting too far. "That's not Mamoru and Setsuna." Michiru said while looking out the window. "It's Seiya and some guy, a very handsome guy I might add."
Yaten and Minako looked at each other and fought each other all the way to the door. "I'm going to answer it!" Yaten yelled as she reached out for the knob.
"No, I haven't seen him yet, I'm going to answer it!" Minako was pulling and clawing her way forward and finally the jumbled mess of Yaten and Minako made it to the door.
The door swung open and Kenada and Seiya saw Yaten and Minako lying on the floor tangled up with one another with Minako's hand still dangling from the doorknob. "Hi guys." Seiya said in a cheerful voice while Kenada flashed them a smile.
"You were right! He is totally handsome!" Minako whispered to Yaten but Kenada and Seiya still heard her.
The two got up off the ground so that the couple could pass through the door. Once inside Minako took their jackets and they greeted everyone. Kenada kissed Yaten's hand. "Well we meet again my dear." He said while looking up at her from her hand. Everyone was shocked that Yaten actually blushed!
Haruka and Michiru introduced themselves next. Kenada seemed to get a little red in the face but they just passed it off because it was rather warm in the room. "You seem awfully familiar to me. Have we met somewhere before?" Haruka asked while shaking his hand.
"No.. no, I don't think so." Kenada managed to choke out. When Haruka turned away he shot a look at Seiya and they both seemed to know the tension.
"Hi! I'm Minako." Minako bounced up to him. Kenada wanted to hug her and tell her how much he missed her but couldn't and it was killing him. Instead he gave her a simple handshake.
Then it happened, Rei walked out of the kitchen and into his presence. She was drying her hands on her apron and approaching him. "Hello, I'm Rei. It's nice to finally meet you after hearing so much about you from Seiya." She had a smile on her face.
Seiya looked over at Kenada and thought he was going to break down and cry. "I hope she only told you the good things!" He said while trying to keep up his front.
"Of course!" Rei laughed and let go of his hand. "If you don't mind I have to excuse myself to finish up what I was doing in the kitchen." She smiled again at him. There was something about this guy that she liked immediately and she knew why Seiya liked him too.
"Here, let me help you." Kenada offered and Rei nodded. Seiya was a little surprised to say the least but said nothing.
Once Kenada and Rei were out the room, Minako wasted no time in coming up to Seiya. "Where did you find him?! Does he have a brother?" She asked with the small hearts disappearing slowly out of her eyes.
"No, Minako, he doesn't have a brother and if he did I think Yaten called first dibs on him." Seiya laughed at the blond.
The doorbell sounded again and this time it was Mamoru, Ami, Makoto and Taiki. "What happened to Setsuna?" Michiru asked once they were in the warmth of the house.
"She said she had something to take care of immediately at the gates of time and to say that she was sorry." Mamoru explained to her.
"Shhh." Minako came up with her finger in front of her lips. "Seiya's boyfriend Kenada is here, you can't just go around talking about the gates of time and senshi stuff!" She hissed with Yaten giving her back up with wide eyes.
Mamoru immediately looked around to see if he had heard but saw him no where in sight. "I'll try to be a little more careful."
Rei came around the corner with Kenada, each of them was carrying a dish to place on the table. "Great, now that everyone's here we can eat!" Rei set her dish down and headed towards Mamoru. "Happy Birthday Mamoru." She said while hugging him in a friendly way.
Everyone had become so caught up in the whole 'Kenada' deal that they didn't remember to wish the poor guy a happy birthday. Everyone sweat dropped and quickly remembered their manners and wished him a happy birthday too.
"Everything looks great Rei." Makoto complimented from down the table.
The night went on and Kenada seemed to become more and more comfortable with the entire situation. It was great to see them all again and was now starting to wish that he hadn't waited so long to do so. Usagi's name wasn't mentioned once throughout the entire night and he was thankful for that. Seiya once in a while would shoot a smile Kenada's way to let him know just how proud she was of him for doing all of this.
Seiya and Kenada were the first ones to leave the party, they said their good-byes and headed out into the cold dark night. Once again it was a dark ride home. "How was it?" Seiya asked looking over at Kenada.
"It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be." He said checking in the rearview mirror to make sure no one was there before he switched lanes.
"I'm very proud of you. I know that you didn't want to do this and I'm the only reason you went. Thank you." Seiya said seriously while watching Kenada's reaction.
Kenada smiled while listening and looked over at her. "What better reason would I have to do it if it wasn't for you?"
Seiya smiled and became very happy, but her smile soon faded and so did her happiness. "Was it hard to see Mamoru again?" She asked. She knew that if it was hard for him to have seen him again then this would just be tightening the noose but this was something that she needed to know.
Kenada once again smiled and this surprised Seiya. "No, it wasn't hard to see Mamoru again. Actually he was the least of my concerns tonight. I'd have to say the hardest one to face was Rei." Kenada realized how happy he had just made Seiya by telling her this but it was the truth and he wasn't just saying it for the sake of making her feel better.
"I love you." Seiya said while still staring at Kenada.
Kenada tilted his head to the side to catch a glimpse of her face. "I love you too." He smiled and continued to drive.
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The phone rang early in the morning. Since the phone was on Kenada's side of the bed and he was showing no signs of answering it Seiya reached over him to pick it up. "Hello?" She asked straining to see what time it was.
"Seiya! You're never going to believe it." Yaten was practically yelling in the phone.
"What?" She asked pulling the earpiece away from her head so she didn't permanently lose her hearing.
"A new enemy showed up last night." Yaten was catching her breath. "We weren't strong enough to defeat it."
"Then why are you in such a damn good mood?" Seiya snapped and this in turn woke Kenada up. "Is everyone alright?"
"Everyone is fine. Sailor Moon saved us!" There was no response from the other end of the phone. "Seiya? Are you still there?" There was concern in Yaten's voice.
"That's impossible."
"It's not impossible it happened." Yaten said but then started to speak a little quieter. "She took off after the enemy was destroyed before any of us had a chance to say anything to her.. We're having a senshi meeting tonight at our apartment, be here at 7."
"I'll be there." Seiya said still in shock before hanging up the phone.
"Who was that?" Kenada asked.
"Yaten." Seiya looked at her surprised.
"I knew you never should have given him this number! That's twice he's been responsible for waking me up!" Kenada rolled over and put his head under the pillow.
"Sailor Moon saved everyone from a new enemy last night." Seiya said flatly.
Kenada's head flew out from under the pillow and he sat up straight to look her in the eye. "What?!" He demanded. "That's impossible! I was here with you all night!"
"I don't know? She said that Sailor Moon took off right after the battle before any of them got to ask her anything and that there's a senshi meeting tonight. I guess we'll find out more when I get back from that." Seiya began to get out of bed.
"What? I don't understand? What's happening?" Kenada was holding his head. He quickly got up out of bed and rushed to his dresser. He furiously searched through the draws until he found what he was looking for. In his hand was Eternal Sailor Moon's broach.
The afternoon was getting on and seemed to be going now where at the same time. It was a dreary rainy day and Seiya saw no point in getting out of bed at all at the moment. She was comfortably tucked away beneath the sheets of Kenada's bed staring at her companion beside her. Usagi was still asleep and showing no signs of waking any time soon. Seiya took this opportunity to take in her beauty and remember how she used to look.
Seiya wished more than anything that they could just be back to the way they were before, she missed looking at this face everyday. Seiya brought her hand up to touch Usagi's face lightly. It was still as smooth as the day she remembered her lips touching it so long ago and it was hard to believe that she would want to be a man now.
Her thoughts seemed to be getting the better of her and had no idea how much time had actually passed until Usagi began to stir. Seiya glanced over at the clock on the nightstand and realized that she had been staring at her 'Odango' for well over an hour now. Usagi's eyes fluttered open and she saw Seiya's face gazing upon her own. "What are you looking at? You look like you've seen a ghost." She said and then realized how her voice had changed.
"I think I have." Was all that Seiya replied.
Usagi quickly took a look down at herself and realized that her transformation had faded. Once she completely understood what was going on she flew out of bed to look for her transformation pen.
Seiya grabbed her wrist and tried to stop her. "Is it really that bad?" She asked but received no reply from Usagi. Usagi sat back down on the bed and diverted her mission for the time being. "Can't you just stay like this a little longer? If not for anyone else but for me?"
Usagi looked sympathetically in Seiya's eyes and realized just how truly selfish she had been the past year. She knew that Seiya preferred her in this form but Seiya loved her in both forms and didn't let anything inhibit her from showing her that. "I'm sorry."
"For what? You don't have to be sorry for anything Odango." Seiya smiled as she said that name again. She noticed that this too brought a smile to Usagi's lips. Usagi's lips.
Usagi's smile got a little bigger as she sat up a little straighter. "You know, I think I will go with you to that party tomorrow." This was a way that Usagi could do something for Seiya that was not being totally selfish.
The way that she had stated it so matter of factly took Seiya back a bit and she didn't respond right away. After some time and some funny looks passed Seiya found her voice again. "Are you sure? I mean, you don't have to if you don't want to."
"I'm sure!" Usagi said cheerfully, bent over and gave Seiya a kiss. She hadn't realized just what she was doing until she pulled back and saw the shocked look on her face. Usagi had become so accustomed to kissing Seiya like this when she was Kenada that the habit just must have gotten the better of her. Before they headed into a discussion about this or any sort of confrontation Usagi decided to quickly get out of bed and change the subject. "Hungry?"
Seiya was still a little bewildered by what had just happened but not too much that she didn't laugh a bit at Usagi's comment. "When aren't you?" Usagi smiled back and watched Seiya climb out of bed after her.
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"She's actually going to bring him here?" Rei asked Yaten while preparing for the party. Minako and Yaten had offered to come over and help Rei get everything all set. Actually Yaten just wanted to make sure that Rei didn't pull any decorating no-nos. "Seiya actually said that she was bringing him here?"
"Well no not quite, see Minako didn't give her a chance to respond, but I haven't heard anything different from her so I'm assuming that he'll come." Yaten finished lining the glasses up just the way she wanted them.
"Yeah, that sounds like Minako!" Rei sighed as she looked in the other room at the blond reading her manga. "She never ceases to amaze me."
Yaten laughed a bit at her comment and took a moment to take in the sight of Minako also. "We'll I guess we're lucky she's one in a million, who needs more than one of her running around?"
The doorbell chimed and Minako flew up from what she was doing to go and answer it. "Michiru, Haruka!! Come on in!" Minako made way for them to pass by her and took their jackets.
"Oi!" Haruka said as she waved to Rei and Yaten in the kitchen. The animosity was no longer present between the outers and the lights and Haruka had actually grown quite fond of Yaten.
"Mamoru and Setsuna are on their way up the stairs as we speak, so I wouldn't get too comfortable Minako." Michiru said to her as she noticed her going to resume her former position.
Minako sighed and decided to help out in the kitchen. Before she could get in the room the doorbell sounded again. "Coming!" She shouted from across the house.
"God Minako, do you have to be so loud?" Rei asked covering her ears in the process.
Minako turned around to give her a smile while still heading for the door. While she was turned around however she didn't see Yaten walking out of the bathroom and ran smack into him. "What the." She said as she was falling swiftly to the floor.
Yaten tried her best to struggle out from under Minako but wasn't getting too far. "That's not Mamoru and Setsuna." Michiru said while looking out the window. "It's Seiya and some guy, a very handsome guy I might add."
Yaten and Minako looked at each other and fought each other all the way to the door. "I'm going to answer it!" Yaten yelled as she reached out for the knob.
"No, I haven't seen him yet, I'm going to answer it!" Minako was pulling and clawing her way forward and finally the jumbled mess of Yaten and Minako made it to the door.
The door swung open and Kenada and Seiya saw Yaten and Minako lying on the floor tangled up with one another with Minako's hand still dangling from the doorknob. "Hi guys." Seiya said in a cheerful voice while Kenada flashed them a smile.
"You were right! He is totally handsome!" Minako whispered to Yaten but Kenada and Seiya still heard her.
The two got up off the ground so that the couple could pass through the door. Once inside Minako took their jackets and they greeted everyone. Kenada kissed Yaten's hand. "Well we meet again my dear." He said while looking up at her from her hand. Everyone was shocked that Yaten actually blushed!
Haruka and Michiru introduced themselves next. Kenada seemed to get a little red in the face but they just passed it off because it was rather warm in the room. "You seem awfully familiar to me. Have we met somewhere before?" Haruka asked while shaking his hand.
"No.. no, I don't think so." Kenada managed to choke out. When Haruka turned away he shot a look at Seiya and they both seemed to know the tension.
"Hi! I'm Minako." Minako bounced up to him. Kenada wanted to hug her and tell her how much he missed her but couldn't and it was killing him. Instead he gave her a simple handshake.
Then it happened, Rei walked out of the kitchen and into his presence. She was drying her hands on her apron and approaching him. "Hello, I'm Rei. It's nice to finally meet you after hearing so much about you from Seiya." She had a smile on her face.
Seiya looked over at Kenada and thought he was going to break down and cry. "I hope she only told you the good things!" He said while trying to keep up his front.
"Of course!" Rei laughed and let go of his hand. "If you don't mind I have to excuse myself to finish up what I was doing in the kitchen." She smiled again at him. There was something about this guy that she liked immediately and she knew why Seiya liked him too.
"Here, let me help you." Kenada offered and Rei nodded. Seiya was a little surprised to say the least but said nothing.
Once Kenada and Rei were out the room, Minako wasted no time in coming up to Seiya. "Where did you find him?! Does he have a brother?" She asked with the small hearts disappearing slowly out of her eyes.
"No, Minako, he doesn't have a brother and if he did I think Yaten called first dibs on him." Seiya laughed at the blond.
The doorbell sounded again and this time it was Mamoru, Ami, Makoto and Taiki. "What happened to Setsuna?" Michiru asked once they were in the warmth of the house.
"She said she had something to take care of immediately at the gates of time and to say that she was sorry." Mamoru explained to her.
"Shhh." Minako came up with her finger in front of her lips. "Seiya's boyfriend Kenada is here, you can't just go around talking about the gates of time and senshi stuff!" She hissed with Yaten giving her back up with wide eyes.
Mamoru immediately looked around to see if he had heard but saw him no where in sight. "I'll try to be a little more careful."
Rei came around the corner with Kenada, each of them was carrying a dish to place on the table. "Great, now that everyone's here we can eat!" Rei set her dish down and headed towards Mamoru. "Happy Birthday Mamoru." She said while hugging him in a friendly way.
Everyone had become so caught up in the whole 'Kenada' deal that they didn't remember to wish the poor guy a happy birthday. Everyone sweat dropped and quickly remembered their manners and wished him a happy birthday too.
"Everything looks great Rei." Makoto complimented from down the table.
The night went on and Kenada seemed to become more and more comfortable with the entire situation. It was great to see them all again and was now starting to wish that he hadn't waited so long to do so. Usagi's name wasn't mentioned once throughout the entire night and he was thankful for that. Seiya once in a while would shoot a smile Kenada's way to let him know just how proud she was of him for doing all of this.
Seiya and Kenada were the first ones to leave the party, they said their good-byes and headed out into the cold dark night. Once again it was a dark ride home. "How was it?" Seiya asked looking over at Kenada.
"It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be." He said checking in the rearview mirror to make sure no one was there before he switched lanes.
"I'm very proud of you. I know that you didn't want to do this and I'm the only reason you went. Thank you." Seiya said seriously while watching Kenada's reaction.
Kenada smiled while listening and looked over at her. "What better reason would I have to do it if it wasn't for you?"
Seiya smiled and became very happy, but her smile soon faded and so did her happiness. "Was it hard to see Mamoru again?" She asked. She knew that if it was hard for him to have seen him again then this would just be tightening the noose but this was something that she needed to know.
Kenada once again smiled and this surprised Seiya. "No, it wasn't hard to see Mamoru again. Actually he was the least of my concerns tonight. I'd have to say the hardest one to face was Rei." Kenada realized how happy he had just made Seiya by telling her this but it was the truth and he wasn't just saying it for the sake of making her feel better.
"I love you." Seiya said while still staring at Kenada.
Kenada tilted his head to the side to catch a glimpse of her face. "I love you too." He smiled and continued to drive.
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The phone rang early in the morning. Since the phone was on Kenada's side of the bed and he was showing no signs of answering it Seiya reached over him to pick it up. "Hello?" She asked straining to see what time it was.
"Seiya! You're never going to believe it." Yaten was practically yelling in the phone.
"What?" She asked pulling the earpiece away from her head so she didn't permanently lose her hearing.
"A new enemy showed up last night." Yaten was catching her breath. "We weren't strong enough to defeat it."
"Then why are you in such a damn good mood?" Seiya snapped and this in turn woke Kenada up. "Is everyone alright?"
"Everyone is fine. Sailor Moon saved us!" There was no response from the other end of the phone. "Seiya? Are you still there?" There was concern in Yaten's voice.
"That's impossible."
"It's not impossible it happened." Yaten said but then started to speak a little quieter. "She took off after the enemy was destroyed before any of us had a chance to say anything to her.. We're having a senshi meeting tonight at our apartment, be here at 7."
"I'll be there." Seiya said still in shock before hanging up the phone.
"Who was that?" Kenada asked.
"Yaten." Seiya looked at her surprised.
"I knew you never should have given him this number! That's twice he's been responsible for waking me up!" Kenada rolled over and put his head under the pillow.
"Sailor Moon saved everyone from a new enemy last night." Seiya said flatly.
Kenada's head flew out from under the pillow and he sat up straight to look her in the eye. "What?!" He demanded. "That's impossible! I was here with you all night!"
"I don't know? She said that Sailor Moon took off right after the battle before any of them got to ask her anything and that there's a senshi meeting tonight. I guess we'll find out more when I get back from that." Seiya began to get out of bed.
"What? I don't understand? What's happening?" Kenada was holding his head. He quickly got up out of bed and rushed to his dresser. He furiously searched through the draws until he found what he was looking for. In his hand was Eternal Sailor Moon's broach.
