Yaten Tenoh
By: Keiko Nakamoto
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailormoon, I don't own Harry Potter, I don't own the 'worm' song, and I don't own really anything else mentioned in this fic with the obvious exception of myself.
Note: Hey people, I'm back in business! Yay! I'm planning on finishing this story soon, yup I am. So here's the next chapter! Enjoy!!!!

Chapter 9

"Nobody loves me, everybody hates me…" Seiya sang mournfully as he walked through the park. He didn't even notice the raven haired girl following him. "I think I'll go eat worms…"

"Now, that can't be pleasant." The girl said softly. Seiya jumped and spun around.

"Hotaru?" he asked. The girl blinked wide lavender eyes at him.

"Yes?"

"What are you doing here?"

"Following you." Hotaru said unashamedly. Seiya blinked.

"Okay, why?"

Hotaru shrugged.

"Lack of anything better to do." She said.

"Wanna stop _following_ me and walk _with_ me?" Seiya offered. Hotaru smiled at him.

"Sure." She said, walking up to where he stood. They began to walk.

"So, have you noticed that, even though he's supposed to be in America for good, Mamoru keeps showing up?" Seiya asked. "He was talking to Taiki on the phone, from his old apartment, he ended up at your house that one time, and all. What's going on?"

Hotaru grinned.

"I know why he's here!" She said cheerfully. Seiya looked at her expectantly. "But I can't tell you."

Seiya sweatdropped.

"Um, okay." he said slowly. "So…"

"Why are you out here, walking, all by yourself, singing silly-yet-still-sort of-depressing songs?" Hotaru asked. Seiya blinked at her.

"Because…" Seiya said slowly. "Because no one loves me."

Hotaru giggled.

"Seiya, everyone loves you." She said. "Your fans, Yaten and Taiki, me, Usagi, the other senshi, Kakyuu…"

"That's not what I mean." Seiya said flatly. "Look, Yaten's got Haruka, Michiru's got…I don't know, Setsuna or something. She probably has someone, and Odango's got Mamoru, and Taiki probably likes Ami, hell, you probably have someone too!"

Hotaru sweatdropped, thinking of Chibiusa.

"Yes, well, maybe I do, but I can tell you one thing…" she said. "Taiki hasn't got Ami. Ami likes this other guy who lost importance in regards to the universe quite awhile ago. But Ami still likes him."

Seiya blinked.

"Are you saying that Taiki loves m…" he asked, turning around, but Hotaru had vanished. He sweatdropped. "Odd girl."

'Yes, I may be odd, but I just did you a huge favor!' Hotaru thought irritably from her perch in a tree. 'If you'd just THINK about it! Jeeze, of all the dense…'

"Taiki?" Seiya murmured aloud to himself. "Ya know, I think I'll go talk to him."

"Yes!" Hotaru cheered. Seiya looked toward her hiding place, confused. She froze and sweatdropped. Oops. Luckily he didn't see her, and he headed back toward his apartment. Hotaru sighed. Right after she called HIM dense, sheesh! She shook her head and vanished into the shadows.

"Taiki?" Seiya muttered as he walked. "And me? Is that even possible?"

"Is what even possible?" a voice asked. Seiya jumped, his startled blue eyes rose to meet sea green ones.

"Haruka?" he gasped. "Don't DO that!"

Haruka grinned at him.

"Is what possible?" she repeated. Seiya blinked and searched all around the tall blonde.

"Is it possible that you might actually be without Yaten?" he asked. Haruka rolled her eyes at him.

"Yup. She left my company in favor of going shopping with Michiru, Setsuna, Rei, and Hotaru." Haruka said. Seiya blinked again.

"Hotaru? But she was just…" Seiya stopped. "Nevermind. Anyway…"

"Yes, anyway, what were you REALLY talking about when you said 'is that even possible'?" Haruka smiled, and the two began walking. Seiya sweatdropped.

"Hotaru is trying to pair me and Taiki up." He said. Haruka raised an eyebrow.

"That'd certainly be interesting." She said. "Well, they do say that opposites attract."

"What's THAT supposed to mean?!" Seiya glared. Haruka smirked.

"Well, let's just say that Taiki's a genius and well…you…"

"Ha ha. Very funny." Seiya rolled his eyes. "Seriously though, do you think that'd even work?"

"Sure." Haruka shrugged. "If you want it to work, I'd say it could."

Seiya smiled weakly.

"I just don't know." He said. "I don't think I could take it if I screwed up another relationship."

Haruka gave him a questioning look. He sighed.

"You see, back on Kinmoku, Kakyuu was my girlfriend for a while." He started to explain. "Then she broke up with me. Next I got together with Yaten. That lasted until we came to earth. I started to fall in love with Usagi and she got jealous, then, Usagi of course, was in love with Mamoru. Then we ended up back on Kinmoku and Kakyuu wanted to get back together. That lasted, what, a week?"

Seiya sighed sadly.

"Then, back to earth, and I end up with Michiru for a while." He said. "That didn't last long."

Haruka flinched.

"Ouch." She said. "That's a lot of disappointments."

"No kidding." Seiya said. "I just don't want to end up in another doomed relationship."

Haruka smiled at him.

"Well, I don't think this one would be doomed." She said. "Do you like him? He likes you. Maybe this time it'd be for real."

The blonde slipped away, leaving Seiya staring at the bench in front of him. Taiki blinked then gave him a careful smile, not having seen Haruka.

"Feeling better?"

Seiya blinked. Fate is a funny thing.


"Did it work?" Michiru asked in a hushed voice from a nearby bush. Haruka, also in the bush, grinned and gave her a thumbs-up. Yaten was watching her fellow Lights with a pretty smile spread across her face. Hotaru was smirking happily, and hugging a Chibiusa plushie above them in a tree, while Setsuna hugged Michiru cheerfully.

"Life is a pleasant thing when you've found the one you love, ne ladies?" a girl said from behind them. They turned to face her. She was a small, thin girl with pale blonde hair that reached just past her shoulders. She wore all black and had silver hoops hanging from her ears. Her blue-green eyes twinkled in amusement.

"Who are you?" Haruka asked slowly. The girl smiled and winked.

"Here?" she asked. "Well, you can call me destiny."

She gave a soft laugh.

"Or, if you prefer, 'fate' would work just fine too." She turned and disappeared in a sparkle of green and silver light. The outer senshi and Yaten blinked.

"Was that a goddess?" Hotaru asked in awe. Setsuna smiled and shook her head.

"No, that was just Keiko." She said, and they left it at that. Meanwhile…

Seiya shyly intertwined his hand with Taiki's, and leaned his head on the taller boy's shoulder, as they walked home. Yaten sniffled happily.

"I love a happy ending." She said as Haruka pulled her close. Hotaru cuddled her Chibiusa plushie and Michiru and Setsuna held each other gently. In the distance, Keiko happily glomped Rei while Minako whined that Rei was HER'S. Usagi and Mamoru continued to plan their wedding, and everything was right with the universe.

The end.


No, wait…that's not right. All can't be right with the universe if Mamoru's still alive! So Mamoru was pushed out of a window on the top story of his apartment building and he died a horrible, painful death. Kakyuu came to earth and seduced Usagi, taking her home to Kinmoku where the two married and lived happily ever after. Minako eventually left Keiko and Rei alone and started stalking Ami, while in the future, Hotaru and Chibiusa lovingly traded Harry Potter cards. So now it can be…


The end.