Gomen, this part is a little shorter than the other ones… Ahhhh… too much
to do and not enough time to do it all in! Anywho… To answer a few quick
questions up front: *clears throat * Morgan in this fic is actually me,
yeah yeah yeah, hey, you can put yourself in your own fan fics!!… My real
pen name is Odango, I posted my stories on Himeko's website (dream in
color) and Amara's (Seiya & Usagi Forever) before I'd ever even heard of
FanFiction.net…. when I went to post my fics here I noticed that some one
already had the pen name Odango so I chose Ms Monypeny instead…. I always
wanted to be Sean Connory's right hand man or woman, for an old guy he's
pretty damn hot! You get the idea! So, Morgan is supposed to be the
inner's age in this fic.
I'm still waiting for my toaster! *taps foot impatiently *
Part IX
Today was the day she was going to do it. Usagi was actually going to break up with Mamoru! Rei's words seemed to ring all too clear in her head and she knew what she had to do. Of course she was surprised with her friend's advice but that only reinforced the fact that her feelings were true and that she should follow her heart.
Mamoru was at the outer's house this after noon, for some reason he had been spending a lot of time there lately. It never seemed to take this long to get there before. Usagi looked up at the afternoon sky. There was a sweet smell in the air and you could tell that summer was just around the corner. "Oh why can't this just be easy?" She sighed and regained her focus on her destination.
As she made her way up the long driveway to the huge house she noticed two people sitting at the patio set on the front lawn. It was Setsuna and Mamoru, neither of them seemed to notice that she was approaching them. The song of the crickets was in the air and the spring grass seemed to bend easily with the slight breeze circling around.
Setsuna was smiling and laughing as Mamoru was apparently telling her about his day. 'Funny, I don't think I've ever seen Setsuna laugh before.' Usagi thought to herself as she neared the two.
"Usako!" Mamoru said surprised.
"Mamoru, I need to talk to you." Usagi said with her head high and an air of determination in her voice. Setsuna's smile quickly faded and her pursed lips displayed the fact that she was not pleased.
"Sure thing." Mamoru said standing from his seat and leaving the shade of the table's umbrella. Setsuna looked up at him to see his reaction to all of this. "Setsuna, if you'll excuse me." Setsuna nodded and watched him walk to Usagi.
"Can we go for a drive?" Usagi said to Mamoru as he came up beside her. Mamoru nodded and reached in his pocket for the keys. The out-come of this ride would not be good, he could just feel it.
Usagi had never had a boyfriend before Mamoru, she just always assumed that no one would ever want to date her. She wasn't exactly the vision of perfection, she ate too much and wasn't exactly graceful. For some reason Mamoru seemed to see past that. Soon Usagi realized that he didn't see past that, but instead loved her for who she used to be and not for who she truly was. Usagi. Even after realizing all of this she still stayed with him and went along with the whole idea of the destiny thing. Why break it off to be alone? She had known no better until he came, until Seiya came into her life. With this thought in mind Usagi climbed into the red sports car and prepared to alter her own destiny.
~@~@~@~
Setsuna walked back into the house to meet the smiling face of Michiru. "You can't tell me that you're not in some way happy about what is about to happen." Michiru said with a certain curl to her lips.
The shade of the house brought relief to her hot skin as the scent of the freshly cut grass left her senses. Setsuna said nothing in true Setsuna fashion and coolly walked by the sea guardian.
Haruka walked up to join Michiru's side. "What did you say to her?" She asked as she kissed the top of her head.
"Nothing, I think she's just starting to realize why her future self did not do more to stop the dilemma on our hands." Michiru smiled as she looked in the direction that the taller senshi had just left in.
Haruka's playfulness left her for a minute as her face portrayed a serious mood. "Setsuna knows not to let her feelings get in the way. Usagi and Mamoru will remain together, regardless of how any of us feel towards either of them. Our future will remain intact."
"I'm not so sure about that any more."
"Michi, what are you talking about? Are you saying that we're wrong?"
"I just think we're missing something…"
~@~@~@~
Today was the Three Lights concert, Seiya had given Helios and I tickets to it as a thank you for saving his butt from Haruka. The hallways were crowded with students and I did the best I could to just disappear into my locker. "You look better that way." A voice said from behind me.
"What?" I asked turning around to see who it was.
"You look better that way, you know, with the locker covering your face." Helios said as he started to laugh.
"It never ends with you, does it? It's all one big joke isn't it?" I asked shutting my locker and noticing Seiya coming up on my other side.
Helios continued to snicker at me as Seiya stopped next to me. "What's up with him?" He asked with a cocked eyebrow.
"Oh don't mind him, he just realized how much of a pathetic loser he is." I waved him off.
Seiya gave him a once over before returning to our conversation. "You guys are still coming tonight right?" He asked and I noticed Usagi approaching us.
"Yeah, of course! Wouldn't miss it for the world." I smiled and stuck my foot out to the side. This must have grabbed Seiya's attention because he looked down at my foot and the next thing he knew Usagi was flying into his arms from tripping over my extended foot.
Seiya of course caught the clumsy blond with her face only inches from his. "Oh gomen!" She blushed as she tried to steady herself.
I laughed a bit at the situation. Seiya shot me somewhat of a 'thank you' look and then walked away with Usagi.
"You really amaze me." Helios said from next to me.
"Why do you say that?" I asked not looking right at him but still staring down the hall where the two were walking.
He laughed and picked up his bag. "Just ten minutes ago you seemed like you held the weight of the world on your shoulders but just two seconds of getting those two together and you're in a good mood again."
"Well what can I say!" I said throwing my bag over my shoulder too. We started walking towards the exit, it had been a long day of school and I was definitely thanking god that it was Friday. "Oh, Kakyuu told me that you had some news on getting me home. She wouldn't tell me, she said it was your surprise." I asked him with an excited tone.
Helios' face dropped at the mere mention of the situation. "No, it wasn't what I thought it was, so just forget about it. I'll figure something else out though."
My hopes immediately fell. "Oh."
~@~@~@~
He was letting himself fall again. There was just no use in fighting it. Usagi had never left his senses in the first place and now that he could take her in anew he would be a fool not too. It was beyond hope, he knew he'd never be able to live without seeing this girl everyday. He secretly hoped that Kakyuu never let them find her so that he could stay here on Earth with Usagi, but quickly pushed the thought from his mind. He had to find Kakyuu, that was his Princess, and that was that.
"I broke up with Mamoru." Usagi's words interrupted his thoughts.
Seiya stopped walking, by now they were in the schoolyard. "Odango? Why? What happened? He didn't do anything to you did he?" Millions of questions swirled in his head as to what could have happened.
"No, he didn't do anything." Usagi said with tears coming to her eyes. "I just didn't love him, and it wasn't fair to be with him under false affection."
Seiya's heart leapt for joy at these words but ached at the same time seeing her cry.
"I don't mean to cry, I actually don't even know why I am." Usagi smiled brightly with the tears trickling from her eyes. "I'm the one that broke up with him, I shouldn't feel bad right?"
Seiya didn't know what to say he took her into a friendly embraced and was surprised at the force she put into hugging him back. "It's alright Odango. It's just something that you have to get used to. For the longest time it seems that Mamoru is the only thing you've known and now you feel like some thing is missing without him, ne?"
"Exactly." Usagi came to the realization. "How did you know how I felt?" She asked pulling away a bit.
Seiya smiled at her. "That's how I felt when we lost our Princess the first time we were here."
"And you don't feel that way this time?" She asked innocently.
He shook his head. "I don't feel alone and empty any more, I've found you."
~@~@~@~
The concert was packed and we seemed to have the best seats in the house. I sat between Helios and Usagi. I was watching Usagi's reaction to the show a couple of times and saw the expression of pure joy spread over her face. A couple of times too I noticed Seiya looking at me with narrowed eyes. It was almost unnerving as to the way he would look at me, almost as though I was the enemy.
I shook the idea out of my head and glanced over at Helios. I couldn't contain my laughter when I saw Makoto inching closer to him and the fact that he was oblivious to it all. He did look like he had something on his mind though, maybe he really was working on a way to get me home!
"Thank you all for coming!" The crowd went wild, it was almost the end of the show and this looked to be their last song. "We're so glad to be back here with all of you! We're going to end this show with one of the greatest songs of all time and it's dedicated to a very special person."
The lights dimmed and the music began, I immediately recognized the song, it was one of my absolute favorites!! Naturally I was excited to hear Seiya sing it!
'I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love for you to love me.
I'm beggin' you to beg me.'
Helios looked over at me like I had lost my mind because I had a permi- smile plastered on my face! I knew this song was for Usagi but I didn't care, it sounded awesome.
'I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love for you to love me.
I'll shine up the old brown shoes, put on a brand-new shirt.
I'll get home early from work if you say that you love me.'
Yaten was playing along like he could really care less and Taiki seemed to be preoccupied with something else.
'Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feelin' all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin'.
Oh didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?'
I was on cloud nine after the show and nothing could bring me down, well nothing except Helios. "Do you think Kakyuu would want to work on getting me home tonight?" I asked as we headed for the main gates of the theatre. I was speaking so that only he could hear me since we were surrounded by the inners.
A cross look passed on his face as he turned suddenly to look at me. "Why don't you get off our backs about going home huh?" I stood back a bit and didn't move. "Just go and drool over Seiya while Kakyuu and I deal with the problems."
He had snapped. "What?" I asked incredulously. What was he saying? "You think I'm just slacking off here?" He didn't say anything and I saw the inners beginning to stare at me. "Well screw you, you can do it by yourself if you don't think you need me!" I started to push my way through the crowd to get to the gates quicker, to get away from Helios' eyes. I felt a hand on my arm and didn't turn around immediately to see who it was in fear that he had caught up to me.
"Morgan." The voice was soft and gentle. I turned around and I could feel the moisture building up in my eyes. Usagi stood there with the most understanding look in her eyes. "Will you come over to my house?"
I nodded, and I knew she was doing it just out of pity. I had no one now to turn to, I might as well go to Usagi.
I'm still waiting for my toaster! *taps foot impatiently *
Part IX
Today was the day she was going to do it. Usagi was actually going to break up with Mamoru! Rei's words seemed to ring all too clear in her head and she knew what she had to do. Of course she was surprised with her friend's advice but that only reinforced the fact that her feelings were true and that she should follow her heart.
Mamoru was at the outer's house this after noon, for some reason he had been spending a lot of time there lately. It never seemed to take this long to get there before. Usagi looked up at the afternoon sky. There was a sweet smell in the air and you could tell that summer was just around the corner. "Oh why can't this just be easy?" She sighed and regained her focus on her destination.
As she made her way up the long driveway to the huge house she noticed two people sitting at the patio set on the front lawn. It was Setsuna and Mamoru, neither of them seemed to notice that she was approaching them. The song of the crickets was in the air and the spring grass seemed to bend easily with the slight breeze circling around.
Setsuna was smiling and laughing as Mamoru was apparently telling her about his day. 'Funny, I don't think I've ever seen Setsuna laugh before.' Usagi thought to herself as she neared the two.
"Usako!" Mamoru said surprised.
"Mamoru, I need to talk to you." Usagi said with her head high and an air of determination in her voice. Setsuna's smile quickly faded and her pursed lips displayed the fact that she was not pleased.
"Sure thing." Mamoru said standing from his seat and leaving the shade of the table's umbrella. Setsuna looked up at him to see his reaction to all of this. "Setsuna, if you'll excuse me." Setsuna nodded and watched him walk to Usagi.
"Can we go for a drive?" Usagi said to Mamoru as he came up beside her. Mamoru nodded and reached in his pocket for the keys. The out-come of this ride would not be good, he could just feel it.
Usagi had never had a boyfriend before Mamoru, she just always assumed that no one would ever want to date her. She wasn't exactly the vision of perfection, she ate too much and wasn't exactly graceful. For some reason Mamoru seemed to see past that. Soon Usagi realized that he didn't see past that, but instead loved her for who she used to be and not for who she truly was. Usagi. Even after realizing all of this she still stayed with him and went along with the whole idea of the destiny thing. Why break it off to be alone? She had known no better until he came, until Seiya came into her life. With this thought in mind Usagi climbed into the red sports car and prepared to alter her own destiny.
~@~@~@~
Setsuna walked back into the house to meet the smiling face of Michiru. "You can't tell me that you're not in some way happy about what is about to happen." Michiru said with a certain curl to her lips.
The shade of the house brought relief to her hot skin as the scent of the freshly cut grass left her senses. Setsuna said nothing in true Setsuna fashion and coolly walked by the sea guardian.
Haruka walked up to join Michiru's side. "What did you say to her?" She asked as she kissed the top of her head.
"Nothing, I think she's just starting to realize why her future self did not do more to stop the dilemma on our hands." Michiru smiled as she looked in the direction that the taller senshi had just left in.
Haruka's playfulness left her for a minute as her face portrayed a serious mood. "Setsuna knows not to let her feelings get in the way. Usagi and Mamoru will remain together, regardless of how any of us feel towards either of them. Our future will remain intact."
"I'm not so sure about that any more."
"Michi, what are you talking about? Are you saying that we're wrong?"
"I just think we're missing something…"
~@~@~@~
Today was the Three Lights concert, Seiya had given Helios and I tickets to it as a thank you for saving his butt from Haruka. The hallways were crowded with students and I did the best I could to just disappear into my locker. "You look better that way." A voice said from behind me.
"What?" I asked turning around to see who it was.
"You look better that way, you know, with the locker covering your face." Helios said as he started to laugh.
"It never ends with you, does it? It's all one big joke isn't it?" I asked shutting my locker and noticing Seiya coming up on my other side.
Helios continued to snicker at me as Seiya stopped next to me. "What's up with him?" He asked with a cocked eyebrow.
"Oh don't mind him, he just realized how much of a pathetic loser he is." I waved him off.
Seiya gave him a once over before returning to our conversation. "You guys are still coming tonight right?" He asked and I noticed Usagi approaching us.
"Yeah, of course! Wouldn't miss it for the world." I smiled and stuck my foot out to the side. This must have grabbed Seiya's attention because he looked down at my foot and the next thing he knew Usagi was flying into his arms from tripping over my extended foot.
Seiya of course caught the clumsy blond with her face only inches from his. "Oh gomen!" She blushed as she tried to steady herself.
I laughed a bit at the situation. Seiya shot me somewhat of a 'thank you' look and then walked away with Usagi.
"You really amaze me." Helios said from next to me.
"Why do you say that?" I asked not looking right at him but still staring down the hall where the two were walking.
He laughed and picked up his bag. "Just ten minutes ago you seemed like you held the weight of the world on your shoulders but just two seconds of getting those two together and you're in a good mood again."
"Well what can I say!" I said throwing my bag over my shoulder too. We started walking towards the exit, it had been a long day of school and I was definitely thanking god that it was Friday. "Oh, Kakyuu told me that you had some news on getting me home. She wouldn't tell me, she said it was your surprise." I asked him with an excited tone.
Helios' face dropped at the mere mention of the situation. "No, it wasn't what I thought it was, so just forget about it. I'll figure something else out though."
My hopes immediately fell. "Oh."
~@~@~@~
He was letting himself fall again. There was just no use in fighting it. Usagi had never left his senses in the first place and now that he could take her in anew he would be a fool not too. It was beyond hope, he knew he'd never be able to live without seeing this girl everyday. He secretly hoped that Kakyuu never let them find her so that he could stay here on Earth with Usagi, but quickly pushed the thought from his mind. He had to find Kakyuu, that was his Princess, and that was that.
"I broke up with Mamoru." Usagi's words interrupted his thoughts.
Seiya stopped walking, by now they were in the schoolyard. "Odango? Why? What happened? He didn't do anything to you did he?" Millions of questions swirled in his head as to what could have happened.
"No, he didn't do anything." Usagi said with tears coming to her eyes. "I just didn't love him, and it wasn't fair to be with him under false affection."
Seiya's heart leapt for joy at these words but ached at the same time seeing her cry.
"I don't mean to cry, I actually don't even know why I am." Usagi smiled brightly with the tears trickling from her eyes. "I'm the one that broke up with him, I shouldn't feel bad right?"
Seiya didn't know what to say he took her into a friendly embraced and was surprised at the force she put into hugging him back. "It's alright Odango. It's just something that you have to get used to. For the longest time it seems that Mamoru is the only thing you've known and now you feel like some thing is missing without him, ne?"
"Exactly." Usagi came to the realization. "How did you know how I felt?" She asked pulling away a bit.
Seiya smiled at her. "That's how I felt when we lost our Princess the first time we were here."
"And you don't feel that way this time?" She asked innocently.
He shook his head. "I don't feel alone and empty any more, I've found you."
~@~@~@~
The concert was packed and we seemed to have the best seats in the house. I sat between Helios and Usagi. I was watching Usagi's reaction to the show a couple of times and saw the expression of pure joy spread over her face. A couple of times too I noticed Seiya looking at me with narrowed eyes. It was almost unnerving as to the way he would look at me, almost as though I was the enemy.
I shook the idea out of my head and glanced over at Helios. I couldn't contain my laughter when I saw Makoto inching closer to him and the fact that he was oblivious to it all. He did look like he had something on his mind though, maybe he really was working on a way to get me home!
"Thank you all for coming!" The crowd went wild, it was almost the end of the show and this looked to be their last song. "We're so glad to be back here with all of you! We're going to end this show with one of the greatest songs of all time and it's dedicated to a very special person."
The lights dimmed and the music began, I immediately recognized the song, it was one of my absolute favorites!! Naturally I was excited to hear Seiya sing it!
'I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love for you to love me.
I'm beggin' you to beg me.'
Helios looked over at me like I had lost my mind because I had a permi- smile plastered on my face! I knew this song was for Usagi but I didn't care, it sounded awesome.
'I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love for you to love me.
I'll shine up the old brown shoes, put on a brand-new shirt.
I'll get home early from work if you say that you love me.'
Yaten was playing along like he could really care less and Taiki seemed to be preoccupied with something else.
'Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feelin' all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin'.
Oh didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?'
I was on cloud nine after the show and nothing could bring me down, well nothing except Helios. "Do you think Kakyuu would want to work on getting me home tonight?" I asked as we headed for the main gates of the theatre. I was speaking so that only he could hear me since we were surrounded by the inners.
A cross look passed on his face as he turned suddenly to look at me. "Why don't you get off our backs about going home huh?" I stood back a bit and didn't move. "Just go and drool over Seiya while Kakyuu and I deal with the problems."
He had snapped. "What?" I asked incredulously. What was he saying? "You think I'm just slacking off here?" He didn't say anything and I saw the inners beginning to stare at me. "Well screw you, you can do it by yourself if you don't think you need me!" I started to push my way through the crowd to get to the gates quicker, to get away from Helios' eyes. I felt a hand on my arm and didn't turn around immediately to see who it was in fear that he had caught up to me.
"Morgan." The voice was soft and gentle. I turned around and I could feel the moisture building up in my eyes. Usagi stood there with the most understanding look in her eyes. "Will you come over to my house?"
I nodded, and I knew she was doing it just out of pity. I had no one now to turn to, I might as well go to Usagi.