Here it is, the last chapter! I know it's pretty short, but hey, it's Valentine's Day and I have more important things to worry about! *_* I wonder what time Helios is going to come and pick me up? Hahhaahaaa... I'll let you know if that really happens, I have been taking a lot of cold medicine! ^_~
Part XIV
The television played across the room as it sent its colors dancing on the walls. "Why am I still here?" Helios cursed himself. It had been three days since the fall out of the senshi and yet he was not able to return to his rightful time. No one had heard anything from Odango since it had all happened, though they had looked for her. "Where is she?"
Would she even forgive him if he did find her? And if she did forgive him, could she ever learn to trust him again? He felt so empty inside as if a piece of himself was missing, and he was forced to stay here and be reminded of it everyday.
~flash back~
"But why?" Helios asked Setsuna on the porch of the outer's house.
Setsuna set her tea cup down and shook her head with her eyes closed. "It is an order from Neo Queen Serenity."
"But how?"
"So many questions." A man's voice chuckled from behind them. It was Mamoru, he had come up from behind Setsuna.
"You will stay here and live in this time until the day before you left. At that time you will travel ahead in the future to the exact time that you left, essentially only leaving a small gap in the time that you were truly gone. Your present self is in Illusion and therefore you will never meet." Setsuna explained to him but only saw his face drop.
"Is this my punishment?"
~end flash back~
A sudden knock at the door brought him back to reality. With a strained effort he lifted himself from the couch. Wait, this could be Odango. He quickened his pace and seemingly flew to the door only to be met with disappointment. "Kakyuu." He said as he leaned against the door.
"May I come in?" She asked not waiting for an answer but instead stepping past him as he did a cheesy bow. "I see you're spending your time in the past well." She mocked him as she saw the bare apartment with only a couch and a television to decorate the room.
"What do you want?" Helios asked with his eyes narrowed. Kakyuu hadn't spoken to him since that day, and he had made no efforts to speak with her. He knew the animosity that she must have for him right now, but it couldn't match what he felt towards himself.
"Oh, I see you've been watching a bit of television." Kakyuu sat down on the couch and looked at the screen. "This is a tape, ne?" She questioned getting back up to walk towards the VCR.
Helios watched her, he didn't care that she saw what he had been watching. He missed her, her missed Odango, and if the only way that he could be part of her life was to watch her on television than he would have to be happy with that. "So?"
Kakyuu looked at him with pursed lips. Reaching a hand down she flicked the switch on the box and a show came on. Helios became intrigued with this and made his way over to her. "Do you know what this is?" She asked as his eyes stared at the screen.
"A hospital room?" He questioned some how recognizing some of the faces standing around the bed.
"Usagi and the other girls watch this show constantly, and they told me about this." It was silent in the room and she watched for Helios' reaction. She knew that he had figured out just who was in the bed. "I guess this character Odango on this show has been in a coma for quite a while and she may be waking up today, since she has been showing strength in her life signs."
"What does this mean?" Helios asked more to himself and not really expecting an answer from Kakyuu, but he got one anyway.
"She's still here." Helios' head shot up at her words. "But she may not be for long. It looks as though she's trying to go home."
"No." Helios said as his breath caught. "She can't leave me."
"Why not?" Kakyuu sat down. "You were going to leave her, why can't she go `home'?" Helios began to cry as he watched the show play out in front of him and noticed that the girl's eyes fluttered and almost opened, it looked as though she would wake up at any minute. "Oh, it looks like it could be any minute now."
"No..."
~Doctor, it looks as though she may pull through.~ The nurse on the show stated with a smile as the girl's mother stood off to the side smiling and suddenly came over to take her daughter's hand.
~Odango, if you can hear me, I love and miss you so much. I knew that some day you would grow up and move on, but I didn't think that day would be so soon and I didn't think that it would end like this.~ Her mother cried tears of joy as the monitor on her daughter's brain started to pick up.
"No..." Helios whispered again.
"She'll be happy with her mother." Kakyuu smiled at the television. "Don't you think? It was nice having her around for a while." Kakyuu knew just what she was doing to him, but she also knew that once Odango left this world she would never be able to come back.
"No... Odango, I love you... gomen..."
~Doctor we're losing her.~
There was another knock at the door. "Are you going to answer it?" Kakyuu looked at Helios with a bit of a smile on her face. The knock came again.
~She's stabilizing.~
"No!" Helios ran to the door when the knocking ceased and tore it open. There in the doorway stood a girl with blond hair and greenish eyes looking up at him. "Gomen-nasai..." He uttered before he wrapped his arms around her waist and held her tightly.
~We're losing her!~
"Aishiteru, Odango." He whispered not letting up on his grip from her.
~BEEEEEEEEEPPPPP. She's gone, I'm sorry.~
Across town, the inners sat with the Light's watching the same show and cheered. "It feels kind of weird cheering for the fact that she's dead." Minako laughed in spite herself.
"She's not dead." Usagi corrected Minako. "She just chose to stay here with Helios."
"Yaten? What's that on your foot?" Seiya pointed down as Yaten quickly tucked his feet beneath him.
"What are you talking about? There's nothing on my foot!" He said cursing him silently.
"Yes, there is, I saw it too." Taiki commented looking over his shoulder. "It looked pinkish. Do you have a wart?"
"Ewww!!!" The girls answered in response.
"GOD TAIKI!! You're supposed to be smart! You can't tell the difference between a wart and nail polish!?" Yaten shrieked and then immediately covered his mouth when he realized what he had said.
"Nail polish?" Seiya questioned with a cocked eyebrow.
~@~@~@~
"Well there you have it." Odango walks to the television and looks at the viewers watching from home. "I'm staying here. What? Why? What kind of question is that? I'm a freakin super hero here and besides, look at this gorgeous hunk that has just professed his love to me!" She pulls Helios in from the sidelines.
"Aren't you going to tell them about Seiya and Usagi?" Helios asks, not exactly liking being the center of attention.
"Oh yeah! We have a moon here!" Odango does some cheesy little dance in celebration. But then quickly moves when she sees Minako's head trying to fit into the screen.
"It's soooo romantic!"
Helios pushes Minako's head back off screen. "Yeah, since Seiya decided to live here on Earth the moon followed him here and when you look up at the night sky, that really super bright star that stands next to the moon, it's name is Fighter."
"I love happy endings!" Kakyuu starts making dreamy eyes just like Minako.
"Oh yeah, by the way, we'd tell you all what happens in the future but that would ruin the rest of the show for you and besides," Helios starts to pout. "They won't tell us either!"
Odango comes and shoves a huge tray of cookies in front of Helios to get him to stop whining. "Thanks for watching!"
Part XIV
The television played across the room as it sent its colors dancing on the walls. "Why am I still here?" Helios cursed himself. It had been three days since the fall out of the senshi and yet he was not able to return to his rightful time. No one had heard anything from Odango since it had all happened, though they had looked for her. "Where is she?"
Would she even forgive him if he did find her? And if she did forgive him, could she ever learn to trust him again? He felt so empty inside as if a piece of himself was missing, and he was forced to stay here and be reminded of it everyday.
~flash back~
"But why?" Helios asked Setsuna on the porch of the outer's house.
Setsuna set her tea cup down and shook her head with her eyes closed. "It is an order from Neo Queen Serenity."
"But how?"
"So many questions." A man's voice chuckled from behind them. It was Mamoru, he had come up from behind Setsuna.
"You will stay here and live in this time until the day before you left. At that time you will travel ahead in the future to the exact time that you left, essentially only leaving a small gap in the time that you were truly gone. Your present self is in Illusion and therefore you will never meet." Setsuna explained to him but only saw his face drop.
"Is this my punishment?"
~end flash back~
A sudden knock at the door brought him back to reality. With a strained effort he lifted himself from the couch. Wait, this could be Odango. He quickened his pace and seemingly flew to the door only to be met with disappointment. "Kakyuu." He said as he leaned against the door.
"May I come in?" She asked not waiting for an answer but instead stepping past him as he did a cheesy bow. "I see you're spending your time in the past well." She mocked him as she saw the bare apartment with only a couch and a television to decorate the room.
"What do you want?" Helios asked with his eyes narrowed. Kakyuu hadn't spoken to him since that day, and he had made no efforts to speak with her. He knew the animosity that she must have for him right now, but it couldn't match what he felt towards himself.
"Oh, I see you've been watching a bit of television." Kakyuu sat down on the couch and looked at the screen. "This is a tape, ne?" She questioned getting back up to walk towards the VCR.
Helios watched her, he didn't care that she saw what he had been watching. He missed her, her missed Odango, and if the only way that he could be part of her life was to watch her on television than he would have to be happy with that. "So?"
Kakyuu looked at him with pursed lips. Reaching a hand down she flicked the switch on the box and a show came on. Helios became intrigued with this and made his way over to her. "Do you know what this is?" She asked as his eyes stared at the screen.
"A hospital room?" He questioned some how recognizing some of the faces standing around the bed.
"Usagi and the other girls watch this show constantly, and they told me about this." It was silent in the room and she watched for Helios' reaction. She knew that he had figured out just who was in the bed. "I guess this character Odango on this show has been in a coma for quite a while and she may be waking up today, since she has been showing strength in her life signs."
"What does this mean?" Helios asked more to himself and not really expecting an answer from Kakyuu, but he got one anyway.
"She's still here." Helios' head shot up at her words. "But she may not be for long. It looks as though she's trying to go home."
"No." Helios said as his breath caught. "She can't leave me."
"Why not?" Kakyuu sat down. "You were going to leave her, why can't she go `home'?" Helios began to cry as he watched the show play out in front of him and noticed that the girl's eyes fluttered and almost opened, it looked as though she would wake up at any minute. "Oh, it looks like it could be any minute now."
"No..."
~Doctor, it looks as though she may pull through.~ The nurse on the show stated with a smile as the girl's mother stood off to the side smiling and suddenly came over to take her daughter's hand.
~Odango, if you can hear me, I love and miss you so much. I knew that some day you would grow up and move on, but I didn't think that day would be so soon and I didn't think that it would end like this.~ Her mother cried tears of joy as the monitor on her daughter's brain started to pick up.
"No..." Helios whispered again.
"She'll be happy with her mother." Kakyuu smiled at the television. "Don't you think? It was nice having her around for a while." Kakyuu knew just what she was doing to him, but she also knew that once Odango left this world she would never be able to come back.
"No... Odango, I love you... gomen..."
~Doctor we're losing her.~
There was another knock at the door. "Are you going to answer it?" Kakyuu looked at Helios with a bit of a smile on her face. The knock came again.
~She's stabilizing.~
"No!" Helios ran to the door when the knocking ceased and tore it open. There in the doorway stood a girl with blond hair and greenish eyes looking up at him. "Gomen-nasai..." He uttered before he wrapped his arms around her waist and held her tightly.
~We're losing her!~
"Aishiteru, Odango." He whispered not letting up on his grip from her.
~BEEEEEEEEEPPPPP. She's gone, I'm sorry.~
Across town, the inners sat with the Light's watching the same show and cheered. "It feels kind of weird cheering for the fact that she's dead." Minako laughed in spite herself.
"She's not dead." Usagi corrected Minako. "She just chose to stay here with Helios."
"Yaten? What's that on your foot?" Seiya pointed down as Yaten quickly tucked his feet beneath him.
"What are you talking about? There's nothing on my foot!" He said cursing him silently.
"Yes, there is, I saw it too." Taiki commented looking over his shoulder. "It looked pinkish. Do you have a wart?"
"Ewww!!!" The girls answered in response.
"GOD TAIKI!! You're supposed to be smart! You can't tell the difference between a wart and nail polish!?" Yaten shrieked and then immediately covered his mouth when he realized what he had said.
"Nail polish?" Seiya questioned with a cocked eyebrow.
~@~@~@~
"Well there you have it." Odango walks to the television and looks at the viewers watching from home. "I'm staying here. What? Why? What kind of question is that? I'm a freakin super hero here and besides, look at this gorgeous hunk that has just professed his love to me!" She pulls Helios in from the sidelines.
"Aren't you going to tell them about Seiya and Usagi?" Helios asks, not exactly liking being the center of attention.
"Oh yeah! We have a moon here!" Odango does some cheesy little dance in celebration. But then quickly moves when she sees Minako's head trying to fit into the screen.
"It's soooo romantic!"
Helios pushes Minako's head back off screen. "Yeah, since Seiya decided to live here on Earth the moon followed him here and when you look up at the night sky, that really super bright star that stands next to the moon, it's name is Fighter."
"I love happy endings!" Kakyuu starts making dreamy eyes just like Minako.
"Oh yeah, by the way, we'd tell you all what happens in the future but that would ruin the rest of the show for you and besides," Helios starts to pout. "They won't tell us either!"
Odango comes and shoves a huge tray of cookies in front of Helios to get him to stop whining. "Thanks for watching!"