In this chapter, I borrowed an idea from a story by my friend, Skittles. Don't sue me! ; _ ; Also, the info in this chap. about Seiya isn't true. I just made something up.
Don't sue me 'cause I don't know much about Seiya's past.

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"UGH! They make me sick!" the girl said to herself. She looked further into the mirror
with pure disgust. "Why doesn't she just- UGH! Gross! He kissed her..." the girl turned
away. "Well, maybe he does love her. But..." she turned back with a pained look, "he
promised that one day we would get married," a tear slowly trickled down her cheek.

Rakeshia wiped the tear away. "Maybe he doesn't remember me..." she trailed off, her
anger suddenly rising. "And I wanna know WHY he doesn't," She looked again at the
mirror. She could see that Seiya and Usagi were in the park now with Rei, Sumoru, and
Oriana. Rakeshia grew angrier when she saw Seiya and Usagi kiss again.

Rakeshia raised her fist and hit the mirror, causing it to shatter. Blood trickled down her
knuckles. She cursed herself.

"Rakeshia, you broke another mirror. If Mum heard about this, she'll have a fit,"
Rakeshia turned and saw her sister, Tamaka. She had wavy maroon hair that came
to her ankles, but was tied back in two buns. Her brilliant green eyes sparkled.

"I don't care. As long as I didn't hurt anyone else," replied Rakeshia, anger showed
through her dark saphire eyes as they flickered.

"Here, let me take care of that hand of yours," said Tamaka, grabbing the first aid kit.
Rakeshia sat down on her bed and Tamaka sat beside her. As she cleaned the wound,
Tamaka asked, "So what got you in a riot this time?" Rakeshia sighed.

"Do you remember Seiya?" Tamaka nodded. "Well, he is with someone else. He is
going to marry her," Tamaka looked up, confused.

"I thought he promised you that you were going to be married?" Rakeshia sighed.

"He did, but that was when we were almost ten. He had to move. I guess he just doesn't
remember the promise he gave me, either that or he was just joking around. He was a
practical joker back then," remembered Rakeshia. Tamaka wrapped her hand in a
bandage.

"Didn't he turn Othello's fur green?" asked Tamaka. Rakeshia giggled. She remembered
seeing her grey and white stripped cat's fur dyed green and seeing Seiya's
mischeivious grin swipe across his face.

Tamaka finished wrapping Rakeshia's hand. Rakeshia stood up and walked over to the
wall of mirrors. She stood infront of one, she saw Usagi asleep with her head rested on
Seiya's shoulder. Seiya kissed Usagi on her head and resumed talking to Oriana,
Sumoru, and Rei.

Rakeshia sighed sadly. Tamaka made her way over to her sister and watched with her.
She saw Seiya pick Usagi up as Oriana, Sumoru, and Rei cleaned up and put away their
little picnic. They walked off in the direction of the Hikawa Shrine. Tamaka put a hand on
her sister's shoulder. "He was only joking when he told you that you guys were gonna
get married. Seiya was grinning, but you were turned away when he said that. You took
it too seriously,"

Rakeshia's anger rose as she faced her sister. "I DIDN'T TAKE IT TOO SERIOUSLY!"
Her nostrils flared. Tamaka blinked in surprise and took a step back. "SEIYA MEANT
WHAT HE SAID!"

"Chill, girl. You need some rest. You didn't get much last night from all that turning and
tossing," said Tamaka with a worried tone in her voice. She took her sister's hand and
led her to the bed. She lifted the covers and Rakeshia climbed in. "You'll feel better
once you've had some rest," As soon as Rakeshia's head rested on the pillow, she fell
asleep.

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Seiya and Usagi cuddled on the love seat on Usagi's balcony, covered under the same
blanket. They gazed up at the clear night sky. The moon was full and there were
thousands of stars. "Seiya...?"

Seiya looked her in those true saphire eyes of hers, putting his arm around her
shoulder. "Yeah?"

"How come you never told me about Rakeshia?" asked Usagi. Seiya sighed and looked
back up in the sky.

"Because something I said in the past made me regret ever knowing her," Seiya sighed
again.

"Well, tell me from the beginning how you met. And why you never told me about her,"
replied Usagi. Seiya closed his eyes.

"We were five. Our mothers were aquinted with one another and they thought that
Rakeshia and I should become friends. We did," Seiya paused. "The thing I regret even
saying was meant to be a joke. She must have liked me more than a friend, since she
took it seriously,"

"What was it that you said, Seiya?" asked Usagi, looking at Seiya. Seiya opened his
eyes.

"I said that one day we would get married. I sarcastically said that after she admitted
she had a crush on. She didn't notice the sarcasm in my voice..." replied Seiya. "The
week later, I moved to Kinkomu with my father and mother. We had to move because
Mother had fallen terribly ill, almost life-threatening,"

"Well, you acted like a booger to that Rakeshia girl..." Usagi paused, looking at the sky.
Realizing what else Seiya said, Usagi looked at him. "You never did tell me about
what happened to your parents,"

"After we moved, Mother had gotten terribly worse. The doctors couldn't do anything to
help her and said she wasn't going to make it. After a week, she died. Father was
overcome with grief and killed himself. I was all alone. Then Kakyuu-sama took me in
and looked after me, she was only ten years older than I," explained Seiya. Usagi
looked sympathetically at Seiya.

"What did Rakeshia say or do when she found out you were moving?" asked Usagi.
Something brought her to asking that.

"She was furious, crying, and said 'I thought we were going to get married'," Seiya
shook his head. "I told her that she was being selfish, and should feel sorry for my
mother, as she was going to die. All Rakeshia cared about was that I was leaving her,"

"Honestly, I would've told her she was being selfish, too," commented Usagi, her
saphire eyes suddenly flickering.

"All today before you spotted us, she was screaming at me that I had 'left her behind to
be lonely'. I told her that I was more worried about my mother and had no choice but to
leave," said Seiya, his voice suddenly turning bitter. He looked at Usagi. "She was
about to drag me off and hold me prisoner. When you came by and kicked her down, I
was almost considering of helping her up. But then I thought she probally gonna think I
cared for her more than you. I only liked her for a friend,"

There was an ackward silence. Usagi sighed and looked at Seiya. "I'm just glad you
told me this, Seiya. I truley am. I don't want anyone getting between us. I love you,"

"I love you, too," answered Seiya, looking deep into her eyes. He lifted her chin up and
kissed her.

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R&R please!