::spies her overly sugared cheerleader sleeping in the back:: Gomen that I
made you wait so long. St Patrick's Day and all, I had to recuperate…
::coughs:: Well enough of that… Yup, Diartemis, that shot in the nuts was
for you and Trigun.
This chapter is actually shorter than I was going to have it, but I figured you'd want something soon and why keep you waiting when I have this much done?
[::Akuen::]
by Lady in Red
(Can it get any worse?)
Seiya saw Mamoru standing across the room from her, his face was slightly hidden by Usagi's, but she could still make out the enormous grin sprawled across his features. She immediately cursed herself for not having thought of transforming also to get here faster. "Odango, I need to talk to you." Seiya darted her eyes from the grinning pervert to the beautiful tenshi in front of her.
"Sure come on in." Usagi didn't know what was going on, she didn't believe that Seiya would actually do that to her and Mamoru.
Seiya didn't move to follow her into the apartment. "Can we go somewhere else?" Her eyes narrowed on Mamoru and Usagi could plainly see that he was the reason that she didn't want to speak here.
"Sure, I guess." Usagi shrugged and walked out in the hallway. "I'll be back in a little while Mamoru. I mean is that ok Mr Slave Master?" She giggled a bit and Mamoru just smiled and nodded his head. Once they were out in the hallway Usagi turned to Seiya who didn't seem to be quite herself today. "So what did you want to talk about?"
Seiya stopped walking and turned her body fully to face Usagi. "Odango, I spent the entire day with Mamoru today and please believe me when I say you should get rid of him."
"Nani?" Usagi was shocked. Mamoru had been telling the truth.
"You're too good for him, he's a pig." Seiya took a step towards her and watched her back away in disgust.
Usagi's mind was clear as crystal. She had been confused up until now but saw the situation clearly now. The turmoil of her feelings, these new sensations, these new thoughts concerning Seiya over the past couple of days came to an end. How could she have been so blind and not have seen this situation for what it truly was? Mamoru had tried to warn her not too long ago but she pushed it away. "Seiya why are you doing this?" Usagi looked her straight in the eye with a rare fury in her glare.
"Odango…" Seiya felt as though she had just been slapped across the face by the look she was giving her. "I had to tell you… he came onto me today…" Seiya's voice was meek, she was embarrassed that she had let it happen in the first place.
"Oh that's rich!" Usagi laughed. "I can't believe I trusted you."
"Usagi listen to me." Seiya didn't know why she was so mad with her, why she didn't believe her but it infuriated her with a new frustration. "Mamoru kissed me! How many other women do you think he's done that to?"
"Shut up!" Usagi screamed in her face. "You're lying!" The tears were apparent now and she was shaking a bit. "You were my best friend, I can't believe you would try to do this to me." Her sentence trailed at the end as she walked back down the hallway, back to her apartment, back to him.
"Odango!" Seiya called after her but she didn't respond. She watched as she disappeared into the doorway and pounded her fist into the wall beside her. Why hadn't she believed her… "Mamoru…" Seiya growled and turned to leave.
"Usako, I'm sorry." Mamoru took her up into his arms when she returned to the apartment. "I don't know why she did this, how could anyone do this to you?" He brushed her tears away and took in snuggly to his chest.
"I was such an idiot." Usagi sobbed. "Can you imagine if you hadn't warned me first? Can you believe that she even thought that would work?" Even though she was cursing Seiya on the outside, she was also mentally cursing herself. She had felt things for Seiya, with Seiya, that she never had with Mamoru… she thought she was falling in love…
Mamoru bent his head down and kissed her gently. "Things like this shouldn't happen to you." He whispered and kissed her again.
"Aishiteru Mamo-chan." Usagi snuggled into his embrace a bit more. No, she wouldn't be hurt again. Mamoru was safe and she knew her destiny with him. She found herself kissing him once again. "You know, I didn't go jogging this morning."
Mamoru smiled and looked at her. "Are you sure Usako?" He asked looking into her eyes. She responded with a nod and he picked her up and brought her into the bedroom that she and Seiya shared just last night.
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Seiya walked in and threw her bag down on the couch and walked into the bathroom not saying a word to the four in the living room. "Look who's ragging it!" Yaten mumbled as Minako only giggled in response.
"What's wrong with her?" Ami asked taking her glasses off for a break. She rubbed the arch of her nose to give it a sense of relief from supporting the frames for so long. Taiki had asked her to come over and study with her.
A few moments later Seiya reappeared from the sanctity of the bathroom and walked a very determined line towards the phone. Once she picked the portable phone up from its cradle she stormed back into the bathroom. Yaten and Minako looked at one another and then to Taiki and Ami before getting up to make a mad dash towards the bathroom door to listen in on her conversation.
The sound of numbers being punched in could be heard clearly. Although a door separated them from the room, it hardly kept any sound in. "Is Usagi there?" Seiya's voice wasn't muffled at all but they still couldn't quite make out the emotion in her voice. She sounded almost pissed, but she wouldn't be pissed at Usagi, ne? There was no more conversation coming from the room and suddenly a loud bang was heard and they both knew it was the sound of the phone shattering on the tile floor.
Within seconds a very furious Seiya emerged from the bathroom and displayed the guts of the phone smashed throughout the bathroom. "Gomen, Minako. I'll buy you a new phone." She said calmly walking past her two spies.
"Happens all the time." Minako said amazed then looked at Yaten nudging her to go and find out what was wrong.
"Damn you that hurts!" Yaten rubbed her arm in response to Minako pestering. Seiya was heading out the front door. "Where the hell are you going now?" Yaten asked trying to distance herself from Minako.
"I'm getting off this damn planet." Seiya said before slamming the door behind her as she left.
"Shit." Taiki cursed, something she rarely ever did and got up from the couch to follow Seiya.
"What the hell happened?" Ami asked still in amazement of the entire scene. "Do you two know anything?" She looked from Minako and Yaten's faces.
"I thought she was hanging out with Usagi today. Why the hell would that put her of all people in a bad mood?" Yaten voiced what she knew and moved over to look out the window at Taiki running down the street towards Seiya.
"She wasn't with Usagi all day. Usagi came to pay me a little visit at school today." Ami said picking up her books and shoving them into her bag.
"She doesn't know anyone else here as a female and it's not like she has any money to go out and do something." The wheels in Minako's head were turning. "She had to have just come from being with Usagi, where the hell else was she?" Yaten pulled out her cell phone and handed it to Minako. "What's this?"
"A cell phone." Yaten answered flatly while Ami sweat dropped. "Seiya seems to have done a number on your regular phone I figured this would come in handy when calling Usagi! Hint, hint!" She crossed her arms and stared at Minako.
Minako smiled and dialed Usagi's number. "Hey Usagi! What's going on?" She asked as though it was any other conversation that she would be having.
"Nothing, I just got out of the shower and Mamoru left." Usagi said from the other end of the phone, Minako could hear the towel rubbing up against the receiver. "I finally did it." She told Minako who she knew would be proud of her.
"You did IT?"
"Yup. It wasn't as I expected it to be though. To tell the truth it really hurt."
"Congratulations! At least I won't see you jogging at all times of the day any more!"
"I guess…" Usagi didn't sound to thrilled about the whole matter but Minako didn't really even seem to notice since she had her own agenda here.
"Have you seen Seiya today?" She asked as to not to raise her suspicions.
There was a pause on the phone. "Minako, I don't know what's wrong with her." Usagi's tone seemed upset and almost cracking. "She was trying to break Mamo-chan and me up. She tried to tell me that he cheated on me."
"KUSO!"
"I know, it's a good thing that Mamo-chan told me what was going on first, otherwise… I don't know."
"Do you want me to come over there?" Minako asked feeling bad for her friend.
"Would you?"
"I'll be there in a little bit." Minako hung up the phone and looked to Yaten.
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"Seiya will you just slow down for a minute!" Taiki called making a frantic dash from the apartment building. Seiya kept up her determined stride and didn't even acknowledge her. "You're not really leaving are you?"
Seiya stopped and turned around. "I take it that means you're going to stay here for a while, ne? Well I'll see you back on Kinmoku, I'll tell the Princess."
"NANI!?" Taiki's eyes grew wide. Seiya was actually leaving Earth on her own freewill? "What the hell happened?"
Seiya turned away from her taller friend. "She hates me, there's no sense in my being here any more…" She looked up at the pale moon hanging above the city. Damn it, everything was of the same essence as her.
"Who hates you? Who were you talking to on the phone?" Seiya gave a sideways glance to Taiki and made her shudder. "Did Usagi say she hated you? Usagi couldn't hate anyone!"
"Well there's a first time for everything cause she hates me, she can't even look at me anymore!" Seiya's eyes held a mixed emotion of fury, loss and sadness.
"Can we go back inside and talk about this?" Taiki said coming a little closer to the black haired girl who was looking past her. Minako came up from behind Taiki and glared at Seiya. "Where are you going?" Taiki asked confused as to why Minako wouldn't be interested to find out what had sparked Seiya to destroy her phone. She noted the glare from Minako and became even more confused.
"I'm going to Usagi's." She said matter-of-factly and continued to walk past them not even pausing to explain.
Yaten sat on the couch awaiting the return of anyone who cared to explain this whole mess to her. She hoped to Kamisama that Seiya hadn't left, she still felt her presence here but that didn't mean that Taiki wasn't just stalling her. She wasn't ready to leave Minako yet and doubted that she ever would be. "Good freaking going!" She cursed herself. It was bad enough keeping this to herself, but now that she had brought it out in the open and Minako knew how she felt, the rules had changed.
The front door opened and Seiya and Taiki walked in. "We passed Minako on the way out."
"Yeah, you have got a LOT of explaining to do." Yaten said with her arms crossed looking at Seiya. Minako had told her everything that Usagi said when she called.
"Great, now it's gotten to Minako too." Seiya cursed herself for falling into such a stupid trap in the first place and sat on the couch. "That asshole Mamoru came on to me today and when I went to go tell Usagi she wouldn't believe me. She yelled at me for trying to break her and Mamoru up and pretty much looked at me like I was the lowest thing on Earth." Seiya's hands were balled up into fists. "I know that piece of shit told her some lie so that she wouldn't believe me."
Taiki and Yaten were just amazed at Seiya's side of the story. They would never have expected Mamoru to pull a stunt like that, but then again they also knew that Seiya wouldn't lie about something like this either. "So if he's cheating on her, hurting and betraying her, why would you want to leave Earth?" Taiki couldn't figure out the logic in that one. They had come to Earth to check up on Usagi and everyone, now that they find out what's wrong they're not going to do anything about it and just leave? What the hell was going on?
"She doesn't need me." Seiya slumped over. "She won't listen to me… it's out of my hands." Her head fell into her hands. "She'll never leave him, and he won't let her."
"I can't believe you're giving up!" Yaten yelled at her. "So freakin what if she doesn't love you, you can't let this go on. Don't let him do this to her!"
Seiya and Taiki were both surprised at the amount of emotion that was apparent in Yaten's voice. Seiya quickly snapped out of her daze and stood to tower above the shorter girl. "What the hell do you want me to do?" Her stare burrowed deep into Yaten's gaze. "When I tried to help her I only made it worse! By telling her what happened, not even bringing my own feelings into this, I drove her straight back into his deceiving arms!"
Taiki didn't like the way that Seiya was yelling at Yaten and tried to speak up and come between the two of them. "Seiya… still… you…"
"Shut up!" Seiya yelled to Taiki as she continued to scream at Yaten who stood there and took it strong. "I tried when I got back here to call her too. You want to know what she said?" Seiya paused for a moment for an answer she knew wasn't going to come. "Nothing, she didn't say anything because Mamoru told me that she was relaxing in the tub because he just wore her out by fucking the shit out of her!"
Yaten's eyes searched Seiya's face with sympathy. She didn't blame her for yelling at her, this was just how Seiya dealt with things. Sure her or Taiki would have been able to calmly explain what had happened, but not Seiya. She was too emotional for that. "I'm sorry…" Yaten said looking at her eyes that were threatening to break into tears.
"So now you tell me she needs saving? You tell me what I can do, because as far as I can tell she likes being where she is." Seiya started to walk out the door again.
"Now where are you going?" Taiki said but made no motion to follow her. "We can work this out."
"I can't stay here, Minako's surely pissed at me too. Ja, I'll see you guys later." And with that she closed the door giving the other two Lights no inkling as to where she would be.
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Minako walked into the dimly lit apartment and immediately noticed Usagi sitting on the couch in her bathrobe and slippers. "Usagi?" She wasn't sure whether or not she heard her come in or if she even cared. There was no answer and Minako made her way around the couch to look at Usagi and join her.
"Oh Minako, I can't believe she would do that?" Tears were trickling down Usagi's face. Her face was red and marred with tear streaks. She had obviously been through a tough emotional battle with herself.
"I know." Minako said taking the blond in her arms. Usagi hugged her back gratefully. "Is Mamoru mad at her?"
Usagi's head shook against Minako's shoulder. "No, he said he feels bad for her."
Minako smiled, that sounded like Mamoru, so gentle and caring. "I'm going to ask her to leave."
"Nani?" Usagi's head shot up and her red sore eyes stared straight at Minako.
"I think it's best that she goes home… I mean, can you imagine what would happen if Haruka found out about this?" Minako didn't wait for an answer, the horrible image of Haruka turning Seiya into a human pretzel was bad enough. "Besides, as leader of the inner senshi, I will not have an alien on this planet that disrespects my princess."
"But Minako…"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Minako said and hugged Usagi some more. "This is the best way."
Once she was out on the streets again after some ice cream with Usagi, dreading what she had to do. She knew that if she made Seiya leave, then Yaten would leave too. After just discovering that her feelings were actually returned she wasn't about to let her go, but she had to. Her duty as a senshi came before her own happiness. "I guess the curse is still in full effect." She wryly laughed at herself and put her hands in her pockets. "Why do I feel like the executioner?"
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"I don't know whether or not I believe her." Haruka leaned back in her chair and put her hands behind her head.
Michiru sat refined and lady like across the small table from her. "Why would she lie?"
"Why would he lie?" Haruka's question was just as puzzling and got them right back to the beginning.
"She would he would lie because maybe, I'm just saying maybe here, she found out something or he actually did do that." Michiru didn't want to believe that was true, but then again she didn't want to think that Seiya would actually do something like that to their princess.
Haruka exhaled and rolled her eyes. "But she has more of a reason to lie. We all know how she felt, or rather how she feels, who's to say she wouldn't try to break the two of them apart?"
"I wish Setsuna was here." Michiru stood and looked out across the patio.
Haruka watched her with her eyes. "Michi, just leave her alone. There's nothing else she can tell us."
"I'm just curious, what would you have done if Mamoru had come here first?" Michiru turned her blue eyes down to focus on Haruka for her reaction.
She answered right away without hesitation. "I would have found Seiya and beaten the crap out of her."
"So why didn't you do that when she came to us?" Michiru smiled. "Don't you think Seiya knew the consequences of telling you? A part of you wants to believe her." She walked away to leave Haruka with her thoughts. If Seiya was going to be staying with them for a while things were definitely going to be interesting.
This chapter is actually shorter than I was going to have it, but I figured you'd want something soon and why keep you waiting when I have this much done?
[::Akuen::]
by Lady in Red
(Can it get any worse?)
Seiya saw Mamoru standing across the room from her, his face was slightly hidden by Usagi's, but she could still make out the enormous grin sprawled across his features. She immediately cursed herself for not having thought of transforming also to get here faster. "Odango, I need to talk to you." Seiya darted her eyes from the grinning pervert to the beautiful tenshi in front of her.
"Sure come on in." Usagi didn't know what was going on, she didn't believe that Seiya would actually do that to her and Mamoru.
Seiya didn't move to follow her into the apartment. "Can we go somewhere else?" Her eyes narrowed on Mamoru and Usagi could plainly see that he was the reason that she didn't want to speak here.
"Sure, I guess." Usagi shrugged and walked out in the hallway. "I'll be back in a little while Mamoru. I mean is that ok Mr Slave Master?" She giggled a bit and Mamoru just smiled and nodded his head. Once they were out in the hallway Usagi turned to Seiya who didn't seem to be quite herself today. "So what did you want to talk about?"
Seiya stopped walking and turned her body fully to face Usagi. "Odango, I spent the entire day with Mamoru today and please believe me when I say you should get rid of him."
"Nani?" Usagi was shocked. Mamoru had been telling the truth.
"You're too good for him, he's a pig." Seiya took a step towards her and watched her back away in disgust.
Usagi's mind was clear as crystal. She had been confused up until now but saw the situation clearly now. The turmoil of her feelings, these new sensations, these new thoughts concerning Seiya over the past couple of days came to an end. How could she have been so blind and not have seen this situation for what it truly was? Mamoru had tried to warn her not too long ago but she pushed it away. "Seiya why are you doing this?" Usagi looked her straight in the eye with a rare fury in her glare.
"Odango…" Seiya felt as though she had just been slapped across the face by the look she was giving her. "I had to tell you… he came onto me today…" Seiya's voice was meek, she was embarrassed that she had let it happen in the first place.
"Oh that's rich!" Usagi laughed. "I can't believe I trusted you."
"Usagi listen to me." Seiya didn't know why she was so mad with her, why she didn't believe her but it infuriated her with a new frustration. "Mamoru kissed me! How many other women do you think he's done that to?"
"Shut up!" Usagi screamed in her face. "You're lying!" The tears were apparent now and she was shaking a bit. "You were my best friend, I can't believe you would try to do this to me." Her sentence trailed at the end as she walked back down the hallway, back to her apartment, back to him.
"Odango!" Seiya called after her but she didn't respond. She watched as she disappeared into the doorway and pounded her fist into the wall beside her. Why hadn't she believed her… "Mamoru…" Seiya growled and turned to leave.
"Usako, I'm sorry." Mamoru took her up into his arms when she returned to the apartment. "I don't know why she did this, how could anyone do this to you?" He brushed her tears away and took in snuggly to his chest.
"I was such an idiot." Usagi sobbed. "Can you imagine if you hadn't warned me first? Can you believe that she even thought that would work?" Even though she was cursing Seiya on the outside, she was also mentally cursing herself. She had felt things for Seiya, with Seiya, that she never had with Mamoru… she thought she was falling in love…
Mamoru bent his head down and kissed her gently. "Things like this shouldn't happen to you." He whispered and kissed her again.
"Aishiteru Mamo-chan." Usagi snuggled into his embrace a bit more. No, she wouldn't be hurt again. Mamoru was safe and she knew her destiny with him. She found herself kissing him once again. "You know, I didn't go jogging this morning."
Mamoru smiled and looked at her. "Are you sure Usako?" He asked looking into her eyes. She responded with a nod and he picked her up and brought her into the bedroom that she and Seiya shared just last night.
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Seiya walked in and threw her bag down on the couch and walked into the bathroom not saying a word to the four in the living room. "Look who's ragging it!" Yaten mumbled as Minako only giggled in response.
"What's wrong with her?" Ami asked taking her glasses off for a break. She rubbed the arch of her nose to give it a sense of relief from supporting the frames for so long. Taiki had asked her to come over and study with her.
A few moments later Seiya reappeared from the sanctity of the bathroom and walked a very determined line towards the phone. Once she picked the portable phone up from its cradle she stormed back into the bathroom. Yaten and Minako looked at one another and then to Taiki and Ami before getting up to make a mad dash towards the bathroom door to listen in on her conversation.
The sound of numbers being punched in could be heard clearly. Although a door separated them from the room, it hardly kept any sound in. "Is Usagi there?" Seiya's voice wasn't muffled at all but they still couldn't quite make out the emotion in her voice. She sounded almost pissed, but she wouldn't be pissed at Usagi, ne? There was no more conversation coming from the room and suddenly a loud bang was heard and they both knew it was the sound of the phone shattering on the tile floor.
Within seconds a very furious Seiya emerged from the bathroom and displayed the guts of the phone smashed throughout the bathroom. "Gomen, Minako. I'll buy you a new phone." She said calmly walking past her two spies.
"Happens all the time." Minako said amazed then looked at Yaten nudging her to go and find out what was wrong.
"Damn you that hurts!" Yaten rubbed her arm in response to Minako pestering. Seiya was heading out the front door. "Where the hell are you going now?" Yaten asked trying to distance herself from Minako.
"I'm getting off this damn planet." Seiya said before slamming the door behind her as she left.
"Shit." Taiki cursed, something she rarely ever did and got up from the couch to follow Seiya.
"What the hell happened?" Ami asked still in amazement of the entire scene. "Do you two know anything?" She looked from Minako and Yaten's faces.
"I thought she was hanging out with Usagi today. Why the hell would that put her of all people in a bad mood?" Yaten voiced what she knew and moved over to look out the window at Taiki running down the street towards Seiya.
"She wasn't with Usagi all day. Usagi came to pay me a little visit at school today." Ami said picking up her books and shoving them into her bag.
"She doesn't know anyone else here as a female and it's not like she has any money to go out and do something." The wheels in Minako's head were turning. "She had to have just come from being with Usagi, where the hell else was she?" Yaten pulled out her cell phone and handed it to Minako. "What's this?"
"A cell phone." Yaten answered flatly while Ami sweat dropped. "Seiya seems to have done a number on your regular phone I figured this would come in handy when calling Usagi! Hint, hint!" She crossed her arms and stared at Minako.
Minako smiled and dialed Usagi's number. "Hey Usagi! What's going on?" She asked as though it was any other conversation that she would be having.
"Nothing, I just got out of the shower and Mamoru left." Usagi said from the other end of the phone, Minako could hear the towel rubbing up against the receiver. "I finally did it." She told Minako who she knew would be proud of her.
"You did IT?"
"Yup. It wasn't as I expected it to be though. To tell the truth it really hurt."
"Congratulations! At least I won't see you jogging at all times of the day any more!"
"I guess…" Usagi didn't sound to thrilled about the whole matter but Minako didn't really even seem to notice since she had her own agenda here.
"Have you seen Seiya today?" She asked as to not to raise her suspicions.
There was a pause on the phone. "Minako, I don't know what's wrong with her." Usagi's tone seemed upset and almost cracking. "She was trying to break Mamo-chan and me up. She tried to tell me that he cheated on me."
"KUSO!"
"I know, it's a good thing that Mamo-chan told me what was going on first, otherwise… I don't know."
"Do you want me to come over there?" Minako asked feeling bad for her friend.
"Would you?"
"I'll be there in a little bit." Minako hung up the phone and looked to Yaten.
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"Seiya will you just slow down for a minute!" Taiki called making a frantic dash from the apartment building. Seiya kept up her determined stride and didn't even acknowledge her. "You're not really leaving are you?"
Seiya stopped and turned around. "I take it that means you're going to stay here for a while, ne? Well I'll see you back on Kinmoku, I'll tell the Princess."
"NANI!?" Taiki's eyes grew wide. Seiya was actually leaving Earth on her own freewill? "What the hell happened?"
Seiya turned away from her taller friend. "She hates me, there's no sense in my being here any more…" She looked up at the pale moon hanging above the city. Damn it, everything was of the same essence as her.
"Who hates you? Who were you talking to on the phone?" Seiya gave a sideways glance to Taiki and made her shudder. "Did Usagi say she hated you? Usagi couldn't hate anyone!"
"Well there's a first time for everything cause she hates me, she can't even look at me anymore!" Seiya's eyes held a mixed emotion of fury, loss and sadness.
"Can we go back inside and talk about this?" Taiki said coming a little closer to the black haired girl who was looking past her. Minako came up from behind Taiki and glared at Seiya. "Where are you going?" Taiki asked confused as to why Minako wouldn't be interested to find out what had sparked Seiya to destroy her phone. She noted the glare from Minako and became even more confused.
"I'm going to Usagi's." She said matter-of-factly and continued to walk past them not even pausing to explain.
Yaten sat on the couch awaiting the return of anyone who cared to explain this whole mess to her. She hoped to Kamisama that Seiya hadn't left, she still felt her presence here but that didn't mean that Taiki wasn't just stalling her. She wasn't ready to leave Minako yet and doubted that she ever would be. "Good freaking going!" She cursed herself. It was bad enough keeping this to herself, but now that she had brought it out in the open and Minako knew how she felt, the rules had changed.
The front door opened and Seiya and Taiki walked in. "We passed Minako on the way out."
"Yeah, you have got a LOT of explaining to do." Yaten said with her arms crossed looking at Seiya. Minako had told her everything that Usagi said when she called.
"Great, now it's gotten to Minako too." Seiya cursed herself for falling into such a stupid trap in the first place and sat on the couch. "That asshole Mamoru came on to me today and when I went to go tell Usagi she wouldn't believe me. She yelled at me for trying to break her and Mamoru up and pretty much looked at me like I was the lowest thing on Earth." Seiya's hands were balled up into fists. "I know that piece of shit told her some lie so that she wouldn't believe me."
Taiki and Yaten were just amazed at Seiya's side of the story. They would never have expected Mamoru to pull a stunt like that, but then again they also knew that Seiya wouldn't lie about something like this either. "So if he's cheating on her, hurting and betraying her, why would you want to leave Earth?" Taiki couldn't figure out the logic in that one. They had come to Earth to check up on Usagi and everyone, now that they find out what's wrong they're not going to do anything about it and just leave? What the hell was going on?
"She doesn't need me." Seiya slumped over. "She won't listen to me… it's out of my hands." Her head fell into her hands. "She'll never leave him, and he won't let her."
"I can't believe you're giving up!" Yaten yelled at her. "So freakin what if she doesn't love you, you can't let this go on. Don't let him do this to her!"
Seiya and Taiki were both surprised at the amount of emotion that was apparent in Yaten's voice. Seiya quickly snapped out of her daze and stood to tower above the shorter girl. "What the hell do you want me to do?" Her stare burrowed deep into Yaten's gaze. "When I tried to help her I only made it worse! By telling her what happened, not even bringing my own feelings into this, I drove her straight back into his deceiving arms!"
Taiki didn't like the way that Seiya was yelling at Yaten and tried to speak up and come between the two of them. "Seiya… still… you…"
"Shut up!" Seiya yelled to Taiki as she continued to scream at Yaten who stood there and took it strong. "I tried when I got back here to call her too. You want to know what she said?" Seiya paused for a moment for an answer she knew wasn't going to come. "Nothing, she didn't say anything because Mamoru told me that she was relaxing in the tub because he just wore her out by fucking the shit out of her!"
Yaten's eyes searched Seiya's face with sympathy. She didn't blame her for yelling at her, this was just how Seiya dealt with things. Sure her or Taiki would have been able to calmly explain what had happened, but not Seiya. She was too emotional for that. "I'm sorry…" Yaten said looking at her eyes that were threatening to break into tears.
"So now you tell me she needs saving? You tell me what I can do, because as far as I can tell she likes being where she is." Seiya started to walk out the door again.
"Now where are you going?" Taiki said but made no motion to follow her. "We can work this out."
"I can't stay here, Minako's surely pissed at me too. Ja, I'll see you guys later." And with that she closed the door giving the other two Lights no inkling as to where she would be.
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Minako walked into the dimly lit apartment and immediately noticed Usagi sitting on the couch in her bathrobe and slippers. "Usagi?" She wasn't sure whether or not she heard her come in or if she even cared. There was no answer and Minako made her way around the couch to look at Usagi and join her.
"Oh Minako, I can't believe she would do that?" Tears were trickling down Usagi's face. Her face was red and marred with tear streaks. She had obviously been through a tough emotional battle with herself.
"I know." Minako said taking the blond in her arms. Usagi hugged her back gratefully. "Is Mamoru mad at her?"
Usagi's head shook against Minako's shoulder. "No, he said he feels bad for her."
Minako smiled, that sounded like Mamoru, so gentle and caring. "I'm going to ask her to leave."
"Nani?" Usagi's head shot up and her red sore eyes stared straight at Minako.
"I think it's best that she goes home… I mean, can you imagine what would happen if Haruka found out about this?" Minako didn't wait for an answer, the horrible image of Haruka turning Seiya into a human pretzel was bad enough. "Besides, as leader of the inner senshi, I will not have an alien on this planet that disrespects my princess."
"But Minako…"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Minako said and hugged Usagi some more. "This is the best way."
Once she was out on the streets again after some ice cream with Usagi, dreading what she had to do. She knew that if she made Seiya leave, then Yaten would leave too. After just discovering that her feelings were actually returned she wasn't about to let her go, but she had to. Her duty as a senshi came before her own happiness. "I guess the curse is still in full effect." She wryly laughed at herself and put her hands in her pockets. "Why do I feel like the executioner?"
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"I don't know whether or not I believe her." Haruka leaned back in her chair and put her hands behind her head.
Michiru sat refined and lady like across the small table from her. "Why would she lie?"
"Why would he lie?" Haruka's question was just as puzzling and got them right back to the beginning.
"She would he would lie because maybe, I'm just saying maybe here, she found out something or he actually did do that." Michiru didn't want to believe that was true, but then again she didn't want to think that Seiya would actually do something like that to their princess.
Haruka exhaled and rolled her eyes. "But she has more of a reason to lie. We all know how she felt, or rather how she feels, who's to say she wouldn't try to break the two of them apart?"
"I wish Setsuna was here." Michiru stood and looked out across the patio.
Haruka watched her with her eyes. "Michi, just leave her alone. There's nothing else she can tell us."
"I'm just curious, what would you have done if Mamoru had come here first?" Michiru turned her blue eyes down to focus on Haruka for her reaction.
She answered right away without hesitation. "I would have found Seiya and beaten the crap out of her."
"So why didn't you do that when she came to us?" Michiru smiled. "Don't you think Seiya knew the consequences of telling you? A part of you wants to believe her." She walked away to leave Haruka with her thoughts. If Seiya was going to be staying with them for a while things were definitely going to be interesting.