E'o..

No idea what's really happening in this story. Each time I sit down to write, I just type with no idea of what's gonna happen, and ideas just come along the way. So, please forgive me if it's sorta ~_~, hai? ^_^v




An hour and one tearful reunion later found Usagi sleeping blissfully in Seiya's arms. He slept, too, his head tilted down and resting on her golden head. Queen Serenity watched the two, trying to work out in her head how two people who so obviously could never be could look so... *Right* together. They looked adorable, really, she reasoned as she reached down to smooth Usagi's hair and touch Seiya's cheek. And Endymion really *hadn't* been treating her daughter properly lately--

No! She mustn't think that way, this was the way things had to be.

Still, they looked so happy...

"I'm sorry, darling," she murmured to the angelic face of her sleeping daughter. "I don't want to have to do this." Slowly she raised the mystical wand she held in her hand, mouth forming the words to send Usagi back to her own time...Without Seiya.

"*Stop!*" Shocked, she turned, letting the wand drop into the mists swirling around her feet. A figure that was slight but somehow managed to look tall and intimidating stood, the cloudy mist curling in tendrils around her. Serenity couldn't see the woman's face, but there was something vaguely familiar about her silhouette. The figure stepped forward and a stray beam of light highlighted her.

"Kakkyu?" The silverhaired queen gasped, a delicate hand rising to conceal her open mouth.

"Serenity," Kakkyu answered, sweeping the slightest curtsy.

"D-demo--what are you *doing* here?" She questioned faintly at last, withdrawing her hand and returning the light bow.

"Stopping you from making a big mistake!" The other replied, her tone cold. There was no love lost between the two royals. Their rivalry dated back to their early years in charm school together; when Queen Serenity told the other Princess' that Kakkyu had Royal Cooties and Kakkyu retaliated by hiding various reptiles and rodents in the satin sheets of Serenity's fourposter bed.

"Mistake, no." Serenity responded, her voice equally chilly. "I'm fixing where your *idiot* Senshi went wrong!" Even at a distance she could see Kakkyu's red eyes grow icy before turning hot with fiery rage, but she didn't back down.

"If you send Usagi back even Seiya's *soul* will die. I'm not going to let you do that."

Serenity snorted. "I don't mean to be mean because I normally like people. But as this boy belongs to you, I have to say... I DON'T CARE what happens to him. And I'd *love* to see you stop me." Gracefully she bent, scooping the wand up in her hand and aiming it towards the sky again. "Cosmic Moon--Nani?!" The words were cut off as a small but noteable weight charged into her, sending the moonwand flying into the mists again. As Serenity remained on the ground, stunned, Kakkyu scrambled to her feet and grabbed it, quickly unscrewing the Silver Imperium Crystal from it's longstanding position in the center of the metallic crescent moon. She snapped her fingers, long red nails flashing, and it slowly faded away, recognizing the power of a good royal. She tossed the wand in front of the fallen Queen, who was still staring at the swirling ground in confusion. Stooping delicately, the flamehaired girl kissed the foreheads of the sleeping couple and rose, starting to fade and taking the crystal with her.

"Take care, my darling," She whispered, eyes on Seiya's figure. "Don't let yourself be separated from her..."

Queen Serenity's eyes focused on the wand and realized the crystal she protected with her life, silver eyes widening angrily. "Kakkyu, RETURN!" She ordered in her most commanding voice, but it was to no avail. The last thing she heard before Kakkyu disappeared entirely was the woman's gentle mocking laughter. She cast the angry eyes at the two before her and sighed, her anger melting away at their innocently happy faces.

"Pluto is going to kill me."