Seiya smiled and grabbed Usagi's hand and went out into the garden. In the garden, there was a door that separated the palace wall from the meadow that surrounded the palace. Seiya opened this door and went outside and brought Usagi through the blue-green swaying grass. He brought her about half of a mile away from the palace, and stopped when he got to a single tree that stood in the middle of the meadow. He let go of her hand and set the basket down in the shade of the tree.

"Shall we eat?" His blue eyes glimmered.

"I don't know. What will we eat . . .grass?"

Usagi looked at Seiya in confusion. Seiya just laughed. He opened up the basket and took out a red and white checkered blanket and spread it out over the grass. He sat down and motioned for Usagi to do the same. She sat down next to him and Seiya pulled out a few sandwiches for them to eat. Usagi happily started eating the sandwich she was given, and she looked around at the swaying grass. The sound of the cicadas filled the air. A gentle breeze filled the air with the calming scent of summer. Usagi turned her head and looked at the palace.

"You found my rose." Seiya smiled after he spotted the red rose in her bun.

"Hai, I did." Usagi looked back to him and smiled. "Arigato, it is lovely."

"Anything for a lovely maiden." Seiya smiled.

There was silence as they continued to eat.

"Is this what you do everyday?" Usagi piped up.

"No, normally I sit at the window of my room and look at the meadow, and think about things. If I'm not doing that, I'm going to the library and reading books."

"I think this would get tiresome after a while." Usagi sighed and took another bite of her sandwich.

"It does get very boring." Seiya sighed and sadly looked at his sandwich. "You can see why I want adventure, it gets so dull around here."

"I wish I could take you away and let you have adventure." Usagi looked up at Seiya.

"Arigato, Kirro Maiden, just you saying that, makes being stuck here worth it." Seiya smiled. "I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't have shown up. You're my only entertainment for goodness knows how long." Seiya grinned.

Usagi blushed and took another bite of her sandwich. "Seiya-san, you shouldn't flatter me so much."

"But it's fun, the crimson looks so nice on your cheeks." Seiya teased.

"You're intolerable," Usagi smiled.

"You just have to get used to me." Seiya smiled. "Otherwise you'll have to be around here forever with me annoying you!" Seiya grinned and Usagi dropped her sandwich.

"For . . .ever?" Usagi's eyes went blank.

"Kirro maiden?" Seiya was worried. "Are you okay?"

No response came from Usagi.

"Usagi?" Seiya touched Usagi's shoulder and he felt an odd sensation coming from her that made his hand tingle. He brought his hand back and looked at her, in shock. "Usagi?"

Usagi started to fall, and Seiya caught her shoulders. He moved closer to her and he held her in his arms. Now her eyes were shut, and he tried to wake her up by shaking her. After a few moments, he gave up and just watched her and made sure she was breathing, so he decided he would just wait out her little dizzy spell.

As Seiya held Usagi in his arms, he felt that same odd tingling in his stomach, this odd heat. He felt like he wanted to go and run across the meadow and come back, but he'd still have a lot of energy.

He suddenly heard a soft moan escape Usagi's mouth.

"Usagi?" Seiya looked down at her, and she opened her eyes slowly.

"You just said forever, and then my entire world went blank, Seiya-san." Usagi let a tear fall down her face. "I just had some memories come back to me when you said that." She sighed and let the warmness of Seiya comfort her.

"So are you going to tell me what you remembered?" Seiya tried to ask, being very gentle about it.

"Okay Seiya, I can tell you. Just understand, that it's hard to tell you." She sighed and wiped away a tear that had fallen down her face.

"It was a very dark time," Usagi narrated. "My people were in the midst of a battle, and I was leading troops against everyone. I used this power inside me to kill the minions that the enemy sent towards me. It got most of them, but I had four friends that were backing me up. The enemy sent attacks towards them, and I tried to stop them, but I couldn't, and they died." Usagi let out a sob, reliving the battle, but still not knowing specifics.

"I guess that they were my really close friends, because it really hurts." She clutched her heart. "But, Seiya-san, that enemy, she sent an attack aimed towards me, but someone, a dark figure jumped in front of me and took the entire blast. I remember crying, and as I held this dark figure, he told me to get away and start anew, he said that he'd be with me forever. I didn't want to go, but then the enemy sent another attack, and I tried to hold it off, but it was too strong and it hit me. It hurt like a millions knives, but most of all, it hurt my heart. I used my powers and I got away," Usagi sobbed. "And now I am away. So very far away from everyone I lost. And I don't think I'll ever be able to go back." She sighed.

"I can take you back to your home." Seiya smiled hopefully at Usagi.

"Even if you do, I'm sure that there will be nothing left." Usagi sat up out of Seiya's grasp and wiped her eyes. "But I'm not going to go back. There was a reason I was sent here, and I'm going to find that reason out, I swear to all of my friends that perished protecting me." Usagi sighed and turned back to Seiya. "I'm sorry about telling you all of this."

"It's okay, Kirro Maiden, it makes me feel a little better that now I know how you got here. And I will do everything in my power to help you do whatever you need to do." He smiled.

"You'll do that for me, Seiya-san?" Usagi's eyes brightened.

"Of course I will." Seiya smiled. "What are friends for?"

Usagi hugged him tightly. "They are for helping one another." She squeezed him tightly, and Seiya blushed.

"Usagi?" Seiya asked and Usagi looked up at him.

"Hai Seiya-san?"

"I just wanted to know, if maybe we could do this again, you know, spend time together." Seiya looked away.

"Sure Seiya-san. I don't have any other friends beside you, and everyone else here says I'm a freak." Usagi picked up her sandwich that was on the blanket and looked at it.

"What do you mean by that?" Seiya was surprised.

"Well, I heard some girls talking about me, and they said that the reason you weren't up yet was because you were sick. Now they said that because I'm some alien that I'd give you a disease or something." Usagi sighed. "Do I look like that much of a freak?"

"No! Of course you don't look like a freak!" Seiya patted her on the head. "You are beautiful! You just look different then most people here, that's all." Seiya smiled at her. "You have nothing to fear from people's opinions."

"I suppose so." Usagi bit into her sandwich again.

There was silence again, for a moment.

"Seiya-san?"

"Hai?"

"Do you think us spending time together will look . . .odd?"

Seiya was confused by this statement. "What do you mean? How is two friends spending time together odd?"

"I don't know." Usagi sighed and brushed a stray hair away from her face. "I just don't want anyone getting the idea that I'm trying to use my "powers" on you and brainwash you." Usagi laughed a little.

"I don't think we'll have to worry about that." Seiya smiled.

"Ojisama Seiya!" A voice yelled from the meadow.

"Nani?" Seiya looked up to the meadow and saw a servant running towards them. "Nani!?" He yelled back.

The servant ran, panting to them. "I've been looking all over for you, Ojisama Seiya!"

"Koneechi-wa, Sayuri!" Seiya smiled. "What seems to be the trouble?"

Sayuri panted a bit more and looked up at Seiya. "Your brothers have arrived, Sir."

[A/N: Dun dun dun! What will happen next? Do Seiya's brothers bring good news? Bad news? Well, the only way you can find out is if you wait until the next chapter, but hey, in the meantime, why don't you drop me a lil' note? ^^ Okie, as always, Arigato for reading! {BTW, Sailor Moon isn't mine, I know, I've come to terms with it, so should you. ;-)}