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

"Nani!" Seiya stood up quickly. "Hurry up, Usagi, we have to pack everything up!" Seiya grabbed the sandwich that was in Usagi's hand and threw it into the basket. He grabbed onto Usagi's hand and started running across the meadow.

"The blanket!" Sayuri yelled back to him as she grabbed the blanket and chased them to the palace.

"Why . . .are we . . .running like this . . .Seiya-san?" Usagi managed to whine between gasps of air.

"No time to talk now." Seiya pulled her faster.

When they got to the door in the palace wall, he opened the door and continued to run through the garden until he got inside. He threw the picnic basket to a servant who was standing in the hallway. She got a confused look, and shrugged, then took the basket back to the kitchen.

Seiya continued to drag Usagi along to the Great Hall. Once they got there, they stopped at the huge double doors and the guards smiled.

"Your brothers are looking well, Ojisama Seiya." One guard said.

"I hope so." Seiya smiled and then looked at Usagi.

"Are you okay, Miss?" One of the guards looked at a panting Usagi.

"I think . . .I'll . . .be okay . . .once the blood goes back . . .to my . . .hand." Seiya looked down and saw he still had a death grip on Usagi's hand. He sheepishly pulled it away.

"Gomenasai, Kirro Maiden." Seiya blushed.

"It's okay . . .Seiya-san." Usagi took a final breath of air, regaining her composure. "Well, are we going to see your brothers now?"

"Oh, hai!" Seiya nodded to the guards and they whispered to the Announcer that Seiya was there.

"Now presenting, his honorable, Ojisama Seiya, accompanied by Usagi!"

The Announcer shouted this as Seiya and Usagi walked into the Great Hall. Usagi saw two boys standing next to the Queen, and they were both grinning. They wore the same outfit as Seiya, and one was very tall, and the other, was short. The short one had silver hair and green eyes, and the tall one had brown hair and violet eyes. Usagi and Seiya approached them. Seiya first bowed to his Queen, and Usagi did the same. Princess Kakyuu giggled at the sight of Usagi bowing, when she knew that Usagi should be curtsying.

"I'm glad you decided to join us, Seiya." The Queen smiled.

"Gomenasai, Kimiko-sama, I lost track of the time." Seiya stood up from his bow.

"Your brothers were worried about you, they though you had fallen down a well." She laughed.

"Out gallivanting, your Highness?" The shorter brother smiled.

"I'm sure, and doing no good as well." The taller one smiled.

"I hope your trip was good?" Seiya smiled at the two.

"Yes, it was okay, but what can you expect when you're traveling from a third world planet?" The Shorter one put his nose up in the air.

"Nothing is good enough for Ojisama Yaten." The taller one laughed.

"Oi, you were complaining about it too, Taiki!" Yaten scowled.

"Ah, it's great for you guys to be back!" Seiya hugged Taiki and then Yaten.

"You're not saying you missed us or anything?" Yaten smiled.

"Well, I didn't miss *you*, Yaten!" Seiya had a smug expression.

"Oi, what a rude thing to say!" Yaten crossed his arms.

"I trust you're well, Taiki?" Seiya smiled at the taller brother.

"I'm fine, glad to be home, mostly." Taiki smiled. "Seiya, who is that you're with?" Taiki motioned towards Usagi.

"Oh yeah! How rude of me!" Seiya put his hand behind his head.

"Taiki, this is Usagi," He pointed to Usagi. "Usagi, the boy with the brown hair is Ojisama Taiki, and the short one over there is Ojisama Shrimp, I mean Yaten."

"Oi! I heard that, you know!" Yaten walked over and gently punched Seiya in the side. "I've been training you know, I could kick your butt now."

"It's nice to meet you, Ojisama Yaten." Usagi bowed.

"It's nice to meet you, Usagi." Yaten put his hand out, and Usagi shook it. Seiya shot her a wink.

"Hello, Usagi-san." Taiki shook her hand after Yaten.

"Hello, it's very nice to meet you, Ojisama Taiki." Usagi bowed again.

"I must say, you aren't from around here." Taiki's violet eyes glimmered.

"No, actually, I'm not. How did you know?" Usagi looked up at Taiki.

"Well, first of all," Yaten interrupted, "You have yellow hair. What did you do, hit a star?" Seiya elbowed Yaten sharply in the side.

"You didn't have to say it like that, Yaten." Taiki looked at Yaten who was rubbing his side.

"Yes, it would seem that I don't fit in well here." Usagi smiled sadly. Seiya scowled at Yaten and Yaten looked at Usagi.

"It doesn't look that bad, it just looks different, that's all." Yaten rubbed his side.

"You'll have to excuse Yaten, Usagi-san." Taiki smiled. "He's not very tactful."

"Well, you know what, I think if I'm going to get insulted, I'll just go to my room!" Yaten stormed out of the Great Hall.

Usagi giggled. "He is sure full of it."

"He is one of a kind, my Ojisama Yaten." The Queen smiled. "Well, I really would like to hear about your trip, Taiki, but I have some important business matters to attend to, so I'll see you at dinner, all right?" The Queen was obviously trying to kick everyone out of the Great Hall.

"All right then, I'll see you later, Kimiko-sama." Seiya bowed.

"Nice seeing you, Kimiko-sama." Taiki bowed.

"It's been lovely." Usagi bowed.

The three left the Great Hall and Seiya and Taiki were talking.

"So, anything interesting happen?" Seiya was desperate for anything interesting news.

"Well, we got stranded on this planet for a couple of days, it was kind of scary." Taiki ruffled his hair. "I dropped one of my favorite books in quicksand."

"Yes, Taiki, always trying to find the most important events to tell me." Seiya rolled his eyes.

"If you're going to continue to be rude then I won't tell you about my trip." Taiki was a little offended.

"Iie, Taiki-chan, you know I was just being my stupid old self." Seiya tried to make peace with Taiki.

"Well, I think I'm going to go to my room and rest before dinner." Taiki smiled at Usagi. "It was nice meeting you, we'll have to chat later, all right?"

"Okay." Usagi smiled.

Taiki waved and then set off down the hallway towards his room.

"Your brothers are nice, Seiya-san." Usagi smiled.

"Yeah, they're all right." Seiya grinned.

Usagi heard her stomach growl. "You know, Seiya-san, we never got to finish our sandwiches, at least I didn't." She clutched her stomach.

Seiya sweat dropped and then looked at Usagi. "We can go and get you a snack, how does that sound?"

"Sounds good!" Usagi grinned and Seiya and Usagi headed off to the kitchen.

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[A/N: Okie, I have some bad news, guys! (Well, actually it's kinda good news ^^) I am going on a field trip with school tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 14, and I'm not going to get back until Sat. night, so you guys won't get another chapter til at least Tuesday. Sorry! But I hope you guys like this, and I wish you all well, and I hope you review! ^^]

I don't own Sailor Moon or the characters, silly! If I did, I would speak Japanese! ^^;;