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(That evening)
Seiya stood in his bedroom, getting ready for Princess Kakyuu's masked ball. He stood wearing a dark blue tuxedo, with a black cape that was attached to it. On the lapel of the tuxedo was a bright red rose, which almost seemed very out of place. He was wearing a mask that was black and covered most of his face and cheeks, only leaving the bottom of his mouth showing. He was carrying a cane with a clear crystal ball on the end of it, and his black shoes were very shiny. It looked as if he stepped into the shadows the only thing to see that he was there was the red rose.
There was suddenly a knock at his door. "I'm coming," Seiya looked again in the mirror and then went to his door. He opened the door, and Taiki stood there in a green suit with a green beret with highly set off his brown hair. He was also wearing a green mask that was identical to the one that Seiya was sporting.
Seiya felt a smile creep across his face. "Don't tell me, you're A Green Thumb."
Taiki smiled and shook his head. "No, I'm The Green Wizard from the fairy tale 'The Princess in The Forest." Taiki motioned toward his green cane that he was carrying and smacked Seiya with it.
Seiya smiled. "Does Yaten look that bad?"
Taiki shook his head. "I don't know, I actually haven't seen him, we were going to see if we could find one another at the ball, it should be fun." Taiki winked, looking very odd wearing all green.
Seiya smiled and then took his invitation out of his pocket, "Are we ready to go to the ball, and accept my pending doom?"
"As ready as I'll ever be." Taiki smiled and accompanied Seiya as they walked to the Ballroom to the ball.
***
Usagi stepped out of her room. She was wearing a small tiara atop of her famous odangoed hairstyle. The small tiara had a small diamond in the center and was made out of silver. Her golden hair was cascading down her back; it seemed to make her features glow.
She was wearing a white dress, but it wasn't just any white dress, it was made out of the finest silks and linens. It had several layers on the bottom part of the skirt that flowed down from the sides of her hips to her legs, with less fabric down the center of her legs.
The top part of the gown was layered and swooped down to show a modest amount of her neck and chest. The dress had short sleeves, but attached to those sleeves a thin layer of gossamer flowed down her arms and stopped around her wrist. On the back of her dress she had two brilliant wings, they sparkled under the light and were so light that they were almost transparent.
On Usagi's face was a small white mask, it covered her forehead and her crescent moon and stopped about mid-cheek. On Usagi's feet were white slippers that were almost made of the same kind of silk, this allowed her to walk almost without any sound, besides the swishing of fabric.
Nibori was standing outside of her door, waiting to accompany her to the ball. Usagi was happy that they had set aside their differences, and was a little nervous about going to the ball.
"Ready to go, Serenity-hime?" He bowed slightly.
"Hai," Usagi held her invitation tightly in her hand.
Nibori and Usagi walked slowly to the Ballroom, and when they got there, four guards were posted by the doors and took her ticket. Once they got inside the Ballroom, Usagi's breath was taken away. The entire room was decorated with gold and red decorations, and at the far end there was a large band playing instruments that Usagi didn't recognize. The room was filled with royalty and the gentry and everyone's costume seemed to add to the mystery of the evening.
Nibori turned to her and bowed slightly. "M' Lady, I have to go and guard Princess Kakyuu, I'll see you at the end of the evening." And with this, Nibori disappeared into the crowd of people dancing.
Usagi felt afraid, almost like a shy rabbit, trying to fit into a world where she didn't belong. Usagi made her way through the crowd until she bumped into a man wearing all green.
"Gomen, I didn't mean to bump into you," The man in green smiled.
Usagi looked up and stared into his violet eyes, "Taiki?" She asked.
The man in green smiled, "May I have this dance, Serenity-hime?"
Usagi placed her hands in Taiki's, "Of course you may," She smiled and was whisked away onto the dance floor where the band was playing a sad, but surprisingly quick melody.
As Usagi was swirled around the dance floor by Taiki, she felt very safe in the crowd of people around her. Her white silk dress didn't make any noise as Taiki skillfully dipped her and twirled her around.
Pretty soon, people started to notice the dancing of Taiki and Usagi and stepped to the side to allow them room to dance, and to watch. Usagi smiled, and was blissfully unaware of all the sadness and fear she held about Seiya and her mind was relaxed for a little while, and she started to feel warm inside.
As the people watched the two dance, they started to be aware of a white glow that surrounded the girl dressed as a blonde haired angel. Suddenly the dance ended, and everyone clapped, and Usagi realized that everyone was watching them.
She blushed and Taiki leaned over and whispered into her ear, "Go to your Prince now, Princess." And then he bowed to her and disappeared into the crowd.
Usagi heard the music pick up again, and the couples swirled around her in elegant dancing. She walked over to the doors that were right of the band, and walked outside to breathe the clear starry night air. She watched as there were masked couples dancing and laughing outside, and she walked along a path that connected the Ballroom garden to the garden where Seiya would probably be waiting.
She walked to a point in the garden where there was a large collection of roses, and she leaned down to smell one of the blood red roses, that eerily shone in the darkness.
"It's a beautiful night, ne?" A deep voice echoed behind her, that she immediately recognized as Seiya.
Usagi turned around and looked into the darkness and saw a red rose that seemed to float by itself in the darkness. Seiya took a step out of the shadows and smiled. "I'm glad you got my message." He smiled as his heart filled with love for the white angel that stood before him.
"Oh . . .Seiya," Usagi felt her eyes fill up with tears, but Seiya stepped forward and stopped her with a kiss. After a moment, their kiss ended and Usagi opened her eyes and saw Seiya's dark blue eyes in front of hers.
"You mustn't address me by my name, Kirro Maiden." He smiled and then looked intently at her new hairstyle. He playfully tapped one and looked at her, "Why did you do your hair like that? It looks like you have Odangoes." He thought for a moment and then added, "Odango Atama."
Usagi felt a hot blush cover her face, but she smiled. "At least I know you care . . ." She teased, as her blush slowly faded.
Seiya didn't say anything for a moment, he was deep in thought, and then, he smiled sadly and looked down at Usagi. "Tonight . . . tonight is our night, our last night."
Usagi felt the tears come back to her eyes, and she pulled Seiya into a hug. "Onegai, don't talk like that." Tears streamed down her face. "I just can't lose you, I just can't." She looked up into Seiya's caring eyes as she cried. "If you have to leave me, I'll die without you."
"Odango Atama," Seiya sighed as he felt his own eyes sting with tears. "No matter what, I promise you that this is not the last night I will have you to my own." He sighed and looked up at the stars. "May I have this dance, Hime?"
"Hai," Usagi placed her hands in Seiya's and he brought her back inside to the dance floor.
"But won't they recognize us?" Usagi whispered to Seiya.
"No one knows my costume, and they don't know who you are, I believe that we will be safe, at least for tonight." Seiya smiled and dipped Usagi.
***
Taiki smiled as he spotted Usagi and Seiya dancing. 'At least I am the only one who knows who they are.' Taiki smiled as he walked to a table where he could get punch.
"Hello Handsome, want to join me in a dance?" A female's voice startled him and he turned around. The girl was wearing a long blue evening gown that was decorated with white flowers and it seemed to be a little lower then was appropriate. Her mask matched her blue dress. Her hair was long and silvery and was in ringlets that were pulled up into a high ponytail that spilled over the sides of her head.
Her make-up looked a little excessive with a brighter pink lipstick then anyone would normally use. She reached out and took Taiki's hands, and he realized that she had bright red nail polish on her small, dainty hands. She was also wearing a silver bracelet and two small rings on her hands. She was wearing a silver chain necklace with a bright green gem that matched her eyes and it reached down and landed above the dip of the chest in her dress. She also was wearing a blue choker that tightly fit around her neck and a white jewel dangled from it.
Taiki unwillingly took her out to the dance floor and started dancing with her.
"Do you come around here to balls much?" The girl giggled as Taiki spun her.
"I usually attend all of the balls that they have here." Taiki rolled his eyes as the girl batted her eyelashes at him.
"I just came in here, I'm visiting my aunt. I'm so lucky to be able to attend a ball on Kinmoku." She smiled. "You have an . . . interesting costume." She smiled. "What are you supposed to be?"
"I'm supposed to be the Green Wizard." Taiki sighed.
"Oh, Really? That was my favorite story when I was little."
"No kidding?" Taiki's reply was rather distracted.
"Hai," The girl looked a little disappointed that Taiki wasn't taking interest in her. "What is your name? Mine is . . ." She paused for a moment.
"What is your name?" Taiki turned back to her.
She laughed. "It's Ume."
"And what does your name mean?" Taiki looked deeply into her emerald eyes. He recognized that name.
Ume avoided his gaze. "You haven't even told me what your name is, why should I tell you what my name means?" Taiki could see a bit of a blush on her face.
"You know who I am." Taiki smiled in triumph.
"Huh?" Ume looked back at him. "What do you mean?"
"I'm not that easy to fool . . ." Taiki paused a moment. "Yaten!" He grinned in triumph.
"What?" The girl's hand shot to her mouth, but when she saw Taiki's grin she smiled. "Darn, I thought it would have been easier to fool you!" Yaten said in his normal voice and got an odd stare from the couple next to him. He laughed and then changed his voice back to Ume's.
"Tonight, my name is Ume, and I am going to try and seduce a man." 'Ume' laughed.
"Was I that hard to find?" Taiki grinned as he spun his brother.
"Well, I just looked for the tallest oaf I could see." He smiled and winked.
"Well, 'Ume' I think I'll just leave you to do whatever you want." Taiki bowed because it was the end of the dance.
"I'll see you later, then." 'Ume' winked and walked back to the punch table and started to talk with a man dressed in a red costume.
Taiki smiled to himself and walked over to the corner of the room. He resumed watching the couples dance across the dance floor.
[A/N: Here is the web site! pengueehime/Fan-ArtUsa.
FF net is being stupid by deleting the address. So please add the geocities and the .com at the beginning, and if it doesn't work, add html to the end of Usa so you can go to my site.
GOMEN ABOUT UPDATING!!! O.o But I hope that you liked this chapter, as for the delay, it was because of the picture that I had to post online before I could post this chapter. And FF.Net was giving me a REALLY hard time about the web addresses, it would delete them. This wonderful art is not mine, but by a friend of mine, East Coast Sailor moon/Usagi, you can visit her site at mine ^^ Arigato! Review!]
(That evening)
Seiya stood in his bedroom, getting ready for Princess Kakyuu's masked ball. He stood wearing a dark blue tuxedo, with a black cape that was attached to it. On the lapel of the tuxedo was a bright red rose, which almost seemed very out of place. He was wearing a mask that was black and covered most of his face and cheeks, only leaving the bottom of his mouth showing. He was carrying a cane with a clear crystal ball on the end of it, and his black shoes were very shiny. It looked as if he stepped into the shadows the only thing to see that he was there was the red rose.
There was suddenly a knock at his door. "I'm coming," Seiya looked again in the mirror and then went to his door. He opened the door, and Taiki stood there in a green suit with a green beret with highly set off his brown hair. He was also wearing a green mask that was identical to the one that Seiya was sporting.
Seiya felt a smile creep across his face. "Don't tell me, you're A Green Thumb."
Taiki smiled and shook his head. "No, I'm The Green Wizard from the fairy tale 'The Princess in The Forest." Taiki motioned toward his green cane that he was carrying and smacked Seiya with it.
Seiya smiled. "Does Yaten look that bad?"
Taiki shook his head. "I don't know, I actually haven't seen him, we were going to see if we could find one another at the ball, it should be fun." Taiki winked, looking very odd wearing all green.
Seiya smiled and then took his invitation out of his pocket, "Are we ready to go to the ball, and accept my pending doom?"
"As ready as I'll ever be." Taiki smiled and accompanied Seiya as they walked to the Ballroom to the ball.
***
Usagi stepped out of her room. She was wearing a small tiara atop of her famous odangoed hairstyle. The small tiara had a small diamond in the center and was made out of silver. Her golden hair was cascading down her back; it seemed to make her features glow.
She was wearing a white dress, but it wasn't just any white dress, it was made out of the finest silks and linens. It had several layers on the bottom part of the skirt that flowed down from the sides of her hips to her legs, with less fabric down the center of her legs.
The top part of the gown was layered and swooped down to show a modest amount of her neck and chest. The dress had short sleeves, but attached to those sleeves a thin layer of gossamer flowed down her arms and stopped around her wrist. On the back of her dress she had two brilliant wings, they sparkled under the light and were so light that they were almost transparent.
On Usagi's face was a small white mask, it covered her forehead and her crescent moon and stopped about mid-cheek. On Usagi's feet were white slippers that were almost made of the same kind of silk, this allowed her to walk almost without any sound, besides the swishing of fabric.
Nibori was standing outside of her door, waiting to accompany her to the ball. Usagi was happy that they had set aside their differences, and was a little nervous about going to the ball.
"Ready to go, Serenity-hime?" He bowed slightly.
"Hai," Usagi held her invitation tightly in her hand.
Nibori and Usagi walked slowly to the Ballroom, and when they got there, four guards were posted by the doors and took her ticket. Once they got inside the Ballroom, Usagi's breath was taken away. The entire room was decorated with gold and red decorations, and at the far end there was a large band playing instruments that Usagi didn't recognize. The room was filled with royalty and the gentry and everyone's costume seemed to add to the mystery of the evening.
Nibori turned to her and bowed slightly. "M' Lady, I have to go and guard Princess Kakyuu, I'll see you at the end of the evening." And with this, Nibori disappeared into the crowd of people dancing.
Usagi felt afraid, almost like a shy rabbit, trying to fit into a world where she didn't belong. Usagi made her way through the crowd until she bumped into a man wearing all green.
"Gomen, I didn't mean to bump into you," The man in green smiled.
Usagi looked up and stared into his violet eyes, "Taiki?" She asked.
The man in green smiled, "May I have this dance, Serenity-hime?"
Usagi placed her hands in Taiki's, "Of course you may," She smiled and was whisked away onto the dance floor where the band was playing a sad, but surprisingly quick melody.
As Usagi was swirled around the dance floor by Taiki, she felt very safe in the crowd of people around her. Her white silk dress didn't make any noise as Taiki skillfully dipped her and twirled her around.
Pretty soon, people started to notice the dancing of Taiki and Usagi and stepped to the side to allow them room to dance, and to watch. Usagi smiled, and was blissfully unaware of all the sadness and fear she held about Seiya and her mind was relaxed for a little while, and she started to feel warm inside.
As the people watched the two dance, they started to be aware of a white glow that surrounded the girl dressed as a blonde haired angel. Suddenly the dance ended, and everyone clapped, and Usagi realized that everyone was watching them.
She blushed and Taiki leaned over and whispered into her ear, "Go to your Prince now, Princess." And then he bowed to her and disappeared into the crowd.
Usagi heard the music pick up again, and the couples swirled around her in elegant dancing. She walked over to the doors that were right of the band, and walked outside to breathe the clear starry night air. She watched as there were masked couples dancing and laughing outside, and she walked along a path that connected the Ballroom garden to the garden where Seiya would probably be waiting.
She walked to a point in the garden where there was a large collection of roses, and she leaned down to smell one of the blood red roses, that eerily shone in the darkness.
"It's a beautiful night, ne?" A deep voice echoed behind her, that she immediately recognized as Seiya.
Usagi turned around and looked into the darkness and saw a red rose that seemed to float by itself in the darkness. Seiya took a step out of the shadows and smiled. "I'm glad you got my message." He smiled as his heart filled with love for the white angel that stood before him.
"Oh . . .Seiya," Usagi felt her eyes fill up with tears, but Seiya stepped forward and stopped her with a kiss. After a moment, their kiss ended and Usagi opened her eyes and saw Seiya's dark blue eyes in front of hers.
"You mustn't address me by my name, Kirro Maiden." He smiled and then looked intently at her new hairstyle. He playfully tapped one and looked at her, "Why did you do your hair like that? It looks like you have Odangoes." He thought for a moment and then added, "Odango Atama."
Usagi felt a hot blush cover her face, but she smiled. "At least I know you care . . ." She teased, as her blush slowly faded.
Seiya didn't say anything for a moment, he was deep in thought, and then, he smiled sadly and looked down at Usagi. "Tonight . . . tonight is our night, our last night."
Usagi felt the tears come back to her eyes, and she pulled Seiya into a hug. "Onegai, don't talk like that." Tears streamed down her face. "I just can't lose you, I just can't." She looked up into Seiya's caring eyes as she cried. "If you have to leave me, I'll die without you."
"Odango Atama," Seiya sighed as he felt his own eyes sting with tears. "No matter what, I promise you that this is not the last night I will have you to my own." He sighed and looked up at the stars. "May I have this dance, Hime?"
"Hai," Usagi placed her hands in Seiya's and he brought her back inside to the dance floor.
"But won't they recognize us?" Usagi whispered to Seiya.
"No one knows my costume, and they don't know who you are, I believe that we will be safe, at least for tonight." Seiya smiled and dipped Usagi.
***
Taiki smiled as he spotted Usagi and Seiya dancing. 'At least I am the only one who knows who they are.' Taiki smiled as he walked to a table where he could get punch.
"Hello Handsome, want to join me in a dance?" A female's voice startled him and he turned around. The girl was wearing a long blue evening gown that was decorated with white flowers and it seemed to be a little lower then was appropriate. Her mask matched her blue dress. Her hair was long and silvery and was in ringlets that were pulled up into a high ponytail that spilled over the sides of her head.
Her make-up looked a little excessive with a brighter pink lipstick then anyone would normally use. She reached out and took Taiki's hands, and he realized that she had bright red nail polish on her small, dainty hands. She was also wearing a silver bracelet and two small rings on her hands. She was wearing a silver chain necklace with a bright green gem that matched her eyes and it reached down and landed above the dip of the chest in her dress. She also was wearing a blue choker that tightly fit around her neck and a white jewel dangled from it.
Taiki unwillingly took her out to the dance floor and started dancing with her.
"Do you come around here to balls much?" The girl giggled as Taiki spun her.
"I usually attend all of the balls that they have here." Taiki rolled his eyes as the girl batted her eyelashes at him.
"I just came in here, I'm visiting my aunt. I'm so lucky to be able to attend a ball on Kinmoku." She smiled. "You have an . . . interesting costume." She smiled. "What are you supposed to be?"
"I'm supposed to be the Green Wizard." Taiki sighed.
"Oh, Really? That was my favorite story when I was little."
"No kidding?" Taiki's reply was rather distracted.
"Hai," The girl looked a little disappointed that Taiki wasn't taking interest in her. "What is your name? Mine is . . ." She paused for a moment.
"What is your name?" Taiki turned back to her.
She laughed. "It's Ume."
"And what does your name mean?" Taiki looked deeply into her emerald eyes. He recognized that name.
Ume avoided his gaze. "You haven't even told me what your name is, why should I tell you what my name means?" Taiki could see a bit of a blush on her face.
"You know who I am." Taiki smiled in triumph.
"Huh?" Ume looked back at him. "What do you mean?"
"I'm not that easy to fool . . ." Taiki paused a moment. "Yaten!" He grinned in triumph.
"What?" The girl's hand shot to her mouth, but when she saw Taiki's grin she smiled. "Darn, I thought it would have been easier to fool you!" Yaten said in his normal voice and got an odd stare from the couple next to him. He laughed and then changed his voice back to Ume's.
"Tonight, my name is Ume, and I am going to try and seduce a man." 'Ume' laughed.
"Was I that hard to find?" Taiki grinned as he spun his brother.
"Well, I just looked for the tallest oaf I could see." He smiled and winked.
"Well, 'Ume' I think I'll just leave you to do whatever you want." Taiki bowed because it was the end of the dance.
"I'll see you later, then." 'Ume' winked and walked back to the punch table and started to talk with a man dressed in a red costume.
Taiki smiled to himself and walked over to the corner of the room. He resumed watching the couples dance across the dance floor.
[A/N: Here is the web site! pengueehime/Fan-ArtUsa.
FF net is being stupid by deleting the address. So please add the geocities and the .com at the beginning, and if it doesn't work, add html to the end of Usa so you can go to my site.
GOMEN ABOUT UPDATING!!! O.o But I hope that you liked this chapter, as for the delay, it was because of the picture that I had to post online before I could post this chapter. And FF.Net was giving me a REALLY hard time about the web addresses, it would delete them. This wonderful art is not mine, but by a friend of mine, East Coast Sailor moon/Usagi, you can visit her site at mine ^^ Arigato! Review!]
