*/*/*/*/*/*/*/* In Taiki's Room

Taiki laid on his bed, on his belly, his crossed arms dangling off the side. Seiya sat against the side of the bed, with his knees pulled close to him. Yaten sat slouched in a large red arm chair across them.

'So.' yaten said. He raised an arm and waved it about,

'What's this talk of earth?'

'Well.' Taiki started, 'Seiya and I were talking about some things when we decided to make a little game. He asked a question and then I had to answer it truthfully.'

'So basically you invited me down here to play your twisted little game?' Yaten cut in. Seiya and Taiki exchanged glances.

'And to get a little first hand info out of you' Taiki snickered. Yaten sat up straight in the chair,

'and to what?!" He demanded.

'Nothing!' Taiki said quickly.

'Let's begin our game.' yaten scrunched his eyebrows together,

'I don't think ill like this game very much.' he thought.

'Okay me first!!!" Seiya said and bounced up and down.

'Alright I choose you!' He said and pointed to yaten. Yaten gave an appalling look and pointed to himself.

'WHAT? Me first? .but I don't know what to do.ask Taiki.' Seiya grumbled,

'Fiiiiiiine..alright Taiki' he said and started to think of a good question.

'Ah ha!' He said pointing in the air.

'If you could choose one outer senshi to nuke, who would it, be?'

'Hmmmm..That's a tuffy.' Taiki mumbled. He brought a hand up to his chin and lied there a moment, deep in thought.

'I would have to say Hotaru, she's just down right scary..' he finally said.

'Oh god!!! Me too! I think she can see inside your head.like yaten! Only.different..' Yaten raised an eyebrow,

'Are you saying that she is also an empath?'

'No not really.she just knows things.that I didn't know little children would be able to figure out...' Seiya said and quickly looked from side to side, just to make sure Hotaru wasn't there. Taiki smacked the side of Seiya's shoulder,

'Like what, that you have a mondo crush on Tsukino Usagi?'

'AH! DAMN YOU!' Seiya said and clamped Taiki's mouth shut with his hand.

'Oh god..' yaten said and rolled his eyes,

'It must've been sooo painfully obvious that even demented little Hotaru could tell!!!' He started to laugh a little. Taiki joined in on the laughter and said,

'The only one who didn't get it.was Usagi herself!' He and yaten started to crack up laughing. Seiya puffed his cheek out,

'Hey.it's not funny you little assholes..its love' he made a squishy little face. Yaten laughed even more, his side was starting to hurt.

'God Usagi's an idiot!!" he thought as he pealed into another fit of laughter.

'ALRIGHT!' Seiya and Taiki both immediately stopped laughing and started at yaten. Yaten drew his knees up to his chin and wrapped his arms around them.

'Eek..' He squeaked.

'So yaten.' Taiki said coolly 'now that you know how the game goes.here's your question.' Seiya stood up and sauntered towards yaten. He stood to one side of his chair a moment, then suddenly turned his head towards him.

'I hear from my very good sources that you had a little dilemma back on earth.' yaten put his knees back on the floor.

'Dilemma?' he echoed.

'Yes!' Seiya said and jumped in front of him. Yaten slammed himself back in his chair. Taiki got up off of his bed and walked behind yaten.

'Yes.a dilema..Similar to the one that both Taiki and I experienced.' yaten raised an eyebrow and then shook his head,

'You've lost me you crazy bastard..'

'Hmmm.' Seiya bit his lip 'it seems to meee.' Seiya said, trying to think of the right words, 'That you have your own little 'love problems' but your just too damn good at hiding them.or so you think' Seiya said giving yaten an evil smile.

'AAH! AHHH!AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! THEY KNOW!! DAMN THEM! DAMN THEM A LOT!' Yaten's mind screamed. On the outside though, yaten kept his impenetrable gaze.

'I have no clue what you are talking about..' Yaten said calmly.

'Oh no nonononono.' Taiki cooed and shook Yaten's head back and forth,

'Lying is baaaaad.' Yaten smacked Taiki's hands off of him.

'I still don't know what you are trying to get out of me..' Seiya and Taiki both sighed.

'Here.let us act it out for you..' Seiya and Taiki stood in front of yaten. Taiki pulled some of his bangs out and fashioned them like yaten does. Seiya undid his scruchie. He took half his hair and tied his scrunchie into a bow around it. Taiki stood with his arms crossed and the ever famous yaten gaze. Seiya came rushing up to him all bubbly like and grabbed his arm.

'YATEN-CHAN!!!! YATEN-CHAN!!! WEEEEE!' Seiya squealed. Taiki looked down at Seiya in disgust 'ugh.what do YOU want? Go away, I hate you.' Seiya stood back and looked heart broken. He covered his face with his hands and ran off. Taiki looked around a moment and made sure no one was looking. He then clasped his hands together and made a dreamy looking face.

'But alas, in reality I love you!!!' He batted his eyelashes. Seiya and Taiki both jumped in front of yaten once more.

'Getting the picture yet?' Seiya asked. Yaten blushed a deep red.

'NO!' he screamed.

'Fine.' Seiya said.

'Fine.' Taiki echoed.

'We were just asking because we have just a little more info...' Taiki continued. Yaten couldn't stop blushing,

'And what would that be?'

'Well it just so happens that since our planet is rebuilt and the future of the universe it all happy-tappy now, Kakyuu-hime has decided to let us go on an extended vacation to anywhere we choose. Yaten's heart almost stopped all together at hearing this.

'You mean.to .earth?' He spoke slowly. Taiki smiled with big teeth,

'Yes indeed.that's why we asked of your love problems.so that we could make your traveling experience more comfortable.' he finished.

'But you don't know anything..' Yaten sneered.

'Well ya see.that's where you're wrong.' Seiya slid his hand into his pocket and brought out a piece of paper. He unfolded it and scanned it over a moment.

'You remember those long hours you would spend locked away in your room?' Seiya questioned.

'Well.my snooping finally paid off when I found a little blue journal.with some interesting things written in it. Like this entry that was dated close to ..Eh.a couple weeks after our return...:ahem:' yaten jumped up and grabbed the paper out of Seiya's hands. He did not have to read anything for yaten to know what it was.

'HOW DARE YOU!' He screeched and shoved it into his own pocket.

'You've gotta tell someone yaten..even with out the discovery of the journal it's been obvious what's been bothering you. You're always sulking about lately. You're always in your room, or on your balcony.and its all because of one bubbled headed earth girl. whose name is---'

'.Minako..' Yaten finished Seiya's sentence for him.

'Minako.' yaten repeated softly. He hung his head so that they would not see the deep crimson blush spreading across his cheeks, or the tears welling up in his eyes. Taiki walked over to him and pulled him into a hug. Yaten leaned lifelessly against him.

'Don't worry yaten..we'll help ya buddy.' yaten quickly withdrew from Taiki's brotherly hug and pointed at him.

'Don't you dare say a word to her! I want to do it myself!!!! You hear me?! Do you!?" He pointed to Seiya as well.

'You've got it.' Seiya said letting out a deep sigh.

'Awww we can't help at allllll?' Taiki whined.

'NO!' yaten screamed again. Seiya put on a wicked smile.

'So that means you DO love Minako-chan, eh?' Yaten blinked rapidly as his cheeks grew hotter. He quickly hardened his eyes,

'.did I mention I hate you two yet?' He smirked. Seiya clasped his hands with Taiki's and turned to look at yaten.

'I didn't know you cared that much!' Yaten put his hand to his head.

'Ohhhh god..' He whispered. 'Well then I guess we should be off!!!' Seiya said happily.

'Let's go.' Taiki said and they both started towards the door.

'Hey wait I don't even have my stuff packed!!!' Yaten screamed and ran after them.