Seiya sat at his desk, tapping a pencil against the cold surface of the wood. The other hand was propped under his chin. The movements of his fingers didn't even seem to register with his mind as he stared blankly out the window. Waves of odd creatures kept on appearing within the last few days. Some were extremely easy to defeat while others weren't. Thankfully they didn't run into any that were like the one that took hold of Haruka's body. Oddly enough she didn't remember anything after it had happened, and most of the fight itself was just a blur. Usagi was just glad that everyone was all right. For some reason Seiya left out the detail of his run-in with Galaxia; he wasn't sure why. After that day, she failed to make any more appearances during any of the fights. He had to wonder if she was even still on the planet, though she probably was.  Galaxia wasn't the type to just leave like that.

Then again, she wasn't the type to just up and vanish; she obviously had an easier time fighting the creatures, and even knew more information about them. Seiya had hoped to see her again; there were still many unanswered questions. He still felt a small resentment towards her; after all she did, even if it had been years ago. She still destroyed his people and tried to destroy him as well. Galaxia's personality didn't seem any different either. One would think that after it all she might have changed some.  There was something different about her; something strange, but he couldn't place what that was.

Seiya felt a little bad for keeping the others in the dark about the Golden Queen's appearance, but aside from giving Usagi more of a burden on her shoulders, he doubted it would do much to help the situation. So Seiya decided to take the job on for himself. Usagi – Sailor Moon had enough to worry about.  She went through so much already. He would find out the cause for the creatures, what was creating them and why. He already had a small hint from what Galaxia said; he would have to investigate even further, granted she hadn't lied to him.

His eyes drifted to the small wrist communicator sitting on the desk. Ami had given it to him earlier that day. She said it would be a good idea if they could all keep in contact with one another and this was an easy way to do so.  As if he had willed it to happen, the small device started making a beeping sound. Seiya blinked for a moment before reaching to pick it up; Ami was on the other side.

"Seiya-kun?"

"What's going on?"

"Luna and I have been processing some of the data we've gathered recently into one of our computers. We think we may have discovered a possible location of the enemy headquarters. Only days before you arrived on Earth, a club opened up in downtown Tokyo, called 'Club Konton.' We picked up some strange energy around there which leads us to believe that it may hold some involvement."

"So are you going to check the club out?"

"We are going to investigate it later tonight. I just thought you might like to know since this seems to involve you too now."

"Yes, thank you."

"Well, I have some more studying to do, I'll keep you posted if we learn anything else. Bye!" Ami's image faded from view. Seiya closed the screen and set it back down on the table.

"Hmm..." He thought for a moment before standing up. He would just have to see what's all involved with this place himself. His goal was to solve the mystery so that Usagi wouldn't have to worry about it. He knew he should work together with them, he supposed that a small part was still trying to prove his worth. He wasn't even sure about that.

Once he started on his travel to the club was when he discovered that it wasn't really a good idea. Several female fans of the Three Lights had found him, and when not glomping or trying to remove clothing, they bombarded him with random questions about the group and why they weren't making music anymore; if he was thinking of taking a solo career and if the group was ever going to get back together. He did his best to avoid the subject altogether and made a hasty retreat right into the club he was going to investigate. Blue eyes peered around the place. Even from the inside he couldn't see much of anything that looked out of the ordinary; it was the usual club scene. Several people were on the dance floor, moving to the beat played by some band he never saw before. He stepped in further, weaving slowly in and out through the crowd to go to a table near a corner where he could watch everything without being bothered. A figure out of the corner of his eye made him stop dead in his tracks, however.

Even without taking a good look he knew instantly who it was, though her back was to him. The long golden hair, which merged with a fiery red color once past her shoulders, was really hard not to see. His eyes narrowed slightly; why was she here? Had she been lying to him before? He wouldn't doubt it coming from her of all people, especially since this was on the list of suspects for the strange happenings as of late. He slowly approached, carefully shortening the distance between them. He only hoped that he could do so without her noticing. He took a place in the shadows where he could watch.

She seemed rather distraught at the moment. Her eyes seemed fixed on an empty glass in front of her as if she was willing it to fill up again. Certain sadness lingered in the air around her, but her expressionless features made even that difficult to detect. Seiya watched as the bartender approached, setting another full glass in front of her.

"This one's on the house." The bartender smiled to her. Galaxia made no response that she even heard him. "You know... you seem rather alone... did your boyfriend leave you?" He made a gesture to touch her hand, but he didn't even get close when she grabbed his head and slammed it on the tabletop.

"If you even think about touching me, I will rip off your hand and feed it to the dogs, and that will be the nicest thing I'll do to you."

Seiya sat in surprise, he had seen Galaxia do some horrible things, but never just lose it like that. He had to admit that the guy kind of deserved it, and was even a little surprised that Galaxia just threatened him instead of killing him instantly. The bartender made a muffled noise and another man approached from behind. From what he could tell, it was probably one of the bouncers.

"What's going on over here?"

"Oh, nothing at all." Galaxia smirked and turned around, releasing the grip on the bartender. Even though the man was quite larger than her, she showed no fear whatsoever.

"She tried to kill me!" He shouted and pointed towards her.

"I did nothing of the sort, but if you insist that I tried to kill you, I might as well."

"Oh boy." Seiya shook his head and quickly moved forward. Galaxia was already making a movement like she was going to lunge for the man at any second. He grabbed both of her arms and held them to her sides, receiving an odd look from her, which quickly turned into a glare. He laughed enviously, trying to ignore the evil look she was giving him. "Eh heh... I'm sorry about this... It seems that she's forgotten to take her medication again."

Galaxia looked like she was about to say something, but a cool female voice interrupted the group. "Is there a problem?" Everyone looked over to see a tall woman wearing a black, classy business suit. Her hair was a deep, dark blue, which perfectly matched her light sky blue eyes. Seiya found himself staring for a moment. "Oh, yes, I know you." She walked over to him and extended her hand. "You're Seiya Kou, correct? Member of the group, the Three Lights? I know your music quite well."

Seiya was still staring even after she spoke.  Part of her words brought him back to attention and he shook his head, clearing it for a moment. "Huh? Oh... Thank you. I'm glad people still recognize me." He took her hand and shook it; he practically forgot Galaxia was still standing there.

"I'm sorry, I know who you are, but I haven't introduced myself. I'm Gijino Shin." She smiled before looking over at Galaxia, who was giving her an equally evil glare. "And who is this, an acquaintance of yours?" Her eyes shifted between the two as she spoke.

"If you think for one minute that I'm with THAT, then you are mista—HEY!" Galaxia was unable to finish her sentence as she was dragged out of the club by the arm.

"We really have to be going, sorry about that! Maybe we can talk later?" Seiya nervously said as he continued to drag Galaxia out the door.

"Yes, please come back sometime! I would love to talk more about your music," Shin called out after.

The two weren't even a few feet out of the two when the Golden Queen sharply turned, using her quick reflexes to slam Seiya right into the side of the building. He made a small sound as she seemingly pinned him there. Her eyes were narrowed with a look of pure hate. "How DARE you?" She brought up her left hand and clenched it around his throat. "Just because I did not kill you before does not give you any right to treat me in such a way. I should snap your neck for even speaking to me, let alone your other actions."

Seiya struggled to breath through her grasp. Talking was made even more difficult from her grip, but he tried nonetheless. "You... w-would... ruined....it..."

"Ruined what? Your pathetic attempt at investigating this place?" She snapped back.

"How....?"

"Your conversation with Sailor Mercury. Do you think I would go without watching the events on this planet? I am fully aware of what's going on. They can't track us when we aren't transformed. They can only detect our power. The female you were gawking over was probably one of them. You are an idiot." She let go of his throat but still kept him pinned.

"What? Wait... you were watching me?"

She paused and just looked at him. Of all the questions he could have asked, he chose that one. "Only when I thought you might be of use, which obviously proved to be a mistake."

"Why were you just sitting there?"

"We each have our different ways of going about our actions."

Seiya thought back to Galaxia's purge of the galaxy. "Obviously, especially when it comes to you."

She narrowed her eyes. "What's that supposed to me?"

"You declare yourself to be so high and mighty.  Can't you figure it out yourself? Has the golden queen finally been stumped?"

Black electric energy began to crackle around her hands as her anger rose to even greater heights. Seiya was really playing with fire and had to be careful if he wanted to live another night. She was on the verge of killing or destroying things, and right now he didn't want to be one of them. He considered saying something else to distract her, get her away from the death thoughts she was probably considering right now. He held his ground though, not showing any fear towards her at all. "I thought you said they could track your power? Isn't that a bad idea then?" He spoke boldly, meaning her small display that was meant as an obvious threat towards him.

The energy dissipated. She had listened to him? "You honestly believe you have me figured out, don't you?" Her voice wasn't so full of rage, but it still held a coldness to it.

"What's to know? You believe you are the most powerful being in the galaxy and want to control life and death. I won't doubt that you are powerful.  In fact, I've seen your power, but you don't want anything to match you, which is why you went after perhaps the only light in this galaxy. You called us cowards.  Did you ever stop to think that you are exactly what you hate? You're the one who ran from who you are and wanted to be something else. Why are you here, Galaxia? So remnants of Chaos still exist.  Leave it for the real soldiers of this galaxy to take care of. You didn't need any of us; well we don't need you. Go back to your home planet, where you belong."

Galaxia was silent. He either hit a nerve or she was going to kill him at any instant.

"What's the matter? Can't stand to hear the truth?" He pushed his luck by continuing.

"Starlight, you have no idea where you're going. Do you want to see where I come from?"

"Why would I?"

"You seem to know quite a bit about me. It seemed only fitting." He couldn't tell if she was being sarcastic or not.

Before he could answer, rings of gold flew up from the ground surrounding both of them. He wasn't sure what had happened at first, until a few moments later the surroundings cleared and he found himself standing on a rooftop of a large building. Galaxia was standing with her back towards him, not too far away.

"You originally lived on top of a building?" He arched an eyebrow.

She didn't even bother to turn around. "Don't be so ignorant."

He saw her lift a single hand, there was a bright flash of light. He brought up has arms to cover his eyes. When the light was gone he lowered them to find that he was no longer on the building, or at least he didn't think he was. In fact, he couldn't tell if he was even still on Earth. Galaxia was still standing the same distance away, but all around her and him was nothing but sand and barren rock.  It was like they were placed in some sort of desert. "Where?" His gaze snapped back to Galaxia. "What did you do?!"

She still didn't turn around. "Relax, you're still on Earth. This is an illusion of sorts."

"What do you mean 'of sorts' ?"

"It's a memory.... a distant memory."

"Of what?"

"My planet."

Seiya didn't say anything more; he just looked around again. For an illusion, everything certainly seemed real enough. He brought up a hand to block his face when the wind picked up, blowing sand everywhere. Galaxia didn't seem to flinch at all. Perhaps it was all just an illusion and his mind was just playing tricks on him. He started to walk forward a few steps. He was still amazed at how real everything seemed.

"I wouldn't go too far. While everything you see might not be real, your body is still moving. You may end up falling off the edge."

For some reason, from the sound of her voice, he almost thought that she wanted him to fall off. He shook his head and made a face at her from behind, then stopped when he wondered if she could see him do it. She made no indication that she could, but he could never tell what was going on in her twisted mind. A sound behind a rock structure caught his attention. He saw Galaxia fidget slightly when she heard it too. He eyed her for a moment before continuing over to the boulder, carefully of course. He peeked around the side to see a little girl sitting directly behind it, in an obvious attempt to get away from the harsh winds. She looked so alone as she sat there, practically curled up. His eyes grew wide with a realization and he stood back up straight, his gaze landing back on Galaxia. He walked over to her, but soon stopped, still keeping a distance between them.

"You grew up alone, didn't you?" He asked quietly.

"I thought you had me figured out?"

"I didn't know...."

"Save it, I don't need your pity, your sympathy. I don't consider this planet my home." She turned to face him; as soon as she did the illusion disappeared. "That planet is just a distant memory. It wasn't worth my power." She approached him slowly. "I did find a planet that was worthy of my power, but even that was taken away from me!"

"Is that why you hate Sailor Moon so much?"

Her eyes were fixed on him. "She is undeserving of her power, but I do not hate her. Not anymore."

"You still can't accept that she is a greater light than you, yet you still hold some contempt for her? Why?"

"It isn't fair."

Her statement surprised Seiya.  He had heard some blunt statements from her, but never one that didn't sound like it was well thought out.

"Life isn't fair. I thought you of all people would know that."

"Ha, you think you know everything, don't you Starlight? I've been to every planet in this galaxy, each worthless."

"That's why you wanted the galaxy cauldron? What were you searching for?"

"I already told you."

"No." He dared to walk closer. "What were you really looking for? A home? Some place to accept you? It couldn't be as simple as 'I wanted a place that was as powerful as I was.' Nothing is ever that simple."

He thought for sure she would snap that time, but she didn't. "I don't know."

"What happened back at the cauldron, Galaxia?"

"Do you want the simple version? Chaos betrayed me, Sailor Moon saved my life, and then I died. There, now you know everything.  Happy?"

He just stared at her. She stared back, then shook her head and vanished in a flash of light. He didn't know what to say. He also didn't know how to get down from the building.