Cross My Heart
Author: Sea of Hazel
Disclaimer: I own Sailor Moon. Oh wait, no i don't... heh, heh...
nevermind then...
AN: Nothing this time. Stuff's all at the bottom so be sure to read, kay?

"I don't want your apologies. If you care about it so much... then
give me a present."
"A present...?"
"Yes. Plus all the things i done for you in the past, give me a
'reward'. One that i've always wanted."
"Yeah? Sure! I'll give you anything you want!"
"Really?"
"Yeah! As long as it's not too expensive... What do you want? Clothes?
A cd? Oh yeah, kitchen appliances!"
"Aya... i want you."
~Yuuhi and Aya (Ayashi no Ceres)

Ahhhh i also love this guy..... he's so sweet... ::drool:: ...

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Chapter Six: Until We Meet Again


Princess Serenity smiled as she reached the entrance of the
palace, her hand still tightly gripping Seiya's at her side. The humid
afternoon air, still moist with the morning's dew, was warm against
her creamy skin... though was somehow not nearly as conforting as
the warmth from the hand she was holding. She sighed, a soft smile
resting on her rosey lips. The light breeze danced through her long silver
tresses and seemed to beckon her towards the large ship before her,
encrusted with the symbol of her kingdom, the same as the one on her
forehead. The door opened and one by one her senshi, her friends,
piled out and kneeled before the queen, their faces coated with worry.
Seiya exhaled ruefully as he stared at the six people a mere fifty
feet from them, each one still in formal attaire. He then turned to
his Odango and removed his hand from her grasp.
"So what are you waiting for? Go see them."
The words seemed to burn his throat, making him feel nauseous at the
thought of the meaning behind them. It was as close to a goodbye as
he could come without breaking his promise... she was happy, so who
was he to interfere with that? No one but her temperary senshi.
She nodded and ran towards them, first gaining the attention of the
tomboyish girl with short blond hair.
"Koneko!" she yelled as she ran towards her princess and wrapped her
arms around her, lifting her from the ground.
"Uranus-chan!"
The other senshi gathered around them, wiping the tears from their
eyes as they hugged the small girl in Uranus' arms.
"Uranus, must you always hog her?"
She smirked in response to the elegant girl with wavey green hair
beside her, before carefully setting the princess down.
"Of course. Why? Are you jealous, Neptune?"
Neptune only smiled mysteriously, before kneeling to hug her princess.
He vaguely noticed that four of them were no older than Serenity, while the other two
were taller, seeming to be about his own age.
"Seerreee... we were all so worried!" one girl wailed as she hugged
her, the top of her waist length golden hair pulled back by a red bow.
Serenity giggled and appoligzed, but, try as she might, couldn't escape
from Venus' death grip around her waist.
"Serenity-baka! You had us pacing the floor and here you're perfectly
fine!" the girl with black hair and flaming purple eyes accused, crossing
her arms against her crimson dress, but her softening eyes belied her scowl.
"Be quiet Mars... So Sere, how are you feeling?"
She turned to the girl with almost boyish chestut brown hair pulled
back into a ponytail and emerald green eyes, and smiled broadly.
"Much better!"
"I'm glad, Sere-chan, we were very worried when we heard."
The girl with short blue hair and eyes to match hugged her gently, breathing
a deep sigh of relief.
"Ah-- Sere, what happened to your hair?!"
"Venus don't scream! I'll be deaf because of you!"
"Mars! Why are you always so mean?!"


Seiya smiled as he walked back into the palace, content in feeling the warmth
his Odango's happiness.
"Seiya... your transportation has arrived. Please follow me."
He nodded and Queen Serenity smiled, leading him towards the back of the
palace where a large crimson ship awaited them.


The princess smiled softly, listening to her friends talk of
their kingdoms and families, laughing every so often. It seemed like
it had all been a dream- her senshi leaving, meeting Seiya, the
attack- everything. And now she was awake, surrounded by her friends
and together as they had always been.
"Minna, i want you to come to meet Seiya! I'm sure you'll like him,
and he's a senshi too!"
The inners nodded vigorously, but the two outers hesitated, glancing
briefly at each other.
"You shouldn't see him anymore, Koneko. He could be dangerous." Uranus
said bluntly as Neptune kneeled, her brows creased as she stared up
at her small princess.
"Princess, he's not from this galaxy... we don't even know anything
about him..."
Serenity couldn't believe she was hearing this... how could they say
such horrible things about the person who had saved her life? Who had
protected her in their absense? Who was prepared to give his life for
her? She pulled away from Neptune's gentle grasp on her shoulders,
tears falling from her azure eyes and splating quietly upoun impact.
"Iie! I can't do that! I won't! He's... he's my important friend,
so why should it matter where he's from?!"
"Kitten, please..."
"Leave me alone!" she cried, pushing past her friends and dissapearing
into the palace.
"Matte, Sere!"


Seiya sighed as the door opened and three guards stepped out
from the ship, kneeling before the queen and their kingdom's senshi.
"Sailor Star Fighter-sama, the queen of Kinmokusei has requested your
return."
He nodded and turned to bow deeply for Queen Serenity, before
obidiently following the guards. His jet black hair, tightly tied
back into a ponytail, wipped violently around his body against the
wind... but he never noticed. All he could think about was his
Odango. Every second they were together, even if it was only a
week, was imbeded within his memory. He could still hear her
melodious laughter, see her pink lips pout as he teased her,
watch her eyes light up at the smallest things... How was he
supposed to live after this? In only one week, she had entwined
his life to hers so gently yet so strongly. She had given him what no one
else could- he had felt happiness one last time.
"Seiya!"
He stopped just before the stairs and turned to the familiar voice,
his eyes wide, but his arms outstretched... it never ceased to amaze
him that no matter how hard he tried, his body always reacted on its
own when it came to her.
"Odango!"
She threw herself into his embrace, crying against his chest as her
small fingers tightly grasped his shirt, silently pleading for him
not to go. He closed his eyes tightly as he took in the feeling of
holding her. Part of him never wanted to let go, but at the same time,
he knew he didn't have a choice.
"Please don't go, Seiya! Please stay... Please stay with me!" she
cried, her mother and senshi staring sadly at them from behind.
He smiled, gently running his fingers through her soft hair until her
sobs subsided.
"Odango... you know i can't."
"Why not! I can get my mother to--"
"I'm a senshi, Odango. Just like your senshi, my job is to protect
my kingdom and my princess... i have to go back." he interupted,
silently wishing the circumstances had been different.
He pulled away to gaze into her beautiful cerulean eyes under long
coal black lashes and smiled, removing the ring from his finger.
"Here. Keep this safe for me until i can come to get it back."
She looked up to him, her brows creased and a slight frown marring
her face.
"Promise?"
"Cross my heart."
She smiled through her tears and took the silver ring encrusted
with a gold star from his hand and slipped it onto her finger,
smiling softly as it shone in the sunlight.
"Remember, you promised! I'll be expecting you." she said sternly.
He nodded and she wrapped her arms around him, her small tears
rolling off her creamy cheeks and onto his shoulder. He held her
as tight as possible, wanting never to forget the feeling of
holding her, before untangling his arms and following the guards
up the stairs.
"Ja, Odango..."


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The End! Heheheh... just kidding. But it is the end of this chapter
and their childhood. As you probably noticed, Saturn and Pluto weren't
there... i figured that Pluto, being as ageless as she is, is still
gaurding the gates of time and knows that Sere is fine, and Saturn
would only be two years old so there was no sense in bringing her
into it (she would barely be able to talk). But don't worry all you
Saturn and/or Pluto fans, they'll make an appearence sometime ^_^ .

Hey, did ya notice i finally put in the title? Yep, so for anyone who
had been wondering where the hell i thought of that title, there it
is! Make sense now? (i hope so anyway.)

Okay... something about the ages: In this fic, Serenity and all the
inners are five now, Seiya has just turned seven, and Uranus and
Neptune are seven.
When Pluto shows up, she is ageless but she'll look like she's
about twenty and Saturn will be thirteen.
Whelp, that should do it! Review! Ja ne!