The Star and the Wind: Book II Return of the Past Chapter 4 Amara’s hard times, a sailor moon fanfic

Author's note: Since English isn't my native language; please don't flame me for grammar errors. Spelling errors… guess I'll just have to kill off my computer ;;

(Reviewed) – Mainly Amara/Seiya pairing – No flamers AKA don't like, don't read. I write this because I like this couple!

The Star and the Wind – Book II: The Past Returns

Chapter 4 – Amara's hard times
By Pluto Knight,
Copyright © 2002/2004

Amara brought her hands to her shoulders, hugging herself, and began to run through the thick snow, tripping all the time. When she got to the end of the park she accidentally slipped on the slippery surface. Luckily for her she was caught by a pair of strong arms before she hit the ground. Blushing, Amara looked up to see who it was. She gasped. It was Seiya, and he was looking at her worriedly.

"Amara, what are you doing out here in this weather?" Seiya asked.

"I… was on my way home from Raye's temple." Amara said, embarrassed and roughly stepped away from him, "It's none of your business anyway, so leave me alone." Seiya took of his jacked and wrapped in on her. Amara blinked a few time, wondering if he had totally lost it.

"Come on. I'll buy you some coffee." He said. Amara stood there for a moment in stunned silence, staring after him. 'He… he didn't even insult, or yelled at me!!' Amara yelled mentally. 'Now I know for sure that Seiya has lost it.'

When Seiya got to the ice cream parlour, he stopped and turned around. Amara was still standing there, a few meters behind him. Seiya couldn't help but laugh mentally. Amara was being uncharacteristically shy. It was as if she was a whole other person, and he wondered why.

"Are you coming?" Seiya said, bringing Amara out of dream land.

"Oh! Yeah, sure." Amara said, walking up to him, they headed for the arcade.

The streets, for the most of them had been cleared of the heavy amount snow, leaving only a thin lay. It had been a good hour since it had stopped snowing, and snow ploughs with their yellow flashing lights could be seen almost every where. Amara and Seiya was setting in the crown arcade drinking, for Seiya part, coffee and Amara had ordered a cup of warm chocolate. Seiya had been shocked at this. He never thought that he would see the day when Amara would drink anything else besides coffee and sugar free soda. None of them said very much.

"Hey Seiya!" A girl with long chestnut coloured hair said, as she entered the arcade.

Amara looked up from her chocolate. She could see that Seiya had closed his eyes and had a look on his face that said 'Oh no. Not again.'

"Oh, hey Minori." Seiya said, dryly.

Glaring at Amara, Minori pulled up her skirt a little and sat down next to him. "So what are you doing Saturday?" Minori asked, bluntly.

"I am washing my hair." Seiya said, not wanting to continue with THIS convocation.

Amara snickered at his comment, earning her self another glare from Minori. Turning back to Seiya she said "Awwww come on, Seiya. You can't expect me to believe that!"

"I can't?" Seiya asked.

"No, you can't," Minori said firmly, "Besides, what would be better then go on a date with one of your biggest fans?"

'You mean jump in a pool of lava.' Seiya thought mentally. All of the sudden he felt as if he was cheating on someone if he went on a date with Minori. "Minori-san, I am sorry but I can not go out with you." Seiya said, rising abruptly from his seat and walking to the counter to pay for the warm drinks.

"GRRRR!" Minori said and turned toward Amara, seeing the sad look in her eyes, "So you have chosen this blond ditz over me!?!"

Amara jerked her head up and looked angrily at Minori, "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!?!" though Amara had perfectly heard what she had called her.

Minori completely ignored her, and continued to look at Seiya. He turned towards Amara, "Shall we go?" He asked shortly.

Amara glared at Minori, "Yes, It sure is better then hanging around this company."

"Anything is better…" Seiya mumbled. 'sigh'

The outer senshi's house…

"I wonder where Amara is." Michelle said, to no one in particular. She, Trista, Hotaru, Raye, Ami, Mina, Lita and the cats were sitting in the living room, talking about the fire reading that Raye had done with Amara earlier that day. All the senshi were greatly worried for their friend. Amara hadn't really eaten anything in the last few weeks, and she had become a lot more feminine then she usually was. She had even started to wear dresses!

"I don't know, Michelle, but I am starting to worry as well." Raye said. "Amara was really sad and depressed when she left the temple. We had done some fire readings in order to find anything at all about the man from her dreams. Unfortunately we didn't find anything at all. Only the he was a knight, called the Starlight Knight."

"Sounds romantic." Mina said, the others sweat-dropped.

"Mina, we are trying to be serious here." Hotaru said. "Amara-father could be in serious trouble. We don't know a thing about this knight. He could be from the enemy, and looking for Serena's star seed." The other girls nodded in agreement.

Out side the arcade

Amara shivered. It was cold out side and she was glad that Seiya showed up as he did, saving her from the cold. 'My knight in shining armour' she thought to herself, until it dawned on her what exactly she had just thought. Amara shrug her head in denial, not believing herself.

"Do you want me to walk you home?" Seiya asked.

Amara looked at him, thinking for a minute. "No, I'll be fine." she took of his coat and handed it to him.

"No, you keep it. It'll keep you warm." Seiya said. Amara looked at him shocked, blinking a few times.

"Tha… thank you." Amara managed to say.

Seiya smiled. "You're welcome. I'll see you around." And with that he walked away, but not before noticing a dark figure sneaking in the shadows, following Amara. 'That girl is a monster magnet!!' His mind yelled. 'I sure hope that the Uranus Princess I a lot easier to protect.' He went into an ally and jumped high up in the air to the nearest roof top, leaping from one roof to another while following the shadow.

Sorry it took so long update. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, update should be soon, promise.
TBC in: Chapter 5 – An evil plan, meeting an old friend