Only you

By Moonlight Bunny

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters.

A/N: Hi everyone!!! ^_^ Sorry for the long absence, I was busy with school and all. Here's a new chappie, hope you like it!

Oh, I forgot! Thanks for all of your reviews… okay, now on with the story.

Chapter five: Surprise, surprise

The Three Lights

At the three light's apartment,

"YATEN!!!!!" a voice was heard all over the building.

Seiya ran out of his room and burst into Yaten's room.

"Here shorty, shorty. You can run, but you can't hide."

"Ahh…!!! Stupid baka."

"YATEN!!! When I find you, I'm going to kick you all the way to Kinmoku and back, little man!!"

"HEY!! Who are you calling little??"

"You, shorty!!"

"Baka!! Baka!!! BAKA!!!!!"

"Is that all you can say?"

"No, you just wait and see. I'll show you what a shorty can do!"

"Oh yeah!! Like what?"

"I'm going to sweep my odango off her feet faster before you can say Odango."

"No, you won't come near MY odango!"

"No? Just watch me."

"Why you little… And she's not YOUR odango!"

"Would you two, please stop this nonsense?!"

Seiya stopped in his track and spat,

"NO!! Now where did he run off?"

"Honestly, you two can play hide and seek later, but now we have work to do! Come on, we have to go to the library before they close."

"Uh, uh! That's your area."

"Ha!! So you admit that you're stupider than a… than a sheep?!"

"No, I'm not. And… hey, come back here! I'm not finished with you yet!"

"Guys!!! We need to make up a plan of how we're going to explain to the fans why we've been gone for too long!"

"Can't you do it?"

"No!"

"Whatever. Anyway, I'm looking for a little dwarf. He's this short and he's…"

"I'm not a dwarf! Middle man!"

"It's better than being a little man!"

"Just because you're jealous doesn't mean…"

"Me? Jealous? Jealous of what? Being short? I don't think so."

"You're only jealous because I'm more handsome than you are and capable of getting any girl I want."

"Yeah, maybe in your dreams…"

Yaten and Seiya continued their bickering for ten minutes, while Taiki stood there and watched. He sighed and shook his head as he muttered "why me?". Taiki went back and forth, waiting for them to stop when he heard his stomach growl.

"Hey, guys! Say, what do you all think of eating at Jupiter's Light?" Taiki suggested.

"Sure, why not. I'm a bit hungry." Seiya answered.

"You're always hungry." Yaten teased.

"Why you…"

"Can you two stop it!!" Taiki yelled, queting a Seiya and stunning a Yaten.

Jupiter's Light

Five women and four men were sitting in the restaurant, chatting and laughing. Rei was lecturing poor Yuuichirou as usual and Ami was discussing a theory with Ryu. Makoto was in the kitchen and cooking. Usagi and Shinozaki were talking about Makoto and her cooking, while Minako was snuggling with her boyfriend. Then Minako started to tell all of them about one time when Alex got sick and she was going to take care for her, but ended up messing his apartment, scaring him to death when she thought that she had chopped of her finger and when she almost food poisoned him.

"Mina-chan, we already told you that you're a danger when it comes to take care of sick peoples."

"Yeah, remember that time, when…" Rei started.

Flashbacks

It's Christmas, but the flu is sweeping the city. In the streets everyone is wearing facemasks, except for Esmeraude, who is watching a TV in a store window which comments on the situation. She's responsible for this outbreak, and plans on taking advantage of the situation. Minako walks past, with Artemis in his cat carrier. She's wants to help her friends at all cost in their hour of need. (Whether they want it or not.) The phone rings at the temple. It's Mako calling Rei, and they both look awful. Mako says both Usagi and Ami are down with the flu, and Rei admits that even she is, so it looks like the Sailor Senshi are out of action. However, Mako starts to say that one of them is still well when suddenly Rei's door flies open to reveal a VERY cheerful Minako (waving the car carrier over Artemis' protests). Mako overhears the commotion and hangs up, sighing. It's apparent from the wreckage in her place that Minako's already been there.

At Rei's Minako's made some food and offers it to her. Artemis tries to warn her, but Minako stops him, adding that as she is the only one who's well she'll take care of everyone. Rei's dubious about the food, but Minako looks at her with such innocence that she has to try it. She swallows, spits flame, and passes out. Artemis tries the food and confirms that it's loaded with salt! Minako then manages to spill the dish on Rei, and then dumps her out of bed trying to change the sheets.

After getting Rei settled again, she produces a cassette and proceeds to fiddle with the tape player, saying how she's read that certain music helps with healing. Rei looks pensive, and when the player finally starts working it blares at top volume. When Minako tries to apologetically turn it down, it explodes. Rei follows suit and throws her out.

End of Flashbacks

"And don't forget, when she came over to my house later for…" Usagi continued.

Flashbacks

Usagi's in bed and on the phone with Rei, who is filling her in on Minako's rampage. Usagi's saying that she doesn't need Minako's help because there is someone well in the house when suddenly she hears Chibi-Usa crying out on the balcony, and quickly hangs up. Chibi-Usa's dangling from the railing, apparently from trying to put a sheet out to dry. Mom pulls her up. She's insisting on doing all the work, and Usagi tells here to stick to what she knows. Mom has a headache, and can't deal with this. She leaves, telling Chibi-Usa she should go play with her friends.

A voice calls out, and a cloaked figure appears on the street. It's Minako, who leaps up to the balcony in one bound, and makes a speech about being the angel of mercy here to help. Artemis hangs his head. Usagi tries to talk her into just playing with Chibi-Usa but Minako wants to help everyone. Chibi-Usa looks happy, and as they go inside Minako tells Usagi that she should rest, and tomorrow she'll catch her second cold. Artemis says she meant wind.

Usagi lies in bed, Artemis checks on Luna, who tells him he's lucky he's so silly, (This is a play on a saying that silly people never get colds) and the door swings open to reveal Minako and Chibi-Usa in nurse's uniforms. Chibi-Usa turns Luna-P into a medicine kit, and Minako sticks a digital thermometer into Usagi's mouth. However, it doesn't seem to work properly, and when Minako shakes it, it goes flying and breaks the window. Cold air starts rushing in. Luna says she thought Usagi was the worst, but she can't compare to Minako.

With the window taped over, Minako suggests some food, which Usagi and Artemis frantically shoot down. Minako then goes for the CD player, and Usagi manages to distract her by suggesting she take a look at her parents. Minako and Chibi-Usa happily go off, falling down the stairs, and the patch comes off the window.

Minako, Chibi-Usa, and Luna-P (wearing an apron) then prepare to clean house, and it's a complete disaster. Usagi and Mom look on at the devastation, and Mom goes back to bed, saying she'll clean house later. Usagi feels bad for Mom, and then gets groggy and passes out.

End of Flashbacks

"But if it wasn't for you, then we would still have stayed in bed for the rest of that week."

"Yes, you were a great nurse. BUT next time we get sick, promise us not to take care of us, okay."

Then Rei, Ami and Usagi started to laugh at Minako, who was looking at them weird.

"Hey, guys? What's with you all?"

"Oh, nothing. Only just… only just that we remembered suddenly that time when you also chopped of you finger."

"Oh, that. Ehm… haha…"

Flashbacks

At Ami's apartment, Usagi and the others are in the kitchen. Usagi wants some lessons on cooking. Ami is reading a recipe out of a book. Usagi comes up and says "OK.. ok.. enough lectures for now!"


Rei says "Why don't you just heat up some instant curry?" No one thinks this is a good idea.
Mako says "OK.. the first step is to peel the onions and slice the carrots." (they have a basket full of onions and carrots). Since she is the best cook, she starts demonstrating the correct method for chopping carrots.

Minako says "I want to do it!" Minako's style of cutting vegetables looks very dangerous (she's got her fingers extended rather than folded over - something the Frugal Gourmet tells you not to do). Suddenly she stops and holds her hand. "My finger!" she says. Usagi yells that Minako's finger is lying on the cutting board and becomes quite excited. The other girls crowd around. Mako looks on the cutting board - it turns out to be a piece of carrot.

When its Usagi's turn comes, she approaches the cutting board as though it were a log that needed to be sliced in half. She starts cutting. It sounds pretty convincing (especially to Luna who can't see the tabletop) but Mako says, "Are you really going to do it?" Then we see that Usagi isn't cutting anything, just going through the motions.  ^_^;;

End of Flashbacks

"You really freaked us out. And Makoto was ready to sew back that finger of yours."

"Well, I'm glad I didn't. I was as much freaked out as you, guys." Makoto said.

Behind Makoto came a few waiters holding different kinds of dishes. The waiters served them the food, bowed and left. As the group started to eat, they heard yells from their back. The five women looked at each other, wondering why the voices sounded familiar. They turned around and looked at the direction where they heard the voices. Seeing three men bickering at each other, they gasped. Starring at them, not believing what they're seeing, they all stood up. Not noticing the worried looks at their boyfriends, the women looked at each other. Then Mina said,

"Is it just me seeing this or have they come back?"

"But weren't they suppose to be with their princess?" Makoto asked.

"Maybe they… maybe it's another enemy that has come?" Ami thought.

"WHAT! Please not again. Don't tell me they lost their princess again??" Rei cried.

"No, I don't think so. There hasn't been any enemy for a long time." Mina answered.

"But it can't be them!" Rei said.

Only Usagi was standing quietly, not hearing the other women talk. She herself was lost in thoughts. Many times she had wished for them to come back, especially Seiya. And now, that they were back, she didn't know what to say. She was just standing, thinking about the day she met them. When she had good times with them and bad times. When she fought with them and when they left. Memories flashed, pictures showed, words that she had forgotten came running through her mind. This wasn't real, she thought. And yet she was seeing them standing a couple of metres back. Hearing them argue over what they should eat. Even her friends were hearing and seeing them. Then one word came out from her lips,

"Seiya!"

The Three Lights

"Baka!" Yaten shouted angrily at Seiya, hitting him with the menu.

"We're in a fancy restaurant and all you can say is Do they have any hamburgers? God, you're really uncultured." He continued, lecturing Seiya.

"And what about you? If they don't have any caviar, then I'm out of here." Seiya retorted.

"Well, at least it's not a ticket to Hello, can I take your order and help you get fat?"

"Oh yeah! Well, at least I'm not a fish egg-sucker."

"Better that, than a living and walking junk food-pig!" Yaten spat.

"At least it got me taller. What about you? You know, if you eat those, then maybe you would grow some inches and stop looking like a dwarf."

"Hey, who are you calling dwarf!"

"You!"

"Oh yeah, then you are a… a… A SHEEP!"

"Why you little…"

"Would you two stop it? God, you're grown up-men, and still you act more immature than kids."

"Stay out of this!" Seiya and Yaten yelled.

"If you haven't noticed, people are starring at us."

"Sure, they stare at us. It's not everyday they see someone as handsome as I am."

"Yeah, right. Maybe in Minako's eyes." Seiya smirked.

"And what is that supposed to mean?" asked a calm voice, behind the men.

Turning around, they saw a woman with long golden hair. Her hair was twisted in a French braid and was wearing a long yellow silk dress. Around her neck hang a golden chain with a pendant, which was the sign of Venus. The woman had her arms crossed. She was frowning and looked angry. Behind her came three other women. The tall brunette had her hair down and was wearing a pair of black denims and a green silk blouse with a V-neck line. She too was wearing a golden chain with a pendant that symbolised the Jupiter's sign. Next to the brunette stood a raven-haired woman. Her hair was long and had locks. She was wearing a short black skirt and a red top with a V-neck line and around her neck was also a golden chain with the insignia of Mars'. A blue-haired woman stood beside her. She had her long blue hair pulled up in a French twist. She was wearing a short baby blue satin dress and also around her neck hangs a pendant with the Mercury-sign. Then another woman came. She too had long golden hair, but her hair was down and had locks. She was wearing a light pink chiffon dress and but around her neck hung a different necklace. It was gold too, but the pendant was a moon-crest out of diamond and on each side of the moon were two sapphire stars.

Seiya, Yaten and Taiki were starring in awe at the five beautiful women. They knew who the women were. They would have recognised the women even after fifty years, when they would have been old ladies. But right now they couldn't believe what they're seeing. Standing in front of them, were the clumsy little cry baby who loved to eat it, and beside her stood the fiery priestess, who loved to tease, and the blue-haired genius, who would sit all night and day reading a book. And the bubbly-headed idol-chaser, who dreamt to be an idol and the tall, overprotecting brunette, who loved to protect her friends. They were all standing there, five young girls who had grown up to be five beautiful women. They were still the same, but yet different. A lot different then the last time. Had they really been gone for a long time?

Yaten was the first one, who spoke,

"Minako, is that you?"

The blonde then stopped frowning and smiled,

"Hello Yaten. Welcome back."

Taiki was the next one, who said,

"Konnichiwa, minna-san. It's been a long time, ne?"

Ami took a step forward and smiled, while answering,

"Hai. How are you?"

"Good. And I see that you're all fine too."

"Hai, Taiki-san." Makoto said.

"Anyway, what are you doing here?" Rei asked.

"What? Can't some old friends come and visit? And to think that we thought you would miss us." Yaten joked, playing hurt.

 "No, but…"

"It's okay, we understand you. Kakyuu-hime gave us some time off from our jobs."

"What? Time off from protecting your princess?"

"No. Time off from re-building. Well, actually we've finished the whole re-building and we were too exhausted, that the princess started to get worried. She told us to take a vacation and ordered us to go visit the earth senshis."

"Okay, we hope then that you'll stay here for a long time."

The only persons, who didn't seem to talk, were Usagi and Seiya. They were only starring at each other as memories came back to them.

"Seiya" Usagi thought.

"Odango"