Disclaimer standards apply, Early Edition and Sailor moon are not mine, but kayla is.

A/n: this plot will thicken sooner or later, and if nothing makes any since right now, it will so just wait and see.

Chapter 3

Garry sighed as he watched her run for the third time that day, but this time he made no move to stop her. He glanced at the paper again, to make sure nothing had come up back home, which he was thankful not. But, what still ate his mind was how a Chicago paper would send him to florida.

"Struck out again Hobson-san?" Mercury-hime asked after looking at him closely.

"Yeah, I guess so...She'll never talk to me I'm sure of it." he sighed slumping back defeated.

"Don't give up so easily. Kayla-chan is a great person once you get to know her. Hey, maybe offer to take her back home with you, maybe once she sees your not so bad she'll open up more." she suggested.

Gary nodded thinking that to be a good idea and set off to find her. However, Venous, leader of the senshi, had other ideas and so scolded Mercury for trying to help their friend. "You know just like the rest of us she can't get close to anyone or fall in love." she hissed.

"Not having someone will kill her, and not having precious around is slowly killing her inside. She may not be able to die until after Usagi does, but she still can die on the inside." Mercury reasoned.

"I don't care, if she breaks our codes then she'll forfit the right to the crown, and turn her back on her sister." Venous retorted.

"It doesn't have to be like that and you know it." Rei-hime, senshi of mars, cut in after listening to enough of the fight thus far. "You know you didn't make the rules, so why should you be so cold about this!"

"Its simple, her mother didn't want anyone other then Serenity to asend the thrown. Kayla may have been trained in the way of a princess, but she's blind. "Also, she is a greater health risk." Venous spat back smacking the mars senshi.

Mars touched her face where she had been hit, but that only made the anger within her boil. "You know, the reason your so fucking cold is because things didn't go right for you on the moon! Your lover, got brain washed and turned against you, causing your death...and because of that you can't let anyone else other then the Tsuki-hime, that is 'suposted to' asend the thrown live!" clinching her fists she willed herself to calm down before she set off the fire alarm.

Kayla hadn't gone very far and had over heard everything that the other girls had said. So far though, her sister and the senshi of jupiter were the only two that she didn't hear. Gary had heard her sobbing and didn't say anything. Instead he alowed her to cry herself to sleep. He had over heard only part of the conversation considering the girls spoke in Japanese. He had learned the words Usagi, Tsuki, and Hime, all meant moon bunny, and princess in that order...and had concluded that Usagi was the 'rightful' moon princess even though she and Kayla were twins. "I am going to get a room for the night and take Kayla-chan with me, and I suggest all of you stop fighting at once." Garry cut in afflictively breaking the argument causing the "leader" to fix him with a stearn glare. Ignoring her he left the room carring the slumbering Kayla with him.

The senshi looked at each other with looks of confusion and shock. Never in their lives would they have ever imagined something like this. A stranger interfering with their lives, and if they didn't do something they would lose the queen's plan b if anything were to happen to Usagi. "Guys, I don't think what your trying to do to Kayla is right." Usagi piped up mealy.

"But, you know her place." Venous interjected.

"Iie, Rei-chan is right. Kayla-chan is just as important to me, and by forcing this choice on her its killing me." she finished.

"Demo, Princess, you know the rules."

"Well, fuck fate, fuck the "rules" just damn it all to hell. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to check on my sister. And, don't think you can stop me either, because if you do try, then I'll kill us both. "I've done it once, I can do it again." Usagi said before storming off.

Using what little English she had picked up over time, she had asked where she might find her sister...but that Gary person was a lot smarter then he apppeared to be. He had found another hotel or motel to hide in in order to keep her from getting hurt. Sighing she resorted to finding Kayla the only way she knew how. Closing her eyes, the crescent symbol flared to life. She then sent out a message to only appear in Kayla's mind, but if Rei wished she'd be the only one to pick up on it. Yet, this time Rei and Usagi agreed so didn't prove either girl's mind.

After she found her, the mark vanished and she raced down the street as if her life depended on it ignoring the protest of her legs. By the time she had reached the hotel that Gary had chosen her lungs and chest burned with the lack of air. Once she regained the ability to breathe, she asked the desk clerk if he was in and if so what room. The clerk gave the information and Usagi flew like a flash up to where her sister might be.

Timidly she knocked on the door. Chewing her lip she hopped from foot to foot starting to wonder if coming was just the best plan of action or not. Figuring she had nothing better else to do she continued to wait, but when the sound of foot steps reached her ears it took all she had to be brave and not run. "Who is out there?" a male voice asked.

"Hobson-san, its Tsukino-san, I'm Kayla's little sister. Is she alright, and, maybe I can shed some light on what is wrong with her." Usagi introduced then offered.

Garry opened the door and allowed her in, "she is still out, but what is it that you can do to help if anything at all?" he asked.

"Well, I know why she is hurting so much. You see, even though we are twins, Kayla came out first, making her the rightful hair to the thron, but since she suffered somehow and lost her vision early on, our mother didn't think it fit for her to take her place, so I was chosen." Usagi began. "after some time, we began to train in order to learn the ways of the moon, but Kayla was only allowed to learn what it took to be a princess so she could impress planetary figure heads. She never had a love life, or any life though."

Garry gasped interrupting Usagi for a moment to ask, "why."

"Well you see because Kayla was different, Mother kept her hidden unless it looked good in front of the planetary alannince. But, Kayla didn't like this so she snuck out and hung around with me and the senshi. Minako, senshi of venous, and leader of the court assigned to protect Kayla and myself." Usagi continued not at all noticing that Gary had even interrupted her. "and, thus mother found out and swore that if we were to ever be reborn, she could never die until i did first, she could never love, or allow anyone close to her, and that she had to remain an outcast. Well, Minako being who she is, is determined that Kayla fallows through with this plan, but Rei, Ami, and I all agree that this is killing her, but Makoto, senshi of Jupiter, isn't quite taking a side. " she finished

Gay listened his eyes wide with shocked at the prospect that anything that horrible could happen to anyone.

"But, I'm starting to think none of this is worth it." Usagi sighed.

"that explains some things, but I'm still quite confused on a lot of things." Gary said, thinking more on it.

"Hobson-san, keep my sister safe." Usagi said before she turned and left leaving Gary to think over the events at hand.

And, think about it he did. Was this her way of giving her permision for kayla to through caution to the wind and live her life her way and to put her own life in her hands...? Questions like this and more raced through his head as he wathed the figure on the bed sleep. If she awoke he would deal with it then and only then, but she didn't not stir once that night.

"Meow." came through the door, and gary could only guess not only the time, but what he would find on the other side. "meow." came again, but this time it sounded different. At this Gary opened the door to find two cats purtched out side his door. The first sat on a news paper and looked the same as it always had, the other one sat along side him, but his fur was a little darker and he had a colur on him with a giggle bell. Both cats walked right in acting as if they owned the place while Garry picked up his paper. Upon a quick scan he didn't see anything that required for him to get home at an inhuman speed.

Kayla shifted in her sleep as she seemed to be reaching for someone or something, the cat with the bell jumped up on her and she groaned. Instentivly she reached her hand out holding it for him, and like clock work he pushed his head in her hand motioning for her to scratch him behind the ears. "Hi precious." she whispered to the cat which caused Gary to turn.

"I didn't wake you did I?" he asked.

"Iie, precious did." she stated while the cat purred responding to the treatment of its ears. It only took her a moment more before realization dawned on her and her skin drained of its color and her eyes grew wide.

Gary saw this and smiled reassuringly to her, "I swear I didn't touch you last night." he said as he tried to comfort her against her worst fears.

She nodded in understanding, but that still didn't ease her completely. She wanted to know what if anything this man wanted with her, and she assumed it couldn't have been for good. Yet, she couldn't shake the feeling, that despite herself, she started to think he was kind of cute and extreamly kind to her. She could only gues why, but after hearing what he had said, and not feeling anything to disprove him, she begun to think differently. :If he were out to rape, he would have done it before now: she thought:so maybe I can trust him:

"Kayla, are you ok? He asked concern edvient in his voice.

"Hai, but don't you need to get back home, I'm sure your wife misses you...or girlfriend..." Kayla asked trying to get the attention off of herself.

"I'm divorced, and currently not seeing one officially. I'm sure Merissa is worried sick about me though, she is always saying how I'm running myself into the ground with the paper.

"She's right you know, I mean look. " Kayla started, "You fly lord knows how far to rescue a girl that you didn't even know from ahem, to "return the favor", but still you remain." she finished.

Garry nodded. "I had my reasons for coming down here, Not only to save you, but I hoped that I could get to know you better and thank you personally for saving me." he admitted. "I'm just sorry we couldn't have met on different terms."

She nodded not afraid of him, the more she spent with him the less afraid she felt. It was to early for her to realize though that she started to get feelings for him, but that didn't mean she couldn't wonder what Gary thought about her.

As if reading her mind, Garry spoke, "Kayla, would you ...come back with me?" He asked in his heart already knowing the answer. "I know it may be to much of me to ask of you, but you know that I had to try." Garry started slowly.

She nodded and sighed as she took it all in. Her mind racing a mile a minute causing her to rethink what she previously thought about him. She looked in his direction when she felt something soft touch her face. :That touch says it all.: she thought to herself.

"Alright, I'll come with you, under one condition..." she then paused as precious crept around her and got n Garry's lap. "That precious comes with me."

"Are you sure?" Garry asked, "I want you to know I'm not forcing you."

Fate has no place for me, and I can't handle this with Minako-chan." she said and by the tone of her voice Garry knew this to be of her own free will.