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Chapter 2: Found

It was now ten minutes before 2300 hours. Seiya was prepared to go. He had clothes and other stuff along with him. He packed them into a small bad and walked out of his room. He walked quietly through the dim lit hallways. He was careful not to wake anyone up. Seiya went to the Garden. The Garden was un-gaurded right now and he could leave.
"Fighter Star Power!" Seiya transformed into Star Fighter and closed her eyes. Fighter disappeared in a flash of light.

Yaten woke up and jumped out of bed. He walked out into the hallway and seen that Taiki sensed it to since he was outside of his room as well. They both ran to Seiya's room and opened the door. Seiya was gone.

"He left!" Yaten kicked the wall. Taiki shook his head.

"We know where he has gone. So it shouldn't be hard to find him. We will just get the Princess' pernission in the morning."

"He will already be half-way there." Yaten sat on Seiya's bed with his arms folded across his chest.

"Fighter is already half-way there." Taiki turned around and faced Kakyuu.

"How? It took the three of us a long time to get there and in just ten minutes he is nearly there." Taiki asked.

"The body travles faster with it's heart in mind." Kakyuu smiled. "You two should leave in the morning. Fighter had rest all day. Now tonight you two shall rest." Kakyuu turned and left to return to her room. Taiki and Yaten did the same.

"Because of that fool.." Yaten muttered under his breath.

"Seiya! Seiya! Seiya!" Usagi called but there was no answer. She had heard no voices since her friends from earlier. Usagi walked around on the feel. She could feel the dry ground beneath her feet as she walked. Usagi looked up and seen a shooting star pass above. "Seiya.." Usagi dropped to her knees. "No one can help me...Not even you.."

The sunlight lit up the room that Minako slept in. It woke her up. She rolled over and seen Rei. She was sharing a bed Rei because there were only two rooms. Makoto and Ami shared a room. Minako got up and used the bathroom. She walked out of the bathroom and was lured to the kitchen by the wonderful smells. Makoto was cooking bacon, eggs, toast, cinnamon buns and a variety of other things.

"That smells delicious Mako-chan." Makoto smiled.

"Thank you. I figured that you all would be waking up soon. I figured that I would fix you all something to eat before you leave." Minako went to turn on the T.V in the living room. She flipped through the channels and she stopped on a news channel. They were talking about Usagi.

"Mako!" Minako screamed so loudly she woke up Ami and Rei. They all came running and stopped to listen.

"This is the apartment where the violence happened." The news reported said. They were showing Mamoru's house. They showed the insides that haven't been cleaned up do to the Crime Scene Investigation going on there. "Many people doubt that Miss Tsukino will not survive from what happened here. As you can see, the blood is evident on the walls and on the floors. The furniture also. This is not for that faint of heart." The scene changes to the News Desk. "If you have any information on the place where Chiba Mamoru is located please call the police. We think he is the man who called for the ambulance at 1 in the morning that night. Please..For Miss Tsukino..:Later we will be interviewing her parents, if we can."

Minako cut off the T.V. Makoto served the food at the table for everyone to eat. They ate in silence.

:"What a way to spend the weekend..." Minako said. "That's a whole bunch of crap they said! Usagi will survive this. She survived the things that no ordinary human could! So she should be able to survive this!" All eyes were on Minako.

"Usagi has extraordinary power Mina-chan, don't worry. She will get through this." Rei said.

Fighter landed in the park. She looked around and detransformed. Seiya walked to the bench where he was resting. It was right here when first met Usagi.

"You are the one there.."Usagi looks confused. "I guess you don't remember."

"Did I meet you somewhere?" Seiya is suprised and turns to look at Usagi. He points to himself.

"You don't recognize me?" Usagi shakes her head. "I guess i'm not as popular as I thought."

Seiya laughed. Usagi thought it was a new way of approaching girls and had told him that she had a boyfriend who had promised his future to be with her. He called her funny and walked away, That was the day he had first called her "Odango." He walked to Usagi's house. No one was home. He didn't like that so he thought of another place. Makoto's. He ran to Makoto's apartment as fast as he could. He ran up the stairs and knocked on the door.

Someone knocking at the door was a excuse for Ami to leave all the tension of the table. She got up and went to go answer. She was shocked at who it was. "Seiya.."

"Hi Ami. Is Odango around? No one was home and I checked over here." Seiya could tell by the look in her eyes that something was wrong. She stepped aside so he could walk in.

"Seiya!" Minako ran and gave him a hug.

"Hi Minako."
"Where are the other two?" Rei asked. Minako let him go so that he could answer.

"They don't know I came. They might know now but it' s going to take them a while to get here." They continued to ask questions about Kinmoku and how they were doing.

"Bye Princess." Healer smiled. Kakyuu returned the smile.

"Be safe, Starlights. Come back soon." Maker nodded and they were on their way to Earth. Kakyuu turned to her guards. "I don't think they will return very soon.."

"Where is Odango?" Seiya asked again. It was the tenth time he asked. They kept changing the subject.

"I think he deserves to know." Makoto said.

"Know what?" Seiya was really worried now. In that second the laughter and the happiness stopped. The sadness finally showed itself.

"Usagi is in the hospital...In a coma." Ami said. Seiya got up from where he was sitting and ran out the door.

"Lets get ready to go. We will meet at the hospital in a hour." The girls walked out leaving Makoto to get ready.

"Michi..I can't believe Koneko is in the hospital. How could he have done this to her! He loved her dammit!" Haruka was driving fast.

"Don't worry Ruka.."

"Why the hell are you so calm?"

"I never knew that stars shine in the afternoon." Michiru said looking ahead.

"What do you mean?" Haruka looked at her in question.
"There is Seiya." Haruka stopped the car and it screeched.

"Seiya!" Haruka called out to him and he turned around. "Get in." Seiya thought it would be quicker for him to get there by getting a ride. He didn't know what this ride would bring him but it was worth it for Usagi. Seiya got in the back and Haruka started to drive.

"What brings you here, Mr.Kou?" Michiru asked.

"Dreams..More like nightmares." Seiya answered looking at the passing scenery.

"About Koneko?"

"Yes. I had nightmares the same night she was attacked. Last night I left Kinmoku to come here. I am just leaving from Makoto's me what really happened."

"What was your nightmare about?" Usually Michiru asked the questions but Haruka was.

"Mamoru was beating Usagi."

"It was more than a dream." Haruka said.

"What?" Seiya didn't want to think that Mamoru did it.

"Mamoru beat her bad. Apartment covered in Koneko's blood. Beer bottles in peices covered with her blood." Seiya balled his hands in a fist. "Now, don't do anything that you may regret. You know Koneko hates violence."
"That.." Haruka parked in a parking lot at the hospital. Seiya jumped out and ran into the hospital. Seiya asked the lady a t the desk where Usagi's room was. The lady told her and Seiya ran to her room. He was impatient on the elevator up to the sixth floor. Room 30. Seiya ran. He seen a lady with long purple hair and a man with glasses and black hair. Also a little boy with hair like Haruka.

"Is this her room?" Seiya asked. They nodded. He started to go in but a hand on his wrist stopped him.

"Who are you?" the man asked. Seiya concluded that the man was her father, the lady her mother, the boy her brother.

"Kou Seiya. Friend of O...Usagi." Her father released his arm and let him go in. Seiya sat down at the chair beside her bed. Seiya's eyes filled with tears as he looked at her. Her body had countless scars and bruises. It broke his heart and made him angry at Mamoru. He held one of her hands and kissed it. "Odango.." His choked. The tears were in his voice. "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. I'm so sorry..You shouldn't have ever had to go through something like this." Tears were falling and they were landing on Usagi's skin.

The wind stopped blowing and the sun was rising. Usagi turned around and looked for him. There was a star still shining even though the rest had left. "Seiya! You're here! You came for me...I can't see you though..Where are you?" T\he ground was not dry anymore. Grass replaced the dry ground. "Seiya!" The cold wind was not as cold. It was very comfortable to Usagi.

"Odango.." Seiya ws interupted by the sound on the door opening. It was Taiki and Yaten. Their eyes were sympathetic.

"Usagi!" Yaten and Taiki walked over to the bed and sat on the other side across from Seiya. "Seiya you were right. Sorry.."

"No need to apologize.." Seiya wiped the tears away from his eyes. "Only two allowed at a time."

"Seiya wait." Taiki said. "Taiki threw some keys at him."Those are the apartment keys. Same one from last time." Seiiya nodded and left.

"Usagi..I am so sorry. I thought Seiya was a fool for thinking you were hurt. Unfortunately, I don't know how you got here but I am sorry that you had to be here. It's a horrible place to be." Yaten got up and walked out.

"Yaten! You are all here! All of you came to see me! You all are back!"

"I don't have much to say.."Taiki laughs."You're the last person I thought this would've happened to. Well..I'm sorry to leave you so soon, bye."

"Taiki! Don't leave.." One star was still shining even though clouds had covered the sun.

"Rei!" Minako opened her door to see Rei ready to go see Usagi. "Aren't you quick. We still have another 20 minutes before the others get here."

"Minako have you thought about what we will do when the weekend is over and we have to go to school and you finish your CD and all that." Rei asked as she walked in.

"Sort of. I am writing a song. For Usagi. I thought about her last night and started writing. It's gonna be on the CD and I am going to sing it at the concert Tuesday. Hopefully she will be well enough to come and hear it."
"What if she is not?" Rei asked. Minako smiled.

"I will just sing it anyway. They have a T.V in her room. I will request they turn to my concert and Usagi will hear all of my songs and my screaming fans!" Minako had stars in her eyes but her eyes then turned serious. "It would be better if she would be there instead though." Rei was about to say something but there were knocks on the door.

"I'll answer it." Rei answered the door and there was Makoto and Ami. "Everyone comes early now. Well it's only 10 minutes so let's get going. Minako, we'e leaving!" Minako came running outside and she closed the door and made sure it was locked. They all walked towards the hospital talking lightly.

Haruka and Michiru saw when Yaten and Taiki went in and when Seiya left. They waited until the other two came out to go inside. Michiru asked the lady at the desk where Usagi's room was and she told them 6th floor, room 30. They lady also told them that people have been in and out seeing her all day. Haruka just smiled and they both went to the elevator. The elevator ride was quiet except for the music that was playing on the speakers. The doors opened and the walked down the hallway and seen the Tsukino's outside of Usagi's door. Haruka and Michiru smiled at them and they smiled back. They walked in and seen for themselves the many bruises and scars. "I'll kill that bastard." Haruka said. Michiru shook her head and sat besides Usagi on a chair. She picked up her hand and placed it on her cheek.

"Warm..You must be on a beach somewhere..In a different place watching the waves appear on the shore." Michiru said softly.

"Michiru! Is Haruka there with you?" Usagi smiled.

"Hi Koneko. I know we haven't seen eachother lately..but I want you to know how much I have missed you over the weeks. Sorry I couldn't protect you from that bastard but he will pay. I won't do anything too drastic. Don't worry"

"Ruka! She doesn't want to hear that! Sorry Usagi. We have to go. Rei and the others are waiting to come in."

"I've missed you guys so much..But you can't hear me say that.." It was raining in Usagi's world. It wasn't as dark as it was but it was dark. The star still shined in that one part of the sky. Ever since Seiya had came, that star has been there.

"Seiya.." Yaten walked in and turned on the lights. It was so dark but the door was open. Yaten walked to Seiya's old room and opened the door.There Seiya was, with his hand over his heart and staring at the ceiling. "Sorry for what you had to see today."

"It's not your fault. I can't believe I trusted him to protect her. He's the one who hurt her." Seiya's hand turned into a fist and his expression was angry. "That nightmare...Was her reality.."

"Taiki is here also. I am going to go take a walk. I need it." Yaten left the door open and later the front door was shut.

Yaten walked down the street with a lot on his mind. It might not have been a good thing for Seiya to have come here. No one knows what Seiya might do if he finds Mamoru.

"Yaten?" Yaten turned around to see the blonde that changed his heart. Minako. "You're back! You came late!" Minako ran and hugged him.

"I didn't know I was missed so much." Yaten smiled.

"You were mised a lot more than you know." Minako said and they started to walk together. Minako heard from Yaten's perspective on how Kinmoku was doing. Yaten explained how the palace looked and he also explained the Gardens. Minako thought it sounded like the most beautiful place on Kinmoku.

"It's so beautiful there. I wish I could take you there." Now Minako and Yaten were in the park. Yaten looked around him and there were a whole bunch of couples around. Yaten realized that it looked like he and Minako are a couple. In the corner of his eye he spotted a man with a camera in the bushes. "Ready to take a picture?" Yaten whispered in her ear.

"Uhh..Okay." Minako was suprised when Yaten kissed her. She wrapped her arms around his neck and his hands were on her waist. Yaten could here the photogropher taking a whole bunch of pictures and then running away. He pulled away from Minako and smiled.

"We're front page on every magazine." Minako looked confused. "You didn't see the man in the bushes." Minako shook her head and looked down.

'That's what that kiss was for, amusement for everyone else?' Minako thought to herself. She was disappointed. She thought Yaten really liked her.

Seiya decided to talk to Taiki about the situation. Taiki listened and now it was time for him to give his best advice.

"Don't go after Mamoru."

"One reason I shouldn't." Seiya said.

"One reason you should." Seiya had a billion reasons of why he should attack Mamoru.

"He hurt Odango. He broke his promise to me. He made her so sad last time we were here. Biggest of them all, he broke his promise to Odango." Seiya said counting the reasons on his fingers.

"Promise to Usagi?"

"He promised his future with her." Seiya turned on the T.V. "That's where she got that cute little ring that she always wore last time. That's why she wouldn't give me a chance." Seiya stopped on the news and seen Mamoru's apartment.

"So thats where it happened." Taiki looked and listened. "That's horrible. Apparently he was drunk."

"I want to get him! For what he did to Odango!" Seiya ran out the door. Taiki couldn't stop him.

"Don't do anything you will regret."

Seiya ran to Mamoru's house. He seen a whole bunch of police cars. He knew they wouldn't let him get through. So he decided to go for a long walk instead. This gave Seiya time to think about Usagi. On Kinmoku, since he was so far away, he would do everything he could to try and keep her off of his mind. It worked, for a while. Now that he's so close to her..He can't see her smile. That's all he wanted to do was to see her smile and laugh and talk to him. He knew he was going to have to see her in the arms of Mamoru every now and then. But this was most unexpected. He turned around and started to walk back into the apartment. In the window of the Crown, there he seen him. Mamoru. Seiya walked in and seen that he was talking to the man at the counter. They seemed to be really good friends. Seiya walked over and sat at the table across from Mamoru. He could tell that Mamoru didn't recognize him. A few minutes later, Mamoru's mind finally clicked.

"What do you want?"

"Are you responsible for what has happened to Odango?"

"Maybe. Maybe not. Is my name on a T.V screen?" Seiya had enough of his smart remarks already.

"I suggest you give me a straight answer." Seiya was talking in a whisper. "The cops are looking for you. They are at your apartment as we speak."

"I know that. That's why I haven't been home. Yes. I beat her up a little bit. But it was time she gave it up." Mamoru sipped his drink. Seiya slapped the drink out of his hand and the glass shattered on the ground. Leaving the contents all over the floor. Seiya punched Mamoru in the mouth and was not satisfied with his lip only bleeding.

"What the hell do you mean?" Seiya punched Mamoru again in the mouth. Mamoru's mouth was full of blood and he couldn't talk.

Minako and Yaten were on their way to the Crown. They didn't talk since they kissed. Minako had been silent and Yaten wondered why she wasn't talking about what has been going on. He thought she would be happy since he kissed her. Yaten seen people running out of the Crown. They ran for it and seen one man just punching the crap out of the other. Seiya. Yaten ran to Seiya and stopped his fist from hitting Mamoru again. Yaten pushed him back.

"What the hell are you doing?" Yaten asked Seiya. Minako noticed who the man was and threw some napkins at him. Her eyes met his and she glared. She pulled out a cell phone and called the police.

"I'm getting revenge for Odango! That bastard was supposed to protect her and you seen for yourself what he did to her!" Seiya was ready to go at him again but Yaten pushed him out the door.
"Let's leave before the police gets here and anyone notices who you are." Yaten pushed Seiya in the direction towards their apartment. Seya went in that direction on his own while Yaten waited for Minako. Minako came out and she was ready to leave. As they walked away the police were turning the corner in the other direction. They walked faster so they wouldn't be seen leaving.

Seiya walked in the apartment and slammed the door. Taiki was reading a book and put it down when he came in.

"What did you do?" Seiya didn't answer. He walked past Taiki to his room and slammed the door. Five minutes later, Minako and Yaten came in. Taiki asked the question again.

"Seiya. Mamoru. Fight. Mamoru is bloody now and being arrested for sexual assualt and assualt. He might even be sued." Yaten explained.

"We should have never convinced him to stay." Minako broke her silence.

"What?"

"We convinced Mamoru to stay so that Usagi would be happy again. We thought that it would've kept her mind off of missing Seiya so much but it didn't work." Minako sighed. "This is all a big mess. We tried to make her happy. We should've just let him go.." Minako looked down and tears were falling from her face. Yaten gave her a hug and started to whisper in her ear.

"It's not your fault. You couldn't see this coming." Yaten kissed her on the cheek and went to sat down on a couch. Taiki got up and went to the kitchen leaving the two alone. Minako sat next to Yaten. She thought this was the time to ask all of her questions.

"Why did you kiss me? Was it just something to be in the tabloids about the new celebrity and the old celebrity?"

"You're a idol now?"

"Yes. Don't change the subject." Minako was playing with her hair and avoiding Yaten's eyes.

"Minako. It wasn't a act. Even though you were the most aggrivating person last time. Gradually, I started to like you more and more. Like Seiya, it broke my heart to have to leave you behind." Yaten stopped talking and kissed Minako. Minako was happy again and she poured all of her love into the kiss.

In Usagi's world, it hasn't stopped raining. Just 10 minutes ago it poured down harder. There was a little shack that Usagi entered. No one was there but it was stocked with fresh food. Usagi hid there and looked out the window waiting for the rain to end. "Seiya.."

That's the end of this chapter!

-LadyCrystal

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