By
Moonlight Bunny
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the SM characters. Takeuchi Naoko-sama owns them.
Summary: Usagi and her friends finally graduate and live a normal life, after their last battle against Galaxia. Just as they thought that everything would be ok, something happens which put the whole future in danger. Mamoru goes back to the States to finish his studies, the Three Lights are back and accidents starts to happen, as well as broken hearts.
A/N: Thanks minna-chan! To Mamoru's fans… Please don't bite off my head! Now on with the story…!
Previously…
"Usagi-chan, out of my way. I'm just going to beat him up."
"Mako-chan, please don't! I don't want any fight."
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"I made a promise that very same day, that no one was ever going to hurt you.
Usagi-chan, you are one of my dearest and bestest friends and you mean a lot to me. I'm hurt, when you're hurt. And now that he's been hurting you, I'm going to hurt him too. Not emotionally, but physically. So if you excuse me, I have to go to that so called boyfriend of yours and…" Makoto was interrupted by the inners, which by now gained to them.
"Maybe, you're right. But that doesn't mean that we have to solve everything with violence. And hurting Mamoru-san won't make Usagi-chan feel better."
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Rei slowly opened the door and walked in. Minako followed in quietly after Rei. Inside they could hear murmurs and laughter turn into groans. Rei and Minako went to where they were hearing noices. The noices led them to Mamoru's bedroom. Minako and Rei opened the door quietly and peeked in.
Gasping, they saw Mamoru in bed with another woman. Rei quickly closed the door. Shocked over what they saw, they turned into anger. Minako was now cracking her knuckles, while Rei was tightening her fists. They pushed the door open, startling both Mamoru and the woman.
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"Go back to the states and bring that whore with you. There, you two can fuck in peace or what ever. I don't care, but remember this!" Rei started
"Don't you come near Usagi-chan…" Minako continued.
"Ever again. If you do, then we promise you that we will hunt you down like the cheating scum you are…"
"And we will rip you apart, limb from limb…"
"Starting with that manhood of yours that we will shove down your throat. Are we understood?" Rei ended as they both turned around and walked out of Mamoru's apartment.
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"I feel it."
"The prince is leaving the princess. A new destiny is shaping."
"One is going to lead her to love and happiness."
"The other one will lead her to sorrow and loneliness…"
"And possibly her death."
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"Seiya, help me!" a voice cried out. It was filled with fear and sorrow.
"Who are you? How can I help you?" Seiya shouted out.
"Help me!"
A scream was heard, then silence.
"NO! Wait!" Seiya panicked as he ran faster to where he heard the scream.
As he neared the place, he saw a form lying on the ground. He ran to it and saw that it was a woman. The woman was lying in a pool of blood. Seiya went on his knees and turned the woman to his side, so that he could see whom it was. Pulling away some hair from her face, he gasped…
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"Tomorrow, I'll see you, Odango."
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Chapter six: Surprises are fun, part 2
"You felt something, didn't you?"
"Huh?"
"Earlier… right before we left the park. I saw the look on your face, that same look you always have when you feel something wrong. Something's going to happen again, am I right? Rei-chan?"
"Hai… I don't know if it's an omen. It didn't seem like a negative feeling, but it's not positive either. I don't know, but it's the same like two years ago. It's the same sensation two years ago, when…"
"When what?"
"When they were here last time." Rei completed.
She looked at her friend who directly understood whom she was referring to. Rei was afraid that the information she just gave away, might hurt her. Hurt her emotionally like the last time.
"Don't worry. I might not have gotten over it, but at least I'm moving on." Ami said, making her friend sure that she was ok.
The two friends stood quietly out on the balcony for the rest of the night, before deciding to go back in and sleep.
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Next morning
Usagi and the inners went to the airport. Seeing Mamoru waiting, Usagi ran up to him and gave him a kiss. The inners walked after her slowly. They didn't want to talk to him nor see him, but they had to act like nothing had happened... for Usagi. Mamoru noticed the inners glare at him, giving him a don't-you-dare-hurt-her –glare before he turned back to his blonde fiancé.
"Mamo-chan, please come back soon."
"I'll try to Usako, but I can't promise you."
"Like he's ever going to come back for her." Rei muttered quietly to the inners, receiving an elbow from Minako.
"Usako" Mamoru whispered as he hugged her.
Usagi and Mamoru stood for a long time holding in each other's arms, while the inners stood there waiting with annoyance. As the two couples were standing there and hugging each other, Mamoru whispered to her ear,
"I'm sorry if I ever hurt you. I didn't mean to."
"Mamo-chan, please just come back to me soon." Usagi looked at him, tears were now running down her cheek.
Mamoru wiped away her tears,
"I love you." After he said those words, he picked up his luggage and went.
Usagi watched him disappear in the distance and for what seemed to be forever, she had stood in the same spot in silence. She was hoping that nothing would happen this time, when he was going back. She always wished for his safety every time he went away. As she turned around she saw the inners stare at her. She was wondering why they never said goodbye to her Mamo-chan as she went to them. She could have sworn that Rei and Minako were doing gagging noices, but shrugged it. It was already enough with yesterday's event where she had misunderstood it all. Right?
"You're alright?" Makoto asked.
Usagi nodded, as she stared at the ground. She then lifted her head up, tilted at the side and smiled,
"Minna, I'm a bit hungry."
The inners sweat-dropped as Minako said,
"I'm a bit hungry myself. What do you think of eating at Jupiter's Light? I've heard that they serve the best food there."
"Why, Mina-chan. That's a good idea. Afterwards we can all go to the Crown and order a milkshake or something. Like in the old days?" Makoto smiled.
"That's great. Then we can meet Motoki-kun and Unazuki-chan!" Usagi beamed.
"Say… shouldn't you call your boys and ask them if they want to come?" Usagi asked.
"Are you sure?" The inners looked at her worried,
"Yeah, it's okay. It's not like I'm your mother, making decisions if you should meet your boyfriends or not."
"Okay…" They hesitated for a bit, but went off with it.
"Oh, that's good. Then you can all finally meet Alex!" Minako grinned.
"Alex?" Makoto wondered.
"Who's Alex?" Ami asked.
"He's a model. And a sexy one too…" Minako started to daydream, but was interrupted by Rei,
"When did you meet him? Why haven't you told us? And you always tell us how important it is to share secrets with friends, especially best friends…"
"Uh… Ehm… Well… You see, I've been having a secret relationship with him." Minako stammered and laughed nervously.
"WHAT!" everyone cried out as Minako put her hand at the back of her head and laughed nervously.
"For how long?" Usagi asked.
"Do you remember when I announced that I was going to start with volleyball again and going to auditions?"
"Yeah…?" everyone followed, nodding their heads.
"Well, when I was at the park there was this strange, weird-looking guy who came up to me and…"
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/Flashbacks\
A blonde girl was sitting on a bench in the park. Her hair looked like a mess, like she hasn't been washing it for days. Her hair used to shine when the sunlight hit it, but now it was dull. And by the look on her face you could tell that her eyes looked lifeless and red and puffy, like she had been crying on for days. She was staring down at the ground when she suddenly murmured to herself,
"I'm pathetic…"
"No, you're not." A voice suddenly appeared, making the blonde look up.
There in front of her stood a young man who seemed to be around 20. She could tell by the looks that he was handsome. His dark blonde hair was a bit curly, but she found his eyes fascinating. They were somewhere between blue and green. The man was smiling kindly as he handed her a handkerchief. Minako accepted it and dried her eyes, but then frowned,
"Huh? Who… who are you?"
"I said, no, you're not. A pretty girl like you shouldn't think like that." The guy repeated, making Minako frown even deeper.
"What do you know? How can you even say that, when you don't even know? You haven't even answered my question and…"
"Whoa… slow down. Don't need to bite my head off. Chill… by the way, I'm Alex Suzuki."
"Alex doesn't sound Japanese."
"That's because I'm only half Japanese."
"So how come you're name is Alex?"
"Well, my mother's name was Alexandra, but she died giving birth to me and my father loved her so much that he named me Alexander to honour her memory. But my friends thought it was too long so they called me Alex and I've been called it ever since then."
"I'm sorry about your…" Minako started, shocked over what she just heard.
"Don't be. You didn't know. So how come you look so sullen?"
"You wouldn't understand anyway…"
"Let me guess. A guy you liked, dumped and left you?"
"Something like that…" Minako whispered sadly, not noticing Alex frowning."He's an idiot then and you shouldn't feel pathetic. If anyone should feel pathetic, then it's him for leaving a pretty girl like you, in distressed."
"And what are you suppose to be? A knight in shining armour?" Minako cocked an eyebrow.
"Don't you want me to be it?" Alex laughed playfully, which brought a smile on Minako's face.
"There it is!"
"Huh?"
"Your smile. You do know that you have a beautiful smile?"
"You probably say that to all girls. It's the new ways of picking them, right?" Minako huffed and crossed her arms, ready to go away from what seemed to be a loser trying to pick up a girl who was distressed.
"Actually, you're the first one I've ever tried to say this to." Alex scratched his head and laughed.
"Yeah, right. But for all that is worth, thank you."
"Nani?"
"Thank you for trying to make me smile." Minako bowed as she stood up,
"I'm sorry, but I have to go now." She was ready to walk away, when Alex shouted,
"Wait!"
"What?""I haven't found out your name yet."
"Oh… it's Minako. Aino Minako." Minako smiled as she turned around and walked away. Talking with the guy made her much more cheerier. Maybe it was time to move on…
/End of Flashbacks\
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"Then, when I was modelling I met him again…"
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/Flashbacks\
"Gomen-nasai! I am really, really sorry for coming late!" Minako panted as she bowed over and over again, to a tall, brown haired man.
"Miss Aino, if you want to be famous then you should take this job more seriously. Being an idol doesn't mean that you can come in late whenever you feel to and…"
"Oi, Gyo-kun! Don't be so harsh on her. It's just her first time. I'm sure it won't happen again." A voice said, which made Minako stopped from what she was doing. The voice seemed kind of familiar and turned around and gasped, when she saw,
"Suzuki-kun!"
"Minako? You're the new teen idol?" Alex burst out. He was surprised over meeting her again and at the same time felt happy. She had changed, since the last time he saw her. Of course she looked different, she was down the last time he talked to her.
"Erm… hai!" Minako blushed.
"I didn't know you were into this kind of stuff." Alex smirked, eyeing her from head to toe. Yes, she had definitely changed. Her hair wasn't dull, it had returned to her silky hair and her eyes weren't puffy anymore. In fact they were shining with happiness instead of sadness. She looked different and more beautiful than ever.
"Well, my dream is being an idol."
"You seemed to have managed it, ne?"
"Hai, Suzuki-kun…"
"Please, no formalities. Just call me Alex."
"Hai! Only if you call me Minako." Minako smiled, not noticing that they stood close to each other. They stood there and stared in each other's eyes, when a loud voice brought them back to the real word, but also making them blush.
"Hey, you two lovebirds! Are we going to start or what? You know, we haven't got all day."
/End of Flashbacks\
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"Then we got to know each other even more afterwards and somewhere along the line we fell in love. I don't know about him, but to me he was my knight in shining armour when you know…
Anyway, we started to date and we've been going out now for five months."
"FIVE MONTHS?" everyone exclaimed.
"And you never told us?" Ami said.
"I know, and I'm sorry, but Alex didn't want the news to go out that he and I were dating. And I had to respect that, besides we didn't want any of our friends to get into consequences."
"What consequences?" Usagi asked, as frowns started to show on her forehead.
"Of being a celebrity. Alex is labelled as one of the top ten sexiest men in Japan and number one in Europe. And lately, the magazines have also been labelling me as the third most beautiful woman in Japan."
"Yeah, right. Beautiful…" Rei rolled her eyes.
"Hey, I can't help it if I'm beautiful… Well, we never told anyone, because we didn't want to risk anyone getting hurt. And that's why you never knew about it."
"Must be tough being a celebrity if that's the price you have to pay." Rei thought for herself.
"Yes, but now that you all know, I don't have to sneak away early or having an excuse of not coming to the meetings and stuff anymore."
"We're still mad, but… hey, when are you going to call your man?" Makoto asked enthusiastically.
"Yes, we're excited to see who this mysterious man is that captured our little love goddess's heart." Usagi continued, as they all walked to get ready.
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The Three Lights
At the three light's apartment,
"YATEN!" a voice was heard all over the building.
"I am going to kill you!"
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-sei 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!" Seiya yelled as he ran after the shorter light.
Taiki who was sitting in the living room and reading, enjoying the quiet before the commotion, sweat dropped. Shaking his head, he started to wonder if he was put together with them only just to baby sit, from what seemed to be two five year olds. He then winced from a sound thatused to be a vase, crashing to the floor. He sat and waited a couple of more minutes, massaging his temples, when he suddenly stood up. He had had enough and walked to the room where all the commotion were taking and said out loud,
"Would you two, 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."
"Nah, uh! That's your area." Seiya shook his head and continued.
"Ha! So you admit that you're dumber 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?" Seiya groaned.
"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, quieting both Seiya and Yaten.
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Jupiter's Light
A group of four 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 running back and forth to her friends and to the kitchen. 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 of him, but ended up messing his apartment, scaring him to death when she thought that she had chopped off her finger and when she almost food poisoned him.
The girls laughed, remembering earlier when Minako tried to do the same thing for them.
"Mina-chan, we already told you that you're a danger when it comes to take care of sick people." Usagi teased.
"Yeah, remember that time, when…" Rei started.
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/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 want 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\
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"And don't forget, when she came over to my house later for…" Usagi continued.
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/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 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…"
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/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. Staring at them, not believing what they're seeing, they all stood up. They didn't notice their boyfriends exchanging worried glances. 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 head. This was surreal, she thought. And yet there they were, standing a couple of metres away, arguing over what they should eat. Even her friends were hearing and seeing them. Then one word slipped out from her lips,
"Seiya!"-----
Earlier
"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 unrefined." 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 two grown up-men, and still you act more immature than kids." Taiki interrupted.
He was already irritated over the two men's behaviour on their way to the restaurant and even more when they were in the restaurant. He never used to wish for anything except for those times when they were searching for Kakyuu, but now he wished for not being in the place as them when he saw the looks from the other people.
"Stay out of this!" Seiya and Yaten yelled.
"If you haven't noticed, people are staring 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, but irritated voice, behind them.
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 hung a golden chain with a pendant, which was the sign of Venus. The woman had her arms crossed. She was frowning and if looks could kill, they would have been dead by now.
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 knee-length red skirt and a black-laced top with a turtleneck line and around her neck also hung a golden chain, but 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 with diamonds and on each side of the moon were two stars shaped sapphire.
Seiya, Yaten and Taiki were staring in awe at the five beautiful women. They knew who the women were. They would have recognised them 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 crybaby 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 studying. And the bubbly-headed idol-chaser, who dreamt to be an idol and the tall, overprotecting brunette, who would pounced you to death if you as much as lay a finger on one of her friends' heads.
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, trying not to sound rude.
"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-sama gave us 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 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 staring at each other as memories came back to them. A certain awkward feeling rouse up as they stood there. They didn't know what to say. It shouldn't be that hard, but it was.
Seiya could feel his heart beat rise as he looked at the young woman before him. He had come back to earth for answers and he knew that one of the questions had been answered. Problem was now, would those others get a positive or negative responds?
Usagi, on the other hand, wanted to run up to her best friend and give him a big hug. She wanted to cry, she wanted to laugh. She wanted to tell him how much she had missed him, but for some reasons she couldn't. Something was holding her back. Usagi suddenly felt something inside her. It was a warm feeling that was similar to when she was around Mamoru, yet different. What was this feeling inside her?
"Seiya" Usagi thought.
"Odango"
A/N:
Yay! They've finally met!
I wasn't very fond of the old chapters, so here it is. I put two of them together and added some more. This is not my favourite chapter, but I like it. I'm already finished with my favourite chapter so I'll be posting it soon. Like I said earlier, I won't be posting much this month because I have university exams, job and concerts, but I'll try to post whenever I can.
Also right now, I'm working with a new story. And for those who love the shittenou/senshi pairing, here is a preview for the story with my favourite couples, Rei/Jadeite!
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Memories of the Casablanca Lily
A girl was sitting out on the porch, staring at the sky. Her long raven hair cascaded in the wind as a cool breeze swept in the hot summer night. She was lost in her thoughts. Thoughts of yesterday's event.
"Who was that man? What big role did he play in the past?"
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A young man was walking down the street. Never caring for where he went, he also was in deep thoughts.
"Mars…"
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Hope you'll like it! Anyway, new chapters of Then there were you will come soon. So just you all wait in your chairs patiently. hihi
Ja!
/Moonlight Bunny