After their meeting in the woods, Minako and her knight raced through the dark path of the woods, every now and then yelling brash words of wit to each other. The princess laughed into the air, her golden hair trailed behind her as she sped her horse faster feeling free than a bird. Following closely behind her and gaining speed Yaten also threw caution to the wind as he laughed and smiled along with her, enjoying her company as he threw her comments right back at her with equal wit. Still wet from his swim and not caring, he felt his heart rate speed up while his thoughts over the wild beauty in front of him increased ten folds watching her smile.
'I can't do this…' he thought as he internally sighed. 'She's a princess and I'm… just her knight…' Shaking the thought out of his head he noticed the surrounding grow brighter when he saw the exit ahead. "Thank the lord!" he cried exhausted getting an odd look from his princess. "I thought that we'd never get out of there!" He defended while he heard the distinct giggle of his charge. Galloping away from the forest entrance he turned, "Princess… how could you stand going to that place, though grant it that the clearing is beautiful…" he asked curiously. "With an annoyed sigh, she brushed her bangs back, "Well, Sir Yaten it helps me get away from the royal life I lead everyday." she paused while eying him, "And didn't I tell you to address me as Minako?" she stated steering her steed towards the castle as they galloped. "I apologize prin…Minako!" he corrected himself quickly. "Doesn't the entrance to that place scare you? I mean, how did you find that place anyways?" Yaten questioned as he continued to look at her as he spoke. "In my earlier years… back when I didn't have to pretend to be a Queen," she said flatly towards the word 'Queen.' "I rode off on my own to nowhere in particular until I saw the woods. But of course I was a curious child so I went to the so called spooky woods." She said pausing for breath. "When I arrived at the entrance, it felt like no one has ever visited there before which got me really excited and happily I went in, throwing caution to the wind." She laughed as she saw Yaten's eyes widen in surprise. "And seeing that the path lead further into the woods I galloped carelessly and raced in... well, that is… until I reached the middle part of the woods when it began to grow darker with each step and I felt scared going back so I basically cried my horse to run like the wind!" She closed her eyes shut and stuck her tongue out in remembrance. "I mean you wouldn't believe how relieved I was when I arrived at the clearing, and from then on I've always considered that place as my very own so I named it 'Waking Woods'." She smiled remembering her childhood days. "And up until now… no one knows of its existence," she winked causing Yaten to blush and avoided her eyes. "Until you that is...Now you know my secret. And I forbid you to tell another soul!" She said jokingly earning a chuckle from her knight. "Please?" She begged at the end of her statement. "Unless I am driven to incase of danger then yes I will be silent," he said with a smile as they headed into the familiar archway signaling them that they were home. Both dropping to the ground, they lead their horses into the stables for the night. Closing the doors and securing the lock Yaten turned to Minako who was now blushing as she avoided his eyes. "Well dear knight… it is time I go to bed," she said with a sigh as she saw him blush crimson at her words. "Oh don't be such a pervert!" she hit him playfully on the arm as she got a chuckle from him. "Hey you said it not me," Yaten defended then stepping quickly away from her he noticed that he was mere inches from her pink lips. Thanking god that Minako didn't take notice, he bid her good night, now noticing his wet uniform.
Feeling like having a night time stroll around, Seiya headed outside towards the gardens where he spotted a damp and exhausted looking Yaten. Taking a good look at him he could see his brother walking towards him, his eyes glazed while his shoes made an odd squishy sound. Not being able to contain his curiosity and his brothers rather humorous state he clapped Yaten's back hard surprising the wits out of him. "Yaten where the hell have you been man?" Looking at his damp uniform and his now wind swept hair, he stared into his eyes for confirmation. Snapping out of his daze he turned to his brother annoyed. "I was out on a mission," he said casually forgetting to clear his unmistakable smile off his face. Seiya quirked his eyebrows as he saw his quick tempered brother smiling? At what? "So what was your mission Yaten?" Seiya tried to pry as he heard another person walking towards them. "Seiya, Yaten, how did your days go?" Taiki said enthusiastically smiling from ear to ear. Raising both their eyebrows, "The question is how was YOUR day Taiki?" Seiya questioned him as Yaten turned, "Unlike Seiya here, I had a mission, but Taiki what did you do today?" He smirked seeing the blush rise in him. "Well uhh… I had a mission too actually!" He said quickly earning more odd looks from both Seiya and Yaten. "Oh a mission? What did you do?" Yaten grinned wider as he nodded to Seiya for the kill. Grinning triumphantly he narrowed his eyes persuasively. "Was there a certain blue haired princess involved?" Seiya cooed seeing that Taiki was now the color of a bright tomato. Coughing he hesitantly tried to change the subject. "Well yes it was a mission with Am… I mean princess Mizuno! And it was to find some medicine plants!" he stumbled to correct himself but failed miserably. "SO Yaten… what was your mission like?" Taiki's voice gave a squeak desperate for an escape. "Oh no no no no no we will get to Yaten later," Seiya cooed as he grabbed his brother's neck and gave him a noogie. "Taiki you dog! I never knew you had it in you!" Seiya laughed as he messed up his tall brother's hair. Pulling Seiya off from him he gave in. "I did have a pleasant day with Princess Mizuno…" Taiki finished rounding his stare back to Yaten. "Now off me, Yaten what exactly did you do for YOUR mission?" Taiki observed his damp uniform and mussed hair. "I was just retrieving something for my mission that's all." He finished, cleverly hiding the events of the day. Nodding his approval Taiki and Yaten now practically jumped on Seiya with questions. "So Seiya what's this I'm hearing about princess Serenity and you in the gardens?" Taiki asked slyly as he wiggled his eyebrows while Yaten smirked. "Yeah Seiya spill! Did you get to talk to your O d a n g o ?" he stretched each letter earning a wild spread of red cross Seiya's features. "Well the princess and I just talked nothing big, he he he…" He tried to act casually as he stretched his hands towards the sky, "Well I'm going to head in!" he said then ran away from the two. "I swear Taiki, Seiya gets stranger everyday," Yaten stated while he straightened his damp uniform before heading in. Taiki nodded his head in agreement but still staring at Yaten's damp uniform, "It's a pretty farfetched story…" he started but was stopped. "Its fine as long as you aren't like Seiya, I'll let you keep your secret." Taiki said with a smile, "Since I have my own I wish to keep to myself," he finished as he walked over to where Yaten waited and headed in for the night.
"Good night everyone and sleep tight!" Minako yawned happily as she disappeared to her chambers. Ami and Serenity looked at each other in surprise. "Well that's definitely a new sight," Serenity commented. "It certainly isn't like her and I think I saw Sir Kou Yaten with her when she entered the archway." Ami added giggling at what she just said. "Do you think that Minako finally made peace with her knight?" Serenity smiled as she stifled a yawn. "We should retire also, since we have a busy day tomorrow," Ami suggested as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. "Ok Ami night, see you in the morning!" Serenity hugged her sister good night as she and Ami left for their room.
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