Stage On! Chapter 3: Stage 3: For You, a sailor moon fanfic

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Enchanted by her, Seiya smiled gently and decided to stay at where they were until she finished singing. The wind caught up, slowly drifting the lovely melody along with it, and soon reaching to a certain someone who had been watching them from his balcony, two stories up above.

For the first time in years, a warm smile came across his face as he continued to eavesdrop on her singing. His fiancée, along with every servant and man around him, were stunned silent by his gentle expression. If his previous order to end the pursuit on the couple hadn't shocked them, his next instruction definitely would.

"The academy that Tsukino-san had been posted to…" Taiki muttered after the song had ended.

"Y-Yes sir, she attends the same private high as Master Yaten and young Master Seiya…" His men answered quickly and straightened their posture the moment he turned around to face them.

"Good." He smirked subtly at them before adding, "Make an arrangement for me… I'm transferring over to join them…"

Stage 3: For You…

Yaten walked out of the classroom immediately after the bell rung, ignoring anyone who tried talking to him. He was in a foul mood. Actually, he had been irritated since he found out that Taiki had transferred over to his school. Though they weren't in the same class, since Yaten was a year older, the possibility that he might even have to see Taiki in school now, annoyed him. It was not that he hated this brother of his. Yaten just preferred to stay away from him.

Taiki was one of those rare individuals who had intelligence much higher than the average people. It wasn't easy understanding someone like him, and during all these while, no one, not even Yaten could figure out what was running through his mind or what his true intention was. He only knew one thing, and that there wasn't anyone in this world who wouldn't feel stressed around Taiki, a child who was born different from everyone.

But maybe he was wrong. There could be someone who couldn't be pressurized by him…

"Usagi-sama!!"

Almost immediately, Yaten turned around to face the source of the cry that seemed to be coming from the opposite end of the hallway that he was in. He watched, much to his displease, as Minako threw herself onto Usagi and embraced her.

"Usagi-sama! Thank you so much for lending me Blue Moon's 3rd album! I'm so mesmerized by all your songs that I replayed it for more than a hundred times already!" Minako shrieked happily.

"Thank you for supporting Blue Moon, Minako-chan. You can keep the CD if you like it so much." Usagi coughed a reply as Minako's grasp was practically choking her.

But lucky for Usagi, Minako released her instantly, her eyes widened with excitement sparkling inside them. "Really?! I can have it?! I can actually have something this great and powerful?!"

Usagi nodded and smiled awkwardly at her remark, "There's nothing great or powerful about it. I just happened to be carrying the album with me on that day when I met with a misfortune and ended up here."

"No, no! The album was amazing!" Minako exclaimed, ignoring her last remark. "Especially the theme song, Masterpiece, it's the most incredible song that I have ever heard! I love it so much! Can I try singing it? Can I use it as one of our band's song choice for the Tokyo's Music Blast audition next month?"

"Eh? The Tokyo's Music Blast?" Usagi blinked in surprise.

Minako nodded in excitement, "Hai! It's biggest audition of the year! And the winning band will get a contract with Cast Station, one of the country's top music recording company, and make a name for themselves in the music industry!"

"But your band is still short of a bass guitarist and a keyboardist to play any of our songs…" Usagi pointed out quickly.

"We are going to find the bass and keyboard players by the end of this month!" Minako declared with determination.

"Eh?!" Usagi exclaimed aloud, giving her a 'is that even possible' look.

Yaten continued to watch them from a distance, his expression showing slight displease. Just who was this Usagi Tsukino girl? He didn't understand why everyone was so attracted to her. First was his heartless brother, and now, even the persistent Minako who had always been crazy over him and his skill in bass, were going fanatical over her too? He couldn't see anything special in Usagi that would make him feel the same way. Sure, she was a little prettier than most of the average girls in school, but besides that, there wasn't anything particularly interesting about this girl that would catch his attention.

Not wanting to feel anymore irritated than he already was now, Yaten forced himself to walk away, leaving the two girls as they made their way to the music clubroom. But as soon as Minako opened the door, a loud and angry blast that came from an amplifier shot right through her ears.

She flinched and immediately covered her ears with both her hands while Usagi popped her head into the room, surprised to find that it was Seiya who were playing the electric guitar in an extremely fierce pace and volume. She could feel his anger flowing out from every melody line he played as she continued to stare at him in awe, wondering what or who had provoked him.

"We will never get pass the first audition if you keep playing like this, Seiya." Haruka shook his head with a sigh.

Seiya dropped his guitar and forced himself to smile sarcastically at Haruka, "So do you expect me to be happy and contented after spending an entire morning in, not only the same school, but in the class with my wonderful half-brother, Taiki Kou?"

Haruka shrugged, "Don't throw your tantrum at me. I wasn't the one who accepted him in…"

"But your father did." Seiya pointed out quickly.

"Yes, he did. But what do you expect my old man to do? Reject such powerful business magnate and risk getting the school shut down?" Haruka argued.

"And you think he won't do anything like that after you've accepted him in? How naïve..." Seiya commented thoughtlessly.

"Naïve? Who are you to be telling me that when YOU are obviously the one and only reason why Taiki Kou would want to shut the school down? You shouldn't push the blame on others when you are clearly the cause of it, Seiya Kou." Haruka retorted as he flicked out his finger and jabbed Seiya in the chest three times.

Seiya reacted by slapping his hand away, his eyes hardened into a deathly glare. It was pretty obvious that a fight would have broke off then and there if Minako hadn't stepped in between her two friends and tried calming them down.

"Ah! Wait! Stop! Don't fight!" She interrupted them nervously.

She extended her both hands out at them, stopping them before they could lay hands on one another. Minako didn't want the clubroom to end up as an unrecognizable ruin of broken instruments and crumbled walls. Seiya remained awkwardly quiet for another minute or two, glaring at Haruka for one last time before he turned around and headed for the exit.

"Fine. Since I'm the cause of everything, I'll leave then..." He murmured with a straight face, ignoring even Usagi, as he walked past her and left the room.

"Seiya! Wait!" Minako called out and would have chase after him if it wasn't for Haruka who had stopped her from behind.

"Let him go. We don't need him in the band anyway." Haruka muttered in an almost bitter tone.

"What are you saying, Haruka? We can't possibly carry on without Seiya!" Minako exclaimed.

Haruka shrugged uncaringly, "What's the problem? There will be plenty of guitarists looking for a band with the audition drawing closer. We can find one to replace Seiya Kou easily. He isn't the only good one out there, you know?"

"But he's the only one who can play through the lines quick enough to compromise with your fast and irregular drumming habit."

Both Haruka and Minako turned to look at Usagi, surprised to hear such comment coming from her, while she just glanced back at them as if she was stating the obvious. Besides Seiya, few knew about Haruka's weakness. Not even Minako, who had heard him played for all these years, realized it, yet how could Usagi possibly knew when she had just heard him played once? Haruka was clearly missing the picture though since, unlike Minako, he knew nothing about Usagi's well-established profession as a musician and got no clue that she had perfect pitch.

But by the time Haruka was done feeling surprise and amazed, Usagi had already left the room to look for Seiya, leaving him behind with Minako who didn't seem pleased by the way he had handled the situation.

She scowled and folded her arms at him, "Are you still holding grudges against Seiya because of Michiru? It wasn't his fault that she had to transfer, you already knew that…"

"Why bring this up? It had already been a year now…" Haruka muttered with a sigh.

"Because I know that you've never liked Seiya ever since you got to know him from Michiru. You thought that he was after your girlfriend and even got her involved with the Kou family. No matter how much you admire his talent or try to deny it you still can't forgive him, can you?" Minako concluded in a serious tone.

Haruka sighed again and shrugged his shoulders, "Whether I forgive him or not, it still doesn't change the fact that Michiru's family had gone bankrupt and was forced by the Kous to leave the country just because they provided moral and finance support to Seiya Kou…"

"No! This isn't right! Michiru won't be happy if she finds out that Seiya is quitting the band! I won't be happy either! We can never be nearly as good as Blue Moon if we can't even keep one of the best guitarists in our band! It would be meaningless!" Minako exclaimed unhappily.

"Blue Moon? What are you talking about, Minako?" Haruka asked, narrowing his eyes questionably at her.

"I don't know how to explain it to you! But you have to bring Seiya back into the band no matter what!" Minako shrieked at him.

"You are getting on my nerve, Minako. It was his decision to leave. I wasn't the one who forced him to-…"

Haruka froze in mid sentence and was caught off guard as Minako tossed her school bag at him out of frustration. It hit him lightly on the chest before dropping to the ground, but neither of them paid any attention to it and made an attempt to pick it up.

"Forget it. And here I thought you were serious about starting a band that will one day overtake every music groups. But I guess I was wrong… I can never find my Blue Moon here and become the next Usagi-sama…" Minako finished sadly and hurried out of the room.

Feeling guilty, Haruka cursed and would have ran after Minako if hadn't notice her bag that was left opened on the floor. He bent over and reached out for the stack of papers that had slipped out from the bag, and was surprised to find an album cover buried beneath the papers that he was picking up.

"Blue Moon…" Haruka muttered, reading the band's name that was on the professionally packaged album.

Even though Haruka was certain that there wasn't any commercialized band in the music industry that called themselves that, it still triggered his curiosity especially since Minako had constantly brought the name up. He studied the cover of the album cautiously, switching his view from the band's logo to the faces of its five members, all elegantly stylized in a gothic fashion to suit its theme, Masterpiece.

Haruka narrowed his eyes, not recognizing any of these marvellous looking people, until he shifted his attention to the girl seated in the middle. Somehow, she looked like Usagi, but he couldn't be quite sure since the girl had hidden part of her face with the lacy hand-held fan that she was holding.

He decided to drop the matter, thinking that it was impossible that she could be Usagi. Slowly, he unfolded the cover and took the disc that was inside to insert it into a music player, unaware that what he was about to hear next was in fact a true masterpiece, one that would inspire a new dream in his life.

Minako ran out of the school building, refusing to look at anyone as she didn't want any of her friends or classmates to see her looking so down. She had always appeared to be hyper and cheerful in the eyes of those who knew her, but little did anyone know, her smile was just something to mask her sadness. Even so, she couldn't make herself hide this disappointment that had struck her so hard.

She wanted to be a singer, to start a band and be as good as Blue Moon, or at least half as good. At first, it was just another one of her unrealistic wish, but after getting into this new world and meeting Haruka and Seiya, she began to think otherwise. Not only were they brilliant in what they do individually, both of them shared the same passion as her when it came to music.

And if meeting them weren't lucky enough, fate even sent her idol, Usagi Tsukino, over to her side. To work in a band with her friends and idol, and with the Tokyo Blast audition just a month away, her path to achieving her dream seemed so realistic now, yet why? Why must it just end like this? She didn't want her band to fall apart, but there was nothing she could do to stop Haruka from holding anymore grudges against Seiya, or for Seiya to leave.

She felt helpless.

Minako stopped under a tree that was facing the school's racing track before she dropped down and sat there, ignoring the training that was going on between the Track and Field Club. She was perfectly fine with her self-absorbed attitudes. She wasn't in the mood to discuss her problems with anyone. That was, until the person who had been resting on the opposite side of the tree decided to voice out his presence.

"Hey, if you are going to cry, go somewhere else. I'm taking a nap here."

Minako flinched at the familiar voice behind her. Immediately, she turned around, surprised to find Yaten seated at the opposite side of the tree that she was under. He sighed and looked suspiciously at her as though he had expected her to scream his name or throw herself at him like how she would usually do, but to his surprise, she just murmured an apology and stood up. From the look of it, she didn't seem a bit happy to see him around, making Yaten frowned at her cold attitude.

"Oh, I understand. I am not needed now after you have Usagi Tsukino on your side…" He mumbled awkwardly.

His remarks brought Minako to turn back around as she blinked at him in confusion. If she hadn't known that he didn't favor her well enough, she would have easily guessed that he was jealous. She cocked her head at him, wondering what he could even be upset about.

Could it be that he didn't like Usagi? But why?

"Yaten-kun, you misunderstood Usagi-sama… I mean… I don't know what she has done to upset you, but I'm sure it must have been a misunderstanding…" Minako tried to explain further, but didn't know how she should continue when she was clearly not in the mood to be talking to anyone now.

"And…?"

"And?" Minako blinked.

Yaten sighed, "And what are you sulking over? Was it Usagi Tsukino who upset you?"

Minako widened her eyes a little at his question. Whenever there was a problem, she was usually the one who sought for him, and even though she knew that it irritated him to listen to her problems and worries, she'd still look out for him nevertheless. He was only the one she felt comfortable with, but she knew that he didn't feel the same. So, for the first that he had ever shown concern for her, Minako couldn't help but feel flattered by it as a tiny tear escaped and slid out from her eyes.

Yaten sat right up, his eyes widened at her teary ones, as though he was bothered by her tears. Minako struggled to recompose herself, rubbing her eyes against the sleeve of her uniform before she shook her head at him with a pleasant smile.

"I'm sorry… I thought you didn't want me here… I thought you were unhappy…" Minako muttered. "And no, it wasn't Usagi-sama who upset me… she didn't do anything…"

"So, who did?" He asked, trying not to sound too impatient to find out who was the culprit who had upset her.

Minako smiled and shook her head, "No… It's alright… I'm just upset because I can't see my dream coming true now…"

"Why not? By now, you should be able to play most of the bass line that I've taught you, and your vocal has improved greatly. So, what's the problem?"

"It's not that… I can't just play the bass or sing without a lead guitarist in the band…" Minako muttered.

"Lead guitarist? Don't you already have Seiya Kou?" Yaten inquired, frowning slightly.

"Seiya… he's quitting…" Minako muttered sadly.

Yaten sighed, "So this is what you're upset about?"

Minako nodded, "We won't be able to participate in the Tokyo Blast Audition without a lead player…"

The conversation ended with that statement. Minako kept her face down, trying to keep Yaten from seeing the misery in her eyes. But he was sharper than she had expected and could immediately tell that she was trying to hold back her tears. Somehow, it annoyed him to see her looking this sad because the Minako he knew had always been cheerful and optimistic, someone he never was or ever could be.

He sighed and got up on his feet, brushing off his pants as he made his way past her. "I'll take over the lead role if Seiya doesn't show up for the audition. So, stop looking so down… It's not like you at all…"

For a second, Minako just stood there with an expression of absolute surprise and disbelief. Wait. He didn't just say that he was willing to play in her band, did he? It was indeed hard to believe that someone as uncaring and unsociable as Yaten would voluntarily offer to be part of her music group, let alone join the Tokyo Blast for her sake. He had always told her and everyone else that he hated her. Yet why?

"Wa-wait! Yaten-kun…!" Minako turned around and called out to him. "Why? Why are you helping me?"

Yaten stopped walking, and was quiet for a moment, before he glanced over his shoulder at her, mumbling, "Because I don't understand…"

"You don't understand…?" She breathed softly.

Yaten nodded gently, "I don't understand why you are always working so hard for this so-called 'dream'. Why…? Even though you knew that it's impossible, why did you still put in so much effort and time in training your vocal and even went to the extent of begging me to teach you how to play the bass? Don't you think that it's silly?"

Minako smiled lightly at his remark as she shook her head, "It may sound silly or even absurd to you, Yaten-kun, but this is my second chance in life, so I'm not going to waste it feeling sorry for myself. There's someone I want to succeed, and this person is the one whom I've always admired and looked up to. She was always up there, shining ever so brightly on every big stage, while I was always below, staring up at her. But it's different now… we are both standing on the same ground, the same level... But what makes me really happy is that she supported me, telling me that it's possible, that I create my Blue Moon here. So, no matter what happen, I'm not going to give up on this dream. And, you shouldn't give up on yours too, Yaten-kun…"

Yaten stared blankly at her, taken aback by her last remark. He turned away from her and looked back straight when he saw her smiling warmly at him. "Don't associate me with you. I have never had a dream and I will never have one. Unlike you, my future has already been fixed since the day I was born…"

Minako shook her head slowly, still smiling, "That's not true. I believe that you too can choose the path which you want to pursue just like how you chose to console and help me out when I was upset. You are really a nice person after all, Yaten-kun."

Yaten stiffened and looked away with a flushed cheeks. "Don't get the wrong idea! I'm only doing this because you were so noisy back there, and you know how much I hate it when you start pestering me for help…"

He groaned and continued to murmur words of denial as he started to walk away from her. Minako giggled before she decided to run after him. She shouted out to him once more, catching his attention to stop as she leapt forward and embraced him from behind. Yaten gasped and found himself falling to the ground with Minako lying on top of him. He flipped to face her, cursing under his breath, while she just stared back at him with a wide smile on her face.

"Thank you, Yaten-kun!"

"It's no use following me, Odango. I'm never going back…" Seiya sighed and turned around to face Usagi.

Usagi folded her arms across her chest, "I'm not going anywhere until you agree to go back with me."

"And I'm in no mood to be arguing with you today. So go home already…" He tried waving her away.

"Why are you quitting?! The band can't do without you!" Usagi shrieked, ignoring his previous remark.

Seiya sighed another time, "You are persistent, aren't you?"

"I'm the band's manager! I have the right to know!" She insisted.

"Fine, fine…" Seiya muttered, finally giving in. "I'm quitting because I'm not needed in the band. There are plenty of better guitarists out there. It's easy to find a replacement for my role."

"That's not true." Usagi objected simply.

Seiya stared at her, looking a little surprise at the remark that she had just stated, while Usagi just glanced at him as though she was stating the obvious.

"No one can replace you." She added thoughtfully. "It's unique how you played the lead guitar lines which make you an extraordinary player in the band. But in order not to outshine the other members, you work to compromise with their pace and mode, and to do something with such high difficulties takes more than just practice. It takes lots of talent. So, you shouldn't quit. We won't be able to find another guitarist as gifted as you are around here…"

Seiya shook his head at her, "Odango, there are many things you won't understand. It doesn't matter whether I'm talented or not. The band will only get into more troubles with me around…"

"Eh? Why?" Usagi frowned at him.

"Because I'll only hurt those around me…" Seiya answered mysteriously as he turned away from her and continued to walk down the sideway, mumbling. "You should stay away from me too, Odango…"

"No way! I don't want to! How am I suppose to live without you?!" Usagi shrieked loudly, drawing his and a few bystanders' attention.

Seiya spun around and stared at her, his eyes widened with absolute surprise. It sounded like a confession of an undying love. At least, it did seem like one to the bystanders who were now whispering about the two of them, but considering that he had known her for quite some time now, Seiya could figure out that it was otherwise.

"Without you, I'll die of hunger, and that'll be beyond horrible! I don't want to die this way!"

While the rest of the bystanders almost fell over at her remark, Seiya threw her an exasperated look as he watched her raced up to him with a pitiful expression that she would normally exhibited whenever she was begging him for food. He didn't understand why the relationship between them had turned out to be this way, as though she was some stray little puppy or rabbit that he had picked up from the street to look after. Everyday, he would feed her while she would bark or whine at almost every single things he did. How annoying. Yet why? Why couldn't he just drive her away or ignore her?

Seiya sighed tiredly, and just when he thought he was coming down with a headache, his cell phone rang. He pulled out the small device from his pocket and answered it without hesitation.

"Hello, am I speaking to Seiya Kou?" The unknown caller asked.

"Yes. Who is this?"

"Mr Kou, we are calling from the Mizuno Hospital. It's regarding your grandfather. An hour ago, he fell while climbing the stairs and was admitted to our hospital. We aren't able to reach his immediate family, and there are some administration documents that need to be settled. We hope you can drop by later to fill them up on their behalf."

"Ojii-san, are you alright?" Seiya asked frantically as he rushed into the room with Usagi following closely behind.

His grandfather sat on the bed with Chibi Chibi seated next to him. The little girl cheered when she saw them coming and insisted to be carried by Seiya as the old man greeted them with a smile.

"I'm fine, my boy. It's just a fracture. I'm sorry that I have to trouble you and Tsukino-san over…"

"No, no. Ojii-san, you are not troubling any of us." Usagi stated quickly on Seiya's behalf.

Seiya smiled at his grandpa as he held Chibi Chibi securely in his arms, "Yes, Ojii-san. I've talked to the doctor. He said that you will be fine as long as you rest in bed and don't move about on your own this few days. And, I heard from him that the hospital has just contacted Aunt Yoko, she should on her way here to pick you up."

"And you paid for the administration and medical fee, didn't you?" Grandpa guessed.

"It's just part of the administration procedure…" Seiya replied shortly with a smile as he tried to evade the topic by shifting his attention over to Chibi Chibi who was now clinging onto his uniform.

Usagi kept quiet, making no comment as she watched the old man shook his head at Seiya with a disapproving look. She could understand what he was upset about. Mizuno Hospital was the pioneer hospital in the capital with the best medical service and most expensive charges. Surely, Seiya must have spent most of everything he had to pay for the bills.

Money didn't grow on trees no matter how much everyone wanted them to. Work was the only way to earn money so he could support not only himself, but his mother and the relatives whom his mother was in debt to. Seiya had to do so much more, despite having to attend school, just to earn enough to finance all these people who, according to his grandfather, disregarded him.

She doubted that she'd be able to do that, and admired his capabilities for being able to accomplish it without a single word of complains. Now, she didn't know whether it was right of her to ask him to return to the band anymore. He could spend more time getting more jobs and earning more money if he didn't need to get involved in an unpaid activity. Still, she knew very well that Haruka's band wouldn't be able to make it far without Seiya, and as for her part, listening to his splendid performance had became the only thing that she truly enjoyed in this unfamiliar world.

"Have you paid a visit to your mother yet?" Grandpa asked Seiya.

Usagi widened her eyes at the statement, surprised to know that Seiya's mother was staying in this hospital.

Seiya smiled faintly, "No, but I'll visit her later…"

"Why don't you do that now, boy? Your aunt should be here shortly…" Grandpa suggested, not wanting Seiya to meet any one of his family and get insulted when he clearly didn't deserved it.

Seiya nodded nonchalantly, understanding his grandfather's intention.

"Chibi Chibi wants to go with Onii-chan!" The little girl shrieked as she continued to cling onto Seiya with all her limbs as if she was afraid that he would drive her away if she was to let go.

"You can bring her with you, my boy. It's been a while seen she last saw Yuina…" Grandpa gave his permission.

Chibi Chibi cheered, happy that they weren't going to leave her behind. Seiya, on the other hand, was feeling a bit reluctant. He didn't know if he was a good idea to let both Chibi Chibi and Usagi meet his mother, not knowing how they would react or how his mother would respond to their visit. He glanced over at Usagi who was following quietly behind, noticing that she hadn't been saying much to him ever since they arrived at the hospital. But for now, he decided not to comment on it as he continued to lead them down the quiet hallway to room number 703 which lay at the end of the corridor.

He paused outside of the door, hesitating a little before opening it, and revealing a large soundproof room that was furnished with a fine black couch before a thirty inch television, and a piano at its corner. But instead of admiring the musical instrument like how she'd always do, Usagi found herself staring the woman who was seated on the regular hospital bed that was located in the middle of the room.

The woman, as fragile as she looked, was very beautiful. She had thick, wavy, long gold hair and a mysteriously beautiful set of dark blue eyes that reminded Usagi of Seiya's. She looked like an English doll, and anyone would have easily thought she was no older than twenty if Seiya hadn't addressed her as mother as he made his way across to her.

"Seiya, you came…" She responded with a smile and held her hands out to him.

Her smile looked a little empty to Usagi, but, nonetheless, it still lit up her face. Usagi continued to remain quiet as she watched how Seiya placed Chibi Chibi gently down on the empty chair that was next to his mother's bed and accepted her hands into his. For a moment there, it looked like a nice little reunion between a mother and son until his mother caught sight of Usagi standing by the doorway.

"And is this lovely lady over there your girlfriend?" She asked with a smile.

"You can put it that way…" Seiya answered simply much to Usagi's exasperation.

She opened her mouth in an attempt to oppose his proclaim, and would have done so if his mother hadn't asked her for her name. Usagi's attention flew back to the woman on the bed, gasping when she realized that she hadn't introduced herself to her.

"My name is Usagi Tsukino. It's my pleasure to meet you, Ma'am." Usagi answered politely.

"You can call me Yuina…" His mother smiled.

Usagi nodded, "Hai, Yuina-san…"

Yuina chuckled quietly before she turned back to look at Seiya and commented, "Your girlfriend is very pretty and really polite…"

Seiya smiled quietly at the remark while Usagi looked away with a blush. She didn't want his mother to have the wrong impression of her relationship with Seiya, but she knew it was too late to correct this false assumption especially when Yuina had turned her attention over to Chibi Chibi who didn't look very pleased to see her.

In response, the little girl glared at Yuina, giving her the usual 'don't bully Onii-chan' look. She moved away from Yuina when she tried to pat her and hid herself behind Seiya's arm.

"It's alright now, Chibi Chibi…" Seiya told her gently.

"Really? Aunt Yuina is not going to bully Onii-chan no more?" Chibi Chibi asked worriedly.

Her question surprised Usagi as she didn't believe that Yuina would do anything to hurt Seiya. Thinking that it was just the little girl's false impression, Usagi decided to help Seiya convinced her, not wanting Chibi Chibi to start an outbreak because of her high anxiety.

"Chibi Chibi, remember what I've told you the other night? No one is going to bully Seiya." Usagi told her calmly, patting her on the head.

Chibi Chibi looked up at Usagi smiling down at her and thought through her words. She nodded, much to Seiya's surprise, and relaxed a little. He didn't know why or how, but Chibi Chibi seemed to trust Usagi quite a lot lately, and would often listen to her instruction. She even requested Usagi to guide her to the restroom a minute later, something she wouldn't usually do even when she was with her parents because she claimed that she was old enough to find and go to the restroom on her own. But this time, she wanted someone to accompany her as she disliked hospitals and didn't like wandering round the place very much.

"You sure you don't need me to go in with you?" Usagi asked the little girl the moment they arrived by the entrance of the washroom.

Chibi Chibi nodded, "Chibi Chibi is a big girl. She can go on her own."

Usagi smiled and patted her on the head, "Ok. But be careful alright?"

With that, Chibi Chibi stepped inside the female restroom, leaving Usagi to wait outside. She leaned against the wall that was facing the restroom entrance, ignoring the few people who entered and exited until her eyes caught sight of a particular man stepping out of the men's restroom.

He smirked when he noticed her standing there and made his way across to her. Usagi flinched, taking a few steps back, and extended her index out at him anxiously.

"Yo-You, You… Taiki Kou! Why are you here?!" She practically shrieked at him.

"You actually want to know why a man needs to go to the restroom?" Taiki answered with a faint smile, deciding to tease her for a bit.

"I'm not asking why you were in the restroom! And wait! Stop right there! Don't come any closer! Usagi snapped at him as she took a few steps back, still demanding, "No, No! Two meters away! Two meters away from me!"

Taiki took a step forward and stopped, "Tsukino-san, you should stop backing from me. We are exactly two meters away now."

"Really?" Usagi asked as she stopped moving and eyed suspiciously at him.

"You can measure it with a tape if you don't believe me." Taiki suggested coolly.

Usagi folded her arms across her chest and turned away from him in exasperation, "Don't have to. I am not breaking my promise as long as I am standing a distance away from you."

"So I was right then. Seiya Kou did really put a collar around you to prevent losing you to another man." Taiki concluded calmly, gesturing at her neck.

"What are you saying? I'm not a dog! And he has never used any collar on me!" Usagi exclaimed, clearly not getting his interpretation.

"It's fine if you don't understand. I'll soon break that collar of his." He added cleanly.

Usagi frowned at him, getting more confused by the minute. "I don't know what you are saying, but I won't let you abduct me this time. I'm fully awake now and I can outrun you."

Taiki smiled lightly, "Interesting, but don't worry, I'm not here to kidnap you. I won't have to do it myself if I really intended to."

"True, you would have ordered a few men to do it like how you did the previous time." Usagi muttered and nodded to herself before she shook her head, realizing that she shouldn't be agreeing with him.

"Never mind. Why are you here at the Mizuno Hospital then?"

"Why shouldn't I? I owned part of the Mizuno Hospital after all." Taiki answered simply.

"Eh?! You what?" Usagi exclaimed in disbelief.

She clearly didn't know that the Kou Organization had become one of the Mizuno Hospital's shareholders after its executive vice president, Taiki Kou, agreed to the arranged engagement between him and Ami Mizuno, the great-granddaughter of the founder of the Mizuno Medical Organization. While the Kou Organization could get a huge sum of profit, the Mizuno Organization could earn better recognition and reputation with the famous Kous as its partner, making the arranged marriage unquestionably beneficial for the two families.

"Bad guy! Bad guy!"

Both Usagi and Taiki turned their attention over to Chibi Chibi who started running out from the entrance of the restroom. She stopped a close distance before Taiki and pointed her little finger at him with a frown.

"Bad guy! Don't bully Onee-chan!"

"No, Chibi Chibi, don't go near him!" Usagi exclaimed as she raced forward and swept the little girl into her arms without realizing how close she was standing before Taiki at that moment.

Taiki smirked devilish, "Ah… Less than a few inches away. It looks like you have broken your promise, Tsukino-san. I wonder how I should inform Seiya Kou about this."

"Eh?! Wa-Wait! This isn't fair!" Usagi exclaimed as she attempted to jump a few steps back but Taiki beat her in this game.

He reached his hand out to grab her by the wrist, pulling her back to him and holding her there so she wouldn't get the chance to go anywhere.

"I told you that I'll break this collar of his, didn't I?" He breathed to her, making Usagi narrowed her eyes at him, still not getting what he was trying to put through.

"Bad guy! Bad guy! Don't bully Onee-chan!!" Chibi Chibi shrieked in protest, swinging her arms and attempting to drive Taiki away from Usagi.

He smiled plainly at the little girl as his fingers slowly freed themselves from her thin wrist. Without further hesitation, Usagi pulled away, releasing herself from his grip. Though she didn't know what his intention was, she was irritated by the fact that he had tricked her into breaking her promise which she had with Seiya. She couldn't afford to have Seiya learning about this and not preparing anymore meals for her! She would starve to death! And the idea of dying from hunger was simply too frustrating to contain.

Angered by the thought of it, Usagi made an attempt to glare at Taiki and would have throw her frustration out at him if she hadn't notice a group of doctors and nurses rushing into room 703.

"Seems like she has turned unstable again…" Taiki muttered with a blank expression.

Usagi frowned at his remark, but decided not to ask about it as she hurried back to the room without a second of hesitation and flinched at the scene that she had caught sight of.

Yuina was standing on top of her bed, yelling and cursing Seiya, as the doctors and nurses attempted to calm her down with no avail. She appeared to be a completely different person right now. Not only was she emotionally unstable, the hatred in her eyes were so evident that it made Usagi questioned herself on whether she was seeing the same person that she had just talked to a moment ago.

"It's all your fault! Why?! Why do you have to take everything away from me?! If it wasn't for you, I would have become a singer! I would have lived my dream! I wouldn't have to lose everything! My career… my future… my happiness… It's you! You are the one who took everything from me!" Yuina screamed, gesturing her index finger at Seiya while the nurses tried to hold her back.

Usagi held her breath, not believing what she had just heard, but to her surprise, Seiya remained awkwardly calm, his blank expression giving none of his thoughts away.

"Ever since she suffered from Amusia, she has been acting like this…" Taiki, appearing from behind of Usagi, told her. "It's useless… no one can do anything about it…"

Usagi kept quiet and did not comment on his remark. It seemed like no one could make her take her attention off Seiya right now, not even with Chibi Chibi struggling and crying in her arms. She continued to watch as Seiya looked calmly back at his mother like this wasn't his first time seeing her burst out at him.

"…if only you hadn't been born, I could have been so happy!" His mother continued loudly.

Her harsh remark didn't seem to upset Seiya as he smiled subtly back at her, "Mother, why did you give birth to me then?"

"Why…?" His mother muttered, seemingly to have calmed down by a little from the question as she allowed the nurses to haul her down from the bed.

"…Because he said that he'll still love me… that he'll support me, but he lied. He stopped seeing me after you were born, and it was then when I realized that I was abandoned… He didn't want me anymore. But, I tried convincing myself that it was alright… that I can live without him. But why? Why did you have to look so much like him? Why did you call out to me back then…?" She paused abruptly, her voice cracking in the middle as she covered her face with both her hands, sobbing.

"If you hadn't called me, I wouldn't have crossed the road… I wouldn't have gotten into that accident, and suffer from any brain damage! Do you have any idea how torturing it is when you can't even tell whether the things you are hearing are musical or not? Everyday, I would attend those therapies that I don't even know if the people there were singing or talking to me! Do you know what it's like to be unable to distinguish musical pitch, intervals, rhythm, and you couldn't write a single musical notes anymore?! You won't know! No one would! Because unlike me, they are able to listen to music! But, I've lost the ability to… I've lost everything… I couldn't sing anymore! I couldn't even recognize or process music! And it's all because of you! You are the one who took the two most important things away from me! I hate you! I hate you so much…"

Yuina ended everything with that statement, dropping to the ground with her hands over her face as she continued to sob miserably. Seiya softened his eyes at his mother, as if the pain she was feeling affected him as well. For a brief moment, no one made a sound, and the silence between each interval of his mother's sobs was deafening, louder than a thousand gunshots.

-Ding-

All of the sudden, a soft jingle echoed as everyone turned towards the light sound that magically came alive at the midst of the overwhelming silence. Their eyes widened with surprise. There, at the corner of the room, sat Usagi by the piano as she let her fingers travelled slowly down the keys, creating a gentle wave of melodic line. Her soothing melody spread, touching the hearts of everyone in the room. It was as though she had cast some magic into the keys she played, making Taiki smirked like it was something he had wanted to happen. Even Yuina raised her head up to stare, her ears picking up every single note and arranging them in an orderly sequel.

Soon, her delicate voice emerged, accompanied by a heart wrenching song…

Even though you can no longer pursue…

…the continuation of your dream,

I'll fulfil it for you…

The truth is,

I feel like shouting so you can listen to me sing…

But it's alright if you couldn't

For I know you can feel it.

No one understood why but the warmth that could be felt throughout her performance was enough to make anyone feel like crying. Like usual, her beatific voice was the only thing that was left ringing inside everyone's head as she continued to sing together with the enchanting melody.

I have things left to do

Because I want to try redoing them for you…

Do you know that...?

I'm always grateful for your kindness

So I want to become stronger

There aren't tears at the end of the sins…

So even though I know you couldn't,

I wish you'll continue to hear me out,

…because it can be done, safe and sound.

Just for you.

The song slowly came to an end, leaving a few light notes echoing across the room. Usagi lifted her fingers away from the keyboard as she turned around to face her audience who were startled speechless by her performance. She smiled when she noticed Yuina looking back at her with tears surfacing in her eyes.

"As long as you still can hear , someday, you'll be able to enjoy music like how you used to…" Usagi stated, smiling gently. "…because Yuina-san isn't deaf, right?"

For a brief moment, all Yuina, and the rest of the people in the room, could do was stare back at her, taken aback by her remark. Seiya, on the other hand, widened his eyes when he noticed a tiny tear slid down from his mother eyes as she muttered in a barely audible voice, asking, "May I… May I listen to it again…?"

Usagi smiled as she extended her hand out to her, "Shall we play it together then?"

The afternoon slowly came to an end with evening just an hour away as Usagi stepped out of the entrance of the hospital, feeling extremely exhausted and hungry.

She sighed, "I'm starving…"

"I'll prepare a grand dinner for you as my token of appreciation." Seiya smiled at her.

"A grand dinner?! Really?" Usagi clapped, her eyes sparkled with excitement.

Seiya nodded with a smile, "I have to thank you. Ever since the accident, my mother has lost all interest in almost everything around her… This is my first time seeing her showing such affection for something she once loved. You're amazing, you know that?"

"Eh?" Usagi gasped, caught in surprise by his sudden compliment.

"That song you sang back there… It's beautiful… but I don't remember hearing it from elsewhere before." He muttered, indirectly asking for its source.

"That's because I was the one who wrote it." Usagi pointed out proudly.

"I should have guessed…" Seiya replied, grinning to himself. "First it was the Magic Lullaby, and now this song…?"

"For You…" Usagi answered, beaming. "The title is For You… It's the first song I've wrote on my own."

"You wrote it for someone?" Seiya guessed.

Usagi nodded but didn't say further. Instead, she just walked past him and looked up at the orange-colored sky with a subtle smile on her face. Seiya could tell that she was thinking about that person even though he didn't know who it might be.

For all he knew, she could have written it for her lover, and there was a relatively high possibility to support his assumption judging from the way the song was written and sung. Or it could be for a special friend, since there wasn't any expression of romance throughout the song. Even though he didn't understand why, he was hoping that it was the latter. Somehow, it annoyed him tremendously to think that she was going to leave him someday for a guy whom she knew before him.

"It's for my mother…" Usagi finally replied in a murmur.

"Oh…" Seiya responded, trying not to let his feeling of relief show.

"She was the one who introduced me to the piano and the other music instruments. She taught me what they were, accompanied me through all my lessons and practices, and at times, she would attempt to write simple lyrics with me." Usagi continued, smiling faintly. "And, she always looked so happy whenever I play a song for her even though I knew that she couldn't hear any of it…"

Seiya widened his eyes a little at her last remark, muttering, "You mean, your mother, she's…"

Usagi nodded, smiling sadly, "…She's deaf."

Immediately, his expression softened at hers as if he could feel what she was feeling right now. In some way, he could relate himself to her. Not only did the both of them have the same passion and interest for music, they shared the same desire as well, a simple wish for their mothers to hear them out through the things they loved doing the most. This was probably why she chose to perform and play this song for his mother back there. Maybe his mother had reminded Usagi of hers, but unlike him, she was loved and cherished by her family, and judging from the content of the lyrics, she had probably achieved that wish of hers through this song as well.

"Your mother, she must have felt it… the message that you wrote for her in the song… " He told her, smiling gently.

Usagi peered at him with bewildered eyes for a second, not expecting him to say this. Why? This guy whom she barely knew for a few months and was always out to tease and annoy her, why was he able to tell her the things she wanted to hear most? Why was he able to reassure her with just a few simple words and made her heart feel at ease?

"Now that I think about it, this is the first time you've told me anything about yourself and your family…" Seiya pointed out, interrupting her train of thoughts, before he decided to tease her for a bit. "…So, did you or did you not run away from home and got lost?"

"I didn't run away or got lost! I was forced to come here by fate!" Usagi shrieked at him.

"By fate?"

He looked questionably at her, and could see her face tensed up with anxiety like she had just realized that she had told him something she shouldn't. She took a deep breath and quietly looked at him before sighing, "You won't understand even if I explain it to you. Just know that I didn't want to be here."

"Does this mean that you'll leave one day?" Seiya asked in a murmur.

"Of course, I will!" Usagi replied honestly, turning away from him. "I don't belong here, and there's nothing and no one here that would make me want to stay for a minute longer…"

"I see…" He murmured softly.

"But it's not like it concerns you-…" Usagi paused as she turned around in time to catch a glimpse of sadness that had just flashed past his midnight blue eyes.

Immediately, Seiya looked away, averting her gaze as he proceeded past her without another word. A tight knot formed across his chest twisting around painfully. Why did it hurt him so much to know that she would leave one day? It didn't make any sense to him since she was just another girl whom he could stop seeing whenever he wanted to, right?

No, she wasn't.

She wasn't like the many other girls around him who paid him to accompany them. She was a lot stranger, much more difficult, and a whole lot more stubborn especially when it came to picking an argument with him in whatever he did. But, on the other hand, there were times where she would appear to be like an angel, shielding him from all his problems with just her voice alone and smiling for him. It was ironic how she'd often claim to dislike and disagree with him, but would still end up defending him. There was no way he wouldn't feel comfortable and at ease around her when she often poured him with such warmth that was lacking in his life. But this could be his one-sided feeling as she would probably never feel the same way about him.

That was what he thought until he felt her tugging him by his sleeve.

He turned to look at her and she broke eye contact with him the moment he did, looking slightly down to her side with a light blush flashed across her cheeks, "I like the food here… I might want to stay for that…"

He widened his eyes at her, taken aback by her remark as she quickly dashed past him, reminding him that she was terribly hungry and urging him to hurry up before she starved to death.

"You're so not cute, you know that?" Seiya stated, trying to cover up his little joy by teasing her.

As expected, she shrieked at him again for the false insult, and he smiled at her angry expression, making him believed that maybe, just maybe, she would feel the same for him one day.

Minako sat in her room impatiently, wishing that Haruka would come to return her the bag that she had left behind already. It hadn't struck her that she had forgotten about her bag until arriving home that evening, and she was anxious to get it back as she couldn't risk having anyone looked through it and discovered the album that Usagi had gave her.

She jumped up from her seat when she heard a knock on her door, and immediately rushed over to open it, smiling in relief to see Haruka standing behind a short maid who had escorted him over. Without a second of hesitation, she waved the maid away and pulled Haruka into the room.

"My bag, where is it?" Minako demanded after closing the door behind them.

Haruka remained quiet, not saying a single thing, as he handed the bag over to Minako as she quickly took it and began digging into it only to frown when she couldn't find the thing she was searching for.

"Are you looking for this?"

Minako's face shot up to Haruka's, and her eyes widened at the blue disk casing that he was holding in his hand.

"You looked through my bag?! That's so rude of you!" Minako snapped at him.

"I didn't. It fell out..." Haruka replied coolly.

"Give it back to me!" She demanded and tried reaching out for it, but Haruka simply lifted it higher untill it was a good distance away from her reach.

After a few attempt of jumping about to get the album, Minako finally gave up and glared unhappily at Haruka who had turned his attention to admire the group of musicians that were photographed on the disc cover.

"Blue Moon huh? I'm jealous. What admirable talents each of them have…" He muttered before looking back down at Minako.

"Mind telling me more about them?"

The lyrics, For You…, belong to me, please do not copy or distribute it. Thank you.

A/N: Like usual, I'll only update upon request, so do leave a review if you want to read the next chapter. I've been really busy lately and won't have time to write here so please be patient and bare with me for not updating as much :(. And to the readers who requested this chapter to be up on their birthdays, I'm sorry that I couldn't post it up on the dates itself. I wish the two of you a happy belated birthday and thank you for your keen interest in my stories and for reading them. I hope every one of you have enjoyed this chapter :).