Sorry for the long wait everyone!!! Here is the second chapter of AD and it took sooo long to come out with. Thank you to all of you who reviewed and asked for another chapter. You helped me get off my lazy butt and start writing again...even though I'm still sitting on my lazy butt. Also, once again, thanks for the reviews. This is for you!

After the Dark

2: More Tears

"Seiya! Seiya!" Yaten called, trying to catch up. He stopped and tried to catch his breath. "It's no use. We can't catch him and there is no use of even trying."

"We should just walk now, we still have to find out what's wrong with Usagi," Taiki said.

"But-"

"Usagi is more important than school and it's almost time for final bell."

The emergency crew rushed Usagi into the hospital with Minako, Ami and Makoto following close behind. "You girls stay in the waiting room and call this girls parent. A doctor will be out to see you soon," one of the EMT's said.

"But-"

"Minako, he's right. We need to stay here and notify Usagi's parents. We have to wait." Ami said before Minako could contrast staying behind. The trio watched in silence as they carried Usagi through the doors. "I just hope she's okay…"

"Yeah… I'll go get her parents here and you two can just sit down and relax…" Makoto said.

"Where is Usagi?!" Seiya said, bursting through the door. Makoto, Ami and Minako were surprised. "Is she okay? What happened? Where is she? Where is the doctor? When-"

"Seiya! Seiya! Calm down. The doctor is checking over her now, we just got here," Makoto said. She turned and walked towards the pay phone.

"Sit down. You're out of breath." Ami reached out to touch his arm, but Seiya snatched it away. "Seiya…" Seiya turned his back on her and started to walk out. "Where are you going?!"

"I don't belong here." Seiya said quietly.

"What?" Minako asked. "Of course you belong here! You're important to us, you're important to Usagi."
"No! She doesn't want me around. I remind her of M-M-him. Tell Taiki and Yaten that I went out for a walk." Seiya continued to walk out the door.

"Seiya!" Minako started to get up but hesitated. "Maybe we should let him sort out his emotions."

"Where did Seiya go?" Makoto came back with three candy bars. "Are they already letting people in to see Usagi?"

Ami shook her head. "He left…"
"What?!" Makoto's eyes widened with shock. "He came all this way just to turn around? Doesn't he know that Usagi is not feeling well?!" Makoto's emotions went from shock to anger. 'How could he just show up and leave? Doesn't he love her, like he says he does?'

"No, Mako! It's not like that! He doesn't think he belongs here, waiting for Usagi to get better. He says that she doesn't him around because he reminds her of. Him…" Minako explained.

"That doesn't make any sense!'

"It does..."Ami said. "Usagi said it herself."

"She didn't mean it. He has been in love with her for so long. How could it end so..so…quickly?" Makoto said. Ami shrugged her shoulders.

"Where is Seiya?" The girls turned around to see Yaten and Taiki walking in the sliding doors. "Did he go in with Usagi?" Yaten asked. Minako shook her head.

"He left," Minako told them. Yaten and Taiki looked at each other and then sat down. The girls stared at them awkwardly and then Minako asked, "Aren't you going to go after him?"

"It's best to let him just be alone. Even though I can't see him walking out on Usa even after what she said. But I know he will be back," Taiki said.

"I hope so." Ami said.

Two days had passed and Usagi was finally able to come out of the hospital. But something was not right, that morning, Usagi had thrown up constantly and it had just now stopped and it was noon. Her parents stayed with her the whole time and suggested that she didn't return to school for the rest of the week.

"But I have already missed so much of school with, well, you know…" Usagi reasoned. Her parents exchanged glances and turned to look at Usagi in question. Her mother put a hand to Usagi's forehead to check her temperature.

"Usagi, dear, you are alright, aren't you? Usually you would be very happy to miss school," Her lips trembled as she wiped her eyes. "My baby's growing up now. Oh, how the years go by!"

"Mom, it's alright," Before Usagi could say anything else, the doctor had come in with a worried look on his face. Usagi wanted to ask what was wrong but was afraid to ask.

"What's wrong, doctor?" Her father asked. "Usagi is alright isn't she?"

"I'm afraid I have some troubling news."

It was lunch time at school and the group was sitting together, without Usagi or Seiya. It was very quiet under the tree with the exceptions of the chewing and slurping of juices.

"Why is it so quiet?" Minako asked, trying to brighten the mood. "No one has any gossip to share? No thoughts about the cutest boys around?"

"Now is not the time, Mina." Yaten mumbled, sounding annoyed. "No one is in the mood to talk."

"I'm sorry," Minako said, gathering her things and getting up. "I just wanted to…" Minako turned and ran away from the group leaving them to stare in shock. Yaten grabbed his trash and went after her.

"I guess without Usagi and Seiya here, there is nothing to talk about." Ami said. Taiki and Makoto nodded.

"See you two after school?" Makoto asked, as she stood up. Taiki and Ami nodded and she walked away, leaving the couple behind.

"Do you think everything will be alright?" Ami asked. Taiki nodded and kissed her on the cheek. The bell started ringing and the two stood up. "Come on or we'll be late."

Usagi's mother cried into her father's shirt, causing a wet spot to appear. Usagi's father looked inside Usagi's room window and stared at her. 'How could this happen to her, my little angel?' "Doctor are you sure this is right?" The doctor nodded. "Why didn't we learn about this earlier? Isn't there something we could've done?"
The doctor shrugged his shoulders. "I am supposing nothing was done to prevent this from happening. The protection was no good, it was broken. A pill called Plan B or sometimes referred to as the Morning After pill could've been given to her. But I think because she was in a coma the doctors didn't give it to her."

"Would it have worked?" Usagi's mother asked. "Would it have kept her from having to go through this? Is there any other options for her?"

"There is one other option, but I think Usagi should know about her situation before we make this decision."

"What is the option, doctor?" Usagi's father asked. The doctor sighed.

"I hate this word..."

Seiya turned on the lights in the studio and walked over to the piano. He was going to write a piece for Minako's next single. She wanted a slow melody that she could pour her heart out on, as she said. Seiya sighed and placed his fingers on the keys. He let his fingers do the thinking and the sound came out just perfectly. Seiya closed his eyes and let the music surround him and take him to another place. As soon as he finished the song and wrote down the notes, the phone started ringing.

"Hello?"

"Seiya! I was hoping you would be home…" Seiya smiled.

"Odango! Is everything okay?"

"No." Usagi starts crying softly over the telephone. "Please, Seiya… I'm sorry. Please"

"It's okay, Odango. I'll be there soon."

"Please hurry."

Seiya hung up the phone and ran out of the studio, leaving his music on the piano stand. He rushed out the door and ran the whole way to the hospital. When he got there, he continued to run to Usagi's room. "Odango!" Usagi looked up at Seiya with tears in her eyes.

"Seiya, it's horrible." Seiya walked over and sat down in the chair next to her bed. "I don't know what to do."

"Odango, what's wrong? You can tell me." Seiya placed his hand on top of hers and squeezed lightly. Usagi wiped her eyes and took a deep breath.

"It broke. It was useless, it was my fault. I shouldn't have gone alone...but I thought, I've done it before, so what's the difference this time? My parents warned me, they said I was too young for an older man like him. If only I would've listened. If only…" Usagi burst out into more sobs. Seiya reached over to her but she pulled away. "I'm not finished! You're going to hate me after this..."

"Odango, I could never hate you, it's not possible." Seiya said. He reached out for her again and held her close to him. "If you don't want to talk right now, that's fine. But whenever you want to talk, or whenever you need a shoulder to cry on, Odango, I'm here."

"But Seiya," Seiya put a finger to her lips.

"I love you, Odango. That will never change. I hope you know that." Seiya kissed her on the forehead, softly. "I know, I moved too fast. I was happy; I was just soo happy that we could finally have the chance to be together. So happy, that I didn't realize that you needed time. You didn't have enough time to think about what you wanted or needed. I'm sorry, Odango." Seiya looked down and found Usagi sleeping on his chest. He smiled and laid her down gently on the bed. He tucked her in and looked over her sleeping face. "So beautiful…"

"Don't leave, Seiya," Usagi mumbled. Seiya turned around and smiled once more. He sat down in the chair next to her bed and watched her sleep. Five minutes later, Usagi began to toss and turn. Tears ran down her cheeks from her closed eyes and she had a tight grip on the bed covers. "No, I don't! I can't! Please stop it!" She screamed in her sleep.

"Odango!" Seiya shook her harder and harder until she finally woke up. "Odango, what's wrong?"

"Oh god! Seiya!" Usagi grasped on to Seiya's shirt and sobbed. "I had a horrible nightmare. It was about..."

"No need to explain, Odango. I know, I know." Usagi buried her face deeper into Seiya's shirt. 'No Seiya... You don't know. I don't want to tell you, but I have to. That what is growing within me, is Mamoru's child..'

Oh no!! gasp It's Mamo-baka's child. Short and unsweet, I promise other chapters will be longer. Don't you just hate when a person stops and leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Will she tell Seiya about the baby? When will she tell him? When her friends find out? Where are the outers and when will they find out? Does Setsuna know? Will she tell the others about Usagi's unborn baby before Usagi has the chance? What is that other option besides the pill? gasp Is it what we think it is? What will happen to Usagi? How will our heroine get out of this tangled mess?!?!?!

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