Chapter 2
Usagi watched her Mom walk off and began to wish that she had gone with her as well. The truth was Usagi really did want to go with her Mom but Usagi didn't want to be in the way. She always felt like she was in the way so Usagi decided to stay behind with these boys. Usagi turned to the four boys as smiled politely.
"Hello." stammered Usagi. Taiki and Mamoru bowed and Yaten but Seiya didn't really pay much attention. Now that the grown-ups were gone they could go wild again. Just as long as this princess didn't mess things up by telling an adult.
"Come on!" exclaimed Seiya. "Let's go see if there are any frogs by the ponds." Seiya began running for the door. Yaten,Taiki,Mamoru and Usagi followed. Mamoru didn't look too happy about what his brother was doing.
"Why do you want to see frogs?" asked Usagi.
"So we can set them loose in the kitchen." replied Seiya grinning. Mamoru rolled his eyes.
"Go ahead." said Mamoru "but everyone will know it was you." Seiya shook his head.
"Nope! I'll blame it on Yaten and Taiki."
"Oh no you won't!" screamed Yaten hitting Seiya on the back of his head.
"Hey! Hey! Back off shorty! I was just kidding!"
"Good!" said Yaten. "Oh, and next time you call me shorty I am going to pound your head in."
"Riiiiiiight." mocked Seiya as they approached they doors to the palace gardens. Just as Seiya was about to open the doors to the palace gardens someone yelled:
"HEY! Where do you think your going?" Seiya turned around and shouted out in surprise:
"Sayumi!!!!" The girl walked over to the five children and repeated herself.
"Where do you think your going?" The girl standing in front of them was about 15 years old. She had light brown eyes and coal black hair that was in two long ponytails on either side of her head. She wore a long sleeved, purple dress that reached to the floor. She had an adorable face even for a 15 year old.
"I was going to go pick flowers for you my dear cousin." said Seiya sweetly. Sayumi let out a "Ha!" and then said:
"Come on Seiya! I know you too well to fall for that. What are you planning on doing?"
"He's going to set frogs loose in the kitchen!!!!!!" exclaimed Mamoru. Sayumi rolled her eyes. Mamoru was such a tattletale. Sayumi always had fun figuring out what Seiya was planning but if Mamoru went strait out and told her she could never guess.
"Thank you, Mamoru." Sayumi forced a smile. Mamoru needed to loosen up. He was way to uptight for a ten year old. Sayumi looked over the familiar faces of the four boys but then noticed that there was a new kid amongst them. "Why hello.Who might you be?" asked Sayumi.
"My name is Serenity just like my Mommy but you can call me Usagi." Sayumi smiled. Usagi was so cute!
"Are these boys bothering you?" asked Sayumi jerking her head back in the direction of the four boys. Usagi shook her head.
"No. They were just showing me around."
"Good." Sayumi turned to the four boys. "Now you listen to me. You be nice to Usagi. Don't go getting into any trouble while she is with you!" Sayumi was directing her last sentence at Seiya and Yaten.
Sayumi looked over her shoulder nervously as if expecting a monster to pop out of no where. "I better get going before Kessin finds me. If I stay in one place for too long he is definitely going to find me."
"Is he another one of your suitors?" asked Seiya. Sayumi nodded.
"If I don't hurry he's going to fi-" before Sayumi could finish her sentence she could hear her name being called through out the halls.
"Sayumi! Sayumi!"
"OH NO!" said Sayumi. "It's him!" Sayumi quickly ran around the corner. The person who was calling her name came around the corner. He was the guy Sayumi was running from. His name was Kessin. He looked about 17. He had stringy brown hair and green eyes. His nose was rather long and had a wart on the end. He had long thin fingers that looked a little bit like spider legs. Needless to say he was not very attractive at all.
"Have you seen Sayumi?" asked Kessin. All the children shook their heads. "I have the oddest feeling she might be avoiding me."
"Really. I wonder why." said Yaten sarcastically.
"It must be that she's intimidated by my good looks." said the boy. "Well I should go find her." the boy walked around the corner and out of sight. As soon as he was out of sight the children broke out into laughter.
"It would be funny if he found her." said Yaten. Seiya nodded.
Sayumi ran frantically through the halls trying to find a place to hide. It was pretty understandable that she wanted to run away from this guy. Out of all the suitors she had she didn't want to marry this one the most. It wasn't just that he was very unattractive he was also a big pervert. Sayumi hated those type of guys so she just kept on running. Sayumi glanced behind her shoulder to make sure that Kessin wasn't following her. No sign of him. As Sayumi stopped to catch her breath. Running from Kessin was tiring.
"Running from another suitor I see?" Sayumi jumped when she heard the voice but she immediately knew who it was.
"Demando! Come out of your hiding place right now!" Demanded Sayumi.
"As you wish." said Demando coming out from behind a pillar. There stood a 15 year old boy. He had neatly brushed short silvery white hair that fell over his eyes which were dark blue. His handsome face had a smirk across it. He chuckled as he saw the panicked look on Sayumi's face. "So you are hiding from a suitor."
"His name is Kessin." said Sayumi. As soon as Demando heard the name he burst out laughing. "Be quiet!" said Sayumi. "It is not funny." Demando stopped laughing and regained his composure but he still had a smirk across his face. Yet again Sayumi heard the howling of her name by Kessin.
"SAYUMI!!!!" Sayumi had never hated the sound of her name so much.
"What am I going to do?" asked Sayumi sounding very panicked. Demando grabbed Sayumi's arm and pushed her behind him. Sayumi was considerably smaller than Demando so it was pretty hard to see Sayumi. All you could really see were her feet and as long Kessin didn't look down he wouldn't see them. Kessin came running through the halls. He spotted Demando and demanded:
"Where is Sayumi!?!? I know you know! I always see you talking to her!"
"Just because I talk to her a lot doesn't mean that I know where she is every single second of every single day. If she wants to see you I'm sure she'll come to you." Kessin glared at Demando and stomped off.
Sayumi peeked her head out from behind Demando.
"He's gone right?"
"Yes." answered Demando. Sayumi stepped out from behind Demando.
"That was a close one."
