"Usagi-chan!" I called for Usagi after school let out. "Guess what I got tickets for!!!"
"I have no idea," Usagi replied when I caught up with her.
"I'll give you two hints. One: we know someone who will be there and two: there will be all kinds of other famous people there."
"You mean...?"
"Yeah! Tickets for the big Music Festival where Seiya is preforming his solo act!"
Usagi and I had been looking forward to the Music Festival for a while. When we found out that Seiya was going to be preforming there we knew we had to get tickets somehow. I spent all my hard-earned allowence money but trust me, it was worth it.
Why not get tickets from Seiya? Well, he would've but he wasn't allowed to.
Anyway, the Music Festival had all the most popular artists from the past year or two come and preform a number for millions of music lovers from all over Japan. Luckily I got the tickets for Usagi and me when I did, because when Minako and Makoto tried to get theirs there were no more. Ami, however, had hers long ahead of time so she was going with us.
I was really excited about going to see Seiya. I wondered what he would preform and if I would even understand it. I mean after all, the Three Lights' songs were in Japanese and I barely got by with what little of the language I knew. But I didn't think it would be a huge problem.
Of course, just in case I had problems, I decided to get the lyrics from Seiya.
***************************************
"I'm sorry, but you can't see the preformers." I was shooed away like any other fan at the backdoor to the practice for the Music Festival.
"But I told you, I personally know Seiya. He's the only one I want to see," I tried to convice the doorman.
"Yeah, right. You and every other girl in this city," the doorman replied.
"Fine then. Just go in and tell him Annie wants to see him and see what he says," I retorted. The doorman decided that wasn't a terrible idea, if it made me shut up.
He went inside and I heard him yell, "Seiya-san! There's someone here for you named Annie."
"Send her in!" was Seiya's muffled reply. The doorman stepped out, his face filled with shock and let me pass by him to see Seiya.
I walked down a long hallway reading the names on all the dressing room doors. Finally at almost the end of the hall was Seiya's door. I knocked. "Seiya?"
"Come in!" I opened the door. Inside the room was a piano, a couch, and a vanity thing. In the center of the room was a table full of flowers from fans.
"Hi!" I said. "I had a lot of trouble with security."
"They want to make sure that we aren't bothered while we practice," Seiya replied. "What's up?"
"Well, I was wondering if I could get the lyrics of you song in English," I said.
"Oh, sure." He turned and opened a drawer revealing a laptop with a small printer attached. It was pretty cool. He opened it up and typed a bit then printed a copy of the lyrics and handed it to me. "Here you go!"
"Thanks!" I skimmed the lyrics then looked up at the title. 'Galaxy Apart: One Sided Love' "Interesting." I said. "The lyrics are beautiful."
"Thanks," Seiya replied. He seemed embaressed.
I read the lyrics again and then realized it was a song for Usagi. "Oh, I see! This is for her, isn't it?" Seiya meerly nodded and smiled.
"I wrote back on our planet when we left Earth. I needed to do something to express my feelings," he explained. "When I got the oppourtunity to preform a solo song I decided to do this one instead of writing a new one. But do you think I should? I mean she will be there, right?"
"Yeah, but I don't think she'll mind," I said. "After all, she liiiiikes you."
"Stop it!" Seiya's face turned super red. "Well, I'm just afraid I might, well, chase her away," he said worriedly.
"Oh, I don't think she'd be scared off by a song. I know she cares about you deep down, even if she has someone else," I said. Seiya seemed reassured. "Well, I had better get going. Keep practicing. I know she'll love it."
Seiya smiled. "Ok. See you!"
***************************************
"Wow! Who knew Music Festivals had such great food!" Usagi was gorging herself on hot dogs, pizza, and cotton candy. Ami was enjoying seeing all the different classical music players. Me? I was anticipating the big preformance by our one and only, Seiya.
We had been at the festival for about an hour, maybe more, when they finally annouced that the preformers were going to start.
The three of us ran for the stage to get good seats. Luckily we got in the front row. An annoucer came on to the stage after a few minutes. "Everyone, thank you for coming. Tonight we have some very special preformances made by many of the greatest artists in Japan. And now for an opening to our program, here is a new face on the music industry, Ashiee Bardwon and her partner, Danieru Vinziro."
The pair strolled out onto the stage. They only looked a little older than us. Suddenly the lights went out. Everyone screamed. When they came back on a new figure was on stage with Ashiee and Danieru. It was Xphen.
"Sailor senshi!" he yelled. "I'm holding these two hostage until you come and fight me."
"Could this be a trap?" Ami asked.
"Don't know," I replied. "But we'd better get Seiya." In all the chaos we managed to get backstage. However, we were stopped again.
"You're not going anywhere near Seiya, especially when we're on such an alert," said the guard.
"It's ok," Seiya's voice came from behind him. "They can come in." The guard let us pass and we went behind the curtain.
"So what are we going to do?" Usagi asked. "Shall we fight him?"
"It seems we have no other choice," I answered. "Anonymous Crystal Power..."
"Mercury Crystal Power..."
"Fighter Star Power..."
"Moon Eternal..."
"Make up!!"
"Let those singers go!"
"So you decided to show up after all, Sailor Wimps," Xphen said.
"I guess we don't need an introduction then," I said. "Let the singers go and we'll give you the fight of your life." Xphen let Danieru and Ashiee go and they scrambled off the stage.
"Well, let's get started then," Xphen challenged. "Evil Mind Bending Blaster!!" He shot a blast from his hands and it hit Sailor Moon. She fell to the ground.
"Sailor Moon!!" we all shouted.
She slowly stood up with a red glow in her eyes. Xphen laughed evily. "Exactly what I wanted," he said. "That blast has brainwashed her and now she serves me."
"I serve Xphen only," Sailor Moon said in a robotic tone. "What do you command of me master?"
"Destroy your former senshi," he commanded.
Sailor Moon turned to us and brought out her tier. "Silver Moon..." she started still robotically.
"Sailor Moon please!" Mercury begged. "Snap out of it." She looked at her and then aimed. "Perfect."
"Celestial Power, Make up!" I transformed to Sailor Psuedo as fast as I could. "Celestial Crystal..."
"Crystal Power Kiss!!"
"Power Defeat!!" Our beams colided and pushed against one another. "Sailor Moon, please. If you just put down your tier I can bring you back to normal."
"I serve Xphen only!" she shouted. "You are a lowly girl outside of your soldier's life. You can not take me on!"
"Sailor Moon, please remember your friends," Fighter tried to get through to her.
"I don't think it's any use Fighter," I said. "She just won't listen."
"It is no use. The only one I need now is Xphen." Sailor Moon went over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"That's it!!" Fighter yelled. "If I aim just right I can't knock the tier out of her hands. But I have to be careful." She moved into a position on the side of Sailor Moon. "Star Serious Laser!!"
Her white beam hit the tier directly out of her hands. My white beam then overpowered Sailor Moon and brought her back to normal.
"Uh oh," Xphen was scared looking. "I better get out of here." He opened a portal but I wasn't about to let him get away unharmed.
"Sailor Moon, care to join me?" I asked. She transformed into Celestial Moon. "Celestial Crystal Power Defeat!!"
Xphen was blasted with our white beams and fell to the ground. "Man. You Sailors are tougher than I thought." Then he jumped through a portal in the sky.
"Well that was an easy battle," Mercury said. "But I can guarentee that isn't the last we'll see of Xphen."
We all detransformed and the announcer came back on the stage after peace was restored. "Well, I'd like to thank the Sailor senshi wherever they are. If you can hear me then we are ever grateful for your help tonight. And now we will continue our show. Our next preformer is a talented young man who was once part of a group that was super popular not too long ago. The one, the only, the fantastic Seiya Kou!!"
"Hey, it's Seiya!" I said. I couldn't wait to hear Seiya's song. He came up on the stage and looked into the audience. When he saw us he smiled. We all waved back at him.
Then he started singing his song. It was an awesome song. Seiya's voice is so beautiful. I felt a sweetness while listening to the song and suddenly I started to feel my heart get warmer.
I was then surrounded by a sea of black. "Where...Where am I?"
"Annie-chan," it was Seiya's voice. "Thank you for your confidence in me. If it weren't for you I wouldn't be able to do this song in front of Odango. Thank you."
"It was because of me? No it wasn't all me. You're the one on the stage. But you're welcome."
I was transported back the real world then and Seiya's song was done. I looked up at the stage and he winked and gave me a thumbs up. I smiled back.
I looked over to Usagi. She had a huge smile on her face. I couldn't tell though if she just liked the song or realized it was for her. Then she looked at me. "That was amazing and for some odd reason I feel connected to that song." She smiled at me and I saw affection in her eyes. Just be patient, you two. It'll all work out in the end.