"I'm going to kill him!" I snarled as I made my way out of Crown. "I can't believe that he had the nerve to even pull that stunt on me! Urgh! Just wait until I get my hands on him! He is going to be so sorry for doing that to me!"

At least he paid for you guys' food. He could've just kissed you and left you to pay the bill!

I rolled my eyes with a huff.

That doesn't give him the right to do what he did!

Stopping on the sidewalk to wait for a few cars to pass, I stared at Seiya's Challenger with its new Contusion Blue color scheme.

It matches his eyes …

Scoffing at myself at that thought, I started to make my way across the street towards him.

"SEIYA! You freaking jerk! I'm going to freaking kill you for what you did!" I screamed at him, not paying attention to my surroundings as I made my way over to him.

I could hear his melodic laughter as he rolled down the passenger window.

"You know that you're not going to kill me, Odango. It isn't the first time that I've kissed you, " he teased me about the reminder of our first kiss from our childhood.

I snorted, "That was equally as terrible as the one that you gave me a few -."

"Ma'am! You forgot your purse!" I heard someone call to me from behind.

I turned around to address the person calling for me, finally realizing that I did indeed forget my purse inside of Crown during my fit of 'rage' towards Seiya.

Goddamnit! I'm such a ditz!

"Hold on! I'll be right -!" I started, oblivious to the horn that sounded before intense pain blurred my vision.

"ODANGO!" was the last thing I heard as I found myself being flung against the windshield of someone's car before rolling off.

My vision became blurred as I started to lose consciousness. I could have sworn that I heard someone screaming and someone arguing with someone else, but my ears were ringing.

The only thing that registered in my mind before I lost consciousness were Seiya's worried eyes gazing down on me. His mouth moved, but no sound registered to me – all I could feel was the intense amount of pain that I was in.

Seiya …

Then everything went black …

Flashback

(19 years earlier)

I was blissful playing with a ball that Ruka-chan had gotten me during her travels aboard. My pigtails streaming behind me as I chased down the ball after tossing it away from me to see it bounce.

My laughter soon died down when I saw it stop in front of two friendly-looking boys with one of them picking it up. I offered them a smile as I made my way over to them.

"Anou … Can you give me back my ball?" I asked, looking at them from beneath my eyelashes timidly.

They glanced at each other before looking back at me.

"No way! Ugly girls don't deserve to have a ball like this!" the other one shouted, then shoved me over.

"Hey! That's mean!" I cried, feeling tears building up in my eyes from the scrape on my right knee.

"Aww, is the little ugly rat going to cry?" taunted the one who had my ball, bouncing it in mockery.

"I think she is! Go ahead and cry, crybaby!"

"You know you wanna! Boo hoo! Boo hoo hoo!"

My bottom lip trembled as they both burst into laughter, taking turns at bouncing my ball. Tears leaked from my eyes.

"Would you please stop it? You're being mean!" I sobbed, wanting nothing more than to have my ball back and to go home now.

"No way! You're so ugly and annoying! Just look at how you're crying!" said one of them in between hiccups.

The other one hollered, "Yeah! You look so ugly that you'd make ice cream melt! Just look at her, Rubeus!"

"Maybe we should hit her with the ball in order to make her look prettier, Jadeite!"

"I doubt that'll work, but we could hit her still!"

"Please, don't …" I implored with them, trying to stop the bleeding on my knee.

"Here goes nothing!" Rubeus had said when another voice cut in.

"How about you eat rocks?!" said the newcomer before pelting them with rocks, making Jadeite drop my ball.

"What the -?!" yelled Jadeite, then found himself and Rubeus being hit in the face with more rocks by this dark-haired boy with midnight blue eyes.

"Leave her alone, you jerks! Give her back her ball!" screamed the boy, leaving me bewildered by his act of kindness.

"You're insane, man! Let's get out of here!" cried Rubeus, trying to block the onslaught of rocks being thrown at him and his friend.

"Yeah! Let's go!" chimed in Jadeite before they made a mad dash away from me and the boy to the other side of the park.

The boy stopped throwing rocks at them after they were no longer in sight. His midnight blue eyes were filled with concern as he bent down to retrieve my ball for me.

"Are you okay?" he asked, genuine concern on his face. He moved over towards me, then knelt down to hand me my ball.

"I-I-I sk-skinned my knee!" I sniffled out, more tears flooding my eyes at the pain coursing through me.

"Here you go …" he murmured, handing me my ball before using one of his hands to brush away my tears. "Please don't cry. You're safe now, Odango."

I cried for a few more seconds, then realized what he had called me. With an angry pout on my face, I exclaimed, "I am not 'Odango'! My name is Tsukino Usagi!"

He smirked down at me, his eyes twinkling in a way that made me flush. "Nice to meet you, Tsukimi Dango. I am Seiya Kou, " he greeted me and winked.

"That is not my name! It's U-SA-GI!"

Seiya giggled at me. "Whatever you say, Odango, " he teased, then the concern returned full-time on his face when his gaze landed on my knee. "Let me help you with this."

Reaching behind his head, he yanked the pale blue ribbon from his hair to wrap it around my scratch as a makeshift bandage. Then he shocked me when he planted a kiss upon it.

"There! That should do it!" he declared with jubilation, looking mighty proud of himself for his good deed.

"Aren't you worried about it getting dirty?" I inquired, looking at this strange boy with admiration.

Seiya shook his head, his long locks swaying with the movement. "No! You need it to keep your knee from getting infected."

I blushed, looking down at the ball in my lap. "Why, thank you for helping me …"

A brilliant smile spread across his face that I found much more suitable than the annoying smirk from earlier. "Anything for a cute Odango Atama like you, " he stated, giving me a wink before lifting me up into his arms.

"What are you doing?! Put me down!" I squeaked, grasping onto my ball tightly. I'm sure that I looked like a tomato

"What do you think I'm doing? I'm taking your to your mama to get your boo-boo fixed, " he said, looking at me as if I were crazy.

"I can walk though!"

He snorted, "With your knee? No way! I'm carrying you!"

"But my sister won't appreciate a boy carrying me around!" I protested some more, wiggling around.

Seiya smirked. "But I'm not a boy though! I'm a handsome knight with roguish good looks, who just saved a beautiful princess from some evil jerks!"

I giggled, "Is that so? Well then, fair knight of the stars, tell me how I may repay you for your generous deed."

A glimmer of mischief and many other emotions passed in his eyes that I didn't recognize. "You can repay me with this!"

SMOOCH!

Eyes widening, I gaped at the audacity of this boy to kiss me!

"Hmmm … you have very soft lips, princess, " he cooed and winked, still carrying me.

I pouted, trying to get rid of my blush. "Perv!" I huffed one last time.

Seiya only laughed and gave me a kiss on the cheek that gave me butterflies inside my tummy.

He really is a knight, huh?

… At least I thought that, until he opened his mouth again.

"Oi, Odango. Are the odangoes on top your head edible?"

SMACK!

"OW! No need to be mean!"

And that was how I had my first kiss and met my best friend in the whole world on the same day …

End of Flashback

I let out a groan as I began to stir.

Why does my head hurt so much? Goddamn, my head hurts so much!

"… I'll call you back after I find out about her condition, OK? No, no, I can handle Odango by myself so relax …"

"Ugh … " I moaned, opening my eyes a crack and instantly regretting with how the bright lights made my headache even worse.

Would someone turn those things off?! UGH! MY HEAD IS KILLING ME!

It took me a few seconds to realize that whoever was talking earlier had paused, before he suddenly spoke into his phone (I presume) again.

"I think she's waking up. I'll call you back later, Ok? Okay! Have a nice race!" he quickly hung up on whoever in spite of whatever they were trying to say.

I heard his feet shuffle over to me. The scent of sandalwood mixed with a hint of rain and something masculine reached my nose.

It smells so familiar, but …

I opened my eyes entirely to gaze upon the person the scent belonged to. Midnight blue eyes framed by beautiful, long lashes stared down at me with genuine care.

"Are you okay, Odango?" his baritone voice basically sang to me as he reached for me.

I sat up to get a closer look at him, ignoring the throbbing inside my head.

"I am okay. Thank you for your concern … " I responded to him evenly, hearing him sigh in relief. I took that brief moment to look him up and down, registering his disheveled appearance.

Is this because of me?

"That's good. I was so worried and -."

I cut him off with a frown on my face, barely noticing the look of horror and shock on his face at my next few words.

"… But who are you?"