Disclaimer: I hope you enjoy this story, my mother and I have been working on this for some time now, I do not own Sailor Moon or any character involved with it. It belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, This is a story for what happens after the Three Lights leave!
CHAPTER 3
"I was so excited about the Three Lights being back I tossed and turned all night," Mina
announced when Serena joined all the girls the next morning for their walk to school.
"When do you think we'll get to see them?" Ami asked with her usual calm unexcitable voice.
"Maybe when they've had a chance to settle somewhere," Rei answered.
"Good!" Lita spouted, "I have a little neck to break after the trouble he caused yesterday."
"Now I have to make sure you don't strangle Yaten, on top of making sure Amara doesn't spaz at
the whole situation," Serena sighed.
"You know I'm far less dangerous then Amara," Lita laughed.
Just before they came to the corner where Rei would turn off for her school, Rei pleaded with
the girls to send a message to her if they heard anything about the Three Lights or if Kakyuu
made an appointment to see the estate.
Rei had been walking backwards ahead of the others while she had talked. She even took a
further few steps after the girls had stopped in their tracks and their mouths were agape, but
speechless.
Rei felt her back collide with a person, this person steadied her as if they knew she was going to collide with them.
"Rei," a male voice came from above her head. Telling her he was quite a bit taller than her.
"I didn't know you took walking lessons from Serena."
By the shocked look on her friends faces and the somewhat recognizable voice, it wasn't hard for Rei to reply: "Sorry Taiki," she smiled and turned her head into his chest.
Taiki placed a hand on each of her shoulders and took a step back to smile at her.
"Hey dumpling," Seiya smiled, but remained leaning his back on the corner building wall with
one leg bent back so that his foot was pressed against the brick structure.
"Seiya," Serena cooed, but was unsure weather to approach him. She opt to stay amid her friends and just smile with the brightness of a star.
As a swarm, the girls moved to Rei's side. Taiki stepped back to stand next to Seiya.
Once he was standing beside his brother he barked: "Yaten!"
At the sound of his name, Yaten dropped to his knees and crawled in his position to a mere foot or two from the girls. He looked up at them with eyes similar to a lost puppy begging for
forgiveness after chewing one's favorite shoes.
"I'm sorry for they was I treated you on the phone yesterday," Yaten pouted then bowed his
head.
"I can't strangle him now," Lita sighed.
"You look ridiculous," was all Mina could say, "Get up," she scowled
More than anything, Yaten wanted to get up, but he remained on his knees with his head lowered.
"It gave us a good reason to go over there," Mina snickered, "Even though we didn't get to see
ya," she reached down to pull him up.
Yaten struggled against her so that he could remain on the ground.
"Serena," Rei bellowed, "Tell him it's fine, so he'll get up, people are looking at us." Rei
had assumed that's what he was waiting for.
"What?" Serena questioned, she had been unaware at the going on's, lost in thought, staring in
Seiya's direction.
"Say no," Seiya told Serena at the same time she had questioned Rei.
Serena suddenly noticed Yaten on his knees in front of them, and Mina trying to get him to stand up.
"What are you doing?" Serena scowled down at Yaten.
Her words caused Seiya to laugh so hard he slid down the wall to sit on the sidewalk.
Even Taiki had to give a small enjoyable laugh.
"Just say okay to Yaten," Rei snapped at Serena.
"Okay Yaten," Serena repeated even though she didn't have a clue what was going on.
"Nope," Taiki stated and pushed Yaten back down. "She didn't hear what you said."
"Would you please get up and tell me what's going on," Serena demanded from Yaten.
Seiya began to laugh even harder now holding himself as if he would come apart at the seams.
Serena had to look over at Seiya, somehow she felt she was the butt of some joke that no one
wanted to explain to her.
Yaten put his hand out and turned Serena's head, so she was now looking right at him.
"I'm sorry for the way I talked to you on the phone yesterday," Yaten repeated without the
apologetic tone he had used the first time.
"It's fine," Serena laughed and walked over to Seiya.
Yaten stood there and turned his head to follow Serena's steps.
"Her mind is elsewhere," Lita told Yaten. "Forget about it or we'll all be late for school."
"What was the point of this little game anyway?" Mina questioned Yaten.
Taiki gently shook his head and snickered rather quietly as Ami joined him to walk ahead of the rest of the pack.
"It's nice to see you," Ami smiled at Taiki as they went. "Even if your new approach is
rather..." she trailed off "rather..." she repeated, but was unable to come up with a word to
describe the last few minutes.
Taiki smiled at her saying nothing.
"What was that all about?" Serena asked Seiya as they brought up the rear of the pack.
"I said bye Serena!" Rei's voice boomed.
"Oh yeah!" Serena turned her head. "See you after school."
"If you ever get there," Rei said as she ran off.
"Are you guys starting back at school today?" Ami asked Taiki.
"We could," he smiled.
"Really!" Mina shouted with delight.
"So how are you?" Serena asked, looking up at Seiya.
"Fine," he smiled and stared into her beautiful blue eyes.
"Can you get a hold of Amara?" He inquired quietly, so the others couldn't hear.
"Why?" Serena squeaked and stopped dead.
"Keep walking," Seiya urged.
Serena did as he asked.
"Why?" She asked in a calmer tone with a tilt of her head, so she could look up at his face.
"To the best of my knowledge, it's the only one of your Scouts I've ever had an issue with," he explained looking straight ahead instead of down at Serena.
"I will talk to Amara," Serena stated
"But..." Seiya began.
"Please let me try first," Serena cut in, as she dashed up the stairs in response to the class
bell ringing.
Serena gracefully slid into her desk seat before the teacher had time to notice she was a few
minutes late.
The teacher finished writing on the black board before he demanded silence, stating the days
class had begun.
Serena and the other girls grew depressed as the day dragged on and the Starlight's had not
come to any classes.
The girls didn't even have much to say to each other when they walked to the Crown for after
school milkshakes.
"Have a fun day?" Rei smiled when the girls slid into their favorite booth to join her.
"They didn't come to classes today," Mina pouted.
"The usual?" Lizzy asked.
"Sure," they all sighed.
"Bad day?" Lizzy queered.
"Just disappointing," Mina sighed even harder.
"That sounds like a typical school day," Lizzy quipped and strolled away.
"That's true," Serena had to admit.
Not long after their shakes arrived, they heard oohs, ahs and giggles from all over the Crown,
this caused them to look around.
Yaten was heading straight for them, ignoring all the commotion his presence was causing.
He stood at the edge of their table and in a monotone voice said: "Princess Kakyuu has made an
appointment to view the estate you had told her about for three-thirty tomorrow, she will send a car to pick you up at the front of the school at day end tomorrow. Is this exceptable?"
"Sure," they agreed.
Yaten turned and began to walk back the way he came.
"Yaten," Serena called out. "You want to join us for a shake?"
"I have to give the princess the your answer," he told them without turning to look at
them.
"Please," Serena pleaded sensing something weird was going on.
"If you insist," a big grin grew on his face as he scurried over and sat beside Mina.
Mina was tickled pink and left little room for him, making sure he had to sit very close to
her or fall off.
"You have been acting weird every time we've seen you today," Lita noted.
"Yeah, what's up?" Rei asked.
"Some strange game or something?" Serena scowled. "Or am I the butt of some joke again?"
"No, but I might be," he admitted.
"Here," Lita pushed her untouched milk shake toward him: "I don't want one but Lizzy brought it anyway."
"Now, tell us why you personally came to give us a message that Kakyuu could have called us
about," Rei cradled her head in her hand with her elbows on the table and looked Yaten right in
the eyes.
"Seiya said I had to deliver the message personally," he answered and sucked down almost half
the shake at once. "I'm temporarily band from going near the phone," he sighed
"One of you referred to me as a little phone problem," Yaten gave a snicker.
"She heard that," Lita was shocked.
"You have all been so gracious and helpful regardless of any inconvenience we might be causing
you," Yaten sounded like he was reciting a script.
"That explains the meeting this morning," Mina burst into uncontrollable laughter.
Yaten didn't look the slightest bit amused.
"I'm really sorry," Lita stated sincerely. "Want another milk shake?" Lita offered, trying to
make amends in some way.
"There is a ninety-nine percent chance that Seiya was sending you on a fools errand," Ami
mentioned.
"I couldn't really take that chance," Yaten sighed once again. "I'm not in anyone's good book
right now."
"But your message is in my e-mail from Kakyuu herself," Ami turned her hand held computer
around so Yaten could see it.
"I'll take that other milk shake now," he huffed. "I think I'll tell Seiya and Taiki that I got side tracked and forgot what I was suppose to talk to you about."
"I know how you can get even with Seiya, but not Taiki," Serena grinned mischievously.
"I'm listening," Yaten grinned and held up the empty shake glass so Lizzy could see he wanted
more.
"You wouldn't send Amara after him would you?" Rei spouted wide eyed.
"He is supposed to work things out with her and clear up whatever it was that caused the unrest between them," Yaten again had a script reading tone.
"Next time I have tea with Kakyuu I won't talk, I'll stuff my mouth with cookies or something,"
Serena huffed and dropped her head on the table.
"Like that will happen," the whole table commented.
Lizzy didn't just make a new shake for Yaten, she brought new ones for everyone, plus one for
Yaten.
Serena and Yaten were the only ones that didn't look turned off by another round of shakes.
They all sat there for a couple of hours talking about the estate they had told Kakyuu about,
anything that was news worthy from school and anything else Yaten asked about, including Darien
going to the United States.
It was Serena's growling tummy that made them realize that they had been talking for hours.
"The dinner bell is growling," Rei giggled at Serena.
Ami opened her computer: "It's after seven already."
"I hope my mom saved me some dinner," Serena jumped out of her seat. "Later," she grabbed her
book bag and flew out the door.
