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I gaped in horror at the terrible smirk that mocked me from below. I should've expected this much from Endyran, with this morning's dream. Always the joker.

You don't look happy to see me Arien. Perhaps you've found everything already? If I were you, I wouldn't be happy to see me either, so I'm not surprised. You look so hilarious, though.

"I don't know nearly enough. But I've still missed you." I breathed. No, I didn't know that man well. But I must have from another lifetime, as the Princess.

So you don't know. I suppose you wouldn't. It was obvious enough that you just regained some memories. That Infinity Academy situation had your name written all over it. Your awakening was timed perfectly. He stood up, still wearing that expression. Come on, let's talk outside. I simply nodded and walked out, holding the necklace tightly in my fist.

"I gave you that necklace, as a present." he said as we walked, taking the hand that contained my necklace and opening it up. He took the necklace and held it up, showing the details of the pendant. I hadn't noticed the sun insignia engraved into the heart.

"Then why were you about to give it to the police?" I asked.

"I knew you'd come. Of course, you took a while as usual, but you'd have to come to turn yourself in." he joked.

"Oh, so sorry." I said sarcastically, rolling my eyes. "Speaking of which, I need to do that."

"Of course. But you know, your parents don't live too far from here."

"How do you know where my parents live?" I asked.

"I've been waiting for you longer than just this morning. I've known 'Youko' for three years now, just waiting for you. I'm guessing you don't remember any of that either?" I shook my head. "Then I'll take you back. Katsumi and Hiroshi are probably worried sick about you."

"But I should tell the others..." I started, but decided against it. I needed to stop getting sidetracked and figure out who I had been before all of this.

"Come on. They can wait. You can introduce me to my brother later." he said, smiling. I smiled back, purely happy for once.

I wrung my hands as we walked to the front door of the huge mansion my adopted parents resided in. It was a bit of a walk away from all the buildings and skyscrapers, but the scenery surrounding the suburb was worth it. I was nervous, as if I were meeting brand new people. Which, in a way, you could say was true.

"Calm down." Endyran soothed. "They're only your parents." I couldn't tell whether he was serious or not, so I just nodded.

I knocked on the door timidly, almost afraid of who I'd meet. The door opened. "Who is it?" a woman's voice asked.

The woman standing in front of us looked a mess. Her brown hair was tangled and messy, and under her distressed blue eyes were bags and dark circles. She gasped.

"Oh, Youko!" she shouted, hugging me tightly around my neck. "Youko!" she sobbed.

"Mother?" I asked.

"Mother?" she shouted, laughing as tears continued. She put her hands on my shoulders and stood back to look at me. "When have you ever called me Mother?" she asked. She dismissed it quickly and turned to hug Endyran. "Daniel, you brought her back! Thank you!" Endyran--Daniel, rather--pulled her away quickly.

"Katsumi, Youko can't remember anything from the past 16 years." he said to the woman who was my adopted mother. She clasped her hand over her mouth, shaking her head. She turned back to me and composed herself after a few seconds, with water in her eyes, but smiling.

"Alright. I can deal with that. As long as you're home, safe. Now come on dear. I know you may not remember me, but you used to call me Katsumi, not 'Mother'. You can call me whatever you want, Youko. Did you remember your name?" I shook my head, and she sighed and sniffed. "Well, let me go introduce you to Hiroshi." she took my hand. "Come in, you two. You do already know Daniel, right? Your...friend?" she let out a giggle, and I looked at Daniel as he gave a nervous cough. "Hiroshi! Youko is back!"

"She is! Thank goodness!" a handsome man with black hair and green eyes shouted. His glasses were pulled down to where he could see over them. "Youko, you had us worried sick. Where were you?" He asked, arms crossed, and gasped. "Tell me you didn't go elope with him!" he turned to Daniel. A vein was throbbing in Hiroshi's forehead. "You! What did you do with her?" he shouted.

"Hiroshi! You should be thanking Daniel. He returned her safely! There was no harm done, right?" Katsumi asked Daniel and I. I nearly scoffed, but nodded my head to reassure Hiroshi.

"Promise. No ring, see?" I showed him my hands, and he took a second to examine them. He glared at Daniel, but then smiled.

"Good."

"Dear, there is something else, though. Youko, she can't remember anything." Katsumi said. He paused.

"Okay. We can deal with that. My daughter is safe, and that's what matters." He gave me a quick one-armed hug.

Katsumi turned back to me and took my hand. "Let me show you around, dear." and led me up the stairs of the house. She led me up the stairs of the grand house to a spacious bright room that might as well have been an apartment. Strewn around the room were various string instruments, that were often big things that somehow fit into the room, like a harp in one corner and a keyboard in the other. There were tons of pictures of Katsumi, Hiroshi, and me, including one or two with Daniel. I heard the door close quickly.

"Is this my room?" I asked, picking up a picture of Daniel and I when we were younger. I turned around, and Katsumi stood in front of the door with her arms crossed and one perfect eyebrow arched.

"Alright. I know you remembered Daniel first. So, I want you to tell me where you two went together." I laughed nervously. Even if we hadn't gone anywhere far away for a long period of time, the thought still gave me butterflies.

"We didn't go anywhere, Katsumi. Why is everyone assuming that I ran away with him or something?" I asked. I turned back around to act aloof about everything by examining the instruments, playing one or two keys on the keyboard.

"Well, Hiroshi and I know how long you've been dating, so--" I spun around.

"Dating?" I shouted. "I thought we were just friends! Isn't that what you said?"

"It was a sarcastic sense, Youko. You do remember sarcasm, don't you? You've been dating him since you were 14, see?" she walked over and picked up the same picture I had just picked up. "That was taken when you were that age. He's a year older than you, but you two still were able to communicate." she laughed at the goofy picture, me smiling widely(revealing braces) with my hair up and bangs covering one eye, and Daniel smiling almost as wide as me, with his arm around my shoulders. "Oh, you were always so silly with those braces in. I thought they were horrid things, but you were so carefree." she sighed. I nearly did as well. I could see where this was going, and tried to stop her.

"Katsumi? What about the rest of the house?" I changed the subject.

"Oh, right of course." We walked out of the room as she started pointing to certain rooms, but I wasn't listening.

I had known I knew Daniel before I lost my memory, but not to that degree. I was embarrassed, but then again, slightly happy. I knew I had loved Daniel. Were we just meant to be together, despite all restrictions? It seemed obvious, because I had two lives I couldn't remember and one I was just beginning, and yet he was the one I loved most in all three.

"Oh, I'm so glad you were able to get into the house without reporters flocking. That would have been bad. But, I suppose I'll have to call the police, and then I'm sure they'll follow afterward." Hiroshi said as we came back downstairs to the kitchen, and picked up the phone to dial.

"Oh yeah," Daniel remembered. "I never noticed. I was just glad to see Youko back safely." He smiled at me appreciatively. I smiled timidly back, not sure what to say.

"Ah!" I exclaimed. A pounding headache occupied my brain, slowly fading to a slight uncomfort. I knew what must've been coming.

I stared out of the window of my bedroom in the palace. I longed for that beautiful blue planet again, where I could see my dearest dirt-sitter. I nearly laughed at the nickname my father had for the people that lived among the green grass the color of Endyran's eyes. But the situation was too terrible to bear, I couldn't possibly even stifle a laugh.

That man, the Sun God, had locked me up again.

It was a sick, cruel punishment, but Apollo figured I had gotten too close to Endyran. That old man was so paranoid. But, then again, he was right. I wished I could sneak out to go see him. My father would be on my tail before I even got away from the star, though.

I still hoped, however.

The door opened, and I tore my eyes from the planet I yearned for. Apollo entered, looking regal and grand as usual. I was the spitting image of the man, including the unique hazel eyes, and I resented it for as long as I could remember.

"What more do you want? You've already punished me enough." I spat at him.

"Arien, I'm trying to keep you in line. If you get too attached to all those other kingdoms, you'll lose your own." he explained.

"I'm trying to develop the ties. You're trying to break them. There's a serious difference. I don't want to be back on this planet. I've had enough of it for my 16 years."

"You're not leaving here until you take the throne. Then you can go wherever you'd like." I gaped at him, but then closed my mouth, raising my chin high.

"Okay, then I suppose I'll become the ruler sooner if you were to suddenly...have an accident?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. He was the one with his mouth hanging wide open this time. "Now, was there any other reason for your visit?" I walked over to my door and opened it again, ushering my father out and slamming the door behind him. My father didn't understand the fact that I was almost as powerful as him. He let me go because of that once, but now he thinks he can do this again?

I heard a noise outside of the castle and crouched down to listen better. Something knocked against it, different from the other noises of the night. I looked to the window, just in time to meet Endyran's eyes. I stood up and ran to the window, and opened it quickly.

"What are you doing here?" I whispered. "How did you get past the guards?" he climbed in lithely, and kissed me sweetly.

"I had to see you. I was worried something had happened to you." He looked at me with concern, asking an unvoiced question both of us knew. I read the question in his mind, one simple word:

Pregnant?

I nodded my head.

"I didn't expect it to be so soon after we--" I didn't complete my sentence. He knew exactly what I was talking about while I was fingering the necklace he had given me. It soothed me, the beautiful engraving, and what the symbol inquired. He took my face in his hands, cradling it. He looked at me with so much love in his eyes. I closed my eyes, treasuring the silence between us.

"It's great!" he exclaimed. I opened my eyes wide and gasped as I put a finger over his mouth. I listened carefully, and heard the footsteps.

"You have to leave. I'm sorry. I'll try getting away as soon as possible. We didn't get much time on Mars, did we? I'll visit you soon." I whispered.

"I love you." He said to me, and I pecked him on the cheek quickly as he jumped out of the window. I looked down as he dropped. It wasn't a long drop; the castle was very grand, but only one story. I leaned out the window., watching him disappear into the night, blending in with the strange golden grasses I'd reluctantly grown up in.

"Youko!" Katsumi shouted. Hiroshi had finished his phone call, so everyone's eyes were trained on me. I looked at Daniel.

Was it a memory? Daniel asked in his head. I nodded. Which one? I thought the answer, hoping maybe my telepathy worked both ways. To my surprise, he sighed, and smiled. I heard you. Huh. So idiotic. I let out a very loud guffaw, and he continued smiling, despite the confusion of Katsumi and Hiroshi.

"I'm sorry." I said quickly to my guardians. "I just got a sudden headache. It's nothing."

"Well, do you want some medicine or anything?" Hiroshi asked. I waved them both away and smiled.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. Thank you for your concern, though. Do you mind if I go to the arcade with Daniel?" I asked. Daniel knew exactly what I meant, so he went along with it.

"Yeah, um, there was a game that Youko had kept saying she wanted to try." he said, trying to come up with something logical.

"Yes, the Sailor V game. Could I?"

"I don't know, honey. You just got back. Couldn't you give yourself a rest?" Katsumi asked.

"It's fine, Katsumi. Let the girl live a little. Just don't go disappear again." He said.

"Thank you!" I kissed both of their cheeks, and grabbed Daniel's hand as I ran out. I continued my conversation with him in my head.

You didn't tell me we were dating. I said, annoyed.

I didn't want to put too much on you in one day.

Oh, I assure you, you don't even have to worry about that. You should have told me. I looked like an idiot up there with Katsumi.

"I'm sure it was probably very amusing, but I didn't mean to." He started back talking as we walked out.

And met with tons of flashing cameras.

Hold on to me. I heard Daniel think. I obeyed and hid my face in the crook of his arm as he pushed past the poparazzi. They made me want to scream and break every camera there, but I knew it wouldn't look good for my parents, so I resisted the urge. We started running trying to lose them. I used the same technique I'd used to run from Endyran and Endymion in my memory, and it worked better than the last time. We ducked into the arcade, breathing hard.

I started thinking about the memory again. How embarrassing. I got butterflies just from thinking Daniel and I were dating, nonetheless having a baby. I looked at him though, and he didn't seem to be bothered by it, so I dropped the subject from my head.

"Does that usually happen?" I asked between pants. He nodded, putting his hands on his knees. "Andrew, do you know where Usagi and the others are?" I asked the man standing behind the counter.

"Sure. They went to go get something to eat." he replied.

I sunk down. Great. I got to go back out there. The cameras flashes were still in my view as people tried to rush in to catch me.

"Do you know if they'll be back here?" Daniel asked.

"Yeah, they said they'd come back in a couple hours." I groaned.

"That's it. I'm going. Thank you." I turned and ran into the crowd.