Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Second Chances ❯ Love Triangles As Explained by Kou Yaten ( Chapter 2 )

Okay back to everyone's favorite reincarnation story! Just kidding. Well anyway here we go on another zany adventure of our sailors! What will happen? When will everyone remember some stuff? I don't know. Actually I do but I'm teasing all the rest of you. Um, a few people inquired about Ami. Well lets just say I have Operation: Where's Waldo? Going on here. Yes, Ami is in the story. She's coming. Patience is a virtue!

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon is the thing I don't own.

Warnings: Some mature language, you know mild swearing (Goodness sakes theyre teenagers!), and an interesting diner.

Second Chances

Chapter Two: Love Triangles As Explained By Yaten Kou

"She's getting kicked out of school cause she's failing,

I'm kinda nervous cause I think all her friends hate me,

She's the one, she'll always be there,

I took her hand and I made it I swear,"

- The Rock Show by Blink 182

" So how's it going with...what's her name? Usagi?" Yaten inquired. Seiya twisted his mouth in an annoyed expression. Seiya knew he was going to regret ever mentioning anything out loud about Usagi. What had snapped him into such a stupor to think he could say anything about a girl in front of Kou Yaten? Seiya secretly wished that Yaten would get a crush on someone so that he could make fun of him.

"None of your business!" Seiya snapped right back at Yaten. Yaten smirked at his friend's anger.

"That good huh?" The sarcastic remark from Yaten caused Taiki to sigh heavily.

"I swear you guys, sometimes you act like you're five. Yaten, lighten up a little." Seiya could have hugged Taiki, but he didn't want to inspire "Usagi-has-competition" jokes from Yaten. Taiki was so busy giving them both a disapproving look that he barely saw it when he walked right into a girl as they traveled down the hall.

"Ow." The girl winced in pain. The two other boys stopped as Taiki had stopped to make sure the girl was okay. She had long red hair that was back in a single braid and dark red expressive eyes.

"Are you okay?" Taiki asked her. "I'm sorry. You see, these two were fighting and I wasn't paying attention."

"I'm fine. Thanks." The girl straightened herself out. Taiki was studying her face with a small frown as if he were trying to recall who she was.

"What is your name?" Taiki never showed this much interest in people. Usually he stopped to see if they were okay and then he walked off. That was just how he was. Yaten and Seiya couldn't blame him though. There was something odd about this girl. Seiya couldn't put his finger on it.

"Meioh Kakyuu." The red-headed girl introduced herself. She lifted a small, delicate hand. She was rather regal and she looked very gentle. "I missed the first day of school yesterday. You are....?" She trailed off politely. Seiya waited for some sort of remark or comment from Yaten but he didn't say anything.

"I am Kou Taiki. Are you related to a Meioh Setsuna?" Taiki asked her.

"Yes, she is my older sister and she's going to be my teacher." Kakyuu explained the matching last names. Seiya saw the similarities. They both had dark red eyes. Their hair was definitely not even close to being the same, but still there was just some sort of an unspoken relation in their looks.

"You're new huh? I'm Kou Yaten. Not related to either of these dorks however." Yaten managed to slide in an insult towards the other two. He shook hands with her.

"Appearently I'm a dork, and my name is Kou Seiya." This comment caused Kakyuu to laugh. It was a prim laugh as if she was trained to laugh just like that. Seiya grinned to show that Yaten's comments washed off him like water. Well, he hoped that was the message Yaten got.

"Do you want to hang out with us until the bell rings? We all have the same class, so we could show you where it is too." Taiki offered. Kakyuu smiled at them happily.

"That sounds like fun." Kakyuu had a pleasant look on her face that reminded Yaten of....something. What am I trying to think of? Oh I don't know.

"So where did you move from Kakyuu?" Taiki asked as they walked to where they normally hung out until class started.

"Oh I moved here from..." Seiya didn't hear the rest of the answer as he leaned his head towards Yaten's.

"You know, this whole thing is a little weird. We've never just accepted someone like this." Seiya commented quietly so that Kakyuu wouldn't hear as she talked to Taiki.

"Yeah, but I don't know. I thinks she's cool. It's almost like she belongs, or something." Yaten replied with a tone that suggested he almost couldn't believe what was going on. "I can't think of one insult for her either!" Seiya rolled his eyes. Trust Yaten to know how weird a situation was by whether or not he could insult someone.

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The first week of school was out and to commemorate their first weekend, Hotaru treated Mamoru and her to breakfast. They had left the restaurant and were walking down the few streets to their apartment building. Hotaru kept peering into the windows of shops along the way, slowing them down a little but they were both enjoying the crisp autumn air, so Mamoru didn't complain.

"Oh, I love that lamp!" Hotaru stopped and pointed at the lamp that was prominently displayed in the window of a little shop. It was purple, which was Hotaru's favorite color.

"Another gift to put on the birthday list." Mamoru whistled as he leaned in to see the price-tag. "That's a bit expensive. Don't you want a prize from one of those quarter machines?"

"Jeez Mamoru, you don't have to get me a birthday present! It's right in December anyways. I like to just pretend to get birthday presents on Christmas. I mean what's the point of buying me a present when Christmas is like ten days away from it?" Hotaru giggled though. She knew Mamoru was just trying to be funny but she still knew he felt bad for his lack of money. Her family fortune seemed endless, the actual amount of money being something she had forgotten. Hotaru never felt as though Mamoru just used her for money, though. They were family.

"You say that, but you know you want a birthday present." Mamoru teased her. Hotaru was about to reply when they heard a bit of a commotion that made them turn their heads.

"Usagi!" A voice belonging to a raven-haired girl called to a blonde girl with odangoes who had stepped off the curb, without thinking, into oncoming traffic. The blonde girl with odangoes whirled around in surprise. She wasn't paying attention to the car coming right at her.

"Move, Usagi!" Another blonde girl with a red bow yelled just as Hotaru felt something move at a fast speed. She realized that Mamoru had run out into the street at the blonde girl as the oncoming car looked about to collide with her.

"Mamoru!" Hotaru yelped in alarm. Mamoru dived and tackled the odangoed girl, saving her from the car in the nick of time as they rolled onto the sidewalk. He was clutching her protectively. Hotaru saw the light had changed and she ran across the street. Mamoru was helping the girl to her feet.

"Are you okay?" Mamoru asked the blonde-haired girl.

"Yes," The girl's expression had gone sort of dazed and Hotaru had to smother a giggle. The girl was looking at Mamoru as if he was some sort of god. (A.N. He is!) "Thank you so much for saving my life!" The girl pecked him on the cheek as if to doubly thank him.

"Mamoru, are you okay?" Hotaru was still a little awe at the way he had saved the blonde haired girl in the nick of time.

"I-I think so." Mamoru stuttered as his cheeks had pinked from the peck that the girl had given him.

"Mamoru? Chiba Mamoru?" The girl blinked her eyes several times as if trying to clear her vision. "No way! We're in the same class!"

"Oh sorry, I don't know your name." Mamoru apologized. The girl's mouth widened into a huge smile.

"I am Tsukino Usagi!" The girl introduced herself to him. The raven-haired girl that had yelled out to Usagi before was walking over with the blonde girl with a red bow and a tall brunette.

"Actually, it would be more accurate if you called her Odango Atama." The raven haired girl barged into the conversation. "Think before you cross the street Usagi! You could have been killed." The scowling raven haired girl turned towards Mamoru. "You! Thank you for saving our rather air-headed friend."

"Give her a break Rei. She just likes weekends." The blonde with the red bow said in defense of Usagi.

"Um, anyway..." Hotaru didn't really want to attract too much attention in case the girls started in on them. It wouldn't be all that unusual for someone from school to start making fun of Hotaru and Mamoru.

"Hey, aren't you Chiba Mamoru and Tomoe Hotaru? The kids that always sit in the back and never talk to anyone?" The brunette inquired. Hotaru's face fell slightly.

"Come on you guys! Let's go shopping." The blonde with the bow looked at Mamoru and Hotaru suspiciously. Hotaru felt she had really blown it now.

"Okay, let's go." Usagi agreed and they all started to walk off. Usagi spun around, though as the others walked ahead of her. "Thank you so much! I'll see you two at school right? We can have lunch together!" Usagi exclaimed excitedly. Hotaru blinked several times. In all her years of schooling, her and Mamoru had never eaten lunch with anyone else.

"Definitely. I'll see you on Monday." Mamoru looked almost drunk. Hotaru had never actually seen him drunk but she was beginning to imagine this is how he would look.

"Good bye Usagi." Hotaru told the girl with a friendly smile. Usagi was a nice person and Hotaru couldn't help but like her right away.

"Hey Usagi! Are you gonna stand around and talk all day?" The raven-haired girl hollered from where they had stopped about twenty feet ahead of Usagi, Mamoru, and Hotaru.

"Bye!" Usagi hollered over her shoulder while waving, trying to run and catch up with her friends.

"She's....nice." Mamoru finally got out after a few moments of silence. Hotaru grinned maliciously.

"I detect that someone's got a bit of a soft spot for girls with odangoes." Hotaru teased her dark-haired friend. Mamoru made a face at her.

"She probably won't even remember me by Monday." Mamoru stated firmly but Hotaru caught a bit of remorse in his tone. Hotaru hoped that Mamoru was wrong. She really did.

"Good morning Mamoru! Good morning Hotaru!" The excited yelling caused Mamoru and Hotaru to turn around at the exact same time. Usagi was running up to them. She took a few seconds to catch her breath.

"Good morning Usagi." Hotaru answered almost beaming with happiness for Mamoru. He had been wrong.

"Good morning Usagi." Mamoru echoed as he could clearly not think of anything else to say. He looked quite astounded at the moment. He quickly tried to cover it up as Usagi reached into her lunch bag and pulled out a specially wrapped box. It was wrapped in pink and white bunny paper with a red bow on top.

"I know I thanked you for Saturday, but I thought I just had to get you something." Usagi handed him the box. "I couldn't find anything right in any of the stores, so my friend Makoto suggested I make you cookies. I'm not very good at baking though." She scratched the back of her head nervously. Hotaru giggled into her hand.

"You didn't have to go to all this trouble." Mamoru opened the box, pulling out a rather burnt looking cookie that he supposed was meant to be in the shape of a bunny. He put it in his mouth as Usagi leaned in with anticipation. After he had chewed and swallowed the cookie, Hotaru knew he was trying not to make a face at the taste. "They're great! Don't I always say how I like crunchy cookies, Hotaru?"

"Yeah, all the time." Hotaru was trying so hard not to burst into laughter that she knew her face was turning red. She bit down on her tongue to stop the urge.

"Really? You like them? I tried hard to make them right but something always goes wrong." Usagi apologized at the same time looking surprised that he ate one. "I made them for both of you really, Hotaru feel free to have some."

"I'm really full from breakfast." Hotaru waved the box away that Mamoru offered. "They look great, but I'll let Mamoru eat all of them." Usagi suddenly began examining Hotaru with the utmost scrutiny, getting so close to her face that Hotaru thought she was going to fall over backwards from leaning too far.

"So, Hotaru, I heard a rumor that says you and Mamoru live together. Is that true?" Usagi's inquisitive face made Hotaru began to feel a little nervous.

"We do." Hotaru answered slowly. Usagi raised an eyebrow and giggled suddenly while backing away a little bit.

"Well Rei, Minako, and Makoto should be here very soon. I've got to run!" Usagi took off at the speed she had come at them with. Hotaru realized why she had asked the question suddenly. She likes Mamoru, she wanted to know if me and Mamoru...she could have asked!

"Forget who you are by Monday, huh?" Hotaru elbowed Mamoru.

"Shut up." Mamoru muttered playfully and Hotaru just laughed at him.

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"Great." Seiya muttered as he watched Usagi run away from Mamoru and Hotaru. When he saw Usagi giving Mamoru that present, it irritated him. "What's so great about Chiba Mamoru?"

"One, now these are just guesses, he doesn't hide behind corners watching Usagi. Two, he isn't some moron going through puberty. Three-" Seiya's arm reached up and cut off Yaten with a whack in the back of the head.

"Do you think she likes him?" Seiya asked Yaten and Taiki. Taiki ignored him and turned a page in his book.

"Does who like who?" Kakyuu's melodious voice suddenly filled the air. Seiya and Yaten turned around to see her standing there with her usual smile. Kakyuu had been hanging out with them since the second day of school and they all enjoyed her company. Somehow though, Seiya didn't think this was the type of thing you let on to girls who were your friends. Yaten didn't know this obviously.

"See Idiot A here," Yaten began by placing a hand on Seiya's shoulder, "likes Idiot B whose name is really Tsukino Usagi. Idiot B likes Idiot C who is Chiba Mamoru." Seiya would have stuck his tongue out at Yaten if they had been any younger.

"Oh?" Kakyuu seemed to asking but her eyes looked a little sad all of a sudden.

"You don't know for sure that she likes him, so stop being such a prick Yaten. Hey Kakyuu, what's wrong?" Seiya asked the red haired girl. Kakyuu looked up at him and smiled, even though her eyes still looked sad.

"I was just thinking how unfortunate it is that you like a girl who likes someone else." Kakyuu's voice was politeness masking over some deep sadness.

"That's it! I'm going to take some action here!" Seiya hit his fist down on a wall. "Then Kakyuu, it will no longer be unfortunate, will it? So cheer up!" Kakyuu's face really lit up after that, even though her eyes still spoke of some inner pain.

All the students were gathering up their things for lunch. Usagi's friends had gone off without her because Usagi had to finish an assignment real quick. The classroom was completely empty when Yaten had made a very smart-ass expression by wiggling his eyebrows suggestively. Seiya straightened his clothes and walked over to Usagi's desk confidently.

"Are you still here Rei? Well, all I have to do is put my name on this and I'll come-" Usagi stopped talking when she turned to her head to see Seiya standing there.

"Hey Usagi, what are you doing?" Seiya could almost see himself gaining points. He could see the others rooting for him. Well he could see Kakyuu and Taiki rooting for him. He could see Yaten off on the sidelines making not so helpful comments.

"Oh, just finishing up some math." Usagi got up and put the paper in the basket. "What are you still doing here?" She asked beaming her smile on him. He could have melted.

"I-I was just sort of hanging out." Seiya could have smacked himself. The Yaten in his head was talking to him. Got any other brilliant statements? Hey nice stutter. "I was just wondering if you wanted to come to this diner with me after school gets out today. We could go get some cakes and tea if you wanted." Seiya figured he had made a good recovery.

"Ummm..." Usagi trailed off biting her lip. "I don't know..." She was clearly hesitating and Seiya wasn't sure what to do at this point.

"Just as friends, of course." Seiya knew that she wouldn't be able to resist this one. "I mean, you haven't really hung out with me and I thought it would be nice to get a chance to know one another. You know, have an after school snack with me and some tea..." Seiya tempted her with food.

"Well, I suppose. It would be nice to make new friends!" Usagi gave him the smile again. He felt victorious.

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Hotaru was walking home from school by herself. Mamoru had stayed behind to help some teacher with books and Hotaru had gone on ahead after insistence from Mamoru. Hotaru turned around a walled corner and saw Usagi sitting on a bench across the street from a diner.

"Hello Usagi!" Hotaru greeted the blonde girl whose expression went from thoughtful to very happy in about two seconds. Usagi scooted over to make room for Hotaru on the bench.

"Hey Hotaru, where's Mamoru? I thought you two were joined at the hip or something." Usagi joked to the purple-eyed girl.

"Oh he's helping a teacher." Hotaru answered flippantly. She then itched so badly with curiosity she had to ask. "Do you...um, like Mamoru?" Usagi's face instantly went red.

"Why are you asking me something like that?" Usagi's giggling was contagious. After a few moments of the two giggling comfortably there was a silence. "Plus aren't you two together?"

"Me and Mamoru?" Hotaru asked as though the idea had just dawned on her. "Oh no! We're like brother and sister. We grew up in the same orphanage together. But you know, I think he might like you." Hotaru supplied. Usagi looked like she was going to explode with joy.

"Are you serious? I mean that's not..." Usagi trailed off at a loss for what she was going to say. "Um, Hotaru?"

"Yes?" Hotaru raised an eyebrow.

"I just...I just don't want you to feel like I want to be friends with you to get close to Mamoru or anything." Usagi looked down at her shoes as she moved her feet. "I honestly want to be friends with you."

"I didn't think about that. But thanks for saying that, it really does mean a lot. No one has ever tried to be my friend to get close to Mamoru before. We're usually the class freaks." Hotaru looked down off in a different direction then from Usagi's face. She decided to change the subject. "What are you doing on this bench?"

"Oh, I'm waiting for Kou Seiya. We're going to have an after-school snack. He had to stay behind, so he asked me if I'd wait at this bench. He said he wouldn't be too long." Usagi answered.

"Kou Seiya, huh? So what about him?" Hotaru turned her attention onto the subject of the popular dark-haired boy.

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Seiya was walking around the corner when he heard something that made him stop. He felt bad listening in on another's conversation but he felt as though this was some sort of unexpected opportunity.

"Kou Seiya, huh? So what about him?" Tomoe Hotaru's voice could be heard asking. He wished he could see their faces but he dare not try.

"Oh Seiya? He's nice but were just friends. Plus I don't really think of him like that, you know?" Usagi's voice told Hotaru. Seiya felt so low just then. He could feel his heart breaking. He sat against the wall and wasn't sure what to do.

"I was just thinking how unfortunate it is that you like a girl who likes someone else." Kakyuu's voice came into his mind unbidden. She had looked so sad at that moment. He had promised to make her see that it was okay. She felt bad for him and he didn't like the way she looked right then, as if remembering some deep pain someone had inflicted on her. No, he had to go around this corner and take Usagi to the diner. He could make Usagi happy, maybe she didn't realize it yet. He stepped around the corner and approached Hotaru and Usagi who were sitting on the agreed meeting bench giggling.

"Hello Usagi." Seiya greeted her, hoping to sound and look cool.

"Oh sorry, I was just keeping Usagi company. She's all yours now. Bye Usagi!" Hotaru got up and walked off. Usagi waved after her.

"Hi Seiya! Did Miss Meioh keep you long?" Usagi bounced up and smiled as if they were good friends. Seiya put on a confident smile, so that little voice in the back of his head would shut up. It sounded remarkably like Yaten.

"No, let's go." Seiya and her began to walk across the street. Seiya opened the door for her in a true gentlemen-like fashion. "So Usagi, have you been here before?"

"Um, I think we went here once, just me and Minako." Usagi told him as they slid into two seats. They examined their menus and ordered when a waitress came by. The waitress reminded Usagi of someone. Maybe it was her Aunt Luna because the hairstyles were similar. The woman had black hair that was kept up in what looked like cat ears and the rest of the hair flowed down. She walked away with their order and Usagi stared after her until Seiya got her attention again.

"So how has school been for you so far?" Seiya initiated the conversation.

"It's been okay. I'm not a very good student, I try hard, though. I guess I'm just not one of those people who don't study and pass all their tests. I'd love to know their secret though!" Usagi giggled before shifting slightly when the waitress brought them their drinks.

"I know what you mean. My friend Kou Taiki, do you know who that is?" Seiya began, Usagi nodded vigorously. "He's a really good student, maybe it's because he's always got his nose in a book. I've never seen Yaten study but he is also a good student. I think he secretly studies at home all the time."

"Did I hear my name?" A very familiar voice asked. Seiya turned around to see Yaten, Taiki, and Kakyuu sitting at the table behind them. There was a low wall separating them, but all the same Seiya was just a little ticked off.

"What the heck are you guys doing here?" Seiya asked angrily. Yaten lazily stretched out his arm and pulled his drink to him before taking a sip.

"Hey man, calm down. We took Kakyuu out for some pie." Yaten jabbed a thumb at the red haired girl. "She's been down all day so we decided to cheer her up."

"Kakyuu..." Seiya trailed off looking at the slightly sad girl's face. He felt bad that he wasn't sitting with them, trying to cheer Kakyuu up too.

"Oh I'm fine! Honestly you two! Seiya's on a date." Kakyuu's face melted into a large smile. Yaten looked over Seiya and saw Usagi sitting there, blinking at the other people.

"That's right! So how's the date going Seiya?" Yaten asked trying to make his eyes large and innocent.

"We're not on a date. We are just friends." Usagi explained to Yaten who made a weird face and then began to laugh.

"So you two are girlfriends? Going to be each other's shopping buddies? Hey, don't forget to invite these two girls to the next pajama party." Yaten smirked as he pointed with his fingers at Taiki and Kakyuu.

"Yaten." Taiki spoke the silver-haired boys name sharply as a warning.

"Oh Yaten, can't you be a little nicer?" Kakyuu made her eyes downcast and she frowned a little. Seiya saw that she almost looked like she was going to cry but he also noticed that she was faking, from the way her mouth kept twitching.

"Geez Kakyuu, don't get upset." Yaten slumped slightly, not looking nearly so confident as he had been looking. "I'll buy you two pies, don't get all sad again."

"Yaten, do you really think I could eat two whole pies by myself?" Kakyuu smiled showing she had forgiven him. Seiya tried to eat his dessert as fast as possible. He didn't have to wait for Usagi who practically inhaled her food.

"Let's go." Seiya sighed as he realized that the others hadn't helped his situation that much. Usagi nodded in agreement and they left the little diner. "I'll walk you home." He offered.

"Thanks." Usagi said before looking back at the diner. "Kakyuu's really pretty! It's sad she looks so down though." Usagi commented to Seiya.

"I'm sure she's fine. It's probably something weird. She'll tell us what's bothering her." Seiya assured Usagi. Usagi began to skip a little as if she was a small child, leisurely coming home from school. She seemed very graceful. It reminded him of....someone. Who was he trying to think of? He's head began to pound and he felt dizzy, he leaned over and found himself kneeling on the ground grasping his head.

"Seiya? Are you alright?" Usagi put a hand on his back asking frantically. She began to look around but no one else was around. Seiya felt like his skull was splitting apart as he fought desperately with it. Suddenly, he wasn't on a sidewalk during a sunny day. He was kneeling in front of someone on a cool floor, made of some foreign substance. He looked up to the person. The person had an odd hairstyle with loops on the sides of their head. An odd looking crown was somehow sitting on top of the odd hairstyle.

"Princess, I swear to protect you till my dying day." He was saying it but there was something slightly more feminine in his voice. He was wearing an odd outfit too. He wished he could make out the face of this princess. So strange, so familiar, he knew it. He could almost say her name out loud. Suddenly he was somewhere else and he thought he might be in a battle somewhere. Someone yelled to him.

"Starfighter! Get off the ground!" This time he looked up to see who it was, but suddenly he was right back where he started. Usagi's concerned face was peering intently at him.

"Usagi?" Seiya questioned her as though he wanted to make sure she was real.

"Yeah, what happened? Do you want me to take you to the hospital or something? Is there anything you need?" Usagi asked starting to look through her school bag that she still had with her for something to help him out. She pulled out a bottle of aspirin and Seiya gave her a weird look.

"Why do you have aspirin in your book bag?" Seiya asked her. Usagi opened the bottle and pulled two out before handing them to him.

"In case of an emergency. One time I had a really bad headache at school, but I didn't have any aspirin. So that's why. Never mind that though!" Usagi shook herself as she put her aspirin bottle away. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I feel a lot better now. I don't know what happened." Seiya tried to think of what had happened. Was that some sort of...memory? Who was this...Starfighter?

"Princess..." He shook his head trying to puzzle out if he was going crazy or not. He popped the aspirin in his mouth.

"Okay if you're sure..." Usagi looked rather concerned and Seiya realized that he was getting a really warm feeling.

"I'm fine, thanks." Seiya put a comforting hand over her own. Usagi looked down at their hands and her eyes looked about to bug out of her sockets. She went bright red and Seiya moved his hand as he got up. They walked the rest of the way in silence. Usagi looked a little uncomfortable and Seiya wondered what he had done wrong. Maybe she just didn't know what to say.

"This is my house." Usagi gestured towards a normal-sized white house. She turned to look at him and Seiya felt his heart begin to beat hard as he realized that this was the good-bye part of the date. "Well, I had fun, thanks for getting me cake." Seiya took a step towards her.

"I had fun too." Seiya was surprised how low his voice had gotten. He got even closer to her.

"Well, see you tomorrow!" Usagi turned and began to walk up her driveway waving at him. Seiya felt his face drop. Wow, now here's a real ladies man. Hey Seiya, what do you call where you are? I think you might be in the dugout. Definitely nowhere near first base. Seiya scowled as he tried not to think of some sort of retort for the Yaten in his head. Seiya definitely was a little pissed off.

"Bye!" Seiya called out to the blonde who smiled at him before going all the way into her house.

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Oh god, that was sort of funny. I started cracking up while writing it. Especially that pajama party comment. Oh well.

Second Chances Akugi! Take One:

Anonymous Voice: Starfighter! Get off the ground!

Seiya: (female) I have a cramp! You try fighting on your period, Yaten!

Yaten: Dammit I was supposed to be anonymous!

Second Chances Akugi! Take Two:

Seiya: Princess...(Shows Princess in shadow, smiling at him) You have something on your face!

Kakyuu: (Stops being in shadow and looks confused) Where? (Begins to wipe face frantically)

Seiya: ^_^!

Second Chances Akugi! Take Three:

Yaten: Don't forget to take these two to the next pajama party.

(One week later, Seiya, Usagi, Kakyuu, and Taiki are seen in a bundle of pillows and sleeping bags, painting each other's nails and fixing each other's hair.)

Yaten: (Watching from outside a window.) I wish they would have invited me...

See you Space Cowboy!