Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Twinkle, twinkle little Starlight ❯ True Love is the Light ( Chapter 2 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Part 3
Starlight tower, 5 am. A space at the peak of the tower blurred before fazing into a gold and blue form. A thick deep blue cloak flapped into the wind. Dark rimmed eyes browsed the primitive city before him, he flexed his tree trunk like arms and sighed.
"Twinkle" he whispered.
A moment later he fazed from sight.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahaha" roared Taiki, leaning dangerously back on her chair and in real danger of hyperventilating. Seiya glared at her friend and when the laugher seized to stop she slapped the table surface hard.
"Damnit Taiki it isn't funny!" she screamed, ignoring the crack her hand had made in the table. Taiki abruptly stopped and colleted herself. She felt bad at laughing at Seiya's problem but it was quite funny. She had not only fallen for the Odango Atama but also for their partner Yaten and their not so very nice friend Haruka.
"I can't believe I've fallen for both of them, Haruka maybe cause I've never seen her so nice but Yaten? I've known her all my life, why now?" she asked in despair. She hit her head on the table and frustration and kept it there. Taiki cleared her throat.
"You probably see things in them like you see in Usagi-san, therefore they are your type" she stated like the big brain she was.
"That so doesn't help. My problem is which one do I pick?" she asked taking her head off the hard oak.
"Who said any of them will want you as a girlfriend? To Yaten you're a best friend, Usagi-san a good friend and I bet Haruka-san can just bare being friendly with you" she nagged. The confused women sweat dropped.
"Thanks a bunch" she muttered.

Later on that day Seiya was walking towards the Crown Arcade with one of her newly found love interests, Yaten. She had been woken up by Seiya's shouting match with Taiki and to make matters worse the brunette had suggested they go to the Crown together. Oh how she was going to pay swore Seiya. She looked over at Yaten and her hard features softened. She was very beautiful, long silvery hair and sparkling green eyes. Why hadn't she noticed before? Apart from her unearthly beauty Yaten was very close to Seiya, in fact she is the only one who can read Seiya like an open book. No one knew Seiya better then Yaten. Which was not always a good thing because when it comes to love Seiya was even more open and she prayed to Kami her short crush wouldn't notice the lovey dovey eyes she was getting.
When they arrived at the arcade Seiya went blue with horror and nearly had a heart attack. She looked over to a table where both Usagi and Haruka were sitting talking. It's official, life bites!
"Seiya, Yaten over here!" the princess called after spotting them at the entrance. Yaten dragged Seiya pass other customers and sat down with all three surrounding her.

She firstly looked over at Usagi, she had reminded her of the princess Kakyuu. She is so innocent and naïve. But she was pure of heart and never thinks about herself. But Seiya was a Fighter, a true soldier and Usagi was a princess forged in the heat of battle. Not like Haruka, she was cold on the out side, like a true soldier. Seiya had always admire that about her, that and she was stubborn. In fact they had many things in common. Tomboy, sporty, great fighters, loves their respective princess, arrogant. Seiya's analysing was cut off when Usagi spoke to her.
"Seiya, I want to thank you for letting cry on your shoulder yesterday, I really needed someone to talk to" she said in that voice that always turns Seiya into putty. She barley noticed the look Haruka gave them. Was that envy?

"I'm also sorry that I pushed you away but I went to Rei-chans last night. You helped me realize something really important" she said with a red tint.
"What's that then Koneko?" Haruka asked sensing something a foot.
"You helped me figure it out too Ruka-san. I'm gay!" she blurted out. Everyone else at the table fell over. After everyone were up right Yaten was the first to reply.
"B-but you're boy crazy" she stammered while moving away slightly.
"Peer pressure" she shrugged and looked away. Seiya was still staring while Haruka was contemplating if her kisses made girl gay when Usagi squealed in delight and took off towards the exit. The three at the table looked to see that she had almost surgically attached herself to a certain miko. Hino Rei.
"No way…" whispered Haruka but Seiya didn't hear her. She simply stared at the two, her Odango and the woman who took her away. Would her heart be broken like this by Haruka and Yaten. Yet again her thoughts were interrupted, this time by Usagi and her new girlfriend.
"Ummm sorry I should told you before doing that" the blonde said nervously. Rei mocked anger at the girl on her arm.
"Thanks a lot Odango atama tell the whole world!" she yelled like it was any normal fight they had but Seiya caught the unmistakable glint of happiness shining in her dark eyes. At least she was with someone who truly loves her, a part of Seiya mused. Those two seemed to good together, whom did Seiya have like that?

As if to answer her own question she looked to her right, at Yaten. But Yaten was staring back at her, studying her reaction to the situation. The stricken Light cursed herself for not hiding her reaction straight away. She plastered a smile on her face and carried on as normal.
"I'm so happy for you both, you make a great couple. Let me be the first to congratulate you" she exclaimed a cheerful voice that only Usagi believed. Naïve to the fact her friend actually loved her.
The pressure of all the emotions swimming in her head became too much and she quickly excused herself and rushed to the ladies where she went into a stall, locked it and sat down to cry. The warm drops fell onto her legs as she cried her heart out. It was just too much.
'I can't love anyone on Earth! Even for Odango I can't leave my planet and princess!! I'm Sailor Star Fighter' she berated herself. Too much pain, too much, too much!!! A black world of depression was slowing swallowing her in. Something to hang onto.
"Father"
She managed to slip out of the arcade and started down the street….that is until someone grabbed her arm. She turned around to tell them where to go but came face to face with Haruka.
The two went to Haruka's apartment, where Seiya explained all over tea.
"So you think Setsuna-san can help you find your father?" Haruka asked, truly amazed that the woman next to her could have lived with such pain and yet carry on in life. Seiya just nodded, staring ahead while sipping her tea. She was far too distant to care anymore.
"You think your heart is broken but its not" Haruka suddenly said, this snapped Seiya back to the real world she hated.
"Nani?" she breathed, not understanding.
"It's true that I still have a little crush on the Koneko but that's not why I protect her, or because it's my duty. It's her beautiful innocence I protect" she explained while staring out through the window at the evening sky. She spared a glance at the Light next to her and she could still see confusion in her eyes. She explained further.

"I was like you once when you were fighting Galaxia, cold and feeling alone. Trying to find my way in life, it can to me in the form of Sailor Uranus and you Usagi. But we both hanged on too much, I was determined to do things my way and Sailor Moon wouldn't give in and her brightness opened me up. I appreciated the love Michiru felt for me and I love her too. You're a creature that needs and deserves love Seiya, without your princess you fed on Koneko's pure light and goodness. You are in love in what all the Scouts are, her innocence. You many be more attracted to her then I am but in truth you don't love her" she finished with a sigh. Seiya just stared with glimmering eyes at such logic and truth .Who knew Haruka would be such a philosopher? Seiya didn't love Usagi, just her light. The destruction of her planet, her princess missing and travelling for light years in cold space had drained her once bright source of life. But then she meets Usagi, who radiated love like a star. It kept her sane during her mission, but like an addict she craved for Usagi's light. So bright it blinded her to everything around her.

She set down her cup slowly but like lighting embraced Haruka in an unbreakable hug that was returned, as she shuddered from the tears spilling down her face.
"Thank you, thank you being my friend" she cried. Haruka simply smiled.

Seiya walked home with an extra spring in her step as she thought about the rest of her conversation with her new friend. It also lifted another weight of her shoulder as she realized that Haruka and herself weren't meant (It's not true!!!") For each other. In fact the reason for the argument between the baka racer and her teal haired lover was over her red sports car. Instead of mumbling Michiru's name she was on about the car and of course Michiru flipped! Seiya giggled as she remembered the look on Haruka's face. Two down, one to go. Of course it wasn't a process of elimination. It never was. Was Yaten like Odango and Haruka? Just misunderstood feelings? If either Haruka or Usagi had asked, she would have confessed how she felt about them but not Yaten. Was it because she couldn't her rejection? If something were to happen to her, what would happen to Yaten?
"I need to take a long walk"
As she walked on, the same gold and blue figure from before was watching from above, reaching out desperately.
"Twinkle.." he whispered as he moved to get closer but was struck down with shattering pain. His head pain brought him back to his knees for trying to go back on the deal he made with his captor.
'You will wait until she brings all the Sailor Scouts into the open. Not before!' the dark voice commanded, increasing the pain. Relight dared not disobey, not when he was so close.
"Of course, my Master" he cried and the pain stopped. But Relight was disgusted with himself. Twinkle was in danger, he had to do something. Fighting against the evil inside himself, he focused as hard as he could. It was painful, his nerves burning and sweat pouring down his face but he managed it. A small slit opened his sub space pocket just long enough for a blue light to shoot out and fly across the city.
"Novia, please help my daughter. I beg you" he pleaded before the pain returned.

2 hours later
Yaten was pacing in the living room of the apartment, lit only by the moon. She wrung her hands and promised for the hundredth time to strangle Seiya when she got back. She startled at the sound of the front door being shut. She looked over at the door and could vaguely make out Seiya's shape in the darkness, her face hidden in the darkness.
"Seiya where have you been? After you ran out the arcade I've been worried sick" she shouted, forgetting her anger…for the moment.
"Sorry but I had to clear my head, I talked to Haruka and then took a walk" her voice was calm, cool. Yaten frowned
"Why? Because of Usagi" she spat. Yet she was surprised when Seiya didn't retaliate. The black haired women stepped into the moons rays and Yaten stifled a gasp. The look on her face was so clear, so calm she was a sight to behold.
"Yes, to realize that I don't love her" she replied as her dark blue eyes stared into mellow green ones.
"You don't?" she whispered in disbelief, even though she could right into Seiya's soul.
"I thought if Usagi broke my heart it would be like a knife in my heart, killing me. But it was like a band aid," she explained, never breaking her eyes away from Yaten's. Yaten tried to understand, why Seiya was not longer calling the moon princess Odango. Seiya continued.
"When I saw her with Rei the band aid was pulled off hard and it hurt like hell for a while but then the pain stopped and the wound was nothing. Hell, I even thought I loved Haruka" she said in slight amusement and the last part would have made Yaten laughed it Seiya wasn't being so deep.
Seiya stepped closer and reached to cup the smaller girls chin, causing Yaten to gasp again.
"I never noticed how beautiful your light was because it's been there since I've known you. Yet you shine in a way that without you, there is no light. Not for me" she whispered now, bring her face so close to Yaten that their breath mingled. Yaten started to shudder as Seiya's long arms slipped around her thin waist. She believed Seiya, hope good it was to hear those words.
"Be my light Yaten-chan, Aishiteru" she finished the sentence with a deep kiss, capturing the older light. Without hesitating she return it with matching passion as she wrapped her arms around Seiya's next and pulled her closer. The passion grew as they stumbled though the darkness, never breaking the kiss until they reach Seiya's bedroom door where they parted and she looked into watery green eyes, asking for permission.
"Aishiteru Sei-chan" she whispered before thrusting her lips back to her new lover's. The two went inside and closed the door…..