Neko grabbed Kosuki’s arm. “Look! It’s Yaten!” Kosuki rolled her eyes. She was used to Neko, and every other girl for that matter, swooning over the Three Lights. “He’s SOOOOOO kawaii! Don’t you think so?” Kosuki looked over at her.
“Nani?” The question had caught Kosuki off-guard. “Oh. Iie…not really.” Neko looked at her in a very incredulous way.
“How can you say that?!?” Neko demanded. Kosuki’s eyes narrowed, but Neko didn’t see it. “Yaten is more than kawaii! He is perfect! And if you can’t see that, you are just an odango!” Before she could say something even more insulting, Kosuki whirled around and left, hitting Neko in the face with her long red hair. “Kosuki! Get back here!” Neko sputtered. Kosuki didn’t listen.
***
The Three Lights were sitting at Usagi’s house. “So we have a concert with Kosuki’s band? Why?” Yaten asked. Taiki looked meaningfully at Seiya.
“I think Seiya-chan has a little crush on Kosuki-san.” He said in a teasing voice. Seiya reddened.
“Kosuki? Onegai! She’s a child!” Seiya insisted. Taiki and Yaten laughed.
“Child? Since when is seventeen a child? A very pretty seventeen, in fact.” Taiki pressed. Seiya shook his head. “Oh, come on, Seiya-chan. It’s obvious you like her.”
“I do NOT like Kosuki. Besides, even if I DID like her, which I don’t, she hates me. You know that. We all know that.” Taiki merely smiled in a knowing way.
“Of course, Seiya-chan. Whatever you say.”
***
Meanwhile…
Kosuki wasn’t much happier about having to perform with the Three Starlights. Or rather, performing with Seiya. The lead singer was the most annoying man she’d ever met. She was ranting to Mino Akashi, her drum player. He was nodding as if he were listening, but he was really thinking about how happy his girlfriend would be when he gave her the tickets to the Three Starlights.
“Akashi! You’re not listening!” Kosuki exclaimed. Akashi looked up with a guilty look on his face.
“Gomen nasai, Kosu-chan. But there’s really nothing we can do about it.” Kosuki knew it was true, but it didn’t make her feel any better. Just then, Taiki walked up, followed by Kai, who was stalking him.
“Hey Taiki-chan! Did you ever notice how much our names are alike? Hehehe!!” Kai giggled
“Yeah…I noticed…you remind me everyday…”
“Oh Taiki-chan you’re so funny!”
Kai grabbed Taiki’s arm and linked her arm through it. She waved at everyone and they gave her weird looks.
“What?! What’s wrong everyone?!”
“Why do you ALWAYS hang off of Taiki like that? I’m sure he’s not too thrilled with it.” Said Kosuki.
“I don’t mind!! Really!! Right now I’m just worried about this wedgie that’s REALLY bothering me…”
“Oh let me help you Taiki-chan!…”
Kai reached behind him and pulled out his wedgie and a wave of relief seemed to spread over Taiki’s face as he sighed contentedly.
“Domo, Kai.”
“You’re welcome!!”
Then Kai began to dance around yelling in everybody’s faces, “I got to touch Taiki’s ass!! Heeehehehe!!” Kosuki winced at the loud noise. Taiki grinned at her.
“By the way, Kosuki…you know the concert you’re doing with us? It was all Seiya’s idea. He thinks you’re *beautiful*. Told me so himself.” Kosuki gave him an incredulous look.
“Uh…yeah right…”
“I’m SERIOUS! Why does no one believe me when I’m serious?!”
“Because you are NEVER serious!!”
“Am so!”
“Are not!”
“Am so!”
“Are…” Mino clapped his hand over both of their mouths.
“Alright children, that’s enough!”
“He told you he thinks I’m…beautiful?” Kosuki asked. Kai made a face.
“Who cares about Seiya? Taiki’s cuter!!!!!” she said.
Kosuki shot Kai an evil look. Kai grabbed Taiki and ran behind him…but her eyes weren’t on Kosuki anymore…she was looking down Taiki’s pants (how there was room to see anything is beyond me) She wrapped her arms around his waist and peeked around him to see if Kosuki was still glaring at her.
“Seiya does not like me”, Kosuki denied. Taiki smiled.
“Whatever you say, Kosuki-san.” He left and Kai followed him. Kosuki shook her head.
“That girl is just not right.”
***
That night at Usagi’s house…
“Kosu-mama!” Chibi Chibi exclaimed. Kosuki smiled down at the kawaii pink-haired girl.
“Konnichi wa, Chibi Chibi. Daijibou ka?” Chibi Chibi lifted her hands to the Sailor Senshi.
“Up, Kosu-mama! Chibi!” Kosuki laughed and picked up Chibi Chibi. “Chibi Chibi!
“Are you all alone, Chibi Chibi?” Kosuki asked. Chibi Chibi pointed to the den. “Oh…” She carried Chibi Chibi into the den, where the Starlights, Kai, Usagi and Neko were talking.
“Ossu, Kosu-chan!” Neko said. “I see Chibi Chibi found you.” Taiki nudged Seiya.
“Can you honestly say she isn’t at least a bit kawaii?” he whispered. Seiya blushed.
“Urusei!!!!” he muttered. Kosuki sat down and put Chibi Chibi down beside her. Taiki cleared his throat.
“Kosuki-san, Seiya was just talking about you.”
“No I wasn’t!!” Seiya exclaimed. Taiki snickered softly. Kai looked indignant.
“Are you calling my Taiki a liar?!? How dare you!!!” Seiya raised his hands in surrender.
“Calm down. I’m not calling Taiki a liar. I just think he’s mistaken. I wasn’t talking about you, Kosuki-san.” She gave him an evil look.
“You had better not have been talking about me, Seiya-baka.” At the sound of Seiya’s name, Chibi Chibi laughed.
“Seiya-papa! Chibi Chibi want Seiya-papa, Kosu-mama!” Kosuki made a face at “Seiya-papa”, but handed Chibi Chibi to a smirking Seiya.
“Domo…Kosu-mama…” Kosuki’s lips thinned, but she said nothing. “What’s wrong, Kosuki-san? You look a bit upset. Maybe you should get more rest. Have you been moonlighting as a Sailor Senshi?” He meant it as a joke, but Neko glared at Kosuki.
“IIE! I…I mean, iie. What a stupid idea. But then, what should one expect from you, Seiya-baka?” Seiya stuck his tongue out at her. Yaten decided to play peacemaker.
“Minna-san! Kadusi! Let’s try to be civil, if only for Chibi Chibi’s sake.” Kosuki and Seiya were still making faces at one another, but they said no more.
“Taiki, what exactly was Seiya saying about me? I have a right to know.” Taiki grinned.
“Ne, he said that he thought you were bishoujo and that he’d *love* to go on a date with you.” Kosuki’s eyes widened.
“Not on your life, Seiya!!!” She stood and turned.
“Where are you going, Kosu-chan?” Neko asked. Kosuki rolled her eyes in Seiya’s direction.
“Away from him! Sayonara, minna-san.” She left.
***
Kosuki walked into the park. She hated the way Seiya acted: as if she was trash. To think that that baka actually liked her! She shuddered. “Something wrong, Kosu-kun?” She looked up.
“Don’t sneak up on me like that! You’ll give me a heart attack someday!” she said to the shadowy figure leaning against a tree. The figure stepped into the moonlight. It was Tiger’s Eye. “Tiger-chan, I really shouldn’t even be talking to you…” Tiger’s Eye smiled.
“Why not?” Kosuki laughed softly.
“Ne, I’m…and you’re…and we…” she trailed off. Tiger’s Eye slipped an arm around her.
“You mean that because you are Sailor Virgo and I’m from the Dark Moon Circus that I shouldn’t do this?” He leaned forward and kissed her. Kosuki tried to pull away, but not really. Then…
“Kosu-chan? Where are you?” Kosuki *did* pull away then.
“Nani? Dare da ka?” Kosuki hushed him.
“It’s Neko! She can’t see you here with me!” Tiger’s Eye raised an eyebrow.
“Why?”
“Well for one they would never accept me back as a Zodiac Senshi…”
“…and two?”
“Well I can’t think of a two, but I know there’s a good one.”
“Yeah smooth…”
“Kosu-chan?? Where are you?? I can’t see anything!”
“Hold on Neko-chan, I’ll be there in a second!”
“Bye Tiger-chan, until we meet again…”
“Yes my darling…” Tiger’s Eye said lovingly and gave her a quick kiss before dashing off into the night. Just at that moment Neko came around from behind a tree, out of breath.
“There you are, I’ve been looking all over for you. Seiya wants you to come back to their house, he said he needs to ask you something important…heh heh…” and she nudged Kosuki playfully.
Without a reply, Kosuki started off for Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten’s house.
“Uh…bye?” Neko yelled after her questioningly.
Kosuki burst through the door gasping for breath.
“So what was this important thing that you had to tell me, Seiya? Seiya?? SEIYA??? Taiki? Yaten?? Where is everyone?”
She wandered through the house and came around to the dining room. The lights were dimmed and there were lit candles sitting on the table. There were two seats situated at either end of the small square table. With a confused look on her face she walked in cautiously. She saw Yaten peeking around from around the corner and he laughed and reached his hand around and flipped on the CD player and slow soft music began to play. She heard Seiya come down the stairs and he wandered into the room.
“Taiki?” he questioned
“Yeah, he’s trying to play matchmaker I think…AND HE’S NOT GETTING ANYWHERE WITH IT!…” she said hopefully loudly enough for Taiki to hear.
Yaten walked into the room in a tuxedo and a fake mustache beneath his nose.
“Sir, Madam, a table for two?” he said in a smooth (but obviously fake) French accent.
“No, Yaten I’m not going to go along with you and Taiki this will never work I don’t know why you even try…” Kosuki snapped, and Seiya nodded vigorously in agreement.
“Oh please Kosu-chan, Seiya-chan, at least humor us…for a couple of minutes. Do this for me?? Pwease?? Kosu-chan I’ll love you forever…”
“Well since you put it that way…. I’m gone…heh heh…well I guess for a few minutes…just for you Yaten-chan…heh heh…I’m feeling generous anyways so…but for future reference I DON’T like you….” She sat down in a seat and gestured for Seiya to follow suit.
Seiya mumbled to himself and sat down almost reluctantly. “This sucks, you guys. Why don’t you two deal with your own lives instead of mine?” Kosuki looked offended.
“You think your time is more valuable than mine just because you’re an Idol? Ne, I have news for you: you are a sorry son of a b….” Yaten shushed her.
“Kosu-chaaaaaaaaan…you promised me…” She sighed and sat back further into her chair.
“Fine. Let’s get this over with. I have better things to do…” (Like talk to Tiger-chan) she thought. Seiya threw a napkin ring at her but she easily dodged it.
“Like I don’t have better things to do than sit here with you, Kosuki?!? Get over yourself. You aren’t a stunning beauty, y’know!” Kosuki stood, leaned forward and slapped Seiya across the face.
“I’ll have you know that I already *have* a boyfriend, and he is *much* more kawaii than you!” Taiki, Yaten and Seiya all went wide-eyed.
“Reeeeeeeeally? Whoooooooooo?” Seiya asked.
“His name is Tig…. nevermind!”
“Ooooooh Tig? Cool name were his parents drunk when they named him? Heh heh heh…”
“Grrrr…don’t you make fun of him…”
“Oh Tig, you’re so sexy, you drive me mad, I love you!” Taiki teased in a mock-Kosuki voice. Kosuki blushed.
“Urusei! You three are the most annoying people I’ve ever met! If you don’t shut up right now, I’ll…” The three guys collapsed into gales of laughter.
“You’ll do what? Sic Tig on us?” Taiki asked.
“HIS NAME IS NOT TIG!!!” Kosuki shouted above the raucous.
“Oh really? Then what is his name eh?”
“It’s…it’s…Tategami…” she hung her head down
“Um…Tategami? Alriiiight, I still think his parents were drunk…maybe still are…” Kosuki threw her goblet of wine on the guys and left. “What seems to be the matter with her?” Taiki asked.
“She’s a bitch…