The inner senshi were walking with the outer warriors and starlights, replaying the events in their minds, dazed about many things. Ami and Mamoru had left after departing Rei's home, wanting to be alone together for the first time without any regrets or guilt.

At first everyone was stunned that Usagi had taken the break-up of her ten-year boyfriend so calmly, but after seeing her with Vegeta, she would have no other. Everytime he laid eyes on her, they would soften and hers would light up. The neutral calm was disappearing, some of the old Usagi coming back.

None of them told her, but they felt and knew she was pulling away from them, terrified of something that was going to occur in their future. Pluto didn't know what was going to happen any more than they did, nor did they have any idea what to ask Usagi. There was, for sure, one more battle they all needed to face before crystal tokyo appeared. Was everything for the better or worse now that a lot of things have changed?

Seiya sighed, his head bowed, not even listening to the women and his brothers talking beside him. Hotaru noticed this and came up beside him. Being eighteen, she was more aware of boys than Haruka or Michuru cared for. "What's wrong?" He blushed, wishing to be anywhere else at the moment.

"Nothing."

"You're still upset about Usagi, aren't you?"

"Not really. I wish that instead of chasing a dream that I knew would never come true, that I had the real thing. I've never had a girlfriend or anyone to love me in return. My whole life, up to recently, has been spent in battle and constant fear. If it hand't been for the future and present Sailor Moons, we would have died."

"I still don't know what happened during that," Minako commented.

"Usagi never says anything about it," Haruka told her. "I've asked her a couple of times, but pain would fill her eyes and I couldn't press the issue. There's a lot of things we don't know about our princess that makes me think we don't have a clue on how much she's suffered for us."

"She's alone, or was." Everyone gasped at Yaten's words. Normally the bastard, who could care less about people, was giving them an honest and caring opinion about his friend. "Ever since she was fourteen, she's fought one enemy after another. No matter how hard her friends wanted to help her, including us, they always fell; leaving her to stand on her own. Through it all, she's remained strong, hoping that everything would be ok again."

"That's awful," Minako cried. "How can she handle that?"

"Who says she can or has?" Hotaru asked. Her dark eyes looked at all of them, dread entering them as they fully realized the truth of how their friend was feeling.

“Some protectors we are!” shouted Seiya. “We need to do something for her!”

“Being her friends and letting her know that we're behind her one hundred percent should be all that she wants. You know that Usagi would never ask anything from us, nor would she accept it.”

Taiki hoped that his words were sinking in, but apparently they still wanted to throw her a party. "Leave her alone. Vegeta, a Saiya-jin may I remind you, wouldn't appreciate us messing with his mate right now. If my information was correct, they tended to be very edgy when anyone came between a bond that was forming."

"We can still have a surprise party when everyone gets back from their honeymoon's," giggled Minako.

"Honeymoon?" Yaten asked. "What happened to the wedding?"

"Saiya-jins don't need a ceremony to become eternally connected with their chosen ones. Vegeta was the first to willingly change his customs for Serenity," Haruka informed them.

"I want a boyfriend!" Minako shouted. "It's not fair. Even Makoto and, almost, Rei aren't single anymore." Her eyes were depressed and suddenly took off crying. Michuru and Haruka couldn't help her because they had each other.

Seiya and Taiki didn't know what had happened, but were surprised when Yaten took off after her cursing, disappering into the crowds. "Did I miss something?" asked Seiya.

"Yaten went after Minako. I never knew he was the concerned type. He hates crying."

"Idiots!” Haruka shouted. “It's perfectly obvious why he always picks on her more than anyone else. Michuru and I have noticed for sometime now that he is always watching her when her back is turned and the usual teasing or taunting look is not there. His eyes express what he feels, but he's afraid to show anyone that even he, has fallen in love.”

“Yaten in love. That's like saying the moon is blue or green!” laughed Seiya. He never saw the look that Hotaru had directed at him, nor the punch that came flying at his jaw. Everyone turned, stunned as Seiya went flying back several feet before he came back down to the ground. Blood was forming on his busted lip and he looked up to see Hotaru glaring at him.

He couldn't explain it, but something warm and intense began to stir inside of him when her anger was directed at him. She looked beautiful when she was angry at him, something that he never noticed before. She grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and growled at him, coming only an inch from his face. “I should kill you for that remark. What the hell is wrong with falling in love? You've never experienced it and now you're knocking people that have? Are you going to mock me as well and laugh at me for loving someone?”

Haruka started and her eyes narrowed dangerously as she let her little one's words sink in. 'Who the hell is she talking about and why had she never met the person that is dating Hotaru?'

Seiya was speechless. 'Hotaru was in love with someone?' The declaration was like a cold slap in the face and he realized that he may like her more than he thought. “No.”

“Why not?”

Seiya couldn't handle the questioning any longer and made a run for it before he made comments he may not be able to take back later. Right behind him was Hotaru, leaving the group even smaller. Taiki stood beside Haruka and Michuru not knowing what he was suppose to do with two brothers on the run, either after or away from a girl. “What now?”

“Do you want to eat something Taiki?”

“No, not really. Seiya's about to find out that he's not the playboy figure he thinks he is. He smiles at women, but none of them has ever turned his head, except for Hotaru. He acted like Usagi did, but any time Hotaru entered the room, he would tremble in fear and awe of her, but never noticed how he felt. All I have to say is, it's about damn time that he finds someone that won't let him get away with everything. Yaten is the one that surprised me though. He never showed that he cared about anyone and always joked about anything serious. This last fight was the most serious I've seen him since the fight with Chaos and Galaxia.”

“What about you Taiki?” Michuru asked. Somehow it didn't seem right that there was no one around for him.

A soft and sad smile crossed his face that never reached his eyes. “It doesn't matter. The one person that I love and would give my life for, doesn't have any idea how I feel, nor would I tell her. She's way too good for me and deserves better.”

“Oh, Taiki. You're a great person and I'm sure she would see that as well. You never know how she would take you liking her unless you asked her.”

“No. I'll see you ladies later. I have a lot of work and research to do and the more time I spend with you or everyone else, the further behind I become.”

Michuru and Haruka couldn't help but look at each other and smile when they were left alone. “Are we the only two happy ones out of this glum group?”

“I guess, because we're the only two people that are certain about each other's relationships.”

Haruka pulled her love closer to her, nuzzled their noses and lightly kissed her lips. “You know, I love you so much that I feel like it's the first time that we found out how we really felt about each other.”

“Yeah, but then we were worried about how people would think of us.”

“I'm not, nor was I ever. If people wish to judge us because of how we feel instead of who we are, then I don't give a damn about them. Serenity, doesn't care about how we feel and wants us to be happy.”

Michuru wrapped her arms around Haruka and kissed her with a soft gentleness that still was able to calm Haruka's rough-natured one. “Why don't we go home and finish this?” she said with a promise of hidden pleasure later. Haruka could only smile at her best friend and soul mate.

“What's taking us so long?”

Minako didn't know where she was going when an arm finally grabbed her by the waist and yanked back hard enough to have them both fall down on the ground. She heard a grunt of pain, but the arm was locked tight, refusing to move off of her unless she forced it. At first the idea of a kidnapper or worse ran through her mind, but when she felt the strength and saw the long silver hair on the ground, she realized who she was sitting on. “Yaten?”

He was breathing hard and knew he would have a bruise on his rear and arms later. “Damn, woman! Are you trying to kill me or something? If you wouldn't get so emotional all the time, maybe I wouldn't be laying on the ground with your weight crushing me.”

Red flushed her face, as she listened to another of his many comments of ridicule. “You know what?” She punched him so hard that he saw stars for several seconds and let go of her for a moment. “Fuck you.”

She barely made it a hundred yards before she was flattened on her back, with him straddling her waist and pinning her hands down to her sides. “Irritable, aren't we?” A nice size bruise was forming on his cheek and Minako winced slightly thinking she may have gone a little too far.

“Bastard! Get off of me. Can't you find someone else to pick on?”

“Not really. They aren't as fun to watch get mad, nor as beautiful.”

“So now you enjoy picking on people and calling them....” Minako blinked when it dawned on her at what he said. “Did you just say I was pretty?”

“No...” her face fell, and then lit up when he smiled a real smile, not the occasional smirk. “I said you were beautiful. Big difference. Pay attention in school more. You were always attractive, even after a thousand years.”

“I'm sorry. I guess I am a bit irratible. Can you let me up now?”

Yaten's smile grew broader and Minako knew he was up to something, but what she didn't know. As she sat up, Yaten pulled her head closer to him and pressed his lips to her soft, full ones. Shocked, Minako could only sit there stunned that he even wanted her, but a second cured her of that as she opened her mouth to allow him the entrance to his demanding tongue.

He moved her to sit in his lap, his hands combing through her hair. Yaten couldn't believe she was finally his again and hoped that this time she would become his wife. Something about Vegeta and Usagi's love was contagious, but he didn't fight the urge to kiss Minako, nor did he want to. “Minako, I pick on you because I love you. You're so easy to get mad and those dimples show up on your face making me want to see them again, or kiss this gorgeous mouth of yours. I've wanted you for so long, but you never remembered who I was or the conversation we had on Lunaria before all hell broke loose.”

Minako's eyes softened and suddenly realized that his teasing was his only defense at forgetting the past. She brought her hand to brush the silver strands from his face and looked into his eyes. “You could be less of a jerk, but under the circumstances, I can understand how you feel.” Her mouth brushed his again, giving him a small taste of her sweet essence before she stopped, letting him crave more and not giving him everything at once. “I've never kissed anyone before Yaten?”

His eyes widened at her shy statement and the blush that tinted her pale cheeks. Her head was down and he curiously lifted them to see that tears were in her eyes, expecting him to taunt her about that. His heart cried out, thinking he may have been a little too mean to her. “I'm sorry Minako. I never meant to hurt you.” Chuckling, "And that's not necessarily true, I kissed you on the moon. You couldn't talk for two days."

Yaten stood up and offered his hand to her. With a smile she accepted it gracefully and they went back to his apartment where he knew no one else would be.

Gently he turned her around and his eyes quivered, afraid that she was going to stop him from what his heart screamed that he wanted. “Minako?” His voice trembled, making her gasp in shock. He looked scared and vulnerable, his eyes saying that she had the power to pay him back for all the stuff he'd done and said to her in the past.

“I've never been with anyone either.” The blush was there again, but this time she didn't hide her eyes as they stared into his hungry green ones. Slowly she took the red ribbon out of her hair, and let her hair fall completely to the floor and he could swear she looked the way Usagi did before her hair changed.

Minako had on a yellow halter top with a pair of cut off shorts that showed off most of her long, smooth legs that Yaten yearned to touch. With a seductive dance that he didn't know she was capable of, she slid one strap off her shoulders, then another revealing both of them, but not her breasts which were barely peaking out, but not showing anything. “Do you want me to stop?” Minako asked shyly.

Yaten's expression was tense, shaking as he stared at her and then before they knew it, he was across the floor, crushing her to him, bringing down his mouth to hers with a force he thought might hurt her, but didn't care as both their emotions raged to the surface. His hands pushed their way under her halter top, to move upwards until he found the swell of her breasts, which weren't too big, nor too small. 'Perfect!'

Minako could no longer feel her legs as she almost collapsed to the floor, but Yaten didn't let her and held her up with one arm as his remaining hand continued to cup her breasts, and brush her tight, swollen nipples. A cry came from her mouth as he pinched her left nipple between his finger and thumb, rolling it until she was withering against him. “I repeat your question, goddess of love. Do you want me to stop?”

A whimper came from her small form, moaning every time he pinched her nipple. Tired of the left one, and not wishing to neglect the right, he gave it the same treatment making Minako lose control of her mind. “Yaten... Please...”

“Please, what?” he asked.

“I want you Yaten, please!” He pulled the halter top over her head, and marveled at how flat her stomach was and beautiful her skin shone with the light shining on her. His mouth lowered to capture the nipples he was teasing moments before and bit down, making her yelp and arch towards his mouth, craving more. Quickly, with experienced and knowing hands, Yaten undid the snap on her shorts and pulled the zipper down, revealing yellow panties to match her halter top. They slid easily off her body, dropping to the floor as he placed his hand on her hips, burning her bare flesh with their intense heat.

“Not good, enough. I don't think you want it.”

“Yaten, please don't make me beg. God, my whole body is burning to be touched by you and right now you're the only one that can put that fire out.”

“Right now?” With a growl of anger and possession, he pulled her hard against him and glared at her. She didn't even think he was capable of it. “I had better never see another man lay a hand on you if either of you value your lives. I saw you first and you're mine!” His sudden show of possession made Minako happy that she had waited all along. If waiting for the right person meant this much joy, she wouldn't change a thing.

His fingers shoved her panties aside as if they were nothing to him and slid his finger all the way inside of her, making her gasp in surprise and shock. While his fingers were pumping fast and furious out of her hidden cave, his thumb brushed her clitoris, making her head lay on his shoulder, her breath coming in heavy and ragged gasps. Her body, was growing warm and she tried to pull back, not knowing any better, but Yaten held her tight against him as his fingers moved faster, rubbing, and pumping until a loud scream came from her lips. Her muscles, clamped down hard around his fingers plunging into her, making her body shudder with the sensory over load. His mouth made it's way down her body, to press his tongue in her belly button. A giggle came out as he tickled her, but in a weird and erotic way, he was exciting her further as he continued to move lower, making her tense in fear slightly.

“Relax. Have I hurt you yet?”

“No.” His mouth made it to the edge of her nether lips, and missed it intentionally to move to the inside of her thighs. Taking his tongue, he licked the crevice between her thigh and nether lips making her scream as he awakened every nerve in her body. His hands were like steel, keeping her body locked into position as he tortured her in a sensitive area, moving to the other side. He could smell her juices flowing, and saw them dripping on to the floor, making him hot and hard with the need for her. His mouth made it's way closer,

closer,

touched the edge of her nether lips; one stroke was all it took to send her over the edge and to sag lower. “Don't give up on me yet, my little vixen. You stole my heart and now I have to punish you for it.” His tongue brushed her jewel, making his goddess arch her hips demanding more. Her whole body trembled as she was sent into massive over load. His tongue was slow at first and then picked up speed as he continued licking the very tip of her clit, not giving her the full satisfaction she yearned for. Then he plunged his tongue all the way inside of her, making her come again.

He knew she couldn't stand for much longer, picked her up, carried her to the couch and gently laid her down on her stomach as he kissed down her back, her shoulders, her spine making her whimper with each touch and kiss. His breath was fire against her skin and she didn't know how to respond anymore, except that all she felt was Yaten making her feel like the most important woman in the world. His finger plunged inside of her again, deeper to pump a lot faster than the last time to be joined, by one, two, three and then four fingers, stretching her wide. He knew he was large and he didn't want to hurt her by not being able to handle him.

There was no doubt in his mind about what he wanted and had no intentions of stopping any time soon. From her reactions, he knew she didn't mind either. “Be mine forever Minako. Please, I need you more than I can tell you the words to describe it.”

“Yaten, I love you too.”

His member throbbed in his pants as he shed his clothes and stood ready to make his move against her. She looked over her shoulder and her eyes told him she was ready for him, not afraid. His member slowly, slowly entered her until he felt a barrier blocking him from his path and he wasn't even more than half way in yet. “I'm sorry Minako, but this is going to hurt at first. It will go away in a minute, but you have to relax and trust me.”

She was afraid at first, but the loving smile convinced her he didn't want to hurt her more than necessary. “Yaten, if you don't hurry up, I'm going home and may have to amuse myself.”

With one swift movement, he was inside of her completely and she cried out in pain as he ripped through her barrier. He stopped, letting her get use to him and gently wiped the tears streaming down her face. She was thankful he stopped to let her adjust, because he was no small size at all and felt like she was being ripped a part. After a minute the pain subsided and Yaten moved a little bit causing her to wince, but not as bad. His movements were steady and deliberate as he waited for her expression to change.

Minako gasped as she started to feel pleasure instead of pain building inside of her again. Yaten knew where to aim and hit the one spot that existed in every person, making her body shudder and tighten around his member, but he held his tide from breaking at the moment, planning on dragging this first time with his Vixen as long as he could. Her body was over the arm rest of the couch, with her ass sticking up for him, so that he had as much depth as he could get, and restricting her from moving to much. All she could do was clutch the arm with her hands, to hang on for life as he ravaged her body, letting carnal instinct take him over.

He couldn't hold back much longer as both of them began to yell in unison and he crashed over coming together with her, filling her with his essence and hopefully full filling his dream of having a family. He never even told his brothers about what happened to him as he cradled Minako to him and gently took her to his room and pulled her close to him as he draped the covers over both of them.

“Minako, I hope you realize I can't live without you and need you so much.”

“Yaten?” His body was shaking and she looked up startled to see sobs racking his body that he was trying to hold back. Afraid and worried that he had hurt himself, she cradled his face in her hands and held her to him. “What's wrong?”

“Minako, watching you die tore me a part. Beryl laughed at my pain and then disappeared. The others don't know because they were on other planets fighting Galaxia still.”

His arms circled around her waist like a lost child. He never let this side out and tried to hide it by his snide remarks to everyone. “Is this why you were always picking on me the most. Because you thought if you drove me away, you wouldn't have to worry about feeling that type of pain again?”

He looked at her and saw wisdom there that didn't use to be. “You know,” he said with a smirk, “I would have never pegged you as the incentive one.” She almost got angry, but then she saw the laughter in his eyes and knew he was teasing her again.

“I am the goddess of love.” Kissing him softly on the lips she nuzzled closer to him, hoping that her presence would make him feel better. “Besides, I won't let anything happen to us if I can help it. I am the leader of the inner senshi so give me a little credit.”

Yaten chuckled a little bit and closed his eyes to let an exhausted sleep come over him. The last thing he remembered was, 'I forgot to use protection to prevent her from becoming pregnant.'

Seiya didn't know where to hide from her. Hotaru was relentless and of all the people he feared the most, it was her. He finally thought it was safe when he turned around to see her standing in front of him with her hands crossed. His face drained of all color when she was dressed as Sailor Saturn and glared at him with daggers in her eyes. 'Oh shit! I've pissed the goddess of death off.'

“Damn straight you did!”

“Hey! Does Haruka know you use words like that?”

“She uses worse, now shut up!” Seiya did as she told him and backed up against a tree, realizing they were in the middle of no where and no one around to save him.

“Hotaru, I'm sorry if I've offended you. I won't say anything mean to the others again.”

“I'm not mad at you for that.”

Confusion crossed his face as she approached him with her hands clenched. “What?”

“You stupid idiot! Instead of chasing something that wasn't real, why couldn't you see the real thing in front of you the whole time. I know how you really feel, but you're too blind to see it.”

Seiya turned his head away from her to be jerked back to look into her eyes. She saw pain there, but he was trying to mask it behind the wall he built up. “I figured she was the only one that wouldn't bring me down. I know it was hopeless, but I figured if I chased a hopeless dream, I wouldn't have to worry about the true dream hurting and destroying me.”

Her hands moved inside of his shirt until she found his nipples and pinched them. A surprised yelp came from Seiya's lip and his eyes widened in shock. He tried to get away from her, but she sweeped his feet out from under neath him and sat on top of him. Taking her brooch, she willed her clothes away to let Seiya's eyes bulge out of his head to stare at her young, beautiful body.

She slightly slapped him in the face making him glare at her for a second when she yanked him up by the collar to look at her in the eyes. “I'm about to show you what you're missing. If you still want to chase a fanasty after this, then go ahead, but you'll regret it for the rest of your life, because I won't offer again.”

“Hotaru... I don't want to hurt you...”

“You can't hurt me, unless you purposely step on my feelings, and then Haruka will kill you, slowly.” Her fingers wripped a hole in his shirt and he yelled in anguish.

“That's one of my good shirts!”

A smile graced her features, making that feeling come into his stomach again and he realized she was seducing him. “I'll do more than rip your shirt, Starfighter.” With one swift motion, she ripped the shirt off of him completely, revealing a chest that showed he worked out all the time. He wasn't as muscled as Vegeta, but he wasn't a saiya-jin either. Her hands stroked his bared flesh, exciting him and making him blush. “Ami told me what you yelled to them. Are you really still a virgin?”

“They told you that? I'm going to kill them both!” Seiya was about to jump up when he felt a hand unbutton his jeans and grab what had been bulging in his underwear. “Oh god!”

“Do you still want to leave, Seiya?”

She moved off of him to pull his pants completely off, making him nude and vulnerable to her attack. Her mouth enveloped the head of his member, making him utter a cry of estacy and lust. Grabbing a fist full of hair, Seiya quit fighting Hotaru and let her have his way with him. It was obvious he couldn't beat her, even if he wanted to, but the sensations of her tongue running up and down the sides of his member was too much for him. He groaned and arched his hips to her bobbing head, letting her set the rhythm.

“Hotaru...” he choked. Something was happening to him, that he had never expierenced before and he started to cry out, but she stopped making him protest.

“No. I'm not letting you go off that easily. Touch me.”

Seiya looked at her and then shyly reached up to squeeze one breast making her moan and roll her head back. Encouraged, he lowered a hand to where her panties normally would have been if she had had any clothes and began to torture her the way she had done to him. Her eyes shot open in surprise and Seiya grinned broadly as he realized he hit a pleasure spot. With a boldness he didn't know existed, he flipped Hotaru onto her back and growled.

“You're going to get it now.” His lips met hers in a seductive dance that she met eagerly and he couldn't help but feel that this was so right. Her body fit perfectly with his own and he never felt so complete, so whole as he did then. His tongue made it's way down her stomach until he found what he was looking for and took a taste of her. She whimpered at the gentle touch, wanting more, but Seiya purposely stopped to see if she would beg.

“Seiya, if you don't want me to tear your body in two, you better not stop!”

“Demanding aren't we? You're the one on your back remember?” His tongue began to slowly move up and down between her clit and opening, flicking at the last second before he would move to the next spot.

Her body was growing hot and she was thrashing her head back and forth, letting her body take control. Seiya stopped and moved back up her body to see a glare in her eyes. With a smile he kissed her lips, savoring the taste of them. “I'm only giving what I received. Do you want more, Princess of Saturn?”

Her eyes softened as she wrapped her legs around his hips, encouraging him to continue. “I need you Seiya. I've loved you in the shadows for too long and I'm not going to any more.”

“You love me?” He asked surprised. The thought was never something he considered, but he saw the truth in her eyes and he moved inside of her, making her sigh in pleasure. He felt the barrier, but she never cried out as he broke it, but instead arched her hips demanding more. His movements were slow and awkward at first, but became more bold as she encouraged him on.

“Seiya, don't stop...Please!” Her nails dug in his back as he yelled not able to hold back. Her body came right behind him, milking every last drop from him.

Hotaru went limp as she lay underneath Seiya's weight. He ran her hair through his fingers, realizing the strands were soft and silky. Hotaru's eyes clouded with tears and she turned over, swearing under her breath for being an idiot. Seiya, less afraid of her now, turned her head to face him. “What's wrong?”

“I'm sorry, Seiya. I loved you, but I never even stopped to think that you didn't want this and made you do something against your will.”

“I don't think it was so bad. Actually, maybe you should have done it sooner.” His chuckling made her look at him and she had to admit, it wasn't what she expected.

“You're not mad?”

“Why would I be? I've always liked fighting with you because you're more level headed than most. Sexy as hell to.”

“Now the playboy speaks up.”

“I'm a playboy?”

“Well, all the girls scream after you and you flirt with them shamelessly.”

“They're fans and I'm too nice to tell them to go to hell. I will if you want me too. You're the first woman I've ever been with and my brothers picked on me all the time about it.”

Hotaru smiled, “I hope you enjoyed it.”

His mouth came up to her neck, “I loved it. Maybe you can show me some more of your demanding qualities?”

Giggling she fell asleep under the stars in his arms, feeling safe and happy. Seiya felt himself relaxing against her and happy that she didn't let him get away with being an idiot. He knew what he wanted now and it wasn't the fantasy world. He had the real thing in front of him and he wasn't one to knock a good thing when he had it. “I love you too Hotaru...” She didn't hear him as he fell into a sleep beside her.

Taiki made it home and saw clothes laying all over the floor and smirked. Apparently Yaten and Minako were home as well and had a bit of fun. 'Glad someone is.' Bitterly he went to his room and undressed from his black slacks, green suede shirt and black shoes. “I wish I could be with the one I want.” Quickly, he grabbed a towel and walked into the bathroom fully expecting to be alone, but received the shock of his life when someone else was there and had just stepped out of the shower.

She looked up at him, his face turning so many shades of red, that it might have been purple. “I'm sorry.” He quickly ran out of the bathroom and tried to put his clothes back on when she came into his room instead of hers. A towel was wrapped around her slim figure and he saw her long, damp red hair draping to the ground. He didn't think anyone's hair could be as long as hers, nor eyes so expressive and full of emotion. “Taiki, are you okay?”

“I'm sorry Princess Kakyu. I didn't know you were in there.” His body was trembling as he kept his back turned away from her, afraid to face her. He thought she would hate him now and he couldn't bare that from his princess. A gentle hand touched his bare shoulder and then two arms wound themselves around his waist and caressed his stomach. Being a football player, he was a hard person to reach around, but she was able to do it.

“I'm not upset. I should have locked the door. You guys have been gone for four days and I had no idea when you would be back. Is Yaten back as well? I saw his clothes all over the floor and someone elses.”

“He's back and with his girlfriend, Minako.”

“That's great! I was wondering how long you three would stay loners. What about Seiya and yourself?”

“Seiya is running from Hotaru, but I have a feeling he's about to give up bachelor hood.”

Kakyu waited for him to tell her he had found someone, but when he didn't she pressed the question again. “Taiki?”

His eyes turned to meet hers and she gasped when she saw a hopeless emptiness in them. “I... need to go.” He grabbed his pants, but never made it to the door when he heard her gentle voice calling him.

“I never gave you permission to leave, Taiki. Turn around and face me.”

A blush tinged his cheeks. “But, I'm not dressed.”

“Taiki,” she insisted and he turned around to gasp in shock and surprise at his princess, the towel on the floor. He tried to back up, but his shoes were on the floor and he tripped on them, laying flat on his back.

“What are you doing?” Taiki gasped.

Kakyu was scared because she was admitting how she felt about Taiki, but it was hard to tell how he felt. “Going for a new look, do you like it?”

A gentle hand came to take his clothes out of his hands and to throw them away from him. “I don't think you need those either.” Kakyu kneeled on the floor beside her protector and smiled sweetly at him, making his heart jump into his throat.

'Could she really love me?' “Kakyu...”

Her head dipped to kiss his jaw line, his neck and to whisper in his ear, “am I doing al right?” Taiki heard the fear in her tone and gently held her waist and sat up. Her eyes were gazing into his and he felt like he had a chance at happiness after all. His hand brushed her face, her eyes, and then her lips parting them slightly. With a slowness and the gentleness of a lamb, he caught her lower lip in his mouth and nibbled on it. His tongue darted out to trace the upper lip and he moaned in pleasure as her hands touched his chest. Her fingers were light and curious as they explored his body to make him groan and respond to her.

“You're doing fine princess. Are you sure this is what you want? There is better you know?”

Kakyu's heart twinged at his low self-esteem. “When did you get so low on confidence Taiki? You're a football player and a sailor senshi. You're suppose to be fearless and go for what you want and here a woman is showing you how it's done. Nothing is more gentle and beautiful as you are, and I figured after being with Usagi this long, you would have realized this as well. Do you know why you three have the names you do? Seiya is the lion, and that is why he's StarFighter. Yaten heals and is the brace that holds everything together. But one has to be the gentle lamb, and that is StarMaker. You.”

Taiki took her hand as she held it out for him and led him to the bed. She kept her back facing his front and stepped back to press against his stronger one, making him groan as she wiggled her rear against him slightly. “Princess.. If you keep this up, I won't be able to control myself. I want you far too badly to be able to stop.”

“I know. You have always made sure that I was well taken care of. The others watch me as well, but you have taken care of me when I was sick, depressed and needed a friend to talk to. Touch me Taiki.”

Taiki stroked her arms and kissed the side of her neck. Her hips easily fit into his hands as he rubbed them and he smiled knowing she was big enough to carry his child. 'Would she mind?' She didn't protest his exploring hands as his hands made it to her cheeks on her rear and massaged them. A soft sigh came from her lips as he tried to be gentle with her.

“More, Taiki.” She turned to face him and she gently took his hands and placed one on each breast and held them there to let him know that she wasn't about to leave him. “Can I touch you Taiki?”

“You're free to do anything you like,” smiled Taiki. He almost cried out when her soft hands found the area that showed his liking for her the most and began stroking the head with a medium pace and rubbing it with her thumb at the same time. Not wishing to disappoint her, he began shaping her breasts, suckling them like a new born baby. “Taiki, you're the first person I've let touch me since my husband was taken from me by Galaxia. Please love me.”

“You don't need to ask me to love you, Kakyu. From the moment we started protecting you, I've loved you, but thought I was out of line for loving a princess as high ranking as you are.”

“I'm just another person Taiki. I have more responsibilities is all and I want you to remember that. I don't want you to formally address me any longer, but treat me like a normal woman.”

Taiki nodded and gently pressed her back on his sheets, spread her legs with one knee and looked at her to see if she was ready. “Don't tell me I have to show you how it's done?” her teasing made him feel more at ease and he slowly entered her, making her moan in pleasure. He had no problems in fitting inside of her and couldn't believe at how warm and snug she was. Her hips thrust up onto him, causing Taiki to almost go over the edge before he even started and he had to bite back a yell as he thrust into her harder this time, making her head roll back in a silent scream.

“I think I'm perfectly capable here, don't you princess. Please correct me if my form isn't perfect.” Taiki leaned back, grabbed her hips into his strong hands and began moving upwards in fast movements that had his princess screaming and crying out every time he hit a spot that felt so good. Her body nearly jolted off of the bed when she came so hard that it made him release as well and collapse beside her.

His hands lazily stroked her sides and he couldn't believe that his one dream had come true. “Is this a dream?” Taiki asked in fear.

“No.” Kakyu cuddled her body closer to his, seeking comfort and warmth. “I hope I can find happiness this time, and it won't be taken from me.”

Taiki gently held her tight against him, trying to promise that nothing would happen. Truthfully he couldn't, because uncertain elements happened in the universe. "I will try and keep you safe princess and hope to grow old with my children by my feet laughing and playing.”

“I think you can take your shower now,” Kakyu teased. “I can help you.”

“That's an invitation if I ever heard one.” Picking her up, he took her to the bathroom and made sure to lock it this time so that no one would interrupt him.

In the next room, two people woke up to hear yelling in Taiki's room and Yaten had a broad grin on his face. “Good, two people not to worry about any longer.” Minako grabbed his neck and he quickly forgot about them as she made him pay for all his mean words to her. He didn't mind the punishment though. He only worried about being able to satisfy her insatiable hunger for more every time she caught her breath.

Makoto was lazily walking beside Pars, enjoying his presence more than anything. He noticed her quieter than he remembered. “You've changed.”

“Usagi has made us all a lot happier and calmer here.”

“Usagi?”

“Oh yeah, Serenity.”

“How far do we have to go?”

“About another mile or so,” she calmly stated.

“Then why are we walking. I can fly you there.”

Fear entered her face and body as she backed away from him holding her hands out. “No. Walking is fine and I need the exercise.”

Pars looked at her; “What's wrong? You were never afraid of flying in the past, so why now?”

“I don't want to talk about it.” Makoto abruptly turned on her heel and walked at a furious pace to be grabbed by the waist and lifted into the air. “Pars!” she shrieked in terror. She turned her face into his neck and didn't open them back up as he flew across the skies.

“How are you suppose to tell me where you live if you're not paying attention?” Pars growled in irritation.

“Put me down Pars...” she cried out. “I hate flying.”

“Why, or I'm going to stop and we'll stay in the air until you tell me.”

“You bastard! My damn parents were killed in a plane crash when I was three and the plane caught on fire. I swore I would never fly as long as I lived.”

Her body shook as she relived the horror that she witnessed as the plane was in the air leaving the airport. She was to stay with a friend while they went on a business trip and the plane caught on fire in the air to never land again, not leaving a single passenger alive. Pars held her close, knowing not to press her about the issue of parents. Even if they weren't her original ones in the past, parents still meant everything and he lost his irritation. “I'm not a plane, don't know what one is, nor will I catch on fire. Trust me Jupiter. You have in the past.”

Makoto slowly opened her eyes to look into Pars's black ones and she started to relax in his grip. “I guess I'm being a coward, aren't I?”

“You will be if you don't face this problem. Care to show me where you live now?”

She nodded and once she started to relax, she found that being in the air wasn't so bad as long as she wasn't in a plane or alone. “There, that's my home.” She lived in an isolated part of town and wondered why she liked being this way. When they entered her apartment he saw plants everywhere and smiled. This was the girl he fell in love with, because she had a special liking for all vegetation and plant life back on the moon. In fact she was responsible for the moon gardens. “Are you hungry, Pars?”

“I don't know. I haven't had a meal in my life. Usually scraps. Can you still cook?”

“Are you still a Saiya-jin?”

He sat at the table and watched her cook up a storm and his stomach growled at the smells that were drifting towards him. “Can I help with something?”

Makoto looked at him a bit shocked. “You've never offered to help me before?”

“I never died before either, but I did, and I appreciate what I have now. When you're a slave most of your life, you don't take advantage of freedom when you get it.”

“Well, if you want, get the dishes and set the table.”

He took several plates from her hands and placed them on the table as he set the silver ware. She dropped some sauce on her fingers and was going to wipe it off, when he grabbed her wrist and began to lick it off of her. His stomach protested that it needed food and he trembled slightly. Makoto looked at him with worry. “Sit down. I'll have dinner ready in a second.” She gently placed him in his chair and brought out two pans of spaghetti, salad, desert and whatever else she had in her kitchen. From what she remembered, the saiya-jins had a large appetite and she would have to start shopping for more food.

He didn't hesitate as he dug into whatever his eyes set upon and his stomach could hold. Makoto could only laugh as she realized that her cooking was again a big success and wondered if she'll ever be a success in life as a major chef? “Do you like it?”

Pars looked at and grabbed her to sit in his lap. “Yes, but I would enjoy it better if you ate with me instead of watching.” He grabbed some of the speggethi and dangled it in front of her mouth for her to take. When she did, he grabbed the other end and ate until there lips met in a memory of passion and hunger other than food.

“Why do you keep calling me Jupiter? My name is Makoto in this time line.”

“So. I'm calling you Jupiter. Where's your bedroom?”

“Why? I live alone here and I can't wait that long.” Jupiter pulled off her shirt to land on the floor, letting Pars touch her shoulders to brush her breasts and her neck. A frown came across his face as he turned her head to look at her neck.

“That needs to be fixed.”

“I don't think so. I kind of like the single life, what do you say?”

A growl came from Pars as he brought her neck down and bit down on her. “No. You belong to me and have from the beginning.”

He lifted her hips up and ripped her skirt off to reveal that she had on a green thong underneath. His finger quickly tore it off making her vulnerable to his hands. He couldn't believe the sight in front of him as he remembered the 18 year old on the moon. This woman was over twenty-six now. Her breasts were full and demanded attention and suckling from someone that would appreciate their soft roundness. With a rough edge, but not enough to hurt her, he sucked on a breast while massaging the other in a steady rhythm that made her moan in response.

“Pars, that feels so good.” Her mouth came to rest on his neck again as he played with her and she smirked knowing what she needed to do. With a swiftness of a snake, she struck down and bit through the skin causing blood to flow into her mouth. Like a cat that licks its kittens clean, Makoto cleaned all the blood from the new mark on his neck and she swore she heard a deep purr coming from him. His tail was moving up her thigh and feeling every inch of her. Sliding off of him, she helped him peel of his shirt, and then his pants. Both were old and tattered and she swore she was going to take him out shopping later, if she could still walk after wards.

Kneeling down in front of him, she took his member in her mouth and began to suck on him with a tenderness that caused Pars to moan and pull on her hair. “Makoto..” She smiled behind her sucking and licked the sides and moved a hand to where she was holding the sacks under his member. Squeezing slightly and with a mild massage, Pars was groaning and gasping for air as his mate pleasured him in a way he had forgotten. In this life time, both were virgins, but in the past, they were hard to separate from their physical activities other than training and sparring.

He felt himself building up and he didn't want to go off like this, but she was relentless as he began to thrust his hips upwards, yelling her name in the apartment. “I think the whole block heard you dear.”

“Jupiter, you're going to get it.” He slapped all the dishes on the floor and threw her down flat on the table. Looking around he grabbed Makoto's green shirt and wripped it into shreds and smirked evilly at his mate. Pinning her down with a knee he tied each limb to a separate leg of the table and went into her room to find something that would secure her better and came back with shoe laces. After he made sure she was secure and not breaking free any time soon, he started to lightly stroke her love box, making a scream come from her mouth. His thumbs massaged her lips where her love box craved for her attention, but he refused to give her what she wanted. A moan escaped her lips and she begged with her eyes to not torture her any longer, but he only smirked and brushed her clitorus, hard and quickly before she had time to adjust to it.

Makoto wanted to kill him, but she was helpless as his mouth came an inch from her love box and blew on her dripping pussy. His tongue licked up the juices that flowed on the table and he could smell that she was reaching the point where she was ready to have a child. “More?”

“Pars!” He chuckled at her predicament and probably should let her go, but he couldn't help it. He licked her clitoris, slowly drawing out her torture. The pleasure was so intense, but she couldn't get the climax, because he wasn't going fast enough, and this was driving her mad. “Please,” she cried out in a choked voice. “I can't take this much longer.”

“You don't have much of choice being tied to the kitchen table Makoto.”

Surprise was on her face, as he called her by her Earth name. He started to build up ki in his mouth and hands as he played with her opening and clitorous going faster. She began to arch her hips as a huge tide hit her full force, making a curdling scream come from her mouth. He refused to stop as he plunged his fingers deep inside of her, building up the pressure quickly until he had her going off every few seconds with tears streaming down her face from the intensity of it. He began kissing back up her stomach, to pause at her belly button and to bite down, making her shudder. His mouth claimed hers with a bruising force that she returned with every inch of her fiber being. “I want you Pars, please?”

He positioned his member to where he was able to enter her with ease, and smiled as he would have no resistance because her legs were spread open waiting for him. “Sorry to make you go through this twice Makoto, but I need you desperately.” His thrust was fast and deliberate making her squeeze her eyes shut for a second, but he let her relax before he curved his arm around her waist and began to move in and out of her with desperation and an ache that he had forgotten. He remembered leaving her on the moon and the emptiness he felt was painful. Then he felt her die and his whole body trembled as he loved her with every fiber in his body. The poor table couldn't hold the pressure and collapsed, but Pars didn't let her hit the ground as he held her to him and laid her on the floor gently, continuing his movements.

Arms and feet free now, she massaged his back while he moved inside of her, sweat pouring off of him and herself in a huge puddle. He grabbed a nipple in-between his forefinger and thumb brushing it with his middle finger, making her moan and wither beneath him. His mouth set into an intense expression as he felt himself gather for the final breaking point and could feel her do so as well and went faster until they were both yelling and making the building tremble with electricity and power surging around them.

Makoto wanted to get up and go lie in bed, but her body was spent and laid on the floor. Pars, finding a little bit of energy left, carried her to bed so that she would be ready for him when he awoke. Her soft, green eyes looked at him, to fill with a sadness that made his heart want to break. “What's wrong, Princess?”

“I'm sorry...” She turned her head, so that she wouldn't cry, but Pars gently turned her back to him.

“About what?”

“I couldn't beat Beryl and I lost the baby.”

“What?”

“I was pregnant with your child and had hoped to tell you when you came back, but the monsters tore him from my body and to pieces.” Her body started to shake with her sobs and Pars gathered her to him, rage building in side him in leaps and bounds. The rage was so intense that Makoto stopped crying for a second to watch him as his head began to move up and down and he began to scream in fury and pain. A golden light began to swim around him, changing his hair from black to a golden color and his eyes to a green color.

“Ahhhhhh!” Makoto screamed in fear as she ducked her head into his chest afraid of the power she was feeling from him. It destroyed her room, her house and she sighed, but was awed at her mate's transformation. “I need to pound something to the ground,” he growled.

“Pars?”

He looked at her and gently moved her hair back. His anger wasn't directed at her for any reason and he smiled. “I will tear anyone apart if they dare to touch you again. I wish I had my child to hold, but since I can't change the past, lets build the present. I know this emotion is suppose to be weak, but I don't care. I love you Jupiter and I couldn't be prouder to have you as my mate."

Her mouth claimed his as his hands pulled her closer to him. “I like the new look.”

“What?”

Makoto pulled out a mirror from her dresser and showed him, stunning him. “What are you?”

“A Super Saiya-jin, I think. I'll have to ask Vegeta or Kakarot. From what I heard they are one too.”

His princess fell into an exhausted sleep, clinging on to him as her last line of hope to sanity.

“Damn those two,” Rei fumed. “Now where are we suppose to stay if I don't have an apartment?”

Turn kneeled beside her, but she jerked away and nervously stood next to the door. "Rei," he snarled, trying to understand what was happening. "Come here."

Rei shook her head widly, the panic rising within. Bolting out the door, she fled from the inner demons, but a pair of arms picked her up and shot towards the sky. "Let go, let go!"

"Is that what you really want, Princess?"

Looking down, Rei nearly swooned and cluthed at Turns arms with trembling fingers. "Why are you doing this?" she swallowed, fighting back the tears.

"I loved you, dammit! Why won't you remember?"

"No! I don't want to remember, you can't make me!" she screamed, hitting her fists on his chest. Her stomach convulsed and the color of her face took a shade of green. Suddenly, with no where else to run and one of her demons now facing her, all the memories slammed into her like the water of a dam breaking. "Oh... god," she stuttered. "I wanted to forget... please let me go!"

"No," he whispered gently. "Tell me what happened."

"You're not going to like what I have to say."

"What?" His stomach turned in knots as he saw her face contort, but she remained strong and looked him in the eyes.

“I failed you and the baby.”

He didn't register the news right away, but when he did, a sense of loss hit him so hard that he was shaking. “What happened?”

“You knew I was pregnant when you left. Beryl attacked the moon kingdom a month after you three left and I was one of the first to go down as several yoma surrounded me and tore into me. One tore my stomach open with his claws and teeth, tore my unborn child out and ate him.” I was still barely alive when that happened and couldn't do a thing as I watched the beating heart die in that creatures mouth.” Her pain was intense and she wanted to cry, but couldn't.

Turn was furious as he held Rei to him and rocked her trembling body against him. “It's okay, Mars. You can cry if you want. Maybe Serenity can wish back that bitch so Turn, Vegeta and I can tear her to shreds for daring to touch what was not hers.”

Turn's eyes shut in pain, as he visualized the baby he had left with her. He knew she had died, but he never knew it was this bad. He started to tremble, the ground began to break apart as he abruptly changed into a Super Saiya-jin 2 and quit. His power was so intense that Rei cringed in slight discomfort, but didn't move away from him.

She felt like she was the worse person in the world right now, but he tilted her head to kiss her on the mouth. “I love you Mars. I want my child back, but I don't think that's going to happen. Be my mate for eternity Princess.” Her neck was tilted and he claimed what was his a thousand years ago, vowing to never leave her alone again.

The kiss was soft on her neck, making her shiver. She had forgotten at how seductive and persuasive he could be. "I wish we had a bed."

"Why, it wouldn't last through the first night." Rei blushed bright red and tried to find another subject than what they were approaching. She had spent her whole life trying to despise men and relationships that she didn't know how to handle being around Turn now. He growled slightly and pulled her closer to him. “You're not going anywhere Mars.”

“Turn, I don't know if I'm ready for this right now.”

His eyes narrowed and he brought her down to where she was straddling his waist and he had his arms wrapped around her. “Ready for what? You were mine before and I can do it again. If I recall, you were as stubborn then as you are now.”

Rei met his challenging eyes, daring her to deny what he said was true. "Are we going to land?"

"I kind of like it up here. Keeps you in control." With an evil smirk, he traced her curves with his hands, making her shudder against him. “You better not let go of my neck, because I'm not going down for a while.” Rei's body trembled in terror and pleasure as her body couldn't adjust to what her mind was screaming at her.

“Turn, please bring us down.”

“No.” She had on her usual priestess robe and he easily undid the tie around her waist and let it fall to hit the ground below. Her robe flapped open in the wind to brush against her skin with it's icy fingers making her shiver. Her nipples were tight against his clothed chest and he pinched one to make her jolt and scream in pleasure and fear. Her grip on his neck was failing and he would go after her if she failed to hold on to him, but he didn't want to tell her that yet. He had to use a similar tactic on the moon to get her to do as he wanted; she would never have come to him without persuasion first.

His pants were tattered and he tore them off to let them fall to the Earth below and tore his shirt as well. Rei gasped as she felt her flesh touch his, feeling a warm sensation spread to her stomach. 'Why was he doing this to her?' He turned her around freeing her grip around his neck and yanked off her robe to where they both stood in the sky completely nude and only the birds could see them.

One hand held her around the waist tightly while the other began to roam over her body, making her moan and gasp in pleasure. Rei didn't know how to feel as the sensation of dying made her terrified, but at the same time intense pleasure was coursing through her body because of the fear. His fingers dove to her love box and stroked her hard and fast, making her arch into his hand wanting and demanding more. His mouth made it to her ear and he growled into it, “Still not ready for me yet?”

His fingers pinched her clit making her moan loudly and scream as he turned her upside down to where her head was face down to the earth. Her back was still facing his stomach as he placed her legs over his shoulders and had her love box right next to his face. With an expert tongue and a knowledge of how much she enjoyed this brand of torture, he began to suck on her clit, spreading her nether lips apart so he could taste every inch of her body. Rei moaned and thrashed trying to get back up, but not able to as her mind couldn't think straight. She was helpless against him, as he ravaged her body in ways she didn't know was possible. He turned her around once again and growled at her, “you know what to do.”

Rei grabbed a hold of his throbbing member and stuck it in her mouth as he continued to lick and suck on her. His hands moved down to where he could play with her breasts some more making her start to scream as a wave of pleasure washed over her, like a break on the beach. It was so intense that Rei almost clamped down on Turn's member, making him hiss in slight pain.

“Careful. I need that you know.” He groaned when she began to move her head up and down on him, as he grabbed her clit in-between his teeth and nibbled making her groan even louder and to shudder again. After several minutes, he pulled her up and held her arms so she couldn't latch onto his neck. “I don't want you to latch onto my neck. I will hold you so that you don't fall, but you latch onto me and I'll let you drop a couple thousand feet before I catch you again.”

Rei nodded to his threat and knew he was serious as he positioned her to where he could enter her. “Lean back." She fearfully bent backwards as she wrapped her legs behind his waist and allowed him to do as he wished with her. She knew better than to argue or fight him when he was in this mood because he would find a way to make or persuade her to do as he wanted without hurting her.

With one thrust he was inside of her, making her scream in pain, but she didn't move as her head looked at the miles below her. The pain quickly disappeared as he pumped slowly inside of her, letting her get use to his rhythm and size again. With a moan of pleasure, he knew she was ready for him to go faster and he grabbed her hips tightly as he began to impale her on his huge member, hitting the spot on a woman that made them scream in orgasmic pleasure and climax several times before he was through with them. Rei was no different as she started to cry out in a pain/pleasure combination, wanting him to stop and continue at the same time. She reached another climax and Turn grinned as he decided on one last position before he relented and let her down. He turned her to where she was facing the ground and grabbed her hips with his hands and tail to make sure she didn't fall and began giving her the ride of her life. Rei's hair flew back as the symbol of Mars flew on her head and Turn began to scream as power flowed around him in mass waves.

With a scream they came together and he gently lowered them back to Earth to a secluded place in the mountains where no one would bother them for some time while he laid his head down to close his eyes.

A week later everyone met at the Sendei Hill Shrine temple for a massive meeting of the sailor senshi and Z warriors. Chad knew Rei had a lot of friends, but never this many and it was a strange group at that. “I think it's time we tell our stories so that we know where we stand. Pluto, there's another enemy coming soon isn't there?”

“Yes.”

“When?”

“About two years from now?”

“Fine.”