This is the sequel to 'The Warning' a few flames about
the way it ended, and hey, who wants to make people unhappy? Not
me, so therefore I'm trying to make it up to you with this sequel.
Feel free to flame me some more if you don't like it, I can take
it! And thank you to those who appreciated the way the first part ended. ^_^
. :how low for love?: .
Loud footsteps could be heard pounding down the hall.
Kakyuu knew some one was coming. She prepared herself to look
presentable when this unstoppable force barreled through her chamber
doors. Just as expected the doors swung open nearly flying off
of their hinges. A silver streak made its way over to her in one
swift movement. Kakyuu looked down at a kneeling and exhausted Healer.
"Princess." She spoke between breathes. "I need to speak with you."
Kakyuu motioned for Healer to rise and sit with her.
"I can see that. What is it you wish to talk about?" Kakyuu was
extremely calm compared to Healer's state.
Healer explained to her everything that happened concerning
her and Minako and the phone call. "It was me! I had a chance
at happiness, to know the true love of that girl, but it was me
that blew it. How could this have happened? What a cruel fate
this turned out to be!" Healer was in tears by now and Kakyuu took her into her embrace.
"Healer, I know you, maybe more than you know yourself.
I know that you aren't uncaring and unable to love. You put up
this front so that you don't have to let people in. Your problem
is that you care too much." Kakyuu stroked her silver hair. "I
don't know how she did it, but she has made it around your barrier.
I'm sure that scared you. If she could do it then maybe others
could too. And then you would have to care about them all and that
would just over whelm you. Right?" Kakyuu looked down at Healer's blood shot eyes.
"But it's too late now. I had my chance and I'm the
one who ruined it for both of us." Healer stood up to leave, feeling
there was nothing more that Kakyuu could do for her.
"If you would like, you may return to Earth to tell Minako
how you feel. Tell her everything that you didn't get to tell her
that night. Who says you can't relive the past?" Kakyuu winked
at her and braced herself as Healer threw her small frame at her.
"Thank you Princess, thank you so much. I won't fail
this time!" With that Healer took off running and vanished once
outside on her way to Earth. She didn't say anything to Maker or
Fighter, since she would be back soon. Kakyuu didn't tell them
either, but covered for Healer in her absence.
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It was raining on Earth, not one of Healer's favorite
elements. Once she gained her bearings on where she was she quickly
detransformed into Yaten and began her search for Minako. Since
he no longer had his phone card he couldn't simply call her. He
made his way through the rain to her house. He was soaked by the
time that he got there. 'Please be here.' He thought as he rang the doorbell.
Minako answered the door much to his relief. "Yaten?!!"
She exclaimed as she pulled him in out of the rain.
"Hello Minako." He said with a smile. He was drenched
but he didn't care, he had a chance to be with Minako again and
that was the most important thing right now.
"What are you doing here? Did the others come with you?
Is there trouble?" She was filled with questions that all seemed
to spill out at the same time in traditional Minako style. She
finally took a breath and fetched him a towel.
"Minako, who's at the door?" Her mother called from another room.
"A friend Mom." Minako answered back then took Yaten's
hand and pulled him up the stairs before her mother could see him.
They went to Minako's room to talk. "So why are you here?"
"I wanted to see you." He replied as he finished drying
his hair with the towel. "The others didn't come, and no there
is no trouble." He put the towel down at his side. "I wanted to
talk to you about that night that we got that mysterious phone call,
you know right before Galaxia attacked."
Minako was listening intently. "Yeah, what about it?"
She had no idea where this conversation could be going.
"That night I was going to tell you how I." He fumbled
with his words trying to come up with the best way to say it, but
instead just blurted it out in frustration. "I was going to tell
you that I loved you and wanted to be with you, and that I didn't
care that you were a senshi." There he got it out.
Minako was taken aback. This whole time she just thought
that Yaten didn't care about her and that they were just friends.
She was excited to hear that he felt the same way about her as
she did about him. "You love me?" She pointed to herself in disbelief.
"Yes Minako, I love you." Before he could say anymore she was in his arms.
"I love you too!" She held him tightly as though he would disappear.
When she finally released him from her death grip he
started explaining again. "When I got home, to my planet, I thought
a lot about you and how I wished I could have said those words to
you that night. I got so distraught that I began dialing our old
number at our penthouse. When some one picked up I was surprised
and it was you! Then I realized it, I was the one who ruined that
night for us. I couldn't believe it, I tried calling back to tell
you, to tell myself, but the operator just came on and said that
it was an unknown number." Yaten looked towards the stunned girl.
Her eyes were wide with amazement.
"That's impossible." She began.
"I know, but it happened."
Neither of them spoke for a while. Then Minako broke
the silence. "So you came back for me? You will stay here with
me?" She looked scared and hope lingered in her eyes.
Yaten knew that he couldn't stay. "No, I can't stay
with you. I only came to tell you what was in my heart." He went
to hug her again but she resisted. "Minako.?"
"No!" She backed away from him. "Why did you do this?
Why?" She started to cry. "Why did you tell me? I would have
rathered not to have known how you felt then to live without you
knowing that you loved me back. You're breaking my heart. Was
it worth it to you now?" Her tears streamed down her face as she stared at him.
"Minako, I." He started as he reached out for her.
"Don't!" She pulled away again. "Shouldn't you be heading back now?"
Yaten didn't say anything but got up and walked to the
door. He turned his head over his shoulder. "I'm sorry Minako."
He said as he walked out closing the door behind him. Why did
he have to be so stupid? He stood on the other side of her door
for a moment and heard her sobs. He had caused her pain, and for
what? He had known that nothing could come of this, why did he
come? He was selfish, and that moment had meant everything to him.
Now it was over and he had to go home.
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Kakyuu's chamber doors open again, this time in a slow
and mannerly fashion. "I didn't expect you back so soon." She
said as Healer was closing the doors behind her. Her face was depressing
and marked with her tears once again. "What happened?" Kakyuu asked concerned.
Healer explains to Kakyuu what happened on Earth. "Well
then the solution is clear." Kakyuu stands up. "You are to live on Earth with your love."
"What?" Healer can't believe what she just heard. "But who will protect you?"
"I have other senshi you know, you might not be as big
and tough as you like to think you are." Kakyuu smiled at her when
she said this comment to let her know she was only joking. "Besides,
who ever thought that Healer would fall in love? This is a once
in a life time opportunity, don't give it up!" Kakyuu holds her starlight tightly.
"Thank you Princess." Healer wraps her arms around her
and takes in all of her being, as she knows it will be a long time
before she sees her again. Without another word Healer exits Kakyuu's
chamber and makes her way down the long hallway to her room.
"You're not really leaving are you?" Fighter asks as
she comes up behind Healer. Healer hadn't told her yet and wondered
how she knew. "I overheard your conversation with the princess.
Please tell me that you're not leaving."
The two had stopped and were in the middle of the hallway
now. "Yes, I am leaving." Healer could barely bring herself to look at her former partner.
"Please don't go, please don't leave me!" Fighter begged
as she began to cry. "I've already been doomed to a broken heart,
I just couldn't take it if I lost you too!" Fighter latched tightly
on to Healer's smaller body and cried into her shoulder. "Please don't leave me." She sobbed.
Healer pulls Fighter off of her and sees how upset she
is. Before she begins to cry from just looking at Fighter's face
she blurts out, "You're just being selfish!" and runs away. She
ran all of the way to her bedroom and slammed the door behind her.
There was nothing she could do. She couldn't leave Fighter, she
couldn't leave any of them. Maker walked in right after the door was shut.
"Can I talk to you?" She asked lightly.
Maker had to quickly dodge a vase that was flying towards
her head. "NO! GO AWAY!" Healer screamed from the other side of her room.
Maker knew that there was no hope of having a civilized
conversation with her right now so she turned to leave. She wasn't
one to put up with Healer's temper tantrums. "One thing before
I go though, just remember that everything happens for a reason!"
Maker's words sunk into Healer's head and the wheels
started churning. 'Maybe I wasn't meant to be with Minako. Is
that why fate played this cruel trick on me?' She thought to herself.
She was so consumed by her thoughts that she didn't even notice
the white cat that had jumped up next to her on her bed.
"Everyone is against me!" Healer says out loud as her
eyes fly open and she stares at the ceiling.
"Well you are a pisser!" Artemis says to him after clearing his throat.
Healer is surprised to say the least. "What do you want?"
Her mood quickly turns sour again. "Don't tell me you came here
to yell at me and make me feel bad too!"
Artemis walked up closer to her and sat down right in
front of her. He began to explain the pain and torture that Minako
was going through right now. It was bad enough when they had left
the first time but now that she knew how Yaten felt about her it
was so much worse. Nothing any of the senshi did made it better.
The whole conversation just makes Healer feel worse.
"Leave me alone. I made a mistake OK! What do you want
me to do? Do you think I'm happy with any of this either?!" Healer
screamed at the innocent cat. "It would all be different if Usagi
didn't love Mamoru." Healer mumbled to the air.
"What did you say?" Artemis's ears perked up as a new
person was brought into this problem. "What does Usagi have anything to do with this?" He asked.
"If Usagi didn't love Mamoru then Fighter would go back
to Earth with me, and then I could see Minako everyday!" Healer
sighed as she lay back on her bed. "Fighter won't go back to Earth
to be tortured everyday by the sight of her 'Odango' another, and I can't leave her."
The situation seemed even more hopeless with Artemis's
news. "Usagi and Mamoru are engaged. Their wedding is actually
not to far away, two weeks to be exact."
Healer sat up with a start. "What? They're getting
married and they didn't even tell us? They didn't want us there
huh?" She calmed down towards the end as she thought about the situation a little more.
"No, it's not that Usagi didn't want you guys there it's
just that.. Well Usagi sent you an invitation inviting you to come,
but Mamoru and the outers intercepted it. Their reasoning was that
no good could come from it." Healers mind started racing with thoughts,
reasons why the outers wouldn't want them there and then finally
thinking of how Mamoru, the man who's fiancé they saved, wouldn't
want them there either. Artemis continued unsure of what she was
thinking. "Since Usagi didn't get a reply, she thought that you
guys had forgotten all about us."
"I wish." Healer grumbled to herself. "If only we could
have forgotten about you guys, our lives would have been much more
simple." Healer was on her feet and had a look of determination
in her eyes. "I'll be at the wedding! Don't tell Mamoru or the
outers, it's a surprise." She winked at the cat as she walked out the door.
Healer was walking with a large stride to Kakyuu's room
when she noticed some one looking over the ledge of the landing
to the fountain below. "Princess, what are you doing here?" Healer questioned the still girl.
Kakyuu put her finger up to her lips to silence her as
she pointed down below them. Fighter sat at the edge of the fountain.
Healer had no idea what she was doing. Her face showed no emotion
and she made no movement. "She asked me if I was going to let you
go to Earth to be with Minako. I told her that I told you that
you may go and be happy and this is how she's been ever since." Kakyuu quietly explained.
"I have to go back to Earth, I will be back though, Usagi's
getting married." She explained equally as quietly to Kakyuu.
Kakyuu's eyes widened. "I don't think we should tell Fighter." Healer finished.
"No, you must take Fighter and Maker with you back to Earth." Kakyuu looked at her.
"WHAT!" Healer yelled and then looked down at Fighter
to see if she was startled. She had made no movement. Healer lowered
her voice and continued. "Do you know how much it would kill her
to see Usagi getting married? Why would you want to do that to her?"
Kakyuu narrowed her eyes and looked sternly at Healer.
"Are you questioning my decision?" Healer bows before her and apologizes.
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The three Starlights arrive back on Earth. It took some
persuading to get Maker to come, but she finally gave in. They
detransformed to be in their male forms. They had arranged to meet
the inners at Rei's temple when they arrived. They told them that
they were only here for a quick visit. Usagi never questioned them
as to why they didn't answer her invitation so long ago. She was
just happy to see them, as were the rest of the inner senshi.
They all hang out just like it was old times. Yaten
decides that maybe now Minako has calmed down enough to talk to
him so he would give her a call. She refused to hang out with him
privately and was quiet around him even when they were in a group.
No one said anything about it to her since they all knew what happened,
since she tells them everything.
"Is Minako there?" Yaten's voice comes from the other end of the telephone.
"No, I'm sorry she's not. Makoto came to pick her up
a while ago to go to their dress fitting." Minako's mom explained
to him. "Should I tell her who called?" She didn't know who this
person was on the end of the line.
"No, that's alright. Thank you." Yaten said as he hung
up. He decided that he would walk over to the dress shop where
he now knew that Minako and Makoto were. He crossed the park as
a short cut to the shop. Not in the best of moods he was mumbling
and cursing the couples that he saw sitting and walking around.
One couple in particular caught his eye. It was Mamoru but that
was not Usagi and what he was doing with this girl is something
that he should only be doing with Usagi.
Feeling that it was not his place to say anything to
him at that particular moment kept walking towards his destination.
He finally came to the dress shop and saw Minako and Makoto coming
out. "Minako, hey, can I talk to you?" He approaches the two.
They had big bags in their arms which he could only assume was their brides maid dresses.
"I don't think I can talk to you right now." Minako
said as she turned around and got in the car. She looked as though
she was about to cry and Makoto put their dresses in the trunk and then walked back to Yaten.
"Just give her some time. That was some heavy news to
just drop on her." Makoto felt bad for him, she felt bad for both
of them. Yaten nodded his head and headed home.
Yaten thought to himself the whole way home. He couldn't
just come right out and tell Usagi or Seiya what he saw today, but
he knew that some how he had to stop the wedding.
That night Yaten was quiet around his companions who
all stayed in. He thought to himself of ways he could crash the
wedding. Nothing seemed appealing. Then he came to the conclusion
that he would do anything for Minako, even if it was the lowest thing he ever had to do.
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Mamoru walked down the street on his way to see Motoki
when a beautiful woman with silver hair and green eyes catches his
eye. He couldn't just pass up a beauty like this. "Excuse me Miss,
but may I have the pleasure of knowing your name?"
The girl giggled lightly, this only enchanted him more.
"My name is Meisai." (AN: it means disguise) "And what may I ask is your name?"
Mamoru bowed to her and took her hand lightly and kissed
it. "I am Mamoru, and I would greatly appreciate it if you would accompany me to lunch."
Yaten had transformed into Healer and dressed like an
ordinary girl. She was relieved that Mamoru didn't recognize her.
She accepted his invitation and the two enjoyed lunch together.
"Would you like to go out some time?" Mamoru asked and was very
pleased with Meisai's answer. The days went by and they couple
went out everyday. It was hard for Yaten to think of excuses why
he was going out and couldn't tell anyone where he was going. Now
it was time to expose this guy for what he was.
Yaten knew that Usagi and Minako were going shopping
that day for the girl's earrings. It was now or never. Meisai
had a date with Mamoru and decided to go to the mall. Mamoru usually
avoided bringing his 'dates' anywhere too public, but saw no harm
in this, Usagi was too caught up in planning the wedding to notice him.
Just as she had hoped Minako and Usagi were right on
time and coming out of the entrance of the jewelry store. Meisai
made sure that Usagi and Minako saw her and then took Mamoru up
in a wild kiss. This took all of the strength she had to do this.
When she pulled away she saw the horrified look on Usagi's face
and the next thing she knew she got deck in the face by a blond
blur. She could barely see anything as she fell to the ground but
she made out the red bow in her assailant's hair and smiled. Minako knocked her out.
When Meisai came to she was stunned to see that she was
in Mamoru's apartment. He must have carried her home from the mall.
"What hit me?" She held her head and pretended not to know what happened.
Mamoru was sitting at the table with his head in his
hands. "All these years I was so careful not to let her know and
you blew it for me in one day!" He didn't look at her. "Now that you're awake, please leave."
Meisai just got up, she needed no explanation.
Usagi had called off the wedding, for obvious reasons.
Yaten's plan had worked, but now Usagi was stuck in mental torment.
What was she going to do? What about this little girl ChibiUsa
they've all talked about? Was it really worth it? Should he have
stepped in? He had to talk to Minako.
Minako was home, it's not like the group was in the spirits
to go out and do anything. Yaten knew that if he approached her
at home them she had no chance to escape him. He had to get this
off his chest. He rang the doorbell and waited for an answer.
Minako answered the door but didn't say anything as she realized
who it was. "May I come in?" Yaten asked gently.
Minako moved aside and let her in. He noticed that her
house was dark and it appeared that she was the only one home.
"To what do I owe this visit?" Minako said flatly as she sat down
on the couch. "Aren't you going to be heading home soon? After
all there's no wedding to stick around for."
Yaten didn't like her tone and took a seat next to her
on the couch. "I am home." Yaten said. "Seiya, Taiki and I are
going to live here now. If that's alright with you." He asked.
Minako's eyes lit up. "You mean you're going to stay?
You're not going to leave me?"
"The only reason that I couldn't stay before was because
of Seiya. I couldn't leave him and Taiki behind. Now that Usagi
isn't getting married he won't be tortured by the sight of her with
another everyday. This time if they don't end up together its his
own damn fault." Yaten explained but before he could get to the
part that he really needed to tell her, Minako's arms were around
his neck holding him tightly. He wrapped his arms around her and
held her. How he had waited to do this.
"Thank you." She said.
Yaten knew he had to tell her about what he did to Mamoru.
"Minako, I have to tell you something." He pulled away from her
and she was still smiling. "You may not be very happy with me.
I don't want to keep any secrets from you, and this is a big one.
Will you keep it just between you and me?" He pleads.
Minako agrees saying of course. Yaten turns into Healer
and dresses herself like Meisai. Minako gasps as she realizes that
it was Yaten the whole time that broke up Usagi and Mamoru. "Why
did you do that to them?" She asks in disbelief. Healer detransforms.
"Mamoru was cheating on Usagi. I knew that she wouldn't
believe it unless she saw it so I had to expose him." Yaten moves
closer to Minako he was afraid that he's lost her. "I saw him that
day I saw you and Makoto at the dress shop. You can hit pretty
damn hard!" He said while rubbing his jaw.
Minako smiled at him and gave him a quick kiss on his
boo boo. "Thank you so much for what you did."
"You're not mad at me?" He asks incredually.
"Now, where
did we leave off that night of the mysterious phone call?"