Towards the end of this chapter may be some material that isn't suitable for immature readers, but that never stopped them before! ^_~ Consider this your fair warning.
[::Rekindling Stars::]
by Lady in Red
(Kakyuu's Subtle Seduction)
Fighter didn't get to walk too far down the hall before she ran into Healer and Maker. They both walked up to her with beaming smiles on their faces. "Did the Princess find you?" Maker asked.
"Yes, she was looking for Lover though." Fighter said not giving into her apparent deeper question. "Healer you have a stick in your hair." Fighter said walking past the two and towards her room.
"What? Where?" Healer franticly searched her hair for the alleged twig. "Hey, wait a minute!" The two followed Fighter into her room before she could close the door on them. "What happened?" Healer asked closing the door behind her.
"Nothing." Said walking into her bathroom and closing the door.
"Nothing my ass!" Healer said finding her self face to face with the door.
Maker laughed behind her. "Why do you bother asking when you already know the answer?"
"Well I didn't want her to know that we knew?" Healer became discouraged and stormed towards the hall.
Maker shook her head as she followed. "Why do you think she told you that you had a stick in your hair?"
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She reminded her so much of Usagi that it was becoming hard to even look at her. With the stunt that she had pulled on her earlier she could only assume that things wouldn't be easy from here on in. Fighter leaned into the stream of the shower's spray. Images of Usagi's smiling face came back to her and caused her to smile. Even though she reminded her of Usagi, she knew she could never replace her, never.
Fighter was still trying to figure out the whole mess with Lover. Why was she coming on to her when she was supposed to be with the Princess? Maybe she was setting Fighter up to have the Princess find out and end up releasing Fighter from her position and giving the lead of the Starlights to Lover. If that was the case Fighter was going to have to try a lot harder to fight her feelings and stick to her duties.
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Usagi and Kakyuu had stayed up a good portion of the night talking to one another. Kakyuu asked many questions about Usagi's past and her life while Usagi mainly stuck to asking questions about Fighter.
Kakyuu awoke to the warmth of another body beside her, she picked her head up to look at the sleeping angel beside her. Blond and red hair spilt out on the bed and Kakyuu brushed it aside. She gently pushed some stray hairs away from Usagi's face as she watched her continue to sleep.
Nothing had happened between the two of them that night. Kakyuu knew that it was too soon, she hadn't fully given up hope on Fighter yet and would have simply pushed Kakyuu away. She put her head back down on the pillow but this time a little closer and slipped her arm over the blonde's still sleeping form.
Usagi started to stir from all of the movement. She felt an arm around her, in her still sleepy daze and just coming from her dream world with Fighter, naturally Usagi assumed it was her and snuggled in closer. Kakyuu felt this and only pulled the girl closer to her. Wrapping a leg over Kakyuu's, Usagi tilted her head up to place small kisses on Kakyuu's neck.
Kakyuu didn't know why Usagi was doing this but at the moment it didn't really matter. She ran her hands up the back of Usagi's night gown and back down again to come to a stop a the top of her panties. Usagi moaned softly and pushed herself closer to Kakyuu, wrapping her leg tighter.
"Lover! It's time to get up!" Healer called just before she burst through the door. "Ah! I'm sorry!" She screamed and then ran out leaving the door still open.
Usagi shot up and was immediately at full attention. When everything stopped and her thoughts finally caught up with her she looked over at Kakyuu and blushed. "Gomen ne." She said meekly.
Kakyuu smiled back up to her and closed her robe. "I understand, but I'd better be going now." She stood up and made her way around the bed to Usagi's side. "I'll meet you later." She said rather close to her face and only made Usagi blush again.
"Hai..." She said in a whisper. Once Kakyuu had left she figured she should take a shower. If she actually got to do something today other than train she didn't want to stink while doing it.
"What happened?" Maker said rushing in through the still open door.
"Nani?" Usagi asked just about to go into her bathroom.
Maker took a quick look around the room and then set her eyes back on Usagi. "I saw Healer peel out of here screaming something. What happened?" She walked towards Usagi a bit.
"Oh nothing, it was just a misunderstanding." Usagi smiled and suddenly became aware of her form. She wasn't supposed to let any of the Starlights see her like this.
"Really?" Maker said looking at her in a peculiar way. "You seem different today, I can't quite put my finger on it though." Her eyes narrowed and her hand came up to her chin in contemplation.
Usagi freaked out. "Well see ya!" She said very quickly as she rushed into the bathroom and slammed the door. "That was close." She sighed.
Maker was now thoroughly confused. She hadn't expected that strange behavior and thought that she was hiding something. She had to find Healer and see what happened. Maker made her way back down the hall when she ran into Zankou leaving Healer's room. "Good morning." She bowed to show her respect.
"Good morning." He smiled in reply and went on his way.
Maker watched him go with a bit of a puzzled look on her face. It wasn't often that Zankou visited the senshi's quarters and when he did it was usually just to fetch them when they were late, this mainly meant Healer. Thinking no more of it Maker knocked on the closed door. "It's open." Healer's voice came from the other side, she didn't seem to be in a bad mood.
"Healer, it's me." Maker said as she entered the room and found Healer's back to her while brushing her hair.
"Yeah, what do you want?" The comment didn't seem to hold the same annoyance as it usually did, but there was still the hint.
Maker made her way over to the seat Healer was in, there was no use shouting across the room. "I was just wondering what happened earlier. I saw you tear ass out of Lover's room screaming."
A blush made its way to Healer's face as she paused momentarily from straightening her hair. She turned around to face Maker and Maker instantly knew that it was something stupid that Healer had done by accident. "I sorta walked in on Lover and Kakyuu this morning."
A goofy grin spread across Maker's face as she tried hard not to laugh at Healer's misfortune. "You really have the worst luck don't you?" She couldn't help it any more, a full out laughter fit started.
Healer's expression went from that of embarrassed to on the way pissed off. "Shut up!" She threw her brush at Maker who dodged it easily.
"Gomen, gomen... but you see it's really quite amusing since you were spying on her last night and now that you got an eye full you're suddenly embarrassed about it." Maker calmed herself somewhat and waited patiently for the outburst she knew was about to come from Healer.
Healer's face became downcast as she voiced her thoughts. "That's just it... I saw what Lover did to Fighter last night. What is she doing to our Princess?"
Maker came to the same realization. "I don't know." She walked over to have a seat at the small table. "Do you think we should keep Lover away from Fighter?" Her head picked up to look over at Healer for her answer.
The silver haired woman just shook her head. "What good could we do? It seems that Kakyuu is already trying to keep the two of them apart. Perhaps she knows about Lover's feelings for Fighter."
"Perhaps, but none the less, you've seen the way Fighter spaces out sometimes when she looks at her. The Princess isn't going to be able to keep them both from seeing each other if they both want to. We just have to hope that Fighter keeps her distance." She saw Healer nod across the room and the mood seemed to lighten a little bit. "What were your plans for today?"
"I'm going shopping of course!" Healer gave her the `duh' look.
"Oh really, you didn't tell me we were going into town."
"That's because WE'RE not. I'm going with Zankou." Healer smiled pleased with herself.
"He isn't going to be assisting the Princess today?"
"No, remember, the Princess has a `special' day planned with Lover. I'm assuming he would definitely get in the way of her plans." She snickered to herself as she could only imagine what Kakyuu had in store for Lover.
"Well fine then! Go shopping with Zankou, see if I care!" Maker said and stormed off like a 13 year old girl. Healer just shook her head.
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She was supposed to meet Kakyuu in the main corridor in about two seconds. Lover was running late, as if anyone expected anything else from her. She was running around franticly making sure everything was set before she left her room. She ran out and heard a hard thud against her door. She had opened it right in front of some one. "Gomen ne..." She said as she peered around the door to see just who she had hit. "Oh, it's you! I guess I owed you one anyway, ne?"
Fighter sat on the ground rubbing her head. "I guess." She mumbled not too happy about the lump that was beginning to form on her head. "What's the rush anyway?"
"I'm meeting Kakyuu for the day."
"You're a piece of work you know that?" Fighter said getting up to her feet and laughing a bit in the process.
Lover was once again confused. "Nani? Why do you say that?"
"Oh nothing, it's just a surprise to me after what you said to me last night and then going off with Kakyuu today." The raven-haired girl shot her a lopsided grin in almost a flirtatious nature.
Lover paused before saying anything, remembering that smile exactly, the signature sexy smile. Coming out of her daze she realized that her statement might have been less than flattering. "What exactly are you implying by that?" She asked with her hands on her hip and a determined look on her face. "Are you jealous?" She asked mischievously.
"Hardly." Fighter huffed with a bit of a laugh. "I was simply saying that you're presenting your self as a..."
"Fighter!" Maker called coming up behind the two. "I've been looking everywhere for you."
Fighter's statement was cut off for now, and it seemed as though Lover hadn't gotten her point at all. Was this girl really this dense? Wait, you know some one else who came across as dense and didn't always get your meaning... but why did you call her na�ve and not dense? Fighter pushed her inner voice to the back of her head and looked from Lover to Maker. "What were you looking for me for?"
The tall senshi stopped being at a loss for words. "I... umm... I... wanted to know what you were doing today." She smiled proud of herself. She really hadn't been looking for Fighter, but she saw Fighter and Lover together and thought it was her place to come between them.
"If you two will excuse me, I'm late." Lover said as she smiled and started running down the hall.
"Will she ever be on time?" Maker asked as she watched her run awkwardly.
"Doubt it." Fighter said with a smile as another thought of her Odango popped into her head. Maker looked over at Fighter to see her smiling after the blond that had just left. Oh no, don't tell me Fighter is falling for her. "So what did you want to do today?" Fighter asked coming out of her daze.
"Nani?" Maker asked forgetting completely that she had just asked this of Fighter.
"You asked what I was doing today as though you wanted to do something."
"Oh never mind, I'm going to the library." She said and walked off leaving Fighter sweat dropping in the process.
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The two women sat at a booth in a small caf�. "Does it look familiar?" Kakyuu asked from the other side of the table.
Lover looked around amazed. "It's exactly the same!" She exclaimed and proceeded to slurp on her chocolate milkshake.
"When the Starlights came back from Earth, Healer complained about how we didn't have a place like this here on Kinmoku. So Maker, taking it upon herself, created this replica of Crown." Kakyuu smiled as she took Lover's hand in her own. "I thought it would be a nice surprise, to have something to remind you of home when you're so far away."
Lover smiled, it truly was a nice gesture and a great surprise, but it just brought back memories that she had been trying to suppress. She looked around the room again half expecting to see some one she knew, but knew that was impossible. "Arigato."
Kakyuu noticed the fall in Lover's voice and feared that she had done something wrong. "Did I offend you?" She asked, hoping she was wrong. Shaking her head, Lover answered with a no. "I know there's something wrong, why don't you just tell me. You can trust me."
Lover smiled and squeezed Kakyuu's hand. Kakyuu had been so nice to her since she arrived here, she took her in and granted her wish to be close to Fighter, she was really a good friend. "I know I can trust you. I just don't want to talk about it right now, maybe later."
Kakyuu nodded and rose from her seat still taking hold of Lover's hand. "Come, now that you've seen something old, it's time to see something new!" She smiled trying to bring the smile back to Lover's face. Lover nodded and allowed herself to be directed out of the caf�.
Their journey brought them to a large brick wall that extended quite a ways in both directions, leaving it up to Lover's imagination just what was on the other side and how big it was. They walked along the brick wall talking about everything and nothing at all until they came to an iron bar fence. "What's this?" Lover asked as Kakyuu played with the handle.
"This is the royal garden of Kinmoku. Every kind of plant and flower that lives on Kinmoku grows here." She studied her face to see if she was pleased. A smile broke out on Lover's face as she ventured in through the now open gate.
It had been a nice and relaxing day and the sun was just about to set in the distant mountains to the north. Lover lay with her hands folded behind her head on a soft patch of grass with her gloves and her boots off. "Kakyuu?"
"Hm?"
"Why haven't you let me train with Fighter yet?" The question came out of nowhere. Kakyuu had managed to keep the conversation from Fighter for a while now and this was the first time her name was mentioned since earlier that afternoon.
Kakyuu thought quickly for an excuse, she knew they would be heading back to the palace soon and she had hoped that this wouldn't have come up. "Fighter is the leader of the senshi, she has other duties that Healer and Maker don't have, therefore not leaving her with as much free time as the other two."
"Oh." Lover sighed in disappointment. "Isn't there anyway that I can see her?"
"I'll see what I can do." Kakyuu answered rolling onto her side and propping her head up with her hand, she noticed Lover's immediate smile. "What? You don't want to train with me?"
Lover looked over questioningly at Kakyuu. "Nani?"
Kakyuu sat up and towered above the confused blond senshi still on the ground. "You don't think I'm strong enough to take you?" She jumped on top of Lover.
The move had taken Lover completely off guard but then she realized that Kakyuu was just fooling around and played along with her little game. "Oh, I know I can take you!"
"Bring it on!" Kakyuu mused as she felt Lover turn the tables and pin her down. Their little wrestling match went on for a while until Kakyuu had enough. "Uncle, uncle, you win!" She called from under Lover with tears in her eyes from laughing so much.
Lover just smiled down at her opponent and started flashing victory signs in the air while still sitting on top of her. "I'm the greatest, I know, I know!"
"A little cocky huh?" Kakyuu raised an eyebrow. Lover stopped her show and smiled warmly back down at her.
"I had a great time today, thank you so much for bringing me here and for everything you've done."
Kakyuu reached up to put a few longer strands of hair that had come loose from their commotion back behind Lover's shoulder. "So beautiful..."
"Hm?" Lover asked but liked the feel of her touch, it reminded her of her dream from this morning, the same scent in the air. Her eyes closed as she remembered the dream. Kakyuu saw this and sat up keeping Lover on her lap. She took the blonde's hand into her own and kissed her fingertips. Lover didn't pull away, but also didn't open her eyes. Kakyuu wrapped her arms around Lover's waist and gently began to kiss her collarbone.
Lover's hips shifted but didn't move away as one of Kakyuu's hands came down to smooth its way up her bare leg. Light kisses made their way up Lover's neck and she finally gave in and lowered her head to meet with Kakyuu's lips. Kakyuu knew that this kiss wasn't meant for her, but she would accept it anyway. A picture of Fighter came to her mind and a small pain struck her heart, but she did not stop what she was doing as her finger tips pushed their way under the black leather shorts of her senshi. She could almost hear Fighter's voice, no wait, that was Fighter's voice.
"Princess!" Fighter's voice was calling from outside the wall.
"Mmmm... Seiya..." Lover trailed off and began to nibble at Kakyuu's ear until she realized that Kakyuu wasn't responding any more. This brought her back to her senses and they heard Fighter calling them again. Lover quickly removed herself from on top of Kakyuu and blushed furiously. "Gomen..."
"You seem to be saying that a lot lately." Kakyuu smiled. "There's no reason to be sorry, I enjoyed it." There was a hint of something else in her smile as she looked over Lover, and she noticed.
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"You couldn't find her?" Maker asked Fighter when she returned.
Fighter shook her head. "It's getting late, it's not like her to stay out like this without telling one of us."
"Don't worry, Lover is with her." Healer smiled as she came up to the two. Fighter shot her a glance and walked away still in search of Kakyuu. "Did I say something?" She asked sarcastically of Maker.
Maker giggled a bit. "Doesn't she understand that she couldn't find the Princess because she didn't want her to?"
"Must have been some surprise!"
Fighter continued down the hall not able to hear the conversation that she left behind. She rounded the corner and saw Kakyuu leaving Lover's room and proceeding down the hall. They hadn't been in there a moment ago, Fighter had checked, they must have just gotten back. She didn't bother to call out to her Princess that had failed to notice her instead kept walking towards her room. She passed Lover's door on the way and noticed that it was slightly ajar.
When she looked in she saw Lover taking her hair from its tie and letting it spill out over her back. She snapped her head to the side to send the golden locks sailing over her shoulder to cascade down over her breasts. This simple act had Fighter absolutely mesmerized. She was so much like her, she pushed the door open more and began to venture into the room. She wanted to touch her, to remember her Odango.
"Fighter, I strongly suggest that you don't go in there." Kakyuu warned from behind her. Fighter froze in her position, she was caught, she turned her head back to look at Kakyuu in fear of what she was going to do to her. A smile appeared on Kakyuu's face. "She might be changing or something." She said with a raised finger and then shooed the senshi away.
"Right." Fighter said and continued on her way to her room. Was Kakyuu going to yell at her later? Kakyuu watched Fighter go and a scowl appeared on her face when she thought of what could have happened even though she had tried to keep the two apart.
Once in her room, Fighter closed the door and slid down the other side. Tears came to her eyes and she could no longer control herself. She had been trying for so long not to torture herself by dreaming of Usagi, and now, now there was a girl here that was like her in almost everyway, but not her Odango. This was sheer and utter pain.
She detransformed and fell on to her bed. This wasn't fair, so often had Seiya dreamed of going back to Earth to see Usagi but knew that could never happen. Even if she could have seen her just in passing, to know that she was alright and happy that would have been enough. Her thoughts began to drift from Usagi to how much Lover reminded of her. Was Maker right? Would it be better if she were in love with Lover now instead of Usagi? She would never be able to forget Usagi, and she knew she could never truly and fully give her heart to Lover... but then again, neither could lover. Fighter knew what Kakyuu thought of this new Starlight, she already had some one on her mind.
But what about that kiss?
That kiss had a certain electricity to it, which Fighter chose to ignore the moment it had happened, but there was something there. Was there? You'd only be fooling yourself here. It's not her. But why can't I pretend? Fighter's mind slipped back to the images she remembered of Usagi.
The night she was going to stay over there to be her bodyguard when Chibi Chibi had thrown cake at her. How strange it had been to be a male then, but then again her Odango probably would have preferred her that way, if at all. Usagi had gotten some of the cake on her too and also needed a change of clothes, but not a full out shower. She must have thought that Seiya was in the shower and started to change in her room. Seiya had needed a towel and had returned to ask Usagi for one when he saw her changing in her room. Her back was to him as she lifted her shirt up over her head. Her curves became visible covered by the delicate light skin that only an angel could possess.
Seiya turned herself over on her bed to lie on her back, allowing her own hand to travel up her chest to take her breast in her hand fully. She remembered how much she had just wanted to walk in the room and touch her at that moment but had stopped and returned to the shower. She tugged her shirt off and pushed her pants to the end of the bed as she remembered the feeling she had when she had seen Lover earlier that day. The overwhelming urge to venture in to touch her, just the same as it had been all of those years ago. Her fingers slid into the front of her panties and felt the wet spot that her thoughts had created.
She was actually going to go in and go to Lover earlier though, why didn't she stop herself like before? The sensation was sweet as she gently massaged herself into oblivion with one hand down her soaked panties and the other needing at her breasts. It was coming, along with the idea of why she hadn't stopped herself. Was it because she had been alone for too long and done this too many times? No, she stopped her self with Usagi because she loved Usagi, and cared not to hurt her. Lover would have been different, the sexual desire was there but the love and compassion were absent, pleasure through the sweet remembrance of pain. Her orgasm came as she shot two of her fingers inside her self and the tears followed once again.
Broken and alone Seiya lie on her bed naked, not bothering to cover herself with the sheets, she cried herself to sleep once again. She was such a sight to Kakyuu when she peeked in her room to check on her sleeping Starlight that she couldn't help but realize just how much this was hurting her.
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