Usagi’s voice: Minako-chan and Yaten-kun have their own worries and reasons that stop them trying to love. Have you ever got that problem too? What did you do?
Ami, Makoto, Minako, Chiyoko, and Usagi are having lunch in the schoolyard.
Minako: Hey, the Three Lights are going to visit the orphanage this weekend. They’re going to record a show with those orphans: singing songs with them, taking care of them, and so on for one day. Shall we go as well?
Usagi (surprised): What? I haven’t heard of it at all.
Ami (surprised): Me too.
Chiyoko: Minako-chan, how come you know more than Usagi and Ami-chan?
Minako (proudly): Of course! I’m their super fan.
Usagi (teasingly): But you have to ask us to go with them.
Chiyoko: Usagi, you should not say that.
Minako: That’s okay. I know she didn’t mean that.
Chiyoko: (To Minako,) that’s because you’re her friend. But she can’t do that to other people. (To Usagi,) Usagi, what you said makes people think you thought you were superior being Seiya’s girlfriend.
Usagi (to Minako): Oh, I’m sorry, Mina-chan.
Minako (smiling): That’s okay. But if you insist, you might ask Seiya to let us go with them for apology.
[Title Screen]
Princess Nicole is sitting in the hall. Cassandra is standing beside her.
Nicole: I sent two girls to Earth last time and they didn’t do a thing. Your theory of the group thing seemed not work out well.
Cassandra: Your highness, two is always better than one. I believe that the reason they failed was they were not strong enough. Would your highness send someone who is really strong to Earth and destroy them all? You shouldn’t consider Prince Eric’s safety anymore, otherwise you’d lose.
Nicole (angrily): Cassandra! I don’t think you have the authority to tell me what to do or even give comments about my feelings. I can handle it by myself. Now leave!
Cassandra: But your highness…
Nicole (shouting): I said leave!
Cassandra: Yes, your highness.
After Cassandra left the hall, Nicole stands up and walks to her garden.
Nicole (thinking while walking): Am I putting too much mercy in the fighting? (Sighs.) Is it so obvious that I’m still in love with him? Oh, I really miss him. I have to find him as soon as possible.
Nicole stops somewhere in the garden and turns two flowers into two girls. Lilac, who has blue eyes and blue straight long hair, is wearing pink bikini and short boots with blue ribbons around her. Orchid, who has blue eyes and blond straight long hair, is wearing white bikini and short boots with yellow ribbons around her.
Nicole: You bring me back Prince Eric and Princess Irene or die. Understood?
Lilac and Orchid: Yes! Your Highness!
On Saturday, four inners, Chiyoko, and Usagi go the orphanage by taking the bus. When the girls are standing across the street of the orphanage, Chiyoko finds herself staring at the entrance with wide eyes.
Chiyoko: I have never seen such a huge crowd of people.
Ami (chuckles): I’ve seen it. It happens every time everywhere around the Three Lights in the public place.
Minako and Usagi (together): How can we get in?
Chiyoko: Usagi-chan, use your cellular phone.
Usagi: Oh yes, I forgot. (Pushing the buttons.) Seiya-chan? We’re at the front gate.
Seiya (at the phone): I’ll come out and get you.
Yaten (yelling far at the phone): You want all the fans go crazy, is that it?
Chiyoko (to Usagi): What did he say?
Usagi: Seiya-chan wanted to come to get us but Yaten-kun said it’s going to make the fans go crazy.
Chiyoko: He’s right. Um…(thinks for a moment.) Give me the phone, Usagi-chan. (Usagi gives her phone to Chiyoko.) Seiya, you may ask a staff to come to get us. Say us as some kind of helpers or staffs.
Seiya (at the phone): Great idea! See you in few seconds.
Chiyoko: See you. (Hangs up and gives the phone back to Usagi.)
Ami: Chiyoko-chan, you’re very clever. Not only you know how to memorize the books and do well in the exams, but also you know who to live wisely and know how to put your study into real life. You’re not a bookworm. You gained your knowledge from different kinds of sources.
Chiyoko (smiling): You overpraise me I am afraid.
Just then, a handsome man is walking towards the girls from inside the orphanage.
Man (to Usagi): Are you Miss Tsukino Usagi?
Usagi (confused): Yes, do you know me?
Man (smiling): Mr. Seiya Kou asked me to look for a girl wearing two “odangos”.
Everyone giggles and follows the man to the Three Lights.
Man: The recording has not started yet so they’re resting in an empty room.
When they get there, Seiya’s waiting at the door and looking around. Seiya smiles when he sees Usagi who jumps to his arms right away.
Usagi (smiling): Seiya-chan!
Man (smiling): You may change into the uniforms in there. The recording will start in few minutes. I’d better check if everything is under control.
Then he leaves and the others walk inside the room.
Taiki (smiling): Ami-chan!
Taiki quickly gets up and holds Ami, who is blushing at the moment. The others are looking at them with smiles, except Yaten.
Yaten (frowning): Taiki, get a hold of yourself! You start acting like childish Seiya.
Seiya (holding Usagi’s waist): Pay no attention to him. He’s just jealous.
Then Seiya kisses one of Usagi’s odangos. Usagi smiles and blushes looking at Seiya. Yaten turns his eyeballs up while the others are smiling at the couple.
Yaten: You guys are sick!
Minako (joggles her finger in front of Yaten’s face): Yaten-kun, it’s kind of affectionate expression. If you don’t do it, you’ll hardly get any girl’s attention.
Yaten (contemptuously pushes her finger away): I don’t need any girl’s attention.
Minako’s smiling face fades away. The atmosphere is a little embarrassed.
Chiyoko: Ok now, let’s change our cloths. The recording will start soon. We need to prepare for that, right? Let’s grab the uniforms and go to the other room.
In the other room, everyone is uncomfortable to see Minako’s sad face but they don’t know how to comfort her. After they have changed their cloths, everyone except Minako is walking out the room. When Chiyoko notices Minako is not following them, she pulls Usagi back and winks the other girls to leave. Chiyoko and Usagi go standing in front of Minako. Chiyoko bends over to Minako face to face.
Chiyoko: What’s wrong, Minako-chan?
Minako (smiling bitterly): You knew it didn’t you?
Chiyoko: But I’m not sure if you want to share it with us.
Usagi sits down besides Minako holding her shoulders and Chiyoko sits in front of Minako face to face, holding Minako’s hands.
Minako: I have tried hard so many times to get his attention: I dressed beautifully, I spoke to him actively, I asked him out for a date, and so on. But he didn’t give me any response, and even pay no respect to me. I don’t know what to do…(starts sobbing.)
Usagi: Don’t worry, Mina-chan. Seiya-chan and I started with arguments as well. We even separated for almost a year. You two may turn out fine too. By the way, I thought you said he was girl so you were not going to waste time with him. Did I make a mistake or have you changed your mind? (Giggles.) I think Yaten-kun is the most feminine one of the Three Lights and he doesn’t like girls.
Minako starts to give free rein to her imagination, thinking Yaten really likes guys only. Chiyoko frowns.
Chiyoko: Minako-chan, pay no attention to what Usagi-chan said. I don’t think a person would like or dislikes someone only because of the gender.
Minako: So why he doesn’t like me?
Chiyoko: Not everybody in the world likes you, Minako-chan. True love is giving without asking. You’d only know how to think of him but not yourself. Like Seiya, after he came back but he didn’t know about Usagi’s feelings yet, he asked Mamoru-chan to leave me and go back to Usagi. He didn’t take advantage of the situation and he only thought of Usagi’s happiness. You should do the same thing, giving without asking. If Yaten-kun doesn’t like you, you only have two choices: leave him and find another one, or stay with him without asking anything in return. People don’t change, and you shouldn’t ask him to change. Accept the way he is or get over him.
Minako and Usagi look at Chiyoko with admiring faces. Usagi has tears in her eyes.
Usagi (touched shaking voice): Why has Seiya never told me that before?
Chiyoko: I don’t know. Probably he didn’t want you to thank him.
Usagi starts to cry. Chiyoko holds her to comfort her.
Chiyoko (giggling): I thought I was going to do this to Minako.
Minako (smiling bitterly): You guys are lucky.
Chiyoko (smiling): Cheer up. A woman is most beautiful when she is confident. Yaten-kun possibly just tries to give you a hard time to get your full attention.
Minako (smiles bitterly): I wish. Anyway, thanks, Chiyoko-chan. I’ll try to cheer up.
[CM Break]
Three Lights sing songs and play with the orphans during the recording. Those orphans are the older ones, which makes the recording easier. In the garden of the orphanage, Rei and Makoto are watching the younger ones playing in the playground and the other four girls are taking care of the babies in the baby carriages aside. When the Three Lights take a break and get there, they’re touched by the maternity shining on the girls’ faces. Seiya and Taiki tease the babies in their girlfriends’ arms playfully.
Usagi (smiling): Seiya-chan, this baby is very lovely. Don’t you think?
Seiya: Yeah, it is.
Rei and Makoto come to join them. Chiyoko puts the baby in Rei’s arm.
Chiyoko (smiling teasingly): If baby’s so lovely, why don’t you give birth to one?
Seiya and Usagi are blushed immediately, especially Usagi, who turns red totally. The others burst into laughter. Usagi quickly puts the baby in Seiya’s arms.
Usagi (running to catch Chiyoko with red cheeks): Chiyoko!
Chiyoko escapes by running away. Usagi chases her around the whole playground.
Usagi (still blushing): Stop running, Chiyoko!
Chiyoko (laughing): No way!
Ami (smiling): I’ve never seen Chiyoko so agile before.
Rei (smiling): She’s possibly influenced by Usagi.
Makoto (smiling): Yeah, probably.
Meanwhile, Minako is dandling a baby in her arms. She gives her full attention to the baby that she doesn’t realize Yaten is staring at her. Although the others can’t see it, the royal siblings notice. They exchange a glance.
Chiyoko: Alright Usagi, stop it. We have enough exercises for one day. Let’s take a break. (To the boys,) why don’t you guys go to get something for us to drink?
Seiya and Taiki nod and pull Yaten away. They head to the kitchen.
Seiya: Yaten, you like her, don’t you?
Yaten (surprised): Who are you talking about?
Seiya: Minako-san, you like her, don’t you?
Taiki’s looking at Yaten seriously too. Yaten clams down and exhales.
Yaten: Honestly, she’s a wonderful girl. But I don’t want to involve in stuff like this. I still remember last time. You gave up so much for Usagi-san but got nothing. I’m afraid of that. I don’t want to be hurt.
Seiya (chuckles): It’s surprised to hear that you’d worry to get hurt.
Yaten (frowning): That’s not funny, Seiya.
Seiya: All right, okay. Yaten, I don’t want to give opinions on your decision, especially for stuff like this. And it’s hard for me to talk with you of stuff like this. But I’d like to tell you something. I’ve never regretted for falling in love with Odango, not even the time we were back on our planet. I’m always willing to give everything of mine to her. It was a sweet torture, to love someone who doesn’t love you. I didn’t want to let go but I had to. It’s…it’s hard for me to describe it to you. But I’m sure even if I had another chance to choose, I’d definitely choose to fall in love with her whether she loves me or not.
Taiki: Yaten, I don’t know about Seiya’s feelings because I haven’t been through it myself. But I’m quite sure he’s right. I know you too well. You are always wearing a cool mask to cover your true feelings. It’s not good. Open your heart and give it a try.
Yaten: Although I don’t really agree with you. But thanks guys. I’d think about it.
Seiya: It’s very unusual to hear thanks from you.
Yaten gives Seiya a look. Seiya and Taiki chuckle and pat his shoulders.
Seiya and Taiki: Anyway, you’re welcome.
Meanwhile, Lilac and Orchid have just got the Hope and Love Crystals of all the people in a room of the orphanage.
Lilac: None of them is the right one.
Orchid: There’re still many people on the other side. Let’s go.
When they get to the aisle, the Three Lights are there.
Seiya: Who are you?
Lilac and Orchid quickly put up their hands and release the ribbons. Three Lights jump away and transform.
Seiya: Fighter Universal Crystal Power, make up!
Taiki: Maker Star Power, make up!
Yaten: Healer Star Power, make up!
All: There’s no way you can get away with this!
Orchid (whispers to Lilac): I try to get their attentions and you go to find the Hope and Love Crystals.
Fighter: Who sent you?
They ignore that. Orchid releases the ribbons and Lilac escapes at once.
Healer: Star Sensitive Inferno!
Maker: Star Gentle Uterus!
Fighter: Love Crystal Divine Light!
The Three Lights destroy Orchid easily. (From now on, I’d say “destroy” instead of long description of “turned into a flower and vanished”.)
Healer (looking around): Where did the other one go?
Fighter and Maker (shouting together, running away): The girls!
Healer follows them. Meanwhile, Lilac reaches the girls and releases the ribbons to attack them. The girls jump away.
Usagi and Chiyoko: Let’s transform, everyone!
Ami: Mercury Crystal Power, make up!
Rei: Mars Crystal Power, make up!
Makoto: Jupiter Crystal Power, make up!
Minako: Venus Crystal Power, make up!
Yuko: Aglaia Graceful Power, make up!
Keiko: Euphrosyne Graceful Power, make up!
Akiko: Thalia Graceful Power, make up!
Chiyoko: Protector Universal Crystal Power, make up!
Usagi: Moon Universal Crystal Power, make up!
Lilac (surprised): So many?
She releases the ribbons to the babies this time.
Protector (angrily): Weasel!
They use their bodies to cover and protect the babies so they’re almost defenseless. Luckily, the Star Lights arrive in time.
Healer: Star Sensitive Inferno!
Maker: Star Gentle Uterus!
Fighter: Love Crystal Divine Light!
However, Lilac escapes in time. She then releases ribbons again and this time they go to the young children at the playground. The sailors are not prepared for Lilac changing the targets. Just when the ribbons are about to hit the children, Venus, who is the nearest one to the children, steps in the way.
Venus: Venus Love and Beauty Shock!
However, Venus’s own power alone is not enough to defend. Some ribbons are still going to them. Healer quickly pushes Venus down.
Mars: Mars Flame Sniper!
Jupiter: Jupiter Oak Evolution!
Mercury: Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!
Maker: Star Gentle Uterus!
At the same time, Lilac is injured by their attacks.
Healer (angrily to Venus): Why were you so stupid? You thought you’d be able to defend all by yourself, is that it? Stupid!
Venus (angrily): I’m not stupid! I just cared about the children. I didn’t have the time to think. You wouldn’t care if I’ll be hurt anyway…(fading voice since she remembers Healer just saved her)…or would you (soft voice)?
Healer (a little blushed): Venus!
The others are watching them with teasing smiles.
Fighter (puts her hands on Moon and Protector’s shoulders): Girls, let’s finish our job, shall we?
Moon and Protector (nod with smile): Sure!
Protector: Hope Crystal Divine Light!
Fighter: Love Crystal Divine Light!
Moon: Hope Crystal Eternal Light!
Lilac is destroyed. The Three Lights continue on the recording, but this time, they play with the young children and babies, for a short time. When Yaten makes a baby cry and Minako helps him to handle it, they argue for how to take care of the baby.
Chiyoko (smiling): Usagi, I believe it’s not a one-sided love. Don’t you think?
Usagi (smiling): I agree.
The others nod too. All of them are looking at Minako and Yaten with smiles.
Lilac Beauty
Lilac (Purple) First Emotions of Love
Lilac (White) Youth
Orchid Love, Beauty, Refinement, Beautiful Lady, Thoughtfulness,
Chinese Symbol for Many Children
Orchid (Cattleya) Mature Charm
Alright, finished Taiki’s and Yaten’s episodes. If you think they’re too out of the character. Well, get over it! ^.^ That’s my understanding of their characters, especially after I read the lyrics of their poems, prologues, and songs from the CDs.
Many people asked me if I had a page of my own. Well, I have. I think I mentioned it in the past episode by the way. The reason I didn’t reveal it sooner it’s because I want you guys to stick to where you’re reading my story. I don’t want to take advantage from other webmasters. Then I was afraid some of the webmasters might not update their page during the Christmas holiday, and I was worried some of them wouldn’t update their page or even shut down their page sometime (I tried this). So I told you guys of my web address. But still, if the page you’re reading is quite up to date, don’t come to my page, ok?
Another thing that people asked me about is that the flowers are too weak. Why I made them so weak. I believe I gave you the answer in this episode – Nicole doesn’t want to hurt Seiya, not even accidentally. That’s why she sends weak warriors to Earth. She doesn’t want any of them hurt Seiya. She just wants to bring him back.
I’m going to do a little advertisement here. I’ll end my other story Love Symphony soon, probably before I finished the next episode of this story. Then I’ll start my new story, which is written by a friend of mine and me. The next episode of this story is going to be for the new guys. Want to meet them? Then don’t miss it!
MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! ^.^