Total Eclipse- Minako's story
	

	Part Seven
	By: Zellie





	"Do you still remember how we used to be? Feeling
together, believing whatever my love has said to me. Both of us
were dreamers, young love in the sun. Felt like my savoir, my 
spirt I gave you, we'd only just begun."   -Viva Forever by 
The Spice Girls 




	

	About a week after the incident in the hall, that
early morning, the Prince left with his men and it would be
two years until I would see any of them again. I spent every 
day I could trying to cope with the pain I felt by his words.
They constantly rang in my head. I was a lost little girl again 
with out the knowing that he was still there for me to fall back
on. I became once again scared and unsure. The other girls 
were endlessly trying to cheer me up. But nothing they did ever 
seemed to work. It was almost like I wanted to be depressed. 
Rei eventually gave up talking to me almost completely, she 
claimed I brought her down. I wished I could just sleep for years
and years, like Sleeping Beauty. Never waking until all the 
hassles and traumas of the situation were over.  It sounded
so wonderful. 
	Eventually I began to slip in everything I did.
My studies slipped, and all my abilities went down the 
drain. I had no acuracy, or strength. I wanted to be dead.
I became very antisocial. The only two people who really
stuck with me were Usagi and Makoto. I never did hear
much of Setsuna. At night, when I was all alone, I would 
cry my self to sleep, wondering what I had done to him.
By the end of those two years I was a hallow shell of the girl
I once was. I was empty and listless. I think Usagi had been 
writing to Endymion and the crew, as we came to call them. 
I think she was telling Endymion  what was happening to me
 from the beging. At seventeen I had become almost  fully 
the girl I would stay as for the rest of my life. I had grown tall 
and had finally evened out. As the years passed, I also became
more Lunarian looking. I would have been pretty if all the 
sorrow I contained wouldn't have shone through so much. 
But the pain I possesed was too much to be hidden. 
	I began to fall into a daily routine of just drifting through
the movements of each day. I would wake up and go to training, then
continue on through breakfast, so I wouldn't have to go eat it. After I 
exahausted my self I would do my studies and train again, to miss
lunch. Then I would spend my free time between that and dinner in 
my room. After that I would go to dinner and eat only a little bit. 
Just enough to keep me living, barely. I wasn't anorexic, I just didn't
have an appetite, much like everything else I didn't have any longer. 
I had lost my fire, my will to continue on. I almost lost it many times.
But there was something there that kept me going. I could never
figure out what it was, but there was something that prevented
me from losing everything completely. I'm still thankful I never did. 
	One day, in the midst of my new routine, I was 
abrubtly sent on a mission. I had to have one other 
girl with me, and I chose Makoto, which really made
Rei angry, but as I explained to her, Makoto didn't
have much field experience like Rei had. As I resented
the decision that I had to go at all, We both prepared
for our journey. We later learned that I was specifically
asked for. I was sitting in my room the night before we
were about to leave, my door open, which had been a 
rarity recently, when Makoto knocked and walked in. She
sat down next to me. I had been packing my small travel 
bag when she entered. I stopped and looked up at her.
She looked a tad bit resigned. "Anything wrong?" I asked
as I stuffed another shirt into my bag. That was my favorite
tank top, it was always with me. 
	"No." She shook her head. "Minako?" She
asked after a little while. "Why'd you choose me to go?"
I looked at her a little surprised. My face became a little
flushed as I thought about what to say to her. 
	"Well," I said quietly, "I sorta trust you." I stuffed 
m,re in my bag. "You've been there for me, even though
I've been a miserable wench. Rei deserted me. I don't
know why... but I guess it's easiest to deal with things with
someone there who's actually tried to talk to me more
than once a week." My bag was full, so I pulled the 
draw strings and clicked the cover in place. I faced
Makoto and let my hands rest in my lap. 
	"I didn't know..." She stood up and 
headed for the door. " Well anyways," she said as she
stood in the doorway, "Thanks. Get some sleep. 
We'll have to get out and about early tomorrow."  
	"Alright, you too." I smiled. She was being
so thoughtful at the moment.
	"What's this? Minako smiling?" She came
up to me again. "That's something we haven't seen
in two years!" She pulled me up. "What's the big 
occation?" She giggled, her laughter was so 
contaigous, I started to giggle a little too. Ami walked
past my bedroom and noticed us and stopped in. 
	"Makoto? How'd you do it? You got her
laughing?"  She said as she come up next to her.
I looked at Ami and calmed down enough to speak. 
	"I guess it had to happen sometime. I couldn't
go the rest of my life as a grump." Ami looked back at Makoto
amazed. 
	"Do you think that you could get her to eat a
little more while you're at it?" Makoto smiled. 
	"I could try." They both started to laugh a little
and I hugged them both. They both hugged me back.
	"Hey let me in!" Usagi came in and tackeled
me for play. She tried to move into my spot, and I fell 
down which caused us all to laugh again. I felt suddenly
lighter, and almost free again. I realized I had been being
selfish. I had such wonderful friends right here. I had
been so blind! "I'm so glad you're getting back to
normal, Minako!" She said as she helped me up.
	"Don't think she's back just like that,
Usagi." Ami said carefully. "I think it is still going
to take longer than you think." 
	"Oh, sure, just go and ruin the mood why 
don't you?" Makoto said teasingly. Ami shrugged. 
"Well, I better get going. I still have to pack and I
better get to bed soon. 'Night girls." 
	"Night." I said and leaned against my bed.
"This is going to be hetic." I said, putting my head in
my hand and shaking it. I sighed. 
	"Oh, Com'on! Geeze Minako. You lost your 
sense of adventure along with everything else, huh?" Usagi 
sat on the bed and played with the clip on my bag. "I mean 
you have no clue where you're going, or why you're going 
for that matter..." She said.  "Cheer up. It's going to be fun 
for you." I cringed and nodded. 
	"Well...at least you'll get out of that training
room and this room for a while." Ami said as she
followed the conversation closely. "Where's Rei?"
She said. "I haven't seen her almost all day." 
	"Rei's pissed off at me." I said with a 
grimace. "She really wanted to go. I don't know why.
She doesn't want to spend time with me for the life of
her. It's almost like I offended her somehow." The truth 
was, I was rather angry with her for ditching me for the
most part when I needed her the most. "This all sucks."
I said as I played with the bed nob.
	"I see." Ami said and then she turned
to leave. "Well, I guess I'll let you get your sleep.
We'll miss you, you know, even if you are being a
grump." She smiled than said her good nights and
left. Usagi looked up at me.
	"You're really just going to leave like this?"
She sounded like a child who didn't want her parents
to leave for the evening. I nodded. "Don't get hurt, okay?"
I sighed. 
	"How can I get any more hurt than I already
am?" I asked bitterly. 
	"Don't say that! It could get much worse for
you. He could turn traitor, or be with another girl and rub
it in your face...He's still there, just angry...don't make it seem
like it's all over, Mina." I sighed again and stared at the ground. 
"I'm gonna miss you." Usagi said. I smirked. 
	"Rei won't. What ever happened to her
anyways? She's been so angry at me for so long. 
I don't get why." I sat down. I needed my locket. I felt 
completely bare without it.  "Usa-chan?" I asked gently.
"I'm tired. Can we finish this tomorrow before I leave. I'll get
you when I wake up so..." Usagi nodded and stood up. 
	"Alright I get the hint. Good night Minako.
I'll see you bright and early tomorrow." As she left, she
gently closed the door behind her. I sighed and flopped 
back onto my pillows. The door to my balcony was slightly
adjar. I watched the breeze gently blow the limbs of 
the tree not far beyond the balcony. I walked over to 
the window and stepped on to it.
	The stars were shining brightly in the dark
sky. I stood there for quite a while trying to find a 
shooting star. At last I found one. I wished upon the star, 
still believing in the childhood tale that wishes do come
true. I closed my eyes and frevrently hoped that my 
deepest wish would come true. I wanted my Kunzite
back. No matter what it took I would have him.
	After I was finished with that, I went back
into my room and began to get ready for bed. I slipped
into my nightie and started brushing my hair. Sometimes,
brushing my hair helped me think. I needed to have my
mind clear for this trip, or else I would be intolerable,
and poor Makoto would have to deal with me.  Soon 
I slipped under the covers and drifted off to sleep. 
	The morning sun wafted into to my eyes in the
morning. I streched a little and the realized I had slept
through my alarm. Usagi was going to be very angry
at me if she had set hers. I jumped straight out of bed
and ran for the bathroom. I knocked over a few things
in my rush. I didn't stop to notice what they were. After
a quick shower I ran back into my room towards my
closet and pulled out the closest outfit I could find. It
was the pink ginham dress I wore that first day Kunzite
had come back. I fingered the material for a few seconds.
I slipped the dress on without another second's hesitation. 
It was a little small now. I put my hair back with a few pink
rose clips and ran out my door, carrying my bag with me. 
	I ran down the hall and up the stairs to Usagi's
room. The door was closed shut. I sighed, she might 
still be asleep. I gently knocked on the door. "Usa-chan? 
You awake?" I heard a mumble or two and stood back.
Usagi groggily came to the door and pushed it open then
stumbled back to the bed and flopped on it. I laughed.
"Usagi....it's almost ten thirty." I said as I stepped into
the well lit room. "I gotta go in like ten minutes." I 
said and my smile faded. I had slipped a watch on
in my hurry somehow, that I didn't remember. 
	"Didn't you say 'bright and early'?" 
Usagi asked as she tried to sit up on the bed. 
She rubbed her eyes and glanced at me with sleepy look. 
	"Yes..." I said sheepishy. "I slept through
my alarm." I looked down and rubbed my arm. 
"Well, I have to fetch Makoto and snag a quick breakfast. 
I'll see you down there, if you're not sleeping." I turned and 
walked down stairs to Makoto's room. It was empty. Perplexed, 
I wandered around until I found her in the training room 
sitting on the floor speaking with Rei as she ruthelessly 
attacked a punching bag. I walked in and set down my 
pack. I walked over to them and waited to be acknowledged.
I wasn't. Finally, I caught Makoto's eye and she snapped
up very fast. She blushed a little and Rei stopped abruptly. 
	"Oh, it's you, Minako.  What are you doing here?"
Rei said as she took a sip of water. She glared at me a little.  
	"Well, I came to say goodbye." I said calmly. Rei
raised an eyebrow to me. "We're supposed to be leaving
shortly. I didn't want to go without saying goodbye to you."
I ended quietly. Makoto had walked to the oppisite floor
and grabbed her bag, then walked out. I think that she
went to her room to get the rest of her belongings. "Rei, 
please, don't be so angry with me." I pleaded.
She hit the bag really hard and I stopped it. 
	"Good bye, Minako." Rei whiped the sweat
from her forehead. 
	"Rei..."
	"Why won't you just leave me alone?" Rei 
asked frustratedly. 
	"Rei?" I looked away from her. "I didn't know
you were really that angry at me. I mean, you're not even 
acting normal..." I backed up a little. "I don't even know why...Rei?" 
	"Just leave already." She turned her attention
away from me. I sighed and walked out of the room. 
	"Bye...I'm sorry you're angry." I said as I left.
I heard Rei hit the bag extra hard after I was almost out. 
I sighed...could things get any worse than this? I walked 
to my room to check things out one last time. My room was
clear. I headed for breakfast. I hated to do this, but we
would have to eat and run. 
	When I got there. Makoto was already there
with Usagi...both were rather teary. I shook my head.
"Hey..." I said as I sat down. Usagi waved and Makoto
whiped the tears from her eyes and sniffled. "What's the big 
tear fest for? It's not like we're never comming back." 
I said, a little disappointed in them both. 
	"Nothing." Usagi said as she brushed her 
hair over her shoulder. I looked skeptical. "We were just 
saying how we were going to miss each other." I shrugged.
	"Well, I guessed as much. I'm going to get some
breakfast. I'd suggest you'd have some too, Makoto. It's 
going to be a while before we get the chance to eat again."
I said as I clipped and reclipped my bag for the fun of it. 
For some reason everyone played with the clip of my bag...
it would break one of these times. 
	"In the oven." Makoto said. She was doodling
on a napkin now that she was composed again. Usagi
kept checking her hair for some reason. 
	"Got a hot date tonight, Usagi?" Ami 
said after she looked up from her book. She had
been sitting in the sun at the next table and I hadn't
noticed her. "Dear...physics is becoming boring...what'll
I do after that?" She pondered for a little while, as we
stared at her in astonishment. I turned and looked at Makoto. 
	"What are you making today? No more simple eggs
with toast, huh?" I said a little too cheerfully.
	"You feeling alright?" Usagi said. She put a hand
to my forehead. "You're not complaining about same old, same
old today...plus you're actually eating this morning." She looked
at Ami. "Ami, do you think she's sick? Or...what?" I pulled
Usagi's hand away from my head. 
	"I'm fine." I growled. I sighed and rested
my head against my hand on the table. "I hope this'll be a
short mission." I said. Usagi smiled. 
	"It's going to take as long as it has to.
That's all up to how you go about completing it." 
Usagi knew more than she was letting on. At least,
she wasn't telling what she knew, but was dropping
hints like crazy. I didn't get a word she was saying
but the other girls, seemed to understand her perfectly. 
"How much longer, Mako-chan?" Makoto sighed.
	"About fifteen minutes, okay? Can you handle a
few more minutes?" Makoto teased. 
	"I have a question." I stated. "Why is it that you
refuse to have anyone cook for you? I mean...you are
royalty whether you like it or not and still, you insist 
on cooking for the entire palace, at least that's what
it seems." I watched her reaction knowing full well 
why she did. It was for her own enjoyment, she would say. 
	"Minako, don't be silly. You know darn
well why I do. " She crossed her arms and waited
for my response to that. I stuck my tounge out at her,
and smiled a little. She laughed. "Yeah...that's what I 
thought you would do." Suddenly the buzzer on the oven
went off.  "Oh! It's ready!" She jumped up and practicly 
ran for the kitchen. She returned a few minutes later with a
piping hot pie pan in one hand and a pile of plates with forks
and knives in the other.  I shook my head, and Ami sat down
next to me.  Makoto smiled as she set the pie-type thing in
front of us. 
	"What exactly is it?" I asked eying Makoto
suspicously. It smelled absolutely wonderful. 
	"Cherry-cheese danish." 
	"No way..." I said. That was one of my favorite
types of danish, well, the cheese anyway. "You didn't..." 
Usagi and Ami were smiling. 
	"Yup." Usagi said. "Its' a special occation today."
I looked at her strangely. 
	"It is?" 
	"Well, yeah..."  
	"Uhh...okay?" 
	"Let's just say this...you'll be acting a lot 
differently when we get back." Makoto said mysteriously.  
	"Ummm..." I was really confused by this time. 
	"Let's just dig in!" Ami said and Makoto
was all to happily carving into the danish. She handed
out pieces and we all started eating. It was really good.
We had pleasant conversation for once, without any of us 
fighting over anything. It was nice. 
	Soon after we finished the breakfast we had
to leave, we were only going to Earth, but we had a scheduled
time to be there, for some reason beyond me. Usagi had a
tearful goodbye and we were off. As the lights from the teleport
began to flash I swear I saw Usagi smirk. Little did I know 
I was in for a great surprise.
	The next thing I knew we were on Earth, 
right infront of the palace. I sighed and cringed when
I saw our "welcoming commitee". I backed up right into
Makoto. "Uh-uh...I aint going there. Not now...I'll get 
Rei to come but, I'm going home..."  Makoto grabbed
my arm as I started to walk away. 
	"No you're not. Prince Endymion 
asked for you in specific." She looked straight
at me. There was a conspiracy. I was right. 
	"You know something you're not telling
...so does everyone else! What is going on here?" 
I was angry and wrenched my arm from Makoto's grip. 
Makoto looked at me with an almost sad look upon her
face. "If I didn't know better I'd call this mutany!" That set
her off. I could see the tears in her eyes. "But I didn't..." I
said trying to remedy my mistake.  Finally Kunzite had 
gotten to us. I looked away from them both...disgusted
with myself and not wanting to let Kunzite see the hurt I
was feeling by seeing him there. That was a cruel trick
they pulled. 
	"Hello, Ladies." He said, bowing slightly.
"Miss Makoto? Is there something wrong?" She shook her
head and smiled weakly. "Are you sure? You look upset." 
	"Don't push her." I mumbled. 
	"Did you say something?" He said
turning to me. 
	"No, nothing at all and if I had it's
not like you would have listened." I was seventeen
acting like I was six again. I looked him straight in the
eyes, anger taking the place of my hurt pride. 
	"Listen, don't start with me." He said rather harshly.
	"I'm not starting anything!" I put my hands 
no my hips and watched his actions closely. 
	"I'm out of here." Makoto pushed past 
us and walked towards the castle. Kunzite looked  
at her then back at me.
	"Now look what you've done!"  He ran after
her. "Wait! Miss Makoto! I'm suposed to escort you!"
He caught up with her and started walking her to the 
palace. Was this why they wanted me here? Did they 
want me to see the man I loved go after one of my best
friends? I couldn't take it anymore. I watched them walk a
way from me as the tears came to my eyes. My life had 
vanished from me. I was doomed to be miserable for the
rest of my life. Why wouldn't it just end. I was sick of the lies
and sick of the pain that was within me. I wished I were
dead. I just couldn't go on. 
	I looked around me. There was nothing, just plain 
grassy areas. I needed somewhere to go. But I didn't want to
go to the castle...nobody there would understand or even
talk to me. It didn't really matter, but I needed to be alone...
like I aways was. A sudden wind blew my hair over my
shoulder. I brushed it back and realized I had detransformed
...Makoto had also...I now remebered.  The scenery 
around this place was about as barren as my life. 
Where could I go? 
	"Minako!" I snapped out of my thoughts as Kunzite
came running towards me again. Was this a dream?
He had just left with Makoto...hadn't he? I froze, more
confused than anything. Finally he came towards me 
and grabbed my shoulders, panting. He looked down for
a second, before looking me in the eyes to catch his breath.
"Why didn't you follow us?" He asked, still using me to
support him. His eyes were a grey that was like the
sky before a gentle rain storm. 
	"You took off too soon for me to react..." I said.
	"Right." Kunzite brushed some of my bangs
away from my eyes. 
	"What are you doing?" Was this really him?
Was I really here with him, being so like the way he used
to?  I stiffened at his touch. I didn't mean to, it was just a
mental reaction, I guess.
	"Minako..." His voice sounded as if he was 
pained also. "Oh, geeze! Why? Why do you have to
be so perfect?" He said.
	"What do you mean?" I was still confused.
He had let go of my arms and I folded them around me.
It was cold on this planet. How had Kunzite adjusted to it? 
Then I realized he had about three layers of clothing on. 
	"You didn't bring any warm clothes did you?"
He said changing the subject at hand. I shook my head. 
	"I don't have warm clothes to have brought."
He stared at me blankly.
	"I don't belive it. Someone could have warned you." 
	"It's fine. I'll manage." I started walking 
towards the palace. The wind came again and I 
shivered. Kunzite took off his jacket and handed it to
me. "That's very polite, but I'm fine." I said, stubbornly.
	"Can't you see it? Damnit, Minako! I'm trying 
to apologize here!" I turned on him suddenly causing 
him to stop short. 
	"Then why don't you just do it?" I asked gently. 
He put the jacket around my shoulders. I closed my eyes,
fighting my urges. 
	"Sometimes, admiting defeat is hard to do." He
whispered. I opened my eyes and looked at him. "I still don't 
know why I did that to you." He said quietly. "I never ment to hurt
you like I did, and I mean that." He held me close to him. I 
felt tears against my head. "I'm so sorry, Minako." I swallowed
hard, trying to believe that this was really happening. 
	"Kunzite, why didn't you tell me earlier?" 
I held his face in my hands and whiped his tears away.
"I almost killed myself so many times..." I stared straight into
his eyes and watched the fear spring up in them. 
	"No...don't say that. Don't tell me that!" Kunzite
backed away from me. "Minako? Why...why would you
 even think of something like that?"
	"I couldn't take it. If there wasn't you there, there
wasn't anything. I realize now, that I was wrong, but...the
pain I felt was so unbearable." I looked down from him.
He grabbed my hands suddenly. I looked at him startled. 
	"I didn't know. I mean I was told you had been
fairing poorly, but I never knew that it was that bad. You
should have told me yourself. Why didn't you?"
	"I was afraid to talk to you, to try...I thought that
...I don't know what I thought." I shook my head. This was
strange. "Don't you think we should go in now?"  Kunzite
grasped my wrist as I tried to walk to the palace again. 
	"No. Not until we have this worked out." 
	"What's there to work out? It's over, you 
said it yourself." I really wanted to get out of the cold wind. 
	"Is that really how you feel?" Kunzite asked,
hurt. "Really....is that the way you want it?"
	"Of course not!" I snapped.  "You don't know
how long I've wanted to talk to you, to be with you...every
single day you weren't there I shut down a little more." 
                  "You're still a child." Kunzite said. 
	"That's what you told me before." I mumbled. 
"What exactly do you want?"
	"I want you back, Minako, if you'll let me. 
You're my girl, and it would kill me to see you with 
someone else... Mia, I need you more than anything
else I've ever needed before." He gently placed his
hand on my shoulder and I stopped shaking. 
	"Alright then." I said slowly. "It's settled. 
Can we go in now? I'm really cold." He nodded and
I ran for the door, and actually ran right into it. I fell straight
over. "Ow...." I said and stood back up. "Com on! Open
the door!" I whined and fell into the inside as it opened for
me. Makoto blinked as I collasped on the floor. 
	"Smooth." She said and helped me up. 
I smiled sheepishly. 
	"It was really cold." I felt like a child for
some reason, which I don't under stand. I looked 
over at Makoto as Kunzite snuck past us. He headed
for a room, farther down from where we were.  She 
had a sly look on her face.
	"So...what happened?" She asked.
I decided I wanted this secret for a while. I knew
people would be able to tell, but I still didn't 
want them to know everything right now. I looked
down and scowled. 
	"Nothing 'happened'." I said a little
coldly, while I was trying to look upset, still. "Look,
it's a touchy subject. I don't really want to talk about
it, okay? Maybe some other time, but not here." 
I said. She looked a little hurt. 
	"I thought...what ever happened
between you two in the first place?" She asked.
I became angry then. What did she care? 
	"I told you, I don't want to talk about it, 
okay?" She stepped back a little. 
	"Alright." I wanted to get to my room, to 
see if I had any heavier clothes, the castle was not only
drafty, but the entire planet seemed incredibly cold. 
	"Where are our rooms?" I asked. She looked 
down and then gave a little smile. 
	"I hate to tell you this, but your room is over by
Kunzite's. I guess any leader has an assigned room there. 
I'm over a  little farther like another whole wing over..." She
stopped and looked behind me. I turned around. Beryl was
standing behind me witha a glare that could freeze one's 
soul.  She advanced on me. 
	"Well, if it isn't little Miss Aino..." She said,
her eyes shining black.  "I heard you had a little break
up with your pretty little boyfriend. What a pity." Makoto 
looked confused. 
	"What are you doing here?" I asked flatly.
	"Oh, nothing...I just came to ask your little 
princie-boy a question, that's all."
	"Whatever." I said as I crossed my arms. 
	"I really don't scare you, do I? Well, no matter.
Someday that will change." She said and went on her
'merry little way' to where ever she was going. Makoto
came towards me a little and grabbed my arm. She 
started off for where my room would be, dragging me behind. 
	"Who was that?" She asked seeming
interested in something else than my love life for a 
hange.  "She was so...evil..." I giggled a little.
	"That, my dear, was Queen Beryl of
the Dark Kingdom." Makoto stopped dead. 
	"And you think that's funny?" I shrugged.
	"She tries too hard to be scary." I said. 
Makoto started walking again. 
	"Well....I guess you're right." She smiled 
and started mocking her. "I really don't try too hard, do I?" 
Soon, we were both laughing so hard, we were in tears 
by the time we reached my room. Makoto opened the door
and we froze. Kunzite was standing in my room holding a
teddy bear, and a few sweaters, in an apron. Only an apron.
We stared. I dropped my stuff on the floor and turned
beet red. Makoto looked back at me, then back at Kunzite.
He was also bright red. "Hey!" She said circling around
him. "You look mighty good like that!" He turned a 
few shades redder.
	"Uhh....thanks?" Kunzite dropped the items
on the bed and ran out the door.  "I better get going..." When 
his door slamed shut, I broke down. I was laughing so hard 
that I litterally couldn't breathe after a  while. Makoto 
was so stuned that she sat on the bed and looked at the
teddy-bear to try and hide her laughter. Finally, I calmed down
enough to speak. 
	"Geeze..." I said whipping the tears from my eyes.
"He's so...strange." Makoto's complexion began to look normal again. 
	"I'd say he's very out going." Makoto said. She held 
up the bear. "Hey. Look, Minako!" 
	"What?" I asked as I dragged my stuff into the room. 
She turned the bear around. 
	"Look closely." She said. "It's your locket!" 
That grabbed my attention. I grabbed the bear and studied it.
I smiled. There it was, my locket. After all this time here it
was in my possesion again. I hugged the bear and slipped
it off. I was so happy, I could have practially stared dancing
around the room. I handed the bear back to Makoto, and put 
the locket back on. Makoto was smiling. "Feels nice, huh?"
I nodded happily. She sighed. "You're so lucky, Minako. I mean
look at what you have. Great friends, a high title, a normally
happy disposition, a truely wonderful boyfriend..." She 
stopped. "Am I right?" I looked at her quietly. 
	"I guess you're right..." I said after a long
while. "And to think, I almost threw it all away so many
times. I just lost my handle on everything and my perspective
on what I had really just went out of whack. You know..." 
I paused to think.  "The only way out of a funk like that is
to have someone, or many people, throw in your face
exactly what you do have going for you. Like, point out all 
the good stuff so that minute little bad thing becomes the past
that it should have been to begin with. Do you know what 
I mean?" Makoto nodded slowly.   
	"I'm glad you're back."  Makoto said as she
stood up to leave. "I'll see you at dinner." She stood by the
door and glanced over at Kunzite's, which was shut tight. 
"You might want to see if he's alright." She said quietly. 
I nodded and slipped off the bed. It was huge and soft. 
I loved it. The sweaters still lay on the floor. I gently picked 
them up and set them on the corner of the bed.  There was
a large wooden door connecting Kunzite's and mine room. 
I gently knocked on it. 
	The door was unlocked so I opened it and walked in. 
Kunzite was sitting in a chair facing thewindow and looking 
subdued. He looked surprised when  I walked in. I let the door
swing shut behind me and stood meekly in his absolutley huge room.  
	"Kunzite..." I nearly whispered. He looked at me and 
blushed again. I walked over and knelt down next to him. "Thank
you." I said very quietly. I put my head on his knee and set my arm 
down in his lap. He smiled and took my hand. His eyes were so warm 
and loving. I haven't seen that look very often, but when I do I fall in 
love with him all over again. I shivered again. 
	"Mia-chan, I'm sorry."




	~Notes from Zellie~ 

	Hello all! Sorry yet again that this is so late! This particular
entry is dedicated to my darling Serie-chan. I just want you to know that
things will be alright and to just let what may happen come, it'll change
in then end. Well folks. Hope you enjoyed this entry even if it is very long
...oh well. Ja ne! ~Zellie