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Chapter One: A new day has come?
Usagi stifled a yawn as the monotonous voice of their teacher droned on. With a bored moan, she glanced at her wristwatch. It says two and a half hours before break time. She buried her face on her arms on her table and sighed deeply, ignoring the urge to close her eyes and sleep.
A light tap on her shoulder startled her and she slowly whirled around to see who it was. Minako, who was sitting behind her, carefully lifted a piece of paper, showing it to her, with a wide grin plastered on her face. Usagi abruptly covered her mouth with her hands and tried her best not to laugh at the drawing of their teacher wearing nothing except for an overgrown leaf, and with a caption written on top of its head saying 'Would you be my date?'
Suddenly, a small crumpled paper hit her head and she smiled. She knew where it came from. Casually turning her gaze at Makoto's direction, who was sitting almost at the back because of her considerable height, she saw the brunette making a face, motioning them to show the picture to her.
"I'll be teaching you World History and I am sure that all of you will be having a good time," the male professor went on in a monotonous tone. A collective groan of boredom was heard from the students. The professor grinned and fixed his glasses. "We'll be having a grand time discussing about the...." His speech was cut off when he saw Makoto raising and waving her hand frantically. "Yes, Kino-san?"
Makoto hastily stood up, a playful smile lurking at the corner of her lips. Minako snickered and tried to contain her laughter, wondering at the same time what absurd things her friend would say.
"What is it?" their professor impatiently said.
"Kurume-sensei, aren't we going to discuss a great deal about dead people in your subject?" she asked innocently.
The professor tilted his head and nodded. "Yes. Is there a problem with that?"
Makoto smiled mischievously. "May I suggest that... can we just leave the dead people alone? I mean, they are dead, for goodness sake, so what's the point of discussing their lives? It's not proper to be burdened with a dead person's memory, you know."
Wild cheers erupted from the class and Makoto took a bow at the applauding audience. "Thank you, thank you," she said.
"That's enough!" The booming voice of the old sensei echoed throughout the classroom and the students abruptly quieted. Makoto hastily sat down and smiled sheepishly.
Then, Kurume-sensei glowered at the brunette.
"Kino-san, with that attitude of yours, I'm afraid you're not going to pass in this subject. Pull another stunt like that and you're out of my class."
"I don't think that's fair, sensei," she pointed out casually. "It's just a suggestion."
"Young lady, my subject is not a big comedy show, do you understand? Now you -"
To Makoto's relief, Kurume-sensei's litany of words was untimely interrupted by a knock on the door. He then fixed his glasses and went outside. After a few moments he was back in front of the class, with a boy on his side.
Minako gasped audibly and she quickly nudged Usagi who was on the verge of sleeping.
"Class," the professor said. "This is your new classmate, Akimatsu Zoisite. He just transferred from-"
"NO WAY!" Usagi, who was already standing up in trembling knees with her finger pointing at the baffled green-eyed boy, suddenly shrieked. "You're dead!!!"
Minako frantically stood up to stop Usagi, causing the two blondes to tumble down. Unfortunately, Usagi accidentally hit her chair thus it fell right directly at Minako's outstretched fingers.
"Ouch, Usagi! Get if off me! Get off me!"
The class started to laugh and their teacher became more annoyed than ever.
"That's it!" Kurume-sensei screamed as the two struggled to get up. "Tsukino, Kino, Aino... detention!! Now!"
"What?!" Minako exclaimed. "I didn't do anything!"
"If you consider that 'artwork' of yours as doing nothing," he said. "Then, you're free."
Minako's shoulder sagged as she picked up her bag and waited for the rest of her 'co-detentioners.' She glared exasperatedly at her laughing classmates and stuck out her tongue to them, making the whole class roar with laughter.
* * *
"You three really made an impression," Ami said amusedly without tearing her gaze off her book as they trudge their way out of the campus. "Wait till Rei-chan hear this. She'll get one of the biggest shock of her life. I mean, getting detention at the first day of school, that was really something."
"They should be grateful," Makoto said with a grin, swinging her schoolbag onto her shoulder. "I just provided them with good entertainment for their miserable life."
Minako giggled. "You should have been there, Ami-chan," she said with a loud snicker. "The look on Kurume-sensei's face was so hilarious you'll laugh till your tummy ache."
Setting her book aside for a moment, Ami shook her head hopelessly and stared at her friends. "Do you know what will happen if you go on like this?"
Minako and Makoto just shrug their shoulders.
"Uhm... we'll get free ice cream?" Usagi then asked stupidly.
"Ye- I mean... no!" Ami blurted out. Then, a charming blush slowly crept on her cheeks after realizing her mistake. She abruptly frowned to hide her embarrassment. "Usagi-chan!"
The three just giggled at her reaction.
Then, Usagi pulled out a piece of folded paper from her pocket and handed it to her. "Here, Ami-chan. Why don't you take a look at this?"
Puzzled, Ami slowly unfolded the paper and gasped audibly when she saw what was written, or rather, drawn in it. Then, she stared bleakly at her friends.
"Oh, Usagi-chan... tell me you didn't- "
The odango blonde beamed. "Don't worry, I didn't do it. Mina-chan did."
Ami sighed and stared once more at the caricature of their history professor. Her friends' antics are really making her crazy, she mused to herself. Good thing Rei-chan wasn't as crazy as the two blondes and the brunette in front of her.
Makoto draped an arm on Ami's shoulder and slowly snatched the drawing on her blue-haired friend's hand. "I didn't know you could draw," she said to Minako with a wide grin as she stared at the caricature of their teacher. "This one's pretty good."
Minako snatched the paper from Makoto, causing an indignant 'hey' from the tall brunette. "Of course. I put all of my heart and soul in making this one.
"Hey, hey," Usagi suddenly chimed in, her face thoughtful. "Do you remember that new guy? I mean, our new classmate?"
Minako's face became a little bit serious. "Yeah. I think it's Akuma, or it sounded something like that."
"It's Akimatsu," Usagi corrected. "A-KI-MA-TSU. Not Akuma, the devil."
The longhaired blonde grinned sheepishly. "Heh heh."
"What about him?" Ami inquired.
"Well," Makoto drawled out, removing her arm from Ami's shoulders and crossing them on her chest. "There's actually nothing interesting about him except for the fact that his name is Zoisite and... "
"He actually looked like Zoisite, one of Dark Kingdom's shitennou," Minako finished. "With long blond curly hair, very green eyes and all."
Suddenly, a gust of strong wind caught the paper on Minako's hand and it flew meters away from them.
"Hey, that's my masterpiece!" Minako shrieked and ran after the flying paper.
The remaining senshi looked at each other, and then decided to run after the zany blonde.
After a few minutes, Ami suddenly stopped, and the book on her hand fell to the ground. Minako stopped dead on her tracks, too.
"Ami-chan?" Usagi waved a hand on her face.
"Is he... is he the... " Ami couldn't finish his question, unable - for the first time in her life- to find the right words that would express exactly her thoughts.
Makoto and Usagi curiously followed the direction where Ami was staring at and their jaw almost fell at the sight.
A few feet from them, the object of their gossip earlier stood, laughing at the much taller boy with short wavy hair in front of him who had his face covered with a piece of paper that belonged to a certain blonde named Minako.
Frowning, the taller boy removed the paper on his face and stared bemusedly at it. His lips curled into a smile afterwards and he then showed it at the smaller boy beside him. Then, they both snickered.
"Uh-oh," Makoto muttered with a nervous tone.
Then the two boys turned their gazes at the four senshi.
The four girls held their breaths as the two former shittenou slowly approached them.
"I believe this is yours," the boy with blue eyes said with a friendly smile, handing the paper to Minako.
Ami, Makoto and Usagi caught up with them and stood behind the longhaired blonde.
"Hello," the boy named Zoisite said. "You're my classmates from Class 1 right?"
"Yeah," Minako replied with a nervous smile, retrieving the paper. "We're the ones who got kicked out of the class."
Zoisite chuckled. "That was quite amusing. By the way, I'm Zoisite. This is my brother Jadeite," he said, referring to his companion. "He's in third year."
"Konnichiwa, minna-san," Jadeite greeted. "Nice to meet you." Then he glanced briefly at the paper in Minako's hand. "You've got some talent there," he said, winking at her.
"Nice to meet you too," Usagi, whose anxiety miraculously disappeared, said. "I'm Tsukino Usagi." She stretched out her hand.
The two smiled and shook it. Then, they turned at the brunette beside her, probably waiting for Makoto to introduce herself.
They stood stupidly like that for few heartbeats.
Usagi hastily elbowed her upon noticing that her Mako-chan doesn't have any plans of telling her name.
"Ouch!" Makoto glared at the odango blonde.
"Just tell them your frigging name!" Usagi said faintly through her clenched teeth, and abruptly smiled at the two boys after seeing their amused gazes.
Rubbing her side, Makoto faked a smile and extended her hand. "Kino Makoto, here."
The boys took and shook it.
"I'm Aino Minako," Minako, who is now smiling charmingly at the two, suddenly said. "And this girl here is Mizuno Ami-chan"
Jadeite regarded the petite girl for a moment. "So, you're the infamous Mizuno-san" he said to Ami. She furrowed her brows and eyed him shyly. "I heard so much about you from the teachers. They say you're the smartest here in Juuban High, with an IQ of 300."
She blushed a bit and shyly ducked her head. "I didn't know they said those things about me." Then she picked up the forgotten book on the ground.
Makoto cleared her throat, her eyes narrowing with suspicion. "You have such unique names. Where did you get them?"
"Our parents named us after precious stones," Zoisite replied with a smile. "Though it still bugs me a bit."
"I suppose you have brothers named Kunzite and Nephrite?" she asked plaintively.
"Well yes," Jadeite answered with an amused grin. "How did you know that?"
Makoto shrugged her shoulders. "Just made a wild guess." I thought so, she whispered to herself. "Say guys, we're going to Crown Fruit Parlor. It's just few blocks from here. Would you want to come with us?"
She cringed quietly when Minako, this time, nudged her side with an elbow. Her sides are taking some pretty damage today, she thought. She hastily glanced at her and whispered 'Trust me.'
"Really?" Zoisite exclaimed. "I mean, is it okay?"
"Of course!" Usagi replied. "We're going to meet Rei-chan there. I'll introduce the two of you to her."
"She'll going to have the greatest shock of her life, indeed," Minako said with a snicker as they started to walk.
Ami sighed as she place her book on her bag. "It's going to be a long year," she muttered to herself.
* * *
"AKI RYU TAI SAN!"
"Oww!" Jadeite slowly pulled the anti-evil charm on his forehead as Zoisite continued to laugh. Then he turned at Makoto who was staring with an appalled look at them. "Is this how your friend greets her new acquaintance?"
"W-what? You didn't turn into dust?" Rei stuttered, slowly catching her breath.
"Of course I didn't!" Jadeite clipped. "What do you think of me, an evil spirit or something?" Then he frowned. "Hey lady, that wasn't very polite."
Rei abruptly closed her gaping mouth. Had this been an ordinary day, Jadeite would have been smiling with his false teeth on. "Wait a minute!" she exclaimed after regaining her composure. Turning to her friends, "What is the meaning of this? Can someone explain to me what's going on here?"
The blue-eyed boy crossed his arms. "It seems that Hino-san doesn't know proper etiquette and good manners?" he said amusedly. "Haven't you met any cute guy like me before that's why you looked... stunned?"
Rei rolled her eyes. "The nerve."
"Please pardon my brother," Zoisite apologized, smiling awkwardly at her. "He's always like that."
Makoto cleared her throat. "Er... why don't we just sit down and eat." Then she turned to Rei and whispered, "we'll just explain everything on our way home."
She raised a brow and then cocked her head. "You better be!"
Minako patted Rei's shoulder. "Take it easy, Rei-chan," she said, beaming brightly. "They might think that we have no manners."
The raven-haired girl frowned. "To hell with whatever they think!" she retorted in a hushed voice, glaring daggers at her friends. "I can't believe that you've brought these scumbags here. Are you out of your minds?"
"Well, it was Mako-chan's idea," Usagi said, pouting.
Makoto arched her brow. "Let me remind you, princess, that you have also agreed to my idea."
Rei frowned. "Haven't you forgotten that they had tried to killed us? Not once, but on countless times!" she hissed. "What if they suddenly blast some dark energy to us? We'll be exposed and the world will know who we really are!"
"Technically, I think we'll be dead first." Minako interrupted as-a-matter- of-factly.
The four sweat-dropped.
"Guys, I think it's embarrassing if we'll go on talking like this in front of them," Ami whispered.
"Who cares?" Rei said.
Feeling a little bit out of place, Jadeite cleared his throat loudly to catch the senshis' attention and ... immediately found himself under the scrutiny of one pissed off girl with violet eyes.
But, to his better judgment, this girl is indeed pretty.
Especially, with that lovely scowl on her face.
Jadeite smiled his best. "I would like to remind you that... we're still here, in case you have forgotten."
Turning abruptly to his direction, Rei's scowled deepened. "You know, you're so annoying."
Surprised and amused by her unguarded remark, Jadeite burst out laughing. "Why, thank you," he said after his laughter subsided. "And I would like to say the same to you, too."
Zoisite shook his head hopelessly. Why does his brother have to say something smart?
Usagi and the girls, on the other hand, were biting back their laughter. Nobody, I mean, nobody have tried to say something like that to Rei-chan, especially a guy for that matter. Nobody can offend her like that and get away with it easily.
This is going to be very interesting, the odango blonde mused to herself.
"Listen here, you pompous jackass," Rei snapped, her eye narrowing dangerously. "Why don't we go outside and let's see how really annoying I can be?!"
At this, Jadeite chuckled. "I'm sorry but I must decline your invitation, Hino-san," he said nonchalantly. "I don't fight with girls."
(Author's Notes: Please read and review. Onegaiiiiiii!! No flames pls. This is the first time that I had the guts to publish my work on the net, so please be gentle. Tell me if I should continue with this... thing. Sorry if this is a little bit crude. Hehe. Thanks.
Chapter One: A new day has come?
Usagi stifled a yawn as the monotonous voice of their teacher droned on. With a bored moan, she glanced at her wristwatch. It says two and a half hours before break time. She buried her face on her arms on her table and sighed deeply, ignoring the urge to close her eyes and sleep.
A light tap on her shoulder startled her and she slowly whirled around to see who it was. Minako, who was sitting behind her, carefully lifted a piece of paper, showing it to her, with a wide grin plastered on her face. Usagi abruptly covered her mouth with her hands and tried her best not to laugh at the drawing of their teacher wearing nothing except for an overgrown leaf, and with a caption written on top of its head saying 'Would you be my date?'
Suddenly, a small crumpled paper hit her head and she smiled. She knew where it came from. Casually turning her gaze at Makoto's direction, who was sitting almost at the back because of her considerable height, she saw the brunette making a face, motioning them to show the picture to her.
"I'll be teaching you World History and I am sure that all of you will be having a good time," the male professor went on in a monotonous tone. A collective groan of boredom was heard from the students. The professor grinned and fixed his glasses. "We'll be having a grand time discussing about the...." His speech was cut off when he saw Makoto raising and waving her hand frantically. "Yes, Kino-san?"
Makoto hastily stood up, a playful smile lurking at the corner of her lips. Minako snickered and tried to contain her laughter, wondering at the same time what absurd things her friend would say.
"What is it?" their professor impatiently said.
"Kurume-sensei, aren't we going to discuss a great deal about dead people in your subject?" she asked innocently.
The professor tilted his head and nodded. "Yes. Is there a problem with that?"
Makoto smiled mischievously. "May I suggest that... can we just leave the dead people alone? I mean, they are dead, for goodness sake, so what's the point of discussing their lives? It's not proper to be burdened with a dead person's memory, you know."
Wild cheers erupted from the class and Makoto took a bow at the applauding audience. "Thank you, thank you," she said.
"That's enough!" The booming voice of the old sensei echoed throughout the classroom and the students abruptly quieted. Makoto hastily sat down and smiled sheepishly.
Then, Kurume-sensei glowered at the brunette.
"Kino-san, with that attitude of yours, I'm afraid you're not going to pass in this subject. Pull another stunt like that and you're out of my class."
"I don't think that's fair, sensei," she pointed out casually. "It's just a suggestion."
"Young lady, my subject is not a big comedy show, do you understand? Now you -"
To Makoto's relief, Kurume-sensei's litany of words was untimely interrupted by a knock on the door. He then fixed his glasses and went outside. After a few moments he was back in front of the class, with a boy on his side.
Minako gasped audibly and she quickly nudged Usagi who was on the verge of sleeping.
"Class," the professor said. "This is your new classmate, Akimatsu Zoisite. He just transferred from-"
"NO WAY!" Usagi, who was already standing up in trembling knees with her finger pointing at the baffled green-eyed boy, suddenly shrieked. "You're dead!!!"
Minako frantically stood up to stop Usagi, causing the two blondes to tumble down. Unfortunately, Usagi accidentally hit her chair thus it fell right directly at Minako's outstretched fingers.
"Ouch, Usagi! Get if off me! Get off me!"
The class started to laugh and their teacher became more annoyed than ever.
"That's it!" Kurume-sensei screamed as the two struggled to get up. "Tsukino, Kino, Aino... detention!! Now!"
"What?!" Minako exclaimed. "I didn't do anything!"
"If you consider that 'artwork' of yours as doing nothing," he said. "Then, you're free."
Minako's shoulder sagged as she picked up her bag and waited for the rest of her 'co-detentioners.' She glared exasperatedly at her laughing classmates and stuck out her tongue to them, making the whole class roar with laughter.
* * *
"You three really made an impression," Ami said amusedly without tearing her gaze off her book as they trudge their way out of the campus. "Wait till Rei-chan hear this. She'll get one of the biggest shock of her life. I mean, getting detention at the first day of school, that was really something."
"They should be grateful," Makoto said with a grin, swinging her schoolbag onto her shoulder. "I just provided them with good entertainment for their miserable life."
Minako giggled. "You should have been there, Ami-chan," she said with a loud snicker. "The look on Kurume-sensei's face was so hilarious you'll laugh till your tummy ache."
Setting her book aside for a moment, Ami shook her head hopelessly and stared at her friends. "Do you know what will happen if you go on like this?"
Minako and Makoto just shrug their shoulders.
"Uhm... we'll get free ice cream?" Usagi then asked stupidly.
"Ye- I mean... no!" Ami blurted out. Then, a charming blush slowly crept on her cheeks after realizing her mistake. She abruptly frowned to hide her embarrassment. "Usagi-chan!"
The three just giggled at her reaction.
Then, Usagi pulled out a piece of folded paper from her pocket and handed it to her. "Here, Ami-chan. Why don't you take a look at this?"
Puzzled, Ami slowly unfolded the paper and gasped audibly when she saw what was written, or rather, drawn in it. Then, she stared bleakly at her friends.
"Oh, Usagi-chan... tell me you didn't- "
The odango blonde beamed. "Don't worry, I didn't do it. Mina-chan did."
Ami sighed and stared once more at the caricature of their history professor. Her friends' antics are really making her crazy, she mused to herself. Good thing Rei-chan wasn't as crazy as the two blondes and the brunette in front of her.
Makoto draped an arm on Ami's shoulder and slowly snatched the drawing on her blue-haired friend's hand. "I didn't know you could draw," she said to Minako with a wide grin as she stared at the caricature of their teacher. "This one's pretty good."
Minako snatched the paper from Makoto, causing an indignant 'hey' from the tall brunette. "Of course. I put all of my heart and soul in making this one.
"Hey, hey," Usagi suddenly chimed in, her face thoughtful. "Do you remember that new guy? I mean, our new classmate?"
Minako's face became a little bit serious. "Yeah. I think it's Akuma, or it sounded something like that."
"It's Akimatsu," Usagi corrected. "A-KI-MA-TSU. Not Akuma, the devil."
The longhaired blonde grinned sheepishly. "Heh heh."
"What about him?" Ami inquired.
"Well," Makoto drawled out, removing her arm from Ami's shoulders and crossing them on her chest. "There's actually nothing interesting about him except for the fact that his name is Zoisite and... "
"He actually looked like Zoisite, one of Dark Kingdom's shitennou," Minako finished. "With long blond curly hair, very green eyes and all."
Suddenly, a gust of strong wind caught the paper on Minako's hand and it flew meters away from them.
"Hey, that's my masterpiece!" Minako shrieked and ran after the flying paper.
The remaining senshi looked at each other, and then decided to run after the zany blonde.
After a few minutes, Ami suddenly stopped, and the book on her hand fell to the ground. Minako stopped dead on her tracks, too.
"Ami-chan?" Usagi waved a hand on her face.
"Is he... is he the... " Ami couldn't finish his question, unable - for the first time in her life- to find the right words that would express exactly her thoughts.
Makoto and Usagi curiously followed the direction where Ami was staring at and their jaw almost fell at the sight.
A few feet from them, the object of their gossip earlier stood, laughing at the much taller boy with short wavy hair in front of him who had his face covered with a piece of paper that belonged to a certain blonde named Minako.
Frowning, the taller boy removed the paper on his face and stared bemusedly at it. His lips curled into a smile afterwards and he then showed it at the smaller boy beside him. Then, they both snickered.
"Uh-oh," Makoto muttered with a nervous tone.
Then the two boys turned their gazes at the four senshi.
The four girls held their breaths as the two former shittenou slowly approached them.
"I believe this is yours," the boy with blue eyes said with a friendly smile, handing the paper to Minako.
Ami, Makoto and Usagi caught up with them and stood behind the longhaired blonde.
"Hello," the boy named Zoisite said. "You're my classmates from Class 1 right?"
"Yeah," Minako replied with a nervous smile, retrieving the paper. "We're the ones who got kicked out of the class."
Zoisite chuckled. "That was quite amusing. By the way, I'm Zoisite. This is my brother Jadeite," he said, referring to his companion. "He's in third year."
"Konnichiwa, minna-san," Jadeite greeted. "Nice to meet you." Then he glanced briefly at the paper in Minako's hand. "You've got some talent there," he said, winking at her.
"Nice to meet you too," Usagi, whose anxiety miraculously disappeared, said. "I'm Tsukino Usagi." She stretched out her hand.
The two smiled and shook it. Then, they turned at the brunette beside her, probably waiting for Makoto to introduce herself.
They stood stupidly like that for few heartbeats.
Usagi hastily elbowed her upon noticing that her Mako-chan doesn't have any plans of telling her name.
"Ouch!" Makoto glared at the odango blonde.
"Just tell them your frigging name!" Usagi said faintly through her clenched teeth, and abruptly smiled at the two boys after seeing their amused gazes.
Rubbing her side, Makoto faked a smile and extended her hand. "Kino Makoto, here."
The boys took and shook it.
"I'm Aino Minako," Minako, who is now smiling charmingly at the two, suddenly said. "And this girl here is Mizuno Ami-chan"
Jadeite regarded the petite girl for a moment. "So, you're the infamous Mizuno-san" he said to Ami. She furrowed her brows and eyed him shyly. "I heard so much about you from the teachers. They say you're the smartest here in Juuban High, with an IQ of 300."
She blushed a bit and shyly ducked her head. "I didn't know they said those things about me." Then she picked up the forgotten book on the ground.
Makoto cleared her throat, her eyes narrowing with suspicion. "You have such unique names. Where did you get them?"
"Our parents named us after precious stones," Zoisite replied with a smile. "Though it still bugs me a bit."
"I suppose you have brothers named Kunzite and Nephrite?" she asked plaintively.
"Well yes," Jadeite answered with an amused grin. "How did you know that?"
Makoto shrugged her shoulders. "Just made a wild guess." I thought so, she whispered to herself. "Say guys, we're going to Crown Fruit Parlor. It's just few blocks from here. Would you want to come with us?"
She cringed quietly when Minako, this time, nudged her side with an elbow. Her sides are taking some pretty damage today, she thought. She hastily glanced at her and whispered 'Trust me.'
"Really?" Zoisite exclaimed. "I mean, is it okay?"
"Of course!" Usagi replied. "We're going to meet Rei-chan there. I'll introduce the two of you to her."
"She'll going to have the greatest shock of her life, indeed," Minako said with a snicker as they started to walk.
Ami sighed as she place her book on her bag. "It's going to be a long year," she muttered to herself.
* * *
"AKI RYU TAI SAN!"
"Oww!" Jadeite slowly pulled the anti-evil charm on his forehead as Zoisite continued to laugh. Then he turned at Makoto who was staring with an appalled look at them. "Is this how your friend greets her new acquaintance?"
"W-what? You didn't turn into dust?" Rei stuttered, slowly catching her breath.
"Of course I didn't!" Jadeite clipped. "What do you think of me, an evil spirit or something?" Then he frowned. "Hey lady, that wasn't very polite."
Rei abruptly closed her gaping mouth. Had this been an ordinary day, Jadeite would have been smiling with his false teeth on. "Wait a minute!" she exclaimed after regaining her composure. Turning to her friends, "What is the meaning of this? Can someone explain to me what's going on here?"
The blue-eyed boy crossed his arms. "It seems that Hino-san doesn't know proper etiquette and good manners?" he said amusedly. "Haven't you met any cute guy like me before that's why you looked... stunned?"
Rei rolled her eyes. "The nerve."
"Please pardon my brother," Zoisite apologized, smiling awkwardly at her. "He's always like that."
Makoto cleared her throat. "Er... why don't we just sit down and eat." Then she turned to Rei and whispered, "we'll just explain everything on our way home."
She raised a brow and then cocked her head. "You better be!"
Minako patted Rei's shoulder. "Take it easy, Rei-chan," she said, beaming brightly. "They might think that we have no manners."
The raven-haired girl frowned. "To hell with whatever they think!" she retorted in a hushed voice, glaring daggers at her friends. "I can't believe that you've brought these scumbags here. Are you out of your minds?"
"Well, it was Mako-chan's idea," Usagi said, pouting.
Makoto arched her brow. "Let me remind you, princess, that you have also agreed to my idea."
Rei frowned. "Haven't you forgotten that they had tried to killed us? Not once, but on countless times!" she hissed. "What if they suddenly blast some dark energy to us? We'll be exposed and the world will know who we really are!"
"Technically, I think we'll be dead first." Minako interrupted as-a-matter- of-factly.
The four sweat-dropped.
"Guys, I think it's embarrassing if we'll go on talking like this in front of them," Ami whispered.
"Who cares?" Rei said.
Feeling a little bit out of place, Jadeite cleared his throat loudly to catch the senshis' attention and ... immediately found himself under the scrutiny of one pissed off girl with violet eyes.
But, to his better judgment, this girl is indeed pretty.
Especially, with that lovely scowl on her face.
Jadeite smiled his best. "I would like to remind you that... we're still here, in case you have forgotten."
Turning abruptly to his direction, Rei's scowled deepened. "You know, you're so annoying."
Surprised and amused by her unguarded remark, Jadeite burst out laughing. "Why, thank you," he said after his laughter subsided. "And I would like to say the same to you, too."
Zoisite shook his head hopelessly. Why does his brother have to say something smart?
Usagi and the girls, on the other hand, were biting back their laughter. Nobody, I mean, nobody have tried to say something like that to Rei-chan, especially a guy for that matter. Nobody can offend her like that and get away with it easily.
This is going to be very interesting, the odango blonde mused to herself.
"Listen here, you pompous jackass," Rei snapped, her eye narrowing dangerously. "Why don't we go outside and let's see how really annoying I can be?!"
At this, Jadeite chuckled. "I'm sorry but I must decline your invitation, Hino-san," he said nonchalantly. "I don't fight with girls."
(Author's Notes: Please read and review. Onegaiiiiiii!! No flames pls. This is the first time that I had the guts to publish my work on the net, so please be gentle. Tell me if I should continue with this... thing. Sorry if this is a little bit crude. Hehe. Thanks.