"So, how does your date look like, Serenity? Is he statuesque? Does he have alluring eyes and sunny hair?"

Serenity paused in the midst of adding some rouge to the apples of her cheeks, "He, uh, definitely towers over me…with searing eyes…and hair dark and deep as night."

Kinsei smirked. "I see. Our little Tsuki-hime's become idyllic because of her new beau! I better get an introduction," she finished with a wink.

The object of Kinsei's teasing glowered halfheartedly, "He's not my beau; he's just accompanying me to this event. We'll probably – hopefully – never see each other again."

"Right," Kasei dryly muttered as she finished doing up her glossy, black locks. "You don't wanna see him again like I love stupid imbeciles."

"Girls, please," Suigin begged, already ready in her long, flowing ice blue gown.

Kasei waved the ice princess off. "Someone has to let little Sere know that it's better to be upfront about her feelings than to try to hide it behind some feeble lies."

Mokusei rolled her eyes, adjusting the pleats on her sage dress, "Yeah, I think you just like reprimanding her," she deadpanned.

Kinsei sighed melodramatically, "Oh, you poor girls have no idea how to deal with matters of the heart!"

The moon princess shook her head disbelievingly. "Oh, and just what do you recommend?"

The other blonde beamed exuberantly, "Always follow your heart, of course!" she chirped.

"That's what I said!"

"No, you said feelings! The heart is a different matter!"

"No, it's not! Following your feelings is the same as following your heart, idiot!"

"What did you call me?"

The other three girls just sweat dropped, thinking, There they go again.

The girls finished getting ready and set off to their destination looking like the royals they were.

When Serenity had heard that the Summer Ball was being held in the Terra palace, she never thought that it would look as magnificent or elegant as her home. However, she was pleasantly surprised…

The outside had bunches of impeccably trimmed, rose-filled bushes lining the marble-tiled path, the flowers being the deepest shade of ruby, almost appearing to be blood-colored. The palace itself was a light shade of tan with pale white accents.

However, the interior of the castle just made her eyes widen in awe. Every surface almost seemed to be sparkling and everything, from the walls down to the furniture, seemed to have decorations in gold.

Serenity went through the foyer and continued onto the wide hall way, until she found the glossy wooden double-doors that led to the ballroom.

There, she found the many figures gliding over the floor, almost floating as they followed the orchestra's music. Long dresses dragged over tiles as men's shoe-covered feet guided their counterparts.

"You're not here all by yourself, are you? Why, it'd be a shame if a lovely maiden such as you is all alone!"

The lunar princess turned to find Endymion in a rather intricate and extravagant kind of outfit, fit for a person of his hierarchal stature.

She laughed a bit, "I'm just waiting for these two imbeciles to get here."

"Honestly, they should know better than to leave someone so beautiful alone." Then a thought occurred to the Earthling, "Maybe you could have a dance with me while you wait?"

Serenity hesitated; she didn't want to lead the Earth prince on by dancing with him, for she had absolutely no intentions of pursuing a romantic relationship with him, something he was obviously looking for.

"I'm not sure I should Endymion."

However, those twins had the nerve to force her to go with them! (Never mind the fact that she went voluntarily) Plus, they left her alone where anyone could whisk her away!

"On second thought, I'd love to have a dance with you, Endymion," Serenity smiled sweetly, the other unaware of the ideas that had gone through her mind.

Endymion grinned, "Great!" He took her left hand in his right, "Let's go."

As they prepared to walk onto the dance-floor, a hand on both Endymion and Serenity's shoulder stopped them in their tracks.

"And where do you think you're going with my date, hmm, Endymion-kun?" a cocky-sounding man said.

"Our date, brother," a second voice sighed out.

Serenity unconsciously twitched. These two have the worst timing in the universe... or in their opinion, the best.

"Hello Amaterasu-kun, Tsukuyomi-kun. How are you?" Endymion forcibly smiled, clearly uncomfortable at being caught with two other men's date.

Amaterasu grinned tightly, showing off his pearly whites. "I'm doing pretty damn well for having my- I'm sorry, our date being taken by some little Earth prince who thinks he has a chance at courting her. So, yes, I am absolutely sublime."

Tsukuyomi made quick work of removing his twin's rapidly constricting hand away from Endymion, 'tsk'-ing as he did so. "I'm terribly sorry Endymion, but I'm afraid our family has an inherited gene of being possessive of our inamoratas. Please, excuse us."

Tsukuyomi grabbed both Serenity and Amaterasu to drag them off in a brisk pace towards the Earth Kingdom's gardens, making sure no one would be able to bother them.

Tsukuyomi let them go once he found a bench, though he unceremoniously pushed the princess and his brother to sit on said bench.

"Now, my dear Serenity, would you care to explain what exactly you were doing with Endymion-kun back there?" the longer-haired sibling's smile seemed light and sincere, as if only curiosity urged him to ask that question.

Serenity, never one to enjoy interrogation, guiltily wrung her hands out. "I was just going to have one dance with him. I-I didn't mean to anger you two."

"That's pure and utter rubbish," Amaterasu spat out, arms crossed over his chest moodily. "You knew exactly what you were doing; you just didn't care about the consequences."

'No!" the hime gasped out. "I wasn't trying to make you two jealous; I was just bored because I was all alone…"

"Either way, you're still going to suffer the consequences," Tsukuyomi bluntly said.

Serenity looked confused. "S-suffer? But I didn't even dance with him!" These two are insane!

Amaterasu sighed mockingly, "Oh, my dear little Serenity...so naïve," his eyes flashed with anger. "It's the fact that you were about to let that mongrel put his dirty hands on you."

The other man shrugged nonchalantly, "Well, like I said, you'll be punished accordingly. Now, let's get this night over with…"

"Serenity! There you are! We thought you ran off," Kinsei greeted her warmly, baby blues sparkling joyously in the festive atmosphere.

"I wish," Serenity commented with a roll of her eyes. "I've caught myself into quite a, uh, predicament, so I can't leave any time soon."

"Hmm, would it have to do with those two suave men trailing after you, Sere-chan?"

"Unfortunately, yes," the stalked one admitted, resisting the urge to glare at the twins.

Kinsei blinked. "Well, if they're bothering you, where's your date?"

"Actually," Tsukuyomi came up to them with a charming smile and twinkling eyes, "we are her dates. Right 'Terasu?"

Amaterasu smirked, "Indeed, brother dearest."

Kasei's mouth dropped open before she regained mobility of it. "You…mean…they are both your dates? Didn't realise you had a harem after you, Sere."

Serenity admirably managed not to blush furiously and retorted, "I myself hadn't realised it, until they quite adamantly convinced me to be chaperoned by them."

The twins both looked amused but surprisingly stayed silent.

Kinsei suddenly had a wicked gleam to her eyes, "You're going to have to tells the girls sooner or later. Unless you want to give them free reign to your boytoys," she teased.

"Oh, please, as if I really want to keep them. The girls can take them if they want; buy one, get the other free," the moon heiress snarked, not even giving a glance to the men beside her.

"Ah, ah, ah," Amaterasu hummed out, playfully running his eyes up and down Serenity's body. "I'm afraid you'll never be rid of us, darling."

Tsukuyomi followed his brother's lead by wrapping an arm around the hime's slim waist, "Mmhmm, I agree wholeheartedly."

"Well, I'll just go get the rest of the girls," Kinsei fluttered her lashes at her cousin and danced off in search of her friends.

Serenity groaned, "May the Gods and Goddesses have mercy on me!"


So I took way too long to update, once again -.-. Sorry guys! Hope you enjoyed the chapter- even though it's pretty much a filler-chapter O.O. Please review and tell me what you think so I can improve! ^_^