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Author's Note:

Greetings Readers and Reviewers. I'm glad everyone, in general, liked the last prompt story from Day Two. I enjoyed reading the positive reviews. Here is the new story.

This new prompt theme for Day 3 Tuesday, July 31st- A Knight and His Shitennou: Almost everything I've seen has something to do with Mamoru and the four heavenly kings. Make it a boys night or maybe even bring it to the past. Either way, he's gotta be involved with his Shitennou!

I decided to go with a take on the whole concept of a Guy's Night Out/A Boy's Night In, where Mamoru and the guys of the Four Shitennou (The Generals) hang out together, in a 'what if' they had been reborn again, being given a second chance at life after that whole mess in the anime concerning the Dark Kingdom chaos of Season 1, and later were reborn, being reunited with Mamoru, Usagi, and the all the Girls after the Sailor Stars season. With that I had in mind, this was the outcome. I had fun plotting this one out. Enjoy reading everyone.

MamoChiba Week:

Day 3 Sunday, July 31st – A Knight and His Shitennou

Title: "Dinner with the Boys"

"Mmm...whatever she's cooking smells divine like the heavens. What do you think it could be? Roast boar or peasant?" Jadeite asked Nephrite as the two of them sat in the living room, on the couch watching television.

"It smells like fish that's possibly roasting or being grilled coming from the kitchen. Reminds me of when Jupiter would sneak down to the earth when she'd accompany Serenity when she wanted to visit Endymion, and she'd help me grill wild fish after Endymion and I would show them how to fish by the fish pounds in the kingdom's land." Nephrite commented, sniffing as he continued to smell the scent of the fish's aroma coming from the kitchen...before he paused, looking up sharply at Jadeite, blinking his eyes.

Did he hear what he had thought he just heard him say?

"Jadeite, did you mean to say Pheasant just now?" He asked while Jadeite turned from his attention to the television back to him.

"Yes, that's what I said Peasant. Can't you say it Neph? P-ea-sent! P-e-a-s-e-n-t, that spells Peasant. Honestly Nephrite, and everyone calls you intelligent with how you have master knowledge in oh, looking into and reading the stars and constellations of the galaxies and cosmos ohhhh, awe! I said roasted game peasant and that's what I said," Jadeite snorted with a bit of sarcasm in his response to him before returning his focus back to the large television screen before them all.

"That's not how you pronounce or even spell Pheasant, not at all...You were actually sayi-augh! Forget it, never mind then!" Nephrite sighed as Kunzite silently eyed him with a look of 'Don't even bother with him Neph, let that idiot keep thinking what he said was right' from where he was sitting in the armchair near them.

"Will you two stop panting and drooling like rabid hungry dogs and just wait until Princess finishes preparing supper for us all? Really now, we're trying to watch this interesting program!" Zoisite snapped at the two, looking irritated by how they were behaving sitting next to him.

"Pfft, easy for you to say 'Mister who ate all of the appetizer snacks that the Princess made and barely put on this table Endymion calls a 'coffee table'! I didn't even get those pizza roll things!" Jadeite yelled as he shoved Zoisite as the light haired blond with a ponytail started shoving him back as the fight on the couch was on.

"Not again, will you both knock it off! What did Endy-Mamoru tell you both last night?! No fighting or bickering in his and Seren-Usagi's apartment! Do you want her to put you both in separate corners of this room again like children?!" Kunzite growled as he tried separating his comrades apart with Nephrite just as a blond haired young woman stepped into the living room from the separate kitchen, looking cross at the scene.

"Ahem, are you two arguing and fighting again?" Usagi asked, giving the two men a look of questioning in her sky blue eyes as they both immediately stopped as Kunzite and Nephrite looked up at her calmly.

"Yes, they were at it again. This time it was about the finger foods running out. Children," Nephrite sighed as he got up from the couch and went off into the apartment's hallway off to his bedroom.

"Kunzite, can you please watch the griddle on the kitchen counter and turn over the fish for me when they get golden a bit." Usagi calmly as the white-haired former general nodded, bowing at her respectfully doing as she asked.

"Jadeite, Zoisite...can't you two just stop fighting for fifteen minutes and for Kami's sake just get along? Please? It's barely been a couple of weeks since I helped Mamo-chan with our crystals to bring you all back to give you a second chance at life when he wished he could all you guys back in his life," Usagi pleaded with the two blondes, giving them the infamous 'Sad Usagi Bunny' face.

"I apologize Princess...I mean Usagi-san, old habits die hard. Sorry for acting immature Jadeite. It won't happen again Usagi-san." Zoisite immediately apologized to both of them, bowing as Jadeite sighed and mumbled a quiet 'Sorry Zoi, Apologizes, Princess'.

"Good, now why don't you both here just sit back and enjoy some television news to help catch you all up on what the world is like here on earth in present-day Tokyo. You guys have a lot to catch up on since being reborn. With Kunzite's help, I'll have dinner ready in another forty-five minutes. Until then, just relax." Usagi beamed grinning, her voice suddenly becoming her usual cheerful-self, as she changed the channel from Sumo Sports on to the local Juban News Channel station before returning to the kitchen.

"Amazing to think she's the former Moon Princess who's the girl from the Lunar planet that our Prince fell in love with, is the same Senshi Leader Guardian of the Moon who royally kicked our brainwashed butts how many years not long ago...and she still can look really scary when she gives you that look with that tone of voice of murder..." Jadeite shuddered.

"No, I remember Sailor Pluto the guardian of Time and Space when we met all of the Senshi in the Moon Kingdom's court that one time being far worse and more intensely scarier than Serenity-Usagi-chan is...literally," Zoiciete commented, remembering that moment of their past life.

"I second that, I do admire that our Prince has chosen quite a strong woman like Usagi-san to be his mate again in this lifetime once they are finally given the chance in three months time to marry. I suppose seventeen years of age is normal in this time period of life in Japan to be wedded, as it is for couples properly engaged to be married. At least that's what Mamoru said when I asked him about it the other day," Nephrite spoke as he came out from the hallways, to rejoin them on the couch. His eyes glanced at the news on the television screen finding the weather report interesting.

"We owe our lives to her for convincing Mamoru to bring us back when he was silently wishing for it to happen. She didn't have to be so kind or forgiving as he was when we were freed from our prisons of those gemstones after their battle with Beryl...our Prince and his Princess offered us a home here with them living in this apartment building, used their magical abilities with their crystals to create extra rooms for us to reside in with privacy...new lives. I only hope our former lovers, the Inner Senshi will be as forgiving as their Princess and our Prince is." Jadeite sighed, quietly thinking about his former lover, the fiery Senshi of Mars.

"Let us hope they will forgive us in a week's time when Mamoru and Usagi arrange for them to meet us privately to finally reveal ourselves to them...and pray to the gods and goddesses that the girls won't result to wanting to murder us before hearing us and them out to explain everything." Nephrite shuddered, knowing too well that Jupiter would be one who would want to slug him with a punch to break both his nose and jaw before asking questions if she had her way.

"I don't think it'll come to that Nephrite, Mamo-chan and I will make sure nothing violent happens when I have my Senshi meet with us to re-introduce you four to them. They'll be upset that we've kept this secret from them, but it's for the best...you guys need time to adjust to human life again and to collect yourselves as Mamo told me before we brought you all back weeks ago. This is why you'll be staying with us until you all either enroll in some sort of school, job profession, find yourselves some sort of stability. You all are always welcomed to stay here with us in our home as long as you want," Usagi spoke softly with kindness as she entered the room, placing a tray of glasses of lemonade and squid flavored shrimp chips on the coffee table.

"Arigato Usagi-san, I know you keep insisting we call you by your current reborn name but I can't help but still refer to you of your old title...I'm still truly sorry for any wrongdoing we had done in the past and the previous present past when we were brainwashed..." Zoisite spoke softly as guilt showed in his eyes looking at the young woman sincerely.

"Zoi-baka, there's nothing anymore to forgive or ask for our forgiveness. It's in the past, this is the present where all of your slates are clean to start over with us all. Mamoru and I have already forgiven you all, please believe me. Now, help yourselves to some more snacks and drinks. Kunzite's going to help me out. Mamo-chan should be coming home soon from having to do that last afternoon shift at the hospital and from picking up dessert from that one stop he had to make for me." Usagi smiled shaking her head, as she handed a glass to Zoisite as he nodded.

"Is this right how the rice should look in the rice cooker?" Kunzite asked Usagi as he looked into the opened lid of the plug in the rice cooker on the kitchen counter space.

"Hai, that looks like it's steam cooking perfectly. Now, if we want it to have some flavor so it doesn't taste so boring being plain rice; we're going to add a dash of some nori seasoning with some fresh chopped garlic and one large red tomato. Just stick these into it and close the lid. The steaming will cook and let the rice absorb it all, and it'll be really yummy." Usagi grinned, walking Kunzite through the process of making steamed tomato and garlic rice.

"If you say so, it sure all smells good. So do you and Endymion...I mean Mamoru do this every night? Cook together like this together?" Kunzite asked her, feeling curious.

"We do, not every night. We do it three times a week, when we don't cook for ourselves we usually just go out to eat somewhere not really expensive or order in takeout delivery. Mamo loves cooking, said it was something he never got to do for himself in our past life, or when he was younger until he had to in this life when he was on his own living alone. To fend for himself. I learned how to get better with cooking thanks to my Mama and later Makoto teaching me lessons after I entered my last year in Junior High School. Why do you ask? Usagi calmly asked as she closed the rice cooker's lid, and Kunzite started on washing the lettuce and red cabbage heads in the sink for him to help her prep the cold cabbage salad for later.

"I don't know why I ask. I suppose I want to know if being with you in this lifetime doing simple things living like normal civilians is what makes him happy. I've liked seeing how happy you've made him in the last few weeks I've been in this apartment observing you two together. I hope when Minako...Venus can forgive me one day, that she and I can have what you and Mamoru do." Kunzite spoke quietly, looking at his hands as he started washing the vegetables in the sink slowly.

"Kunzite...you will have that with Minako-chan again, I promise you will...it will all just take time, you'll see. Alright?" Usagi assured him, comforting him with a slight hug to his shoulders as he nodded, smiling slightly seeing why his Prince adored her smile and affectionate personality of kindness to others.

"I hope so Princess. Now, can you walk me through these steps on how to make a cold cabbage salad or what do you call it, coleslaw?" he asked, finding the name that they called the cold dish strange as the bun-haired girl laughed in giggles.

"Sure, let's just take the cabbages and lettuce to the chopping board on the island counter. I'll grab the smaller knives and veggie peeler to show you how to slice-chop and peel everything before we add the cherry tomatoes, and other condiments to bring it all together. This is one of Mamo-chan's favorite things to eat when it's a nice hot sunny summer day."

Mamoru Chiba while trying to balance the bagged packages in one hand carefully, opened the door to his and his fiancee's apartment. His morning to late afternoon shifts working in the children's ward floor was exhausting for him that day. A few of the children had summer colds and fevers nonstop, so he was running around having to make sure nurses on the ward had everything under control when new patients were admitted to the floor for long stays. Some of his regular patients on the floor were delighted to see him, being the favorite doctor who they loved talking to, getting to see him do magic tricks with his flowers and cards appearing, or amusing them with his infamous Tuxedo Kamen puppet doll. However, there were one or two teenagers in the children's ward that had sourpuss moods that weren't amused by Dr. Chiba's antics and made it clear to him. (At least Mamoru's homemade bento lunch that his Usako had made him of fried chicken bites, potato salad, grilled spicy vegetables, and a fruit salad had cheered him up during his lunch break.)

'It's good to be home, coming in from work to see my favorite Bunny and my guardian Shitennou. Something sure smells good,' Mamoru thought to himself silently as he stepped into the apartment as he kicked the door closed with his foot behind him.

"Hey Mamoru, have fun wrangling children in the hospital?" Jadeite asked greeting him with slight sarcasm as the ebony-haired man laughed.

"More like trying to make sure they didn't disobey orders to stay in bed to relax and keep their IV lines in. Good to see you're up for once not sleeping in or still in your pajamas like last time. Who ensured you woke up on time this morning, Usako or Kunzite?" Mamoru asked raising an eye as Jadeite huffed from his spot on the couch.

"Usagi-san did! When he refused to get up on time to join us for breakfast when you had long already left for work, she marched straight into his room, dropped the demon cat known as Luna on to him, and left letting Luna take a couple claw marks to ensure he woke up." Nephrite laughed hysterically with Kunzite, the two of them setting up the dining room rectangular table by the kitchen area of the apartment.

"Usagi had no choice honestly, this young man refused to get up...I ensured he did when I gave him quite the lecture of not ignoring my ward and mistress when she's the one making sure he's well taken cared of in her home, cooking, cleaning, picking up after him, showing him how to deal with money and other things for survival in this world," Luna huffed as she sat at her spot in the corner of the floor by the kitchen, where her cat dish bowls were.

"Can't really blame you then or her Luna. Bet you learned your lesson about taking Usagi when she calls everyone for breakfast seriously then eh? Usako!" Mamoru called out, walking past Jadeite who kept rolling his eyes with a huff, as he made a beeline for Usagi who was carrying a dish in her oven mitt hands.

"Hi, honey, hugs, and kisses later. I've got a hot dish in my hands right now, and Zoi's carrying the other one. Oh! You got the desserts from Mama's house, goodie! How's Mama doing with teaching Daddy Yoga at her home Yoga class sessions?" Usagi asked, leaning over to give Mamoru a kiss on his cheek quickly, before setting the hot dish of fish on to the table.

"Your Mother's doing good, she said your Father's surviving Yoga lessons to help him find his inner peace and to help with his early arthritis kicking in. She seems to love running her own Yoga Studio class in the house, had a few clients over, some elderly women and college students from the neighborhood it seemed. She said to say hi and for us to 'bring over your old schoolmate friends. Any friends of my Daughter and Son-in-law are always welcome at my house.' Plus, she sent me back with two homemade pies," Mamoru answered, motioning to the bag holding two pink paper boxes of pies as he placed them on the island kitchen counter.

"Wonderful. Set the dish and salad dish right here Zoi, thank you. Alright boys, go wash your hands up and come sit down when you are finished. Dinner's ready! You too Mamo-chan." Usagi announced, motioning them all off to the bathroom to wash up as she went to the kitchen sink to wash.

"Is she always going to be this Motherly meets General Sargent with us Mamoru?" Jadeite asked, but immediately yelping as Kunzite cuffed him on the side of his head with his right hand quickly.

"Show Usagi-san some respect, you moron! She may not like being called Hime or Your Highness anymore, but she'll be respected as our Prince's love, future wife, and mistress of this apartment domain. Stop complaining, She only orders you around because she cares about you and the rest of us." Kunzite lectured him while Nephrite and Zoisite all murmured in agreement.

"Get used to her ways of sometimes being a carbon copy like her Mother Ikuko-san Jad, Usagi means well in her ways of showing love and how she wants to take care of everyone. It's her Motherly nature and she can't help it. She cares about us all, including you guys." Mamoru calmly explained as they all took turns washing up in the bathroom sink with the bar of soap passing it around.

"Fine, fine...at least she's not bad of a cook...she does make delicious pancakes and waffles in the morning...and she does make you happy Endy...Mamoru...I'll tolerate her oddness and slave driving if it means your happy and she spoils us rotten with all the delicious human meals." Jadeite sighed.

"There's the spirit Jadeite. See! I happen to adore and like how Usagi is...plus, she did promise to take me to the bookstores to help me get some books on computer technology and computers on how to work computers of this century to jump me up to speed." Zoisite shared, grinning looking excited to his future outing with their Princess.

"She promised to take me to McDonald's and to the local food stand places that are her favorite haunts you and her go to Mamoru-san. She knows how to treat a fellow foodie swell...those commercials of what McDonald's call a Big Mac looked delicious," Nephrite sighed as if he was launched into food heaven at the thought.

"Usagi-Hime promised to help look into finding something of a part-time job of sorts, to keep me from being bored of just being cooped up in here when the time's right. Said something about helping me get a job alongside working with her at her profession she works at. She said she believed that I had, what do you call it Mamoru, 'People skills' to work with others. Her job as a barista working at this place she called Starbucks sounds promising," Kunzite shared as Mamoru smiled.

"That's good to hear, I think you'd enjoy working with Usagi and getting to know her more with a job like that. Plus, their coffee and iced coffee drinks are beyond amazing to drink Kunz," Mamoru nodded as they exited the bathroom.

"Alright boys, dinner is served. For a Summer night in, I have with the assistance of Kunzite have prepared for you all: Seared Tuna served with Soy-sauce and Lemon Sauce on a bed of Steamed Tomato and Garlic flavored infused Rice. Then there's a dish of Lemon flavored Beef with some slices of Lemon and Long Green Onions chopped on top as a garnish. Then some cold Cabbage Coleslaw. Then if you're all really hungry, some leftover stuffed leeks and pork dumplings from the other night I saved in the freezer before re-steaming them in the steamer basket!" Usagi chirped, motioning to all of the delicious food in their individual serving dishes on the table, joined by pitchers of homemade iced lemonade and ice tea.

"This looks divine..." Zoicite commented as he sat down.

"Usako, as always, you've done it again with making something delicious." Mamoru grinned, eager to eat as his stomach growled a little.

"Princess, you never cease to amaze me. Clearly, Makoto has been giving you good cooking lessons over time. Thank you for this meal as always Hime," Nephrite murmured politely as Usagi blushed shaking her head.

"Oh thank you all, but it's all thanks to Kunzite who suggested I make these when he was browsing through the cookbook recipes I keep in my cookbook binder folder in the lower shelf drawer where all the baking books are. He's who you really should thank," Usagi explained, still blushing as she bowed her head to quietly start the chant of 'itadakimasu' as they all followed in repeating the words.

"Happy to have helped you Usagi, Jadeite! Don't you dare start trying to hog all of those dumplings to yourself! Put half of those on your plate back into that platter now!" Kunzite shouted at the blonde as they all noticed he had scooped practically all of the dumplings on to his plate, chopsticks in hand.

"What? No one seemed to mind...besides...weren't you just saying something about being grateful for the meal and appreciating Usagi's cooking? I'm appreciating it by-OW! Endymion-san! You didn't have to hit my hand with that serving spoon!" Jadeite cried as he held his hand that was barely smacked or bruised.

"Stop trying to weasel your way out of this Jad. Usako made enough dumplings to be shared for 'everyone' sitting here. Now start passing your plate around for everyone else to take some equally. We share at the Chiba Table when it comes to meals here," Mamoru chided him, giving him that stern look like he would use to give him when he was a former Terran Prince when Jadeite would do wrong or make him cross.

"Some things never change, even after how many years and centuries. Oh, thank you, Jed, for sharing these dumplings. Finally, the little glutton learns manners and Mars isn't even here yet to beat manners into you," Nephrite mockingly thanked his comrade with an amused smirk.

"Why 'your welcome' Neph...hope you choke on them...Usagi-san, please pass the cabbage salad. Arigato. See! I have manners!" Jadeite shouted.

"Manners...manners of a little child who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth..." Zoicite murmured as he helped himself to some of the fish and rice as he ignored the dagger glare Jadeite was sending him.

"Now children, behave and eat...don't make Mamo-chan and I have to sit you at the kiddie table." Usagi joked, wagging her finger as Mamoru and Kunzite laughed as the others began to blush while mumbling 'Sorry'.

"This is all delicious, if this is what heaven is like then what will dessert be like?" Nephrite moaned into half-way eating rice and fish with his chopsticks.

"Dessert is beyond heaven once you try my Mama's homemade from scratch pies. She sent us Lemon Cream Pie and Chocolate Pudding Pie with Chocolate Whipped Cream." Usagi answered as four pairs of eyes all looked to her with shock in them.

"Lemon?" Jadeite asked.

"Chocolate...pudding pie?!" Zoicite moaned.

"Hai, Usako's Mother makes the best pies in Juban and Tokyo. Ikuko, my soon to be Mother-in-Law is always sending Usako over here after visiting her with pies and cakes. You guys will meet her next month when we finally start doing things for planning our wedding...after we have that sit down with the girls first." Mamoru mentioned calmly, as he served himself a second plate helping of food, while Kunzite did the same for himself.

"I take back all the bad things and jokes I have ever said about you Usagi. I mean it...when can we start sampling your Mother's pies?" Jadeite asked with a pleading in his voice.

"As soon as dinner is finished and you help me and Mamo-chan clear the table and wash the dishes," Usagi answered, before taking a sip of her ice tea.

"Deal! I've got dibs on helping them clean up!" Jadeite exclaimed, demanding the job.

"I'll help with putting the leftovers away, only right since you and Kunzite made dinner." Nephrite voiced as Mamoru and Usagi nodded.

"Hey Usagi, do you think after dessert, you could help me with advice on how to get to know Ami? I mean, her interests, dislikes...I'd like to get to know the new her of this present time...if it's alright if we talk later," Zoicite asked Usagi while blushing slightly shyly.

"Sure Zoi, I'd be happy to help you," she answered smiling.

'Life is good, I've got my best friends who were my former bodyguards and companions back with me again here, with me and my Princess...thank you Kami...I've got a family again', Mamoru thought to himself as he smiled, fondly looking on as his Princess and Shitennou continued on with having conversations with each other, as they continued eating at the dinner table as the evening turned darker outside.

Mamoru's life felt definitely complete, his Shitennou's life would be complete once they were reunited with their former loves of Usagi's Inner-Senshi Guardians.

The End

Author's Ending Notes:

This one I liked writing. I always had imagined that the Shitennou would get a second chance thanks to Usagi and Mamoru with using the Silver and Golden Crystals to bring them back. The idea of them moving in with them felt right, Mamoru getting that sort of family he always wanted; his best friends/brothers in an arm and the girl he loves living with him, so he isn't alone. I hope everyone enjoyed reading this one if you did then please fill free to review leaving a comment.