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Summary:

Mars and Jupiter had always been close. They are best friends in my SilMil Arc.
Princess Mars holds Princess Jupiter in her room for a bit, making some time and allowing Mercury to calm down. Meanwhile, both princesses have an open heart chatter.

A/N:

Sorry, last time I forgot to add this note about their names in SilMil.

Athena= Princess/Sailor Mercury

Io= Princess/Sailor Jupiter

Arianna: Princess/Sailor Mars

Aphrodite ('dite)= Princess/Sailor Venus


"Behind closed doors"

By: DeyoChan

Ch IV/VI.

Friendly chatter

The Jovian Princess was finally free fom the feast with the Earthlings.

She began her way towards her fiancée's room, but she was stopped only a couple of steps away from entering the room marked with Mercury's symbol by a warm hand holding hers by the wrist and pulling her away from her destination.

She turns to see her 'attacker' to find a familiar raven-haired young woman: Princess Mars. The Martian Princess was Io's best friend and she was beaconing her in silence to follow her.

Frowning at the silent gesture the Jovian Princess nods, following Princess Mars in silence, walking behind her until they reached the other end of the hall and both were before a door with the symbol of the planet of war.

Once inside, Mars carefully closed the door behind them, gazing deeply at her friend. Io was aware of what was happening; Arianna was trying to read her aura, studding her, but she was too distracted to rise up her walls up and keep the Martian away from her mental fight.

Unable to withstand the silence her friend was offering her, Princess Io finally speak.

"What's wrong Ariana-chan? I don't know if you'd noticed, but I was heading to Athena's-" A sudden hand movement from Princess Mars smacked the Jovian's right forearm interrupting her rant.

Holding the bridge of her nose, a very annoyed Princess Mars tried to stay calm before nagging at her best friend, "What the hell, Io-Chan! Why did you let yourself be kissed by that man?" Arianna shrieks, "Didn't you think about the consequences that this may bring you?" She asks, this time folding her arms glaring at her friend from her spot in the center of her own bedroom.

Sighing tiredly, Io scratches the back of her neck walking slowly towards a lone chair in front of Mars' dressing table behind them. Slumping heavily on a nearby chair the Jovian Princess looked at her friend shyly.

"H-He took me by surprise Arianna-chan." She murmurs at the end after a long pause.

Sighing in weariness and rolling up her red dress, Princess Mars squats in front of the tormented Jovian girl holding her friend's hands, looking at her dead in the eye, amethyst meeting emerald green giving her another small slap on the back of the head earning a reproachful look from her Jovian friend.

"OUCH! What was that for?" Io asks baffled rubbing the injured area.

"Io-chan, I need you to be honest, like very, very honest with me-," at the request the Jovian nods, "Is there something odd happening between Athena-chan and you?" Arianna asks with as much tact as she could.

Startled, Princess Io opens her eyes wide as she shakes her head.

"What? Of course not! It's not…it's nothing like that! Believe me, between Athena and I things are going well... very, very good." Io shamelessly adds, a mischievous smile, remembering certain episodes that involve herself beneath blue sheets under the sensual caresses of a certain Mercurian Princess.

Grimacing in annoyance, Princess Mars suddenly stood up shaking her head, "Gah! Too much info, Io-chan!"

Smirking, the Jovian Princess giggles amused at the sight of the Martian rubbing her eyes, trying to erase the suggestive image.

"You asked." The Jovian replied shrugging smugly.

Sighing, Arianna takes the discarded chair, taking close sit with her friend again.

"Yeah, but we both know that that was not what I meant." She gave her friend a glare again, "It surprised me that you didn't break that man's leg as soon as he was reaching for you." A fit of nervous giggles escaped the Jovian at her friend's words. "Tell me, what really affected you from this Neflyte-San?"

Amethyst eyes pierced emerald-green ones searching for a trace of uncertainty or insecurity, but the only thing they found was: Grief and sorrow.

"He reminded me of Alcides." Io finally says, lowering her gaze to the carpet as Mars rubs her friend's knuckles with her thumbs.

Standing up, Princess Io slowly begins to make her way towards the window at the end of the room glaring at the hidden gardens behind them. In silence, she kept her gaze on the colorful meadow behind Mars' bedroom window. Taking another deep breath the Jovian closes her eyes, trying to keep her memories away from overwhelming her emotions. She was startled by a warm hand over her right shoulder.

When Arianna saw a rebellious tear rolling down her best friend's cheek, she moved her body to hold her friend in a tender embrace, Io inevitably began to sob on her shoulder.

"Shh, it's okay, Io-chan, my brother was also there, remember?" The raven-haired Princess murmurs, understanding to whom she was referring to, "The fact that this guy look alike your older brother does not allow him…-"

"I know Ariana-chan," the Jovian finally sighs, "I-I know that Alcides and Eros...-" now was Princess Mars the one who felt her eyes watered, "I-I just can't stop thinking that I'd had love to introduce Athena to Alcides…he would have liked her, very much."

Mars nodded at her friend's words, whispering softly equally hurt by the shared memory of the loss of an older sibling.

"Our brothers are not here anymore... it wasn't your fault nor mine Io-chan, it was…theirs. Those traitors took their lives away."

The Jovian continued her silent crying on her friend's shoulder at the memory of how both Princes were ambushed and killed in the kingdom's battle field they both were defending. Prince Alcides, of planet Jupiter -firstborn of the royal line of his native planet; and, Eros, Prince and firstborn of the Planet Mars -the first of six men in the Martian royal line.

Planet Earth was the last one that was convinced to join Queen Serenity's alliance. Before Earth, both Princes were commissioned to convince an unnamed planet to join their Queen's alliance.

To someone's fortune and to some others misfortune little was known about that planet's culture. And for some reason it was destroyed the same night Prince Alcides and Prince Eros were betrayed by its people. After Queen Serenity's court heard what happened to their strongest inner allies, Mars and Jupiter united their armies in permanent alert.

Trying to lessen the bitterness that was getting into Io, Ariana chuckles softly.

"What is it Arianna-chan?"

"I just remembered that Eros-nisan showed some interest in you…-" Arianna said, barely holding her giggles, "He liked you."

Jupiter snorts at that. "I had already told him as well as I told you... I am not interested in tall, dark-haired, amethyst-eyed men." She smugly says folding arms, smiling amusedly at her friend.

"Uh-huh. No you weren't and you're not." Princess Mars laughs, "You're more interested in medium height individual, with both, blue eyes and hair, and an intelligence above the average and... Oh, and I forgot to mention that you are not into guys!"

"Pff, as if you were into them." Princess Jupiter snorts.

Raising his eyebrows Mars amused nods, "Touché."

At the amused nod from the Jovian, Mars finally smiles at her now more relaxed best friend. "What's up, Arianna-chan?" Joviana asks, noticing her friend's scowl making its way into her brow.

"By all the gods! You let that earthling kiss you because of his resemblance to your brother!"

"WHAT?! THAT WAS NOT THE REASON!" Replied Princess Jupiter hastily.

Every trace of sorrow was replaced by horror at the Martian's wrong conjecture, a Martian who had slumped in the saddle behind them cracking into a laugh.

"Ariana-chan! What has Aphrodite done to you? How come you say such awful things to me?!"

Princess Mars laughed uncontrollably at her friend's frustration, "S-She hadn't done anything to me... b-but y-your face, Oh sweet gods, priceless!"

"I'm done! I don't even know why I'm wasting my time with you!" The Jovian shouts folding her arms in a very annoyed manner.

"I-I'm sorry, Io-chan, i-it's just that from my perspective...-" Arianna mumbled still laughing.

"Well, your perspective is damn wrong!" Io replies dryly, "I was shocked before precisely because Nephrite's resemblance to my deceased brother is kinda strong and that's what stopped me to crush his legs, but what thrown me out of my mind was the fact that he dared to kiss me ... in front of you girls, IN FRONT OF ATHENA!"

Io was blushing, hard, either from annoyance or embarrassment. An unpleasant chill ran down her spine at the thought of her fiancée may be disappointed at her by not stopping the daring earthling.

Arianna's voice brought Io back from her mental journey.

"Well...sure you weren't as surprised as Athena-chan was. She was…uhm, for a lack of better word: fuming."

Sighing heavily, Io takes a seat next to her friend's, her shoulders completely loose, "I-I really don't know what I'm doing here with you instead of discussing this with Athena." She murmurs, frowning slightly.

"We were making some time, so your fiancée can calm down before you're alone with her again."

::TBC::


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