Part 10: A Last Moment
Because of that questioning look, Minako did not approach Kunzite as she had planned to. But then again as the evening wore on she didn't have much of a choice but to be alone. Most other people attending this ball were those of whom were from her own planet or much older than herself. She didn't care ether to be an obvious third wheel to any of her friends. So Minako took her post next to a thick white pillar a little ways outside watching all the events happening inside.
She tried to find Kunzite to see if he was still looking at her in that way. She didn't like it. It was like he was trying to pry into her heart to see what she always hid. It looked as if there was a part of her in his eyes. As if he had found out about her.
She couldn't take this confusion. This pressure of feeling like she wasn't herself anymore. He had exposed her to everyone. She touched her arms and closed her eyes. She swung her weight around the pillar and began a walk along the balcony tarries as far from the glow of warm light and love and the chipper voices that seemed to follow her. She tried to just listen to the sound of her shoes clacking against the floor. She tried to hear its echo into the glittering city below to her left and the sporadic darkened hallways to her right.
She was about to talk to herself as she always did when she felt her lowest when a voice came from the ground below herself. Looking over the railing she spotted the general Nephrite and her good friend, the princess of Jupiter on the grass outside. She immediately hid herself against the wall behind her but watched them. She wished that they were someone she could talk to. And yet not. She suddenly felt that longing again in her heart. She touched her cheek with her hand envisioning the cold pillow from her own bedroom.
She sighed, "I should just go home. There is nothing for me here."
"Not anymore." And she walked a little father away to get away from the two people below.
Kunzite was watching her. He hadn't been following her or anything. But Zoicite hadn't wanted him around anymore. The princess of Mercury was very interested in Zoicite's company and Zoicite hadn't complained. So Kunzite had gone for a walk. Just beyond a wall was a deep dip into a covered porch- like thing that over looked the city. It's lights looked like a gold and silver sea. In the distance it all melted together.
There was bench Kunzite had seated himself on and relaxing there he became lost in the blackness beyond the mountains.
It was then that the Princess of Venus had come walking just the way he had. He saw her hide from the two below and as she began to walk on, her shadow blocked the lights he adored. He had to argue, her light was better to look at.
Even though he was surprised by her sudden appearance, he decided to take advantage of her lost state. He was calm, a scary kind of calm like once terrible roaring seas you never sure are quite dead.
In this light, as in any light, he admired her.
His comrades didn't notice what they should have. What they did notice was that he and the princess of Venus were not talking. They did not look at one another and they did not act as if the other existed. Venus's friends had noticed it too. They furrowed their brows, sighed and shook their head when kunzite was on one side of the room and Venus was on the other.
Earlier they had talked about it.
"We can all see it, why can't they?" Mars had stated to Serenity and Mercury.
"It's very obvious now isn't it?" Mercury observed, one finger to her ear.
"What do you mean?" Zoicite was staring at Kunzite.
"Their obvious avoidance of one another is a painfully clear giveaway. If they don't like one another, well, normal people would have talked a lot more by now." Ami frowned again in concern.
"I don't get it at all." Jedite now joined the conversation. "He doesn't seem in love."
"That's it!" Serenity was happy with her conclusion but was angrier now than before. "They don't know it!"
"If they don't know it than how can we?" Rei declared sadly.
"Because we know our friend." Said Serenity simply. She always had a way with just making things clear. The Prince of the Earth (A/N: Oh, is he IN this story?) came up behind her and took her away to dance. She, not unwillingly, accepted and went off to leave the four alone.
"But it's so hard to guess what's going on in those minds! It's hard to get into Kunzite's head. The princess of Venus seems to wear her heart out on her sleeve." Zoicite looked down at Mercury. "Something tells me that's not entirely true. Am I right princess?" General Zoicite smiled at her. She was blushing.
"Yes. We don't always know what going on with her. But this is for sure, she-"
Venus was laughing at the moment. After the person she had been talking to walked away she turned a reluctant glance over to Kunzite who was occupied with Nephrite. She stared for a single moment and then returned to her happy self.
Just after that, Kunzite took a small moment to find Venus in the crowd. Once he had, his eye lingered just one reveling moment too long and was back to talking with Nephrite.
The other four looked at one another with unreadable stares.
"Minako"
She gasped and whipped around with wide and terrified eyes.
"G-General Kun-zite?'
"Princess of Venus." He bowed.
"How do you do?" She curtsied with a wide smile showing off her kissable lips.
"Very well I thank you."
"Good."
' "Good?" How stupid does that sound?'
But Kunzite smiled.
Minako's mind was whirling around for something to say. If she didn't say something soon she would be forced to excuse herself. And even though his eye was no longer piercing she was petrified that he didn't like her. She wanted his approval. 'For the good relation between Earth and Venus of course!' she reminded herself.
That was why she wore this dress after all.
The dress! She would comment on her dress! But before she could get the words out he interrupted.
"Princess of Venus will you sit?"
"No. That's ok I'm alright." She heard herself say even though she wanted to be with him. This way she could escape out of his reach if need be.
"Princess? I have a question for you that is rather personal." He bit his lip. It made Minako want to smile. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to. I just want to know something."
"Yes?" She paused. Keeping her eyes on him. Her breath grew short and shallow. She knew what he would ask. But did he already know the answer? What should she say? Would it be wrong to tell him the truth? What is the real harm?
He prepared his lips by pressing them together.
"What is- (He changed his question)-is your name.Minako?" As an after thought he added, "Princess?" His eyes were pleading and wondrous. Minako was reminded of a child asking if the nugget he had found in the backyard were real gold or not.
She couldn't bring herself to say anything at first.
She was first struck with the thought that how could he have known? 'Of course. He must have over heard Serenity and I. He didn't act this way until tonight and he certainly didn't know at dinner. Well, I must talk to Serenity about this.'
Next she smiled because she didn't mind at all hearing him say it.
He saw her smile. He nervously smiled too.
"It's just a nickname. I-" she began. She spotted something from the corner of her eye and finished loudly, " I think I need to go now!"
"Princess Venus!" Artimis came bounding behind her. "Come quickly!" The cat stopped and looked from Venus to Kunzite and a scowl crossed his face. Minako also realized she and kunzite were closer now than when she first came. "You're needed Princess. Right away."
"Ok, ok hold your elephants! I'm coming." And so Artimis gave Kunzite one last disapproving look and leapt off in the other direction.
Minako was about to follow suit but stopped just before disappearing again she stopped as she commonly did when she changed her mind. Kunzite thought, She always moving or not. When she stands she a statue, when she moves she a dancer. 'Except when she's tripping. But even then.'
"Perhaps, General Kunzite, we could talk more later?"
He nodded once. "Perhaps we could dance?"
"Of course!" Minako gave a big customary smile with all her teeth and her red dress flickered in the summer wind and went to find her cat.
"Princess of Venus, Hurry up!"
"I said hold your Antelopes, I'm coming!"
"Of course." He repeated to the night sky and he laughed.
Minako-chan4: Your review made me laugh so hard my family thought I was crazy. But it's made me smile. My first chapter back and you liked it. ^^ thanks for all your support Minako-chan!
Elena Chamberlain: Hey thanks for your review! I must say, I've read some of your stuff. It's nice! So, coming from a Kunz-Mina lover, what do you think sop far? I trust your judgment.
Pyro*Chic: wahahaha! I live to read good reviews like yours. ::weep:: I think your soo cute! And of course, you read all my stories so you know what's going on. ^^ dish ish foo yoou babe! Im glad your happy but how's work doing? How old are you and where do you live? ^^ just making convo. ^^ your just soo cute!
Chey (kizzykitten86@aol.com) : Sorry, I did it again. ^^;; I know it's a cliff hanger sort of because.welllll I don't think they are going to end up dancing together. ^^;; but why you ask! YOU"LL SEE! But your comments made me laugh and smile. Your such a dear for writeing me. ::weep:: thank you soo much! I hope you are alright with your nuts!
Magician: Thanmk you! You actually read the lil notes at the bottem. ^^ no EVER does that! You make me proud! And I ghope it's not too confuseing.gee.
Mischief Monkey : so it's safe to say..yay?
Woo hoo! That's it! Thanks you guys for reading another chapter! The only sad thing about posting on ff.net is I never know how many people are actually reading this. V.v
I wan to make a web site but I am deft dumb and blind as to how. So heres my question: can anyone HELP ME?!
I am also collecting fanart for this fic. Actually any Princess/general fanart I lovelovelove and I will (someday) have a huge gallery of them! So send away to Mcd03003@byui.edu.
Ooooh the yellow dress is coooooming!
Question of the Chapter: Is there too much or too little of the other girls?
I think I'll end this story earlier than I thought. Here's the thing. I want the other three to be DONE before I finish with this one. So I'm putting this chapter out at my own risk. It's short I know. Forgive me.
Please read "She loved" (2 chap.) and "We loved" (rei and jed) has just had another chapter added! Go look look! I need more reviews! And it's not as long as this one. You people can handle that.
OK that's it!
Thanks again my lovie dovies,
Lovelove too much,
Vbabe
Mcd03003@byui.edu
Because of that questioning look, Minako did not approach Kunzite as she had planned to. But then again as the evening wore on she didn't have much of a choice but to be alone. Most other people attending this ball were those of whom were from her own planet or much older than herself. She didn't care ether to be an obvious third wheel to any of her friends. So Minako took her post next to a thick white pillar a little ways outside watching all the events happening inside.
She tried to find Kunzite to see if he was still looking at her in that way. She didn't like it. It was like he was trying to pry into her heart to see what she always hid. It looked as if there was a part of her in his eyes. As if he had found out about her.
She couldn't take this confusion. This pressure of feeling like she wasn't herself anymore. He had exposed her to everyone. She touched her arms and closed her eyes. She swung her weight around the pillar and began a walk along the balcony tarries as far from the glow of warm light and love and the chipper voices that seemed to follow her. She tried to just listen to the sound of her shoes clacking against the floor. She tried to hear its echo into the glittering city below to her left and the sporadic darkened hallways to her right.
She was about to talk to herself as she always did when she felt her lowest when a voice came from the ground below herself. Looking over the railing she spotted the general Nephrite and her good friend, the princess of Jupiter on the grass outside. She immediately hid herself against the wall behind her but watched them. She wished that they were someone she could talk to. And yet not. She suddenly felt that longing again in her heart. She touched her cheek with her hand envisioning the cold pillow from her own bedroom.
She sighed, "I should just go home. There is nothing for me here."
"Not anymore." And she walked a little father away to get away from the two people below.
Kunzite was watching her. He hadn't been following her or anything. But Zoicite hadn't wanted him around anymore. The princess of Mercury was very interested in Zoicite's company and Zoicite hadn't complained. So Kunzite had gone for a walk. Just beyond a wall was a deep dip into a covered porch- like thing that over looked the city. It's lights looked like a gold and silver sea. In the distance it all melted together.
There was bench Kunzite had seated himself on and relaxing there he became lost in the blackness beyond the mountains.
It was then that the Princess of Venus had come walking just the way he had. He saw her hide from the two below and as she began to walk on, her shadow blocked the lights he adored. He had to argue, her light was better to look at.
Even though he was surprised by her sudden appearance, he decided to take advantage of her lost state. He was calm, a scary kind of calm like once terrible roaring seas you never sure are quite dead.
In this light, as in any light, he admired her.
His comrades didn't notice what they should have. What they did notice was that he and the princess of Venus were not talking. They did not look at one another and they did not act as if the other existed. Venus's friends had noticed it too. They furrowed their brows, sighed and shook their head when kunzite was on one side of the room and Venus was on the other.
Earlier they had talked about it.
"We can all see it, why can't they?" Mars had stated to Serenity and Mercury.
"It's very obvious now isn't it?" Mercury observed, one finger to her ear.
"What do you mean?" Zoicite was staring at Kunzite.
"Their obvious avoidance of one another is a painfully clear giveaway. If they don't like one another, well, normal people would have talked a lot more by now." Ami frowned again in concern.
"I don't get it at all." Jedite now joined the conversation. "He doesn't seem in love."
"That's it!" Serenity was happy with her conclusion but was angrier now than before. "They don't know it!"
"If they don't know it than how can we?" Rei declared sadly.
"Because we know our friend." Said Serenity simply. She always had a way with just making things clear. The Prince of the Earth (A/N: Oh, is he IN this story?) came up behind her and took her away to dance. She, not unwillingly, accepted and went off to leave the four alone.
"But it's so hard to guess what's going on in those minds! It's hard to get into Kunzite's head. The princess of Venus seems to wear her heart out on her sleeve." Zoicite looked down at Mercury. "Something tells me that's not entirely true. Am I right princess?" General Zoicite smiled at her. She was blushing.
"Yes. We don't always know what going on with her. But this is for sure, she-"
Venus was laughing at the moment. After the person she had been talking to walked away she turned a reluctant glance over to Kunzite who was occupied with Nephrite. She stared for a single moment and then returned to her happy self.
Just after that, Kunzite took a small moment to find Venus in the crowd. Once he had, his eye lingered just one reveling moment too long and was back to talking with Nephrite.
The other four looked at one another with unreadable stares.
"Minako"
She gasped and whipped around with wide and terrified eyes.
"G-General Kun-zite?'
"Princess of Venus." He bowed.
"How do you do?" She curtsied with a wide smile showing off her kissable lips.
"Very well I thank you."
"Good."
' "Good?" How stupid does that sound?'
But Kunzite smiled.
Minako's mind was whirling around for something to say. If she didn't say something soon she would be forced to excuse herself. And even though his eye was no longer piercing she was petrified that he didn't like her. She wanted his approval. 'For the good relation between Earth and Venus of course!' she reminded herself.
That was why she wore this dress after all.
The dress! She would comment on her dress! But before she could get the words out he interrupted.
"Princess of Venus will you sit?"
"No. That's ok I'm alright." She heard herself say even though she wanted to be with him. This way she could escape out of his reach if need be.
"Princess? I have a question for you that is rather personal." He bit his lip. It made Minako want to smile. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to. I just want to know something."
"Yes?" She paused. Keeping her eyes on him. Her breath grew short and shallow. She knew what he would ask. But did he already know the answer? What should she say? Would it be wrong to tell him the truth? What is the real harm?
He prepared his lips by pressing them together.
"What is- (He changed his question)-is your name.Minako?" As an after thought he added, "Princess?" His eyes were pleading and wondrous. Minako was reminded of a child asking if the nugget he had found in the backyard were real gold or not.
She couldn't bring herself to say anything at first.
She was first struck with the thought that how could he have known? 'Of course. He must have over heard Serenity and I. He didn't act this way until tonight and he certainly didn't know at dinner. Well, I must talk to Serenity about this.'
Next she smiled because she didn't mind at all hearing him say it.
He saw her smile. He nervously smiled too.
"It's just a nickname. I-" she began. She spotted something from the corner of her eye and finished loudly, " I think I need to go now!"
"Princess Venus!" Artimis came bounding behind her. "Come quickly!" The cat stopped and looked from Venus to Kunzite and a scowl crossed his face. Minako also realized she and kunzite were closer now than when she first came. "You're needed Princess. Right away."
"Ok, ok hold your elephants! I'm coming." And so Artimis gave Kunzite one last disapproving look and leapt off in the other direction.
Minako was about to follow suit but stopped just before disappearing again she stopped as she commonly did when she changed her mind. Kunzite thought, She always moving or not. When she stands she a statue, when she moves she a dancer. 'Except when she's tripping. But even then.'
"Perhaps, General Kunzite, we could talk more later?"
He nodded once. "Perhaps we could dance?"
"Of course!" Minako gave a big customary smile with all her teeth and her red dress flickered in the summer wind and went to find her cat.
"Princess of Venus, Hurry up!"
"I said hold your Antelopes, I'm coming!"
"Of course." He repeated to the night sky and he laughed.
Minako-chan4: Your review made me laugh so hard my family thought I was crazy. But it's made me smile. My first chapter back and you liked it. ^^ thanks for all your support Minako-chan!
Elena Chamberlain: Hey thanks for your review! I must say, I've read some of your stuff. It's nice! So, coming from a Kunz-Mina lover, what do you think sop far? I trust your judgment.
Pyro*Chic: wahahaha! I live to read good reviews like yours. ::weep:: I think your soo cute! And of course, you read all my stories so you know what's going on. ^^ dish ish foo yoou babe! Im glad your happy but how's work doing? How old are you and where do you live? ^^ just making convo. ^^ your just soo cute!
Chey (kizzykitten86@aol.com) : Sorry, I did it again. ^^;; I know it's a cliff hanger sort of because.welllll I don't think they are going to end up dancing together. ^^;; but why you ask! YOU"LL SEE! But your comments made me laugh and smile. Your such a dear for writeing me. ::weep:: thank you soo much! I hope you are alright with your nuts!
Magician: Thanmk you! You actually read the lil notes at the bottem. ^^ no EVER does that! You make me proud! And I ghope it's not too confuseing.gee.
Mischief Monkey : so it's safe to say..yay?
Woo hoo! That's it! Thanks you guys for reading another chapter! The only sad thing about posting on ff.net is I never know how many people are actually reading this. V.v
I wan to make a web site but I am deft dumb and blind as to how. So heres my question: can anyone HELP ME?!
I am also collecting fanart for this fic. Actually any Princess/general fanart I lovelovelove and I will (someday) have a huge gallery of them! So send away to Mcd03003@byui.edu.
Ooooh the yellow dress is coooooming!
Question of the Chapter: Is there too much or too little of the other girls?
I think I'll end this story earlier than I thought. Here's the thing. I want the other three to be DONE before I finish with this one. So I'm putting this chapter out at my own risk. It's short I know. Forgive me.
Please read "She loved" (2 chap.) and "We loved" (rei and jed) has just had another chapter added! Go look look! I need more reviews! And it's not as long as this one. You people can handle that.
OK that's it!
Thanks again my lovie dovies,
Lovelove too much,
Vbabe
Mcd03003@byui.edu