"I think that these guests are a curse!"said Endymion, as he watched someone wrap Nephrite's arm in bandages.
"I think you're absolutely right."Jadeite agreed.
Kunzite shook his head mournfully, looking around. Except for Kunzite, everyone had some signs of having been beaten up, or being close to death, or becoming deaf.
"I never really thought Mercury could lose her temper like that!"Zoicite exclaimed. "I didn't think her capable, or that she even had a temper! It was…incredible. I was even afraid of her, to be honest!"
Nephrite glared at him, with one black eye, and at least one broken limb.
"At least you didn't have to fear for your life!"he told him. "I'm just grateful I'm still alive! She could have killed me, you know!"
Endymion shook his head.
"Don't talk so loud, you guys! Serenity was crying and yelling at me the entire night! I'm surprised I can still hear!"
"How come no one's beat Kunzite up? Or yelled at him?"Jadeite demanded.
"Perhaps because I'm the only sane one among us."said Kunzite calmly.
"Maybe it would be best if these girls didn't stay for your wedding, Jadeite!"Zoicite exclaimed.
He looked almost terrified.
"I really don't want to face Mercury in such a mood again! Imagine! I had no idea she was capable of being that jealous! I didn't even suspect she could be jealous! She always seems so…self controlled."he sighed. "I would probably even recommend you read about Martians. I'd have been more prepared for something like this, if I'd have known that while Mercurians aren't gossips, and consider one another's private lives forbidden to talk about, they expect to know everything about what their spouses do."
"I don't think Mercury is capable of having such a temper!"Nephrite said. "At least not as bad as Jupiter. She really beat me up."he was even walking with a limp.
"Everyone can see that!"Kunzite nodded. "Why didn't you defend yourself? I refuse to believe that you are unable to defend yourself!"
Nephrite looked indignant.
"Well, I couldn't very well have hit her, or something! All I could do was try to reason with her, which took a while!"
Endymion winced.
"Didn't I tell you guys to keep it down!"he demanded again.
"Sorry."
"We have to figure out a way to get those two barbarians from the Periphery out of here, fast! They can't stay! It'll be a nightmare!"Jadeite cried.
Everyone else nodded in agreement.
"I don't think I'll live through another one of these beatings."said Nephrite.
"I can't afford to lose my hearing!"Endymion added.
"I can't take anymore surprises, and I definitely can't afford to lose what ground I've gained with Mercury, it's taken me forever! And I am not interested in either of those two!"he said.
"Neither am I!"said Jadeite.
"None of you are!"Kunzite said.
"So, we have to figure out a way to get rid of them!"
Everyone nodded.
In another part of the castle, the girls were having a similar conversation. Mars fanned herself, thinking. Mercury looked upset, Jupiter angry, and Serenity on the verge of tears.
"Well, what's the matter with everybody today!"Venus demanded.
"You like those…girls, don't you?"Mars asked her.
Venus looked confused.
"Why?"
"Because, since you get along so well with them, then you will tell them that they're not welcome here."she finished coldly.
Venus looked perplexed.
"Why?"she asked again.
Mercury stood up.
"I completely agree!"she said. "One hundred percent!"
"I swear, if that…that…girl even thinks…but if Nephrite even…"Jupiter said, through clenched teeth.
"She was flirting with Endymion!"Serenity cried.
"And since you also seem to get along so well with them, you will tell them to leave! And as soon as possible, right now, as a matter of fact!"
Venus stared at her.
"But…that's not really a problem…I mean, you're engaged, aren't you? Besides, it's not really that big a problem. After all, you're only marrying him because you know you're more than capable of making him miserable!"
Mars looked ready to strangle her.
"If I marry him, he will be my husband, not anyone else's."
"I agree."said Mercury.
"I did notice just how badly injured Nephrite was, and just how the others looked this morning."
"Oh, Jadeite is sorry that he even looked at her."
Venus turned.
"I thought you didn't really care for him."she said, with a hint of a smile, back to her old teasing self.
Mars looked furious.
"Just forget about it."Mercury demanded. "I want those girls out of here! Now!"
Jupiter got to her feet.
"By the way, just where is Nephrite! And where are they?"she asked, angrily.
"I don't know, and I don't care where they are! Ugh, I think they're coming this way, at least I hear footsteps, and it's not one of the staff, I can tell you that!"Mars answered.
"We'll leave you to it, Venus!"Mercury told her.
"And I expect them to be out of here by tomorrow the latest!"Mars said.
"But what am I supposed to tell them?!"Venus asked, anxiously.
"Make anything up! But get them out of here!"
Everyone got to their feet, and walked out of the room, leaving Venus alone.