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Anyone at All
By MarsieFan
Chapter 3
One or the Other
The Silver Millennium
~ The Earth Palace~ Jadeite at 21 was more of a boy then a man. "Mother! I can not believe that you expect me to go to Mars and escort some snotty little Princess to the Moon. I have been around those princess types all the the time. Whenever Prince Darien's parents throw balls there are Princesses crawling all over the place. They are rude, conceited and boring. Mother why did you tell Queen Gaea that I would do it!"
"For the hundredth time Jadeite. I requested that you be the one to do it because Queen Tranquility of Mars and I were childhood friends. I think that it would be a good idea for you and her daughter to get along. Princess Rei is going to the Moon to be part of Princess Serenity's inner guard. Also since the Princess was promised to Prince Endymion at birth, you will have to get along with the inner guard. I just wanted to give you a little push thats all. Besides all of the generals from the Prince's guard are required to escort one of the Princess to the moon. I just wanted you to get Princess Rei. You do know that Queen Tranquility is Queen Serenity's younger sister. When Queen Serenity took over the throne Tranquility married to the King Ares of Mars. I was a Lunar child that was choosen as one of the first Sailor Scouts. Then it was just children of the moon. I controled the element of fire." At that moment Inferna stopped and smiled. She was remembering her days on the moon. how everything seemed to have a silvery glow to it. Inferna glanced around her at the plain green of Earth. How she longed to return to the moon. "Ah but that was the past. Please Jadeite don't embarass me. Just try to be nice to the princess." Inferna pleaded.
"Alright Mother I'll try but I can't promise a that I will like her." Jadeite said with a sly smile. "I better get going to the transport. How long am I going to be there before we actually leave for the moon?"
"You are going to be there for two months. Mars is going to have a huge sendoff party for Princess Rei. As I understand it all the planets are having big parties for their Princess send off. Queen Gaea and King Terran couldn't attend all the parties and for them to attend one and not any of the others. So they needed to send ambassasdors, thats where you and the other generals come in. You'll have to be there for all the festivities. In Mars all celebrations are at least two weeks long. You would have known that if you would have read that book on Martian customs that Zoicite gave you weeks ago. You are going to be gone the longest of the generals. But remember you are not only representing yourself and your mother but Earth. Remember your tongue." Inferna said with a look of warning.
"Alright Mother. I have to pack. I'll see you on the docking bay." Jadeite gushed rolling his eyes."
"Jeddy," Inferna said, using her pet name for Jadeite, her voice dripping with honey. "I already packed your trunks. I put everything that you would need for your trip. All you need is any personal items that you want to take with you. Jeddy your not mad that I went through your stuff are you?"
"Mad? Mad! Why would I be mad that my own mother violated a scared trust by going through my underwear drawer!" Jadeite screamed, smoke almost spewing from his ears.
The tension between mother and son was broken by peals of laughter from the doorway. Jadeite glared angerly at the door and saw Malachite, Zoicite, Nephlite and Prince Darien doubled over with glee. "Well Jeddy are you ready to go?" teased Endymion.
"Yeah Jeddy you wouldn't want the transport to leave with out you would you?" Nephlite chimed in.
"Your Martian Princess awaits you." said Zoicite not to be outdown by the others. "Now kiss your mommy good-bye and lets go!"
Jadeite kissed his mother good-bye and promised to write. The generals and the prince walked Jadeite to the platform. They called out various suggestions on how to win the Martian women over. After 20 minutes of laughing, jokes, and insults about each others personal hygine, Jadeite was finally off. The ride to Mars was uneventful. Two days later he arrived on Mars. One of the pilots got off to announce their arrival. The piolt came back on stunned and amazed. "You won't believe what is out there waiting for you! It is a complete caravan! All kinds of creatures, bands, clowns, and dancers! I bet you are in for two months of straight parties!"
"I guess." said Jadeite unimpressed. "Well, i better get this over with." Jadeite walked to the door to the landing platform. He eased open the door and there stood the Martian royal family in all their splendor. King Ares was wearing a deep red, almost black, suit with a matching cape on his head a crown of gold and garnets. The queen was wearing a light rose dress that was made of a heavy fabric that laid in the right places. The light shining down on her hair created a halo and made her look angelic. Her hair was worn in the tradtional hairstlye of all the moon royalty in two pigtails with buns on the top of her head. Her hair had a light pink tint to it whereas, in the pictures that Jadeite had seen, Queen Serenity had a pale grey color. Her crown was also of garnets and gold but where King Ares looked intimidating in his crown, Queen Tranquility looked regal. Finally Jadeite's eyes rested on the Princess. Expecting an average looking girl of twelve he saw a magnificently gorgeous goddess of sixteen. She almost didn't appear mortal. She had to be a fairy or sprite or some sort of magical creature that only appears in children's fairy tales. Princess Rei wore a vibrant red dress made of a light flowing organza, chifon and muslim. It hugged her curves in the bodice and at the waist it slowly widen to a fuller skirt that went all the way to the floor. Her tiara had rubies set in platinum, it was smaller than her parents but it was much more graceful and elegant than the heavy looking crowns. The light colors set off the dark blackness of her hair which fell way past her waist. Her eyes were a light violet that held a gaze in them that showed him that she was studying him just like he was studying her. In his pocket the present that he had picked out for her seemed silly. He and the other generals had gone shopping to get presents for the princesses that they would be escorting, sort of a symbolization of friendship. Both he and Nephlite had opted to buy jewelry as their gift. Nephlite had picked out a beautiful pair of rose earings made of pink coral. Jadeite had seen a rudy, diamond ring made in a infinanty pattern, a figure eight on it's side, to symbolize a infinate friendship between Earth and Mars. At the time it seemed to be the perfect gift for a young princess but now it looked childish. 'She probably had a million rings like it.' thought Jadeite glummly,'Why would this one be special? Well, I have to do something everyone is staring at me.'
"My name is General Jadeite, I am second in command of his royal majesty Prince Endymion of Earth's inner guard. I come baring gifts for the royal family and one especially for the Princess. I hope that it meets with your approval your highness." Jadeite said shakely with a compicated bow that included lots of hand movements and it had him ending up spinning around twice with his head down so low it almost reached the ground. 'Good thing I read that book Zoicite gave me on the way here or I totally would have messed up the greeting. I must have practiced it a million times. Well I better give her the stupid ring. Here goes nothing.' Jadeite thought to himself. Jadeite rose from the bow to be looking straight into the princess' violet eyes. She had moved closer to him during his performance. She had lowered her head to his. "What are you doing? Is this some wierd Earth custom?" Princess Rei said rather bluntly. "Rei! Don't be rude. What did I tell you? Earth is a different planet. You should know that they act diffrently but we should be respectful of his customs and try to teach him some of ours so he won't feel so uncomfortable." King Ares chastised his daughter.
"Sorry General Jadeite." Rei said not really meaning it. She then grabbed his hand and shook it in a firm handshake. "On Mars we call that a handshake. It is the traditional form when greeting a friend. Oh! And loose the royal highness stuff. You can call me Rei. I HATE all those titles. Now about that present." Rei said with a smile. Her eyes were twinkling.
Jadeite was realived that she was easy-going but the something was bothering him. "You mean that thing that I did wasn't the tradtional Martian greeting? And you can call me Jade."
"Great Fireballs! That is absurd! Whoever told you that is nuts! Who DID told you that?" Rei said laughing.
"A friend." Jade said through his teeth. He was going to kill those guys when he got to the moon. Some joke. "Oh I'm sorry you majesty I completely forgot to finish my speech, I had a long presentation that King Terran wanted me to read to you." Jadeite apologized to King Ares.
"Nonsense! Terran is a old windbag anyway. This is a celebration! That's why we wanted you to be here with us. We requested that Earth send over one of Prince Darien's generals so Rei would have an escort to all the parties. And since Tranq knew your mother from the moon. We, you mother and I, figured it would be perfect for you and Rei to get along. The king agreed to release you for a vaction here. Enjoy yourself!" King Ares boomed at him. His voice was deep and rich. It sounded commanding but soften when he talked about Rei. It reminded Jade of a volcano erupting. Then Queen Tranquility spoke. Her sweet melodious voice must have been what angels sounded like we they uttered mortal words. "Ares and I will leave you and Rei to get to know each other better. Please call us by our first names. Like Rei said titles are so formal. Your mother and I were so close on the moon that you seem like family to me. You look a great deal like her you know." Tranquility added gentlely. As if one cue the room emptied off all the court memebers leaving just the royal family and Jade. Ares and Tranquility spoke their farewell and told him that his luggage would be taken care of. He and Rei would be free to roam the city for as long as they like.
As if by magic the ship was gone, the caravan was gone, and Rei and Jade were alone. "Now we can just be Rei and Jade!" Rei said happily. "I have a present for you too." 'Fireballs, I hope that he likes it. Do guys like braclets? I don't know what men like. I usally stay away from them. But this guy is different. I feel all tinglely inside whenever he looks at me. "Here I hope you like it." Rei thrusted a red velvet box at Jade. He opened it, inside was a platinum chain link braclet. There was a bar that had his name written in fancy lettering and what looked like rather large rubies were posistioned at each end of the bar. "It has something on the back too!" Rei commented happily. 'He looks happy. I bet he does like it.'
The back of the name plate simply said ~Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Rei~
"Oh Rei! I love it. I'll never take it off. I promise. What does that phase mean on the back?" Jade said slipping the braclet on. It was heavy and the metal felt cool on his wrist but at the same time it was warm. "It's warm." Jade whispered "It's like it is alive."
"Oh that is just the firestone. It always feel warm. I love to hold them. If you look at them close enough you can see the little piece of fire that was captured in the stone. The phase is the royal family's motto. It means that we have always been friends. Even before we were born. We are friends now and we will be friends tomorrow. You see in the Martian religion we believe that before you are born you live with the Great Fire. Just before you are born your sprit splints in two. Then you wonder through life waiting to find that other half, and when you do it is like the two halves were never seperated." Rei blushed a little. "I consulted the Great Fire today before you got here and it said that I should give you the bracelet. It also said that you and I will be very close. That lettering on it is Martian. I'm rambling aren't I?" She looked down on the ground and studied the blades of grass. 'Fireballs, I am making an absolute fool of myself.'
Rei felt a slight tickle on her cheek. Jade's finger slid down her face to the chin. Rei felt her face being lifted up so her eyes were level with Jade's. He smiled at her. "Rei, you should never humble yourself. It contridicts your personality." Jade dazzled a smile at her.
Rei couldn't help but smile back. Looking in his eyes she felt that things between she and Jade were going to be picture perfect.
All of a sudden Jade's arms were around her and his lips found hers. After what seemed like a lifetime they parted. This time it was Jade that was embarassed. "Oh hell, I am so sorry Rei. I don't know what came over me. I just got caught up in the...." Jade didn't get to finish what he was saying because Rei's mouth closed over his. 'Yes,' Rei thought 'We are going to be just fine together' Jade pulled her closer and Rei deepend the kiss.
*********************************************************************************************Well what did you guys think about my version of how Rei and Jade meet?
Please send all comment and suggestions that you can! I love constructive critizism!
Anyone at All
By MarsieFan
Chapter 3
One or the Other
The Silver Millennium
~ The Earth Palace~ Jadeite at 21 was more of a boy then a man. "Mother! I can not believe that you expect me to go to Mars and escort some snotty little Princess to the Moon. I have been around those princess types all the the time. Whenever Prince Darien's parents throw balls there are Princesses crawling all over the place. They are rude, conceited and boring. Mother why did you tell Queen Gaea that I would do it!"
"For the hundredth time Jadeite. I requested that you be the one to do it because Queen Tranquility of Mars and I were childhood friends. I think that it would be a good idea for you and her daughter to get along. Princess Rei is going to the Moon to be part of Princess Serenity's inner guard. Also since the Princess was promised to Prince Endymion at birth, you will have to get along with the inner guard. I just wanted to give you a little push thats all. Besides all of the generals from the Prince's guard are required to escort one of the Princess to the moon. I just wanted you to get Princess Rei. You do know that Queen Tranquility is Queen Serenity's younger sister. When Queen Serenity took over the throne Tranquility married to the King Ares of Mars. I was a Lunar child that was choosen as one of the first Sailor Scouts. Then it was just children of the moon. I controled the element of fire." At that moment Inferna stopped and smiled. She was remembering her days on the moon. how everything seemed to have a silvery glow to it. Inferna glanced around her at the plain green of Earth. How she longed to return to the moon. "Ah but that was the past. Please Jadeite don't embarass me. Just try to be nice to the princess." Inferna pleaded.
"Alright Mother I'll try but I can't promise a that I will like her." Jadeite said with a sly smile. "I better get going to the transport. How long am I going to be there before we actually leave for the moon?"
"You are going to be there for two months. Mars is going to have a huge sendoff party for Princess Rei. As I understand it all the planets are having big parties for their Princess send off. Queen Gaea and King Terran couldn't attend all the parties and for them to attend one and not any of the others. So they needed to send ambassasdors, thats where you and the other generals come in. You'll have to be there for all the festivities. In Mars all celebrations are at least two weeks long. You would have known that if you would have read that book on Martian customs that Zoicite gave you weeks ago. You are going to be gone the longest of the generals. But remember you are not only representing yourself and your mother but Earth. Remember your tongue." Inferna said with a look of warning.
"Alright Mother. I have to pack. I'll see you on the docking bay." Jadeite gushed rolling his eyes."
"Jeddy," Inferna said, using her pet name for Jadeite, her voice dripping with honey. "I already packed your trunks. I put everything that you would need for your trip. All you need is any personal items that you want to take with you. Jeddy your not mad that I went through your stuff are you?"
"Mad? Mad! Why would I be mad that my own mother violated a scared trust by going through my underwear drawer!" Jadeite screamed, smoke almost spewing from his ears.
The tension between mother and son was broken by peals of laughter from the doorway. Jadeite glared angerly at the door and saw Malachite, Zoicite, Nephlite and Prince Darien doubled over with glee. "Well Jeddy are you ready to go?" teased Endymion.
"Yeah Jeddy you wouldn't want the transport to leave with out you would you?" Nephlite chimed in.
"Your Martian Princess awaits you." said Zoicite not to be outdown by the others. "Now kiss your mommy good-bye and lets go!"
Jadeite kissed his mother good-bye and promised to write. The generals and the prince walked Jadeite to the platform. They called out various suggestions on how to win the Martian women over. After 20 minutes of laughing, jokes, and insults about each others personal hygine, Jadeite was finally off. The ride to Mars was uneventful. Two days later he arrived on Mars. One of the pilots got off to announce their arrival. The piolt came back on stunned and amazed. "You won't believe what is out there waiting for you! It is a complete caravan! All kinds of creatures, bands, clowns, and dancers! I bet you are in for two months of straight parties!"
"I guess." said Jadeite unimpressed. "Well, i better get this over with." Jadeite walked to the door to the landing platform. He eased open the door and there stood the Martian royal family in all their splendor. King Ares was wearing a deep red, almost black, suit with a matching cape on his head a crown of gold and garnets. The queen was wearing a light rose dress that was made of a heavy fabric that laid in the right places. The light shining down on her hair created a halo and made her look angelic. Her hair was worn in the tradtional hairstlye of all the moon royalty in two pigtails with buns on the top of her head. Her hair had a light pink tint to it whereas, in the pictures that Jadeite had seen, Queen Serenity had a pale grey color. Her crown was also of garnets and gold but where King Ares looked intimidating in his crown, Queen Tranquility looked regal. Finally Jadeite's eyes rested on the Princess. Expecting an average looking girl of twelve he saw a magnificently gorgeous goddess of sixteen. She almost didn't appear mortal. She had to be a fairy or sprite or some sort of magical creature that only appears in children's fairy tales. Princess Rei wore a vibrant red dress made of a light flowing organza, chifon and muslim. It hugged her curves in the bodice and at the waist it slowly widen to a fuller skirt that went all the way to the floor. Her tiara had rubies set in platinum, it was smaller than her parents but it was much more graceful and elegant than the heavy looking crowns. The light colors set off the dark blackness of her hair which fell way past her waist. Her eyes were a light violet that held a gaze in them that showed him that she was studying him just like he was studying her. In his pocket the present that he had picked out for her seemed silly. He and the other generals had gone shopping to get presents for the princesses that they would be escorting, sort of a symbolization of friendship. Both he and Nephlite had opted to buy jewelry as their gift. Nephlite had picked out a beautiful pair of rose earings made of pink coral. Jadeite had seen a rudy, diamond ring made in a infinanty pattern, a figure eight on it's side, to symbolize a infinate friendship between Earth and Mars. At the time it seemed to be the perfect gift for a young princess but now it looked childish. 'She probably had a million rings like it.' thought Jadeite glummly,'Why would this one be special? Well, I have to do something everyone is staring at me.'
"My name is General Jadeite, I am second in command of his royal majesty Prince Endymion of Earth's inner guard. I come baring gifts for the royal family and one especially for the Princess. I hope that it meets with your approval your highness." Jadeite said shakely with a compicated bow that included lots of hand movements and it had him ending up spinning around twice with his head down so low it almost reached the ground. 'Good thing I read that book Zoicite gave me on the way here or I totally would have messed up the greeting. I must have practiced it a million times. Well I better give her the stupid ring. Here goes nothing.' Jadeite thought to himself. Jadeite rose from the bow to be looking straight into the princess' violet eyes. She had moved closer to him during his performance. She had lowered her head to his. "What are you doing? Is this some wierd Earth custom?" Princess Rei said rather bluntly. "Rei! Don't be rude. What did I tell you? Earth is a different planet. You should know that they act diffrently but we should be respectful of his customs and try to teach him some of ours so he won't feel so uncomfortable." King Ares chastised his daughter.
"Sorry General Jadeite." Rei said not really meaning it. She then grabbed his hand and shook it in a firm handshake. "On Mars we call that a handshake. It is the traditional form when greeting a friend. Oh! And loose the royal highness stuff. You can call me Rei. I HATE all those titles. Now about that present." Rei said with a smile. Her eyes were twinkling.
Jadeite was realived that she was easy-going but the something was bothering him. "You mean that thing that I did wasn't the tradtional Martian greeting? And you can call me Jade."
"Great Fireballs! That is absurd! Whoever told you that is nuts! Who DID told you that?" Rei said laughing.
"A friend." Jade said through his teeth. He was going to kill those guys when he got to the moon. Some joke. "Oh I'm sorry you majesty I completely forgot to finish my speech, I had a long presentation that King Terran wanted me to read to you." Jadeite apologized to King Ares.
"Nonsense! Terran is a old windbag anyway. This is a celebration! That's why we wanted you to be here with us. We requested that Earth send over one of Prince Darien's generals so Rei would have an escort to all the parties. And since Tranq knew your mother from the moon. We, you mother and I, figured it would be perfect for you and Rei to get along. The king agreed to release you for a vaction here. Enjoy yourself!" King Ares boomed at him. His voice was deep and rich. It sounded commanding but soften when he talked about Rei. It reminded Jade of a volcano erupting. Then Queen Tranquility spoke. Her sweet melodious voice must have been what angels sounded like we they uttered mortal words. "Ares and I will leave you and Rei to get to know each other better. Please call us by our first names. Like Rei said titles are so formal. Your mother and I were so close on the moon that you seem like family to me. You look a great deal like her you know." Tranquility added gentlely. As if one cue the room emptied off all the court memebers leaving just the royal family and Jade. Ares and Tranquility spoke their farewell and told him that his luggage would be taken care of. He and Rei would be free to roam the city for as long as they like.
As if by magic the ship was gone, the caravan was gone, and Rei and Jade were alone. "Now we can just be Rei and Jade!" Rei said happily. "I have a present for you too." 'Fireballs, I hope that he likes it. Do guys like braclets? I don't know what men like. I usally stay away from them. But this guy is different. I feel all tinglely inside whenever he looks at me. "Here I hope you like it." Rei thrusted a red velvet box at Jade. He opened it, inside was a platinum chain link braclet. There was a bar that had his name written in fancy lettering and what looked like rather large rubies were posistioned at each end of the bar. "It has something on the back too!" Rei commented happily. 'He looks happy. I bet he does like it.'
The back of the name plate simply said ~Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Rei~
"Oh Rei! I love it. I'll never take it off. I promise. What does that phase mean on the back?" Jade said slipping the braclet on. It was heavy and the metal felt cool on his wrist but at the same time it was warm. "It's warm." Jade whispered "It's like it is alive."
"Oh that is just the firestone. It always feel warm. I love to hold them. If you look at them close enough you can see the little piece of fire that was captured in the stone. The phase is the royal family's motto. It means that we have always been friends. Even before we were born. We are friends now and we will be friends tomorrow. You see in the Martian religion we believe that before you are born you live with the Great Fire. Just before you are born your sprit splints in two. Then you wonder through life waiting to find that other half, and when you do it is like the two halves were never seperated." Rei blushed a little. "I consulted the Great Fire today before you got here and it said that I should give you the bracelet. It also said that you and I will be very close. That lettering on it is Martian. I'm rambling aren't I?" She looked down on the ground and studied the blades of grass. 'Fireballs, I am making an absolute fool of myself.'
Rei felt a slight tickle on her cheek. Jade's finger slid down her face to the chin. Rei felt her face being lifted up so her eyes were level with Jade's. He smiled at her. "Rei, you should never humble yourself. It contridicts your personality." Jade dazzled a smile at her.
Rei couldn't help but smile back. Looking in his eyes she felt that things between she and Jade were going to be picture perfect.
All of a sudden Jade's arms were around her and his lips found hers. After what seemed like a lifetime they parted. This time it was Jade that was embarassed. "Oh hell, I am so sorry Rei. I don't know what came over me. I just got caught up in the...." Jade didn't get to finish what he was saying because Rei's mouth closed over his. 'Yes,' Rei thought 'We are going to be just fine together' Jade pulled her closer and Rei deepend the kiss.
*********************************************************************************************Well what did you guys think about my version of how Rei and Jade meet?
Please send all comment and suggestions that you can! I love constructive critizism!