Thankies for all the reviews!!!!!!!! n___________________________________________n M'kay, I know you want Serena to reveal herself … but she's got to go through the whole process of making Darien fall in love with her personality. So, please bear with me. Here's the next chappie. O.O;;;; ….

Disclaimer:: I lost the fight. ;______; It doesn't belong to me.

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            Darien and his guardians stood near the throne, boredom etched onto their faces. The two Queens and King were standing just as stiffly, waiting for a certain princess to announce her presence. The four Senshi were already standing next to the throne, standing rigid and stern. The entire court was waiting for the princess to arrive. Wiping his hand on his pant leg, he sighed and rolled his eyes over to Jadeite who looked like he was about to fall asleep on the spot. His head was bobbing back and forth and his eyelids drooped down. The only reason he had not fallen asleep was because of the fact that Zoisite kept poking him in the side, jerking the man awake.

            "Presenting … Princess Serenity Usagi Solaris!" The announcer took a step back and allowed the huge double doors to swing slowly open, revealing a shadowed image of a muscular person adorned in a dress.

Grasping the hand of the announcer, the princess stepped forward wearing a silver dress similar to her mothers. It clung right under her breasts (or lack thereof) and flowed down to the floor. Walking next to the man, she smiled at everyone showing her yellow teeth, but no one looked horrified, they just laughed and smiled back. When reaching her mother, she curtseyed low and spoke in her bass voice. "I apologize for my tardiness once again, your majesties. I was not feeling well."

"What is wrong?" Queen Selenity furrowed her eyebrows in concern and bent forward.

"Nothing is the matter, mother. I just misjudged how much energy a certain spell would take out of me."

Terra smothered laughter at her friend's exasperated face and nodded towards the girl. "I'm happy that you are well, Serenity. Can we begin the dance?"

At Serenity's nod, the Lunarian Queen stood up and faced her court. "My daughter has finally arrived! I hope you will enjoy the ball. Now … on with the music!" With a wave of her hand, the first strains of a light song drifted in the room, swirling around the guests.

The moon princess sighed and stood, watching the horde of Lords and Marquis heading her way. The Lunarian court was the only one who knew what she truly looked like and were used to her outrageous disguises. Smiling slightly, she took the hand of the first Lord and proceeded to the dance floor, mentally groaning at the large line that spanned out from behind him.

"…"

" …Well…"

"…Umm…"

"…Ehh…"

"Did we miss something?" Darien blinked once … twice … nothing changed. The princess was dancing with one man after another, smiling politely and laughing. The look on the man's face was baffling. He looked like he was on seventh heaven from just holding the woman. He blushed when she smiled and fumbled when she laughed. He looked like he was under her spell … just the way a man would act around a gorgeous woman.

" … I'm … not exactly sure …" Jadeite watched as the woman spun out of the arms of the current man and landed in another's. "But … I must say … she's rather good at skipping around the men."

"I just noticed something." Zoisite frowned and rubbed his chin. "This is the first time … a princess hadn't asked Darien to dance with her first. In fact, it seems … she's ignoring him!" 

Jadeite painfully swallowed his burst of laughter as he felt something stab gently into his side … Darien's sword. The laughter forced its way down his throat, expanding the organ. Tears stung his eyes and his lips twitched as he tried to look away from his prince's dangerous evil eye.

"Laugh, Jed … and this is slicing through your side."

He nodded gently and walked away to the balconies to laugh and protect himself from one of his very best friends. As soon as he reached outside he burst out laughing, holding onto the railing for support.

Darien growled slightly as he heard the guard's laughter ring in his ears. "Idiot."

"What's the matter? You don't like not being the center of attention?" Kunzite grumbled and smiled politely at a blushing girl who stood across the room. A sweat drop appeared on the back of his head as the girl swooned and leaned against her friend. "There are still plenty of other girls here that'll pay attention to you."

"Do I seem like I need that much attention?!" Taking a deep breath, he slowly let out his breath. "I don't need that much attention. I'm not one of those spoiled princes who need somebody to shower him with attention every single god damn minute."

"Riiiigghhht." Kunzite shrugged and started to walk away to escape the girl who had targeted him. "Sorry, Darien, wish I could stay and listen to you complain … but I think that girl's stalking me." With that he disappeared into the crowd, followed closely by a starry eyed girl.

He glanced towards Zoisite and Nephlite, eyes narrowed. "What exactly do you mean this is the first time a princess didn't ask me to dance with her first?"

Gulping slightly, the feminine man took a step back. "Well you see … there was Princess Lydia, Princess Isabelle, Princess Gabrielle, Princess Rosalind, Princess Bianca, Princ …" He trailed off as he saw his prince's eyes flash dangerously. Clearing his throat, he pulled nervously at his collar. "Anyway, they always trailed after you and wanted you around them all the time. This is the first princess to not even say a greeting to you."

"And that made Jadeite laugh because…?"

"Well, Jadeite is an overall idiot. Who knows what goes on through that blonde head of his."

"You're blonde."

"Yes, well … he's a true blonde."

"And you're not?"

"Well, I'd like to think so …"

"Could have fooled me."

"Must you be so harsh?"

"Yep."

The two men glared into each other's eyes before the smaller man swallowed nervously and escaped by grabbing the nearest lady and dragging her onto the dance floor. Keeping his head down, he hauled the startled lady towards the center. Looking up, he groaned internally as he looked into the furious eyes of Sailor Jupiter. "Eh … heh heh … Hello."

"Mind letting my hand go?"

He quickly dropped the hand, gulping at the fierce growl. "Nice day for a dance, no?" He nervously scratched the back of his head, smiling.

"Uh … huh."

"You look lovely today."

"Mmmhmm."

"The Queen did a wonderful job of preparing this ball."

"Always does." Her green eyes flashed slightly with annoyance.

"Oh, well … would you like to dance?"

"No."

Smiling meekly, he backed slowly with his hand up, seeing the electricity building in her hand. Why couldn't he have grabbed Mercury's hand? She seemed much nicer.

Darien sighed and watched Nephrite get lost in his meditative state. He was bored out of his mind and all the ladies in the ball were eyeing him, but not stepping up. He guessed he should go up and ask, but he didn't feel like it. Blowing out a breath of air, he straightened, a charming smile gracing his handsome features and he prepared to walk over to the prettiest lady when a large hand landed on his arm. Blinking, his gaze followed the large hand up a muscular arm and over to a masculine face. "H…hello."

"Would you like to dance, Prince Endymion?"

"S…sure!" Taking a deep breath, he held out his arm once more and almost choked as she dragged him onto the dance floor.

"Do you always stutter when you talk, Prince?" Serenity smiled and looked down at the man's head. He was pretty tall and she loved how she towered over him. Hmm … pretty hair.

All that was in his line of vision was a thick, beefy neck. Tilting his head slightly, he smiled slightly. "Ehh … no. Just around you."

"And why is that?"

"Well, you are quite a unique woman."

"You mean ugly, right?"

"N…No! I mean, muscular. Not many women are as muscular as you, Princess." He swallowed slightly as her arms tightened around him. A strange itch crawled down his back and his hands yearned to scratch it, but he held in the urge.

"Ah, well … Jupitarians are muscular."

"Not as much as you, m'lady." His back twitched as the itch stronger and he could have sworn that his cheeks were a bit more in his line of vision.

"Is something the matter?"

He saw her lips twitch into an evil smile and he frowned, feeling lightheaded all of a sudden. "I … I'm not feeling very well."

She smiled, watching the bloated prince swoon slightly in front of her. "Oh, well how about a glass of water?"

"I think that might help."

Gently grabbing the slightly dizzy prince, she waved over a maître d'. Grabbing a glass of water, she handed it over to him, watching as his cheeks swelled and his hands twitch to reach his back. Looking at her wrist, she smiled at the bracelet made of orchids and slid it behind her back. Using her powers, she had managed to subdue the affects of the allergy. Now the only symptoms that were to show were puffiness, itchiness, and a slight dizziness.

Gulping down the water, he stumbled a bit and felt the princess lead him over to a chair. Sitting down, he held his head, feeling the dizziness and strange itch go away. "Thank you."

"Well, I would love to sit here with you, but I promised a Marquis a dance. I hope that you will fare well." With that she walked away, laughing.

He sat down a bit, shaking the dizziness away and grinned a bit as his head cleared up. Standing up, he smiled charismatically at a lady and frowned as her eyes widened and looked away. He walked around smiling and bowing to people, all they did was get wide eyed and laugh.

"Oh … My … Goddess."

            "I don't believe it."

            "What on Earth's name does that boy think he's doing?!" King Damien stood up, his brown eyes round with horror at the sight of his only son and heir.

            Groaning, Queen Selenity plopped down onto her chair, watching as a certain prince with a swollen face walked around smiling and laughing as if nothing had happened. "That's the work of my one and only spawn."

            Terra watched as her son headed smiled at her and turn back to the guests. She could not believe that he hadn't notice what was happening. He was experiencing the exact same symptoms as being near orchids … but there were none in here …

            "Queen Terra?"

"Yes, Serenity?"

"Tell me more about Endymion."

"Why the sudden interest in my son?"

"I was just curious about him. I mean what does he like to do? What does he hate? What kind of flowers does he like… you know."

"Well … as for flowers … he loves them all but for orchids."

"Why?"

"He's allergic to them, honey. Oh, he would swell up like a balloon, itch, and get incredibly dizzy. He's never been around them long enough to find out any other symptoms. He adores flowers … as a prince of earth, he connects to them …"

"…I see…"

"She tricked me!" Terra's eyes widened slightly at the girl's cunning. "Unbelievable!"

"Huh?" Selenity frowned and looked at her friend's sudden outburst. "What in the universe's name are you talking about, Terra?

"Sel, she asked me about Darien and I answered, thinking that she liked him …"

"What in heaven's name is going on?!"

"Oh, calm down Damien."

"Calm down? I want to know why my son is walking around looking like a blowfish with legs!"

"I'm afraid it's a little prank that my daughter is playing on him."

Kunzite choked on the bite of sandwich he had just taken as his light blue eyes landed on his prince. Coughing, he grabbed his glass of wine and gulped it down, his eyes bulging. Looking around, he could see the other three guards staring at the prince the same way. Simultaneously, all four headed towards their unsuspecting prince. When the four met, they shook their heads in confusion and tapped the prince on the shoulder.

He turned around and raised an eyebrow at the blank faces of his guards. "What?"

"…" Jadeite blinked and stared at the bloated, red face of his prince.

"Is there something on my face?"

"…You could say that." Zoisite took a deep breath and pushed forward the only guard that had not invoked the prince's temper that night. "Nephrite has something to tell you!"

"What?!" Nephrite frowned as he was suddenly in front of his prince. An incredulous look spanned across his rugged features as he flipped his long reddish brown hair over his shoulder. "Why me?"

"Because you're the only one that hasn't gotten into trouble yet." Kunzite smiled and gave him the thumbs up. "We're right behind you."

"All they way, buddy!" Jadeite smiled and prepared his feet to run. He was not going to get into trouble twice today.

"Well, you see … it's this. Have you looked in the mirror lately?"

Darien blinked. "Eh?"

"A mirror … you know … look at how you look."

"Why would I need to?"

"This is why." While they had been talking, Zoisite had asked to borrow a small hand mirror from a lady near him. He handed the mirror over towards his Prince and quickly stepped behind Kunzite, hiding behind the man's large form.

Lifting an eyebrow, the Prince of Earth grasped the mirror and looked at it. "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!"

"Umm … I believe that's your face, M'lord."  Zoisite squeaked out from behind his commander's back and watched as his prince's eyes filled with rage.

"I KNOW THAT! BUT WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO IT?!" The entire room was silent now as they stared at the shocked prince. Taking one look at the queen, the entire court left the room, leaving the crisis to the royal monarchs.

Serenity stood in the corner, laughing as the prince ranted and raved. Bringing out a small machine, she clicked it and smiled at the picture that would develop. "This would do nicely next to the picture of Prince Kainji and his black eye."

"WHAT IN THE GOD'S NAME HAPPENED?"

"Stop screaming, Prince …"

Prince Edymion ran his hand over his face, feeling the swelled skin beneath them, his eyes widening with every second. "This … this would explain the dizziness and irritation after I danced with …" He trailed off as he realized something. Gripping the mirror tightly in his hand, his eyes swept across the room to look for a certain brawny princess. Mid-night blue orbs narrowed as he spotted two silver pigtails peeking out from behind a large column.

"With?"

"Uh oh … I don't like that look in his eyes." Looking around, Serenity gulped nervously and peeked out from the columns one more time to see the prince heading her way. "Ah, shit." Turning, she hurried away from the column only to have her wrist grasped by Darien. With a slight gasp, she twirled around and smiled nervously twisting her wrist away from his grip. "What happened to your face? You should go see a healer."

He didn't say anything as he stared at the tall woman, his head tilted back. This woman confused him to no ends and he had had enough of having his pride trampled on, stepped on, and walked on.

She nervously twisted her hands and her eyes lifted to her mother's and widened as she saw the amusement in the woman's eyes. She watched the Earth Monarchs and frowned as she them laughing. They were all against her! They were not going to help. Looking around, she saw the Senshi smirking and shaking their heads. Well, what had she expected when doing this trick? She expected him to storm out of the room and leave the planet that's what! "Are you going to say anything?"

Shaking his head slightly, a slow smile spread across his face.

Oh, dear … I really don't like the look in his eyes.

"Princess Serenity … well played … very original. But I do not turn down a challenge when I am challenged and that little prank you just pulled was a challenge to me. May the best … man win." Grinning, he stepped away and walked out of the room, followed by his guards.

She blinked. "Huh?" She certainly was not expecting that. Turning towards the senshi, she raised an eyebrow. They shrugged and walked over towards her.

"I think … you've found a match in the Earthen Prince." Mina smiled brightly and leaned against her princess. The rest nodded and stood, happy that Mina had gained her sanity back from the afternoon.

Queen Selenity watched and tilted her head. "Your son's quite a strange boy."

"Yep." Taking a deep breath, she flipped her black hair over her shoulder and looked at her husband. "What do you think is going to happen, Damien?"

"How am I supposed to know? I don't know anything that's going on here. And he acts more like you than me, so I'd think you know what would happen." The King beamed and took his wife's hand. "Come, my dear … let's dance."

"Eh?"

"No one is here, the dance floor is empty … we're young …somewhat. I'm sure Queen Selenity won't mind." Turning to the silver-haired woman, he smiled.

"No, of course not." She smiled sadly and watched as her daughter and guards walked out of the room. Sitting down, she smiled as the man she once loved and her best friend danced like a young couple in love.

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"You brought it upon yourself, you know that?" The Martian smirked and flipped herself onto her princess' bed. "If he does something to you, then it's your fault."

"I know that! How was I supposed to know he would react like that?" The princess dropped her disguise as soon as she entered her room and plopped down onto her the silk sofa in her room. Exhausted from holding up the disguise, she was pale and out of breath. Lifting up her wrist, she took off the bracelet made of orchids and placed it on her desk.

"You okay? You had to hold that disguise for quite awhile." Ami placed a hand on the silver-haired girl's forehead and frowned worriedly.

"I'm fine."

"It would be so great if you and Prince Endymion fell in love during all this." Mina sighed blissfully and held her hands together.

"During all what? And I'm not falling in love with a spoiled, bratty prince. He said that I challenged him … but what in heaven's name did I challenge him to?"

"A spar, maybe. I mean you look like a man. He probably thinks that you could fight." Sailor Jupiter yawned and sat down on the floor. "If it comes to that … we're going to have to drop all this."

"He wouldn't! I mean I'm bigger than him!"

"It doesn't work like that, Serena. I mean look at me, I'm smaller than most men and I beat most of them to a pulp during training. It's pathetic how weak our fighters are these days."

"Well, I know how to fight. Remember? I've been training with you guys."

"Yes, but fighting while holding the disguise is difficult. It'll drain your energy too fast and you'll probably collapse."

            Cursing the Mercurian's logic, she lifted her hand and pointed to the door. "Out."

            "Why?" Rei looked up from her nails and frowned. "I didn't say anything."

            "I'm going to have to keep my guard up with Prince Endymion now and I need my sleep. Out." Grumbling, all four girls left towards their own room, shuffling their feet. Slipping out of her dress, she pulled out her nightgown and put it on. Sliding into her bed, she snuggled into the silk sheets and closed her eyes. Soon, she fell asleep, plagued by nightmares of having bloated faces and a Prince dressed up as a woman.

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