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The Prince was speechless. Mortified. His blue eyes were round with shock at the soldier standing in front of him. "What?!"
"Well ... I was wondering if we could have dinner sometime..." The poor man winced as the prince continued to gape.
Darien could hear the four Guardians snickering in the background. Turning around swiftly, he narrowed his eyes and smiled as the men gulped. Looking towards the soldier, he swallowed slightly and ran his hand through his hair. "Where exactly did you get the idea that I'm ... a homosexual?"
He blinked and looked at the tall prince. "Well ... I overheard the princesses talking ... and ... you mean you're not?"
"NO!"
"I see. I'm sorry for all the trouble..." The soldier walked away, but not before turning around and mumbling, "Too bad."
"How many is that now, Dare? Six? Seven? And it's only eight in the morning!" Jadeite broke out laughing and quickly dodged the punch swung his way. "I got to say ... the princess is very clever!"
"Hey! You got asked out too! Did you forget?" Zoisite grinned as the blonde-haired man stopped laughing. It had been two hours since they had been untied from the blasted tree and their faces were red from trying to scrub the make-up off. How did girls wear it everyday and make it look easy?
Kunzite groaned and leaned against the cool marble wall. "We've all been asked out. This is becoming personal. She's targeted all of us! We must retaliate! It's war!" The serious glint made the situation more humorous, but they fought not to laugh.
"..." The other four glanced at the silver-haired man and forced a grin. There was a reason Kunzite was the leader of the four guardians. He was a wonderful warrior and one who thought of every challenge as war.
"Heh ... Kunzite? This isn't war. Not everything is war ... didn't you come to terms with it at the last meeting with the psychiatrist?" Nephrite could feel a sweat drop trickle down the back of his head. Sometimes, Kunzite was just too scary for words.
"Yea ... but...!" Sighing, he shook his head. "They gave me split ends!" Grabbing a fistful of his precious hair, he showed it to them. They were barely visible, but to Kunzite they stuck out like a sore thumb.
Darien shook his head and wondered slightly if the general was a homosexual, but decided not to venture into that territory. "We have to get back at them. But what to do?"
"We also have to include the senshi." Jadeite frowned as he remembered Princess Rei trying to put mascara on him and only ending up stabbing him in the eye. To make it worse, it had been pink mascara. He didn't even know there was such thing as pink mascara!
"Shh ... listen." Darien raised his hand and tilted his head, hearing several giggles and laughter. They were feminine and soft. Hearing no sound of the masculine boom of the moon Princess, he decided that the senshi were by themselves and they were coming closer. Motioning towards him men, they slinked behind the pillars and watched.
Sure enough, the senshi appeared laughing and talking.
"I can't believe Serena bribed us into doing that! How does she do it?" Mina blinked and placed a finger to her head, trying to figure out what had happened the night before.
"Perhaps it has something do with the fact that she has spent her entire life perfecting the pleading face, the innocent face, and the loving face. The three of them combined is a horrible weapon. And that's what she pulled on us yesterday." Lita grinned and crossed her arms, remembering how General Nehprite had yelped when she had accidentally pulled at his hair when tying it up in the pigtails. Who knew a man could hit such high notes?
"I did it willingly! It was the most fun I've had since living in this palace." Rei sharp voice held a bit of contentment at having retaliated against the awful noise she had been put through by the compliments of General Jadeite.
"Yes, I had fun too."
"You?!"
The sailor scout of Mercury blushed as three sets of eyes landed on her. It had been fun especially when she had started to apply blue nail polish to General Zoisite. "I think blue suits Zoisite well. It enhanced his toes."
Zoisite blinked and looked down at his boot-covered toes. Wiggling them, he frowned. "Damn ... knew I forgot something." He grunted a bit as the Jadeite elbowed him in the stomach.
"Shut up!"
"Hey, did you know that Uranus was coming?" Mina perked up a bit and turned around to look at the other scouts.
"Why?" Mars blinked, whenever Uranus came ... there was always some kind of emergency. "And why isn't Neptune coming as well?"
"Well, it seems Serenity invited Haruka. I wonder why..."
"What I'm worried about is how Haruka's going to react to the fact that there are five men here. You know protective Uranus can be with Serena."
"Remember that one prince that got sent to the emergency chamber? That was not a pretty picture..." Ami's voices trailed off as the four princesses turned the corner.
Darien stepped out, feelings of dread crawling in his stomach. "...Emergency room?"
"She said all five ... we're not here to court the princess! Enydmion is! So, you don't think he'll attack us to, do you Kunzite?" Jadeite whimpered slightly and leaned against the pillar he been hiding behind.
"By the gods, Man! Did you just whimper? What kind of warrior are you?!" Kunzite raised his arms, his eyes incredulous.
"Take it easy Kunzite, Jed's always been like that." Zoisite grinned. "Well, I love to stay and chat ... but I have something left unfinished." Inside his boots, he wiggled his toes again wondering how he was going to remove the mysterious substance known as nail polish. With a wave, he disappeared around the corner and towards his room.
"You're still going to have to protect me from this Haruka person! And I'm not courting Serenity!" Darien hated the feeling crawling in his stomach. Ever since meeting this damn princess, all his senses seem to have flown out the god damn window.
"Aw, he won't kill you. Maybe hurt you, but not kill you." Jed grinned and tilted his head. "Anyway! While our dear prince is counting his last hours to live, why don't we come up with a way to get the princesses back? How about we sneak into their bath houses while they ba-- ow!" He rubbed his head and glared at Nephrite who had just smacked him. The man just grinned and shrugged his shoulders.
"I think I have the perfect way." Kunzite grinned, rubbing his hands together. Should any Lunarian had seen him at that moment, they would have thought that he was a male replica of Mina when she was thinking.
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"Sel? Sel?!" Terra glanced worriedly at her silent friend sitting at the window. The sun was shining through the window and surrounding the graceful Queen. She had been quiet ever since they had freed the boys (a grin quirked her features at the memory).
"Unh..?"
"You okay?"
A strange smile graced the features of the queen as she turned to her dearest friend. "Perfect."
Terra recognized that smile. She had seen it so many times on Selenity when she had been a teenager and she had seen it on Princess Serenity's face. This was not good. The mischievous Princess Selenity was back with a vengeance.
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Serenity glanced around her room, checking to see if anyone was near. Dropping her disguise, she sighed and plopped down onto her bed. She was exhausted! Why won't the blasted prince leave?! Never before had she had to keep her disguises up for so long. Standing up, she sighed and walked over to the balcony basking in the cool air and warm sun. With her eyes closed, she never noticed the shocked figure below her.
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Damien blinked at the stunning beauty standing on the princess' balcony. Judging by her dress, crown, and resemblances to the queen, he decided that this was the true princess of the Moon. But who was the hulking giant that had been scaring and torturing his poor son for the past two days? Narrowing his eyes, he decided that he was going to get to the bottom of this. And he knew where to start. Terra had been unusually quiet these past few days...
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This was too precious. Serenity watched from the platform as the royal ship of Uranus landed. The goddamn prince and his generals (minus Zoisite) were standing a few feet away from her. Growling, she glared at them, only to receive a wink from the Prince. Quirking an eyebrow in surprise, her mouth remained open.
"Better close that mouth of yours, Senny." Uranus' voice timbered from in front of Serenity and the princess shrieked, practically jumping out of her skin. Chuckling, the Uranian princess opened her arms for an embrace. She was going to ask about the disguise later.
"Ruka!" Jumping into the arms of the woman, she hugged her tightly. "I missed you so much!"
Jadeite raised an eyebrow at the comical scene in front of him. It turned out that Haruka was a small man, quite petite actually. The princess was much taller than him, but she managed to somehow hug the woman.
"THAT is the scary man we've been waiting for?" Kunzite grunted and shook his head. "How low the mighty have fallen."
Darien watched silently as the princess embraced the man. He was tall, but not that tall, around five feet and eleven inches. With golden hair and with what seemed like green eyes, he was definitely a pretty boy. "Hmph. If she likes him, why doesn't she marry him."
"Careful you sound jealous." Nephrite threw a sidelong glance towards his prince, grinning.
The prince chocked and started to cough harshly. He could feel Jadeite pounding him on the back and he tried to growl, but unfortunately he was still coughing. When the coughing fit had passed, his back ached like hell. "Never! Do that again!"
"You were choking! I had to do something!"
"You don't hit a person that hard, you idiot!"
"Oh?" The blonde scratched his head, gazing with innocent blue eyes.
"Ah forget it!" Wincing against the burning pain on his back, he realized that the rest of the court was gazing at him. Giving a sheepish look, he scratched the back of his head. "Ah, everything's all right here."
Haruka gazed at the man who looked like he had a seizure and raised an eyebrow. "Uh, Senny? Who is that?"
"Oh! That's what I want to talk to you about! Come on!" Grinning, Princess Serenity dragged her dearest friend to her bedchambers.
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"What the hell is that smell?!" Darien, Jadeite, Nephrite, and Kunzite entered the room, their noses flaring at the awful odor in the room. In the center of the room sat Zoisite with his feet placed out against the floor.
"Uh, hey. It's this thing that stinks so much." He was holding a bottle that said Nail Polish Remover, and yet there was still blue nail polish on his toes.
"Why do you still have nail polish on your toes then?" Darien plugged his nose and sighed.
The man blinked and sighed. "The maid who gave this to me said that all I had to do was put this on and that it'll come off. And I poured it over my toes, but it's still there!"
The rest of the men opened the windows and sat down next to Zoisite.
"Perhaps, if you pour more?" Kunzite sighed and held back the urge to regurgitate.
"Okay!" And so for the rest of the morning, the five men sat in General Zoisite's room, trying to figure out the mysteries of nail polish and how to remove it.
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Damien smiled at the Queen and his wife, gears turning in his head. "I've decided that we should stay longer, Terra. You seem to enjoy being with Queen Selenity and I still have yet to see all the glories of the Moon Kingdom."
"Of course. You may stay as long as you want, King Damien."
Terra smiled and jumped into her husband's arms, placing a chaste kiss on his lips. "Thank you!" Letting go, she sniffed and frowned. "Is that nail polish I smell?"
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I'm leaving you guys here! I'm posting the next chapter tomorrow! ^_^ A girl can do a lot when on vacation. So, come back and read what happens tomorrow! Remember to review! And I hope I didn't insult anybody with this chapter.
