Chapter 2
After having the meeting and dinner in the throne room, the prince and his generals decided to walk around the palace by themselves, while the girls got up and retired to their rooms, talking amongst themselves.
"Can you believe that…that…jerk!" Rei said as she threw her hands up in the air.
"Rei, who are you talking about?" Ami asked, looking at her friend while they all stopped in the middle of the hallway and looked at her.
"That idiot…whatever his name is…Jaedite! He is so arrogant and has no manners what so ever! Ergh! If I wasn't meant to be acting proper…" Rei said as they all saw the fire in her eyes and tried to change the subject.
"Well, I think Kunzite seems to be pretty well with his manners," Mina said as she smiled a little at her friend.
"Well then maybe the idiot can take up some lessons from him then," Rei grumbled as they continued to walk down the hallway.
"Don't worry about it, Rei. Besides, I think he wasn't being arrogant…I think he was flirting with you," Serena said as she smirked at her friend.
"What?!" Rei said as she stopped in her tracks and glared at her friend.
"You heard me, Rei. Besides, as far as I can remember, he seems to be the only one that you haven't scared off yet…either that or you're just not trying," Serena said as her smirk got bigger.
"Serena…"
"Hmm…I did get a feeling from the both of you while you two were in some sort of disagreement," Mina said as she looked at Rei and smiled.
"Give me a break!" Rei yelled as she walked away from them, mumbling about how she would get back at the arrogant jerk.
"If I didn't know any better…"
"I think Rei has met her match," the girls said in unison as they all smirked at one another.
"So what do you think about the princess, Endymion?" Kunzite asked as they roamed the halls.
"I don't really know much about her yet to say," Endymion said as he looked at his friends.
"Well, I think that today went pretty well for all of us," Zoicite said as he looked at Jaedite.
"Yes, especially for you, Jed," Nephrite said as he smirked at him.
"I think he's met his match on this one, guys," Endymion said as he smirked as well.
"What do you mean by 'match'? I've just gotten started," Jaedite said as he continued on his walk.
"Whatever, Jed," they all said, continuing on with their walk.
"Besides, I'm more than sure that you have all 'met your match,'" Jaedite said as he smirked at all of his friends.
"Whatever are you talking about, Jed?" Zoicite asked, looking at his friend.
"I noticed how Kunz couldn't keep his eyes on his plate during dinner, while you, Zoi, couldn't stop talking with Princess Ami about something or other and Neph, you couldn't help but keep trying to make Princess Lita blush," Jaedite said as he saw the shocked expressions on his friends faces.
"Jed…"
"Haha. Come on you guys, leave it be. I think it's about time we retire for today," Endymion said as he laughed at his friend's faces and continued walking in the direction where their rooms were.
After breakfast the next morning, the girls went off to do their duties for the day, while Serena stayed behind to get to know the prince better, while his guards decided to walk around the palace again, since they never finished walking around the palace. Queen Serenity and the King and Queen of Earth left the two in the throne room so they could have their own privacy and left to go talk about matters that concerned them.
"Um…so…"
"…I never thought that the moon could be like this," Endymion said, knowing that Serena was trying to think of a conversation.
"Oh…well…I guess I'll be finding out the same when I visit earth then, Prince Endymion," Serena said as she smiled.
"Please, call me Endymion, Princess Serena," Endymion said as he turned to look out the window.
"Then you may call me Serena, Prin…Endymion," Serena said as she giggled.
"…Do you really want to be married?" Endymion asked, turning around to look at her.
"…No. Not really anyways. I always thought that I would be able to choose who I would marry, for love…not because of an arrangement that was made before," Serena said as she walked around the throne room, seeing her friend Mina outside.
"You actually believe in love?" Endymion asked, looking at her.
"Of course I do. Why, don't you?" Serena asked as she looked away to hear his answer.
"No. I don't," Endymion replied as he looked away from her.
"If you don't mind me asking…why?" Serena asked as she sat down at the table.
"It's none of your concern," Endymion replied back to her, his voice being harsh.
"You could at least be try to be nice and give back a nice reply," Serena said as she stood up, trying to control her anger.
"That was a nice reply," Endymion said as he glared at her, also trying to control his temper.
"Well then, I guess you earthians will be all the same! Rude and arrogant people, just as the prince!" Serena yelled as she glared back at him.
"You have no idea about who or how I am! You're just a child compared to me, still naïve and gullible in matters, princess, that all you wish you could do was just to live in a fairy tale and let everything be a happy ending," Endymion said as he glared at her.
"How dare you!" Serena yelled as she walked up to him, her blue eyes flaring.
She reached up and slapped him across the face, already leaving a handprint on his cheek. Endymion just starred back at her, shocked at what just happened and watched as she turned away from him and walked out of the room.
'There is no way that I'm marrying her,' Endymion thought as he reached up to his cheek and felt it burning.
'How could he…' Serena thought as she continued on her walk to where Mina was outside.
When Serena got to her destination, she saw that Mina was in a conversation with one of Endymion's guards and left them be alone. She walked back into the palace, looking for other familiar faces that weren't busy in what they were doing. Serena saw that Ami was showing a blond haired man their history in the library and that Lita was in the kitchen making something while another man was helping her.
'I hope Rei won't be busy,' Serena thought as she made her way to where she thought her friend might be.
As she opened the door to the training room, she saw that one of Endymion's guards was…flirting…with Rei about something that must have happened while she wasn't there and quietly waited for them to finish, smirking at how Rei seemed flustered by him.
"Are you sure?" Jaedite asked, smirking at her.
"Yes I'm sure! Now would you go away!" Rei yelled, her eyes flaring at him.
"But I think it would be better to test it out. You never know when the time might arise when it is needed," Jaedite said, still smirking at her.
"Listen, I don't need your help with my training, since I do very well by myself and having you here would only distract me," Rei said, instantly regretting what she had said.
"Oh. So I distract you, huh?" Jaedite said as he moved closer to her, while she stepped away.
"Just because you are one of Prince Endymion's guards, I won't hesitate to hurt you," Rei said as she looked around her surroundings, looking for a way out.
"Then will you kiss it and make it feel better?" Jaedite asked as he cornered her between himself and a wall.
"In your dreams you perv," Rei said as she glared at him.
"You know, you're pretty when you're angry," Jaedite said as he leaned closer to her.
Rei glared at him, quickly brought her hand up and slapped him hard enough that he lost his balance and fell, his hand reaching up to touch the spot where she had slapped him. Jaedite sat there, and smirked up at her while she continued to glare at him.
"You know…the view is perfect from down here," Jaedite said, looking at her legs since she was in her scout uniform.
"You perv! I swear I will kill you if I ever see you in my sight again!" Rei said as she turned red and quickly walked away from him, heading towards Serena's direction.
As Rei continued to walk towards the stairs that led up to the entrance and exit of the room, she saw Serena sitting on the steps, smirking at her.
"Not one word, Serena," Rei said as she climbed up the stairs and looked down at her.
All what Serena did was smirk at her and look at where Jaedite was, who was already standing up and stretching, getting ready to train a bit himself, but still smirking.
'Just wait till I tell the girls,' Serena thought as she followed her friend out of the room.
"Oh, and don't tell the others," Rei said as she knew what her friend was thinking.
"You're no fun, Rei," Serena said, still going to tell the others.
"Serena, are you alright?" Rei asked, remembering how she saw Serena just sitting there…alone.
"Yeah, why?" Serena asked as she looked at her friend.
"Aren't you supposed to be with Prince Endymion?" Rei asked, looking back at her.
"Rei, he's such a jerk! I don't know why I even thought that this could work! He thinks so highly of himself and nothing of us!" Serena said as they continued on their walk in the hallway.
"Well, at least he isn't the only one that thinks so," Rei said, referring to Jaedite.
"I don't know, Rei. Maybe this was all wrong. I wanted to marry for love and he…he…"
"It's okay, Serena. Don't worry about that much. Besides, your mother is only doing this to make sure that you're safe," Rei said.
"I know, but that's what I have you guys for," Serena said, looking up at her.
"Serena, we may not always be there for you…you know," Rei said, looking at her sadly.
"Oh, Rei…but why him," Serena said as they both smiled at each other and continued on their walk.
Thank you all for reviewing! Here's another chapter…hope you all my story so far. There will be more of the other pairings later on…don't worry! Hehe. Anyhooter, please keep on reviewing and if you all have any ideas…let me know and I'll try to work it in the story! Flames are welcomed as usual! J Bye! - Bluepiper
