Gundam 07: Cosmic Darkness
By: The One, The only, the incredibly smart and beautiful and talented and wise and clever and intelligent an‑
Mimi: DAUGHTER YOU'RE BEING CONCEITED!
Rogue: Ugh you. What do you want?
Mimi: That's not a nice thing to say to your mother!
Rogue: Fine buzz off.
Mimi: Hey!
Rogue: Well I wrote it. Mimi took the fun out of it. Enjoy!
I'm not dead, just so you guys know. I'm just lazy. *Goes and hides behind her desk* Sorry!
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Black eyes narrowed as they glared across the table at the smug looking girl. The little princess only smirked at the angry prince as she took a bite out of her toast. Realizing there was only one piece of pancake left, the princess reach for it.
But just as her fork entered the soft and golden treat, another fork stabbed at it as well. The two children entered yet another glaring contest as they fought for the piece. Their foreheads touched as they began to push the other away. Meanwhile their forks slipped out of their hands.
"That is mine," growled the annoyed princess of Mars.
"Back off onna, I saw that first," sneered Deimon.
"No, I did," the fiery goddess said firmly.
"Oh yeah?!"
"Yeah!"
"Grrrrrr...."
"Argh...."
Meanwhile, a tiny hand with a huge fork stuck out and grabbed the pancake from under the two fighting chibis. With a huge grin on his face, Seth stuffed the pancake, fork and all into his mouth. Then he sat back and rubbed his bulging stomach.
"That was a nice breakfast!" The hyper prince yelled as he stood.
"SETH!!!!!" Came the two enraged yelled of Deimon and Rei.
"Uh‑oh." The prince gulped as he began to run.
Everyone else watched in amusement as the brother of the fiery Mars was chased by his little sister and his friend. The young princess was shooting fire from her palm, trying to get the braid of her dear brother.
Suddenly someone stepped into the dining room. Seth slammed into that person's leg and went flying backwards. Deimon and Rei lost their footing as Seth fell on top of them. Unfortunately, Rei had a small fireball in her hand, and Seth's long chestnut braid just happened to land in that hand.
Rei began looking nervously at her twin's braid as he stood. Deimon was smirking, trying not to laugh. Everyone else watched Seth with growing amusement.
"I smell smoke," the prince commented as he sniffed the air.
"Is it just me or is it getting hot in here?" Seth asked looking around at the smiling faces.
Suddenly he sniffed again. Then his violet eyes widened as he realized... IT WAS HIS BRAID! The young one started to run around, knocking into people as he tried desperately to extinguish the flame.
Suddenly Orion poured a pitcher of water all over Seth. The prince quieted and stood there motionless. Cold water dripped from his bangs and his soaked black clothes. He glared at his twin, who was smiling sheepishly at him. He then turned to Orion, who was along with the rest of the children laughing on the floor.
"Thanks so much Orion," he said flatly.
"Ahem."
All the young princes and princesses turned to the new comer, the same one that forced Seth to back up onto Rei and Deimon. Seth glared at the dark green haired woman who was smiling at him in amusement.
"Everyone, I have an announcement to make. Since the Kings and Queens of your respective planets have decided to send you to the moon to live, Queen Selenity believe it is best that all of you receive schooling while here. So, starting from tomorrow, you will all be attending class together. Your schedules will be handed out tomorrow."
With that the Senshi of Time walked out. The children all stared at each other before groaning. That took the fun out of everything!
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The next morning, everyone was sitting in a large classroom in the East Wing of the large palace. Everyone was dressed casually, so no armor or fancy gowns. It was only about 9 in the morning, so none of them were quite awake as of yet. Orion was sitting in the front, looking blankly at the black board. Young Selene was tickling Serenity mercilessly as to wake her younger sister.
Deimon and Rei were arguing about... well, something or other. Ami and Epirus were carrying on a polite conversation about the weather and other trivial things. Minako was chatting away happily to Eros, but the blond prince was more than happy to listen politely.
Seth was napping at his desk, a small trail of drool coming from his parted lips. Setsuna had arranged for them to have History as first period class. Makoto was right besides him, snoring away.
Then, before they knew it, the door to the classroom flew open. The young guardians turned to see their teacher walking in. A young but strict looking woman stepped into the room. Her black hair was pulled back into a ponytail as her dark brown eyes studied her students intently.
"Good morning class. Now class is starting! Time to wake up sleepy heads, you should have gotten a goodnights rest!" The stern teacher said happily trying to rouse her sleeping students.
Makoto blinked her green eyes lazily as the new teacher happily came into the room. Minding the manners that had been taught to her since she was a baby, she sat up straight in her chair, but now before yawning one last time.
"I expect good manners so I would appreciate it if you cover your mouth when yawning! And I don't want any yawning in this class!" The young teacher scolded as she scowled at Makoto.
Makoto only blinked as she muttered a few words under her breath. However she did manage to stay awake for the rest of the class, by sticking her tongue out behind her teacher's back of course. Ami, meanwhile, was rather shocked by the stern teacher. Although she did believe in reinforcing rules, this teacher was taking it to the extreme. Seth, however, heard none of this, because the braided prince was snorting loudly.
Dark brown eyes flashed dangerously as the teacher heard the snores. Approaching the desk in the back, she studied the boy clad in all black. Suddenly a ruler appeared from the behind the teacher's back. Harder than the others thought the teacher could, the ruler was slammed onto the table. Seth suddenly jumped out of his chair, awake and surprised.
"Wake up young man! This is now school! You had your chance to rest! Now pay attention!" Ms. Tong snapped as the startled youth stared up at her. Satisfied, she turned to return to the front of the room.
Before she knew it, a snore came from Seth's desk again. Turning around angrily, she found the violet‑eyed boy sleeping happily on his desk. Growling in annoyance, she headed for Seth's desk again.
However, amused laughter stopped her in her tracks. Turning to her left, she scowled at the person who dared mock her. Green eyes were dancing with amusement and obvious enjoyment as the browned haired boy pointed a finger at Ms. Tong. Before she could react, a spitball came flying onto her shirt.
"YOUNG MAN!" Ms. Tong screamed as she glared at the boy.
"Yes Ms. Tong?" Epirus responded in an innocent voice.
"You find that funny mister!? I can tell I'm going to have trouble with you young man! Stand up and go to the back of the class! You shall take notes standing up! And if this happens again I shall make sure to have a conference with your parents." The strict teacher said firmly as she scowled at Epirus.
"Sure thing!" The prince of Jupiter said happily as he grabbed his binder and pens and made himself very comfortable in the corner.
Deimon snickered at Epirus before Rei hit him on the head. He turned and glared at the princess as he took out his precious katana and headed for Rei. Ms. Tong frowned as her brown eyes starts glowing eerie blue. Then all of a sudden everyone was forced back into their seats, stuck to them sitting up straight, unable to move at all! Everything was frozen except for their lips, which could move to speak talk and ask questions, and their hands, which could only write.
"That's much better. I will tell you all now, I will expect the best behavior from all of you every single day. History is a very tricky and hard subject, so I want all of you to study. Clowning around will only get you into trouble. Now on with the lesson." The young teacher said as she walked back to her table in the front of the room.
Seth suddenly cried out.
"Ms Tong! I need to pee! Badly!"
The teacher watched Seth while sweatdropping mildly. With a sigh and a wave of her hand, she let Seth go.
"You may go, but come back quickly or else..." The teacher growled with a steady glare.
"What? You're to cut off my little soldier?!" The boy laughed as he disappeared out of the door and down the hallway.
The teacher frowned again. This was quite a class. Never had she met any students more rowdy and loud as them. She would have to keep a close eye on all of them and correct their behavior.
"He doesn't mean it Ms Tong. Seth's just a bit hyper in the mornings." Came the quiet and polite whisper of Eros.
Smiling at the young blond, she smiled broadly and picked up her notebook.
"Ok, thank you! You are such a gentleman! Now time for me to call the roll! Hm... let's see... Makoto of Jupiter!"
"Snore...."
Everyone turned to Makoto, who was sitting in the back. The little princess, adorned in forest green, had her head in her arms as she snored ever so slightly. Ms. Tong glared at the girl while a vein on her forehead popped.
"Okay, she's absent. Rei, the Princess of Mars!"
"Pres‑DEIMON DARE THROW ME THAT LOOK AGAIN AND PAY!"
A large sweatdrop appeared on the head of the teacher.
"Miss Minako."
"Present! By the way Eros, wanna go to the party with me tonight?"
"Miss Aino, I'm sorry, but that question is for AFTER class. Okay... next... Seth of Mars?"
"Oh, that's the hotty that went to take a bathroom break." Makoto said now waking up and yawning.
Her answer received a disbelieving snort from the teacher. She looked back at her notebook.
"Orion."
"Present." Came the bored sounding voice of Orion, who was looking at Selene.
"Princess Serenity."
"Here!" came the hyper answer of the little princes.
"That's the kind of enthusiasm we need in this class!" Ms. Tong said grinning. "Princess Selene?"
"Present Ms. Tong."
"Prince Deimon?"
"Here you weak Onna."
" EXCUSE ME!? NOW JUST FOR THAT IM GOING TO MARK POINTS OFF YOUR GRADE!" She cried in shock as she quickly scribbled a note in her book.
"Epirus of Jupiter?"
"Here! And enjoying this seat!" Epirus replied smirking in the back.
"Good, you're going to have it the rest of the year." Ms. Tong replied smoothly.
"Prince Eros?"
"I'm here Ms Tong. And might I say I am very excited for class. History was always my favorite." Eros said politely while bowing slightly.
"Why thank you." She replied beaming at the young prince. "Ok now where is Seth? It has been 5 minutes already! It certainly can't take him that long to go to the bathroom!" Came the annoyed cry.
"You have no idea." Eros replied blushing deeply.
The response earned a soft giggle from the teacher.
"Well on with the lesson... This month we are going to learn about the history of the universe."
All she received were confused looks from all of the young royals. She blinked a few times as a small sweatdrop appeared on her head. She laughed nervously and scratched her head.
"Now... why don't we start from the beginning today? Have any of your parents told you the legend of how the universe started?"
"There was nothing and then there were stuff?" The Princess of Jupiter asked with a look of utter confusion on her face.
"How could there be nothing?" Orion asked, completely lost.
"You COULD say that Makoto...does anyone have a more PRECISE answer? Because there could be nothing. Before everything there was nothing until something FORMED magically." The 26-year-old teacher pressed.
"Perhaps the Big Bang theory?" Ami asked thoughtfully as she looked up from her book.
" Now please explain that theory to the class..." Ms. Tong said excitedly, glad that someone knew about what she wanted to hear.
"Um.. there was a bang, and then stuff came to be?" Young Serenity tried.
"Okay...well NO. Legends say it was a beautiful goddess born who created the universe! That goddess created the moon stars, planets and that goddess is Selene's and Serenity's great great great great great great great great great great great grandmother!" She turned to the two young princess of the moon.
"Don't you two feel so special now?" Ms. Tong asked, barely able to contain her excitement.
"Not really..." Selene said politely as Serenity shook her head, sending blond curls everywhere.
"Well I think you should, but then again, if that's how you feel." The teacher said, slightly shocked at the princesses' responses.
The brown eyed teacher continued her lesson as planned, telling the students a little of what they might expect in more detail. She also informed them of the average workload, the materials needed in class, and what was expect of them. Thirty minutes quickly passed by.
"Now, I'm sure your parents hav‑"
The door to the classroom opened. Seth walked in, a huge grin on his face. Quietly, he took his seat in the back next to Makoto. Ms. Tong eyed the youth suspiciously.
"BATHROOM HUH!? May I ask what exactly took you so long!?" The teacher fumed.
"I had to go really badly?" Seth said smiling and scratching his head.
"Yes, BUT FOR THIRTY MINUTES!?"
"Well.... there was a lot!" Seth cried in defense. The class giggled.
"Uh huh! Well, you missed the lesson!"
"Okay." The young prince said shrugging as he wrote something down in his notebook.
The impatient teacher glared at the little prince and let out an angry and annoyed growl. Seth looked up and grinned at the enraged teacher as if nothing happened.
"HOW did I get stuck with this class!" The young teacher muttered to herself as she looked at the rest of the class.
"Class, your homework is as followed: ask your parents to tell you a legend, and then you will share it with the class tomorrow.
"That's specific" Epirus snorted from the back.
"Well since you mentioned that Epirus, the class can also draw a picture of the legend too... oh and it has to be a legend of how the Silver Millennium began. Class dismissed, Epirus you also have to write standards and have them signed by your parents." Ms. Tong said with a devilish smirk.
"Standards?" the young boy asked in confusion.
"'I will not talk out loud in class' twenty times."
"Okay, whatever." The Prince of Jupiter said shrugging as he walked out of the class.
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The group of young royalty slowly made their way to the next class. After the first class with Ms. Tong, any class with ANY teacher would seem like heaven. A few of the young Guardians were a bit angry at Epirus, but none were furious.
"What class do we have next?" Young Seth asked yawning.
"Art." Ami responded quietly before going back to her book.
The group changed directions and headed for the huge music room on the first floor. They walked through the white marble halls, chatting happily. A few minutes later, they stopped in front of a large set of wooden double doors. Orion was pushed forth by everyone to knock on the door. The young Prince of Earth looked around hesitantly before knocking.
The doors opened and their teacher stood before them. With a characteristically charming smile on her face, the Princess of Uranus smiled at the young ones.
"Uranus!" Selene screamed in excitement as she jumped up and down.
"Ruka!" Serenity yelled as she launched herself into the arms of the tall Scout.
"Hello my two little Moon princesses! And everyone else! This is art class! And I'm your teacher, the charming Haruka of Uranus!"
Everyone sweatdropped slightly as they watched the older Scout. Deimon snorted, he disliked women, especially those that tried to pretend they were someone else, like one of the opposite gender. Haruka gave him a steady glare, she had heard of the arrogant Prince of Stellar. Quite a little chauvinist pig. But before she could say anything, a figure appeared behind her and squeezed through her slender arms.
"Good morning everyone!" The new comer said quietly but cheerfully.
"Good morning Michiru!" The students chirped.
"I don't know how she does it." Haruka muttered as all the young royals ran past her and quickly entered the large music room.
"Me neither," Deimon muttered in annoyance as he followed everyone else.
The young Uranus blinked a few times, then sighed with defeat. If you can't beat em, join em. She closed the door and quickly walked over to the group. Michiru was sitting on the piano bench of the large black, grand piano. The little ones were sitting quietly in a semi‑circle in front of her, listening intently with twinkling eyes. Haruka approached her and walked behind Michiru, leaning against the piano and with her arms crossed in front of her chest.
"Well young ones! Welcome! This is your Arts class. You have two hours every day to learn about Art or Music. Since Haruka isn't the best artist, I'll be teaching you the basics of drawing, stretching, painting and working with clay. Haruka will be your music teacher, with occasional help from me of course."
The children all nodded in excitement. Some of them loved to play music while others loved to draw. The watched as Michiru stood.
"Since there are two hours of Arts, you will have a choice. You can either do an hour of drawing and an hour of music, or two hours of each. And then, you can switch off the next day. Michiru and I don't care much, so it's up to you." Haruka added in her deep voice.
"Every well. The art section is to you right..." Michiru said quietly as she pointed to the other side of the room, where easels, pottery wheels and several small desks were set up.
"And right here is the music section." Haruka finished as she gestured to the instruments lined up against the wall.
"Art, follow me!" Michiru giggled as she headed for the other side of the room.
The chibis all looked at each other. Then, all the girls followed Michiru to the other side of the room while the boys remained where they were. Haruka couldn't help but sweatdrop at the divide in the sexes as Michiru giggled softly. So they weren't COMPLETELY at the exploration and mature stages. Every soon, they'll be itching to be with the opposite sex.
"Very well. You may each choose two instruments. I suggest one classic and one more modern, but it's up to you." Haruka said to the boys calmly as she eyed them.
Hesitantly, the boys all headed for the wall. A minute later, they were in the seats on the other side of the piano, arms loaded with instruments and looking extremely excited. She couldn't help but chuckle at their enthusiasm. Little did they know, playing music was hard.
"Alright, Eros, what other instrument did you choose?" She asked the blond prince with whom she had played with many times. He was his sister's brother after all.
"I chose the keyboard, and violin of course." Eros said pointing to the instrument next to which he stood. Unfortunately, the keyboard was taller than the prince himself was. Hm... she'd have to figure something out.
"And you Seth‑dude?"
Seth pointed to a regular size cello and a large bass. Haruka blinked a few times as the prince walked next to the cello. Unfortunately... Seth wasn't nearly as tall as the large instruments he had chosen.
"The cello and this bass." He said grinning.
"Um... sorry Seth‑dude, we don't have anymore cellos your size." Haruka said smiling sheepishly.
"Oh... drat." Seth cussed with a pout.
"Oh wait. Let me see if I have one at my palace for you." Epirus said as he quickly ran out of the room.
"Mako‑chan?" Haruka suddenly said.
"Yes Haruka‑san?" The wide-eyed princess said looking up from her drawing.
"Isn't Epirus your brother?"
"Yea, he is."
Haruka groaned and sank into her chair. That meant he was going to Jupiter. Great... no telling when he would be back. Sighing, she looked at the other princes who were looking at her expectantly.
"Well, Deimon?"
"Drums and violin." The prince responded with a frown as he sat on the seat behind the large set of drums.
"I'm only here because Orion wanted us to form a band. I'll be in art most of the time." Deimon said firmly with annoyance laced through his voice.
"Whatever. Ep‑er... Orion?" Haruka asked turning to the blue‑eyed boy.
"Piano and guitar."
Haruka nodded and wrote everything down. Everyone was set... except for Epirus. The boy sure was hyper sometimes... like his sister. Well, everyone except for Seth was able to find instruments that would fit their size. Haruka cleared her throat.
"Now, we'll start with the basics."
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Michiru giggled when young Epirus disappeared. She turned her attention on the girls. The youngest in the group, Serenity, was doodling on her paper. The girl was very cute, but not much in the art department. She was drawing what all-little 4 year olds drew, nice green fields and houses. Well... palace for this little princess.
The Princess of Jupiter was happily spinning her pottery wheel. A large amount of clay was plopped on the wheel, beginning to take the shape of a vase. A look of pure concentration was upon the face of the princess as she examined her work. Her brows furrowed as she dipped her hand into some water by her side and began to mold the mouth of the vase.
Mercury was by Jupiter's side, sitting before a large easel. Currently, the blue‑haired girl was mixing blue and purple together. It appeared as if none of the shades of blue paint satisfied her. Michiru bent down and looked at the blank paper.
"What are you going to paint Princess?" Michiru asked as her eyes danced expectantly.
"Well, I thought I'd paint my favorite pond back at home." Mercury explained as she looked up at Neptune.
"It's good to have a bit of yourself in your paintings." Michiru said smiling as she stood and walked away to the next princess.
Young Rei was staring at her paper critically. After a brief pause, she began sketching furiously. Michiru looked over her shoulder. It looked very simple. A large rectangle... and then a line that ran horizontally from the bottom of the rectangle to the sides. Looked like... a large platform?
Yes, that's what it was.
Rei suddenly looked up and stared at the older Scout. Michiru smiled warmly at her before walking away. The young princess admittedly scared Neptune at times. She had quite the fiery temper.
Next was Minako of Venus. She was staring off into space. She tapped her pencil against the sketchpad before her. She looked a bit annoyed, but mostly concentrating.
"Hello little princess." Michiru greeted as she took a seat in the small chair next to Minako.
"Hello." Minako said sighing as she slumped in her chair.
"Can't think of anything to draw?"
"Nope."
Michiru sat down on the floor as the young princess glared at her paper.
"What do you like, Mina-chan?"
"Eros."
Michiru coughed slightly as Minako eyed her in confusion. The Goddess of Love has already chosen her victim. Poor kid.
"Well, why don't you try to depict him then?"
"Good idea!"
As the teal haired woman walked away, she set her eyes on Selene. The princess was doing fine, as always. No real need to check up on her. At least this class was focused, and maybe that was the only thing she can say about them.
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Two hours later, all the princesses and princes marched into the large gardens of the Grand Palace of the Moon. A large, round table had already been set up for them, along with a huge plate of hamburgers and cheeseburgers, another long tray of French fries, a large platter of chicken nuggets, a large pile of hotdogs, a large bowl of fruit, and many cans of soda. Upon seeing all this food, the boys ran towards the table, while the girls rolled their eyes. Calmly, the more mature princesses took their seats. The boys sat together, as did the girls, with Makoto and Seth being the separating line at one end, and Minako and Eros at the other.
Seth quickly took two hamburgers and a cheeseburger, while grabbing hand fulls of fries and chicken nuggets and putting them on the tray. Eros watched Seth meekly, while taking some food for himself. Deimon mumbled something about how impolite the prince of Mars was being, and how he was eating like a pig. Orion was basically stuffing food into his mouth as well, although at a much slower rate than Seth. Epirus was calmly eating his cheeseburger, as always.
The girls cringed with disgust as they watched Seth take a bite of his cheeseburger, a bite of his hamburger, while stuffing a nugget into his mouth along with five fries. The cute prince's mouth swelled to twice its normal size as he inhaled everything in his plate in five minutes. Then, he looked at the princesses, who were not eating, and blinked.
"Why aren't you eating?" Seth asked as he took another burger.
"Because... we can't keep up with you!" His sister Rei yelled as she glared at her brother from across the table.
"Awwww... rum on sis! I eff wike nis lall da thime!" Seth countered as he strayed some of his fries all over the table.
"SETH! YOU IDIOT! LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" Deimon screamed as he stood and glared at the young prince.
"Oops..." Seth responded as he scratched his head sheepishly.
"Argh! I can't believe you!" Rei yelled at her brother as her violet eyes flamed.
"R‑chan! I didn't mean it! I swear!" Seth cried in horror as he began backing away.
"SETH! WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT CALLING ME R‑CHAN IN PUBLIC!?" The Princess of Mars screamed in fury as she jumped from her seat.
Seth let out a loud shriek as Rei began to chase him around the table. The prince screamed apologies as his sister called out threats about cutting his braid. Deimon smirked and offered Rei the use of his katana, which Rei thanked him for before resuming her chase. Finally, Epirus sighed.
"OKAY! WE COULD HAVE JUST ASKED THE SERVANTS TO BRING US MORE, BUT BECAUSE OF YOU TWO, LUNCH IS ALMOST OVER! NOW SIT DOWN AND LET US EAT WHATEVER IS LEFT UNTOUCHED BY SETH'S SPIT!" Epirus yelled at the top of his lungs, his emerald eyes making the royalty from Mars shuddering.
Quietly, the siblings sat down in their seats and looked down. Everyone else stared at Epirus for a minute, before looking for something that was clean. Selene sighed, most of the fruit had been touched by Seth's flying food. Looking down, she felt her stomach grumble in protest.
A plate of fruit suddenly appeared in her lap, put there by a small hand. Selene's head snapped up to see who had been kind enough to give her the food. She stared at the flaming cheeks of the Prince of Earth. She looked back at the food on her plate, and blushed as well.
"I...I got it f‑from the ki‑kitchen... it's... it's clean." Orion stuttered as the blush deepened considerably.
"Th‑thank you." Selene got out as she smiled up at him.
At the sight of Selene's smile, Orion felt the heat on his cheeks intensify, as well as the back of his neck warming at an alarming rate. He finally managed to give her a small smile in return, before running back to his seat.
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A few minutes after lunch, Setsuna told the young royals that language class was next. In any case, they headed towards the class.
A frantic Seth burst into the classroom followed by an enraged Deimon swinging his katana. Rei was chasing after Deimon with... a BOTTLE OF PERFUME?! Whatever the case, Selene walked in next, carrying her little sister Serenity. Makoto walked in chatting happily with Minako about the newest cute boy on the moon. Epirus and Eros were chasing each other with water guns. Orion was already in class and watching his friends in amusement. No one noticed the teacher already in the room until Eros threw a water balloon on her, who ducked behind one of the girls.
As they all sat, they began talking about how good the lunch was, and how Seth could be so stupid sometimes, still completely ignoring the teacher in the room
"ATTENTION PLEASE?!" The young teacher screamed loudly.
The brunette coughed a bit, making sure that all the children's eyes were on her. Everyone quieted and only blinked in confusion at the teacher. The __‑eyed woman smiled at her students sweetly with a caring, mother‑hen look. Seth cocked his head as he inspected the young woman standing in front of the class.
"Whose the chick?" He asked while redoing his braid.
The young teacher scowled at the young prince. Seriously, he was only six and yet he referred to her as a 'chick', somehow, that didn't seem right. All she got from him was a cock of his head and blinking of his large violet eyes.
"Well babe?" Asked Seth somewhat impatiently.
"Alright. Class, today I would like all of you to split up into 3 groups that have been pre-assigned." The teacher said, rolling her eyes at Seth's comment and moving on.
"And the groups are Ms..." Eros started but stopped once he realized he didn't know his teacher's name.
"Ms. Sarah Tachimahatimunsati‑Henderson. Actually, just call me Ms. Henderson." Ms. Tachimahatimunsati Henderson, or, Ms. Henderson for the young children and author who didn't want to write such a long name time after time for the next seven pages, said with another of her sweet smiles.
The chibis nodded and only looked at their teacher, not knowing what to expect from a teacher who had such an incredibly long name that only perhaps Eros could pronounce.
"Today, the first group is Serenity, Seth, and Minako. You three will get the kitchen area of the room." She informed as she pointed towards the back, where a small kitchen was built.
"Cool! We have a frig!" Makoto commented as she stared with starry eyes at the spotless stove.
"Now, now class, please quiet down."
Seth suddenly stood from his seat, and calmly walked over the Ms. Henderson. He looked up at her before pulling on Ms Henderson's hand.
"Yes Seth?" Ms. Henderson asked as she bent down so that she was eye level with the young brunette.
"Me hungry Teacher‑babe." Seth pouted as he cocked his head.
There was an awkward silence between the teacher and student. But then Seth's stomach growled loudly.
"Lunch was small. Only 5 burgers, some fries, chicken nuggets and 6 hotdogs." Seth explained rubbing his poor stomach.
"There is an apple next to the refrigerator. You may eat that." Ms. Henderson said hesitantly.
Seth bounds happily over to the fruit basket, but then looks longingly at the fridge.
Making sure that the teacher was not looking, Seth quickly opened the fridge and peeked inside.
"The rest of the groups?" Came the annoyed voice of one very impatient prince Deimon.
"Silencio, por favor, Deimon." The (hair color) commanded with a scowl.
"Great, Spanish." Epirus muttered as he took out his notebook, while the rest of the class looked at the teacher as if she just grew another five heads.
Ami looked around and rubbed her eyes.
"Am I in the right class?" The little princess asked
"Epirus, Makoto, Orion, and Rei; would you please place yourselves next to the table next to the window?" The teacher asked as she carefully looked at her notebook.
"SETH! WHAT ARE YOU EATING?!"
All heads turn to Seth, whose face is covered with remains of his apple pie. Ms. Henderson stalked over to him.
"Nothing?" The little prince answered gulping and smiling innocently.
The teacher glared at him for a minute, before smiling at him. The Prince of Mars smiled back and then scratched his head before skipping to join Serenity and Minako.
'it was my fault to leave that in the pantry.' The teacher thought before smiling at Seth. Then, remembering the rest of the class, she cleared her throat, getting everyone's attention.
"Ami, Selene, Eros, and Deimon, please go to the table in the corner."
The group wobbled over and sat down. Just then, Ms. Henderson began passing out a bunch of papers to each table. The children stared down at the paper, reading what was written.
"Now, everyone work with your group to figure out what the riddle's answer is. the first person to get it wins a prize."
The youngest princess, Serenity looked at her paper blankly, blinking her large blue eyes. Epirus hastily scribbled on his notebook, pausing once in a while to think. Ami and Deimon, however, were fighting over a dictionary that was on their table. Rei suddenly jumped on Deimon attacking him from her table. Rei then triumphantly handed the book to Ami. Ami grinned and thanked her. Then, realizing she knew what the word meant, she threw the dictionary at Deimon, knocking her cousin unconscious.
"Ami! Rei! Shame on you!" Ms. Henderson quickly scolded as she gasped at the unconscious Deimon. Quickly, she moving over and pulled the girls aside. The two girls looked up with big innocent eyes and blinked.
"Good job girls!" The teacher whispered, grinning widely,
In the mean time, Minako was walking around Seth several times, and observed him. The Prince of Mars was sticking various poses. One was the thinker, another showing off the muscles that were not yet there, and several others.
"Seth, what are you doing?" Minako asked quizzically as she scratched her head.
"I don't know quite honestly Minako. But tell me, which pose do I look best in? This one? This one? Maybe this one? Oh! How about this one?" Seth asked as he began a serious of whole new poses.
Deimon snorted at Seth's actions, now that he has finally regained conscious. Ms. Henderson walked over and gently patted him on the head.
"Ice?" She asked, looking at him in concern.
But before he could even answer, he was knocked out by an angry Selene as she chased Orion about the classroom. It appeared that as Orion was walking by Serenity's table, he accidentally bumped into her. The movement caused the young Princess of the Moon to make a large pen mark on her paper. After staring at her ruined paper for some time, blinking rapidly, she began to cry. As soon as Selene heard her baby sister's crying, she quickly looked to her table. The first thing she saw, was Orion standing over Serenity, trying to keep her quiet.
"Alright class, as you all know, the riddle is: With persistence, the cat will sing." Ms. Henderson said beaming, as always, as she is the perky little sunshine.
"Okay, here's a clue. The cat has fur and wishes to fly with feathers." The young teacher said, after receiving blank looks and small question marks on top of everyone's heads.
After a few minutes, Eros said that he knew the answer, and began waving his hand frantically in the air. At that exact moment, a light bulb lit up on top of Ami's head. Ms. Henderson walked over the young prince as Ami pouted. Eros leaned over, and quickly whispered something into the Henderson‑sensei's ear.
Miss Henderson smiled and nodded.
"Ten points to Eros. Sorry, children. But class is over. Now run along to your next period class.
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It was already two in the afternoon. The children had already had five hours of class, well, four of class and one of lunch. Eros was still beaming because of his reward from Languages, and Ami was still mumbling things. The young Princess had taken it a bit hard that Eros had gotten a chance to answer before she did.
Just then, the door opened. The students' head snapped towards the door. After today, they've had all kinds of teachers. Now, they were a bit afraid of how this one was like. In walked someone they never thought they'd see, Setsuna.
"Puu!" Selene cried out as she beamed at her aunt.
"Set‑mama!" Serenity yelled as she flew out of her seat and jumped into Setsuna's arms.
"Hello Sere, Sele and everyone. I will be your Science teacher." Setsuna explained as she took the youngest Moon princess back to her seat.
"Greetings Miss Setsuna." Eros greeted with a smile.
"Hey Set‑babe." Seth said with his usual grin.
Setsuna gazed at Seth with her unnerving garnet eyes. The young prince simply stared back, completely clueless. With a deep sigh, Setsuna shook her head and looked at the others.
"All right, I'm sure all of you know who I am. If not, then you're in the wrong class."
Epirus stood and walked towards the door.
"Hold it right there, Epirus."
The young prince froze and turned around, smiling innocently. The Guardian of Time groaned inwardly. How can someone like Epirus be such a troublemaker?
"Why are you out of your seat?"
The brunette seemed completely unfazed by the woman's stern voice. He shrugged casually.
"You said anyone that didn't know you is in the wrong room. And I don't know you. Therefore, I must be in the wrong room."
Setsuna, for the first time the young royalties could remember, glared. Epirus swallowed slowly. He did not like that look on her face.
"Epirus Zeus Ovidius. I have known you the second that you were born. So don't give me that bull about not knowing me. Now, go back to your seat."
The prince kept his head down and quickly shuffled to his seat. Setsuna gave him a long, hard look before composing herself. Really, sometimes these kids were quite the handful. Heck, most of the time.
"Anyhow, this is science class. I'm sure most or all of you already know what that is. So, can anyone explain what science is?"
Only Ami and Epirus raised their hands. The long haired woman sighed and shook her head. This was going to be a very, very long class.
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The children filed out of their last class. They had already had History, Math, Science, Languages and Art. Thank the Goddesses they didn't have to attend class the next day. Why? Because there was another ball tonight!
"Come on slow pokes! We have a ball to attend!" Seth cried while running through the halls at top speed.
"Calm down! The ball doesn't start for another 4 hours," Deimon said dryly.
Seth stopped, suddenly remembering. He turned around, approaching Makoto slowly.
"Mako."
"Yes, Seth?"
"Will you do me the honor of going to the ball with me?"
Makoto blushed and nodded furiously. Seth jumped up and punched the air in joy. The other young royalties watched as Epirus' eyes narrowed ever so slightly. But of course, he said nothing. Instead, the brunette prince turned to Ami and bowed slightly.
"Will you please allow me to accompany you to the ball tonight?"
"S-sure," Ami stuttered.
Eros took Minako's hand in his, a dark blush burning on his cheeks. The young blond princess smiled as she watched the blond prince struggle to get the words out.
"M-Mi-Minako... will... will you p-please go... erm...."
"Oh Eros!" Orion yelled glaring at his stuttering friend. "Just ask her already!"
"Minakowillyougototheballwithme?"
Minako blinked. Of course she knew what he was trying to say. Of course she's say yes. But what was the fun of letting him off that easy?
"Say that again Eros? I didn't quite catch everything."
The blond prince blushed furiously. "Willyougototheballwithme?"
Minako smiled sweetly, too sweetly. "Come again?"
"MINAKO! STOP TORTURING THE POOR GUY!" All the other children yelled.
The blond rolled her eyes and sighed dramatically. "Oh, all right. You guy sure know how to spoil a person's fun! Yes, Eros, I will go with you."
The blond prince grinned from ear to ear and quickly stood. The three couples looked at the remaining children: Orion, Selene, Deimon, and Rei. Upon feeling their gazes, Selene and Orion promptly blushed. Rei and Deimon glared at each other before looking away.
The rest sweatdropped and shook their heads.
"Whatever," Seth said yawning. "You guys figure it out. Ladies, we'll pick you all up promptly at..."
Deimon cleared his throat. "Promptly and Seth are oxymoronic."
Rei giggled. "For once, I agree with him!"
They looked at each other, and instead of arguing like the others believed, they both blushed. Without warning, the other three couples began making fun of them. That resulted in six people being chased around the palace by two every angry children.
Meanwhile, a dark haired lunar princess and a brunette prince were making their way into the royal gardens. They paused by the fountain where they met yesterday. Selene blushed slightly at the memory of the kiss.
"Um..."
The young princess turned to him and frowned. "You okay?"
She watched in mild amusement as he began to fidget. She cocked a brow as she sat on the side of the fountain, her tiny feet swinging in mid air.
"Well?"
"Um... Selene, I wanna ask a girl to come to the ball with me..."
"Oh." The lunar princess felt a pang of disappointment... but she didn't know why.
"So," she said, trying to sound casual, "what's the problem?"
HE blushed, and Selene couldn't feel but thing he looks adorable.
"Well," he stuttered, "I'm... uh I'm... kinda... shy around her..."
If possible, his blush darkened. Selene smiled slightly and nodded, suppressing her jealousy.
"So, you need help?"
He nodded as he looked down at his feet. She giggled and tapped him lightly on the shoulder. As he looked up, Selene gave him a cute smirk and a wink.
"Sure thing. Well, first things first, get a flower."
"F-flower? What kind?"
"Any kind really..."
"Okay! Be right back!"
Violet eyes could only blink as they watched a trail of smoke appear behind the boy. Pretty soon, he was out of her sights. Blinking again, she looked around, trying to catch sight of him. A dandelion was shoved in front of her face.
The sudden movement of stopping sent the seeds everywhere.
"Ah-achooo!"
Orion could only watch in fear as the princess of the moon sneezed. The seeds of the dandelion blew away, floating on the invisible fingers of the wind.
"I-I'm so sorry!"
Selene sniffed and rubbed her nose. "Um... it's all right. But... don't give her dandelions."
"Um... okay! I'll go get something else!"
Selene watched him carefully this time, not wanting to open her eyes and discovered some weird flower in front of her face. Finally, he offered her a daisy.
Well, since he WAS a boy, he didn't exactly get it right the second time either.
Dirty clung to the roots of the yellow daisy. She sighed and covered her face with her hand. No wonder he didn't have enough guts to ask her out. HE WAS A COMPLETE MORON!
"Orion... do me a favor. Don't give it to her with the roots intact..."
"Oh," he said blushing again. "Sorry."
HE tore the roots off and threw it over his shoulder. Selene sweatdropped and sighed again. He is soooooo hopeless!
"What do I need to do now?"
"Chocolate! Get her some chocolate!"
He nodded and took off running. She sighed and rolled his eyes.
"Doesn't he ever wait for a second?!"
She practically fell back into the fountain when she saw the huge chunk of chocolate he was carrying. It was... the size of his head!
"Orion!" she screamed sighing.
"What?! You said chocolate!"
"I said chocolate, not a chunk of it."
He sighed and threw it over his shoulder. She glared at him mildly. Who did he think he was throwing things in HER garden?! He gave her a sheepish smile, and she felt her anger melt away.
"I'll get it right this time!"
She sighed again and watched as Rei and Deimon continued chasing the rest of the royalties. The chances of Orion getting this right were slim. Very, very slim.
She watched as he walked out of the kitchen door. What? He wasn't moving like a blur anymore. That was good.
When she took a closer look, she realized that he had a tiny smirk on his face. What the...?
He looked much more confidant as he stopped before her.
"I have the chocolate, now what?"
She blinked. He wasn't going to show her like the good little boy she knew he was?
"Well... now you have to actually ask her."
He nodded, his eyes serious and determined.
'Wow,' she thought sadly, 'he must like her a lot.'
"All right. Well, go on one knee."
She blushed slightly as he went on one knee before her. She didn't know WHY she was blushing. But maybe it was the way that the light blush returned to his tan cheeks.
"Well, tell her why you like her. And, you're done. Oh, don't forget to hold her hand while you speak."
"That's it?"
She smiled sadly and nodded.
"All right."
She was confused when he didn't stand. To her surprise, his small hand reached out and took a hold of hers. She blinked, too surprised to speak.
"Well, Selene, you have my flower," he said jokingly.
She nodded, numb. God, who knew a five-year-old little boy could be so charming?!
"I... I... I know I can b-be a bit immature sometimes. But... you're really nice... so," he took a deep breath.
"Will you go to the ball with me?"
She opened her mouth, then paused. She only knew him for a day! And she was marrying him in the future anyhow. So... does she really want to go to a ball with him? She supposed it would be nice to get to know him. But to go out with him and never really any other of the royalties? Maybe...
Then he smiled and she felt her resolve falter. He reached into his pocket and she tried to see what he was taking out. Her eyes widened when she did see it.
A tiny object, wrapped in silver aluminum. A tiny slip of paper poked out from the top.
"A Hershey's... kiss?"
Orion blush reached the tips of his ears this time.
"I-I didn't think I... should kiss you again. And besides... these Kisses are sweeter."
Selene blushed deeply. Who knew she'd be charmed off her feet at the age of five?! She didn't think she'd be into boys until she was a teenager!
"Sure."
"Serious?"
"Yes," she said, laughing at his astonished expression.
"Yes!"
Laughter filled the garden as the little prince began jumping up and down in excitement. His wings erupted from his back as he, literally, began dancing on air.
"She said yes! She said yes! SHE SAID YES!"
Meanwhile, Rei and Deimon stopped chasing the others to watch Orion flying around the garden. The violet-eyed princess turned to Deimon.
"What he so happy 'bout?"
Deimon shrugged nonchalantly. "Who knows?"
Without another word, the two began chasing Seth and the others again.
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Ma dear readers, this is Rogue‑chan speaking. SaturnActingChick, who is the happy and nice Ms. Tachimahatimunsati Henderson was kind enough to let me use her in this. How I came up with the name? No idea. I almost shot myself trying to type that over and over again. I could have just copied and pasted. No wonder some of my friends think I'm hopeless.
And just to add in, thanks to PicesAngel SOOOO much for being the very strict (and perhaps a bit frightening) Ms. Tong. Thanks Pisces‑san! You're the best! Uh‑huh uh‑huh!