Yaaay, chapter 4. I cant believe how far my stories have progressed. I'm very excited.

Minako sure is mad at her mom, eh? But I can't blame her, she sure is being a bitch.

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Aino Yuy aka Usagi-Hater-Well thank you. I read a lot so that has to do with it, though my English only goes to Eighth grade level. Which is pretty far, but my teachers don't stress English that much...Which is sad because I love It. Thanks for the Review.

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Black-Fire Eclipse-You mean like Makoto/Heero, Minako/Trowa? Interesting concept, but I was a little more set on Minako/Heero. Sorry. But thanks for the review.

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Well lets see just what she does....

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Minako's eyes narrowed at her mom menacingly.

"Oh. She did, did she?"

Brushing the hair from her face she stood up and walked towards her mom.

Heero looked from Minako, to her mom, then back to Minako. Caught between one little detail.

Who should he protect?

Minako was who he was supposed to protect. But her mom, she was the "Queen of Venus." Realizing he would never figure this out before the fight began, he stepped between them.

"Minako. You wouldn't hurt your mother, would you?" Minako's mom said in a sickly sweet voice.

"No, of course not mom." Minako said, flashing that same sick smile back.

She walked towards her mom. When Heero stepped in front of her she put a restraining hand on his chest, and kept going.

He watched her go, wondering why she had touched him. And then the other thing he wondered was why he had let 'that' stop him.

Minako walked forward and hugged her mom. Makoto eyes widened in disbelief, and Trowa watched from the side. He was only here to watch his sister, and that was all.

Heero relaxed, that was a close one. But why exactly was she hugging her mom after what she did? And then wouldn't that make Makoto mad? She had seemed pretty happy to see her...

Her mom patted her back awkwardly and smiled. Then she said, "what's that for?"

Minako's face broke into a smile as she stepped back. In her sweetest voice she said, "for this." She brought her hand back and grabbed a glass of wine her mom had set on a side stand.

With a smile she threw it in her face. Watching with a smug satisfaction as it ran down her face and onto the very expensive dress.

Her mom stood there, shocked. She wiped the wine from her eyes and off her forehead. Then she looked down and saw her ruined dress.

She looked up and sputtered something incoherently. Her eyes flashed and she screamed at the top of her lungs, "Minako!"

Minako flashed her mom a golden smile, then turned and grabbed Makoto's arm. They ran out of the room, their bodyguards following.

They ran through the halls and outside into the maze. They ran until they came to the middle, which was a huge garden. The garden was filled with every sort of flower you could imagine, and was very beautiful.

A fountain of a woman warrior stood in the middle, water bubbling from the end of her sword.

She held her head high, and she held her sword to ward off her enemies. But even though she looked confident if you searched her face more, there was also an air of uncertainty. She obviously reminded the Senshi of themselves in battle and was probably well like among them.

Obviously a favorite of the senshi.

The two princesses fell into the garden, laughing hysterically and smashing innocent flowers under them.

"Did you see her face?" Makoto inquired through her laughter.

Minako only laughed, tears streaming down her face.

Heero looked to Trowa, to see if her understood any of this. Trowa only shrugged his shoulders, in un-understanding. Apparently he had been thinking the same thing.

They spent the rest of the evening there, and most of the night.

Minako decided it was too dangerous to confront her mom until she calmed down some. So they stayed there, talking, laughing, and joking.

It was a very strange thing. For, if any of Heero's old classmates would have seen him. They would have sworn up and down he must of had too much to drink.

Normally he was quiet and down-to-business.

But he was talking(well more than usual),laughing(well a smirk counts as a laugh with Heero) and joking(well he would pick on Minako, which was pretty funny). But that was so unlike him that Trowa evened loosened up, and talked more. Which, it wasn't like he didn't talk much, just not a whole lot or very loud.

The four of them felt like the Teens they were supposed to be. Rather than the soldiers they were trained to be.

It was well into the night before they left, little knowing that that would be the only time that ever happened.

Makoto decided she was staying in Minako's room for the night, just in case her mom came. Then she would restrain herself in front of another princess.

Walking into her room, Minako turned and looked at the two bodyguard.

She smiled at Heero and said good night before closing the door.

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Heero and Trowa walked down the hall.

Trowa looked at Heero, and a small smile found its way onto his face.

"Your fond of The Princess of Venus aren't you?"

Heero only snorted and said," What makes you say that."

"Well you just 'interacted' more that you usually do, so...."

Heero didn't say anything, but for "some reason" a secret smile found its way onto his face.

Which Trowa noted, but decided against commenting on it.

He would tell them when he was ready.

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Minako stretched as she got ready for breakfast.

She was a little bit afraid of her Mother's wrath. She bit her bottom lip in frustration, as a tangle in her hair refused to come loose. Finally pulling the tangle out she took a deep breath.

Makoto laid a comforting hand on her shoulder and smiled. "It's going to be okay. I mean, what's the worst she can do?"

Minako arched a slim eyebrow at her, indicating her answer.

"Okay I get it,"Makoto said," she could do whatever she pleased with you. But she's your mom, so I doubt the punishment will be 'that' bad."

Minako looked at herself in the mirror and sighed.

"What,"Makoto asked?

"This dress doesn't look good on me does it?"

"Yeah it does."

Minako sighed at her friend. She would tell her she looked good in a trash bag.

She smiled at her but said, "I'm going to change."

Makoto said okay and picked up a book on Minako's desk and began to read.

Minako went behind the dressing screen. It was more for looks, than dressing though.

There was a dressing room, about the size of a walk in closet. But she wanted to hurry up and get out.

A knock on the door made Minako squeal and ask Makoto,"Can you see me through the screen?"

Makoto told her no, even though you could see her outline. But it wasn't like whoever it was was going to come in.

She opened the door, surprised to see Minako's bodyguard.

"Heero,"she said in confusion.

He walked swiftly in, "there's been an intruder found on the premises. All bodyguards have been sent to their charges, where's Minako?"

"Changing."

He nodded his head and sat on the bed. Not yet noticing the outline taking off its clothes behind the screen.

Makoto gulped, hoping he didn't notice.

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Minako hurried to get dressed.

Hoping that Makoto wasn't lying about being able to see through the screen, especially since Heero was in here.

She pulled the dress over her head and discarded it on the floor. Then began looking for her new dress.

Where had she put that thing?

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Heero sat on Minako's bed, waiting for her to come out of the dressing room.

Not knowing that wasn't where she was.

Sitting there patiently he was surprises when, movement caught his eye behind the dressing screen.

Standing up her drew his sword, someone had been in her room. The very thought gave him enough drive to take quite a few people down.

He jumped towards the screen, vaguely hearing Makoto's scream of "Heero! No!"

He grabbed the screen and jerked it down. Then the bloodlust flew from his body and was replaced with shock, a dumb feeling and....awe?

There was Minako standing in nothing more than her undergarments. They were simple and white with lace, he mused, not like anything he expected to see on the flirtatious young girl.

Her eyes were opened wide in shock and distress. But more so than that she looked appealing, with that slight blush to her cheeks. It would have been enough to make any mans blood boil. But unfortunately Minako wasn't that type of girl.

He was jerked out of his reverie when Minako shrieked and grabbed the closest object.

Which, unfortunately for Heero, was a dress shoe.

Another unfortunate thing for Heero was it was a spiked heel shoe.

It hit his head, none too gently. But as shocked as he was, that didn't stop him from dodging the rest of the objects that Minako pelted at him.

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Minako dabbed alcohol on the cut, which was on Heero's forehead.

His jaw was set and, he was angry!

Makoto had apologized to both, after laughing her head off, of course.

They had both been hostile towards her every word, until she had just excused herself to find Trowa.

Minako just focused on her work, glaring at the cut with all her might.

Neither could blame the other because it was partially both of their faults.

If she just would have said where she was to begin with this never would have happened.

But on the other hand, if he hadn't just ran into the screen like some "big Hero", or if he hadn't presumed she used her Dressing Room rather than the screen.

But both were too stubborn to admit and take the fault.

So they sat there, listening to the ticking of the clock and glaring at each other.

Even after the wound was cleaned , she went to her window seat and sat. Wondering how to get out of here and away form him.

She felt so embarrassed, she couldn't face him.

So he pretended to be surveying the room over and over. While secretly watching her to see how mad he's made her.

And Minako made a point of staring out the window and not letting him know she knew he was watching her.

Well this makes things difficult doesn't it?

Yippeeeee.Chapter 4 is up. What did you think? I was rather fond of it myself. Did you think it was funny when he walked in on her, I thought it was a rather amusing scene. Questions? Comments? R&R

-Aphrodite's Scribe