Trowa/Makoto
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Jupiter, the largest planet of the solar system. Jupiter is known for it's windy atmosphere, but not many people live on the planet alone, for the planet has constant wind changes, and no one can survive in it. People inhabit the Moons of Jupiter, which each has it's own significance. The kingdom is located on the Jupiter's moon Callisto, which inhabits plenty of gigantic trees which grow crystals. Most of the moons inhabit trees like this, but Callisto seems to have every visitor attraction on it. There is a forest on Callisto, that looks like a forest on Earth, but when you enter, it becomes dangerous to walk in, for some parts of the forest inhabit lightning what strike the rivers and is harmful for people. The kingdom of Jupiter stands right outside of ths forest, and faces it's home planet, Jupiter. The kingdom is a dark green color that glitters with pink and yellow. There are vines that grow up the kingdom, and the kingdom walls are a solid, aged, grey brick. The kingdom itself is made of a beautiful marble. This is said to be the biggest kingdom in the solar system.
There are gardens upon gardens surrounding the kingdom, as well as lakes with fish in them. They say that some of the best food come from Jupiter, rivaling the Earth. The princess of Jupiter is Makoto Kino.
Sitting out at her fountain on the eastern side of the kingdom, she toyed with the water and birds that flew to it. Her mother slowly approached her.
"Makoto...?"
"Yes, mother?" She stood up, smiling. Her hair was pulled up much like Minako, the princess of Venus, a rose in place of a ribbon. Her hair was brown, and her makeup different shades of pink. Her dress was green, much like the forest outside the kingdom.
"Your father and I... we want only the best for our daughter."
Makoto gulped, "..."
"We have arranged you a marrige..."
It came to her worst fears. She had talked to Setsuna about the arranged marrige deal, and Makoto did not like the sound of it. "No.. mother! Why must I marry someone I do not know!" She obviously refused.
"Because he is a good man for you. We think both of you deserve best."
Makoto's fists balled up, "no! I refused to marry!" She began to run into the large castle. Her mother reached to her, "oh.. Makoto..."
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Makoto stormed into the large dining room of the castle, "Chef! Chef! Where are you...?" She looked around in the large kitchen. "Yes, Princess?" He came out with a large pig in arms.
"Can I PLEASE cook tonight? I need to get my mind off things. Mother just requested to--" He ignored her.
"CHEF!" She raised her voice, "I'm begging you! I do not want to think so much of what she has requested! Cooking gets everything off my mind!" She fell to the floor.
"Princess. You are not allowed in the kitchen!" A maid caught Makoto on the floor, weeping. "No... no!" The maid had forcefully dragged Makoto to her room on the first floor, her room was pink with light green, and a small mushroom garden in it. The maid shut the door on Makoto, "Princess you must understand! You are not allowed to cook or be in any of those facilities!"
Makoto groaned and fell on her bed and cried, "Why am I so restricted here! Why...! I want to cook! It is my hobby..."
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"I am so sorry for the wait, Trowa." Makoto's mother had come to the army training area behind the castle. He had been waiting there to meet Makoto, the princess, who strangely, he has never seen in all his years of being a general for the kingdom.
"It did not go well, did it?" He asked, his armor gleaming in the sunlight.
The queen nodded, "It went all wrong. Not as I had expected." She sighed, "Makoto is so stubborn." He thought for a minute and headed for the castle.
"where are you going!" The queen yelled out, softly.
As he got farther and farther from the queen, he had many things on his mind. 'It's alright. She does not know who I am anyways. I never asked for her hand in marrige, I must tell her that.'
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Making his way through the large castle, he was clueless about where the princess's room could be. Standing around and scratching his head didn't quite help him. Asking the maids? They would suspect him of things..
"Excuse me, sir."
Trowa turned around, "Oh! Chef!"
"In the west hallway, last room on the left." The chef walked by and smiled, "Go to her." Trowa was shocked at what had just happened, 'Did he just tell me.. to go to her..?' Trowa shrugged and decided to go to Makoto.
When he came, he softly knocked on her door. No response.
He knocked harder. "WHADDYA WANT?" Came a loud retort. "Princess Makoto?" He asked.
"That's me. Who are you!" She yelled out.
"Trowa Barton, will you come out?"
"NO!"
At this point, Trowa had realized this princess was very stubborn. "I do not wish to marry you, as your parents had planned. So if you come out, maybe we can get into an agreement about this."
The door slowly creaked open and saw the girl, she had been crying. "..."
He sighed, "I'm sorry if it had hurt you. A general had requested a marrige between us should be done. I did not know it would hurt you so much."
She wiped her eyes, "..."
"That's it. Now please, calm down and I will take care of it, okay? I will talk to the queen tomorrow about this, since I think she'd listen to me more. She seems to be set on you being wed."
Makoto nodded. "Thank.. you..." She squeaked and shut the door.
He shook his head, "Well that went well."
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The next day, Makoto was outside again, this time, breeding flowers behind the castle. "Okay.." gently mixing the plants with another, "I'll make a green and pink flower..." Her attention on the flowers was short-lived when she heard a clashing of swords coming from outside the walls of the kingdom.
She sneaked by the castle's back gate to see Trowa and another soldier training, clashing swords. She watched all of Trowa's quick and skilled movements, and found herself staring the entire time. After he had finished, his face was covered with sweat, and he dropped his armor.
"Let's call it a day." Trowa said, wiping the sweat beads off his forehead.
"Alright." The soldier he trained with made his way past Makoto throught the gate, he didn't see Makoto, however. She continued to watch Trowa after, he whistled for his horse, packed up his things and rode into the mysterious forest.
Of course, this got Makoto curious. She secretly went out of the gate and followed him to the forest. Her dress being light, she quickly followed through, 'This place is dangerous, I wonder what he's doing..'
After a while, Trowa had stopped at a nearby spring with small fairy rings around it. He sat down next to it and drank the water from the spring, relaxing. She watched him behind a tree, blending herself with the forest. 'Wow...' She noticed his emerald green eyes and brown hair, his eyes looked caring. She snapped herself out of the trance and decided to head back, she stepped on a twig, causing the horse to twitch and become restless. Makoto bit her lip.
"Whoa whoa Metis!" Trowa calmed down the horse, "What's over there?" Strikes of lightning began to strike the river. Makoto's heart almost burst when she heard Trowa's voice, "Princess...?"
She laughed nervously, "Hehehe... hello..." She turned around trying to keep a straight face, "...Sir Trowa."
He crossed his arms, "What are you doing here? It's dangerous." She fully turned around to face him, "W-well! I should be asking you that!"
"I'm here because i'm ALLOWED to be here."
"...right" She sighed and her eyes fell to the floor. "...you're right." She almost began to cry, she wanted to be free to say she was allowed to go out like he did.
Trowa noticed this, "You... don't like staying in the castle, do you..?" She shook her head, "It's the worst fate I could ever have. Please... let me stay. I don't want to face the castle just yet."
"They'll all be worried about you."
"Then let them. I'll say I ran away."
"You'd risk that? You might just get locked up again.." He stepped towards her.
She shrugged, "No matter what, i'll find a way to get out. Besides, I have no way of doing any of my favorite hobbies in the castle."
He let her stay, and they talked by the river, about everything. Makoto was surprised that she got along so well with Trowa. He was a gentleman, he was kind towards her opinions.
"So, you like to cook?" He asked, his eyes widened.
She nodded. "I really do. But they never let me cook in the castle. They're afraid I might hurt myself. Little do they know, I cook in my room. I even have a little mushroom patch in my room for my special ingredients."
He was shocked, he had never heard of a princess who cooked. "Wow.."
"What?"
"You're amazing." He said.
She blushed, "O-oh... i'm not all that.."
"You know... your hair.." He reached up to touch it.
She blusehd again, "Ah..haha... what about it?"
He pushed back her hair to get clear view of her ear, noticing her pink rose earrings, "Your earrings are lovely, they match your features." Makoto could almost fall over and die when he said this, "O-oh..."
Without saying a word, he took out her hair from it's normal half up half down nature, and began to put it in a high ponytail, tieing it with a green ribbon, and adding the rose after. "I like your hair like this better, people can see your face and your earrings." She turned red again, "Oh! Thank you... I... never thought my earrings were that pretty.."
He smiled, "Earrings are meant to be pretty, they are meant to be shown, not hid under your hair. Besides.. a princess like you needs to be on the unique side, right?"
She turned away, 'i'mblushingtoomuch.'
A flash of lightning struck the river. Trowa sighed, "It's getting late, we should get back." Makoto agreed. "We should." They didn't move for a while, and Makoto felt herself falling in love with Trowa. No one else respected her like he did, he agreed with most of her opinions, and didn't think she was silly like other boys did.
She got up, "If you promise me two things." He looked up at her, "what?"
Summoning her powers, Makoto clasped her hands together to create lightning bolts, and striking the river, she caught a fish. "You'll come to my quarters tonight after dinner and..."
He grinned. He knew.
She blushed. Putting the fish in a bag that was on the horse, she coughed. She turned to him, "You know.. you don't have to.." He got up and brushed himself off, "I know. I won't ask your mom to stop our marrige."
"..." Makoto fell silent.
He got up on the horse. "You comin' or what?" She got on the horse as well, "Of course!" Her cheeks turned red as she put her arms around his waist.