Roubando o Seu Coração
Chapter 2: Airplane Ride to Earth & Food Fights
Wow, saying I'm surprised is an understatement. Thanks for all those that reviewed! Makes me want to update right away. Oh, and also I noticed some mistakes on my first chapter, so I think I corrected them, all except the fact that Kunzite is supposed to have gray eyes, not blue. Heh, my mistake! So I guess I can answer some of the questions that have been asked.
Aurum: I did that on purpose and you'll see why. Don't wanna ruin the rest!
NaruKami: Tight name! It means in English, "Stealing Your Heart". I'm originally from Brasil, so I know Portuguese. Not enough to write a whole story in that language though. :)
Moments of Insanity: Yea, it's the first time I did that in a story, but I kinda wanted it like that. I haven't given everything away, there's still some things I will show by their actions and conversations, but thanks for the suggestion.
Disclaimer- Nope, still don't own them!
"-means talking
'-means thoughts
italics means memories or a flashback
"How bad can it be, huh?" Minako repeated Artemis' words as she laughed at his facial expression.
"Very bad. Very very bad!" His face held a look of horror as his eyes darted back and forth. She laughed again.
Every two seconds Usagi would get up from her seat and look out through the window, but she always picked a different window to see if anything had changed. She would tap restlessly on her window, get back up, grab a drink and sit back down again. Every ten minutes she'd ask if they were there yet.
Rei was getting so annoyed, her eyebrows were twitching. She hadn't said anything, but Minako knew she was about to burst. Makoto was amused by the whole situation. She let out bursts of laughter every now and then. Ami kept busy by reading the books she grabbed before they had left.
Usagi got up and started to pace around. Minako looked at Rei, waiting for her outburst.
"Would you please sit your ass down!" Rei yelled, her eyes flashing dangerously in anger.
Pouting, Usagi plopped down on the nearest seat. "Why is it taking so long?" She whined.
"Dunno, maybe the pilot got lost and won't tell us," she said sarcastically as she looked happily at Usagi's face as it went from pouting to a look of horror.
"You thing we're lost?" She squeaked softly. Her baby blue eyes were starting to rim with tears.
Rei's face softened as she looked at the the tears threatening to spill from her friends' eyes. "No, don't be so gullible," she started softly. "I just said it because you were pissing me off. I didn't mean it." She half smiled at Usagi, her face looking apologetic, although she'd never come out and say she was sorry.
Usagi rubbed away her tears with the back of her hands. She was rocking back and forth in her chair, once and awhile glancing at the window. "You know," she said after awhile, "I don't like you anymore." Sniffing a little, she smiled at Rei, who in return grinned back.
Minako looked at both of them with a disappointed look on her face. "Aww! That's it?! I was hoping to get a few more minutes of amusement." She grinned before she let out a startled cry. She staggered back a few steps as another pillow hit her face. Rei threw another pillow for good measurement, this one landing on Minako's stomach.
Usagi smiled victoriously as she and Rei clapped hands. "Find your own way of amusement."
"Yea, I heard the pilot was do-able."
Minako shot Rei a dirty look before tossing the pillows to the ground. "You know I'm not that dense."
"I'd-"
Rei was cut off by Makoto standing up hastily. "Oookay, enough of that."
"Hey, you guys? Artemis doesn't look too well!" Usagi pointed a finger to the blonde man.
Ami and Minako rushed over to him. "He looks sick."
Ami nodded her head. "Artemis, have you ever flown this long on a shuttle?"
He shook his head slowly, all the while looking even more paler. "I think I'm going to be sick." He managed to gasp out before running to the bathroom. Minako covered her mouth to stop herself from laughing.
"He's got motion sickness, it seems." Ami took out a small electric device and tossed it to Makoto.
"Bullshit?" Makoto pressed a few buttons and holographic cards popped out. "Is he playing?" She motioned with her head towards the bathroom.
"Nah, I think he's passing this round." Minako glanced at the bathroom and then sat on the floor with the rest of them. Makoto pressed more buttons and the cards shuffled and passed by themselves.
"You know, I'm kinda glad you invented this Ami." Usagi looked at her cards, tapped two and said, "Two aces." The cards disappeared from her deck and reappeared on the floor, hovering a few inches off of it.
"Why? Because it helps you cheat?" Minako tapped one card and said, "One two." The same thing happened to her cards.
Usagi shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe."
"As long as it keeps you interested, I'm all for it." Rei eyed Usagi then tapped three cards. "Three threes."
Makoto eyed Rei, who smiled at her, almost telling her to say bullshit. She sighed and said, "One four." Rei smiled again in triumphant.
"How long is this flight?!" Usagi huffed out.
"About a day and a half. Pit stop and all." Ami tapped one card. "One five."
"That long?! I'm gonna die!" Usagi scanned her cards, tapped two and said, "Two sixes."
Rei glanced over at Usagi's face. Among having some sort of psychic ability, she usually could tell when somebody was lying. "Bullshit."
"Meanie!" She stuck her tongue out. The whole pile that was on the floor appeared in Usagi's hand. She groaned in frustration.
Minako laughed as she tapped some cards. Rei bit her bottom lip, tapped a card, and shifted positions to lying on her stomach.
"Worried?" Makoto scanned Rei's face. It was blank, with no expression what so ever, but her eyes gave her away. Her eyes held a far away look about them, not their usual spitfire look. "Oh, and bullshit."
"About what?" Instead of answering peoples questions, Rei usually asked her own so she wouldn't have to answer any. She shifted positions again, this time making her hair fall around her face, hiding her eyes from Makoto and Minako. She smiled as the cards from the floor appeared in her deck. "How did you know?"
Makoto knew Rei was avoiding the subject, but she played along. "What? That you bullshitted?" Makoto shrugged her shoulders. "Your heart just isn't in this game, I suppose."
"Doesn't matter." Rei brushed the subject off. "I was hoping Usagi would bullshit so I wouldn't get so many cards."
They all laughed as Usagi pouted childishly. They played a round of bullshit before Artemis came out of the bathroom looking a little better. Minako stopped playing to talk to him. She found out he didn't like to fly, bad experience he had said. 'We should have given him the same thing we give Mako-chan when we fly. . .'
Usagi went back to her restless ways. Sitting, walking, and tapping every five minutes. Rei grabbed a pillow and a blanket and went as far way from Usagi as possible. She pressed a button and the three chairs turned into a small bed. She plopped down with a huff and wrapped herself in the blanket. She closed her eyes and started meditating and didn't even notice she fell asleep only minutes after she started.
Ami sat down in her chair, her legs spilling out of the arm rest as she grabbed the map of the castle Artemis had given them. She silently studied it, memorizing each room, corridor, and secret passageway. She took notes on what she thought was important.
Makoto went over to Rei and guided her down to the pillow. She brushed a few strands of hair out of Rei's face before turning around and sitting down in her chair.
'Poor girl. Maybe we shouldn't let her do this.'
Makoto sighed, not really knowing what to do. She decided to cook, it always helped her clear her mind and she relaxed when she cooked. Walking over to her special corner, she started to make brownies.
Rubbing the bridge of her nose, Rei stepped out of the shuttle wearily. Usagi was already running around, checking everything and being fascinated by it all. Rei's head was pounding and everyone seemed to be shouting.
"Rei, you ok?" Rei winced as her head pounded with every word Usagi said. It wasn't like it was the young blonde's fault. . . ok, correction, it was her fault, but she didn't do it intently.
"Fine, fine. Headache." She made a motion with her hand to wave it off.
"C'mon you." Minako kept her voice down as she looped her arms around Rei's shoulders. "I bet Ami has something for that headache of yours."
"Yes, I'll get it as soon as we arrive at the house we are staying in. I'm afraid I can't get it now because it's with all my other luggages."
"That'll do fine, don't worry about it. It's just another headache." Rei smiled weakly.
"Yea, and your headaches are ten times as worse as ours, hon." Makoto pointed out.
"This place is so beautiful." Usagi ran over to a rose bush and stuck her nose into a flower, inhaled sharply and exhaled, smiling from ear to ear.
Minako raised an eyebrow and exchanged worried looks with Makoto.
"Usagi!" Rei said through gritted teeth. "Stop that! Everyone's staring! We don't want to draw attention to ourselves."
"What's wrong with smelling flowers?" Usagi started to pout.
"When you do it, everything!" Rei's eyebrows started to twitch. 'I'm going to ring her neck!'
"Come on Usagi, you can accompany me to the..." Ami stopped as her eyes landed on a carriage, or what looked like a carriage.
Usagi stopped and absorbed her surrounding. "Why is everything so peasant like?" She asked bluntly.
"They like to keep it simple. Don't want to ruin the environment. Although they have the third highest technology, after Mercury and the Moon, they don't like to show it it seems." The blonde man said, looking around too.
All six of them climbed into the carriage. It was quite enormous inside, with luscious pillows to sit on. The inside of the carriage was trimmed with gold and little designs were engraved along the inside. Overall, it looked very strong, like it would be able to endure heavy weathers. It was drawn by two horses, but instead of having wheels, the carriage was suspended in mid-air.
Ami tapped the inside, examining it. "It's just like a car, except the only difference is that this is driven by horses. Also, it seems like the horses are in control, I haven't seen a driver yet."
"And it floats, isn't that neat!" Usagi pipped.
"It floats by generating an energy field with electromagnetic properties. This field is visible as a permanent glow emanating from the underside of the carriage if you didn't notice when you got in." Ami started to explain to Usagi.
Usagi's mouth turned into an "o" shape as she nodded in apprehension. Whether she truly understood or not was beyond knowing.
'I thought these people were war-like. They are known for having a great army.' Makoto thought and decided to voice what she was thinking.
"They are, but they much rather fight in their enemy's territory. Very smart, if you ask me." Artemis added in thought. He smiled happily as the carriage gave a jolt and headed to where they were staying.
Usagi always had to get the seat closest to the window because she always looked out of it. Listening to the birds chirping, Minako let the breeze ruffle her hair and sighed in content. She closed her eyes and cleared her mind, feeling herself doze off, she decided to make small talk.
"It's really-"
"Beautiful? Yeah." Rei grinned after finishing for her.
Minako smiled. "You know, sometimes you scare me."
Rei shrugged. "I have that effect on people." Minako heard a small amount of sarcasm laced in the statement.
"Oh, that reminds me." Makoto grabbed a plastic box and popped the lid off. "Brownie?"
Rei raised her eyebrow. 'How the hell does that remind her of brownies?'
"I thought you'd never offer!" Artemis licked his lips, eying the huge batch of goodies in Makoto's hands. He swiftly grabbed one and shoved it into his mouth. He gave her the thumbs up.
Makoto giggled. "Glad you like them." Turning around to face her friends, Makoto held out the brownies.
"Don't mind if I do!" Usagi grabbed two and stuffed one in her mouth like Artemis had done. After finishing the first one in three bites, she shoved the other brownie in her mouth. She gulped it down and licked her fingers. "I don't know what I would do without your cooking, Mako-chan!"
"Probably starve to death." Rei muttered, somewhat disgusted by the way Usagi inhaled the brownies. "That, or lose weight."
Usagi stuck out her tongue in a childish manner causing Rei to roll her eyes.
"I'll take one." Minako grabbed one and slowly ate her brownie, also disturbed at the speed her blonde friend ate hers. Usagi snatched another one before anyone could tell her not too.
"Save some for poor Ami, meatball head!" Rei snatched it back and handed it to Ami.
"Hey! That's mine!" She tried to snatch it again but Rei held it away from her. "Gimme it!"
"No, it's Ami's." Rei held it up higher as Usagi tried to grab it again.
"Rei, just give it to her, I'll get another one." Ami grabbed the brownie from Rei's grasp and handed it to Usagi. She grabbed a new one from Makoto.
"Oh, I see. Usagi probably drooled on that piece and you wanted a new one." Rei teased her younger blonde friend.
Usagi chose to ignore her raven haired friend and ate her brownie, feeling in bliss the moment the chocolate touched her lips. After they all ate the brownies, they fell in a peaceful silence. Minako glanced at Ami and saw the map tucked below some papers in her notes. "Are you done with that?" She pointed to the map. "I'd kinda like to see it, if you don't mind."
"Oh, yes. Here." Taking the map out and handing it to Minako, Ami pointed some passageways out for her. Soon, both girls where discussing the map.
Usagi had fallen asleep and was leaning against Makoto's shoulder.
"Wow," Artemis whispered, trying not to disturb Usagi. "She actually sleeps?!"
"Yeah, she does, and when she sleeps, she's knocked out." Makoto smiled slightly, past memories flooding her mind.
"She's actually bearable when she sleeps!" Rei glanced at the sleeping blonde, not being able to hold in the smile that graced her lips.
"Oh, by the way, I ordered you guys some cloths. But you're going to have to go shopping for the ones you need to wear on the mission. I didn't know what to get. You can do that after we settle in."
"How did you know what to get us?" Makoto moved Usagi's head so the young woman wouldn't drool on her shoulder.
"Oh, Luna."
"Who's Luna?" Rei closed Usagi's mouth, solving Makoto's problem for the time being.
"You'll meet her when we get there."
Minako nodded her head. "When will we start?"
"The day after tomorrow would be the latest."
"Sounds fair. We can go shopping today and relax tomorrow."
Raising his eyebrow, Artemis gave her a curious look. "Relax?"
"Well, duh!" She rolled her eyes like it was obvious. "Shopping takes a lot out of a girl. We need to rest after a shopping spree." Minako giggled at the look on his face.
He shook his head mumbling, "You've got to be kidding."
Smiling, Minako thought, 'You have no idea what you've gotten yourself into.'
Usagi shifted positions, opening her mouth as well. Makoto looked down at the sleeping woman. 'Oh, well. She'll just owe me a new shirt.' She yawned lazily and rested her head against Usagi's.
Rei stared out the window, absorbed in her own thoughts. Minako decided to leave her young raven-haired friend alone for the time being. Didn't want her to get in a bad moon and wake up Usagi. Ami settled down and cracked open a book and began reading.
"Why don't you set that down and get some sleep. You must be tired after the long day."
"Don't worry about me, Minako, I've pulled some all-nighters."
"You've never shopped with me then," Minako grinned. "You'll be tired after the first hour."
Ami smiled, finding Minako's grin contagious. The rest of the trip was peaceful. A silence had fallen upon them, but it was neither an awkward silence nor a peaceful one. It was one that had them all thinking; all except Usagi, who was fast asleep, dreaming about princes and princesses.
Jadeite rubbed his sore arms. He had gotten a beating from Kunzite, that was for sure. He watched lazily as Kunzite fought Nephrite, the latter having a better chance since Kunzite hadn't had time to rest from his other fight. 'Heh, I hope he losses so I can rub it in.'
He had finally gotten a reply for a cook and librarian. Also a new scientist to help Zoicite, another maid, and a personal maid for himself. He grinned madly at that thought. 'Hope she's cute so I can mess around with her.'
Kunzite had fired his last personal maid, although Jadeite had been pissed since he was in charge at his own home, because his silver-haired friend had found out what the young woman and Jadeite had been doing. Nothing too bad, just that they had both not been doing any work. 'More like fooling around,' he thought happily.
He let his eyes wonder from the fight to the open window. He gazed out, his blue eyes roaming the lands. He caught a glimpse of a raven-haired woman, followed closely by two blondes, a brunette, or was it auburn, and then a blue-haired woman. His eyes slowly grew wide as he followed their strides until they settled down in an out-door restaurant. They were all beautiful, but what caught his attention was the raven-haired woman.
She smiled, turning to one of the blondes, and he saw violet highlights in her raven locks when the sunlight bounced off of her hair. 'Are they natural?' His mind wondered. He studied her closer, noticing her violet eyes fire up at something the other blonde said. She was. . . exotic, that was for sure. He had never seen anyone quite like her before. He couldn't tear his gaze away from her form, that is, until his eyes met with violet ones.
He nearly fell out of his chair from surprise as she caught him gawking at her. Her eyes flickered with anger as they stared into his. He was caught by surprise, not knowing what to do, but before he had a chance to react she had whispered something to her friends and they all promptly got up and left, leaving a startled Jadeite with his wondering thoughts.
'How the hell did she know I was starring at her?' His mind screamed at him. 'She couldn't have. . . it was just her luck that she starred at this window when I was starring back. . . it. . . she. . .'
"Jadeite?" He heard a familiar voice ask him something.
He snapped out of his reverie. "What?"
"I asked what was wrong. It looks like you've seen a ghost." Kunzite and Nephrite had stopped fighting and was staring at the blonde man.
"Oh, ah, nothing. It was nothing. Just thinking and a mental picture of Zoicite's granny popped in my head. Kinda shocked me." He finished, grinning widely.
Nephrite snorted. "And I thought you didn't go for older women."
Jadeite shrugged. "Well, you know, if they need some lovin'. . ."
"That's messed up man! Stop talking about my grandmother like that!" Zoicite had a pained look on his face as he closed the door behind him. Jadeite grinned lazily at him.
"Oh, what? You don't like it that your granny and me get it on?" Jadeite laughed out loud, tears spilling forth from his eyes, as he caught the look on Zoicite's face.
"Enough," Kunzite demanded, a hint of a smile forming on his lips. "Leave Zoicite and his grandmother alone."
Nephrite nodded his head. "Yea, he doesn't want to know that his grandmother is getting more than he is."
All three men burst out laughing, the teasing part of the day just beginning. Zoicite just muttered curses at his friends under his breath.
"Anything happen when I was away?" Mamoru asked as he took another bite of his sandwich.
"Yea, Jed established the fact that he likes older women, including Zoicite's grandmother." Nephrite smiled widely as Mamoru choked on the piece of sandwich he was chewing on and Zoicite spit the water he was drinking at Jadeite, who, unfortunately, was sitting across from him.
Jadeite would have smiled arrogantly if it wasn't for the fact that he was covered in Zoicite's spit. "Dammit Zoi!" He yelled angry as he grabbed his napkin and started wiping his face. "The least you could've done was spit it at Nephrite and not on MY sandwich and IN my face!"
Mamoru didn't know if it was a joke or not, but either way, he didn't want to know. Completely ignoring the fuming Jadeite, Kunzite asked Nephrite with slight interest edged on his face, "Who made the sandwiches? I thought the chef wasn't supposed to get here until tomorrow?"
"Oh, I asked one of Jadeite's chef to do it until the main chef gets here."
Jadeite stopped screaming at Zoicite long enough to yell at Nephrite. "You mean I didn't have to waste my money on hiring a new chef?"
"I never said that. Don't put words in my mouth. Your chef's good, just not what I'm looking for. Plus this chef is going to be an around the clock one." When he got blank stares he sighed. "You know, one that travels with us, wherever we go."
"You've gone mad!" Zoicite said.
"Sounds like Nephy here wants a tall, brunette chef, who likes to stare at stars and take long walks on the beach!" Jadeite said sarcastically. "Sounds like you want a lover, not a chef!"
"Hey! I actually want a chef that can cook!"
"Mine can!"
Zoicite leaned in, whispering to Mamoru, "What's the big deal?"
Mamoru shrugged, "I have no clue. Jadeite's got a good point, why does it matter? But then again, he is getting a little worked up, I mean, he did hire a new chef."
"That's true. Let's just hope this one lasts longer than the rest." Zoicite leaned back, sipping his water and watching in amusement as his two friends screamed their heads off at each other.
Kunzite growled and stood up, slamming his fists down on the table. "What the hell is wrong with you guys?" His voice was calm, but it held a hint of annoyance in it. "It's a damned cook. I'll pay for it, Jadeite, and as for you Nephrite, this is the last one, so deal with him. He's all you've got now, so if you don't like him, then you'll be the chef."
Both men nodded their heads silently, knowing the argument was over with. Mamoru tried to hide the smile that was forming on his lips. He knew he had picked the right commander when Kunzite had shown up. And like always, he solved the problems with no trouble. Mamoru wondered if there was anything the silver-haired man could not handle.
Mamoru glanced around as Kunzite sat back down, the smile on his face finally coming out. The two arguing men where now eating silently, eying each other, small smiles appearing on their faces. Zoicite nodded his head, those two would never grow up, although Nephrite was getting better than Jadeite.
"So, Jadeite, I heard you're getting a new personal maid." Kunzite eyed the blonde man.
Jadeite grinned, eating the last bite of his sandwich before answering. "Yea, I figured I could use one."
"And by use we all know you mean she would actually do something productive, like clean that shitty room of yours," Zoicite sarcastically said.
"No, what I think he means is that that blonde doesn't get the picture and won't leave him alone. This poor unfortunate soul that happens to be his personal maid is just another ploy to get that blonde out of his hair. The poor girl is going to have her heart broken." Nephrite looked up to see them all staring at him "What? It's the truth."
Zoicite snorted. "I don't see how these silly girls fall head over heals for Jadeite. I mean, is love really that important? Sure, women are great and all, don't get me wrong." He smirked, but continued, "but I don't think they are worth the fuss. I mean, marriage? Come on!"
"Are you done?"
"Oh, shove it Jadeite."
"Gladly, where would you like it, pretty boy?" Jadeite grinned, challenging his friend.
"Don't fucking call me that!"
"You mean pretty boy? But it suites you! From all of us, you're the one with the most feminine characteristics." Jadeite pointed out, grinning madly.
Mamoru sighed, 'Hear we go again. Sometimes I wish I could meet someone who got along with everyone. Or someone I could go and talk too while these buffoons argue over something so stupid.' His thoughts were interrupted by ice cream flying towards his head. Luckily, he moved his head just in time to remove his face from danger from the flying object.
He raised his eyebrow at the four men around him. Jadeite pointed at Zoicite, who in turn pointed at Jadeite. Jadeite smiled uneasily, grabbed a spoon of ice cream, and tossed it at Zoicite. Mamoru burst out laughing while a fuming Zoicite grabbed his water and threw it at Jadeite, hitting the poor blonde right in the face. Mamoru grabbed his side from laughing so hard.
Nephrite also joined Mamoru, laughing so hard tears threatened to spill out of his eyes. Jadeite grabbed a handful of ice cream and tossed it at the unsuspecting brunette. The ice cream hit its target with a splat and Kunzite smiled slightly at his ice cream covered friend.
"Don't think you're getting away with that!" Nephrite grabbed his ice cream and tossed it in the direction of Jadeite, who ducked, making the ice cream land on Kunzite's white mane.
Nephrite gulped as Kunzite stared at the dripping ice cream falling down on his face. Mamoru couldn't stop laughing as he pointed at Kunzite.
"You think that's funny, your highness?" He asked in a calm voice.
Mamoru just nodded his head, not hiding the fact that he was laughing at him.
"Well, join the club." All four men gasped as Kunzite threw his apple pie at the unsuspecting king. He let out a low chuckle as the pie rolled down Mamoru's face. Mamoru just grinned, enjoying the fun he was having. It wasn't everyday you had a food fight with your four best friends.