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Minako's Retreat Chapter 11
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"We won't be needing you tonight, why don't you take the night off?" Minako suggested casually.
The cook glanced at her suspiciously, "Are you ordering out?"
Well," Minako looked around innocently, "Something like that,"
The cook gave her a level look before nodding and walking out of the kitchen. Itasha let out a sigh of relief; "I didn't think he was going to let us use the kitchen for a moment there,"
Minako smiled, "It's just my charm. People naturally give me what I want. It's the price of being beautiful," Minako said with a joking wink.
"So that's why Daddy always gives me whatever I want," Itasha said thoughtfully.
Minako grinned, "Must be. Between us, we could conquer the world with a smile,"
"Oh that would be fun, wouldn't it? Could you imagine us ruling the world? We would…well…Rule the world!" Itasha giggled as she threw her hands up into the air.
Minako laughed with her, "I'm just glad we managed to get rid of Dorothy the Demon." She said, using the nickname she and Itasha had come up with, "I thought we would be stuck with her for the whole day." Both girls shuddered at the thought.
Ever since Dorothy got here, she had made everything miserable! She was with Quatre 24/7, and if she wasn't, she would be at home, yelling at the servants (and much to Minako's annoyance, herself).
"Right!" Minako said cheerfully as she surveyed the kitchen, "What did you have in mind?"
"I was thinking of Chicken cor don bleu, with…." Itasha began rattling off gourmet dishes as Minako stared at her in wonder. By the time she was done, Itasha smiled innocently, "You do know how to make all that right?"
'I'm sure… it's easy enough. All we need is a cook book right?" Minako smiled confidently, ignoring the voice in her head that reminded her of all her past attempts at cooking.
"Right!" Itasha agreed enthusiastically.
Both girls quickly put on aprons and got out the cookbooks. Minako stared at it long and hard before sighing. How was she supposed to know what some of these words meant? All this cooking terminology. Why didn't everyone just speak the same language?
"Well…" Minako murmured uncertainly.
"You can understand it, can't you? You know everything," Itasha said innocently, glancing up at her with big trusting eyes.
Minako felt all hesitation wash away as she stared into Itasha's eyes. Oh she was good. She was like an adult in a child's body. She used her adorably cute look to get her way. Way to smart for her own good.
"Yes, well, let's get everything ready," Minako said as she dug into a drawer. It didn't take too long to find everything they needed. It seemed to cook was a neat freak and everything was in alphabetical order.
"Don't you need to measure that out?" Itasha asked uncertainly, as Minako began throwing things into a mizing bowl.
"Of course not. The measurements in the book, are only suggestions. It really doesn't matter," Minako assured her.
Itasha sighed, "I wish I was as skilled at cooking as you are,"
Minako smiled innocently, "Well, good cooking skill is natural to me,"
"Don't you have to cook that?"
"Oops,"
It took them some time to finally get things moving. Itasha was standing on a small pinks stool, kneeding some dough, while Minako was sweeping up some flour. Near the flour, was a large puddle of water that Minako was going to have to clean up. As Minako was cleaning though, she forgot entirely about the puddle and the second her bare foot touched it, she went sailing.
As her arms went into the air, trying feebly to regain balance, the handle of her broom knocked forcefully into the small stool Itasha was standing on. With a scream, Itasha's hands went out, knocking into an overly large bowl of flour. The flour bowl, before going flying, knocked into another large bowl, filled with margarine.
As Minako fell to the ground, Itasha landed on top of her. Minako was about to start cursing, when the bowl of Margarine landed on her. If this wasn't bad enough, next, the bowl of flour landed on both of them.
"Uh oh," Itasha said as she glanced around the white kitchen. The entire thing was covered in a blanket of flour, and broken eggs also replaced what was once a sparkling floor.
"Well, at least our chickens okay," Minako said looking around the kitchen. It was at this point though, the distinctive smell of burning reached her nose, "Alright, Ignore my last remark,"
Itasha slowly got up, staring around at the room. Minako tried vainly to get the annoying greasy butter off herself.
"What are we going to do?" Itasha asked.
"Itasha, go get the phone book," Minako said as she picked up the broom.
Itasha gave her a funny look, "How is that going to help us?"
It's not, but its catering service is,"
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By the time the food arrived, they had cleaned up the kitchen to its almost original stage. They set the food out in nice dishes, and set the table. In the end, it looked amazing. Candles light the table, and the food smelled delicious.
Minako and Itasha sat faithfully in the living room, to resist any temptations as they waited for Quatre to return home.
It had been Itasha's idea. She wanted to do something nice for her father, because she said he worked too hard. Minako had agreed, obvious.
It was well past midnight before Quatre returned. Grace had fallen asleep by that time, and had to be put to bed.
"Welcome home," Minako said brightly.
"Your up late," Quatre replied, setting down his things.
"Well your home late. It's not my fault," Minako snorted.
"You were waiting for me?" He asked, smiling.
"Something like that. Follow me,"
Quatre followed without question into the dining room. As he entered, he smiled brightly, "You did all this for me?"
"Itasha and I did all this for you," Minako corrected as she sat down, "We were expecting you home a little earlier,"
"Obvious," Quatre said as he sat down, eagerly eyeing the food, "It looks great,"
Minako smiled innocently, "Well of course, we did slave over it all day,"
Quatre bit into a piece of chicken, and immediately his face brightened, "Wow! This is amazing. I never knew you could cook,"
"Well, you know how it is," Minako said, waving the comment away, "How was your day?"
"Long," Quatre sighed, "It's a nightmare. Ever since The moon queen declared war on earth---"
"What!" Minako gasped loudly, her eyes widening considerably, "You never said anything about this before!"
Quatre coughed apologetically, "It must have slipped my mind. Either way, it worked out more or less the way Relena wanted. At least now she doesn't look so bad, since The Moon Queen declared it and not her,"
"Quatre, I need to speak with someone, you have to let me go for a day," Minako pleaded.
Quatre sighed and shook his head, "I'm afraid I can't do that,"
"Quatre please! You don't understand how important this is too me! I have to go,"
"Minako," Quatre reasoned, "Your just a soldier in the war, right? No offense, but what can you do? I think you need to calm down and consider what your saying. I can't let you go. I'm sure you'd do the same in my situation,"
Minako's teeth grounded as she glared across the table at Quatre, "My people, my Family, everyone I've ever known or loved, are about to engage in a war, that will almost certainly take their lives, not to mention my Queen is out there, and your telling me I have no right in this? I don't suppose you can sympathize though, the only thing you love, is your work," Minako snapped as she stood up roughly, and stormed out of the room. Quatre stared at her retreating figure, a sense of cold dread washing over him. He felt, empty, but at the same time, he felt like a monster.
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YES!!
I finished! I was going to wait until I got a hundred reviews to do this chapter, but go figure, just as I posted my other two stories, someone reviewed and I got one hundred, so I had to sit down and do this chapter!!
I don't think I've ever typed so fast in my life!!! **Gasp**
Review Responses
Akima Skylar – Thanks for the review!!
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Ancient-Legend – oh dear, so many questions, so little time. The only scouts who are alive are Minako and Usagi, so the outers really aren't in for too much of a surprise. Usagi is upset that Minako was 'killed' by Relena, and she want's to put an end to all this. I think that's about it, thanks for the review!
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