"Tag your it," yelled a five year old Zoicite. "Not fair you run faster then I do," Ami yelled as she ran after him. It happened to be Ami's fifth birthday and Zoicite was the first child to arrive for the party. Since both parents were preparing for the coming guest, the two children had taken to playing around the castle. They had gotten some help from the gaurds so they wouldn't get caught.

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The song ended and Lady Mercury ran from the all too familiar hands of her dance partner. She had known that he was not sure it was really her; he thought she had gone back to Mercury before the big masquerade ball, but she had known it was him when he had first touched her.

It all started about a year ago when Ami was leaving to go home. There was a young man her age, twenty, who was going to Mercury to see Ami's parents, the King and Queen. The young mans name was Zoicite. Zoicite and the four other Earth guardians had the job of delivering messages to the other planets from the Earth and the Moon Kingdom. These messages came from Neo-queen Serenity, so this was one of the most important jobs. That day Ami and Zoicite were the only passengers on the space ship. This in and of itself made Ami even more unsure of herself then the fact she was a princess.

Ami was five-two, with short aqua blue hair and big blue eyes; she was great at studying, working, and learning how to do new things. She was learning how to become queen and how to protect the Moon Princess, Serenity.

Mercury was a beautiful and thriving planet. They had over come the theft and crimes of the earlier times, and had also learned how to overcome all illnesses, every so often someone might get ill but there were never any major outbreaks anymore.

Zoicite was six feet tall with hazel eyes and sandy blond hair. He was good with his hands, and taking orders from people with authority. He was one of those chosen to protect the Earth and the Prince.

Earth was a place said to be close to heaven. It was far from it. There were murders, robberies, and any other crimes. The people always looked to the Moon Queen to help solve their problems and she was frustrated and about to take over everything.

Ami had met Zoicite many times on her trips to the moon and knew him quite well. They both had the same interest and got along fairly well, until it came to what he wanted to do during his free time. Over the past few months of her queen training, which entitled her to go to the Moon on a regular basis, she had grown accustom to Zoicite and was actually starting to like him. The only problem was that he only had one thing on his mind when it cam to girls but only thought of her a sister. Ami was only about eight months younger than him so why does he have to like her as only a sister? Well it all changed when Zoicite was told he had to go to Mercury to deliver a message and he would be there about one week, depending on the flight schedule.

Ami knew that the flight took about eight hours so she brought some books to read, The History of: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Obviously Zoicite did not know about the length of the flight. About two hours into the flight, Ami was through with her second book, Zoicite started to try to talk to Ami.

"What are you reading?" he asked.

"The history of Mars, I have read the others already. Would you like to read one?"

"No thanks."

"Okay," was the last thing she said before going back to her book.

"Why are you going home?"

"I am the Princess" she replied with a 'duh' voice, then when back to her book and turned away. Zoicite finally gave up trying to find out anything about why she was not staying on the moon. He did borrow one book, while she was able to devour four during the trip home.

When they got to Mercury they were taken to the palace where Ami went right to her parents and gave them both hugs, while Zoicite just stood and watched. Zoicite gave his message then much to his delight he found out he had one week to spent time with Lady Mercury before he had to go home. He had started to like Lady Mercury and knew he had better make the most of the one week because he thought it was all he was ever going to have.

Much to Ami's dismay she was told that a Queen should be ready to be a guide, so she was going to have to be his tour guide for the week.

"Me," she thought, "Doing a servants job of tour guide, I have better things to do." As they started out on their first day together. Ami found it was not all that bad, but she did have work to do and she really wanted to be in the library reading a book.

That night after dinner Zoicite decided he would go and explore the massive palace to see why it had to be so big; he also wanted to know where Lady Mercury had scurried off to. The last place he decided to go was into the library. He had a feeling she was there but did not want to find her too soon. He was not prepared to see what he did see when he walked in to the gigantic room. "WOW!" was all he could say.

Ami was sitting on the floor in the back of the library reading a book that she had found that she had not read yet. "Now what does he want?" She thought but said, "Can I help you find anything?" She yelled to him so he would hear her.

"No I was just looking around," He said as he begin to walk toward her voice

"Oh, what are you looking for?"

"You he said as he walked around the corner and almost stepped on her.

"Me!?"

"Well I was actually exploring but since I have been looking, you are the best thing I have found on your planet, Lady Mercury." He said, being formal with her on purpose.

"Thanks, tell me how many of the planets have you been to," she said trying to keep the shock out of her voice

"All of them, but I spend most of my time on Earth."

"Tell me a story about one of your trips."

Zoicite thought for a moment, than began his story. He told her a story about the time he had to go to Saturn and actually came close to dying by the hands of Lady Saturn. He later found out that she was one of the legendary protectors of the Moon Kingdom. Lady Saturn told him to stay where he was as she went to call the Queen and see if he was actually telling the truth. After he was allowed to move he gave her the message and then had to wait a day to go to the next planet. In that day he was followed around with a staff pointed at him the whole time.

By now Zoicite was sitting on the on the floor next to Lady Mercury and had his arm around her. To his surprise she had given him no objections to this new position he had them in.

Zoicite continued to tell his story about how he had to go to the other outer planets and he had just as much trouble with them as he had on Saturn. After that he started on the inner planets and had no trouble at all. He finally ended up back on the Moon and then he found himself on a ship with the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.

"Thank you," she said as she felt herself blush, "I will see what I can do about people's manners. Did you even have a problem on Pluto?"

"No, she was waiting for me and told me she knew everything even before I stepped off the ship."

"Well we all have a power and hers is the guardian of time so I guess that makes since." She said before she even knew it, "Oops uh," she tried to correct herself and leave.

"Wait" he said as he held her to him and allowing her to finally realizing how they were sitting. "You're a guardian of the Princess correct; well I am a guardian of the prince. Great now I know I will see you again." He said happily and kissed her.

They talked well into the night about their lives and what they wanted to do with their lives in the future. Zoicite figured it was about one in the morning when Lady Mercury fell asleep. He kissed her on the head then slid into a lying position and curled up on the floor with Ami.

They were both awaken by a guard saying they had better identify themselves or die. At that point Lady Mercury turned to look at the man and yelled back at him, "You will die if you touch either of us"

"Your highness, I'm S-s-s-orry"

"GO, and if you talk I will personally KILL you!"

"Y-y-y-es my lady." And he was gone.

All Zoicite could do was smile because he now knew how mush power she had held over her people. Ami looked at him with a puzzled look on her face and then did something very surprising; she kissed him on the lips. She thought this was the best and the worst thing she had ever done. She thought she had just ruined everything, but that all changed when he kissed her back. When the kiss finally broke, Ami was blushing and Zoicite was stunned happily. They then decided to continue their week by going on "tours" of the planet.

Ami and Zoicite spent the remainder of the week getting to know each other and falling in love without telling each other or anyone else for fear of hurting each other. By the end of the week they had been to almost every major site on the planet and each time had managed to get away from the guards that always accompanied them. When it was time for Zoicite to return home Ami was so sad she was not sure she could even go see him off. When she did not come down to the ship, Zoicite went to her room to check on her.

"Ami?" He said, startling her, "are you alright?"

"I don't think I can wait four months before I see you again." She cried in his arms.

"Well then you might just have to go and visit your princess while my prince is there as well."

"But how will I get my parents to let me go, my love?"

"I can get the Prince to talk the Princess into calling you to see her. This would benefit all of us if I am not mistaken my friends like your friends as well."

"Yes I think that might work!"

"Can I tell you something?"

"Sure, what is it?"

He pulled her into his arms and said "I love you Ami" then he kissed her hard on the mouth. He stopped when he when he realized she was crying, "What, is something wrong"

"No, I just wanted to tell you that I love you for about three days but I did not want to ruin what we had. I love you Zoicite."

"Maybe I can get you guys there before three months from now." He then heard the all abroad bell and kissed her hard on the lips again. "I love you Ami, see you as soon as I can."

"I love you too." And then he had to run from her room to be able to catch the ship back to Earth in time.

Time seemed to go by as fast as a snail over the next few months. By the time a letter come from the Princess, Ami thought she was going to go crazy. The letter came a month earlier than planed and Ami was then worrying her parents by being so cheerful and ecstatic all the time around the palace. The letter said that all of the senshi were aloud to come to the Moon as soon as they could and stay through the masquerade ball. The letter was addressed by the Prince but it was Zoicite who actually wrote. He said that they were all coming but the only reason he got the Prince to 'talk' the princess into letting you girls come was if I told him the real reason I wanted you there so badly. The Prince said he would not tell the Princess but I think she suspects something. He ended with I hope to see you soon and I love you and then signed the letter. Also enclosed in the envelope was an official invitation from the Prince so she could show her parents.

As soon as she showed her parents they said she could go. The next fight to the Earth left the next day so she had to hurry. She had to go to the Earth then go to the moon, it was all about security. She had everything packed and ready to go by the time dinner came. Ami knew she would not get a lot of sleep that night, but she got absolutely none at all. She was up ready to go with breakfast waiting for her parents. By eight in the morning came Ami was so tired she was wide awake. When she finally got on the ship her mother gave her something to sleep and she sleep the whole eight hours to earth.

A very familiar smell and kiss and her forehead awakened Ami. All she did was put her arms around him and try to kiss him back, hoping she was asleep next to him as she dreamed so many times before.

"Lady Mercury!" was all she heard and then suddenly stopped and tried to stand and bow at the same time. She knew it was the Prince and she should be bowing but why was Zoicite laughing and not letting her stand. She finally realized that The Prince did not care if she stood or not he just wanted to see the woman that had captured the heart of one of his generals. He saw that she was beautiful and then decided to leave them alone and let the lady fully come to her senses.

"Zoicite, take her to her room and let her put her things down and then take her down to see the Princess, she has been waiting for all of her friends to come and see her. She is always complaining about how they don't see her enough." As the Prince, Mamoru, started to rant about his girlfriend Ami started to realize that she was still in the arms of Zoicite. "If she would just marry me for life everything would be better....'

"Okay, stop talking about her, remember I AM one of her close friends." Ami said while trying to stand so she seemed taller than she really was. She knew where her room was because she had stayed there many times and she knew where the Princess would be, in the kitchen eating with any other of their friends who was already there. She was so mad at the Prince that she just picked up her things and started to walk through the docked ship, past the4 guard and then up the stairs to her room. She could hear Zoicite telling her to wait and he would carry her thing but all she wanted to do right now is see her friends, get away form the prince before she got down right angry at him and then she could spend time with her love later. She made it to her room and had changed out of her traveling cloths and into a beautiful blue flowing gown and was leaving by the time Zoicite made it to her room, it took him so long because he did not exactly know where he was going.

She thought she was fast enough to get away, but she was not, he grabbed her, turned her around and kissed her hard on the mouth. She was still frustrated with the Prince but forgot anything bad about Zoicite at that moment. She realized that the guard made a slight cough when she started running her hands through his hair and they were backing towards her room.

"What was that for?" She asked trying not to be embarrassed.

"I have a few months of not seeing each other to make up for," and he kissed her again.

"Stop the guard is watching," she said. "So," and he kissed her again then sent her to find her friends.

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"I am so out of the loop," she thought to herself as she sat in the kitchen listening to everyone talk about the last four months. At dinner time all the girls sat at one end while the guys sat at the other and each group talked about the other. After dinner the respective couples went in their own direction. Ami and Zoicite went toward her room because she was tired; Zoicite made sure she was fine and kissed her, then he helped her unbutton her dressed and left. He knew he could get in big trouble if he went much further. "See you in the morning and I love you," he said as he closed the door and left.

The next few months went by in a flash. Every one had a blast and Ami even got to meet the other girls' boyfriends to see why they were so excited about the next few months. She soon learned that they each had a story about how and when they met the guys and why they never wanted to leave their sides. They spent most of their time talking and having fun with the other girls, and the rest of the time with their boyfriends.