Silver Millennium Memories Miranda Aurelia
Yup, it has been...a year and a half since I've updated. I know that many readers have probably abandoned this fic already...I know I would've... One of the readers thought that I had died or something...personally, I wasn't sure how to react to that comment.
Excuses include: 1) Writer's Block, 2) Darth Real Life - who would have thought that university life would be so busy! I was all set to apply for a bunch of US universities but then I decided smack in the middle of my last year of high school that I would rather stay in Canada instead...(okay, those applications were a pain I decided not to subject myself to).
Recap: In the last few chapters, Rei and Minako were playing pranks on the Generals, Ami found Zoicite drunk in the hallways, but that incident didn't end to well and now he believes that she's angry with him. Minako keeps flirting with Kunzite who is a bit put off by this, while Serenity just challenged Endymion to a Senshi vs. Generals fight during on of their arguments.
I was kind of in a hurry to get this chapter out, so please forgive me if you spot any grammar mistakes, etc.!
Chapter 7 Senshi vs. Generals
Zoicite had gone very silent. In fact, he hadn't spoken a single word even since they had been introduced to the five Inner Princesses. In fact, noted Jadeite with a raised eyebrow, what seemed ever more strange was that his friend was now in the process of smacking his head against a desk.
Thud. Thud. "OW!"
Kunzite, having finally lost his patience with the thudding noises made by his fellow general, had reached over and yanked Zoicite's head up by his long ponytail.
"I don't think his Highness can afford to have you sidelined by a concussion-"
Nephrite threw Endymion a dirty look, "-Especially since Mr. Wise-Guy just volunteered us for a battle against the senshi! Anyone can see that we're going to lose either way!"
Personally Zoicite wondered if the Fates were playing an unusually cruel trick on him. First, his dream girl had a made a total fool of him RIGHT IN FRONT OF JADEITE (which was humiliating enough), then when he actually got the chance to spend the night, in her chambers no less, he just had to be too drunk to take advantage of the situation...
Then, just when he finally got the chance to kiss her (and he was sober enough to enjoy it), that, that brainless twit Lyda had to insult Ami and now the Princess of Mercury was no doubt seriously pissed off with him because the implications of what had happened only occured to him ten seconds too late. Now Endymion, being the great friend he was, just announced that he had made arrangements to have Zoicite's ass personally kicked by Sailor Mercury!
It wasn't as though he hadn't tried to find Ami and apologize for Lyda's biting comments that morning, but nobody he asked seemed to know where she was. When she appeared in the throne room that afternoon, an icy glare was all he received before he found out that his dream girl was the PRINCESS of Mercury! And to make his life even more miserable, Endy, one of his best friends since childhood, just had to accept Serenity's challenge when everybody from the King of Mercury on down was probably calling for his skin at the very moment!
"No," he consoled himself, "Ami would never do that...or at least, I hope so..."
"What were you thinking?" Kunzite was saying coolly to Endymion, "No, scratch that, were you thinking AT ALL when you and the princess made this deal?"
"She was the one that suggested it." Endymion scowled at his friend, "Besides, how hard can it possibly be to beat them?"
"You just don't get it, do you-"
A sullen expression appeared on Zoicite's face as Jadeite leaped into the argument. "Now this is just bloody fantastic... Not to mention Sailor Mercury's probably going to freeze my ass off either way." He said the last part under his breath, but Jadeite still heard him.
"Why would Mercury want to freeze your ass off?" Jadeite asked, a smirk forming on his face as he mentally ran through all the possible reasons, "Is there something we should know?"
Zoicite groaned as all four pairs of eyes immediately fastened onto him. "It's a long story."
"And we've got all night, so start talking."
"Okay, okay. I, uh, accidently got drunk and I ended up spending the night in Princess Ami's room-"
"Not like that!" Zoicite snapped when he saw Jadeite's smirk widen. "She was afraid that I'd throw myself off the balcony and she didn't want to drag me all the way over here so she let me stay there."
"That still doesn't explain why Mercury wants to freeze your ass off though."
"How about this. I tried to kiss her, but, uh, Lyda literally threw herself at me, then being the idiot I am, uh, I let Lyda throw a couple of insults at Ami and ittakesmeliketensecondstorealizethatI'vejustbeenstandingtherelikeastatue." Zoicite ended up mumbling the last part.
"So basically you let this girl you don't even like insult the girl you do like and then it takes you like half a day to figure out that it would probably be better to straighten things up," Jadeite rubbed his chin "And yet everyone saids you're the smart one." He gave Zoicite a sardonic look.
"I don't even want to know how the Royal House of Mercury is going to take this." Endymion muttered under his breath.
"I never said I was perfect." growled Zoicite, "And how can I straighten things if she won't even talk to me!"
"Drag her into an empty room and charm her until she sees things your way?" suggested Jadeite.
"I now remember why I never come to you for sensible advice."
"Well," Nephrite finally spoke up, "You could always try asking Sailor Mercury for some help, I suppose."
Everyone stared at him.
Zoicite finally broke the silence. "You must really hate me, don't you?"
The other general simply shrugged. "If you're so sure you're going to get your butt kicked, you might as well get something out of it."
"Which reminds me," Jadeite smirked. "I wonder what Sailor Venus is going to do to Kunz. His girlfriend probably has it all planned out though - it's not hard to imagine her tying him up with that golden love chain and..." He trailed off with a suggestive grin.
Kunzite threw the blond the iciest glare he could muster. "Princess Minako is not my girlfriend." he said frostily.
"You go and tell her that."
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The training grounds were deserted when they arrived, lit up by the glow of the afternoon sun. Endymion's gaze swept around the area, finally resting on the rose bushes at the corner. Unlike the blood red roses on Earth, these were thornless and a pale pink color.
"I never understood your obsession with those flowers." Jadeite remarked as his friend carefully plucked one of the flowers from the bushes. "Other people throw darts, you throw...flowers." He ducked as the rose previously in Endymion's hand shot through the air and embedded itself in the pillar directly behind him.
"You were saying...?" came the dry reply.
The blond general gave his liege a wary look. "Point taken."
Some time later...
"Where are they!" Zoicite asked for what must have been the sixth time, although the others didn't really blame him for feeling restless.
"Girls are always late," grumbled Endymion in reply, "It's expected..." He trailed off as a cracking sound sliced through the air.
The five of them barely had time to jump away as a ball of lightning ran through the spot they'd been standing in half a second ago.
"What the hell-" Jadeite swore as his eyes finally landed on the five figures on the rooftop of the palace.
Zoicite just blinked. Then he blinked again.
"Is it just me?" He finally said slowly, "Because I'm swear I'm seeing...five NINJAS up on the roof?"
"It's not you," snapped Jadeite while frantically running his hands through his hair to see if the tips got singed by Jupiter's lightning.
They watched as the senshi landed gracefully in front of them. All of them were dressed in black, identical except for the different colored belt that each wore, in this case, red, orange, green and blue.
The ninja with the orange belt seemed to be the leader, for she was the first one to speak. "Are there any rules we should know about?"
"Nobody dies."
"Nice."
Kunzite was almost taken unaware when a bright gold chain suddenly flew towards him from the orange belted ninja. He swore as he barely deflected it with his sword.
"I told you she was going to try and tie you up with that chain of hers." smirked Jadeite.
"Shut up."
Seconds later when all hell broke loose.
Zoicite found himself facing the ninja with the blue belt. "It just figures that I'd be facing Sailor Mercury." Somebody out there must really hate him...
However, the ninja simply looked at him expectingly. "Well, what are you waiting for?" she seemed to be saying.
He shrugged.
"Shine Aqua Illusion!" she suddenly called out.
"Freezing my ass off it is then." he thought sardonically, leaping aside to avoid the large wave of ice heading towards him.
Meanwhile, Jadeite finally managed to think of a way to avoid Mars' rings of fire. He found that her main attack seemed more effective if her opponent was far away.
"I guess I'll just have to work on getting in her way then." he thought wryly. "Damn, that girl can kick really high..."
At that moment, Jupiter's lightning gave off a large BOOM! as it struck a wall near them and Jadeite used Mars' momentary distraction to tackle her onto the ground.
"Get off of me, you..." Violet eyes glared at him.
"I don't think I will just yet," Jadeite replied dryly. "I think you almost burned my arm off one time! Avoiding-"
"That's not all I'm going to be burning off if you don't let me up!"
Jadeite ignored her interruption, "-all those second degree burns you keep trying to inflict on me is extremely tiring."
Her eyes shot fire at him, but that only resulted in amusing him. "Honey, is that what you do to every single guy that comes near you? You try and burn them to a crisp?"
Endymion felt it before he actually saw the bright disc coming towards him. Almost casually, he released one of his roses and frowned when the disc sliced through it.
His eyes followed the disc as it returned back to its owner. Serenity grinned as she retrieved the moon tiara from the air.
"I wasn't sure if you were going to show up, Princess."
"And miss out on the fun? I don't think so."
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Yes, I know alot of people are very unhappy with me for not updating for so long, but it would be nice to know if anybody's still reading this!