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Serenity woke up in the morning, much earlier than she was used to. Usually, her friends would have to pull her out of the bed with screams and cold water. Still, now she was fully-awakened, laying in her bed and gazing at the ceiling above. She was thinking at the handsome young man whom she and her friends had just found the other day, half-naked in the middle of their precious garden… their most secret spot. Serenity felt somewhat betrayed, because he knew that place, but he wasn't from anywhere around and he was also a true gentleman. He had almost made her sleep in the bed, while he satisfied himself with the large armchair across the room and a fluffy pillow as companion. Also, he had accepted being pushed through so many hallways the other day, when they were hiding him from Haruka. She glanced at the clock and noticed that it was half past eight… she felt that she was supposed to be somewhere at that time. Standing up in the bed, she glanced with widened eyes at the man sleeping few meters away from her. He was so cute with the dark bangs falling on his face… adorable… just like a boy… She allowed herself to smile sweetly, but a bang in her door cut her off pretty fast. She turned to the door, just in time to hear a voice she knew all too well.

"Serenity! Sere, are you up?"

"Haruka!" she whispered and shoved the covers away, running to the armchair holding the man. She shook him desperate, in attempt to wake him up… but she had absolutely no result. She exhaled loudly and her eyes widened, ready to pop out of her eyes, noticing that he wasn't about to wake up soon. Damn Mina and all her exhausting questions. Meanwhile…

"Serenity, are you up or do I have to throw another bucket of cold water on you?" the woman on the other side asked, already smiling at the memory of what had happened the last time she had done that.

"Damn it! Why is this happening to me?" she questioned herself while shaking further the unmoved young man. "Gods, if she finds him here, it'll be the end of me… I know… I'll have to pass as if I'm not in the room… it's not like she has the keys or something…" she mumbled, while trying to calm down her pulse. She had barely managed to do that when, suddenly, another voice down the hall made her pay attention. "Luna!" she said out loud, but not enough to be heard from the other side of the door. She started running like mad through the room, while hearing the sound of moving keys… Damn that cat and her need of security.

She stopped a moment later, in the middle of the room, knowing that it would take even Luna several second to find the key. Without thinking, she simply pulled Darien's feet from one side of the armchair and took his whole body from the armchair, with the clear intention of crawling him to her bed and hide him under it. However, when she pulled, he fell entirely on the floor and banged his head lightly on it.

"Ouch! What are you doing, woman?" he said too loud and received a hit in the next moment.

"Sere?" Haruka's voice now became worried and Luna declared victory when she found the necessary key. Inside the room, Serenity gesture frantically to the door and signaled him to keep quiet. Nodding his head, he got up silently and started walking through the room, while the unlocking sound was already heard. He then simply ran and disappeared through the curtains, not letting Serenity understand what he was doing. She lost sight of him just in time to throw herself in the bed, hide under the covers and pretend to be asleep.

"Aw, isn't she adorable?" she could hear Luna's caring voice inside the room, but didn't even move.

"Hmm." Haruka's simple reply came as she walked through the room, with determined steps, and appeared to be checking something.

"Serenity, dear… It's time to wake up!"

"Five more minute, mom!" she whined and managed to trick the two women. She opened only one eye and saw Haruka going straight to the curtains and passing through them.

"Cousin!" she said happily as she appeared to look barely awakened. Still, Haruka didn't stop and got out on the balcony, eyeing every detail and searching for anything unusual. That made Serenity skip a heartbeat. She only calmed down when she saw the other blonde entering again, with a somewhat relieved look on her face.

"Good, you're up… That forces me to skip a lot of embarrassing rituals…

"Haruka!" she whined and thanked God that she had the giftof acting.

"Well, now that you're up, come on, get dressed and then join me outside. It's a beautiful day and I want to go out riding. How about it, cousin?" Haruka stretched her tall body and winked at the younger blonde. Serenity gazed at her with an evil look.

"Why doesn't Michiru go with you?" she asked and watched her cousin's eyes narrow and suddenly become disappointed.

"She's still a bit upset at me for coming down here faster… You see, we were supposed to remain on Uranus one more week… but I wanted to come here faster… And she didn't… And that's why we came separate along the way…" her voice drifted off and she exhaled loudly.

"Oh, ok! I'll come with you. Just wait for me to get dressed." Serenity smiled, not wanting to make Haruka feel worse than already was, because she knew what chain of events that could cause. Gazing one last time around the room, Haruka nodded and then exited with forced steps. Behind remained Luna, who hadkeptsilence during the two blonde's dialogue. The moon princess' attention went to her and her friend's nanny, a woman not so tall, with still young and beautiful features, pale skin, extremely long wavy hair, with a couple of buns similar to hers on her head, but much more numerous, and a yellow dress which complimented her slender body perfectly. The woman turned to Serenity with a puzzled smile on her face and her blue eyes stared at her princess. Luna wasn't just her nanny, but a royal advisor as well. She and her dear husband Artemis belonged to a different species, carrying weird cat-like ears on each side of their head, and were taking care of the five princesses and the rest of the palace for that matter. The Queen trusted them with her life and they always lived up to their expectations so much, that sometimes Serenity and her friends considered the two their true parents… and loved them as much. Still, Luna seemed closer to Serenity, like Artemis watched for Mina more than for anyone else.

"Come on, you!" Luna said after few moment of complete silence. "Don't let Haruka waiting too long." She hurried Sere out of the warm bed. Grumbling, the princess got up and suddenly stopped, remembering her clandestine visitor.

"You know what, Luna? I'll just get dressed myself and you can return to your duties." The elder woman turned to her as if she had grown another head.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah… I mean, you know that you always say that I have to grow up once… and I decided to start today!" she said merely and smiling widely, scaring Luna even more.

"Serenity…"

"No, I don't want to hear about it! I don't want to keep you away from much more important duties. Don't worry!" the princess hurried her out of the room, not letting her say another word. She closed the door firmly after her nanny's departure and hurried outside, on the balcony. "Darien?" she asked, more in a whisper, making sure that no one else would hear. "Darien!" she asked louder and suddenly got scared. She approached the edge and looked down in the garden. No, no blood or fallen body. But what if he had fallen and Haruka had found him? She whimpered in fear and ran back inside, washing and getting dressed as fast as she could.

Endymion had noticed the voices speaking inside the room, as well as the blonde's determined steps. Gods, she was loud… which could only mean one thing: she was angry and about to do some damage…

He found himself standing on Serenity's balcony, looking down from the edge. Nope, he couldn't jump. The balcony was much too high and he would definitely end up either with something broken or even dead. No, he didn't like his options. He looked above him and saw that the door had a thicker edge than normal. It was pretty high, but he believed that he could reach it. So he carefully climbed the balcony's door, showing a lot of skill at this activity. Once found himself high above, he saw yet another thing that could help him to escape unharmed the blonde's wrath. It was some kind of support for flags or maybe decorations during celebrations. Whatever it was, it was pretty long and looked like it could hold him. He leaned even higher, managing to grab it. One hand, than the other, and he found himself several meters above the balcony, near the balcony above, belonging to a room exactly above Serenity's. He had no idea to whom that room belonged to… but he had no other choice. Jumping in the air, he managed to get a hold of the upper balcony's edge. His arms were already sore and he swore never to repeat the experiment again in his entire life. Carefully, not to fall, he rose himself and managed to jump inside the balcony. Ending on steady ground again,he exhaled in relief. He looked below and saw the mighty woman searching, most probably for him. He sighed, this time quietly and got back. Turning to the entrance, he saw that the door was opened. Lucky him.

Endymionentered as silently as he could and took a peek around the room: it was almost completely green, but the furniture was a reddish brown, creating a strong contrast. It almost felt as if he was in the middle of a forest, because in the air therehad a somewhat refreshing flavour. He liked it, considering the numerous woods his planet had.

"Ahem!" a voice was heard behind him. He turned around instantly and met the angry gaze of the Amazonian girl: Makoto.

"Should I get that this is your room?" he winced.

"How observant of you! What are you doing here and how did you get here?" she glared at him. And then he noticed: she had just ended her shower. Her long brown hairwas let down and still wet, while her tall body was hidden inside a fluffy robe. Her face looked flushed, which meant that it had been a rather hot shower. Embarrassed, he stepped backwards.

"Forgive me, I had no idea that this was your room! I just ended up here because that woman, Haruka, had come inside Serenity's room and I had to hide!" She gave him a curious look and then her features turned softer.

"Serenity? Didn't she sleep in Mina's room?" she narrowed her eyes.

"Um, not exactly… You see, I took the armchair…" he explained, already noticing the fire inside those incredibly green eyes. In a moment, she grabbed his shirt's collar and pulled him closer to her face, while she growled, instead of normally talking.

"If you do anything, and when I say anything I mean anything, to Sere, you can consider yourself dead! Is that understood?"

"Yes, ma'am!" he saluted and found himself relieved. She looked away and pointed at the door.

"Now get the hell out of here before I do some permanent damage for interrupting my shower." He bowed and disappeared from the room, closing the door noiseless. God, she could be even scarier than Haruka when she was angry… Still, he couldn't judge her for keeping an opened eye for her friend and watching over her. He had already noticed that the all the girls behaved more carefully with Serenity and that she seemed somewhat under their protection… as if they were her guards. Still, they treated each other almost in the same way and he had heard not just once about Serenity protecting her friends. Something was weird here: they all had rooms in the royalty wing, they weren't servants, but none of them had said anything about having blue blood. Endymion thought of that closely and decided to ask the girls later.

When Zoicite woke up, it was barely sunrise. He got out of his bed, got dressed and ready to fill his place. Still, he went to check up on the others before actually getting to work. As usual, Kunzite was already gone, probably awake for several hours, Nephrite was shaving and making fun of Jadeite's costume and his part, while Jed tried helplessly to put on the impossible robe. At the sight of him, the wavy-haired blonde sweat dropped, thinking that maybe Kunzite had been too harsh on him when he had given him the monk/priest part.

About twenty minutes later, he managed to leave their quarters and go to his designated job, but only after convincing Nephrite to stop with the teasing at least for a while and managing to help Jadeite get in his costume, a task which was almost impossible, given the blonde's temper and grumpiness level at that early time of the day.

So there he was, walking on the rich hallways of the moon palace, going to the library, where he was supposed to fill in the place of one of his "friends", whowas sick for the time being. He didn't mind his job, especially because he knew he'd have peace and quiet, maybe even time to get a peak into the lunarian books as well. He had heard that here could be found even some mercurian training manuals. He couldn't wait to find those, because he considered the mercurians an entire nation of geniuses, capable of almost any kind of technology. But what he liked mostly about them was that they didn't use their high level of intelligence and technology for weapons, but medical equipments and all kinds of machines only for peaceful reasons. He respected them for that.

Sighing one last time, he entered into the library, expecting it to be empty at that time of day. He knew what to do: clean the tables, set the books from the previous day on the bookshelves, get ready for the ones thirsty of knowledge and give them correct details and guidance through their researches. Not so bad. Still, when he entered the main reading room, he noticed that, at the window table stood a person, most probably asleep, over an opened book. He approached the chair and noticed that the person was a young girl, with short dark blue hair and a rather petite form. She wore glasses and her eyes were currently closed behind them. She had a completely blue outfit, made by some sort of dress and her head was leaned over her arms, on the table, right above the book. Behind her, through the large window, it could be seen the sun rising even higher. Its rays were drowning the room and especially the place where the girl was silently sleeping. He gazed at her, entrapped by the light surrounding her and charmed by her child-like features. He knew that moment that he had never seen a more beautiful creature in his entire life. He got the courage and, one minute later, he came next to her, examining her asleep body and the book below: "Treaty over the main laws of physics." He rose an eyebrow and gazed again at her, considering her a bit too young for such a hard paper, but, then again, he had only been eighteen when he had read the same book. Carefully not to wake her up, he snuck a hand over to her and managed to take her glasses off. He knew that it could be dangerous sleeping with them on and he really didn't want that amazing girl to be harmed in any way.

He stepped back, already off to his duties, but stopped dead in track when he heard her moan lightly. He turned around again and saw her opening her eyes: big, kind and innocent blue eyes. He was on the verge of falling on his knees when she glanced at him puzzled. Her pale skin and unusual hair colour were contrasting strongly, making her seem some sort of water nymph, some fairy escaped from the world oflegends and myths… and those eyes could make even a demon to fall down and cry. He turned to her with wide eyes and stared at her mutely.

"Who are you?" she asked, still sleepy, sending him a confused glance.

"Um… yeah, me!" he mumbled, gazing at her, not managing to control his tongue properly. God he must look like an idiot! He shook his head, making some wavy strands to fall in his face. "Um, forgive me, milady, I am the new librarian. My colleague got… um, sick! And they sent me to replace him for a while." He explained, desperately trying to get a hold of himself, but failing miserably.

"Alright, welcome aboard!" she got up, leaned a fine hand to him and smiled brightly. Closing him mouth fastly, he took her hand and, instead of shaking it, as she would have expected it, he leaned over and kissed it gently. That made the girl blush until the tip of her ears. He kept her hand a while after kissing it, admiring the simple beauty of it and enjoying the cool effect it had on his warm one, inside which his blood was boiling. Noticing her crimson blush, he let go of it, pretty disappointed.

"Thank you, milady!" he bowed.

"Actually, you may call me Ami… "Milady" sounds so old and… cold." She said after a slight hesitation.

"Alright, Ami!" he said and smiled sincerely.

"And you?" she asked curiously.

"Um, excuse me?"

"Your name!"

"Oh, yes, correct… Zander!" he managed to say out in the open, that moment wanting to kick himself for sounding like an idiot. He was supposed to be a librarian and he was a general. How could a girl he had just met make him sound like a ditz and forcehis knees to tremble so?

"Alright Zander…" she just said and smiled once again, making him almost drunk with her sight. God, he loved his job!

Jadeite woke up with a very bad feeling considering this particular day. And it proved itself to be a very bad day to begin with. Firstly, he had to put up with another round of Nephrite's infinite teasing, then he tripped a thousand times in his costume and then he had to ask Zoicite to help him get dressed. He didn't need to ask for such a thing ever since he turned three and could reach the shelves carrying his clothes inside.

And now, he was either looking for Kunzite, who had left as usual at some impossible hour in the morning and wasn't heard of ever since, or the temple he was working it, which was known to be somewhere in the huge yard around the palace…of course, known by anyone but him. God, he hated his job already… he hated his clothes… he hated his life.

With a grumpy face he exited the palace and started looking around, searching for any kind of building that could look in any way as a temple. The search proved itself rather spectacular, for he ended numerous times in private areas and even a lake. And then, about ten minutes after his last collision, he found what he was looking for: a beautiful building, made only of wood, with beautiful carvings on it, and which appeared to be at least fifteen and twenty meters high. That made Jadeite have his doubts about this job… but then again, he had been the first to completely hate his given assignment. He was sure that Zoi and Kunz would probably have the times of their lifes, while he was stuck with praying to some unknown god and Nephrite was forced to cook… which only meant that they would probably not even have to escape the place, given that the auburn-haired man was about to poison them all, either deliberately or not.

He stopped right in front of the entrance and stared at the huge closed door. He gulped before entering, he took a deep breath and he opened one of the doors, entering the building. He hadn't even manage to take two steps, for a feminine voice bellowed in the entire space and made the walls shudder under the power of her voice.

"You're late!" Jadeite turned mechanically and met the furious dark gaze of a young girl, maybe about eighteen or so; if it hadn't been for her tremendous voice and anger, she could have been the most beautiful and charming woman in the world. The short-haired man stared dumbly at her, not managing to find his voice. "Well?" she asked, visibly annoyed with the fact that he was late. Apparently she didn't care that much about her appearance and the title of "the most beautiful woman in the world" didn't mean much for her.

"Forgive me, milady, I was not able to find the temple fast enough. I am just new here and I can assure you that this situation won't repeat itself." Jadeite spoke as calm as he could, although his blood was boiling, and he bowed respectfully. He could tell that she was completely surprised and lost her guard in front of his calm and conceited tone. She blinked and pointed to the temple's interior, saying much more calmly.

"Very well, then! Make sure this won't occur tomorrow as well. Today you're forgiven. Go to the back room. There you'll find Yuuichiro (AN: or what his name is). He will tell you what you have to do today." She said and disappeared, inside the main room. She seemed rather flushed and embarrassed of her demonstration. He now praised himself for managing to keep it calm. Hmm, maybe he would be able ofpour his entire angerout on the Yuuichiro guy… that in case he wasn't some kind of huge dude with a temper to match the beautiful priestess'. He stared at her trace a while, remembering already the amethyst eyes which simply threw burning flames at anyone within five meters and the incredibly long black hair that surrounded her perfect body like a protecting cloak. Although he couldn't only guess what was hiding behind her large traditional outfit, he knew that she must have all the curves in all the right places… That thought almost made him drool. He stopped himself from doing some embarrassing act and walked to where she had previously pointed, making a mental note to kill Nephrite when he got back, for saying that women from other planets weren't that beautiful. They were absolutely gorgeous.

Nephrite had started his day a bit better than the others… or so he believed. As usual, he greeted Kunzite when he left, probably around 5 or 6 a.m., praising himself that he had managed to see the silver-haired general right before leaving, and then he proceeded with the usual morning tasks: get washed, shaved, dressed and, of course, Jadeite angry. He knew that the short-haired man wasn't exactly doing great, but then again, none of them were. When he finished everything, he took one last glance of himself in the full-size mirror from his chamber and then left the room, with a smile on his face. Still, when he started walking towards the royal kitchens, the perfect smile transformed into a sad scowl. This definitely wasn't his day, week, month, year… call it whatever you want.

He entered the kitchen, which was one huge hall, filled with all sorts of equipment and servants. He remained shocked of how that kitchen could look like: absolutely clean, with everything in its rightful place and with a clear order. Nephrite's mouth fell open when he saw all the servants and cooks, waiting for everybody to round up and to listen to the queen's requests for that day. There were many people there, all rounded up exactly in the middle of the room, appearing to be listening and watching someone who stood right in the middle.

Curious, Nephrite came closer and started listening: some words he could clearly understand, others he couldn't get at all. Still, he was able to tell that it was a menu… that day's menu. He started entering the large group, passing through and making any necessary excuses. When he reached closer to the voice he look at the others and saw right in the middle of them a tall girl, much taller then those had been accustomed to, with long brown hair, trapped in a tall ponytail, which he could tell that it had just been dried, and dressed in a dark green outfit with a pink apron on it. She spoke to the people standing on the other side of him, not even noticing his appearance.

"Nee, Makoto-san, what desert did Her Majesty said she wanted today?" an older woman with a large spoon in her right hand and who happened to be right next to him asked. The one in the middle turned away from the others and Nephrite could finally see her… entirely. He remained shocked: her body, as tall as it was, had all the curves in the right places, especially the chest. The green clothes she wore made her seem a big larger than she really was, but he could tell that she was just a bit more muscular than any other normal woman would have been. His eyes traveled all around her body, until they reached her face. Then he remained unmoved: her cheeks were covered in a slight pink color, her smile was absolutely charming and her dark green eyes held a sparkle he had never seen in a woman… any woman. After answering the old lady, she gazed up at him and their eyes got trapped into each other. His blue orbs were so focused inside her green ones, that he didn't even hear her question.

"I'm sorry?" he asked, while leaning a bit and looking away from eyes, so that he would be sure to understand her words. She chuckled a bit and repeated, as if she were mocking him.

"I asked you if you were new here."

"Oh, yes, milady, I am!" he stated and got trapped into her orbs, once again falling hopeless from reality.

"Oh, you can call Makoto… just like the others." She smiled and pointed at all those who were surrounding her. He barely nodded. "And you would be?" she turned to him again.

"Nathan… Makoto-san." He answered, seeming a bit cautious. She acknowledged it and moved away, making her ponytail swing at her back and entrap Nephrite's attention within its movements.

"So, about the desert… why don't we let our new cook right here make it?" she said and glanced back at him, with a somewhat amused look on her face and her eyes looking at him below her eyelids.

"Are implying that I wouldn't be able of performing that task?" he asked, keeping himself away from her eyes' magic this time.

"Well, I won't know that until I see that cake baked… right?" she asked daringly and a gasp was heard through the entire audience. She was officially daring him. He narrowed his eyes and looked down at her in almost disgust… who did she think she was? Yeah, maybe she did look like a goddess, but that gave her no right in mocking him… he was the king of mockery... and no one else.

"Hmm, I'll make you swallow that nasty tongue of yours!" he warned jokingly. She looked rather surprised by his words and even caught a slight blush. But then, her eyes turned dangerous.

"As if you'd ever know what my tongue can and can't do!" another group gasp was heard and it was his time to remain in shock. So she had personality and temper… good, he liked that in a woman.

"I guess we'll just have to wait and see…" he ended the conversation and turned away from her, not even giving her another look. Immediately after that, everyone returned to their jobs and the entire room became once again filled with voices and movements. She was kind of hurt because he had not wanted to cast her another look, even glare, but she proudly left the room, with her forehead up and not even glancing back. What she didn't know, tough, was that, from his designated place he had watched her leaving, like a hungry man would watch some kind of cookie… a very sweet cookie.

It had been maybe three hours ever since he had left his room and he was still in the training area, meditating and waiting for his student. According to all rumors, Lady Mina, the princess of Venus, was a beautiful eighteen year old girl, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He had skipped the whole crystal eyes and golden hair part and jumped directly to the real facts: she was beautiful, but unlike all other blondes, she wasn't quite a ditz and was thought even to be very considerate, with impeccable lady-like gestures and reactions. Still, apparently it was common knowledge that she was good at fighting as well. However, martial arts weren't all about fighting… and Kunzite was making sure that he would at least teach her a lesson or two before managing to escape. Not to mention that he was already considering killing the cat-like man, who had kept his promise and watched them all like a hawk… and especially Kunzite.

Suddenly, a faint noise behind him was heard and he got up from his place and turned around with an incredible speed… only to find nothing. He studied the surroundings silent and careful. He pulled out the wooden sword, which was supposed to stand for a real one and turned once again, stopping an attack in the last moment. He looked in front of him and saw a blonde girl, maybe around eighteen, with long hair, pulled in a simple bun. Her force was just enough to stop him from sending her few meters away with a simple swing of his "weapon".

"My, my… finally, a trainer who doesn't fall asleep and is really good for something!" she said, partly excited, partly disappointed. She withdrew the weapon and jumped further behind. He ran after her with an incredible speed, surprising her. She let out a small shout and ducked his repeated and unpredictable hits, managing to escape so far unharmed. She grabbed both his fists in her much smaller, yet capable hands, fell on the ground taking him with her and, supporting his body on one foot, she simply threw him on the other side, crashing him down on the ground. After a hit like that she was sure that he would give it up, no matter how much of a stone he wanted himself to appear like.

She had barely got up and looked over to see his fallen body, when two strongarms captured her body, forcing her hands at her back and keeping her steady. If the man who was doing that hadn't been as cold as ice, she'd love that position, no matter how uncompromising it would be like. He was fast and he was strong… and it was no way that he could be from Venus… and that made Mina wonder a lot of things… He let go and swirled body, forcing her to face him and his damn icy lavender eyes.

"Lesson one: never leave your guard down!" he practically ordered. "Not even when you believe your enemy to be dead!" he continued, somewhat enjoying the defeated look in her eyes and the dagger she threw him.

"Wow… my father finally found someone worth of his daughter… Tell me, how is it that he found you? I must admit that you are far better than all your predecessors." She said, testing him.

"Well, if that is the best you can… I'm not surprised." He mocked her coldly, and Mina could swear that she felt a sudden frozen wind. "I came here through a tournament… It was your father that started it particularly for the reason of training his daughter with the best of his kingdom." He spoke and bowed lightly. She frowned… so he knew all the tournament's details… but it was still no way in hell that he was a venusian… he was much too strong (and hot) for a venusian… any venusian. "Come, grasshopper! I will have to teach you many things!" he called down for her while he already walked back to the training area. She growled at the hearing of her name and she ran after him, planning to hit him with the fake sword. However, when she saw him trapping the weapon with his bare hands, her whole plans were instantly forgotten. Instead, he pulled the sword and trapped the princess into his arms, looking down at her, directly into her eyes. "It will pass some time until you will be able of actually harming me, grasshopper. So I would suggest getting started right away." She glared up at him, but he could understand that she agreed… although she was about to hate him for the rest of her life. He let her go and the last thing he thought at before starting the training was that she did have crystal blue eyes… a color that he had never seen before in his entire life…

So, what do you think? Review people, review! Oh, and thanks for those who already did that for my previous chapter!