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Isis Aurora Tomoe: Don't worry Luna will show up next chapter.
Static Wolf: Hum what did you say? Kill Artie? Okay if you think so.. This could be fun! (Don't worry every one, his death is already planned)!
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"Morning already?" Minako muttered as she looked up from where she had laid her head on the bed. The night has passed by for her as she knelt on the ground watching over Kunzite and trying to think of all her spells to find one that repelled love. "Shit, I'm a love goddess for hell's sake, why can't I deflect love from him?"
"You can't take away anyone's love." A whisper came from the bed. Minako stared at Kunzite's face and smiled softly went she noticed that his eyes were half open, and to her relief, unclouded. "I hope that you aren't talking about me, even though I know I deserve it after what happened yesterday."
"No. not you. it wasn't even about me it was about. Rei! You know Princess Rei of Mars. she was having some troubles." She said quickly. "But how are you this morning? I apologize for knocking you out. I didn't notice that you were also fighting the spirit and that I could have extracted it before frying it."
"I'm sorry that I have been lying to you Minako." He whispered before struggling to sit up. She pushed him back down and sat beside him, her hand on top of his.
"Sush. don't move, I just blasted you less than 24 hours ago. you are lucky that you can even talk. Now what do you have to me sorry for?"
"Coming to see you wasn't my only reason. I knew I had gotten some of the spirit inside me when you were last visiting. I knew no one on Earth could handle me if I was possessed. You were the only person I could think of who would be safe around me and could control me if need be. I didn't tell you cause I was afraid you would worry. All of Earth is starting to be possessed. not even if you assembled all nine Senshi could you defeat them. safely or not. I'm sorry Minako. the end of the world is drawing near. I'm glad that before the end I got to spend time with you."
"Don't talk like that. nothing is going to end.." 'Except maybe the ideas of a certain cat!' "I'm going to make sure everything will turn out fine. It's my life to protect I won't turn around now."
"Minako. don't do that." Kunzite whispered before coughing.
"Don't do what?" Minako said smiling sweetly and brushing his hair back.
"Don't smile like that. I know something is wrong with you. Now tell me what." He said raising his hand to her face and studying her eyes.
"Nothing's wrong, I'm glad you are okay." She said. 'oh god- I feel like he can see right through me. I can't let him know that I'm worried especially after how upset he was on Earth when he thought I loved that damn cat idiot.'
"Don't lie to me. I know there is something wrong, please tell me I'll help in whatever way I can."
"Don't die and I'll be fine." She said in what to her ears sounded normal, but to his, cold and harsh. Standing up she walked out of the room and returned a few minutes later with food and many, many papers. After silently helping him lean against the headboard of the bed, she set the tray carrying breakfast on his lap and she turned and sat at her desk, reading the papers, signing here and there. For a god ten minutes she did not once looks up from her papers.
"Kunzite?" She asked quickly as she twirled around after hearing a large thud. The sight that met her eyes was Kunzite half sitting on the ground, resting against the bed panting heavily. "What the hell did you do?"
"Well?" She inquired again after walking over to him and receiving no answer.
"You can't just leave me here. I want to be with you." He whispered as his breathing became normal again and he sat with his legs stretched out, back still against the bed.
"I really didn't want to do this. oh well. I'm going to heal you fully but don't question my methods got it?" She said glaring at him before slipping her had underneath her mattress and pulling out a knife. Looking around carefully, she calmly slit her wrist while Kunzite's attention was diverted to trying and figure out what she was looking for. Quickly straddling him, she licked up most of the blood that had come out on to her creamy white skin.
"Mina! What did you-" he started, but was soon cut off as Minako crushed her lips against his. She wrapped her arms around his neck, trying to bandage her wounds with a torn piece of cloth that had come attached to the dagger, and keeping him pinned against the bed. She bit his lips and then licked at his teeth trying to get further into him, and he readily opened his mouth wider to allow her tongue to slip in and caress his. Although his body had been tired and almost unable to move minutes before, Kunzite found that he soon could move his arms enough to wind them around her waist and draw her closer.
"Close your mouth and swallow." Minako said suddenly pulling away from him and covering his mouth and nose with her hand. After watching him swallow she removed her hand and explained her actions in the monotone she had used before. "I only kissed you to transfer my blood into you. Since I can heal amazingly quickly you can too for a short while, if you haven't noticed, I made a small cut on your lips, my blood, even though the amount is small, will heal you enough for now. If you weaken tonight then you might need to suffer this out without my help."
"I don't think that is the only reason you kissed me." Kunzite chuckled to himself as he pulled her back towards him and started sucking on her neck. She let out a soft growl and pushed herself away from him.
"Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. " She said coldly before standing up and walking back to her papers. "You are going to the Moon today. I'll go to Earth and research this problem with possession. I'll come and get you as soon as every thing is cleared up and then I'll bring you back to Earth. Whatever you do, you are not allowed to tell anyone except the Princess of Mars where I am. Don't even tell the Queen, for all you know I'm still here on Venus. Got it?"
"Yes Princess." Kunzite said trying to hid the tears he felt welling up inside of him. Standing up he walked into her bathroom and proceeded to take a shower, hoping to find out what was wrong with her quickly before everything he had ever wanted was lost.
"Damn it all. he said Princess again." Minako said turning another paper over. Finishing the stack shortly thereafter, she gathered clothes from her closet for herself and found something that would suit Kunzite. Knocking slightly on the bathroom door she silently left the clothes on the floor and walked out to go take a bath in another bathroom.
'Shit now he thinks I'm mad at him.' She thought as she walked down a hall. 'This is just great, first that stupid cat was such a. Minako don't think it, yell it at him. and then he thinks that I'm sending him to the Moon because I don't want him with me.'
'Isn't that the point?' A small voice said from the back of her head.
'Oh go to hell would ya? I don't want him injured and I don't want to be distracted during my fights on Earth.'
'Cold-hearted shield maiden. Blood-thirsty killer who brings death to so many. Merciless ruler yet not a tyrant.'
"You say it as an insult."
"I'm sorry Pri- Madame, I didn't know you did not wish to be called by your title." A maid said blushing and bowing several times.
"Hn? What did you say? I wasn't talking to you. having an inner conflict as you might say. Did you ask me something?" Minako said snapping to reality and realizing her mistake.
"I asked you Madame, if you wished us to leave the bathing area for you?" The maid said blushing again and bowing some more. Minako looked around and was surprised that she was already in the women's bath. All the maids there had seemingly frozen with their eyes locked on her when she had opened the door and entered. A few were still in the process of washing their hair, their hands still scrubbing while others were in the process of dressing, also frozen as if they were some bizarre statues.
"You may stay, unless you are leaving. Just do what you were before I came, I don't need anything so please do as you wish and talk amongst yourselves." Minako said walking past the maid and setting the dress she was holding on a chair and undressed. As she slipped in to the water she noticed how many of the maids were either blushing or staring at her. Finding it quite unnerving, she proceeded to start scrubbing herself and pretending no one was looking at her, and that she was actually wearing clothes. As the room slowly went back to normal Minako stared thinking about her dilemma again.
'So if he is upset because of me what should I do? And what is the best way to get rid of that damn Artemis' feelings? Death? Spell? Never see him again?'
'You idiot if you run away from him not only will he track you down and make it hard that way, he'll see you SOMETIME and will pine after you forever,'
'You are really starting to annoy me.'
'I am you moron. So just wait until he asks you about it and shot him down like a bird. Isn't one of your mottos "all the pain in one dose leaves you with less torture"? And about Kunzite you just need to show him that there is reason and that you still love him. Then just make him happier.'
'What do you suggest?'
'.'
'Pervert.'
'I am you Minako.'
"Go away" She whispered to the water as she dipped her head down and cleansed herself of the soap and shampoos she has just finished using. Walking out of the pool, the Princess found that her clothes were no longer on the bench, and upon questioning found that one of the chamber maids who had been bathing there had taken them to be washed, thinking they were dirty. Left with a choice between going to her room in a towel and running the risk of being caught, giving her a large sentence from her father for her indecency, or asking a maid to go and get clothes for her, and if the maid saw Kunzite in her room that would earn Minako a large sentence from her father for just having him in there. She opted for the former.
Grabbing the largest towel she could find, she wrapped herself, upset that the cloth only barley covered her rump and that there was a lot of cleavage to be seen. Running down halls and jumping to and fro, moving far to fast for any one to get a good look at her, she made her way to her room and slipped inside, sliding to the floor in relief. With a sudden felling like the room had heated up and that someone was watching her, Minako looked up to see Kunzite walking towards her, now fully dressed.
"Oh shit." she whispered to herself.
"Princess," He started before getting cut off by her.
"No! You are not leaving! I'm not letting you Kunzite. I have some things to say to you once I get dressed." She half-yelled.
"As you wish Princess." He said stooping down and standing her small form up before walking to one of the couches and making himself comfortable. Mentally damning herself to hell for hearing him call her that again, Minako walked to her dresser and pulled out her Senshi fuku. Quickly changing while still wearing her towel, she ignored the fact Kunzite was in the room.
'oh god. my perverted side is taking over.' She thought, referring to that damn little voice in the back of her head's advise on how to make Kunzite stop calling her Princess. Once fully dressed, she dropped the towel to the floor and walked to her desk to brush her hair in the mirror. Delaying as long as she could with that task she decided it was finally time to talk to Kunzite. okay maybe not talk but to yell.
"Kunzite, I have asked you before not to call me Princess.' She said putting down her brush yet keeping her back to him.
"Yes you have." He said. 'Damn this, what has happened? One minute she is saying how much she loves me and the next she's about to kill me.'
"What's wrong with you?" She demanded turning on her heel and yelling at him. "Why are you acting so weird?"
"Princess, it is not I who is acting out of character, it is you." He said calmly, crossing his arms in confusion of her accusation.
"What have I done?" She said again, her voice barely dropping in volume. She walked over to him and knelt by feet, still facing him, a hurt look on her face. Knowing quite well that probably it was all her fault, she continued her rant in a whisper: "You are the one who is calling me Princess."
"You are the one talking so harshly every minute. I don't think you have said one kind thing to me since I woke up." Kunzite said diverting his eyes from her and staring at the lush carpet.
"At Least you are no longer possessed!" She yelled again standing up and stepping back. Kunzite seized her wrist and stood up also, not wanting her to run away from him again. In a mad fit of rage she tried to pull her hands lose, only to fall backwards, the silver-haired general still attached to her. Landing on the floor in a rather awkward position he put an arm on either side of her face and stared down into her eyes.
"Minako, what is wrong with you? Don't say that it me who has the problem. Something happened while I was unconscious didn't it? Answer me Minako!" He said fiercely, feeling the girl under him shiver slightly. Letting a tear run down her cheek, Minako looked the other way, only to have her head pushed gently back by a strong hand.
"Was I really that harsh to you this morning? I was acting normal." She said staring up in to his gray eyes.
"Yes, you were Minako, but you were not acting normal. I apologize for yelling at you but you must tell me what happened that has upset you." He said brushing her now steadily falling tears with his hand, while his other hand supported most of his weight.
"Would you believe me if I told you that I was just being a bitch?"
"Why were you being a bitch?"
"Because I felt like it?" She said half smiling.
"Not good enough." He replied frowning down at her.
"Get off of me."
"Not until you tell me."
"Nothing happened."
"Then why are you crying?" Kunzite said whipping away more of her tears.
"Just leave me alone." Minako said pushing him roughly in the chest but to no avail. "Don't make me use my dagger on you."
"You don't have it on you"
"Oh yes I do. I put it on while I was changing if you didn't notice!"
"Now you don't have it." He said. Shifting his weight to his other hand, he reached downwards and then up her short skirt, feeling out the small dagger she had strapped to her leg and removing it form its sheath. Tossing it across the room he returned to trying to seek the answer to his questions from her. "What happened Minako?"
"Shut up already! I don't know what you are talking about." She cried, covering her face with her hands and wiggle out from underneath him.
"I care about you Mina. I want to know what happened to you. Haven't you noticed that since I met you I've never wanted to be alone again? I want to be with you, but we were alone all of this morning and you sounded so cold and distant."
"Please just shut up." she whispered wrapping her arms around her lover's neck and kissing him softly. "I'm sorry, it has nothing to do with you, I don't want you worrying over my little problems. I love you Kunzite."
"I love you too Minako." He responded letting the subject drop- for now that is. Lowering her to the ground, he lay on top of her and wrapped his arms around her waist. 'Oh god I'm going to kill whoever hurt her like this. Goddesses should never cry.'
'At least things are back to normal I suppose.' Minako thought as he nuzzled her neck.
'He's still not very happy and you know it.' Said that annoying little voice in her head.
'If you are suggesting that I. well you know. then shut up right this instant.' The voice was not heard for the rest of the day.
~*~ In Some strange town ~*~
"Excuse me, what planet is this?" A man dressed all in white asked a passerby. Getting an incoherent response in some local language, the man sighed and walked on. He had been awake and walking in one direction for almost a day now, sleeping once in a tree.
"I am so going to kill her when I get home. that is after we talk, then I'll decided." He muttered looking up into the sunset and brushing back his silver-white hair, continued walking.
~*~ In the Moon Library ~*~
A young blue haired woman sat next to a man who seemed around her age with long sandy hair. Both were reading, but neither was reading, they were too busy glancing up at each other to even pay attention to the words. After about ten minutes of this pretend reading, they caught each other staring at them.
"I suppose you didn't read either did you Ami?" The Earthian General said closing his book. The girl blushed and shook her head, ashamed to not have actually read things that might have helped her protect the universe. Leaning over and kissing her cheek, he chuckled as the girl turn three shade pinker. "I was too busy being in awe of your beauty to notice what was written."
"Zoicite. we're in a library! And on the Moon for heaven's sake!" The protector and Princess of Mercury whispered, hoping none where around to see her. Sure she loved all the attention she was receiving but no one best know of their attraction, the whole Milky Way would go crazy, not to mention her parents and fellow Senshi. Ami blushed deeply at the thought of her wedding Zoicite.
"So I presume you are thinking of me in that pretty little head of yours?" her companion smirked as he brushed back her short blue hair. "Wait until spring time on my planet before we announce our engagement my love."
"For you I'll wait forever." She sighed, returning her fiancée's kiss while fingering the thin golden band with blues gems upon her hand.
~*~ The private rooms of the a certain ((*grin grin*)) General of Earth ~*~
The sun had just started to peek in the window, when a pair of emerald eyes gazed into the room from a half-opened door. A second later a tall girl dressed in a long simple butter-yellow dress walked in with a tray of food, her chocolate hair in a high ponytail, a spot of flour on her cheek from making the pancake batter. After putting down the tray on the veranda table, the woman giggled as she watched a well-built man with dark-brown hair snore softly from his bed.
"Nephrite. time to get up if you ever want breakfast. And you have to eat if you want to train today." She said after walking over to the man and gently shaking him. "I swear, you sleep more than Serenity. I'll get some cold water if you don't wake up soon."
"And do what with it Makoto?" the general muttered as he slowly opened his eyes.
"Dump it on you!" She giggled.
"How un-lady like for the Princess of Jupiter."
"How un-lady like for you to sleep longer than the Sun."
"I'm not a lady love."
"Whatever." She said smiling, taking his hands and pulling him out of bed. "You get dressed and I'll set the table, I made breakfast this morning."
Makoto walked off and started to set the table, getting continuously distracted by the beauty of the palace's gardens which were in full bloom. Sighing she sat down and served huge helping of pancakes and eggs on to each of the two plates she had lain out.
"Makoto, How long did it take you to cook all of this?" Nephrite said, now dressed in his usual gray uniform, as her sat down opposite her.
"Oh only and hour or so. ahh, the weather is so nice! I wish it would stay like this forever, peaceful."
"I would enjoy that also as long as you were still by my side." The general said picking up his fork and starting his morning meal while his companion blushed and stuttered at his comments.
~*~ Dunhase, Earth ~*~
"Why the hell was I told to come? Makoto is already here." A young woman in red Senshi fuku complained to herself as she walked in a deserted town beside a man in gray soldier attire.
"Because My Queen asked me to go, and you were sent here to investigate something or another and she thought it would be beneficial if you came with me." The man said, smoothing back his blonde hair.
"And I'm sure you had nothing to do with that General." The girl said flicking back her head, making her raven hair blow in the wind. 'I'll never admit that I don't mind. I'll have hell to pay if he found out I'm fond of him.'
"And if I did? What would you do my dearest Princess? Kiss me and thank me for taking you with me?" he said grinning widely. The Princess Rei of Mars scowled and for a second he could have sworn he saw a flicker of astonishment in her eyes. 'Must have been a trick of the sun. Minako was right, Rei is perfect for me. If only she would start falling for my charm.'
"Not in your dreams General Jadeite." She scoffed, taking a quick look at the piece of paper she held she sighed. "Monster at eleven o'clock, not too strong."
"Do we wait here or let it come to us?" Jadeite said looking slightly to his right. Before Rei could answer the question a huge purple-green. bugger ((You know like the thing that comes out of your nose.)) emerged from a side street, oozing its way forward. Both warriors darted off in opposite directions and preparing to attack the grotesque figure.
"Fire Bird Soul!" Rei shouted, letting a huge magical flaming bird fly at the monster. Jadeite appeared opposite her and started slashing his sword into the bugger after several rounds of this one sided fight, the monster launched its own attack, a huge glob of sizzling and cackling goo towards the General. Jadeite thinking he did not have enough time to run, tried to defend him self the best he could with his sword. Blinking a second later, Jadeite noticed that he was being pushed to the ground, and upon landing, finding Rei clinging to him. She quickly stood up and with one final 'Burning Mandala' the monster was vanquished and disappeared in a hiss of steam.
"You idiot! You could have been killed!" Rei yelled kneeling back down and looking over the shocked Jadeite. "Well we can leave now. There are no other monsters in the vicinity."
"Rei..." Jadeite said standing up and offering his hand to help her, which she immediately shoved away. "You like me don't you?"
"What did you say?" She coughed, sitting back, looking bewildered and angry.
"You like me as more than a friend don't you?" he chuckled crouching over her. Laughing even more when she made the cutest little pout, Jadeite leaned closer in and kissed her hard on the lips.
"You idiot. I hate you." Rei muttered as she wrapped her arms around him and strengthened the kiss.
"Of course you do Rei. of course you do."
~*~Somewhere near Some strange town ~*~
"Excuse me. what planet is this?"
"Excuse me, where is the palace?"
"Pardon me, do you speak common?"
The young man dressed in white sighed and sat down, after asking these questions all day and was getting quite sick of it. An old haggard woman inched her way towards him and after poking him with her cane began to speak.
"Eh there you! What you want? To find the castle of this planet? Ha ya young fool! Look that away!" She said jabbing her cane to the right of where he sat. Sure enough, there was a castle on the horizon. The old woman went hobbling away, cackling to herself as Artemis sat there staring at his stupidity.
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That's the end! Hoped you liked it! Please review, remember if you have any ideas for either this story OR the sequel I'll probably use them!
~Much love,
Cassie
Isis Aurora Tomoe: Don't worry Luna will show up next chapter.
Static Wolf: Hum what did you say? Kill Artie? Okay if you think so.. This could be fun! (Don't worry every one, his death is already planned)!
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"Morning already?" Minako muttered as she looked up from where she had laid her head on the bed. The night has passed by for her as she knelt on the ground watching over Kunzite and trying to think of all her spells to find one that repelled love. "Shit, I'm a love goddess for hell's sake, why can't I deflect love from him?"
"You can't take away anyone's love." A whisper came from the bed. Minako stared at Kunzite's face and smiled softly went she noticed that his eyes were half open, and to her relief, unclouded. "I hope that you aren't talking about me, even though I know I deserve it after what happened yesterday."
"No. not you. it wasn't even about me it was about. Rei! You know Princess Rei of Mars. she was having some troubles." She said quickly. "But how are you this morning? I apologize for knocking you out. I didn't notice that you were also fighting the spirit and that I could have extracted it before frying it."
"I'm sorry that I have been lying to you Minako." He whispered before struggling to sit up. She pushed him back down and sat beside him, her hand on top of his.
"Sush. don't move, I just blasted you less than 24 hours ago. you are lucky that you can even talk. Now what do you have to me sorry for?"
"Coming to see you wasn't my only reason. I knew I had gotten some of the spirit inside me when you were last visiting. I knew no one on Earth could handle me if I was possessed. You were the only person I could think of who would be safe around me and could control me if need be. I didn't tell you cause I was afraid you would worry. All of Earth is starting to be possessed. not even if you assembled all nine Senshi could you defeat them. safely or not. I'm sorry Minako. the end of the world is drawing near. I'm glad that before the end I got to spend time with you."
"Don't talk like that. nothing is going to end.." 'Except maybe the ideas of a certain cat!' "I'm going to make sure everything will turn out fine. It's my life to protect I won't turn around now."
"Minako. don't do that." Kunzite whispered before coughing.
"Don't do what?" Minako said smiling sweetly and brushing his hair back.
"Don't smile like that. I know something is wrong with you. Now tell me what." He said raising his hand to her face and studying her eyes.
"Nothing's wrong, I'm glad you are okay." She said. 'oh god- I feel like he can see right through me. I can't let him know that I'm worried especially after how upset he was on Earth when he thought I loved that damn cat idiot.'
"Don't lie to me. I know there is something wrong, please tell me I'll help in whatever way I can."
"Don't die and I'll be fine." She said in what to her ears sounded normal, but to his, cold and harsh. Standing up she walked out of the room and returned a few minutes later with food and many, many papers. After silently helping him lean against the headboard of the bed, she set the tray carrying breakfast on his lap and she turned and sat at her desk, reading the papers, signing here and there. For a god ten minutes she did not once looks up from her papers.
"Kunzite?" She asked quickly as she twirled around after hearing a large thud. The sight that met her eyes was Kunzite half sitting on the ground, resting against the bed panting heavily. "What the hell did you do?"
"Well?" She inquired again after walking over to him and receiving no answer.
"You can't just leave me here. I want to be with you." He whispered as his breathing became normal again and he sat with his legs stretched out, back still against the bed.
"I really didn't want to do this. oh well. I'm going to heal you fully but don't question my methods got it?" She said glaring at him before slipping her had underneath her mattress and pulling out a knife. Looking around carefully, she calmly slit her wrist while Kunzite's attention was diverted to trying and figure out what she was looking for. Quickly straddling him, she licked up most of the blood that had come out on to her creamy white skin.
"Mina! What did you-" he started, but was soon cut off as Minako crushed her lips against his. She wrapped her arms around his neck, trying to bandage her wounds with a torn piece of cloth that had come attached to the dagger, and keeping him pinned against the bed. She bit his lips and then licked at his teeth trying to get further into him, and he readily opened his mouth wider to allow her tongue to slip in and caress his. Although his body had been tired and almost unable to move minutes before, Kunzite found that he soon could move his arms enough to wind them around her waist and draw her closer.
"Close your mouth and swallow." Minako said suddenly pulling away from him and covering his mouth and nose with her hand. After watching him swallow she removed her hand and explained her actions in the monotone she had used before. "I only kissed you to transfer my blood into you. Since I can heal amazingly quickly you can too for a short while, if you haven't noticed, I made a small cut on your lips, my blood, even though the amount is small, will heal you enough for now. If you weaken tonight then you might need to suffer this out without my help."
"I don't think that is the only reason you kissed me." Kunzite chuckled to himself as he pulled her back towards him and started sucking on her neck. She let out a soft growl and pushed herself away from him.
"Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. " She said coldly before standing up and walking back to her papers. "You are going to the Moon today. I'll go to Earth and research this problem with possession. I'll come and get you as soon as every thing is cleared up and then I'll bring you back to Earth. Whatever you do, you are not allowed to tell anyone except the Princess of Mars where I am. Don't even tell the Queen, for all you know I'm still here on Venus. Got it?"
"Yes Princess." Kunzite said trying to hid the tears he felt welling up inside of him. Standing up he walked into her bathroom and proceeded to take a shower, hoping to find out what was wrong with her quickly before everything he had ever wanted was lost.
"Damn it all. he said Princess again." Minako said turning another paper over. Finishing the stack shortly thereafter, she gathered clothes from her closet for herself and found something that would suit Kunzite. Knocking slightly on the bathroom door she silently left the clothes on the floor and walked out to go take a bath in another bathroom.
'Shit now he thinks I'm mad at him.' She thought as she walked down a hall. 'This is just great, first that stupid cat was such a. Minako don't think it, yell it at him. and then he thinks that I'm sending him to the Moon because I don't want him with me.'
'Isn't that the point?' A small voice said from the back of her head.
'Oh go to hell would ya? I don't want him injured and I don't want to be distracted during my fights on Earth.'
'Cold-hearted shield maiden. Blood-thirsty killer who brings death to so many. Merciless ruler yet not a tyrant.'
"You say it as an insult."
"I'm sorry Pri- Madame, I didn't know you did not wish to be called by your title." A maid said blushing and bowing several times.
"Hn? What did you say? I wasn't talking to you. having an inner conflict as you might say. Did you ask me something?" Minako said snapping to reality and realizing her mistake.
"I asked you Madame, if you wished us to leave the bathing area for you?" The maid said blushing again and bowing some more. Minako looked around and was surprised that she was already in the women's bath. All the maids there had seemingly frozen with their eyes locked on her when she had opened the door and entered. A few were still in the process of washing their hair, their hands still scrubbing while others were in the process of dressing, also frozen as if they were some bizarre statues.
"You may stay, unless you are leaving. Just do what you were before I came, I don't need anything so please do as you wish and talk amongst yourselves." Minako said walking past the maid and setting the dress she was holding on a chair and undressed. As she slipped in to the water she noticed how many of the maids were either blushing or staring at her. Finding it quite unnerving, she proceeded to start scrubbing herself and pretending no one was looking at her, and that she was actually wearing clothes. As the room slowly went back to normal Minako stared thinking about her dilemma again.
'So if he is upset because of me what should I do? And what is the best way to get rid of that damn Artemis' feelings? Death? Spell? Never see him again?'
'You idiot if you run away from him not only will he track you down and make it hard that way, he'll see you SOMETIME and will pine after you forever,'
'You are really starting to annoy me.'
'I am you moron. So just wait until he asks you about it and shot him down like a bird. Isn't one of your mottos "all the pain in one dose leaves you with less torture"? And about Kunzite you just need to show him that there is reason and that you still love him. Then just make him happier.'
'What do you suggest?'
'.'
'Pervert.'
'I am you Minako.'
"Go away" She whispered to the water as she dipped her head down and cleansed herself of the soap and shampoos she has just finished using. Walking out of the pool, the Princess found that her clothes were no longer on the bench, and upon questioning found that one of the chamber maids who had been bathing there had taken them to be washed, thinking they were dirty. Left with a choice between going to her room in a towel and running the risk of being caught, giving her a large sentence from her father for her indecency, or asking a maid to go and get clothes for her, and if the maid saw Kunzite in her room that would earn Minako a large sentence from her father for just having him in there. She opted for the former.
Grabbing the largest towel she could find, she wrapped herself, upset that the cloth only barley covered her rump and that there was a lot of cleavage to be seen. Running down halls and jumping to and fro, moving far to fast for any one to get a good look at her, she made her way to her room and slipped inside, sliding to the floor in relief. With a sudden felling like the room had heated up and that someone was watching her, Minako looked up to see Kunzite walking towards her, now fully dressed.
"Oh shit." she whispered to herself.
"Princess," He started before getting cut off by her.
"No! You are not leaving! I'm not letting you Kunzite. I have some things to say to you once I get dressed." She half-yelled.
"As you wish Princess." He said stooping down and standing her small form up before walking to one of the couches and making himself comfortable. Mentally damning herself to hell for hearing him call her that again, Minako walked to her dresser and pulled out her Senshi fuku. Quickly changing while still wearing her towel, she ignored the fact Kunzite was in the room.
'oh god. my perverted side is taking over.' She thought, referring to that damn little voice in the back of her head's advise on how to make Kunzite stop calling her Princess. Once fully dressed, she dropped the towel to the floor and walked to her desk to brush her hair in the mirror. Delaying as long as she could with that task she decided it was finally time to talk to Kunzite. okay maybe not talk but to yell.
"Kunzite, I have asked you before not to call me Princess.' She said putting down her brush yet keeping her back to him.
"Yes you have." He said. 'Damn this, what has happened? One minute she is saying how much she loves me and the next she's about to kill me.'
"What's wrong with you?" She demanded turning on her heel and yelling at him. "Why are you acting so weird?"
"Princess, it is not I who is acting out of character, it is you." He said calmly, crossing his arms in confusion of her accusation.
"What have I done?" She said again, her voice barely dropping in volume. She walked over to him and knelt by feet, still facing him, a hurt look on her face. Knowing quite well that probably it was all her fault, she continued her rant in a whisper: "You are the one who is calling me Princess."
"You are the one talking so harshly every minute. I don't think you have said one kind thing to me since I woke up." Kunzite said diverting his eyes from her and staring at the lush carpet.
"At Least you are no longer possessed!" She yelled again standing up and stepping back. Kunzite seized her wrist and stood up also, not wanting her to run away from him again. In a mad fit of rage she tried to pull her hands lose, only to fall backwards, the silver-haired general still attached to her. Landing on the floor in a rather awkward position he put an arm on either side of her face and stared down into her eyes.
"Minako, what is wrong with you? Don't say that it me who has the problem. Something happened while I was unconscious didn't it? Answer me Minako!" He said fiercely, feeling the girl under him shiver slightly. Letting a tear run down her cheek, Minako looked the other way, only to have her head pushed gently back by a strong hand.
"Was I really that harsh to you this morning? I was acting normal." She said staring up in to his gray eyes.
"Yes, you were Minako, but you were not acting normal. I apologize for yelling at you but you must tell me what happened that has upset you." He said brushing her now steadily falling tears with his hand, while his other hand supported most of his weight.
"Would you believe me if I told you that I was just being a bitch?"
"Why were you being a bitch?"
"Because I felt like it?" She said half smiling.
"Not good enough." He replied frowning down at her.
"Get off of me."
"Not until you tell me."
"Nothing happened."
"Then why are you crying?" Kunzite said whipping away more of her tears.
"Just leave me alone." Minako said pushing him roughly in the chest but to no avail. "Don't make me use my dagger on you."
"You don't have it on you"
"Oh yes I do. I put it on while I was changing if you didn't notice!"
"Now you don't have it." He said. Shifting his weight to his other hand, he reached downwards and then up her short skirt, feeling out the small dagger she had strapped to her leg and removing it form its sheath. Tossing it across the room he returned to trying to seek the answer to his questions from her. "What happened Minako?"
"Shut up already! I don't know what you are talking about." She cried, covering her face with her hands and wiggle out from underneath him.
"I care about you Mina. I want to know what happened to you. Haven't you noticed that since I met you I've never wanted to be alone again? I want to be with you, but we were alone all of this morning and you sounded so cold and distant."
"Please just shut up." she whispered wrapping her arms around her lover's neck and kissing him softly. "I'm sorry, it has nothing to do with you, I don't want you worrying over my little problems. I love you Kunzite."
"I love you too Minako." He responded letting the subject drop- for now that is. Lowering her to the ground, he lay on top of her and wrapped his arms around her waist. 'Oh god I'm going to kill whoever hurt her like this. Goddesses should never cry.'
'At least things are back to normal I suppose.' Minako thought as he nuzzled her neck.
'He's still not very happy and you know it.' Said that annoying little voice in her head.
'If you are suggesting that I. well you know. then shut up right this instant.' The voice was not heard for the rest of the day.
~*~ In Some strange town ~*~
"Excuse me, what planet is this?" A man dressed all in white asked a passerby. Getting an incoherent response in some local language, the man sighed and walked on. He had been awake and walking in one direction for almost a day now, sleeping once in a tree.
"I am so going to kill her when I get home. that is after we talk, then I'll decided." He muttered looking up into the sunset and brushing back his silver-white hair, continued walking.
~*~ In the Moon Library ~*~
A young blue haired woman sat next to a man who seemed around her age with long sandy hair. Both were reading, but neither was reading, they were too busy glancing up at each other to even pay attention to the words. After about ten minutes of this pretend reading, they caught each other staring at them.
"I suppose you didn't read either did you Ami?" The Earthian General said closing his book. The girl blushed and shook her head, ashamed to not have actually read things that might have helped her protect the universe. Leaning over and kissing her cheek, he chuckled as the girl turn three shade pinker. "I was too busy being in awe of your beauty to notice what was written."
"Zoicite. we're in a library! And on the Moon for heaven's sake!" The protector and Princess of Mercury whispered, hoping none where around to see her. Sure she loved all the attention she was receiving but no one best know of their attraction, the whole Milky Way would go crazy, not to mention her parents and fellow Senshi. Ami blushed deeply at the thought of her wedding Zoicite.
"So I presume you are thinking of me in that pretty little head of yours?" her companion smirked as he brushed back her short blue hair. "Wait until spring time on my planet before we announce our engagement my love."
"For you I'll wait forever." She sighed, returning her fiancée's kiss while fingering the thin golden band with blues gems upon her hand.
~*~ The private rooms of the a certain ((*grin grin*)) General of Earth ~*~
The sun had just started to peek in the window, when a pair of emerald eyes gazed into the room from a half-opened door. A second later a tall girl dressed in a long simple butter-yellow dress walked in with a tray of food, her chocolate hair in a high ponytail, a spot of flour on her cheek from making the pancake batter. After putting down the tray on the veranda table, the woman giggled as she watched a well-built man with dark-brown hair snore softly from his bed.
"Nephrite. time to get up if you ever want breakfast. And you have to eat if you want to train today." She said after walking over to the man and gently shaking him. "I swear, you sleep more than Serenity. I'll get some cold water if you don't wake up soon."
"And do what with it Makoto?" the general muttered as he slowly opened his eyes.
"Dump it on you!" She giggled.
"How un-lady like for the Princess of Jupiter."
"How un-lady like for you to sleep longer than the Sun."
"I'm not a lady love."
"Whatever." She said smiling, taking his hands and pulling him out of bed. "You get dressed and I'll set the table, I made breakfast this morning."
Makoto walked off and started to set the table, getting continuously distracted by the beauty of the palace's gardens which were in full bloom. Sighing she sat down and served huge helping of pancakes and eggs on to each of the two plates she had lain out.
"Makoto, How long did it take you to cook all of this?" Nephrite said, now dressed in his usual gray uniform, as her sat down opposite her.
"Oh only and hour or so. ahh, the weather is so nice! I wish it would stay like this forever, peaceful."
"I would enjoy that also as long as you were still by my side." The general said picking up his fork and starting his morning meal while his companion blushed and stuttered at his comments.
~*~ Dunhase, Earth ~*~
"Why the hell was I told to come? Makoto is already here." A young woman in red Senshi fuku complained to herself as she walked in a deserted town beside a man in gray soldier attire.
"Because My Queen asked me to go, and you were sent here to investigate something or another and she thought it would be beneficial if you came with me." The man said, smoothing back his blonde hair.
"And I'm sure you had nothing to do with that General." The girl said flicking back her head, making her raven hair blow in the wind. 'I'll never admit that I don't mind. I'll have hell to pay if he found out I'm fond of him.'
"And if I did? What would you do my dearest Princess? Kiss me and thank me for taking you with me?" he said grinning widely. The Princess Rei of Mars scowled and for a second he could have sworn he saw a flicker of astonishment in her eyes. 'Must have been a trick of the sun. Minako was right, Rei is perfect for me. If only she would start falling for my charm.'
"Not in your dreams General Jadeite." She scoffed, taking a quick look at the piece of paper she held she sighed. "Monster at eleven o'clock, not too strong."
"Do we wait here or let it come to us?" Jadeite said looking slightly to his right. Before Rei could answer the question a huge purple-green. bugger ((You know like the thing that comes out of your nose.)) emerged from a side street, oozing its way forward. Both warriors darted off in opposite directions and preparing to attack the grotesque figure.
"Fire Bird Soul!" Rei shouted, letting a huge magical flaming bird fly at the monster. Jadeite appeared opposite her and started slashing his sword into the bugger after several rounds of this one sided fight, the monster launched its own attack, a huge glob of sizzling and cackling goo towards the General. Jadeite thinking he did not have enough time to run, tried to defend him self the best he could with his sword. Blinking a second later, Jadeite noticed that he was being pushed to the ground, and upon landing, finding Rei clinging to him. She quickly stood up and with one final 'Burning Mandala' the monster was vanquished and disappeared in a hiss of steam.
"You idiot! You could have been killed!" Rei yelled kneeling back down and looking over the shocked Jadeite. "Well we can leave now. There are no other monsters in the vicinity."
"Rei..." Jadeite said standing up and offering his hand to help her, which she immediately shoved away. "You like me don't you?"
"What did you say?" She coughed, sitting back, looking bewildered and angry.
"You like me as more than a friend don't you?" he chuckled crouching over her. Laughing even more when she made the cutest little pout, Jadeite leaned closer in and kissed her hard on the lips.
"You idiot. I hate you." Rei muttered as she wrapped her arms around him and strengthened the kiss.
"Of course you do Rei. of course you do."
~*~Somewhere near Some strange town ~*~
"Excuse me. what planet is this?"
"Excuse me, where is the palace?"
"Pardon me, do you speak common?"
The young man dressed in white sighed and sat down, after asking these questions all day and was getting quite sick of it. An old haggard woman inched her way towards him and after poking him with her cane began to speak.
"Eh there you! What you want? To find the castle of this planet? Ha ya young fool! Look that away!" She said jabbing her cane to the right of where he sat. Sure enough, there was a castle on the horizon. The old woman went hobbling away, cackling to herself as Artemis sat there staring at his stupidity.
~*~
That's the end! Hoped you liked it! Please review, remember if you have any ideas for either this story OR the sequel I'll probably use them!
~Much love,
Cassie