Daydream Believer – Chapter Nine

by taitofan

Rated PG-13 for sexual situations

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.

Author's note: After the last chapter, going to these two seemed to make the most sense.

If you have any CC, please share and I'll listen. Please read, review, and enjoy! Finished 04-12-15

While he'd expected some opposition to his sudden engagement, he hadn't quite thought it would be from the Queen's personal guardians. Certainly not only them. But as it were, once the news spread, Kunzite heard far more congratulations than anything else. Neo Queen Serenity had been very supportive, while King Endymion had smirked and told them it was about time. Princess Small Lady herself had come up to them, her fiancés in tow, and personally assured them that she was completely fine with their marriage happening before hers. The future princes had heartily agreed.

Therefore, Kunzite wasn't sure why the Queen's guardians—well, two of them at least—were acting as if his upcoming marriage to Zoisite was some terrible affront to humanity. And he certainly wasn't sure why they'd sent Ami Mizuno, of all people, to voice their concerns to him.

"…Usually you send Miss Aino to speak with me." And despite the fact that she hadn't harbored feelings for him in centuries and they'd never been a couple, it usually got Zoisite in a right snit seeing them together. It was probably a good thing that it wasn't her this time. He didn't need a sulking fiancé when they had a wedding to arrange.

"The others are all busy helping plan Small Lady's wedding." Ami's tone was all business as usual. He suspected she would be getting to the point soon, unlike Minako, who would take ages to say what she was sent to tell him. "They would like me to persuade you to hold off the wedding until after Small Lady's."

Her expression betrayed nothing, but he liked to give her more credit than to think she had no issues with what she'd just said.

"What exactly would be the point of that?" he questioned, his voice calm and even. He was very thankful that she'd come to speak with him rather than Zoisite. He didn't think his beloved would have been able to keep a clear head over the subject. He found it hard enough himself. "When the princess herself sees no reason to delay my wedding, why ever should the lot of you care?"

Ami didn't seem to have an answer for that. He strongly suspected that was because anything the others—Rei, most likely—had come up with, she didn't actually agree with it. Small Lady's blessing really should have been the end to everything, and even if Ami had personally cared, that would have stopped her objections.

He wondered if he was going about this wrong.

"Tell me, Miss Mizuno, is Zoisite and I being wed the real problem here, or," he made sure their eyes were locked before he continued, "is this all just something to focus on so that the personal problems your fellow guardians are having can be ignored?"

Ami steeled herself, and he had to give her credit—she only flinched a little.

"Please, don't misunderstand. I only came here because I was asked to, not because I have any interest in stopping you. It's true that there are many changes taking place right now, and perhaps it's making some of my colleagues…" She paused, as if wondering how to put things politely. "Anxious. I don't expect you to change your plans, nor do I want to. But I'll be honest, if I hadn't agreed to speak with you, Minako and Rei might have driven me crazy with how much they're complaining about things."

"Well, I certainly know the feeling of having ones coworkers being more than a bit overbearing." She smiled, just a bit. "Then I trust than Miss Hino and Miss Aino should calm down soon?"

"I believe so. You were merely the easiest thing to focus on. I suppose they felt it best for them to go after someone on their own level rather than to voice any complaints with the royal family or their new… guests."

This was news to him. Zoisite had complained at first about the new Heavenly Kings, but that had mostly been dramatics. He had a hard time imagining that the Queen's guardians had any issues with the Queen, the princess, or the newest additions to their forces. Then again, he'd also heard rumors that Minako had once had romantic dalliances with no less than three of them, and Rei had always held the belief that duty came before romance. Either way, he wasn't much for gossip, and he let it go.

"I see. Very well, then if that is all…"

She nodded and turned to go, before stopping suddenly. She didn't turn around.

"Oh, but before I forget… Makoto said that if you want her to bake the wedding cake, one of you should let her know. Or myself. Or…" She paused, and she didn't have to be facing him for him to see the way her skin flushed. "Or Taiki. Either way, it will get back to her. G-good day."

He watched her go, a rare amused expression on his face. Was there something in the palace's water that no one knew about? He was sure he could count the number of single, high-ranking members of the royal guard on his fingers. Well, he supposed that it was natural that beings who were effectively immortal would seek companionship, no matter how it might be composed. He certainly wasn't about to judge.

After a few moments, he turned and headed back to his quarters. Perhaps he didn't care for gossip, but Zoisite did. And he was very sure that Zoisite would be interested in what he'd learned.