A/N: Wow. Two reviews. Come on people! Reviewing makes the author happy and you do not want to make this author angry(I've been used as a threat to my friends. No seriously, it's true). I probably will update every weekend because of school. So either look for a new chapter on Friday or Saturday. I will rarely update on Sunday(that's my homework day ), but look on that day if I didn't update earlier. Anyways, if you want to see a picture of Zoi's dress, the link is in my profile. BTW, the ball isn't this chapter. It's probably going to be the end of chapter 4 and all of chapter 5.

Dis.: Dvds: yes. Franchise: no.

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I was alone, I took ride,

I didn't know what I would find there.

Another road where maybe I could see

Another mind there.

Got to get you into my life-The Beatles

Zoisite

I literally ran out of the seamstresses' room. I really liked Mrs. Windsor, but after 3 hours trying on dresses and getting pricked by pins, I had had enough. I let out a large breath of relief. Mrs. Windsor said that my dress would need to be altered so it would be a couple of hours before my dress was ready. But what to do with myself until then? I had the rest of the day off, courtesy of Endymion's forgetfulness. I ruled out trying to find my quarters. They were probably in another wing along some blasted hallway in a corner of the palace. Trying to find the so called 'Blue room' sounded like fun, but I had a feeling that if I found it, Endymion would forget about my day off, too. So I picked my last option. Exploring. The hallway went two directions. The way Nephrite came and went and the other way. Not wanting to do anything Nephrite has done, I chose the other way.

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The hallways in this place and look the same, I told myself as I walked along another corridor. I've spent the last two hours not knowing where I was or where I was going for that matter. But I had decided that it was going to be fun living here even with all the work of finding my way around I was going to have to do. Picking a corridor that went right this time, I noticed that the hallway ended at a large wooden door. I stared at the door while I battled with my curiosity. I wondered what was in the room while my ladyship training told me it would be rude to look. Deciding that the Prince giving me a good chew out was the only punishment I could get, my curiosity pushed me down the hallway towards the large door.

As I approached the large door, I noticed that the door had intricate details carved in the wood. Golden spirals, leaves, and shapes rounded around the frame and handles. The door let out a feeling that it was holding something important within the room and that only the few could see what's inside. Stopping when the handles came within my grasp, I paused a moment trying to decided if going through was a good idea. Ignoring my common sense, I pushed on the handles.

The large door opened onto a balcony that overlooked a large room. Walking to the railing, I peaked over it. I was astounded. The large room hosted a training facility that had many stations; hand-to-hand, magic, weaponry, and a target practice area. A genuine smile grew on my face. I was so excited because I love training. Training helps clear my mind and gives me a sort of peace from the hectic world around me. I almost squealed with delight as I flew down the stairs on side of the balcony. Running to the first door I could reach, I opened it quickly and ran inside.

The room was used for target practice. I could tell by all the burnt, stabbed, and shredded manikins lying on the floor. There were weapons lining a back wall as well as the wall beside the door. I vaguely wondered if using magic in this room was allowed, but decided that it would be more fun to throw some blades around instead of some ice crystals. Turning to the wall behind me, I searched for a weapon that suited my taste. I spotted them on the last shelve in the corner; A pair of large knives that had emerald-crusted handles that reflected the light to make it look unearthly. Thoughts of the damage I could do with these blades gave me a larger smile. I caught my reflection on the metal and smirked at it. This was going to be fun.

I looked around for a button to set up manikins, and I found a button by the door hoping that it was the set up button. I pressed it and the room became dark. The room transformed into a hall with wide columns reaching into the ceiling. No light was visible in the room so I relied on my warrior instincts. I closed my eyes. I could tell there were two people in the room. One a manikin and one a real person. Hmmm. This could get interesting.

I opened my eyes and started walking to my left where I felt that both the targets were. I softly stalked over to where I sensed one was. I saw movement and threw the blade with as much speed as I could muster. I heard the deafening hit and then silence. I determined that the silence meant that I had hit the manikin. Feeling the person close behind me, I quickly threw the blade in that direction. I heard a slap; a noise that only came when a knife is caught by someone's hand. The blinding lights came on and I lost my temper when I saw that the person holding my knife was no other than Nephrite.

"Who knew that the beauty masks a temper and venom?" he mused.

"Shut up, Nephrite! I could have killed you," I spat at him.

"With your aim? I doubt it," the older general sent to me.

I looked to see where my other knife went and I saw that it went through where the manikin's heart should be and into the stone wall behind it. I angrily looked back to Nephrite where I caught him staring at me.

"Why are you in here?" I said a bit calmer, but with the same amount of venom in my voice.

"To see who entered the facility. Only authorized persons are allowed to be in here." I raised my eyebrow and gave him a look that said 'what are you trying to imply?'.

"Ignore him, Zoisite. He's just trying to make sure he's still going to be ranked above you," Jadeite said with humor as he came into view. I watched the smiling man walk over to where my first blade was in the wall. "Impressive. I don't think you've ever done that Nephrite," he said again with humor.

"Shut up Jadeite. No one cares for your opinion," Nephrite barked to him with less venom than he had been speaking to me with. Shaking my head at the stupidity of their one-upping each other, I started for the door. "Where are you going?" he said as he turned to me.

"I'm going to look at the other rooms," I told him with an indifferent tone. I was reaching for the door when I felt someone put their hand on my shoulder. Annoyed, I grabbed the hand, turned around, and flipped the person over. Finished with the flipping, I looked up to see Jadeite doubled over from laughing and looked to the floor to find Nephrite sprawled out from my attack. The situation was pretty funny and soon I was laughing along with Jadeite.

"Hmp. That's not funny," Nephrite said with an angry tone when he got up. It had been five whole minutes before he had pulled himself up and that made it even funnier. I couldn't stop laughing and thankfully Jadeite answered him.

"Actually, yes it is. It's very funny because I didn't even know that Zoisite could do that."

Nephrite glared at him and me while tending to his wounded pride. Ignoring him Jadeite spoke again.

"So why were you recruited, Zoisite? Obviously you're good at fighting with knives, but what else can you do?" he asked with an actual sincerely curious sounding voice. I ended my laughter and answered carefully.

"Well, Endymion told me he wanted me to be one of his generals because of my strategy skills, my leadership skills, and my martial arts skills." I purposely left out a few ideas not knowing how much information to give them.

"Martial Arts?" Jadeite looked to Nephrite. "Aren't you supposed to be the martial arts master, Nephrite?" he asked him. The auburn haired man nodded curtly. Jadeite thought for a moment while I was getting impatient at these two. "I have an idea," he said after a moment. "Why don't you two have a match to see who is better?" I thought about. If I accepted and beat Nephrite, he would be mean and angry to me for the rest of my life, but if I lost he would rub it in my face. Neither option looked good. Walking away sounded the best.

"Sure," Nephrite said while I was thinking. Damn. He beat me to it. If I don't accept I'll look like a coward. Stupid Nephrite. Curse him. I looked at them both. Jadeite looked excited while Nephrite looked at me smugly knowing that he beat me. Curse him two times.

I grinned and said with a false confident voice, "Sounds like fun. Let's do it." Jadeite burst into a huge grin and Nephrite's smirk came for a reunion tour.

"Great! It's down the hall," Jadeite said as he ran out of the room. I glared at Nephrite. This was all his fault. I didn't want to fight him. Curse him threefold. He added a deadly glare to his smirk as he sauntered out the door. I rolled my eyes and let out a sigh of breath. This was going to be so much fun…

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A/N: Wow, this chapter is even longer. It was supposed to be really short. This chapter and probably all of the next chapter were supposed to be one. Anyways…Malachite will probably be here in two chapters. I know, I know. I hear your complaints, but I have a special entrance for him.

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