Rebirth of the Shitennou

Chapter 5:

Krissie: Little side note/reminder of the Shitennou's human names: Zoisite = Izono Saitou. Jadeite = Jadeite Taitou. Nephrite = Masato Sanjouin. Kunzite = Shin Saitou

Hahaue – Japanese for mother (polite, traditional)

So Happy Winter Holidays to everyone! I hope you're all doing well. My computer broke last week and I to get a new one. I paid the Geek Squad to get all of my documents off my computer, so Yay! I didn't have to re-write this whole chapter. I'm making backups of all my work now too. But I haven't found all my notes for this story, so I'll be digging them up from somewhere soon. So let's get on to reviews!

KageNoNeko: I'm glad and I hope this is what you were waiting for. Also, I really like your name. I'm not sure what Kage means, but I know the word Neko.

Vchanny: Thank you! Your name is cute too!

GFMCTB: Well, wait no longer, because the next chapter is here! Yeah, I tried to make Mako-chan as cute as possible. I actually added monopoly because it's a game large groups of friends play, but I've actually never played it, played it. I played Sorry and Ker-Plunk as a kid.

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Izono beamed with joy as he opened the door. He squealed with delight as he bounced into the room. Artemis was right behind him and gave him a weird look.

"Why are you so happy? This is just a study." The white cat asked.

"But it's a study with a piano in it!" Izono beamed a huge smile as he pranced over to the black piano. "It's been so long since I've been able to play one." His long slender fingers brushed across the keys. He hummed as he stared at the film of dust that now coated his fingers. He peeked inside the piano and sighed. "Dust, dust everywhere." He sang softly as he looked around the room for a rag of sorts. He puffed out his cheeks.

"Where are you going?" Artemis asked as the red head walked out of the room.

"To find a rag or duster." He replied as he walked to the laundry room. The white cat had been following him around all day. He wasn't sure how he felt about it. He didn't like being followed, but again, he didn't know the cat's name to tell him to stop it.

He grabbed a rag for dusting and went back to the study. Artemis sat at the door and watched as he dusted the room. He had barely finished a quarter of the room before Masato and Makoto came back with food. The two brunettes had set to work on preparing the food as Izono continued to dust the study. Artemis left because he was tired of watching the 19 year old clean.

Downstairs, Usagi and Mamoru were stargazing on the porch. Shin put the groceries away. Jadeite set to making the tea as Rei monitored him. The raven haired woman didn't believe that the blond could properly prepare tea. Mina stayed around to chat with Mako and gossip. Shin made sure everything was in order and retreated to the backyard where Masato was grilling hamburgers and hot dogs.

Ami was the only one not doing anything. She was bored since she actually left her text books at home. She was just so used to having a text book on hand that she actually felt uncomfortable without one to at least glance at. She walked upstairs and found Izono dusting the study. She marveled at the large bookshelves packed full of books. Once she was done ogling the size of the study, she cocked her head at Izono.

"What are you doing, Zoisite?" She asked.

Izono bumped his head on the bottom of the desk. He let out a small cry. He crawled out from under the desk. "Dusting." He replied. "Can I help you, Mizuno-san?" He crossed his legs and looked up at her. He looked like a giant child.

"Why are you dusting?" Ami avoided making eye contact. She wasn't sure why, but she just didn't want to make eye contact with him. She knew that they were good and serving Mamoru, but something in her told her not to make eye contact. Maybe she was still shy around new people. Yeah, it was definitely that.

Izono frowned. He hated it when people didn't make eye contact when they spoke to him. It was like some annoying fly buzzing around his head. He just couldn't stand it. "I found a piano in here." He gestured to the piano. "But it's so dusty that I can't play it. So I decided to clean it and just kind of wound up dusting the whole room. I'm almost done." He stood up from the floor. "How is everyone downstairs?"

"Oh, Nephrite and Mako-chan are cooking. Usagi and Mamoru are stargazing. Kunzite is talking to Nephrite and Mina is talking to Mako-chan. Rei and Jadeite are making tea. Artemis and Luna are taking a nap under the table." Ami answered.

Izono nodded in understanding. "Masato Sanjouin, Shin Saitou, and Jadeite Taitou." He stated.

"Huh?" Ami looked up at him with a confused faced.

"Our human names." He stated. "You need to refer to us by our human names. You don't go around every day and call your friends Sailor Moon, Sailor Venus, or whatever do you?"

"Oh. I'm sorry." Ami bowed her head.

"It's cool." Izono continued with his dusting. "By the way, my name is Izono Saitou. So no more Zoisite, okay?"

"Okay." Ami nodded as she walked up to the book shelf and began to skim over the titles. There were many different kinds of books, much to Ami's delight. The majority of them though were in English. Ami was doing well in English, but she wasn't fluent enough in it for her liking. She reached her hand out to pull one of the books off the shelf to read, but paused. She really should ask Nephrite… Masato if it was okay to read the books in his study.

"Masato won't mind if you read any of the books in here." Izono spoke, causing Ami to jump. He had finished his dusting and was now leaning into the piano itself, checking to see if it was tuned properly.

"Are you sure?" Ami asked.

"Of course." Izono pulled his head out of the piano and beamed a smile at her. "I used to come in here all the time. He put this piano in here for me to keep me from bouncing off the walls."

"Not a fan of reading?" Ami grabbed a book off the shelf and glanced around the room. There was a chair by the desk, a long couch against the wall by the piano, and a small cushy chair across from the couch. Which should she take?

"Nah." Izono shook his head. "This is where they sent me while they had meetings in the room two doors down. I got bored in the meetings really easy. So it was best if I just hung around here."

"Meetings?" Ami repeated. "What were you guys having meetings about here? Where they for the Dark Kingdom?" Ami gasped at her own forwardness. "I'm sorry; I didn't mean it like that!"

Izono waved his hand. "It's okay. We didn't have any meetings for the Dark Kingdom here." He laughed. "No. The meetings were before that the Dark Kingdom brainwashed us. It was when Masato was my agent. Bro was acting as my manager and accountant at the time. I was trying to break out at the time." Izono stared at the piano keys with sad green eyes.

"Break out?" Ami repeated, confused.

Izono giggled. His hands hovered over the keys. "What kind of songs do you like Mizuno-san?"

"Why?" Ami sat down in the chair across from the couch.

"I haven't been able to play the piano in years. But I don't know what song to play. So I'll play something you like. Do you have any requests?" He beamed a huge smile at her.

Ami felt her face flushed and she stared down at the book in her lap. The title read Beauty and the Beast in English. That was a Disney movie she had seen as a child. "I don't think I have much taste for music. But do you know anything from this?"

"Ah! Beauty and the Beast!" Izono smiled. "That's a nice story. Mum used to read it to me all the time when I was little. Of course, I was obsessed with the Disney movie too."

"You can read English?" Ami sounded astonished.

"Of course. I grew up in England." Izono stated as he began to play Beauty and the Beast from the iconic Disney film.

Ami opened her mouth to speak, but Izono cut her off. "Just read your book and enjoy the piano, Mizuno-san."

Ami opened the book and began to read. She read the sentences very slowly. English was still a tricky language, even for her. She eventually found herself curled up in the chair as Izono continue to play Disney song after Disney song. Some she picked up on and others just played by her.

"Ami, dinner is ready. Come eat." Usagi tapped her shoulder.

Ami jumped a little. "Oh, hi Usagi." She smiled.

"Come on, dinner is waiting." Usagi repeated again. "You too, Izono-san!" Usagi patted the red head's shoulder. He stopped playing the piano and nodded. He put the cover over the keys before standing up.

"That was quick." He commented to himself as he stood up. "Did you enjoy my playing, Mizuno-san?"

Ami gave a soft nod. "It was very nice."

"Thank you." Izono held the door for them. "Smells delicious!"

He carefully closed the door behind them as they walked downstairs. Usagi was talking about all the yummy foods that were on the table. Ami smiled giving a small nod every so often to show Usagi that she was listening to her.

They joined the others at the table. Everyone ate in silence for the most part. Then the phone began ringing.

"I wonder who that could be?" Mamoru murmured.

"It's probably just a telemarketer." Kunzite stated.

"It's your house, Masato." Jadeite stated.

Masato nodded as he stood from the stable. He picked up the phone by the table outside the kitchen. "Hello?" He spoke softly. A voice screamed in his ear, because one second the phone was against his ear and the next he was holding it as far away from his ear as he could. "Relax Aunt Amelia." He spoke in English after a moment. "I'm fine. Relax. Calm down. Yes. Yes. I know. I know. I'm very sorry to make you worry. I love you too. Where was I?" He sucked in a breath. He was a horrible liar. Especially to his Aunt Amelia. She'd be able to hear it in his voice the moment he opened his mouth. He placed the phone to his chest. "Izono, come here." He called.

Izono looked up from his food. "How's your Aunt Amelia?"

"A game of 20 questions." Masato stated. "She wants to know where we've been. Give me a hand?"

Izono got up from the table. "Still not good at fibbing to your auntie?"

"She'll know one as soon as I open my mouth." Masato nodded. He handed the phone to the red head.

"Hello Ms. Stanton," Izono greeted with a British accent. "I'm so sorry that Masato hasn't been in touch with you for so long. Yes, I've heard that the others are worried. You see," Izono recited the lie they had agreed on earlier. He waited a moment as it sunk into Amelia Stanton. Then he sighed. "Yes. Yes. I'm terribly sorry." He looked at Masato with sad eyes. He shrugged as he mouthed, 'Sorry.' "Okay, I'm sorry for the crummy joke. What actually happened is The Dark Agency was an evil alien who kidnapped and brainwashed people in the entertainment industry trying to steal energy from people. They captured us shortly after we started working for them. We were saved by the sailor scouts who were so nice to come save our sorry asses, however, it took them a while to figure out where we were being held. But everything is cool now. So don't worry. But since being saved by teenage girls in miniskirts in embarrassing, can we just go with the first if people ask?" He chuckled. "Yes. Yes. I understand. I see to it. Well, let him go quickly. We're in the middle of dinner with some old friends."

He handed the phone back to Masato who arched an eyebrow at him. "She wants to talk to you." Once Masato put the phone back to his ear, Izono turned on his heel and walked back to the table. He took his seat and smiled at everyone. "Sorry for changing it. But Amelia can spot a lie in anyone's voice." He took a bite from his food. Once he was finished chewing, he took a sip of his drink. He turned to Jadeite. "She told me to tell that you that you better go visit your mom tomorrow. She's been worried sick about."

Jadeite nodded. "I'll do it first thing in the morning."

"What's your mother like Jadeite?" Usagi asked with a bright smile.

Jadeite gave a soft smile. "A beautiful hardworking woman." Jadeite stated.

"Who is currently housing my Aunt Amelia." Masato sighed as he stood in the doorway, holding up the grey phone. "Your mom wants to talk to you. Fair warning, she's blubbering so much I can't make out a word."

Jadeite sighed as he put his cup of tea back on the table. "All this worrying isn't good for her health." He muttered as he took the phone from his mom. It was the first time the others had heard them talk on the phone in Japanese. "Hello Hahaue." He greeted softly. "Please, think of your health. Yes. I'm fine. I'll visit you tomorrow. Do you have work? I'll come by and pick the keys up from you then. Shall I buy Ms. Stanton a present while I'm out? Hahaue, I don't think I can get enough wrapping paper to make Masato a present for her. How about I put a Christmas bow in his hair instead?" He gave a small chuckle. "I love you too, hahaue. I'll see you tomorrow. Good evening." He handed the phone back to Masato and walked back to his seat.

Masato quickly told his aunt good night and hung up the phone. He sat down at the table and began eating. "So I guess you guys will be visiting your family tomorrow?" Usagi smiled.

Masato and Jadeite nodded.

"What about you two?" Usagi gestured to Shin and Izono.

"Our parents live in England. So we'll have to contact them tomorrow." Kunzite stated. "Though I'm amazed that Masato's aunt is at Jadeite's mother's house. Did one of them explain that?"

"No. I didn't think to ask." Masato replied.

They continued eating their dinner and making small talk.

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Krissie: Finally done with this chapter. Interesting fact, this story as a whole is now 19 pages long. I hope it was enjoyable. Enjoy your winter holidays and New Years! I hope you are surrounded by your loved ones.