Rebirth of Shitennou

Chapter 8:

KRISSIE: And now we will focus on Shin and Mina's day out.

Kunzite – Shin Saitou (28) Jadeite Taitou (21) Nephrite – Masato Sanjouin (22) Zoisite – Izono Saitou (19) Mamo (20) Scouts (17) Chibiusa (13) Haruka & Michiru (20) Hotaru (13) Setsuna (23)

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Shin looked around the park. Maybe he should have gotten a car or something. A drive would get him to stop thinking about Izono's confession of being gay. How had he not known? He was his little brother. How did Mina know? Why did Izono admit it so quickly?

Stop thinking about it! His brain screamed.

"So…" Shin looked around for something to talk about. The park didn't have much in the way of conversation starters. Curses. He looked at Mina and at her uniform. "So, what classes do you have later on today?"

Mina looked up at him with bright blue eyes. She gave a nervous smile. "I have to retake a geometry test." She looked away as she mumbled it. "After that I have history, and then I have PE. I think we're playing basketball today."

Shin nodded. "I take it geometry is a weak point for you then?"

Mina nodded.

"I can help you study if you want. I've always found that reviewing the material before a test is very helpful. But it also depends on if you have good notes to look at." Shin noted.

Mina smiled. A study date wasn't what she had in mind, but she would take it. She still felt guilty for bringing up that Izono was gay. She had no clue how none of the other Shitennou knew.

"Are you good at math?" Mina asked with a smile.

Shin nodded, "I do all the accounting work for Izou and Jadeite when they work. I also help them with their taxes."

"Izou?" Mina tilted her head.

"Izou is short for Izono." Shin stated.

Mina nodded as they continued walking. "What exactly is it that you guys used to do for a living? Before the whole Dark Agency stuff?"

"Well," Shin ran his hand through his silver hair, "I used to work as a reporter for a news company in London. Izou was still in school, but he wanted to break out. Dad and mom weren't too sure about brother's choices. So, I took him to most of his auditions."

"Auditions?" Mina popped up with great interest. "Auditions for what?"

"You heard him play the piano last night, right?" Shin smiled.

Mina nodded, "He's really good."

"Of course he is. He wants to be a pianist." Shin smiled. "He played for a few commercials in London too." Shin brought his hand through his silver hair, "I had to come to Japan for business and Izono came with me. Even though we're descendent from Japan, we had never been here. We were excited so Izou got us a tour guide while we tried to learn enough Japanese to get by."

"Really? How was the tour?" Mina asked with a smile.

Shin smiled a huge smile, "Our tour guide was Jadeite!"

"Really?" Mina seemed amused as Shin went over the memories with her.

"Yes. He was really stiff and nervous at first. He worked a lot of jobs in order to support himself and his mom since they weren't too well off and he went to school too. But I remember that I went to put our bags in our room and Izou stayed with Jadeite to practice his Japanese. I was gone five to ten minutes max, and when I came back the two were best buds." Shin shook his head. "Jadeite wanted to be a model and since Izou wanted to be a pianist the two joke about becoming pop idols together. While I was at work, those two went to a few auditions together. I had met Masato through work and since he was a talent agent, we sat down over drinks and talked about their chances. We had a plan and everything to get those two on a stage to perform. The Dark Agency was supposed to put them on a stage. It would've been their debut. Though it involved singing and not modeling, but Jadeite took it."

"Can he sing?" Mina wondered.

"Very well actually," Shin nodded. "Izono too. We were going to put on a public concert. Jadeite and Izono decided to do a performance for Jadeite's mom since it would be held on her birthday. They had practiced so hard too. It's a shame we didn't get to do it."

"Well when is Jadeite's mom's birthday?" Mina asked.

"October 22nd." Shin stated.

Mina gasped. "We don't have much time!"

"What do you mean?" Shin arched an eyebrow.

"Well it might not be a debut stage, but such a sweet performance, why not do it this year. It's already the 5th. That's not long to find a stage. Do you remember how long their set was?"

"It was only one song," Shin stated. "We were going to perform at a music festival in London with several other beginning artists."

"But still it was for her birthday, right?" Mina stated. "She should at least be able to see it. This park might be a good place. There's actually a stage at the other end that is used for festivals. I'm sure if we ask, they won't mind letting you use it for one day."

"Aino-san, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but I don't know if Jadeite or Izono will be interested. Well I'm pretty sure Izou will jump at the chance. I know my little brother like the back of my hand... Well I thought I did until this morning..." Shin shook his head. "But besides that, Jadeite might not be up to it."

"Then we'll ask him," Mina waved her hand in the air, "I'm sure he'll say yes."

Shin sighed. "What about your geometry test?"

"That can wait. This is more important."

Shin crossed his arms. "How about this, if you get good marks on your test, I'll let you help arrange this little concert starting when you get off from school today."

"What?" Mina seemed to whine.

"Good marks on your test or no show." Shin stated firmly.

Mina sighed with a pout. "We better start studying now."

Mina gulped as she walked onto campus. She was nervous. She had spent the last hour going over geometry with Shin.

"Good luck Aino-chan!" Shin waved to her from the gate.

Mina smiled as she waved back. She wished he would call her Mina, but he was refusing too so far. Once she was inside, she saw him begin to walk away.

"Who is that?" An underclassman asked as she ogled Shin from the window.

Mina smiled, "A friend." And with that she marched to class. She had to pass this test.

Mina was amazed to see that she finally understood what was on the paper in front of her. Shin had really helped her prepare for this test. But then again, he made sure to bribe her and keep her attention with said bribe. She turned in the test and then anxiously sat at her desk waiting for the teacher to grade it.

The teacher gave her a surprised look to see her waiting for the result. She still began grading it anyway. Her eyes went up by the end of it, but then smiled happily as she got up and walked to Mina's desk.

Mina looked up at her teacher. The nervousness was eating away at her.

"Well done," the teacher placed the paper on her desk. "You passed. And did a lot better this time. You studied really hard for this with your friends."

Mina nodded. "Saitou-kun is a great tutor." She looked at the 78 written on the paper. It wasn't an A, but it wasn't an F, so Mina didn't care. She picked up the paper and went to her next class.

She met Ami in the hallway.

"How was the make up test?" Ami asked.

Mina smiled, "78."

"That's great," she congratulated. "Do you want to celebrate after school at the arcade?"

"That sounds good, but Shin owes me something first. So I want to show this to him."

"What is it that he owes you?" Ami asked.

Mina quickly told Ami about the concert plan. The blue haired girl smiled at the idea. "Do you want to help?"

"I'll see what I can do." Ami nodded.

Shin entered the house only to hear the piano playing. "Izono Saitou!" He chided as he marched to the room with the piano. He glared at the younger male. "Why aren't you in bed?"

Izono glanced up at his older brother. He meekly smiled as he pointed to the phone nestled between his neck and ear.

"Who are you on the phone with?" Shin whispered in a hiss.

"Mom, big brother just got back," Izono stated as he pulled the phone away from his ear. He clicked the speaker button and placed the phone on top of the piano.

"Is he ok? Are you two eating healthy?"

"We're fine mom," Shin sighed as their mom rattled on.

"I can't believe you two got lost in the middle east." She whined. "Your father and I are getting everything in order and we'll be there to bring you both home as soon as possible."

"What?" Izono seemed to whine.

"I'm afraid that won't do mom, Izono has a possible gig coming up." Shin stated. He didn't want to leave just yet. Their king was here. How could he just contently leave for London and stay until their over protective mom felt secure enough to let them be on their own? The answer was he couldn't.

"What gig?" She sounded irritated.

"A concert gig. Just a small one. But still a gig." Shin stated. He knew his mom wouldn't get in the way of Izono's dreams.

"What gig?" Izono whispered as he leaned away from the phone. This was the first he heard of it.

"Performing the one for Miss Taitou that we missed due to the chaos. Aino wants to help us perform it on miss Taitou's birthday."

Izono smiled. "That'll be perfect!" He turned back to the phone, "Please mom, let me perform. You and dad can come see it too!"

"Of course, we'll come watch. But we're coming early to see you two. It's been so long! I bet you two need some clothes, right?"

"Yeah, we could use that," Shin smiled.

"I'll bring a few clothes. I'm not sure if anything here fits you anymore. But I can always take you shopping later." She seemed content with that.

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Krissie: well here is the end of chapter 8. It's broken down into 3 parts on my blog Galaxy of Tales. I'm actually not sure if I ever posted chapter 7 on this blog. I'll check next time I log in on my laptop. But for those of you on Fanfiction. Next chapter will have dinner at Jadeite's mom's house!

EDIT: I did re-read some reviews for this story and someone asked about new enemies and such. Right now, that's not the plan. This whole fanfiction is slice of life fluff for me. Also, I'm reading this on my youtube channel and there will be some sketches I drew of the Shitennou popping up during the videos. So go check that out if you're interested.