“So what did that disgraceful hag named Eve do to you?”  Serenity flared at her
husband in their royal bedroom.
     Outside, all the senshi, Small Lady, Eve and Vil were eavesdropping and peeking from
the crack of the bedroom door.  Eve frowned at the Queen’s description of her, but Vil covered
her mouth before she could protest.
     Mercury was a bit uneasy, “Actually, we shouldn’t spy on others, especially the Queen.”
But, as a matter of fact, she couldn’t help herself from spying either.  Therefore, everyone just
ignored her and concentrated on what’s going on in their Majesties’ bedroom.
     “Why did you call her that?  I......”  But before Endymion could finish, Serenity had
interrupted him sourly.
     “Now you’re speaking on her side, huh?”  Endymion’s words were like gasoline splashed
on fire, it made Serenity even more angry.
     “Wait a minute!  I didn’t......”
     “What happened between you and Eve?  Did......”
     “I......”
     “......you cheat behind my back?  You’ve......”
     “I didn’t......”
     “......got to give me a good explanation for this!  Otherwise......”
     “Usako!  Calm down!  I......”
     “......you’ll be in big trouble!  And......”
     “I......”
     The crowd outside smiled.  Endymion was ALREADY IN BIG TROUBLE.
     “......if I find out anything about......”
     “I......”
     “......you cheating behind my back, you’ll......”
     “I never......”
     “......be sorry!”
     But Endymion knew how to handle her in this kind of situation.  (Well, he had lived with
her for over a thousand years) He just knew what to do when Serenity got unreasonable, which only occurs when their arguments involves jealousy.  He went up to his wife and planted an empathetically kiss on her lips, which completely shut her up.  Serenity melted in Endymion’s arms.  Her anger had dissolved into tenderness.  She kissed him back passionately.  Their lips were locked together for a long, long time......
     “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
     The crowd outside had been leaning too close on the door and lost their balance.  The
door banged open, revealing the embracing couple, who jerked away immediately.  The crowd
fell onto each other and the ones who were caught underneath were moaning in pain because of
the weight.
     Serenity and Endymion were both blushing terribly from embarrassment.  But Serenity
was also furious.
     “Now that’s some way to sneak at your King and Queen!”  Neo-Queen Serenity hissed at
the crowd poisonously.
     “Oh!  What do you expect?  You’ve been yelling so loudly the whole castle can hear you!”
Mars shot back.
     “And that’s some way to speak to your Queen!  Huh?  You disrespectful dolt!”  Serenity
retorted.
     “That depends on what kind of a Queen you are!  How do you expect me to respect a
klutzy, uneducated meatball-head like you?”  Mars fired back.
     “Oh!  Yeah?  But you’re none better!  You scorching blockhead!”
      They started yelling and making faces at each other, and caused the rest of the people in
the room to hang their heads.
     Vil turned to Endymion sympathetically and curiously, “How can you run a kingdom
with a wife and minions like that?”
     Endymion replied with a bitter smile, “Well, it’s been more a thousand years, and they
never change.”
     But the two flaming heads turned to the males dangerously, “Just what exactly do you
mean by that?”  Serenity and Mars demanded together.
     Realizing he was IN TROUBLE, Vil quickly retreated, “Uh......nothing!  I just
remembered that I have something very important to attend to.  Right?  Eve?”
     Without waiting for an answer, Vil quickly grabbed Eve’s hand and dragged her along
with him while he ran away at a speed faster than lightning.
     “Hmmm......you know what?  He kind of looks like my old boyfriend.”  Jupiter
remarked at Vil.
     Everyone else hang their heads.
     “Uh......Jupiter, to tell you the truth, both Eve and Vil already have their own significant
others in the city already, so I think you’ll have to go for another one.  But don’t worry, there’re
always tons of guys in the city.”  Uranus smiled.
     “Really?”  Venus asked in surprise.  “Then why did Eve keep bugging the King while she
was evil?”
     Uranus shrugged with a laugh, “Who knows?  Maybe she thought our King looked like
her old boyfriend!”
     And Neo-Queen Serenity shot a meaningful look at her husband, who started to sweat
again.
     “Oh!  By the way, Small Lady, where’s your Mathematics, Geometry, Statistics,
Calculus, Social Studies, Economics, Geography, Biology, Chemistry, Biogenetics, Physics,
Biochemistry, Psychology, Political Science, English, Japanese, Microbiology, Computer Science,
Asia Pacific Studies, World Issues, Media Studies, and History homework?”  Mercury inquired.
     Small Lady started to sweat, and slowly backed away.  “I......uh......well......I just
remembered I have a date with Helios!  I’ll show you my homework later!”  And she ran away
twice as fast as Vil and Eve did.
     Mercury ran after her, “But wait!  Small Lady!  I still have to assign you your Computer
Programming, Human Ecology, Law, Management, Language Studies, Astrology, Family
Studies, Music, Zoology, Botany, Medical Science, Pharmacy, Bioenegetics, Engineering,
Mythology, Astronomy, Organics, Domestic Science, and Accounting homework!”  And she too,
disappeared beyond the horizon.
     “Hey!  Jupiter!  Wanna go into the cities and hunt for some hunky guys there?”  Venus
suggested.
     “Excellent idea, Venus.”  And they dashed off.
     Uranus placed her hand on Neptune’s shoulder and said, “Maybe it’s time to go back to
our planets.  I’m going to have a headache if I stay here any longer.”
     And Neptune was only to grateful to nod agreement.
     “I guess I should go back to my room and clean my lamps.  They must be layered with
dust by now.”  Saturn took off as well.
     “Well, things seem to be back to normal now.  Then I guess I’d better go back to the
Time Gate.”  Pluto said as she proceeded back towards the Time Gate.
     “I’d better go back to my chamber and do some more fire-reading.  Why am I wasting
my time here with the meatball-headed klutz of a Queen anyway?”  Mars said as she walked
away.
     “I’m no meatball-headed klutz!”  Neo-Queen Serenity screeched.
     “Live with it, meatball-head.  It’s a fact.”  Neo-King Endymion grinned as he patted his
wife’s “meatballs”.
     “Don’t you dare start that again!”  Serenity flared at her husband.
     “Fine.  Then let’s discuss about another matter.  What did you and Vil do in the Void?”
Endymion demanded.
     “What do you mean?  What did we do?”  Serenity frowned.
     “About what Eve, or actually, Parlos said about how you’ve convinced Vil!”  Endymion
raised his voice.
     “With reason!  How else do you think I had convinced him?”  Serenity sneered.
     “But I never recall you really good at reasoning.”  Endymion argued.
     “What are you implying by that?”
     “I’m asking how did you convince Vil in the Void, not implying!”
     “I reasoned with him!  Why won’t you believe me?”  Serenity sneered.
     “Then how did you reason with him?”  Endymion demanded.
     Serenity sighed, knowing that there was no point arguing with Endymion in his unreasonable mood.  She went up and kissed him intimately, melting Endymion’s anger into
tenderness, just like what he did when she was angry before.  Endymion, dissolved by such
sweetness, kissed her back passionately, and everything was forgotten......