Past Meetings
Chapter Twenty
by, Cony
Wow, that was amazing. I have heard of the Moldavian invasion to
Mercury, but never thought that it had such an importance."
"Well, it was kept as a secret. Only my Mom and I knew, and now…
so do you."
"Why did you tell me?"
Mercury looked away, hiding her blush. "Because, it just... slipped
away. Yeah, that's it! You won't tell anyone, will you?"
"Of course not, Mercury. Everything you told me today will never be
heard again from my lips."
"Thanks, Zoi. Now it's your turn to tell me something about you."
"Who? Me? I haven't got any spectacular thing to tell."
"Oh, come on. You must have something. For example, when did
you meet Endymion and your other friends?"
"That one's boring. It was more fun when we had to convince Queen
Gaia and King Chronos that Endymion should start learning how to
fight. He was fifteen, making us about seventeen more or less...."
"Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease Kun, please," cried Prince
Endymion, trying to convince his friend Kunzite.
"Your highness, you know I can't do that without your parents'
permission."
"But what they don't know won't hurt them, will it?"
"Your majesty, are you asking me to train you in secret, to hide it by
lying to the Royal couple, to break my oath of loyalty to them, and to
put you in unnecessary danger?"
"To put it simply, yes."
"I'm sorry my prince, but I can't do that."
"Oh, come on Kunzite. It's not like you are betraying anybody. Just
train the little pest and he will stop this ear-breaking begging," said
Jadeite.
"I will ignore that one Jed," said Endymion. "Please Kun. Teach me
how to use the sword?"
"No, your majesty. You will have to ask first your parents."
"But Mom will never let me train. She wants me to be a scientist, so
I can avoid more wars on Earth. That's not what I want."
"I said my last word, Prince Endymion. Now, if you'll excuse me, I
need to go and check the army." Bowing gracefully, Kunzite turned
around, and left. When he knew he couldn't be heard, Endymion
said: "You'll pay for this Kun. Believe me you will." Jadeite and
Neflyte sighed, knowing too well that something really ugly was
going to happen to their friend. However, Endymion remained in there
with them, playing a card game. They were getting suspicious.
Whenever Endymion was going to play a joke on them, he always
disappeared for a couple of hours, to appear later with a bright smile
on his lips. He had always done simple things, as bugs on the bed,
or short-sheets, or something like that.
When night was crawling over Earth, Endymion stood up, and
yawning noisily, said: "Thanks guys for the game. I'll beat you next
time."
That's when Zoisite entered. He was with a book in his hands, and
noticing his friends, waved his hand. "Hi. What's up?"
"Nothing. We were just playing. Good night." Prince Endymion left,
leaving behind a trio of very worried friends.
"It's just me or Endymion has something in mind?" asked Zoisite.
Neflyte answered shrugging: "He is going to try to fool Kun, 'cause
he didn't train him."
"That Endymion, he's never going to change…"
Zoi, Jed, Nef and Endymion were having breakfast together, as
usual. "It's strange, don't you think?" said Neflyte. "What do you
mean?" asked Jadeite. He still had sleep on his eyes, making
obvious that he had stayed up late. "Well, usually Kunzite is here
about three hours before us, and know not even his nose can be
seen."
"You are right. I guess he just over-slept," answered Zoisite.
"I personally don't think so..." mysteriously said Endymion.
The three generals looked at their Prince in amusement, but their
question was cut short by a scream of rage, coming from the side of
the palace on where they lived. The Generals jumped in their seats,
spilling their cups of coffee into the table and on themselves. Only
Endymion remained on his seat, slowly drinking, and smiling to
himself.
His fellow generals blinked, and were only able to stay there, frozen
in surprise, before a hurricane entered the room. "JADEITE! THIS
TIME YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR!" cried the human-personification
of anger. Kunzite's eyes were flickering with anger, and his fists
clenched and unclenched at super-human speed.
"Me? I haven't done anything!" replied a totally confused blond
general.
"ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME THAT THIS ISN'T YOUR FAULT?"
"What are you talking about?"
"LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO MY HAIR!" yelled an
exasperated Kunzite as he pointed to his head. Three pair of eyes
followed his hand, and after a moment of amazement, started
laughing. His usually white-silvery hair was now pink. Yes, as pink
as the roses in the Royal gardens. It was still wet, and stuck to his
face, making him look almost too funny. It was clear that pink hair
didn't mix with his tanned face and blue eyes. Kunzite was taken
back, but the energy anger gave him, made him gave them such a
furious-killing look that they stopped immediately.
"SO, ARE YOU STILL DENYING WHAT'S OBVIOUS, GENERAL
COMMANDER JADEITE?"
"But, Kun. I didn't do anything. I swear."
"JEDITE, DON'T YOU DARE LIE TO ME!"
"But it's true. I was up all night, ask Princess Mai, she was with
me."
"Then, if it wasn't you, there's only one person left... isn't it PRINCE
ENDYMION?"
Everyone turned to Endymion, who had wisely backed to a relative
safe position. He was grinning, and said: "I guess you caught me,
Kun."
"DON'T KUN ME, YOU LITTLE PRINCE. YOU WON'T GET AWAY
WITH THIS ONE!" He threateningly moved some steps towards the
Prince of Earth, but he was stopped by a woman's voice: "What's
going on in here? Why is everyone yelling?"
Kunzite looked behind him, and saw Queen Gaia. She was standing
there, looking at them. He immediately bowed, being quickly
followed by his friends. "You may rise, generals. Now, Endymion, do
you have something to do with General Kunzite's change of
hairstyle?"
Zoisite, Jadeite and Neflyte could barely avoid giggling, and just
muffled a soft laugh.
"Yes mother," answered the Prince. "Well, in that case, you will be
forbidden for a month to watch them practice, and don't even think
about training. Your study hour will be increased from two per day to
three. And by the end of the week, I want you to know everything
about diplomacy. Is that clear?"
"But Mom...."
"No begging. You have gone too far this time. I hope that from now
on, you will obey my orders, and not learn how to use a sword…"
"But that's not fair, they all know how to fight, I'm going to look like a
geek or something...."
"Let me finish, young boy. You will not train on how to defend
yourself, unless your behavior is more than excellent. When your
punishment month is over, we will talk about this again."
Prince Endymion's eyes flickered in hope, but said nothing. Queen
Gaia grinned a bit, and turning to Kunzite said: "Lord Kunzite, please
forgive my son. He has the impulsiveness of his father. He promises
never to do this again." Kunzite nodded and answered: "Of course
my Queen. Prince Endymion is forgiven."
"That's good, now, let's do something with that hair of yours...."
Queen Gaia gracefully moved her hand up and down, and let her
magic surround the general. His hair waved for a couple of moments,
and suddenly in turned as white as it used to be.
Kunzite immediately ran his hands through his hair, and thanked the
Queen. "Thank you so much, your Highness. I don't even want to
think how longer could it have taken me to get that ugly color out of
my head." "Your welcome, General Kunzite. Now, if you'll excuse
me…"
Everyone bowed again, and heard as the Queen steps left the room.
When they were no longer heard, they all started laughing. Anger
forgotten, Kunzite turned to Endymion, and said: "Hey, kid. That was
a good trick. How did you do it?"
"Easy. I replaced your shampoo with some colorants I found in the
lab."
"Hmm, nice trap to play when any of you gets a little too noisy..."
"Kunzite?"
"Just a joke, just a joke. Now, let's get serious. Jadeite, not long
ago, you told me you spent the whole night with Princess Mai of the
Alpha Centauri constellation. What's that suppose to mean?"
"Ehhh... well... you know... I was just... I gotta go, bye."
Jadeite ran out of the room, with his partners all behind him, trying to
get the truth of what had happened that night...
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