Forever You.

Author: fire-spirit

Rated: PG13

All right, here, finally is Chapter 2 of Forever You. I wanted to get this out ages ago, but there were some complications.

Anyways, I wouldn't have ever got it ready if it weren't for Loki and Galena-Steel. They were both amazing and I absolutely loved thier editing. Also, I should thank Ducky, my best-friend, for her work on this chapter, even if I had to get mad at her before she'd finish it. Thank you all so much.

Chapter 2

Forever You

Chapter Two

Reigan stared at the door before her. She knew Serenity and her personal guard would be inside, but so would Prince Endymion and his guard. They were supposed to be discussing security arrangements and issues revolving around Endymion and Serenity's safety, but Reigan was reluctant to be in the same room as that man, Jadeite, again.

She was still furious, so much so in fact, she hadn't slept at all well -- tossing and turning all night. When morning finally arrived, she'd felt an overwhelming sense of relief; at least she could now get up and face the day.

Her somewhat lighter mood had lasted until breakfast. Breakfast had been a small affair, the royal family of Mars and some of their top officials had gathered to make up a list of those invited to attend a series of meetings organized for that very day. That was when Reigan had found out about this meeting.

Finally, with a deep breath, Reigan pushed the door open and stepped inside. It took her all of a half-second to realize she was the only lady in the room, and the others hadn't arrived yet.

However, the four men couldn't have helped but notice her arrival and quickly rose from their places at the table to greet her. Three of them she recognized from when Serenity had pointed out the Prince the night before. The one with the long, wavy brown hair closest to her was the first to speak, "You would be the Mars Princess, correct? I didn't get the chance to meet you last night. I am General Nephrite of Earth," he said with practiced aplomb as he bowed formally to her.

"High Princess Reigan of the planet Mars." she replied, sinking into a deep curtsey.

"If you would allow me to introduce you…?" he trailed off as he offered her his arm. Reigan hesitated for a moment, but deciding this man had no ulterior motives, accepted it good-naturedly and allowed him to escort her and approached the table where stood the waiting men, "This is General Zoicite and General Malachite. She recognized Zoicite by his long blond hair from the previous night. Malachite had platinum-blond hair that complemented his cool grey eyes, and was far taller than Zoicite – taller than his companions, "And this is my lord, Prince Endymion of the Earth."

Reigan released Nephrite's arm and curtsied as the Prince bowed in response, "I am honored to meet you, High Princess Reigan." He said respectfully as he held out his hand to take hers as was the custom. She didn't hesitate to allow him to kiss her hand as she completed her curtsey and straightened.

"Thank you, Prince Endymion."

Looking into the Prince's eyes, she couldn't help but think how lucky Serenity was. Distracted, she was taken by surprise as the general began speaking once again, "And I believe you have already…"

Suddenly, two hands were encircling her waist as a voice whispered in her ear, "You've already met me."

That irrepressible man had arrived and managed to, yet again, sneak up on her. Her anger rekindled and the source of her displeasure readily available, Reigan set about to remove his hands from her person.

He never saw it coming as her carefully aimed elbow plowed into his stomach.

~~*~~

Minia was in high-spirits. She had a wonderful time at the ball last night, having enjoyed dancing with several excellent partners -- including most surprisingly -- the Earth General, Malachite. After the ball, he kindly volunteered to escort her back to her room. She had a great night, and had slept soundly, waking refreshed. She could tell the day promised many good things ahead as she continued along the corridor, "Minia! Wait up."

Turning around to face the person who hailed her, she found walking towards her were Princess Litia of Jupiter and Princess of Amina of Mercury.

"Hey, how are you this morning?" she asked as her two friends caught up.

"Great… have you seen Reigan yet? Litia enquired, raising a curious eyebrow.

"Not since yesterday at the ball. She left fairly early and seemed mad about something."

"She was fine at the commencement of the ball when I talked to her." Amina supplied.

"I wonder who messed with her last night. Anyways," she continued, waving off Reigan's bad night, "Did you see Serenity with Endymion last night, they looked so cute." The only thing Minia liked better than discussing other people's relationships was her own and so she was thrilled when Litia responded.

"You looked pretty cozy yourself with Malachite."

"Quiet…" Amina's soft voice cut short the discussion. They had arrived and stood before the doors leading into the study where they were supposed to be meeting the Earth Generals.

Minia quickly made sure her skirts were smoothed before pushing the doors open. The sight that met her eyes was the last she expected to see.

All the attention in the room was focused upon two people—Reigan and Jadeite. Malachite and Nephrite were flanking Jadeite—their backs to the door. Jadeite was doubled over in obvious pain, one arm clutching his stomach, the other resting on Nephrite's arm, apparently for support. Reigan stood a few feet away, glaring with a fiery glower at Jadeite despite Endymion and Ziocite shaking her hand and clapping her on the back.

"What happened?" Minia managed, staring wide-eyed as were her companions.

~~*~~

Malachite couldn't decide if he was angry or amused. When he got back to his room late last night Nephrite had said something about the Mars Princess, Jadeite, and a slap. He hadn't paid much heed to it until this morning when Zoicite and Nephrite had taken advantage of Jadeite's absence to delight him and the Prince with the whole tale. They had just finished recalling the events of the night before, when the Lady Mars, herself, entered the room. He could immediately see what had attracted Jadeite to her, but he couldn't imagine her slapping anyone. At least until Jadeite strode arrogantly into the room and grabbed her about the waist, causing her eyes to flare up in anger. It was then; the realization struck him that she was certainly more than capable of slapping Jadeite's face. This was immediately reinforced as she slammed an elbow into his stomach and spun smoothly away.

As he moved towards Jadeite to make sure he was okay, he couldn't decide if the impudent young man had got what he deserved and to allow himself to find it amusing, or if he was angry because Jadeite could have been seriously hurt, not that he could really blame the Princess. Jadeite was obviously up to his usual antics again, and Princess Reigan did not seem to care for his complete lack of respect. He was going to have to have a talk with Jadeite.

"What happened?" At the sound of the familiar voice, Malachite immediately straightened, turning towards the door. He sensed the others doing the same; including Jadeite though the younger man was quick to clutch his stomach and once more sought Nephrite's support to keep him on his feet.

Sure enough, standing within the doorframe was Venus Princess Minia, Mercury Princess Amina, and Jupiter Princess Litia; all three wearing identical expressions of confusion and curiosity. Malachite could well understand their confusion, but he was at a loss as to how to begin explaining the situation to them, "There was a bit of a disagreement… right sweetheart?" Malachite groaned. Trust Jadeite to give a semi-satisfactory answer that simultaneously explains both everything and nothing at all and manages to antagonize someone all in the same breath. He began to wonder if he could stand so close to Jadeite and not get burned by the glare he could feel searing into Jadeite courtesy of the Mars Princess.

"Some disagreement." Litia muttered, in obvious disbelief, causing Endymion, Zoicite, and Nephrite to laugh uproariously.

Feeling Reigan's glare intensify, Malachite decide that the conversation had gone far enough, "Where is Princess Serenity?" he asked as he tried to direct the conversation onto a safer topic that wouldn't end in with Jadeite in pain.

It was really quite amazing how Endymion could straighten that fast, "Um, Serenity is on her way… She should be here-."

"I'm here!" he was interrupted by the bubbly princess herself.

"Good, then we can begin. Let's be seated." Malachite started towards the table, only pausing to make sure once again that Jadeite was okay, but the man merely waved him off and hurried to the table. As Malachite watched, Jadeite circled around to the far side of the table and quickly sat in the chair next to where Reigan had just seated herself. She did not look pleased to say the least.

Taking a seat at the head of the table, Malachite groaned. This could be a really long meeting, he told himself. Jadeite, on the other hand, was quite pleased with himself. Last night after the ball, he couldn't stop thinking about the Mars Princess. Granted, when he returned to his room, he took a fair amount of ribbing from Zoi, because his lip had swollen up quite nicely, and this morning it was still swollen and colored. But regardless of that, he couldn't forget how she smelled or the sensation of her body against his own, and the texture of her skin under his hands. And he certainly couldn't forget what it was like when he kissed her, how he hadn't wanted to break the kiss despite her protestations.

Now this morning when he walked into the study and had seen Reigan standing with her back to him unaware of his presence, he couldn't help himself. He had certainly had worse injuries, though it was hard to recall any at the moment, but between her elbow unfortunately managing to find the most painful spot possible and him being totally unprepared for it, it had hurt.

When Malachite asked them to be seated, Jadeite immediately recognized the potential of every one sitting at once. It meant that if he sat next to Reigan, she couldn't get up and move. And as he sat down, apparently she realized it too as first she glared at him and then turned away, staring pointedly at the head of the table towards Malachite.

Jadeite would have rather had Zoicite on Reagan's other side because Nephrite—though Jadeite outranked him—had a tendency to be a bit more ‘responsible' than the more relaxed Zoicite. But at least this way, Reigan and Nephrite were in front on him in regards to the head of the table, which made it easier to pester her and block Nephrite view, preventing him from interfering.

The meeting began. Jadeite snagged a lock of the black-violet hair upon his ring.

~~*~~

"Go away and leave me alone!" Reigan threw her book down as she turned to face Pheadon and Daimon.

"But, Reigan, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong, I'll tell you what's wrong! You two setting me up with the pig last night. That's what's wrong! How dare you."

"Did he not dance well?" Daimon asked innocently.

"Get out!"

Pheadon took one look at his cousin's stormy face and knew she was beyond rage and if he was smart, he and Daimon would leave her alone for a few days and let her calm down. Sensing Daimon had reached the same conclusion; he offered a slight bow and beat the quickest path to the study entrance as fast as he could while maintaining his dignity. Reagan's temper was legendary, and when it flamed up, it was best to get out of the way – On Mars, it was expected and people knew how far they could go with her, but here on the Moon, there were many servants who seemed to live in constant fear of Reigan and her temper. Very few people were spared the full brunt of her wrath. Daimon and Pheadon were at the top of that very short list. But apparently, they had managed to cross that line last night, but listening to the stories of just the events of last night and this morning they had decided it was worth a few days of the Princess's displeasure.

As they left the study, Reigan's exhalation of frustration had followed them as it echoed throughout the corridor. They would later agree that it would take at least a week for her to calm down.

"Good afternoon."

"Well, speak of the devil." Pheadon quickly recognized General Jadeite.

"Good afternoon, General. May I assume that is Reigan's handiwork?" he asked nodding towards Jadeite's split lip.

Jadeite cautiously raised his hand to feel his lip before answering, "She has a mean slap."

"Watch out for her right hook."

"I can imagine… Do you by any chance know where she's at?" he asked, looking past the twins, missing the look the two exchanged, before answering him.

"She's in the Mars Study -- first door down on the left."

"Great, thanks, see you later."

The twins watched as the blond man walked past them and headed straight for the study where Reigan was located.

"You know, she may never speak to us again."

"Mhm, but so far it's worth it."

Jadeite quietly entered the room that Daimon had indicated and took a look around. The room was a cross between a small library and a private study. Bookcases lined the walls and shelves were scattered throughout the room. Tables everywhere had various instruments and objects placed upon them. Chairs and couches were everywhere and Reigan was curled up on one of these couches in the center of the room with a book in her hands.

"What do you want?" she asked without looking up, venom dripping from her every word.

"Just seeing what my favorite girl is up to."

"I am not your girl… and what I'm doing is none of your business," Reigan snapped as she slammed her book shut, setting her feet upon the floor and sat bolt upright, but hadn't risen from the couch.

"Relax, sweetheart." Jadeite moved around the back of the couch behind her and reached out to touch her shoulders, but as soon as he touched her, she sprang out of the chair, facing him -- eyes blazing, "I don't know who you think you are, sir! But you have a lot to learn," she snapped. Jadeite was fascinated. She was already extremely beautiful, but her beauty intensified when she yelled -- no-hold-barred -- she was absolutely captivating, "You will not touch me again, or I will have you arrested!"

"Did I do something wrong?" he asked innocently. Jadeite hadn't thought Reigan's face could be any redder, but as soon as he finished speaking, her face took on a whole new shade. And it seemed she was too mad to even speak, as she opened her mouth and then snapped it shut again. She glared at him for a moment or two before marching past him and out of the room.

‘Gods, she was great.'

I do not own Sailor Moon. Someone else claims that right. This story, however, is of my own creation and I would apprieciate it if no one copied it, without my permission, at least. If you have any other questions please feel free to ask me.

Again, thanks to Galena-Steel, Loki, and Ducky. Questions, comments, or did you find a mistake that somehow still made it into the story? Please review and let me know.

I'm working on getting chapter 3 out as quick as possible, but seeing as I totally butchered the last deadline I set, I'm not giving out a deadline.