Roubando o Seu Coração
Chapter One: New Mission
So, I'm back with a new story I've been working on. I didn't get a lot of feedback from my first, and still unfinished, story....and I'll probably not get a lot of feedback with this one was well, but I like the characters from my childhood and decided to attempt a story on them. So, here it is!
"-means talking
'-means thoughts and italics means a flashback, or memory
Disclaimer- Nope, I don't own Saliormoon.....
"Pick straws." The young, blonde haired woman exclaimed. She, along with four other women, were sprawled across a small bedroom. "Or strings, those work as well." She was laying down on the bed, her upper body hanging off of it, near the floor.
"I told you guys I wouldn't do it. Ever." One of the younger women said stubbornly. She was sitting on top of a wardrobe, one of her legs was hanging off of the side, the other she was using as a headrest. She blew away some of her dark, ebony hair out of her face before continuing. "Plus, I don't wanna ruin all the fun for Minako."
The one called Makoto pushed off of the wall she was leaning on. "You know, with an attitude like that, we'll never be able to pull it off."
"Lighten up, being serious all the time is no fun! You gotta be more bubbly!"
Usagi pushed against the wall, getting off of the bed and into a handstand. Minako pushed Usagi's legs, making her fall to the ground. Both girls burst out laughing while Rei rolled her eyes. She jumped off of the wardrobe, landing near Usagi's head.
"I think you're hyperactive and bubbly enough for all of us." Rei pointed down at Usagi, who swatted her finger away as she grinned. "Guess you're right."
"So, these 'magical sticks' will pick the lucky winner?" Minako joked, trying to change the subject.
"I told you, I'm not doing it." Rei plopped down on the bed, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Quit being such a stubborn ass. We're picking sticks-"
"Straws." Usagi corrected.
"Whatever. The point is, you don't get to choose." Makoto said, her tone like a mothers. Usagi snickered at Rei's expense.
"Usagi, would you go get the straws for us?" Smiling innocently, Makoto pointed to the door.
"Like I have a choice." Usagi grumbled, getting up from the floor and heading out.
"I always thought you liked doing it." Rei smirked mischievously while looking at Minako.
Shrugging her shoulders Minako said, "It gets old after awhile."
"Why do we have to pick straws? We could just use the computer to pick someone by random." Ami, the youngest one of them all, said after being quiet up until now.
"No, you could just program it to pick me. Not happening." Rei knew she was acting childishly, but she would not go down without a fight.
Ami sighed, shaking her head. "You're hopeless."
Usagi walked back in carrying four sticks. The four women eyed the sticks in her hands. She smiled sheepishly. "So I couldn't find straws or strings, so sue me." She stuck out her hand, with the sticks in it, towards the other four. "On the count of three, we'll all pick."
"Yea, yea. Let's just get it over with."Grumbled Rei.
"One... two... two and a half... two and three quarters... two and-OUCH!" Usagi rubbed the sore spot on her head where Rei had smacked her. "Patience is a key element you need, you know that?" Usagi pouted, still rubbing her head.
"Yea, well, acting childish is something you need work on!" Rei barked back.
"You're one to talk." Minako pointed out.
"Could we just pick sticks, I'm getting bored." Makoto yawned and stretched out.
"This time, I'll count." Ami snatched the sticks out of Usagi's hand, mixed them, and started to count. As soon as she said three, all five women yanked at a stick.
"Aww shit!" Rei held out her stick which, by the looks of it, was smaller than the rest.
Usagi, Makoto, and Minako started laughing hysterically and even Ami started to laugh, but she tried to stifle her laughter by covering her mouth with her hand.
"It's not funny! Rei gritted her teeth in annoyance.
"Ha ha ha! Yes it is!" Usagi managed to say in between fits of giggles.
"You guys totally cheated!" Rei looked back down at her stick, got mad, and tossed it aside.
"No we didn't!" Minako picked up Rei's stick from the floor and held out hers towards Rei, who smacked them away angrily.
"Yea, you totally lost, fair and square," Usagi pointed to the sticks. Rei narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest.
"C'mon, we gotta go see Mr. Artemis."Ami said while walking out of the room, not really wanting to be part of the squabble.
"Briefing?" asked Minako as she walked out followed by Usagi, who had her hands tucked behind her neck.
"Yup." Makoto walked out a little ways, noticed that Rei wasn't following, and stopped. "You coming Hino?" She asked, using Rei's last name.
She just mumbled incoherently, but walked past her.
"Blah, blah, blah . . ." Echoed the distant voice of Artemis. At least, that's what it sounded like to Rei. 'Have to pay attention. Gotta pay attention . . . too dull . . . way too boring.' She tried to pay attention, but her mind kept drifting to what was to come. 'I hope he's not old. . . ewww, that would be so gross! Please don't make him be a pervert either . . . that would be hell! Or . . . gah! I've got to stop thinking about that! Stop it, stop it, stop it!' She screamed at herself. 'Oh, great! Now I'm talking to myself! I've gone nuts!'
She decided to distract herself by counting the dots on the tiles of the floor.
'These briefings are soooo boring! They're a waste of time. Skip to the good parts already! He knows I can't sit still for a long period of time! He does this on purpose, I just know it!' Usagi wrote down yet another sentence of notes. He made her take notes to keep her busy and focused. She scribbled something else down, then decided to doodle. She started to make a penguin, but didn't like it, so she scratched it out. After awhile she got bored again and moved on to folding papers. Her notes soon turned into a paper football.
Looking around the room for someone to flick it to, she spotted Rei starring at the floor. She aimed and flicked the paper football at Rei's head. It struck her target and she giggled as she mouthed "touchdown". Rei gave her an annoyed look. She quickly did her puppy dog look and mouthed "pretty please?!".
Rei rolled her eyes as she sighed in defeat. "Whatever," she mouthed back before flicking the tiny football towards Usagi. Usagi caught the paper and gave Rei her famous smile. Rei rolled her eyes but couldn't help but smile with her.
Humming to herself, Makoto tapped her fingers to the beat of the song. Ami shot her her best annoyed look making Makoto stop tapping. 'Oh Brother!' She began to sing another song in her head, unconsciously tapping her fingers again. Ami turned around and gave her another look, this one saying, this-is-important-so-stop-tapping. Smiling sweetly, Makoto tapped harder to annoy her.
Ami narrowed her eyes, which made Makoto laugh. Ami scoffed at her but turned around.
Makoto laughed to herself and glanced around. Seeing Rei and Usagi flicking a paper football, she decided to join them. She grabbed a pencil and threw it at Usagi, who yelped in surprise when it hit her arm. She pouted as she looked over at Makoto, who pointed to the football in Usagi's hand and then at herself. From the look Usagi was giving her, Makoto knew she didn't understand her. 'Wow. She's a stupid child!'
Rei, on the other hand, understood. Getting Usagi's attention, who had flicked the paper after not knowing what Makoto wanted, Rei passed the paper to Makoto. Makoto smiled, flicked the paper to Usagi, and laughed when it hit her in the head. The three young women began to flick the paper around in a circle.
Ami glanced at the three and rolled her eyes. Sure, the briefing was always boring, up to the end, anywise. That's when the real briefing came to play. Right now, Artemis was just telling them what they did wrong last time and how they could improve this time. She was the youngest, yes, but she rarely acted her age. Usagi was enough trouble for them, they didn't need her acting childishly either.
It wasn't like she didn't like goofing around, but someone had to pay attention. All five of them worked for "the boss", a woman they had never met, at least not them in particular. Artemis would see her occasionally.
Minako looked at Artemis, who wasn't bad looking. Being 6'1'', having blonde hair and dark blue eyes, and a smile that was charming had its perks. He was cute, she had to admit.
Flirting didn't help though, seemed to her he was clueless when it came to females, that or he was too busy with work. She blinked and turned her sapphire eyes to his blue one's. He met her stare and gave her a friendly smile.
He looked over at the other four young women and laughed out loud. "Guess I bored you guys to death, huh?" His voice was laced with amusement.
Usagi looked guiltily at the tiny paper football in her hands. "Gomen, but I just couldn't concentrate."
He grinned, his smile holding an amused look to it. "No, don't be. I'd be sleeping if I was at the receiving end. But let's get to the juicy part, shall we?" He winked at Minako, who smiled.
"This, girls, is your next mission." As he said this, the lights dimmed and a photograph of a young man in his early twenties, showed up. He had blonde hair that fell around his eyes, which where a cerulean blue. He had a boyish look to him and plastered on his face was a grin.
Minako whistled and all the women laughed. Usagi made cat calls, while Rei rolled her eyes. "Wow. Sounds like you guys never saw a hot guy before."
"Not on a mission." Ami pointed out, her cheeks turning a slight red color.
"Yea, most of 'em are old farts." Usagi licked her lips, a habit she had since they could remember.
"Or assholes, either one." Makoto smiled.
"And might I point out, Rei, that you said 'hot guy', which means you also think he's good enough to eat." Minako smiled mischievously at Rei.
Rei scoffed, her violet eyes flickering. "He's probably a jackass."
"A very rich jackass." Artemis smiled. He was used to their bickers.
"So, we're after his money?" Rei raised a delicate eyebrow. "That's kinda dull."
"No, we're not after their money. They don't have a lot."
"But you just said he was rich." Confusion was written all over Usagi's features. She failed to pick up the "they" and "their" part of the sentence.
"And you just said their and they. Is there more of them?" Ami asked, the only one catching the difference in the sentence.
"Most of them are worth a lot, was what I meant. And yes, this is a multiple mission. There's five of them, to be exact."
"So they, as in the guys, are royalty then." Ami stated more than asked.
"Yea, he is. Four of them are princes and one of them is a king." Artemis smiled down at Ami. She was the brightest and smartest of all five women, although she was the youngest. Rei, Usagi, and Ami were all the same age, Rei being the older of the three, followed by Usagi, and then Ami. She was the most quiet and was always kind. Her blue hair fell down around her chin and her blue eyes sparkled with intelligence beyond her years. She also had a few freckles around her nose.
"So, what's so important about this guy?" Usagi paused, licked her lips and then asked, "Can we see pictures of the other guys?"
Artemis couldn't hold in his laughter and burst out laughing, tears stinging his eyes. Usagi, she was one hell of a woman. She was sweet, clumsy, kind, naive, and lazy, but acted childishly most of the times. She was afraid of almost anything, but when something endangered her four friends, she fought with all her heart. She always proved herself in the long run. Her long, blonde hair was put into two distinctive rolls on her head and fell down almost to her feet. Rei named her "meat ball head" because of what it looked like. She also had crystal blue eyes, which always held happiness in them.
"These men are important because they hold in their possession four moon stones and the moon crystal." As he spoke, the pictures of the men showed up, each picture having a smaller picture with the stones on it.
"Stones and crystal, huh? Most be worth something." Rei looked closely at the smaller pictures with the different colored stones on it.
"Yes, the stones are worth a good 15 million each, while the crystal is worth twice as much."
"What are they called?" Usagi also gazed at the pictures.
"Well they really don't have a distinctive name. They're just named off of the planets Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury, and of course the crystal is called the Moon Crystal." Ami told them before Artemis had the chance too.
"Yes, what she said." He said as an afterthought.
"I didn't know they were real. I always thought they were folklore." Raising an eyebrow, Makoto looked at him, expecting an answer.
"Yes, well. . ." He glanced around nervously.
"No one knows for sure if they are real or not. All the people who did know have died a long time ago. All that's left are folklore or children stories. All that we do know is that whoever gets its hands on these stones will have immense power, but of course there is always a catch. Some say that only a select five gain the powers. In other words, it's not for everyone." Ami looked around and saw all eyes on her. 'Well,' she thought, 'that got their attention.'
"If this king really does have one-"
"Prince, he's a prince." Usagi pointed out.
"-stone, then he must be one of the generals." She concluded, ignoring the fact that Usagi had poked in.
"I'm starting to think Ami should take Artemis' spot in briefing us." Minako smiled at the face that Ami and Artemis gave her.
"Like a switch-a-roo!" Usagi giggled as she clapped her hands in excitement.
"Hold on. Why is this guy so important, and what kind of general is he?" Rei asked, sounding a little bit curious.
"Why he's important I'll tell you later on, but he's second in command to King Endymon, that's why he's a general." Artemis looked at all of them.
Rei was the hardest to judge. She rarely showed any emotion, and if she did, it was mostly anger or annoyance. She was also very hot-headed, temperamental, and sarcastic. She was always the one that started an argument. She was strong willed, independent, and a passionate fighter. She was very spiritual as well and always put her friends before herself. She also had a sixth sense about things, which they found out was quite accurate. Her beauty was beyond description, having dark ebony locks cascade down her back and reach almost to her feet and violet eyes. She was beautiful and she knew it, too bad she didn't like most men that gawked at her.
"Now back to the princes." The picture with the first prince appeared again, along with the red stone. "Prince Jadeite of the eastern lands. Like I said, he is second in command and around 22. He holds the stone of Mars. We are targeting him first because he is holding a sort of get together with the other generals and the king. In this get together, all the generals are bringing the other stones."
"So, why is he called a prince and not a king?" Usagi asked curiously.
"King Endymon is the king of the planet called Earth. Jadeite is his general and works under him, helping with the control of the lands. That's why he is the prince of the eastern land, not king."
"Oh, so who are the other generals?"
"I was about to get there until you interrupted." Artemis' eyebrow was twitching, while Usagi smiled sheepishly at his remark.
"Meet Prince Kunzite of the northern lands." The pictures flashed and the picture of Prince Kunzite appeared with the yellow stone. He had long, white hair and piercing aqua eyes. "He's the first commander and also the oldest, around 24, I think. He holds the stone of Venus. You guys will want to watch this one because he's the best they've got."
"Yea, you could say that again!" Minako exclaimed happily.
Minako, the leader of the bunch. Usagi and Minako had a lot in common. Both had golden locks and blue eyes, but Minako had more experience in the field. She was the first one he recruited, only being 14 back then. She was bubbly and sometimes a ditz but was confident and had an extroverted personality. She was very dramatic about things and tended to be a little love obsessed. She was also the oldest, just finished turning 22 four months ago.
"So, Minako's man is Kunzite. No one else can have him!" Usagi chirped, giving Minako a lopsided grin.
Artemis sighed, rubbing his temples. 'This is going to be a long day.' "Thanks Usagi for making that clear. Now back to the topic." The pictures switched again, this time the man had long, dark, wavy brown hair and blue eyes. The stone that was pictured with him was of a green color.
"Prince Nephrite of the southern lands. Third in commanders and second oldest. He uses the stars to guide him, more or less reading them. He holds the stone of Jupiter. Some say he's stronger than Kunzite, but that I don't know for sure."
"He follows the path of the stars, interesting." Ami said quietly.
"What do you mean by that?" Makoto asked, eying Ami.
"He might know we're already coming."
"Nani?!" Usagi almost fell off of her chair, surprised by Ami's answer. Luckily, Makoto steadied her chair before she did fall over.
"You sure?" Makoto asked.
"You guys don't have to worry about that. Sometimes the stars don't tell him much. I've already looked into it." Artemis said, stopping all the questions the women would've had. Ami looked a little skeptic, but kept quiet.
"Can we keep going, this is taking longer than what I wanted it to last." Rei looked at Artemis, almost telling him he could continue.
"Right. The last one is Prince Zoicite, who controls the western lands. He's the last of the commanders, but don't judge him because of that. He holds the Mercury stone. He's the intellectual one, the one that does all the planning and logical work. He's the wisest of the bunch when it comes to the mind. I'm guessing the reason he's the last general is because he's the youngest."
"Hey, look, one for Ami! They'd be a perfect couple!" Minako laughed as she watched her younger friend blush at the comment. Ami eyed the picture of the prince called Zoicite. He had long, blonde hair that was held by a loose pony tail, and beautiful emerald eyes. She blushed again, looking at the blue stone next to his picture instead.
"So what's the mission?" Makoto asked, her eyes sparkling at the idea of another mission so soon. Makoto, the second oldest and the tallest. She was 5"7 with brown hair and emerald eyes. She was the toughest of them all, not only physically, but her attitude during missions made the other women look up to her for strength. She was very protective of her friends, always defending them and making sure they were ok. She was the best cooker he every met and enjoyed making knew concoctions. At first glance, she looked like a tomboy, but those who knew her knew she was very feminine.
"Your mission is to infiltrate Jadeite's castle. You will be undercover for awhile, so you can get the feel of things before the party. You will find out where the stones are being held and steal them at the night of the party. You will find out why they wanted the stones and why show everybody the stones at this particular night. Find anything and everything that you can. I'll be accompanying you guys to this mission." He could hardly hold in his happiness at being able to participate in a mission. Sitting around all day was kind of dull.
"Sure you can handle five women?" Rei quirked her eyebrow.
"How bad can it be?" He asked, smiling.
"You sure about this?" Jadeite asked, almost sounding bored.
"Yes, positive. The stars have foretold it so." Nephrite sipped the drink in his hand.
"What's the final plan then?" Jadeite asked, this time sounding half interested.
"The minions of that bitch Beryl will come for the stones and we'll find out where she is hiding from the morons and then kill her." Kunzite said with no emotion except for the name Beryl, which he had spit out venomously.
"She may be a bitch, but she's not stupid." Jadeite snapped, his eyes blazing with furry with just thinking of that worthless witch. They had been at this for over a month and he was beginning to become restless.
"No, but her minions are. They'll fall right into our trap because of last time. They'll want to please her after failing again, so you know they won't ask permission." A smirk was plastered on Zoicite's face as he thought about the last attack they had endured.
"And what about the other force the stars told Nephrite about?" Mamoru asked his generals. They were all gathered around Jadeite's castle discussing their next attack on Beryl. Zoicite had asked for them to meet at Jadeite's home, and they had all came as soon as possible. And here they were, bored shit less if you asked him, making plans in destroying his enemy.
"We'll worry about them when they arrive. Anywise, Nephrite could always have read the stars wrong." Jadeite grinned arrogantly at Nephrite.
"Would you like to know how you die a slow and painful death?" Nephrite quirked his eyebrow at the younger blonde.
"Only if you mention how I get a hot babe and still manage to steal yours from under your nose." The blonde answered back triumphantly, his blue eyes sparkling with mischievous.
Nephrite snorted but managed a small smile. "Keep dreaming, Jed."
"As much as I find this amusing, I'd rather be doing other things than discussing your sex life," said Kunzite, his jaw clenching from trying not to sound too harsh.
"You mean lack there of." Zoicite teased his older friend. Mamoru and Nephrite chuckled at his words, looking over at the fuming blonde.
Jadeite bit back the harsh comeback that had crawled up his throat and threatened to spill out. Instead, he decided to say something more charming. "I'll have you know, I've banged more women than all you guys have put together." He smiled, knowing it was far from the truth, but still liking it all the same.
Zoicite made a disturbed face while Kunzite looked at him, irritation becoming apparent in his features. Nephrite and Mamoru just chuckled, knowing Jadeite was going to get it soon.
"We don't have time for you to be telling us how many young women you have 'banged'. Now, are you going to take this seriously, or will I have to knock some since into you?"
Jadeite suppressed the urge to roll his eyes. 'Can't the guy take a joke?' "I'm being serious now."
"Well, all we have to do now is send out invitations and hope they get word of it, yes?" Mamoru decided to change the topic before a storm blew over within his generals.
"Right. I'd say the party should be held in a good week or two. That will give us time to fix any minor glitches to the plan." Zoicite looked at all of them, waiting for their response. They all nodded their heads in approval and Jadeite sent for a writer to make the invitations.
Nephrite had a serious look about him and after the writer had left, said, "Now that we have that out of the way, I'd like to mention something." All eyes focused on him, awaiting some bad news from the look of things. "We need a new cook."
Mamoru nearly fell off of his chair and Jadeite burst out laughing. Zoicite looked at Nephrite like he had sprouted two heads and Kunzite still held the same facade.
"What's wrong with you, man!" Zoicite nearly yelled, "I thought it was going to be something important."
"It is!" Nephrite screamed back.
Jadeite, after wiping the tears from his eyes from laughing so hard, stood up and said, "You've got to be joking. We just hired a new one a few weeks ago."
"Well, I didn't like her."
"You fired her, didn't you?" Mamoru watched as Nephrite nodded his head. He sighed, rubbing his temples. She was the fourth one that month. "Fine, Jadeite will find someone new."
"While we're in that subject, we need a new librarian. The other one quite."
Mamoru groaned. "Why did she quite?"
Zoicite just shrugged his shoulders, not really wanting to tell the truth. He nervously glanced at Kunzite and knew that his older friend knew he was lying. He practically pleaded with his eyes, hoping Kunzite wouldn't rat him out. Kunzite just nodded his head and didn't say a word.
"Jadeite, make that a new cook and librarian." Mamoru got up and stretched. "Well, if that's all the hiring we need, I'll be off. I have to take care of some things before the plan starts taking its effect. I'll be gone no later than two days." He gave them a smile and disappeared out the door, leaving the four generals to themselves.
"Anyone want to train?" Jadeite got up and also stretched out. He needed to let loose today after sitting down for so long.
"You're ready to get your ass kicked again?" Kunzite grinned a little.
"Not today, Kunz." The younger blonde shot him his famous smile.
"I get winner." Nephrite said, shooting Zoicite a look.
Zoicite rolled his eyes. "As much as I'd love to join you guys, someone's got to do the hard work. Since you guys are worthless when it comes to actually using your brains, I'm left to do all the work."
"And you're so good at it." Jadeite said sarcastically.
"Like you're any better." Zoicite bit back, getting up and heading out the door.
Jadeite snickered after he left. "It's so easy to manipulate him."
"I'm really going to enjoy beating your sorry ass." Kunzite threw Jadeite a grin before disappearing and reappearing behind the blonde man. "Boo," he said, giving Jadeite a swift kick in the back that sent the younger man flying across the air.