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At her first break of the day, Mercury slipped from the Palace’s interior and headed outside – eager to spend a few minutes on her own by the pond on the South edge of the Palace’s borders. Venus requested that all of the Senshi meet her shortly on their training grounds for what would inevitably turn out to be a strenuous workout. So with little time to spare, Mercury, dressed in a lose fitting sky blue gown, sprinted out until she came upon her pond where she found someone already occupying her normal spot. Flowers grew in scattered spots around the serene pond, while at the north end sat two large boulders that balanced partially in the water and on the shore line. Zoicite was perched on one of the boulders with his feet resting on the other stone. Her eyes were immediately drawn to the exposed skin on his back. On the ground near him rested his jacket and cape in a sloppy heap.

“May I ask you something?” Mercury spoke up softly as she approached Zoicite.

He looked up to her from where he sat by the water’s edge polishing his sword. His eyes softened when he saw her and gestured for her to sit next to him on the large boulder. “Please, ask me anything. I have no secrets from you,” his eyes crinkled as he smiled teasingly at her.

She cast her eyes away towards the water as her cheeks tinged with pink. More often than not he would make passing comments intended to flatter her, though he normally ended up making her blush, a fact that did not go unnoticed by him. “I don’t mean to interrupt you if you’re busy,” she smoothed her dress as she very delicately sat herself on the other side of the boulder.

He admired the way her motions appeared smooth and fluid like the water that was her element. It wasn’t often that they would have time alone, but he savored the few times that they did. “Kunzite was kind enough to give us Shitennou some personal time this afternoon while Endymion was busy in meetings with Queen Selenity.”

“And so this is how you choose to spend it? Out here alone?”

“I’m not alone, I’m with you.”

“But you weren’t before.”

“That’s because I was waiting for you.”

“What if I never found you out here?”

“But you did and that’s all that matters.” He resumed polishing his sword, looking intently at the shining surface encased by its sharp edges. She had never really observed him using his sword as anything other than an ornament on his belt. The few times she had seen him fighting against the other Shitennou it seemed as though he had an endless supply of daggers tucked within the folds of his uniform. It amused her to see his playful side emerge during these staged battles. He didn’t fight like the other Shitennou, his form was more relaxed, though no less deadly. Jadeite was a dangerous force to reckon with watching him weld his two blades with amazing speed and accuracy. Nephrite battled with a single sword, but more often than not he would end his fights in hand to hand combat, using his physical strength to take out his opponents. What she found odd though was how she had never actually seen Kunzite do more than instruct the other Shitennou. Once she asked Zoicite why that was and he simply shook his head in response. She had heard that he was an impressive fighter and that no one had ever had the opportunity to claim victory over him. Minako said that she had seen him weld his sword once, and that even she had been impressed – which is a feat in of itself considering that despite their best efforts their skills were never up to her standards which resulted in endless hours of additional training. In a way she envied Zoicite that his leader was not as stringent as hers.

She continued to sit motionless next to him, watching his skilled hands move over the intricate details engraved on the blade, which brought her back to her current train of thought. Her eyes looked back over to where he sat next to her with his shirt off, his hair falling lightly over his shoulder and partially obstructing her view of the darkened skin underneath. “So may I ask you something?” she repeated.

“Anything.”

“Why a dragon?”

“A dragon?” He looked up to her light blue eyes.

“The one drawn on your back,” her eyes darted over to his shoulder where small details of the tattoo were visible.

“It’s something from a lifetime ago.”

Ami frowned slightly. “I don’t understand.”

“Before I became what I am now, I was someone else. I was a no one from a small village constantly raided by pillagers. When I discovered my fate I wanted to resist – I was afraid of what would happen to me. Kunzite was the first of the Shitennou that I met, and even on a good day he can be quite intimidating. I decided that I wanted something to remember myself by, something to remind me of the strength of my village.”

Her hand reached out shakily and she brushed his hair aside to look at the intricate design set into his skin. A magnificent serpentine dragon sat perched on a rock with its tail coiled around itself. The design itself wasn’t meant to be intimidating, but beautiful in its magnificence just like him. She brushed her fingers against his skin, studying the design and committing it to memory. His hand slowly moved up to encompass hers and she blushed at the contact. “I’m sorry to be so forward. This is the first time that I’ve seen you like this.”

“It’s ok,” he smiled comfortingly at her.

“I should be going,” she pulled her hand back from him. “Venus did not give us the day off like Kunzite did for you. But when I saw you sitting here I had to stop. Excuse me,” she rose from the boulder but remained in place by his soft gaze.

“Tonight is my turn to shadow Endymion.”

Ami smiled softly. “Tonight should have been Jupiter’s turn, but she asked me to trade with her. Perhaps we can talk more then.”

“Until tonight then,” he smiled before turning back to the sword in his hand, resuming his smooth stroking motion across the blade.



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