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Chapter: 1

Rei couldn't believe what Jadeite just told her! That man! She was beyond speechless. How dare he tell her:

"My, you're quite shallow, aren't you?"

"Shallow? SHALLOW?" she shouted at him. "I'll show you shallow!"

'Touched a nerve, didn't I,' Jadeite thought smugly, as Mars threw a fireball at his head.

He, dodging, that fireball fueled her anger further. She turned around and began stomping away knowing she might burn the entire garden and nearby building down.

Momentarily relieved, Jadeite leaned against the tree he'd been standing under, closing his eyes. "A little close that time, but at least that temper of hers hasn't changed," he chuckled softly, drifting off to dreamland where his Mars still smiled at him.

Mars, on the other hand was fuming. How dare he even suggest that she was shallow! She wasn't at all. Surely not! Yes, she was a princess of her own planet, but that didn't make her "shallow". She cared deeply for her princess and protected Serenity with her life! She also cared about and for the citizens of Mars, the planet her parents ruled with an iron fist! If anything, that blond man was the shallow one! She nodded to herself and stormed back to where Jadeite was. She would make sure to give that arrogant man of piece of her mind!

So it was that one curly blond Shitennou was roused from his sleep, his eyes flickering open one by one to glare up at the vision of beauty, whose gaze threatened to burn him to cinders. He chuckled slightly, "Dreams have got nothing on reality," he muttered with a sleepy grin.

She huffed angrily crossing her arms. "And what's that supposed to mean?" she challenged. Her violet eyes narrowed dangerously at the man daring him to insult her once again.

He smiled a little more. "You'd probably kill me if I said this to you, but those eyes of yours put diamonds to shame."
He leaned back again, becoming comfortable at the base of the tree, and closing his eyes with a content expression on his face.

"Huh?" She blinked her eyes, confusion crossing her features. "Wait, what?!" She was at a loss for words that she had to take a step back and think. This was Jadeite, who in her books deserved the award for biggest jerk in the world, and he gave her a compliment? This made no sense to her.

Jadeite yawned wide, opened his eyes and patted the spot next to him.

Now he wanted her to curl up and lay right next to him? Why was he being so lazy anyways? She scoffed still not wanting to give in to this... this man. "Don't you have a job to do like protecting the prince?"

But Jadeite raised an eyebrow at her, saying, "Does your princess have you on duty all the time?"

Touche.

But she would never tell him that. She didn't want to give him the satisfaction of knowing he was right. Then a thought came to her as she hid a sly smile. She gave an exaggerated sigh and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Fine. Whatever. You're right Jadeite."

That actually threw him for a loop for a minute, but he'd long since mastered concealing his emotions so he just smirked at her. "I know I am."

She casually made her way over to a protector of Earth, carefully adjusted her body so she could sit right next to him, one side of a body touching the other, and leaned her head against his shoulder closing her eyes.

Outwardly Jadeite continued to smirk, but inwardly he was cheering. The fiery princess of Mars had been a handful at first, but the more time he had spent with her, the more he looked forward to their encounters. These days their spats were more playful than antagonistic, though he was still annoyed she had rebuffed his advances...until now. 'Ice princess...PFF.'

It was when she felt Jadeite become comfortable and unsuspecting, she gave her devilish smirk. Her fingers were starting to burn with the smallest embers of molten fire. The hand closest to his cape gently touched the flamible fabric. She sneakily singed it to the point where it would ignite in small flames. She needed just a little more time to make sure she set his clothing on fire.

That's when she needed to further his distraction by moving her head just the slightest to plant a kiss on his jaw.

Blissfully unaware of her actions, Jadeite's grin widened, the warm heat expanding until it seemed to spread from neck to his chest...wait. His eyes suddenly shot open - SOMETHING WAS BURNING AROUND HERE! "YOOOOWWWW!" with a howl, he scrambled to his feet, ripping off his uniform coat, tossing it on the ground stamping on the burning article. When he managed to put out the fire, he turned around to find the guardian senshi smiling impishly at him, "Satisfied," he asked crossly.

"Very much so," she answered. She carefully stood up, dusted off her hands and turned to heave. "Mission accomplished," she muttered to herself with smug satisfaction. That will teach him not to mess with the Guardian of Mars!

Jadeite stared after her, feeling frustration burn up within him...but that soon went out the window as he watched her stroll away, her hips sashaying in an almost hypnotic manner. He sighed, running a hand through his curly hair with a smile. 'Ah to hell with it,' he muttered, chasing after her. "See you around, Fire bird," he said and swatted her on the ass, eliciting a cute squeak from the raven-haired senshi. 'And three...two...one-'

"WHAT THE HELL? JADEITE! YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW! I'll SHOW you what happens to people who dare to touch that area! Do you have a death wish?!" she began yelling with fire engulfing her hands fully. She began to make a full sprint after the man not caring who was around to watch the strange sight. Her vocalized threats of castration and mutilation continued to be spewed from her lips like lava from the top of an active volcano.

Jadeite was suddenly very grateful he was a Shitennou; one had to have incredible stamina when faced with the irate fire senshi and a lesser man would've run for the hills by now. But Jadeite was a glutton for punishment it seemed, so he took off with wide grin and laugh, leading her back to the palace all while hearing her spew promises of scorching him alive. But it didn't matter; his prince was in love, the kingdom was safe and now he had the most beautiful woman in the cosmos chasing him on a daily basis.

"...and I'm going to enjoy roasting you alive on a POLE!"

His grin widened until it hurt his face. Yes, life was good...