A revised version of a story I sent out a couple of days ago...Please I need
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	A Typical Day in The Negaverse (Dark Kingdom--whatever you want to call it)
By Ten'oh Kou, Prince of Dragons

	It was a normal day Jadeite reflected miserably.  Beryl had gotten mad at him
again for yet another failure that he had had no control over.  He sighed.
This was getting to be too much of a habit.  He went over his plan again.  It
had been perfect, before those damn scouts had come in and ruined everything.
Jadeite swore.  They must have some sort of way of tracking him, to be able to
foil his plot so easily.  He hadn't even been working in Tokyo this time and
Sailor Mars had still managed to show up at exactly the wrong moment.  Jadeite
berated himself, he kept underestimating them.  He sighed again and decided to
take a walk before trying to come up with another plan. Jadeite left his room
and walked towards the gardens.  He grinned.  Something he doubted any
outsider would guess was that the Dark Kingdom's gardens were magnificent,
more beautiful then any in the Ningenkai.  He'd be okay, the gardens would be
able to calm him when all he wanted to do was throttle those fukued brats. 
	A high-pitched chuckle stopped halfway down the corridor.  "Tired, Jeda-chan?
You must be after all that hard work you put into that plan of yours.  And it
all came to naught.  I think you might need some help, Jeda-chan.  How about a
partner."  Even though he'd recognized the voice immediately, Jadeite turned
around to look at the General standing behind him.  If his voice hadn't been a
dead give away, the long blond-copper locks would have been.  
	"What do you want Zoicite?" Jadeite coldly addressed the androgynous young
man.  Zoicite produced a small pink rose and leisurely walked towards him with
a smile.
	"I don't want anything Jeda-chan. You just seem stressed, that's all.
Kunzite and I were worried about you."  Zoicite smiled and quietly waited for
him to blow up at the nickname, like he always did.  Jadeite didn't say
anything, but just turned away. 
	Jadeite sighed again.  He was doing that a lot today, but it was very
cleansing.  "Where is Malachite anyway?  This time of day you to are usually
someplace private doing...Whatever the heck you two do in your spare time."
Jadeite was calmer then he usually was when Zoicite was around, but he still
couldn't hide the coldness in his voice.  
	"He's with Queen Beryl thinking up new ways to get energy," the androgynous
man smirked as he saw Jadeite's back stiffen.
	"They can't do that, that's my job!" Jadeite growled low in his throat.  He
turned around to face Zoicite, "How do you know about this?"  Zoicite grinned.
	"Its my job to know these things.  And if you want my advice Jeda-chan, you
better start doing your job, if you want to live that is."  The long-haired
General grinned like a cat who had gotten into the milk, at the look on
Jadeite's face.  "Ja ne, Jeda-chan.  And don't forget this little discussion,"
Zoicite made a small gesture and was instantaneously surrounded by cherry
blossom petals as he transported away, leaving only his irritating laugh to
fade away in the quiet of the corridor.
	Despite the fact that he was so angry he wasn't watching where he was going,
somehow Jadeite managed to end up at the gardens.  He was breathing heavily as
he sat down on the closest bench to get his wind back.  Although he really
didn't have the breath to spare Jadeite had to sigh again.  Damn that Zoisite!
He didn't need this irritation. He stood up and began to wander about the
gardens, picking a leaf here, a petal there.  Jadeite came to his favorite
part of the garden.  It was a small rose garden, that he'd had planted when he
first became a General.  He plucked a flower from a bush of blue roses that
was nearby and sat down idly twirling it in his fingers.  He usually began to
scream when the other Generals began to aggravate him like this, but today he
was just too tired.  After that failure in a place called Las Vegas (humans
have such strange names for things), Queen Beryl had berated him in front of
everyone.  He was just to tired to make a fuss about anything.  Jadeite's mind
drifted back to �Las Vegas� and the strategy that he had devised.  It had been
perfect.  Humans wasted so much energy on "gambling" and looking at the pretty
girls that were all over down there, that they didn't notice at all when he
stole it.   Unfortunately, Sailor Mars had appeared and it was over.  He had
to smile, thinking of how beautiful she looked as she glared at him, daring
him to hurt her.  Jadeite growled.  What was he thinking about, Sailor Mars
was the enemy!  ::no she�s not:: whispered rebellious little voice inside him,
::you think she�s incredibly gorgeous and--::  Jadeite shook his head.  Where
were these strange thoughts coming from today?   He was clearly exhausted that
must be why he was feeling so weird.   All he needed to complete the day was a
visit from *him*.
"Good afternoon Jadeite..." A familiar, and totally unwanted,  voice said
quietly close by.  Jadeite gulped.  
	"Ummm... Nephrite.  What do you want?"  Jadeite slowly began to back away
from the auburn-haired General, who was definitely getting too close for
comfort. A predatory smile grew on Nephrite's handsome face.  Jadeite took
another step back.
	"Guess." Nephrite whispered.  Jadeite realized his back was against a tree
now and tryed to inch around it; maybe he could get out of the gardens and
back to his room, where no one could enter unless they had his permission.
Nephrite pulled him close before Jadeite could get more then a couple inches.
"Koshi wa nani de mo shitte iru(1)."  Jadeite gulped again.  "Has anyone ever
told you, that you are the cutest person in the Dark Kingdom?!"  Nephrite gave
him a half-lidded look and Jadeite shuddered.
	Nephrite moved  even closer and wrapped his arms around Jadeite, letting his
hands rest on Jadeite's back and then began slowly moving them downwards.
"Nephrite..." Jadeite's voice trailed off as he realized where Nephrite's
hands were. He dropped the rose in shock.
	"Tell me you don't like it, and I�ll stop," Nephrite whispered.  He moved one
of his hands between them and slowly began to stroke Jadeite's chest.  Jadeite
gulped audibly.  Nephrite gave him an innocent smile, totally contrary to what
he was doing to Jadeite's body.  Jadeite's eyes were as wide as saucers, and
Nephrite lost himself a little in the blueness of them.
	"Gyaa...ummm...Nephrite...please..." Jadeite didn't seem to be much more
grounded.  At last he succeeded in getting his body to respond to his
commands, so Jadeite pushed Nephrite off of him and staggered to the other
side of the clearing.  "Leave me alone!" he finally managed.  Nephrite sucked
in a breath and let it out slowly.  The look in his eyes made Jadeite doubt
the promise Nephrite had made earlier to leave if Jadeite told him to.
	But Nephrite just lifted an eyebrow, smirked and disappeared.  Jadeite let
out the breath he didn't know he'd been holding.  He walked over to pick up
the abandoned rose and sat down on grass.  He closed his eyes, growled softly,
and tried to think of something he could do.  About ANY of his problems.  He
couldn't think of a thing.  "I probably just need to rest,"  he told himself
as he stretched out on the grass.  Jadeite yawned and stretched sensuously.
He put the rose on the ground close by and closed his eyes.  Soon he was fast
asleep.
	Moments later a tall figure with auburn hair again appeared in the clearing.
Nephrite took one look at the sleeping General and smiled.  He walked over and
picked up the blue rose Jadeite had placed on the ground and neatly tucked it
in his own hair.  "Sleep tight beloved,"  whispered Nephrite, "ai shiteru."
As he teleported back to his room, Nephrite thought, �just another day in the
Negaverse.�


(1) "The koshi know everything."  A pun on Nephrite's catchphrase "Hoshi wa
nani de mo shitte iru." ("The stars know everything")  Koshi refers to the
waist, hips, loins, and anything and everything in-between, all of which are
considered 'unclean' in Japanese culture. 
	Disclaimer: I actually got this line from a fan manga--If the author doesn't
want it in the story, please e-mail me and I will take it out!