Part I

Diana yawns softly and stretches, trying not to wake her sleeping lover.

Jae murmurs something, pulling Diana closer to his body, burying his face in her thick, silky hair.

"Oh...don't go, koibito," he murmurs, nuzzling her neck.

"Mmm...but if we continue this line of thought, I end up being late to that test," Diana whispers back.

"That can wait, can't it?" he whispers, moving his hands over her smooth skin under the covers, and nibbling on her neck.

"Ohh...hai...I mean, iie! It can't, you know how angry Rei-chan and Sensei get..."

"Hai...but wouldn't you rather stay with me than with those sourpusses?"

"Hai, I'd choose to stay with a kawaii guy, namely you, if I didn't have to do this...now...let me up?"

"Awww..." he says, pouting kawaiily, as he lets her up.

"Oh..." Diana says, after freeing herself from his arms and the covers, looking down at him, lying there and pouting.

She leans down to kiss him, which turns out to be a mistake, seeing as he wraps his arms around her slender waist, pulling her close.

"Mmph.." she breaks the kiss, "Jae!"

He chuckles and lets her up, "Ok, ok.."

She giggles, standing there nude, her fiery hair flowing down around her shoulders, gazing down at him lying there, the morning sunlight turning his hair into strands of spun gold as well as accentuating the musculature of his chest, shoulders, arms and stomach.

"Anyway, don't you have a meeting with Endymion-sama about that representative from the Black Hole worlds this morning?"

"Ah! You're right!"

He jumps up and leaps for the bathroom. Diana beats him by a hair.

"I'll be right out!" She calls back, teasingly.

"Aww, Diana!"

He hears water running, and teleports in behind her, wrapping his arms around her middle, causing her to shriek in surprise.

"Jae!!!" She shrieks before bursting into giggles as he roars with laughter.

She turns in his arms and looks up into his humor filled sapphire eyes.

Soon those same eyes are full of passionate love, and they are sharing a passionate kiss.

His hands carress her water slickened skin, sending thrills of pleasure through her body.

She returns the favor, savoring the feel of his smooth, pale skin under her strong, gentle hands.

"Oh, koibito, I never want this to end," Jae whispers, moaning deep in his throat.

"Neither do I, Jae," Diana whispers back, adding her own moans to his.

As their passion grows, so does the bond between them.

Soon Diana of the Earth and Moon kingdoms and Jadeite of the Earth kingdom become one as the warm water from the shower cascades over their bodies.

 

Diana and Jae do eventually make it to their appointments, both, however, late.

Jae lucks out, seeing as the meeting ends up starting late anyway.

Diana on the other hand ends up getting quite the tongue lashing, and after passing the test, had to scale three mountains at a sprinting pace as punishment for being late.

Hours later, she returns to the rooms she and Jae share, sweaty, disheveled, and sore.

As she throws herself to the ground, sprawling out by the chair Jae's sitting in. He looks up at her from the papers he was reading over, startled.

"By Serenity, love! What did they do to you? You're a mess!"

"After the test, which they made much harder than necessary, I'm sure of it, but I did indeed pass, they made me go up and down three mountains at a sprinter's pace," she groans, "I'm going to be sore for weeks if I don't get a bath."

He chuckles softly as she blinks, only now noticing his dress uniform, complete with cape.

"What's with the dress uniform, love?"

"We're meeting that delegate from the Black Hole worlds in an hour, remember? I was wondering if you were going to be back in time."

"K'SO!" Diana curses, bolting to her feet, wincing as she feels numerous pulled muscles, "looks like I won't have time for that bath, ne?"

Jae stands, towering over her by nearly a foot, and pulls her close.

"I'll just have to give you a nice massage," he whispers sensuously into her ear, then tracing the outer edge with his tongue.

She shivers and whispers back into his ear, "You'll have to make good on that, baby, but later," she nibbles on his earlobe before pulling back and smiling up into his sapphire eyes.

He smiles back into her bright green eyes, "I had your dress uniform washed for you, beloved, I know how busy you've been lately."

"Gods! I didn't even realize it was still dirty! Thank you, love," she stands on tiptoe and gives him a quick kiss on the cheek, "what would I do without you?"

"Greet an important foreign dignitary in a dirty uniform, thus insulting her and starting an interplanetary war," he answers with a wink.

She giggles and pulls back, I'll be ready in a little bit, seeing as meeting her while still sweaty from a workout would have the same affect."

He chuckles and lets her free to take her shower and get ready.

 

Within the hour, Jae and Diana were standing with Ziosite, Kunzite, Nephrite, Prince Endymion, Princess Serena, Queen Serenity and all of the Sailor Senshi by the landing site where the dignitary's ship was going to land.

Serena smiles nervously at her mother and the rest of the group.

"I've never met a real alien before," Serena suddenly chirps, "I wonder what she will be like."

"She'll probably be very exotic," Endymion comments.

"I bet she'll be weird," Jupiter speaks up.

"Personally, I cannot wait to meet her, I'm sure she has much to teach us about her worlds," Mercury softly speaks up.

Suddenly, the faint, high whine of a sleek, pitch black, LARGE ship is heard.

Diana and the rest look up at the hug, sleekly graceful ship as it slowly descends.

"Hush now, she may be insulted to find us speculating about her, and we're about to find out what she is like," Serenity says in her gentle voice.

Just then, the ship touches down, wind whipping hair, capes and skirts around as there's the sound of pressure locks being opened. A door drops down from the underbelly of the ship, forming a ramp for the long awaited and much wondered about dignitary.

Part II
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