Part VI

"Yes?" she calls.

"Lemme in!" bellows her father's slurred voice.

"Crap," Diana mutters, "he's drunk. Jadeite, hide! I don't want him hurting you."

"But..."

"LEMME IN YA LITTLE BITCH!"

"Just do it, I can handle myself when he's like this."

With that, Jae flees into the bathroom as Diana opens the door to the strait haired drunk man.

His dark blond hair's a mess and his brown eyes are bloodshot.

He violently shoves Diana aside and comes raging in.

"WHERE IS HE?!?"

Jae feels his heart start pounding harder and faster in his chest when he hears this beast bellow that.

"Where's who?"

"THAT DARK HAIRED BASTARD NAOMI SAID YOU PUT UP TO TOUCHING HER!"

"Father, I'm sorry, but I'd never do anything like that!"

Jae peeks in just in time to see Dianaís father make a grab for her.

He snags her gi jacket as she dances back, putting it out of her belt and open. She's not wearing a bra, Zoi had removed it because it was getting in the way.

"YOU LITTLE SLUT! HE'S HERE AND YOU WERE SCREWING HIM!"

"Father, you're drunk."

"I AM NOT!"

Diana stands in a ready stance, her jacket hanging open, forgotten in her concentration on her dangerous drunken father.

"Yes, you are."

Diana's calm voice only seems to enrage him more, and he makes a vicious grab for her.

Just as he's about to grab her, Diana leaps up into the air and over him, striking a nerve bundle on the back of his head with a delicate looking knuckle to knock him out.

Diana's mother, a redhead looking like a supermodel, looks in just as he slumps to the ground in a limp pile.

"He's drunk again?" Diana's mother asks, totally ignoring the state Diana's in.

Diana sighs and nods.

The supermodel look-alike rolls her eyes.

"Take him to our room and then clean up this mess, I'll take care of the rest."

Diana nods again and hoists the muscular man up onto her back with a grunt.

She returns to her room within a few moments and closes the door behind her.

She jumps about a foot and spins to face Jae.

He puts his hands up as a sign of peace.

"Oh! Jadeite! You startled me..."

Jae nods and gently pulls her jacket closed around her, doing his best to ignore the feelings seeing her bare breasts provoke in him.

"I'm sorry, Diana, I didn't mean to. Are you all right? He didn't hurt you, did he?" he asks her, smiling slightly at her blush as she reties the belt that holds her jacket shut.

"I'm ok...just a little embarrassed," Diana answers, unable to meet his eyes as she starts trembling with reaction.

"Are you sure...? Diana," he says softly, "you're shaking like a leaf."

She nods, swallowing convulsively. "Just...reaction."

He nods, instinctively drawing her into his arms.

"It'll all be ok," he says softly, letting her lean against his chest, resting his arms around her.

"I hope so," she whispers softly, huddling against him.

A few hours later, Jae is bowing humbly before Queen Beryl.

"Jadeite, have you found out why the dark crystal reacted to this Diana in the manner it did?"

"Not as of yet, my Queen," Jae answers, keeping his gaze on the floor.

"Well, what have you been doing all this time with her?! Playing Twister?!"

"No, my Queen. I have been learning about her and her family."

"Well? What have you found out?"

"She is a warrior, self trained. First dan in the martial art of Aikido. She's testing for the rank of second dan tomorrow morning. Her parents do not approve of her studying the martial arts and have confined her to her room for the entire week.

Her family does not appear to care for her and her father has on occasion beaten her badly enough to break bones."

"Hmm, interesting. Anything else? Our plan appears to be working?"

"There is nothing else, and yes, our plan appears to be working, she seems to be falling in love with me."

"Good. What was she doing when you parted company?"

"Sleeping."

"Excellent. Report back when you have learned anything new.

Dismissed."

Jae bows and kisses Beryl's hand before teleporting away.

"Kunzite!"

Kunzite appears within the next few moments.

"My Queen," Kunzite intones, bowing humbly to Beryl.

"I have a mission for you."

"Anything my Queen."

"Follow Jadeite and make sure he does his job. If anything happens that does not fit into the plan, tell me."

"Yes, my Queen."

"Dismissed."

Kunzite bows and kisses Beryl's hand before rejoining his lover.

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