It's Dawning Upon me Now Sequel to: Dawning of a New Day Original and Sequel By Blue Moon *** Opening Authors notes: Hello. Christmas as come and gone for me. I wanted to write something before it was over but it didn't happen. I started to write this sequel but then my hard drive died. I got a new one for Christmas though and it's far larger too so it's all good! Anyways, this story will be dedicated to all of the people whom wrote me about my other work. You guys are the reasons why I continue to write! Actually, I'm quite surprised as to the amount of positive feedback I get. I hope everyone had happy holidays. Disclaimer 1: I don't own any of the characters that are described herein other then the ones I create. I own the ones that I create but if you ask nicely, I'll probably let you borrow them for a little while. Disclaimer 2: This contains scenes of sexually explicit situations between two women. If you are offended by this, sensitive to this type of thing, please don't read it. If you may get in some sort of trouble for reading this, don't blame me..You brought it upon yourself. On with the damn thing already! *** Rei snapped her head up when she heard her name being called. She had been daydreaming about Serena...again. Rei looked around the classroom to find everyone staring at her. 'Not again!' her mind cried. She tried to repress the urge to ask what but it was a lost cause. "What?" Rei's teacher stood up from her desk. She had a calm expression on her face. "Rei. That's the third time this week. It's only Tuesday! Why have you had your head in the clouds so much lately? Your grades are dropping significantly, you know. Reports to your parents are going home soon. I know your grandpa won't be too happy when he sees your grades are way below average. Rei may I speak with you out in the hallway?" The teacher got up and waited for Rei by the door. Rei slowly stood up and walked over to her. The teacher opened the door for her and Rei stepped out and the teacher stepped out behind her, closing the door. "Rei. What's wrong with you? I know you would never get this hung up over a boy. Something's really bothering you. I want to help you because I know how angry your grandpa gets when your grades fall. At least can you tell me what's bothering you?" The teacher asked Rei and she put a reassuring hand on Rei shoulder. Rei was looking at her feet the entire time. "I really don't think you would understand." Rei said truthfully. Rei was never able to lie in the face of authority. Teachers and policemen alike. There were some things that she was able to lie about...like being Sailor Mars. Actually, that was different because she was never asked if she had a second identity. "You would be surprised at how much I understand. Please, I'd like to help you." Rei looked up from her feet to her teacher. Her teacher was fairly young as far as teacher's go. She looked about 27. Her long blue hair was attractive as well. She had a fairly nice bust and was very trim. She obviously did exercises to keep her body looking nice. Rei did find her attractive but nowhere near as attractive as Serena. No one would ever measure up to Serena's beauty. Since Quintis died, all her hopes of ever getting with Serena flew out the window. She would be damned to this torment forever. Someone she loved was so close yet so far away. Rei realized this just now and broke down into sobs. Her teacher just hugged her close, trying to comfort her as best as she could. She thought maybe it wouldn't hurt to ask the principal to give Rei a few days off. It looked as though she really needed it. After a little while, Rei had finally stopped crying. She still had a few sniffles left but she had calmed down for the most part. Her teacher finally let go of her at this point. "We've wasted enough class time. I'm going to take you out for lunch today and we can talk about it then if you want to, ok?" Rei sniffled once more and nodded. "Go to the bathroom and come back when you're ready ok?" Again, Rei sniffled and turned towards the bathroom. Rei heard someone ask once her teacher entered the room, "What's wrong with Rei?" Rei then heard the teacher's reply of, "I don't know but even if I did, it's none of your business!" And the classroom door was closed and she didn't hear anything else. Rei quickly returned to the classroom and the day proceeded without further interruptions. *** It had been nearly a month since Quintis died. Mina cried nearly everyday for about a week after she died. Now she only cried on occasion when something really reminded her of her. It had been such a disappointment to her. She had found that one person whom she could have lived the rest of her life with only for her to give herself up to stop someone with a great amount of power from killing more people to get to her. Mina would give up almost *ANYTHING* to have her back. One thing she wouldn't give up is her own life. She had a loving family and good friends. These were the only things that she wouldn't give up for Quintis. Mina walked past the new buildings that were built in replacement for the part of where the city was destroyed. Shortly after Quintis died, she just disappeared so they didn't have to bury her. Mina walked past this part of town. She would often stare at the moon and remember their relationship back on the moon, shortly before Queen Beryl attacked. Quintis had tried to protect her and gave up her own life trying. It was for naught, however as they all ended up dead and their spirits sent to earth to be reborn and fight against Beryl again...except this time, they had won. Mina was walking in front of the building that replaced the building Quintis had lived in. She glanced at her watch, 8:00pm. She still had an hour before she had to be home. The walk home from here was about 15 minutes if she went through the park. Mina decided that there wasn't any point in sticking around here so she left to the mall, which was only about 10 minutes away. Mina started to walk down a street and then turned a corner. Although it wasn't visible, the mall was at the end of this road. A roaring sound of a fast car could be heard. Mina looked down the road to see a Lamborghini Countash speeding down the road and swerving all over the place. At this time, the roads were empty and there were probably some rich American teenagers driving around in their car. Mina looked the other way to see someone crossing the street and they seemed to be carrying a rather large bag. They tripped and landed hard on the road. Mina looked back and knew that the kid would never make it back across in time. Barely thinking about it, Mina sprinted over to the kid who was just standing up. The car was speeding on forward. Mina gritted her teeth in effort as she ran as fast as she could. Mina shoved the kid as hard as she could but was knocked off balance and nearly tripped. Her time was up and although the kid was safe, she wasn't. The driver didn't see her until it was too late. They slammed the brakes on at the last second. Mina was hit in the knees and sent flying over the windshield where she rolled off and landed on the ground with a little rolling. The pain in incredible and the last thing she heard before she passed out was the kid yelling, "Oh my god! Oh my god! Someone! Help her!" *** Mina slowly opened her eyes. She didn't feel any sort of pain at all. She left this only to guess that either she was out for a very, very long time or she was dead. As the light flooded her eyes, she was blinded temporarily blinded by the bright light. As the light died down, she could see again. Mina was lying on something rather uncomfortable. She sat up and looked down. She had been lying on a clean, polished marble. Looking around her, she was in some castle. As she thought about it more, she started to recognise it. It was the Moon Palace. Unfortunately, this must have been after Queen Beryl's attack...all around her, there was rubble. It was obvious to her that someone had to be here, the area that she was lying on was completely cleaned off in a nice square just the right size for her. "Ah, you've finally woken up." Mina heard from behind her. She turned her head around to the familiar voice. Mina thought to herself, "There's no way it's her.. Is there?" Mina had to shift her whole body before she could see who it was. Her suspicions confirmed, she guessed that she must have been dead too. "Quintis.." Mina said, letting her breath out. "Yes?" Quintis inquired. "Is it really you?" asked Mina. Quintis paused for a moment before replying with, "Who else would I be?" "Good point. Am I dead?" Mina inquired. "No." Quintis replied simply, and turned around. Mina took note that while Quintis looked the same, she wore her blond hair the same way as she did on Earth, all of it was combed back with a few stray bangs that stayed in her face and she wore the odd green cloak. Out of the top of the cloak, Mina saw the hilt of a sword that was sheathed. She knew this because she could see a bit of the scabbard poking out the top of her cloak. Mina looked down at herself to find she was wearing the same clothes that she had been wearing that day. She had on her usual school outfit. "Are you?" Mina asked, looking up from herself. "You know." replied Quintis, a little harshly. Mina looked down at the ground in shame. It was a stupid question. She could at least hope however. Quintis turned around, and Mina could see tears streaming down her face. "I brought you here because I wanted to see you.. But you will have to leave pretty soon...and this is my only and last chance to see you again. I don't have very long to show you what I want to show you so please, come with me. Quintis turned around and started to walk away. Mina followed closely behind her, nearly tripping over a piece of rubble. There was a little circle of rubble and Quintis climbed over the rim and stood in the middle. Quintis dug in the ground and after a little digging, she produced a metal plate with the sign of Venus on it. The metal place was huge and it greatly surprised Mina that Quintis could lift it. "Now, we only have one chance every thousand years to do this. Basically, we don't want to mess up. The next chance will be at exactly 10:13pm.. You will wake up at 10:00pm. You have 10 minutes to get from the hospital to the top of my building. There, you will find a sheet of metal similar to this... Stand on it and shoot your Crescent Beam at the very middle of the moon at that time. You only have one minute from then to hit this sheet, I will be standing on it then. This will teleport me from the here to there. This is the only way we can be together ever again." was Quintis' long explanation. "I see. This will be our only chance?" "Yes...it's the only time that this side of the moon will be lit by the sun and be facing Tokyo at the same time for a thousand years. This plate and the plate on top of my apartment will be parallel to each other and the planes of reality will bend. This only happens once every thousand years." "Why don't we just send you back on a space shuttle when the next one lands on the moon?" this would be easier, Mina figured. Quintis' reply was, "Because this is an alternate dimension.. Notice that the gravity here is the same as Earth's? It's because this is a different reality. Your Crescent Beam can travel between the realities...it's the only thing that can. I'll have to wait a hundred years for the time to come. For you, it will be only 13 minutes. You get however many shots you want then but only for the minute of 10:13. At 10:14, it will be too late. I hope you have good aim." "A hundred years? If that's the case, I hope so too.. I don't want you to have to wait for me any longer then needed...a hundred years without you and knowing that in that hundred years, I could get to see you, I don't think I could stand it...will you be alright?" Mina asked, putting a hand on her lovers shoulder. "I don't have any choice...I'd rather wait 100 years for you then to never be able to see you again...I love you...more then life itself." Quintis put her hand on Mina's cheek and stepped closer to her. Mina looked into Quintis' eyes to see they have softened greatly and tears were streaming down her cheeks. "I love you too! I guess I should be glad I didn't commit suicide. I've missed you so much!" Mina hugged Quintis tightly and cried into her shoulder. Quintis hugged Mina back at tightly as she could. "When you get back, I'll take you out on our first official date.. Ok?" Mina offered with a chuckle. Quintis smiled and said, "I think I'd like that.." Upon seeing Quintis smile, Mina smiled too. She felt very good and warm right now...better then she had felt for a very long time. Mina bent her head back so she could kiss the taller woman. Quintis bent her head forward and their lips met. The kiss was gentle and light. Mina closed her eyes to soak in the feelings it invoked in her. As soon as she closed her eyes, she felt herself falling and Quintis lost from her grasp. *** Just as it seemed as though Mina was going to hit something, she shot up to find herself lying in a hospital bed. Her head, side and left knee hurt very badly. Mina looked around, knowing she wouldn't have much time. She found a clock, which read, 10:00pm. She looked at her arm to find an IV needle in it. She pulled it out as well as many of the other various wires and tubes that were covering her body. What was still attached to her, just fell out as she stood up and ran out of the room. There were doctors all over the place and one seemed to recognise her as he ran after her. Mina knew that she wouldn't be able to let him catch her...if he did, she wouldn't have the time to get there. Her side and knee hurt so badly though. As Mina ran past a window, she found that she was two floors above ground level. She continued to run down the hall and quickly found a staircase that led down. She ran down the two flights of stairs and out the side door. She ran across the parking lot as fast as she could. The mall was across the street which meant that Quintis' building was about a 5 minute run but in her current state, it would take her about 7 minutes to run it. Mina stopped for a moment. She would need to transform too and she could run faster and jump higher as a Sailor Scout. She ran as quickly as she could into a side alley where she pulled her Transformation Pen out of seemingly nowhere and chanted the magic words and she had turned into the Sailor Scout called Venus. The pain had been greatly dulled but it was still there. Sailor Venus ran out of the alleyway as fast as she could. She sprinted as fast as she could towards Quintis' building. Venus quickly turned around the last corner and Quintis' building was visible. Venus ran into the building and ran up the stairs as fast as her legs would carry her. Venus reached the top floor and face faulted. There was no way to the top of the building. Venus ran back down the steps and out of the building. She looked around as best as she could. Mina decided to try to jump to the roof. Mina found that she couldn't quite make it. She ran around the building and found a plank sticking out the side of the building about halfway up. Venus jumped on it and used it like a springboard and she easily jumped to the very top of the building. Sailor Venus looked around and smack in the middle, the metal plate with the symbol of Venus was there. Venus stood on it and looked at her watch. It read, 10:12pm and 50 seconds. She looked up at the moon, which looked rather large. It seemed unusually large in the sky. Sailor Venus pointed her finger to the moon and started to concentrate and aimed as carefully as possible. Venus heard her watch beep and yelled, "Crescent Beam Smash!" and a beam of light shot from her index finger. She waited a second after the shot went off...nothing. She yelled her attacks namesake again.. Again nothing. Venus was getting weak from these attacks and her bodies condition as it was before. Venus shot again and again. Still nothing. She glanced at her watch. She felt incredibly tired as she glanced at it. It said she only had 5 seconds left. She aimed as carefully as possible and at the last second, let her attack fly loose. Sailor Venus waited...and waited...and waited. And nothing. She glanced at her watch, which read; "10:13" and 15 seconds...she didn't get it. Mina let her arms flop to her sides and she fell to her knees in defeat. Her only chance for a thousand years and she messed it up...her aim wasn't good enough.. Or it was her judgment. Tears started to stream down her cheeks and the sobs came. Maybe that was nothing but a dream. But everything in the dream that was pointed out was right. This sheet of metal was here and all of the times were right. She was exhausted too. Everything was finally catching up with her. She doubted that she would be able to fire another Crescent Beam anyways. "Venus. Stand up. I've stopped time for the second being. You have one last chance." Venus looked up and seen Queen Serenity standing in front of her. Sweat beads forming on her forehead in effort. "What?" Venus looked at her watch, which read, 10:12pm and 59 seconds. "Take your shot.. aim carefully.. but not with your eyes... aim with your mind... don't take too long or it will be too late. Hurry." Looking back at Queen Serenity, Venus decided to try one last time. Serenity had her eyes shut tightly and her teeth gritted and sweat drenching her face. Venus raised her arm back towards the sky. Mina thought and concentrated on the moon as best as she could. Her mind was a tad foggy and unfocused. Mina shook her head, sweat beads flying off of her face. Then she felt it.. It was an impulse and it came just as Serenity yelled out for Venus to do it. "Venus Crescent Beam!!" and a thin yellow beam shot out of Venus' finger. Just after Venus shot her last beam, she collapsed from complete exhaustion but was caught in someone's arms. Venus strained her eyes to focus on the face in front of her. Her eyes did focus for a millisecond and she realized...she had won. Her eyes immediately unfocused and she heard Quintis say, "You did good Mina. Thank you." and Mina passed out from complete exhaustion. She passed out with a light smile on her face. A smile of triumph and happiness. She could be with the one she loved the most. *** Rei felt her day had amounted to nothing. Her teacher was persistent on what was on Rei's mind but she couldn't bring herself to tell her teacher what. Something was nagging at the back of her mind that telling her teacher would be a very bad idea. The teacher seemed to keep hinting to something but Rei couldn't figure it out. Now Rei had heard that Mina had been hit by a car while pushing some kid out of the road of a car that was going too fast. The kid was all right but a car creamed her. Now that Rei had just arrived at the hospital, she heard that Mina had woken up and now she had ran out of the hospital and she was apparently a tad psychotic. The doctors say they lost her as soon as she left the hospital grounds. Rei asked if anyone seen where she went and they told her that she went down the street. The street ended up at where Quintis used to live. Mina had stuck around there a lot lately so Rei decided to check it out. Once Rei got there, she seen a thin stream of light shoot in the sky towards the moon and it came from the building that replaced the one that Quintis used to live in. Rei ran over as quickly as she could, figuring that Mina was fighting a monster. It was odd because there were no explosion of lights other then that...and that last one seemed very weak. Rei reached the front door to the building and seen a silhouette jump off of the top of the building and land on the ground. Rei ran after it, being as unnoticeable as she could. When she was right behind the figure, Rei stepped on a stick that obviously alerted it to her presence. She felt something really cold on her neck and it seemed to be an edge of some sort. Probably a knife but then, it seemed too long to be one so she guessed it to be a sword. She froze, in plain out fear. "Who is this?" came an oddly familiar voice that Rei didn't expect to hear...ever. "Quintis?" Rei asked. "That's me, but who are you?" Quintis asked. "It's me, Rei. You know, Mina's friend." Rei felt the cold blade removed from her neck. Rei heard a sheathing sound and Quintis continued to walk away. Rei decided to keep up with her. "Rei...it's been a very long time. Where's the hospital? Mina needs help.. She's hurt." Quintis asked. "Umm.. You're going in the right direction.. sort of. Hey! Why are you here? I saw you die!" Rei exclaimed. "It's really hard to explain. Maybe some other time. I promised to get you with Serena, did I not?" inquired Quintis. Rei felt a deep blush spread across her cheeks and she gave an affirmative. "Even after a hundred years, I still remember that...surprising." Rei was confused. "A hundred years? It's been about a month!" Quintis understood and replied with, "No. While it may have been a month for you I had to wait a hundred long years." "Really.. That's a very long time. I know that I'll live longer then that but still..." Rei commented. There was a silence the rest of the way back. Quintis was thinking, "I hope that Mina will be ok. I really, really hope.. I don't know what I'd do if I found out that she seriously injured herself doing that..." Rei was thinking, "I wonder if she really can get Serena to like me. I hope so." *** Mina woke up really slowly. She opened her eyes but the light was very strong and she immediately closed them again. She tried to call out to someone but it came out as more of a moan. It alerted someone to her side whom immediately grabbed her hand. They said something but it was only garbled garbage to her. She tried to open her eyes again and again the light was too bright. She called out for someone to turn off the lights but again it came out as more as moaning. She heard what sounded like a question and she simply said, as clearly and loudly as possible. "Lights!" She felt some shifting around the room and felt the light level being drastically reduced. Probably turned off the lights and closed the curtains. Again, Mina tried to open her eyes. This time she could keep them open but everything was out of focus.. terribly out of focus. Mina started to worry. She couldn't hear right and she couldn't see either...she could barley talk and she still felt incredibly exhausted. Mina decided it best to go to sleep. She turned her head to the side, took a deep breath and then sleep quickly overcame her. *** "Wow! You say she woke up today? It was just last night that she was hit by that car and she was running around later that night too." the doctor exclaimed. "Yes. When do you think she will be good to go home?" Quintis asked. "Probably tomorrow...depending on how she feels. If she feels really good, we may be able to let her out tonight. No horse playing or anything like that for at least a week after she goes home. Make sure she gets lots of calcium...her bones may not have broken from that car hitting her but they are still very, very weak and fragile." the doctor explained. "I see. I'll be sure to pass that information on to her parents. Thank you." Quintis said and turned around and went back into Mina's hospital room. Mina was still sleeping and Quintis resumed her position of sitting on the chair next to her bed. After a few minutes, Mina's eyes opened and she groaned out in pain and a hand flew up to her head and she rubbed her forehead. Quintis walked over to Mina's bed and grabbed Mina's hand with her own and asked, "You with me now, Mina?" Quintis asked. Mina turned her head to look at Quintis. "Holy shit, my head hurts." Mina cursed. Quintis chuckled and Mina smiled, despite the throbbing pain in her head. "How do you feel?" Quintis asked lightly. "I'm sore all over and have a splitting headache...other then that, I've never been better." said Mina sarcastically although it did have a certain truth behind it. "I see. I'd kiss you everywhere it hurts and give you Aspirin but you're on stronger stuff then aspirin and the doctor says no fooling around until you're all better." Quintis said with a smirk. "I'd like that too but if it's doctors orders...then I will have to abide by it." Mina said with a smirk of her own. "So, when do I get to go home?" "Maybe tonight if you are feeling very good and meet the doctors standards but if not, then tomorrow morning." Quintis replied. Mina's smirk immediately disappeared. "I better get better by tonight! I don't want to stay here any longer then I have to." Her own smirk disappearing, Quintis said, "So do I. This chair isn't the most comfortable." Both girls chuckled at that but Mina grabbed her head and chest at the same time as laughing made her headache worse and her chest hurt more too. *** The doctors had decided that Mina was in good enough condition to go home but at the first sign of trouble, she was to be brought back in. The doctors explained that it was a miracle that she didn't have a single broken bone. Mina's parent's were away for the week and couldn't be contacted so that left Quintis to look after Mina by herself...not that either minded. It also meant that they both had the house to themselves for a few days. With a great deal of Quintis' help, they had finally made it into Mina's house. They had just entered Mina's front door and Quintis asked, "Where would you like to go first?" "Bed...I'm so exausted!" Mina replied. "It's only 7:30!" Quintis exclaimed. Mina looked at her watch for a second. "So it is. Oh well...I'm still very tired. My room's that way." she said, pointing down the hall towards the left. Quintis put Mina's arm back around her neck to help support her. Quintis opened the door to Mina's room. Mina's room was that of a typical spoiled rotten American girl. She had a nice big bed with orange blankets. Her curtains were white and her dresser was pink. The walls were an off-white colour. There was a desk next to the dresser that had a mirror and what looked like hair-care products and a few perfumes and such. Not much in the realms of make-up though. A few posters adorned the walls. All of them were manga posters. "Jeez, you look like a spoiled American girl!" exclaimed Quintis. "I know," Mina replied. "I'm thinking of re-doing the whole thing. I don't know what to do with it yet though. Anyways, you wouldn't want to stay for a little while would you?" Mina asked, a light blush spreading across her cheeks. "You know that we can't do that. Besides, I've got to talk to some people. Just some promises I need to keep. Nothing special really." Quintis lied, she had to meet Rei soon about her promise to help her get into Serena's life a little more. Quintis walked over to Mina's bed and pulled the blankets down and helped Mina into her bed. Once Mina was in her bed, Quintis kissed her lightly but showing a great passion in her kiss. Mina kissed her back. Mina thought it was odd, the way Quintis would act. It would be like they were sisters one minute and then they would be like lovers the next. "I love you." Quintis whispered after breaking apart from their kiss. "I love you too, Quintis. Please come back as soon as possible." Mina said, her eyes glimmering with love. "You know I will. I've been apart from you for nearly a hundred years. I don't want to be apart any longer then we need to be now. I love you." Quintis stood up and said, "I'll see you soon. 'Night." "Night." Mina replied. Quintis walked out of her room and silently closed Mina's door. Quintis walked out of the house and as soon as she closed the door, she leant against it. Quintis started to think, "God this is hard! I can't go too far with her. Just kissing her, it's really hard to not go further. I just don't want to hurt her. She's only, what? 15? I've lost count of how old I really am, although I look about 16. I'm closer to 116 then 16...it's been so long too. I just don't want her to think that I don't love her...I love her far too much..." Quintis mind started to wander even further but she quickly snapped out of it and decided to walk to the café that Rei had told her about. Apparently they made really good doughnuts and coffee. Two things that Quintis really missed. They weren't anywhere near as missed as Mina was but still greatly missed all the same. Quintis looked at the little sheet of paper with the address and directions on it. After a while of trying to figure out the poorly drawn map, Quintis finally broke down and asked for directions. She asked some man who was putting gas in his car and he told her. When she looked at the map again, she found it did make sense. After a few more minutes, Quintis was standing in front of the new Café. Quintis walked in and found the café was fairly large and only a few people were in it. There was one man with long brown hair down to the middle of his back and he was wearing a black trench coat, which had odd white shoulder-pads. There was a woman with short, pale blue hair too. She wore a purple tank top and skirt, both of which were tattered slightly at the edges. Both of them had Katana blades strapped to their backs. The woman with the short blue hair was talking to some other woman who was wearing similar clothes but they were a dark blue. Her breasts were also really big. This other woman also had feline like eyes, which were black, and her hair was white. It wasn't very long but it did go past her shoulders. She didn't have a sword like the other two. (Authors Note: These are all characters that I have created, just so that you know. I bet you can guess who the two girls are but good luck on the guy.) The man in the black trench coat was reading a newspaper and sipping at a coffee. Quintis also caught both of the women looking at each other's breasts. The one with the white hair was eating a doughnut and the other woman had an empty bowl in front of her and seemed to be intently listening to what the other woman was saying. One thing that Quintis was sure of was that she had met these people before...She just had no clue where or when and she couldn't remember their names to save her life. Quintis shrugged and looked around the Café some more. In the back corner, Rei was sitting in the corner, by herself and stirring a fork around in a bowl of something but Quintis couldn't see what it was. Quintis went to the counter and ordered two doughnuts and a coffee. In the states, these things were really easy to get a hold of but it wasn't so easy here. They were also a fair bit more expensive. Quintis took her tray and walked over to where Rei was sitting and still stirring her food. Quintis could make out that she was stirring some chicken soup around. Once Quintis sat down in the chair opposite to Rei, Rei's head shot up to look at Quintis. "Gee...off in your own little world huh?" When Rei heard this, a deep blush spread across her cheeks. It was plainly visible to Quintis and she felt the need to comment on it, "Oh! Thinking about her?" Rei simply nodded in reply and looked out the window into the darkness that was the night of Tokyo. After a while, Rei looked back at her soup and stirred it around a bit and said, "I can't get her off my mind. She plagues my days and nights. I don't know how much longer I can keep going on like this." By now, Quintis had already devoured both of her doughnuts and noticed that Rei obviously hadn't touched her soup. She felt it a shame that such good soup was going to waste. "Hey Rei, are you going to eat that?" Rei shook her head and pushed her tray over to Quintis who promptly devoured the soup too. "Gee, I'd swear that you haven't eaten for a decade!" Rei commented. "It's been a century. Not a decade." "Wow...I pity you. No food for that long..." Rei commented. "I bet you haven't eaten well for the past few weeks either have you?" Quintis asked. Rei shook her head in response. "Not really, just haven't been that hungry at all." Rei commented. "I see. I guess the only real way to fix that is to hook you up with your friend now isn't it?" Quintis asked causing Rei to blush a deep red again. "What was her name again? I don't remember." "Serena." Rei sighed. "I see. So I doubt her boyfriend will be very happy if he finds that his girlfriend has been with another girl?" "That would probably be a good guess." "I see...You won't be able to keep this a secret forever you know, he WILL find out someday." Quintis warned. "That's something you will have to deal with. You wouldn't mind sleeping with him from time to time would you. I doubt he would have any problems with a ménage a trois." "Yes I would! I don't mind sharing her love but I don't love him. I used to have a crush on him for a while but it didn't last very long, especially since he didn't seem very interested. I just don't care about him that way anymore. He's my friend, not anything else." "I see. Well, is he leaving town for a while any time soon?" Quintis asked. "Not that I know of." Rei replied. "Well then, we'll have to change that now won't we? But for our plan to work, he has to be going alone right?" Quintis said with a knowing smirk. Rei didn't quite understand what Quintis was hinting to and so she replied with, "What do you mean?" "We make him win a trip for one to some other part of the world like China or America." Quintis said, her smirk growing wider. "Wait a minute! I believe I remember that he had to go to America once this semester was over so he could go to Collage!" Rei remembered Serena complaining that she would be all alone for 5 months while he was gone to Collage. He would see her for a month in-between semesters. Rei explained this to Quintis. "This works out well. Just when is he leaving?" Quintis asked. "This is his last week of school here. He leaves Saturday morning!" Rei exclaimed, getting excited. 'I just might be able to pull this off!' *** Mina woke up early the next morning. She decided to see if she could walk on her own today. She could with the help of a banister yesterday. Mina swung her feet around to the edge of her bed and sat up. Sitting up did hurt a lot but it wasn't nearly as bad as sitting up yesterday. Using her bedpost as support, she stood up. Her legs were fairly shaky but they did support her weight. Mina let go of her bedpost and waited a moment. It seemed like she wasn't going to fall so she took a step forward. The pain in her knee was great but she could have sworn that she walked on worse at one point of time or another. Mina took the step and then another and yet another and by now she was at her bedroom door. She grabbed the handle and turned it and pulled the door open. Then she stepped out into the hall and walked to the living room. It was a little easier then she had a first figured it would be. When Mina looked towards the couch to find Quintis sprawled across it in the laziest fashion she had ever seen before. Her mouth was hanging open and snoring lightly. She had her right arm and leg over the edge of the couch and dangling off the edge. Mina was about to burst out laughing at how funny Quintis looked and covered her mouth just in time to stop it. Quintis had her green cloak lying on the floor. Mina looked back at her. Quintis was completely covered by the blanket that they always kept over the back of the couch. The only bits of clothing that Mina could see were some white socks. Mina felt she had to leave the room before she would burst out laughing and wake Quintis up from what was probably her first good night of sleep. Mina decided that the best place for her to go would be the bathroom and have a nice bath. She didn't get to have one the day before and she hated missing baths. They were about the only chance she ever got to relax. Mina went back down the hall and went into the door across from her room. Mina chuckled at remembering what Quintis looked like. *** Serena was walking down the street. Darien had just left to America to finish his college course. She felt she would be completely bored the entire time he was gone. She felt she was already missing him. Serena had been looking at the ground as she was walking away from the airport. She looked up when she heard her name called out. Rei was waving to her from across the street and running towards her. "Hey Serena! What's up?" Rei asked when she met up with Serena. "Oh! Hi Rei...nothing, now that Dariens gone. I don't believe the nerve of that guy! Preferring school to me!" Serena mocked anger towards him. "Oh. I see. You wouldn't want.. You wouldn't want to.. go out tomorrow night, would you?" Rei asked, a little uneasily. Serena could swear that Rei was blushing but when she tried to pay attention to it, there was no evidence of such a thing. Serena inwardly shrugged and said, "Sure! Why not? I've got nothing better to do now that it's the weekend and Darien's gone." Serena explained. "Yeah, I know. You told me he was going to leave today. I thought that maybe if we go out, that you will feel a little better." Rei explained. Serena was curious, Rei was never this nice to her...ever! "Hey! Why are you being so nice to me?" Rei was sort of expecting this. She gave a devilish smirk and her cheeks flushed a light red and said, "I have my own agenda." "You have your own agenda? Most people do but that still doesn't explain why you are being so nice to me!" Rei's smirk only grew in size. Serena didn't have a clue. "You will find out soon enough." Rei said. Rei glanced at her watch and decided that if she was to get her chores done, she should get them done now. "I've really got to get going. I'll stop by your place at about 5:00 and then we'll go." "Are the other girls coming too?" Serena asked. "No. They're all a tad busy tomorrow." Rei said, thinking that it was a good thing that they all were busy. Amy had a test on Monday so she was probably studying her brains out. Lita was out with Ken for the weekend and Mina was hurt so she couldn't either even if Serena decided to ask. This seemed almost too convenient...like some deity wanted them to get together. "Ok. I'll see you tomorrow then. Actually, wait a second, where are we going to be eating?" Serena asked. "Don't worry about it! I'm sure that you will like it though! See you meatball head!" Rei yelled while she was on her way back to her temple. Serena was a little confused. She had a feeling that she completely missed something about that whole conversation. She just didn't have the first clue. Serena shrugged and continued on her way home. She resumed looking at the pavement but instead of thoughts of Darien entering her mind, thoughts of Rei were entering her mind. Serena looked up at the crosswalk and found that this was the turn to go down the road to her own house. Serena turned left here and continued on her way. This street was far busier then the last one so she had to keep her head up to watch that she didn't get knocked over by some of the bigger adults. After walking down that road for a little while, the last corner was visible. Serena had to take a right here. She crossed the street and continued to walk to her own house. This particular sidewalk was practically vacant compared to the last one she was on. Serena continued to look at the ground while she walked, images of Rei filling her head once again. Serena started thinking, "Wow...when she's nice to me...it's totally different. She usually insults me although it's usually for the best. I'm supposed to be a princess and even a queen in the future and I'm STILL a total klutz.. But how come is it that whenever she insults me, it still hurts more then I let on. A lot more. Now that she hasn't really insulted or been mean to me, I feel...warm. Like when I'm around Darien." Just at the thought of comparing them, Serena knew that although she loved Darien as much as she could and would do anything for him...it wasn't any different with Rei. Serena stopped walking for a moment to let that sink in. She loved Rei. At first, she found it hard to believe herself but then she found it no more difficult to believe then that she loved Darien too. Now Serena had a major problem...Who would she pick? Although all things considered, Serena knew she didn't have that much of a choice. She and Darien still had to become Queen and King of Crystal Tokyo. Rei didn't love her the same way either. (At least not that she knew.) Serena sighed. All she knew for sure was that the next week would be very hectic for her. Serena knew that from that day forward, her life would never be the same. Maybe her date with Rei tomorrow would allow a good opportunity to make itself present. *** Mina had walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her body and a towel currently drying her hair. It seemed a waste of effort, as there was so much blond hair there. Mina walked into the room across the hall to her own room. She removed the top towel, which was drenched from trying to dry her hair. Mina sat down at the chair at the stand with all of her hair care products. She grabbed her blow drier and preceded to dry her hair to the best of the ability she had. Which, all things considered, was very good. After about half an hour and half dried hair, Mina grabbed a spray bottle and proceeded to spray the substance all over her hair. Then she grabbed her hard bristled comb and proceeded to detangle her hair. A rather painful task. The stuff she just applied to her hair helped its shine and made it a lot easier to comb. Mina tugged and pulled at her blond hair for about five minutes with the comb when she wasn't paying any attention, she felt it instantly snatched away from her hand. Mina whipped around in her chair and seen Quintis there with her comb in her hand. She was wearing her green cloak again...as usual. Quintis said, "Here, let me." Mina turned around in her chair and faced the mirror. Here she could see both herself and Quintis. Quintis started to work on Mina's hair and found Quintis was better at this then she was. There were few times when Quintis actually had to pull at knots and even then, it didn't hurt too much. "Wow Quintis, you're pretty good at this!" Mina finally exclaimed after Quintis had finished combing out all of the knots. "I try. I'd really enjoy a nice bath right now too, though. I had to go a 100 years without a bath. I didn't ever get dirty for some reason but I still miss it." "Wow. I know how you must feel. The bathroom's right across the hall...take your time." Mina explained before turning around and lightly kissing Quintis. It wasn't an expected move and rather sudden. Quintis was completely caught off guard. She quickly returned the kiss and it deepened gradually. Mina opened her mouth and stuck her tongue out to probe at Quintis' whose tongue met hers halfway. They started to get really into the kiss before instinctively, Quintis started to push Mina back. This hurt Mina a great deal and she cried out against the kiss. Quintis quickly remembered how Mina would still be hurt and quickly backed off and helped Mina stand still. Wide-eyed, Quintis cried, "Oh my god Mina! I didn't ever mean to-" "It's ok Quintis. A small amount of pain is a small sacrifice I will have to take. I'll take it for you in a millisecond." Mina explained, holding her sides with her hands, as that was where the pain was centred. "Still Mina. I can't stand the thought of causing you any pain! That's why I try to distance myself whenever possible. I'm afraid, I might hurt you...like I just did." Quintis said quietly, looking at the floor. Mina stood up and hugged Quintis. Standing and walking around didn't hurt anymore, other then a dull pain in her sides and her knee. The pain would be gone tomorrow but she would still be tender for a day or two more. Getting hit with a car never did anything good to anyone's body. "Go have a bath. I promise you will feel better when you get out." Mina said tenderly. Quintis sniffled and nodded. "There's towel's in the closet beside the door to my room. It's to the left when you go out the door. You can help yourself." Quintis nodded. Maybe a bath would be just what the doctor ordered. Or so the saying goes. This was one of the few American sayings that Mina could ever get right. Quintis walked out of the room and Mina watched her go. After her door was shut, Mina closed her blinds to keep prying eyes at bay. Then she took off her towel and let it fall to the floor. Mina quickly walked over to her own closet and she caught a glimpse of her body in her full body mirror. Mina had looked at herself naked in it before but she never really paid THAT much attention to herself and never found it much of a big deal. Mina looked at herself now and it was different. Mina found a few greatly faded bruises on her cheeks. Turning around and looking over her shoulder, Mina found a large bruise in the middle of her back. It too was fading but it was still large and would be there for at least another day. It stretched from just above her hips all the way around her lower back and to the other side of her hips. It looked like this was what had taken the most beating of the car. She had a bump on the back of her head too. A few cut and scrape marks covered a great deal of her body. Her legs were pretty badly bruised too. All of these marks from her battle with that car (which she lost) would all be gone by the day after tomorrow when she woke up. Her parents would be coming home the next day. It would be very possible that they would never find out about it. That was looking at the bad parts of her body. Mina looked at her shape in the mirror. She was a little tall for a woman of her age. She had very long legs. Her breasts weren't huge by any means but they weren't small either. They were...nice. They were firm but not too firm. Mina grabbed one and lifted its weight and gently squeezed it. It gave off an odd, pleasant sensation. Mina looked at her hips. They were wide enough but weren't wide so she looked fat. She turned around again and looked over her shoulder. Her butt was...well...healthy looking. Mina was skinny but she did obviously have enough extra meat on her bones to keep her from looking too skinny. As far as shape goes, Mina guessed that she was perfect...she couldn't see anything that she would change about her body if she was asked. Nothing. Not a single thing. Mina chuckled at herself, "Maybe Venus' blood truly runs through my veins!" And then she burst out laughing. Mina heard the water in the bathroom turned on. Looking back on it, all of Mina's friends were fairly wealthy. They all go to expensive schools. Amy would be the only one that wasn't exactly rich but her mom was a doctor and so the two of them still lived comfortably together. Mina turned away from the mirror and looked through her wardrobe from something appropriate to wear for the day. *** Serena was running through a lot of her stuff, looking for something good to wear to on her date with Rei. Serena was looking for something that looked casual but at the same time alluring and sexy. Running between her closet where all of her very good clothes were and her dresser where all of her regular clothes were, Serena was still having a bit of a hard time finding out what to wear. Serena, a little upset let out a growl of frustration and decided on wearing a brown, pleated skirt like the one she wore as part of her school uniform and an orange furry sweater that she liked to wear from time to time. She found a pair of crescent moon shaped earrings and put them on. Serena glanced at the clock, which read, 4:50pm. Rei was supposed to be here in 10 minutes! Serena looked at herself in the mirror to see if she needed anything else or anything seemed out of place. Using her hands to straighten her skirt, Serena looked at herself bending forward. She got just what she wanted. The shirt was baggy enough to allow a great deal of cleavage to show when she did bend forward. When she was up straight, it didn't look anything revealing at all. The skirt was longer like the one that Lita wore with her school uniform. When Serena felt satisfied with her appearance, she threw on a pair of plain white socks and glanced at her clock again. It read, 4:55pm. Rei would be there in about 5 minutes now. Serena grabbed her purse and checked to make sure she had enough money in case something happened. It was always good to bring extra money just in case. Serena threw on her coat and was about to run out the door and wait for Rei when she heard a familiar voice. "Serena...Darien is gone but a single day and you're already going out to party! You make me wonder child." It was Luna. "Luna...I'm going out to dinner with Rei." Serena explained. Luna jumped from her doorframe and landed on her bed where she sat down and continued to talk, "I'm getting a different vibe from you Serena. Are you sure it's just you and Rei?" Luna inquired, licking her paw and wiping her face with it. "Yes! Just me and Rei!" Serena blurted out, a little too vehemently and quickly. Luna couldn't help but point out Serena's speech mistake. "That's just Rei and I." Serena couldn't be bothered with such trivial matters; she was still working on her plan on what to do with Rei. (That's NOT what's implied in that statement...well, if you REALLY want to think about it that way, I guess it is.) "Look Luna, I'm only going out with her because she offered." Serena lied at first, that was the idea but it had changed drastically so it was more like a half-truth. Luna was shocked and it showed as plain as day on her face, "Now something really is wrong! As if Rei really would ask you to go on a date with her! She's always so mean to you and you're just as mean to her in return!" "Calm down Luna. Darien left yesterday and I guess Rei thought I was looking really down and decided to try to cheer me up a bit. I don't know why she would either but if wants to change thing's between how we act to each other, I have NO problem with it!" Serena said, matter-of-factly. "Ok...you never seem to have wanted things any different between you two...Are you sure there isn't an ulterier motive, Serena?" asked Luna who thought she may have been on to something. Serena crossed her arms in front of her chest and put a semi-angry expression on her face and put the best act she could have ever done on, "Luna, god-forbid me from wanting to become real friends with Rei! Just for your information, all Rei's ever done to me was try and make me a better person by pointing out all of my mistakes...not unlike yourself! Now if she wants to be friends and give us a better relationship, it's all good as far as I care!" Serena thought she should have gotten an Oscar for her performance. Luna was awe-struck and left speechless. Upon hearing the doorbell ring Serena said, "That would be Rei right there! I'm going off to have my date now! See you LATER Luna!" Serena said, still angry, then she slammed her room's door shut and went downstairs to open the door and end the never-ending doorbell. "Serena dear, someone's at the door...I'm busy making supper so I can't get it and you know your father isn't home from work yet. It's probably your friend anyway!" Serena's mother called to her from the kitchen. Serena opened the door and there stood Rei, dressed up like Tuxedo Mask from head to toe. Top hat and cape too. Even the white gloves and the white glasses. Rei reached up with her hand and removed the glasses and took off the hat. Serena thought she would die right there. "Wow Rei! You look good!" Serena complimented. "Thanks. You ready to go?" Rei asked. "Yup!" Serena said and finished doing up her fall jacket. "Ok mom! I'll be home by curfew! Bye! Love you!" Serena heard her mom yell the same thing back as she closed the front door on her way out. There was a taxicab waiting at the end of the sidewalk that went up to Serena's house. Serena commented with, "Geez, you're not holding back much are you? Maybe I should have gotten a little more dressed up?" "No. You look good." Rei said lightly. She was luckily that it was the time of year where at 5:00pm; it would already be getting pretty dark. Plus, the fall weather always meant overcast skies. She was blushing furiously. Serena was far from looking good. Serena looked unbelievable no matter what she wore and Rei left it to her own imagination that Serena would so good naked that she nearly got a nose bleed thinking about it. It wasn't only Serena's physical beauty that caught the attention of Rei's heart but it was also Serena's purity and innocence. Rei know Serena wasn't quite as 'innocent' as everyone thought she was but she still seemed innocent anyways. But that wasn't all either, Serena's antics were always able to make Rei laugh and she was a true friend when she needed Serena to be one. Serena just seemed a big magnet to people. The main thing that Rei fell in love with was how much of her crap that Serena had put up with and she would forget about it the next day. Not because she would simply forget it but because she wanted to forget it and try to start anew the next day. Yeah...there were too many things that made Rei come to love Serena. Serena loved Rei for most of the same reasons. A few of the different reasons would be Rei's insatiable desire to take what she wanted. There wasn't a single thing that Rei really wanted that she didn't get unless Serena didn't know about it. Although Serena didn't know it, there was one thing that Rei didn't have that she really wanted but Rei was working on changing that. Once they reached the cab, Rei opened the door for Serena who thanked her and went around to the other side and got in. "So Rei, where are we going to eat?" Serena asked. Rei had hid the glasses and top hat in her bag that she was carrying around. "Hey sir, please take us to The Little Restaurant on the Corner." Rei called out. The driver nodded and they were on their way. "Hey Rei, isn't that an American restaurant?" Serena asked. "Nope! Canadian!" Rei exclaimed. Serena face faulted, "What's the difference?" Rei's eyes opened wide then she calmed down a bit. "The difference is quite large. I have quite a few American and Canadian friends. The American's tend to be very bold and forthcoming. Plus, they usually don't care about the quality of their food. Canadians are in general shy and quiet and they do pay more attention to their food. Picky eaters them. Except when it comes to alcoholic beverages. Canadians can also hold liquor a lot better then Americans can. Just like the American's all like football, the Canadian's all like Hockey. Those are most of the major differences, I guess." Rei explained. "Wow...I guess they are pretty different." Serena gasped, not having expected such a strong reply. "Sorry for bursting out like that." Rei apologized, "It's just that Canadians tend to be very strong on that they are very different from Americans and never let me live it down that I asked that same question." Rei relaxed a bit and shifted around to get slightly closer to Serena. Not enough to be noticed but if it was, Serena probably would have written in off as nothing important. There was a silence as neither girl had any idea what to talk about. Just then Serena asked, "Aren't they kind of expensive?" Rei nodded, "Yeah...but I'm good friends with the owner of it and we already have arrangements." "Oh, I see." Serena said, wistfully. Serena leant against the window and turned her head to look at Rei. Rei was oddly, doing the same but Serena was too enrapt by Rei's beauty to take much notice. It wasn't until eye contact was made that either really realized what they were doing but didn't stop. The cab came to a halt after about a moment, making both of them aware of their surroundings again. Both girls blushed heavily and turned away. Serena stepped out of the cab and she saw Rei hand the man some money to pay for the cab ride and she exited the cab which sped off to get it's next fare. "Here we are." Rei said standing next to Serena. Rei ran a hand thorough her hair before starting to walk towards the doors which had a sign above it saying, "The Little Restaurant on the Corner" in rather big, bold, English letters. It was repeated in smaller Japanese characters underneath the English ones. Serena quickly followed her. They were greeted by a friendly looking man of about 25. His facial features showing that he wasn't Japanese but either American or Canadian. There really wasn't any way to tell them apart. Chances are that he was Canadian, considering this was a Canadian restaurant. "Hello." The man said, his Japanese thickly accented with the typical north American accent. "Rei? You look very pretty today,...as always. This is your friend, I presume?" he asked, looking at Serena. Rei nodded. "Yes, she's mine and you can't have her!" Rei joked. All three of them laughed lightly, both Serena and Rei blushing lightly. They both wished Rei wasn't joking. "I see then!" The man said, "Anyways, you're table is ready. Someone will be by your table in a moment to take your order." and then the man walked them to the table. This restaurant was a little more classy and one of the more expensive places in town. Little wasn't the way to describe it. This place was rather large, actually and fairly busy too. Not too busy but still busy enough. It must have just been the time of day. After they sat down, the waiter dropped two menu's in front of the girls, excused himself and left, leaving Rei and Serena to themselves. They idly chattered for a little bit, mainly about school while they waited for their waiter. After a moment, a waiter appeared. It was a woman in her mid 30's, she had natural red hair and was also of North American roots. She was still slim and in shape. Her Japanese, however, didn't have such a terrible north American accent to it. It was there but not nearly a thick as the other guys, Serena noted. "What would you like?" she asked, her voice sounding very smooth and laid back. "I'll have the Feddichini Alfrado." Rei said, looking up from her Menu. The waiter jotted it down. "Anything to drink?" asked the waiter. "Sparkling white wine is good." Rei said. "Ok. You ready to order miss?" the waiter asked Serena. "Umm...I'll just have whatever she's having!" Serena said, finally giving up on trying to read the English menu. The waiter nodded and jotted down the order and asked if they wanted anything else and they both said no. She nodded and walked away to process their order. "Um...what's 'Feddichini Alfrado'? Isn't it that pasta dish Lita had made at that cooking contest a while ago?" Rei nodded simply. They had some idle chit chat about school and something had been nagging at the back of her mind,...it was about Chad. After a little while, Serena's inhibitions got the better of her and she asked. "Hmm...Rei? You don't mind if I ask you a rather personal question?" Serena asked lightly. "No, what's on you're mind?" Rei started to worry a little. What if Serena had guessed or noticed exactly how she was acting to Serena. She would answer anything asked and not hesitate for a moment to answer her. There were numerous other things that Rei did to let on how she felt about Serena but she figured Serena to be too dense to notice. Rei inwardly bit her lip as she waited for the question. She thought she had been found for sure when she could see a blush spread across Serena's cheeks. "Rei...what's up with you and Chad? Are you two...you know, like...close?" Serena asked, her blush getting deeper. She also sweated because if Rei was serious with Chad...Serena knew, she wouldn't stand a chance. Rei breathed a sigh of relief. Serena still had no idea...and was just a naive as always. "No Serena. We're just friends...nothing special between us at all." Rei blushed lightly when she thought about why they weren't together. It was because there would only be one person Rei felt she could love...and she was right in front of her. Rei was surprised when she could have sworn she heard a similar sigh of relief from Serena. Was there something that Rei would have liked to have known? Rei however, decided it was best to write it off as nothing and go through with the plan. Serena nodded and was inwardly jumping with joy. She had a chance! Although the chance was small, it was there. Rei was surprised when Serena was quiet all thorough the rest of their wait for dinner and she had a faint smile coiled on her lips and her whole face was beaming with happiness. It wasn't long after that that the food was served. Serena started to dig into the pasta rather fast, remembering how good it tasted at when Lita had made it for that contest. It wasn't quite as good now as it was then but it was still very good. Then, Serena started to sip her wine. Rei knew, that it wasn't going to be long that the next step was going to be put into action. At Serena's age, she shouldn't be able to hold liquor at all. Rei barely drank any of hers by the time Serena's was half empty. Rei had selected this particular restaurant because she knew that Serena didn't understand English at all and she knew who these people were and give her a discount here. The food had also been picked for a reason too. Rei knew that because Serena wouldn't be able to read the English menu, she would just order what Rei was having. She ordered the wine because it would put Rei at ease and make approaching Serena easier. It would also make Serena far more open to suggestion so that Quintis could cast a spell that would make Serena a lot more open about expressing her feelings and fantasies. If it was somewhere in Serena that she did have slightly romantic thoughts about Rei, she would voice them. This isn't simply placing thoughts into Serena's mind...just working off of the ones that were there. This didn't make Rei feel guilty by putting love thoughts into her mind. That would be wrong and Rei wouldn't be able to live with it. The Alfrado was probably the most useless of all of it...it was just there because it went down with wine ok and if it was slopped on clothing, it wasn't too difficult to get out. Serena had almost finished her plate off and her glass was empty...and this was no small glass either. Serena placed some of the pasta in her mouth and tried to chew it but she was a little too drunk and she started to snicker a bit. Some fell out of her mouth and landed on the front of her shirt. Serena looked down and snickered even more at it. This time, all of her food had been swallowed. Rei noticed it and said, "Eww! Gross, Serena! Let's go to the bathroom and get that cleaned up before it sets!" "Good idea." Serena said, a tad drunken. Serena looked at Rei's plate which was empty and her wine was only a quarter the way down. Maybe Rei just didn't like the wine or something but it seemed good to her. Or so Serena thought. It was actually that Rei didn't want to drink too much because she would have trouble keeping track of what she was here for. Once they entered the bathroom, one lady who was at the mirror, re-applying her lipstick just finished and she left. Rei led Serena over to the sinks and grabbed a paper towel and wetted it. Then she tried to apply it but stopped short when she realized exactly where in Serena's shirt it was. Rei blushed a very deep red. "Serena... can you take your shirt off please? This will be a lot easier if you do." Then Rei added mentally, 'this will be a lot easier if you do...it will make it easier for me to keep my hands off of you.' What Rei didn't expect was when Serena deftly removed her shirt, she set it in the sink and grabbed Rei by the shoulders and stared into Rei's eyes. Rei was so surprised by this sudden movement, she instinctively tried to twist out of Serena's oddly strong grasp. Rei looked into Serena's eyes which didn't show the slightest hint of being drunk at all. Serena said in a plain voice that didn't sound drunk, "The shirt can go to hell for all I care right now!" Rei was suprised...she hadn't EVER heard Serena use words nearly half as bad as hell. "I don't get drunk as easily as most people think, I just act." Serena said. "Serena, please-" Rei started. "Quiet Rei...please. There's something you have to know about me and my feelings towards you." Rei's eyes went wide. She was SURE that Serena was going to tell her that she wasn't interested in her at all. "Rei...this is difficult. I guess they say action's speak louder then words right? Do you agree?" Serena asked. "Y-yeah. You know I do." Rei exclaimed, a little confused. "Good...let me show you how I feel about you, then I want to know..." Serena paused and hugged Rei tightly to her. "I want to know how you feel about me." Serena finally said. Rei was completely confused, even as Serena forcefully pulled Rei to her and kissed her hard on the lips. The last thing Serena expected was a response. Something she got and this response couldn't have been mistaken, no matter how naive you may be. Rei kissed her back. In fact, Rei reached up with her arms and hugged Serena tightly against herself. When Serena felt Rei brush her tongue along her lips, Serena didn't know if she could feel any happier in this moment. Serena's own tongue darted out and entwined with Rei's. Serena found Rei an oddly good kisser considering as far as she's heard, Rei's never had a significant other in her life. Rei for her part, felt the exact same towards Serena. It didn't take Quintis' magic to do this. Serena had already been harbouring feelings towards Rei. This only made Rei wish she had told Serena her own feelings earlier. After they parted and opened their eyes, Serena saw Rei's face beaming with delight and Rei saw likewise on Serena's face. "Actions do speak louder then words!" Rei said. "Serena....I love...you." Serena cried...she hugged Rei close to her who hugged her back. "I love you too...Rei. God do I love you...but you have to understand Rei,...I love Darien too and I can't leave him..." "Then don't." Rei said simply. "He doesn't have to know...for now. This will be between just you and me." Rei said, tears rolling out of the side of her own eyes. "That's alright...we'll be like underground lovers then?" Rei nodded and Serena continued, "But Darien will have to find out, one way or another...eventually. We can't keep this a secret forever." "We were good friends to begin with Serena. If we just have sleep over's...no one will find out. We just have to be careful. We will also have to be mean to each other in public too." Rei blushed at what she was implying...blushing a very deep red. When Serena heard the suggestion she had blushed red too. This was going to work. Rei seemed to have thought about everything. "Serena, I love you and the last think I want is to not be able to be with you. I've went out of my way to make sure everything was set up the way it was...because I love you so much." Rei cried. Serena was a little surprised, "You set this up to go like this?" Serena asked with a slight smile. Rei didn't answer for a moment. Then she said, "Yes...I did. I had help, I'll admit but I was about to do anything and give anything to be with you." "Rei...I'm glad you did.." Serena trailed off and kissed Rei again. It wasn't as forceful this time but far more passionate. Serena wanted Rei and Rei wanted Serena....bad. Another coincidence in her favour was that Chad was away on tour and her grandpa was out of town on 'business' as he had put it. Either of them wouldn't be in town for the remainder of the weekend. Chad wouldn't be back for two weeks and her grandpa would be back on afternoon. These 'business' trips were always that long. He hasn't once broken that time slot before and he said that this time was going to be the same as always. After a little tongue fencing, Rei asked slightly breathless, "Y.. you wouldn't want to.. to spend the night.. at my temple.. with me? No.. no ones home.. this weekend. Wow. That was better then I had ever imagined.. whoa!" Serena wasn't the lightest bit winded from it but had to admit that it was rather intense. "It was very good yes. And, I'd love to spend the night with you...but on one condition. You and me get to share a bed!" Serena said, blushing despite herself. Rei's own blush came on rather thick too. "I have NO problem with that at all." Her wind was back by now too. "Let's go. I'll order a cab to the shrine." Serena shrugged and said, "Let's go!" And they were about to walk out the door when they realized that Serena's shirt had almost been forgotten and all she was wearing on top was her white bra. Rei quickly scrubbed out the stain and handed Serena the shirt who promptly put it on and they left the bathroom. When they left, Rei looked at her watch which read 6:00pm. They had only been in there for 5 minutes. A surprising amount could happen in that span of time! "Wow. Five minutes, Serena." Rei whispered to Serena in a sultry voice which made Serena come up with perverted thoughts about what might be possible to be accomplished in five minutes. Rei had intended on this happening, knowing what Serena's reaction would be. Rei giggled lightly at feeling Serena's unease with the comment. "Let's just go." Serena finally blurted. They went over to their table and grabbed their stuff. Then Rei and Serena walked over to the door where Rei shelled out the cash and then they left. Another cab had been waiting out front and they quickly entered it. "Where are you going?" the cabby asked. "The Hikawa Shrine." Rei stated simply. The cabby nodded and they were on their way home. The car ride had been quiet and uneventful. They knew that they could NOT, under any circumstances be seen flirting with each other in public. It could possibly blow their cover. Only when they were sure. It had been raining the entire trip home. A sudden crack of thunder caused Serena to jump in surprise and fright. This storm would be terrible and they knew it. All of the roads would be iced down the next day as the daily highs were in the minus' now. That ice would be frozen until either the ice thawed out or the roads were sanded and salted. No one would be going far for the next few days. Rei remembered that they didn't have too much food but what was there would be enough for just the two of them to last the week. "Wow. That's going to freeze over during the night." the cabbie commented, stating the obvious. Serena said a simple, "Yeah." Her thoughts elsewhere as she watched the rain hit the sidewalks that were quickly passing by. Rei was doing much the same, looking out her own window. Inside, both girls were jumping for joy. They would have the entire weekend to each other. On the outside, they looked utterly bored. The cab finally pulled up to the curb of a rather large set of stairs leading up to the shrine. Rei thanked the cabbie and paid him the appropriate amount of money before they ran out of the cab and up the stairs as fast as possible. Serena and Rei ran in the front doors of the shrine, quickly closing the doors behind themselves. Serena and Rei both rested against the door, breathless. Serena looked at Rei and smiled. Rei smiled back to her. Still a little out of breath, Serena walked over to Rei and kissed her. Trying to pour all of her feelings for Rei into the kiss. They had to break apart rather quickly because of lack of air. "I need a shower." Rei said, after finally gaining her breath back. "Can I join you?" Serena asked. Rei smirked and said, "Sure." A blush spreading across both girls' cheeks. Rei walked down the hall to the right and checked to make sure there were towels in the bathroom already. There was only one there so Rei went into the closet to the right of the door to the bathroom and grabbed another one and placed it on the rack with the other towel. Walking into her bedroom, Rei looked back to Serena was mindlessly following Rei around. Rei removed the Tuxedo jacket and neatly placed it on her bed. The white shirt, quickly followed it. Rei was about to take the tux's pants off when she was interrupted by Serena's voice. "Cool, a strip show! Take it ALL off baby!" Serena said. Rei blushed and smiled. While she was at it, it seemed like as good an idea as any. Rei walked over to her stereo, and quickly ran through all of her CD's to find one that would have been appropriate to dance to. About halfway thorough her CD collection, she grabbed one and pulled it out. She quickly opened the CD case and threw the CD in the player and hit the play button. Serena couldn't see to well in this light so she turned on the room's main light. Rei led Serena over to her bed where Serena sat down and was about to enjoy the show. Rei simply couldn't believe that she was doing this but she would do anything just to see Serena smile. She knew she wouldn't do this for ANYONE else. The music started up and at first, Serena couldn't tell what was playing. Then the words started and she immediately recognised it. Vengaboys Boom Boom Boom Boom. How appropriate. The chorus for the song was, "Boom Boom Boom Boom, I want you in my room, to spend the night together from now until forever, forever in my room." At least, that's all of the song that she actually understood. Rei started to move to the music. She oftenly did dance to music but never stripped while doing it. Rei still had on an undershirt and her pants and everything that went with them. The cape was part of the jacket so it went off with the jacket. After a minute, Rei spun around and threw her shirt off and it landed on the ground in front of Serena's feet. Now Rei was wearing a red, satin bra. She continued to dance to the music and Serena found herself mesmerized by Rei's beauty and ease in which she moved around. Very exotic and erotic. Serena shifted around a little uncomfortably. Rei grabbed her belt buckle and undid it. Then she slowly pulled the belt out of the belt loops in the black pants. Then that was discarded on the floor just the same, Rei never missing a beat. Serena couldn't help but smile but the song would be over soon so Rei didn't have a whole lot of time left. Rei danced around in circles and stopped in the middle of the circle she was making. Here she unbuttoned the pants and bent forward as she pulled them down so that Serena didn't see anything down below but got a great look at Rei's cleavage, the entire time, Rei staring Serena in the eye. When the pants were at her feet, she stepped out of one of the legs and then, she quickly flipped straight up and kicked the garment into Serena's eyes so fast that Serena didn't see anything until she removed the pants from her face. Rei had been wearing matching panties to her bra. Red satin. Serena was starting to be able to smell Rei now. She wasn't sure of what it was that she was smelling but it wasn't unpleasant. Rei turned around with her back facing Serena and she bent forward, giving Serena the perfect view of her ass. It was so close, Serena couldn't stop herself. She reached out and squeezed Rei's butt. Rei's face was so red from dancing, it wasn't any redder as she started blushing. Rei stood up, and the song was over so she decided the show was over for now too. Rei walked over to her CD player and stopped it before it started to play the next song. Serena got up and grabbed Rei's face in her hands and pulled it to her own. Rei let out a little yelp of surprise at the unexpectedness of Serena's actions but quickly regained her composure and kissed back. Their tongues started to dance around each other as the kiss deepened. Serena held Rei close with one hand while the other hand slowly trailed down until Serena had a firm grip on Rei's ass. Rei raised her arms around Serena's neck and hugged Serena back as tightly as she could. Rei could feel her breasts being squished against Serena's. She could feel her nipples harden as Serena moved around a bit. Once Rei was starting to really get into it, Serena pulled apart and said, "Rei, I think we should have our shower now, hmm?" Rei nodded and they walked out of Rei's room and down the hall. Here, she entered the bathroom. Rei felt her nipples harden slightly in anticipation for the upcoming 'event'. Rei turned the tap on for the water and when she felt the temperature was good, she put the plug in the tub to let it fill up. Serena quietly closed the bathroom door and started to take off her own clothing. Serena had left her coat in Rei's room so she didn't have to worry about it. When Serena was about to pull her shirt over her head, Rei stopped her and said, "Allow me." Serena looked into Rei's face which showed a pleasant smile. Something that Serena had trouble finding on Rei's face. Serena thought Rei looked very beautiful, smiling like that. Serena nodded and bit her lip slightly. She didn't know why but she did. Maybe in fear, maybe in anticipation. Rei grabbed either side of Serena's shirt and pulled it up over her head. Serena was wearing the same white bra as she was at the restaurant. (surprise, surprise!) Rei bit her lip to try and deter herself from doing something a little too soon. Next, Rei undid the clasp and pulled down the zipper in front of Serena's brown, pleated skirt. Then, Rei pulled that down too. Serena was wearing white cotton panties. Serena bit her lip harder then before, making her bottom lip go white. Rei put her arms around Serena's back and noticed that there wasn't a clasp back there. Rei looked down and seen the front clasp as plain as day. It was Rei's turn to bite down on her lip harder, causing it to go white. Rei reached forward, into Serena's bust which Rei noticed was a little larger then her own but didn't let it bother her. Serena looked into Rei's eyes, trust shining in them. Serena nodded and smiled. Rei pulled at the clasp which came undone and the garment fell to the floor. Serena couldn't help blush a dark red. Her whole face was red and so was her upper chest. Rei couldn't help herself and grabbed one of Serena's breasts in her hand and squeezed it gently. Serena gasped out lightly so Rei instantly drew her hand back. Serena said, "No. Don't stop Rei." Rei looked at Serena's loving face and so she placed her hand back on her tit and started to message it lightly. Serena's breathing pace started to increase slightly. Rei brought her face down to Serena's other breast and licked it but making sure not to touch the nipple. Serena placed her hand on Rei's head and pushed lightly to further encourage her. Rei didn't know what her problem was. She had done this many times...in her dreams, and many of them were very vivid. Everything she dreamed of seemed completely invalid now. Rei finally decided to attack Serena's nipples. Her palm rubbed over the warm, sensitive flesh at the same time as she closed her mouth around Serena's other nipple. Serena threw her head back at the unexpected attack of pleasure and gasped rather loudly. Her breathing was now starting to get really fast. A smell wafted into Rei's nose now. Rei knew what the smell was although she had never actually smelled it before. Serena was getting very aroused by now. Rei was about to move on when she realized that she had nearly forgotten about the tub and the water. Rei quickly disengaged Serena to find the tub was filled up and she only had a second or two to turn the water off. Rei dived for the faucet and turned the water off as quickly as possible. Rei knew the it was too high so she would have to drain some of the water. Rei reached her hand into the hot water and pulled the plug. All the while, unknown to Rei, Serena had a great view of her ass the way she was standing, bent over the edge of the tub. Serena was so worked up, she didn't think twice about what she was about to do. Serena knelt down behind Rei, grabbed her hips and pressed her tongue against the material of Rei's panties. This action had completely caught Rei off guard and she nearly fell into the tub from surprise. She had quickly regained her composure but didn't have it for long as the pleasure was building up in her crotch. She stared at the water, completely forgetting that it was even draining. When Serena stopped for a moment, Rei remembered that she was draining the water because it was about to overflow. It seemed like as good a time as any to put the plug into the water. Then the attack had continued. Rei's breathing had quickly increased in pace and she was moaning out lightly. Rei focused everything she had to come up with one coherent thought and she hit pay dirt and said, "Serena.. stop.. let's get...into the tub...before we continue..." she said, breathless. Serena had mercy and stopped just long enough to remove Rei's underwear and bra and her own. Rei was too far off in 'lala' land to remove her own bra. They quickly climbed into the tub with the hot water and resumed similar positions. Rei used the faucet to keep herself steady while she had her butt stuck out to Serena. Serena inserted a finger into Rei's depth's while she licked at Rei's clit. Rei started to sway back and forth and her moaning had increased in volume from before. Serena took this as a good sign that she was doing what she was doing right. With the pent up sexual energy and emotions, Rei didn't last long, however. Serena inserted another finger into Rei's folds and started to push them both in and out and rubbed her palm across Rei's clitoris. After a few second of this, Rei was screaming out her ecstasy, Serena's name and God, while bucking her hips. It felt like every muscle in her body was clenching and unclenching over and over again too. After Rei's spasms had finally subsided, Serena retrieved her finger and noticed it glistening with an odd liquid. She tenderly licked it and found the taste to not be unpleasant but she had to admit, she's tasted better things. It wasn't QUITE sweet enough. Serena continued to lick Rei's love juice from her finger. Once Rei got the energy, she sat up and turned around. This was the first time Rei had got to see Serena in her full splendour. Her mind was still a tad fuzzy from her first orgasm. She had stayed away from masturbating...she forgot why by now but she didn't think she would have lasted much longer if she didn't get with Serena when she did. A few strands of black hair fell in front of Rei's face which she quickly brushed back with her hand. Rei didn't want to miss a detail of Serena while she had everything bared to her. Body, mind, heart and soul. Rei reached forward and kissed Serena as passionately as she could. Rei could taste herself on Serena's tongue. "Your turn, Serena." Rei said. Serena and Rei switched placed so that Rei was behind Serena. Rei undid the meatballs in Serena's hair, letting her hair fall freely and naturally. Rei kissed Serena's ear and whispered, "You are...unbelievable, Serena. I love you." Then Rei kissed Serena's ear again. "Rei...I love you too...very much." Serena said quietly back to her, her voice very sincere sounding. Rei reached around Serena and hugged her close. Rei then moved one of her hands up and cupped Serena's left breast in her left hand and proceeded to message it, twisting and pulling her nipple between her index and middle finger. Serena relaxed against Rei, getting comfortable. Rei's other hand traveled down under the water and between Serena's legs. Rei circled her finger around Serena's labia and she would start out far from it and swirl in and then swirl back out. Serena thought she would go mad with this teasing. "Rei.. please.. don't.. tease.. me." Serena pleaded. Rei smirked and shrugged. She then plunged her index finger into Serena's folds. Serena arced her back and threw her head back and moaned out Rei's name. Rei kissed Serena's neck and shoulder all the while. Rei's arms hanging limply at her sides. Things started to fuzz out of Serena's mind as the pleasure started to build. Things like the water and the hard tub floor. All that she could comprehend after a moment was the pleasure she was receiving, how hot she felt and Rei's body pressed against her back. Then Rei started to thrust her finger in and out of Serena. Serena moved her head from side to side. Rei smiled, it made her happy knowing that she could bring such pleasure to Serena. Rei didn't ever remember feeling as good as she did that day and it was all because of Serena. Serena, the only person she had ever truly loved. A particularly loud moan snapped Rei back to what she was doing. Rei stopped for a second to add another finger into the equation and paid a little more attention to what she was doing to Serena down south. Rei made sure to apply some pressure from her palm against Serena's clit. Serena seemed to really enjoy this as she arced her back and moaned out Rei's name louder then before. Rei continued to pump her fingers in and out of Serena until she screamed, "OH GOD REI! OH YEAH! OH MY...YES YES YES!! I'M COMING REI! REIIIII!" Serena started to tremble and shake and she felt Serena clamping down on her fingers. Once Serena had finally stopped shaking, Rei retrieve her finger and licked everything off of it. Serena had a rather sweet taste to her and Rei liked it a lot. She licked her fingers off completely. Serena slumped against Rei, exhausted. "Wow Rei! That was awesome!" Serena said wistfully, her eyes still glazed over, just basking in the afterglow. "I'm very glad you enjoyed it, Serena." Rei replied, her afterglow was wearing off now. Rei just smiled contentedly. When Serena saw Rei smile, she felt happy too and couldn't help a small smile of her own. Rei and Serena soon fell asleep in each others arms. Both feeling happy and contented just to be held in the other's arms. What they didn't know was that someone had watched their entire scene. Queen Serenity appeared out of seemingly nowhere with a smile on her face. Serena's crescent moon was glowing lightly as was the symbol for Mars on Rei's forehead. Queen Serenity quietly bent down and lightly kissed Serena's forehead. Serena stirred slightly but didn't wake up. "I hope you two can work things out with Darien because he's going to find out sooner then you expect. Good luck, my children." Then Queen Serenity disappeared in a flash of light. *** The day had been agonizingly long for Quintis. Mina had almost completely healed already. All of her bruises had cleared up already but she said she was still a little sore. This was rather typical after a rather gruelling fight against a monster. It would only take 2 full days for all of the marks to disappear and one more for the pain to go with them. Quintis had kicked off her boots and fell over onto the couch, exhausted. The couch was where she was sleeping for the past few days. Mina had offered a place in her bed next to her but Quintis had said no. She knew that if she were to share a bed with Mina, Quintis wouldn't be able to keep her hands off of her. Quintis got on the couch more properly and placed her hands behind her head. There was a lot on her mind. Mina was always on her mind but now Rei was. She didn't know if the plan went bust or all too well. Rei said she would phone her in the morning but still...it would be nice to just know. It would be one less thing for her to worry about. Mina was becoming more persistent. Quintis had promised to Mina that they could share her bed tomorrow night but only if Mina knew what it meant. Mina had said right away that she understood perfectly what it meant. Quintis just didn't want Mina to do something she may regret later. Quintis had questioned Mina on what it would mean if she was so sure and she blushed and said that they would end up 'sleeping together'. She also said that it would mean that they would forever be emotionally attached once they had sex. Quintis had remembered the conversation like it was but a minute ago, when in truth is was that morning. "Quintis...I understand perfectly what it will mean. My power comes from the goddess Venus. The goddess of love and beauty. If you sleep with me.. I know very well, not a whole lot of sleep will be happening. I want that!" Mina had countered to Quintis' biting question. "You sound doubtful Quintis, why do you question this?" Mina had asked. "Mina...I love you...so much that there isn't a word that even comes close to describing how much I love you. I had lived a 100 years apart from you. I know what it's like to be apart from my loved one that long. I don't want you to have to deal with it either! It's excruciatingly painful." Quintis had said. Mina grabbed the taller woman's shoulders. "I know that. I know that once we have sex, the emotional bond will be too strong for me to break off easily should you die again but...I WILL NOT allow that to happen! Not while I have the power to stop it." "What will you do if you have to chose to save me or Serena?" Quintis asked. Mina only hugged Quintis tightly and started to cry into her shoulder, "Why...why do you question this so much? Why Quintis?! WHY?! Do you not love me? It shouldn't matter!? "What if's" aren't worth their weight in thought!" Quintis wrapped her arms around Mina and hugged her back. She used one hand to stroke Mina's hair and the other one just to hug her. "Mina.. I'm sorry...it's just that I've had a hundred years to think of the "what if's""" associated with whether you shot your beam right and got it." The chances of her actually getting it were one out of a possible 10,000,000. Those were the best chances. Mina was simply lucky that Queen Serenity appeared to give her a last chance. "It's all over Quintis...you're here with me now! I won't let you go, I promise. I just need you to prove to me that you love me!" Quintis looked down into Mina's eyes which were looking back up to her with tears brimming up in them. "I do love you Mina! I just don't want you to end up hurt! I know true pain! I hope you never experience it! How would you like me to prove that I love you?" Quintis asked. "You have to promise me that you will share my bed with me tomorrow night. Promise me that you will and then we will see." Mina said, tears streaking down her face. She knew it was a lot to ask for but she would accept nothing less. "Ok Mina. I will sleep with you tomorrow night...only because I love you so much." Quintis said and kissed Mina. Quintis threw her hands over Quintis' shoulders and kissed back as strongly as she could. Quintis could taste the salt from her tears on her lips. ~~~ Quintis continued to look at the ceiling. She just then realized that she had been trying to fall asleep for over an hour now and she knew it was a lost cause. She simply had too much to worry about. Quintis got up and decided to out for a walk. She figured a little fresh air would help clear her mind. Quintis wasn't even conscious of the fact that she had walked into Mina's bed room where Mina was fast asleep. Quintis closed Mina's door behind her and walked over to Mina's bed side. Mina's face was facing Quintis, her eyes closed in sleep, completely oblivious to her having company. 'My god she's beautiful.' Quintis thought, looking at Mina's peacefully sleeping face. Indeed, she had been very afraid to get too close to Mina. She had spent a hundred years away from her and she was afraid to wake up to find it all was just a dream. Most of all, she didn't want Mina to go through the same pain that she had went through. Mina was going to live forever as was Quintis but only if they don't accidentally spend all of their energy. Quintis had made that same mistake once already and the trick the had used last time wouldn't work again. It was a one time thing. Quintis kissed Mina's cheek lightly and got up to leave. She turned towards the door and started to walk away when she felt a hand on her wrist, stopping her. Quintis looked back to find that Mina was awake. She had tears welling up in her eyes. "Quintis, please...don't go. Please, stop running from your fears. It hurts me but I know it's hurting you even more. You shouldn't have anything to worry about anymore. Just stop...stop running." Mina expected Quintis to wrench her hand from her grasp and walk away saying that she wouldn't understand. It was Mina's last ditch effort. She wanted this more then words could describe. She wanted to show Quintis exactly how much she loved her. What Mina didn't expect was when Quintis turned around fully, lent down and kissed her hard and passionately, pressing against Mina as hard as possible. Mina wasn't quite sure what this meant. If it was an OK or if it was just a good night kiss. They kissed like that for nearly five minutes until Quintis pushed against Mina, making her lie back down. These moments were few and rare so Mina had decided to close her eyes and indulge while she could. Quintis started to rub her hands over Mina's biceps lightly. Quintis stopped kissing Mina's lips and left a wet trail of kisses over Mina's cheek until she reached Mina's ear and started kissing and nibbling her ear lobe. Mina was sure at this that Quintis did want her. Finally giving into her urges, Quintis licked and nipped at Mina ear. Then Quintis started kissing and licking her way down the side of Mina's neck. Mina let out a long, pleasured sigh as Quintis' did this. Eventually, Quintis came to the hollow in Mina's collarbone. Knowing this as a minor pleasure zone, Quintis tickled it with her tongue. Mina let out another sigh of pleasure as Quintis did this. After hovering there for a while, Quintis decided to show Mina a definite answer to her asking her to stay the night. Quintis moved back up to kissing Mina and her hand felt Mina's chest through the cloth of her pyjama top that she wore to bed. Mina let out a light moan under the kiss to the pleasure that Quintis was bringing on. Mina was very sure of the answer in which Quintis was giving her now. She was staying. Quintis then started to message Mina's breast through the fabric of her pyjama top. Quintis went straight to work on the other breast and she started to manipulate Mina's nipples through the cloth. It wasn't long until they were rock hard. Mina's breathing had quickly increased in pace. Her breath coming in short, ragged gasps. Quintis decided to stop with Mina's breasts for a moment so that Mina could get undressed. Quintis made Mina sit up and pulled the garment over her head, quickly discarding it over her shoulder and onto the bedroom floor. Quintis kissed some of the newly exposed flesh. Namely, Mina's tits. First she kissed then a few times each and then she planted a kiss on each nipple before she drew one of the nipples into her mouth and started to suck, lick and lightly run her teeth across it. Mina's breasts were fairly large, all things considered. Mina for her part, had her hands entangled in Quintis' hair and her eyes closed and breathing heavily. This was bliss for her. Her love giving her pleasure...Mina didn't think she was ever this happy. Quintis was finally showing some emotion towards Mina. She was still not showing much but it was there and that's what mattered to Mina. Maybe, this would be the change of everything between them.. where they can stop worrying about everything else and concentrate more on what really matters, each other. Moving further down, Quintis found Mina only wearing a floral patterned, cotton panties. Quintis looked back up to Mina and she was about to say something when Mina cut her off saying, "Quintis...I love you more then anything...please.. don't start doubting anything now. Just.. stop stalling already!" Mina thought that maybe some of that doubt when Quintis had been afraid to get with Mina still lingered from the silver millennium. Mina didn't get to think about it much when one of Quintis' hands traveled under her panties and quickly snapped her back to reality. Quintis felt around a bit to find it was already slightly damp down there. Quintis figured that it was time to move on. Quintis quickly pulled Mina's panties down and she licked her way down from the center of Mina's breasts to her belly. Quintis planted a light kiss before moving down further. Quintis knew she had been delaying this for as long as possible and had best decided to go directly for gold. Quintis stuck her tongue out and took a long lick of Mina's slit. Mina, not expected the sudden onslaught of pleasure arced her back and let out a long, low moan of Quintis' name. Quintis smiled for a brief second before continuing. She took another long lick and got pretty much the same results. Quintis didn't have any problems with eating Mina out as she did love her and she tasted *really* good. Hungrily feasting like a cannibal upon Mina, Quintis didn't let up at all. Her access was a little limited as Mina was constantly closing her legs instinctively to the pleasure she was receiving. Quintis used her hands to keep Mina's legs spread apart before her head was crushed. Mina wrapped her legs around Quintis' neck and used them to press Quintis into her as much as possible, hoping to get more pleasure out of it. Mina's hands were placed on Quintis' head, doing much the same thing. Mina felt her whole body getting hotter by the second. The pleasure shooting through her whole body. Mina felt a sudden explosion of pleasure and she instinctively cried out Quintis' name. Fireworks were flashing off in front of her eyes. Mina opened her eyes after a few moments as the bolts of pleasure stopped coursing though her. Quintis' face was hovering a few centimetres from her face. Quintis' face came crashing down capturing Mina in a passionate kiss. Mina could taste herself on Quintis' tongue. She didn't know what to make of the odd taste but she had to admit that she did taste ok...at the least. Mina's hands went up to Quintis' cloak and started to undo the yellow brass buttons that went from the top of the cloak at the neck to the bottom of it at her feet. Mina undid the first one and looked up at Quintis for her reaction. She was simply looking back. Mina bit her lip and undid the next button. Then the next. Then the next. Quintis was only staring at Mina's face the entire time. Mina was on the 10th button which was located near Quintis' waist. Mina decided to stop there and grabbed the edges of Quintis' cloak and pulled it down her shoulders and pulled it down to Quintis' hips. Quintis had on a very tight black undershirt. It was slightly transparent and Mina could see Quintis' black sports bra under it. Quintis didn't say a word of affirmation but didn't stop Mina either. Mina admired what she could see of Quintis. She had rather large breasts, actually. It was just difficult to tell with the cloak on. Mina lifted the shirt over Quintis' head and tossed it aside. Quintis had well toned muscles. They didn't quite look like muscles but they were well toned. Mina finally got frustrated at the lack of response on Quintis' part. "Look Quintis, if you don't want to do this tell me. You've already pleasured me...let me pleasure you back but I can't do it unless you want really want this." Quintis was fearing this by now. She decided to kiss Mina light and quickly and whispered, "If you want this...then I want it too." and Quintis kissed her full on. Holding nothing back. She would not ever hold back like she was again. She no felt that past this point, it was stupid to fear anything anymore. Quintis broke apart for a moment to finish removing her cloak and bra. She stood there in black sweat pants that were made of the same material as the shirt and were equally see thru. This showed off that she was wearing black panties as well. Mina stood up and pressed herself against Quintis as hard as she could, their breasts being pressed together. Quintis could feel Mina's still aroused nipples pressing into her own breasts. This alone was enough to make Quintis' own nipples hard too. Mina could feel her reaction against her own breasts. Quintis placed one hand around Mina's back and her other hand was gripping her ass. Mina was still sweaty from Quintis' manipulations of her body. The smell of Mina's sex starting to assault her senses again. The entire time, they were kissing, trying to show their love for each other through this embrace. Mina had one hand on Quintis' cheek and the other arm was wrapped around Quintis' waist. Both of them seemed like they were afraid that the other would disappear and were trying to hold the other so they couldn't get away. Mina's hand traveled to Quintis' tit and started to message it gently. Quintis let out the lowest of moans to the touch into the kiss. Mina's arm that was around Quintis' waist was used to pull Quintis' pants down to her ankles. Mina had accidentally stuck her knee out a bit and when Quintis had accidentally rubbed herself along Mina's knee, she couldn't help but let out a moan as the sudden pleasure shot through her. Mina noticed this and pushed her leg out a little more. Quintis then started to rub herself up and down on Mina's knee causing herself to moan out loudly in pleasure into the kiss. It was the extremely built up tension of the waiting nearly a hundred years for this. She rubbed against Mina's knee a fourth time and she threw her head back as an earth shattering orgasm suddenly ripped through her whole body. Quintis wasn't able to keep her balance and she fell over. Quintis was a little heavier then Mina and all Mina could do was redirect the weight so they landed on her soft bed. After a few minutes, Quintis finally came back to her senses but the remains of the orgasm still passing through her body. That had to be like the strength of about three orgasms in one. All she could say was, "Wow." At this, Mina giggled lightly before climbing on top of Quintis and straddling her waist and bent forward to kiss Quintis. The kiss showed Mina was Quintis still had it in her for another round...just was she was hoping. "Geez Quintis, you didn't last long at all!" Mina said jokingly. Quintis' only smiled lovingly, not quite having the strength yet for proper speech. Mina let out a little laugh again and kissed Quintis hard and furious, doing her best to show Quintis that she wasn't quite done with her yet. After breaking apart, Quintis said, "I guess we're not finished yet, eh?" "You learn quickly!" Mina said. She moved herself to the side a little so that her crotch was rubbing against Quintis' upper thigh and her own thigh was rubbing against Quintis' crotch. This was basically replicating what Quintis was doing when she was rubbing herself up and down on Mina's leg but altering it so that both parties get off on it. Mina started kissing Quintis passionately and thrusting her tongue out to meet Quintis' half of the way there when she pushed her crotch against Quintis' leg and pushing her own leg up to rub against Quintis crotch. Both women moaned out into the other's mouth as the pleasure took them over again. Quintis' last coherant thought was voiced to Mina. "God...I love you Mina!" Mina's was similar and she replied, "I love you too Quintis...Ah!.." Mina started to put more thought and concentration into rubbing herself against Quintis. Quintis' hips moved up and down of their own accord now and so Mina only had to keep her knee in place. She could feel Quintis' love juices coating her leg as it was rubbed up and down her thigh. Mina found this turning her on even more. Mina realized that she was far closer to orgasm then Quintis and she wanted them to come at the same time. Mina moved her hand from Quintis' shoulder where she had initially placed it down to Quintis' love hole and removed her leg so she could gain better access. She thrust her index and middle fingers into Quintis. She found that although the access was very tight, they moved in with ease. She started to thrust them in and out while applying pressure from her palm onto Quintis' clit. While she was doing this, she was still sliding up and down Quintis' thigh. Both women moaned loudly into their kisses as they felt the pleasure building up. After a minute more of this, when they felt they couldn't take any more of this, they both reached their most powerful orgasms yet. They both cried out the other's name as the breaking point hit them. After a few moments, they finally came down from the pleasure high also known as an orgasm. Quintis' bangs were plastered to her face from the sweat on her face. Mina wasn't any better at all. Mina looked back into Quintis' eyes and kissed her lightly. "I guess you could say that it's dawning upon me now that love is too precious to deny. I'm sorry I did that to you Mina...I was scared..." Quintis started to cry, knowing the pain that she had caused her friend. Even after Mina was well enough, she still didn't. Mina put her hand on Quintis' back and her other hand cradled her head against her shoulder. "Shh...it's Ok Quintis. Everything is Ok now. You should remember what Queen Serenity said to you back in the Silver Millennium. Do you remember?" "She said...she said that you wouldn't ever let anything come between her and her one true love...ever." Quintis remembered her little chat with the queen way back then. "Yes...and I won't ever let anything come between you and me...because you are my one true love. I love you, only you and will only ever love you." Quintis cried a little harder. This was out of joy...she realized that she had been wrong and Mina was so forgiving. "Thank you, Mina. I love you more then words can justify." "Thank you Quintis." Mina said, "You don't know how much that means to me. I love you!" "I love you too Mina. God do I love you." They kissed one last time for the night before quickly climbing under the covers to go to sleep. Mina dreamt of a life she didn't think would happen before this day...a life with Quintis. Quintis dreamt of all of the happy times they could have together in the future. Little did they know that a figure had watched the entire thing with an approving eye. From the shadows emerged Queen Serenity. She had a loving smile on her face. "I knew you two were meant for each other. I wouldn't have helped out if I didn't think so. Good luck...Mina and Quintis. I'm sure you two will be happy together." Then she disappeared in a flash of light. *** Author's notes: Well...this was longer then I expected but it contained two different storylines too. Well, what do you think of this one? I think it's decent but I didn't capture the emotion as well as I did in the very first story I wrote. I know my spelling and grammar is going to be much better now, though! Honestly, after re-reading my first story, I don't think I will ever be able to make the emotion seem as real as I did then. Anyways, enough psycho-babble for me, I want to hear what you people thing of this, my latest piece of work! All comments are welcome as is CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Flames are bad, though. If you don't like something, tell me what it is that you don't like about my work and I will do my best to change it. Oddly, I haven't received a single *BAD* review for anything I've written. I am glad that some people who found something wrong did point it out. This usually pertained to my horrible spelling and grammar. (Which should be better in this story.) Anyways, all comments and questions are happily accepted. Constructive criticism is good too! As of writing this, the prequel apparently never made it to "A Sailor Moon Romance" so it will be re-sent there as well as when this one is sent. Anyways, thanks go out to EVERYONE who took the time out of their busy schedule to e-mail me about all of my previous work. You know who you are. Send all that C&C to me at bmoon1@hotmail.com 'cuz that's my e-mail address! -_o Something else, as of the last time that I checked, (Which was last weekend) my latest piece of work before this one still hasn't been updated at Sakura. It's that sequel to the first story that I wrote which was so successful. To Mika, I'm sorry that I didn't send you my finished sequel last weekend like I promised so I'm sending this to you with it as an added bonus! Happy? :p~ Well, I'm out of here for now! This is my 5th FIC so far! Cool EH? Two more things that I must say; I'm going to change my e-mail soon because I'm getting far too much porno spam at the one I have right now. (Over 30 in one day!!) Please, for the love of god, do *NOT* add me to porno spam mailing lists! I hate them! I'm simply not interested! The second is that I'm going to create a web page to host my various work. Just my conceptual sketches for my characters and my fan fics. Just look out for it. I'll post the html address in my next fic. Thank you all! You've been a great audience! Here's my e-mail address for those of you who missed it. Oh yeah! Almost forgot, LATEX DAMNIT!! LATEX!!! This is your friendly hentai writter, Blue Moon, signing off for now! bmoon1@hotmail.com Official date and time of finish - Tuesday, Febuary 02, 2000. 01:45pm *BYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYE*