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Summary: One had two boyfriends. Yes at the same time. The other had one boyfriend. One's romantic future was uncertain. While the other was meant to get married to a wonderful man and rule the world for centuries to come. They were best friends. But they both wanted the same person. Hino Rei. UsagixReixMinako

Chapter 1

The five Inner Senshi sat around the table of Rei's room with the one purpose of studying. Although not all of them were being entirely successful at keeping their concentration into their respective books and areas of study. Actually only three of them were into learning something productive.

Rei was studying her History notes for a test tomorrow. Ami was being notoriously successful at introducing basic Geometric formulas to Makoto, who was actually understanding some of the not so complicated processes.

But for the two blonds it was a whole different experience. Usagi didn't seem to be able to let go of the sweets Makoto had brought over for their session and her notebook had been filled with doodles of bunnies and flowers instead of the actual notes she was supposed to be taking from her reading assignment. And Minako's concentration swayed from her English textbook to the miko sitting in front of her.

She just couldn't keep her eyes from her, but Minako made an effort to also look around her textbook as if she was actually interested in it. If it wasn't because she felt like it was important to keep appearances she would be eying her fully. And there was also the fact that Rei didn't know about her feelings and nor did the rest of the Senshi.

Sometimes it even worried her what the rest of the girls would think of her if she ever told any of them about her true feelings for the miko. To her, there were only three possible responses to the news. They could freak out and never talk to her again in their lives. They could laugh their heads out at the thought of the two timing, boy crazy Goddess of Love having feelings other than the usual friendship for none other than their Sailor Mars. Or they could simply understand and accept it.

But what worried her more would have to be the reaction and feelings of the raven haired miko. Minako had no idea how she felt about a lot of things. It was almost impossible to tell. Rei was like one of those old books with the old version of the language which you just couldn't really understand. She was like one of those books with a very hidden meaning with no foreshadowing or any clue of what might happen next. It was nearly impossible to read between the lines. And to top it all off the Goddess of Love didn't seem to be able to tell by using her powers either.

"V?" At first it was a subtle sound. "Venus." Then it became a little more insistent and loud. "Mars to Venus." The demand was now more than evident in the voice. That and the hand waving in front of her face made her realize that she had been spacing out.

"Huh?" That was all she could come up with.

"You are staring." A nervous grin started to form on her face and an embarrassment blush covered her cheeks slightly at having been caught. She had been staring and now she couldn't form a coherent word or thought on her mind. Minako was speechless. That didn't happen often and it worried her. She was usually the one who could keep up best with Rei when it came to answering back.

"V?" Rei insisted. "Did your few brain connections finally stopped working?" She raised an elegant raven eyebrow and once again waited for a response. Anything that told her that the blond's brain was still functional.

Minako's eyes were now wide as saucers and her eyebrows were so high up they already seemed to be outside her face. She began stuttering an answer but it was impossible for anyone to make out its meaning.

"Okay..." Rei drawled. "You don't have to say anything now..." She was speaking slowly and pointedly so that her blond friend could understand what she was saying. "...just so that you don't hurt yourself anymore."

"We've lost her." Makoto stated matter of factly and Usagi agreed with her by exaggeratedly nodding her head and crossing her arms in front of her.

It had to be a good ten minutes before Minako's mind started dissipating and she could think clearly again.

Everyone had gone back to their tasks at hand. Except that there weren't anymore sweets for Usagi to drool over. She had eaten them all and she was now wondering over the more hidden corners of her mind until she found one of her favorite subjects. The only difference between this subject and her other interests was that this one was her special little secret. It wasn't like eating sweets or sleeping. Those were the ones her friends knew about. This one was even better. This one was her friend. The one she always argued with just to have her attention directed at only her.

This had been her little secret ever since she had met the raven haired miko. She had always been trying to do something wacky or clumsy just to have her notice her. Even if it meant annoying the miko to no ends. It was fun to see her all worked up. It was fun for her to see her friend's emotions go from calm and collected to annoyed and sometimes to even angry. And if she was lucky and had done the right combination on the right buttons and pulled the exact levers she could see a small grin form on her raven haired friend's face. If only for an instance.

Usagi woke up from her daydreaming with a start and by the looks of Rei's face she had been calling her for a while now.

"Apparently Minako's disease is contagious. Hopefully it's only a blonds thing."

"What? Why?" Usagi put a hand on the back of her head and laughed nervously. "Hey!"

"You were staring too."

"No I wasn't!" Usagi's cheeks became a rosy pink and she felt herself become uncomfortably warm.

"At me." Rei muttered and her eyes narrowed slightly.

"Wha-? Gaa- Ha! Ha! At you?! Haa- Ha! No...Ha! Ha!" She began sweating and her laughter increased in intensity. "Silly Rei-chan!" And with that she gave Rei a hard slap on the back that send her forward and in contact with the table. She gave a surprise yelp and when her forehead made contact with the hard wood in front of her she gasped in pain.

Everyone gasped loudly in unison expecting some kind of nuclear explosion to come out of their friend. Usagi clasped her hands over her mouth and hurriedly hid behind Makoto and Ami, who in an attempt to protect themselves from the projectiles sure to come to their target in no time, shoved Usagi away from themselves and closer to a speechless Minako.

After what seemed like an eternity of expecting the worse and having Rei's head still apparently pasted to the table they heard a small groan coming from her. They saw Rei's back heave somewhat from what seemed to be sigh. Then she brought her hands up and pressed them against the table for support. It took the miko some effort to get herself up from that position but when she was finally sitting as straight as she could and the rest of the senshi got a good look at her face, they saw a pain filled expression. Rei's face was screwed in pain and her forehead was as red as her sailor fuku where it had hit against the hard wood.

She brought her hand up to feel her tender forehead but as soon as she reached the spot she had to retrieve her hand. A hundred waves of pain shot through her whole skull and down the rest of her body. She sighed heavily and mumbled something under her breath.

Rei pressed her eyes shut and then reopened them to get some sense of what had just happened. She even felt a bit of vertigo for a moment and then it was gone. She looked around and found that everyone had an expression of shock on their faces and they were still as rocks.

Makoto was the first one to move. She stood up and run out of the room saying she would bring a bag of ice. Then Ami recovered from her state of shock and came closer to Rei to check on her forehead.

"Thankfully you are not bleeding. It's probably nothing serious." Ami said as she tried to feel Rei's wound just in case but was constantly stopped by Rei's hands.

"That or she could have a massive conclusion!" Minako was happy to jump in with a new term she had learn in anatomy class so she held her chest high to demonstrate how proud she was of herself.

"Concussion you stupid." The miko retorted. She was going to say something else when Makoto came in with the bag that would save them all from a couple of hours full of verbal abuse from the Martian. Ami put the bag of ice against Rei's forehead and she held it in place careful not to disturb her new wound.

"Oh no. Nevermind! She's alive!" The blond chirped and put her arms up in a gesture of mock celebration. Although deep inside she was relieved not only for the fact that there had been no massive nuclear explosion but also because her friend and secret crush was showing signs of being alright. "I was so scared that Rei might burn any of us alive!"

"Oh! You actually looked smarter when you were speechless!" Rei said imitating Minako's chosen tone of voice and mocking the blond's face expression.

"Ha! I was so not speechless!" Was the indignant response. "I could have answered you any time I wanted!"

"Yes, of course! With one of those weird noises that were coming out of your mouth. You sounded like you were swallowing and talking at the same time."

"Well at least I did not cause you a conclusion!"

"Concussion!"

"That's exactly what I said! Geez."

When Rei was about to answer back with some nasty reply she was stopped by a finger tapping at her shoulder attempting to gain her attention once more. She turned around with a look that would have stopped a whole army on their tracks and made every single solder convulsion on the spot but she immediately softened her expression when she realized it was her princess.

"What is it Odango?" She asked calmly.

"I'm sorry Rei-chan...I didn't mean to hit you so hard." Rei looked at her princess's sincere navy blue eyes and instantly her heart melted like butter. She had completely forgotten about the bump that was sure to grow from her forehead because of her little argument with Minako.

"Don't worry Usagi. It's just a little bump." She smiled a reassuring smile at Usagi, who couldn't help herself at hearing her name instead of the usual nickname Rei used to address her and hugged the miko with all her might. "Okay. Okay. That's enough hugging for a whole year!"

Minako found herself watching the exchange of affection between her charge and her crush with a wave of jealously completely unknown to her.

End of Chapter 1

A/N: Well I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter of my new story! Please Review. Constructive criticism is welcome as well as any suggestions.