Hello! I hope you will like this semi-fluff but also slightly demented story I have planned. I need some english love while I live in France, so pardon my french ;D
Chapitre 1: Kyoto
"Minako, don't let go of my hand okay?" the sweat from her hands was causing the blonde to slip, that couldn't happen. This battle was too important and the girl she was holding up was to important. Too important to her.
"Let go Reiko," the tears were falling from the Martian, she couldn't she could never let go.
"No, Minako come on just let me pull you up, you'll be fine!" the look in her best friend's eyes was evident what was going to happen. Soon the blonde's hand was relaxing in hers, Rei would not let her fall. The abyss of blood and limbs was below and the impact would surely kill her, Rei would not kill her. She had sworn to protect the princess, the one person that caused this. Slightly her blood that was already flowing out of her body began to boil and harden, the princess had killed herself in heartache, leaving her senshi to pick up the pieces. But Rei gripping the ledge she was on as Sailor Mars, was no fool, she would protect her own princess, the princess of Venus. The girl was slipping from her grasp and it was also ripping out the martians heart, her Venus was falling, she wouldn't let her Venus give up like this, never like this. But with another slip Rei could only look down into the blonde's eyes while the railing was crushing her ribs at the angle she was pivoting herself at.
"Reiko," giving one last smile Minako slipped from Rei's hold.
The scream ripped her from sleep and the miko was drenched in sweat and sitting in the fire temple in Kyoto, rushing to the bathroom she let go of her breakfast into the nearest trashcan. Shivering in the bathroom Rei let tears fall and the feelings that her past self had experienced continued to ravage her system.
It had been nearly five years since the incident with Galaxia, nearly all of them had gone and done whatever they wished with their life. But with everyone Crystal tokyo creeped on their minds which was why they were still comfortable not seeing one another. All of them except Rei. The separation had done more to her then even Ami, mainly because Ami was living with Usagi before she married Mamoru.
Taking deep cleansing breaths Rei stood back up and straightened out her clothes, having remembered she was only a visitor here. Returning to the fire room she gathered her things and thanked the resident Mikos. Rei proceeded down the stairs to where her car was parked. Out of them all Rei had kept her whereabouts mainly vague, choosing to remain in Japan most of time. Having already completed High school and college Rei was focusing more on the things that she had wanted to be back before they even met the outer senshi.
The door handle to her car was freezing to the touch and the interior a warm leather contrast to the slowly creeping autumn weather. Smelling the leather in the car she let the machine purr to life, music poured into her ears. To the surprise of her friends nearly three years ago she decided to go to France for schooling. Rei had explained it was the best place to study music, after that Rei had also picked up linguistics. That led the miko to studies all over, devoting mostly all of her time to school, much to her father's happiness.
That was one thing that was good out of the decision to get out of Japan, her father fully endorsed her going to higher education schools out of the country. Having paid in full her tuition to both the University in Paris, and the one in London she would go to during the summer.
Looking in the rearview mirror Rei had to clear her eyes seeing the bloody and beaten image of Venus. Wrenching at her heart the miko cursed and paused, clearing her mind the specter was gone and the car drove out of the gravel path. Driving always got her mind of the memories that had slowly started to creep back into her mind.
This was because during her escapades in France, she had picked up the habit to listen to French rap, or really any music that wasn't currently circulating in the United Kingdom or the United States. This was because Minako was currently in her full swing "Pop Idol" mode now. That was the success of her five years away from everyone, she actually got good at singing and suddenly she was off touring the world. Completely forgetting everything was around her or the one person who really cared about her.
Rei immediately stopped herself and turned the music up and she wouldn't let the images in her head get the better of her. So many images of times she had seen Minako but the blonde was oblivious of her actually being there. Like the one time she was able to get onto Good Morning America, it was a downpour but Rei had managed to make it. Then another time in Germany, again she would watch her best friend sing and the blonde wouldn't see her.
Rei constantly would have to stop herself, that this wasn't the silver millennium anymore, this was a new era and they still were different people. But even with the guidance of Pluto, Rei was having a hard time keeping the two people she had been separate. The Martian and the girl she was now. Mars Rei, and Hino Rei.
"Incoming Call," the bluetooth clicked on and her pounding music was silenced, leaving her ear drums ringing.
"Moshi Moshi," there was a loud squeal on the other end of the phone, definitely Usagi by the slight higher pitch.
"Rei-chan, Mamo finally asked to marry me!" slamming on her breaks Rei nearly missed the oncoming car before sliding to a stop on the edge of the road.
Catching her breath Rei in an instant was feeling a terrible headache and pressure on her heart. A crushing sympton that had started to effect her for most of the past year and a half.
"That's great Usagi!" feigning happiness Rei tried to keep her breath so Usagi would remain oblivious.
"It's going to be in a month Rei-chan, so you better find your way back to Tokyo and then we all can get back together..." Rei couldn't focus on Usagi's voice anymore as the pressure increased. It brought tears to her eyes and her head slammed into the horn before Rei opened the door and got rid of the last bit of her breakfast she hadn't at the shrine.
"Rei-chan?!" the faint echo of Usagi in the bluetooth sighted Rei to her error.
"I'm fine Usagi, just a little sick, I'll be back in Tokyo some time soon okay, I'm up in Kyoto on business," this had been the first time she had actually told someone a generally acceptable answer of where she had been.
"You've been in Kyoto?! Why didn't you tell me Rei-chan! Ami-chan and I would have visited," the whining in Usagi's voice would never go away and Rei laughed before closing her door.
"I had to make final arrangement for the Jinja ok?" her grandfather had started to become very senile and so she being the only heir had to make sure that it was taken care of. She would be unable to fully stay at the Jinja but still it allowed her the ability to keep it in the family. It had been a joint decision between her and her father that the Jinja stay within the family but to have Rei not run the Jinja.
"Ah, I'm still sorry about your Ojii-chan," Usagi was always kind to Rei and this allowed her an escape.
"It's fine Usagi, but I gotta go, I'll see you soon," hitting the end button the welcome sound of her music silenced the pounding headache. In her head she knew something was coming but she wouldn't put her first guess on what it was. It could possibly be the side effects of the memory onslaught.
"Minako..." the pain that had caused all of this was her best friend, but she could never hate her. She never could. Why?
"Mina... Come back..." because for the past five years Rei realized that the senshi of love had stolen her heart.
Please tell me how you like it! :D
~Feu d'Ares
PS. My name means Fire of Ares, for all whom were curious.
