Welcome to When the Brightest Fire goes out...

Here's the beginning of the end...

I got Ten sequel requests to do a sequel uh here it is...

This story takes place 4 months after the ending of When The Brightest Star Goes Out, and will most likely be 11 chapters like it's counterpart, But not written in the same length as Dysfunctional Family.

Chapter 1: Beginning of the end.
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Bright eye's held laughter in them, things had been looking up for the two since their relationship had been heading down an extremely rocky path. the were just excited to continue to be stable, while making their partnership interesting and happy on both ends.

Minako had been silently stalking her prey as she moved about the house. Rei had been staying over more often than not and practically lived with her.

The raven haired girl had made a huge fuss when Minako first attempted to give her house keys. Saying that they weren't ready to take such a large step. Which, in Minako's opinion, was silly. So in the end just to get, Mina to shut up about it or so she told her, Rei took the keys, but for some reason hadn't left to go and actually sleep in her own bed since then.

Which was completely fine with Minako since she'd rather have Rei in bed next to her every night. There was just something about the feelings of protection the younger woman got when she was by Rei's side.

Rei stopped Vacuuming the downstairs carpet. She couldn't shake the feeling of being watched and it was driving her absolutely nuts. She'd already been through every part of the house and thought for sure that she was alone.

Unless her prat was around here messing with her again which was an option Rei never dismissed Minako did it all the time. The young priestess refused to go through the house opening all the closet doors again she'd learned her lesson when Minako had jumped out at her once and she'd nearly set all the girls clothing aflame.

Sure it was Minako's fault who the hell in their right mind would jump out at a fire Senshi? The flames the Rei emitted from her hands were much more dangerous for only she could put them out once they started.

Minako had just chuckled at her worry and went along with her day.

Minako continued to watch Rei from the top of the stair case. She was laying on her stomach peeking through the wooden banister. Suddenly Rei looked up in her direction and Minako quickly back up and ran toward her bed room.

"What the..." Rei set the vacuum cleaner down and went up the stairs cautiously.

Minako snickered as she climbed out of the tree outside of her bedroom window and dug in her pocket for her house keys.

"Shit," Minako cursed remembering the she didn't want to jingle so she'd sat them down on the floor beside her.

Rei got to the top of the stairs and raised her eyebrow as she spotted Minako's keys laying at the top of steps.

"Figures," She groaned shaking her head. Now she knew that if there was anything one in the house with her it was Mina.

She walked into their bedroom and noted the open window. Feeling that there was no one else in the room with her she looked out.

Minako grinned up at her sheepishly.

"Could I get my keys back?" Rei heard her say.

"What I can't hear you?" Rei grinned back and before the blond could say more she closed the window.

Minako growled. There was no way she'd be locked out of her own house by someone who claimed not to live there.

"If you get your mail here," Which Rei did. "You live here." Minako thought gruffly. It seemed the gods were laughing at her as the clouds opened up and it began to pour. Her tan cargo's and maroon hoodie wasn't enough to keep her warm and Rei didn't seem to want to take pity on her.

"This is what I get," Minako shivered. As she climbed the brick wall into her backyard. There had to be a spare key underneath her back porch rug.

"Already got that one," Rei said as she opened the sliding glass door. Minako was still locked out thanks to the screen door that Rei stood behind, which of course was still locked.

"Okay pay back is a bitch now open the door." Minako shivered.

"What? I can't hear you." Rei said sliding the glass door closed.

"Urg!" Minako growled. She'd get hers.

Rei let out a howl of laughter while she walked upstairs to put the vacuum cleaner away. For fear of the blond getting sick she'd let her in in a few minutes. Minako was such a baby when she had a cold.

-- Venus --

"You know what you'd look better in?" Mars asked her lover. The younger woman was perched on her usual spot on her windowsill.

"What?" Venus asked as she left warm hands warm themselves around her abdomen.

"Nothing," Mars replied slyly.

"Normally I'd be up for it but at the moment you'll have to excuse my detachment."

"Are you rejecting my advances, Majesty?"

"There are circumstances which prevent our fun." Venus refrained. Mars finally got the hint and backed away with a pout.

"Just because your out of commission doesn't mean I am." Mars said to be annoying.

Venus couldn't believe what she'd just heard she turned around slowly to look Mars in the eye and caught her slightly teasing gaze.

Everything hadn't been so stormy between them lately. With the festival of love and the birth of baby Saturn there were just to many things keeping them busy and when they could fit each other into their schedules it was brief.

It was just Mars's luck that she'd caught Venus at the wrong time...

Mainly her "time of the month"

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Rei and Minako stood staring each other down with the sliding glass down between them. The raven haired woman could tell Minako was miserable outside and she'd been out there for only three minutes.

"If you loved me you'd open the door," Minako said through chattering teeth.

"I do love you..." Rei said opening the glass door but leaving the screen door closed.

"Only a little bit obviously." Minako groaned.

Rei took her chance and unlocked the screen door before bolting through the house and up the stairs. She made sure to grab her cell phone and house keys before locking herself into one of Minako's spare bedrooms. There was no way she would let the blond get to her.

She managed to lock the door behind her just in time. She heard Minako run into the door trying to open it from the other side.

"You think this little bullshit lock is going to keep me from you?" She heard Minako yell angrily.

"Yeah actually I do," Rei said. In order to antognize the younger woman futher. It seems as if it worked, as Minako stormed off.

Obiviously Rei underestimated Minako. Every lock in the house had a hidden spare key and she was prepared to use it in order to get to Rei.

Minako grabbed the key to the upstairs locks and thought for a second. How exactly would she exact her revenge on her rascal?

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"What are you doing?" Artemis asked. The room Rei had claimed as her own was actually his.

"I'm hiding from Minako." She replied listening on the other side of the door.

"You are aware that there are key's to this door downstairs in the cupboard?" He asked.

"You've got to be kidding me," Rei said slipping her car key's into her pocket and unlocking the door she easily tiptoed out but hissed slightly when she was shot in the shoulder.

"Minako!" Rei growled as she whipped the paint from her shirt. "That's so not cool."

"Neither was you locking me outside," She said firing off another shot that hit Rei mid thigh.

Rei hissed and went for the other doors but found them all locked.

"Paybacks a...!" Minako said as she fired off more rounds.

"Bitch," Rei yelled opening one of the cabinet doors and hiding behind it.

Three paint balls stuck the door and Rei let out a sigh of relief.

"You think I can't still get in a shot with this bad boy?"

"I don't doubt your skills Mina,"

"You'd better not," Minako warned.

"I just think you're being a pussy I don't even have a weapon."

"And I didn't have keys but did you care..." Minako said and she ran up and started to fire again .

Rei managed to dodge a few and make it away from her and down the stairs.

"Frickin' A!" Minako grinned. Rei would go looking for her tippman and it wouldn't be their. Minako hid it figuring the her weasel would get away. She even locked the the doors so she couldn't leave the house. This would be good!

Rei searched for a place to hide and found it before Minako could find her she quickly hid in the cabinet underneath the sink. It was barely big enough for her but all she needed was the doors to close.

Minako frowned as she opened the last closet door. Where the hell had Rei disappeared to? Maybe she had found a way to get out of the house. Which of course would be no fun, because she wanted to hunt Rei some more. After 15 minutes of waiting for a sign of any movement she sighed and dropped her gun on the couch.

"You can come out now I'm going upstairs to take a shower." Minako said as she pulled off her clothing leaving on just her underwear while she walked to the laundry room and tossed her clothing into the washing machine.

Rei waited silently until she heard Minako go up the stairs before climbing out of the cramped space. She knew that Minako never faked a cease fire because she didn't want it to happen to her.

Rei also peeled off her clothes down to her underwear and tossed them into the washing machine.

-- Venus --

"You really are something else you know that?" Venus asked.

"I've been told that before, Yes." Mars replied

So what she couldn't get as intimate as she would've liked to, but Mars was determined to make due. The older woman hadn't stopped cuddling with Venus since she'd gotten there.

"Urgent message from Lord Inutashio," Kitan interrupted.

"Do you ever knock?" Mars growled. "We're busy."

"Do you have a hearing problem?" Kitan asked seriously. "Urgent message means get your ass up and see what's happening on your planet."

"I'm really getting tired of you," Mars warned as she got up off the bed and followed by Venus.

"Don't doubt the fact that I might feel the same way." Kitan retorted.

"Cut it out," Venus instructed the two. That was her way of mainly telling Kitan to shut up if she knew what was good for her.

The young Knight scoffed, that over grown bag of hot air was always popping off at the jaws with her and she didn't have to sit back and take it like everyone else did.

Not that the Maranian spoke to any one else like she did with her. That woman hated her with a passion unknown to man.

Uh get some!

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