A/N: Yay! Finally finished chapter 2...or 3? Whatever. This has a lot more action then the last chapter but there's also a lot of weird love sick tension, ha ha, let's just say the plot gets interesting. Well hope you like and if you don't hope that you hate, hey at least it's a reaction! Please read and review (if this story is relevant to you)

I don't own Sailor Moon or anything…and I mean anything…so please don't sue! Thanx!

Chapter 2

This fire is out of control

Arunci walked in circles anxiously, his faithful warrior had not returned. The leader knew he had found the crystal, moments before his piece of it shun like never before, he could feel his warrior and the crystal at the same time but…where was he? "Where the hell is he?!"

"Sir, perhaps he found the crystal and took it" one of the Reginamian warriors suggested.

"Impossible! He would be dead by now, by sparing your lives I have complete power over you. If he so much as thinks of betraying me he would drop dead. That goes the same for all of you" Arunci threatened the three frightened warriors.

"Yes sir" they replied.

"When the large star illuminates this planet again I want you two to go find our fellow warrior and the crystal. Don't even think of coming back here without it! Understand?" Arunci commanded signaling two of his warriors.

"Yes sir!"

Sailor Mars could feel her blood boiling, the fire inside of her was eating her alive. She stood quavering in front of a pile of cement with two of her fellow senshi under it and still did nothing. Mercury pushed her aside and began to remove some of the blocks of cement, the priestess simply stood there burning with anger.

"Mars! Do something! What's the matter with you? Don't just stand there!" Mercury yelled as she tried lifting a rather heavy block.

"No! not until I know where Sailor Moon is! Jupiter should have protected her! Where is she?!" the senshi of fire ignited.

"Mars, I'm over here!" Moon cried from the other end, she sat against the wall, slouched and pale from being weakened.

But Mars didn't listen, she continued to burst "It's our duty to protect the princess! Why didn't she save her?!"

"Stop it Rei, you weren't here, Jupiter saved my life" Venus suddenly groaned.

"Mars! I'm fine! I'm right here!" Moon shouted as she began to weakly stand up.

Mars jerked her head to stare at Venus "Jupiter isn't suppose to save YOUR life, she's suppose to save Sailor Moon! Now we've lost the princess!" she protested.

"REI! I'm right over here!! Look! Sailor Moon! Here!" Moon screamed making her way over to Mercury who was still moving debris.

The priestess finally noticed her princess who knelt beside Mercury and helped her. Mars immediately felt her fire dying out, quickly she got down on her knees and began to help but refused herself to look at Venus who was now almost able to get out from under an unconscious Jupiter. With the help of Mercury, Venus dragged Jupiter out and placed her head on her lap.

"Guys, we should probably get out of here. We wouldn't want the cops thinking we did this" Moon said leaning against Mars for support.

"Sounds good but what about Jupiter? We couldn't possibly get her out like this" Mercury said while checking the brunette's pulse.

"Wake her up" Mars stated.

"What?! Are you crazy?" Venus replied aggressively.

"It's the only way. We can't carry her out before the cops get here, wake her up"

"She's right" Mercury stated.

"Fine" Venus said as she began shaking the taller girl, after a few strong tugs she resorted to slapping her. Jupiter jerked open her eyes and groaned, she looked quizzically up at the blonde above her.

"Hi" the brunette said smiling a little.

Venus caressed Jupiter's forehead "Hi, how do you feel?" she asked smiling and looking back, her eyes filled with passion.

"Like I've died and gone to heaven"

Venus blushed profusely "You must have bumped your head pretty hard, you sound delusional" she said giggling nervously.

"Get up Jupiter, we have to go" Mars grunted.

With the help of Venus and Mercury the brunette was able to get up, she flashed a smile to Sailor Moon who returned the gesture. The five girls sprinted up the stairs and onto the roof, without looking back they jumped through the night until finally arriving to the temple.

"Wow…that was a…good work out…" Jupiter panted before passing out, her transformation disappeared seconds after hitting the floor.

"She just needs some rest, let's get her inside" Mercury said kneeling over Makoto.

The four scouts carried the unconscious girl into the temple, behind closed doors Minako and Ami tended to her while Usagi and Rei waited beside the fire.

"Rei can I ask you something?" Usagi carefully asked.

"Hm?…oh sure Usagi, fine" the priestess replied as she stared into the fire dazed.

The blonde blinked a few times before speaking "Well…it's about today. Why were you so angry? I was fine and you just kept yelling…about Jupiter. Did you guys have a fight?" she asked worriedly.

Rei looked over at the blonde, she chuckled a bit before smiling, tears began to form in her eyes "No, it's not like that. I was just worried and in a really bad mood. Seeing the hospital like that…it's been a bad day Usagi, don't worry about it" she sighed holding back the tears.

"But…"

"I'm fine, really. Just drop it"

The two girls sat silently for a couple of minutes, Usagi turned to look at Rei who didn't move, still staring at the fire.

"You haven't asked me what happened" the blonde said resentfully.

"Oh…oh yeah, sorry…what did happen?" the priestess apologized and turned her full attention to Usagi.

"Well…the guy…I mean thing tried to grab my crystal and suddenly it lit up, everything around us was falling apart and then…he was gone"

"Oh. That's weird. And…what about Jupiter and Venus? I mean…how did she save her?" Rei asked turning away to hide her blush.

Usagi shrugged her shoulders "Beats me. I woke up and you guys were there, I didn't know they were under the cement until I saw Mercury trying to get them out" she replied.

"Oh"

The two girls jumped a bit when Minako suddenly entered the room, she wiped her hands with a towel "Well she's okay, just a few cuts and bruises, she's asleep" she informed.

"Good, it's been a long day" Usagi added.

"Wait! Minako can I talk to you?" Rei said before Minako could walk away, the blonde nodded and walked into another room, Rei trailed behind her. Behind closed doors the two stood awkwardly.

"Well? What's up?" Minako asked swaying nervously in her spot.

Rei cleared her throat "I wanna know…why did you kiss Makoto?" she asked feeling her anger rise.

Minako stared at her feet "I don't know…it just kinda happened" she replied nervously.

"Do you like her?"

The blonde felt her face burn "I don't know…maybe…I don't know…" she stammered.

"If you don't know then why did you kiss her?"

"Why did you kiss me?!" Minako shot back feeling tears form in her eyes.

Rei dropped her mouth and stared at her in awe "Why do you think I kissed you?!" she replied angrily.

"I don't know"

"It's because I like you! But if I had known you like Makoto then…"

"I never said I like her!" Minako quickly retorted.

"Then why did you kiss her?! Or was that just friendly flirting too?" Rei aggressed as she clenched her fists tightly, angry tears ran down her face.

"What? What are you talking about?"

"Oh come on! You flirt with me and then you kiss Makoto? You knew I liked you and you still flirted with me! I honestly thought you liked me back!"

"I'm sorry…I didn't know…really I…"

"Save it Minako, it doesn't matter…" Rei said turning away, seconds after she felt the blonde embrace her, she could feel her sobbing against her arm.

"I'm so sorry Rei! I didn't mean it! I never wanted to hurt you, honest!" Minako sobbed.

Rei felt her heart ache as she listened to the blonde's silent sobbing, the priestess turned and fully embraced her back. The two stood hugging and silent, Minako sobbed as Rei cried in silence. The two were interrupted by a knock at the door, they separated and wiped their eyes, Ami peeked in.

"Sorry to interrupt but Makoto woke up and is asking for Minako, I think she's still a little dazed" the blue haired girl informed before shutting the door and leaving.

Rei looked at Minako a gave her a weak smile "Well…I guess you should go"

"I guess I should…but what about you?"

"I don't know…whatever. Just go" the priestess said encouragingly.

Minako blushed as she nodded, she placed her hand on Rei's cheek and smiled, with one last look the blonde left her standing alone in the room.

The blonde walked into Makoto's room, the moment she entered the brunette sat up with great difficulty but nevertheless smiling.

"Mako-chan, take it easy" Minako said rushing to her side and helped her sit up properly.

"No no, I'm okay, really. What about you? Are you okay?" Makoto asked, she smiled from ear to ear, her eyes glistened as she looked at the smaller girl.

Minako blushed and tried to smile "Yes I'm fine, because of you…" she slurred.

The brunette took a deep breathe before prudently taking the blonde's hand in hers, Minako flinched a little but gave her a squeeze, she wanted to kiss again…so bad… but guilt ate at her insides. Makoto blushed as she carefully moved towards the blonde, the two were face to face for a moment before joining their lips in a heart warming kiss. But no matter how fulfilling and incredible the kiss was Minako still cried, she wanted to enjoy the extraordinary moment but felt guilt-ridden all over, she released Makoto's hand and pulled away.

"I'm sorry…I can't, I have to go" the blonde said as she got up and wiped her tears.

"But…"

"No, please…just…I'm sorry I can't, I just can't!" Minako wailed before sprinting out of the room and into the bathroom where she sat crying into her hands. Confusion wracked her mind, she wanted Makoto like never before but knowing Rei liked her changed everything, now she didn't know what she wanted, the only thing that was actually clear was that someone was going to get hurt.

Hours passed before the blonde realized she had fallen asleep in the bathroom, a ray of light hit her directly in the face, she blinked a few times before getting up and leaving the room. The rest of the temple was quiet, all she could hear were the morning birds chirping and restlessness of the city below. She passed a room and saw Usagi and Ami sleeping peacefully in sleeping bags, at the end of the hall she noticed Rei coming out of Makoto's room.

"Rei? Hey" Minako said walking towards the priestess.

"Good morning Minako, sorry I didn't wake you but you looked so peaceful, how did you sleep?"

"Fine. What were you doing in there?" the blonde asked looking at her quizzically.

"Killing her"

"What?!"

Rei chuckled "Just kidding, jeez, I was just checking up on her, everyone else is still asleep" she informed. Suddenly the two girls heard the TV turn on in the other room.

"Well it's seems Ami is up too" Minako said smiling.

"Yeah"

"Rei, I have to tell you something…last night when I went to Makoto's room, we didn't…"

"EVERYONE! COME IN HERE QUICK!" Ami scram from the other room.

The fours girls assembled in front of the TV, again they were watching the hospital being destroyed. Two Reginamian warriors were slamming and devastating everything in their paths, not a single patrol car could

arrive and avoid being completely annihilated.

"What should we do? We barely know why we managed to kill the other…thing. And we need Jupiter…" Usagi worried.

"No problem. I'm here" Jupiter said suddenly appearing in the room, although her body hid her feelings, she still wore a devastated face.

"You don't look well. Maybe you should stay here" Rei advised.

Jupiter frowned "I'm fine. Let's go" she commanded before dashing out towards the hospital, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Moon followed suit. After about being a mile away the five senshi could begin the hear gunshots and people yelling and screaming, two army helicopters passed above them while they ran, they felt their hearts beat in fear as they arrived to the battle.

The hospital was a mess. In the relatively short time it took the sailor scouts to arrive there were already dozens of tanks and army soldiers shooting frantically at the two warriors. The sound of gunshots and explosions surrounded the area for miles, smoke and fire adorned the battle field, bodies lay rotting in every possible direction. The five sailor scouts hesitated at the sight and decided to hide about 100 meters away in a cluster of bushes, carefully they watched the two warriors obliterate their enemies, both constantly demanding the crystal.

"What do we do?! We can't go fight now! We'll be shot to the death!" Moon complained.

"Well, it looks like that'll be the least of our worries, those…monsters have almost killed all the soldiers" Mercury said as she watched the battle attentively.

"Um…do we have a strategy? Anyone have any ideas?" Venus asked feeling her body tremble, no matter how many enemies she had once fought this was a completely different ballpark.

"We fight like we always have" Jupiter instructed.

"That's insightful. Good plan" Mars scoffed.

"Got a better idea? Hey! Maybe you should go over there and nag them to death!" the brunette replied sarcastically.

The fire senshi sneered "Or…maybe YOU should go over there and do absolutely nothing, it worked like a charm last time" she mocked.

Jupiter's face grew angry "Let me show how little I can do by shoving it up your a…"

"STOP IT! We're here to fight them not each other! Grow up!" Mercury scowled.

"Looks like they're down to only five soldiers, we'd better be prepared…" Moon said anxiously.

"Alright, here's the deal. Moon, Jupiter and myself will fight the one on the left, you two the one on the right" the senshi of ice ordered. The four girls in front of her nodded, they all waited for the gunshots to cease before launching themselves into battle.

"That's the last one" Venus said somberly as she watched the last remaining soldier go limp from having his jugular slashed by an axe. "Well…good luck"

"Let's go!" Jupiter cried before darting towards the warrior, Moon and Mercury ran behind her. Mars and Venus proceeded towards the other.

"VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN!" the blonde called out as a long, lustrous golden chain shot towards the warrior, it barely ricocheted off him.

"You! You must have the crystal! Hand it over!" the Reginamian warrior demanded making his way towards the two senshi.

"MARS FLAME SNIPER!" Mars cried as she launched a burning arrow at the enemy, he caught it in mid air and threw it back with incredible force, the senshi of fire barely jumped out of the way although the arrow still grazed her face leaving a small but deep cut on her left cheek.

"JUPITER THUNDER CRASH!" Jupiter bellowed as a lighting bolt struck the warrior and momentarily paralyzed him, she ran towards the other two senshi.

"Hey Mars, talk about getting hit by your own weapon huh?" the brunette said smugly.

"Shut up. What are you doing here anyway? Shouldn't you be with Mercury and Moon?"

"Well it's seems Sailor Moon's crystal is doing all the work so I decided to see if you guys needed any help. Apparently you did" the senshi of lightning teased.

Mars got up and wiped some blood from her cheek "We appreciate it, you can go back now" she replied coldly.

"No, I'm staying here to fight"

"We don't need you"

"Apparently you do"

"That's not for you to decide"

"Oh really? Why don't we ask Venus. Venus? Do you want me stay?" Jupiter asked looking at the blonde.

Venus looked at the brunette than at Mars, she sighed before nodding.

Jupiter smiled "Well, that's settles it"

Mars frowned "Fine. Then I'll just have to prove how little we need you. "FIRE SOUL!" she cried launching a powerful flame at the recovering warrior, he groaned as the heat attacked him, his clothes caught on fire for a few moments, other then that he was unharmed. The monstrous man chuckled a bit before drawing out a rather large machete and menacingly making his way towards the three senshi.

"Boy, did you prove me wrong" the senshi of lightning sneered, "JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!". The razor sharp leaves struck the warrior, it stopped him in his tracks for a moment but barely scratched him.

"Thank god you came here to help us, what would we ever do without you" Mars mocked, "MARS BURNING MANDALA!", the whirlwind of fire merely slowed down the warriors pace.

"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"

"VENUS CRECSENT BEAM!"

The two attacks slowed down the enemy but only that, the three senshi found themselves being pushed back by the approaching fiend.

"MARS FLAME SNIPER!" Mars tried again, luckily the arrow pierced through the warrior's hand, he stopped completely and stared at his wound, grinning diabolically the warrior in one swift movement yanked the arrow out and aimed at the senshi.

"Give me the crystal" he demanded wavering the arrow in his hand.

Mars clenched her fists "Over my dead body!" she replied furiously.

"Fine. Not yours but hers" the warrior said aiming the arrow and sending it flying directly at Venus, the senshi of love froze as she watched the sharp end plummet towards her. Jupiter ran as fast as she could and threw herself towards the blonde, pushing her away both senshi went flying and landed abruptly on the ground, except for some minor bruises both were unharmed by the arrow.

The senshi of lightning jumped to her feet "That's it! JUPITER THUNDER DRAGON!" Jupiter roared as she produced an enormous quantity of electricity shaped like a dragon, it struck the warrior with awesome force, he gave a great cry as the energy zapped every bone in his body. After seconds of wailing in pain the monster turned silent and fell to it's knees.

"MARS FIREBIRD STRIKE!" Mars took her turn and summoned a very large and fast bird shaped ball of fire, it swiftly glided towards the enemy and with great force struck it directly in the chest. With one more long, ear piercing cry the warrior fell face first into the ground, he twitched a little before laying motionless in a heap of blood and smoke.

"See? Told you we were fine" the senshi of fire said smiling condescendingly.

"Fine?! You call that fine?! You almost got Venus killed you brute!" Jupiter spat.

Venus approached the brunette and placed a hand on her arm "Calm down, I'm fine, you're fine and Mars is fine. We won, we don't have to fight about it" she said turning look at the senshi of fire, she smiled trying to encourage peaceful behavior.

"Brute? You're calling me a brute? That's a laugh. If it weren't for me we'd still be fighting that thing so instead of insulting me perhaps you should be saying thanks" Mars threatened completely ignoring the blonde.

Jupiter slightly pushed Venus aside and approached the senshi of fire, she stood face to face with her as she clenched her fists "Listen, you might have gotten the job finished but I got it done, so why don't you run along and tell Sailor Moon, make yourself useful for once" she said giving Mars a heart piercing look.

"You wouldn't have been able to make out half that sentence if she weren't here" the senshi of fire sneered as she signaled to Venus, "So save your petty jokes for someone who actually wants to be with you"

Wham! Jupiter punched Mars straight in the jaw, she stumbled back as a little blood poured from her mouth. The senshi of fire was quick and retaliated with a fierce kick to the stomach, the brunette doubled over trying to catch her breathe, before she could be attacked again she launched herself at Mars. The two senshi landed rolling on the ground, each one received and gave powerful blows, Jupiter had the upper hand but Mars was persistent and authentic with every hit she gave.

"Stop it! What is the matter with you?! You guys are friends! STOP IT!" Venus cried angrily as she pranced around the two fighting senshi trying to stop them without getting hit by a rogue punch or kick.

Jupiter managed to slam Mars down and hold her flailing arms steadily "No! we have to settle this now!" she growled before taking a punch to the face.

The senshi of love felt tears of anger fall down her face "Fine. I'm going to get Sailor Moon, see what she thinks about this!" she threatened before stomping away rather slowly to see if she had gotten a reaction. She turned to find Jupiter and Mars standing about 20 meters away from each other, both panting heavily and filled with blood and bruises, fists clenched they stared each other down.

"Not so tough now, eh?" the senshi of fire said.

The brunette wiped some blood from her mouth "Not bad for a priestess. You are aware that I could snap you in half if I wanted, right?" she replied.

"Go ahead. I'm waiting"

"What is the matter with you? You want me to kill you?"

"I want to you try"

"You're pushing it Mars" Jupiter growled as electricity began to dance at the tip of her fingers.

Suddenly a flame produced from Mar's hand, she too played with it tempted "Hit me and I'll hit you back, I don't care how strong you are"

Venus shook her head sadly and began to walk away , she gave the fallen warrior a quick glance and continued her path. The blonde hesitated and stopped, she looked over at him again and noticed his enormous hand twitter, she stepped over him and could still feel a faint trace of energy. "Guys, I think you should come see this" she informed still closely watching the monster.

Jupiter stood firmly on her spot, electricity emanated powerfully around her, the skies grew dark and violent "I don't know what's gotten in to you but I swear I'll kill you if you make me, so STOP pushing it!" she threatened, her eyes grew wide and furious like lightning.

Mars began to shake, she had almost turned into the (human flame), hot, blinding flames rose from her body, a red, violent glow surrounded her "You're the one who's been pushing it! I thought we were friends! Give me your best shot! It can't be half as bad as what you've already done to me!" she retaliated, she was practically up in flames but the only thing that burned her were the angry tears falling down her cheeks.

"GUYS! COME HERE! I think this thing's not dead!" Venus cried anxiously from the other side. Neither senshi noticed her.

"What? What in the world have I done to you?!" the senshi of lightning asked offended, although she had a small glimpse of the answer she still didn't feel sure, especially when it came to Rei.

Mars scoffed "Oh come on, don't act like you don't know. You always knew how I felt and still you didn't even think twice!"

"…What?! Just come out with it! I'm not psychic!"

"YOU GUYS! THIS THING ISN'T DEAD! GIVE HIM A COMBO BEFORE HE WAKES UP!" Venus screamed, the warrior was beginning to move a little more but more then anything she wanted her teammates to stop fighting, thus, hinting a combo like the one they had used before.

A sphere of fire and electricity surrounded the two angry senshi, they both controlled their bodies from launching on a attack but the retained force was beginning to weigh on them. They knew if they didn't calm down soon one of them would snap.

"You saw us kiss! And yet you kissed her! On the same day! Ever since I met her I've been in lo…" Mars tried to say. The dispute was interrupted by a sound that sank both senshi's heart to their stomachs, the fire and electricity that danced furiously around them disappeared. All eyes were on the senshi of love.

"AGH! HELP!! HELP ME! IT'S ALIVE!" Venus called for aid, the warrior had her locked with his arm threatening her neck. While Mars and Jupiter fought he managed in one quick movement to grab the blonde and capture her as his prisoner. Venus fought to free herself but his strength was far too great, instead her tear filled eyes pleaded for rescue.

Jupiter was about to attack but realized attacking the warrior meant attacking the most important person in her life, "Venus! Let go of her NOW!" she demanded, the electricity revived around her as she began making her way towards them, the warrior took a few stumbling steps back as she approached. He began twisting Venus's neck, she flinched from the terrible pain.

"Stop or I'll break her neck!" the warrior threatened as he applied more pressure, he knew the only way he could leave alive was to take a hostage.

"I'll break YOUR neck!" Jupiter cried as she prepared herself to attack.

"No!" Mars yelled as she launched herself on top of the brunette, with all her might she held her down. The warrior took the advantage and began to back up, he covered the blonde's mouth with his hand and firmly secured his grasp around her waist.

"No! Venus! Minako!! No! let go of me! I swear I'll kill you!" Jupiter scram as she attempted to break away from Mars's surprisingly strong grip, the brunette cried from frustration, the senshi of fire cried because THIS was all their fault.

The warrior was now safely far "Give us the crystal and you'll have her back" he stated. Venus made her last effort to free herself, when that failed she gave both Mars and Jupiter one last look, she didn't look afraid or disappointed…she was heart broken. With that the blonde and monster disappeared, leaving the two distraught senshi crying on the ground.

To be continued…

Final Note: What just happened? What will happen? Who knows? Only me! It was really fun to add the angst and weird love tension to action parts, I truly recommend. Sorry if anyone is out of character but I really want to create tension! Sorry Rei fans! Haha!! Guess it's time to start writing chapter 3...4? Whatever. Hope you liked! And…it's okay if you hate. Please read and review (even if this story is not relevant to you)…what? T'll next time bye!