So, I am so so sorry to all my readers, but I have decided to put this story on indefinite hiatus…
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LOL! Just Kidding! Did I scare ya? Huh?
I would never kill this story! My brain has finished it and demands that I type it all out. Therefore, it shall be done. So sorry that it took so long. I got a little shifty and downtrodden halfway through. And this story cannot be written if the writer, who is me, is not at peak happy-time spazing mental status.
A special thank you to my two great betas. Princes Moonie of the Moon and WolfPeaceMonster. The extra finishing touches made me proud of this chapter. And it's long too! Yay for long!
Disclaimer: Hey, guess what? Mine now!….. Nah….. I kid. I kid. Still not mine. Ain't I a stinker?
So, without anymore rambling….., chapter four!
The silence was deafening. Minako had heard this saying before. Where from she wasn't sure, and truthfully she had no idea what it meant. How could the lack of sound make you deaf? It made absolutely no sense whatsoever. Was it any wonder she kept massacring sayings? Who could keep the blasted things straight anyway? But what she did understand however, was that it referred to intense silence. Terrifying silence. Absolute silence. That was exactly what she was experiencing. As the words left her mouth, three very separate reactions occurred.
The first was her Princess's reaction. Or, more accurately, non-reaction. There was none at all. Not even a blink. She just stared. Blue eyes wide and jaw slack. Like someone had hit a giant epic pause button. A button that would be incredibly useful in other situations. Like school…. or battle….. or in bed…. But, anyway…..
Minako watched as slowly, her Princess's eyes moved to where Minako still held Makoto's hand, and then back to Minako's eyes. She blinked, and her gaze drifted to her fire senshi, then to her ice senshi, then back to where their hands joined again. Her mouth moved, forming words with no sound. She looked like she wanted to react, like she wanted to respond, but had no idea how to snap out of it. No ability to move.
The second reaction was the one Minako was glued to and she didn't even blink for fear of missing one single emotion flitting across her Miko's face. This was it. This was where Rei would snap, where her insufferable stubborness would shatter into a thousand billion pieces and scatter into the wind… Minako watched as the expression on Rei's face, one of barely concealed hopefulness and love and devotion melted away first into confusion. Violet eyes that had been searching her own disappeared briefly as Rei blinked, and leaned back slightly.
The raven haired girl shook her head, obviously distraught at the thought of her Goddess belonging to someone else. The Miko had to be so disappointed in herself. That her own cowardice, her inability to simply fall on her knees at the Love Goddess's feet and beg to be her love servant for all time, had driven her angel into the arms of another. She looked at their hands, looked back at Minako, who was fighting not to squeal in joy, and then over to Ami.
Makoto had been watching her Ami, just as Minako had been watching Rei. The bluenette scrunched up her nose, as if working out a particularly difficult math problem, an action which Makoto naturally thought was completely adorable, and leaned back in her seat as well. She stared down blankly for a moment and Makoto held her breath. Could Minako's plan really have worked so fast? But then she almost seemed to smile, and shake her head slightly. Makoto tightened her grip ever so slightly on Minako's hand. Why the hell was Ami smiling? She wasn't supposed to be smiling. She was supposed to be devastated beyond words. Destroyed. So overwhelmed with jealousy that she launched herself across the table and ripped Minako's hands away in a fit of rage while declaring her undying love…..
"You wanted her to attack me?" Minako interrupted, jolting Makoto out of her story. The brunette made a face.
"I never said that." She defended and Minako squinted at her.
"You said rip her hands away." Green eyes narrowed back.
"Exactly. Not attack." Minako crossed her arms.
"That sounds pretty violent to me. Not at all realistic. You didn't think Ami would actually do that did you?" Makoto snorted.
"You wanted Rei to throw herself at your feet and pledge to be your love servant for all time. Did you really think she'd do that?" Minako crossed her arms and stared down the taller girl.
"Why wouldn't she? Have you seen me? It's a perfectly reasonable response." The brunette snickered.
"Oh yes of course. The ever so quiet and controlled Miko who goes to a Catholic School suddenly throwing herself at your feet and publicly declaring that she's yours to do with as you please seems perfectly reasonable but Ami telling you to back off isn't?" Minako shrugged.
"My Rei is more emotionally driven than your Ami. I'd expect a bigger response from her." Makoto was almost growling as she turned and faced the blonde.
"More emotionally driven? My Ami is plenty emotional." She hissed and Minako squared her shoulders.
"Not enough to attack me for you." She retorted.
"Rei wouldn't attack me for you." They glared at each other, facing off across the battlefield that was their couch as Michiru rubbed her forehead. Well, at least they'd made a liiiiitle progress. With a sigh she dropped her hand and made a face. Damn blasted Inners. Across the room Ami and Rei exchanged glances as the battle waged on and their respective partners fought for their honor. Well, sort of. The love and lightning coalition seemed to have dissolved, violently.
"She would totally have broken before Ami!" Minako bit, scowling at the brunette. She stood, balancing on the arm rest that had been her seat, and sent death glares at her former partner in crime.
"Not a chance. She seemed pretty comfortable with Usagi. Ami would have come to me first!" Makoto hissed having sprung to a defense position. She'd fight for her Ami damn it. Just because Minako was half crazed, mentally unstable, ridiculously hormonal, and mostly psychotic did not mean she was the only one with love to fight for. Minako scoffed and crossed her arms.
"Your Ami seemed perfectly comfortable making out with Haruka. It didn't look like she was close to going anywhere with YOU." Whatever Makoto would have responded with, which would have been violent given the color of her face at the moment, was abruptly forgotten as the abandoned tomboy cleared her throat rather loudly and sent a panicked look over her shoulder.
"Ex-nay on the aking-out-may with arukaHay." She hissed and while Usagi looked at her wind guardian curiously, trying to decipher this strange new language, Setsuna rolled her eyes. Oh yes, way to be covert there oh blonde one..
Having forgotten about Michiru pretty much entirely Minako and Makoto sent terrified looks her way. Aqua eyes shimmered back at them. The violinist wanted to work herself up. She wanted to scare them. Wanted the rage and fire to build in her gaze and to summon a storm that whipped electricity through the room. Wanted to strike fear into their very souls as a haunting reminder for the next time anyone in the room even thought of touching her Haruka. But truthfully, she was exhausted, and with Setsuna's hand somehow back on her leg, she was feeling a lot less territorial. She waited a few heart-stopping moments, and then waved her hand dismissively. Haruka's jaw dropped in serious injury as her lover abandoned her jealousy and quivered her lip in a pout as she fell over. Usagi patted the wind senshi's arm in sympathy as Minako and Makoto both relaxed.
"Anyway….." Minako continued, determined to win this argument as well. "I'm still right about Rei." Emerald eyes glittered.
"Are not." Blonde hair flipped defiantly. Well, as defiantly as hair can flip anyhow. This was however Minako's hair, so it had a pretty big attitude of its own.
"I am too."
"You are not." Rei chimed in, shooting her an irritated look. She and Ami had been sitting patiently, listening to their perspective partners happily re-tell their side of the story. And hearing how crazy Minako was about her, not just how plain crazy she was, felt wonderful. It was incredibly funny. And Ami had not been able to wipe the smile off her face as Makoto talked about getting lost in her eyes.
But then, hearing how much they had WANTED to hurt them, WANTED to devastate them. It set the fire senshi off. It had worked. Before either she or Ami had figured out it was all a lie, it had hurt a lot. And hearing it all over again just brought back that horrible stinging sensation in the pit of her stomach. Now the idiots were actually arguing about which of the two was more devastated. She and Ami had looked at each other as the argument had escalated and wordlessly agreed. This would not do at all. Payback was to be delivered. Delicious mind-numbing payback. Minako's eyes widened in surprise and she pouted.
"I'm not?" She whined at her sex goddess and Rei shook her head, crossing her arms.
"Nope." The blonde's shoulders sagged and Makoto wiggled in her seat with pride.
"I win." She said happily but her happiness was to be short-lived as was the way of things in this Kami-forsaken room.
"No. You aren't right either." The bluenette added and Makoto's face fell.
"Oh, I'm not?" Ami shook her head and Minako blew out her breath and turned to face her curiously irritated soon to be love slave.
"Why aren't we right?" She demanded and said love slave narrowed her eyes.
"Her own cowardice?" She quoted, stealing Michiru's patented raised eyebrow attack. Minako shifted uneasily.
"Ah….." She began and Makoto snickered lightly at the blonde's distress. Suddenly, she felt a cold wave wash over her and turned to find an equally irate Ice senshi staring her down as well. She blinked in confusion and Ami copied Rei and broke out the eyebrow attack. Man, Michiru was making bank off of that move tonight. And Haruka had told her not to bother patenting it. She smirked as Makoto shifted under Ami's gaze.
"I was supposed to be destroyed?" She questioned and the brunette sweat dropped and forced a smile.
"Um….." She tried and Rei cut her off, still locked onto her very own blonde sociopath.
"Simply fall on my knees at your feet huh?" Minako coughed and shrugged innocently.
"Well…." Ami cocked her head at the lightning senshi.
"Devastated beyond words?" Gah! That damnable eyebrow! Makoto twitched and rubbed the back of her head.
"See…" Rei snorted and leaned back into the couch, shaking her head.
"I'm surprised that you're that far off." The genius next to her nodded in agreement.
"That's not how we would have reacted at all." Rei smirked and tilted her head.
"And that's not even close to what I was thinking." She teased and Minako huffed lightly.
"I'm not a mind reader. So tell me, what were you thinking then?" She questioned and Rei shook her head and wagged her finger.
"Uh-uh. I'm not telling you. It isn't our turn." She goaded and Minako narrowed her eyes.
"Yet." She reminded.
"Yet." Ami agreed, smirking at Makoto as well. The brunette sighed. Sharing what she thought was going on inside Ami's head, while Ami was there telling her she was wrong, sucked. A lot. Apparently, Minako agreed.
"This is sooo not fair. I wanna know!" She whined and the Miko grinned evilly. Minako narrowed her eyes. Oh no, Rei did not get to own her like this. Rei was supposed to be HER love slave, not the other way around. Not that a little role play from time to time wasn't completely acceptable. It was, and Minako had lists upon lists of things she intended to try out on Rei. But for now, her little fire sprite needed to fall back under her charms.
Rei's guard shot up as Minako initiated eye contact. Suddenly, the blondes bottom lip began to quiver slightly. The raven glanced down swiftly, ignored the sudden urge to take said lip in between her teeth, and looked back up. When she did, she about choked on her tongue. Minako's eyes had gone wide and waterey, a full blown pout etched across her face. From the floor Haruka shuddered.
"The ever powerful puppy dog pout." She breathed. Michiru had used it on her enough times that she knew exactly what the results of this little stare down would be. The Miko was doomed. Michiru nodded her head in the love senshi's direction, impressed with the skill level. Beside her, Setsuna shivered.
"She's good." Michiru nodded in agreement. Rei was going to be so owned. Poor girl didn't stand a chance.
Meanwhile, Rei was having a near panic attack as Minako's lip quivered ever so much more as her cheeks puffed out and she clasped her hands under her chin. The Priestess felt the urge to run to her, throw herself at the goddess's feet.
Give her anything and everything she wanted.
Render her garments from her body and….and….and…..
Wait….Waaaaiiiiiit…. Breath…..She's using Jedi mind tricks Rei. Focus! Fight it! You are in control!
And just as it seemed like Rei was putting up resistance to the big watery baby blues, Minako sniffed.
"Why are you so mean to me Rei-chan? Don't you….wuv me?" She cooed in pathetic baby talk. Beside her, Makoto almost scoffed aloud. Yeah, because Rei would fall for….
"Wha….Bu….Of course I do." The raven whimpered out against her will. Makoto dropped her jaw and whipped her head to the fire goddess in shock. Rei's own eyes widened. Holy crap, had she just said that out loud? What was this incredible force pushing her to say these things? It was like Minako had sent out a baby cupid as an offensive attack and it had just unloaded a whole damn quiver of arrows in her ass. She couldn't even think straight. All she could see were those gorgeous eyes whimpering up at her.
Treat it like an enemy!
Save your sanity!
Chant, meditate, resist…..
"Don't you care about my feelings Rei-chan?" Came the innocent whispered plea. Oh…crap. Rei swallowed hard and felt herself melting. What the hell was going on with her? From the floor Haruka simply closed her eyes and nodded. Yep, complete and total submission. Right on track. Slowly, Minako's face morphed into a dirty, seductive gaze.
"Don't you…. Want me Rei-chan?" She purred and even Ami shuddered. Dear Kami, thank you for making me fall for the brunette she thought as Rei completely crumpled and all but slid to her knees as her insides turned to mush. Hot, burning, needy mush.
"Kami yes, I do." She breathed out and for a beat no one moved. Then just as swiftly as the puppy dog had been deployed, Minako retracted its powers and smirked at her beloved.
"Owned." She chirped victoriously and Rei blinked, trying to clear the fog from her brain as Setsuna smirked. Hello Whipped-ville. Population: Haruka and Rei.
"Wha? But… You?" Rei stuttered and Minako sat back, a giddy smile of win plastered on her face. Well, it was more like dirty win. Like, when a creepy fan boy falls in a pile of school girls win. Like, Minako literally had Rei on her knees telling her that she wanted her win. EPIC WIN FACE. Minako struggled to control her nosebleed at the sight of her love slave on her knees.
"Just didn't want you to forget who you belonged to my little pet." Said pet huffed in furious indignation and lept up from her submissive pose.
"Whose I am? WHOSE I AM? You shouldn't forget who you belong to. Or should I say, who you want to belong to." Rei growled, narrowing her eyes. Oh, if the love senshi wanted to play like that, she'd play like that. Unfortunately for her, Minako had no qualms what so ever about being owned. And being public about it.
"I want to belong to you my little Rei-chan." Minako purred again, leaning forward just enough show off her cleavage nicely. With the addition of her bedroom eyes, that she had practiced for the sole purpose of breaking her Miko, it wasn't really a surprise what happened next.
*FWOOSH*
*THUD*
Michiru rolled her eyes as Rei fell backwards onto the couch unconscious. Blood flowed freely from her nose and Ami lept up, handkerchief in hand as she tried, with little success, to stem the flow. Makoto had on a thoughtful expression. Maybe she could use that move on Ami? What if Ami used it on her? Suddenly, the image of Ami in lacy blue camisole sprang to her mind. Fantasy Ami stretched out on her bed and reached up, a dark look in her eyes. Don't you want me Mako-chan? Fantasy Ami whispered and Minako had to leap back as nose blood flooded the couch.
Now torn between saving Rei, and running to Amazonian's aid, Ami whimpered and stopped moving altogether. Minako looked ridiculously pleased with herself and settled back in her perch. Kami Inners were so easy. Michiru couldn't believe that all it took was a little cleavage and a bedroom voice to knock them out. With a grin, she turned to her roommate, whose hand was still somewhere under the edge of her skirt. She couldn't help the smirk that plastered itself on her face at what she saw. Slowly, Michiru leaned in close enough to smell light perfume. She was much too proper a lady to have horns sprout, but in her mind, Minako drew them. Of course, she also drew Setsuna in a lace nighty and handcuffs on Rei, but that was neither here nor there.
"Ahem." The violinist cleared her throat right next to the time senshi's ear and the green haired woman gave a startled yelp and jumped a foot in the air . The hand that had been testing the boundries was ripped away as the woman tried to hide her own nose bleed. Michiru rolled her eyes at Setsuna's sheepish expression.
"Been awhile huh?" She smirked and Setsuna sighed and made a face from behind her hand. Like it was her fault Minako had a gloriously shaped rack? She was only human wasn't she? Well, mostly human anyway. Human enough to properly appreciate a view like that. Michiru snickered. At her feet, her forlorn lover seemed to be frozen as well and Michiru gave the blond a swift thwack to the back of her incredibly thick skull. It was Setsuna's turn to snicker as the racer wiped away evidence of her own nosebleed and Michiru shook her head. The Outers were supposed to be more mature than the Inners, in theory anyway. Leave it to my lovers she thought with a snort.
Meanwhile, Ami had managed to revive Rei, Makoto had managed to remain conscious, although she could no longer look Ami in the eye, and everyone had settled back down.
"So…where were we?" Usagi spoke up from the floor and Minako winked again at the flustered fire senshi.
"We were talking about hearing their side of the story."
"And you will. Once it's their turn." Michiru added, sending a decent glare in the Ice Senshi's direction. It was good to have at least one person afraid of you. And it might as well be Ami seeing as how Rei and Minako were now potential lovers. Ami sighed and shifted under the scrutiny.
"Their turn better come soon." Minako pouted and stuck her tongue out at Rei, half-hoping the gorgeous girl would make a smart-ass comment about not doing that unless she was going to use it. Which of course Minako was more than willing to do…. Who was kidding? She wasn't half-hoping anything. She PRAYED those were the next words out of Rei's mouth.
The Priestess just shrugged, having recovered fully, and sent her that damned sexy as all hell come and get me smirk.
" Then you had better talk faster." Minako waited. This was most definitely a set-up. She'd started them enough times to sense that her doom was coming swiftly. Ami chimed in effortlessly as she tossed aside a blood stained rag.
"Our turn doesn't begin until we find out." Makoto looked over to Minako quickly before re-focusing on her bluenette. Kami Ami was hot when she as playing Doctor. And being evil…. Evil fantasy Ami in a black leather camisole…? Makoto coughed and tried to focus.
"And you two 'devastated' us for quite a while." Rei snickered.
"We didn't find out for almost a WEEK." Ami added as Rei met Minako's eyes, glinting dangerously. Minako felt the proverbial axe dropping.
"And you two aren't even through the first DAY yet." Blonde and brunette both groaned and hid in their hands and so missed the thoughtful, albeit slightly evil look on Ami's face.
"Actually, you haven't even made it past the first HOUR yet." Makoto cursed and rubbed her eyes with her hand.
"That is a looong way to go." She mourned and Minako grumped next to her.
"I'm gonna need something to keep me up that long." Setsuna tore herself away from her game of how high up her hand could go before Michiru stopped chewing on her tongue and mewled out loud and added helpfully.
"Coffee?" Minako opened her mouth to affirm but was ever so rudely interrupted as every other Inner sprang to their feet and screamed in unison.
"NOOOO!" Haruka yelped in surprise and shoved herself backward, slamming into the bottom of the couch that Setsuna and Michiru had been sitting on. 'Had' been sitting on. They had lept up and nearly over the back of the couch in surprise and were now perched precariously on top, clutching each other in terror. Minako just huffed and crossed her arms.
"Oh come on. It wasn't that bad." She asserted and Makoto laughed incredulously from beside her as she eased back down.
"Not that bad? You know I never got the stain out of my ceiling right?" Minako blinked and opened her mouth to respond but Rei cut in.
"Where the hell did you find a kiddie pool full of tapioca anyway?" She asked and Minako turned to her, fully ready to answer as Usagi spoke up.
"I didn't even know that food coloring came in industrial sizes." The temptress shifted and attempted to defend herself when Ami cocked her head.
" And that poor clown. I don't think he'll ever be the same." Makoto and Rei nodded.
"I haven't ever been able to look at cotton candy the same way again." Usagi sighed from the floor shivering and Minako rolled her eyes again.
"That was an accident." She sighed and Rei snorted and leaned forward, her elbows resting on her knees.
"What about the ramen incident?" Minako frowned at her.
"And the subway mishap?" Usagi chimed in and Minako shot a dirty look in her Princess's direction.
"And what happened at the Hot Springs?" Makoto gritted her teeth and made a face as Minako gave her an apologetic smile.
"And the tree at the shrine? What do you call that?" Minako shifted uneasily as Ami tilted her head at Rei.
"Does your Grandad ever wonder where it went to?" Rei shook her head with a smirk.
"I think he was more confused by the crater outside my window." Minako winced and Ami nodded.
"Mom heard about the police chase the on the news the next day." Makoto laughed.
"Bet that one was fun to explain." Ami shrugged.
"The neon glitter wigs made it hard to tell who it was." They all nodded as Usagi screwed up her face in confusion.
"Is that what happened to my collection?" She asked and Minako gave her twin a sheepish smile and a shrug. As they all nodded together, lost in their shared memory, the Outers exchanged looks. Michiru nodded her head, motioning for the greenette to speak. Said greenette shook her head violently. If they were talking about what she thought they were talking about, she'd spent over a month at the Time Gates trying desperately to fix the holes that kept popping up in the Continuum. She'd never felt more like bashing the Garnet Orb into oblivion than she had then. It had cost her a fortune in medication to control the headaches the disaster had caused, and if in fact the blonde one across the room was to blame for the sheer insanity that had inundated the multiple universes that had exploded in and out of existence, she wanted no more part of it.
Haruka snorted and crossed her arms. Michiru poked the time guardian and gave her a look that Haruka accurately decoded as, speak up or it's the couch for you. Setsuna huffed but forced a smile. Being the oldest, and therefore elected the bravest, or least the most in need of a good roll in between the sheets, she spoke up first.
"My, that sounds like an interesting story." She chanced and Minako stared at the ceiling.
"Maybe, someday in the far, far, far, future, we could hear the rest of it." Michiru added diplomatically. Collectively, the Inners sighed and Ami spoke up.
"We all weren't really there for the whole thing. I'm not sure any of us actually know what happened." She admitted and Setsuna fought the desire to raise her already overworked eyebrow.
"No?" Rei leaned back into the cushions and let out a short laugh.
"Kami no. You think we could all keep up with her?" Minako blushed and Haruka did not have time to question this as Makoto chimed in.
"Yeah, pretty much when she found one of us, we just sort of hung on for as long as we could." They all nodded again as the love senshi darkened and Michiru glanced at Setsuna.
"Right, well then." Ami put her tongue in her cheek, thoughtful for a moment and Makoto tried to not notice. Minako noticed Makoto trying not to notice Ami's tongue and smirked. She had that problem with her Miko all the time. Her tongue, her hands, her lips, her panty covered bum as her school uniform skirt slid up just a little to high….
"If you really wanted the whole story, the helicopter camera probably caught a good deal of aerial footage." Rei nodded and perked up.
"And they had to have cameras at the zoo right? You'd think they would save images like that." Makoto nodded and added on helpfully.
"That military base had to have security cameras."
"True. Given how classified national security issues are I doubt you'd be able to access the video easily, but the record still exists somewhere I'm sure." Ami added and Minako shifted in her seat again. Images of Rei temporarily forgotten as she tried to block much less pleasant imaged from her memory. Silence reigned in the room for a few uneasy moments and then…
"Military?" Setsuna chanced, sliding back down onto the couch cushions.
"Clown?" Michiru asked, incredulity on her face.
"Zoo?" Haruka echoed, suddenly not sure she'd backed far enough away. Usagi just shook her head, glad her guardians had for the most part left her out of that particular mess. Granted, she'd been busy taming the disaster that was Chibi-Usa at the time but still… Minako hid her head in her hands.
"It was long week." She mumbled and Michiru whined in the back of her throat.
"Week?" She asked and Rei answered.
"It was an espresso." Setsuna sighed and gave up.
"We have tea." She offered politely and Rei just shook her head.
"Probably best not to chance it." The others nodded in agreement and Minako flung herself backwards in irritation, the armrest she was perched on groaning at the movement.
"Fine! No coffee!" She pointed an accusing finger at Rei. " But no complaining later if I fall asleep on you!" She hissed and the Miko flushed as Ami and Makoto quietly snickered.
"So much for her faith in Rei's bedroom skills." Michiru whispered to Setsuna and the greenette smiled and resumed her game.
"I know I won't have to worry about YOU falling asleep." The sea senshi caught the hint and flushed, although it could have been the older woman's hand on her knee that brought the blood to her face. Haruka also caught the hint and grumped. If she was ever going to get back on her lover's good side, and in time to exhaust the violinist before the green-haired cradle robber got to her, her good name was going to have to be cleared first.
"Anyway…" She began loudly and the Inners looked over to her cautiously. "Where were we?" Makoto sighed as Rei giggled at her plight.
" I believe Makoto was telling us about how Ami was supposed to launch herself across the table and declare her undying love?" Both the brunette and the bluenette flushed and looked away from each other. Minako unfolded her arms and crossed her legs, getting comfortable.
"Right. So…."
So overwhelmed with jealousy that she launched herself across the table and ripped Minako's hands away in a fit of rage while declaring her undying love…..
But Minako knew, the genius had snapped. Ami wasn't even in the room anymore, just smiling and shaking her head, delirious with shock.Suppressing a snicker Minako nudged Makoto with her shoulder lightly and put on curious smile.
"Are you happy for us?" She asked and the sound of her voice jolted the three remaining girls into response. Literally jolted. Ami snapped first, whipping her head up to meet Makoto's eyes so fast the brunette wondered how she didn't end up with whiplash.
"Happy? Yes…. Happy. We are very, very….happy. So happy for you." She spoke, panicked, almost mechanical. The word happy felt painfully stressed and Minako bit the inside of her cheek. Ami turned to the Priestess and gave her a forced smile. "Aren't we happy for them Rei?" She asked and Rei just stared for a second, her eye twitching slightly. Suddenly the raven jerked so hard she banged her knee on the small table. Slamming a hand down on the wooden surface in front of her in an attempt to mask the muffled mewl of pain she whipped her head to Minako.
"Yes. Yes we are. So very happy for the two of you." She choked out, rubbing her knee, a wide, slightly terrifying grin on her face.
Usagi looked between her two broken guardians, and apparently, found it safe to respond. With an honest smile, not nearly as terrifying as the one on the raven's face, she turned to Aphrodite's avatar.
"If you two are happy together, then of course we are happy for you." Minako took a moment to smile at Usagi and dropped her hand to below the table level, but kept her grip on the brunette.
"Oh, I'm so glad I can count on my friends to be so supportive." She cooed and leaned into Makoto's side. Rei flinched ever so slightly and Minako tallied herself another mental point. Catching on, though slightly fearful for her angel's metal status, Makoto gave Minako a soft smile.
"Yeah. It means a lot to us to have your support." They shared a small giggle, which couldn't have been planned better if they'd of practiced.
"Yes, well. Congratulations again to the both of you." Ami spoke with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes and immediately turned back to her long forgotten book. Rei hadn't moved since Minako had leaned into Makoto's side. She was just staring in their direction with a blank look on her face. Minako opened her mouth, quip about staring on the tip of her tongue when Ami shifted ever so slightly. Rei jerked again, banging her other knee this time and in one breath expelled enough curses to ensure the wooden fixture in front of her would never make it to heaven. Usagi and Minako both gaped at her in shock. Rei NEVER cursed at the shrine. Rei gave them both a sheepish grin.
"Sorry. I just…need to get a new table." Usagi snickered and Minako chewed on her tongue. With a sigh, a light red on her cheeks, and still lightly rubbing her leg, the Priestess turned back to her work. It was so hard for Minako to focus and not drift off into a fantasy about how Rei would react if she offered to rub the raven's leg for her. How high could she get before Rei stopped her?
A few minutes of quiet ticked by. A few very, extremely, painfully long minutes according to Minako. Minako had at first amused herself with her fantasies, but was now eager for some action! Even their regular study meetings were never this quiet. Kami, someone needed to start a pillow fight. Or a name-calling fight. Hell, Rei and Usagi could even disintegrate into a raspberry fight so long as something was happening. And just when she was ready to ask if Rei had any new manga, there-by creating an instant explosion between the Miko and their Princess, Usagi came to the rescue.
"Sooo, how did it happen?" Minako blinked at Usagi's curious expression.
"How did what happen?" She asked and Makoto shifted against her as Usagi giggled.
"How did you two get together? Tell us the story." At school, when teachers would call on her when she had no idea what the answer to a question was, or even what the question was, Minako had a trick she'd perfected. She used it now and allowed a serene expression to cross her face as internally she had a disastrous panic attack while searching for any appropriate answer. She looked over into green eyes and an equally well masked panic attack stared her back down.
Shimatta, why hadn't they thought of that? The back story. The staple of all actresses. She hadn't expected Ami or Rei to want to know anything and the fact that they'd come up with this plan less than thirty minutes ago didn't help.
Next to her Makoto fought to keep a neutral expression showing as she wracked her brain. She knew she shouldn't have listened to Minako. Now what were they supposed to do? Just make up a freakin' love story on the fly? Crap Crap Damn Hell Damn Stupid Baka Idiot Damn….…..Wait…Wait…Hey. Hey, that could work. Just make it up. Why not? The brunette glanced up at Ami to find that the bluenette hadn't looked away from her book at all. All her focus was on the pages in front of her. Glasses perched on the tip of her nose, a few strands of aqua hair dangling in front of her eyes. Makoto couldn't keep the smile off her face at the sight of her, and as an idea infected her brain, she decided she'd already spent way, way, WAY too much time with Minako.
"Well," she began and Minako looked up to her curiously. " Obviously we started out as just friends. And it took me a while, but I started to notice that I was….noticing her more than normal. That I was always happy when I knew I got to see her." Minako's eye's flicked briefly to the genius, still death-gripping her book. The blonde grinned when she caught on to Makoto's plan. Damn the girl was good at this.
"And when we would hang out, or I would see her. I realized I couldn't take my eyes off of her." Minako continued. For Usagi's sake she kept her eyes on the floor, but flicked them up to watch Rei. The Priestess gave no indication that she was even listening.
"That's so sweet!" Usagi chirped and both Minako and Makoto lightly blushed.
"So you just, fell in love slowly?" She asked and they looked at each other, smiles on their faces as they both pictured different senshi in their arms.
"Yeah. I guess we did." Minako answered. Usagi's smile turned playful and she poked at her twin.
"So, have you kissed yet?" She teased and the blonde was saved from having to answer as a resounding tearing sound echoed through the small room. All eyes looked to the Miko who was holding her book in one hand, and several pages in the other.
"Shimatta." She hissed quietly and Minako bit her lip.
"Im sorry Rei." She cooed with false concern. "Are we bothering you?" Violet eyes jerked up in surprise and widened. She looked back down at the pages in her hands and swiftly stuffed the offending items in her bag.
"What? No…not at all. Why would I be bothered? Ha ha ha." She forced the laugh and looked back down at her book, a dark red spreading across her cheeks. Minako grinned. Kami her little sex goddess was gorgeous when she was in denial. Makoto watched as Ami closed her eyes and sighed quietly and Usagi watched them both curiously.
"Right…." You could hear the disbelief dripping from her voice. Minako smirked. "So… anyway…" She turned back to Minako and Makoto and smiled. "So, have you kissed? Is it like when I kiss my sweet Mamo-chan?" The bunny sighed happily, a dreamy look in her eyes as she waited with baited breathe for Minako to respond. Makoto shifted, a nervous smile on her face and rubbed the back of her head. It still smarted from her last 'kiss' with the mentally challenged love senshi….
"Mentally challenged?" Minako growled and Makoto shrugged her shoulders.
"What? At the time I thought you had lost it." She explained and Rei snickered.
"You weren't far off." She laughed and Minako crossed her arms and glared in the direction of the living incantation of fire and passion and sex.
"You're supposed to be on my side Pyro" She huffed and Rei smirked that I'm sexy and I know it and I know you know it and I'm going to hold it against you for all time smirk at her.
"Bite me." She challenged and Minako perked up.
"Really? I didn't know for sure you'd be into that at first." Rei flushed several shades and her eyes widened. Beside her, Ami coughed quietly and Setsuna rolled her eyes.
"Into….that?" Minako grinned nervously, her blue eyes widening and waved her hands in front of her spaztically.
"Oh, you were kidding. Hah ha. I knew that. Right…cause yeah, I don't like that either." Came the rushed response followed by a high pitched cackle. And though she was sure she didn't want to know and was infinitely convinced she was going to regret it, Rei felt her lips moving.
"At first?" She questioned blankly and Minako froze in the middle of her crazed laughter. Haruka snickered.
"Busted." The love senshi dropped the pretense with a huff and faced down her adorably confused fire goddess.
"I'm sure I'll be able to get you to like anything with me." She purred and the Miko's eyes widened another few inches. Since when was breathing so hard? She could never remember it being this hard to breathe before.
Ami sighed and only marginally resisted another eye roll. Was sex all they ever thought about? Her own love/not love/could be soon to be love was sitting the same distance away and she wasn't falling all over herself. She tilted her head to the side with a puff of breath and caught sight of her Amazonian Goddess. Her eyes drank in the form almost against her will. One leg tucked up, glittering emerald eyes that shone with mischief and amusement and so so much more. The deep chestnut tresses cascading down her perfectly formed features and across her broad strong shoulders. Flowing down past her voluptuous squeezable chest…. The bluenette coughed suddenly, and looked away. Was it hot in here? It felt hot in here. Damn it was hot it here. Makoto cocked her head as her mermaid seemingly choked on air and though Minako recognized the tell-tale signs of lust, she took the distraction and pushed on.
It still smarted from her last 'kiss' with the mentally challenged love senshi. Minako didn't have time to come up with an elaborate and jealousy invoking cover story as Ami slammed her book shut with more force than was usually seen from the quiet genius. Usagi jumped half a foot and shoved her nose into her book so hard she almost yelped.
"Sorry Ami I'll do work quietly now I promise I didn't mean to bug you by asking question about them kissing." The bluenette's eyes widened and she sent a terrified look at Makoto.
"What? No, of course I'm not bothered by you talking to them about kissing. Why would them kissing bother me?" The genius abruptly and viscously tore open her book and refocused and Usagi peeked over the edge of her textbook.
"So…..I can ask them about kissing?" She questioned and this time it was Rei who slammed her book shut.
"You shouldn't be talking about anything Baka! You should be studying." Minako shifted with a challenging grin on her face.
"Studying for what?" Violet eyes met hers.
"What?" She asked and Minako lowered her eyes and drew little patterns on Makoto's arm.
"What should we be studying for that's so much more important than love?" She cooed and watched the Priestess grit her teeth and send a pleading look at Ami. The genius wrinkled her nose for a moment and then tilted her head.
"Have you finished studying for the History exam?" She asked. Minako froze and looked up slowly.
"History exam?" Ami nodded solemly.
"The one I've been telling you about for days now?" Usagi sent her guardian a terrified look.
"History? I hate history! Oh man I am so dead!" As her Princess flipped frantically through her book bag for the appropriate materials Minako mewled, fear in her eyes.
"I don't remember you saying anything about a history exam." She questioned, desperate for a reprieve. Ami raised an eyebrow in challenge.
"You don't believe me?" She asked and Minako groaned. She'd probably been fantasizing about Rei when Ami reminded her. As if on cue Rei chuckled.
"You really haven't even started studying yet? Man, we've been telling you about it for a week now."
"You should really start studying now. It should be a big exam." Rei nodded with the genius.
"Oh yeah, I heard it's gonna be a real bomb."
"I've already studied for it. Extensively." Violet eyes twinkled with mirth.
"Oh yeah me too. It's a doozy."
"Aw damn." Makoto cursed and pulled out a history book with a huff. Minako sighed and did the same, mumbling with each page she turned. Of course there had to be an exam. There was always an exam. She was the magical crime fighting Goddess of Love…. and she had to study for an exam. This week of all weeks! Now, instead of sitting here, urging her fire breathing sex slave into a love confession by flirting all over the place with Makoto she had to just sit here and focus and… Heey… Wait a minute.
Suspiciously she looked up at the resident genius. Ami was focused on her book again, but there was definitely a smile on her face. Blue eyes flicked to the fire senshi and noticed that Rei too was smiling. Minako and Makoto had separated slightly as they began to study and Rei and Ami had obviously relaxed.
No way did Ami just lie about school work. Ami doesn't lie. Not about school work. NEVER about school work. Not for anything or any reason. EVER. The blonde blocked out the sounds of Usagi's muffled whines and concentrated. Ami wasn't even turning the pages of her book. Of course, she said she'd already studied, though Rei wasn't studying history either. Minako blinked. Rei didn't even go to the same school. Why had she studied for the exam? As Minako sneakily watched, Ami and Rei locked eyes, grinned, and looked back down. Oh…those sneaky little…. To use the threat of an exam? That was just genius on her level. Perhaps she'd underestimated their stubborness. She'd have to break Rei of that later.
Blue eyes narrowed. Okay. They wanted to play? She pulled out a piece of paper, like she was dutifully taking notes, and secretly scribbled all over it. Then she ever so slowly slid it over so Makoto could see it.
There is no test! Makoto blinked at her and rolled her eyes but wrote on her own binder and tilted in her direction.
Ami and Rei wouldn't lie about school work. Minako sighed and wrote back.
Rei doesn't even go to our school. Why would she study for the test? She watched as Makoto mulled this over and frowned.
Why lie? Came the hastily scratched response. Minako smirked.
Because it was working and they didn't want to hear about us kissing. Makoto's mouth formed a little 'o' as the realization hit her and she narrowed her eyes at her genius. Sneaky little mermaid.…..
So what do we do? Minako bit her lip and gave it some thought. Then, with a devilish smile she draped herself onto Makoto's side, giggling softly. Sharp movement across the table let her know that she had the attention she was looking for. Going along with it, Makoto wrapped her arm around Minako's shoulders and sighed happily. Both remained focused on their studies. A soft sigh sounded and Minako looked up to see Usagi smiling at them happily. She grinned back, blushing lightly.
*CRACK* She looked over to see that Rei had snapped her pencil in two. She ground her teeth together, whispered something quietly, tossed the two halves aside and pulled out a new one. Minako sent a victory smile at Makoto as Rei crumbled and the brunette smiled. She squeezed the blonde closer and grinned, a soft laugh escaping.
*CRACK*
Emerald eyes watched as Ami sighed and switched pencils, pointedly not looking in their direction. Usagi poked her twin and pointed to Makoto. Then got a starry eyed look and giggled, poking Minako again. The blonde laughed again.
*SLAM*
Everyone jumped as Ami set down her closed book and Usagi hid in her folder.
"I'm sorry Ami I know we have a test but it's hard to study cause they are just so cute!" An eyebrow twitched and Minako cheered. Kami she loved her Princess. This was going better than expected.
"I know I should be studying, but being this close to my love makes it soooooo hard to concentrate." She giggled again and hugged Makoto's arm. The brunette nodded.
"Plus it's such a beautiful day outside. A day for lovers." She quipped and Minako beamed. You couldn't write scripts this good. Rei gritted her teeth and Ami suddenly perked up.
"Why don't we call an early end to the meeting then hmm?" Usagi looked at her ice guardian like she'd grown three new rainbow colored pocky munching heads. Ami was ending a study session early? In what universe? There was a better chance of Mamoru appearing in a battle before it was over, managing not to get himself kidnapped, and throwing a rose in ANY other color but red. Just didn't happen. Period.
"Um, really?" She asked and Minako made a face. They couldn't bother them if they left.
"Oh no, school is too important. We should stay." Now it was her getting the incredulous stare from Usagi and Rei perked up.
"You know, I heard that a new clothing store opened up today. Grand opening sale." Minako fought the urge to drool. There was a grand opening sale? Then she saw the gleam in her crafty little fire senshi's eyes. Oh…. well played Rei-chan.
"Really? A sale?" Usagi lept to her feet as Rei nodded.
"Oh yes. You know, why don't you take advantage of this day and go shop?" Makoto shifted.
"What about the history exam?" Usagi's face fell but Ami smiled.
"You know, I must have been thinking about one of my advanced classes." You lying sneaky little…. Minako opened her mouth to argue but her Princess forced a hand over her face.
"Shut up." She hissed. "Don't question it!" With that she lept back up. "To the mall!" She declared and Minako humphed. She would not be beaten so easily.
"You don't have any money." She said and her Princess looked liked she was going to cry again.
"It's okay Usagi. Here, take this." Rei handed the very startled blonde a fold of money and Minako felt her jaw drop. Oh come ON! Seriously? She was that desperate to get rid of them? Surely the Princess had seen through it? Rei would never give her random shopping money. Not in a millon….
Usagi's eyes teared up and she fell to her knees beside the fire guardian.
"You mean it Rei?" She asked and the raven haired girl smiled softly at her.
"Absolutely. Anything for my Princess. You deserve it." Usagi squealed and caught Rei in a fierce hug and Minako seethed at the sight. Trying hard not to clobber her Princess over the head by reminding herself that this was her future queen and not just some random hussy cuddling body to body with HER miko, she gave it one last effort.
"So, are you guys coming?" Even as Usagi stuffed her books in her bag Rei and Ami remained seated. Ami shook her head.
"No, I have a lot of, studying to do. With Rei." Makoto frowned.
"Oh." She muttered and Minako huffed. Fine, they'd made enough progress for the day. Let Rei sit here and think about someone else's arm around me. Me up against someone else when instead I could be right there. In her lap. Up against her. She doesn't even know what she's missing yet. She can just stew in her own spilled milk.
"Bwa?" Haruka mewled and Ami just shook her head, rubbing her forehead with a sigh.
"Just let it go." Minako huffed.
She grinned evilly and jumped up, tugging Makoto with her.
"Come on Mako-chan! We can have our pictures taken together!" She cooed and hugged the brunette's arm.
"Of course my Minako, anything for you." Minako very nearly laughed out loud as Ami snapped another pencil in half. Rei came to her rescue this time, smiling happily and leaping to her feet.
"Right then. Well you have fun girls, bye!" She shoved them all toward the door as Makoto struggled to get her bag. Minako did her best to make eye contact with the fire guardian as Rei continued pushing them out.
"I'll see you Monday morning Rei." She cooed and though Rei just forced a smile and shoved harder, Usagi frowned and tripped out the door.
"Monday? What about tomorrow?" Minako gave her Princess a smirk and winked in Makoto's direction.
"Oh, we plan to have tomorrow all to ourselves." Usagi flushed and smiled but Rei stumbled as she pushed them all through the doorway. Minako moved to help her, and to accidentally touch her inappropriately again, but the raven recoiled violently and nearly fell backward.
"Yes well, that's great. I'm gonna study now bye!" With that she slid the door shut and Minako huffed. Damn stubborn Martian. Usagi just laughed and started skipping down the steps.
"Last one to the mall is a rotten egg." Minako groaned and walked down slowly. Bothersome, evil, hateful Kami-forsaken steps. There weren't nearly enough curse words in the languages she knew to fully describe her feelings for these stone monstrosities. The brunette at her side ripped her out of her venting.
"So, how do you think it went?" Makoto asked her in a whisper as Usagi skipped happily away from them. Minako shook herself out of her stare down with the cement underfoot and beamed, glomping onto her arm.
"Are you kidding me? Rei PAID Usagi to go to the mall. Has that happened ever before? We definitely threw them off their game." Makoto got a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Ami did actually seem jealous this time huh?" She wondered and Minako slapped her on the back.
"She was minutes away from claiming you all to herself." Makoto went to respond but Usagi yelled back happily.
"Come on you two love-birds! Let's go!" Minako just winked at her companion.
"To be continued." She said with a smile and chased after her Princess.
Makoto sighed and leaned back.
"Do we have to tell you about the mall too?" She asked curiously and Michiru shifted her focus from their story, and Setsuna's ever so closer proximity.
"Did anything interesting happen there?" Makoto looked over to Minako who shook her head.
"Not really. I mean, we had to keep it up for Usagi's sake." Michiru looked down at her Princess who was sitting on one of the only remaining throw pillows.
"Princess?" She questioned and Usagi looked up with wide eyes.
"Hm?" She asked and Michiru stared her down.
"Did anything happen at the mall that we should know about?" Usagi screwed up her face in concentration and blushed heavily with shame.
"I fell in the koi pond." She admitted and Rei snickered.
"Baka." Usagi stuck her tongue out, which Rei responded to, and Michiru sighed again. Minako did her best to not focus on Rei's tongue, and exactly how close it was to Usagi's and Setsuna bit her lip as the raspberry war continued.
"Princess. I think she means did anything happen involving Minako and Makoto and Rei and Ami." Usagi huffed at her guardian one more time before turning to the time senshi.
"They held hands and stuff. But they didn't say anything about Rei or Ami." Michiru nodded and leaned back into the not so fluffy back of the couch.
"Then I think we can just skip until you start talking about them again." Minako nodded and looked to the brunette.
"After the mall then?" She asked and Makoto sighed and stretched out her legs.
"After the mall."
"Holy crap that girl can shop." Makoto noted as they walked away from Usagi's house. Five hours and every cent that Rei had offered up later, they had finally dropped the Princess off at her house. Once around the corner, and out of view, Minako dropped Makoto's hand for the first time that day and they both sighed.
"Yeah. I think she even puts me to shame." The brunette chuckled and stretched her arms, putting her hands behind her head.
"So, now what?" Minako rubbed her hands together evilly. She'd been thinking of the next dastardly steps all day.
"Now comes step two." She cackled and Makoto heaved a sigh.
"Step two?" Minako nodded.
"We've introduced them to the idea of us. Now we have to rub it in and give them a chance to come crawling on their knees, begging to be taken." She laughed gleefully, wolfishly. The fantasy of Rei at her feet that much closer to reality and Makoto sighed again.
"Do we really have to rub it in?" She questioned. Ami had looked so….lost. It was obvious now that something definitely was there. It seemed silly to go on pretending. Minako rolled her eyes.
"Of course we have to push them! They didn't break yet did they? Isn't that the whole point?" Makoto looked down at her.
"I though the point was to make sure they felt the same way?" Minako waved a hand.
"Well that too." The brunette stuck her tongue in her cheek.
"And I mean, it seems like we know they feel the same now." The blonde grinned and a lecherous smile crossed her face.
"Oh yes. We know." Makoto chewed on her lip.
"So, maybe we could just, take the next step and confess to them?" She asked hopefully and Minako whirled on her.
"Excuse me? Confess to them? Why would we do that?" Makoto shrugged her shoulders.
"I dunno. So we could date them instead of each other?" She chanced sarcastically and Minako's eyes glinted.
"Oh we will end up dating them. Once THEY come to US!" She emphasized, striking a pose and Makoto sighed again looking away as people passing by began crossing the street to avoid the strange blonde posing woman.
"But Ami looked so sad, I don't wanna keep doing that to her. Do you really want to hurt Rei?" She asked and Minako sighed.
"No… of course not. But what makes you think this will be enough? Even if we ran to them right now, think of how stubborn they are? What if they just deny it? Then what? Then we will have lost our cover, and the high ground. We'll be at their mercy! Do you want that?" Makoto shrugged and looked away again.
"I guess not." Irritated, Minako squinted at her.
"You can't tell her." Makoto made a face.
"Why can't I tell Ami? You can keep going at it with Rei if you want." Minako rolled her eyes and resisted the urge to thwack the back of the lightening senshi's head.
"Because baka, if you go to Ami, then it will be obvious to Rei that I was lying. We are in this together, till the end." Makoto made a face.
"I dunno…." She trailed off and Minako glared.
"You had better not go to her." She threatened and Makoto narrowed her eyes back.
"Or what?" She challenged and Minako leaned back and crossed her arms.
"Or a certain blue-haired senshi will find out that a certain brunette senshi keeps certain secret hentai doujin….."
Michiru blinked as a green blur slammed into the love senshi and sent them both over the edge of the couch in a mass of limbs. Sadly, the edge of the couch was not spared and ripped itself off in a clear act of suicide, following the pair as they rolled. One could almost hear its death scream as fluff spilled out in waves. Setsuna grimaced. She had liked that love seat. It would have made a great little love nest in which she could pin Michiru. Or Rei. Or Minako. Hmmm, decisions…. decisions. Rei and Ami lept to their feet, not really sure whose aid to come too as Makoto came to a halt on top of Minako, one hand firmly over the blonde's mouth.
"Shut-up." She hissed and Haruka got a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Doujin?" She asked and Makoto looked over to her sharply, fear in in her eyes even as Minako's own blue eyes widened.
"Whoops." She murmured under Makoto's hand as the lightning senshi squeezed her eyes shut.
"I am soo going to hurt you." She growled and Minako's eyes quivered, sending a pleading look to the fire senshi. Rei narrowed her gaze ever so slightly. Makoto was on top of her Minako, and threatening to hurt her? Obviously, Minako had done something to deserve it, but still. From across the room Michiru chuckled, breaking Rei's concentration.
"You have a doujin? A, hentai doujin?" She asked, biting her lip and Makoto refused to move. Perhaps if she just pretended hard enough, everyone would forget? Ami flushed lightly and shifted, watching Makoto with wide eyes. From under Makoto's hand, Minako blinked her eyes in sympathy. The brunette gritted her teeth at the blond underneath her.
"It's not a secret if you say it out loud." She bit out quietly and Minako sighed.
"Ah wowry wat ai head at." She mumbled and Makoto squinted her eyes.
"When did you get a hentai doujin?" Haruka piped up and Makoto flushed and jerked her head back to the racer, leaning up against the couch. She had a smirk on her face and the brunette sighed.
"Yeah Makoto, I didn't expect that from you." Usagi teased and if possible Makoto flushed even darker. Rei grinned when she realized that Ami and Makoto were about the same color of red.
"Kinky Makoto." She snickered and Ami shot her a dirty look. Rei shrugged and even Minako giggled. The brunette looked back down at the blond beneath her and gave her a slow smile. Minako had just enough time to panic before Makoto opened her mouth.
"Minako gave it to me." She answered gleefully and Setsuna held back a smirk. Gee, little innocent Makoto had a hentai doujin, probably about 'Mercury', and Minako was the one who gave it to her. The blonde was a nympho in training. Who hadn't seen that one coming? The answer to that question was painfully clear as next to Ami, Rei's jaw hit the floor.
"What?" Minako shot a look to Rei, and then glared up at her captor, daring the lightning senshi to say anything else. Revenge sweet on her tongue, Makoto smirked.
"Oh yeah, she has a whole collection…." She got no further as a decidedly wet tongue slurped across her fingers and she ripped her hand away.
"Oh gross!" She yelped and wiped her hand on her shirt in irritation. Minako huffed.
"Please. You should be so lucky." She turned her head and grinned playfully at Rei. "My Rei would love that." Makoto snorted and sat back, nearly straddling the blonde's waist in the process.
"Then go lick her." She huffed and as Rei whimpered, Minako winked at her.
"Oh, I plan to." She whispered and the object of her none too honorable intentions mewled softly. Makoto rolled her eyes and Setsuna shook her head. Nympho in training. She knew it. Rei was a lucky woman. Doomed, but lucky. Haruka shifted on the floor and Michiru cocked her head. She wasn't done torturing the Inners yet. And they were much much to happy.
"A whole collection of doujin?" She pointed out and Minako whipped her head to met the evil sea senshi's gaze. Michiru only grinned that superior Outer grin and Minako narrowed her eyes. Oh, that one was pure evil. A small cough sounded and Minako glanced over to see both Rei and Ami fighting violent blushes. She looked up to see Makoto smirking at her. Oh, okay. She wanted to out embarrass her? Psh, her object of affection was AMI. Possibly the most easily embarrassed senshi in existence. Challenge so very accepted.
"The one Makoto has is very, very, very ecchi." She threw out wiggling her eyebrows and the brunette's jaw dropped. Haruka snickered and emerald eyes glittered.
"Minako has more than one hentai doujin." Still on the ground Minako gritted her teeth and forced a grin.
"The one she has is called Icy Shock One. She's trying to find part two." Ami squeezed her eyes shut and Makoto leaned over menacingly.
"SHE already has all THREE parts of hers."
"Mercury gets tied up in hers." Minako sang and Ami choked. Makoto looked over at her, lit up a brilliant shade of red, and whipped her head back down.
"Mars get tied up in hers. And so do Venus and Pluto." Now Minako's jaw dropped and Setsuna shifted in her seat, biting her lip. Well, wasn't this an interesting turn of events. She gave the love senshi another once over, appreciating the long blonde hair, gorgeous figure, wide terror filled blue eyes, and leaned over to whisper to Michiru.
"Maybe we should push the trade?" The violinist fought a shudder as warm breath washed over her ear and licked her lips.
"Maybe we should." Haruka sighed as she felt her lover and the cradle robber shift closer together again. Damn but that woman worked fast. Not that the Inners weren't giving her plenty of opportunities to work off of but blast it all! She crossed her arms in irritation and watched as blue and green eyes clashed and a storm whipped up. Little lightning sparks and glowing hearts cackled in the air. Ami and Rei watched on, frozen mostly in shock. Ami was trying hard not to think about the terrifyingly familiar doujin in which she was tied up, and Rei had pretty much been stuck since Makoto had said 'lick her'. Delightful little fantasies were still spring boarding around in her brain. From the ground Usagi just shook her head. And they called HER crazy.
Michiru pulled her focus away from Setsuna long enough to smirk at the figures on the floor. Makoto was still straddling Minako's waist, one hand one either side of her head, leaning over her. Minako had lifted herself off the floor a few inches and the two were nose to nose, growling like puppies. Tiny little untrained puppies….straddling each other….face to face…..inches apart….. She bit her tongue and wondered if anyone else had noticed exactly how compromising their situation looked, or if she was just a little to worked up at the moment.
Most of Setsuna's attention was on her, not the little tiff across the room, but when her eyes met garnet, they twinkled with mirth. The emerald-tressed cougar nodded at the pair and wagged her eyebrows lecherously. Michiru flushed and cleared her throat, tearing herself away from the ridiculously intense look she was getting. The time senshi was just a bit too good at bringing the blood to her cheeks, with almost no effort really. How'd she do that? It had taken Haruka months to master making Michiru flush, and that was only on good days. And of course only when Michiru allowed it. Setsuna was very swiftly making her forget about the mess they were in the middle of. How had she not noticed what a lil undercover freak Setsuna was? They'd lived together for years now. All that wasted time…To be made up for….. Tonight. Michiru grinned and a dirty smirk crossed her face. So much making out…ah…up to do.
Okay, so aside from her soon to be bed partner, who else had noticed? . On the floor, Usagi was watching her guardians, obviously amused. Her popcorn bowl now appeared to have three flavors in it, and she munched them happily as the stare down continued. Negative on that one. Michiru made a face. Not a big surprise. The Princess probably had the lowest sex drive in the room. Next to Ami of course. Though, she had seemed to know exactly what she was doing when she'd gone after Rei's ear…..
Speaking of the fire sprite and the ice nymph, they were both watching the two on the ground with slack jaws. Ami was slowly turning redder and redder as the competition grew and Rei was only marginally paying attention. Michiru blinked at the small nosebleed that the Priestess had going and bit her lip. Hmmm, now what could the little fire senshi be thinking of?
Her money was on the visual of blonde and brunette. That's if Michiru were a betting woman, which she was considering her acceptance of a henshin pen that turned her into a magical crime fighter with a fortune telling mirror that ran around in a mini skirt and high heels fighting evil in the name of the Princess of the Moon who had actually died a thousand years ago along with herself and with the help of two talking cats and the relationship that she normally balanced quite well with her fellow crime fighter and gender ambiguous partner raised a child who was the reincarnation of the Senshi of Destruction who happened to be in love with the not yet born daughter of the previously mentioned Moon Princess and her star crossed lover the rose throwing Prince of Earth and all in a curiously foursome household with said partner and a woman who was over a thousand years old and was currently contemplating taking on said cougar as yet another lover.
Michiru blinked, closed her eyes, and opened them again. Holy Crap. What was her life? Some acid tripped crack anime? Her life was weird. Like, tentacle porn weird. She was pretty sure that at this point, you were required to have therapy. Like, legally required. Kami help the Psychiatrist she decided to visit. Shaking herself out of it, she looked down to point out Rei's predicament to her former and possibly still current lover and noticed that the racer was sitting very still. Very very still. She leaned over just a bit more and couldn't help the evil glare that formed when she noticed yet another nosebleed on the blonde's face as Haruka watched Makoto and Minako go at it. Hmm, so she, Haruka, Rei and Setsuna were the only ones who were fantasizing about Makoto and Minako? Surprise surprise.
Meanwhile, back on the ground, Minako was furious. There wasn't any way for her to win this argument. Makoto did actually have only a single ecchi doujin. And Mercury was only tied up for part of it. Her own collection was much more extensive and sadly, Makoto knew just how dirty some of them were. She'd just have to hope that Makoto caved, or Ami fainted, first.
"Two words. Glasses Fetish." Minako smirked. Ami bit her lip.
"Venus uses the Love-Me-Chain on Mars. And she likes it." Rei squeaked and Haruka beamed. After all was said and done, she might just have to go buy the doujin for herself. Minako's eyes gleamed as a plan to one-up the lightning senshi burned a wicked grin on her face.
"Jupiter uses a huge strap-on in the one Makoto has." Ami's face burst into flame and Haruka snapped out of her nosebleed induced shock to laugh. The brunette cast her a terrified look and growled down at her captive.
"She does not!" Makoto was horrified. Minako just shrugged.
"Lie all you want. I know it's true." Behind her Ami mewled and Makoto clenched her teeth, hissing quietly.
"What are saying? You're the one that gave it to me. You know that's not true." She was rewarded with a brilliant flash of white teeth in a feral grin.
"Yes. But she doesn't know that." Minako shot a quick look to the ice senshi, who was currently waging a war between death from lack of breathing or death from blushing blood loss, and back up into angry green eyes.
Makoto squinted. Oh, girl was going down. Two could play at this game and if she had learned anything over the past two weeks, aside from don't ever ever let Michiru catch you forcing the love of your life into making out with the love of her life, it was how to think evilly.
"Venus is a futa for Mars in one of her doujins." She said aloud before she had a chance to chicken out. Minako gaped like a fish as Rei was roughly ripped from her fantasy world. She stared in wide-eyed disbelief at the blonde goddess on the floor. Michiru's eye twitched.
"Jupiter's lightning rod is a tentacle in hers." Minako shot back and Ami gave the pair a broken look as Haruka choked.
"Pluto uses her Time Staff on Venus and Mars in hers." Makoto hissed and Minako blinked. She had to give the brunette credit. That was creative. Dirty and underhanded, but creative. Rei sat back and tuned her head ever so slowly to glance at Setsuna. The eldest senshi, still comfortably close to the sea senshi, was also staring down at Minako, a look of almost impressed wonder on her face.
"I never thought of that." She murmured under her breath. Michiru licked her lips, an amused smile on her face. With a low and dirty chuckle, Setsuna crossed her legs and looked over to meet Rei's eyes. The poor Miko was so traumatized she didn't even have it in her to flush when the time guardian's eyes traveled down her body, winked pointedly at her nether regions, and went back to molesting Michiru.
"Jupiter has Mercury give her futa a you know what." Minako taunted, sticking her tongue in her cheek. Ami scoffed and Makoto growled.
"Venus had Mars give one to Pluto."
"Mercury begs Jupiter to take her virginity."
"Venus has already given hers to Pluto."
"Jupiter is a dominatrix."
"Mars is the uke." Minako huffed.
"Duh! In yours, Jupiter is the uke." Ami rolled her eyes but Rei was petrified with fear. She had the distinct impression that she should run. Run far far away. Ukes, Time Staffs and Love-Me-Chains, Oh my. Suddenly, she wasn't sure she'd survive Minako after all. There was no way she was THAT kinky….. right?
Minako squinted her eyes. Time to remind little miss thinks she can out ecchi me exactly who she's dealing with. She took a deep breath and summoned up the most evil, wretched, depraved and disturbing of all things she could think to say.
"Yours has a hentai scene with Tuxedo Mask." A collective gasp tore through the room and somewhere, the universe ripped itself a new one. The devil found himself ice-skating, someone found a brick in a toilet, and a flock of pigs flew happily overhead as onlookers screamed about the joys of floating bacon.
Back inside, all eyes turned to the brunette. Usagi scowled at her guardian. It was bad enough that Rei had dated him first, now Makoto wanted a piece of her sweet Mamoru? Haruka wrinkled her nose. Oh ew. Michiru made a light gagging noise and Setsuna rubbed her thigh sympathetically. Makoto and Mamoru? Gah! No universe was THAT disturbed. I mean really, what did the boy have to offer? Unless long-winded horribly timed speeches was your thing. Maybe she had a thing for capes? Rei stared in horror at Ami and even Makoto's game face fell.
"What?!" She squeaked out and Minako just shrugged her shoulders.
"It's your doujin." She affirmed and one green eye twitched as a part of Makoto's brain broke at the visual. You could hear the pathetic little snap. Not in a million thousand hundred billion years.
"It does NOT have him in it."
"Yes it does."
"DOES NOT!"
"It does tooo!"
"It most certainly does not!" As the new voice piped up everyone froze and as one very slowly turned their heads to stare. As soon as the words had formed, Ami had slammed her hand over her mouth and squeezed her eyes shut. She was now glowing red, making her hair shine a beautiful purple. Minako made a mental note to see if the effect could be repeated. Michiru looked at the ice senshi, back down to Minako who looked confused, and to Makoto who looked like she was trying to figure something out, and then back up at the resident light bulb.
"How exactly do you know that it doesn't?" She questioned and Ami stuttered.
"Ah, um I mean, of course it wouldn't. That just seems like something she wouldn't have is all." She nodded her head and Minako felt her senses tingling.
"Oh my Kami…." The blonde turned underneath Makoto so fast the brunette fell off backwards. Minako tilted her head teasingly at the ever so embarrassed bluenette.
"Ami, have you read that doujin?" She asked gleefully. Makoto's head shot up to stare. What? Here she was, feeling all guilty for reading something like that, and Ami had too? Her little innocent bookworm had read a doujin? Ami's silence spoke for her and Michiru felt a proverbial light bulb glow to life.
"Have you read it? Or….do you have it?" Rei yelped and scooted back as Ami's blush lit the couch on fire and Makoto felt her world spin. Her mermaid HAD the ecchi doujin? Of Jupiter and Mercury? Together? Doing ecchi things? So, Ami thought about them? Together? Doing ecchi things? Makoto swooned backwards but Ami was still hidden in her hands.
"Ami." Michiru commanded, drawing the glowing girls attention back to herself.
"Answer. Do you have the doujin?" The bluenette spent a moment trying to remember how to speak. Rei blinked as her facial expression shifted rapidly. Hmmm, that looked suspiciously like Ami's I have a clever plan face. The brunette on the floor perked up as Ami cleared her throat and spoke.
"No. I do not have the doujin Icy Shock One." She stated and Makoto's face fell. But Minako caught the little lilt to her voice. That, I'm not lying because I can't lie so I'm cleverly saying something. She rewound and replayed the ice senshi's words. And when it hit her, her smile turned down right wicked.
"No. No you don't have Icy Shock One." Ami met her eyes and Minako beamed. "You have Icy Shock Two." The ice senshi lit up again as Makoto fainted backwards and Minako celebrated her victory Michiru blinked. Little Ami was a pervert now too? Quiet, shy, submissive hides behind her books and her cute little blush and her glasses Ami? The aqua haired woman leaned backwards, giving the aforementioned uke a through once over. Well, they were both water senshi. And she had been curious. Ami'd definitely be a sub….right?
She tilted her head to the side, noticing with a smirk that Haruka and Setsuna were doing the same thing. Hmmm, maybe she'd underestimated the Inners all together? The catholic school Priestess wanted to get it on with her. The wanna-be pop idol with a few screws loose was ready to jump in bed with half the people in the room. The love-note allergic glasses wearing genius bookworm was a secret ecchi. And Makoto…. Well, aside from the doujin, she actually wasn't all that naughty. So far anyway. She was starting to realize why her Haruka had managed to get sucked into this mess. Speaking of, she still had no idea HOW it had happened. And for that, she needed to forget about little submissive Ami, firecracker Rei, player Minako and temptress Setsuna.
The aqua-haired girl set her shoulders and shifted ever so slightly away from her housemate. Setsuna pouted but put her hands back in her lap. The night was young yet. And that skirt wasn't going to take itself off.
"Perhaps we should focus back on what important?" She suggested, but of course, more like told.
"Oh, I am." Minako purred, taking advantage of her place on the floor to happily look as far up her Miko's skirt as possible. Kami she loved school girl outfits. If she tilted her head and the raven haired girl shifted just so she could see all the way up those oh so touchable legs right to her …
"Muffin." Usagi said out of nowhere. Minako choked and gaped at the fellow blonde. She shrugged sheepishly. " Muffins sound good right now." Minako gave pained laugh.
"Ah hah ha….Right. I knew that's what you meant."
"I bet you did." Haruka snickered. Michiru thwacked the back of her head and the frightened racer yelped. Setsuna and Usagi giggled and Rei sighed, trying to smooth out her skirt as subtly as possible. Makoto was still out of it, staring at Ami with dazed look on her face. And the glowing red bluenette was ignoring the look, studiously staring up at the ceiling.
"I meant focus on the story." Michiru hissed and Minako blinked in her direction. " You remember? The story of the mess that my Haruka got involved in? The mess that YOU started?" The blonde winced and Makoto snapped out of it.
"Oh yeah." She mumbled, still sending longing looks in Ami's direction.
"So, where were we?" Usagi piped up from the floor. The love guardian glared at her but her Princess just grinned. "What? This is getting good." Michiru bit back a grin.
"I'm assuming that you 'talked' Makoto out of going to Ami?" Setsuna asked and Minako snorted and sat up cross-legged.
"Yeah. I convinced her."
"Convinced my ass." The brunette mumbled. "More like black-mailed." Minako shrugged.
"Tomato, potato. Whatever." Ami rolled her eyes and Usagi scrunched her nose in confusion. Michiru focused on the lightning senshi.
"So what happened next?" Makoto sighed and looked over to Minako with a shrug.
"I guess nothing till Monday morning." Rei started and glared down at Minako.
"What do you mean nothing till Monday morning? You said you spent Sunday…" She trailed off and Minako had the decency to look sheepish as the light bulb went off over Ami's head.
"It was a lie. Of course it was a lie. Oh Kami." She muttered and held a hand to her forehead. Rei leaned back.
"Wow, that morning makes a lot more sense now." Ami nodded and Makoto sent an apologetic look in Ami's direction. Minako sighed at her soon to be snuggle bunny.
"It was just all part of the plan."
"What was?" Michiru interrupted, an edge to her voice and the Inners winced. Blonde and brunette had a silent disagreement, then Makoto sighed heavily and took a deep breath. She was really very un-fond on Minako at this moment.
"Fine. I'll go first." She rolled her shoulders, did her best to lean back into what was left of the loveseat, looked at her angel one last time, and closed her eyes. "So Sunday we spent coming up the rest of the game plan, and we put it into motion first thing Monday morning…."
