The last chapter of this was eaten by my computer and so I had to re-type it. And as my dear onee-chan can tell you, I absolutely abhor re-typing anything. Ergh...I feel so cheated. I can do this. I can write it again. Go Jade. Man, this really does suck.
Thank You's!: Where do I start? Okay, first off I'd like to thank the inspiration for this story, which came from reading a whole bunch of Rei+Jadeite fanfics on fanfiction.net. A lot of them were really bad. (Not to say that they're all bad, there were many I quite enjoyed.) But the majority of them were bad and I was like "I should try to write one!" This is the cause of that. I want to thank my onee-chan, who I hope enjoyed this story that I dedicated to her. Rei's her favorite senshi and since I seem to love writing Sailor Moon fanfiction, she's down with this. (My other idea was for a Cowboy Bebop fanfic but while reading One More Try I felt as though I could never top that greatness and just gave up while I was still ahead.) I'd like to thank me. I rule and I actually went through with re-typing this one chapter. (It's really the worst thing to watch, too, as I whine almost the whole time.) I'd like to thank several songs but mostly "Better Man" by Pearl Jam for being the main theme through this whole song. (She lies and says she's in love with him, Can't find a better man, she dreams in colors, she dreams in red, Can't find a better man.) I'd like to thank Teresa some more for making such a great Rei+Jadeite wallpaper for me and to tell her that in my upcoming fanfics, there will be plenty more Rei+Jadeite to go around. I'd like to thank coffee, for without it, I think my heart would stop and my head would explode. I'd like to thank root beer, the best soda ever made for always being there when I needed it. I'd like to thank the fans such as Pyro Chick who reviewed every chapter of this before it was deleted and after. I'd like to thank fanfiction.net for deleting the story at random. I think it has something to do with it being lemonish but I personally think it's not any higher then R. And if you're too young to be reading about sex, skip those parts. Sheesh. Everyone else that reviewed, thank you, it meant a lot to me. And now, the story:
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.
Warnings: Er, you know, there's no sex in this chapter. ^_^. Sorry. Other then that, I'm sure there's cussing...yeah...just read.
Flames
Chapter Eight
Rei walked into the kitchen, her stomach grumbling and half her mind still at Jadeite's place. Sitting in there by himself was Yuuchirou. He wasn't eating or drinking anything. Just sitting there quietly, waiting for her.
"Hey." Rei greeted him half-heartedly.
"Hey." Yuuchirou's voice was strangely quiet. Rei began to boil water for a cup of tea, something she thought her nerves could benefit from. "Rei, have you ever been to The Canton?"
Although the question had the air of an innocent seeming inquiry, there was something about his tone that she wasn't too sure about.
Why is The Canton familiar?
"Er, I might have." Rei answered trying to remember exactly why The Canton sounded familiar.
"Like last night?" Yuuchirou pressed. Rei's eyes grew round and she almost dropped the pot.
That's what it is! The Canton is where Jadeite and I were last night...does this mean...?
"I was there last night. And I saw you there." Yuuchirou's eyes narrowed in anger. "Rei, who is he?"
"I'm not sure I can explain that. Jadeite is...Jadeite." Rei knew there was no use even trying to cover it up now. Yuuchirou knew everything.
"Rei, I know you're unhappy, but whatever it is, we can fix it together." Yuuchirou's eyes were full of pleading.
"I'm cheating on you, I don't see how we can fix that!" Rei looked at him, almost shocked by his suggestion.
"We can, it doesn't matter to me, we can make this work." Yuuchirou insisted, even though Rei could tell he already felt defeated. Grasping at threads.
"Maybe we can't..." Rei trailed off as she looked away from his blue eyes. "Maybe I can't because I don't love you like that anymore..."
"Do these love charms really work Rei-chan?"
"What?" Yuuchirou looked completely crushed at that moment and Rei felt guilty at the hurt in his eyes.
"I love you like a friend, or a brother but...I think I got confused along the way and now...I finally realized that I don't love you in any other sense." Rei looked down at the floorboards, wishing they would swallow her up. "I'm sorry Yuuchirou..."
"It's not fair..." Yuuchirou's voice shook. "You gave me what I wanted for so long and now you take it away when I know what it's like."
"I'm sorry." Rei felt a few tears well up. She did care about him, just not the way he wanted her to. She knew that now, and she saw no point in pretending.
"I guess...this is it for us, huh?" Yuuchirou seemed to be trying to take it well.
"I guess it is." Rei looked up at him and smiled, just a little bit to tell him that she didn't hate him by any means.
"I think I'm going to go." Yuuchirou walked over and grabbed his jacket. "See you." And with that he was gone. Rei listened to the door close and took a deep breath. What had just happened?
Everything is so different now...
* * *
She had completely forgotten about the get-together before Ami had to leave, but luckily Minako called her up and asked her when she would be arriving and what she was bringing with her.
Rei arrived at Minako's penthouse with a sushi platter at around six in the evening. Usagi opened the door and pounced on her immediately. Luckily, Rei was half expecting this and managed not to get knocked over or drop the platter.
"I'll take that before the glomp monster knocks it over." Makoto took the platter from Rei.
"Usagi, you're supposed to be pregnant, how can you jump all over the place like that?" Rei asked her as Usagi let go.
"I'm eight months, and the doctor said I should be active." Usagi defended herself. "Plus, I haven't seen you in a while Rei-chan, are you avoiding us?"
"No." Rei shook her head. Her eyes caught Ami who was giving her a speculative look. "I've just been busy."
"Really? How's the married life?" Minako asked as she plopped down in one of her armchairs.
"Um...actually..." Rei trailed off. "Yuuchirou and I...we're getting a divorce. He's already moved out." This was true, a couple of days after the break up, while she was out grocery shopping, he had come and taken his stuff.
"Oh no! Why?" Usagi looked horrified. "What happened?"
"It's a little hard to explain." Rei told her.
"Does it have anything to do with Jadeite?" Minako asked and then covered her mouth, as she hadn't meant to say it out loud. Usagi's eyes grew round and her mouth went into an o shape as Makoto dropped a tray of fresh veggies.
"Jadeite? What does Jadeite have to do with anything?" Usagi questioned.
"He's alive but he's not evil." Rei explained quickly. "Back in the Silver Millennium, we were lovers and he came back because he was still in love with me."
"Are you in love with him?" Usagi didn't seem like she understood the situation still but was going with it.
"Well, yeah." Rei felt as though a weight had been taken off of her. "At first, I wanted to hate him, but he knows me so well, and I…I know him better then anyone else does. I realized I wasn't in love with Yuuchirou anymore."
"So you live with Jadeite now?" Makoto was in the kitchen rinsing off the vegetables she had dropped.
"Actually we had a fight. We had lots of fights. I'm not sure what's going to happen, I haven't seen him since the day that I finally came clean with Yuuchirou." Rei hated saying it out loud; it made it so much more real. She wished she could see him again, but who knew if she ever would?
"If you're happy with your decision then I'm happy for you." Usagi amended. "I was just a little shocked, how come no one ever tells me anything?"
"What a whiner." Rei shook her head before hugging Usagi. "I'm hungry, anyone else?"
* * *
The next day, they took Ami to the airport. The short blue-haired woman said goodbye to everyone in the group and there was hugging all around as they parted with one of their best friends. Rei was sad to see her go; Ami was such a steady person, practically the opposite of Rei.
"I'll see you soon Rei." Ami hugged Rei and then, in a low whisper. "Don't worry, everything will work out, just like it did for Zoicite and me."
Rei froze in her place as Ami went to go through the metal detectors. She barely recovered in time to comprehend what Ami had just said.
"Wait!" Rei called after her.
"Call me and I'll tell you all about it." Ami told her. Then she waved before disappearing into the crowd.
"What was that about?" Usagi tugged on Rei's sleeve.
"Inside joke." Rei shook her head with a smile. She could hardly believe what she had just heard but then, it made sense. If Jadeite was back, the others would be too.
Thanks Ami, for everything.
* * *
Rei leaned against the railing outside her room. The wind blew through her hair as she looked up at the stars. It had been a week since Ami had left and Rei hadn't called her yet, even though a part of her was dying to know what had transpired between Ami and Zoicite.
It's strange to think that they were once our enemies.
I wonder where Jadeite is.
She sighed, why couldn't she take her mind off of that? Maybe he wasn't coming back, maybe she'd never see him again. Rei knew she could never love anyone the way that she loved Jadeite.
"I love you..." Rei trailed off.
"Really?" A male voice asked and she didn't have to turn around to see him. She knew that he was there, that light in his blue eyes and that slightly devilish grin. "You have an odd way of showing it sometimes."
"You have an odd way of showing that you're in love." Rei argued, closing her eyes. "I mean, you show up out of nowhere, the last time I saw you, you were trying to kill me and my friends, you turn my whole world upside down and don't see a problem with any of it."
"I've always had that effect on women." Jadeite shrugged. Rei turned and hit him lightly on the arm. "It's true, you should know that."
"You're so full of yourself." Rei rolled her eyes.
"And you're the most difficult woman I have ever met." Jadeite countered. "I guess we're perfectly matched."
"Or perfectly mismatched." Rei shrugged. "But I love you. It took me awhile to see it."
"I told you that you did." Jadeite shook his head before kissing her on the lips. "And I already told you that I love you."
"So, we agree on something?" Rei raised an eyebrow. "I guess there really is a first time for everything."
"Rei, you're ruining the mood." Jadeite complained with a slight pout.
"There's only one problem left." Rei declared.
"What?" Jadeite looked confused.
"I don't know if my friends are going to like you."
They both laughed at this.
* * *
That's the end of the story. But not the end of my Rei+Jadeite happy streak. Nope, not at all. So just stay tuned I suppose. That's all folks!