Chapter 9 of Naisei - Rated R

Author Notes at bottom

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Usagi put down her coffee and took off the red apron she had on. "Jake, I'm on break!" She called to the manager who nodded his head. Usagi walked over to a booth Minako followed behind slowly, unsure if she should be around or not.

"R-Rei-chan." Usagi said softly to the young woman in front of her.

"U-Usagi-chan…" Rei stood up slowly. "Let's go back to Ami's and my place." Rei suggested quickly, standing up.

"H-Hai." Usagi replied. "Mina-chan, come on." Usagi beckoned the blond who was a few feet away.

The three young women walked across the street to some nice looking apartments and they walked into one of the first of the complexes. "This is Ami and my place. Ami-chan is working as a doctor at the local hospital…" Rei trailed off, unsure exactly of what to say.

Usagi decided to say what was on her mind straight away before she lots her nerve, "Rei-chan… I was going to go back! I just needed a break. Didn't I come back?" Usagi asked desperately.

Rei turned to her. "Hai… but only to say goodbye. You said I'd never see you again."

Usagi's eyes widened. "I did?"

Rei nodded. "But you told me this when you were twenty. You were married… happily. I won't say any more in fear I will alter the future." Rei said as she walked over to the small kitchen where she began to fix some tea. Usagi suddenly felt overcome with guilt.

"Don't worry Usa-chan. I'm not upset. In fact, I'm just glad I get to see you again. Even if you are still seventeen and I'm… well. Old." Rei said with a laugh.

"You look like you're still in your twenties." Minako mentioned.

"Hai, we're immortal. Like you Usa-chan." Rei said as she came back with the tea. "We all feel like we're young still so don't worry Usagi-chan." Rei commented when she saw Usagi give Minako a worried look.

"Did I come back?" Minako asked suddenly.

"Yes… you stayed a little longer than Usagi. You weren't married and you didn't say anything… but someone was always on your mind." Rei said in a mysterious way. Usagi took the teacup from Rei when it was offered and began to drink silently.

"Can you tell us any more?" Usagi asked.

"I'm afraid not. As Setsuna would say, it's impossible for me to tell you without possibly altering the future." Usagi drained the last of her cup quickly.

"We'll be back in a few days, but I'm afraid we have to be going." Usagi said setting her cup down and standing up, along with Minako.

"I'd like to stay a little longer if you don't mind Usagi-chan. There is something I need to talk to Rei-chan about." Usagi nodded and grabbed her apron that she had taken off sometime while she had been in Rei's apartment.

"I'll be at the diner when you're done." Usagi said. She quickly hugged Rei tightly before she left the apartment and walked back across the street to the diner. In the apartment, Minako had sat back down, but she was looking anxious as she sipped her tea.

"What is it Mina-chan. I have a feeling I already know what it is." Rei said with a sly smile.

"Well, I need you to… I need you to help me with Usagi." Minako said, trying to find the right words.

"How so?" Rei asked, an amused look was coming over her now and Minako was beginning to wonder if she knew exactly what she was trying to say.

"Usagi was never raped by Mamoru." Minako stated. Rei nodded and gently set her cup down.

"I know I should be surprised, but your past self is just as easy to coax information out of as your present. You told me about how my past self would see Usagi again, and how I helped her." Rei said with a knowing smile. "I will help, when Usagi comes back in a few days, she must still not know of what I'm going to do. It could jeopardize the procedure."

Minako gave Rei a cocky smile. "You mean she'd freak out if she knew and that you don't want to be the one to calm her down."

Rei gave her a guilty smile. "Well, I suppose so…" Rei stopped talking for a moment and she listened. "It seems two boys are coming up to my door… They know you?"

Minako gave a sigh. "I hoped that I'd be able to talk longer, but it seems Duo and a reluctant Hiiro are on their way to grab me. I'll just leave before they bother you." Rei nodded and the two stood up and went to the door. Minako gave Rei a quick hug. "We'll come over at three and you can… work your magic." Rei laughed and Minako quickly ducked out the door. "Hey Duo-kun!" Minako said happily as she tackled him in a hug. Hiiro stood there looking at a blushing Duo and a happy Minako and he sighed and started to walk back downstairs. Minako let go of Duo and he laughed bashfully. "Hey, Minako-chan. Usagi wanted us to come tell you she came back and Jake told her to go home for the day. Some other chick came in wanting more hours." Minako shrugged. "Wanna give me a ride back home then Duo-kun?" Minako batted her eyelashes at the unsuspected Duo, who took it hook, line, and sinker. "O-Of course Mina-chan." He said with a smile in her direction. Minako smiled at him again and she knew what Rei had meant when she said she had someone on her mind.

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Usagi ran down the hallway to the bathroom. "MINAKO! HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL ME WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET REI AT TWO! NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE!" She screamed irritably as she slammed the door shut and began to strip off her pajamas. A loud 'sorry' through the bathroom door, was all Usagi heard from her blond friend as she jumped into the shower. She quickly went about her business of cleaning herself and then jumped out. She quickly gathered her long hair into a bun after she towel dried it and she wrapped the towel she had found on the towel rack around her petite body. She then ran quickly back to her room and she jumped into a light pink skirt and a white tank top. She didn't bother to look for her favorite sneakers, she just grabbed a pair of flip flops she found in her closet and she ran out of her room to the kitchen were Minako was munching on some toast.

"Here you go Usa-chan, you can eat it on the way." Minako said handing Usagi a piece of buttered toast.

Haruka who was sitting at the kitchen table looked up at the two from her morning paper. "Are you sure you don't want us to go?"

"We're sure!" Minako said with tones of energy that made Usagi groan, Usagi was still sleeping in her minds eye and Minako's pep was highly annoying.

"Come on Usa! Let's get goin' Duo said he'd drive us over and he's waiting in the driveway" Usagi groaned more, Duo was just as peppy as Minako, she was sure.

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Woop! I'm nearly done with this one… it's got probably about two… three more chapters left. One if I make it REALLY long. But yes, probably two or three. Sorry for the delay of this chapter and it's shortness but I've had some horrible writers' block.

Oh, a shout out to YASHA STARRIDER, I decided to work on this because of your review. I hadn't had one for Naisei for a while so I sorta didn't think about working on it. But your review made me finish this half done chapter. Thankies ^.^