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Rei woke up. Last night had only been a dream come true. She was very sure Mamoru enjoyed himself, but she felt like hell. She had betrayed her princess. She had slept with her best friend's soul mate. Rei couldn't blink back the tears anymore. She put her face in her hands and wept. Wept that she actually enjoyed being in Mamoru's arms. Wept that she had been so stupid to let all of her common sense flee right at that first passionate kiss. Wept that she thought that what they did was right. That they're lips fit together so perfectly, that she amazingly fit snugly into his body. Rei stopped sniffling and opened her eyes to try to find a tissue. She found herself slowly crawling to the bathroom to get some toilet paper. After she blew her nose and washed her face, she realized how she knew her surroundings so well. They had been in Mamoru's apartment. Rei looked around, trying to find Mamoru. What she found was a hot cup of coffee (Mamoru knew her so well) and a note saying he was going out to get ice- cream and that she shouldn't leave just yet. Rei's eyes widened at the word "ice-cream" on the note. Her common sense nearly fled yet again, but she held her ground. They had gone to far already. and now, if they were going to get ice-cream and. ohh no, no way. Rei shook her head. She put on her clothes and then realized they were torn. Mamoru knew her too well. "Shit," she thought. It would be even more obvious if she walked out of his apartment wearing HIS clothes! Rei saw that the tears in her dress were not sleek cuts of a scissors, they were torn frantically. She felt herself laughing at the prospect that Mamoru trapped her from leaving the apartment, and even funnier, did it without knowing it. She could remember him taking off her clothes as fast as he could, and how he got mad at the little buttons in her blouse and tore the rest of her clothes off, with his teeth. He wasn't the sweet Mamoru she knew last night. He was a passionate mad-man, craving for more. He was quite rough handling her, but Rei didn't mind- she felt it quite exhilarating to see his *evil* side. And now she was wondering how she could get out of the darn apartment. She couldn't wear his clothes. She couldn't wear hers. suddenly Rei got a vision that Mamoru was walking up the steps to his apartment. There was not much time left. Rei bit her lip. Then she realized it. "I could transform. why didn't I think of that before?!?" She raised her hand. "Mars power!!!" She hear a rustling of keys outside the front door. Rei quickly opened a window and leaped. She landed on the sidewalk without a scratch. A few people stared at her. Sailor Mars just ran.

*****Darien's side*****

"Rei? Rei..." Darien walked around the apartment. He had the feeling he was going to be surprised. Maybe Rei would jump from behind him and smother him in kisses. Or maybe she'd. Darien spotted the torn clothes at the foot of the bed and smiled slightly. He remembered tearing it off her, frustrated, when the buttons would come out. He suddenly thought maybe Serena would find out. Serena. she was his soul mate, but sometimes he couldn't stand being far away from Rei. He had this urge just to be near her. Or have at least one part of his body in contact with hers. Every time he saw her, he would run up to her and put his arm around her shoulders. Or he would lift her up in a hug. Serena didn't mind. but what if she knew the real reason behind why he did that? Darien shuddered at the thought. His thoughts flew back to Rei. She made him feel. different. When they were dating he only knew the giggly side of her; the one that hung on to his arm, the one that showed him off to all of her friends. After he found out she was Sailor Mars, he knew the real side of her. The woman who was so protective of her best friend she would die for her. The woman who really cared about everything. She was the only one who actually thought Catsy was not an enemy and protected her from a blast. She didn't just kill any enemy that fought back against her. She actually believed that Catsy was a good person. She could FEEL it. Serena could tell if a really evil person was actually good, but only with her powers. Rei just. knew. She was so damn mysterious, it scared him sometimes. It was like she was in another world. Darien sighed. But he knew that he loved her. And he could feel that there was some turmoil going inside of her right now because he could feel it too. Darien continued looking for her. Finally, he realized she was using her powers to hide herself, or, she had left the apartment. Darien looked at the different boxes of ice-cream in his hands and sighed. He put them in the freezer. Some other day, then. Rei was probably shaken up from last night. Darien tried to contact her with his thoughts.

**Rei again** Mars continued running as fast as she could to the temple. She had sinned. She felt like she wanted to commit suicide. She finally reached the temple, and went into her room before her grandfather saw her. There, she turned back into Rei and went to the fire. Something was dreadfully wrong. The fire didn't answer her questions. Rei began to cry. "I'm sorry, great fire, I was blinded by love!" She continued sobbing. The fire did nothing. "If you don't answer my question right now I will throw myself to the flames!" Rei grew hysterical, her eyes turning nearly as red as the fire. The fire still showed her nothing. Rei stood up, and leaped into the fire. She woke up. She thought she was dead, but she wasn't. She looked around herself and realized she had turned into Princess Mars unconsciously. The fire was still around her. It didn't hurt though. It felt quite warm and comforting. Princess Mars realized the fire was her element, and that it could never hurt her, no matter how much she tried to make it. She stood up and walked out of the Great Fire. She was still mad, but now she realized how to control the fire. She turned to it. "Great fire!" The flames roared in front of her. "My ancestors!" The fire blazed. "You and I are of the same blood. Will you ignore a request from you very own sister?" She could see the flames fight with each other. "Please." Princess Mars' eyes softened. "I need to know this. It is very important." The flames flashed images into her mind. Princess Mars gasped, and nearly fainted. She felt like she couldn't breath. Suddenly the room she felt always comfortable in felt too hot and the incense in the room choked her. She ran out of the room and into the fresh air. She gasped for breath. "Oh great Mars, this can't be." She coughed, her eyes stinging. Finally her senses came back to normal and she became deadly calm. She sat under a tree and thought what she could do to prevent the forthcoming events. She felt a voice in her head. A voice she knew too well. She tried to block him out, but it was too late. He was in her head, and only he could get out. "Rei?" Darien's thoughts caressed her. Rei kept her mind as blank as possible. But her body was reacting to his voice before she could stop it. She trembled, and clenched her fists. "Rei? Is something wrong? You left. wait, did you see the note?" Rei kept her mind blank again, but her hands shook.. "Rei. I was going to get some ice-cream. I asked you not to leave. I guess you didn't read the note. Why don't you come back to my apartment now? I have something to show you." This time Rei couldn't stop herself from answering back. "No. no, I. um, have work to do." "Oh come on Rei, you've dumped your grandpa a few times so you could hang out with your friends." "I can't this time." "Why not?" "I just can't, OK?" Rei snapped. Tears were forming in her eyes. She wanted to desperately tell him what he felt for her; what she felt for him. it was WRONG. It was just. wrong. "Rei, what's wrong? You sound shaken up." "No look, I'm fine, alright? Stop pestering me. I have work to do." "I'm sure you do." Mamoru's voice teased her. "I know you're avoiding me. afraid of doing it again?" "MAMORU!" Rei blushed. "Gomen." Rei couldn't help but smile. "Mamoru, really, I have to go, ok?" "Alright. Fine. Maybe some other time?" "NO." Rei said it louder then she meant it. "Rei. was I not good enough?" Mamoru was hurt. Rei felt her heart lurch at the words. No. he wasn't just good, he was amazing. But she couldn't tell him that. "It's Chad, that's all. I-. I need some time to be alone, that's all." She lied through her teeth. "You're lying." Mamoru knew her too well. "I'm not. Look, I have WORK. Please get out of my head now!" "Fine. I don't know what you're hiding Rei, but I will find out." "Mamoru-" Rei got cut off. Mamoru had broken off their mental connection. She sighed. Now she would have to plan how to stay away from him.