Hey guys! I got some good reviews for the first part that I posted! So, Here we go with the next! By the way, Thanx to all those who read and reviewed!! :)
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Well, I figure I should point out that this story is gonna have some real twists and turns! First off, Mamoru's not actually a 'bad' guy(he was possessed when 'it' happened), I couldn't make things too easy for Rei, right? Right! So, Let's get started...
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Part 3: Questions & Answers...


Serena walks back into Rei's hospital-room & quietly closes the door. The blonde walks over next to the bed & asks, "..Rei?... You, asleep?" "No..." Rei replies, dryly, "how could I sleep?" "I'm sorry." Serena apologizes. Rei turns to face her friend, "Never mind, Serena... So, What did you wanna ask?" The raven-haired priestess queries. Serena hesitates a moment, "Well, Rei..." the blonde starts, "Why... Why can't you... have children?" Rei turns away, she never expected 'that' question! "Why should I tell you!" She snaps, "You think, Just because I'm in this 'condition'... You've the right to 'stick' your nose into my past!" "I don't, Rei..." Serena says, simply, "It's just... When Ami told me what the gynecologist said, about y-your inability to conceive... I-It scared me!" "And," she adds, "I realized just how little I know about you... Please, Rei, tell me."

"Alright, Princess. You win." Rei says, her tone softening somewhat, not being able to stay mad when it's Serena she's talking to. Rei turns to face her again & gives her a weak smile, wanting to add 'You know that I'll tell you whatever you ask of me, *my* Princess.' "It happened when I was about 8 yrs. old..." She begins, dropping her smile, "I was on my way home from school, my father's home. It was before I started staying at the temple. My mom had died 2 years before-hand. Anyway, I was going home when I..." She stops, holding back tears, & Serena takes her hand, lightly squeezing it to encourage her to continue. Rei wanely smiles and continues...

"I was attacked... There were 3 of them, all around 15 or so, & it started off as them just pickin on me." Rei explains, her eyes tightly shut to hold back the tears, "I just tried to ignore them and keep going, but then... 1 of them grabbed me and threw me to the ground and, they started hitting me and... touching me..." a few tears finally escape her closed eyes, which Serena wipes away with her left hand. Serena feels tears starting to prick her own eyes but, asks, "T-then, what happened?" "They... They raped me..." Rei continues after swallowing hard, "Each 1 had a... 'turn', while the other 2 held me..." Serena's tears start falling, "I... I never knew." she says, through her sobs. "No one did." Rei informs her, "Except for: me, my father, and... 'them'." "You mean, You didn't go to a doctor?" Asks Serena. Rei shakes her head.

"After they had gone..." She continues, "I... collected my things and got up, barely able to stand... I walked home." "What about your father?" Serena queries. "When I told him what happened, he... he was infuriated at... me, not them!" Serena gasps. "He then, *disowned* me and, dumped me off on Grandpa at the shrine... I haven't seen him, since." "Oh, Rei..." Serena says, releasing Raye's hand and hugging the priestess gently, so as not to disturb her broken ribs, "I'm so sorry, I... I wish I-I could change the past... I wish I could take that pain away!" She's crying, even harder than before, and as Rei puts her arms around her friend, she whispers, "You already have, my Princess." Even through her sniffs and sobs, Serena hears every word clear as a bell, but decides to leave it at that. Serena pulls slowly away from the hug and looks at her friend a moment, "Now, you should really try and get some sleep," She says, tenderly, "Tough girl." Rei nods and, sleepily, closes her eyes.

After a few moments, After Rei is asleep, Serena leans down and kisses her forehead, 'You really are beautiful, Rei...' She suddenly finds herself thinking, 'I sometimes wish I could be the one to give your life the happiness, you deserve.' She blanks out shortly, then comes to her senses, to find her lips... pressed to Rei's. Serena immediately pulls away and scolds herself 'W-what am I... doing!? I don't... shouldn't feel t-this way!' She looks at Rei, though and thinks 'Why not? She's already confessed that she feels the same way... about me... I don't understand!' Serena sits down in the chair next to the bed and says, quietly, "Maybe this will be clearer, after I get some rest." She lowers her head and falls, slowly, asleep...

~Downstairs~

"So," Ryoma asks, as Ami walks over to her, "Who're those other 2?" "Ryoma, before I tell you..." Ami begins, sitting next to her, "I want you to promise me, You won't attack Mamoru?" "Why?" Asks Ryoma. "Because, It wasn't his fault..." the blue-haired girl replies, "Rei mumbled it earlier, in her sleep..." "Mumbled what?" the older woman queries, "What are you talking about?" Ami takes a deep breath and lets it out, "She mentioned that... he was possessed..." she says, "That she sensed a... youma's presence, in him." "Does Serena know?" Ryoma wonders aloud. "Yes..." Ami says, "I believe she has some idea. I'll explain it to her, a little later."

"Very well, Ami." Ryoma relents, "I'll leave him alone." She stands up. "Their names are, Alec Sagawa and Carlos Ricardo." Ami tells her, "But, I want to ask you... Why don't you let the police handle the 2 of them and you just go home, to Naomi?" Ryoma thinks for a moment, then relents again, "I guess, You've got a point... I suppose I should go home, thanks Ami." She picks up her helmet, walks over and gets on her motorcycle. Ryoma gets the 'cycle turned around and rides back out the way she came in. 'Sorry...' Ami thinks. "Dr. Mizuno?" the receptionist gets her attention, "Someone on line 4, for you!" "Okay!" Ami responds, "I'll take it in my office!" She goes to her office and closes the door.

Ami picks up the receiver and presses the number 4, "Hello..." She says, "Dr. Ami Mizuno speaking..." "Hey girl!" the voice says. Ami's face brightens up, immediately, "Chrystya!" she says, cheerily, "Why are you calling me at work?" "I was just wonderin, if you're gonna make it home, tonight?" Chrystya asks, "I was planning on fixin your favorite dinner." "Sounds great, Chrysty'!" Ami responds, smiling, "I'll be clocking-out, in about a half-hour." "So?" Chrystya asks, "How is... she?" "Well, She's hurt but," Ami replies, trying her best to cover-up her worriedness, "I think she'll be okay." "She will, Ames!" the platinum-haired girl says, as cheerfully as possible, "She's a very strong woman, ya know! She'll pull thru this, just you wait and see!" "You're right, Chrysty'." Ami says, forcing the smile back to the surface, "I'll see you soon. I'm going to check on her and Serena one more time and then, I'll be heading home." "Gotcha," Chrystya says, happily, "See ya then, love. Byiiee." Ami also says, "Bye." and hangs up the phone, with a slight blush. "I love that girl!" She giggles. She exits her office to go upstairs and check on Serena and Rei.

~Rei's Room~

A few moments later, Ami knocks gently on the room-door and Serena wakes up. Serena whispers, "Yeah? Come in." Ami opens the door and steps into the room, "Are you 2, alright?" she asks, just as quietly as Serena's whisper, "I see, she finally got to sleep?" Serena nods. "Serena, I really need to tell you something." the doctor continues, "Rei said, earlier, that... Mamoru was 'possessed' by a youma, when he... hehem... 'attacked' her. I just thought you should know." "I already did." Serena confesses, still speaking quietly, as not to wake Rei, "I could sense that he's not been himself, recently... I... I shoulda known something like this would happen but... I didn't say anything about it... and, it makes me feel like what happened to Rei, is all *my* fault." "I see..." Ami says, thoughtfully, "Don't be so hard on yourself, princess. It wasn't your fault. I'm sure Rei doesn't feel that way. Well, I've gotta get home. See you, in the morning, Serena." "Goodnight, Ami." Serena replies and Ami exits the room, closing the door. As Ami walks down the hall 'I feel bad for those 2!' she thinks 'They love each other, so much. But, It seems they won't express it to one another. I think it's a good idea to be like Mako & Shinya, and keep my relationship with Chrystya a secret a little longer.'

~Makoto's House~

Minako rings Makoto's doorbell, "Just a minute!" a voice comes from inside. 'That's Shinya's voice!?' Minako thinks 'I wonder why she's here?' A few moments later, Shinya opens the door, *barely* wearing a button-up blouse, which somewhat shows off her *assets*! Minako gasps. "Hi, Mina." Shinya says, in her rather deep-feminine(Haruka-ish)voice, "What's up?" "Well, I..." Minako starts to speak but, is interrupted by Mako's voice, "Who is it, Shinya? And, What do they want?" she asks, from another room in the house, "If it's not important, tell them to go away, and come back to bed!" Minako's jaw drops, as Shinya replies to the other room, "It's Mina!" "Mina!?" Mako's voice is heard, loud and clear, "Oh, Crap!" Minako and Shinya hear some hussle and bussle, then they see Makoto walking outta the bedroom, dressed, "Okay!" she says. Shinya turns back to Minako and says, "Come on in!"

Minako walks inside and Shinya closes the door, they walk over to where Makoto has already sit down. Shinya sits down beside Makoto, and Minako sits across from them, "So," Makoto asks, "What brings you here?" "Um..." Minako replies, after finding her voice, "I... um..." "Hey!" Shinya says, snapping her fingers toward Minako, "Wakey, Wakey!" "Oh, uh, sorry!" Minako responds, "I came to tell you that, Rei is in the, um, hospital." "What!?" Mako says, totally surprised, "How? When?" "Sometime between, late last night and early this morning." Minako replies, "I don't know how come, Ami didn't say." "So, How long have you 2 been... together?" she asks, changing the subject. "That's not really appropriate to discuss, right now." Shinya replies, "We just found out Rei's in the hospital, and don't even know why!" "Yeah!" Mako agrees, "We should go see if she's okay!" "Nope." Minako informs them, "Ami said, and I quote, 'No visitors! Rei needs to rest!', end quote. That's why I tried changing the subject, no sense worrying bout something you can do nothin about, right?" "I suppose..." Responds Shinya. "Wow!" Mako says, "Mina actually said somethin that she didn't screw up!" "Thank you, Thank you!" Minako says, "I've been practicing! That was a bit harsh though, Mako..." doing her best feign frown. "Sorry bout that," Mako replies, "And, You asked... We've been together since we were old enough to know what *love* is!"
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On with the ramblings...

Well, That's it for the second installment of my fic. Hope ya liked it! Thanks to everyone who reviewed the first installment! I'll be postin the 3rd asap, So bare with me. The next one's gonna have kissing and a little touchy, feely but nothing extremely 'mature'! I haven't decided yet, whether or not I should add a yuri scene later in the story, tell me what y'all think. Well, That's it for now!