Ah, the next chapter to Tears for Fire. I have been working on it off and on all of today. It's after 8 pm now, and I finally got it done. It's a very sad chapter, and I hope you like it. Reviews are welcome.

Chapter Eleven : Farewell, My Love!

We have to find them...

It's all your fault...

It's all your fault...

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Rei lay awake in bed that next morning with her eyes focused on the white walls of the apartment house. It was around ten in the morning and she had been up since six. Soon, Jaedite groaned and reached his arm across her. "Rei..." She looked over her shoulder to notice Jaedite was talking in his sleep. He mumbled something, then began to talk louder. "It's not your fault... Mako is running away... we have to save three lives now..."

As if that made me feel better, she thought, as she inched from under Jaedite's arms and walked from the bedroom. Setsuna was sitting up awake on the couch; she was already dressed and had her transformation pen on the side of her, next to the garnet orb. Rei lightly stepped toward her and Setsuna instantly looked up. "Morning... Rei."

"Good morning," she answered back and sat down next to her. Setsuna impatiently brushed away the tears that wandered down her cheeks and stared at the ground. "Did you sleep well?"

"Of course not," Setsuna answered with a small chuckle. Then her smile vanished with a frown. "What about you?"

Rei moved around in her seat and sat with her legs crossed on the couch. "I slept alright, if you ignore the haunting voices of everyone who claims this is all my fault."

Setsuna shook her head. "Just because Usagi claims you are the cause of Hotaru and Ami's disappearance because of the lost power, does not mean it's true."

"I know," Rei said to her.

"It's really their fault for not excepting kind and gentle Jaedite. If they weren't so stubborn," Setsuna sighed, "If they weren't so stubborn, Hotaru would be here."

"No," Rei said. Setsuna looked over at her. "Hotaru only came... because she heard of the Senshi breaking up. If I never ran away, she would have never came to settle it, and we would have our power to fight this enemy." She stared at the ground and rocked slightly back and forth. "We need our power."

Setsuna stood up. "I heard you and Jaedite put up a great fight last night in the park. Your fire magic... was fabulous?"

"Who said that?" Rei asked, knowing someone must have said something to her due to the fact Setsuna was at the Police Station.

"Minako," she simply said and walked over to the door.

By now, Jaedite wandered into the room as he tried to fix his messy hair. "Morning Rei," he said kissing her cheek, "Morning Setsuna." Setsuna took her hand off the doornob and turned around. "Are... you going somewhere?" He asked.

Setsuna smiled. "Yes. I'm going back to Pluto to inform Michiru and Haruka. We will be back in Tokyo to fight soon." She paused. "I just know Michiru will be upset at Usagi, and Haruka will be upset at Makoto's behavior."

"Aww. Well, it was nice having you stay with us. Please, do visit again. You can sleep over any time." And Jaedite smiled widely, that famous grin of his.

Setsuna nodded. "Thank you, Jaedite. You are truely a wonderful man." She turned and opened the door and tucked her tranformation pen and her Garnet Orb into her bag. "I'll teleport from the park, just keep this on you for communication." She tossed over a purple communicator with stickers on the cover. "It's Hotaru's."

Rei held it in her hands and nodded. "I'll take care of it, Suna-chan."

Setsuna then took one step out the door, "And Jaedite, you take care of Rei." She closed the door behind her and walked slowly down the sidewalk past the window.

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Rei opened the slide door to the Hikawa Temple with Jaedite's arm around her shoulder. "You wanted us to meet here, Usagi?" she asked as she faced the blonde girl who sat in the far end of the room with Mamoru. Jaedite smiled as a hello.

"Yes, Luna wanted to call a meeting with the remaining... girls, so here we are." Usagi didn't bother to look up at the two. Deep down, she still held a grudge and blamed Rei for the disappearences. Rei nodded and sat down in the chair Jaedite pulled out for her and looked around.

"Why... did you decide to meet in the Temple?" Rei asked.

Usagi closed her eyes and folded her arms. Her sugar pink purse crushed beside her jiggled while she moved positions. "Luna said something about meeting an old friend here. Some guy; she didn't tell me."

"Oh."

"But," her eyes narrowed. "But, she said some hearts will break.... due to his arrival."

Rei shrugged. "Where is Minako? What about Chibiusa? Are they here?"

"She's getting a snack."

"Chibiusa?"

"No, Minako." Usagi giggled.

Jaedite sighed and walked out of the room. "I'll go help them."

It was quiet for a while; either girl dared to look at the other, so they just sat with their heads down. Both had something on their mind. Rei was more worried about the meeting and why Luna suddenly called one, and Usagi was more worried about Hotaru and Ami. But when she felt it was safe, Usagi looked up at Rei with saddened eyes. "And it's your heart that will break when you find out who's coming..."

Now, Luna stepped into the room with Chibiusa at her side. "Hello, Rei," Luna said. "It's been a while since I've seen you. My, oh my, have you grown."

Luna stepped over to Rei and hopped onto her lap. Her eyes, like Ami's, seemed colder and lost its sparkle. As a matter of fact, everyone's eyes seemed to have grown colder as the years went by of heart break. Rei's eyes, too, were cold but light up with excitement, unlike everyone else. Luna tried her best to smile, but you can tell it was half fake and half painful. "I missed you, Luna," Rei said softly as she stroked her fur.

"And I missed you, Rei," she said, then hopped off her lap. "We all do."

Rei looked up at Usagi who had turned her head at Luna's last remark. Something in Usagi's eyes, that kept glancing over to Rei, made her smile. "So, shall we get this meeting underway?" Rei asked.

Usagi looked up at her. "I wouldn't be too eager to cry," she said coldly.

Luna snapped her eyes at her and looked over at Rei. "Rei, someone has come today... to see you. Again."

"Oh? And who would that be?" She asked, in a cold and exciting manner.

Luna faced the door and motioned her head to the person standing outside. The person got up from their position, slowly walked over to the door, and slide it open. Rei gasped. "Yuuichirou!"

By now, Minako and Jaedite had stepped back in. Minako gasped also and dropped the tray of cookies. Jaedite just stood there with a grin. Without saying a word, Usagi stood up from the chair and walked over to Minako, took her hand, and pulled her from the room and down the hall. Jaedite stepped inside and closed the door behind him. "Yuuichirou. Nice to see you again."

He didn't smile, just kept his eyes on Rei as he made his way over to her. She looked up at his big, brown eyes that seemed full of sorrow. "Yuuichiro-"

And then, through the pain of moment, he bent over with both his hands on her cheeks and kissed her. As soon as he did so, Jaedite ran over and pushed him away, looking down at him on the floor with a flaming kodachi in his hand. "What the hell, Yuuichirou?!"

Rei looked over at him on the floor as she kept her fingers on her lips. "Yuuichi-chan...?"

He smiled weakly and groaned as Jaedite dug his foot into his stomach. "Yuuichirou! I trusted you around Rei! What the hell is your problem?!"

He opened one eye, gritted his teeth, and looked over at Rei. "I should have told her sooner. Five years ago, before she met you and before she fell in love..." He tried his best to stand up and knealed on chair next to him. "I love you, Rei."

You can see the shadows from behind the door sway slightly back and forth, and Luna quickly lept over and walked out; yelps were heard as the girl squealed and ran down the hall from Luna. Something in that moment, through the raged Jaedite, made Rei smile. She hadn't seen the two girls squeal in years.

Now, Jaedite held the kodachi to Yuuichirou's throat. "I could kill you right now for even touching her! Let alone kiss her!" Yuuichirou stood still, eyes still on Rei, who still sat in the chair in shock. "After the planning, the planning for you to see her again, after all that you pull this-" he went on, a strip of curse words wrapped in knots and threatening Yuuichirou with everything under the sun. "You won't see Rei again!" He reached back, the kodachi blasting red, with a frown on his face. Then, he rushed it toward Yuuichirou.

"STOP!"

He turned to Rei who stood up now in tears with her fists jammed to her sides. Jaedite lowered the kodachi, but swished it quickly and wripped the skin on his arm. Yuuichirou groaned and held his arm as blood rolled down onto his hand. "...Rei?"

She stood, looking at the two, trying her best to see through blurry eyes. "Don't... don't take another one away from me..."

Jaedite's kodachi vanished in his grip and he walked over to Rei. "Do you... choose him?"

Rei was silent, just kept crying. "Just... don't hurt him."

Jaedite stared at her in silence for a long while then opened the slide door and closed it behind him. Yuuichirou looked at Rei in silence as she knealed over and sobbed. Soon, Minako and Usagi appeared again in the doorway and Yuuichirou still stared, his arm still bleeding, but that didn't seem to matter. He saw Rei again. He told her what he felt for years.

And Rei thought Jaedite would never come back.