The disclaimer: Sailor Moon and fellow characters are NOT mine. They are the creation of another brilliant mind, whom I just happen to be stealing ideas from.

All Shook Up

Nephrite was never sure when the kiss stopped being a punishment, but the last thing he felt right at this moment was angry. Her lips are so soft…

Makoto's head was reeling. She had NEVER expected him to kiss her. Hell, she knew that he wasn't a virgin, even before he kissed her! Just as now she knew that she was definitely not in his league. All she could do was hold on as he totally overwhelmed her.

Nephrite heard her sigh and felt her lean into him, jarring him back to where they were. Shit!

"Wow," was all Makoto could say. Her lips still tingled and she felt slightly dazed.

Nephrite didn't say anything—he was too pissed with himself. He just turned around and left here there, not even really realizing what he was doing. What the hell has gotten into me? She's a kid for god's sake!

"Rei! Come on Rei, pick up!" Makoto practically had a death grip on her communicator.

"Makoto? Are you alright?"

"Rei, I need to talk to you. In person. NOW!"

"Alright, calm down. Tell you what, why don't you come for a visit for a couple of days? I'm sure that your parents won't mind if we stay at the castle."

"Right, I'll see you an hour!"

"An hour? Impatient, aren't we?"

"Rei, shut up. I have to go pack!"

"Alright, alright. I'll see you soon!"

"Oh my god, he did what!" Rei was totally shocked.

"He kissed me. And god Rei, what a kiss!"

"I still can't believe all of this. You're yelling at him, something about being a virginal sacrifice, and then?…"

"He just grabbed me."

"Wow. Who knew the way to get a guy to kiss you was to insult his masculinity?"

"Well, you know…men and their egos…" Makoto smirked.

"So what are you going to do now?"

"God, I don't know. But if my father sees me blushing every time that Nephrite comes into the room I'm going to have some explaining to do. It might just look like a bad crush on my side, but we're seriously always at each other's throats. Dad is gonna begin to wonder."

"So it sounds to me like you need to make a decision."

"What decision?"

"Do you want him or not?"

"Hell Rei, he's an egotistical jerk. I don't know if I would wish him on my worst enemy!"

"Okay, so is that sexual frustration talking, or is it you?"

"Rei!"

"What? You've been kissed before. It's not like it's the first time. I'm asking you for the truth. Because by the way you're describing his reaction, he's going to avoid you like the plague. So if we're going to get a plan together I need to know if we're making him chase your or helping to push him completely out of the castle."

"Hell, I don't know," Makoto said as she flopped down on the bed. "I mean, it's not the first time that I've been kissed. But this just felt so….different. Rei, my toes actually tingled."

"Oooh, I LOVE when that happens!"

"Wait a minute! The last time we talked you hadn't had your first kiss yet!"

"Yeah, well, uh…."

"Rei…you're blushing! Okay girl, spill it!"

"Yeah, well, I kinda sorta fell in love with Jadeite. Just don't tell anyone or my father would kill him!"

"OH MY GOD! What? When? How?"

Rei was laughing now. "Hold on, I'll have to answer one at a time."

The two stayed up talking until late in the night. Makoto began to feel much better about what happened with Nephrite after hearing how her best friend fell in love with Jadeite. But at least he actually likes Rei. All Nephrite ever sees when he looks at me is a little girl.

That's when the plan started to formulate in her mind….

Nephrite was brooding. He couldn't help it. For the life of him he couldn't figure out what possessed him to kiss Makoto. No, that was a lie. He knew what happened—he lost his damn temper and it got him into trouble again. He had a history of doing stupid things when he was mad, but this had to take the cake.

The worst part of it was, he really liked that kiss. Damnit, she's just a kid! But no matter how many times he told himself that, he couldn't quite convince himself to forget her. She'd done nothing like he had expected since he got here. She wasn't a spoiled brat, he begrudgingly admitted. And she definitely trained hard. He had to admit that their battle yesterday had impressed him. He was holding back, because after all, she was just a girl. But man, that first shot really took him by surprise. He couldn't stop his grin. It had been a long time since someone had surprised him on the training field. If nothing else, that girl had spunk.

Which lead to a whole 'nother train of thought that wasn't healthy, for his mind or his body. From now on he'd just have to make sure that they saw very little of each other. At least now he knew that she wouldn't be caught unawares by whatever the hell it was that was attacking—she knew at least some self-defense.

His mind made up, he went back to the castle to give his report to the king, putting Makoto firmly into the back of his mind.

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