I don't own Sailor Moon, but I do own Queen Hope and King Manganeite. Sorry for updating so late, Footloose is still going on...

The wind blew through the trees as a 14- year old Rei hair sat, hands clasped, seemingly praying, in front of a fire in a shrine.

She had heard Serenity seemingly sneak out of the palace, trying to be quiet. Smiling to herself, she had laughed quietly. "Not very sneaky are we, Sere?"

She had decided against following her. She already knew where she was going and knew she would be safe.

So she was sitting in a shrine, praying.

Minako walked up. "Hey, Rei-chan." she greeted, sitting down on the shrine's floor.

Opening one eye, Rei greeted the girl. "Hey, Minako-chan. What's up?"

"Well, Sere and Ami are sneaking off to Earth." Minako stretched and laid her head down.

"So Ami's going with her? Probably to see Zoisite." Rei turned to her blonde haired friend.

"What else would she go for?" Minako laughed.

"Why didn't you go?"

"Well, they were so intent on us not finding out, so I didn't want to burst their bubbles."

Rei nodded, laughing. "So, 10 dollars on whoever will call what time they'll be back."

Minako pulled out a ten. "I say 5."

"Naw, too early. I say 7." Rei pulled out her own ten.

"I'll go get Makoto's guess and then the bet will be on." Minako stood up. "See ya, Rei-chan!" she waved and walked off.

"See ya, Minako-chan." Rei waved back. Giving up on her praying, she stood up and walked outside.

Stretching, Rei began to walk towards the forest area. She made it to the lake. Looking around and seeing no one, she took off her dress and dived in in just her bra and underwear.

She began to swim laps, then settled on floating and enjoying the sun. She was about to fall asleep when she heard another splash.

Opening her eyes wide, she began to flay her arms around, trying to cover herself. Seeing nothing, she called out. "Who's there?"

She saw a bunch of bubbles coming at her. Glaring, Rei raised her hand to smack the offender, until the person lifted its head.

"Jadeite! Don't do that!" Rei cried, hitting in in the chest.

"Sorry, but it looked so fun and nice."

"Swimming?"

"Yeah, that too." He laughed as he earned another smack. "Chill, Rei-chan, you know I'm joking." He swam over and gathered her into his arms, kissing her briefly.

Rei felt a drowning sensation and pushed into him harder, deepening the kiss. They finally broke apart, breathing hard.

"Well, that was nice, but lets not do something unladylike." Rei coughed.

"What would that be?" Jadeite grinned, eyes glimmering with mischief.

Rei smacked him again in the chest, but grinned. "You'll have to wait to find out." She swam away from him.

Jadeite, shocked, floated for a minute until he grinned. "Fine, but you have to promise." He began to swim after her.

They played in the water for a good ten minutes until Rei swam to the shore and pulled herself up. She grabbed the towel she had brought and wrapped it around herself.

Jadeite grinned. "Tired?"

"Yeah." Rei smiled groggily as she watched him walk out, chest glistening with water droplets, hair plastered to his forehead.

Jadeite grabbed his own towel and walked over to Rei. "How about a nap?" he suggested, bringing her back into him.

Rei nodded, yawning. "Sounds like fun…" She leaned into his chest and closed her eyes, sleeping.

Jadeite watched her sleep, feeling content. "Rei-chan, you have no clue how much I love you, but you will one day." He whispered.

Later that day

Rei opened her eyes, feeling safe. "Where am I?" she murmured, then realized she was in the arms of the man she had grown to like…no love. Smiling up to him, Rei felt a type of calmness at his sleeping mode.

She leaned into him, happy as could be. She felt him move and heard his voice. "Hey, how long have you been awake?"

"Not long." Rei looked up and kissed him on the lips.

Smiling, Jadeite hugged her tighter. "Getting bold, aren't we?"

Rei giggled. "I guess so."

"Well, I like it." He kissed the top of her head and leaned his chin on her head.

They stayed like that for about twelve minutes until Rei moved. "You should probably be getting back."

"Do I have to?" Jadeite asked, not wanting to leave.

Rei smiled. "Yes. If you are found here, you will get in trouble. Plus, think about what people would think we were doing, sitting in our undergarments and hugging."

Jadeite smirked a sexy grin. "Hm, we could make that a reality…" He kissed the inside of Rei's neck.

Rei squirmed. "Don't do that. I'm serious." She pushed herself off, much to both her and Jadeite's disappointment. "Now get dressed and I'll walk you back."

Jadeite frowned. "If I have to." But he stood up and they dressed.

Deciding that they looked decent enough, Rei grabbed the towel with one hand and Jadeite's hand with the other and began to walk back to the palace

As soon as they reached the palace gardens, Rei turned and stretched up to kiss Jadeite on the lips.

He deepened the kiss, dropping the towel and hugging her to him. She dropped her own towel and curled her arms around his neck,

They kissed for about four minutes until Jadeite pulled away. Seeing Rei's face, he grinned. "I needed air."

Rei blushed. "Sorry."

"Don't be. I love when you do that." Taking a deep breath, he pushed forward. "I love you period."

Rei felt her heart stop. 'He loves me?' she thought, silent.

Jadeite took her silence as a rejection. Trying to hide the look of pain on his face, he let go. "Sorry, I'll just go…" He murmured, turning to go, but felt Rei grab his arm.

Turning, he was meet with Rei's deep purplish-black eyes. He almost lost himself in them, but willed himself to stay strong.

"Don't be sorry." She looked down, twiddling her thumbs. "Um, I like you too…"

"Just like?" Jadeite raised an eyebrow.

Rei blushed furiously. "No, I…I…I love you!" she shouted, then slapped a hand over her mouth, eyes holding mortifying embarrassment.

Jadeite smirked at her and brought her back into his arms. Leaning down, he kissed her forehead. "Do you mean it?" he whispered next to her ear, causing her to shiver.

Rei nodded. "Yes…" she stuttered, then turned into a moan when Jadeite began to nibble on her neck. "Jadeite…" she moaned.

"Yes, love?" he asked, smirking.

"Don't…."

"Don't what?"

"Don't stop…"

"As much as I'd love to continue this, I don't think this is really a good place to do it. Plus, I have to get back." Jadeite captured her lips in a brief kiss and pulled away. "Good bye, my love."

Rei, trying to compose herself, waved. "Bye…" she whispered, watching as he walked away, trying not to notice how nice his butt looked in those pants.

Closing her eyes, she moaned. "I'm such a hormone-driven teenager. I need help…" She opened them and smiled. "Well, actually, maybe I don't…" She grinned a sexy smile and walked back to the palace.

Whoa…I'm going to focus on Jadeite in the next chapter. Warning, it gets sad. Please RR