It had been a few days since Zoisite had returned to the Prince's service, not to mention Ami. At the moment the two men were moving furniture around in the guest room.
"Zoisite, help me move this desk please."
Walking over to Mamoru he positioned himself at one end while Mamoru took the other. Their combined strength allowed them to easily move it to the corner.
Sitting down on the corner of the bed they both silently agreed to take a rest that is until the telephone rang.
Groaning Mamoru got up to answer it.
"Hello? Ah! Ami, what's up?"
Hearing that Ami was on the other side of the phone caused Zoisite to jump up and grab the contraption away from Mamoru.
"Sorry Prince." He said as he shoved him away.
"Hello there dear!"
"Zoisite? What happened to Mamoru?"
"He's taking a little break. What did you need to tell us?"
Zoisite heard her clear her voice then continued.
"Well as you know we have a meeting with the girls today at the shrine and I hope that you can come so everyone can meet you. Hopefully we can convince them that you aren't out to kill us anytime soon."
Zoisite chuckled.
"As long as I have your love I don't care if the entire world is trying to kill me."
He could just imagine Ami's blush over the phone.
"Z ... Zoisite!" Pausing Ami took the chance to refocus.
"I'll see you there at three with Mamoru, ok?"
"It's a date."
"Oh, can you bring Jadeite?"
"What kind of request is that? Don't you still love me?"
"Just bring him, but don't show the girls."
Ami hung up the phone before Zoisite could say anything else.
"Ami? Ami!"
Sighing he returned the phone to its cradle.
"Prince, we're to join in a meeting at 3."
"Thanks for the info Zoisite, anything else?"
"Yes, we are to bring Jadeite."
Mamoru just raised his eyebrows in slight surprise, and then a look of comprehension dawned on his face.
"What am I missing that you and Ami seem to know!"
"You'll see in time Zoisite. Now let's get ready we have to leave soon."
Rei wasn't sure why after the meeting she still felt another's presence. Then again the meeting wasn't one of the usual ones that the girls and Mamoru had. The main reason was because of an ex-enemy who happened to be alive attended.
Makoto was about to punch Zoisite in the face when Ami stepped in and supplied an explanation. The other shocker of that day was seeing Zoisite kiss Ami after she and Mamoru convinced them that he was good.
Shaking her head Rei wandered down to the fire room for some meditation before bed. Opening the door to the fire room she thought someone was in there.
"Hello? Is anyone in here?"
Receiving no reply Rei took her position in front of the fire still feeling she wasn't alone. It wasn't a bad feeling, like when there is a malevolent sprit about; no it was the exact opposite. Whoever it was seemed to be a kind soul, possessive, and what shocked Rei was they were also a little depressed.
Shaking it off she turned to the fire, shifting a little her foot brushed against something small. Turning to it she picked it up. What she held in her hand was a piece of jade.
'I guess Oji-chan must have put this in here to cleanse the room.'
As Rei went to put it down a sudden feeling welled up inside causing her to hesitate returning it to the floor. In a last minute decision she slipped it in the sleeve of her robe.
Quietly she began to chant to herself, and slowly but surely entered a meditative state.
Opening his eyes Jadeite was at a loss to where in the world he was. It was not the furnished rock he was used to. Everywhere was swirling red, almost like fire yet not harsh to the touch. Sitting down Jadeite took the time alone to think about the past few days.
He was to say the least very surprised to see that Zoisite had a body again. That night the three stone bound Shitennou had talked.
Kunzite was the first to speak.
"It seems that we are soon going to be able to protect our Prince."
"Oh, Kunzite we all know that." Jadeite said rolling his eyes. "You also heard what else we have to go through to regain our bodies."
Nephrite gave Jadeite a reassuring pat on the back.
"I'm sure everything will work out for you."
"But you know how hard it is to regain Rei's trust, she out of all of them will probably leave me to be the only one not to return to the Prince."
"If that's the situation then we'll just have to find another way to bring you back. As part of the Guard of Endymion we need every man."
"Kunzite, are you sure there's another way? As of right now I don't think there is." Jadeite sighed.
Nephrite tried again to cheer the blond king up.
"Well see in time Jadeite, for all you know Rei could still come thru for you."
Jadeite stopped thinking about that night's event and turned his mind over to his time with Rei during the Silver Millennium.
As he dug deep into his pool of memories he shuttered at some of the choices he made that ultimately caused the downfall of the Moon Kingdom. He tried to find some more memories of the spirited girl that consumed him day and night. Suddenly, as if a lock was broken, tidal waves of thoughts were loose in his mind. Pain started to overwhelm all of Jadeite's senses.
Suddenly the pain died down as he felt a hand on his shoulder.
Rei was surprised to find how quickly she entered into meditation. Seeking guidance from the fire she began to see images enter her mind. A frown found itself on her face.
'This doesn't look like anything from the future, it's almost as if I'm reliving the …"
Gasping Rei realized what she was seeing.
Images of the Moon Palace flashed before her, as if a camera was panning in she saw there was a ball occurring. Hovering above the action like a ghost she saw her past self and Jadeite in the middle of an argument. Clearly she wasn't in the mood to talk with the poor king.
Frustrated Rei saw Jadeite take Princess Mars out to the balcony where he promptly kissed her.
In a whirlwind Rei was overcome by an emotion she hadn't felt since a lifetime before. Soon more memories like the one before played over and over. As soon as they started they stopped leaving the Miko in silence as she came to grips with what she really felt.
'And here I thought I could get along just fine without men.'
With that confession Rei was transported to another place in her mind. There in front of her was the man from her past. At the current moment he was curled up in pain. Seeing Jadeite in such a position squeezed at her heart. Walking over she had made her choice.
Warm air from the fire had caused Jadeite to wake up. As he was coming out of the sleep he found himself laying down using Rei's lap as a pillow. Looking up he stared straight into her eyes of violet.
"Please don't hurt me." He whispered
She responded to him by leaning over and kissing him in front of the fire.
Breaking apart she smirked down and him.
"And why would I want to hurt you? If I brought to back to the living world it meant that I want to keep you all to myself, silly."
Getting up Jadeite hugged her.
"I'm forgiven then?" He said into her shoulder.
Hugging him back Rei answered him.
"Of course, I would like it very much to have you by my side."
She laughed.
"So now you're back you'll be more than willing to help with chores, yes?"
Jadeite stared at her and then burst into a laugh.
"I'm serious." Rei said getting up.
The next morning Mamoru found an exhausted Jadeite outside his door.
"Good to have you back, I had a feeling you'd be joining us soon so I took the liberty to have another bed put in the guest room."
Jadeite responded by stumbling into the apartment and plopping down for a good sleep.
Mamoru found out a few days later why Jadeite was so tired.
During their meeting Makoto was about to go into the kitchen to get a tray of snacks but Rei stopped her.
"Jadeite will be more than happy to get them, right?" She said staring right at him.
Groaning he got up to retrieve them.
Curious looks were plentiful as they all wondered why Rei did that to Jadeite. She fortunately supplied them all an answer.
"Well since I brought him back we agreed that he was going to help me with chores around the shrine for a few days."
"Rei that isn't very kind."
Rei smiled at Ami.
"Oh don't worry it's only for a few days, also he's getting rewarded."
As soon as Jadeite came back Rei got up took the tray from him and gave him a long kiss which he was more than happy to return.