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Volleyball-Chapter Two

Tap. Tap. Tap. The soft pink eraser bounced lightly off the top of Rei's desk as dull amethyst orbs glanced at her watch impatiently. 'Five more minutes Hino.' The raven thought to herself before being snapped back into reality with the distinct clearing of a throat. A slight, yet sheepish smile curved the edge of Rei's lips as the Ice goddess sighed.

"Honestly Rei. You need to pay more attention before you find yourself sitting in between Usagi and Minako." She playfully scolded, yet the thought seemed to gather Rei's attention quickly enough.

"But I-"she started only to have a loud ring cut through the stiff air, promptly ending the lecture for the day. And just what did the famous Rei Hino have to show for it? Looking down at her paper, a frown pulled her lips downward at the faint hint of note-taking, accompanied by several doodles.

'This looks like something your Minako would do.' Just before the thought could be furthered, Rei blinked. 'My Mina? Where the hell did that come from?' Gathering her belongings robotically, her body seemed to be on auto-pilot as the fire senshi soon walked into their gym, abruptly being ripped from her thoughts.

"Oh-no. Not-" she could only begin to say as a medium sized white ball was hurled her way.

"Look Rei! It's volleyball day today!" Venus teased just after landing from her jump serve, watching with a set of amused azure eyes as the poor passer on the back row of the other side of the net tried her best to make a play on the ball, only to send it bouncing in Rei and Ami's direction.

"Heads up!" the arrogant blond called, having already turned away to retrieve another ball from the basket outside the court. Being captain of the volleyball team did have its perks, yet that wasn't the reason for her cocky grin. This would be an interesting class alright considering how competitive she knew the fire goddess to be.

Seeing Makoto begen her defense on the basketball court to her right, Minako watched with a chuckle as she glanced over to Ami and Usagi who were getting caught up in a heated game of bad mitten. This left her second in command in her care. That thought alone making the bombshell grin.

Moving a few strands of raven hair from her eyes, Rei's mouth seemed to dry up instantly. Standing in a white and blue spandex volleyball jersey and black spandex shorts that seemed to ride up just a little too short, she carefully analyzed her leader, gathering Minako's strengths and weaknesses with her mind quickly. Rei Hino did not lose. Not to any youma. Not to any person. Not even to Minako.

Flipping her head upside down, she pulled her long dark longs into a ponytail, having noticed her commander had already done the same just before Rei took her place at the net. Adjusting the white and red jersey and white spandex shorts she wore, Rei's gaze flickered to her leader. "Let's make this interesting Rei-Bear. Loser buys the winner ice-cream for the rest of the week. Deal?" Taking note to Minako's proposal, Rei simply nodded as her eyes locked onto the volleyball soaring over in her setter's direction. Using her height to her advantage, Rei awaited to be set up before leaping into to the air for her strike. As she watched Mina jump just as she did, Rei turned her body, earning enough momentum to connect with the volleyball in a hook spike, avoiding the blonds' blocking arms and earning a point as the ball hit the court. "You're on Blondie."

"I want chocolate! No wait...what about strawberry? No no, definitely vanilla! Hm…how about all three?"

"That's call Neapolitan you baka." Rei muttered as the five senshi headed towards their favorite place after school, The Crown.

"Don't be such a sore loser just because Mina mopped the floor with you Rei." Usagi stated thoughtfully, oblivious to the daggers being sent through Rei's gaze in her general direction. Yet she couldn't help but notice the subtle way the warrior of Love and Beauty would turn her gaze towards her, just before moving to their princess's ear and earning a hushed laughter.

"What! What do you keep staring at?" the priestess barked while her fists tightened at her sides, ready to give the two blondes a good thrashing. "Go easy on her you two. You know Rei's temper is short...along with her jump apparently." Matoko chuckled while placing a hand on her comrades' shoulder, stilling her from choking both giggling blondes. "I told you before Rei-Bear. You're simply adorable when you're angry." Minako stated, shooting Rei her signature Sailor-V wink before running off into the double doors of the Crown with the safety of many witnesses.

At the Shrine…

After their studying session Rei found herself standing yards away from the red and white target, Rei notching an arrow. Thwack!Bull's eye. 'That intolerable...' Thwack! '..Sweet...' Thwack! '..Oblivious...' Thwack! '..Beautiful...' Thwack! '..Idiot!' she thought to herself between arrows only to look up after having lost herself and sighed.

"I go through too many arrows that way." She muttered while looking at her target, each arrow splitting down the feathered back of the previous one before it, yet each one hit its mark.

"Damn you." She grumbled, making sure to wrap her bow up securely before heading back to the Shrine to shower. Again Rei found her thoughts drifting to a certain blond haired blue eyed girl whom namely wasn't her princess. Yes, Minako was her best friend. Yes again, that Rei was indeed in love with her best friend, yet as many things as Rei had faced and conquered in her life and in previous ones…Minako Aino was no easy object. Nor was she willing to risk what she had for what she wanted.

'Coward...' A voice would whisper within the darkest confinement of her mind, provoking the young girls' insanely thick pride, picking away Rei's self control, and above all…driving her more insane than her self-endowed torture.

Having showered quickly, Rei wore nothing more than a red tank top and a set of short white shorts while pulling back the deep red and black comforter of her bed just as her phone indicated she received a text message. Groaning at the brightly lit letters of its sender, Rei sighed before flipping the device open.

Date Saturday night, come help me shop tomorrow? (Minako)

-_-; Why don't you get your current boy-toy to help you?(Rei)

Now what fun would that be when he's already seen what I'll be wearing? That leaves nothing to the imagination Reiii! ;-)

Fine. Whatever. Will you let me sleep now?

Aw Rei-Bear don't be jealous…if you're on your best behavior I might let you see what's underneath… ;-)

Will you ever stop being such a pervert?

Not when it's you Rei. :3 I bet you have that cute little blush on your face when I say inappropriate things.

…Goodnight Minako.

Goodnight Rei-Bear. Have sweet dreams of me. ;-)

Slamming her phone shut Rei stomped over to her bed, throwing back her sheets with a new found aggression. Now if Rei didn't know Minako better than she did…well anyone would think Minako was coming on rather strong. Yet it was the fact that Minako's flirtatious personally was just another great trait of the Venusian that Rei found her blood pressure rising at. It was simply Minako…no more, no less. And the dark haired senshi refused to get her hopes up on false promises and perverted innuendoes.

Gods know she'd already seen far too many men get their dreams dashed with a simple glance from the golden haired girl. For as tough and strong Rei was on the outside was the just a few walls to her tender, fragile heart that she tried so desperately to hide away from the goddess of Love. Closing her tired lilac eyes, she made her first of many attempts at sleep, a light blush warming her cheeks.

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