'What's a hot girl doing in the middle of a time like this?' Barely even hanging onto his drink, the blunette and strong build up man had wondered when his eyes took a glance over the dark long haired woman coming over to the bar and took a seat, right at his side as she dropped off her grey trench coat on the seat that separated them.

However, he wasn't interested onto that but at that girl. Ikki was puzzled up here under the loud beat of the music, as he kept looking over her. As if she was the only woman alive here on earth. Man, since when he'd ever fucked one? The last time had been in a million years! As if Pandora had been better! Nah..

She looked irritated, fuming even.

But beautiful.

That long blackish hair bouncing back and fourth and with that red longsleeved shirt and her dark pants that revealed her strong and slim legs with her high up black heels. Damn, she didn't even noticed him looking back at her. Or more like drooling over her, as Seiya would often say.

Whenever a hot girl comes around, you just have to be a certain idiot to stare up at her and drool all over..

Seriously! Get your act altogether, man!

"What can I get you miss?"

"Vodka, on the rocks!" The girl had ordered off as the barman took a nod and went away to make up her drink. The dark haired woman looked as she had been pissed from the whole day, but still Ikki couldn't stop from staring up down at her. A certain aura was fuming around her air. Red air.

Like fire taking control over the anger she carried onto her body. Much like he often had before. Whenever the Phoenix's anger had often took him into an uncontrolling situation, that not even he could resolve and these powers were driving him back to the drama and pain he'd been as a saint. Saint of Athena. Used to, until he managed to walk off away from all of it.

It almost destroyed Shiryu. His sight mostly was at risk and his relationship with Shunrei as well. The brave woman had proved her loyalty and love towards the man so many times, that it almost made Ikki feel uneasy. She sure loves the guy, deeply, but still. It's kinda toxic. With Shiryu's treatement and behavior over her, I've would have left, if I were her..

Drove Hyoga crazy. Not to forget he had suicidal and mommy issues. Seriously, bro, get a life! She isn't about to come back from the ocean!

Shun would have been left without a brother. Well, at least, someone has a brain here! But not so much for Seiya! A ladies's man!

Seiya nearly killed for a woman whose power was too much stronger to hold on. Saori, Marine and Miho-san. Oh man, even his sister Seika had often wondered if the guy had been gay or not. Seriously. It had been a an traumatic living experience. Not the knights thing, but the living of a knight's life had been one. Hell even.

Ikki couldn't couldn't hold it back any longer and decided to leave, before it could get onto him. Or else he would've have been trapped through these uncontrolling feelings. Much like he'd seen things far worse.

"You do know it's rude to stare over someone.." The woman's voice directed back up at him which took him by sudden startle when her large purple eyes took a sight over him, with an unimpressed and raised brow back at his face.

"I-I wasn't so!" And yet, he felt like he wanted to drool over her. Still. Get a grip, Ikki!

"You certainly weren't watching up my ass, weren't you?" With that red aura all over slim body figure, Ikki certainly wondered if she had noticed the power she had over and over him, that had gotten over him.

A strange attraction and affection had awakened upon him. He thought he had it gone after Pandora and Esmeralda, and lately, it came back with this unknown woman. This gorgeous woman with the dark shiny bangs and long hair here. Looked alike like Pandora, strong and badass and had the same sensitive and love expressions just like Esmeralda had often had many years ago. Only fearless though had she lived though. Had she lived onto this fucked up earth, today. The poor soul. The tears he shed for her when he had been a young teenager. A saint to protect the godness Athena. The very reincarnation of her. Had only made him suffer deep down, ever since he volunteered to switch places with his brother.

"So?"

"No! I wasn't watching your ass! Despite, the fact; that you do have a gorgeous and firm ass as I can see here-" Crap! Oh Great. The heck he was saying now made him look more like an complete asshole now. She made a face. Annoyed frown went through her features here so much it made the ex-knight gulp very hard.

"Seriously? What the heck?" The heck? Ikki thought that she was a lady and yet, inappropriate words came out of her mouth. Lips that he would want to kiss and taste so desparately. That woman had been right here. The heck was he thinking about? She looked as good to fuck around here.

And yet the red aura around her was frightening him. Deadly fire comsuming her even. Did this woman had known about it? Had she?

"Well, what can I say? I'm a pretty athlettic girl here. Okay, not as strong but I do keep myself in good shape here. With the job and running back and fourth." She dropped out a sight and thanked back the barman when her drink arrived.

"Running back and fourth, uh?"

"Ah ha.."

"What's your job?"

"I'm a photographer. I take picture of models. Young models. You know the skinny type. The kind ones before or more like after they've gone onto America's Next top Model. Seen the reality show?"

"Nope."

"Better not. These girls knows how to bitch at each other faces!"

"No way! You've seen that happened?"

"In my profile? Not quite. But I'm getting ready, they often beat each other heads!"

"Oh Crap!"

"Haha!"

"The name is Ikki, what's yours?"

"I usedly don't give my name, so.."

"Who said I'm gonna make fun of yor name? As long it's Bakkamastlava-"

"No. My name It's not what you call baka!"

"Then, what is it?"

"Fine! Alright! My name is Rei Hino! Happy? Jerkface?"

...

"Rei. I like it..It suits you.." Ikki had followed up after a few sips of his whisky drink. Was it the first? Maybe the third. And he was smilling like an idiot here. First time a woman had called him jerkface! Ha! Dude it's the alchohol talking here! Fourth or fifth. He wasn't so sure now and he wasn't when this Rei woman was at her first vodka shot or fourth now. She bursted out a laugh. Completely drunk as she and he was.

"I'm glad, you believe so. With the way you've been drooling over me by now, I can totally guess."

"I wasn't drooling over your ass-"

"See, you've admitted! I have a nice ass here!"

"Not only that. Your eyes had often reminded me of flowers I've seen many years ago-" Shit. What the heck had gotten over him? Must be the booze. But if so, why had she turned her attention over him, perplexed?

"What?"

"Crap!"

"My eyes reminded you of flowers? Violet flowers, Seriously?" She blurted out with chuckle here.

"The kind of flowers, that you don't find over a desert or an isolated island." Ikki had tried to reverse the words he had slip out from his mouth by mistake. Thinking she would want to take a leave behind but Rei decided to stick behind with her red cheeks.

"Were there violet flowers? As the poets would say?"

"Roses are red, violets are blue, yeah. I know.." Ikki had recalled back as he took a sip as Rei snorted back for an excuse.

"Pretty lame, no offense.."

"None taken. Thought all the girls liked it-"

"Wêll, I ain't like them, here! I had my share of men, and I can tell you I was deceived!"

"Cause, maybe you didn't find the right one-"

"That's all they say-"

"How would you know?"

...

Rei Hino was stunned by this question and from the way his voice tone sounded. Much as her head was starting to spin around here. Stupid bitch! That's what you get for drinking too much!

After a hard day, at work!

Her boss was being an total bitch!

And this guy with the dark leathered jacket coat and blue hair was already driving her crazy, here. Not to forget he was gorgeous. The heck? What was that? She used to be Sailor Mars, someone to not be taken nicely and there she was listening to this garbage? Roses are red, violets are blue..

Dude, she needed a man in her life. Her best rival and friend Usagi was getting married to her longtime boyfriend Mamoru and right after the Christmas holidays. All the girls were gathering up together once more for the wedding and the holidays. Makoto was coming back from her last invastigation case as a cop and Minako was coming back into town after her singing tour for the event. Even Usagi's once friend from high school, Naru Osaka would join them up despite her schedule as a nurse to the hospital and the very same one that she worked along with Amy. She would probably jump up ahead.

But it didn't mattered that point to Rei. What mattered is to find a date for the wedding. So would Naru. From what Rei had heard, the young red haired woman was single as well. Looks like that relationship with Umino hadn't quite lasted after school. And she'll need to find herself a date too.

The wedding was only after a few days. Twenty days to jump up. After Christmas.

Which is after Christmas. Early to the new year's day.

Before the fireworks would blow up to the darkish sky.

Great!

Just great!

Unless, this Ikki guy was interested to go along with her. With the way he looked over at her appearence, she could tell he was having thoughts about her. Dirty thoughts. A way that a man would definally look up over a woman's attirance. And this guy.

Ikki.

Looked strongly handsome and sexy. With his black and leathered jacket that hugged his large shoulders. As if he had been a soldier that had comeback to his country after a longtime battle. One of those soldiers that carried a lot of baggage under their shoulders. Just like she had been.

"You know what?"

"What?"

"You're beautiful."

"You're just saying that, because you're drunk here."

"Drunk or not. I do meant it."

"I'd listen up to this guy if I were you, you know.." Had blurted out the barman with the long and wavy auburn hair over his back as he cleaned up one of the glasses at the corner, a man that could pass himself as another reicarnation of an old enemy, like Neprhite would have had. And yet, the guy looked a lot like the guy. But maybe she was just drunk, and it only spoke up from her heart beat.

And how strongly it was beating up fast here. She dropped down her drink to the counter for a secound under the blunette's questionning glance. Not to forget the barman's intrigued eyebrow and glance as he looked from the corner. When Rei rose up from her seat and the blunette man had widened up his eyes with shock as she made her move towards him.

Ikki had almost peed up through his pants when she put her legs onto each thigh of his and looked up onto her eyes as he dropped his glass onto the counter. Stunned like an complete idiot. When she looked seductive and glossy purple eyes as she looked down onto him, looking a bit lost, for a second.

"Rei.."

Don't think about Pandora or Esmeralda, he reminded himself when he felt himself trapped here under her legs. Nope, nor Esmeralda or Pandora. Cause she's neither of them here. She's an fearless, an remarkable woman and someone who shouldn't be taken granted for. Nope. But sexy and beautiful.

Rei was an very attractive woman who wanted nothing more than him here. Her eyes had told him from the moment she stepped her feet in. And yet, Ikki felt himself petrified here, paralyzed up here.

Don't give in, Ikki, don't fall-

And yet she brushed him with a startled kiss when she cuddled up his face and ran her fingers through his hair. He dropped a moaning sound over her breath as he put his hands over her waist and held her hard over his lap. Not giving a damn thing what other people would think of.

Let Saori or Athena think whatever she wants, I'm having the time of my life here. Drunk or not. Heck, I'm having a blast now!

And Ikki wasn't about to let her go anytime soon. As long the night would continue to live on.

...

I thought about giving a little shot wiuth a mini crossover with Rei and Ikki, thinking that nobody would dare but to write one with them, after all they share the same power. But I've decided to give a shot with it. i've grown up with Saint Seiya and Sailor Moon as a kid. So..

Let me know what you think and if I should contnue.