A/N: Thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far. I'm trying to update daily because I hate waiting for authors to post new chapters, and I'm writing this story faster than I can post it.

Disclaimer: see previous chapter.

Rei had stormed out of the room not five minutes after Makoto woke her. Usagi sat in a corner silently, fearing the wrath of her fellow blond. Makoto's hair was deshevelled, due to wrestling her comrade, and Ami was just shy of snatching the hair out of her own scalp.

"Minako, you prick! You hit me one more time and I'm really going to hurt you!"

Ami put a hand on the brunette's shoulder. "Relax. You go get Rei, I'll try to talk to her."

Makoto didn't break eye contact with the blond she had pinned to the floor. "I swear I'm going to kill her. I'm going to kill her, and beat her into the floor!"

"Makoto, stop it! Go get Rei."

"I'm not leaving you and Usa in here alone with this psychopath! You go get Rei."

Ami turned to look at Usagi. She had forgotten the woman was still there. "Usagi, can you go get Rei, please. I don't want to take my eyes off of these two."

The petite woman stood and set off to find the miko. Eventually, she found her meditating. "Rei?"

When the miko didn't respond, Usagi walked up and sat beside her, sweat breaking out on her brow immediately due to the immense heat from the fire. "Rei, we need you."

Still receiving no response, she started to stand and tell Ami that her friend wasn't coming. Rei's voice stopped her.

"I know what's wrong with her."

"Venus love me chain!" A golden chain materialized in the hands of the orange-clad senshi. Venus used her chain to throw their queen away from danger, in the direction of Mars.

"Shabon spray!"

A cloudy mist covered the area, blinding all but the four senshi in the area. Mars used her body to cover the queen, holding her on the floor for the time being. Jupiter lunged forward to attack the cloaked person, falling when her fist went through the hologram. She stood and looked back at the mysterious figure.

"What in the hell are we fighting?"

Walking back to the kitchen, Usagi and Rei heard Makoto and Ami yelling back and forth.

"Makoto calm down!"

"This girl is insain! She tried to kill me!"

"Don't hit her! That's still Mina!"

"I don't care! Mina would want me to pummel the shit out of her!"

"Stop cursing in my shrine, Makoto. Get off of Minako."

"Rei, I'm not letting go of this crazy woman until she's normal, sedated, or dead."

Rei frowned. "Makoto, get up." The tone in her voice booked no argument.

Makoto reluctantly did as she was told, keeping a careful eye on the prostrate blond.

Rei sighed and picked the blond up off of the floor, sitting with the woman in her lap. "I know what's wrong with her."

Ami's eyebrows shot upwards. "What is it, Rei?"

Rei had the far away look Makoto had spoken of before. None of them thought to take a picture. "She saw Usagi's death."

A collective gasp was heard through out the room.

Mercury was working as fast as she could, trying in vain to find a weakness in their enemy. Knowing they had very little time left before the mist cleared, Venus decided it was time to give herself over to the enemy.

Concentrating as hard as she could, she will her uniform to change into that of the queen. Her hair lengthened, the style changing as did her outfit. She walked over to the soldier of Mars and grabbed her shoulder. They knew what to do.

Usagi looked pale. "What do you mean, Rei? I'm going to die?"

Rei shook her head. "No. She didn't have a vision; it was only a bad dream."

Usagi sighed in relief. "Oh thank goodness. I'm not too fond of dying."

"Actually, only the image of you died."

Ami understood immediately. "Minako..."

Rei nodded. "Yes."

Mars willed her body to move, and laid on top of the now disguised Venus. Mercury manupulated the queens outfit to that of the senshi of Venus. The only thing distuingishing the two was the slight difference of hair color. It was undetectable in this darkness.

Jupiter walked up to her queen. "I'm sorry, my leige. I'm trying to save your life." With that, she knocked the woman unconcious.

Makoto and Usagi were still confused. "What happened?" The brunette spoke for the both of them.

Ami answered. "Minako is Usagi's cover. In the dream she must have disguised herself as Usagi to save her life. If she saw Usagi die, and she was disguised as Usagi..."

Makoto gasped. Usagi was still confused. "So I do die?"

Rei sucked her teeth. "No. Minako does."

The smoke cleared and the disguised senshi of Venus walked forward, meeting the cloaked figure.

The other senshi gasped as the figure removed the cloak. It was their king.

Tears welled in Usagi's eyes. "Minako? Dies?" The tears fell freely from her eyes as she wailed. "Why?"

Rei scrunched her eyes, wishing she could cover her ears like Ami and Makoto had. "Idiot! Stop screaming! I told you, it's just a bad dream!"

Usagi stopped yelling, feeling a little crazy.

Ami sat down again, running her fingers through her short, blue hair. "That's easy for you to say, Rei. Tell that to Minako."

Rei looked down to the woman in her arms. Her face was contorted in pain.

The king reached his arms out for the "queen." She quickly and willingly walked into his arms.

He spoke. "I do not take kindly to being tricked, Venus."

The queen woke slowly, eyes falling on the couple in front of her. "Mamoru, don't!"

It was too late. A sword was pulled from beneath the cloak, cutting quickly through the senshi's neck and throat. He dropped her to the floor as if she were a piece of trash.

The senshi ran to their sister in arms. They knew she was dead, even without looking at her unseeing eyes.

Rei stroked blond hair once more. "Minako, wake up. It's just a dream. Wake up."

Blue eyes opened slowly and fell on the smiling face of the miko. Without stopping her hand, Rei spoke softly to her friend. "It was just a bad dream, Minako. Everything is alright. It's not real."

Ami and Makoto watched the interaction silently, befuddled. Usagi, feeling better now that she knew everyone was going to live, grinned. Another flash and the tranquil scene was destroyed.

Minako blinked at her fellow blond. "Usagi, don't you know by now to turn off the flash? Haven't I taught you anything at all?"

Rei scowled. "Usagi, give me that phone! I'm going to burn it!"

Minako's eyes returned to Rei when she heard the miko speak. "Rei, why am I in your lap?"

Angry purple eyes fell on amused blues. "Because you were acting like a lunatic and trying to kill everyone!"

Makoto found her voice. "Yeah, you crazy woman! It'll take weeks for my bruises to go away!"

Minako looked around the room. "Why are you all here? And what bruises?"

Everyone looked at the blond. Speaking in unison, they all asked, "You don't remember anything?"

Minako scratched her head. "I remember a creepy guy in a black cloak who was trying to take Usagi away, so I pushed her away from him.

"Then he grabbed me, so I tried to fight him off, but he was too strong and he kept pinning me to the floor.

"You guys were all there, don't you remember?"

Makoto blinked. "You really are crazy."

Ami hit the brunette on the shoulder. "She's not crazy, Mako. Stop being mean because she got a few good hits in on you. You got your hits in as well."

Rei looked at her friend. "You were dreaming, Minako. No one was trying to take Usagi away. You choked her because you thought you were protecting her.

"I was the one who grabbed you and pinned you to the floor because you were hurting Usa, and you kicked the crap out of me for it.

"You did the same thing to Makoto later."

Minako frowned. "I'm sorry, guys. I didn't know. I'm really sorry."

Usagi smiled. "We know you didn't mean it. That's why we were trying to help you."

Makoto grumbled, "I wasn't trying to help anyone. I wanted to kill you."

Minako gulped. "I really didn't know, Mako. I wouldn't hurt you on purpose."

Rei frowned. "Mako, if you still want to fight, we can fight. Don't take out your frustration on Minako. She's been through enough today."

Makoto cracked her knuckles, but Ami put a hand on her shoulder. "Makoto, calm down. I'm not going to say it anymore." The bluenette iced the shoulder she was holding. "I'll turn you into an ice sculpture if I have to."

The brunette wisely relaxed. "Fine, but I'm going out into the woods. Rei can you heat me up? Ami wasn't playing about the ice."

The miko glared at her friend, but placed her hand on the frozen shoulder, using it to pull the woman closer. She spoke lowly in her ear. "Don't mess with Minako anymore. Being turned to ice is a much better alternative to incenerating and I don't have any where near the patience that Ami has."

Makoto stood up, stretching her now fully functional shoulder. "Alright, Rei. Just make sure that you keep her hostility away from me. If she attacks me like that again I'm not holding back. I don't care if she is your girlfriend."

Rei and Minako blinked. "Who's your girlfriend?"

"Who's my girlfriend?"

Ami raised an eyebrow. "Why didn't you tell me?"

Usagi grinned again. "I knew it! Minako, you should have called me."

Makoto walked out of the shrine, uncaring about the rucus she had caused. She needed to let off some steam.

Minako slapped Rei's arm. "How come you can tell Mako that I'm your girlfriend but you can't even tell me you love me?"

Rei grabbed her arm. "I didn't tell her anything!"

Minako frowned. "What have you been talking about while I was sleeping?"

"I wasn't talking about anything but how to help you wake up! Usagi and Makoto were the ones gossiping!"

Minako turned her hurt look on Usagi. "You were gossiping without me?"

Usagi shrugged. "You weren't here to join me, but I was thinking about you the whole time. I even got pictures for you!"

Minako still looked hurt. "But you were talking about me!"

Usagi blinked again. "I was bugging the crap out of Rei. I didn't think you would mind."

Minako looked thoughtful. "Well, that depends. What did you say?"

Rei looked at the blond in her lap. "Wait, why is it okay that she was bugging me? I just threatened Mako for your sake, and you turn me over to the gossip queen?"

Minako patted Rei on the head. "Me getting beat to a bloody pulp by Mako is different from Usagi talking about you."

"How so?"

"Well for one, you and Usagi go at each other all the time. For two, you make it so easy to tease you. Three, Usagi gossips about everyone, all the time." She turned to glance at Usagi. "Even me."

Usagi just grinned. "Yep. Even you."

Minako smiled. Usagi was aborable. "See? That's how it's different."

Rei quirked an eyebrow. "Well, you and Mako go at each other all the time, and you made it very easy for her to want to beat the crap out of you. And she fights with almost everyone, all the time. Even me.

"Now how is that different?"

Minako paused. "She doesn't fight Ami."

"Usagi doesn't gossip about Ami."

Minako frowned. She had been one-upped. She sighed. "Usagi, you have to stop gossiping about Rei."

The miko smiled at Usagi. "Why, Minako? You're turning on me simply because you're dating Rei?"

Minako blinked. Why did everyone think they were dating? "We're not dating." She looked at Rei. "Are we?"

The raven haired woman looked at the blond in her lap. "Up to you."

Usagi voiced her opinion on the matter. "You may as well. You've already had sex."

Ami blushed. "Usagi!"

Usagi looked at her friend. "What? They made it totally obvious. Have you looked at Rei's neck?"

It was Rei's turn to blush. Minako just grinned.

Usagi continued on in her little speech. "And they have been lapped up pretty much all day, and Rei's been all defensive of Minako-"

Ami interrupted. "Usagi, whenever Rei isn't holding Minako, she would attack someone. You included. And Rei's defensive about everyone. That also includes you."

Usagi wasn't done yet. "They why is Minako still in Rei's lap."

Minako had the answer for that one. "Because Rei's so comfy! And she's really warm, too."

Usagi looked at the other blond. "Is she really?"

Minako nodded quickly. "Absolutely! Want to see?" She stood up. "Sit. You'll see what I mean."

The blushing miko raised her hands in a semblance of defence. "I don't think-"

Usagi sat down, silencing her friend's protests. "You're right! She is really comfy!" She snuggled up to her friend. "And warm."

Ami looked at the two and started to see what her princess was talking about. Rei didn't look nearly as relaxed as she did with Minako, nor did the pair look as pituresque.

Minako put her hands on her hips. "You can move now, Usagi."

Usagi kept her face in the crook of Rei's neck. "I don't want to."

Minako frowned. "She was my chair first! Move!" Rei raised an eyebrow. Her chair?

"No! You need to share, Minako!"

"I'm done sharing. Get off my miko!"

Usagi sat up. "'Your' miko?"

Minako nodded. "Yes. Mine. Now move."

Usagi giggled and stood up. Minako quickly took her place. "Minako, I'll let you have your seat back, but don't forget that she was my senshi long before she was your anything."

Minako winked. "I got it."

Rei was looking back and forth between the two blonds, before her eyes fell on her blunette friend. She stared at the woman, silently asking for a voice of reason. Ami looked truly apologetic as she shrugged. She knew better than to get between the two blonds.

The miko looked at the woman in her lap. "'Your miko'? I never agreed to being 'your' anything."

Minako laid her head on Rei's shoulder. "You don't have to agree. I've already marked you as mine." As if she were emphasizing her point, she placed her lips on the neck in front of her and sucked, leaving a bright mark in her wake. "See, you're mine."

Ami blushed at the show of affection in front of her, an action that was mirrored by Rei. Usagi smiled. "So you two are together officially now, right?"

Rei looked down at the table. "Minako doesn't do relationships. Right Mina?"

The blond in question sat up and looked at her friend. "I-"

Usagi interrupted her. "There's a first time for everything! Tell her Minako!"

Minako looked at the floor.

Usagi felt flustered. There were never two more difficult people in the world. Unless you counted Makoto and Haruka. Those two were completely blockheaded and stubborn.

"What's wrong with you two?" Usagi's mouth was open, but it wasn't her voice that spoke.

Ami turned to look at the door where Makoto was standing. "You two need to stop acting like this. Neither of you is shy, so stop looking away from everyone."

Two more pairs of eyes fell on her. "That's better. Now you both need to go ahead and say 'I love you,' kiss and make up, and kick the rest of us out of here so you can do it."

The couple blushed, but Makoto wasn't finished speaking. "I didn't get threatened by one of my best friends for you two to act like you don't want to be together. Either get together, or let me kick the crap out of Minako. And while you're deciding what to do, one of you get me a bottle of water."

Minako looked at Rei. "Please don't let her kick the crap out of me."

Rei met her eyes. "Why shouldn't I?"

Minako smiled. "Because I love you."

Makoto smiled at her friends. "That's better. Now, water. Please."

Minako ignore her brunette friend. "Do I need to go warm up, or are you going to admit that you love me?"

Rei smirked. "You should go warm up." Minako gaped. Rei picked up her friend and put her in the chair, walking to the fridge to get Makoto a water bottle.

Catching it, and also knowing the miko's smirk, Makoto waited to see what she was going to say.

Rei leaned down so her face was in front of Minako. "We're going into the woods. You should warm up."

The blond gulped. At least she didn't have to fight Makoto.