A/N - I know. No REAL update. But pretend you're at the movies... consider this a preview of the IMMENSE trio of chapters coming up... enjoy, review this and tell me your thoughts on what you think is coming up! I swear a real update will be here withing 7 days but as I mentioned new job headache. Anyhow, I'll shut up, read on. -VR

TEASER - CHAPTER 7 TO 9

REI/MINA

"I swear to God, Mina, I am sick and tired of these fucking games. I feel stupid enough! So, if you want me then take me, but if you don't then leave me the fuck alone." A moment of silence ensued, where Minako's jaw went slack and Rei watched the younger girl; looking for any reaction that could be seen as swaying into the direction she wanted. That particular direction being 'Yes, Rei, god damned it, be mine!'. But there was silence. The sound of the crackling radio as Setsuna fiddled with the reception while trying to keep the car on the road was enough to ensure that Rei and Minako could not be heard. The car stopped at a red light and the raven-haired woman brushed dark hair was brushed out of her face. She stepped back, shaking her head and laughing bitterly.

"I should have known. It was always going to be no, wasn't it?"

"God, Rei, you have no idea." Minako closed the distance and pounded her own body into the other woman, her lips pressed hard against Rei's. Rei's breathing became the last of her worries as she didn't dare break from the kiss that she was currently the recipient of. Heaven was Aino Minako.

'Thank fuck it's a snaps shirt' Minako thought to herself as she ripped open Rei's top in a fury like a mad woman possessed. Minako had Rei up against the toilet cubicle and the blonde had unleashed her lust. Rei threw her head back and suppressed a moan.

"I thought you said you couldn't do this, Minako?" A smirk formed on the blonde's lips. She didn't reply. She had no time to talk. Every moment with Rei was a moment where no words could convey her feelings. Her lips were everywhere, Rei's skin was set ablaze with the contact, and she couldn't help but smile. She felt Minako grin against her skin.

"Rei, you're the last person I'd expect to be gentle." Rei cocked an eyebrow in intrigue, then pulled her hand roughly through blonde tresses and dragged Minako's lips up to meet her own.

AMI/MAKO

The tall brunette took another deep breath. Makoto looked at the first critic. It was a woman, and she seemed vaguely familiar. The woman's back was to Makoto, but Makoto couldn't help but shake a feeling that she knew this woman. And as the tension became all too much, the woman turned around and Makoto felt the air being sucked out of her body.

"M-M-Maya?"

"Mako-chan, introduce me to your... friend." The intonation with which Maya said the word 'friend' sent a feeling of shame running through Ami. It was clear Makoto had relations with this woman, and here was Ami hoping to make up for her mistake the other day. She felt like an idiot. Ami bowed slightly and smiled politely. Makoto cleared her throat and watched the blue-haired girl with interest.

"Maya, this is Mizuno Ami. Haruka's assistant. Mizuno-san, this is Kobayashi Maya." Makoto took a slight pause, breathing and seemingly struggling to say something. After a moment she smiled feebly before speaking again, "An old friend."

"Oh Mako-chan, don't be so nervous. Pleasure to meet you, Mizuno-san." Maya's eyes twinkled deviously as she took Ami's hand in her own. Ami saw this and was reluctant to let her hand linger in the handshake. Ami put her hand back at her side and stood awkwardly for a moment, she was waiting for Haruka to give her a ride. Makoto noticed the awkward silence and looked away from the two women.

"Mako-chan, we should catch up... are you free tomorrow?" The brunette whipped her head around and stared at Maya.

"C-catch up?" Maya laughed heartily at Mako's dear-caught-in-headlights look and took a cheek and pinched it lightly.

"You are still as cute as ever, aren't you, Mako?" Maya grinned and caressed Mako's cheek. The brunette shivered involuntarily, and Ami couldn't bring herself to look at the two. For some reason it hurt her to.

"Yo, Mako, you remember Ami, right?" Makoto looked to the younger girl sitting beside Setsuna and nodded slowly.

"Yeah, course I do." Makoto nervously darted her eyes around the room but found they were drawn to the young blue haired girl each time. Haruka nudged her brunette friend in the ribs.

"I think you should ask her out again, Mako-chan!" Makoto knotted her brows in confusion then scoffed.

"No chance and no thanks, I don't need to be rejected twice in one week by the same woman." Makoto began her trek around to thank her patrons, making her way to the man Haruka only knew as Artemis-kun. As she turned her attention back to the table, she saw Michiru gesturing to Ami. Haruka turned and saw Ami was hiding her face in her hands.

"Aw fuck, she heard." Haruka slumped back. The food was amazing, but the night was turning out to be a disaster.

HARUKA/MICHIRU

"So, give me a call sometime... Tenoh-san." Lara seductively folded the piece of paper with her number on it and ran her hands down to Haruka's pants, slowly placing it into the front pocket. 

Haruka's eyebrows had risen in shock; this girl sure was forward. Lara smiled coyly and looked at the pocket she had just deposited her number into.

"I like to make sure it's kept somewhere safe, Tenoh-san. Ja ne." Lara walked off, and from Haruka could tell she sure could swing her hips. The blonde tomboy unconsciously licked her lips, and barely two seconds later Seiya swung his arm over her shoulder and exhaled out loud.

"Holy crap, I thought I was going to faint and she wasn't even touching me!" Haruka laughed gently and threw him off of her, and she straightened out her clothes. She heard someone clear their throat and looked up to see Setsuna, seemingly amused by the nights events, grinning.

"Maybe we should all go home and cool off, Tenoh-san?" Setsuna's mocking of Lara's seduction technique seemed to get a giggle from everyone except for Hotaru. She was stood there, still, looking out at a figure that retreated with every step.

"Hota-chan, who are you looking at?" Haruka looked up and squinted at the figure but she couldn't quite make them out. Hotaru sighed deeply before speaking quietly.

"Michiru-chan."

"Wow... she's hot, Haru-chan!" Seiya gave the blonde two thumbs up and Haruka found herself grinning, look at the woman who apparently could not keep her eyes off of her. Haruka popped her collar a little, her ego seeping out and she smirked.

"She's okay. If you go for that sort of girl, I mean." Haruka's train of thoughts came to a grinding halt with Michiru's comment. A comment which earned her everyone's attention at the table.

"What do you mean, Michiru-chan?" Haruka felt a little defensive. What was Michiru trying to get at? Either way the blonde did not appreciate her tone or behaviour, especially around her friends and her family.

"I'm just saying she's cute... but she's plain cute. That's all Haruka-san." Haruka scoffed and turned her head away. She looked over at the girl. She was smoking hot, not just cute! And a woman that fine is Haruka's type. The tomboy was having problems letting Michiru's comment get past her though. Haruka crossed her arms and frowned.

"She's not plain. She's a beautiful girl, Michiru." Michiru raised an eyebrow and opened her mouth to speak but Hotaru spoke quietly, but due to the silence Michiru caused, everyone heard her perfectly.

"She's cute Haruka-san, that's for sure, but she's not beautiful... not like Michiru-chan."

"I think it would be best to wait until later, Seiya-kun. I – " Michiru instantly stopped speaking as she glanced causally around the room and saw a woman from a few tables over staring intently at Haruka. The blonde tomboy raised her head as she sensed someone was looking at her; she saw the woman from a few tables over and grinned cockily. Michiru could feel her blood boiling; who the fuck was that woman?

USAGI/MAMORU

"Do you love me, Mamo-chan?" The blonde looked up into her husand's eyes as they entered their car. Chibiusa was sitting in the back, headphones in, arms flailing about as she danced to her music.

"Course I do, odango-atama." Usagi watched her husband's face but saw he had the same look of fatigue that he had had for months. She looked straight ahead as he began to drive.

"I didn't know you and Beryl-san were on such good terms... again." Mamoru blinked a few times before he cleared his throat.

"Yeah, she got promoted to head of the department last month... didn't I tell you?" Usagi shook her head in response and Mamoru forced out a small smile, "She's my boss, that's all, Usako."

"I know, Mamo-chan, I know. I love you." Mamoru turned to his wife and smiled, before returning his attention back to the road. Usagi slumped in her seat, and fought the tears that threatened to come from her eyes. She was always called a cry-baby but right now she didn't want to cry. Mamoru would see them. And he would know that she knew.

SEIYA/SETSUNA

"OH MY GOD!" Seiya ducked under the table after he had whisper-yelled to his long-time blonde friend. Haruka looked at him in concern and after a moment she sighed and put her head under the table.

"Um, Seiya, not that I'm shocked, but why are you acting like an ass?" Seiya scoffed then slowly raised his head, coming back over the table.

"She's here, Haruka... I met this woman in the bank, and she's now here! God, look at her she's gorgeous!" Haruka raised an eyebrow and smirked.

"Tell me what she looks like and I'll be the judge of that."

"She's in the light brown suede dress, cut off at the knee. Green hair." Haruka turned around and instantly had to stifle her laughter. Seiya scowled at his blonde haired friend.

"What the fuck's so funny, Haruka?" Haruka managed to calm her composure and she stood up, bowing slightly to the green-haired woman in question. Seiya knotted his brows in confusion.

"Konbanwa, Setsuna-san." Seiya almost choked on his tongue as he saw the woman he knew as Meioh-san greet Haruka, with a slight glare. Seiya stood up and bowed too.

"Konbanwa." Seiya lifted his head and smiled broadly to his green-haired goddess. Setsuna cocked an eyebrow, and slowly walked past Seiya, all the while never saying a word. Seiya turned to Haruka,

"How the hell do you know her? Oh My God, you didn't sleep with her, did you?!"

You don't like me, do you?" Seiya grinned as Setsuna avoided his gaze; this was becoming a regular occurrence, but he loved it. Was he masochistic? He didn't know but he did know this woman had intrigued far more than any other human ever had.

"You state the obvious far too much, Kou-san." Seiya did a victory dance in his mind. He grinned widely and Setsuna looked at him, she seemed bored with his very presence.

"Do you have anything else obvious you'd like to share with the group, Kou-san?" Seiya nodded his head and winked in Haruka's direction, earning a confused reaction from the tomboy.

"You're very pretty, Meioh-san." Setsuna's eyes widened and she spluttered ungracefully for a moment, earning a giggle from Hotaru, Chibiusa and Minako. Setsuna gulped nervously but couldn't find anything to say. Seiya laughed gently.

"Maybe that's not obvious to you, Meioh-san, but it is to me." Seiya smiled gently and Setsuna looked into his eyes, at first ready to seethe with hate but she found his sincerity, although foreign was more than welcome.

HOTARU/CHIBIUSA

And as for Chibiusa, she was feeling something strange. She had brought someone else to laugh, and not in a rude way. She had made someone genuinely happy, and that thought filled her body with a foreign warmth that she greeted without a second doubt.

...

The dark-haired girl could feel a slight blush rising to her face again; this girl had her attention. She had her undivided and complete attention. Hotaru tried to speak but her voice seemed to be caught in her throat, and her mouth was dry, it was as though her body was working against her. Hotaru dropped her head, breaking her gaze from the other girl; as soon the gaze broke, the world seemed to return normal, voices came out of the slur, everything was moving at its regular pace and as Hotaru lifted her head once more, she saw that the girl was still staring at her, smile still in place.

"I'm Tsukino Serenity. My friends call me Chibiusa, though."

"I-I, I um... I'm Hotaru."

She could barely lift hear head without blushing now. Every time she lifted her head she knew the girl would be looking at her, or talking or something else that would mean that Hotaru would have to look back at her. Back into her eyes, and if she looked into her eyes, she was frightened the girl could see into Hotaru, that she would figure out everything about her. She couldn't handle anymore of that right now, she couldn't handle someone else giving her 'the' look.

"Hotaru-chan? Did you hear me?" Hotaru snapped her head up and instantly felt the blush overtake her face. Chibiusa saw the somewhat bewildered look on the other girls face and laughed gently, "I'll take that as a no. Never mind." Chibiusa took her attention to the food in front of her and sighed before digging into it. Hotaru didn't hear what she said, but she could have sworn she heard the words, class... maybe even school was mentioned. The dark-haired girl took a deep sigh of relief. School. She was so glad that she would not see the girl there. Thank the Gods. It was another thing on her 'last thing she needed' list; having a new friend come to her school and find out everything about her from the rumour mill. No. She couldn't have that. She was going to fight it. She chanced a quick look to Chibiusa and then she sighed. The pink-haired girl was clearly and painfully straight, or so it seemed to Hotaru.

A moment passed and Hotaru gulped down some water.

No matter. She may not be able to think of Chibiusa in that way, but she could certainly have the pink-haired girl as her friend. Yes, being friends with Chibiusa meant Hotaru had a clean slate. A time for a new first impression. Hotaru smiled and lifted her head up, ready to immerse herself into the conversation Haruka was having with Usagi.

"As I was saying Haruka, we enrolled Chibiusa-chan into Mugen just like you recommended. She went this week but officially starts Monday. Isn't that great?" Usagi turned to a horrified Hotaru, "So, now you and Chibiusa can go to the same school! You'll be such good friends, Hotaru-chan, I can tell!"

Hotaru nodded dumbly though at that particular moment in time only one thought was flying through her mind – 'Oh fuck.'

A/N 2 - So short I know. But I coudn't give y'all nothing. Ja ne - VR