Chapter 28
Who will be Haruka's mistress?
After getting all the dress's and tux's rush ordered with the right sizes everyone made there way to Rei's temple for an early dinner. Since all of them were free after the fittings to hang out, they all knew Usagi may take all day with the fittings and assumed they would have to take all day off of work in the first place, they just happened to finish early since Usagi had pretty much known what she wanted she just needed to find it. The boys showed up just before the food arrived.
"Hey Rei!" Yaten said as he passed the group of girls talking, heading straight for the food with Mamoru, Tahiki and John. "Ladies" he finished while tipping his imaginary hat at the group.
"Ah he's such a gentlemen, he's totally into you Rei, why don't you guys go out" Michiru asked. All of the girls in the group consisting of Ami, Usagi, Michiru and Setsuna looked at Rei, waiting for her answer.
"Um well I just don't feel that way about Yaten. I mean all of the Star Lights are more like brothers to me. I don't think I could date any of them, it would be like dating Youchiro" Rei said. Everyone was distracted by the conversation when Mina let out a high pitched squeal and laugh. Seiya had apparently snuck up behind her and scared the living daylights out of her by lifting her up bridal style.
"Hey sexy, how have you been" Seiya said as he scooped Minako up into his arms and then proceeded to spin as fast as possible. Thus causing Minako to begin laughing hysterically as she got very dizzy.
"Seiya put me down, your spinning to fast" Seiya ignored Mina's laughing request and spun even faster.
"Seiya I'm totally gonna throw up on you if you don't stop!" Minako yelled hoping the ruse would get the starlight to stop.
"Sorry Mina" Seiya said with a smile as he stopped spinning and let Minako down. Mina immediately grabbed right back onto Seiya when she tried to walk and began to fall on her face from being so dizzy.
"Not cool Seiya, I'm so freaking dizzy its insane" Mina said. Rei smiled at Mina, 'she seems so happy right now I wonder what happens in the future that might risk her life, I wonder what I do?" Rei thought as she looked at Minako laughing and joking with Seiya. 'I shouldn't worry so much about this. The timeline may change anyway there is no guarantee what I saw will actually happen, just like there is no guarantee that what Chibiusa said will be true anymore either' Rei was deep in her thought of the future when Mina snapped her fingers in front of Rei's face.
"Venus to Mars come in Mars, are you even in there" Mina said as she lightly tapped her index finger against Rei's head.
"Oh Mina sorry I was thinking" Rei said.
"Yes that can be difficult, but at the risk of insulting my self, isn't this type of behavior more along the lines of what a blond would do?" Rei smiled a smart ass smile and said.
"Only blonds like you, Haruka never has problems thinking, guess that puts you in league with Princess Airhead over there" Rei said as she gestured towards Usagi.
"Now that's just plain mean, this must be some kind of domestic abuse, to rank me up with Usagi" Rei laughed at Minako's joke. Mina looked down and smiled.
"I love your laugh, Your so beautiful when you laugh" Rei smiled back and took her hand causing Mina to look up at her.
"Your beautiful all of the time" Minako's smile got a little wider, then she looked down again and sighed. "Mina what's wrong? Are you still upset by what Chibiusa said, I told you the timeline is changing so much that there is no way to know if what she says is totally accurate anymore"
"I know Rei I just worry, I wish I could see the future like you, then I might be able to find out why we don't end up together" Mina said with a very sad expression on her normally cheerful face.
"Minako Aino stop saying that, we are going to end up together I promise, we are going to live together and be happy, have kids and never grow old together, I wouldn't want to be with anyone else I swear" Mina smiled at Rei's comment about never growing old together since the senshi are in a way immortal and live for so long, just like Setsuna who is around 3000 years old and still in her prime.
"I love you" Minako said as she gazed into Rei's violet eyes. Rei smiled and was about to declare her own love when Haruka came up with Makoto and asked a question.
"Are you guys excited for the wedding or what, gonna be a party" Haruka said. Makoto laughed and said.
"Sounds like your more excited about the reception then the wedding" Haruka laughed and teased.
"Ah Mako you know me so well why aren't we dating again?" Haruka joked. Makoto laughed and pointed across the yard towards the chatting forms of Ami and Michiru.
"I believe they probably have something to do with it"
"Ah yes the old ball and chain, guess we will have to hide our unyielding love affair" Haruka joked as she got down on one knee and grabbed Makoto's hand.
"Makoto Kino will you please be my secret mistress of uncontrollable, and unconditional lust" Rei, Makoto and Minako busted out laughing. Haruka joined in until she felt a familiar hand on her shoulder. Slowly she tuned her head to see a scowling Michiru and Ami. Ami wasted no time and asked in a serious tone of voice.
"Haruka Tenoh just what were you proposing to MY girlfriend?" Haruka grinned and got to her feet.
"just asking her to be my secret lover you know the usual for a Wednesday afternoon" Ami smiled but said.
"I don't really think that that's appropriate" Haruka feigned distress.
"oh no then who can be my secret mistress?" Haruka then quickly grabbed Ami and said.
"How bout you babe wana play doctor with me" All of the other girls laughed, Ami blushed a deep red. Makoto giggled and took Ami's hand pulling her away from Haruka "sorry Ruka but she only plays doctor with me." Haruka grinned and grabbed Michiru around the waist from behind.
"guess ill have to stick with my violinist, she has talented fingers anyway. Great with the violin but fantastic with…." Haruka's sentence trailed off as Michiru elbowed her in the stomach. Everyone began laughing hysterically again, a few with embarrassed blushes, but laughing all the same. Minako looked at Rei laughing, 'She doesn't seem to be worried about what Chibiusa said, maybe I should just forget it.' Mina thought as she listened to the other girls joke and tease about who could be Haruka's secret lover until Michiru grabbed Haruka by the ear saying.
"excuse me ladies but Haruka and I need to have a discussion" and with a polite smile she walked away.
"Oww Michi that hurts" was all they heard from Haruka as the couple walked away. Makoto just laughed than turned to Ami.
"Hey you cant get upset over this at all, If you are going to have a love affair with Rei then there is no reason why I cant have one with Haruka" Makoto joked and Ami gave her a gentle punch to the arm then laughing a little.
"Ok I guess that's fair" Ami then said and turned to Rei. "Hey Rei wana go try out that naughty school girl thing you were telling me about" Ami said with a seductive smile. Mako just laughed and said while she grabbed Ami's hand.
"Actually the naughty school girl was originally my idea so its only fair that I get first dibs on that fantasy" Ami smiled back and lightly trailed the nail of her index finger down Makoto's left cheek.
"Guess we have plans tonight then" the blue haired girl whispered seductively. Rei giggled, blushed and said.
"Things are getting a little hot here don't you think Mina, why don't we give them some privacy" Rei said as she grabbed Minako's hand and walked toward Usagi and Mamoru who were giving the group good bye hugs.
"You guys are leaving" Rei said as she walked up to them.
"Yeah we have plans to finalize and its late we should get to bed early" Mamoru said as he gave Rei a hug goodbye. Rei looked around and finally noticed that it was getting dark. 'Wow time flies sometimes, how did I not notice it was getting so late'.
Not long after the future king and queen left the rest of the group started to leave until it was just Rei and Mina standing at the top of the steps waving good bye to the last of the group.
"Haruka and Makoto were so funny" Minako said when it got silent she was a little nervous. 'I don't want to think that Rei and I wont end up together but things Chibiusa has said from the future have always come true.'
"Yeah they are a hoot when they are together, but they can also be outrageous teases and if they get on a roll they can be like hard headed bulldozers" Rei said then noticed Minako's 'thinking' face.
"Hey Venus, wana come back to Earth" Rei said as she took Mina's hand effectively pulling her from her thoughts. Mina smiled at Rei and said as she pulled her close.
"If you're here I don't think I would want to be any place else, even if Venus was still habitable, I would live in the deserts of Mars with you, and believe me that's saying something in the silver millennium Venus was like a paradise compared to Mars" Mina said as she laid her head on Rei's shoulder.
"So you say I thought Venus was pretty but Mars had a sort of majestic beauty and you only saw the dry side of Mars you should have seen it in winter, it was like spring here, but the flowers were mostly shades of red's and oranges"
"Why does that not surprise me" Minako said as she nuzzled closer to Rei.
"Well they did grow in red dirt you know, that may be why" Rei commented back.
"That's true" Mina whispered. Rei noticed she was losing Minako.
"Mina, baby your falling asleep in my arms" Minako smiled gently and said.
"like I said before there is no place I would rather be then in your arms" Rei smiled at that and quickly lifted Minako bridal style and started walking back toward the temple.
"Rei! Put me down, I must be to heavy for you, were like the same size" Minako said as she tried to escape the miko's grasp since she was worried about Rei hurting herself while trying to carry the idol. Rei leaned down and kissed Minako's neck.
"You hardly weigh a thing baby" by this time Rei had already made it halfway down the hall and Minako quit struggling realizing that at this point it would just make Rei carry her longer and thus refuting the point. Mina sighed.
"Rei do you remember much about the silver millennium?" the blond asked.
"a little why?" Rei asked as she sat down on the bed still holding Minako in her arms, Mina was now sitting on Rei's lap with her arms wrapped around the dark haired senshi's neck.
"Do you think we were in love back then?"
"I don't know Mina, why do you ask?" Rei answered.
"Well it seems like we all ended up in love with each other like we were meant to be, and it made me wonder if it's a love continuing from the past, like we all loved each other so much that our souls couldn't forget, couldn't move on and were still connected, all of us, I mean even Setsuna and John found each other again and she waited thousands of years for him"
"that may be true, but all I remember about us in the past is we fought, all the time, you called me a animal often and I guess we were like enemies, my memories of that time seem to make me think you hated me."
"Well I'm sure I didn't hate you, and things at that time were so strange its like we all came back to the moon but we were different I remembered playing with you guys when I was younger, but you had changed and if I thought your Martian ways were strange before after we all came back to the moon for the second time it was like they had sucked out your emotions" Mina explained.
"Yeah showing emotion on Mars was considered a weakness and if I remember correctly Martians were considered to be inferior by other races, almost not human because of our lack of emotion and tendency to be hostile, that was most races opinions of us, especially Venusians, so I guess when you would call me an animal I just assumed you didn't think I was human and there for didn't want to be my friend anymore"
"Rei that is not true I so wanted to be your friend still, I just didn't understand you anymore, gosh I wish I could remember more about that time things are all hazy and I'm missing big chunks you know?"
"Yeah I know what you mean but don't worry about the past Minako were here now and the way things were in the silver millennium has nothing to do with our love in this life time" Rei said as she stripped Mina of her clothes and proceeded to undress herself quickly getting into bed and snuggling close to the tired blond. Minako yawned and whispered.
"that's true"
A/N I know that the title of this chapter is stupid but I just loved the teasing with Haruka and Makoto in this chapter to I decided that part gets to be the part that inspires the title of the chapter!! Please review!! And thanks to those who review last chapter it really helped with inspiration!!