Chapter 30

New and Old Relationships

Rei was just about to knock on Youchiro's bedroom door when it was suddenly thrown open and she collided with a urgent looking red head, the collision sent her to the floor her rear hitting the wood hard, the red head grabbed the door frame, effectively stopping herself from falling like the dark haired priestess had. Rei looked up at Naru standing there still holding the frame in nothing but a pair of light blue boxers and a white t-shirt.

"Naru?" Rei said disbelievingly, there was only one reason Rei could think that Naru would be leaving Youchiro's room so early wearing, obviously, his clothing. Rei's smile was large and mischievous.

"Wow Naru are you getting your naughty on" the fire senshi said as she stood. Naru stood there dancing around uncomfortably.

"Yeah yeah Rei I got it tease, tease but I cant listen right now I have to pee REALLY bad" Naru said as she ran past the dark haired miko toward the bathroom. Rei giggled and smiled 'I'm glad she moved on. She seems more like herself then the broken women she acted like after being with that bastard former fiancé of hers. Not that I knew her very well before but she always seemed happy back then' Rei thought as she peeked her head into Youchiro's room to announce.

"Hey lover boy hurry up and get ready, we have Wedding shit to do today" Rei then departed to make some quick eggs bacon and toast. The eggs and toast were done and she was just stirring the bacon when she felt two arms wrap around her from behind. Rei knew it was Minako she could sense it but as a joke she decided to say.

"Youchiro stop you know Mina might see" Minako's arms around the dark haired girl tightened. Mina knew Rei was joking but for some reason the thought of that being a possibility, even if it never would happen, still made her heart ache, literally. She was starting to get worried, this had been happening more and more frequently, and it wasn't just a little pain, some times the pain seemed unbearable. 'maybe I should ask Ami to check out my heart if there is something wrong with me she would be able to find out'

"Please don't joke like that Rei" Rei turned at Minako's serious tone and saw the pain on her loves face.

"Mina I was totally kidding you know that idea is insane " Rei said as she took Minako's hands in her own.

"I know I just don't care for teasing like that, it …. It hurts to think about it, I .. I don't know. Just please don't do it anymore" Mina said as she tried to explain how she actually felt real pain not metaphorical pain but she decided to just let it go for now. The dark haired priestess nodded and leaned in for a quick kiss.

"No problem babe, no more jokes, I promise" Mina smiled at her and pulled the dark haired senshi in for a passionate kiss that was cut short by the sizzling bacon beginning to burn. Rei turned around quickly stirring said bacon and turning the burner off.

"Rei honey, don't you think this is a little much breakfast for you, Youchiro, and myself" Mina asked. Rei smiled.

"Yes it is but we have an extra guest this morning" Rei was about to explain when Youchiro and Naru walked into the kitchen, hands entwined with embarrassed smiles on their faces. Mina smiled and nodded in understanding.

"Morning" she exclaimed with a large insinuating smile.

"good morning" Naru said as she took a seat at the table graciously accepting the plate of food Rei put in front of her. The group ate their breakfast quickly with stimulating conversation consisting mainly of Mina and Rei joking about the couples new relationship until Youchiro laughed and said.

"Ok girls no more jokes we have wedding stuff to do" Rei agreed with a nod and stood. The group was still talking and laughing as Rei opened the temple door. Everything went quiet when they noticed someone standing just off the deck. The man was gorgeous with short auburn hair and stunning light green eyes, when the door opened he turned towards the group and spotted Rei.

"Rei, babe, sorry I came so early I had business in the area and thought I would come see you and the temple you talked about all the time" He said as he walked toward the group and surprised everyone when he made it to Rei and pulled her in for a very passionate kiss. Minako was stunned and very confused. 'who is this guy and why is he kissing MY girlfriend' Mina thought then she felt a stabbing pain in her heart. Youchiro and Naru just looked on at the two wondering what was going on. Rei pushed the man away slightly and asked.

"Colin I didn't know you were even planning to be in Tokyo" Colin answered.

"Yeah me either but you know business, had a new client from around here they seem ok not sure how popular they may get but boss sent me anyway" Then the man seemed to notice other people around and felt stupid for not introducing himself.

"Oh sorry, I'm Colin Gallagher, I'm Rei's fiancé." The man asked. Youchiro and Naru were still greatly confused but didn't get any chance to express their confusion when Minako turned and walked back into the house slamming the door behind her and running straight to Rei's room. Mina sat on the bed taking large breaths trying to get past the intense pain in her chest and to keep herself from hyperventilating. Outside Rei was setting things straight.

"Ex-Fiancé, Colin we are ex, stop telling people we are getting married"

"Ah Rei you will come to your senses and take me back don't worry, we will get married" Rei just glared at him.

"Colin stop being an ass"

"What's with that chick she seemed upset" Colin said as a way to change the topic. 'Oh shit, Mina' Rei thought as she ran inside and made her way to her own room, which she was surprised to find locked.

"Mina let me in" Rei felt horribly guilty when she heard Minako crying behind the locked door.

"Mina come on let me in" Minako was trying to say something but it hurt to much to do anything but cry.

"Mina wont you even talk to me, let me explain, its not how it seems I swear" Since she couldn't seem to talk Minako decided to unlock the door quickly running back to sit on the bed after she did it. Rei heard the telltale click of the lock and slowly opened the door. The blond was sitting on the bed looking down at her own hands, tears slowly slipping down her cheeks. Rei walked over after shutting the door and placed her hand on Minako's shoulder. Suddenly Mina's voice returned and she got angry.

"What is this Rei, am I just some fling to you or something, cuz if that's the way it is for you then, its just mean to pretend to care, if all you wanted was an affair then you should have just said, pretending you love me is just cruel" Mina said then immediately began to sob. Rei pulled the sobbing girl into her arms.

"Mina its not like that, I do love you"

"But you love Colin too is that it, wana have the best of both worlds, well I cant be that way Rei I don't share well you know that, and I never thought you would do this to me" Mina ended in a whisper with her head on the dark haired miko's shoulder.

"Mina I haven't done anything, I don't love Colin, I love you, Colin and I were together for a while back in New York" Rei said. "But we are no longer together anymore he's just my ex."

"Your ex?" Mina asked.

"Yes, my ex" Rei answered.

"Your ex fiancé" Mina continued.

"Um yeah" Rei said.

"So you were engaged and you never thought that I would want to know this, were you hiding it or something? I mean you must have loved him if you were planning to ma..marry him" Mina said while stuttering out the last part. Rei sighed Mina was right, she should have told her that she had been engaged. There was no reason to have kept that a secret.

"Mina, I did love him I guess, but I cant trust him, and I love you so much more. In a way I'm glad he cheated on me and I kicked him to the curb because if I had married him I never would have been happy, because the love I felt for him is only a miniscule fraction of the intense love I feel for you, and you really need to stop getting worked up like this"

"Stop getting worked up Rei, Chibiusa said that you marry someone then the next day your supposed fiancé shows up at your door step how else am I supposed to take this, the facts are pointing more towards me being used or thrown aside in the end, and I don't want either of them to happen, I wana be with you, I wana be with you so much" Rei sighed and pulled Mina in for a kiss.

"I want to be with you too Mina, and its going to happen, I saw it in a dream, we were happy and had a family, everything was perfect" Mina sighed sadly.

"If everything was perfect then it probably wont happen, our lives never seem to be chaos free"

"That's true, the girls seemed to be quite a handful if I do say so myself" Rei said with a smile.

"The girls?" Mina asked.

"OH now your interested in my dream" Rei said sarcastically.

"Oh shut up and tell me about them" Mina said excitedly.

"Well one of them was a mini you in every way except she had my hair, she had your eyes and your annoying Venusian attitude and smile, the other one was practically a clone of me when I was little. Except she had your golden hair and yes before you ask she had a really bad Martian temper and even manifested flame powers even though she was so young our kids must be hard core" Minako smiled widely and cuddled close to her love.

"Do you think that may come true, that we will have those two little girls someday" Rei sighed happily in Minako's arms.

"I hope so Mina I really do" after a short pause were the two senshi just held each other Rei said.

"So we better go, were going to be late, and Usagi is gonna freak."

"Yup lets get going" Mina said as she grabbed Rei's hand and exited the room. When the two women left the temple they saw Colin, Youchiro and Naru waiting in the courtyard. Rei walked up with Mina and said.

"Sorry guys had to do something really quick, are you ready to go? Usagi is going to kill us, Oh Colin sorry for being rude this is Youchiro, he's the temple priest I grew up with" Rei introduced and Colin and Youchiro shook hands. "This is Naru an old friend and Youchiro's girlfriend" Rei said with a wink to the blushing couple. "and this is Mina, my girlfriend" Colin looked a little stunned then smiled.

"Wow Rei your girlfriend is hot!! You know who she kinda looks like, Minako Aino, didn't you say she was a friend of yours…HOLY SHIT she is Minako Aino, Fuck Rei your dating Minako Aino that is soooo awesome!" Mina blushed and Rei laughed.

"I totally agree it is really awesome" Rei said sarcastically as Colin made a fool of himself shaking Mina's hand and talking about how much of a fan he is.

"Rei used to tell me all the time that she was friends with you in school, she would talk about you nonstop, sometimes I would get a little jealous and it seems it was warranted, Rei why didn't you just tell me you were into girls" Rei sighed and wondered how she ever dated this jokester.

"Colin stop being an idiot you knew I was bisexual it wasn't a secret"

"Oh yeah I remember you mentioning that sometime or another, I always said inviting another lady into our relationship would have spiced things up, but for some reason she always hit me over the head when I said tha…" Colin's words were cut off when Rei smacked him over the dome. Youchiro, Naru and Minako all laughed hysterically. Through her tremendous giggles Minako managed to say.

"I think him, John, Makoto and Haruka are going to get along great don't you think Rei?" Rei nodded.

"Yeah if Colin can pretend to be a gentleman for five seconds and not sound like a total ass all of the time then maybe"

"So Minako, Rei can I get a demonstration kiss" Rei just glared and smacked him over the head again.

"Stop being perverted"

"Come one Rei, I probably have brain damage from the amount of times you have abused my skull, I guess I must be a masochist I always did like it rough, but if I remember correctly I'm not the only one" Everyone blushed at that statement except Rei and Colin. Rei got mad and Colin quickly found himself doubled over with a fist in his stomach. Colin just laughed.

"Ah you haven't changed still so easy to tease"

"That's a little to much info for my taste" Youchiro said as he laughed at the bickering duo. "So to the wedding stuff" Youchiro asked as him and Naru walked towards the car quickly getting in the back seat.

"Yeah, Colin we have wedding things to do for my friend, if you promise to be good you can come along and met the rest of our friends"

"Meet the Infamous sailor scouts that would rock!" Rei quickly put her hand over his mouth and Mina stared at Rei as if she had sprouted two heads.

"Colin people don't know about us, Youchiro does but not Naru and pretty much no one else outside of the group so no talking about it"

"Sorry Rei, I just got excited"

"Go to the car" Rei said in a mother like tone as she pointed to the car.

"OK" Colin said in a giddy sort of way. Minako turned Rei toward her.

"He knows about us Rei"

"Of course Mina, I was engaged to him, I thought we were getting married, I was totally truthful with him about everything"

"and everyone, Rei this kind of thing involves not only yourself, he's a risk, he cant keep his mouth shut about anything, this could back fire bad Rei think of Michiru, Haruka or myself were already to famous. If that information ever got out, you think finding time to be together is going to be hard when your dating an idol try an idol that everyone knows is a sailor senshi, we will all be hounded to death by paparazzi, I don't want that to happen, I'm tired Rei I'm tired of it, I was hoping to finish my album and retire here with you, Its better to get out of the lime light soon since in a few years people will realize that I'm not aging, but if he blabs his mouth, this will never end"

"Minako its not that big of a deal, he wont say anything, he's still my friend and he wouldn't try to hurt me like that he knows what would happen… So you really plan to retire here with me" the miko asked as she grabbed Minako's hand.

"I was hoping to if that's ok with you of course, I wouldn't want to invade your personal space or anything"

"Mina from the moment you first kissed me, I no longer had personal space, I had Rei and Mina space, your always welcome in my little bubble" Rei said as she pulled the blond forward for a deep kiss. They both sighed and rolled their eyes when they heard Colin hooting and whistling from the car.

A/N Sorry for taking so long to post. I have started a new story but don't worry this is still my main. Please check it out its called "Of Love and War" its an AU Silver Millennium fic based on these guys in "The Reunion" their past life that you have heard them talk about from time to time. Please review!!!