"Usagi, will you hurry up?!" Rei asked in a frustrated tone as the two girls walked along the side of the street, in front of a very fancy restaurant. It was the sort of place with high ceilings, had a strict dress code for the customers, and all of the employees dressed in tuxedos. Rei was dressed in a simple red dress that went down to a little above her knees, with matching heels and white gloves.

"I'm trying, but it's hard to walk in these heels!" Usagi complained as she fumbled along behind Rei. She had used her magic pen to transform her clothes in to an over the top, fluffy, pink evening dress. It was hardly inconspicuous, which didn't help Rei's cause at all.

Rei kept an eye out in front of them; Chad and his fiancé were walking together ahead of them and hadn't noticed the girls following them. Rei then cringed when she heard Usagi cry out distress as she tripped over her own dress and fell on to the ground below. Rei's head quickly whipped around and, thinking fast, she grabbed Usagi by the hand. She then pulled the two of them behind a row of bushes that ran along the outside of the building. Rei peeked out and saw that a few people had turned around but it seemed that they hadn't been spotted by Chad. Rei looked over at Usagi angrily and said, "You really are a dumpling head! Are those buns on your head tied so tight that they're constricting blood flow to your brain?"

Usagi puffed her face up a little and said, "Hey! Only Mamoru can call me that! And I'm trying to help you."

"Okay fine, just try to not be such a klutz for once!" Rei replied. The two girls then walked in to restaurant a few moments after Chad and his date did. There was a man in front of a handmade wooden podium who was looking over the guest list, but looked up when he saw the two young women walk in together in front of him.

The host cleared his throat a little and said, "Excuse me ladies, but I'm afraid there has been some mix up here. Our restaurant only serves couples."

"Oh but….we….are a couple." Rei said with a small smile and grabbed Usagi's hand. Rei saw that Usagi had a strange look on her face. So she stepped on her foot under her dress and muttered under breath. "Play along or you don't get to eat."

Usagi instantly perked up and nodded enthusiastically. Usagi added in, "Yes that right. This is my…girlfriend…She's hot right?"

'Yeah Usagi, that was real believable.' Rei thought to herself then looked up at the host. She could tell by the look of his face that he wasn't going to let them in, so she decided to go with her backup plan. She let out a fake sigh and said, "Oh well, that's too bad. It's such a shame when a member of the Hino family is turned away from such a nice restaurant. My father was so looking forward to coming here soon."

One of the waiters who had been walking by at the time had picked up on what Rei said. He quickly walked over to the host and started to whisper something to him. The look on the hosts face quickly changed. He looked over to Rei and asked, "Oh my! You wouldn't happen to be related to Takashi Hino, Ms.?"

"Yes that's correct, he is my father." Rei told him. She knew how high class places like this worked. All she had to do was drop her father's name, and she could get what she wanted. It wasn't something that Rei enjoyed, since it felt like she was letting her father help her. But this was a special occasion. Rei smiled a little to herself and decided to add, "Oh well, I think I saw another place to eat along the way. Let's go Usagi." The girls then turned back towards the doors.

"Ladies! Ladies, please wait just a moment. I do believe that one of our very best tables just opened up. It would be an honor for us to have two young ladies as beautiful as you dine with us tonight."

With their backs turned to the host, Rei looked over at Usagi and winked a little. Usagi covered her mouth and started to snicker a bit. Rei turned back and said, "Well, if you insist."

The host eagerly led the girls up to the second floor, where the dining hall was; to a table in the center of the room. Rei looked around and pointed out to a table near the side of the room and said, "Excuse me, I think the two of us would prefer that table."

The host didn't protest but nearly nodded and said, "Yes of course." He then walked the two girls to their table and handed them their menus. The reason Rei had asked for that particular table was because she was worried that Chad and his date would see them if they were sitting in the middle of the room. From where Rei was now sitting, she could see Chad and his fiancé but they were far enough that she didn't think they'd be noticed. Especially since Chad's back was to them. Rei also kept her menu held up close to hide her face.

Rei leaned her head against her hands and gazed over at the couple. They were sitting across from each other and Kasumi was leaning in over the table closely. They looked like they were in the middle of a pretty important conversation. "I wish I knew what they were talking about. What do you think, Usagi?...Usagi?"

"Mpfhmmm…mafbye..uff.." Usagi said with a piece of bread she had gotten from a basket on the table, and stuffed in her mouth.

"…..Nevermind." Rei said, her face clearly showing her annoyance.

Usagi slowly swallowed the food in her mouth, and then cleared her throat. Usagi smiled softly and said, "Don't worry so much. I'm sure that right now he's telling her that it would never work out between them, and that she should move on."

"You really think so?" Rei asked, a small look of hope in her eyes.

"Of course! Why would he ever want to get married to her, when he can live at your shrine with you, and be your grandpa's apprentice? If he marries her then he'd have to probably live in a big mansion with…lots of money..and…all of his family around. He'd never choose that over you and your grandpa!" Usagi said. She was trying to make Rei feel better, but she was failing miserably. Usagi saw Rei's downturned face and quickly tried to remedy the situation. "I mean...what I'm trying to say is that Chad is crazy about you, and you know it."

Rei smiled happily but then blushed a bit and looked away and replied, "Yeah well…it's not like I really care! It's his life, so he should do whatever he wants to do. I just want to make sure that he isn't forced in to something."

"Yeah, sure." Usagi said with an amused grin on her face. Rei could be so transparent sometimes. She looked over her shoulder at the couple they were spying on, and then added, "In that case, I'm sure you don't care where her foot just went."

"Huh?" Rei said then peeked out from behind her menu and looked closely below their table. Her eyes then widened and exclaimed loudly, "That slut!"

Everyone that had heard quickly looked up and Rei ducked her head down behind her menu. Usagi snickered a little and looked over at the couple once again. When Rei peeked back out, she saw Kasumi walking away from the table and towards the other side of the restaurant, towards the bathrooms. Rei then looked back towards Chad; he didn't look like he was having a very good time to her. Chad sat there at the table by himself, bored out of his mind. He fiddled with his fork a little bit before he dropped it under the table. He then crawled under the table to search for it.

"Umm Rei, is this normal for this place?" Usagi asked as she looked up in the air.

Rei looked up to see what Usagi was talking about. Her eyes widened when she saw the room was being filled with a strange glowing blue pollen like substance. The two scouts began to cough as the pollen filled their lungs. Meanwhile everyone else around them was beginning to faint at their tables. Rei covered her mouth and said, "What the heck is going on. Could this be a….a…"

Rei was caught off guard when a mind splitting screech echoed throughout the restaurant. Rei and Usagi looked up to see a large youma crash in through the skylight above their heads. It had a female appearance with pale green skin and butterfly looking wings. It must have been the one Luna had told them about that day. The female youma floated down to one of the unconscious men, and reached out with its clawed hands to absorb his life force. Rei looked over to Usagi and said, "C'mon! We have to transform."

Chad had crawled underneath the table to look for the fork he had dropped. While under the table he heard some sort of weird animalistic screech. He instinctively shot up and hit his head hard on the bottom of the table. He winced a little and felt like a complete idiot. What he didn't know, was that being under the cover of the table had sheltered him against the knockout pollen. He slowly peeked out from under the table, and looked around. His eyes became wide at what he saw. There was a giant, freaky looking monster! But that wasn't what caught his attention. He didn't know why, but Rei was there with her friend, Usagi. The two of them called out some sort of…incantation; and then the two girls were then enveloped in pink and red auras. When the lightshow faded, Chad saw the two girls as sailor scouts.

Ever since Chad had come to live at the shrine, he had noticed Rei would often be coming and going at strange times of the night. He had always wondered what she had been up to. He had never expected something like this, but now it all made sense. He always knew Rei was an amazing girl, but this took the cake. Chad then watched as the monster began to attack the two girls; he immediately felt worried for Rei and her safety.

The female youma saw the two sailor scouts and let out another howling screech. It took the scouts off guard and made them instinctively cover their ears; meanwhile, all around them, all of the wine glasses were shattering in to pieces on account of the high pitch. When Usagi and Rei came back to their senses, they saw the youma starting to swipe at them with its claws. The girls quickly dodged the attacks. The two scouts then split up, so the youma started to chase after Usagi. Rei was able to get some distance and then put her hands together and fired one of her flame attacks at the youma. The youma looked up at the last second though and flew up in to the air, dodging the flames.

The youma then quickly went down close to the ground, picked up one of the heavy tables over its head, and threw it right at Rei with great force. Rei's eyes widened and she braced herself for the impact. But at the last second, Rei felt herself pushed to the ground, and heard the crash of the table hitting one of the walls. Rei opened her eyes and was surprised to see Chad on top of her; he had pushed her out of the way. She blushed a little noticing they were in the same position they had been that morning.

"Rei….are you alright?" Chad asked; his eyes full of concern as they looked down at her.

"R-Rei!? I'm Sailor Mars! You have me mistaken with someone else." Rei lied, even though she knew he'd never buy that. Rei had never thought Chad would find out her secret, so she was unprepared.

Chad smiled a bit and said, "C'mon, even I'm not that dumb. But I'll take that as you're okay." Rei simply smiled and nodded. All the while, Usagi was crying out in distress as the youma chased her through the air, back and forth through the restaurant.

Rei heard Usagi's outcry and quickly pushed Chad away from her so that she could stand up. She looked at Chad and said, "Thank you, but please hide now. It's not safe!"

Rei then regrouped with Usagi and they attacked the youma together. Eventually they were able to land a powerful attack on the youma; making it fall to the floor below. The youma slowly stood up and looked around. It saw a large pair of elegant glass doors that led outside to a balcony. It saw its chance for escape and quickly dashed towards the exit and jumped through the doors, making the glass shatter.

"You're not getting away!" Rei declared and ran after the youma, eventually cutting it off on the balcony. Rei was facing straight ahead at the youma with her back to the balcony. Usagi came up behind the youma, and the girls were sure that they had it pinned. Rei was about to attack once again, but the youma opened its mouth and let out yet another screech. This time it was completely focused at Rei. The dark haired scout cried out and covered her ears. Her ears were ringing and she was having difficulty keeping her balanced. She started to back away, slowly towards the balcony. The youma saw its opening and quickly flew off. As it passed by Rei though it kicked the scout with its leg, making Rei fall backwards and over the ledge of the balcony. Rei fell backwards, going head first over the edge.

Chad had seen the whole thing, and had jumped after Rei once she went over the edge. Rei looked up to see Chad hanging over the edge with her. He was holding on to her by her ankle with one hand, and on to the ledge of the balcony with his other. "Don't worry, I won't let go. I promise." Chad told her as he struggled to keep his strength.

"Chad! Are you stupid? What are you thinking?! I told you to hide." Rei scolded. She then realized that she was upside down with her red skirt flipped up. She also saw Chad looking down at her, and he was blushing a little. She blushed and reached up, trying to push her skirt down…or up. "Hey! Don't look down at me, you pervert!"

"You know Rei, I'm really glad you see the gravity of this situation. And I wasn't looking there, promise." Chad said. Well, maybe he had peeked just a little bit. Chad tried to pull the two of them up as Usagi ran up and grabbed on to Chad's hand with both of her hands. She tried to help them up, but didn't have the strength. Chad looked back down at Rei and said, "Get ready." He then started to try to swing her up towards the balcony. Rei moved along with the momentum, and when she was close enough she grabbed the edge of the balcony. Just as Rei had gotten her grip, Chad's grip gave way and he fell towards the bushes down below. Along the way down, his hand that had held her ankle knocked her red heel off.

Usagi grabbed on to Rei's hands and helped pull her up as they both heard Chad hit the ground with a loud thud. Rei quickly looked over the edge and called out. "Chad!"

"Don't worry, I'm cool. But uhh…I think whoever trims these hedges is gonna be really mad tomorrow." Chad called out to them. Rei smiled a bit; if he was able to crack stupid jokes, then he wasn't hurt too badly. Rei and Usagi then ran downstairs and outside to check on him. Chad slowly crawled out of the bushes as the two scouts reached him. His hair was once again a mess and covered his face. He looked up at Rei and asked, "So uhh, I know in the story it was a glass slipper. But would you settle for a red heel?"

Rei watched as Chad pulled out her heel that had fallen off, and then slipped it back on to her foot. Rei smiled and laughed a bit. "Dummy." Rei said and stuck her tongue out at him playfully.

Thank you for the continued support everyone, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. It was pretty lighthearted compared to the first two chapters. Anyways I have to go to bed, early class tomorrow. I will try to update as soon as possible. Maybe sometime this weekend. Next chapter is going to have more ReixChad moments and Rei might even get some alone time with the new girl. Until next time. ^.^