AN: Sorry for the super late update and thanks for all of the amazing reviews. Kudos to those of you who caught the similarities between chapter 11 and chapter 1. I was hoping you would catch that :) The chapter is a lot longer than my usual ones so hopefully I didn't muck it up. The songs I use in this chapter are "Skyfall" by Adele and "Emperor's New Clothes" by Panic at the Disco. I hope you guys enjoy the long chapter :)
Chapter 12: Emperor's New Clothes
Rei snapped out of her vision, her breathing ragged, and her heart pounding. She could still feel Minako's lips on her skin, the warmth of her touch, and could still taste the blonde on her lips. The flames didn't help at all, she just felt more confused than ever. She was with Lucy, but her heart longed for Minako. 'What do I do . . .? Do I just break it off with Lucy? Tell Minako how I feel . . .? No, she would just run away again. Things aren't like they were back then. But . . ."
"There you are!" Lucy's voice suddenly broke Rei from her thoughts, making the miko jump as if she had been caught doing something wrong.
"Lucy? What are you doing here?" Rei stood up, trying to hide the blush from her face, and clear the thoughts of her rigorous night with Minako.
"Ummm . . the party remember? It started thirty minutes ago." Lucy crossed her arms and it took the pink haired girl saying that for Rei to realize her girlfriend was already dressed in her black and pink dress with a black mask in her hands.
"It's been that long . . ." Rei said absently to herself, rubbing the back of her head. 'I must have been meditating a lot longer than I thought I was.'
"And . . . I also wanted to say sorry." Lucy looked off to the side, biting her lower lip. "I reacted badly before. I just get jealous easily and I can tell that that Minako girl wants you."
"She doesn't want me." Rei sighed, rubbing her temples. 'If she wanted me she could have had me, but . . .'
"She does. I can see it when she looks at you, but I know you would never do anything to hurt me. I can't promise to be nice to her when she gets all goo goo eyed, but I'll . . . I'll try I guess." Lucy stepped forward, grabbing the miko's hands in her own.
"Lucy . . ."
"Please, let's not fight anymore. I just want to have fun with you tonight." Lucy leaned in and kissed Rei, not noticing her girlfriend flinching at her touch. "Now go get ready! We're pushing the fashionably late thing." Lucy smiled, pulling away from Rei.
"Yeah, okay." Rei nodded dumbly before she headed back into the shrine to get in her dress.
When the two girls arrived at the party Rei stood at the top of the stairs, looking for those familiar golden locks behind her black and red mask. She wore a tight red and black dress that stopped mid thigh with red heals much like the outfit she wore on the moon. The raven haired girl let out a sad sigh when she couldn't find the girl in the crowd, descending the steps with Lucy.
"Oh, there are your friends babe." Lucy smiled, leading Rei over to where Usagi, Makoto, and Ami stood nursing some champagne.
"Hey guys." Rei walked up to her friends. frowning when she saw Minako was missing. 'Wonder if she's hanging out with that Jake douche.'
"Hey there Rei." Makoto smiled, wearing a blue and green dress with a peacock looking mask.
"Rei-chan you're late!" Usagi put her hands on her hips as if she was scolding a child.
"That's rich coming from you dumpling head." Rei rolled her eyes, walking to the bar to grab a glass of champagne.
"What's that Rei-chan!? I can't hear you over the sound of you cowering away!" Usagi yelled after Rei who just turned her head and stuck her tongue out at her princess in response.
"Get me a drink too Reiko!" Lucy smiled and Rei immediately retracted her tongue back into her mouth, grumbling while she went to go get the drinks.
-Flashback-
Venus yawned as she slowly woke from what she thought to be the best dream she had ever had, stretching her arms above her head only to feel an arm wrap around her waist. A smile formed on her face when she found the arm belonged to a still slumbering and very naked Mars. Her smile widened when she realized that her night with Mars wasn't a dream, but was in fact real. She ran her fingers through the Martian's raven locks, causing the archer to stir in her sleep, her dark eyes slowly opening to be greeted by a very happy and satisfied Venusian.
"Morning." Venus bit her lower lip, looking down at her lover.
"Mmm morning." Mars hummed, closing her eyes and taking in the feeling of Venus' gentle touch.
"So . . . last night . . ." Venus blushed as Mars opened her eyes again to gaze up at the blonde.
"Was it that bad?" Mars raised an eyebrow as she sat up to lean against Venus' headboard.
"No! I woke up this morning and I just . . . I thought it was a dream." Venus sat up next to Mars, grabbing her hand.
"So it was that good huh?" Mars grinned, looking over at her lover.
"You're so full of yourself." Venus laughed, pushing the raven haired girl hard enough to make her fall off of the bed with a loud thud. Mars glared up at the ceiling until Venus' head poked out from the side of the bed, blocking her view, giggling at the pouting archer. "I thought Martian's always land on their feet."
"Cats. You're thinking of cats." Mars directed her glare at her laughing lover.
"I'm sorry Reiko, I didn't think you would fall off the bed." Venus smiled, holding her hand out to Mars.
Mars glared at her hand before she took it, yanking the blonde down on top of her, causing the blonde to let out a surprised gasp. "We're even now." Mars smirked at the flustered Venusian before leaning up to capture Venus' lips in a slow deep kiss.
Venus' heart pounded in her chest, her body reacting immediately to the skin on skin contact and the archer's soft lips. She gripped Mars' dark hair, tugging hard and keeping a tight grip on her silky locks as she pulled back, looking down at her lover through clouded blue eyes. "I thought Venusians were supposed to be the sex gods."
"And I thought Martians were supposed to be the rough ones." Mars tried to lean up, but Venus had a tight grip on her hair; her rough treatment just turned the archer on more.
"You make me feel like every single part of me is on fire . . ." Venus looked down thoughtfully at her lover with an unreadable expression in her eyes. "And the scary part is . . ." Venus slowly leaned forward, stopping just a breath away from Mars' wanting lips. Mars' breath hitched in her throat as she felt the air around her shift and goosebumps run up her arms. A small smile tugged on just the corner of Venus' mouth as the Martian's breath became uneven, and she laid there hanging on every word she said. "I want to burn." Venus closed the tiny gap between their lips, locking Mars in a deep and urgent kiss.
Mars' heart pounded in her chest as she grabbed the back of Venus' head, deepening the kiss, and pulling her impossibly closer. Venus let out a soft moan as she lightly gripped her lover's breast, running her thumb over Mars' already erect nipple. The blonde bit down on Mars' lower lip, running her hand down her hard stomach, and then over to her hip, gripping it tightly as her hips started moving on their own accord again. Venus kissed her way to Mars' neck, sucking on it as her hand slowly started to make it's way between her lover's legs when the door to her room suddenly opened.
"Venus?" Came Makoto's confused voice.
"Y-yeah?" Venus sat up, covering her chest, and looking over at Makoto from the other side of the bed. She thanked her lucky stars that the two ended up on the floor behind her bed and not in front of the doorway so Mars was well hidden.
"What are you doing on the floor?" Makoto raised an eyebrow.
"I um . . ." Venus glanced down at a still very turned on Mars, before turning her attention back to her subordinate. "I fell off of the bed when you came in. You startled me. Haven't you heard of knocking?"
"Sorry." Makoto blushed, averting her gaze while Mars slowly ran her hands up Venus' thighs. The blonde's face turned a brighter red, her breathing becoming uneven, unable to knock away Mars' wandering hands seeing as her own were busy covering her breasts.
"Wh-What did you need?" Venus tried to focus while Mars' hands slid to the inside of her thighs.
"The Queen wants us to report to her immediately. I've been trying to find Mars, but I can't find her." Makoto rubbed the back of her head.
"Oh, well let me get dressed and I'll meet you guys there. I'm sure Mars is hiding around here somewhere." Venus glanced back down at the grinning Martian whose hands were getting dangerously close to where she needed her the most.
"Alright, I'll see you there. Sorry for barging in." Makoto hastily retreated without so much as looking at her commander.
"Reiko." Venus hissed, finally gripping the archer's hands before they got too far.
"You want me to stop?" Mars raised an eyebrow.
"God no . . ." Venus bit her lower lip, wondering if the Queen would miss their presence, but let out a sad sigh when she remembered they have responsibilities. "But we have to go and if we take too long people will become suspicious."
"Ugh . . " Mars let out an irritated sound and let Venus go. "You're right." The archer sighed as they both started to get up.
Both girls started to get dressed as fast as they could, rushing around to find all of their discarded clothing that was scattered around the room. Once they were dressed both girls checked the mirror, brushing out their hair, and fixing up their clothing to make themselves look somewhat presentable. When they were satisfied Mars rushed to the door to leave, but was stopped by Venus grabbing her arm. She raised her eyebrow, turning around to face the blonde only to be met with a slow deep kiss.
"I won't be able to do that for a while." Venus smiled as she pulled away, tucking some of her golden hair behind her ear. "And you should let me go first so I can make sure the coast is clear. It wouldn't be good if someone saw you leaving my chambers."
Mars leaned forward, kissing the blonde one more time before stepping to the side with a smile. "I'm ready when you are."
Venus nodded her head, casually stepping out of her room, leaving the door slightly ajar for Mars while she looked left and right to make sure there was no one around. Once she deemed it safe for Mars to exit she opened the door a little more, poking her head back in. "Coast is clear."
Mars quickly stepped out of the room, closing the door behind her, and following Venus. Mars did her best to keep her eyes off of her commander's firm butt on the way there, but found the task impossible, constantly finding her eyes drifting back to the blonde whenever she tried to avert her gaze. When they got to the door Mars was in such a daze that she didn't hear Venus talking to her.
"Mars!" Venus snapped her fingers in front of the Martian's face.
"Yeah?" Mars blushed, her eyes finally meeting Venus' amused ones.
"I asked if you're ready . . . or do you want to keep the Queen waiting so you can stand here checking me out?" Venus smirked, crossing her arms.
"I wasn't checking you out." Mars put up her hands defensively.
"A-huh. I believe you." Venus replied sarcastically, a smile gracing her face as she opened the door, and headed over to her subordinates standing in front of the Queen.
"I wasn't." Mars grumbled under her breath, following Venus' lead.
"Look who finally made it." Jupiter smirked over at her blushing friend. "Where were you?"
"I was um . . ." Mars cleared her throat, trying to think of an excuse as Minako watched her from the corner of her eye. "training."
"I checked the training ground and you weren't-"
"Everyone is here now. Good, we can begin." Came the Queen's voice, interrupting Mars' and Jupiter's conversation. Jupiter started to open her mouth to say something, but Mars shot her a look telling her to leave it alone. "First things first I heard about Adonis' atrocious behavior and I have already discussed the matter with Aphrodite. She will deal with the matter herself when he arrives home and from what I understand he will be demoted to a stable hand." Venus let out a little laugh, a smirk crossed Mars' face, and even Makoto and Ami found themselves smiling at Adonis' fate. "I think it's a suitable punishment too." The Queen smiled, seeing her sailor senshi in good spirits despite the events of the night before. "And as for the issue relating to the attack on the palace the delegates and I have decided to start building teleport units on each planet. If one is in distress the other planets and you will come to their aid. It's the safest course of action. Do you have an questions?"
"How long will it take for the units to be built?" Mercury cocked her head to the side.
"Roughly a week. It may be completed even sooner seeing as everyone is pitching in. The Mercurians are going to help with the technological aspects of the devices, the Martians, Jovians, Venusians, and Lunarians will help build."
"Wow, sounds like a solid plan." Venus nodded her head in approval.
"Well I suppose that concludes our meeting. I have much to do to get these plans in action so you're all dismissed if you want to go say goodbye to your friends." The Queen stood from her seat as the girls started to file out of the room. "Oh and Mars?" Mars stopped in her tracks, looking over at the Queen with a questioning look in her eyes. "You handled the situation with the Venusian's very well and between me and you guys I heard that Adonis guy is a real jerk."
"Thank you your majesty." Mars blushed while the rest of the group tried to stifle back a laugh.
"I've never heard the Queen talk like that." Venus laughed, walking out of the room with her subordinates.
"It was very unexpected." Mercury smiled.
"Speaking of unexpected . . . where were you anyways?" Jupiter raised an eyebrow, looking over at the raven haired girl.
"I was -"
"There you are!" Phobos came up to Mars, throwing an arm around her shoulder. "We didn't get to see you last night after the fight. That was one hell of a brawl."
"And your little move at the end was pretty awesome too." Deimos put his arm around Venus, but was quick to remove it when Mars sent a glare in his direction.
"Thanks. That's a real compliment coming from a Martian." Venus smiled.
"Are you coming to see us off?" Deimos turned his attention to his friend.
"Yeah. I wanted to make sure you two don't cause any trouble before you leave." Mars smirked.
"Awe, we'll miss you too Rei." Phobos nudged Mars.
"Oh shut up." Rei rolled her eyes, arriving at the landing pad where all the space crafts were waiting.
"Until next time." Phobos smiled, pulling Mars into a hug.
"Take care of her." Deimos whispered into Venus' ear before shaking her hand and moving on to hug Rei.
"It was a pleasure to meet you." Phobos shook Venus' hand while the other girls went to see their friends off.
As Mars' friends entered the aircraft she looked over to Venus, smiling at the blonde , getting lost in her beauty when she was suddenly hugged from behind.
"Why didn't you come back last night!?" Came Olithia's voice from behind her.
"I . . . uh . . ." Mars looked helplessly at Venus while Olithia let Mars go only to step in front of her.
"Mars got kind of . . . tied up last night. Sorry Olithia." Venus smiled her fake sweet smile at her old friend while Mars' cheeks turned a light shade of pink knowing full well what Venus meant.
"What could have been so important to deal with at that time of night? I waited for you and you never returned!" Olithia glared at Mars, then looked over to Minako to see a light purple and red mark on her neck. "Wait! Did you -"
"Oh would you look at that? Time to go! The shuttle is leaving!" Venus cut off Olithia, pushing her towards the shuttle.
"You did! Oh my god! Minako how could-"
"It was great seeing you Olithia. I'll try to visit more." Venus pushed her flabbergasted friend into the shuttle, smiling and waving as the door closed.
"Thanks." Mars let out a sigh of relief as the last of the shuttles took off.
"We need to be more careful next time. We can't leave any marks on each other or else someone who isn't Olithia will figure it out." Venus replied quietly so no one would hear.
"Don't worry, we won't get caught." Mars smiled.
-End Flashback-
Minako woke with a start, sweat dripping down her forehead, and her heart pounding as she sat up in bed. She brought her fingertips to her lips; they were still tingling as if Rei had really just kissed her. 'It felt so real . . . I wonder if she had the same dream . . .' Minako looked over to her clock, her eyes widening when she saw what time it was. 'I totally overslept. Fuck.'
After taking a quick shower and frantically getting ready Minako sped to the masquerade, throwing on her white and gold mask once she parked. She stepped inside, pausing at the top of the stairs to scan the crowd, searching for Rei's long black hair. She smiled when she found her walking towards the bar, grabbing a drink.
Rei sighed as she grabbed two champagne glasses, turning around to head back towards her friends and girlfriend, but stopped in her tracks when she looked up the stairs to see Minako standing at the top wearing a tight white and gold dress also a lot like the one she wore on the moon, her eyes partially hidden behind her matching mask. A small smile graced the blonde's features as she locked eyes with her former lover across the room, shyly waving at her.
Mars' heart pounded in her chest as visions from the moon came flooding back to her, accidentally dropping one of the champagne glasses onto the ground. Her cheeks turned bright red, beyond embarrassed by her clumsiness as she kneeled down trying to pick up the broken pieces.
"It's fine. I've got it." One of the men holding trays of food came up, starting to clean the Martian's mess.
"Sorry about that." Rei blushed an even deeper red, standing up and heading back to the bar to grab another glass.
"I thought Martians were immune to butter fingers." Came the familiar soft teasing voice of Minako.
"I was hoping you didn't see that . . ." Rei mumbled to herself, trying to hide her blush.
"Am I so scary looking that I made you drop your glass?" Minako laughed, grabbing herself a glass of champagne.
"What? No. It's not that, I just um . . . I mean . . . You look . . ." Rei sighed, unable to finish her sentence. She chugged her glass of champagne before she could make a bigger fool of herself, grabbing two more afterwards.
"Thanks." Minako smiled, taking a drink from her glass. 'Maybe she did have the vision too.'
"Listen Mina . . ."
"What's taking you so long Reiko?" Came Lucy's voice as she approached the two girls.
"Sorry Lucy, I accidentally dropped your glass." Rei blushed, glancing over at Minako before she turned around to face her girlfriend.
"So that's what all the commotion was." The pink haired girl laughed, walking up to Rei, and taking her glass from her hands. "Oh hey Minako, I didn't see you there. When did you sneak in?"
Minako sighed, wishing she didn't have to deal with Rei's girlfriend. "Just got here actually." The blonde turned around to face her sworn enemy with a fake smile plastered on her face.
"And your first instinct is to go straight to my girlfriend." Lucy mumbled to herself, taking a drink from her glass.
"What?" Minako raised an eyebrow, the girls comment not escaping her ears.
"I said nice dress." Lucy smiled at the blonde.
"Oh, thanks. It's Versace." Minako said absently, looking around for the rest of the group so she could find a reason to get away from the insufferable pink haired girl.
"I think it's pronounced knock off." Lucy laughed and Minako rolled her eyes.
"What the fuck Lucy?" Rei glared at her girlfriend.
"I'm going to go find the others." Minako swept past the two girls, too irritated to deal with either or them.
"Minako." Rei called out after the blonde, but she was already lost in the crowd. "You said you were going to be nice to her." Rei turned her attention back on her girlfriend.
"I said I would try and I guess I failed." Lucy smiled and shrugged her shoulders, taking another drink from her glass.
"Fuck this." Rei chugged her champagne again, setting the glass down on the table, heading off in search for the blonde, but was stopped when Lucy grabbed her arm.
"Rei wait. I'm sorry." Lucy frowned, looking at Rei with pleading eyes.
"It's not me you need to apologize to." Rei glared at her girlfriend.
"I'll say sorry to her when I see her again okay? I promise." Lucy stepped closer to the pissed off archer. "I don't want to fight babe." She leaned in, pressing her lips against Rei's who once again felt her heart sink at the feeling of her lips against her own instead of Minako's.
"Minako-chan!" Came Usagi's voice when she saw her friend walking through the crowd of masked people. The princess ran up to her friend, hugging her. "I was afraid you wouldn't come."
"You know me" Minako laughed a little and smiled, pulling away from Usagi. "Always arriving fashionably late." Minako looked over her friend's shoulder and her heart dropped when she saw Lucy's claws in Rei, kissing her the way she wished she could. When they pulled apart Rei's eyes found Minako's and for a moment time stopped and Minako could swear she could hear her heart breaking. She broke eye contact, turning around, and chugging the rest of her drink. "I need another."
"Already?" Makoto raised an eyebrow.
"Minako-chan you're going to get drunk if you don't slow down." Usagi chided.
"That's the goal." Minako smiled, walking past her friends, and heading the opposite way of Lucy and Rei heading her direction.
"Where is she going?" Rei got on her tiptoes, trying to look over the crowd of people.
"To get another drink." Ami answered, looking over her shoulder after her commander with a worried look on her face.
"Is she okay?" Rei looked to her friends for answers.
"I'm sure she's fine Reiko. She's a big girl, she can take care of herself." Lucy rolled her eyes, taking a drink from her glass when her phone started going off. "Shit, it's my manger. I have to take this. Will you hold onto my glass for me?" Rei opened her mouth to say something, but Lucy shoved her glass in her girlfriend's hand before she could reply. "Thanks, you're a doll."
"What's her deal?" Makoto looked after the retreating form of Lucy.
"She's being -" Usagi started.
"A bitch." Rei finished, glaring after Lucy.
"Trouble in paradise?" Makoto drank from her glass.
"She's picking on Minako and we've been fighting a lot." Rei sighed, handing a man with a silver platter walking by Lucy's drink. "I don't know what to do."
"Yeah, I kind of noticed that. What does she have against Minako?" Ami asked curiously.
"She . . . thinks Minako wants me and that . . . I want her." Rei bit her lower lip.
"Well don't you?" Usagi raised an eyebrow.
"What!? No . . . I mean . . . it's confusing." Rei knit her brow, shaking her head.
"Well you need to get your head on straight and figure out what it is you want." Makoto shrugged her shoulders.
"Don't you think I know that already." Rei shot back in a snippy tone, chugging down the rest of her drink, and walking off.
"They'll figure it out eventually." Usagi smiled.
This is the end
Hold your breath and count to ten
Feel the earth move and then
Hear my heart burst again
For this is the end
I've drowned and dreamt this moment
So overdue I owe them
Swept away, I'm stolen
While the three friends hung out Rei looked around for a hint of blonde hair, pushing through the crowd. When she cleared through all of the people she looked around to find Minako on the opposite side of the room. The blonde's back was to her at first, drinking down another glass of champagne, only turning around once the glass was emptied and she felt a pair of eyes burning a hole in the back of her head. Their eyes locked and they slowly walked the opposite way of each other never once breaking their gaze, doing a dance they've been doing for hundreds of years; a dance they were well versed at.
Rei started to lose all sense of where she was, people blurred together, the music played softly in the background, and all she could see was Minako. There was a hint of sadness and longing in those blue eyes that usually shined so bright, but right now they were like a storm in the middle of the ocean. Rei felt herself inexplicably drawn to the blonde, unsure if she was in the past or present, walking in a fog. Minako was the first to look away, unable to bear the miko's intense stare scrutinizing her every move as she headed to a door marked stairwell.
Watching Minako turn her back on her caused panic to suddenly rise in Rei's chest, her heart pounding as Minako disappeared behind the door. Rei started to desperately push through the crowd that acted as a blockade keeping her from the blonde, unsure as to why she was chasing her. She pushed and shoved until she made her way out again, making a beeline for the door.
When Rei burst through the door she found Minako sitting in the dark stairwell with her head in her hands, only looking up when she heard the door open. Tears looked like they were threatening to fall from her eyes, her mask barely hiding the pain she held.
"Rei? What are you-"
Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all together
Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all together
At skyfall
That skyfall
Before Minako could finish Rei took the last few steps towards the blonde, leaning down and grabbing her face in her hands as she crashed her lips against Minako's in a desperate kiss ignoring all sense of reason. Minako didn't kiss back at first due to shock, but was quick to respond as she wrapped her arms around Rei's neck, standing up and pulling Rei closer to her as she buried her hands in Rei's dark locks. Rei kissed down to Minako's neck, sucking on the skin as she slid one hand up her arm, pulling the strap down so it was hanging off of Minako's shoulder.
"Reiko." Minako let out a satisfied sigh as the miko kissed down to her shoulder, biting it lightly as Minako ran her hands down Rei's back. 'This feels even better than the flashbacks.' Minako thought to herself as Rei kissed her way back up to her neck, kissing underneath the blonde's jaw before capturing her lips in another searing kiss.
Skyfall is where we start
A thousand miles and poles apart
Where worlds collide and days are dark
You may have my number, you can take my name
But you'll never have my heart
Rei slowly backed Minako up against a wall, her blonde hair already getting messy as she ran her tongue along Rei's lower lip, begging for entrance that Rei was all too happy to grant. Their tongues battled as Minako wrapped one leg around her Martian, spurring Rei to run her hand up her outer thigh, hiking up her dress almost to the blonde's hips. Rei ran her hand up under Minako's dress, gripping her hip tightly, and pulling her lover closer to her as her heart pounded in her chest almost as if it was trying to rip itself from her body to be closer to Minako.
Let the sky fall (let the sky fall)
When it crumbles (when it crumbles)
We will stand tall (we will stand tall)
Face it all together
Let the sky fall (let the sky fall)
When it crumbles (when it crumbles)
We will stand tall (we will stand tall)
Face it all together
At skyfall
Minako dropped her leg, suddenly spinning the two around, and slamming Rei against the wall, pinning the miko's hands above her head as she kissed down to Rei's neck. Rei let out a soft moan, not even daring to fight against the blonde biting her neck; she was Minako's willing victim and Minako was her sweet torturer who always found a way to make her bend to her will in the most amazing ways. Minako slowly released her grip of Rei's hands, sliding her hands down her arms until they rested on the sides of the miko's neck, pulling her into a deeper kiss.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll be there. I know it's important."
Rei suddenly jumped away from Minako with wide eyes when she heard Lucy's voice approaching from a couple flights up; the pink haired girl's voice seemed to snap her back into reality. She looked up the stairs then at Minako, trying to make a decision, but upon hearing the clicking of Lucy's heals getting closer she made a snap decision, running out the door, grabbing two drinks, and running back to her friends, leaving Minako alone and confused.
"Hey Minako." Lucy smiled her wolfish smile at the blonde who looked completely lost.
"Oh . . . hey Lucy." Minako looked off to the side, pushing her strap back up to its rightful place.
"Why are you creeping around in the stairwell?" The pink haired girl raised an eyebrow.
"I just needed to . . . get away." Minako's blue eyes drifted to the ground.
"Ooookay then . . . well I'm going to go find Rei. You have fun." Lucy smiled cockily as she strode out of the stairwell.
"Where did you disappear to?" Makoto raised an eyebrow at Rei as she approached the group quickly looking completely disheveled with two drinks in her hand.
"I . . . well . . ." Rei took a drink from her glass, trying to shove down the guilt of leaving Minako like that. 'Why did I do that? Why the fuck did I do that? I should have just left her alone, but I . . . I couldn't. I can't. I have to though. I'm with Lucy, but Minako . . . fuck Minako . . . I'm so sorry.' Rei thought to herself as she glanced over at the door, desperately wanting to return to the blonde and apologize or explain herself.
"Oh good, you got me another drink." Lucy smiled, taking the glass from her girlfriend.
"Yeah . . ." Rei replied with her eyes still fixed on the door.
"Is everything alright Rei?" Ami asked with a concerned look in her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah." Rei snapped her head back to the group, putting on a fake smile, trying to hide her blush and her sinking heart. "I just think I've had too much to drink."
When the door closed behind Lucy Minako pushed her back against the wall, slinking down to the ground, and putting her head back in her hands, tears running freely down her face now. 'What the fuck was that? She follows me in here and then she just randomly makes out with me. Then her stupid ass girlfriend came along so she ran off. Why would she come in here and-" Minako's thoughts were cut short when she heard screaming and things crashing to the ground. Her instincts took over as she stood up quickly, quietly opening the door a crack to see a bunch of youma attacking the people at the party and her friends stuck in their civilian forms. "Shit . . ." She quietly cursed to herself, closing the door and quickly transforming before things could get worse.
Once she transformed she ran out to see Makoto and Ami protecting Usagi who was cowering under a table while Rei was fighting off a youma trying to protect Lucy.
"You need to get out of here." Rei said as she ducked, barely avoiding the youma's angry claws.
"I'm not leaving without you Rei!" Lucy cried out.
"I'll be okay. Just go!" Rei dodge rolled, popping up and punching the youma hard in the ribs with her left hand, sending a right hook immediately after, connecting with the youma's face, causing it to go stumbling back.
"I love you Rei." Lucy grabbed Rei, kissing her.
Venus watched the display and something inside of her finally snapped as she formed her Venus love me chain in her hand, sending it flying in Rei's direction.
Rei's head snapped away from Lucy when she heard a loud screech, the youma she had been fighting went to swipe at her back, but was stopped by a familiar gold chain wrapped around it's neck, yanking it backwards. It turned towards its assailant to see a very pissed off senshi of love grabbing a champagne glass, breaking it on a table so all that was left was a very sharp glass stem. The blonde ran at the youma, letting out a loud battle cry as she jumped on it, stabbing it in the neck over and over again before it could even retaliate. Blood came spurting out of the wound every time she stabbed into its neck, causing it to splatter all over her face and body. When the monster stopped moving she slowly looked up, locking eyes with Rei as she stood up completely covered in blood and a murderous look in her eyes.
"Go!" Rei yelled at Lucy, pushing her towards the exit as she picked up a fallen knife and ran full speed at Minako.
'Is she going to attack me?' Minako thought to herself perplexed, getting herself in a battle stance.
"Duck!"
Minako quickly followed her command, dropping to the ground as a monster swiped at her from behind and Mars jumped over her, tackling the youma to the ground, and stabbing it in the front of it's skull once she had it on the ground. When Minako popped back up and turned around there was already another monster running at Rei from the side as she tried to free her knife from the fallen youma's head. As the enraged monster lunged at the fire senshi Venus picked up her sharp glass stem again, throwing it as hard and as fast as she could in its direction. The glass found its home in the monster's eye, driving through to the monster's brain as it came crashing down onto the floor mere inches away from Rei as she finally freed her knife.
"Venus!" While Minako was busy trying to protect Rei another youma had formed behind her. Rei ran to the blonde, shoving her out of the way, grabbing the monster's arm while it was mid-swing to try to stop it, but its momentum was too great and sent Rei's knife, her only defense, crashing onto the ground. Rei struggled hard against the monster, using all of her strength to hold it's arms back as it let out a loud yell in her face. Before Rei knew what was happening the monster headbutted her hard once, causing her to lose her balance, and then one more time even harder sending her stumbling back before it picked her up and threw her at a table, leaving her sprawled out on the floor with a bloody forehead and blurry vision.
Rei tried to get up from the ground, pushing up with her arms, but her muscles protested, sending her right back onto her face. The monster was stalking up to her, it's claws sharp and ready for the kill when it stopped in it's tracks, letting out a loud yell. Minako had picked up Rei's knife and stabbed it in the back at least five times and when it turned around to swipe at her she ducked, popping back up, and slicing it's throat in one swift movement.
"You need to transform! All of you! I'll hold them off!" Minako commanded, forming her love me chain as three more monsters came after her.
"Venus, I'm sor- Rei started to try to apologize, slowly standing up.
"There no time for that right now! Go!" Minako yelled, ignoring Rei's apology, spurring the four girls into action as they ran into the stairwell to transform, ensuring their identities would be safe. "Now . . . who wants to die first?" Venus smirked, eyeing her enemies up and down.
A new youma came forward that looked different from the rest; instead of being completely black it had streaks of light blue along its whole body and it's eyes were a whitish blue. It didn't say a word, it just slowly lifted its claw and pointed in Venus' direction. Venus furrowed her brow as an uneasy feeling took over her whole body and sharp spikes of ice starting shooting up from the ground towards her. Minako quickly jumped out of the way as a spike meant for her came bursting up from where her feet were supposed to be, sending her love me chain flying in the ice youma's direction. To her dismay it caught her chain with it's wrist and flung it's arm to the side, sending her flying into the wall. When she slowly stood up she found the three youma already within a couple feet of her. She raised her arms to give herself some kind of defense, closing her eyes tightly, but opened them when she felt nothing.
Venus opened her eyes to see the tip of Mars' fire sword sticking out through the front of the surprised youma's neck, then looked to her left to see a spear through another youma's chest while Ami and Usagi fought the last youma a couple yards away.
"You didn't think we'd let you have all the fun now did you?" Jupiter smiled over at her commander, pulling her spear out of the monster's chest.
"You guys never let me have any fun." Minako smiled, grateful for her friends good timing.
Looking over her shoulder Mars saw Mercury struggling and quickly formed her fire bow in her hand, sending an arrow flying in the monster's direction as it lifted its claw to swipe Mercury's head clean off. The monster went flying backwards as the arrow struck its mark in the beasts chest, creating a large dent in the ground when it landed onto the floor.
"Looks like the gangs all here!" Came a voice from the stage, causing all five of the girls to snap their heads in the voice's direction.
"Who the Hell are you?" Mars lifted her fire bow, aiming at a man with blue and white hair, a headset resting on his neck, and casual attire on.
"Ah ah ah, I wouldn't do that if I were you." He shook his finger at Rei as the ice youma came to stand in front of him protectively.
"It's the Dj." Ami furrowed her brow confused.
"So you noticed me eh?" He smiled. "I'm so glad I got all of you girls here together. He said I would be rewarded handsomely for your capture, but I think he'll be even happier with your heads don't you?"
"Fuck you." Venus glared at the smirking Dj.
"I like your spirit." He pointed at Venus, too upbeat and happy for their liking. "How bout we get this party started ladies?"
"Wha-" Usagi started, but before any of them could do anything a big portal appeared, sucking all of the girls in, and sending them falling until they crashed onto the ground.
Mars was the first to stand up to see they were on a brightly colored dance floor that seemed to be hovering in the abyss. She stepped up to the edge to see there was nothing but darkness beneath them and only a stairway at the end of the platform leading to another dance floor.
"Where in the fuck did he - -" Venus started as she stood up, but stopped when she heard the music come from all around them and the floor start to jump up and down sporadically making it quite difficult to not fall off the edge.
"Round one! Fight or die!" Came the man's voice they had all already grown to hate. "Oh . . . and watch your step."
Welcome to the end of eras
Ice has melted back to life
Done my time and served my sentence
Dress me up and watch me die
If it feels good, tastes good
It must be mine
Dynasty decapitated
You just might see a ghost tonight
And if you don't know, now you know
"Fucking shit." Mars cursed under her breath as monsters surrounded the five girls who went back to back in the center of the stage. The fire senshi formed her fire sword in her hands as one of the monsters sprinted in her direction, ducking when it reached her so it could be greeted with Jupiter's spear to its throat. Mars rolled out from beneath the youma as Venus formed her love me chain, throwing it, and wrapping it around one of the monsters ankles. She yanked hard, sending it flying into the air only for it to be greeted with Mar's fire sword going through the top of it's chest, sending it crashing onto the ground.
I'm taking back the crown
I'm all dressed up and naked
I see what's mine and take it
(Finders keepers, losers weepers)
Oh, yeah
The crown...
So close I can taste it
I see what's mine and take it
(Finders keepers, losers weepers)
Oh, yeah
When Mars looked up, pulling her sword free another monster came running at her, but she was quick to dodge, sending the monster tumbling into the abyss while Makoto sent a bolt of lightning straight into the chest of another youma. The youma convulsed on the ground as the electricity ran up and down its body while Ami ran and jumped over the youma, punching another one so hard it stumbled off of the edge.
"Mars!" Venus yelled as another youma appeared swiping her from the side.
The raven haired girl reacted quickly, bending backwards as it's claw barely missed her, landing backwards with one hand on the ground. Minako held out her hand, pulling Mars up with her free hand, pulling her away before it's other claw smashed into the ground where the miko's chest should have been. The monster let out an angry yell, turning around to chase it's prey only to be met with a spear through it's head, crumbling to the ground when Makoto pulled it back out. The girls went back to back again, looking around uneasily seeing all of the monsters were all gone, waiting for more to form, but were startled when the floor started falling apart piece by piece.
"Run!" Venus yelled as all of the girls booked it for the stairs, the abyss getting closer and closer to them as pieces of the platform kept falling off. Usagi was the last to make it to the stairs, starting to fall off of the edge when Mars grabbed her shirt quickly, pulling her towards her to safety.
"And that is why you do the cardio training." Mars glared at the princess as they all ran up the stairs to the second platform.
"Looks like you made it to round two! Try not to slip and fall!" The Dj laughed as the ice youma made his appearance again with little flying youma popping up around the platform.
Sycophants on velvet sofas
Lavish mansions, vintage wine
I am so much more than royal
Snatch your chain and mace your eyes
If it feels good, tastes good
It must be mine
Heroes always get remembered
But you know legends never die
And if you don't know, now you know
Mars quickly formed her fire bow, shooting down one of the youma flying around shooting at the girls while the rest of the group busied themselves with the ice monster. The big beast slammed it's fist on the floor, covering most of the platform in ice as the girls tried to go running at it only to find themselves slipping everywhere now.
"Shit! What now!?" Jupiter looked over to Venus.
"You die." The monster replied in a deep voice for the commander.
"Fuck off!" Venus yelled back, sending her love me chain flying at the monster while Jupiter sent lightning in the direction of one of the flying beasts. The ice youma laughed, knocking her chain to the side and sent icicles flying in the blonde's direction. Venus scurried to get out of the way, slipping on the ice, barely making it out of the way in time, and accidentally crashing into Mars. The fire senshi fell back as she was shooting another arrow at one of the last flying youma, missing her target, and crashing onto the cold ground. It only took that moment to give the flying youma the opportunity to shoot it's arrow, sending it through Rei's arm, causing the Martian to hiss in pain.
I'm taking back the crown
I'm all dressed up and naked
I see what's mine and take it
(Finders keepers, losers weepers)
Oh, yeah
The crown
So close I can taste it
I see what's mine and take it
(Finders keepers, losers weepers)
Oh, yeah
"Mars!" Venus cried out, sending her chain flying at the youma, and wrapping it around its neck. With one pull the youma's head was separated from it's body, sending it falling into the dark abyss. "Are you ok?" Venus looked worriedly at the raven haired girl.
"I'm fine. Thanks." Mars smiled as she slowly stood up, pulling the arrow from her arm with one hard tug.
"A little help here!?" Makoto yelled over her shoulder as the three girls desperately tried to dodge the ice youma's attacks.
Mars and Venus went to run and help their friends when the ice youma slammed it's fist on the ground again, creating a wall separating Venus from the rest of the group.
"Shit!" Venus slammed her fists into the wall, not even making a dent.
"Stand back!" Mars ducked, dodging an icicle sent flying her way. The fire senshi closed her eyes, fire forming around her fist as she went to punch the wall, but was sent flying back when the ice youma came and backhanded her, sending her sliding to the edge of the platform.
"Fuck!" Makoto, Ami, and Usagi ran to the edge of the platform as Rei started to slowly slide off. Ami and Usagi grabbed the miko's hands, pulling her away from the edge while Makoto stayed in her fighting stance protecting her friends.
The youma looked over to the four girls, almost smiling as it disappeared and reappeared on the opposite side of the ice leaving Venus by herself. The blonde lifted her hand to punch it, but the youma grabbed her fist with one hand, using it's other to wrap around her throat, and lift her up off of the ground.
"Venus!" Makoto ran at the ice wall, trying to break it with her spear, but it simply just got caught in the ice.
Minako desperately kicked at the air, gripping the ice youma's claw to try to loosen it's grip, gasping for air, but found no release. Her blue eyes got wider as ice started creeping up her neck originating from the monster's hand, sending chills up and down her spine, making it even harder for her to breath as the ice made its way to her jawline.
"Move!" Mars commanded, pushing Makoto to the side as fire formed around her first, a new fury burning in her heart as she crashed her fist into the ice wall, shattering it, and sending the shards falling to the ground. The monster looked to the side at the loud sound, letting out a shrill scream as Mars' fire sword ripped through it's arm, dismembering it from it's body while Minako crashed to the ground, the ice disappearing from her neck as she gasped for air. The monster went to smash its fist down onto the Venusian, but Mars was quicker, grabbing Venus' hand and pulling her into her arms.
The monster jumped back, holding it's stub where it's arm used to be with it's claw, glaring at the raven haired girl. "You guys distract the youma." Mars said quietly to Makoto, Ami, and Usagi. "And I need your love me chain." Mars looked at Venus, quickly letting her go and blushing when she realized she had been holding the blonde a little longer than necessary.
"What are you going to-" Venus started.
"Just trust me." Mars smiled as Venus handed one end of her love me chain to Mars. "Step on that patch with no ice and just hold this end. Don't let go."
"I won't." Venus said softly, looking into Mars' eyes.
"Oi! You! Yeah, you!" Usagi yelled at the ice youma. "You missed!" The beast reared it's head over to the small blonde, glaring at the three girls as it started charging up a big icicle. Sweat formed on Usagi's head seeing how annoyed the beast looked, starting to scramble to get away. "Shitshitshitshit."
Mortal kings are ruling castles
Welcome to my world of fun
Liars settle into sockets
Flip the switch and watch them run
Oh, yeah, oh
(Finders keepers, losers weepers)
I'm taking back, back, taking back, back
The crown
I'm all dressed up and naked
I see what's mine and take it
(Finders keepers, losers weepers)
Oh, yeah
The crown
So close I can taste it
I see what's mine and take it
(Finders keepers, losers weepers)
Oh, yeah
(Finders keepers, losers weepers)
(Finders keepers, losers weepers)
With the ice youma distracted Mars wrapped Venus' love me chain around her wrist, ignoring the burning on her arm as she tied it. The miko let out a slow breath, forming her fire bow in her hand, and pulling the string back. She aimed low, confusing all of the girls around her, but she had no time to explain her plan; she had one chance and that was it. Mars released the arrow and ran full speed at the beast, dropping and sliding on her back when she got to the ice, forming her fire sword in her hand. The arrow met her target before she did, flying through the ice youma's leg like it was made of butter, causing the monster to fall to its knees in pain. Mars held her sword up, waiting for the perfect moment to strike, sliding quickly towards the monster, and once she was beneath the beast she slid between it's legs and swung her sword hard, sending the fire blade slicing through its neck, decapitating it, but with her momentum she went sliding off of the platform.
Mars held on tightly to the chain, praying to all of the gods that Venus wouldn't let go no matter how mad she might be at her right now. The raven haired girl closed her eyes as she fell for a good couple of seconds until she felt the slack in the chain tighten up and she stopped, hanging mid air over the edge. Mars let out a sigh of relief as Venus started pulling her back up, grabbing the edge of the platform.
"You stupid insolent fucking girls! Do you think you can escape him!?" The Dj made his appearance, sure that Mars was gone, but failed to hear the raven haired girl pulling herself up behind him. "Looks like I'm going to have to handle round 3." He cracked his neck to the side, getting in his fighting stance when a fire sword suddenly emerged through the front of his chest.
"You should have thrown in the towel when you had the chance." Mars growled in his ear, pulling her sword out from his back, sending the demonic Dj falling to his knees with an empty expression in his eyes. Moments later the room flickered and they were suddenly back to where the masquerade had been held.
"What in the fuck was that!?" Makoto slumped down to a sitting position, breathing hard.
Venus' love me chain disappeared as she caught her breath, looking over at the others. "An ambush."
AN: Well there it is folks :D I hope you liked it and pretty please leave me your feedback that I always love to read :)