AN: Hey there! I bet you thought I forgot about this story, but I most definitely did not. Between working three jobs, recording my album, filming and editing my fiance's skate video oh and planning our wedding I have had little to no time to write anything :( I wanted to post something letting people know I haven't given up on this fic and I'm going to see it through until the end, but I don't think there's anything more annoying than someone updating their fic just to say 'hey i'm going on hiatus for a while.' What a tease! Anyways I hope I still have some followers with the story and I hope you enjoy the new chapter. I'm just glad to have finally gotten to write something and put it up :)
Chapter 13: You Shouldn't Keep Your Girlfriend Waiting
"An ambush!?" Usagi cried out as she transformed back into her civilian form. "You mean . . ."
"Someone knows our real identities." Minako pinched the bridge of her nose as an uneasy feeling spread throughout the group.
"That can't be possible." Makoto slumped down onto a chair, her mouth slightly agape.
"The DJ said 'he' would reward him for our capture . . . Whoever 'he' is he must know who we really are." Ami frowned. "But how?"
"Any ideas Rei-chan?" Usagi looked to her raven haired guardian for answers.
"No." A scowl was set on the miko's face as she ripped off a piece of cloth from a table, wrapping it tightly around her arm to stop the bleeding, her mind elsewhere.
"Great, not even our psychic has a clue." Usagi cried.
"I'm not a psychic!" Rei glared over at the princess.
"We need to be extremely careful from here on out. Since he knows who we are he could attack at any moment, especially if we're in a situation where we can't transform. We got lucky this time." Minako sighed, pacing the floor.
"And he's not the only one we have to worry about. It seems he has other youma doing his bidding, but why? Youma are selfish by nature and you seldom see them work together like this. I don't understand." Ami looked around at the destruction caused by the monsters in the ballroom when her eyes landed on Rei's arm bleeding through the cloth. "Rei-chan, you should really get that checked out." Ami frowned, walking over to her comrade.
"I'll be fine." Rei said softly, still wracked with guilt as she pulled her arm from Ami's grasp. "And it's not like I can just walk into a hospital and say 'hey, I'm Sailor Mars and I got into a bit of a scuffle with some youma which lead me to getting shot through the arm with some type of demon arrow. Fix me." Ami gave Rei a look that made her feel even worse for making her friend worry. "I'll stitch it up when I get home okay?"
"Maybe Lucy can help." Minako smiled fakely, breezing past Rei, heading for the front door.
"What in the world is going on now?" Makoto sighed, feeling the tension between the two girls.
Rei didn't explain to the group as she went after the blonde, her heart dropping at her suggestion. "Minako! Wait up!" Rei caught Minako about to turn a corner outside.
"What is it Rei?" Minako sighed, turning around to come face to face with the miko, too angry and upset to think straight.
"I just wanted to explain . . ."
"Reiko! There you are!" Came the last voice Minako wanted to hear right now.
"I think that right there perfectly sums everything up." Minako rolled her eyes, turning back around to leave.
"Minako . . ." Rei grabbed the blonde's hand to gain her attention.
"I was so worried about you!" Lucy started walking towards Rei, seeing her try to talk to her sworn enemy.
"You shouldn't keep your girlfriend waiting." The blonde bit out bitterly, pulling her hand from Rei's grasp, and disappearing around the corner.
"I was so scared I was going to lose you." Lucy pulled Rei into a tight hug the second she reached her girlfriend.
"Why didn't you get out of here like I told you to?" The fire senshi frowned, pulling away. "It's unsafe."
"I couldn't just leave knowing you were in there with those things. If something happened to you I would never forgive myself." Lucy eye's filled up with tears which only seemed to annoy the fire senshi.
"Well I'm fine so no need to worry." Rei crossed her arms, looking over her shoulder as if she was expecting Minako to pop back up.
"Rei you're bleeding!" Lucy gasped when she saw blood leaking through her girlfriend's bandaged arm, grabbing it to get a better look.
"I told you I'm fine." Rei sighed, pulling her arm from Lucy's grasp. "It's just a little cut."
"A little cut wouldn't bleed like that Reiko!" Lucy grabbed the fire senshi's arm again, trying to lift up the makeshift bandage to see the damage that had been done.
"Lucy stop!" Rei pulled arm back a little more forcefully then she meant to.
"What is your deal!?" Lucy yelled, feeling beyond frustrated with her girlfriend. "I'm just worried about you and you keep acting like i'm a nuisance!"
Rei felt a new wave of guilt hit her at the hurt tone in Lucy's voice, suddenly remembering that Minako wasn't the only one she was hurting with her indecisive behavior. 'Fuck . . . I cheated on her and now I'm acting horribly.' "I'm sorry Lucy." Rei pulled her girlfriend into a hug, feeling guilty on so many different levels. "I didn't mean to snap at you. It has just been a crazy long night."
"Well let's head back to your place and I'll take extra . . ." A devious smile formed on the pink haired girl's face as she started to kiss Rei's neck. "Special . . ." She kissed up to Rei's jawline. "Good care of you." Lucy whispered the last part into the miko's ear, biting down on her earlobe to emphasize her point.
Rei couldn't help herself from flinching away from her girlfriend's actions. "That sounds great Lucy, but . . ." Rei took a step back from Lucy, looking down at the ground. "I'm just not feeling up to it."
"Are you serious?" Lucy crossed her arms, getting pissed off all over again. She obviously wasn't used to rejection.
"I'm just really tired and I need to take care of my arm . . ." Rei kept her eyes focused downward, trying to avoid Lucy's angry glare at all costs.
"Well I'll help you then."
"I think I need to be alone tonight." The miko replied softly.
"With Minako?"
"What?" Rei's head snapped up at the mention of the blonde, her eyes wide.
"I saw you two." Lucy narrowed her eyes.
"You saw what?" Rei gulped, swallowing the lump in her throat. 'She can't possibly know. She didn't see us in the stairwell . . . did she?'
"I saw you chasing after her out here. You seem to always be chasing after her or vice versa when it's me you should be worried about."
"I-" Rei felt her cheeks heat up, completely flustered.
"Don't even try to deny it. What was she still doing here anyway? Did you stay just to protect HER?" Lucy was once again working herself up, thinking about her girlfriend putting her life at risk for the blonde.
"Lucy-" Rei tried to calm her increasingly pissed off girlfriend.
"Is that how you got that wound!?" Lucy pointed at the bandage that was getting bloodier and bloodier by the moment.
"What? No." Rei felt as if she was being backed into a corner. 'She is way too perceptive.' "I got cut by some broken glass. I didn't see Minako until those things disappeared. I was just chasing after her to make sure she was okay."
"Of course. God forbid if something happened to your precious Minako." Lucy rolled her eyes.
"My precious Minako? What the Hell are you talking about!?" Rei threw up her arms, her frustration starting to outweigh the guilt.
"The same thing we've been talking and arguing about since we got together." The pink haired girl replied coldly.
"Lucy, I think it's been a long night for both of us and we should stop here before we say things we don't mean." Rei sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Fuck off Rei." Lucy stormed past her girlfriend, heading home.
"Gladly." Rei mumbled under her breath, heading in the opposite direction to her place.
By the time the miko was climbing the Hikawa Shrine stairs all of her anger dissipated, replaced with the heavy feeling of guilt weighing her down, making each step she took difficult. 'Not only is Minako pissed off at me, but so is Lucy and she doesn't even know what happened. She has a right to be angry with me . . . they both do.' Rei walked into her bathroom, looking at herself in the mirror with a blank expression, unable to comprehend the person she had become. 'I never thought I would become the type of person that strings along two different people . . .'
Rei sighed, opening her cabinet to pull out hydrogen peroxide, a thread, and a needle. Slowly and carefully Rei removed the cloth wrapped around her wound, frowning when she saw a steady little flow of blood still coming out. She cleaned off her hands before she grabbed a clean cloth, dampening it with water, and wiping down her arm to clean the wound, flinching when she touched particularly sensitive spots.
"This is the fun part." Rei mumbled sarcastically to herself, already dreading using the hydrogen peroxide and needle. The miko let out a deep breath as she grabbed the dreaded disinfectant, trying to mentally prepare herself for the pain about to come as she twisted off the top. Before she could let herself think on it too much Rei quickly poured the liquid onto her wound. "Fucking shit!" Rei dropped the bottle from the intense stinging sensation that hurt so bad it almost felt as if her arm was going numb from the immense pain.
The pyro sat down on the toilet seat, closing her eyes tightly, willing the pain to stop. When she could no longer feel her heartbeat in her arm Rei slowly opened her eyes, letting out a relieved breath as she leaned down to pick up the bottle that was currently spilling its contents all over the bathroom floor. "Great." Rei sighed, looking at the mess she made. "Guess I'll have to clean that up when I'm done. You seldom see karma act so swiftly."
Turning her attention back to sewing up her wound Rei grabbed the needle, threading it carefully, and letting out another long breath. "I really should have gone to the hospital. At least they would have given me something for the pain." The miko grumbled to herself, pushing the needle through her skin, and threading it back together. Rei took her time sewing herself shut, flinching every time she had to carefully push the needle through her skin, and once she was finished she leaned over and grabbed the loose thread with her teeth, pulling and breaking it free from the needle.
"Thank God that's over." Rei let out a relieved breath as she grabbed fresh gauze to wrap around her wound before she grabbed some paper towels to clean up her mess. By the time she was done with everything she looked at the clock and saw it was 3 am. "Guess it's too late to meditate now." The raven haired girl sighed as she sulked into her bedroom, settling down in her sheets, and falling into a fitful sleep.
Flashback
Mars walked at a brisk pace down the halls of the palace, she rarely overslept, and it was even more rare for her to be late to things. 'Venus is going to kill me if I'm late to this meeting.' The raven haired girl slipped through the door where Venus called their meeting only to see a guard standing a little too close to Venus for her liking. For a moment she silently stood there watching as the light haired man leaned in close to her commander while she seemed to be leaning over a map on the desk, pointing at certain sections as she spoke in a low voice. The man stepped even closer to Venus, almost pressing himself against her as he said something so quietly she couldn't hear him to which Venus laughed and stepped back, playfully slapping his arm. Mars felt her insides start to boil, gripping her hands in a tight fist as Venus smiled and flipped her golden locks while his dark eyes roamed the blonde's body, undressing her with his eyes. 'He's flirting with her! And she's-'
"Hey Mars! It's about time you showed up!" Jupiter smiled and stood up from her chair next to Mercury's once she noticed the pyro's presence.
"Thank you for your report. Keep up the good work and make sure to keep checking in with me regularly." Venus smiled at the guard.
"I surely will. I'll see you around." The guard replied with a greasy smile, winking at Venus before he headed for the door Mars was still currently standing in front of, eyeing the soldier up and down. When he reached his exit he stopped in his steps, his smile faltering when he saw the smoldering gaze Mars was giving him, her jaw clenched tight, and her lips in a straight line. "I'm sorry, but I uh . . " He stuttered nervously under the scrutinizing gaze of the Martian who seemed like she was about to kill him where he stood.
"Oh I'm sorry. Am I in your way?" The corner of Mars' mouth only slightly moved up into the smallest of smiles seeing the man squirm under her cold gaze.
"Well, not really, b-but . . ."
"Here, I'll show you out." Mars smiled a fake sweet smile, opening the door for the guard, and promptly closing it behind him.
"You're late." Venus frowned, crossing her arms.
"I'm sorry. I lost track of time." Mars turned her attention back to the blonde as she headed to the table, taking her seat next to the Venusian.
"That's your excuse?" Venus raised an eyebrow, sitting down next to the raven haired girl.
"I didn't-" Mars started.
"Don't let it happen again." Venus snapped, causing Jupiter and Mercury to fidget uneasily.
"I won't." Mars replied, feeling her cheeks heat up.
"Well now that everyone is here . . ." Venus sent another pointed look in Mars' direction. "We just need to go over patrolling. Has anything seemed out of the ordinary?"
"No." Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter replied in unison.
"Good, the guards said the same and I haven't seen anything myself which I'm hoping is a good thing. On to the next order of business; the teleportation pads are almost finished with construction. If there is ever an issue on any of our allied planets we will be the first to head to the pad in the garden. We will be the first line of defense. Does anyone have any questions so far?" Venus looked around at everyone shaking their heads no. "Alright and last but not least patrol duty this week will be changed up once again. Since you were late . . ." The blonde looked over to Mars. "You will be taking the long patrol shift today. Once the meeting is dismissed your patrol will begin immediately and go until 0800."
"My patrol will be twelve hours?" Mars' eyebrow twitched.
"Yes. I think it's suitable punishment. I'll go easy on you this time, but next time . . ." Mars felt Venus' hand start sliding up her thigh under the table. "You will receive a more severe punishment." The Martian tried to hide her blush as Venus squeezed her thigh feeling both turned on and angry at the blonde.
"Alright." Mars pushed the blonde's hand off of her thigh, letting her anger outweigh her hormones, ignoring the brief questioning look Venus sent her.
"Mercury, you will patrol after Mars." Venus quickly recovered from Mars' rejection. "Jupiter will follow after you and then I will patrol. I think that covers everything for now. We'll have another meeting in a couple of days so we can go over the plan of action in case of an attack on an allied planet. Meeting adjourned."
Mars was the first to stand up, storming towards the door.
"Mars." Venus called out to the raven haired girl before she left.
"Yes?" Mars stood with her back to the Venusian, ready to walk out the door.
"I expect you to meet up with me once your patrol is finished. We have important matters to discuss." Venus tried to make her order sound as official as possible.
"Yes commander." Mars replied curtly before she left to patrol.
"Remind me to never be late and piss you off." Jupiter laughed, standing up, only to receive a glare from her commander. "I'm just joking." Jupiter held up her hands defensively, making a hasty retreat with Mercury out the door.
Mars' patrol was a long one filled with her stomping around the palace grounds, glaring at anyone who dared to look her way, and grumbling under her breath about Venusians. The Martian was so lost in her anger she didn't hear someone approaching her from behind.
"Hey Mars."
Mars jumped, turning around quickly with her sword drawn.
"It's just me." Mercury laughed, holding up her hands.
"Oh, sorry. I was just lost in thought." Mars blushed, sheathing her sword.
"I came to relieve you of your duties." Mercury smiled.
"Is it 0800 already?" Mars looked around confused.
"Yup. I guess time flies when you're raging like that." Mercury started walking with her raven haired friend.
"I wasn't-" The pyro started to explain.
"It's okay Mars." Mercury looked over at Mars. "I may not lose my temper often, but I can understand why you would be upset. Your punishment was a little excessive seeing as you were only a couple of minutes late, but you didn't hear that from me." The blunette smiled.
"Mercury speaking out against her commanding officer. Now that's something I thought I would never see." Mars smiled back, feeling a little of the tension she had been carrying release now that she knew someone as logical as Mercury was on her side.
"Just because I follow orders it doesn't mean I always necessarily agree with them." Mercury looked up at the dark sky filled with stars, enjoying her walk with the Martian she never got much time to talk to.
"Very well put." Mars nodded her head.
"Speaking of the commander . . . aren't you supposed to be meeting up with her to go over some information or something right now?" Mercury raised an eyebrow.
"She can wait." Mars rolled her eyes, not wanting to deal with Venus quite yet.
"Isn't being late what got you into this mess to begin with?" Mercury laughed.
"I suppose." Mars smiled.
"She'll have you patrolling the palace for a whole month by yourself if you keep this up."
"A month? I'm guessing more like a year." Mars laughed with her friend, chatting and joking with her as she patrolled the palace for a while longer with her.
An hour later Mars found herself at Venus' door, sighing as she knocked on the hard wood, entering when she heard a soft 'come in.'
"Well, well, well . . . look who decided to finally show up." Venus smiled when she saw her secret lover enter her room, standing up from her chair at her desk.
"You wanted to see me?" Mars said flatly, avoiding Minako's sultry gaze as the blonde made her way over the pyro.
"Hasn't anyone ever told you that you shouldn't keep your girlfriend waiting?" Venus smiled flirtatiously, loosely wrapping her arms around Mars' neck as she leaned in, pressing her lips against her lovers in a slow deep kiss. Venus pulled away frowning when she felt Mars become unresponsive, still standing stiffly in her doorway. "Is something wrong?"
"I'm sorry. I thought I was speaking with my commander not my girlfriend seeing as I was ordered to be here." Mars glared at the blonde.
"Are you seriously mad about that?" The blonde frowned, stepping back. "You know I can't show you any type of favoritism. If someone finds out about us . . ."
"I'm not asking for favoritism, but people are noticing that you're being harsher with me than anyone else."
"Mars, I -"
"And I'm sure my twelve hour shift conveniently gave you plenty of time to 'go over reports' with that guard." Mars felt her anger and jealousy come to a boiling point having spent the whole day thinking about the blonde's exchange and attitude.
"Wait. What?" Venus knit her eyebrows in confusion, trying to grasp what Mars was really upset about. "What guard?"
"The one whose puddle of drool you were practically drowning in before the meeting started." Mars walked past the blonde, putting her hands on her desk, concentrating on the dark wood to try to calm herself down.
"You mean Markus?" Venus raised an eyebrow, following her girlfriend.
"Yeah. Markus. The one you were flirting with. Or do you flirt with so many guards that you've lost track?" Mars scowled, digging her nails into the wood.
"What!? I wasn't flirting with him! Or any one else for that matter!" Venus felt her anger bubble up in her chest at the Martian's accusation. "Why would you think that?"
"Because it's true!" Mars snapped, turning around to come face to face with a very upset Venusian. "I saw you! I saw how he looked at you and how you laughed and flipped your hair!"
"You're mad because I laughed and flipped my hair!? Since you saw the interaction I'm assuming you also saw me step away from him when he got too close or were you too blinded by jealousy to notice that part!?" Venus got closer to Mars, her voice raising with every word she spoke, her anger rivaling the Martians.
"I did, but -"
"Did you not notice me distancing myself from him politely? Should I have told him 'fuck off, I have a girlfriend and she's standing right there'? I can't just tell someone I'm with you to make them back off of me! Do you think that little of me? Do you really think I would be swayed so easily by some slime ball?"
"No, I just -"
"No, you're done talking." Venus interrupted Mars once again, pushing her hard enough to send her stumbling back onto the edge of the bed. The blonde walked up to her speechless girlfriend, straddling her waist, running her hand up the back of her neck, and gripping her raven locks lightly. "I think you misunderstood me that night." Mars looked up at Venus with questioning eyes, unsure as to where her devious girlfriend was going with this. "When I told you that you're fucking mine . . ." Venus trailed her finger tips from the back of the Martian's neck up to her face, running her thumb slowly across Mars' lower lip to her cheek. "I meant that I'm fucking yours too."
Any response Mars had was gone when Venus leaned in, capturing her lips in a searing kiss and just like that all of her anger was completely abandoned as she ran her hands up the back of Minako's thighs. "All mine?" Mars asked with a smirk as she pulled away for air, grabbing Venus' firm ass, and pulling her impossibly closer to her.
"Mhmmm." Venus practically purred into Mars' ear, biting her earlobe as she arched into her lover. "All yours." Venus slowly kissed down to Mars' jaw. "Every . . ." She kissed down to her neck, sucking on the soft skin. "Last . . ." She bit Mars' neck. "Inch." Venus grabbed one of Mars' other hands, guiding it up under shirt until Mars' hand rested on one of her perfect breasts.
Mars was strong, but she was never strong enough to resist her girlfriend especially when she was being so . . . persuasive. Unable to hold herself back the pyro quickly flipped them over so she was on top of her blonde haired goddess, kissing her deeply while she rubbed her thumb over Venus' nipple and massaging her breast. Venus bit down on Mars' lower lip, tugging down as she ran her hand up and under the back of the Martian's shirt, lightly scratching her way back down to her lower back.
The blonde let out a soft moan when Mars turned her attention to her neck, lifting up the blonde's shirt and exposing her breasts while Venus slipped her hand into the back of Mars' underwear, gripping her ass, and pulling her closer. Venus was about to protest when she felt Mars' mouth leave her neck, but was deeply satisfied when her lover turned her attention onto her breasts, taking her nipple into her mouth, lightly grazing it with her teeth while her other hand massaged her other breast, making sure it got just as much attention.
"Reiko." Venus moaned out her lovers name, arching her back when Mars flicked her tongue just right against her nipple. Mars smiled against her lovers skin, pleased at the sounds she could emit from Venus' perfect lips which began to pout when she pulled away only to rip off the blonde's shirt before taking off her own and throwing both items in random directions.
Unable to stay away for long Mars found her lips pressing against Venus' ribs, kissing down to her tight stomach with her raven strands trailing not far behind her mouth. Soft moans and gasps escaped Venus' lips as Mars trailed her kisses further and further down, until she was kissing the blonde's hip right above the line of of her skirt. Venus' gripped the back of Mars' hair tightly, pushing her hips up, urging her to go further, but Mars denied her request choosing to bite the skin on Venus' hip lightly before pulling away instead.
"Reiko!" Venus pouted, shifting further up the bed, hoping for Mars to get the hint.
"You won't be needing those." Mars smirked, grabbing Venus' panties and skirt at the hem, yanking them down so hard it caused the blonde to giggle and slide back into her original position.
"And you . . ." Venus sat up so she could kiss Mars' stomach, feeling the muscles twitch under her lips as she gripped Mars' skirt and panties in her hands, yanking them down just as hard as Mars did with hers. "definitely won't be needing those."
Mars let out a soft moan as Venus kissed down to below her belly button, dragging her teeth across the skin before reaching her destination.
"Minako." Mars moaned out, her legs going so weak she almost fell over when Venus dipped her tongue into her lover's folds, massaging her tongue against Mars' clit slowly. Hearing her girlfriend moan out her actual name just turned Venus on even more as she gripped Mars' ass firmly in her hands, keeping the raven haired girl in place as she continued her slow tantalizing ministrations.
When Venus felt Mars' legs start to buckle she smirked to herself, giving the raven haired girl one last slow lick before she stood up to meet her questioning dark eyes.
"H-hey!" Mars protested, her breathing was ragged and heavy from the horrible ache between her legs that only Venus could take care of.
"You were late." Venus smiled at her Martian.
"Minako, not this agai-" Venus silenced Mars with a slow deep kiss before pulling away again with a mischievous glint in her blue eyes.
"I told you what would happen if you were late again." Venus suddenly threw her girlfriend onto her bed, crawling on top of her slowly. Venus kissed up Mars' stomach, up to her ribs, and then briefly taking the Martian's nipple into her mouth, flicking her tongue across it before she kissed her way up to Mars' neck until she reached her final destination. "I told you . . ." Venus whispered seductively into her lover's ear as she grabbed a cloth by her bed. "that you would be . . ." The blonde started wrapping the cloth around both of Mars' wrists. "severely . . ." She tied the knot slowly, binding Mars' wrists together above her head. "punished." Venus emphasized the word punished with a hard tug on the cloth, making sure Mars would not escape her tonight.
AN: Well there it is folks. I thought I would throw in a little bit of a lemon to make up for my horribly late update. Oh and do you see that little button down there that says review? It would be awesome if you clicked on it and let me know what you think. I love hearing your guys' feedback :D