AN: I know I'm the worst. Between work, band practice, shows, and wedding bullshit I haven't had much time to write, but I'm happy to announce I finally have gotten the time to write more. I have pretty much the rest of the story planned out so I will be trying to find the time to update more. Hopefully there are people still interested in this story. This whole chapter will be a flashback just because I do so enjoy doing those. Anyways, I hope the wait was worth it and I hope you all like it :)
Chapter 17: Damn the consequences
There was a soft but very deep and powerful drumbeat, and gladness surged up, born from relief and anticipation of what was to come. Mars walked in a daze, feeling herself getting closer to something she couldn't describe and the closer she got, the warmer she became. Then the horns sounded, and it was very close now, only a matter of moments before it came and then everything would begin and happen at last.
As the gladness rose into a melody that climbed until it seemed to come from everywhere Mars felt her feet walking of their own accord towards the warmth and to where the voices promised bliss, filling everything with that joy that was on the way, that overwhelming fulfillment that would lift her into ecstasy. The music crescendoed and she felt as if she was in the belly of the beast, her heart pounding in time with the drumbeat as flames licked at her skin. The drumbeat picked up and so did her heart going faster and faster. She was on the edge about to jump into the unknown that seemed to promise to fulfill all of her deepest wishes and then . . .
Mars took in a deep breath, bolting upright in her bed, her chest still pounding as she wildly looked around her dark room.
"What . . . what was that . . .?" The Martian knit her brow in confusion. 'A dream . . .? A premonition . . .?' The hairs on the back of the raven haired girls neck stood on end, goosebumps running up her skin as she looked around the room with an uneasy feeling settling into her stomach. "Maybe the flames will have answers."
Mars jumped out of bed, quietly walking through the castle as to not cause a disturbance, making a beeline for her mediation room. When she arrived she immediately lit a flame, but jumped back at the heat it brought. Instead of the comfort she was hoping to receive she felt that familiar feeling of joy, but a deeper feeling of dread. She tried to push that thought to the back of her mind as she hesitantly sat down in front of the fire, trying to clear her mind. She took deep even breaths, letting the stress leave her body, pushing out her troubling thoughts. She sat there for a good ten minutes, but furrowed her brow when no images came before her; except for the occasional crackle the flames were uncharacteristically quiet.
Rei let out a few more breaths, determined to figure out what was going on, but still the flames were quiet until . . . a very soft drumbeat started up again. It started quiet, but as it became louder the trumpets started again too. The Martian could feel her pulse picking up and the heat starting to intensify as that feeling of joy started to fill her again. She was getting lost in her trance, she didn't want to ever leave. She felt so happy, relieved, excited. Why should she leave?
"Fuck!" Mars' eyes snapped open and she jumped back, cradling her right hand. She looked at the flames, feeling betrayed. Some time during her trance she had reached her hand into the fire. "W-when . . . why did I . . .?" Mars looked down at the angry red skin.
Panic kicked in and Mars jumped up quickly, frantically kicking sand into the fire before she burned herself again.
Mars speedily left her mediation room, going to lock herself back up in her chambers, but stopped when she came upon her secret lover's room. She stood in front of the blondes door, lifting her fist to knock, letting it hang in the air for a moment before letting out a soft sigh. 'I can't let her see me like this . . .' Rei gently pressed her hand to the door, resting her forehead against the hard wood, closing her eyes. She could feel the blonde's peaceful presence through the thick concrete walls and that alone brought her comfort and slowed her heartbeat back down to normal.
"Rei-chan?"
The dark haired girl quickly jumped away from the blonde's door, a deep blush burning on her face.
"A-Asuna . . .? What are you doing here?" Mars rubbed the back of her head.
"I'm on patrol . . . what are you doing here?" The orange haired girl raised one eyebrow, taking in Mars' disheveled appearance.
"I was um . . ." Mars dropped her hand, looking for a good excuse.
"Rei-chan! Your hand!" Asuna closed the distance between the two, taking the Martian's hand in her own.
"It's nothing." Mars looked off to the side.
"It sure doesn't look like nothing." Asuna leaned down, further inspecting Rei's wound. "What happened?"
"I burned myself while meditating. It happens." Mars tried to give Asuna a reassuring smile.
"Oh Rei-chan. What am I going to do with you?" Asuna sighed, looking up from Mars' burnt hand and into her amethyst eyes.
Another type of uneasy feeling settled into the pit of Mars' stomach as Asuna eyes flickered down to her lips. "A-Asuna? What are you doing?" Mars stumbled over her words, beyond uncomfortable.
Asuna just smiled, leaning in as Mars tried to lean back.
"What is going on here?" Minako's door suddenly opened. "Rei?" The blonde's brow furrowed as she took in her girlfriend's appearance, worry washing over her, but was replaced with anger and jealousy when she saw Asuna holding her lover's hand looking as if she was leaning in to kiss her. "Asuna?"
"I'm sorry to disturb you Minako-chan. I was patrolling and-"
"Then you should continue doing so." The blonde narrowed her eyes.
"But Rei-chan . . ."
"You need to worry about your job. I'll take care of this."
"Y-yes. Of course." Asuna blushed, scurrying off before Minako could murder her with her smoldering gaze.
Minako pulled Mars into her room, closing the door soundly behind her. "Mind telling me what that was about?"
"I-I was meditating and burned myself. Asuna ran into me in the halls and saw . . ."
"You burned yourself?" Minako raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, it's nothing really." Mars blushed.
"Let me see." Venus pushed aside her jealousy in favor of looking after the raven haired girl, grabbing her hand, but before she could get a good look Mars pulled away.
"I told you it's fine. You don't need to worry." Mars looked off to the side. "I just need to go wrap it up."
"I can do that." Venus walked over to grab gauze, but Mars was already opening the door. "Hey, where are you going?" The blonde narrowed her eyes.
"I should be going to bed. I know we have a meeting with the Queen early tomorrow." Mars put on her best reassuring smile.
"Fine." Venus slammed her drawer shut. "Tell Asuna I said hi."
"Minako . . ." Rei felt a surge of guilt, starting to see how her behavior might look shady in a different way.
"I'll see you tomorrow Rei. We need to meet with the Queen at 9. Don't be late this time." Venus closed the door in her girlfriend's face before Rei could say anything else.
"Fuck." Rei sighed, walking to the infirmary with a heavy heart.
The next morning a very tired goddess of war rolled out of bed, letting out a soft sigh as she took in the deep circles under her eyes. She was too afraid to go to sleep the night before and on top of that she had managed to piss off her girlfriend who was only trying to help her.
'Today is going to be great.' Rei sarcastically thought to herself as she got ready and headed to the meet with everyone in the throne room to see only her girlfriend there.
"Hey." Mars tried to put on her best charming smile, but all she received was a sideways glance and a roll of the eyes. "Please don't tell me you're mad at me." Rei frowned, going to stand next to her lover.
"Do I need to remind you where we are?" Minako growled under her breath.
"Sorry . . ." Mars sighed, the usual fight she had in her was missing and it did not go unnoticed by the blonde.
"Hey guys! Look who is on time!" Makoto grinned cheekily at her Martian friend.
"Good one." Rei replied in a dry tone.
"Makoto!" Ami scolded the grinning brunette.
"Ah, Rei knows I'm playing with her." Makoto nudged Rei, but the Martian didn't even fight back. "Hey, is everything okay Rei-chan? You don't look too hot." Makoto's grin slipped from her face as she took in the appearance of her comrade.
"Everything is peachy." Mars frowned as the Queen made her entrance.
"I don't have much time so let's get straight to business today." The Queen didn't even bother to sit down, standing in front of the sailor senshi who were suddenly at attention. "The pads are just about done and I need to send Makoto and Ami to Mercury to learn how these devices work and make sure everything is in order. That means double the patrol for you and Rei Minako." The girls all nodded, knowing they were not needed to speak. "I trust you will all be able to handle this."
"Of course your majesty." Minako spoke for the group.
"Good. Makoto and Ami get ready immediately. You will be leaving once you have your things together. Meeting adjourned."
And with that the Queen left the throne room, leaving the girls to quietly walk out by themselves.
"Well that is kind of sudden." Makoto rubbed the back of her neck. "Are you two going to be okay by yourselves while we're gone?"
"We have to be." Rei sighed.
"Just get back as soon as possible. Double guard duty is never fun." Minako smiled, patting Makoto and Ami on the back before the went off to go pack.
"Guess it will be just us then huh?" Rei smiled at the blonde.
"Don't get any ideas." Minako frowned before walking off.
"Yup . . ." Rei sighed to herself. "I'm definitely in trouble . . . again."
A couple days went by and things had still not improved with the blonde. Every time Rei saw her she blatantly ignored her or just walked in the opposite direction, it was starting to drive the Martian crazy along with the lack sleep. Today was the day that Mars snapped. Today was the day the blonde was going to stop avoiding her whether she liked it or not.
The blonde was on patrol, her thoughts still plagued with the image of Asuna leaning in to kiss HER girlfriend, but what could she do? It's not like she could do anything. Anything and everything she and Mars did had to be in secret and when your whole relationship has to be hidden it makes it difficult to properly address any issue you might have. It was starting to drive the blonde mad.
Minako continued on with her endless thoughts about the Martian and the new captain of the assault team, replaying that moment when she opened her door that night over and over again in her head when an arm shot out from a dark hallway and pulled her in.
"What the-mmph!" Minako's loud cry of protest was promptly interrupted by two soft familiar lips. "Rei!" Venus pushed the Martian off of her. "What do you think you're-" Once again Mars firmly pressed her lips against the upset blondes, pushing her up against the wall. Venus stubbornly refused to kiss the dark haired girl back, lifting her hands to push back her girlfriend again.
Rei was ready for Minako's resistance this time and quickly grabbed the blondes wrist mid air, pinning them against the wall above her head. Minako felt a spark in the pit of her stomach at the Martian's rough actions, but was dead set on not kissing the other girl back. Instead she bit down hard on Rei's lower lip, hoping to deter the Martian that way, but found her lover was very resilient, taking the pain even when a trickle of blood went down her chin and a drop of blood hit the floor.
No matter how much Venus tried she couldn't hold out long against Rei's soft lips and insistent tongue. It wasn't long before she caved in and started kissing the miko back just as fiercely, running her tongue over Mars' lower lip, tasting copper from the crimson mess she left. A soft moan escaped the back of Rei's throat at the feeling of Minako's tongue on her again.
"Rei . . ." Minako sighed as Rei kissed down to the blonde's neck, sucking on the soft skin while her hands ran down the blonde's arms then down to her hips. "Rei . . . We could get caught and if we do we -"
"Damn the consequences." Mars growled against the blonde's skin, lifting her up against the wall while Minako instinctively wrapped her legs around the Martian's waist.
"B-but . . ." Minako blushed before Mars silenced her with another kiss, gripping her hips tightly.
"I hate the way things are between us right now . . ." Rei sighed, pulling away.
"Me too . . ." Minako ran her fingers through the martian's dark locks.
"You know I don't want anyone, but you right?"
"Not even Asuna?" Minako raised an eyebrow.
"Especially not Asuna." Rei replied firmly.
"But what about the other night? It looked like-"
"I know what it looked like." Rei frowned. "She was trying to kiss me and I backed away. I really have no interest in anyone or anything other than you."
"Reiko." Minako blushed.
"Meet up with me tonight." Rei looked hopefully up at the blonde.
"It's dangerous." Minako bit her lower lip nervously as she cupped the miko's cheek.
"Please angel." Mars kissed the palm of Venus' hand.
Minako's heartbeat picked up and fluttered in her chest at the new nickname Mars had seemed to give her, looking into those dark amethyst eyes.
"O-okay." Minako blushed as a big grin spread across Rei's face.
"Perfect." Rei kissed Minako before letting the blonde down. "Meet me at the garden. Midnight." Mars placed her hand on the back of the blonde's neck.
"Okay, I will. Now get out of here before we get caught." Minako smiled back before Rei leaned in to capture Minako's lips in one more kiss before she pulled away. "Go!" Venus giggled, playfully pushing Mars away.
"Yes commander." Mars put up a mock salute with a smile on her face before running down the opposite way of the hallway.
"What am I going to do with you Reiko?" Minako sighed, leaning against the wall with a soft dreamy smile on her face.
Midnight rolled around and as usual Mars was wide awake. She had actually become accustomed to not sleeping and had learned to love the night and the stars when everything was quiet and it was just her. She began to explore the palace and the grounds outside and had stumbled upon something beautiful that she was all too excited to share with her secret lover who seemed to be running late.
Meanwhile Venus quietly left her room with a smile on her face ready to meet up with her girlfriend. She rounded the corner heading towards the garden when she bumped into someone. 'Shit.' Venus cursed herself for being so careless.
"Venus?" Came Markus' voice, the head of the guards that Mars was not too fond of.
"O-oh hey. Fancy seeing you here." Venus smiled her flirty smile hoping he would fall into a trance and let her leave without question.
"What are you doing up so late?" He smiled, leaning against the wall.
"Oh you know how it is. Two of my squad members aren't here so I have to pick up the slack." Venus shrugged.
"I see. Well maybe you and I could slip away and take a break? Maybe I can help you relieve some of that stress." His smiled turned lecherous as he pushed off the wall, stepping up to the blonde.
"I-I don't know . . ." Venus bit her lower lip.
"Awe come on doll. It will be fun. I promise." He tucked a blonde lock behind her ear, sending an uncomfortable shiver down her spine, but judging by the look on his face he thought it was due to other things.
"Maybe some other time? As you know I'm very busy already." Venus put on her best smile.
"I'll make it quick." He grinned, placing his arm around her waist, and pulling her in.
'How enticing.' Venus internally rolled her eyes.
"Oi, what's going on here?" Came the voice of another guard. "Oh, sorry Markus." The younger blonde man blushed. "I didn't mean-"
"It's fine. I was just leaving." Venus smiled, patting Markus on the shoulder and breezing past him.
"I'll see you around doll." The brown haired man with matching chocolate eyes winked at her before continuing his patrol.
'The nerve of some people.' Minako inwardly fumed to herself as she made her way to the garden to see her girlfriend sitting on the grass. A genuine smile crept onto her face as she snuck up behind Rei, placing her hands over her eyes. "Guess wh-" Before Minako could get the sentence out Rei grabbed her by the wrist and threw her over her shoulder, causing the blonde to land on her back, looking up at the sky.
"M-Minako? I'm sorry! I thought, I mean . . ."
"It's okay Rei." Minako smiled, sitting up. "You've been quite jumpy lately."
"Yeah . . ." Mars rubbed the back of her head, looking off to the side. "You're late."
"I'm sorry, I got held up." Minako sighed.
"What could possibly hold you up at midnight?" Rei raised an eyebrow, suspicion starting to boil in her blood.
"Nothing important." Minako smiled, kissing her girlfriend soundly before she could get mad. "Now why did you bring me here?"
With one kiss Venus seemed to calm Mars' nerves and made her forget why she was mad at the blonde to begin with. "I want to show you something." Rei smiled, standing up and holding out her hand to her lover.
Venus gratefully took Mars' hand and was helped up. She expected the Martian to let go, but she didn't as she walked towards the exit of the palace. "R-Rei. What if someone sees . . .?"
"No one is going to see us Minako. We won't even be in the palace." Rei smiled, letting go of Minako's hand to climb the gate.
"Who would have thought a Martian could be so rebellious." Minako giggled as she followed Rei, climbing over the fence.
"Us Martians are just full of surprises." Mars grinned, helping her girlfriend down and heading to the cliffs off in the distance.
"You're not taking me out here to kill me are you?" Venus raised an eyebrow as they reached a cave.
"Damn! Why do you have to always spoil my surprises?" Mars laughed.
"It's kind of my thing." Venus smiled back, but her smile faltered when she saw Mars entering a cave. "M-Mars it's dark in there."
"Don't tell me the captain of the sailor senshi is afraid of the dark." Mars grinned, poking her head out of the cave, but her smile fell when she saw the look on her girlfriends face. "Hey, you have a human torch with you. See?" Mars lit a fire in her hand, slightly illuminating the cave. "I promise I won't let anything happen to you."
"O-okay. I trust you." Minako gulped and smiled lightly, taking Mars' outstretched hand that wasn't being used to ignite a flame, entering the dark warm cave. "Where are we going?"
"Some place where we don't have to worry about prying eyes." Mars smiled, looking over her shoulder as Minako looked around the surprisingly big cave. It was barren, the stones were wet, and never seemed to end.
Minako couldn't help the soft smile that came onto her lips when her gaze fell onto their interlocked hands. 'Why can't we always be like this? Why do we have to hide? Why does it matter if I love my subordinate? Why does it . . . Wait . . . love?' Venus' eyes widened when that word easily popped up into her head when she thought of the fiery Martian.
Before Minako could fully freak out about this new revelation Mars suddenly stopped causing her to run into her back. "H-hey! A little warning would be nice!" Venus scowled.
"Close your eyes." Mars smiled, turning around to face the blonde.
"Excuse me?" Minako raised an eyebrow.
"Must you always be so difficult?" Mars sighed, coming up behind the blonde, extinguishing her flame, and covering Minako's baby blues softly with her hands. Minako didn't usually like being put in this type of situation, but she couldn't deny that the Martian's body pressed against her back and her warm breath hitting her neck brought her comfort. "Don't worry. I won't lead you into a wall . . . unless you want to continue being difficult." Mars smiled cheekily.
"Rei!" Minako growled.
"Okay, okay. I won't lead you into a wall. Just walk straight and I'll tell you when to stop." Mars kissed the blonde's cheek before they started walking forward.
"You promise you're not leading me to my death?" Minako laughed.
"I never made any such promises." Rei grinned.
"I swear if you-"
"We're here." Rei removed her hands and Minako was speechless. They seemed to hit the end of the cave in a giant cavern and in the middle of the cavern there was a big pool of water that seemed to be filled with stars glowing neon blue shining so bright it reflected onto the walls.
"What is this place . . .?" Minako looked around in awe.
"Just stumbled upon it and found out through Ami that the blue is caused by bioluminescent plankton." Rei grinned.
"You showed this to Ami too?" Minako crossed her arms, feeling a little bit of jealousy towards her subordinate.
"Never. Only you." Rei smiled, turning the blonde around and kissing her soundly. "There is no one else I would rather share this with."
"R-Reiko." Minako blushed.
"Come on, let's jump in." Mars grinned, kicking off her shoes, stripping off her shirt, her skirt, and underwear.
"Are you sure it's . . ." Mars ran and dove into the water. ". . . safe?" Venus finished with a sigh. "You're such a child sometimes." Venus laughed as she stripped down until she was nude as well, slowly making her way to the edge of the water. "Reiko?" Minako searched the water, starting to become worried that her lover hadn't come back up for air yet, but before she could worry too much Mars suddenly popped back up and grabbed the blonde by the hand, pulling her into the surprisingly warm water. "Reiko!" Venus sputtered, coming back up for air only to hear the Martian laughing. "Not funny!" The blonde growled, splashing water at the miko.
"It's a little bit funny." Mars smiled cheekily.
"Oh yeah? Let's see how funny it is when it happens to you!" Venus lunged forward, pushing Mars' head under the water and holding her there for a couple seconds for good measure before letting go so her girlfriend could come up for air.
Mars came back up to hear the melodic laugh of Venus. "Now that wasn't very nice." Mars had a mischievous look on her face as she swam towards the blonde, backing her up until her back was pressed against the cool cave wall, placing her hand on the edge next to Venus.
Mars looked at the blonde and felt her heart stop at the sight before her. The glowing neon blue really did make her goddess of love look angelic; her blue eyes seemed to glow the same color as the plankton, her wet blonde hair shimmered, and her tan skin seemed to shine in the light as well. "You're so beautiful."
Venus' breath caught in her throat at the look in Mars' eyes. There was the usual desire swimming in her amethyst pools, but something much more prominent was shining through right now. Before Minako could say something to lighten the mood Mars leaned in, kissing the blonde softly and in a way she had never done before. She kissed her in a way that made her want to cry from the overwhelming sweetness and emotion.
"Rei . . ." Minako pulled away, unable to bear the ache in her chest anymore.
"Don't pull away from me . . ." Rei said softly, leaning in again to capture Minako's soft pink lips in a deeper kiss, running her hand down Minako's side. Rei kissed the corner of the blonde's lips as her fingers danced across her lovers hip before making her way to her inner thigh. Minako wrapped her arms around Rei's neck as she pushed two fingers into her goddess slowly, causing a soft gasp to slip past Minako's perfect lips.
Rei kissed her cheek and then kissed down to her neck, biting down on the skin softly as she pressed her thumb against her tight bundle of nerves as she pulled her fingers out and back into her lover, curling her fingers near the end. Soft moans escaped the blondes lips as Mars continued her slow ministrations, already feeling like she was on the verge of frenzy.
Rei increased her speed a bit as she buried her face into the crook of the blonde's neck, breathing just as hard as the girl she had trapped against the wall. Minako could feel Mars' heart pounding in time with her own as she wrapped her legs around the Martian's waist, slowly moving her hips to the rhythm Rei was setting.
"You're so perfect." Rei mumbled against the blondes neck as she pushed her fingers in deeper, moving her thumb faster, gripping the edge of the pool tightly as she felt herself becoming consumed with the goddess before her.
"R-Reiko . . . I already feel close . . ." Minako bit her lower lip as she closed her eyes and gripped Rei's shoulders tightly.
Mars kissed up Venus' neck, biting her lower earlobe, tugging on it lightly as she pushed in a little deeper. "Then come for me angel." Mars breathed into her ear and that was enough to make Minako come undone, gripping Mars tighter as she moaned her name, moving her hips in time with the Martian's hand.
Mars kissed Venus soundly as she picked up the pace a bit to help Minako ride out her orgasm that seemed to be lasting forever until finally Minako let out a long sigh against her lips, her body turning to mush.
Minako shuddered as Mars slowly pulled her digits out of her lover, resting her forehead against her own. "W-wow . . ." The blonde blushed. 'I never thought doing anything that wasn't rough could feel so good and get me off like that . . .'
"Yeah . . ." Rei smiled dreamily at the blonde.
"What's that look for?" Minako blushed.
"What look?" Mars tilted her head to the side.
"That look." Minako would have never believed a Martian could look so purely innocent.
"I think that's just my face. It's what I always look like." Mars grinned causing a melodic laugh to trickle out of Venus' mouth.
"Well fix it." Venus smiled back.
"Yes commander!" Mars did another fake salute before swimming away onto her back, looking up at the dark ceiling of the cave that seemed to sparkle and shimmer as she floated in the water.
Minako promptly swam after her, turning to float on her back next to her girlfriend, admiring the sparkling cave as well before turning her head to see Mars seemingly deep in thought. Venus intertwined their fingers once again, gaining the Martian's attention. "What are you thinking about?"
"I wish we could stay here forever . . ." Mars said it so softly Venus almost didn't hear it, her eyes suddenly filled with so much despair that Minako wondered why the ceiling above them didn't crumble from the crippling sadness.
"You know we can't . . ." Venus replied just as softly, a deep ache in her chest.
"Yeah, but it's nice to pretend." Mars looked over at the blonde, smiling softly.
"Yeah." Minako smiled sadly back, looking back up at the ceiling deep in thought herself.
For the next couple hours the two simply floated around in silence, just enjoying the others quiet comfort and company.
"We should get back . . . the sun will be rising soon . . ." Minako broke the silence swimming to the edge of the pool. Mars swam up behind the blonde, wrapping her arms around her waist and resting her cheek on her shoulder. "Reiko . . ."
"I just need one more moment. I'm engraining tonight into my brain. . . I don't want to ever forget." Mars said softly and Venus let out a sad sigh, placing her hand over the Martian's wrapped around her waist.
"Me too." Venus smiled.
After a moment Mars reluctantly let go of her lover and they both got out of the pool, slowly getting dressed so they could prolong the inevitable. Mars lead them out of their cave and when they exited it wasn't nearly as dark as when they went in; the sky was a very soft blue as the sun started to peak over the horizon. They climbed back over the gate and she lead Minako to her room. They stood outside the door for a moment, a quiet sadness settling between them once the reality hit that they had to go back to hiding.
"Are you . . ." Minako bit her lower lip, seeming to get stuck on what she wanted to say. "Are you doing okay?"
"Of course. Why?" Mars rubbed the back of her head nervously.
"I don't know, you just seem kind of . . . off. You're worrying everyone." Venus frowned.
"There's no need to worry. I've just been tired. I've been cautious when it comes to meditating so sleep hasn't been coming easy to me lately." Rei smiled a bashful smile.
"You know you can talk to me or Ami or Makoto whenever right?" Minako tilted her head to the side.
"I know . . ." Mars looked off to the side.
"Well . . ." Minako had so much more she wanted to say, but knew the longer they lingered, the greater the danger. " . . . I guess I should be getting to bed now." Minako sighed.
"Yeah . . ." Rei smiled a sad smile at Minako, reluctant to let go of the comfort the blonde brought her. Being around the goddess of love had calmed all of her nerves and made her forget everything that had been troubling her.
"Don't look so sad. I'll see you in a couple hours." Minako smiled, trying to lighten the mood.
"Yeah, I know you need your beauty sleep." Mars grinned back halfheartedly.
"Night . . . well I mean good morning Reiko." Venus smiled, throwing caution to the wind as she placed a soft chaste kiss on the edge of Mars' lips.
Mars squeezed the blonde's hand softly one more time before she reluctantly let go and went back to her room. Venus watched her lover round the corner and disappear out of sight before she quietly entered her room, closing the door behind her, and leaning against the cool wood before sliding down onto the ground, looking up at the ceiling. 'I love her . . . '
The next morning, well afternoon, Mars woke up with a smile on her face. She had been dream free and had the best sleep she has had in a while. She rolled out of bed and got ready before she walked to the garden with a spring in her step, deciding to surprise her lover with some flowers she picked. As she rounded the corner she walked by two guards, one of them being Markus who she completely detested once he tried to make a move on her girl. She tried to ignore him, but couldn't help her ears pricking at the sound of Minako's name leaving his mouth.
"Yeah, you caught me." Markus smiled sheepishly. "Minako came to my bedroom begging for it so what was I supposed to do? You don't turn a girl like that down so I gave her the pounding of a life time." He smirked.
"Wow, you're so lucky." The other guard sighed. "I thought something might have happened when I ran into you guys last night."
"And let me tell you . . . that girl is a freak." He smirked. "She even let me-"
"Should you be really talking about your commanding officer like that?" Rei growled, unable to sit and listen anymore.
"I'm just talking with my friend." Markus smirked, seemingly a lot more confident in the face of the goddess of war with his friend by his side.
"No, you're slandering the captains name." Mars stepped closer to the cocky brunette, gripping the flowers tightly in her hand.
"It's not slander if it's true." He grinned, nudging his friend who looked a little uneasy.
"It's not." Mars narrowed her eyes.
"Listen, we all know you have a thing for that sweet little taste, but you don't need to be getting upset. I'll let you have a turn with her once I've had my fill." He winked at Mars.
"Excuse me?" Mars gritted her teeth, trying to contain herself, but an overwhelming feeling of rage started to fill her. Her blood was boiling and her guts were churning as she heard that steady drumbeat start to make its way into her ears again and her head started to become foggy.
"I said you can have your turn when I'm done. There's no reason to be upset. You'll love it I swear." He smiled, patting her on the shoulder. "I mean there's not much to her except nice tits, ass, and that tight little-"
Mars head butted the guard hard in the nose before he could finish his sentence, sending him stumbling back into the wall. He started to open his mouth to speak with blood rushing down his nose, but it was already far too late; he had pushed the Martian over the edge. She swung her fist, connecting with his jaw, hearing a satisfying crack. She pulled her fist back to hit him again, but was quickly grabbed from behind by the other guard, holding her back.
"Mars! Calm down!" The young blonde tried to soothe her anger, but there was no soothing her anger.
"Get off me!" Mars flipped the young boy onto his back, grabbing Markus' shirt to punch him again.
"Rei!"
Mars stopped mid swing, the fury leaving her eyes when she looked up to see concerned blue ones running to her. She let go of the man, dropping her fist. Her heart plummeted into her stomach as her gaze dropped to the ground, saw the blood dripping down her knuckles, and the crushed flower on the ground that she had destroyed.
'Fuck.'
AN: Welp, there it is. I hope the wait was worth it :D Please let this horrible author know what you thought of this chapter. I do so enjoy seeing your reviews and getting insight into what you guys think. Until next time BooBooKittyFuck out!