A/N: Makoto (Sailor Jupiter's) point of view, written as a first person account.
I don't own Sailor Moon nor the characters therein; if I did, Naoko Takeuchi would kill me.
WARNING: THIS STORY IS A LEMON! Frankly, if you're shocked by the lesbian content at this point, you're an idiot. There's also swearing. Same ol', same ol'.
Dedicated to MY Minako! :) Wow, where has the time gone? Dang, I'm old now.
"What the hell just happened?" Jewel demands, staring in disbelief at Ran. He pauses and looks the transformed young man up and down. "Hot though.." I think he's drooling.
Ran shrugs. "I dunno. One day I was just walking down the street, when out of nowhere this weird, giant can-opener thing appears before me, yells some nonsense and throws an outlet plug into my ham sandwich. Next thing I know, it's attacking me!"
"Ohh! You poor dear! Did you fight it off?" Jewel asks, all worried looking. I glance over to Minako, wondering if, or when, we should butt in.
"Yeah, but as I do, I'm surrounded by this weird purple light, then I get this armor and this huge ass sword!" Ran looks over his sword appreciatively. Then he holds it to his crotch and makes humping gestures at Jewel with it, while grinning. His boyfriend, meanwhile, seems confused, though flattered and smiles in return. "So then I slice it in two and it just disappears!" He puts the sword behind him and it vanishes. "Then I'm stuck standing there in this armor." He motions to himself. "So I think to myself, 'how the hell do I get this off?' and while I'm searching for clasps, or whatever, it's just 'POOF! Gone!"
Jewel is staring in disbelief again. Can't blame him. "Watch." Ran closes his eyes and scrunches his face up. A moment later his transformation fades.
"Wow." Jewel walks up to him and places a hand on his chest, rubbing where a black breastplate used to be. "What does this mean?" He gazes up into the dark haired boy's eyes, his own wide.
Ran shrugs again. "I dunno, but I was planning on asking them." He suddenly turns and thumbs at Minako and I, and I get that 'deer-caught-in-headlights' feeling.
Minako laughs nervously. "US? Wh-why would WE know anything about this? Heh heh heh, we were just standing here, minding our own business-"
Ran cuts her off. "I remember the Silver Millennium."
"Daa buuu daalll uhm daaa…" Minako goes all tongue-tied.
I clear my throat. "Uhhhh.. I REALLY don't think this's the BEST place to have a conversation like this." I point out. Ran turns his gaze to me and I see the recognition in his eyes. Not the remembrance of the past few weeks, but the recollection of a thousand years ago.
"Jupiter." he says. I'm not sure what he's implying. "Your hair's shorter than I remember." My hands ball into fists instinctively. "I should be mad at you for stealing Minako away from me." Jewel looks shocked. "But I can't be, since I was cheating on her too." He wraps an arm around his blonde lover.
Wait.. that almost seemed like he was saying… Is Jewel Minako's…?
"Mako-chan, if we're going to talk, we should head back to the apartment." my Love says. After all, who knows who could be listening…?
We turn to the boys, but Ran is shaking his head. "I'm not ready yet." he informs us. "I need some time to…" He trails off, his arm tightening around Jewel. "I'll find you." And with that, he walks off with his boyfriend.
"What? Hey! Wait!" But Minako's cry falls on deaf ears as the pair disappears around the corner. "Oo.. Luna's not gunna like this.."
I put my hand in the small of Mina-chan's back. "Then we'd best not tell her, or the others." The Light-of-My-Life gawks up at me. I shrug. "What's there to tell that they don't already know? And besides, we can't force the issue if he's not ready to talk to us." The blonde nods thoughtfully as we stroll down the sidewalk.
We get to the music store, but it's closed, so we head for home.
"Something's been bugging me, Mako.." Minako starts, halfway home. I peer down at her. "Did you notice the way he was holding Jewel? It seemed he was hinting at something."
I nod. "Yeah, I noticed. And I think I know why."
"Well?"
"I think Jewel is your brother."
Minako stops dead and stares at me, slack-jawed. Then she turns slightly, her eyes looking through, past, me. "I… I had no idea.. but….. but you're SO right! He DOES look just like my brother! It never occurred to me before.."
"And it would explain why he wants to wait." I point out. "Maybe he wants to try to bring back Jewel's memories on his own."
"Can he even DO that?"
"I dunno, but I'd probably try." Minako nods, lost in thought. We finish walking back to the apartment and turn in for the night.
What the HELL is that NOISE? Ugh! Why won't it go away? Cracking one eye, I finally realize the phone is ringing. One arm snakes out from under the covers and flails 'til my hand finally lands on the receiver. I yawn, then answer. "Hello?"
"Mako-chan?"
"Usagi?" I look over to the digital clock on my nightstand. "It's four in the morning! What do you want?"
"I need your advice! Mamoru dragged me to America, and now he's ignoring me!"
This's news to me. I blink a couple times to clear my head. "You're in America?" Did I hear her right? "When did you go to America?" I pause. "I hope you don't get shot." Americans can really be violent.
"I only got shot at once so far, and they missed." Usagi sighs. "I told Mina-chan I was going."
"Oi, Mina-chan!" I nudge the blonde next to me awake. "Did you know Usagi was in America?" Minako only grunts and shrugs off my hand. She curls up deeper into the blankets so only her blonde hair sticks out. "Well it's news to me." I inform Usagi. "So what do you want?"
"What should I do? Mamoru is too busy checking out colleges to pay any attention to me!"
It's four o'clock in the freakin' morning and Usagi is calling to complain that she's not being paid enough attention to? I drop the phone to the bed and let out a long string of curses. After which, I'm calm enough to propose the first thing that comes to mind. "Fill out applications." is my suggestion.
I can almost hear Usagi blink. "What?"
"If you wanna be with Mamoru and he's going to school in America, then you should too! Now, I'm hanging up, goodbye Usagi." And with annoyance, I slam the phone down and turn over to spoon Minako. Our princess sure can be a pain sometimes.
The next day Haruka and Michiru announce they're going on a cross-country tour of America. What? Is this an epidemic or something? First Mamoru and Usagi, now the two Outers. Suffice to say Luna wasn't happy about this turn of events.
"A new threat is looming and you four are going off on HOLIDAY!" She is completely ignored. Goodbyes are said with kitty ranting in the background and the older lesbians tear off for the airport.
Minako sighs wistfully. "I wish WE could go to America. I hear they have really great amusement parks, with LOTS of water rides!"
"Yeah, too bad we're broke." I sigh too, though sadly and slip into my uniform for work. "Well, wish me luck Babe, we're interviewing people at the restaurant tonight." I get a good, long, hot kiss from her. "Hopefully we'll find someone to help me work the tables." I playfully swat at Mina-chan's rear in her SHORT French Maid costume and she squeaks cutely before kissing me again. We then part ways, off to our respective jobs.
There's a LONG line of people waiting when I get to the NekoHanten, all of whom are holding pieces of paper; résumés I assume. The food part of the restaurant is closed since it'd be hard to wait on people AND take interviews. I check in with my boss so she knows I'm here. Her Great-Granddaughter (my coworker) and a duck are sitting at the interviewing table, receiving the applicants. I disappear into the cellar and begin restocking the kitchen and taking note of which things need to be purchased.
The hours pass by as I half listen to the noise coming from upstairs. It seems my purple haired coworker is arguing with our dishwasher again. I smile at the familiarity and continue to hoist sacks of flour into stacks.
Come break time I finally emerge, sweaty but accomplished. It's a lot more organized down there now. I take my handkerchief out of my pocket, duck my head under the kitchen faucet and turn on the cold.
"Brrr!" Does that feel good! Drying off, I poke my head into the dining area. "I'm on break Boss!" I call to the little old lady. She's talking to some guy with black hair in a pigtail, but she turns and nods at me.
I help myself to some surplus ramen, then step out into the main room, intent on finding a table off to one side, so I can stay out of the way. As I sit down, the boss taps the boy she was talking to, on the forehead and he flies backward out the front door to crash into a pile of trash across the street. Ouch. I wonder what he did to upset her?
"I still say I can do TWICE the work that he ever could!" the dishwasher boy yells toward the kitchen. Who's he talking to?
The boss tosses HIM out too. Oyes.
As I sit there, slurping noodles, a horde of people come and go; the line seemingly endless. A pair of girls come in, one with short green hair and an orange headband; the other being whiney with curly blonde hair. Both are in what appear to be military-style uniforms. Guess just the green haired girl is applying. After them come three high school age girls. The shortest with long red hair in a braid; one with glasses and shoulder length, bouncy light brown hair and the last has a haughty expression and long blue hair. All carry swords of differing lengths.
The dishwasher comes back in, but my coworker tosses him back to the curb.
Suddenly a tiny, old, balding man, wearing a dark red jumpsuit, and carrying a large green sack on his back, bursts through the door yelling 'What a haul! What a haul!' My coworker tries to hit him, but he just grabs her rear, then her breasts. Then that pigtailed boy from before, chases him in and bashes him from my coworker. Undeterred, the little old pervert simply cackles, jumps around the room then disappears out the door. The boy and my coworker dash after him.
My boss sighs and lights her pipe.
I'm not involved.
At this point, the room starts rumbling just as a tank passes by outside. On top are an orange haired girl in a sailor schoolgirl uniform, who's holding a very large gun; an older woman with SHORT purple hair in a red outfit with a cape, and a kick-boxer guy with spiked black hair, dressed in white.
"We finally made it back to Tokyo!" the girl cheers.
I think the tank just meowed.
After them comes a little girl, with short, light brown hair, who seems to be riding on a pink stick with a bird-like head. It has MASSIVE wings. Following her is a little yellow lion cub, also with wings. It reminds me of a plushie.
An average looking girl comes into the restaurant now. She's older than me, college age, I believe. She has short brown hair and is wearing a jean jacket over jeans. Behind her walks a younger girl dressed in pinks and reds. She has long black hair and blue facial markings and is clutching what I assume is a long handled, pink mallet. And behind her, is a robot, of some sort.
My coworker comes back, followed by the white duck from earlier. She flings him into the kitchens. There's a crash, a splash, and the dishwasher emerges from the kitchen only to be knocked into the wall by my boss. He's out cold now.
Finally a tall girl, with short, fiery red hair steps over the threshold. She wears a white, long-sleeved kung fu uniform with black shoes and a black vest. A yin-yang is on the back of the vest.
"Shin!" my coworker shrieks happily and flings herself at the new girl. The pair topple over. That's when I notice my break time's over. Oh well, back to the grind. I rinse my empty bowl in the sink.
And people claim we Sailor Senshi are the weirdoes.
Several more days pass and we still don't hear anything from Ran. He avoids Mina-chan and I at school as well. I wonder if he's doing ok with Jewel.. not that I care, of course.
Right now I'm laying under the kitchen sink, tightening the pipe. Minako just dropped her earring down it ten minutes ago and I had to take apart the 'U-bend' to retrieve it. After rewarding me with appreciation sex, the blonde goddess skipped out to do laundry. Really, I'm quite impressed with her abilities to not shrink all my clothes!
Her cell starts ringing. Scooting out, I grab it from the table. Checking the ID display, I see it's the princess again. "Hi Usagi, Minako's down doing laundry, is there anything I can do for you?" It's good to hear that she hasn't died from a gunshot wound yet.
"Mako-chan, what's going on with Ami? And Rei, too!"
"Ami and Rei? I don't know, I haven't seen them in a couple days." I'm confused. Is Usagi worried about them?
"They're not... " She lowers her voice. "cheating on me are they?"
"What?"
"Are they playing without me?" she demands, considerably louder.
"Playing what?" I have no idea what Usagi is getting on about.
"You know.. the way you and Mina-chan play.."
My jaw hits the floor.
"Mako-chan?"
"... Are you three having sex?"
"You didn't notice?"
"Uh, NO-OH!" I'm TOTALLY shocked by this revelation.
"Are you okay?" Usagi sounds slightly alarmed by my reaction.
"I can't believe you guys didn't TELL US!" I begin stomping and pacing. "Does Minako know?"
"She probably figured it out, she's good at that."
"Oh Kami... I can't believe I'm SO DENSE!"
"Mako-chan?" Usagi now sounds worried about me.
I sigh and run a hand over my face. "Look Usagi, I don't know what Rei and Ami are doing... And I have to leave for work in twenty minutes.. I'll talk to you later, ok? Bye." And I hang up with a spiffy wrist snap.
Damn. I feel like a HUGE bomb just got dropped on me! I run downstairs to the laundry room. "Minako!" I call and she pulls her nose out of a teen magazine. "Did you know that Usagi, Ami and Rei have been sleeping together?"
She looks at me confused. "Uhm.. yeah. They got together quite a while ago in fact. Usagi hit on them both and they caved like a house of cards." I'm reeling! "Why?"
I cover my face with both hands. WHY am I the LAST to know? "She called your cell just now, wondering what was up with the two of them." I stagger backwards and bump into the wall.
"Oh." Minako blinks. "Uhm.. you ok Lover?"
I sigh heavily. "Yeah.. yeah I'm alright. Just.. surprising, you know? Think you know someone.." I pause, considering. "I wonder how Mamoru took it..?"
"Took what?"
"Usagi breaking up with him." I give Minako a 'duh!' look.
"Mako.. Usagi DIDN'T break up with Mamoru." my Love returns with an 'I hate to break this to you' tone.
"WHAT? She's sleeping with all THREE of them?"
"Uh, yeah, pretty much."
"Shiiittt…" I bonk my head back on the wall behind me. "And here I thought Uranus and Neptune were the whores.." A magazine hits me in the face.
"Not nice!" Minako scolds.
I sigh again, push upright and hand the magazine back. "Look, I've gotta get to work. I'll catch you later." The blonde nods and we kiss, before I run back upstairs to change.
In retrospect, I guess this's why Ami became so knowledgeable about sex. I sigh again. My head hurts.
A/N: Everyone who guesses the cameos gets a cookie. :) And yes, the two phone calls ARE from another of our stories. :)