Disclaimer: No, I don't own them.

A/N: I wrote this fic because one night, me and my brother Joanno (he's not really my brother, but close enough) were playing with cards and getting funny ideas. Ideas of interesting Sailor Senshi pairings. Inventing the pairings and plot outline was the fun part, writing itself was hard work ;

Warning: Loads of shojo-ai. No Outer Senshi. No dub names (I wouldn't know them anyway). No destiny (coughcoughUsagiMamorucoughcough), and therefore slightly AU. No reason, just pure randomness.

Pairings: Starts with Ami/Makoto, but nothing is guaranteed as the plot thickens...

Chapter I

"How could she do this to you?" asked Rei, more of herself than of Minako.

The said girl was lying in Rei's arms, crying.

"I-- I loved her," Minako sobbed.

"I know," Rei replied, patting Minako's hair gently. "But though it may seem hard to believe now, you will find someone new. Someone better."

"Like she did?" Minako pointed out through the tears.

Rei suddenly seemed uneasy.

"Minako-chan, Ami is my friend...our friend. I can't say she would be a better or a worse girlfriend than you were for Mako-chan."

Six months later, Ami didn't avoid bumping into Minako anymore, and Minako didn't shoot hateful glances at the blue-haired girl when she thought no one was looking. Six months later it had been six months since Minako last said a word for Makoto.

It was Rei's big night tonight. She and her band had been working hard to get this chance – a full-length two-hour concert at the local Rock Festival. Of course, everybody wanted to be there, to see this. Of course, everybody had V.I.P. backstage passes and hoped to meet another, more famous rock bands because of them. As they walked towards the festival district, Ami and Makoto hand in hand, Minako and Usagi were engaged in what seemed to be a very intriguing conversation about manga. Rei was not with them, since she and the band boys had been in the festival district the whole day, doing soundchecks and just pacing around, arranging everything.

"I'm so nervous," Usagi suddenly announced.

Ami glanced at the blonde.

"Why, Usagi-chan? I thought Rei-chan is the only one who's going to be on stage tonight."

"Yeah I know but! I'm still nervous," Usagi elaborated (or rather, didn't).

"I think we're all a bit nervous," Minako offered Usagi a helping hand. "Like, hoping everything will go well and nothing bad will happen, etc."

"Yeah exactly!" Usagi made her point.

"Don't you worry, Usagi-chan," Makoto joined the conversation. "I'm sure Rei-chan will be fine. After all, she is the best singer and songwriter around here, and the whole band's very talented. There's nothing to be nervous about."

Minako didn't even look at Makoto. She was trying her best to ignore the tall sailor senshi who had been her ex for half a year already. Usagi carried on the conversation about manga as if nothing had ever distracted her away from it in the first place, and Minako followed her cue. Ami and Makoto exchanged a look neither of the blondes noticed, Ami looking almost apologetic, and Makoto merely shrugging.

The stage was dark, some red smoke covering the darkness. A faint sythethizer tune could be heard from the darkness. Then, Rei's voice came over,

"To wish for a miracle..."

The audience was dead silent.

"To change the destiny..."

Usagi blinked.

"To say what you crave to say..."

The smoke slowly started to fade.

"To sing straight from your heart..."

Drums, bass and guitar all came in at the same second, causing Usagi to jump. At the same second, the stage was all lit up, and everybody could see the band boys on the stage. Only Rei was nowhere to be seen. During the song intro, however, she walked from the shadows in the back to the light. Minako gasped at the sight of Rei in the middle of the stage in a dazzling outfit; white top, black mini skirt and black leather boots. And that was before the dark haired girl started to sing.

The girls had good seats in the middle of the second row.

"I'm hungry," Usagi suddenly sighed in the middle of Rei's third song. "I wish I had brought something to eat with me."

"That something wouldn't have gotten past the festival gates anyway," Makoto quietly pointed out.

Usagi sighed even deeper.

"Please be quiet, you two, I'm trying to listen," Minako said.

Everybody turned back to the show.

On the stage, Rei had moved on the edge, bending slightly to see her audience better as she sang. After what wasn't a really long search she spotted her friends on the second row. Her eyes fixed on Minako, who stared back at her, barely daring to breathe. And Rei sang,

"Let tomorrow come, let it wipe it all away, let it let you breathe again, a fresh start. Yeah, let me be the one you call, when you have to say it all, to let it go."

Minako had read these song lyrics before, she had even heard the song when Rei and the band had been practicing it, but suddenly the song took a whole new meaning. Let tomorrow come... she mused, giving Makoto a brief glance before turning back to Rei.

"I'm asking you, do you feel it too?"

Minako nodded, not really noticing herself doing so, and Rei closed her eyes on the stage.

"When she made you cry, did I make you smile?"

With that line, the song ended. Minako's heart was pounding. The bass player of the band stepped closer to his microphone.

"And next we play a cover version of a very old Bananarama's song... It's called Venus!"

Minako let out a quiet laugh. Everyone turned to look at her, but she pretended not to notice. And soon, Rei was dancing on the stage, practically making Minako drool, singing "I'm your Venus, I'm your fire, your desire".

Minako decided this would be the night.

Disclaim-me-do: ...and I don't own the Bananarama's song (or its lyrics) either. The other song lyrics are mine.