I don't usually write shoujo-ai or anything like that, but I couldn't resist this. I love Rei and Minako's relationship in PGSM. Their chemistry is beautiful.

Warnings: Offensive language , mild violence, and some sexual content, but nothing too explicit, mostly kissing and suggestive talk. Characters may also seem OOC sometimes, but hopefully not too much.

Summary: Rei finds a baby on the shrine steps and a secret she's had locked away in her heart begins to eat its way to the surface. The first of a three part series. Takes place two years after the Special Act. Rei/Minako, some Usagi/Mamoru, Makoto/Motoki, and Ami/Nephrite.

Rei no Himitsu (Rei's Secret)

Chapter 1

Hino Rei came home to Hikawa Shrine after a long day of shopping with Usagi and flipped on the lights. She hadn't wanted to go, as shopping really wasn't her thing, but her very excited friend wanted to buy Minako's newest CD and continued to beg until she finally gave in.

The two of them had gone to a bunch of different shops, and then to the music store so Usagi could buy the CD, though Rei didn't buy anything, preferring not to spend too much money unnecessarily. Usagi's bubbly, energetic personality annoyed her at times, but Rei had to admit that sometimes she found it cute.

"I'm home, Mama." the miko greeted as she walked into her room and glanced at the photograph on her nightstand. Rei, who was five years old then, was sitting on a swing at the playground and her mother stood behind her. Both were smiling and looked like they were enjoying themselves. Her father stood off to the side with a serious expression on his face.

She set the photograph back down and went to perform her nightly fire reading ritual.

As she was about to sit down, a blinding white light flashed seemingly out of nowhere. Rei blinked a few times until her sight returned to normal.

'What was that?' she wondered and went to investigate. She figured out where the light was coming from and when she got there, the light vanished. There, on the top step of the shrine, lay a wicker basket and in it was something wrapped in a yellow wool blanket. 'Huh? What's this doing here?'

"Hello, where did you come from?" She said as she picked the bundle up. A loud crying sound filled her ears as she pulled back the blanket and she gasped in surprise when she saw what it was. 'A baby?'

The baby appeared to be roughly five or six months old and from what Rei could see, he was dressed in what looked like a light blue romper or footed pyjamas with rabbit ears attached to the hood. No note was to be found and there was no other way to identify him or his parents. She wondered what he was doing all alone, especially in such cold weather. It was early December and only fifteen degrees Fahrenheit. Rei shivered as a strong gust of wind blew around them and wrapped her jacket around both of them.

"Come on, little one. Let's go inside before you freeze." The baby wailed loudly and Rei winced as she carried him in. 'Damn, this kid is louder than Usagi. My ears are going to fall off.'

She took the baby into the kitchen and rummaged through the fridge for something to feed it. To her dismay, she didn't have anything a child this small could eat, but she thought for a moment and saw a large bowl of bananas on the counter. 'This will have to do.'

She pulled two bananas from the bunch and mashed them in a small bowl; then she attempted to give a spoonful to the baby. The baby eyed the goop, and after he took a taste, cooed for more. Rei gladly obliged andwhen he had finished eating, she washed the bowl and went to change him.

The front of his outfit was splattered with some of the food he had spit out and she decided to give him a bath, when she realized something.

"Oh crap! No diapers." She mumbled under her breath and searched through the linen closet to find something she could use as makeshift diapers until morning. She found a few pieces of cloth, some medical tape, and sanitary pads to keep the diapers from leaking. She also got some blankets to wrap him with until she could wash his clothes.

After she had filled the sink with warm water and bathed the baby, she put a diaper on him and wrapped one of the blankets around him. The baby grew fussy again and Rei tried frantically to calm him down, but he continued to scream and cry.

"What's your problem now, kid?" She asked and he screamed in response. She had just fed and changed him, so she knew that wasn't it. 'Maybe he's sick.' She put a hand up to his head, and noted that he felt cool and he wasn't coughing or showing any signs of illness, so it wasn't that either. She contemplated calling Ami for advice, but she was working at the hospital tonight and was most likely very busy, so she didn't want to disturb her.

"Please stop crying." She whispered to him. "It's okay." She was at her wit's end, doing whatever she could think of to calm him down, but nothing was working and she was getting overwhelmed and felt like crying herself. She had to think of a new plan and she had to do it quickly. She carried him to her room, sat down with him on her futon, and gently patted his back as she sang softly.

"Hinyari hanabira o nigirishimeteru

Eien ga tsuzuku you na kumo no kire ma

mieta kigashita no

Futatsu no yume fureru yubisaki

namida mau haru no hi

riyuu nanka mitsukaranai

sugu tachi domaru

tsuyoku nareru no?

Itsuka wa

Zutto sagasu shiroi tenshi no sugata

kitto futte kuru

atarashii watashi kureru hane

Kazahana tsuretette maboroshi no EDEN made

koko de nara sukoshi dake wa

sunao ni nareru kamo ne

Kamisama nante inai

Dakedo dareka shinjitai

ima wa mada otona ni naritakunai

Sakura fubuki hisoka ni."

She glanced down at him and smiled as she put him in the basket. Her song had soothed him and he had fallen asleep. She breathed a sigh of relief and went back to do her fire reading.

This chapter is a bit shorter than normal, but I hope you like it anyway. I'll make the other chapters longer. Oh, the song Rei sings here is 'Sakura Fubuki' or 'Cherry Blossom Snowstorm/Blizzard', the same one she sang in Act 23 and in Kirari! Super Live.