A couple days after the fateful kidnapping, Kira poofed back into her lair. She'd stayed with Ami and Rei for the first couple nights but she had to feed and had left them sleeping the night before. Now, refreshed, she tiptoed quietly into the bedroom Rei and Ami were sharing. She had put a single queen size bed in the room forcing them to share. They had slept on opposite sides of the bed the first night, but were slowly migrating toward the middle. With the air still brimming with desire and love, they didn't seem to mind waking up next to each other and Kira couldn't have been happier about it. She spread out a few more wisps hoping that they would anchor into the girls' dreams and walked back to the living room. Noticing that the fire was low she added a few more logs to her brand new fireplace. Another condition Rei had demanded. She stared into it, allowing herself to zone as she stoked the logs and embers with the poker. Even now, she could remember seeing Setsuna for the first time. Beautiful green hair, gorgeous garnet eyes, body to die for. Kira shuddered remembering how she'd felt the first time their eyes had met. She wanted the details fresh because Rei or Ami would ask soon. She knew they wanted to. But so far, they had been most concerned with contacting everyone. After planning for a while she had decided to video tape them saying they were all right and drop the videos off with one of the others. The biggest benefit was that it would be harder to track than a live broadcast. Not that she didn't put her own skills of coding above the senshi, she'd just learned not to underestimate them. It would also put Ami and Rei at ease and that was her biggest concern. If they were happy and weren't worried about the others worrying about them, they'd be that much more likely to succumb to the feelings she knew were already swirling around inside them. She'd just finished gathering the last of the taping equipment after her meal last night and it was all set up, as soon as they were ready to do it. Yawning a bit she stood and stretched wondering what to do until they got up. Deciding that her brain and her heart could only take so much reminiscing about Setsuna for so long, she was stuck between reading a book from her extensive library, playing video games on her also brand new TV set and playstation, or finding some other recreational activity to do. Reading was the first thing to go. She'd read everything in her library hundreds of times anyway. The playstation went next. As fun as crashing cars into walls and spilling pixilated human blood all over the place was, she just wasn't in the mood. That left her pretty much where she'd started. Turing around in place to survey her little abode, her eyes fell on the kitchen doors and an idea sprang to mind. *I'll make breakfast for them. Breakfast in bed.* Firmly believing that Rei and Ami had been way overworked and overstressed being the more sensible and responsible ones of their group, Kira was pretty sure that they would both enjoy a little leisure time. *And what could be more leisurely than breakfast in bed?* In the other room Rei yawned and stretched as the sleep slowly faded from her eyes. Really slowly faded. Really, really slowly faded from her eyes. Sighing, she gave in to the call of the soft pillow and laid back down. Her body was putting out less effort now that it wasn't trying to sit up, and it was much easier to open her eyes. When they finally focused, it was a beautiful blue-haired woman that they focused on. Blinking rapidly at her own brain's description of Ami, Rei shook her head and focused again. Yep, still a blue-haired beauty. Giving in for the second time that day, despite the fact that she'd been awake for less than five minutes, she admitted that yes, Ami was beautiful, and yes she knew it, and yes she'd love to run herfingers through the soft tendrils, and yes she'd like to pull the sleeping face closer, and yes.... That thought sent Rei shooting up to a sitting position so fast it made her head whimper. Ami didn't move though and Rei was quite glad that Ami could out-sleep Usagi.*Where in Kami-sama's name did that thought come from?*She wondered. Staring back at Ami's sleeping form she felt her brain give in again. *Oh, so it's going to be one of those days huh?* She laid down again and hesitantly reached out a hand. Pausing only briefly to wonder at her own boldness and slight insanity, her hand continued its journey until it reached the side of Ami's face. Rei let her fingers play with a few stray tendrils of blue hair before gently pushing it out of Ami's face. Surprised at how strong her desire to get closer was she paused for a minute, her hand resting with Ami's cheek in her palm. *Kira never did promise not to try anything. I wonder if she's got anything to do with this. I've had a little crush on Ami for a while, but not like this.* Already admitting to her apparent weakness to say no to anything today, she scooted her head slightly closer and let her fingers brush Ami's soft skin tenderly. Her breathe caught in her throat as Ami's eyelids started to flutter open. Rei entertained the idea of backing up rapidly so Ami wouldn't catch her in this admittedly awkward position, but the little warning/responsibility voices in the back of her head had decided that this was a vacation day and Rei didn't move. Her eyes met Ami's beautiful blue ones and to Ami's credit, she didn't even seem to notice Rei's close proximity. "Morning." She whispered. The extra pressure on her jaw alerted her to Rei's hand but her own voices hadn't woken up fully yet and Ami just smiled. "Morning." Rei whispered back. They were just laying there staring at each other when Ami found herself resisting the sudden urge to tease Rei. Having watched Usagi do it day after day she knew the possible consequences well, but decided that if she and Rei were on temporary vacation, she might as well have some fun. Switching from her soft wake up smile to a gentle teasing smirk she flicked her eye to where Rei's hand still rested on her cheek and then looked back at Rei with a quirked eyebrow. "So, exactly what did I interrupt by waking up?" She asked teasingly. Momentarily the color drained from Rei's face and Ami realized that Rei actually had been planning on something. From their positions it wasn't hard for Ami to figure out what, but wanting to play and not get that serious quite yet, she widened her smile and Rei caught on to the fact that she was being teased. "I don't quite know what you mean Ami-chan. Care to go into details?" Ami flushed. Rei had turned the tables on her extremely well and now she was caught between backing down, and intensifying the game they were playing. Deciding that backing down was not a very vacation-like thing to do, she grinned right back. "It just seems as though you're awfully close to me for just sleeping. And unless your hand fell on my cheek by accident, it's pretty clear that you were planning on doing something. What were you planning on doing Rei-chan? I mean, I was asleep so that does limit your possible options, doesn't it?" Ami kept her smile as she watched Rei falter. *Got her.* Rei studied Ami's face closely searching for clues as to how far Ami wanted to push it. Feeling game and particularly daring, she threw the ball back into Ami's court, curious as to what Ami would do next. "And what if I had been planning on something?" She dropped her voice slightly. "Would it bother you?" Ami's eyes widened slightly but she had clearly been challenged. Granted, the stakes were tremendously different from her normal challenges, but she found that following the possible game in herhead, she didn't really mind where it would likely end up. "That depends." Rei quirked an eyebrow. "On what?" Ami didn't normally win games like this and she found that this time, she was eager to win, or at least eager for Rei to call her. She dropped her voice to a sultry level she knew Rei didn't know she had. She'd only discovered it recently, and quite by accident while visiting Haruka and Michiru. Haruka's favorite sport was teasing her and the last time she'd been there, Ami had responded with a taunt of her own. Both Haruka and Michiru had exclaimed about her new voice and though she'd left blushing, she'd practiced it at home to perfection. Ami closed her eyes briefly. Calling upon her 'inner seductress' as Haruka had deemed it, she opened her eyes and pinned Rei with a stare she knew was full of desire and promise. At the same time she tilted her head toward Rei and slid forward just a little bit so their lips were almost touching. "On what you were planning to do." Rei's gulp was audible and inwardly Ami didn't know whether to cheer or be disappointed. Sure, it looked like she won, but she surprised herself in how badly she had wanted Rei to push it to the next level. For her part, Rei was stuck. Her hand was now almost behind Ami's head since Ami had moved closer. Ami was watching her with a look that sent fire through her veins and froze her at the same time. She was so close. Gradually Ami's seductive grin changed to one of victory and she started to pull away. It wasn't that Rei wanted to win the game, it really wasn't. She just wanted the prize. She tightened her arm and Ami stopped moving. The serious look in Rei's eyes gave way to a softer gaze and Ami's one of curiosity melted to slight apprehension. * Is Rei really gonna...* She got no further in her thoughts as Rei pulled her closer gently. Dropping all 'seductress' facets Ami closed her eyes and let Rei lead. They didn't really have all that far to go thanks to Ami's teasing and Ami soon felt Rei's warm breath mingling with her own. Then she felt a feather-light pressure on her lips and reflexively licked her lips. She ended up lightly brushing Rei's lips with her tongue and they both shuddered from the feeling. A slight hesitation, and Rei closed the millimeter gap. Her lips pressed gently to Ami's and her body visibly tightened. Ami's lips were so soft and warm. It felt incredible. So good in fact that it took her a few moments to realize the intensity of the fire brewing in her belly. The kiss was a varitable explosion and Rei felt overwhelmed after a very short while. Ami was feeling much the same and had all but moaned when Rei's lips touched her own. The heat coming off the Priestess was just pouring into her body and she quickly found herself losing what little self-control she had left. Not wanting to get as serious as it was going to get so quickly, she pulled back gently. Rei pulled back too and for a minute they laid there, cheasts heaving. When their eyes met again they were both smiling gently and in an unspoken agreement, Rei pulled back, her hand coming to her side. Ami missed the warmth immediately, but knew that if they didn't cool off now, they weren't gonna stop and she wasn't quite ready for that step. "Well?" Rei questioned and Ami looked at her curiously. "Well what?" Rei giggled as she sat up and stared down at her. "Did it bother you?" Ami looked like a deer in the headlights and she looked at Rei with an expression of ' a little more help please?'. "You said whether or not what I had planned would bother you depended on what it was.That was what I had planned. So, did it bother you?" Catching up in her brain Ami made a face in Rei's direction. Sliding her hand under her pillow she snorted and responded dryly, but with a smile. "Yes I minded, don't do it again." Rei faltered only until Ami's pillow came into contact with her head. Grinning playfully at her she threw the pillow back and they both broke out into soft giggles. Outside the room, Kira stepped back from the door, still carefully balancing two trays of pancakes, juice, tea, and sausage. She was extremely glad that she had decided to peek in before just walking in with their breakfast. Otherwise she might've interrupted their little moment.*How cute! I bet that was their first kiss. I should've had a camera.* Looking back in she grinned at the sight of the playful pillow fight they were engaged in. * Things couldn't be much better. They may not be bonding as much with me, but I think that was definitely progress.* She cleared her throat to make her presence known and determined herself not to tease them too much about the whole thing. The last thing she wanted to do was scare them off. Pushing the door open with her back she walked into the room with the two full trays. Their surprise was evident. "What's all this?" Rei asked, putting her pillow to the side. "Well what does it look like silly? It's breakfast. Soon to be breakfast in bed if you'll move those pillows and make a level spot." Ami moved them and Kira put the trays on the lap of each respective owner. She surveyed the strewn pillows and quirked a grin. "And here I was worried that I'd have to wake you up myself. You're having a good morning I take it?" Ami and Rei both blushed and looked down a moment before nodding and Kira widened her smile. "I'm glad you're up. I have good news." Not even pausing in their acts of pouring syrup they looked at her questioningly. "As soon as you guys are ready, you can contact your friends." Ami almost choked on her tea. "You're letting us go see them?" Kira shook her head. "Uh-uh. Too risky, besides, we agreed to a couple of weeks right?" "Yeah, about that. You and I need to talk later." Kira raised her eyebrow at Rei who never ceased to amaze her. * Damn that girl has some big cajones.* "Okay, whenever you want." "Um, if we aren't going to see them, how are we going to tell them we're all right?" Ami asked quietly, cutting up a pancake. "Lights, camera, action girls. I'm gonna video tape you. Then, I'll drop the video tapes off with them. Easy peasy." "How can we trust that you'll drop off the tapes?" Again Kira sighed in Rei's direction. * Cajones of steel.* She decided before responding. "Well, if you want I'll carry a live-feed video camera and you can watch me as I drop them off. I'll even wear an ear piece so you can tell me where to go and such. Beyond that, you'll just have have to trust me." "Trust you?" Kira made a face at Rei and then smiled. "I'm gonna play that 'stronger, faster, and pretty much in charge' card here." "Ah." Came the muffled response, the mouth being full of sausage at the moment. "She means we agree." Ami answered calmly, sipping more tea. Kira shook her head. *They agree huh? Well, I'll just have to get used to them being equals won't I?* "Good. Then I'll leave you lovely young ladies to your breakfast, painstakingly made by yours truly thank you very much." "It's wonderful. Thank you." Ami said, manners taking over, and Rei just nodded her agreement, the mouthful of food testament to her own thoughts. "You're welcome Ami-chan. Enjoy." She added before walking back out the door and leaving them to their meals. * Well, if I wasn't before, I'm even more certain now that I made the right choice.* Ami and Rei finished breakfast in relative silence. Ami couldn't get past the fact that she'd just kissed someone. And it was a girl. And it was Rei. *Wow, did I really just kiss Rei? Me? The girl who gets rashes from love letters? I just kissed one of my best friends who wasn't Makoto in a bed, and liked it!? Oh my.* More confused than she wanted to admit because confusion was not something the girl genius was used to dealing with, Ami ate slowly trying to figure out why she'd done it, and why it had felt so good. Rei was also feeling quite odd. * Ami is one of the few people I haven't had serious feelings about. So why did it feel so right to kiss her?*Rei knew that in all probability each of the senshi would end up doing something with all of the other senshi. Just being senshi made them close what with all the dying and adrenaline and such, but living for so long all together was sure to strengthen that bond even more. It was one of the strongest arguments Rei used with herself to keep up the hope. That eventually, if only for a little while, she would get to be with at least one of the people she loved. But Ami being her first? That was a shot out of the blue. Giggling at her own little pun, Rei chewed her meal. Breakfast went by fast for them simply because both were too absorbed in their own thoughts to realize that they were still eating. Once done they looked over at each other unsure of what to say. Ami grinned. "I wonder why we're so shy about all this?" "I don't know. But we really don't have any reason to be." Rei answered with a grin of her own. "I think I actually feel a little guilty." "Guilty?" "Yeah. I mean, I've... I've loved Mako-chan for so long, it feels weird that I enjoyed getting a kiss from someone else." "Ha! I knew you enjoyed it!" Ami flushed as Rei laughed and poked at herside. "But seriously, I know how you feel. It's odd finally feeling good after feeling alone for so long." "Maybe there really is something to what Kira-san has been saying." "Yeah, maybe. And speaking of I guess we'd best be getting up. We need to prepare for our close-ups." Ami giggled at Rei's impromptu posing. "Then I want to talk to her, about Setsuna-san." "Really Ami-chan! Prodding into other people's lives? I never." Ami stuck her tongue out at Rei's self-righteousness knowing that Rei had gone on way more 'recon' missions than she had. "Tell me you're not curious about everything." "Oh definitely. If you weren't going to ask soon I would've." "Well then, let's get going." Ami carefully slid out of bed, careful not to knock the breakfast tray over and started going through her closet. Kira must have been watching them for a while before she'd made her move because the closet was full of clothes in Ami's size. And surprisingly, they were all comfortable clothes that Ami didn't mind wearing. Maybe they were all a little on the revealing side, but not to the point where Ami was embarrassed to wear them. Rei also had a closet full of clothes in her size and style and was already pulling shirt over her head. Hurriedly Ami followed suit. After dressing, brushing their teeth and doing all of their other morning activities they grabbed their trays and headed out into the main living room where Kira was stoking the fire. "Hey. I was starting to wonder if you guys had fallen back asleep or something." She teased and Ami resisted the urge to stick her tongue out. Rei however didn't seem to mind being childish and in true Rei form blew a raspberry in the vampire's direction before disappearing into the kitchen with the trays. Ami giggled at the slightly incredulous look Kira had on her face as she sat on the sofa. "You know, I suppose I should be glad you two have a sense of humor huh? Otherwise this whole thing could have gone very badly." "It still could. Rei-chan and I haven't decided to stay forever. And as much as we're going to enjoy this 'vacation', we probably won't." "Why not?" Ami sighed and folded her hands in her lap. "No matter how much pain we may end up feeling because of the people we're around, I don't think either one of us could ever leave Usagi-chan. She's our princess. We were born to protect her. I for one could never leave her forever, even if it does mean living my life alone and hurt." "The same goes for me." Kira looked over at Rei who walked into the roomand sat next to Ami. "I've already died twice for Usagi-chan. I could never leave her forever." “But you're both still here." "I said I couldn't leave her forever. Don't get me wrong. A vacation from that meatball-head and all of life's wonderful little duties will hit the spot." Kira shook her head and gave a half smile. "I don't get it. Just what's so great about her? I was watching for quite a while and I still don't get it. I mean, yeah she's a nice person but worth giving up your lives for?" "You don't love her so you couldn't know how we feel. In fact, you hate her right?" Kira sighed and stretched out resting her head on the edge of the couch. "No, I don't hate her. I don't have any reason too. I mean, I suppose I could blame everything that happened on her. It was her stupid fault for killing herself and starting the final battle with the Negaverse. But no. It's her mother I'm not all together fond of. It was her stupid rule...." Kira trailed off and blinked back the tears that always threatened to spill out whenever she thought of what had happened. "Kira-san?" Ami asked a bit hesitantly. "Hmm?" Kira responded, still staring into the fire. "The rule... I mean... what... I mean... ah..." Ami looked over at Rei for help. "What rule were you talking about Kira-san? What happened between you and Setsuna-san?" Kira sighed heavily and stared harder into the fire. * What happened between me and Setsuna? * After a bit a silence Kira cleared her throat. "Well, I suppose I should start at the beginning. A little over a thousand years ago, I was bitten and turned into a vampire. By who exactly I couldn't tell you. But I do know that he is dead now. Anyway, the person who turned me had turned a few other people and we all used to hang out together. After our families died that little social circle was all we all had. In vampire terms we were pretty young so at first we stuck close together. After a time some of us left and a few of us were killed. Akio-san was the one who stayed with me. In our group we were the oldest and for a couple hundred years it was just the two of us and whoever we'd gotten to play. But for whatever reason I started to lose interest with his bloodthirst. " ****** "Kira-chan! Where are you going off too? Aren't these beautiful ladies here enough for you?" Kira looked over in at the said women. One was in Akio's arms. She was already half-dead. He'd have to stop soon to avoid killing her. The other was was hidden under the blankets. Her head was much further down. " This one here doesn't have much left in her, but you can play with the other one once she's done with me that is." Kira wrinkled her nose. " No, I feel like going out for a bit." " Oh, so you want one all to yourself? Well, enjoy your night. If you're not feeling all territorial, bring me back what's left. I'm feeling particularly hungry tonight." With a growl he returned to the woman in front of him and Kira slipped out the door. ****** "It had been like that for a while and I got tired of it. I started hanging out at bars and clubs and pulling further away from Akio. But then one night I met her. I was just sitting at a table and this beautiful woman walked in. She looked kinda lost and I saw my chance." Kira couldn't help but smile at the memory. ****** "Hi, what's your name?" Kira whispered into Setsuna's ear. She jumped and turned around. As soon as she had she relaxed and smiled. "Setsuna." "Well Setsuna-san, would you do me the honor of being my dance partner?" In response the green-haired woman only took the offered hand. ****** "I tell you what. It was that night that made me believe in love at first sight. At first we would just meet there but after a while we started making dates. I didn't tell her I was a vampire. For the first time since I'd been turned I felt real love. Not just another one-nighter like I was used to. Plus, I thought she was human and I didn't want to scare her." Ami grinned at the thought of Setsuna being scared and Rei seconded it with a small giggle." About 8 or so months after we met she walked in on me drinking from one of the regulars at the bar. I was so nervous but she sorta took it in stride. Things settled down and I thought we were both happy. But only a few months after that, about the time that the battles with the Negaverse and the senshi were getting serious, Setsuna-...san came to one of our dates just bawling. She said..." Kira closed her eyes briefly and swallowed hard. "She said that she didn't think we could be together anymore. She said that she couldn't handle being with me knowing that she'd spend her life with me and grow old but I would stay the same age and live for hundreds of years after her. She just said ' I'm sorry' and left me. I mean, the only person I had known for more than a day or so for the past two hundred years had been Akio and here we were going on a year. I couldn't believe that it was over. I went to that bar every night until it was destroyed during the fall of the Kingdom. I would've given anything to be human again. To be with her again." Kira wiped the tears away from her eyes. "Even now, a thousand years later, I hadn't gotten over her. I moved into this place, I broke almost all contact with Akio, I don't even talk to other vampires. There wasn't a day that went by that I didn't think about her. And then I meet all of you and find out the truth. That I've been kicking myself this whole time about being a vampire and the only reason she really left me was because of that stupid Queen of hers and that damned law!" Kira growled into the fire and Ami scooted a bit away from her. "What law?" Rei asked. Broken from her hateful haze Kira blinked in confusion. "What?" "What damned law?" Kira cocked her head to the side. "You mean you don't actually know? I suppose it hasn't become and issue for you guys yet but it probably will." Only barely managing to keep the hatred out of her voice Kira continued. "The senshi all had a set of laws that they were supposed to follow. One of the ones near the top of the list was that no senshi could 'be' with a demon. It was strictly enforced." Ami and Rei looked at each other and sat in silence for a while. They gave Kira achance to cool down a bit. "How do you know all of that? About how Usagi-chan died and about the law?" Kira stretched out her legs and then crossed them. "Like I said before most of the people I knew at the time hated the Queen and her senshi. In fact, the only reason we were allowed to live is because she felt sorry for us. Not all of us had chosen to be turned so she couldn't kill us in good conscience. Even so there were rules we had to follow as well. We couldn't kill anyone. We couldn't take from anyone who hadn't offered. No kids and that sort of thing. So, naturally, a lot of the power-hungry demons like Akio hated her and her enforcers for keeping us like that. They thought that it should have been us ruling and that it wasn't right for her to check our power like that. So in true ' know thy enemy' form we all knew every thing we could about Kingdom life." Another long bout of almost completely comfortable silence passed and it was Ami who broke it this time. "And then by complete coincidence, you pick two of her reincarnated friends to abduct?" Kira looked over at Ami with a raised eyebrow and then started to laugh. Satisfied that the fire would not die she abandoned poking at it and sat back on the couch next to Ami. "I guess so. This was all just a complete coincidence. What rotten luck." Rei offered a half-smile. "Why does it have to be bad luck? Maybe you and Setsuna-san could work out better this time around..." "No." Kira interrupted. "No, that could never happen. She... she left me for a reason and that reason hasn't changed. I'm still a demon, and she's still a senshi." Kira was silent for a moment and then gave a small laugh. "You'd think that a thousand years later that would have finally sunk in. Oh well." She stared up at the ceiling for a bit then back over at Ami and Rei who were watching her. "Was that all the questions you had?" "About that subject. But I have something else I'd like to talk to you about." Rei said and Kira quirked a smile in her direction." "So you said earlier. What is it?" Rei took a deep breath and tried her best not to look at Ami. "You never did promise not to try anything as far as..uh..seduction goes. Have you done something to us in that respect?" Kira's jaw nearly dropped and Ami was doing her best to look everywhere else. Not one to be outdone so easily, Kira played it cool. "Done something to you? Like what?" Rei's eyes widened but to her creditshe composed herself enough to answer. "You know, something to uh, heighten our levels of ..." Rei coughed out the last word and though Kira had understood perfectly, she decided to move in for the kill. Purposefully leaning across Ami so she was close to Rei she put on an innocent smile, but not so innocent that Rei wouldn't know she was being teased. "Heighten your levels of what? I didn't quite catch that last part." Rei glared at her but swallowed hard. "Desire." She said quietly but Kira only offered a confused look. "What? You'll have to speak up. Hearing goes first in old age you know."Flushing but unwilling to back down now Rei glared even harder and practically shouted in an embarrassed rage. "Desire! Heighten our desire!" Kira smirked but quickly replaced it withan innocent look and leaned back into her side of the couch. "Heighten your levels of desire? Why would you think that?" Teasingly she leaned close to Ami as though whispering a secret." Are you two feeling more... desireful than normal?" She whispered and gently placed a hand on the end of Ami's knee. "Are you sure I'm the one who's doing that?" She teased and leaned even closer. She spoke to Ami but focused her eyes on Rei. The priestess just gulped. "I'm, pretty sure you have a hand in it yes." Kira almost giggled at the choice of words and slid her hand a little higher on Ami's leg. Ami swallowed and closed her eyes, whimpering slightly. Kira had managed to turn her so she was facing Rei and Kira was speaking almost into her ear. Kira's breath on her cheek was doing incredible things to her lower region and the hand on her thigh wasn't helping. The knowledge that Rei was not even a foot away watching was... turning her on a lot more than she'd expected. Kira grinned at Rei as the girl's eyes flicked down to Kira's hand then quickly back up again. "Well, I might've... had a hand in it. Is it a bad thing? Does feeling desire bother you?" She whispered into Ami's ear. Ami swallowed and closed her eyes. She could feel Kira's hand on her thigh rubbing lightly. She could feel Rei's eyes on her. Feeling a bit overwhelmed she whimpered aloud. The sound broke Rei from her trance and she shook her head to clear it. Kira was still leaning over Ami, watching her with teasing eyes. Rei did her best to look annoyed. "Yes, yes it does. So stop." Kira grinned and pulled away from Ami giving the blue-haired girl a chance to breathe. "If it bothers you so much, I'll stop going after you, but in all honesty, not all of what you're feeling is by my hand, no pun intended." "What do you mean?" Ami whispered, having finally caught her breath. Rei seconded the question with a raised eyebrow. "I mean, that while your heightened senses may be my fault, what you do with them and who you do it with are completely your choice. Get it?" She teased as Rei flushed. Ami flushed deeper and started glancing around the room as Rei met Kira's eyes and set her shoulders. "Yeah well... the point is to knock it off." Kira shrugged and grinned. "Whatever you say. So, shall we get to contacting your friends?" Ami and Rei nodded and Kira went about setting up the stand and video camera, absentmindedly pulling in some of the wisps that she ran into as she moved about the room. "Who wants to go first?" She asked and Rei looked over to Ami and gestured with her hand. Ami shrugged. "Do you want to just go together?"They considered it for a moment and then nodded. Kira pointed the camera at the couch. "What do we say?" Ami asked looking over at Rei. " I guess just that we're okay and here of our free-will and ..uh... I guess that's it. That okay with you Mosquito-san?" Kira raised her eyebrows at the nickname and shrugged indifferently as Ami stifled a giggle. " hat's fine by me Fireball." Rei snorted and Ami grinned again." Okay, whenever you're ready." Rei and Ami nodded to each other and Kira hit record. Rei spoke first. "Uh, hi everyone." "Hello." Ami seconded. Kira snickered from behind the camera and Rei glared at her. "We just wanted to let you guys know that we're okay." Ami nodded. "We are going to stay with Kira-san for a while though, and we didn't want you all to worry." "Yeah. We just figured we could use a break from school and aside from the big mosquito, this is an all right place to relax for a bit." Ami giggled again and Rei stuck her tongue out at Kira. "Don't stick that out if you don't intend to use it Fireball." Kira added and Rei flushed about ten degrees of red. Ami giggled again. "Maybe we should start over?" "Nah, this should be good enough for the wonder girls. Anything else you wanna add?" Kira asked. "Yeah! Don't you go through my stuff while I'm gone Usagi-baka! If I find even one chocolate stain on a manga so help me..." Kira practically fell to the floor in laughter and Rei puffed out her cheeks and jumped to her feet. "What are you laughing at Mosquito-san? It's a valid concern!" Ami couldn't help laughing out-loud too and Rei turned her attention to the girl onthe couch. "Oh, you think it's funny huh?" Unable to resist she attacked Ami and started to tickle her. Ami laughed under her. "Ahh-ha-ha-ha. Rei-chan! Stop! Come-on! I-m sorry I laughed at you! Ahhh!" Finally Rei let-up and Ami laid there trying to catch her breath. "Are you two done playing?" Kira asked, unable to keep the amusement from her voice. "Shush you." Rei said and folded her arms over her chest. " I'm done." "How about you Blue?" Ami started at the name. "Blue? I didn't say you could call me that." "Yeah well, I just decided on it. It wasn't fair to call her Fireball and not give you a nickname too." Rei grinned at Kira. "Yes but, Blue sounds like a name you'd give to a pet dog." Rei laughed at that and Ami turned bright red. "All right then. What shall I call you?" Kira asked. She was doing her best to make then have a good time in front of the camera. Maybe if the others saw how much fun Rei and Ami were having, they'd leave them alone for a longer time. Besides, she couldn't help wanting to show Setsuna what a good time her friends were having with her. Ami was thinking hard and flushing at the same time. "I can't think of one on my own. That's weird." Rei giggled then sat up straight. "I know! You can call her Iceball!" Ami and Kira both made faces. "Iceball?" Ami asked, trying the name out. Kira shook her head. "No, not Iceball. Snowball?" Ami made another face and Rei grinned. "Snowflake." She said. Kira grinned and Ami blushed a bit. "Yeah. Snowflake is perfect. So Snowflake, got any last words for the camera?" Rei and Ami both started. "You left it on?" Rei asked. "Naturally. Why press stop? This stuff is gold. I may want a copy." Rei flushed but Ami was thinking. She opened her mouth to talk, but then closedit again. She made a face and tried again, but stopped and got a very embarrassed look on her face. "What?" Rei asked. "Yeah, go ahead and say it." Kira urged. Ami sighed and realized that she was going to be teased for this no matter what, but it had to be done. "Um, well, I know it's summer and all and there aren't any classes but, uh... I do have summer school prep classes and if someone could maybe go and write down the homework so I can make it up later..." She trailed off in a fierce blush as both Rei and Kira dropped to the ground in laughter. "Homework? That's not a very vacation-like thing to say Ami-chan." Rei said and then tackled Ami and started to tickle her again. Gathering her breathe Kira saw her chance. She took a deep breathe and put on a serious face and pointed to camera at herself. "As I'm sure you can see, your friends are doing just fine. Why not do them a favor and let them have their vacation? Give them a break from you for just a little while. For their sakes huh? It's not like I'm about to hurt them or anything. I'm doing more for them now then you, more specifically three of you, ever have. Maybe I'll let them go back to you in a while, maybe not. Either way, they could use this break from you, from all of you." She looked straight into the camera with the knowledge that Setsuna would watch the tape too. After looking into it for a second, she turned it back to the couch where Ami and Rei were settling down. "All right, ready to say your goodbyes?" "Don't worry about us, we'll be fine." Ami said and Rei nodded. "We can handle Mosquito-san so just relax for a while okay? See you soon" They both smiled at the camera and waved and Kira hit the off button. "I think that went well don't you?" Kira asked as she rewound the tape. Rei shrugged. "So, how are they going to see this thing again?" "I'm going to take it to them. I'll wear this little camera on my shirt and and earpiece and microphone when I go. That way you can see where I am going on the TV and we can communicate." "You trust us enough to leave us here?" Ami asked and Kira smiled. "This isn't a place where you can just run out and disappear into the town Snowflake. This is one of my special homes in a, well, a different dimension so to speak. There's not really anything outside. You're welcome to try and run away if you'd like, but you won't get very far as humans. And if you run into a particularly hungry demon outside..." Ami gulped and Rei sighed. "I suppose that doesn't matter. Running away would be counter-vacation and I'm enjoying being waited on." Kira grinned. "I'm glad we agree. Besides, I will do my very best to make this a very... pleasurable vacation for you." Teasing and flirting with them was just too much fun and Kira enjoyed their reactions. Widened eyes, quickened breaths, increased blood-flow to certain areas... "Yeah yeah yeah. Just get going Mosquito-san." Rei grumbled, forcing theblush from her cheeks. Kira grinned and finished attaching the earpiece and camera. Satisfied that there was a stable connection she picked up the tape, waved, and poofed away appearing again near Rei's shrine. "Hello? Can you hear me?" Kira asked. "Yeah we can hear you." Came Rei's voice in her ear. "So, where am I taking this too?" She asked. There was some discussion on the other side and Kira took the time to stretch and breathe in the air. Being an old vampire she had the ability to walk in the sunlight as did Akio. Only when she had been very young did the sun hurt, but now she enjoyed the warmth and stretched out in it. "Either take it to Usagi-chan's house or to Haruka and Michiru's place."Ami said through the earpiece. "Usagi's house is closer so I'll go there. Will she be home this time ofday?" Kira asked as she started to walk. "Nah. Usagi-chan never stays home over summer. Everyone is probably at the Crown." Rei answered. "Okay then." Kira sighed and put her hands behind her head. The birds were singing, there was a slight breeze, it really was a beautiful day. "Um, hey, Kira-san?" Rei's voice asked hesitantly from her ear. "Yeah?" "Well, I mean, why aren't you... how come you can..." Kira stopped walking and cocked her head to the side. "How can I what Fireball?" "Well, you're just walking around, in the daytime. With no cover or anything. So, why aren't you... dead?" Kira started then grinned and kept walking. "Ah yes, the sunlight. Well, with the downfall of the Kingdom, a lot of valuable information was lost in royal libraries. Among the lost knowledge was all the facts about vampires. When a few small details like 'bloodsuckers' got out, you humans created the myth of the vampire that you see in TV.Oh sure, you got some stuff right. Needing blood, liking the taste of virgins, not drinking from the dead, but you also got a lot of stuff wrong. Forexample, sunlight. Only some of us can't go out in the daytime. Almost all new vampires can't, and a few species. "Species?" Rei asked. Kira sighed and crossed the street. " Yeah, not all vampires are the same you know. The kind you are depends on who turned you and how, who you are, age, sex... yada yada. Anyway, several vampire species exist. There are a few that can't go out in daylight, and a few that can't go out in moonlight actually." "And which are you?" "Well, I was lucky so to speak. I can go out in both." "So, what's your weakness then Mosquito-san?" Kira laughed. "Like I'm about to tell you Fireball. Anyway, I'm here." Kira looked up at the house. "Should I just leave it in her room?" "Yeah, that should be fine." Kira nodded and went around the back of thehouse. Finding a window she jumped into a tree and peaked inside. * Hmm, bunnies and hearts and moons. Yep, this is the right room.* She went to open the window and froze. Curled up in the middle of the bed was a small blackcat. "Hey guys, can her cat talk like it used to be able to?" "Yeah, both Luna and Artimes can." Kira grinned. "Luna? Setsuna-san used to talk about an advisor named Luna. You know, she sounded like she was quite the pompous windbag back then. Maybe I'll just..." "Mosquito-san, you're not gonna hurt her are you? Mosquito-san?" Kira grinned and slipped inside the window. Silently she crept over to the bed pausing only briefly as something on the dresser caught her peripheral vision.She focused her head and consequently the camera on Luna and reached out to the side scooping up the two transformation wands that lay on top. * These may come in handy later* she thought as she stuffed them into her pocket then grinned. Moving so she was right in front on Luna she allowed her fangs to show and her eyes to glow bright blue. "Wake up Kitty." she hissed and watched as Luna's eyes blinked open and the black ball of fur yelped in kitty-panic and flew across the room. Kira moved just as fast and caught Luna, holding her at arms length. "Are you awake Kitty?" She hissed and Luna nodded slowly." Good, perhaps you've heard of me? I'm the one who paid the senshi a visit a few days ago, sound familiar?" Luna's eyes widened and she nodded again. Kira smirked and she heard a soft giggle over her earphone. "Listen up then." She commanded as she pulled the video tape from her other pocket. "I want you to make sure that the others see this, do you understand? It's from Fir... Rei-chan and Ami-chan.If you don't let the others see this, then it'll be their loss cause this is the last they're gonna hear from those two for a while, okay?" Luna nodded again and Kira dropped both the cat and the tape on the bed and poofed away... to the tree outside. "That was kinda mean Kira-san. And making it sound like we're gonna be gone forever." Ami said and Kira grinned. "It's good to keep them on their toes. Besides, if you thought it was so mean, then I guess it was just Fireball laughing?" She could practically see Ami's blush in her mind as the line went silent and smiled. "Do you think it worked?" Rei asked. Kira watched Luna jump to the window and look around then run back over to something that looked like a watch.The cat pressed a button and started to talk. Kira could just make out the words. "I've just had a visit from our new friend, she left a tape that she says is from Rei-chan and Ami-chan... Yes... No, I don't know, she didn't say..... No you can't come here, your parents are home.... Good, come and get the tape and we'll all go to Makoto-chan's house... Yes, make sure Artimes comes too." "I think it worked fine. So, are you satisfied?" Kira stretched and listened to them talk for a minute, watching Luna pace around the room. "Okay, that's good." Ami said and Kira focused for a moment disappearing from the tree and reappearing in the living room behind them. They both jumped and Kira shook her head as she pulled the earpiece and camera off. "Hey, what was that little thing the cat was talking into?" Ami looked blank for a moment then had a moment of clarity. "Oh, you mean the communicator? We all have one." Kira raised her eyebrow at them suspiciously and both girls looked a bit confused. Then Rei caught on and shock her head, waving her arms in front of her. "Oh no, we don't have ours with us. We didn't have them on when you, ya know, kidnapped us." Kira rolled her eyes at Rei and resisted the urge to stick her tongue out. She knew they didn't have anything with them when she'd taken them, that was the plan, but you never knew. "I'll go put this stuff away, all right?" They both nodded and Kira carried the gear into her private room stuffing it into a drawer along with the henshin wands. When she came back into the room both girls were stretched out on the couch. "So, now that your friends are taken care of, what do you say you really start to loosen up and enjoy your vacation?" Rei raised an eyebrow at her and looked over to Ami who just shrugged. "I thought this was vacationing." Kira did her best to hide a predatory grin. "But there are so many more things that can be done to... enhance your experience." She said softly walking around the side of the couch so she was behind Rei. Rei caught onto the tone in her voice and swallowed before sitting up a bit straighter. She looked across the couch at Ami who was a little red having also caught onto Kira's subtle tone. "L...Like what?" Rei stammered out, sounding almost normal. Kira again had to hide a smile as she dropped to her knees behind Rei moving so her mouth was right next to Rei's ear as she whispered. "Oh, I don't know. There are so many things that could make you feel good." Slowly she lifted her hands and put them on Rei's shoulders, feeling the girl tense up even more. " But you know what I would really recommend right now? Something I think would make you feel so good?" She let every word drip with innuendo and tightened her grip on Rei. "W... What?" Rei managed to squeak. Kira grinned. "A nice... soothing... calming... massage." and with that she rubbed the shoulders in front of her. Rei had untensed at 'massage' and then melted as Kira started in. At over a thousand years old she'd had plenty of practice and she was pretty damn good at them. Rei meanwhile had practically started to moan and Ami was watching with just an amused smile. "You know Mosquito-san, " Rei drawled sleepily, " when you started talking I thought for sure you were gonna try something." Kira kept the grin off her face and kept methodically rubbing. "Try something?" She asked. Rei leaned back into her touch and sighed inpleasure. "Yeah, you know, like sexual or something. I didn't think it would be just a massage." Kira let Rei lean into her more and then focused on Ami. Once the blue-haired girl had met her eyes she leaned forward and spoke with her most sultry voice into Rei's ear. "You're right. This is out of character for me. Of course, there are full-bodied massages..." She whispered putting emphasis on the 'full-bodied' part. Both Ami and Rei gulped quietly but apparently Rei had come to an inner conclusion. So she tilted her head so she was almost face to face with Kira, enjoyed the almost startled look on the vampire's face and started to whisper. "If you do those as good as you're doing this, count me in." Kira gave Rei a very pleased very seductive look and glanced back at Ami who had turned a pretty shade of fushia. "And how about you Snowflake?" Ami looked between the seductive look on Kira's face and the dazed, happy look on Rei's face. Then she smiled and shrugged. "Sure, count me in." Kira kept the seductive look on her face but inwardly cheered and jumped up and down. * All right. Now I'll show them just why they won't want to leave*
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