Disclaimers: I do not own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing. Both series belong to their rightful owner(s) and creator(s). Enjoy the story!! =0)
Krys: Hello everyone! Hope you all had a nice Christmas. I'm here with a new story, which will be co-written with Sere-chan. She manages the SM Crossover Archive. I think she's a wonderful author. Don't you agree H-chan?
Heero: *shrugs*
Krys: *slaps Heero in the back of head* Of course, Usa-chan is a great author! Her fanfics are great! I think it's an honor being able to write with her.
Heero: *rubs head, while glaring* Okay, we get the point. She's one of your role models. Can you just tell the audience about the fanfic?
Krys: Oh yeah. That's why we're here, isn't it? *laughs nervously with hand behind back of head*
*Audience and Heero sweatdrops*
Krys: Anyways, Usa-chan and myself will be writing this, as I already told you. I wrote the prologue, which you will now be reading. I will be writing the even chapters and Usa-chan will be writing the odd numbered chapters. Got it? Good. Now on with the fanfic!
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Forbidden Love
Prologue - The Accident
Author: Krys Yuy
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Would you like to hear a tale? Well, here is a tale, which contains adventure, danger, betrayal, suspense, illusion, and love. Let us take you where love was found in the most unexpected place. Five shall meet and five shall fall. What happens in between? You know, it's funny how all this can start out with an accident, which changed the plans of destiny for all eternity. The chosen lovers will be altered and will span throughout time. Now, let us begin our journey...
* * * * *
"Mission... accomplished."
An explosion was reflected through the eyes of a young man. The fire seemed to dance across his face. It was a face with no emotion, no expression. The corners of his lips suddenly curved into a slight smile. However, it wasn't the kind of smile you see normally. It was one of cold and hard triumph. No warmth or laughter could be read. Actually, no warmth or laughter had ever escaped past the barriers of this young man, who, to most people, would only be regarded as a simple boy. It seemed he was forced to mature in only one way, which would be with him for the rest of his life. He appeared to be in a cockpit. Yellow lights were flashing on and off. His eyes glowed the same strange color.
"We did it, Wing," he said. "Time to head back to the quarters."
With that said, he piloted the machine back to where he had come from. As he landed in a terminal, the yellow lights stopped and the man's eyes ceased to glow brightly. It faded to reveal emotionless Prussian blue eyes, which were so hard and cold like winter. He got out of his machine and made mental notes on what he needed to repair it.
Suddenly, out of the blue, four other machines similar to his, also landed expertly. Though the machines were alike, the pilots were very different. One exited a machine whose majority of color was deep ebony. He had on what looked like a priest outfit and a black cap. He had long brown hair in a thick braid. The next pilot landed on the ground with the grace of an acrobat. He had jumped from a machine painted mostly in red. He wore a black turtleneck with gray slacks. Strangely, his brown hair had long bangs, which covered half of his face. After him, another pilot came from the cockpit of a machine that had the colors of blue and red. He had on what looked like a karate outfit and his black hair was in a ponytail. The last young man came from a machine that had red mostly. He seemed to be the most innocent of all of them. He wore slacks and a shirt covered with a vest. His hair was somewhat wild and had the color of gold.
"Man! What a ride!" exclaimed the one with a braid. "Deathscythe rocked today!"
The one with black hair rolled his eyes. "Just shut up, Maxwell," he said.
"Please don't start again, Wufei, Duo," the man with blonde hair requested politely.
"Aw, come on, Quatre," the one called Duo said with a little pout. "It's no fun if I don't get to tease Wu-man."
Wufei's left eye twitched slightly. His fists clenched at his sides as it looked like he was taking a whole lot of effort not to explode right there and then. "How many times," he started in a deadly voice directed towards Duo. "Do I have to tell you.. not to call me WU-MAN!?!" His voice raised at the end.
"Where's the fun in that?" asked Duo, smirking. "Wu-man," he added with mischief.
"That's it!" Wufei exclaimed. You could practically see steam coming out of his ears. "I've had a bad day. I almost got killed in our mission with our Gundams and now you feel like teasing me?! You are so dead!!"
Duo let out a little frightened squeak, turned, and ran. Wufei chased after him, waving his fist. And so began the familiar routine to all of the young men present.
Quatre sighed and shook his head. He turned towards the one in the black turtleneck. "Trowa, don't you get sick of this sometimes?" he asked.
"......................"
"Yes, me too," Quatre agreed with him. He saw a young man with hair similar to his own, expect in brown, a few yards away from them. "Hey Heero, how did your mission go?"
Heero grunted his response, which usually meant he accomplished it.
"That's good," said Quatre.
A beep sounded from inside Heero's machine. Heero made his way into the cockpit and pulled out his backpack. The beeping seemed to be coming from the inside. He got down for a second time and sat on the floor next to his Gundam. He reached into the backpack and pulled out a laptop. He opened it and immediately, the beeping stopped. A window opened and a man, half covered in the shadows, appeared in it.
"Hello Heero. Your mission went well I presume," said the man.
Instead of answering, Heero asked one of his own questions. "What do you want Dr. J?"
Dr. J seemed unaffected by the young man's manners. "I want you to come to the new facility just on the other side of the forest west of where you are now. Bring pilots, 02, 03, 04, and 05 with you as well. I have something that you may want to look at."
"Consider it done," replied Heero in his monotone voice.
"Very well," the doctor accepted. "See you soon."
Then the window flashed and winked out of the screen. Heero closed his laptop and returned it to his backpack. Then he turned towards his fellow pilots. They were all looking at him. Wufei had given up his chase once he saw Heero talking to Dr. J.
"Well?" inquired Duo.
"Follow me," Heero stated simply. "Dr. J has something he wants to show us."
"Okay," Quatre agreed.
The others just shrugged their shoulders and followed Heero out of the terminal. However, not before checking that their Gundams were secure. They then followed him into the dense forest that you had to cut through to get to the facility Dr. J had been talking about. They all walked in silence, lost in their own thoughts.
Little did they know that it was on this path which would change their lives and alter their destinies forever.
* * * * *
Gate of Time....
Sailor Pluto looked over the timelines carefully. Everything seemed to be in order. There were no rifts that she had to fix. She sighed in relief and tossed her long black hair over her shoulder. She could take a break for once. However, she couldn't shake off this nagging feeling that something big was about to happen. She also couldn't tell if it was going to be for the worst or the better.
Suddenly, all her senses went on alert. Swiftly, she turned around. Someone or something was trying to pass through the Time Gate. Like hell she would let them come through.
"Stop!!" Sailor Pluto shouted to the open air. She gripped her key staff tighter with her hand. "Who goes there?"
Two evil hisses could be heard but the gray mist prevented the guardian from seeing her opponent. So it seemed there was more than one trespasser.
Pluto's eyes narrowed to slits. The garnet orb atop her staff blinked red. "You will not pass through these gates! I will not allow it!"
"Are you so sure about that?" a voice countered from her right.
The guardian closed her eyes and willed some of the mist to depart so that she might see the intruder. The mist obeyed and some of it cleared to reveal two youmas. They appeared to be two twin snakes. Upon their heads were black upside down crescent moons. Their skin was a sickly green with scales of blue and red.
"What?!" Pluto stated, shocked. "The sign of the royal Moon family but upside down?!"
(AN: This is the Pluto from the Silver Millennium. She does not yet know of the Black Moon family.)
"Prepare to meet your doom!" exclaimed one of the monsters. "I am Fang."
"And I am Poisia."
"Together we are the deadly snake duo!"
(AN: I know. *sweatdrop*)
"It doesn't matter who or what you are," countered Pluto. "You will not pass through!"
The guardian raised her staff. Mists of purple and blue began to swirl around the garnet orb. It gathered into one huge ball of pink and red planet energy. She swirled around and then pointed the deadly energy at the duo.
"Dead scream," she whispered.
The planet ball flew toward the enemy at an amazing speed, obeying its mistress's command. At the last second, the two snakes dodged. One going left and the other right. Then they both charged at her. She jumped backward and avoided their advances.
"Deadly poison!" Fang cried. Green liquid shot from his mouth and toward the guardian of Time.
Sailor Pluto twirled her staff in front of her in a clockwise motion, until all you saw was a blue blur. It formed into a purple shield, which blocked the poison from touching her. She then ran forward and jabbed her staff into the creature's stomach. Fang doubled over and Pluto took the opportunity to attack again.
"Dead scream."
This time the planet energy made contact. Fang screamed in pain as he disintegrated into nothing but dust particles. Pluto smiled in triumph but by doing this, she made a fatal mistake. In her haste to kill one, she forgot about the other. Poisia had an outraged look on her face. Her twin had been killed and she had to finish her mission from Prince Diamond solo. She tackled Pluto with one swift motion.
"Snake bite!" Poisia screeched.
Sharp needles shot out from the reptile's mouth. Sailor Pluto's maroon eyes widened as she caught sight of the attack. She quickly turned over on her side, avoiding most of them but a few pierced her right shoulder. She gasped in pain and clutched her wound. She gripped her staff and glared at her attacker, silently cursing herself for being caught off guard.
It was her sacred duty to forever guard the passage of time and she would not fail. She could not fail. Let her be damned if she let this nuisance get the best of her. Pluto lunged at Poisia, staff raised and ready to strike. However, Poisia was too quick for her. She ducked and hit Pluto on her injured shoulder. The guardian cried out and fell to the mist covered ground.
The female snake took this opportunity to escape through the Time Gate. As she entered, Sailor Pluto lifted her head just in time to see her opponent disappear behind the doors.
"No!"
The guardian knew she would not make it in time to stop the monster from entering one of the many portals. She concentrated on the youma instead and felt which portal she had gone into. Unfortunately for Poisia, it was the wrong destination.
* * * * *
"I'm bored," complained Duo.
"Just ten more minutes, Duo," Quatre sighed, exasperated.
"I'm sore all over and-"
Duo abruptly had to shut up because Heero had clamped his hand over Duo's mouth. The four pilots looked at him, surprised and questioning. Heero put a finger to his lips and motioned for all the pilots to look up at a diagonal angle. They followed his line of sight and became too stunned to move. In the air, a black portal had materialized. The wind whistled against it and leaves scattered through the air. It crackled with pure energy. Then a figure started to descend from it.
All five pilots tensed immediately. Heero was the first one to reach his gun and he steadily pointed it at the creature coming out. As it came into full view, even he couldn't hold back a tiny gasp. It was unlike anything they had ever seen before. It was the kind of things that lived in nightmares. It seemed to be a snake-like creature with red and blue scales. Wild green hair grew from its skull and muscular arms could be seen. It was unnatural to see a thing like that just come out from a floating portal. As the unknown creature touched the ground, it swiftly turned around to face its watchers.
Reacting upon instinct and already distinguishing that the snake was an enemy, all five fighter pilots let their bullets fly. The swift tearing of flesh could be heard. The snake hissed in pain but to the pilots' surprise, it did not die.
"You little pests," hissed the creature.
"It c-can t-talk?!" stuttered Duo.
"I guess so," Quatre gulped.
"Who or what are you?" demanded Heero.
"I am Poisia," the snake answered with venom.
Wufei snorted. "What kind of name is that?" he sneered.
"None of your business," Poisia snorted. "Enough talk! Snake bite!!"
"What the-" yelled Duo, but was tackled by Wufei. He narrowly avoided the poisonous needles. "Thanks," Duo gasped.
"Just watch it next time, Maxwell," Wufei said.
Three shots rang in their eardrums. Quatre, Trowa, and Heero had again shot the snake but with the same result as before. However, they did not know how to do anything else to annihilate the snake. Duo and Wufei also fired. Gun shots continued to ring until there was nothing left in their gun barrels.
*Click*
*Click*
"Damn," Heero cursed. He didn't have any extra bullets on him. He couldn't believe how careless he had been.
The five teenage boys backed up to the trees. Too late did they realize their mistake. They had no where else to go. Their minds couldn't comprehend what was happening to them. Poisia continued her prowl toward them. She was about to start her attack again.
"Holy sh-" Duo was again cut off when a ball of pink and red energy cut through one of the snake's arms.
"You think you can get away from me?" demanded an angry female voice.
"Not you again!" exclaimed Poisia, biting her green lip against the pain.
"More company?" Quatre asked.
"You have broken the laws of time and for that, you must pay your punishment," vowed the female again.
The pilots looked to the right of the monster. There stood a tall woman holding a key staff. Atop the staff was an orb. Her right shoulder was bandaged. She glared menacingly at the alien creature that had attacked them. Her maroon eyes flashed dangerously.
"Snake bite!!"
The woman narrowed her eyes to slits and she raised her staff. She twirled it so fast that it became a blur. Right before their eyes, it transformed into a shield, which blocked the attack.
"Nice," Duo whistled.
The snake and woman exchanged blows. Finally, the woman swept Poisia with her staff and the snake fell backwards. Colorful mists began to swirl around the orb.
"What is she doing?" Quatre inquired.
"I don't know," answered Wufei. "But I don't know if it's going to be good or bad."
"To make sure you go back to where you came from," the woman started threateningly. "I will put more energy into this attack."
The black portal above all of them had still continued to crackle. It flashed when the woman's staff blinked.
"Dead scream," she whispered.
Another ball of energy escaped from the time staff, except this one was larger. Poisia could not move and didn't even have time to scream when she was disintegrated into nothing.
"Who are you?" Heero inquired with his monotone voice. His attention was now drawn to their savior, since the snake-like youma was now gone.
"It is none of your concern," the woman replied.
A deep laugh sounded, startling the group. All of them looked up. A man was floating above them. He had on strange green pants with a tan vest. He had wild red hair that stuck up. His crimson eyes held malice.
"Diamond's foolish minions," the stranger said. "They go to the wrong time and the wrong place. Do they expect me to clean up their mess?"
"Just great," the woman breathed.
"Might as well kill off a Sailor Senshi while I'm here," the man stated, glancing at the woman. "Who are you? You don't look like one of the Senshi guarding the Crystal Palace."
"I don't know of this Crystal Palace you speak of," the woman replied.
"It doesn't matter," the man countered. "I'll destroy you anyways before I have to travel to the twentieth century."
"Twentieth century?" asked Quatre.
"That was years and years ago," Duo noted.
The man raised his arms above his head. A dark energy sphere materialized in the center of his hands. It grew to an amazing size. Then he threw it directly at the Senshi of time, who had also powered her attack.
"Dead scream."
The two attacks met head on. It created a giant explosion of light and energy. The wind started to really pick up. It began to blow with such force that the pilots had to hold on to something to prevent themselves from flying away. The guardian had taken the distraction to power her attack for yet another time that day while the stranger was blinded.
"Dead scream."
The man looked up just before the attack hit him. "No!" He glared at the woman, hate in his eyes. Burnt marks adorned his skin and his clothes were singed. "You shall see me again! But not now. I have a more important mission to complete. Till next time." Then he disappeared.
Heero and Quatre couldn't hold on any more to the tree they had grabbed. The wind blew stronger and louder than before. Their grip began to slip. Their bodies were being lifted into the air. One stronger gust was all it took. Quatre and Heero let go of the tree branches unwillingly.
"No!!!"
The two teenagers were lifted through the air and sucked into the black portal above. The crackling energy ceased and the hole closed steadily. There was nothing that the woman or three pilots could do but watch.
Once the seal of the hole was complete, everything became as it was before. The sun appeared shining and the birds began to sing. However, four people stared in disbelief at where the two teenagers had been. Pilots 01 and 04 were gone and they didn't know where to.
* * * * *
It was through this accident that destiny's plans were forever changed.
End of Prologue - The Accident
Coming Next - Chapter 1
Krys: And that's the end of the prologue!
Heero: *no emotion* Hooray.
Krys: * rolls eyes* Very enthusiastic, Heero.
Heero: ...........................
Krys: Okay then. Please review and check out my site! New layout and everything. Ja ne!!
Heero: *grunts*
Krys: That's his version of good-bye. *winks*
Note: "Love's Ways", "True Soulmates?", "First Loves", and "The Real Face of Destiny" are currently being worked on. Sorry, everyone, but I have been working on my site. Also, I have to go back to school tomorrow. *wails* I don't wanna!
Krys: Hello everyone! Hope you all had a nice Christmas. I'm here with a new story, which will be co-written with Sere-chan. She manages the SM Crossover Archive. I think she's a wonderful author. Don't you agree H-chan?
Heero: *shrugs*
Krys: *slaps Heero in the back of head* Of course, Usa-chan is a great author! Her fanfics are great! I think it's an honor being able to write with her.
Heero: *rubs head, while glaring* Okay, we get the point. She's one of your role models. Can you just tell the audience about the fanfic?
Krys: Oh yeah. That's why we're here, isn't it? *laughs nervously with hand behind back of head*
*Audience and Heero sweatdrops*
Krys: Anyways, Usa-chan and myself will be writing this, as I already told you. I wrote the prologue, which you will now be reading. I will be writing the even chapters and Usa-chan will be writing the odd numbered chapters. Got it? Good. Now on with the fanfic!
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Forbidden Love
Prologue - The Accident
Author: Krys Yuy
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Would you like to hear a tale? Well, here is a tale, which contains adventure, danger, betrayal, suspense, illusion, and love. Let us take you where love was found in the most unexpected place. Five shall meet and five shall fall. What happens in between? You know, it's funny how all this can start out with an accident, which changed the plans of destiny for all eternity. The chosen lovers will be altered and will span throughout time. Now, let us begin our journey...
* * * * *
"Mission... accomplished."
An explosion was reflected through the eyes of a young man. The fire seemed to dance across his face. It was a face with no emotion, no expression. The corners of his lips suddenly curved into a slight smile. However, it wasn't the kind of smile you see normally. It was one of cold and hard triumph. No warmth or laughter could be read. Actually, no warmth or laughter had ever escaped past the barriers of this young man, who, to most people, would only be regarded as a simple boy. It seemed he was forced to mature in only one way, which would be with him for the rest of his life. He appeared to be in a cockpit. Yellow lights were flashing on and off. His eyes glowed the same strange color.
"We did it, Wing," he said. "Time to head back to the quarters."
With that said, he piloted the machine back to where he had come from. As he landed in a terminal, the yellow lights stopped and the man's eyes ceased to glow brightly. It faded to reveal emotionless Prussian blue eyes, which were so hard and cold like winter. He got out of his machine and made mental notes on what he needed to repair it.
Suddenly, out of the blue, four other machines similar to his, also landed expertly. Though the machines were alike, the pilots were very different. One exited a machine whose majority of color was deep ebony. He had on what looked like a priest outfit and a black cap. He had long brown hair in a thick braid. The next pilot landed on the ground with the grace of an acrobat. He had jumped from a machine painted mostly in red. He wore a black turtleneck with gray slacks. Strangely, his brown hair had long bangs, which covered half of his face. After him, another pilot came from the cockpit of a machine that had the colors of blue and red. He had on what looked like a karate outfit and his black hair was in a ponytail. The last young man came from a machine that had red mostly. He seemed to be the most innocent of all of them. He wore slacks and a shirt covered with a vest. His hair was somewhat wild and had the color of gold.
"Man! What a ride!" exclaimed the one with a braid. "Deathscythe rocked today!"
The one with black hair rolled his eyes. "Just shut up, Maxwell," he said.
"Please don't start again, Wufei, Duo," the man with blonde hair requested politely.
"Aw, come on, Quatre," the one called Duo said with a little pout. "It's no fun if I don't get to tease Wu-man."
Wufei's left eye twitched slightly. His fists clenched at his sides as it looked like he was taking a whole lot of effort not to explode right there and then. "How many times," he started in a deadly voice directed towards Duo. "Do I have to tell you.. not to call me WU-MAN!?!" His voice raised at the end.
"Where's the fun in that?" asked Duo, smirking. "Wu-man," he added with mischief.
"That's it!" Wufei exclaimed. You could practically see steam coming out of his ears. "I've had a bad day. I almost got killed in our mission with our Gundams and now you feel like teasing me?! You are so dead!!"
Duo let out a little frightened squeak, turned, and ran. Wufei chased after him, waving his fist. And so began the familiar routine to all of the young men present.
Quatre sighed and shook his head. He turned towards the one in the black turtleneck. "Trowa, don't you get sick of this sometimes?" he asked.
"......................"
"Yes, me too," Quatre agreed with him. He saw a young man with hair similar to his own, expect in brown, a few yards away from them. "Hey Heero, how did your mission go?"
Heero grunted his response, which usually meant he accomplished it.
"That's good," said Quatre.
A beep sounded from inside Heero's machine. Heero made his way into the cockpit and pulled out his backpack. The beeping seemed to be coming from the inside. He got down for a second time and sat on the floor next to his Gundam. He reached into the backpack and pulled out a laptop. He opened it and immediately, the beeping stopped. A window opened and a man, half covered in the shadows, appeared in it.
"Hello Heero. Your mission went well I presume," said the man.
Instead of answering, Heero asked one of his own questions. "What do you want Dr. J?"
Dr. J seemed unaffected by the young man's manners. "I want you to come to the new facility just on the other side of the forest west of where you are now. Bring pilots, 02, 03, 04, and 05 with you as well. I have something that you may want to look at."
"Consider it done," replied Heero in his monotone voice.
"Very well," the doctor accepted. "See you soon."
Then the window flashed and winked out of the screen. Heero closed his laptop and returned it to his backpack. Then he turned towards his fellow pilots. They were all looking at him. Wufei had given up his chase once he saw Heero talking to Dr. J.
"Well?" inquired Duo.
"Follow me," Heero stated simply. "Dr. J has something he wants to show us."
"Okay," Quatre agreed.
The others just shrugged their shoulders and followed Heero out of the terminal. However, not before checking that their Gundams were secure. They then followed him into the dense forest that you had to cut through to get to the facility Dr. J had been talking about. They all walked in silence, lost in their own thoughts.
Little did they know that it was on this path which would change their lives and alter their destinies forever.
* * * * *
Gate of Time....
Sailor Pluto looked over the timelines carefully. Everything seemed to be in order. There were no rifts that she had to fix. She sighed in relief and tossed her long black hair over her shoulder. She could take a break for once. However, she couldn't shake off this nagging feeling that something big was about to happen. She also couldn't tell if it was going to be for the worst or the better.
Suddenly, all her senses went on alert. Swiftly, she turned around. Someone or something was trying to pass through the Time Gate. Like hell she would let them come through.
"Stop!!" Sailor Pluto shouted to the open air. She gripped her key staff tighter with her hand. "Who goes there?"
Two evil hisses could be heard but the gray mist prevented the guardian from seeing her opponent. So it seemed there was more than one trespasser.
Pluto's eyes narrowed to slits. The garnet orb atop her staff blinked red. "You will not pass through these gates! I will not allow it!"
"Are you so sure about that?" a voice countered from her right.
The guardian closed her eyes and willed some of the mist to depart so that she might see the intruder. The mist obeyed and some of it cleared to reveal two youmas. They appeared to be two twin snakes. Upon their heads were black upside down crescent moons. Their skin was a sickly green with scales of blue and red.
"What?!" Pluto stated, shocked. "The sign of the royal Moon family but upside down?!"
(AN: This is the Pluto from the Silver Millennium. She does not yet know of the Black Moon family.)
"Prepare to meet your doom!" exclaimed one of the monsters. "I am Fang."
"And I am Poisia."
"Together we are the deadly snake duo!"
(AN: I know. *sweatdrop*)
"It doesn't matter who or what you are," countered Pluto. "You will not pass through!"
The guardian raised her staff. Mists of purple and blue began to swirl around the garnet orb. It gathered into one huge ball of pink and red planet energy. She swirled around and then pointed the deadly energy at the duo.
"Dead scream," she whispered.
The planet ball flew toward the enemy at an amazing speed, obeying its mistress's command. At the last second, the two snakes dodged. One going left and the other right. Then they both charged at her. She jumped backward and avoided their advances.
"Deadly poison!" Fang cried. Green liquid shot from his mouth and toward the guardian of Time.
Sailor Pluto twirled her staff in front of her in a clockwise motion, until all you saw was a blue blur. It formed into a purple shield, which blocked the poison from touching her. She then ran forward and jabbed her staff into the creature's stomach. Fang doubled over and Pluto took the opportunity to attack again.
"Dead scream."
This time the planet energy made contact. Fang screamed in pain as he disintegrated into nothing but dust particles. Pluto smiled in triumph but by doing this, she made a fatal mistake. In her haste to kill one, she forgot about the other. Poisia had an outraged look on her face. Her twin had been killed and she had to finish her mission from Prince Diamond solo. She tackled Pluto with one swift motion.
"Snake bite!" Poisia screeched.
Sharp needles shot out from the reptile's mouth. Sailor Pluto's maroon eyes widened as she caught sight of the attack. She quickly turned over on her side, avoiding most of them but a few pierced her right shoulder. She gasped in pain and clutched her wound. She gripped her staff and glared at her attacker, silently cursing herself for being caught off guard.
It was her sacred duty to forever guard the passage of time and she would not fail. She could not fail. Let her be damned if she let this nuisance get the best of her. Pluto lunged at Poisia, staff raised and ready to strike. However, Poisia was too quick for her. She ducked and hit Pluto on her injured shoulder. The guardian cried out and fell to the mist covered ground.
The female snake took this opportunity to escape through the Time Gate. As she entered, Sailor Pluto lifted her head just in time to see her opponent disappear behind the doors.
"No!"
The guardian knew she would not make it in time to stop the monster from entering one of the many portals. She concentrated on the youma instead and felt which portal she had gone into. Unfortunately for Poisia, it was the wrong destination.
* * * * *
"I'm bored," complained Duo.
"Just ten more minutes, Duo," Quatre sighed, exasperated.
"I'm sore all over and-"
Duo abruptly had to shut up because Heero had clamped his hand over Duo's mouth. The four pilots looked at him, surprised and questioning. Heero put a finger to his lips and motioned for all the pilots to look up at a diagonal angle. They followed his line of sight and became too stunned to move. In the air, a black portal had materialized. The wind whistled against it and leaves scattered through the air. It crackled with pure energy. Then a figure started to descend from it.
All five pilots tensed immediately. Heero was the first one to reach his gun and he steadily pointed it at the creature coming out. As it came into full view, even he couldn't hold back a tiny gasp. It was unlike anything they had ever seen before. It was the kind of things that lived in nightmares. It seemed to be a snake-like creature with red and blue scales. Wild green hair grew from its skull and muscular arms could be seen. It was unnatural to see a thing like that just come out from a floating portal. As the unknown creature touched the ground, it swiftly turned around to face its watchers.
Reacting upon instinct and already distinguishing that the snake was an enemy, all five fighter pilots let their bullets fly. The swift tearing of flesh could be heard. The snake hissed in pain but to the pilots' surprise, it did not die.
"You little pests," hissed the creature.
"It c-can t-talk?!" stuttered Duo.
"I guess so," Quatre gulped.
"Who or what are you?" demanded Heero.
"I am Poisia," the snake answered with venom.
Wufei snorted. "What kind of name is that?" he sneered.
"None of your business," Poisia snorted. "Enough talk! Snake bite!!"
"What the-" yelled Duo, but was tackled by Wufei. He narrowly avoided the poisonous needles. "Thanks," Duo gasped.
"Just watch it next time, Maxwell," Wufei said.
Three shots rang in their eardrums. Quatre, Trowa, and Heero had again shot the snake but with the same result as before. However, they did not know how to do anything else to annihilate the snake. Duo and Wufei also fired. Gun shots continued to ring until there was nothing left in their gun barrels.
*Click*
*Click*
"Damn," Heero cursed. He didn't have any extra bullets on him. He couldn't believe how careless he had been.
The five teenage boys backed up to the trees. Too late did they realize their mistake. They had no where else to go. Their minds couldn't comprehend what was happening to them. Poisia continued her prowl toward them. She was about to start her attack again.
"Holy sh-" Duo was again cut off when a ball of pink and red energy cut through one of the snake's arms.
"You think you can get away from me?" demanded an angry female voice.
"Not you again!" exclaimed Poisia, biting her green lip against the pain.
"More company?" Quatre asked.
"You have broken the laws of time and for that, you must pay your punishment," vowed the female again.
The pilots looked to the right of the monster. There stood a tall woman holding a key staff. Atop the staff was an orb. Her right shoulder was bandaged. She glared menacingly at the alien creature that had attacked them. Her maroon eyes flashed dangerously.
"Snake bite!!"
The woman narrowed her eyes to slits and she raised her staff. She twirled it so fast that it became a blur. Right before their eyes, it transformed into a shield, which blocked the attack.
"Nice," Duo whistled.
The snake and woman exchanged blows. Finally, the woman swept Poisia with her staff and the snake fell backwards. Colorful mists began to swirl around the orb.
"What is she doing?" Quatre inquired.
"I don't know," answered Wufei. "But I don't know if it's going to be good or bad."
"To make sure you go back to where you came from," the woman started threateningly. "I will put more energy into this attack."
The black portal above all of them had still continued to crackle. It flashed when the woman's staff blinked.
"Dead scream," she whispered.
Another ball of energy escaped from the time staff, except this one was larger. Poisia could not move and didn't even have time to scream when she was disintegrated into nothing.
"Who are you?" Heero inquired with his monotone voice. His attention was now drawn to their savior, since the snake-like youma was now gone.
"It is none of your concern," the woman replied.
A deep laugh sounded, startling the group. All of them looked up. A man was floating above them. He had on strange green pants with a tan vest. He had wild red hair that stuck up. His crimson eyes held malice.
"Diamond's foolish minions," the stranger said. "They go to the wrong time and the wrong place. Do they expect me to clean up their mess?"
"Just great," the woman breathed.
"Might as well kill off a Sailor Senshi while I'm here," the man stated, glancing at the woman. "Who are you? You don't look like one of the Senshi guarding the Crystal Palace."
"I don't know of this Crystal Palace you speak of," the woman replied.
"It doesn't matter," the man countered. "I'll destroy you anyways before I have to travel to the twentieth century."
"Twentieth century?" asked Quatre.
"That was years and years ago," Duo noted.
The man raised his arms above his head. A dark energy sphere materialized in the center of his hands. It grew to an amazing size. Then he threw it directly at the Senshi of time, who had also powered her attack.
"Dead scream."
The two attacks met head on. It created a giant explosion of light and energy. The wind started to really pick up. It began to blow with such force that the pilots had to hold on to something to prevent themselves from flying away. The guardian had taken the distraction to power her attack for yet another time that day while the stranger was blinded.
"Dead scream."
The man looked up just before the attack hit him. "No!" He glared at the woman, hate in his eyes. Burnt marks adorned his skin and his clothes were singed. "You shall see me again! But not now. I have a more important mission to complete. Till next time." Then he disappeared.
Heero and Quatre couldn't hold on any more to the tree they had grabbed. The wind blew stronger and louder than before. Their grip began to slip. Their bodies were being lifted into the air. One stronger gust was all it took. Quatre and Heero let go of the tree branches unwillingly.
"No!!!"
The two teenagers were lifted through the air and sucked into the black portal above. The crackling energy ceased and the hole closed steadily. There was nothing that the woman or three pilots could do but watch.
Once the seal of the hole was complete, everything became as it was before. The sun appeared shining and the birds began to sing. However, four people stared in disbelief at where the two teenagers had been. Pilots 01 and 04 were gone and they didn't know where to.
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It was through this accident that destiny's plans were forever changed.
End of Prologue - The Accident
Coming Next - Chapter 1
Krys: And that's the end of the prologue!
Heero: *no emotion* Hooray.
Krys: * rolls eyes* Very enthusiastic, Heero.
Heero: ...........................
Krys: Okay then. Please review and check out my site! New layout and everything. Ja ne!!
Heero: *grunts*
Krys: That's his version of good-bye. *winks*
Note: "Love's Ways", "True Soulmates?", "First Loves", and "The Real Face of Destiny" are currently being worked on. Sorry, everyone, but I have been working on my site. Also, I have to go back to school tomorrow. *wails* I don't wanna!