Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or Sailor Moon.
I got this story idea from a dream I had. I thought it was pretty interesting so I decided to write a story using my favorite characters. This story came out of my warped head while I was dreaming so if there are any questions don't hesitate to ask. Thanks for reading!
Warnings: There will be some language, and vampire like themes (drinking blood, and what not).
Chapter 1
It was dark and she knew she should be in bed. Creeping down the hallways was a bad idea, especially at this school. If she were caught it would most likely lead to the discovery of her secret. The moonlight that reached out though the windows illuminated the grotesque creatures lining the walls. She was not afraid of them though. She knew they were dead, and stupid enough to get caught. She smiled at that, they had been caught.
Catching sight of one creature that had not been there earlier that morning she smiled even wider. "Wouldn't it be ironic if you eventually did end up stuffed and on that pedestal?"
The figure climbed down and a male voice said, " it would be ironic, but ironically it's the best place to hide when someone is late." She stared at her companion. He was tall, but not overwhelmingly so. His long brown hair appeared even darker at night and his violet eyes were warm and inviting. This created a striking contrast to his black clothes and fangs that glinted as he smiled.
"You're just early."
Pressing his lips together and sighing he said, " I take it you don't think it's a good night to go hunting."
He could always read me so well. He knew exactly what I was thinking and why I was thinking it. Matching his sigh with my own, "you know the students from the upper classes are taking turns patrolling. It's dangerous, and I don't want to risk it."
"We haven't fed for a week!" Lowering his voice from his sudden outburst, " I don't know how long I can last."
"I'll ask my roommate if she can get us some blood from the medical wing tomorrow. It should hold us over until the training programs are over."
Wrinkling his nose in disgust he said, "I don't like the idea of human blood. I mean it just seems wrong, and if we get caught with it will confirm the rumors. It will put our people in further danger. What's left of us anyway."
"We really don't have a choice. Don't worry as soon as they get done with the upper classes will stretch our wings and eat enough to last us two weeks."
He smiled again, "I know." Kissing her forehead he slipped back into the shadows and left. She frowned and followed the familiar path to one creature on the wall that was not grotesque like the others. At first glance one would think a human being had been stuffed and put on display, but on closer inspection that was not the case. The male "human being" had large bat like wings sprouting out of his shoulder blades. This seemed to be the only abnormal thing about the creature. The girl looking at him knew better. She knew in his mouth there were razor sharp teeth that could bite through almost any hide, and a hunger for blood that had long left that body.
Sighing she whispered to the figure, "How long did you hide before they caught you?" Silence met her ears and she sighed again. This man hanging on the wall was the school's most prized possession. It was their badge of honor. To her it was a reminder of what could happen to her if she wasn't careful. The man on display (she didn't even know his name) was the only one of her species to have ever been caught. She smirked, and made her way back to her dorm room.
Upon returning to her dorm room, she was greeted by her best friend Rei. "So?"
"He wasn't happy, and I still don't understand why I had to tell your brother we weren't going tonight."
"Aw, Mako, you know I hate telling him we aren't going hunting. Duo and I don't get along when we are hungry."
"Well we only have two more days to deal with it and then we can go."
Rei made an indignant noise, "since when did Trowa talk all the fun out of you? You used to take risks! Now you will hardly leave this room without making sure it's safe."
Mako just rolled her eyes, "I'm going to bed." Moving her tall frame around Rei's shorter one, Mako walked into her room and closed the door.
Rei opened her mouth as if to say something to Mako, but thought better of it. She mumbled something incomprehensible, and stomped back to her own room.
Mako groaned as her alarm clock went off. "Damn clock!" she cried as she threw it against the wall of her room. Standing up she stretched, but it did nothing to alleviate the pain in her wings. It was unnatural to keep them shrunk for so long. It was a curse and a blessing that her race had discovered a form of magic that would shrink their wings so that they could be easily hidden under clothing. At this point it was a curse.
Sighing she made her way into the bathroom she shared with her roommates Rei and Ami. Turning on the shower she stripped, and let the water sooth away some of her pain. It wasn't long before Rei was pounding on the door yelling about it being her turn. Chuckling slightly, Mako got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around herself. She opened the door to a scowling Rei on the other side. "Mako! There are others who have to use the bathroom!"
"Sorry," she said calmly. Rei wrinkled her nose, and stalked past Mako into the bathroom.
After dressing Mako made her way down to the dining hall for breakfast. The hall was crowded as always, but everyone seemed to be overexcited. Spotting her brother Trowa and Duo at a table in the corner, she quickly made her way over to them. Dropping into the seat next to Trowa she said," what is everyone so excited about?"
Trowa sneered, "they caught something last night."
Mako turned in the direction that Trowa was sneering. She found herself staring at three of the school's best students surrounded by a large group of people. A girl with long blonde hair with half of it tied up in a red ribbon was talking excitedly to the crowd of people. She was obviously telling of the capture her and her companions had made previously. The boy on her left had black hair pulled into a small ponytail at the base of his neck. He was sitting with his arms crossed over his chest, and eyes closed. It looked as if he was trying to block out the chatter of his female companion. The last boy seated at the table had messy brown hair, and was so focused on his laptop he didn't even seem to notice the people talking around him. Minako, Wufei, and Heero. They were the schools top students (besides Ami), and they were the people she feared the most. If anyone could discover who she was it was them. At that moment Heero looked up from his laptop, and stared right at her. His blue eyes locked with her green ones, and she realized she had been staring. Panicking slightly she hurriedly looked back at Trowa and said," Do we know what they caught?"
Trowa shook his head. Duo snorted, "This is bullshit. Whatever they caught could have been dinner last night."
Mako glared at him," if we had gone out last night one of us could have been the beast caught."
Duo glared back, "so what? At least I would have been full, and not trying to fill myself up with pancakes!"
"Shut the hell up!"
Trowa clamped his hands over both of their mouths and hissed, "both of you shut up. You're both just hungry."
Mako's anger flared, and without a word she got up and left. As she was leaving she passed Rei, Ami, and Quatre entering the hall. Ignoring their attempt to stop her and say hi, Mako continued walking. She walked until she found herself at the door of her first class. She checked her watch, and found she still had fifteen minutes until class started. Sighing she decided it wouldn't hurt to hang out in the classroom until class started. She found her seat and sat down. She tried to calm down as she sat there. All the thoughts racing through her mind made it difficult to calm down though. All she really wanted was to live her life without worry. She knew it was ridiculous to get so mad at Duo and Trowa, but lately all she wanted to do was live like everyone else. She didn't want to be hungry anymore. She didn't want to have to watch what she said anymore. Trowa and Duo had been so annoying lately. They had been getting on her last nerve. Not to mention Rei getting on her back about trying to be a little more cautious. Mako closed her eyes tight and rubbed her temples as all these thoughts ran through her head. She had not noticed that someone had entered the classroom.
"You look stressed." Makoto about fell at her chair she was so startled by the new presence in the room. Looking up from her desk she found her face to face with her teacher, Ms. Meioh.
"Oh..uh yeah. I guess."
"Well you must be if you are actually the first person in my classroom."
"I..I..was...yeah." Mako looked sheepishly at her biology teacher. She wasn't doing very well in her class. Mako found she did better in the classes that were physically based. Ironically she did the best in classes that taught her to defend herself against creatures like herself.
"I'm actually glad you're here early that way I won't have to ask you to stay after. I've been looking over your work, and I've noticed there has been a steady decline in the quality of your work. I know you're a smart girl, but if the quality of your work continues to decline then you're looking at failing. I have decided that it would be in your best interest to get a tutor."
"A what?"
"A tutor Makoto. In fact I have already asked an upper classman if he wouldn't mind doing it."
"I don't think I need a tutor. I mean where is an upper classman even going to get the time to tutor anyone."
"We are starting a new program that is aimed at promoting student relations. I personally think students helping other students will be a good thing for a lot of students. It also gives students something else to put on their applications for professional schooling after their upper level classes."
Makoto just stared at her teacher. Student relations? She didn't need help with student relations. Especially since the more students she knew the bigger possibility someone would find out what she was. Her mind was panicking, but she couldn't think of anything to say that would get her out of this.
"Well it's settled then. Heero Yuy has agreed to be your tutor, and he will meet you in the front hall after classes today."
Makoto almost fainted. Heero Yuy? HEERO YUY! He was the star student. He did every thing perfectly and efficiently. If he discovered her secret she would be dead on the spot. This was bad, very bad. Needless to say Mako did not pay attention in any of her classes that day.
Makoto's heart sank as her last class ended. Now she had to go meet with Heero. As she began to walk off the field they had been using for weapon training someone slung an arm around her shoulders, "hey babe. You aren't still mad at me are you?"
Mako turned to face Duo, and shrugged his arm off of her. Just looking at him made her blood boil. "Leave me alone Duo."
"Come on Mako. I'm sorry I got so worked up this morning. I didn't mean to take my frustrations out on you."
"You've been taking them out on me a lot lately."
"I'm sorry."
Mako stopped in mid-stride and turned to face Duo again. "Aw Duo not the puppy dog eyes." Duo leaned closer to Mako forcing Mako to look at him. "Okay okay Duo I'm not mad. Let's just try and not lose our tempers anymore."
Duo laughed and threw his arms around Mako and laughed, "oh good! I was getting worried!"
"Duo let go of me."
"Hold on a minute." Duo pulled Mako a little bit closer to him pressing his face into her chest.
Mako's eyes narrowed. "Let go of me Duo or you are going to lose that braid of yours," she growled menacingly.
Duo jumped back and grabbed his braid possessively, "you wouldn't dare."
"Try me," she said as she began walking back up to the school.
Duo fell into step beside her, "so I was thinking we should get everyone together and play a game or something. You know, get everyone's mind off hunger and what not."
Mako raised an eyebrow, "like a board game? What are we five again?"
"Hah hah. No I'm serious we should all do something together. I really need something to take my mind off things." Makoto stopped dead in her tracks. Duo had made her forget about Heero. Duo had kept walking and talking, but stopped when he noticed Mako wasn't still next to him, "hey babe what's wrong?"
"I can't hang tonight," she said spacely.
"What? Why not? It's not like there is anything else you could be doing. The only people you even do anything with are me, Rei, Trowa, Ami, and Quatre."
Mako groaned, "I have a tutoring session or whatever you'd call it tonight."
It was Duo's turn to raise an eyebrow, "tutoring...? You're joking right?"
"No I'm not. I'm failing biology, and Ms. Meioh said I had to have an upper classman tutor me."
"So what? You spend a couple hours going over class notes and all that shit and then you go back to what you normally do after class."
"Duo! Spending time with an upper classman is dangerous. They could figure out what I am."
"Nah you'll be fine. Most of the little signs they look for when identifying one of us are so small they will over look them when they're with you." Duo continued walking.
"Even Heero Yuy?"
Duo stopped and turned slowly to look at Mako, "you're not serious, are you?" Mako nodded. "Fuck! You're dead."
"Thanks."
Duo looked seriously at Mako, "We have to get that grade up so Ms. Meioh won't make you get Heero to help you."
"I'm working on it. I'll get Ami to help me too."
"I'll help too."
"What can you do to help? Biology isn't exactly your thing either."
"I'll supervise or something." Duo grinned.
"I've got to get going Duo, but can I ask you to do something?"
"Yeah sure. What ya need?"
"Please don't tell Trowa. He'll flip, and I don't need him to go all psycho overprotective brother on me."
"As long as you get that grade up soon, I won't."
"Deal! Thanks Duo!" Mako gave him a kiss on the cheek and ran off in the direction of the front hall.
Mako ran all the way to the entrance hall. She had talked to Duo longer than she thought. When she walked in she expected to find an annoyed Heero because she was late, but she found nothing, but the beasts on the wall staring at her. Sighing she sat down on one of the benches that ran along the middle of the hall.
Unknown to Makoto, Heero was watching her from the shadows. He watched her catch her breath and then look at her watch as she tapped her foot impatiently. So this is Makoto? She was a year younger than him, but because of her height she looked older at first glance. Her wavy dark brown hair was pulled into a high ponytail that made her striking green eyes stand out even more. She was the same girl that had been staring at him earlier. She was also the same girl Wufei had pointed out to him one day saying that one night he had seen her sneaking around the school. If she had been sneaking around after curfew he was going to find out why. He didn't trust her, and he was going to find out what she was doing up so late.
Heero walked out of his dark corner when Makoto's back was turned. He noticed something when he did though. Her head turned slightly as if she had heard him walking. Heero was very good at being silent when he wanted to and he had not wanted her to hear him. She didn't turn around or anything. She just continued to tap her foot, and act like she hadn't heard him. He sat down next to her. She jumped when he did. "You scared me!"
He knew she was pretending, those eyes didn't lie. "Let's go."
Makoto raised an eyebrow at him, "what no hello?" Heero ignored the remark, stood up, and began walking off. He could tell Makoto hesitated, but followed him nonetheless. "So...uh...where are we going?" Heero ignored her again. Heero lead her into the dorms, and up to his dorm. He opened the door and led her into the common room that joined with his and Wufei's room. He pointed to the couch and walked into his room to grab his books and laptop.
When he came back she was still standing and was looking suspiciously at the couch. "Sit." She glared at him and sat. Heero couldn't help notice how fidgety she was. Why was she so nervous? She jumped almost every time he moved. Deciding to ignore it, he began with his lessons.
Mako was glad Heero had got to the point. The less she had to talk to him the less chance she would give anything away. Although she did find him a little rude, and boring. She found it hard to pay attention to him. In fact the only reason she was listening to him was so she could get out of this whole tutor thing faster. Any concentration she had was broken when the door opened and an angry Wufei stormed in. A laughing Minako, and a girl that Mako knew as Usagi followed the angry man.
"You should have seen your face Wufei," Minako said in between fits of giggles.
"Shut up about it Mina!" Wufei shot back.
"I'm sorry, but I couldn't help it! No one saw so stop being such a sour puss."
Usagi giggled, "I saw it! You jumped really really high!"
"I did not jump! Shut up!" Wufei look as if he was ready to punch someone.
Minako fell into a new round of laughter as she sat down in an armchair across from Heero. Wufei looked like he was ready to explode, but instead of biting anyone's head off he stormed into his room slamming the door. Minako and Usagi continued to laugh until Heero pointedly glared at both of them. Minako and Usagi were quiet for a minute or so until Minako noticed Mako, "hey! Who's your friend Heero?"
Heero just glared at Minako. Mako was frozen to the spot. Not only was one of the school's best students in the room, but two? And another one was in an adjoining room.
Minako ignored Heero's glare, and turned to Mako, "hi! I'm Minako, but people call me Mina for short." She flashed a gorgeous smile, and offered her hand to Mako.
Mako hesitated, but took Mina's hand, "I'm Makoto, or Mako."
"Well it's nice to meet you. This is my friend Usagi." Mina motioned to the shorter blonde girl sitting on the other side of Heero. She had kind blue eyes, and that famous hairstyle that made her known by everyone in the school. Mako shook her hand too, and smiled slightly. Minako continued talking, "you aren't in the upper level classes are you? I would recognize you if you were."
"Uh..no I'm actually in Usagi's year." Usagi nodded to confirm what Mako was saying.
"Oh. Well so are you and Heero dating or something?"
Mako's eyes widened, and Heero snorted in disgust, "What? No we aren't."
"So...what are ya doing then?"
When Heero didn't make any move to explain what she was doing here Mako said, "he's tutoring me."
"Oh I see! That new student relations program or whatever. I got roped into that too. It seems Usagi here isn't doing very well in weapons training, and I was the only one brave enough to take her on."
"Hey! Mina! I'm not that bad." Usagi pouted and turned away from Mina.
Mina ignored Usagi and continued talking to Mako, "so you have a brother in the upper classes don't you?"
Mako nodded, "yeah I do."
"His name is Trowa right?"
"Yes that's right."
"He's so quiet! I've tried talking to him a million times, but he always seems to find a way out of it. He doesn't have a girlfriend does he?"
Mako's heart started beating loudly in her ears. She was interested in Trowa? "Uh...no he doesn't."
"I thought he might have. I always see him hanging around that girl Rei. I thought maybe there was something going on between them."
Mako shook her head, "no...she's just a good friend."
"Well in that case in chance you'd talk to him for me?"
Heero stood up, "okay Makoto I think we're done here for the day. I'll see you tomorrow."
Mako silently thanked Heero for interrupting, and stood up quickly, and made for the door. Mako noticed that Mina glared at Heero, and Usagi looked slightly confused. Mako said a very quiet goodbye, and left as quickly as she could. Once outside Mako let out a sigh of relief.
Heero watched Makoto leave, and then turned to find Mina glaring at him. He raised an eyebrow at her. "What?"
"What'd ya do that for?"
"What?"
"Make her leave so quickly! We were getting to know each other!"
"You were trying to get a date."
"That's besides the point. She seems nice though."
Usagi nodded, "I think she is. She helps me out during class sometimes."
Heero grunted, and Wufei walked out of his room and said, "There is something off about her."
Heero nodded, "she's hiding something. Did you notice how jumpy and nervous she was?"
Mina sighed, "You both are so paranoid. Have you ever thought that you, Heero are a pretty scary guy?"
Heero glared at Mina again, grabbed his things and walked into his room. Minako and Usagi both turned their attention to Wufei, but upon setting their sights on him, they burst out laughing. Wufei tensed, and walked quickly back into his room.
