In Remembrance of Me
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing. However, I do own the servants and the royal court of Saturn! Please do not steal my plot, thanks!
Updated June 9, 2002
The gundam pilots sat in shock as a gundam they had never seen before come and destroy the majority of the dolls and suits that were surrounding them. The platform opened and a slender figure stepped out. As the teen jumped down from the cockpit, she landed with catlike agility, whispering "I'm home;" while surveying the destruction. Though it was a whisper, the pilots heard it loud and clear, as it was echoing in their minds. She quickly raced towards the base, the shadow covering her was lifted, and the sun poured over her features, the guys got a look at who she was.
Her flared pants and matching brown tank top were both fashioned in the sandy colored leather. Hidden in a sand sprayed mask, her hair had been pulled away from view. The gundam pilots watched in awe as she tore inside the building. But, because she blended in with the sand, they soon lost sight of her.
Heero was rapidly typing into the console, waiting for the information to finish downloading to the disk, when he heard the safety of a gun click off.
"Crap." He thought. Just as the gun went off, Heero jumped to the right while turning around, his own gun now in hand. He felt the slight sting of the bullet in his left arm, but he had more important things to tend to. When he shot the soldier, another gun went off at the same time he shot his gun. Surprisingly, that gun was aimed at the soldier as well. His head quickly turned to the intruder and was shocked to see it was a girl, and she appeared to not be with OZ, as she just shot at the OZ soldier. Just then, the disk popped out and he snatched it away. The girl, however, made no move to try to stop him. Instead, she walked over to the corner of the room where there was a desk under an air vent and quickly got the vent open. It was then that he found his voice.
"Who are you?" Turning around, she answered, "I am your ticket out of here, if you don't believe me then look outside the door. Now." Heero was startled at the calm, yet deadly voice. It showed no fear of him. Heero complied and was shocked to see at least 50 soldiers coming towards the room. He quickly used the table as a boost and hoisted himself up into the vent and crawled rapidly to catch up with the strange girl. The duo crawled in silence as they reached another vent. She signaled for him to stop and wait for her.
As she jumped from the ceiling and landed in the room, OZ soldiers instantly surrounded her. Heero peered down, wondering if he should help her. Still, he remembered the silent instructions and remained where he was. He heard many guns click, and as he looked on, he saw the girl lift her hands and push them away from her body, towards the soldiers. Instantly, an invisible wave of energy hit all the soldiers and rammed them into the wall, knocking them unconscious. She opened the window, nodded to Heero, (who jumped down, and then climbed out of the window), with the pilot of Wing Gundam following her lead. When she saw that he was safe, she ran and got inside her gundam. Concentrating hard, she tapped into her senshi powers once more and whispered, "Silent Death." Immediately the whole building shook and a large beam of purple energy flew from the glaive to the base, destroying it completely.
Before Heero realized what was happening, she got out of her gundam again and started to walk towards his direction. But, two white Siberian tigers, one female and one male came charging at her out of thin air. The girl ignored the tigers for a moment, pushing him to the ground, and kneeling beside him.
"Hold still." She said, mysteriously. Surprisingly, the two tigers stopped 5 feet away from the girl and lay down. A soft waft of air breezed by, entangling itself in a few strands of black, releasing it from her mask. The raven haired girl put her hand over Heero's wounded arm, and let it hover there for a few seconds before a soft purple light emitted from it. The bullet shot up and flew into her hand, which she instantly dropped onto the sand. She then resumed putting her hand over his wound and did not remove it until he was healed. He looked on with greater surprise when one of the tigers stood up and walked over to where she had collapsed. The other tiger ran towards her and let the girl lean on her. The first tiger that had approached her glanced at Heero, and then, after trusting that his secret was safe, transformed into a human. The female Siberian wildcat followed her fellow partner's action.
The two tigers, now people, put their hands together and looked at the destruction. Light came from all over the battlefield and met in their palm. When it seemed that they accumulated enough energy, they slowly let it sink into the girl's body. Immediately her eyes fluttered open and she began to take in her surroundings. The 4 people sat and stood in an awkward silence until yells from the other pilots could be heard.
The girl stood up and was about to leave…but stopped when her wrist communicator started to beep. A voice at the other end demanded, "I want a full report of the mission." At which then, she replied, "Mission: Protect was successful. Gundam Pilot 01: Heero Yuy was not severely injured and I healed what was left of his injuries. Titan and Rhea seemed to have found me already." The boys froze in shock at what the girl had said.
"Her mission was to protect me?" Heero thought, as he looked over at the girl. At the mention of the other names, the boys looked over at the two people. The male had short, black hair, and he was wearing what a knight would in the medieval ages, except his was a bit more modern and he did not have the helmet. The lady had long flowing purple hair and wore a simple black gown. Quickly, the strange girl ended the conversation and looked towards the two people, who were tilted their heads in a small bow.
"You've grown so much since we last saw you, princess," the woman voiced, a gentle smile softening her delicate features.
Putting all manners aside, the girl ripped off her mask and ran towards her guardians, embracing them both in a large hug.
Heero looked expectantly at the girl who had just turned around. Briefly making eye contact, she broke the stare by glancing at the other pilots. Her violet eyes still lingered in his mind. A small smile escaped from her face, and she briskly walked over to Duo before hugging him. Suddenly, the girl's watch started beeping again, signaling the end of Duo's embrace. She took a quick glance at the watch and nodded to Titan and Rhea, who instantly turned back to the tigers. They ran off and seemed to disappear. The girl also ran away from the group and towards her gundam again, but stopped when she remembered something.
"I promise we will meet again. Just take care of yourselves and be careful!" With that, she turned tail, and leapt into her gundam, before quickly flying away.
As soon as her gundam was out of sight, the boys seemed to break out of their trance. Looking at each other, they knew they were thinking the same thing. Flying their gundams back to where they could store them, they were each lost in their own thoughts. Later, a maid showed up in the library and handed Quatre a letter. After quickly scanning the paper, he handed the note to Duo, who read it out loud.
"Dear Gundam Pilots, I was overjoyed when I got to see everyone today. Anyway, I was hoping we could all go out to Lunch or something, it would be nice talking about old times again…especially since I haven't seen you all in…a long time. How about tomorrow at the small restaurant a couple blocks from where you live? They serve some nice food…my treat! I enclosed directions if you want to come. I look forward to talking to my brother again and catching up. Until then, Bye! Love, Hotaru"
When the boys finished reading the letter, they reread it, hoping that they read it wrong. Quatre spoke up, "Well, since this lady invited us over to lunch, the most we can do is meet her there. Besides, she did heal Heero." Duo replied with a wink, "If there is free food, then I'm in!" Questions filled the minds of the pilots, but remained unspoken.
Author's notes: Hotaru can regain strength by being around her realm, which happens to be destruction and silence. (That's how she got her energy back.) "Home is where you feel most comfortable being…that home is where you can gather the most energy from…where you feel secure."
A VERY special thanks goes out to Pisces-chan and Onii-chan, because without them, this newly updated version would not have been possible…