Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon is owned and created by Naoko Takeuchi and Mobile Suit Gundam Wing is owned and created by Hajime Yatate and Yoshiyuki Tomino. I am merely borrowing their creations and splicing them together as something of my own.  **This story should explain my pen name**

a destiny equal to the gods

"Chance encounter change even the future

Believe in miracles…

…There is only one thing anyone won't hand over

Chances come only once

Sieze them Tomorrow's too late."

--Duo Maxwell

"Kitto OK!"

The Wisdom of Fate

The year is 2000 AD the Sailor Senshi team has vanquished all the youmas, mad scientists, and aliens.  For the past year the girls have been virtually duty free. Having no supernatural problems the 5 or should I say 6 moved on with their lives.

            Usagi and Mamoru were married, and on June 30th this year she gave birth to a baby girl.

As for the other inners, Ami, now age 21, flew through college, and is now over halfway into Medical School. She still talks to Greg, but she's way too busy to have a real relationship.

Rei, after graduating from high school returned to her grandfather's shrine. Yuuichirou still hangs on her every word. In the past few years, Rei has modeled evening gowns, written and performed new songs, but mostly she has stayed close to home where she has given into Yuuichirou's persistence, and 2 years ago they officially stared dating. In the past year things have become a little more serious due to the lack of senshi business. 

As for Makoto she graduated from a top-notch culinary academy. She is now head chef in a restaurant just down the street from the Crown Game Arcade, which Motoki now manages. Motoki and Mako have been dating exclusively since she graduated from high school.

 Last but certainly not least is Minako.  After the Starlights left they hadn't really had that many senshi related problems so by her junior year of high school she decided to go ahead and live her life long dream of being an idol. Meanwhile she finished her schooling, but less than a year out of high school her number one song Route Venus wasn't topping the charts and having problems with her recording company she decided to take a break from show biz and start college. Not knowing exactly what she wanted to do or would ever be able to do Minako never settled on one major. She is 1/2 way into a major in PE, 2/3 into a Criminal Justice major, and a 1/4 into a creative writing major. She also studied kickboxing, judo, and karate, and has acquired a minor in English. In the past year she put her free time to use. Taking up volleyball again she now coaches a team of 5th and 6th graders.  She learned how to give a tune up from Haruka. Ami taught her everything she ever wanted to know about first aide and candy striping in a hospital helped her with 'bedside manners' no more burning her sick friends. 

            In this year the youmas have been stopped and the world has been closer to peace than ever before. Usagi and Mamoru live in a crystal palace in down town Tokyo; well they live in Crystal Palace Apartments. With Chibi-Usa they barely have time to go out with others let alone govern the Earth.

            In the future:

The year is AC 200 Relena Darlain has succeeded in ending the dispute between Earth and Space.  The world has acquired such great peace that language wise it has returned to a pre-Babel type mode. Everyone can understand Everyone else… they hear all language in their own tongues and speak just the same.  This has made meeting new people and world communication much simpler.

            Heero gave into his feelings for Relena, with the war over the "Perfect Soldier" could now look forward to a life of peace and happiness with his fiancé. They live in a big mansion on colony L1… Heero prefers Space to Earth and wherever Heero goes Relena will follow.

            After the final battle Duo returned to L2 and continued his salvaging work. Hilde and he were living together, up until 2 years ago when they had a huge fight about their relationship or lack there of. Duo had never wanted to flee somewhere so quickly. Having no family to return home to, he turned to his best friend Heero. Relena naturally gave him a room in their house.

When all was said and done Trowa returned to L3, Catherine, and the Circus. His sister and he still perform their knife-throwing act. But seeing as how Trowa is pretty much fearless and good at what he does their act has blossomed in the past few years to include everything and anything a circus-goer could ever imagine and beyond.

            Quatre went home to L4, to take his place as the head of the Winner family. However to end disputes he gave the colony solely to the workers and for this he was respected…

Wufei prefers to be alone, having lost most of his family in the war Wufei accompanied Sally Po in her duties and joined the Preventers. Throughout the course of the past three years Wufei has visited Sally's family's home in China at least a dozen times, but no matter how hard Sally's grandmother pushes they remain friends and partners, nothing more.

            One beautiful early fall day Minako was sitting in the park in downtown. Her girls took home the trophy last week and Minako wasn't about to return to school without a purpose.  And this is just what was on her mind. She was staring off into space when a friendly familiar voice broke her train of thought (or lack there of). It was her old friend Asai.

            "Hey Minako, whatcha lookin' at?" Asai said following her gaze into the trees.

            "Oh Asai! Uh nothing I was just thinking… how are you?"

            "Oh I'm good, I heard about your team winning the championship."

            "Yeah I'm so proud of them, they worked really hard, and got exactly where they wanted to be."

            "Well it helps when they have such a terrific coach." Minako blushed,  "so what else have you been up to lately?"

            "Not much I've been going to school, but I'm taking the semester off, to try and figure out what I want to do with my life. And you?"

            "Oh well, I work in an office downtown, and Sarah's got a great job teaching second grade."

            "Oh so how are things going for you two?"

            "Well we still play volleyball on the weekends, only I'm taking it a little easier on her lately seeing as we're expecting our first child in April."

            "Oh that's wonderful, congratulations!"

            "And you and romance, Minako?"

            "I guess I just haven't quite found Mr. Right yet?"

            "Don't worry it'll happen."

            "Thanks Asai…"

Phone rings. Asai takes a cell out of his coat pocket "Moshi-moshi, oh darling…. Yes I can do that." "Minako I have to go it's been great seeing you."

            "Maybe if you get bored come spring when Sarah can't play, you can come and join us, my girls will give you a run for your money."

            "Yeah? Well I'll just have to keep that in mind." He waved and left Minako to her thoughts. Minako walked over to a phone, knowing Usagi would be busy she first called Makoto. But to no avail, Makoto and Motoki's machine said she was cooking for a party uptown. Next she tried Ami, but when Greg answered the phone, he said that Ami had just gotten home from work and he was taking Ami some place special—she was busy getting ready. After two minutes of talking to Greg about where they were going, she hung up and called Rei. Her grandfather said the Rei and Yuuichirou were visiting Usagi, to see Chibi-Usa.  Minako called Usagi's, and Yuuichirou answered the phone. Rei and he had agreed to sit for Usagi and Mamoru so they could have one night out.  In the background she could hear Chibi-Usa cry and Yuuichirou dropped the phone and ran to her crib three rooms away. Rei simply let out a little laugh, shook her head and picked up the phone. "Hey Minako what's up?"

"Oh… nothing, I was just bored and decided to see what everyone was doing tonight."

            "Ah well we dropped by to visit and somehow got suckered into sitting, while the King and Queen go uptown for Mako's party.  You can come sit with us if you're bored."

            "Well, I'm not really in the baby mood, so I'm going to pass."

            "Minako, what's wrong? Where are you?"

"Oh Rei don't be silly, I was just sitting in the park thinking about where my life is going when out of the blue came Asai, to tell me about his perfect life, with his perfect wife, and perfect job."

            "The nerve of some people."

            "Well he didn't say it like that, I guess I'm just a little jealous."

            "Of him, or of her?"

            Sigh. "Honestly I don't know anymore."

CRASH!!! Yuuichirou screams – Usa cries... "Sounds like you should go help him."

            "Well Minako come over we'll talk."

            "No, you've got enough problems, I'm just going to sit here a while and then go to the gym. I'll be fine… you go help the baby-challenged."

            "Hey he tries and that's what counts…"

            "Sure, whatever you say, Rei."

            Less than 20 minutes from their departure, both Usagi and Mamoru decided they needed to call in. Despite the marginal crying they heard in the background, Rei assured them that everything was perfectly fine there, but Minako didn't sound so good. Rei told Usagi the whole situation. And Usagi decided they had to stop by the park first.

            When Usagi and Mamoru arrived at the park, Minako was sitting by a fountain staring into the water. "Mina? Are you alright?" Usagi asked.

Minako continued to stare into the water, "I'm lost." 

"Lost?" Mamoru pried.

"You live down that road… but I don't suppose that's what you mean." Usagi sat down beside her.

"Minako, what's on your mind?" Mamoru said putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Where am I going? What's my purpose I mean if I'm not a Sailor Senshi what's left?"

            "Oh Minako, you're one of my very best friends and I need you." Usagi began, "You are a very dear friend and you have so much to give. You'll find your niche."

            "My niche? Usagi have you been reading the dictionary?" Minako said giving Usagi a sly glance and a little shoulder nudge.

            Nudging her back, "Hey it happens. Especially when you're forbid to leave the room for 5 months straight." Both girls turned to look at Mamoru.

            Mamoru sighed, "But that's not why we're here. Minako-chan what is really troubling you?"

            "I'm the only senshi who is nothing without the youmas."

            "How can you say that?"

"Rei has Yuuichirou and her temple, and 30 different talents to go with it. Mako has Motoki and a thriving cooking business. Ami is on her way to being a doctor, and she's not exactly alone either.  And you two have each other, Chibi-Usa, and a future Royal status. What do I have? My whole life I've never had a boyfriend, outside of my songs I have no talents and lately those haven't been there for me, and I'm not going anywhere with school."

Staying as far away from the touchy subject of her singing career they tried to cheer her up.

            "That's not true. First you have your sporting talent, you're great with children, and there's always your English."

            "Plus, how many different things have you done in the past few years, not many people, including us, get to sample so much life has to offer."

            "Okay but where do those things get me? I'm not going to grow old coaching young Americans."

            Mamoru replied, "No, but you're coordination, adaptability, and compassion will come in handy in…"

            "When?" Minako cut him off

            "Someday. Soon. Don't give up hope Minako-chan." Usagi replied

            After a few parting words and hugs, Mamorusan and Usagichan headed off to dinner, and Minako headed off to the H.S. gym. When Minako got there, she used her key (from coaching) and grabbed to only free volleyball, and dove into practice. Serve, Spike, Retrieve she was running around hitting the ball off the walls.

Elsewhere in time and space, Duo was having similar thoughts.  He was walking down a beautifully restored L1 street kicking a rock, hands in pocket and thinking. On Duo's mind was last night at dinner. The three of them were sitting around the table as usual eating and conversing, but last night was weird. Duo really felt out of place and not wanted. Things had been progressing like this for the past couple of months—Duo's jokes weren't getting any laughs in fact they were getting eye-rolls. Heero never had time for a good brawl or a ball game, for that matter.

Last time he visited Quatre, Duo was constantly being put last, only because Quatre's Advisors kept coming in to get something signed, for some advice, or to speak on new issue pretty much what Duo imagined visiting the president would be like. See the people in the "Winner Family Company" were so impressed with Quatre's decision to turn things over to them. After 3 months of freedom and arguing amongst themselves, they decided they needed a boss or at least better organization.  And they all agreed to let Quatre be that man. Duo knew Quatre didn't have time for him, but he was okay with that.

All though there were difficulties, talking to Trowa too.  Catherine was always being over protective. Manager wanted to try new stunts… after all he knew Trowa would do anything. Duo's week at the circus was spent playing solitaire, video games with the bearded lady, falling off the high wire oh say 30 times, and almost being eaten by the lion twice. In short, Duo thought the circus was supposed to be fun, but instead everything was so serious.

Then there's the last time he saw Wufei. It was ever so briefly as Wufei was chasing after some wanted criminal and Duo just happened to be in the same restaurant that this future terrorist was taking refuge. He saw Sally more often than he actually did Wufei, but he didn't let that bother him. After all, they were never that close. The one time he did spend the night on the ship with Sally, Duo woke up in a space suit floating outside the craft—apparently he snores.

So here he was kicking a rock wandering and wondering if he'd worn out yet another welcome with his only friends.

"Duo! Duo!" It was Hilde. "Hey Duo whatcha doin' here?"

"I was going to ask you the same thing."

"Oh I live here now, the doctor who treated me after…" she sighed, "well he's just the greatest, singlest guy in the world, so I married him. Yeah we live uptown."

"Oh yeah, Well I'm glad you're finally happy kid." He said 'punching' her chin.

"I live in the big house out there with Heero and Relena."  Duo said pointing back the way they came.

"Oh yeah. Good to see ya Duo I gotta run." Hilde said taking off again.

Duo waved goodbye and as she turned the corner shook his head and said, "She is one weird girl."

"Speaking of girls, what are you doing tonight?" Duo turned to see Heero standing next to him.

"Oh no, I'm not going to another one of Relena's boring Peace Dinners just because there's an odd number of people. The last time I did that, I had to dance with the psycho-staring-into-my-eyes-girl for over an hour."

"Come on Duo it wasn't that bad."

"Well you can just forget it! You two go entertain yourselves. Count me out."

"You're not going to make me suffer alone are you?"

"Heero last time you said that we were so bored we started a food fight and got kicked out and then we still had to wait around for your princess."

"Yeah that was fun."   Both boys laughed about some memory of that night, but the laughter didn't last long.      

"Heero, are you happy?"

"What. Where did that come from?"

"I mean here with Relena."

"Yeah, of course."

"Don't you miss it?"

"What?"

"Fighting, flying around in your Gundam, just living day by day."

"Sure, all the time."

"So what does the 'Perfect Soldier' do when the war is over?"  Heero didn't answer.   "Well sure you, you got lucky, you have Relena. Just replace one battle with another." To that Heero raised an eyebrow. "But what do I do? I don't have a boring-ass job that I oddly enough love, a circus, a family business, or a family for that matter to return to."

"Well neither did I."

"No, and I suppose that's why were still together, but you have something else… Something I'll never have." 

"Well I guess I see your point, 'cause we both know you'll never have Relena." Heero sat there with a devilish look on his face.

Duo hit Heero, "OH SICK!! That's not what I mean, well it is WHAT I mean, but it's not WHO I mean. Ya know what I mean?"

"Duo, Duo there are plenty of girls out there, wasn't that just Hill, Hillbilly, Hilda… uh…"

"Hilde."

"You would know."

"She married her doctor."

"Oh." Heero bit his inner lower lip in thought  "Well she's just one of millions and…"

"…and there's sure to be someone out there who wants a smartass no talent out of work Gundam pilot…"

"Who dresses like a priest and has longer hair than any girl."

Duo raises his brow, "Hey I never rip on your clothes, and as for my hair."

"Oh your hair, I forgot speaking out against the hair is forbidden." Hero rolled his eyes and threw up hands. "Okay what's REALLY bothering you?"

"Oh just that I'm a no-talent-out-of-work-Gundam-pilot."

"And?"

"Out of the 5 of us, I seem to be the only one without a future. Quatre's got like all of L3 worshiping him and asking him to make it all perfect. Speaking of perfect, Wufei  is floating around in space with the only girl who would even consider putting up with his shit since the war. And Trowa has the circus, you have Relena,  me… I have nothing."

"Well…" Heero thought hard about what to tell Duo that he had, " you have your life, and it's all still in front of you." Okay that was cliché, but it seemed to work.

"Yeah sure I just turned 20, the war is over, and for the most part we have the freedom to do whatever we want."

"But?"

"Heero. I'm bored, I feel like I'm beginning to out stay my welcome, and I have absolutely no idea what I want to or can do with  'the rest of my life' " Air quoting.

"Your welcome?! Duo in my house my best friend is always welcome. Even with stale jokes."  Heero put his arm on Duo's shoulder, "Okay?"

Duo nods, "Okay. I'm still not coming tonight!"

"Did I mention your old stories?"

"Heero guilt-tripping doesn't work on us, it never has and never will. Who do you think you're talking to Quatre? Or maybe you take me for Relena?" Duo raises his brows, holds out his hands as if to say, 'Well?'

"Fine you don't have to go, but if anyone sees you moping around the colony, I'm going to get an earful from Relena so why don't you come home."

"Compromise. I'll get off the street. I'm heading to the gym. A little b-ball to clear the head."

"Okay, I'll see you later."

"Yeah sure."

Heero stopped at the corner stand to pick up a bouquet and headed back to Relena. Duo observed this, shook head and screamed out, "Heero!!!" when Heero turned Duo made a whip crack move in the air, "Whhhppshhh!" Heero so wanted to hit him or flip him off but knowing then he'd really hear it from… Ah Duo is so right I am so whipped… Heero thought. Shook his head and walked off ignoring Duo, who simply burst into laughter from this.

After he'd had enough, he wiped the tears from his eyes and walked to the gym. Odd that it'd be empty this time of night, but Duo figured tonight maybe being alone would be a good thing.  So he grabbed one of the orange balls from the cart and started to practice his free throws, 3's, and lay-ups.

Meanwhile, in her own gym Minako was spiking the ball against the wall repetitively, until one time she lost her concentration and the ball came back and hit her in the face. Though it was no big deal, face-balls had happened at least 100 times before but tonight she just wasn't in the mood. So she did the one thing no volleyball player should ever do; she kicked the ball. And hard! It hit the wall with such force it sprang a huge leak. Minako couldn't find another volleyball so she grabbed a basketball cart and started chucking  them in the general direction of the hoop. "You stupid… [chuck] …Stupid…[chuck]… STUPID… [chuck] BALL!" She accented stupid for every ball she threw. Finally by pure chance one hit the backboard and came back, a nice yellow ball, taking this as a sign Minako grabbed this ball and left the others in various corners of the gym.  Dribbling, "Okay Mina, calm down, let's try this for real."  She stood at the 3 and shot the ball, it bounced off the rim the first two times, the next time she squared off better and actually sank it. Minako stood at the top of the key and sank three in a row, she grabbed the ball and having calmed down a little decided to dribble it around thinking, ' I wish I wasn't alone,' looking around she thought, 'Although, by now I would have scared them away.' She took the ball to the top of the key once more and thought "It's jut not fair out of the five of us, I'm the only one who has nothing without fighting" and chucked the ball straight for the backboard, when her yellow ball struck, it didn't bounce back, instead an orange ball came flying at her from its place and it disappeared.

At the exact same time, Duo was standing at the top of the key thinking, "this is so not fair, out of the five of us, I'm the only one who has nothing without fighting." And made the exact same shot, when a yellow ball came back at him instead of his orange, he freaked a little but immediately thought



            Give me back my ball!                                                  Give me back my ball!

            Duo threw it up at the                                                   Minako bounced it and shot it back up,

            backboard but still the yellow.                                       but hers did not return. After

            A few tries later he took the ball and                             a few more tries, she walked up

            at the wall directly under the hoop…                             to the wall under the hoop…



AND shoved it into the wall screaming "Give me back my BALL!" This time not only did it work but they both got their balls in the gut.  Minako's first reaction was to punch the wall only instead she locked with a jaw on the other side. Duo in return punched back but instead Minako grabbed his arm and pulled. Yanking him right through the wall and time.

Duo fell and hit the ground, swallowed hard; not knowing what to say he rolled over sat up and touched his lip, "Ow."

Minako looked at him knelt down and said, "Gomen nasai."

Duo blinked, looked up and said, "go-men-ass-I?"

Minako stuck out a hand to help him up and said, "Atashi wa Aino Minako. Sumimasen panchi wa anata no ago."

Duo didn't take her hand instead he gasped, choked on air and began to back away. "What the Hell! Why don't I have any clue what you just said?" Duo turned got up and began to run.  He came around and hit the wall where he came in saying, "Oh man, I wanna go home, TAKE ME BACK!!!" THUD! Duo hit the wall and fell back; the 'door' was gone.

"Would you just calm down!"

"Huh?" 

"I'm sure there is a… logical explanation to all of this." She stuck her hand out, and this time he took it. "Kon'nichi wa, er I mean welcome to Japan…"

"You speak English?"

"No I'm speaking stupid boy talk, that's the only reason you understand me." Minako cocked her head and smiled.

Duo just blinked at her, "Did you say Japan?" 

"Yes, I'm Aino Minako" she said extending her hand in "English" greeting.

"Duo Maxwell." He said shaking back briefly and heading past her towards the window. Duo looked out the window, nodded and said to himself, "Okay I'm on Earth."  Minako heard this but decided not to comment. "Um…Okay this might sound weird but what year is it?"

"Two Thousand." Minako said slowly.

"AD Right?"

"No, Tokyo looked this good back in BC."

Duo simply laughed at this comment.

"What?"

"No wonder why I don't understand you."

"Huh?"

"Oh what did you say your name was again?"

"Aino Minako."

Duo stared, blinked, "Uh-huh, and what do I call you?"

"Mina. You can call me Mina."

"Okay. Mina I can handle."

"And your name is Duo Maxwell?"

–Nods-

"So should I call you Max or Maxwell?"

"How about Duo, unless you'd prefer to use my last name."

"Oh I always forget, you guys put your individual names first and your family names last."

"Sure why not first name first, last name last."

"Oh I hate that term, what makes it your first name?"

"Because it comes first."

"Well see then my first name would be Aino, but seeing as that is my family name, I'd rather be called Minako or Mina."

"You people are backwards. It's Cool. Wufei's like that too."

Minako shook her head "Oh I give up." And then looking around she began to pick up her stray balls.

Duo decided to help, "So uh, Mina two questions."

"Shoot."

He took the ball and made a shot, "How did I get here, and how will I get back?"

Minako looked from the board and back to Duo, "Uh, well I don't know, I'll find a way, and how about a game?" 

"What you and me?"

"Yeah sure I can play."

"Okay you're on."

"Okay rules, one point per basket, first to 21 wins?"

"Sounds good to me, uh ladies first so I'll inbound it."

After pretty much a point-for-point-game they were tied 20-20, it was Duo's turn. He takes the ball and drives up the middle Minako throws the foul, but no good his shot still makes it as they fall to the ground. Minako is pinned under Duo… "Not a bad game."

"For a girl?"

"No I mean it you play…uh…hard."

"Thanks, Say Duo two things…"

"Huh?"

"You hungry?"

"Oh I'm starved, I haven't eaten since noon." 

"And do you think you could get off me?"

"Oh yeah. Sorry," Duo said as he got up and pulled Minako to her feet as well.

            Minako senses Duo's Americanism and takes him out for burgers and fries. At dinner she asks, "So where are you from?"

"Uh, well it's kinda hard to explain so…we'll go with America."

"Okay I guess I can accept America."

After dinner Minako asks Duo, "Have you ever been to Japan?"

He replies, "Not really, and never Tokyo in fact I'm lost right now."

"Okay, well unless you've got a better idea I'm going to bring you to my home. I have a spare room you can crash in, and…"

"And? Tomorrow? Uh home?"

"Duo slow down. One thing at a time we did food, now we'll do slumber, and tomorrow we'll worry about, well, tomorrow. Don't worry I'll get you home, I promise."   

            Duo looked at her skeptically at first, let out a small ½ chuckle, ½ sigh, smiled, nodded once, sighed again and gestured her to lead the way.   After Minako started forward, Duo looked off to the side away from her as he walked, and with a worried expression he thought, 'We don't even know how I got here, how are you even going to get me home? And how do I tell you Where and When home is?'

            Minako led Duo to her apartment, showed him the spare-room and then went to her own bed and crashed. Duo wasn't much different; he looked around the room a little, snooped under the bed, in the closet, and the drawers. He sat down on the bed, pulled off his boots and his top shirt, flung his feet up as he flipped onto the bed. "Ah, Heero if you could only see me now. I wonder if they'll even really miss me?" and that was Duo's last thought as he fell asleep.

Artemis turned the light off in Duo's room and went into Minako's. "Who is he?" Artemis said, jumping on Minako's head to wake her.

Minako's eyes slowly opened and she rolled over, "A spaceman."

"What do you mean by spaceman? He's not some weird alien you picked up on a corner, is he?"

Minako cocked and eyebrow and raised her head. Looked at Artemis and just blinked in response. Finally she said, "Artemis, his name is Duo and he'll be staying with us for a while, get used to it." She rolled out of bed, went to the mirror, pulled the red bow out of her hair, changed her clothes, brushed her hair, and went back to bed, this time turning out the lights. Artemis shook his head, walked down the hall and peeked in on Duo. When he saw him fast asleep, he turned back to Minako's and curled up at her feet. 

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Author's notes:

            "a destiny equal to the gods" takes place in 2000 because it was originally written in 2000… and it's the end of a century and the beginning of a new destiny.

            A little note about birthdays: Minako was born on October 22… and Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon was created in 1992 and the girls were described as 14. So I placed their birth dates to be in 1978… which means that on October of that year she turns 22.

            In Mobile Suit Gundam Wing everyone says that the guys are 15 in AC 195… so naturally we decided that they were born in 180. Okay… well… my roommate and I have a theory: since giving birth dates is not a very important trait in Gundam-dom we decided that we would take the zodiac signs and give the guys our own birthdays.

Trowa: January 20, AC 179 (we refused to believe that he wasn't the oldest.) Heero: November 4, 179 (we also refused to believe that he was the youngest.) Relena: March 13, 180. Quatre: June 22, 180. Duo: August 8, 180. And Wufei: September 16, 180. You don't have to buy into our birthday scheme… we honestly won't be offended, but for purposes of this series of fics these are how we have the birthdays set up.

            A Japanese note: Uh…think of this as a film… and some times the characters say things in their native language that you aren't supposed to be able to understand. When Minako introduces herself she is speaking Japanese and it's a big deal because Duo doesn't understand her… which is good… because I don't understand her and that Japanese there… is pretty much gibberish. Well… actually it's one of those if I manage to get the right words I'm sure I've got them in the wrong order. I know a lot of useless vocab but I've yet to learn sentence structure… so forgive me that one little line. (if a native speaker can understand what I'm trying to say… then they can e-mail me the right way to say it… otherwise… when I get to that part in my studies I'll come back and change it on my own.)

            Okay… as a final note… I'd like to thank Queen-chan for talking to me about Sailor Moon and Gundam Wing until I was so flipped around that I was calling the show Gundam Moon and not realizing that I was trying to splice the two together. It is because of that late night conversation that the vision for this story came about. :-)

            Please let me know what you think thus far… I have a lot more of this where it came from but… if no one else finds it remotely interesting then… uh… I'll take it down and just keep it in my personal collection.