Hiyas! I had this really wacky idea at 10:30 p.m., and I decided to
write it on my PC!!
If you have ANY feedback, even flames, I'll gladly take them!!
Anyways, I'm attempting to make this really long, but thanks to my stupid homework load, chapters will be REALLY slow. Anyways, here's the prologue!!!
BTW, I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing.
Prologue of Usagi's Secret
Pain. One word, and yet it meant everything to the young prisoner held by OZ. Pain. It seared through her every bone, igniting a fire that seemed to burn her body and soul alike.
Her name was Tsukino Usagi, and she was being 'interrogated' by a sergeant. As she was slammed into a wall, she gladly accepted the blanket of darkness that was thrown over her like a veil.
It wouldn't last.
The sergeant grabbed a bucket of ice cold water, and poured it without emotions over her unconscious form. As she blearily opened one eye, he grabbed her by the back of her neck.
"What do you know about the Gundams and their pilots?" He hissed.
Usagi responded by spitting in his eye. She bit back a cry of pain as the man tightened his grip. 'If only he would let me go! I can't hold on much longer. Gomen nasai.Duo-kun.'
The interrogation continued for several more painful hours. Usagi fought off the pain as best she could, but it still overwhelmed her senses. What the black void beckoned a second time, she embraced it.
Duo woke in a state of panic. The dream had seemed so.real. He held his head as he tried to remember what the dream had been about. 'Usagi! That's what the dream was about!! She died.no, wait-she'd been captured by OZ!! I REALLY hope that isn't true.'
Duo groaned as he stood up. There was no was that he'd be able to sleep now. Not with that dream-no, that nightmare-just waiting to plague his sleep. He glanced at his alarm clock. '3:30 A.M.! Just great! Ah, well, I might as well go train for a while.'
With that thought, Duo went to train.
Usagi's head hurt. Her body hurt even more. She seemed to have much more feeling in her limbs now. 'Kami-sama it hurts! I wish I was at home sleeping in my-'
Her train of thought was cut off as her tormentor opened the door to her cell. He looked at her with cold indifference. He walked over to her, and grabbed her by the hair. Her cry of pain satisfied him in some sick way.
It meant that he was hurting her. Grinning sadistically, he dragged her to the 'Interrogation Room'. In all actuality, it looked more like a torture chamber than anything else. Manacles hung from one wall, and there were several bloodstains from Usagi's last 'sessions' in the room.
Usagi closed her eyes and waited for the harsh blows to hit her from every side until the new pain melded with the old. The sergeant, still dragging her by the hair, moved her over to the manacles, and quite calmly forced her wrist into one of the small cuffs.
Once the other cuff was secured, he grabbed a well-worn whip from the table, and lashed out. After 25 lashes, Usagi's legs gave out as hot tears of pain began to stream down her already beaten and broken features. Still, he didn't stop.
The black void was calling to Usagi now. Just as she was about to loose consciousness, the whip mercifully stopped digging into her back and legs. The sergeant unclasped the manacles, and watched as she slid to the floor.
"That hurt, didn't it?" He asked in a soft voice. Usagi didn't respond. Grabbing her by the hair, he forced her to look at him.
"Did that hurt you, Miss Tsukino?" He snarled.
"You d*** b******." Usagi spat out before he kicked one of her fresh wounds. Usagi let out a short, yet piercing scream. The pain was becoming too much to bear.
Usagi cried out again as he kicked the same wound. Snorting, the soldier forced Usagi back into the manacles. This time, she was facing him.
As the whip pierced the flesh on her stomach, tears flowed. 'How long can I-' Usagi's thoughts were cut off by a deafening explosion. It threw Usagi forward against the manacles, and the unnamed soldier off of his feet.
Before Usagi's tormentor could stand again, a soldier rushed in, and yelled,
"Sir, we're under attack by Gundams!!!"
"D***!" The man cursed before he ran out of the room.
The soldier was about to follow, when he saw Usagi. "I'd better move her to an OZ jet." He muttered. Moving swiftly, he unclasped the manacles. Usagi collapsed into his arms. The soldier's eyes widened in shock as the sound of a gun's safety being taken off was heard almost against his temple.
"Let the onna go." A young Chinese boy commanded.
The soldier swiftly dropped Usagi painfully to the ground. The last thing he saw were the angry coal black eyes of a Gundam pilot. Without so much as a sound, the soldier sank to the ground, dead.
The man bent over, and gently picked Usagi up. With great care, he made his way back to his Gundam, Nataku. Careful not to shift Usagi because of her wounds, he sat down and strapped his safety harness on.
"Trowa, Quatre, you're gonna have to finish the mission without me." Wufei said quietly.
"Naze?" Trowa asked simply.
"I found some onna in one of their torture chambers. She's in bad shape. I need to get her to your place, Quatre."
"Go on." Quatre said before he sliced an MS in half. "We'll cover you."
"Arigato." Wufei said before he blasted off.
2 HOURS LATER..
Wufei's comm. System beeped, drawing him out of a deep sleep.
"Wufei?" A familiar voice asked.
"Hai." Wufei said as he rubbed his eyes.
"You need to go into manual so that you can get into the hangar. Any damage?"
"Iie, Rasid. Same condition that Nataku left in."
"Wufei, Quatre called ahead. A doctor will be waiting. Out." Rasid said as he cut the connection.
Wufei sighed in exasperation. 'I never should've told Winner about the onna.' Wufei's attention was diverted as the underground hangar seemed to yawn out of the shadows. Slowing to 50 km/h, Wufei entered the hangar.
Wufei swiftly moved to his part of the hangar, and shut his suit down. Grunting under Usagi's weight, he opened the hatch of his Gundam, and leapt to the catwalk. True to his word, Rasid and several others were waiting to take Usagi off of his hands.
"Who is she?" Abdul asked curiously.
"I don't know." Wufei replied tiredly. "I was about to head back to Nataku when this sergeant came out of the room next to the computer room. I shot the sergeant, and went to see what was in the room. I found a soldier picking the onna up. I killed the soldier, and took her with me.
Now isn't the time to explain!" Wufei snapped suddenly. "She's lost a lot of blood, and she might die if you don't hurry!"
Rasid nodded, and one of the men swiftly grabbed Usagi, and ran from the hangar. "You're bleeding." Rasid said simply, noting the blood staining Wufei's clothing.
"It's not my blood." Wufei said, his eyes glinting.
With that, Wufei turned and walked out of the hangar. He didn't make it very far before he heard an EXTREMELY annoying voice.
"Hey, Wu-man! How'd the mission go?" Duo asked cheerfully.
"Duo, DO NOT call me Wu-man unless you want to meet my katana." Wufei threatened.
"Sorry, Wu-man!" Duo grinned impishly. That was when he saw the blood staining Wufei's clothing. "What happened to you, Wufei?"
"It isn't my blood." Wufei said simply. "An onna was in one of those torture chambers, and I brought her with me."
Duo had gone very pale at the mention of the 'onna.' "Umm.Wufei, what did the girl look like?"
"About 165 cm, blonde, blue eyes, I think." Wufei replied softly.
Duo, if possible, became even paler. It suddenly felt hard to breathe. As his breath began to come in short gasps, Wufei stared at him in concern.
"Daijoubu ka, Duo-kun?"
"What was that girl's name?" Duo asked as he struggled to calm his rapid breaths.
"I don't know!" Wufei snapped. "She's in the infirmary if you must know."
"Thanks, Wufei." Duo said quietly before he ran towards the infirmary.
When he got there, he was panting slightly. Wufei was only slightly behind him.
"Rasid, I need to see the girl that Wufei brought in."
Rasid stared oddly at Duo before nodding. "However, you'll have to wait while Abdul and the others finish making sure she won't die."
"That's all right." Duo said dryly as he sat down. "It's not like I have to be somewhere anytime soon."
Fifteen minutes later, Abdul and the others emerged from a room towards the back. "I can't believe that onna woke up!" Abdul exclaimed.
"Can I talk to her now?" Duo asked quietly.
"Hai." Abdul said as he moved aside.
Duo walked into the room, and stared at its lone occupant. Once he was closer, his worst fears were confirmed.
"Usagi?!" He yelled as he rushed towards her.
"Hi Duo-kun." Usagi rasped.
Here's CHAPTER ONE!!! I really like this story line
so far!! Do you???
**********Part One of Usagi's Secret**********
Duo was still staring at Usagi in utter shock. His yell had
drawn the other pilots, and they all looked curiously between the
duo, even Hiiro.
"How...wha-" Duo managed to stutter before he passed out
cold.
Usagi sighed in complete exasperation.
"Are you feeling all right?" Quatre asked as he regained his
composure.
"I'm fine." Usagi replied, but the look in her eyes betrayed
the pain she was feeling. "I would like some Advil though."
Quatre briefly exited the room to grab a glass of water and
the Advil. When he got back, Duo was just coming around.
"What was that all about?" Quatre asked his friend, his
eyebrow raised.
Duo shrugged before he turned to Usagi. "What happened to
you, Usa?"
Wufei suddenly started laughing.
"What's so funny?" Duo asked curiously.
"I just realized, Duo-kun, that you haven't called my Wu-man
in the past 45 minutes!! That's gotta be a record for you!!!"
"I had other things on my mind." Duo mumbled. "Usa, please
tell me what happened." Duo steered the conversation off in another
direction.
The room suddenly became quiet, everyone wanting to hear
about the young woman in front of them. "Do you want the long or
short version?" Usagi finally asked.
"We need to know everything, Usagi-san." Quatre finally spoke
up.
"Fine." Usagi said as she sat up. She looked at them all
before she drew in a deep breath.
"As you've probably guessed by now, Duo-chan and I know each
other. I met him when I was about five. We've been friends ever since,
and Duo and I told each other all of our secrets.
"When he was 13, he told me about the gundams. It was almost
like he wanted me to fight in a Gundam. After he went to fight, the only
way to hear from him," Here Usagi paused to glare at him.
"Was when he sent me a letter. Since Duo was captured a few
weeks ago, Oz had gotten his name, and started to monitor the mail
flow, searching to a link to him. I learned this in one of the
'sessions' so thoughtfully provided by Oz." Usagi said bitterly.
"The last letter Duo sent was intercepted by Oz. They came
to my house, and interrogated my parents. They didn't realize that I
knew about Gundams. After they killed my parents, and gained no new
information, they took me." Usagi ignored the tears flowing down her
face.
"I wasn't told where or why I was being taken, but that question
was soon answered. As soon as I arrived at the Oz base, a sergeant
immediately placed me in a low-security cell.
"They didn't give me food or water for the next four days.
Directly after they did, I was taken to the 'interrogation room'.
Think an old torture chamber, and you've summed the room up.
"The first time, he was relatively nice, and didn't hurt me at
all. The second time, I wasn't so lucky. I can't remember how many
'sessions' I had. All I can remember is the fresh pain that slowly
numbed me until I couldn't feel anything.
"I didn't care. I was glad that the pain didn't seem to hurt
as much. The last time before you guys saved me was probably the worst.
I had more feeling in my arms and legs than the previous sessions.
"When the attack came, a soldier came to warn him about the
attack. When he saw me, he was going to move me into an Oz jet.
That's when you killed him." Usagi gestured to Wufei.
"I can't remember anything after that." Usagi bit back a slight
sob.
"Did you tell them anything?" Hiiro asked in monotone.
"Except for telling them to go to hell, iie." Usagi responded.
At this time, Rasid happened to speak up. "Master Quatre, I
think that Usagi-san should stay here because Oz will be after her,
and we KNOW that she can keep secrets."
Quatre nodded thoughtfully. "That's fine with me. I'm sure that
one of my sisters' wears the same size clothes as you. I'll ask her
for some. Do you need anything?"
"Well," Usagi began somewhat hesitantly. "I'd like a laptop, if
it's not too much trouble."
"No prob." Quatre replied as he went to ask one of his sisters
for spare clothes, and to get a laptop.
Hiiro and Trowa were the next ones to leave. They slipped away
like leaves on the wind. Wufei sent her one look before he turned on his
heel and left to change from the bloodied clothes he was wearing. Only
Duo stayed with her.
"You don't have to stay, Duo-kun." Usagi said as she tried
desperately to keep her emotions in check.
Instead of leaving, Duo wrapped his arms around her small frame
in a comforting embrace. Usagi's mental and emotional barriers finally
broke, and she began to sob.
Not the normal cries, but the heartbroken sobs of someone that
had seen far too much, and lost almost everything. Duo stayed that way
until Usagi fell asleep.
Once she did, Duo rose slowly to his feet. "Usa, I-I wish that
I could tell you this to your face, but I'm scared that it'll destroy
our friendship. Ai-aishiteru."
Duo gently brushed his lips over her forehead. As he turned, he
could've sworn he heard Usagi whisper, "Aishiteru, Duo-kun," but, when
he turned, Usagi was still sleeping soundly.
Brushing it off as a figment of imagination, he turned, and walked
towards the hangar. Half an hour later, he was completely covered in
engine oil from Deathscythe Hell. He'd found a problem, and that
problem was an oil leak. A large one at that.
"Hey, Q-man, can ya toss me a towel?" Duo yelled to Quatre as he
slipped and fell on his face.
Quatre blinked once before he sighed and went to grab some LARGE
towels. When he came back, Duo tried in vain to stand without sliding
around.
"Ahh-oof!" Duo grunted as he windmilled and fell backwards again.
"Thanks for the towels, man. There was this HUGE oil leak in my Gundam.
I had to fix it, and it dumped about half the oil left on my head."
Quatre nodded, and turned to Abdul. "Do you think you can put
more oil in Deathscythe? There was a leak, and the oil is almost gone."
Abdul took one look at Duo and fell over laughing. After several
minutes, he regained his composure, and went to get the oil.
By this time, Duo had all the oil off of his face and arms. "Q-man,
I need to go take a shower. I'll see ya!"
Quatre sighed in exasperation. Picking up the used towels, he went
to throw them out. It would be useless to wash them now. As he began to
slowly walk towards the large metal bin, he fell on the oil slick that
Duo had left when he was working.
'Now what am I going to do?' Quatre mentally groaned. Standing
slowly, he walked, I mean slid, until the oil slick was gone.
**********Anyways, here's the next part. Enjoy!!**********
PART 2 of Usagi's Secret
The next morning, Usagi groaned as her eyes opened. She'd had
the strangest dream that Duo had said that he'd loved her before he'd
kissed her forehead.
Usagi shook her head. Suddenly, shooting pain shot through her
head. 'Guess I shouldn't shake my head all that much. I hope I can
still stand up. I don't think my legs are hurt too badly. Let's give
it a try.'
She grunted and the room spun suddenly. Waiting for the spinning
to stop, Usagi slowly stood up. To her surprise, it didn't hurt too much.
As she slowly made her way into the hall, she sighed.
"This place needs a map for cryin' out loud." Usagi grumbled.
Fifteen minutes later, Usagi had to admit that she was totally
lost. Sighing, Usagi was about to turn around when she heard some up-
beat music being played. Deciding that being with someone was at least
better than the hospital bed, she headed towards the music.
Usagi came to a door that had a code on it. 'No getting through
here. Matte! I can try Duo-kun's code!! That's what I'll do!!!'
Usagi walked up to the codepad, and typed in 12 numbers. There
was a slight beep before the light turned green. Pushing the door open,
Usagi was surprised to see all the Gundams, and several Leos.
Walking up to Deathscythe, Usagi heard Duo's voice. "Man, I don't
know what's wrong, but that d*** oil leak is back again!"
Usagi decided to speak up at that moment. "Did you ever think of
adding an extra valve and then sealing the original shut? The extra
valve could be connected in someway to the thrusters which would in turn,
enable the oil to be kept warm while flowing. The pressure would also
help to keep the tank from rupturing."
Usagi heard a wrench falling to the ground. Duo's oil covered
face appeared from the other side of his Gundam.
"Usa-chan, what in h*** are you doing wandering around?! You
should be in the Infirmary!!! Besides, how did you get in here?" Duo
said in a rush.
"I was hungry, and I used the code you told me a long time ago.
I can't help it if I GET LOST in this place!! There needs to be a map for
Kami-sama's sake!!!" Usagi said angrily.
"I know." Duo said as he gazed at her sternly. "But I worry about
you when you do stuff like this, Usa!! You know that you shouldn't be
walking around because of your injuries!!!"
"I know that." Usagi said quietly as she looked down at her feet.
Seeing that she was about to cry, Duo immediately regretted his harsh words.
"Usa, I'm sorry. I just worry about you," Duo whispered as he hugged
the petite girl. "I don't want you to get hurt."
"You think I don't worry about the possibility that you'll be hurt
EVERY SINGLE DAY?!?! Kami-sama, Duo-kun! I worry about your safety every
day, and YOU scold ME for wandering around?!" Usagi yelled.
By now, everyone in the hangar was listening with interest to the
fight. Quatre, Wufei, Trowa, and Hiiro all waited in silence for the
argument that was about to break out. Instead, they were shocked beyond words.
"You're right," Duo mumbled. "I worry about you getting hurt, when
you're forced to worry about me every day. I'm disillusioning** myself if I think
that I'm the only one that worries about someone. I'm sorry."
With that, Duo turned on his heel, and left the hangar. Usagi looked
sadly after him. Quatre walked sympathetically up to Usagi, and put his hand on
her shoulder. Usagi stiffened slightly.
"Usagi-san, I know that Duo means-" Quatre was cut off abruptly.
"I just need to be alone for a while, Quatre-san. Gomen." Usagi muttered.
When Quatre looked into her eyes, he was surprised to see a pain that
was different from the physical kind. It was probably then that Quatre realized
that Usagi loved Duo, and he her.
"Go on and have some down time." Quatre said gently. "I'll get you
around dinner time."
"Arigato." Usagi said as she left the hangar.
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I hope that was okay!!! I KNOW that I haven't mentioned what the
'secret' is, but it'll be there sooner or later.
**I don't know if disillusioning is a word! I don't think it is though! Gomen.
The next part should be out soon!!!
Here's Part 3 of Usagi's Secret!!! I hope you enjoy it, and
I know that I haven't revealed what Usagi's Secret is. It WASN'T the
fact that they loved each other!!!
It'll come out in time. Here's the next part!
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Part 3 of Usagi's Secret
It was around 5 o'clock when Quatre went to look for Usagi.
When he found her, she was asleep in the library. It was obvious
that she'd been crying.
"Usagi. Usagi, it's time for dinner." Quatre gently prodded
her sleeping form.
"Just give me another five minutes, Mama." Usagi mumbled
before her eyes shot open.
"O genki desu ka?" Quatre asked gently.
"Hai." Usagi whispered. "I'm just confused right now."
"Maybe I can help?" Quatre offered.
"Well...it's nothing. I just-" Usagi stuttered.
"It's all right if you don't want to tell me yet. When you're
ready, you can tell me what's bothering you. By the way, do any of
your wounds hurt whatsoever? If they do, I can get you some Advil."
"Arigato for your concern Quatre-san, demo, I'm sure that the
pain will go away soon." Usagi said as she stood up.
Usagi and Quatre walked in silence to the other end of the
mansion. When they got there, Usagi was surprised to see about forty
people in the room. Almost all of whom, were men. As Usagi looked
around the room, she could only pick out three other women.
"Hey, Master Quatre," one of the men began. "Is this the young
lady you were telling us about that was being held by Oz?"
"Hai. Usagi-san, this is Saddam-kun." Quatre introduced quietly.
"Hajimashite." Usagi said as she shook his hand.
"I'm sorry, but I don't understand Japanese." Saddam said somewhat
sadly.
"That's all right. I just said that it's nice to meet you, Saddam- san."
Usagi replied.
At that moment, Duo, Hiiro, Wufei, and Trowa decided to enter the
room. Duo was being chased by Wufei, and Wufei's hair was cut off.
"Maxwell, you will DIE for CUTTING OFF my hair!!!" Wufei yelled.
"Aw, come on, Wu-man! It's not that ba-OUCH!!" Duo yelled as he crashed
into Usagi.
As they fell, Usagi let out a small shriek of surprise. Everyone in the
room began to snicker, and Duo was getting angry. Struggling from the mass of
limbs and hair that was Usagi, Duo yelled,
"What?!"
The room fell silent. No one, NO ONE had ever seen Duo get mad. Usagi
groaned as she tried to stand up. It was obvious that she'd hurt something.
As she began to fall backwards, she was surprised to feel a pair of strong arms
wrap around her waist.
Assuming that it was Duo, she opened her eyes. What she saw surprised
her. Wufei had caught her. As he looked at her, worry etched into his features,
Usagi passed out.
"S***!!" Duo yelped as he turned. "Usa!"
As one of the doctors moved out of the crowd, Hiiro punched the near hysterical
Duo to bring him to his senses. Hiiro, however, had punched Duo too hard, and Duo fell to
the floor. He was out cold.
When Duo woke up, it was the middle of the night. Standing slowly, Duo
began to look for Usagi. It didn't take him long to find her. She was in the room right
next to his, and she was typing away on the laptop that Quatre had provided
for her use.
"Usa?" He asked. Usagi jumped slightly.
"Duo-kun! Are you all right?" Usagi said quietly.
"I'm fine. Are you?" Duo persisted.
"I just sprained my ankle. I'll be fine." Usagi replied. Duo suddenly realized
that she was on the verge of tears.
"What's wrong, huh?" He asked as he strode over to her bed and pulled her into
a warm embrace.
"D-Duo, you have another mission." Usagi sniffled. "Hiiro said you guys have
to leave tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. I don't want you to go!"
Usagi began to sob abruptly. Duo instantly began to comfort Usagi, who at the
moment, was emotionally unstable. When her breathing steadied, Duo gently kissed her
forehead, and walked out of the room.
Duo's alarm clock went off at 8:30. He groaned as he slammed his hand onto
the piece of machinery. Slowly, he staggered to the shower. He was ready to go by
9 o'clock.
Duo sighed before he left the room. Walking, and not looking back, he walked to
the library. They would be meeting there to discuss the specifics.
After the debriefing, Duo and the others trudged to the hangar. They still had
forty-five minutes until they had to leave, so they continued to discuss the mission.
It sounded complicated. They were to protect Relena, and also gain information
on a young woman named Dorothy Catalonia.
As Duo headed to his Gundam, he didn't see the shadow by the leg of
Deathscythe Hell. Duo was surprised when a person pulled him into the shadows.
He was about to punch the figure when he realized who it was. "Usa?"
Usagi responded by slamming her mouth onto his. They parted several moments
later. Duo was gasping for breath as he looked at Usagi. Usagi kissed him again,
this time a bittersweet kiss.
"You come back to me in one piece, you hear?" She whispered fiercely.
Duo smiled before he nodded. Before he turned, he left a chastise kiss
on the corner of her mouth. As he entered Deathscythe, a comm. link opened.
"What was that all about, Maxwell? One minute, we could see you, and the next,
POOF! you're gone!" Wufei said curiously.
"I don't want to talk about it, okay Wufei?" Duo mumbled as he blushed slightly.
Quatre, however, got the message instantly. "I'm glad you two finally got
together, Duo-kun."
"Who got together with you?" Trowa asked.
"Usagi." Duo mumbled. He was now as red as a cherry.
Ten minutes later, the five gundams exited the hangar for what could
indeed be the last time.
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Part Four of Usagi's Secret
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Usagi stood and watched as Duo and the others left. A single
tear made its way down her cheek. As she turned, she was confronted by
one of the men she hadn't met yet.
"Rasid-kun said you need to get back to your room." He said
quietly. "My name is Lamar, and he asked me to escort you back to
your room."
"Arigato for your concern, Lamar-san, demo, I'm sure that I can
find my way back to my room on my own." Usagi said as she began to walk
back to her room.
Usagi was quite surprised when Lamar grabbed her arm, and spun
her around.
"I think that you'll want to come with me." He said, an angry
expression on his face.
"No, I won't!" Usagi snapped.
Lamar pulled his hand back, and slapped her. Usagi winced as she
felt her left cheek start to sting. Struggling to free herself from his
iron grip, she screamed.
This time, when Lamar hit her, she blacked out. As she collapsed,
Abdul and several others came running. Lamar roughly grabbed Usagi by the
collar of her shirt.
Abdul skidded to a halt as he saw a knife being brought to the
unconscious woman's neck.
"Listen to me, you bakas." Lamar growled. "If you don't want to
see the onna die, you'll let me go on my merry way."
"No way!" Abdul exclaimed. "Usagi-san is our friend, and we
promised that we'd protect her! We're not about to let you just carry her
out of here!"
"Well, that's too bad!" Lamar snarled. "Because you just signed her
death warrant."
As the knife slowly came in contact with her throat, Usagi groaned.
The knife suddenly stopped moving as Usagi's eyes opened. By now, each and
every person in the hangar had his or her gun trained on Lamar.
"I told you to let me go or the girl dies!" To put emphasis into
his words, he gently pushed the knife into her throat, enough to make a
slight trail of blood to make its way down her neck.
Usagi whimpered slightly. The situation had gone from bad to worse.
As Lamar's eyes bored into Rasid, Usagi felt a sudden pain around her
waist. Lamar's arm was digging into one of her wounds.
"What do you want?" Usagi said through gritted teeth.
"I want a way to lure the Gundams to their deaths. Even if I only
get one of them, it's a point for our side." Lamar stated with conviction.
"They won't come. They're not bakas." Usagi choked out.
"Really? We'll see who's right soon enough." Lamar responded.
Usagi almost sighed with relief as the knife moved a centimeter from
her throat. Almost. She had to get him to move the knife a certain distance
away.
"Who do you work for?" Rasid asked the man, instantly catching onto
Usagi's plan.
"I guess I can tell you that much. I work for Oz." Lamar replied.
Usagi's breathing stopped momentarily. 'How did this bakayaro get
past all the security systems?! He doesn't-ECCHI!!!' Usagi screamed within
the confines of her mind. The hand that was firmly wrapped around her
waist was discreetly stroking her left hip.
As Usagi tensed, Lamar relaxed slightly. The knife moved even further
away. Moving slowly, so as to not alert him of her plans, Usagi twisted her
elbow slightly.
Quick as lightning, Usagi slammed her elbow into Lamar's groin. Lamar
went totally white, and involuntarily released Usagi. As the knife clattered to
the floor, Usagi ducked down. Gunshots quickly filled the hangar.
Lamar collapsed without a sound on top of Usagi. He was dead. Rasid
rushed over, and pulled him off Usagi's frail figure.
"O genki desu ka?" Rasid asked her in a gentle tone.
"I'm fine," Usagi mumbled as she wiped some blood off of her neck.
"You sure?" Rasid persisted. "It looks like he hit you pretty hard."
Usagi laughed bitterly. "It's not like it matters. I still have all
these other LOVELY injuries. One more won't matter."
Rasid sighed as he turned. "Still, I'll feel better if there is no
repeat of that. Abdul and Saddam will be guarding you. We'll need to get out
of this base though because Oz has discovered where the Gundams were being
kept. Be ready to leave in one hour."
Usagi nodded and moved towards her room. Abdul and Saddam fell into
step behind her.
Two months had gone by since Usagi and the Maganacs had abandoned the
old base. It was reported, less than two hours after their departure that Oz
had searched the base, and found nothing.
Usagi was watching the news, when, suddenly, an article about the
Gundam pilots came on.
"...reporting live from the L4 Colony Cluster. Today, Oz made a large
development towards eliminating all enemies. Three Gundams and their pilots
were captured today trying to gain safe entry into what was once their home.
I'm standing in front of the base in which the Gundams are being held.
"The Gundams that were captured are: Gundams 01, 02, and 05. The
famed nicknames for these mobile suits are, Gundam Wing, Deathscythe, and
Shenlong. All three were captured within two hours of each other, and in an act of
defiance, Gundam 02 was destroyed--"
Everyone in the room was listening intensely to the report. As Usagi
turned off the t.v., the Maganacs could easily see that Usagi had gone into
shock. Turning, she looked at them calmly.
"That was an interesting news broadcast, wasn't it?"
"Ano...Usagi, maybe you should sit down." Abdul began hesitantly. He
didn't want to have to prevent Usagi from doing something drastic.
"Nande? All it was about was the Gund-" Usagi's eyes widened as she
realized what she was saying. As she sank to the ground, tears began to silently
fall.
Less than four hours had passed since Usagi found out that
Duo, Hiiro, and Wufei had been captured, and Usagi had long ago
fallen unconscious from the physical strain of the day's events.
Nearly 4,000 kilometers away, Duo, Hiiro, and Wufei were
being held under tight security. Duo groaned as he slowly stood up.
"Where are we?" He mumbled before he remembered that he was
being held by Oz.
"You woke up." Wufei muttered.
"..." Hiiro didn't even look at Duo.
"How do we get outta here guys?!" Duo asked of Wufei and
Hiiro.
All he got in response were two grunts. Sighing, Duo was in
the process of turning when the door slid open.
"01, out, now." A soldier commanded.
Hiiro grunted and began to follow the soldier that had called
for him.
"Hold it, where're you taking him, huh?!" Duo said angrily.
Before he knew what was happening, a fist was slammed into
Duo's face. "That is none of your concern." The man replied quietly.
Slowly, the door closed. Wufei sighed. It would be a while before
they'd see Hiiro again.
Meanwhile, Usagi was just waking up. As she groaned, Rasid
walked into the room.
"Where am I?" She asked Rasid.
"I can't tell you that, Usagi-san. Gomen ne." Rasid replied.
Usagi almost screamed in frustration. "Nande?"
"We had to move again." Rasid replied evenly. "If you feel up to
it, dinner will be served in half an hour."
With that, Rasid turned and walked out the door. Usagi curled up
into a ball, and began to sob, unable to stop the tears from sliding down
her cheeks. 'Why did I have to fall in love with him?! He could be gone
now, and I'll never get to see him again. I shouldn't have been so weak.'
Half an hour later, Usagi walked calmly out of the room, and
followed her nose to the food. Usagi wasn't hungry, and it showed. She
barely touched her food, and when she did, it usually didn't make it to
her mouth. Rasid and the others exchanged worried glances.
"Usagi-chan, daijoubu ka?" Saddam finally asked.
"What do you think?" She asked bitterly. Pushing her plate away,
she stood. "I'm not hungry anymore."
With that, Usagi left the room. When Abdul went to check on Usagi
less than half an hour later, she was gone.
Duo almost screamed in frustration. Here were two perfectly good
Gundam pilots, and they were LOCKED in an Oz base! 'Remind me to kill
Hiiro for his bright ideas!! Relena and Dorothy head for the colonies,
and where do we go? The COLONIES!!! I need to do SOMETHING! While I'm
stuck with Wufei "the weak don't fight" Chang, Hiiro's out there, fighting
for his life!'
"Wufei, I'm bored!!" Duo practically screamed.
"Shut up, Maxwell! Don't you realize that they've shut off all
oxygen to this cell? Try to conserve air for once!!!" Wufei snapped.
'Usagi, I'm sorry.' Duo thought as he turned to sit on the steps
again. 'I might not make it.'
Meanwhile...
Sirens suddenly blared throughout the Oz base. "We're under
attack!!" A soldier screamed.
As he continued to panic, a wraithlike figure slipped through
the hall towards the cells that held the prisoners. The figure was almost
there, when it was stopped by a soldier that was actually calm.
"Name and rank," The soldier commanded.
With a grunt, the figure slammed a hand into a pressure point, and
swiftly threw him to the ground. As the person slipped by, her face was
revealed.
As she reached the cell holding the Gundam pilots, she quickly
cracked the code, and threw two machine guns into the darkened interior.
When she was sure that both Duo and Wufei were moving, she slipped into
the shadows.
"Who the hell opened the door?" Duo asked as he ran down the
corridor.
"I don't know, but we owe whoever it was, BIG time." Wufei replied.
Duo nodded, and looked behind him. 'How weird, I felt like
someone was watching us.' Shrugging it off, Duo continued to sprint towards
a mobile suit hangar.
The young woman watched Duo run away for several more moments,
before she turned, and slipped up an air duct. She smirked slightly. 'At
least Duo-kun is safe for now. I just hope that the Maganacs haven't
started panicking yet.'
She was wrong. Rasid, after receiving the message of Usagi's
disappearance, he assembled search teams to thoroughly search the
building.
"Rasid-san, we haven't found Usagi-san yet." Abdul said as he
came running up to Rasid. "Word is that Duo, Wufei, and Hiiro all managed
to escape Oz."
"We're going to Sanq." Rasid stated. "We'll ask for political
asylum from Relena-sama."
Abdul nodded. "I'll go assemble everyone. We'll head out in groups."
"Good."
One Week Later
Duo grunted as he hefted his heavy books. He'd gone to Sanq Kingdom
with Hiiro and Quatre, and he was regretting it. Deeply.
"Hey, Quatre, can I get some help here?!"
"Hold on." Quatre replied as he moved to help the struggling teen.
However, before Quatre could get to Duo...CRASH!!! All the books
came tumbling down, and with them, went Duo, and a young woman.
"Sorry 'bout that!" Duo said as he sat up, and offered a helping
hand to the young woman, who, at the moment, had a lot of leg showing from
a hiked-up skirt.
"It's okay. I wasn't watching where I was going." She replied with
a smile.
'That voice, it's familiar.' Duo thought as he began to pick up his
books. "They shouldn't give us such thick textbooks! You could really do some
damage with these!" Duo grunted.
Suddenly, it hit him. He KNEW where he'd heard that voice. Looking
slowly at the girl's face, he gasped.
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I thought that that was a pretty good cliffie!!! Gotta run, the next chapter
will be out soon! Ja!!
If you have ANY feedback, even flames, I'll gladly take them!!
Anyways, I'm attempting to make this really long, but thanks to my stupid homework load, chapters will be REALLY slow. Anyways, here's the prologue!!!
BTW, I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing.
Prologue of Usagi's Secret
Pain. One word, and yet it meant everything to the young prisoner held by OZ. Pain. It seared through her every bone, igniting a fire that seemed to burn her body and soul alike.
Her name was Tsukino Usagi, and she was being 'interrogated' by a sergeant. As she was slammed into a wall, she gladly accepted the blanket of darkness that was thrown over her like a veil.
It wouldn't last.
The sergeant grabbed a bucket of ice cold water, and poured it without emotions over her unconscious form. As she blearily opened one eye, he grabbed her by the back of her neck.
"What do you know about the Gundams and their pilots?" He hissed.
Usagi responded by spitting in his eye. She bit back a cry of pain as the man tightened his grip. 'If only he would let me go! I can't hold on much longer. Gomen nasai.Duo-kun.'
The interrogation continued for several more painful hours. Usagi fought off the pain as best she could, but it still overwhelmed her senses. What the black void beckoned a second time, she embraced it.
Duo woke in a state of panic. The dream had seemed so.real. He held his head as he tried to remember what the dream had been about. 'Usagi! That's what the dream was about!! She died.no, wait-she'd been captured by OZ!! I REALLY hope that isn't true.'
Duo groaned as he stood up. There was no was that he'd be able to sleep now. Not with that dream-no, that nightmare-just waiting to plague his sleep. He glanced at his alarm clock. '3:30 A.M.! Just great! Ah, well, I might as well go train for a while.'
With that thought, Duo went to train.
Usagi's head hurt. Her body hurt even more. She seemed to have much more feeling in her limbs now. 'Kami-sama it hurts! I wish I was at home sleeping in my-'
Her train of thought was cut off as her tormentor opened the door to her cell. He looked at her with cold indifference. He walked over to her, and grabbed her by the hair. Her cry of pain satisfied him in some sick way.
It meant that he was hurting her. Grinning sadistically, he dragged her to the 'Interrogation Room'. In all actuality, it looked more like a torture chamber than anything else. Manacles hung from one wall, and there were several bloodstains from Usagi's last 'sessions' in the room.
Usagi closed her eyes and waited for the harsh blows to hit her from every side until the new pain melded with the old. The sergeant, still dragging her by the hair, moved her over to the manacles, and quite calmly forced her wrist into one of the small cuffs.
Once the other cuff was secured, he grabbed a well-worn whip from the table, and lashed out. After 25 lashes, Usagi's legs gave out as hot tears of pain began to stream down her already beaten and broken features. Still, he didn't stop.
The black void was calling to Usagi now. Just as she was about to loose consciousness, the whip mercifully stopped digging into her back and legs. The sergeant unclasped the manacles, and watched as she slid to the floor.
"That hurt, didn't it?" He asked in a soft voice. Usagi didn't respond. Grabbing her by the hair, he forced her to look at him.
"Did that hurt you, Miss Tsukino?" He snarled.
"You d*** b******." Usagi spat out before he kicked one of her fresh wounds. Usagi let out a short, yet piercing scream. The pain was becoming too much to bear.
Usagi cried out again as he kicked the same wound. Snorting, the soldier forced Usagi back into the manacles. This time, she was facing him.
As the whip pierced the flesh on her stomach, tears flowed. 'How long can I-' Usagi's thoughts were cut off by a deafening explosion. It threw Usagi forward against the manacles, and the unnamed soldier off of his feet.
Before Usagi's tormentor could stand again, a soldier rushed in, and yelled,
"Sir, we're under attack by Gundams!!!"
"D***!" The man cursed before he ran out of the room.
The soldier was about to follow, when he saw Usagi. "I'd better move her to an OZ jet." He muttered. Moving swiftly, he unclasped the manacles. Usagi collapsed into his arms. The soldier's eyes widened in shock as the sound of a gun's safety being taken off was heard almost against his temple.
"Let the onna go." A young Chinese boy commanded.
The soldier swiftly dropped Usagi painfully to the ground. The last thing he saw were the angry coal black eyes of a Gundam pilot. Without so much as a sound, the soldier sank to the ground, dead.
The man bent over, and gently picked Usagi up. With great care, he made his way back to his Gundam, Nataku. Careful not to shift Usagi because of her wounds, he sat down and strapped his safety harness on.
"Trowa, Quatre, you're gonna have to finish the mission without me." Wufei said quietly.
"Naze?" Trowa asked simply.
"I found some onna in one of their torture chambers. She's in bad shape. I need to get her to your place, Quatre."
"Go on." Quatre said before he sliced an MS in half. "We'll cover you."
"Arigato." Wufei said before he blasted off.
2 HOURS LATER..
Wufei's comm. System beeped, drawing him out of a deep sleep.
"Wufei?" A familiar voice asked.
"Hai." Wufei said as he rubbed his eyes.
"You need to go into manual so that you can get into the hangar. Any damage?"
"Iie, Rasid. Same condition that Nataku left in."
"Wufei, Quatre called ahead. A doctor will be waiting. Out." Rasid said as he cut the connection.
Wufei sighed in exasperation. 'I never should've told Winner about the onna.' Wufei's attention was diverted as the underground hangar seemed to yawn out of the shadows. Slowing to 50 km/h, Wufei entered the hangar.
Wufei swiftly moved to his part of the hangar, and shut his suit down. Grunting under Usagi's weight, he opened the hatch of his Gundam, and leapt to the catwalk. True to his word, Rasid and several others were waiting to take Usagi off of his hands.
"Who is she?" Abdul asked curiously.
"I don't know." Wufei replied tiredly. "I was about to head back to Nataku when this sergeant came out of the room next to the computer room. I shot the sergeant, and went to see what was in the room. I found a soldier picking the onna up. I killed the soldier, and took her with me.
Now isn't the time to explain!" Wufei snapped suddenly. "She's lost a lot of blood, and she might die if you don't hurry!"
Rasid nodded, and one of the men swiftly grabbed Usagi, and ran from the hangar. "You're bleeding." Rasid said simply, noting the blood staining Wufei's clothing.
"It's not my blood." Wufei said, his eyes glinting.
With that, Wufei turned and walked out of the hangar. He didn't make it very far before he heard an EXTREMELY annoying voice.
"Hey, Wu-man! How'd the mission go?" Duo asked cheerfully.
"Duo, DO NOT call me Wu-man unless you want to meet my katana." Wufei threatened.
"Sorry, Wu-man!" Duo grinned impishly. That was when he saw the blood staining Wufei's clothing. "What happened to you, Wufei?"
"It isn't my blood." Wufei said simply. "An onna was in one of those torture chambers, and I brought her with me."
Duo had gone very pale at the mention of the 'onna.' "Umm.Wufei, what did the girl look like?"
"About 165 cm, blonde, blue eyes, I think." Wufei replied softly.
Duo, if possible, became even paler. It suddenly felt hard to breathe. As his breath began to come in short gasps, Wufei stared at him in concern.
"Daijoubu ka, Duo-kun?"
"What was that girl's name?" Duo asked as he struggled to calm his rapid breaths.
"I don't know!" Wufei snapped. "She's in the infirmary if you must know."
"Thanks, Wufei." Duo said quietly before he ran towards the infirmary.
When he got there, he was panting slightly. Wufei was only slightly behind him.
"Rasid, I need to see the girl that Wufei brought in."
Rasid stared oddly at Duo before nodding. "However, you'll have to wait while Abdul and the others finish making sure she won't die."
"That's all right." Duo said dryly as he sat down. "It's not like I have to be somewhere anytime soon."
Fifteen minutes later, Abdul and the others emerged from a room towards the back. "I can't believe that onna woke up!" Abdul exclaimed.
"Can I talk to her now?" Duo asked quietly.
"Hai." Abdul said as he moved aside.
Duo walked into the room, and stared at its lone occupant. Once he was closer, his worst fears were confirmed.
"Usagi?!" He yelled as he rushed towards her.
"Hi Duo-kun." Usagi rasped.
Here's CHAPTER ONE!!! I really like this story line
so far!! Do you???
**********Part One of Usagi's Secret**********
Duo was still staring at Usagi in utter shock. His yell had
drawn the other pilots, and they all looked curiously between the
duo, even Hiiro.
"How...wha-" Duo managed to stutter before he passed out
cold.
Usagi sighed in complete exasperation.
"Are you feeling all right?" Quatre asked as he regained his
composure.
"I'm fine." Usagi replied, but the look in her eyes betrayed
the pain she was feeling. "I would like some Advil though."
Quatre briefly exited the room to grab a glass of water and
the Advil. When he got back, Duo was just coming around.
"What was that all about?" Quatre asked his friend, his
eyebrow raised.
Duo shrugged before he turned to Usagi. "What happened to
you, Usa?"
Wufei suddenly started laughing.
"What's so funny?" Duo asked curiously.
"I just realized, Duo-kun, that you haven't called my Wu-man
in the past 45 minutes!! That's gotta be a record for you!!!"
"I had other things on my mind." Duo mumbled. "Usa, please
tell me what happened." Duo steered the conversation off in another
direction.
The room suddenly became quiet, everyone wanting to hear
about the young woman in front of them. "Do you want the long or
short version?" Usagi finally asked.
"We need to know everything, Usagi-san." Quatre finally spoke
up.
"Fine." Usagi said as she sat up. She looked at them all
before she drew in a deep breath.
"As you've probably guessed by now, Duo-chan and I know each
other. I met him when I was about five. We've been friends ever since,
and Duo and I told each other all of our secrets.
"When he was 13, he told me about the gundams. It was almost
like he wanted me to fight in a Gundam. After he went to fight, the only
way to hear from him," Here Usagi paused to glare at him.
"Was when he sent me a letter. Since Duo was captured a few
weeks ago, Oz had gotten his name, and started to monitor the mail
flow, searching to a link to him. I learned this in one of the
'sessions' so thoughtfully provided by Oz." Usagi said bitterly.
"The last letter Duo sent was intercepted by Oz. They came
to my house, and interrogated my parents. They didn't realize that I
knew about Gundams. After they killed my parents, and gained no new
information, they took me." Usagi ignored the tears flowing down her
face.
"I wasn't told where or why I was being taken, but that question
was soon answered. As soon as I arrived at the Oz base, a sergeant
immediately placed me in a low-security cell.
"They didn't give me food or water for the next four days.
Directly after they did, I was taken to the 'interrogation room'.
Think an old torture chamber, and you've summed the room up.
"The first time, he was relatively nice, and didn't hurt me at
all. The second time, I wasn't so lucky. I can't remember how many
'sessions' I had. All I can remember is the fresh pain that slowly
numbed me until I couldn't feel anything.
"I didn't care. I was glad that the pain didn't seem to hurt
as much. The last time before you guys saved me was probably the worst.
I had more feeling in my arms and legs than the previous sessions.
"When the attack came, a soldier came to warn him about the
attack. When he saw me, he was going to move me into an Oz jet.
That's when you killed him." Usagi gestured to Wufei.
"I can't remember anything after that." Usagi bit back a slight
sob.
"Did you tell them anything?" Hiiro asked in monotone.
"Except for telling them to go to hell, iie." Usagi responded.
At this time, Rasid happened to speak up. "Master Quatre, I
think that Usagi-san should stay here because Oz will be after her,
and we KNOW that she can keep secrets."
Quatre nodded thoughtfully. "That's fine with me. I'm sure that
one of my sisters' wears the same size clothes as you. I'll ask her
for some. Do you need anything?"
"Well," Usagi began somewhat hesitantly. "I'd like a laptop, if
it's not too much trouble."
"No prob." Quatre replied as he went to ask one of his sisters
for spare clothes, and to get a laptop.
Hiiro and Trowa were the next ones to leave. They slipped away
like leaves on the wind. Wufei sent her one look before he turned on his
heel and left to change from the bloodied clothes he was wearing. Only
Duo stayed with her.
"You don't have to stay, Duo-kun." Usagi said as she tried
desperately to keep her emotions in check.
Instead of leaving, Duo wrapped his arms around her small frame
in a comforting embrace. Usagi's mental and emotional barriers finally
broke, and she began to sob.
Not the normal cries, but the heartbroken sobs of someone that
had seen far too much, and lost almost everything. Duo stayed that way
until Usagi fell asleep.
Once she did, Duo rose slowly to his feet. "Usa, I-I wish that
I could tell you this to your face, but I'm scared that it'll destroy
our friendship. Ai-aishiteru."
Duo gently brushed his lips over her forehead. As he turned, he
could've sworn he heard Usagi whisper, "Aishiteru, Duo-kun," but, when
he turned, Usagi was still sleeping soundly.
Brushing it off as a figment of imagination, he turned, and walked
towards the hangar. Half an hour later, he was completely covered in
engine oil from Deathscythe Hell. He'd found a problem, and that
problem was an oil leak. A large one at that.
"Hey, Q-man, can ya toss me a towel?" Duo yelled to Quatre as he
slipped and fell on his face.
Quatre blinked once before he sighed and went to grab some LARGE
towels. When he came back, Duo tried in vain to stand without sliding
around.
"Ahh-oof!" Duo grunted as he windmilled and fell backwards again.
"Thanks for the towels, man. There was this HUGE oil leak in my Gundam.
I had to fix it, and it dumped about half the oil left on my head."
Quatre nodded, and turned to Abdul. "Do you think you can put
more oil in Deathscythe? There was a leak, and the oil is almost gone."
Abdul took one look at Duo and fell over laughing. After several
minutes, he regained his composure, and went to get the oil.
By this time, Duo had all the oil off of his face and arms. "Q-man,
I need to go take a shower. I'll see ya!"
Quatre sighed in exasperation. Picking up the used towels, he went
to throw them out. It would be useless to wash them now. As he began to
slowly walk towards the large metal bin, he fell on the oil slick that
Duo had left when he was working.
'Now what am I going to do?' Quatre mentally groaned. Standing
slowly, he walked, I mean slid, until the oil slick was gone.
**********Anyways, here's the next part. Enjoy!!**********
PART 2 of Usagi's Secret
The next morning, Usagi groaned as her eyes opened. She'd had
the strangest dream that Duo had said that he'd loved her before he'd
kissed her forehead.
Usagi shook her head. Suddenly, shooting pain shot through her
head. 'Guess I shouldn't shake my head all that much. I hope I can
still stand up. I don't think my legs are hurt too badly. Let's give
it a try.'
She grunted and the room spun suddenly. Waiting for the spinning
to stop, Usagi slowly stood up. To her surprise, it didn't hurt too much.
As she slowly made her way into the hall, she sighed.
"This place needs a map for cryin' out loud." Usagi grumbled.
Fifteen minutes later, Usagi had to admit that she was totally
lost. Sighing, Usagi was about to turn around when she heard some up-
beat music being played. Deciding that being with someone was at least
better than the hospital bed, she headed towards the music.
Usagi came to a door that had a code on it. 'No getting through
here. Matte! I can try Duo-kun's code!! That's what I'll do!!!'
Usagi walked up to the codepad, and typed in 12 numbers. There
was a slight beep before the light turned green. Pushing the door open,
Usagi was surprised to see all the Gundams, and several Leos.
Walking up to Deathscythe, Usagi heard Duo's voice. "Man, I don't
know what's wrong, but that d*** oil leak is back again!"
Usagi decided to speak up at that moment. "Did you ever think of
adding an extra valve and then sealing the original shut? The extra
valve could be connected in someway to the thrusters which would in turn,
enable the oil to be kept warm while flowing. The pressure would also
help to keep the tank from rupturing."
Usagi heard a wrench falling to the ground. Duo's oil covered
face appeared from the other side of his Gundam.
"Usa-chan, what in h*** are you doing wandering around?! You
should be in the Infirmary!!! Besides, how did you get in here?" Duo
said in a rush.
"I was hungry, and I used the code you told me a long time ago.
I can't help it if I GET LOST in this place!! There needs to be a map for
Kami-sama's sake!!!" Usagi said angrily.
"I know." Duo said as he gazed at her sternly. "But I worry about
you when you do stuff like this, Usa!! You know that you shouldn't be
walking around because of your injuries!!!"
"I know that." Usagi said quietly as she looked down at her feet.
Seeing that she was about to cry, Duo immediately regretted his harsh words.
"Usa, I'm sorry. I just worry about you," Duo whispered as he hugged
the petite girl. "I don't want you to get hurt."
"You think I don't worry about the possibility that you'll be hurt
EVERY SINGLE DAY?!?! Kami-sama, Duo-kun! I worry about your safety every
day, and YOU scold ME for wandering around?!" Usagi yelled.
By now, everyone in the hangar was listening with interest to the
fight. Quatre, Wufei, Trowa, and Hiiro all waited in silence for the
argument that was about to break out. Instead, they were shocked beyond words.
"You're right," Duo mumbled. "I worry about you getting hurt, when
you're forced to worry about me every day. I'm disillusioning** myself if I think
that I'm the only one that worries about someone. I'm sorry."
With that, Duo turned on his heel, and left the hangar. Usagi looked
sadly after him. Quatre walked sympathetically up to Usagi, and put his hand on
her shoulder. Usagi stiffened slightly.
"Usagi-san, I know that Duo means-" Quatre was cut off abruptly.
"I just need to be alone for a while, Quatre-san. Gomen." Usagi muttered.
When Quatre looked into her eyes, he was surprised to see a pain that
was different from the physical kind. It was probably then that Quatre realized
that Usagi loved Duo, and he her.
"Go on and have some down time." Quatre said gently. "I'll get you
around dinner time."
"Arigato." Usagi said as she left the hangar.
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I hope that was okay!!! I KNOW that I haven't mentioned what the
'secret' is, but it'll be there sooner or later.
**I don't know if disillusioning is a word! I don't think it is though! Gomen.
The next part should be out soon!!!
Here's Part 3 of Usagi's Secret!!! I hope you enjoy it, and
I know that I haven't revealed what Usagi's Secret is. It WASN'T the
fact that they loved each other!!!
It'll come out in time. Here's the next part!
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Part 3 of Usagi's Secret
It was around 5 o'clock when Quatre went to look for Usagi.
When he found her, she was asleep in the library. It was obvious
that she'd been crying.
"Usagi. Usagi, it's time for dinner." Quatre gently prodded
her sleeping form.
"Just give me another five minutes, Mama." Usagi mumbled
before her eyes shot open.
"O genki desu ka?" Quatre asked gently.
"Hai." Usagi whispered. "I'm just confused right now."
"Maybe I can help?" Quatre offered.
"Well...it's nothing. I just-" Usagi stuttered.
"It's all right if you don't want to tell me yet. When you're
ready, you can tell me what's bothering you. By the way, do any of
your wounds hurt whatsoever? If they do, I can get you some Advil."
"Arigato for your concern Quatre-san, demo, I'm sure that the
pain will go away soon." Usagi said as she stood up.
Usagi and Quatre walked in silence to the other end of the
mansion. When they got there, Usagi was surprised to see about forty
people in the room. Almost all of whom, were men. As Usagi looked
around the room, she could only pick out three other women.
"Hey, Master Quatre," one of the men began. "Is this the young
lady you were telling us about that was being held by Oz?"
"Hai. Usagi-san, this is Saddam-kun." Quatre introduced quietly.
"Hajimashite." Usagi said as she shook his hand.
"I'm sorry, but I don't understand Japanese." Saddam said somewhat
sadly.
"That's all right. I just said that it's nice to meet you, Saddam- san."
Usagi replied.
At that moment, Duo, Hiiro, Wufei, and Trowa decided to enter the
room. Duo was being chased by Wufei, and Wufei's hair was cut off.
"Maxwell, you will DIE for CUTTING OFF my hair!!!" Wufei yelled.
"Aw, come on, Wu-man! It's not that ba-OUCH!!" Duo yelled as he crashed
into Usagi.
As they fell, Usagi let out a small shriek of surprise. Everyone in the
room began to snicker, and Duo was getting angry. Struggling from the mass of
limbs and hair that was Usagi, Duo yelled,
"What?!"
The room fell silent. No one, NO ONE had ever seen Duo get mad. Usagi
groaned as she tried to stand up. It was obvious that she'd hurt something.
As she began to fall backwards, she was surprised to feel a pair of strong arms
wrap around her waist.
Assuming that it was Duo, she opened her eyes. What she saw surprised
her. Wufei had caught her. As he looked at her, worry etched into his features,
Usagi passed out.
"S***!!" Duo yelped as he turned. "Usa!"
As one of the doctors moved out of the crowd, Hiiro punched the near hysterical
Duo to bring him to his senses. Hiiro, however, had punched Duo too hard, and Duo fell to
the floor. He was out cold.
When Duo woke up, it was the middle of the night. Standing slowly, Duo
began to look for Usagi. It didn't take him long to find her. She was in the room right
next to his, and she was typing away on the laptop that Quatre had provided
for her use.
"Usa?" He asked. Usagi jumped slightly.
"Duo-kun! Are you all right?" Usagi said quietly.
"I'm fine. Are you?" Duo persisted.
"I just sprained my ankle. I'll be fine." Usagi replied. Duo suddenly realized
that she was on the verge of tears.
"What's wrong, huh?" He asked as he strode over to her bed and pulled her into
a warm embrace.
"D-Duo, you have another mission." Usagi sniffled. "Hiiro said you guys have
to leave tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. I don't want you to go!"
Usagi began to sob abruptly. Duo instantly began to comfort Usagi, who at the
moment, was emotionally unstable. When her breathing steadied, Duo gently kissed her
forehead, and walked out of the room.
Duo's alarm clock went off at 8:30. He groaned as he slammed his hand onto
the piece of machinery. Slowly, he staggered to the shower. He was ready to go by
9 o'clock.
Duo sighed before he left the room. Walking, and not looking back, he walked to
the library. They would be meeting there to discuss the specifics.
After the debriefing, Duo and the others trudged to the hangar. They still had
forty-five minutes until they had to leave, so they continued to discuss the mission.
It sounded complicated. They were to protect Relena, and also gain information
on a young woman named Dorothy Catalonia.
As Duo headed to his Gundam, he didn't see the shadow by the leg of
Deathscythe Hell. Duo was surprised when a person pulled him into the shadows.
He was about to punch the figure when he realized who it was. "Usa?"
Usagi responded by slamming her mouth onto his. They parted several moments
later. Duo was gasping for breath as he looked at Usagi. Usagi kissed him again,
this time a bittersweet kiss.
"You come back to me in one piece, you hear?" She whispered fiercely.
Duo smiled before he nodded. Before he turned, he left a chastise kiss
on the corner of her mouth. As he entered Deathscythe, a comm. link opened.
"What was that all about, Maxwell? One minute, we could see you, and the next,
POOF! you're gone!" Wufei said curiously.
"I don't want to talk about it, okay Wufei?" Duo mumbled as he blushed slightly.
Quatre, however, got the message instantly. "I'm glad you two finally got
together, Duo-kun."
"Who got together with you?" Trowa asked.
"Usagi." Duo mumbled. He was now as red as a cherry.
Ten minutes later, the five gundams exited the hangar for what could
indeed be the last time.
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Part Four of Usagi's Secret
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Usagi stood and watched as Duo and the others left. A single
tear made its way down her cheek. As she turned, she was confronted by
one of the men she hadn't met yet.
"Rasid-kun said you need to get back to your room." He said
quietly. "My name is Lamar, and he asked me to escort you back to
your room."
"Arigato for your concern, Lamar-san, demo, I'm sure that I can
find my way back to my room on my own." Usagi said as she began to walk
back to her room.
Usagi was quite surprised when Lamar grabbed her arm, and spun
her around.
"I think that you'll want to come with me." He said, an angry
expression on his face.
"No, I won't!" Usagi snapped.
Lamar pulled his hand back, and slapped her. Usagi winced as she
felt her left cheek start to sting. Struggling to free herself from his
iron grip, she screamed.
This time, when Lamar hit her, she blacked out. As she collapsed,
Abdul and several others came running. Lamar roughly grabbed Usagi by the
collar of her shirt.
Abdul skidded to a halt as he saw a knife being brought to the
unconscious woman's neck.
"Listen to me, you bakas." Lamar growled. "If you don't want to
see the onna die, you'll let me go on my merry way."
"No way!" Abdul exclaimed. "Usagi-san is our friend, and we
promised that we'd protect her! We're not about to let you just carry her
out of here!"
"Well, that's too bad!" Lamar snarled. "Because you just signed her
death warrant."
As the knife slowly came in contact with her throat, Usagi groaned.
The knife suddenly stopped moving as Usagi's eyes opened. By now, each and
every person in the hangar had his or her gun trained on Lamar.
"I told you to let me go or the girl dies!" To put emphasis into
his words, he gently pushed the knife into her throat, enough to make a
slight trail of blood to make its way down her neck.
Usagi whimpered slightly. The situation had gone from bad to worse.
As Lamar's eyes bored into Rasid, Usagi felt a sudden pain around her
waist. Lamar's arm was digging into one of her wounds.
"What do you want?" Usagi said through gritted teeth.
"I want a way to lure the Gundams to their deaths. Even if I only
get one of them, it's a point for our side." Lamar stated with conviction.
"They won't come. They're not bakas." Usagi choked out.
"Really? We'll see who's right soon enough." Lamar responded.
Usagi almost sighed with relief as the knife moved a centimeter from
her throat. Almost. She had to get him to move the knife a certain distance
away.
"Who do you work for?" Rasid asked the man, instantly catching onto
Usagi's plan.
"I guess I can tell you that much. I work for Oz." Lamar replied.
Usagi's breathing stopped momentarily. 'How did this bakayaro get
past all the security systems?! He doesn't-ECCHI!!!' Usagi screamed within
the confines of her mind. The hand that was firmly wrapped around her
waist was discreetly stroking her left hip.
As Usagi tensed, Lamar relaxed slightly. The knife moved even further
away. Moving slowly, so as to not alert him of her plans, Usagi twisted her
elbow slightly.
Quick as lightning, Usagi slammed her elbow into Lamar's groin. Lamar
went totally white, and involuntarily released Usagi. As the knife clattered to
the floor, Usagi ducked down. Gunshots quickly filled the hangar.
Lamar collapsed without a sound on top of Usagi. He was dead. Rasid
rushed over, and pulled him off Usagi's frail figure.
"O genki desu ka?" Rasid asked her in a gentle tone.
"I'm fine," Usagi mumbled as she wiped some blood off of her neck.
"You sure?" Rasid persisted. "It looks like he hit you pretty hard."
Usagi laughed bitterly. "It's not like it matters. I still have all
these other LOVELY injuries. One more won't matter."
Rasid sighed as he turned. "Still, I'll feel better if there is no
repeat of that. Abdul and Saddam will be guarding you. We'll need to get out
of this base though because Oz has discovered where the Gundams were being
kept. Be ready to leave in one hour."
Usagi nodded and moved towards her room. Abdul and Saddam fell into
step behind her.
Two months had gone by since Usagi and the Maganacs had abandoned the
old base. It was reported, less than two hours after their departure that Oz
had searched the base, and found nothing.
Usagi was watching the news, when, suddenly, an article about the
Gundam pilots came on.
"...reporting live from the L4 Colony Cluster. Today, Oz made a large
development towards eliminating all enemies. Three Gundams and their pilots
were captured today trying to gain safe entry into what was once their home.
I'm standing in front of the base in which the Gundams are being held.
"The Gundams that were captured are: Gundams 01, 02, and 05. The
famed nicknames for these mobile suits are, Gundam Wing, Deathscythe, and
Shenlong. All three were captured within two hours of each other, and in an act of
defiance, Gundam 02 was destroyed--"
Everyone in the room was listening intensely to the report. As Usagi
turned off the t.v., the Maganacs could easily see that Usagi had gone into
shock. Turning, she looked at them calmly.
"That was an interesting news broadcast, wasn't it?"
"Ano...Usagi, maybe you should sit down." Abdul began hesitantly. He
didn't want to have to prevent Usagi from doing something drastic.
"Nande? All it was about was the Gund-" Usagi's eyes widened as she
realized what she was saying. As she sank to the ground, tears began to silently
fall.
Less than four hours had passed since Usagi found out that
Duo, Hiiro, and Wufei had been captured, and Usagi had long ago
fallen unconscious from the physical strain of the day's events.
Nearly 4,000 kilometers away, Duo, Hiiro, and Wufei were
being held under tight security. Duo groaned as he slowly stood up.
"Where are we?" He mumbled before he remembered that he was
being held by Oz.
"You woke up." Wufei muttered.
"..." Hiiro didn't even look at Duo.
"How do we get outta here guys?!" Duo asked of Wufei and
Hiiro.
All he got in response were two grunts. Sighing, Duo was in
the process of turning when the door slid open.
"01, out, now." A soldier commanded.
Hiiro grunted and began to follow the soldier that had called
for him.
"Hold it, where're you taking him, huh?!" Duo said angrily.
Before he knew what was happening, a fist was slammed into
Duo's face. "That is none of your concern." The man replied quietly.
Slowly, the door closed. Wufei sighed. It would be a while before
they'd see Hiiro again.
Meanwhile, Usagi was just waking up. As she groaned, Rasid
walked into the room.
"Where am I?" She asked Rasid.
"I can't tell you that, Usagi-san. Gomen ne." Rasid replied.
Usagi almost screamed in frustration. "Nande?"
"We had to move again." Rasid replied evenly. "If you feel up to
it, dinner will be served in half an hour."
With that, Rasid turned and walked out the door. Usagi curled up
into a ball, and began to sob, unable to stop the tears from sliding down
her cheeks. 'Why did I have to fall in love with him?! He could be gone
now, and I'll never get to see him again. I shouldn't have been so weak.'
Half an hour later, Usagi walked calmly out of the room, and
followed her nose to the food. Usagi wasn't hungry, and it showed. She
barely touched her food, and when she did, it usually didn't make it to
her mouth. Rasid and the others exchanged worried glances.
"Usagi-chan, daijoubu ka?" Saddam finally asked.
"What do you think?" She asked bitterly. Pushing her plate away,
she stood. "I'm not hungry anymore."
With that, Usagi left the room. When Abdul went to check on Usagi
less than half an hour later, she was gone.
Duo almost screamed in frustration. Here were two perfectly good
Gundam pilots, and they were LOCKED in an Oz base! 'Remind me to kill
Hiiro for his bright ideas!! Relena and Dorothy head for the colonies,
and where do we go? The COLONIES!!! I need to do SOMETHING! While I'm
stuck with Wufei "the weak don't fight" Chang, Hiiro's out there, fighting
for his life!'
"Wufei, I'm bored!!" Duo practically screamed.
"Shut up, Maxwell! Don't you realize that they've shut off all
oxygen to this cell? Try to conserve air for once!!!" Wufei snapped.
'Usagi, I'm sorry.' Duo thought as he turned to sit on the steps
again. 'I might not make it.'
Meanwhile...
Sirens suddenly blared throughout the Oz base. "We're under
attack!!" A soldier screamed.
As he continued to panic, a wraithlike figure slipped through
the hall towards the cells that held the prisoners. The figure was almost
there, when it was stopped by a soldier that was actually calm.
"Name and rank," The soldier commanded.
With a grunt, the figure slammed a hand into a pressure point, and
swiftly threw him to the ground. As the person slipped by, her face was
revealed.
As she reached the cell holding the Gundam pilots, she quickly
cracked the code, and threw two machine guns into the darkened interior.
When she was sure that both Duo and Wufei were moving, she slipped into
the shadows.
"Who the hell opened the door?" Duo asked as he ran down the
corridor.
"I don't know, but we owe whoever it was, BIG time." Wufei replied.
Duo nodded, and looked behind him. 'How weird, I felt like
someone was watching us.' Shrugging it off, Duo continued to sprint towards
a mobile suit hangar.
The young woman watched Duo run away for several more moments,
before she turned, and slipped up an air duct. She smirked slightly. 'At
least Duo-kun is safe for now. I just hope that the Maganacs haven't
started panicking yet.'
She was wrong. Rasid, after receiving the message of Usagi's
disappearance, he assembled search teams to thoroughly search the
building.
"Rasid-san, we haven't found Usagi-san yet." Abdul said as he
came running up to Rasid. "Word is that Duo, Wufei, and Hiiro all managed
to escape Oz."
"We're going to Sanq." Rasid stated. "We'll ask for political
asylum from Relena-sama."
Abdul nodded. "I'll go assemble everyone. We'll head out in groups."
"Good."
One Week Later
Duo grunted as he hefted his heavy books. He'd gone to Sanq Kingdom
with Hiiro and Quatre, and he was regretting it. Deeply.
"Hey, Quatre, can I get some help here?!"
"Hold on." Quatre replied as he moved to help the struggling teen.
However, before Quatre could get to Duo...CRASH!!! All the books
came tumbling down, and with them, went Duo, and a young woman.
"Sorry 'bout that!" Duo said as he sat up, and offered a helping
hand to the young woman, who, at the moment, had a lot of leg showing from
a hiked-up skirt.
"It's okay. I wasn't watching where I was going." She replied with
a smile.
'That voice, it's familiar.' Duo thought as he began to pick up his
books. "They shouldn't give us such thick textbooks! You could really do some
damage with these!" Duo grunted.
Suddenly, it hit him. He KNEW where he'd heard that voice. Looking
slowly at the girl's face, he gasped.
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I thought that that was a pretty good cliffie!!! Gotta run, the next chapter
will be out soon! Ja!!