Too Soon Too Early

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®by Kazumi Tachikawa

A.K.A. kaZ™

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gomen if I haven't updated in 2 weeks, see I just had my exams last Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and just last week was the week before our play and everything got hectic. So basically the last two weeks for me were VERY VERY hectic! Gomen nasai minna, I really made this chapter extra juicy, and extra long just for you guys…for making you wait for 2 weeks. HONTO NI GOMEN NASAI!!!

I hope you guys will still review lil ol' me

~kaZ™

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"magic?" Duo asked in disbelief "you've GOT to be kidding me Ami! Magic is just a kid's fantasy!"

"although I would hate to go against you Ami, this is highly unbelievable, its rather profound" Quatre said looking at Ami, as if pleading for forgiveness "I mean don't get me wrong, I would support you but…"

"Quatre, you don't understand, you see…" she trailed off

"wait!" Usagi called out, feeling her friend's distress "I think it would be better if I explain this"

"Yes why don't you dear princess?" said a taunting voice, the lights went black and all of a sudden the only light you could see was from the holographic monitor showing the outside positions of the enemy, it closed and suddenly changed to an image of a man wearing the same outfit that tuxedo kamen wears except without the hat and mask. He was the splitting image of Mamoru except he had waist length black hair that was tied and placed on his shoulder, he had the same ruby eyes except that its shape was a tad bit cat like and he had the same 3 crescent moons on his forehead that the Neherenia has.

"Xeno" Hotaru whispered softly only loud enough for the person beside her to hear, Setsuna. She looked at Hotaru inquisitively, wondering, but her trail of thoughts were cut short when the man spoke again.

"or are you afraid that the truth be too much for these mortals to bear"

"who are you?" Haruka asked, getting pissed at the guy for daring them

"ah forgive my manners oh princess of the wind, allow me to introduce myself, Prince Xeno of the dark moon, son of the Earth King Endymion and the Queen of the dark side of the moon Queen Neherenia" he turned to Rei and Heero "that was an excellent display of your skills, I must say I was rather impressed that you found out about my plan, using the light as a camouflage" he then turned to Ami "but Miss Anderson, or should I say, her highness the princess of Mercury deciphered the major point of this battle tactic I have placed upon you" he paused, then smirked "you see, I not only used the light as a passage way, I absorbed the energy being absorbed from the planets and by using my powers I stored that energy and transferred it to my main cannon and fired it at your colony; I must say it is my most clever plan…yet"

"you used our mother's powers against us" Minako said in realization

"that is correct princess Venus, I intend to destroy all of you, especially this pathetic colony of yours…I'll see you in the battlefield" the screen went blank and returned to the image of the outside conditions of the colony, there it showed fleets of carriers surrounded the colony.

"all forces, DEPLOY!" Aries ordered without hesitation

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"Titan and Magellan protect the colony, Duo you take charge" Heero commanded as he lead the other forces into battle

"WHAT! Why me!" Duo whined "the great shinigami mustn't be held from battle!"

"Duo that's an order, now do it!" Heero said, obviously annoyed

"::sigh:: roger that" he said falling back

"Trowa, take Io and Miranda troops and take care of the enemy East of the colony, Quatre take Mariner and Triton troops and take care of the enemy South of the colony, Wufei, you're incharge of the enemy West of the colony, take Deimos and Charon, I'll take care of the North side with Lunar and Phobos, Millardo, take the Terran Troops with you, you know what to do " Heero heard choruses of hundreds of "roger", he gripped the two orbs in his hands tighter and it glowed brighter "begin the operation"

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From the control room of the Phobos base, Aries watched his son lead thousands of troops into battle, he smirked "he is my son after all" he said to himself. He turned to Hermes "how damaged is the colony?"

"A dent and a hole in the Triton sector" he reported "plus the shields are rather damaged"

"how are the repairs coming along?"

"we've patched the hole temporarily, but we'll need to fix it from outside to finish the job and we also have to check the shields"

"very well, send your men to fix the hole, I'll arrange for the Titan troops to shield your men" he paused "contact Team starlight, tell them to use Starfighter" he said turning to the soldier.

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"Xeno is certainly doing a good job," Ednymion said praising his son. Neherenia didn't reply, just drank her wine.

-~- battlefield -~-

"Lord Xeno, 25% of the troops have been destroyed" reported a soldier panicking

"hn, it doesn't matter, they've used their full force, by the time of the second attack they wont be able to win so easily" Xeno said still full of confidence "how many of their troops have been destroyed so far?"

"about 7% sir"

Xeno's eyes flickered, he threw his wine glass on the floor causing it to shatter "prepare my mobile suit, fire the main cannon at the colony, we need to disable their defenses, especially those damned shields"

"yes sir!"

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"how many of our troops have destroyed suits?" Heero asked through the vid link

"around 7%" Rei said from the control room

"I want them replaced"

"but Heero we don't have anymore spare mobile suites, all the spares have been used!" Rei protested

"where's father?" he asked slicing a Taurus in half

"he went with Dr. Anderson to take charge of the repairs of the colony then he's heading to Star Fighter"

"then make some more Reiko! I don't care how you do it just do IT! Look I found out something about the enemy, I'll tell it to you later after I finish this!" Heero said closing the link. Rei sighed, just how demanding can her brother get! "sent forth Ami Anderson"

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Heero closed the link to the base; he slashed another Taurus in half. Getting fed up with the dozens and dozens of Taurus's that just keep coming like flies he used his beam cannon to destroy all of them. He saw the main battle ship and notice that their main cannon was getting ready to fire. He looked at where it was headed, the colony. He quickly opened a link to the base

"Reiko, the enemy is preparing to fire at the colony, are you sure the shields can handle another attack?"

"I-Im not sure, Ami?"

"it depends if the repairs have been finished" Ami replied getting worried "I'll call father"

"Heero, I suggest you go destroy that cannon, Im not sure if the repairs are done and if the shields can take more of this"

"mission accepted" he said closing the link

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"sir, a mobile suite is headed this way" reported a soldier

Xeno climbed to the cockpit of his own mobile suite "open the bay hatch, I'll take care of him myself" he closed his cockpit door, the vidlink opened "sir, your space suite?" a soldier said holding his gear

"I don't need it" he said leaving the ship to welcome his uninvited guest

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Heero stopped and aimed his beam cannon at the ship's cannon. He was about to push the button when a blast hit him causing him and his mobile suite to be pushed out of his position. He glared, looking for the mobile suite that blasted him. When he looked in front of him he saw a black mobile suite, almost similar to his except it had a shield with an emblem he wasn't very much familiar with. Its head instead of those pointy things had a sort of medieval Knight's helmet on it. The shield had a silver plate end and the robot itself had gold plate endings in every corner.

"I don't think you should pay any attention to that cannon over there…boy" said Xeno smirking "I will be your opponent"

"hn, whatever, I'll make sure that I finish you off before that cannon fires" Heero said

"such noble words for a boy such as yourself that is about to die"

"tch, you're the one who's going to die, I'll make sure I wipe that smirk off your face"

"really now, I'd like to see you try boy"

"nobody calls me boy! You should talk, you're probably just around my age" Heero said attacking

"maybe so, but I'm older than you think thought not physically" Xeno said blocking Heero's attack with his shield. Heero jumped back leaving a space between them "stop blabbing your crap I'm not interested in talking to you" he said annoyed about his endless chatter

"well so am I" Xeno said charging towards Heero.

Phobos Military base

"shit!" Rei cursed as she watched her brother engage in an enemy "great, whose going to destroy that cannon now? Are there any available troops?" she asked

"Some of the Terran troops are occupied, while others…"

"but can anyone of them be pulled back?" Rei asked demanding

"yes ma'am"

"alright, all available Terran troop, destroy the cannon!" Rei ordered "I want a close up on what's happening with my brother"

"ma'am, a transmission from the general!"

"patch him in" Rei said sternly, his father's image came into view with the battle raging on in the background

"we've fixed the hole" Aries said

"what of the shields?" she asked

"we can do nothing at the moment" he replied sadly

"cant we do anything to fix it?"

"we could, but with the battle raging, we just cant" Hermes said getting in the picture

"father, the enemy is preparing to fire a cannon at us"

"I know Reiko" Aries said sadly

"lets just hope and pray that the shields will hold out" Hermes said his face etched with worry

"I've sent out troops to destroy the cannon" Rei reported

"and the results…"

"well father, we have yet to see"

"tell Starfighter to aim its main cannon at the enemy's ship, I will arrive at the base shortly" Rei saluted and Aries closed the link.

"halt the orbiting of the three stars, I want Starfighter to have a clear shot at the enemy, contact Agent Fighter now!" Rei commanded, the soldier opened a link with Seiya, he saluted in acknowledgement; "aim your main cannon at the enemy's ship"

"roger that" Seiya said smirking as he closed the link

"he'll never change" Rei said to herself "call back my previous order" she commanded

"yes ma'am"

"Lieutenant! The enemy is trying to break through the newly fixed wall in the Triton Sector!" reported a soldier

" open a link to Forstman" she commanded sternly, the pressure gaining on her

"what onna? Cant you see I'm busy fighting here?" Wufei complained

"well sor-ry look, the enemy is trying to destroy the new wall in the Trion sector and since the shields are unstable…"

"got it, is that all onna? I'm rather occupied at the moment" he said glaring at Rei while slicing a space Leo

"just come back soon Wufei" Rei said obviously worried

"tch, you know I will Reiko" he said smiling closing the link

"open a link to Star Healer and Star Maker" Yaten and Taiki's faces soon appeared and saluted Rei in respect, Rei did the same "the damaged suits will be going to you Agent Healer and I want the reproduction of the suits we lost, along with more spares"

"Lieutenant, we haven't really tested this new area" Yaten reasoned

"I know, but I'm just following orders, just take care of everything, I know you guys can pull this off" Rei said. Yaten just smirked while Taiki just smiled, "you're just saying that Reiko" Yaten said shaking his head "you just couldn't get anyone as crazy as we are to do this, but I suppose we can pull this off, after all" he paused and combed his hair back with his hand "we are the best"

Rei couldn't help but laugh at how Yaten could remain so calm, arrogant, and boastful at a tight time like this "I pity you Taiki, for having put up with this airhead since you were born" she said laughing

"HEY!" Yaten protested

"you and me both!" Taiki said joining in the teasing "well we've go to work now, I'll see you guys later"

"yeah sure, I'll go meet you at Athena's house, I'm sure she'll cook a feast" Rei said

"hn, knowing her, well we're wasting time, bye" Yaten said closing the link, Taiki just shook his head once more and closed the link.

"Lieutenant, the Terran troops cant get through, the enemy is blocking their way to the cannon!"

"that's okay, I've arranged Star Fighter to destroy the cannon" Rei said

"ma'am the cannon will fire at 10 seconds"

"ma'am the enemy's cannon has now locked on us"

"our cannon has fired!" said another soldier, Rei anticipated what will happen next, she was nervous, I mean really nervous

Heero and Xeno

"it was an honor battling with such a worthy adversary Major Hino, but I regret to inform you that we must continue this battle some other time" he said using his shield to block Heero's shots. Heero just grunted and prepared to fire one of his beam cannons head on.

"I don't believe that your next move is necessary Major" he said smirking, he looked to the right and motioned Heero to look right too, he did. Heero's eye's widened as he saw the cannon shot from the colony 'are they crazy!' he yelled in his mind

"I best be off Major, we'll continue this battle some other time, that is if you'll survive" Xeno said closing the link to Heero he sped off away from the cannon shot.

Phobos military base

"Ma'am the enemy's ship is moving away to avoid the beam!" Reported another soldier, Rei was quiet, she didn't know what to do next, and she just hoped and prayed that the cannon's blast will hit the target. She watched the huge explosion that occurred; she watched how her brother and his opponent moved away from the explosion. Panic. Fear. Anticipation, these are the emotions that reigned in her heart. Panic for what will happen, Fear for her brother's safety and anticipation on what will happen next.

A beam of light from the enemy's ship that was still covered in smoke cleared the smoke. Her eyes widened, "EVERYONE! MOVE AWAY FROM THE BEAM! PUT ALL POWER ONTO THE SHIELD!" she yelled "MOVE THE COLONY 100M TO THE LEFT!" Rei felt the colony move out of the way, she felt the energy going on and off. Praying that the beam wouldn't hit the colony.

Rei's order echoed through the holographic video links of the soldiers in the battle field. To the people in the base time seemed to have stopped anticipating the cannon's shot. To the soldiers, everything happened in slow motion, they could see with their own eyes how the colony, their home slowly got destroyed by the enemy, but they could do nothing but just evade the beam and watch as everything unfolds in front of them. To Quatre, Trowa, Duo, Wufei, Millardo and Heero this event also happened slow motion, as if time had intently slowed down to make their agonizing moments of grief, fear, anger, disappointment and failure torment them longer. They watched as the beam made contact with the walls of L6 with a loud "BAM!" explosion after explosion erupted throughout the colony, signifying that a LOT has been damaged. Another "BAM!" was heard as the beam went through the opposing side of the outer wall it had hit. Another series of explosions shook the colony. Soon the explosions died down and only fire remained in the damaged areas, and shortly the power went out.

A series of emotions entered the hearts of the brave soldiers. Anger, grieve, disappointment and failure to protect their loved ones filled their hearts, soon only one strong emotion withstood the rest…revenge.

"all troops destroy the enemy!" Quatre ordered, his way of thinking seemingly returned to the time when the zero system took over him. Quatre along with the remaining Mariner Troops and Triton Troops advanced forward to their enemies. "platoons split up, I want no one to be spared"

"although I think you're acting really loony right now Quatre, I have to agree with you. Shinigami will have his REVENGE!" Duo cheered on through the link, Trowa and Millardo just nodded, agreeing to the revenge plot. Wufei as usual just grunted and Heero finally used his beam cannon.

Phobos Military base

"shift to the generators" Rei ordered, soon the power went back "damage report"

"m-ma'am, the glass area of the Charon sector has been destroyed. A huge hole is nowt present in the Charon sector. The blast went through the Charon Sector, past the Crystal Sector, some areas in the Terran Sector and through Mariner and Magellan Sector"

"damn it" Rei cussed "I want immediate repairs on the hole in the Charon, Magellan, and Mariner Sector. Any casualties?"

"none ma'am, luckily it didn't hit the evacuation centers in the Charon Sector, Magellan Sector and Mariner Sector"

"any casualties on the battle?"

"ma'am 30% of our forces are destroyed. 8% have been damaged"

"did anyone die?"

"no confirmation yet ma'am"

"and what of the enemy?"

"50% of their troops have been destroyed and are still growing, in a much faster rate"

for a moment she stood in shock 'they probably got motivated because of the cannon blast' she thought

Enemy Battleship

"sir our destroyed troops are growing in a fast rate!" said a panicked soldier

Xeno who had just entered smiled 'it seems they got their spirits back' "how many of our troops left?"

"roughly about 40%"

"and the enemy?"

"roughly 30%"

"all troops fall back, there is no sense in fighting blinded men because of anger and revenge" he said, also broadcasting it to Heero and the others

Battlefield

A space Leo was brave enough to charge at Trowa but immediately stopped when the enemy made an announcement through the link, which he intentionally opened with him. He stopped as he heard Xeno's voice "all troops fall back! There is no sense in fighting blinded men because of anger and revenge"

'what did he mean?' he wondered and just stopped as he watched all the Earth forces return to the mobile suite carriers

Phobos Military Base

"alright, I want all available men to check the colony for damages and casualties, survey the sectors that were damaged and I want that shield fix-"

"REIKO!"

"huh, f-father"

"what happened here?" Aries asked

"the enemy blasted a cannon, we were unable to destroy them first…I-I'm sorry. I don't deserve this position, I-I'll just resign a-and-"

"you did the best you could, any casualties?"

"none"

"well that's the important thing-"

"General, the Earth forces are falling back!"

"then let them fall back" he said, not caring about the enemy but caring for the welfare of his soldiers and the colony "all troops report to base, all injured will be sent to Star Healer, all Mobile suites proceed to Star Maker, all special forces will dock back here in the Phobos base, all colony leaders report to the Phobos base"

"now our main priority is repairing the colony" he said sternly to Rei who nodded in response

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well that's the end of this chapter. The next chapter is well on its way….so review! BTW has anyone watched Lord of the Rings 2? LEGOLAS 4 EVA!!!!! He is such a bishonen!!! ::sigh:: I'm in love! He's WAY cooler in this movie than the first. Anywhoo, REVIEW! Ja minna-san

see you next week!

~kaZ™