Love Will See Us Through
Disclaimer: Neither Allure-chan nor I own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing. Please don't sue us, all I have is a broken blow dryer and a few Hershey kisses left over from my Easter Basket last year -_-'
Note: Okay, gomen this chapter took so long to get out. Anyway, I left another mean cliffie *sweatdrop* Gomen…. *nervous laugh as readers start to form an angry mob* Anyway, just read it and it would be nice if you reviewed too *hopeful smile* Gets the next chapter out sooner! *runs while mob is distracted*
Chapter 3 – Appearances
Duo's eyes widened as he stared at the figure before him. There stood a woman with crimson red hair the fell past her waist to her thighs. She wore a form-fitting purple dress and held a staff in her left hand as she floated a few inches off the ground, her hair and dress billowing around her.
"What are you doing here Beryl!" Duo spat, glaring at the evil woman
"So, you're Shinigami ne?" Queen Beryl asked, her blood red lips curving into a cruel smile.
"Not anymore…" Duo remarked quietly.
"So, does that mean you're now powerless?" Beryl asked, an air of confidence surrounding her. Duo felt a smirk slowly spread across his lips as he watched her float to the ground before him.
"Why should I tell you that?" Duo asked, the same smirk still on his face.
"Because if you don't… I'll just go ahead and kill you myself. I was going to give you a chance to find your princess, demo… I think I'll just kill you now." Beryl said, griping the staff in both hands. Black energy crackled around her body as it gathered in the staff she held in front of her.
"You're really willing to fight me after what happened last time?" Duo asked, smirking as he began to concentrate. A moment later, a scythe appeared in his hand and his clothes melted away into the familiar black robe. He felt the familiar weight of it pulling down on him as he jumped off his bed, standing in a fighting position next to it.
"Queen Serenity isn't here to help you this time," Beryl said bitterly as the silver-haired woman's image filled her mind, making her mouth curve downward into a bitter smile. "We'll see who the stronger one is."
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Usagi slowly made her way down the empty streets of the city, clutching a bag in her hands as she strolled down the street, shadows dancing across her face. She couldn't stop thinking about that new exchange student… Duo… there was just something about him that drew her toward him… she hadn't been able to keep her eyes off of him during school, she was only glad that Seiya didn't notice. Her face hung in shame as she thought of the braided American, she cared for Seiya, she didn't even know Duo, besides, Seiya would take care of her and love her. Then why did she have doubts when she met Duo? It was the strangest feeling… she knew Duo somehow… there was just something about him that made her wonder. Had he always been so happy-go-lucky? She had seen another emotion flash in his eyes earlier that day… almost a look of deep sadness and possibly loneliness. 'Duo…' She thought to herself, picturing those dancing indigo eyes of his… those eyes that would be easily mistaken for violet… they expressed so much… 'Usagi no baka, why are you thinking about Duo!' She scolded herself, her eyes narrowing slightly. 'You have Seiya and he loves you very much…' She told herself once again.
"Hold it right there!" A voice rang out from Usagi's left. Her head jerked toward the man and she noticed the gun that he held pointed at her.
"N… nani?" She cried, taking a step backward, dropping the bag she had been clutching against her chest. The man grabbed her around the waist, pinning her arms to her sides as he yanked her into the alleyway. "Let me go!" Usagi cried, fighting against the stronger man.
"Shuttup or I'll kill you…" The man said in a harsh whisper pressing the cold metal of the gun against her temple. Usagi whimpered to herself and few the tears of fear that began to well up in her eyes, threatening to spill over.
"What do you want?" She asked in a whisper, the fear showing in her voice as well as her body language. Her body shook violently and her hands trembled.
"You'll see soon…" The man said, a sly smile on his face.
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"You won't win Beryl…" Shinigami said calmly as he advanced on the evil woman. "Demo… lets take this some place else, I don't need my apartment to get ruined." Beryl's smirk grew.
"As you wish Shinigami…" She said, doing a mock bow before him. Shinigami walked over to the window and hopped to the alleyway below, followed by Queen Beryl a moment later.
"Shall we begin?" Shinigami asked, his smirk growing as he tightened his grip on the scythe. He raised his scythe above his head and lunged at Queen Beryl, successfully slicing the front of her purple dress.
"You'll pay for ruining my favorite dress!" Beryl spat as she released the built up energy straight at Shinigami. He spun his scythe around, deflecting the blast at the building behind them, shattering the windows and causing bricks to shower down on top of them.
"Is that all you've got?" Shinigami asked, his smirk never faltering.
"You'll see, I've been holding back to see how much you've improved Shinigami-sama." Beryl said calmly, holding her hand in front of her palm up. Black energy flickered up her arm and into her hand, forming a long black crystal sword about the length of a katana.
"I won't let you hurt Serenity-hime or this planet." Shinigami said, forgetting his role as the God of Death for the moment and becoming Duo, the one that tried to protect the planet and bring peace between the colonies and earth so long ago.
"I'm afraid you are no longer a part of this fight, nor were you ever!" Beryl yelled as she held the crystal blade above her head, flying straight for Duo. The blade met his scythe as the two powers collided. Deep blue energy streaked with black sparked from Shinigami's scythe as he held his strength against the evil woman. The black energy crackled around Queen Beryl as her face twisted into a look of sheer hatred. "You killed Endymion! I will not let you live!!"
"Endymion killed Serenity-hime! He deserved what I did to him!" Shinigami shouted, his anger building. That's when a cold chill ran down his spine. His eyes widened in surprise and he nearly dropped his defense against Beryl's attack. He yelled in frustration and sent her flying backward a few steps. "We'll finish this later Beryl, I have something to attend to." Shinigami said firmly.
"Iie, you're not leaving here alive." Beryl growled.
"Look, I have something I need to do, this battle can wait." Shinigami said calmly as he disappeared from her view.
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"Let me go!" Usagi shrieked as the man began to rip at her clothes. She tried to fight him but he was too strong and he outweighed her by a lot.
"Shuttup or I WILL kill you!" The man ordered, slapping her sharply across the face. Usagi felt the sting of his hand on her face and the tears began to flow freely.
"Please help me…" She whispered, the tears staining her pale cheeks, glistening in the pale moonlight. She reached her hand up to the cross, wrapping her fingers tightly around it, feeling slightly comforted as she felt the smooth, cool surface of the metal object.
"Let her go right now." A voice said calmly from behind. The man stood up, taking Usagi with him and pressing the gun to her temple once again. Usagi didn't fight this time, she was too afraid to move, she squeezed her eyes shut, waiting… waiting for him to pull the trigger…
"What did you say punk?" The man demanded, squeezing Usagi's arm tightly, a shrill sound coming from her lungs.
"Kisama… I said, take your hands off of her right now or I'll kill you." The voice said calmly, staying hidden in the shadows.
"How DARE you!" The man shouted, turning his gun on the figure in the shadows. He fired off the gun until he heard it clicking, his rage having taken control of his senses.
"All empty?" The voice asked again, a hand reaching into a beam of light. He opened his palm and there were six shining bullets in the palm of his hand. A gasp was heard from him as a sharp blade slipped into the light beam and a moment later. The man stumbled backward, pushing Usagi toward the man hiding in the shadows. Usagi cried out as she felt someone's arm catch her before she fell. Usagi's gaze fell upon that man that held her in his arms… she wasn't able to see his face, demo, there was something about him… he was dressed funny to begin with. From what Usagi could tell, he wore some sort of dark robes and carried what appeared to be a scythe.
"Who are you?" Usagi asked, her eyes widened in shock and slight intrigue. She wasn't afraid, though, she just felt safe being so close to this stranger.
"That's not important, get out of here now." A man's voice said. The voice sounded slightly familiar but she couldn't seem to place her finger on who it was.
"Hai…" She nodded and ran from the alleyway as fast as she could. Shinigami watched her go, a slight smile pulling as his lips but turned to a deep sneer as he looked back at the other man.
"Do you know who I am?" Shinigami asked, stepping from the shadows. Huge black bat wings spread out behind him and made him look even more sinister.
"That can't be…" The man said, shock and terror filling his facial features. "Shinigami?" He questioned, fear evident in his tone of voice. The smirk on Shinigami's face only grew as he heard the terror that was so plainly visible around this man.
"Your time is up." Shinigami said, taking a step forward as he held the scythe tightly.
"D… demo… why?" The man stammered, pressing himself against the wall as far as he could.
"No one lays a hand on my megami-sama and lives." Shinigami said simply raising his scythe above his head.
"Iie… demo… I didn't know…" The man stammered, his face pale with fear and his whole body being rakes with sharp shudders.
"You're lower than trash," Shinigami said, a disgusted look on his face. "Only someone as low as you would put your hands on a woman that was unwilling." Shinigami spat, his smirk turning to an angry glare.
"Demo-" The man was cut off as Shinigami brought the scythe down on him.
"No one lays a finger on my Usagi-chan and lives…" Shinigami muttered as he walked away from the bleeding body of the attempted rapist.
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Usagi ran through the street, tears blinding her vision as she continued her mad dash for her home where she would be safe. As she continued to run, the rain began to fall in torrents, soaking her in a matter of minutes but still she pushed on, oblivious to the rain water mixed with tears that streamed down her face. A million thoughts ran through her head… who was that guy? Why was he dressed so funny? Why had he saved her? What was she going to tell Seiya and her parents when the bruises on her face began to show? She was terrified, she needed to calm down before she entered the house. She stopped running, her breath coming out in raged gasps as she fought to bring precious oxygen into her lungs. She stopped walking and knelt over, feeling her stomach turn over and her previous meal came out, spilling over the concrete only to be washed away moments later by the rushing rivers the rain had caused on the side walk. She fell to her knees, the tears falling freely and loud sobs escaped from her throat. She covered her face, trying to block out the scene that had happened a few moments before… The man… his smell of stale alcohol and cigarettes… the stench of his breath as he forced her to kiss him… it invaded her nostrils and made another wave of nausea sweep over her.
"What's wrong?" A voice asked behind her. Usagi's looked up to see the figure of a man standing there. "Are you sick?" He asked, reaching a hand down toward her.
"…. Hai…" She said weakly as she took the offered hand and slowly rose to her feet. "Gomen to puke on the sidewalk like that…" She said quietly as she forced the tears to stop. She looked up to see a man with solid black hair holding an umbrella, his blue eyes staring intently into hers.
"Not a problem," He said nonchalantly. "So, what's your name and why are you out here so late?"
"Tsukino Usagi…" She said quietly, no smile gracing her lips.
"No offense Usagi, demo, you've got the weirdest hair, it looks like to odangos on your head." The man said, smiling slightly. She ignored the comment and started to walk toward her home when she felt his hand grab her. "Gomen nasai, that was really uncalled for." He said apologetically.
"It's all right…" Usagi said quietly, not stopping.
"Please, you can't stay out in this rain, come up to my apartment and you can call home." He said, taking her hand.
"Iie, I can't…" Usagi said, shivering as the rain continued to pound her. "I'll be fine." Usagi said as she kept walking.
"Look, I know we just met demo… it's raining, you're sick, cold, and wet. Just come up and get warmed up, you can call your parents and they can come and get you." He said, smiling warmly down at her. Usagi nodded her head, realizing that he wasn't going to take 'no' for an answer.
"Hai… demo, what's your name?" She asked as he put his jacket around her shoulder and held the umbrella above the two of them.
"Chiba Mamoru…"
::Fin::
*giggles* Well? Whad'ya think? Not a nice cliffie ne? *sweatdrop* *hides behind Wufei* You'll save me right Fei-chan?
Wufei: *glares* Why would I protect a weak onna like you?
P-chan: *kawaii puppy-dog look* Because you love me? *sticks out bottom lip*
Wufei: Whatever onna….
P-chan: I saw that review when you were with Ten-neechan (Chibi Tenshi).
Wufei: *pales*
P-chan: *giggles* I SAW the tutu too!
Wufei: *pales* Whatever onna….
P-chan: *giggles* Anyway, that's all email me at