Chapter twenty- 'A Chilling Love'
'You've got mail'
She looked up from the scatters of books, and frowned. She stared at the screen of the laptop, and frowned. She ran an uneasy hand through her short-cropped hair.
'You've got mail'
The stupid thing had been going off for the past hour, and so far, she hadn't gotten much work done. She would have to shut the volume off one of theses days.
'You've got mail'
She sighed, and muttered under her breath, "alright, alright." She looked around her with scowl, and pushed the books off the twin size bed. She leaned over, and hit the button on her laptop. A screen popped up, with a small message. She read out loud.
"Agent 001
It's good that you got my message so quickly. At least one of us is on the job. I don't baby-sit, and that's exactly what I am doing here! I'm calling you in twelve hundred hours.
Agent 002"
She frowned, and looked at the clock on her laptop. Her eyes bulged, and she leaped to her feet, and stepped over her things to the end of the bed.
She heard a beep, and froze, as the VID screen on the wall in front of her flashed on, blinding her for a second. She slipped on one of the papers on her bed, and hit the edge of the bed, and slid to the floor, and banged her head across her dresser.
She heard a snort of laughter, before a certain agent started laughing. "I see you got my message a little late."
She groaned, and climbed to her feet, "who the hell do you thin you are ass whole!" The dark haired man on the screen smirked, "your partner, much to my distaste. Get dressed, and get our bitching ass down here!"
She crossed her arms over her barely covered mid drift, and asked, "by whose orders? Last time I checked, it was your responsibility, and your mission. Wufei."
The dark haired Chinese pilot scowled, "don't test me Mizuno. This onna is a lot of work, and I don't baby-sit weak onnas. I'm a soldier, not a day care."
The blue haired young woman smirked, "it might take me some time, before I can make it down there." Wufei shouted, "iie, I want you down here now! Get your ass on a plane, and get it over here."
She chuckled, and saluted, "aye, aye sir!" "Don't you smart mouth me onna!"
She grinned, and watched as the screen clicked off leaving it blank. She sighed, and moved to the dresser. She pulled out her uniform, and moved to the bathroom.
She shut the door behind her, and ran the shower.
By the time she finished taking off her tank top, and panties, the temp of the water was perfect. She climbed in, and shut the curtain.
She ducked her head under the showerhead, and whipped it back, spraying water at the wall behind her. With a sigh, she turned around, and stepped under the spray again. She dabbed a small amount of shampoo in her palm, and lathered it up in her hair.
She stepped back under the water, and rinsed the soap out quickly. Once done, she bent at the waist, to grab her bar of soap, to clean her body.
It happened so fast, and so painful, the powerful blow to her mind, sent her reeling forward with a gasp. Her hands hit the wall, as she tried to steady herself up on her feet. Shaking her head, she stepped back, and turned around facing the water. The hot droplet hit her face, and poured into her open mouth. She rubbed her temples, and shook her head to clear it.
She sighed, as the water started to heat up, indicating, she was almost out of hot water. Strange how that works...
As if something struck her head from behind, she lurched forwards, and downward. Her hands grabbed at the curtain, ripping it from the hinges, and taking it down with her. Her head banged against one of the shower knobs, and she fell to the bottom of the tub.
Landing on her hands and knees, the shower curtain wrapped around her, she struggled to turn and sit. Once she made it, another blow jerked her, and she hit her head against the wall.
Through blurry eyes, she saw that the water in the tub was red, and slightly diluted. Her forehead ached, and her eyes stung, but nothing was compared to the growing pain in the back of her mind. Her vision faded to black, and the sound of the shower slowly became extinct, leaving her alone in the darkness.
A blight flash before her eyes didn't help her headache any, and soon the darkness was replaced by a strange but vivid image.
She saw two women, standing before the other, their hands raided as if to touch. Beyond them, loomed a dark cloud that radiated evil.
"Yes we wont lose."
"We are the sailor senshi."
Another image replaced the last, where the women were ripped apart from each other, by a power blast of wind. Together, they turned to the darkness, their face determined.
A dark voice laughed, "Sailor Moon! The Cauldron will be your grave!!"
"Witness the birth of the ultimate Chaos Star!!"
Images flashed, fleeting pictures of creatures, which once lived. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she knew who they were.
Queen Metalia...
Death Phantom...
Pharaoh 90...
Nephernia...
Galaxia...
An image of a young woman, dressed in a sailor fuka, stood alone, but determined. Her uniform was in tatters, and her hair was falling loose. She spoke lightly almost in a whisper as if she was afraid to stir the souls around her, "Now I know...why you tried to obtain my power."
The image was replaced with one, where the same soldier. She closed her eyes, and crossed her arms over her chest, as if to hold in her heart. "It is the same as me wanting to be... with my loved ones and friends."
The image melted away to one, where the girl sprouted wings, that slapped the air behind her, lifted her from the ground. "We are all... lonely stars."
In another image, her eyes opened, showing nothing but coldness, and she stared at the dark cloud, the flashed with hatred and anger. "That is why we seek each other... to be as one."
The image changed to another woman, who also wore a sailor fuka, but she looked unharmed unlike the first. She stared at the small figure, the one name Sailor Moon, with admiration.
"One that is how we all started. That is why...our lives revolve around one another..."
The image flashed, and changed back to the first woman, who threw herself at the darkness, her arm reached out. Her uniform melted away, leaving her naked and vulnerable.
"I will trap you...inside this Cauldron...to save everything."
The darkness laughed, as the soldier drew near.
Ami blinked, and she saw the shower wall. She was back in her bathroom, back in the shower, were the water sprayed cold, and hit the top of her head. The headache was gone, but the images were still imbedded in her mind. With a groan, she climbed to her feet, and her knees shook. The last remaining drops of blood went down the drain. Instantly, she touched the cut, but flinched by the contact.
She slipped out of the curtain, much like a fish would in someone's hands, and stepped out of the bath. Suddenly she shivered, and turned to shut the water off. The grabbed a towel, and wrapped it around her slim figure, and moved to the mirror. She ran her hand, to rid the remaining perspiration, and stared at the cut.
It was a jagged red line that started at her hairline, and curved across her forehead, to her left brow.
She stared at it for a long time, until suddenly she saw something else. She looked closer, nearly pressing her face to the mirror. In the middle of her forehead, was the remaining evidence, of a light blue insignia.
Ami pulled back, and searched her drawers for something to write with. The found black eye liner at the back of her drawer to her right. With shaky hands, she ripped off some toilet paper, and copied the symbol.
She stared at it, when she was finished, and tapped it with her finger, "where the hell did that come from?"
With a frown, she picked up her clothes, and dropped the towel. She slipped on a fresh bra, and panties, before she tugged on her loose fitting army style pants. They were the same ones, that Sally Po had given her years before, that, and her new partner, the charming Chang Wufei.
She tugged on the white tank top, and pulled on the army type coat. She brushed her teeth, and ran a brush through her hair, before she finally left the bathroom. She sat down on the bed, and slipped on her socks, and tied her combat boots on.
She reached for her gun, and slipped it in the waistband of her pants. Once ready, she packed the important things, and called a cab. Ready to go, she grabbed the key to her room, and left without even so much of a glance.
It wasn't like it was her home, iie; it was just a place to hold her at, until the next assignment. There would be others, because she had no home to go back to, not after the war.
With a shake of her head, the memory vanished, and instead, she concentrated, for some reason, she felt the urge to hurry. Her heart skipped a beat; she had to see Usagi, now!
?????
Duo glanced over at Relena, who had been sitting behind her desk in the library, for over an hour. He eyed her closely, as he seated himself in the chair across from her. "Are you okay?"
She looked up, slightly started to see he him there. "When did you come in?"
Duo glanced around, before shifting in his seat, and leaned towards her. "When you were on the phone. So who is this Hino guy you called?"
Relena caught her bottom lip between her teeth, and looked down at her desk. Duo frowned, 'what the hell is wrong with her? if I didn't know any better, I'd say she's a whole other person.'
She looked up at him, "I'm worried Duo. There is something wrong with Usagi, you might not see it, but I have." Duo nodded, "yea, I heard your conversation with the Hino guy. What is he?"
Relena frowned, and lifted the newspaper on her desk, and showed him the front page. There was a picture of Usagi passed out, another of the destroyed display case, and another one of the object missing from it, which Usagi has no possession of.
"Duo it doesn't matter, but she might be able to help Usagi. Look at her!"
Duo nodded, "I am. She looks like she's sleeping." Relena growled low beneath her breath, and threw down the paper, "DUO! Usagi is possessed by something, and its taking over her body, she didn't do this! This thing inside her did! I'm worried about her safety. People think she's dangerous, and we know she can be. She killed a kami damn assassin, with her bare hands. She doesn't not jack Kuso about fighting!"
Duo stared at Relena, "are you feeling alright?" He stood up, only to lean over the desk, and touch her forehead, with the palm of his hand. "Normal temperature...hmmm"
Relena threw his hand away from her, "Duo are listening to me?"
Duo sighed peevishly, and fell back into his chair. "Yea I'm listening."
"Are you at all worried?" She was standing now, looking at him with hard eyes. She threw her hands up in the air, as if to make a statement.
Duo shot up in his seat, to stand, "of course I'm worried. She's my friend! I just believe, that she's strong enough to fight, whatever is wrong with her. She just needs a boost, and you pampering her, isn't going to help her! Either will the fact that every fucking man around her, cant keep their hands, lips, and their dicks to themselves!"
Relena opened her mouth to reply, but instantly snapped it shut. She frowned, and turned from him looking out the window behind her.
Duo sighed, and stated, "I'm just telling you what I know. And I believe, Usagi is strong, how else has she been able to fight this...this thing off for so long? You just have to trust her, like I do."
Relena bowed her head, an image flashed through her mind, but she smashed it away, before she could understand it. All she saw was a fighter, a soldier standing alone.
She sighed slowly, taking her time, as she spoke, "I do trust her, more ways than one. But she's scared Duo. You've seen it, I've seen it, and the guys saw it earlier. I just want to be able to help her."
Relena turned to look at him, and tears glistened in her eyes.
Something slammed against the back of her head, and she stumbled forward, with a gasp. Tears spilled from her eyes, she clutched her head in her hands.
"Relena!"
Duo leaped over her desk, and grabbed her from behind, before she could fall over.
A silent scream escaped her open mouth, and she struggled in his arms. "Oh kami." Duo grunted, when she jabbed him in the gut, and he fell back, landing on the floor near her chair.
"Relena what's wrong?"
She jerked, her head banging against his, and suddenly she froze.
Duo cursed, and touched his mouth with his hands, and pulled it back, only to find a small trace of blood. Licking his lips, he tasted the coppery iron taste of blood, and cursed again.
"Relena?"
He peered over her head, and stared down at her face, "Holy shit!"
Her dark blue eyes stared wide open, and looked dead, they held no life, and if it wasn't for the small trace of her heart, he felt against his hand, he would have through she was dead.
It wasn't her eyes, that sacred him most, but the glowing golden mark on her forehead, that peered through her light bangs. "Relena?"
He jerked her up in his arms, so he could see her face better, "Relena snap out of it!" She didn't move, she didn't even blink at his voice.
"God dammit Relena you're scaring the hell out of me. Wake up!"
He cursed a string of words, before he took her face in his hands, and planted his mouth over hers.
?????
She didn't know what had happened, the last thing she remembered, was a terrible headache, Duo's voice, and then darkness.
Which was where she was now. It was like she was seeing thought someone else's eyes. She felt light as a feather, floating deeper and deeper in the darkness. She saw images, flashes of pictures that for some reason looked familiar to her.
Suddenly, the darkness flashed, and was instantly melted into an image, like a movie she was watching.
"To save everything...I don't know if I could do that, but..."
A girl with wings flew through the sky, moving with great speed towards, a dark cloud. The girl's uniform, tattered and nearly torn off, but she was determined, her eyes trained on her enemy.
"...We are always together."
An image of a group of people appeared, standing together, as they watched her. She stood among the crowd of people.
A young man stepped forward, and the image trained on him, "We fight without hesitation."
A woman from the group replaced him, with another image, she held a staff in her hand, "There is always hope and rebirth."
A hime, in long garbs, and a pale face replaced her, and she smiled faintly, "the Sailor Crystal is our hope."
The people vanished like a fire being put out with dirt, gone in a puff of smoke. In their place, the image of the girl came back. One of her legs straight, the other bent at the knee, as she grew closer.
"HOPE!"
She lifted her arms out, "Sailor Senshi who sleep in this Cauldron..."
She was bathed in light, and suddenly her tattered uniform ripped, and formed feathers, leaving her naked and vulnerable. Her wings slashed through the, pushing her closer.
"...And all the friends through out this galaxy, please..."
She threw her head back, "...give me the power!"
She watched, as bodies that laid at her feet slowly rose up, holding themselves, and trying to hide their pain. She watched in wonder, as they took a step forward, and she saw four of them.
"She's calling."
They looked familiar, yet something didn't seem right, as if they didn't belong in this time frame.
"This power if from Sailor Moon?"
The name slapped her in the face, and she touched her forehead, trying to place it somewhere.
"She is asking four our help!!"
She looked up, to see the blonde sore up higher and higher in the sky, and shout, "Silver Moon Crystal Eternal Power!!"
She raised her hand up, and shouted for her to stop, something compelled her to stop her, but she could barely move, and she couldn't speak.
The blonde threw herself into the darkness, her eyes wide open, and determined. A dark voice screamed in agony, "Noooo! Are you trying to rip me apart? STOP IT!!"
She watched, as if everything had slowed down, as the girl entered the darkness. Her body began to fade, as if being wiped out of existence. "Ahhhh...I could feel everybody's power throughout my body."
The girl's eyes softened, as her body became faint, and she could barely see her hands out in front of her. "Wait. I can save everybody..."
Everything melted away, and she heard a voice call out a name. Then something touched her, jerking her out of the darkness, and into the light.
Relena blinked, and she stared up at Duo in shock. Her whole body went a fire, and she could barely even think. Before she knew it, her arms snaked around his neck, and she pressed herself against him, kissing him back.
She watched, as his eyes opened, and he stared down at her in surprise. Relena closed her eyes, and tilted her head to the side, giving herself better access to his mouth.
Duo pulled back with a jerk, and gasped for air, "Relena?"
She blinked several times, "hai Duo chan." He looked her over, "what the hell happened to you?"
Relena replied lightly, "I don't know." Duo frowned, and eyed her forehead, which was now bare. "What the hell is wrong with you!" He dropped her, and got his feet. "You're not the same person!"
Relena pouted, but climbed to her feet, and crossed her arms over her chest. "What are you talking about?"
Duo rolled his eyes, "Don't give me that crap! When you went comatose, this weird fricken thing appeared on your head, and started glowing. That ain't normal! Who the hell are you?"
"That's what I'd like to know."
'You've got mail'
She looked up from the scatters of books, and frowned. She stared at the screen of the laptop, and frowned. She ran an uneasy hand through her short-cropped hair.
'You've got mail'
The stupid thing had been going off for the past hour, and so far, she hadn't gotten much work done. She would have to shut the volume off one of theses days.
'You've got mail'
She sighed, and muttered under her breath, "alright, alright." She looked around her with scowl, and pushed the books off the twin size bed. She leaned over, and hit the button on her laptop. A screen popped up, with a small message. She read out loud.
"Agent 001
It's good that you got my message so quickly. At least one of us is on the job. I don't baby-sit, and that's exactly what I am doing here! I'm calling you in twelve hundred hours.
Agent 002"
She frowned, and looked at the clock on her laptop. Her eyes bulged, and she leaped to her feet, and stepped over her things to the end of the bed.
She heard a beep, and froze, as the VID screen on the wall in front of her flashed on, blinding her for a second. She slipped on one of the papers on her bed, and hit the edge of the bed, and slid to the floor, and banged her head across her dresser.
She heard a snort of laughter, before a certain agent started laughing. "I see you got my message a little late."
She groaned, and climbed to her feet, "who the hell do you thin you are ass whole!" The dark haired man on the screen smirked, "your partner, much to my distaste. Get dressed, and get our bitching ass down here!"
She crossed her arms over her barely covered mid drift, and asked, "by whose orders? Last time I checked, it was your responsibility, and your mission. Wufei."
The dark haired Chinese pilot scowled, "don't test me Mizuno. This onna is a lot of work, and I don't baby-sit weak onnas. I'm a soldier, not a day care."
The blue haired young woman smirked, "it might take me some time, before I can make it down there." Wufei shouted, "iie, I want you down here now! Get your ass on a plane, and get it over here."
She chuckled, and saluted, "aye, aye sir!" "Don't you smart mouth me onna!"
She grinned, and watched as the screen clicked off leaving it blank. She sighed, and moved to the dresser. She pulled out her uniform, and moved to the bathroom.
She shut the door behind her, and ran the shower.
By the time she finished taking off her tank top, and panties, the temp of the water was perfect. She climbed in, and shut the curtain.
She ducked her head under the showerhead, and whipped it back, spraying water at the wall behind her. With a sigh, she turned around, and stepped under the spray again. She dabbed a small amount of shampoo in her palm, and lathered it up in her hair.
She stepped back under the water, and rinsed the soap out quickly. Once done, she bent at the waist, to grab her bar of soap, to clean her body.
It happened so fast, and so painful, the powerful blow to her mind, sent her reeling forward with a gasp. Her hands hit the wall, as she tried to steady herself up on her feet. Shaking her head, she stepped back, and turned around facing the water. The hot droplet hit her face, and poured into her open mouth. She rubbed her temples, and shook her head to clear it.
She sighed, as the water started to heat up, indicating, she was almost out of hot water. Strange how that works...
As if something struck her head from behind, she lurched forwards, and downward. Her hands grabbed at the curtain, ripping it from the hinges, and taking it down with her. Her head banged against one of the shower knobs, and she fell to the bottom of the tub.
Landing on her hands and knees, the shower curtain wrapped around her, she struggled to turn and sit. Once she made it, another blow jerked her, and she hit her head against the wall.
Through blurry eyes, she saw that the water in the tub was red, and slightly diluted. Her forehead ached, and her eyes stung, but nothing was compared to the growing pain in the back of her mind. Her vision faded to black, and the sound of the shower slowly became extinct, leaving her alone in the darkness.
A blight flash before her eyes didn't help her headache any, and soon the darkness was replaced by a strange but vivid image.
She saw two women, standing before the other, their hands raided as if to touch. Beyond them, loomed a dark cloud that radiated evil.
"Yes we wont lose."
"We are the sailor senshi."
Another image replaced the last, where the women were ripped apart from each other, by a power blast of wind. Together, they turned to the darkness, their face determined.
A dark voice laughed, "Sailor Moon! The Cauldron will be your grave!!"
"Witness the birth of the ultimate Chaos Star!!"
Images flashed, fleeting pictures of creatures, which once lived. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she knew who they were.
Queen Metalia...
Death Phantom...
Pharaoh 90...
Nephernia...
Galaxia...
An image of a young woman, dressed in a sailor fuka, stood alone, but determined. Her uniform was in tatters, and her hair was falling loose. She spoke lightly almost in a whisper as if she was afraid to stir the souls around her, "Now I know...why you tried to obtain my power."
The image was replaced with one, where the same soldier. She closed her eyes, and crossed her arms over her chest, as if to hold in her heart. "It is the same as me wanting to be... with my loved ones and friends."
The image melted away to one, where the girl sprouted wings, that slapped the air behind her, lifted her from the ground. "We are all... lonely stars."
In another image, her eyes opened, showing nothing but coldness, and she stared at the dark cloud, the flashed with hatred and anger. "That is why we seek each other... to be as one."
The image changed to another woman, who also wore a sailor fuka, but she looked unharmed unlike the first. She stared at the small figure, the one name Sailor Moon, with admiration.
"One that is how we all started. That is why...our lives revolve around one another..."
The image flashed, and changed back to the first woman, who threw herself at the darkness, her arm reached out. Her uniform melted away, leaving her naked and vulnerable.
"I will trap you...inside this Cauldron...to save everything."
The darkness laughed, as the soldier drew near.
Ami blinked, and she saw the shower wall. She was back in her bathroom, back in the shower, were the water sprayed cold, and hit the top of her head. The headache was gone, but the images were still imbedded in her mind. With a groan, she climbed to her feet, and her knees shook. The last remaining drops of blood went down the drain. Instantly, she touched the cut, but flinched by the contact.
She slipped out of the curtain, much like a fish would in someone's hands, and stepped out of the bath. Suddenly she shivered, and turned to shut the water off. The grabbed a towel, and wrapped it around her slim figure, and moved to the mirror. She ran her hand, to rid the remaining perspiration, and stared at the cut.
It was a jagged red line that started at her hairline, and curved across her forehead, to her left brow.
She stared at it for a long time, until suddenly she saw something else. She looked closer, nearly pressing her face to the mirror. In the middle of her forehead, was the remaining evidence, of a light blue insignia.
Ami pulled back, and searched her drawers for something to write with. The found black eye liner at the back of her drawer to her right. With shaky hands, she ripped off some toilet paper, and copied the symbol.
She stared at it, when she was finished, and tapped it with her finger, "where the hell did that come from?"
With a frown, she picked up her clothes, and dropped the towel. She slipped on a fresh bra, and panties, before she tugged on her loose fitting army style pants. They were the same ones, that Sally Po had given her years before, that, and her new partner, the charming Chang Wufei.
She tugged on the white tank top, and pulled on the army type coat. She brushed her teeth, and ran a brush through her hair, before she finally left the bathroom. She sat down on the bed, and slipped on her socks, and tied her combat boots on.
She reached for her gun, and slipped it in the waistband of her pants. Once ready, she packed the important things, and called a cab. Ready to go, she grabbed the key to her room, and left without even so much of a glance.
It wasn't like it was her home, iie; it was just a place to hold her at, until the next assignment. There would be others, because she had no home to go back to, not after the war.
With a shake of her head, the memory vanished, and instead, she concentrated, for some reason, she felt the urge to hurry. Her heart skipped a beat; she had to see Usagi, now!
?????
Duo glanced over at Relena, who had been sitting behind her desk in the library, for over an hour. He eyed her closely, as he seated himself in the chair across from her. "Are you okay?"
She looked up, slightly started to see he him there. "When did you come in?"
Duo glanced around, before shifting in his seat, and leaned towards her. "When you were on the phone. So who is this Hino guy you called?"
Relena caught her bottom lip between her teeth, and looked down at her desk. Duo frowned, 'what the hell is wrong with her? if I didn't know any better, I'd say she's a whole other person.'
She looked up at him, "I'm worried Duo. There is something wrong with Usagi, you might not see it, but I have." Duo nodded, "yea, I heard your conversation with the Hino guy. What is he?"
Relena frowned, and lifted the newspaper on her desk, and showed him the front page. There was a picture of Usagi passed out, another of the destroyed display case, and another one of the object missing from it, which Usagi has no possession of.
"Duo it doesn't matter, but she might be able to help Usagi. Look at her!"
Duo nodded, "I am. She looks like she's sleeping." Relena growled low beneath her breath, and threw down the paper, "DUO! Usagi is possessed by something, and its taking over her body, she didn't do this! This thing inside her did! I'm worried about her safety. People think she's dangerous, and we know she can be. She killed a kami damn assassin, with her bare hands. She doesn't not jack Kuso about fighting!"
Duo stared at Relena, "are you feeling alright?" He stood up, only to lean over the desk, and touch her forehead, with the palm of his hand. "Normal temperature...hmmm"
Relena threw his hand away from her, "Duo are listening to me?"
Duo sighed peevishly, and fell back into his chair. "Yea I'm listening."
"Are you at all worried?" She was standing now, looking at him with hard eyes. She threw her hands up in the air, as if to make a statement.
Duo shot up in his seat, to stand, "of course I'm worried. She's my friend! I just believe, that she's strong enough to fight, whatever is wrong with her. She just needs a boost, and you pampering her, isn't going to help her! Either will the fact that every fucking man around her, cant keep their hands, lips, and their dicks to themselves!"
Relena opened her mouth to reply, but instantly snapped it shut. She frowned, and turned from him looking out the window behind her.
Duo sighed, and stated, "I'm just telling you what I know. And I believe, Usagi is strong, how else has she been able to fight this...this thing off for so long? You just have to trust her, like I do."
Relena bowed her head, an image flashed through her mind, but she smashed it away, before she could understand it. All she saw was a fighter, a soldier standing alone.
She sighed slowly, taking her time, as she spoke, "I do trust her, more ways than one. But she's scared Duo. You've seen it, I've seen it, and the guys saw it earlier. I just want to be able to help her."
Relena turned to look at him, and tears glistened in her eyes.
Something slammed against the back of her head, and she stumbled forward, with a gasp. Tears spilled from her eyes, she clutched her head in her hands.
"Relena!"
Duo leaped over her desk, and grabbed her from behind, before she could fall over.
A silent scream escaped her open mouth, and she struggled in his arms. "Oh kami." Duo grunted, when she jabbed him in the gut, and he fell back, landing on the floor near her chair.
"Relena what's wrong?"
She jerked, her head banging against his, and suddenly she froze.
Duo cursed, and touched his mouth with his hands, and pulled it back, only to find a small trace of blood. Licking his lips, he tasted the coppery iron taste of blood, and cursed again.
"Relena?"
He peered over her head, and stared down at her face, "Holy shit!"
Her dark blue eyes stared wide open, and looked dead, they held no life, and if it wasn't for the small trace of her heart, he felt against his hand, he would have through she was dead.
It wasn't her eyes, that sacred him most, but the glowing golden mark on her forehead, that peered through her light bangs. "Relena?"
He jerked her up in his arms, so he could see her face better, "Relena snap out of it!" She didn't move, she didn't even blink at his voice.
"God dammit Relena you're scaring the hell out of me. Wake up!"
He cursed a string of words, before he took her face in his hands, and planted his mouth over hers.
?????
She didn't know what had happened, the last thing she remembered, was a terrible headache, Duo's voice, and then darkness.
Which was where she was now. It was like she was seeing thought someone else's eyes. She felt light as a feather, floating deeper and deeper in the darkness. She saw images, flashes of pictures that for some reason looked familiar to her.
Suddenly, the darkness flashed, and was instantly melted into an image, like a movie she was watching.
"To save everything...I don't know if I could do that, but..."
A girl with wings flew through the sky, moving with great speed towards, a dark cloud. The girl's uniform, tattered and nearly torn off, but she was determined, her eyes trained on her enemy.
"...We are always together."
An image of a group of people appeared, standing together, as they watched her. She stood among the crowd of people.
A young man stepped forward, and the image trained on him, "We fight without hesitation."
A woman from the group replaced him, with another image, she held a staff in her hand, "There is always hope and rebirth."
A hime, in long garbs, and a pale face replaced her, and she smiled faintly, "the Sailor Crystal is our hope."
The people vanished like a fire being put out with dirt, gone in a puff of smoke. In their place, the image of the girl came back. One of her legs straight, the other bent at the knee, as she grew closer.
"HOPE!"
She lifted her arms out, "Sailor Senshi who sleep in this Cauldron..."
She was bathed in light, and suddenly her tattered uniform ripped, and formed feathers, leaving her naked and vulnerable. Her wings slashed through the, pushing her closer.
"...And all the friends through out this galaxy, please..."
She threw her head back, "...give me the power!"
She watched, as bodies that laid at her feet slowly rose up, holding themselves, and trying to hide their pain. She watched in wonder, as they took a step forward, and she saw four of them.
"She's calling."
They looked familiar, yet something didn't seem right, as if they didn't belong in this time frame.
"This power if from Sailor Moon?"
The name slapped her in the face, and she touched her forehead, trying to place it somewhere.
"She is asking four our help!!"
She looked up, to see the blonde sore up higher and higher in the sky, and shout, "Silver Moon Crystal Eternal Power!!"
She raised her hand up, and shouted for her to stop, something compelled her to stop her, but she could barely move, and she couldn't speak.
The blonde threw herself into the darkness, her eyes wide open, and determined. A dark voice screamed in agony, "Noooo! Are you trying to rip me apart? STOP IT!!"
She watched, as if everything had slowed down, as the girl entered the darkness. Her body began to fade, as if being wiped out of existence. "Ahhhh...I could feel everybody's power throughout my body."
The girl's eyes softened, as her body became faint, and she could barely see her hands out in front of her. "Wait. I can save everybody..."
Everything melted away, and she heard a voice call out a name. Then something touched her, jerking her out of the darkness, and into the light.
Relena blinked, and she stared up at Duo in shock. Her whole body went a fire, and she could barely even think. Before she knew it, her arms snaked around his neck, and she pressed herself against him, kissing him back.
She watched, as his eyes opened, and he stared down at her in surprise. Relena closed her eyes, and tilted her head to the side, giving herself better access to his mouth.
Duo pulled back with a jerk, and gasped for air, "Relena?"
She blinked several times, "hai Duo chan." He looked her over, "what the hell happened to you?"
Relena replied lightly, "I don't know." Duo frowned, and eyed her forehead, which was now bare. "What the hell is wrong with you!" He dropped her, and got his feet. "You're not the same person!"
Relena pouted, but climbed to her feet, and crossed her arms over her chest. "What are you talking about?"
Duo rolled his eyes, "Don't give me that crap! When you went comatose, this weird fricken thing appeared on your head, and started glowing. That ain't normal! Who the hell are you?"
"That's what I'd like to know."