Well after reading my reviews, I decided to try and get this out before October is finished. So here is chapter. ^-^ Trust me, this may be a bit angst cause I just got the Evanescence CD and am listening to it while typing. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, or their characters. I do own Aoi and Kensuke and if you want to use them, go ahead. Oh yeah I also own the Shifter dude.
Destiny is Fate and Fate is a Fickle Thing: Chapter 5: Going Under
His sopping wet sandy blonde hair clung to his skull as he ran to his job in the rain. "I hate the rain," he muttered before slipping and fall into someone. They both landed in the puddle of mud right behind the person. Shingo jumped up quickly, not looking at the person at all, and began to apologize profusely.
"No it was my fault. I was not looking where I was going." a soft male voice told him.
The young man raised his large sapphire eyes to meet the gaze of the person his knocked down. It was a man, not that much older than himself, he assumed, with semi-short light blond hair. His eyes shined with the same pacifistic gleam Usagi's did when she was alive. The youngest Tsukino was brought out of his thoughts by the man. "……….my fault that you were knocked into that puddle let me pay you back."
The 18 year old looked down at the other man's clothes. The other blonde's hair was caked with mud, the left side of his attire was completely ruined by the mud AND his clothes were those designer label too. 'Shit.' "Iie, iie. It was my entire fault. I was the one running. I'm kinda running late for work." Shingo told but the other man was not having it.
The older man looked at him with an examining glance. Shingo understood why. He was already soaked by the rain and now his entire right side and back of his outfit were saturated with muck not to mention that his hair was clumped together with it. He was freezing. There was no way he could go to work like this! "Please let me pay you back. I'll talk to your employer. Where do you work?"
Tsukino Shingo was getting pretty annoyed right now. 'How come this guy keeps insisting it was his fault!' The young man wanted to scream at the man in front of him but he couldn't bring himself to do it. After all the man was trying to help him. And so he gave in. "Okay. Domo Arigato (means thank you). I work for the Winner Corporation."
The other man smiled, "Then that makes things much easier. I'm Quatre Raberba Winner, the head of Winner Corp so I can just give you the day off."
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Everyone was still home. They had sent Quatre out to buy food while the others manned to fort and Michiru disappeared. Now thinking about it, Ami didn't believe that is was such a good idea to send Quatre out into the world by himself. The door knob twisted and one of the large oak doors swung open. Everyone rushed to the door. In walked two blonds: one Quatre Winner, the other unknown as of yet. All of the pilots pulled out their weapons of choice. The man of Arab descent sweatdropped, "It's alright everyone, he's a friend."
With that the pilots put their weapons away, but did not disburse. "Who is he Quatre?" Trowa inquired.
Before Trowa's question was answered, Hotaru collapsed onto her knees, holding her body as if she were freezing, "He's here."
BOOM!!!
As the smoke and debris cleared, the shifter stepped into the room. "Ah I see everybody's back together again. How cute." it mocked from under its long, dark hood.
"Minna!" Ami shouted.
"Right." the pilots responded as they took the children and left the room.
Shingo stood still. It couldn't be………"Kid, what the hell are you doing just standing there? Get you ass out of there!" the braided man yelled but it didn't seem to penetrate the sandy blonde's brain. "Damnit!" Duo cursed.
"It's okay Duo, I've got him," Quatre told his friend before turning around to drag Shingo out of the room.
"Oh you can leave so soon little boy. You have something I want as well. It is not as powerful as this girl's crystal but it will do." the thing said. Quatre looked confused taking in the words of the Shifter. 'Was he talking to me? What do I have besides my powers?'
"Not so fast Shifter, you are our dimension's enemy, not this one. Leave him out of it. Saturn Crystal Power, Make up!" Hotaru shouted in Duo's defense before becoming her powerful alter ego.
"Mercury Crystal Power, Make Up!" the blue haired woman yelled transforming into Sailor Mercury.
"Fools! I was not talking to the child of the Alpha. I was talking to the child of the Moon of the Omega dimension." the Shifter told.
Shingo clenched his fists. That is what that thing called him before he murdered his mother and father as well as his pink haired cousin. His blood was boiling now. "Shifter, you know I will be the one that will kill you." he declared in a low, threatening voice.
"You kill me? I think I may have damaged your brain the last time we met." the thing retorted. A tense silence rose into the air as the rest of the pilots returned to get Quatre.
"Child of the Moon? T-that's impossible. Usagi-chan was the only child of the Moon and she is dead." Mercury interrupted the silence.
"That is true. Usagi is dead thanks to him." the blond young man pointed at the figure in the black cloak which covered its entire body.
"Just who are you?" Quatre asked, looking over the boy.
"Tsukino Shingo, right?" the thing answered for the young man, ticking him off even more.
"Shingo-kun! No, he's supposed to be dead. He's also supposed to be a normal earthling." the blue haired senshi blurted out.
"I was never normal but I guess compared to Usagi I was." he explained.
"Well now that we've finished introductions, I want the crystal." the shape-shifter demanded.
"What?!?! Shingo, you have the Ginzuishou!" Saturn exclaimed.
"Of course I have the crystal. It was my birthright after all." the sandy haired moon child stated before turning his attention back to his enemy, getting ready to fight.
"Aw the child of the moon wants to fight me. How cute. But I don't have time for a weakling like you so run off and hide somewhere."
"Kiss my ass you bastard. All that is in the past now. I'm ready to fight you now." told Shingo, narrowing his eyes into a death glare pretty similar to Heero and Aoi's.
"No you aren't." Mercury scolded before turning to the light blonde haired man, "Quatre-san, get him out of here."
"I don't think so." declared the evil thing before sending a powerful attack at Quatre, aiming for his heart. It would have killed Quatre if it had hit him but the new blond jumped in front of him. "No!" he shouted before the room was engulfed by bright light.
When the light dimmed, the boy was still standing and glowing transparent silver. The oddest thing was that he was still alive.
"I see. You have grown in age, wisdom, and power since our last meeting. I guess I'll just…" the thing spoke with a smug tone to it before it felt something prick its body. It seemed to look down to find a small ice shard imbedded into its cloak. A second later the ice grew and began to subdue the murderer. The shell of ice closed itself quickly around its victim as if it were prey, leaving a misshapen ice cube with the Shifter inside.
Sailor Mercury, Sailor Saturn, and Shingo spun around to find Aoi with her finger extended forward as if it were the barrel of a gun and her eyes emotionless again. Her victory was short lived though for the ice shattered and the Shifter was alive once more and pissed.
"You!" it growled, pointing at Aoi, "I will kill you first."
The little girl's eyes grew wide with fear. Kensuke stepped in front of his twin protectively, glaring at the evil thing.
'Kid, I know you're telepathic.' Shingo's voice echoed with in Kensuke's mind, 'I need you to stall as long as you can. I'll take care of everything else.'
'Demo (means but) what are you going to do?' the little boy replied, never letting his glance leave the Shifter's.
'Leave that to me.' the 18 year old communicated then disconnected.
The Heero clone sighed inwardly before focusing on the enemy. His large azure eyes narrowed further out of concentration. Then the shape shifter rose into the air and was tossed though the wall into the pouring rain.
Mercury turned to look at her two children. They had broken their promise to her that they would not get involved. And now they were going be on the top of the Shifter's hit list. "Aoi! Kensuke! What the hell did you two just do?" she reprimanded but could go no further as the enraged cloaked figure returned.
"Damned brats. I'll make you both suffer greatly and enjoy every minute of your screams of agony or angst." it said with hints of its sadistic tone within his voice. The two children backed up while Mercury, Saturn, and the pilots stepped in front of them. The Shifter smirked, or at least that's what many people thought it would have done as he approached to cautious group.
"Don't forget about me." Shingo spoke as a large orb of light launched itself towards the Shifter from its right. The thing screamed in agony before it vanished.
The two transformed senshi let off sighs of relief at the Shifter's abrupt absence. They detransformed into their normal-as-its-going-to-get selves and approached Shingo, who was spaced out after his little stunt with the Ginzuishou but before they could speak to him Aoi asked a question.
"Okaasan, have you seen Michiru-baasan?"
"She left the house hours ago, why?" Ami answered her daughter with a question.
"I just wanted to make sure she was alright." Aoi told her mother in an earnest voice but her eyes were shut into a closed-eyed smile in order to hide the fact that she was lying.
"Don't worry Aoi-chan. Michi-mama is really powerful. She can take care of herself." Hotaru reassured the little girl. Aoi only nodded to show her understanding.
"Now Shingo, what……how……why……?" the blue haired woman inquired since Hotaru didn't know Shingo as she did.
"To make a long story short, Usagi sent me here with the Ginzuishou so that I can aid you in defeating the Shifter because I'm also from the 'Silver Millennium' time period. I have been waiting here for the surviving Sailor Senshi for two years now." he paused for a moment, "Demo how do you know my name?"
"It's me, Mizuno Ami. And this is Tomoe Hotaru."
"Ami-san?!?!? You……you're a Sailor Senshi?!?!? Hotaru-chan too?!?! Demo I thought Hotaru-chan was a little girl." Shingo was confused.
"Let's just say I mature quickly." Hotaru mused.
This conversation was getting no where fast, Aoi told herself as she exited the room. She walked into Michiru. The little girl's eyes slanted. Something was wrong with Michiru-san and she was going to find out what. "Ano Michiru-baasan, can you and I talk?" she asked in her most innocent voice, looking up at the woman of the sea with a expecting glance.
The older woman looked down at the small child and smiled, "Of course, Aoi-chan. How about we go find the sunroom and talk there."
The light haired girl nodded and followed the princess of Neptune, a small frown appeared on her face when she noticed a large gash in the older woman's right arm.
They arrived at the sunroom. Ami's daughter and Ami's 'rival' sat down across from each other. "Okay Aoi-chan, what is it you wanted to talk to me about?"
The little girl fidgeted in her seat. She didn't think she would be this nervous. She hated herself for showing weakness. She calmed down but could not make eye contact with the one she was speaking to. "Michiru-baasan………I'm not sure you know this or not, demo, you are being controlled. Its, the Shifter, is controlling you."
The older woman blinked a few times before giggling. "That's nonsense, Aoi-chan. I would kno-"
"Then please explain to me how you injured you arm like that." Aoi countered.
Michiru looked down at her arm. It was, indeed, injured, greatly no less, but she did not know how that happened. She couldn't remember anything that had happened the last hour. What scared her the most was that the large gash in her arm caused her no pain at all. She just couldn't feel it.
The silence answered her inquiry. The little girl bowed her head lower glumly, "Just as I thought. You still have your humanity, demo, its has a control over you subconscious. If you continue to stay with us, you will only put Okaasan and Obaachan in grave danger. It would be in everyone's best interest for you to leave."
"Demo………how could you tell that I was being controlled when the others could not?" Michiru croaked, still having a hard time excepting the truth that lay before her.
"When you first arrived. No one else witnessed it but me. When you were fighting that youma, your eyes………your eyes they lost all life within them. And when it cut you, no blood appeared from it. No one else saw the scar but me for it closed up as quickly as it came." the Prussian eyed child told, outlining Michiru's cheek where the scar had been with her finger.
The woman rose. "Then I have no choice, do I? There is no hope for me being saved, is there?"
The girl grimly shook her head. "I'm Sorry."
Michiru left the room, followed shortly by Aoi. The little girl walked back to her mother as she heard the door to the entrance of Quatre's place open and close. Life did seem to suck for her a lot, Aoi thought about herself. Couldn't she get a break sometime?
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Okay now that that's done, I'm free for a while. I tried for Halloween but hey, I couldn't do it. But it's only a few days after Halloween so I'm free of blame. I didn't wait a few weeks like I normally do. On to reviews now:
Sniper1250: Thanks for you're niceness but you really shouldn't let me get away with my longwinded explanations about how busy I am. I mean I SHOULD have more commitment to my story and all. If you let me get away with making excuses, I'll just keep making them. Its apart of my nature as a Picese. Thanks for your review though! It was nice and long. I like long reviews. I'll try and update for ya at least two times a month but if I'm on a roll or in a slump, timing may vary.
Nyneve: Shingo fetish shall live on! Well at least if Heero is Shingo, Usagi can't go out with him otherwise it would be incest. Also Shingo seems to like Ami-chan. It's all about the way you look at things. Anyways I think Heero and Shingo are two different people all together. No matter how depressed Shingo gets, he'll never turn out like Heero. Thanks for the review!
Dr.Cricket: Thanks for the review! I hope that this update is quick enough for ya.
Airlady: ::blushes:: Why thank you for your very nice review. You're making my head swell. Ami or Hotaru-centered fics rock. We need more Ami ones though. Well I have to go now and e upset because I choaked on my English presentation. Ja ne.
In the Next Chapter of DiFaFiaFT: Love is a funny thing. You have no control over it. Love can either fill you with a happiness you've never experienced before or it can wrench out your heart and kill you painfully slow. No one can avoid the effects of love. Not even our dear Ami-chan or Heero-kun. No matter how hard they try, they will return to each other………I hope. What's this? Michiru's disappeared? Duo's gonna DIE?!?!?!?! Oh crap! This wasn't supposed to happen this way. That just can't be right. Next Chapter of DiFaFiaFT: Fade to Black.