This is the fifth chapter of this story. The others are going to come into the story in this chapter. I hope.
I don't own SM or GW. Please enjoy!
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"Duo! Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, Makoto. You need any help?"
"Nope, I've got it!" One more swipe of the scythe caused a Taurus to explode, its last sight was of its destroyer, the Zeus Gundam.
Deathscyte made a similar move and that was the end of the battle. Both Gundams powered down and their cockpits opened.
"We are SO good. What do you say, Duo?" asked a beautiful brunette with flashing green eyes.
"Took the words right outta my mouth. You were great out there, Mako-chan, I'm really proud of you," said her brown haired, violet-eyed companion. Each climbed down their Gundams and crossed the debris-strewn ground to survey the damage.
"I really hate doing this. I hope this ends soon," said Makoto.
"Me, too," agreed Duo.
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Heavyarms was running out of bullets and missiles quickly. The pilot, Trowa Barton, was holding out as best he could against the aries on the battleship.
"Ami," he said through his link, "I need back-up here!"
"Hold on Trowa! Let me take care of these Cancers and..." A bright light filled the ocean beside the ship. "Got it! I'm on my way Trowa!"
A deep blue mecha emerged from the depths of the ocean and landed on the ship deck beside Heavyarms. Both Gundams were alike except in color. Heavyarms was a blood red while Hermes was a deep navy blue.
Together both machines completed the mission.
"Great job Trowa," smiled Ami on his vid-screen. She had deep blue hair that brushed her shoulders and eyes to match.
"You too Ami," returned Trowa. He had light brown hair that covered one side of his face and emerald eyes.
"Let's get back now. It's nearly ten," suggested Ami and Trowa nodded. They made their way back to the circus.
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"Minako!"
"Yeah?"
"How are things going on at your end over there?"
"They could be better, Quatre, but their good. Oh no, more Aries! I hate Aries, their like these little GNATS that WON'T go AWAY!" exploded a very angry blonde on the other end of the platinum blond Arabian's telelink. He watched in amazement as the orange Gundam across the sand sliced through the Aries with it's two blades.
"Mina, don't get carried away. That's the last thing we need right now, you running amok," joked the Arabian.
"Oh hush, Quatre. Besides, I'm all done over here. What about you?"
"Just waiting for you," he smiled. Minako smiled back from her Aphrodite Gundam. It too was built like Sandrock but the colors were different.
"Hey, I'm hungry. Wanna grab something to eat?" asked the beautiful blonde.
"Yeah, why not. I need to get my mind off of this anyway," agreed Quatre.
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"Hurry it up, onna," said a cold voice over the line of the Ares Gundam.
"Shut up, baka," threatened a violet-eyed girl quietly as she concentrated on destroying the last Taurus suit. Her dragon took care of the job. "There, happy?"
"Could have been better." The mecha standing in front of Ares turned and began to walk off.
"That's it, could have been better?" persisted Rei, the pilot of the Ares Gundam.
"Stop pestering me, weakling," said Wufei, pilot of the Gundam dubbed Nataku. Rei shook her head but was smiling as she did so.
"Well, you did pretty well. But I guess it could have been better," Rei threw back at him. She didn't see Wufei smile as he continued on his way with Rei behind him.
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"Come on, Selenity, let's do this and make it out alive," begged Usagi as she fastened the harness around her. Wing was powering up beside her and Heero came on the line.
"How do you feel?" he asked in his monotone voice. Usagi laughed nervously.
"How did you feel during your first battle?" she asked. He just smirked.
"Good." He turned to a seperate screen and tracked the movements of their enemies. "All right Usagi, first..."
Soon she had the hang of it and all the training came to her in a rush. The two Gundams flew into battle and it didn't last for ten minutes. Heero was amazed at how well she did during her first fight.
The two machines hissed and went slack but stayed upright. The two cockpits opened and each pilot stepped out from the dark interiors.
"Good job Usagi, but you still need a lot of work," Heero said as he crossed his arms and looked down at his new accomplice. She nodded and turned to the battlefield, looking at the damage caused. The wind ruffled her golden hair and she shivered.
'I helped cause all of this,' she thought sadly. She frowned and bowed her head, praying for the people that she had just destroyed.
When she looked up tears were glistening in her eyes and she grabbed hold of the metal cable that lowered her to the ground. She began to walk away from the large mechas.
Heero watched her and slowly uncrossed his arms as Usagi descended from the open door of her Gundam. He growled and narrowed his eyes as she began to walk off from him. He didn't bother to use his cable but quickly jumped from his machine's door and landed gracefully on the ground. He didn't seem to notice what he had just done but sprinted after the girl who thought she could just abandon her new mission. He grabbed her shoulder and spun her around so fast that if he hadn't of placed both his hands on her shoulders she would have fallen right on her back.
"What are you thinking?" he asked savagely. She seemed to cower away from him a bit but straightened.
"I won't do this," she replied shakily. He gave her a firm shake and leaned in closer to her.
"It isn't a matter of whether you want to do it or not! It is your new responsibility and you must do them for the good of the Earth and the colonies! Do you think I ever wanted to do this?" he yelled at her. She turned her head away and tried to back out of his grip but he just pulled her back and tightened his hold on her. "No. You will do as you were told and I will do as I was told. That was to take care of you and make sure you don't get killed in this war. We leave tonight," he informed her and turned her loose, returning to the Gundams.
"Why?" she whispered and he stopped in his tracks, not looking back at her.
"Because this is what both of us have been trained for," he said softly. "What else can we do but fight?"
Usagi winced at his words. He was right. When she had fought in Selenity she had felt so comfortable and knew exactly what to do. It was like a flood of memories coming back to her and she decifered them quickly and easily. Changed the memories from just plain imagination to reality. And the soldiers here today had learned of this themselves.
"Where are we going?"
"To Brussels in Germany. Dr. J has said there is a base there that can pose a large threat to the people and colonies. You and I are going to destroy it," Heero said in his monotone voice. Usagi nodded and followed him to Selenity and Wing. "Now to teach you about transporting your Gundam. Dr. J said that he just touched on that while you were there. Right?" Usagi nodded and he did the same.
"Okay, well first you have to turn it onto the first power level. You don't want it on all the way because it could destroy the hanger or carrier that you're transporting it into. Then you check the fuel and turn it off when you get it inside. Think you can handle that?"
"I've done this once before. I can do it again," she said with a smirk of her own. Heero's back was to her so she didn't see the smile that crept across his mouth as he heard her answer.
"Then do it."
Together the two worked and had the Gundams loaded onto a truck that Heero had ordered the day before when he heard of his new orders.
The climbed into the cab and Usagi buckled her seat belt. Heero side-glanced at her and smirked.
"Don't trust my drving?"
"Nope," she answered as she tightened her restraint. He sighed and started the truck. They began on the trip to Brussels. "Hey, Heero, how long is this ride going to take?"
"About a week. Germany is all the way across Europe. Think about it."
"A week? Stuck in the same car as you?" Heero glared at her.
"There's always the option of walking," he threatened. She glared at him.
"You wouldn't," she stated.
"Try me." Usagi shut her mouth and looked out the front window. Heero smirked as he drove, his thoughts wondering to the blonde beside him.
He still remembered her face from their first meeting, when he had swept her up into his arms and carried her across the sand. The look of horror when he pulled the gun on her. But she came back to him tonight, even though it was because she was ordered to.
"Why don't you go to sleep. I don't want to stop for a few hours," he said.
"Where am I going to sleep?" she asked.
"There's a bed in the back. I'll wake you when we stop." She nodded and yawned, unbuckling her seat belt and crawling into the back.
There was a small bed covered by thick blankets and pillows. Usagi crawled under a quilt and as soon as her head hit the pillow she was out.
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'Thanks a lot, Dr. J,' Heero thought sarcastically. This was the last thing he needed, a diversion.
He was supposed to be the perfect weapon or was so called by his mentor. But this was too much.
Now he had to take care of a woman who was too stubborn for her own good. And he lost it trying to get through to her.
He frowned and glared at the road. Usagi was strong but needed a lot of training in learning how to cope with it. He, unfortunately, was chosen for the job.
He strained his ears as he heard rustling from behind him and whimpering. Was she talking in her sleep?
Suddenly the cabin air was split by a scream. Heero cursed and stopped the huge truck in the middle of the road. He threw the brake on and leapt out of the seat and into the back, his gun poised. It sounded as thoug someone else was in the truck with them and he was furious as he thought of what might be happening to the young woman in his care.
There was no one in the car besides the two teens. Usagi was sitting straight up in the bed, sweating and breathing deeply, her blue eyes wide with fright. Heero stood frozen, staring at her. What happened?
"Usagi?" he asked. She gave no sign of acknowledgement on his part. Her cheeks were pale and wet from the tears that still swam in her eyes. He put away his gun and moved toward her slowly, cupping her shoulder and gently shaking her. "Usagi, snap out of it," he said more firmly.
"I am out of it," she whispered. Her eyes filled with more tears and she blinked, bowing her head. She would not let him see her cry. She casually wiped her eyes as though she were wiping sleep out of them. She couldn't do anything about the wet face, however.
He let her go and leaned back, watching her. His eyes narrowed.
"What was it about?" he asked. She looked up and stared at him, confused.
"Huh?"
"Your dream. What was it about?" She lowered her lashes and looked down at her hands.
"It was strange. You don't want to hear about it," she whispered. He frowned.
"If I didn't want to hear it, then I wouldn't have asked." She glanced at him then sighed, shrugging her shoulders.
"Like I said, it's strange. It's so hard to follow but I know exactly what it is, sort of. I'm in a weird place. There's a huge palace on the horizon and I'm in a white gown. I have no idea what that means but soon my attention is drawn to something else, someone walking into the clearing with me. I can't make out who it is because of the mist around us but I can tell it is a man. He just walks right up to me and we embrace. But all of a sudden the scene changes and there is screaming and death all around us. There are nine people in front of me. The man from earlier and four more men and four women. They are fighting against something and in a second they were all down. The man was still standing and was ready to fight off anything that came close to us. Then it hit me. They were protecting me when they died. Before I could do anything both me and the man were killed. I was watching as my body was floating upwards, his body beside mine. Then a woman who looked so much like me with silver hair and a crescent moon on her forehead came out, crying. She said something then put a crystal on a wand. There was a bright flash of light and the evil was destroyed and all the people there were in bubbles, floating to the Earth. We must have been on the moon. The woman, I see, is lying on a pillar, watching me, her arm outstretched. And then I hear her voice, ringing through my head. 'Goodbye, sweet Serenity, my daughter.' Oh God, Heero, she was my mother and she died to save me and the others!" Usagi cried. She covered her face with her hands and brought her knees up into her chest.
Heero frowned and moved towards her, wrapping his arms around her trembling form and bringing her against his chest. She buried her face into his shoulder and put her arms around his waist. He put his cheek on the top of her head, whispering comforting words in Japanese to her, even though she didn't understand them.
"I can't go back to sleep," she said suddenly. He smiled and brought her closer.
"Then why don't you come up front with me and you can talk if you want to," he offered. She nodded and pulled back from him, looking into his eyes. Then she smiled up at him.
"Thanks, Heero," she said. He nodded and turned away, moving back to the front of the cab. She followed him and sat in the passenger seat, her legs crossed Indian style beneath her. She didn't bother to put on her seat belt. She frowned. "What about you Heero?"
"What about me?" he asked, casting a side glance at her.
"Your family."
"I don't have a family," he said.
"Oh." She blushed and looked down. "I'm sorry, I'm just poking around at your business and I'm sure you probably don't appreciate that."
"It's all right. My parents were killed when I was really young and I've been raised by Dr. J ever since," he told her. She frowned even more and reached over to him, putting her hand on his shoulder and giving him a reassuring squeeze.
"Then we're in this together," she said and smiled at him. He smiled and shot her a look before looking back to the road.
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It's finally finished. This chapter is, not the story. It's still pretty long. He he he. ^_^
I don't own SM or GW. Please enjoy!
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"Duo! Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, Makoto. You need any help?"
"Nope, I've got it!" One more swipe of the scythe caused a Taurus to explode, its last sight was of its destroyer, the Zeus Gundam.
Deathscyte made a similar move and that was the end of the battle. Both Gundams powered down and their cockpits opened.
"We are SO good. What do you say, Duo?" asked a beautiful brunette with flashing green eyes.
"Took the words right outta my mouth. You were great out there, Mako-chan, I'm really proud of you," said her brown haired, violet-eyed companion. Each climbed down their Gundams and crossed the debris-strewn ground to survey the damage.
"I really hate doing this. I hope this ends soon," said Makoto.
"Me, too," agreed Duo.
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Heavyarms was running out of bullets and missiles quickly. The pilot, Trowa Barton, was holding out as best he could against the aries on the battleship.
"Ami," he said through his link, "I need back-up here!"
"Hold on Trowa! Let me take care of these Cancers and..." A bright light filled the ocean beside the ship. "Got it! I'm on my way Trowa!"
A deep blue mecha emerged from the depths of the ocean and landed on the ship deck beside Heavyarms. Both Gundams were alike except in color. Heavyarms was a blood red while Hermes was a deep navy blue.
Together both machines completed the mission.
"Great job Trowa," smiled Ami on his vid-screen. She had deep blue hair that brushed her shoulders and eyes to match.
"You too Ami," returned Trowa. He had light brown hair that covered one side of his face and emerald eyes.
"Let's get back now. It's nearly ten," suggested Ami and Trowa nodded. They made their way back to the circus.
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"Minako!"
"Yeah?"
"How are things going on at your end over there?"
"They could be better, Quatre, but their good. Oh no, more Aries! I hate Aries, their like these little GNATS that WON'T go AWAY!" exploded a very angry blonde on the other end of the platinum blond Arabian's telelink. He watched in amazement as the orange Gundam across the sand sliced through the Aries with it's two blades.
"Mina, don't get carried away. That's the last thing we need right now, you running amok," joked the Arabian.
"Oh hush, Quatre. Besides, I'm all done over here. What about you?"
"Just waiting for you," he smiled. Minako smiled back from her Aphrodite Gundam. It too was built like Sandrock but the colors were different.
"Hey, I'm hungry. Wanna grab something to eat?" asked the beautiful blonde.
"Yeah, why not. I need to get my mind off of this anyway," agreed Quatre.
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"Hurry it up, onna," said a cold voice over the line of the Ares Gundam.
"Shut up, baka," threatened a violet-eyed girl quietly as she concentrated on destroying the last Taurus suit. Her dragon took care of the job. "There, happy?"
"Could have been better." The mecha standing in front of Ares turned and began to walk off.
"That's it, could have been better?" persisted Rei, the pilot of the Ares Gundam.
"Stop pestering me, weakling," said Wufei, pilot of the Gundam dubbed Nataku. Rei shook her head but was smiling as she did so.
"Well, you did pretty well. But I guess it could have been better," Rei threw back at him. She didn't see Wufei smile as he continued on his way with Rei behind him.
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"Come on, Selenity, let's do this and make it out alive," begged Usagi as she fastened the harness around her. Wing was powering up beside her and Heero came on the line.
"How do you feel?" he asked in his monotone voice. Usagi laughed nervously.
"How did you feel during your first battle?" she asked. He just smirked.
"Good." He turned to a seperate screen and tracked the movements of their enemies. "All right Usagi, first..."
Soon she had the hang of it and all the training came to her in a rush. The two Gundams flew into battle and it didn't last for ten minutes. Heero was amazed at how well she did during her first fight.
The two machines hissed and went slack but stayed upright. The two cockpits opened and each pilot stepped out from the dark interiors.
"Good job Usagi, but you still need a lot of work," Heero said as he crossed his arms and looked down at his new accomplice. She nodded and turned to the battlefield, looking at the damage caused. The wind ruffled her golden hair and she shivered.
'I helped cause all of this,' she thought sadly. She frowned and bowed her head, praying for the people that she had just destroyed.
When she looked up tears were glistening in her eyes and she grabbed hold of the metal cable that lowered her to the ground. She began to walk away from the large mechas.
Heero watched her and slowly uncrossed his arms as Usagi descended from the open door of her Gundam. He growled and narrowed his eyes as she began to walk off from him. He didn't bother to use his cable but quickly jumped from his machine's door and landed gracefully on the ground. He didn't seem to notice what he had just done but sprinted after the girl who thought she could just abandon her new mission. He grabbed her shoulder and spun her around so fast that if he hadn't of placed both his hands on her shoulders she would have fallen right on her back.
"What are you thinking?" he asked savagely. She seemed to cower away from him a bit but straightened.
"I won't do this," she replied shakily. He gave her a firm shake and leaned in closer to her.
"It isn't a matter of whether you want to do it or not! It is your new responsibility and you must do them for the good of the Earth and the colonies! Do you think I ever wanted to do this?" he yelled at her. She turned her head away and tried to back out of his grip but he just pulled her back and tightened his hold on her. "No. You will do as you were told and I will do as I was told. That was to take care of you and make sure you don't get killed in this war. We leave tonight," he informed her and turned her loose, returning to the Gundams.
"Why?" she whispered and he stopped in his tracks, not looking back at her.
"Because this is what both of us have been trained for," he said softly. "What else can we do but fight?"
Usagi winced at his words. He was right. When she had fought in Selenity she had felt so comfortable and knew exactly what to do. It was like a flood of memories coming back to her and she decifered them quickly and easily. Changed the memories from just plain imagination to reality. And the soldiers here today had learned of this themselves.
"Where are we going?"
"To Brussels in Germany. Dr. J has said there is a base there that can pose a large threat to the people and colonies. You and I are going to destroy it," Heero said in his monotone voice. Usagi nodded and followed him to Selenity and Wing. "Now to teach you about transporting your Gundam. Dr. J said that he just touched on that while you were there. Right?" Usagi nodded and he did the same.
"Okay, well first you have to turn it onto the first power level. You don't want it on all the way because it could destroy the hanger or carrier that you're transporting it into. Then you check the fuel and turn it off when you get it inside. Think you can handle that?"
"I've done this once before. I can do it again," she said with a smirk of her own. Heero's back was to her so she didn't see the smile that crept across his mouth as he heard her answer.
"Then do it."
Together the two worked and had the Gundams loaded onto a truck that Heero had ordered the day before when he heard of his new orders.
The climbed into the cab and Usagi buckled her seat belt. Heero side-glanced at her and smirked.
"Don't trust my drving?"
"Nope," she answered as she tightened her restraint. He sighed and started the truck. They began on the trip to Brussels. "Hey, Heero, how long is this ride going to take?"
"About a week. Germany is all the way across Europe. Think about it."
"A week? Stuck in the same car as you?" Heero glared at her.
"There's always the option of walking," he threatened. She glared at him.
"You wouldn't," she stated.
"Try me." Usagi shut her mouth and looked out the front window. Heero smirked as he drove, his thoughts wondering to the blonde beside him.
He still remembered her face from their first meeting, when he had swept her up into his arms and carried her across the sand. The look of horror when he pulled the gun on her. But she came back to him tonight, even though it was because she was ordered to.
"Why don't you go to sleep. I don't want to stop for a few hours," he said.
"Where am I going to sleep?" she asked.
"There's a bed in the back. I'll wake you when we stop." She nodded and yawned, unbuckling her seat belt and crawling into the back.
There was a small bed covered by thick blankets and pillows. Usagi crawled under a quilt and as soon as her head hit the pillow she was out.
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'Thanks a lot, Dr. J,' Heero thought sarcastically. This was the last thing he needed, a diversion.
He was supposed to be the perfect weapon or was so called by his mentor. But this was too much.
Now he had to take care of a woman who was too stubborn for her own good. And he lost it trying to get through to her.
He frowned and glared at the road. Usagi was strong but needed a lot of training in learning how to cope with it. He, unfortunately, was chosen for the job.
He strained his ears as he heard rustling from behind him and whimpering. Was she talking in her sleep?
Suddenly the cabin air was split by a scream. Heero cursed and stopped the huge truck in the middle of the road. He threw the brake on and leapt out of the seat and into the back, his gun poised. It sounded as thoug someone else was in the truck with them and he was furious as he thought of what might be happening to the young woman in his care.
There was no one in the car besides the two teens. Usagi was sitting straight up in the bed, sweating and breathing deeply, her blue eyes wide with fright. Heero stood frozen, staring at her. What happened?
"Usagi?" he asked. She gave no sign of acknowledgement on his part. Her cheeks were pale and wet from the tears that still swam in her eyes. He put away his gun and moved toward her slowly, cupping her shoulder and gently shaking her. "Usagi, snap out of it," he said more firmly.
"I am out of it," she whispered. Her eyes filled with more tears and she blinked, bowing her head. She would not let him see her cry. She casually wiped her eyes as though she were wiping sleep out of them. She couldn't do anything about the wet face, however.
He let her go and leaned back, watching her. His eyes narrowed.
"What was it about?" he asked. She looked up and stared at him, confused.
"Huh?"
"Your dream. What was it about?" She lowered her lashes and looked down at her hands.
"It was strange. You don't want to hear about it," she whispered. He frowned.
"If I didn't want to hear it, then I wouldn't have asked." She glanced at him then sighed, shrugging her shoulders.
"Like I said, it's strange. It's so hard to follow but I know exactly what it is, sort of. I'm in a weird place. There's a huge palace on the horizon and I'm in a white gown. I have no idea what that means but soon my attention is drawn to something else, someone walking into the clearing with me. I can't make out who it is because of the mist around us but I can tell it is a man. He just walks right up to me and we embrace. But all of a sudden the scene changes and there is screaming and death all around us. There are nine people in front of me. The man from earlier and four more men and four women. They are fighting against something and in a second they were all down. The man was still standing and was ready to fight off anything that came close to us. Then it hit me. They were protecting me when they died. Before I could do anything both me and the man were killed. I was watching as my body was floating upwards, his body beside mine. Then a woman who looked so much like me with silver hair and a crescent moon on her forehead came out, crying. She said something then put a crystal on a wand. There was a bright flash of light and the evil was destroyed and all the people there were in bubbles, floating to the Earth. We must have been on the moon. The woman, I see, is lying on a pillar, watching me, her arm outstretched. And then I hear her voice, ringing through my head. 'Goodbye, sweet Serenity, my daughter.' Oh God, Heero, she was my mother and she died to save me and the others!" Usagi cried. She covered her face with her hands and brought her knees up into her chest.
Heero frowned and moved towards her, wrapping his arms around her trembling form and bringing her against his chest. She buried her face into his shoulder and put her arms around his waist. He put his cheek on the top of her head, whispering comforting words in Japanese to her, even though she didn't understand them.
"I can't go back to sleep," she said suddenly. He smiled and brought her closer.
"Then why don't you come up front with me and you can talk if you want to," he offered. She nodded and pulled back from him, looking into his eyes. Then she smiled up at him.
"Thanks, Heero," she said. He nodded and turned away, moving back to the front of the cab. She followed him and sat in the passenger seat, her legs crossed Indian style beneath her. She didn't bother to put on her seat belt. She frowned. "What about you Heero?"
"What about me?" he asked, casting a side glance at her.
"Your family."
"I don't have a family," he said.
"Oh." She blushed and looked down. "I'm sorry, I'm just poking around at your business and I'm sure you probably don't appreciate that."
"It's all right. My parents were killed when I was really young and I've been raised by Dr. J ever since," he told her. She frowned even more and reached over to him, putting her hand on his shoulder and giving him a reassuring squeeze.
"Then we're in this together," she said and smiled at him. He smiled and shot her a look before looking back to the road.
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It's finally finished. This chapter is, not the story. It's still pretty long. He he he. ^_^
