Angel in Disguise by Comet~Princess
Disclaimer: Hey! Guess what! I don´t own Sailormoon or Gundam Wing! Bet you didn´t see that coming. And now, the surprise of the day –I´m broke! That means, don´t sue. =P
AN: I´ll try to keep this brief. First. . . wow! You guys liked the prologue? That means I´ll have to keep writing, huh? ^_^ Thanks for the reviews, minna!
Blue Angel –Yes, you´re absolutely right. Jupiter is the king of the Gods in Roman mythology, but since I was using Setsuna as Pluto, I thought, well, it´s a fanfiction. Why not use Mako-chan instead of making up some other character? So, there she is. ^_^
StAr-chan –Seraphina is actually the name of the highest ranking angel in some culture, I forgot which. *smack head on computer screen* Ouch! Another place you might have heard it could be the book, "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman. In the story, Seraphina is the name of the leader of the witches, I think. Hope that helped a little. ^_~
Timeframe: Check the prologue. I´m too lazy to rewrite it.
Now, what you actually came for. . .
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Chapter 1 –First Encounters
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Usagi read over her timetable at Peacecraft Academy and sighed. She knew right now that she was not going to like school. She studied everything she was interested in by herself, which probably meant that any course that was interesting to her, she would know everything about it. On the other hand, the stuff she didn´t like, she would know nothing about. That, she had absolutely no doubt. Well, it´s a Saturday. School doesn´t start for a couple of days and I´m sure Jupiter won´t mind if I explore a little before I attend to that guy, she thought. She glanced around the street quickly before stuffing her timetable into her sub-space pocket. Having special powers can be very handy sometimes. She had used it to make both her wings and the symbol on her forehead disappear, but otherwise, she had kept her appearance the same. She wore a pair of blue jeans with a simple white tank top to blend in with the normal people.
Usagi shrugged. She might as well just walk around and get to know the place. Randomly picking a direction, she started to walk. The streets were bustling with activities. There were people talking about the recent peace negotiations, parents running after their children, and teenagers laughing all around her. Usagi smiled. She liked this atmosphere. It was happy, even if there was some sorrow lying beneath it all for the deaths of those involved with the war. Suddenly, she came to a stop. She was standing in front of a large brown building with high windows. She read the sign hanging above the double doors. Sanq Kingdom Public Library? Mercury must be rubbing off on me, she thought with a little amusement as she stepped inside. Oh well, might as well take a look. If she was going to be in school, it was likely that she was going to use this place. After walking through rows and rows of books, she found her favourite subject –myths. It might seem a little strange, but the adventures of her friends back home had always interested her. She was curious to know what humans thought of them. She scanned through the titles quickly before coming to one that she wanted. The Adventures of the Gods, that´ll probably have something. Unfortunately, her mere five feet was not tall enough to reach the book. Cursing her inability to use her wings, Usagi gingerly stepped onto the first shelf to climb up. Just then, she felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist and lower her back onto the ground. She turned her head to find herself looking into a pair of deep green eyes covered by long brown bangs.
"What are you doing?" the tall boy asked.
Usagi pointed to the book at the top of the bookshelf. "I wanted to get that, but I´m not tall enough. Why did you take me off the shelf?" she questioned, a little frustrated that he´d stopped her from getting what she´d wanted.
He didn´t answer her. Instead, he reached for the book she had pointed out and handed it to her before turning to walk back over to his table. He´d been reading when he noticed the girl. It was hard not to. After all, silver hair was rather rare. There was something different about that girl. She had a different aura around her. The sound of someone clearing their throat brought him out of his reverie. He looked up to find the subject of his thoughts standing in front of him.
Usagi smiled at the boy who had helped her. "May I join you?"
He nodded.
Usagi sat down with a grin. "Thanks for your help. By the way, I´m Usagi Tsukino."
"Trowa Barton," he answered.
"Nice to meet you, Trowa. Sorry about getting mad, but why did you take me off the shelf?"
"The bookcase could have tipped over. You should have asked for help," he replied.
Usagi nodded. "I will, next time. Thanks again." Then she looked at the book he was reading and smiled again. "You´re interested in mythology too?"
Trowa nodded. "Yes, since I was very little."
"Me too! I like reading about Venus. She´s so funny!" Usagi exclaimed, forgetting that she was no longer at home.
Trowa blinked. I don´t remember Venus being funny, he thought. "I like reading about Jupiter. He was a very interesting man," he said.
Usagi giggled. "Jupiter´s a woman, you know?" she replied.
Trowa blinked again. "Actually, Usagi, Jupiter is recorded in every mythology book as the King of the Gods. That would make him male," Trowa explained.
Immediately, Usagi clapped a hand over her mouth. Darn! I should have read what humans thought of them before saying anything. Nervously, she smiled at Trowa. "Guess I just got my myths mixed up. Well, I´ll see you around! I still have to check out the ice-cream shop!" With a jaunty wave, she hurried to the counter to check out her book, leaving Trowa in deep thought.
She certainly didn´t sound like she had her myths mixed up, Trowa thought with a small frown.
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Usagi jogged down the street, turning a few times to make sure no one was following her. Usagi, you moron! She mentally scolded herself. She really should have gotten to know the culture better first. She sighed, and noting that no one was looking in her general direction, shoved the library book into her sub-space pocket. She stopped to ask a pedestrian the direction to the ice-cream shop. She was really kind of hungry.
Just then, she walked by a gym. Curiously, she peered inside. There were weight training machines all over the place. Wow! Jupiter and Mars would love this! Quickly, she walked in. She had never been in one before. Her training had always been in terms of speed and magic. She sat herself down at one of the machines and tried to lift the weight with her arms. She found that she couldn´t even move it an inch.
"Baka onna," a rough male voice suddenly said, making Usagi sit up and hit her forehead on one of the bars.
"Hey! That´s not a nice thing to say!" she said, rubbing her forehead and turning to look at the Chinese boy who stood nearby with his arms crossed. His hair was tied into a ponytail and he glared at her.
"You´re weak. You shouldn´t be here," he stated.
Usagi frowned. "Quite the contrary, I think I should be here because I´m weak," she replied. "I´m trying to build up my strength. If I didn´t need to, I wouldn´t be here."
The boy was surprised though he didn´t show it. The onna spoke sense, surprisingly. He moved to check the machine and scowled. "Baka onna," he said again, "did you even check how much weight you´re trying to lift?"
"Um. . .no. Was I supposed to?" Usagi asked, suddenly feeling foolish.
"You were trying to lift 850 kg of weight," he informed her.
Usagi blushed. "Oops, uh, can you make it lighter?" she asked the boy.
The boy moved the pin. "It should be fine now."
Usagi smiled at him. "Thank you! Oh, my name´s Usagi Tsukino," she said.
The boy turned to look at her. "I don´t care. You´re weak. You shouldn´t be here," he repeated.
Usagi frowned. "People would like you more if you´re nicer, you know? Besides, just because I´m not made of muscle doesn´t mean I can´t do anything else. I´ll bet I´m faster than you," she challenged.
"I don´t think so," the boy replied.
"Fine," Usagi said, "I challenge you to a sparring match. If I win, you have to tell me your name and if you win, I´ll leave."
"I don´t fight weak onnas."
"That´s too bad. I´m not a weak onna and I will prove it, unless you´re afraid of losing," Usagi taunted lightly.
The boy looked at her and nodded. "Fine."
The two walked to the mats and prepared to start. The boy launched the first move. He attempted to punch her, followed by a series of kicks. Usagi dodged all of them easily. She half-heartedly returned a sweep kick, which he jumped over and immediately went into a flying kick. Usagi back-flipped and using the hand that was supporting her weight, easily pushed herself into the air and twisted to land behind the boy. Lightly, she poked him in the back of the neck before jumping a couple of feet back. The boy turned around and glared at her.
"Why did you not fight back?" he asked.
"The bet was that I was faster, not that I could beat the crap out of you. I think I´ve proven my point. I don´t have to hurt you," Usagi said, shrugging her shoulders.
"Injustice! You think me weak," he stated.
Usagi shook her head with a little amusement. "No, I don´t. You know, I don´t fight the weak either," she supplied.
The boy nodded, noting that this girl was very different from any other he has ever met. She´s still an onna, but not as weak as all the others. He felt something akin to respect for this one. She had a sense of justice.
"Wufei Chang," he introduced himself.
Usagi smiled, "Nice to meet you, Wufei. Thank you for keeping your end of the deal, but I think you´ll get what you wanted anyway."
"I don´t understand," Wufei replied.
"I have to go now. Wouldn´t want to miss the ice-cream I want," she said with a wink before skipping out of the gym.
Weird onna, Wufei thought before turning to the bench press machine Usagi was attempting to use.
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Usagi continued to skip down the street in the direction of the ice-cream store. Suddenly, she realized that she had no extra clothes, at least normal looking clothes. If she didn´t have this assignment, she would probably just use magic, but her roommate would be suspicious if she had different clothes everyday and nothing in her closet. She shrugged. All the better. This means it´s time for shopping after ice-cream! Finding herself in front of the ice-cream parlor, she opened the door to go in. The bell above the door jingled as she pushed it.
"Aw man!" a loud voice said in exasperation. "I can´t believe the price rose!"
Usagi turned to see a boy about her age with a long chestnut braid down his back. He was pouting and counting the coins in his hand. Feeling bad for the boy, she walked over to him.
"Hi, is something wrong?" she asked.
The boy looked up at her and grinned. "Nothing that can´t be fixed, gorgeous!" he said enthusiastically, causing Usagi to blush a little at the name he´d bestowed upon her.
"Then, why are you so sad?" Usagi asked again.
The boy´s grin widened. "Aw, it´s just that I don´t have enough money for the ice-cream I wanted, that´s all. By the way, the name´s Duo Maxwell. I may run and hide, but I never tell a lie and right now, there´s one gorgeous girl talking to me and I think I´ve gone to heaven!"
Usagi blushed again and giggled. "Nice to meet you, Duo. I´m Usagi Tsukino. Why don´t I treat you? I´ve got some extra money," she offered.
Duo´s eyes widened. "Wow! Not only am I talking to a beautiful girl, but she´s treating me to ice-cream too! I think I found an angel!" he exclaimed before taking her towards the counter.
Usagi panicked for a moment, afraid that he had seen through her charade. Then, she realized he was using the phrase figuratively. She let a sigh of relief before smiling. "So, what do you want?" she asked.
Duo looked at the menu before deciding that he didn´t want to take advantage of this girl´s generosity. With the guys, he´d probably order a banana split, a hot-fudge Sundae, a brownie, and a vanilla cone, but he didn´t want to make the nice girl broke. "I´ll have a hot-fudge Sundae," he ordered.
The lady behind the counter nodded. "And you, miss?" she questioned.
Usagi grinned. "I´ll have one banana split, a hot-fudge Sundae, a brownie, and a vanilla cone," she listed for the shocked woman in front of her.
Duo´s jaw dropped. One, she did not look like she could eat that much and two, she had just ordered exactly what he usually did. It was kind of freaky. "You sure you can eat that much?" he managed to blurt out.
Usagi smiled and nodded. "Yep. I adore ice-cream. It´s my best friend!" She reached out to pay the lady with the cash she had found in her sub-space pocket and took the tray with the order on it. Jupiter never said I was on a budget. Hope she and Pluto don´t mind, she thought.
Duo led Usagi to a table and the two sat on opposite ends of the booth. Duo started to eat his Sundae, slowly for once. He was much more interested in the girl in front of him. Man, this is my kind of girl! Wonder if she has a boyfriend. . .
Usagi, on the other hand, was not that kind to her treats. She literally grabbed the ice-cream off the tray and dumped it into her endless pit of a stomach. There are some good things about being an angel. I don´t gain weight that easily, she thought happily as she devoured the food. Just then, she noticed Duo studying her. He´s kind of cute. Too bad angels are forbidden to fall in love with mortals, she thought. She had never known the punishment or consequence for it, just that it was forbidden. All her friends have warned her, so it must be pretty serious. Finishing her treats before Duo even ate half of his, she checked her watch. She wanted to get back to the dorms at around 6 o´clock so she could meet her roommate. That means she had about an hour to go shopping for clothes.
"Hey Duo," she said.
"Yes, Usagi?" Duo inquired, still a little dazed at the speed she ate at. I thought I ate fast! Wait till I tell the guys about this!
"You know where the shopping mall is?"
"Yea, just down the street to your right," he answered. "Why?"
"I need to buy some clothes," she replied.
"Want me to come with you?" Duo offered.
Usagi grinned and shook her head. "You ever been shopping with a girl when she´s hunting for clothes?"
"No," Duo said, "but it can´t be as bad as you´re making it sound."
"Well, if you put it that way, maybe I´ll take you one of these days. Right now, I´m in a hurry, so I´ve got to move. See you around!" Usagi waved as her stepped through the door of the ice-cream parlor, leaving Duo to finish his Sundae.
Hey! I never even got her phone number! Darn! I hope she doesn´t have a boyfriend.
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Usagi rushed through the shopping mall, picking up anything that caught her eye and running it through on the credit card Pluto had given her before she left. She won´t really mind, Usagi thought as she bought another pair of shoes. So far, she had about twenty bags of clothes, including shirts, blouses, pants, shorts, dresses, skirts, well, you name it and she probably had it. She also had some bags of make-up, stuffed animals, hair barrettes and school supplies. After trying on the first couple of shirts and pants, she had realized that the sizes only varied a tiny bit, so she had stopped using the fitting rooms. It made her task much quicker to do. She checked her watch again. There was about ten minutes for her to get back to the dorm. She was going to be a little behind schedule, but her roommate wouldn´t know that. She glanced around the mall and noted that there were too many people around to use her sub-space pocket. Oh well, I just have to get outside.
She started to gather her bags when a kind voice asked, "Miss, do you need any help?"
Usagi looked up to see a boy with platinum blond hair and kind blue eyes. "No, that´s alright, sir. I´ll manage," she replied with a smile.
"Please, miss. Don´t call me sir. It makes me feel old," the boy joked lightly. "My name is Quatre Rabarba Winner."
"It´s nice to meet you, Quatre, but if you insist that I don´t call you sir, then you mustn´t call me miss either," she responded, taking an instant liking to the kind boy. "My name is Usagi Tsukino."
Quatre smiled. "It´s nice to meet you too, Usagi. You´re sure you don´t need any help? That looks like a lot of shopping bags."
Usagi was about to refuse when she realized that she would probably look a little suspicious. Here she was, a young girl with twenty plus shopping bags and she was refusing the help of a gentleman who was offering to carry some of it. She smiled at Quatre, "If you insist."
Quatre returned her smile, "I do."
Usagi picked up half of the shopping bags and Quatre picked up the other half. They walked together through the mall.
"Usagi," Quatre started, "where do you need to go? Perhaps I can give you a ride instead of leaving you to carry all this by yourself."
"Actually, I´m staying at the dorms at Peacecraft Academy. It might be a little inconvenient for you," Usagi informed him.
"Not at all. To be honest, I was about to head over there anyway," Quatre said.
"Really?" Usagi was surprised, even though she shouldn´t be. He was the right age for a student after all.
"Yes," Quatre replied. "I go to school there. In fact, I live at the dorms too."
Usagi laughed. "That´s great! I´ll have a friend in school!" she said.
Quatre smiled at the bubbly girl. "And it seems like I have a new friend as well." He put down the bags to open the trunk of the car. He put all of Usagi´s bags inside. He was about to open the passenger side door for her when he realized that she was already inside the car. Quatre suppressed a smile. She was different. He could sense it.
On the way back to the school, Quatre decided to strike up a conversation. He was usually shy around new people, but she radiated a sense of comfort. It almost felt like talking to one of his sisters.
"How come you have so much stuff? I don´t think I´ve seen someone with that much new clothes before," he said as he mentally ran through the times his sisters had come home from a day of shopping.
"Actually, I´m new around here. I forgot all my clothes at home so I had to get some new ones," Usagi blurted out before realizing that it sounded really stupid. Oh well, I have to make up something. Luckily, Quatre seemed to have bought it. He nodded as he parked the car at the Academy. The two picked up the shopping bags and started to walk towards the dorms. After reaching the elevator, Usagi pressed the button for the fifth floor.
"Isn´t that funny?" Quatre asked, "I live on that floor as well."
"What a coincidence!" Usagi said with a smile as she stepped out of the elevator. Quickly, she led Quatre to her dorm room. She realized that her hands were too full from the bags she was holding to use the key. Besides, Quatre was watching her and her key was in her sub-space pocket. He would definitely know that something was wrong with her if she started pulling things out of thin air. Usagi finally settled for knocking on the door. There was no sound inside and Usagi started to wonder if her roommate was out. Just then, the door opened.
Hold on, isn´t that. . . Quatre didn´t have time to finish his train of thought as the door opened all the way to reveal an emotionless looking boy with spiked brown hair that fell into Prussian blue eyes.
Usagi blinked to make sure she wasn´t seeing things. Well, at least he´d be easy to find.
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End of Chapter 1.
AN: Yeah, I know the roommate idea is way overdone, but I planned out the next couple of chapters this morning and realized that it would make it a whole lot simpler if I did it this way. I also know that Heero wasn´t in this chapter at all. I promise he´d be in the next one. In fact, the entire next chapter will focus on Heero and Usagi, so the fans out there, you can rejoice! ^_^ And just in case someone didn´t get it, baka is idiot in Japanese and onna is woman. I didn´t want to use the English for those because they sounded funny when I was typing them. Hey look! I´m ranting again! Last thing before I leave, remember to review!