Shinigami's Protector
Part 3
All right. I guess I'll have to do a little clearing up here since some one (I'm not saying any names though) said Hotaru was 11 and Duo 15. Well their not. They are both 16 in this story. I know I didn't say at the beginning. I apologize for that but I thought I gave enough hints around what time period it was to hint in their ages. First off the Preventers. They didn't show up until Endless Waltz and that's when the g-boys where around 16. That was A.C. 197. So in my story it's A.C. 197 making them 16. Yes I know Hotaru was young in the sailor moon series but this story isn't really based on the sailor moon series. Yes it talks about it around the beginning but that's all. Hotaru is born 16 years old to make herself look less suspicious. Wouldn't be strange for a 11 year old to hang around 16 year olds? I'm sorry for not filling you in but please next time read the story more closely. I usually like to make the readers figure out things.
"Well everything seems to be in order, Miss. Tomoe. I'll show you to our staff." Lady Une said as she neatly stacked to folder on her desk. Violet eyes stared at the women and then she nodded. She had short dark black hair and large violet eyes. She wore a Preventer's uniform but was a little bit too big for her small body.
Hotaru followed the brown haired lady. She was finally able to be reborn into her original body. Only she didn't have enough energy to make a fully healthy body. So her body was very weak. It looked all frail and fragile.
She was led into a room where five other teenage boys around her age where in. Her eyes landed on the boy with chestnut brown hair. At least his still safe. Hotaru thought. Lady Une coughed getting the attention of the gundam pilots. They all stared at her.
"Please welcome Hotaru Tomoe. She'll be working with you." Lady Une said. All five boys stared at her in utter disbelief.
"This is injustice! A women can't work with us!" cried Wufei. Lady Une frowned.
"Well guess what she is." Lady Une said. Hotaru looked at the two coolly.
"It's all right Miss. Une. You can't blame this guy's ego. It's way to big for his head so of course he is to feel awkward with working with women. He is scared of them it seems like." Hotaru said calmly with her eyes closed. Lady Une smiled holding her hand over her mouth trying to hold back her laughter. Duo snorted and fell off the chair he was sitting on laughing hard. Quatre smiled trying to hold back from laughing. Trowa and Heero where doing there best to hid their smirks. Wufei on the other hand stood their mouth gapping open.
"How would you know fear woman!" Wufei shouted as he stomped towards Hotaru. He bent down a little so he was eye to eye with her. She looked at him with a cold look.
"I know fear cause I'm what everyone is so afraid of." She said in a very creepy tone in her voice. Her eyes glared at him. Wufei stood back surprised. Everyone stared at her.
"I start working tomorrow right?" Hotaru asked. Lady Une nodded. She nodded.
"I'll be here tomorrow then. Good day." Hotaru said then turned to leave. Her eyes caught Duo's. Be careful my lord. The enemy is stronger. Then she left.
"What did she mean she was the one everyone
fears?" Quatre asked.
"I don't know." Trowa said softly. Duo frowned. That
girl looked so familiar.
~*~
Hotaru sighed as she turned the lights to a dim. She didn't like the bright lights that much. Must be from living in nothing but darkness over the thousands of years. She sat on the couch and stared at the ceiling. She felt a guilty pain in her heart for leaving Duo a lone. After that attack that happened to Duo she got in a nerves break down. She forced herself to be reborn with the little energy she had. Leaving her with a weak body she like she had centuries ago. She still had the ability to heal and that was the only good thing.
"At least I'm here." Hotaru whispered and got up to get ready for bed.
~*~
Duo sighed as he stared at the piles of paper. He didn't like this one bit at all.
"Man why did I get stuck with the paper work? They
should've gave it to Heero. He's the one who likes that boring stuff." Duo
whined. Then he let his head plop on the desk with a thud.
"Ow! I didn't mean to hit my head on the desk that hard!" Duo's muffled voice said. Then there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Duo said not even bothering lifting
his head up. It'll probably be Heero to nag him to get his work down. Or maybe
Lady Une to do the same thing. Then eh heard a giggle. Since when did Heero
giggle?
"Am I interrupting your nap?" asked a soft voice. Duo
this lifted his head up and saws Hotaru. He smiled.
"Hey! Uh, no. Just doing some paper work." Duo said. Hotaru closed the door behind her she walked up to his desk.
"Here's some more paper work Lady Une told me to give you." Hotaru said as she gently placed the piles of folders full with paper work on his desk. Duo face faulted.
"No more!" Duo cried out and banged his head on the desk again.
"Ow." He said. Hotaru giggled. Even with his memories at a lost he is still the same. Hotaru thought.
Duo smirked slightly as he heard Hotaru giggle. At least he made the girl laugh. Then he came up with an idea.
"Hey Hotaru how about you and me sneak out of here for a lunch break?" Duo asked with excitement. Hotaru looked at her watch.
"It's still to early for a lunch break." Hotaru said. A sweat drop formed on Duo's head.
"I know but I got to get out of here! All this work is making me hungry!" Duo said as he patted his stomach. This time Hotaru sweat drop. She looked at Duo's desk and saw no work done at all.
"Uh, Duo, what work? You haven't even started." Hotaru said trying to break the news to him gently.
"I know but let's go! Please! I don't want to be all
by myself! Besides all my friends wont come." Duo begged. He gave Hotaru
he's sad puppy dog eyes. Hotaru couldn't resist that look.
"All right." Hotaru said. Duo whopped with joy and grabbed his jacket dragging her out of the room.
"All right let's go!" Duo yelled. Hotaru smiled. Even after thousands of years he can still make me say yes with that look!
~*~
Duo looked down at the girl as she gently licked her
vanilla ice cream. Hotaru and him where taking a walk in the park. They both she
gotten ice cream. Duo got chocolate and Hotaru, vanilla. Duo noticed how small
she really was. She only came up to his shoulder. Hotaru must've noticed he
was staring at her cause she looked at him.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Oh nothing. You just remind me of someone." Duo
said quietly. Hotaru looked at him. Is he starting to get his memory back all
ready?
"Is that a good thing?" Hotaru asked.
"Oh yeah!" Duo said with a smile. Hotaru smiled back
then stopped. She frowned. Something was wrong. There was an enemy near by. Duo
noticed Hotaru stopped walking. He looked back at her. She had a frown on her
face.
"Hotaru?" Duo asked. She didn't answer.
"Stay here." She murmured and started walked over a small hill. Duo stood their surprised.
"Wait Hotaru!" Duo cried. Hotaru ignored him. She stood on top of the hill. Then something jumped at her. Her eyes widen and saw it was a monster.
"Hotaru watch out!" Duo's voice cried. Hotaru stood their about to get ready to transform when someone grabbed her pushing her out of the way. Hotaru yelled as she rolled the down the hill. She opened her eyes and saw Duo.
"What are you doing?" Hotaru cried. Duo stared at her confused.
"I was saving you from that ugly monster." Duo said. Hotaru sat up looking around. Then she saw the monster heading towards their way.
"I'm not the one that's supposed to be protected. You're the one!" Hotaru cried. She got up trying to pull Duo up.
"Come on!" Hotaru yelled.
"What do you mean I'm the one to be protected?" Duo demanded. Hotaru sighed as she bit her lip.
"There's no time to explain just run!" Hotaru
shouted as she pushed Duo.
"But." Duo began but was stopped by Hotaru.
"Just run!" Hotaru yelled. Duo turned and ran thinking Hotaru was behind him. Hotaru looked back and glared at the monster.
"Saturn Crystal Power! Make Up!"
Part 4