THE TWO WORLDS
A Sailor Moon/Gundam Wing crossover by Belladonna Jaide

- * * denotes emphasis on a certain word
- ' ' denotes thought
- takes place after Endless Waltz
- rated PG for language

For the benefit of some people:
Usagi = Serena = Sailor Moon = Princess Serenity = Neo-Queen Serenity
Ami = Amy = Sailor Mercury
Rei = Raye = Sailor Mars
Makoto ("Mako-chan") = Lita = Sailor Jupiter
Minako = Mina = Sailor Venus (Sailor V)
Michiru = Michelle = Sailor Neptune
Haruka = Amara = Sailor Uranus
Setsuna = Trista = Sailor Pluto
Hotaru = Hotaru = Sailor Saturn
ChibiUsa = Rini = Sailor ChibiMoon
Mamoru = Darien = Tuxedo Kamen = Tuxedo Mask

Odango Atama = Meatball Head (Dumpling Head)

CHAPTER FOUR: "Things get a bit more Interesting; Duo meets the Inner Senshi"

Duo Maxwell cautiously looked out from his hiding spot at the the scrap-yard where he worked. The coast seemed clear, for there wasn't a person or monster in sight and it was quiet, so he carefully emerged from hiding, trying not make any noise.

-CLANG!- -CLATTTER!- Duo's foot accidentally knocked over a sheet of metal, and he froze, the noise echoing through the empty junkyard . . .

But nothing happened; no monster rushed out from around a dark corner to ambush him, he wasn't shot at, and he wasn't eaten -- yet. Duo slowly exhaled, relieved.

"Jeez Duo old buddy, you're supposed to be an expert at stealth!" he chided himself.

He slowly started to walk out of the junkyard, dragging a mean-looking rifle of some kind behind him, and ran his fingers through his chesnut bangs with a sigh; he really had no plan whatsoever except to try and contact someone once he found a communications aid of some sort. He didn't know what he'd do from there, but he was sure he'd figure something out.

'What a day,' Duo thought to himself. 'first I'm late for work and the boss yells at me, and then the goddamned aliens attack! Sheesh, couldn't someone up there cut me a break for once?' he glanced upward in a silent plea to his Creator, and stopped dead in his tracks, his mouth hanging open, staring up at L2's artificial sky. " whoa." he said aloud to himself, "I guess today's my lucky day after all." Duo smiled, his mood brightening immediately. "It's raining girls in mini-skirts!" Indeed.

Five girls in armor and mini-skirts in different colors were falling from the sky, a breeze poofing out a few of the girls' skirts (which accounted for Duo's sudden smile).

Duo stood there, admiring the view, until suddenly he realized that the mysterious girls were coming straight for him!

-- But it was too late to escape. With an awful crunching sound, Sailor Mars fell on him, knocking him to the ground. Jupiter came after, and landed on top of Mars. Mercury landed on top of Jupiter, Eternal Armor Sailor Moon on top of Mercury, and Sailor Venus ended up on top of Sailor Moon.

"Well, that wasn't too bad now was it?" Sailor Venus stated cheerfully.

"Speak for yourelf Minako! You aren't at the bottom!" said a pissed-off Sailor Mars.

"V-babe, get OFF!" whined Sailor Moon, squashed underneath Venus at an impossible angle. "You're so heavy!"

"O . . . whoops. *Sorry!*" Said Sailor V, scrambling off of Sailor Moon.

Duo groaned under all the weight of the five girls and their armor. Though the Sailor Senshi didn't seem to notice the weight of the armor they were wearing (one of the many benefits of magic) , poor Duo was crushed under its heavy weight, and was in great pain. 'then again, maybe I'm not so lucky after all' he thought dazedly.

"Hey, uh . . . excuse me? Could you ladies please get off me?" Duo tentatively asked the Senshi, who were busy trying to untangle themselves from each other.

"Hmm?" One of Sailor Mars' high-heels jabbed him in the ribs as she shifted to look at him, and he hissed in pain. She rolled her eyes and shouted up to Sailor Moon, "Move it or lose it Odango Atama! We have a guy trapped under us, and I'm tired of waiting for you get it together!"

"Usagi! Get your elbow away from my face! Really . . .!"

"Sorry Mako-chan! I'm trying to get off I swear!"

"You're such a klutz Usagi!"

"Shutup Rei!"

"Could you PLEASE hurry it up ladies! You girls are so heavy, by the time I get outta this I'll be a pancake!"

"Jeez, I'm doing my best! Could you help me up Sailor V?"

"I hope you're not implying that I'm FAT . . .!"

Duo, sarcastically: "No, of course not."

Rei makes a angry noise.

"Ummm . . . Sailor Moon . . . some help please . . ." says Sailor Mercury. ". . . thanks."

"Anytime Mercury!"

After helping Sailor Mercury up, Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus proceed to help Jupiter, then Mars , while Mercury goes to stand off to the side to fiddle with her little blue laptop. Only Duo is left on the ground.

"Wow . . . he's a *HOTTIE*!" Sailor V whispers to Sailor Moon. She then reaches out a hand to help Duo up, with a mischievous gleam in her eyes.

"Hi" says V as she pulls Duo up. "I'm Mi-" -- A warning look from Mars - ". . .uh, Sailor Venus! And you are . . .?"

Duo takes Venus' hand and pulls himself up. Brushing the dust and dirt from his signature black clothing, he introduces himself, "The name's Duo Maxwell" and flashes his winning smile.

Sailor Venus' eyes first turn to stars, then to big red hearts. Sailor Mars states flatly, "She's a lost cause."

Jupiter nods in agreement, though in Usagi's opinion her action is hypocritical, since Makoto was the one who always thinks every guy she meets looks like her old boyfriend. But she didn't say anything.

"Ummm . . . excuse me?" Mercury addressed Duo, "Could you please tell me where all the people are? Somehow I thought your world would be more densely populated."

Duo looks at her as if she had grown 2 extra heads or something.

"What planet exactly are you FROM?" He asks her, incredulously. He couldn't believe that anyone could not know what was going on, that they hadn't heard about the alien monsters and the catastrophe they were causing. "You mean, you haven't heard about the monsters?!"

At the word "monsters", the Sailor Senshi snap to attention.

"Monsters?" Sailor Jupiter asked eagerly, "where? I wanna give 'em a piece of my mind!"

"Where did you see them last?!" Sailor Mars asked urgently.

"Can you give a description?" said Mercury.

"Was anyone hurt?" asked Sailor Moon.

"Were *you* hurt?" Venus asks sweetly.

Duo stared at them, thinking 'have they lost their minds? Girls like them wouldn't stand a chance against those aliens - it's suicide!'

"Are you babes CRAZY?! These are vicious alien monsters we're talking about, it's not some kind of silly game!" he exclaims.

"Please tell us where they are," Eternal Armor Sailor Moon pleaded. "We can help you fight them, I swear! We have these magical powers that help us fight monsters like the ones you're talking about all the time --"

'They really ARE crazy!' Duo thought to himself, exasperated.

"Uh, uh" he said, shaking his head firmly. "There is NO WAY I'm going to tell a bunch of silly teenage girls where to find those alien-things, especially a bunch of girls that think they have magic powers and belong in a mental institution! They're dangerous, and besides, I don't know where any are, and I'm making it my business not to find out!"

"Ugghhhh!" said a fustrated Sailor Mars, "YOU'RE no help! Come on guys, lets go look for the Negamonsters ourselves; if we don't find them first, they'll find us."

The girl in red armor started to walk away, and the others followed her. Duo turned to continue walking in the opposite direction, but his conscience began to nag him. 'You can't just let a group of insane girls try to face ruthless aliens without any defense!" it scolded him. 'they'll be slaughtered!'

'Hey, they obviously think they'll be fine by themselves' he countered, trying to convince his conscience of the legitimacy of his actions.

'Anyone can tell that they aren't right in the head! They're CRAZY Duo, and have no idea what they're getting into! Don't you feel at least a little guilty?!'

'O yeah, and just what do you want ME to do about it?'

'Keep an eye on them, of course!'

His conscience won him over, and Duo sighed in resignation. He turned back around and began to run to catch up with the 5 crazy girls in armor and sailor uniforms.

* * *

" . . . I wonder who our enemy will be this time." Haruka was saying, arms folded over her chest. She leaned back against the padded seat of a booth at deserted caf'e were she and Michiru had stopped for a rest.

"hmmm . . . well, the monsters we battled today sure were weak: they were easily defeated with only 2 of our weakest attacks, and they were pretty primitive and simple, not like previous negamonsters we've gone up against." Michiru stated, thoughtfully. "All the indications are there of a weak enemy that will be defeated quickly with little effort. Yet something doesn't feel right . . . even up here in space, I can still hear the oceans calling to me, and they seem agitated and nervous."

"hmmm, yeah, I have this gut feeling that this whole operation is not what it appears to be . . . this whole place, this whole mission is just plain weird, so I want to get it over with as soon as possible."

"Same here; let's keep our eyes open for that "Natural Gate", and watch our backs, right Haruka?"

"Right." She replied, and stood to leave. "let's get going, I don't like staying in one place too long, especially in unknown Enemy territory."

* * *

Sally was pissed. "The nerve of that arrogent bastard! Calling ME 'nothing more than a weak female cowering in fear of her enemies'! WHATEVER!!! 'searching for a dark hole to hide in'?!" Sally leaned up against the wall of an abandoned cellar, muttering to herself. "I was NOT trying to hide and anyways, it's not as if he's any better! He wants to run away from the problem, as if THAT'S not cowardly. Hmph!!"

The old wooden stairs that led down to the cellar creaked, and Sally glanced up to see Noin slowly making her way over to her.

"Hey Sally" she called in greeting.

"Hi Noin . . ." said Sally.

"So, what's up? Wufei being difficult again?"

"HE IS SUCH AN ASSHOLE!" Sally blurted.

"So I've heard. What happened this time Sally?"

"O nothing . . . we're just arguing about what to do next, that's all. We could have just had a mature discussion about it and acted like the adults we are, but no --- one of us still acts like a spoiled brat, and has to make every little disagreement we have personal. I don't know why I bother putting up with him!"

"Beats me, I don't know how you stand him! Really, you two don't even fight very often, though it's not because of any effort on HIS part."

"I understand where he's coming from, and the points he's trying to make, but . . . UUGGGHHHHH! I just get so FUSTRATED trying to get him to LISTEN to me! It's like I don't even exist, like I'm talking to a goddamn WALL!!! Anyways, I think I got through to him when I told him I wasn't leaving. . ."

"Yeah, *ahem* I heard. You two talk really loud when you argue, did you know that?"

"HMPH! Well I wouldn't have to talk so loud if Wufei wouldn't act so deaf!!!" Sally sighed: "O, I'm sorry Noin, I'm just so self-centered sometimes. You've been through a helluva lot worse than I have lately."

"Don't worry about it, it happens to the best of us."

"But how are you Noin, are you beginning to feel better?"

"Well, I'm a bit more settled now that I'm among friends, if that's what you mean, but . . ." Noin's eyes clouded over, "I'll never be able to forget how those monsters slaughtered all those people. Their faces - if you could call them that -- were devoid of all expression, except maybe joy in the killing or draining of innocent life. It was like they were incapable of mercy, of feeling emotion, Sally." She shuddered. "I've never witnessed anything so cold-blooded in my entire life, it isn't right, it isn't natural. Where could they have possibly come from? I mean, we knew there was probably life on other planets somewhere, but I didn't think so close, if a distant planet even IS their origin. It's like they aren't even supposed to be here, like they don't belong, like they aren't supposed to exist at all. O, what am I saying, I'm probably just tired, and all these past few days have been are one fustrating trial after another."

"I know what you mean." Sally replied.

Suddenly, the two Preventers heard Wufei's all-too-familiar voice shouting down to them from somewhere above: "Would you useless women get up here! Someone's trying to contact us over that primitive radio Sally put together!"

Sally caught her breath. 'Someone's trying to contact us?! Maybe it's some help, or . . .' she let her thoughts trail off, and ran up the stairs to the precious radio . . .

". . . anyone . . . Preventers . . ." Static noise allowed few decipherable words through, yet they were important ones. " . . . need help?! . . . Quatre Raberba Winner . . ."

"It's Quatre!" Sally murmured, excitedly. She knew she had recognized that voice!


~END OF "THE TWO WORLDS", CHAPTER FOUR~

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so . . . is it good so far??? Sorry this chapter's so short, and that it took so long to come out, but I've been too lazy and not in the right mood! Hmmm... this chapter is mostly dialogue, now that I look back over it, and I think I mixed up some tenses in the beginning. O well. I think I made Minako act a bit out of character too, but . . .whatever! Anyways, next chapter deals with Quatre, and where Relena fits in all of this. O yes, and we'll get back to Heero, and then Duo and the Inner Senshi!!! ^_^ 'Till next time . . .

~Belladonna Jaide~

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