Character: Hoshi Musuame

Age: 17

Height: 5'7"

Physical description: Blue/ black eyes, silver hair, black short skirt(usually. Or jeans), knee high black boots decorated with silver threads, torn black tank top. Wrist computer and melted bracelet on her wrist.

Weapons: Dagger on right arm, sword in left boot, gun

Character Description: Orphaned by pirates, then raped and left for dead far from any civilization, Hoshi now wants the Outlaw Star to get revenge. She brings new meaning to 'appearances can be deceiving'.

Mini Glossary!: Darrin: An exclusive group of persons, believing themselves to be of higher origin then the rest of the galaxy. They are six bases in space belonging to them and their kind. Darrin 6 was a base outside of Andromedae that was attacked by pirates and mercenaries. There were six survivors out of fourteen million.

Chapter One- To Honor or Not to Honor

Gene Starwind and his friend and crewmate Jim were busy working on their space grappler ship, the Outlaw Star, when someone cleared their throat. Jim stood first and turned to face was appeared to be a silver haired shadow. He blinked and the girl stepped forward.

"Excuse me," she said politely with a voice like a Siren. "Are you Gene Starwind?" "M-me?" Jim could only gape. She was possibly the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Silver hair cascaded from a high ponytail to her slender shoulders and glittered like her dark eyes. Finally, after several nervous looks from the woman, the boy managed to kick his companion in the leg. Hard. "G- Gene?"

"Whadda ya' want?" snapped Gene, standing and wiping grease from his hands. He glared at the blonde haired boy, then turned and saw the girl. A smile crossed his face. "I'm Gene Starwind. What can I do for you?" She bowed deeply.

"My name is Hoshi Musuame," she told him. "I need work and was told by a young woman you were in need of crew." Gene nodded, then paused and scratched his head.

"I am, but who in the world could've known that?"

"Hi guys!" Melfina came up behind Hoshi, carrying a bag of groceries in one hand and a smaller shopping bag in the other. She stopped to look at Jim. "Is he… okay?" Gene shrugged.

"He's just entranced by this young lady here," he explained, motioning to Hoshi. Melfina smiled warmly at the other girl.

"I'm sorry, Hoshi. If I had known you were going to beat me here, I would have warned them. I hope it hasn't caused you any trouble?" Hoshi flashed a smile that was all natural man killer, but obviously wasn't meant to be. Still, Jim gave a contented sigh, which gained looks from all three people. "Are you sure he's well, Gene?" Gene passed his hand in front of the boy's face and sighed.

"Lovesick." Hoshi raised an eyebrow.

"Over me?" she asked. Gene grinned.

"You bet," he answered

"But… why?" She blinked in confusion. "I don't get it."

"Mel, why don't you take him inside and see if he can't do anything productive," said Gene. "Hoshi, do you fight?" She shrugged as Melfina gently guided the boy into the ship.

"If you mean honorably, depends on your definition of honor and who I'm fighting," she replied. He thought a second, then nodded, as if answering his own question.

"Who do you fight honorably?" he tried.

"Everyone… except pirates." Her eyes darkened slightly, if that was possible, and almost sparked with the fire behind them. "If my opponent doesn't fight fair, neither do I. No sense in getting killed over my honor."

"You have a interesting outlook," commented a voice. Hoshi's hand tightened and her whole body went rigid. Twilight Suzuka came from the door of the hanger calmly, a slight smile on her face. "Your name is Hoshi," she said, though whether it was a comment or a question, Gene couldn't tell. Suzuka looked the girl over openly, something she never did, which really confused the red-haired outlaw. "You come from Darrin 6." Hoshi started out of her state and nodded her head slowly.

"I do," she muttered.

"But how do you know that?" asked Gene, turning to the assassin.

"Her wrist band," stated Suzuka. The silver haired girl lifted her wrist, displaying a small computer as well as a cuff of twisted, partially melted metal.

"Wait a minute," said Gene. "She's one of the survivors of Darrin 6 attack? No wonder you hate pirates."

"I have more reasons then that," she murmured softly, lowering her arm. She swallowed and looked at Gene, but he just grinned.

"You have a job," he informed her. Her eyes grew wide.

"You mean it?" she questioned. He nodded with a shrug.

"Just because you come from a troubled past doesn't mean you can't be useful. Welcome to the crew of the Outlaw Star." Another guy-melting smile burst out onto her face and she clapped her hands together excitedly.

"Thank you!" she exclaimed. "When are you leaving?"

"Tomorrow morning, so you had better get whatever stuff you need. We have food and supplies, but you'll need your own weapons-"

"I have weapons," she broke in with a small laugh. "I'm fine with that. What does the job pay?"

"Right now…" He hesitated, then decided to just break it to her honestly. "Nothing. We're a little strapped for cash. But we're working on it, don't worry." She just shook her head.

"No problem. I wasn't looking for the money anyway." He raised an eyebrow.

"So what were you looking for?"

"A way to get off this god damned space station," she said, turning to leave. "See ya' tomorrow!"

Chapter 2

"I'm not waiting all day for her," said Gene. "She should've been here on time." Mel gave him a look which he so rarely ever received, something between 'don't-be-an-idiot' and 'can't-you-ever-be-patient'.

"You're being stubborn," she chided him. "Just give her a little time. We're not even scheduled to take off until noon and it's only ten!"

"Yeah, give the girl some slack, Gene," said Jim. "She probably got lost of somethin'."

"Don't you start," warned Gene. "You're hormones are on overdrive buddy. Trust me, Hoshi doesn't seem like the person to want to date a fifteen year old." Jim growled and opened his mouth to say something when Hoshi burst into the docking area. She still wore the same tank top, only now she wore jeans and a white unbuttoned shirt. A duffel bag was slung carelessly over her shoulder, a sword and a long staff crisscrossing her back. "There you are. Where ya' been?"

"Took me a while to remember the dock number," she said, grinning playfully. "But here I am, ready for duty."

"You are." Gene gave her a look and she shot him the smile. He sighed. "Mel can show you where your quarters are. You'll be bunking with her."

"No prob." Hoshi followed Mel inside the ship and sighed in relief the instant the doors closed. "Thank god," she said. "I almost thought he was going to kill me or something." Mel grinned.

"He wouldn't... Gene's a really nice guy."

"I noticed. That's a good thing." They shared a look, and laughed.

"You may leave your things here and I'll show you around the ship," said Mel when they entered a small room. Hoshi nodded and dropped her bag, then the staff. She grinned at Melfina and brushed her braid over her shoulder..

"All set and ready to go."

R and R, PLEASE?! I never get reviews! ~pout~ I still love all of ya', though. Mostly 'cause you sat through my stories and… well, yeah. If anyone has anything that I left to a broad description and/or did wrong, spelled wrong, etc, tell me, but keep nice, okie? No flames… I'm a pyro. I'll make my own fire, thanx

Note again: I revamped this a bit and took out the entire last part... it didn't really have a point anyway. The next part is the beginning of a two-part series that begins the Search for Six. Have fun.