Lily

Notes: Hey! Here's the next chapter! Hope you guys all like it! And, a special note to Karen, if
you're reading this. Minako's boss is not necessarily supposed to be Lee. Minako's boss is just
meaner. ^_^

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing. Just deal.

~Chapter 3~

The next morning, Lily was rudely awakened by Heero. "Get up." he said, coldly. Lily glanced
at the clock. "But it's 6am.." she muttered. Heero grunted, and walked out of the room. Lily
sighed. "Here we go." she said to herself.

Once downstairs, she was greeted by the non-emotional faces of Heero, Trowa and Wufei, and
the smiling faces of Duo and Quatre. "Good morning!" Quatre greeted, pulling out a chair for
their new guest. Quatre then set a plate of food in front of her. "You'd better eat up! We have
alot of work to do--" he stopped when he noticed that her food was already half gone. 'Wow.' he
thought to himself. Lily finally finished her food. Setting the fork down on the plate, she spoke
up. "So!" she started, "What are we going to do today?" Quatre stood up, pushing his chair back
under the table. "We have to test your power first. Will you please come with me?" he asked.
Lily nodded, and followed Quatre. She was followed by Heero.

Quatre lead Lily into a large, dark room. Every step echoed. She looked around, and noticed
that the only thing in the room was a large piece of metal sitting in the middle of the floor.
"What's that?" she asked. "It's Gundanium Alloy." Quatre answered her. "It's almost
indestructible. We need you to test your powers on this. If you can destroy it, then we know that
having you try against OZ' new mobile suit will be worth a shot." Lily smiled as she pulled her
brooch out of her pocket. Holding it up, she shouted, "Moon Crystal Power!! Make-Up!" In a
flash of light, ribbons and feathers, Lily transformed into Sailor Moon. Heero and Quatre
couldn't believe what they had just seen! "That was amazing!" Quatre said. Heero still remained
quiet. Lily looked over to him, wondering why he always seemed so cold.

"Now." Quatre said, interrupting her thoughts. "All you need to do is focus your powers against
that piece of metal! We'll know where to go from there." Sailor Moon looked over at Heero one
more time. He just crossed his arms. Looking back at the scrap of metal, Sailor Moon pulled
out her scepter. "Moon Scepter--Elimination(Gomen for using the dub phrase! I know the
japanese one, but my mind is drawing a blank! AAAHHH!!!)!!!. She hit the target dead on, but
all she managed to do was dent it a bit. She kept trying, using one power after another. By the
time she had finished, she was drained of almost all of her energy. Sailor Moon groaned. "I
don't get it! It should be dust right now!" she yelled. Quatre tried to hide his disappointment.
"It's alright." he said, forcing a smile. "We'll try agian later on, after you've regained your strength."

"I'm sorry." Sailor Moon apologized. "No need! You never asked to do this!" Quatre said.
Sailor Moon looked back at Heero. 'Why does he always stare at me like that?' she thought to
herself. She kept focused on his Prussian blue eyes, until her legs finally gave way. Heero ran
up and caught her. "She needs rest." he said, "I'll take her back to bed." he finished, carrying
Sailor Moon out of the room.

Quatre sighed, and walked back to the sitting room. He sat down in front of his laptop, and
looked over Lily's files, until he came across something very helpful. "That's it!" he yelled.

When the other pilots heard this, they rushed in to find out what was going on. Quatre explained
to them how Lily couldn't destroy the target. Wufei muttered something about weak women, but
Quatre continued. "She has comrades." he said, just as Heero came back downstairs. "We won't
be able to bring all of them, but we can bring one." he said. "Which one is the strongest?" Trowa
asked. Quatre looked down at the files for a moment, finally leaving it at one. "This one." he
pointed to the screen. A picture of a girl that looked similar to Lily, but her hair was tied back in
a big, red bow. "She's the strongest. She's the one we need." "I'll go." Heero said in his usual
monotone. Quatre, remembering what things were like when he went to get Lily, decided to
speak up. "I'll go too! First, I'll ask her nicely if she'd care to help us. If she refuses..." Quatre
sighed. "You can take over." Heero nodded, walking over to the machine. Heero and Quatre
each put on the necessary equipment, and stepped inside the machine. Trowa took control at the
computer.

"We're ready!" Quatre shouted. There was a brilliant flash of light, and the two disappeared
from the large, metal box. Next thing they knew, they both fell onto the hard sidewalk. Luckily,
there was no one underneath this time. They both stood up, and read over the files.

"Her name is Aino Minako. Here's her address. Let's go there first." Quatre said. Heero nodded,
and they were off. Once they reached her apartment, they knocked on the door. When no one
answered, Quatre sighed, opening the file folder again. "The next place to check is.." he said as
he read. "The Crown Arcade. It's a place that she likes to visit." he said.

Once they got there, they were greeted by a smiling Motoki. "Good afternoon!" he said, "Is there
anything I can help you with?" Heero just stared straight ahead, so Quatre answered the man.
"We're looking for Miss Aino Minako. Would she happen to be here?" he asked. "No." Motoki
said, sadly. "She had an accident the other day, and is in the hospital recovering from severe
burns." "Thank you." Quatre said as they left. Motoki wondered what the two wanted....

"Here we are!" Quatre said, pointing to the hospital entrance. Heero just walked up ahead. Once
they got to the counter, Quatre asked the nurse, "We're looking for Miss Aino Minako. Can you
please tell us where we can find her?" The nurse started typing something into her computer.
"She was discharged last night." she said dryly. "Thank you." Quatre said as they left the
hospital.

~Juuban Florist~

Minako sighed as she painfully poured yet another bucket of dirty water down the drain, when
the back door opened. I stepped her co-worker, and good friend, Karen. "Hi, Karen!" she
greeted, trying to sound happy. Karen gasped. "What are you doing here?!?!" she yelled. "You
should be at home! Resting!" Minako shook her head. "Can't." she said. "Mr. Masaki(*gasp*
It's Dr. Masaki's brother! Well, it's actually a lack of creativity right now. Please bear with me!)
said that since I'm out of the hospital, I should be well enough to work." Karen growled. "Who
does he think he is!?" she yelled. She glanced into his office, and saw him asleep at his desk.
"Go home, Minako! I'll make up some crazy story! You shouldn't be working!" Minako sighed.
"You know that he'll just get even madder! He hated the fact that I had to take time off to go to
the hospital at it was! I'll just try to take it easy today, okay? Don't worry about me."

Karen looked at Minako. "Alright, but when you say take it easy, take it EASY!" Minako smiled.
"Thank you." she said to her friend. The phone started to ring. "Why don't you get that." Karen said,
"I'll finish up these buckets." Minako smiled, then rushed over to answer the phone. "Good
afternoon, Juuban Florist. How may I help you?" Karen smiled, picking up a bucket, and
dumping it into the sink.

A few seconds later, Karen heard the bell in the front of the store. She walked up, and greeted the
two young men that walked in. "May I help you?" she asked politely. "We're looking for Miss
Aino Minako. Is she in?" the platinum-blonde asked. "Yes, but she's on the phone with a
customer right now. Is there anything I can do for you in the meantime?" Quatre shook his
head. "No, thank you." he said, politely. Just after he did, Karen heard Minako saying, "Have a
nice day.", then hanging up the phone. "Here she comes." Karen told the boys.

"Minako," Karen started, "These two young men are here to see you." she finished. Minako
looked at them, puzzled, as she made her way to the credit-card machine to charge the purchase.
"How can I help you?" she asked. Just then, Minako's boss, Mr. Masaki walked up to the front of
the store, finally up from his nap. "Get to work, Minako! I don't pay you to talk to your
boyfriends!" Minako scowled. "I don't even know these people!" she shouted back. "They came
to see me!" "Well," Mr. Masaki started, "It's just going to have to wait until you're off work." he
said. Minako was getting angry, however, her anger turned to surprise when she saw that the
brown-haired boy was pointing a gun at her. "Come with us now." he said. Quatre sighed, and
shook his head. 'This wasn't supposed to happen!' he said to himself. "Like hell, I will!" came
Minako's response. The others were surprised by her boldness.

'If no one else was around, I could transform!' Minako thought, cursing her situation. "Please,
Miss Minako-" Quatre started, but was interrupted by Minako crossing her arms. "I'm not going
anywhere." she stated matter-of-factly. "But we need your help to-" Quatre was interrupted
again, this time by Heero. "Shut up, Winner." he said coldly. He looked back at Minako, who
still refused to move. Knowing that he couldn't shoot her, he aimed his gun at someone else, and
fired.

"Mr. Masaki!" the two girls yelled as the man fell to the floor. 'Now's my chance.' Heero
thought. Taking advantage of the fact that Minako had put her guard down, he grabbed her by
the arms, and dragged her out of the store, screaming. Quatre looked back at the other crying
girl. "I'm sorry." he said. "This wasn't supposed to happen." he finished, running after Heero.

"LET ME GO, you creep!!!!!" Minako yelled. She managed to strike Heero across the face, but
his grip did not loosen, instead, he tightened it. People stood by dumbstruck as they watched the
scene. By chance, Naru had happened to be walking down the same street. She looked over to
see what all the yelling was about. "That's Minako!" she said, starting to run for help.

After a couple minutes of running, she bumped into Rei. "Oh! Naru! Why are you running?"
she asked. "It's....It's Minako! She's in....trouble!" Naru said out of breath. "What kind of
trouble?!" Rei asked surprised. "There's a man carrying her off down the street. He has a gun."
Rei's eyes widened. "Go call 911, Naru. I'm going to go see what's going on." Naru nodded, and
ran off. Rei immediately set to calling the other Senshi on her communicator.

Heero continued dragging the struggling Minako away from the crowd of people, until she
finally managed to give Heero a sharp kick in the shin. He winced in pain, as his grip started to
loosen. Minako yanked her arm free, and took off down the street.

"Wait!" Quatre ran after her. Minako turned down an alleyway, then realizing that it was a dead
end. She turned to run back out, but it was too late. The blonde boy had caught up, and lunged
for her, tackling her to the ground. She struggled, but Quatre held on firm as he said, "Please
calm down, Miss Minako! I just want to talk!" Minako continued to struggle as Heero turned
down the alleyway. Quatre turned around when he heard a click. 'That can only mean one
thing.' Quatre thought to himself. Quatre finally realized that he shouldn't have let his guard
down. Minako punched him hard, right in the stomach. He closed his arms around himself,
groaning in pain.

Minako then jumped up, and ran. However, she didn't think before she did, and ran right into
Heero. Heero picked her up, and lifted her over his shoulders. "PUT ME DOWN!!!!" she
screamed as Heero walked over to Quatre.

Just then, Sailor Mars, Mercury and Jupiter spotted their friend. "Let her go, creep!" Jupiter
shouted. Heero said nothing. "Anyone who messes with us gets more trouble than they've
bargained for." Mars hissed. "Now, Trowa!" Heero shouted. In another flash of light, the three
disappeared.


Notes: Like it? Hate it? Sorry if it sucks, guys, but it's 1:30 in the morning! I can barely keep
my eyes open! Anyway, thanks for reviewing! Please review!! :) ~PrincessVenus