Disclaimer: The question of the week: Does Achi own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing? Nah... just specific characters *coughDemandocoughMilliardocoughWufei* but to prevent myself from getting flamed by angry mobs claiming they own those three, I gladly opt to share them. But I refuse to let them go. So :^p to the Goddess Naoko who does own Demando. And I forgot how to spell Gundam Wing's owner's name... bad Achi... On to chapter two of "Simply Pawns in a Game of Life"!!! Oh... and the Quatre bit I put in the third set change with Dorothy... it is simply what happens when he gets EXTREMELY bored... lets talk out of character... :)
~ Achicagoil

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Simply Pawns in a Game of Life
rated: PG-13
chapter two

Dark eyes loomed over Setsuna as the time guardress slowly got up from her position on the red carpeted floor. "Damn... the stupid cut opened up again," she muttered under her breath while noticing the other person in the room.
"If you intend to kill me, go ahead. Save a couple of people whom should not be named a hell of a lot of trouble," the time guardress sneered, puting on a cynical attitude. Cold laughter followed.
"You think I'm here to kill you? No, that just won't do. How else would I get any information out of you from how you appeared just outside this base. Anyway, I don't do the dirty work. I pay people to do it for me," a mysterious voice loomed out through the room, adding to the jack-hammer already pounding on Setsuna's head.
The figure, outlined as a female, snapped her fingers as several people popped out of nowhere and pounded Setsuna on her head, knocking her out.
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Duo looked sheepishly down at the girl he had just tied to a chair. She seemed to be in her teens, no older than Milliardo-sama, but yet, she had an air of aging to her that not even he could predict her age.
"Didn't I give her that knife for a reason?" he asked, fumbling with the ropes that would soon bind the guardress's hands together. He was under close watch by his supposedly fellow guards. As soon as their backs were turned, he'd high-tail his ass out of there, along with the girl. If she was important to the enemy, than the hastle would be worth it just to see the looks on the guerilla group's faces when they realized she was gone.
Slowly, crimson eyes opened to stare up at Duo. "Woah... you weren't out for long... How hard did they hit you?" he asked her, keeping his voice down to a whisper. She croaked a laugh.
"Would you perhaps like an example?" was all she asked before the dark female from before walked into the room.
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Dorothy was watching Quatre, half amused, half horrified. And half unable to speak. This meeting had been going on for four hours. And Quatre... the innocence and boredom had finally taken toll on him. The sweet Arabic had formed his fingers into a small dog, twisting the smaller limbs in ways that were never meant to have been twisted. The dog seemed to be talking to him, for he was talking back.
'Simple minded Quatre. Too bad he had to grow up with so many sisters. They seem to have a forever lasting toll on him,' she thought as the dog poked Trowa and started to bite the brunette's arm off. Dorothy made a slight snort of laughter before turning away as to not distract the easilly amused blonde. And poor Trowa was fighting for his arm's life.
"So the whole point in getting Duo back is Quatre, what the hell are you doing?" Noin asked who happened to be 'bitten' by Quatre's dog.
"He's bored. Spot tends to bite people when he gets bored. I don't blame him. When I was his age, I bit people just for the enjoyment out of it," the blonde commented simply. Dorothy took that moment to duck under the desk and crack up silently. Had Duo been there, Dorothy would have had somebody to share her laughter with.
Wufei sighed. "Out of all the groups they had in this stupid league, I got stuck with the stupid one," he snorted, glaring at Sally. It had been her idea to get all the Gundam pilots together to form a group. Actually, you couldn't have picked five guys more different than the last. And when adding the girls to the group, you completed the freak show.
Spot began to bark at Dorothy from across the room. Small pieces of crumpled up trash were hurled at Quatre. A round of applause was made to complete Une and Sally's antics. Spot disappeared and Quatre hands became one again. He grinned. "So, what has this meeting been about?" Groans were heard throughout the room as Milliardo and Sally banged their heads against the meeting table.
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Akutenshi giggled darkly. This girl was special. Old yet young. The prophesies had mentioned that the girl who appeared mystically would be the key to winning. But only if she should stay alive.
Akutenshi had grown up, hating the war, knowing it led to only death. Her parents had both been pascifists, fighting for the space colonies. But then the dreaded gundams had come. They had blown up in a shuttle that a Gundam had killed. A gundam. The dreaded mecha had been the reason she was an orphan.
When the war had ended, bitter and alone, she had fled to Earth, where her parents had died, in search for welcoming. A search for power. A search for revenge. That was when Anrui had met up with her. The two combined had been a perfect match.
Yemon was a tall man with hair so black that it turned blue in the light and eyes that were shockingly green. He had met the girl Akutenshi when she had been searching the countryside of Japan. He had needed someone with power and a strong hold of reality. She had needed someone with money and facilities.
Over the pass five years since her parents had died, the two had gained power, money, and followers. The Earth and Colonies had gained the Preventors. Without the Preventors, there would be no war. Or so Akutenshi thought. So she just continued with Yemon's plans.
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Blue met blue as the darkness enloped Usagi. She was off to fight. She was searching for revenge. She wanted the truth to happen.
The blonde had been against joining Galaxia. Galaxia had killed Mamoru. Galaxia had killed the Lights and Kakyuu. Galaxia would have killed her.
It had been a fair exchange. Cosmos had never come to help the senshi in that final battle. Setsuna had never come to help the senshi in the final battle. Galaxia, no, Chaos had won. Chaos had made a deal with the senshi. They would live, but only if they joined. The lights and Kakyuu would be given life and their galaxy back. Mamoru would be alive, or as alive as you can get without your starseed. But only if the senshi of the Moon Kingdom would join Chaos's reign of immense power.
It hadn't been her idea, but her senshi had over-powered her. Their souls wanted to live. Saturn wanted to find love. Uranus and Neptune wanted to live with each other. Rei wanted to be the Shinto priestess of Crystal Tokyo. Jupiter wanted to be the famous chef. Ami wanted to be a doctor. Minako wanted to be a star. And she had wanted to be with Mamoru.
As soon as Setsuna was dead and time was given over to Chaos, all would be given back their starseeds and live under Chaos's rule. There would be one less senshi, and Pluto the planet would have never existed, but it was better than losing love for all eternity. So Usagi had given in. She wanted her senshi to be alive. And she wanted Setsuna to pay for not living up to her expectations as an outer senshi.
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Queen Charon looked through the viewing portal. It was not going to be a pretty task that Setsuna would enjoy, but it had to happen. King Ares banged his fists against a pillar.
"But how do we know that she will be able to live up to our expectations? I mean, one single youma and she has that gash in her side!" he argued with Minerva, the queen of the outer senshi as well as the planet Uranus.
"Are you saying that one of my best senshi would not be suited for the job of saving the world? Without her, the inner senshi would be dead! Am I to remind you that it is she who sent the inner senshi to their futures? Twice? Once in the Moon Kingdom and then now once currently? Or what about the time she saved Uranus and Neptune's lives? It because of them that Sailor Moon was able to henshin without the holy grail! And then, numerous youma sent by Beryl as well as Demando and Chaos have attacked the time stream. Without her there, there would be no future to come to!" Minerva argued, eyes blaring brightly.
Aphrodite held back Ares's arms as the god of war attempted to dodge at Minerva. The goddess smirked. "Bring it on. You are no match for me."
Selenity was getting fed up. All of the senshi, as well as their parents, were fighting. It was like this every time there was a crisis. Outer planets verses inner planets. "That is enough!" she cried out, her warm voice slapping those around her. Nine pairs of eyes turned to her.
"Ares, you know better than to judge one of the outer senshi. They are more powerful than the inner senshi and the youma that only tore up Setsuna-san's side would have killed Rei-san or Serenity-hime with one single slash. Minerva, I ask of you to not pick fights with anyone. This mission will be a hard one. Setsuna does have to get the starseeds of our senshi back, but she also must fight in a different dimension. I am not even sure if her powers work in this universe. We must pray to the gods and ask them to watch over her. She is our last hope."
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Duo watched as the strange girl was being questioned. She needed medical help soon or else she would die. And he was the only one around who cared enough to even bother. He had to act soon or it would be too late.
A guard walked up to him. "Hitori-ichi. Akutenshi-sama wants you to take the prisoner back to her cell and treat her wounds. Go now," the guard said as Duo saluted and walked over to the girl.
"Go ahead and untie her. It's not like she can run anywhere or hurt anyone," Akutenshi commented. Duo nodded and took off the girls binds. He flung one of her arms over his shoulder and started walking. He noticed no other soldiers were following.
"The others are needed and you are trusted. Now go," Akutenshi ordered, sending him out of her room.
As soon as Duo was out of the room, he started fleeing. "Where are we going?" Setsuna asked, having trouble keeping up.
"Anywhere BUT here," the brunette added cheerfully, taking her to the mobile doll room where the guerilla kept their mobile dolls secretly. He quickly lept aboard a hanger that was scheduled to leave soon and threw off the few workers upon it, starting up the engine and taking off. The girl was free, but not for long.



Yeah... I know... the ending was pretty cheesy. I admit to it. But... I didn't want too much fighting because it's basically only Duo and Setsuna's too weak to use her powers. But hey, at least I've finally got this story rolling!!! Stay tured for chapter three where... erm... I'm not sure what'll happen :-D