Time of Cosmos Chapter 3 a - Back from the Past

" Who are you?!" Millardo asked rather harshly. The girls jumped back away from Serena and started to reach for their guns, but then taking a second look at Millardo and decided he was no threat, just an extremely confused man. They were just about to reply when quick footsteps were heard pounding through the halls. They all faced the door waiting, and soon a black blur passed through it and was soon behind Serenity.

" HEELLPP!!!"

They blinked and turned to see who is was clutching at Serenity's skirt. Hotura poked her head out once behind it to take a quick look on who was around and hid behind Serenity again.

Serenity looked down and raised her eyebrow at her. Hotura looked up with wide eyes.

" Help…ONEGAI!!" Hotura clutched at Serenity's skirt tighter in her hands.

" What-" Rei was cut off when a loud scream was heard.

" HOOTTUUURAAA!!!! I'M GONNA KILLL YOUUU!!!!!!!"

Duo than ran in…with daisies and lilies in his hair…which was in loops. His hair was done up in the cone hairstyle like Chibiusa's but where she left streamers his streamers had been pulled in and made two loops at the side of his head. Since his hair was brown the white lilies and daises contrasted a lot. In his hair purple ribbons were braided in, giving him a pretzel kind of look. Also to add to this the black priest out fit he wore and his red face did not match, making him a monstrosity.

They stared in horror at Duo while Hotura tried to hold back giggles. She couldn't and she collapsed on the floor laughing. Soon Serenity, Rei, Minako and Ami joined her. Quatre hid his chuckles and smile with his hand while Millardo was openingly doing so. Wufei smirked while the corners of Heero's and Trowa's mouth twitched.

" IT'S NOT FUNNNY!!!" Duo shouted at them embarrassed and angry, he directed his eyes to Hotura, and blinked at the crowd of newcomers. " Who are they?" Duo pointed at the laughing girls.

" Oh! These are my friends!" Hotura said once getting up. " Minako, Rei and Ami!"

" How on Earth did he end up like this Hotura??" Minako giggled.

" Well he said we were going to get something to eat and I told him that I wasn't hungry. He asked what I wanted to do and I said I wanted to see a flower field. We found one and I told him to close his eyes because I wanted to do something with his hair." Hotura said this looking totally innocent. " He agreed."

" Not to this!!" Duo yelled pointing at the monstrosity upon his head, " You said you would make it nice!!"

" I said unique." Hotura said pointing a finger at him.

" Well…it's definitely… unique…" Ami giggled from behind her hand.

" Almost as unique as us ne?" Minako giggled.

" Yeah, well dying and coming back is definitely unique Minako." Rei said with some light sarcasm.

That stopped everything as silence took hold of all the guys. Rei then noticed what she said and became nervous at the silent pilots.

" I've been wondering…how is it you're alive Meiran." Wufei drawled out. " You died when the colony was destroyed, I know it. I buried you." Wufei ended in a flat tone.

Rei smiled lightly, knowingly, " I know."

" Then how is it you're here?!?!" Wufei yelled not being able to restrain himself as he glared at her.

" It's a amazing how real an illusion can be." Rei said softly, then she continued, " I watched you, you know. Watched you bury the illusion that you thought was me. Watched you spend a day and night digging, watched you suffer in sorrow." Rei's voice barely a whisper, regret tinged her every word. " I watched from the shadows wanting to run out and tell you that I was alive, that I was still there." Rei looked up into his eyes " But I knew I couldn't, I was on a mission and the mission didn't and couldn't include you as a part of it."

Ami looked Rei with soft eyes, then she turned her gaze to Wufei who was staring back at Rei with hard unfeeling eyes.

" Do not blame her," Ami said to Wufei, whom switched his hard orbs to her. " the mission was not given to us by scientists or anyone else except us, ourselves and the fates.

You do not know how many times we wanted to come back to you." Ami said. Wufei felt that the 'you' did not include him alone. Sure enough, Ami was looking toward a certain green-eyed pilot. She gave him a soft smile.

Rei looked at him with intense purple eyes that burned with an unknown emotion. " I, WE," Rei gestured to all the girls. " never wanted you to have to experience the pain and loneliness that we did. But we had little choice, demo…we made sure you were not in danger of feeling what we did."

Ami tucked a lock of blond hair back behind her ear and looked to the ground. " Or re-experience what you didn't have to." She whispered.

" What do you mean Ami?" Hotura asked in confusion.

" Midii." Trowa said looking at her with hard eyes.

Ami looked away and Serenity looked at her with unreadable eyes.

End of chap!!!
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