Ikusano Kokoro: Nobles and Gods: Duo's in trouble
AN: Chapter seven!! I never thought I'd get this far. The story isn't long enough though!! My head is swimming with ideas and I have to write this quickly. I need help for the ending. I plan on writing multiple endings. And I have ideas I have decided that I would send out to my readers and check out what they think.
If you want to see my ideas and possibly comment on them, email me at guardian_raine@sailormoon.com
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" Quatre, What are you doing here?" Princess "Michiru" Kaioh Neptune walked over to her ward, watching him blush furiously. He was watching Princess "Minako" Aino Venus again, who was laughing with Princess Jupiter in the Moon gardens. He glanced at the love goddess who was smiling at something Kino-san had said. Embarrassed, he ran down the lane running into Duo, who was also spying on the girls. " Duo! What are you doing?!" Quatre whapped Duo on the back of the head and began to argue with him.
Jupiter had heard them arguing and came to investigate the noises. When she came up behind them, she whapped Duo on the back of the head as well. Minako laughed at Duo's grimace and grabbed Quatre's arm. She watched him gulp nervously and laughed hard. Duo winked suggestively at Jupiter and held out his hand. She snorted, punched him in the shoulder and ran when he began to chase her. Two streaks passed by Venus and Quatre, who where currently flirting. They saw Princess "Mako" Kino Jupiter run straight into Princess " Rei" Hino Mars and Chang Wufei.
They where arguing about the betrothal plans he and Princess " Ami" Mizuno Mercury had planned. " She loves Lotus flowers! Not lilies!" Mars shrieked, throwing up her hands in frustration. Just as the words came out, she was bushed over by a wildly running Quatre. They both fell to the ground, Mars letting out a startled shriek as they went. His head layed on something soft and Quatre was mortified to find hmself laying on Rei's breast. Duo, who was surprisingly acrobatic, jumped over Wufei and ran straight into Mercury, who had been talking with Trowa about various politics. But unlike Quatre he stopped himself from falling and wrapped his arms around her.
" Help! Mako-chan is freaking mad!" He hugged Ami tightly almost using her as a shield. But Jupiter who had tried to jump over Wufei, was currently being held by a fuming scholar. He had accidentally kissed her forehead and her symbol glimmered at the touch. Trowa managed to stop a flying Minako, who had knocked him over as well. Trowa was blushing furiously at their closeness. This was generally not "proper" but Minako and Rei didn't care. Infact, Minako kissed Trowa on the cheek. A sudden burst of laughing revealed that the little escapade had an audience. All of the men besides Duo were blushing, and currently the only girls who weren't beet red was Mako and Minako.
Makoto was furious and Minako was smiling. The viewers turned out to be the outer realm princesses. Princess Neptune stood with the others, winking at Quatre. Princess " Haruka" Tenoh Uranus was laughing at a furious Wufei and Princess " Setsuna" Meioh Pluto was chuckling at Trowa's embarrassment. Even young Princess " Hotaru" Tomoe Saturn, was smiling back at Duo's cocky grin. And then they heard another silvery tinkling laugh. Odin Lowe and Serenity Cosmos pushed through the outers to see what was happening.
" O..Ohayo Usa-hime." Ami gave Usagi a brave smile and pushed Duo off of her. He grinned, kissing her hand until Wufei glared at him. " D-baka, you had better back off from my betrothed." Wufei hissed evilly, glaring at his "companion". Duo blanched and began to run down the hall, hopping over Hotaru. Rei took the hint and glanced at Minako, who was currently flirting with Trowa..her intended. She glared bloody murder at Mina-chan, who flinched and began to run down the hall. Rei followed, glaring at her prey.
Serenity burst into giggles again, watching Duo dash down the hall much in the same manner as Minako was. Ami sighed, grabbed Trowa's arm and walked off in the direction of the gardens challenging him to a chess match. Jupiter snorted at Wufei's retreating back and and grabbed Quatre's hand to pull him up. Then they headed to the kitchen to have Mako fix him her favorite lunch and tea, while Quatre just would eat.
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Rei heard someone playing the violin softly in the rose section of the gardens. The music was elegant and soft, enchanting. Soon a second violin joined the first, forming a duet of elegance. The sound entranced her, causing Princess Mars to look for it's source. She came upon a beautiful grove surrounded by roses and casablanca flowers. They were her absolute favorite, causing her to smile softly. Quatre didn't notice Rei coming, his eyes closed as he worked his hand back and forth over the instrument. He was beautiful in an unearthly way, like he belonged in a grove with unicorns at his feet, nuzzling. Princess Neptune was beside him, looking at her ward affectionately.
" You'll make a girl a wonderful husband someday." The words resounded in her head. Wonderful husband...yeah for Princess Venus. Watching Neptune leave the grove, Rei walked over to Quatre. He was still oblivious to her presence, playing his violin. He was playing rapidly picking up the tempo into a song that breathed of the horrors of war. Rei listened on, emotions ripping through her. She suddenly had the strangest urge to cry. The tears were welling up in her indigo eyes and spilling down her face. Rei watched in silence until Quatre suddenly halted. He turned to look at her, his eyes widening with concern.
" Princess Mars? What's wrong?" Rei only shook her head and smiled through her disturbing tears. She wiped them away gently, chuckling as she did.
" There's nothing wrong. It's just that your music affected me. It was so beautiful and touching, it made me cry. You're very good at it." Quatre felt the heat rising and turned away, pleased but embarrassed. He started to play again, something light and happy. The tune was serene and elegant again, leaving Rei to smile happily. Quatre was caught up in his music again, but this time knowing he had an audience.
" Could you teach me how to play?" The soft inquery reached his ears, stopping the music that flowed from him. He smiled sheepishly and nodded yes, motioning for her to come over. Rei immediately stood up and walked over, picking up the instrument gingerly. Quatre set it up for her, leaning over her shoulder as he did. To show a few simple notes, He covered Rei's hands with his own, still looking over her shoulder, and directed her in how to play a first note. Rei laughed as a long clear note rang out. And then Quatre began to play, gliding her fingers across the strings, the tune was so sweet and sad, the tears began to well up again, causing her to sniffle. Once again, Quatre was mortified, only this time, becuase he had made someone cry.
" Mars-hime...." He began, prepared to stammer his apologies only to be cut off.
" Please call me Rei." She said, looking up at him. That was all it took, he couldn't help himself. Venus be damned, this was the woman he wanted. He kissed her softly, uncertain and gentle. He waited for her to back away, to slap him and run, but it never happened. Rei's own hand reached up to deepen the pressure, gently coaxing Quatre's lips to part. When they did, Rei invaded the silken cavatie, testing herself and him. Quatre, who was tired of being teased, finally took lead and began to kiss back, hands caught in her hair, drawing her closer. Nothing registered. Not Trowa, Not Venus, Not the fact that they were engaged to other people. All that mattered was the two people in their own little world. Rei finally pulled away, smiling uncertainly at Quatre.
He blushed, looking at his feet.
" Quatre-kun.." And his name, Quatre snapped up his head to look at her. He blushed again.
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Screams. Screams was all she heard. Tears running down her face, Sailor Mars watched as the Moon Kingdom was decimated before her eyes. Beryl, Queen of Earth, had destroyed the moon kingdom, one planet at a time. Her planet hadn't been spared and the outersenshi were destroyed first. The only senshi spared was Sailor Pluto, who was currently guarding the gates of time. The senshi had been picked off and their fiance's destroyed. Only The moon princess remained and her betrothed, Prince Endymion. She didn't know if Trowa still lived, and she was currently scared for him and Quatre, the man she secretly harbored a deep passion for.
" You can't have Serenity!" The shreik was heard in the distance, causing Mars to run to the throne room. Screams perpetuated through her head, ringing in her ears. When she got there it was to late, Odin had killed himself protecting Serenity. Endymion was dead too, lying before Mars. The inner senshi were laying around, dead, in odd angles, blood staining the marble floor. Wufei was dead, having died protecting Jupiter. Trowa was dead, having been killed fighting with Venus. Duo was dead, having been killed warning Mercury, who laid beside him. But Quatre, dear Quatre was still alive. Eyes flaring, He ran over to Serenity, drawing his sword.
" You'll never have Serenity!" Quatre had watched his friends die one by one. He wasn't about to let his Princess die as well. Nor his Rei. She wouldn't die. He refused to let her. A sudden scream was heard through out the throne room. " Usagi-hime!" Rei's screech of pain caused Quatre to turn and gasp. Rei had been hit by a Youma, a stupid lowly youma that had gotten her when her back was turned. She fell to the ground in pain, blood staining her white fuku.
" Fire Soul!" The flame scorched the youma into ashes, but Mars was fatally wounded. Quatre stood beside Serenity still, torn between Duty and desire. Serenity lunged for Venus's bloodied sword, driving it into her body.
" Protect Rei, Quatre-chan.." Her voice faded with the wind. Tears flowing down his face, He ran over to Rei, who was still breathing, but weakly.
" Rei-chan, please dont die on me.." Quatre said feverantly. She smiled painfully at him, mouthing the words kiss me. And he did, hungerily and furious. Another stray Youma, who was behind Quatre, stabbed him in the thigh. Rei eyes flared with rage.
" Quatre-san...please.." He still continued to kiss her. " Aishiteru, Quatre-san."
" Aishiteru..Rei.." They died a few moments later, still embracing..
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" Aishiteru, Rei-chan...." Quatre shot up out of bed, sweating. What was that whole thing about anyway? Disturbing dreams, strange girls, people drained of energy. How deep did it run? Quatre glanced at the three other people sleeping in the room. Minako, Rei and Trowa. There where only two beds and Rei had refused to sleep with Minako. Trowa had no problem sleeping with Minako, who had fallen asleep almost imeddiately. Rei on the other hand left Quatre's side in the middle of the night, promising to come back. It had to be about 3 in the morning when Quatre awoke from the dreams. Funny how they seemed so real.. like memories. Rei was tossing and turning, looking worried. She was mumbling something in her sleep. " No..Trowa..no..please..save yourself.."
The word were hurried and panicked. Quatre tried to calm her by rubbing her arm. Laying back down, he watched her turn over to him. " Quatre-san...please..Aishiteru.." Rei slowly opened her eyes, meeting warm ice blue. Quatre looked worried, his gaze on Rei's dark eyes. She sought quiet soothing warmth and in Quatre she found it. Rei scooted over to Quatre, her eyes troubled, and buried her head in the hollow of his shoulder. The tears came, her crying muffled in his shoulder. Quatre began to make soothing noises, wrapping his arms around her.
" Quatre-san..arigato." Rei said, voice trembling. She calmed herself, looked at his eyes, and promptly scooted abit from him. Blushing fiery red, Quatre didn't protest when she scooted over. After a while, his breathing became deep and even, telling Rei that he was asleep. Rei scowled and then smiled. " Just like Usagi-chan." And then she stepped out of bed to look at the stars outside. That's when she had found Heero, thinking deeply. Rei looked astonished to see him out here and asked him what was wrong.
" I don't know. Tsukino-san makes me feel like being kind. I've never felt anything but the cold wave of duty. All my life it has been mission accepted, mission completed." Heero still looked cold and distant like he always did. Rei glanced at him, sat down, and told him to tell her what was up. Heero looked pained and told her his problems. Roughly an hour later, When Heero had finally given up his rant, Rei was looking panicked herself. He can't be in love with Usagi-chan! No. The Outers were right, destiny can't be rewritten. Heero glared at her, noticing she had gone pale. " Is there something so wrong with that? Am I not allowed to feel?! Everyone thinks I'm a monster with no heart!" Heero stood up, glaring at her, rather hurt, and walked back into his room, slamming the door as he went.
" Heero-kun.." She glared back at him...no...the door and walked back into her own room.
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Duo woke up to the smell of cookies, freshly baked. Ami and Hilde were in the small kitchenette, fixing a quick breakfast of oat meal, toast, orange juice, and cookies. Hilde was slathering thick jelly over the toast and Ami was mixxing sugar into the oatmeal. Duo sniffed the air again, his stomach rumbling. He got up, and walked into the room, disregarding the fact he had only his pants on and was shirtless. He tapped Ami on the head, grinning sleepily.
" Hey, is that breakfast?" He asked, pointing the variation of food on the table. Ami turned to look at him and blushed almost imeddiatly.
" D-baka, put a shirt on!" Hilde said almost, smacking him on the back of the head.The grin disappeared and a guilty flush came over him. He walked out, returning later with a white t-shirt. The meal had been sorted out, all the gundam pilots and girls, minus Wufei and Mako (they're still with Sallly Po) were eating various forms of food. The oatmeal and cookies had been dished out, orange juice served, and toast being made. Duo nudged between Heero and Rei who were giving each other dirty looks. He asked Rei to pass him his food, she glanced at him, mumbled something and gave him a bowl of oatmeal. He looked at the bowl, noticing it had been eaten out of.
" Uh, Rei-chan, this is someones." He said, raisign an eyebrow at her. It had been her own. Quatre looked concerned.
" Rei-chan, is something wrong?"He asked quietly, looking directly at her. She looked at him, Heero, and at the rest of the senshi. She glared at Duo, grabbed her food, dumped it on Heero's head and stormed out of the room. Everyone looked surprised, especially Quatre and Relena. Relena spurted on something about rudeness and having no manners and proceeded to clean Heero up. Quatre jumped up from his seat, rushed out the door, and followed her as she left the motel and headed out into the parking lot. She seemed angry...deeply furious. Rei didn't even notice Quatre following her.
" Rei! Where are you going?!" She turned to see Quatre standing behind her, a worried expression on his face. Rei turned pale. She rushed over to him, throwing her arms around him. Sh whipered her worries in his ear, not minding the closeness between them.
" I need to find Usagi....I just do! She's in danger, I can feel it!"
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Heero pushed Relena away, shaking his head furiously. The slop on his head flew every which way, hitting Duo who was near him. Duo growled with anger, whiped the slop of his face and shook his hands to be rid of it. The stuff landed in Minako's hair, causing her to grin evilly.She clawed the slop from her hair, gathered as much as she could, and flung it back at Duo. The problem was, her aim, and she didn't even get to throw it. It fell out of Minako's hand on to Trowa's head. That finalized the food fight's little begining. He grabbed his bowl and tipped it on Minako's head, trying hard not to chuckle as she flew into a rage. She grabbed her own bowl and threw it at Relena, who was standing next to Heero watching in horror as it came flying at her. The pacifist princess blushed furiously and wrung the oatmeal out of her hair onto the top of Ami's head.
Ami had enough. She watched the food fight evolve into a major war. A door opened roughly, a surprised Wufei and Laughing Makoto enjoying the show. But they only enjoyed it until, Duo aimed a bowl at Trowa, who ducked, and caused Wufei and Mako to get splattered with the stuff. The gales of laughter ceased, only to be replaced with twin growls of rage. Ami had enough of this. She did the only thing she could.
" Mercury Star Power! Make up!" Sailor Mercury stood on the table, ceasing all flinging of food. " Alright! Stop now before I have to sub due you all!" Mako and Minako stopped, but Duo...being the obnoxious lovable annoying person he is, threw a cookie at her. She grinned wickedly, causing several peple to blink in amazment.
" Shabon Spray Freezing!" Heero, Duo, and Hilde where all iced in their spots. She turned and did the same to Trowa, Cathrine and Dorothy. Then she stared at Wufei, causing him to back away.
" Heh heh heh...Not me, Ami-san." Duo growled, struggling against the ice bonds that held him. No why Wufei was going to get away with that one.
" He hit me with a bowl!" Duo said, nodding in Wufei's direction. Ami looked back at Wufei, mumbled gomen, and did the same to him. Mako and Mina disappeared out the door while Ami punished everyone by reading out of her algebra book. Wufei gave Duo a glare that said, " I'll kill you as soon as this is over, Maxwell."
Rei was currently telling Quatre about the moon kingdom and the Silver Millenium. His eyes widened when she told him everyone was at peace and the princesses of those planets were the senshi them selves.
" The whole universe was under Serenity's kind rule. That was true peace. But even then there were guardian princesses. They protected the goddess Serenity's daughter from harm, often forgoing their own safety. Those Princesses where us, the sailor senshi. In those old times, Our current leader wasn't Sailor Moon, as she was the princess we guarded, integral to keeping the Universe at peace. Sailor Venus was the leader then, the commander of the inner senshi. The outer senshi had Sailor Saturn as their leader. The Guardian Princesses of the Outer Realm, they protected the vast reaches for Queen Serenity. I was Princess Hino Mars, Otherwise known as Rei. I protected people in the name of flames and all their passion. I hate to say it, But I was the soldier of war. I had dreams of the past last night. That's why I couldn't sleep, Quatre-san." Dreams of the past? Quatre thought about his own dreams.
They where vivid now, replaying in his mind. The visions had been familiar, like a destiny gone wrong. Princess Rei Hino Mars, That had been the girl in his dream. She had a striking resemblance to Rei, though the princess had striking flaming red hair and eyes. But the posture and beauty remained the same. Their wasn't only her, but eight others. The most disturbing of which where outer realm princesses. Princess Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Pluto. Neptune had been playing with him in the rose gardens when Princess Mars had come to listen.
" You were Princess Mars..did you have red hair and eyes in the past?" He asked wanting to know more about her, and the connection she had with his dream princess.
" Hai..How did you know that?" Rei asked him, turning to Quatre in shock. He just blushed, thinking about the kiss. Rei glanced at him, noting the blush and began to wonder what he was blushing about.
" Hey, Quatre-kun. Rei-chan, the baka pilots are in need of your assistance. Ami iced them up for being bad. Duo especially." Rei blanched and ran back into Ami's hotel room and let out a gasp. "Ami-chan! What did you do?!" She sat playing with Heero's laptop, that he had brought into the room before breakfast. He was shivering, glaring at Ami, and trying to tell Duo to stop whining.
" LET ME OUTTA HERE, REI-CHAN! PLEASE!" Rei nodded numbly, and took out several oufudas (sp?) and began to perform, Akuryu Taisan.
The small anti evil scrolls melted the ice, releasing the pilots and gundam girls. Relena stood up imeddiately, glared at Rei and proceeded to yell at her about this being her fault.
" I can't believe you'd start this! I thought you of all the senshi would have the dignity to have some pride." Rei turned, her temper just a little to raw. Her eyes blazing fire, she advanced on her prey. Duo sat back to watch the fight begin. Rei grabbed a fork from the now demolished kitchen, and chucked it so hard at Relena's head, it stuck in the wall behind her. The pacifist princess blanched, eyes wide. Shocked, she turned and fled from the room, Rei intent on chasing Relena. Only three people held her back, Wufei, Quatre and Heero. She struggled against the three men, Quatre running up to her front, pushing her back. The pissed off priestess was strong, no doubt about that.
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Usagi woke up about 11:00 in the morning, in a strange room. She was sitting on a canopy bed, the sunlight filtering through a bright glittering window. She yawned, pulled away the sheets, and threw her body over the side of the bed. She walked over to the chestnut dresser alongside the bed, and searched the drawers for some clothes. She did this all with out thinking, thinking she was back in Tokyo. All she found was men's clothes. " Shimatta! Where the hell are my clothes?" She looked down and noticed she wasn't wearing *ANY* clothes.
" AHHH! Where are my clothes?! Where am I?!"
AN: Chapter seven!! I never thought I'd get this far. The story isn't long enough though!! My head is swimming with ideas and I have to write this quickly. I need help for the ending. I plan on writing multiple endings. And I have ideas I have decided that I would send out to my readers and check out what they think.
If you want to see my ideas and possibly comment on them, email me at guardian_raine@sailormoon.com
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" Quatre, What are you doing here?" Princess "Michiru" Kaioh Neptune walked over to her ward, watching him blush furiously. He was watching Princess "Minako" Aino Venus again, who was laughing with Princess Jupiter in the Moon gardens. He glanced at the love goddess who was smiling at something Kino-san had said. Embarrassed, he ran down the lane running into Duo, who was also spying on the girls. " Duo! What are you doing?!" Quatre whapped Duo on the back of the head and began to argue with him.
Jupiter had heard them arguing and came to investigate the noises. When she came up behind them, she whapped Duo on the back of the head as well. Minako laughed at Duo's grimace and grabbed Quatre's arm. She watched him gulp nervously and laughed hard. Duo winked suggestively at Jupiter and held out his hand. She snorted, punched him in the shoulder and ran when he began to chase her. Two streaks passed by Venus and Quatre, who where currently flirting. They saw Princess "Mako" Kino Jupiter run straight into Princess " Rei" Hino Mars and Chang Wufei.
They where arguing about the betrothal plans he and Princess " Ami" Mizuno Mercury had planned. " She loves Lotus flowers! Not lilies!" Mars shrieked, throwing up her hands in frustration. Just as the words came out, she was bushed over by a wildly running Quatre. They both fell to the ground, Mars letting out a startled shriek as they went. His head layed on something soft and Quatre was mortified to find hmself laying on Rei's breast. Duo, who was surprisingly acrobatic, jumped over Wufei and ran straight into Mercury, who had been talking with Trowa about various politics. But unlike Quatre he stopped himself from falling and wrapped his arms around her.
" Help! Mako-chan is freaking mad!" He hugged Ami tightly almost using her as a shield. But Jupiter who had tried to jump over Wufei, was currently being held by a fuming scholar. He had accidentally kissed her forehead and her symbol glimmered at the touch. Trowa managed to stop a flying Minako, who had knocked him over as well. Trowa was blushing furiously at their closeness. This was generally not "proper" but Minako and Rei didn't care. Infact, Minako kissed Trowa on the cheek. A sudden burst of laughing revealed that the little escapade had an audience. All of the men besides Duo were blushing, and currently the only girls who weren't beet red was Mako and Minako.
Makoto was furious and Minako was smiling. The viewers turned out to be the outer realm princesses. Princess Neptune stood with the others, winking at Quatre. Princess " Haruka" Tenoh Uranus was laughing at a furious Wufei and Princess " Setsuna" Meioh Pluto was chuckling at Trowa's embarrassment. Even young Princess " Hotaru" Tomoe Saturn, was smiling back at Duo's cocky grin. And then they heard another silvery tinkling laugh. Odin Lowe and Serenity Cosmos pushed through the outers to see what was happening.
" O..Ohayo Usa-hime." Ami gave Usagi a brave smile and pushed Duo off of her. He grinned, kissing her hand until Wufei glared at him. " D-baka, you had better back off from my betrothed." Wufei hissed evilly, glaring at his "companion". Duo blanched and began to run down the hall, hopping over Hotaru. Rei took the hint and glanced at Minako, who was currently flirting with Trowa..her intended. She glared bloody murder at Mina-chan, who flinched and began to run down the hall. Rei followed, glaring at her prey.
Serenity burst into giggles again, watching Duo dash down the hall much in the same manner as Minako was. Ami sighed, grabbed Trowa's arm and walked off in the direction of the gardens challenging him to a chess match. Jupiter snorted at Wufei's retreating back and and grabbed Quatre's hand to pull him up. Then they headed to the kitchen to have Mako fix him her favorite lunch and tea, while Quatre just would eat.
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Rei heard someone playing the violin softly in the rose section of the gardens. The music was elegant and soft, enchanting. Soon a second violin joined the first, forming a duet of elegance. The sound entranced her, causing Princess Mars to look for it's source. She came upon a beautiful grove surrounded by roses and casablanca flowers. They were her absolute favorite, causing her to smile softly. Quatre didn't notice Rei coming, his eyes closed as he worked his hand back and forth over the instrument. He was beautiful in an unearthly way, like he belonged in a grove with unicorns at his feet, nuzzling. Princess Neptune was beside him, looking at her ward affectionately.
" You'll make a girl a wonderful husband someday." The words resounded in her head. Wonderful husband...yeah for Princess Venus. Watching Neptune leave the grove, Rei walked over to Quatre. He was still oblivious to her presence, playing his violin. He was playing rapidly picking up the tempo into a song that breathed of the horrors of war. Rei listened on, emotions ripping through her. She suddenly had the strangest urge to cry. The tears were welling up in her indigo eyes and spilling down her face. Rei watched in silence until Quatre suddenly halted. He turned to look at her, his eyes widening with concern.
" Princess Mars? What's wrong?" Rei only shook her head and smiled through her disturbing tears. She wiped them away gently, chuckling as she did.
" There's nothing wrong. It's just that your music affected me. It was so beautiful and touching, it made me cry. You're very good at it." Quatre felt the heat rising and turned away, pleased but embarrassed. He started to play again, something light and happy. The tune was serene and elegant again, leaving Rei to smile happily. Quatre was caught up in his music again, but this time knowing he had an audience.
" Could you teach me how to play?" The soft inquery reached his ears, stopping the music that flowed from him. He smiled sheepishly and nodded yes, motioning for her to come over. Rei immediately stood up and walked over, picking up the instrument gingerly. Quatre set it up for her, leaning over her shoulder as he did. To show a few simple notes, He covered Rei's hands with his own, still looking over her shoulder, and directed her in how to play a first note. Rei laughed as a long clear note rang out. And then Quatre began to play, gliding her fingers across the strings, the tune was so sweet and sad, the tears began to well up again, causing her to sniffle. Once again, Quatre was mortified, only this time, becuase he had made someone cry.
" Mars-hime...." He began, prepared to stammer his apologies only to be cut off.
" Please call me Rei." She said, looking up at him. That was all it took, he couldn't help himself. Venus be damned, this was the woman he wanted. He kissed her softly, uncertain and gentle. He waited for her to back away, to slap him and run, but it never happened. Rei's own hand reached up to deepen the pressure, gently coaxing Quatre's lips to part. When they did, Rei invaded the silken cavatie, testing herself and him. Quatre, who was tired of being teased, finally took lead and began to kiss back, hands caught in her hair, drawing her closer. Nothing registered. Not Trowa, Not Venus, Not the fact that they were engaged to other people. All that mattered was the two people in their own little world. Rei finally pulled away, smiling uncertainly at Quatre.
He blushed, looking at his feet.
" Quatre-kun.." And his name, Quatre snapped up his head to look at her. He blushed again.
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Screams. Screams was all she heard. Tears running down her face, Sailor Mars watched as the Moon Kingdom was decimated before her eyes. Beryl, Queen of Earth, had destroyed the moon kingdom, one planet at a time. Her planet hadn't been spared and the outersenshi were destroyed first. The only senshi spared was Sailor Pluto, who was currently guarding the gates of time. The senshi had been picked off and their fiance's destroyed. Only The moon princess remained and her betrothed, Prince Endymion. She didn't know if Trowa still lived, and she was currently scared for him and Quatre, the man she secretly harbored a deep passion for.
" You can't have Serenity!" The shreik was heard in the distance, causing Mars to run to the throne room. Screams perpetuated through her head, ringing in her ears. When she got there it was to late, Odin had killed himself protecting Serenity. Endymion was dead too, lying before Mars. The inner senshi were laying around, dead, in odd angles, blood staining the marble floor. Wufei was dead, having died protecting Jupiter. Trowa was dead, having been killed fighting with Venus. Duo was dead, having been killed warning Mercury, who laid beside him. But Quatre, dear Quatre was still alive. Eyes flaring, He ran over to Serenity, drawing his sword.
" You'll never have Serenity!" Quatre had watched his friends die one by one. He wasn't about to let his Princess die as well. Nor his Rei. She wouldn't die. He refused to let her. A sudden scream was heard through out the throne room. " Usagi-hime!" Rei's screech of pain caused Quatre to turn and gasp. Rei had been hit by a Youma, a stupid lowly youma that had gotten her when her back was turned. She fell to the ground in pain, blood staining her white fuku.
" Fire Soul!" The flame scorched the youma into ashes, but Mars was fatally wounded. Quatre stood beside Serenity still, torn between Duty and desire. Serenity lunged for Venus's bloodied sword, driving it into her body.
" Protect Rei, Quatre-chan.." Her voice faded with the wind. Tears flowing down his face, He ran over to Rei, who was still breathing, but weakly.
" Rei-chan, please dont die on me.." Quatre said feverantly. She smiled painfully at him, mouthing the words kiss me. And he did, hungerily and furious. Another stray Youma, who was behind Quatre, stabbed him in the thigh. Rei eyes flared with rage.
" Quatre-san...please.." He still continued to kiss her. " Aishiteru, Quatre-san."
" Aishiteru..Rei.." They died a few moments later, still embracing..
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" Aishiteru, Rei-chan...." Quatre shot up out of bed, sweating. What was that whole thing about anyway? Disturbing dreams, strange girls, people drained of energy. How deep did it run? Quatre glanced at the three other people sleeping in the room. Minako, Rei and Trowa. There where only two beds and Rei had refused to sleep with Minako. Trowa had no problem sleeping with Minako, who had fallen asleep almost imeddiately. Rei on the other hand left Quatre's side in the middle of the night, promising to come back. It had to be about 3 in the morning when Quatre awoke from the dreams. Funny how they seemed so real.. like memories. Rei was tossing and turning, looking worried. She was mumbling something in her sleep. " No..Trowa..no..please..save yourself.."
The word were hurried and panicked. Quatre tried to calm her by rubbing her arm. Laying back down, he watched her turn over to him. " Quatre-san...please..Aishiteru.." Rei slowly opened her eyes, meeting warm ice blue. Quatre looked worried, his gaze on Rei's dark eyes. She sought quiet soothing warmth and in Quatre she found it. Rei scooted over to Quatre, her eyes troubled, and buried her head in the hollow of his shoulder. The tears came, her crying muffled in his shoulder. Quatre began to make soothing noises, wrapping his arms around her.
" Quatre-san..arigato." Rei said, voice trembling. She calmed herself, looked at his eyes, and promptly scooted abit from him. Blushing fiery red, Quatre didn't protest when she scooted over. After a while, his breathing became deep and even, telling Rei that he was asleep. Rei scowled and then smiled. " Just like Usagi-chan." And then she stepped out of bed to look at the stars outside. That's when she had found Heero, thinking deeply. Rei looked astonished to see him out here and asked him what was wrong.
" I don't know. Tsukino-san makes me feel like being kind. I've never felt anything but the cold wave of duty. All my life it has been mission accepted, mission completed." Heero still looked cold and distant like he always did. Rei glanced at him, sat down, and told him to tell her what was up. Heero looked pained and told her his problems. Roughly an hour later, When Heero had finally given up his rant, Rei was looking panicked herself. He can't be in love with Usagi-chan! No. The Outers were right, destiny can't be rewritten. Heero glared at her, noticing she had gone pale. " Is there something so wrong with that? Am I not allowed to feel?! Everyone thinks I'm a monster with no heart!" Heero stood up, glaring at her, rather hurt, and walked back into his room, slamming the door as he went.
" Heero-kun.." She glared back at him...no...the door and walked back into her own room.
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Duo woke up to the smell of cookies, freshly baked. Ami and Hilde were in the small kitchenette, fixing a quick breakfast of oat meal, toast, orange juice, and cookies. Hilde was slathering thick jelly over the toast and Ami was mixxing sugar into the oatmeal. Duo sniffed the air again, his stomach rumbling. He got up, and walked into the room, disregarding the fact he had only his pants on and was shirtless. He tapped Ami on the head, grinning sleepily.
" Hey, is that breakfast?" He asked, pointing the variation of food on the table. Ami turned to look at him and blushed almost imeddiatly.
" D-baka, put a shirt on!" Hilde said almost, smacking him on the back of the head.The grin disappeared and a guilty flush came over him. He walked out, returning later with a white t-shirt. The meal had been sorted out, all the gundam pilots and girls, minus Wufei and Mako (they're still with Sallly Po) were eating various forms of food. The oatmeal and cookies had been dished out, orange juice served, and toast being made. Duo nudged between Heero and Rei who were giving each other dirty looks. He asked Rei to pass him his food, she glanced at him, mumbled something and gave him a bowl of oatmeal. He looked at the bowl, noticing it had been eaten out of.
" Uh, Rei-chan, this is someones." He said, raisign an eyebrow at her. It had been her own. Quatre looked concerned.
" Rei-chan, is something wrong?"He asked quietly, looking directly at her. She looked at him, Heero, and at the rest of the senshi. She glared at Duo, grabbed her food, dumped it on Heero's head and stormed out of the room. Everyone looked surprised, especially Quatre and Relena. Relena spurted on something about rudeness and having no manners and proceeded to clean Heero up. Quatre jumped up from his seat, rushed out the door, and followed her as she left the motel and headed out into the parking lot. She seemed angry...deeply furious. Rei didn't even notice Quatre following her.
" Rei! Where are you going?!" She turned to see Quatre standing behind her, a worried expression on his face. Rei turned pale. She rushed over to him, throwing her arms around him. Sh whipered her worries in his ear, not minding the closeness between them.
" I need to find Usagi....I just do! She's in danger, I can feel it!"
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Heero pushed Relena away, shaking his head furiously. The slop on his head flew every which way, hitting Duo who was near him. Duo growled with anger, whiped the slop of his face and shook his hands to be rid of it. The stuff landed in Minako's hair, causing her to grin evilly.She clawed the slop from her hair, gathered as much as she could, and flung it back at Duo. The problem was, her aim, and she didn't even get to throw it. It fell out of Minako's hand on to Trowa's head. That finalized the food fight's little begining. He grabbed his bowl and tipped it on Minako's head, trying hard not to chuckle as she flew into a rage. She grabbed her own bowl and threw it at Relena, who was standing next to Heero watching in horror as it came flying at her. The pacifist princess blushed furiously and wrung the oatmeal out of her hair onto the top of Ami's head.
Ami had enough. She watched the food fight evolve into a major war. A door opened roughly, a surprised Wufei and Laughing Makoto enjoying the show. But they only enjoyed it until, Duo aimed a bowl at Trowa, who ducked, and caused Wufei and Mako to get splattered with the stuff. The gales of laughter ceased, only to be replaced with twin growls of rage. Ami had enough of this. She did the only thing she could.
" Mercury Star Power! Make up!" Sailor Mercury stood on the table, ceasing all flinging of food. " Alright! Stop now before I have to sub due you all!" Mako and Minako stopped, but Duo...being the obnoxious lovable annoying person he is, threw a cookie at her. She grinned wickedly, causing several peple to blink in amazment.
" Shabon Spray Freezing!" Heero, Duo, and Hilde where all iced in their spots. She turned and did the same to Trowa, Cathrine and Dorothy. Then she stared at Wufei, causing him to back away.
" Heh heh heh...Not me, Ami-san." Duo growled, struggling against the ice bonds that held him. No why Wufei was going to get away with that one.
" He hit me with a bowl!" Duo said, nodding in Wufei's direction. Ami looked back at Wufei, mumbled gomen, and did the same to him. Mako and Mina disappeared out the door while Ami punished everyone by reading out of her algebra book. Wufei gave Duo a glare that said, " I'll kill you as soon as this is over, Maxwell."
Rei was currently telling Quatre about the moon kingdom and the Silver Millenium. His eyes widened when she told him everyone was at peace and the princesses of those planets were the senshi them selves.
" The whole universe was under Serenity's kind rule. That was true peace. But even then there were guardian princesses. They protected the goddess Serenity's daughter from harm, often forgoing their own safety. Those Princesses where us, the sailor senshi. In those old times, Our current leader wasn't Sailor Moon, as she was the princess we guarded, integral to keeping the Universe at peace. Sailor Venus was the leader then, the commander of the inner senshi. The outer senshi had Sailor Saturn as their leader. The Guardian Princesses of the Outer Realm, they protected the vast reaches for Queen Serenity. I was Princess Hino Mars, Otherwise known as Rei. I protected people in the name of flames and all their passion. I hate to say it, But I was the soldier of war. I had dreams of the past last night. That's why I couldn't sleep, Quatre-san." Dreams of the past? Quatre thought about his own dreams.
They where vivid now, replaying in his mind. The visions had been familiar, like a destiny gone wrong. Princess Rei Hino Mars, That had been the girl in his dream. She had a striking resemblance to Rei, though the princess had striking flaming red hair and eyes. But the posture and beauty remained the same. Their wasn't only her, but eight others. The most disturbing of which where outer realm princesses. Princess Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Pluto. Neptune had been playing with him in the rose gardens when Princess Mars had come to listen.
" You were Princess Mars..did you have red hair and eyes in the past?" He asked wanting to know more about her, and the connection she had with his dream princess.
" Hai..How did you know that?" Rei asked him, turning to Quatre in shock. He just blushed, thinking about the kiss. Rei glanced at him, noting the blush and began to wonder what he was blushing about.
" Hey, Quatre-kun. Rei-chan, the baka pilots are in need of your assistance. Ami iced them up for being bad. Duo especially." Rei blanched and ran back into Ami's hotel room and let out a gasp. "Ami-chan! What did you do?!" She sat playing with Heero's laptop, that he had brought into the room before breakfast. He was shivering, glaring at Ami, and trying to tell Duo to stop whining.
" LET ME OUTTA HERE, REI-CHAN! PLEASE!" Rei nodded numbly, and took out several oufudas (sp?) and began to perform, Akuryu Taisan.
The small anti evil scrolls melted the ice, releasing the pilots and gundam girls. Relena stood up imeddiately, glared at Rei and proceeded to yell at her about this being her fault.
" I can't believe you'd start this! I thought you of all the senshi would have the dignity to have some pride." Rei turned, her temper just a little to raw. Her eyes blazing fire, she advanced on her prey. Duo sat back to watch the fight begin. Rei grabbed a fork from the now demolished kitchen, and chucked it so hard at Relena's head, it stuck in the wall behind her. The pacifist princess blanched, eyes wide. Shocked, she turned and fled from the room, Rei intent on chasing Relena. Only three people held her back, Wufei, Quatre and Heero. She struggled against the three men, Quatre running up to her front, pushing her back. The pissed off priestess was strong, no doubt about that.
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Usagi woke up about 11:00 in the morning, in a strange room. She was sitting on a canopy bed, the sunlight filtering through a bright glittering window. She yawned, pulled away the sheets, and threw her body over the side of the bed. She walked over to the chestnut dresser alongside the bed, and searched the drawers for some clothes. She did this all with out thinking, thinking she was back in Tokyo. All she found was men's clothes. " Shimatta! Where the hell are my clothes?" She looked down and noticed she wasn't wearing *ANY* clothes.
" AHHH! Where are my clothes?! Where am I?!"
