(Chapter Two)
Well, you're at the next chapter. That's all you need to know. Disclaimers back in the prologue. Short Author's Notes but you don't really want to read all my babbling right?
~*~*~*~*~ In the Gundam Wing Dimension ~*~*~*~*~
Serena looked out the window of her room in Quatre's mansion. It was a beautiful view, hers overlooked a garden filled with flowers that surrounded a sparkling fountain that gushed water into the air. "It reminds me of the Moon." She said softly to no one in particular. A slight cough from behind her made her whirl around to come face to face with Heero Yuy. "Oh! What can do for you?" she asked curiously seeing the set expression on his face. (AN: Just to tell you, since she doesn't know him well, she doesn't know that's how he *always* looks.) "What did you do?" the question was in a monotone voice. Serena blinked, "Do what?"
"How did you destroy those Tauros suits?" Serena's eyes registered understanding, "You mean those robot things that were blasting at us earlier? We destroyed them using magic." Heero's eyes were indifferent, "So are you saying you three are top-notch magicians?" Serena shook her head "It's hard to explain… we were given our powers with our transformation. Michelle and Alex… they are very secretive of who they are… more than the Inner soldiers. They need to fulfill a mission of some sort that has to deal with the heart crystals of people. They have something to do with the Heart-Snatchers that are appearing on Earth… and the Death Busters… oh no." she stopped speaking as she just realized something. "There won't be anyone protecting the people from the Heart-Snatchers! None of the other soldiers are very willing to fight since I saw them last…"
Heero looked at her saddened face, it was strange how she reminded him of Relena… they had the same personality, always thinking of others before themselves, dedicating their lives to helping others. He could barely retain himself from gathering Serena in a warm hug to reassure her. Instead he simply stood there as Serena groped through the pockets of her uniform for her communicator. The communicator didn't simply let her communicate with the other scouts; it would also let her check on the Heart-Snatchers with Luna. (AN: Not true, but then isn't that a *good* thing for this story?) Luna's feline face appeared in the tiny screen of the 'watch' and it was a look of worry.
"Serena! Where have you been?! Your parents are already sick with worry! Get back here now!" Serena sighed, "I'm sorry Luna… I can't. I got pulled through and inter-dimensional portal and I'm stuck here." Luna's face registered shock. "This can't be possible! But… what about the Heart-Snatchers? Where are the other senshi?" Serena's face was a little troubled. "If you find them, don't ask them to patrol, there was something weird about them… something dark. You'll have to do it yourself Luna… Use your human form." (AN: I don't know if she is able to do it when she was reincarnated but in my fic she can.) Luna nodded slowly. "My magic won't be as strong as yours… but I'll have to try." Serena smiled, "Take the Scepter. It'll be more effective." Nodding, Luna smiled softly "Be careful Princess. You've got a world waiting for you…"
The communication link was cut as the screen fuzzed into static. Heero had been watching the screen in slight shock. The cat… it had talked. "Are you going to tell me that cats regularly walk around talking?" he asked, she grinned, "Do we seem like normal girls? Well… let me rephrase that… do *you* think the whole female population goes around transforming? Do you think they'd need our magic?" Heero nodded slowly comprehending. "Will you help us fight?" he asked her, the words coming a little hard to him since he didn't ask for help very often. "I don't know… I would be willing to help… if they were simply machines. But if there are people involved, then it's not about monsters or demons or heart-snatchers anymore…" Heero gave a cold laugh, "That's been our problem, a lot of the mobile suits sent in from OZ are now mobile dolls. They are basically computer-programmed."
Serena digested this information. "I'll help… but I'm not sure about the other scouts… they don't often like to help others if it doesn't help their mission." Heero nodded, "Sounds like me. I don't let any obstacle bar my path in a mission." He turned to leave before stopping at the door without turning. "Oh, Quatre wants you to come down for dinner…" he looked at his watch. "In around ten minutes." Serena stood up, "Where do I go?"
"Down the hall, through the second door to your right."
"Oh. Thanks."
"…" there was no answer as he closed the door behind him. Serena wrapped her arms around herself, Whoa, cold. Like a certain Darien Chijba I know… (AN: I just learned this! It's Chijba! I've even got proof!) She looked around her room. It was a nice one, fully furnished and a door led to the large adjoining bathroom. She sat back down on the bed, looking out onto the garden below. "If only I could share this with him… huh, yeah right. Like he'd ever come looking for *me* the clumsy meatball head that mistakes his head for a trashcan and a target for flying shoes." She sighed and leaned back so that she was lying sideways across the bed. 'And I thought I would someone in this life… someone like that man from the moon kingdom that calls for me, someone I can't remember… but every time I go out with a guy, he ends up breaking my heart. Some people just aren't meant for love.'
A tear slipped unnoticed down her cheek, and she closed her eyes before they shot wide open again as soon as she heard a loud bell at the door of her room. She jumped up and opened the door. Standing there was a cheerful woman with long auburn hair. "Hi! Master Quatre has ordered for some clothes to be brought to all of you." Serena smiled. "Why thank you! Um… I would get some men's clothes for Alexandra though, just a warning." The maid was a little confused but nodded, "Okay… sure." She walked off down the hall and Serena closed the door. She finally got a good look at the dress that she was holding and she gasped in delight. It reminded her of her princess dress, but much more different than the simple style that she had worn. This one was a pale blue, back less and tight at the top, which flared down into a beautiful swirl under the waist.
She put it on to find that it fit her exactly. Taking down the buns in her hair, she took the brush laid out underneath the mirror. After brushing the snarls out of her hair, she twisted the top part of her hair until it coiled, fastened it still with the bobby pins from her buns and left the rest hanging down over her back. Smiling at the reflection in the mirror, she walked out the door. She met up with Michelle and Alex outside her door who had the two rooms next to her. Michelle was wearing a light purple dress similar to her own while Alex wore a simple shirt and suit-type of outfit. She was looking down at it, "Hmm, I wonder how they would know to ask me whether or not if I wanted a dress or not… and how formal IS breakfast?" Serena didn't answer, "Come on, we can't be late or our hosts will be disappointed." Michelle slipped an arm in Alex's. "Then let's go." The three went into the large dining room and Serena gasped at the layout of food on the table.
The five guys were already sitting there, along with five girls that they didn't know. "Oh here they are. Girls, these are my guests, Serena, Michelle and Alex. These are our… friends. Catherine, Dorothy, Sally, Hilde, and Relena." Smiling, the girls moved over to make room, though it was unnecessary since it was a *really* big table. Sitting down, Serena found herself next to Duo and Michelle. She was still amazed at the amount of food on the table… and how much the guy Duo was already eating. She grinned. "Bet I can beat you." She said softly making him stop eating and grin. "Yeah right! I made the record around here!" Hilde rolled her eyes, "You can say that again…" Serena grinned even wider, "And I'm here to break that record!"
With that, the both of them began eating again, Serena more slowly than Duo being careful not to spill anything on her beautiful dress. But steadily, she ate until she had beaten Duo. "Told you so." She said, wiping her mouth with her napkin. Michelle was staring at her wide-eyed, "How do you stay so thin? You're like a machine!" Patting her stomach, Serena smiled, "I've got a very fast metabolism."
"No doubt about that one… what was THAT?!" Michelle cried as she sat up straight looking around the rumbling room where they could see crackles of purple light coming from what looked like a very short distance away. "That… that was the same light that we saw when you came here. There must be someone else coming through that portal of yours." Serena's eyes widened. "Do you think that it'll let us go back?" Michelle shook her head, "I don't think so… from what I've learned from time-portals, it's a sieve one, a one-way portal you could say." Serena slumped. "Oh… well, who do you think could get through?" Michelle lightly tapped her temple thinking hard, "Only a selected few are supposed to travel through one of those portals I think…" Alex stood up, "Then let's go see who's here." Michelle nodded. "Teleport?"
"Definitely. We don't have time." Serena stood up as well and she started to reach for her broach before stopping. "Are they trustworthy?" she asked the guys carefully. At their nods, she continued with the transformation. "Cosmic… Moon… Power… Make-up!" she yelled and the ribbons of magic swirled around her, making up her sailor suit and she twirled to a stop. The others' transformations were more simple than hers, and quicker. Grasping each others hands in a circle, they called out, "Sailor… Scout… Power… Teleport." They each began to glow a different color, around Sailor Moon an aura of pink, a light green one around Neptune, and a yellow one around Uranus. They disappeared with a blur of those three colors.
After the initial shock, Relena was the first to speak. "Guys, you have a *lot* of explaining to do." Quatre's eyes were still wide, "You don't ask *us* that question… we don't know the answer to it."
At the spot of teleportation, Sailor Moon, Sailor Neptune, and Sailor Uranus were facing a group of four Inner Sailor Soldiers, glaring coldly at Sailor Moon and hiding from view someone behind them. "Senshi! What are you doing here?!" cried Sailor Moon. "Nothing we're going to tell you!" snapped Sailor Jupiter, her brown eyes boring holes into her ex-leader. "But…"
"Listen. We're not here to become your petty protectors anymore, okay Sailor Moon? We have a *true* leader now, and we will defeat the world for him." interrupted Sailor Venus. "Now get out of here." Sailor Moon turned to Sailor Mercury with a confused and hurt look. "Sailor… Mercury." The voice behind the senshi was cold and cruel. "Hello Sailor Moon." The soldiers parted to reveal a figure shadowed in darkness. But what Sailor Moon knew… he was pure malicious evil. "Scouts! Why are you fighting for… him?" she cried, trying to make them see what she could with her first glance.
"Because he is our master. Now, we will repeat ourselves once more. Get out of here!" yelled Sailor Venus, clearly the leader of the group. "No." they turned to the shadowed figure. "Sailor Moon. You are destined to be mine. To be the Dark Queen and rule next to me." Sailor Moon let out a tiny smirk, "And you believe that will happen?"
"It is what you are destined to be."
"Well, I can change this horrible destiny can't I? Moon… Spiral-" she was cut off abruptly by a violent attack from the other senshi which sent her sprawling. Sailor Venus was the one wearing the smirk on her now, "Oh… did I mention that we were given more power?" Sailor Moon spat the dust out of her mouth. "Thanks for telling me earlier." A sudden column of light flared down between them and when it disappeared, Serena was shocked to see Darien Chijba kneeling there in front of her. Neptune and Uranus stepped forward. "Who the hell are you?" they said simultaneously to the shadowed figure completely ignoring Darien. "The Dark Lord. The High King of the Negaverse."
Uranus snorted, "You can't be harder to defeat than the Messiah of Silence." They could not see the smirk forming on the shadowed figure's face, but the ones on the faces of the senshi were perfectly clear. "Oh, I don't think it is time for us to battle, my slaves. Let us go… for now." With that, the four Inner Scouts turned and walked into the dark shadow. The darkness disappeared taking them with it and all that was left was a bright sunny field. Sailor Moon immediately ran to Darien. "Are you alright?!" she cried. He looked up and glared at her. "I'm fine." He said shortly before looking around. "Where the hell am I?" Sailor Moon didn't answer after the cold words spoken to her. "Who the hell do you think you are talking to the princess like that?!" growled Uranus stepping towards him with her fists clenched. (AN: They all know she's the Neo-Queen and all that, but they don't know Darien's King Endymion.)
"Why should I tell you?" he answered standing up and giving them a cold look. "Well… Darien, we're in another dimension and we can't go back to our own world." Said a soft voice from behind him. He turned to see Sailor Moon looking at him, her eyes dull, and he could see a slight shimmering in them… were they tears? But when he looked again, the look had passed and she was simply looking at him through her big blue eyes. Neptune stepped forward. "Who are you?" she asked almost indifferently. "Darien Chijba." He said bluntly before checking out his surroundings a second time. "Is this some kind of *joke* Serena? This can't be another dimension, it looks too much the same." The two Outer Scouts shot her a look that plainly said, How does *he* know you're Sailor Moon??!! Serena mouthed two words, "Tuxedo Mask." That was met with another shocked look at the man in front of them.
A loud noise erupted from the air above them and they all looked up to see Quatre's Sandrock gundam above them. Darien didn't make a noise but his eyes widened slightly as the gundam landed to their left and the cockpit opened to reveal Quatre. "What happened? Who's he?" Sailor Moon de-transformed. "He's Darien Chijba, a… another guy from our dimension. My senshi…" she murmured without expecting Quatre to hear, but he -being a gundam pilot- did. Without questioning, he leaped off the gundam and approached them. "So this is one of the 'selected few' that are allowed through the portal?" Sailor Neptune nodded slowly. "Supposedly… but I don't know why *he* would be included." Quatre smiled. "It doesn't matter. Mr. Chijba, you are invited to stay at my place with these three until you find a portal home."
Darien sighed heavily looking up into the sky. "I wouldn't want to bother you." He said politely, since he had retained his gentlemanly manners to others if not to Serena. "It would be no bother. And I'm sure you have no other place to stay." Answered Quatre. "Then I accept your offer. Thank you Mr…" he trailed off since he didn't know Quatre's name. "Quatre. Quatre Raberba Winner." He said holding out his hand. The slightly older man shook his hand formally and then Quatre turned to the three girls. "You want to ride home or do you want to do that teleportation thing?" since teleporting was difficult to do and drew vast amounts of energy from the senshi, they decided to go along with Quatre. Of course, Amara and Michelle went together in one of Sandrock's hands and Darien was forced to ride with Serena in Sandrock's other hand. He simply sat there, his arms crossed looking indifferent.
She sat there uncomfortably in the silence and only once did she catch a sympathetic glance from Michelle. Alexandra simply rolled her eyes at Darien. Serena sighed, barely audible. "I hope Luna's alright…" she murmured just loud enough for Darien to hear. "What? You'd worry about your *cat*?" he asked in disbelief. Serena looked over at him. "Luna has a secret. She also has a human form and she was the only one battling against the heart-snatchers since you and the other soldiers have stopped helping me. They I can understand. They've been taken over or something, but you…" she trailed off and didn't complete her sentence. Truthfully, she didn't have something to complete the sentence with. She thought about Luna, still battling against the heart-snatchers and she was a little worried. She herself always came home bruised and sore from fighting those heart-snatchers even when the scouts had helped her. But Luna… she hasn't even the Spiral Heart Wand for her use! How could she possibly fight those Heart-Snatchers?!
At the sudden jolting stop, Serena was shaken out of her thoughts with a rude jolt and she practically fell off Sandrock's hand before Darien grabbed her and pulled her back up. "Watch it Meatball Head." He said, but he didn't sound as cold as before. Serena flushed at her clumsiness and jumped down from Sandrock's hand landing in a crouch on the ground below. "Woohoo! I actually made that jump!"
Quatre, Darien, Michelle and Alex also leaped down and then walked towards the mansion. A car horn honked and they turned to see the pigeons scatter as a car raced into the graceful turn of the road. Two girls jumped out of the car, one with long, almost white blond hair and blue eyes, while the other had shorter hair that went to just below her shoulder-blades that was a honey-gold color with darker blue eyes. The girl with the long blond hair waved a hand at Quatre. (AN: All of the pilots are *sort of* going out except Heero and Relena.) Her lips were smiling slightly. "Hey Quatre! Where's Trowa?" she called. Relena didn't say anything, but she still had a bright smile on her face. As they walked towards the gundam they finally caught a sight of the four others standing by Quatre. "Oh… hello." said Relena politely smiling at them. Quatre introduced them all and all seven of them walked in the front door.
Relena glanced around the hallway, a almost inaudible sigh escaped her lips. Dorothy had practically had to *beg* her to come with her to Quatre's mansion where the G-boys resided. The new girl, Serena was looking at her with a look of interest. From what she could see, Serena seemed almost like herself. Smiling, she walked nearer to her. "Hey Serena… where are you from?" she asked her quietly. "Tokyo." Relena nodded. "Okay… wasn't that where a mobile suit factory was blown up?" Serena blinked. "Uh… I think so…" she glanced at Quatre for help, or in reality, it was, Can I trust her?!?!? Quatre gave her a slight nod. "We've got to meet the others first." He said. Relena's eyes widened and her face darkened slightly but the look passed and she nodded her smile in place once more.
The door opened to the conference room and they all walked in to see the other guys there. Duo was busy running away from a furious Wufei and Heero and Trowa were simply sitting there silent and attempting to ignore the two racing around the room. They looked up as the door opened and there was not a sound as Duo and Wufei called a temporary mutual truce and sat down on opposite sides of the room. It was with a huge explanation that followed and the assurance that it wasn't a joke, that the G-boys and the three girls were able to convince Dorothy and Relena.
Dorothy was sitting next to Trowa, leaning against him as she listened. She looked up a second time. "The other girls would love to hear about this I'm sure. Isn't that right, Miss Relena?" Relena nodded. "Yes. I know for sure Hilde would want to." Serena's eye widened. "Would they betray us?" she asked them. "If they do, we must destroy them." Said Alexandra calmly. Michelle glared at Alex. "We can't go around threatening people that we'll destroy them!" she hissed. Duo laughed at that. "You want to know threatening? Relena's gotten more death threats from Heero than I can count!" Relena's face darkened but nobody except Serena noticed.
Darien, who had been sitting on a couch without anyone was listening without remark. Serena looked over at him. "I wonder why Darien was pulled through…" she mused. He glanced up at her. "Why?"
"Well… according to Michelle, that was a sieve portal, a very selective portal and I wonder why *you* were brought through." Darien shrugged turning to Michelle. "So what else do you know about this portal that we went through? When can we get back through?" This time, only Relena could see the look of disappointment in Serena's eyes that were quite well hidden… if not for the fact that Relena herself had known that very same feeling. "We can't. It's only a one-way portal. We're stuck here until we can find another one."
"Where can we start looking?" Neptune shrugged. "I could try using my mirror…" Serena nodded. "Too bad Mercury…" she trailed off, and bit her lip to keep the tears from showing in her eyes. Michelle sighed. "It's all right Usagi… they're under that Dark King's power, I'm sure. We'll save them." Serena smiled. "Yeah… I know." Darien gave her a strange look. "What's wrong with the other soldiers?" Serena gave him a hesitant look. "They've been put under some Dark King's power who's determined to take me… and make the Dark Queen." Darien gave no suggestion to what he was thinking towards this but inside his thoughts were in turmoil. What does she mean? I mean, sure she's a very nice girl… waaaiit a minute! Stop. Rewind. Since when did I think Meatball Head, Crybaby, Test-failing Serena Tsukino was a nice girl? She uses my head for a garbage can for crying out loud! But still… even she doesn't deserve to be made a queen of an evil power. Yes, that's my mission. To keep her away from that Dark King. Nothing else.
Quatre stood up. "Aren't you all tired?" he asked politely seeing the disguised Sailor Soldiers looking a little worn out from using their teleportation powers. Serena smiled, if a little tiredly. "No… we're fine-" her sentence was cut in by a yawn that she hid behind a raised palm. "I'm sorry…" she began again. Quatre smiled. "I think you all should go to bed around now… we can talk more tomorrow. You remember where your rooms are?" Serena, Alexandra, and Michelle nodded. "Good. I'll take Darien to his own." They all parted at the hallway, and the three girls made their way carefully through the halls making sure they remembered the right way. Serena would have gotten lost if Michelle and Alexandra hadn't already known she would and led her in the right direction.
A knock at her door interrupted Serena as soon as she had taken the buns out of her hair and had put on the silk pajamas in the drawers. Relena Peacecraft stepped in, her body clad in a white terry cloth robe. "Hi… I just wanted to talk to you…" she said softly and surprisingly a little shyly. Serena, being the normal nice, friendly girl that she was, smiled brightly up at her. "Come on in!" she said beckoning in a 'come in' gesture. Relena walked in fully and closed the door behind them. "Where exactly do you come from if not from the Tokyo as it is now?" They had not told them the exact time that they'd come from. "We're from the 21st century Tokyo. It's pretty similar to this… except we fight monsters instead of big metal Barbie dolls." Relena looked confused. "Barbie dolls? You mean those *really* old plastic toy things? How are they like mobile suits?" Serena shrugged. "Well, people are the ones that control it right? And that's how you play with Barbie dolls, control its every movement."
Serena glanced up at Relena. "It's nice to meet a fellow princess." She said softly noting the differences between the two. "You're a princess? Of what country?"
"The moon."
"But… the moon's uninhabited… or it was back then."
"True. But this was before the 21st century, during the Silver Millennium."
"Was this something that wasn't recorded in history?"
"No… did you believe in magic before we came along?"
"No."
"Then that's why. The foundation of the Silver Millennium was based totally on magic. It was magic that defeated Queen Serenity, my mother, and it was with magic that she was able to trap them all in the Silver Crystal and send us all into the 21st century to begin a new life." Sighing, Relena leaned back on the bed. "Life's not as simple as you made it sound when you talked about your life. I try to promote peace, there's nothing to be gained from bloodthirsty battles." Serena looked at her calmly. "I might have agreed… if I had any experience. The only ones I've ever killed are demons, monsters that have no heart in their bodies, just a need for power." Relena made a face at that thought. "But what will you do about your own world while you're in this one?" Serena sighed. "My cat… or at least, she *was* a cat, she can become a human, will fight them… but I'm still worried, I don't know if she can handle all those heart-snatchers alone."
"And Darien? Who is he?" Serena sighed. "He's Tuxedo Mask… you could say a valuable ally to the Sailor Soldiers, he's saved us, me as well, many times. But… he's been too much of a mystery until a while ago when we found out after the Silver Crystal merged from the seven rainbow crystals."
"I'm not even going to ask."
"Anyway, after I had to show him who I was since we were about to burned to a crisp and when I saved us both, he proved that *he* was Tuxedo Mask. You'd think I was a little shocked that the cold upperclassman that I'd known since the day I threw a failed test at his head accidentally would be the guy that had saved me almost every day." Relena sighed. "Well, I know who *my* Tuxedo Mask is… it's strange. He's always planning on killing me. I've yet to see him actually pull the trigger." Serena smiled wryly. "Well, Darien doesn't do that to me, but the awful teasing I get is just torture. I'm accident-prone, I admit that, and so my grades aren't good and I'm sort of a crybaby, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO REMIND ME!" she clutched the blankets in her tight fists. "You know… the blanket's innocent." Relena's voice made her blink and release the poor blanket from being torn apart by her hands.
A sharp knock on the door interrupted their conversation. "Come in!" they both called at once. An older woman in a military uniform walked in. "Hello Miss Relena. Hello Miss Serena." She said smiling at them both. "This is Lieutenant Noin, she's going to marry my brother, Milliardo in a month." Noin smiled, and they could see a pale pink darken her face but it passed quickly. "We have just received a visit from Queen Serenity, she has asked that you stay with us for a while… she's the one that brought you here, you can see her now if you want." Serena leaped to her feet. "You've seen Mother?" she gasped. Noin nodded. "It was a surprise to me also, but I understand that you are Princess Serena of the late Moon Kingdom am I right?" Serena nodded. "Very well. I'll leave you too now." She closed the door behind her. A glow appeared in the middle of the room, it began to spiral and they could see stars and galaxies flash in its depths. Out stepped a slightly glowing figure wearing a white gown and her regal violet hair done up in the same style as Serena's.
"Mother!" cried Serena running forward and hugging Queen Serenity. Relena stayed behind, a little shy in the face of this personage who had appeared before her eyes. "My dearest daughter." Greeted Queen Serenity hugging the blond close. "How are you doing?" Serena pulled back looking up into her mother's face. "There's something wrong… the other soldiers are under some sort of spell or something and Luna's the only one left in our world to fight the heart-snatchers!" Queen Serenity smiled. "Don't worry about Luna, dear one. There hasn't been much trouble and Luna can handle the weak ones that come out on their own. She'll be fine." Serena smiled in relief at that fact. "But what about the other soldiers?"
"They're under some sort of spell. Magic about as great as mine helped send you all to this time… I was simply going to send you, Darien, and the other soldiers… but this other power somehow was able to make my work grow and sent along another personage, the Dark King that once vowed you would be his wife and reign the Dark kingdom alongside him." Serena's eyes widened. "You knew there was such a person?"
"Of course I knew… I had to rid you of that memory since his advances were… not very nice to remember. Don't worry, I have faith in you and Relena…" she turned to the blond in the corner who was trying not to interrupt. "So, Princess Relena… you are reunited with your cousin."
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Not a long one, you think? Oh come on, it couldn't have been that bad. And it's not really a cliffhanger right? I mean, you get to read the next part in like three seconds. So… you can simply email me, review me, contact me in any way, shape, or form and give your criticism of this fic. i_luv_heero_yuy@hotmail.com for all of you who have forgotten.
