Labyrinth

Notes: HEY!! We're BAAACCCKK!!!! Mwahahahaha!!!!! Like I promised, here's more! Thanks to Sailor X! *HuGz* ^_^




About an hour later, they finally reached the colony. "We're here." she heard Quatre say.
Minako nodded and stood up. Quatre too her hand and led her outside of Sandrock's cockpit.
She looked around, amazed at what she saw.

Quatre looked over at Minako and noticed her expression of awe.
'Maybe
this is where she came from?' He thought. "Minako," he asked, "Is this
familiar?"
There were two clicks as Hiiro and Wufei stepped out of their
Gundams and
saw Minako.
"Omae o korosu." Hiiro said, glaring at Minako.
"Weak woman." Wufei muttered.
The shoe throwing must have worked. For they were now out of
range.
"Hi." Quatre said cheerfully.

"Hey!" Minako shouted, "You know these psychos?!?!" she asked Quatre. Once she said that,
she heard Wufei start to growl.

"Yes," Quatre said, "These are my comrades."

Minako looked at the two holding the guns. "Well," she said, "Sorry for hurting you guys, I
didn't know that you were good-guys...I hope that your hands aren't too bruised up." she said
sweetly.

"We're not 'good guys.'" Wufei replied, still pointing his gun at
her.
Hiiro just glared at her in hatred.
"Ah, come on guys," Duo butted in, "enough with the macho man
routine.
How about you put your guns down and I buy you a Village People c.d.?"
He
started laughing at his lame joke.
"Please put your guns down," Quatre pleaded, "I don't want to be
forced
to hurt you..." A lone tear slid down his cheek.

'Comrades my foot!' Minako thought. "Hey!" she shouted at Wufei and Hiiro. "What's wrong
with you?!?! Can't you see that I made a simple mistake? Listen, I don't have time to deal with
more guns! I've had a VERY bad day, and I don't think that I can take any more of this!" her
voice broke, so did her mask. The tears started flowing down her face yet again.

Quatre started to approach her, but she ran off instead. 'I have to get home...' she thought as she
ignored the yells behind her.


"Weak woman," Wufei muttered. Before he knew what was happening, a
fist
hit his jaw.
A shocked look covered the other pilots emotions.
Rage covered Quatre's features. He glared at Hiiro and Wufei.
"Couldn't
you try to be a little kinder? She's NOT an enemy. It seems to me
that you
have a sick obsession with guns. We didn't become pilots to slaughter
the
innocent, if you can remember. Our mission is to protect the colonies.
If
you harm civilians than you do not deserve your Gundam."
With that, Quatre ran after Minako.
Duo turned to the two gun-happy pilots. "Jeez. That was scary.
You
made Quatre mad! Better shape up your act, 'cause whether you'll admit
it or
not, we need his help." Duo took off after Quatre.
Trowa slowly walked after the two rushing pilots.
Hiiro and Wufei made eye contact. They began walking.

Minako ran as fast as she could, her vision blurred with tears. She didn't go very far until she
stopped and looked around at where she was. She hadn't even kept track of where she was
going, now she was lost. "Great.." she muttered as she slumped down to the ground, resting
against a wall.

She sighed to herself as she curled up her legs and rested her chin on her knees. "What am I
going to do?" she asked herself. "Oh, Usagi...where are you? I'm so alone...what do I do?..."

Quatre's heart was pounding furiously. 'Where is she?' he asked
himself.
Finally, he caught sight of her. And an OZ agent aiming a gun at her.
"Minako!" he cried, pulling his own gun out.
The OZ agent turned and shot off a few bullets at Quatre.
Quatre shot back, watching his aim VERY carefully, so he wouldn't
hit
either of them. "Run!" He yelled to his female companion.

Duo raced towards the gunshot. 'I hope Quatre's okay....'

Minako's head jerked as she heard a familiar voice. Looking up, she saw an OZ soldier, not ten
feet away from her, shooting at Quatre. She jumped up and took advantage of the fact that the
soldier wasn't looking in her direction.

She thrust her clenched fist right into the soldier's side. He groaned in pain, then redirected his
attention to her. "You little brat!" he yelled. "You'll pay for that!"

He aimed his gun and fired, but Minako was too quick for him. Instead of hitting her head, the
bullet dug itself deep into Minako's right arm. She cried in pain as it tore through her.

The OZ soldier snickered as he aimed his gun at her once again. "You won't be so fast this time,
will you?" he laughed, his finger slowly closing on the trigger.

All Minako could to was stare, frozen in fear. Years of memories flooded her brain just as a
loud thwap brought her back down to earth.

Quatre stared ahead in shock, at what he just did. The soldier lay in
a pool
of bright red blood. And Quatre's bullet was tucked inside his
stomach.
"I-I killed him!" Quatre muttered. He ran over to the soldier and
checked
his pulse.
The man was definitely dead. He had died upon impact, without much
pain.
Quatre took the man's wallet out and looked at the pictures.
Children
smiled back at him through them. The identification in his wallet
named the
man, "Robert Johnson." Age 31. Tears streaked down Quatre's face in
remorse.
He walked over to Minako and wrapped his vest around her arm.
"Hold it
tight. It needs to stop the bleeding." The sadness wrapped over him
as he
began to sob. "He was only 31."

Minako looked at Quatre's tear-stained face. She was amazed at how he could feel remorse for
killing the enemy! She wasn't quite sure what to do, so after securing Quatre's vest around her
injured arm, she wrapped her other arm around him comfortingly. "I'm so sorry." She whispered,
tears forming at her own eyes. There must have been some kind of connection between the both
of them, because she felt the same pain that he did. "It's all my fault," she started, "If I hadn't run
off like that, this never would have happened."

Quatre smiled sadly at Minako. "It's not your fault. I was the
one who
shot him... People die in wars... You have to kill your enemy. I just
hate
killing. I wish there was another way. But there isn't. If I was
stronger
I wouldn't hesitate." He brushed Minako's bangs out of her eyes. "Are
you
alright?" he asked.

Minako looked down at her arm, then back at Quatre. I'll be alright, I just need some rest. Is
there somewhere we can stay?

Quatre smiled. "My family has a summer house here. We could stay
there." he offered. "Unless you would prefer a hotel?"

"Your house sounds fine." Minako said, "As long as there are no more weird guys with guns...."
she looked over at Hiiro, Duo, Trowa and Wufei who had since arrived to see what all the
commotion was. "You four excluded, of course." she said with a wink, trying to cheer up despite
the pain in her arm.

"Hey! I'm not weird! Just normally challenged!" Duo exclaimed.
Quatre grinned.
"But no more punching Wufei. He seems to be a little bit more
"womanly"
than he'll admit." Duo added.
Wufei's eyes filled with rage. "YOU BAKA!" He raced after Duo
trying to
hit him.
"Wah! Wufei, buddy, don't take it personally! *whap* OWW! Stop
that!
*whap*."
"You shouldn't walk." Quatre told Minako. He carefully took her
into his
arms. (note- meaning he's carrying Minako)
Duo grinned. "Quatre....my knight in shining armor *whap* ow...."

Minako giggled at the scene. She wondered how five people as different as these could have
been grouped together. Hiiro was like a robot, no emotion showed from his face. Duo, he was a
goof! Totally insane! Trowa was quiet, always kept to himself. Wufei...Minako could tell that
he was a very proud man, not very pleasant when his pride is threatened. But Quatre, he was
sweet and innocent. Calm and gentle. Polite and sincere. She wondered how he got himself
into this kind of work.

She looked up at Quatre's gentle face. He looked just like an angel. He was her angel of hope.

Quatre smiled at his friends. Hopefully they would cheer Minako
up.
Duo looked uneasy about the silence. He decided to break it. "I
got a
joke! What do Kermit the Frog and Winnie the Pooh have in common?"
Hiiro glared at him. "They both prove how stupid you are?"
Duo stuck his tongue out at Hiiro. "Nah! You don't need them to
prove
my stupidity." He looked around, waiting for an answer. "Give up?
They
have the same middle name! Ha ha ha! That's a good one!"
The other pilots got sweat drops.
"I got another one! What part of a fish weighs the most?" he
asked. He
laughed insanely, "The scales! Hahahhhahhaha! Man I'm good!"

Minako giggled some more. She enjoyed the trip home. The whole way, Duo joked around as
Hiiro and Wufei threatened to kill him. She actually found it quite entertaining! She closed her
eyes and sighed, listening to the jokes and death threats, while resting comfortably in Quatre's
strong arms.

After a few minutes however, the voices became quieter and quieter. Her vision blurred by the
drooping of her eyelids, Minako finally fell asleep.

Quatre watched Minako sleep. Her beauty emanated from her every
lovely
features.
Duo looked over at her. "She fell asleep? How could anyone sleep
through my brilliant *whap* jokes?"
Quatre smiled. "My house is about a block away." He told them.
They continued walking and were soon to Quatre's "summer" home.
"Man," Duo exclaimed, "This is your summer house?"

meanwhile

Usagi was worried sick about her friend. It had been hours since she last heard from her, and it
was very late. All the other senshi had split up to look for her, but there was no trace of the
bubbly blonde anywhere. Usagi decided to head over to the park to look. Minako hadn't told
them where she was, and Tokyo was a big city!

After about another hour of searching, Usagi slumped against a tree and started to cry. "Where
are you, Minako?" she screamed, hoping against hope that wherever Minako was, she could hear
her.

~*~

Minako jolted straight up when she heard someone calling her name. "Usagi!" she yelled,
looking around for her friend, but she soon realized that her nightmare was really real.

She found that she was in a bed, in a bedroom somewhere. Where? She wasn't sure. That is,
until the door burst open, a worried look on Quatre's face. That's when she remembered
everything that had happened, and the tears fell from her eyes once again.

"Are you alright?" Quatre asked, sitting on the edge of the bed.
'Usagi... she's said that name before. "Bunny of the moon." It must
be one
of her friends.' He wiped a tear off of her cheek. "Now that you're
awake," he said, "we can try to find out where you came from."

Minako gave Quatre a grateful look. "Well," she started, "1000 years ago, or, maybe more for
you, the whole universe lived in peace and harmony under the rule of Queen Serenity of the
Moon. Her daughter, Princess Serenity, or, Usagi, had four guardians. The princesses of
Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and me, from Venus."

"However, one day, the Moon Kingdom was destroyed by Queen Beryl. Queen Serenity
sacrificed herself to send us to the future." she continued, trying to hold back more tears brought
on by the painful memories.

Quatre got a huge sweatdrop. 'Uh... maybe it's the loss of blood?
Emotional trauma? She might have hit her head.' He felt her forehead.
'Nope,
no fever. I should trust her then. Just because it seems unlikely
doesn't
mean that it isn't true.' "Well... If it's called the Moon Kingdom,
maybe
the best place to look would be the moon? I can get us their on a
Cruiseline
Shuttle. Or I could get a small shuttle. It probably wouldn't be safe
to
take Sandrock though. Would you like to go there first?" he asked.

Minako shook her head. "No." she said, quietly. "There is nothing there but destruction and
painful memories. I have to learn to live on."

Quatre nodded his head, still a bit skeptical however.

"There's more." Minako continued. "We all started new lives on earth. We had no memories of
our past. I lived in London, England for a few years where I fought crime as the soldier of
justice, Codename: Sailor V. Then, I moved to Tokyo, where I met with the other Senshi, who
had finally gotten their memories, and joined them as Sailor Venus. We've been fighting evil for
a couple years now.

"One day, I sensed some evil and decided to try and find it. I ended up walking into some kind
of cave where I was locked in. After a while, I fell asleep and woke up at that place where I met
you." Minako finished.

She couldn't help but notice Quatre's unsure expression. She sighed and stood up. "I'll prove it
to you. Venus Star Power!!! Make-Up!!!!"

Quatre stared at her in awe. She was changing forms using magic or
something. Confusion covered his mind. 'At least she was telling the
truth...' Quatre watched the magic before his eyes a few seconds more,
before fainting.

Once Minako finished her transformation into Sailor Venus, she looked down at the unconscious
Quatre. "Oops." she said, rushing over to him. She knelt down next to him and tried to wake
him. "Quatre! Wake up! It's alright!" she said while shaking his shoulders. He didn't move. She
sighed as she tried to figure out what to do. She definitely didn't want to get those other guys.
She shuddered at the thought of them being there and Quatre not being conscious to save her.

She looked down at his angelic face and brushed some of the bangs to the side. Leaning down
closer to him, she whispered, "Please wake up, Quatre." With that, she kissed him on the cheek.

Quatre opened his eyes. His vision was splurred but he could make
out an
angel above him. 'I must be in heaven....' He blushed when he
realized it
was Minako and she was the one who had kissed his cheek. "So... are
you a
sorceress?" he asked, trying to understand how she could use such
magic.

"No." she replied. "I was born with these powers. I am the incarnation of the goddess of Venus.
I use these powers to fight the enemy."

"Venus? As in the Goddess Aphrodite?" Quatre questioned. 'Of
course...
that would explain her beauty.' He blushed at his thought. "Would you
like to
visit your kingdom then, Minako?" He asked. Seeing her confused face
he
added, "Would you like to go to Venus?"

Minako's eyes widened. "We can go there?!?!" she asked as Quatre nodded his head with a
smile. She had never actually been to Venus before. All she had was memories. "I would love
to, Quatre!" she said, hugging him. "Thank you!"

Quatre smiled at her happy expression. "I'm sure we could get
tickets
soon. There's a spacecraft cruise that departs every 24 hours. We
might not
be able to stay the entire cruise though..."
Quatre's eyes widened and his face turned pale as a man entered the
room.
His heart seemed to stop for a moment before beating faster than sound
is
capable of. Horror etched his every figure.

"Hello, Quatre." The man said.

Minako jumped at the sound of the voice. She wondered who he was and why Quatre seemed so
uptight. She looked at Quatre's horrified face, then at the strange man. "Who are you?" she
asked.

The man glanced over at Minako, before watching Quatre again.
"This is my father..." Quatre told Minako.
"And who is this lady? Another soldier spilling the blood of the
innocent?" Mr. Winner asked. note- I don't know his name. I don't
want to
spoil the show if you haven't seen it all- but those of you who have-
know
why
Quatre glared at his father. "Disapproving of me is one thing.
But you
have no right to judge Minako. And I do not hurt innocent people."


"Wait just a minute!" Minako yelled to Mr. Winner. "What do you mean he kills the innocent?!
He saved my life!"

Mr. Winner looked back over at Minako. "And what business is this
of
yours?" his gaze shifted over to Quatre. "I am disappointed.
Inviting
these killers into my house. Have you no respect?"
"This isn't your house," Quatre stated, "this was mother's house.
She
left it to me in her will."
A woman stepped into the room. "Hiya Quatre!" his sister, Tsuki
exclaimed. She ran over to Quatre and wrapped him in a hug.

Minako looked at the girl hugging Quatre. The scene hit her like a ton of bricks. She never
thought about the possibility of him having a girlfriend. "So," she started, "who's this?" she
asked, trying to hide her disappointment as well as jealousy.


Notes: *gasp* A girlfriend?!?! How could this be?!?!?! Review and you'll find out! ^_^