Star Struck Encounter
By: Sailor Tami (cherryblossoms_05@hotmail.com)
Chapter 1: "Amara's New Partner"
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The Uranian princess, known on Earth as Amara Tenou, walked threw the doors into Lady Une's office. "You wanted to see me?"
Lady Une nodded. "Miss Amara, I'm reassigning you--"
"What!?!" She blurted out without thinking. She couldn't be reassigned! She had to stay here and protect this city from...well, she hadn't figured out whom yet...but she had to stay! "Where!?!"
Une laughed, "You are mistaken Miss Amara. I'm not reassigning you to another base, I'm reassigning you a partner."
"Oh..." A new partner? Hmm... Better than moving to a new base.
"Yes." Une hit a button on her desk and someone came walking threw the doors.
Amara turned to look at him. He was as tall as she was, had brown hair that was pulled into a long braid at the back of his head with his bangs falling messily over his eyes, his eyes had a purplish color, and he wore a bright smile upon his face.
"Miss Amara, this is Mr. Duo Maxwell, your new partner."
Duo flashed his bright smile her way, "Howdy."
Amara raised an eyebrow. Howdy? This guy must be American. "Greetings." Wait, wait, wait! Duo Maxwell? Where had she heard that name before... Oh! She mentally slapped herself. He was one of the five Gundam Pilots. 02 if she wasn't mistaken... This was going to be interesting.
Une pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Duo. "This is your first assignment. You are to leave ASAP and I expect your report first thing when you get back. Dismissed!"
Duo and Amara turned and walked out the door. Duo eyed her, "So, ever been to Tokyo?"
She had to bite her tongue to keep from laughing. Had she been to Tokyo? What a baka question...well, for someone who knew her two hundred years ago...okay, so it wasn't such a baka question after all. "Yes."
"Well, you get to see it again."
"Huh?"
Duo held up the paper for her to see. "Tokyo, Japan. We get the glorious duty of escorting a couple of prisoners back here for questioning."
She made no response to his previous statement, but said, "Meet me at docking bay one in one hour. We'll leave from there for Tokyo," then turned and disappeared down the opposite hallway.
Duo stood there for a minute before folding the paper up and putting in the pocket of his Preventer jacket. He shook his head in disbelief. First they assign him to partner up with Heero, then they reassign him with Amara--the female version of Heero Yuy. "Geez she can't even take a joke."
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One hour later Amara and Duo met at docking bay one, packed and ready to go. Amara turned to the right where the Taurus suits were kept and expected Duo to follow, but he turned to the left. "Um...just where do you think you're going?"
Duo turned abruptly and flashed that smile of his. "You forget, I'm a Gundam Pilot. You don't expect me to pilot a simple mobile suit like a Taurus, do yea? I think I'll stick with Deathscythe."
"Whatever." She watched him disappear into the opposite hanger, then turned back to the Taurus suits. Why was she so cold toward him all of a sudden? When she had worked with him and his former partner Heero Yuy before, she was sweet and kind. Not icy with a heart of stone. 'Lighten up Amara!' She shouted at herself angrily as she climbed into the Taurus and activated the controls.
She exited the hanger and saw Deathscythe hover near, waiting for her. Duo's image appeared on the screen and he gave her thumbs up. She rolled her eyes and turned of the screen.
Inside the Deathscythe, Duo frowned. What was with her? She was so sweet and kind when she worked with Heero and him a while back. What could've happened to her to make her this stone cold creature?
She sighed and took off, Deathscythe not far behind. Her emotional barrier was coming up again, just like it had before. When she first became a senshi here on Earth, she thought that she wouldn't be able to keep her powers a secret. So, she put up a barrier to prevent her from spilling the beans. After the battle with the Shadow Galactica, when her powers were gone, the barrier came down. But now it was threatening to come back up; somewhat of a natural instinct for her.
Now she made a promise to herself to suppress the barrier. She couldn't let it come back again. Flipping the switch that turned on her side view screen, she smiled. Hopefully Duo would be able to help her...
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Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing.
~Tamika~
