Star Struck Encounter
By: Sailor Tami (cherryblossoms_05@hotmail.com)
Chapter 4: "Truth Behind the Mask"
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Over the next few days, Duo was very cautious around Amara, and watched her like a hawk. He still couldn't figure out what was up with her. First she goes all Heero Yuy mode on him, freaks out about a phaser malfunction, throws a vase at him for accidentally walking into the bathroom without knocking, then heals him. Who was she...or should he be asking, what is she?
"Duo? Hello, Amara calling Duo. Is anyone home?" Amara waved her hand in front of her hot, yet braided baka of a so-called partner, who was apparently visiting la-la-land at the moment. Letting her hand drop to the side, she decided a new approach. She got up from her seat across from him, picking up her chair and walking around to his side of the table, placing the chair in front of him. She sat back down on the chair, blocking his view of the window he was staring at.
Raising her hand again she snapped her fingers a couple of times right in front of his eyes, but it didn't seem to faze him. 'Damn, he spaces out worse than Meatball Head...' She sat there staring at him for a few moments before a thought seeped into her mind, and her lips curved into an evil grin. Clearing her throat she said calmly: "Oh look, isn't that WuFei? Hmm... nice color. I so agree with him, pink is a great color to be painting the Deathscythe with."
"What the hell!?" Duo leaped from his seat towards the window, colliding with a laughing Amara, before landing on the floor with a thud. "Er...I..."
"You should've seen the look on your face!" Amara said threw her fit of giggles, something she didn't do very often. She looked down at him, taking notice to the expression upon his face. "Um, no it didn't look like that..." Her words faded and a deep crimson blush appeared on her face as she realized the position they were currently in. She jumped up and slowly backed away. "S-Sorry. I d-didn't mean..."
He stood as well, and held up a hand to silence her. "Don't apologize, it was my fault. I was the one who stood up and collided with you. Although, I guess it sorta is your fault, considering you made think my Gundam was getting painted pink."
"I only said that to get you to snap out of la-la-land! How I was I supposed to know that you've have a total cow?"
"I didn't have a cow, I freaked out. And I wouldn't have been in la-la-land if it weren't for you!"
"Oh, so suddenly your daydreams become my fault?"
"Well, they are! If you hadn't threw that vase at me, then healed me, I would've--" His words died off when he saw the look of pure terror upon her face. His glare melted and a look of concern replaced it. He walked toward her and placed a hand on her trembling arm. "Amara, are you okay?"
She blinked back tears and looked him straight into his lavender depths. "You know that I healed you?"
He nodded, "Yes. I was only pretending to be asleep."
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Razz smirked as he made the final calculations. This was the most ingenious idea he ever had! Using an invisible shockwave to take a sample of the Uranus senshi's power and use it to create a negative copy of her...he just hoped it worked. Biting his lip nervously, he pressed the button.
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Amara quickly looked down to the floor. A million thoughts flew threw her mind as she tried to decide what to say to him next.
Duo sighed; this secret that she was hiding was obviously hurting her in some way. "Amara--"
Suddenly Amara screamed out in pain and fell to her knees. Her hand flew up to her forehead as she looked up at the confused/concerned look on her partner's face.
That's it, he had enough! He crouched down and looked straight into her emerald green eyes. "I wanna know what the hell is going on. And I want the truth, not some made up story like, the phaser malfunctioned. Phasers do not have the power to make that kind of a blast. Now, what is going on!?"
Knowing that he would eventually find out, she said: "Alright, I'll tell you, but you're not going to believe a word of it."
"Try me," he said with a small smile.
She bit her lip nervously and looked down as she prepared for the response she was going to get. Slowly, she removed her hand from her forehead and let it fall limply to her side.
"...Uranus...?"
She snapped her head back up and looked at him with a puzzled expression. How'd he know? He couldn't possibly know...could he? "What?"
"That symbol, on your forehead..." She winced as he lightly touched her forehead with his fingertips, "...it's the planetary symbol of the planet Uranus. But, what I don't get is why it's on your forehead in the first place. I mean come on, its not like you're an ali...are you?"
Laughing a bit as he drew his hand back, she smiled. "Am I what?"
"A-An Alien?"
She nodded slowly, "Sort of."
A look of extreme confusion and maybe a small hint of horror spread across Duo face. Amara took notice, and decided to explain.
She placed a hand on his shoulder, and shook her head. "No, no. I'm not that kind of alien. I don't look like those creatures from Mars Attacks. In fact, I look exactly like a human with a strange mark on my forehead and silver hair."
"Silver hair?"
She snapped and her hair turned from dirty blonde to silver in the blink of an eye. "See? Well, I am from the planet Uranus, if that's what you're thinking. I have..." She told him everything, knowing somehow that she could trust him. Everything about her first life, becoming a senshi, the other senshi, the villians she fought, about the final battle with Galaxia, loosing her powers, and up to the most recent events of Queen Serenity and the new evil.
"Let me get this straight. You're an immortal Uranian princess, who has god-like powers, who uses those powers to save the world?"
"Exactly...you don't believe me?"
He laughed, "No, I believe you. I just think its kinda neat. Your like a something created from a TV crossover. A little bit of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Power Rangers, and Dragonball Z packed into one."
She smiled at his remark. She told someone...and they didn't freak out, or think she was some psycho person. He thought she was neat. 'It looks like I was right about him after all.'
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A/N: Um...I have a question. Did Uranus die on the Moon Kingdom with the Inner Senshi, or what? Please e-mail me if know. ^^
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing. I also do not own the Movies/shows that I made a reference to in this fic: Mars Attacks, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Power Rangers, or Dragonball Z.
~Tamika~
