Hello again!! Thanks to everyone who reviewed, I'm glad people liked it!
I haven't made a decision about couples yet, but hopefully by chapter three I will have.
Same disclaimer, don't own either gwing or sm.
Same ages, time, and all that.
On with it!!
Chapter two
Last time
"I am sworn protector future Neo-Queen Serenity. Hotaru Tomoe, Princess of Saturn,
Goddess of Destruction, Death and Rebirth, lover of Shinigami." She bowed at the waist. (A.N. yes I changed to order around, I'll change it in the first chapter soon to)
Present
"Wha…….?" Came the stutter from Duo's mouth? "Uh?" He looked behind him, 'Heero could you catch me?" He breathed before he rolled his eyes dramatically and feigned a faint.
Heero who had been standing behind him side stepped neatly, and Duo crashed the floor.
His hand instantly went to his back side, which he began to rub, and cracked one eye open. "Hey, what happened to friendly courtesy!" Heero glared.
Hotaru watched all this with amusement. Duo saw her shy smile and stood up, walking over to her, "So, we were really lovers eh? I can see that. But ahh… how come I can't remember that? That seems a pretty important detail of my life, I definitely think I would remember it." He told her. She smirked.
"I was the Lover of Shinigami. In the past sense. I know you are also called Shinigami, but that does not make you and him one in the same. He was the real Shinigami." She answered him, seriously, but it got interrupted by a smile, as she remember her past lover, how sweet he had been, and how sweet his looked now, though he didn't know it.
"Oh really?" Duo started, "Then why are you smiling?" She started to form a reply, but stopped.
Wufei muttered something like, injustice, and walked out of the room, the others except Heero did the same. (A.N. except they didn't mutter injustice.)
Heero was still thinking about the stalker, how she had looked in the delegation room, delectable.
He wished she hadn't cut and died her hair. Or that she had reveled the fact that she was Shinigami's lover, even if she meant it in the 'past sense' it looked like Duo wanted to make real it in the present. 'come on heero boy, snap out of it, she's just a chick. No don't say that, she's the stalker who you hate! You never did like her, don't you dare start now.'
Duo and Hotaru were still exchanging shy smiles.
"Relena, Hotaru, WHOEVER you are,' Heero finally yelled, frustrated. "What do you mean 'in the past sense'? You certainly don't look old enough to have that kind of…ah… past history! And what do you mean 'real' Shinigami!?!" Heero said, losing his monotone, much to his displeasure.
Hotaru didn't answer directly. Her eye's graced the paintings of the room, but not really seeing them. Her mind was focused in thought. "Should I tell them?…" She whispered under her breath to an unknown guest in the room.
Duo and Heero heard her speak, but didn't understand, it sounded muddled.
But they heard the answer. "Not yet, they are not ready…" A fluty voice said, though no fifth person was visible in the room.
"Ok." Hotaru acknowledged. The two pilots looked at her. They didn't believe in ghosts. But what other explanation could there be?
"Who was that?" Duo asked looking into every nook and cranny of the room.
"An old friend. As for you question Heero." She began to answer, then stopped. She sent a pained look toward where the piano stood. "I can not explain to you what I mean.
I must go now, I must find my Queen." She bowed once more and tried to exit the room.
Both Heero and Duo made moves to stop her, but she evaded both Leading both out into the foyer, changing into Sailor Saturn in the process.
Heero and duo watched in surprise as Hotaru was suddenly engulfed in a black glittery light after she called out the word, "Saturn Crystal Make-up!!"
Then she stood before them in a white fuku with a short black skirt. Beneath a sailor collar was a black bow, and another was attached at the small of her back, where the skirt started.(A.N. I think there is one in the back on the show. is there? my mind is getting muddled.)
Black knee high boots that laced up matched them. She had a silver headband on that came down on her forehead and ended in a point, almost between her eyes.
Her head titled downward, and her eyes closed she said to them. "Now I am Sailor Saturn, do not detain me, I must find my Queen and protect her. I will kill you if you get in my way." She changed to a monotone, like Heero.
This time they didn't try an stop her as she walked out the door. Heero glared, but Duo just though. 'what just happened here? One minuet we were talking about being lovers, the next she's saying she's gonna kill us if we get in her way? that happened to fast.' "What happened Heero?" Duo asked. But left the room before Heero could answer with his usual 'Hn.' He was to confused to take that.
He walked over to a window, and watched Hotaru,(A.N. she detransformed) walking down the flight of marble stairs.
He wasn't afraid that she would kill him, if he really had been her love she wouldn't be able to. He ran back through the foyer, gaining a death glare from Heero, and yanked open the door, instantly calling out her name.
"HHHOOOTTTAAARRRUUU!!!!" he screamed after her. He didn't really know why he was doing this.
She turned, and sighed, a painful smile setting its self on her lips. She shook her head silently.
"I'm sorry Duo. I shouldn't have done that." She said the apology blankly.
"So you didn't mean it when you said you would kill us if we tried to stop you? Whew! there's a load off my mind!" He said, his good mood coming back.
"No, I meant that Duo. I'm sorry I revealed myself to you, and told you about the past. It will only complicate the future, you knowing." She told him.
"Oh.." he started, but he wouldn't let that get him down. "But we were lovers in the past right?" he asked excitedly. Hotaru couldn't help but smile. He was still the same, he always got excited when the subject came around to them.
"Yes we were." She answered simply, but thought to
herself. 'do I still feel the way I
used to around him? My heart used to
jump at the sound of his voice, the touch of his lips. Do I still love him? I haven't seen him in
such a long time. does he still love
me?'
Duo saw her eyes light up, then flicker down. 'What is she thinking about? Us?"
"What happened Hotaru? How can we have been lovers in the past if I don't remember." The light in his eyes flickering as well.
"I'm sorry Duo, I can't tell you. That's why I shouldn't have told you anything in the first place."
Duo sighed, and knew he would have to leave it at that.
"I'm leaving." She told him. She mustered up a smile, knowing though, that she couldn't leave until he to had the smile back in his eyes.
"I won't stop you." He murmured, and brushed a kiss on her cheek, his eyes lighting. "I'll see you again."
Seeing his smile was genuine, her's brightened and she ran the rest of the way down the stairs, disappearing from his view.
"Hotaru I do remember us. But I don't know if I still feel that way for you. That tingle of romance didn't thrill my veins like it used to when I saw you again. I don't know what to say."
End Chapter two.
Sorry it's short guys, I know you wanted to read his reaction so I cut it short to get it out quicker. I hope you weren't disappointed. Though after reading that bit you know why he wasn't so shocked.
thanks for all those great reviews, and I promise the next chapter will be longer!
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