Dimensional Warfare : Beat Down
by: Trio and Elf
rated: PG-13
finished: 2000
Disclaimer: We do not own Gundam Wing, Sailor Moon, or The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. We are only using the characters to devise out own special tale of lore. So don't sue us, we're both poor.
C and C: To send the authors comments you can e-mail us at Trio_no_baka@yahoo.com and Slaybrat@aye.net Trio's email is the first, Elf's is the second.
Author Site: Trio's Anime World
www.expage.com/triomain
Author Notes: Some Wufei bashing. Gomen to those who like Wufei. Neither I or Elf are very fond of him. ^_^ Later in this chapter you'll come upon the word "Kai." Kai means custom. So when I say Sandrock Kai, I mean Sandrock Custom. Adult language. This chapter is kinda short. Gomen.
Chapter Ten
"So what the hell happen Athene?" a fiery female voice demanded. Her voice displayed anger towards the Sailor of Wisdom, but in truth she was frightened. The news of Athene's attack spread like wildfire through the occupants of the Sanq Palace. As did the news of the Hylians being ill.
Athene only looked at her fellow warrior, her eyes scanned every curve of her friend's face. "I did nothing. I only transformed," Athene watched the hard eyes of her future queen.
"Why would that cause an attack like that?" Mina asked.
"That's easy Mina, we don't have magical energy to draw off of. So using our magic will harm us, Athene is lucky to be alive," Ami informed her friends of the seriousness of how the lack of magic would affect them.
"Athene, did you know about the affects before you transformed?" Lita asked.
"Yes, I did. But I had hoped I had enough energy stored in my body for at least one transformation, but as we all know I didn't. Yes, I knew that if I didn't have enough I could loose my life, but I had to. I had to show Quatre," Athene was cut short.
"Quatre! You transformed for one of these... these... " Luna looked to Artemis, "ummm... Artemis what would you call these people?"
Artemis and the girls all sweat-dropped. "Luna, I don't think it matters. What matters is that one of these... ahh... these... ha... I guess we do need to call them something," Artemis put a paw behind his head and sweat- dropped again as he chuckled to himself.
"They're gundam pilots," Athene aided.
"Thank you. Why did you transform for a gundam pilot?" Luna continued.
"Because I didn't want to lie to him anymore. I told him my story, I told him about the Silver Millennium and Crystal Tokyo... I told him about us... what we are. What we do. Then I wanted to show him. And like I said, I thought I had enough energy stored," Athene looked away from the guardian cats.
"Athene, you are a Sailor of Truth and Justice," Luna began, but Artemis wanted to finish.
"And that means you don't transform for anyone!"
Athene's face turned red as she spun around and looked the cats sorta in the eye, "Damn it Luna, Artemis. I know what I'm doing!" Athene fled the scout meeting.
I understand. You care for Quatre, don't you? Oh, Athene... you're only setting yourself up for a fall. And this fall will hurt more then anything. Why did you allow yourself to fall in love with this Quatre? Serena watched her friend disappear around a corner.
*****
Athene's honey brown hair flew wildly behind her as she ran. Tears lined her eyes, and her lungs stung from running. She knew Luna and Artemis were only trying to keep her and the others safe. But damn it, she knew what she was doing. She knew.
BAMMM!!! Athene made a groan as she hit the ground. "Ohhh..." she slowly looked to see who she had run into... Wufei. Great of all people, it had to be this guy. She sat up and said, "Gomen, I wasn't watching where I was going."
"Damn it woman! If you didn't have your head down you'd see," Wufei could now see the tears in her eyes. He looked deeply at her, her eyes were red from crying, her breath came in gasps, and she looked tired. "What happened to you? Did Winner wise up and dump you?" Wufei didn't mean for his words to be so mean, but he couldn't help it...
*****
Wufei's Memory
I saw Jennifer come out of the infirmary, I told her I was going with her to check on Athene. She questioned me why, I told her nothing. Why did Darkfall care if I wanted to see Athene or not? I was so worried when I heard Athene had an attack of some kind. I wanted to rush to her, but knew better. Quatre would be there, and Quatre would hold her... not me.
I could feel my hands clench and unclench. I could feel my temperature rise as my anger heightened. My mind was racing as to find the answer to a question I hated to ask... Why not me? Was it because I beat her friend in a dual? Maybe because she thinks I don't have a strong sense of honor. I don't know and maybe I don' t want to, but I do know that Quatre Raberba Winner just had sex with my angel. He fucked the only woman I've ever looked at since the death of Meiran.
He got to feel her hot depths, he got to explore her mouth. He got to touch her, woo her. He got to kiss her and feel her breasts flatten against him. He got to feel her hot skin as he made love to her. He got to cuddle her after their energy was spent. He got to kiss her forehead and announce his love for her as she slipped into sleep. Him and not me. Never me.
So, I did the only thing I could think of, I left. I went to Nataku... but found no comfort there. Heero was at his computer again... Trowa was with the amazon, and Duo was being Duo. And Quatre, sweet, innocent Quatre was in bed with a naked woman on him.
*****
"Fuck you Wufei!" Athene stood and slapped the Silent Dragon. Wufei's check instantly turned crimson. He staggered only for a moment, then was ready... He came back with a punch to the stomach. Athene took it well, only flinching... but in truth the blow had winded her. Weakened her. She knew what was happening now. It was all so clear. The only way to get respect from Wufei was to beat him, beat him at his own game. A wicked smile parted Athene Tomodachi's lips, she was ready to do the deed. "All right, lets do this!"
Athene grabbed the side of her shirt and flipped it up and over her head. Under her now absent shirt was a skintight, white wrap around. It only covered her breasts... her taut stomach was exposed as was the top of her chest. She kicked off her shoes and pulled at her socks. She unleashed her belt and removed her over pants. Again white skintight fabric covered her personal regions. The white leggings reached to her mid calf. "This is my sparing outfit. Don't get it dirty or I'll beat your ass, Wufei!"
Then she attacked... she felt better attacking then defending. She tried kicks, punches, sweeps, everything. But Wufei was fast and well trained in martial arts. Wufei didn't want to admit to himself that she was good, real good. He was only barely managing to miss her blows... now it was time to turn the tables. Wufei moved into the offensive, forcing Athene to revert to defensive. Wufei successfully laid a kick to Athene's stomach, sending the slight form to the ground. The attack had hurt. I can't beat him. My energy still hasn't returned all the way. I'm too weak. He has won. But Wufei wasn't done.
He made his move to punch the fallen woman...
*****
"Has anyone seen Athene?" Lita asked Jennifer and Rei. They were hard at work on their patients.
"No," Jennifer gruffed. She could careless about Athene, she had other problems on her hands. Besides she knew the Sailor was fine.
"I haven't seen her since the meeting. But try her training spot," Rei aided.
"Thanks. Come on Trowa!" Lita pulled Trowa with her. Lita dragged the silent Heavyarms pilot around the palace and palace grounds in search of the woman with honeybrown hair. Trowa rounded a corner near Athene's training area, then saw her... Wufei? Wufei was getting ready to make his final blow and end the fight. Lita chose that moment to also come around the corner, the smile immediately turned to a grimace as she saw her friend in the dirt and the pilot hovering above her. Lita was instantly between them, taking the punch that was meant for Athene.
The Sailor of Jupiter staggered, but regained her position almost instantly. Her arms were outstretched, preventing Wufei from causing Athene any more harm. Athene lay still on the ground and for a moment Lita believed her unconscious. But she began to stir, Trowa was by her side in a blink of an eye. He felt bad about not helping Lita with Wufei, but he felt Lita would want him to help her friend. Not her. He also knew Lita was strong and Athene was injured. He cautiously turned her on her back and felt her ribs... broken.
Wufei had snapped the last two ribs on each side of her ribcage. "Lita, 4 broken ribs," he said.
"I'm going to mess you so far up, no one is going to recognize you. You hurt my friend and now you're going to pay," Lita Kino moved forward, dropping her arms and then raising them again. Her hands in fists. She jabbed with her right and made contact. Wufei's head snapped left moving with the momentum of the blow... but kept going even when Lita took her fist from his cheek.
Wufei crashed to the ground in a hump. He stood slowly, then came toward Lita. "Wufei! Stop!" Wufei heard Trowa call. Trowa didn't advance... he didn't need to. Wufei and Trowa were on the same page. All they did was stare at each other. Neither moving. Then that was it, Wufei turned and walked away. Not a word spoken. Lita wanted to call out to him, call him a coward, but Trowa spoke to her.
"Don't Lita. He understands," Trowa bent down to Athene. A whistling then caught Lita's ears. It came closer and Trowa greeted it, "Duo! I need some help over here!"
Sure enough, Duo rounded the corner. He stopped whistling and jogged to his comrade. Lita didn't know how Trowa knew it was Duo... but did know that the only reason Wufei left was because Duo was coming. Wufei didn't want to have to fight his fellow pilots. To him that would be a dishonorable deed.
"Damn! What the hell happened?" Duo questioned as he bent down to look at Athene closer. Athene groaned and her arm lifted up and came to her forehead. She began to sit up, but the severe pain caused by her ribs crashed her back into the ground.
Her scream of pain was loud. Oh, Athene. Why did you take Wufei on? You know that your energy isn't back to full capacity... you're weak. So why? Lita listened as her friend's breathe came is gasps.
*****
"Heero, hey Heero! Where are you!?!?" Quatre called into the dark hanger. He stepped up to Sandrock Kai and smiled... You're not the only one I love now Sandrock. The man Quatre had been calling looked down at the smiling Arab.
"What?" Heero was working on Wing ZERO Kai's armor plating.
"Oh, hey Heero. I was wondering if everything was okay with you? That's all," Quatre walked over to ZERO Kai.
"I'm fine Quatre," Heero looked at the still smiling Arabian. He couldn't help but think something was different with him. "Quatre, are you okay?"
The question caught him off- guard, "Me?" Heero only looked at the Sandrock pilot. "Nothing wrong, I well... I won't bother you with the details," Quatre made to leave, but Heero had jumped down from ZERO and made a dash to be in front of Quatre. Quatre stopped and looked deeply into his friend's eyes.
"Tell me."
Quatre nodded. They walked out of the hanger and out into the open air. Birds sung happy little songs while the frogs in a nearby pond croaked and attempted to catch flies. A slight breeze swept up leaves and the sun shown bright on the two pilots. It was only then did Heero notice Quatre wasn't wearing his usual outfit. Quatre was wearing blue jeans and a white shirt. It looked good on him Heero had to admit, but it wasn't like Quatre to be so... casual.
"I did it." Heero looked at Quatre. What does he mean, he's done it? Done what? Quatre smiled still, but a slight blush tinted his cheeks pink.
"Did what?" Heero asked in his normal deep, monotone voice.
"It," Quatre started walking again. Heero waited before he decided to walk after him. "You know, it," Quatre wanted to just say, I spelt with Athene, but he wanted Heero to say it. Not him.
"Quatre, just tell me. I don't like guessing games. I can think of a lot of its. So what "it" are you referring to?" Heero was getting tired of trying to guess what Quatre was hinting at.
Quatre stopped and turned to look at him friend, "Heero, come on what kind of "it" do you think I'm referring to?"
Heero looked at the Arabian's dress, then at the slight tint in his cheeks, at the smile, and knew. No! Not that it! Not Quatre, sweet innocent Quatre! With who! I can't believe it! His facial expressions remained cold and distant as his mind ran through its thoughts. Heero finally said, "With who?"
*****
Trowa looked at Duo, "That doesn't matter now, just help me get Athene to the infirmary. Lita you should go tell your friends about this."
Lita nodded yes and ran off.
"So what happened?" Duo stared at his friend. Duo wanted an answer. He wanted to know who did this, then once he knew he'd beat the shit out of em, for Quatre's sake.
"Wufei," Trowa only had to say one word, one name. Duo's eyes lit up like a christmas tree, his eyes glared at the already bruising skin on Athene's lower ribcage. Duo stood and started to walk away, but Trowa stopped him. "Duo, help me, then kill Wufei."
"Fine," Duo helped Trowa pick up the fallen beauty. Both pilots doing their best to not move her and make her injures worse. Once Trowa had Athene in his arms, Duo and Trowa walked toward the infirmary. Duo opened all the doors for Trowa. Duo felt the cold brass knob to the infirmary. He swallowed hard, then pushed open the door.
"Hey! We're worki... DUO!" Jennifer ran to Duo and threw her arms around him. But to her surprise Duo didn't encased her with his arms. His face was in a grimace. "Duo, what happened?" Duo motioned behind him... Jennifer looked and saw Trowa holding an unconscious Athene. "What happened to her?"
"She became unconscious on the way here," Trowa informed.
"Ok, but what happened?"
Trowa again dodged the question, "Four broken ribs... two on each side of the ribcage, the last two ribs. I'm sure it won't take you too long to get her bandaged up."
"Trowa, what the hell happened?" Jennifer was loosing her patience.
Trowa said nothing, he laid Athene gently on one of the tables and left. Duo followed suit. "Duo?" But Duo had already closed the door behind him.
*****
Lita raced up a hill and smiled. All of her friends were there, waiting. They were supposed to meet up with Athene here and she'd tell them what training to do. But since Athene was obviously late, they were all sitting around talking. Ami was the first to notice her friend, "Hey Lita!"
Lita gasped in air as she tried to catch her breath. Once she caught it she said, "Athene's in the infirmary with four broken ribs. This guy, Wufei, busted them."
"Wufei? You mean the guy that majorly dissed us at dinner awhile back?" Mina asked. Darien and Serena stood, and Ami appeared to be in deep thought. Rei was absent because she was helping Jennifer.
"Yea, that's the creep. He really beat the shit out of her."
"Poor Athene," Serena whispered. Darien hugged her.
"He only beat her because she doesn't have all of her energy back yet. The fight was uneven," Lita almost screamed. She was afraid. Afraid her friend could be in real danger and she was pissed. She wanted to find Wufei and do to him what he did to her.
"Athene will need about a week to regain all of the energy she lost in the transformation, but with this fight it could take longer," Ami realized.
"I think we should train without Athene. There isn't anything we can do about all this now. She's getting help from Jennifer and Rei in the infirmary so... we should train," Darien looked down at the little blonde in his arms.
*****
Serena wandered around the palace, not really looking for anywhere to go, just wandering. She needed to clear her head. Everything that had been happening was so confusing. First, Athene transforms, then she gets the shit beat out of her. This is all so strange. I just don't know what to do anymore. Oh, Mother I wish you could help me find my way. The moon in the world is so dark, I want to see my moon again. The moon back home shines so brightly. I just want to go home now. Serena prayed her late mother could hear her. But no answer came from the moon. It was silent, like stars are meant to be. But the silence of the stars frightened the Sailor of the Moon.
"Are you okay, Serena?" Darien's soft voice sounded in Serena's ears. His arms encased her, his warmth became hers. He kissed her cheek, then took her hand in his. He gently brushed over the engagement ring on her finger. Serena knew he must be smiling, but she wasn't. She couldn't.
"I'm fine Darien," Serena took her hand out of his and wiggled away from his arms. "Darien, I don't know if I can do this."
"Do what?"
Serena showed him her hand... the one with the ring on it. "This," Serena felt like crying, but wouldn't. She wanted to be stronger. So she didn't cry.
Darien smiled and walked up to her again. "Don't worry. I'm scared about it as well, I just want the world to know that you belong to me. And that I love you more than anything in the world," Darien kissed Serena lightly on the lips.
Serena put her hands on his chest, she could feel her love's arms around her waist. She moved her arms up and around him neck. Her hands played with his hair as they deepened the kiss. Darien's grip tightened as he kissed her harder. He wanted her so bad, but knew she was young and in any world it would be rape if he took her to bed. In the eyes of the law a 15 year old couldn't have sex with an 18 year old.
They stopped for air, but they still held on to each other for dear life. Serena whispered in her love's ear, "Darien, don't stop this time."
by: Trio and Elf
rated: PG-13
finished: 2000
Disclaimer: We do not own Gundam Wing, Sailor Moon, or The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. We are only using the characters to devise out own special tale of lore. So don't sue us, we're both poor.
C and C: To send the authors comments you can e-mail us at Trio_no_baka@yahoo.com and Slaybrat@aye.net Trio's email is the first, Elf's is the second.
Author Site: Trio's Anime World
www.expage.com/triomain
Author Notes: Some Wufei bashing. Gomen to those who like Wufei. Neither I or Elf are very fond of him. ^_^ Later in this chapter you'll come upon the word "Kai." Kai means custom. So when I say Sandrock Kai, I mean Sandrock Custom. Adult language. This chapter is kinda short. Gomen.
Chapter Ten
"So what the hell happen Athene?" a fiery female voice demanded. Her voice displayed anger towards the Sailor of Wisdom, but in truth she was frightened. The news of Athene's attack spread like wildfire through the occupants of the Sanq Palace. As did the news of the Hylians being ill.
Athene only looked at her fellow warrior, her eyes scanned every curve of her friend's face. "I did nothing. I only transformed," Athene watched the hard eyes of her future queen.
"Why would that cause an attack like that?" Mina asked.
"That's easy Mina, we don't have magical energy to draw off of. So using our magic will harm us, Athene is lucky to be alive," Ami informed her friends of the seriousness of how the lack of magic would affect them.
"Athene, did you know about the affects before you transformed?" Lita asked.
"Yes, I did. But I had hoped I had enough energy stored in my body for at least one transformation, but as we all know I didn't. Yes, I knew that if I didn't have enough I could loose my life, but I had to. I had to show Quatre," Athene was cut short.
"Quatre! You transformed for one of these... these... " Luna looked to Artemis, "ummm... Artemis what would you call these people?"
Artemis and the girls all sweat-dropped. "Luna, I don't think it matters. What matters is that one of these... ahh... these... ha... I guess we do need to call them something," Artemis put a paw behind his head and sweat- dropped again as he chuckled to himself.
"They're gundam pilots," Athene aided.
"Thank you. Why did you transform for a gundam pilot?" Luna continued.
"Because I didn't want to lie to him anymore. I told him my story, I told him about the Silver Millennium and Crystal Tokyo... I told him about us... what we are. What we do. Then I wanted to show him. And like I said, I thought I had enough energy stored," Athene looked away from the guardian cats.
"Athene, you are a Sailor of Truth and Justice," Luna began, but Artemis wanted to finish.
"And that means you don't transform for anyone!"
Athene's face turned red as she spun around and looked the cats sorta in the eye, "Damn it Luna, Artemis. I know what I'm doing!" Athene fled the scout meeting.
I understand. You care for Quatre, don't you? Oh, Athene... you're only setting yourself up for a fall. And this fall will hurt more then anything. Why did you allow yourself to fall in love with this Quatre? Serena watched her friend disappear around a corner.
*****
Athene's honey brown hair flew wildly behind her as she ran. Tears lined her eyes, and her lungs stung from running. She knew Luna and Artemis were only trying to keep her and the others safe. But damn it, she knew what she was doing. She knew.
BAMMM!!! Athene made a groan as she hit the ground. "Ohhh..." she slowly looked to see who she had run into... Wufei. Great of all people, it had to be this guy. She sat up and said, "Gomen, I wasn't watching where I was going."
"Damn it woman! If you didn't have your head down you'd see," Wufei could now see the tears in her eyes. He looked deeply at her, her eyes were red from crying, her breath came in gasps, and she looked tired. "What happened to you? Did Winner wise up and dump you?" Wufei didn't mean for his words to be so mean, but he couldn't help it...
*****
Wufei's Memory
I saw Jennifer come out of the infirmary, I told her I was going with her to check on Athene. She questioned me why, I told her nothing. Why did Darkfall care if I wanted to see Athene or not? I was so worried when I heard Athene had an attack of some kind. I wanted to rush to her, but knew better. Quatre would be there, and Quatre would hold her... not me.
I could feel my hands clench and unclench. I could feel my temperature rise as my anger heightened. My mind was racing as to find the answer to a question I hated to ask... Why not me? Was it because I beat her friend in a dual? Maybe because she thinks I don't have a strong sense of honor. I don't know and maybe I don' t want to, but I do know that Quatre Raberba Winner just had sex with my angel. He fucked the only woman I've ever looked at since the death of Meiran.
He got to feel her hot depths, he got to explore her mouth. He got to touch her, woo her. He got to kiss her and feel her breasts flatten against him. He got to feel her hot skin as he made love to her. He got to cuddle her after their energy was spent. He got to kiss her forehead and announce his love for her as she slipped into sleep. Him and not me. Never me.
So, I did the only thing I could think of, I left. I went to Nataku... but found no comfort there. Heero was at his computer again... Trowa was with the amazon, and Duo was being Duo. And Quatre, sweet, innocent Quatre was in bed with a naked woman on him.
*****
"Fuck you Wufei!" Athene stood and slapped the Silent Dragon. Wufei's check instantly turned crimson. He staggered only for a moment, then was ready... He came back with a punch to the stomach. Athene took it well, only flinching... but in truth the blow had winded her. Weakened her. She knew what was happening now. It was all so clear. The only way to get respect from Wufei was to beat him, beat him at his own game. A wicked smile parted Athene Tomodachi's lips, she was ready to do the deed. "All right, lets do this!"
Athene grabbed the side of her shirt and flipped it up and over her head. Under her now absent shirt was a skintight, white wrap around. It only covered her breasts... her taut stomach was exposed as was the top of her chest. She kicked off her shoes and pulled at her socks. She unleashed her belt and removed her over pants. Again white skintight fabric covered her personal regions. The white leggings reached to her mid calf. "This is my sparing outfit. Don't get it dirty or I'll beat your ass, Wufei!"
Then she attacked... she felt better attacking then defending. She tried kicks, punches, sweeps, everything. But Wufei was fast and well trained in martial arts. Wufei didn't want to admit to himself that she was good, real good. He was only barely managing to miss her blows... now it was time to turn the tables. Wufei moved into the offensive, forcing Athene to revert to defensive. Wufei successfully laid a kick to Athene's stomach, sending the slight form to the ground. The attack had hurt. I can't beat him. My energy still hasn't returned all the way. I'm too weak. He has won. But Wufei wasn't done.
He made his move to punch the fallen woman...
*****
"Has anyone seen Athene?" Lita asked Jennifer and Rei. They were hard at work on their patients.
"No," Jennifer gruffed. She could careless about Athene, she had other problems on her hands. Besides she knew the Sailor was fine.
"I haven't seen her since the meeting. But try her training spot," Rei aided.
"Thanks. Come on Trowa!" Lita pulled Trowa with her. Lita dragged the silent Heavyarms pilot around the palace and palace grounds in search of the woman with honeybrown hair. Trowa rounded a corner near Athene's training area, then saw her... Wufei? Wufei was getting ready to make his final blow and end the fight. Lita chose that moment to also come around the corner, the smile immediately turned to a grimace as she saw her friend in the dirt and the pilot hovering above her. Lita was instantly between them, taking the punch that was meant for Athene.
The Sailor of Jupiter staggered, but regained her position almost instantly. Her arms were outstretched, preventing Wufei from causing Athene any more harm. Athene lay still on the ground and for a moment Lita believed her unconscious. But she began to stir, Trowa was by her side in a blink of an eye. He felt bad about not helping Lita with Wufei, but he felt Lita would want him to help her friend. Not her. He also knew Lita was strong and Athene was injured. He cautiously turned her on her back and felt her ribs... broken.
Wufei had snapped the last two ribs on each side of her ribcage. "Lita, 4 broken ribs," he said.
"I'm going to mess you so far up, no one is going to recognize you. You hurt my friend and now you're going to pay," Lita Kino moved forward, dropping her arms and then raising them again. Her hands in fists. She jabbed with her right and made contact. Wufei's head snapped left moving with the momentum of the blow... but kept going even when Lita took her fist from his cheek.
Wufei crashed to the ground in a hump. He stood slowly, then came toward Lita. "Wufei! Stop!" Wufei heard Trowa call. Trowa didn't advance... he didn't need to. Wufei and Trowa were on the same page. All they did was stare at each other. Neither moving. Then that was it, Wufei turned and walked away. Not a word spoken. Lita wanted to call out to him, call him a coward, but Trowa spoke to her.
"Don't Lita. He understands," Trowa bent down to Athene. A whistling then caught Lita's ears. It came closer and Trowa greeted it, "Duo! I need some help over here!"
Sure enough, Duo rounded the corner. He stopped whistling and jogged to his comrade. Lita didn't know how Trowa knew it was Duo... but did know that the only reason Wufei left was because Duo was coming. Wufei didn't want to have to fight his fellow pilots. To him that would be a dishonorable deed.
"Damn! What the hell happened?" Duo questioned as he bent down to look at Athene closer. Athene groaned and her arm lifted up and came to her forehead. She began to sit up, but the severe pain caused by her ribs crashed her back into the ground.
Her scream of pain was loud. Oh, Athene. Why did you take Wufei on? You know that your energy isn't back to full capacity... you're weak. So why? Lita listened as her friend's breathe came is gasps.
*****
"Heero, hey Heero! Where are you!?!?" Quatre called into the dark hanger. He stepped up to Sandrock Kai and smiled... You're not the only one I love now Sandrock. The man Quatre had been calling looked down at the smiling Arab.
"What?" Heero was working on Wing ZERO Kai's armor plating.
"Oh, hey Heero. I was wondering if everything was okay with you? That's all," Quatre walked over to ZERO Kai.
"I'm fine Quatre," Heero looked at the still smiling Arabian. He couldn't help but think something was different with him. "Quatre, are you okay?"
The question caught him off- guard, "Me?" Heero only looked at the Sandrock pilot. "Nothing wrong, I well... I won't bother you with the details," Quatre made to leave, but Heero had jumped down from ZERO and made a dash to be in front of Quatre. Quatre stopped and looked deeply into his friend's eyes.
"Tell me."
Quatre nodded. They walked out of the hanger and out into the open air. Birds sung happy little songs while the frogs in a nearby pond croaked and attempted to catch flies. A slight breeze swept up leaves and the sun shown bright on the two pilots. It was only then did Heero notice Quatre wasn't wearing his usual outfit. Quatre was wearing blue jeans and a white shirt. It looked good on him Heero had to admit, but it wasn't like Quatre to be so... casual.
"I did it." Heero looked at Quatre. What does he mean, he's done it? Done what? Quatre smiled still, but a slight blush tinted his cheeks pink.
"Did what?" Heero asked in his normal deep, monotone voice.
"It," Quatre started walking again. Heero waited before he decided to walk after him. "You know, it," Quatre wanted to just say, I spelt with Athene, but he wanted Heero to say it. Not him.
"Quatre, just tell me. I don't like guessing games. I can think of a lot of its. So what "it" are you referring to?" Heero was getting tired of trying to guess what Quatre was hinting at.
Quatre stopped and turned to look at him friend, "Heero, come on what kind of "it" do you think I'm referring to?"
Heero looked at the Arabian's dress, then at the slight tint in his cheeks, at the smile, and knew. No! Not that it! Not Quatre, sweet innocent Quatre! With who! I can't believe it! His facial expressions remained cold and distant as his mind ran through its thoughts. Heero finally said, "With who?"
*****
Trowa looked at Duo, "That doesn't matter now, just help me get Athene to the infirmary. Lita you should go tell your friends about this."
Lita nodded yes and ran off.
"So what happened?" Duo stared at his friend. Duo wanted an answer. He wanted to know who did this, then once he knew he'd beat the shit out of em, for Quatre's sake.
"Wufei," Trowa only had to say one word, one name. Duo's eyes lit up like a christmas tree, his eyes glared at the already bruising skin on Athene's lower ribcage. Duo stood and started to walk away, but Trowa stopped him. "Duo, help me, then kill Wufei."
"Fine," Duo helped Trowa pick up the fallen beauty. Both pilots doing their best to not move her and make her injures worse. Once Trowa had Athene in his arms, Duo and Trowa walked toward the infirmary. Duo opened all the doors for Trowa. Duo felt the cold brass knob to the infirmary. He swallowed hard, then pushed open the door.
"Hey! We're worki... DUO!" Jennifer ran to Duo and threw her arms around him. But to her surprise Duo didn't encased her with his arms. His face was in a grimace. "Duo, what happened?" Duo motioned behind him... Jennifer looked and saw Trowa holding an unconscious Athene. "What happened to her?"
"She became unconscious on the way here," Trowa informed.
"Ok, but what happened?"
Trowa again dodged the question, "Four broken ribs... two on each side of the ribcage, the last two ribs. I'm sure it won't take you too long to get her bandaged up."
"Trowa, what the hell happened?" Jennifer was loosing her patience.
Trowa said nothing, he laid Athene gently on one of the tables and left. Duo followed suit. "Duo?" But Duo had already closed the door behind him.
*****
Lita raced up a hill and smiled. All of her friends were there, waiting. They were supposed to meet up with Athene here and she'd tell them what training to do. But since Athene was obviously late, they were all sitting around talking. Ami was the first to notice her friend, "Hey Lita!"
Lita gasped in air as she tried to catch her breath. Once she caught it she said, "Athene's in the infirmary with four broken ribs. This guy, Wufei, busted them."
"Wufei? You mean the guy that majorly dissed us at dinner awhile back?" Mina asked. Darien and Serena stood, and Ami appeared to be in deep thought. Rei was absent because she was helping Jennifer.
"Yea, that's the creep. He really beat the shit out of her."
"Poor Athene," Serena whispered. Darien hugged her.
"He only beat her because she doesn't have all of her energy back yet. The fight was uneven," Lita almost screamed. She was afraid. Afraid her friend could be in real danger and she was pissed. She wanted to find Wufei and do to him what he did to her.
"Athene will need about a week to regain all of the energy she lost in the transformation, but with this fight it could take longer," Ami realized.
"I think we should train without Athene. There isn't anything we can do about all this now. She's getting help from Jennifer and Rei in the infirmary so... we should train," Darien looked down at the little blonde in his arms.
*****
Serena wandered around the palace, not really looking for anywhere to go, just wandering. She needed to clear her head. Everything that had been happening was so confusing. First, Athene transforms, then she gets the shit beat out of her. This is all so strange. I just don't know what to do anymore. Oh, Mother I wish you could help me find my way. The moon in the world is so dark, I want to see my moon again. The moon back home shines so brightly. I just want to go home now. Serena prayed her late mother could hear her. But no answer came from the moon. It was silent, like stars are meant to be. But the silence of the stars frightened the Sailor of the Moon.
"Are you okay, Serena?" Darien's soft voice sounded in Serena's ears. His arms encased her, his warmth became hers. He kissed her cheek, then took her hand in his. He gently brushed over the engagement ring on her finger. Serena knew he must be smiling, but she wasn't. She couldn't.
"I'm fine Darien," Serena took her hand out of his and wiggled away from his arms. "Darien, I don't know if I can do this."
"Do what?"
Serena showed him her hand... the one with the ring on it. "This," Serena felt like crying, but wouldn't. She wanted to be stronger. So she didn't cry.
Darien smiled and walked up to her again. "Don't worry. I'm scared about it as well, I just want the world to know that you belong to me. And that I love you more than anything in the world," Darien kissed Serena lightly on the lips.
Serena put her hands on his chest, she could feel her love's arms around her waist. She moved her arms up and around him neck. Her hands played with his hair as they deepened the kiss. Darien's grip tightened as he kissed her harder. He wanted her so bad, but knew she was young and in any world it would be rape if he took her to bed. In the eyes of the law a 15 year old couldn't have sex with an 18 year old.
They stopped for air, but they still held on to each other for dear life. Serena whispered in her love's ear, "Darien, don't stop this time."