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Rei heaved a sigh as she continued to look at her lap where Wufei was holding her hands. She had known she would have to explain everything, but how? She couldn't tell them about the senshi, it wasn't her secret to tell, it involved the others as well. If had been just her she would have told Wufei in a heart beat, but it wasn't. Not that they would actually believe her anyway. How was she possibly going to get around all of the magical elements? That's practically the entire story! Racking her brain, the young priestess tried to think of a way to not lie to them, but not to reveal the entire Silver Millennium history. She took a deep breath before taking her shot at it, seriously hoping they wouldn't ask TOO many questions.
"As I said before, I was needed to help fight in the war. There was originally ten of us. We were slit into two teams, the Inners and the Outers." At this Duo chuckled, earning him a glare from a certain Chinese boy, but she simply laughed.
"It's okay Fei-chan, Duo-kun's right, they were rather "unique" weren't they? We were named after the planets of the solar system, mine being Mars. I was one of the Inners, along with Mercury, Venus, Moon, Jupiter, and Earth. While Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were the Outers." She said.
Heero remained unemotional as he continued to look at her.
"Why haven't we heard of you?"
"Well, we were the best of the best." She informed, a bit to fast for the stotic soldier's liking. "We were brought together by Luna, who was sort of our guardian. She was the one who sent Setsuna, or Pluto to come and talk me into joining. But I guess I've better tell you everyone before I start ne? First of all, there was Ami, or more widely known as Mercury, she was our local genius and doctor. She may not have been the strongest of us physically, but what she lacked in strength she made up for with brains. She was the one who made strategies for most of all our battles. And actually, you remind me a lot about her Quatre-san." She said with a soft smile, looking up at the blonde Arabian. "She was kind and quiet, and had the softest heart you could ever find, she would instantly put herself in danger to safe the life of another."
"Was she and the rest babes like you!?" Duo jumped in, a goofy grin spread across his face.
At this the others sighed.
"Duo, let her…" But he was interrupted by the sound of Rei bursting out into bright laughter.
Everyone watched her as she began to laugh so hard tears almost ran down her cheeks, holding her stomach and onto her confused husband so she wouldn't fall over. Umm…okay. What was she doing? They couldn't guess, one minute she was sad, the next laughing like hadn't in years. After a few moments she finally got herself under control.
"I'm…I'm sorry," She chuckled softly, "It's just, if they had heard you say that, half of them would have kicked your butt, while the other half would have gotten hearts in their eyes."
They couldn't help but smile, even Trowa couldn't resist it as the ends of his mouth twitched up.
"Anyway, the next one was Makoto, her code name was Jupiter. She was one of the two hard core fighters among us, the other being Uranus. She was also very strong for a girl, but she was a GREAT cook. Her dream was to be able to open a restaurant of her own. She had a big heart even if she rarely showed it out right, but she did have this thing about her old sempai." Rei giggled slightly into her hand. "Every guy she saw she swore looked like him. And she probably would have said the same about all of you."
"Yeah, they all look SO much a like!" Noin smirked, not being able to help herself.
Duo looked shocked and hurt at the same time as he jumped out of his chair.
"WHAT! How could you say that about me! I look SO much better than these guys!" He said, stabbing his thumb in their general direction.
Rei shook her head and decided just to ignore the braided pilot and continue.
"Minako was our official leader, and was code named Venus. I can basically sum her personality up in one word…groupie." She smiled brightly at this, she could still remember all of the bow wearing blonde's antics. "She almost always had a smile on her face and could cheer practically ANYONE up. She was worst that Mako-chan BY FAR when came to boys. I still haven't figured out where she got all of her energy. She also had this rather funny, umm…quirk about her. She NEVER was able to correctly say an analogy right, it always came out wrong. Like one time, her and Odango got into an argument and she said, "There's no use crying over spilt juice!" and never even realized it was suppose to be "milk."
A few of the others chuckled at this, their friend's wife sure had some interesting friends.
"Then there was Earth…" She was about to explain Mamoru when Wufei jumped in.
"Wait a second! How many of these soldiers were onnas!?" He asked amazed.
She simply smirked, her eyes holding a proud gleam.
"Well, I said we were the best of the best…so NATRUALLY nine of us were girls and Mamoru was the only guy. He was rather unlucky I guess…or REALLY lucky depending on how you choose to look at it."
Wufei blanched, shocked that some one would recruit so many onnas to fight in the war, sure Meiren was one thing, there was NOTHING normal about her, but he doubted any other onnas could stand up to what he had seen. He, however, kept his mouth shut, remembering the certain threat from before.
"Anyway…as I was saying before I was interrupted," she said giving her koishii and playful glare. "Mamoru was code named Earth, but we called him Tuxedo Kamen normally. In truth, I honestly have no idea why we supposingly "needed" him seeing as how the only things he did was throw roses, jump high, and have an extending cane." At this everyone blinked, but she failed to notice it and just continued.
"Then there were the Outers. Saturn was the youngest of us since she was only twelve years old. She was very quiet and shy but she was probably one of the most powerful and deadly of all of us. Her skills were unmatched by any and I wouldn't be surprised if she could kick Yuy-san's butt within a matter of minutes. She was also very smart for a child, almost as smart as Ami. Needless to say, those two got along exceptionally well."
"Why would someone let a girl so young fight?" Quatre asked bewildered, horrified that someone so young could be dragged into sighting so easily.
"They let you guys didn't they?" She said, looking at them.
And indeed she was right, most of them had been involved in the war since they were VERY young, especially Heero. Seeing that she made her point, the raven haired girl moved on.
"Haruka was the leader of the Outers, her code name was Uranus. She had a fighter's heart and a very hot temper. We actually, kinda…umm…" She fumbled for a moment, turning a light pink as she glanced down at her hands again.
"Yes?" Milliardo prodded, wanting to know why the girl seemed so embarrassed.
She muttered something inaudible under her breath, making the dragon beside her chuckle, he had been the only one who had heard what she said. Duo leaned forward and put his hand behind his ear.
"What? I'm sorry I didn't hear that." He smirked, enjoying her discomfort.
"I SAID, we mistook her for a guy. She had very short blond hair and usually wore guy clothes so when she showed up and had her arm around Michiru we just ASSUMED that she was a guy. It was rather funny seeing Minako's eyes almost pop out of her head." She snickered, remembering the little "totem pole" incident between her, the blonde and Mako-chan.
"But that's disgusting! Two of your friends were LESBIANS!" Hilde said shocked.
Rei saw red, her hands gripped into tight fists as she used all of her strength not to jump up and strangle the baka then and there. When she spoke she did it through her teeth and her voice was hard and deadly.
"Don't you EVER say that about Haruka and Michiru again. They loved each other more than anything in the world and I will NOT let you make it out as if they were bad people. You can't blame someone for who they fall in love with." Her glare could have melted an ice burg, so Hilde shut her mouth and just sat back in her seat with a seething look.
After keeping her gaze locked for a moment with the navy haired girl, the Shinto priestess turned her attention back to the others. She still had quite a lot to explain.
"AS I was saying, Haruka loved motorcycles and racecars, anything with speed involved. She definitely enjoyed fighting and working out. Her and Michiru were the best partners you could find. They worked as one unit and always accomplished what they set out to do. She was also VERY protective of us, especially Usa and Firefly. She usually played the piano while Michi played the violin, it really calmed everyone down after a real intense battle. Michiru, or Neptune as she was deemed, was a perfect match for Haruka and that's why she was her partner for most missions. She was very calm and motherly, both her and Ruka were older than us by two years, making them nineteen and the oldest besides Setsuna. Michiru was always very polite and graceful, she loved to paint and play her violin. She watched over us if we got sick or injured. She was extremely beautiful, with wavy aqua hair that fell to the middle of her back and aqua eyes. You could tell by her code name that she loved the water and the ocean. Everything about her was serene and peaceful, she wasn't made for battles, but she fought anyway to protect the people she cared about." Rei shot a quick glance at the still pouting girl, daring her to make a comment about her friends, but she didn't so the raven haired princess pressed on.
"Last was Setsuna, code named Pluto, the oldest and wisest of our group. We didn't really find out just how old she was because when the subject came up she would wave it off as not important, but she looked about twenty six or so." Okay, so that's not the "complete" truth because they knew she was VERY VERY old, but then again they never were told just how old she was so that COULD be considered the truth. "We really didn't know too much about her because she was rarely given a mission that let her work around us. But when she was, we almost always won. She was sort of like a spy I guess you could say, she watched for any signs of enemies and warned us if she could. She was a very elegant lady, one who held pride in herself and what she did. But she also had quite a lot of pressure in her job, not even I know all that she did during the times when she would disappear. She was also like a mother to us." She let out a sigh as a small smile crept across her lips, she could still see them all laughing and joking around as if none had any wait on their shoulders at all.
"And that's my friends, now what about yours?" She asked with a bright smile, leaning forward, her elbows resting on the table.
Heero narrowed his eyes again. He had caught her slip up. "Wars" was what she had said. "Wars" as in plural form, meaning more than one. There had been only one true war, the Martimaia incident was only a rebel rebellion, this meant there was something she wasn't telling them. Along with the fact that she hadn't exactly told them why they hadn't been heard of, she had just dodged around it. She also hadn't told them who this "Usagi," or "Usa" character was. Trowa must have realized this as well, for he asked about it.
"Rei-san…"
"chan." She corrected with a smile. "I may be married but I'm not old."
Trowa smiled slightly, and nodded his head.
"Rei-chan, what about you're tenth member? Moon. Was that the Usa person you mentioned before?"
Duo's jaw jropped to the ground as he looked from his green eyed companion to his other companion's wife. HOLY COSMOS!
"WOW! YOU GOT TRO TO SAY MORE THAT THREE WORDS! YOU'RE A GODDESS!" He exclaimed loudly, making the others heave sighs while her face turned a bright red.
He didn't know how close to the truth he was. But she winced slightly, something only a few in the room noticed, because she had hoped to avoid the subject. It was just too painful, something which her heart reminded her instantly with a sharp stabbing sensation. She had hoped they would over look it, but what else could you expect from gundam pilots? That thought, however, didn't make it any easier on her. What was she going to say?
"Umm…Rei-chan? Are you alright?" Quatre suddenly asked, snapping her out of her daze that she had been in, everyone now with their eyes locked on her.
The priestess scolded herself silently about keeping her mind clear and focused. The others watched her eyes soften a great deal as she stared down center the center of the table, obviously lost in memories. They weren't going to interrupt her, and they didn't expect her to answer when he asked, but she did.
"Hai…" she whispered, still gazing at the tablecloth. "Usagi was…I'm not sure how to explain her. No. I do. She was a cry baby, a klutz, she never took anything seriously, never studied…but that was just how she acted on the outside." She said, her voice softening greatly. "On the inside she was perfect. She had a purer heart than you could find anywhere in the universe, she fought with all she had to keep her friends safe, she threw herself into danger hundreds of times over just to make sure the rest of us came back alive…she…she was what kept us all together. She was the reason why we were willing to fight till the end. She kept our spirits up and never put herself before anyone else."
"She meant a lot to you…didn't she?" Duo asked quietly, for once not being able to force a joke.
Rei was silent for a moment, her hand gripped tightly around Wufei's. She refused to let the tears fall. She wouldn't show weakness in front of these people who she bearly knew. Closing her eyes, so to not let them see her emotions, she nodded slowly.
"Yes, Duo-kun…she did mean a lot to me. She meant a lot to all of us. She…she was like a sister to me, even though I cared about the others more than I can ever say…Usa still meant the most."
Sympathy and sorrow glittered across the on lookers' faces. Poor girl, all her friends had died in the war, they still, atleast, had each other but she didn't. What would have happened if some of them had died in the war? How would the others have coped? They never thought about it. Since they HAD all survived they never allowed themselves to think on what COULD HAVE happened. They didn't want to.
"You're emotion and feelings for your friends are your weaknesses. A soldier should not have emotions, they interfere with missions."
CRASH
Rei's eyes shot venom as she glared coldly down at the boy she had just punched from across the table. And indeed she had. Heero Yuy sat on the floor, his eyes void of emotion but his cheek red with pain. The others sat with their mouths opened as they stared from the raven haired girl to the Perfect Soldier on the floor. That was definitely something you didn't see everyday.
She felt rage flare up within her as she thought of what the kisama had said about her friends. Her eyes flared with inner fire as marched around to where he sat. The others jumped to their feet as she grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and slammed him into the wall, he not making any move to protest. She gripped his tanktop, the one he had pulled on before coming out of his room, till her knuckles were a pale white. Her glare was murderous and had it been a raging fire he would have been burned to a crisp already, but he simply stared at her as if ignoring the pressure she was putting on his collar bone that was about ready to break it. When she spoke her voice was flooded with pain, sorrow, and hate for him.
"Don't you EVER call me or my friends weak again! You have NO idea what I have seen! I had to watch all of them be slaughtered before me, while I was chained to a wall! You want to know what happened so bad FINE! Ami, the sweet, polite girl I told you about, you know what happened to her? She was the first to go! They crucified her! Nailed her to a cross and I was forced to watch her bleed to death! Hotaru! TWELVE YEARS OLD! That monster of a woman impaled her body with wooden stakes! She was only twelve! Minako, our LEADER, was injected with a virus that attacked her insides and by the time she finally was able to die she had thrown up most of the blood in her body! Haruka, the one who saw us all as her little sisters and protected us, was slowly drowned in a pool of weak acid that strangled her while eating away at her! Michiru was tied to a stake and burned alive! Never again will she ever be able to play a violin! She was beyond recognition by the time they put the fire out! Mamoru, Usagi's future husband, had one of his very own roses imbedded into his heart and throat, causing him to drown in his own blood! Makoto! BUTT KICKING JUPITER! She was decapitated! They hung her head in front of me for THREE DAYS! THREE DAYS! Setsuna, gentle, Setsuna was beaten to death with a metal whip! The hooks on that thing dug into until they used the horrible weapon to snap her neck! USAGI! USAGI WAS THE WORST OF ALL! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO MY BEST FRIEND!? HUH!? THEY RAPED HER! THAT MONSTER HAD ONE OF HER SOLDIERS RAPE HER THEN CUT HER OPEN AND YANK OUT HER INTESTINE! I KNOW BECAUSE THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS CHAINED TO A WALL AND FORCED TO WATCHED THEM ALL DIE! AND NOT ONE TIME DID ANY OF THEM CRY OUT! NOT ONCE! MY FRIENDS WERE STRONGER AND BRAVER THAN YOU EVER WILL BE! WE WERE FACED WITH HORRORS THAT NONE SHOULD HAVE TO FACE! YOU THINK OZ WAS EVIL!? LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING! OZ IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN! THEY WERE MY FAMILY! THEY WERE ALL I HAD THEN AND I WAS FORCED TO WATCH EACH OF THEN SLIP AWAY NEVER TO SEE FREEDOM AGAIN! NEVER TO BE ABLE TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE! NEVER!"
The others didn't know what to say as Wufei laid his hand comfortingly on her arm. What were they SUPPOSED to say!? None of them had even IMAGINED that it had been that bad. They had been able to guess she had lost her friends, but in such a gruesome way? How could she have survived it? Rei released Heero's shirt and stepped back, her head turned away from them and her shoulders shaking uncontrollably. Silence hung over the group like a thick blanket smothering them.
A moment passed that felt like a small eternity to the group before Rei finally said something.
"I…I'm sorry minna…I think I've lost my appetite." She said so softly they almost didn't hear it, still not looking at them.
She walked past her koishii, not daring to even look up at him, and quietly walked to the door and out into the hall, closing it behind her.
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Heero found himself on the ground again, this time with a fuming dragon looming over him. This time his other cheek being the one that was discolored. His glare was murderous and deadly as he stood there above him. He didn't yell though, which was a great surprise to all. No. But what he did say hit it's mark better than any threat could.
"All respect you earned from me during the war is gone. And don't ever expect to get it back. Rei may one day forgive you…but I won't."
After stepping back away from his use to be comrade, Wufei turned and rushed after his wife.
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Hey minna-chan! Please review! I'm really sorry for the gory way the senshi were killed but I needed it for the plot. Please tell me what you think even if it's a flame. I'm also really sorry for making Heero seem so heartless, but it will be explained in the next chapter. Ja ne.
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Rei heaved a sigh as she continued to look at her lap where Wufei was holding her hands. She had known she would have to explain everything, but how? She couldn't tell them about the senshi, it wasn't her secret to tell, it involved the others as well. If had been just her she would have told Wufei in a heart beat, but it wasn't. Not that they would actually believe her anyway. How was she possibly going to get around all of the magical elements? That's practically the entire story! Racking her brain, the young priestess tried to think of a way to not lie to them, but not to reveal the entire Silver Millennium history. She took a deep breath before taking her shot at it, seriously hoping they wouldn't ask TOO many questions.
"As I said before, I was needed to help fight in the war. There was originally ten of us. We were slit into two teams, the Inners and the Outers." At this Duo chuckled, earning him a glare from a certain Chinese boy, but she simply laughed.
"It's okay Fei-chan, Duo-kun's right, they were rather "unique" weren't they? We were named after the planets of the solar system, mine being Mars. I was one of the Inners, along with Mercury, Venus, Moon, Jupiter, and Earth. While Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were the Outers." She said.
Heero remained unemotional as he continued to look at her.
"Why haven't we heard of you?"
"Well, we were the best of the best." She informed, a bit to fast for the stotic soldier's liking. "We were brought together by Luna, who was sort of our guardian. She was the one who sent Setsuna, or Pluto to come and talk me into joining. But I guess I've better tell you everyone before I start ne? First of all, there was Ami, or more widely known as Mercury, she was our local genius and doctor. She may not have been the strongest of us physically, but what she lacked in strength she made up for with brains. She was the one who made strategies for most of all our battles. And actually, you remind me a lot about her Quatre-san." She said with a soft smile, looking up at the blonde Arabian. "She was kind and quiet, and had the softest heart you could ever find, she would instantly put herself in danger to safe the life of another."
"Was she and the rest babes like you!?" Duo jumped in, a goofy grin spread across his face.
At this the others sighed.
"Duo, let her…" But he was interrupted by the sound of Rei bursting out into bright laughter.
Everyone watched her as she began to laugh so hard tears almost ran down her cheeks, holding her stomach and onto her confused husband so she wouldn't fall over. Umm…okay. What was she doing? They couldn't guess, one minute she was sad, the next laughing like hadn't in years. After a few moments she finally got herself under control.
"I'm…I'm sorry," She chuckled softly, "It's just, if they had heard you say that, half of them would have kicked your butt, while the other half would have gotten hearts in their eyes."
They couldn't help but smile, even Trowa couldn't resist it as the ends of his mouth twitched up.
"Anyway, the next one was Makoto, her code name was Jupiter. She was one of the two hard core fighters among us, the other being Uranus. She was also very strong for a girl, but she was a GREAT cook. Her dream was to be able to open a restaurant of her own. She had a big heart even if she rarely showed it out right, but she did have this thing about her old sempai." Rei giggled slightly into her hand. "Every guy she saw she swore looked like him. And she probably would have said the same about all of you."
"Yeah, they all look SO much a like!" Noin smirked, not being able to help herself.
Duo looked shocked and hurt at the same time as he jumped out of his chair.
"WHAT! How could you say that about me! I look SO much better than these guys!" He said, stabbing his thumb in their general direction.
Rei shook her head and decided just to ignore the braided pilot and continue.
"Minako was our official leader, and was code named Venus. I can basically sum her personality up in one word…groupie." She smiled brightly at this, she could still remember all of the bow wearing blonde's antics. "She almost always had a smile on her face and could cheer practically ANYONE up. She was worst that Mako-chan BY FAR when came to boys. I still haven't figured out where she got all of her energy. She also had this rather funny, umm…quirk about her. She NEVER was able to correctly say an analogy right, it always came out wrong. Like one time, her and Odango got into an argument and she said, "There's no use crying over spilt juice!" and never even realized it was suppose to be "milk."
A few of the others chuckled at this, their friend's wife sure had some interesting friends.
"Then there was Earth…" She was about to explain Mamoru when Wufei jumped in.
"Wait a second! How many of these soldiers were onnas!?" He asked amazed.
She simply smirked, her eyes holding a proud gleam.
"Well, I said we were the best of the best…so NATRUALLY nine of us were girls and Mamoru was the only guy. He was rather unlucky I guess…or REALLY lucky depending on how you choose to look at it."
Wufei blanched, shocked that some one would recruit so many onnas to fight in the war, sure Meiren was one thing, there was NOTHING normal about her, but he doubted any other onnas could stand up to what he had seen. He, however, kept his mouth shut, remembering the certain threat from before.
"Anyway…as I was saying before I was interrupted," she said giving her koishii and playful glare. "Mamoru was code named Earth, but we called him Tuxedo Kamen normally. In truth, I honestly have no idea why we supposingly "needed" him seeing as how the only things he did was throw roses, jump high, and have an extending cane." At this everyone blinked, but she failed to notice it and just continued.
"Then there were the Outers. Saturn was the youngest of us since she was only twelve years old. She was very quiet and shy but she was probably one of the most powerful and deadly of all of us. Her skills were unmatched by any and I wouldn't be surprised if she could kick Yuy-san's butt within a matter of minutes. She was also very smart for a child, almost as smart as Ami. Needless to say, those two got along exceptionally well."
"Why would someone let a girl so young fight?" Quatre asked bewildered, horrified that someone so young could be dragged into sighting so easily.
"They let you guys didn't they?" She said, looking at them.
And indeed she was right, most of them had been involved in the war since they were VERY young, especially Heero. Seeing that she made her point, the raven haired girl moved on.
"Haruka was the leader of the Outers, her code name was Uranus. She had a fighter's heart and a very hot temper. We actually, kinda…umm…" She fumbled for a moment, turning a light pink as she glanced down at her hands again.
"Yes?" Milliardo prodded, wanting to know why the girl seemed so embarrassed.
She muttered something inaudible under her breath, making the dragon beside her chuckle, he had been the only one who had heard what she said. Duo leaned forward and put his hand behind his ear.
"What? I'm sorry I didn't hear that." He smirked, enjoying her discomfort.
"I SAID, we mistook her for a guy. She had very short blond hair and usually wore guy clothes so when she showed up and had her arm around Michiru we just ASSUMED that she was a guy. It was rather funny seeing Minako's eyes almost pop out of her head." She snickered, remembering the little "totem pole" incident between her, the blonde and Mako-chan.
"But that's disgusting! Two of your friends were LESBIANS!" Hilde said shocked.
Rei saw red, her hands gripped into tight fists as she used all of her strength not to jump up and strangle the baka then and there. When she spoke she did it through her teeth and her voice was hard and deadly.
"Don't you EVER say that about Haruka and Michiru again. They loved each other more than anything in the world and I will NOT let you make it out as if they were bad people. You can't blame someone for who they fall in love with." Her glare could have melted an ice burg, so Hilde shut her mouth and just sat back in her seat with a seething look.
After keeping her gaze locked for a moment with the navy haired girl, the Shinto priestess turned her attention back to the others. She still had quite a lot to explain.
"AS I was saying, Haruka loved motorcycles and racecars, anything with speed involved. She definitely enjoyed fighting and working out. Her and Michiru were the best partners you could find. They worked as one unit and always accomplished what they set out to do. She was also VERY protective of us, especially Usa and Firefly. She usually played the piano while Michi played the violin, it really calmed everyone down after a real intense battle. Michiru, or Neptune as she was deemed, was a perfect match for Haruka and that's why she was her partner for most missions. She was very calm and motherly, both her and Ruka were older than us by two years, making them nineteen and the oldest besides Setsuna. Michiru was always very polite and graceful, she loved to paint and play her violin. She watched over us if we got sick or injured. She was extremely beautiful, with wavy aqua hair that fell to the middle of her back and aqua eyes. You could tell by her code name that she loved the water and the ocean. Everything about her was serene and peaceful, she wasn't made for battles, but she fought anyway to protect the people she cared about." Rei shot a quick glance at the still pouting girl, daring her to make a comment about her friends, but she didn't so the raven haired princess pressed on.
"Last was Setsuna, code named Pluto, the oldest and wisest of our group. We didn't really find out just how old she was because when the subject came up she would wave it off as not important, but she looked about twenty six or so." Okay, so that's not the "complete" truth because they knew she was VERY VERY old, but then again they never were told just how old she was so that COULD be considered the truth. "We really didn't know too much about her because she was rarely given a mission that let her work around us. But when she was, we almost always won. She was sort of like a spy I guess you could say, she watched for any signs of enemies and warned us if she could. She was a very elegant lady, one who held pride in herself and what she did. But she also had quite a lot of pressure in her job, not even I know all that she did during the times when she would disappear. She was also like a mother to us." She let out a sigh as a small smile crept across her lips, she could still see them all laughing and joking around as if none had any wait on their shoulders at all.
"And that's my friends, now what about yours?" She asked with a bright smile, leaning forward, her elbows resting on the table.
Heero narrowed his eyes again. He had caught her slip up. "Wars" was what she had said. "Wars" as in plural form, meaning more than one. There had been only one true war, the Martimaia incident was only a rebel rebellion, this meant there was something she wasn't telling them. Along with the fact that she hadn't exactly told them why they hadn't been heard of, she had just dodged around it. She also hadn't told them who this "Usagi," or "Usa" character was. Trowa must have realized this as well, for he asked about it.
"Rei-san…"
"chan." She corrected with a smile. "I may be married but I'm not old."
Trowa smiled slightly, and nodded his head.
"Rei-chan, what about you're tenth member? Moon. Was that the Usa person you mentioned before?"
Duo's jaw jropped to the ground as he looked from his green eyed companion to his other companion's wife. HOLY COSMOS!
"WOW! YOU GOT TRO TO SAY MORE THAT THREE WORDS! YOU'RE A GODDESS!" He exclaimed loudly, making the others heave sighs while her face turned a bright red.
He didn't know how close to the truth he was. But she winced slightly, something only a few in the room noticed, because she had hoped to avoid the subject. It was just too painful, something which her heart reminded her instantly with a sharp stabbing sensation. She had hoped they would over look it, but what else could you expect from gundam pilots? That thought, however, didn't make it any easier on her. What was she going to say?
"Umm…Rei-chan? Are you alright?" Quatre suddenly asked, snapping her out of her daze that she had been in, everyone now with their eyes locked on her.
The priestess scolded herself silently about keeping her mind clear and focused. The others watched her eyes soften a great deal as she stared down center the center of the table, obviously lost in memories. They weren't going to interrupt her, and they didn't expect her to answer when he asked, but she did.
"Hai…" she whispered, still gazing at the tablecloth. "Usagi was…I'm not sure how to explain her. No. I do. She was a cry baby, a klutz, she never took anything seriously, never studied…but that was just how she acted on the outside." She said, her voice softening greatly. "On the inside she was perfect. She had a purer heart than you could find anywhere in the universe, she fought with all she had to keep her friends safe, she threw herself into danger hundreds of times over just to make sure the rest of us came back alive…she…she was what kept us all together. She was the reason why we were willing to fight till the end. She kept our spirits up and never put herself before anyone else."
"She meant a lot to you…didn't she?" Duo asked quietly, for once not being able to force a joke.
Rei was silent for a moment, her hand gripped tightly around Wufei's. She refused to let the tears fall. She wouldn't show weakness in front of these people who she bearly knew. Closing her eyes, so to not let them see her emotions, she nodded slowly.
"Yes, Duo-kun…she did mean a lot to me. She meant a lot to all of us. She…she was like a sister to me, even though I cared about the others more than I can ever say…Usa still meant the most."
Sympathy and sorrow glittered across the on lookers' faces. Poor girl, all her friends had died in the war, they still, atleast, had each other but she didn't. What would have happened if some of them had died in the war? How would the others have coped? They never thought about it. Since they HAD all survived they never allowed themselves to think on what COULD HAVE happened. They didn't want to.
"You're emotion and feelings for your friends are your weaknesses. A soldier should not have emotions, they interfere with missions."
CRASH
Rei's eyes shot venom as she glared coldly down at the boy she had just punched from across the table. And indeed she had. Heero Yuy sat on the floor, his eyes void of emotion but his cheek red with pain. The others sat with their mouths opened as they stared from the raven haired girl to the Perfect Soldier on the floor. That was definitely something you didn't see everyday.
She felt rage flare up within her as she thought of what the kisama had said about her friends. Her eyes flared with inner fire as marched around to where he sat. The others jumped to their feet as she grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and slammed him into the wall, he not making any move to protest. She gripped his tanktop, the one he had pulled on before coming out of his room, till her knuckles were a pale white. Her glare was murderous and had it been a raging fire he would have been burned to a crisp already, but he simply stared at her as if ignoring the pressure she was putting on his collar bone that was about ready to break it. When she spoke her voice was flooded with pain, sorrow, and hate for him.
"Don't you EVER call me or my friends weak again! You have NO idea what I have seen! I had to watch all of them be slaughtered before me, while I was chained to a wall! You want to know what happened so bad FINE! Ami, the sweet, polite girl I told you about, you know what happened to her? She was the first to go! They crucified her! Nailed her to a cross and I was forced to watch her bleed to death! Hotaru! TWELVE YEARS OLD! That monster of a woman impaled her body with wooden stakes! She was only twelve! Minako, our LEADER, was injected with a virus that attacked her insides and by the time she finally was able to die she had thrown up most of the blood in her body! Haruka, the one who saw us all as her little sisters and protected us, was slowly drowned in a pool of weak acid that strangled her while eating away at her! Michiru was tied to a stake and burned alive! Never again will she ever be able to play a violin! She was beyond recognition by the time they put the fire out! Mamoru, Usagi's future husband, had one of his very own roses imbedded into his heart and throat, causing him to drown in his own blood! Makoto! BUTT KICKING JUPITER! She was decapitated! They hung her head in front of me for THREE DAYS! THREE DAYS! Setsuna, gentle, Setsuna was beaten to death with a metal whip! The hooks on that thing dug into until they used the horrible weapon to snap her neck! USAGI! USAGI WAS THE WORST OF ALL! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO MY BEST FRIEND!? HUH!? THEY RAPED HER! THAT MONSTER HAD ONE OF HER SOLDIERS RAPE HER THEN CUT HER OPEN AND YANK OUT HER INTESTINE! I KNOW BECAUSE THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS CHAINED TO A WALL AND FORCED TO WATCHED THEM ALL DIE! AND NOT ONE TIME DID ANY OF THEM CRY OUT! NOT ONCE! MY FRIENDS WERE STRONGER AND BRAVER THAN YOU EVER WILL BE! WE WERE FACED WITH HORRORS THAT NONE SHOULD HAVE TO FACE! YOU THINK OZ WAS EVIL!? LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING! OZ IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN! THEY WERE MY FAMILY! THEY WERE ALL I HAD THEN AND I WAS FORCED TO WATCH EACH OF THEN SLIP AWAY NEVER TO SEE FREEDOM AGAIN! NEVER TO BE ABLE TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE! NEVER!"
The others didn't know what to say as Wufei laid his hand comfortingly on her arm. What were they SUPPOSED to say!? None of them had even IMAGINED that it had been that bad. They had been able to guess she had lost her friends, but in such a gruesome way? How could she have survived it? Rei released Heero's shirt and stepped back, her head turned away from them and her shoulders shaking uncontrollably. Silence hung over the group like a thick blanket smothering them.
A moment passed that felt like a small eternity to the group before Rei finally said something.
"I…I'm sorry minna…I think I've lost my appetite." She said so softly they almost didn't hear it, still not looking at them.
She walked past her koishii, not daring to even look up at him, and quietly walked to the door and out into the hall, closing it behind her.
THUD
Heero found himself on the ground again, this time with a fuming dragon looming over him. This time his other cheek being the one that was discolored. His glare was murderous and deadly as he stood there above him. He didn't yell though, which was a great surprise to all. No. But what he did say hit it's mark better than any threat could.
"All respect you earned from me during the war is gone. And don't ever expect to get it back. Rei may one day forgive you…but I won't."
After stepping back away from his use to be comrade, Wufei turned and rushed after his wife.
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Hey minna-chan! Please review! I'm really sorry for the gory way the senshi were killed but I needed it for the plot. Please tell me what you think even if it's a flame. I'm also really sorry for making Heero seem so heartless, but it will be explained in the next chapter. Ja ne.