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Sighing deeply, Rei stared absently out the window, a light smile on her lips. Light danced on the floor as the tree outside moved in the breeze, shading the morning sun from view except for the lucky rays that dodged the thick leaves and were able to invade her sanctuary of sleep. Knowing that she wouldn't be able to slip into slumber again, the Shinto priestess shifted her gaze to the sleeping dragon beside her. She couldn't help but laugh lightly at how cute and cuddly her "big bad soldier" was when he was asleep. His head turned toward her, her head resting on his chest while his hand clasped around hers that was lying on his stomach. The corners of his mouth were twitched up slightly in contentment as his hair had once again found its way out of its holder. His features were smooth and almost childlike, daring to test her belief if he was really a warrior at all. It was like he was a whole other person, completely relaxed and without that inflated ego of his. When she had first arrived there at the Sanc Kingdom he had been so completely overcome with her being back that his attitude had done a complete one eighty, but slowly he was reverting to the more "macho" guy act he had had before. He was still as caring and gentle with her, it was just that he didn't show it as much in front of the others. He had to keep his image otherwise the other Preventors would probably not respect him after so long of being a chauvinistic pig. She didn't mind, as long as he didn't take it too far, or she might have to kick his butt again…infront of the entire Preventor organization. That would definitely be funny, but she didn't think he would forgive her easy for it so she was going to save that for drastic measures.
"What are you thinking about onna?"
The question startled Rei as she noticed Wufei had woken up and been watching her without her realizing it due to her daydreaming. Smirking mischievously, she placed her finger on his nose.
"I was just thinking how much fun tying Duo-kun to a pole with his braid would be." She laughed lightly.
She would never really hurt the violet eyed boy with yard long hair, he was annoying but her koishii beat up on him enough for three people so she really didn't see the need to. Besides, even if she didn't have feelings for him, or any of the others besides her husband, she had to admit they were pretty handsome, or extremely kawaii in some cases. Duo- kun reminded her of a mix of Usagi and Minako, carefree with a childlike outlook on life…well, when he wasn't claiming to be Shinigami the God of Death. His features were youthful and innocent which probably contributed to him being able to have so many female admirers. His eyes were a deep colbolt blue or dark amethyst, which ever you preferred to call it, almost matching hers but falling short by about a shade. Trowa-kun was more quiet and reserved, reminding her of the mysterious Setsuna and gracefulness of Michiru. His dark emerald eyes and light brown hair with a hint of red that fell over one side of his face gave him an aura of wisdom. His features were more "handsome" than "cute," she couldn't see the quiet, serious soldier to be the adorable type of person. Which was completely opposite to his best friend Quatre. Q-chan had the cutest, most innocent attitude that made practically any girl that saw him to go "awww," and want to meet him. He was always sweet and polite to Rei, and she had a feeling that if the others were there that Minako and Usa-chan would be falling over each other to get close…even if Odango was in love with Mamoru.
That left Heero, but she wasn't too sure about him. He seemed rather bipolar to the ebony haired girl, one minute he might be acting a bit more open than usual, then the next he would try shooting her a glare before marching out of what ever room they had been in. It wasn't that she didn't think he wasn't good looking, in fact he was very handsome in a tall dark and silent kind of way, but personality wise he didn't seem to be the best catch of the bunch. Maybe she was just over reacting a bit, they DID get off to a rocky start. Maybe if she tried starting over again with the blue eyed boy they could actually become friends. Doubt filled her head as she looked back on the way Wufei had been acting around the "Perfect Soldier" lately. It was almost like he didn't want the gun happy boy around her at all. Every time he would be in the same room as them Fei-chan would watch him closely, not to mention her. It was almost like he was afraid Heero was going to blow up the mansion with her in it. But that was crazy. Why would they be mad at each other? Did it have something to do with her out burst that day? She hadn't really meant to yell or get mad, but she couldn't help it. It was a reaction. Someone had challenged her friend's honor and she wasn't going to let anyone get away with something like that. Add that to the pain and anger she had been feeling and it simply exploded in that one outburst. But that didn't mean she hated Heero. Sigh. She would just have to figure out what to do about him later.
"Earth to onna, are you in there baka?" Wufei's voice penetrated her thoughts again, she's really have to watch herself so she wouldn't drift of into her thoughts so much, otherwise she would begin to look like Odango Attama an air headed ditz.
Rei swiftly delivered a sharp slap to the side of her lover's head.
"Onna! What did you do that for!?" He exclaimed, rubbing the place where her hand had made contact with his temple.
"Don't call me onna!…or baka!" She glared at him, but her shining eyes ruined the effect.
He smirked back at her.
"Are you trying to tell me you're not a girl, because I'm pretty sure you are." He remarked, making her eyes widen slightly at his choice of words.
"Hentai!" She growled, moving to slap him again but this time he was prepared and caught her hand.
"Ah, ah, ah. Your dragon isn't too fond of being slapped." He chuckled softly, enjoying seeing her glare.
"I'm going to have to make sure you stay away from Duo-kun, he's starting to rub off on you." She retaliated, smirking at the look of horror on her koi's face.
"That was cold."
"It was meant to be."
Wufei growled slightly before kissing her passionately.
"You really are an annoying onna, you know that?" He asked, pulling a stray strand of silken hair behind her ear.
"Yep, just like you're a egotistical pig."
"Just as long as we're in agreement."
Rei laughed quietly, laying her head back on his chest and closing her eyes lazily as he stroked her dark teasels gently. A moment of peaceful silence passed as the two simply enjoyed the other's presence, neither really wanting to have to get up.
Opening her eyes slightly, the amethyst eyed girl glanced over to the alarm sitting on the side table near them. It was about eight o'clock. Her eyes saddened slightly, wondering how much longer they will be able to lay here like this before he had to leave and if she would ever see him again. But she wasn't worried, she had a plan. And a good one at that.
"What time are you suppose to go to work?" She asked quietly, gently tracing circles on his chest.
She felt him sigh before wrapping his hand around hers.
"I have to leave soon, actually, I probably need to start getting ready now." He said quietly before gently untangling himself from both the sheets and her.
The heir to Mars heaved a sigh as she laid back against the pillows again, wrapping the sheets around her exposed body while her dark haired love walked into the bathroom. He left the door open so he could talk to her while he began to run the shower.
"Are you sure you're alright with this? I mean, me fighting again."
She let out a small chuckle as she ran over her plans in her head.
"Don't worry about me Fei, I can take care of myself."
A few minutes later Wufei walked out of the bathroom with a white towel wrapped securely around his waist while he rummaged around in his drawer for clothes. Upon finding a white tank top and a pair of boxers he pulled out his Peacecraft School uniform from the closet before going back into the bathroom only to emerge once again this time fully suited up. Blink, blink, Rei smirked before whistling playfully at him. He looked GREAT in that outfit. Dark navy pants that showed off his well toned muscles and matching jacket that buttoned up the front along with a high color white shirt that was tied together with a thin bow and his hair pulled back as usual. Wow. She was awarded with a sly smirk as he made his way over to the bed and sat beside her.
"I could say the same for you." He said before kissing her gently on the lips.
After they pulled apart she scowled at him before putting her hand on his chest and shoving him back.
"All right "DUO," that's enough. Go down stairs and get some breakfast while I get ready. And don't you DARE leave without me." She threatened, a slow painful death of tickling as the torture in mind.
"That was cold."
"It was meant to be." She smirked.
Glaring half heartedly down at her the dragon boy left to go get something to eat.
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Quickly making her way to the shower, Rei hurried to get around. About fifteen minutes later she emerged fully refreshed and clothed. Today she had decided on a simple pair of blue jeans and a dark crimson tank top while leaving her hair down as usual. She hummed to herself as she practically skipped down the grand staircase. The day was new, the sun was shining brightly, painting the walls with shades of yellow and white while birds sang outside the sizely mansion. Oh beautiful morning! Yep, Usa- chan definitely rubs off on people, even after she was gone being around her so much before must have premonitory imprinted some of her actions into the strong willed priestess. But who could help but be happy with such a loving, and adorable, and gentle, and strong, and kind hearted, and strong willed, and…being hit on koishii!
The Shinto priestess stood in the doorway to the kitchen where the others were gathered…along with a blonde lady who was paying a little too much attention to her lover. Wufei was leaning up against the wall while she stood beside him, smiling brightly at him. She knew that look, she had seen it many times in evil being's eyes that tries to seduce or get close to her or her friends without them realizing they were evil, especially from Diamond and Beryl. Don't EVEN think so! Rei Hino of Mars has delt with more powerful enemies than this tramp and she wasn't going to step down now. Who the jigoku did she think she was trying to steal Chang Rei's husband! She was NOT going to allow it! She didn't even notice she was clutching her fists till she felt the skin break and the trickle of blood sliding down her hands. Her glare disappeared as she looked down at her hands, unfortunately Quatre had chosen that exact moment to notice her.
"Rei-chan! Are you alright?" He exclaimed, effectively make her the center of attention as both he and her dark haired koibito were instantly at her side.
She let out a nervous laugh as she nodded, forcing a smile. She let herself be lead to the sink, sitting down on a near by stool while Wufei gently cleaned her bloodied hands.
"What do you think you were doing onna? How did you hurt yourself?" He asked, rinsing the washcloth some before continuing, everyone watching her worriedly.
"Nothing!" She said quickly, not wanting anyone to know she had been wallowing in jealousy, "I just got caught up in some old memories. That's all, I didn't even realize I was doing it." This stopped the questions thankfully for her.
It took a couple of minutes for her hands to be clean and stop bleeding, but he finally dried them off gently, allowing her to stand up again and face the others and this new "team mate." She hoped she wasn't going to be working too closely with them. The woman was actually rather pretty, slag it, with sandy blonde hair held in two twisted braids that fell over her shoulders and deep blue eyes that matched Relena's. She was slightly taller than they were, but that was probably because she seemed atleast four years older than them. The Shinto Priestess could see a small glint of what was probably contemptment for her. Hmph, baka, think she could steal her dragon away from her did she? Well, she'd have to try harder if that's what she wanted.
"Sally, this Chang Rei, she's Wufei's last remaining family. She's been with us for a couple of weeks now. Rei-chan, this is Sally Po, Wufei's partner in the Preventors. She's coming with us to make sure everything runs smoothly while we are settled in at the academy, she's going to be acting as a secretary to Relena-sama." Quatre introduced politely, an innocent smile across his face.
Had he not put up his shield that morning before coming downstairs the blonde Arabian would have felt the heat and pride radiating from both women. But Heero noticed, not that there was really anything that he missed, just like he didn't miss how much more lighthearted the Chinese pilot had been when he had come down stairs. He didn't like that.
"Oh, so you're Chang's sister? Or is it cousin?" Sally asked with a forced smile.
"Wife," she replied definitely, wrapping her arm around his waist causing his cheeks to color slightly, "For about three years now."
"Really? I didn't think anyone could deal with the ego soldier for long. Where have you been? I don't remember seeing you after the war before." She said cheerfully in a joking tone, but Rei saw straight through it.
On-guard.
"Yeah, well, I was rather busy with the war. When you're a soldier your work is never, ne?" The raven beauty said, smiling brightly applauding herself silently for her acting skills, Minako would be proud.
"You're a soldier? Hm, I should have known. Chang's not exactly the "graceful and delicate" type. I'm surprised, however, I would have thought a girl would have to practically jump him to get him to notice her." She replied jokingly.
At this Wufei grunted and wrapped his arm tighter around the priestess.
"Onna, you need to stop hanging around Maxwell. It seems he's contagious."
"Oh it's alright Fei-chan, it was you, after all, who didn't tell them about me. You're not exactly a trusting person right off the bat, and you've only known her for a little while and you've known me for what since we were seven. You really need to open up more." Rei smiled brightly, chuckling at him quietly, earning a playful glare from the dark haired dragon.
Touché`.
Heero groaned silently to himself. Was he the only one noticing the underlining war between the two women? Glancing around he saw that Trowa realized it as well, but that was about it. Not even Duo, who usually had a knack for finding and pointing out trouble, saw this. Great. This was just lovely, having to watch two onnas silently fighting for 05, one of which he was in love with. Grand.
"We need to go." Heero said suddenly, not really wanting to hear more of the female war.
Noin nodded in agreement, her navy blue hair moving slightly from the motion.
"Yes, we wouldn't want you guys to be late for the first classes of the day now would we?"
At this Duo groaned loudly, his shoulders slumping foreword.
"Oh MAN! Do we hafta! I HATE school!" He complained loudly. "Can't we just act like observers or something!?"
His response was the Perfect Soldier grabbing his braid and dragging him toward the garage.
Quatre hurried after the two, pleading with the stotic boy to let his friend's hair go while Trowa glanced quickly at Rei and Sally before following. The others filed out, each chatting with each other and not noticing the slight glare that was send from a certain blonde Preventor to a certain ebony haired priestess. The couple walked out with them and headed for his motorcycle. Most of the others were going in one of Quatre's limos, seeing as it was the only thing big enough for all of them, that left only Duo, who was riding his motorcycle and Rei and Wufei. She, of which, smirked triumphantly to Sally as she wrapped her arms around her husband's waist when he started up the engine. No matter what the dumb blonde thought, she wasn't going to steal HER Fei-chan. Too bad Minako and Usagi weren't there, they could help her think up some great plot to embarrass her so she would leave them alone. They would have enjoyed that immensely.
Laughing cheerfully as her hair danced in the wind the child of fire leaned against her lover's back. Yes, she would definitely have to commence with her plans now. This was going to be fun…very fun. Once again the devious senshi's mind began working over time about how she was going to go about doing this, she had to make sure the others didn't know till it was too late and that they couldn't stop her. Yep…loads of fun.
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It took about thirty minutes to reach the pink painted school, Usagi would have loved this place, Rei thought absently to herself as she climbed off the motorcycle. Shielding her eyes slightly from the glare of the sun she waited for Wufei till he had parked the bike to begin exceeding the front entrance steps. The plan was that all of them would come with the guys but then Hilde, Noin, Milliardo, Lady Une, and of course Rei would be returning to Quatre's mansion where they would be staying with the Macunauts for safety, something Wufei had insisted on while he was away. She didn't mind though, it wouldn't last long if she had her way.
An elderly man, the same elderly man she had seen before when she had fist came there, opened the door politely for them and lead them to Relena's office where the honey haired princess proceeded in filling out all the paperwork they had not been able to do the night before because Wufei hadn't been there. Rei sat herself into big comfortable chair and proceeded to examine the room while she was waiting. The room itself was quite large and had a rather homey feeling about it like the entire school did. Thick, lush, white carpet covered the floor and the violet eyed warrior had to stop the urge to take her shoes off like her traditions had taught her. The back wall was practically an entire window that looked over the ocean and harbor below, making her think about how Michiru would have loved such a beautiful view. Relena was sitting with her back to the window at a large mahogany desk that was littered with papers and forms. Obviously Relena Dorlin was a very busy person. The others were scattered around the room, Sally, Une, Milliardo, and Noin were standing slightly behind the so called princess and were looking out the window, talking quietly to themselves about what they thought the new enemy were going to do. She would have to remember to find out just WHO were attacking this time. Bakas, why couldn't anyone just let peace last? Hilde was leaning over her royal friend's shoulder, watching her go through all of the paperwork and what not. That left the Gundam Pilots to sit in the remaining chairs and on the couch filling out their school forms with fake back ground information and such, not wanting to let anyone know just who they were. Which was rather pointless in her eyes now that practically everyone had seen them during the Martimaia incident. But that was just them, personally she thought the senshi magic that prevented anyone from concentrating on anything but their eyes was much more effective.
Turning her gaze once more to the ocean she watched the waves crash against the rocky ledge, spraying the air with bursts. She knew it was going to be very lonely without Wufei, she didn't have anyone else besides him. Sure the other girls were friendly…for the most part, especially Lady Une, but it wasn't the same as the senshi. Nothing like the senshi. She didn't feel as if she could really talk to any of them, she wished the others were still alive, NO! Stop thinking like that! There is nothing you can do to bring them back and they wouldn't want you to be sad over them! Sigh, but it was really hard not to. Really hard. Absently she began to hum a soft song that Haruka and Michiru had made up in inspiration from the Inners. It was titled Moonlight Legend and was very pretty in her opinion, but then again, everything those two had created was beautiful to her. Minako had created words to song in order to "rightfully praise us," she had joked and deemed it their theme song. She could still remember them all laughing their heads off at the young blonde as she had dramatically sang it to them…way too dramatically. The words had been making fun of them, but not at the music because she loved the duo's song as much as everyone else, she just thought it extremely funny so she created a "ballad" to them, as she likes to say.
Fighting evil by moonlight,
Winning love by daylight,
Never running from a real fight,
She is the one named Sailor Moon.
She will never turn back on a friend,
She is always there to defend,
She is the one on whom we can depend,
She is the one named Sailor…
Sailor Venus,
Sailor Mercury,
Sailor Mars,
Sailor Jupiter,
Secret powers all so new to her,
She is the one named Sailor Moon.
Fighting evil by moonlight,
Winning love by daylight,
Never running from a real fight,
She is the one named Sailor Moon.
They had had such a riot from her little get together even Ami was laughing like crazy before it was all over.
Rei was suddenly knocked out of her thoughts by a hand on her shoulder.
"Rei? You alright onna?"
She looked up to see Wufei standing beside her while the office was empty. Come to realize she had been sitting there the entire time, wrapped up in her memories that she hadn't noticed everyone else leaving to go see their rooms. The Chinese boy had been saying her name for a few moments with no reaction, so not surprisingly he had been worried.
"Yeah, sorry Fei-chan. I guess I was thinking." She smiled reassuringly before getting up and taking his hand as they left after the others.
"By the way, I like that song you were humming. What was it?" He asked.
Her face darkened to a deep crimson. Had she been humming out loud? Slag, she really needed to keep her head.
"Ruka and Michi made it up. They were really good with music." She answered, receiving a squeeze from him.
"Don't worry, the hurt will eventually lessen. It won't leave but it will lessen."
"Promise?" She asked softly after a moment, shocking the martial artist.
Stopping he looked at her for a minute, noticing the loss of gleam in her eyes. Gathering her up in his arms he held her close to his chest, one arm around the small of her back while the other closer to her shoulders and grasping her soft hair.
"I told you already onna, everything will work out. But you have to believe that yourself."
She sighed raggedly, clutching to him tightly not wanting to let go.
"I'm trying, I really am. It's just hard. Everywhere I look I see them there, or wonder what they would say if in the same situation. They meant so much to me…and now they're gone."
"I know, I know…why don't go find the others before they get worried, okay?"
"Alright." She said softly, her head rested against his shoulder as he guided her towards the others, arms wrapped comfortingly around her.
When they finally reached the group no one had noticed they were gone, except Heero, but he didn't say anything. Relena showed them their rooms. Heero and Duo would be sharing a room, and Trowa and Quatre were to share while Wufei was going to be alone. The rooms weren't actually JUST rooms. They were more like small apartments with two bedrooms, a living room, two bathrooms and a kitchen so they could fix their own food if they didn't want to go to the cafeteria. They had to admit, it wasn't such a bad place to live, and hopefully Duo would survive Heero.
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Rei looked around Wufei's bedroom, all white walls, white sheets, white curtains, white…everything.
"Geeze, I'll have to bring you some colorful stuff to put in here, it's blank!" She exclaimed, slowly forgetting her previous worries.
He smirked at her as he began to unpack his bags.
"Sorry, onna. You're not coming here anymore. I'll visit you on the weekends, but I don't want you anywhere near the school till this is all over. I don't want to risk someone seeing me with you and try to use you as a target. Understand?"
"What!? NO way! I can't stay away from you that long! Do you know how worried I'm going to be!? If I can't check up on you DAILY I'll go insane from paranoia!" She practically screamed, looking at the onyx eyed boy as if he had grown another head.
"Rei," He said putting down his stuff and standing infront of her, "I'm not going to put your safety in danger…"
"To hell with my safety! What about your safety! You're fighting and I know you have to. But you are NOT going to lock me away somewhere so that I have not idea what is going on!" She yelled, making large movements with her arms as she talked.
"HAI! This enemy may go after people close to us and I am NOT going to put you in danger! You are NOT going come here to check up on me! I can take care of myself and you are going to stay at Winner's mansion where the Macuanats can protect you!" His voice beginning to rise in anger.
"I am a big girl Chang! I can't handle myself! I'm NOT going to let you do this to me!" She glared coldly at him.
Unfortunately the others had heard the commotion and came to check on them. Quatre popped his head in with worry etched on his face.
"Are you guys okay? We heard screaming and..."
"STAY OUT OF THIS!" The two yelled at the same time, surprising the poor blonde and sending him stumbling back with the force, bearly being caught by Milliardo before he hit the floor.
The two returned to their fight, not giving their newly acquired audience any attention.
"I am NOT a weak little girl CHANG! I'm a SOLDIER! I am PERFECTLY capable of keeping myself SAFE! I DO NOT NEED BODYGUARDS! AND I WILL NOT SIT AND TWIDDLE MY THUMBS WHILE YOU ARE HERE FIGHTING A WAR!" She exclaimed loudly, making the others wince.
Instead of the yelling from the Chinese boy they were expecting he grabbed her by the arm and pulled her close, kissing her fiercely. When he finally pulled away Rei was breathing slightly heavily and had eyes as wide as saucers, she obviously didn't expect that either.
"You ARE NOT going to come here and check on me, making yourself a target for the new enemy. I am not going to lose you again. Not now. Not ever. Do you understand?" He said, still holding her arms.
Rei looked away as her shoulders shook in her attempt to keep her composure while so many emotions were raging in her. When she looked back up at him she was glaring coldly but her eyes were glassed over with unshed tears, this broke Wufei's heart into pieces but he couldn't take it back. He couldn't let her get hurt.
"Fine, "husband" I WON'T come and check on you. But understand this. If you get yourself killed I swear I'm going to kill myself just so I can come after you and kick you butt!" She said, her voice low and deadly serious. "And an angry she-dragon is NOT something you want to have to deal with."
Resolve set into her heart as she listened to his demand of her staying locked up that lonely mansion all alone. She was going to go through with her plans. Hopefully nothing would happen till then.
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Thank you all Minna-chan for reading and please review! I hope you liked it! Tell me what you think I should do differently or if I should change anything at all. I can't wait to hear from you! I don't own the theme song as you can clearly see, but I thought it was just something cute I could put in there. Ja ne for now!
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Sighing deeply, Rei stared absently out the window, a light smile on her lips. Light danced on the floor as the tree outside moved in the breeze, shading the morning sun from view except for the lucky rays that dodged the thick leaves and were able to invade her sanctuary of sleep. Knowing that she wouldn't be able to slip into slumber again, the Shinto priestess shifted her gaze to the sleeping dragon beside her. She couldn't help but laugh lightly at how cute and cuddly her "big bad soldier" was when he was asleep. His head turned toward her, her head resting on his chest while his hand clasped around hers that was lying on his stomach. The corners of his mouth were twitched up slightly in contentment as his hair had once again found its way out of its holder. His features were smooth and almost childlike, daring to test her belief if he was really a warrior at all. It was like he was a whole other person, completely relaxed and without that inflated ego of his. When she had first arrived there at the Sanc Kingdom he had been so completely overcome with her being back that his attitude had done a complete one eighty, but slowly he was reverting to the more "macho" guy act he had had before. He was still as caring and gentle with her, it was just that he didn't show it as much in front of the others. He had to keep his image otherwise the other Preventors would probably not respect him after so long of being a chauvinistic pig. She didn't mind, as long as he didn't take it too far, or she might have to kick his butt again…infront of the entire Preventor organization. That would definitely be funny, but she didn't think he would forgive her easy for it so she was going to save that for drastic measures.
"What are you thinking about onna?"
The question startled Rei as she noticed Wufei had woken up and been watching her without her realizing it due to her daydreaming. Smirking mischievously, she placed her finger on his nose.
"I was just thinking how much fun tying Duo-kun to a pole with his braid would be." She laughed lightly.
She would never really hurt the violet eyed boy with yard long hair, he was annoying but her koishii beat up on him enough for three people so she really didn't see the need to. Besides, even if she didn't have feelings for him, or any of the others besides her husband, she had to admit they were pretty handsome, or extremely kawaii in some cases. Duo- kun reminded her of a mix of Usagi and Minako, carefree with a childlike outlook on life…well, when he wasn't claiming to be Shinigami the God of Death. His features were youthful and innocent which probably contributed to him being able to have so many female admirers. His eyes were a deep colbolt blue or dark amethyst, which ever you preferred to call it, almost matching hers but falling short by about a shade. Trowa-kun was more quiet and reserved, reminding her of the mysterious Setsuna and gracefulness of Michiru. His dark emerald eyes and light brown hair with a hint of red that fell over one side of his face gave him an aura of wisdom. His features were more "handsome" than "cute," she couldn't see the quiet, serious soldier to be the adorable type of person. Which was completely opposite to his best friend Quatre. Q-chan had the cutest, most innocent attitude that made practically any girl that saw him to go "awww," and want to meet him. He was always sweet and polite to Rei, and she had a feeling that if the others were there that Minako and Usa-chan would be falling over each other to get close…even if Odango was in love with Mamoru.
That left Heero, but she wasn't too sure about him. He seemed rather bipolar to the ebony haired girl, one minute he might be acting a bit more open than usual, then the next he would try shooting her a glare before marching out of what ever room they had been in. It wasn't that she didn't think he wasn't good looking, in fact he was very handsome in a tall dark and silent kind of way, but personality wise he didn't seem to be the best catch of the bunch. Maybe she was just over reacting a bit, they DID get off to a rocky start. Maybe if she tried starting over again with the blue eyed boy they could actually become friends. Doubt filled her head as she looked back on the way Wufei had been acting around the "Perfect Soldier" lately. It was almost like he didn't want the gun happy boy around her at all. Every time he would be in the same room as them Fei-chan would watch him closely, not to mention her. It was almost like he was afraid Heero was going to blow up the mansion with her in it. But that was crazy. Why would they be mad at each other? Did it have something to do with her out burst that day? She hadn't really meant to yell or get mad, but she couldn't help it. It was a reaction. Someone had challenged her friend's honor and she wasn't going to let anyone get away with something like that. Add that to the pain and anger she had been feeling and it simply exploded in that one outburst. But that didn't mean she hated Heero. Sigh. She would just have to figure out what to do about him later.
"Earth to onna, are you in there baka?" Wufei's voice penetrated her thoughts again, she's really have to watch herself so she wouldn't drift of into her thoughts so much, otherwise she would begin to look like Odango Attama an air headed ditz.
Rei swiftly delivered a sharp slap to the side of her lover's head.
"Onna! What did you do that for!?" He exclaimed, rubbing the place where her hand had made contact with his temple.
"Don't call me onna!…or baka!" She glared at him, but her shining eyes ruined the effect.
He smirked back at her.
"Are you trying to tell me you're not a girl, because I'm pretty sure you are." He remarked, making her eyes widen slightly at his choice of words.
"Hentai!" She growled, moving to slap him again but this time he was prepared and caught her hand.
"Ah, ah, ah. Your dragon isn't too fond of being slapped." He chuckled softly, enjoying seeing her glare.
"I'm going to have to make sure you stay away from Duo-kun, he's starting to rub off on you." She retaliated, smirking at the look of horror on her koi's face.
"That was cold."
"It was meant to be."
Wufei growled slightly before kissing her passionately.
"You really are an annoying onna, you know that?" He asked, pulling a stray strand of silken hair behind her ear.
"Yep, just like you're a egotistical pig."
"Just as long as we're in agreement."
Rei laughed quietly, laying her head back on his chest and closing her eyes lazily as he stroked her dark teasels gently. A moment of peaceful silence passed as the two simply enjoyed the other's presence, neither really wanting to have to get up.
Opening her eyes slightly, the amethyst eyed girl glanced over to the alarm sitting on the side table near them. It was about eight o'clock. Her eyes saddened slightly, wondering how much longer they will be able to lay here like this before he had to leave and if she would ever see him again. But she wasn't worried, she had a plan. And a good one at that.
"What time are you suppose to go to work?" She asked quietly, gently tracing circles on his chest.
She felt him sigh before wrapping his hand around hers.
"I have to leave soon, actually, I probably need to start getting ready now." He said quietly before gently untangling himself from both the sheets and her.
The heir to Mars heaved a sigh as she laid back against the pillows again, wrapping the sheets around her exposed body while her dark haired love walked into the bathroom. He left the door open so he could talk to her while he began to run the shower.
"Are you sure you're alright with this? I mean, me fighting again."
She let out a small chuckle as she ran over her plans in her head.
"Don't worry about me Fei, I can take care of myself."
A few minutes later Wufei walked out of the bathroom with a white towel wrapped securely around his waist while he rummaged around in his drawer for clothes. Upon finding a white tank top and a pair of boxers he pulled out his Peacecraft School uniform from the closet before going back into the bathroom only to emerge once again this time fully suited up. Blink, blink, Rei smirked before whistling playfully at him. He looked GREAT in that outfit. Dark navy pants that showed off his well toned muscles and matching jacket that buttoned up the front along with a high color white shirt that was tied together with a thin bow and his hair pulled back as usual. Wow. She was awarded with a sly smirk as he made his way over to the bed and sat beside her.
"I could say the same for you." He said before kissing her gently on the lips.
After they pulled apart she scowled at him before putting her hand on his chest and shoving him back.
"All right "DUO," that's enough. Go down stairs and get some breakfast while I get ready. And don't you DARE leave without me." She threatened, a slow painful death of tickling as the torture in mind.
"That was cold."
"It was meant to be." She smirked.
Glaring half heartedly down at her the dragon boy left to go get something to eat.
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Quickly making her way to the shower, Rei hurried to get around. About fifteen minutes later she emerged fully refreshed and clothed. Today she had decided on a simple pair of blue jeans and a dark crimson tank top while leaving her hair down as usual. She hummed to herself as she practically skipped down the grand staircase. The day was new, the sun was shining brightly, painting the walls with shades of yellow and white while birds sang outside the sizely mansion. Oh beautiful morning! Yep, Usa- chan definitely rubs off on people, even after she was gone being around her so much before must have premonitory imprinted some of her actions into the strong willed priestess. But who could help but be happy with such a loving, and adorable, and gentle, and strong, and kind hearted, and strong willed, and…being hit on koishii!
The Shinto priestess stood in the doorway to the kitchen where the others were gathered…along with a blonde lady who was paying a little too much attention to her lover. Wufei was leaning up against the wall while she stood beside him, smiling brightly at him. She knew that look, she had seen it many times in evil being's eyes that tries to seduce or get close to her or her friends without them realizing they were evil, especially from Diamond and Beryl. Don't EVEN think so! Rei Hino of Mars has delt with more powerful enemies than this tramp and she wasn't going to step down now. Who the jigoku did she think she was trying to steal Chang Rei's husband! She was NOT going to allow it! She didn't even notice she was clutching her fists till she felt the skin break and the trickle of blood sliding down her hands. Her glare disappeared as she looked down at her hands, unfortunately Quatre had chosen that exact moment to notice her.
"Rei-chan! Are you alright?" He exclaimed, effectively make her the center of attention as both he and her dark haired koibito were instantly at her side.
She let out a nervous laugh as she nodded, forcing a smile. She let herself be lead to the sink, sitting down on a near by stool while Wufei gently cleaned her bloodied hands.
"What do you think you were doing onna? How did you hurt yourself?" He asked, rinsing the washcloth some before continuing, everyone watching her worriedly.
"Nothing!" She said quickly, not wanting anyone to know she had been wallowing in jealousy, "I just got caught up in some old memories. That's all, I didn't even realize I was doing it." This stopped the questions thankfully for her.
It took a couple of minutes for her hands to be clean and stop bleeding, but he finally dried them off gently, allowing her to stand up again and face the others and this new "team mate." She hoped she wasn't going to be working too closely with them. The woman was actually rather pretty, slag it, with sandy blonde hair held in two twisted braids that fell over her shoulders and deep blue eyes that matched Relena's. She was slightly taller than they were, but that was probably because she seemed atleast four years older than them. The Shinto Priestess could see a small glint of what was probably contemptment for her. Hmph, baka, think she could steal her dragon away from her did she? Well, she'd have to try harder if that's what she wanted.
"Sally, this Chang Rei, she's Wufei's last remaining family. She's been with us for a couple of weeks now. Rei-chan, this is Sally Po, Wufei's partner in the Preventors. She's coming with us to make sure everything runs smoothly while we are settled in at the academy, she's going to be acting as a secretary to Relena-sama." Quatre introduced politely, an innocent smile across his face.
Had he not put up his shield that morning before coming downstairs the blonde Arabian would have felt the heat and pride radiating from both women. But Heero noticed, not that there was really anything that he missed, just like he didn't miss how much more lighthearted the Chinese pilot had been when he had come down stairs. He didn't like that.
"Oh, so you're Chang's sister? Or is it cousin?" Sally asked with a forced smile.
"Wife," she replied definitely, wrapping her arm around his waist causing his cheeks to color slightly, "For about three years now."
"Really? I didn't think anyone could deal with the ego soldier for long. Where have you been? I don't remember seeing you after the war before." She said cheerfully in a joking tone, but Rei saw straight through it.
On-guard.
"Yeah, well, I was rather busy with the war. When you're a soldier your work is never, ne?" The raven beauty said, smiling brightly applauding herself silently for her acting skills, Minako would be proud.
"You're a soldier? Hm, I should have known. Chang's not exactly the "graceful and delicate" type. I'm surprised, however, I would have thought a girl would have to practically jump him to get him to notice her." She replied jokingly.
At this Wufei grunted and wrapped his arm tighter around the priestess.
"Onna, you need to stop hanging around Maxwell. It seems he's contagious."
"Oh it's alright Fei-chan, it was you, after all, who didn't tell them about me. You're not exactly a trusting person right off the bat, and you've only known her for a little while and you've known me for what since we were seven. You really need to open up more." Rei smiled brightly, chuckling at him quietly, earning a playful glare from the dark haired dragon.
Touché`.
Heero groaned silently to himself. Was he the only one noticing the underlining war between the two women? Glancing around he saw that Trowa realized it as well, but that was about it. Not even Duo, who usually had a knack for finding and pointing out trouble, saw this. Great. This was just lovely, having to watch two onnas silently fighting for 05, one of which he was in love with. Grand.
"We need to go." Heero said suddenly, not really wanting to hear more of the female war.
Noin nodded in agreement, her navy blue hair moving slightly from the motion.
"Yes, we wouldn't want you guys to be late for the first classes of the day now would we?"
At this Duo groaned loudly, his shoulders slumping foreword.
"Oh MAN! Do we hafta! I HATE school!" He complained loudly. "Can't we just act like observers or something!?"
His response was the Perfect Soldier grabbing his braid and dragging him toward the garage.
Quatre hurried after the two, pleading with the stotic boy to let his friend's hair go while Trowa glanced quickly at Rei and Sally before following. The others filed out, each chatting with each other and not noticing the slight glare that was send from a certain blonde Preventor to a certain ebony haired priestess. The couple walked out with them and headed for his motorcycle. Most of the others were going in one of Quatre's limos, seeing as it was the only thing big enough for all of them, that left only Duo, who was riding his motorcycle and Rei and Wufei. She, of which, smirked triumphantly to Sally as she wrapped her arms around her husband's waist when he started up the engine. No matter what the dumb blonde thought, she wasn't going to steal HER Fei-chan. Too bad Minako and Usagi weren't there, they could help her think up some great plot to embarrass her so she would leave them alone. They would have enjoyed that immensely.
Laughing cheerfully as her hair danced in the wind the child of fire leaned against her lover's back. Yes, she would definitely have to commence with her plans now. This was going to be fun…very fun. Once again the devious senshi's mind began working over time about how she was going to go about doing this, she had to make sure the others didn't know till it was too late and that they couldn't stop her. Yep…loads of fun.
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It took about thirty minutes to reach the pink painted school, Usagi would have loved this place, Rei thought absently to herself as she climbed off the motorcycle. Shielding her eyes slightly from the glare of the sun she waited for Wufei till he had parked the bike to begin exceeding the front entrance steps. The plan was that all of them would come with the guys but then Hilde, Noin, Milliardo, Lady Une, and of course Rei would be returning to Quatre's mansion where they would be staying with the Macunauts for safety, something Wufei had insisted on while he was away. She didn't mind though, it wouldn't last long if she had her way.
An elderly man, the same elderly man she had seen before when she had fist came there, opened the door politely for them and lead them to Relena's office where the honey haired princess proceeded in filling out all the paperwork they had not been able to do the night before because Wufei hadn't been there. Rei sat herself into big comfortable chair and proceeded to examine the room while she was waiting. The room itself was quite large and had a rather homey feeling about it like the entire school did. Thick, lush, white carpet covered the floor and the violet eyed warrior had to stop the urge to take her shoes off like her traditions had taught her. The back wall was practically an entire window that looked over the ocean and harbor below, making her think about how Michiru would have loved such a beautiful view. Relena was sitting with her back to the window at a large mahogany desk that was littered with papers and forms. Obviously Relena Dorlin was a very busy person. The others were scattered around the room, Sally, Une, Milliardo, and Noin were standing slightly behind the so called princess and were looking out the window, talking quietly to themselves about what they thought the new enemy were going to do. She would have to remember to find out just WHO were attacking this time. Bakas, why couldn't anyone just let peace last? Hilde was leaning over her royal friend's shoulder, watching her go through all of the paperwork and what not. That left the Gundam Pilots to sit in the remaining chairs and on the couch filling out their school forms with fake back ground information and such, not wanting to let anyone know just who they were. Which was rather pointless in her eyes now that practically everyone had seen them during the Martimaia incident. But that was just them, personally she thought the senshi magic that prevented anyone from concentrating on anything but their eyes was much more effective.
Turning her gaze once more to the ocean she watched the waves crash against the rocky ledge, spraying the air with bursts. She knew it was going to be very lonely without Wufei, she didn't have anyone else besides him. Sure the other girls were friendly…for the most part, especially Lady Une, but it wasn't the same as the senshi. Nothing like the senshi. She didn't feel as if she could really talk to any of them, she wished the others were still alive, NO! Stop thinking like that! There is nothing you can do to bring them back and they wouldn't want you to be sad over them! Sigh, but it was really hard not to. Really hard. Absently she began to hum a soft song that Haruka and Michiru had made up in inspiration from the Inners. It was titled Moonlight Legend and was very pretty in her opinion, but then again, everything those two had created was beautiful to her. Minako had created words to song in order to "rightfully praise us," she had joked and deemed it their theme song. She could still remember them all laughing their heads off at the young blonde as she had dramatically sang it to them…way too dramatically. The words had been making fun of them, but not at the music because she loved the duo's song as much as everyone else, she just thought it extremely funny so she created a "ballad" to them, as she likes to say.
Fighting evil by moonlight,
Winning love by daylight,
Never running from a real fight,
She is the one named Sailor Moon.
She will never turn back on a friend,
She is always there to defend,
She is the one on whom we can depend,
She is the one named Sailor…
Sailor Venus,
Sailor Mercury,
Sailor Mars,
Sailor Jupiter,
Secret powers all so new to her,
She is the one named Sailor Moon.
Fighting evil by moonlight,
Winning love by daylight,
Never running from a real fight,
She is the one named Sailor Moon.
They had had such a riot from her little get together even Ami was laughing like crazy before it was all over.
Rei was suddenly knocked out of her thoughts by a hand on her shoulder.
"Rei? You alright onna?"
She looked up to see Wufei standing beside her while the office was empty. Come to realize she had been sitting there the entire time, wrapped up in her memories that she hadn't noticed everyone else leaving to go see their rooms. The Chinese boy had been saying her name for a few moments with no reaction, so not surprisingly he had been worried.
"Yeah, sorry Fei-chan. I guess I was thinking." She smiled reassuringly before getting up and taking his hand as they left after the others.
"By the way, I like that song you were humming. What was it?" He asked.
Her face darkened to a deep crimson. Had she been humming out loud? Slag, she really needed to keep her head.
"Ruka and Michi made it up. They were really good with music." She answered, receiving a squeeze from him.
"Don't worry, the hurt will eventually lessen. It won't leave but it will lessen."
"Promise?" She asked softly after a moment, shocking the martial artist.
Stopping he looked at her for a minute, noticing the loss of gleam in her eyes. Gathering her up in his arms he held her close to his chest, one arm around the small of her back while the other closer to her shoulders and grasping her soft hair.
"I told you already onna, everything will work out. But you have to believe that yourself."
She sighed raggedly, clutching to him tightly not wanting to let go.
"I'm trying, I really am. It's just hard. Everywhere I look I see them there, or wonder what they would say if in the same situation. They meant so much to me…and now they're gone."
"I know, I know…why don't go find the others before they get worried, okay?"
"Alright." She said softly, her head rested against his shoulder as he guided her towards the others, arms wrapped comfortingly around her.
When they finally reached the group no one had noticed they were gone, except Heero, but he didn't say anything. Relena showed them their rooms. Heero and Duo would be sharing a room, and Trowa and Quatre were to share while Wufei was going to be alone. The rooms weren't actually JUST rooms. They were more like small apartments with two bedrooms, a living room, two bathrooms and a kitchen so they could fix their own food if they didn't want to go to the cafeteria. They had to admit, it wasn't such a bad place to live, and hopefully Duo would survive Heero.
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Rei looked around Wufei's bedroom, all white walls, white sheets, white curtains, white…everything.
"Geeze, I'll have to bring you some colorful stuff to put in here, it's blank!" She exclaimed, slowly forgetting her previous worries.
He smirked at her as he began to unpack his bags.
"Sorry, onna. You're not coming here anymore. I'll visit you on the weekends, but I don't want you anywhere near the school till this is all over. I don't want to risk someone seeing me with you and try to use you as a target. Understand?"
"What!? NO way! I can't stay away from you that long! Do you know how worried I'm going to be!? If I can't check up on you DAILY I'll go insane from paranoia!" She practically screamed, looking at the onyx eyed boy as if he had grown another head.
"Rei," He said putting down his stuff and standing infront of her, "I'm not going to put your safety in danger…"
"To hell with my safety! What about your safety! You're fighting and I know you have to. But you are NOT going to lock me away somewhere so that I have not idea what is going on!" She yelled, making large movements with her arms as she talked.
"HAI! This enemy may go after people close to us and I am NOT going to put you in danger! You are NOT going come here to check up on me! I can take care of myself and you are going to stay at Winner's mansion where the Macuanats can protect you!" His voice beginning to rise in anger.
"I am a big girl Chang! I can't handle myself! I'm NOT going to let you do this to me!" She glared coldly at him.
Unfortunately the others had heard the commotion and came to check on them. Quatre popped his head in with worry etched on his face.
"Are you guys okay? We heard screaming and..."
"STAY OUT OF THIS!" The two yelled at the same time, surprising the poor blonde and sending him stumbling back with the force, bearly being caught by Milliardo before he hit the floor.
The two returned to their fight, not giving their newly acquired audience any attention.
"I am NOT a weak little girl CHANG! I'm a SOLDIER! I am PERFECTLY capable of keeping myself SAFE! I DO NOT NEED BODYGUARDS! AND I WILL NOT SIT AND TWIDDLE MY THUMBS WHILE YOU ARE HERE FIGHTING A WAR!" She exclaimed loudly, making the others wince.
Instead of the yelling from the Chinese boy they were expecting he grabbed her by the arm and pulled her close, kissing her fiercely. When he finally pulled away Rei was breathing slightly heavily and had eyes as wide as saucers, she obviously didn't expect that either.
"You ARE NOT going to come here and check on me, making yourself a target for the new enemy. I am not going to lose you again. Not now. Not ever. Do you understand?" He said, still holding her arms.
Rei looked away as her shoulders shook in her attempt to keep her composure while so many emotions were raging in her. When she looked back up at him she was glaring coldly but her eyes were glassed over with unshed tears, this broke Wufei's heart into pieces but he couldn't take it back. He couldn't let her get hurt.
"Fine, "husband" I WON'T come and check on you. But understand this. If you get yourself killed I swear I'm going to kill myself just so I can come after you and kick you butt!" She said, her voice low and deadly serious. "And an angry she-dragon is NOT something you want to have to deal with."
Resolve set into her heart as she listened to his demand of her staying locked up that lonely mansion all alone. She was going to go through with her plans. Hopefully nothing would happen till then.
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Thank you all Minna-chan for reading and please review! I hope you liked it! Tell me what you think I should do differently or if I should change anything at all. I can't wait to hear from you! I don't own the theme song as you can clearly see, but I thought it was just something cute I could put in there. Ja ne for now!