TM: I just woke up. So, this may not be the best chapter in world. But, it's going to be better than the last. Um, I want to thank the following excellent people:
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Chapter Nineteen
The Truth Behind Why She Was Sent Here
The pilots boarded the shuttle. "Quatre!" Relena cried. Since Quatre was the last one on, he turned. "Relena? What are you doing here? I thought Noin and Rashid were guarding you." Quatre replied. Relena shook her head. "No. They don't know I'm here. Quatre, I want to go with you." She demanded. Quatre walked down to her. "Relena, you know you can't. If they find out that we brought you along, then they'd surely come after you." Tears began in Relena's eyes. "But what if you get hurt?" She asked.
Quatre brought a hand up to her face and rested it on the side of her face. "Relena...I promise you, I'll come back unhurt." He replied, love gleaming with brilliance in his face. She put her hand over his and nodded. "Promise me." He nodded and quickly placed his lips upon hers. Taken back, but not too much, she rested and kissed him back with passion. When they parted, they gazed into each others eyes. "I promise. It's sealed with a kiss." Quatre replied, embracing her once and kissing her featherly on her lips before walking to the shuttle.
"I swear to God, Quatre. If you come back harmed, I'll kill you!" Relena cried in jokingly way. Quatre smiled and nodded. Relena stood there, her hair blowing about. Quatre stared out the window at her. He mouthed the words "I love you" to her. She caught the words. "I love you too Quatre!!!" Relena cried, audible to the pilots.
The pilots looked at him as he turned several thousand shades redder. The shuttle lifted off.
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Hotaru looked over her right shoulder to see Heero just staring out in the depths of space. Hotaru unbuckled and walked over to the seat next to him and buckled in that seat. "See anything of interest?" She asked. "No. I've seen it all before." He said monotonously. Hotaru looked down, but then looked out in space. "Have you ever really seen Saturn in person?" She asked. "In person? No." Heero replied. She pointed to a small circular object with rings around it that were just barely visible. "That's Saturn right there. If you see it through a telescope you can see it closer, but we don't have one." She replied, reaching over him. He turned to her and she smiled at him. He nodded and she sat back in her seat. "Heero?" Hotaru asked quietly.
"Hm?" Heero asked, once again staring into space. "Why can't I remember anything about going to Colony L1? I mean, I remember it, but I can't remember it." Hotaru replied with a small voice. Heero looked at her. Her eyes were misty and clouded. He couldn't lie to her...but he felt he somehow had to. "Well, when I was captured, you came looking for me. When you entered the building, it began to collapse and you were hit over the head with debree." He replied in his most truthful voice. "Then why can't I feel the pain? Or see the scar? Heero? Answer me this. Why is it every time I get hurt...I heal quickly as if nothing happened to me?" Hotaru asked.
Heero remained silent. He had no answer. Instead, he wrapped his arm around the girl. "Go to sleep Hotaru. I have a feeling that once we get Mako back, we'll have those answers." "Hm. Good night Heero." She mumbled, falling asleep on his chest. "Good night, my firefly." He whispered in her ear.
Wufei looked over at the couple. "Wufei? Something wrong?" Trowa asked the Shenlong pilot. Wufei's eyes went downcast. "You know." He replied suddenly. "I've known since we started Duo's plan." Trowa answered him. "Then you must know what I feel like doing?" Wufei asked him. Trowa nodded. "Getting Hotaru away from Heero, and yet you want her to be happy. So you do nothing, and allow them to be together." Trowa replied. Wufei nodded. "Damn love. It sucks." He mumbled. Somehow, he felt that Trowa wouldn't say anything. "It does." Was all the silent clown replied. "Oh? Who do you have your eyes on?" Wufei asked him. "I don't know. I don't think she exists. But, I can envision her. She has short, blue hair, and deep blue eyes." Trowa replied, his eyes relaxed. "Blue hair? I didn't know such a thing existed without dying it." "Well, I told you I didn't think she was real." Wufei shrugged and fell asleep on the seat.
Duo brought one leg upto his chest and stared out into space, his eyes setting upon Jupiter. 'Mako-chan...I hope to God nothing bad has happened to you. If they harm one hair on your pretty little head, as God as my witness, the Shinigami will return with a vengence.' He thought to himself as he halluctinated Makoto's smiling face in the window. He traced her features with his middle finger, knowing this was a hallucination, but deciding he'd better take advantage of it.
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Makoto was tied to a chair in a dark room. "Oh come on, Sailor Jupiter. You're just going to be used as bait for Sailor Saturn. All you have to do is die." Said a feminine voice. "Go to hell, bitch." She spat. "Saturn-san will not show herself unless she has to. And killing me wouldn't make her show herself. Nothing will. And if she does, be prepared for a world of pain." She added, an evil smile playing merrily on her lips. "What do you mean? Explain! You may be released unharmed if you do." The woman offered. "Well, I would tell you. But, then again, I'm not some scum-sucking weasel only out for herself. I have just one thing to say though. Any last words?" With that, she let out a villanous laugh.
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The pilots arrived at Colony L5. Heero gently awoke the sleeping firefly. They grabbed their bags and went into Quatre's awaiting limo, taking them all to his near by estate. (AN: It would make sense for him to have estates everywhere, considering he is a diplomat.)
The group walked into their respective rooms to put their belongings away. They were going to be staying for a while. Hotaru gathered everyone into a room. They crowded around the medium-sized coffee table. "I've drawn up the building plans for the place they're holding Mako." Hotaru replied (She found out Shina was called Mako, remember?). "Wait. How do you know?" Duo asked. She shrugged. "It's a gift." Was her reply as she rolled it out. "Okay. Here it is. This is a one-floor place, but I do believe they have a basement used for prison cells. That's more than likely where Mako is...but I'm willing to bet that it's hidden. And, there will be many guards. So, as much as this seems a bad idea, we're splitting up into three teams of two. The teams are as the following:
Quatre and Duo. Trowa and Wufei. And Heero and myself. Quatre and Duo, you take section A of the building. Trowa and Wufei, you take section B. And Heero and I will take section C." "Wait, who's taking section D?" Hotaru smirked. "Well, I'm glad you asked that brother. For Dr. M has given us some reinforcments. Ami, Rei!" Hotaru cried. Out of the shadows, two girls appeared. One had long, raven hair and violet eyes. The other had short blue hair and blue eyes. "They've also been trained." Trowa stared at Ami while Wufei stared at Rei. "Onnas? More onnas? Great. Now our mission will become Mission: Impossible." Wufei muttered. "Wufei! I'm a girl!" Hotaru cried defensively as Rei began to get extremely angry. "Yeah, but you've earned my respect, Taru." He replied, making Heero glare at him for all he was worth. Wufei glared at him back. Hotaru caught this. "Enough! Let's just study this!" Hotaru cried at them as if they were children.
Ami looked at Rei. "Does she not remember still?" Ami asked. Rei sighed. "Obviously not. But, I think Trowa remembers you." Rei said slyly. Ami blushed. "As Wufei does you." Rei blushed as well. "Anyway, how can they? They're memories were erased, remember?" Rei added quickly. Ami nodded. "You're right." They went to the table and began to study the blueprints.
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Rei sat up in her bed. She decided to share a room with Ami, and their beds were on seperate sides of the room. "Ami-chan...you realize what Setsuna has done, right?" Rei asked. Ami nodded. "By sending Hotaru here, she has joined the Twins of Death. The Shinigami and the Shinimegami." Ami replied. "You know what this means? That there is a big battle coming up that not even the Ginzuishou can defeat." Rei told her. Ami nodded again. "She has joined the Twins of Death, the Twins of Thunder, the Twins of Water, the Twins of Fire, and the Twins of Time." Rei looked at her. "The Twins of Time?"
"Setsuna is Wufei's sister." Ami replied. "Oh..." Rei said back. She had forgotten about that. She lied on her back. "Seeing my brother...it brings back memories." Ami lied on her back as well. "It has." Was all the said when she fell alseep. Rei smiled and did the same.
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TM: Hm, I put Rei and Ami into this. I hope you don't mind. But, I had just thought of something and I decided I might as well put them in. Want to know just who the Twins of all these things are? All right, I'll tell you. That's only because I don't feel like going into this whole thing in the next chapter.
The Twins of Death: Hotaru and Duo
The Twins of Thunder: Makoto and Trowa
The Twins of Water: Ami and Quatre
The Twins of Fire: Rei and Heero
The Twins of Time: Setsuna and Wufei
Make sense? I know, it doesn't. I know they don't really look alike. But, twins don't really always look alike, do they? Um, review! And the next chapter will be out soon!...hopefully....
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