Title: Because of You
Author: Cheska
E-mail Address: Minnashime@aol.com
Rating: PG or PG-13
Chapter: 13
Disclaimer: 1+2=3 #1: No money #2: Can't afford lawyer or ownership = #3: No job and
no way Cheska-chan can own Sailor Moon and/or Gundam Wing.
Author's Notes: *sigh* *looks weary* No job, no money, tons of schoolwork and tests. And
no to mention my grade is Geometry is....errr....*gazes at the ugly grade*...let's just say
I am one of the lowest grades in class. ^^;;;;; I soo need help in school. But besides that..
I'll have to make it up in *dundundun...* Summer school over at the community college. Turns
out to go do that I'll need to take a math test this saturday early in the morning too. *sigh*
That's just sad...*shakes head*
*looks at the angry expectant faces of killing* Heh..I see that you'd like to kill Mamo-baka, ne?
*gulps* Well..I'm not too sure about killing him totally. *hears growls and sharpening of
knives* O.O But I'll see what I can do...*gulps again*
Well anyways, here's the next chapter that I managed to squeeze through for you guys. I'll
go see if I'll manage getting the next one out to you...Ja ne! *runs away to hide*
********
Duo pressed his right hand against the cool window, feeling the cold wash over his fingertips and
palm. Outside in space the braided pilot gazed at the fight between the Tetra organization and the
allies: Earth, L1 and L2. From the way things were going, he really couldn't tell who was winning.
As each Leo was destroyed a suit of their's was abolished as well.
(War...ever since that day, all I ever did was fight.)Duo's cobalt blue eyes flickered in shame and
he noticed his hands. The hands that helped kill all those people, and for what? For mankind?
He never really thought about it until now. Never really stopped to think about all those people.
All he knew was he was doing this for Shinigami and that he wouldn't lose to the enemies. But is
that really a good enough reason? Was it? He claimed to fight for himself, for the others, and for
her. Usagi. His childhood friend. But lately...lately he noticed his feelings for her when that
Chiba Mamoru came into the picture. He noticed, oh how he noticed, the way the two greeted one another.
As the memory of the meeting came into his mind, he scowled.
Duo bowed his head and leaned his forehead against the glass window. Closing his eyes as everything
came into his mind. Memories of the past up to the present. As all the other pictures vanished,
one picture remained. The scene of Usa going over to Mamoru and hugging him, Chiba's eyes filled
with so much compassion for Usagi.
(How did they meet? Does she really love him that much? He loves her, doesn't he? Probably
as much as I love her....)realization came over Duo and he squeezed his eyelids closer as his
knees got weak and sinked onto the floor.
Foosteps came closer to the room but Duo refrained from standing up or turning towards the source.
If it was the Tetra organization, let them come. If it was one of the guys, let them come. And if
it was...Usagi...
The steps halted over the doorway momentarily before entering.
(It's her. I should've expected that. She usually comes to me whenever something like this
happens. Like when the orphanage got demolished, she was there. And now here I am...)Duo
inwardly sighed.
A small touch of a hand laid itself on his shoulders, not leaving it and soon developed into
a hug.
"What's wrong, Duo? Something changed inside of you, something I can't quite comprehend. Please,
tell me so I can help you. I'm your best friend, aren't I? We've known each other for years!
We grew up together...."her sweet voice entered his ears, bathing itself into his system as
he felt her closeness...her radiating warmth.
"You are my friend Usa, you truly are. And we've grown up together and have known each other for
quite a number of years..."Duo began, his voice weak.
"But?"Usagi expected a change here.
"I can't tell you. It's just something I need to..."Duo began but was cut off.
"Why can't you tell me? Don't friends tell each other their problems? I want to know what's
wrong with you, why can't you tell me? I want to help you, Duo,"Usagi hugged him to her, his
head now draped along the crevice of her neck.
"I want to tell you, Usa...but I...I just can't. Maybe later, okay? But not now,"Duo whispered.
With a small sigh, Usagi nodded and parted away from him. A small touch of a smile appearing
on her angelic face.
At the drawback, Usagi walked over to the lockers around there. Her hand pressed against a
glass surface that revealed the space suits hanging around and counted them.
"There are three of them. Quatre doesn't need one, but you and Trowa do. As well as the
doctor...it would be the logical thing, wouldn't it?"Usagi spoke.
"We'll just go out to the carrier and then come back with extra suits for you and Selene.
It'd be best that way,"Duo reasonably said.
"I know you'll come back,"Usagi stated.
"Usagi?"
"Yes, Duo?"
Duo hesitated with his next words and ended up just shaking his said and mumbling nevermind.
(Why can't I just say it to her? Say my feelings? What am I afraid of? I shouldn't be
afraid of this, I really shouldn't be...but I am.)Duo berated himself as he walked over to the
door.
"We should go back, Usa..."Duo stated and went out of the door followed closely by the
blond teen.
"There's three spare suits over at the lockers. Trowa and I will go out along with Quatre.
Dr. H, you can use the third suit,"Duo ordered.
Without a word, Trowa and Dr. H left the room to go change into the new space suits. Quatre
waited for them as he conversed with Selene about some houses over at Earth that she could stay
in momentarily while a house will be built over at the Moon if approved. It caught the lavender
haired woman's attention as a smile graced her lips at the detailed information that Quatre
provided.
"It seems that she'll be staying on Earth after this war is over,"Duo stated.
"I know...and I have nothing against it at all..."Usagi proclaimed as she leaned against the
wall, taking in a small glimpse at her mother.
"Is that your mother, Usako?"Mamoru's voice intruded the small conversation that recently
began awhile ago.
Turning her head to Mamoru, Usagi smiled.
"Is that...you know?"Mamoru cocked his head towards Selene's way, trying to say what he had to
say while at the same time hiding the true question.
"That's my okaa-san, Mamo-chan. My birth mother..."Usagi revealed.
"Birth mother? I thought...that Tsukino Ikuko was your birth mother,"Mamoru shook his head in
mild confusion, trying to straighten out the facts.
"Iie, Tsukino Ikuko and Tsukino Kenji are not my blood relatives. I was...adopted by them
a few years back,"Usagi informed him.
"So she's..."
"Her birth mother,"Duo finalized with a roll of his eyes.
"Does she know?"Mamoru inquired.
"Iie. She doesn't know for some reason. I told her, but she won't believe me. She says that
she has no daughter...and no husband. She knows nothing..."Usagi softly uttered, feeling pain
well up inside of her at the thought.
"Maybe she's not..."Mamoru began.
"I know she is my okaa-san! I know it! She is...she just can't remember right now,"Usagi
felt anger and hatred at the thought of saying that this woman was not her mother. She knew
who her mother was and is, and Selene is her mother. She can feel it, somewhere inside of her
said that this person is her mother. The appearance, the voice, the movement, everything shouted
to her of who her identity is.
"She is..."Usagi echoed out once again, her tone weak but filled with a minute warning.
"If you say,"Mamoru nodded his head, but still felt a bit shaken by her words. So harsh
and challenging; different from the one he knows her as...innocent, care-free, loveable...she
still is but with an addition...anger and hatred.
The radio waves were sounding out again, telling them that there was incoming message from
a nearby ship or outerspace. Quatre walked over to the communicator and turned it on, slipping
the earpiece to his ear and listened to the message followed by an small answer. Soon he
turned it down and faced them.
"They're here and there's another message for you, Chiba Mamoru. From a fellow soldier
named Motoki. Would you like to hear it?"Quatre formally said.
With a nod of his head, Mamoru urged Quatre to continue.
"You are to see to their safety over to their next destination. Bring your suit with you
and once there, wait for further instructions..."Quatre relayed to him.
"I understand,"Mamoru stated and at that time, Dr. H and Trowa emerged from the locker.
"I should change now,"Duo mumbled before disappearing.
*************
Earth: Tokyo
*************
Rei sat down on the topmost step of the temple, her violet eyes staring hopefully up at the
midnight blue sky and glittering stars. Flipping her hair back, Rei leaned her shoulders inwardly
towards her knees with her hands clasped around her knees.
"The same dream...no changes whatsoever. And Mamoru is gone, disappeared with Motoki. What's
going on? Let everything turn out alright. Be careful out there, Usagi. We're all counting on
you to live. To survive. To be our savior,"Rei whispered out into the stars just as a shooting
star pelted across the sky.
"Rei? Are you okay? It's getting cold, you should go inside before you catch anything,"Chad's
voice disrupted the silence.
"Mm.."Rei nodded and got up from her position, joining Chad as the two entered the temple
once more.
(You're our strength and our friend. Because of you, we are strong...)Rei uttered to herself
as she glimpsed in back of her towards the shining moon.
***********
Time Gates:
***********
Pluto heard Mars' whisper and thoughts from the Gates of Time. She felt sadness for her but
at the same time, knew that she couldn't do anything in this critical moment. This event must
happen if we were all to survive.
"To disrupt the path where it was chosen, would alter everyone else's road to the future. It
would change everything, even if it was the lowliest of dogs. I'm sorry, Sailor Scouts but
you can not do anything...not even call her to offer support..."Pluto uttered in a graceful tone.
Tapping her Time Key onto the floor three times, another image appeared showing a satellite
circling Earth. Getting a closer view, Pluto viewed the inside and knew that the time was
soon. Soon things will be revealed and a decision shall be made. Whether it be good or bad.
"Time draws near. A change shall be made,"Pluto whispered before the image vanished into
thin air and only she was left.
*********
Colony L2
*********
As all the Gundam Pilots were dressed and ready with Dr. H, all of them filed out with the girls
and Mamoru following them.
"05 should be around any second now,"Quatre confidently said mostly to himself than to the
assurance of the others.
"You'll come back?"Usagi uttered as she spoke to Duo.
"Of course, I will...."Duo winked towards her before going through the first airlock.
With Duo's departure, the other two pilots with Dr. H left as well.
"Usako, everything will be fine.."Mamoru whispered to her before kissing her forehead and
leaving to follow the pilots and Dr. H.
"Is he your boyfriend, Usagi?"Selene casually asked the blond girl beside her.
"Hai, he is...he's my future fiancee,"Usagi answered softly.
"Future fiancee? I've heard of future husband, but..."Selene shook her head awkwardly at
the thought.
"It's somewhat...complicated. But yes, he's my boyfriend. We've been together since I was
fourteen years old. Two years now and during that time, we've had some arguements and break-ups
but managed to come back to each other,"Usagi stated.
"That's sweet of you two to stay together even after all your differences,"Selene commented
with a smile.
"Yeah, it's great.."Usagi uttered with a hint of distate and sorrow.
As Usagi walked off, Selene stayed behind to observe the girl. So much in common in appearances
and subtle hints of personalities being linked to one another...yet, there were differences.
(Is she really what she says she is? My daughter? My mesume? However, if she claims to be
my mesume...why can't I remember? And who is her father? Her otou-san? Why can't I remember?)
Selene turned over the possiblities in head as she slowly walked behind the girl.
"Usagi?"Selene finally spoke up after a few minutes.
"Hai?"Usagi didn't turn to regard the woman in fear of seeing her expression at the moment,
filled with sadness and regret.
"Why is the tone of your voice so bitter? So much distate earlier on...and now, it still
hasn't changed. Do you hate me?"Selene asked outloud without fear or resentment.
"Iie, I don't..I could never hate you..."Usagi whispered.
"Is it your Mamo-chan?"Selene asked crisply as she uttered the nickname.
"I...don't know. Quite possibly, I'm...confused,"Usagi halted on her tracks as they reached
the doorway of toward the communications room.
"And why is that? Is it because of Duo?"Selene outwardly pressed her suggestion.
"Maybe, I don't want to talk about this..."Usagi waved the thoughts away with her hand and
simply sat down on a vacant chair.
Another rumble sounded which shook the tiles off the ceiling and then a chunk fell to the floor,
causing a small scream from Usagi's and Selene's lips as they ducked under the table.
"It's getting worse!"Selene shouted.
"We must remain calm,"Usagi voiced out and when the chair smashed to the wall, Usagi squeezed
her eyes shut together.
"Remain calm,"Selene echoed.
**********
"We need to go get two more suits out to the girls in the colony,"Quatre said as he entered the
carrier.
"What for? They're only weak onnas,"Wufei grumbled.
"They're innocents, we have to protect them..."Duo reminded with a small smirk.
"Hmph, make it fast,"Wufei growled out as he pointed to the suits out in the back of where
they entered from.
"Right,"Trowa uttered and reached for a suit when a hand got to it first.
"I'll go,"Mamoru volunteered.
"And I'll go with you,"Duo followed suit as he picked up a spare after putting on his helmet.
"Escape hatch: Open,"Wufei shouted out from the front.
Duo waved a silent good-bye before pushing himself off the ledge and floated towards the
platform of the open port. As soon as his legs reached the ground, he made his way to the
melted door of one of the airlocks and went into it then to the other one. From there, made
his way to the next door and soon toward the communication department. But as soon as he
entered the corridor, a small quake errupted through the colony, sending him stumbling against
a wall. As the quake receded, Duo continued on his way and as he looked behind him Mamoru
was there taking quick, easy strides.
(He's important to Usagi, isn't he?)Duo noted with a small frown on his face but vanished
when he turned around to find Usagi and Selene on the ground, covering their head.
"It's alright, Usa. Selene. The small quake is gone now,"Duo faintly smiled as he kneeled
beside the blond, putting the suit down next to Usagi.
"Duo?"Usagi slowly raised her head to look up at his shining cobalt blue eyes. Impulsively,
Usagi swung her arms around him and held onto him for a number of time. But a voice intruded
their reunion.
"Usako. Selene. It's time to go,"Mamoru interrupted with a slight tinge of jealousy on his
voice.
Usagi obeyed as she let go of him and accepted the suit. Dressing quickly, the two girls
got into their suits and then followed the two out of the L2 colony. Another rumble passed
by them, making all of them loose their footing and tumble down onto the hard ground.
"The fighting is getting worse, isn't it?"Usagi murmered.
"Iie. It's almost over Usako. Don't worry. It's just the suits exploding, the Leos and
Taurus,"Mamoru assured her.
"You're right, it is....I just don't..."Usagi trailed off.
"You don't like the idea of killing?"Duo interrupted.
"Yes, that's it..."Usagi sighed and continued on down the corridor.
Soon they reached the outside, seeing the damage done not too long ago by a suit that crashed
into their shuttle. Making sure that her suit was still on her, Usagi walked out to the platform
and copied Duo's and Mamoru's examples along with Selene. Shifting her weight, Usagi bounded
off as she pushed herself towards the open door of the shuttle and steered herself towards it.
Before she knew it, she tumbled inside and the door closed in back of her.
"Is everyone here?"a gruff voice asked from the front.
"Yeah, Wu-man...everyone's here,"Duo grinned as he said the nickname of his comrade.
"How many times do I have to tell you..."
"Never call me Wu-man. It's Wufei!"Wufei and Duo cried out in unison followed by a laughter
from the braided pilot.
(Wufei? The voice...mature yet not..he's one of them. Just like Duo and Quatre...a pilot.
05 is who he must be..)Usagi enclosed inside her mind while she took off her space suit.
"So heading for L5.2 now?"Duo conversed as he headed towards the cockpit.
"No, while you and Mamoru were out getting the two girls, we got another mission. We're
heading straight for their main base: Satellite #254. It's an abandoned satellite station
located just 53 degrees northeast of here near and revolving around the Sanq Kingdom at
this time,"Trowa reported as he gazed at the chart in front of him.
"How long till we reach the station?"Quatre asked.
"One hour and 28 minutes,"Wufei answered.
"At that time, we'll be around the Eastern Continent heading for the Atlantic Ocean,"Trowa
inserted.
"What's our job?"Duo inquired.
"Blow up the station and kill off our opponents in there. Meaning the boss. He/She is
stationed there at the moment,"Wufei stated.
"Right. We'll be expecting some big fight, eh?"Duo grinned as the thought sparked up his
interest.
***********
"All suits return to ships. I repeat. All suits return to ships. We've won!"a voice
shouted through the open communicator.
Motoki heard the order and grinned widely. The words that he thought he'd never hear after
the long hours he's spent out in the battlegrounds of space. So many suits destroyed by him
and other fellow soldiers this night/day.
"...return to ships. We've won!"the voice continued to repeat until all the suits around him
were heading inside the opened ships waiting for them to get inside and slip out.
As Motoki gripped the bars and head inside his own stationed ship, he found himself looking
back towards the colony. It was now free from the prisons of the Tetra Force. And soon it would
be the same inside the colony as well. This was just one step to their freedom and still a long
way to go till the war was over.
(It's not over yet. Just one win against our enemies...just one...)Motoki sighed and
entered inside ship.
************
As the carrier neared closer to the satellite, the two other pilots beside Wufei noticed
that there was another carrier ship in back of them while at the front miles away from them
were two awaiting carriers. There were four of them in all here near the satellite station.
"Don't worry about them. They're protected by Preventors and Maguanacs. Hand-picked them
myself,"Wufei assured them.
"Good thing, because we all know what's inside these carriers,"Duo smirked, his eyes glinting
with amusement.
"What's in them?"Selene asked outloud.
"You'll see soon enough,"Duo slyly said as he went towards the back with Trowa.
"Okay, you two will stay here with Chiba Mamoru. Mamoru, can you steer this carrier?"Quatre
ordered/asked.
"Hai,"Mamoru responded, nodding his head as he took over the controls.
"Good, if there's any danger at all out here. I want you to steer this vehicle to safety.
The doctor can tell you where to head to for safety,"Quatre said as he left to go to the back
with Wufei.
Looking to his side, Mamoru gazed at the doctor who was simply looking straight ahead.
(Dr. H...creator of a Gundam...)Mamoru recalled before gazing back straight ahead and checking
the monitor for signs of enemy ships.
Mamoru noticed that the other three ships were heading his way.
"Acceptance for a pilot to board ship?"Mamoru spoke through the communicator as an oncoming
ship approached.
"Accepted: Opened doorway for trespass,"a voice answered.
At the acceptance, Mamoru opened the hatch of the back.
"Back door: Opened. Availability to board neighboring ship,"Mamoru shouted.
After that, another ship came back and opened its ship thus allowing another of their pilots
to board it until there was one pilot left in this carrier.
"All other pilots safe and getting prepared to leave the carriers in their suits,"all the
other current pilots of the carriers reported to Mamoru.
"Everything's cleared away. Just waiting on stand-by for instructions to open the back
door for the suit to exit in,"Mamoru reported to the back of the ship.
Not wanting to watch this any longer, Usagi went to the back to see who the left over pilot
was in this carrier.
To be continued..
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There it is! Well got to go now! Byies... ^_~
Author: Cheska
E-mail Address: Minnashime@aol.com
Rating: PG or PG-13
Chapter: 13
Disclaimer: 1+2=3 #1: No money #2: Can't afford lawyer or ownership = #3: No job and
no way Cheska-chan can own Sailor Moon and/or Gundam Wing.
Author's Notes: *sigh* *looks weary* No job, no money, tons of schoolwork and tests. And
no to mention my grade is Geometry is....errr....*gazes at the ugly grade*...let's just say
I am one of the lowest grades in class. ^^;;;;; I soo need help in school. But besides that..
I'll have to make it up in *dundundun...* Summer school over at the community college. Turns
out to go do that I'll need to take a math test this saturday early in the morning too. *sigh*
That's just sad...*shakes head*
*looks at the angry expectant faces of killing* Heh..I see that you'd like to kill Mamo-baka, ne?
*gulps* Well..I'm not too sure about killing him totally. *hears growls and sharpening of
knives* O.O But I'll see what I can do...*gulps again*
Well anyways, here's the next chapter that I managed to squeeze through for you guys. I'll
go see if I'll manage getting the next one out to you...Ja ne! *runs away to hide*
********
Duo pressed his right hand against the cool window, feeling the cold wash over his fingertips and
palm. Outside in space the braided pilot gazed at the fight between the Tetra organization and the
allies: Earth, L1 and L2. From the way things were going, he really couldn't tell who was winning.
As each Leo was destroyed a suit of their's was abolished as well.
(War...ever since that day, all I ever did was fight.)Duo's cobalt blue eyes flickered in shame and
he noticed his hands. The hands that helped kill all those people, and for what? For mankind?
He never really thought about it until now. Never really stopped to think about all those people.
All he knew was he was doing this for Shinigami and that he wouldn't lose to the enemies. But is
that really a good enough reason? Was it? He claimed to fight for himself, for the others, and for
her. Usagi. His childhood friend. But lately...lately he noticed his feelings for her when that
Chiba Mamoru came into the picture. He noticed, oh how he noticed, the way the two greeted one another.
As the memory of the meeting came into his mind, he scowled.
Duo bowed his head and leaned his forehead against the glass window. Closing his eyes as everything
came into his mind. Memories of the past up to the present. As all the other pictures vanished,
one picture remained. The scene of Usa going over to Mamoru and hugging him, Chiba's eyes filled
with so much compassion for Usagi.
(How did they meet? Does she really love him that much? He loves her, doesn't he? Probably
as much as I love her....)realization came over Duo and he squeezed his eyelids closer as his
knees got weak and sinked onto the floor.
Foosteps came closer to the room but Duo refrained from standing up or turning towards the source.
If it was the Tetra organization, let them come. If it was one of the guys, let them come. And if
it was...Usagi...
The steps halted over the doorway momentarily before entering.
(It's her. I should've expected that. She usually comes to me whenever something like this
happens. Like when the orphanage got demolished, she was there. And now here I am...)Duo
inwardly sighed.
A small touch of a hand laid itself on his shoulders, not leaving it and soon developed into
a hug.
"What's wrong, Duo? Something changed inside of you, something I can't quite comprehend. Please,
tell me so I can help you. I'm your best friend, aren't I? We've known each other for years!
We grew up together...."her sweet voice entered his ears, bathing itself into his system as
he felt her closeness...her radiating warmth.
"You are my friend Usa, you truly are. And we've grown up together and have known each other for
quite a number of years..."Duo began, his voice weak.
"But?"Usagi expected a change here.
"I can't tell you. It's just something I need to..."Duo began but was cut off.
"Why can't you tell me? Don't friends tell each other their problems? I want to know what's
wrong with you, why can't you tell me? I want to help you, Duo,"Usagi hugged him to her, his
head now draped along the crevice of her neck.
"I want to tell you, Usa...but I...I just can't. Maybe later, okay? But not now,"Duo whispered.
With a small sigh, Usagi nodded and parted away from him. A small touch of a smile appearing
on her angelic face.
At the drawback, Usagi walked over to the lockers around there. Her hand pressed against a
glass surface that revealed the space suits hanging around and counted them.
"There are three of them. Quatre doesn't need one, but you and Trowa do. As well as the
doctor...it would be the logical thing, wouldn't it?"Usagi spoke.
"We'll just go out to the carrier and then come back with extra suits for you and Selene.
It'd be best that way,"Duo reasonably said.
"I know you'll come back,"Usagi stated.
"Usagi?"
"Yes, Duo?"
Duo hesitated with his next words and ended up just shaking his said and mumbling nevermind.
(Why can't I just say it to her? Say my feelings? What am I afraid of? I shouldn't be
afraid of this, I really shouldn't be...but I am.)Duo berated himself as he walked over to the
door.
"We should go back, Usa..."Duo stated and went out of the door followed closely by the
blond teen.
"There's three spare suits over at the lockers. Trowa and I will go out along with Quatre.
Dr. H, you can use the third suit,"Duo ordered.
Without a word, Trowa and Dr. H left the room to go change into the new space suits. Quatre
waited for them as he conversed with Selene about some houses over at Earth that she could stay
in momentarily while a house will be built over at the Moon if approved. It caught the lavender
haired woman's attention as a smile graced her lips at the detailed information that Quatre
provided.
"It seems that she'll be staying on Earth after this war is over,"Duo stated.
"I know...and I have nothing against it at all..."Usagi proclaimed as she leaned against the
wall, taking in a small glimpse at her mother.
"Is that your mother, Usako?"Mamoru's voice intruded the small conversation that recently
began awhile ago.
Turning her head to Mamoru, Usagi smiled.
"Is that...you know?"Mamoru cocked his head towards Selene's way, trying to say what he had to
say while at the same time hiding the true question.
"That's my okaa-san, Mamo-chan. My birth mother..."Usagi revealed.
"Birth mother? I thought...that Tsukino Ikuko was your birth mother,"Mamoru shook his head in
mild confusion, trying to straighten out the facts.
"Iie, Tsukino Ikuko and Tsukino Kenji are not my blood relatives. I was...adopted by them
a few years back,"Usagi informed him.
"So she's..."
"Her birth mother,"Duo finalized with a roll of his eyes.
"Does she know?"Mamoru inquired.
"Iie. She doesn't know for some reason. I told her, but she won't believe me. She says that
she has no daughter...and no husband. She knows nothing..."Usagi softly uttered, feeling pain
well up inside of her at the thought.
"Maybe she's not..."Mamoru began.
"I know she is my okaa-san! I know it! She is...she just can't remember right now,"Usagi
felt anger and hatred at the thought of saying that this woman was not her mother. She knew
who her mother was and is, and Selene is her mother. She can feel it, somewhere inside of her
said that this person is her mother. The appearance, the voice, the movement, everything shouted
to her of who her identity is.
"She is..."Usagi echoed out once again, her tone weak but filled with a minute warning.
"If you say,"Mamoru nodded his head, but still felt a bit shaken by her words. So harsh
and challenging; different from the one he knows her as...innocent, care-free, loveable...she
still is but with an addition...anger and hatred.
The radio waves were sounding out again, telling them that there was incoming message from
a nearby ship or outerspace. Quatre walked over to the communicator and turned it on, slipping
the earpiece to his ear and listened to the message followed by an small answer. Soon he
turned it down and faced them.
"They're here and there's another message for you, Chiba Mamoru. From a fellow soldier
named Motoki. Would you like to hear it?"Quatre formally said.
With a nod of his head, Mamoru urged Quatre to continue.
"You are to see to their safety over to their next destination. Bring your suit with you
and once there, wait for further instructions..."Quatre relayed to him.
"I understand,"Mamoru stated and at that time, Dr. H and Trowa emerged from the locker.
"I should change now,"Duo mumbled before disappearing.
*************
Earth: Tokyo
*************
Rei sat down on the topmost step of the temple, her violet eyes staring hopefully up at the
midnight blue sky and glittering stars. Flipping her hair back, Rei leaned her shoulders inwardly
towards her knees with her hands clasped around her knees.
"The same dream...no changes whatsoever. And Mamoru is gone, disappeared with Motoki. What's
going on? Let everything turn out alright. Be careful out there, Usagi. We're all counting on
you to live. To survive. To be our savior,"Rei whispered out into the stars just as a shooting
star pelted across the sky.
"Rei? Are you okay? It's getting cold, you should go inside before you catch anything,"Chad's
voice disrupted the silence.
"Mm.."Rei nodded and got up from her position, joining Chad as the two entered the temple
once more.
(You're our strength and our friend. Because of you, we are strong...)Rei uttered to herself
as she glimpsed in back of her towards the shining moon.
***********
Time Gates:
***********
Pluto heard Mars' whisper and thoughts from the Gates of Time. She felt sadness for her but
at the same time, knew that she couldn't do anything in this critical moment. This event must
happen if we were all to survive.
"To disrupt the path where it was chosen, would alter everyone else's road to the future. It
would change everything, even if it was the lowliest of dogs. I'm sorry, Sailor Scouts but
you can not do anything...not even call her to offer support..."Pluto uttered in a graceful tone.
Tapping her Time Key onto the floor three times, another image appeared showing a satellite
circling Earth. Getting a closer view, Pluto viewed the inside and knew that the time was
soon. Soon things will be revealed and a decision shall be made. Whether it be good or bad.
"Time draws near. A change shall be made,"Pluto whispered before the image vanished into
thin air and only she was left.
*********
Colony L2
*********
As all the Gundam Pilots were dressed and ready with Dr. H, all of them filed out with the girls
and Mamoru following them.
"05 should be around any second now,"Quatre confidently said mostly to himself than to the
assurance of the others.
"You'll come back?"Usagi uttered as she spoke to Duo.
"Of course, I will...."Duo winked towards her before going through the first airlock.
With Duo's departure, the other two pilots with Dr. H left as well.
"Usako, everything will be fine.."Mamoru whispered to her before kissing her forehead and
leaving to follow the pilots and Dr. H.
"Is he your boyfriend, Usagi?"Selene casually asked the blond girl beside her.
"Hai, he is...he's my future fiancee,"Usagi answered softly.
"Future fiancee? I've heard of future husband, but..."Selene shook her head awkwardly at
the thought.
"It's somewhat...complicated. But yes, he's my boyfriend. We've been together since I was
fourteen years old. Two years now and during that time, we've had some arguements and break-ups
but managed to come back to each other,"Usagi stated.
"That's sweet of you two to stay together even after all your differences,"Selene commented
with a smile.
"Yeah, it's great.."Usagi uttered with a hint of distate and sorrow.
As Usagi walked off, Selene stayed behind to observe the girl. So much in common in appearances
and subtle hints of personalities being linked to one another...yet, there were differences.
(Is she really what she says she is? My daughter? My mesume? However, if she claims to be
my mesume...why can't I remember? And who is her father? Her otou-san? Why can't I remember?)
Selene turned over the possiblities in head as she slowly walked behind the girl.
"Usagi?"Selene finally spoke up after a few minutes.
"Hai?"Usagi didn't turn to regard the woman in fear of seeing her expression at the moment,
filled with sadness and regret.
"Why is the tone of your voice so bitter? So much distate earlier on...and now, it still
hasn't changed. Do you hate me?"Selene asked outloud without fear or resentment.
"Iie, I don't..I could never hate you..."Usagi whispered.
"Is it your Mamo-chan?"Selene asked crisply as she uttered the nickname.
"I...don't know. Quite possibly, I'm...confused,"Usagi halted on her tracks as they reached
the doorway of toward the communications room.
"And why is that? Is it because of Duo?"Selene outwardly pressed her suggestion.
"Maybe, I don't want to talk about this..."Usagi waved the thoughts away with her hand and
simply sat down on a vacant chair.
Another rumble sounded which shook the tiles off the ceiling and then a chunk fell to the floor,
causing a small scream from Usagi's and Selene's lips as they ducked under the table.
"It's getting worse!"Selene shouted.
"We must remain calm,"Usagi voiced out and when the chair smashed to the wall, Usagi squeezed
her eyes shut together.
"Remain calm,"Selene echoed.
**********
"We need to go get two more suits out to the girls in the colony,"Quatre said as he entered the
carrier.
"What for? They're only weak onnas,"Wufei grumbled.
"They're innocents, we have to protect them..."Duo reminded with a small smirk.
"Hmph, make it fast,"Wufei growled out as he pointed to the suits out in the back of where
they entered from.
"Right,"Trowa uttered and reached for a suit when a hand got to it first.
"I'll go,"Mamoru volunteered.
"And I'll go with you,"Duo followed suit as he picked up a spare after putting on his helmet.
"Escape hatch: Open,"Wufei shouted out from the front.
Duo waved a silent good-bye before pushing himself off the ledge and floated towards the
platform of the open port. As soon as his legs reached the ground, he made his way to the
melted door of one of the airlocks and went into it then to the other one. From there, made
his way to the next door and soon toward the communication department. But as soon as he
entered the corridor, a small quake errupted through the colony, sending him stumbling against
a wall. As the quake receded, Duo continued on his way and as he looked behind him Mamoru
was there taking quick, easy strides.
(He's important to Usagi, isn't he?)Duo noted with a small frown on his face but vanished
when he turned around to find Usagi and Selene on the ground, covering their head.
"It's alright, Usa. Selene. The small quake is gone now,"Duo faintly smiled as he kneeled
beside the blond, putting the suit down next to Usagi.
"Duo?"Usagi slowly raised her head to look up at his shining cobalt blue eyes. Impulsively,
Usagi swung her arms around him and held onto him for a number of time. But a voice intruded
their reunion.
"Usako. Selene. It's time to go,"Mamoru interrupted with a slight tinge of jealousy on his
voice.
Usagi obeyed as she let go of him and accepted the suit. Dressing quickly, the two girls
got into their suits and then followed the two out of the L2 colony. Another rumble passed
by them, making all of them loose their footing and tumble down onto the hard ground.
"The fighting is getting worse, isn't it?"Usagi murmered.
"Iie. It's almost over Usako. Don't worry. It's just the suits exploding, the Leos and
Taurus,"Mamoru assured her.
"You're right, it is....I just don't..."Usagi trailed off.
"You don't like the idea of killing?"Duo interrupted.
"Yes, that's it..."Usagi sighed and continued on down the corridor.
Soon they reached the outside, seeing the damage done not too long ago by a suit that crashed
into their shuttle. Making sure that her suit was still on her, Usagi walked out to the platform
and copied Duo's and Mamoru's examples along with Selene. Shifting her weight, Usagi bounded
off as she pushed herself towards the open door of the shuttle and steered herself towards it.
Before she knew it, she tumbled inside and the door closed in back of her.
"Is everyone here?"a gruff voice asked from the front.
"Yeah, Wu-man...everyone's here,"Duo grinned as he said the nickname of his comrade.
"How many times do I have to tell you..."
"Never call me Wu-man. It's Wufei!"Wufei and Duo cried out in unison followed by a laughter
from the braided pilot.
(Wufei? The voice...mature yet not..he's one of them. Just like Duo and Quatre...a pilot.
05 is who he must be..)Usagi enclosed inside her mind while she took off her space suit.
"So heading for L5.2 now?"Duo conversed as he headed towards the cockpit.
"No, while you and Mamoru were out getting the two girls, we got another mission. We're
heading straight for their main base: Satellite #254. It's an abandoned satellite station
located just 53 degrees northeast of here near and revolving around the Sanq Kingdom at
this time,"Trowa reported as he gazed at the chart in front of him.
"How long till we reach the station?"Quatre asked.
"One hour and 28 minutes,"Wufei answered.
"At that time, we'll be around the Eastern Continent heading for the Atlantic Ocean,"Trowa
inserted.
"What's our job?"Duo inquired.
"Blow up the station and kill off our opponents in there. Meaning the boss. He/She is
stationed there at the moment,"Wufei stated.
"Right. We'll be expecting some big fight, eh?"Duo grinned as the thought sparked up his
interest.
***********
"All suits return to ships. I repeat. All suits return to ships. We've won!"a voice
shouted through the open communicator.
Motoki heard the order and grinned widely. The words that he thought he'd never hear after
the long hours he's spent out in the battlegrounds of space. So many suits destroyed by him
and other fellow soldiers this night/day.
"...return to ships. We've won!"the voice continued to repeat until all the suits around him
were heading inside the opened ships waiting for them to get inside and slip out.
As Motoki gripped the bars and head inside his own stationed ship, he found himself looking
back towards the colony. It was now free from the prisons of the Tetra Force. And soon it would
be the same inside the colony as well. This was just one step to their freedom and still a long
way to go till the war was over.
(It's not over yet. Just one win against our enemies...just one...)Motoki sighed and
entered inside ship.
************
As the carrier neared closer to the satellite, the two other pilots beside Wufei noticed
that there was another carrier ship in back of them while at the front miles away from them
were two awaiting carriers. There were four of them in all here near the satellite station.
"Don't worry about them. They're protected by Preventors and Maguanacs. Hand-picked them
myself,"Wufei assured them.
"Good thing, because we all know what's inside these carriers,"Duo smirked, his eyes glinting
with amusement.
"What's in them?"Selene asked outloud.
"You'll see soon enough,"Duo slyly said as he went towards the back with Trowa.
"Okay, you two will stay here with Chiba Mamoru. Mamoru, can you steer this carrier?"Quatre
ordered/asked.
"Hai,"Mamoru responded, nodding his head as he took over the controls.
"Good, if there's any danger at all out here. I want you to steer this vehicle to safety.
The doctor can tell you where to head to for safety,"Quatre said as he left to go to the back
with Wufei.
Looking to his side, Mamoru gazed at the doctor who was simply looking straight ahead.
(Dr. H...creator of a Gundam...)Mamoru recalled before gazing back straight ahead and checking
the monitor for signs of enemy ships.
Mamoru noticed that the other three ships were heading his way.
"Acceptance for a pilot to board ship?"Mamoru spoke through the communicator as an oncoming
ship approached.
"Accepted: Opened doorway for trespass,"a voice answered.
At the acceptance, Mamoru opened the hatch of the back.
"Back door: Opened. Availability to board neighboring ship,"Mamoru shouted.
After that, another ship came back and opened its ship thus allowing another of their pilots
to board it until there was one pilot left in this carrier.
"All other pilots safe and getting prepared to leave the carriers in their suits,"all the
other current pilots of the carriers reported to Mamoru.
"Everything's cleared away. Just waiting on stand-by for instructions to open the back
door for the suit to exit in,"Mamoru reported to the back of the ship.
Not wanting to watch this any longer, Usagi went to the back to see who the left over pilot
was in this carrier.
To be continued..
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There it is! Well got to go now! Byies... ^_~
