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"Usagi? Is that really you?" Ami asked. Usagi nodded excitedly.
"Hai!"
"You've been alive this whole time?" Matoko asked. Usagi nodded again.
"Kind of." she replied.
"Odango- we're so sorry about what we said. We never meant to drive you away." Rei said softly.
"We just wanted to push you to be more mature. We were trying to support you, but we pushed too much, too far." Minako added.
"Can you ever forgive us?" Ami asked. Usagi walked closer to them. Slowly, she stood in front of each one, looking into their eyes for a moment or two before moving to the next one. Then she backed away, standing once more about seven feet from them.
"Of course I can forgive you." Usagi said, once more assuming a regal tone. Her crescent birthmark began to glow brightly, and the other Senshi's birthmarks followed suit.
"I can see it in your eyes, you tell me the truth." Usagi added. The five pilots were a bit surprised; they had never heard her sound as commanding as she did just then. "I'm sorry, as well. I'm sorry I ran, sorry I left you to fight alone for six thousand years." she looked up from the ground to see her friends smiling at her.
"If you felt that way all this time why did you not come back and help?" Rei asked.
"In six thousand years you could never find one moment to contact us, and now, here you are, with five extremely cute guys, talking to us as if it's only been a few months since you last saw us instead of a few millenia." Matoko said. Usagi shook her head.
"But, minna, it's only been a month since I last saw you in Tokyo." she said, trying to explain.
"Honto?" The four exclaimed simultaneously.
"Hai. Kneel, let me show you." They knelt, and she pressed her index finger to each of their planet symbols. It took her only a few seconds to show them what it took Pluto thousands of years to plan and carry out.
"Usagi... You're so... different." Ami exclaimed.
"But you all need not fight any more. It's been ages since there were any youma, am I right?" Usagi asked. Seeing their nods, she continued. "So there's no need for us to be Senshi any more. I wanted you to come here so I can make you mortal, if that's what you want." she was immediately engulfed in hugs as cheers of 'Hai!' and 'Arigato!' echoed through the mid- day sunlight.
"What's going on?" Duo asked Wufei.
"They're onnas. Who knows?" Wufei replied. Duo grinned.
"Are you serious? You can give us mortality?" Minako asked.
"Hai! Whenever you're ready." Usagi told them excitedly.
"We've been ready for nearly six thousand years." Rei said. Usagi nodded.
"Transform." Usagi commanded. They nodded, and stepped away from her, and called out their transformation lines. Usagi followed suit. The Gundam Pilots' jaws nearly dropped as all five of the girls were suddenly naked, surrounded by swirls of color and light. As the lights faded, the Inner Senshi knelt once more before Sailor Moon, who transformed into Eternal Sailor Moon. Once again she spoke words that the five Gundam pilots couldn't understand or repeat if asked to do so. The Senshi, however, recognized it as Lunarian.
"Once more, Holy Ginzuishou," Usagi said in a language long forgotten to the rest of the world. "I ask for your help. Please, you've been with me this long, and when I die, you will die also. Grant that my friends' greatest wish be granted. They have waited six thousand years; it's their turn. Obey my command!" she begged. The Ginzuishou responded immediately. It glowed brighter and brighter, engulfing the Senshi and then slowly fading out of existence. Eternal Sailor Moon smiled brightly as her friends opened their eyes again.
"Arise." she commanded. They stood, waiting. "It worked." she said softly, tears glowing in her azure eyes. The five girls crowded together in a huge hug, tears flowing from everyone's eyes as they realized the implications of the Ginzuishou's actions-
"We can finally live normal lives." Ami said from within their tightly knit circle.
The boys felt kind of left out.
"These are her true friends." Quatre whispered to the others.
"The kind we could never be to her." Trowa added.
"Usagi?" Duo asked. She turned around, looking at him happily.
"Hai?" she replied. She sensed their feelings. "Omigosh guys, I'm so sorry! Minna," she began, getting her Senshi's attention. The five of them detransformed, leaving the young teenage girls they had been for six thousand years. "This is Quatre, Trowa, Hiiro, Wufei, and Duo. Guys, these are my friends- Minako, Matoko, Rei, and Ami."
"Usagi- may I talk to you for a moment?" Hiiro asked. Usagi nodded, and they moved away. They stood under an orchard tree for a few moments before either dared break the silence.
'Ami sure is sweet.' Quatre thought as he moved towards the blue-haired girl. She was giggling and talking to a taller blonde girl. As he stood in front of her, Minako looked up and saw the gaze Quatre held for Ami, and moved away.
Usagi watched this carefully. Then she remembered something.
"Hiiro I forgot something. Hold on just one second, alright?" she said, and ran to Minako. She embraced her in a tight hug.
"I'm not leaving, Usa-chan." the taller girl told her.
"Iie, it's not that." Usagi whispered in her ear. "I forgot to tell you- when the Crystal made you mortal, it also lifted the youma's curse. You're free of it." Minako pulled away slightly, looking Usagi in the eye.
"Really?" she asked softly, tears beginning to form once more at the corner of her eyes.
"Hai." Usagi said. "You're free to love and be loved in return." The two girls stared each other for another moment; unspoken bond being rebuilt in an instant before they hugged again. Then, after apologizing, Usagi ran back to Hiiro. Trowa moved over to Minako.
"Daijobu ka?" the seemingly one-eyed boy asked.
"Hai, daijobu." Minako said. "You're Trowa, right?" she asked, a different kind of glint entering her eyes. The taller boy nodded. The two began to talk.
"Hiiro?" Usagi began as she approached him once more. He looked up at her. "Gomen, there was something important I had to tell Minako."
"It's alright." Hiiro said in monotone. Usagi's smile dropped.
"Are you going to be like that again?" she asked. He looked away from her, not meeting her gaze. She sighed, turning for a moment to watch her friends.
'She belongs with him.' Wufei thought. He walked forwards, trying to get to Duo, and tripped. He glared up at the girl who had stuck her foot out.
"Rei, right? Weak onna." He said as he stood up. She glared right back.
"Weak?" she scoffed. "You wanna spar sometime and see who's the weak one?" she asked.
"Hai. Anytime, onna."
"The name's Rei."
"Onna."
"Rei."
"Onna."
"Onna."
"Rei."
"HA! Gotcha!" Rei yelled. "Reverse psycology strikes again!" Wufei glared at her until she began to make conversation.
"So ya like fighting?" he nodded. "What have you studied?" They began to talk, politely at first, then more as if they were friends.
"Check out that body language." Matoko commented. "Those are some great couples." Duo looked up at the three pairs wandering around the 'backyard.'
"Yeah, who woulda thought?" Duo grinned. "And Hiiro snagged the one we were all after from the beginning. Guess that just leaves you and me!" Matoko grinned back at him.
"So you're Duo, huh?"
"Yup, also known as the great Shinginami!" he told her.
'Shinginami, huh? God of Death? Wait till he meets Hotaru.' Matoko thought evilly, a smile to match crossing her face.
"Did Usagi by any chance tell you about our friend Sailor Saturn?" she asked.
"Oh that twelve year old who stole my scythe?"
"Not quite..."
"Hiiro?" Usagi asked, not turning around to face him.
"Hai." he said in monotone. She sighed slightly before continuing.
"Look." she whispered happily. He glanced up, and saw his four comrades with her four friends.
"Hai. So?" he asked, once again in monotone. This time something inside her sparked.
"Stop it!" she said, before quickly turning around and standing in front of him.
"I got you out of that shell once and I'll do it again." she stated. He shook his head slightly. As he did so, she caught his face in her hands. Looking him in the eye for a moment, she nearly lost her courage. Then she pulled him closer, embracing in a hug.
"If this is all you want, I'll respect that. Ja ne, Hiiro." she told him before walking away. He watched her go, something inside him nagging.
'Okay, so let me get this straight.' A voice in his head said. 'You liked the girl since she got here, gained emotions because of her, lost them when she died, visited her grave nearly everyday thereafter, prayed for her to come back, ignored her twin, ignored her since she came back, and now are continuing to do so? You really need to work on your social skills.' Hiiro mentally slapped the voice and walked after Usagi.
"Hey Quatre?" Usagi asked. By the look on her face, he could see her 'talk' with Hiiro had not gone well.
"Hai?" he replied.
"Do you think your house could fit a few more people in it?" she asked, hope shining on her face.
"Hai, of course! But your friends, don't they need their stuff?"
"We can take care of that." Usagi told him, making a mental note to have the girls get all their stuff from their subdimensional pockets.
"So it's settled then. Would you five like to stay here with us?" Quatre asked, looking at Ami.
"Hai!" They said simutaneously. Huge grins broke out across everyone's (minus Hiiro's) faces. They once again paired off, leaving for tours of the mansion, leaving Usagi and Hiiro alone once more.
"Usagi-chan?" Hiiro said, speaking quieter than usual but still in monotone. She looked up, acknowledging that he had her attention. "I don't want to go on a mission and worry about having to come back. I'm a soldier- I must be able to sacrifice everything." Tears welled in her eyes. His heart fell with the crystalline drops.
"I'm just glad we met." she said, trying to get her voice to stay on it's normal pitch. "My friends seem to be very happy with the others- they deserve it. More than I do." she said before turning and beginning to walk inside. Unable to control himself any longer, Hiiro grabbed her arm and spun her around, expertly landing a kiss on her soft lips. She trembled at his touch, practically shaking as he gently prodded her lips apart and slipped his tongue into her mouth. After a moment or two, she pulled away sharply and slapped him across the face- hard. As his cheek turned red, her tears came even faster.
"Don't toy with me, Hiiro." she said harshly, before running into the house. She ran straight to her room, slamming and locking it behind her before burying herself under her blankets and crying.
"Dude what'd you do to Usagi?" Duo asked as the nine of them gathered in the kitchen. Looking around, Quatre shook his head slightly.
"This is gonna fun but crazy." he whispered to Ami, who nodded slightly to him, smiling.
"Hnn." Hiiro replied to Duo's earlier question. Duo rolled his eyes. In a rush of power and stupidity, he slammed Hiiro against the wall.
"The rest of us don't care about her the way you do anymore, Hiiro, but I'd advise you NOT to hurt her." he said in an uncharacteristically serious tone.
"Hnn. Get off." Hiiro said, shoving Duo away from him. Wufei smiled a bit, liking it when Duo got told by Hiiro.
"Fine. But you had emotions once. Don't forget how it made you feel." Duo told the other boy.
"I remember how it made me act." Hiiro said carefully in monotone. "If I were to act like that on a mission I would fail and inevitably self- destruct." (That's a lot for him to say!) Then he walked out of the room.
"What's up with him?" Minako asked. The next hour was spent explaining the Gundam pilots' backgrounds, with interjected 'Ooh's and various other exclamations from the girls. Included in the discussion was how Usagi had melted Hiiro's shield.
"She always did bring out the best in everyone." Ami commented.
"Arigato, Ami-chan." Usagi said from the doorway. Her eyes were red and blotchy from crying.
"Daijobu ka, Usagi-chan?" Rei asked.
"Hai, daijobu." she replied, moving to sit with them.
"In fact, Mamoru changed after you met him, too." Ami said, jumping back to the earlier conversation.
"Hai, he did." Usagi said quietly. Just then the doorbell rang. Usagi stood up, walked to the front door, and pulled open the heavy oak.
"Konnichiwa Usako." a male voice said from the open doorway. The blood drained out of Usagi's face.
"Mamo-chan?!!"
"Usagi? Is that really you?" Ami asked. Usagi nodded excitedly.
"Hai!"
"You've been alive this whole time?" Matoko asked. Usagi nodded again.
"Kind of." she replied.
"Odango- we're so sorry about what we said. We never meant to drive you away." Rei said softly.
"We just wanted to push you to be more mature. We were trying to support you, but we pushed too much, too far." Minako added.
"Can you ever forgive us?" Ami asked. Usagi walked closer to them. Slowly, she stood in front of each one, looking into their eyes for a moment or two before moving to the next one. Then she backed away, standing once more about seven feet from them.
"Of course I can forgive you." Usagi said, once more assuming a regal tone. Her crescent birthmark began to glow brightly, and the other Senshi's birthmarks followed suit.
"I can see it in your eyes, you tell me the truth." Usagi added. The five pilots were a bit surprised; they had never heard her sound as commanding as she did just then. "I'm sorry, as well. I'm sorry I ran, sorry I left you to fight alone for six thousand years." she looked up from the ground to see her friends smiling at her.
"If you felt that way all this time why did you not come back and help?" Rei asked.
"In six thousand years you could never find one moment to contact us, and now, here you are, with five extremely cute guys, talking to us as if it's only been a few months since you last saw us instead of a few millenia." Matoko said. Usagi shook her head.
"But, minna, it's only been a month since I last saw you in Tokyo." she said, trying to explain.
"Honto?" The four exclaimed simultaneously.
"Hai. Kneel, let me show you." They knelt, and she pressed her index finger to each of their planet symbols. It took her only a few seconds to show them what it took Pluto thousands of years to plan and carry out.
"Usagi... You're so... different." Ami exclaimed.
"But you all need not fight any more. It's been ages since there were any youma, am I right?" Usagi asked. Seeing their nods, she continued. "So there's no need for us to be Senshi any more. I wanted you to come here so I can make you mortal, if that's what you want." she was immediately engulfed in hugs as cheers of 'Hai!' and 'Arigato!' echoed through the mid- day sunlight.
"What's going on?" Duo asked Wufei.
"They're onnas. Who knows?" Wufei replied. Duo grinned.
"Are you serious? You can give us mortality?" Minako asked.
"Hai! Whenever you're ready." Usagi told them excitedly.
"We've been ready for nearly six thousand years." Rei said. Usagi nodded.
"Transform." Usagi commanded. They nodded, and stepped away from her, and called out their transformation lines. Usagi followed suit. The Gundam Pilots' jaws nearly dropped as all five of the girls were suddenly naked, surrounded by swirls of color and light. As the lights faded, the Inner Senshi knelt once more before Sailor Moon, who transformed into Eternal Sailor Moon. Once again she spoke words that the five Gundam pilots couldn't understand or repeat if asked to do so. The Senshi, however, recognized it as Lunarian.
"Once more, Holy Ginzuishou," Usagi said in a language long forgotten to the rest of the world. "I ask for your help. Please, you've been with me this long, and when I die, you will die also. Grant that my friends' greatest wish be granted. They have waited six thousand years; it's their turn. Obey my command!" she begged. The Ginzuishou responded immediately. It glowed brighter and brighter, engulfing the Senshi and then slowly fading out of existence. Eternal Sailor Moon smiled brightly as her friends opened their eyes again.
"Arise." she commanded. They stood, waiting. "It worked." she said softly, tears glowing in her azure eyes. The five girls crowded together in a huge hug, tears flowing from everyone's eyes as they realized the implications of the Ginzuishou's actions-
"We can finally live normal lives." Ami said from within their tightly knit circle.
The boys felt kind of left out.
"These are her true friends." Quatre whispered to the others.
"The kind we could never be to her." Trowa added.
"Usagi?" Duo asked. She turned around, looking at him happily.
"Hai?" she replied. She sensed their feelings. "Omigosh guys, I'm so sorry! Minna," she began, getting her Senshi's attention. The five of them detransformed, leaving the young teenage girls they had been for six thousand years. "This is Quatre, Trowa, Hiiro, Wufei, and Duo. Guys, these are my friends- Minako, Matoko, Rei, and Ami."
"Usagi- may I talk to you for a moment?" Hiiro asked. Usagi nodded, and they moved away. They stood under an orchard tree for a few moments before either dared break the silence.
'Ami sure is sweet.' Quatre thought as he moved towards the blue-haired girl. She was giggling and talking to a taller blonde girl. As he stood in front of her, Minako looked up and saw the gaze Quatre held for Ami, and moved away.
Usagi watched this carefully. Then she remembered something.
"Hiiro I forgot something. Hold on just one second, alright?" she said, and ran to Minako. She embraced her in a tight hug.
"I'm not leaving, Usa-chan." the taller girl told her.
"Iie, it's not that." Usagi whispered in her ear. "I forgot to tell you- when the Crystal made you mortal, it also lifted the youma's curse. You're free of it." Minako pulled away slightly, looking Usagi in the eye.
"Really?" she asked softly, tears beginning to form once more at the corner of her eyes.
"Hai." Usagi said. "You're free to love and be loved in return." The two girls stared each other for another moment; unspoken bond being rebuilt in an instant before they hugged again. Then, after apologizing, Usagi ran back to Hiiro. Trowa moved over to Minako.
"Daijobu ka?" the seemingly one-eyed boy asked.
"Hai, daijobu." Minako said. "You're Trowa, right?" she asked, a different kind of glint entering her eyes. The taller boy nodded. The two began to talk.
"Hiiro?" Usagi began as she approached him once more. He looked up at her. "Gomen, there was something important I had to tell Minako."
"It's alright." Hiiro said in monotone. Usagi's smile dropped.
"Are you going to be like that again?" she asked. He looked away from her, not meeting her gaze. She sighed, turning for a moment to watch her friends.
'She belongs with him.' Wufei thought. He walked forwards, trying to get to Duo, and tripped. He glared up at the girl who had stuck her foot out.
"Rei, right? Weak onna." He said as he stood up. She glared right back.
"Weak?" she scoffed. "You wanna spar sometime and see who's the weak one?" she asked.
"Hai. Anytime, onna."
"The name's Rei."
"Onna."
"Rei."
"Onna."
"Onna."
"Rei."
"HA! Gotcha!" Rei yelled. "Reverse psycology strikes again!" Wufei glared at her until she began to make conversation.
"So ya like fighting?" he nodded. "What have you studied?" They began to talk, politely at first, then more as if they were friends.
"Check out that body language." Matoko commented. "Those are some great couples." Duo looked up at the three pairs wandering around the 'backyard.'
"Yeah, who woulda thought?" Duo grinned. "And Hiiro snagged the one we were all after from the beginning. Guess that just leaves you and me!" Matoko grinned back at him.
"So you're Duo, huh?"
"Yup, also known as the great Shinginami!" he told her.
'Shinginami, huh? God of Death? Wait till he meets Hotaru.' Matoko thought evilly, a smile to match crossing her face.
"Did Usagi by any chance tell you about our friend Sailor Saturn?" she asked.
"Oh that twelve year old who stole my scythe?"
"Not quite..."
"Hiiro?" Usagi asked, not turning around to face him.
"Hai." he said in monotone. She sighed slightly before continuing.
"Look." she whispered happily. He glanced up, and saw his four comrades with her four friends.
"Hai. So?" he asked, once again in monotone. This time something inside her sparked.
"Stop it!" she said, before quickly turning around and standing in front of him.
"I got you out of that shell once and I'll do it again." she stated. He shook his head slightly. As he did so, she caught his face in her hands. Looking him in the eye for a moment, she nearly lost her courage. Then she pulled him closer, embracing in a hug.
"If this is all you want, I'll respect that. Ja ne, Hiiro." she told him before walking away. He watched her go, something inside him nagging.
'Okay, so let me get this straight.' A voice in his head said. 'You liked the girl since she got here, gained emotions because of her, lost them when she died, visited her grave nearly everyday thereafter, prayed for her to come back, ignored her twin, ignored her since she came back, and now are continuing to do so? You really need to work on your social skills.' Hiiro mentally slapped the voice and walked after Usagi.
"Hey Quatre?" Usagi asked. By the look on her face, he could see her 'talk' with Hiiro had not gone well.
"Hai?" he replied.
"Do you think your house could fit a few more people in it?" she asked, hope shining on her face.
"Hai, of course! But your friends, don't they need their stuff?"
"We can take care of that." Usagi told him, making a mental note to have the girls get all their stuff from their subdimensional pockets.
"So it's settled then. Would you five like to stay here with us?" Quatre asked, looking at Ami.
"Hai!" They said simutaneously. Huge grins broke out across everyone's (minus Hiiro's) faces. They once again paired off, leaving for tours of the mansion, leaving Usagi and Hiiro alone once more.
"Usagi-chan?" Hiiro said, speaking quieter than usual but still in monotone. She looked up, acknowledging that he had her attention. "I don't want to go on a mission and worry about having to come back. I'm a soldier- I must be able to sacrifice everything." Tears welled in her eyes. His heart fell with the crystalline drops.
"I'm just glad we met." she said, trying to get her voice to stay on it's normal pitch. "My friends seem to be very happy with the others- they deserve it. More than I do." she said before turning and beginning to walk inside. Unable to control himself any longer, Hiiro grabbed her arm and spun her around, expertly landing a kiss on her soft lips. She trembled at his touch, practically shaking as he gently prodded her lips apart and slipped his tongue into her mouth. After a moment or two, she pulled away sharply and slapped him across the face- hard. As his cheek turned red, her tears came even faster.
"Don't toy with me, Hiiro." she said harshly, before running into the house. She ran straight to her room, slamming and locking it behind her before burying herself under her blankets and crying.
"Dude what'd you do to Usagi?" Duo asked as the nine of them gathered in the kitchen. Looking around, Quatre shook his head slightly.
"This is gonna fun but crazy." he whispered to Ami, who nodded slightly to him, smiling.
"Hnn." Hiiro replied to Duo's earlier question. Duo rolled his eyes. In a rush of power and stupidity, he slammed Hiiro against the wall.
"The rest of us don't care about her the way you do anymore, Hiiro, but I'd advise you NOT to hurt her." he said in an uncharacteristically serious tone.
"Hnn. Get off." Hiiro said, shoving Duo away from him. Wufei smiled a bit, liking it when Duo got told by Hiiro.
"Fine. But you had emotions once. Don't forget how it made you feel." Duo told the other boy.
"I remember how it made me act." Hiiro said carefully in monotone. "If I were to act like that on a mission I would fail and inevitably self- destruct." (That's a lot for him to say!) Then he walked out of the room.
"What's up with him?" Minako asked. The next hour was spent explaining the Gundam pilots' backgrounds, with interjected 'Ooh's and various other exclamations from the girls. Included in the discussion was how Usagi had melted Hiiro's shield.
"She always did bring out the best in everyone." Ami commented.
"Arigato, Ami-chan." Usagi said from the doorway. Her eyes were red and blotchy from crying.
"Daijobu ka, Usagi-chan?" Rei asked.
"Hai, daijobu." she replied, moving to sit with them.
"In fact, Mamoru changed after you met him, too." Ami said, jumping back to the earlier conversation.
"Hai, he did." Usagi said quietly. Just then the doorbell rang. Usagi stood up, walked to the front door, and pulled open the heavy oak.
"Konnichiwa Usako." a male voice said from the open doorway. The blood drained out of Usagi's face.
"Mamo-chan?!!"