Petra: Okay, first off this is perhaps the most BORING sequence when Hotaru starts to talk to Silence (you'll learn who she is). As my friend, Kitty, would put it, "It's called SILENCE!!! ... ... So why won't it shut-up!!!" ^_^;
Kati: Oh, and you'll find out why they talk so weird later 'cause it'll be explained later on!
Petra: I've already started the third chapter and should have that one out anyday... Unless I go on vacation and leave you peeps hanging... EEP!! *ducks as a gun is fired* Um... *looks at the bullet holes in the wall* I'll the my hardest to get it out... *glances uneasily at readers*
DEDICATED: To everyone who lives for someone other than themselves.
WARNING: The story will, later one, contain shonen-ai and shojo-ai (boy/boy and girl/girl love) and hints that there's more than just kissing going on. Anyway, it's got a bit of cussing (this is mostly the reason it's PG-13).
DISCLAIMER: I. Do. Not. Own. *sniffle*
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CHAPTER TWO: FIREFLY, SILENCE, AND *DEATHSCYTHE?!*
"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible." -Arthur C. Clarke
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Hotaru looked around the dark park a little frightened... where were the others? 'Somehow we must have gotten separated...' Hotaru looked at the sky, hands on hips, and said out loud, "You know, Puu, you could have at least warned me!" She looked around, quickly surveying where she was at while her hand unconsciously went in her pocket to touch her new crystal. 'It makes me feel safe... I think it is trying to direct me toward where I should go... I wonder...'
Carefully, in case there was someone else nearby, she directed thought-speech at the Crystal. {Crystal, can you hear me? Are you conscious?}
At first the thoughts were groggy and distant as though it was waking from a long sleep, and perhaps it was. {Who... who is there? Princess Saturn? Is that you? Firefly...?}
{Firefly? I can vaguely remembered being called that... Yes, it is I.}
{Firefly, why do I sense we are somewhere different, somewhere very different? Where is Selenity? Where is Serenity?}
{What do I tell you?} Concentrating on her memories and on the Crystal that was warm in her palm, a tingling began to spread up her arm and into the center of her chest.
{Oh... I see... the work of Pluto... The other Crystals are still Sleeping... but why...} the Crystal Murmured to itself.
{Does this also mean that the Silver Crystal is also conscious?} Hotaru Interrupted, wonder filling her at the thought that Neo-Queen Serenity had kept such a secret to herself.
{Why, yes, Sanctity would have to have been awakened in order-} A loud noise interrupted the Crystal in mid-thought, as Hotaru turned around startled, staring in fear and amazement as a huge man-like-machine towered above her, it's violet eyes flashing. Hotaru opened her mouth to scream but the only thing she could get out was a startled screech.
"Oh my goddess Selene..." she whispered, stumbling backwards and falling to the ground, her hand clenched tightly over her mouth to keep back the scream that rose in the back of her throat. "What in the ninth pit of hell is that?!"
{FIREFLY!} Cried the Crystal in surprise as her princess cursed, but Hotaru was too busy trying not to cry out that she barely heard the Crystal.
'I know that Crystal Tokyo has very advanced technology... but most of it depends on magic...' Suddenly she Felt the Crystal's mood change, first to surprise, then to wonderment.
{What is it, um... Crystal?} Hotaru Said to the Crystal, ducking behind a large tree and hoping that the... thing... wouldn't notice.
{First off my name is NOT 'Crystal', my name is Silence. And I am sensing some magic from the person inside, but what really startled me is the fact that that the... machine... is made out of Gundanium, a material that has to be forged, and was only found on the Moon Kingdom.}
Hotaru peeked out from behind the tree, watching with interest at the Gundanium-machine, noticing with a shiver that it was eerily still. "Gee... I wonder what it is doing. If I did not know better I would think-mmmmph..." Hotaru let out a shriek, or at least tried to, as a hand covered her mouth, the other pulling her around to face the person, before slamming her into the tree. She let out a muffled groan as the bark scraped against her back through the long black coat.
"I'm gonna ask you once, and only once. Whatcha doin' here and are you workin' for OZ?" the boy in front of her asked, in Japanese heavily accented with English. She stared at him, her eyes widening, as she noticed vivid violet eyes staring back her, quite like her own. 'Can it be...?'
"What's the matter? You deaf? I asked whatcha were doin' here?" the young boy said again, causing his waist-length braid to wave behind him.
"I... do not understand..." Hotaru said, avoiding the first question, "What do you mean 'OZ'?"
The boy shot her a look that clearly said he didn't believe her in the least and, pushing her roughly against the tree again, said, "Don't think you can fool me by your innocent act! I know you've gotta be workin' for OZ!"
"I do not know what you are talking about!" Hotaru cried out, snickering inside even as she acted frightened. Ah... the impetuous of youth. "I have never heard of this 'OZ' before!"
"LIAR!" he yelled, pushing her roughly against the tree and she cried out at the slight pain, knowing that he would be expecting her to. "You've got one more chance, before three strikes and you're out!"
Hotaru felt the forbidden ice creep back into her gaze, the ice that froze anyone who looked in them, as her mouth tightened in anger, the innocent facade disappearing at the threat. "Put me down," she said, low and dangerously, watching as the boy's eyes widened in surprise and then narrowed in anger.
"Fine, be that way," he said, pulling one of his hands away and then pulling it back out with a gun. Hotaru stared at the gun a moment before she began to laugh, great deep chuckles shaking her painfully against the tree. 'Guns... I have not seen those in years. Yes, when we were still fourteen a gun would have killed us, but now, because of threats, we have shields on us constantly! He thinks that a gun can hurt me!'
She couldn't help the laughter and soon he dropped her to the ground, his arm tired of holding her in one place for so long as she shook. "Y-you think th-th-that a GUN can k-k-k-kill me?!" Hotaru said, between chuckles, feeling tears streaming down her face as she looked up at the young boy.
His violet eyes widened in surprise for a moment and then narrowed dangerously. "Yeah," he replied calmly before pulling the trigger. Hotaru, deciding that letting him know she had powers might be a mistake, ducked quickly out of the way and behind him, grabbing her thin arms around his chest, trapping his arms. He pushed against her with surprising strength, breaking the grip that usually held humans in place with little trouble, turning toward her in one fluid movement. 'Well... that proves it...'
"What do you think you're doin'?" he growled, pointing his gun at her.
Hotaru smiled at him, her own violet eyes twinkling and masking her surprise, as she replied, with a wink, "Escaping, what do you think?" Then she turned and ran into the dark park, she heard a gun retort, repeated by many others, but felt most of the bullets ricocheting off her shield. 'Damn, he is a good shot!' she thought, running faster and, even though she heard swift footsteps following her, she was soon safely far away. As soon as she heard the footsteps slow and then die down, she ducked behind a tree and, grabbing Silence, henshined with only a thought, feeling the power the crystal lent her course through her system. 'It is going to physically hurt when I power down,' she thought with a sigh, jumping effortlessly into the tree she had been leaning against. She backtracked, carefully casting a 'divert-the-eye' spell; this spell didn't making her invisible, it would just make most eyes would pass over her as though she weren't there.
'I am not going to be able to hold this up for long,' she thought, jumping from tree to tree, toward the tall man-machine. A frown marred her delicate features as she thought, 'Let us hope this will not take a long time... Please...'
{Firefly, I sensed something from that boy...} Silence Whispered in her mind as the ground flew below her.
{Yes... I think it is one of the Senshi's children, though I cannot be sure. He had Minako's face though, no doubt there, and he has the same joy that fills Minako, but mixed with Kunzite's seriousness... But there are a million people in the world!}
{We have our work cut out for us, do we not, Firefly?} Saturn smiled as she Felt Silence Laugh and stopped on the tree above the boy's head. 'If I could just get a blood sample without having to harm to boy...' She grimaced slightly as she heard the heap of curses he laid upon her (long dead) parentage. With a low growl, the boy began to stomp away, clearly angry with himself for letting a 'small girl' escape him.
Saturn sighed at the reminder of her size, something she found extremely aggravating. She had lived for thousands of years and she still was small for her age, especially when standing beside the other Senshi who, even the petite Ami, still towered almost a full head above her. Saturn jumped gracefully from tree to tree, not even a whisper of wind or branches giving away her presence to the boy below. When he began to walk into a clearing she cloaked herself with a real invisibility spell and followed him closely.
"Well, Deathscythe, I let her get away. Pretty stupid of me, huh?" the boy said to his man-machine in English, patting the giant affectionately on the toe.
{What do I do, Silence?} Saturn Asked, watching as the boy hopped up into the thing's cockpit.
{Let me think... Where are the Senshi...?} She could Feel the Crystal's consciousness slipping away for a moment before returning, though it Felt a little dazed. {They are northwest; maybe you should go try to find them...} Silence Suggested.
{Well... let us see where braid-boy here is going. Perhaps we will get lucky and he will be going our way,} Saturn Said with a grin, looking for a comfortable place to sit on the giant. After a moment, she clamored onto the thing's foot, up the leg, over the torso, and onto the shoulder, sitting herself down. 'Now... let us check out my outfit...' After a thorough examination of her outfit she sighed and leaned back, the end of her wings brushing against the tips of the Gundanium machine. 'I have the exact same outfit as when I am Eternal Sailor Saturn except I have wings and there are small wings on my brooch...' A small scowl crossed her face as she noted with disgust, she was still wearing a skimpy crimped sailor skirt. 'I would like to know who commissioned these outfits so I can give them a piece of my mind...' a slightly evil grin crossed her face '...and my fist!'
Saturn was jerked out of her thoughts as the machine below her began to rumble, and then move, causing Saturn to loose her balance and fall heavily to the things shoulder. With the help of a Senshi's superior balance, not to mention the wings that protruded from her back, Saturn was able to stay on. She watched with trepidation as it began to turn. 'Come on... go northwest...'
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IMPORTANT NOTE: For those of you that wish it, DUE TO MY SPORADIC postings, I am offering you, the readers, A MAILING LIST to sign up to. When I finally UPDATE, I will SEND OUT AN EMAIL informing those of you that are on the list that I have finally updated. I need you to EMAIL me, telling that you wish to sign up, and whether it's for ORIGINAL FICTION or FANFICTION. I WILL NOT accept those people that ask to be up on it in a review because I can't be sure that email is real. The mailing list will ALSO OFFER the TITLES of those works that I am posting, the COUPLES (if any) that are in it, which FANDOM it is from, and whether it is a SEQUEL to anything.
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Petra: Well, that's it...
Kati: A really pathetic little part, I know...
Petra: But now you know that it's a Sailor Moon/Gundam Wing crossover. I really hope that this is one of the more original fics and, don't worry, I don't plan on putting ANY of our boys with ANY of the Senshi. If I do, please, I beg of you, have mercy on my soul, not to mention the rest of the world, and shoot me DEAD!!! Um... just a little background information on this fic, I got the idea almost a year ago and only now decided on writing it, so I have a pretty good idea where I'm taking you guys. ^_-
Kati: Other than that review!!!
Petra: So far I haven't had any bad reviews... *cold shiver runs down spine* Oh... that can't be a good sign... (oh yeah, and in case you were wondering, I got the nickname 'Firefly' from Hotaru's name, which translates into something like: 'firefly spourting from earth', or something like that...)
"I dream of a day when I can open my eyes, and my dreams won't disappear."
-Rose Marie Ledam
~Petra Megami Assari~
*The Gentle Tiger Goddess*
Kati: Oh, and you'll find out why they talk so weird later 'cause it'll be explained later on!
Petra: I've already started the third chapter and should have that one out anyday... Unless I go on vacation and leave you peeps hanging... EEP!! *ducks as a gun is fired* Um... *looks at the bullet holes in the wall* I'll the my hardest to get it out... *glances uneasily at readers*
DEDICATED: To everyone who lives for someone other than themselves.
WARNING: The story will, later one, contain shonen-ai and shojo-ai (boy/boy and girl/girl love) and hints that there's more than just kissing going on. Anyway, it's got a bit of cussing (this is mostly the reason it's PG-13).
DISCLAIMER: I. Do. Not. Own. *sniffle*
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CHAPTER TWO: FIREFLY, SILENCE, AND *DEATHSCYTHE?!*
"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible." -Arthur C. Clarke
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Hotaru looked around the dark park a little frightened... where were the others? 'Somehow we must have gotten separated...' Hotaru looked at the sky, hands on hips, and said out loud, "You know, Puu, you could have at least warned me!" She looked around, quickly surveying where she was at while her hand unconsciously went in her pocket to touch her new crystal. 'It makes me feel safe... I think it is trying to direct me toward where I should go... I wonder...'
Carefully, in case there was someone else nearby, she directed thought-speech at the Crystal. {Crystal, can you hear me? Are you conscious?}
At first the thoughts were groggy and distant as though it was waking from a long sleep, and perhaps it was. {Who... who is there? Princess Saturn? Is that you? Firefly...?}
{Firefly? I can vaguely remembered being called that... Yes, it is I.}
{Firefly, why do I sense we are somewhere different, somewhere very different? Where is Selenity? Where is Serenity?}
{What do I tell you?} Concentrating on her memories and on the Crystal that was warm in her palm, a tingling began to spread up her arm and into the center of her chest.
{Oh... I see... the work of Pluto... The other Crystals are still Sleeping... but why...} the Crystal Murmured to itself.
{Does this also mean that the Silver Crystal is also conscious?} Hotaru Interrupted, wonder filling her at the thought that Neo-Queen Serenity had kept such a secret to herself.
{Why, yes, Sanctity would have to have been awakened in order-} A loud noise interrupted the Crystal in mid-thought, as Hotaru turned around startled, staring in fear and amazement as a huge man-like-machine towered above her, it's violet eyes flashing. Hotaru opened her mouth to scream but the only thing she could get out was a startled screech.
"Oh my goddess Selene..." she whispered, stumbling backwards and falling to the ground, her hand clenched tightly over her mouth to keep back the scream that rose in the back of her throat. "What in the ninth pit of hell is that?!"
{FIREFLY!} Cried the Crystal in surprise as her princess cursed, but Hotaru was too busy trying not to cry out that she barely heard the Crystal.
'I know that Crystal Tokyo has very advanced technology... but most of it depends on magic...' Suddenly she Felt the Crystal's mood change, first to surprise, then to wonderment.
{What is it, um... Crystal?} Hotaru Said to the Crystal, ducking behind a large tree and hoping that the... thing... wouldn't notice.
{First off my name is NOT 'Crystal', my name is Silence. And I am sensing some magic from the person inside, but what really startled me is the fact that that the... machine... is made out of Gundanium, a material that has to be forged, and was only found on the Moon Kingdom.}
Hotaru peeked out from behind the tree, watching with interest at the Gundanium-machine, noticing with a shiver that it was eerily still. "Gee... I wonder what it is doing. If I did not know better I would think-mmmmph..." Hotaru let out a shriek, or at least tried to, as a hand covered her mouth, the other pulling her around to face the person, before slamming her into the tree. She let out a muffled groan as the bark scraped against her back through the long black coat.
"I'm gonna ask you once, and only once. Whatcha doin' here and are you workin' for OZ?" the boy in front of her asked, in Japanese heavily accented with English. She stared at him, her eyes widening, as she noticed vivid violet eyes staring back her, quite like her own. 'Can it be...?'
"What's the matter? You deaf? I asked whatcha were doin' here?" the young boy said again, causing his waist-length braid to wave behind him.
"I... do not understand..." Hotaru said, avoiding the first question, "What do you mean 'OZ'?"
The boy shot her a look that clearly said he didn't believe her in the least and, pushing her roughly against the tree again, said, "Don't think you can fool me by your innocent act! I know you've gotta be workin' for OZ!"
"I do not know what you are talking about!" Hotaru cried out, snickering inside even as she acted frightened. Ah... the impetuous of youth. "I have never heard of this 'OZ' before!"
"LIAR!" he yelled, pushing her roughly against the tree and she cried out at the slight pain, knowing that he would be expecting her to. "You've got one more chance, before three strikes and you're out!"
Hotaru felt the forbidden ice creep back into her gaze, the ice that froze anyone who looked in them, as her mouth tightened in anger, the innocent facade disappearing at the threat. "Put me down," she said, low and dangerously, watching as the boy's eyes widened in surprise and then narrowed in anger.
"Fine, be that way," he said, pulling one of his hands away and then pulling it back out with a gun. Hotaru stared at the gun a moment before she began to laugh, great deep chuckles shaking her painfully against the tree. 'Guns... I have not seen those in years. Yes, when we were still fourteen a gun would have killed us, but now, because of threats, we have shields on us constantly! He thinks that a gun can hurt me!'
She couldn't help the laughter and soon he dropped her to the ground, his arm tired of holding her in one place for so long as she shook. "Y-you think th-th-that a GUN can k-k-k-kill me?!" Hotaru said, between chuckles, feeling tears streaming down her face as she looked up at the young boy.
His violet eyes widened in surprise for a moment and then narrowed dangerously. "Yeah," he replied calmly before pulling the trigger. Hotaru, deciding that letting him know she had powers might be a mistake, ducked quickly out of the way and behind him, grabbing her thin arms around his chest, trapping his arms. He pushed against her with surprising strength, breaking the grip that usually held humans in place with little trouble, turning toward her in one fluid movement. 'Well... that proves it...'
"What do you think you're doin'?" he growled, pointing his gun at her.
Hotaru smiled at him, her own violet eyes twinkling and masking her surprise, as she replied, with a wink, "Escaping, what do you think?" Then she turned and ran into the dark park, she heard a gun retort, repeated by many others, but felt most of the bullets ricocheting off her shield. 'Damn, he is a good shot!' she thought, running faster and, even though she heard swift footsteps following her, she was soon safely far away. As soon as she heard the footsteps slow and then die down, she ducked behind a tree and, grabbing Silence, henshined with only a thought, feeling the power the crystal lent her course through her system. 'It is going to physically hurt when I power down,' she thought with a sigh, jumping effortlessly into the tree she had been leaning against. She backtracked, carefully casting a 'divert-the-eye' spell; this spell didn't making her invisible, it would just make most eyes would pass over her as though she weren't there.
'I am not going to be able to hold this up for long,' she thought, jumping from tree to tree, toward the tall man-machine. A frown marred her delicate features as she thought, 'Let us hope this will not take a long time... Please...'
{Firefly, I sensed something from that boy...} Silence Whispered in her mind as the ground flew below her.
{Yes... I think it is one of the Senshi's children, though I cannot be sure. He had Minako's face though, no doubt there, and he has the same joy that fills Minako, but mixed with Kunzite's seriousness... But there are a million people in the world!}
{We have our work cut out for us, do we not, Firefly?} Saturn smiled as she Felt Silence Laugh and stopped on the tree above the boy's head. 'If I could just get a blood sample without having to harm to boy...' She grimaced slightly as she heard the heap of curses he laid upon her (long dead) parentage. With a low growl, the boy began to stomp away, clearly angry with himself for letting a 'small girl' escape him.
Saturn sighed at the reminder of her size, something she found extremely aggravating. She had lived for thousands of years and she still was small for her age, especially when standing beside the other Senshi who, even the petite Ami, still towered almost a full head above her. Saturn jumped gracefully from tree to tree, not even a whisper of wind or branches giving away her presence to the boy below. When he began to walk into a clearing she cloaked herself with a real invisibility spell and followed him closely.
"Well, Deathscythe, I let her get away. Pretty stupid of me, huh?" the boy said to his man-machine in English, patting the giant affectionately on the toe.
{What do I do, Silence?} Saturn Asked, watching as the boy hopped up into the thing's cockpit.
{Let me think... Where are the Senshi...?} She could Feel the Crystal's consciousness slipping away for a moment before returning, though it Felt a little dazed. {They are northwest; maybe you should go try to find them...} Silence Suggested.
{Well... let us see where braid-boy here is going. Perhaps we will get lucky and he will be going our way,} Saturn Said with a grin, looking for a comfortable place to sit on the giant. After a moment, she clamored onto the thing's foot, up the leg, over the torso, and onto the shoulder, sitting herself down. 'Now... let us check out my outfit...' After a thorough examination of her outfit she sighed and leaned back, the end of her wings brushing against the tips of the Gundanium machine. 'I have the exact same outfit as when I am Eternal Sailor Saturn except I have wings and there are small wings on my brooch...' A small scowl crossed her face as she noted with disgust, she was still wearing a skimpy crimped sailor skirt. 'I would like to know who commissioned these outfits so I can give them a piece of my mind...' a slightly evil grin crossed her face '...and my fist!'
Saturn was jerked out of her thoughts as the machine below her began to rumble, and then move, causing Saturn to loose her balance and fall heavily to the things shoulder. With the help of a Senshi's superior balance, not to mention the wings that protruded from her back, Saturn was able to stay on. She watched with trepidation as it began to turn. 'Come on... go northwest...'
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IMPORTANT NOTE: For those of you that wish it, DUE TO MY SPORADIC postings, I am offering you, the readers, A MAILING LIST to sign up to. When I finally UPDATE, I will SEND OUT AN EMAIL informing those of you that are on the list that I have finally updated. I need you to EMAIL me, telling that you wish to sign up, and whether it's for ORIGINAL FICTION or FANFICTION. I WILL NOT accept those people that ask to be up on it in a review because I can't be sure that email is real. The mailing list will ALSO OFFER the TITLES of those works that I am posting, the COUPLES (if any) that are in it, which FANDOM it is from, and whether it is a SEQUEL to anything.
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Petra: Well, that's it...
Kati: A really pathetic little part, I know...
Petra: But now you know that it's a Sailor Moon/Gundam Wing crossover. I really hope that this is one of the more original fics and, don't worry, I don't plan on putting ANY of our boys with ANY of the Senshi. If I do, please, I beg of you, have mercy on my soul, not to mention the rest of the world, and shoot me DEAD!!! Um... just a little background information on this fic, I got the idea almost a year ago and only now decided on writing it, so I have a pretty good idea where I'm taking you guys. ^_-
Kati: Other than that review!!!
Petra: So far I haven't had any bad reviews... *cold shiver runs down spine* Oh... that can't be a good sign... (oh yeah, and in case you were wondering, I got the nickname 'Firefly' from Hotaru's name, which translates into something like: 'firefly spourting from earth', or something like that...)
"I dream of a day when I can open my eyes, and my dreams won't disappear."
-Rose Marie Ledam
~Petra Megami Assari~
*The Gentle Tiger Goddess*