Hi everyone, I'm back with the 3rd chapter!! Aren't you proud of me? I'm a
little sugar high, all that chocolate I had earlier just made me see spots.
Anyway, I want to thank everyone for the reviews, I seriously was not
expecting so many nor was expecting that you guys would like it, since this
is my first crossover, but you guys gave me the confidence to continue,
thank you.
This chapter will be longer than the last, for you guys, and a few things will be revealed from the past but not enough where you'll know what happened, it will still be confusing since a lot of things will still be left unanswered. So enjoy!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own SM or GW…yadda yadda yadda, Hasn't this been established already?
Chapter 3—(arrival and first attempt)
"Time has changed, it has sped up; this wasn't supposed to happen!!" Usagi's eyes widened at her words, "I don't understand! Doushite? I'm not ready for this, Why so soon?"
"The gate has been abused during the last battle, something was knocked off course, Sumani de gozaru, hime." Usagi turned around sharply to glare at her, "don't CALL me that!!!"
The scene changes to the center of a large white room made of crystal, seven figures stood in a semi-circle; their hands out stretched in front of their faces. They each radiated a different color symbolizing their different strengths and powers; yet each had the same cause, belief and motive.
Usagi would never forget their faces, twisted in determination and defiance. How is it that one can hold so much power and still be useless? Tears sprang to her eyes, she couldn't let them do this, but she couldn't stop it. She screamed and pleaded but she was not heard, more likely, ignored.
She leaped toward them, but a hand clamped onto her arm, the force nearly seared her skin, but her obvious pain, didn't seem to affect the intruder. She clawed and kicked, but the hand didn't leave her wrist, and the tears finally fell.
The colors flowed from their hands at a remarkable speed; the frightened gazes would forever haunt her nightmares. "Iie!!! STOP!!!! Kami, onegai stop them!!!"
But it was too late, the impact created a blinding light that lingered for few minutes. Usagi clutched her eyes shut, she didn't want to open them because she feared what she would find when she did; however, she still had faith and she hoped that it didn't work; that it had backfired.
Denial was her weakness. She frowned at the scene, all color ran from her face and her eyes saddened incredibly, years of torment finally catching up to her. She shook her head, whispering "how could you?" Again, Two years wasted.
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Usagi jerked awake, breathing hard as sweat covered her forehead. She sat up holding her chest, trying to catch her breath not realizing the stewardess standing in the aisle next to her seat trying to get her attention.
"Excuse me?" Usagi asked the woman. "I said that we have landed on Earth. Miss, onegai gather your belongings and leave the shuttle." Usagi nodded at the woman and watched her walk to the back of the shuttle and disappear behind the curtain.
She stood from her seat and sighed, she was relieved that no one knew her identity, there would be questions about her emotional behavior if there were; questions that she wasn't quite ready to answer and probably wouldn't be for a long while. Besides, the whole situation wouldn't go well with her new personality.
She grabbed the small black purse and left the shuttle. Her heels clicked against the linoleum floor as she made her way to the baggage claim while making a note of her surroundings.
The airport or shuttle station, wasn't much different from the one back home, except that it was larger and they used space shuttles more often then regular planes, since the majority of the passengers were flying to and from the colonies.
She shook her head slightly; she would definitely have to get used to this. She grabbed her suitcases, two huge bags with wheels that were easy to manage since they could be pulled; one that was thrown over her shoulder and the small purse that she had on the plane with her.
She noticed someone staring at her, he had black hair and brown eyes that wouldn't leave her body for the chance of losing her in the crowd that lingered around the claim area. He threw his cigarette aside and stalked over to her causing her to sigh in annoyance It seems the guys are bolder here
"Excuse me little lady, I couldn't help demo notice that you're having problems with your baggage, do you need help?" Usagi glanced at the suitcases, which were comfortably secure in her hands, she turned back to him and quirked a brow. "Why would you think that I need your help?"
"Well it's obvious that they're too big for a girl your size to be handling, I wouldn't be considered a gentleman if I let you carry them all by your self." Usagi gave him an 'I don't believe this' look, "well then, by all means, be a gentleman and leave me alone."
She turned on her heal and headed in the direction of the exit, hoping that the guy got the hint and ran off, but it just wasn't her day. "Matte! Come on, you didn't even give me a chance. How about you give me your number so I can call you sometime." He said more than asked.
Usagi rolled her eyes, "you know what? How about you give me yours and I'll give YOU a call?" His eyes lit up in excitement and quickly wrote his name and number on a piece of paper he got from his pants pocket. She glanced at it in her hand, "I guess I'll be talking to you soon, Rick."
"Hey, matte!! I don't even know your name!" he yelled after her.
"Now where's the fun in that? I like a little mystery." She smiled winking and walked through the doors that led outside. He grinned foolishly, not noticing her throw the paper in the garbage she was passing.
Usagi rolled her eyes once she reached the sidewalk I'm really beginning to hate the male species she turned back to look at the sliding doors and gave a disgusted sound, "AND he had a sloppy penmanship."
She turned her attention to the street and saw a black stretch limousine sitting at the side. The chauffeur stood in front of the car with a white sign that had Serena Mikazuki written in big bold letters. He looked to be in his late fifties, early sixties; his white hair combed back as he stood in his tuxedo.
It took her few moments to realize that the person he was looking for was actually her or her new name.
She smoothed out her outfit, which consisted of a black speckled sleeveless turtle neck sweater, black dress pants that hugged her hips and flared out at the bottom and black high heeled boots. She pushed her hair, which was in French braid, behind her shoulder and picked her luggage to walk over and meet him.
She cleared her throat and forced a smile, "Um, excuse me, I'm Serena." He smiled at her and nodded. "Well step this way, Gomen, Master Quatre was unable to meet you, he had some unexpected business to take care of, my name is Winston." Master Quatre?
Usagi waved it off, "I understand, Winston." He put her suitcases in the trunk and helped her into the car. When the door closed, she knew that from then on she would have to put her best acting skills into motion, even though I have never acted a day in my life! she groaned and rubbed her temples.
Ok, Usagi, just act like you did back home, innocent and oblivious, so not to draw attention to yourself like the doctor said she frowned, she really hated the fact that in a way she would be repeating what she didn't want to relive. She shrugged, "at least they won't know my true self, not like the others did. This way they won't know my weaknesses." She whispered to herself.
She sighed and watched the scenery pass by her window. (AN: for now on I will refer to her as Serena)
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The car ride was fairly long, at least, longer than she had expected. The huge mansion was something else she wasn't expecting as her mouth dropped slightly in surprise. She knew he was wealthy, well that's what the device told her, that is if she even had a chip planted in her brain at all; but this was ridiculous. I have to make a note to ask Pluto later
Winston came around and opened the door for her. She followed him to the trunk and grabbed one of her bags, an act that surprised him. "Iie Miss Serena, you run along and ring the door bell, though the offer was quite kind of you, I'm fine here with your luggage." She smiled sincerely and headed to the door.
She pushed the small white button and a loud 'ding dong' rang through the house. Footsteps came toward the entrance and the door flew open to reveal a boy with the whitest blonde hair that she had ever seen; his innocent face and blue eyes smiled at her.
"Serena?" She nodded, "Hai, and you would be Quatre?"
"Hai, onegai come in, Winston will bring your things to your room." Serena followed him down a long hallway. Her gaze went along the walls and over the large paintings hanging on them, filled with the smiling faces of his sisters, all 29 of them.
They soon reached a wide doorway, lacking doors, which led into a study of some sort; two familiar faces stared back at her.
Trowa stood against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest; his tawny bang hung low covering the top portion of his face leaving only one visible green eye, which stared at her as she entered the room. She came from behind Quatre to get a better look at the spacious room. She could hear typing and turned to see a boy with chestnut hair.
Heero sat at a small desk typing on his laptop computer, paying her no mind, as if she didn't exist. "Hey guys, this is my cousin Serena," Quatre introduced to them. "That's Trowa standing there against the wall and the one that's typing is Heero." Serena smiled as she received a small nod from Trowa. Heero lifted his gaze away from the laptop and glanced at the new comer.
He stared at her with suspicion, yet Serena could tell that he was not at all interested in who she was, even if she was Quatre's 'cousin,' which was why his attention was, once again, focused on what ever was on the screen of his computer.
She frowns slightly catching Quatre's attention, "he's not one for conversation," he whispers and gives a chuckle. She glances back at Heero watching his fingers move synchronized, never skipping a beat. Why am I not surprised she thought
A loud shout is heard from somewhere down the hall followed by running feet. "Say goodbye to your braid, Maxwell!!" The back door flies open and the only thing Serena could make out was a braid of hair that flew past her face; the rest was a blur.
Duo grabbed Serena by her shoulders and stood behind her, shaking. She could do nothing but stand still and wait to see what had him hiding. A Chinese boy with black hair in a tight pony-tail, came running into the room with a Katana in his hand. His face was twisted in rage and annoyance.
"Maxwell, you baka, I can still see you!" he smirks. "Save me," he yelps to Serena who just stands there with a blank expression on her face. Wufei walks closer making Duo back up still holding Serena in front of him, "Now now, Fei-chan. You wouldn't risk hurting her, would ya?" Wufie cringed at the nickname.
"I hate that name!!! It's Wufei, WUFEI!!!" Duo shrugs, "whatever Fei-chan."
"Um, Duo, would you mind releasing my cousin, onegai?" Duo blinks and for the first time realizes that Serena was in the room, his fear kept him from noticing her. "This is your cousin, Quatre? She's cute!" She blushes and sticks out her hand, "I'm Serena."
"Duo, and the one with the katana, is Fei-chan." Duo flinches, "MAXWELL!!" He turns to him putting up his hands in a surrendering motion, "Gomen, gomen." He turns back to Serena and sighs, "Let me rephrase that. HE is Wufei." She nods and smiles at all of them, "nice to meet you all."
"So babe, how old are you?"
"Um, I'm 17" she said, hesitating a bit, after all Dr. V never said anything about age. I'm not exactly lying, since that is my age or at least it was in my world "Hey!! So are we! Isn't that weird?" he asked. It's was more of a question for himself as his head cocked slightly to the right as if in deep thought. To Serena, he looked adorable.
"So." he said, snapping out of his reverie. "Where are you from?"
Serena was prepared for this question; she had practiced her answer on the shuttle to Earth. "No where in particular since I've traveled a lot."
Quatre nodded in understanding. "Did you travel with your parents?" Trowa asked suddenly, startling Duo since he wasn't known to speak more than a couple of words assuming that they even received a full sentence.
Serena could sense the prosecution in his voice; in other words he wanted to know if she had anything to do with the deeds her 'parents' committed.
She just gave him an innocent look and shook her head, "Not really, just between boarding schools and then it was orphanages after they died." She said feigning sadness, as tears appeared in her eyes ready to fall if they were needed. And the award for best actress goes to Usagi Tsukino in her most dramatic roll as Serena Mikazuki Serena inwardly laughed.
Quatre shot Trowa a chastising look before patting her on the back and whispering words of encouragement. If Trowa felt guilty he didn't show it. Though, if anyone looked closer they could see the tenderness in his green eye.
Heero looked up from the screen and glanced at the blonde who was being comforted by Quatre. His eyes narrowed a bit, there was just something off about her, he couldn't explain it; but it was obvious that his late nights would be filled with code breaking and computer hacking.
Serena wiped the tears away with the back of her hand. She could feel eyes boring into her frame and looked up to meet Heero's gaze, his cobalt eyes dug into her making her wince. She blinked her attention away from his glare to Wufei, who was talking.
"Weak Onna." He muttered. She raised a brow, "excuse me?"
"To cry for traitors is dishonorable." He said with his arms crossed over his chest and a scowl on his face. Quatre paled as he looked to his cousin for a response. She gave Wufei a blank look, but instead of getting upset over the comment, she pouted. "I know my parents did inexcusable things, demo that was just plain mean, Fei-chan."
Wufei eyes widened slightly as he looked upon her adorably cute face; rolling his eyes at the hateful nickname he made his way toward the exit, "injustice!"
Duo laughed out right, "Oh, that was picture perfect! Me and you are definitely going to get along." Still laughing he followed after Wufei screaming the nickname down the hallway.
Quatre cleared his throat, "well, I think it's time to show you to your room now, Miss Serena."
"Um, Quatre?"
"Hai?"
"Onegai, don't call me that, Serena's just fine; besides, we're family." She said with a cheerful smile before leaving the room.
Before following her out, Quatre looked over at Trowa who winked at him causing a light blush to form on Quarte's cheeks.
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The door opened to reveal a large room colored in shades of burgundy and silver. A queen sized canopy bed sat in the middle of room with a lamp table on both sides, each having crystalline lamps sitting on top.
A bureau made out of fine wood that glistened with polish stood against the wall at the left of the doorway and a chiffonnier (AN: ??) that was topped with unused makeup and perfume; it was located against the wall that was across from the bed.
Serena stared at the extravagant room in awe, she had never seen anything like it, well at least up close and personal. Her luggage sat in the middle neatly piled and ready to be open. "Do you like it?"
She swallowed and nodded, "Hai, very much, thank you." She smiled, "well I'll leave you to unpack." With that he left the room closing the door behind him.
Serena circled around the room still trying to get a feel for it or convince herself that she wasn't dreaming. She took a deep breath and began to unpack, she figured that since she was supposed to act like a normal teenager than she should start putting away her clothes; it seemed she would be there for awhile.
Her suitcases were filled with nice pants, skirts, sweaters, tanks, shoes; everything that she had before, minus the pink bunnies. I was such a child then When she finished filling the drawers of the bureau, she made her way to the closet to find her uniform hanging.
Her face twisted into a frown of disgust. "You can't be serious!" She stared at the brown almost green two piece outfit. "My uniform back home looks better than this and that thing was atrocious!" She sighed, "This better be worth it!" and put the uniform back in the closet.
After she got everything put way she slid the now empty suitcases under the bed and began to rummage through her purse. She found her passport, ID and a wallet full of money and credit cards. Her mouth dropped open in shock, what the hell was she going to do with all this money?
She kept thinking she forgot something and took out one small suitcase. She opened it and felt around the bottom, finding a tag she pulled on it to reveal hidden compartment filled with guns, knives small bugs that she could plant around the house. Kami, there's an arsenal in my suitcase!
There was a sudden knock at the door, she jumped and threw the suitcase back under the bed and everything back in her purse and set it on one of the nightstands, "Hai?"
"Dinner will be served in five minutes, Miss Serena."
Serena rolled her eyes, "Thanks Winston, and call me Serena." She could hear his footsteps going down the hall to the stairway and soon disappeared. She gave her room one last look before she left for dinner.
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An hour later, she came walking into the room exhausted, she had never wanted to witness anything like that again. Throughout the whole dinner Wufei and Duo yelled at each other back and forth across the table, Trowa and Quatre were playing some little secret game since the whole time all Quatre did was blush.
And she didn't even want to get into Heero, considering that the whole night was filled with his glares in her direction. She let out a breath and plopped on her bed to stare at the ceiling; she really was in way over
her head.
Right when she was ready to fall asleep a shadow moved over the wall making her jump up in a sitting position. She sighed in relief when the time warrior stared back at her in amusement, "Kami Puu! You scared the shit out of me!" She threw her legs over the side of the bed and walked over to meet her.
"Gomen, that was not my intention." Pluto smiled trying her hardest not to laugh out right. Serena couldn't help but smile in return, "So, what's going on?"
"Nothing, I just came to see how you were doing." Serena shrugged, "Ok, I guess. It's just a little weird here."
"I can understand that."
"Oh by the way, do I really have a chip in my head?" She said scratching the side of her head absently.
Pluto licked her lips, "Iie, in order to send you here, I needed to make sure that you'd be given shelter, clothes and all the other necessities, so you took the place of a human who, technically, was a test tube baby. In the doctors' eyes you are their experiment, demo you and I know that you're not. "
"So, why do I know everything about this place and the people?"
"It's a way for you to adapt more to this environment, it's not the chip, it's your own subconscious."
Serena nodded, "demo why here? I thought I was going away from the fighting." Pluto sighed.
"Usagi, you can't run away from who you are, and I wish you'd stop. I sent you here so you'd get an understanding of what the real world is, that not everything is fought with magic. These are real humans with real problems, it's an excellent way for you to grow and face that reality."
"Will I have to kill anyone?"
"Hai, you're expected to demo those you kill are your enemy."
Serena pushed back her tears and nodded slowly, she understood it now, she trusted Pluto, which was really hard for her to admit since Pluto was the only one at that moment that she did trust, with the exception of one other person. Pluto's crimson eyes lowered a bit as if she had something to say, but didn't know how.
Before Serena could address it, Pluto cleared her throat, "Well, the gate needs my presence, I'll talk to you soon." Serena watched her disappear through a portal and then she was alone. what was she hiding?
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Serena rolled over with a groan, "shutup! I heard you the first time," she said to no one in particular. She reached over and slapped the alarm clock on the ground and it immediately stopped ringing. "stupid clock." She muttered and raised form the bed.
She shuffled slowly over to the door; her eyes still half closed. She turned the knob and was met with a huge bathroom. She blinked several times before she realized where she was, "Hey, this isn't the closet!" She looked to her left and saw the door, which led to the closet.
She giggled at her stupidity, shaking her head; she made her way into the bathroom to take a shower.
15 minutes later she stepped out awake and refreshed as the steam followed her out of the bathroom into the bedroom. She combed out her hair and put it back into the french braid she was so used to by now.
Frowning, she made her way over to the closet and pulled out the uniform that she was expecting to wear and got dressed.
Serena walked down the stairs to the main level. Every now and then she'd scratch her neck where the scarf and collar met. "this stupid itchy uniform…" she would mutter out loud.
Still trying to straighten her uniform in a more comfortable way, she blindly made her way to the dining hall for breakfast. Serena passed a door and stopped abruptly in the middle of the hallway.
Turning toward the room, she peeked inside. The room resembled a study with books against the wall and a desk in the middle of the room. Her eyes wandered over the furniture and stopped at a painting on the wall.
She eyed it closely though not suspicious, just curious, she didn't know why but this room gave her weird vibes, an almost familiar feeling.
She blinked and shook her head; she felt nauseated all of a sudden and needed to lean against the wall for support. She walked out the room into the airy hall to catch her breath for a bit, but strangely she felt better. She shrugged it off and continued her walk to the dining hall. "I need food."
When she finally reached the dining hall, she was greeted with a table full of delicious food, pancakes, waffles, eggs, bacon, sausage, the whole works, and Quatre's smiling face. "Good Morning, Mi…." He cleared his throat when he saw Serena's face.
"I mean, good morning, Serena, how was your sleep?" She smiled in return and sat down. "Good, better than what I've had in long time." She answered absently never catching the look that Quatre gave her. "So, where's everyone?" she asked through mouth full of pancakes.
"Trowa and Wufei already left, Duo and Heero should be coming down soon." She nodded and kept eating.
"Hey guys!" Duo said in his usual cheerful voice. "hmm, food." He said with a twinkle in his violet eyes and began to pile his plate high with food with out a care in the world. Serena smiled and shook her head. he eats more than me! Quatre just blinked, he was never going to get used to Duo's appetite.
Heero came in wordlessly, never acknowledging anyone on the room, "Good Morning, Heero. Want any breakfast before we leave?" Quatre asked.
"Hn." He said and took a seat. "I guess that means 'Hai'?" Serena asked Quatre, who at the moment had a hopeless look on his face before shaking his head.
Duo laughed, choking on his food. Serena's brows rose as she looked at the scene. When his coughing died down Duo looked at them incredulously, "Thanks for your concern guys." He said sarcastically making Serena giggle. Heero glanced at her and then back at his plate before he started to eat the little bit of food he had on it.
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The car stopped at the curb to let out the four students in front of the huge school.
Serena stared at it in awe, she really was getting annoyed with all these mansions. She scratched behind her neck again earning a chuckle from Duo. "They're itchy, aren't they?" She nodded and began to fix her collar.
"You must be Serena?" Serena looked up to see a girl with dark blonde hair that went to her shoulders standing in a similar uniform on the steps. She recognized her immediately, "Hai, you must be Relena Peacecraft?" she could hear Duo groan in annoyance.
She nodded and turned to the others that were with Serena. Her eyes shined with joy as soon as they landed on Heero, "Hello everyone." She said without redirecting her gaze.
Serena noticed this and rolled her eyes, she couldn't believe that this girl was the queen of the world and the reason for peace between the colonies and Earth. All this girl did was preach pacifism and here she was fantasizing about a Gundam Pilot who's killed too many people to keep count. What a hypocrite
When Relena finally snapped out her reverie, she told Serena to follow her, while the boys attended their classes. Serena looked back and caught a glance at Heero who was trying his hardest not to pull his gun while Duo tried to calm him down. Serena laughed inwardly, well at least she wasn't the only here who felt the same way.
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She closed the door behind her and sighed in relief; she was grateful to get out of the office. Relena's words still echoed in her ears, "this is a peaceful atmosphere where all the students get along and don't feel pressured. The teachers speak of nothing but pacifism and teach our students how to maintain these practices, for war is not the answer, there is only compromise…"
Serena gagged. "Naïve twit!" she said as she made her way down the hall. She had to admit, she hated fighting, but when she did, it was because times called for it, compromise didn't always work.
With her transcript in her hand she attempted to find her next class, but a whisper made her stop in the middle of the hall. Her brows crinkled in concentration as she followed the voice. She turned the corner and saw a man wearing an officer's uniform. He was leaning against the wall with some sort of small walkie talkie in his right hand and a gun in the other.
She tiptoed behind him to listen to the conversation, her mind screaming ~attack, attack~.
"Find him and kill him, he wants it and he wants it now! Don't fail." The guy nodded, "I understand, over and out." He put the device in his pocket and turned around. Before he could react Serena had kicked the gun out of his hand into her own.
She kicked him in the stomach and flipped him to the floor.
With her foot on his neck and the gun cocked at his head she began to question him. "Who do you work for?" He stared at her with wide eyes, but then hardened in defiance.
"Let me rephrase that." She took the safety off; he heard a click as she positioned the gun against the crotch of his pants. "Now, who is your employer?" he gulped, wincing as her foot was still pressed against his neck.
"I don't know, I was just given my orders demo I don't know by whom."
"What orders?"
"To kill Quatre Raberba Winner."
"Doushite?"
"He has something."
Serena processed the information over in her head. So he does have something, demo what? "Nani?"
The man redirected his gaze. She knew he wasn't going to say anything else, but that wasn't important, she had enough information.
The guy began to struggle in her hold, "where do you think you're going?" she asked.
"I told you all I know, so you can let me go now." She stared at him in confusion, "Go? When did we make that arrangement?"
Her mind screamed ~kill him, he's a witness~ "You've seen my face, I can't let you go." His eyes widened to a considerable size before she shifted her foot and the sound of his neck breaking was heard.
Serena put the safety back on the gun and put it in her book bag, "I can definitely add this to my collection." She looked up and down the hall before she kicked the janitor's door open and rolled the body into the closed space. She closed the door and made her way to class, whistling as if nothing happened at all.
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I'm done with chapter 3, stay tuned for part 4. R&R
This chapter will be longer than the last, for you guys, and a few things will be revealed from the past but not enough where you'll know what happened, it will still be confusing since a lot of things will still be left unanswered. So enjoy!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own SM or GW…yadda yadda yadda, Hasn't this been established already?
Chapter 3—(arrival and first attempt)
"Time has changed, it has sped up; this wasn't supposed to happen!!" Usagi's eyes widened at her words, "I don't understand! Doushite? I'm not ready for this, Why so soon?"
"The gate has been abused during the last battle, something was knocked off course, Sumani de gozaru, hime." Usagi turned around sharply to glare at her, "don't CALL me that!!!"
The scene changes to the center of a large white room made of crystal, seven figures stood in a semi-circle; their hands out stretched in front of their faces. They each radiated a different color symbolizing their different strengths and powers; yet each had the same cause, belief and motive.
Usagi would never forget their faces, twisted in determination and defiance. How is it that one can hold so much power and still be useless? Tears sprang to her eyes, she couldn't let them do this, but she couldn't stop it. She screamed and pleaded but she was not heard, more likely, ignored.
She leaped toward them, but a hand clamped onto her arm, the force nearly seared her skin, but her obvious pain, didn't seem to affect the intruder. She clawed and kicked, but the hand didn't leave her wrist, and the tears finally fell.
The colors flowed from their hands at a remarkable speed; the frightened gazes would forever haunt her nightmares. "Iie!!! STOP!!!! Kami, onegai stop them!!!"
But it was too late, the impact created a blinding light that lingered for few minutes. Usagi clutched her eyes shut, she didn't want to open them because she feared what she would find when she did; however, she still had faith and she hoped that it didn't work; that it had backfired.
Denial was her weakness. She frowned at the scene, all color ran from her face and her eyes saddened incredibly, years of torment finally catching up to her. She shook her head, whispering "how could you?" Again, Two years wasted.
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Usagi jerked awake, breathing hard as sweat covered her forehead. She sat up holding her chest, trying to catch her breath not realizing the stewardess standing in the aisle next to her seat trying to get her attention.
"Excuse me?" Usagi asked the woman. "I said that we have landed on Earth. Miss, onegai gather your belongings and leave the shuttle." Usagi nodded at the woman and watched her walk to the back of the shuttle and disappear behind the curtain.
She stood from her seat and sighed, she was relieved that no one knew her identity, there would be questions about her emotional behavior if there were; questions that she wasn't quite ready to answer and probably wouldn't be for a long while. Besides, the whole situation wouldn't go well with her new personality.
She grabbed the small black purse and left the shuttle. Her heels clicked against the linoleum floor as she made her way to the baggage claim while making a note of her surroundings.
The airport or shuttle station, wasn't much different from the one back home, except that it was larger and they used space shuttles more often then regular planes, since the majority of the passengers were flying to and from the colonies.
She shook her head slightly; she would definitely have to get used to this. She grabbed her suitcases, two huge bags with wheels that were easy to manage since they could be pulled; one that was thrown over her shoulder and the small purse that she had on the plane with her.
She noticed someone staring at her, he had black hair and brown eyes that wouldn't leave her body for the chance of losing her in the crowd that lingered around the claim area. He threw his cigarette aside and stalked over to her causing her to sigh in annoyance It seems the guys are bolder here
"Excuse me little lady, I couldn't help demo notice that you're having problems with your baggage, do you need help?" Usagi glanced at the suitcases, which were comfortably secure in her hands, she turned back to him and quirked a brow. "Why would you think that I need your help?"
"Well it's obvious that they're too big for a girl your size to be handling, I wouldn't be considered a gentleman if I let you carry them all by your self." Usagi gave him an 'I don't believe this' look, "well then, by all means, be a gentleman and leave me alone."
She turned on her heal and headed in the direction of the exit, hoping that the guy got the hint and ran off, but it just wasn't her day. "Matte! Come on, you didn't even give me a chance. How about you give me your number so I can call you sometime." He said more than asked.
Usagi rolled her eyes, "you know what? How about you give me yours and I'll give YOU a call?" His eyes lit up in excitement and quickly wrote his name and number on a piece of paper he got from his pants pocket. She glanced at it in her hand, "I guess I'll be talking to you soon, Rick."
"Hey, matte!! I don't even know your name!" he yelled after her.
"Now where's the fun in that? I like a little mystery." She smiled winking and walked through the doors that led outside. He grinned foolishly, not noticing her throw the paper in the garbage she was passing.
Usagi rolled her eyes once she reached the sidewalk I'm really beginning to hate the male species she turned back to look at the sliding doors and gave a disgusted sound, "AND he had a sloppy penmanship."
She turned her attention to the street and saw a black stretch limousine sitting at the side. The chauffeur stood in front of the car with a white sign that had Serena Mikazuki written in big bold letters. He looked to be in his late fifties, early sixties; his white hair combed back as he stood in his tuxedo.
It took her few moments to realize that the person he was looking for was actually her or her new name.
She smoothed out her outfit, which consisted of a black speckled sleeveless turtle neck sweater, black dress pants that hugged her hips and flared out at the bottom and black high heeled boots. She pushed her hair, which was in French braid, behind her shoulder and picked her luggage to walk over and meet him.
She cleared her throat and forced a smile, "Um, excuse me, I'm Serena." He smiled at her and nodded. "Well step this way, Gomen, Master Quatre was unable to meet you, he had some unexpected business to take care of, my name is Winston." Master Quatre?
Usagi waved it off, "I understand, Winston." He put her suitcases in the trunk and helped her into the car. When the door closed, she knew that from then on she would have to put her best acting skills into motion, even though I have never acted a day in my life! she groaned and rubbed her temples.
Ok, Usagi, just act like you did back home, innocent and oblivious, so not to draw attention to yourself like the doctor said she frowned, she really hated the fact that in a way she would be repeating what she didn't want to relive. She shrugged, "at least they won't know my true self, not like the others did. This way they won't know my weaknesses." She whispered to herself.
She sighed and watched the scenery pass by her window. (AN: for now on I will refer to her as Serena)
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The car ride was fairly long, at least, longer than she had expected. The huge mansion was something else she wasn't expecting as her mouth dropped slightly in surprise. She knew he was wealthy, well that's what the device told her, that is if she even had a chip planted in her brain at all; but this was ridiculous. I have to make a note to ask Pluto later
Winston came around and opened the door for her. She followed him to the trunk and grabbed one of her bags, an act that surprised him. "Iie Miss Serena, you run along and ring the door bell, though the offer was quite kind of you, I'm fine here with your luggage." She smiled sincerely and headed to the door.
She pushed the small white button and a loud 'ding dong' rang through the house. Footsteps came toward the entrance and the door flew open to reveal a boy with the whitest blonde hair that she had ever seen; his innocent face and blue eyes smiled at her.
"Serena?" She nodded, "Hai, and you would be Quatre?"
"Hai, onegai come in, Winston will bring your things to your room." Serena followed him down a long hallway. Her gaze went along the walls and over the large paintings hanging on them, filled with the smiling faces of his sisters, all 29 of them.
They soon reached a wide doorway, lacking doors, which led into a study of some sort; two familiar faces stared back at her.
Trowa stood against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest; his tawny bang hung low covering the top portion of his face leaving only one visible green eye, which stared at her as she entered the room. She came from behind Quatre to get a better look at the spacious room. She could hear typing and turned to see a boy with chestnut hair.
Heero sat at a small desk typing on his laptop computer, paying her no mind, as if she didn't exist. "Hey guys, this is my cousin Serena," Quatre introduced to them. "That's Trowa standing there against the wall and the one that's typing is Heero." Serena smiled as she received a small nod from Trowa. Heero lifted his gaze away from the laptop and glanced at the new comer.
He stared at her with suspicion, yet Serena could tell that he was not at all interested in who she was, even if she was Quatre's 'cousin,' which was why his attention was, once again, focused on what ever was on the screen of his computer.
She frowns slightly catching Quatre's attention, "he's not one for conversation," he whispers and gives a chuckle. She glances back at Heero watching his fingers move synchronized, never skipping a beat. Why am I not surprised she thought
A loud shout is heard from somewhere down the hall followed by running feet. "Say goodbye to your braid, Maxwell!!" The back door flies open and the only thing Serena could make out was a braid of hair that flew past her face; the rest was a blur.
Duo grabbed Serena by her shoulders and stood behind her, shaking. She could do nothing but stand still and wait to see what had him hiding. A Chinese boy with black hair in a tight pony-tail, came running into the room with a Katana in his hand. His face was twisted in rage and annoyance.
"Maxwell, you baka, I can still see you!" he smirks. "Save me," he yelps to Serena who just stands there with a blank expression on her face. Wufei walks closer making Duo back up still holding Serena in front of him, "Now now, Fei-chan. You wouldn't risk hurting her, would ya?" Wufie cringed at the nickname.
"I hate that name!!! It's Wufei, WUFEI!!!" Duo shrugs, "whatever Fei-chan."
"Um, Duo, would you mind releasing my cousin, onegai?" Duo blinks and for the first time realizes that Serena was in the room, his fear kept him from noticing her. "This is your cousin, Quatre? She's cute!" She blushes and sticks out her hand, "I'm Serena."
"Duo, and the one with the katana, is Fei-chan." Duo flinches, "MAXWELL!!" He turns to him putting up his hands in a surrendering motion, "Gomen, gomen." He turns back to Serena and sighs, "Let me rephrase that. HE is Wufei." She nods and smiles at all of them, "nice to meet you all."
"So babe, how old are you?"
"Um, I'm 17" she said, hesitating a bit, after all Dr. V never said anything about age. I'm not exactly lying, since that is my age or at least it was in my world "Hey!! So are we! Isn't that weird?" he asked. It's was more of a question for himself as his head cocked slightly to the right as if in deep thought. To Serena, he looked adorable.
"So." he said, snapping out of his reverie. "Where are you from?"
Serena was prepared for this question; she had practiced her answer on the shuttle to Earth. "No where in particular since I've traveled a lot."
Quatre nodded in understanding. "Did you travel with your parents?" Trowa asked suddenly, startling Duo since he wasn't known to speak more than a couple of words assuming that they even received a full sentence.
Serena could sense the prosecution in his voice; in other words he wanted to know if she had anything to do with the deeds her 'parents' committed.
She just gave him an innocent look and shook her head, "Not really, just between boarding schools and then it was orphanages after they died." She said feigning sadness, as tears appeared in her eyes ready to fall if they were needed. And the award for best actress goes to Usagi Tsukino in her most dramatic roll as Serena Mikazuki Serena inwardly laughed.
Quatre shot Trowa a chastising look before patting her on the back and whispering words of encouragement. If Trowa felt guilty he didn't show it. Though, if anyone looked closer they could see the tenderness in his green eye.
Heero looked up from the screen and glanced at the blonde who was being comforted by Quatre. His eyes narrowed a bit, there was just something off about her, he couldn't explain it; but it was obvious that his late nights would be filled with code breaking and computer hacking.
Serena wiped the tears away with the back of her hand. She could feel eyes boring into her frame and looked up to meet Heero's gaze, his cobalt eyes dug into her making her wince. She blinked her attention away from his glare to Wufei, who was talking.
"Weak Onna." He muttered. She raised a brow, "excuse me?"
"To cry for traitors is dishonorable." He said with his arms crossed over his chest and a scowl on his face. Quatre paled as he looked to his cousin for a response. She gave Wufei a blank look, but instead of getting upset over the comment, she pouted. "I know my parents did inexcusable things, demo that was just plain mean, Fei-chan."
Wufei eyes widened slightly as he looked upon her adorably cute face; rolling his eyes at the hateful nickname he made his way toward the exit, "injustice!"
Duo laughed out right, "Oh, that was picture perfect! Me and you are definitely going to get along." Still laughing he followed after Wufei screaming the nickname down the hallway.
Quatre cleared his throat, "well, I think it's time to show you to your room now, Miss Serena."
"Um, Quatre?"
"Hai?"
"Onegai, don't call me that, Serena's just fine; besides, we're family." She said with a cheerful smile before leaving the room.
Before following her out, Quatre looked over at Trowa who winked at him causing a light blush to form on Quarte's cheeks.
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The door opened to reveal a large room colored in shades of burgundy and silver. A queen sized canopy bed sat in the middle of room with a lamp table on both sides, each having crystalline lamps sitting on top.
A bureau made out of fine wood that glistened with polish stood against the wall at the left of the doorway and a chiffonnier (AN: ??) that was topped with unused makeup and perfume; it was located against the wall that was across from the bed.
Serena stared at the extravagant room in awe, she had never seen anything like it, well at least up close and personal. Her luggage sat in the middle neatly piled and ready to be open. "Do you like it?"
She swallowed and nodded, "Hai, very much, thank you." She smiled, "well I'll leave you to unpack." With that he left the room closing the door behind him.
Serena circled around the room still trying to get a feel for it or convince herself that she wasn't dreaming. She took a deep breath and began to unpack, she figured that since she was supposed to act like a normal teenager than she should start putting away her clothes; it seemed she would be there for awhile.
Her suitcases were filled with nice pants, skirts, sweaters, tanks, shoes; everything that she had before, minus the pink bunnies. I was such a child then When she finished filling the drawers of the bureau, she made her way to the closet to find her uniform hanging.
Her face twisted into a frown of disgust. "You can't be serious!" She stared at the brown almost green two piece outfit. "My uniform back home looks better than this and that thing was atrocious!" She sighed, "This better be worth it!" and put the uniform back in the closet.
After she got everything put way she slid the now empty suitcases under the bed and began to rummage through her purse. She found her passport, ID and a wallet full of money and credit cards. Her mouth dropped open in shock, what the hell was she going to do with all this money?
She kept thinking she forgot something and took out one small suitcase. She opened it and felt around the bottom, finding a tag she pulled on it to reveal hidden compartment filled with guns, knives small bugs that she could plant around the house. Kami, there's an arsenal in my suitcase!
There was a sudden knock at the door, she jumped and threw the suitcase back under the bed and everything back in her purse and set it on one of the nightstands, "Hai?"
"Dinner will be served in five minutes, Miss Serena."
Serena rolled her eyes, "Thanks Winston, and call me Serena." She could hear his footsteps going down the hall to the stairway and soon disappeared. She gave her room one last look before she left for dinner.
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An hour later, she came walking into the room exhausted, she had never wanted to witness anything like that again. Throughout the whole dinner Wufei and Duo yelled at each other back and forth across the table, Trowa and Quatre were playing some little secret game since the whole time all Quatre did was blush.
And she didn't even want to get into Heero, considering that the whole night was filled with his glares in her direction. She let out a breath and plopped on her bed to stare at the ceiling; she really was in way over
her head.
Right when she was ready to fall asleep a shadow moved over the wall making her jump up in a sitting position. She sighed in relief when the time warrior stared back at her in amusement, "Kami Puu! You scared the shit out of me!" She threw her legs over the side of the bed and walked over to meet her.
"Gomen, that was not my intention." Pluto smiled trying her hardest not to laugh out right. Serena couldn't help but smile in return, "So, what's going on?"
"Nothing, I just came to see how you were doing." Serena shrugged, "Ok, I guess. It's just a little weird here."
"I can understand that."
"Oh by the way, do I really have a chip in my head?" She said scratching the side of her head absently.
Pluto licked her lips, "Iie, in order to send you here, I needed to make sure that you'd be given shelter, clothes and all the other necessities, so you took the place of a human who, technically, was a test tube baby. In the doctors' eyes you are their experiment, demo you and I know that you're not. "
"So, why do I know everything about this place and the people?"
"It's a way for you to adapt more to this environment, it's not the chip, it's your own subconscious."
Serena nodded, "demo why here? I thought I was going away from the fighting." Pluto sighed.
"Usagi, you can't run away from who you are, and I wish you'd stop. I sent you here so you'd get an understanding of what the real world is, that not everything is fought with magic. These are real humans with real problems, it's an excellent way for you to grow and face that reality."
"Will I have to kill anyone?"
"Hai, you're expected to demo those you kill are your enemy."
Serena pushed back her tears and nodded slowly, she understood it now, she trusted Pluto, which was really hard for her to admit since Pluto was the only one at that moment that she did trust, with the exception of one other person. Pluto's crimson eyes lowered a bit as if she had something to say, but didn't know how.
Before Serena could address it, Pluto cleared her throat, "Well, the gate needs my presence, I'll talk to you soon." Serena watched her disappear through a portal and then she was alone. what was she hiding?
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Serena rolled over with a groan, "shutup! I heard you the first time," she said to no one in particular. She reached over and slapped the alarm clock on the ground and it immediately stopped ringing. "stupid clock." She muttered and raised form the bed.
She shuffled slowly over to the door; her eyes still half closed. She turned the knob and was met with a huge bathroom. She blinked several times before she realized where she was, "Hey, this isn't the closet!" She looked to her left and saw the door, which led to the closet.
She giggled at her stupidity, shaking her head; she made her way into the bathroom to take a shower.
15 minutes later she stepped out awake and refreshed as the steam followed her out of the bathroom into the bedroom. She combed out her hair and put it back into the french braid she was so used to by now.
Frowning, she made her way over to the closet and pulled out the uniform that she was expecting to wear and got dressed.
Serena walked down the stairs to the main level. Every now and then she'd scratch her neck where the scarf and collar met. "this stupid itchy uniform…" she would mutter out loud.
Still trying to straighten her uniform in a more comfortable way, she blindly made her way to the dining hall for breakfast. Serena passed a door and stopped abruptly in the middle of the hallway.
Turning toward the room, she peeked inside. The room resembled a study with books against the wall and a desk in the middle of the room. Her eyes wandered over the furniture and stopped at a painting on the wall.
She eyed it closely though not suspicious, just curious, she didn't know why but this room gave her weird vibes, an almost familiar feeling.
She blinked and shook her head; she felt nauseated all of a sudden and needed to lean against the wall for support. She walked out the room into the airy hall to catch her breath for a bit, but strangely she felt better. She shrugged it off and continued her walk to the dining hall. "I need food."
When she finally reached the dining hall, she was greeted with a table full of delicious food, pancakes, waffles, eggs, bacon, sausage, the whole works, and Quatre's smiling face. "Good Morning, Mi…." He cleared his throat when he saw Serena's face.
"I mean, good morning, Serena, how was your sleep?" She smiled in return and sat down. "Good, better than what I've had in long time." She answered absently never catching the look that Quatre gave her. "So, where's everyone?" she asked through mouth full of pancakes.
"Trowa and Wufei already left, Duo and Heero should be coming down soon." She nodded and kept eating.
"Hey guys!" Duo said in his usual cheerful voice. "hmm, food." He said with a twinkle in his violet eyes and began to pile his plate high with food with out a care in the world. Serena smiled and shook her head. he eats more than me! Quatre just blinked, he was never going to get used to Duo's appetite.
Heero came in wordlessly, never acknowledging anyone on the room, "Good Morning, Heero. Want any breakfast before we leave?" Quatre asked.
"Hn." He said and took a seat. "I guess that means 'Hai'?" Serena asked Quatre, who at the moment had a hopeless look on his face before shaking his head.
Duo laughed, choking on his food. Serena's brows rose as she looked at the scene. When his coughing died down Duo looked at them incredulously, "Thanks for your concern guys." He said sarcastically making Serena giggle. Heero glanced at her and then back at his plate before he started to eat the little bit of food he had on it.
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The car stopped at the curb to let out the four students in front of the huge school.
Serena stared at it in awe, she really was getting annoyed with all these mansions. She scratched behind her neck again earning a chuckle from Duo. "They're itchy, aren't they?" She nodded and began to fix her collar.
"You must be Serena?" Serena looked up to see a girl with dark blonde hair that went to her shoulders standing in a similar uniform on the steps. She recognized her immediately, "Hai, you must be Relena Peacecraft?" she could hear Duo groan in annoyance.
She nodded and turned to the others that were with Serena. Her eyes shined with joy as soon as they landed on Heero, "Hello everyone." She said without redirecting her gaze.
Serena noticed this and rolled her eyes, she couldn't believe that this girl was the queen of the world and the reason for peace between the colonies and Earth. All this girl did was preach pacifism and here she was fantasizing about a Gundam Pilot who's killed too many people to keep count. What a hypocrite
When Relena finally snapped out her reverie, she told Serena to follow her, while the boys attended their classes. Serena looked back and caught a glance at Heero who was trying his hardest not to pull his gun while Duo tried to calm him down. Serena laughed inwardly, well at least she wasn't the only here who felt the same way.
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She closed the door behind her and sighed in relief; she was grateful to get out of the office. Relena's words still echoed in her ears, "this is a peaceful atmosphere where all the students get along and don't feel pressured. The teachers speak of nothing but pacifism and teach our students how to maintain these practices, for war is not the answer, there is only compromise…"
Serena gagged. "Naïve twit!" she said as she made her way down the hall. She had to admit, she hated fighting, but when she did, it was because times called for it, compromise didn't always work.
With her transcript in her hand she attempted to find her next class, but a whisper made her stop in the middle of the hall. Her brows crinkled in concentration as she followed the voice. She turned the corner and saw a man wearing an officer's uniform. He was leaning against the wall with some sort of small walkie talkie in his right hand and a gun in the other.
She tiptoed behind him to listen to the conversation, her mind screaming ~attack, attack~.
"Find him and kill him, he wants it and he wants it now! Don't fail." The guy nodded, "I understand, over and out." He put the device in his pocket and turned around. Before he could react Serena had kicked the gun out of his hand into her own.
She kicked him in the stomach and flipped him to the floor.
With her foot on his neck and the gun cocked at his head she began to question him. "Who do you work for?" He stared at her with wide eyes, but then hardened in defiance.
"Let me rephrase that." She took the safety off; he heard a click as she positioned the gun against the crotch of his pants. "Now, who is your employer?" he gulped, wincing as her foot was still pressed against his neck.
"I don't know, I was just given my orders demo I don't know by whom."
"What orders?"
"To kill Quatre Raberba Winner."
"Doushite?"
"He has something."
Serena processed the information over in her head. So he does have something, demo what? "Nani?"
The man redirected his gaze. She knew he wasn't going to say anything else, but that wasn't important, she had enough information.
The guy began to struggle in her hold, "where do you think you're going?" she asked.
"I told you all I know, so you can let me go now." She stared at him in confusion, "Go? When did we make that arrangement?"
Her mind screamed ~kill him, he's a witness~ "You've seen my face, I can't let you go." His eyes widened to a considerable size before she shifted her foot and the sound of his neck breaking was heard.
Serena put the safety back on the gun and put it in her book bag, "I can definitely add this to my collection." She looked up and down the hall before she kicked the janitor's door open and rolled the body into the closed space. She closed the door and made her way to class, whistling as if nothing happened at all.
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I'm done with chapter 3, stay tuned for part 4. R&R