Five times Five
By: Princess Ashley
Okie dokie, the face off. I know a lot of people want Rei to win. Well, I'm not going to tell you. You're going to have to find that out on your own. I got a new one-shot fic out, called 'the price for betrayal (Hit 'em Up Style) a song fic. I got a few flames for that one, but I'm going to keep it there because I happen to like the way I write thank you. And no one will convince me otherwise. Thank you for your reviews on this story. I hope to finish it soon. Mind you, I just watched the Matrix, so this may get messy. Fair warning. Okay, here it goes.
Chapter 18: Face off (Rei and Minako)
Rei and Ami's pods landed inside the Winner Mansion garden. They created a nice long ground path down through a few trees and rammed right into a white marble wall that separated the Winner grounds from public property. The pod's doors opened up, Rei and Ami had not yet awakened from the sleeping gas that released inside the pods when left the OZ HQ atmosphere. The gas flooded out of the circular pods.
The others had heard a crash a while ago, and they had rushed out to see what had happened, after Minako and Usagi had their little talk. The gundam pilots and Usagi and Minako ran down the ditched path that led right to two pods, rammed up right against the marble and causing a lot of damage to the structure of it.
"Ooo, Quatre's new marble walls. That's expensive." Said Duo, rubbing his chin and a look in his eyes that said, well-that-had-to-hurt as he saw that there were two figures inside of the broken down pods.
Heero made a move toward the pods, but Usagi put a hand on his arm, signaling that she knew who they were, and after a moment, Heero had figured it out to. Minako knew to, you could tell by the look in her eyes, also by the sound of her gulp when she realized what one of the figures was going to do to her when she figured out who she was.
There was a muffled voice from inside one of the pods. "Oh, that hurt. I hate those crash landing, I think I broke my spine." A female voice and was obviously in pain. Raven hair could be seen through the smoke that still surrounded the pods and dust from the ground down marble. Then blue hair from the other pod. They both walked through the smoke. Then when they made it out of the way, their faces were clear. Rei and Ami starred at the seven people.
Wufei was the first to talk. "Well, well, well, if it isn't the Ambassador and Dr. J's so-called apprentice. Come back for you friend so you can take her back to OZ?" He asked in his cocky yet stoic voice.
"Shut your trap, Chang. We didn't come here to retrieve Usagi; we came here to join her. She was dismissed from OZ when she was accused of letting the prisoners loose. That would be you. And for not killing you when she had the chance." Rei looked at Usagi, whose face was stoic. "Usa-chan, I'm sorry, I couldn't stop him from dismissing you. But you know Treize, one false move and your out."
"I knew he would not let me go unpunished for what happened. I knew he would dismiss me, this comes to no surprise, no need to feel guilty." Usagi said.
"We found out that Makoto let them out. She press the eject button on the cell doors. She is the reason that you were dismissed, she and Minako." Ami said, practically yelling out in agony. Minako had been hiding behind Duo the whole time, not in any hurry to expose herself in front of her former friends. It was like musical sides, she had switched to one side, then back, then the other side, then back again. And that wasn't even half of it. Ami held the note to Usagi, who read it, no surprise came upon her face.
"It's alright, I do not wish to serve OZ anymore. I know that they are the reason my parents are dead and they are the reason I went through so much parole while I was there. I may have been the favorite but I was treated no differently. In fact, I was worked harder than the ordinaries. They betrayed me, and now, I'm going to get them back." Usagi said, putting the note into the pocket of her white leather trench coat. Came out, and looked over Duo's shoulder to see what was going on. Rei caught her eye, and hers glazed over in red, even more red than usual, they were fire in her sight. "YOU!!!" She screeched, bending down, ready to pounce. Duo tried to come in front of Minako, but she pushed him aside. "This is my fight!" She said to him, just as Rei head butted her in the stomach. Minako fell straight into the marble wall, causing more dust to spread, practically making another dent in it. Duo got a worried look on his face. Ami had gone over to Quatre and Trowa to watch as Rei and Minako got into another one of their catfights. Only this one was real. Duo turned to Usagi, who was now with Wufei and Heero, who were all, watching with amused faces. "Is she going to be alright?" Duo asked Usagi. She shrugged. "Dunno, they've never been this serious before, the outcome is unpredictable." "But Rei has been in training longer than her right?" "True, but remember, we all have our own special qualities. Rei may have the skill, but Minako has the speed. In both ways they are even, this is going to be close." " I just hope Minako leaves some of Rei left for me, I wanna get her back for..." "Beating you up the first day you met?" Duo finished for him. "How dare you! I don't get beat by women." "Yeah? That looks like a woman to me, Wu-man." He said back, referring to Rei, who had just got socked in the jaw by Minako from behind. Then Rei flipped over Minako and gunned her in back and she flew down to the hard ground. "Well, at least she didn't hit the marble that time." Quatre said, slightly worried about the injuries that would surly need to be tended to by the end of the fight.
Minako backed away from the raging Rei, who had stopped to watch Minako in her movements, knowing that Minako was too fast for her, but maybe she could out smart her with a few of the movements she remembered from being trained in the temple. Rei stepped up, and put her right hand behind her head, and her left in a straight motion ahead of her, then turned her palm up, and prodded Minako forward for a fight in combat. Minako looked unsure of herself, but then, she nodded and ran forward, and struck a high kick hoping to knock numb one of Rei's arms, and she succeeded, Rei lost use of one her arms, then acting on instinct, she came up and did one-armed Tichisu. She did a lot of movements that OZ could never in a thousand years have taught her, this was her special quality, and she was the only assassin who could do this kind of martial arts. Not even Usagi could. Minako made a kick at Rei's stomach, but she caught her foot before it reached her belly, and then twisted it around so that Minako spun in midair, right before she hit the ground. Rei pinned her up against the marble wall, but it was not over yet. Minako hurt her way to much for this to end now. Rei punched her and punched her, kneed her, and elbowed her, and almost any other pounding body part she could use, everything except her left arm, which was still numb from Minako's kick. Blood spurted from Minako's mouth.
Minako was a bleeding heap on the ground when Rei backed off. She wiped the sweat off her brow, and looked painfully at the bloodstained blonde hair. Rei was hurting all over, her left arm felt like it had tons of needled inserted in her skin. But she managed to smirk at Minako, proud to have caused her as much pain as Minako had caused her. Rei looked over at Usagi, who wore a smirk, that said good work, but another part held something that Rei didn't know what. Kinda like Usagi knew something that she didn't know. But what? She looked at Wufei, who was next to Usagi, who was smirking as well. She smirked back, but then got confused as Wufei chuckled a bit. She felt a shadow from behind her. But she didn't turn quick enough; Minako had her in a headlock.
Minako squeezed with all her might, all logic gone completely from her mind. Rei was going to die for trying to kill her. She was at no mercy right at that point. But then she looked up to see Usagi starring at them; her eyes showed something that Minako had never seen in her eyes before. It was fear. She was afraid that Minako was going to kill her best friend. But then realization hit her. This was the same feeling she had when she shot Apollo, the panther had tried to kill her, and she showed no mercy to it. She knew she was being controlled by her own anger, and she gained control once again. Rei's eyes were blood shot, and her lips and chin were drenched in the blood that dripped from her mouth. Rei's windpipe was about to break. Minako came to herself, and let Rei go.
Rei fell to the ground, gasping for air, but not before she punched Minako in the face and in the legs, making her fall next to her, knocked out, and a few seconds later, Rei passed out as well.
***
Usagi, Ami and the guys had watched silently, and right now, Usagi, Duo, and Wufei walked over to the unconscious pair and Usagi tested their pulses. They're still alive, but they need some serious attention. Minako's ribs are broken, along with a few injuries to her skull, nothing fatal though. But we need to get Rei's windpipe fixed, cause she can barely breath, any second a large breath can break it, then she's in trouble. And she needs to see someone about that arm, it's broken, that's why it went numb. Wufei carried Rei inside and Duo carried Minako. Ami followed with Usagi and the rest of the boys came after them.
"Wow, we just got here about an hour ago and now Rei's gone and is barely alive already. She sure didn't waist any time. Hope the same thing doesn't happen when they wake up." Ami said, in a worried tone for her friend.
"They'll be alright, just a few injuries, we just need to get Rei into a breathing muzzle before she starts panting so hard the small strand that holds her windpipe together doesn't break."
"What about her arm?" Quatre asked, now walking beside Usagi.
"Just a but outta place that's all, she could put it back herself if she had the strength. No, might as well put it back with all the rest of her injuries."
"I never knew Minako was such a good fighter, maybe even better than me." Duo said, muffled as he carried Minako's body inside the mansion, through the glass doors.
"We weren't trained focused on piloting as much as you guys were, we were mostly on combat and speed. Though Minako was always the fastest. But when put to the maximum, Rei can take down a mobile suit with her bare hands. Her speed is what made her one of the best assassins, until she betrayed us." Ami said, bowing her head.
"Well, at least your all on the same team now." Heero said, monotone of course.
"And on the right team, for the better." said Trowa.
"I wonder where Makoto is now..." Ami wondered aloud.
***
Meanwhile, a figure came down to Japan in a green pod. It looked around, and saw nothing but rubble; Japan had practically become a wasteland. She walked over to the pile of sand picked up a plaque that read 'Usagi no hime.'
The girl smirked, and then turned her back on the ruins, and walked her way to the last city that remained in Japan, Kyoto.
Little did she know, another taller figure was watching her, her violet eyes sparked with amusement, then she turned and disappeared into thin air. The green mist surrounded the spot where she once stood.
***** Hey! That was longer than I intended it to be! Well. There it was. If you're disappointed, if you were expecting something else, well, sorry. But that is just the way I write it. Don't blame me, blame my screwed up mind that thinks these things. Reviews are appreciated. Flames are accepted, but not taken personally. ^_^
~mo
Okie dokie, the face off. I know a lot of people want Rei to win. Well, I'm not going to tell you. You're going to have to find that out on your own. I got a new one-shot fic out, called 'the price for betrayal (Hit 'em Up Style) a song fic. I got a few flames for that one, but I'm going to keep it there because I happen to like the way I write thank you. And no one will convince me otherwise. Thank you for your reviews on this story. I hope to finish it soon. Mind you, I just watched the Matrix, so this may get messy. Fair warning. Okay, here it goes.
Chapter 18: Face off (Rei and Minako)
Rei and Ami's pods landed inside the Winner Mansion garden. They created a nice long ground path down through a few trees and rammed right into a white marble wall that separated the Winner grounds from public property. The pod's doors opened up, Rei and Ami had not yet awakened from the sleeping gas that released inside the pods when left the OZ HQ atmosphere. The gas flooded out of the circular pods.
The others had heard a crash a while ago, and they had rushed out to see what had happened, after Minako and Usagi had their little talk. The gundam pilots and Usagi and Minako ran down the ditched path that led right to two pods, rammed up right against the marble and causing a lot of damage to the structure of it.
"Ooo, Quatre's new marble walls. That's expensive." Said Duo, rubbing his chin and a look in his eyes that said, well-that-had-to-hurt as he saw that there were two figures inside of the broken down pods.
Heero made a move toward the pods, but Usagi put a hand on his arm, signaling that she knew who they were, and after a moment, Heero had figured it out to. Minako knew to, you could tell by the look in her eyes, also by the sound of her gulp when she realized what one of the figures was going to do to her when she figured out who she was.
There was a muffled voice from inside one of the pods. "Oh, that hurt. I hate those crash landing, I think I broke my spine." A female voice and was obviously in pain. Raven hair could be seen through the smoke that still surrounded the pods and dust from the ground down marble. Then blue hair from the other pod. They both walked through the smoke. Then when they made it out of the way, their faces were clear. Rei and Ami starred at the seven people.
Wufei was the first to talk. "Well, well, well, if it isn't the Ambassador and Dr. J's so-called apprentice. Come back for you friend so you can take her back to OZ?" He asked in his cocky yet stoic voice.
"Shut your trap, Chang. We didn't come here to retrieve Usagi; we came here to join her. She was dismissed from OZ when she was accused of letting the prisoners loose. That would be you. And for not killing you when she had the chance." Rei looked at Usagi, whose face was stoic. "Usa-chan, I'm sorry, I couldn't stop him from dismissing you. But you know Treize, one false move and your out."
"I knew he would not let me go unpunished for what happened. I knew he would dismiss me, this comes to no surprise, no need to feel guilty." Usagi said.
"We found out that Makoto let them out. She press the eject button on the cell doors. She is the reason that you were dismissed, she and Minako." Ami said, practically yelling out in agony. Minako had been hiding behind Duo the whole time, not in any hurry to expose herself in front of her former friends. It was like musical sides, she had switched to one side, then back, then the other side, then back again. And that wasn't even half of it. Ami held the note to Usagi, who read it, no surprise came upon her face.
"It's alright, I do not wish to serve OZ anymore. I know that they are the reason my parents are dead and they are the reason I went through so much parole while I was there. I may have been the favorite but I was treated no differently. In fact, I was worked harder than the ordinaries. They betrayed me, and now, I'm going to get them back." Usagi said, putting the note into the pocket of her white leather trench coat. Came out, and looked over Duo's shoulder to see what was going on. Rei caught her eye, and hers glazed over in red, even more red than usual, they were fire in her sight. "YOU!!!" She screeched, bending down, ready to pounce. Duo tried to come in front of Minako, but she pushed him aside. "This is my fight!" She said to him, just as Rei head butted her in the stomach. Minako fell straight into the marble wall, causing more dust to spread, practically making another dent in it. Duo got a worried look on his face. Ami had gone over to Quatre and Trowa to watch as Rei and Minako got into another one of their catfights. Only this one was real. Duo turned to Usagi, who was now with Wufei and Heero, who were all, watching with amused faces. "Is she going to be alright?" Duo asked Usagi. She shrugged. "Dunno, they've never been this serious before, the outcome is unpredictable." "But Rei has been in training longer than her right?" "True, but remember, we all have our own special qualities. Rei may have the skill, but Minako has the speed. In both ways they are even, this is going to be close." " I just hope Minako leaves some of Rei left for me, I wanna get her back for..." "Beating you up the first day you met?" Duo finished for him. "How dare you! I don't get beat by women." "Yeah? That looks like a woman to me, Wu-man." He said back, referring to Rei, who had just got socked in the jaw by Minako from behind. Then Rei flipped over Minako and gunned her in back and she flew down to the hard ground. "Well, at least she didn't hit the marble that time." Quatre said, slightly worried about the injuries that would surly need to be tended to by the end of the fight.
Minako backed away from the raging Rei, who had stopped to watch Minako in her movements, knowing that Minako was too fast for her, but maybe she could out smart her with a few of the movements she remembered from being trained in the temple. Rei stepped up, and put her right hand behind her head, and her left in a straight motion ahead of her, then turned her palm up, and prodded Minako forward for a fight in combat. Minako looked unsure of herself, but then, she nodded and ran forward, and struck a high kick hoping to knock numb one of Rei's arms, and she succeeded, Rei lost use of one her arms, then acting on instinct, she came up and did one-armed Tichisu. She did a lot of movements that OZ could never in a thousand years have taught her, this was her special quality, and she was the only assassin who could do this kind of martial arts. Not even Usagi could. Minako made a kick at Rei's stomach, but she caught her foot before it reached her belly, and then twisted it around so that Minako spun in midair, right before she hit the ground. Rei pinned her up against the marble wall, but it was not over yet. Minako hurt her way to much for this to end now. Rei punched her and punched her, kneed her, and elbowed her, and almost any other pounding body part she could use, everything except her left arm, which was still numb from Minako's kick. Blood spurted from Minako's mouth.
Minako was a bleeding heap on the ground when Rei backed off. She wiped the sweat off her brow, and looked painfully at the bloodstained blonde hair. Rei was hurting all over, her left arm felt like it had tons of needled inserted in her skin. But she managed to smirk at Minako, proud to have caused her as much pain as Minako had caused her. Rei looked over at Usagi, who wore a smirk, that said good work, but another part held something that Rei didn't know what. Kinda like Usagi knew something that she didn't know. But what? She looked at Wufei, who was next to Usagi, who was smirking as well. She smirked back, but then got confused as Wufei chuckled a bit. She felt a shadow from behind her. But she didn't turn quick enough; Minako had her in a headlock.
Minako squeezed with all her might, all logic gone completely from her mind. Rei was going to die for trying to kill her. She was at no mercy right at that point. But then she looked up to see Usagi starring at them; her eyes showed something that Minako had never seen in her eyes before. It was fear. She was afraid that Minako was going to kill her best friend. But then realization hit her. This was the same feeling she had when she shot Apollo, the panther had tried to kill her, and she showed no mercy to it. She knew she was being controlled by her own anger, and she gained control once again. Rei's eyes were blood shot, and her lips and chin were drenched in the blood that dripped from her mouth. Rei's windpipe was about to break. Minako came to herself, and let Rei go.
Rei fell to the ground, gasping for air, but not before she punched Minako in the face and in the legs, making her fall next to her, knocked out, and a few seconds later, Rei passed out as well.
***
Usagi, Ami and the guys had watched silently, and right now, Usagi, Duo, and Wufei walked over to the unconscious pair and Usagi tested their pulses. They're still alive, but they need some serious attention. Minako's ribs are broken, along with a few injuries to her skull, nothing fatal though. But we need to get Rei's windpipe fixed, cause she can barely breath, any second a large breath can break it, then she's in trouble. And she needs to see someone about that arm, it's broken, that's why it went numb. Wufei carried Rei inside and Duo carried Minako. Ami followed with Usagi and the rest of the boys came after them.
"Wow, we just got here about an hour ago and now Rei's gone and is barely alive already. She sure didn't waist any time. Hope the same thing doesn't happen when they wake up." Ami said, in a worried tone for her friend.
"They'll be alright, just a few injuries, we just need to get Rei into a breathing muzzle before she starts panting so hard the small strand that holds her windpipe together doesn't break."
"What about her arm?" Quatre asked, now walking beside Usagi.
"Just a but outta place that's all, she could put it back herself if she had the strength. No, might as well put it back with all the rest of her injuries."
"I never knew Minako was such a good fighter, maybe even better than me." Duo said, muffled as he carried Minako's body inside the mansion, through the glass doors.
"We weren't trained focused on piloting as much as you guys were, we were mostly on combat and speed. Though Minako was always the fastest. But when put to the maximum, Rei can take down a mobile suit with her bare hands. Her speed is what made her one of the best assassins, until she betrayed us." Ami said, bowing her head.
"Well, at least your all on the same team now." Heero said, monotone of course.
"And on the right team, for the better." said Trowa.
"I wonder where Makoto is now..." Ami wondered aloud.
***
Meanwhile, a figure came down to Japan in a green pod. It looked around, and saw nothing but rubble; Japan had practically become a wasteland. She walked over to the pile of sand picked up a plaque that read 'Usagi no hime.'
The girl smirked, and then turned her back on the ruins, and walked her way to the last city that remained in Japan, Kyoto.
Little did she know, another taller figure was watching her, her violet eyes sparked with amusement, then she turned and disappeared into thin air. The green mist surrounded the spot where she once stood.
***** Hey! That was longer than I intended it to be! Well. There it was. If you're disappointed, if you were expecting something else, well, sorry. But that is just the way I write it. Don't blame me, blame my screwed up mind that thinks these things. Reviews are appreciated. Flames are accepted, but not taken personally. ^_^
~mo