Gundams and Roses
Chapter 2
The group stared at her in shock. What did she mean she'd never seen them? This 'was' Serena, right?
"Serena, don't you remember?" Rini began, "you're Serena, Sailor Moon and the Moon Princess."
Destiny looked at the girl and snorted in amusement.
"Yeah, ok.and Selenatrons gonna put on a tutu and dance to Swan Lake."
"Selenatron?" Lita interrupted.
"My gundam." Destiny answered, waving her hand at the machine behind her, "Look, this isn't the best place to be talking. I'm going back to the safehouse. If you wanna come, you're welcome. I don't think you'd try anything, and I seriously doubt your OZ spies." To herself she muttered, "and even if they were, they'd have to be downright insane to walk into a house with six gundam pilots." Turning on her heel, she grabbed a cable and was lifted back up to Selenatrons cockpit. Sending a signal to the other gundams, she waited for their arrival.
'Let's see.six of them.six Gundams.sounds good.I just hope Wufei won't try killing them first.'
Fifteen minutes and much ranting from Wufei later, each Gundam pilot had taken on a new passenger. Destiny had taken the girl with pink hair, since she was the only one that could easily fit behind the seat in the smaller gundam. Setting her gundam on autopilot, Destiny turned her attention to her passenger.
"So, what's your name?"
The girl looked up at her, startled for a moment.
"Rini."
Smiling, Destiny turned back to face the control panel. The kid was cute, she'd give her that much. Weird hair,though.
"Mine's Destiny. You can call me Des for short, if you want."
They flew on in silence for a few more minutes, before Rini spoke.
"Uh.Se.Des, do you know anyone named Serena Tsukino?"
Destiny frowned, trying to recall the name. It seemed like it should be familiar, but no one in particular came to mind. Looking back, she smiled slightly.
"Nope, sorry kiddo. What's she look like?"
"Well..she's got a lot of hair and wears it up in odangos and she looks a lot like you."
"Looks like me, eh? I must have one of those faces."
The child looked like she wanted to argue, but Destiny turned back around, ending the conversation. Rini sighed and sat back.
* * *
Back at the safehouse, a storm of activity took place as rooms were fixed for the newcomers. Des had to admit, when Quatres staff went all out, the REALLY went all out. The rooms were all in the south wing of the house, and each had a view of the sea. Distinct care had been taken in choosing the furnishing that went into each room, depending on the personality of the inhabitant (though how they could have determined that so quickly was beyond Destiny.). After watching them fly about for a few minutes, she turned and walked out to the living room, where a storm of a different sort was brewing. The boys and the newcomers, she decided, were definitely not hitting it off. Sighing, she entered the room.
"Wufei, put down the katana, Heero, hand over the gun, Duo, give the brunette back her scrunchie and Trowa, Quatre..hello?..HEY!!!!! GET A ROOM!!!!!!!!!!"
Sheepishly the two lovebirds broke apart. Heero, set the gun down on the table, but not before training it on Duo and nodding over at the other brunette. Grumbling, Duo handed back the hair tie before flopping down on the sofa and sulking. Wufei, however, refused to set down the katana. Des mentally compromised and simply stepped between him and the other group.
"Look, before you all kill each other, I've got a few questions." 'I can't believe I'm having to do this.' Turning around, she looked over their guests.
"Hey, calm down. You're not here for interrogation. I just have a few questions.",Turning to the first girl, the one with short blue hair, she began. "So.what are your names?"
"Ami"
"Rei"
"Lita"
"Mina"
"Darien" He looked hurt. She could have sworn that he'd actually expected her to know his name already. That was weird, she decided, but not half as weird as the look that flashed through his eyes as they met hers. Shaking it off, she sat down across from them, a wall of gundam pilots forming behind her.
"And I know you're Rini." She added, speaking to the little girl. Rei looked up, startled.
"You do? How?"
Destiny raised an eyebrow, puzzled.
"She.told me." She watched as the raven haired girls face fell and closed off. A twinge on guilt rose, but she pushed it aside.
"Alright, now I know you, let me introduce myself and my friends." 'Thank you for all those etiquette pointers, Quatre. They may have been as boring as hell, but thank you anyway.'
Not bothering to stand up, she turned in her seat to look at the pilots, silently receiving permission to give away their identities. Nodding slightly, she pointed at them one at a time.
"This is Heero Yuy, extraordinaire in pretty much anything.well.aside from makeup.unless he's keeping something from me.." She grinned as he glared.
"Anywho.moving on, this nutcase here, otherwise known as Duo Maxwell, is one of the best guys I know, despite the obsession with hair ties." Des watched knowingly as Lita and Mina practically swooned at the grin that Duo gave. 'Here we go again. Poor Heero'. Duo, noticing her look, grinned even more and threw an arm around her shoulder. Leaning close, he whispered,
"Aww, c'mon Des, you gotta let me have some fun!"
She looked at him for a moment, before answering.
"Fun for you, yes, but who's gonna end up cleaning the drool that they leave all over the floor?"
Duo, risking a glance at the black haired man across from him, had to repress the urge to cringe, before an unholy idea entered his head. Plopping down on the couch, he declared loudly,
"C'mon Des, you know you still my favorite girl!"
She stared at him with a look that clearly said 'we are so having a talk later'. He winked.
"Please continue, Des."
"Yeah.anyway.Mr. Silent up there." , leaning her head back, she glanced up at Trowa, "waaaaayyyyyyy up there.is Trowa Barton. Next to him, this cute little blonde that you see is Quatre Raberba Winner. And not quite last, and certainly not least, we have Chang Wufei, more commonly known as Wufei.or Wuffers, Wuffy-Poof, Wu-man, Wu-bear." Des stood up and started backing away as a furious Wufei advanced, katana in hand, "Wufies, Wuff there it is.and occasionally.Dragon!" Wufei paled momentarily, before springing over the sofa. Destiny yelped and ran..right into Darien, who had stood up only moments ago. She looked up for a moment, smiling sheepishly.
"Um.sorry."
"DESTINY!!!!!!!!!!! YOU'RE GOING TO PAY, ONNA!!!!!!!!!!!"
"EEP!!! Bye!"
~*~½ hour later~*~
Wufei stalked back into the room with a grimly satisfied look on his face, followed by Des, nursing a cut on her arm.
"I hope you know this is one of my favorite shirts."
"Of course I do."
"Hmph." She threw herself onto the sofa, glaring at him. The girls and Darien looked on, mildly shocked. A slightly uncomfortable silence followed, in which Destiny discovered that while she had been gone, Heero and Darien had taken to glaring at each other. Honestly, the overall effect was quite disturbing and neither of them were going to give way anytime soon. She glanced over at Quatre, silently pleading for help. He caught her gaze and nodded. Clearing his throat, he broke the heavy silence.
"Perhaps I could see our guests to their rooms right now?" Destiny sighed in relief and jumped up.
"I'll help." She added, eager to get away from 'Wuffers' while he still had that blasted katana. Leading the way out of the room, she looked over her shoulder, winking at Duo before sticking her tongue out at Wufei.
* * *
"And this is your room. Lovely view of the ocean, modern.uh. stuff..blah, blah, blah.heeellloooo? Hey.uh.what was it.Darien? You in there?"
He stared out the window, completely oblivious to Des's chattering. This wasn't right, he thought. They should have found her, rescued her, and gone home happy. Instead, she pulls a gun on them, has no idea who they are, and to top it off, flirts with another guy right in front of him. His fists clenched at that last part, ready to throttle the absent Duo.
"..Darien? Earth to Darien? Anyone home?" Startled, he looked down to find Serena.Destiny.standing directly in front of him, ready to wave a hand in front of his face.
"So, you are in there. I was just saying that you can probably borrow some clothes from the guys.maybe some of Trowa's stuff..well, his oversized stuff." She added, looking him over.
Not bad, she thought, not bad at all. Cute.definitely.too bad she was too busy for a relationship. But then again, what kind of a relationship could she possibly offer? Oh hi honey, luv ya, by the way, I've got to go off to fight again, so if I'm not home in three weeks, assume I'm dead, k? Bye! Whatever.
Shaking off her gloomy reverie, she smiled up at him.
"Well, I think that's about everything. I'm gonna go and check up on the others, so.talk to you later?"
He stared down at her, still not believing that she didn't know him, hoping it was all just another nightmare. She gave him an odd look, before turning around and walking toward the door. At the door, she paused.
"Oh, I forgot to mention, dinner's usually at 6:30ish, but if your hungry before then, the kitchens open." Then she slowly closed the door behind her. What was up with that guy, she wondered?
"Ya know, I'd almost be willing to swear he was a few screws short of a lawn mower." She muttered to herself. After checking on the others and enduring a few more odd scenes, Destiny took to wandering aimlessly through the house. Who were these people, and what were they doing here? And what was with their acting like they knew her? True, she didn't have any memories of her past,which is where they might have known her. but still.something didn't quite fit.
The clothing! That's what had been bothering her! Not only was the clothing way outdated, but some of those companies had gone out of business nearly 75 years ago. It was a rarity to see Levi jeans anymore and yet two out of the group had them.
"Get a grip, girl. Just cause they're clothings outdated, doesn't mean anything. For all you know, they just might like vintage."
That was true. Glancing out a nearby window, Destiny had a view of the ocean in the evening light. Glancing at her watch, she decided that a quick swim couldn't hurt and she hurried off to her room to find her bathing suit.
* * *
Meanwhile, the girls and Darien had gathered in his room, to discuss their current situation.
"Firstly," Ami began, "we need to know where we are."
"And when," Rei added.
"Yes, and when."
"Perhaps I can help with that." A new voice volunteered from the door. They all turned to see a short blond.Quatre.their minds supplied, standing at the door. He smiled and walked in.
"What year do you think it is?" He asked quietly.
"Well," Ami answered, "It was June 12, 2001 when we left, so it should only be the thirteenth or fourteenth of June."
Quatre frowned.
"2001? AD?"
"What else would it be?" Lita asked, challengingly.
"Well."Quatre replied slowly, "We stopped using the BC/AD system almost two centuries ago. It's the year A.C.196."
"A.C?"
"After Colony"
* * *
A swim, she decided, had been a good idea. Swimming out to a little island a quarter of a mile off shore however, had not. Sighing, Destiny pushed herself up from her reclined position on the sand, squinting at the distant shore. It never seemed too long, she mused, until you were in the water with fifty plus meters beneath you. Sighing, she paced slowly down to the waters edge, preparing for the trip back. Wading in to her waist, she pushed off the sandy bottom, and into a steady rhythm of strokes. Slowly, she settled into a pattern. Reach, breathe, slice, kick, reach breathe, slice, kick. The outside world melted away along with her fatigue. She allowed her mind to drift, and it unerringly wandered back to the strangers. Who were they? What were they doing here? And why in hell did they act like they knew her? Her thoughts distracted her until she mistimed her stroke, taking in a mouthful of water instead of air. Sputtering, she forced her body upright, discovering that her toes touched bottom. Looking about her, she saw the shore only ten feet away. Smiling ruefully, Destiny waded out of the water, ignoring her shaky legs.
"Well, what I wouldn't give for a watch right now. That just put an Olympic record to shame."
Wringing out her braid, Destiny hid a grin.
"Hello Duo. What brings you here?"
"Well, when you aren't one to miss dinner, sooo.when you weren't around for supper and your bathing suit was gone.."
"You went through my dresser?"
"No."
"Duo.."
"Mina did!"
Destiny stared at her braided comrade, deadpanned, before a slight smile graced her lips. Shaking her heads and muttering about long haired bakas,of either hair color, she made her way towards him. He held out a shirt that he had been holding and she took it from him, pulling it on as she walked. He followed her, his lopsided grin ever apparent and to look at them, you'd have thought they were keeping the funniest secret in the world.
Chapter 2
The group stared at her in shock. What did she mean she'd never seen them? This 'was' Serena, right?
"Serena, don't you remember?" Rini began, "you're Serena, Sailor Moon and the Moon Princess."
Destiny looked at the girl and snorted in amusement.
"Yeah, ok.and Selenatrons gonna put on a tutu and dance to Swan Lake."
"Selenatron?" Lita interrupted.
"My gundam." Destiny answered, waving her hand at the machine behind her, "Look, this isn't the best place to be talking. I'm going back to the safehouse. If you wanna come, you're welcome. I don't think you'd try anything, and I seriously doubt your OZ spies." To herself she muttered, "and even if they were, they'd have to be downright insane to walk into a house with six gundam pilots." Turning on her heel, she grabbed a cable and was lifted back up to Selenatrons cockpit. Sending a signal to the other gundams, she waited for their arrival.
'Let's see.six of them.six Gundams.sounds good.I just hope Wufei won't try killing them first.'
Fifteen minutes and much ranting from Wufei later, each Gundam pilot had taken on a new passenger. Destiny had taken the girl with pink hair, since she was the only one that could easily fit behind the seat in the smaller gundam. Setting her gundam on autopilot, Destiny turned her attention to her passenger.
"So, what's your name?"
The girl looked up at her, startled for a moment.
"Rini."
Smiling, Destiny turned back to face the control panel. The kid was cute, she'd give her that much. Weird hair,though.
"Mine's Destiny. You can call me Des for short, if you want."
They flew on in silence for a few more minutes, before Rini spoke.
"Uh.Se.Des, do you know anyone named Serena Tsukino?"
Destiny frowned, trying to recall the name. It seemed like it should be familiar, but no one in particular came to mind. Looking back, she smiled slightly.
"Nope, sorry kiddo. What's she look like?"
"Well..she's got a lot of hair and wears it up in odangos and she looks a lot like you."
"Looks like me, eh? I must have one of those faces."
The child looked like she wanted to argue, but Destiny turned back around, ending the conversation. Rini sighed and sat back.
* * *
Back at the safehouse, a storm of activity took place as rooms were fixed for the newcomers. Des had to admit, when Quatres staff went all out, the REALLY went all out. The rooms were all in the south wing of the house, and each had a view of the sea. Distinct care had been taken in choosing the furnishing that went into each room, depending on the personality of the inhabitant (though how they could have determined that so quickly was beyond Destiny.). After watching them fly about for a few minutes, she turned and walked out to the living room, where a storm of a different sort was brewing. The boys and the newcomers, she decided, were definitely not hitting it off. Sighing, she entered the room.
"Wufei, put down the katana, Heero, hand over the gun, Duo, give the brunette back her scrunchie and Trowa, Quatre..hello?..HEY!!!!! GET A ROOM!!!!!!!!!!"
Sheepishly the two lovebirds broke apart. Heero, set the gun down on the table, but not before training it on Duo and nodding over at the other brunette. Grumbling, Duo handed back the hair tie before flopping down on the sofa and sulking. Wufei, however, refused to set down the katana. Des mentally compromised and simply stepped between him and the other group.
"Look, before you all kill each other, I've got a few questions." 'I can't believe I'm having to do this.' Turning around, she looked over their guests.
"Hey, calm down. You're not here for interrogation. I just have a few questions.",Turning to the first girl, the one with short blue hair, she began. "So.what are your names?"
"Ami"
"Rei"
"Lita"
"Mina"
"Darien" He looked hurt. She could have sworn that he'd actually expected her to know his name already. That was weird, she decided, but not half as weird as the look that flashed through his eyes as they met hers. Shaking it off, she sat down across from them, a wall of gundam pilots forming behind her.
"And I know you're Rini." She added, speaking to the little girl. Rei looked up, startled.
"You do? How?"
Destiny raised an eyebrow, puzzled.
"She.told me." She watched as the raven haired girls face fell and closed off. A twinge on guilt rose, but she pushed it aside.
"Alright, now I know you, let me introduce myself and my friends." 'Thank you for all those etiquette pointers, Quatre. They may have been as boring as hell, but thank you anyway.'
Not bothering to stand up, she turned in her seat to look at the pilots, silently receiving permission to give away their identities. Nodding slightly, she pointed at them one at a time.
"This is Heero Yuy, extraordinaire in pretty much anything.well.aside from makeup.unless he's keeping something from me.." She grinned as he glared.
"Anywho.moving on, this nutcase here, otherwise known as Duo Maxwell, is one of the best guys I know, despite the obsession with hair ties." Des watched knowingly as Lita and Mina practically swooned at the grin that Duo gave. 'Here we go again. Poor Heero'. Duo, noticing her look, grinned even more and threw an arm around her shoulder. Leaning close, he whispered,
"Aww, c'mon Des, you gotta let me have some fun!"
She looked at him for a moment, before answering.
"Fun for you, yes, but who's gonna end up cleaning the drool that they leave all over the floor?"
Duo, risking a glance at the black haired man across from him, had to repress the urge to cringe, before an unholy idea entered his head. Plopping down on the couch, he declared loudly,
"C'mon Des, you know you still my favorite girl!"
She stared at him with a look that clearly said 'we are so having a talk later'. He winked.
"Please continue, Des."
"Yeah.anyway.Mr. Silent up there." , leaning her head back, she glanced up at Trowa, "waaaaayyyyyyy up there.is Trowa Barton. Next to him, this cute little blonde that you see is Quatre Raberba Winner. And not quite last, and certainly not least, we have Chang Wufei, more commonly known as Wufei.or Wuffers, Wuffy-Poof, Wu-man, Wu-bear." Des stood up and started backing away as a furious Wufei advanced, katana in hand, "Wufies, Wuff there it is.and occasionally.Dragon!" Wufei paled momentarily, before springing over the sofa. Destiny yelped and ran..right into Darien, who had stood up only moments ago. She looked up for a moment, smiling sheepishly.
"Um.sorry."
"DESTINY!!!!!!!!!!! YOU'RE GOING TO PAY, ONNA!!!!!!!!!!!"
"EEP!!! Bye!"
~*~½ hour later~*~
Wufei stalked back into the room with a grimly satisfied look on his face, followed by Des, nursing a cut on her arm.
"I hope you know this is one of my favorite shirts."
"Of course I do."
"Hmph." She threw herself onto the sofa, glaring at him. The girls and Darien looked on, mildly shocked. A slightly uncomfortable silence followed, in which Destiny discovered that while she had been gone, Heero and Darien had taken to glaring at each other. Honestly, the overall effect was quite disturbing and neither of them were going to give way anytime soon. She glanced over at Quatre, silently pleading for help. He caught her gaze and nodded. Clearing his throat, he broke the heavy silence.
"Perhaps I could see our guests to their rooms right now?" Destiny sighed in relief and jumped up.
"I'll help." She added, eager to get away from 'Wuffers' while he still had that blasted katana. Leading the way out of the room, she looked over her shoulder, winking at Duo before sticking her tongue out at Wufei.
* * *
"And this is your room. Lovely view of the ocean, modern.uh. stuff..blah, blah, blah.heeellloooo? Hey.uh.what was it.Darien? You in there?"
He stared out the window, completely oblivious to Des's chattering. This wasn't right, he thought. They should have found her, rescued her, and gone home happy. Instead, she pulls a gun on them, has no idea who they are, and to top it off, flirts with another guy right in front of him. His fists clenched at that last part, ready to throttle the absent Duo.
"..Darien? Earth to Darien? Anyone home?" Startled, he looked down to find Serena.Destiny.standing directly in front of him, ready to wave a hand in front of his face.
"So, you are in there. I was just saying that you can probably borrow some clothes from the guys.maybe some of Trowa's stuff..well, his oversized stuff." She added, looking him over.
Not bad, she thought, not bad at all. Cute.definitely.too bad she was too busy for a relationship. But then again, what kind of a relationship could she possibly offer? Oh hi honey, luv ya, by the way, I've got to go off to fight again, so if I'm not home in three weeks, assume I'm dead, k? Bye! Whatever.
Shaking off her gloomy reverie, she smiled up at him.
"Well, I think that's about everything. I'm gonna go and check up on the others, so.talk to you later?"
He stared down at her, still not believing that she didn't know him, hoping it was all just another nightmare. She gave him an odd look, before turning around and walking toward the door. At the door, she paused.
"Oh, I forgot to mention, dinner's usually at 6:30ish, but if your hungry before then, the kitchens open." Then she slowly closed the door behind her. What was up with that guy, she wondered?
"Ya know, I'd almost be willing to swear he was a few screws short of a lawn mower." She muttered to herself. After checking on the others and enduring a few more odd scenes, Destiny took to wandering aimlessly through the house. Who were these people, and what were they doing here? And what was with their acting like they knew her? True, she didn't have any memories of her past,which is where they might have known her. but still.something didn't quite fit.
The clothing! That's what had been bothering her! Not only was the clothing way outdated, but some of those companies had gone out of business nearly 75 years ago. It was a rarity to see Levi jeans anymore and yet two out of the group had them.
"Get a grip, girl. Just cause they're clothings outdated, doesn't mean anything. For all you know, they just might like vintage."
That was true. Glancing out a nearby window, Destiny had a view of the ocean in the evening light. Glancing at her watch, she decided that a quick swim couldn't hurt and she hurried off to her room to find her bathing suit.
* * *
Meanwhile, the girls and Darien had gathered in his room, to discuss their current situation.
"Firstly," Ami began, "we need to know where we are."
"And when," Rei added.
"Yes, and when."
"Perhaps I can help with that." A new voice volunteered from the door. They all turned to see a short blond.Quatre.their minds supplied, standing at the door. He smiled and walked in.
"What year do you think it is?" He asked quietly.
"Well," Ami answered, "It was June 12, 2001 when we left, so it should only be the thirteenth or fourteenth of June."
Quatre frowned.
"2001? AD?"
"What else would it be?" Lita asked, challengingly.
"Well."Quatre replied slowly, "We stopped using the BC/AD system almost two centuries ago. It's the year A.C.196."
"A.C?"
"After Colony"
* * *
A swim, she decided, had been a good idea. Swimming out to a little island a quarter of a mile off shore however, had not. Sighing, Destiny pushed herself up from her reclined position on the sand, squinting at the distant shore. It never seemed too long, she mused, until you were in the water with fifty plus meters beneath you. Sighing, she paced slowly down to the waters edge, preparing for the trip back. Wading in to her waist, she pushed off the sandy bottom, and into a steady rhythm of strokes. Slowly, she settled into a pattern. Reach, breathe, slice, kick, reach breathe, slice, kick. The outside world melted away along with her fatigue. She allowed her mind to drift, and it unerringly wandered back to the strangers. Who were they? What were they doing here? And why in hell did they act like they knew her? Her thoughts distracted her until she mistimed her stroke, taking in a mouthful of water instead of air. Sputtering, she forced her body upright, discovering that her toes touched bottom. Looking about her, she saw the shore only ten feet away. Smiling ruefully, Destiny waded out of the water, ignoring her shaky legs.
"Well, what I wouldn't give for a watch right now. That just put an Olympic record to shame."
Wringing out her braid, Destiny hid a grin.
"Hello Duo. What brings you here?"
"Well, when you aren't one to miss dinner, sooo.when you weren't around for supper and your bathing suit was gone.."
"You went through my dresser?"
"No."
"Duo.."
"Mina did!"
Destiny stared at her braided comrade, deadpanned, before a slight smile graced her lips. Shaking her heads and muttering about long haired bakas,of either hair color, she made her way towards him. He held out a shirt that he had been holding and she took it from him, pulling it on as she walked. He followed her, his lopsided grin ever apparent and to look at them, you'd have thought they were keeping the funniest secret in the world.