Across the Ages by ChibiMercury
Part 1: A New Danger
Author's note: Thanks for coming to read this fanfic! Here's some background info. This
is a kind of weird crossover fic about the Sailor Scouts going to the future to help the
Gundam Wing guys. This is my first attempt at writing this stuff, so be kind. ^-^ Oh
yeah, this takes place after Sailor Moon R (that's the 2nd season, for you non-moonies)
and after the TV series of Gundam Wing. Thanks and enjoy!
Yeah, yeah, I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing OR the characters in them. I'd
have a lot more money if I did. But the dudes I make up, they're mine. Like anyone
would steal them. Hee hee hee.
The scene opens in Japan on a sunny afternoon in 2000 A.D. Amy Mizuno was sitting in
the public library behind a huge stack of books, studying for her advanced physics class.
She stood, book in hand, to find another text.
Boy, today sure has been boring, thought Amy. I've been here at the library all day,
Serena and Mina went shopping, Lita went rollerblading, and Raye is working at the
temple. Isn't anything interesting going to happen today?
As if it were an answer to Amy's unspoken question, she was suddenly struck by a
splitting headache. She dropped her book onto the ground and leaned against a bookshelf,
hand on her head. An image came into her mind. She saw five large machines, and five
young boys, and an older man with a woman at his side.
What is this? What does it mean? As quickly as it had appeared, the image was gone,
along with the headache. Wow, that was strange, said Amy to herself. I'd better call the
others.
"Are you all right, Amy?" The librarian looked at her with concern in her eyes. Amy saw
that she was seated on the floor beside her book.
"Yes, fine, thank you," said Amy. "Just a little dizzy." She rushed out of the library,
leaving the books on the table and the librarian watching her in confusion.
Outside the library, Amy ran into a nearby alley. "Girls, come in. This is Amy.
Something weird just happened. Meet me at the temple." Amy purposely cut the message
short, to avoid questions from her friends. She had enough questions of her own. Fifteen
minutes later, the five girls were sitting on the steps outside the Cherry Hill Temple.
Serena spoke up first. "Amy, I don't know what happened to you, but something really
weird happened to me and Mina at the mall."
"Me too!" exclaimed Lita. "I was just about to call you guys when Amy beeped in."
"I guess all five of us had something weird happen," said Raye. "Amy, you go first. Tell
us what happened."
"Well," Amy began, "I was sitting in the library when all of a sudden this headache came
upon me and I saw these huge machines, and these guys, and a man and a woman standing
together. Then it was gone and everything was back to normal again."
The girls stared at her, speechless for a moment. But only a moment.
Four voices started at once:
"That's what happened to me!"
"There were five, weren't there?"
"My vision was different."
"Those guys were soooo cute!"
The last comment came from Lita, with hearts in her eyes.
"Wait a second, you all had different visions? Raye, what yours was about?" said Amy.
"In my vision, I saw only a woman, standing like she was expecting someone, with a huge
thunderstorm in the background. Then, this guy walks up to her and they stand there,
together, laughing," finished Raye.
Serena piped up, saying, "In mine, there were these huge machines that were standing
together, fighting. But the weird part was, it looked like they were fighting darkness. The
dark kept getting closer, and one by one they were pulled into it and disappeared."
Mina and Lita related their stories as well, each of them having to do either with the two
people or the giant machines.
"Something is definitely going on," said Mina. "Hey, look up there!"
Floating down to them was a bubble. But not an ordinary bubble. It was Sailor Pluto, the
guardian of time. "Sailor Soldiers, I have very bad news for you all. Something has gone
horribly wrong in the future!"
"Those machines, or those two people?" asked Serena.
"What? You know about them?"
"We all had a sort of vision about them," explained Amy.
"Ah, I see. Anyway, this entire thing is my fault. I can't begin to apologize to you..."
Sailor Pluto trailed off.
"What happened?"
"Well, a few days ago a man appeared at the gate on time. I attacked him, but I soon
realized that he had tricked me with magic and created a dummy of himself. As I turned
to attack the real guy, he used his magic to open the gate of time himself! He jumped in,
and the gate closed behind him. I know the exact time and place he went to, but I need
you five to find him," said Pluto.
"Don't worry, Pluto, we'll find him!" said Lita. "And he'll regret ever going to the future!
Jupiter Star Power!" Lita transformed into Sailor Jupiter. "Come on, change into your
Sailor suits and let's go!"
"Right!" The other four girls changed into their heroine identities and Pluto transported
them to the gate of time.
*******
New Year's Day in A.C. 196 (about a week after the war):
The Gundam pilots were just finishing storing their Gundams away when suddenly they
heard a loud beeping sound coming from each suit.
"Hey! There's another mission on my screen!" yelled Duo.
"Me too! Where'd it come from?" Quatre asked.
"It just appeared! It said we're supposed to protect a place called Crystal Tokyo. Where
the heck is that?" asked Duo.
Trowa answered the question. "Duo, don't you remember? The 'Sank Kingdom' was used
as a front to protect Crystal Tokyo and the Earth's true ruler from the Alliance."
"Oh yeah...I remember...oh, what was her name? I only caught a little bit of it on the
news."
"Neo-Queen Serenity."
"Yeah, that's her! I wonder why we need to protect them."
"Who knows, Duo," said Quatre. "We've been in space for so long we've probably missed
out on what's going on."
"So, we're going back to the earth?" asked Wufei.
"Mission accepted," said Heero, with unblinking eyes.
*******
At the gate of time:
Sailor Pluto addressed the five scouts. "The place you need to get to is in the year A.C.
196, Crystal Tokyo. The date is January 1st. In this future, the people live in colonies
built out in space as well as Earth. There are some allies in the future you will need to find
as well. I'm sure you won't have trouble."
"Okay. Sailor Scouts! To the future!" said Serena over-dramatically.
And with that, the five girls of Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and the moon all held
hands and jumped into the portal.
*******
In A.C. 196:
I can't believe we're doing this again, thought Quatre, as he scanned the area for enemies.
Quatre had picked the short straw and was sent alone to stop an advancing troop from
reaching Crystal Tokyo, off in the distance. Heero and Duo had been paired up to destroy
a base that was sending off mobile suits and dolls. Trowa and Wufei had gone to seek out
enemy supply compounds.
This is not good, thought Quatre, as he pinpointed the location of the troop. That troop is
huge! Quatre had argued with the others about only sending one person on the mission
earlier at the base.
"Surrender now!" ordered Quatre to the dolls and suits. They ignored him and continued
on. Quatre sighed and began his mission. He flew through the troop and began attacking
from behind. The troop turned to attack him.
*******
In the time portal, there was lightning flashing in every corner. The scouts suddenly
realized they had been separated and continued to concentrate on their location. Then,
there was silence. The chaos had stopped. They were there. Venus looked around
herself and discovered she was in a huge city. She stopped a man hurrying by.
"Excuse me, what city is this?"
"This is Crystal Tokyo, miss, but you picked a bad time to visit. There's a war going on!"
Mars found herself in a large room. Her ears picked up on people running through the
hallway, and she rushed to meet them. She came face-to-face with a much older, taller,
and slimmer version of the pink-haired girl she used to know.
"Rini!"
"Raye!"
"Lita?"
Rini had been dragging Sailor Jupiter along with her, who looked very confused. "Mars,
help! I don't know what's going on!"
"Come on, Sailor Mars, come with me." With that, Rini dragged both girls down a long
corridor.
Sailor Moon had ended up in the throne room with her future self, Neo-Queen Serenity,
seated on the throne.
"What on earth...?"
"Don't ask me," said Sailor Moon, standing up.
Rini dashed into the room with the two bewildered scouts. "Mom! Mars and Jupiter are
here too!"
"We were sent to help you," explained Mars, walking up to the future Serena.
"Oh, I see," said Neo-Queen Serenity. "Yes, we are in need of your help."
Venus wandered into the throne room. "Hey everybody!"
"Venus! How'd you get here?" Rini was very confused.
"This place is kind of hard to miss from the street."
"Well," Serenity started, "I'd love to tell you about what's happening, but where's Sailor
Mercury? I'd like to have all of you here."
"Hey, that's right, where's Amy?"
*******
Sailor Mercury had ended up on a hill overlooking a vast field. It was snowing, and she
was freezing in her sailor uniform.
"It must be about 9:00 at night," observed Mercury. "It's almost pitch black out here."
Her thoughts were interrupted by a large battle moving towards the field in front of the
hill. A huge machine was battling a lot of other medium sized machines.
I'm sure that large one is trying to keep the others from the city, thought Mercury.
After assuming a safe distance, she turned on her visor to try to get some information.
"Let's see, the big machine is made out of an element called gundanium. What on earth is
that? The others contain titanium and other metals. I wonder why they're battling?"
After concluding that she wasn't going to get the answers she wanted until the battle was
over, she sat on the hill and continued watching the battle.
*******
In the meantime, the battle down on the flat snow-covered plain raged on.
When are they going to end? Quatre kept asking himself the same question. This is such
a waste. I don't even know what they're fighting for.
A beam rifle was fired from behind Sandrock, nailing the left shoulder of the machine.
Quatre yelled and turned to slice the doll in half. The others kept firing. The glass
windows and screens in the Gundam shattered around him, cutting and scratching his arms
and face deeply.
This is crazy, thought Quatre. He checked what was left of his viewing screens and saw
that he only had a small portion of the troop left. He started cutting dolls and suits apart
at a quickened pace. Finally, he looked up to see only two mobile suits, standing as if they
didn't know what to do. Quatre looked at them, sizing up his situation. He was covered
in numerous cuts, and he was sure that his left arm was broken.
I will complete this mission, he thought as he flew over to the two remaining soldiers.
*******
"That pilot is taking some serious risks," said Mercury to no one in particular. "There
were way too many machines for one person in the first place." She watched as the large
machine struck out at the two remaining machines, using only the right arm. The two
small suits exploded, leaving the large gundanium suit the only one left standing. From
her distance on the hill, Mercury could make out a door on the machine opening, releasing
a blond-haired boy out onto the snow. The boy tried to stand up, failed, and collapsed
into the snow. "Oh my gosh! I've got to help him!" cried Mercury, standing and rushing
down to the battlezone. She reached him quickly, and immediately noticed that this
person was hardly any older than herself. His left arm was bent at an odd angle, and there
were numerous cuts on his arms and face. Mercury wasn't sure if he was still alive.
Suddenly, the young man stirred a bit and groaned. She then noticed a large gash on his
right arm. Untying her sash, she wrapped up the cut temporarily. Determined to get him
back to the city, Mercury lifted the soldier onto her back and slowly began to make her
way to Crystal Tokyo, glittering in the distance.
Her progress was delayed by the sudden arrival of a large, black machine similar to the
one she had seen earlier. She saw another young boy with a bandage around his head
jump out of the machine and start running towards them, his long braid flying behind him.
"Miss, hey, what are you doing out here? Don't you know there's a wa...Quatre?" The
boy looked at her questionably. "What are you doing?"
Mercury set her heavy load gently onto the snow, instantly turning it red. "This guy had
just finished a huge battle and he needed help, so, I decided to take him back to the city."
"Oh, well, thanks then. Sorry for being so rude, but we'd better get Quatre back. Can you
drive?"
"Um, I don't know, I've never tried."
The boy cocked his head to one side. "Oh well, I'm sure you can get the hang of it. It's
really not that hard. Just wait here, I have to hide my Gundam and get my car, then I'll be
right back. Okay?"
"Uh, sure," said Amy, trying to keep up with the boy's habit of talking very fast.
"Okay. Here's the address to my house. Don't take him to the hospital, they're too
dangerous," said the still-nameless boy, scribbling something on a sheet of paper. He
handed it to Amy. "It's right outside town," said the boy before running back to the
machine. "See ya!"
Mercury sat down on the snow-covered ground a bit overwhelmed. She glanced over to
the boy, still lying on the snow.
********
Darkness surrounded him. Everything around him was black. A surging pain tried to take
control of him, but he fought it and slowly opened his eyes. He saw a hazy image of a
blue-haired girl leaning over him. He let his eyes focus, and then attempted to sit up.
"Hey! Don't do that, you'll hurt yourself!"
"Huh?" He looked to his right and saw the girl, looking at him with concern.
"I said, don't try to sit up."
"It's okay, I'll be all right," he said as he completed the simple yet painful task of sitting up.
"Are you Quatre?" asked the girl.
Surprised, he looked up at her. "Um, yeah, I am. How'd you know that?"
"A guy told me. He should be right back with his car," she replied.
"What was his name?"
"He didn't say, but he had a really long braid"
Duo, thought Quatre. Strangely enough, at that moment Duo pulled up with the car. He
hopped out, waved, and yelled, "I'm going to store Quatre's gundam!" He ran off.
"Do you think you can walk to the car?" asked the young woman.
"I don't know." Quatre managed to stand, but he needed help getting to the car. "By the
way, what's your name?"
"Oh, sorry, call me Sailor Mercury," came the answer. Duo had left the keys in the
ignition. Nervously, she put the car into drive and started to the braided boy's house.
They arrived at the house without too much incident. Mercury had accidentally hit a
garbage can, but it was pretty good for a first time. The little house was in quite a
deserted area, very desolate and isolated. She helped Quatre out of the car and into the
tiny dwelling.
"Thank you very much for helping me," said Quatre, lying down on the couch. He was
asleep almost instantly.
Mercury shook her head, smiling. Quatre acted like this sort of thing happened every day.
A sharp beeping noise brought her to attention. Walking into the kitchen, she answered
the tiny beeper.
"Amy?? Where the heck are you? We were all worried about you! Are you okay?" came
the panicked voice of a hyperactive Serena.
"I'm fine, but I'm kinda busy right now. I'll contact you in the morning. Bye."
Mercury jogged upstairs, looking for the first aid kit. She finally found it in among a large
jumble of manga. Don't criticize, thought Mercury, they're fighting a war. They don't
have time for cleaning.
She hurried over to Quatre, and quickly cleaned off the various cuts and slashes the glass
had made, covering each with a Band-Aid. Removed the now-saturated sash from
Quatre's arm, she made a proper bandage for it and then began the hardest task: the
broken left arm.
In the kitchen, she found an old wooden spoon that looked like it hadn't been used since
the day the house was built. She took Quatre's arm, closed her eyes tight, and pushed the
two bones back into place with a resounding crack. Ugh, she thought, and quickly
wrapped the spoon up tight against the limb. Replacing the first aid kit in the bathroom,
she collapsed onto a ratty old chair.
Quatre woke up shortly after, and looked over at the girl Sailor Mercury. She was
sprawled out on a chair with her eyes closed. Then, before Quatre's very eyes, she
changed. Ordinary tennis shoes, jeans, and a blue sweatshirt replaced the knee-high boots,
short skirt, and sleeveless top. The tiara vanished from her head. Shortly after, she stood
and walked into the kitchen.
Something's weird here, thought Quatre. He waited a moment, then slowly stood and
ambled painfully into the kitchen. The girl was sitting at the rickety table. She looked up
in alarm when she saw Quatre.
"What the heck are you doing??", she cried. "You shouldn't be up!"
"Don't worry, I'm fine," he said, obviously not fine at all. He plopped into a chair opposite
from the girl.
Amy looked at him quizzedly. Did he see me transform?
Quatre looked up into the girl's eyes. "Um, just a minute ago, did you...I mean...I think..."
Amy looked down at her hands. "Transform?"
"Yeah."
"Yeah. I suppose I shouldn't keep secrets from allies. My name is Amy Anderson. I'm
also the sailor scout Sailor Mercury."
Quatre extended his good arm. "And I'm Quatre Raberba Winner, the pilot of the gundam
Sandrock."
They shook hands. Then Quatre began to laugh.
"What?"
"It's just kinda funny, being formally introduced in Duo's pigsty of a house to a magical
girl when I've just come this close to death."
Amy stared at him. Then she began to giggle too. "You're right, it is funny."
Just as the laughter was subsiding, they heard the door slam. A stone-faced boy walked
into the kitchen. "Hi Quatre," he said as he casually pulled out his gun and pointed it at
Amy's head. Amy's eyes grew wide.
"Put the gun away, Heero. She's a friend."
"Who is she?"
"She's a sailor scout. She saved me from the battle."
Heero shrugged and put his gun back. "Was your mission successful?"
"Yes. All mobile suits and dolls were destroyed."
"Where's Duo?"
"He should be back in a minute. I think he's storing my Gundam."
Duo just happened to walk in that moment. He strolled into the kitchen, saw Quatre, and
immediately broke into hysterical laughter.
"What's so funny?" said Quatre.
"You look like a sacrifice to the god of Band-Aids!"
It was true. Every one of Quatre's cuts and scrapes had been covered with a neon-colored
Band-Aid. It had taken 3 whole boxes.
"Well, I'm sorry. I was worried about him," said Amy indignantly.
"Hey, Duo, what time is it?" said Quatre, trying to change the subject.
Duo looked at his watch. "About 1:30 in the morning."
Quatre looked up at Amy. "Why don't you take the couch and try to get some sleep?"
"Where will you sleep?"
Quatre shrugged. "The floor, probably."
"No, Quatre. I can't do that. I'll sleep on the floor."
"I'll be fine on the floor, Amy. You're the guest, you get the couch."
"But..."
"Hey, let's not argue about it. I doubt anyone is going to get any sleep tonight anyway.
Let's all go watch some TV," said Duo.
Everyone agreed to that. The four of them went to the living room. Duo turned on the
old black-and-white TV, and after some minor cursing and banging, succeeded in getting a
channel.
"Wow, this is an old one," said Duo.
"No kidding. This was a late movie back in my time," said Amy.
The three pilots turned their heads to Amy. "YOUR time?"
Amy's face turned red. Uh oh, she thought. "Um, well, I'm kind of from the year 2000
AD. I time-traveled here with 4 other girls to help you guys."
Duo fell off the couch. No one spoke. Everyone seemed to forget what was just said and
watched the late late movie: The Slimy Demon That Ate Pop-Tarts. Then, just at the end
of the movie, the screen went static and a man's voice was heard.
"At this time, 3:46 a.m. on January 2nd, AC 196, that I, Deisaki Starburst, am declaring
war on the World Nation and Crystal Tokyo. If I do not receive a surrender before this
time tomorrow, I will commence my attack."
"What??" exclaimed Duo and Quatre at the same time. Heero remained motionless.
"We're being attacked and our enemy's name is Starburst? What the heck is that? You
can't be attacked by a guy with candy for his name!" ranted Duo.
"Calm down, Duo. We'll find the other guys and figure out a plan," said Heero, standing
up.
End of Chapter 1
Author's Note: Hooray! It's really, really long and it took forever to write, but I finished
it! Yea for me!! Hope you enjoyed it, thanks for reading! Please send reviews, thoughts,
ideas, raves, rants, praises, flames, or large amounts of money to me at
bluechibimercury@hotmail.com
Part 1: A New Danger
Author's note: Thanks for coming to read this fanfic! Here's some background info. This
is a kind of weird crossover fic about the Sailor Scouts going to the future to help the
Gundam Wing guys. This is my first attempt at writing this stuff, so be kind. ^-^ Oh
yeah, this takes place after Sailor Moon R (that's the 2nd season, for you non-moonies)
and after the TV series of Gundam Wing. Thanks and enjoy!
Yeah, yeah, I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing OR the characters in them. I'd
have a lot more money if I did. But the dudes I make up, they're mine. Like anyone
would steal them. Hee hee hee.
The scene opens in Japan on a sunny afternoon in 2000 A.D. Amy Mizuno was sitting in
the public library behind a huge stack of books, studying for her advanced physics class.
She stood, book in hand, to find another text.
Boy, today sure has been boring, thought Amy. I've been here at the library all day,
Serena and Mina went shopping, Lita went rollerblading, and Raye is working at the
temple. Isn't anything interesting going to happen today?
As if it were an answer to Amy's unspoken question, she was suddenly struck by a
splitting headache. She dropped her book onto the ground and leaned against a bookshelf,
hand on her head. An image came into her mind. She saw five large machines, and five
young boys, and an older man with a woman at his side.
What is this? What does it mean? As quickly as it had appeared, the image was gone,
along with the headache. Wow, that was strange, said Amy to herself. I'd better call the
others.
"Are you all right, Amy?" The librarian looked at her with concern in her eyes. Amy saw
that she was seated on the floor beside her book.
"Yes, fine, thank you," said Amy. "Just a little dizzy." She rushed out of the library,
leaving the books on the table and the librarian watching her in confusion.
Outside the library, Amy ran into a nearby alley. "Girls, come in. This is Amy.
Something weird just happened. Meet me at the temple." Amy purposely cut the message
short, to avoid questions from her friends. She had enough questions of her own. Fifteen
minutes later, the five girls were sitting on the steps outside the Cherry Hill Temple.
Serena spoke up first. "Amy, I don't know what happened to you, but something really
weird happened to me and Mina at the mall."
"Me too!" exclaimed Lita. "I was just about to call you guys when Amy beeped in."
"I guess all five of us had something weird happen," said Raye. "Amy, you go first. Tell
us what happened."
"Well," Amy began, "I was sitting in the library when all of a sudden this headache came
upon me and I saw these huge machines, and these guys, and a man and a woman standing
together. Then it was gone and everything was back to normal again."
The girls stared at her, speechless for a moment. But only a moment.
Four voices started at once:
"That's what happened to me!"
"There were five, weren't there?"
"My vision was different."
"Those guys were soooo cute!"
The last comment came from Lita, with hearts in her eyes.
"Wait a second, you all had different visions? Raye, what yours was about?" said Amy.
"In my vision, I saw only a woman, standing like she was expecting someone, with a huge
thunderstorm in the background. Then, this guy walks up to her and they stand there,
together, laughing," finished Raye.
Serena piped up, saying, "In mine, there were these huge machines that were standing
together, fighting. But the weird part was, it looked like they were fighting darkness. The
dark kept getting closer, and one by one they were pulled into it and disappeared."
Mina and Lita related their stories as well, each of them having to do either with the two
people or the giant machines.
"Something is definitely going on," said Mina. "Hey, look up there!"
Floating down to them was a bubble. But not an ordinary bubble. It was Sailor Pluto, the
guardian of time. "Sailor Soldiers, I have very bad news for you all. Something has gone
horribly wrong in the future!"
"Those machines, or those two people?" asked Serena.
"What? You know about them?"
"We all had a sort of vision about them," explained Amy.
"Ah, I see. Anyway, this entire thing is my fault. I can't begin to apologize to you..."
Sailor Pluto trailed off.
"What happened?"
"Well, a few days ago a man appeared at the gate on time. I attacked him, but I soon
realized that he had tricked me with magic and created a dummy of himself. As I turned
to attack the real guy, he used his magic to open the gate of time himself! He jumped in,
and the gate closed behind him. I know the exact time and place he went to, but I need
you five to find him," said Pluto.
"Don't worry, Pluto, we'll find him!" said Lita. "And he'll regret ever going to the future!
Jupiter Star Power!" Lita transformed into Sailor Jupiter. "Come on, change into your
Sailor suits and let's go!"
"Right!" The other four girls changed into their heroine identities and Pluto transported
them to the gate of time.
*******
New Year's Day in A.C. 196 (about a week after the war):
The Gundam pilots were just finishing storing their Gundams away when suddenly they
heard a loud beeping sound coming from each suit.
"Hey! There's another mission on my screen!" yelled Duo.
"Me too! Where'd it come from?" Quatre asked.
"It just appeared! It said we're supposed to protect a place called Crystal Tokyo. Where
the heck is that?" asked Duo.
Trowa answered the question. "Duo, don't you remember? The 'Sank Kingdom' was used
as a front to protect Crystal Tokyo and the Earth's true ruler from the Alliance."
"Oh yeah...I remember...oh, what was her name? I only caught a little bit of it on the
news."
"Neo-Queen Serenity."
"Yeah, that's her! I wonder why we need to protect them."
"Who knows, Duo," said Quatre. "We've been in space for so long we've probably missed
out on what's going on."
"So, we're going back to the earth?" asked Wufei.
"Mission accepted," said Heero, with unblinking eyes.
*******
At the gate of time:
Sailor Pluto addressed the five scouts. "The place you need to get to is in the year A.C.
196, Crystal Tokyo. The date is January 1st. In this future, the people live in colonies
built out in space as well as Earth. There are some allies in the future you will need to find
as well. I'm sure you won't have trouble."
"Okay. Sailor Scouts! To the future!" said Serena over-dramatically.
And with that, the five girls of Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and the moon all held
hands and jumped into the portal.
*******
In A.C. 196:
I can't believe we're doing this again, thought Quatre, as he scanned the area for enemies.
Quatre had picked the short straw and was sent alone to stop an advancing troop from
reaching Crystal Tokyo, off in the distance. Heero and Duo had been paired up to destroy
a base that was sending off mobile suits and dolls. Trowa and Wufei had gone to seek out
enemy supply compounds.
This is not good, thought Quatre, as he pinpointed the location of the troop. That troop is
huge! Quatre had argued with the others about only sending one person on the mission
earlier at the base.
"Surrender now!" ordered Quatre to the dolls and suits. They ignored him and continued
on. Quatre sighed and began his mission. He flew through the troop and began attacking
from behind. The troop turned to attack him.
*******
In the time portal, there was lightning flashing in every corner. The scouts suddenly
realized they had been separated and continued to concentrate on their location. Then,
there was silence. The chaos had stopped. They were there. Venus looked around
herself and discovered she was in a huge city. She stopped a man hurrying by.
"Excuse me, what city is this?"
"This is Crystal Tokyo, miss, but you picked a bad time to visit. There's a war going on!"
Mars found herself in a large room. Her ears picked up on people running through the
hallway, and she rushed to meet them. She came face-to-face with a much older, taller,
and slimmer version of the pink-haired girl she used to know.
"Rini!"
"Raye!"
"Lita?"
Rini had been dragging Sailor Jupiter along with her, who looked very confused. "Mars,
help! I don't know what's going on!"
"Come on, Sailor Mars, come with me." With that, Rini dragged both girls down a long
corridor.
Sailor Moon had ended up in the throne room with her future self, Neo-Queen Serenity,
seated on the throne.
"What on earth...?"
"Don't ask me," said Sailor Moon, standing up.
Rini dashed into the room with the two bewildered scouts. "Mom! Mars and Jupiter are
here too!"
"We were sent to help you," explained Mars, walking up to the future Serena.
"Oh, I see," said Neo-Queen Serenity. "Yes, we are in need of your help."
Venus wandered into the throne room. "Hey everybody!"
"Venus! How'd you get here?" Rini was very confused.
"This place is kind of hard to miss from the street."
"Well," Serenity started, "I'd love to tell you about what's happening, but where's Sailor
Mercury? I'd like to have all of you here."
"Hey, that's right, where's Amy?"
*******
Sailor Mercury had ended up on a hill overlooking a vast field. It was snowing, and she
was freezing in her sailor uniform.
"It must be about 9:00 at night," observed Mercury. "It's almost pitch black out here."
Her thoughts were interrupted by a large battle moving towards the field in front of the
hill. A huge machine was battling a lot of other medium sized machines.
I'm sure that large one is trying to keep the others from the city, thought Mercury.
After assuming a safe distance, she turned on her visor to try to get some information.
"Let's see, the big machine is made out of an element called gundanium. What on earth is
that? The others contain titanium and other metals. I wonder why they're battling?"
After concluding that she wasn't going to get the answers she wanted until the battle was
over, she sat on the hill and continued watching the battle.
*******
In the meantime, the battle down on the flat snow-covered plain raged on.
When are they going to end? Quatre kept asking himself the same question. This is such
a waste. I don't even know what they're fighting for.
A beam rifle was fired from behind Sandrock, nailing the left shoulder of the machine.
Quatre yelled and turned to slice the doll in half. The others kept firing. The glass
windows and screens in the Gundam shattered around him, cutting and scratching his arms
and face deeply.
This is crazy, thought Quatre. He checked what was left of his viewing screens and saw
that he only had a small portion of the troop left. He started cutting dolls and suits apart
at a quickened pace. Finally, he looked up to see only two mobile suits, standing as if they
didn't know what to do. Quatre looked at them, sizing up his situation. He was covered
in numerous cuts, and he was sure that his left arm was broken.
I will complete this mission, he thought as he flew over to the two remaining soldiers.
*******
"That pilot is taking some serious risks," said Mercury to no one in particular. "There
were way too many machines for one person in the first place." She watched as the large
machine struck out at the two remaining machines, using only the right arm. The two
small suits exploded, leaving the large gundanium suit the only one left standing. From
her distance on the hill, Mercury could make out a door on the machine opening, releasing
a blond-haired boy out onto the snow. The boy tried to stand up, failed, and collapsed
into the snow. "Oh my gosh! I've got to help him!" cried Mercury, standing and rushing
down to the battlezone. She reached him quickly, and immediately noticed that this
person was hardly any older than herself. His left arm was bent at an odd angle, and there
were numerous cuts on his arms and face. Mercury wasn't sure if he was still alive.
Suddenly, the young man stirred a bit and groaned. She then noticed a large gash on his
right arm. Untying her sash, she wrapped up the cut temporarily. Determined to get him
back to the city, Mercury lifted the soldier onto her back and slowly began to make her
way to Crystal Tokyo, glittering in the distance.
Her progress was delayed by the sudden arrival of a large, black machine similar to the
one she had seen earlier. She saw another young boy with a bandage around his head
jump out of the machine and start running towards them, his long braid flying behind him.
"Miss, hey, what are you doing out here? Don't you know there's a wa...Quatre?" The
boy looked at her questionably. "What are you doing?"
Mercury set her heavy load gently onto the snow, instantly turning it red. "This guy had
just finished a huge battle and he needed help, so, I decided to take him back to the city."
"Oh, well, thanks then. Sorry for being so rude, but we'd better get Quatre back. Can you
drive?"
"Um, I don't know, I've never tried."
The boy cocked his head to one side. "Oh well, I'm sure you can get the hang of it. It's
really not that hard. Just wait here, I have to hide my Gundam and get my car, then I'll be
right back. Okay?"
"Uh, sure," said Amy, trying to keep up with the boy's habit of talking very fast.
"Okay. Here's the address to my house. Don't take him to the hospital, they're too
dangerous," said the still-nameless boy, scribbling something on a sheet of paper. He
handed it to Amy. "It's right outside town," said the boy before running back to the
machine. "See ya!"
Mercury sat down on the snow-covered ground a bit overwhelmed. She glanced over to
the boy, still lying on the snow.
********
Darkness surrounded him. Everything around him was black. A surging pain tried to take
control of him, but he fought it and slowly opened his eyes. He saw a hazy image of a
blue-haired girl leaning over him. He let his eyes focus, and then attempted to sit up.
"Hey! Don't do that, you'll hurt yourself!"
"Huh?" He looked to his right and saw the girl, looking at him with concern.
"I said, don't try to sit up."
"It's okay, I'll be all right," he said as he completed the simple yet painful task of sitting up.
"Are you Quatre?" asked the girl.
Surprised, he looked up at her. "Um, yeah, I am. How'd you know that?"
"A guy told me. He should be right back with his car," she replied.
"What was his name?"
"He didn't say, but he had a really long braid"
Duo, thought Quatre. Strangely enough, at that moment Duo pulled up with the car. He
hopped out, waved, and yelled, "I'm going to store Quatre's gundam!" He ran off.
"Do you think you can walk to the car?" asked the young woman.
"I don't know." Quatre managed to stand, but he needed help getting to the car. "By the
way, what's your name?"
"Oh, sorry, call me Sailor Mercury," came the answer. Duo had left the keys in the
ignition. Nervously, she put the car into drive and started to the braided boy's house.
They arrived at the house without too much incident. Mercury had accidentally hit a
garbage can, but it was pretty good for a first time. The little house was in quite a
deserted area, very desolate and isolated. She helped Quatre out of the car and into the
tiny dwelling.
"Thank you very much for helping me," said Quatre, lying down on the couch. He was
asleep almost instantly.
Mercury shook her head, smiling. Quatre acted like this sort of thing happened every day.
A sharp beeping noise brought her to attention. Walking into the kitchen, she answered
the tiny beeper.
"Amy?? Where the heck are you? We were all worried about you! Are you okay?" came
the panicked voice of a hyperactive Serena.
"I'm fine, but I'm kinda busy right now. I'll contact you in the morning. Bye."
Mercury jogged upstairs, looking for the first aid kit. She finally found it in among a large
jumble of manga. Don't criticize, thought Mercury, they're fighting a war. They don't
have time for cleaning.
She hurried over to Quatre, and quickly cleaned off the various cuts and slashes the glass
had made, covering each with a Band-Aid. Removed the now-saturated sash from
Quatre's arm, she made a proper bandage for it and then began the hardest task: the
broken left arm.
In the kitchen, she found an old wooden spoon that looked like it hadn't been used since
the day the house was built. She took Quatre's arm, closed her eyes tight, and pushed the
two bones back into place with a resounding crack. Ugh, she thought, and quickly
wrapped the spoon up tight against the limb. Replacing the first aid kit in the bathroom,
she collapsed onto a ratty old chair.
Quatre woke up shortly after, and looked over at the girl Sailor Mercury. She was
sprawled out on a chair with her eyes closed. Then, before Quatre's very eyes, she
changed. Ordinary tennis shoes, jeans, and a blue sweatshirt replaced the knee-high boots,
short skirt, and sleeveless top. The tiara vanished from her head. Shortly after, she stood
and walked into the kitchen.
Something's weird here, thought Quatre. He waited a moment, then slowly stood and
ambled painfully into the kitchen. The girl was sitting at the rickety table. She looked up
in alarm when she saw Quatre.
"What the heck are you doing??", she cried. "You shouldn't be up!"
"Don't worry, I'm fine," he said, obviously not fine at all. He plopped into a chair opposite
from the girl.
Amy looked at him quizzedly. Did he see me transform?
Quatre looked up into the girl's eyes. "Um, just a minute ago, did you...I mean...I think..."
Amy looked down at her hands. "Transform?"
"Yeah."
"Yeah. I suppose I shouldn't keep secrets from allies. My name is Amy Anderson. I'm
also the sailor scout Sailor Mercury."
Quatre extended his good arm. "And I'm Quatre Raberba Winner, the pilot of the gundam
Sandrock."
They shook hands. Then Quatre began to laugh.
"What?"
"It's just kinda funny, being formally introduced in Duo's pigsty of a house to a magical
girl when I've just come this close to death."
Amy stared at him. Then she began to giggle too. "You're right, it is funny."
Just as the laughter was subsiding, they heard the door slam. A stone-faced boy walked
into the kitchen. "Hi Quatre," he said as he casually pulled out his gun and pointed it at
Amy's head. Amy's eyes grew wide.
"Put the gun away, Heero. She's a friend."
"Who is she?"
"She's a sailor scout. She saved me from the battle."
Heero shrugged and put his gun back. "Was your mission successful?"
"Yes. All mobile suits and dolls were destroyed."
"Where's Duo?"
"He should be back in a minute. I think he's storing my Gundam."
Duo just happened to walk in that moment. He strolled into the kitchen, saw Quatre, and
immediately broke into hysterical laughter.
"What's so funny?" said Quatre.
"You look like a sacrifice to the god of Band-Aids!"
It was true. Every one of Quatre's cuts and scrapes had been covered with a neon-colored
Band-Aid. It had taken 3 whole boxes.
"Well, I'm sorry. I was worried about him," said Amy indignantly.
"Hey, Duo, what time is it?" said Quatre, trying to change the subject.
Duo looked at his watch. "About 1:30 in the morning."
Quatre looked up at Amy. "Why don't you take the couch and try to get some sleep?"
"Where will you sleep?"
Quatre shrugged. "The floor, probably."
"No, Quatre. I can't do that. I'll sleep on the floor."
"I'll be fine on the floor, Amy. You're the guest, you get the couch."
"But..."
"Hey, let's not argue about it. I doubt anyone is going to get any sleep tonight anyway.
Let's all go watch some TV," said Duo.
Everyone agreed to that. The four of them went to the living room. Duo turned on the
old black-and-white TV, and after some minor cursing and banging, succeeded in getting a
channel.
"Wow, this is an old one," said Duo.
"No kidding. This was a late movie back in my time," said Amy.
The three pilots turned their heads to Amy. "YOUR time?"
Amy's face turned red. Uh oh, she thought. "Um, well, I'm kind of from the year 2000
AD. I time-traveled here with 4 other girls to help you guys."
Duo fell off the couch. No one spoke. Everyone seemed to forget what was just said and
watched the late late movie: The Slimy Demon That Ate Pop-Tarts. Then, just at the end
of the movie, the screen went static and a man's voice was heard.
"At this time, 3:46 a.m. on January 2nd, AC 196, that I, Deisaki Starburst, am declaring
war on the World Nation and Crystal Tokyo. If I do not receive a surrender before this
time tomorrow, I will commence my attack."
"What??" exclaimed Duo and Quatre at the same time. Heero remained motionless.
"We're being attacked and our enemy's name is Starburst? What the heck is that? You
can't be attacked by a guy with candy for his name!" ranted Duo.
"Calm down, Duo. We'll find the other guys and figure out a plan," said Heero, standing
up.
End of Chapter 1
Author's Note: Hooray! It's really, really long and it took forever to write, but I finished
it! Yea for me!! Hope you enjoyed it, thanks for reading! Please send reviews, thoughts,
ideas, raves, rants, praises, flames, or large amounts of money to me at
bluechibimercury@hotmail.com