Well…that was a great chapter by Kawaii-chan.
Duo: So sweet. ::blows nose::
JL: O_o;;;; I didn't take you for the type of person to cry at romantic stories.
Duo: If you can then why can't I?
JL: Eh, point noted. -_-;;
Wufei: Weak bákas, crying over such things.
Duo: Shut up WU-MAN.
Wufei: Do not call me that weak name.
JL: Both of you shut up.
Duo: Sorry.
Wufei: ::leaves::
JL: Duo…will you do the disclaimer?
JL: Duo? ::crickets chirp:: -_-;;;; QUATRE!!!!!!!
Quatre: Yes?
JL: ::grabs Quatre:: Disclaimer…now.
Quatre: -_- Miss Luna and Miss Kawaii do not own Gundam Wing or Sailor Moon. Any similarity to those living or dead is pure coincidence.
JL: Now was that so hard?
Quatre: No ma'am. ::walks away::
JL: O_o;;; eh…on with the show…I guess.
Ami sat in the living room alone the next morning. She didn't really know how to feel. She thought of all the trivial things that she and Trowa had spoken about, but the latest thing that they discussed was what really was on her mind.
Flash Back
Ami and Trowa had been sitting in the library once again. Trowa was continuing the book he had been reading the night before while Ami was reading one of the history books from Quatre's collection.
"This is amazing. It seems that the only difference between your past and ours was that during the Gulf War in the nineteen nineties the American forces didn't do as well…causing a bigger war to come about. It seems that war has been going on from there ever since." Ami said while continuing to flip the pages.
"Ami, why are you so interested in reading about our past. You'll be leaving soon anyway." Trowa asked calmly.
"I like to learn." Ami said continuing to read.
After a brief pause Trowa spoke up to ask a question. "Ami, why do you feel the need to learn all you can, even if you'll never use it?"
"I don't know. I guess I hope that with all the knowledge I have, I can find the reasoning behind things. I like to know what's going on around me so I can try to find a way around those things that I don't want to deal with." Ami said closing the book.
"Mind explaining." Trowa asked also closing his book.
"When I was younger I was always reading something. I had very few friends, but when I met my friend Usagi, all that changed. After I became a Senshi I was the strategist, so I continued to study in hopes of finding a way to defeat the youma and keep us all alive. That really didn't help much. We've died at least 3 times that we can all remember, and nothing that I knew could have help." Ami said sadly.
"So now you continue to study in hopes of planing a way around your own death." Trowa finished for her. Ami nodded. "Ami, death can't be stopped by plans and knowledge. The only thing you can do is live life as if you had no past and no future." Trowa said leaning back against the couch.
Ami stood from the desk and walked to the couch. She sat down and took Trowa's hand in hers. "Trowa, if that is how you feel about life, then perhaps it is you that should find the knowledge to live."
"Perhaps I will." Trowa said. He stood and kissed her cheek before leaving the room.
End Flashback
Ami touched her cheek. That had been right before Devin had taken Makoto and Trowa. The feelings she got off of Trowa were that of confusion and embarrassment. Ami herself had blushed. "This is not the time to think about this. Hotaru and the others went into the Negaverse unprepared. I should have seen this coming." She thought to herself.
Setsuna walked into the room and sat to look at Ami. "Ami, you must go to the Negaverse." She said calmly.
Ami looked almost horrified. "Alone?" She asked.
"The Negaverse want's Sailor Moon and myself. They only know that we are on this world. I have to take Sailor Moon and the other's back to the other dimension." Setsuna said.
"How will I protect her?" Ami asked sadly.
"The other pilots will come to our world to protect her. You, Makoto, and Hotaru are to only ones strong enough to deal with Devin and what is to come. I must hide, as much as I hate to do it. Devin is looking to kill me, and if I die, the Time Stream goes as well. We can't let that happen. With Makoto gone, there is no one to take control of time if something happens to me. As a Celestial Guardian it is your duty to save not only Sailor Moon, but the things that the inner Senshi protect as well. You must protect the fire of the soul for Mars, you must protect love for Venus, and you must protect the hope and faith for Moon and Mask. That is the duty of the Guardian. With Makoto possibly brainwashed it is your duty to also protect the outer Senshi, water, wind, earth, time, and death. I know this is much to handle, but this is your destiny. You must protect us all, and get Makoto back, no matter what." Setsuna said sadly.
"I understand. It is like Trowa said. I must live life like there is no past and no future. It will be the only way to defeat the Negaverse." Ami said standing.
"Don't forget your past, and always look forward to the future. If anything should make you be able to fight, think about all the things that the two worlds have gone through. Now take that and imagine what the worlds would have been like without the Senshi and Pilots to save them. That is what you are fighting for." Setsuna said standing as well.
Ami hugged Setsuna. "I'll bring them back. Count on it."
Heero and Duo ran around the Negaverse base trying to find a way to the dungeons.
"This is pointless, Hee-chan." Duo said stopping. "We've passed this hall twice before. Maybe we should ask for directions."
Heero glared at Duo. "I don't know about you, but I'm worried about what these people will do to Hotaru and Trowa." He said in anger.
"And I'm worried about Makoto. You're not the only one that has new found feelings for the females in our lives." Duo said sadly.
Heero looked at Duo with a start. Duo was being serious, and there was no smile found on the braided boy. Heero nodded his head once and crouched behind a pillar.
Duo saw a small group of soldiers standing in front of a door chatting. He slowly walked up to the group.
"Hi guys. I'm new around here. Could one of you point me out to the dungeons? I'm supposed to torture one of the prisoners." Duo said with a manic grin.
The three guards looked to the boy and shrugged. A voice from inside sounded angered.
"For guards you have no manners. This boy is trying to fulfill the King's wishes and you are keeping him from his duties. That could be looked upon as treason." The voice got louder and the door swung open to revile Makoto standing dressed all in black. (Think Dark or Black Lady's dress.) Her long hair was pulled up high and then braided.
Duo was wide eyed. "Makoto?" He asked softly.
"That is Princess Sincerity to you. Now these young men will tell you where you need to go or I will send them to my father." With that Makoto walked back into her room.
The three men were literally shaking. "You go down this hall make a left at the end and the second door is a stair case leading to the dungeons." Said one of the men before they all ran.
Duo grabbed one of the men and held his jacket. "Are you that scared of Devin?" He asked.
"I could care less what Devin does to me. It's her that I'm worried about. After the brainwashing even Devin had no control over her. She killed three of our best warriors just because they looked at her with lust in their eyes. She's a Devil and would kill Devin if he didn't have Devotion prisoner." The guard said trying to get away.
"That's Ákuma. Anyway so Trowa didn't succumb to the brainwashing?" Duo asked.
"No, and what do you care?" The guard asked.
"Oh, I don't." Duo said before snapping his neck.
"That was a bit much." Heero said standing up.
"He was getting suspicions. I never thought that Makoto could kill in cold blood." Duo said.
"It doesn't really matter. Makoto is supposed to kill these beings, so even if she is now evil…she's still doing her job, just from the inside out." Heero said walking down the hall.
Duo laughed. "That may be true Hee-chan, but she'll still hate herself if she knew."
"This sucks." Saturn said. She was chained to a wall.
"I second that." Said a voice from across the room.
"Trowa?" Saturn asked confused.
"The brainwashing didn't work on me. I tried to get by on my own, but the lack of powers was a dead give away. So I'm a bargaining chip." Trowa said sadly.
"Does that mean that Mako-chan is brainwashed?" Saturn asked worried.
"Yes." Trowa said sadly.
"I know this is strange for you. You just found your sister and now you're stuck here to make sure Makoto kills the scouts." Saturn said angered.
"That's not what I'm being kept here for. Makoto's gone crazy. I'm being kept here to make sure she doesn't kill Devin. Devin has no real power. He was banking that her powers and mine would be enough to keep him in control, but with me not having any power and her mental state, he's not gotten what he wanted. She refuses to listen to him, but kills anyone that proves to be treasonous. I don't understand that." Trowa said confused.
"If Makoto knows that she's more powerful than Devin, then she knows that after killing him she'll be in charge. She's weeding out her troops now before she's actually in charge. She'll be seen as more powerful and command respect." Saturn said calmly.
The door opened slowly showing two soldiers in General's clothing. Both prisoners became silent until a loud voice started whining.
"Hee-chan, there is no way that Goku could lose to the Vegetable platter." Duo said happily.
"Actually Veggie could kick Goku's ass." Saturn said with a smile.
"Hotaru?" Heero asked cautiously.
"No it's some other teenage girl in a shirt skirt with magical powers." Saturn said annoyed.
"She got you on that one Hee-chan." Duo said with a smirk.
"Báka." Heero mumbled.
"I second that." Trowa said calmly.
"Hey, Tro, what's up?" Duo asked walking to the cell.
Pulling a lock pick from his hair Duo unlocked Trowa's cuffs as well as Saturn's.
"Arigato, Duo-chan." Saturn smiled.
"We have to figure a way to break the brainwashing." Heero said in monotone.
A bright light lit up the small room they were in. The colors swirled from light blues to dark. A figure with a small computer grew out of the light. When the light disappeared Mercury stood in front of the others. "Glad I found you guys." Mercury said with a smile.
"Where are the others?" Saturn said.
"We're it. Setsuna is taking the others to out dimension to guard Sailor Moon." Mercury said putting her computer and visor away.
"So this is it?" Duo said.
"Setsuna said that if the others came they would just be killed. Fill me in on what you know so far. Trowa it's good to see you well. If this is the case I'll assume that Makoto didn't get through the conditioning."
While the small group filled Mercury in on what they knew, Makoto had her own plans.
"My father is nothing without me. I shall bide my time and kill him when I have gained the trust of his generals. I know Devotion is in no danger, but to kill Devin now would prove fatal for myself. His followers are a band of fools. They lack the soul of a killer. The only one so far that seemed worthy was that new recruit I saw this afternoon. Perhaps he would be willing to become my number one." Makoto thought.
There was a knock at the door. "Princess, your father wished to see you." Came the trembling voice from the door.
"I'll be with him in a moment." Makoto commanded back.
There was silence at the door.
"Well, let us see what Daddy Dearest wants of me." Makoto said coyly.
"Sincerity, I think it is time to make our move on the earth." Devin said from his large chair. It wasn't a thrown, but rather a large couch. Devin lay sprawled on his back. Three scantily clad women, one of yellow, one purple, and one pink, stood feeding him grapes and other fruits.
"Father, I think you make a mockery of the Negaverse and what we stand for." Makoto growled.
"You sound just like your mother." Devin laughed.
"She was a wise woman. How she ever came to bed you is beyond my thoughts." Makoto laughed.
"That is enough from you. Beryl was a nut. I just wanted a child with her and Metalia's power. Never would I have guessed that one of the very women she killed would become that person. As your father I own you and your power." Devin said sitting up.
"You are nothing but the lowest of mothers minions. You yourself know that I will kill you. And then I will avenge my mother's death. I will kill the Senshi starting with Pluto, the one that took me from my home in the first place, and made me forget who I was. I never would have killed mother if I had known. Then I will kill the other scouts, slowly, so that they know my pain. Once that is done, I will destroy the earth, so that none of time can be reborn." Makoto said angered.
"That's my daughter. All that destruction in the name of your father and the Negaverse." Devin laughed.
Makoto scowled. "I had wanted to wait to do this, but it looks as if I have no choice. I will gain control as my mother had, with fear." Makoto lifted her hand and a blast of black electricity shot from her palm. The strike reached its mark, and Devin was destroyed.
"Now, bring me Devotion. If he refuses to join us, I will have to kill him as well." Makoto said smirking. She sat on the couch and waved the three women away. "I will not let the humanity in me take control. I will do whatever I have to do to win, even if that mean killing those I used to hold dear."
JL: Um, I made Makoto go psycho…that's not that bad I guess. I always wanted to do that.
Duo: O_O
JL: Too much…right. ::sigh:: Oh well. It's a change from the normal fic. Review and remember I'm a pyro... so the flames won't hurt, though they may tickle. Ja ne!
Duo: O_O
