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Matsuri: I'm Baaaaaaaacckkkkkk! Did you miss me? I sure missed typing. I know it's been a while and I didn't post like I said I was, but come on, it's just me. Now I'm back and packin' chapter nine. I hope you guys haven't forgotten me. Please read and review. ^_^
9 Chapter Nine
"It's almost time, Queen Serenity, almost," Setsuna said. They were in the realm of time. "Hai," Queen Serenity said, staring at the glowing ball producing an image of the earth. "It'll be hard to take the girls away, though. They're starting to get attached to their guy friends." "They shouldn't get too attached," Setsuna said firmly. "Because then their minds won't be on the fight." "You're right," Queen Serenity agreed. "But they'll be ready and they'll protect the earth."
Trowa walked to the garage. He was ready to go to battle. Just then, Wing Zero came in through the opening in the ceiling, made for the departure and return of the gundams, and rested in its place. Then from the cockpit stepped Hiro and Usagi.
"Decided to go for a joy ride?" Trowa asked with his usual docile look and his arms crossed, while ascending on the ramp to Heavyarms' cockpit.
"I won't tell anyone," Usagi called up to Trowa. "But Makoto will find out."
"Don't worry about it," Trowa said. "I knew you'd find out about us sooner or later." He then darted into Heavyarms.
"Dammit!!" Duo's voice came from the living room.
"Duo?" Usagi called, walking into the living room with Hiro. "Duo, are you alright?"
"I've searched for most of the day and I still can't find her," Duo grumbled. He glanced at Hiro. "Nice to see that you had a fun day. Congratulations, Usagi, you're the first to ever ride in Wing Zero besides Hiro."
"Why are you looking for Makoto?" Usagi asked. Duo gave an exasperated sigh.
"I need to talk to her.I need to." He sat on the couch. "I'm getting worried. What if something's wrong?" Just then, Makoto walked in. All eyes were on her as she halted behind the couch.
"Ohayo," she said, weakly.
"Makoto!" Duo jumped up from the couch and went to her. He grasped her hands. "Are you ok? Where were you? Where did you go?" He bombarded her with a few questions.
"I'm ok. Really," Makoto answered, trying to calm Duo down. She lowered her eyes and pulled her hands away. "I just needed time to think about things." Duo's eyes widened as he stared at Makoto.
"We need to talk," he said, grabbing Makoto's hands once again. "In the next room."
"B-but, Duo I." Makoto tried to resist. "I'm kind of tired! I."
"Enough!" Duo cried, still pulling her. Makoto wrenched free and tried to get away, but immediately two strong arms wrapped around her waist and lifted her. Makoto was thrown over Duo's shoulder.
"Duo! Put me down!" Makoto yelled, trying to get free of him, but he ignored her and carried her into the next room. Hiro moved to do something, but Usagi stopped him.
"I think Duo knows what he's doing," she said. Hiro nodded. "But I have a question and it may sound weird, but it's important."
"What is it?" Hiro asked.
"Here in the future, has anyone developed a way to trap energy?"
In the next room, Duo put Makoto down. Her reflexes then snapped and she raised a hand to hit him, but he caught it. Then he caught the other. He held them tightly, but made sure he wasn't hurting her.
"Ugh!" Makoto moaned, very frustrated from trying to pull her hands free. "What do you want? What?!"
"We need to talk," Duo said.
"Iie," Makoto said, her head lowered. "I don't want to talk."
"It was just a kiss, Makoto," Duo said. "Just a kiss."
"No, it wasn't!" Makoto cried, no longer trying to get her hands free from Duo's grasp. They hung limply, palms pointing upward, fingers curled into a limp fist. ".It was so much more."
"So much more?" Duo wondered. He studied her, trying to look at her face.
"I miss your eyes," Duo said, softly. "You won't look at me. You keep avoiding my gaze. It 's only been today and it's driving me crazy."
"Gomen." Makoto whispered. Her eyes studied the floor. Still holding her hands, Duo tried to raise her head with a finger. A few tears formed in the corner of her eyes as she stared up at Duo.
"Gomen ne, Duo!" she cried before falling into his arms. Duo then let her hands go and wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. She sobbed into his chest.
"I didn't know what to do!" she sobbed. "What you did completely threw me off!" Duo led her to a chair and let her sit down then he pulled up a chair for himself and sat down in front of her. Makoto continued to cry.
"I've been hurt by so many. so many people," she cried. "Every guy I ever loved. Every guy I ever wanted! They would all break my heart! They would leave or they would." Duo listened to her words, taking in her sorrow, her pain.
"When you kissed me, it felt just like the others! It scared me! I don't want you to become like the others! I don't."
"I won't! I could never!" Duo said, taking her into his arms once again, causing them to have to get on their knees. He rocked her slowly, trying to calm her down. Then it grew quiet. Makoto clung to Duo as if she let go she would fall into a never ending abyss, staring at the wall to the right of them, and listening to his rapid heart beat. Her fingers were intertwined between a little of Duo's hair and she breathed slowly.
"I don't mean to cause you grief," Makoto said softly as she continued to listen to his heartbeat.
"You don't," Duo said and Makoto sighed.
"I just.just don't want to lose our friendship," he said. She pulled away from Duo so that she could see his face. "I told myself that I would never get involved today, but.when I look at you.something tells me that." she looked away. "That I should give you a chance."
"I could never hurt you," Duo said. "I couldn't bring myself to even try. There's something about you.I don't know. I feel like I have to protect you, be there for you.always." Makoto gave him a weak smile and got to her feet. Duo stood also. She then leaned forward and gave him a light kiss on the lips.
"Ok." she whispered.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "So you two are a couple now?" Usagi asked Makoto. Makoto nodded.
"I guess so," she answered, looking up into the night sky. The stars glowed brightly as Usagi and Makoto trudged to the park.
"A training session," Usagi said. "Who would've thought we'd need that?"
"We aren't the best, you know," Makoto said. "And we're going to need to be the best to beat this guy." From far away, a streak of energy colored the sky.
"That must be them," Makoto said. When they got there, they saw Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru. All three had on their sailor uniforms.
"We thought you would be late," Haruka said. "We've already started."
"So how are we going to do this?" Usagi asked.
"It'll be us against you two," Michiru said. Makoto nodded.
"Sailor Jupiter Power!" she cried, transforming into her uniform.
"But that's three against two!" Usagi cried. She was answered by an attack from Uranus.
"Uranus World Shaking!"
Usagi quickly jumped out of the way as the orange-yellow energy ball rolled towards her.
"Fine!" she growled. "Moon Crystal Power!" Usagi transformed, her clothes disappearing and her sailor fuku appearing.
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" Jupiter cried as she tried to attack Haruka.
"Neptune Deep Submerge!" Neptune counter attacked Jupiter and she barely missed the attack. All the while Saturn stood watching, a small smile on her thin lips.
"Look out, hime," Uranus whispered.
"Huh?" Sailor Moon looked confused until she felt Uranus trip her up.
"Ow! No fair!" she cried as she rubbed her tush. (A/N: Tush? Such a funny word.)
"It's not going to be fair when we're really in battle," Uranus said, standing over Sailor Moon. Then quickly she ducked under a flying kick from Jupiter. Uranus quickly advanced on Jupiter. She threw a punch, but Jupiter blocked it. Then she pushed Uranus backward, causing Uranus to gasp as Jupiter's sudden strength.
"I've only fought you once before, but I can still tell that you've gotten stronger," Uranus said from a few feet away.
"Yeah," Jupiter blushed lightly. "I started training for a while after that."
"I see," Uranus said. Then she charged at Jupiter, catching her off guard and knocking her off her feet. Jupiter quickly tried a low kick, but Uranus back flipped out of the way.
"Jupiter Thunder Clap Crash!"
Uranus didn't have time to react before Jupiter's power shot past her, tearing some of her fuku.
"Dammit," Uranus swore, quietly as she grabbed her arm. Before she knew it, Jupiter was coming at her fast. From not too far away, Sailor Moon stood next to Neptune and Saturn.
"Humph. You'd think they were really fighting each other," Sailor Moon stated.
"It's hard to tell, isn't it?" Saturn replied. They stood watching as the two scouts went head to head with each other, exchanging punches and kicks.
"World Shaking!" Uranus cried. The orange ball rolled towards Jupiter, but she managed to get around it. She began to charge full speed at Uranus, but Uranus was ready. When she was close enough, Uranus quickly took hold of Jupiter's arm and flipped her over. She landed on her back with a thud. Uranus jumped back, ready for anything that Jupiter might put out, but Jupiter just lay there. Her eyes stared straight ahead into the starry sky, her chest heaving. Footsteps could be heard as Sailor Moon, Saturn, and Neptune made their way to the two.
"You alright?" Saturn asked, staring down at Jupiter.
"Why are we training like this?" Jupiter asked, not taking her eyes out of the sky. "It won't do any good. Our powers are useless against him and we can't physically fight him." Jupiter let her eyes fall to the other scouts.
"Did anyone find out about a machine that traps energy?"
Saturn's eyes lowered.
"Nothing like that has been made," she said. "At least nothing that would help."
"I asked Hiro," Sailor Moon said. "But he said that he couldn't think of anything." Jupiter sighed and moved to stand. Neptune extended a hand and helped her up.
"It's just up to us then," Jupiter replied. "Although.I don't know how we're going to do this."
Matsuri: Haha! Did you like this chapter? Please tell me (if anyone's out there). I have to admit, I really liked writing this chapter. So review and I'll see about getting the next chapter out. Thanx! ^_*
Matsuri: I'm Baaaaaaaacckkkkkk! Did you miss me? I sure missed typing. I know it's been a while and I didn't post like I said I was, but come on, it's just me. Now I'm back and packin' chapter nine. I hope you guys haven't forgotten me. Please read and review. ^_^
9 Chapter Nine
"It's almost time, Queen Serenity, almost," Setsuna said. They were in the realm of time. "Hai," Queen Serenity said, staring at the glowing ball producing an image of the earth. "It'll be hard to take the girls away, though. They're starting to get attached to their guy friends." "They shouldn't get too attached," Setsuna said firmly. "Because then their minds won't be on the fight." "You're right," Queen Serenity agreed. "But they'll be ready and they'll protect the earth."
Trowa walked to the garage. He was ready to go to battle. Just then, Wing Zero came in through the opening in the ceiling, made for the departure and return of the gundams, and rested in its place. Then from the cockpit stepped Hiro and Usagi.
"Decided to go for a joy ride?" Trowa asked with his usual docile look and his arms crossed, while ascending on the ramp to Heavyarms' cockpit.
"I won't tell anyone," Usagi called up to Trowa. "But Makoto will find out."
"Don't worry about it," Trowa said. "I knew you'd find out about us sooner or later." He then darted into Heavyarms.
"Dammit!!" Duo's voice came from the living room.
"Duo?" Usagi called, walking into the living room with Hiro. "Duo, are you alright?"
"I've searched for most of the day and I still can't find her," Duo grumbled. He glanced at Hiro. "Nice to see that you had a fun day. Congratulations, Usagi, you're the first to ever ride in Wing Zero besides Hiro."
"Why are you looking for Makoto?" Usagi asked. Duo gave an exasperated sigh.
"I need to talk to her.I need to." He sat on the couch. "I'm getting worried. What if something's wrong?" Just then, Makoto walked in. All eyes were on her as she halted behind the couch.
"Ohayo," she said, weakly.
"Makoto!" Duo jumped up from the couch and went to her. He grasped her hands. "Are you ok? Where were you? Where did you go?" He bombarded her with a few questions.
"I'm ok. Really," Makoto answered, trying to calm Duo down. She lowered her eyes and pulled her hands away. "I just needed time to think about things." Duo's eyes widened as he stared at Makoto.
"We need to talk," he said, grabbing Makoto's hands once again. "In the next room."
"B-but, Duo I." Makoto tried to resist. "I'm kind of tired! I."
"Enough!" Duo cried, still pulling her. Makoto wrenched free and tried to get away, but immediately two strong arms wrapped around her waist and lifted her. Makoto was thrown over Duo's shoulder.
"Duo! Put me down!" Makoto yelled, trying to get free of him, but he ignored her and carried her into the next room. Hiro moved to do something, but Usagi stopped him.
"I think Duo knows what he's doing," she said. Hiro nodded. "But I have a question and it may sound weird, but it's important."
"What is it?" Hiro asked.
"Here in the future, has anyone developed a way to trap energy?"
In the next room, Duo put Makoto down. Her reflexes then snapped and she raised a hand to hit him, but he caught it. Then he caught the other. He held them tightly, but made sure he wasn't hurting her.
"Ugh!" Makoto moaned, very frustrated from trying to pull her hands free. "What do you want? What?!"
"We need to talk," Duo said.
"Iie," Makoto said, her head lowered. "I don't want to talk."
"It was just a kiss, Makoto," Duo said. "Just a kiss."
"No, it wasn't!" Makoto cried, no longer trying to get her hands free from Duo's grasp. They hung limply, palms pointing upward, fingers curled into a limp fist. ".It was so much more."
"So much more?" Duo wondered. He studied her, trying to look at her face.
"I miss your eyes," Duo said, softly. "You won't look at me. You keep avoiding my gaze. It 's only been today and it's driving me crazy."
"Gomen." Makoto whispered. Her eyes studied the floor. Still holding her hands, Duo tried to raise her head with a finger. A few tears formed in the corner of her eyes as she stared up at Duo.
"Gomen ne, Duo!" she cried before falling into his arms. Duo then let her hands go and wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. She sobbed into his chest.
"I didn't know what to do!" she sobbed. "What you did completely threw me off!" Duo led her to a chair and let her sit down then he pulled up a chair for himself and sat down in front of her. Makoto continued to cry.
"I've been hurt by so many. so many people," she cried. "Every guy I ever loved. Every guy I ever wanted! They would all break my heart! They would leave or they would." Duo listened to her words, taking in her sorrow, her pain.
"When you kissed me, it felt just like the others! It scared me! I don't want you to become like the others! I don't."
"I won't! I could never!" Duo said, taking her into his arms once again, causing them to have to get on their knees. He rocked her slowly, trying to calm her down. Then it grew quiet. Makoto clung to Duo as if she let go she would fall into a never ending abyss, staring at the wall to the right of them, and listening to his rapid heart beat. Her fingers were intertwined between a little of Duo's hair and she breathed slowly.
"I don't mean to cause you grief," Makoto said softly as she continued to listen to his heartbeat.
"You don't," Duo said and Makoto sighed.
"I just.just don't want to lose our friendship," he said. She pulled away from Duo so that she could see his face. "I told myself that I would never get involved today, but.when I look at you.something tells me that." she looked away. "That I should give you a chance."
"I could never hurt you," Duo said. "I couldn't bring myself to even try. There's something about you.I don't know. I feel like I have to protect you, be there for you.always." Makoto gave him a weak smile and got to her feet. Duo stood also. She then leaned forward and gave him a light kiss on the lips.
"Ok." she whispered.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "So you two are a couple now?" Usagi asked Makoto. Makoto nodded.
"I guess so," she answered, looking up into the night sky. The stars glowed brightly as Usagi and Makoto trudged to the park.
"A training session," Usagi said. "Who would've thought we'd need that?"
"We aren't the best, you know," Makoto said. "And we're going to need to be the best to beat this guy." From far away, a streak of energy colored the sky.
"That must be them," Makoto said. When they got there, they saw Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru. All three had on their sailor uniforms.
"We thought you would be late," Haruka said. "We've already started."
"So how are we going to do this?" Usagi asked.
"It'll be us against you two," Michiru said. Makoto nodded.
"Sailor Jupiter Power!" she cried, transforming into her uniform.
"But that's three against two!" Usagi cried. She was answered by an attack from Uranus.
"Uranus World Shaking!"
Usagi quickly jumped out of the way as the orange-yellow energy ball rolled towards her.
"Fine!" she growled. "Moon Crystal Power!" Usagi transformed, her clothes disappearing and her sailor fuku appearing.
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" Jupiter cried as she tried to attack Haruka.
"Neptune Deep Submerge!" Neptune counter attacked Jupiter and she barely missed the attack. All the while Saturn stood watching, a small smile on her thin lips.
"Look out, hime," Uranus whispered.
"Huh?" Sailor Moon looked confused until she felt Uranus trip her up.
"Ow! No fair!" she cried as she rubbed her tush. (A/N: Tush? Such a funny word.)
"It's not going to be fair when we're really in battle," Uranus said, standing over Sailor Moon. Then quickly she ducked under a flying kick from Jupiter. Uranus quickly advanced on Jupiter. She threw a punch, but Jupiter blocked it. Then she pushed Uranus backward, causing Uranus to gasp as Jupiter's sudden strength.
"I've only fought you once before, but I can still tell that you've gotten stronger," Uranus said from a few feet away.
"Yeah," Jupiter blushed lightly. "I started training for a while after that."
"I see," Uranus said. Then she charged at Jupiter, catching her off guard and knocking her off her feet. Jupiter quickly tried a low kick, but Uranus back flipped out of the way.
"Jupiter Thunder Clap Crash!"
Uranus didn't have time to react before Jupiter's power shot past her, tearing some of her fuku.
"Dammit," Uranus swore, quietly as she grabbed her arm. Before she knew it, Jupiter was coming at her fast. From not too far away, Sailor Moon stood next to Neptune and Saturn.
"Humph. You'd think they were really fighting each other," Sailor Moon stated.
"It's hard to tell, isn't it?" Saturn replied. They stood watching as the two scouts went head to head with each other, exchanging punches and kicks.
"World Shaking!" Uranus cried. The orange ball rolled towards Jupiter, but she managed to get around it. She began to charge full speed at Uranus, but Uranus was ready. When she was close enough, Uranus quickly took hold of Jupiter's arm and flipped her over. She landed on her back with a thud. Uranus jumped back, ready for anything that Jupiter might put out, but Jupiter just lay there. Her eyes stared straight ahead into the starry sky, her chest heaving. Footsteps could be heard as Sailor Moon, Saturn, and Neptune made their way to the two.
"You alright?" Saturn asked, staring down at Jupiter.
"Why are we training like this?" Jupiter asked, not taking her eyes out of the sky. "It won't do any good. Our powers are useless against him and we can't physically fight him." Jupiter let her eyes fall to the other scouts.
"Did anyone find out about a machine that traps energy?"
Saturn's eyes lowered.
"Nothing like that has been made," she said. "At least nothing that would help."
"I asked Hiro," Sailor Moon said. "But he said that he couldn't think of anything." Jupiter sighed and moved to stand. Neptune extended a hand and helped her up.
"It's just up to us then," Jupiter replied. "Although.I don't know how we're going to do this."
Matsuri: Haha! Did you like this chapter? Please tell me (if anyone's out there). I have to admit, I really liked writing this chapter. So review and I'll see about getting the next chapter out. Thanx! ^_*
