Another Life
Chapter 1
Genre: after "Stars" and "Endless Waltz"
Rating: PG?
Author: Moonchild DJ
E-Mail: moonchilddj@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Sailor Moon OR Gundam Wing...if I did, I
would make sure there really WAS a SM/GW crossover anime series or manga!
And I would also have my very own Heero!! *huggles chibi-Heero* But since
I don't have any rights, I'll just borrow the characters for my fics and
read and write more! ^_~
Author's Note: Kon'wa, minna-san! While this is not my FIRST SM/GW
crossover, it's the one I enjoy writing the most. I also switch the
girls' names around, from English to Japanese, just to signify a time
change. Hope you enjoy the fic as well. As always, read and review and
let me know what you think!
****************
~The Past...~
Serenity sighed as she glared petulantly at her mother and the advisor
beside her. "Mother, you cannot be serious! I am a princess-I won't be
taught things I already know!"
Queen Serenity, Royal Highness of the Moon Kingdom, sighed patiently as
she studied her daughter with an experienced eye. Her words were bold, but
she was afraid. She was twisting her long golden hair around her fingers
and digging her slippered foot into the ground, both usual traits of the
princess when her emotions were twisted around inside. She smiled gently.
"My precious one, you must learn everything in order to be prepared for
anything. A lady you may be, but you must learn the rougher arts to defend
yourself should the need arise."
"But Lita already--"
Queen Serenity coughed, noticing her daughter's slip in proper names.
Serenity blushed and corrected herself.
"But Princess Lita, Lady Jupiter, has already taught me the rougher arts--
archery, handling weapons, sword-fighting, martial arts..."
"Yes, but it is not always a woman enemy, love. That is why I summoned one
of the Earth king's warriors--well, five, actually."
"Five?"
"For all of you--Lady Mars, Lady Venus, Lady Mercury, Lady Jupiter and
yourself."
"But we ARE warriors, Mother, senshi!" Serenity sputtered.
"Yes. Well, what better way to test your strength than against those
highly-praised warriors? And they also know the finer arts as well. You do
need to brush up on your dancing."
"DANCING?! Mother! I'd rather be *reading*." Serenity groaned, wrinkling
her nose. Queen Serenity smiled, bending her silver odangoed head to kiss
her daughter's cheek.
"Lady Mercury wouldn't like that tone." she chided.
"Princess Amy knows I loathe studying of any kind--she says it makes me
unique."
Queen Serenity laughed, tucking a stray curl from Serenity's inherited
Moon Kingdom mark on her forehead.. "Even so, you know it must be done.
They will be here Earthset. Be on your best behavior, and no acting like
some Earth-history primitive."
"Yes, Mother."
"I have your word you will be a gracious, modest young Moon maiden?"
"Yes, Mother. I will be nice to the old Earth codger." Serenity mumbled
reluctantly. She was to do her duties as a princess, after all--first-time
visitors to the Lunar Realm would be treated as family.
Queen Serenity smiled mysteriously at 'old Earth codger', then left
Serenity to search out her best friends to tell them of the news.
******
Princess Amy dropped her book abruptly, staring at the young Moon
Princess in disbelief. "We do not hardly need lessons for what we already
know!"
Princess Lita nodded, fisting her hands on her hips. "Right! We do not
need to be taught what we excel at! We can beat any man with our
talents!!"
Princess Mina put a calming hand on the Amazon-like girl's shoulder. "Any
Lunar man or man or OUR planets, Lita. Not a Terran--they are rumored to
be great warriors."
Princess Raye snorted. "A Terran male does not have *our* powers, Mina.
We are Senshi! They couldn't possibly match our strength."
Serenity, determined to be fair, replied, "Terran people are equal in
strength to our planet warriors. They may not be gifted with planet
powers, but they aren't weaklings."
Raye sniffed, rolling her violet eyes. "The god Ares give them strength,
then, when those stuffy old Earthlings face us. We shan't be merciful!"
The quintruplet nodded in determination, their planet symbols shining
brightly in the evening darkness.
Queen Serenity entered the courtyard, where they stood by the water
fountain, dressed in the royal garb of planet princesses, protectively
surround their charge.
"Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Moon: it is time."
They nodded, gathering in a circle around the queen and the princess, who
linked hands as the Earth set in the lunar sky. The planets linked hands,
adding their power to the royal Lunarians to transport the Earth visitors.
Double moons glowed, bathed in the lunar white light and the colors of the
planets--golden Venus, ocean Mercury, fiery Mars, the wildwood of Jupiter.
The lights converged into one multicolored beam and shot outward toward
the blue marble planet on the horizon.
Serenity's knees wobbled as her strength waned, but she held tight to her
mother's hands, knowing she couldn't let go 'til the process was complete.
She heard her guardians gasp around her, knew that their strength was
fading, too. They were young--their powers were limited. Only her mother's
strong will kept them holding on.
The queen cried out a phrase in ancient Lunarian, and with those words,
she knew the teleportation was successful. She nodded tiredly, legs
folding beneath her, would have hit ground had it not been for a pair of
strong arms catching her securely. Snuggling into the warm embrace,
Serenity closed her eyes and fell into a healing slumber.
******
Heero Yuy frowned as he angrily slammed a door closed, making his four
friends jump in suprise. One, a young man with long brown braided hair,
turned to look at him.
"Well, aren't we in a nasty mood? What's wrong?"
"The king has informed me that we are taking a trip."
A chorus of groans answered him as a blond-haired young man shook his
head. "Where to?"
"The Moon Kingdom. Apparantly we are to teach the Moon Princess and her
court everything."
"Everything?"
"Fine arts, self-defense, martial arts, weaponry..."
"Doesn't the Moon Kingdom have trainers?" the blond asked.
"Yes, but they want to learn from the best, Quatre. We are the King's men-
at-arms, the Prince's warriors."
"Who better, huh?" the braided boy laughed, then pulled a face. "I just
don't know if I want to be training a bunch of snooty girls. If they fail
at the training, we'll pay for it and it'll be our heads." He made a
slashing motion across his neck.
"Like we have a choice, Duo?" Quatre sighed.
"What does Prince Endymion say?" A cool voice questioned, belonging to a
dark-haired young man who focused dark eyes absently at his hands. Heero
shrugged.
"He agrees. He's heard they're warriors themselves."
The dark-haired young man snorted. "A group of onna himes, warriors? Don't
make me laugh."
"Don't go with your 'weak women' routine, Wufei," Quatre warned. "Women in
high court have to be strong." Wufei just shook his head. "Besides, if
Prince Endymion has heard of them..."
"They're veritable legends," a quiet young man with overgrown brown hair
replied. "Like goddesses or something. The king wants to be tied to such
power, so he's thinking of a pairing between our Prince and the Moon
Princess, joining the Earth and the Moon Kingdoms."
"Hn." Heero intoned, Prussian blue eyes narrowing at the moon seen through
the window, growing brighter as the sun set. The prince was curious about
this would-be bride of his, Serenity. He was honor-bound to serve the
Earth royalty. His mission was accepted. "Get ready. We leave at
moonrise."
"So soon?" the brown-haired young man asked in surprise.
"That's when we'll be transported, Trowa. The king wastes no time."
As the others made ready, Heero heard Duo grumbling. He chuckled.
"*grumblegrumblemuttersnarl* I'm an Earth warrior, not a freakin' sky-
walker! Stupid missions, stupid request, stupid me for takin' this stupid
trip! *grumblegrumble...*"
Soon the quintruplet stood outside on the Earth kingdom grounds, staring
in awe as the moon glowed, taking on an unearthly hue.
"Get ready." Wufei murmured quietly, staring intently at the lunar orb. A
multicolored ring was forming around it, almost like the colors of a
rainbow--he could sense its power, edged with a silver glow. "Here comes
our ride."
That ring thinned to a beam heading straight toward them. There was no
snese of transport from one place to another, just a soft glow that
enveloped them on Earth's surface to fade away and leave them on another
surface entirely and surrounded by five women their age and a regal older
woman.
The older woman, bearing a golden crescent moon on her forehead under her
silver hair, smiled in welcome as she released the hands of a golden-
haired girl. But before she could say a word, the golden girl and her four
companions collapsed, leaving the five young men to quickly catch them
before they fell.
Heero flushed slightly as the golden girl snuggled securely against him,
falling into a deep slumber. She glowed a soft pink-gold-white in the
natural lunar light and he could see an identical crescent moon upon her
forehead. This must be the Moon Princess! He glanced up as the older
woman approached them worriedly.
"I am Queen Serenity. Welcome to Silver Millenium, the Moon Kingdom.
Please bring my daughter and her court inside--this is truly the first
time they've aided with teleporting to and from another planet. They are
weakened." With a last worried glance at her sleeping daughter, she turned
and led them through the courtyard into the castle itself.
~End of Chapter 1~
Chapter 1
Genre: after "Stars" and "Endless Waltz"
Rating: PG?
Author: Moonchild DJ
E-Mail: moonchilddj@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Sailor Moon OR Gundam Wing...if I did, I
would make sure there really WAS a SM/GW crossover anime series or manga!
And I would also have my very own Heero!! *huggles chibi-Heero* But since
I don't have any rights, I'll just borrow the characters for my fics and
read and write more! ^_~
Author's Note: Kon'wa, minna-san! While this is not my FIRST SM/GW
crossover, it's the one I enjoy writing the most. I also switch the
girls' names around, from English to Japanese, just to signify a time
change. Hope you enjoy the fic as well. As always, read and review and
let me know what you think!
****************
~The Past...~
Serenity sighed as she glared petulantly at her mother and the advisor
beside her. "Mother, you cannot be serious! I am a princess-I won't be
taught things I already know!"
Queen Serenity, Royal Highness of the Moon Kingdom, sighed patiently as
she studied her daughter with an experienced eye. Her words were bold, but
she was afraid. She was twisting her long golden hair around her fingers
and digging her slippered foot into the ground, both usual traits of the
princess when her emotions were twisted around inside. She smiled gently.
"My precious one, you must learn everything in order to be prepared for
anything. A lady you may be, but you must learn the rougher arts to defend
yourself should the need arise."
"But Lita already--"
Queen Serenity coughed, noticing her daughter's slip in proper names.
Serenity blushed and corrected herself.
"But Princess Lita, Lady Jupiter, has already taught me the rougher arts--
archery, handling weapons, sword-fighting, martial arts..."
"Yes, but it is not always a woman enemy, love. That is why I summoned one
of the Earth king's warriors--well, five, actually."
"Five?"
"For all of you--Lady Mars, Lady Venus, Lady Mercury, Lady Jupiter and
yourself."
"But we ARE warriors, Mother, senshi!" Serenity sputtered.
"Yes. Well, what better way to test your strength than against those
highly-praised warriors? And they also know the finer arts as well. You do
need to brush up on your dancing."
"DANCING?! Mother! I'd rather be *reading*." Serenity groaned, wrinkling
her nose. Queen Serenity smiled, bending her silver odangoed head to kiss
her daughter's cheek.
"Lady Mercury wouldn't like that tone." she chided.
"Princess Amy knows I loathe studying of any kind--she says it makes me
unique."
Queen Serenity laughed, tucking a stray curl from Serenity's inherited
Moon Kingdom mark on her forehead.. "Even so, you know it must be done.
They will be here Earthset. Be on your best behavior, and no acting like
some Earth-history primitive."
"Yes, Mother."
"I have your word you will be a gracious, modest young Moon maiden?"
"Yes, Mother. I will be nice to the old Earth codger." Serenity mumbled
reluctantly. She was to do her duties as a princess, after all--first-time
visitors to the Lunar Realm would be treated as family.
Queen Serenity smiled mysteriously at 'old Earth codger', then left
Serenity to search out her best friends to tell them of the news.
******
Princess Amy dropped her book abruptly, staring at the young Moon
Princess in disbelief. "We do not hardly need lessons for what we already
know!"
Princess Lita nodded, fisting her hands on her hips. "Right! We do not
need to be taught what we excel at! We can beat any man with our
talents!!"
Princess Mina put a calming hand on the Amazon-like girl's shoulder. "Any
Lunar man or man or OUR planets, Lita. Not a Terran--they are rumored to
be great warriors."
Princess Raye snorted. "A Terran male does not have *our* powers, Mina.
We are Senshi! They couldn't possibly match our strength."
Serenity, determined to be fair, replied, "Terran people are equal in
strength to our planet warriors. They may not be gifted with planet
powers, but they aren't weaklings."
Raye sniffed, rolling her violet eyes. "The god Ares give them strength,
then, when those stuffy old Earthlings face us. We shan't be merciful!"
The quintruplet nodded in determination, their planet symbols shining
brightly in the evening darkness.
Queen Serenity entered the courtyard, where they stood by the water
fountain, dressed in the royal garb of planet princesses, protectively
surround their charge.
"Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Moon: it is time."
They nodded, gathering in a circle around the queen and the princess, who
linked hands as the Earth set in the lunar sky. The planets linked hands,
adding their power to the royal Lunarians to transport the Earth visitors.
Double moons glowed, bathed in the lunar white light and the colors of the
planets--golden Venus, ocean Mercury, fiery Mars, the wildwood of Jupiter.
The lights converged into one multicolored beam and shot outward toward
the blue marble planet on the horizon.
Serenity's knees wobbled as her strength waned, but she held tight to her
mother's hands, knowing she couldn't let go 'til the process was complete.
She heard her guardians gasp around her, knew that their strength was
fading, too. They were young--their powers were limited. Only her mother's
strong will kept them holding on.
The queen cried out a phrase in ancient Lunarian, and with those words,
she knew the teleportation was successful. She nodded tiredly, legs
folding beneath her, would have hit ground had it not been for a pair of
strong arms catching her securely. Snuggling into the warm embrace,
Serenity closed her eyes and fell into a healing slumber.
******
Heero Yuy frowned as he angrily slammed a door closed, making his four
friends jump in suprise. One, a young man with long brown braided hair,
turned to look at him.
"Well, aren't we in a nasty mood? What's wrong?"
"The king has informed me that we are taking a trip."
A chorus of groans answered him as a blond-haired young man shook his
head. "Where to?"
"The Moon Kingdom. Apparantly we are to teach the Moon Princess and her
court everything."
"Everything?"
"Fine arts, self-defense, martial arts, weaponry..."
"Doesn't the Moon Kingdom have trainers?" the blond asked.
"Yes, but they want to learn from the best, Quatre. We are the King's men-
at-arms, the Prince's warriors."
"Who better, huh?" the braided boy laughed, then pulled a face. "I just
don't know if I want to be training a bunch of snooty girls. If they fail
at the training, we'll pay for it and it'll be our heads." He made a
slashing motion across his neck.
"Like we have a choice, Duo?" Quatre sighed.
"What does Prince Endymion say?" A cool voice questioned, belonging to a
dark-haired young man who focused dark eyes absently at his hands. Heero
shrugged.
"He agrees. He's heard they're warriors themselves."
The dark-haired young man snorted. "A group of onna himes, warriors? Don't
make me laugh."
"Don't go with your 'weak women' routine, Wufei," Quatre warned. "Women in
high court have to be strong." Wufei just shook his head. "Besides, if
Prince Endymion has heard of them..."
"They're veritable legends," a quiet young man with overgrown brown hair
replied. "Like goddesses or something. The king wants to be tied to such
power, so he's thinking of a pairing between our Prince and the Moon
Princess, joining the Earth and the Moon Kingdoms."
"Hn." Heero intoned, Prussian blue eyes narrowing at the moon seen through
the window, growing brighter as the sun set. The prince was curious about
this would-be bride of his, Serenity. He was honor-bound to serve the
Earth royalty. His mission was accepted. "Get ready. We leave at
moonrise."
"So soon?" the brown-haired young man asked in surprise.
"That's when we'll be transported, Trowa. The king wastes no time."
As the others made ready, Heero heard Duo grumbling. He chuckled.
"*grumblegrumblemuttersnarl* I'm an Earth warrior, not a freakin' sky-
walker! Stupid missions, stupid request, stupid me for takin' this stupid
trip! *grumblegrumble...*"
Soon the quintruplet stood outside on the Earth kingdom grounds, staring
in awe as the moon glowed, taking on an unearthly hue.
"Get ready." Wufei murmured quietly, staring intently at the lunar orb. A
multicolored ring was forming around it, almost like the colors of a
rainbow--he could sense its power, edged with a silver glow. "Here comes
our ride."
That ring thinned to a beam heading straight toward them. There was no
snese of transport from one place to another, just a soft glow that
enveloped them on Earth's surface to fade away and leave them on another
surface entirely and surrounded by five women their age and a regal older
woman.
The older woman, bearing a golden crescent moon on her forehead under her
silver hair, smiled in welcome as she released the hands of a golden-
haired girl. But before she could say a word, the golden girl and her four
companions collapsed, leaving the five young men to quickly catch them
before they fell.
Heero flushed slightly as the golden girl snuggled securely against him,
falling into a deep slumber. She glowed a soft pink-gold-white in the
natural lunar light and he could see an identical crescent moon upon her
forehead. This must be the Moon Princess! He glanced up as the older
woman approached them worriedly.
"I am Queen Serenity. Welcome to Silver Millenium, the Moon Kingdom.
Please bring my daughter and her court inside--this is truly the first
time they've aided with teleporting to and from another planet. They are
weakened." With a last worried glance at her sleeping daughter, she turned
and led them through the courtyard into the castle itself.
~End of Chapter 1~