Another Life
Chapter 6
Genre: after "Stars" and "Endless Waltz"
Rating: PG
Author: Moonchild DJ
E-Mail: moonchilddj@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: As you all well should know, Sailor Moon and Gundam Wing do
not belong to me, they belong to the various wonderful companies that
made 'em! So I have no claim to any of the characters therein the
story....*blinks, sniffles in realization* Then does that mean that I
can't get my own Heero? *lawyers for SM and GW nod* Aw, darn it...! -_-
But he's so kawaii!! *pouts and crosses arms petulantly* Well, anyways,
they or anything related to them don't belong to me...*grumblegrumble*
Author's Note: Hiya! ^_^ Moonchild DJ back again with Chapter 6 of this
ficcie! It's been so long since I updated, I figured I'd more than make
up for it. Hope you enjoy and please remember to tell me what you think.
Arigato, all of you, for reading!! It makes this obsessed fangirl VERY
happy t' know this story is so well liked! Well, enough with the
rambling, on with the fic!
********
Japanese words:
kawaii-cute
Shinigami-Duo's self-styled nickname, God of Death
bishonen-handsome, pretty boy
shimatta-yet another curse word(I seem to be learning more curse words
than anything else! ^_~)
********
Previously: The girls and guys are delving into their pasts together
while Mamoru and Luna and Artemis worry for them on the outside world.
But the truths aren't even close to being revealed...
********
Duo whipped around in the sudden darkness, his braid flying around
him. "Where in the hell am I?! How'd I get here? Quatre? Trowa? Heero?
Wufei? ANYbody?!" He struggled to not freak out--he was the great
Shinigami, after all..he had a reputation to uphold--but this place was
creeping him out. He heard a soft giggle come from the blackness and
shivered. "Okay--who's out there?! You'd better show your face, or I'll-"
The giggle reached his ears again before a dazzling yellow-orange light
blinded him.
"Or you'll what? Scream like a girl? I thought Shinigami wasn't afraid
of the dark!" A feminine voice teased laughingly. Duo squinted in the
light at the silhouette he glimpsed against it.
"I'm not afraid! Who are you? What do you want?"
"Awww, you don't recognize me? Well..it HAS been a long time, and a lot
has happened since our last time together."
The silhouette came closer, revealing a pretty blonde-haired girl with
her hair in a red bow and blue eyes. She smiled at him.
"Recognize me yet, Duo-kun?"
Violet eyes narrowed thoughtfully as something of the girl did seem
familiar to him. She was in his dreams...but there was something else.
He sighed.
"Sorry, babe. I can almost remember something, but I can't think of it."
She sighed and shook her head.
"You're impossible! But then, you always were. That's what I liked
about you." She winked, then touched her fingertips to his cheek,
taking them both back...
~Princess Mina opened her eyes slowly, wondering vaguely why she was on
the ground and who held her. Last she remembered was of helping the
girls and Queen Serenity in transporting the Earth warriors...but that
didn't help her to understand what was happening now. She heard a buzz
of voices, a few unfamiliar.
"About time you woke up, Princess!" A male voice teased from above her
as something soft tickled her cheek. She focused her gaze and
determined it as a long braid that reached up and up to a handsome face
with laughing violet eyes. She smiled back weakly.
"C'mon, Lady, up we go!" he spoke and moved them both upright. She then
realized she had been laying in his lap. Mina blushed as he helped her
stand.
"Sorry, sir, for using you as a pillow!" She bobbed a curtsy, the
yellow-orange gown she wore glimmering like the sun's rays.
The young man laughed, bowing back. "No trouble, Princess. Duo Maxwell
of the Earth Royal Guard, at your service."
"Pleasure to meet you, Duo. I am Princess Mina of Venus. I am glad to
see you and your friends made it safely to Silver Millenium. Even if
most of your 'ride' passed out after your arrival!" She glanced at
Queen Serenity, who hovered worriedly around her daughter, who had
still not awakened, and a handsome young man who held her to him as if
she were delicate crystal.
"Your Highness, why did we faint? Are we that weak?" she asked, worried
of their powers and her status as Leader of the Planetary Senshi Guard.
Queen Serenity shook her head and smiled, briefly placing a hand on her
shoulder.
"You are still young, Lady Venus. You have not grown into your
abilities as of yet, and they are still somewhat limited. The power it
takes for planetary transportation is daunting and draining to those
with limited strength or inexperience. That is why I boosted your power
with my own. In time, it will become less difficult and straining for
you and you will be able to use your powers with ease."
Mina nodded. "Then why is our Princess still asleep? Is she all right?"
Duo put a comforting arm around her shoulders at her worried tone, and
she leaned into the soothing embrace that felt so right, somehow...
"She was the main focus of your powers, so she would be the most
exhausted. Do not worry." Queen Serenity gave her a gentle smile,
easing her fears.
Mina sighed and smiled at Duo. He smiled back.
"So...Princess of Venus, huh? So does a Princess of Love have a
suitor?" He winked. His friends rolled their eyes as Mina giggled. Oh,
she was going to enjoy his company! She knew he was going to be great
fun--plus he was very handsome. Maybe having Terrans on the Moon Kingdom
would be fun, after all. She smiled and dreamily latched on to the
braided young man. She couldn't wait to tell Serenity about all the fun
they would have with these handsome young men. These warriors were a
gods' send!~
******
Luna's eyes widened as Usagi's lunar aura flared brightly, the
blonde odangoed head tilting back as her afterimage flashed with her.
"Oh, I wish I knew what was happening! Serenity-sama, onegai, protect
her..."
Artemis leaned against her soothingly, worried eyes fixed upon Luna's
charge as his own charge glowed in tandem with the others. He noticed
Mamoru's tenseness, and murmured for both their sanities' sakes,
"Usagi-chan will be fine. We must believe in that, and in her. She has
the Senshi to guard her. They will not allow anything to happen to her."
"They better not..." Mamoru muttered darkly, his dark blue eyes never
leaving the vision of Usagi. "Or by the love of Kami-sama..." What was
happening to her, to the others? Just what did these young men from
their past want? How could the warriors of Earth in the time of Silver
Millenium affect the Moon Princess and her court? He bit his lip
worriedly and watched, the only thing he could do. He saw the Ginzuishou
Crystal glow even more brightly and Usagi and her afterimage glow
brighter in resonse. He held his breath and waited for the outcome.
******
"Who are you?" Heero growled into the darkness. "What do you want?
Why are you haunting my dreams?"
A silver crescent moon shone out of the darkness, banishing the shadows
and casting its light on its native child as she came toward him slowly.
"I could ask you the same question. You've been in my dreams, too, and
once again, my dreams make no sense!"
He blinked. "Nani?! Shimatta, onna, YOU make no sense!" The only thing
he knew, the only thing he could depend upon, he drew his gun and aimed
it at the sad-eyed blonde. "Tell me who you are and what you want, or
omae o korusu."
She snorted. "Like THAT would help you solve anything. You kill me, the
dreams will keep haunting you, and they'll be permanently unanswered.
Like it or not, baka, we need each other if we want any peace!"
She had a point. Somehow, they were connected, and it would take the
both of them to stop the dreams. He grumbled under his breath and put
the gun away. She smiled at him and against his will, his heart flip-
flopped at the gentle smile. He glared to make up for his weak emotion
and crossed his arms silently.
Usagi sweatdropped, unnerved at the silence. She twisted her engagement
ring from Mamoru around her finger nervously, unsure of what to say, or
even how to start. How do you talk to a dream? She glanced at him, once
again being able to see his face clearly since that long-ago time. Dark
brown hair that stood up wildly in unruly spikes, one lock in
particular falling between hard Prussian blue eyes that made her
fingers itch to brush it away. Stoic features, but oh so handsome. He
was a bit taller than her, long-limbed and slim, but muscular, which
really showed in his dark green tank top and black spandex shorts. She
sighed faintly in manly appreciation as those muscles rippled as he
lowered his arms to his sides--until she noticed the dark gaze now
pinned on her. She froze, swallowing as he gave a brief smirk.
"Are you done? Did you like what you saw?"
Oh, Kami--she wished the darkness would swallow her up, now. She'd been
caught staring at him as if he were something she wished to tackle and
devour--Kami-sama knew that he was indeed a bishonen, but she had
Mamo-chan! She shouldn't be drooling over him, whether he was part of
her past life as Serenity or not! Her mother--of both lives--would be
mortified! Besides, she loved Mamoru...which didn't stop her heart from
going triple-time as those beautiful eyes of his engulfed her, a hint of
amusement in their depths.
Usagi blushed and struggled to pull her stunned mind back to reality.
"G-gomen n-nasai, I didn't mean to stare," she stuttered. "It's just
odd t-to see you apart from my dreams."
His eyes narrowed. "I'm in your dreams?"
"Hai. You've been haunting me for a while now. We both share a past
we've forgotten, and I guess our dreams are trying to make us remember."
"Why?"
"....I don't know." she whispered.
********
~End Chapter 6~
Chapter 6
Genre: after "Stars" and "Endless Waltz"
Rating: PG
Author: Moonchild DJ
E-Mail: moonchilddj@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: As you all well should know, Sailor Moon and Gundam Wing do
not belong to me, they belong to the various wonderful companies that
made 'em! So I have no claim to any of the characters therein the
story....*blinks, sniffles in realization* Then does that mean that I
can't get my own Heero? *lawyers for SM and GW nod* Aw, darn it...! -_-
But he's so kawaii!! *pouts and crosses arms petulantly* Well, anyways,
they or anything related to them don't belong to me...*grumblegrumble*
Author's Note: Hiya! ^_^ Moonchild DJ back again with Chapter 6 of this
ficcie! It's been so long since I updated, I figured I'd more than make
up for it. Hope you enjoy and please remember to tell me what you think.
Arigato, all of you, for reading!! It makes this obsessed fangirl VERY
happy t' know this story is so well liked! Well, enough with the
rambling, on with the fic!
********
Japanese words:
kawaii-cute
Shinigami-Duo's self-styled nickname, God of Death
bishonen-handsome, pretty boy
shimatta-yet another curse word(I seem to be learning more curse words
than anything else! ^_~)
********
Previously: The girls and guys are delving into their pasts together
while Mamoru and Luna and Artemis worry for them on the outside world.
But the truths aren't even close to being revealed...
********
Duo whipped around in the sudden darkness, his braid flying around
him. "Where in the hell am I?! How'd I get here? Quatre? Trowa? Heero?
Wufei? ANYbody?!" He struggled to not freak out--he was the great
Shinigami, after all..he had a reputation to uphold--but this place was
creeping him out. He heard a soft giggle come from the blackness and
shivered. "Okay--who's out there?! You'd better show your face, or I'll-"
The giggle reached his ears again before a dazzling yellow-orange light
blinded him.
"Or you'll what? Scream like a girl? I thought Shinigami wasn't afraid
of the dark!" A feminine voice teased laughingly. Duo squinted in the
light at the silhouette he glimpsed against it.
"I'm not afraid! Who are you? What do you want?"
"Awww, you don't recognize me? Well..it HAS been a long time, and a lot
has happened since our last time together."
The silhouette came closer, revealing a pretty blonde-haired girl with
her hair in a red bow and blue eyes. She smiled at him.
"Recognize me yet, Duo-kun?"
Violet eyes narrowed thoughtfully as something of the girl did seem
familiar to him. She was in his dreams...but there was something else.
He sighed.
"Sorry, babe. I can almost remember something, but I can't think of it."
She sighed and shook her head.
"You're impossible! But then, you always were. That's what I liked
about you." She winked, then touched her fingertips to his cheek,
taking them both back...
~Princess Mina opened her eyes slowly, wondering vaguely why she was on
the ground and who held her. Last she remembered was of helping the
girls and Queen Serenity in transporting the Earth warriors...but that
didn't help her to understand what was happening now. She heard a buzz
of voices, a few unfamiliar.
"About time you woke up, Princess!" A male voice teased from above her
as something soft tickled her cheek. She focused her gaze and
determined it as a long braid that reached up and up to a handsome face
with laughing violet eyes. She smiled back weakly.
"C'mon, Lady, up we go!" he spoke and moved them both upright. She then
realized she had been laying in his lap. Mina blushed as he helped her
stand.
"Sorry, sir, for using you as a pillow!" She bobbed a curtsy, the
yellow-orange gown she wore glimmering like the sun's rays.
The young man laughed, bowing back. "No trouble, Princess. Duo Maxwell
of the Earth Royal Guard, at your service."
"Pleasure to meet you, Duo. I am Princess Mina of Venus. I am glad to
see you and your friends made it safely to Silver Millenium. Even if
most of your 'ride' passed out after your arrival!" She glanced at
Queen Serenity, who hovered worriedly around her daughter, who had
still not awakened, and a handsome young man who held her to him as if
she were delicate crystal.
"Your Highness, why did we faint? Are we that weak?" she asked, worried
of their powers and her status as Leader of the Planetary Senshi Guard.
Queen Serenity shook her head and smiled, briefly placing a hand on her
shoulder.
"You are still young, Lady Venus. You have not grown into your
abilities as of yet, and they are still somewhat limited. The power it
takes for planetary transportation is daunting and draining to those
with limited strength or inexperience. That is why I boosted your power
with my own. In time, it will become less difficult and straining for
you and you will be able to use your powers with ease."
Mina nodded. "Then why is our Princess still asleep? Is she all right?"
Duo put a comforting arm around her shoulders at her worried tone, and
she leaned into the soothing embrace that felt so right, somehow...
"She was the main focus of your powers, so she would be the most
exhausted. Do not worry." Queen Serenity gave her a gentle smile,
easing her fears.
Mina sighed and smiled at Duo. He smiled back.
"So...Princess of Venus, huh? So does a Princess of Love have a
suitor?" He winked. His friends rolled their eyes as Mina giggled. Oh,
she was going to enjoy his company! She knew he was going to be great
fun--plus he was very handsome. Maybe having Terrans on the Moon Kingdom
would be fun, after all. She smiled and dreamily latched on to the
braided young man. She couldn't wait to tell Serenity about all the fun
they would have with these handsome young men. These warriors were a
gods' send!~
******
Luna's eyes widened as Usagi's lunar aura flared brightly, the
blonde odangoed head tilting back as her afterimage flashed with her.
"Oh, I wish I knew what was happening! Serenity-sama, onegai, protect
her..."
Artemis leaned against her soothingly, worried eyes fixed upon Luna's
charge as his own charge glowed in tandem with the others. He noticed
Mamoru's tenseness, and murmured for both their sanities' sakes,
"Usagi-chan will be fine. We must believe in that, and in her. She has
the Senshi to guard her. They will not allow anything to happen to her."
"They better not..." Mamoru muttered darkly, his dark blue eyes never
leaving the vision of Usagi. "Or by the love of Kami-sama..." What was
happening to her, to the others? Just what did these young men from
their past want? How could the warriors of Earth in the time of Silver
Millenium affect the Moon Princess and her court? He bit his lip
worriedly and watched, the only thing he could do. He saw the Ginzuishou
Crystal glow even more brightly and Usagi and her afterimage glow
brighter in resonse. He held his breath and waited for the outcome.
******
"Who are you?" Heero growled into the darkness. "What do you want?
Why are you haunting my dreams?"
A silver crescent moon shone out of the darkness, banishing the shadows
and casting its light on its native child as she came toward him slowly.
"I could ask you the same question. You've been in my dreams, too, and
once again, my dreams make no sense!"
He blinked. "Nani?! Shimatta, onna, YOU make no sense!" The only thing
he knew, the only thing he could depend upon, he drew his gun and aimed
it at the sad-eyed blonde. "Tell me who you are and what you want, or
omae o korusu."
She snorted. "Like THAT would help you solve anything. You kill me, the
dreams will keep haunting you, and they'll be permanently unanswered.
Like it or not, baka, we need each other if we want any peace!"
She had a point. Somehow, they were connected, and it would take the
both of them to stop the dreams. He grumbled under his breath and put
the gun away. She smiled at him and against his will, his heart flip-
flopped at the gentle smile. He glared to make up for his weak emotion
and crossed his arms silently.
Usagi sweatdropped, unnerved at the silence. She twisted her engagement
ring from Mamoru around her finger nervously, unsure of what to say, or
even how to start. How do you talk to a dream? She glanced at him, once
again being able to see his face clearly since that long-ago time. Dark
brown hair that stood up wildly in unruly spikes, one lock in
particular falling between hard Prussian blue eyes that made her
fingers itch to brush it away. Stoic features, but oh so handsome. He
was a bit taller than her, long-limbed and slim, but muscular, which
really showed in his dark green tank top and black spandex shorts. She
sighed faintly in manly appreciation as those muscles rippled as he
lowered his arms to his sides--until she noticed the dark gaze now
pinned on her. She froze, swallowing as he gave a brief smirk.
"Are you done? Did you like what you saw?"
Oh, Kami--she wished the darkness would swallow her up, now. She'd been
caught staring at him as if he were something she wished to tackle and
devour--Kami-sama knew that he was indeed a bishonen, but she had
Mamo-chan! She shouldn't be drooling over him, whether he was part of
her past life as Serenity or not! Her mother--of both lives--would be
mortified! Besides, she loved Mamoru...which didn't stop her heart from
going triple-time as those beautiful eyes of his engulfed her, a hint of
amusement in their depths.
Usagi blushed and struggled to pull her stunned mind back to reality.
"G-gomen n-nasai, I didn't mean to stare," she stuttered. "It's just
odd t-to see you apart from my dreams."
His eyes narrowed. "I'm in your dreams?"
"Hai. You've been haunting me for a while now. We both share a past
we've forgotten, and I guess our dreams are trying to make us remember."
"Why?"
"....I don't know." she whispered.
********
~End Chapter 6~