Tenji: Basically, this chapter is a recap of what happened with Tranquility when she heard that voice and what happened afterward. Can you guess who it was?
Muses: *Muffled shrieks and screams. All three of them are bound and gagged, stuffed in a closet.*
Tenji: Oh, the girls won't be accompanying me today, or tomorrow! They're... a little tied up.
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*Flashback*
*Yesterday: Tranquility.*
"Plac-chan, what are you doing here?" The Crescent Moon questioned, and the New Moon responded with, "Helping you. Puu-chan sent me here, Usa-chan doesn't need me anymore." Hearing the slight hurt in Placidity's voice, Tranquility reached forward to hug her sister close. "She got married, Tran-chan. I succeeded." Placidity explained, and then she pushed the lavender haired one away a bit to look at her face.
"How does it go with Serenity II?"
"It's going. Mamoru-san wasn't for her, I saw it, Plac-chan." Looking to the side, she tried to smile, "They loved each other before, before they were reborn. In this life, the love was more of a must do than a choice. So I led her away on a search for real happiness." "What about him?" Placidity inquired, and Tranquility started to laugh.
"Turns out he was fighting a love for another, though it was a little hard for both of them just to split up. I believe they agreed to absolutely no contact between them."
"Must be hard." "Yes, but there's an individual here that will be perfect for her! I can tell!" Tranquility's eyes lit up with the possibilities. "And then what?"
"What do you mean?"
"After she gets married, then what?"
"I ... I ... never thought about... that..."
Placidity's arm wrapped around her sister's waist, dragging her back to her, "Come on, Tran-oneesan. You'll have done enough then." Tranquility's wings drooped a bit, and her head lowered. When she next spoke, her voice was low and sad, "It will never be enough."
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*Present: Serenity II.*
"So where's Wufei?" Usagi asked, slowly walking down a hallway with Tranquility trailing behind her. The morning sunlight peered in through the windows at them, almost blinding Usagi. "He's downstairs, I believe." Tranquility answered, smiling at her sister's bright face. She'd come to terms with having a Guardian Angel she couldn't see, only hear, and agreed not to let anyone else know. Chang Wufei was different, Tranquility had already explained her existence so there was no use hiding it from him.
"He's kind of odd, don't you think?"
Startled, Tranquility beat the air with her wings, causing a small draft through the hall, "What do you mean?" Usagi's eyes squinted as she tried to think out a way of explaining it, and then replied, "That whole thing yesterday, I get the feeling he doesn't usually act that way." Laughing softly, Tranquility touched her shoulder, "You don't usually act that way." "Yeah... I know... " Usagi whispered, her expression changing to one of a school girl with a crush.
"Why don't you see about spending some more time with him, you two look like you might have a future."
"Aren't you rushing things?" Usagi asked, snapping out of her reverie. "Not really, you've both just experienced LAFD." "LAFD? Huh?" "Love-At-First-Day." Rolling her eyes, Usagi waved her hand in the air, "You're starting to sound like Minako."
"Isn't she?" A new voice questioned, and Usagi spun around to look for the source. A girl about her height stood at the next window, powder blue hair pulled back in one bun at the back of her head, the rest falling down her back. (A/N: Think Pluto.) Large angel wings in pure white were folded against her back, hair falling between them. Unlike Serenity II's wings, hers were attached at her shoulder blades. Her dress was like Usagi's Princess gown, except it was the same color of her hair with scarves sewn to the sides. Where Usagi's had golden crescent moons, this girl had black circles. The black circle was also on her forehead, ringed with silver. She looked at Usagi, eye to eye, and the living breathing girl gasped.
They had the same eyes.
"Who are you?" She demanded, stepping back just to have Tranquility place hands gently on her shoulders. "I'm Placidity. Another Guardian Angel, I used to protect your daughter, Serenity III in the future. But she's married now." Usagi eased up as Placidity spoke, and finally broke into a smile. "Who is she married to?" "Helios, I worked hard to keep their love from breaking. It was fragile till lately."
"Thank you," Usagi murmured, all smiles for the new Guardian Angel. "I'm Tsukino Usagi--" "I know who you are, Princess Serenity II." "Have we met?" "Never before, this is the first time. But I've watched you."
Tranquility spoke, her first time in this conversation,"Placidity is here to help me guard you, Serenity II, since her job is completed. She's helped me in the past when she could." "How come I can see her, but not you, Shugotenshi?" "Shugotenshi?" Tranquility asked, blinking. "You won't tell me your name, so I'm gonna call you Shugotenshi. It just means Guardian Angel."
"Oh..."
"You're avoiding the question, Shugotenshi!"
"Because I don't want to be seen, Serenity, not by you."
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*Present: Duo.*
Duo Maxwell, King of Tricksters and Pranksters, stared puzzled at what lay before him in the hall. Quatre, beside him, saw only two of three things. "When did Usagi bring friends?" Duo asked quietly, elbowing Quatre in the side lightly. Quatre looked thoughtful, not noticing the plural, "I'm not sure." "The one behind her looks hot." Duo grinned, and Quatre frowned, "Did Wufei put something in your food, Duo? There's only Usagi and her friend there. By the window."
"She's there, Quatre! She's got lavender hair in a style like Usagi's, and a really funky looking dress. She's standing right behind her with big ass wings!!" Duo's raised voice made the one he was talking about turn around and stare at him.
Tranquility's wings fluttered, this mortal could see her? "I'll be back later." She whispered hurriedly, and with a few powerful wing beats, she fled through the ceiling of the room.
Quatre covered his face as the gust of wind whipped through the hallway, and Usagi and her friend turned to stare at them. Duo stopped shielding his eyes to look for the other girl, frustrated when he didn't see her. "Usagi-chan! Where'd that other girl go?!" Usagi looked startled momentarily, and then sneaky. "You can see her, Duo?" "Of course I can! She's ... Waitaminute, what do you mean, can I see her?"
"That's Shugotenshi." Usagi stated, avoiding his question. Her hands clasped behind her back, Usagi took on a sweet, innocent look. Placidity recognized it immediately, "Matchmaking, Serenity II?" Usagi laughed, and shook her head, "Not me!" Quatre stared hard at Placidity, and then blinked, "You look like one of the angels from the mural upstairs."
Placidity grinned sneakily, mirroring Usagi's expression from earlier, "Maybe I am one of them."
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Tenji: There, Celly, happy? Placidity has shown up in atleast three chapters.
Aura: *Muffled* I think it's going a little fast.
Tenji: Shut up, it's supposed to. Placidity's trying to rush things along, and Tranquility's determined to make Usagi and Wufei a couple.
Muses: *Muffled shrieks and screams. All three of them are bound and gagged, stuffed in a closet.*
Tenji: Oh, the girls won't be accompanying me today, or tomorrow! They're... a little tied up.
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*Flashback*
*Yesterday: Tranquility.*
"Plac-chan, what are you doing here?" The Crescent Moon questioned, and the New Moon responded with, "Helping you. Puu-chan sent me here, Usa-chan doesn't need me anymore." Hearing the slight hurt in Placidity's voice, Tranquility reached forward to hug her sister close. "She got married, Tran-chan. I succeeded." Placidity explained, and then she pushed the lavender haired one away a bit to look at her face.
"How does it go with Serenity II?"
"It's going. Mamoru-san wasn't for her, I saw it, Plac-chan." Looking to the side, she tried to smile, "They loved each other before, before they were reborn. In this life, the love was more of a must do than a choice. So I led her away on a search for real happiness." "What about him?" Placidity inquired, and Tranquility started to laugh.
"Turns out he was fighting a love for another, though it was a little hard for both of them just to split up. I believe they agreed to absolutely no contact between them."
"Must be hard." "Yes, but there's an individual here that will be perfect for her! I can tell!" Tranquility's eyes lit up with the possibilities. "And then what?"
"What do you mean?"
"After she gets married, then what?"
"I ... I ... never thought about... that..."
Placidity's arm wrapped around her sister's waist, dragging her back to her, "Come on, Tran-oneesan. You'll have done enough then." Tranquility's wings drooped a bit, and her head lowered. When she next spoke, her voice was low and sad, "It will never be enough."
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*Present: Serenity II.*
"So where's Wufei?" Usagi asked, slowly walking down a hallway with Tranquility trailing behind her. The morning sunlight peered in through the windows at them, almost blinding Usagi. "He's downstairs, I believe." Tranquility answered, smiling at her sister's bright face. She'd come to terms with having a Guardian Angel she couldn't see, only hear, and agreed not to let anyone else know. Chang Wufei was different, Tranquility had already explained her existence so there was no use hiding it from him.
"He's kind of odd, don't you think?"
Startled, Tranquility beat the air with her wings, causing a small draft through the hall, "What do you mean?" Usagi's eyes squinted as she tried to think out a way of explaining it, and then replied, "That whole thing yesterday, I get the feeling he doesn't usually act that way." Laughing softly, Tranquility touched her shoulder, "You don't usually act that way." "Yeah... I know... " Usagi whispered, her expression changing to one of a school girl with a crush.
"Why don't you see about spending some more time with him, you two look like you might have a future."
"Aren't you rushing things?" Usagi asked, snapping out of her reverie. "Not really, you've both just experienced LAFD." "LAFD? Huh?" "Love-At-First-Day." Rolling her eyes, Usagi waved her hand in the air, "You're starting to sound like Minako."
"Isn't she?" A new voice questioned, and Usagi spun around to look for the source. A girl about her height stood at the next window, powder blue hair pulled back in one bun at the back of her head, the rest falling down her back. (A/N: Think Pluto.) Large angel wings in pure white were folded against her back, hair falling between them. Unlike Serenity II's wings, hers were attached at her shoulder blades. Her dress was like Usagi's Princess gown, except it was the same color of her hair with scarves sewn to the sides. Where Usagi's had golden crescent moons, this girl had black circles. The black circle was also on her forehead, ringed with silver. She looked at Usagi, eye to eye, and the living breathing girl gasped.
They had the same eyes.
"Who are you?" She demanded, stepping back just to have Tranquility place hands gently on her shoulders. "I'm Placidity. Another Guardian Angel, I used to protect your daughter, Serenity III in the future. But she's married now." Usagi eased up as Placidity spoke, and finally broke into a smile. "Who is she married to?" "Helios, I worked hard to keep their love from breaking. It was fragile till lately."
"Thank you," Usagi murmured, all smiles for the new Guardian Angel. "I'm Tsukino Usagi--" "I know who you are, Princess Serenity II." "Have we met?" "Never before, this is the first time. But I've watched you."
Tranquility spoke, her first time in this conversation,"Placidity is here to help me guard you, Serenity II, since her job is completed. She's helped me in the past when she could." "How come I can see her, but not you, Shugotenshi?" "Shugotenshi?" Tranquility asked, blinking. "You won't tell me your name, so I'm gonna call you Shugotenshi. It just means Guardian Angel."
"Oh..."
"You're avoiding the question, Shugotenshi!"
"Because I don't want to be seen, Serenity, not by you."
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*Present: Duo.*
Duo Maxwell, King of Tricksters and Pranksters, stared puzzled at what lay before him in the hall. Quatre, beside him, saw only two of three things. "When did Usagi bring friends?" Duo asked quietly, elbowing Quatre in the side lightly. Quatre looked thoughtful, not noticing the plural, "I'm not sure." "The one behind her looks hot." Duo grinned, and Quatre frowned, "Did Wufei put something in your food, Duo? There's only Usagi and her friend there. By the window."
"She's there, Quatre! She's got lavender hair in a style like Usagi's, and a really funky looking dress. She's standing right behind her with big ass wings!!" Duo's raised voice made the one he was talking about turn around and stare at him.
Tranquility's wings fluttered, this mortal could see her? "I'll be back later." She whispered hurriedly, and with a few powerful wing beats, she fled through the ceiling of the room.
Quatre covered his face as the gust of wind whipped through the hallway, and Usagi and her friend turned to stare at them. Duo stopped shielding his eyes to look for the other girl, frustrated when he didn't see her. "Usagi-chan! Where'd that other girl go?!" Usagi looked startled momentarily, and then sneaky. "You can see her, Duo?" "Of course I can! She's ... Waitaminute, what do you mean, can I see her?"
"That's Shugotenshi." Usagi stated, avoiding his question. Her hands clasped behind her back, Usagi took on a sweet, innocent look. Placidity recognized it immediately, "Matchmaking, Serenity II?" Usagi laughed, and shook her head, "Not me!" Quatre stared hard at Placidity, and then blinked, "You look like one of the angels from the mural upstairs."
Placidity grinned sneakily, mirroring Usagi's expression from earlier, "Maybe I am one of them."
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Tenji: There, Celly, happy? Placidity has shown up in atleast three chapters.
Aura: *Muffled* I think it's going a little fast.
Tenji: Shut up, it's supposed to. Placidity's trying to rush things along, and Tranquility's determined to make Usagi and Wufei a couple.