Tenji: *Sitting outside tanning with her laptop.* Ahh... me, my laptop, the sun... the water... It's all good.
Placidity: *Storms outside.* Could you get to writing?!
Tenji: Right away! Write away!
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A/N: And I just realized something, no one but the Moon Sisters and Heero know Japanese in the mansion. The other G-Wing boys just picked up small pieces from Heero.
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*Present: Duo. Midnight.*
Duo Maxwell had stayed awake all that day, pestering Usagi and Placidity about their mysterious friend 'Shugotenshi'. It'd been three days since he'd last seen her, and he was about to go really insane. Placidity, Usagi had explained, was a Guardian Angel. (A/N: She's not telling about Tran-chan, so she's not breaking the promise.) So atleast Placidity's wings were explained, but Shugotenshi's?
"Shugotenshi..." He whispered outloud, staring at the ceiling while laying on his bed. Heero leaned over the side of their bunkbed, staring down at Duo with his normal emotionless look. 'Guardian angel?' The Zero pilot thought to himself, before asking in his monotoned voice, "Duo, what about a guardian angel?"
"Guardian angel? Huh?" Duo was more surprised that Heero was talking about something on Duo's mind, than that Heero was talking to him at all.
"Shugotenshi. It means guardian angel in Japanese."
"Usagi-chan is Japanese. I wonder... Shugotenshi is that girl, and she said the other girl was her Guardian Angel." "Sounds like two Guardian Angels, Duo." "Thanks Hee-man! You're a BIG help!" Duo exclaimed honestly, and Heero just grunted before rolling back onto his bed.
'So, why did Usagi lie to me... I wonder.. ' Duo puzzled over the new complication in 'Shugotenshi's' identity before getting out bed. "I'm going for a walk through the mansion." He told Heero's back, and scooping up his hat, he left the room.
The halls were brightly lit by the moonlight that poured in from the windows, and he was thankful for that light. He didn't need to wake everyone up at midnight, he'd probably lose his braid. Stopping at the junction of three hallways, his own and two more, he tilted his head and listened to music far away, but pretty and sad.
"I wonder if that's Q?" He asked himself outloud, and turned down what he assumed was the appropriate hall, heading towards the music room that was more an auditorium (sp?). The French double doors were slightly open, and he peeked through to see the object of his thoughts sitting on the window seat, a lap harp held between her knees while her fingers fluidly plucked out a mournful tune.
Her head was lowered, wings brought in, but he could see all of her for once. The three buns on top of her head, two on the side, the third more towards the back, pulled up her top layer of hair. The rest of the lavender silk would probably fall past her ankles, but right now, it lay around her on the window seat.
Silently, he slipped through the door, moving closer to her to drink in all of her ethereal beauty. A soft gown like the Roman toga is all she really wore, besides the scarves at her hips and the golden vine that wound up her right leg, around her waist, to her throat. Her music tugged at his heart, and he felt tears well up in his eyes, she looked so forlorn, so lost, and her music conveyed that message directly to him.
He accidently stubbed his toe on a chair, being barefooted, and cursed loudly. Startled, he looked up at the same time she did. Her blue eyes, wide with fright, were redrimmed and held a great deal of pain and hurt. Tears had trickled from those eyes down her cheeks, dripping off her chin. Duo Maxwell sucked in a breath, Shugotenshi's eyes were the same as Usagi's!
Frightened, she made to drop her harp and leave, her wings outstretching, and he held out a hand, "No! Don't! Please... I just want to talk to you." She paused, and he began again, "Come on, you've been haunting me, I just want to know about my ghost..." Shugotenshi settled down slowly, but he could tell she was nervous and scared of him. Her wings were still outstretched, as if she was ready to give flight at the first sign of danger.
"You're not very happy, are you?"
Looking up at him, she stared in shock, and he stared back. The beauty of the angel infront of him was stunning itself, he barely noticed the silver ring on her forehead, filled in partially with a golden crescent moon. Her skin was pale, almost translucent, had she ever been in the sun?
"I just mean, I've never seen you smile. You're drop dead gorgeous right now, if you smiled, I might die because of your blinding beauty."
His charming words brought a faint smile to her lips, and he threw an arm over his eyes and stepped back, "Ahh, I'm blinded, fair angel, your beauty betrays your innocence!" Duo's arm came down, however, when he heard the soft tinkle of her laugh. It was as beautiful as her smile.
"I'm Duo Maxwell." He introduced, "And you are, no, let me guess, Venus De Milo?" Her laughter came again, and she shyly whispered, turning her eyes away, "Tranquility." "Okay, I was a bit off, but your name..." He paused, and she looked up at him, waiting. Duo smiled warmly, "It fits you, dear Tranquility. Now why are you so sad?"
"I betrayed someone, long ago. So now, I am paying for my sins." He sat next to her.
Tranquility marvelled over her own ability to tell this mortal stranger so much. At first, she'd been in shock that he could see her, then she was stunned that he actually talked to her. Now, her cheeks grew warm with him so near to her. "Who did you betray?" Duo asked of her quietly, and she looked down, the warmth in her fading, "I betrayed my sister, and paid for it with my life." "I can't see someone like you betraying anyone."
"Well I did."
Duo put an arm around her, and hugged her to his side, "You don't look the type, nor do you seem it. How long have you been paying for your sins?" Tranquility looked up at the high domed ceiling, and then sighed, trying to count in her mind. "Too long to remem--" She cut him off, "2035 years, almost 2036." He stared at her in surprise, "You're dead?" "No, I'm a Guardian Angel." She admitted, and he squeezed her side, "You're Usagi's Guardian Angel, huh? You and that blue haired chick." As she nodded, he frowned.
"Is Usagi one of your sister's decendants?"
Tranquility briefly wondered if she should tell him the truth, and then she looked behind her as the moon began to fade behind the clouds. "I need to go." Before he could reply, she brushed her lips against his and forced herself into invisibility. Startled again, Duo grabbed out at where she would be, and got fistfuls of air. "Tranquility..."
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*Present: Serenity (Usagi).*
The moon came out from behind the clouds, and the Rabbit of the Moon watched Tranquility's faint shimmer appear at her left. Placidity already was at her right, full visible. "It looks so peaceful." Usagi whispered, and the other two murmured agreement. Usagi glanced towards Placidity, "What will happen in the future?" Placidity dared a glance to Tranquility, and then she murmured, "Who is to know? The future is flexible."
"Your Senshi will rejoin you after you find your King, Serenity." Tranquility whispered to her, and Usagi looked to Tranquility's shimmering form, nothing more than a few pieces of sparkle pulled together to form the shadow of a person. "Who is my King?" The two Guardian Angels, her sisters she'd never known, stepped back and disappeared, their voices speaking in unison as they whispered, "Your soulmate."
Usagi stared thoughtfully at her reflection, and briefly imagined her once love beside her, and found she could not fully remember Endymion's face. Looking harder, she saw obsidian eyes and silky raven black hair pulled back into a ponytail. "Wufei." She whispered in shock, her eyes closing. Was Wufei the one destined to be by her side? Maybe her past didn't really affect her future, maybe only her present did. Opening her eyes, she stared at her reflection again, and imagined Wufei standing next to her, holding her hand.
Her cheeks reddened, but she smiled, finding she actually did like that image.
Placidity: *Storms outside.* Could you get to writing?!
Tenji: Right away! Write away!
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A/N: And I just realized something, no one but the Moon Sisters and Heero know Japanese in the mansion. The other G-Wing boys just picked up small pieces from Heero.
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*Present: Duo. Midnight.*
Duo Maxwell had stayed awake all that day, pestering Usagi and Placidity about their mysterious friend 'Shugotenshi'. It'd been three days since he'd last seen her, and he was about to go really insane. Placidity, Usagi had explained, was a Guardian Angel. (A/N: She's not telling about Tran-chan, so she's not breaking the promise.) So atleast Placidity's wings were explained, but Shugotenshi's?
"Shugotenshi..." He whispered outloud, staring at the ceiling while laying on his bed. Heero leaned over the side of their bunkbed, staring down at Duo with his normal emotionless look. 'Guardian angel?' The Zero pilot thought to himself, before asking in his monotoned voice, "Duo, what about a guardian angel?"
"Guardian angel? Huh?" Duo was more surprised that Heero was talking about something on Duo's mind, than that Heero was talking to him at all.
"Shugotenshi. It means guardian angel in Japanese."
"Usagi-chan is Japanese. I wonder... Shugotenshi is that girl, and she said the other girl was her Guardian Angel." "Sounds like two Guardian Angels, Duo." "Thanks Hee-man! You're a BIG help!" Duo exclaimed honestly, and Heero just grunted before rolling back onto his bed.
'So, why did Usagi lie to me... I wonder.. ' Duo puzzled over the new complication in 'Shugotenshi's' identity before getting out bed. "I'm going for a walk through the mansion." He told Heero's back, and scooping up his hat, he left the room.
The halls were brightly lit by the moonlight that poured in from the windows, and he was thankful for that light. He didn't need to wake everyone up at midnight, he'd probably lose his braid. Stopping at the junction of three hallways, his own and two more, he tilted his head and listened to music far away, but pretty and sad.
"I wonder if that's Q?" He asked himself outloud, and turned down what he assumed was the appropriate hall, heading towards the music room that was more an auditorium (sp?). The French double doors were slightly open, and he peeked through to see the object of his thoughts sitting on the window seat, a lap harp held between her knees while her fingers fluidly plucked out a mournful tune.
Her head was lowered, wings brought in, but he could see all of her for once. The three buns on top of her head, two on the side, the third more towards the back, pulled up her top layer of hair. The rest of the lavender silk would probably fall past her ankles, but right now, it lay around her on the window seat.
Silently, he slipped through the door, moving closer to her to drink in all of her ethereal beauty. A soft gown like the Roman toga is all she really wore, besides the scarves at her hips and the golden vine that wound up her right leg, around her waist, to her throat. Her music tugged at his heart, and he felt tears well up in his eyes, she looked so forlorn, so lost, and her music conveyed that message directly to him.
He accidently stubbed his toe on a chair, being barefooted, and cursed loudly. Startled, he looked up at the same time she did. Her blue eyes, wide with fright, were redrimmed and held a great deal of pain and hurt. Tears had trickled from those eyes down her cheeks, dripping off her chin. Duo Maxwell sucked in a breath, Shugotenshi's eyes were the same as Usagi's!
Frightened, she made to drop her harp and leave, her wings outstretching, and he held out a hand, "No! Don't! Please... I just want to talk to you." She paused, and he began again, "Come on, you've been haunting me, I just want to know about my ghost..." Shugotenshi settled down slowly, but he could tell she was nervous and scared of him. Her wings were still outstretched, as if she was ready to give flight at the first sign of danger.
"You're not very happy, are you?"
Looking up at him, she stared in shock, and he stared back. The beauty of the angel infront of him was stunning itself, he barely noticed the silver ring on her forehead, filled in partially with a golden crescent moon. Her skin was pale, almost translucent, had she ever been in the sun?
"I just mean, I've never seen you smile. You're drop dead gorgeous right now, if you smiled, I might die because of your blinding beauty."
His charming words brought a faint smile to her lips, and he threw an arm over his eyes and stepped back, "Ahh, I'm blinded, fair angel, your beauty betrays your innocence!" Duo's arm came down, however, when he heard the soft tinkle of her laugh. It was as beautiful as her smile.
"I'm Duo Maxwell." He introduced, "And you are, no, let me guess, Venus De Milo?" Her laughter came again, and she shyly whispered, turning her eyes away, "Tranquility." "Okay, I was a bit off, but your name..." He paused, and she looked up at him, waiting. Duo smiled warmly, "It fits you, dear Tranquility. Now why are you so sad?"
"I betrayed someone, long ago. So now, I am paying for my sins." He sat next to her.
Tranquility marvelled over her own ability to tell this mortal stranger so much. At first, she'd been in shock that he could see her, then she was stunned that he actually talked to her. Now, her cheeks grew warm with him so near to her. "Who did you betray?" Duo asked of her quietly, and she looked down, the warmth in her fading, "I betrayed my sister, and paid for it with my life." "I can't see someone like you betraying anyone."
"Well I did."
Duo put an arm around her, and hugged her to his side, "You don't look the type, nor do you seem it. How long have you been paying for your sins?" Tranquility looked up at the high domed ceiling, and then sighed, trying to count in her mind. "Too long to remem--" She cut him off, "2035 years, almost 2036." He stared at her in surprise, "You're dead?" "No, I'm a Guardian Angel." She admitted, and he squeezed her side, "You're Usagi's Guardian Angel, huh? You and that blue haired chick." As she nodded, he frowned.
"Is Usagi one of your sister's decendants?"
Tranquility briefly wondered if she should tell him the truth, and then she looked behind her as the moon began to fade behind the clouds. "I need to go." Before he could reply, she brushed her lips against his and forced herself into invisibility. Startled again, Duo grabbed out at where she would be, and got fistfuls of air. "Tranquility..."
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*Present: Serenity (Usagi).*
The moon came out from behind the clouds, and the Rabbit of the Moon watched Tranquility's faint shimmer appear at her left. Placidity already was at her right, full visible. "It looks so peaceful." Usagi whispered, and the other two murmured agreement. Usagi glanced towards Placidity, "What will happen in the future?" Placidity dared a glance to Tranquility, and then she murmured, "Who is to know? The future is flexible."
"Your Senshi will rejoin you after you find your King, Serenity." Tranquility whispered to her, and Usagi looked to Tranquility's shimmering form, nothing more than a few pieces of sparkle pulled together to form the shadow of a person. "Who is my King?" The two Guardian Angels, her sisters she'd never known, stepped back and disappeared, their voices speaking in unison as they whispered, "Your soulmate."
Usagi stared thoughtfully at her reflection, and briefly imagined her once love beside her, and found she could not fully remember Endymion's face. Looking harder, she saw obsidian eyes and silky raven black hair pulled back into a ponytail. "Wufei." She whispered in shock, her eyes closing. Was Wufei the one destined to be by her side? Maybe her past didn't really affect her future, maybe only her present did. Opening her eyes, she stared at her reflection again, and imagined Wufei standing next to her, holding her hand.
Her cheeks reddened, but she smiled, finding she actually did like that image.