Lunar Succession

Author: ~Heartless Spirit~

Disclaimer: I don't own SM or GW. I DO own Dederi, so no stealin'!

AN: Eeparoonies! I've gotten over my writer's block.

For those who thought I was a lazy bum:

Please hold for: HAA!

Dederi: Get on with the fic, HS-baka.

HS: HOW DARE YOU!

Dederi: [points gun and shoots]

HS: Okay, THAT'S how. ehehe....^^;;

HS: .....STILL DON"T KNOW ALL OF THE COUPLES! I ONLY KNOW one, two, three!

======
Lunar Succession
======
Chapter 6-At the Price of A Death...
======

Dederi aimed her gun towards the chest of the sovreign of the Earth Sphere. Trowa, who was next to her, turned to the
direction that she had her gun pointed to. His face was left emotionless, but he realized exactly what she was going to do,
but didn't understand why. The sounds of people talking and laughing didn't help Dederi much with this assassination, but
she was unfazed. She pulled the trigger.

*BANG*

*BANG*

She shot two bullets, each shot two seconds apart. Dederi heard a scream from the elevated table. She squinted to see
clearly, since it was far away, and found that she had succeeded. Relena Peacecraft, the spoiled princess and sovreign of
Earth Sphere, had been shot once in the shoulder, and one in the left lung, which was about one and a half inches away
from her heart. She was losing a lot of blood. Now that her mission had been completed, she had to make a run for it.
But where was she going to go? Dederi had about ten seconds before the guards got to her, but she knew exactly where to go.
[Quatre's mansion. They won't look for me where the gundam pilots live.] She didn't have time to react as two shots fired
in her direction. [SHIT.] She looked around. There were two Peacecraft sniper guards on the second floor railing, about
around ten foot soldiers on each side of her, and about six guards at the entrace. [How typical. Oh well, it's been
worse.] She then spotted an open window to the left of her. It led out to the valet parking lot, but four guards were
standing guard in front of it. Dederi spotted Heero and Trowa coming towards her, with Duo, Quatre, and WUfei. They had
their guns ready and loaded. A guard, out of no where, used the butt of his rifle to jam Dederi in the small of her back.
She fell down, wincing in pain. [It's all over. I failed.]

"Get up!"

"Dede-chan, you a'ight, babe?"

Dederi blinked. Heero? Duo?

"Dederi-kun, get the hell out of here!" She slowly stood up, still having the effects of the hit. Heero was standing in
front of her, Trowa and Quatre in the back. Wufei and Duo were on the left and right.

Dederi stood up and fired shots into the guards coming forward. "Why help me, I just assassinated your princess. Why didn't
you leave me to die?"

Heero's voice remained monotone and untainted. "Just get the hell out of here! Go to the magunacs' hangar on the north
side of Quatre's estate. I'll explain there."

Dederi slowly nodded. [Why the hell would he risk his life just to get me out of here?] She thought as she ran for
the front door. The teenage girl then jump-kicked two guards, each at their jaws. A man then grabbed her from behind.
"I..won't surrender to you jackasses!" Dederi yelled as she jabbed him in the chest with her utility knife. Blood
splashed out of the man's mouth, and onto Dederi's face and chest. The metallic taste and corrosive smell made her
realize something. [Sailor Senshi! Where are they?!] She turned back around. The girls, not yet transformed, were
surrounded by guards. "They must have known I came with them. Damnit." She ran towards the girls.

Nova was holding the guards off with her two handguns and Haruka, Michiru, Rei, and Makoto were in their own
separate "sparring" matches with other guards. She grinned. "Nova, get Ami, Hotaru, Setsuna, and Minako out of here."

Nova continued to shoot. "All right, but why'd you shoot Relena?! It wasn't a mission!"

"I'll explain later. Go!"

She then ran to the four other senshi that were duking it out with the soldiers. "Make a run for it! I'll explain at
the Magunacs' hangar in the Winner Estate!" The four girls scowled at their 'leader', who was shooting the rest of
the soldiers and guards around them, but they understood and ran for it. As the last of the senshi bolted out the
door, she was assured that they would make it. [It's all over.]

Dederi, who was surrounded by guards, began to glow a dark, bloody red and a mystic black. When she opened her eyes
again, the soldiers became terrified. Her eyes were glowing a malicious crimson and the corrosive grin on Dederi's
face made the guards realize one simple thing: They were dead.

In both of her hands exploded black and red ki spheres, the mere presence in the vicinity of these spheres caused the
walls of the ballroom to creak and the floors to begin to break. "Shi Kuroi." The ki spheres converted into ki blasts
and showered the room with black and red missile-like energy. She made sure to shield the pilots who were still
fighting off the rest of the soldiers. The soldiers and guards screamed bloody murder, then dematterialized into
oblivion. When the ki blasts had disappeared, ruining one wall or another, there were no bodies of dead or alive
soldiers or guards left. The normal guests, women, children, ambassadors, etc., were shielded and had not died.

Dederi walked over to the pilots, surrounded by rubble and broken pieces of plates and glass. "We should go. I don't
want to get caught by backup troops." She turned around and ran.

Duo shook excess dust and pieces off his chestnut hair. "Dr. J's going to kill us."

Meanwhile, the senshi, excluding Dederi, and Nova waited within the hangar. Rashid, one of the main engineers of the
Sandrock gundam, had given them a few blankets and hot chocolate. The strong smell of the chocolate comforted some of them,
some were made hungry.

"Damn that Dederi. Why the hell did she kill that blond?! She didn't do anything!" Haruka grumbled after she took a sip
of the chocolate. "When she gets here she has a LOT of explaining to do."

Setsuna nodded. "If only there were some more background information on our new leader. We could get a better idea of how
her mind works."

"What are you saying, Sets-chan? That we try and get to know her?! You know she wouldn't want to!" Minako argued.

"We could try that approach. It would allow us to not fight as often than we usually do." Ami said, hugging her blanket
closer to her cold form.

"I say we dump her and pick a better candidate for leader." Rei proposed.

"No. That is not an option, Rei-chan." Setsuna refused.

"Yes, Luna and Artemis had said she was the best candidate for this position. It was even advised by Serenity." Michiru
added.

Rei grumbled, impatiently. "Fine." She hated it. Rei hated it when she was outnumbered.

Nova had sat next to Hotaru next to a pile of unused crates. "Leave her alone. Dederi isn't all that bad. She's just
dedicated to her work, and her personality was not made to be changed."

"Well, why is she not that bad? She treats us like we're stupid and ridiculous." Minako contemplated.

Nova put down the warm mug of chocolate onto her lap. "Well, Dederi likes being alone. I would tell you more of her past,
but-"

"Look, someone's coming." Makoto pointed at the open door. She had spotted six shadows approaching the hangar. When
the shadows became clearer, she knew who they were. "She's here."

Dederi, Heero, Duo, Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei walked into the Magunacs' hangar, all drenched in sweat. Duo looked up
and waved to Nova. [Good, they're okay.] Duo thought. "Wassup?"

Nova smiled and walked over to Dederi. "And here I thought you got caught."

"Ha. I've never been arrested or caught, so don't hold your breath, Nova." Dederi grinned, tired.

Haruka scowled. "Now do you care to tell us why you shot that girl? She didn't do anything to you."

Nova offered her partner a cup of chocolate, but Dederi shook her head, not wanting any. "I shot Relena Peacecraft
because I was offered a job, and I took it."

"By whom?" Setsuna interrogated, angered.

"Youhko has a hostage. Someone who is important to me." Dederi glared.

"So, you mean, Youhko was the one that called you before we left for that girl's party?" Hotaru asked.

"Hn." Dederi leaned on the leg of one of the magunac's mobil suit. "Youhko would have killed the hostage if I didn't
kill Relena Peacecraft. So, after a few minutes of thinking, I agreed. Relena Peacecraft was expendable, and was
a FAKE sovreign and princess. I think I failed my mission, though. I missed her heart by one and a half inches,
only hitting her lung and shoulder. She's probably still alive. Which brings me to my own question." Dederi stared
intently at Heero and the other pilots. "Why did you save me? You are gundam pilots and were supposed to shoot the
assassin who was to assassinate Relena Peacecraft. Why did you risk your lives to save the mere obstacle of your
current mission?"

Trowa answered first. "We promised to help the senshi, didn't we?"

"Even if we did fail the mission Dr. J had given us, we just had to help." Duo added.

Dederi narrowed her eyes as she stared at the silent pilot of Heavyarms. [Something doesn't seem right. There's more
to this than they're saying.] Suddenly they heard a loud screeching noise outside, supposedly from the front
gate.

Nova looked outside. "Someone's here. Black motorcycle. Someone in a black cape and hood, I think." She squinted.
"The rider's dropping a long black bag onto the front steps..." At that moment, Dederi pushed off of the
mobil suit's leg and walked over to the hangar door, her hands in a cross. She looked out. The motorcyclist was
still there, waiting on his or her motorcycle next to the bag. The bag was motionless.

"Shimatta." Dederi mumbled. She walked out. Then, she increased her walking speed, then breaking out into a full
run to the motorcycle. As she got closer, she focused her eyes on the person who was on the black motorcycle. It
was a guy. He was her age, about five feet nine inches tall, medium build, and had, from the size of his cloak,
two rifles on each side. Dederi reached the man and the long, human sized bag. "Is he alive?"

The man, who also wore sunglasses, nodded slowly before swerving around and departing. Somehow, he had managed
to open the steel front gates with ease and had closed them without a sound.

Dederi kneeled down in front of the zipper which opened the long black bag, and slowly pulled the bag open. Inside
there was a boy about eighteen, with impossible spiky black hair and fair skin. He also had entrancing green eyes,
similar to Trowa's only darker. The part that suprised Dederi was, he was smiling! "Kiohime, Ibaren."

(AN: For those who didn't read the first chapter of [my] anime named 'TSURIDERAGON NO CHIONIKURESU', here's a brief,
and I mean BRIEF, description of Kiohime, Ibaren: He is a mysterious youth who comes in the middle of the series [TNC]
to help the reincarnation of Dederi, the corrosive black dragon that he had healed billions of years ago [Ibaren is the
reincarnation of the magi who healed the original Dederi]. He devotes himself to helping Kuroi [DEDERI's human name])

He rubbed his head and sat up. "Kuro-chan, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be back in our dimension?"
Ibaren wore his usual white t-shirt, khaki jeans, and khaki vest, along with white track sneakers. "Well?"

Dederi smiled. "I'm here in the Gundam era, hunting a youkai." Dederi stood up and put her hand in front of Ibaren.
"Get up." Ibaren gladly took her hand and lifted himself up.

By the time Ibaren stood up, the senshi and pilots had surrounded them. "Who is this?" Heero scowled.

"He's the hostage." Dederi laughed. Everyone, save Ibaren, stared in a suprised fashion. No one had heard her laugh
humorously until now.

"My name's Ibaren Kiohime, Kuro-chan." Ibaren glared jokingly.

Minako smiled. "You know, Kiohime-kun, you seem the exact opposite of Dederi." [He's cute, but not as cute as Quatre.]

Ibaren blinked. "D-Dederi?" He turned to his befriended assassin. "What are they talking about, Kuro-chan?"

Duo stared. "Hey, Ibaren, why're you callin' her Kuro?"

Ibaren blinked again. "Kuro-chan, I thought your name was Kuroi Abunai and your DRAGON spirit was Dederi. Unless, you
changed your name around to hide your identity, of course."

Dederi hit her friend on the head with her metal mallet. "Stupid! Now they know my real name!"

*WHACK*

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow..."

She put her mallet away. "Get up. You're not called the Magi of Dragonn Temple for no reason."

"Yeah, yeah." Ibaren got up. "So, may I ask who these other people are?"

Dederi stared at Nova. "Go ahead, introduce yourself."

"Huh, oh. I'm Nova, Dederi's, or Kuroi's, partner in Romeclyst."

Dederi smirked. "In the SM, we're the top assassins in Earth. Anway, those are the senshi of Silver Millenium, Mercury,
Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Saturn." She pointed them out one by one. "And those are the gundam
pilots, Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton, Duo Maxwell, Quatre Rabbaba Winner, and Wufei Chang."

"Nice to meet you all."

Each person either nodded, or said 'hello' or 'hi'.

"I'm sure we have a room for you, Mr. Kiohime." Quatre said as he opened the doors to his mansion. He and Ibaren then
walked up the main stairs so that Ibaren could be shown to his room.

As everyone got inside, most of the girls and guys sat in the living room, talking about the day's events.

"So, now what?" Minako said, sitting next to Makoto and Ami.

"What else do we do? Go find Youhko and kill him." Dederi said rather plainly.

"No! That's too dangerous. We could get killed simply barging in and killing him. There would probably be hundreds of
guards standing watch, anyway." Setsuna retorted.

Heero was on his laptop, furiously typing something in. "Make that thousands. The security systems of Rommefeller
bases aren't as easy to crack as other organizations are, even if we've cracked them before."

Dederi 'hmph'ed and began to walk towards the stairs when he spotted Quatre and Ibaren coming down. Ibaren waved,
smiling. "Hey Kuro-chan. Can you believe this place? It's huge!"

Quatre laughed. "So I've heard."

Dederi shrugged and walked up the stairs and into her room. Ibaren looked back. "What's with her?"

"Jeez, she's always like that!" Makoto said, aggravated. "She never stays to discuss plans!"

"How strange." Ibaren said, turning towards the others. "Usually she attempts to be friendly with other people."

"WHAT?!" Everyone, save Trowa and Heero, screamed.

The spiky-headed newcomer scratched the back of his head again and nodded. "Well, yeah. In our own dimension,
she's usually considerate, even if she is the best fighter in Tokyo. But, I guess something's happened to her
to make her so defensive. What did happen before I got here, huh?"

Soon after, the senshi and pilots explained what had happened. How they met, traveled to the Gundam era,
the party, and the organizations that they were fighting and were a part of, etc. It took about two hours
to finish explaining everything, and when they finished it was about nine-thirty in the evening.

Ibaren's eyes widened. "Wow, that's something. But I still don't see how those assassination attempts and
stuff could cause Kuro-chan to act this way. You're saying she acts monotone all the time, right?"

Everyone nodded.

"Huh. Well, maybe she's overwhelmed by something." He contemplated.

Nova snapped her fingers. "I know what it is!" Everyone turned their attention to Dederi's partner.

"What is it?" Makoto asked.

"Yeah, what?" Rei wondered. [I'm curious to know why she's always acting so much like a jerk.]

Nova sweatdropped. "Can't tell. Hehe.."


*FACEFAULTING ENSUES*


"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T TELL US!?!?" Everyone could definitely tell Rei was as mad as a lion was
when provoked.

"Can't. G'night." Nova, with nervous sweat on her face, sped up the stairs before Rei and the others could
track her down.

Ibaren sighed. He had a _small_ hunch to what Dederi was all defensive about. "Must be something about her
human emotions." Suddenly dematterialized in a flash of dark blue, and rematterialized on the top of the
stairs. He walked to his room, opened the well-finished oak door, and walked in.

Duo fell over in his seat. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! What the friggin' hell was that?!?!?"

"He can disappear and reappear in several places." Setsuna concluded. "His ability must be similar to
our Sailor Teleport."

Michiru smiled. "Dederi has very weird friends."

"HEY! I heard that!" Nova retorted.

Duo laughed and pointed to Nova's forehead. "I can see a vein in your head! HAHA!"

[Grr...] "Duo...."

"Eep!" He backed down at Nova's menacing glare. "Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!"

Everyone went back into their musings.

======

AN: OoOo...I'M HIT WITH INSPIRATION!!!! Look for the next chapter!!!! Anyway, didja like this chapter?

Email: ketsekiburade@hotmail.com