AN: Wai!!! I finally saw some of Yami no Matsuei! It's so good!!!! @_@ Meet my new muse, Tsuzuki-chan!!! Drags the purple eyed shinigami onto the stage. Say something about yourself Tsuzuki-chan! *Puts mic to his face, but baka boy is too busy stuffing his face* If you don't do any work…I'll send you back to Muraki!!!! *Tsuzuki runs takes pen and paper and ran into the bathroom, locking the door*
Thanks to: Morkeleb, @-----I, Sailor Cardcaptor Ryoko ( more humour on the way ^_^), Sakerena1( of course Mamo-baka should be in here! So I can torture him more!), star fury3000, Tenshi-chan ( thanks for the offer, I may need help pretty soon ^_^), Meio-chan (well considering Mamo is a baka…he can't learn!), Usagi Maxwell, themoonmaiden ( Mamoru is not immortal, but he does have some other powers beside throwing roses), Silver Sorceress, Marsmoonstar, Alexandrea Orozco, Selene110, Bluejello, MysticLegend, Selene (thanks ^_^. I read your fics too, they are REALLY good, sorry I didn't reply, I'm very busy right now), Sweet Sere, Sakura Princess, (thanks for the review, but if you really want to read more, please refrain yourself from calling me a bitch and other names), Lita, Usagi Asia Maxwell (he'll be in later ^_^), Li-chan, Shibobwa Shinigami (hehe, yeah, but who cares about Mamo-baka and Relena-stalker? Just kidding), chibi megami celestia (….hum…I'll consider the possible paring, but I have to admit, I can't see Hii-chan with anyone except for Usagi ^_^), Galexz, Sairys Skyewind, Angel, Neuve Yui-Maxwell (hehe…I agree, Duo naked= drool), aya_mikage2002, Craza2k, Usa-chan ( I have the same trouble with Yotogi ^_^), Aidenn-chan( add more bishies to the nakie thing? Hehe, don't know if I can fit in this story ^_^), JLSCORPIO78, and Angelight88
Chapter 8
"So nii-chan…" Usagi said, walking to the railings. They were standing on the roof of the Sank Academy, a place where they could talk without being overheard. "What do you want to know?"
The Perfect Soldier was quiet for a moment, before a determined look appeared on his face. "Everything."
The bunny stiffened at the answer, but she wasn't surprised. After all, sooner or later, the Gundam pilots were going to question her about her past and powers. But she hadn't expect her past to come back. The strong wind brushed back her lose golden hair, drying the tears that marred her smooth cheeks. The warm sunlight beat down on them, but the bright rays couldn't melt through the icy sapphire eyes.
"Tell me nii-chan, have you ever heard of the sailor senshi?"
Hiiro narrowed his eyes, and quickly sorted through his internal data. The sailor senshi…he remembered Dr. J telling him about the nine female warriors who protected the world from evil. The leader of the heroines was Sailor Moon. But what does that have to do with his imouto-chan? The sailor senshi existed thousands of years ago, what kind of connection could they possibly have with his imouto-chan?
"How will you react nii-chan, if I tell you that I was Sailor Moon?" Usagi asked in a flat voice.
"I believe you," Hiiro answered without even hesitating, drawing a gasp of surprise as the bunny spun around to face him.
"Why?" the shinimegami whispered in disbelief, voice shaking, but her eyes stared straight into Hiiro's.
"Because you are my imouto. Who can I believe, if I can't even believe you?" A hint of warmth escaped his cold tone. "I knew that I could trust you, ever since you became my imouto…"
The rest of his words were cut off, when Hiiro suddenly found himself with an arm full of a laughing and crying blonde girl. Even though she was crying a river, happiness flooded her heart, to know that there was at least one person who cared for her, despite her past. The Perfect Soldier smiled warmly, brushing back the strands of blonde hair from her face.
"Now imouto-chan, do you want to tell me what's bothering you?"
The shinimegami nodded, knowing that she couldn't hid her past anymore. "I'm not a human nii-chan."
"I think that all of us know that by now Usa. No ordinary human have the magic powers that you have."
"I guess that I should start from the beginning then," Usagi dried her tears and pulled Hiiro to sit at the ledge of the roof, overlooking from the city to the sun kissed beach. "Thousands of years ago, there as a magnificent kingdom on the moon. The Moon Kingdom it was called, was ruled by Queen Serenity, who was also the Moon Goddess Selene. The wise and gentle queen had only one daughter who was going to inherit the Moon Kingdom.
"Princess Serenity had four protectors. They were the inner senshi, Sailors Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. They were also the princesses of their own respective planets. There were also the outer senshi, Sailors Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Saturn, but they were responsible for protecting the solar system from invaders.
"Despite the lack of freedom from being born into the royal family, Princess Serenity was very happy with her life…that was until her sixteenth birthday. On that night, a ball was held in honor of her betroth to Endymion, the Prince of Earth. But during the ball, the Dark Kingdom attacked. Queen Serenity was able to destroy the evil Queen Beryl with her Ginzuishou and with the last of her powers, she sent Princess Serenity, Prince Endymion, and the rest of the princess's court to be reborn in the future.
"Princess Serenity was reborn in the 20th century as Tsukino Usagi. I lived fourteen glorious normal years, before I met a talking cat, Luna. Luna made me into Sailor Moon, the champion of love and justice. Along with the other Sailor Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen, who is also Prince Endymion, we protected Earth from all kinds of evils. When everything was finally peaceful again, I was betrayed by Endymion, or Mamoru in his Earth identity.
"He was suddenly consumed with the need to rule, and saw me as a possession that would lead him to his dream. He forced me to stop meeting with my friends and family, telling me tha they were trying to take me away from him. I listened to him…because I loved him…
"But just locking me up wasn't enough to stop his jealousy! He…" Usagi broke off as the nightmares replayed in her mind.
"Usa, you don't have to tell me…" Hiiro's whispered, trying to break her away from the demons in her head.
"No! Nii-chan, I have to! I have to get the past out of my system," the blonde girl cried, determination shinning in her eyes. The Perfect Soldier nodded slightly seeing that his imouto was so serious.
"It wasn't enough to keep me all to himself, but he went after all of my senshi and family. I had to watch everyone I loved die in front of me, and I couldn't even do anything about it!" Tears started to pour down her face, but the young girl made no move to brush them away. "He didn't even let my otouto go…I can never forget their screams when Mamoru murdered them. The only comfort to me was when I killed the bastard with my bare hands." The shinimegami gave a bitter and twisted smile, recalling the moment when she felt Mamoru's blood flowing threw her hands, staining them with their sticky darkness.
"Demo, with your power, why couldn't you stop Mamoru from killing them?"
Wordlessly, Usagi turned her back towards the pilot. Untucking her shirt, she lifted it up, uncovering her back to Hiiro. Before the Perfect Soldier's eyes, strange symbols in red emerged on the milky white back. Slowly reaching out a hand, the pilot carefully touched a symbol. A gasp fell from his lips as he snapped back his hand, as if it was burned. (AN: Took the idea form Yami no Matsuei ^_^ If you've seen the series, you'll know that Muraki curved the curses onto Hisoka's back)
Sighing, the bunny lowered her shirt and turned to face Hiiro. "I wasn't as powerful back then. And with this curse…the curse that he curved onto my back to seal away my powers, I couldn't do anything…Until Saturn the last of my senshi to die lent me her power, along with the others' power…
"After Mamoru died. I was died too. But unlike him, the curse slowly pulled me into death's hands. I slowly wasted away five years after the death of everyone I care about."
"So how did you get here?" For once, the Perfect Soldier was confused.
"After I died. I was given a choice by Meifu (AN: In YnM, Meifu=land of the dead), because of the powers I had. I could be reborn again, without any of my memories, or I could work for the Enma-Cho, the summoning division of Meifu as the Shinimegami, to bring back lost souls back to Meifu. I chose the latter, so I could always look after my senshi, whom I failed to protect in my last life."
The dazed look was still evident in Hiiro's face. Meifu…shinimegami…? For once, the Perfect Soldier actually felt sorry for his best friend. Poor Duo was going to get the shock of his life when he learns the truth. A chuckle escaped the Pilot 01 as he mentally pictured the braided pilot's reaction. That would explain why he couldn't find any background information on his imouto before, demo… "If you are a shinimegami, then why are you here? And what about the mission Dr. J sent us? About you being the niece of the mega computer company president Tatsumi?"
Usagi smiled. For someone who just heard her chaotic life story that spanned through out thousands of years, her nii-chan was taking the information surprisingly well. If only the other pilots would react the same way, but the shinimegami already had an inkling that it was going to be ugly, especially with Duo. "I was sent here on a mission. During the wars, you and the other Gundam Pilots sent many souls to Meifu, thus disturbing the balance between the living and the dead. Now, there are some in Meifu who are demanding you lives in return. I have been sent here to Earth to prevent that from happening, because your souls are not due for a long time. As for the false identity, it was all created by Meifu to help me blend in here on Earth. Tatsumi and Watari the chemistry teacher, are also shinigamis sent here to assist me in this mission."
"We can take care of ourselves," Hiiro grunted out, a little offended.
The bunny giggled. "I know that nii-chan. But please let me help this time. The ones who are after you are not human. Weapons such as guns and gundams can not harm them."
"Hn…"
The blonde giggled again as she understood the silent agreement, knowing that it was a huge step in itself to get Hiiro to admit that he need the help of others. "I have to say nii-chan, I'm very surprised that the Perfect Soldier cut class!"
Before Hiiro could reply with his customary hn again (he already exceeded with his word quota for the entire week), a familiar voice cut in.
"Usa! Hiiro! There you are!" Duo huffed out, panting from the long climb to the roof. "I've been looking all over for you two! What are you two doing up here? Some sibling bonding?"
"Duo, omae o korosu…" a gun was pointed to the braided boy, who waved off the threat, as he walked over to the blonde girl.
"You had me really worried back there, Usa. Are you okay?" the God of Death whispered in the bunny's ear. The shinimegami nodded quietly, and tip toed up to give Duo a peck on the lips as a silent apology and thank you.
The pilot 02 grinned and touched his lips despite the glare he received from the girl's nii-chan. "I can't believe you left me like that Usa! You won't believe all the suffering I had to go through in the class without you there!" a sniff was added to the wounded effect.
"Baka!" the shinimegami said laughingly, pulling on the chestnut braid. "Why are you here?"
"The teacher finally noticed that the two of her students were missing, so I volunteered to look for you two. Say Usa…" Duo frowned. "You cut your hair!"
"You don't like it?" Usagi asked softly, fingering her uneven cut.
"No! I like you just the way you are! You are beautiful no matter how you look," the pilot 02 explained quickly.
Immediately the smooth braided pilot found his face assaulted with kisses from a grateful and happy goddess, not that he was complaining…A snort from Hiiro reminded the kissing couple that they still had to go to class.
Setting Usagi on the ground, Duo walked dreamily to the stairway, holding to Usagi's hand tightly. The couple was followed by Hiiro. "Come on Usa. I'll help you with your hair before we go to class."
"Duo-chan, you still have to tell me, what is so bad about the Home EC class?" the blonde girl asked, a frown marring her brow as she thought about Makoto's class.
The God of Death shuddered at the thought of the evil subject. He never thought that he would ever agree with Wufei on anything, but the Chinese pilot was right, it was definitely dishonourable and unjust to force the almighty God of Death to take Home EC. "You'll see."
~*~*~*~
"ONNA! This is injustice! No you, or anyone can make me do those dishonourable things!"
The trio paused at the door, as the all too familiar ranting from the Solitary Dragon reached their ears.
"Duo, what's going on in there?" Usagi whispered out as a howl of pain came from inside the class. With some help from her boyfriend, now her golden hair fell neatly to her shoulders, a thin red ribbon was woven in to a small braid that rested at the side of her face.
Knowing that he couldn't hid his secret anymore, the braided pilot muttered under his breath. "The teacher Kino Makoto is making us sew." This time, not only Usagi stared, but a look of horror was also on Hiiro's face. Sew?!?!?! How could the Perfect Soldier do such…not soldier like thing? Sewing was for old ladies to do, not for a gundam pilot who already saved the world twice! The only thing he would sew together was his own wounds!
"That's not the worst part. The teacher has a black belt, so every time we rebel, she pound us back to the couch…" Duo admitted, showing Usagi the black bruise on his stomach.
The shinimegami was having a hard time keeping her face straight. That sounded like Mako-chan alright! The senshi of Jupiter would never let anyone go after insulting her.
Her eagerness to see another of her senshi made the shinimegami drag the two reluctant gundam pilots into the much feared Home EC class.
Inside the room was certainly a sight to see. After all, how many times do you see the gundam pilots scared, Relena Peacecrap…Peacecraft speechless, and Wufei wearing a pink apron full of hearts, with the words "Proud to be a home maker" written across the baby pink fabric?
The brunette teacher paused in her punishment of the Chinese boy when she finally noticed the grinning blonde girl, framed by two boys, who were looking a little pale…
Usagi smiled when she saw Makoto carry Wufei to the couch, and put a need and cloth into his unresisting hands. It was a funny sight to see the proud pilot of Shenlong so meek and submissive…but that might just be because he was unconscious from Makoto's punishments…
"Well! So you two finally decide to show up! It's better late than never!" The green eyed teacher said, looking over the two new students. There was something familiar with the blonde girl… "You are a little behind, the other students have already began. So I suggest that you stop wasting any more time. We are making plush dolls for the under privileged children. You can make anything you want. If you have any questions, ask Duo, or just raise your hand." Makoto explained, and waved her hand to the room, where several couches surrounded a coffee table. Usagi, Duo, and Hiiro nodded mutely and sat down in the couch opposite of Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei.
"HHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRROOOO!" The trio on the couch fell down at the sound of the screech so close. "Hiiro! I miss you so much! Where did you go after calculus? I tried to find you, but you were no where to be found!" Relena gushed out, leeching onto Hiiro's arm. "Ne Hii-chan, do you want to see the plush dolls I made?" The Queen of the World purred out, taking out the dolls that she had been working on.
"See, I made it for our wedding cake! This is you," Relena pointed to the chubby cloth doll. "And this is me," She pointed to the female doll.
On the other side, Duo was chocking with the effort not to laugh out loud. Who knows what the Perfect Soldier would do to him if he did?
"Relena…Omae o korosu!" Hiiro glared at the two plush dolls, sewed together at their lips, locking them in a kiss. But before the pilot could put his threat inot action, Relena was called over to another couch. She left reluctantly, with the promise to return.
After the Queen left, Hiiro breath out a sigh of relief, while Duo still continued to snicker, until he noticed the unusually quiet Usagi, a calculating look sparkling in her mischievous eyes.
"Onna! This is injustice! You can't keep me here!"
Across from them, Wufei finally woke up, and obviously none the smarter after his previous punishment. Lucky for him, Makoto decided to ignore his ranting, but unfortunately for the others, they had to listen to his incessant speech about the dishonourable class.
"Usa, what are you planning?" Duo asked.
A wicked grin lit up her whole face as the naughty goddess whispered her plan into her boyfriend's ear. Hiiro just shook his head, content to just watch the chaos unfold, and preparing to pull out his gun if his imouto was threatened.
~*~*~*~
"Okay, class is almost over. I'm going to walk around the aisles to see what you guys have done today," Makoto announced going around the couches, occasionally stopping to talk to a few students.
"Hiiro, you and Usagi were late, but I trust that you still had enough time to finish right?" the teacher asked as she came to the pilots' couches.
"Hn," the Perfect Soldier answered, smirking as he held up his work, satisfied with the shocked expression on Makoto's face. Like Relena, he also made two dolls. On was Relena, ant the other was him, with his hands on her neck, strangling her.
"Okay, moving on, Usagi, Duo, let's see what you two made."
The shinimegami's work was similar to her nii-chan's. Except Relena was replaced by a male doll in a black tuxedo, and the female doll (who bore a startling resemblance to Usagi) was sticking sharp roses (made from needles) into the male doll's chest. Well you know what they say…like brother, like sister!
Duo also made two dolls. But to the relief of the teacher, there was no violence involved, but that still didn't mean they were appropriate for children. A Duo plushie and a Usagi plushie were cuddling together, with a kawaii plushie heart sewn between them.
Moving on, Quatre and Trowa's dolls were not as interesting. The blond boy made a plushie Sandrock playing the violin, and Trowa made a plushie Heavyarms jumping through a circus ring. And Wufei…
"Wufei, where is your doll?" Makoto asked frowning.
"Unlike those other weaklings," the Chinese boy said proudly, glaring at his fellow pilots, mad that they succumbed so easily to the onna's threats "I am a real man. And a real man never do an onna's work!"
"A real man, hun Wu-man? I dare you to stand up and say it," Usagi taunted, smirking.
"I don't need to be dared to show my manliness!" The dragon roared out and stood….
But, something was preventing from standing up. "What the hell?" The enraged pilot screamed out as he looked down on his pants, where dozens of threats attached his pants to the couch. In other words, he was sewed to the sofa.
"What's wrong Wu-man? Admitting that you are not a real man, by sitting down?" Duo managed to gasp out before he collapsed against Usagi laughing.
"Duo! And you onna! You did this didn't you?!?!?!" Wufei screamed, but he couldn't do anything. If he pulled his pants, there might be a hole. And he certainly wouldn't want to take off his pants! He tried to move by dragging the couch with him, but Trowa and Quatre didn't seem to be in a hurry to stand up. No doubt pissed about being called less than a real man. And even with his katana, Wufei could only reach so far. So the frustrated Chinese pilot could only shout out death threats while Duo and Usagi continued to laugh and taunt him. The other three pilots didn't say anything, but they all had the same smirk as they watched Wufei's frustrations. Makoto was also enjoying herself, she made a mental note to pass Duo and Usagi with a perfect mark her class.
"Hiiro! I'm back!"
All to soon, the Perfect soldier's fun was cut short as Relena screech reached him.
Duo and Usagi exchanged another smirk, which was not missed by Hiiro. Even though he knew they also planned a little surprise for Relena, he still couldn't help the shudders as the female stalker reached his side.
"Guess what Hii-chan?" The Queen of the World asked with a huge grin as she dropped onto the seat beside Hiiro…
A nano-second later, the piercing scream of pain could be heard throughout the Sank Kingdom, as Relena literally popped up from the couch. Throwing an accusing glare full of hatred a the laughing shinimegami, the Queen of the World rushed out of the classroom door, hands covering her bum, leaving her dignity behind.
"Hn?" Hiiro asked confused at why Relena left like that. Not that he was complaining…
Grinning, Duo held up a long needle, and Usagi pointed to where Relena had sat. The seat was pierced with dozens of needles, just like the ones Duo held.
Understanding finally drawn upon his Prussian blue eyes. A smirk appeared, followed by a chuckle, until it grew into a rich laughter.
All the pilots watched Hiiro in wonder. They have never seen their leader laugh so carefree before. During the war, he only laughed in battle, and anyone who ever heard the laughter, would admit that it was the freakiest experience. But since Usagi came into their lives, everyone seemed to be smiling more. Especially Hiiro.
~*~*~*~
"What do we have next?" the bunny asked happily. The group was released and in their hands, they each held the dolls they made. Makoto said something about their dolls would be a bad influence on the children, and would give them nightmares? Personally, Usagi didn't know how Mako-chan came up with the idea. Only Wufei was bare handed. The other pilots and Usagi took pity on him, and cut him lose, ^_^ but only after making him swear not to take revenge on Duo and Usagi.
"We have Drama with that weird blonde teacher from yesterday," the braided pilot supplied with a grin. "We'll have a chance to rehearse our kissing scene Usa." the God of Death grin widely and caught the bunny in his arms, and gave her a playful kiss.
"Baka, not in the hall way! And you are only Romeo if they can't find a better guy!" Usagi frowned playfully, even as a giggled fell from her lips. All the boys in the hall were looking at Duo in jealousy, the pilot only smirked back in triumph.
"I have to talk to Setsuna-mama today too," the blonde girl suddenly remembered.
"Why Usagi-chan?" Quatre asked.
"Well, you are all coming to my Uncle Tatsumi's country party tomorrow. So I have to ask Setsuna about designing some proper clothes."
"Onna, who said that we are going to a weak part with you? And why see the other weak onna? She's the history teacher."
"I did Wu-man. You have to protect me remember?" the shinimegami replied. "Setsuna also designs clothes, it's her hobby, and you should see some of her creations. They are gorgeous! And plus, I want to invite her to my uncle's party. I want to introduce her to him." Sapphire eyes sparked playfully, match making ideas already forming in her head.
"Let's go to class!"
AN: Finally finished with the chapter! More Wu-man and Relena bashing as requested by you guys ^_^.