"Wow." Quatra whispered.

"You don't believe the baka onna do you?" Wufei laughed. "What a pathetic story."

Hotaru narrowed her eyes and concentrated, soon her glaive appeared in her hand. Now this got a reaction. Especially since it's not everyday you see a woman wearing a guys huge clothing, sitting in a big bed, and holding a huge sharp staff thing that looked like it was made for death.

"You really wanna test me?" She whispered in a deadly voice.

The others shook their heads. "Wow Heero, Mr. perfect soldier is afraid of a girl." Duo said when he recovered.

Quatra, Trowa, and Heero left without a word. Wufei mumbled something about scary woman. Duo was left staring at the girl. "So Taru, you're stuck in our dimension, with your friend stuck in that crystal, and a crazy evil dude after you. Well that sounds like a job for the god of death. I'm Duo Maxwell, Shinigami. And I'll protect you."

He winked, and gave her a grin. "Don't you worry." For some reason Hotaru felt like she could trust him. He believed her, and wanted to help her.

"Thank you Duo, I could use help." She said, putting away her glaive. "Oh and Shini, last time I checked I wasn't married."

He blinked, "Married? Why would you be married?"

"Shinimegami is what I've been called. So unless we're married, you can't be Shinigami." Hotaru explained. He sweat dropped.

"Ha ha." He said chuckling.

"So Duo, you going to let me stay here. I mean if your going to protect me I need to stay close." Hotaru smiled.

Duo grinned and sat on the edge of the bed. "Your gonna stay real close Nigh, real close." She flushed and smiled back. "Earlier did you say your not that physically fit?"

"Hai, I did." She answered.

"Then I'll train you." He said. "And you'll be the best girl fighter ever."

"Thank you Duo."

"Maxwell!" Wufei shouted from the other room. "Get out here!"

"Coming." Duo shouted back. "I'll be right back babe."

Duo left her alone with her thoughts. 'So I'm stuck here. But it can't be that bad. Duo seems nice, but what about those other guys. They seem nice and all, but can I trust them? And I need to free Serenity, I can't forget my mission.'

"Ms. Tomeo." A voice called from the door. She turned and found one of two guys whose names she hadn't found out yet.

"Yes Mr. Gun happy?" He sent her a death glare. "Well is there something you wanted?"

"This friend of yours, that's trapped in the crystal, how do you plan do get her out?" He stepped closer and softened his glare.

"You believe me?" He nodded.

"Your story is crazy, but we've been through a lot ourselves. I think you should hear our story now." Heero explained the whole story of what had happened in the last century.

"Big robot things?" Hotaru asked.

"Gundams." He answered. "And we're in the middle of another war. Why don't you come out and we'll talk with the other guys. Then we'll need to get you something other then Duo's clothes to wear."

(An: I know he's ooc but it would make sense that he's changed at least a little.)

With a tiny bit of assistance she was out of the bed and into the living room where the others sat. "The only one you haven't met yet is Wufei. He's a justice freak." Duo said upon seeing her.

"Now let's talk about this enemy that's after you." Trowa suggested.

For a while they sat talking about recent events in both worlds. The other guys left at nine to go to one on Quatra's mansions. Duo fixed himself and Hotaru something for dinner and talked more, but this time it was about their personal lives.

"So Taru, tomorrow we'll go shopping and then we can go to Relena's ball." Duo chuckled.

"Relena's ball? She's that 'friend' of Heero's?" Hotaru asked.

"Yep." He answered. "Now let's get to bed."