Author's Notes:

Okay, this is a crossover between Gundam Wing and Sailor Moon. I think the plot I came up with is fairly original, but that's only my opinion. I don't know practically anything about Gundam Wing, but a close friend of mine does and he will probably be reading this before I put it up on the Internet for some glaring oversights about Gundam Wing. It's like the exact opposite for him. If he writes a SM fanfiction, he gives it to me and I look for glaring oversights. Don't flame me about how I do the characters in Gundam Wing. Like I said, I'm new to the show.

This starts a month after Marie Maia's army is defeated in Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. The Gundams have been destroyed. In Sailor Moon…well, you'll find out. I use references to and use manga attacks for Sailor Moon.

I don't own SM, or Gundam Wing so don't sue me. If you need to contact me with anything, flames, or even a one liner saying the story was good, my email is Guardian4@atlantic.net. Please put Fanfiction in the subject line.

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The End Is The Beginning

Part 9: Fly on the Wings of Love

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Darkness had fallen some time ago, pondered Rei as she looked out the window. Her thoughts were drawn to Wufei, confused about him quite a bit. Sometimes he seemed so arrogant, but other times he was more moderate in his attitude. Why did he think that women were weak? What had happened to bring that belief?

She sighed. She wasn't going to get any sleep tonight that was certain if she didn't relax. Slowly she opened the door and looked out into the hall. No one was there, a small blessing. Usagi is next door, she recited to herself. She did a quick check to make sure her friend was all right.

As she slept, a single tear tracked down her perfectly porcelain face. Touched, she approached the bed. Her fingers, which could hold fire without hurt, felt cold skin. As she watched, another tear fell like a gentle rainfall.

Rei knelt down and passed her palm over Usagi's cheek. The moisture on her hand was scalding to her, her who was sure that no tears should ever grace her best friend's face.

She didn't need to be a psychic to know what her friend was dreaming about: Mamoru. Her mouth hovered over her ear and she whispered, "Don't cry, Usagi. Everything will be all right. Dream about the day after we set Galaxia free; dream about that day."

A smile touched her princess's face. It had been such a heady feeling, knowing that they had set a Soldier free, that they had celebrated the entire next day. Thanks to Haruka and Michiru's contacts, Rei and her friends had gone to the most upscale areas that they could enjoy themselves.

Chibiusa had come back, for only a short time. She had claimed that she had forgotten something. Rei didn't believe it, but it had felt really good to see the eight year old. Packed with bathing suits and other accoutrements, the Senshi, Mamoru, Luna, Artemis, and Diana had gone to a private beach first. Music had propelled a lot of dancing and fun.

After a half a day at the beach, they had dressed and gone to the most beautiful places. Rei's favorite place had been the plateau on the mountain that they had climbed. Usagi hadn't once complained, something that had sent Luna into a near-coma with shock.

Oh, it had been such a magical day. That had been the day that Mamoru had truly proposed to her. They had thought it had been before he had left, but Usagi had finally given in, and said it was only a promise ring. It was supposed a private affair, on that edge of the secret mountain spring they had found. Of course it wasn't so private with 9 Senshi and three cats watching secretly, but the two had been in their own world and hadn't noticed them at all.

Rei slowly pulled from her memories and her friend. How she needed to relax! She was getting maudlin tonight. When the door was safely closed and she knew that her friend wasn't crying anymore, she reached into her subspace pocket and pulled some fabric out.

Red and white blurred as tears filmed on her eyes. It had been so long since she had worn her Hikawa robes. Tonight she needed that serenity, that peace, that always came when she meditated. She robed in her room and headed back out.

She crept down the stairs and peeked in the living room. The fire was out, but that was okay. She couldn't meditate and achieve the serenity she wanted, needed, with any regular flame. She needed her sacred fire; she needed the Hikawa Shrine.

A glance behind her and she was nearing the front door. Just as her hand touched the doorknob, she startled so badly she was shaking. She whirled around to look in Wufei's eyes. He crossed his arms over his chest and he didn't look as if he had gone to bed yet.

"Where are you going?"

"Well, I was going…I was just…"

He walked up to her and placed his hand against the front door, forcing it closed, his face so close to hers that their breaths mixed. She stared up at him and slowly she relaxed as her pride flared up.

"Where I'm going doesn't concern you."

"Oh, but it does. Quatre invited you into his home, helped heal you, and you're just leaving without a word?"

"I'd be back!" she said defiantly.

He backed up and let her open the door. She did decisively and stepped out into the night. Against her will, she looked back at him, leaning in the doorway, looking incredibly sexy with his hair let out and his rumpled shirt with his normal white pants.

"Do…do you want to come with me?" she asked, wondering why he was still there.

"Where are you going?"

She looked at the tree line. "To my home."

He cocked his head at her, knowing it wasn't the caves she spoke of. She had never once said that the caves were her home.

Wufei nodded and closed the door behind him. The wind picked up her black hair, ignoring her mixed feelings for the man beside her, waiting for her to lead them.

"I hope you can keep up with me," she taunted and burst into a run. He easily caught up with her and with their strides in sync, Rei led him to the one place she hadn't seen in two centuries.

She couldn't even see the steps anymore, that's how overgrown they were. But she felt the reassuring stone underneath her feet as she ran.

Rei stopped at the landing of the stairs and looked around her. The Shrine was still standing, mostly. Vines decorated the signs and archway thickly, but nearly all of it was still standing. Hardly any of the wood of the Shrine itself had decayed. Wufei walked in her wake as she approached the only home she'd ever really had in this life.

However, all the things inside had been eaten away with time. Any blankets that had been left were now decayed into simple pieces of dusty fabric. She unerringly made her way to the fire room, but it was out.

It wouldn't have taken a thought to relight it, but she felt Wufei's presence like a fire in her hand, driving her to distraction. She was aware of everywhere he went in that Shrine, whether it was because she was connected with it or because of something else, she didn't know.

She watched him walk around the room, looking at everything, with concealed eyes. What was she feeling for him? She certainly respected him and his ability to fight, but what did that mean anyway, that respect?

"What is this place?"

"The Hikawa Shrine. The place I grew up. This is the fire/meditation room."

"It's amazing that the building still stands," he commented, touching the walls.

"I guess so," she said and touched the coals of the fire pit.

It immediately fired up and she felt that special presence in the fire that was only there. She smiled and not caring if her robes got dirty, sat down in front of it. Chanting her priestess words, she concentrated on trying to block Wufei and everything out.

Wufei watched as Rei moved her hands in complicated patterns and chanting strange phrases. She was beautiful in the light of the fire, her black hair made even darker and bringing out those purple highlights.

The fire flared in its grate, bringing his attention to it. How strange it was, almost as if it was trying to tell him something important. But that was nonsense…wasn't it?

Rei pulled from her meditation, immediately aware again of Wufei, his every breath loud in the silence. She was nearly overcome with shyness as she looked up at him. His dark eyes bored into hers, trying to tell her secrets and also trying to hide them from her at the same time.

She slowly stood up, her calm descending on her. He watched her progress with his eyes, observing her every little move. She was so close to him now; her hand itching to touch him.

The priestess's breath was sucked in, as if she was out of breath, and his eyes immediately dropped to her lips. Then they snapped to her hand as it reached up to his face.

Wufei fought the urge to automatically jerk away as her hand cupped his cheek. Her fingers were so light it was like a feather running over his skin, tickling a bit but bringing altogether other, stranger feelings. Her fingertips touched his lips, almost as if they were trying to memorize what they felt like.

He was like a drink, an intoxicating drink, and one that she wanted to try. Her amethyst eyes locked with his and she pulled her fingers away. Hesitantly she pressed her lips against his, tense and waiting for him to pull away.

Instead, he responded, cautious to her kiss. Her arms went around his neck, holding him closer to her. Slowly his arms encircled her waist and his hands entwining into her hair.

Deeper their kiss grew until Rei thought that it would burn her alive in its sweetness and passion. Slowly he laid her on the ground, touching her face lightly. His fingers traced the edges of her jaw as his lips sought out her neck.

She pulled off his rumpled shirt and touched his well-muscled chest. His lips moved back up and devoured hers, wrapping her in his embrace.

The fire continued to flame in its hearth, acting like a silent sentry to the loving couple.

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End Part 9