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 10: Retribution of Love

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Ami and the others were sitting in the living room with a tense silence when Rei and Wufei returned. Any rebukes that might have been directed at the two died on silent lips as they saw Rei. She looked haggard and stressed, weaving in a walking type pattern toward the nearest chair, which was immediately vacated for her by Michiru.

"What happened, Rei-chan?" gasped Usagi.

"Last night, Rei wanted to go to this shrine she told me about. I went with her," Wufei responded, "and she sat in front of this fire and went all pale. Then she said we had to get back as soon as possible, she had to tell the Senshi something."

Ami and a few others looked at him sharply, absolutely sure that a lot more went on that he wasn't saying, but he lifted his chin and stared back at them, daring them to say anything. No one did.

"What did you see, Mars?" asked Setsuna in a deep commanding tone.

Ami looked at her. She would know the direness of the situation better than anyone, knowing things that shouldn't be known to any living thing, she thought.

"Beryl is planning something and so is Metallia; I can't say what each is planning, but when each plan is ready, they will meet and surprising even them, they will merge to something created beyond all comprehension. Evil is coming."

"When?" demanded Haruka sharply, ignoring the triteness of the phrase that was oh so true right then.

"I don't know. But soon. And," she added, looking straight at Usagi, "it's coming for the princess."

All eyes rested on the blonde, who looked paler than her black-haired friend at the moment. The way her eyes widened, the way she held her breath, the way she pulled in on herself physically and emotionally; it all signaled the telltale signs of fear in her, and the ingrained response of wanting Mamoru with her.

"Usagi-chan, it'll be fine," Ami tried and failed to reassure her friend. Usagi shook her head violently.

"No it won't be fine. It won't ever. All this came because of me. I wish I was never born as the Moon Princess! In this or in any other life!"

She burst from the room at a speed with which only Mamoru had the knowledge of countering.

"Usagi-chan!" gasped Makoto lowly, obviously shocked at how her princess felt.

"You shouldn't be so surprised," remarked Heero.

"And why shouldn't we?" was the tall brunette's rebuff.

"Because she is the world's most soft-hearted person. If it hurts someone she knows or could hurt any other that she doesn't know, she would want to prevent it. And if her existence as something else is going to cause someone to hurt someone else, she wouldn't want that existence."

"He's right," Ami said quietly. "If you study her character, what she's said to us over the years about not wanting us to get hurt, you all would see that."

"Oh, so you weren't surprised," challenged Makoto.

"I can't say that I wasn't surprised," she responded calmly, "because I was. The fact that she said it in front of all of us surprised me. Usually she tries not to display those kinds of emotions to us, her fear and dissatisfaction with herself, because she knows we would immediately tell her it isn't true."

"But it isn't!" Minako interjected. "She has a right to be scared, hell we're all scared when we go into battle, but she shouldn't be dissatisfied with herself! She's the best of us!"

"She doesn't see it that way," Heero responded. He didn't say anymore and no one else responded.

"Should we go after her?" Minako murmured after a moment.

"No."

They looked at Setsuna in surprise. Then they blinked and she was Pluto, not Setsuna. "Leave her be. She needs to work this out on her own. Sailor Moon, Princess Serenity, and Tsukino Usagi are fighting and the faster they learn to work together, the faster Crystal Tokyo is born and the better our chances of surviving the Dark Kingdom's attack to protect her afterwards."

"But Usagi is all those incarnations," responded Michiru.

"No, right now it is like she is split into three different people and it is been that way for a long time. The three of them have to work together and believe in the same things for them to become one. And when they become one…well, you've all seen the results of that."

"Neo Queen Serenity," whispered Rei, finally looking up.

Pluto nodded. "Yes, when all three are aligned and become one, the ultimate form of Tsukino Usagi, Princess Serenity, and Sailor Moon is Neo Queen Serenity. They agreed to something when she became Neo Queen Serenity before, those two times, but it never lasts. They disagree on something small and fall apart. They have to find a way to stay together before we can even think about Crystal Tokyo."

"And to do that, she has to figure it out on her own, right?" muttered Makoto, disgruntled, Ami was sure, by the fact that it was something she couldn't help her friend with.

"Exactly. Now there are a few things I suggest while I'm gone—"

"Gone?" exclaimed Duo. "Where are you going?"

"I must check the Time Gate. I cannot fully leave it until Crystal Tokyo is built. I have a little leeway now, but never will I be free of it to be a regular Senshi like the others until a new peaceful Millennium is created. I will be back as soon as possible. I do not intend to leave you all for the final battle alone."

"What will we tell Usagi?" questioned Rei.

"Tell her that I went to the Time Gate."

"All right," answered Haruka in a resigned tone. "What are the things that you suggest?"

"Watch the city closely, be prepared for any attacks, and above all," she stressed, "ABOVE ALL, never let Usagi out of your sight. She needs to be with at least two capable fighters at all times when she leaves this house. Am I correct in assuming we can stay here, Quatre?"

The Gundam pilots looked at him and he nodded. Ami nearly sighed in relief. She had hated those caves. For how long had she looked for some kind of spring that she could relax in, but there was only that small bathing pool that they had artificially made with her and Neptune's power. It was a pleasant change to live in a house again.

"Pluto," Haruka said suddenly. She paused and turned to the tall woman. "HOW did Metallia and Beryl break from Princess Serenity's seal?"

The Time Guardian looked away for a moment and said, "She had unintentional help."

"From who?"

A sharp glance to her and Haruka stopped asking questions. "I can't tell you that and you know it. Now, I MUST leave, but I WILL return."

And suddenly she was gone. There was no fanfare, no smoke, not even fading away. She was just not there the next moment. Ami shook her head in wonderment; she would just LOVE to know how that woman did that.

"Well, since you all are going to be staying here, and Makoto used up just about all the food in the house to feed us this morning, I think I need to go shopping," Quatre said in the ensuing silence.

Makoto immediately perked up. "Sure, me and Ami will come." She said it as if he asked and Quatre looked at her like she'd lost her mind.

Ami was equally baffled. "Mako-chan, why—"

Suddenly a strong hand was on her shoulder and she was looking into deep green eyes. Makoto gave her a pointed look out the door and she followed her. "What IS it, Mako-chan?"

"This is a wonderful opportunity!"

"Opportunity to WHAT?" she demanded lowly. I'm not sure I really, I mean REALLY, want to know that bad, she thought.

"I've been watching how he looks at you and Quatre likes you! You guys can talk and…stuff, while I go get the food!"

Ami smacked a hand to her forehead in exasperation. "You haven't changed Mako-chan, but I thought it was Minako-chan's job in the romance department. By the way, Quatre does not like me like that. I'm sure he's just trying to find an answer to this puzzle that is thrown at the Gundam pilots. I mean, I almost feel sorry for them. Do you know how many of us there are? There are a total of nine women in this house, each with completely different personalities and them. It must be like they were invaded."

Makoto lowered her head. "I never really thought about it. I guess none of us did. We were so thrilled to be out of those caves that none of us bothered to think about their position in this whole mess. Should we apologize to them or something, do you think?"

"Well the prudent thing to do would be to apologize, then go back to the caves. But, really, can you see any of us that would willingly go back to those caves when Quatre said we could stay here?"

The tall woman shook her head. "None."

"So, I think we should thank them profusely and not impose on them too much."

"Impose upon them too much? Ami-chan, we're living in their house! I think that's just about the highest…impose upon them that there is!"

"Do you have a better idea? Because if you do, I would gladly like to hear it."

"Well, no."

"I thought not."

"What are you to doing out here?" Minako hissed. "We can all hear you if you don't keep it down!"

Ami turned beat red. Quatre, hear what Makoto had planned for the two? She would die of embarrassment before Crystal Tokyo was created.

"How much did you all hear?"

"Well we heard from the part where you all were talking about the house and until I poked my head out to tell you about it. If you want to keep a conversation private, don't talk so loud."

Ami sighed in relief. Thank all the gods that Quatre had not heard the beginning part of that conversation. She didn't know if she would have been able to face him if he had.

Makoto entered the living room and dragged Quatre out. "It's time to go shopping! I can't wait to start baking again!"

Ami sighed and followed behind her, catching an amused glance from Quatre. She ignored the skip her heart did.

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End Part 10.