Bright Anarchy says: This work is not for profit. I do not own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing.
Seriously folks, this chapter came out a little more serious than I like but hey it's a chapter. I hope I don't alienate anyone too much. I don't have a beta reader so please review ruthlessly and I will make corrections with in 24 hours.
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Heero, Usagi and Duo sat on the beach. "Frankly Heero, I can see why you would think you were dreaming," spoke Duo skipping a stone into the water. "Usagi, I mean no offense whatsoever but well, … you are kind of unbelievable. All of a sudden you appear in the middle of space wearing a sailor umm," Duo stopped short he'd been about to say that the outfit looked like something a kinky hooker would wear. Good grief that would have gotten him in trouble.
"A Japanese school girl's uniform with a shortened skirt," supplied Heero quietly.
"No kidding?" Duo replied surprised.
Heero nodded silently still starring off into the ocean's waves.
"Okay…" Duo mused. "Well, then you annihilate an entire enemy fleet leaving everyone unhurt. Then you're an ordinary girl. Oh and stuff keeps appearing and disappearing around you! Poof you transform into a Preventer on a whim."
Usagi laughed kind of embarrassed like.
"You make people smile," Heero added. "Now a days people don't smile. You made friends with an OZ guard. He may not have known he was an OZ guard but he was a guard and he was working for OZ. I wonder if I have a fever. This dream is not like any dream I've had before."
"You're not dreaming!" Usagi insisted. "Pinch yourself. If you're dreaming you won't feel it."
Heero shook his head. "That's a myth. You can feel pain while your dreaming, I dream of pain all the time. I hope I remember this when I wake up. This is a good dream. The sunset is pretty.
"Have you ever smelled anything in a dream?" asked Duo. The seashore smells like salt and fish."
"Hn," Heero replied.
"What does that mean," asked Usagi? She poked Heero to get him to talk.
"I've smelled blood in dreams," Heero admitted reluctantly.
Usagi smiled gently and shook her finger at Heero as if to scold him lightly for dwelling on dark things, then she offered a cheerful alternative dream focus. "Have you ever had a good Oyaka Domburi with Miso Soup on the side and maybe some Gyoza Dumplings in a dream?" Usagi's grin at the mention of food was so genuine Heero almost smiled.
"Usagi stop it! You're making me hungry," protested Duo.
"Ah but have you ever been hungry in a dream?" demanded Usagi triumphantly.
"I suppose not," Heero conceded reluctantly.
"Food let's get some!" cheered Usagi taking off down the beach back towards the car.
The trio arrived back at the temporary base of operations a little while later, laden with packages and take out from a local Japanese restaurant.
"Arigato Quatre-san," spoke Usagi with a smile handing Quatre back his credit card. "Let me show you what I bought!"
"You had fun," Quatre commented with a smile. The tenshi was beaming cheerfully.
Heero put down the packages he was carrying and gave a little jump. He looked kind of disappointed.
"Wing has wings," Usagi reminded him.
"Hn…" Heero gave another discrete little jump
"Yui what is WRONG with you?!" demanded Wufei.
"His foot's asleep!" Usagi blurted out.
Duo looked like he wanted to say something but the angel glared at him. Duo frowned stubbornly. No angel of his was telling lies and getting away with it. With a cheeky grin Duo spoke, "Would you believe he's trying to fly?"
"My foot falls asleep when I do a lot of driving too," commented Trowa derailing Duo. He was currently stirring a bowl of Miso soup and looked at it with interest rather than looking up at Duo or Heero.
Usagi happily searched through her packages. "I got something for each of you. Trowa I got you a scarf! I figured since you like turtlenecks so much you must be one of those people with a cold neck."
Trowa silently put down the soup and dutifully took the scarf putting it on.
"Suck up," mouthed Duo teasing playfully.
Trowa gave Duo the ghost of a smile but said nothing returning to his soup.
"Wufei, I bought you a Nerf bat well actually it's for you and Duo. Oh I got you something else, just a moment."
"A Nerf bat?" asked Wufei stiff backed and uncertain. The angel was giving him a Nerf bat? It was a heavenly gift but,… a Nerf bat? Wufei pictured a future son or daughter looking up to him with the respect that it was proper for one's children to show their parents and asking why he had a Nerf bat in a glass case. A Nerf bat a gift from heaven?
"Eh…."
Heero hopped.
Wufei made a noise a little like a toad being squashed.
"Ah here it is!" declared Usagi she held out an antique camera. "I got you three rolls of black and white film too, Oh, and a photo album. And these bags are filled with all the things you need to develop your own film."
Wufei took the camera looking at it perplexed. Usagi was looking at him hopefully. He looked at her confused.
"You can take pictures of all your important people. These pictures don't use a computer so they can't fall into the wrong hands especially if you develop them yourself. The guy at the store said shooting and developing your own pictures is an art form. You seem like a serious person who would appreciate art."
"My important people?" asked Wufei tentatively picking up the photo album and flipping through it. What a thoughtful gift. So often Wufei felt alone having tragically lost a wife and clan. His fellow pilots, Sally, Une and his fellow Preventors, there were important people in his life, good important people. Wufei bowed solemnly to the golden haired tenshi.
"Group Hug!" shouted Duo cheerfully.
"Baka!" Wufei grabbing for his katana only to find himself presented again with the Nerf bat. Wufei grinned,…ah… Nerf bat! No holding back!
Heero got black jeans. Apparently Usagi was concerned his knees would be cold always wearing spandex shorts. The jeans had lycra in them so they were easier to move in then regular jeans. Usagi had also gotten him a troll. The odd little toy had fluorescent blue hair that suck up and a blue plastic gem in it's belly button.
"Same hair style!" Usagi teased with a grin. "Besides, I think it's cute and everyone needs a few pointless toys."
Duo ended up with cowboy boots and a key chain that spouted off cheesy Elvis quotes.
"Quatre, I got you some nice white shirts. When my Mamoru went to study in America he found you have to be careful with pink shirts and Americans.
Quatre was thoroughly clueless and looked to Duo who having an American heritage might know what the tenshi was talking about.
"What? It's no problem. You're gay right?" Duo stated. He pushed a random button on the keychain.
A HUNK, A HUNK OF BURN'N LOVE! "Cool stuff Usagi, thanks!"
Quatre looking thoroughly mortified blushed crimson shook his head no and grabbed the white shirt scurrying off into a back room to change.
Usagi looked at Duo crossly then smiled sweetly at Wufei. "May I please borrow your new gift. Duo-san was not very nice to Quatre."
Heero's pager went. He was being recalled to Sank. Apparently there had been some wackos with weapons looking for the princess. "You're to finish up here then join me," Heero spoke expressionlessly.
Duo looked disappointed. The preventor phone call seemed to have finally convinced Heero he wasn't dreaming. Duo didn't even wince as Usagi bapped him on the head again.
"Nani? What's wrong," asked Usagi.
"For a few hours there he let himself have fun," mumbled Duo. "It was kind of scary but I liked it."
"As his friend, it's your important job to make sure he doesn't forget his dreams," advised Usagi. "Without dreams there is no reason to fight for we are already defeated."
Duo nodded.
The senshi left the gym following the OCD as it beeped the way towards Usagi. The girls at the Peacecraft Academy looked at them sympathetically.
"See," one girl spoke to her boyfriend. "I told you. It's not just the uniforms here. All school uniforms are horrible."
Her boyfriend nodded distractedly. He was looking at the short skirts and hoping for the wind to pick up just a little more.
"That's why I'm going to make out a petition for the uniform to be changed to pants," the girl continued.
"Yes," the boy agreed distractedly. "Panties would be nice." He was promptly walloped with a purse. He turned bright red and stammered an apology when he realized what he'd said.
"I think we should de-henshin," suggested Hotaru who had noticed the attention they were getting. As soon as they were out of sight, they did.
They had been wandering about for hours when Rei asked a very good question. "Is there any reason we haven't tried the communicator? If we're in the right dimension in theory it should work shouldn't it."
There were exhausted glares from every direction. "Smarty pants!" snapped Minako. "That suggestion would have been helpful Oh, a couple of hours ago?! I'm starving. I'm tired."
"Please let's not fight. We all should have thought of it. Let's just try the communicator," Ami interrupted.
Rei stuck her tongue out at Minako grouchily. They engaged in a short but satisfying tongue war. Hotaru giggled.
Usagi picked up.
"Where are you?" demanded Rei snatching the communicator out of Ami's hands.
"I dunno, but there's some really cute boys here I think you'll like to meet,"
Usagi replied with a wink.
Usagi heard stereophonic BAKA's ! yelled as Rei yelled at her and Wufei yelled at Duo both at once. Usagi looked over her shoulder at the display. "Oh my, they're just like us," she commented sweatdropping. "I knew I could count on you to find me and bring me home so I wasn't even scared. Thank you."
Rei's eyes softened. "Of course we'd come get you Odango Attama."
"I've got a lock on her we can teleport now," interrupted Ami.
"WAIT!" exclaimed Usagi. "The cute boys behave badly when surprised!"
Seriously folks, this chapter came out a little more serious than I like but hey it's a chapter. I hope I don't alienate anyone too much. I don't have a beta reader so please review ruthlessly and I will make corrections with in 24 hours.
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Heero, Usagi and Duo sat on the beach. "Frankly Heero, I can see why you would think you were dreaming," spoke Duo skipping a stone into the water. "Usagi, I mean no offense whatsoever but well, … you are kind of unbelievable. All of a sudden you appear in the middle of space wearing a sailor umm," Duo stopped short he'd been about to say that the outfit looked like something a kinky hooker would wear. Good grief that would have gotten him in trouble.
"A Japanese school girl's uniform with a shortened skirt," supplied Heero quietly.
"No kidding?" Duo replied surprised.
Heero nodded silently still starring off into the ocean's waves.
"Okay…" Duo mused. "Well, then you annihilate an entire enemy fleet leaving everyone unhurt. Then you're an ordinary girl. Oh and stuff keeps appearing and disappearing around you! Poof you transform into a Preventer on a whim."
Usagi laughed kind of embarrassed like.
"You make people smile," Heero added. "Now a days people don't smile. You made friends with an OZ guard. He may not have known he was an OZ guard but he was a guard and he was working for OZ. I wonder if I have a fever. This dream is not like any dream I've had before."
"You're not dreaming!" Usagi insisted. "Pinch yourself. If you're dreaming you won't feel it."
Heero shook his head. "That's a myth. You can feel pain while your dreaming, I dream of pain all the time. I hope I remember this when I wake up. This is a good dream. The sunset is pretty.
"Have you ever smelled anything in a dream?" asked Duo. The seashore smells like salt and fish."
"Hn," Heero replied.
"What does that mean," asked Usagi? She poked Heero to get him to talk.
"I've smelled blood in dreams," Heero admitted reluctantly.
Usagi smiled gently and shook her finger at Heero as if to scold him lightly for dwelling on dark things, then she offered a cheerful alternative dream focus. "Have you ever had a good Oyaka Domburi with Miso Soup on the side and maybe some Gyoza Dumplings in a dream?" Usagi's grin at the mention of food was so genuine Heero almost smiled.
"Usagi stop it! You're making me hungry," protested Duo.
"Ah but have you ever been hungry in a dream?" demanded Usagi triumphantly.
"I suppose not," Heero conceded reluctantly.
"Food let's get some!" cheered Usagi taking off down the beach back towards the car.
The trio arrived back at the temporary base of operations a little while later, laden with packages and take out from a local Japanese restaurant.
"Arigato Quatre-san," spoke Usagi with a smile handing Quatre back his credit card. "Let me show you what I bought!"
"You had fun," Quatre commented with a smile. The tenshi was beaming cheerfully.
Heero put down the packages he was carrying and gave a little jump. He looked kind of disappointed.
"Wing has wings," Usagi reminded him.
"Hn…" Heero gave another discrete little jump
"Yui what is WRONG with you?!" demanded Wufei.
"His foot's asleep!" Usagi blurted out.
Duo looked like he wanted to say something but the angel glared at him. Duo frowned stubbornly. No angel of his was telling lies and getting away with it. With a cheeky grin Duo spoke, "Would you believe he's trying to fly?"
"My foot falls asleep when I do a lot of driving too," commented Trowa derailing Duo. He was currently stirring a bowl of Miso soup and looked at it with interest rather than looking up at Duo or Heero.
Usagi happily searched through her packages. "I got something for each of you. Trowa I got you a scarf! I figured since you like turtlenecks so much you must be one of those people with a cold neck."
Trowa silently put down the soup and dutifully took the scarf putting it on.
"Suck up," mouthed Duo teasing playfully.
Trowa gave Duo the ghost of a smile but said nothing returning to his soup.
"Wufei, I bought you a Nerf bat well actually it's for you and Duo. Oh I got you something else, just a moment."
"A Nerf bat?" asked Wufei stiff backed and uncertain. The angel was giving him a Nerf bat? It was a heavenly gift but,… a Nerf bat? Wufei pictured a future son or daughter looking up to him with the respect that it was proper for one's children to show their parents and asking why he had a Nerf bat in a glass case. A Nerf bat a gift from heaven?
"Eh…."
Heero hopped.
Wufei made a noise a little like a toad being squashed.
"Ah here it is!" declared Usagi she held out an antique camera. "I got you three rolls of black and white film too, Oh, and a photo album. And these bags are filled with all the things you need to develop your own film."
Wufei took the camera looking at it perplexed. Usagi was looking at him hopefully. He looked at her confused.
"You can take pictures of all your important people. These pictures don't use a computer so they can't fall into the wrong hands especially if you develop them yourself. The guy at the store said shooting and developing your own pictures is an art form. You seem like a serious person who would appreciate art."
"My important people?" asked Wufei tentatively picking up the photo album and flipping through it. What a thoughtful gift. So often Wufei felt alone having tragically lost a wife and clan. His fellow pilots, Sally, Une and his fellow Preventors, there were important people in his life, good important people. Wufei bowed solemnly to the golden haired tenshi.
"Group Hug!" shouted Duo cheerfully.
"Baka!" Wufei grabbing for his katana only to find himself presented again with the Nerf bat. Wufei grinned,…ah… Nerf bat! No holding back!
Heero got black jeans. Apparently Usagi was concerned his knees would be cold always wearing spandex shorts. The jeans had lycra in them so they were easier to move in then regular jeans. Usagi had also gotten him a troll. The odd little toy had fluorescent blue hair that suck up and a blue plastic gem in it's belly button.
"Same hair style!" Usagi teased with a grin. "Besides, I think it's cute and everyone needs a few pointless toys."
Duo ended up with cowboy boots and a key chain that spouted off cheesy Elvis quotes.
"Quatre, I got you some nice white shirts. When my Mamoru went to study in America he found you have to be careful with pink shirts and Americans.
Quatre was thoroughly clueless and looked to Duo who having an American heritage might know what the tenshi was talking about.
"What? It's no problem. You're gay right?" Duo stated. He pushed a random button on the keychain.
A HUNK, A HUNK OF BURN'N LOVE! "Cool stuff Usagi, thanks!"
Quatre looking thoroughly mortified blushed crimson shook his head no and grabbed the white shirt scurrying off into a back room to change.
Usagi looked at Duo crossly then smiled sweetly at Wufei. "May I please borrow your new gift. Duo-san was not very nice to Quatre."
Heero's pager went. He was being recalled to Sank. Apparently there had been some wackos with weapons looking for the princess. "You're to finish up here then join me," Heero spoke expressionlessly.
Duo looked disappointed. The preventor phone call seemed to have finally convinced Heero he wasn't dreaming. Duo didn't even wince as Usagi bapped him on the head again.
"Nani? What's wrong," asked Usagi.
"For a few hours there he let himself have fun," mumbled Duo. "It was kind of scary but I liked it."
"As his friend, it's your important job to make sure he doesn't forget his dreams," advised Usagi. "Without dreams there is no reason to fight for we are already defeated."
Duo nodded.
The senshi left the gym following the OCD as it beeped the way towards Usagi. The girls at the Peacecraft Academy looked at them sympathetically.
"See," one girl spoke to her boyfriend. "I told you. It's not just the uniforms here. All school uniforms are horrible."
Her boyfriend nodded distractedly. He was looking at the short skirts and hoping for the wind to pick up just a little more.
"That's why I'm going to make out a petition for the uniform to be changed to pants," the girl continued.
"Yes," the boy agreed distractedly. "Panties would be nice." He was promptly walloped with a purse. He turned bright red and stammered an apology when he realized what he'd said.
"I think we should de-henshin," suggested Hotaru who had noticed the attention they were getting. As soon as they were out of sight, they did.
They had been wandering about for hours when Rei asked a very good question. "Is there any reason we haven't tried the communicator? If we're in the right dimension in theory it should work shouldn't it."
There were exhausted glares from every direction. "Smarty pants!" snapped Minako. "That suggestion would have been helpful Oh, a couple of hours ago?! I'm starving. I'm tired."
"Please let's not fight. We all should have thought of it. Let's just try the communicator," Ami interrupted.
Rei stuck her tongue out at Minako grouchily. They engaged in a short but satisfying tongue war. Hotaru giggled.
Usagi picked up.
"Where are you?" demanded Rei snatching the communicator out of Ami's hands.
"I dunno, but there's some really cute boys here I think you'll like to meet,"
Usagi replied with a wink.
Usagi heard stereophonic BAKA's ! yelled as Rei yelled at her and Wufei yelled at Duo both at once. Usagi looked over her shoulder at the display. "Oh my, they're just like us," she commented sweatdropping. "I knew I could count on you to find me and bring me home so I wasn't even scared. Thank you."
Rei's eyes softened. "Of course we'd come get you Odango Attama."
"I've got a lock on her we can teleport now," interrupted Ami.
"WAIT!" exclaimed Usagi. "The cute boys behave badly when surprised!"
