Sapphires through the Mist-4
Sumi Toshino: How's this for updating? Glad you like! The start of the Ami/Trowa pairing begins here! =)
Angelicmayuka: I shall tell you only the pairing that are slightly evident in this chapter. Ami/Trowa and Rei/Quatre. =P I have the others picked out, but you'll find out when everyone else does! AND!!! POKE POKE POKE POKE POKE POKE POKE! Do you surrender? =) All in good fun.
Pixelmepink: Gomen, But I already have plans for those two! And they will not be a pairing. Sorry! But thank you for the review! =)
GracedAngel1854: Merc is up and going in this one. I'm trying to make this fic Ami centered as much as possible! So there will be a lot more to come! Thank you!!! ::Hugs:: =)
Sgeanenne: Glad you think it's 'Great' Thank you!!!! I hope you continue reading and enjoy it more as time goes on! =)
Disclaimer: You know, I don't want to own GW or SM. It's much too fun to shoot the lawyers with my paintball gun! They go away covered in pretty colors! ^-^8
NOTE: If I misspell anything please let me know ASAP!
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The first thing Mercury noticed when she woke up was that she was alone. There were no Youmas, and no Senshi.
Quietly, she tries to stand up. The resulting 'thud' on the floor, brought in what she assumed were medical technicians.
They kept dancing around her like she was made of glass and asking her stupid questions like 'Are you alright?'
The answer: HELL NO! I can't even stand up!
Those thoughts did now however show on her face. Mercury schooled her face to a neutral expression.
The chaos that her waking up caused was quickly calmed by a tall blonde woman. She wore a name tag that read 'Winner.'
Mercury raised one of her eyebrows. 'Interesting name' she thought.
The woman then started to speak. "Hello, my name is Samantha Winner. I am the head medic here. I assume that you wish to know where you are, what the year is, and where your friends are."
Mercury nodded solemnly.
"Well" she began. "It had been just a shade over a thousand years since Crystal Tokyo. You are on a research development base in what is left of America. Your friends, Jupiter and Saturn are still comatose. Lady Mars awoke last month and is staying with my brother and his friends."
Mercury was shocked. 'Rei is staying with guys and hasn't killed them yet? Wow!'
Samantha continues heedless of Mercury's reaction. "And if you're anything like your friend, you'll be up and out in two weeks tops!"
Mercury grinned. "So..." she began. "What's the deal. How'd I get here anyway?"
Samantha smiled at the Ice goddess. "My brother and his friends were out exploring and came upon the ruins of Crystal Tokyo. They found all of you there. But the military wanted to make sure that you wouldn't be a danger to society."
Mercury snorted. "We are no danger to anyone who doesn't have ill intentions."
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By the time the two weeks were up, Mercury was on the verge of screaming at the brainless idiots.
They kept plaguing her for stories of the past. And she kept telling them that anything she said would cause a riot because more than likely it differed from what they grew up with.
'I bet Rei didn't have these problems.....she probably just threw them all into the walls.'
Thankfully however, she was also stronger than most everyone. Just because she was pretty, every guy seemed to want to hit on her.
To stop them all it took was for her to punch a few of them out. A few black eyes for some, and one or two would be singing soprano for a month or so.
'Mako-chan would be so proud of me for those' Mercury told herself one day after yet another guy was sent to sick bay with a black eye.
Additionally, it was a good day because she was leaving. She was going to where ever Rei was. And she had already checked on Jupiter and Saturn.
Jupiter would be the next to wake up. In about a week, give or take a day, she would be up and there would probably be a few busted walls.
It surprised Mercury that Jupiter wasn't up already. But she did receive more of a beating than any of them, so she needed to heal for a bit longer.
Saturn however would be another month after that. Hotaru's frail body took longer to heal than any of them. So she would remain asleep the longest.
At last, by late afternoon, Mercury stood before the door that led to Rei.
Cautiously, she knocked on the door. From with in she could hear scrambling. And then the door open so fast that her hair flew all around her face.
But that didn't matter to her because there was Rei, standing there beside a man that must be Quatre Winner, Samantha's brother.
The two women caught each other in one of the largest hugs in the galaxy.
Mentally, while they were hugging, Mercury relayed the news to Rei. She told her how long the others would be out. Rei frowned but nodded once.
A quiet cough from the side made Mercury remember that Quatre was there. Looking over at him she really saw the resemblance.
Bright blonde hair and a kind face with a lot of strength to it. Nice, but not her style of guy.
"Hello Lady Mercury..." he began but was cut off quickly by said person.
"Ami." Mercury told him. "My name is Ami. I do not wish to be called by my title. It gets rather annoying."
Quatre grinned. "Alright then Ami, my name is Quatre, and welcome to your new home. If you don't mind, Rei and I will give you a tour."
Ami glanced sideways at Rei. She was blushing slightly.
~Are you blushing Rei?~ Ami thought to her friend.
~NO!!~ Rei thought back frantically.
~So you do like him. It's about time!~
Rei blushed even harder. "Ami!" se growled.
Quatre, not knowing about their telepathy, looked at them shocked.
"Did you say something?"
Ami smiled at him. "No, I was just observing."
Rei snorted. ~Sure....~
Ami loved the house. She could spend months in the library alone. And best of all, he had an exquisite pool. She would be able to go swimming any time.
Before they went upstairs, Rei explained about the personalities of the guys who also lived in the house.
"Quatre's nice. He's one of the few guys I can tolerate being around for more than five seconds."
"I guarantee that you'll want to rip Duo's head off after 10 minutes. If there was a running at the mouth competition, then he would win it hands down! And if you want to threaten him, threaten to remove his braid. That's his pride and joy. The only reason he leaves me alone is because I got a few hairs off him!"
"Heero is quiet, haven't heard a word for him at all. Show that you can stand up for yourself and not be afraid and he'll respect you. He's also the only one who can keep duo on a leash so to speak. If you have his respect and need to get Duo to shut up, ask and he delivers."
"Wufei is the typical ego maniac. He thinks all women are weak with few exceptions. Personality wise, he is a male version of me. He typically can be found chasing Duo around the house with his Katanna threatening to remove Duo's braid. It's quite amusing."
"Lastly, there is Trowa. I don't really know about him. He speaks more than Heero, and usually he has good advice, like you do."
Ami nodded. Sounded like some fun and interesting people.
Not half an hour later, she wanted to kill Duo.
"Told you!" Rei laughed as Duo spouted out questions a mile a minute.
Ami sighed and shook her head. If she were any one but herself she would be laughing. As it was, it wasn't funny.
So, taking the advice that Rei had given her, she reached for the braid. "If you want to keep this, then I suggest that you cease your incessant prattle!"
Duo shut up.
The sounds of quiet laughter alerted Ami to someone entering the room.
He was tall with light brown hair that obscured most of his face. A vibrant emerald eye shimmered with laughter. In short, this was the most handsome person Ami had ever seen, but she would be damned before she said anything about it right now!
Rei glanced at her friend with interest. "Ami-chan, this is Trowa. Trowa, this is Ami of Mercury."
Ami nodded at him and said "Hello."
Trowa did likewise much to Quatre and Rei's surprise.
But the surprise didn't stop there because Trowa said even more.
"Congratulations on a successful thwarting of Duo's mouth."
Ami grinned. "Thank you. It was better than throwing him into a wall I guess."
"True" Trowa responded.
With a nod of his head, Trowa then left the room.
Rei turned to Ami. "Wow! Ames! He must like you!"
Ami looked at her friend in confusion. "Why do you say that?"
It was Quatre who answered her. "That's the most I've heard him say in about two weeks. He only talks to people he likes."
Ami nodded thoughtfully.
"Well!" Rei said cheerily. "We should get you to your room! I think dinner should be calling in a few minutes!"
Ami looked questioningly at her friend. She had never been this cheery before. She was up to something.
~What are you up to Rei?~
~Oh, nothing!~
~Rei, I do not need you to play matchmaker here or now. I will stand for it. Right now I need to mourn for our friends.~
That sobered Rei up. 'How could I have forgotten that?'
Quatre noticed Rei's face drop suddenly. "What's the matter Rei?"
Rei looked at him startled. "Nothing" She lied.
Quatre looked at her softly. "If it were nothing , then it wouldn't make you sad."
Ami looked at him. He could read them well. And it couldn't hurt to tell him. It wasn't as if every didn't know that the others were dead.
"Quatre" Ami said softly. "To you all it seems as if the other Senshi died a very long time ago. To us, it wasn't very long ago."
Quatre nodded. Being frozen in time, they didn't have the time to mourn for their friends.
"How about you show Ami where her room is, Rei. I think you two need to be alone for a bit."
Rei nodded and led the Ice goddess away.
Quatre looked at their retreating back sadly. 'You poor women. To have lost so much must be very hard.'
After about an hour, Ami and Rei came down for dinner. It was a semi quiet affair.
Duo complained to Heero that the 'New Chick' almost made him go bald.
Ami gave Heero a glance over. She came to the conclusion that he was a hard core fighter and would do what ever it took to get a job done.
She also met Wufei for the first time. He glared at her for most of dinner.
Half an hour after dinner was over, Ami found herself facing the barrel of a gun held by Heero.
Ami twitched an eyebrow before grabbing the gun and freezing it.
Because of the sudden temperature drop, Heero dropped his gun and watched in fascination as Ami froze the metal then shattered the entire thing.
Heero nodded at Ami. They had a truce. She was 'ok' in his books.
Ami nodded back at him in understanding.
A loud bang and a clash made him curse under his breath making Ami's eyes widen in surprise.
They both followed the source of the noise. Duo had been in the kitchen and had made a big mess.
Ami just stood at the door and watched with amusement as Heero dragged Duo out by his braid.
Duo just waved happily at her.
Ami shook her head. 'This is most defiantly going to be an amusing place to live.'
Later on that night, after everyone had gone to bed, Ami woke with a start.
Nightmares had been plaguing her ever since she had awoken.
'Maybe a nice swim will calm my nerves' she thought remembering the large pool.
'Couldn't hurt' she told herself as she pulled out her swim suit that she had acquired at the military base.
As quiet as a mouse, Ami padded down the stairs to the pool room.
She threw her towel down on one of the benches along the walls before diving into the slightly warmed waters.
After a few laps, Ami sensed that she wasn't alone anymore. Quickly glancing around the room, she saw a slight shadow in the doorway.
Coldly, Ami whispered "I see you! Come out!"
Trowa emerged from the shadows.
"What do you want?" Ami asked of him.
Trowa gazed at her for a few seconds before answering. "I heard you come down here and I wanted to know if you were alright."
Ami gazed at him levelly. "Couldn't sleep. Thought I'd swim a few laps and then try to sleep."
Trowa raised an eyebrow. He knew she wasn't telling him the entire truth, but he wouldn't press her.
"Mind if I join you then?"
Ami whirled around to look him squarely in the face. "Can you keep up?"
Trowa smirked. He was a good swimmer. "We shall see won't we?"
Ami grinned. She loved a challenge. She hadn't had once since Michiru. "We shall see indeed."
When Rei came down a few hours later for breakfast, that's how she found them. Still swimming. And Trowa was keeping up with her quite well.
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And to think...I write this on the day I post it. No working on a chapter for days on end. Hope you all enjoy! And for those of you who can read in between the lines, you can tell who I paired Duo with. Don't hate me! If you want more then all you have to do is hit the small purple button so you can REVIEW! Ja!
NOTE: I more than likely will not update tomorrow. I have a ton of yard work to do and I'll probably be passed out after I get it done.
~DevilWench~
Sumi Toshino: How's this for updating? Glad you like! The start of the Ami/Trowa pairing begins here! =)
Angelicmayuka: I shall tell you only the pairing that are slightly evident in this chapter. Ami/Trowa and Rei/Quatre. =P I have the others picked out, but you'll find out when everyone else does! AND!!! POKE POKE POKE POKE POKE POKE POKE! Do you surrender? =) All in good fun.
Pixelmepink: Gomen, But I already have plans for those two! And they will not be a pairing. Sorry! But thank you for the review! =)
GracedAngel1854: Merc is up and going in this one. I'm trying to make this fic Ami centered as much as possible! So there will be a lot more to come! Thank you!!! ::Hugs:: =)
Sgeanenne: Glad you think it's 'Great' Thank you!!!! I hope you continue reading and enjoy it more as time goes on! =)
Disclaimer: You know, I don't want to own GW or SM. It's much too fun to shoot the lawyers with my paintball gun! They go away covered in pretty colors! ^-^8
NOTE: If I misspell anything please let me know ASAP!
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The first thing Mercury noticed when she woke up was that she was alone. There were no Youmas, and no Senshi.
Quietly, she tries to stand up. The resulting 'thud' on the floor, brought in what she assumed were medical technicians.
They kept dancing around her like she was made of glass and asking her stupid questions like 'Are you alright?'
The answer: HELL NO! I can't even stand up!
Those thoughts did now however show on her face. Mercury schooled her face to a neutral expression.
The chaos that her waking up caused was quickly calmed by a tall blonde woman. She wore a name tag that read 'Winner.'
Mercury raised one of her eyebrows. 'Interesting name' she thought.
The woman then started to speak. "Hello, my name is Samantha Winner. I am the head medic here. I assume that you wish to know where you are, what the year is, and where your friends are."
Mercury nodded solemnly.
"Well" she began. "It had been just a shade over a thousand years since Crystal Tokyo. You are on a research development base in what is left of America. Your friends, Jupiter and Saturn are still comatose. Lady Mars awoke last month and is staying with my brother and his friends."
Mercury was shocked. 'Rei is staying with guys and hasn't killed them yet? Wow!'
Samantha continues heedless of Mercury's reaction. "And if you're anything like your friend, you'll be up and out in two weeks tops!"
Mercury grinned. "So..." she began. "What's the deal. How'd I get here anyway?"
Samantha smiled at the Ice goddess. "My brother and his friends were out exploring and came upon the ruins of Crystal Tokyo. They found all of you there. But the military wanted to make sure that you wouldn't be a danger to society."
Mercury snorted. "We are no danger to anyone who doesn't have ill intentions."
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By the time the two weeks were up, Mercury was on the verge of screaming at the brainless idiots.
They kept plaguing her for stories of the past. And she kept telling them that anything she said would cause a riot because more than likely it differed from what they grew up with.
'I bet Rei didn't have these problems.....she probably just threw them all into the walls.'
Thankfully however, she was also stronger than most everyone. Just because she was pretty, every guy seemed to want to hit on her.
To stop them all it took was for her to punch a few of them out. A few black eyes for some, and one or two would be singing soprano for a month or so.
'Mako-chan would be so proud of me for those' Mercury told herself one day after yet another guy was sent to sick bay with a black eye.
Additionally, it was a good day because she was leaving. She was going to where ever Rei was. And she had already checked on Jupiter and Saturn.
Jupiter would be the next to wake up. In about a week, give or take a day, she would be up and there would probably be a few busted walls.
It surprised Mercury that Jupiter wasn't up already. But she did receive more of a beating than any of them, so she needed to heal for a bit longer.
Saturn however would be another month after that. Hotaru's frail body took longer to heal than any of them. So she would remain asleep the longest.
At last, by late afternoon, Mercury stood before the door that led to Rei.
Cautiously, she knocked on the door. From with in she could hear scrambling. And then the door open so fast that her hair flew all around her face.
But that didn't matter to her because there was Rei, standing there beside a man that must be Quatre Winner, Samantha's brother.
The two women caught each other in one of the largest hugs in the galaxy.
Mentally, while they were hugging, Mercury relayed the news to Rei. She told her how long the others would be out. Rei frowned but nodded once.
A quiet cough from the side made Mercury remember that Quatre was there. Looking over at him she really saw the resemblance.
Bright blonde hair and a kind face with a lot of strength to it. Nice, but not her style of guy.
"Hello Lady Mercury..." he began but was cut off quickly by said person.
"Ami." Mercury told him. "My name is Ami. I do not wish to be called by my title. It gets rather annoying."
Quatre grinned. "Alright then Ami, my name is Quatre, and welcome to your new home. If you don't mind, Rei and I will give you a tour."
Ami glanced sideways at Rei. She was blushing slightly.
~Are you blushing Rei?~ Ami thought to her friend.
~NO!!~ Rei thought back frantically.
~So you do like him. It's about time!~
Rei blushed even harder. "Ami!" se growled.
Quatre, not knowing about their telepathy, looked at them shocked.
"Did you say something?"
Ami smiled at him. "No, I was just observing."
Rei snorted. ~Sure....~
Ami loved the house. She could spend months in the library alone. And best of all, he had an exquisite pool. She would be able to go swimming any time.
Before they went upstairs, Rei explained about the personalities of the guys who also lived in the house.
"Quatre's nice. He's one of the few guys I can tolerate being around for more than five seconds."
"I guarantee that you'll want to rip Duo's head off after 10 minutes. If there was a running at the mouth competition, then he would win it hands down! And if you want to threaten him, threaten to remove his braid. That's his pride and joy. The only reason he leaves me alone is because I got a few hairs off him!"
"Heero is quiet, haven't heard a word for him at all. Show that you can stand up for yourself and not be afraid and he'll respect you. He's also the only one who can keep duo on a leash so to speak. If you have his respect and need to get Duo to shut up, ask and he delivers."
"Wufei is the typical ego maniac. He thinks all women are weak with few exceptions. Personality wise, he is a male version of me. He typically can be found chasing Duo around the house with his Katanna threatening to remove Duo's braid. It's quite amusing."
"Lastly, there is Trowa. I don't really know about him. He speaks more than Heero, and usually he has good advice, like you do."
Ami nodded. Sounded like some fun and interesting people.
Not half an hour later, she wanted to kill Duo.
"Told you!" Rei laughed as Duo spouted out questions a mile a minute.
Ami sighed and shook her head. If she were any one but herself she would be laughing. As it was, it wasn't funny.
So, taking the advice that Rei had given her, she reached for the braid. "If you want to keep this, then I suggest that you cease your incessant prattle!"
Duo shut up.
The sounds of quiet laughter alerted Ami to someone entering the room.
He was tall with light brown hair that obscured most of his face. A vibrant emerald eye shimmered with laughter. In short, this was the most handsome person Ami had ever seen, but she would be damned before she said anything about it right now!
Rei glanced at her friend with interest. "Ami-chan, this is Trowa. Trowa, this is Ami of Mercury."
Ami nodded at him and said "Hello."
Trowa did likewise much to Quatre and Rei's surprise.
But the surprise didn't stop there because Trowa said even more.
"Congratulations on a successful thwarting of Duo's mouth."
Ami grinned. "Thank you. It was better than throwing him into a wall I guess."
"True" Trowa responded.
With a nod of his head, Trowa then left the room.
Rei turned to Ami. "Wow! Ames! He must like you!"
Ami looked at her friend in confusion. "Why do you say that?"
It was Quatre who answered her. "That's the most I've heard him say in about two weeks. He only talks to people he likes."
Ami nodded thoughtfully.
"Well!" Rei said cheerily. "We should get you to your room! I think dinner should be calling in a few minutes!"
Ami looked questioningly at her friend. She had never been this cheery before. She was up to something.
~What are you up to Rei?~
~Oh, nothing!~
~Rei, I do not need you to play matchmaker here or now. I will stand for it. Right now I need to mourn for our friends.~
That sobered Rei up. 'How could I have forgotten that?'
Quatre noticed Rei's face drop suddenly. "What's the matter Rei?"
Rei looked at him startled. "Nothing" She lied.
Quatre looked at her softly. "If it were nothing , then it wouldn't make you sad."
Ami looked at him. He could read them well. And it couldn't hurt to tell him. It wasn't as if every didn't know that the others were dead.
"Quatre" Ami said softly. "To you all it seems as if the other Senshi died a very long time ago. To us, it wasn't very long ago."
Quatre nodded. Being frozen in time, they didn't have the time to mourn for their friends.
"How about you show Ami where her room is, Rei. I think you two need to be alone for a bit."
Rei nodded and led the Ice goddess away.
Quatre looked at their retreating back sadly. 'You poor women. To have lost so much must be very hard.'
After about an hour, Ami and Rei came down for dinner. It was a semi quiet affair.
Duo complained to Heero that the 'New Chick' almost made him go bald.
Ami gave Heero a glance over. She came to the conclusion that he was a hard core fighter and would do what ever it took to get a job done.
She also met Wufei for the first time. He glared at her for most of dinner.
Half an hour after dinner was over, Ami found herself facing the barrel of a gun held by Heero.
Ami twitched an eyebrow before grabbing the gun and freezing it.
Because of the sudden temperature drop, Heero dropped his gun and watched in fascination as Ami froze the metal then shattered the entire thing.
Heero nodded at Ami. They had a truce. She was 'ok' in his books.
Ami nodded back at him in understanding.
A loud bang and a clash made him curse under his breath making Ami's eyes widen in surprise.
They both followed the source of the noise. Duo had been in the kitchen and had made a big mess.
Ami just stood at the door and watched with amusement as Heero dragged Duo out by his braid.
Duo just waved happily at her.
Ami shook her head. 'This is most defiantly going to be an amusing place to live.'
Later on that night, after everyone had gone to bed, Ami woke with a start.
Nightmares had been plaguing her ever since she had awoken.
'Maybe a nice swim will calm my nerves' she thought remembering the large pool.
'Couldn't hurt' she told herself as she pulled out her swim suit that she had acquired at the military base.
As quiet as a mouse, Ami padded down the stairs to the pool room.
She threw her towel down on one of the benches along the walls before diving into the slightly warmed waters.
After a few laps, Ami sensed that she wasn't alone anymore. Quickly glancing around the room, she saw a slight shadow in the doorway.
Coldly, Ami whispered "I see you! Come out!"
Trowa emerged from the shadows.
"What do you want?" Ami asked of him.
Trowa gazed at her for a few seconds before answering. "I heard you come down here and I wanted to know if you were alright."
Ami gazed at him levelly. "Couldn't sleep. Thought I'd swim a few laps and then try to sleep."
Trowa raised an eyebrow. He knew she wasn't telling him the entire truth, but he wouldn't press her.
"Mind if I join you then?"
Ami whirled around to look him squarely in the face. "Can you keep up?"
Trowa smirked. He was a good swimmer. "We shall see won't we?"
Ami grinned. She loved a challenge. She hadn't had once since Michiru. "We shall see indeed."
When Rei came down a few hours later for breakfast, that's how she found them. Still swimming. And Trowa was keeping up with her quite well.
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And to think...I write this on the day I post it. No working on a chapter for days on end. Hope you all enjoy! And for those of you who can read in between the lines, you can tell who I paired Duo with. Don't hate me! If you want more then all you have to do is hit the small purple button so you can REVIEW! Ja!
NOTE: I more than likely will not update tomorrow. I have a ton of yard work to do and I'll probably be passed out after I get it done.
~DevilWench~