Disclaimer: To anyone who reads this, which isn¡¯t a lot of you, I¡¯m sure, Sailor moon and Gundam Wing does not belong to me. Sorry, but I cannot provide you with the names of the geniuses who created Sailor moon and Gundam Wing, cause I can¡¯t be bothered to look it up. And if you were thinking of trying to sue me, let¡¯s just say going to all those trouble for $28.15 (New Zealand currency) is not worth it.

Summery: AU. After the betrayal of Darien and a horrible event. The new Usagi decides to attend a School of Defence to help the world any way she can. Of course, the Gundam Boys just happen to be there. U/H (takes place after the defeat of Chaos, the senshis are still alive)

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A/N: Hello! Happy school holidays! I¡¯ve got 40 reviews!!! =) Well for me anyway. ¡®Coz we just started our holidays here, where I live. Thanks for everyone who reviewed.

School of Defence

Chapter 3

Meetings

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Place: Colony L-4 Raye¡¯s new Temple. Time: Saturday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Serena lay on her new bed, in her new room. Looking up at the ragged ceiling, all Serena could think of was sleep. Teleporting everyone to here from Tokyo wasn¡¯t very draining but cleaning up the Temple so that it would pass, as a liveable place was very, very hard work.

Unfortunately, as they had found out, the Temple was big enough to fit in a whole battlefield and was still have enough room for a house. Not only that, but it was completely and utterly derelict. ¡®I think I¡¯ll go and explore the town tomorrow, who knows, they might have a gym.¡¯ Serena thought as sleep dawned on her.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @The next day @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

She was in front of a building, a massive building. The Suji¡¯s Gym (A/N: I know it¡¯s a gay name, but I¡¯m not feeling very creative at the moment). ¡®Is it just me or is every facility in this goddamned city named after this Suji person. Who knows, maybe this city is called Sujiville too.¡± Serena thought sarcastically. Taking a deep breath, Serena pushed open the gates and entered the building.

Reading the sign, carefully. Serena made her way up to the fourth floor, which happened to be the target practices and fencing arena. Expecting it to be deserted, as it was way before dawn, Serena was surprised to find a lone figure feverishly practicing in the fencing grounds with what looked like a gleaming katakana in hand. ¡®That¡¯s weird, I didn¡¯t expect anyone to be here at this time of the day.¡¯

As Serena carefully made her way to the target practices, the guy suddenly stopped his routine. He turned slowly, and landed his narrowed eyes on Serena. He glared menacingly.

When she couldn¡¯t sense any evil vibes, Serena smiled weakly at him, though her eyes were empty of emotions. ¡°Umm¡­hi! I¡¯m Serena Moon, nice to meet you. What¡¯s your name?¡±

Wufei grunted and muttered under his breath.

¡°Hn¡­I refuse to speak to a weak onna.¡±

Though she didn¡¯t show it, Serena was hurt and furious. Nonetheless, she had to admit that she was a bit curious and amused by this mysterious fellow. Serena smirked coldly at the cute Chinese.

¡®What the heck? Why the hell is the bloody onna smiling for?¡¯ Wufei was unnerved -though it would kill him to admit it-.

¡°So you think you¡¯re so tough, eh?¡± ¡®You¡¯re so lucky the others aren¡¯t here, especially Raye.¡¯ Serena thought amusedly before continuing. ¡°I challenge you to a match. If I win then you will stop addressing as ¡®onna¡¯ and call me by my name. You¡¯ll also tell me who you are. If you win, I¡¯ll apologise and admit that women are weak. You¡¯ll also never have to see my face again.¡±

¡°Hn¡­¡­¡­you have no idea what you¡¯re getting yourself into onna. Fine, I¡¯ll take you on. It¡¯s about time someone showed you how weak you are and wipe that sickly cheerful smile off of your face.¡±

¡°Great! Now, we¡¯re doing targets. The first person that misses the forehead or heart is declared the loser. Fair enough?¡±

Wufei nodded. ¡°This won¡¯t take long.¡±

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @ Half an Hour later @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

¡°Kami help me, onna. Do you ever miss?¡± came the voice of a thoroughly frustrated and sweaty Wufei.

Serena smirked delightfully. ¡°Nope! What can I say, I¡¯m just a natural at these things.¡± She replied as another bullet ran dead on into the heart of the wooden target.

¡°Yippee! Hey Mr. All Women Are Weak, I¡¯ve got some goddamned good advice for you. Swallow that gigantic pride and ego of yours. This is just my game. Like swordplay is yours. So how about we call it quits and you start calling my Serena?¡±

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¡°Wufei Chang¡± the words were muttered so quickly and abruptly it made Serena jump.

¡°Huh!?!¡±

¡°MynameisWufeiChang.¡±

Of course, Serena understood this, seeing it was put into the ¡®language of a Hurried Serena¡¯. She frowned; the name was familiar, very familiar. Where had she heard this name before? Serena shrugged, it will come to her eventually.

¡°Hi Wufei! That¡¯s a nice name¡­¡­¡­umm¡­¡­¡­I was wondering¡­--¡±

¡°Get on will it, onn¡ªSerena.¡± Growled Wufei impatiently.

¡°Well, I was wondering if you wanted to work as practice partners so you can help me with swords, ¡®coz I really suck. And I can perfect your skills on target practices.¡± Serena finished off quickly.

Wufei thought for a while and considered the possibilities of him tossing his pride out the window twice in a day. ¡®She¡¯s tough and doesn¡¯t giggle¡­hmm¡­maybe¡­¡­¡­oh well, what do I have to lose?¡¯ and with that, Wufei gave a firm nod.

Before Serena can jump up in joy, Wufei cut her off.

¡°But I¡¯m warning you, onna-¡± he stopped when Serena glared at him angrily. ¡°Umm¡­Serena¡­whatever. If you can¡¯t keep up with me, then you¡¯re dead.¡±

¡°Yeah sure!¡±

¡°You¡¯ll come to the gym at the Defence school from on Monday, because that¡¯s where I¡¯m staying at-¡±

¡°Nani? Really? Same, I¡¯m starting at that school on Monday, but I don¡¯t sleep in the dorms.¡±

Wufei blinked; did the onna just say she went to the Defence school? ¡®Hmm¡­there¡¯s something mysterious about her¡­¡­¡­I¡¯ll just keep my eye out for her.¡¯

¡°As I was saying, meet me at 4am in the gym and don¡¯t you dare be late!¡± Wufei told her, before heading out of the gym.

¡°See ya around, Wufei!¡±

It wasn¡¯t until she walked out of the gym an hour later, when she suddenly remembered where she had heard Wufei¡¯s name from; he was a Gundam Pilot. Of course! How could she be so forgetful? Amy had spent a week drilling Serena with the names and descriptions of each pilot and the properties of their Gundams.

Serena was feeling quite pleased with herself. She has at least had a friendly acquaintance with one of the Gundam Pilots. Little did she know that she has already earned his respect.

As the stony gates of the gym closed shut behind her, Serena took a look at the shopping street before her. Most of the shops are still not opened yet. ¡®I wonder if there is an ice cream parlour around, I¡¯m hungry¡­¡­¡­again.¡¯

That was when she caught sight of a large colourful tent that read, ¡®Ice Cream Tent of Fun¡¯. This immediately brightened Serena¡¯s spirits. ¡®Better let the old me take over.

After all, I¡¯m not in Tokyo anymore, so I should start afresh. That and the fact that I¡¯m not in the defence school yet.¡¯ She thought as she half skipped to her destination.

Arriving inside the enormous ice cream parlour, Serena found her mouth wide open. Never before has she seen such a large variety of every kind of ice cream and desserts.

Opposite her stood a handsome guy with a 100-watt smile that immensely reminded her of Mina. The guy grinned at her and Serena suddenly realised this was not just another guy, he was Duo Maxwell! It was obvious; you don¡¯t see guys with long

braids anymore, nowadays.

¡®Two pilots in one day! Gosh I¡¯m in luck-¡¯ she was broken from her thoughts as she noticed that he was saying something to her.

¡°Is this your first time here? Believe me that was exactly my first reaction when I saw it too. So, my good lady, would you like a grand tour of the God¡¯s greatest gift of food for the stomachs of mankind?¡±

Serena smirked and decided to scare the living daylight out of Duo. ¡®That¡¯ll teach him for trying to flirt with me.¡¯ She thought as she took out her finely polished pistols from her holster and pointed it on Duo¡¯s forehead.

¡°Omae O Korosu. State your name and whom you work for.¡± Said Serena in her best monotone, trying to keep a straight face as she saw the petrified look of sheer horror cross Duo¡¯s face.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ Duo¡¯s POV @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

¡®God, that girl is Hot!!!¡¯ I thought as I spotted a girl in her teens dressed comfortably in training clothes. She had inimitable silver here in a style that closely resembled meatballs. Her mouth was wide open and she seemed to be in a state of joyful shock. So being the charming guy I am, I naturally went up to her and put on my 100-watt smile.

¡°Is this your first time here? Believe me that was exactly my first reaction when I saw it too. So, my good lady, would you like a grand tour of the God¡¯s greatest gift of food for the stomachs of mankind?¡± I asked, charmingly.

Then she smiled. Correction, she smirked. It was an almost sneer-like smirk, a cold smirk. And as if in a trance, she took out a well polished gun and points it at my forehead! My forehead! My first reaction was to mentally scream:

¡®Heero¡¯s twin! Oh shit, there¡¯s a bloody girl version of Heero, the Perfect soldier. Please don¡¯t say what I think you¡¯ll say!¡¯ I prayed to myself. As if reading my mind, I heard the familiar words come out of her dainty mouth.

¡°Omae O Korosu. State your name and whom you work for.¡±

¡®Oh Kami-sama! What do I do? What do I do???¡¯

¡°Umm¡­I¡­m-my name i-is Duo Maxwell.¡± ¡®Oh just great! I¡¯m stuttering.¡¯ ¡°As to whom I work for¡­¡­¡­that¡¯s classified information.¡±

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ End of Duo¡¯s POV @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Serena was turning purple from containing her laughter. Who would have thought, that the feared Shinigami could get scared so easily? As duo finished answering her question, she put her gun back on the holsters thinking that it might scare Duo if she made it disappear into her sub-pocket.

Serena grinned lopsidedly at Duo, which seemed to surprise him even more. ¡°Sorry, but it was just sooooo funny seeing your face. But if you ever flirt with me again, I¡¯ll make sure you won¡¯t live to see tomorrow, k?¡± Seeing Duo nod numbly, Serena continued. ¡°By the way, my name is Serena Moon. Now how about you take me on this tour you were suggesting? I¡¯m absolutely famished!¡± As if to prove her point, her stomach chose that moment to growl and grumble.

Duo shrugged, still a bit surprised, after all it isn¡¯t everyday you meet a girl who points a gun at you and then suggests that she wants something to eat. So he led Serena to his favourite stand, where the two of them each ordered almost half of the 3 page long menu, which were filled with a variety of fruit flavoured and vanilla and choc ice creams, and milkshakes in almost every flavour imaginable.

During their um¡­meal, Serena and Duo had become good friends, finding loads of things the had in common. Like the fact that the two of them were both gifted with the same endless pitch of a stomach.

Looking at her wristwatch, Serena was surprised to find that it was already past 7 o¡¯clock. Deciding that the scouts would wake up soon, Serena made her departure.

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It was nearly half past seven by the time Serena found the Temple. The Senshis were in the kitchen having breakfast. Everyone turned around when Serena entered.

¡°Where were you this morning, Sere?¡± Lita asked curiously.

Serena grinned happily.

¡°Well¡­where should I start? Oh yeah, I found a very well equipped gym, I got myself a practice partner whom ¨Calthough he¡¯s a sexist pig- is brilliant at swordplay. Then I found this huge ice cream paradise and met this real cute guy, whom I scared the living daylight out of-¡°

Lita clapped and whistled cheerfully at this.

Mina looked crestfallen at the words ¡®cute boy¡­¡­¡­scared.¡¯

Amy shook her head out of sympathy for the poor guy.

Raye groaned and asked Serena the question that was on everybody¡¯s mind.

¡°Sere, you didn¡¯t do that ¡®I¡¯m going to kill you if you don¡¯t state you name and whom you work for¡¯ thing did you?¡±

Serena nodded cheerfully. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, he knows it was a joke and we¡¯re friends. By the way, did I tell you that they were Gundam Pilots?¡±

¡°They?¡± Mina asked, a bit confused.

¡°Wufei and Duo.¡±

Amy¡¯s azure eyes widened. ¡°You made Wufei Chang, the renowned women-hater agree to help you in swordplay?¡±

There was a ¡°Yep!¡± which was followed by an awkward silence.

¡°Hey Serena, did you spot any malls? Wanna go shopping?¡± Mina asked breaking the silence and making the others sweat drop.

¡°Sure! But I don¡¯t know where it is though¡­¡­¡­¡±

¡°Hey you guys, can you do me a favour?¡± All eyes suddenly turned to Amy, who blushed slightly before continuing. ¡°I know where the mall is, but will you mind terribly if I come with you guys? I know this is a great shock and all, but I need to by some new clothes and I heard that there is a wonderfully enormous library next to the mall.¡± At the last part, Amy¡¯s eyes went out of focus and dreamy, making everyone sigh¡­that was Amy for you.

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