I'm really sorry that it didn't come out yesterday everyone. FF.net was being mean to me and wouldn't let me log on. But it's only a day late this time, so I hope that you enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing.

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~*~ Setsuna, Megami of Time ~*~ Setsuna and Trowa are coming up soon, so please give me any suggestions. I like the idea of matchmaking, but what are they going to do to get those two together? Please, I need some really good ideas!

~*~ Setsuna, Guardian of Time ~*~ It seems that your question will not be answered until the very end of the story, for I'm telling you now that she doesn't like people who try and suffocate her in order to protect her. Please keep up the reviewing!

~*~ HikariUsa Yui ~*~ I'm really glad that you like my story! Please, keep reading and reviewing so that I know I'm doing it right!

~*~ Dark Universe ~*~ I absolutely love your ideas. I'm going to have to think about this though. I've got to keep in mind that neither will actually say anything to the other unless absolutely necessary. But the idea of 'rescuing' each other sounds good. I may make that a possibility. I'm sorry that the last chapter was so short, but I need to get some things out of the way before I can go on.

~*~ AnimeGirl ~*~ I like that idea, and I'm happy that you like my story so much. I'll do my best to keep it up to your standards. Thank you so much for reviewing, and keep it up!

~*~ Crystal Storm21 ~*~ Letting Duo in on the matchmaking sounds hilarious. I'm going to have to come up with some good stunts for the 'three musketeers!'

~*~ Child's-Play ~*~ I know that many people were freaked out because of it, and originally it was an accident, but since people voted for the couple, and because they aren't blood brother and sister, I left them, but they lost, and he probably won't even appear in the story. Thank you for pointing out my mistake, and please keep reviewing. I hope to see your name again!

~*~ Mi-Lu ~*~ I'm really glad that you like my story. I've continued it for you. Please keep reading and reviewing!

It had been a week since her new bodyguards had taken up their duty. When the Outers and the Pilots were around, she acted like no one knew anything was strange, but she did tell her senshi that they were bodyguards hired to protect her. Of course, Haruka showed absolutely no trust for them and had grown to despise Wufei for his remarks on the opposite sex. He remembered what it was like to be female, and he wasn't happy about someone acting like they're all high and mighty just because they're part of the male species.

Michiru, on the other hand, used it as an opportunity to tease Haruka whenever she could sneak it in. Sometimes she would make comments that everyone would laugh at, but usually only the senshi understood her cryptic statements. Of course, the rumor that he didn't like popular boys had made all of the girls crack a grin at the memory (A.N. see the episode where Seiya plays bodyguard for Usagi in fifth season).

Minako was always gushing over the boys when they weren't around, but it seemed that her new pass time was to torture Quatre by flirting with him endlessly. It managed to bring smiles to everyone's faces as his turned to a red that was only thought possible by the most imaginative of writers. Usagi, being the gossip that she was, had finally pried it out of Minako that there was a real spark there and it wasn't all just teasing. Minako was falling for the blonde Arabian, but she wouldn't admit to anyone.

Hotaru seemed to be doing fine as a teenager, even if Haruka didn't like it. As a matter of fact, Hotaru thought it was fun to tease 'poor Haruka-papa.' And, like usual, Haruka didn't let it go unnoticed. She got retribution, especially in the mornings. Her favorite involved ice-cold water, a bucket, and a certain ebony haired teen. It wasn't a pretty site, but it did the job it was meant for. Hotaru, however, seemed to be the most sensitive to Wufei's comments, but she didn't let him see that. The only reason the others knew was because of the close nit relationship they had.

Setsuna had been coming and going off and on, but Usagi was starting to get a little tired of it. She wanted her around, so she started to do a little research. She found out that if the Ginzuishou closed the gates of time, then the guardian of time would be released from that duty. So, she decided that was the only way to make her stay around. For if she weren't a guardian of time, then she would be a full time guardian to the princess as the treaty of the Silver Millennium stated.

This was the day that she was going to close them. She knew that her guardians wouldn't be too happy with her for it, so she told them that she wasn't feeling well and that she would be staying in bed. They had all planned on going to the movies, and she backed out at the last minute so that they couldn't get out of their plans. She waited until she knew that they were watching the movie before she called for the crystal. She made the process go as slow as possible so that they wouldn't feel it.

Now that she had the crystal, though, she knew this part had to be fast enough so that they couldn't get there in time to stop it. She made a prayer to the crystal, whispering in her native tongue, "Ginzuishou, hear my plea. Head the words of your princess and queen to be. Close the gates of time to all who would come through, let none who seek find, and none who walk go through, whether they're mortal or immortal, block them from your passages."

The crystal, hearing it's princess' plea, closed the gates to all that would pass. The other's, who had felt it the moment she began to use it's power, barged into the room just in time to see her collapse to the floor. Cursing under his breath, Haruka ran over to her and checked her pulse. It took a moment, but she found it.

Duo, who had guard duty tonight, ran in with the other girls. "What happened!" he nearly yelled before receiving a glare from Haruka. He watched as Haruka picked her up and took her to the bedroom. He looked at all of them for some kind of explanation, but it looked like he wasn't going to receive one.

He looked first at Haruka, he knew there would be no hope with him. Then to Hotaru who had followed Haruka, and realized that she wasn't going to give him the information that he needed. So, he turned to Setsuna only to find that she wasn't anywhere to be found. Finally, he turned to Michiru who was smiling at him. "Come with me, Duo," she told him.

They walked out of the room and stood outside. He turned to her and said, "What happened in there? Why did she collapse all of the sudden."

Michiru gave him a sad smile and said, "If I tell you, you can't tell anyone, ok?" Duo nodded his head. "Usagi likes to push herself, and sometimes goes too far. She's sick right now, and she went and used up more energy than she had. We have to be careful of it when we're around, and you should be too. Watch her. She'll probably be out for the rest of the day and all night."

"What did she do to cause her to pass out like that?" questioned a calmer Duo.

"Something that we've told her again and again not to do," Michiru smiled as she re-entered the dorm room to collect her companions.

Duo could easily tell that he wasn't going to get anymore out of those girls, so he took his position for bodyguard again. He wasn't sure why he was the one stuck on duty right now, but he would have a lot of explaining to do when Wufei came to relieve him of his shift.

Meanwhile, outside, Hiiro stood watch at her window. He did it discreetly by looking like he was just enjoying the shade of the tree while studying, but his mind was on full alert. He knew something was up when her friends came running like there was no tomorrow, but he waited until Duo checked in.

After about ten minutes with no news, he called Duo. "02, what is the problem?"

Duo sighed when he heard his comrade, he should have known that he would know there was something going on. "She passed out from lack of energy. Her friends are in there right now making sure that she's all right."

Hiiro just grunted and said, "01 out."

Duo grinned at the ever attentive, silent friend, "02 out."

A few hours later find the senshi in Michiru's dorm having a meeting. "What did she use the crystal for anyway?" Minako voiced her query.

Michiru just shook her head, "I'm not sure. I've checked the mirror, and there are no disturbances that I can find."

Haruka growled, "I don't see any reason for her to use so much power. What was so important that it called for the crystal?"

Hotaru just shrugged, "I'm sure that she had a good reason for it. I'm just curious what she did with it."

"I can tell you that," Setsuna said from the doorway.

"What did she do?" Minako asked.

Setsuna let out a sigh. This odd behavior caused the senshi to take a closer look at their long time friend. They all realized at the same time that her face was covered with worry lines, and fatigue marks under her eyes made it apparent that she was extremely tired. She looked at everyone; "She locked the time gates."

The Outer Senshi stood in shock. That meant that Setsuna's duty was no longer valid, and it placed her on the same terms as the Inner Senshi. Minako, on the other hand, was extremely confused, "What does that have to do with anything? I mean, how can she just lock them?"

Setsuna gave a wry smile, "She used her power to lock them from all things. Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, can pass through them now."

Minako seemed to realize what this meant, "So, where does that put you?"

Setsuna gave her a blank look before saying, "In the exact same boat as you. Since my guardianship of time has now officially come to an end, then I am one of Serenity's guardians. However, I still am part of the Outer Senshi, so I will be under Haruka's command and not yours."

Minako nodded, thought a moment, and grinned, "So that means that you're going to be staying here! Oh, this is SO great!"

Setsuna just shook her head while the others sweat dropped at their friend's antics. "It seems as though I've been given new orders by our queen."

Hotaru nodded, "I'm sure that she just wants you to have a chance at a happy life, Setsuna-mama."

Minako threw her fist into the air and said, "YEAH! Don't look a gift donkey in the hoof."

Again, everyone sweat dropped. "I guess some things never change," Haruka commented quietly under her breath.

Michiru nodded as Hotaru said, "I think you mean 'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."

Minako gave a sheepish grin and said, "Yeah, that's what I meant."

Over the next week, Usagi found herself basically under house arrest. She was allowed to leave for class, always being escorted by either a hired bodyguard, or one of the senshi, but that was it. After class, she was confined to her dorm room and not allowed to leave. Minako and Hotaru guarded her like a hawk in her dorm. She could barely find the time to shower.

This all became old very fast. There was only so much that she could take before it became suffocating, and this was way beyond the limit. She had to get out of there, no matter what she promised Relena. Relena had promised her that it wouldn't be like this, and yet it was. She sat in her room, the only place that she could be alone, and started to come up with a plan. She knew that Hiiro, Duo, and Wufei all took turns outside to make sure no one came in through the window, or maybe to make sure she didn't escape, but if she got them in between shifts, she might catch them off guard long enough to get away.

That night, she knew when they were changing shifts. Tonight it would be at ten, then two, and then ten. She wanted to try for the two o'clock one because whoever was on duty would be closer to the point of exhaustion than for the ten o'clock one. So, that night, at two in the morning, she was wearing all black. Her hair was pulled up into a bun on her head, a rather large bun, and a black scarf was tied around it so that it wouldn't be quite so visible.

She watched out the window that she had opened earlier saying she needed some air, and waited for Duo's relief to come. She was pretty sure that it would Hiiro for he always seemed to take the hard shifts, and she was right. She saw the perfect moment when they both had their backs to her, and she took it. Silently, she climbed out her window and onto the tree that stood beside it.

She climbed down the opposite side of the tree, like she had so many times before when they were being overprotective, and ran. She knew that they saw her because she could hear them coming, or at least one of them was following. "Stop!" she heard Hiiro call, but that just made her run faster.

She was ahead of him by a little over two minutes, and that should give her enough time to get over the wall. She was right, and once she was over, she ran for the woods that were behind the school. She knew that she had to make it to the tree line before he caught her or it would be useless. There would be no escape if she didn't go faster, so she pushed. The pure excitement of it all gave her the urge to laugh out loud, but she kept it in with a grin while pushing harder.

They were just in front of her now, she could almost touch the first one, and she broke through the line. She could hear him behind her only because of the occasional breaking of a stick or a slip of the foot on the grass. He was gaining on her, but she didn't want to be caught.

She ran to her safe haven, she knew that if she made it there, he probably wouldn't be able to find her. She dodged trees and made as much of a zigzag shape as she could in order to get there, but it seemed that nothing she did would get him off of her trail.

After about five minutes of zigzag, she finally realized that he wasn't following her anymore, so she made a beeline of her spot. Another minute of running, and she found herself on the shore of a beautiful lake with the moonlight shining off of it. The lake had an almost enchanted look at this time of night when the moon was full. She loved to come here. Normally, she would bring one of her instruments to play, but she couldn't afford to do that when she was trying to hide from someone.

So, she decided that a song was something even better. She sang Yakusoku wa iranai; I don't need a promise. It was the theme song to an anime, Vision of Escaflowne, back in her second life.

What she didn't realize, though, was there were two people watching her from the shadows. Neither knew that the other was there, but the showdown for Usagi's life was about to take place.

Meanwhile, back at the school, Duo went to gather all of the other pilots, and accidentally woke Hotaru. When Hotaru found that Usagi was gone, she woke all of the senshi, and they all went in search of her. The boys weren't too thrilled about the girls going, but they were too busy trying to find Usagi to worry about them. They were told to stay, but they didn't, which irked Wufei to no end.

They ended up splitting into teams of two to find her. The first team was Minako and Quatre, who were going north. The second team was Hotaru and Wufei they were headed east. Third was Trowa and Setsuna who headed northwest. Michiru and Haruka both headed to the west. Finally, Duo headed to the northeast.

None had any idea what was going to happen this night. The destiny of all their lives would hang in the balance, but none could stop the foreboding feeling that was rising in their gut. They all knew that something, whether for good or evil, was going to happen. The girls all hoped that it did NOT include the death of their leader, but they all feared it.

To be continued

I know that everyone is probably raving mad at me, but please don't flame. I swear that if you flame, the next chapter will be late. Well, that's not true, I'll try not to make it late, but it may be. This upcoming week is going to be busy, so I'll do my best to get it written. I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter. By the way, the next chapters may hold some romance, at least, that's what I'm aiming for, so review!