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To Be Star!

Usagi fell with a grunt. "Now, that's not quite a lady like sound." Usagi glared up at Julius who just shrugged. They had been going at this for two hours now. Usagi kept falling and falling though; she just couldn't get the hang of this.   

She was dead tired and it was just after school. That meant there were still a couple of hours to go before they could stop. Speaking of school…

Even though the senshi and her made up, they were now avoiding her. Plus, they didn't even tell her why they were being mean in the first place.

Although, the school part…now she knew why she hated Mondays. No matter what, even if she told herself that'd she'd work harder, there was no excuse. School was school; a torture camp. Pile after pile of work, it was lucky that she chose to do it at school. She had a feeling that she wouldn't be able to do it here and that Julius was expecting her to do it at school.

She narrowly missed the hit that was aimed at her face.  She tried the leg sweep that she was taught since she was already on the ground. He saw that coming and decided to jump. She saw that and tried to karate chop his knees so  he could fall. Once again she didn't do it on time.

"Alright, you deserve a break. You're obviously too new to the ability to hurt people to do any good." She scowled. He handed her a hand just like the first time they met and she grabbed a hold of it. She had to rely on him because she was that tired and sore.

Julius disappeared off to somewhere and Usagi plopped down to watch TV. She saw something on about the war that was going on against OZ. 'Haha. OZ? That's a lame name for an organization. Sounds like America's 'The Wizard of Oz' movie.' She smiled at that thought and began to giggle.

She wished she was someone else. Like that Relena Peacecraft…she has everything. She doesn't have to worry about getting money. 'Baka Usagi. Peacecraft still has to worry about the war though.'

The thing she was watching was depressing. She shut it off; everyone was so unhappy these days.  Made her feel the same. She wanted out of here. Just for little while to have a bit of fun and stretch.

She stared outside. She was somewhere isolated; she realized this when he took her to go to school.

There were a whole bunch of trees surrounding the area. Usagi could just imagine herself running and jumping around outside. It looked so peaceful. Maybe if she could convince Julius to let her go out…

She could admit she was a bit lonely. Revise that; she was very lonely. She was sad and there were plenty of other negative emotions in her than just that. She missed talking to Rei, arguing with her ototo, 'kaasan, 'tousan, the senshi, Naru, she could just go and on. Mamo-chan…

She choked up and tears began to pour. She tried to lower down her sobbing, but it didn't matter, Julius came anyway. Instead of yelling at her like she thought he would he just came over and held her. She sobbed into his shirt, hiccupping once in a while.  He just held her and she soon fell asleep.

He had wanted to have her train for a bit longer, but he'd let this side. 'Just like last night, ne?' He frowned and shook off his disappointment at going easy on her.

As soon as they had reached ground they held their breath. It had taken them about a day and a half to get on the planet once they had spotted it. It was breath taking as they had predicted.

Their first step to see the world of Earth was beautiful with the moonlight glowing and the trees and bushes swaying slightly. They could smell the sweet scent in the air as well.

They abandoned the air ship, with no care if it was found and started forward to look for a place to sleep.

Vash and Knives were about a mile from the nearest town. They had decided to sleep where they were. It'd probably take them the whole night to get to the town, but they were really tired.

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A week had past when Usagi had broken down in tears and Vash and Knives had arrived at Earth. Usagi was at the moment, learning how to use a gun. She had mastered martial arts yesterday, though she still didn't like harming anyone.

It had looked simple enough, however when she had tried loading the gun it completely took a lot of her concentration. The clip just wouldn't go in. The clip and the gun itself were heavy, too.

She glared at it and held both parts for a moment, studying them. She tried it again and this time it worked. Now she just hoped it worked at the other times she'd need the gun. She'll have to work on the speed of loading it, too.

"Now for target shooting!" Her eyes widened and she became nervous. "Now? Don't you think it's too early? I mean, I'm still slow at loading the gun!"

Julius shook his head. "You can always practice loading at other times or when you're bored and have nothing to do. However, we need you to hurry up and learn to shoot. Downawki-san has asked me when you will be ready. He needs you to hurry up and head the bounties soon." She remembered Downawki as the guy who hired her…

She nodded and focused on the target that had just appeared. She was tense and worried that she might not do it right. She aimed and then fired. There was a loud  bang and Usagi looked up.

"Iie, Usagi-chan. You're too tense. Relax, okay?" She nodded and she relaxed. She held her gun lazily and used only one hand instead of two like she was supposed to because she was a beginner. He was about to reprimand her when she fired. It hit exactly where it was supposed to, the coke bottle blasted apart and she dropped the gun and stared in surprise. Julius was gaping at the used to be target.

"Well, maybe it was just a fluke…Ju-kun? Are you okay?" Julius stared fixated on the broken bottle shards. "No, I don't think so. I think you're a natural, Usagi-chan. Try that again. I bet you could do it." She nodded and prepared to have another go. "No, no! Usagi, look at it. Don't be intimidated. Relax and don't think about it. I don't think you need to concentrate either.

'Okay. Just see it, don't think about what you're about to do.' Usagi tried again. She relaxed everything and pointed the gun lazily towards the new target. The new coke bottle didn't stand a chance. Usagi smiled. She didn't have to concentrate! It was like a second sense, being able to shoot the gun.

Julius grinned as well. "Well, that didn't have to take long. What do you want to do now?" Usagi smiled even bigger. "I want to do that again!" Julius shook his head in amusement and set up even more targets than before.

Five minutes later and all twenty coke bottles were shattered. Usagi was having fun. She had accomplish the gun in just minutes. She was proud of herself.

"Ju-kun. What do we do now?" He shrugged. "Don't know. I was planning on working with the gun today and tomorrow, but it looks like you've got it covered." Usagi grinned. She knew exactly what they could do. "Say…you got any cake mix around here?"

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Vash sat on the bus waiting to arrive at the apartment they had rented. Knives was busy searching the internet for her, at his brother's request of course, and was being his normal grumpy self.

The bus stopped and Vash got off. He started to walk another block before he actually reached the high-rise. They were going nowhere on this mad search. Knives had already complained about it twice already and Vash just continued to brush him off.

He inserted the key and entered the apartment. His brother was sitting there looking at the computer screen with an irritated look on his face. However, as soon as Knives heard the door open he whirled around to face Vash. "Dammit Vash! I haven't found one goddamn thing and I'm bored. Why don't you take a turn at staring on this stupid spider technology?" Vash winced. He didn't really want to let Knives out, afraid that Knives would cause trouble.

But if it could get Knives off his case for a while then okay. "You got next month." Knives put on a satisfied smile and turned back to the screen. Vash sighed and went to the kitchen to make something to eat.

As he cooked dinner for himself and Knives, he began to think back on the dreams he'd been having. The tenshi in his dreams looked so sad…he didn't want to see that look on her face anymore. It wasn't her.

He and Knives ate their dinner in silence. Both were lost in their thoughts.

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The kitchen was a mess. No matter what though, the two occupants of the kitchen had fun. They had a complete and delicious looking cake. They'd fix the mess later. They just hope that the flour, chocolate icing, and several others messy things wouldn't be hard to clean.

They ate their dinner first and with lots of laughter. They were jittery with anticipation. They couldn't wait to try the cake.

Finally the moment came. Both of them rubbed their hands with that same anticipation.  Julius grabbed the plates and Usagi grabbed the forks. Slowly he cut the cake and put a piece on Usagi's plate. She waited until he had his piece before they counted to three. "1,2, and 3!" They took a taste and both of their faces lit up in glee. "Sugoi! Yum, yum! We made a great cake, Ju-kun. Mmmm. I have a feeling that cake won't last for long." Usagi looked so happy. Julius stared and realized that other than the time when she was shooting, she had never looked this happy.

He smiled. "So, are we going to eat or what?" They dug in. In a matter of minutes the cake was finished. They sighed content and sat at the couch in the living room.

"Ju-kun? Have you ever had cake?" He snorted and said, "Please, everyone at one point in their lives must of tasted cake." She rolled her eyes. "But Ju-kun, you must have looked even happier than I was when we had a piece of that cake." He smiled a bit sorrowfully. "I haven't had cake in a long time. I stopped enjoying small things like that when I was 11. I had to grow up then, and Downawki-san helped me find a way to get back on my feet and help my family." "Nani? You were 11 when you came into this kind of work?" Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped. She didn't think that was possible.

He shook his head wryly. "Hai. I imagine I'm the youngest one in the record of assassins. However, I'm old now." If it was possible, Usagi's eyes widened even more. "Anno, are you sure? You look only 24, 25." Julius chuckled and ruffled her hair. "I am."

"And you call yourself old?! Baka, you're still young and good looking!" Usagi realized what she said and blushed. He also had a slight blush. "Go-gomen. Anno, I don't know what I was talking about. Eh…I'm…ah…tired now. Oyasumi." She quickly ran into her room.

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Another two weeks had past. It was now the next month. Usagi had continued to go to school while she continued her training. Not much different than her usual schedule that had started last month ever since she had met Julius. The only thing different was that there was no more Ju-kun.

Now that she had managed to learn all she had needed to know, he had said he was no longer needed. He was missed sorely. Usagi couldn't imagine what it was like in the life she was living without him.

She had been nervous when she had come back to living with her mother. She already missed where she had lived with when she was with Julius. "Death's Corner" hadn't change one bit. Well, maybe it changed from no stars to 1 star. That was because of a vending machine having been installed.

Other than that, it was still the sickest hotel in the world. One would think that it was actually a motel.

If she had to evaluate her life it would be okay. Not saying that it was perfect, after all she had a damned job, her mother was a prostitute, her brother was getting sick, and she had left a very good friend while her senshi was confusing her.

Anyway, she had to do another bounty tonight. The past two weeks had been filled with bounty hunts. She was solo and she had no problem. She got all of the bounties done and now she had to wait to get her paycheck. Or how does she get paid?

She shook her head and decided to think on that later. She knew Downawki-san was definitely going to pay her. She trusted that he would. Although, she knew she was too trusting at times.

She walked out of her room to next door where her mother and brother would be hanging around.

Usagi found out that Shingo had been caught with their father and that now he was grounded. Shingo and their mother were upset with the other.

She shook her head and decided to sleep on it. She'd wake up and take a shower and then dress to go and catch another bounty after.

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Knives smiled. (Oh My God, he smiled! Ahem, back to the story) He strolled around a neighborhood. It was neat, nice, and ordinary. He sighed, bored already. He wanted something to do. He had a lot of patience, but it was simply so boring without the killing and death Planet Gunsmoke offered.

Knives scowled at a kid who almost ran him over with his skates. He shuddered at how these spiders could continue living when there was another planet out there that was having trouble with people of their own kind living there. Showed him that humans were nothing dependable.

Violence. It seemed it was here as well as it was in Planet Gunsmoke. He sneered. Humans were always going to need death. They were always going to need the thrill of murder.

He looked around. He saw the same kid that had almost ran him over being beat on. Three high schoolers were kicking and punching him to the ground.

Knives didn't know why but he walked over and stood above them, hovering over them menacingly. They looked up when Knives's shadow covered them.  He glared intimidatingly at them and they ran away quickly. He helped the poor boy up.

The boy whimpered. "Please don't hurt me." Knives was a little ticked off at the boy because of their near collision, but he said nothing. The boy straightened and introduced himself as, "Tsukino Shingo. Domo arigato for your help, sir."

Knives nodded. He didn't know why, but this boy reminded him of just exactly who he was supposed to be looking for. He had this idea that if he stuck to this boy he would meet the blonde that his brother had dragged him there for.

"Say what place is good for food?" Simple question. There would be nothing wrong by getting the kid's trust first. Shingo nodded and grabbed Knives's hand. Knives raised an eyebrow and followed along.

Shingo led them all the way to a place called, "The Crown." Inside, Knives could see strange machines with a bunch of other kids hovering over them. He was then led to a table and Shingo had hailed over a blonde male.

Shingo smiled at the stranger. "Kon'nichi wa, Motoki-kun. I'd like to order two milkshakes. Would you like anything else?" the last question was directed to Knives. Knives shook his head no.

As soon as Motoki left, Knives asked what the kids were doing. Shingo gaped in disbelief. "You don't know what a arcade is? Come on!" Soon Knives found himself being dragged to one of those strange machines. He was plopped unto a seat in front of one and Shingo proceeded to explain everything. From what it was there for to how to play it.

Knives nodded and asked why would someone even think of coming up with such a thing. Shingo looked at him like he had just grown two heads. "The person was probably bored and thought this up so he and others would have something to do. Besides it's fun."

Knives nodded again. He stared at the game console and was surprised to see it start to work. He hadn't put in a coin…

He looked over to Shingo and saw the way younger give him two thumbs up. Knives went back to the screen and stared in horror.

Two minutes later…

"Yeah! You go Knives! Come on, you can beat 'em." After Knives decided to try it, he watched in fascination as he began winning. Of course, since he was better than these people and had a higher IQ, he had gotten past the high score already.

He knew he had attracted a crowd and he was soaking up in the worship they were doing as they were in awe of his skills. They were even more impressed when Shingo had told them that this was Knives's first time even playing a game. He resisted the urge to grin on superiority and continued to focus on the game.

He pressed the buttons rapidly and did everything he could from losing. He had a lot of lives left and he was sure he would set a high score no one would be able to beat. Before he had hardly broke a sweat, but as the pressure came on to get to the last level and to have the highest score, he had begun to sweat rapidly. Now before this, he would have freaked out at how he was sweating like common humans, but he could hardly care about anything other than his goal.

He winced as he lost another life. As the minutes wore on and people stared in anxiety to see if he would make it, Knives began to lose more lives. However, on the second to last level, Knives lost his final life and everyone let out a groan. Even Knives succumbed to the human reaction. He had been so close.

Everyone else congratulated him on having the highest score and having made it to the second to last level.

"Well, at least you got the highest score, right? Plus, you made it to the second to last level. Maybe next time you'll finish it." Knives nodded and glared at the screen before walking with Shingo to their tables.

They saw Motoki leaning against their table. He had a pair of two milkshakes behind him. Motoki reached behind and grabbed them and waited till the two of them had reached him to give the shakes over.

"Enjoy you two. Oh, and say hi to Usa for me, Shingo." Motoki turned to a couple next to them and asked them for their order. Knives asked who this Usa was. "Oh, my sister? Yeah, her name's Usagi. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. You might see her later on." Knives nodded. He had just realized that this Usagi person might be the one they had been looking for.

Knives shrugged and they finished their shakes in silence. Shingo asked to wait a moment as he had to go ask for another milkshake. When Shingo came back Knives questioned on it. "My sis loves milkshakes. Particularly chocolate ones. I wanted to get her one. Besides, she always gets me one when she comes here."

Together they headed back to "Death's Corner" that Usagi had so affectionately named (although they didn't know that). Knives surveyed the place with distaste. "The place is absolutely horrible. How can you stand to live in such a setting?" Shingo just shrugged. "It's just a place. As long as I have somewhere to sleep, I got no problems."

Inside was just as horrible. Knives tried to keep his comments to himself and just said it in his head. Shingo led him to a door and said, "Hey, try not to mess anything up. This is my sis' room. I don't want to face my mom so we'll just go in here. Usa is letting me stay here anyway."

Inside was very clean. The bed was nicely done and there wasn't a mess anywhere. Shingo put the shake in the fridge and then sat down at a table that was near a mini kitchen with Knives following. "This room isn't so bad but that's probably because Usa fixed it up a little. The kitchen was probably messed up before. You want something?" Knives nodded and asked for water. Shingo got up and got a glass from a cabinet. He went to the sink and started to fill it up. Knives wrinkled his nose but returned his face back to normal.

"So why don't you want to face your mom?" Shingo grimaced and then scowled darkly at the wall in front of him. "Mom wants to separate from Dad and so we moved out. I tried sneaking out to be with him. It worked for a little while before I got caught."

"But why do they want to separate?"

"Mom had an affair with someone and now we have to live in this dump because we're also broke. In fact, the only person providing the money is my sis. Although, we don't know where she's getting it. At least she's not selling her body because I would've known from Mom. After all, Mom doing it." Shingo said all of this in a bitter voice.

"Tell me more about your sister. She sounds very responsible."

"Now she is. She used to be unreliable but when we ended up in this and she began to take charge I realized that she was the most responsible person ever. She's actually doing her homework, somehow getting a job, and she's also found time to comfort me. I hate the way my life is going. I hate that this is making my sister stop acting like her genki self and into some grown up that isn't her. Knives, what am I going to do? I feel like my life is going downwards."

"Hey kid. I don't know." And he truly did not know. With all his superior intellect he could not figure this out.

Shingo sighed and plopped down into a chair near Knives and handed him the glass of water. "Hey Knives? Arigato for taking the time to hang out with me." Knives for once smiled genuinely at Shingo. Shingo returned the favor.

"Look, Shingo. I got to go. How about I come visit you tomorrow?"

"Sure. I'll see you then."

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It was late. She had woken up a little earlier than she was supposed to though. Usagi had guessed that she had fallen asleep in her mom's room while waiting for Shingo. But she had forgotten that she had let Shingo stay with her since he and their mother were fighting. She'd also forgotten that their mother would be out for a long time. It seemed her mom went out for her job at random times…

She went to her room and glanced at the bed. Shingo was lying there sleeping in a fetal position on his side. He had a troubled expression on his face. Usagi leaned down and kissed his forehead and Shingo seemed to relax.  Usagi got her equipment, careful to be very quiet. She put on her spandex one suit and strapped her thigh holsters on. She put on her boots and checked to make sure that the little knives built in the boots worked and she slid on a belt that had her other needed equipment. She grabbed her guns and slid them into the holsters and put on short-fingered black gloves. She secured her odangoes and made sure that they were okay and not loose.

She headed out and started for her destination.

At the mansion…

She silently crept through the first and second floor. She clung to the walls and stayed to the shadows. She kept her hands near her guns at her side and when she finally reached the door that she wanted she took both of them out of the holsters and got ready.

She checked to see if the door was locked. It wasn't…she silently opened the door and sneaked in. She looked around for the thing she came here for. This bounty was different. They wanted her to find evidence on the guy.

Aha…

She found the evidence. There in a glass case was the Black Diamond of Carthraw. It was enormous and very valuable as well. She stared at it, trying to see any visible alarms. She took a mini camera out of her belt and started taking pictures. When she finished up, she put the camera back into her pocket and went on her way out.

She almost made it without trouble. Two guards spotted her come out the front door and now there was a stare down. Both guards were on either side of her. They circled around her until both dashed forward. She dodged a blow aimed at her head and another aimed at her stomach. She grabbed the fist that was aimed at her head and twisted it, breaking the entire arm. She winced. Then the one who had aimed a fist at her stomach aimed another at her face. She caught it and pulled him towards her with a lot of force and used her other arm to karate chop his neck. That one was knocked out. She looked to the one with the broken arm. He was quivering. She knocked him out too.

She dragged the both of them with her to the boat that had taken her to the island where the mansion had rested on. They didn't wake up until she had reached her destination. Downawki-san's mansion.

She handed the two frightened guards to two other people she had met at the gate. She knew they were the ones to threaten any witnesses to keep their mouth shut. Actually, they just killed them, but since she had asked them to not do that to her witnesses, they had not.

She went up the stairs to what she knew was the door to Downawki-san's door. She knocked and opened the door when his familiar voice said, "Come in!"