Shattered Reality Part 14
Missing Puzzle Pieces
by
Sailor Janus
Hotaru drew a quick breath as she lowered her gun firmly stating, "I...accept."
"Hotaru! No don't say that! She doesn't accept! Kill me!" the chestnut brown-haired teen yelled as he struggled in the metal chair.
The dark-haired girl shook her head at her raging friend. "Sorry Duo, but my decision is final," she quietly said, removing her jacket as Stanz motioned for the guards release Duo from the chair.
"Quite a noble choice Firefly, yourself for a friend," the Iron Fist leader snickered as the girl deathly glared at him.
"You better keep your word, and to be for certain that no harm shall come to Duo, I'm giving him my jacket. I also want you to allow him a mode of transportation, and I'll go freely without a struggle. Do we have a deal?" Hotaru sternly said, staring into the man's coal black eyes.
The egotistical leader nodded his head, "Agreed. Duo Maxwell for one day, shall be pardoned from his death, and anyone who sheds his blood, I'll take their life, myself."
Stiffly, the cobalt blue eyed teen stood up free from his confinements. Carefully, the violet-eyed girl walked up to him, placing her black leather jacket in his hands as she secretly slid a slip of paper in between his fingertips. "I have to do this. There is no other way. Goodbye Duo," Hotaru whispered with a tone of remorse in her voice.
"Good luck, Hotaru. Try to stay alive. Both you," he urged, as the guards came up from behind the girl, placing her wrists in shackles. "We won't forget about you!" he cried out while the guards escorted him out of the building.
The dark-haired teen silently watched her friend leave. 'Thank you Duo. I guess Trowa is right; the only way I'll die is if I surrender or sacrifice myself. How ironic that it's both of them which shall be my undoing,' she thought as the guards checked her for any concealed weapons with a special detector.
"I am quite gratefully that the final piece to the puzzle has brought herself," Stanz glowered which resulted in Hotaru spinning around, to face him.
"What?!"
*~*~*~*
Duo found himself being shoved out the large mansion's heavy wooden doors, with a pair of keys forced into his hand.
"You have less than thirty seconds to leave," a blonde-haired guard growled as he pointed to the road bordered by a vast rich green lawn on each side which was fairly well torn up, with thin tire tracks trails sliced into the landscape. Duo had to snicker at the destruction that Hotaru had caused to Stanz's once perfectly cultivated yard.
"Uh, thanks for the warning," the braided-haired ex-pilot mumbled as he reached the motorcycle they were allowing him to have. Swiftly, he tossed a helmet over his head, hopped on the bike and started it up. With a roar, Duo found himself departing Elite Silver, and two of his friends who were enclosed behind the thick wooden doors.
The teen knew exactly where to go thanks to Hotaru's hidden note. Duo only hoped that they would still be there by the time he arrived. He would have preferred trying to bust Heero and Hotaru out of that hellhole, but it was very likely he'd get caught, which would pronounce his death on the spot. 'I just hope you two will be okay.'
*~*~*~*
The three ex-gundam pilots could not believe their eyes. The Gundams had been completely restored! It was almost like seeing an old friend after what had been years. The feeling rushing through the teens was indescribable.
"You rebuilt the gundams but how?! We destroyed them back in AC 196 as well as the blue-prints," Quatre asked as he stared at Sandrock.
Trowa examined the craftsmanship of his Heavyarms Gundam. "They even look exactly the same," he added.
"We should hope so. After all, we were once apprentices to the brilliant scientists which created them," the thin man with white hair said.
"Apprentices?" Wufei said, looking curiously at the five men.
A balding man with dark hair nodded. "Yes, you see, we also came from each of your colonies. For security measures if you will."
"There was always a plan two for your missions back in AC 195 which is why we were sent to earth as well," the short pudgy man explained.
"And where might we ask is Firefly?" the tall bald man asked.
"She went after Heero and Duo. Iron Fist kidnapped them, but who are you?" the blonde teen answered still appearing confused.
The five scientists began snickering to the ex-pilots' surprise. "So, the Perfect Weapon has finally met the Perfect Soldier. We were afraid that this might happen."
"WHAT?!" the three teens exclaimed as they stared at the scientists.
"Allow me to explain, I am Dr. E." the white haired scientist said, "Hotaru's father used to work with Dr. J before a little lab accident occurred. Generally speaking, both the one called Heero Yuy and Hotaru Tomoe, were instructed in the same fashion and around the same exact time period. We just had to make sure that they would never meet."
Quatre blinked at the startling news, "But they are both fine. Nothing out of the ordinary has happened to them."
"They can feel emotions now."
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Hotaru looked coolly at Stanz. 'What the hell is he talking about, the final piece to the puzzle... oh no.' Slowly, two guards, bound the girl's feet in shackles, as she glared at the Iron Fist leader. "This is interesting. First you try to kill me and now you're going to use me again."
"Foolish girl. We have been planning this with extreme caution for a long time. So long in fact, that those stupid Preventers couldn't even touch us. You my dear, were simply a pawn in a giant chess game and might I say, played your part perfectly. We speculated on your treason as well as the infiltration of Station Red. Even witnessing and being accused of the murder of Relena Peacecraft was set up. We even knew you would team up with the pilots." Stanz explained with a sneer on his face as Hotaru stared feeling herself growing ill. It was all a game. Cruel, sick game. "Your injection of the virus was set up as well. We had to test you by giving a dose, which would kill a normal healthy girl, and found we were correct. You are a lot stronger than we hoped. Heero Yuy has also undergone the same treatment, and he too should fully recover."
The violet-eyed girl gritted her teeth as she glanced up at the dark-haired man. "I do not wish hear anymore of your bragging. Take me to see Heero NOW!" she shouted with an intense coldness to her eyes.
"I fear I cannot allow that just yet, but in a few hours, you shall see the boy," Stanz nodded gracefully, as he signaled for his two guards to take the girl away.
Quietly, Hotaru allowed herself to be led down the large hallway without even the slightest sign of resistance. 'I can't believe it. Damn them. They had me set up the entire time. Why didn't I realize this?! I played perfectly into the palm of their hands.'
Suddenly, they halted in front of a large steel door. The girl tried to keep her head held up high, but found it was nearly impossible. Regardless, she did so anyway. Hotaru could not let anyone know that they had actually defeated her. Everything felt so useless now.
"In here," one of the guards growled as he shoved Hotaru inside who nearly loses her balance as she stumbled to stop.
With a loud thud, she was sealed in her confinements. "Welcome home," the girl quietly murmured, taking a seat on the floor against the plain white wall.
*~*~*~*
"What do you mean, they feel emotions? What difference does it make anyway? The rest of us feel emotions and have fought fine," the Arabian said as he frowned at the five men.
"It is not that simple. We needed two superior beings to turn into the Perfect Soldier and in Hotaru's case, the Perfect Weapon. Both were trained around the same exact moments but in different parts of the building, never once meeting each other. Unfortunately, we lost Hotaru when her father had an accident in one of the labs, killing his wife in the process, and altering his personality gravely. A week later, he departed with the girl right behind him, during the most crucial aspects of the program so she was never fully complete," Dr. E acknowledged the three teens, which intently listened to the story. "Supposedly, whatever training techniques, Prof. T used on young Hotaru, caused the programming to change as well, resulting in her becoming almost like an override to Heero's own program."
Trowa nodded. "That explains what happened earlier this morning," he quietly mentioned, reminding his friends of their incident when they were caught snooping on their two friends. Heero and Hotaru had actually laughed, an emotion neither of them had ever witnessed.
"Wait a minute. So you mean Tomoe was trained at the same location as Yuy, which would make her a colonist from L1. Why did you need a girl anyway?" the Chinese teen asked curiously. There were still several facts that were confusing him and this was one of them.
The bald scientist them took the opportunity to speak. "We needed to have a back up plan in case you boys could not go through with your mission for any reason either it be refusal, or death, so we chose five girls as well. Unfortunately, as we lost Hotaru, the other four girls had disappeared as well."
"Who were they?" Quatre thoughtfully asked as he glanced up at the five new gundams, realizing that along the other wall five more were standing.
"Very special girls with skills similar to your own. Surprisingly however, we did get word that the L2 and L3 girls have been sighted and supposedly, are on the hunt for you six," Prof. F said as he brushed his red hair out of his face.
The green-eyed circus performer crossed his arms. "What about the other two? Have they been found? Are they looking for us as well?"
Stiffly, Dr. E shook his head. "The L4 and L5 girls have not been seen since. We speculate they may have been terminated back in AC 195 when you five were being hunted for your own executions."
Just then, another guest greeted the group. "Hey! Sorry I took so long! Traffic was a bummer. Hope you left me some treats too!" Duo grinned as he walked inside the warehouse.
"Duo! You're alive! Where are Heero and Hotaru?!" Quatre cried out as he ran up to greet his friend.
Slowly the braided-haired teen dropped his head. "Hotaru gave herself up to save my life. Those sickos from Iron Fist had also used that virus on Heero, which made her even more determined to stay. Who knows what they are being put through now?"
"Iron Fist has both of them?" Trowa said, looking a little shaky. 'I do not like the sound of this.'
Duo tossed his arms behind his head as he glanced bitterly at the ceiling. "Yeah, I'm just surprised that they had actually kept their word to Hotaru and did not kill me. She even gave me her jacket, which is practically stocked with almost every kind of arsenal. I'm just kind of disappointed that she didn't have a rocket launcher hidden in one of her pockets! She has about everything else in here!"
"They were probably planning on taking them both at the very beginning. Iron Fist is plotting something and I have a feeling that Heero and Hotaru have a major role in its success," the pilot with the long bangs contemplated.
Suddenly, the cobalt-blued-eyed teen's eyes grew wide as he stared at something with a huge grin on his face, dropping his arms abruptly to his sides. "Deathscythe Hell! You're back!"
"Duo, meet the scientists who restored them. Um, scientists, this is Duo Maxwell from the L2 colony, pilot of the Deathscythe Hell Gundam," the blonde boy said making introductions.
The white haired man chuckled. "I'm sorry. I'm afraid we have been quite rude. I am Dr. E. The redheaded man is Prof. F, the short one is Master M, Prof. I is the completely bald one and the dark-haired balding one is George."
"I am Quatre Raberba Winner of colony L4 pilot of Sandrock, Trowa Barton is the Heavyarms pilot from colony L3, and Chang Wufei is Altron's pilot from L5," the Arabian smiled. Secretly he hoped that they could prevent whatever fiendish plans Iron Fist had up their sleeves, before they actually took place.
The four pilots looked hesitantly at each other, each contemplated whether the scientists' actions would be true or not. At least they could fight the mobile dolls whenever Iron Fist decided to release them. Right now, they had to wait or risk being arrested.
"We do have a mission for you four however," Dr. E said which caused the pilots to glance curiously at him.
"Mission?! But we really need to break Heero and Hotaru out of Elite Silver right now!" Duo exclaimed. 'Oh great, we're back to this again. Where do they find them, the clearance section Scientists Unlimited that are priced so cheap you are almost being paid to take them off of their hands?!'
Prof. F defiantly shook his head. "You must find and correct the L2 and L3 girls, first. You four will need all the help you can possibly get in order to save your two friends. We suspect the girls must be either under some sort of mind control, or were simply retrained. Once you have completed the mission, report back here with them, immediately. Trust us on this one."
"But-" Quatre said before he was interrupted.
The scientists shook their heads as they pointed to the door. "Go."
With deep sighs, the four gundam pilots left the warehouse. "Well, we're back to being puppets again. I knew I missed something," Duo grumbled under the night sky as they began heading out to the van. 'Where exactly are we going to find these girls? It's not like they're gonna pop out of no where!'
Suddenly, the braided-haired teen felt his legs being swept out from under him.
"Hey!" he shouted, landing roughly on his back.
"Sorry. Didn't mean to make you fall head over heels," a girl with waist length curls sneered as she pulled out a gun, aiming it at Duo's head as she clicked off the safety. "I guess this will have to do. Say goodbye." With the other hand she slyly blew a kiss, as if signaling that she was about to pull the trigger, while the braided-haired teen stared in shock.
Just then, Wufei grabbed the burgundy-haired girl from behind, yanking her hands towards her chest, allowing Duo enough time to pick himself off the ground and grab the firearm from the girl's grasp.
"The weak should not play with guns," the Chinese teen said through clenched teeth, holding the girl firmly who slightly struggled, which he found rather strange until she struck.
The girl grinned, kicking Duo in the stomach with both feet, knocking the teen to the ground as he lost the gun in midair before quickly throwing all of her body weight forward, resulting in Wufei being tossed off her back, landing with a thud to the cement. "I wasn't playing with it, I was going to shoot with it."
Trowa was just about to offer his assistance when he felt something make contact with his head. With a small grunt, he lurched forward, nearly falling to his hands and knees. Swiftly, however, the boy regained his composure in time to shove Quatre out of a speeding bullet's path as he recognized the weapon being pointed at his blonde friend.
"Ow!" the blonde yelled as he slid on the pavement. "Thanks Trowa," he softly said, flinching at the fresh scraps on the heels of the hands.
The dark-green tinted, haired girl however froze, almost as if she were assessing the situation. "Four of them, two of us. Poetry seems to be handling those two well, although she did lose her gun. The blonde does not seem to be much of a threat although I have not seen him fight yet. The tall one however could prove to be of some difficulty.'
"Key! Why the hell are you just standing there?! Shoot him!" Poetry shouted, as she threw a kick to Duo, who foolishly caught her leg.
"Ha! What are you going to do now? I have your leg and now you are defenseless to the almighty God of Death!" the cobalt blue-eyed teen grinned, until he noticed a glimmer in the girl's jade green eyes.
"How about this?" With a smirk on the girl's face she gracefully leapt up, nailing Duo perfectly in the head, limberly catching herself in a handstand as the boy crashed to the ground, wincing in pain. From her handstand, the burgundy-haired girl kicked an approaching Wufei, hard in the stomach before flipping herself up to her feet. "Key! Shoot him!" the girl cried out again, growing angry with her stupefied friend, who was actually forming a plan.
Unfortunately, Poetry had distracted Key long enough for Trowa to knock the gun out of the tall girl's grip, but not without a struggle as she threatened to break his arm, holding it roughly in a very awkward position. One false move, and the teen would have to become a lefty very fast.
"Why do you want to kill us?" Quatre questioned the girls as he climbed to his feet, when only one thought came to mind. 'Could these two be the girls the scientists mentioned?'
"You're wanted for murder, so we figured we'd give society a hand," Poetry shrugged as Wufei charged with a flying kick, which the girl promptly threw herself to the ground, completely missing the assault.
Key nodded her head, quickly throwing a punch to Trowa, which made contact with his jaw followed by a fake punch, and a sweep to his legs. Suddenly, Quatre tried attacking, successfully yanking the girl's legs out from under her. Sadly, she managed to knee him sharply in the stomach as she fell to the ground, promptly knocking the wind out of the boy who collapsed to the pavement once again.
"We were framed! Besides do you really want to kill us or is it just because it's a mission?!" the Arabian managed to gasp out which result in both girls freezing, Key pinning Trowa to the ground at knife point, and Poetry sustaining her choke hold on Duo.
"How did you know this was a mission?" Key asked as the boys sighed in relief, hoping that perhaps they could talk some sense into them before the two girls finished the guys off for good.
Quatre shrugged. "Would you really take a human life on your own free will unless they sought to do you harm?"
Poetry dropped her head in thought, "Good point," she murmured, looking apologetically at the four gundam pilots.
"Um, can you loosen your grip a bit then Poetry? Please?" Duo squeaked out from the chokehold the girl had him in. With a slight blush, she released him, carefully climbing to her feet as Key, put away her knife, quickly rolling off of the green-eyed boy.
"Sorry," Poetry winced before turning her attention to the other pilots. "So did you or did you not kill Relena Peacecraft?"
"Did not," Wufei simply said as he dusted himself off. "And neither did the Tomoe girl. She executed the real murderer."
The burgundy-haired girl smirked. "Ha! I told you Trista! I knew the charges were false!"
"Deidra, you idiot, you're supposed to use the code names we were given," Trista sighed, throwing her hand over her face in disbelief at her friend's little slip.
Deidra flinched as she dropped her eyes down to the pavement. "Oops, um, well you said my name. Anyway, I thought Stanz was an asshole to begin with! Him and his major ego. Ugh, Mr. 'Aren't I so beautiful?' Give me a barf bag."
"Wait, did you say Stanz?" Duo choked out, as he climbed to his feet, arching an eyebrow at the talkative girl.
"Yeah, why?" the burgundy-haired girl inquired as the other pilots exchanged glances.
"He was behind the abduction of Heero Yuy and Hotaru Tomoe as well as the deaths of all the pacifist leaders including Relena Peacecraft," the aquamarine blue-eyed pilot answered as he rubbed his hands together, trying to remove the dirt from his scrapped up hands.
Trista blinked at the response. "Now everything makes sense. Stanz only ordered us to kill you four, but never mentioned the other two. With you four dead it would make rescuing Heero and Hotaru impossible. This whole scheme was well plotted with Poetry and myself used as pawns to eliminate Stanz's only threat."
The burgundy-haired girl nodded her head. "So now what we do? I kinda don't want to complete this mission anymore since they are innocent and everything. Not to mention we turned out to be the bad guys in this whole mess. Gee, that'll sound great on a resume," Deidra sighed, crossing her arms over her chest. "I could really give Stanz a piece of my mind right now, followed by blowing up his precious mansion. Pocketing some of the expensive stuff wouldn't be a bad idea either."
"Deidra, no," Trista said with a headshake. Sometimes, she had to admit, the girl was just a little too wild, but that was Deidra for you.
"But then we wouldn't have to eat anymore dry ramen!" the burgundy-haired girl pouted as the pilots looked a little shocked at what the two girls actually were forced to eat.
The tall garnet-eyed girl shook her head again, "Deidra, that's what you eat, and I still don't understand how you can stand it raw."
"Oh yeah," the shorter girl replied, looking a little embarrassed as she shrugged. "Well, it's crunchy and edible whether you believe it or not," she smiled sheepishly.
"Uh, actually, we were given the mission to find two girls from the L2 and L3 colonies so are you two from either colony?" the American teenaged boy asked as the two girls looked blankly at him.
Trista dropped her head lightly shaking it, "We cannot remember where we came from."
*~*~*~*
Quietly, Hotaru sat leaned against the wall, her thoughts were her only company. 'How did everything get bad so quickly? I was used once again without my being acknowledged of it. Why must you people hurt me when for the first time, I can actually feel alive?'
Suddenly, the girl was jerked back to reality by a loud banging at the door, which promptly swung open, revealing two guards dragging in an unconscious Heero Yuy, whose own appearance was deathly pale.
Not even realizing it, Hotaru rose to her feet staring as they slid the boy on the bed, before shuffling out themselves.
"Hope you don't mind having a roommate, but hey, it's not like you exactly have a choice to begin with," one of the guards shouted over his shoulder with a chuckle before slamming the door shut behind him.
The dark-haired girl could not peel her eyes from the still form of the Perfect Soldier. He resembled death so well that it actually frightened her.
Carefully she walked up to him, taking tiny steps since her feet were still shackled. "Why did they have to make you experience the same damn thing I did? It's going to be hell when you awake Heero, but you'll pull through," she quietly said with a sigh.
Slowly, Hotaru dropped to her knees, leaning against the bed. 'So this is practically what I looked like when I had the virus. No wonder you kept an eye on me,' she thought while softly brush the boy's damp bangs from his face. The violet-eyed girl couldn't help but feel guilty. "I'm going to get you out of here. I promise," Hotaru quietly whispered, in Heero's ear before lightly kissing his forehead. 'Even if it kills me.'
*~*~*~*
The four Gundam pilots glanced quizzically at the two girls. If they couldn't remember then perhaps they really are the two girls the scientists requested them to locate. Either way, since the two came from Iron Fist's headquarters, they could be very useful.
"Think we should take them to see our new, pains in the asses anyway?" Duo asked his three friends who considered the question.
Nodding Trowa quietly said, "I believe they could be the two that we are looking for. Both seem to possess excellent combat skills which is quite unusual."
"I agree. Wufei?" Quatre said as he turned to his Chinese friend who nodded as well. "All right, Trista, Deidra, we'd appreciate it if you could come with us. There are some people that would like to meet you two."
The two girls exchanged glances, wondering what the four boys were up to, but concluded the pilots' intentions were probably correct. The tall dark greenish haired girl nodded as her friend grinned, "Okay, we'll complete your little mission. Just don't double cross us or we'll have to wipe the floor with you guys."
With a shrug the four pilots led the girls into the warehouse, which once again was pitch black.
Rolling her jade green eyes the burgundy-haired girl flatly stated, "All right, you guys are truly sick. If you think luring us into a dark, abandoned warehouse, is going to give you the advantage, then I'm afraid you're wrong."
Suddenly the lights flashed on, startling the teenagers with the immense brightness of the room.
"Blinding us won't do you any good either!" Deidra yelled feeling very annoyed at the fact that she was seeing spots.
"Ow, this really hurts," Duo groaned, blinking since he was not prepared for the suddenly light change either.
"I must commend you boys. You did excellent work in finding Deidra Robert and Trista Mays," Dr. E congratulated resulting in the two named girls to gape at the man.
"How do you know who we are and why do you look so familiar?" Deidra asked, as she flipped a curly strand of hair from her face, staring in shock at the men.
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Hotaru opened her eyes discovering that she was leaning on the bed that Heero still had not moved from. Her small-shackled hands were lightly holding his, which from the position she was sitting in, made her arms very sore. 'I must have fallen asleep,' she thought, picking her head up from the mattress, glancing dazedly at the teenaged boy who was still under the affects from the little 'experiment.' The dark-haired girl, could torture and kill those assholes about now. How dare they put a human being through this kind of treatment! It just made her sick. Especially since she could recall perfectly well, all the torment she had experienced.
Quietly, she removed her hands from Heero's and glanced down at his face again. Remarkably, his color was slightly returning. Hotaru hoped that was a good sign.
Just then the girl heard the steel door slam shut. "Why did you subject Heero Yuy to this kind of torture when you do not even know who he is?" she evenly spoke, not daring to remove her eyes from the boy's face. She knew exact whom she was speaking to.
Prof T chuckled, "My dear Firefly, I'm amazed at how much you have not learned yet. You see, we know the Yuy boy quite well, almost as well as we know you."
"I don't understand," the violet-eyed girl softly said, as she turned her head to face the cruel scientist.
"Does the name Odin Lowe Jr. ring any bells?" the white-haired man asked as the girl's eyes flashed with recognition.
Nodding Hotaru answered, " I vaguely recall the name from my childhood, but other than that it's a mystery." Suddenly she paused, recalling the dream of her as a child, 'I walking down the hallway holding the hand of a man with white hair and glasses. I had never been in the hallway before and suddenly saw a young boy with dark hair and... Prussian blue eyes. It was him. I only saw him for a second but, it was Heero, or back then he was known as Odin Jr.'
Prof. T. began snickering when he noticed the girl's face practically fall as her memories resurfaced. "You and that boy are the keys to our success. All you need is a little reprogramming and everything will come together like clock work."
Abruptly the girl rose to feet. "No. You are not going to subject us to anymore of your insane and callous experiments. That is enough!"
"You forget Firefly, you have no control over what occurs. Try as you might but you are under our rule, and the same goes for the boy," the man sneered as the girl's eyes flared up with hatred.
"Why the hell did you send me to kill the ex-Gundam pilots, especially Heero if you needed him so badly?! Why would... you knew the programming device was going to malfunction didn't you?!" Hotaru blurted out. 'Damn it! How many times was I used in this whole screwed up plan?!'
"Smart girl. We predicted when the device would die as well as your treason. The only event we did not anticipate, was you and the Yuy boy falling in love. However it was quite a pleasant surprise because you actually came here willingly into my grasp."
The dark-haired girl briefly closed her eyes unable to comprehend the words that were spelling out in her head, "No," she whispered shaking her head. 'I set everyone up, including myself. How could I have been so stupid?! I was under their control the whole damn time without even knowing it.'
"But yes. You my child have conveniently brought me everything I need to make this Operation a complete success." Prof T. smirked as he added the last sentence, which practically sent Hotaru into a mental breakdown. "By the way, I am your real father, and daddy knows what's best for his little girl."
Hotaru stared in horror at the man as he left the room, closing the door firmly behind him, not even realizing that his own daughter had collapsed onto the hard linoleum floor.
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Author's Notes: Yeah not as long as the previous chapter but it isn't so cliffhangery this time. Hotaru just fell asleep and we already know why the Scientists know of Deidra and Trista's names.
Anyone confused over Deidra? She is my own created Sailor Senshi, Sailor Janus, The Senshi of Dimensions. She can open up dimensions to other worlds with her fans, and used to have a split personality. Deidra is also a very odd girl with a very sarcastic sense of humor and the ability to be quite cynical. However she is extremely intelligent... when she puts her mind to it. Her real name for SM is Deidera Doubre, (Um, flip the last and first) "The Double Wanderer." But don't worry about that info. It's not going to be used in this story. You'll hopefully like her, if you don't already. I decided to bring her in here since a lot of people liked her in my dbz/sm fic b/c of her really out there sense of humor, so I figured why not throw her in here too!
Just to remind everyone, this is an alternate reality for the Sailor Moon characters so no they won't have powers, unless it's combat skills. I do however, throw in a few references here and there every once and while.
Oh, I am using the dub names for this but the last names will be changed. Why? Because the characters are not from Japan in this story. Only Hotaru is.
And that is all for now. Thank you very much for the reviews. I enjoy reading them and now I'm going to sketch. ^_^
One puzzle is solved, another one appears....