FINALLY HOME
Diana Crescent
Chapter Sixteen: The Set Up
Standings are the same, except that I'm changing it from the first one to get 25 to the first one that gets 20, and if it doesn't happen soon, I'm going to take the one with the most (which is Noin) for Seyia's chick. Anyway, visit my website!!! You can send me your Sailor Moon fics and I will post them on there.
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Trista and Millardo had spent the past month (a/n: yes, I'm making time past faster so it won't be like they just met) with the other scientists making programs for the Gundams and to train the girls.
She rubbed her eyes. She had just spent the last ten hours on the computer, building the program that would train them in the test Gundam.
The scientists were staring at her. They pulled all-nighters every now and then, but not like she did. She was constantly working, making sure that she lived up to their standards.
Millardo was at her side most days, helping her with making the training programs tougher and harder.
Dr J smiled. Ever since Millardo had started working with them, trying to make the programs (they had told the doctors everything) for the scouts, the doctors had been trying to get those two to become a couple. But they had avoided everything that they had come up with so far. But they had a plan.a very good plan.
"How's it coming?" Millardo asked, walking in with their supper.
"I finished. Now, all we need is a guinea pig and there just so happens to be one down stairs working with our boss."
Millardo laughed. "Amara will love that."
"Yeah, just don't tell her I called her a guinea pig. She'll kill me." Trista said.
"I won't. Do you want to get her now?"
"No, let's eat first. I'm starving.what time is it?" (a/n: Ironic isn't it. She's the guardian of time, but she doesn't know what time it is.)
Millardo looked at her in shock.
"I've been busy. I lost track of time and I forgot my watch."
He smiled. "It's nearly seven. What time did you get here?"
Trista thought for a minute. "Five o'clock yesterday morning. I didn't go home."
Millardo looked at her in shock. "Did you get any sleep?"
"I took a small nap around midnight last night. I woke up at three and started working again."
The scientists winked at each other. "You need some rest. Eat up. Millardo, would you take her home and make sure she gets some sleep. We'll inform Amara that you took her home to get some sleep."
Millardo shook his head. "Sure thing." He said.
Trista acted like she was going to protest, but Millardo gave her a look that made her keep quiet.
They ate quickly and then started out the door.
"I'll tell Amara that you're taking me home." Trista said and made her way slowly to the lower level where the Gundams were being built.
Trista let out a yawn. She was incredibly tired, but she didn't want Millardo to see that the scientists were right.
"Amara?" Trista said as she walked into the room were Trieze and Amara were putting the computers and programs into the head of the eighth of twenty-one new Gundams.
They hadn't known why, but Trista had asked for an extra one to be built.
Trieze looked up. "Hey. Millardo, have you heard anything from Lucretia?"(a/n: incase you don't know, Lucretia is Noin.)
"I told her that we had a war coming up. She understood and said that her people, I don't know who she's working for now, have agreed. They have Gundams and they'll help us to their best abilities."
Trista walked over to where Amara was welding on the covering to the computers.
"Hey." Amara said.
"Hey. Millardo is going to take me home. The other scientists are making him."
"That's because you've been here working since yesterday. You should really get some sleep." Amara said, dropping down from her perch, which was a good twenty feet in the air. She landed on the leg, not ten feet from where she had been and then leaped down to the ground to face Trista. "You look really tired."
"I am really tired. I've finished the training programs. When you can, I want you to test them out for me, so I can fix it if there are any problems. If they work, I'll get the other girls here one day. Duo and Wufei are coming over tonight to work on martial arts and guns."
Amara nodded, knowing Trista meant wake her up when they got there so she could get the lesson as well.
"I have a mind to go back in time a little ways and sleep until now."
"You probably should. If you do, though, you might not sleep tonight."
Trista sighed. "I know."
Amara smiled. "Hey, have you heard anything new about Relena and her bodyguards? I haven't been out since this morning."
"No. Serena called around lunch to check on me, cause she knew I pulled that all-nighter. She said that so far, everything was normal, except Relena is mad at her for some unknown reason, again, and her Negative energy had shot way up when Serena hadn't brought her coffee in right when she asked for it. Apparently, Serena had poured the coffee out after eleven, so she had to make some new."
"That Relena needs to be put in her place." Amara said and they started walking over to where Trieze and Millardo were waiting for them.
"And Serena will be the one to do it. How are the Gundams coming along?"
"We've got all the frames built and seven are fully complete. We should be done with this one by eight. What time are the guys coming?"
"Around eight-thirty, so you'd better hurry. I'll let you get back to your work. Ja, Amara." She said.
"Ja. Get some sleep." Amara said, standing beside Trieze.
"I will. Don't forget to wake me up."
"I won't."
Trista and Millardo left.
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Trista slipped into Millardo's car. The seats were soft, warm, and just right for going to sleep on.
She rested her head back as they pulled out of the garage. ~Just a little nap.I'll wake up when we get home.~
Millardo looked over to his passenger. She was sound a sleep as soon as they pulled onto the highway.
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Millardo stopped in front of the house.
Trista was still sound asleep in the front seat.
He smiled. He carefully undid her seatbelt, not wanting to wake her up. He would take her inside and put her in bed.
He got out and went around.
He carefully picked her up, her head cradled gently on his shoulder. Her breath was warm on his neck.
Serena opened the door. Amara had called to tell her that Millardo was bringing Trista home.
Serena smiled when she saw her friend sleeping soundly.
"This way." She whispered and led him up stairs to Trista's room.
He set her down on the garnet covers and pulled her shoes off. He then covered her with a quilt that had been at the end of her bed for decoration.
Serena swiftly and gently undid Trista's hair, letting it down to give her head a more comfortable position. "Sweet dreams Puu."
Millardo smiled and left her room.
"Thanks. She needs to get more rest, but I fear that we may not have enough time for that. We have to work fast." Serena said.
"I know. She got the training programs finished. I'd better go. I've got some business to attend to." He said, thinking of what Trieze had asked him to do.
"Bye. See you in the morning." Serena said watched him leave.
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Trista walked into the training room late the next morning. She had gotten a good night's rest and she felt wonderful.
"Good morning." She said cheerfully to all six men (a/n: 5 scientists, 1 Millardo [cutie pie])
Millardo smiled, "You mean, good afternoon."
Trista shook her head, "It's not quite afternoon yet. I remembered my watch."
Millardo laughed.
Dr. J winked, meaning that they were to get their plan into action.
Dr. Q walked out of the cockpit of the test Gundam. "I don't hear what you've been hearing J. Perhaps Trista or Millardo can. Would you two go in there and tell wait a minute?" He asked.
Trista and Millardo shrugged. "Sure."
J smiled. "Thank you. I keep hearing a high-pitched squeak, or squeal, whichever you prefer to call it."
Trista and Millardo both walked into the test Gundam. It was very cramped for both of them, as there was only enough room for one.
They jumped when the door was suddenly slammed shut.
"What in the world?!" Trista said and tried to open the door, but couldn't.
"I think we've been set up." Millardo said.
Trista looked at him in surprise. "What?"
Millardo then looked at her in surprise. "You didn't foresee this?"
"The gods didn't allow me to see this."
Millardo sat down in the large seat. "When do you think they'll let us out?"
"No clue.those sneaky old farts are probably listening to us and just waiting for us to get together."
She looked around at their space. "If only I had enough room to transform, then I might be able to open a port hole for us to get out of here."
"But you don't." Millardo said, knowing that she didn't. There was barely enough room for them both to be in there, let alone for her transform.
Trista sighed. "Exactly." She said and tried to prop herself up on the control panel.
Millardo saw her struggling. "Here, take the chair."
"No, I'm fine." She said and scooted back a little, only to hit her head.
Millardo sighed and pulled her onto his lap. "We'll have more room this way."
Trista shook her head, silently agreeing.
16 hours later
Millardo laughed as Trista told him about the first time that Amara, Mina, and Serena had met.
"I can see how they thought she was a guy, because Trieze thought so too at first."
"When she wants to, she can out shine Mina and Michelle. She's a very beautiful person, inside and out. She's the most loyal of the scouts, as well as one of the strongest. She's had to be. She lost her family when she was fifteen. Her parents weren't very good parents. Her brother was the only father she knew. She had met her parents, of course, but her brother and his wife raised her. She never really mourned her family's death. Everyone told her to be strong, that they were in a better place. No one told her it was okay to cry, to let out the sadness. So she never cried, not once. It still hurts her. She had everything going for her. She's extremely rich and very smart. She was studying to be a lawyer. She's sort of irritated with me that I stuck her as a mechanic and not as a legal aide. But it was for her future.it was best for her."
Millardo was silent. He watched Trista's face change from joyous to serious. "You hurt for her."
Trista gave him a small smile. "I suppose I do. She won't allow herself to hurt. She thinks it makes her weak. And weakness isn't something that the Sailor Scouts can afford." She said, looking deeply into his eyes.
"Everyone has their weaknesses.just so long as you have someone with that weakness being their strong point, you'll be okay." He whispered, staring into her eyes.
"I know that." She said and leaned down somewhat.
"I figured you did." He said and gently guided her head down, bringing her lips to his.
They kissed in the darkness.
Warmth spread throughout their bodies as their lips became one. His tongue gilded over her bottom lip, asking, begging silently for permission to enter.
The sign of Pluto lit up the room as they shared a memory.
**
She was waiting in the darkness, waiting for him to come to her like he always did. "Princess." His breath was hot on the back of her neck.
She turned around quickly, only to have her lips caught by his.
"The army is leaving early in the morning. I won't see you again for a couple of months. Don't worry, my darling, I'll be back and then we will be married."
She simply kissed him harder than before.
"I love you." He whispered when they broke apart.
"I love you.my Millardo." She whispered and watched him leave before they were caught.
"I'll be back." She heard his voice call out to her.
"No.my darling.not this time. You won't." She whispered brokenly and began to sob.
**
When they parted, Trista let a breath out against his mouth.
"Maybe they were right in shutting us in here." Millardo whispered.
"No telling how many plans they've been coming up with to get us together that they would have to resort to this." She whispered.
Millardo smiled.
~How could I not have noticed how sexy his smile is?! Why did my father have to block our love out of my memory?~ She thought to herself. She smiled back at him.
~How could I not have noticed how beautiful and wonderful she is?! Why didn't she remember.and if she did, why didn't she make me remember?~ Millardo thought, scolding himself for not paying more attention to her.
They jumped when they heard the door open.
"About time you two got together." Dr. J said, sending them a wink and a smile.
Trista blushed as she looked at Millardo and then at the doctor.
"Now.about that old fart crack you made earlier." Dr. Q said, a little irritated.
"We admitted that you were right." Millardo said.
"We know. Come on. I'm sure that you two want to stretch you legs a bit. You two could go to the beach and take a nice long walk. I'm sure you'll both appreciate the space, the air, and the company." Dr. R said, getting out of their way and ushering them towards the door, where Dr. S gave Millardo his jacket and Trista her purse.
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Millardo and Trista were both smiling when they reached the beach, just in time to see the sun come up. The moon was full, bright, and close to earth, making it look bigger than it normally looked.
Millardo hugged Trista close to him, knowing that they were going to be together forever. "It seems as though we were meant to be. Why didn't you let me know sooner, somehow."
"I didn't remember. My father, Coronus, whipped my memories of you when the moon kingdom was destroyed. Thank you for not talking about it in the test model.I didn't want them to hear."
"I didn't either.I love you Trista."
"I love you Millardo. I remember everything now. You were the general of Pluto's armies, but it was forbidden for our love. However, had you come back a war hero, you would have been given a title and then I would have been allowed to marry you." She said and hugged him closer to her.
"Even if I hadn't, I would have found a way."
"I would have given up my kingdom as well as my place as guardian for you." She whispered.
"I never would have allowed you to."
"I would have anyway."
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TBC Okay.The next one is already a good deal in progress. YAY!!!!
Diana Crescent
Chapter Sixteen: The Set Up
Standings are the same, except that I'm changing it from the first one to get 25 to the first one that gets 20, and if it doesn't happen soon, I'm going to take the one with the most (which is Noin) for Seyia's chick. Anyway, visit my website!!! You can send me your Sailor Moon fics and I will post them on there.
www.angelfire.com/anime4/dcrescent
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Trista and Millardo had spent the past month (a/n: yes, I'm making time past faster so it won't be like they just met) with the other scientists making programs for the Gundams and to train the girls.
She rubbed her eyes. She had just spent the last ten hours on the computer, building the program that would train them in the test Gundam.
The scientists were staring at her. They pulled all-nighters every now and then, but not like she did. She was constantly working, making sure that she lived up to their standards.
Millardo was at her side most days, helping her with making the training programs tougher and harder.
Dr J smiled. Ever since Millardo had started working with them, trying to make the programs (they had told the doctors everything) for the scouts, the doctors had been trying to get those two to become a couple. But they had avoided everything that they had come up with so far. But they had a plan.a very good plan.
"How's it coming?" Millardo asked, walking in with their supper.
"I finished. Now, all we need is a guinea pig and there just so happens to be one down stairs working with our boss."
Millardo laughed. "Amara will love that."
"Yeah, just don't tell her I called her a guinea pig. She'll kill me." Trista said.
"I won't. Do you want to get her now?"
"No, let's eat first. I'm starving.what time is it?" (a/n: Ironic isn't it. She's the guardian of time, but she doesn't know what time it is.)
Millardo looked at her in shock.
"I've been busy. I lost track of time and I forgot my watch."
He smiled. "It's nearly seven. What time did you get here?"
Trista thought for a minute. "Five o'clock yesterday morning. I didn't go home."
Millardo looked at her in shock. "Did you get any sleep?"
"I took a small nap around midnight last night. I woke up at three and started working again."
The scientists winked at each other. "You need some rest. Eat up. Millardo, would you take her home and make sure she gets some sleep. We'll inform Amara that you took her home to get some sleep."
Millardo shook his head. "Sure thing." He said.
Trista acted like she was going to protest, but Millardo gave her a look that made her keep quiet.
They ate quickly and then started out the door.
"I'll tell Amara that you're taking me home." Trista said and made her way slowly to the lower level where the Gundams were being built.
Trista let out a yawn. She was incredibly tired, but she didn't want Millardo to see that the scientists were right.
"Amara?" Trista said as she walked into the room were Trieze and Amara were putting the computers and programs into the head of the eighth of twenty-one new Gundams.
They hadn't known why, but Trista had asked for an extra one to be built.
Trieze looked up. "Hey. Millardo, have you heard anything from Lucretia?"(a/n: incase you don't know, Lucretia is Noin.)
"I told her that we had a war coming up. She understood and said that her people, I don't know who she's working for now, have agreed. They have Gundams and they'll help us to their best abilities."
Trista walked over to where Amara was welding on the covering to the computers.
"Hey." Amara said.
"Hey. Millardo is going to take me home. The other scientists are making him."
"That's because you've been here working since yesterday. You should really get some sleep." Amara said, dropping down from her perch, which was a good twenty feet in the air. She landed on the leg, not ten feet from where she had been and then leaped down to the ground to face Trista. "You look really tired."
"I am really tired. I've finished the training programs. When you can, I want you to test them out for me, so I can fix it if there are any problems. If they work, I'll get the other girls here one day. Duo and Wufei are coming over tonight to work on martial arts and guns."
Amara nodded, knowing Trista meant wake her up when they got there so she could get the lesson as well.
"I have a mind to go back in time a little ways and sleep until now."
"You probably should. If you do, though, you might not sleep tonight."
Trista sighed. "I know."
Amara smiled. "Hey, have you heard anything new about Relena and her bodyguards? I haven't been out since this morning."
"No. Serena called around lunch to check on me, cause she knew I pulled that all-nighter. She said that so far, everything was normal, except Relena is mad at her for some unknown reason, again, and her Negative energy had shot way up when Serena hadn't brought her coffee in right when she asked for it. Apparently, Serena had poured the coffee out after eleven, so she had to make some new."
"That Relena needs to be put in her place." Amara said and they started walking over to where Trieze and Millardo were waiting for them.
"And Serena will be the one to do it. How are the Gundams coming along?"
"We've got all the frames built and seven are fully complete. We should be done with this one by eight. What time are the guys coming?"
"Around eight-thirty, so you'd better hurry. I'll let you get back to your work. Ja, Amara." She said.
"Ja. Get some sleep." Amara said, standing beside Trieze.
"I will. Don't forget to wake me up."
"I won't."
Trista and Millardo left.
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Trista slipped into Millardo's car. The seats were soft, warm, and just right for going to sleep on.
She rested her head back as they pulled out of the garage. ~Just a little nap.I'll wake up when we get home.~
Millardo looked over to his passenger. She was sound a sleep as soon as they pulled onto the highway.
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Millardo stopped in front of the house.
Trista was still sound asleep in the front seat.
He smiled. He carefully undid her seatbelt, not wanting to wake her up. He would take her inside and put her in bed.
He got out and went around.
He carefully picked her up, her head cradled gently on his shoulder. Her breath was warm on his neck.
Serena opened the door. Amara had called to tell her that Millardo was bringing Trista home.
Serena smiled when she saw her friend sleeping soundly.
"This way." She whispered and led him up stairs to Trista's room.
He set her down on the garnet covers and pulled her shoes off. He then covered her with a quilt that had been at the end of her bed for decoration.
Serena swiftly and gently undid Trista's hair, letting it down to give her head a more comfortable position. "Sweet dreams Puu."
Millardo smiled and left her room.
"Thanks. She needs to get more rest, but I fear that we may not have enough time for that. We have to work fast." Serena said.
"I know. She got the training programs finished. I'd better go. I've got some business to attend to." He said, thinking of what Trieze had asked him to do.
"Bye. See you in the morning." Serena said watched him leave.
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Trista walked into the training room late the next morning. She had gotten a good night's rest and she felt wonderful.
"Good morning." She said cheerfully to all six men (a/n: 5 scientists, 1 Millardo [cutie pie])
Millardo smiled, "You mean, good afternoon."
Trista shook her head, "It's not quite afternoon yet. I remembered my watch."
Millardo laughed.
Dr. J winked, meaning that they were to get their plan into action.
Dr. Q walked out of the cockpit of the test Gundam. "I don't hear what you've been hearing J. Perhaps Trista or Millardo can. Would you two go in there and tell wait a minute?" He asked.
Trista and Millardo shrugged. "Sure."
J smiled. "Thank you. I keep hearing a high-pitched squeak, or squeal, whichever you prefer to call it."
Trista and Millardo both walked into the test Gundam. It was very cramped for both of them, as there was only enough room for one.
They jumped when the door was suddenly slammed shut.
"What in the world?!" Trista said and tried to open the door, but couldn't.
"I think we've been set up." Millardo said.
Trista looked at him in surprise. "What?"
Millardo then looked at her in surprise. "You didn't foresee this?"
"The gods didn't allow me to see this."
Millardo sat down in the large seat. "When do you think they'll let us out?"
"No clue.those sneaky old farts are probably listening to us and just waiting for us to get together."
She looked around at their space. "If only I had enough room to transform, then I might be able to open a port hole for us to get out of here."
"But you don't." Millardo said, knowing that she didn't. There was barely enough room for them both to be in there, let alone for her transform.
Trista sighed. "Exactly." She said and tried to prop herself up on the control panel.
Millardo saw her struggling. "Here, take the chair."
"No, I'm fine." She said and scooted back a little, only to hit her head.
Millardo sighed and pulled her onto his lap. "We'll have more room this way."
Trista shook her head, silently agreeing.
16 hours later
Millardo laughed as Trista told him about the first time that Amara, Mina, and Serena had met.
"I can see how they thought she was a guy, because Trieze thought so too at first."
"When she wants to, she can out shine Mina and Michelle. She's a very beautiful person, inside and out. She's the most loyal of the scouts, as well as one of the strongest. She's had to be. She lost her family when she was fifteen. Her parents weren't very good parents. Her brother was the only father she knew. She had met her parents, of course, but her brother and his wife raised her. She never really mourned her family's death. Everyone told her to be strong, that they were in a better place. No one told her it was okay to cry, to let out the sadness. So she never cried, not once. It still hurts her. She had everything going for her. She's extremely rich and very smart. She was studying to be a lawyer. She's sort of irritated with me that I stuck her as a mechanic and not as a legal aide. But it was for her future.it was best for her."
Millardo was silent. He watched Trista's face change from joyous to serious. "You hurt for her."
Trista gave him a small smile. "I suppose I do. She won't allow herself to hurt. She thinks it makes her weak. And weakness isn't something that the Sailor Scouts can afford." She said, looking deeply into his eyes.
"Everyone has their weaknesses.just so long as you have someone with that weakness being their strong point, you'll be okay." He whispered, staring into her eyes.
"I know that." She said and leaned down somewhat.
"I figured you did." He said and gently guided her head down, bringing her lips to his.
They kissed in the darkness.
Warmth spread throughout their bodies as their lips became one. His tongue gilded over her bottom lip, asking, begging silently for permission to enter.
The sign of Pluto lit up the room as they shared a memory.
**
She was waiting in the darkness, waiting for him to come to her like he always did. "Princess." His breath was hot on the back of her neck.
She turned around quickly, only to have her lips caught by his.
"The army is leaving early in the morning. I won't see you again for a couple of months. Don't worry, my darling, I'll be back and then we will be married."
She simply kissed him harder than before.
"I love you." He whispered when they broke apart.
"I love you.my Millardo." She whispered and watched him leave before they were caught.
"I'll be back." She heard his voice call out to her.
"No.my darling.not this time. You won't." She whispered brokenly and began to sob.
**
When they parted, Trista let a breath out against his mouth.
"Maybe they were right in shutting us in here." Millardo whispered.
"No telling how many plans they've been coming up with to get us together that they would have to resort to this." She whispered.
Millardo smiled.
~How could I not have noticed how sexy his smile is?! Why did my father have to block our love out of my memory?~ She thought to herself. She smiled back at him.
~How could I not have noticed how beautiful and wonderful she is?! Why didn't she remember.and if she did, why didn't she make me remember?~ Millardo thought, scolding himself for not paying more attention to her.
They jumped when they heard the door open.
"About time you two got together." Dr. J said, sending them a wink and a smile.
Trista blushed as she looked at Millardo and then at the doctor.
"Now.about that old fart crack you made earlier." Dr. Q said, a little irritated.
"We admitted that you were right." Millardo said.
"We know. Come on. I'm sure that you two want to stretch you legs a bit. You two could go to the beach and take a nice long walk. I'm sure you'll both appreciate the space, the air, and the company." Dr. R said, getting out of their way and ushering them towards the door, where Dr. S gave Millardo his jacket and Trista her purse.
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Millardo and Trista were both smiling when they reached the beach, just in time to see the sun come up. The moon was full, bright, and close to earth, making it look bigger than it normally looked.
Millardo hugged Trista close to him, knowing that they were going to be together forever. "It seems as though we were meant to be. Why didn't you let me know sooner, somehow."
"I didn't remember. My father, Coronus, whipped my memories of you when the moon kingdom was destroyed. Thank you for not talking about it in the test model.I didn't want them to hear."
"I didn't either.I love you Trista."
"I love you Millardo. I remember everything now. You were the general of Pluto's armies, but it was forbidden for our love. However, had you come back a war hero, you would have been given a title and then I would have been allowed to marry you." She said and hugged him closer to her.
"Even if I hadn't, I would have found a way."
"I would have given up my kingdom as well as my place as guardian for you." She whispered.
"I never would have allowed you to."
"I would have anyway."
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TBC Okay.The next one is already a good deal in progress. YAY!!!!