I don't know any Chinese, so bare with me, if Hotaru/Wufei say stuff in Japanese, pretend it's Chinese, or if you know some Chinese please tell me! Sorry this took so long, I had finals and everything and my dad shut off my internet connection. Damn him for knowing so much about computers, it's frustrating!
Lady Light: I'm happy you like it. Have a cookie, you were my first review.
kurai-kodoku: I know, she's getting rarer and rarer isn't she. I wish my chapters were longer to, but hopefully I will make up for that with substance. That's the main reason I wrote this fic, I was always seeing Rei as Meiran and I thought, why not Hotaru?
tisiphone: I totally agree! Hotaru will keep her healing power sense that was something that was innately hers. Also both will keep their original transformations (Jupiter power and Saturn power) and the limited power it comes with. I will end up having both of them use them, but probably not until the plot is pretty far along.
babymar-mar: The next chapter kinda gives away who Mako's brother is, hope it helps! Also thanks for the vote, have a cookie.
Comechatcha: Really? Thanks for the vote of confidence! Here's your update.
Love Angel 1705: It's great to see(erm, read) that people are looking forward to my story. Thanks!
TeNshI nO Hi: Keep the positive coming! This is defiantly not the first story I've written, but it's the first I've had the courage to post. I will really work hard at it not being cliché. Cookie for the warning. Hotaru's my fave character too.
Rambling Naiad: I know, I thought that is would be interesting to see the way their personalities went together. It's always Rei and Wufei, the two hot heads. I wanted to see Hotaru's gentle personality would soften him. Truth be told it always bugged me that there was no Sailor Earth, but there are plenty of explanations for that(The king of earth had no daughters). Really Sailors Earth and Sun were only a passing thought, and I do not intend for them to have any role in the story. I also wanted to show that Hotaru isn't a naive little girl, innocent maybe, but not naive. By her having knowledge of things only Pluto did shows her wisdom. Two cookies for the extensive review and being honest.
Erebus Darkness: Here's that chapter you needed. I agree with you, it's hard to review on the first chapter. Glad you think it's interesting so far.
Harpygirl91: Really? I thought they looked alike too, except for the hair, Hotaru's is short, but that's explained (kinda) in this chapter.
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Duo crept silently down a hallway. Search, rescue, and destroy. Easy as pie. Get one Hotaru Tomoe (though he was told that was only an alias) and her inside informant out. Heero sets bombs while Trowa covers their backs. Run like hell then blow the joint sky high. Simplest mission in a while, but then again simple doesn't mean easy. Just then red lights and warning sounds came into the hallway. Oh Shinigami, help your ole' pal Duo. The loud speaker came on and Duo expected to here an intruder warning. He was surprised.
"Attention all personnel, the captive has escaped. This is not a drill. I repeat the captive has escaped."
"Damn does she have good timing." Duo muttered to himself. Just then a shadow crept around the corner. Duo clicked off his safety. The sound echoed and Duo cringed. Then a second click was heard, one of a safety going back on. It came from the shadow, who then skid it's gun across the floor to Duo, and stepped out into the light with their hands up. It turned out to be a woman in an OZ uniform with brown hair and green eyes. She held a long black draw bag in one hand.
"I here your good at lying." She said off handedly. Duo grinned, this was the arranged conversation he was supposed to have with the inside informant.
"I may run, I may hide, but I never tell a lie." He answered smoothly. She smiled and turned to walk down the hallway, obviously expecting him to follow, which he did.
Hotaru gave a frustrated sigh, not only was Makoto late but OZ had confiscated her sword and gun and all she had were those two stupid fans. She pulled one out and opened it in front of her face in hopes no one would recognize her. Damn her mother, dropping her in the middle of an OZ base. She had been here a whole two weeks, lucky Setsuna had sense to send Makoto in as a spy. She absolutely hated to be the damsel in distress; she was a warrior for Hades sake! Hotaru heard a shout to her left and turned. Standing there was three OZ soldiers holding semi-automatic weapons. She whipped out the other fan automatically and charged, staying low to the ground. They fired at her, and missed. When she got to their feet she pounced, driving the closed fan into one soldier's heart. The other hand arced towards a second man and slit his throat. The third attacked her from behind and she used a backward jab to thrust the closed fan into their body.
Footsteps were heard and Hotaru ducked into the shadows, fans at ready. She scolded herself for forgetting about Oriental Fan Combat Training with her mother. Setsuna must have triggered some memories only to surface when needed. That would complicate things with Wufei. She would just have to refrain from telling him who she really was. She only hoped he didn't recognize her, hopefully the short hair would throw him off.
The footsteps stopped at the end of the hall and moved more stealthily, in such a way that she had to strain her ears just to figure out if they were moving or not. A click was heard and a nice black and silver gun slid across the floor. The figure approached, Odd, Hotaru thought, that gesture is what Makoto is supposed to do, and she's supposed to have that stealth pilot with her, but there's only one person and their hair is way too long to be Makoto's. Then the person said something that threw everything out the window.
"Word around here says you can see in the dark." The emergency code for someone being injured.
"What do you want to find?" Hotaru asked. He paused for a moment as if trying to remember something.
"An oak tree in a pine forest." Hotaru cursed quietly and put away her fans in one swift motion and darted out of the shadows, picking up the gun on the way.
"Lead me to her."
Makoto groaned. Damn her stupidity for getting hit in the leg. Her arm or her shoulder she could live with, and run with. She had to send Maxwell off to get Hotaru. She paused in her firing to reload and then shot at the OZ guards again.
"Kill the traitor!" They shouted. One good shot knocked her gun from her hand and she cursed. The leader approached with a rifle in his hand.
"I thought I knew you Lita." He said sadly. She snickered.
"No, but you certainly knew my bed well, huh Connor." Murmurs erupted in the troops. "Go ahead, tell your soldiers why we're on a first name biases. Tell them how when Captain Benton figured out he had a traitor in his mists you specifically steered the investigation away from me." She laughed at the irony. "And tell them that because of you the Gundams are coming!" Panic broke out. Good, stall for more time. Connor cried in rage at the distrust she had created in his men. He saw her pull out a dagger and aim for him. He chuckled. Makoto frowned.
"You'll never be able to kill me Lita; it's not in your nature as a woman to kill a lover."
"You're a fool Connor; you were never my lover, so of coarse I can kill you." He paled and Makoto heaved herself off the ground. "But just for fun I won't." He looked very relieved. She smirked sadistically. "He will." And then a shot was fired and the troops went silent as they watched their leader's body fall, bleeding, to the ground. A figure came into view. Heero Yuy held a smoking gun.
Vote on pairings! Hotaru's a no brainier and I think I'll have Trowa/Quatre. Sorry you non-yaoi people, if I get enough reviews to the contrary I'll drop it. I'm not a big Heero/Relena fan (but I don't think she's stupid) so I'll be happy to pair Makoto with him if you want. If Makoto ends up with Duo then I'll probably put Relena with Heero. Also if you really want another character from SM added I'll put them in. Makoto's brother is made very clear next chapter.
Heero/Mako: 1
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