Sadame no Tenshi

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Summary: Betrayed by Mamo-baka, Usagi leaves Juuban, taking her senshi with her. They arrive in the GW dimension, where they discover shocking secrets about their beloved Tsuki no Hime…

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Usagi didn't really want to attend the Peacecraft Academy, not since it meant having to face her sister. Hell, she didn't want to, but at the same time, she longed to have her sister nearby again, to have someone help her when she stumbled. It wasn't that the senshi didn't do the same thing, it as just that they were way too protective at times and often times, it irked her.

She sighed and walked down the hall, followed by her senshi in the standard guard formation. 'If anyone with military experience is here, say, the gundam pilots for example, they're bound to get suspicious seeing civilians in the standard guard formation.' She was too caught up in her thoughts to notice or recognize the man coming down the hall.

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And as Usagi feared, someone did get suspicious. Zechs Marquise was coming down the same hall, and had been surprised to see the seven civilian girls in a guard formation around an eighth girl in the very center. He'd found the girl with the odangos and the pigtails oddly familiar, but he couldn't place the face. He shrugged mentally. If the girls were going to attend the Peaecraft Academy, then all the more easier for him to find out more about them and the girl they were seemingly protecting.

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Wufei was trying to kill Duo again when the teacher walked in. Takani-sensei was not in any mood to put up with them today, and it soon became obvious why. Eight girls walked into the classroom with her, seven in a defensive formation around an eighth girl. The fact that civilians could make a defensive formation was suspicious in itself, and none of the Gundam pilots missed it.

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Usagi could almost see the animosity coming off of five boys in particular in the class. She studied the floor as if it were the most fascinating thing in the world. She didn't need anyone to tell her who the boys were. 'Great,' Usagi thought miserably, 'We're in the same class as the Gundam pilots. How can they miss my senshi being overprotective?'

She looked up and her eyes locked with Relena Peacecraft's. Usagi's eyes widened by a millimeter and her shock could be read by her senshi who instantly moved closer to their hime, closing any and all gaps. Usagi tore her eyes away from her younger sister and stared at Makoto's back. 'Relena's here! Oh Kami, just what I needed, more complications. I wonder if she recognized me?'

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Relena's eyes locked with the crystalline blue eyes of one of the new students and felt a jolt of recognition pass through her. 'She looks like Serenity…' Relena thought.

Relena saw the other girls move instantly closer to the girl with the pigtails, and she focused her eyes on the back of the brunette in front of her. Relena suddenly felt lonely at the obvious protectiveness the new students had for the girl.

Sure, the Gundam pilots were the same in a way, but to them, she was only a mission. She had her brother to talk to, but he was rarely there. It was times like these that Relena wished that her elder sister Serenity was with her…

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The senshi were seated in such a way that they surrounded Usagi, with Relena on her left. Heero could not help but notice that should something happen, Usagi would be the best protected, since she was surrounded by the Gundam pilots with her friends around her.

Relena was very pleased with this arrangement. Maybe she would be able to find out more about the girl named Usagi. The fact that she closely resembled her elder sister Serenity was also a cause in this sudden interest. Now if Usagi would only give her more than just monosyllabic answers!

Usagi, on the other hand, was less than pleased with this arrangement. She had forgotten just how annoying her younger sister was when she got determined. Don't get her wrong, she loved Relena to death, it was just that she didn't want Relena to get too close just yet. (A/N: Whether or not I like Relena doesn't matter. You can still love a sibling that annoys you to death, right? Well, that's precisely how Usagi feels.) The scars from Mamo-baka's betrayal were still fresh, and Usagi was in no mood to put up with the bubbly blonde who was pelting her with questions. But to ignore the one time Queen of Earth altogether would be incredibly rude, if not insulting, so Usagi forced out monosyllabic answers, in hopes that a frustrated Relena would simply give up. But there was no such luck. Relena simply became more determined to get something out of the new girl, and continued to pelt questions and comments at her at light speed. Usagi breathed a sigh of relief when the bell rang, and as she left the class, the senshi surrounded her once more in the standard guard formation.

As they left, Hotaru paused by Relena's desk and murmured, "Usagi was betrayed by one she loved dearly. The scars are still fresh, so she won't talk to anyone but those that she's comfortable with. Tone down your attack, Peacecraft-san, and if you approach her slowly, maybe, just maybe, you'll be able to get close." With that said she jogged to catch up with the other senshi and filled in the gap that was her position.

Relena blinked in confusion. Why was that girl talking about, 'Toning down the attack'? She shrugged mentally and got out of her seat and left, the Gundam pilots falling into position around her. Once they reached their next class, Relena was ecstatic to discover that the new girls were there as well and began pelting Usagi with her babble. And so this continued through the rest of the day…

Once the senshi got back to the mansion that was their home, Usagi plopped herself down on a couch and sighed in relief. The outers went upstairs to their rooms, and the inners took seats in various places around the room.

"I thought we'd never get away from that Relena!" Minkao said, flopping onto a loveseat.

"If tomorrow is anything like today, I'll roast the girl, Princess of Earth or not," Rei said, sitting down next to Usagi.

Usagi instantly rounded on the dark haired miko and snarled, "You will do no such thing to my sister, Rei Hino!"

Rei stared at Usagi in surprise. "That annoying girl is your sister?" she said incredulously. Usagi nodded and Rei blew up. "AND WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL US THAT YOU ARE A PEACECRAFT, USAGI?"

"When you calm down and everyone who didn't know about this can hear my explanation," Usagi said calmly.

Rei forced herself to calm down and sat down, saying, "I'm calm now, so explain."

Usagi sighed and said, "I already told you that I was originally born in this dimension by mistake. Back then, I was called Serenity Yue Peacecraft. When Setsuna came to take me away, my older brother Milliardo was leaving to join Oz. He became known as Zechs Marquise. My younger sister, Relena, was placed in a foster home for her own protection. You already know from the memories Pluto implanted that Oz crowned Relena Queen of Earth, and that when the wars ended, Relena returned to being Vice Foreign Minister, even though many people still call her Queen." She cast a glare at the inners around the room and said quietly, "Not a word of this leaves your lips, you hear me? I'm not in any mood to be pelted with questions from reporters about my whereabouts for the past five years at this moment. And you all know that danger sticks to us senshi like glue. Until it is determined that we won't be fighting here, not a word of my identity is to be released. Not even a hint is to be given to my family, who, I'm sure, miss me like hell.

"Besides, the Gundam pilots are already suspicious about seeing a group of civilians walking into a classroom in a standard guard formation. They are bound to become even more suspicious when they hear that the missing Peacecraft has suddenly resurfaced after mysteriously disappearing without a trace five years ago, accompanied by said civilians who have no hint of any links to the military."

Most of the inner senshi stared at Usagi in confusion and Usagi said, "I requested it from Setsuna before we came. I thought it would help us blend into the background more easily if the Sailor Senshi are needed in this dimension."

Ami blinked and said, "You were never really a klutz and a crybaby who couldn't do anything were you? All those bad grades, detentions, whines, and klutz attacks were only an act to hide what you were really capable of."

"That's right." The Inners, minus Usagi, jumped in surprise at Pluto's voice. They turned to look at Pluto who said, "I suggested that Usagi hide what she was capable of to throw the enemy off track. The enemy would search for someone with the skills and attitude befitting one born of royalty, and would never think to look at some foolish little girl who inhaled their food, was constantly late, was clumsy, got bad grades, and was a loud, whiney, and annoying little brat who thought of nothing but boys and video games. All of her actual report cards got sent to me as well as any and all work that had been done. All of the homework that 'hadn't been done' was handed in everyday after school on the same day it was assigned, hence all the detentions. I made and sent out the false report cards about failing grades and wrote out the failing tests and such and gave them to Usagi's teacher who handed them out in class."

"We all did everything in our power to make her mask as realistic as possible," Hotaru's voice came from the doorway. The inners spun around in surprise and blinked to find the cats and the outers standing in the doorway watching them. "In my case, it was to watch over Usagi-hime from afar and to prevent as many of the enemy from reaching the earth prematurely and wreaking havoc."

"Wait a minute," Makoto said, "So you all knew about this?"

"Hai," Michiru said, "We were the first of the senshi to meet Serenity-hime."

"We were the ones who protected her while she waited for the time that was appropriate for Sailor Moon to awake and while she searched for the Inner Senshi," Haruka added.

"Luna and I were already aware of who and where the Tsuki no Hime was, but maintained the facade of not knowing not only the hime's protection, but yours as well," Artemis added.

"Everything had to be planned to the minutest detail or everything would go to waste," Luna said, "We kept Artemis updated on Usagi and how she was doing, but he never really laid eyes on Sailor Moon until the appearance of Sailor Venus in Juuban."

"So Usagi already knew who the Outer senshi were?" Minako said.

"Hai, I knew, but I never met any of them but Pluto face to face until Black Moon. We talked on occasion to tweak the plan because of some unexpected development, such as Sailor Saturn being awake, but nothing being destroyed, or the sudden arrival of Chibi-usa, but that was it," Usagi said.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Minako asked.

"For your protection as well as the sake of Usagi-hime's well being, we couldn't say anything," Hotaru said.

"And the fact that it wasn't necessary for you to know, and it wasn't time to tell you anything also was a factor," Pluto said.

"So everything was preplanned?" Ami asked.

"No," Usagi said, "only the things preplanned were concerned our protection and the safekeeping of my secrets. Everything else was allowed to run its natural course."

Sailor Pluto nodded gravely and said, "Don't you all have homework to do?" Rei and Amy grabbed their book bags and ran for the elevators. Pluto turned to Minako and Makoto who had lingered and said, "You pair, go do your homework, and do it properly."

Minako pointed at Usagi and the Outers and said, "But Usagi and the Outers have homework too and you're not yelling at them to do their homework!"

Haruka smirked, "While you inners were busy gossiping and taking notes, Koneko and I and the other Outers were using tape recorders to record the lectures, leaving us the entire period to complete both our class work and homework at the same time, and while you gossiped more during study hall, we finished off the last of our homework."

"Therefore, we've already finished all of it," Michiru said.

Hotaru and Usagi both groaned and their shoulders slumped and their head fell forward onto their chests. This was confirmation enough, and defeated, Makoto and Minako went upstairs to do their homework.

Pluto smiled and de-henshined and said cheerily, "So since we have free time, who wants to go shopping?"