I know! I know! I haven't updated this story in like, 3 years, but hey. I re-read it, because I was so disappointed how I had written the majority of my older fan fictions, and this one wasn't all that bad. And, I have 23 reviews, and I hate to put people down so, this story is back on! Full force!

Italics flashbacks

I do not own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing.

PHRASE

OH MY GOD! - Maa nante koto nanda!

Kagirinai-Yoyokagirinaku

Eternal, Forever

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'Open your eyes…'

Her large blue eyes fluttered open, the light rushed in, making her squint against the lamp that hung over her bed.

'Owe…my head…'

Her neck felt stiff and her lower back hurt, using a long, effeminate left arm she reached to her side, keen taking a sip of water from the pitcher as always left at her beside, but instead she was met with air. Sitting up with some difficulty, she noticed, not only was her dresser not here, but that lamp shining in her eye did not belong to her, and even greater that that.

This was not her room. In fact, she had no idea whose room this actually WAS. Usagi's eyebrow knotted in worry. Had she been abducted? Was she in heaven, or worse… in hell?

"Oh my goodness, I'm too young to die!" Usagi screamed bring and hand to her forehead and slapping herself. "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!"

From what looked like a closet, came a flush, soon after that the sound of running water filled the room. Usagi paused, was the devil using her…bathroom?

Rei exited from the bathroom, her purple eyes blinking at the side of Usagi, with her palm pressed into her forehead. "Oh my goodness, Usagi you are awake!" Rei said, rushing over to her friend and hugging her tightly, noticing the scared expression on her face the forehead-to-hand contact.

"Does you head hurt?" Rei asked, cupping Usagi's face gently.

Usagi's eyes were opened wide as she stared at Rei, "Are you Satan?" She asked, stone-frozen still. Rei let her hands drop.

"Usagi, don't you know me, it's me, Rei!" The raven-haired girl grabbed Usagi's hand and rubbed it against her own, concern written deeply over all her fine features.

"Rei! I knew it was you! I know you're mean to me sometimes but it was really freaky if the devil looked just like you…" Then, it was like realization dawned on Usagi's face all over again, "Oh my goodness…Rei…are you dead too?"

Rei's face fell as her reasoning for acting so strange swept over Rei like a tidal wave, "Baka odango-atama, you aren't dead and you're not in hell, you're in the hospital!" Rei said, "You act so ditzy sometimes I can't even feel sorry for you for a second!"

Usagi quieted down for a moment, looking intently at Rei, "You mean… I'm not dead? Thank Kami-sama!" She said, now throwing her arms around Rei and hugging her tightly, "Oh Rei, I was so scared!"

Rei said rubbing her temples, and then she pointed to the I.V. that was stuck in Usagi's arm, "Do they have I.V.s in hell, Usagi?"

Usagi stopped, growing deadly silent at that moment, looking at Red with seriousness etched into her forehead. Her eye twitched. Once. Twice. Three times.

"MAA NANTE KOTO NANDA! A NEEDLE!"

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Her jaws moved, 'greased lightening, battery operated and meant to kill'. Those were Rei's thoughts as she sat, staring at Usagi scarf down the hospital food on the tray the nurse's aid had just brought in.

"Mmm! This isn't as bad as they sat it is, aren't you going to eat yours?" Usagi said, now casting giddy eyes upwards to Rei who sat in shocked and disgusted by the sheer display of gluttony that was the friend she had grown to love, Usagi.

"Yes I am, Usagi if you don't be careful, you'll get so fat that you'll be a blimp! And then you won't even look like your I.D. card and they won't let you into work." She yelled, preaching about the dangers of sugar, once again.

Usagi sniffled, "Rei, why do you always have to be so mean to me!"

"I'm just telling you the truth, and then Mamoru will have to put you on a diet because you're such a pig!" Rei teased, she didn't know why, but always like to play with Usagi, she enjoyed seeing her reaction.

"Well at least he didn't dump me!" Usagi countered sticking out her tongue in triumph, "Ha!" Rei's face became red and she also stuck out her tongue, soon, they were both knee deep in the biggest raspberry fight they'd ever been in.

"Ahem." The sound of someone clearing their throat brought the girls out of their war; standing in the doorway was a perplexed looking staff doctor and an ever-lovely Relena Peacecraft, holding what looked like a large bouquet of flowers.

Usagi and Rei giggled nervously, "I was just trying to get her back in soft spirits!" Rei explained with a sheepish giggle, "that's just how we play sometimes, right Usagi?"

Usagi nodded, like a fool, giggling in her embarrassment and nodding, "Uh huh, uh huh."

"Right…" The doctor smiled, he'd seen much worse go through this hospital. "Well Usagi, you've sustain a few of injuries, most of them minor, so no need to worry. You've had a slight concussion and strained your tail bone on your down, but everything is restored, thankfully you won't have any long term disabilities due to it. That's the discomfort you've been feeling in your neck. What we can do is just give prescribe you some painkillers from our pharmacy and you'll be welcome to be about your way."

"How long is it until she can go back to work?" Rei chirped, looking at the look of distaste on her face.

"Oh, well she's fine to back right away, but if you have any discomfort after standing or sitting for more than 30 minutes, take a painkiller of you can and just take a walk, or sit down." He explained, "Alright, I'll discharge you now and you can go on downstairs to get the painkillers."

"Thank you doctor." Usagi called after him when he exited the room.

"How are you feeling?" Relena smiled, handing Usagi the flowers. "They are lilies, I hope you like them."

Usagi smiled, "Thank you, they're beautiful. And I just want to apologize for just fainting like that; I must've given everyone quite a shock." Usagi thought back to the look in Heero's eyes. He had recognized her; she hadn't seen or heard from him in so long, all the blood just rushed to her head, mixed with major, major sleep and sugar deprivation.

Relena shook her head, "Yes, you did, we were all very worried about you, but it's quite alright, I'm just glad you're okay. What I hear from Mr. Kane is that you are quite the worker, it would have been horrible to loose you."

"Well I assure you, Ms. Peacecraft, it would have been sad to loose me as well." Usagi giggled, and Relena smiled.

"Oh! Before I forget," Relena reached into a handbag she was carrying, pulling out a manga. She looked over the front cover, "Sailor V?" she handed it to Usagi.

"Do you remember those boys that were in my office the first you came in? I don't know if you since, afterwards you fainted but, they gave me this to give to you."

"Do you like manga?" Usagi asked the sleeping body. According to the doctors, he was comatose but that didn't change the fact she still felt that he understood her.

"I love manga." She whispered, opening the book and turning to page one, "this one is my favorite. Sailor V. She's the pretty soldier of justice, love and peace. I hope you like it."

"Who?" Usagi asked without thinking, it sounded rude so she corrected herself quickly, "I'd like to know which one of them gave it to me, so if I see them again, I know who to thank."

Relena's eyebrows knotted as she thought, "You know, I didn't ask. I saw it on my desk and my secretary, Haruka told me that one of the boys had dropped it off, and said it was for the girl who got sick. She didn't remember which one, but considering the gift, I suppose it was Duo. A little childish, ne? Manga." She giggled. "I am on my way to a press conference actually, and I just passed through to make sure everything was squared away. I'll see you in the office tomorrow. Feel better."

And with that, Relena had left. "A little childish, ne? Manga." Her words stung, simply because Usagi was very fond of manga and never really looked upon it as childish. She clutched the book to her chest, and without even looking at it, she answered Rei's upcoming question.

"Volume #39, the only one I don't have out of the entire series. The one Sailor V finds out all her friends are senshi as well…" She said softly.

'He remembered.'

"Wow, that Duo guy got lucky, since you are like, the otaku Queen, it was risky buying YOU manga. You could have had two copies for no reason." Rei commented, picking up Usagi's bag from the far corner, and putting her things together.

The sirens broke her out of her own thoughts, tears streamed down Usagi's face as the EMTs worked desperately over the boy's young frail body. Blood spilled out from the corners of his mouth as the monitor screamed; signaling what little hope there was left.

"Is he okay? What's happening?" Usagi's cries were drowned out as they moved around him.

"Collapsed lung, ruptured spleen…he's coding! He's going into shock!"

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"Here is your office," Relena blushed, looking at the small cubicle, "or cubicle, whichever you prefer. Usagi nodded silently, she'd been jumpy all morning, constantly looking over her shoulder, half-expecting Heero to be there, standing, glaring at her like all the times he had before.

Rei's cubicle was right next to her own, Usagi smiled when she made a mental note to hide all of Rei's pencils. The look on her face would be priceless, "This is great, thank you Relena."

Usagi settled her bag down, and sat behind her desk; she almost jumped out of her seat when the small intercom on her desk beeped, and Usagi looked at the communicating device quizzically, and started to press random buttons, hoping that one would connect.

"Hello? Usagi? Can you come into my office please?" Relena asked, Usagi straightened herself, standing and walking into the office.

"Yes Ms. Peacecraft?" Usagi stood in the doorway, Relena ushered her in, standing behind her desk, looking at a vase of red roses in concentration.

"It doesn't look right… what do you think?" Relena motioned to the roses. Usagi loves roses, everything about the spelt love and affection, she approached the desk, peering at the roses, it didn't look right.

"Baby's breath." She concluded, "you have too much, it takes away the romanticism and just makes it look busy. May I?" Usagi asked, approaching the very expensive looking vase.

"Please." Relena invited, Usagi's gentle fingers worked it way on the vase, maneuvering the baby's breath. She'd taken a class in flower arranging, she stepped back and looked at her work.

"Do you like them?" Usagi asked, holding the roses up. She knew in her mind that he couldn't see them, but that didn't mean he couldn't smell them, or feel them.

"I love roses, more than anything. When I get married, I'll have roses." Usagi said, putting them down near the window. "Do you smell them?" Plucking a single petal from the flower, she held it underneath his nose for a few seconds.

"Isn't it lovely?" Usagi had become accustomed to talking to the boy she knew nothing of, "they feel even better." Usagi brushed the rose petal across his skin, its feather light touch dancing across his flesh like fire.

Yet, he did not move. "You don't have to respond right now." She smiled and pressed her hand into his, giving it a gentle squeeze. "I'm sure you love them too."

"It's perfect!" Relena squealed, looking at the roses, "Now, I need you to bring it to this address." She scribbled something on a small sheet of paper and handed it to Usagi.

"Me…Ms. Peacecraft?" Usagi asked looking down at the address; it wasn't far from her, only about ten blocks, Townhouse number #17.

"The messenger service says they don't have anyone available for the next 2 hours, and I'm just so anxious to get them out of here and get a response I don't have any other choice. You don't mind do you?" Relena asked, looking up from scribbling something on a card.

Usagi shook her head, "No, not at all." She picked up the vase, it was heavier than it looked, the inside of it must have been filled with water.

Relena taped the card she had just written to the stem of one the twenty four roses she had bought. "Just deliver to that to the address there, and come on back."

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Her legs moved swiftly and fluidly, despite the four inch high heel shoes that she wore on her feet, her pink suit hugged her body, and from the corner of her eye could make out the lingering looks that she was getting while walking.

"Townhouse…number…15…16…17." Usagi breathed a sigh of relief, her lower back had been screaming, she'd forgotten to take her painkillers this morning and she'd left them in her bag at the office.

She rung the doorbell repeatedly, keen on throwing them at whoever answered the door because they took more than ample amount of time to walk from the moon to the front door. She'd been standing there for more than five minutes and she could easily hear talking inside. Her legs buckled under her weight.

"What?" The gruff voice called when the door was flung open. Who was Relena sending flowers to with this kind of attitude?

"Hi, I have a delivery from Miss Relena—" Usagi stopped, peering around the flowers to the man that had opened the door. From his Prussian blue eyes and chocolate hair, every inch of him was intense. "…Heero?"

He stared, almost in surprise, the war was over, and had been over for so long, but he couldn't bring himself to come out of his shell, even with Relena, who he had been dating on and off for the last year and a half.

"Well, well, well buddy, I didn't know you were such a stud, cute little blondes bringing you flowers," Duo's voice had broken the silence between them. He removed the flowers from Usagi's hands and passed them on to Heero.

"What's your name, gorgeous?" Duo asked, leaning against the doorframe of the townhouse he had shared with Duo. "Oh wait," Duo said straightening up, "You're that comatose girl, the one that fainted in Relena's office building. What are you doing this side of consciousness, babe? "

Usagi blushed heavily, looking between Duo and Heero, "Domo." She whispered, turning on wobbly limbs and quickly running down the steps of the townhouse and speed walking down the street.

'Holy crap!'

"Kind of cute, ne?" Duo asked Heero, looking after Usagi, "A little weird, but I don't discriminate."

Heero had been caught off guard by the scene unfolding before him, so much so that when Duo made the comment about her being cute, it all rushed up to him like someone had dumped a bucket of cold water over his head.

"…"

"You know, you really should get out more, brush up on your social skills." Duo quipped, pulling a rose from the vase and clenching it between his teeth, "so you can learn to sweep that special someone off her feet."

As the door to the townhouse closed, the sound of a breaking vase rang throughout the neighborhood then to be accompanied by the sound of a chase throughout the entire townhouse, followed by the toppling of furniture.

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The workday after that had been routinely uneventful, Usagi filed, and helped Relena as well as other departments of the building, doing clerical work and even, unfortunately, ordering lunch.

It was close to five-ten now, Usagi and Rei were exhausted. They sat at their cubicles now, slumped over case files, highlighter in both of their hands respectively looking for dates that read 'April fifteenth', it was a particularly boring case that made finding the date especially hard in their case.

Usagi shook her highlighter, and pressed it to the page again, it had gone dry. She explored her desk to find a substitute, but found nothing. Peering coyly over the top of the cubicle, she stared down onto Rei's head. "Rei-chan." Usagi cooed. Rei, startled looked up.

"What is it odango-atama?" She hissed, heart beating fast from seeing the blonde head peek from over her wall.

"Do you have a highlighter?" She asked, with wide eyes, noticing the large yellow highlighter that Rei wasn't using. Rei's eyes lit up mischievously, looking between Usagi and the highlighter.

"A highlighter?" Rei asked, picking up the highlighter, Usagi's eyes followed it like a bug to the light until Rei dropped it in her bag. "Nope."

Usagi glared at her friend, making a mental note on getting her back for that. "Meanie."

Rei stuck her tongue out at Usagi, as Usagi stood up, walking over to the front of the office, "Hey Haruka. You wouldn't by any chance have a highlighter would you?"

"Nope, I'm sorry, Usagi, I don't but you can go downstairs to the supply room and get one. Oh, and while you're at it, could you please bring up two packs of computer paper? Thanks Usagi. Relena Peacecraft's office, can I help you?" She didn't even wait for a reply.

"No problem…" Usagi said, looking at the time, it was almost fifteen minutes from closing time. She wanted to finish her work before the work day was over, but when people came up to her, asking her if she was an intern and when she said yes, they gave her something to do, it was hard to get everything finished on time.

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Usagi back stepped inside the elevator, and leaned against the wall, exhaling a breath. Atop the two heavy packs of paper, were three highlighters, Usagi made a mental note not to offer Rei any, her lips forced a thin rigid line when she thought of the trouble she'd went through just to get one highlighter. Her head was hurting her, and the painkillers were just about wearing off when the elevator doors opened.

"My little narcoleptic angel."

The voice was familiar; her head snapped up, the boy with the long brown braid stood in front of her, "How you doing babe?" She blushed, looking to the floor.

"I'm fine…" She whispered, Heero had always been a secretive person. It was apparent he'd never told any of his friends about her.

"The name's Duo Maxwell," He said, "and although I don't mind calling you angel, I'd like to know your name as well, let me help you with that." Duo offered, gently taking the pile of paper and office supplies from her hands.

"Thank you Duo, I'm Usagi Tsukino, pleased to meet you, but it's quite alright, but Duo ignored her pleas, taking the papers in his arms.

He grunted in response, and commented a bit sheepishly, "Wow, this is really heavy. You're pretty strong aren't you?"

"So how's about going out with me tomorrow night, Usagi? I mean, a pretty girl like you, a devilishly handsome guy like me, I mean, it's only right." He smiled slyly. Usagi's face reddened even deeper as the elevator door opened. Usagi's crystalline blue eyes were met with the hard gaze of Heero's Prussian blue pair.

"Oh! Usagi…" Relena said, her gaze shifting from Usagi to Duo and back to Usagi again, "What's this?" A smile danced on Relena's face.

"Well, once Usagi tells me whether or not she'll go out with tomorrow night, we'll know." Duo commented. Usagi looked between Heero, Duo and Relena, her mouth hanging ajar.

"Heero and I are going to the Opera House tomorrow, I can arrange to get two more tickets! It'll be a lovely double date." Relena chimed in, Usagi felt the pressure now, biting her lower lip, looking to Heero briefly.

"I…"

"Oh she'd love to!" Relena finished for Usagi clapping her hands together merrily. Usagi winched, shrugging her shoulders.

"..I'd love to?"

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