Two of A Kind

Disclaimer: I own neither Gundam Wing nor Sailor Moon, only my own characters: Lady Icara, The Purifiers, and Sailor Ra (Solar Flare)

Chapter One

"In the name of the Moon, you're punished!" the blonde pigtailed, young woman in the sailor fuku yelled to the majestic, raven-haired woman she was battling. The woman just laughed.

"Come Sailor Moon, choose one other senshi to fight with you and I will show you who you are up against." The woman said with a mocking smile. A young man accompanied by a young woman stepped out of the shadows to confront the Sailor Senshi. The young man bowed then introduced them saying, "My name is Jared and this is my sister Corintha. It is an honor to fight you." Sailor Moon looked at them then at her senshi. A young woman with her auburn hair pulled into a ponytail wearing a green-pink-and-white sailor fuku stepped forward.

"I, Sailor Jupiter, will fight by my princess's side against you." Jupiter announced.

"Very well then. Lady Icara we shall try to be quick." The siblings chimed together. Icara smiled then looked at the other senshi frowning.

"Oh, I suppose I can give all of you something to do also." She just waved her hand and instantly the other four (Remember this is before the other four show up. There's 10 in total.) senshi were surrounded by dozens of evil monsters.

Meanwhile somewhere very close—during the battle:

The five young men were watching the Sailor Senshi's every move. These five young men had been sent to kill the senshi for a group that called themselves 'The Purifiers'. These five young men were also known as 'The Gundam Five' (A/N: Just a little something/title I came up with for the G-boys! And yes there MIGHT be pairings; DuoxHotaru is a definite.) which included: The Perfect Soldier—Heero Yuy, the ever silent—Trowa Barton, the peace-maker—Quatre Winner, the honor-bound—Chang Wufei, and the God of Death himself—Duo Maxwell.

"I knew they were weak!" Wufei announced to the other pilots. Heero just ignored him, his attention focused on four young women also in sailor fukus who just arrived.

"Quiet. I want to know who arrived, what they can do, and what side they're on." Heero said quietly as he watched the battle rage on. Up until this point Duo really hadn't been paying much attention. Yet there was something about the woman with the glaive that seemed so familiar--- almost like he knew her. But that was impossible Duo thought. This was the first time he's ever seen her. Well he'd have time to think about it later, right now he had a mission to do. Of course she'd come up later because it'd just been confirmed she was a sailor senshi and after all him and the others were hired to kill them. Duo didn't understand why 'The Purifiers' couldn't do the job themselves…… they had more than enough people for the job. He guessed it was that they were just lazy. But hey…… the world goes on, right? And Duo had begun wondering if she was single or not…. He caught himself in these thoughts and berated himself for not focusing on his mission. Yes he'd be able to think about her later. He shook his head clearing his thoughts, time to focus—Heero's doling out targets.

"Wufei you take 'Jupiter' and 'Uranus', Quatre you take 'Venus' and 'Neptune', Trowa you take 'Moon-girl' and 'Pluto', Duo you take 'Mercury' and 'Saturn', and I'll take the younger 'Moon-girl' and 'Mars'." Heero said in a tone that brooked no arguments. They all nodded.

/So I have to think about her… great. I'm never gonna be able to focus, am I/ Duo mused silently while watching Saturn fight with the glaive. He guessed he'd take her on first… little did he realize what a mistake that was. He also figured he'd start finding out who she was first thing in the morning before he killed her—but he just couldn't shake the feeling that no mater what he couldn't let her die.

Later that night

'Duo…'

'Duo…'

'Will you come back to me?' a young woman with long, ebony-black hair faced Duo. She wore a long, flowing lavender dress that had detached sleeves that were also long and flowing. She was barefoot, but that didn't seem to affect her so she gazed at him with loving yet sorrowful violet eyes. He yearned to say 'yes', to end all her fears about him not returning but he couldn't. Duo just took her in his arms and whispered in her ear, "Even if I die, I'll never forget you Hotaru."

Duo awoke with a start. Yes he's had some pretty odd dreams, but none so vivid or strange as this one.

"Hotaru…" he whispered to the darkness of his room. Yes he was sure that Sailor Saturn's true name was Hotaru. And that dream had left him pondering about it all day, which worried the other pilots. This wasn't normal Duo Maxwell behavior. So naturally they wanted to know what was up.

"Duo… are you alright?" was Quatre's worried question. Duo looked up.

"Huh?" was his response.

"Are you alright?"

Duo looked thoughtful for a minute before answering, "Of course I'm alright. Is it illegal for a guy to think?" and with that said Duo got up and left. The rest of the pilots looked at each other with curiosity. That was definitely un-Duo-like behavior. This was getting to be a very strange day.

----Twelve Noon----

Hotaru

Hotaru sat with the other senshi glad she was able to help out in battle besides destroying everything. She still couldn't believe how long it'd been since Master Pharaoh 90 and when Mistress 9 took over her body for Pharaoh 90 and forced Sailor Saturn to awaken. Three years (Pluto aged Hotaru. She's now 17.) of peace since all of that and now this 'Lady Icara' shows up. She sighed looking out the window of the arcade shop. Only to see a young man with long, brown hair pulled back into a braid. He had blue eyes that almost matched his dark blue outfit. Hotaru watched him go by then looked at the other senshi. They were currently discussing what to do with 'Lady Icara'. After all she had defeated them, but instead of killing them she turned away telling them to practice more. Hotaru saw this as the perfect opportunity to 'up-and-go'. She knew it was wrong and that they'd (the senshi) were going to question her later. But she had to know who that young man was. So she left the arcade and followed him.

Duo

Duo couldn't shake the feeling that someone was following him. He didn't know who was following, but he was gonna find out. So Duo ducked into the next alley and hid while a young woman walked into the alley. Duo pulled out his gun and stepped out of hiding behind her. She turned in surprise and Duo stared in amazement. It was her—Hotaru, Sailor Saturn. Now he knew for certain he couldn't let anything happen to her, just seeing her now made him realize that. She looked at him holding the gun out towards her as if to shoot her. He slowly lowered the gun and whispered her name which surprised Hotaru. She took a step closer to him.

"Duo? Is it really you?" Hotaru asked looking at him. Duo was shocked she knew him—after all wasn't this their last time together. He didn't want to waste it on bad memories. /Where did that come from? / He thought. /I've never…/ His thoughts wee interrupted by Hotaru, who had put her arms around him crying. Duo just put his arms around her in return and started comforting her.

"Hotaru… there's something I need to tell you." Duo said pulling away looking at her. "My partners and I were sent here to… kill you and the rest of the senshi." Hotaru looked at him with shock clear on her face.

"Are you…?" She started to ask but stopped when Duo stared shaking his head. He could never do anything like that to Hotaru.