"Water, again!?" cried Seiya as they swam to the edge of the pool they had landed in.
"It's not my fault!" Rachel snapped holding onto the side of the pool as she and Hanabusa lifted the cats onto dry land.
"Guys…" said Tea as they heard several clicks.
The rest of the group looked up to see six young men holding guns pointed at them.
"Who are you?" growled one with messy brown hair and blue eyes.
"You could at least let us out of the pool first," Zero pointed out, shaking his head a little to help his hair dry.
"He has a point…" said the shorter of the two unnamed blondes.
Misty was the only one able to easily pull herself out of the water, Zero and Seiya were able to do it too but it took them a few tries. The rest used more traditional exits.
"Whoa!" said the teen whom most of the group had thought was a young lady due to the long, braided hair as he picked up Luna, "These cats look just like the ones in that comic Hilde likes. What was it called again…Sailor…something…"
"Sailor Moon?" suggested Rachel before the one with a slashing bang styled hair turned his gun on her making her yelp.
"Yeah! I remember seeing those two as well!" the braided one said pointed at Zero and Hanabusa getting excited, "But their comic was different. I also recognize that other blonde!"
"Ok…1) the correct term is Manga or graphic novel and 2) this isn't the time, Duo!" snapped the small blonde, "Besides, we all know you're the one who really reads them, no need to hide it."
"Excuse me…but would it keep us from being shot if we can somehow prove that they are the real deals?" asked Taiki.
"I suppose…" said one with black hair tied back in a rat tail as they were herded back together.
"Sorry about this, Zero," said Rachel before slamming her foot onto his since he was closer to her then Hanabusa, causing him to show his fangs and his eyes to flash red.
"What the hell?! Why didn't you have the cats speak?!" he asked hopping around one foot.
"Sorry, figured they might think they were robots," the only non-senshi humanoid in the traveling group said with a shrug.
"We're not!" snapped Luna startling the boys as well as the pair of vampires who still weren't used to them talking.
"Cool!" cheered the one they now knew was called Duo as Zero pushed Rachel back into the water as payback as he hugged a wiggling Luna.
Wolfram sighed as Rachel surfaced, "That was rather petty."
"I honestly think at times like this Zero absorbed more than just his brother's power but also bits of his personality," Hanabusa told the other blonde in their group.
"Spoiler alert!" Rachel crowed climbing back out of the pool.
"Hechu!" everyone looked over at Tea who had sneezed.
"We really should get into some dry clothes before someone gets sick," pointed out Wolfram, wringing out his own outfit.
"Is she ok?" asked the taller blonde pointing at Rachel who was either cold or excited, judging by the look on her face it was a mix.
"She knows who all of you are and is really happy to meet you…that and cold," replied Misty, "I assure you she's not a stalker."
"I'm still upset you called me that."
"I said I was sorry, Rachel!"
"Yeah, yeah, I know. Still hurt," Rachel said with a pout until Duo put a fluffy towel over her shoulders, "You were always my favorite pilot. Mainly 'cause you made me laugh and weren't a tight ass like some people."
"Ok…if you know who we are…then who's…this!" Duo asked pulling the shorter blonde over.
"Stop i-" he started to protest before Rachel started to speak.
"That is Quatre Raberba Winner, youngest of the Winner family offspring and the only son. Pilot of the Gundam Sandrock, he can play the violin and piano. He is said to have a special ability some call his Space Heart which not many fans understand since it doesn't play a big role in the series. He is also said to have the highest endurance rate out of the five main pilots, he is the unofficial leader of the Maganacs Corps and a test tube child," she grinned at the blonde vampire in her own group, "Hey, Hanabusa, if you thought having three sisters was bad, this guy has twenty-nine! Well…twenty-eight since one passed away…"
Quatre, as he was now known, blinked, impressed but the rest could see something in Rachel's eyes, there was something she knew about him that she wasn't saying.
"He has that many sisters?!" cried vampiric noble, "That's crazy!"
"It's true," said Quatre who had missed what the others had seen in Rachel's eyes.
"That and he's one of the three of these young men who know their actual names…" Rachel continued, pointing at the one with the messy hair and moving said finger to each male as she spoke about them, "You were given the code name Heero Yuy after a pacifist who was assassinated, possibly by the man who originally raised you. Duo gave himself his name, taking inspiration from another street urchin named Solo who passed away due to illness. Maxwell comes from the church he lived in where he got his famous braid and fashion sense after it was attacked causing the deaths of the priest and nun who were the closest things he ever had to parents. As for Trowa, he was given his name after seeing the real Trowa Barton murdered and took his place though there are people who speculate that his actual name is Triton Bloom and is the long lost younger brother of the knife throwing Circus performer Cathy Bloom. As for the rest the one with the rat tail is Wufei Chang and the older gentleman is Miliardo Peacecraft also known as Zechs Merquise. Long lost prince of the Sanc Kingdom and elder brother of Relena Peacecraft."
Everyone was stunned at the sheer amount of information that just came out of her mouth. No one said anything as more towels were handed out and everyone dried off.
It was Quatre who finally spoke and asked if they would like to come inside to change into dry clothes. Realizing that she had entrusted the most of her clothing to Yaten who was now gone, Rachel let out a curse, luckily, she had some unmentionables and pajamas in a few pockets of her camping backpack that weren't used to store the cats or other items.
"Crap…" said Seiya who also realized this, "Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude, but Rachel is going to need clothes."
"Why?" asked Miliardo who was the first Gundam pilot he had run into.
Seiya sighed and started to explain their mission to him and what had happened to Yaten as well as what their subspace pockets were.
"Does she at least have…you know…" the platinum blonde asked blushing slightly.
"Yes, she was smart and kept some in her bag which is water proof as well as a set of Pajamas."
"I see… if you know her sizes I'm sure we can find her new clothes," Miliardo reassured Seiya, "You seem very calm for someone who just lost a loved one."
"Rachel says that if Chaos is defeated Yaten will be freed as will our princess. I'm not sure who has ties to this mission in this world, but we'll do everything we can to keep them safe," said Seiya fiddling with his pony tail, "I trust what she says, she hasn't been wrong so far. Except about Zero and Hanabusa not dating but that was out of her control and wasn't major. She's going by information from her home demission so not everything will be right."
The Lightning Count nodded, "I don't fully understand what is going on, but I do understand you need help. I'll ask around to see if someone is willing to loan Ms. Rachel something to wear. Then if any of you know her sizes we'll get her new clothes."
"Why not just ask her what her sizes and look up the conversion if needed," suggested the dark-haired Starlight.
"I thought she might be embarrassed if I asked her."
"Ask me what?" came the voice of the subject of the conversation in her pajamas.
"About getting you new clothes," said the taller of the two.
"Oh, thanks a lot," she gave him her sizes before following them to where the others were.
She had to smother a giggle seeing Luna and Artemis getting a nice scratching from Trowa's long, talented fingers while Tea was trying to teach Duo and Wolfram about Duel Monsters. Hanabusa, Taiki and Wufei were discussing science, the blonde vampire cuddled up in Zero's arms. Heero was observing and Quatre was talking with Misty about the dietary needs of the pokémon she and Rachel has brought along over lemonade.
"You guys are more flexible then I originally though, I mean we did crash into your pool out of nowhere," said Rachel, "Though I see someone still has a bit of his old "Perfect Soldier" self."
This earned her one of Heero's famous grunts.
"Any idea who you are looking for, Miss Rachel?" asked the shorter blonde pilot.
"Rachel's just fine and I'm not sure. So far, it's been someone with a strong presence in the shows and manga that exist in my world and in some cases this one. Tea, Wolfram, Hanabusa, and for a time Misty are/were part of what I like to call "The Entourage" they aren't the stars of the stories that are told but still important to the tale. Zero however is a main character in his story along with," she shuddered clearly not liking who she was about to talk about, "Yuki and Kaname Kuran."
Zero rolled his eyes, "Yuki is not that bad."
"I told you what would happen if you slept with her as far as I know, and I'm not kidding when I say it's not pretty. Duo, major spoiler alert," Rachel said, shrugging when the braided pilot didn't move, "She gets knocked up with not only your kid but Kaname's whom many think she favors since she named that kid Ai. Then gives up her life to bring Kaname back as human leaving you to raise two kids, one that's not even yours, and possibly babysit the guy you hate."
"And I thought our lives were crazy," commented Trowa startling the new comers minus Rachel.
"I thought he was mute!" admitted Artemis.
This made Duo and Rachel laugh while the rest of the pilots chuckle and Trowa just rolled his eyes.
"Nah, Tro is just quiet," said Duo once he was done laughing.
Rachel smiled at her favorite pilot, "You know, Heero actually made him full out laugh once."
"What!?" cried the long-haired pilot looking from her to Heero then Trowa, "How?! I've been trying to make him laugh for ages!"
Again, she shrugged, "He cracked a joke after waking up from trying to self destruct. Heero said and I quote, "In that case I got one warning…It hurts like hell"."
"Damn! I missed Hee-chan's first joke and Tro's laugh!" he whined before to Rachel's surprise it was Wufei who put an arm around him to console him.
"Okay…this may sound weird…but…are you two…dating?"
"You don't have an issue with Hanabusa and myself," Zero pointed out, "What's the big deal about them if they are?"
"Because it's one of the rarest ships in the Gundam Wing Yaoi fandom along with Heero and Zechs," she answered before eyeing the taller blond and messy brunette, "More common ships are Heero with Duo and Quatre with Trowa."
This made every native in the room turn bright red.
"Heero, I like you as a friend and brother but I'm in a relationship…and yeah it's with this Chinese hottie," Duo declared kissing his boyfriend full on the lips making Rachel swoon and an embarrassed scholar to push him away.
Hanabusa looked at his own boyfriend, "Think she would have done that if we had actually kissed?"
"No idea."
"I'm sure I'm always paired with Yuri, I'm his fiancée after all," Wolfram crowed.
"How can you be engaged? You're a kid, unless it was an arranged marriage," pondered Quatre as he started to sip his drink.
"He's the oldest "person" in the room since he's not human. He's in his eighties," stated the native Otaku which made Quatre start to choke on his lemonade.
Misty kindly smacked his back a few times before he spoke again.
"You're serious?!"
Rachel nodded, "He only looks like a teenager because of how his kind age. He's what's called a Mazaku in the original Japanese version and a demon in the English dub."
"Yuri, my fiancée, actually looks his age since he's more human then Mazaku since he's from our dimension's version of Earth where all the Mazaku are descended from a single Mazaku from my world," explained the older blonde.
"As for your question, Wolfram…I hate to tell you this but you're not the only person Yuri gets paired with…I've seen him paired with Sara, Conrart and other people."
"I knew he was a flirt!" cried Wolfram before Tea swatted him upside the head because he had yelled it right by her ear.
"Shouldn't we try to find the Senshi of this world already?" asked Taiki, feeling that the fighting needed to stop.
Rachel nodded pulling the device from her pajama pocket, "That's weird…it's not lighting up...or maybe…"
The rest watched as she cupped her hand around the item in such a way to block out the light around her.
"Well?" asked Misty as Quatre typed away on his phone getting a large aquarium for the trio of aquatic animal pokémon Misty had brought along though he honestly hadn't see them though she had said one couldn't swim.
"It is but it's very faint…who ever it is they might be on one of the space colonies. Since we know it's none of these guys it could be one of the girls they know," replied Rachel.
"Wait…does that mean it could be one of my sisters?" asked Quatre, looking worried.
"Not likely," stated Zero, "If they're past a certain age I don't think it would be them. All of us seem to be teenagers or in Wolfram's case has the appearance of one."
"Can't forget what Rachel said about them being prominent in the stories from her world."
Rachel started to tap her chin thinking, "Let's see…I'm not sure Cathy, Sally, and Noin are teens which leaves Relena, Dorothy and Hilde. I know that Hilde lives on L2, so it might be her, are Dorothy or Relena on any of the colonies?"
Zechs nodded, "Relena's on a tour promoting pacifism and Dorothy went with her."
"Three for three it seems," Taiki said with a sigh, "So I guess we'll have to test them all. If none of the first three cause it, we'll have to call in the others."
"What exactly do you mean by "test"?" asked Wufei raising an eyebrow.
"They have to touch this," Rachel replied holding up the device, "if it works a bracelet like the ones that all my friends minus Seiya and Taiki have on. They transform another way it's like a head set and broach combo."
"And they get booty shorts. Honestly if my mother saw me in an outfit like the ones you two wear I'd be in big trouble," pied up Hanabusa as Tea nodded in agreement.
"Honestly I think your mother would in too much shock to punish you seeing that you be female all of a sudden," replied Zero.
"My mother would squeal and dress me up in other girly clothes," said Wolfram with a sigh.
"I know for a fact that your gender has never stopped your mother from dressing you like a girl," said Duo as he and Rachel both grinned.
"Yeah, like that beauty pageant you and Yuri were made to enter? Your bad attitude is why you lost but Yuri could have won…I guess the judge didn't want to look like they were showing favoritism to the king and picked Yozak instead."
"Yozak?" asked the others who knew nothing about the man they spoke of.
Rachel's smile only grew as she brought up a picture of Yozak in his purple kitty girl costume on her phone causing everyone to face fault in shock.
"He's an odd fellow but loyal to a fault," added Wolfram crossing his arms.
"Wacky to one too. Did ya get to meet him?" a now excited Duo asked Rachel.
The brunette guide shook her head, "Sadly no, I did teach Greta how to take pictures on my phone and borrow it for a bit, lets see what she took…Poorly done but cute selfie, Gunter, Gwendal, her and Yuri. I'm guessing Yuri took it since he would have a better idea of what he was doing. Me learning how to ride Ponyta with Wolfram's help, Yuri and Conrart playing catch and that's it."
The next few days were interesting to say the least, Kyubi and the cats absolutely adored being pet by Trowa though Quatre was getting a little jealous that they seemed to be hogging his boyfriend until Li'l Light decided she liked watching him play music and dance around. Hanabusa kind of mirrored his jealousy except Zero was spending a lot of time either riding on Quatre's horses with Wolfram or helping teach Rachel how to ride her Ponyta. Luckily for him he had Wufei and Taiki to talk to. When Rachel wasn't learning to ride she was hanging out with Duo, talking about Anime and other things. Zechs took an interest in learning more about pokémon from Misty while Heero and Tea mostly kept to themselves. Though there were times he and Zero would shoot targets together.
"I think this is a good idea," said Luna watching Rachel and Duo set up a Karaoke machine.
Artemis looked at her, "Will Wolfram even be able to read the screen?"
Luna shrugged, "I guess he could watch or sing without music."
"Actually Anissina, the Mazaku woman who keep trying to experiment on you two and the pokémon, actually sent something that could help," Rachel said pulling out what looked like a pair of glasses, "They translate text that would be normally unreadable for the wearer into one they can. She had Gwendal test it by using some Japanese text Yuri wrote and some English I wrote."
"How can you speak Japanese anyways?" Duo piped up as they finished hooking up the machine.
Rachel scratched her cheek, "My dad died before I was born, and my mom passed when I was two. I was sent to live with my aunt who was too busy to raise a child. So, she hired a nanny who was Japanese, she was the one who got me into anime. I was getting picked on at school at the time for being a crybaby and people kept telling me that a crybaby could never be strong. She started to show me Sailor Moon and told me that I could be strong like her if I worked to overcome my weaknesses but not forget who I was. Being a crybaby didn't mean I was weak it meant I was sensitive. She also taught me how to speak Japanese since she felt more comfortable speaking Japanese in the house than English. She told me that she didn't like having to make the correct sound for the letter L. Honestly every time she spoke "Engrish" which basically English with a thick Japanese accent I'd giggle like crazy because to me she sounded very funny."
"You are quite talkative lately," commented Taiki in the doorway making Rachel and Duo jump.
"Ninja alien!" Duo declared pointing at him.
Taiki rolled his eyes, "I am not a ninja."
"Nin nin!" Rachel chirped grinning.
"You sure we can't keep her?" Duo begged Quatre as he walked in too.
"They need her help, Duo, also we don't need two of you running around."
Rachel bowed to the blonde, "You flatter me good sir."
"Now cut that out!" Quatre snapped now bright red as more people filtered in a few amused by Rachel's antics.
"Honestly I think Rachel would actually like living in one of our worlds," commented Tea, "Well, maybe not Wolfram's what with the language barrier and all."
"I get it," snapped Wolfram, "My language is strange to you!"
"Okay enough talk about where Rachel would like to live, Artemis said this could be a fun bonding activity," commented Misty smiling as she sat.
"Well the Inner Senshi would sometimes sing Karaoke together…though Usagi wasn't that good they still had fun," said Luna looking down before Rachel started to pet her back.
"It'll be okay, I know it will," their guide told the purple cat with a big smile, "Now who want to sing first?"
Both Rachel and Duo pouted when no one so much as moved to raise a hand.
"Stop pouting, you know I'm not a good singer, Duo," said the braided male's boyfriend.
"Fine then I'll pick!" the brunette guide said getting up and grabbing Wolfram's arm.
"I can't read the language!" he protested, trying to pull away.
This caused Duo to grin, "Rachel got something from a friend of yours Ann-something or other…"
"Her name is Anisssina von Karbelnikoff a bit of a feminist and inventor," explained Rachel as she handed over the glasses and their case, "I'll even pick a song for you, don't worry you'll have fun."
As Wolfram stepped up Rachel used her phone to program in the song, somehow it was still connected to the world it came from giving her access to things no one else did. She grinned as the music for the song "Freak the Freak out" from the tv show Victorious started to play. Honestly to her it fit the blonde's relationship with Yuri perfectly. She remembered how he had screamed when he thought the double black and his second eldest brother were dead.
It took the blonde a minute to get the tone but soon he was letting out his frustrations, singing like he had known the song for a while. Everyone clapped when he finished, his face slightly flush but a huge grin on his face.
"That was oddly invigorating!" he said handing the mic off to Duo.
"Pick something good for me!" he told Rachel.
"Already got the perfect song in mind," she told him setting up then English version "Change the World" from Inuyahsa.
Duo wasn't the best singer amongst the pilots, but he wasn't the worst and the song honestly fit them all perfectly. They had been trying to change the world for the better. After a while the microphone was given to Rachel.
"Okay…you guys asked for this," she warned them making them wonder warry despite what Ishizu had said in Tea's world as she programed the song in.
"I think we unleashed Hell," Zero whispered to his boyfriend who nodded who had missed out on what had been said.
As the music started Rachel swayed to the melody before the started up then she stared to sing "Moonlight Densetsu". Everyone's jaws dropped, not only could Rachel sing she had a beautiful singing voice and obvious training. Rachel blinked a few times before the others started to clap, making her blush. Her pokémon jumping into her arms to cuddle her in appreciation.
"That was amazing!" cheered Tea, "What song was that? It's beautiful!"
"It's called "Moonlight Densetsu" or "Moonlight Destiny" it's the original Japanese opening to well…" she gestured to the cats and two remaining Starlights with her head.
"Pi, Pichu pi! Pika!" Li'l Light tried to sing into the mic but was off key and a bit too close.
Rachel quickly pulled the microphone away, "We should head to bed, they'll be here tomorrow, right?"
The others nodded, Li'l Light blinking.
"Vul…" Kyubi sighed glad the assault on her ears was over.
Rachel picked up the fox pokémon too, "Come on, we'll be changing worlds soon I bet."
To say Relena, Hilde and Dorothy were surprised by the strange guests the boys had taken in would be an understatement. Duo hadn't lied when he said that Hilde read Sailor Moon since she recognized not only the cats but the remaining Starlights resulting in a loud squeal.
"Okay…I can see why you would find that annoying," Rachel commented rubbing her ear, "But sometimes one can't help it."
"So, you're all from other worlds?" asked an intrigued Dorothy before going to pry poor Hanabusa's mouth open until Relena pulled her back.
"Dorothy! Behave!" Relena snapped at her as the blonde vampire hid behind his boyfriend.
Dorothy pouted, "You're no fun Lena."
"I guess I forgot to mention they were dating…" Zechs said looking a bit pink as his own lover face palmed.
Rachel giggled, "I guess even you have your "Blonde" moments."
"Hey!" protested every blonde in the room.
"Nice harmonizing," commented Hilde smothering a giggle of her own.
Around the room various people were comforting the blondes.
"Sorry…" said Rachel before pulling out the device just as Heavy Metal Papillon started to attack by lashing her vines against the house.
The former pilots didn't take this attack lying down, firing at the vines and corrupt senshi as the Zodiacs and Starlights transformed while Rachel had the trio before her touch the device since there was a bright glow. It turns out that it was cause by the former queen of the world; Relena.
"That's the symbol for Gemini so you would have to say, "Gemini Zodiac Power Make-up" to transform," explained Rachel looking at Relena's new accessory.
Relena nodded and transformed, during her time since the wars she had learnt that sometimes you do have to fight to defend yourself. Her outfit mostly a basic pink while the ribbons were violet red. As she ran out she saw the vines knock her brother's gone out of his hands and knock him into the wall.
"MILLIARDO!" she and Heero cried in horror as the vines headed to grab him.
Without thinking about her own safety, she dove in front him, held up her hands and cried, "Gemini Twin Light Shield!"
From her hands came two shields, each one matching one of her senshi colors, blocking the vines. This angered Papillion who turned her attention to the siblings giving Sagittarius, Scorpio and Capricorn the chance to do a tri-pronged attack at the base of the vines wiping them out and causing the purple-haired villain to retreat.
So, after a fair amount of explanations, goodbyes, and promises to come back the now slightly bigger group was off once again.
"That was interesting…" said Heero after the portal closed.
TBC
Me: OMG! This must be the longest chapter I have ever written.
Artimis: *Looks over my shoulder at the page and word count* Ten pages and over 4000 words, good job!
Luna: Took you a while though.
Me: Creativity takes time.