Gundam Wing Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Time Changes Everything ❯ Time Changes Everything ( Chapter 4 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Title: TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING
By: Cheska-chan
E-Mail address: Minnashime@aol.com or NMakalinaw@aol.com
Chapter 4
uhhh..PG?

DISCLAIMER: *shakes head* I don't own Sailor Moon or
Gundam Wing, sorry to disappoint you!

Author's Notes: Yup!

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Dinner came and went with an eerie silence. It seemed
that not even Duo wanted to talk during the meal. With time,
each of them went away from the table.
Usagi wandered around the mansion and winded up inside a
type of art studio. It was filled with canvases and finished
drawings. Some of those finished paintings were hanging
around the walls but most were piled around a corner. Usagi
strolled over and looked over the paintings.
(These are beautiful. Simply beautiful...)Usagi said in awe
within her mind.
Usagi's eyes travelled down on a single piece of canvas and
on it, she saw a picture of fog and beyond that was a hazy
portrait of some kind. Her eyes stared at that single painting,
trying to decipher what could be beyond the fog.
"I see that that picture got to you, too,"a voice behind her
said.
Usagi snapped back to reality and whirled around to face
Trowa's calm nature. She calmed down and turned to the painting.
"Yes, it's different from any painting I've seen
before,"Usagi commented.
"It is unlike any other,"Trowa simply said.
"What do you think is going on in the painting?"Usagi quietly asked.
"No matter how many times I go here and gaze into
this painting, I can never find what goes on
in it,"Trowa told her.
"Do you know who painted it?"Usagi inquired.
"It just appeared one day. I tried searching for the painter
but....it can't be traced,"Quatre told them as he went inside
the room.
"Oh, good evening Quatre,"Usagi smiled.
"That painting is mysterious. It's quite a remarkable
masterpiece to me,"Quatre sighed.
"I agree,"Usagi agreed.
Trowa just stood there.
Usagi went back to staring at the artwork in front of her.
(What could it be? What's inside that painting, I wonder...)Usagi
contemplated.
Deep within the fog, a type of darkness was just beyond it.
Then as if in a dream, Usagi could've sworn the fog started swirling
in front of her eyes and all the thickness began to thin. Usagi's
eyes narrowed, trying to pry through the fog and get beyond the painting
but no matter how much she tried it wouldn't let her through.
Until, Trowa was calling out her name. Usagi's eyes snapped
open and her vision focused away from the painting.
"Usagi?"Trowa called, taking her out of her stupor.
Usagi turned to face Trowa, Quatre was now gone and he and she were
by themselves inside the art studio.
"Yes, Trowa? Sorry...I was out of it for awhile. This painting
got me inside a trance,"Usagi apologized.
"You can stay here if you want. I'm going to bed,"Trowa told
her before turning around and walking out the door.
"Good night, Trowa,"Usagi waved, watching his figure disappear
around the corner.
Trowa didn't respond.
(Good night, hime...)Trowa said inside his head when he heard
her say good night.
In the shadows of the corner nearby, Heero stood and watched
the two.

Usagi gazed at the portrait once more before walking out the
door. She went to her room which wasn't that far away from the
studio and went inside. Usagi wandered over to the balcony and
went out.
The cool air beat on her skin, she didn't mind the coolness
as she stared around the darkness. It was quiet and not a sound
but the crickets echoed throughout the spacious land. The moon
was full and filled with illuminescent light. The stars
were sparkling brightly in the open space. It was quite a sight.
The teenage girl's eyes travelled toward the tree next to her and
she noticed that there was a figure sitting on the branch.
(Heero...)Usagi noticed and gave a sad smile.
Heero was sitting on the branch, completely oblivious to
his surroundings as he gazed at the wide open space of the stars
and the moon. His eyes were filled with sadness and loneliness.
Then he felt another weight on the branch as it slightly tipped.
His eyes hardened and reached for his gun inside his jean.
"What are you doing out here, Heero?"a sweet voice inquired.
(Yumetenshi...)Heero recognized but didn't respond.
"You seem sad, I thought you might want company..."Usagi continued
when he didn't say anything back.
"Hn."Heero just shrugged.
Usagi smiled and stared out at the stars.

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Duo gazed outside at the tree where two figures sat on a steady
branch. He smirked.
(Usagi and Heero. Now why would Heero not mind having her over
there? Could it be? He cares for her? Heero did take her home
with him....I wonder what his true feelings are for
Usagi and what she feels for him...)Duo thought to himself
before closing the drapes of the windows.
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As Duo closed the drapes, another person was watching the two.
His eyes held a bit of sadness and a hint of jealousy but nothing
more.
(Hime, do you care for him as I care for you? Would you
really prefer Heero over me? Or are you just
being kind?)Trowa said inside his mind, still watching the two
over at the tree.
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"Usagi?"Heero called with some hesitancy but the teenage
girl seemed to not have heard.
"Yes, Heero?"Usagi calmly said.
(I can do this, just ask her about Trowa. Yeah, I can do
this. I am the Perfect Soldier after all!)Heero urged himself.
"....do you..."Heero began with some hesitancy.
"You can tell me anything, Heero,"Usagi encouraged with slight amusement.
"Do you like it so far over at the mansion?"Heero spoke.
(You idiot! Why'd you say that?! Perfect Soldier indeed!
Smooth, Yuy!! @_@)he berated himself.
"The mansion? It's just great! I really enjoy it
here with all of you guys!"Usagi answered with a bright smile.
(Why is he asking me that? It's an odd question when
he was so hesitant....)Usagi said inside her head.
"Hn."Heero just said.
"What's..wrong?"Usagi asked, when he just looked away from
her.
"Nothing,"Heero replied in monotone.
"It can't be nothing. Now tell me,"Usagi pressed.
Heero swirved his legs to the side of the branch and jumped off
the tree, his hands in his jeans pocket and walked off. He didn't
say anything else or even glimpsed back at her.
"Did I say anything wrong, Heero?"Usagi asked in a low whisper,
her expression in deep thought.
(He just turned so cold on me....what happened?)Usagi wondered
her eyes holding confusion and sadness.
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When Usagi came back, she closed the door with a heavy heart. Her
mind was somewhere else, in another world filled with nothing but
puzzlement on how her friend was acting this way over a simple
question and answer.
(Why would he turn all cold on me over nothing? Is he angry at me?
If so, why? All I said was that I enjoyed it here with all of
them...what's wrong about that?) Usagi deliberated.
Once Usagi got dressed in her sleeping garments she decided to get
some fresh air some more. Her eyes went up to the moon and the stars.
At that time, her mind wandered off to the same questions she has
kept asking herself for the past forty minutes.
Just as Usagi was about to go inside, a hand came over her mouth
and her eyes were wide in fear. Then the intruder pushed her inside and
against the wall, the figure's body against her back enabling
her to move.
"You aren't to tell anyone that someone was in here or
you will die. Do you understand?"a gruff man's voice hissed in her ear.
Usagi's eyes widened at the threat as she gulped and attempted to
gather enough courage.
"Don't yell now...I'm going to release my hand from your mouth.
If you do, you'll find yourself dead,"the man continued as he slowly
pulled his hand away from her mouth.
"W-who are you?"Usagi whimpered.
"An Oz soldier is all you need to know,"the man answered.
His hand went to his pocket and he got a gun out and pointed
to her neck, then he slowly moved toward her dresser.
"If you're looking for money, I don't have any. It
got burned in a fire.."Usagi croaked out in fear.
(Great, I'm being robbed...I need to do something...)Usagi told herself.
"It's not money I'm looking for, girl. It's something else,
much more valuable. Papers that contain top secret documents,"the
man chuckled softly.
(Top Secret Documents? Why would the guys carry those
around?)Usagi asked herself.
The man saw the flicker of wonderment on her face.
"You don't know do you? You have no idea who you're
staying with..."the man grinned with amusement.
"I don't..."Usagi shook her head.
(Now's my chance! He's letting his guard down!)Usagi shouted in
her head when the guy lowered his guard when his hold sort of
loosened on his gun.
Usagi took this opportunity to ram the guy to the bed and wrestled
the weapon from his grip by biting his hand. Then the man kicked
her side to get her off of him and Usagi rolled, taking the gun with
her. Usagi got up and at that moment, the man was glaring
at the young teenager with anger. Usagi gulped in fear but
breathed deeply before raising the gun at an appropriate level,
aiming for his heart.
"I don't care who they are exactly. I trust and respect them.
Whatever they do, no matter how dangerous it may sound, is
okay with me,"Usagi calmly told the man.
"You wouldn't dare shoot me..."the man dared to say.
Usagi's lips thinned at his words and she rushed at the guy, making
his walk backwards and at the balcony. She took the edge of the
gun and banged it at his head, making him fall to the ground. The
side of the soldier's head was now bleeding but he wouldn't die
from it, you could tell that much. He would be out for awhile,
so she searched him and found a long cord, she took it and tied
him up at the balcony then emptied the rest of his weapons.
"I wouldn't, but that doesn't mean I won't hurt you..."Usagi smirked.
The teenager walked back inside and opened the cartridge, putting
the unused bullets on the palm of her hand, then setting the gun
on top of the dresser and the bullets inside the waste can. Usagi
roamed the hallways and she found Rashid coming out of a room.
"How may I help you, Usagi?"Rashid kindly inquired.
"There's a...soldier, an Oz soldier in my room. Can you kindly
show him out or do whatever is needed to get out from
my sleeping quarters?"Usagi replied with calmness.
Rashid blinked in surprise.
"An Oz soldier?!"Rashid exclaimed, but not too loudly to wake someone up.
Serena/Usagi nodded in amusement.
"I'll gather two others with me, for his questioning and tell
Master Quatre about this..."Rashid informed her.
"Do what you must and thank you,"Usagi said.
"For what?"Rashid asked.
"Nothing, just thank you.."Usagi smiled.
Rashid went down two doors and knocked, two men came out blinking
sleepily. Rashid muttered something to them and they came out, more
alert than before. After some time, they came upon Quatre's door.
Usagi was at the side, staring around the hallway, getting bored.
In a few seconds, Quatre answered the knock.
"What is it, Rashid?"Quatre mumbled.
"There was an intruder, Master Quatre. What should we do
with the body?"Rashid inquired.
"An intruder found us out?!"Quatre uttered in bewilderment.
Rashid merely nodded.
"Where'd the person come from?"Quatre asked.
"My room,"Usagi answered.
Quatre's eyes swerved to Usagi, finally seeing her there.
"I'm sorry, Usagi for what happened.."Quatre apologized.
"It was nothing, Quatre,"Usagi smiled at him.
Then four doors around Quatre's room opened and the other guys
came in, wondering what all the commotion was about when they
heard voices. Wufei, Trowa, Duo, and Heero came outside.
"I guess you'll be wanting some answers about what's
going on?"Quatre said, with some guilt evident in his eyes.
"You don't have to, Quatre. I trust all of you...it would
be best if I don't know anyways. Whatever is happening, it's
probably safer if you don't tell me what's going on in case
those Oz soldiers come back,"Usagi shook her head.
"I don't know...you would be wondering a lot of things later
on.."Quatre muttered.
"Whatever happens, I'll understand..."Usagi smiled.
"Did this guy have a weapon with him?"Rashid asked.
"A gun and several others..."Usagi replied.
"And you managed to come out of this okay?!"one of the men asked.
"He lowered his guard,"Usagi shrugged.
"We better get to the body, we'll probably understand the
situation better.."Wufei gruffly stated.
Everyone agreed and went to Usagi's room.

The place appeared to be in tact, except for the bed which was
out of place and there was gun on top of the dresser. Weapons
were spooled over the bed. The balcony door was wide open, the drapes
flowing inside, from the wind. Outside, an unconscious man dressed in
black was there. He was bleeding at the right side of his forehead,
lying on the ground.
The eight guys were gathered around the doorway, checking out the
scene.
"He's still out, that's good,"Usagi muttered.
"He carried that much weapons?! He could've killed you!"Duo exclaimed
as he stared at the bed where the weapons were out.
"Well, that guy didn't even bother to use them. He just
used the gun,"Usagi told him.
At that moment, the Oz soldier groggily stirred. He moaned and
groaned then opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was Usagi,
facing him.
"You!"the soldier roared in anger.
"You're awake!"Usagi exclaimed with a smile.
"You're going to get it!"the soldier yelled, trying to move but
he found that his hands were tied.
He pulled and twisted but it didn't budge. Then the other
guys came along and glared down at him. The soldier noticed them
and his eyes widened.
"We'll take him in, maybe for questioning.."Duo suggested.
"Well?"Quatre voiced out.
They merely grunted in acceptance, so Rashid and the two others
approached the tied man. Once they got the rope off, the soldier
started for Usagi who stepped back and the two men captured him
and tied his hands together.
"Well you're angry when you get up,"Usagi smirked as he
glared pass her.
"What made him mad at you?"asked Duo when they took the soldier
out the door.
"Maybe when I bit him..."Usagi replied.
"Bit him?"Duo mimicked with confusion.
"It was the only thing I could think about when he held the gun
at me,"Usagi shrugged.
"Okay, whatever..."Duo shook his head trying to make sense of
this situation.
"Now, if only you guys would kindly go away?"Usagi hinted.
"Ohh..."Quatre said with a slight blush.
Wufei and Heero gathered up the weapons on the bed while
Trowa picked up the gun at the dresser.
"Where's the bullets?"Trowa calmly asked her.
"Over at the waste can,"Usagi answered.
"I guess it can stay there, we'll need to empty that
out in the morning,"Quatre informed all of them, then walked
out of the door.
Duo followed Quatre out with Wufei. Trowa glimpsed at Usagi
a quick second before walking out. Heero didn't say anything
or even stared her way as he walked out of the door and Trowa
closed the door.
Usagi glanced out of at the balcony for a full minute, then
closed the door securely and closed the drapes. She put her
hair down and her golden tresses flowed like a wave on the
floor. She pulled back her hair by her fingers and gave a sigh.
(This is going to be way different from any other experience
I've encountered...)Usagi went over in her head.
She walked over to the bed and got in, closing the last
remaining light in the room. She sighed and closed her eyes,
dreaming a dreamless sleep.
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The soldier was pushed into a room filled with normal
bedroom supplies but without the window and there
were no signs of a phone or a computer.
"Tell us, how'd you find this place?"Quatre demanded.
"I can't tell you that,"the soldier told him.
"What's your name then?"asked Rashid.
"Asuma,"Asuma responded.
"Well, Asuma...what were you doing here?"demanded Quatre.
"That is classified information,"Asuma responded hautingly.
"I'll show you classified!"Wufei shouted as he pulled up,
Asuma's hair and glared down at his eyes.
"That's not really going to do anything,"Quatre calmly told his
friend.
"It will if we threaten him enough times,"Wufei growled.
"Who sent you?!"Heero implored in monotone.
"No one,"Asuma answered.
"He's lying,"Trowa pointed out.
"Why do you say that?"Quatre asked.
"You can tell..his eyes shows it,"Heero answered for him.
"So who sent you?"Duo asked.
"....."
Wufei pulled his head up more by his hair.
"And what did you do over at Usagi's room?"demanded Duo as he
added that question in.
"So her name's Usagi? How cute. She's quite pretty, you
know that? Especially when she's scared..."Asuma said with an
evil glint in his eyes.
"Why you!!!"Duo and Heero started.
Trowa was trying his best to stay calm but his eyes flashed
anger and his knuckles turned white as he gripped it hard.
Quatre and Wufei were also showing bits and pieces of anger but
they tried their best to keep that from showing.
"So you five do care...I can see that much,"Asuma smirked.
"Omae o korosu,"Heero stated in monotone as he took out his gun
and pointed it at the prisoner.
"No! Wait Heero! We need answers from him, in case there
are more people,"Quatre protested.
"It's too late, Quatre. I'm sure there are more coming.
We'll need to move out of here...let's just kill the guy and
go,"Wufei said as he released Asuma's hair and stared at
the blond haired boy.
"One more time, who sent you?"Quatre pressed, ignoring the
others.
"....."Asuma just didn't say anything.
Wufei gave a sigh and took out his kitana and pressed it
against the soldier's neck. It slightly dripped blood onto the
blade and the soldier gulped in fear.
"Answer him,"Wufei threatened.
"...."
"Answer the guy!"Wufei warned again as he pressed the blade more
against the neck and the blood came more.
"...a woman, her name is Kyoko Yoarashi,"Asuma answered.
"And the knowledge of this location?"questioned Trowa.
"Passing by and I saw all of you around from time to
time..."Asuma told them.
"Hn."
"Hmph,"
"Does anyone else know of this knowledge?"Trowa asked.
"N-no. No one else,"Asuma replied with a slight stutter.
"...."
"Mmmm..."
"Good,"Duo approved.
The rest just blinked.
Then Heero put the safety off and shot the soldier through the
heart.
"What did you do that for?!"Duo exclaimed.
"He knows our identities. Whoever knows of our identities
must not live to tell about it,"Trowa answered for Heero.
"We need to get out of here within the week. They might
start finding Asuma soon,"Heero told all of them.
"I have a place over at California,"Duo suggested.
Silence.
"It has enough space to fit four people though, so
some of us will need to room,"Duo continued.
"Alright,"Heero gave in along with the others after some
thinking.
"What about Usagi?"Quatre quietly reminded them.
They all stared at each other, waiting for someone to speak.
"She comes,"Heero stated in monotone.
"Who'll tell her?"Wufei uttered.
Their eyes travelled to Duo and Quatre.
"What?! Why me?!"Duo shouted.
Quatre just looked away, averting their gazes.
"It's between you two,"Wufei smirked.
"I can't possibly.."Quatre shook his head in protest.
"So it's you, Duo Maxwell,"Rashid finalized.
"Aww, man..."Duo complained.
"It is your house,"reasoned Quatre.
"Well it's your shuttle!"Duo remarked.
"Tell her first thing in the morning,"Quatre said and walked out the
door as well as the others.
"Great.."muttered Duo under his breath as he dragged himself out
of the room.

To be continued....
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There goes Chapter Four!