Gundam Wing Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Hidden Bloodlines ❯ You were _warned_ Heero ( Chapter 6 )

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

Chapter 6

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A semi-stunned silence enshrouded the temple yard. Eyes were bouncing between the shrine maiden and Wufei in confusion. A similar thought was running through the heads of most of the people present, **What the _hell_?!**

Duo grinned as he realized just _who_ it was standing in front of him. He remembered Wufei mentioning a safe-house he had stayed at once, when he had been seriously injured, and the temperamental shrine maiden that occupied it. **I didn't know she lived in Juuban, 'Fei never told me that! All he said was this was a good place to stay.......bar the occasional odd occurrence**. He made a mental note to talk to his lover about forgetting to mention that little fact later. Right now he had more important things to do.

Rei suddenly found herself the unwilling participant of an over enthusiastic glomp. The only thing she could compare it to was one of Usagi's when she realised they were alive.....again.

Just when air supply was becoming an issue, she found herself released as quickly as she had been engulfed. She warily looked at the braided figure in front of her, there was something about him that was niggling in the back of her mind.

Duo bowed deeply and spoke in the most formal tone he could muster, "I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the care you took of Wufei".

Everyone was looking at the three open-mouthed. What the _hell_ was going on?

After his uncharacteristic display of sobriety, Duo then proceeded to glomp onto the girl again.

After struggling to get the boys arms into a position where she could breathe Rei looked around him at Wufei, she had a fair idea who the barnacle was, "I'm just taking a wild guess here, but this wouldn't happen to be Duo would it?" Her tone was only mildly sarcastic.

Heero twitched slightly. Out of the corner of his eye something white was flickering. He almost obeyed his automatic response of _shoot it!_ , but stopped himself. It was just an old man.... in a bed sheet....nothing unusual at all.

The figure landed perfectly in front of a smirking Wufei with a move that could put Trowa to shame. The girls, and Duo - Heero made a mental not to ask him about that later -, were openly grinning. Well, with the exception of the shrine maiden. "Grandpa, I just _did_ the laundry!"

Another figure, also dressed in a bed sheet, came careening around the corner of the shrine. He skidded to a halt in front of the group, shaggy hair obscuring both of his eyes.

**Okay, forget Trowa's hair**, Duo thought to himself, **How the heck does this guy _see_?**

"Oh Hey! We've got visitors!" he bowed, looking rather incongruous with the bed sheet flapping in the breeze behind him. "Welcome to Hikawa Jinja," as though feeling the heat of the glare Rei was burning into his back, he glanced over his shoulder, "Oh, hi Rei." He muttered absently, waving a leisurely hand over his shoulder.

Rei groaned in exasperation, "Shut _up_ Yuuichiro!"

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Wufei smiled as the elderly shrine keeper landed in front of him, a bed sheet tied around his shoulders as a cape. Grandpa Hino radiated more energy than Usagi and Duo combined on a sugar and caffeine high.

"Chang!!! You're back to complete you're training then?"

...... "Shut _up_ Yuuichiro!" ......

Wufei bowed his head to hide the slight blush tinting his cheeks, "Thank you Grandpa Hino, but I shall decline". The man's ideas of training were slightly odd, not to mention rather embarrassing.

...... "They're _friends_ Yuuichiro, not guests!" ......

Duo raised an eyebrow and looked speculatively between a blushing Wufei and the shrine keeper. An amused grin began tugging at his lips, "You got to run around in _bed sheets_?! How come I didn't get to see that?". Silently he wondered ** I hope someone has photos of that!**

Rei's shriek saved him from responding. He looked up to see the shrine maiden chasing Yuuichiro and Usagi, wildly swinging a broom behind them. All of the girls had hung their heads in resignation, Rei was at it again. The boys were all wearing looks of startled disbelief.

Wufei groaned, "I see she still has the broom from hell".

Grandpa Hino nodded, "Yep. No matter how hard we try and hide it she always finds it again".

The shrieking had become coherent again. At first Wufei had thought Yuuichiro had offered to sing, but that was not the case. Usagi was apparently the target of her fury, Yuuichiro was just in the wrong place at the wrong time....again.

"YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THAT YOUR BROTHER WAS A GUNDAM PILOT!!!!!!!!"

Heero twitched again.

Minako and Makoto had come to the agreement that Rei needed to calm down; she was going to burst a blood vessel _again_ if she didn't. They waited until their fleeing princess passed them for the second time and went for a tackle that somehow ended up involving all the girls. Shrieks of pain were heard from the ensuing pileup.

"Damn Ami, you have sharp elbows!!"

"And you have a bony butt! Get off, please."

"Ahhhh.....my _HAIR_!!".

"Well cut it!"

"You first!"

"Bite me!"

"Where?"

"Ooooww! That hurt! I didn't mean it _literally_!"[1]

Quatre sighed, "This is like having _all_ my sisters at home at the one time.... Except I'm usually at the bottom of the dog-pile."

"Mina!!!! You don't need to wear heels all the time and I SURE AS HELL DON'T NEED THEM IN MY FACE!!!!!"

"_OW_!! That was my _hand_ damn it!"

"Get _off_ Odango Atama!!"

The group on the ground went completely silent. Usagi quickly disentangled herself from the large tangle of limbs and stalked into the shrine, her face a blank mask.

The girls all began banging their heads on the ground. Reaching over the rest of the girls, Makoto thwapped Rei on the back of the head.

Rei looked up, a rueful expression on her features, "I know, I know. Rei no baka!"

The boys were torn in two directions, watching the display in front of them, or watch Trowa hover over Quatre -who was currently clutching his chest muttering, "Owie, owie, _OWIE!_"

Minako looked over and swore in a most unladylike manner, "Ahh, you okay Q? I guess I should've warned you to shield for that one". She grimaced and rubbed hear head, oddly enough _not_ where she had been banging it on the ground.

Quatre pinned her with a steely gaze, "Exactly _what_ was that about? It hurt her a _lot_." He turned his gaze to the group as a whole.

The girls made a collective mental note: Do _not_ do anything to Usagi in front of her brother; it equals pain.

Ami growled. She was disgusted that _anything_ could cause her friend pain. "That's what Mamo-_baka_ calls her".

Quatre looked over the groups collective expression, he got the impression they _really_ wanted to spit on whoever it was, as well as cause grievous bodily harm. He didn't like this one bit, "_Who_ is Mamo-baka? And why do I get the feeling I should be breaking his kneecaps, castrating him, pulling his heart out with a spoon, and feeding it to him piece by piece?"

Makoto looked delighted by the description. It might _just_ begin their revenge for his hurting _their_ Usa-chan, "Oh, oh, can I help?" She begged, bouncing.

Minako snorted, "We'll _all_ gladly help". She said as she levered herself off the ground and walked towards the shrine. Moments later she returned with a bouncing Usagi in tow.

The girls looked at her in confusion. Minako just shrugged noncommittally. "We're taking them", she pointed to the boys, "On a tour of Juuban right?" The girls all nodded, "No tour of Juuban is complete without seeing Crown Arcade right?" again she got nods. "And at Crown there is...."

Usagi interrupted her sister, though most of the girls knew what was coming, "ICE-CREAM!!! Let's go, let's go. Oh right", she stopped and looked at the group, thoughtful look on her face. "I forgot who knows who. Okay.... Chang Wufei and Duo Maxwell, Rei Hino, Makoto Kino", She was just pointing to people in the group at random, "Ami Mizuno, Heero Yui, Minako Aphrodite Raberba Winner...."

Minako blew a raspberry at Usagi, retaliating with the rest of the introductions. "Usagi Serenity Raberba Winner, Quatre Raberba Winner and Trowa Barton. I think that's everyone".

Makoto was giving Trowa an odd look. She muttered half to herself as she walked past him, "You don't _look_ like Trowa Barton, I could've _sworn_ he was blonde".

The group headed down the stairs. Their destination: Crown Arcade.

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Normally it wasn't a long walk from Hikawa Jinja to the Crown Arcade, but they were taking the scenic route to show the boys the sights. They had, however, received some strange looks when they avoided any mentions of the airport, Tokyo Tower, and the docks. They had also avoided the ruins of what was once Mugen Academy, as well as other random sites around the district.

They weren't far from the arcade, which was probably a good thing - Usagi's whining was beginning to get on some of the peoples nerves. It hadn't helped when Duo had joined in as well.

A familiar sound was heard, at least it was familiar to the girls. It was a scream with that 'I'm-being-attacked-by-a-Youma' quality about it.

The boys turned, with every intention of telling the girls to stay where they were, only to see them run past them _towards_ where the scream had been heard. After looking at each other to confirm that, yes, they did just do what they thought they had done, they took off hot on their heels.

The skidded around the corner and stopped dead, jaws agape. _SOMETHING_ was attacking a girl of about 14. It was big, it was green, and it was _ugly_!.

Only Duo and Wufei were able to identify what the thing was, "Youma".

Heero quickly drew his guy. _That_ was a Youma?! Hearing them described, and actually seeing one in person were two completely different things. Lining up a shot as far from the victim as possible, he squeezed off a couple of rounds.

Usagi looked at him disgusted, "Again with the gun". She snorted, "I tell you it won't do any good. All it will do is attract its' attention. In this neighbourhood that's what classes as a _bad_ thing. Leave this to the Sailor Senshi".

As if to prove Usagi's point, the Youma had begun to turn in their direction. Its' mind was changed however, when a shout came from the building down the street.

"STOP RIGHT THERE!!".

Almost all the attention of the streets occupants was directed to the two figures standing on a shop balcony. "You've ruined the peace of this beautiful place. People come here for rest, relaxation, and to spend money, but you have prevented that!".

The boys gaped at the figures in astonishment. They were female, _very_ female, wearing some of the strangest outfits they'd ever seen. The body of the outfit was a tight white bodice. A _very_ short, two-layered skirt was attached to the bodice, the bottom layer was white while the top layer was the same colour as the sailor collar on the outfit. At the back was a white bow, with two long ribbons trailing to their knees. The front had a bow in the *~ahem~* chest region, also the same colour as their collar. They wore knee high white boots with a 'v' shaped strip of colour at the top these were also the same colour as the other parts of the outfit, they were beginning to notice a trend here, and white elbow length gloves trimmed in the same colour scheme finished off the outfit. Strange symbols adorned their foreheads. All in all they were.... interesting outfits.

Heero voiced the collective thoughts of the Gundam pilots, "Are they _INSANE_?".

Quatre was watching the two posing Senshi with amused interest when he spotted two blonde blurs out of the corner of his eye, running in the direction of the Youma! He turned his head slowly, dreading what he might see. His worst suspicions were confirmed, crouching behind the big, ugly, _dangerous_ monster, were his two youngest older sisters.

Quatre's mouth opened and closed as his mind raced around in circles trying to decide what to do. **Yell at them? _Yes_, what they're doing is _STUPID_..... NO!!!! That _thing_ will turn around and shish-ka-bob them. Get out of there you pair NOW!!! Yell, _yes_, _no_, _yes_, _NOOOO_!!!** As his mind was racing he started to hit Trowa in the side with his elbow, all the while making strange whimpering sounds.

Trowa turned to look at him curiously and motioned for him to take a deep breath. Upon exhaling he managed to hiss, "Trowa, _what_ the _hell_ do they think they're _doing_?" He motioned to where his sisters were currently located.

Trowa looked over to where the girls were and shrugged his shoulders - he was more concerned by the lovely shade of purple his lover was turning. Then what he had actually seen sunk in and he glanced sharply back to where the girls were, concern evident in his eyes.

Quatre crossed his arms and scowled, "_Exactly_".

The two sisters were now dragging the victim back to their group as fast as they could. Usagi grabbed Ami by the arm and pulled her down to look at the unconscious girl. Upon seeing her brother ready to let loose with a tirade, she held up a finger and calmly stated, "In a minute Q-tra".

Quatre began to sputter again at the use of the hated nickname.

The two Sailor Senshi had finally decided to wrap up their speech, "....In the name of Neptune,"

"And in the name of Uranus...."

"We'll punish you!!" Was cried in stereo. The fight between the Youma and the Senshi was on.

Taking two steps away from the rest of the group, Heero and Duo bought up their guns. Their intentions had been to help the Sailor Senshi but, before they had a chance, a low powered 'World Shaking' threw them out of the way, covering them with dust.

The Sailor Senshi in the greenish skirt turned to them, "Guns do no good. We don't need civilians getting in the way and getting hurt".

Duo stood up and brushed the dirt off of himself, "Territorial neh?"

Heero merely grunted a reply.

Quatre whirled on Usagi and Minako, and, after checking them over to make sure they were okay, asked in a dangerously low voice, "_What_ did you two think you were doing?"

Minako looked up scornfully at her enraged little brother, "What do you think those speeches were for? _Show_?"

Usagi didn't bother to look up from her methodological healing of the Youma victim, "The Sailor Senshi distract the Youma and whoever is around gets the injured out of the way before the fight starts".

Minako nodded her head in agreement, "It's one of the unwritten laws of Juuban: Sailor Senshi distract Youma, civilians grab victim, civilians run like hell, Youma goes bye-bye!"

All the pilots turned from the Youma fight to hear the last of Minako's statement. It was then they noticed the pale silver glow surrounding Usagi. As they watched, the graze on the young girls head from where she had hit the pavement healed.

"Nande....?" Wufei muttered.

Quatre looked at the stunned expressions on his fellow pilots faces and almost laughed. "I'm not the only Winner with.... special abilities," he said with a smile.

An unearthly shriek was heard from behind them. The group spun around in time to see the Youma explode into motes of light and dust.

Duo smirked, "Don't leave much do they?".

One of the Senshi walked towards the group, Uranus if they remembered her introduction properly. As she passed Quatre she stopped and looked at him for a couple of moments then patted him on the head. She nodded to Heero and Duo in acknowledgement of their attempt to help, then knelt down beside the victim to converse quietly with Usagi and Minako. She then stood and turned to leave. As she passed Quatre she patted him on the head again, this time she was snickering softly to herself. She walked over to her partner and the pair effortlessly jumped onto the top of the building and away.

Duo watched them leave and then shook his head, "Interesting outfits", he commented as he began to snicker.

The girls glared at him. "It's a good thing you said that _after_ Uranus left." Spoke Makoto in a slightly chilly tone.

Duo looked confused, "Why is that?"

Rei smirked and snickered softly. "She has a sword. Say that around her and you would've found out just _how_ well she knows how to use it!".

Quatre sighed as he looked over to where Usagi was sitting with the Youma's victim, "I guess we had better head over to that arcade now."

Trowa looked at him quizzically.

Quatre gestured in the general direction of his youngest older sister, "After healing she'll _definitely_ be craving a sugar boost".

Usagi looked up at her brother, slightly dazed, "You're buying ice-cream Q?" He nodded, "Yatta! Let's go!".

She took off down the street, Minako's hand grasped in hers.

Heero looked at her retreating back and then at Quatre, "Are you _sure_ she needs more sugar?".

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"Hey Motoki!", Minako chirped as she and Usagi bounced through the doors to Crown Arcade, "Can we jam some tables together? There's a few more of us than usual".

Motoki looked over the crowd following the pair in. "Sure Mina-ch...ko, go right ahead. Lizzie is behind the ice cream bar, so she can take your orders. I'm guessing you came here for ice cream yeah?" All the girls gave him a steady look and he laughed, "Yeah. So.... who're your friends? I recognise some of the faces but as of yet I have no names".

Minako giggled and took a deep breath in, "Okay....We have Duo there with the long hair and his boy Wufei. That's Heero, and you probably recognise Trowa from when he was in here last week destroying all of our top scores. Then last and least" This miss-statement was _not_ an accident, "We have this boy Quatre. He just happens to be mine, Usa's 'n 'Ruka's little brother!".

Motoki looked slightly dazed, she giggled again. "Don't worry about it." She pointed randomly around the group, "Duo, Wufei, Heero, Quatre and Trowa. See, easy!".

Makoto had been looking at Trowa on and off for most of the afternoon. At the present time she was looking at his side profile. Sudden recognition flashed through her eyes. As the boys sat down she touched Trowa on the arm, "I recognise you now, you're Nanashi!" She nodded to herself, pleased at solving the mystery, then walked off to order the ice cream - totally oblivious to the dumbfounded looks the group was burning into her back.

Heero turned to Trowa, "How does she know you?" He demanded.

Trowa looked slightly confused, "I don't know. She reminds me of _someone_ but I can't think who or where".

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[1] M: I have a friend at home who has a biting fetish, you go 'Bite me' and she will. Also sometimes she'll just go 'I want to bite something' and if that something that happens to be you watch out (You know who you are BJ) unfortunately she also passed the habit on to my
little sister -_-!

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