Moon Suit Gundam Wand: Episode Two, "The Sacred Fire"
Previously, in Gundam Wand; Episode One,
Lita, otherwise known as Sailor Jupiter, encounters a mysterious man
by the name "Peacecraft" in a back alley and discovers that he is
after 5 people who are extremely powerful. Rae, Meena, and Ami
are visited by a boy calling himself "Aleph Kodoshi", who is, in
fact, Heero Yuy, the pilot of Gundam Wing Zero. Serena survives
an encounter with Shinigami, the god of Death. She survives
....but makes it out with his phone number. Who the hell
is this guy? Heero seems to know.....
Episode Two; The Sacred Fire
Quatre looked out the window of the 80-story building. He saw the
citizens of Japan, scurrying about like so many ants in the crowded
streets.
"Hey Trowa, come look at this!"
Trowa left his computer on the desk he was working at and joined his
blonde companion at the window.
"You can barely see them, huh, Trowa?"
Trowa nodded, his long, angular bangs accenting his movements.
"I wonder where the others are...."
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"Do you know where I may find them?"
Lita narrowed her eyes at her captor. 'Peacecraft.'
"What if I told you that I knew them quite well?"
Peacecraft smiled and cocked his head slightly to the right, letting his white bangs slide into his face.
"I'd be pleasantly surprised. And I'd probably let you live awhile longer."
"Then prepare to be surprised. They should all be in the same place, right now."
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Rae exited the temple amid Serena's screams.
"What's all the commotion?"
"The God of Death left Serena his phone number."
"WHAT?"
Ami handed Rae the paper. "Here. See if you can trace it."
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"Scared? Of Me?"
"What did you do, Duo?"
"She ran into me, probably thought I was someone she knew
(I mean, she called me a prince, and I'm no prince, I'm Shinigami,
right?), notices I'm American, I ask if she's seen Quatre or Trowa..."
"What?"
"Not by their names, buddy! Geez, man, don't get your bike shorts
in a twist! I asked about a blonde arab and a skinny guy
with the bangs from hell."
"Hn."
"Ooh, I love it when you talk dirty!"
This might as well have been a growl.
"Duo...."
Raucous laughter on the part of Duo.
"Shut up and get back to the story, before I track you down and kill you."
Laughter; ceased.
"The sad thing is that you'd actually DO it. When will you learn to take a joke?!"
Silence.
"Right. When cows pilot Tauruses, Zechs shaves his head, and Wufei remarries."
Silence.
Duo sighed. "You are a lost cause. Well, anyway, she says no, and
I think OK, whatever, give her my number and go."
"Well, her friends appearantly think that you really WERE Shinigami. Idiot."
"Hey, can I help it if looks can kill? I was just spreading the
word, buddy; The God of Death is in Japan, and the Ladies had better
watch out!"
It was about now that Duo realized that the waiter (and pretty much
the entire restaurant) was staring at him. He lowered his voice a few decibels.
"Well, gotta go, Hee---wait, what are you going by?"
"Aleph Kodoshi."
"What is that, Hebrew?"
"Yes."
"Well, then, See Ya, Al!"
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Heero shut off the phone and put it in the band of his shorts,
next to the gun. He walked to the window and pulled up the blinds
, expecting to see that dark-haired girl and her friends.
He didn't.
His eyes narrowed as he reached for the gun, offed the safety, and
left the room.
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The 4 girls and the two cats were in front of the temple's sacred
fire. Rae was doing the honors.
"I call upon the power of Mars! Show us the wirter of this note!"
An image began to materialize, beginning with a pair of smirking blue
eyes.Heero appeared in the doorway behind the girls, gun in hand. He
aimed at the head of the dark-haired girl, then thought
better of it and raised it, pointing at the ceiling above the fire.
One shot was all it took.
His bullet burst a pipe in the ceiling. Water cascaded over the fire, putting it out.
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Trowa's computer started blipping. The boys left the window, and
Trowa sat down at the desk as Quatre stood behind him. A new message
from Doktor S;
TB-
ZM XX JAP. >< ZM L 5G; X-LL, *H*/K ZM. ZM/MP?
-S
Quatre got the gist. "What would Zechs want in Japan?"
"He's trying to locate the 5 of us. It says we should hold or
kill him. Preferrably hold; the scientists must want something, or
the other way around."
"What does the 'X-L-L' mean?"
"I think it means we need codenames."
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"All in the same place, are they?"
Lita smiled. "Well, all but one, as far as I know."
Peacecraft re-safetied the gun and put it in a holster in his
trenchcoat. He grabbed Lita's left wrist with his right hand. The
grip was unusually strong.
"Take me there."
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Wufei walked along the crowded streets of Japan with his hands in his
coat pockets, glowering at the natives and at the point of
screaming.
'No space! No damn personal space! Stupid Japan!'
He considered taking Altron out of it's hiding place in the
countryside and stomping on the whole lot of them.
'But I can't. Quatre would get into another "Space-heart" episode,
like some stupid woman would, Trowa would stare me down like a lion
(I HATE it when he does that!), and Duo would beat the
living crap out of me, if Heero didn't kill me first. He would.
And then Zechs and Treize would dance on my
grave, if
I even got one. I wonder where they'd bury me?' He smiled.
The ranting had calmed him down a bit. 'I have to give them
all credit, though. They know how to keep me alive. And besides,
there's no justice in mass murder. Even if the whole country
doesn't give a damn about justice. I mean, look how Heero turned out.'
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Steam rushed up from the fireplace. The girls whipped around, and two
of them gasped (the pigtailed one and the one with the green hair)
at the sight of Heero---I mean, Aleph!---holding a gun, with
the most intimidating expression they could have imagined.
Suddenly one of the cats... spoke.
"Girls; Transform!"
And in unison, the 4 responded.
"Right!"
Aleph/Heero heard a general chorus of power as pigtails lifted up her
locket and the other three produced small wands. Seconds later they
were all clad in varied Sailor outfits with bows and REALLY short
skirts.Pigtails, appearently the leader, started a session or
glorified ranting. To her, it must have sounded pretty high-and-mighty,
but to Heero it was an unnecessary formality.
"So, you wanna mess with the Sacred fire? That was a completely
heartless act! You should appreciate ancient relics and anything
religious! I stand for love and justice! I am Sailor Moon!
I will right wrongs and triumph over
evil, and that means---"
Heero fired the gun again. Her locket fell to the floor. Sailor
Moon went back to regular ranting, aka, whining.
"My locket!! Waa!!"
Sailor Mars (the one in red and purple, with the stilettos and
dark hair) interjected.
"Mr. Kodoshi, what in Heaven's name are you doing?"
Heero pointed the gun directly at her.
"You're lucky I shot the pipe and not you. Now we can do this the
easy way, or we can do this the hard way."
A cry of "Mercury Bubbles; Blast!" from the green-haired one was
his answer.Heero couldn't see a thing.
'What the hell is going on here? What kind of weapons are they using?'
He poised the gun, preparing to shoot the next pretty-soldier who
planned to attack him.
"Mars Fire; Ignite!"
The raven-haired one sent a stream of fire right toward Heero's gun
hand, sending the gun flying into a corner, where it began blipping quietly.
"Idiot. That was stupid."
She retaliated with a "What? Now you're angrier?"
"No. The gun has a self-detonate mechaninsm. And you triggered it."
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Quatre stared at the computer screen.
"Codenames, huh? It's that serious?"
Trowa nodded.
"Well, what are we going to do?"
"They can't be too obvious..."
The boys thought awhile. Quatre got the first idea. "Wait...they
call us by numbers, right?"
Trowa nodded again.
"Well, we're three and four."
After notifying Dr. S, they left the hotel as Gimel Minore (minor third)
and Daled Seicle (fourth age).
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Peacecraft and Lita "strolled" down the streets of Japan, her arm
locked in his grip.
Silently.
And Lita's left hand was starting to swell.Peacecraft had put a hood
over his head, and sunglasses on, hiding his distinctive
white/gold hair and ice-blue eyes. Lita, however, could sense the
urgency of his mission, from his grip alone. 'I'll bet the five of us
can take him, whatever he is.' She looked back at her captor.
'What does he want with us?'
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"The temple is going down. I suggest you run."
The cats listened and jumped out of the room. Heero and the girls
tore after them.
They made it out barely in time. The teple exploded in a blaze of
glory and an echo of fire.Heero looked back at the devastated temple
from across the street. He noticed that his left shoulder was cut
, and that hot blood was running down his arm.
He didn't care.
Actually, he was rather enjoying it at first. But it was interrupted
by a harsh cough.When he turned around to face the noise, the 4 girls
were back in what they had been wearing before the sailor bows.
The black-haired one spoke.
"Well, Mr. Kodoshi, you have some explaining to do."
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To be continued....
Heero explains, as best he can, the major aspect of his profession,
while the Scouts give him their 411.Meanwhile, in Tokyo, Quatre and
Trowa's change of location and aliases goes terribly awry
when an outside force intervenes, in
Moon Suit Gundam Wand: Episode Three; The White Stallion