Title: The Curse of Immortality
By: Cheska-chan
Chapter 15
E-Mail address: Minnashime@aol.com or NMakalinaw@aol.com
PG13?


Disclaimer: *men in black suits are in each side of her*
*casts a wary glance at them before staring back at you*
Cheska: Okay, I won't cause any problems about the disclaimer part.
*men nod in approval*
Cheska: I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing. *says it in a defeated tone*
*men keeps on nodding*


Author's Notes: Now that I've said that stupi...errr...disclaimer I can get
on with what I have to say.
I'm quite happy about the reviews finally reaching the 100 area! Yippee!!
*confetti comes from overhead*
Besides that I'm relieved to see that you still read my stories since I've been
busy with schoolwork and stuff. So like yeah...
but hey, I won't give up on this story. Haven't done so yet, not starting
now. Okay...maybe once but that wasn't really working out well for me since
I got little reviews. *sweatdrops* Hoping you guys wouldn't stop the
reviews, will you? *questioning look*

Now then let's get on with the ficcie!!
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Last Time:~.~
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"It's me. Serena or otherwise known as Usagi,"smiled Serena as they all got out of
their own respective Gundams.
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"Serena?"Hotaru choked out, tears beginning to form from the edges of her purple
eyes as she stood there at the edge of her Mobile Suit.
"Yes, Hotaru. It's me. I'm back just like I promised,"Serena gave a weak smile
at her immortal friend.
"...Usagi? Serena? How? What?"Duo was now confused at finding this new
information.
"I'm afraid I can't comprehend this situation,"Quatre formerly told all of them, mostly
himself.
"It is difficult to understand. And if I do explain you'll be even more confused
than you have started off with,"Serena apologized, bowing her head.
"Yes, it is hard. Even I have still to sort out these pieces,"Hotaru agreed.
"Enough of this! So the onna is back with a Gundam? We can do with the chatting and
the surprise later!"Wufei rudely interrupted as he crossed his arms and glared at
everything.
Heero and Trowa kept quiet throughout the whole show, even though they wondered as
much as the others they chose to just listen and take in whatever was given to
them. Wufei apparently was ticked and so they entered back in their Gundam and
waited for the others.
"Report?"Serena asked in monotone, going back to her soldier ego.
"We've managed to deal with some of the bases. About...4 bases in the Sahara with
you helping us out on the fifth,"Hotaru told her friend.
"And the other bases outside here?"06 inquired.
"Dealt with, this is the last one,"Heero monotoned.
"Good. Let's see...."the soldier of Arethusa trailed off.
"Onna! Quit stalling and let's get on with it already!"growled Wufei.
"Hmph. I was just calculating how much we have left,"06 tiredly told him.
"We have 45 more to go onna. Not very good with math are you?"Wufei roughly said.
"To you it may be 45 to me it's only 20 more bases,"06 stated.
"So you already destroyed those other bases?"Quatre wanted to know.
"Yeah, I should've been here earlier but I took the detour,"shrugged 06.
"Let's go then,"Heero said and went off followed by the others.
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"There are seven dots together now! You said six earlier!"Hiba shouted.
"Sir, what we said was true there are six 'unidentified' suits coming to the
Sahara Desert,"the soldier told his commander.
"Then what's the meaning of these seven?"demanded Aenon Hiba, getting stressed.
"Well one of them we do know. It is a mobile suit under our care. It is one of the
missing suits from one of our bases,"the soldier simply told him.
"And that suit is being operated by the other side?!"Aenon growled.
"Yes sir,"the soldier was now into the verge of cowering as he saw Hiba getting really
angry.
(Calm down Aenon. It's not as horrible as it appears to be......not at all..)Hiba
was slowly, slowly calming his tense nerves by talking to himself.
"What's the report on the bases?"Aenon demanded.
"Uhmm..welll..."one of the other soldiers from the seats was hesitant.
"Well?"Hiba's voice was sharp.
"There are only 19 more bases left aside from this one,"the soldier reported.
"Uhh..well now there are 18 left, they've just destroyed another,"another one piped up.
"19 more counting this..."Hiba bowed his head and began walking out of the door.
"I want you to reinforce our defense on this base. Quadruple it if you are able
to, I don't want them destroying this base! Do you hear me?! The others are gone now,
the Sahara Desert is the last one of the G.C. organization that is on Earth!
Now get to it!"ordered Hiba as he stopped at the door to tell his orders then stalked
off to calm down.
(Great, this is just great. Those Gundams...wait a second! If....if there are
seven...and then...)stopped Hiba as his eyes widened at the thought.
"She told me before she was a Gundam Pilot. But if that is so and there are
seven of them with six unknown and the seventh a Mobile Suit from us. That could
mean that..."Hiba wondered.
"Mean that...she's back,"Hiba whispered to himself.
Aenon Hiba opened the door to his office in the base and closed it shut behind him.
He sat down on the cushioned seat and stared hard at the single object at the center
of the mahogany table. It was the same stone that he had with him plenty of times. A
stone that glowed when one touched it with the color of teal mixed with a sparkling
dust of a rainbow color at the center and the stone in the shape of an index sized
obelisk. Hiba hesitated before touching it but in the end he did and once he took
his hand away his face was void of emotion.
There was a slight breeze in the room for a mere second or two but Hiba didn't
budge from his spot, his head still downcast and staring at the stone.
"She's back,"Aenon quietly spoke out, raising his head but not turning his face.
"So I've heard,"the voice mocked.
"The machine isn't done yet,"Aenon pointed out.
"There is time, it's not being made here remember?"the voice calmly put out.
"Yes, a good thing we've shipped it off to another location for safety,"Aenon
nodded in agreement.
"Serena Tsukino. Usagi Akari. Sailor Moon and Neo-Queen Serenity. The past
Princess of the Moon Kingdom,"the voice uttered with a sigh and seemed to have
faded out of the room.
The names that the voice uttered triggered Hiba's mind with some sort of tingling
at his brain. Trying to make him remember about the past but the weird thing was
that no matter how much he tried to make himself grasp the hidden information it
would just go further into his mind. It was all frustrating.
"What is this? Those names are so familiar to me. What is it with this Gundam Pilot?
Why is Usagi so familiar to me?"Aenon wondered.
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All the Gundams were fighting, each managing to hold on while Hotaru was dodging and
luring the enemies toward the Gundams. It was a simple fight, with Arethusa there it
was easier than before in which they were all secretly grateful for.
(Serena...my princess and Queen. Thank goodness you're back.)Hotaru smiled to herself
as she watched Arethusa used a beam sword with Wing on the 10th base.
But then Hotaru's smile changed to a frown.
(I thought that this feeling inside of me would go away once I found out that
the Princess of Light is back but it hasn't. It hasn't changed at all, not even the
tiniest bit. What is this? Something is going to happen, isn't it? That's what
it means. But I wonder what? Can it be a new evil?)Hotaru thought to herself
and then shook it off.
"It can't be. The only evil there is at the time is the G.C. force. The Galactic
Chaos. That's the one we have to worry about,"Hotaru assured herself.

Arethusa turned its head away from all the dust and debris that came out after
the destruction and faced the horizon. It was all just an endless form of sand dunes.
Piles and piles of sand with a hint of a rock here and there or a cactus plant if
you're lucky.
(Not much to look at...)06 smirked to herself but stopped and turned to seriousness
once she saw something at the side of a sand dune farther off.
(Who could that be?)Serena asked herself as she squinted, trying to make out the figure.
It was just a lone figure, standing there and apparently or what seemed to be staring at her.
The weird thing is that it wore a grey cloak over him/herself completely from head
to foot. Then just as the last speck of debris cleared out, Arethusa veered its head to the
left for a second to check the site then back but now the figure was gone.
Arethusa started off and went to the exact location she spotted it but...
"There's no sign, not one at all. How can...that be? There should be one, one small
hint or clue..."Serena was dumbfounded at this but shook it off.
(I must be hallucinating. I'm just imagining this. What would a figure in a grey cloak
be doing out at a time like this? It's just proposterous! I'm being silly...)Serena
lightly laugh to herself.
"I just have to be..."06 muttered and then went back to the others.

"We're almost done,"Hotaru sighed in relief as she leaned back in her Mobile Suit.
"Yes, then we can return back,"Serena agreed.
"Ehh...I'm not sure how you can put that into a good perspective,"Duo said.
"What do you mean, Duo?"Serena cocked her head to the side.
"Well...when we come back, there's that Academy with the teachers and piles of schoolwork
to do,"Duo explained.
No one said anything.
"And there's also the other reason. Dealing with the pacifist, Relena Peacecraft,"Duo
added after a moment.
"Oh yeah, forgot about her for awhile,"nodded Serena, a waterdrop on her head.
The other pilots kept quiet but each one showed their sign on depression over the
mention of Peaceraft.

"Five more bases,"Hotaru wiped of a bead of sweat from her brow and continued to
push on forward in her gundam. It seemed to have gotten warmer by now despite the
darkness that surrounded them. The moon was showing brightly over the night sky
with spots of dark clouds nearby but beside that, the stars shone brightly on that
desert land with gathering shadows from high sand dunes and the bodies of those
seven travelers in their Suits.
"It sure is beautiful here, the stars are bright enough to see from here compared
to the city,"commented Serena as she took a moment to gaze upwards.
"Yeah,"Quatre agreed.
"How long has it been since I took the moment to just look up there and forget about
the present problems?"Serena wondered out loud, her voice dropping to a whisper.
"Too long, that's for sure,"Serena added after two seconds in her small utterance.
"Usa..I mean Serena?"Duo's voice came out from the communicator.
Serena's attention drifted back to the current state and stared back at the picture
of Duo Maxwell. She nodded in acknowledgement.
"The next base is 100 yards away,"Duo informed her.
"Thanks Duo,"Serena's voice said as she gave a nod and her eyes shifted to a cold stare.
Arethusa joined by Nataku charged forward at the upcoming Mobile Dolls and supplies
of Taurus. The two Gundams battled on at the enemies using whatever devices they carried
while avoiding the use of Arethusa's power weapons. Basically they just used beam swords
from Arethusa and Dragon Fang from Nataku/Shenlong.
After a couple of minutes of battling the other five comrades of theirs arrived and
joined in, making it almost too easy for them as they kept on dodging and landing blows
on their enemies. Sandrock with his Twin Heat Blades and Heavyarms with his hidden Beam
Saber that he managed to load in a long time ago but didn't use till now. Then
there was Deathscythe with his Beam Scythe and Wing using its Two Beam Sabers.
All seven battled and brought their fighting spirits with them all the way to the
fourth base and finally ending it as they were walking to the fifth and last base there
was for them.
"Finally, this last one has got to be the one that holds Aenon Hiba in it,"Wufei
commented.
Serena's eyes hardened at the mention of the name. The sixth pilot never managed to
mention what information she got from the three who gave her the info on him and decided to
keep it that way.
(Aenon Hiba. What are you up to? What machine were they talking about? And that energy
stone of yours...I still have yet to know the extent of its magical capabilities. What it
posesses. And you never did tell me if Aenon Hiba is your real name...)Serena noted to
herself.
Serena gazed down at herself and remembered her locket, slowly she took it out and revealed
the Silver Crystal that resided from her pink broach. The glow from the screen in the
cockpit managed to reflect its blue glow on the crystal, making it shine brighter than
it already did. The girl's eyes softened as she studied the small circular object and
recalled the past events they have shared together.
*Flashback*
Using it on the meteors to save her planet and people.
Awakening the world.
Tranforming to her royal or warrior ego.
Using the Silver Crystal with Rini/Chibi-Usa on the Wise Man.
Healing a lot of their enemies and turning them to their side.
Defeating countless of other battles with it.
Being by herself on the snowing landscape in her princess form.
Using the Crystal to defeat Beryl with the spirits of her friends and her love.
Finding out about her past heritage as she saw the Crystal form in front of her
and Darien.
*End of Flashback*
Tears trickled down her cheeks at the memories and closed her fingers tightly
over the Silver Crystal.
"My friends...and Darien. How I miss you,"Serena whispered to herself.
"Serena..."started Hotaru but stopped herself as she noticed tears running down her
friend's face.
"What is it, Hotaru?"Serena wondered, brushing the remains of tears from her eyes.
"What's wrong, Serena?"Hotaru softly asked.
"Nothing, just memories. Just memories,"Serena weakly gave her friend a smile.
"Oh..."Hotaru awkwardly said.
"So?"Serena urged on.
"The last base is not that far now. About three miles east of us,"Hotaru told her.
"Good, we should make it by dawn,"Serena stated.
"That's what the others have said,"Hotaru grinned.
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"Those pilots are going to be here soon, Hiba,"the voice sneered.
"Hmph. My men are too weak and stupid to know what to do,"grumbled Hiba as he
paced around the room.
"What is to happen now?"the voice calmly asked.
"See how well they'll keep them at bay of course,"Aenon smirked.
"And if they destroy the base?"the voice wondered.
"Be here to see what else they'll do,"Aenon stated.
"Face them off?"the voice suggested.
"Of course,"Aenon's eyes glinted in amusement.
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"I'm glad to see that all of you have gotten this far in such a short amount of
time,"Dr. M commented with a warm smile.
"Dr. M!"Serena and Hotaru exclaimed.
"Girls,"Dr. M acknowledged.
"What are you here for?"demanded Wufei while the other boys kept silent.
"Here to give you another mission,"Dr. M answered.
This caught everyone's attention; especially Heero's.
"As you know, Hiba is inside that last base. Now the way the doctors and I want you to
do this is by getting in there and making sure he's dead before blowing it up. For all
we know is that if you just kill the whole place, there's still a good chance
he still got away or survived,"Dr. M told them.
"Ohh come on! No one can really survive a big explosion like that!"exclaimed Duo.
But once he said that, all eyes turned to a certain perfect soldier and Duo just
shut himself up as something dawned on him.
"Oh yeah, him. Heheh..."Duo sweatdropped as he remembered the past that included Heero
as he tried to self destruct and survived.
"Now that that's cleared up. Do you accept this mission?"Dr. M asked.
Several nods came from the pilots.
"Mission: Accepted,"a monotone voice of Heero's spoke up at the end.
"Good,"Dr. M approved and turned her attention to the two girls who haven't said anything
yet.
"Here's the plan,"Dr. M continued before the two could reply to the question.
"There will be a heavy defense on there that could hold you off for awhile so the
five of you will be outside holding them off until one of you manages to get inside,"Dr. M
explained.
"Guess that means I'm going,"Serena spoke up tiredly.
"You don't want to go?"Dr. M inquired.
"Of course I do, S..Dr. M,"Serena blushed at the question, not wanting to sound too rude
in front of her old friend.
"Okay then. 06 I want you get inside the building and track down Hiba. He was
your earlier assignment after all,"Dr. M ordered.
With that, Serena recalled the past events when Setsuna or Dr. M assigned her
the mission to put a stop to the G. C. organization before it got to be a
big threat to the colonies and Earth. However at the rate they were going, G.C. is
almost there. Already, a semi-large amount have heard about the Sanq Academy being
held hostage by the G. C. and that has alarmed many people who know that their pacifist
and Vice Foreign Minister was there amongst others.
"Hn."Serena agreed with the idea but then Hotaru interrupted.
"Wait. Can't I come with her?"Hotaru said.
"No!"Duo objected to the idea.
"And why not?"Hotaru demanded, her eyes narrowing as she gazed at Duo's gawking face.
"I don't want you getting hurt by that guy!"Duo declared.
"Duo, I'll be alright,"Hotaru calmly told him.
"Even though you may be capable of handling yourself against him, I want you outside
putting on defense for the guys,"Dr. M decided.
"But..."protested Hotaru.
"It would be best Hotaru. If the guys do need you in case an explosion just
happens to show up before they could react to it, you can come in and stop it,"Serena
reasoned out.
"How the hell could she do that?!"Wufei shouted.
"You'll someday find out,"sighed Serena and Dr. M cut off the link with them.
"Well it's settled, we do it this way,"nodded Quatre.
"Guess so,"grumbled Wufei and Duo together.
"I'll be alright Duo,"Hotaru tried once more to reassure him.
"Let's get going,"Trowa quietly spoke up and continued down the dunes going to their
last stop.
"Next stop, the last base. And this time, we're going in,"Serena montoned, her eyes
glinting as she stared straight ahead where a half moon was shining brightly down at
the seven figures on the sand.

To be continued...
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Eheheheh.... ^^;;;;;
I know, I know. *backs down from the readers* I didn't put in the identity of that
voice now did I? Well I was going to but it'll be a lot of processing to do to
introduce that...person. I already know who it is though, I've known for quite awhile
and I'm sure you guys do to! Right? *stares from one reader to the other*
Oh well if you don't you'll find out in the next one and this time I'm sure it'll be
in the next chapter since the next one is titled...*drum roll* The Last Base.
Okay, crappy title but it fits! ^^ Since it's the last base then...*some mumbling from
voices far away* Hey I heard that!! It's not the last chapter of the story, far from
it. Not sure when it'll end actually. But the next chapter will probably reveal some
info on 'the voice' and "Aenon Hiba" Like who his real name is and all that stuff.
Hope you'll enjoy that one! ^_^ I still have to write it though so...
*starts backing away once more* Uhh..you'll have to wait for quite awhile again?
*a dagger flies straight and lands right by her neck* Eep!
*starts running off from angry readers* Man..I've been through this situation already!!
AHH!!!