Title: The Curse of Immortality
By: Cheska-chan
Chapter 19
E-Mail address: Minnashime@aol.com or NMakalinaw@aol.com
PG13?

Disclaimer: I won't give up on this! I will own Sailor Moon and
Gundam Wing!! I will! But...=( I don't own it right now. I've never
have in the past but someday...maybe I will? Nah...I doubt it. *sigh*
So...here I go saying this. I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing.

Author's Notes: Okay, I've noticed that there's only a few reviews
now on this story. *sigh* How sad, how terribly sad. ;_; But I will
continue to write this story. Because...well, I still enjoy writing
it! ^^ But if people do stop reviewing...I don't know. Maybe I'll be
forced to stop for a long time. So keep up those reviews and the chapters
will keep coming sooner. ^_^ Oh well, that's all I have to say.
Oh and the coupling? Heero and Serena is probably you're best bet, am I
right? Hmm, that's a toughie to decide. But *evil smile comes up*
that's something that you have to find out as you keep on reading this
story. *big cheesy grin of evil shows up*
Now on with the story! *_*

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Time seemed to have held no meaning to the long blond haired girl as she
focused her mind, body, and spirit onto her steps and jumps and performances
that she replayed over and over again. Her hair was done up in their trademark
odangoes and her crystalline blue eyes held pure determination and concentration.
Her body graceful yet stoic as the young woman quickly and perfectly performed
her moves.
It's been months since she left the Academy but during those months, the one
known as Serena kept on with her practices. Not once has she stopped or took
the time for some rest and relaxation.
[{You can stop now. Let's move on to the final training.}]Death demanded.
"I must keep going. I need to perfect everything."Serena merely uttered,
her gaze still fixed straight ahead.
[{You've already polished it up. It's completely perfect, no flaw
whatsoever!}]Angelic told her.
"Fine,"sighed Serena and stopped for a couple of seconds.
[{The last lesson is learning to become one within yourself}]Eternal instructed.
[{In other words, meditation.}]Angelic explained.
Serena nodded and sat down on the mattress, her legs folding in and she brushed
her hair aside. Then took a deep, slow breath and finally closed her eyes.
Clearing her thoughts and just drifted off to the world of darkness. Floating
away from the present and into somewhere where no time existed.
[{That's it..clear everything away and just focus on yourself. Become
one with your body and spirit.}]came the soothing voice of Angelic.
With that, the young girl obeyed and continued on with her lessons.
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"It's been three months and you mean to tell me it's not
done yet?!"Hiba shouted to his men.
"Yes sir,"one of the soldiers meekly responded.
"Well? When will it be done?"Aenon demanded.
"In one more week sir,"another soldier answered, more courage gathered within
his voice.
"Good one more week. Just one more week. I expect it to be
done by then. Got it?"Aenon warned them and consented with the given period
of time.
The soldiers gulped, nodded and then ushered away. Wanting to avoid eye
contact with their leader.
"Three months, geez,"Aenon brushed his golden-white hair back and tried
to forget about what happened but failed.
Right in front of him stood a young woman who wore a slight smile on her
face.
"To think, all this time. All this waiting and planning, that machine
isn't even finished yet. It's still being tinkered on by scientists.
But no matter, just one week left,"Makura sighed.
"Yes,"Aenon dumbly agreed.
"Three months since you met my family member, eh? Over at that old
base she stays in?"Makura reminded him.
"How did you know?"Aenon lowered his eyes upon her.
"Easy, I do have contact with you just as easily as you do with
her. Except with mine, I can just drift within the shadows and
not be caught,"Makura shrugged.
"Just stay out of my love life, will you?"Hiba told her with some annoyance.
"Hmph."Makura scowled and slinked back into her shadows.
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"It's been...a total of ninety days since her disappearance. Three
months she's been gone. Left without a trace. Left without us knowing.
Left without saying good-bye,"Heero mumbled as his cold, prussian blue
eyes gazed outside the window of his dormitory.
He didn't really show his feelings all that much to the outside world.
If he did, he knew it would shock and appall everyone, more so with the
students and maybe his comrades. But within the walls of his room where
no one could disturb him or be around..he would stand or sit, maybe even
lie down and reveal the inner wall that resides within his sould.
True, it hardly comes out. Actually, it never came out before. Not until
a few weeks ago. Back then, glimpses or flashes of feelings would be
let out from his unbreakable wall. But with time emotions began to
pour out, diminutive at first but soon it grew to a sizeable amount. However,
that copious size would only be shown within the confines of his dormitory
room.
"Why did you leave?"Yuy shut his eyes closed and sagged to the ground, resting
his unruly brown hair against the wall. Thinking of a reason as to why the
girl left.
(How could I even fall for such a person? Fall for her? I'm the
Perfect Soldier for Kami's sake! The 01 Pilot of a Gundam. The assassin!
The mercenary! ...but I'm in this room 'wondering' why she left! How could I
have stooped so low as to fall for a soldier? How?)sighed Heero and bowed
his head in defeat.
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"Do you think she'll ever come back?"Hotaru whispered out in wonderment as
they were once again grouped together within Duo's and Wufei's dorm room.
"Sure, she will,"Duo assured her with a fake grin on his face.
Hotaru's eyes saddened at the thought of her princess never coming back.
Just then there was a knock on the door and before any of them could answer
it, six figures stepped inside one by one all wearing lab coats. First was a
woman with dark green hair that reached to her waist and a partial bun. Her eyes
were maroon that held so much wisdom that you would wonder, her height tall and
skin a light shade of brown.
The next person that came in was a man who was aged with goggles over
his eyes and a metal claw for a hand. The third guy was a bit younger than the
other man with a mushroom cut gray hair with a long nose and slightly stooped
shoulders. The next man had oily black hair and a thin mustache with a short
plump round face. The man was followed by another who was much taller than
the others and was bald with a broad figure. Lastly was a tall man as well but
a bit shorter than the previous man with graying hair that stood upright on
his head and a brown rubber mask that covered his nose. The six people that just
arrived spread out in the room, surrounding the ones inside. All eyes trained
on them, the teenagers whom sat in the dormitory room.
"Dr. J/Dr. G/ Dr. H/ Dr. O/ Dr. S/ Dr. M,"the young teenagers murmered their
names.
"What are you doing here?"demanded Heero, his voice cold and emotionless.
"To assist you,"Dr. J calmly answered.
"I believe you want to know where the machine is, am I correct?"Dr. H guessed.
"Yes,"Wufei grunted.
"A device labeled X3-4260lxp was the information Yuy gave. We received another
information that may interest you,"Dr. G said.
"What is it?"Quatre wondered out loud.
"The one who first designed the X3 was a person from the White Fang. It was just
an experiment at first and no one paid any mind to it for a long while,"started
Dr. O.
"The White Fang scientist stored the X3 and its instructions into a safe
in the old abandoned base over at Colony L5. Somehow Aenon Hiba found out
about it and decides to have it used on whatever machine they're building,"continued
Dr. O.
"There is something else. The scientist turned out to be related to the
Peacecraft family,"Dr. J's eyes glinted.
"That's impossible! The only living family of the Peacecrafts are Milliardo
and Relena,"Trowa's eyes narrowed.
"And what does that tell you?"Dr. M's eyes seemed to sparkle at the question.
"That it's Milliardo who invented the X3 device,"stated Duo.
"No,"Dr. M murmered.
"Hm?"all their eyes turned questioningly.
"It can't be..Relena?"Duo's voice sounded shocked.
Dr. M merely nodded at the answer/question that was given.
"How can that be? Her? She's a pacifist!"Quatre was in awe.
"It is true. *small pause* ...not too long ago before Relena even became
aware of her true self, she was in league of the White Fangs. She may not have
known it then but she was. One day she picked up on science and decided to
fiddle around with inventing. While she was doing this she ended up creating
what is now known as the X3 device or to be precise the X3-42601xp. It was
documented on paper that it would be able to possess vast power. However,
it is undecided to what type of power it holds,"Dr. M revealed.
"Then how could Hiba be so interested in it? To use it into his machine
when he doesn't know what power it holds?"Hotaru wondered.
"...I didn't say he doesn't know. He may have found out it's true
power and will use it on this machine in order to have it function,"Dr. M
glanced toward the young girl.
"So Relena is a reason for this upcoming evil,"Wufei scowled.
"It seems so,"Hotaru sighed.
"Wow, the pacifist causing a calamity within our world,"Duo commented.
"Now that we found this out. What do we do?"Quatre asked.
"Wait,"Dr. M answered for them and strolled out of the dormitory along
with the other scientists.
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"Hm?"Serena's eyes fluttered open, blinking a couple of times before
her eyes focused.
(I feel something. A new power within me. Just waiting to be
opened.)Serena said to herself.
[{The immortal's power. Your training is almost complete. You are able
to access a vast amount of your gift. All you need to do is channel
it. Think and the power will come to you.}]Angelic told her.
"Thank you..."whispered Serena.
Serena took out a diamond gem from her pocket and stared at it for a long
time. Her beautiful crystalline blue eyes glazed over as her mind drifted
away and gave a small sigh through her slightly parted pink lips.
"Aenon..."Serena softly uttered.
The young blond girl closed her eyes and focused her mind onto the
diamond and thought of the man. The one with the piercing ocean blue eyes
and light blond-white hair.
Her body tensed up and the floor beneath her disappeared. A gust of wind
blew around her body, seemingly to have carried her away from the
room and just as she was about to open her eyes it stopped. Squinting,
she opened them and realized she was somewhere else. A dimly lit
hallway she figured.
Standing up, she observed her location and spotted a known figure.
(I seem to be in a....base or an abandoned building. The hallway is too
dark to be an actual occupied place other than a base. And from the
peeling paint and the faded tiles it seems to be an abandoned building.
And there's Aenon Hiba. He doesn't seem to notice that I'm around.)Serena
observed.
"Diamond.."Serena muttered.
With that, Aenon slowly turned around and the look in his face showed
suprise but melted away at realization to who had called his name.
"Serena..."Hiba uttered lovingly and ushered her to a nearby room.
It was empty with only boxes stacked on one another and stacks of paper
on a shelf nearby.
"You came to visit me,"Hiba smirked at her.
"I was just curious to how this gem worked,"Serena told him, taking out
the piece of jewel.
"If you say so,"Aenon knowingly said.
"Where are we?"Serena wondered, looking around in confusion.
"A building that isn't used anymore. I can't tell you more than that,"Aenon
said and Serena nodded in understanding.
Her eyes studied the place, keeping any known information stored within
her mind. Then her eyes focused on a piece of paper that was near her feet
so she bowed her head to study it, making it seem as if she was blushing.
(Texas.)Serena noticed the important part from the letter and saw that
it was recently dated.
Slowly raising her head up, she locked eyes with Aenon and actually blushed
in reality at the awkwardness. There he was just a foot away from her and her
back pressed against a pile of boxes in a dimly lit room.
"I should get going,"Serena whispered uncomfortably.
(I hear water..we must be near an ocean.)Serena noted. There
in the room the only light to be seen was from a dusty window.
"I'm glad you came to visit me after a long time,"Aenon told her.
Serena lightly blushed and tried to clear it away, focusing on the
diamond gem once more and willed herself back to her base.

(I got the needed information.)Serena smirked as she reappeared back into
the base.
Her feet took her to her laptop that was settled on the old desk in her room.
She quickly opened it up and logged on. Speedily taking action on the
gathered information.
[{Not wasting time are you?}]Death chuckled.
{I can't. I've put this mission aside for too long.}]Serena responded as
she read the documents from the screen.
Clicking was heard for quite a long time after that.
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Dream World
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Darkness was all around the apparently young figure. A young woman actually,
with long golden hair worn down, making it swirl around her and her pearly white
dress with sky blue embroideries. The young woman's crystalline blue eyes
stared around her, showing confusion and wonderment at her current state.
(It must be a dream...)she thought as she continued to observe the area.
Suddenly the whole scene changed and she was in a black marble floor. Her
hair spooled out and her dress still in tact but then a gasp was heard. Coming
from her own mouth.
Looking down, blood was on her hands and her eyes widened at the scene. There
was blood in front of her and with that bodies. Piles and piles of bodies.
What got her more was that she knew them. The one right in front of her was
her daughter. Her daughter, Rini. And next to her was Helios.
"No..."she shook her head at that.
But instead of closing her eyes and refusing to see any more she looked on.
The bodies in front of her disappeared, relaxing her but then a new pair
showed up. This time it was Michiru and Haruka, wrapped in each other's arms
but no blood could be seen but the paleness showed and their eyes were wide
open and dilated.
"I can't..stand this,"tears were beginning to well up.
Once those disappeared, she was shone more fragments of her friends and
family. From the outers to the inners. Showing Raye and Mina. Then Lita
and Ami. Her companions. Her friends. Her protectors.
Finally, it just showed one. One body, one figure, one man. Just one man
and this made her break down and cry. There in front of her was her beloved.
Her husband. Her soulmate. The one she lived for. The one she breathed for.
The one she could trust and be with for the rest of her life. Dead. Dead.
No life, no coloring, just pale and motionless.
"...Darien..."Serena flung herself to him, cradling his head onto her lap.
Her hair spreading around his body and hers.
Tears fell down from her rosy cheeks, her eyes bloodshot from all the crying
and mourning that was kept hidden for such a long time. Her body racked with
sobs that continued on for such a long time.
"Endymion!"Serena cried out and pressed her cheek to his head, letting the
tears fall out.
But no matter how much she cried, how much she called out his name and wish
for him to wake up, it didn't work. The past king of Crystal Tokyo didn't,
couldn't, awaken.
"Why do you show this to me?! Why do you torment me with this?! Why?!"Serena
demanded in a croaked and desperate voice.
No response came to her and so the young immortal girl just bowed her head and
stroked her love's chiseled and pale, cold face.
"I still love. I'll always love you...my prince. My king...my love,"Serena
murmered lovingly, her eyes soft and shining with tears.
Suddenly his body shimmered and vanished, leaving her all alone but her hands
weren't covered in dried blood now. Instead it was clean as it had been before.
Three figures appeared before her and ones that she recognized almost
immediately.
"Have you come to torment me more than you have already?"Serena bitterly spat out.
[{We're sorry. But we had to release those supressed memories to
get you to become used to it. If ever the enemy tries to manipulate you,
we couldn't risk you to relent and turn to their side.}]Eternal's voice softened.
"I understand..."sighed Serena, bowing her head at the memories still fresh
within her mind.
[{There will be more deaths to follow over those you know. Someday they
will be gone, you must realize that.}]Angelic's eyes shone with hurt and sympathy.
"I know...and for that I will pay. I will see them suffer and die. While
I live.."Serena bitterly said.
[{You are beginning to awaken.}]Death told her.
And so she was lifted off, her body leaving the astral plane and back to reality.

As she rose her head, she noticed that the screen in front of her was still on
and that right there was a newfound information. Reading it carefully, a smile
began to form on her lips.
"Finally,"Serena muttered and got on with her work, putting the previous
dream aside.
*************
Gathered together within one room, the pilots and Hotaru were grouped together
inside the dormitory. All was quiet as each individual quietly pondered
over their current situation.
"So what now? Yesterday, they just let on that Relena made the X3 device and
now..what do we have?"Hotaru uttered.
"They said wait. So we're just going to wait till something new comes
up,"shrugged Duo.
*click* *click*
"There's mail from some unknown...sender. CursedImmortal,"Heero monotoned.
"What does it say?"Hotaru softly asked, her eyes holding some hidden hope
that it is who she thought it is.
*click*
Today is the day. Open the door at 12:38p.m. Someone you know shall
be waiting there.

Deleting the mail, Heero turned to stare at the others.
"12:38. That's in thirty seconds,"Trowa merely pointed out.
Heero got up from his chair and walked over to the door and as the
clock was about to hit the approximate time, he opened it and there
stood the golden haired girl.
"Serena..."Heero breathed out her name, his eyes fixed right on hers.
"Heero.."Serena addressed him.
The two stood there, gazing at each other.
Moments later, Hotaru stood up and walked over to the pair, her eyes
welling up with happy tears.
"You're back,"Hotaru murmered gratefully.

Serena veered her head to the side as she heard Hotaru comment on her
returning to them.
"I'm sorry for leaving like I did,"Serena apologized as she gazed at her
old friend.
"It's okay. As long as you're here right now,"Hotaru lightly smiled, forgiving
her instantly.
Heero was brought back to reality as she began to talk and stepped back, making
room for the returning soldier.
"Serena! You're back!"Duo cheered up.
"Welcome,"Quatre addressed her return.
Grunts and silence was soon followed afterwards.
"I'm here because I've gotten some important information,"Serena told them.
"We could sure use something new,"Wufei grumbled.
Looking around, the crystalline blue eyed girl saw that they were now
sitting around to listen to her. A slight smile graced her face at the
attention but covered it up to business-like.
"Well I've discovered their hide-out. The machine, I believe, is over
at Texas. Destination of 85 degrees West and 137 degrees south.
Hiba I'm sure is there. Shall we go?"Serena told them and started to
turn around.
"Already? How are you sure he's there? How did you know that that's
where he's positioned at?"Hotaru bombarded her with questions.
"I just am. We should leave immediately, I'm not positive that he'll
be there with the machine all week,"Serena explained to them.
"Well, we're ready. We've been ready. Just needing to receive the word
from someone,"Duo told her with a nod.
"Let's go then,"agreed the others and so they moved out of the
room and prepared to leave the Academy.

To be continued..
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There goes Chapter 19!! ^_^ Hope you liked it also.