I don't own any of the GW characters (such a shame too) and I don't own 3x3 Eyes and all that other stuff that goes into disclaimers.
Yeah, um, This is a GW crossover with 3x3 Eyes. Um, sorry, there's prolly not going to be any Pai or Yakumo popping up anywhere (Sorry fans ^_^) but I am using their concepts and so on and so forth. There is YAOI in here so if you don't like it then don't read, ne? Um, pairing's are 1xOC, 2x5, 3x4. It's KINDA an AU cuz there's magic and stuff but... not really.
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Chapter 1
"Ne, Heero! It's raining again!"
Large crimson eyes smiled up at him as she tugged him along by his hand.
She pulled them both along until they came to the large windows that lined
one side of the hall. She kept her grip on his hand but pressed the other
flat against the cold glass. She smiled happily, her eyes following the
slow path of the water down the smooth surface.
"It's always raining here,
Li Mei." He said in a monotone voice. She turned her head slightly and
smiled again. She didn't seem to care that he spoke with no emotion.
"But I love watching it rain!
You know that." She tugged on his hand, bringing him closer to her. She
leant against his side, snuggling close when he wrapped an arm around her
shoulders.
"I know." He relaxed as he
felt her snuggle up against his side. He leant his head down to rest it
on the soft dark purple hair on the small girl's head.
"You'll always be with me,
won't you Heero?" He felt her let go of his hand and wrap her arms around
his waist. He wrapped his other arm around her and held her tightly.
"Hn." She took his grunt as
an agreement and nuzzled his chest.
"Love you Heero. Love you
lots." A soft, warm smile quirked up the corners of his lips and he kissed
the top of her head. His voice was warm and loving.
"Love you too."
Heero dragged his eyes away
from the window and closed his eyes. It was raining again. He sighed deeply
and tried to think of something else. Too many memories were surfacing.
He leant his head back against the head board of the bed and tried to force
the loneliness and pain back down. He barely succeeded as he listened to
the continuous pounding of the rain. It sounded so much like a heart beat.
He hated the days when there weren't any missions. Too much time to think
about the past.
"Heero?" He turned and opened
his cold blue eyes to see a slight blonde boy at the door.
"Quatre."
"Lunch is ready." Heero nodded
in acknowledgement and swung his legs off the bed. Quatre had already left
the doorway and he could hear his light steps echoing down the hall. He
stood up and gave one last glance at the window before he left the room.
He was just closing the door when he heard the loud voice of one of his
fellow pilots behind him.
"Oi! Heero!" He rolled his
eyes and turned slightly. The smiling face of the self proclaimed Shinigami
literally bounced into his line of sight.
"Duo." He grunted in greeting
and turned again, making his way down the hall. He heard a door open down
the hall and then a high cry of "Fei-chan!" And then the sound of two bodies
hitting the floor.
"Maxwell!" Heero smirked as
he heard the annoyed voice of Wufei berate his lover's overzealous greeting.
"You know you love it Fei-chan."
A muffled "humph" was his response. Heero quickly turned the corner to
the kitchen before they started 'sparring' in the hallway again. He was
hit by the tempting scent of freshly made pasta and he quickly sat himself
down on one of the chairs at the large round table. Quatre was busy taking
some bread out of the stove and putting pasta into a large bowl. Plates
and cutlery had already been set out on the table. Heero nodded to the
other occupant of the table, the tall acrobat with a single gravity defying
bang that hid one of his emerald green eyes.
"Trowa."
"Heero."
"I made pasta and toasted
some bread." Quatre cheerfully said as he set the bowl of pasta down in
the middle of the table. Trowa stood and took the pan of hot bread and
placed it on top of a raised cooling frame that was next to the pasta bowl.
"Smells good Q-man!" Duo said.
"Maxwell, will you kindly
stop dragging me? I can walk by myself." Wufei snorted as he straightened
his clothing.
"Aw... C'mon Fei-chan." Duo
whined and pouted as he sat down next to Heero. Wufei rolled his eyes and
sat down next to Duo. As soon as Quatre sat down, they all started eating.
With Duo at the table, it didn't stay quiet for long.
"Man! I hate it when it rains."
Duo said with a glance out the kitchen window. Heero followed his gaze
and his hands tightened slightly around the knife and fork in his hands.
He quickly averted his gaze and concentrated on his food.
"Well, it's not like it rains
everyday here, Duo." Quatre put in. Heero's hands tightened just a little
bit more. He tried to tune them out.
"It'll be finished in no time.
You can go out and terrorise the neighbourhood later." Wufei said as he
twirled the long strings of pasta around his fork. Duo pouted and bit into
a piece of toasted bread he had snagged off the tray.
"But then it'll be all wet
outside." He whined.
"I thought you liked jumping
into puddles." Wufei said blandly, memories of numerous misadventures obviously
swimming around in his head. Duo's eyes lit up.
"Yeah! Puddles!" Heero stood
up silently, not willing to listen to anymore of their talk about rain.
He ignored the surprised questions from his fellow gundam pilots and strode
quickly from the room. He opened the door to his room and slammed it shut
behind him. He stood in front of his door stiffly, just staring out the
window opposite him for a long moment before his shoulders slumped and
he sat down heavily on the edge of his bed, his head in his hands.
"Why did it have to rain?"
He asked out loud as he squeezed his eyes shut. Despite his cool and uncaring
demeanour, he did actually have feelings and whenever something reminded
him of her, he found it hard to hold them back. She had been such an important
part of his life for so long. He had spent years and years looking for
her, searching for his lover, ever since they had been brutally ripped
apart. He was still alive so he knew she was still alive. Somewhere out
there. He glanced out the window sadly and watched the rain trace its way
down the cold glass. He heard footsteps approaching his door and immediately
pulled his memories and emotions under control and pushed his Perfect Soldier
persona to the surface. There was a soft knock on the door and he straightened
his posture.
"Heero?" Quatre. They always
sent Quatre to come and calm things down, to find things out when people
were unwilling to talk.
"Go away." He said coldly.
There was a pause but he knew Quatre was still there, he could feel his
presence, hear his breathing.
"Are you sure? Do you want
to talk about it?" He glared at the door. No, he didn't want to talk about
it. He was about to open his mouth to tell the little blonde Arabian exactly
that when a soft beeping from his laptop turned his attention. He got up
swiftly and tapped the keyboard. The familiar face of Dr. J appeared, his
claw clicking on screen.
"What is it?" Heero asked
in his cold monotone.
"You have a new mission."
Heero nodded.
"Hn."
"It will require all five
of you. I'm sending you the co-ordinates right now." Heero's eyes hungrily
ate up the co-ordinates as they appeared and he looked ready to bolt when
J's next words stopped him.
"Heero. There's something
else you need to know about this facility. They've been experimenting with...
other worldly creatures. I think you know what I mean." Heero nodded as
his eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Understood." Heero got up
to leave.
"Heero, wait. There's something
else I have to tell you. We've found her." Heero's heart stopped beating.
There was no need for J to clarify who SHE was. They both knew who he meant.
For a long moment he stared dumbly at the doctor's face. His next words
jump started Heero's heart beat.
"She's in the OZ base."
"Wh-what?" He asked hoarsely.
He couldn't have heard right. What would she be doing at an OZ base? "What
do you mean?"
"She's under the facility.
She's 'sleeping', I guess you could call it. My informant-" Heero cut him
off as he smacked his hands down on the table top, causing everything to
rattle and a few things to fly off.
"Sleeping?" He asked coldly.
His eyes had narrowed dangerously. He only knew of one way to keep someone
like Li Mei 'asleep'.
"Wards. High level wards were
placed around her in order to keep her dormant. My informant said that
she was discovered there when they built the facility over the block of
land. There hasn't been anything they could do to break through the wards.
They think it has to be deactivated by something. They're getting closer
to breaking it. She's still aware of everything around her."
"How can you be sure?" Heero
asked, his Perfect Soldier mind going through several ways to break through
the wards.
"We aren't, but according
to the informant, they have been keeping a careful eye on her, keeping
track of brain waves. They were very confused to find two operating at
the same time but... you know why there are two." He paused. "There are
also rumours that OZ has struck up a new alliance. I think you'll know
who it is. He goes by the name of Shing." There was the sound of a loud
crack. Heero's hands were gripping the edge of the table so hard that a
the edge broke off into his hand. He glared at the piece.
"That son of a-"
"Heero, I suggest that you
and the others depart for your mission immediately. There's no telling
exactly what they'll do to her when and if they break the wards." Heero
nodded curtly and turned around swiftly. He yanked open the door and ignored
the startled look on Quatre's face.
"Heero-"
"We're leaving. We have a
new mission." Quatre only had time to blink before Heero swept past him
and into the kitchen where the other pilot's looked up at him in surprise.
"Heero, what's going-"
"We have a new mission." Heero
stated coldly as he yanked open the back door and strode purposefully towards
the hangar where they kept their gundams.
