The Blue, Velvet Box
Relena let out a small sigh as she
leaned against the railing of the small
balcony and gazed out across the
beautiful scenery of the Sanq Kingdom.
Her honey blonde hair was suddenly
blown across her face by a slightly
chilled air, drying the tears that spilled
from her sea-green eyes, but not
stopping the memories that caused
them.
Relena entered her office to find
Heero staring sadly at a small-framed
photograph of them that she kept on
her desk. His face my still have housed
the mask of the Perfect Solider, but his
eyes gave away every ounce of his
pain and sadness.
"Heero, is something wrong?"
The ex-gundam pilot sighed and ran
a calloused hand through his messy,
chocolate brown hair as he looked up at
her with his deep prussian blue eyes.
"I..ummm.. have some bad
news."
The smile on the young woman's
face slowly faded into a frown as she
stepped closer to the hansom man in
front of her.
"What's going on?"
"I've been assigned a mission. I
have to leave at 1400."
Relena let out a cry of horror. A
mission? Now?
"Heero you can't go. Please, don't
leave me. I don't want to loose you
again."
The expression on his face
softened slightly as he, with out another
word, stepped forward and took her in his arms.
"I'm sorry Relena, but I have to
go. If I don't, war could break out all
over again, shattering the peace that fought so hard for."
The young woman tried desperately
not to cry but failed miserably.
"Please, just promise that you'll
come back to me."
Heero pulled away from their
embrace and stared deeply into her
beautiful sea-green eyes. He smiled
slightly and kissed her on the cheek
before pulling her back into his arms.
"I promise."
In the back round, a clock chimed
twelve as Relena slow backed away
from the banister and wiped several
tears from her eyes. She was about to
reenter her room when something
suddenly caught her attention. A
brilliant, blue-white star falling gracefully
from the heavens. She smiled sadly as
she returned to her room, remembering
an old legend her father had told her
about when a star falls it means
someone has died.
Upon entering her bedroom,
Relena almost mechanically strode
over to her bed, picked up her brush,
and slowly began taming her wild
blonde tresses. A slight breeze
suddenly ruffled her hair, making her
realize that the door leading to her
balcony was open.
'Strange' she thought, 'I could
have sworn that I had shut these.'
The young woman slowly turned
back around in hopes of returning to
her bed, when she let out a cry of shock
from what she found instead. There,
sitting in the exact spot she had just
occupied, was the one man that had
consumed her every thought of that
night.
"Heero."
The young man sitting on her bed
gave her a small smile as he rose to his
feet and walked swiftly to where she
stood. His deep blue eyes were filled
with pain and a sadness that Relena
had never seen before. 'Why is he
upset? He made it back, just like he
promised.'
"Relena.I.I wanted to give this
to you before I left but I just couldn't
work up the courage to do so." He
slipped a hand into his pocket and
pulled out a small, blue velvet box.
"Close your eyes."
The excited young woman smiled
and did as she was told. Several
moments later she felt Heero slip the
ring onto her finger as he placed a
gentle kiss on her lips and pulled her
into his arms.
"I love you so much Relena. I'm
sorry that I had to break my promise."
She opened her eyes and stared
at her love with deep confusion etched
on her face.
"What do you mean?"
He smiled sadly at her once more as
he pulled away from their embrace,
taking several steps backward towards
the balcony. Relena was about to
pursue him when the door leading into
her room from the hall suddenly burst
open, revealing a very distressed
Pagan waiting behind it.
"Miss Relena is everything
alright? I thought I heard a scream."
She smirked slightly at her butler
as she lightly shook her head.
"Everything is fine, I was just
talking to..." She turned in order to
motion toward Heero, but found only an
empty space in front of her.
"myself....."
The next day, Relena was sitting
in her office attempting to complete at
least a part of the mountains of paper
work that covered her desk, but found
that she couldn't concentrate long
enough to do so. Her thoughts
continually returned to the events of the
night before as her eyes kept
wondering back to gaze upon the
beautiful diamond ring that now resided
on her finger.
'What did he mean he broke his
promise?'
Her thoughts were suddenly
interrupted by a series of soft taps on
her door.
"Who is it?" she called.
Her secretary Kari, opened the
door and nervously poked her head
through.
"I'm sorry to bother you Miss
Peacecraft, but there are several young
men here to see you."
Relena inwardly smiled as she
caught traces of Duo's voice filtering in
from the hall, complaining about 'why it
was taking some god damn long.'
"Please show them to my office."
Kari gave her employer a
confused look but did as she was told,
returning a few moments later with Duo,
Quatra, Trowa and Wufei in tow, each
looking a little wore for the wear. Duo's
arm hung uselessly from a sling draped
around his neck as he nervously
scanned the room through a blackened
eye. Wufei walked with a slight limp as
he entered the room next to Quatra,
who sported several bruises that ran
along his arms and face and a set of
stitches hovering slightly above his left
eyebrow. Trowa was by far the worst
with his broken leg and stitches that
made Quatra's seem like paper cuts.
Relena let out a small cry of concern as
she rushed to her friends and helped
them find a seat in front of her desk.
"Oh my God what happened to
you guys?"
The four ex-pilots sitting in front of
her glanced nervously at one another
until they silently agreed that Duo
should be the one to speak.
"Relena, did Heero say anything to
you last night before he left?"
She nodded her head slightly with
a look of confusion etched on her face.
"Yeah, he said that he. he had a
mission and that it was very important.
He promised me that he would be back
soon though." She looked from one of
the young men to the next. "Why? Has
something happened?" A deep weight
settled in the pit of the young woman's
stomach as she took in the strange
looks of sadness that had crossed her
friend's faces at hearing her sentence.
"What happened?!"
Again the group of ex-pilots looked
to Shinigami to be the one to speak
once more.
"Relena the mission that Heero
was assigned.. it was...classified
as....suicidal."
The papers that she had kept
clutched in her hands the entire
conversation tumbled from Relena's
hands as she took in exactly what was
said.
"Wh..What do mean? He's
not.." She looked to them for an
answer but none of the young men in
front of her seemed to want to look
anywhere but the floor. She let out a
small gasp of disbelief as she collapsed
in a heap on the floor with her face n
her hands.
"He can't be gone. He promised
me..He promised." Quatra got up
from his chair and slowly knelt next to
the sobbing young woman and pulled
her into his arms.
"I'm sorry Relena. It's our fault. We
were captured and Heero came and
rescued us. Only.....they found us
as we were escaping. In order to get us
out..he....he self detonated" The
blonde young man reached into his
pocket and pulled out a small charred
box and handed it to Relena.
"We went back after everyone had
evacuated. When we found him..he
was....he was.." Tears began to
build up in Quarta's sea-green eyes as
Duo walked over and joined the pair on
the floor.
"He was barely alive. He told us to
give that to you. He loved you with all
his heart, and I know he never meant to
do this to you."
Relena nodded slightly as she
inspected the small box that was
handed to her. Out of curiosity she
opened it and found that the insides
resembled that of a ring box. She
quickly shut the container with a small
snap and frantically began scratching
away at its surface until a hint of deep
blue revealed itself through the gray
ash that covered the box. A few more
tears leaked out from the corners of her
eyes as Relena looked into Duo's violet
eyes in disbelief.
"When exactly did he die?"
Duo looked at her strangely before
replying. "Last night. Midnight."
Hey I know this wasn't one of my greater fics but I needed
something while I waited 4 a new idea to come 2 me 4 my Ronin
Warrior fic. If u flame me fine so b it, but I couldn't care
less. If u happened 2 like my fic then great mission
accomplished sorta. Anyways hope u read the rest of my fics some
day. Ja Ne
~~~~~Rekkaboziegirl~~~~~~~~~~
Relena let out a small sigh as she
leaned against the railing of the small
balcony and gazed out across the
beautiful scenery of the Sanq Kingdom.
Her honey blonde hair was suddenly
blown across her face by a slightly
chilled air, drying the tears that spilled
from her sea-green eyes, but not
stopping the memories that caused
them.
Relena entered her office to find
Heero staring sadly at a small-framed
photograph of them that she kept on
her desk. His face my still have housed
the mask of the Perfect Solider, but his
eyes gave away every ounce of his
pain and sadness.
"Heero, is something wrong?"
The ex-gundam pilot sighed and ran
a calloused hand through his messy,
chocolate brown hair as he looked up at
her with his deep prussian blue eyes.
"I..ummm.. have some bad
news."
The smile on the young woman's
face slowly faded into a frown as she
stepped closer to the hansom man in
front of her.
"What's going on?"
"I've been assigned a mission. I
have to leave at 1400."
Relena let out a cry of horror. A
mission? Now?
"Heero you can't go. Please, don't
leave me. I don't want to loose you
again."
The expression on his face
softened slightly as he, with out another
word, stepped forward and took her in his arms.
"I'm sorry Relena, but I have to
go. If I don't, war could break out all
over again, shattering the peace that fought so hard for."
The young woman tried desperately
not to cry but failed miserably.
"Please, just promise that you'll
come back to me."
Heero pulled away from their
embrace and stared deeply into her
beautiful sea-green eyes. He smiled
slightly and kissed her on the cheek
before pulling her back into his arms.
"I promise."
In the back round, a clock chimed
twelve as Relena slow backed away
from the banister and wiped several
tears from her eyes. She was about to
reenter her room when something
suddenly caught her attention. A
brilliant, blue-white star falling gracefully
from the heavens. She smiled sadly as
she returned to her room, remembering
an old legend her father had told her
about when a star falls it means
someone has died.
Upon entering her bedroom,
Relena almost mechanically strode
over to her bed, picked up her brush,
and slowly began taming her wild
blonde tresses. A slight breeze
suddenly ruffled her hair, making her
realize that the door leading to her
balcony was open.
'Strange' she thought, 'I could
have sworn that I had shut these.'
The young woman slowly turned
back around in hopes of returning to
her bed, when she let out a cry of shock
from what she found instead. There,
sitting in the exact spot she had just
occupied, was the one man that had
consumed her every thought of that
night.
"Heero."
The young man sitting on her bed
gave her a small smile as he rose to his
feet and walked swiftly to where she
stood. His deep blue eyes were filled
with pain and a sadness that Relena
had never seen before. 'Why is he
upset? He made it back, just like he
promised.'
"Relena.I.I wanted to give this
to you before I left but I just couldn't
work up the courage to do so." He
slipped a hand into his pocket and
pulled out a small, blue velvet box.
"Close your eyes."
The excited young woman smiled
and did as she was told. Several
moments later she felt Heero slip the
ring onto her finger as he placed a
gentle kiss on her lips and pulled her
into his arms.
"I love you so much Relena. I'm
sorry that I had to break my promise."
She opened her eyes and stared
at her love with deep confusion etched
on her face.
"What do you mean?"
He smiled sadly at her once more as
he pulled away from their embrace,
taking several steps backward towards
the balcony. Relena was about to
pursue him when the door leading into
her room from the hall suddenly burst
open, revealing a very distressed
Pagan waiting behind it.
"Miss Relena is everything
alright? I thought I heard a scream."
She smirked slightly at her butler
as she lightly shook her head.
"Everything is fine, I was just
talking to..." She turned in order to
motion toward Heero, but found only an
empty space in front of her.
"myself....."
The next day, Relena was sitting
in her office attempting to complete at
least a part of the mountains of paper
work that covered her desk, but found
that she couldn't concentrate long
enough to do so. Her thoughts
continually returned to the events of the
night before as her eyes kept
wondering back to gaze upon the
beautiful diamond ring that now resided
on her finger.
'What did he mean he broke his
promise?'
Her thoughts were suddenly
interrupted by a series of soft taps on
her door.
"Who is it?" she called.
Her secretary Kari, opened the
door and nervously poked her head
through.
"I'm sorry to bother you Miss
Peacecraft, but there are several young
men here to see you."
Relena inwardly smiled as she
caught traces of Duo's voice filtering in
from the hall, complaining about 'why it
was taking some god damn long.'
"Please show them to my office."
Kari gave her employer a
confused look but did as she was told,
returning a few moments later with Duo,
Quatra, Trowa and Wufei in tow, each
looking a little wore for the wear. Duo's
arm hung uselessly from a sling draped
around his neck as he nervously
scanned the room through a blackened
eye. Wufei walked with a slight limp as
he entered the room next to Quatra,
who sported several bruises that ran
along his arms and face and a set of
stitches hovering slightly above his left
eyebrow. Trowa was by far the worst
with his broken leg and stitches that
made Quatra's seem like paper cuts.
Relena let out a small cry of concern as
she rushed to her friends and helped
them find a seat in front of her desk.
"Oh my God what happened to
you guys?"
The four ex-pilots sitting in front of
her glanced nervously at one another
until they silently agreed that Duo
should be the one to speak.
"Relena, did Heero say anything to
you last night before he left?"
She nodded her head slightly with
a look of confusion etched on her face.
"Yeah, he said that he. he had a
mission and that it was very important.
He promised me that he would be back
soon though." She looked from one of
the young men to the next. "Why? Has
something happened?" A deep weight
settled in the pit of the young woman's
stomach as she took in the strange
looks of sadness that had crossed her
friend's faces at hearing her sentence.
"What happened?!"
Again the group of ex-pilots looked
to Shinigami to be the one to speak
once more.
"Relena the mission that Heero
was assigned.. it was...classified
as....suicidal."
The papers that she had kept
clutched in her hands the entire
conversation tumbled from Relena's
hands as she took in exactly what was
said.
"Wh..What do mean? He's
not.." She looked to them for an
answer but none of the young men in
front of her seemed to want to look
anywhere but the floor. She let out a
small gasp of disbelief as she collapsed
in a heap on the floor with her face n
her hands.
"He can't be gone. He promised
me..He promised." Quatra got up
from his chair and slowly knelt next to
the sobbing young woman and pulled
her into his arms.
"I'm sorry Relena. It's our fault. We
were captured and Heero came and
rescued us. Only.....they found us
as we were escaping. In order to get us
out..he....he self detonated" The
blonde young man reached into his
pocket and pulled out a small charred
box and handed it to Relena.
"We went back after everyone had
evacuated. When we found him..he
was....he was.." Tears began to
build up in Quarta's sea-green eyes as
Duo walked over and joined the pair on
the floor.
"He was barely alive. He told us to
give that to you. He loved you with all
his heart, and I know he never meant to
do this to you."
Relena nodded slightly as she
inspected the small box that was
handed to her. Out of curiosity she
opened it and found that the insides
resembled that of a ring box. She
quickly shut the container with a small
snap and frantically began scratching
away at its surface until a hint of deep
blue revealed itself through the gray
ash that covered the box. A few more
tears leaked out from the corners of her
eyes as Relena looked into Duo's violet
eyes in disbelief.
"When exactly did he die?"
Duo looked at her strangely before
replying. "Last night. Midnight."
Hey I know this wasn't one of my greater fics but I needed
something while I waited 4 a new idea to come 2 me 4 my Ronin
Warrior fic. If u flame me fine so b it, but I couldn't care
less. If u happened 2 like my fic then great mission
accomplished sorta. Anyways hope u read the rest of my fics some
day. Ja Ne
~~~~~Rekkaboziegirl~~~~~~~~~~