Guardian Angel

By: Tanni

"Anything you want, anything at all, just say it. I'm your guardian angel."

AN: I got the idea from the song "Guardian Angel" by Juno Reactor. So, I take no creative license to the original theme, though everything else is of my doing. ;) Oh, and to all those wonderful people that reviewed my other fanfic, "My Sister's Best Friend" I am so, so sorry that hasn't been updated. I've had a lot of lacking inspiration for that one, and just fandom in general. But hey, if you have any ideas (and they don't necessarily have to be for MSBF) you can email me about it. I would actually appreciate it a lot. Thanx for reading!

He looked on before the crowd of people. They were all gathered there to watch the Sovran of the Earth's Sphere Unified Nation in her grand inogeration. She had made such a huge accomplishment for any human being to achieve, none the less, a 21 year old one. She had high potential for leading the Earth and the Colonies into an even greater peace than they had been experiencing for the past four years. The people owed this woman everything, and they took everything she had to give. And now, she was giving them more, and Heero had to wonder if she was not just a woman, but an angel. She seemed like an angel to him.

Relena Darlian and the former President of the ESUN shook hands, smiling politely at the other. She was announced as President moments later and cheers erupted from the humongous crowed of 3.5 million people that stretched out as far as the eye could see. Heero could barely make out the first half-a-million people, which slightly worried him. Too many security breaches; this was a nightmare for a security personal. Duo had told him earlier that morning to just sit back and relax. He could remember his braided friend as he smiled over his paper coffee cup.

"Ah Heero, you're always so uptight. Loosen up a bit, will ya?" Duo smirked at Heero's unchanged, uptight, rigged stance against the door frame. "Hey, I know it's your girl's big day today and all. But, why don'chya relax?" He winked, "Maybe, take her out to dinner or something tonight." It was Duo's own way of trying to cheer him up; try to get him to "loosen up a bit". He'd always refer to Relena in these types of conversations as "his girl" or "his princess". Heero didn't know if Duo was being serious, or just trying to annoy him, which he seemed to do so well.

Heero hadn't said anything back to Duo, regarding his last comment. Instead, he went on about the security layouts regarding the entire next twenty four hour period. Duo had listened to his every word, knowing when to get down to earth, especially when concerning Heero and the security for Relena.

"Yeah yeah, Heero. It's all taken care of. Relax, will ya?" Every time Duo had told him to relax that morning it only increased Heero's blood pressure and his desire to punch Duo in his gut. Duo could really piss him off sometimes.

Heero shook his head slightly and tried to concentrate on the situation at hand. Everything was status quo. The rather large crowd of people standing outside of the Presidential Building's exterior gate somewhat concerned him. Security, not necessarily Preventer, held them at bay, but occasionally one of the people would start to climb the fence. Yes, he thought, there's way too much of a gap in security. He glanced over to the stage where Relena was standing. She was smiling and talking into the microphone as thousands of photography flashes blared in her face. She looked over to where he was standing just twenty feet away, and her smile grew brighter. He smiled back at her slightly, but he wasn't sure if she could see it.

And if she had seen his smile, she would have definitely known, right in that instant, that he was uneasy about something. Or maybe she didn't even have to see his fake smile. She had told him once before that his eyes told her everything he was feeling, and sometimes, he wished he didn't have any eyes, so she couldn't read him like an open book. But that would be a foolish wish, because right now he needed his eyes.

His ear piece suddenly crackled to life and his attention focused on what the person on the other side had to say. "This is Chang here, everything under control on the West end?" Heero's eyes shifted over to the iron gate that held all the citizens back, and then he counted the amount of guards positioned on his side.

"No," he answered, "send the rookie units down to the gate."

He could almost picture Wufei's furrowed eyebrows as he said, "The rookie unit? What for? The gate area is already subdued and covered." Heero bit back the urge to snap at him for questioning.

"Just send down the units, Chang." He repeated, his patience waning. Wufei was silent for a moment.

"This is a big event, but I don't think there's anything for you to worry about, Yuy."

"Send them down, Chang." Perhaps a justification for his reasoning would convince him, "I've got a gut feeling about this." Heero was a man to trust with these sorts of thing, and it wasn't in Wufei's nature to argue with him about it. However, he still felt that sending the units would be a waste of their efforts, seeing as how the gate area was subdued.

"Understood." He finally said, "Chang, over and out." Heero didn't even bother with the formal disconnection and instead reverted his attention back to the stage. He knew something was going to happen; he didn't want to think that way, but he could just feel it. He had been feeling it since the night before and it had only intensified when morning the had come about. And as the day grew he could feel it more and more.

He clenched his fists at his sides, frustrated and angry with the ridiculous gut instincts he claimed to have. He was probably just overreacting, and making a fool out of himself. Wufei was probably wondering if he had taken his meds, and Duo had probably brushed off his behavior, saying, "Yeah, you're definitely as far from normal as they come." Luckily, he hadn't seen much of Relena that morning so she couldn't worry about him. She didn't need to worry about him today; she had much bigger things to be concerned with, than his stupid "gut feelings".

He practiced that relaxing exercise Relena had taught him a while back. She had said it came in handy when dealing with stress or anxiety.

"Breath in once, exhale. Let your body relax as the pressure releases." He could hear her words in his thoughts, and strangely enough all he needed to do was to hear her, even if the words were only in his mind speaking to him, and he felt relaxed.

"Hey, Heero." Duo approached him from behind and laid a hand on his shoulder, but Heero shrugged away as soon as the contact was made. Duo sighed, shaking his head, "Your still all freaken' tense. What the hell's wrong with you?" Heero regarded Duo out of the corner of his eye momentarily, before looking back to their surroundings.

"Just keep an eye out, Duo." He said, still intently studying the crowd. Duo saw his friend's line of vision pointed towards the gate area. He noticed extra guards were positioned around the gate and frowned, recognizing some of the them to be apart of Rookie Unit 4.

"Who the hell assigned those guys there?" Duo asked out, not expecting Heero to answer back, but he did.

"I assigned them." Duo looked over to Heero, regarding him as if her were insane.

"You assigned them?" he asked incredulously, "Heero, have you taken your meds this morning?" An irritated and frustrated glare was shifted his way, and Duo didn't much like being on the receiving end of his friend's irritation. "What?" he asked, defensively.

"I don't have meds, you moron. If any of the two of us needs meds, it's you." Duo laughed heartedly and slapped Heero on the back.

"Well I'm glad to see you can still crack your lame jokes and insult me at the same time."

"Hn." Duo laughed some more, and Heero absently wondered why the hell all of this was so funny to him.

"Duo?" Duo's ears perked up, and his full attention was directed towards him.

"Yeah, bud?"

"Shut up." Duo sighed and was silent for a moment, then decided to humor his friend. Everything looked so peaceful and perfect, just the way things should have always been. The inogeration was going smoothly. He couldn't understand why Heero was so uptight about everything. But Duo had forgotten, that even after four years of peace, their fragile world could shatter at any moment. And out of the corner of Duo's eye, he could see a speeding figure racing away from the gate area and through the thick crowd of diplomats and important politicians. And apparently, Heero had seen the speeding figure, too, as he sped forward to the center stage were the President and the former President stood, unknowing. Duo had no time to do anything as he watched Heero run up the ramp to the top of the stage and, what would later be known as his five seconds of fame, leap over the entire podium and tackle down both intended targets, each of their forms crushed into his; out of harms way. Immediately, flashes of photography came their way, even before he had landed on the stage's floor, and only moments later did he hear the familiar sounds of gunshots resounding through the air.

The bullet drove its way through the entire width of the podium,shooting through the other side, and suddenly Heero felt a sharp tug at the base of his skull. It was as if the whole world had become a standstill; no sound, not even screams of horror, could be heard. Heero briefly wondered if he had gone deaf suddenly, because he could hear nothing. He tried to open his eyes, which he hadn't even realized he had shut, only to find he had been placed in a world of darkness. Relena and the former President were no longer crushed against his sides, which he found odd as well. In fact, he couldn't feel anything.

'Am I…am I dieing?' He strained his ears, searching for the sound of Relena's voice that would scream at him to come back to her. But no voice came. And he began to panic. Where was Relena? And why couldn't he hear her? He tried to say her name out loud, but found he couldn't even form the syllables in order to say her name. 'I'm…dieing.' Heero Yuy no longer welcomed death, but it seemed as though he had no choice in the matter as his world began to darken, and grow more still than he ever imagined possible.

To be continued…