The Mermaids Scar…Gundam Style
AnimeCat: A while ago, I saw a killer anime called The Mermaids Scar. It was very short, and not very recent, as far as I could tell. I've been thinking about writing this for a while…so here it is ^_^ My first horror fic! It's yaoi, of course…it wouldn't have been but Relena just didn't suit Mana's character. Duo did. I bash no one in this fic. I adore Mariemaia…but there aren't any other seven-year-olds in the show, are there??
I changed some stuff around to make it longer
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Looking out the window, watching the world ease slowly by, Mariemaia sighed. It had been so long since she'd seen the ocean! How long, she wondered. She giggled airily. Doesn't matter any more…she was back.
On the seat next to her, she had her small pack. She was traveling alone, again. Hopefully now that she was reuniting with her mother, maybe she'd have a few more belongings to fill her bag…
The train swayed to the left, and her pack went flying. She gasped quietly and shot forward to grab it.
"Here you go," Someone said politely. She looked up, and an older boy was holding her pack in his hands, offering it back to her. "Is this yours?"
She smiled, "Thank you," She said quietly, taking the pack in her arms and holding it tightly to her chest. She jumped back into her seat and returned her gaze to the window. The boy sat in the seat opposite hers.
"Are you traveling alone?" The boy asked. Mariemaia looked at him. He had dark hair, and bluish-gray eyes, a very convicted expression, though friendly. He must be around…sixteen, maybe a bit older or younger.
"Yes…" She admitted. She noticed suddenly that the boy was no longer alone. In the window seat was another boy with a long brown braid his head sticking out the window, watching the sea with half-open amethyst eyes, smiling with some mix of happiness and sadness. "I'm meeting my mother at the station."
"Hear that, Duo?" The boy asked his seatmate. Duo nodded. "My name is Heero." The boy finally gave his name. Mariemaia smiled.
"My name is Mariemaia." She said, and continued to watch out the window.
Quiet moments passed, and the train approached the station. Mariemaia stuck her head out of the window and shielded her eyes from the sun as she looked for her mother's head. Heero stuck his head out.
"Do you see her?" He asked. Mariemaia searched the small crowd. A woman stood on the platform in a soft blue kimono, her milky brown hair cascading onto her shoulders.
"Yes!" Mariemaia breathed happily, "I see her!"
The train stopped, and Heero smiled as the tiny red head raced from her seat and into her mother's arms. He gestured to Duo; they grabbed their bags and stepped off the train.
Duo sighed, and took in the sea air.
"We're back…are you okay, Duo?" Heero asked. Duo smiled gently.
"Just thinking about the past…nothing bad." He said. Heero nodded, smiling.
"Okay…" He looked up at the large bluff in the center of the peninsula. As far as he could see, there was only one house on the entire thing, overlooking the cove. "It's changed a lot here."
He looked at the construction beneath the bluff. Surrounding the bluff, the place was filled with people and buildings. "We should be able to get work very easily, Duo…" No response. "Duo?" He turned to the longhaired boy. Duo was staring at the water again, that placid expression on his face. Heero smirked.
With a small sigh, Duo broke his trance and followed Heero into town.
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"So…how old are you, again?" The elderly man asked him.
"Seventeen." Heero answered without hesitation. The man looked him over.
"Yeah…sure…" The man said, unconvinced.
"Leave him alone. Do we need the extra help or not?" The old man's business partner snapped, annoyed.
"Yeah, yeah…." The old man eyes him once again, and looked over to Duo, who was peeking inside of the trailer.
"Who's that?" The man gestured to Duo. Heero watched Duo from the corner of his eye.
"My…brother." He finished. The man raised his eyebrow and set him to work.
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With a grateful release from the pressure in his arms, Heero dropped his workload at the pile he was taking it to. He bent over, his hands to his knees and breathed hard, panting like an animal.
A shadow fell in his path, blocking the sun. He looked up, and saw Duo holding a glass of water out to him. He grinned and took it from Duo gratefully.
He took a seat overlooking the construction site he was working in and Duo sat next to him. The sight of Duo wearing the baggy kitchen whites he worked in made Heero laugh loudly.
"What?" Duo asked. Heero smirked.
"Nothing," He said playfully.
"What is it??" Duo snapped, irritated. Heero just smiled again.
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Soft moonlight spilled into the Solar Room, through the windows and created a grid pattern on the Oriental rug.
A figure lay still on the carpet, her blood pooling beneath her. It spilled from her nose, and caked into her hair. Brighter, fresher blood poured from the open wound on her chest.
Ten steps away, a small figure was slowly creeping closer. Red hair falling from her ponytail matched the blood of her mother on the floor.
Mariemaia's eyes widened with fear. "Momma…" She whispered, terrified.
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