by~ the serious clown
Duo looked ahead. The other four boys stood watching the waves of the ocean. "I guess this is good-bye. We have to go our seperate ways, I guess," Quatre said. Wufei nodded. Duo put a smile on his face. "Ah! I'll be able to get some fresh air! Wu-man, how long has it been since you washed??" Duo laughed, trying to lighten up the mood of the group. No one moved or showed any sign of reconginiton to Duo's comment. Even Wufei, who the joke was about, remained turned away from the group. Duo saw something gleam in Heero's hand. "Uh....Heero-san, what is that for?" Duo asked nervously. "My mission is over. I must die so I can clean myself of my sins," Heero said, turning the gun to himself. He began to pull back the trigger, but saw Quatre glaring at him. "I can't do it in front of you," Heero said, directing his words to Quatre. His eyes showed emotion for the first time, symphany. "If it is your choice, then do it," Quatre said, turning away. Trowa took out another gun. Quatre gasped. "Not you too, Trowa!!" Quatre yelled, trying to grab the gun away from Trowa's hand. But he could not reach it. "Heero is right. Our mission is over, and I must also die to correct the sins I have commited," Trowa said, turing his gun against himself. "Trowa!! I.....just as with Heero....I guess....if it is your choice, then do it," Quatre said, giving up. He turned his back on the two that were about to destroy themselves. Duo's smile turned to a frown. "You already have cleansed yourselves!!" Duo exclaimed. "Nani?" Trowa and Heero said together, turning to the unhappy ex-pilot. Even Wufei turned at Duo's comment this time. "You brought peace to Earth and the colonies. Bringing that peace cleansed your souls from the crimes you did long ago. You don't have to die, you have already been cleaned of the sins. You...don't have to...die....," Duo said, acting the exact opposite as he usually was. "Duo, what has made you suddenly change like this? What is the matter with you?" Trowa asked. "I spoke once with this girl, her name was Kari. She said that no matter what, when you have friends that are close to you, you musn't let them die for the wrong reasons. As their friend, you are to protect them. Make sure no harm comes to them. Help them make the right decisions. She told me we are simply humans, and humans err. Some make more mistakes than others, like ourselves. But that doesn't mean we have to die for what we've done!! The last thing Kari said to me was....don't kill yourself. Everyone has something to live for, and life is a precious thing. Every moment should be charished, because you don't know when misfortune will fall upon you. Appreciate everything that you have, nothing is to be wasted. Live you life to the fullest as possible," Duo said, his mouth turning into a smile again. "It's too late to be helped...," Heero said. "Too late for us...you are too late Duo. We can't live to our fullest, nothing can reverse what we've done," Trowa said, finishing Heero's sentence. One gun went off, followed by another fire shoot. The two guns fell to the ground and made a loud clink! noise. Heero and Trowa fell to the ground with a thump. Quatre and Duo stood there, in disbelief. The two men they had called teammates were no longer with them. All because of a stupid mission. Wufei nodded to the bodies of his former allies and left. Quatre burst into tears. Duo just shook his head. He picked two white roses from a bush nearby and layed them near Trowa and Heero's bodies. "You are pure. Free again. The way you were supposed to be," Duo said, as he ran to catch up with Quatre.
~The Serious Clown