(REVISED EDITION)
Haunted
Introduction:
Relena looked out her window from the Sanc Kingdom, thinking about what the day would bring. The war was finally over...
The elite soldiers and pilots of their legendary gundam's could finally live a life of peace for the first time since the colonies were formed. Every one seemed to be doing just fine in their new life without war and bloodshed.
She still didn't know how Heero was doing, being raised for the only purpose of fighting in the war, earning him the 'perfect soldier' name. She felt so sorry for him, what he had lived through.
It had been six months since her birthday; Heero had left a necklace for her with a star made of solid gold and a diamond in the middle.
It had been a year since she had seen the man she had so long ago fallen in love with.... It had been so long that it all seemed like a dream.
Chapter One:
"'Ey! Wufei!" Duo shouted, quite happily. He made his way to the dojo where Wufei was sitting outside in, mediating for the day. He was usually with the Preventer's and Sally, but he had the day off. A much needed one too.
He had been working really hard for the Preventers, not wanting an incident such as what he lived through to start again.
Wufei's eyebrow twitched in annoyance for the disturbance. He opened his right eye to look at the brunet pilot who could be annoying and loud in the battlefield.
"We are all going on a vacation!" Duo said cheerfully, plopping down loudly next to the Chinese fighter of the Shenlong, which he named after what his wife called herself: Nataku.
"We?" Wufei questioned.
"We as in Quatre, Trowa, you, me, Relena and Heero." He explained.
"You got Heero to go?" Wufei asked, raising an eyebrow at this.
"Not yet..." Duo said, his smile not wavering. "Made a deal with the other's. I'd get you and they would have to get Heero." He said, laughing at this. "Must suck for the other's."
"Right..." Wufei said, not caring about this whole ordeal. He opened his eye and looked at the dojo and then opened another one to look at Duo. "I'll come." He got up and left with the American fighter whom had dubbed himself the God of Death.
"Hmph." He snrted at the walking away figure of Wufei. "That was easier than I though!" Duo exclaimed happily, knowing he got the better end of the deal.
Meanwhile, over at Heero's apartment...
"Are you sure he lives here?" Relena questioned, looking over the five-star apartments with amazement. He had a nice place if he did, with an ocean view and all.
"It's the slightest bit of information we got on him. He sure wants to live an inconspicuous life, we had trouble finding anything about him!" Quatre said, remembering how it took hours to find the slightest information on him.
"Yeah, that's for sure." Trowa said, walking over to the gate that led to the complex.
"Yes?" A man said politely from his station.
"Um...excuse me, does a guy named Heero Yuy live here?" Relena asked sweetly.
The guard nodded to the young teenager. "Yep, quite the quiet one, though a lot of them high school girls come over and try to bribe me to let them go to his apartment." The man said, laughing as he remembered some of the times.
"Huh?" Trowa asked, raising an eyebrow. He stole a quick glance over at Relena, who was looking quite flushed at this.
'Is he implying that she was here to bribe the guard to let them go and see Heero?' The guy's thought while looking at the flushed Relena who was looking down at her feet to this comment.
The guard seemed to pay no heed to her reaction to this, but continued on reminiscing. The others looked a little pissed at the baka guard they hired to watch over the complex and people who came in and out of it.
"Never made it through any of us though." He said proudly about him and the other guards. "That boy is something else. He's pretty good at the whole skate boarding thing though." He said solemnly.
"Skateboarding?" Quatre asked now. Did they actually get the wrong apartment?
The guard nodded. "Enough of this." He said, snapping his attention back to his job. "Why did you come here?" He questioned.
"We came to see Heero, we are close friends of his." Trowa explained.
The guard nodded, but didn't let them through, which they noticed. "That's what a lot of people say, but I only have clearance for a few people and all." He said.
"Hey!" a young guy said, waving at the guard. He ran over to the gate, without a sweat breaking out from the mile run.
"Hey." The guard said to the boy who held a skateboard in tow under his arm. He had highlight blonde hair with black streaks and tips for his hair. He had green eyes, which stood out.
"Heero there?" He questioned, shifting his skateboard before throwing it on the ground and moving it around with his foot, knowing the answer was 'yes' and waiting for his friend to come out.
"Yeah, I'll tell him that you're here." The guard responded politely. Obviously he had no idea who the other people were; the former Gundam pilots and Vice Foreign Minister of Earth.
A few minutes later...
"'ey!" A young boy's voice called as the door opened and the blonde haired boy, whose name was Matt skated up to the entrance.
Relena came face to face with Heero. She hadn't seen him since the Dekim incident and all, but he looked almost the same. He had wider shoulders and a more masculine frame, but still was thin like he always was. He had his hair in the same style, his unruly hair as it had always been.
"Relena?" Heero said, staring at her and the others behind Matt. "What are you doing here?" He questioned, hiding his surprise easily. He wondered how they got a hold on this address in the first place.
"Heero!" Relena said happily and half jogged, half ran over to him. She stood in front of him happily. "How are you?" She questioned.
"Well, I can see ya got company, so I'll just leave you with them. I'll be hangin' at the arcade with the others if ya need me." Matt said, waving goodbye with a two-finger salute. He skated off, figuring if it wasn't important he would catch up with him in time.
"Um...Do you want to come inside?" He asked them, motioning to the complex. They followed him as Heero pulled out a chain connected to his wallet in his back pocket and pulled out a house key.
Relena took in his new fashion. He wore a cool kind of dark, almost black baggy jeans that were a little too long for his legs, tearing the ends from wearing them so much. They couldn't conceal his loose sketcher boarding shoes. She knew he had a knife or gun concealed somewhere on him, but she liked his fashion and his black shirt that said, 'I'm a mean son of a witch.'
He opened the door and they walked into a breath taking room that connected to the kitchen. They walked down a hallway and it led to a spacious room with some nice couches and wide windows that overlooked the sunny beach and trees.
"Wow." Relena breathed. Heero opened a door and threw his skateboard into a room that started playing music when the door opened. The walls were painted black and Relena glimpsed a guitar before he shut the door.
Heero plopped down on the couch and he looked at them after they sat down too. A large TV was in front of them and Quatre didn't know what to say.
"Why are you here?" He questioned.
"We are all gonna go on a vacation." Quatre explained happily breaking the silence.
"Why?" Heero said in his monotone voice.
"We all need a break so we are all going to have a reunion or something of the sort." Trowa explained simply. He had just been dragged along, but it would be nice he thought.
"And you needed to tell me this because?" Heero asked, simply bored at this whole idea.
"You're gonna come with us." Relena said happily. Her expression changed to a 'if you don't come you'll die'. "If we have to, we'll force you to come. That of course was Duo's idea."
"I have no objections." He said and asked them if they wanted a drink or something to drink while he got all his stuff ready.
"Sure." Relena said happily. She accepted one of the drinks that he gave to her and gave the other's to the other Gundam pilot's.
He walked into his room and the room started playing some rock music: Nickleback. He left the door open as he got a black duffel bag out from the closet. He threw clothes in: boxers, pants, shirts, and a jacket. He threw in some socks and tossed in his yellow tennis shoes that he usually wore during the war.
He tossed a silver objected into the air behind his back and it landed skillfully into the bag. He fumbled around until he found some CD's to listen to and tossed them in too and unplugged his laptop and put some other stuff in. He grabbed the bag and a jacket and threw it over his black shirt. He wore dark blue baggy jeans whenever he went skating.
Walking out of the room with the bag in tote, he threw a coke into the bag. "Ready." He said simply. The other's got up, carrying their drinks and walked out of the door when he locked up the apartment. "Did you bring a car?" He questioned them.
Quatre blushed and shook his head. They hadn't thought about that once Duo dropped them off near the location.
"Alright then." He said simply, tossing some keys to Trowa, who skillfully caught them.
"What are these far?" He questioned.
Heero looked at him out of the corner of his eye, Relena following him and Trowa next to Quatre behind him. "Driving, what else?" He said.
He stopped in front of a sport black and yellow motorcycle, which shinned in the noon sun. Heero pointed to a black corvette. "Whoa." Quatre said, looking at the car.
"It can only fit two people." He said simply, pulling his bike out from its lock. "I'll take my bike." He said simply.
"I'll ride with you." Relena said eagerly. Heero nodded at this, not minding.
"Alright. Pop the trunk for an extra helmet." He put his on over his chocolate brown hair and Relena got the helmet out of the car and hopped on the bike with him, getting used to the feeling.
They drove off, Trowa grinning all the way as he got to drive the car, Quatre being afraid of getting it scratched or something.
They drove into a rocky drive and Heero pulled his bike to a stop and helped Relena get off the bike too. Duo waved to them and Wufei stood with his arms crossed facing them.
"This is the place?" Heero questioned, looking ver the elegant villa. Something made him feel this wasn't right about this place...
He heard laughter like a child's giggles. He jerked his head in the direction of the house and saw nothing. His stomach lurched and Relena leaned onto him.
"Are you all right?" She questioned. The ride on the bike was thrilling and exhilarating. "Heero?" She asked, noticing a small sweat form on his brow.
"Yeah." He said simply. He lied. Something was wrong about this place, something was terribly wrong his soldier sense told him.
Relena touched him and he flinched at the touch. She jerked her hand away, muttering an apology. He shook his head waving off the apology. "Sorry..." He said barely audibly. Relena smiled slightly at this.
"Well, let's get inside!" Duo said happily. He dragged his bag inside with the other's following.
A cold gust blew past them, making their hair fly backwards. The air rushed out of the room, as if warning them to go back and run away from the glorious house. They shivered, the cold air was something since it was about eighty degrees or so outside, but it was at least forty in here. Relena shivered and looked at Heero.
His prussain eyes looked around at the place cautiously. He felt Relena move closer to him, shivering from the cold gust. The rooms were dark and seemed to hold a sinister presence in them. "Something isn't right..." Heero said, his soldier sense screaming at him to leave the house, but at the same moment, something stopping him.
"W-what did you say, Heero?" Relena asked, getting scared about all this.
Giggles were heard as they filled the room and another cold gust swept past them. Heero narrowed his eyes at this and grabbed Relena's arm quickly and pulled her towards the door. "We have to get out of here!" He shouted to them over the noise in the room from things.
They followed him quickly to the door, but the door slammed shut before them.