Stars without a shine
By: The Deadly Assassins
Chapter 1
Author's Notes:
Dark Star: HEY!! Guess who!! Booga booga!
Lina Hino: This is a joint fic!
Dark Star: And it's a good one. The rating is for some cursing…language and all. -.- Nothing much though.
Lina Hino: It will change though. In future chapters.
Dark Star: Will the rating go lower or higher??
Lina Hino: Higher.
Dark Star: GYAH! I can't go past PG-13 though!!
Lina Hino: Why not?
Dark Star: Parents! DUH!!!!
Lina Hino: They read your stuff!?
Dark Star: Nu..but…it's a sorta responsibility they place on me. -.- Anyhoo…shouldn't they be able to read now?
Lina Hino: It'll go up trust me…..cause right now cause of language in my opinion it's PG-13 right now. Well I hope you enjoy…it's 4:33 A.M. and Dark Star is sleep typing.
It was a sunny day in May, school was out, and teenagers on the colonies and Earth were getting together for some fun. Meanwhile, some unlucky teenagers came across a few milestones for the start of the summer.
*~*~*~*~*~*~* May 21st, AC 195 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Midori Cho was on the phone with her best friend Chiyo Jinukyo, and they were making plans for the summer, but Chiyo's father and stepmother wouldn't take it.
"So, Chiyo can you stay the night over or vise versa?" Midori asked, while flicking a long strand of her raven hair from her dark violet eyes looking at her computer screen doing a simple game of solitaire.
"Ugh…with my parents, I doubt I can move from the house!" exclaimed Chiyo.
At that moment, her stepmother said, "Chiyo! Whom are you talking to?"
The 14-year-old girl rolled her eyes and looked at Midori's face on the vid- link screen.
"I have to go. Mother dearest is beckoning her slave."
Midori felt angry. Not ONLY has Chiyo's stepmother make her do WAY too many chores but also she never let her have fun with her friends.
"I'll let you go but I WILL call you back and I don't care what that you know what says." Midori said.
Chiyo smiled slightly before letting out an exasperated sigh, and discontinuing the connection on the vid-link. She went to the living room to see what her stepmother wanted with her…now.
Midori completed the disconnection and growled.
"I guess the only freedom she has is to be a separate soul." Midori said angrily while looking at her computer as it froze.
"KUSO!!" Midori yelled.
"Midori…stop cursing or you won't be on that computer anymore." A male voice said.
"Sorry dad." Midori said between clinched teeth.
"Midori you know that we should give YOU more chores." Midori's mother teased.
"If you expect me to do more and be your slave forget it." Midori thought and then stormed to her room locking the door behind her.
-*-*-*- At Chiyo's House -*-*-*-
"I'm tired of doing chores!!" Chiyo groaned, finally finishing the chores given to her.
She heard the high-pitched voice of her stepmother and she slowly made her way to the living room.
"This had better be good…" grumbled the teenager with short raven hair.
As soon as she entered, she soon ran out, heading into her room. She established a connection on the vid-link to Midori's house, the whole time unshed tears filled her wide amethyst eyes.
Midori was mentally swearing about the stupidity of sisters until she heard a connection of the vid-link trying to come through. She completed the link and saw Chiyo on the brink of tears.
"Oh god what's wrong Chiyo? What did that bitch do now?" Midori asked getting pissed off.
"I'll tell you later. Can you come with me for a walk? I need to get out of the house…and now," Chiyo said, biting back any sob.
"Mom I'm going over to Chiyo's." Midori said while going to the back to get her bike.
"And why young lady?" Midori's mother asked.
"She needs me now I'm going." Midori said.
"Wear a helmet!" Midori's mother yelled.
Midori let out an aggravated moan and then ran to her room to get her helmet. She stormed out of the house feeling herself ready to cry. Midori's father was mowing the lawn when Midori ran out of the house.
"Where are you going?" Her father asked.
"Out." She said while getting her bike out of the shed.
"It's getting dark." Her father said.
"I'll be careful." She simply said while getting on her bike and pushing the back gate open.
"Just be careful." She heard her mother say as she stormed off towards Chiyo's house.
-*-*-*- At the park -*-*-*-
Chiyo was waiting at the entrance to the park, her hands shoved into the pockets of her light black jacket. Midori was pedaling hard and was hurting but she heard herself yelling mentally to go and faster so she pedaled harder until she got to the park breathless and hurting from her pounding protesting legs from the pressure.
"Hey Midori. It took you long enough," grumbled the somewhat short Chiyo.
"Gomen…I tried getting here as fast as I could my parents were going all gah gah on me for a moment." Midori said while holding her chest to breathe.
"I'm glad you could make it though," sighed Chiyo, finally unable to hold back any more of her tears.
Slowly, tears trickled down her pale cheeks, then, gradually, started to flow freely as she silently wept.
"It's just not fair…I hate my life," cried the usually quiet and happy Chiyo.
"Life sucks." Midori said while trying to comfort her best friend.
"Even though my parents can be loving and all I want to be different cause they think that they know me but they don't you know what I mean." Midori said trying to cheer her up.
"Life can't get any worse. You would think after the wars, life would become better," Chiyo said, wiping away her tears.
She started walking ahead, looking at the darkening sky.
"I just don't get it…I thought life would be better. Maybe those gundam pilots did nothing to help the colonies or Earth," she said thoughtfully.
"Amen to that, hey how 'bout getting a drink from that stand there I got money." Midori said pointing to a food and drink stand.
"I think that the gundam pilots didn't do shit here…. It may seem that the wars are over but I have a gut feeling that it's not over." she said looking at the sky as well seeing the sky getting darker and darker.
"A drink sounds great," Chiyo said, trying to return to her happy self.
As she watched the sky, she saw a star shining dimly in the heavens, "Hey, isn't that the first star out tonight, Midori?"
"Yup, it's Venus the morning and evening star if you make a wish on it comes true for those who wish upon it." Midori said handing Chiyo a drink she brought for her.
"Although I tried many times when I was little for things to happen but they never happened so I have my doubts but I wished for selfish things." Midori said with a laugh before taking a long gulp of her bottled water.
Chiyo took the drink and eyed the star for a moment. She turned to look at her best friend, who also could pass for her twin sister, except for her lighter violet eyes, and her longer raven hair.
"Would you like to make a wish? Like to see if it works??" Chiyo asked with a slight smile on her face.
"Hmm…why not we have nothing to loose so what would we want to wish for?" Midori asked while flicking a strand of her bangs from her face annoyed.
"To be different," Chiyo said simply, then grinned a bit, "Like having super powers! We can be Superwomen!"
She laughed a bit. "You mean wonder woman….oh my now we are talking about 20th century TV shows." Midori said a bit shocked and laughed.
"It's strange but I wouldn't mind having super powers that would be sooooo cool." Midori said while looking at the nearest colony, which blocked the view of the full moon.
"Wait just a minute! If our wish does come true…I don't want to change into a hairy werewolf!! That's strictly for males if you ask me. All that hair…on your legs…" Chiyo shivers slightly as she tries to picture herself.
"Yeah….I don't want to be called a beast for one and two because of all that hair and 3 from reading all those books from the 20th century they kill people…uhhh." Midori said while shivers went down her back making her hug herself.
"Well, let's start. I believe the old child's rhyme went something like…starlight..uh…help?" Chiyo looked at Midori, her near mirror half.
"Uh…. Starlight star bright first star I see tonight…uh…. I wish I may I wish I might…uh!!!" Midori said scratching her head trying to remember what she would say when she was around 6.
"Oh! I think I know how it goes. Say it with me..you'll remember," Chiyo said, seeming confident.
Together they looked up at the single star in the sky, and began the rhyme, "Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, grant this wish that we wish tonight."
"I wish that we…" Chiyo drifted off, waiting for Midori to finish the wish.
"Were different…" Midori said now waiting for the now coming comedy side of the wish.
"But please, not werewolves!" they cried out in unison.
Afterwards, they looked at each other and giggled slightly.
"If we hope enough it might come true and this wish isn't that selfish do you think?" Midori asked now hugging her near twin.
"I don't think so. If this wish is selfish, then damn the world and all its wishes!! This is for something good. If we had super powers we could cause a change. A _good_ change," Chiyo said, acting very proud of her statement.
"Now you sound like me when it comes to pride and I thought my pride should be a crime my name should of meant very prideful or arrogant from the way I am." Midori laughed.
"Leiko! I'll call you Leiko," Chiyo said, smiling innocently.
"What does that mean in ancient Japanese?" Midori asked a bit confused from the name for it sounded like a dog's name.
She just looked at Chiyo for an answer as she took a drink of her soda.
Chiyo looked at Midori and said, "It means arrogant. Don't you pay attention to the Japanese classes?"
"I pay attention it's just sometimes I get distracted and that sounds like a pretty name to have even though it means arrogant." Midori said.
She looked at Chiyo warningly for she knew that Chiyo would most likely say a smart-ass remark.
"A pretty name? Sounds like a lake with an 'o' at the end," the shorter teenager replied.
"Talking about the most smart ass remark of the year that's a good one." Midori said with a slight laugh.
"I handle my words like that skimpy assed pilot 01 handles his gun. Except, I have much better aim," joked Chiyo.
Midori was now laughing hard holding her side in pain.
"Oh man if that guy was here he'd by saying…uh…what does he say I remember him being on TV with that preppy bitch Relena saying something like 'omo was something'" Midori said.
Chiyo, having forgotten her heartbreaking problems with her family, mock- scolded Midori. She wagged a finger at her best friend, narrowing her eyes to imitate their Japanese teacher's face.
"Now now Midori. Have you paid attention at all in class? He always says 'omae o korosu'," Chiyo said, lowering her voice to try and match Sister Kameko's voice.
"Some lame ass way to threaten someone to kill them…if you ask me Chiyo." Midori said flatly.
"Ahh…we shouldn't diss the poor man. We hardly know the useless bastard. Let's stretch out bastard. He doesn't know his father after all. I should know. I did my research on him," Chiyo said, returning to her normal, smart aleck, and don't-mess-with-me-or-die attitude.
"Remember that research project oh man I didn't want to do the research for that bastard of a pilot of 05 yeesh the martial arts teacher at the dojo wouldn't shut the hell up about his number one student which made me feel degraded." Midori hissed.
"Hmm…it's getting late. We should head back," Chiyo said, checking the time on her watch.
It was 7:46, and the stars were now visible in the dark heavens below.
"My parents won't mind plus I'm not leaving you alone you need someone to talk to and cheer you up and I think we are progressing at that." Midori said while elbowing her sister-figure in the arm.
"Yes, but…let's just walk to my house. We'll go up and down the street," Chiyo suggested, gulping her soda down, then tossing it in a nearby garbage can.
"Good idea today just bites though…I'm bored to death. I wish something eventful would happen to change life for the best cause things are just getting duller and duller." Midori said in a groan of despair.
They started walking out of the park, but as they moved towards their neighborhood, the ground started to shake. Chiyo grabbed Midori's arm, trying to stay balanced since she was a bit on the frail side.
"What the hell…. Oh gods Chiyo look!" Midori said in a slight scream as a black object zoomed by.
Chiyo watched with Midori as the black objects started firing at each other.
"What is going on?!" Chiyo shouted, suddenly feeling frightened.
"A mobile suit…oh no…. see I knew those pilots did absolutely nothing…. We got to go and make sure our families are ok." Midori said with worry looking in the area where her house was to see more suits now fighting each other.
Chiyo gasped in horror as she saw flames engulf the area near her home. Light posts crashed and fell, blood-curdling screams being heard, before finally being silence. She ran ahead, in the general direction of her home.
"My home! I'm going to see if father made it!" she called out, tears flowing once again from her eyes as she runs.
Midori felt her stomach turn uncomfortably in her stomach and then she broke into a run as she ran towards her house.
"MOM!! DAD!!" Midori cried as she ran seeing her house looked like it was going to collapse.
-*-*-*- Chiyo's POV -*-*-*-
Her vision was blurred as she looked at the still flaming remains of her house. She collapsed on the ground, ignoring the flames that licked at her clothing, singing it. She kneeled in front of the remains, wiping at the tears in her eyes furiously.
"My home…it's gone…even my family. My only family.." she sobbed, burying her face in her hands.
-*-*-*- Midori's POV -*-*-*-
I ran towards my house to witness it collapse. I felt my throat tighten and then furiously pushed through the rubble that wasn't heavy. She moved a part of her roof where her living room was supposed to be and unburied her father.
"DAD…ARE YOU OK?" I asked while feeling tears fall down from my eyes. The man Midori addressed as her father opened his greenish eyes.
"Midori…. They're dead…. Your mother your sisters…their dead." He said to me as he started to cry.
I noticed something and removed the rubble and saw my mother's hand clasped in my father's.
"Mom." Midori said seeing her dead mother's face dirtied with blood.
"Midori you better be careful…. It was good that you weren't here that you went and helped Chiyo." He said to me.
This was the first time I ever saw my father cry and I noticed he was bleeding from the stomach area…. He had a very severe injury.
"Dad, try to hold on." I said trying to remain calm but couldn't hold back the feeling of panic inside.
We didn't really get along much but that was because we were so much alike. My father with his free hand took my left hand and smiled at me. Dread swept over me.
"I'm not going to make it. I know I won't." He said as if it was normal.
"Don't say those type of things!" I said getting pissed off.
He closed his eyes and rested.
"Don't you die on me." I said coldly but it was too late…. My mother my father and my two sisters were now dead.
"Midori." My father said weakly making the possibility of him being alive shine in my head. "You become a good vet or writer." He said and then he went limp.
"Dad…. Dad…. Thomas Scott." I said warningly. He was gone. I couldn't yell in rage or scream I was shocked I felt tears fall and now I couldn't even say anything. I just cried silently.
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
"Commander, we couldn't find any of the pilots here," a young soldier in a mobile suit said through the audio link.
Chiyo and Midori turned their heads to look at the tall black suits standing there. Their eyes were now filled with not sorrow, fear, or panic, but hatred and burning black rage.
"Those Gundam pilots are going to pay…" Chiyo murmured.
"Damn those pilots…. They caused my family die…. I'll make sure they all die and rot in hell for what they have done." Midori said with her voice horse.
She went to where Chiyo was to see her house was too destroyed. "So we're now alone." Midori said flatly, rage simply able to catch in her violet eyes, which now looked black.
"I have nothing to live for now. I have nowhere to go, Midori! It's all my fault. If I hadn't left the house, I would have died with my family," wept Chiyo, who lost her mother when she was giving birth to her baby sister.
"I too have nothing to live for now…. They killed my remaining family…my mother, father and 3 sisters." Midori said while looking over at her destroyed house.
"Those pilots will pay won't they Chiyo…. My sister." Midori said while tears silently fell down her face.
"Midori…I don't plan on living that long. I have failed my family, so I too must die. Take care of yourself, and kill those pilots for me," Chiyo said, running towards the burning wreckage of her home.
"CHIYO! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING…SUICIDE WON'T BRING THEM BACK AND IT'LL CAUSE MORE GRIEF!!" Midori yelled getting in front of her best friend. "I can't kill those gundam pilots by myself you know, I'm just one person and there are 5." Midori said.
"No one will be there to mourn me! Just let me die, will you?! And I'm not strong enough for that…. I never will be. You were always the best in physical activities…I never made it to average without suffering," Chiyo shouted angrily.
"Stop talking bull shit…I would most morn your death and if I didn't have such a good friend I would of killed myself with my father's gun! I may be strong physically but it is what's inside that more important so don't start degrading yourself!" Midori yelled.
"Plus if I have to kill them alone I will end up dying and I wouldn't have done what I wanted to do out of my life which now seems so worthless what about your dreams what you want for your future?!" She yelled holding back the urge to punch her friend for her to listen.
Chiyo shook her head, and then ran forward, shouting, "Leave me alone!"
The frail 14 year old ran into the woods behind what used to be her house. She disappeared into the thick forest, running blindly.
"Chiyo…get back here!" Midori yelled chasing after her. "She is so dense sometimes I swear." Midori thought while tailing behind her but then felt herself get lost in the dense woods.
By: The Deadly Assassins
Chapter 1
Author's Notes:
Dark Star: HEY!! Guess who!! Booga booga!
Lina Hino: This is a joint fic!
Dark Star: And it's a good one. The rating is for some cursing…language and all. -.- Nothing much though.
Lina Hino: It will change though. In future chapters.
Dark Star: Will the rating go lower or higher??
Lina Hino: Higher.
Dark Star: GYAH! I can't go past PG-13 though!!
Lina Hino: Why not?
Dark Star: Parents! DUH!!!!
Lina Hino: They read your stuff!?
Dark Star: Nu..but…it's a sorta responsibility they place on me. -.- Anyhoo…shouldn't they be able to read now?
Lina Hino: It'll go up trust me…..cause right now cause of language in my opinion it's PG-13 right now. Well I hope you enjoy…it's 4:33 A.M. and Dark Star is sleep typing.
It was a sunny day in May, school was out, and teenagers on the colonies and Earth were getting together for some fun. Meanwhile, some unlucky teenagers came across a few milestones for the start of the summer.
*~*~*~*~*~*~* May 21st, AC 195 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Midori Cho was on the phone with her best friend Chiyo Jinukyo, and they were making plans for the summer, but Chiyo's father and stepmother wouldn't take it.
"So, Chiyo can you stay the night over or vise versa?" Midori asked, while flicking a long strand of her raven hair from her dark violet eyes looking at her computer screen doing a simple game of solitaire.
"Ugh…with my parents, I doubt I can move from the house!" exclaimed Chiyo.
At that moment, her stepmother said, "Chiyo! Whom are you talking to?"
The 14-year-old girl rolled her eyes and looked at Midori's face on the vid- link screen.
"I have to go. Mother dearest is beckoning her slave."
Midori felt angry. Not ONLY has Chiyo's stepmother make her do WAY too many chores but also she never let her have fun with her friends.
"I'll let you go but I WILL call you back and I don't care what that you know what says." Midori said.
Chiyo smiled slightly before letting out an exasperated sigh, and discontinuing the connection on the vid-link. She went to the living room to see what her stepmother wanted with her…now.
Midori completed the disconnection and growled.
"I guess the only freedom she has is to be a separate soul." Midori said angrily while looking at her computer as it froze.
"KUSO!!" Midori yelled.
"Midori…stop cursing or you won't be on that computer anymore." A male voice said.
"Sorry dad." Midori said between clinched teeth.
"Midori you know that we should give YOU more chores." Midori's mother teased.
"If you expect me to do more and be your slave forget it." Midori thought and then stormed to her room locking the door behind her.
-*-*-*- At Chiyo's House -*-*-*-
"I'm tired of doing chores!!" Chiyo groaned, finally finishing the chores given to her.
She heard the high-pitched voice of her stepmother and she slowly made her way to the living room.
"This had better be good…" grumbled the teenager with short raven hair.
As soon as she entered, she soon ran out, heading into her room. She established a connection on the vid-link to Midori's house, the whole time unshed tears filled her wide amethyst eyes.
Midori was mentally swearing about the stupidity of sisters until she heard a connection of the vid-link trying to come through. She completed the link and saw Chiyo on the brink of tears.
"Oh god what's wrong Chiyo? What did that bitch do now?" Midori asked getting pissed off.
"I'll tell you later. Can you come with me for a walk? I need to get out of the house…and now," Chiyo said, biting back any sob.
"Mom I'm going over to Chiyo's." Midori said while going to the back to get her bike.
"And why young lady?" Midori's mother asked.
"She needs me now I'm going." Midori said.
"Wear a helmet!" Midori's mother yelled.
Midori let out an aggravated moan and then ran to her room to get her helmet. She stormed out of the house feeling herself ready to cry. Midori's father was mowing the lawn when Midori ran out of the house.
"Where are you going?" Her father asked.
"Out." She said while getting her bike out of the shed.
"It's getting dark." Her father said.
"I'll be careful." She simply said while getting on her bike and pushing the back gate open.
"Just be careful." She heard her mother say as she stormed off towards Chiyo's house.
-*-*-*- At the park -*-*-*-
Chiyo was waiting at the entrance to the park, her hands shoved into the pockets of her light black jacket. Midori was pedaling hard and was hurting but she heard herself yelling mentally to go and faster so she pedaled harder until she got to the park breathless and hurting from her pounding protesting legs from the pressure.
"Hey Midori. It took you long enough," grumbled the somewhat short Chiyo.
"Gomen…I tried getting here as fast as I could my parents were going all gah gah on me for a moment." Midori said while holding her chest to breathe.
"I'm glad you could make it though," sighed Chiyo, finally unable to hold back any more of her tears.
Slowly, tears trickled down her pale cheeks, then, gradually, started to flow freely as she silently wept.
"It's just not fair…I hate my life," cried the usually quiet and happy Chiyo.
"Life sucks." Midori said while trying to comfort her best friend.
"Even though my parents can be loving and all I want to be different cause they think that they know me but they don't you know what I mean." Midori said trying to cheer her up.
"Life can't get any worse. You would think after the wars, life would become better," Chiyo said, wiping away her tears.
She started walking ahead, looking at the darkening sky.
"I just don't get it…I thought life would be better. Maybe those gundam pilots did nothing to help the colonies or Earth," she said thoughtfully.
"Amen to that, hey how 'bout getting a drink from that stand there I got money." Midori said pointing to a food and drink stand.
"I think that the gundam pilots didn't do shit here…. It may seem that the wars are over but I have a gut feeling that it's not over." she said looking at the sky as well seeing the sky getting darker and darker.
"A drink sounds great," Chiyo said, trying to return to her happy self.
As she watched the sky, she saw a star shining dimly in the heavens, "Hey, isn't that the first star out tonight, Midori?"
"Yup, it's Venus the morning and evening star if you make a wish on it comes true for those who wish upon it." Midori said handing Chiyo a drink she brought for her.
"Although I tried many times when I was little for things to happen but they never happened so I have my doubts but I wished for selfish things." Midori said with a laugh before taking a long gulp of her bottled water.
Chiyo took the drink and eyed the star for a moment. She turned to look at her best friend, who also could pass for her twin sister, except for her lighter violet eyes, and her longer raven hair.
"Would you like to make a wish? Like to see if it works??" Chiyo asked with a slight smile on her face.
"Hmm…why not we have nothing to loose so what would we want to wish for?" Midori asked while flicking a strand of her bangs from her face annoyed.
"To be different," Chiyo said simply, then grinned a bit, "Like having super powers! We can be Superwomen!"
She laughed a bit. "You mean wonder woman….oh my now we are talking about 20th century TV shows." Midori said a bit shocked and laughed.
"It's strange but I wouldn't mind having super powers that would be sooooo cool." Midori said while looking at the nearest colony, which blocked the view of the full moon.
"Wait just a minute! If our wish does come true…I don't want to change into a hairy werewolf!! That's strictly for males if you ask me. All that hair…on your legs…" Chiyo shivers slightly as she tries to picture herself.
"Yeah….I don't want to be called a beast for one and two because of all that hair and 3 from reading all those books from the 20th century they kill people…uhhh." Midori said while shivers went down her back making her hug herself.
"Well, let's start. I believe the old child's rhyme went something like…starlight..uh…help?" Chiyo looked at Midori, her near mirror half.
"Uh…. Starlight star bright first star I see tonight…uh…. I wish I may I wish I might…uh!!!" Midori said scratching her head trying to remember what she would say when she was around 6.
"Oh! I think I know how it goes. Say it with me..you'll remember," Chiyo said, seeming confident.
Together they looked up at the single star in the sky, and began the rhyme, "Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, grant this wish that we wish tonight."
"I wish that we…" Chiyo drifted off, waiting for Midori to finish the wish.
"Were different…" Midori said now waiting for the now coming comedy side of the wish.
"But please, not werewolves!" they cried out in unison.
Afterwards, they looked at each other and giggled slightly.
"If we hope enough it might come true and this wish isn't that selfish do you think?" Midori asked now hugging her near twin.
"I don't think so. If this wish is selfish, then damn the world and all its wishes!! This is for something good. If we had super powers we could cause a change. A _good_ change," Chiyo said, acting very proud of her statement.
"Now you sound like me when it comes to pride and I thought my pride should be a crime my name should of meant very prideful or arrogant from the way I am." Midori laughed.
"Leiko! I'll call you Leiko," Chiyo said, smiling innocently.
"What does that mean in ancient Japanese?" Midori asked a bit confused from the name for it sounded like a dog's name.
She just looked at Chiyo for an answer as she took a drink of her soda.
Chiyo looked at Midori and said, "It means arrogant. Don't you pay attention to the Japanese classes?"
"I pay attention it's just sometimes I get distracted and that sounds like a pretty name to have even though it means arrogant." Midori said.
She looked at Chiyo warningly for she knew that Chiyo would most likely say a smart-ass remark.
"A pretty name? Sounds like a lake with an 'o' at the end," the shorter teenager replied.
"Talking about the most smart ass remark of the year that's a good one." Midori said with a slight laugh.
"I handle my words like that skimpy assed pilot 01 handles his gun. Except, I have much better aim," joked Chiyo.
Midori was now laughing hard holding her side in pain.
"Oh man if that guy was here he'd by saying…uh…what does he say I remember him being on TV with that preppy bitch Relena saying something like 'omo was something'" Midori said.
Chiyo, having forgotten her heartbreaking problems with her family, mock- scolded Midori. She wagged a finger at her best friend, narrowing her eyes to imitate their Japanese teacher's face.
"Now now Midori. Have you paid attention at all in class? He always says 'omae o korosu'," Chiyo said, lowering her voice to try and match Sister Kameko's voice.
"Some lame ass way to threaten someone to kill them…if you ask me Chiyo." Midori said flatly.
"Ahh…we shouldn't diss the poor man. We hardly know the useless bastard. Let's stretch out bastard. He doesn't know his father after all. I should know. I did my research on him," Chiyo said, returning to her normal, smart aleck, and don't-mess-with-me-or-die attitude.
"Remember that research project oh man I didn't want to do the research for that bastard of a pilot of 05 yeesh the martial arts teacher at the dojo wouldn't shut the hell up about his number one student which made me feel degraded." Midori hissed.
"Hmm…it's getting late. We should head back," Chiyo said, checking the time on her watch.
It was 7:46, and the stars were now visible in the dark heavens below.
"My parents won't mind plus I'm not leaving you alone you need someone to talk to and cheer you up and I think we are progressing at that." Midori said while elbowing her sister-figure in the arm.
"Yes, but…let's just walk to my house. We'll go up and down the street," Chiyo suggested, gulping her soda down, then tossing it in a nearby garbage can.
"Good idea today just bites though…I'm bored to death. I wish something eventful would happen to change life for the best cause things are just getting duller and duller." Midori said in a groan of despair.
They started walking out of the park, but as they moved towards their neighborhood, the ground started to shake. Chiyo grabbed Midori's arm, trying to stay balanced since she was a bit on the frail side.
"What the hell…. Oh gods Chiyo look!" Midori said in a slight scream as a black object zoomed by.
Chiyo watched with Midori as the black objects started firing at each other.
"What is going on?!" Chiyo shouted, suddenly feeling frightened.
"A mobile suit…oh no…. see I knew those pilots did absolutely nothing…. We got to go and make sure our families are ok." Midori said with worry looking in the area where her house was to see more suits now fighting each other.
Chiyo gasped in horror as she saw flames engulf the area near her home. Light posts crashed and fell, blood-curdling screams being heard, before finally being silence. She ran ahead, in the general direction of her home.
"My home! I'm going to see if father made it!" she called out, tears flowing once again from her eyes as she runs.
Midori felt her stomach turn uncomfortably in her stomach and then she broke into a run as she ran towards her house.
"MOM!! DAD!!" Midori cried as she ran seeing her house looked like it was going to collapse.
-*-*-*- Chiyo's POV -*-*-*-
Her vision was blurred as she looked at the still flaming remains of her house. She collapsed on the ground, ignoring the flames that licked at her clothing, singing it. She kneeled in front of the remains, wiping at the tears in her eyes furiously.
"My home…it's gone…even my family. My only family.." she sobbed, burying her face in her hands.
-*-*-*- Midori's POV -*-*-*-
I ran towards my house to witness it collapse. I felt my throat tighten and then furiously pushed through the rubble that wasn't heavy. She moved a part of her roof where her living room was supposed to be and unburied her father.
"DAD…ARE YOU OK?" I asked while feeling tears fall down from my eyes. The man Midori addressed as her father opened his greenish eyes.
"Midori…. They're dead…. Your mother your sisters…their dead." He said to me as he started to cry.
I noticed something and removed the rubble and saw my mother's hand clasped in my father's.
"Mom." Midori said seeing her dead mother's face dirtied with blood.
"Midori you better be careful…. It was good that you weren't here that you went and helped Chiyo." He said to me.
This was the first time I ever saw my father cry and I noticed he was bleeding from the stomach area…. He had a very severe injury.
"Dad, try to hold on." I said trying to remain calm but couldn't hold back the feeling of panic inside.
We didn't really get along much but that was because we were so much alike. My father with his free hand took my left hand and smiled at me. Dread swept over me.
"I'm not going to make it. I know I won't." He said as if it was normal.
"Don't say those type of things!" I said getting pissed off.
He closed his eyes and rested.
"Don't you die on me." I said coldly but it was too late…. My mother my father and my two sisters were now dead.
"Midori." My father said weakly making the possibility of him being alive shine in my head. "You become a good vet or writer." He said and then he went limp.
"Dad…. Dad…. Thomas Scott." I said warningly. He was gone. I couldn't yell in rage or scream I was shocked I felt tears fall and now I couldn't even say anything. I just cried silently.
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"Commander, we couldn't find any of the pilots here," a young soldier in a mobile suit said through the audio link.
Chiyo and Midori turned their heads to look at the tall black suits standing there. Their eyes were now filled with not sorrow, fear, or panic, but hatred and burning black rage.
"Those Gundam pilots are going to pay…" Chiyo murmured.
"Damn those pilots…. They caused my family die…. I'll make sure they all die and rot in hell for what they have done." Midori said with her voice horse.
She went to where Chiyo was to see her house was too destroyed. "So we're now alone." Midori said flatly, rage simply able to catch in her violet eyes, which now looked black.
"I have nothing to live for now. I have nowhere to go, Midori! It's all my fault. If I hadn't left the house, I would have died with my family," wept Chiyo, who lost her mother when she was giving birth to her baby sister.
"I too have nothing to live for now…. They killed my remaining family…my mother, father and 3 sisters." Midori said while looking over at her destroyed house.
"Those pilots will pay won't they Chiyo…. My sister." Midori said while tears silently fell down her face.
"Midori…I don't plan on living that long. I have failed my family, so I too must die. Take care of yourself, and kill those pilots for me," Chiyo said, running towards the burning wreckage of her home.
"CHIYO! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING…SUICIDE WON'T BRING THEM BACK AND IT'LL CAUSE MORE GRIEF!!" Midori yelled getting in front of her best friend. "I can't kill those gundam pilots by myself you know, I'm just one person and there are 5." Midori said.
"No one will be there to mourn me! Just let me die, will you?! And I'm not strong enough for that…. I never will be. You were always the best in physical activities…I never made it to average without suffering," Chiyo shouted angrily.
"Stop talking bull shit…I would most morn your death and if I didn't have such a good friend I would of killed myself with my father's gun! I may be strong physically but it is what's inside that more important so don't start degrading yourself!" Midori yelled.
"Plus if I have to kill them alone I will end up dying and I wouldn't have done what I wanted to do out of my life which now seems so worthless what about your dreams what you want for your future?!" She yelled holding back the urge to punch her friend for her to listen.
Chiyo shook her head, and then ran forward, shouting, "Leave me alone!"
The frail 14 year old ran into the woods behind what used to be her house. She disappeared into the thick forest, running blindly.
"Chiyo…get back here!" Midori yelled chasing after her. "She is so dense sometimes I swear." Midori thought while tailing behind her but then felt herself get lost in the dense woods.