(I don't own the gundam wing characters and/or gundams, Lita and her gundam, Rayith Kai, are the property of Baset: Huntress of the Night, Kaylynn is the property of Pop Flower, and Li is an original character, just as Dragonblade is an original gundam. Kizo is also and original character)


[The sun looks like it raises right out of the sea.] Li thought. It was already 7:30

a.m., but all was still. Li sat on the cool white sand, thinking. Above him, at the top of the

cliff, was the Winner mansion. It was the only house around for a couple miles, but it was

still something to see. The pearly white walls, the shiny marble floors, its history traced

back to the 1800's. It had the perfect view of the ocean, especially at sunrise. [Why the

hell do I feel like shit?] He thought angrily. He wore khaki shorts and a dark blue tank

top. The rising sun glinted off his silver-framed glasses and off the face of his digital

watch. He lay back on the sand and shut his eyes tightly, acting as if he shut his eyes tight

enough, it would all just go away. He listened to the sound of the waves lapping against

the shore, the sound of birds calling. Li felt better almost instantly, until he heard the

crunch of footsteps on the sand. His eyes flashed open instantly and he saw them, Quatre

and Lita, walking arm in arm. He now remembered why he was so pissed....it all started

last night in the pool....

~Start Flashback~

Li dove off the high dive, entering the water with barely a splash. Trowa, Duo,

Hilde, and Catherine were taking turns dunking each other. Kaylynn, Wufei, and Heero

were relentlessly swimming laps, and Quatre and Lita were conversing happily at the

poolside. One by one, the group said good night and headed up to their rooms. Li was the

last to leave. He waved to them as he headed into the mansion. Quatre and Lita looked at

each other and blushed, "Gotcha!" Lita said as she dunked Quatre underwater and swam

away, laughing. "Oh! You're mine Lita!" Quatre sputtered, tearing off after her. Li

watched from his window, smiling. [Their really a good couple.... just like Duo and

Hilde, Trowa and Catherine, and Heero and Relena. Wufei is hopeless.... hopeless just

like me....] It dawned on Li; maybe he WAS doomed to be alone. "Kind of demeaning,

isn't it Kizo?" Li asked of the black and green squirrel-fox at his elbow. "Kee...." Kizo

said sadly as his ears drooped. Later Li watched them as they headed back into the

mansion, Lita with her arms wrapped about Quatre's arm and her head on his shoulder.

~End Flashback~

"Hey Li!" Lita shouted. Li glared back as he jumped into his feet and ran off

towards the mansion, away from Quatre and Lita, who both gave chase. [Damn it! I wish

I had luck with girls, all they do when they see me is laugh!] He thought angrily,

stumbling over the terrain. He glanced back over his shoulder and quickened his run. "Li

stop!" Lita shouted. Li didn't, it only made him run faster. He raced into the garage and

grabbed the first set of keys he reached. He looked at the tag, "the Porsche, sweet." He

said. He hurdled the door and strapped in to the black Porsche before gunning the engine

and taking off. "Li!" Lita managed to yell before he whipped past her and Lita. "I think I

know where he's going, get Rayith Kai ready, I'll get Sandrock." Quatre said as he raced

for his own gundam. Lita nodded sharply, "ok." She said to Quatre's retreating back.

Minutes later Rayith Kai and Sandrock were racing across the grounds of the

Winner estate side by side. "Where do you think he went?" Lita radioed to Quatre. "The

cliff." He replied and sped up. Sure enough, when they reached the cliff, there was the

Porsche. Lita dropped out of the cockpit and ran towards it. Suddenly she saw Li, he was

perched on a boulder about twenty feet from the edge. Immediately she ran to his side,

"What the hell is up with you, Li?" Lita said softly. "There's nothing out there for me, no

thing, and no one." Li mumbled. "Ok..." Lita said, unsure of what else to say. "You

know what today is? Thirteen years after the day SHE died, the day my mom was killed.

Somewhere out there..." Li gestured to the Ocean. "She told me on that day..." he said

softly. "What did she say?" Lita asked him, wrapping an arm about his shoulders. "She

said to me, What's the point of living if you can't feel alive? Then she left.... and never

came back. She left because Dad had died, there was nothing left for her to live for.

Nothing left for me either. Bye Lita." Li said, then he jumped off the boulder and raced

for the edge. A gunshot rang out and Li stumbled, he clutched his right calf and stumbled,

falling mere inches from the edge. Kaylynn walked into view and knelt by Li, she

bandaged the wound she had inflicted with her pistol. "There is something left to live for

Li..." she said to him softly. "Kaylynn...I..." Li said. "Shush...tell me later Li. Not now,

with Quatre and Lita here." Kaylynn said, helping him to his feet. The four of them

walked back towards the Winner Estate, and back towards their friends.

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