Everyone has a limit
"Hilde I don't know what to do anymore," a forcefully tiny voice whispered. "What happened?" Hilde asked. "He hit me again. Hilde I'm scared…I know I'm 24 but I'm still scared," she replied. "Relena you're stronger than that and you know it! Next time he tells you to do something say no," Hilde said. "But I've tried that once before and-oh no. I'll call you back some time else, James is home," Relena said, hanging up the phone quickly. The door opened slowly and Relena's overly abusive boyfriend walked in. Relena didn't make eye contact and hoped a smack wasn't coming her way. "Relena," he said coldly. "Where's dinner?" She looked up at him timidly, "I-I couldn't start it because I was doing the laundry." The room was eerily silent for a minute but it all broke with the sound of one big hand clashing against a soft, tender cheek. "You lazy bitch! Get your excuse making ass in the kitchen and make dinner!" he demanded. Relena knew better and ran into the kitchen, holding her cheek.
An hour later, Relena walked into the living room slowly and said gently, "dinner is ready." James said nothing, got up and stopped right in front of her. "You gonna move?" he asked. Relena turned her head, "there's plenty of space to pass right next to me." James put a hand on her arm and pushed her over the marble table onto the window. "Next time I say move, move your ass over!" Relena rubbed her head softly and sighed. She got up, feeling a really bad pain in her leg, and walked into the kitchen. She sat down and looked at her plate when she noticed James wasn't eating. She looked up, "what wrong with the food?" "What the hell is this supposed to be?" he asked, poking it with a fork. "It's…potato salad and baked chicken…y-you're favorite," she said shyly. He looked up at her with a scowl. "When did I say this was my favorite? Tell me, Relena," he said. "You said that last year on your birthday, you said to make it because it was your favorite…" she replied. "…So I wanted to make it for you again." "Is that so?" he said. There was something about the way he said that that made her shiver with fear. His eyebrows sunk down and he basically dumped hi food on Relena's face and shirt. He got up and looked at her. "If you're gonna make dinner, make something good for once in your damn life," he said. Then he snuffed her, "wash the dishes bitch." She sighed after he left the kitchen and stood up, a piece of chicken rolling off her lap. She looked up at the ceiling and clasped her hands together. "Big brother…what should I do?" she said softly.
Relena walked out of the bathroom after a nice bath. She really hoped she could get to sleep before James got upstairs. She knew what he'd want and that was the last thing she needed. She crept slowly into her room and closed the door quietly. She turned on the lights and changed into her night clothes quickly. She lay in bed and pulled the covers over her head. But then she heard the door creek open and the lights click back on. "Relena get up," he said. "You know what I want and I want it NOW." Relena was silent and didn't make a move. "Relena I know you're in here and you'd better be," he said with a scowl. Relena poked her out from under the covers and said, "I'm not in the mood." His eyes fined and he walked over to the bed. He pulled the covers off her and wrapped his fingers around her neck. "Relena, do you remember what happened last time you weren't in the mood?" he said, tilting his head to one side. Relena remembered alright. But she said nothing. "I thought so. Now are you in the mood or are you not?" he said, tightening his grip around her neck. Relena was silent. Now that alone made him upset. He pulled her up off her back by her neck and shook her a little. "Are you or are you not?!" he asked her once again. She nodded slowly, feeling his fingers slowly loosen around her neck. "That's better," he said with a sneer.
The next morning was way different. Relena struggled to run down the sidewalk, though her ankle was bleeding. James was chasing her down the block with a kitchen knife, the same knife that slashed her ankle. She continued to run in nothing but a white tank top, pedal pushers and sandals. What had happened was that Relena was going shopping but there were chores to be done. Relena wanted so bad to go shopping with her friends, she attempted to step up to him but was knocked down to the floor hard and slashed in the ankle when she tried to run. And there they were. Meanwhile a familiar (and cute) face was walking with his hands in his pockets in the opposite direction. He was thinking about something, that is until he heard very rapid footsteps and saw a VERY familiar honey-blonde haired woman running straight toward him. She was looking back but before there could be any type of collusion he grabbed her arms and stopped her right then and there. Relena froze and looked up at him (like 3 centimeters up at him) and her mouth dropped open. "Heero?" she said softly. "Relena?" he said back. Relena turned her head over her shoulder and broke away from him in a mad dash. Heero looked ahead and saw James running after with a knife. He ran right past him and almost cut his shirt. NOBODY and I mean NOBODY is allowed to even dare to touch any part of Heero with any type of weapon, even if by accident. Heero turned his head and his eyebrows went down. He turned around and ran after him. For short, someone was getting an ass-whipping.
James continued to chase Relena and Heero continued his chase on James. Relena ran into an alley and jumped up to a fire escape ladder. She pulled something and made it go up, far out of James' reach. He looked up at her as she stood at the 2nd floor fire escape. "Relena get your ass down here now!" he shouted. Relena didn't move. James waved a hand and walked out of the alley. By the time Heero got there well…he didn't want to have anything to do with James when he saw Relena again. Heero looked up at her, "you can jump if you want. I'll catch you." Relena thought about that for a minute. Jumping off a fire escape and landing into his arms and then a magical moment ensues. Relena caught herself blushing in less than a nanosecond. She shook her head frantically, "I can get down myself!" She let down the ladder and climbed down, falling to the floor when she landed. She held her bleeding ankle and moaned in pain. "Are you alright?" Heero asked, kneeling down beside her. "Aside from my bleeding ankle, my headache and my sore jaw I'm just fine and dandy," Relena said sarcastically. Heero ripped the sleeve off his shirt and held her ankle gently. Relena closed one eye at the sting of it but it soon subsided as he wrapped the cloth around her ankle.
"Who was that?" he said, looking down at her ankle. "Who?" Relena replied, putting her hair behind her ear. "That mad man with the knife. That bastard almost cut me," Heero replied with a scowl. Relena scratched her head, "That was my boyfriend…he's a bit…troubled I guess." Heero looked at her face, "are you sure? He seemed like a lunatic to me." Relena laughed a little bit, "it's alright." Heero stood up and helped Relena to her feet. "Thanks, but now I can't go home," Relena said with a long sigh. "Why not?" Heero said. But quickly he answered his own question in his head. "Right, okay." Heero put his hands in his pockets again, "so what're you going to do?" "I don't know. I was going to go shopping with my friends, Hilde and her sister, but I left my wallet at home," Relena replied. "But I'll be alright." "No you won't, not with that leg," Heero corrected her. Relena put her hands on her hips, "Oh? And you know this for a fact?" "It'll start to get infected soon, it needs treatment or it'll rot," Heero said in reply. Relena touched her ankle and sighed, "then I'm done for." Heero looked away, knowing what he was about to say would make him feel weird if he looked her in the eye. "I could…take care of it, you know," he said. "Really? That's nice of you Heero…quite surprising actually," Relena said with a sweet smile. 'Surprising? What's so surprising about that?' he thought. 'The war is over, why can't everyone come to realize that I have feelings too? Does no one think I have a heart?' "Um…Heero are you okay?" Relena asked, snapping her finger. "Hn? Oh, sorry. Lost in thought," Heero said snapping out of it. "So let's go then." Relena nodded, "right."
Relena almost gasped when she saw his house. It was like a house mixed with a shrine mixed with a dojo thingy (^_^). "Wow! How did you afford all of this Heero?" Relena said, looking around. "Side jobs, odd jobs…some people even hired me to kill people, but I only really took 4 of those. That's alright isn't it?" Heero replied, looked over at her. "Violence is bad and you know peace is what I believe in. But if it was for a good cause then it's alright I guess," Relena replied. They looked at each other for a bit until Heero finally decided to open the door. Relena stepped in and almost had a heart attack. This was the biggest house she'd ever seen…aside from her own. She walked in and spun around, "you live here all alone?!" Heero shrugged, "alone is the best way to be." Relena looked at him, "what…do you mean?" "I mean if you're alone…you don't have to worry about anyone but yourself and then you won't start worrying about things you shouldn't. In other words when you're alone…you're free," Heero explained slowly. "Do you truly believe what you're saying?" Relena asked him, turning toward him. Everything was silent for 1 whole minute until… "Your ankle," Heero said, braking and silence. Relena nodded, "right-o."
Relena bit her lip and tried not to make eye contact with Heero, who was down there tending to her ankle. "Relena," he said, concentrating on what he was doing. "How did it start?" "You mean…me and my boyfriend?" Relena replied softly. "Mhmm, that," Heero said back, still concentrating. "Well, it's kind of hard to explain. We met at a restaurant…he seemed so nice and all and his house was repossessed and he was living with his friends so I offered him to stay with me…and it was never the same after that," Relena said softly. "What did he do to you?" he asked, making eye contact. "He's very abusive and controlling…he doesn't eat his dinner and all his does is sit on the couch and watch TV," Relena replied. "Do you guys have sex?" Heero asked, grinning inside. "What?!" Relena asked, sitting up. Heero looked at her again, "just answer the question, Relena." Relena sighed, "yes. But by force." "Thought so. Those are the kind of men that makes us look bad. They hit you, they yell, they scream and when night rolls around they ask you for ass. I can see you never say yes, right?" Heero said. "Your arm." Relena nodded, "and I'm never going to say yes either." "Relena, you're a strong woman right? Even you know you are. You can't just stand back and watch him take control of your life!" Heero said, standing up. "You have to learn how to defend yourself…then maybe you'll have a chance to go home." Relena rubbed her ankle, "yes but how?" "I'll teach you how to fight. I know judo, aki-jujitsu, hakke-ken and hokku-ken. It's easy to learn," Heero replied. "Would you really?" Relena asked, standing up. Heero nodded, "sure."
Relena was all dressed up in her karate uniform and sat on the blue cushioned platform, waiting for Heero. She sighed and made circles on the plastic with her index finger. But then she looked up when heero entered the room in nothing but a pair of black pants with boxers underneath of course and no shirt (droolz O.O). Relena blushed a little and tried not to look at him. "Stand up, Relena," he said, holding out his hand. Relena got up by herself. "Okay then. Punch me," Heero said with a smirk. "What? No!" Relena said, taking a step back. Heero folded his arms, "just do it Relena. Give me your hardest punch." Relena cracked her knuckles, "alright you asked for it!" She pulled her hand back but her punch was easily caught by Heero's hand. Relena tried to pull her hand away but his grip was too strong. "Hey! Let go!!!" Relena whined. Heero let go, "If your boyfriend is all that tuff don't you think he'll be able to block a punch? You have to dodge the block and attack head on." Relena nodded, "alright." It was only 3 hours and Relena was flipping things over, punching like mad and kicking like no tomorrow. But then it was time for the trial. She had to go against Heero now in a full fledged battle. Relena picked a fighting stance soon after Heero and the fight got started. Relena was on fire but we all know Heero was wild fire from the start. Relena took one mother of a punch in the face. She rubbed her cheek but dodged a kick that might've discombobulated her leg. Relena did her favorite combo! The Bushido Blade. Relena ran up to him like bad and did a U-turn and flipped her arms about like blades. Heero blocked most of them but 'most of them' still hurt. Then Relena did the twisted leg sweep. She dropped down on the floor and crossed her legs, almost tripped Heero…almost. 10 minutes more and Heero was out. Relena wiped the sweat off her face and sighed. Heero rubbed his head, "okay…you did good. Tomorrow we'll start the hakke-ken." Relena nodded, "okay!"
A little later, Relena was sitting in the guest room braiding her hair with a smile until she felt a towel smack across her face. "Huh? Oh, hello Heero," Relena said, turning her head. "You wanna take a shower?" he asked. Relena blushed, "what if you peek at me? " "Do you honestly think I look like a peeping tom?" Heero said, folding his arms and shirting his weight. Relena looked at him for a minute. "Yes you do look like a peeping tom," Relena replied. Heero walked down the hall and on his way he said, "and don't you forget it!" Relena laughed a little and looked at her towel. "I guess I should clean off…" she said quietly. She grabbed her towel and looked around for the bathroom. She stopped at a door with a sign on it. It was in Japanese though. Relena looked closely at it and tried to remember her Japanese lessons back in her home in London. "Rest…rest…restroom! This is the bathroom!" Relena said, sliding the door back. She looked around after closing the door. "Nice bathroom…have to tell him that later," Relena said to herself. She put her towel down and turned on the water. Meanwhile from downstairs, heero looked up at the ceiling, "I'm feeling generous today. I won't peek, Relena, don't worry about that."
Relena had finished up with her shower and wrapped a towel around her, another around her head. She backtracked all the way back to the guest room and closed the door, locking it behind her. She did notice on the bed waiting for her was a white shirt and black shorts. They couldn't have been Heero's that were too small. They weren't skimpy either. Just not something he would wear. Relena smiled, "thanks." It started to get late fast and it was dark outside already. Relena sat on the bed and pulled the covers over her. She closed her eyes, feeling nice and carefree for once. It was only 6 minutes and she was out already and in a dream of her own. Heero noticed it was awfully quiet in that room he slid open the door slowly and looked around inside. Heero, for once, felt himself smile slowly. He walked up to her bedside and looked down at her. Then after like 5 minutes he finally remembered he wasn't supposed to be there anyway. He turned around and headed for the door until he head Relena call him in his sleep. "Wait…" she said softly. "…Don't go Heero. You haven't even kissed me goodnight." Heero would've asked her why if she wasn't talking in her sleep. Instead he smirked and turned for the door again. Before he left, he heard her say, "thank you…Heero." Heero chuckled, "you're welcome, Relena."
The next morning, training was on and hot as fire! Heero actually had no idea Relena could catch on to something like that so quickly. They even had time to finish all the fighting styles on one day. Yup! Relena knew all the fighting stances, moves and everything in between. And at 7:00 that night it would be pay back time. For Relena and Heero: for Relena it would be payback for 3 years of physical and sexual abuse. For Heero it would be for almost cutting him and hurting a hair on Relena's body…even those. Finally 7:00 came. Heero and Relena were all ready, Relena ready to fight and Heero ready to drive. Before they got in the car, Relena put on 2 black leather gloves. "What're those for?" Heero asked, starting it up. "Leather stings and besides if I don't I just might chip a nail," Relena said, sitting in the passenger's seat. Heero straightened out the rearview mirror, "Ready to go Relena?" "Let's go," Relena said with a deviant smile.
To be continued…
"Hilde I don't know what to do anymore," a forcefully tiny voice whispered. "What happened?" Hilde asked. "He hit me again. Hilde I'm scared…I know I'm 24 but I'm still scared," she replied. "Relena you're stronger than that and you know it! Next time he tells you to do something say no," Hilde said. "But I've tried that once before and-oh no. I'll call you back some time else, James is home," Relena said, hanging up the phone quickly. The door opened slowly and Relena's overly abusive boyfriend walked in. Relena didn't make eye contact and hoped a smack wasn't coming her way. "Relena," he said coldly. "Where's dinner?" She looked up at him timidly, "I-I couldn't start it because I was doing the laundry." The room was eerily silent for a minute but it all broke with the sound of one big hand clashing against a soft, tender cheek. "You lazy bitch! Get your excuse making ass in the kitchen and make dinner!" he demanded. Relena knew better and ran into the kitchen, holding her cheek.
An hour later, Relena walked into the living room slowly and said gently, "dinner is ready." James said nothing, got up and stopped right in front of her. "You gonna move?" he asked. Relena turned her head, "there's plenty of space to pass right next to me." James put a hand on her arm and pushed her over the marble table onto the window. "Next time I say move, move your ass over!" Relena rubbed her head softly and sighed. She got up, feeling a really bad pain in her leg, and walked into the kitchen. She sat down and looked at her plate when she noticed James wasn't eating. She looked up, "what wrong with the food?" "What the hell is this supposed to be?" he asked, poking it with a fork. "It's…potato salad and baked chicken…y-you're favorite," she said shyly. He looked up at her with a scowl. "When did I say this was my favorite? Tell me, Relena," he said. "You said that last year on your birthday, you said to make it because it was your favorite…" she replied. "…So I wanted to make it for you again." "Is that so?" he said. There was something about the way he said that that made her shiver with fear. His eyebrows sunk down and he basically dumped hi food on Relena's face and shirt. He got up and looked at her. "If you're gonna make dinner, make something good for once in your damn life," he said. Then he snuffed her, "wash the dishes bitch." She sighed after he left the kitchen and stood up, a piece of chicken rolling off her lap. She looked up at the ceiling and clasped her hands together. "Big brother…what should I do?" she said softly.
Relena walked out of the bathroom after a nice bath. She really hoped she could get to sleep before James got upstairs. She knew what he'd want and that was the last thing she needed. She crept slowly into her room and closed the door quietly. She turned on the lights and changed into her night clothes quickly. She lay in bed and pulled the covers over her head. But then she heard the door creek open and the lights click back on. "Relena get up," he said. "You know what I want and I want it NOW." Relena was silent and didn't make a move. "Relena I know you're in here and you'd better be," he said with a scowl. Relena poked her out from under the covers and said, "I'm not in the mood." His eyes fined and he walked over to the bed. He pulled the covers off her and wrapped his fingers around her neck. "Relena, do you remember what happened last time you weren't in the mood?" he said, tilting his head to one side. Relena remembered alright. But she said nothing. "I thought so. Now are you in the mood or are you not?" he said, tightening his grip around her neck. Relena was silent. Now that alone made him upset. He pulled her up off her back by her neck and shook her a little. "Are you or are you not?!" he asked her once again. She nodded slowly, feeling his fingers slowly loosen around her neck. "That's better," he said with a sneer.
The next morning was way different. Relena struggled to run down the sidewalk, though her ankle was bleeding. James was chasing her down the block with a kitchen knife, the same knife that slashed her ankle. She continued to run in nothing but a white tank top, pedal pushers and sandals. What had happened was that Relena was going shopping but there were chores to be done. Relena wanted so bad to go shopping with her friends, she attempted to step up to him but was knocked down to the floor hard and slashed in the ankle when she tried to run. And there they were. Meanwhile a familiar (and cute) face was walking with his hands in his pockets in the opposite direction. He was thinking about something, that is until he heard very rapid footsteps and saw a VERY familiar honey-blonde haired woman running straight toward him. She was looking back but before there could be any type of collusion he grabbed her arms and stopped her right then and there. Relena froze and looked up at him (like 3 centimeters up at him) and her mouth dropped open. "Heero?" she said softly. "Relena?" he said back. Relena turned her head over her shoulder and broke away from him in a mad dash. Heero looked ahead and saw James running after with a knife. He ran right past him and almost cut his shirt. NOBODY and I mean NOBODY is allowed to even dare to touch any part of Heero with any type of weapon, even if by accident. Heero turned his head and his eyebrows went down. He turned around and ran after him. For short, someone was getting an ass-whipping.
James continued to chase Relena and Heero continued his chase on James. Relena ran into an alley and jumped up to a fire escape ladder. She pulled something and made it go up, far out of James' reach. He looked up at her as she stood at the 2nd floor fire escape. "Relena get your ass down here now!" he shouted. Relena didn't move. James waved a hand and walked out of the alley. By the time Heero got there well…he didn't want to have anything to do with James when he saw Relena again. Heero looked up at her, "you can jump if you want. I'll catch you." Relena thought about that for a minute. Jumping off a fire escape and landing into his arms and then a magical moment ensues. Relena caught herself blushing in less than a nanosecond. She shook her head frantically, "I can get down myself!" She let down the ladder and climbed down, falling to the floor when she landed. She held her bleeding ankle and moaned in pain. "Are you alright?" Heero asked, kneeling down beside her. "Aside from my bleeding ankle, my headache and my sore jaw I'm just fine and dandy," Relena said sarcastically. Heero ripped the sleeve off his shirt and held her ankle gently. Relena closed one eye at the sting of it but it soon subsided as he wrapped the cloth around her ankle.
"Who was that?" he said, looking down at her ankle. "Who?" Relena replied, putting her hair behind her ear. "That mad man with the knife. That bastard almost cut me," Heero replied with a scowl. Relena scratched her head, "That was my boyfriend…he's a bit…troubled I guess." Heero looked at her face, "are you sure? He seemed like a lunatic to me." Relena laughed a little bit, "it's alright." Heero stood up and helped Relena to her feet. "Thanks, but now I can't go home," Relena said with a long sigh. "Why not?" Heero said. But quickly he answered his own question in his head. "Right, okay." Heero put his hands in his pockets again, "so what're you going to do?" "I don't know. I was going to go shopping with my friends, Hilde and her sister, but I left my wallet at home," Relena replied. "But I'll be alright." "No you won't, not with that leg," Heero corrected her. Relena put her hands on her hips, "Oh? And you know this for a fact?" "It'll start to get infected soon, it needs treatment or it'll rot," Heero said in reply. Relena touched her ankle and sighed, "then I'm done for." Heero looked away, knowing what he was about to say would make him feel weird if he looked her in the eye. "I could…take care of it, you know," he said. "Really? That's nice of you Heero…quite surprising actually," Relena said with a sweet smile. 'Surprising? What's so surprising about that?' he thought. 'The war is over, why can't everyone come to realize that I have feelings too? Does no one think I have a heart?' "Um…Heero are you okay?" Relena asked, snapping her finger. "Hn? Oh, sorry. Lost in thought," Heero said snapping out of it. "So let's go then." Relena nodded, "right."
Relena almost gasped when she saw his house. It was like a house mixed with a shrine mixed with a dojo thingy (^_^). "Wow! How did you afford all of this Heero?" Relena said, looking around. "Side jobs, odd jobs…some people even hired me to kill people, but I only really took 4 of those. That's alright isn't it?" Heero replied, looked over at her. "Violence is bad and you know peace is what I believe in. But if it was for a good cause then it's alright I guess," Relena replied. They looked at each other for a bit until Heero finally decided to open the door. Relena stepped in and almost had a heart attack. This was the biggest house she'd ever seen…aside from her own. She walked in and spun around, "you live here all alone?!" Heero shrugged, "alone is the best way to be." Relena looked at him, "what…do you mean?" "I mean if you're alone…you don't have to worry about anyone but yourself and then you won't start worrying about things you shouldn't. In other words when you're alone…you're free," Heero explained slowly. "Do you truly believe what you're saying?" Relena asked him, turning toward him. Everything was silent for 1 whole minute until… "Your ankle," Heero said, braking and silence. Relena nodded, "right-o."
Relena bit her lip and tried not to make eye contact with Heero, who was down there tending to her ankle. "Relena," he said, concentrating on what he was doing. "How did it start?" "You mean…me and my boyfriend?" Relena replied softly. "Mhmm, that," Heero said back, still concentrating. "Well, it's kind of hard to explain. We met at a restaurant…he seemed so nice and all and his house was repossessed and he was living with his friends so I offered him to stay with me…and it was never the same after that," Relena said softly. "What did he do to you?" he asked, making eye contact. "He's very abusive and controlling…he doesn't eat his dinner and all his does is sit on the couch and watch TV," Relena replied. "Do you guys have sex?" Heero asked, grinning inside. "What?!" Relena asked, sitting up. Heero looked at her again, "just answer the question, Relena." Relena sighed, "yes. But by force." "Thought so. Those are the kind of men that makes us look bad. They hit you, they yell, they scream and when night rolls around they ask you for ass. I can see you never say yes, right?" Heero said. "Your arm." Relena nodded, "and I'm never going to say yes either." "Relena, you're a strong woman right? Even you know you are. You can't just stand back and watch him take control of your life!" Heero said, standing up. "You have to learn how to defend yourself…then maybe you'll have a chance to go home." Relena rubbed her ankle, "yes but how?" "I'll teach you how to fight. I know judo, aki-jujitsu, hakke-ken and hokku-ken. It's easy to learn," Heero replied. "Would you really?" Relena asked, standing up. Heero nodded, "sure."
Relena was all dressed up in her karate uniform and sat on the blue cushioned platform, waiting for Heero. She sighed and made circles on the plastic with her index finger. But then she looked up when heero entered the room in nothing but a pair of black pants with boxers underneath of course and no shirt (droolz O.O). Relena blushed a little and tried not to look at him. "Stand up, Relena," he said, holding out his hand. Relena got up by herself. "Okay then. Punch me," Heero said with a smirk. "What? No!" Relena said, taking a step back. Heero folded his arms, "just do it Relena. Give me your hardest punch." Relena cracked her knuckles, "alright you asked for it!" She pulled her hand back but her punch was easily caught by Heero's hand. Relena tried to pull her hand away but his grip was too strong. "Hey! Let go!!!" Relena whined. Heero let go, "If your boyfriend is all that tuff don't you think he'll be able to block a punch? You have to dodge the block and attack head on." Relena nodded, "alright." It was only 3 hours and Relena was flipping things over, punching like mad and kicking like no tomorrow. But then it was time for the trial. She had to go against Heero now in a full fledged battle. Relena picked a fighting stance soon after Heero and the fight got started. Relena was on fire but we all know Heero was wild fire from the start. Relena took one mother of a punch in the face. She rubbed her cheek but dodged a kick that might've discombobulated her leg. Relena did her favorite combo! The Bushido Blade. Relena ran up to him like bad and did a U-turn and flipped her arms about like blades. Heero blocked most of them but 'most of them' still hurt. Then Relena did the twisted leg sweep. She dropped down on the floor and crossed her legs, almost tripped Heero…almost. 10 minutes more and Heero was out. Relena wiped the sweat off her face and sighed. Heero rubbed his head, "okay…you did good. Tomorrow we'll start the hakke-ken." Relena nodded, "okay!"
A little later, Relena was sitting in the guest room braiding her hair with a smile until she felt a towel smack across her face. "Huh? Oh, hello Heero," Relena said, turning her head. "You wanna take a shower?" he asked. Relena blushed, "what if you peek at me? " "Do you honestly think I look like a peeping tom?" Heero said, folding his arms and shirting his weight. Relena looked at him for a minute. "Yes you do look like a peeping tom," Relena replied. Heero walked down the hall and on his way he said, "and don't you forget it!" Relena laughed a little and looked at her towel. "I guess I should clean off…" she said quietly. She grabbed her towel and looked around for the bathroom. She stopped at a door with a sign on it. It was in Japanese though. Relena looked closely at it and tried to remember her Japanese lessons back in her home in London. "Rest…rest…restroom! This is the bathroom!" Relena said, sliding the door back. She looked around after closing the door. "Nice bathroom…have to tell him that later," Relena said to herself. She put her towel down and turned on the water. Meanwhile from downstairs, heero looked up at the ceiling, "I'm feeling generous today. I won't peek, Relena, don't worry about that."
Relena had finished up with her shower and wrapped a towel around her, another around her head. She backtracked all the way back to the guest room and closed the door, locking it behind her. She did notice on the bed waiting for her was a white shirt and black shorts. They couldn't have been Heero's that were too small. They weren't skimpy either. Just not something he would wear. Relena smiled, "thanks." It started to get late fast and it was dark outside already. Relena sat on the bed and pulled the covers over her. She closed her eyes, feeling nice and carefree for once. It was only 6 minutes and she was out already and in a dream of her own. Heero noticed it was awfully quiet in that room he slid open the door slowly and looked around inside. Heero, for once, felt himself smile slowly. He walked up to her bedside and looked down at her. Then after like 5 minutes he finally remembered he wasn't supposed to be there anyway. He turned around and headed for the door until he head Relena call him in his sleep. "Wait…" she said softly. "…Don't go Heero. You haven't even kissed me goodnight." Heero would've asked her why if she wasn't talking in her sleep. Instead he smirked and turned for the door again. Before he left, he heard her say, "thank you…Heero." Heero chuckled, "you're welcome, Relena."
The next morning, training was on and hot as fire! Heero actually had no idea Relena could catch on to something like that so quickly. They even had time to finish all the fighting styles on one day. Yup! Relena knew all the fighting stances, moves and everything in between. And at 7:00 that night it would be pay back time. For Relena and Heero: for Relena it would be payback for 3 years of physical and sexual abuse. For Heero it would be for almost cutting him and hurting a hair on Relena's body…even those. Finally 7:00 came. Heero and Relena were all ready, Relena ready to fight and Heero ready to drive. Before they got in the car, Relena put on 2 black leather gloves. "What're those for?" Heero asked, starting it up. "Leather stings and besides if I don't I just might chip a nail," Relena said, sitting in the passenger's seat. Heero straightened out the rearview mirror, "Ready to go Relena?" "Let's go," Relena said with a deviant smile.
To be continued…
