Hey all fans of "Toward the Terra"! Here comes a fic about what could have happened during the journey to Terra. It take place after they rescue the station where the quarantined Mu is being kept by the humans (episode 23) but before they reach Terra. It mostly revolves around Jomy's guilt and him wanting to see his parents again. This will be a very short fic, but I will hopefully have time to write more some other time =) And if you see some grammar mistakes, please tell me so that I can improve ;D

Slight indication of JomyxLeo.

A Soldier's feelings

A young man paced in a dark room with blue dim lights. The room was known as the "Blue Room". It was named after the Mu's former leader, Soldier Blue. Blue's successor Jomy Marcus Shin couldn't keep himself still, there were too many thoughts that roamed his mind. They had successfully rescued the Mu that the humans had held hostage on the station that orbited around Jupiter and were now heading for Terra. They had also received a message from Swena Dalton. She had told them that her daughter and Jomy's parents was on the station.

That information had put his mind in confusion. He really wanted to meet his parents again, but he was also afraid. Afraid of how they would react on him being the leader of Mu. He was responsible for so many lives that had been wiped out. First it was Naska and then came all the victims from the battles they had fought with the humans. How could they not resent him for what he had become, when even he resented himself? He hated fighting, but he also believed that this was the only way to unite humans and Mu and destroy the SD system.

"Soldier?" resonated a voice inside his mind.

"Leo?" he said, turning around to see his friend standing in the shadows.

"Are you alright, Jomy?" Leo asked through telepathy.

Jomy looked at him for a second, turned around so he had his back to Leo and then lied; "Yes, I'm fine".

Leo stayed silent and waited for him to say something more; he could feel that Jomy wasn't truthful. He was a patient person and was willing to wait for Jomy to open up to him on his own terms.

'What would I do without Leo?' Jomy thought to himself. 'He's always stayed by my side, even when I first arrived here after Blue rescued me during my Adult exam and called the Mu monsters. How come he doesn't dislike me?'

"Leo…" he began, but broke off before he could say anything.

"Jomy, I will always be here by your side" Leo smiled encouraging at him.

The silence was deafening.

"How can you say that?" Jomy questioned after a while. "How can you still bare to be with me? I, who is responsible for so many deaths?!" he turned around to face his friend.

Leo stood still, not saying anything. He could feel the distress from the young leader clearly now and he could see tears streaming down his face. He was not sure how to soothe his friend because he was not sure what had made Jomy this upset.

Jomy turned around again to face the bed. "I wish to be alone for a while, can you make sure so that no one will disturb me?" he pleaded, voice thick with back held tears.

Leo stepped forward until he stood right behind his friend, and he put one of his hands on his shoulder. "Do you really want me to leave?" he asked. He could feel Jomy tremble under his touch, not being able to stand it; he draped his arms around the other man's body, embracing him.

Jomy stiffed at the touch, hesitant of opening up to Leo; afraid that his emotions would overwhelm him. "Leo?" he asked uncertainly.

"It's okay to cry", he whispered.

Jomy could feel his legs giving in due to the emotional storm that roamed inside of him. At last he collapsed on the floor, Leo still embracing him from behind.

"It's okay to cry", repeated Leo.

Tears slowly started to run down his cheeks he finally let it all lose and let himself be held and comforted.