Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing and all of the characters. The only
one that is mine is Catherine and I'm not talking about Catherine Bloom.
Rate: 13 PG Paring: 02X? Author: Catherine Bulot (Now do you understand why the girl's name is Catherine?) Email: deadlynekos@hotmail.com
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Shinnigami's old love... Part 1 (The return...)
" Duo! You're back! "
Catherine stood up and ran toward Duo. He has been on a mission for a couple of weeks and he hasn't been at his base since then but the girl he was staring at wasn't supposed to be here! Actually, he wasn't even sure he knew her!
Catherine knew who he was. She knew he would remember her in a while. When they were young, they were going to the same school on the L2 colony. Back then, Catherine was his best friend. But when Duo got send to his first secret mission (actually, it was 'Operation Meteor'), he didn't told her and he left her alone. Somehow, while he was being sent to missions after missions, Catherine has searched for him and finally found his hidden base and then, knowing that he would come back somehow, waited for him.
Catherine stopped running remembering how much time had past since they saw each other. "Maybe he doesn't recognize me." She thought.
Duo looked at her, asking himself where he could have met that girl. Something about that young woman looked familiar to him. He looked into her eyes. Green as an emerald. "Those eyes!" he said to himself. "I know those eyes!" He stared at them, seeing the pain inside it.
" Catherine?"
"Yes Duo, it's me." She answered with a relieved smile.
The braided boy knew those smiles. They were kind of like Quatre's when he was hurt but he didn't want the other to worry.
He remembered the story of the young woman: She had lost her mother when she was only six. Then her older brother died nine years later of a drug overdose. Her father died a little while later, letting Catherine by herself at fifteen. Then, the war started and the colony where the rest of her family lived was destroyed. All the dead people in her family, the tears and the pain have marked her eyes. That's why Duo recognized her eyes: she was the only person he knew who had such eyes. He knew that since her family's colony was destroyed, smiles have become one of the rarest things to find on her face. When she did smile, it was only forced almost painful smiles. Carrying her pain, she was abandoned by her only friend: Duo.
The gundam pilot noted that even knowing that he abandoned her years ago and she must have been worry sick, she was not crying. Any other girl would have cry, telling how much worried she was, but not her. She was just standing there, smiling... A very painful smile, but it was a smile anyway. Duo made a second observation: Catherine had become a beautiful woman! She was as tall as him and had beautiful long dark hair. It looked like she hasn't sleep much in the last days.
The two young people stared at each other for a little while: none of them knew what to say, until Duo broke the silent.
" But- but what are you doing here? Why- how did you found me? He hardly asked.
" I don't know." She answered. " I just wanted to see an old friend. But trust me, you're not easy to find!"
" But how?"
" First, I knew you wasn't dead. I know you better then that! And to confirm it, I saw you on the news: Your head pays a lot, you know! Then I noted that OZ money supplies were getting used pretty much. I thought that it might be one of the gundam pilot, so even if it wasn't you, I could ask them where to find you..."
"You wouldn't have got out of there alive, you know?"
"Whatever!" she continued. "I entered the bank system to know where I could find the owner of all those expenses."
She stopped and looked at Duo's surprised face. Look like he wouldn't expected his friend able to enter a protected system without been caught.
" It took me months, but I did it, I found you."
Duo sat on the floor, in front of the chair where Catherine waited for him for God knows how much time! He would never have thought to see her again. He felt bad when he had to leave her in a hurry few years ago. But he knew he didn't have the choice.
Catherine sat back in the chair and they talked together during a couple of hours. Then, their eyes closed and they both fell asleep, Catherine in the chair, Duo's head on her knees.
* * *
"Hey Heero! Got any news from Duo?" Quatre asked.
Heero shook his head. He hasn't seen the Deathscythe pilot since he has got sent to destroy a military force.
"He should be back by now.", the blond pilot said.
" He told me he would send me an e-mail at the minute he would get back to his hidden base" Heero thought.
" He most be taking a break." Wufei said entering the room. " You know him: he can disappear whenever he want and don't say anything about until he gets back! Maxwell is just a baka!"
Heero didn't answer. His pilot friends looked at him go to his room.
"I'll go talk to him later..." Quatre said. " You know how he feel about Duo."
* * *
The Deathscythe pilot wasn't use to sleep a lot. When he woke up, he found himself embarrassed to have fallen asleep on Catherine's knees. He stood up and looked at her. Her skin was deadly pale and her hair was falling on her shoulders. " She looked like a dark angel." He thought.
Shinnigami took her in his arms and brought her to his bedroom. He kissed her on the forehead and step away.
" You make me do things that I wouldn't usually do." He thought looking at her.
He opened his laptop and started working on strategies for the next mission (in other word, he was playing Solitary!).
Catherine opened her eyes. Letting them half-closed. She could see the braided pilot's back. For the first time in years, she smiled. She was happy...
" I'm sorry," Duo said. "I didn't mean to wake you up."
He hasn't turned back but he had noticed that her breathing had become irregular.
" I can't sleep very deep when I don't know you by my side, Duo"
" ...!?"
Catherine stood up and went take Duo in her arms.
" Duo... It been so long..."
Duo was petrified by her words. All the stories that happened in the past were still present in her mind. All...
Catherine put her head in his hair. He smelled so good. All those memories...
* Beep ! *
Duo looked down at his laptop. A message from Heero appeared on the screen:
* Duo, why haven't you sent me an e-mail yet? I hope you didn't get caught! Answer me! *
The braided boy knew that Heero was worry about him. He remembered that he should have sent him a mail when he got back. "Heero..." the young boy thought.
" I got work to do... I'm sorry." he said to Catherine. " Go back to sleep."
" But I'm not tired anymore"
" Go back!"
Duo pushed Catherine away. He couldn't let her see Heero's message. He stood up, took his laptop and walk out of the room, locking the door behind him. He connected his computer in the next room to send an answer to Heero.
* * *
The Wing pilot opened the door in a hurry. But he didn't go very far: Quatre was at the door. He was about to knock when Heero suddenly came out. The Japanese boy glared at him for a second and pushed him out of his way.
" Heero? Where are you going?" Quatre asked.
" I'm going to Duo's hidden base."
" ...!?"
" He sent me an e-mail and I'm going to see him... Get the data he had to steal before he destroyed the base." He quickly completed. " He looked kind of confused in his message..."
Heero looked at the ground. He never thought that Duo could be confused or unhappy. The braided boy was always smiling, even when he gets tortured.
Heero couldn't wait anymore, he ran out of the apartment.
" What's wrong with Yuy?" asked Wufei when Heero slammed the door behind him.
" Duo sent him an e-mail..."started Quatre.
" And he asked him to come over!" interrupted the Chinese boy. " How can he think..."
" NO! I'm sure it's not that... Heero seems to be very worry. Something's not right about Duo..."
* * *
" ...what happened?" Catherine asked herself. "Why did he rejected me?"
After Duo locked her in his room, Catherine got back on the bed, her knees under her chin. Her smile has disappeared when Duo pushed her away. He didn't turn back but she could tell that something in his face was sad and confused. She tried to open the door in vain and when she putted her ear on the door, she heard him murmuring something for himself. She didn't understand what he was saying but she knew it was something about her.
" He wasn't like that a couple of years ago. He would never have acted like that... What could happen in such a short time that change him so much?" She looked up at the ceiling. " Maybe it has something to do with those other pilot? Maybe the war made him cold? Or... or maybe he doesn't love me anymore..." Her eyes went wide open. " It can't be! He promised me that no matter how much obstacles get in the way, our love would get trough it... and he always keep his promises...."
* * *
Duo locked the door behind him so he was sure that Catherine wouldn't follow him. He turned back and looked at the closed door.
" How dare you do that? How dare you get into dangers just for me? You 're gonna die... Everyone who gets close to me die..."
He went to the next room and connected his laptop to send Heero a message.
*I'm sorry. I just got back and I was so tired that felled asleep... Well! I'm fiine! See ya later! -Duo-*
His hand shacked when he taped "fine" but he didn't pay attention. He knew that all those emotions, all that rage towards Catherine were the cause.
His eyes were wet. He went over to the bathroom and glared at his reflection in the mirror. Tears began to fall from his purple eyes. He closed them and went towards the shower and started it. Not even taking his cloths off, he seated in the bath, under the cold water. The noise of the shower covered his cries and the water dispersed his tears.
* * *
TBC
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*. . .* : When it's on a computer. Ex: Messages or *beeps!*
Author note: I know it sounds strange because Catherine is already in the anime but it's not the Catherine of the circus!
If you think this fic is good, great, wonderful or that it's a total waste of time and that I have no talent, mail me Deadlynekos@hotmail.com (but please. don't be too rough on me.after all."it's my first time!" hehehe ^. ^) I mail back everyone!
Rate: 13 PG Paring: 02X? Author: Catherine Bulot (Now do you understand why the girl's name is Catherine?) Email: deadlynekos@hotmail.com
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Shinnigami's old love... Part 1 (The return...)
" Duo! You're back! "
Catherine stood up and ran toward Duo. He has been on a mission for a couple of weeks and he hasn't been at his base since then but the girl he was staring at wasn't supposed to be here! Actually, he wasn't even sure he knew her!
Catherine knew who he was. She knew he would remember her in a while. When they were young, they were going to the same school on the L2 colony. Back then, Catherine was his best friend. But when Duo got send to his first secret mission (actually, it was 'Operation Meteor'), he didn't told her and he left her alone. Somehow, while he was being sent to missions after missions, Catherine has searched for him and finally found his hidden base and then, knowing that he would come back somehow, waited for him.
Catherine stopped running remembering how much time had past since they saw each other. "Maybe he doesn't recognize me." She thought.
Duo looked at her, asking himself where he could have met that girl. Something about that young woman looked familiar to him. He looked into her eyes. Green as an emerald. "Those eyes!" he said to himself. "I know those eyes!" He stared at them, seeing the pain inside it.
" Catherine?"
"Yes Duo, it's me." She answered with a relieved smile.
The braided boy knew those smiles. They were kind of like Quatre's when he was hurt but he didn't want the other to worry.
He remembered the story of the young woman: She had lost her mother when she was only six. Then her older brother died nine years later of a drug overdose. Her father died a little while later, letting Catherine by herself at fifteen. Then, the war started and the colony where the rest of her family lived was destroyed. All the dead people in her family, the tears and the pain have marked her eyes. That's why Duo recognized her eyes: she was the only person he knew who had such eyes. He knew that since her family's colony was destroyed, smiles have become one of the rarest things to find on her face. When she did smile, it was only forced almost painful smiles. Carrying her pain, she was abandoned by her only friend: Duo.
The gundam pilot noted that even knowing that he abandoned her years ago and she must have been worry sick, she was not crying. Any other girl would have cry, telling how much worried she was, but not her. She was just standing there, smiling... A very painful smile, but it was a smile anyway. Duo made a second observation: Catherine had become a beautiful woman! She was as tall as him and had beautiful long dark hair. It looked like she hasn't sleep much in the last days.
The two young people stared at each other for a little while: none of them knew what to say, until Duo broke the silent.
" But- but what are you doing here? Why- how did you found me? He hardly asked.
" I don't know." She answered. " I just wanted to see an old friend. But trust me, you're not easy to find!"
" But how?"
" First, I knew you wasn't dead. I know you better then that! And to confirm it, I saw you on the news: Your head pays a lot, you know! Then I noted that OZ money supplies were getting used pretty much. I thought that it might be one of the gundam pilot, so even if it wasn't you, I could ask them where to find you..."
"You wouldn't have got out of there alive, you know?"
"Whatever!" she continued. "I entered the bank system to know where I could find the owner of all those expenses."
She stopped and looked at Duo's surprised face. Look like he wouldn't expected his friend able to enter a protected system without been caught.
" It took me months, but I did it, I found you."
Duo sat on the floor, in front of the chair where Catherine waited for him for God knows how much time! He would never have thought to see her again. He felt bad when he had to leave her in a hurry few years ago. But he knew he didn't have the choice.
Catherine sat back in the chair and they talked together during a couple of hours. Then, their eyes closed and they both fell asleep, Catherine in the chair, Duo's head on her knees.
* * *
"Hey Heero! Got any news from Duo?" Quatre asked.
Heero shook his head. He hasn't seen the Deathscythe pilot since he has got sent to destroy a military force.
"He should be back by now.", the blond pilot said.
" He told me he would send me an e-mail at the minute he would get back to his hidden base" Heero thought.
" He most be taking a break." Wufei said entering the room. " You know him: he can disappear whenever he want and don't say anything about until he gets back! Maxwell is just a baka!"
Heero didn't answer. His pilot friends looked at him go to his room.
"I'll go talk to him later..." Quatre said. " You know how he feel about Duo."
* * *
The Deathscythe pilot wasn't use to sleep a lot. When he woke up, he found himself embarrassed to have fallen asleep on Catherine's knees. He stood up and looked at her. Her skin was deadly pale and her hair was falling on her shoulders. " She looked like a dark angel." He thought.
Shinnigami took her in his arms and brought her to his bedroom. He kissed her on the forehead and step away.
" You make me do things that I wouldn't usually do." He thought looking at her.
He opened his laptop and started working on strategies for the next mission (in other word, he was playing Solitary!).
Catherine opened her eyes. Letting them half-closed. She could see the braided pilot's back. For the first time in years, she smiled. She was happy...
" I'm sorry," Duo said. "I didn't mean to wake you up."
He hasn't turned back but he had noticed that her breathing had become irregular.
" I can't sleep very deep when I don't know you by my side, Duo"
" ...!?"
Catherine stood up and went take Duo in her arms.
" Duo... It been so long..."
Duo was petrified by her words. All the stories that happened in the past were still present in her mind. All...
Catherine put her head in his hair. He smelled so good. All those memories...
* Beep ! *
Duo looked down at his laptop. A message from Heero appeared on the screen:
* Duo, why haven't you sent me an e-mail yet? I hope you didn't get caught! Answer me! *
The braided boy knew that Heero was worry about him. He remembered that he should have sent him a mail when he got back. "Heero..." the young boy thought.
" I got work to do... I'm sorry." he said to Catherine. " Go back to sleep."
" But I'm not tired anymore"
" Go back!"
Duo pushed Catherine away. He couldn't let her see Heero's message. He stood up, took his laptop and walk out of the room, locking the door behind him. He connected his computer in the next room to send an answer to Heero.
* * *
The Wing pilot opened the door in a hurry. But he didn't go very far: Quatre was at the door. He was about to knock when Heero suddenly came out. The Japanese boy glared at him for a second and pushed him out of his way.
" Heero? Where are you going?" Quatre asked.
" I'm going to Duo's hidden base."
" ...!?"
" He sent me an e-mail and I'm going to see him... Get the data he had to steal before he destroyed the base." He quickly completed. " He looked kind of confused in his message..."
Heero looked at the ground. He never thought that Duo could be confused or unhappy. The braided boy was always smiling, even when he gets tortured.
Heero couldn't wait anymore, he ran out of the apartment.
" What's wrong with Yuy?" asked Wufei when Heero slammed the door behind him.
" Duo sent him an e-mail..."started Quatre.
" And he asked him to come over!" interrupted the Chinese boy. " How can he think..."
" NO! I'm sure it's not that... Heero seems to be very worry. Something's not right about Duo..."
* * *
" ...what happened?" Catherine asked herself. "Why did he rejected me?"
After Duo locked her in his room, Catherine got back on the bed, her knees under her chin. Her smile has disappeared when Duo pushed her away. He didn't turn back but she could tell that something in his face was sad and confused. She tried to open the door in vain and when she putted her ear on the door, she heard him murmuring something for himself. She didn't understand what he was saying but she knew it was something about her.
" He wasn't like that a couple of years ago. He would never have acted like that... What could happen in such a short time that change him so much?" She looked up at the ceiling. " Maybe it has something to do with those other pilot? Maybe the war made him cold? Or... or maybe he doesn't love me anymore..." Her eyes went wide open. " It can't be! He promised me that no matter how much obstacles get in the way, our love would get trough it... and he always keep his promises...."
* * *
Duo locked the door behind him so he was sure that Catherine wouldn't follow him. He turned back and looked at the closed door.
" How dare you do that? How dare you get into dangers just for me? You 're gonna die... Everyone who gets close to me die..."
He went to the next room and connected his laptop to send Heero a message.
*I'm sorry. I just got back and I was so tired that felled asleep... Well! I'm fiine! See ya later! -Duo-*
His hand shacked when he taped "fine" but he didn't pay attention. He knew that all those emotions, all that rage towards Catherine were the cause.
His eyes were wet. He went over to the bathroom and glared at his reflection in the mirror. Tears began to fall from his purple eyes. He closed them and went towards the shower and started it. Not even taking his cloths off, he seated in the bath, under the cold water. The noise of the shower covered his cries and the water dispersed his tears.
* * *
TBC
* * *
*. . .* : When it's on a computer. Ex: Messages or *beeps!*
Author note: I know it sounds strange because Catherine is already in the anime but it's not the Catherine of the circus!
If you think this fic is good, great, wonderful or that it's a total waste of time and that I have no talent, mail me Deadlynekos@hotmail.com (but please. don't be too rough on me.after all."it's my first time!" hehehe ^. ^) I mail back everyone!