Chapter 5
She dropped to her knees and held her hands in her lap. She clenched her fists together and held
her head down, so her hair was covering most of her face. "I'm really gonna miss them." she half-choked out.
Heero dropped to one knee in front of her and rest his hand on her shoulder. "It's gonna be alright." he
said, trying to reassure her.
Sasami looked up at him with tear-filled eyes. She wiped away the tears and forced a smile. "I-I'm
really sorry to burden you with my problems. She picked up the pictures and held them in her hand. She traced
her finger over the group picture. "We'll be together again, sooner or later." she whispered. She looked up
again, only to be met be Heero's gaze. Their faces were almost nose to nose.
Her mouth parted, only slightly, as she let out a small gasp. Heero was looking straight into her
eyes. He tilted his head to the side a little and started leaning forward. They were too close for comfort,
when they heard excited voices getting closer. Trowa was coming back and Katherine was with him. Heero pulled
back, and stood giving Sasami back her pictures.
Sasami, who had forgotten how she'd sat, tried to get up quickly, but twisted her ankle. "Aaah!" she
yelled, dropping the pictures, just as Trowa and Katherine waled throught the tent flap. She landed back on
the floor. Trowa, Katherine, and even Heero rushed over. She touched the ankle slightly and winced a little.
Trowa kneeled next to her as Katherine and Heero stood behind him, watching. He lifted her leg,
slightly, and massaged her ankle. "Ow!" she cried, trying to bat his hand away. Trowa put her leg down gently
and sighed, "It's sprained, but a little more severe than a regular one. She can't limp on it." Trowa stood
and dusted off his clothes.
"Great. Just great." Heero sighed. Trowa looked at him questioningly. "What do you mean by that,
Heero?" he asked. "That was your last show for today, right?" Heero asked. Trowa nodded. "Well," Heero said,
"I was going to take her back to Peace Million, because she wanted to see a Gundam, and I was going to ask if
you wanted to come."
He looked down at Sasami, who was sitting up sideways, off of her legs, and sighed. Sasami frowned.
"I can carry my own weight!" she declared, "Why should I be anyone's deadweight?" She looked over her shoulder
and saw that Ryo-ohki was just getting up. The little cabbit yawned.
She was about to tell her to transform into the robot, but realized it didn't have enought space in
the tent. She gave an anime sigh. "Okay. Right now I will probably be dead weight." she stated. She got on
her knees, then stood on both feet. She winced and inhaled sharply as she made her way over to the cage where
Ryo-ohki still was.
Katherine moved to her side to help her. Katherine smiled at her. "If you were in the audience, then
you probably know who I am, but I don't know who you are." Katherine took Sasami's hand and wrapped it around
her shoulder holding it with her right hand and then placing her left hand around Sasami's waist. "My name is
Sasami Jurai, second princess of Jurai." Sasami told her.
Katherine was a little suprised. "You're a real princess?" she asked. Sasami smiled and nodded.
"Wow." was Katherine's reply. Ryo-ohki jumped off of the cage and ran around Katherine's legs. She snifed her
and smiled. "Meow!" she squealed, as she figured out Katherine was a friend. Katherine held out her hand,
after Sasami was stable, and Ryo-ohki jumped up and ran up her arm to her shoulder. She licked her on her
cheek. Katherine giggled.
Movement behind the three made them turn around. Trowa had opened the trunk, that held all costumes,
to put his suit in. He had left and changed and had just came back, as soon as Heero was leaving. Sasami
stepped forward on her feet, wincing a little. "Where are you going, Heero?" she asked, moving forward a step
every few moments.
He looked at her over his shoulder. "I'm going back to the bay, where you left your mess." he answered.
She sighed as he walked throught the flap. Katherine looked at Sasami, who had little sparkles in her eyes, and
then over to where Heero had just walked through. She smiled.
"You know that you're in over your head, right?" she told Sasami. Sasami hung her head. "I know...it's
but that's what makes me more attracted to him." She clasped her hands in front of her and the background
turned all sparkly as little rose petals fell around her. Her eyes sparkled as she spoke, "He just seems so
different. More mysterious. A "to-himself" man. I like that!" When she finished, Katherine and Ryo-ohki had
turned chibi and had sweatdrops bigger than them.
Outside the tent flap, Trowa had heard everything, but walked in after and pretended he didn't. He'd
left again to tell the manager that he wasn't going to back for a couple weeks. Sasami and Katherine looked at
him as he stood a few feet away. "Ready to go, Sasami?" he asked. Sasami smiled and nodded, picking up her bag
with her pictures and carrots for Ryo-ohki.
Katherine stood in front of the lion cage, after Ryo-ohki had vacated from her shoulder to Sasami's.
She smiled when he picked up Sasami and Ryo-ohki moved to his shoulder instead. "Bye Katherine." Sasami said,
waving as Trowa started walking away, "It was nice to meet you." "Bye Kathy." Trowa called over his shoulder.
"Meow! Meow, meow!" Ryo-ohki added. Katherine laughed and waved good-bye.
"See you guys later." she called, continuing to wave as they slowly disappeared. "Help her, Trowa."
she whispered out loud, "I know you heard her when she talked about Heero. Make sure she dousn't get hurt, or
worse, a broken heart." She held her hands over her heart and sighed. "You're like her brother now. Be a good
brother, and take care of her." Katherine turned and left the tent, going to another.
Chapter 6
As Trowa walked along the road to the shuttle bay, he couldn't help but smile. Because of Sasami's
ankle, she was unable to walk for the moment. But every few minutes, she kept asking questions about certain
things. Sasami looked up at Trowa, just as he looked down at her again. She smiled brightly. "This colony's
nice." she told him. He nodded. "The circus keeps moving though. Too bad." she sighed.
She grinned. "You know," she started, "you're kinda cute!" She touched her finger to the tip of his
nose. Trowa opened his eyes in suprise, a blush showing across the bridge of his nose. She giggled, "You really
are sweet, but you're probably already taken anyway. But all the better for me." She rambled on, ignoring
Trowa's stares, "I already had my sights set on someone else and I wouldn't want to have to choose between you
and him, and..." She glanced at Trowa, "I've said too much." He nodded in agreement, smiling.
She sighed and wrapped her arms around Trowa's neck and rested her head on his shoulder. Trowa was
suprised at first at first, but then relaxed. "Trowa, she said, with her eyes closed, "I know we're going to
to this...Peace Million place so I can see a Gundam, but what reasons do you and Heero have for going?" Trowa
was about to answer when, all of a sudden, Ryo-ohki stood up on his shoulder and started to hiss and snarl.
Trowa stopped and followed Ryo-ohki's glare, which was up. Sasami followed it, too, and gasped.
"That's a Jurai ship!" Trowa looked at her. "So what are they doing here?" he asked. "They're looking for me."
Sasami answered, "I ran away and came to watch the circus." She grabbed Ryo-ohki and silenced her. "Trowa!
Hurry, before they find me! I don't want to go back." Trowa started running. "Oh, great," he sighed, "I'm
harboring a runaway princess." "Be quiet and run!" Sasami hissed.
Trowa ran all the way to the shuttle bay. He rushed in and let Sasami go, letting her float to the
side, where she noticed that the guards on the floor weren't the ones she had encountered. "Heero must have
done this when he came here." she said to herself. She held Ryo-ohi close to her . "Meow?" Ryo-ohki questioned.
"I'm hiding because I don't want to go back to Jurai." Sasami sighed, "I want to stay here with Trowa...and
Heero." "Meow, meow." Ryo-ohki said, nuzzling Sasami's cheek. "Thanks," Sasami said, "You're the only one who
really understands me."
Trowa had already boarded the shuttle. Heero was about to do the same, when he stopped and turned
back around. He saw Sasami off to the side, looking at the ground and cuddling Ryo-ohki. "What are you waiting
for?" he called. Her head snapped up, and from all the way over there, he could see the sadness in her eyes.
He sighed and floated over to her. "What do you want?" she asked. "Aren't you coming on board?" he asked. "I
have my own ship, thank you very much."
Heero put his hand on his hip. "Oh really?" he drawled, "Than where is it?" Sasami held up Ryo-ohki.
"Why do you think when you came here there was no ship out of the ordinary?" she pointed out. "Prove it."
"Tell Trowa to start up the shuttle and move it out. A good feet away." she instructed. Heero turned back
and did as he was told. He came back out, just as Trowa moved out and handed a space suit to Sasami. "Put it
on." he said, turning his back.
"You didn't have to do that." she laughed as he turned back around. Heero looked at her. She'd
slipped the suit over her own clothes that she had, and he noticed how the suit brought out the curves in her
body. He shook the thought away. "I'm ready to see your ship." he stated. Sasami floated over to the entrance
and let Ryo-ohki go. "Now, Ryo-ohki!" "Reowr!" Ryo-ohki screeched out she floated outside and began and
finished her transformation.
The look of pure shock on Heero's face was so delicious. She grabbed him arm and floated over to
Ryo-ohki. "Up!" she commanded. Sasami and Heero were lifted up onto the ship by Ryo-ohki's teleportation beam.
Sasami was standing behind the control panel, Heero a few feet from her. "Ryo-ohki," she instructed, "Bring
Trowa on-screen." Trowa's stunned face shimmered into view in front of her. "Like my get-away ship, Trowa?"
she asked, grinning.
Trowa only stared. "I'm ready to follow y--" she started to say before she was cut off by Heero.
"What do you mean by 'get-away-ship'?" he demanded. "I ran away from my home planet." she said, nottaking her
eyes off of the screen, "Trowa, let's go. I'll just follow you." Heero wasn't going to let her change the
subject, "You mean I'm taking a runaway back with me?" Sasami ignored him, "Ryo-ohki. Follow Trowa." "Reowr!"
Ryo-ohki started after Trowa's shuttle and they both moved through space. "If anyone comes looking for you,"
Heero told her, "I'm giving you back." "No!" Sasami cried, throwing herself at him, "Don't!"
Heero was on his back with Sasami on top of him, holding his shirt collar. "Please. I don't want
to go back yet." she pleaded, "Let me stay with you a little while." Heero held her shoulders and lifted her
up, putting her to his side. "Fine." he agreed, "But if I get thrown into jail or something for them
thinking I kidnapped you, never come back, or visit me in my cell." Sasami smiled as he stood up, "Thank you.
Thank you very mouch." "No problem." he said, walking off.
She stayed where she was, not movinguntil Ryo-ohki had docked and let them out. "Meow!' she
laughed as she turned back into her cabbit form. Sasami snatched her up and started spinning in waltzing
circles. She spun all the way to the entrance door. Trowa opened it for her. She curtsied and walked in.
She was happy to see that inside, you were able to float still, so walking wouldn't hurt her ankle much.
Trowa walked in front of Sasami; Heero in the back. Sasami walked along, turning to look at
her surroundings. "So...Trowa." she called, "Do you and Trowa live here by your--" She didn't get to finish.
She was cut short from a shout ahead of them, "Hey guys! They're back." Sasami stopped at Trowa's side, and
Heero at his other. As soon as she did, three young boys, about Heero and Trowa's ages landed in front of
them.
The one who landed first was the one who had spoken. He was dressed in black, in what seemed like
a young priest's suit. His long chesnut hair was done up in a long braid. It landed down his back, just as
the othe rtwo landed beside him. His violet eyes and smile lit up his whole face. One of the other two had
golden-blond hair and his green eyes sparkled. The other had black hair, that was held in a little ponytail.
His eyes were the same color as his hair, and were filled with wisdon and power.
She stared at them, her own pink eyes glistening. She felt her face getting hotter with every
moment she stared at them. They all noticed her, at the same time, and turned her way. Violet, green, and
blace eyes meeting pink. Sasami glanced at Heero and Trowa. Trowa was smiling and Heero was looking at the
ceiling. Sasami turned back to the boys. "Miss." the blod-haired boy said politely, "May I ask, who are
you?" Sasami's eyes rolled skyward and she fainted, for the second time.