There's Something Wrong with Relena
By: Mariah Ketchum and DragoonWarriorRose
Disclaimers: I don't own any thing that is copyrighted. Only the original plot *Cough * what plot? * Cough * and the original charters are mine.
Note: Distinguishing between the younger and older sets of people has become tiresome. From now on, they will have a mark by their names. A + means older set, and a – means a younger set. For example, Quatre-, means the younger Quatre. Just imagine that the + means they have more years.
One more thing: The + and – are implied, but not spoken. Got it?
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One MORE thing: Flashbacks obviously deal with the older Relena, so no marks on them!
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3 Chapter Six: The Meaning of Nova
Sailor Nova laughed merrily at the Pilots' pathetic attempt to keep up with her. Already they were panting, and she hadn't even broken a sweat.
*I think this isn't worth it. We should pick them off now, we wouldn't even have to kill them; this is a waste of energy. * Cryptically remarked Sailor Uranus.
*No, if we show them that they have no chance, they will stop this useless attempt on our life. * Answered Sailor Mercury.
*No, the pilots are too stubborn for that, * said Relena+.
*Then why did you approve of this exercise? * Asked Mars.
*Simple. This is fun, and that's something I haven't had a lot of in a long time, nor will I have it for quite some time after. Remember, we must stop a war, unite a torn world, and then save it from a deadly magical foe. Any one of those would have us proclaimed as legends in our time- actually, in my time, because this is my screwed up world. * Relena remarked+.
*Don't be so pessimistic; this world still has hope, oh, watch it, they're firing again, * sent Sailor Moon.
Sailor Nova neatly dogged the bullets.
*You know, they aren't much of a challenge are they? * remarked Jupiter.
* No . . . they aren't. *
* Save it. We have other work to do, I think a youma is nearby. *
* Then why hasn't it shown up? *
*Maybe because it's up to something . . . *
***
Blackwing was watching the fox and hound game between Nova and the Gundam brats. He found it quite amusing, this human fear of the unknown. That, and the human ability to jump to obviously wrong conclusions. If he was lucky, the Nova girl might finish one or two off . . .no. He couldn't be that lucky. Besides, Sailor Senshi weren't known for killing the innocent. Or maybe those Gundam kids would kill her now, they were shooting again . . . no. The stupid children were missing. How could they miss? She wasn't moving that fast. The white haired girl wasn't immortal. They could die. Granted, the majority of the times he'd heard of it, the Sailor Soldier had taken her own life, but it proved that they could die. Oh, well. It only meant that he'd have to kill them himself. Or let one of his servants do it. After all, there was no point in him dirtying his hands if he didn't have to.
***
Relena - looked about, suddenly unnerved. 'It's like the calm before a storm. . .'
Quatre+ looked around. "Guys, I have a bad feeli-" was all he got out before the room around them exploded in darkness.
"COME ON!!" screamed Relena -, who had reached down to grab a still form in the corner of the room before tearing out of the dark pit the room had become. The others followed her. Despite any differences in training and background, they were screaming in pain at the sounds around them.
Like some awful chorus, the darkness was singing. It was the same style of the old song "Duel of the Fates", only female voices cried out notes that only sopranos could reach, in some forgotten language. Their ears burned from the song, and the darkness made their eyes water in pain.
Counter pointing it was the young Relena -, singing, and at times gasping, out some strange song in Japanese, which seemed to ward off the darkness to some small degree.
Noin+ shrieked in pain as something wrapped around her ankle. Zecks+ was instantly there, pulling her away from the darkness's grasp. Up ahead, Relena - yelled that they couldn't stop, if they did, they would die.
Breathing hurt as they ran on, almost as if the darkness had infected the air around them. Relena almost stumbled, and in that moment when her song was momentarily broken, the darkness got worse. In one fluid movement, Duo+ was beside her, taking the burden she carried so she might lead them further away.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" shrieked the darkness, the note rattling in the human's minds.
"IT'S MOON REVENGE, OOOO!!!!" screamed Relena, almost out of breath.
Quatre's + entire body was vibrating, his sixth sense kicking in a way it never had before. He knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that what was chasing them was evil.
They rounded a corner, and like in some bad dream, came to a dead end.
The darkness flowed about them, almost mocking their pathetic attempt at flight, then reached for Relena -.
***
It made no sense. Trowa- was receiving conflicting information. Nova was a threat. All information and informants said so. Trowa- had drawn that conclusion himself. So why did his gut feeling say that she was an ally? Her seemingly super human abilities bothered him too. After all, he was one on the most highly trained solders there was, how could she be running circles around him?
'She's just toying with us,' he thought to himself, 'Why? Why is she doing this? Does she not have any offensive capabilities? No . . . that's not the case. She moves with extreme confidence, so she can't be defenseless.'
Nova's head snapped around suddenly. She pivoted, and then neatly leapt through a window in the Dorlin Mansion.
***
Relena - was dragged forward, and in punctuated strikes, the demon tore real gashes that spilled real blood on the newly vacuumed floor. On her cheeks, abdomen, legs and chest, it struck violently. With each strike Relena - let out a pained gasp, preparing to scream, only to be cut short each time with a new strike. Quatre+ felt physically ill, and he wasn't alone. The Duos were on the ground, spilling their last meal on the carpet, so vile did the gashes it made seem to them.
The creature drew back it's dark arm for the killing blow.
Suddenly a loud drew their attention.
"Seminae! Isamahe! Ahketake! Ahkidaki nou isna keno!
Aikidae! Dumenahe! Kimidahe! So ketae shaei, ahesahi sukenaheno!" Sung the voice from high above them, punctuating the first three words of each line
"Outlaw Star . . ." whispered Quatre+, not quite sure why he did so.
The darkness shrieked as the words were sung, dropping Relena -, as if the song was something that burned IT. When the song concluded, the creature evaporated into dust, dropping the younger Relena - onto the ground, who did nothing to break her fall.
Sailor Nova looked at the scared group of people, huddled, clinging together, and her badly injured younger self in the eerie quiet. She bend over that broken body, her eyes vague but full of pity.
"Will you meet me . . .? " her voice was quiet, and distant. She seemed to be listening for something.
Relena stared up with sightless eyes, and gave no response.
"You want to fly away . . .?"
Sailor Nova stepped back for a moment, then her eyes flared.
"AAAAAIIIIIIIIHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIII!!!" she sang, her voice rising and falling in runs that seemed to stretch on forever.
Quatre was the first to feel its effects. He began to feel light-headed, like someone who'd had too much of a good thing. The world began to spin around him. Soon both Quatre and his comrades were losing their fragile grip on conciseness, and quickly they fell off the edge, into blissful darkness.
Purple surrounded Relena -, swirling around her intensively and her wounds healed.
***Flashback***
A loud slap filled the air. Relena looked up at Heero, her eyes in pain and confusion. The look she gave him would have broken his heart, that is, if he had any.
"Heero . . . I- I don't understand . . . why?" she asked.
"You shouldn't be toying with these worthless, pointless, and childish notions Relena. There are more important things to deal with."
"But all I did was say . . . that- that I lov-"
"Stop. Love is only for the weak. It cannot help you in battle, or in negotiations; it can't even put food in your mouth. You'll thank me someday."
"But- but Heero!"
"ENOUGH! The only thing this 'love' does is give a weak point to those stupid enough to acquire it. I'm disappointed in you."
"HEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Relena cried, but Heero was already gone.
***End Flashback***
* He didn't know what he was saying Relena+. * Whispered Sailor Moon.
Sailor Nova sat alone on her bed, looking at the setting moon.
*Yes he did. He hates me. And I can't keep going on, pretending it doesn't hurt, * was her only reply.
* It doesn't have to be this way . . .* answered Jupiter, * Isn't life worth it? *
* Not for me . . . not anymore. *
"And never again . . ."
***
Quatre+ awoke slowly, his eyes blurry. He pushed himself up, still a little dizzy. Outside, the sun was blessing the night sky with her rosy fingers, rising up in the golden haze of her gown.
The bed was soft, depriving Quatre of his will to leave it, and he was asleep again within seconds. And he wasn't the only one. None of those staying in the Dorlin Manor were awake yet, with the exception of the two Relenas, one who had just awakened, and the other who hadn't slept at all.
***
"The sunrise is beautiful," whispered Relena-.
"Yes. But, for me, it brings no joy," answered Nova.
"Which one of you?"
"You . . . me . . . however it is."
"You seem to be in such unspeakable pain. Why is that?" Relena- asked, not looking at her older counterpart, instead staring at the golden sunrise.
"You are too quick for your own good, little one. It is not something that should be spoken of, save that it will be the death of me, that is, Relena+. Besides, you'll find out soon enough; which, you'll find, will be too soon, whenever it comes."
"You can never give me a strait answer, can you?!"
"Of course not."
***Flashback***
3.1 "This will end it. The pain will finally leave me," whispered Relena. She moved to turn on the music, hoping that it would steady her. To steady her in what she was about to do.
3.2
3.3 "In the silence of the darkness,
3.4 When all are fast asleep
3.5 I live inside a dream,
3.6 Calling to your spirit . . ."
Relena sighed, pouring herself a tall glass of water. She crossed the room, and opened the window to let in the night air. It had taken a lot of string-pulling, but now everything was in place.
3.7
3.8 "As a sail calls the wind,
3.9 Hear the angels sing
Far beyond the Sun
Across the Western Sky
Reach into The Blackness
Find The Silver Line!"
Relena listened quietly, mentally scoffing the last set of lines. The night was cool, and the moon was full, Venus especially close that night. It was quite beautiful, and at an earlier time, Relena might have appreciated the beauty. But she was too deep in her own pain and sorrow to care.
"In a voice I whisper
A candle in the night
We'll carry all our dreams
On a single beam of light
Close your eyes
Look into the dream
Winds of Change
3.9.1 Will Winds of Fortune bring"
The wind from outside was blowing, playing with Relena's hair. The velvety night seemed to stretch on, and as she heard the noise from the party downstairs, it seemed, to her, ridiculously out of place. Ignoring the feeling, she sung the chorus, and only the chorus, trying to ease the tense pain in her chest.
" Fly away to a rainbow in the sky
3.10 Gold is at the end, for each of us to find
There the road begins
Where another one will end
The four winds know
Who will break and who will bend
All to be The Master of the Wind"
Relena gave a bitter laugh. 'I know who broke.' She settled into a nearby chair, taking her water with her, and then pulling out a tiny, cylindrical container. She removed the small cyanide pill from it. 'This will end everything.'
"Falling Stars now light my way
My life was written on the wind
Clouds above
Clouds below
High ascend the dreams within
When the wind fills the sky
The clouds will move aside
And THERE will be the road to all our dreams
And for any day that stings
Two better days it brings
Nothing is as bad as it seems . . ."
3.10.1.1.1
3.10.1.1.2 "Yeah, right." whispered Relena, her voice full of pain. " If that were true, I'd have happy days for the rest of my life . . . like that is going to happen." To rest. To sleep for eternity, that would be a relief after the Hell she'd gone though.
"Close your eyes
Look into the dream
Winds of Change
3.10.2 Will Winds of Fortune bring"
3.10.2.1.1.1 She felt the tense silence, and something else. Something felt different tonight. Her bodyguard was outside, and would not enter unless he heard something, so she was fairly safe from discovery . . . what was this feeling? Fear? No, not fear. More like . . . anticipation? Then she looked at the music player. It wasn't on . . .
3.10.2.2
Then, an explosion of light. Suddenly she was surrounded by light . . . in the form of people. Relena covered her face as the multi-colored beings swarmed, wrapping themselves over and around her form before making another round about the room. She felt their emotions: joy at living, sorrow at what Relena had been about to do, anxiousness over their mission . . . and hope. Hope for the future. They sang the chorus themselves, their voices echoing strangely.
3.10.2.3 "Fly away to a rainbow in the sky
3.11 Gold is at the end, for each of us to find
One spirit, for that's what Relena thought it looked like, looked at her.
"We have chosen you." It said to her.
"Me? For what? And Why?" Relena responded.
"Yes you. The world is about to end in a worse way then you can possibly imagine. A demon has entered your world in the past. I was our mistake, we missed it when we exterminated its' master and his minions. We chased it here, but when we tried to enter this world someone has sealed it, and we couldn't get in, save as the spirits you see. And in this form, we cannot do much good. We can't fight. What we need is a body to reside in, a voice to speak though, a heart to open to. We have chosen you to be that body. We have been waiting for you to become strong enough to handle us . . . taking you back to that time would be comparatively easy. But we saw you about to commit suicide, and we had to stop you. No one else in this world could handle us as well as you can. We need you. Everyone else needs you."
There the road begins
Where another one will end
The four winds know
Who will break and who will bend
All to be The Master of the Wind
"I've been told that before. I'm TIRED. Take someone else." Relena muttered.
"We NEED you Relena. It will take at least five months of preparing, and every moment is precious. Especially with the fact that hosting multiple spirits drains to the point that it could kill. It will take every second and ounce of energy to defeat this demon, and you are our best hope. I will not lie to you, Relena. The chance you have of surviving this is almost nil. But no one but you can do this. No one will last long enough. So what do you say? Up for a little saving the world?"
Relena smiled. "I was going to kill myself anyway, so why not die doing something useful? What the heck, ok. I'll do it!"
***
Author's Notes: Yeah! Got it out! Yeah! Iiiiiiiiiiiiiii'm cumin' out, so you better get this party started! Ooops . . . yeah. The spellcheck is having a fit. Anyway, if I find the full lyrics to the Outlaw Star theme, I'll put them up. What I did for that is listened to the song over and over and guessed at the spelling. Hi to everyone who met me at the anime convention, aka A-KON, and . . . uhhh, what else did I want to say? Oh yeah, Read and Review!
By: Mariah Ketchum and DragoonWarriorRose
Disclaimers: I don't own any thing that is copyrighted. Only the original plot *Cough * what plot? * Cough * and the original charters are mine.
Note: Distinguishing between the younger and older sets of people has become tiresome. From now on, they will have a mark by their names. A + means older set, and a – means a younger set. For example, Quatre-, means the younger Quatre. Just imagine that the + means they have more years.
One more thing: The + and – are implied, but not spoken. Got it?
1
One MORE thing: Flashbacks obviously deal with the older Relena, so no marks on them!
2
3 Chapter Six: The Meaning of Nova
Sailor Nova laughed merrily at the Pilots' pathetic attempt to keep up with her. Already they were panting, and she hadn't even broken a sweat.
*I think this isn't worth it. We should pick them off now, we wouldn't even have to kill them; this is a waste of energy. * Cryptically remarked Sailor Uranus.
*No, if we show them that they have no chance, they will stop this useless attempt on our life. * Answered Sailor Mercury.
*No, the pilots are too stubborn for that, * said Relena+.
*Then why did you approve of this exercise? * Asked Mars.
*Simple. This is fun, and that's something I haven't had a lot of in a long time, nor will I have it for quite some time after. Remember, we must stop a war, unite a torn world, and then save it from a deadly magical foe. Any one of those would have us proclaimed as legends in our time- actually, in my time, because this is my screwed up world. * Relena remarked+.
*Don't be so pessimistic; this world still has hope, oh, watch it, they're firing again, * sent Sailor Moon.
Sailor Nova neatly dogged the bullets.
*You know, they aren't much of a challenge are they? * remarked Jupiter.
* No . . . they aren't. *
* Save it. We have other work to do, I think a youma is nearby. *
* Then why hasn't it shown up? *
*Maybe because it's up to something . . . *
***
Blackwing was watching the fox and hound game between Nova and the Gundam brats. He found it quite amusing, this human fear of the unknown. That, and the human ability to jump to obviously wrong conclusions. If he was lucky, the Nova girl might finish one or two off . . .no. He couldn't be that lucky. Besides, Sailor Senshi weren't known for killing the innocent. Or maybe those Gundam kids would kill her now, they were shooting again . . . no. The stupid children were missing. How could they miss? She wasn't moving that fast. The white haired girl wasn't immortal. They could die. Granted, the majority of the times he'd heard of it, the Sailor Soldier had taken her own life, but it proved that they could die. Oh, well. It only meant that he'd have to kill them himself. Or let one of his servants do it. After all, there was no point in him dirtying his hands if he didn't have to.
***
Relena - looked about, suddenly unnerved. 'It's like the calm before a storm. . .'
Quatre+ looked around. "Guys, I have a bad feeli-" was all he got out before the room around them exploded in darkness.
"COME ON!!" screamed Relena -, who had reached down to grab a still form in the corner of the room before tearing out of the dark pit the room had become. The others followed her. Despite any differences in training and background, they were screaming in pain at the sounds around them.
Like some awful chorus, the darkness was singing. It was the same style of the old song "Duel of the Fates", only female voices cried out notes that only sopranos could reach, in some forgotten language. Their ears burned from the song, and the darkness made their eyes water in pain.
Counter pointing it was the young Relena -, singing, and at times gasping, out some strange song in Japanese, which seemed to ward off the darkness to some small degree.
Noin+ shrieked in pain as something wrapped around her ankle. Zecks+ was instantly there, pulling her away from the darkness's grasp. Up ahead, Relena - yelled that they couldn't stop, if they did, they would die.
Breathing hurt as they ran on, almost as if the darkness had infected the air around them. Relena almost stumbled, and in that moment when her song was momentarily broken, the darkness got worse. In one fluid movement, Duo+ was beside her, taking the burden she carried so she might lead them further away.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" shrieked the darkness, the note rattling in the human's minds.
"IT'S MOON REVENGE, OOOO!!!!" screamed Relena, almost out of breath.
Quatre's + entire body was vibrating, his sixth sense kicking in a way it never had before. He knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that what was chasing them was evil.
They rounded a corner, and like in some bad dream, came to a dead end.
The darkness flowed about them, almost mocking their pathetic attempt at flight, then reached for Relena -.
***
It made no sense. Trowa- was receiving conflicting information. Nova was a threat. All information and informants said so. Trowa- had drawn that conclusion himself. So why did his gut feeling say that she was an ally? Her seemingly super human abilities bothered him too. After all, he was one on the most highly trained solders there was, how could she be running circles around him?
'She's just toying with us,' he thought to himself, 'Why? Why is she doing this? Does she not have any offensive capabilities? No . . . that's not the case. She moves with extreme confidence, so she can't be defenseless.'
Nova's head snapped around suddenly. She pivoted, and then neatly leapt through a window in the Dorlin Mansion.
***
Relena - was dragged forward, and in punctuated strikes, the demon tore real gashes that spilled real blood on the newly vacuumed floor. On her cheeks, abdomen, legs and chest, it struck violently. With each strike Relena - let out a pained gasp, preparing to scream, only to be cut short each time with a new strike. Quatre+ felt physically ill, and he wasn't alone. The Duos were on the ground, spilling their last meal on the carpet, so vile did the gashes it made seem to them.
The creature drew back it's dark arm for the killing blow.
Suddenly a loud drew their attention.
"Seminae! Isamahe! Ahketake! Ahkidaki nou isna keno!
Aikidae! Dumenahe! Kimidahe! So ketae shaei, ahesahi sukenaheno!" Sung the voice from high above them, punctuating the first three words of each line
"Outlaw Star . . ." whispered Quatre+, not quite sure why he did so.
The darkness shrieked as the words were sung, dropping Relena -, as if the song was something that burned IT. When the song concluded, the creature evaporated into dust, dropping the younger Relena - onto the ground, who did nothing to break her fall.
Sailor Nova looked at the scared group of people, huddled, clinging together, and her badly injured younger self in the eerie quiet. She bend over that broken body, her eyes vague but full of pity.
"Will you meet me . . .? " her voice was quiet, and distant. She seemed to be listening for something.
Relena stared up with sightless eyes, and gave no response.
"You want to fly away . . .?"
Sailor Nova stepped back for a moment, then her eyes flared.
"AAAAAIIIIIIIIHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIII!!!" she sang, her voice rising and falling in runs that seemed to stretch on forever.
Quatre was the first to feel its effects. He began to feel light-headed, like someone who'd had too much of a good thing. The world began to spin around him. Soon both Quatre and his comrades were losing their fragile grip on conciseness, and quickly they fell off the edge, into blissful darkness.
Purple surrounded Relena -, swirling around her intensively and her wounds healed.
***Flashback***
A loud slap filled the air. Relena looked up at Heero, her eyes in pain and confusion. The look she gave him would have broken his heart, that is, if he had any.
"Heero . . . I- I don't understand . . . why?" she asked.
"You shouldn't be toying with these worthless, pointless, and childish notions Relena. There are more important things to deal with."
"But all I did was say . . . that- that I lov-"
"Stop. Love is only for the weak. It cannot help you in battle, or in negotiations; it can't even put food in your mouth. You'll thank me someday."
"But- but Heero!"
"ENOUGH! The only thing this 'love' does is give a weak point to those stupid enough to acquire it. I'm disappointed in you."
"HEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Relena cried, but Heero was already gone.
***End Flashback***
* He didn't know what he was saying Relena+. * Whispered Sailor Moon.
Sailor Nova sat alone on her bed, looking at the setting moon.
*Yes he did. He hates me. And I can't keep going on, pretending it doesn't hurt, * was her only reply.
* It doesn't have to be this way . . .* answered Jupiter, * Isn't life worth it? *
* Not for me . . . not anymore. *
"And never again . . ."
***
Quatre+ awoke slowly, his eyes blurry. He pushed himself up, still a little dizzy. Outside, the sun was blessing the night sky with her rosy fingers, rising up in the golden haze of her gown.
The bed was soft, depriving Quatre of his will to leave it, and he was asleep again within seconds. And he wasn't the only one. None of those staying in the Dorlin Manor were awake yet, with the exception of the two Relenas, one who had just awakened, and the other who hadn't slept at all.
***
"The sunrise is beautiful," whispered Relena-.
"Yes. But, for me, it brings no joy," answered Nova.
"Which one of you?"
"You . . . me . . . however it is."
"You seem to be in such unspeakable pain. Why is that?" Relena- asked, not looking at her older counterpart, instead staring at the golden sunrise.
"You are too quick for your own good, little one. It is not something that should be spoken of, save that it will be the death of me, that is, Relena+. Besides, you'll find out soon enough; which, you'll find, will be too soon, whenever it comes."
"You can never give me a strait answer, can you?!"
"Of course not."
***Flashback***
3.1 "This will end it. The pain will finally leave me," whispered Relena. She moved to turn on the music, hoping that it would steady her. To steady her in what she was about to do.
3.2
3.3 "In the silence of the darkness,
3.4 When all are fast asleep
3.5 I live inside a dream,
3.6 Calling to your spirit . . ."
Relena sighed, pouring herself a tall glass of water. She crossed the room, and opened the window to let in the night air. It had taken a lot of string-pulling, but now everything was in place.
3.7
3.8 "As a sail calls the wind,
3.9 Hear the angels sing
Far beyond the Sun
Across the Western Sky
Reach into The Blackness
Find The Silver Line!"
Relena listened quietly, mentally scoffing the last set of lines. The night was cool, and the moon was full, Venus especially close that night. It was quite beautiful, and at an earlier time, Relena might have appreciated the beauty. But she was too deep in her own pain and sorrow to care.
"In a voice I whisper
A candle in the night
We'll carry all our dreams
On a single beam of light
Close your eyes
Look into the dream
Winds of Change
3.9.1 Will Winds of Fortune bring"
The wind from outside was blowing, playing with Relena's hair. The velvety night seemed to stretch on, and as she heard the noise from the party downstairs, it seemed, to her, ridiculously out of place. Ignoring the feeling, she sung the chorus, and only the chorus, trying to ease the tense pain in her chest.
" Fly away to a rainbow in the sky
3.10 Gold is at the end, for each of us to find
There the road begins
Where another one will end
The four winds know
Who will break and who will bend
All to be The Master of the Wind"
Relena gave a bitter laugh. 'I know who broke.' She settled into a nearby chair, taking her water with her, and then pulling out a tiny, cylindrical container. She removed the small cyanide pill from it. 'This will end everything.'
"Falling Stars now light my way
My life was written on the wind
Clouds above
Clouds below
High ascend the dreams within
When the wind fills the sky
The clouds will move aside
And THERE will be the road to all our dreams
And for any day that stings
Two better days it brings
Nothing is as bad as it seems . . ."
3.10.1.1.1
3.10.1.1.2 "Yeah, right." whispered Relena, her voice full of pain. " If that were true, I'd have happy days for the rest of my life . . . like that is going to happen." To rest. To sleep for eternity, that would be a relief after the Hell she'd gone though.
"Close your eyes
Look into the dream
Winds of Change
3.10.2 Will Winds of Fortune bring"
3.10.2.1.1.1 She felt the tense silence, and something else. Something felt different tonight. Her bodyguard was outside, and would not enter unless he heard something, so she was fairly safe from discovery . . . what was this feeling? Fear? No, not fear. More like . . . anticipation? Then she looked at the music player. It wasn't on . . .
3.10.2.2
Then, an explosion of light. Suddenly she was surrounded by light . . . in the form of people. Relena covered her face as the multi-colored beings swarmed, wrapping themselves over and around her form before making another round about the room. She felt their emotions: joy at living, sorrow at what Relena had been about to do, anxiousness over their mission . . . and hope. Hope for the future. They sang the chorus themselves, their voices echoing strangely.
3.10.2.3 "Fly away to a rainbow in the sky
3.11 Gold is at the end, for each of us to find
One spirit, for that's what Relena thought it looked like, looked at her.
"We have chosen you." It said to her.
"Me? For what? And Why?" Relena responded.
"Yes you. The world is about to end in a worse way then you can possibly imagine. A demon has entered your world in the past. I was our mistake, we missed it when we exterminated its' master and his minions. We chased it here, but when we tried to enter this world someone has sealed it, and we couldn't get in, save as the spirits you see. And in this form, we cannot do much good. We can't fight. What we need is a body to reside in, a voice to speak though, a heart to open to. We have chosen you to be that body. We have been waiting for you to become strong enough to handle us . . . taking you back to that time would be comparatively easy. But we saw you about to commit suicide, and we had to stop you. No one else in this world could handle us as well as you can. We need you. Everyone else needs you."
There the road begins
Where another one will end
The four winds know
Who will break and who will bend
All to be The Master of the Wind
"I've been told that before. I'm TIRED. Take someone else." Relena muttered.
"We NEED you Relena. It will take at least five months of preparing, and every moment is precious. Especially with the fact that hosting multiple spirits drains to the point that it could kill. It will take every second and ounce of energy to defeat this demon, and you are our best hope. I will not lie to you, Relena. The chance you have of surviving this is almost nil. But no one but you can do this. No one will last long enough. So what do you say? Up for a little saving the world?"
Relena smiled. "I was going to kill myself anyway, so why not die doing something useful? What the heck, ok. I'll do it!"
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Author's Notes: Yeah! Got it out! Yeah! Iiiiiiiiiiiiiii'm cumin' out, so you better get this party started! Ooops . . . yeah. The spellcheck is having a fit. Anyway, if I find the full lyrics to the Outlaw Star theme, I'll put them up. What I did for that is listened to the song over and over and guessed at the spelling. Hi to everyone who met me at the anime convention, aka A-KON, and . . . uhhh, what else did I want to say? Oh yeah, Read and Review!