Title: With Death Comes
Sadness
Author: Cheska
Chapter 28
Pg – 13
Disclaimer: *shakes head* Cheska doesn't own Sailor Moon and/or Gundam Wing.
Author's Notes: I have to say that, yes…it did get a bit smaller but it's still large enough to pass, isn't it? I mean it is six pages and all. But I'll attempt to make it longer in the coming chapters. *whispers* I may need to try and find a way to end this soon because my grades are not passable to my parent's eyes. Then again, are any grades great to them? *rolls eyes* But anyways, I believe that the fanfics and the games are the cause of this, not just my stupidity. .;; So I'll need to back off as soon as I finish this one. I guess my other fanfic attempts will just have to wait until summer or at least after I'm sure I can pass my classes with a decent grade.
Besides that, I believe that I'll try my best to make a decent storyline besides the junk I've written so far. So here goes nothing…. *wishes real hard*
*images of Quatre, Serena, and Heero pop up in her mind*
Right, focus on those three and try to do something with them…
*images of Relena, Milliardo, and Jedite come up*
Okay…okay…*nods head in understanding*
*star locket and silver crystal*
*sweatdrops* Ano…uhmm…hehe…that may be harder than I thought then…
*mumbles and thinks to herself why in the world she decided on including those objects into the story in the first place*
But anyways, thanks dear reviews for your uplifting comments and I won't give up. At least not yet since there are still those who do read my fanfics. ^^ And hey LilacLight, thanks for a push in trying to get me into gear again. I'll think about some of those ideas of yours, especially the crystal. And Li-chan, well about what Serena will do…ehh…I'm still wondering but at least I got an idea on how to solve that problem, just not sure how to come by it.
One more thing if anyone is even reading this before they start with the actual storyline!
What is the song again that plays in Serena/Usagi's star locket? I forgot…was it…My Only Love or something else? Please tell me if you do know!
*coughs and hacks at her lungs* Okay, okay…try to get on with the program.
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*click*
* A sweet melody filled the entire room accompanied by light*
Heero's Prussian blue eyes gazed silently at the object, his thoughts and previous feelings seemed to vanish as his pert eyes and ears listened and observed the simple yet intricate object that he held at the palm of his lightly tanned hands.
Suddenly the turn of the knob disturbed him from his reverie and he quickly shut off the sound and light with a quick flick of the wrist just as the door opened and in stepped a figure. In response, Heero closed his hands over the locket and prepared to stand up just as the figure entered the room.
"I just wanted to talk something over with you…" Milliardo's eyes managed to catch a glimpse of something gold in Heero's possession that was hidden from his blue eyes.
(Gold…and before I came here there was a sound. How interesting…) Milliardo raised an eyebrow towards Heero who pocketed an object in his jeans pocket before addressing him.
"Hnh"
Milliardo in turn closed the door in back of him before completely entering the room, not taking a seat but instead remained standing.
"I wanted to say thank you first before continuing on. Serena's safe return means a lot to me and…Relena. If anything happened to her or my sister…" Milliardo trailed off, his mind straying a bit.
"Like with Lt. Noin?" Heero commented in monotone as he turned his back on his old foe and proceeded to pick up his laptop.
"…"Milliardo refused to answer him on that, a frown could be seen forming over his lips.
Heero didn't say anything either, but instead turned the power switch on and waited for the loading to complete.
"Hai, like with the lieutenant. But that's not why I'm here right now, 01. I meant to discuss something else with you…"
"Hnh"
"Serena is hiding something from me and I want to know what it is. She won't speak to me about it either nor does it seem that she wants to reveal to me what's troubling her. And I know you can find it out…" Milliardo continued on with his request.
"…."
Heero stayed silent as he absorbed Milliardo's request, debating over what he should do or say. His cold eyes trained on the monitor but it didn't fully acknowledge the screen as his mind was somewhere else. Then after what seemed like countless hours, Heero spoke.
"Shouldn't you just leave it at that? Or haven't you asked her about it yourself first?" Heero questioned in an emotionless tone of voice as he clicked on a button before typing.
Milliardo frowned at this before nodding in understanding: his blonde hair falling over his shoulders as he did so.
"If she doesn't tell me…you'll do as I ask?" Milliardo questioned, his back facing the 'Perfect Soldier'.
"…."
Heero didn't answer Milliardo as the blonde haired man left the room, the door clicking shut on the way.
His eyes trained on the computer but his ears trained on the soft footsteps that receded as it left the apartment building floor. And as soon as those footsteps left, Heero reached back into his pocket to reveal the star locket once more. He set it beside him and opened it, letting the warm glow of the light invade the room and the melodious sound drift by to accompany him away from loneliness.
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Quatre's violin soothed the tenseness and troubles that flooded around the blonde haired girl as she sat out in front, watching and listening to Quatre play. His eyes were closed as they always were when he played, just like she remembered back on Earth that day when she first heard him play on his birthday.
~flash~
Serena reached out her hand to open the door and stuck her head in with a greeting to follow suit.
But instead of being acknowledged, only a harmonious melody answered.
An eleven year old platinum haired boy could be seen in front of her, playing a violin with perfect ease and having his full attention. His blue eyes were closed off to the world but his heart was spread out through for the world as he played his instrument.
The harmonic tune wafted through the air, enchanting and timid at the same time. Its euphony gave the current room a sense of peace and desire and as its last chord rang out, the head of the boy straightened up and his eyes slowly flickered open; revealing a set of blue orbs that immediately traveled to the guest inside the room that had slowly drawn itself into the room and now stood in front of him.
"It was such a pretty song, Quat-chan…when did you start playing that? I never heard you…before," Serena commented.
~end flash~
And as the last chord was played, the sound stayed a bit, letting its cool melody hover before dying out, thus ending the song. And at the same time, Quatre's head straightened back up, his blue eyes studying Serena's peaceful face which were filled with content and happiness, her previous troubles disappearing as did the music's final melody.
"As usual, you played perfectly…" Serena applauded with as she put her hands together to congratulate the boy for his marvelous performance.
"You didn't have to say that…" Quatre blushed a bit as he set down his violin on the table in front of her before taking a seat across to pick up his cup of tea.
"I know I didn't have to, but…I still wanted to say so anyways. Thank you for making me feel better, Quat-chan" Serena said in gratitude as she leaned against the couch she sat on.
"You looked down, Serena, why was it?"
"*sigh*…a lot of things. I'm not even sure where to start…" Serena shook her head, not really wanting to discuss this right now as her previous contentment vanished to be replaced by the plague of her troubles.
"Then just start from your heart…" Quatre suggested and from his suggestion a groan came out of Serena, signaling that she didn't even like the idea too much.
"My heart? My heart is one of the troubles here, Quat-chan. I'm so confused with it right now…" Serena complained.
"Troubles with Milliardo?" Quatre innocently asked, taking a sip but his eyes trained on the younger girl.
"Milliardo?" Serena blinked at the mention of the elder blonde man's name, the one that she believed she should be with although not exactly sure as to why she was with him in the first place.
"How did you know about…Milliardo?" Serena slowly asked, her brows furrowing.
"How do you think, Serena?"
"I guess it is a bit obvious…"
Quatre merely nodded his head and then he leaned back against his chair and closed his eyes, concentrating on something that was unseen to the naked eye.
"Yes, I do feel pain, confusion, sorrow, and…heartache from you about something that you love and another towards a loss…" Quatre murmured softly before his blue eyes fluttered open to stare at Serena who merely cast her head to the side, away from his observing eyes.
"Hai…"
"All you can do is to be true to your heart, Serena. You as well as I know that. It's such a common saying, so you might as well go for it. As Heero used to say, 'Act on your emotions'," Quatre suggested.
"01 said that, did he?" Serena's tone of voice softened at the very mention of his name.
Quatre nodded his head again.
Serena bit her lower lip, herself deep in thought as she wondered over her problems before slowly nodding her head.
"Demo…what if your emotions…would hurt someone else in turn for following your actual intentions? And what if, what if this action only proves to have failed?" Serena placed her words carefully out.
"Not everything that we do can go well, Serena. It's what we would like to call life, isn't it? And if your words have something to do in regards of your heart, Serena. All I can really say is that 'It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all'." Quatre let out an offered smile of encouragement towards her in which she only returned half-heartedly.
"But sometimes, we may wish to never have loved in the first place, ne?"
With that said Serena rose up from her seat and went across the room to give a small hug and a peck on the cheek to the one she looked to as her onii-chan before going towards the door that led out of his temporary home in the apartment complex.
"Serena?"
"Hai?"
"…I just wanted to say…" but Quatre stopped himself from continuing on, shaking his head he decided not to follow through with his words and instead mumbled an apology before going back to his tea.
Serena's curiosity was pricked with his words but she let it be cast away as she nodded her head before leaving the apartment and out into the open.
(I wonder what he wanted to say to me…) Serena silently wondered to herself but her previous thoughts disappeared for the moment at the approaching figure of Milliardo that walked up to her with a small smile on his face.
"Milliardo…"
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Somewhere else:
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"My Lord…"
Jedite looked up from the dim but pulsing crystal on the palm of his hand, a small smile apparent on his face as he stared fixedly at the black garbed assassin.
"Rise…"
"You wonder a lot about the crystal, do you not?" Jedite started after a long silence.
"…."
"A lot of people wonder why such a minute object could possess such powers. But not many people know about its true origins. Some say it was forged by the first Lunarians who dwelled in the moon for it was a dark time with its separation from Earth many eons ago. They created the Silver Crystal and handed it to their leader, some say it was a man who handled it first and others say it was from a woman. It didn't really matter, but the one that they claimed was leader was given the first Crystal and thus the one they worshipped used it to bring forth light over the land.
Others say that the crystal was created by the will of all that lived and whoever had the strongest will of all could handle it and cast out their deepest desires from their heart and out of all that lived, the crystal chose the Queen of the Moon to be its bearer for she had the purest and strongest will of all that lived in the universe. But that wasn't all of the stories over the origins of the Crystal. No there were more, and this one I believed in the most…" Jedite paused as he studied the pulsing crystal in his hand, it seemed that the beat became slightly faster for the moment.
"And what is that?" Sally's light voice uttered its interest to hear more of his stories.
"That it was made from the Gods themselves. That a millennia ago, the Gods saw the corrupted evil over the galaxies and decided to choose one of their own to bear the burden of keeping peace amongst the lands to make sure that chaos doesn't ensue. And so they created a powerful object that can destroy worlds and even the universe itself if needed to. They figured if a time came when great evil would take over, that the bearer of the piece would be able to wish hard enough to make sure that that evil won't be able to win. And so…the Gods forged the crystal out of the stars themselves with pieces of all the Gods powers embedded in there to amplify its powers until it was almost complete. The last piece that they placed in there was that of pure origin…and whatever it was…I'm not too certain. But I have slight clues as to what it could be…"
"What do you mean? What last piece? What could it be?" Sally questioned in complete confusion.
"The last piece is usually the one that is most important…I believe that it could be the heart of the crystal itself…though I am not sure as to how they would manage to have a heart within the crystal…maybe a soul…" Jedite uttered softly as he held up the Silver Crystal up to a flame, letting a vast array of colors to shine forth onto the dark, cold stone.
"Hai…a soul…the soul of the galaxies themselves…" Jedite uttered in finality.
(And one…that I am sure…maybe linked or bonded with dear Princess Serenity herself after all the years she spent with it…) Jedite smirked at his knowledge to figure out the secret to the crystal without having to use it too much.
"If the Crystal was used to keep away from evil…then what would happen if one who is evil manages to capture it?" Sally dared to question.
"Easy enough…the crystal itself would just have to bear with the wishes of its new carrier. It doesn't matter who handles it, for this crystal is neutral itself. Although, after many years of being handled by purity it will defy the wishes of its new master for quite awhile before bending to a will such as mine…." Jedite sighed with slight reluctance.
Standing up, Jedite walked halfway across the room to stand in front of his underling and with a flick of his wrist he showed the pulsing object to the dark eyes of the young woman before him.
"It…pulses as if it is alive," Sally whispered in awe, wanting to touch it but afraid to do so.
Jedite merely nodded and gazed at it with a touch of interest in shining in his blue-grey eyes. Brushing back his wild bangs, he returned his attention on the object before gazing at Sally.
"Its pulse has weakened slightly but it's still there. I asked of you to leave the locket in the mansion, I knew that if Serena heard that it is there she would be willing to risk her life to get it back. And so she has…but it seems that my plan didn't go the way I wanted it to…" Jedite grimly smirked.
"What plan?"
"I was expecting for her to keep it now that I have heard that her beloved had died…but it seems that the locket is not in her possession anymore. You see I enchanted that locket for her so that I may keep a stronger bond with her: hoping that I can use her against Gundam Pilot, 04. You see, the locket is enchanted not only in the way of safety away from harm, but also a stronger affinity for controlling her mind…."
"I guess, now that the locket is gone…you can't do that, can you?" Sally asked softly.
Jedite didn't answer her straight away as he held the crystal in his hand. At the moment, the pulsing of the object still resonated but at a much slower pace than normal.
"Not necessarily…" Jedite's lips curved into a slight smile and then he held the crystal outward as if in an offering and then, closing his eyes he bended his will towards the crystal and it hummed to life and a vibrant glow ensued and before the two came an image of Serena who appeared to be speaking to a golden haired man in his 20's. To them they seemed to be speaking as they exchanged words and then the image shifted so that it was focused solely upon the blonde haired teen.
"How did you…?"
"I have learned much while this was in my possession. And it seems that time draws ever nearer for us…for when we shall take over the Winner Corporation…" Jedite grinned.
(As I have said to you, in your dream…dear Serenity…you are…mine…)
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"There's only five more days till school starts back on Earth…" Serena informed him as they walked around the apartment complex where the trees lined around the edges of the cemented ground.
"You're going back there?" Milliardo asked, chancing a glance at the petite girl besides him.
"Ano…I…don't know," Serena said with some slight surprise and doubt, unsure of what to say to that since she never really thought of it before now.
"With all these problems I never really thought about whether or not I should go back to Earth. Nothing is really left for me now…" Serena softly replied but as soon as she said those words another came into mind.
(What of your duty to Earth?)
"Except…I should return even though…it would be wrong to stay here when my life revolved around my place in Japan. No, I will go back, for that I'm certain…" Serena shook her head, erasing her past thoughts when she claimed that nothing was left for her. She knew, deep down, that there were plenty left to do. As it was her duty as the leader of the Sailor Scouts.
Milliardo gazed down at her, his blue eyes lined with a tinge of sorrow yet understanding. Nodding his head, he reached his hand out and grasped her hands into his making them stop in the middle of the sidewalk as he fully stared down at her face.
"Serena…"
Milliardo began, noticing a flash of emotion appear in her eyes before it dying away.
"I'll come with you. I'll come with you, back to Japan."
Shock quickly spread through Serena's face at his words. She didn't expect him to say something like that at all to her and now that he did, she didn't know what to say.
"I said that I love you. And if you're in love, won't you do anything you can to be with that person? And so…I'll follow you back to Earth, if you yourself will go back there instead of staying here," Milliardo continued with a small affectionate smile covering his face.
(He loves me…)
"You would do that for me?"
~Brief Flashback~
"Demo…what if your emotions…would hurt someone else in turn for following your actual intentions? And what if, what if this action only proves to have failed?"
"Not everything that we do can go well, Serena. It's what we would like to call life, isn't it? And if your words have something to do in regards of your heart, Serena. All I can really say is that 'It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all'."
~End~
"Hai…I love you,"
Just at that time, Serena saw from the
corner of her eye Heero and Relena's
form as they began to turn the corner. Relena saw the two of them but didn't say anything since it
was such an intimate moment. Instead she
only let out a grand smile on her face, happy at the sight that her brother and
her close companion over the summer had developed a relationship. And next to her was Heero
who had his hand closed around Relena's elbow. His eyes, however, were gazing at the couple
in front of them.
"I…" Serena began, taking a moment to stare one last time at Heero before facing Milliardo once more.
~Flash~
"Not everything that we do can go well, Serena."
~End~
(Quat-chan…)
Serena's hands were clasped tightly in Milliardo's warm hands and, before she continued, she let out a small affectionate squeeze towards his direction and in response a warm smile appeared on his face.
In the corner of her eye she could see that Heero's gaze seemed to have momentarily saddened at their exchange.
(01…I don't know exactly what you may feel towards me now that you're with Relena demo…know that inside my heart…I do care deeply for you.)
Smiling, Serena rose up her hands in his and kissed his knuckles affectionately and rose her eyes up to meet with his.
(Hai, it is better to have loved and lost…demo…I can't hurt him. He loves me and it pains the heart so much when you lose the one that you love. As I have…lost mine. I can't hurt him, I just can't!) Serena shouted out in her mind as she stared deep into those blue eyes.
"I love you, too…" Serena murmured and with those words, Milliardo leaned down and captured her lips into a warm yet soft chaste kiss.
~Flash~
"But sometimes, we may wish to never have loved in the first place, ne?"
~End Flash~
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Heero heard them exchange words and it practically tore his heart when she replied with those three words and the kiss that they ended up with. His heart hurt, but he tried not to show it, instead he hid behind his emotionless mask and merely began to cross the street pulling Relena alongside with him.
(Never mine…) those words seemed to echo inside his head every chance he could get when he saw her with Milliardo.
Milliardo, Zechs, two dangerous people yet in one body. One a danger to all through battles and the other a danger to his social life ever since he took the one he cared for with all his heart as his own possession. No, not possession but one similar to it for he could never show what his true intentions were without it hurting one, the other, or both. And in this case, it was him that was hurt by just seeing them together and especially when they kissed.
But even though they can't be together, he knew that they still had something to share. Their friendship that was all they could be. And that was all they'll ever be.
~Flash~
"01, I'll always be there for you when you need me. After all, we're still friends aren't we? Friends, just like before? You were there for me when I and Quat-chan needed you, so in turn…I shall be there for you…" Serena uttered softly to him and straightened up as well, but facing him.
"Friends…" Heero nodded his head.
~End~
"That was sweet, wasn't it?" Relena's voice interrupted his thoughts and flashbacks.
Tipping his head to the side he merely grunted in response, not voicing out his true opinions to her by remaining neutral with his grunts and leaving it up to her own imaginations whether or not he agreed.
"Heero…" Relena slowed down, slightly irritating Heero because of her change of pace.
The two had earlier planned to go out for a walk in the colony's streets instead of remaining at the apartment complex until the mansion was fully restored. Sadly enough, the group would be leaving sooner before the building was back on its feet. From what the head constructionist had informed them, the mansion won't be complete until a year from now.
"Hnh." Heero stood and waited for her to continue, his frame standing in front of the smaller girl.
Relena's cornflower blue eyes stared up at his Prussian blues and it seemed to him that she was studying him, trying to pry into his thoughts.
"Relena…" his irritation was apparent to all by the tone of his voice.
"I wanted to know…" Relena began; her head momentarily swiveled back to where the forms of Milliardo and Serena were still at, but then paused after glancing back at Heero who stood motionless.
Heero waited for her to continue.
"No, never mind. Forget about it…" Relena shook her head and with a light, embarrassed laugh shrugged her shoulders and clasped her arms around Heero's before pulling him with her through the streets.
Heero didn't, however, forget about it but he didn't press the issue with the sun-kissed blonde haired girl.
Casting one last glance at Serena's disappearing form, Heero frowned before turning his attention back to the girl in his arms. The one that Serena claimed he was supposed to be with. And right now, he was with that girl.
To be continued…
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Well that's that. Hopefully it was an okay chapter, I'm afraid that my thoughts haven't fully focused on this story. But my ideas have managed to flow in and out in new ideas and storylines. .;; But I'll try anyways and hopefully I'll get my old writing back into place. I haven't really given up on a Crossover yet! ^^
