Standard disclaimers: you all know them.
Hatikva Ch.10
"Well?" Hatikva asked, "Was it as bad as you thought it was going to
be?"
"You didn't show me the three months under Dekim's training." Heero
said. He stood and stretched. "Why?"
"I said I would show you what I saw." Hatikva also stood and stretched
her wings. She kneeled to take Mary off her leash, and the puppy ran to
chase butterflies. "After the initial shock you became so scared that
you must have shut off the link, instead of signalling the ZERO System.
So I just waited there, in the hangar, with Mariemaia coming eveyday
to see if you had reestablished the link. If that little girl hadn't
used the System to figure out Dekim's plan, I would have looking for
you."
Heero blinked twice, trying to imagine it, then chuckled softly.
"What's so funny." Hatikva demamded.
"I was just imagining everyone's face if they had seen a berzerk
Wing ZERO, ripping apart L1 while screaming my name like Relena." Heero
answered, with a hint of a smie.
"I don't sound like that spoiled princess." Hatikva crossed her arms.
"No, you don't." Heero said. "But since Relena is the only one that
screams at me like that, I have no other reference..." He trailed off
as he noticed a strange look on the winged girl's eyes. "What are you
thinking?" He asked warily.
"You smiled. And you have proven to me that you DO have a sense of
humor." She had a big Duo grin, "So I was wondering if you had...
TICKLES!"
She started to aproach and was about to pounce, when she saw the
Japanese pilot pull a beam saber out of spandex-space.
"That's a dirty trick!" Hatikva protested.
"This is my mind, you said." Heero glared, "So I do what I want." He
the beam saber back from where he taken it. "Besides, you want me to
go back, don't you? Your playing around isn't helping get your point
across. It makes me want to stay here even more."
Hattikva sighed and sat down. "Now matter how hard you try to hide
your real self, I will always be able to see it clearly. Just like I
saw it the first time we met."
"You don't know what you're talking about." Heero said softly,
turning his back to her.
"I don't?" Hatikva asked, raising her eyebrow, a habit she had
picked from the boy. "I'm starting to believe that you're the one that
doesn't know what I'm talking about."
Heero didn't answer. A small yelp made him turn to Mary, who was
jumping and wagging her tail, trying to catch his attention. When he
knelt she ran and stopped a few meters away. She turned towards him
and yelped again. Heero was puzzled.
"She can tell you're sad." Hatikva offered, kneeling next to him,
"She wants you to play with her, so that you forget your sadness, even
if it is for a little while."
"Does it work?" Heero asked softly. Mary started jumping in place,
yelping.
"It explains why people keep pets." Hatikva said. "You like animals.
You're most likely to show them your real self."
"Animals just live their live. They only kill to feed or to protect
themselves." Heero replied, "They don't wage meaningless wars. And
they certainly haven't betrayed me." He ran off to chase Mary.
"Heero..." Hatikva whispered as she watched him play with the puppy.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Hatikva had been napping, when Heero and Mary returned and hour
later. She opened one eye to look at them.
They were both covered with grass, and Heero's hands had small bite
marks where Mary had tugged him. They looked tired, but Heero's eyes
had a gleam that Hatikva had only seen when she met him on that
fateful day. 'Perhaps it had been a good idea to let him run off with
Mary,' she thought.
"Can we continue?" Heero asked, when he noticed that Hatikva was
still lying in the grass, her one open eye staring at him intently.
He raised an eyebrow. "Well?"
"Do you remember anything of what happened after your training?"
Hatikva sat up.
"Not much." Heero shook his head. "Just bits and pieces. Kinda like
a nightmare." He leaned on Hatikva's shoulder. "Why?"
"It's what got you into this condition." Hatikva gently laid him on
her lap.
"You're having second thoughts?" Heero asked, a bit amused, "I thought
you wanted me to see all this."
"Alright..." Hatikva sighed and put her hands on hir forehead before
closing her eyes. "Here we go..."
************To be continued**********
Ok. Here. I finished. Next chapter: the moment everyone's been waiting
for...
I really believe Heero and the little girl would have been really
good friends, if she hadn't died
Blackthorn Hiei Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Yuy Ayanami
Warrior Spirit of the Quetzal bird
Keeper of the Xiuhcoatl, the Turquoise Snake sword
Guardian of Quetzalcoatl's tailfeathers
Guardian of Wing ZERO's feathers
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork
Humble servant of the Golden Spork
Hatikva Ch.10
"Well?" Hatikva asked, "Was it as bad as you thought it was going to
be?"
"You didn't show me the three months under Dekim's training." Heero
said. He stood and stretched. "Why?"
"I said I would show you what I saw." Hatikva also stood and stretched
her wings. She kneeled to take Mary off her leash, and the puppy ran to
chase butterflies. "After the initial shock you became so scared that
you must have shut off the link, instead of signalling the ZERO System.
So I just waited there, in the hangar, with Mariemaia coming eveyday
to see if you had reestablished the link. If that little girl hadn't
used the System to figure out Dekim's plan, I would have looking for
you."
Heero blinked twice, trying to imagine it, then chuckled softly.
"What's so funny." Hatikva demamded.
"I was just imagining everyone's face if they had seen a berzerk
Wing ZERO, ripping apart L1 while screaming my name like Relena." Heero
answered, with a hint of a smie.
"I don't sound like that spoiled princess." Hatikva crossed her arms.
"No, you don't." Heero said. "But since Relena is the only one that
screams at me like that, I have no other reference..." He trailed off
as he noticed a strange look on the winged girl's eyes. "What are you
thinking?" He asked warily.
"You smiled. And you have proven to me that you DO have a sense of
humor." She had a big Duo grin, "So I was wondering if you had...
TICKLES!"
She started to aproach and was about to pounce, when she saw the
Japanese pilot pull a beam saber out of spandex-space.
"That's a dirty trick!" Hatikva protested.
"This is my mind, you said." Heero glared, "So I do what I want." He
the beam saber back from where he taken it. "Besides, you want me to
go back, don't you? Your playing around isn't helping get your point
across. It makes me want to stay here even more."
Hattikva sighed and sat down. "Now matter how hard you try to hide
your real self, I will always be able to see it clearly. Just like I
saw it the first time we met."
"You don't know what you're talking about." Heero said softly,
turning his back to her.
"I don't?" Hatikva asked, raising her eyebrow, a habit she had
picked from the boy. "I'm starting to believe that you're the one that
doesn't know what I'm talking about."
Heero didn't answer. A small yelp made him turn to Mary, who was
jumping and wagging her tail, trying to catch his attention. When he
knelt she ran and stopped a few meters away. She turned towards him
and yelped again. Heero was puzzled.
"She can tell you're sad." Hatikva offered, kneeling next to him,
"She wants you to play with her, so that you forget your sadness, even
if it is for a little while."
"Does it work?" Heero asked softly. Mary started jumping in place,
yelping.
"It explains why people keep pets." Hatikva said. "You like animals.
You're most likely to show them your real self."
"Animals just live their live. They only kill to feed or to protect
themselves." Heero replied, "They don't wage meaningless wars. And
they certainly haven't betrayed me." He ran off to chase Mary.
"Heero..." Hatikva whispered as she watched him play with the puppy.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Hatikva had been napping, when Heero and Mary returned and hour
later. She opened one eye to look at them.
They were both covered with grass, and Heero's hands had small bite
marks where Mary had tugged him. They looked tired, but Heero's eyes
had a gleam that Hatikva had only seen when she met him on that
fateful day. 'Perhaps it had been a good idea to let him run off with
Mary,' she thought.
"Can we continue?" Heero asked, when he noticed that Hatikva was
still lying in the grass, her one open eye staring at him intently.
He raised an eyebrow. "Well?"
"Do you remember anything of what happened after your training?"
Hatikva sat up.
"Not much." Heero shook his head. "Just bits and pieces. Kinda like
a nightmare." He leaned on Hatikva's shoulder. "Why?"
"It's what got you into this condition." Hatikva gently laid him on
her lap.
"You're having second thoughts?" Heero asked, a bit amused, "I thought
you wanted me to see all this."
"Alright..." Hatikva sighed and put her hands on hir forehead before
closing her eyes. "Here we go..."
************To be continued**********
Ok. Here. I finished. Next chapter: the moment everyone's been waiting
for...
I really believe Heero and the little girl would have been really
good friends, if she hadn't died
Blackthorn Hiei Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Yuy Ayanami
Warrior Spirit of the Quetzal bird
Keeper of the Xiuhcoatl, the Turquoise Snake sword
Guardian of Quetzalcoatl's tailfeathers
Guardian of Wing ZERO's feathers
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork
Humble servant of the Golden Spork