Disclaimer: I think I'll just stick to fanfictions, thank you very much.
AN: This is a bit late so, sorry! I was up a while last night finishing a chapter for my Inuyasha one (I was late on that one too.), then today I had to make a drawing illustrating a list of words, which is DIFFICULT to say the least. I have homework, still didn't do my chores (I think) and my puzzle pirates account hasn't been touched for two days now, since I'mn behind. I might have to extend my writing time for 3 days, since I've just become an unofficial tutor to most of my classmates. So, I've got a lot going on now... well, R&R please!
Black Hair and Gray Eyes
Chapter 9
Listening to music again, Aki didn't notice all the times Heero had gone by her room, hoping for some clue to where Relena was at that exact moment. It had now been two weeks, and no matter what a guy did, the girl just didn't crack. She had been very careful in disposing of all clues, and not to say a word to anyone. Relena's calls did come to Aki's cellphone, but they were all untraceable. Heero just couldn't find the bug she had used to secure the line. That was until he found out the line was Relena's own private one.
Damn them both for making this so difficult...
But he hadn't the time to shoot a glare at the girl, because she had turned the music off and shut the door tightly. Relena was calling soon. Leaning on the door, he tried to figure out their conversation. Hopefully it would be something good.
"Yeah? Oh really. Heh. Nice kid indeed. Yeah, they'll be there tommorrow. It's not like I have school. No, he's still stalking me. No. Of course not. Doubt it. Well, it'll only be another week anyways. Oh really? That'd be nice. Get Shadow off my back. No the horse." Heero cursed under his breath, they weren't giving anything away, though he could guess at some unsignificant facts. "That stuff stains. Ha! Oh, yeah. Doesn't think I know though. Heero! My mom wants to talk to you." He frowned. Since when did thirteen year olds get so intelligent? How come Relena wanted to talk?
He opened the door and strode in, snatching the phone out of the girl's hands. Checking the mini screen first, he was disappointed to see the picture off. Maybe the sounds in the phone would give him a clue. He held the small machine to his ear.
"What?"
"Nice way to greet a long lost friend, Heero. And no, the surrounding doens't specify where I am at all." There was a clicking sound, and Heero realized it had been a decoy to let Aki slip away. And slip away she did.
*~*~*~*~*
"Mom?" Raven hair was the last thing to be seen disappearing into and old, shabby apartment. Aki stepped into the small rooms, looking for her mother. She finally found her in the bedroom, lying on her stomache on the bed.
"Oh, hi Aki. Having fun with Heero?" The now reddish blonde looked up and smiled at her daughter. She shrugged.
"Meh, good enough. How's the undercover mission?" Relena laughed a bit with her daughter. Unlike what most of her friends thought she would do, Relena had hidden herself in the city, to access the mansion easily should anything come up. It also made it easy for the two to visit eachother, Aki while delivering work and Relena during the nights. Being the owner of the mansion, she had the codes that would turn off certain security measures for a certain length of time. Quite cleverly, they would meet and walk in unison, with lighter steps so it would sound like just Aki walking to Heero. Security tapes were never a problem.
"Nearly done. I'll be home soon."
"Good. Heero is driving me insane! He follows me everywhere, expecting me to spill. How did you ever stand him as your bodyguard? I know he had to do the same while protecting you. Come to think of it, at least he wasn't always glaring at you... right?"
Relena laughed at the question. "Of course he did. He glared at everyone, all the time. It takes a while to get used to, but not that long. Only took me a year." shrugging, Relena went through the piles of work.
"A whole year? The council wants to pass this one. I can't stand it for THAT long! Errm, he heard you were available. I'll be crazy before I catch up with the rest of my age. Midii made Trowa adopt Nightsky... wish them luck. And to think, the rest of my life is going to be stuck with him. Another bill." In the mini rant she went on, she stuck notes here and there to explain to her mother a few questioning papers and pictures.
"Actually, it's only until either you get your own bodyguard, move out, he quits, I resign, or something like that. Not your whole life." Aki winced inside at her mother's rambling out loud. After all, she was only complaining for the fun of it. She didn't really mind Heero. Just when he was stalking her. She WAS the person trying to get them together in the first place.
"Right. I brought some music I found in your room. Why don't you ever play them?"
"Music distracts me. Besides, Heero wouldn't let me keep it on if I tried."
"Ah, I forgot, the stoic soldier has no place for music... wait he was listening to mine two weeks ago, right after you left." Her mother was now looking at her oddly.
"You're kidding." Aki shook her head. "Well then, you have to tell me about it. What did you do?"
"He was either bored or desperate. But... not so bad as to let me show him how to dance..."
*~*~*~*~*
She returned almost four hours after that. Her mother had insisted that she fill her in on all the little things going around that she had missed, and in return, she told Aki about all the things she had seen. This, of course, was nothing new to Aki, but she stayed and listened anyway. The only new thing to her was when her mother had told of the three old beggars on the corner, and how her mother had gone a bought them soup.
This disturbed Aki. Relena had been careless; she could've been hurt of kidnapped, but what counted was that she was okay. Reminding herself that her mother could take care of herself, Aki had walked out a little worried but without going into a rant about how she should be more careful. No need to anyways, she would be coming back in two days.
"Four hours to deliver a message?" glancing over, Aki wasn't surprised to see Heero around the corner she had been passing. True, this had been the longest she'd been out, but she hadn't thought about suspicion.
"New meeting place everytime. This one's a bit longer." She began to walk away but he grabbed her wrist.
"She's nearby, isn't she?" Aki looked into his blazing eyes, bored. Instead of looking straight into them, she concentrated on something behind him. Before she had been adopted, she knew the dangers of staring straight into his cold steely eyes. It was like walking into a trap.
"Haven't you learned? You aren't going to get any information out of me. Besides, she's coming back soon." Her eyes instinctly focused to the person infront of her, and the spell of fear started to take over. But, she closed her eyes and looked away. "Let... Go." His grip was hard, and she was sure it was either going to break or be black by tommorrow.
"How soon?" Yanking at her wrist, Aki managed to get him to loosen his grip, but only enough as to not hurt her.
"Soon enough." After another rough grasp, Heero completely let go of her. Well, her wrist that is. "Ugh!" her hair was being pulled, rather jerked, hard. It was clear that Heero had lost his patience.
"Tell. Me. Now." Her head was jerked to face him, and his eyes burned with fury. Never before had she pissed him off soo much. Now, she truly understood fear, for that split second. A hand came up and slapped him on the left side of the face. Surprised, Heero let go of her hair.
"Watch it. My mother won't like that." She pushed him, and ran off.
Heero sat stunned at what had happened. He had no idea what had possessed him to do what he did. Come to think of it, what was holding him back anyway? Looking at the door, he wished for Relena to come back right then, and for all this to end.
Unbeknownst to him, Aki had actually gone off to spy. She watched as Heero stared pleadingly at the door, and crossed her arms before actually going to her room. 'So he's finally realized it.' looking back, she sighed and walked through her doorway. Now to convince her mother... or maybe Heero could do it for her. But a plan B never hurt anyone.
Looking towards where Heero would still be staring at the door, Aki grabbed her notebook and labelled a few pages plan B, C, D and E. Maybe and actual plan A would be needed too.
*~*~*~*~*
Looking up at the huge door, a small, delicate figure breathed in and out to calm herself, and walked in. To a waiting Aki and Heero.
"Welcome back Mom." Aki went and gave her a one handed hug. Relena hugged her back briefly before letting her back away. Smiling she went up to Heero and bowed slightly.
"Evening Heero, it's nice to see you again." He grunted in answer. Shrugging at her daughter, she walked up with her suitcase in hand, being guided and aided slightly as she walked. Before she disappeared behind the corner, Aki shot a short glare at Heero. The guy just didn't know...
"Is there anything I should be warned about?" Her mother's voice snapped her out of her reverie.
"Wufei." This was all she said, and all she needed to. But then again, like she didn't already know, her mother that was.
"I thought as much." They grinned at each other and walked into Relena's room. Unpacking, Aki wondered if Heero would ever try anything. But then again, her mother needed to realize it too. That one day at the courts was all Aki needed. Adults were so full of pride.
*~*~*~*~*
"What are you trying?" the rough, grumbling voice sounded from Aki's bedroom door. She hadn't been expecting this one, so she had practicall jumped two feet, while she was sitting down.
"What do you mean?" Looking at the door, she was surprised to see Heero right close to her face. Stuttering, she pulled back a bit. Did he have to be so... blunt?
"You're up to something. I know about scheming people like you. I know how to read you, and you're planning something." His eyes flashed with something dangerous, and Aki slipped off her bed.
"I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. I'm just trying to be a good daughter. Don't you accept me? Or is there something you don't like about me?" Trying her best to put on an innocent act, she tried to shame him into backing down. Every bit she knew about acting was put to the test with this bodyguard. Who knew how to penetrate him? Maybe her mother...
"You're a good liar, but even that can't fool me. There is something I don't like, and that's the odd feeling you're up to something. It's been a month since you came here, and that's long enough for me to tell. AND, what is with that double personality of yours? Last thing we need is another Une." If only she could hearhim now...
"Double personality? I really don't know what you mean. What double personality?" cocking her head to one side, she looked at him questionably. Well, as questionably as she could act.
"First, you're this withdrawn, child, female version of me, then you're the happy-go-lucky type. Ying and Yang, almost. You can't tell me you haven't realized it too. You're smarter than that. You got Relena away and fooled me. AND you're confusing me with all these little things you're making me do, like that day in the training room."
Much to his surprise, she began to giggle. "I think that's the most I've ever made you speak!" Realizing it was true, he pulled back and growled.
"Tell me now." she stopped laughing and stared at him a little coldly, before seemingly shrugging it off.
"Sheesh. Are you ever going to stop telling me to tell you something? When Mother was away, all you wanted was for me to tell you where she is. Now, that she's back, you want me to tell you about god knows what. Next thing you know, you'll be asking about her 'day'. Shouldn't you be able to hack into some database and find out everything you want? I mean, you are the perfect soldier." she paced, throwing her words around carelessly.
"You overestimate artificial intellingence. Not even the most complicate and thorough of computer programs could possibly tell me your personality." She stopped and looked at him. It looked almost as if she was considering his words.
"Well... make one." She was daring him, anyone could tell. What was she up to? "I mean, I bet you could change that." Looking straight into his eyes, she raised both of her eyebrows. Heero just stood there, confused.
"What would be the purpose of that?" He blinked as she drew her head back and began pondering again.
"I dunno. I just thought it would be interesting. I mean, nothing big, just your closest friends. It'll probably be easy, just start with the person closest to you and work outward."
"And the person closest to me would be...?"
"My mother." He raised an eyebrow at her and she shrugged. "I had a gut feeling you were going to ask me that. I mean, you'd want to know what I think about you, so you'd ask me whom I thought was closest to you. And was I not right?" He grunted. "That's right."
"Now, let's start. What do you know about my mother?" He didn't answer, so she sighed and flopped on the bed. "Well, you know that she's the Vice Foreign Minister, a very important role in the world. You know she's opened an orphanage, hospitals, homes for the old, helped creating houses, and a lot of other things. So that proves she's kind, and giving, and generous. Now, what else do you know?" he grunted again.
"Okay then. Ummm... She lives in her mansion, with her closest friends being her mother, Pagan, me, and you." He raised an eyebrow when she had mentioned him. "Oh, come on, you know you're at least her friend. You aren't just another bodyguard. You two have a history together, have talked, and you've always been a shoulder to lean on for the right things. I mean, you do think of her as a friend, right?" Yet another grunt. "That's right. Now, some other friends are Duo, Hilde, Trowa, Midii, Catherine, Quatre, Dorothy, Wufei, Sally, her brother Zechs, and her sister in law Noin." she looked over at Heero to continue, but he had grown silent.
"Okay, so she likes roses, blue, white, her friends and family, her job, the Earth, riding, and lots of other stuff. She's really nice, and even buys soups for old beggars. She's tall, all the way up to your chin or so, an-" she wa interrupted when Heero just stood up and left. She watched him go, and didn't even call after him. Shrugging, she sat up and looked out the window.
"Well, that was an unexpected twist."
*~*~*~*~*
.... This chapter feels so rushed... but then again, I wrote it in... 3 or so hours. Maybe no I have some free time...
AN: This is a bit late so, sorry! I was up a while last night finishing a chapter for my Inuyasha one (I was late on that one too.), then today I had to make a drawing illustrating a list of words, which is DIFFICULT to say the least. I have homework, still didn't do my chores (I think) and my puzzle pirates account hasn't been touched for two days now, since I'mn behind. I might have to extend my writing time for 3 days, since I've just become an unofficial tutor to most of my classmates. So, I've got a lot going on now... well, R&R please!
Black Hair and Gray Eyes
Chapter 9
Listening to music again, Aki didn't notice all the times Heero had gone by her room, hoping for some clue to where Relena was at that exact moment. It had now been two weeks, and no matter what a guy did, the girl just didn't crack. She had been very careful in disposing of all clues, and not to say a word to anyone. Relena's calls did come to Aki's cellphone, but they were all untraceable. Heero just couldn't find the bug she had used to secure the line. That was until he found out the line was Relena's own private one.
Damn them both for making this so difficult...
But he hadn't the time to shoot a glare at the girl, because she had turned the music off and shut the door tightly. Relena was calling soon. Leaning on the door, he tried to figure out their conversation. Hopefully it would be something good.
"Yeah? Oh really. Heh. Nice kid indeed. Yeah, they'll be there tommorrow. It's not like I have school. No, he's still stalking me. No. Of course not. Doubt it. Well, it'll only be another week anyways. Oh really? That'd be nice. Get Shadow off my back. No the horse." Heero cursed under his breath, they weren't giving anything away, though he could guess at some unsignificant facts. "That stuff stains. Ha! Oh, yeah. Doesn't think I know though. Heero! My mom wants to talk to you." He frowned. Since when did thirteen year olds get so intelligent? How come Relena wanted to talk?
He opened the door and strode in, snatching the phone out of the girl's hands. Checking the mini screen first, he was disappointed to see the picture off. Maybe the sounds in the phone would give him a clue. He held the small machine to his ear.
"What?"
"Nice way to greet a long lost friend, Heero. And no, the surrounding doens't specify where I am at all." There was a clicking sound, and Heero realized it had been a decoy to let Aki slip away. And slip away she did.
*~*~*~*~*
"Mom?" Raven hair was the last thing to be seen disappearing into and old, shabby apartment. Aki stepped into the small rooms, looking for her mother. She finally found her in the bedroom, lying on her stomache on the bed.
"Oh, hi Aki. Having fun with Heero?" The now reddish blonde looked up and smiled at her daughter. She shrugged.
"Meh, good enough. How's the undercover mission?" Relena laughed a bit with her daughter. Unlike what most of her friends thought she would do, Relena had hidden herself in the city, to access the mansion easily should anything come up. It also made it easy for the two to visit eachother, Aki while delivering work and Relena during the nights. Being the owner of the mansion, she had the codes that would turn off certain security measures for a certain length of time. Quite cleverly, they would meet and walk in unison, with lighter steps so it would sound like just Aki walking to Heero. Security tapes were never a problem.
"Nearly done. I'll be home soon."
"Good. Heero is driving me insane! He follows me everywhere, expecting me to spill. How did you ever stand him as your bodyguard? I know he had to do the same while protecting you. Come to think of it, at least he wasn't always glaring at you... right?"
Relena laughed at the question. "Of course he did. He glared at everyone, all the time. It takes a while to get used to, but not that long. Only took me a year." shrugging, Relena went through the piles of work.
"A whole year? The council wants to pass this one. I can't stand it for THAT long! Errm, he heard you were available. I'll be crazy before I catch up with the rest of my age. Midii made Trowa adopt Nightsky... wish them luck. And to think, the rest of my life is going to be stuck with him. Another bill." In the mini rant she went on, she stuck notes here and there to explain to her mother a few questioning papers and pictures.
"Actually, it's only until either you get your own bodyguard, move out, he quits, I resign, or something like that. Not your whole life." Aki winced inside at her mother's rambling out loud. After all, she was only complaining for the fun of it. She didn't really mind Heero. Just when he was stalking her. She WAS the person trying to get them together in the first place.
"Right. I brought some music I found in your room. Why don't you ever play them?"
"Music distracts me. Besides, Heero wouldn't let me keep it on if I tried."
"Ah, I forgot, the stoic soldier has no place for music... wait he was listening to mine two weeks ago, right after you left." Her mother was now looking at her oddly.
"You're kidding." Aki shook her head. "Well then, you have to tell me about it. What did you do?"
"He was either bored or desperate. But... not so bad as to let me show him how to dance..."
*~*~*~*~*
She returned almost four hours after that. Her mother had insisted that she fill her in on all the little things going around that she had missed, and in return, she told Aki about all the things she had seen. This, of course, was nothing new to Aki, but she stayed and listened anyway. The only new thing to her was when her mother had told of the three old beggars on the corner, and how her mother had gone a bought them soup.
This disturbed Aki. Relena had been careless; she could've been hurt of kidnapped, but what counted was that she was okay. Reminding herself that her mother could take care of herself, Aki had walked out a little worried but without going into a rant about how she should be more careful. No need to anyways, she would be coming back in two days.
"Four hours to deliver a message?" glancing over, Aki wasn't surprised to see Heero around the corner she had been passing. True, this had been the longest she'd been out, but she hadn't thought about suspicion.
"New meeting place everytime. This one's a bit longer." She began to walk away but he grabbed her wrist.
"She's nearby, isn't she?" Aki looked into his blazing eyes, bored. Instead of looking straight into them, she concentrated on something behind him. Before she had been adopted, she knew the dangers of staring straight into his cold steely eyes. It was like walking into a trap.
"Haven't you learned? You aren't going to get any information out of me. Besides, she's coming back soon." Her eyes instinctly focused to the person infront of her, and the spell of fear started to take over. But, she closed her eyes and looked away. "Let... Go." His grip was hard, and she was sure it was either going to break or be black by tommorrow.
"How soon?" Yanking at her wrist, Aki managed to get him to loosen his grip, but only enough as to not hurt her.
"Soon enough." After another rough grasp, Heero completely let go of her. Well, her wrist that is. "Ugh!" her hair was being pulled, rather jerked, hard. It was clear that Heero had lost his patience.
"Tell. Me. Now." Her head was jerked to face him, and his eyes burned with fury. Never before had she pissed him off soo much. Now, she truly understood fear, for that split second. A hand came up and slapped him on the left side of the face. Surprised, Heero let go of her hair.
"Watch it. My mother won't like that." She pushed him, and ran off.
Heero sat stunned at what had happened. He had no idea what had possessed him to do what he did. Come to think of it, what was holding him back anyway? Looking at the door, he wished for Relena to come back right then, and for all this to end.
Unbeknownst to him, Aki had actually gone off to spy. She watched as Heero stared pleadingly at the door, and crossed her arms before actually going to her room. 'So he's finally realized it.' looking back, she sighed and walked through her doorway. Now to convince her mother... or maybe Heero could do it for her. But a plan B never hurt anyone.
Looking towards where Heero would still be staring at the door, Aki grabbed her notebook and labelled a few pages plan B, C, D and E. Maybe and actual plan A would be needed too.
*~*~*~*~*
Looking up at the huge door, a small, delicate figure breathed in and out to calm herself, and walked in. To a waiting Aki and Heero.
"Welcome back Mom." Aki went and gave her a one handed hug. Relena hugged her back briefly before letting her back away. Smiling she went up to Heero and bowed slightly.
"Evening Heero, it's nice to see you again." He grunted in answer. Shrugging at her daughter, she walked up with her suitcase in hand, being guided and aided slightly as she walked. Before she disappeared behind the corner, Aki shot a short glare at Heero. The guy just didn't know...
"Is there anything I should be warned about?" Her mother's voice snapped her out of her reverie.
"Wufei." This was all she said, and all she needed to. But then again, like she didn't already know, her mother that was.
"I thought as much." They grinned at each other and walked into Relena's room. Unpacking, Aki wondered if Heero would ever try anything. But then again, her mother needed to realize it too. That one day at the courts was all Aki needed. Adults were so full of pride.
*~*~*~*~*
"What are you trying?" the rough, grumbling voice sounded from Aki's bedroom door. She hadn't been expecting this one, so she had practicall jumped two feet, while she was sitting down.
"What do you mean?" Looking at the door, she was surprised to see Heero right close to her face. Stuttering, she pulled back a bit. Did he have to be so... blunt?
"You're up to something. I know about scheming people like you. I know how to read you, and you're planning something." His eyes flashed with something dangerous, and Aki slipped off her bed.
"I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. I'm just trying to be a good daughter. Don't you accept me? Or is there something you don't like about me?" Trying her best to put on an innocent act, she tried to shame him into backing down. Every bit she knew about acting was put to the test with this bodyguard. Who knew how to penetrate him? Maybe her mother...
"You're a good liar, but even that can't fool me. There is something I don't like, and that's the odd feeling you're up to something. It's been a month since you came here, and that's long enough for me to tell. AND, what is with that double personality of yours? Last thing we need is another Une." If only she could hearhim now...
"Double personality? I really don't know what you mean. What double personality?" cocking her head to one side, she looked at him questionably. Well, as questionably as she could act.
"First, you're this withdrawn, child, female version of me, then you're the happy-go-lucky type. Ying and Yang, almost. You can't tell me you haven't realized it too. You're smarter than that. You got Relena away and fooled me. AND you're confusing me with all these little things you're making me do, like that day in the training room."
Much to his surprise, she began to giggle. "I think that's the most I've ever made you speak!" Realizing it was true, he pulled back and growled.
"Tell me now." she stopped laughing and stared at him a little coldly, before seemingly shrugging it off.
"Sheesh. Are you ever going to stop telling me to tell you something? When Mother was away, all you wanted was for me to tell you where she is. Now, that she's back, you want me to tell you about god knows what. Next thing you know, you'll be asking about her 'day'. Shouldn't you be able to hack into some database and find out everything you want? I mean, you are the perfect soldier." she paced, throwing her words around carelessly.
"You overestimate artificial intellingence. Not even the most complicate and thorough of computer programs could possibly tell me your personality." She stopped and looked at him. It looked almost as if she was considering his words.
"Well... make one." She was daring him, anyone could tell. What was she up to? "I mean, I bet you could change that." Looking straight into his eyes, she raised both of her eyebrows. Heero just stood there, confused.
"What would be the purpose of that?" He blinked as she drew her head back and began pondering again.
"I dunno. I just thought it would be interesting. I mean, nothing big, just your closest friends. It'll probably be easy, just start with the person closest to you and work outward."
"And the person closest to me would be...?"
"My mother." He raised an eyebrow at her and she shrugged. "I had a gut feeling you were going to ask me that. I mean, you'd want to know what I think about you, so you'd ask me whom I thought was closest to you. And was I not right?" He grunted. "That's right."
"Now, let's start. What do you know about my mother?" He didn't answer, so she sighed and flopped on the bed. "Well, you know that she's the Vice Foreign Minister, a very important role in the world. You know she's opened an orphanage, hospitals, homes for the old, helped creating houses, and a lot of other things. So that proves she's kind, and giving, and generous. Now, what else do you know?" he grunted again.
"Okay then. Ummm... She lives in her mansion, with her closest friends being her mother, Pagan, me, and you." He raised an eyebrow when she had mentioned him. "Oh, come on, you know you're at least her friend. You aren't just another bodyguard. You two have a history together, have talked, and you've always been a shoulder to lean on for the right things. I mean, you do think of her as a friend, right?" Yet another grunt. "That's right. Now, some other friends are Duo, Hilde, Trowa, Midii, Catherine, Quatre, Dorothy, Wufei, Sally, her brother Zechs, and her sister in law Noin." she looked over at Heero to continue, but he had grown silent.
"Okay, so she likes roses, blue, white, her friends and family, her job, the Earth, riding, and lots of other stuff. She's really nice, and even buys soups for old beggars. She's tall, all the way up to your chin or so, an-" she wa interrupted when Heero just stood up and left. She watched him go, and didn't even call after him. Shrugging, she sat up and looked out the window.
"Well, that was an unexpected twist."
*~*~*~*~*
.... This chapter feels so rushed... but then again, I wrote it in... 3 or so hours. Maybe no I have some free time...