Title: Altering Feelings

Author: Aino Yuy aka Usagi-Hater


Author Notes:

Its certainly has been a long time since I updated. Sorry about that. Big thanks to Melodi Moon for the e-mail, telling me to update.

Shout outs:


- angelicmayuka: Yes, men do surprise women at times with their stupid reasons, lolz. I think you will like this chap. Or maybe not… Thank you for your review and your spelling corrections.


- darkstar51: I'm glad you think my fic is great, thank you. Heero Yuy and Minako Aino are also my two favorite anime characters. Thank you for reviewing.


- crystalgem2003: Read the chap to find out how Minako deals with her dilemma. Lolz, yes, that's what I love about Heero. He's a rude, sexy anime character that I can never have *sighs*. Glad you like the plotline and thanks for taking your time to review.


- Venus Of Love: Lolz, sorry for the cliffhanger again. Do forgive me won't you VOL-chan? *Sighs* we already thought of a plotline, how about writing the joint fic?


- Aisu Hoshino: I know, I am an evil person for leaving a cliffhanger. But thank you. I wouldn't want to attend another funeral this year because of my awkward endings of a chapter. Thanks for the review.


- Veggie-Babu-chan: I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is, the other G-boys will come in. The bad news is, it'll only be very brief. Sorry. Glad you're enjoying the story so far and thanks for reviewing.


- transcendent: You must remember, dear friend, that this is Minako. The boy crazy, somewhat naive blonde we both love. And dammit, you're still in that threatening-Aino mode? Grr. And about that flame war I was in with Tux and the others, I don't know what happened to the fic. Can't seem to find it anymore. I think it was taken off. Who knows.


- Melodi Moon: Lolz, so sorry again for taking such a long time in updating. Please forgive my lazy ass. I spend most of my free time on the computer and yet I don't have enough willpower to continue my fics. I'm such a bad author. Anyways, thanks for reviewing and once again, the e-mail.


- Sadie Joyce Myst Lady: Hey there. When are you gonna update your fics? You have so many thrilling ones and yet you haven't updated any of them. And don't worry; no dick-head lover is going to bring me down. Lolz, that'll be the day.


- Tuxedo Gohan: Tux, haven't talked with you online for a while… and when we do, it's so limited… Damn, don't tell me our friendship is coming to an end. Anyways, thanks for the review.


- Kazzeh Sodapop: You know, it would be pretty cool to have the other G-boys come and save Minako. But sad to say, I didn't use it… it didn't really work well with my plot… Ah well, maybe next time. Thanks for finally reading and reviewing my fic.


- AznxAngel: Mon, dammit, we haven't talked in the longest time! And no, don't die. Like I said to Aisu Hoshino, I don't want to attend another funeral of one of my reviewers. Hope to chat soon.



- Serene Beauty of Aphrodite: Oh dear, don't scream. I hear enough of it in the Sailor Moon series with dick-head's elephant-dieing shriek. Thanks for all of your reviews.


- Optical Illusions: Lolz, it was fun talking to you the other day. We still need to finish our battle among animals. Thanks for the review Rissa and welcome back.

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Chapter Six

My feet were glued to the floor. I was holding my breath with my teeth gritting tightly together. My heart pumped rapidly in my chest and my voice in my head was screaming for me to run. But if I ran, would I make it? Of course not. He would shoot me before I could.

Any minute now he was going to pull that trigger ending my life in a snap. And no one was going to hear the gunshot or my scream. Damn this soundproof room.

"Farewell." And he pulled the trigger… Those fifteen minutes were a blur to me. I could only remember my loud scream and a sharp pain emerge on my right thigh. My reflexes made me close my eyes tightly together while the gunshot sounded like an explosion in my eardrums.

I had fallen to the grown right after the shot. There was an enormous amount of pain on my thigh. It was stinging like hell and it caused me to open my eyes and look down. Seeing blood dripping out of a wound I saw the bullet stuck in my flesh.

He missed! I felt dizzy and weak and I knew I was going to faint. But when I heard Commander Zech speak, I had to look up.

"Y- you bastard…," he grunted.

To my surprise I saw him lying on the ground with a bullet hole in his back. His suit was already stained with his on-pouring blood. His face was pale and his eyes were shutting. Before I knew it… he was dead.

Looking shockingly at the corpse I saw Heero walk out from the shadowed corner of the room.

My unruly haired partner placed his gun away as he walked over the dead body. He held no emotion on his face. I watched him walk towards me and kneel down to examine the injury on my leg.

"How did you get here?" I asked. My voice was soft and hoarse.

He looked up at me briefly only to look back at my wound. "I already informed Dr. J about the weapon and we already have a plan to destroy this thing. I need you to get back to the colonies as soon as possible."

Tearing off his right sleeve shirt he tied it tightly on my thigh. "This should work for now," he said. "Let's go."

He wrapped his arm around my waist and took my left arm to fling it over his neck. I stood up along with him until we got into a steady stand. I grimaced as the pain on my leg shot up all over my body.

"Damn it hurt," I mumbled almost falling back down. But Heero's grip was firm and boosted me back up. He began heading out of the room and lead me further down the dimly lit hallway.

"We're taking the back doors?" I asked. The pain was still present but I tried my best to not make it obvious. I received a slight nod from Heero.

Soon enough we managed to reach a door that led to a flight of stairs. Damn, I thought. But before I could think Heero lifted me up fully with his hand under my legs and the other still on my back. My arms instantly flung over his neck.

"We can't waste time," he explained running up the flight of stairs as fast as he could with me in his arms.

When we reached the top he kicked the door open and ran outside into the back lobby of the casino. The back door was just to our right and when Heero placed me down he helped me walk out into the night air.

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A half an hour later we were back at the apartment. Heero quickly went on his laptop as I lay on the bed with Artemis curled up beside me. I took a deep intake of breath when I moved my leg accidentally.

"Pack up, we're leaving."

I looked at him trying to sit up. "What? Why?"

He did not give me an answer. He was inside the bathroom getting our belongings. Sitting up completely on the bed I glanced at the laptop on the nearby desk to see an e-mail.

A private shuttle is coming by for Minako.

Dr. J

I read it over with a question pondering in my head. Why just me?

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Thanks to Heero we were already at the airport a while later. When we arrived I saw through the car window Dr. J and another man with him. He had bangs that covered one of his emerald green eyes and his face held a quiet expression.

That's Trowa Barton… another Gundam Pilot…

Dr. J came and opened my door. Heero went out the other car door to get the luggage in the back of the taxi with the other man. "Minako, are you alright?" Dr. J asked, holding his elderly hand out to help me.

"Never better," I teased getting out of the car unsteadily. I leaned on the car while Dr. J went to get Artemis's cage inside. Heero and Trowa were already heading inside the airport before us.

I watched them come back out again with a wheelchair. Trowa pushed it towards me while Heero went to pay the taxi driver. "Sit down," Dr. J ordered. I took his and Trowa's hand as they helped me.

When Artemis's cage was on my lap they wheeled me inside the airport into the airfield. I saw a small shuttle outside ready for takeoff. Reaching the stairs Dr. J helped me up and helped me walk up with Trowa in front to guide me.

Once I was up and in my seat I watched Dr. J and Trowa go back down to Heero. They were talking about something but I could not quite hear. Opening the window slightly I was able to catch a few words.

"Are you sure about this?"

"Definite. Their weapon was made as an impression as ours. It must have a-"

It must have a what?

"Fine. Would you like to say … before you …?"

"No."

"But-"

"She'll be fine without…"

And that was all. But what where they talking about? Was it about Demolition?

My curiosity grew when I saw Dr. J and Trowa climbed back up the staircase into the shuttle without Heero. Before Trowa went in he turned around and saluted to him. The Prussian eyed pilot saluted back before the shuttle door sealed shut. My window automatically closed up additionally but I kept my eyes on Heero.

What is he doing?

He turned to me at the window and I saw something in his eyes. But what was it? I leaned into the window with my forehead and hands pressed against it. "Where are you going?" I mouthed. I knew he could understand me. I heard all five of the Gundam Pilots could read lips.

I waited for an answer but got nothing. However, before the shuttle took off, I noticed a small smile forming on Heero's face. And that was the last I saw of him. His body was soon a small speck on the earth…

"Dr. J?" I asked, turning around in my seat to see him sitting down next to me. "What's going on?"

The expression on Dr. J's face was something I only saw when something bad was about to take place or had already happened. He did not look at me; he kept his eyes straight forward. "He went to destroy Demolition."

That was it? Why was he so uptight then? "By himself? Shouldn't Mr. Barton go along to help?" I looked around to see Trowa in the control room with the co-pilot.

"No, it's a one man operation."

There was something Dr. J was hiding from me. "Did you give him something to stop the mobile suite from functioning?"

"No."

"Then what the hell is going on? Dr. J, your not telling me the whole thing! I'm in on this mission too and I have a right to know what's going on!"

I was getting aggravated with the old man. I was getting aggravated with everyone. "Why is Heero doing this alone? Why isn't Trowa helping him? Why are you acting as if someone is going to die?"

And it struck me. I was right when I did not mean to be…

It made perfect sense though. The e-mail. Why it was only referring to me. And it was the reason why Dr. J was so gloomy. And the saluting of Trowa and Heero... that couldn't have been normal could it? And their conversation. They were talking about Demolition and how to destroy it.

Commander Zech's words were ringing in my ear...

'"Now, do you know what gundaniem alloy is? It's a strong material the Gundams were made from. Our scientists have discovered its secrets and were able to make a model just like the Gundams."'

The only to destroy a Gundam was to detonate it. And the switch was inside the Gundam. Only a Gundam Pilot would know how to and Heero was the selected one.

It seemed like my whole body fell into freezing water. I felt so cold. My face was pale and my hands trembled when I reached out for Dr. J's arm.

"He's committing suicide isn't he?"

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Closing Notes:

Damn, I felt so horrible killing Zech. I love him so much and here I am killing him in my fic!


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