Trevor Yuy.... Part 2
By Axisor
Okay--here's the next part. Something that a lot of you have been waiting for. I'm not sure if this is as good as the previous part (of course I was rather unsure about that part, all on it's own, and thought that it would take it a while to even get FOUND by anyone I didn't know). You all surprised me! I thought it would take about a week to even get three reviews! Little did I know it was probably more like a little more than three hours before I got twice that many.
I hope you all enjoy this next part and I'm working on the third part... I'm not sure when I'll get that done so that's why I didn't combine it with this part. My school starts tomorrow and so I won't have nearly as much time to work on my fanfics as I have since I started writing the first part last Thursday of Friday. I didn't want you to have to wait for more of the story so I hope you enjoy it. I promise to try and get the next (and hopefully last, so I can start on the next one that's playing around in my mind) part out by next weekend (I know that seems like a lot of time but I'm pretty sure with school it won't be). Oh-and I appologize for the ending part seeming kind of 'soft' but I had some people insist that I dig a little into the Heero/Relena relationship-thing and that's what came out. Okay- you want to read the fic now so I'll add more at the end! :þ
As I always... I don't own Gundam Wing ::sobs and sniffs a little:: *Why do I have to dwell on that sad truth?*
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"So he's got a clear-cut case of amnesia, huh?" Said Trowa, more to himself than to anyone else. "And from a brick of all things. Not from being in a self-detonating Gundam, not from crashing into the planet, not from any of the other numerous miscellaneous injuries, but from a G.D. brick!"
" 'G.D. brick'?" Duo asked. Why the hell didn't Trowa just say God-damn? "And the doctor said it wasn't--"
"Yeah 'G.D.' the kid won't listen to us, really, if we keep cursing and losing his respect. He's the one who has to battle with Trieze--there is no way around that without revealing we're weak right now--" Trowa shot a glare at Wufei. "--so he has to learn as much as possible as soon as possible from us, which requires respect. And Yes, he could have gone by 'Trevor' 9 years ago. Remember... Heero isn't his real name? Now why don't we go in and introduce ourselves and explain what's going on, shall we?"
"Yes sir!" Duo said with a mock salute. "You know, I think that's the most I've ever heard out of that guy at one time," he added as they filed in.
"Hmph."
"I'm telling you for the last time, I'm not Heero, I'm--"
"Trevor, and I'm Quatre Raberba Winner, that's Relena Peacecraft. Over there is Duo Maxwell, with the super-long braid. The massive bangs belong to Trowa Barton and Chang Wufei is that guy almost sulking in the corner." Quatre said, giving quick introductions and flashing his friendliest smile. "Trevor, can you please tell us how much you remember of Dr. J and the Gundams?"
"How do you know abou--never mind. I forgot I had amnesia." Trevor said, mumbling something about a breach in security and then told all he knew. He ended his forty-five minute lecture with, "but I've never actually been in the Gundam yet... only the simulator."
"WHAT? You nev-- Then how the fu-u-u" Duo started, then Trowa caught his eye and mouthed 'NO CURSING' so Duo recovered with, "-udge is he going to even be in a freakin' Gundam duel--let alone win and against that G.D. Trieze Kushrenada, no less. Oh heck! Oh heck! Oh heck! Oh heck!" The hints of a smiled played at the corners of Trowa's lips. Then the pilot Duo put a hand on his forehead and whispered, as he slid the hand down his face, "Oh Deathscythe, what have we gotten ourselves into?"
There was a moment of silence where all this information sunk into each person's mind. Relena leaned over to Trevor and whispered in his ear the explanation, very basic but an explanation none the less, as to what Duo was talking about. It was another few moments before anyone spoke up again, this time Trevor had something to say which shocked everyone. He put on a shaky smile and played with the blanket on the bed, pretending not to really be looking at anything or anybody and said in quiet, soft voice.
"I guess it's time to finally get into the Gundam then, huh? I've always been nervous and kind of scared of that thing but... if you need me to do it... the least I can do is try and learn."
The first thought that shot through all five minds was either "He's being brave.... for a six year old." Or "Maybe he isn't as weak as we thought." (hm... I wonder who had that thought) The second thought that was computed though was the same... all the way around the room: "Heero--scared of something? Scared of his Gundam? Is the world coming to an end?" This thought even registered on Relena, Duo, and Quatre's faces. Wufei and Trowa had impassive faces on but their eyes did widen... about three millimeters, but widen none the less.
The six year old Trevor turned the fifteen year old face of Heero to look up at Wufei with gigantic puppy dog eyes and a quivering lower lip he asked in a shaky young voice that did sound six, "Um... Mr. Wufei, sir? Could you... um... sir... um... please take me to my Gundam... please, sir?"
For a moment the world seemed to freeze. "No." The world seemed to shatter around Trevor with that one word until Wufei continued with, "Not if you act weak. The weak are not worth my time to teach. You must be strong, especially to duel with Trieze Kushrenada, or you will not win." Then a touch of pain glimmered in the corners of his eyes as his mind replayed his own personal duel with Trieze and he lost his sense of the real world around him. He wasn't even aware of Trowa's elbow grinding into his side.
Trevor turned a much stronger, less emotional face towards Duo. "Will you take me to my Gundam, Mr. Maxwell?"
"I'm no mister, kid." Duo said with a gravely serious expression on his face. For a second there, Trevor had thought he had committed another large error. "Come on. I need to work on Deathscythe anyway." Duo said with his usual goofy grin and reached down to mess up the boys hair affectionately.
As the two made to leave, Duo reached down and scooped up the pile of chains and unbroken locks. "We--you don't need those, sir," came Trevor's shaky voice.
"Oh yes we might." Duo said, without a second thought as to what Trevor meant until Trevor didn't follow him. "I meant me might need them in the garage--while we--while I work on my Gundam and you get to know yours." Then the two of them headed down the hall together.
Relena left the room a little later to go find her scrap book, hoping that she might be able to jog the memories of being Heero back to Trevor a little later. Quatre and Trowa left the room and headed towards the office to plan a schedule for how to put 9 years in three days. Wufei stood in the room for a little while longer, still lost in the memories of his own defeat, until he came to his senses and went to meditate up on Nataku, who wasn't parked with the other Gundams.
After he was done meditating, Wufei found himself assisting Trowa and Quatre in pouring over every datum of information out there that had anything to do with Trieze, mobile suits, and especially anything which had to do with Trieze in a mobile suit. All of this information was condensed and pasted into a notebook to be given to Trevor that night so he could read it all by the following night (although by lunch would have been preferred). Then he would be quizzed over it all while he received a crash course in using the mobile suit for real.
"I feel sorry for the poor kid." Quatre commented at one point during the pasting process, as he took a break. He was standing by the large glass window which over looked the Gundam garage where Duo was teaching Trevor the controls to Wing Zero, as best he knew them. "As far as what he knows is concerned, he's a six year old boy thrown into a situation that would have, possibly, been difficult for our fifteen year old Heero. It would almost be better, for Trevor at least, to be hit on the head by another brick and forget that he was ever Trevor again and be our Heero, instead." Then Quatre went back to work, not realizing till he heard Duo and Trevor yelling that he had sparked an idea in Wufei's mind.
Quatre and Trowa looked up from what they were doing to see that Wufei had sneaked out of the room. They then ran to the window to see that Wufei was now chasing Trevor all over the garage with a large metal pipe held high over his head. As those two deftly wove in and out and around different pieces of equipment, a gasping Duo was following, a good several passes behind, yelling at Wufei to stop.
Quatre instantly realized what was happening, turned on the com-unit so that it would broadcast through only the speakers in the garage. "Wufei! This is Quatre! You must stop! Do not hit Trevor! He could forget another three-fifths of his life and think he's two and a half! Then were would we be? Even weaker and farther behind schedule and it would be YOUR FAULT!" That got Wufei's attention.
Wufei stopped dead in his tracks. Duo, who didn't see that Wufei had stop in time for him to really slow down or alter his course effectively, more or less tripped/stumbled/fell away from Wufei in his attempt not to run over Wufei! Scattering tools everywhere Duo landed on a tool chest, that just happened to have a pan of dirty oil on it, which got all over Duo's clothes and in his hair. There was also a bucket of gunk that had been removed from a Gundam which now also contained Duo's left hand. "Wufei you Bast--"
"DUO!" Trowa's voice came over the speakers,
"-ted (he tried to make it sound like 'blasted'--incase you couldn't figure that I out... I know, I kind of stretched for it!) pilot! What the fu--"
"DUO!" Trowa's voice was even louder this time.
"-udge do you think you were doing? Bash the information into the kid's head?" Duo screamed. "You are doing the laundry to night! You hear me?" Then he ran his right hand over his now oily braid. "G.D. Wufei! Do you realize how long it takes to wash my hair? If we weren't all needed to make this work for the battle, I would seriously make you pay for this! You better hope that you didn't ruin the watch Hilde gave me!" He added as he looked at his left hand in horror.
As those words echoed throughout the garage, Wufei slipped into the shadows and made himself scarce for the next hour or so. He knew that was all that it would take for the god of death to get over this... as long as the watch didn't break and Wufei did do the laundry tonight--working very hard not to let the oil stain the clothes. Although Wufei did consider doing laundry WOMEN'S work, he knew that Duo would consider that punishment enough... maybe, if Wufei did it without complaint.
Meanwhile, Trevor was helping Duo clean up the mess and tried to strike up a conversation. "That girl--who was in the room earlier--Relena? She's not a pilot, is she?"
If Duo hadn't been still ticked with Wufei, he would have fallen over laughing. Instead though, he just gave a wry grin and said, "No kid. She's not a pilot."
"She's got to be a mechanic, though... or something like that then, right? To have enough security clearance to get this far in the colony."
"Relena's something.... that's for sure." A real grin broke across Duo's face. "But we're not on the colony, kiddo. We're on Earth."
"EARTH! No way! How'd I get here?" The words just exploded out of Trevor's mouth.
"Yes way! And as to how you got here, that's a long story that.... I think would be better if you just remembered it on your own." Duo said as he mopped up that last of the oil off the ground and Trevor picked up the last tool and put it in its place.
"So what is Relena? Is she... like... your girlfriend?" Trevor was beginning to act just like the typical 6 year old does when he finds out his big brother has a girlfriend (you know, like he was getting ready to sing the "First comes Love, Then comes Marriage" song).... but that's just because that's what Trevor was beginning to consider Duo as--an older brother. In fact he was beginning to consider each of the pilots as that... even Wufei (he was just a MEAN older brother).
"WHAT?! NO! She's not MY girlfriend! Hilde is and she's going to KILL me when she sees this watch...." Duo said, almost whining.
"I'm sure your Hilde will forgive you if she truly does love you... especially considering what was going on at the time." Duo's jaw dropped in astonishment of how the Yuy boy could sound like a six year old one minute and an adult the next (and from the fact that the word 'Love' came out of Heero's mouth and that it was even in his vocabulary (:þ)). He recovered before the Yuy boy noticed and listened to the rest of what he had to say. "So she's someone's girlfriend, huh?"
"Yeah... uh... something like that. That seems to change day-to-day and HE never seems to think of her as that. Sometimes I don't think he deserves her." Duo said with disgust as he led the way back to Wing Zero.
"So she's not Quatre's girlfriend? He's too nice to be that mean to such a nice lady as Relena."
"That would be a hoot if he was her boyfriend! They would make a lovely, or at least interesting, couple but no--Miss Relena's heart belongs to another."
"Trowa would be a good one--so no he's not her boyfriend. He strikes me as the type to appreciate his girlfriends."
Duo nodded, then realized that this conversation was taking an unexpected turn. *Shoot! How's he going to react when he realizes that he's Relena's 'boyfriend,' or rather, Heero is? Isn't that one of the things that you're not suppose to tell an amnesia patient? Who their wife or fiancée or girlfriend is? Something about causing trauma or emotional scarring--or is that just a bunch of TV crap?* Duo gave a mental shrug and said, "You know, Trevor. YOU'VE never met this guy," in an attempt to throw Trevor off.
"Oh, Thank GOD! I was afraid it was that Wufei-guy. He doesn't deserve a girlfriend, ESPECIALLY Relena! I saw how he treated and talked to her!" Then Trevor put a look on his face that said, for all the world to see, that nothing would change his mind. Nothing.
*Hm... hope he keeps that frame of mind when he regains his memory! I would be nice to see Heero really appreciate Relena for a change, and maybe the rest of us too.* Then Duo and Trevor got into the cockpit of Wing Zero and started going over various systems.
About half an hour later--well, maybe forty-five minutes--Trevor exclaimed, "Oh dear, sweet--I think I just figured it out!"
"Well that's a relief... Now we can move onto--"
"No. Oh no-no-no-no-no! I still don't understand that stuff worth anything!" Trevor said with a laugh and a smile (talk about SHOCKING Duo!) then drew the serious expression across his face that was so accustomed to being there he said, "No, I think I figured out who Relena's boyfriend is."
"Oh, really? Who?" Duo asked, trying to sound casual.
"ME! I'm Relena's boyfriend--or rather, Heero is." He sounded absolutely confident but then as he continue, seeming to have completely forgotten Duo, he sounded noticeably less confident, but his voice held a passion to it and it no longer was the typical mono-tone everyone is used to hearing. "But then... that would mean that she didn't lie--that the last thing Heero said to her was-was that he was going to kill her... How did I grow up to be like that--to threaten to kill someone like her--so kind and sweet and gentle.... I really don't deserve her, just like Duo said--No! It's Heero who doesn't deserve her! Heero must be act like a complete jerk to her! He also has to be a complete IDIOT to not see that she loves him! I mean... if she put up with all that I--no, HEERO put her through and still stay with him--to come to him and worry about him even after he--after what he said--that--that insensitive, arrogant--CREEP!"
Dou watched the scene as it unfolded before him. He first saw joy reflected on the face of his friend, then uncertainty mixed with disbelief followed by anger which preceded barely controlled rage, that caused Trevor to shake all over in his fury at himself. Duo then thought to himself:
*Oh crud! I hope he hasn't develop split personalities on me... and the whole self-hatred thing isn't going to help anything... How could I have been so selfish as to wish that he change and be a little more open about who he is, when it could very well tear him apart? How did let it get this far? Well... I know one way to stop this!*
Duo gathered his good friend into his arms, feeling a little uncomfortable about it but knew he had to be done, and said quietly and calmly, "Yeah. Heero does seem like that sometimes, but that's what sets him apart. I don't know what happened to make you--him like that but it happened. He's threatened just about all of us at one point in time... or so it seems. Heck, he ran a special mission just to kill me but when it really came down to it... he didn't shoot. He just got me out and set me up with a place to stay till I was healed. That was when I met Hilde, so I guess I kind of owe that much to him, but that's not the point. The point is that he isn't really as bad as he seems. If he was... he would have killed Relena a long time ago--but he didn't. He's had several shots at it, but still she lives. I think that's how Relena knows that Heero at least cares for her and that's why she stays with him and cares for him. She trusts him with her life, just like all of us pilots do. That's one way that we all know that he at least considers us friends."
Duo turned Trevor's face so that he looked Duo right in the eye and said, "If you really are that disgusted with yourself, though, you need to make an imprint of that into your mind along with your reasons... okay? That way... when you do regain all your memory and start deciding how much you become like your old self again that you have that information to draw on. I wasn't joking about what I said before... that we know he cares by the fact he doesn't kill us... but we also know that he cares in other ways that he--that aren't that obvious. He has said that there is nothing wrong with following your emotions, or something like that. He has done that a lot in his life. He cares for a lot and about a lot. He's been said, I believe, to have a pure heart for what he does. I'm honored to be considered one of his friends. He lives-er... more correctly, lived--the way he does/did, though, for a reason. It takes a lot of strength to do whatever it takes to see things through to the end... no matter what happens and what get in the way. That's what Heero basically is, in a nutshell, but he's also a lot more than that. Just make sure that you weigh everything thoroughly, though, before you cast a permanent judgement on him..."
Duo then let Trevor go and ponder that for a little bit while Duo polished the outside of the Gundam (he had to find something to do) and then a voice called him back. "Duo. I remember--I remember some of what you were talking about--not all of it but some of it, and some other stuff too!"
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I know I know I know! The ending there is a cliffhanger-ish type thing... Does Trevor/Heero remember enough to do battle with Trieze... Does this mean that a kinder, softer gentler Heero is on the way... If so... will he still be a Gundam pilot or will he give that up because he's afraid of being that Heero from before... What type of fluff is this whacked-up, cracked-up author writing? (I know that last one is on my mind-I couldn't tell you for the life of me where this story is going to end up at--wait no, I know WHERE it will end up but not the HOW! It's taken on a life of it's own... and taking a little direction from some of the readers) I guess we'll all just have to hang on for the ride and see what turns up.
I do apologize, though, to those who don't like all that sugary-sweet stuff in their fanfics-I don't know where it came from but it just came out and I apologize if it sucked.. but I liked it at the time. PLEASE read (wait... never mind you all ready did that ::scratches head then shrugs::) and Review! Feed back is greatly accepted and maybe some suggestions for something else you want me to try and cram in here! Who knows-We'll have to see.
Thanx so much for your time == Axisor! :þ
PS= did you notice that Duo stopped cursing--even in his own thoughts? I was having fun breaking him of that habit!
By Axisor
Okay--here's the next part. Something that a lot of you have been waiting for. I'm not sure if this is as good as the previous part (of course I was rather unsure about that part, all on it's own, and thought that it would take it a while to even get FOUND by anyone I didn't know). You all surprised me! I thought it would take about a week to even get three reviews! Little did I know it was probably more like a little more than three hours before I got twice that many.
I hope you all enjoy this next part and I'm working on the third part... I'm not sure when I'll get that done so that's why I didn't combine it with this part. My school starts tomorrow and so I won't have nearly as much time to work on my fanfics as I have since I started writing the first part last Thursday of Friday. I didn't want you to have to wait for more of the story so I hope you enjoy it. I promise to try and get the next (and hopefully last, so I can start on the next one that's playing around in my mind) part out by next weekend (I know that seems like a lot of time but I'm pretty sure with school it won't be). Oh-and I appologize for the ending part seeming kind of 'soft' but I had some people insist that I dig a little into the Heero/Relena relationship-thing and that's what came out. Okay- you want to read the fic now so I'll add more at the end! :þ
As I always... I don't own Gundam Wing ::sobs and sniffs a little:: *Why do I have to dwell on that sad truth?*
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"So he's got a clear-cut case of amnesia, huh?" Said Trowa, more to himself than to anyone else. "And from a brick of all things. Not from being in a self-detonating Gundam, not from crashing into the planet, not from any of the other numerous miscellaneous injuries, but from a G.D. brick!"
" 'G.D. brick'?" Duo asked. Why the hell didn't Trowa just say God-damn? "And the doctor said it wasn't--"
"Yeah 'G.D.' the kid won't listen to us, really, if we keep cursing and losing his respect. He's the one who has to battle with Trieze--there is no way around that without revealing we're weak right now--" Trowa shot a glare at Wufei. "--so he has to learn as much as possible as soon as possible from us, which requires respect. And Yes, he could have gone by 'Trevor' 9 years ago. Remember... Heero isn't his real name? Now why don't we go in and introduce ourselves and explain what's going on, shall we?"
"Yes sir!" Duo said with a mock salute. "You know, I think that's the most I've ever heard out of that guy at one time," he added as they filed in.
"Hmph."
"I'm telling you for the last time, I'm not Heero, I'm--"
"Trevor, and I'm Quatre Raberba Winner, that's Relena Peacecraft. Over there is Duo Maxwell, with the super-long braid. The massive bangs belong to Trowa Barton and Chang Wufei is that guy almost sulking in the corner." Quatre said, giving quick introductions and flashing his friendliest smile. "Trevor, can you please tell us how much you remember of Dr. J and the Gundams?"
"How do you know abou--never mind. I forgot I had amnesia." Trevor said, mumbling something about a breach in security and then told all he knew. He ended his forty-five minute lecture with, "but I've never actually been in the Gundam yet... only the simulator."
"WHAT? You nev-- Then how the fu-u-u" Duo started, then Trowa caught his eye and mouthed 'NO CURSING' so Duo recovered with, "-udge is he going to even be in a freakin' Gundam duel--let alone win and against that G.D. Trieze Kushrenada, no less. Oh heck! Oh heck! Oh heck! Oh heck!" The hints of a smiled played at the corners of Trowa's lips. Then the pilot Duo put a hand on his forehead and whispered, as he slid the hand down his face, "Oh Deathscythe, what have we gotten ourselves into?"
There was a moment of silence where all this information sunk into each person's mind. Relena leaned over to Trevor and whispered in his ear the explanation, very basic but an explanation none the less, as to what Duo was talking about. It was another few moments before anyone spoke up again, this time Trevor had something to say which shocked everyone. He put on a shaky smile and played with the blanket on the bed, pretending not to really be looking at anything or anybody and said in quiet, soft voice.
"I guess it's time to finally get into the Gundam then, huh? I've always been nervous and kind of scared of that thing but... if you need me to do it... the least I can do is try and learn."
The first thought that shot through all five minds was either "He's being brave.... for a six year old." Or "Maybe he isn't as weak as we thought." (hm... I wonder who had that thought) The second thought that was computed though was the same... all the way around the room: "Heero--scared of something? Scared of his Gundam? Is the world coming to an end?" This thought even registered on Relena, Duo, and Quatre's faces. Wufei and Trowa had impassive faces on but their eyes did widen... about three millimeters, but widen none the less.
The six year old Trevor turned the fifteen year old face of Heero to look up at Wufei with gigantic puppy dog eyes and a quivering lower lip he asked in a shaky young voice that did sound six, "Um... Mr. Wufei, sir? Could you... um... sir... um... please take me to my Gundam... please, sir?"
For a moment the world seemed to freeze. "No." The world seemed to shatter around Trevor with that one word until Wufei continued with, "Not if you act weak. The weak are not worth my time to teach. You must be strong, especially to duel with Trieze Kushrenada, or you will not win." Then a touch of pain glimmered in the corners of his eyes as his mind replayed his own personal duel with Trieze and he lost his sense of the real world around him. He wasn't even aware of Trowa's elbow grinding into his side.
Trevor turned a much stronger, less emotional face towards Duo. "Will you take me to my Gundam, Mr. Maxwell?"
"I'm no mister, kid." Duo said with a gravely serious expression on his face. For a second there, Trevor had thought he had committed another large error. "Come on. I need to work on Deathscythe anyway." Duo said with his usual goofy grin and reached down to mess up the boys hair affectionately.
As the two made to leave, Duo reached down and scooped up the pile of chains and unbroken locks. "We--you don't need those, sir," came Trevor's shaky voice.
"Oh yes we might." Duo said, without a second thought as to what Trevor meant until Trevor didn't follow him. "I meant me might need them in the garage--while we--while I work on my Gundam and you get to know yours." Then the two of them headed down the hall together.
Relena left the room a little later to go find her scrap book, hoping that she might be able to jog the memories of being Heero back to Trevor a little later. Quatre and Trowa left the room and headed towards the office to plan a schedule for how to put 9 years in three days. Wufei stood in the room for a little while longer, still lost in the memories of his own defeat, until he came to his senses and went to meditate up on Nataku, who wasn't parked with the other Gundams.
After he was done meditating, Wufei found himself assisting Trowa and Quatre in pouring over every datum of information out there that had anything to do with Trieze, mobile suits, and especially anything which had to do with Trieze in a mobile suit. All of this information was condensed and pasted into a notebook to be given to Trevor that night so he could read it all by the following night (although by lunch would have been preferred). Then he would be quizzed over it all while he received a crash course in using the mobile suit for real.
"I feel sorry for the poor kid." Quatre commented at one point during the pasting process, as he took a break. He was standing by the large glass window which over looked the Gundam garage where Duo was teaching Trevor the controls to Wing Zero, as best he knew them. "As far as what he knows is concerned, he's a six year old boy thrown into a situation that would have, possibly, been difficult for our fifteen year old Heero. It would almost be better, for Trevor at least, to be hit on the head by another brick and forget that he was ever Trevor again and be our Heero, instead." Then Quatre went back to work, not realizing till he heard Duo and Trevor yelling that he had sparked an idea in Wufei's mind.
Quatre and Trowa looked up from what they were doing to see that Wufei had sneaked out of the room. They then ran to the window to see that Wufei was now chasing Trevor all over the garage with a large metal pipe held high over his head. As those two deftly wove in and out and around different pieces of equipment, a gasping Duo was following, a good several passes behind, yelling at Wufei to stop.
Quatre instantly realized what was happening, turned on the com-unit so that it would broadcast through only the speakers in the garage. "Wufei! This is Quatre! You must stop! Do not hit Trevor! He could forget another three-fifths of his life and think he's two and a half! Then were would we be? Even weaker and farther behind schedule and it would be YOUR FAULT!" That got Wufei's attention.
Wufei stopped dead in his tracks. Duo, who didn't see that Wufei had stop in time for him to really slow down or alter his course effectively, more or less tripped/stumbled/fell away from Wufei in his attempt not to run over Wufei! Scattering tools everywhere Duo landed on a tool chest, that just happened to have a pan of dirty oil on it, which got all over Duo's clothes and in his hair. There was also a bucket of gunk that had been removed from a Gundam which now also contained Duo's left hand. "Wufei you Bast--"
"DUO!" Trowa's voice came over the speakers,
"-ted (he tried to make it sound like 'blasted'--incase you couldn't figure that I out... I know, I kind of stretched for it!) pilot! What the fu--"
"DUO!" Trowa's voice was even louder this time.
"-udge do you think you were doing? Bash the information into the kid's head?" Duo screamed. "You are doing the laundry to night! You hear me?" Then he ran his right hand over his now oily braid. "G.D. Wufei! Do you realize how long it takes to wash my hair? If we weren't all needed to make this work for the battle, I would seriously make you pay for this! You better hope that you didn't ruin the watch Hilde gave me!" He added as he looked at his left hand in horror.
As those words echoed throughout the garage, Wufei slipped into the shadows and made himself scarce for the next hour or so. He knew that was all that it would take for the god of death to get over this... as long as the watch didn't break and Wufei did do the laundry tonight--working very hard not to let the oil stain the clothes. Although Wufei did consider doing laundry WOMEN'S work, he knew that Duo would consider that punishment enough... maybe, if Wufei did it without complaint.
Meanwhile, Trevor was helping Duo clean up the mess and tried to strike up a conversation. "That girl--who was in the room earlier--Relena? She's not a pilot, is she?"
If Duo hadn't been still ticked with Wufei, he would have fallen over laughing. Instead though, he just gave a wry grin and said, "No kid. She's not a pilot."
"She's got to be a mechanic, though... or something like that then, right? To have enough security clearance to get this far in the colony."
"Relena's something.... that's for sure." A real grin broke across Duo's face. "But we're not on the colony, kiddo. We're on Earth."
"EARTH! No way! How'd I get here?" The words just exploded out of Trevor's mouth.
"Yes way! And as to how you got here, that's a long story that.... I think would be better if you just remembered it on your own." Duo said as he mopped up that last of the oil off the ground and Trevor picked up the last tool and put it in its place.
"So what is Relena? Is she... like... your girlfriend?" Trevor was beginning to act just like the typical 6 year old does when he finds out his big brother has a girlfriend (you know, like he was getting ready to sing the "First comes Love, Then comes Marriage" song).... but that's just because that's what Trevor was beginning to consider Duo as--an older brother. In fact he was beginning to consider each of the pilots as that... even Wufei (he was just a MEAN older brother).
"WHAT?! NO! She's not MY girlfriend! Hilde is and she's going to KILL me when she sees this watch...." Duo said, almost whining.
"I'm sure your Hilde will forgive you if she truly does love you... especially considering what was going on at the time." Duo's jaw dropped in astonishment of how the Yuy boy could sound like a six year old one minute and an adult the next (and from the fact that the word 'Love' came out of Heero's mouth and that it was even in his vocabulary (:þ)). He recovered before the Yuy boy noticed and listened to the rest of what he had to say. "So she's someone's girlfriend, huh?"
"Yeah... uh... something like that. That seems to change day-to-day and HE never seems to think of her as that. Sometimes I don't think he deserves her." Duo said with disgust as he led the way back to Wing Zero.
"So she's not Quatre's girlfriend? He's too nice to be that mean to such a nice lady as Relena."
"That would be a hoot if he was her boyfriend! They would make a lovely, or at least interesting, couple but no--Miss Relena's heart belongs to another."
"Trowa would be a good one--so no he's not her boyfriend. He strikes me as the type to appreciate his girlfriends."
Duo nodded, then realized that this conversation was taking an unexpected turn. *Shoot! How's he going to react when he realizes that he's Relena's 'boyfriend,' or rather, Heero is? Isn't that one of the things that you're not suppose to tell an amnesia patient? Who their wife or fiancée or girlfriend is? Something about causing trauma or emotional scarring--or is that just a bunch of TV crap?* Duo gave a mental shrug and said, "You know, Trevor. YOU'VE never met this guy," in an attempt to throw Trevor off.
"Oh, Thank GOD! I was afraid it was that Wufei-guy. He doesn't deserve a girlfriend, ESPECIALLY Relena! I saw how he treated and talked to her!" Then Trevor put a look on his face that said, for all the world to see, that nothing would change his mind. Nothing.
*Hm... hope he keeps that frame of mind when he regains his memory! I would be nice to see Heero really appreciate Relena for a change, and maybe the rest of us too.* Then Duo and Trevor got into the cockpit of Wing Zero and started going over various systems.
About half an hour later--well, maybe forty-five minutes--Trevor exclaimed, "Oh dear, sweet--I think I just figured it out!"
"Well that's a relief... Now we can move onto--"
"No. Oh no-no-no-no-no! I still don't understand that stuff worth anything!" Trevor said with a laugh and a smile (talk about SHOCKING Duo!) then drew the serious expression across his face that was so accustomed to being there he said, "No, I think I figured out who Relena's boyfriend is."
"Oh, really? Who?" Duo asked, trying to sound casual.
"ME! I'm Relena's boyfriend--or rather, Heero is." He sounded absolutely confident but then as he continue, seeming to have completely forgotten Duo, he sounded noticeably less confident, but his voice held a passion to it and it no longer was the typical mono-tone everyone is used to hearing. "But then... that would mean that she didn't lie--that the last thing Heero said to her was-was that he was going to kill her... How did I grow up to be like that--to threaten to kill someone like her--so kind and sweet and gentle.... I really don't deserve her, just like Duo said--No! It's Heero who doesn't deserve her! Heero must be act like a complete jerk to her! He also has to be a complete IDIOT to not see that she loves him! I mean... if she put up with all that I--no, HEERO put her through and still stay with him--to come to him and worry about him even after he--after what he said--that--that insensitive, arrogant--CREEP!"
Dou watched the scene as it unfolded before him. He first saw joy reflected on the face of his friend, then uncertainty mixed with disbelief followed by anger which preceded barely controlled rage, that caused Trevor to shake all over in his fury at himself. Duo then thought to himself:
*Oh crud! I hope he hasn't develop split personalities on me... and the whole self-hatred thing isn't going to help anything... How could I have been so selfish as to wish that he change and be a little more open about who he is, when it could very well tear him apart? How did let it get this far? Well... I know one way to stop this!*
Duo gathered his good friend into his arms, feeling a little uncomfortable about it but knew he had to be done, and said quietly and calmly, "Yeah. Heero does seem like that sometimes, but that's what sets him apart. I don't know what happened to make you--him like that but it happened. He's threatened just about all of us at one point in time... or so it seems. Heck, he ran a special mission just to kill me but when it really came down to it... he didn't shoot. He just got me out and set me up with a place to stay till I was healed. That was when I met Hilde, so I guess I kind of owe that much to him, but that's not the point. The point is that he isn't really as bad as he seems. If he was... he would have killed Relena a long time ago--but he didn't. He's had several shots at it, but still she lives. I think that's how Relena knows that Heero at least cares for her and that's why she stays with him and cares for him. She trusts him with her life, just like all of us pilots do. That's one way that we all know that he at least considers us friends."
Duo turned Trevor's face so that he looked Duo right in the eye and said, "If you really are that disgusted with yourself, though, you need to make an imprint of that into your mind along with your reasons... okay? That way... when you do regain all your memory and start deciding how much you become like your old self again that you have that information to draw on. I wasn't joking about what I said before... that we know he cares by the fact he doesn't kill us... but we also know that he cares in other ways that he--that aren't that obvious. He has said that there is nothing wrong with following your emotions, or something like that. He has done that a lot in his life. He cares for a lot and about a lot. He's been said, I believe, to have a pure heart for what he does. I'm honored to be considered one of his friends. He lives-er... more correctly, lived--the way he does/did, though, for a reason. It takes a lot of strength to do whatever it takes to see things through to the end... no matter what happens and what get in the way. That's what Heero basically is, in a nutshell, but he's also a lot more than that. Just make sure that you weigh everything thoroughly, though, before you cast a permanent judgement on him..."
Duo then let Trevor go and ponder that for a little bit while Duo polished the outside of the Gundam (he had to find something to do) and then a voice called him back. "Duo. I remember--I remember some of what you were talking about--not all of it but some of it, and some other stuff too!"
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I know I know I know! The ending there is a cliffhanger-ish type thing... Does Trevor/Heero remember enough to do battle with Trieze... Does this mean that a kinder, softer gentler Heero is on the way... If so... will he still be a Gundam pilot or will he give that up because he's afraid of being that Heero from before... What type of fluff is this whacked-up, cracked-up author writing? (I know that last one is on my mind-I couldn't tell you for the life of me where this story is going to end up at--wait no, I know WHERE it will end up but not the HOW! It's taken on a life of it's own... and taking a little direction from some of the readers) I guess we'll all just have to hang on for the ride and see what turns up.
I do apologize, though, to those who don't like all that sugary-sweet stuff in their fanfics-I don't know where it came from but it just came out and I apologize if it sucked.. but I liked it at the time. PLEASE read (wait... never mind you all ready did that ::scratches head then shrugs::) and Review! Feed back is greatly accepted and maybe some suggestions for something else you want me to try and cram in here! Who knows-We'll have to see.
Thanx so much for your time == Axisor! :þ
PS= did you notice that Duo stopped cursing--even in his own thoughts? I was having fun breaking him of that habit!