AnimeCat: *sigh* My characters continue to dance the Endless Waltz of Confusion.... --I have become very attached to that name.....
Aseka and Kian meet.....weirdo stuff happens and the the plot twists again. *readers all sweatdrop*
New student at Solo's school.....damn, just realized how...erm...familiar the scenario is...think Episode 1... And with my new character comes my sucky attempt at French accents. And....WHAT DID SHE DO TO SOLO??? Dun dun daaaaaaaa....insert crappy mystery movie music here
BTW, thanks minna-san *adds meg uchuno to growing loyalest r&r's list* There sure are a lota cool readers out there who review almost all my work, and even read my Originals. You know who you are!! ^_^ *hugs readers*
BTW2, REVIEW!!!!
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Birth of a New Demon, 3
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Luna made a sound. Zeke turned to her.
"What?" He asked.
"I was just thinking about how many times this old boy has been rebuilt." She looked down at the Tallgeese.
"I wonder how many times Epyon has been rebuilt." Zeke mused.
"Twice(1)." Luna said informatively, holding up two fingers. Zeke smiled.
"Are you suddenly the mobile suit expert here?" He laughed.
"I've done my research." She giggled. "And you?"
"Yeah, I've studied--"
"When?" She asked as if she didn't believe him. Zeke went red.
"Er…"
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Kian and Jake walked around the colony, getting used to it.
"This colony is really nice." Kian sighed happily.
"I like it." Jake agreed. They stopped at a street corner to let traffic pass. As a group gathered around waiting for the same thing, Kian and Jake noticed the two people next to them were squirming and seemingly trying not to laugh. This wasn't odd, until one of them, a young girl with a bright blond braid and melting brown eyes, seemed to point at her and Jake. The boy looked older by a few years, with moss-green hair and dark violet eyes. Jake became irritated.
"What?" He almost shouted at them. The two almost jumped back in surprise, but kept a sober face.
"Sorry." The older boy mumbled. "No offense or anything, you guys just remind us of our grandparents. Not in a bad way or anything," He said frantically, "just your clothes-- and her hair," The boy said, glancing up at Kian's unusual bangs. Jake and Kian didn't respond, but they moved away from the twittering little couple.
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"God-- I love Mondays!" Cedric said brightly. Solo and Quatrine rolled their eyes at him. Marin giggled. "And I'd love them a whole lot more if you guys weren't so down all the time."
"And I'd love them a whole lot more if you didn't sing, 'The Hundred Reasons I Love Monday' every Monday." Solo teased.
Cedric took the opportunity and struck up a tune.
"Oh, I love Monday!
I love it very much!
And if you want to know why--
I'll give you 100 reasons…
I love Mondays because--"
"Shove it, Cedric." Quatrine said and Solo stuffed a tree leaf in Cedric's mouth. Cedric spat it out unhappily, and he quieted down.
"Dang--" Marin said, disappointed. "Just when it was getting to my favorite part."
Marin separated from them, going down the separate street that led to her middle school. Solo looked at Quatrine.
"Why'd you come with us, Quat? You go to private school." He said. She tossed her ebony black hair off her shoulders. Then he realized she didn't have her uniform on, just a sliver blouse and ruby-red silk skirt.
"I'm not going to school today, genius." She sniffed. "And Cedric is getting out early. I just felt like walking with you boys."
"What's up?"
"Mom is taking us back to earth to see our grandfather. We'll be back by tomorrow, though." Cedric said. Solo nodded as they approached the school. Quatrine stopped walking and waved goodbye. Solo and Cedric went their separate ways to their classes, and Solo, whose class was further away, was early.
He sat at his desk and sighed heavily. The bell rang and all the leftover students rushed in as not to get caught by the teacher. She came in a moment later, followed by a new student. The teacher smiled and gestured toward the new student, who was a girl dressed in a sky blue V-neck blouse and a dark blue skirt with matching blue nails and a hair clip.
Solo perked up instantly.
*That's her! That girl from Friday. What's she doing here?*
The girls' cold sapphire eyes swept over the class without the least bit of interest glinting in them. She looked totally bored. Her expression showed other things besides boredom. A look of learning. She was studying them…he realized.
What for?
"Class," The teacher said. "This is Harmony Earthe. An exchange student from…well, Earth." A ripple of laughter went through the class. Harmony smiled briefly.
"Laugh eef you vill." She said with a French accent. Solo noted something besides the accent in her voice.
Was that a…threat?
He looked at her eyes again. He'd seen that look very many times. Full of conviction, full of total commitment. All of his grandparents shared that expression. Solo had known no other person with eyes like that.
And his grandparents had been assassins. Three of them, at any rate. Duo, Daye, and Heero. Was that such a good sign? Maybe he should have a small conversation with Harmony. Then he slapped his own forehead. What on earth could he say? "Hi Harmony, my name is Solo Yuy and I was wondering if you were a private assassin. No? Okay."
She took her seat right in front of him. Today he just might have trouble paying attention to the teacher.
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Kian sank to the ground while lifting a box of canned goods.
"Kian!" Jake shrieked. He raced to her. "Are you okay?"
Kian's head filled with images.
*A pretty lady with chestnut brown hair looked down at her. "Kiane, " The lady said, "we're going with Daddy to take Uncle Jay to the shuttle port. Won't that be fun?"
"I don't wanna go…" She whined. Why did her voice sound so young?
"Oh, Kiane,"*
She woke up from them a minute later, being shaken by Jake. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm fine." She mumbled. Jake helped her up, and they picked up the spilled cans.
"Hey, kids," Duo's voice echoed over the yard. "I want you to meet my daughter."
Jake and Kian looked up, and saw Duo at the gate with a tall brunette woman. They stood up to get a better look. The woman had her chestnut hair held up by a pin at the top of her head, and bright violet eyes. She wore a green dress, black shoes, a black trench coat, and a forest green headband on her forehead.
"Is she in the Mafia or something?" Jake joked, eyeing the trench coat.
"They do call it the 'Waste Management Business'," Kian shrugged.
As they walked over to be introduced, they saw the woman grab Duo's arm with her knuckles white and her eyes wide as she saw Kian. Duo slapped his head.
"Now I know why Kian looks so familiar." He said to himself. Kian saw it. She and the lady and the same hair color, and the shape of their faces was identical.
"Her name is Kian?" The lady shrieked. She turned to Kian and walked up to her slowly. "Do you know who I am?"
"No." Kian said slowly, slightly nervous.
"Aseka Maxwell-Yuy." That lady said. She turned to Duo. "Don't you see the resemblance?"
"Between you and her? Sort of." Duo shrugged.
"Not just me!" Aseka scolded. "With everyone…you, Mom, Heero, Miss Relena, Kien, Solo, and…Kiane." She turned back to Kian. Kian was beginning to freak. Suddenly, Duo, Daye, and this Aseka lady looked identical to people in her visions. "Are your parents dead?"
"What's with you, Big D(2)?" Duo asked, confused.
"Dad, are you so old that you can't see it?" Aseka breathed. "Is it possible…?"
"That what, Mrs. Yuy?" Kian asked. "And I actually don't know if my parents are dead or not. I don't remember." She looked at Jake. He shrugged and looked at her with confused eyes. Suddenly everything came together for Kian. She had been found in a shuttle port on L9…but where had she been before that? And her last vision had to have been a memory of the trip to the outgoing port.
Did that mean what she thought it meant?
"You look just like…" Aseka started, but broke off with her voice trembling with tears. Visions rocked Kian's head suddenly. Her body shook and Jake rushed over to support her.
*"I'm a princess?" She heard herself asking.
"I guess you can say that." A dark blond man said to her, smiling.
"Is Solo a prince?" She continued.
"He is, but since you're older than him by ten minutes, you get control of my nation that I inherit."
"Is he angry?" She asked, her voice quivering.
"No. But when you're older, always make sure that he gets his fair share of royalties. Make him Imperial guard or something, ok, Kiane?"
"K, Daddy."*
She opened her eyes to see Aseka. "You're psychic, aren't you?" Aseka asked.
"Yes." Kian said with her voice tired and lazy. "You think I'm Kiane, don't you?" She said after a pause.
"I suppose it's impossible, and I'm sorry I frightened you." Aseka said, her voice having dropped to something to make someone cry. Kian wondered about what she could say. She wasn't totally positive she was this "Kiane Yuy", but her visions were getting convincing. And these names were matching up to memories of hers, and visions. She recognized Solo, Heero, and…Aseka.
"I've heard your name before." Kian said softly. "And I've seen you before…somewhere."
She stood up shakily. She turned to Duo. Suddenly the vision she'd had only days before was making more sense than ever.
"You!" She shouted, pointing at Duo. "I've seen you before…but you were younger…my age! You and Daye…oh my God--!" She shrieked. Duo covered her mouth frantically. She continued shouting with her voice muffled. "The God of Death and the Angel of Death! And all those dreams of Gundams!"
Jake went pale. "I should go." He said frantically. He ran through the gates and down the street. Duo pulled Kian into the office, with Aseka on their heels. Duo let her go as Aseka shut the door.
"You've dreamt of Gundams?" Duo asked quietly. Kian breathed deep. She looked at Duo and Aseka wildly. Wondering if she should run, or accept that they might be related.
"I'm Kiane, aren't I?" Kian hissed. "And I'll bet that my entire family is a collection of psychos, psychics, and Gundam pilots."
"You must be Kiane. The psychic thing was passed down from Daye to Aseka, and to my first granddaughter, Kiane." Duo said slowly. Kian calmed down. "And you're right. Daye was an assassin when we were younger. I was a Gundam pilot, and so were your parents, Kien and Aseka."
Time stopped for Kian. So, she's my mom, and he's my grandfather. Daye must be my grandmother, and this Solo boy must be my brother. She thought harshly. Her expression softened. I have a family. I don't care what they do. Every fantasy she'd ever had about meeting her long-lost mother was gone. It was reality. Aseka walked slowly to her. Kian had always assumed that her mother would sob her head off and wrap her in a hug that choked. Aseka touched her cheek softly and smiled at her, looking into her eyes.
"You have Kien's eyes, just like I remember. Beautiful silvery cobalt. You have my mother's hairstyle, but my father's hair color. And you have my face. You are Kiane." She said softly. She hugged Kian tightly, as if to ensure that it was real. It took Kian a moment for everything to process, before she hugged Aseka back madly, developing tears in her eyes. She felt Duo put his hand on her shoulder, and she stole a glance at him. He was smiling widely.
"Daye did have her suspicions." He shrugged.
"Dad," Aseka choked happily. "You won't mind if I take your employee out to lunch, would you?"
"Only if she doesn't mind missing her first days' pay." Duo shrugged.
"No problem, Grandpa." /Kiane/ said happily.
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"So," Aseka said sighing. "It's your choice. We'll only rebuild the Wing Zero Customs if you agree to fight."
Kiane stared at the table. "I guess so."
"You have to tell me straight out, Kiane. Are you going to defend the colonies or not?"
Kiane gulped. "I will." She said firmly. Aseka smiled at her gently.
"You have a lot of family. My brother, Jay, kind of connected all of us pilots by marrying Lela's cousin. But only your brother can know about you for right now. With the war, they can't be distracted. In a few weeks or a few months we can tell them, once things have settled down."
"It's okay." Kiane shrugged. "Do you have a picture of everyone?"
Aseka opened her wallet and allowed Kiane to flip through the pictures of her cousins. She found a picture of a woman with white-gold hair and a man with black hair that was rather…pointy. She held back a laugh.
"That's your great cousin, Lela, and her husband, Anthony." Aseka said. "When your father takes over the Sanq Kingdom, and since both of us have zero interest in pacifism, Lela will take over the institution. When you handle the nation, it's your choice if you want to take over the institution or hand it to your distant cousin, Quatrine."
Kiane kept flipping. She came across a picture of a younger Aseka by a few years and a man with dark blond hair.
"That's your father, Kien Yuy." Aseka said, almost laughing. "I met him on my first mission to earth when I was fifteen. We got married when we were twenty-two."
"Was it one of those love-at-first-sight things?" Kiane asked. Aseka choked on her drink. She took a deep breath and laughed loudly for a moment.
"Not at all!" Aseka giggled. "I thought he was an incompetent little fool. He won me over by sheer persistence. He was so annoyingly…sweet." Aseka said lovingly. "We named you 'Kiane' after 'Kien'."
Kiane flipped again to a young man with rich yellow hair and electric green eyes standing next to a reddish-blond young woman with deep chocolate eyes.
"That's Jay and Katrina from when they were dating. They had their daughter Marin when you and Solo were three."
Kiane flipped again to see a teenage boy with wild looking dark moss-green hair and dark violet eyes.
"Is this Solo?" Kiane asked softly. She laughed for a moment.
"What?" Aseka asked.
"I saw him on Friday! He said me and Jake reminded him of Duo and Daye, I mean, Grandpa and Grandma. How weird!"
"He'll probably hit himself over the head with something when he finds out." Aseka mused.
"I guess so." Kiane giggled. Aseka turned solemn.
"He never lost faith that you'd come home."
"Really?" Kiane asked, wide-eyed. Aseka smiled.
"He'll be beyond happy to see you again."
"Where is he?"
"In school, now. But he'll be out soon. I'll call him at Jay's house. He usually does his homework there some days."
"Okay."
Kiane flipped again, turning to a picture of a girl and boy about her age. Kiane sighed deeply. These were two of her cousins, she knew it. It was so strange. Her cousins were so well raised, and so dazzling, they looked like movie stars or something. The girl with her shoulder length, shiny, ebony black hair and her crystalline blue eyes. And the boy, with his hair of white gold and dark emerald eyes.
"That's Quatrine and Cedric, Lela and Anthony's children. They're your age." Aseka said.
"Quatrine is a pretty name."
"She was named after her grandfather, Quatre."
"Was Solo named after anybody?" Kiane asked, looking back up at Aseka.
"In a way. My dad's name is Duo, which means two. He had a close friend named Solo who died when Dad was six or so. And Jay's middle name is Trio. Two, Three, and One."
"Who were you and Uncle Jay named after?" Kiane asked. Aseka squirmed.
"We were…named after mad scientists." She said wearily. Kiane blinked.
"Like what--?"
"I was named after Madame L(3), for her real name was Aseka Likino. Jay was named after the scientist who trained Kien's father. Dr. J was just the only reasonable name to use. The only other choices were H, O, G, and I think…S."
"Does anyone in this family have an original name?" Kiane laughed.
"Nope." Aseka joked. Kiane leaned back in her chair.
"I wonder what Solo's doing, right now…"
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"Excusez-moi, Solo?" The lovely voice of Harmony said softly. Solo turned around to face her,
"Yeah. Harmony, right?" As if he'd forget!
"Yes." She said. "I vas vondering eef you'd 'elp me wiz my 'omework. Being new and all,"
"Sure!" He said enthusiastically. She smiled. Solo had a sudden chill. "You can come with me to my uncle's house. It's just down the street. I'll tell my cousin to walk with her friends. Meet me by the flagpole, okay?"
"Of course." She said smoothly.
The rest of the day went by agonizingly slow for Solo. He nearly skipped to the flagpole when the bell had rung. He saw she was there, waiting patiently for him.
"Did you talk to your cousin?" She asked. "She vill not mind?"
"'Course she won't." Solo said. "C'mon. The place is just down the street."
Solo tried to have a conversation with Harmony, but she gave him short answers or none at all. She would merely nod or shake her head.
"Where do you live?" He asked.
"In a downtown apartment."
"Oh." Solo said. Just not to make a fool, he made sure he had the right key for the door.
She walked inside as he got his key from the door.
"Zis is a very nice 'ouse." Harmony said. "You live 'ere?"
"No. I stay over a lot-- that's all."
"Ah." She said. A small beeping sound came from her backpack. She looked nervous. "May I 'ave a moment alone to use my phone?"
"Sure," Solo said, directing her to Marin's room. She thanked him and shut the door.
He waited by the door, not intending on hearing anything. He did accidentally, however.
"I zought I told you not to call me during ze day, Lady F(3b)!" He heard Harmony scold. Solo freaked. Part of his training had included learning all the names of the mad scientists and their successors, but there was only one successor his family knew of. Lady F.
"I 'ave no time for a mission, now! Eef you do not remember, F, I 'ave been already been instructed to eliminate Jeremy Shail, vat more do you vant? …I am sorry, Lady F. No…I 'ave not forgozzen my place. I 'ave made a discovery, F. In ze very school zat 'is daughter attends, is ze grandson of Daye Maxvell!" There was a pause. Solo began to shake. That's what she'd really wanted…to get close to the grandson of F's old friend… "I do not lie, F. 'Is name is Solo Yuy… And I 'ave done my research, F. 'E 'as a sister, but she ran avay ven she vas six…"
Solo wanted to burst through the door and kick her French butt. She had no right to talk about Kiane…
And then the door opened, and a flustered Harmony was eyeing him coldly.
"I should 'ave known you vould 'ave listened." She hissed.
"You are…" Solo started, but he couldn't finish.
"An assassin. But unfortunately for you, you know too much."
"What are you gonna--" He started, and she grabbed his wrist with too much strength for an ordinary girl. She pulled him close and held her finger to a part of his neck. He suddenly felt funny… he'd never been drunk, but he assumed that what he was feeling was very close.
"Do not vorry, Solo. I liked you. So I vill take avay all feelings. You vill not feel vat I am about to do to you." She hissed into his ear. He felt something, all right, but it didn't hurt. He felt something cold and smooth slid in his back, between his ribs. It felt…strange. Suddenly it was gone, and his back felt cold and fresh. He felt like giggling. Suddenly, Harmony was gone. A moment later, his vision slacked off. And then, a splitting pain began in his back as whatever Harmony had done to him wore off. He put his hand back there, and found that his shirt was wet. He brought his hand back, and saw his fingers a rich scarlet red. Little black dots appeared in his vision, and the pain seemed distant.
He had been stabbed...
He heard the door open, and Marin stood there. She waved, then saw his hand.
"Solo?" She asked nervously. "What happened? Did you cut-- Oh, My God!" She screamed and dropped her books as she saw more blood dripping onto the floor.
"Marin…" He gurgled. He felt something he suspiciously thought was blood coming up his windpipe. "I think…I think…" He fell to the floor.
*I think I'm going to die…*
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AnimeCat: I certainly have habits of leaving off at a very crucial point, don't I?? MUWHAHAHA!! Traci14 doesn't call me the Cliffhanger Queen for nothing, does she??
Tell me who your favorite character is? Pweeeeeeese??? For each character I worked on a different emotion, and I'd like to know what character I used it best on. From Demons or BoaND, aka The Endless Waltz of Confusion, aka Birth of a New Demon
1- Okay, so shoot me!! I thought that Zechs would use the Epyon in the Endless Waltz and he didn't, but I didn't wanna mess with that paragragh. I hate having to redo parts of my stories because then I'd have to reread everything to make sure I don't copy myself.....well it's hell, and I didn't want to go through the trouble. I'm a very lazy kind of person...^_^
2- Maybe one or two of you noticed the name Big D. I forgot to add the name Little D in Demons, or did I..? Well, anyway, I made up those two nicknames for Jay and Aseka. In my twisted world, I know who was born first and all that. Aseka is a half hour older than Jay, so therefore we have Big D, Big Demon, and Little D, Little Demon. I dunno, just wanted to say that....
3- Aha!! Madame L was Daye's trainer, and Lady F(Nissa Fonatel) was a year or two younger than Daye and she took over when Daye went off, married Duo and had Aseka and Jay. She and Daye haven't seen or heard from each other since they were 20(they'd both be in their 60's by now). There's some more of that background info no one cares about...
Next chapter: A trip to the hospital proves.....er...eventful. Read and Review!!
Aseka and Kian meet.....weirdo stuff happens and the the plot twists again. *readers all sweatdrop*
New student at Solo's school.....damn, just realized how...erm...familiar the scenario is...think Episode 1... And with my new character comes my sucky attempt at French accents. And....WHAT DID SHE DO TO SOLO??? Dun dun daaaaaaaa....insert crappy mystery movie music here
BTW, thanks minna-san *adds meg uchuno to growing loyalest r&r's list* There sure are a lota cool readers out there who review almost all my work, and even read my Originals. You know who you are!! ^_^ *hugs readers*
BTW2, REVIEW!!!!
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Birth of a New Demon, 3
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Luna made a sound. Zeke turned to her.
"What?" He asked.
"I was just thinking about how many times this old boy has been rebuilt." She looked down at the Tallgeese.
"I wonder how many times Epyon has been rebuilt." Zeke mused.
"Twice(1)." Luna said informatively, holding up two fingers. Zeke smiled.
"Are you suddenly the mobile suit expert here?" He laughed.
"I've done my research." She giggled. "And you?"
"Yeah, I've studied--"
"When?" She asked as if she didn't believe him. Zeke went red.
"Er…"
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Kian and Jake walked around the colony, getting used to it.
"This colony is really nice." Kian sighed happily.
"I like it." Jake agreed. They stopped at a street corner to let traffic pass. As a group gathered around waiting for the same thing, Kian and Jake noticed the two people next to them were squirming and seemingly trying not to laugh. This wasn't odd, until one of them, a young girl with a bright blond braid and melting brown eyes, seemed to point at her and Jake. The boy looked older by a few years, with moss-green hair and dark violet eyes. Jake became irritated.
"What?" He almost shouted at them. The two almost jumped back in surprise, but kept a sober face.
"Sorry." The older boy mumbled. "No offense or anything, you guys just remind us of our grandparents. Not in a bad way or anything," He said frantically, "just your clothes-- and her hair," The boy said, glancing up at Kian's unusual bangs. Jake and Kian didn't respond, but they moved away from the twittering little couple.
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"God-- I love Mondays!" Cedric said brightly. Solo and Quatrine rolled their eyes at him. Marin giggled. "And I'd love them a whole lot more if you guys weren't so down all the time."
"And I'd love them a whole lot more if you didn't sing, 'The Hundred Reasons I Love Monday' every Monday." Solo teased.
Cedric took the opportunity and struck up a tune.
"Oh, I love Monday!
I love it very much!
And if you want to know why--
I'll give you 100 reasons…
I love Mondays because--"
"Shove it, Cedric." Quatrine said and Solo stuffed a tree leaf in Cedric's mouth. Cedric spat it out unhappily, and he quieted down.
"Dang--" Marin said, disappointed. "Just when it was getting to my favorite part."
Marin separated from them, going down the separate street that led to her middle school. Solo looked at Quatrine.
"Why'd you come with us, Quat? You go to private school." He said. She tossed her ebony black hair off her shoulders. Then he realized she didn't have her uniform on, just a sliver blouse and ruby-red silk skirt.
"I'm not going to school today, genius." She sniffed. "And Cedric is getting out early. I just felt like walking with you boys."
"What's up?"
"Mom is taking us back to earth to see our grandfather. We'll be back by tomorrow, though." Cedric said. Solo nodded as they approached the school. Quatrine stopped walking and waved goodbye. Solo and Cedric went their separate ways to their classes, and Solo, whose class was further away, was early.
He sat at his desk and sighed heavily. The bell rang and all the leftover students rushed in as not to get caught by the teacher. She came in a moment later, followed by a new student. The teacher smiled and gestured toward the new student, who was a girl dressed in a sky blue V-neck blouse and a dark blue skirt with matching blue nails and a hair clip.
Solo perked up instantly.
*That's her! That girl from Friday. What's she doing here?*
The girls' cold sapphire eyes swept over the class without the least bit of interest glinting in them. She looked totally bored. Her expression showed other things besides boredom. A look of learning. She was studying them…he realized.
What for?
"Class," The teacher said. "This is Harmony Earthe. An exchange student from…well, Earth." A ripple of laughter went through the class. Harmony smiled briefly.
"Laugh eef you vill." She said with a French accent. Solo noted something besides the accent in her voice.
Was that a…threat?
He looked at her eyes again. He'd seen that look very many times. Full of conviction, full of total commitment. All of his grandparents shared that expression. Solo had known no other person with eyes like that.
And his grandparents had been assassins. Three of them, at any rate. Duo, Daye, and Heero. Was that such a good sign? Maybe he should have a small conversation with Harmony. Then he slapped his own forehead. What on earth could he say? "Hi Harmony, my name is Solo Yuy and I was wondering if you were a private assassin. No? Okay."
She took her seat right in front of him. Today he just might have trouble paying attention to the teacher.
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Kian sank to the ground while lifting a box of canned goods.
"Kian!" Jake shrieked. He raced to her. "Are you okay?"
Kian's head filled with images.
*A pretty lady with chestnut brown hair looked down at her. "Kiane, " The lady said, "we're going with Daddy to take Uncle Jay to the shuttle port. Won't that be fun?"
"I don't wanna go…" She whined. Why did her voice sound so young?
"Oh, Kiane,"*
She woke up from them a minute later, being shaken by Jake. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm fine." She mumbled. Jake helped her up, and they picked up the spilled cans.
"Hey, kids," Duo's voice echoed over the yard. "I want you to meet my daughter."
Jake and Kian looked up, and saw Duo at the gate with a tall brunette woman. They stood up to get a better look. The woman had her chestnut hair held up by a pin at the top of her head, and bright violet eyes. She wore a green dress, black shoes, a black trench coat, and a forest green headband on her forehead.
"Is she in the Mafia or something?" Jake joked, eyeing the trench coat.
"They do call it the 'Waste Management Business'," Kian shrugged.
As they walked over to be introduced, they saw the woman grab Duo's arm with her knuckles white and her eyes wide as she saw Kian. Duo slapped his head.
"Now I know why Kian looks so familiar." He said to himself. Kian saw it. She and the lady and the same hair color, and the shape of their faces was identical.
"Her name is Kian?" The lady shrieked. She turned to Kian and walked up to her slowly. "Do you know who I am?"
"No." Kian said slowly, slightly nervous.
"Aseka Maxwell-Yuy." That lady said. She turned to Duo. "Don't you see the resemblance?"
"Between you and her? Sort of." Duo shrugged.
"Not just me!" Aseka scolded. "With everyone…you, Mom, Heero, Miss Relena, Kien, Solo, and…Kiane." She turned back to Kian. Kian was beginning to freak. Suddenly, Duo, Daye, and this Aseka lady looked identical to people in her visions. "Are your parents dead?"
"What's with you, Big D(2)?" Duo asked, confused.
"Dad, are you so old that you can't see it?" Aseka breathed. "Is it possible…?"
"That what, Mrs. Yuy?" Kian asked. "And I actually don't know if my parents are dead or not. I don't remember." She looked at Jake. He shrugged and looked at her with confused eyes. Suddenly everything came together for Kian. She had been found in a shuttle port on L9…but where had she been before that? And her last vision had to have been a memory of the trip to the outgoing port.
Did that mean what she thought it meant?
"You look just like…" Aseka started, but broke off with her voice trembling with tears. Visions rocked Kian's head suddenly. Her body shook and Jake rushed over to support her.
*"I'm a princess?" She heard herself asking.
"I guess you can say that." A dark blond man said to her, smiling.
"Is Solo a prince?" She continued.
"He is, but since you're older than him by ten minutes, you get control of my nation that I inherit."
"Is he angry?" She asked, her voice quivering.
"No. But when you're older, always make sure that he gets his fair share of royalties. Make him Imperial guard or something, ok, Kiane?"
"K, Daddy."*
She opened her eyes to see Aseka. "You're psychic, aren't you?" Aseka asked.
"Yes." Kian said with her voice tired and lazy. "You think I'm Kiane, don't you?" She said after a pause.
"I suppose it's impossible, and I'm sorry I frightened you." Aseka said, her voice having dropped to something to make someone cry. Kian wondered about what she could say. She wasn't totally positive she was this "Kiane Yuy", but her visions were getting convincing. And these names were matching up to memories of hers, and visions. She recognized Solo, Heero, and…Aseka.
"I've heard your name before." Kian said softly. "And I've seen you before…somewhere."
She stood up shakily. She turned to Duo. Suddenly the vision she'd had only days before was making more sense than ever.
"You!" She shouted, pointing at Duo. "I've seen you before…but you were younger…my age! You and Daye…oh my God--!" She shrieked. Duo covered her mouth frantically. She continued shouting with her voice muffled. "The God of Death and the Angel of Death! And all those dreams of Gundams!"
Jake went pale. "I should go." He said frantically. He ran through the gates and down the street. Duo pulled Kian into the office, with Aseka on their heels. Duo let her go as Aseka shut the door.
"You've dreamt of Gundams?" Duo asked quietly. Kian breathed deep. She looked at Duo and Aseka wildly. Wondering if she should run, or accept that they might be related.
"I'm Kiane, aren't I?" Kian hissed. "And I'll bet that my entire family is a collection of psychos, psychics, and Gundam pilots."
"You must be Kiane. The psychic thing was passed down from Daye to Aseka, and to my first granddaughter, Kiane." Duo said slowly. Kian calmed down. "And you're right. Daye was an assassin when we were younger. I was a Gundam pilot, and so were your parents, Kien and Aseka."
Time stopped for Kian. So, she's my mom, and he's my grandfather. Daye must be my grandmother, and this Solo boy must be my brother. She thought harshly. Her expression softened. I have a family. I don't care what they do. Every fantasy she'd ever had about meeting her long-lost mother was gone. It was reality. Aseka walked slowly to her. Kian had always assumed that her mother would sob her head off and wrap her in a hug that choked. Aseka touched her cheek softly and smiled at her, looking into her eyes.
"You have Kien's eyes, just like I remember. Beautiful silvery cobalt. You have my mother's hairstyle, but my father's hair color. And you have my face. You are Kiane." She said softly. She hugged Kian tightly, as if to ensure that it was real. It took Kian a moment for everything to process, before she hugged Aseka back madly, developing tears in her eyes. She felt Duo put his hand on her shoulder, and she stole a glance at him. He was smiling widely.
"Daye did have her suspicions." He shrugged.
"Dad," Aseka choked happily. "You won't mind if I take your employee out to lunch, would you?"
"Only if she doesn't mind missing her first days' pay." Duo shrugged.
"No problem, Grandpa." /Kiane/ said happily.
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"So," Aseka said sighing. "It's your choice. We'll only rebuild the Wing Zero Customs if you agree to fight."
Kiane stared at the table. "I guess so."
"You have to tell me straight out, Kiane. Are you going to defend the colonies or not?"
Kiane gulped. "I will." She said firmly. Aseka smiled at her gently.
"You have a lot of family. My brother, Jay, kind of connected all of us pilots by marrying Lela's cousin. But only your brother can know about you for right now. With the war, they can't be distracted. In a few weeks or a few months we can tell them, once things have settled down."
"It's okay." Kiane shrugged. "Do you have a picture of everyone?"
Aseka opened her wallet and allowed Kiane to flip through the pictures of her cousins. She found a picture of a woman with white-gold hair and a man with black hair that was rather…pointy. She held back a laugh.
"That's your great cousin, Lela, and her husband, Anthony." Aseka said. "When your father takes over the Sanq Kingdom, and since both of us have zero interest in pacifism, Lela will take over the institution. When you handle the nation, it's your choice if you want to take over the institution or hand it to your distant cousin, Quatrine."
Kiane kept flipping. She came across a picture of a younger Aseka by a few years and a man with dark blond hair.
"That's your father, Kien Yuy." Aseka said, almost laughing. "I met him on my first mission to earth when I was fifteen. We got married when we were twenty-two."
"Was it one of those love-at-first-sight things?" Kiane asked. Aseka choked on her drink. She took a deep breath and laughed loudly for a moment.
"Not at all!" Aseka giggled. "I thought he was an incompetent little fool. He won me over by sheer persistence. He was so annoyingly…sweet." Aseka said lovingly. "We named you 'Kiane' after 'Kien'."
Kiane flipped again to a young man with rich yellow hair and electric green eyes standing next to a reddish-blond young woman with deep chocolate eyes.
"That's Jay and Katrina from when they were dating. They had their daughter Marin when you and Solo were three."
Kiane flipped again to see a teenage boy with wild looking dark moss-green hair and dark violet eyes.
"Is this Solo?" Kiane asked softly. She laughed for a moment.
"What?" Aseka asked.
"I saw him on Friday! He said me and Jake reminded him of Duo and Daye, I mean, Grandpa and Grandma. How weird!"
"He'll probably hit himself over the head with something when he finds out." Aseka mused.
"I guess so." Kiane giggled. Aseka turned solemn.
"He never lost faith that you'd come home."
"Really?" Kiane asked, wide-eyed. Aseka smiled.
"He'll be beyond happy to see you again."
"Where is he?"
"In school, now. But he'll be out soon. I'll call him at Jay's house. He usually does his homework there some days."
"Okay."
Kiane flipped again, turning to a picture of a girl and boy about her age. Kiane sighed deeply. These were two of her cousins, she knew it. It was so strange. Her cousins were so well raised, and so dazzling, they looked like movie stars or something. The girl with her shoulder length, shiny, ebony black hair and her crystalline blue eyes. And the boy, with his hair of white gold and dark emerald eyes.
"That's Quatrine and Cedric, Lela and Anthony's children. They're your age." Aseka said.
"Quatrine is a pretty name."
"She was named after her grandfather, Quatre."
"Was Solo named after anybody?" Kiane asked, looking back up at Aseka.
"In a way. My dad's name is Duo, which means two. He had a close friend named Solo who died when Dad was six or so. And Jay's middle name is Trio. Two, Three, and One."
"Who were you and Uncle Jay named after?" Kiane asked. Aseka squirmed.
"We were…named after mad scientists." She said wearily. Kiane blinked.
"Like what--?"
"I was named after Madame L(3), for her real name was Aseka Likino. Jay was named after the scientist who trained Kien's father. Dr. J was just the only reasonable name to use. The only other choices were H, O, G, and I think…S."
"Does anyone in this family have an original name?" Kiane laughed.
"Nope." Aseka joked. Kiane leaned back in her chair.
"I wonder what Solo's doing, right now…"
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"Excusez-moi, Solo?" The lovely voice of Harmony said softly. Solo turned around to face her,
"Yeah. Harmony, right?" As if he'd forget!
"Yes." She said. "I vas vondering eef you'd 'elp me wiz my 'omework. Being new and all,"
"Sure!" He said enthusiastically. She smiled. Solo had a sudden chill. "You can come with me to my uncle's house. It's just down the street. I'll tell my cousin to walk with her friends. Meet me by the flagpole, okay?"
"Of course." She said smoothly.
The rest of the day went by agonizingly slow for Solo. He nearly skipped to the flagpole when the bell had rung. He saw she was there, waiting patiently for him.
"Did you talk to your cousin?" She asked. "She vill not mind?"
"'Course she won't." Solo said. "C'mon. The place is just down the street."
Solo tried to have a conversation with Harmony, but she gave him short answers or none at all. She would merely nod or shake her head.
"Where do you live?" He asked.
"In a downtown apartment."
"Oh." Solo said. Just not to make a fool, he made sure he had the right key for the door.
She walked inside as he got his key from the door.
"Zis is a very nice 'ouse." Harmony said. "You live 'ere?"
"No. I stay over a lot-- that's all."
"Ah." She said. A small beeping sound came from her backpack. She looked nervous. "May I 'ave a moment alone to use my phone?"
"Sure," Solo said, directing her to Marin's room. She thanked him and shut the door.
He waited by the door, not intending on hearing anything. He did accidentally, however.
"I zought I told you not to call me during ze day, Lady F(3b)!" He heard Harmony scold. Solo freaked. Part of his training had included learning all the names of the mad scientists and their successors, but there was only one successor his family knew of. Lady F.
"I 'ave no time for a mission, now! Eef you do not remember, F, I 'ave been already been instructed to eliminate Jeremy Shail, vat more do you vant? …I am sorry, Lady F. No…I 'ave not forgozzen my place. I 'ave made a discovery, F. In ze very school zat 'is daughter attends, is ze grandson of Daye Maxvell!" There was a pause. Solo began to shake. That's what she'd really wanted…to get close to the grandson of F's old friend… "I do not lie, F. 'Is name is Solo Yuy… And I 'ave done my research, F. 'E 'as a sister, but she ran avay ven she vas six…"
Solo wanted to burst through the door and kick her French butt. She had no right to talk about Kiane…
And then the door opened, and a flustered Harmony was eyeing him coldly.
"I should 'ave known you vould 'ave listened." She hissed.
"You are…" Solo started, but he couldn't finish.
"An assassin. But unfortunately for you, you know too much."
"What are you gonna--" He started, and she grabbed his wrist with too much strength for an ordinary girl. She pulled him close and held her finger to a part of his neck. He suddenly felt funny… he'd never been drunk, but he assumed that what he was feeling was very close.
"Do not vorry, Solo. I liked you. So I vill take avay all feelings. You vill not feel vat I am about to do to you." She hissed into his ear. He felt something, all right, but it didn't hurt. He felt something cold and smooth slid in his back, between his ribs. It felt…strange. Suddenly it was gone, and his back felt cold and fresh. He felt like giggling. Suddenly, Harmony was gone. A moment later, his vision slacked off. And then, a splitting pain began in his back as whatever Harmony had done to him wore off. He put his hand back there, and found that his shirt was wet. He brought his hand back, and saw his fingers a rich scarlet red. Little black dots appeared in his vision, and the pain seemed distant.
He had been stabbed...
He heard the door open, and Marin stood there. She waved, then saw his hand.
"Solo?" She asked nervously. "What happened? Did you cut-- Oh, My God!" She screamed and dropped her books as she saw more blood dripping onto the floor.
"Marin…" He gurgled. He felt something he suspiciously thought was blood coming up his windpipe. "I think…I think…" He fell to the floor.
*I think I'm going to die…*
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AnimeCat: I certainly have habits of leaving off at a very crucial point, don't I?? MUWHAHAHA!! Traci14 doesn't call me the Cliffhanger Queen for nothing, does she??
Tell me who your favorite character is? Pweeeeeeese??? For each character I worked on a different emotion, and I'd like to know what character I used it best on. From Demons or BoaND, aka The Endless Waltz of Confusion, aka Birth of a New Demon
1- Okay, so shoot me!! I thought that Zechs would use the Epyon in the Endless Waltz and he didn't, but I didn't wanna mess with that paragragh. I hate having to redo parts of my stories because then I'd have to reread everything to make sure I don't copy myself.....well it's hell, and I didn't want to go through the trouble. I'm a very lazy kind of person...^_^
2- Maybe one or two of you noticed the name Big D. I forgot to add the name Little D in Demons, or did I..? Well, anyway, I made up those two nicknames for Jay and Aseka. In my twisted world, I know who was born first and all that. Aseka is a half hour older than Jay, so therefore we have Big D, Big Demon, and Little D, Little Demon. I dunno, just wanted to say that....
3- Aha!! Madame L was Daye's trainer, and Lady F(Nissa Fonatel) was a year or two younger than Daye and she took over when Daye went off, married Duo and had Aseka and Jay. She and Daye haven't seen or heard from each other since they were 20(they'd both be in their 60's by now). There's some more of that background info no one cares about...
Next chapter: A trip to the hospital proves.....er...eventful. Read and Review!!