AnimeCat: I know I haven't worked on this in a few days, but be comforted by this(or tortured...): when I start a chapter, I can finish it in an hour. So when you don't see a new chapter for a fic...what does that mean?? I haven't been working on it!! MUWHAHAHA!! I have a fiber of glass stuck in my finger, and it HURTS TO TYPE!
chibi Trieze: You're just lazy.
AnimeCat: *eye twitches* Well, it's up NOW, isn't it???
chibi Trieze: *don't think he cares*
AnimeCat: You KNOW, considering that I'm one of your biggest fans...CAN'T YOU RESPECT ME???
chibi Trieze: You keep me in a CAGE.
AnimeCat: And your point IS?? Never mind!! *turns to readers* Well, here's chapter 3 of Only Meeting And Parting, Again And Again. I'm having trouble thinking up tiny twists and turns for the plot...cause i want this to be reasonably long...but not TOO long. I have the basic idea...but I could use some help. If anyone out there has some nifty little ideas...toss them my way.
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Only Meeting And Parting, Again And Again
1755
"Relena!"
Relena jerked back into reality, waking from her daydreams. Her friends were staring at her.
"Yes?" She asked as delicately as she could, without sounding as distant as she felt.
"Are you all right? You've been out of it all morning." Her friend Sylvia asked in a concerned voice. Hilde nodded, and Dorothy followed suit.
"I'm fine!" She snapped irritably. They shrank back, stung by her tone. They continued walking for a moment, and they passed the road that led to Heero's house. Relena glanced up the narrow road and at the trees that lined it. She stopped walking and continued to watch the petals from hundreds of white flowers fall like snow. Rays of sun broke through the trees and came in pieces like shattered glass on the dirt road. She smiled at the fantasy that she and the boy she hardly knew might walk on that road, hand-in-hand on a day like this.
Hilde noticed Relena's pause first, and turned around quickly with an annoyed swish of blue silk.
"Relena!" She scolded again. Relena's head snapped in their direction, her face bewildered. "Church!"
Relena nodded and followed them slowly. "You act as if you're living in a dream." Hilde said darkly. Dorothy, who was carrying her young red-haired cousin, waited for Relena to catch up and she walked alongside Relena.
"Is something wrong?" She asked. Mariemaia's hands swung out happily to reach for Relena's hat. Relena swayed from the little girls' reach but smiled.
"Have you met the Duo Maxwell's half brother, Heero, yet?" She asked after a moment. Dorothy shook her head.
"But I have met his other brother, Quatre." She said, glowing(1). Relena nodded.
"He's very nice." She added.
"About Heero?" Dorothy prompted. She shifted Mariemaia in her arms.
"He's very mysterious." Relena said seriously, then laughed. Dorothy giggled. "But he is, really. I don't know what to make of him...I just know that I want to see him again. Is that unusual?"
"Sounds like something from a fairytale." Dorothy said. "The authors had to get the idea from somewhere, didn't they? Maybe it happened to them."
*No.* Relena thought, smiling falsely. *It's nothing like a fairytale. It seems like it......but there's something deeper...something I don't understand.*
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Quatre came home from church a few hours later and stepped into the library. He looked around for his brother. He remembered something about Heero not being well enough to make it to church and wanting to read. Duo had followed some girl for a walk after church...who knew when he would make it back.
"Heero?" He called quietly. He turned around and saw Heero staring blankly into the pages of a large book. "Are you reading?" He continued.
No response.
"Heero?"
Heero's head snapped up, his face tired. "Quatre? Oh, I didn't hear you come in."
"What were you thinking about?" Quatre questioned, sitting across from him. Heero shook his head to clear his thoughts.
"Britain(2)." He said darkly.
"Oh." Quatre sighed.
"The king isn't happy, Quatre. He'll declare war here...and you know where our loyalties lie." Then he regarded Quatre coldy. "Or, I know where *my* loyalties lie."
Quatre's hand trembled. He put on a brave face. "Heero...if Duo or I decided we'd fight for America instead...what would you do?"
Heero stood and slowly walked to the window. He placed a clenched fist on the sill. "I'd do what comes naturally for any soldier. Destroy the opposition." He looked back to his brother, family concern painted in his face. "I'm sorry, Quatre. Don't put me in that position."
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A.C. 195
"Here you go." Relena said politely, handing him the small invitation. He took it from her slowly and examined it as if it was a bomb. "It's an invitation to my birthday party tomorrow...I hope you can make it."
He lifted it up with both hands...and tore it to shreds. Relena gasped and felt something twist painfully inside. *What on Earth??* He glared at her insolently. *Don't cry...* She thought harshly, fighting tears and clenching her fists so tightly her fingernails bit into her skin. Then she felt his cool fingers on her cheek, wiping away her tears. She almost smiled...then
"I'll kill you(3)." His whispered coldly into her ear. Relena's eyes widened and she gasped. Slowly she turned and watched him walk smoothly away like nothing had happened. "What kind of person is he?" She whispered hoarsely. But still...her last glance of his face as he walked out of sight still filled her with excitment and amazement. And...recognition...? Where *had* she seen him before??
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AnimeCat: Saa...here you go! Chapter 3. It's 6 in the frikken morning...and I'm finally done with the damn chapter. The secret is revealed! Heero's a redcoat!! *gasp! choke! cough!* I also screwed up the whole damn timeline!!! I said CIVIL war!!! ACK!! It's the Independence War!! Sorry, everyone...AnimeCat goofed...*hangs head shamefully* In fact...i haven't the slightest clue what timeframe I've created!! Lets just say its a war between America and Great Britian, OK???
1- I despise Dorothy from the series, but lets just say she's a MUCH nicer person back when this was. And I ADORE Mariemaia. She's so cool in the Endless Waltz...or at least she is in the parts I've seen. Haven't seen it all yet.
2- I know I said England in the last chapter...but I remembered it was pretty much Great Britain as much as England.
3- I personally think that first time he says his sig. line is the best time in the whole show!! Sugoi!! *calms down...drinks tea and listens to Wild Wing*
R&R!!!! Please???
chibi Trieze: You're just lazy.
AnimeCat: *eye twitches* Well, it's up NOW, isn't it???
chibi Trieze: *don't think he cares*
AnimeCat: You KNOW, considering that I'm one of your biggest fans...CAN'T YOU RESPECT ME???
chibi Trieze: You keep me in a CAGE.
AnimeCat: And your point IS?? Never mind!! *turns to readers* Well, here's chapter 3 of Only Meeting And Parting, Again And Again. I'm having trouble thinking up tiny twists and turns for the plot...cause i want this to be reasonably long...but not TOO long. I have the basic idea...but I could use some help. If anyone out there has some nifty little ideas...toss them my way.
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Only Meeting And Parting, Again And Again
1755
"Relena!"
Relena jerked back into reality, waking from her daydreams. Her friends were staring at her.
"Yes?" She asked as delicately as she could, without sounding as distant as she felt.
"Are you all right? You've been out of it all morning." Her friend Sylvia asked in a concerned voice. Hilde nodded, and Dorothy followed suit.
"I'm fine!" She snapped irritably. They shrank back, stung by her tone. They continued walking for a moment, and they passed the road that led to Heero's house. Relena glanced up the narrow road and at the trees that lined it. She stopped walking and continued to watch the petals from hundreds of white flowers fall like snow. Rays of sun broke through the trees and came in pieces like shattered glass on the dirt road. She smiled at the fantasy that she and the boy she hardly knew might walk on that road, hand-in-hand on a day like this.
Hilde noticed Relena's pause first, and turned around quickly with an annoyed swish of blue silk.
"Relena!" She scolded again. Relena's head snapped in their direction, her face bewildered. "Church!"
Relena nodded and followed them slowly. "You act as if you're living in a dream." Hilde said darkly. Dorothy, who was carrying her young red-haired cousin, waited for Relena to catch up and she walked alongside Relena.
"Is something wrong?" She asked. Mariemaia's hands swung out happily to reach for Relena's hat. Relena swayed from the little girls' reach but smiled.
"Have you met the Duo Maxwell's half brother, Heero, yet?" She asked after a moment. Dorothy shook her head.
"But I have met his other brother, Quatre." She said, glowing(1). Relena nodded.
"He's very nice." She added.
"About Heero?" Dorothy prompted. She shifted Mariemaia in her arms.
"He's very mysterious." Relena said seriously, then laughed. Dorothy giggled. "But he is, really. I don't know what to make of him...I just know that I want to see him again. Is that unusual?"
"Sounds like something from a fairytale." Dorothy said. "The authors had to get the idea from somewhere, didn't they? Maybe it happened to them."
*No.* Relena thought, smiling falsely. *It's nothing like a fairytale. It seems like it......but there's something deeper...something I don't understand.*
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Quatre came home from church a few hours later and stepped into the library. He looked around for his brother. He remembered something about Heero not being well enough to make it to church and wanting to read. Duo had followed some girl for a walk after church...who knew when he would make it back.
"Heero?" He called quietly. He turned around and saw Heero staring blankly into the pages of a large book. "Are you reading?" He continued.
No response.
"Heero?"
Heero's head snapped up, his face tired. "Quatre? Oh, I didn't hear you come in."
"What were you thinking about?" Quatre questioned, sitting across from him. Heero shook his head to clear his thoughts.
"Britain(2)." He said darkly.
"Oh." Quatre sighed.
"The king isn't happy, Quatre. He'll declare war here...and you know where our loyalties lie." Then he regarded Quatre coldy. "Or, I know where *my* loyalties lie."
Quatre's hand trembled. He put on a brave face. "Heero...if Duo or I decided we'd fight for America instead...what would you do?"
Heero stood and slowly walked to the window. He placed a clenched fist on the sill. "I'd do what comes naturally for any soldier. Destroy the opposition." He looked back to his brother, family concern painted in his face. "I'm sorry, Quatre. Don't put me in that position."
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A.C. 195
"Here you go." Relena said politely, handing him the small invitation. He took it from her slowly and examined it as if it was a bomb. "It's an invitation to my birthday party tomorrow...I hope you can make it."
He lifted it up with both hands...and tore it to shreds. Relena gasped and felt something twist painfully inside. *What on Earth??* He glared at her insolently. *Don't cry...* She thought harshly, fighting tears and clenching her fists so tightly her fingernails bit into her skin. Then she felt his cool fingers on her cheek, wiping away her tears. She almost smiled...then
"I'll kill you(3)." His whispered coldly into her ear. Relena's eyes widened and she gasped. Slowly she turned and watched him walk smoothly away like nothing had happened. "What kind of person is he?" She whispered hoarsely. But still...her last glance of his face as he walked out of sight still filled her with excitment and amazement. And...recognition...? Where *had* she seen him before??
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AnimeCat: Saa...here you go! Chapter 3. It's 6 in the frikken morning...and I'm finally done with the damn chapter. The secret is revealed! Heero's a redcoat!! *gasp! choke! cough!* I also screwed up the whole damn timeline!!! I said CIVIL war!!! ACK!! It's the Independence War!! Sorry, everyone...AnimeCat goofed...*hangs head shamefully* In fact...i haven't the slightest clue what timeframe I've created!! Lets just say its a war between America and Great Britian, OK???
1- I despise Dorothy from the series, but lets just say she's a MUCH nicer person back when this was. And I ADORE Mariemaia. She's so cool in the Endless Waltz...or at least she is in the parts I've seen. Haven't seen it all yet.
2- I know I said England in the last chapter...but I remembered it was pretty much Great Britain as much as England.
3- I personally think that first time he says his sig. line is the best time in the whole show!! Sugoi!! *calms down...drinks tea and listens to Wild Wing*
R&R!!!! Please???