Here it is! The final chapter!
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This part written in Heero's POV, but switches, you'll see!
Meeting His Destiny
Chapter 14
----2 Months Later----
It's been two months since Duo, that baka, and the others brought me to the hospital. I wanted to kill him, just smack him hard enough to knock him unconcscious for a month. But since I realized how crazy I was acting, I changed my mind about that. I still think about her. Every day, every night in fact. And all the doctors would say was how this could be a resulting factor of the necessity to bottle up true emotions during the war. But they're wrong. I know they are. And here I sit, writing to no one in particular, praying that maybe she'll come back. Regardless of how much I hope, pray, even shed tears over, she won't come back. The others treat me like a mental patient, catering to my needs even though I continually shut them out and hide my tear stained face. I don't even know how it came to be this way. Heero Yuy, the perfect soldier, a perfect mess.
Life has almost become a constant torture, once again. Destiny was the only one who ever made the world seem less threatening. But once again I am all alone. Lost in an empty fantasy world where her only light made me happy. A smile, a twinkle in her gorgeous blue-green eyes that could see straight through me. She was the true and ultimate definition of perfection, and in my heart, she still is.
I remember when we first arrived at the hospital. The guys were worried sick, though Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei restrained me while Duo signed me into the pysch ward. I was so ready to kill him and the doctors when they went on with their empty babble about my emotional scarring. Sure, I'll admit. I had problems, still probably do. But I know what I saw, what I felt, and it was real. That kiss, I felt it all. It was real! The Star's Eye...I saw her wearing it the night we kissed. Dangling around her neck on a diamond chain. She was real, so was the crystal. And I welcomed her affections and love with open arms, the complete opposite to how I brushed off Relena. God! She will not leave me alone, that crazy woman. Why can't she take a hint already? It's been months since peace has reigned over us. So why can't her mind be at peace too?! I want nothing from her but silence and peace. I never want to see her again, no matter how harsh that sounds. And every time I see Relena strolling up the walk to our Manor, I cringe and deep inside wish it was Destiny waiting there at the door. That would a dream come true...it would be. And how jealous I am to see those three couples always together. Each one of them, with one another each day for the past two months. Each couple totally inseparable and how I wish that I too could feel the same with Destiny.
Now I can just see Relena standing at my bedroom door like she has each week since I checked into the hospital, holding a card or some odd trinket as a token of her undying love. I just want to be alone. I sit up in my room all day, and the others worry constantly. They truly believe I've lost it. Once again, I am alone in a misunderstanding world. I just want to see Destiny again, and then if God so decides, he can kill me. But only if I can see her just one last time. That would mean the world to me. Just to feel the soft caress of her touch and the loving glow in her eyes. But I can only dream...
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The others sat downstairs on that dreary Wednesday afternoon, talking about the only thing at hand. "This is nuts, he sits up there all day thinking. I am really worried about him you guys!" Duo said quietly.
"The doctors still think it's the war," Wufei mumbled. "I don't believe them anymore. He's stronger than this." For once the Chinese was merciful in his comments.
"I agree. But what other explanation is there? I mean come on! Heero Yuy, the perfect soldier has finally cracked from all those years of emotional and mental self-destruction. It does make sense," Trowa piped up. Sapphera sat beside him with a sympathetic light in her eyes.
"I feel just awful about this you guys," Sapphera spoke gently. "I mean, the girls and I feel like family now, and we can't even help."
"You are family," Duo exclaimed in agreement, "and we can't even help Heero. So please, don't feel bad." He smiled at Corinne who too felt the same. Quatre reassured a silent Aya who leaned against him. "He told me..."
"What are you talking about?" Quatre asked a bit confused. The blonde gave the braided boy a slight wince.
"Heero, he told me before this whole hospital crap started. He showed me the Star's Eye."
"You mean that crystal he kept going on about?!" Trowa exclaimed. Duo nodded.
"He told me all about her, what she looked like, how she made him feel. And he showed it to me, I saw it with my own eyes. And still, I allowed and lead us all to ship him off the the pysch ward. I'm not surprised he refuses to speak to me."
"He would have done the same for you Duo," Wufei said seriously. The man looked out towards the large living room windows and sighed. A great rain storm had fallen upon them and surely they'd be stuck inside for a few days at least.
"But at least for me, there is usually a reason, like the way I am," Duo replied with a tiny laugh. "I just feel guilty for not being the best friend to him I always claim to be."
"Duo, honey," Corinne said looking into his bright violet eyes, "it's not your fault. Please, let's just pray for his health." Her bright emerald eyes searched Duo's for some shred of hope, reassurance. And willingly that he gave her out of his love of her.
"And just imagine," Quatre went on. "We're all down here, with our significant others, making him feel jealous and even more alone than he was in the beginning." They all sighed at this. It was hopeless and tragic to see the cold boy upstairs tearing himself apart over a dream they all thought to be impossible.
"It just still doesn't explain the crystal," Duo sighed shaking his head.
"He could have gotten it anywhere. Maybe Relena even gave it to him," Trowa reasoned. Duo shook his head.
"No...like he said, there has to be something to this!" Suddenly a quiet gasp escaped Aya's lips. They all looked at her, and then followed her gaze to the staircase. Heero. The man slowly descended the stairs and entered the room in silence and stood there perfectly still.
"H-Heero...are you feeling better?" Quatre asked a bit concerned and mostly surprised. Heero looked at him with an analytical expression.
"I was never sick," he answered coldly.
"Look Heero," Duo cried jumping up and going to him, "I'm sorry about this whole mess! I feel so guilty..."
"I would have done the same," he answered in his original emotionless tone, monontous and dark. Duo and the others almost died in shock to see a dark and empty change to him. His sadness, his joy, it disappeared in seconds.
"Are you-what's going on?" Trowa said standing up and slowly making his way over to the other two standing boys. Heero glanced at him for a moment and said nothing.
"Heero, is there something we can get you?" Corinne offered with a sweet and hopeful smile. Heero was disgusted by the helpful look on her face.
"Nothing you can give me," he answered angrily. Corinne looked at him in almost disbelief and turned away a bit upset. Duo shot Heero a sickened look.
"That was low, Heero she's just trying to help!" Duo exclaimed while simultaneously comforting her. By now each boy and his girlfriend were standing in front of Heero with hesistant and fearful expressions.
"Why is everyone looking at me like that?" the boy asked in a now totally different mood. His whole world had crumbled and now he was a jumbled mess of moods and confusion.
"Something is not right, I'm calling the doctor," Quatre said a bit frightened.
"Quatre," Heero exclaimed grabbing his wrist. The blonde looked up at him with a both confused and surprised expression. "Please don't," he went on, loosening his grip and releasing him.
"Heero..." Quatre replied. "I don't understand, maybe you should go lie down." Heero looked over at the couches with an almost quizzical expression.
"I am so lost," he whispered. The others were so amazed and shocked. Something was truly wrong, he wasn't himself at all, regardless of whether he had seen a doctor or not. "I want her to come back..." For a few minutes, there was complete silence. No one knew what to say, even Duo was at a loss of words. It was way too surreal, and completely impossible. He continued to torture himself over what everyone else believed to be absolutely fictional. Just a wild dream that had brought him some artifical happiness. A happiness that seemed to slightly radiate in normal life outside of his dreams...when he wasn't locked in his room sleeping and thinking. "Come back please..." Heero whimpered silently.
"Master Yuy, there is someone here to see you," Ida the sweet older maid said coming into the living room. Upon her entrance, Ida felt the strange tension in the room. "Oh...I'm sorry if I interrupted."
"No, no don't worry Ida," Duo reassured her.
"Shall I send them in Mr. Yuy?" Ida continued with a slight nod. Heero didn't answer for a moment and finally turned around in a few seconds.
"Who is it?" he asked again in a different mood. Suddenly the boy, of only 19 years of age who had aquired so much pain, was once again completely empty of emotion.
"A young woman," Ida answered now wringing her hands nervously at his dark, monotonous tone.
"If it is that Relena, tell her never to come back and to stay away from me."
"It is not her, Sir."
"Well, fine send her in." With that Ida left the room for a couple of minutes. It remained silent, so quiet a pin would drop and the tiny sound would carry through the entire house.
//I wonder who would want to visit me now besides Relena. Probably not even Relena from the way I've acted. But knowing her, she's probably sneaked in under some insane fake ID. That sounds like her...the pacifist Princess who couldn't even get her own life under control much less the world,// Heero thought bitterly. Heero watched the rain drops splashing against the windows with a dull fascination. //So calm and quiet...yet so consistent until the coming of a new day filled with depressing sunlight. Funny how someone can find sunlight depressing. I guess its because it just makes all of your problems show up better in its merciless, intense light.// Finally Ida returned and left the visitor in silence. Heero remained in his place, his back to the others as he gazed out the rain drenched windows.
"Can we help you miss?" Duo asked politely. The girl looked at him with a warm and hopeful smile. Her waist long, vibrant honey hair swished from side to side as she approached the group. A pair of bright, blue-green, shining Prussian eyes searched the room for her point of interest. Something she did not see immediately. //Those eyes...// Duo thought taking in their unsually bright and gorgeous color.
For a moment all was quiet until a single voice shattered Heero's world. "Yes, I'm looking for Heero." Suddenly the man by the windows jerked in commotion of shock and disbelief. Heero turned around slowly and came face to face with the one reality he never thought he'd have the joy of truly seeing.
"Destiny," he whispered shrilly. Her bright eyes twinkled at his acknowledgement. "But how..."
"I told you to follow your heart, Heero," she said stepping closer to him.
"And it lead me straight to you," he finished still in a dreamlike daze. All the angry emotions of betrayal, fright, hopelessness, emptiness...they melted away at the touch of her hand. Destiny put her hand in his and stepped even closer.
"I will never leave you again Heero. I love you." At hearing the strange girl's declaration, every jaw in the room dropped.
//Destiny...oh my god! That girl! It's that girl from the dream! I knew something had to be going on!" Duo's mind screamed in realization.
"I've always loved you," Heero answered with a bright gleam in his eye. His once cold deep blue eyes acquired a sparkling warmth to them being with her. Also because they noticed the Star's Eye dangling around her neck on a silver chain. His whole world was changing, for the better. Just being near her filled his whole body with a sort of alive, bubbling feeling. Her love was a natural high. And just to surprise the others further, they locked in a sweet, passionate kiss.
"Can someone PLEASE explain to me what's going on here?!" Wufei demanded.
"He's found the love of his life," Duo answered as he looked at Corinne. She blushed slightly and looked on at the scene before them. The others and the girls were speechless.
Suddenly, something far more odd occured, "DESTINY?!" three voice chimed in surprise. The girl in Heero's arms stepped back and faced them with an equally confused expression.
"You, know this girl?" Quatre asked trying to reason things out. Aya, Sapphera, and Corinne shot him a wild glance and almost died of laughter. Their eyes were bright with recognition and with deep pride.
"KNOW HER!?" Corinne laughed back.
"SHE'S OUR COUSIN!" the three women exclaimed in unison. A laughing fit overcame the group and suddenly life looked a lot less empty to Heero. For months he tortured himself over the love he'd never have, then the love he'd lost, and now she was real. Right in front of him, alive, and in love with him as well! In the midst of the rejoicing friends, Destiny looked deep into her lover's eyes and smiled the same warm smile she always did. Her soulmate, her life, her heart was in him. And since their first chance meeting, it had all been bliss. The fact she was forced away from his dreams for months had tortured them both severely. Being apart had not only ripped them apart emotionally, but devastated them completely. And finally, life could begin and the years, months, days, hours of dark incessant hurt could finally end.
Destiny wrapped her arms around her perfect soldier's neck and whispered, "See Heero, dreams can come true." A bright, joyous glint fell over Heero's eyes. Something inside him died...not his happiness...the hate he bore for years of war. And now, at hearing her harmonious voice echo those sweet words, Heero held her tight and for the first time, truly smiled.
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~*The End*~
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The Author's (ME hehe) Final Comments: (PLEASE READ!!! Kinda Funny)
Hey everyone. I truly appreciate all of your reviews and positive feedback I have received from everyone! Thank you! Well anyways, a girl named Samantha had sent me a review just a day before I finished this chapter, that I should have Destiny be a relative of Corinne/Aya/& Sapphera. I will tell you, that was my original plan in the first place when I first began this story. I was surprised someone actually guessed that! Smart girl, my compliments to you! Also, I have written this entire story, having only seen half of a single ep of Gundam Wing. Yeah, it sounds crazy but believe it! I still love Anime, and all day long, I read Gundam/Sailor Moon fics. Fanfic writing, and writing stories in general is my true passion. I truly hope you enjoyed this story, I poured my heart into this one. And one final word. I have mentioned that that characters were to be OOC often. That is duh because emotions make us do crazy things. And like Destiny said, if you follow your heart, it will lead you to your destiny. Smart advice from a seemingly unreal person. Thanks again! Love ya!
-Lady Starlight-