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Fight of a Lifetime
Part 13
Written By Rae
January 1, A.C.
205
"Releena darling, the guests are
waiting in the ball room." Machiavellian put his arms around his wife and gave her
a hug.
"Go ahead down, I'll be right there."
She replied.
"Alright." And he left.
Releena sighed and walked out onto the
balcony and leaned against the railing. It had been five long years.
"I wonder how he's been?" she thought.
The guests were waiting so Releena put
on a smile and went down stairs to join the New Years Party.
"Hey Leena!" Duo came over and greeted
his friend cheerfully.
"Hi Duo! Hi Hilde! I'm glad you came."
"The others are here too."
Soon all Releena's friends and family
had surrounded her, all except Heero.
"How's your husband treating you?"
Millardo inquired pronouncing husband like it was a dirty word.
"He's nice to me, never beats me, and
gives me presents for no reason."
"Wow that's sweet of him!" Holly said.
"Yeah well don't forget, he's the
person who held us captive and tortured our husbands and almost killed Hilde!
Then he tried to kill Heero, and almost killed Releena! Then he forbade Heero
and Releena to communicate in any way and forced Releena to marry him and give
up her position in politics to him!" Hallie's voice was starting rise.
"Maybe he changed?" Holly suggested
timidly looking at her angry.
"And of course the only reason he made
Releena marry him was so that he could rule! He's not even good at being King
of the World and Vice Foreign Prime Minister! He declares war against any
country, or colony that makes him angry and forces the gundam pilots to fight
for him! Releena's pacifism has been completely forgotten by the government
thanks to him! Only the people who suffer because of the wars remember! How
Dorothy would love this era if she were alive!" Hallie's eyes were focused on
Machiavellian in a very good likeness of the Yuy Death Glare*.
"Hallie," Trowa whispered.
"I know I'm sorry Releena."
"It's okay Hallie."
The music began playing and the
dancing began. Releena and Machiavellian danced beautifully, Releena even
smiled at her husband. Noin and Millardo were out on the balcony talking.
"You know, you say you hate Heero's
guts and plan to kill him, and order him not to make any moves on your sister
and then when she marries someone besides him you insult him behind his back."
"I know I know," Millardo sighed. "But
Machiavellian? I'd rather her be married to Heero than the son of the man who
slaughtered our family."
"Does Releena know he's the son of the
culprit?" Noin asked.
"No, I hate seeing her so unhappy."
"I know honey. Well, I'm going to go
check on the kids. Besides, you look like you could use a little time alone."
And Noin left to go check on the little ones.
Millardo looked up at the stars in the
direction of the L1 colony where Heero was residing. Then he was joined my
Machiavellian. The two men looked at each other coldly.
"You know Millardo I've been thinking.
I don't want Releena to have any contact with Mr. Yuy and you and your little
gang just may try to deliver messages from her to him or vice-versa. Therefore,
I'm forbidding you and the others from having any contact with her. Pass the
message for me. Oh and enjoy the ball tonight. It will be you last chance to
visit with your sister." And with that he returned to the ballroom to give his
speech.
Millardo turned looked towards the
colony again.
"Darn you Yuy. Why'd you have to steal
my sisters heart?"
"What! He can't do that!" Duo yelled
in outrage.
"Yes I'm afraid he can, he is King of
the World you know." Hilde corrected her husband sulkily.
"If I was whole witch I'd-." Hallie
began.
"I am whole witch and I can't! There's
a magic blocking protection field around him." Holly pouted.
"Injustice!" declared Wufei.
"He really doesn't care about Releena
at all does he?" Quatre mused.
"Who's going to tell Releena?" Trowa
pondered.
"How about you Amy? You're her best
friend," Sally pointed out.
"I can't, it's hard enough not to go
over there and strangle that man let alone break the news to Releena." Amy
replied.
"That bastard!" Catherine was
fingering the pocket where her daggers were concealed.
"What are you all whispering about?"
Releena inquired as she came over to investigate.
"Oh nothing," said Tosheiden casually
but Releena saw right through it.
"What? What is it?" she asked.
"Releena, that ____(insulting name of
you choice) that you married is forbidding us from seeing you because…"
Millardo couldn't bring himself to finish.
"Because why?" Releena felt her heart
sinking into her stomach. Tears spilled from Noin's eyes,
"Because he thinks we'll help you and
Heero send messages to each other!" she blurted out looking away so she
wouldn't see the expression on Releena's face when Heero's name was mentioned.
"What! Is that true?" Releena looked
around at all her friends as she struggled to retain the mask she wore.
"…" They said nothing but nodded their
heads.
Releena took a breath and gave her
husband a glare that would have easily beaten Heero's. Now she had no one to
talk to. No one! She was completely alone and she had to endure it as though
she was content and not try to communicate with them. If she did they'd be
killed on the spot. For the millionth time she silently cursed Heero,
"Lara said you loved me! I know you
can hack into computers! I know that if you wanted to see me nothing would stop
you from it! I know if you wanted to tell me something you could do it and
never get caught! Lara said you loved me! Loved! Past tense because you
obviously don't any more!"
Holding back tears Releena bid her
friends and family good-bye. Machiavellian joined her as if nothing were
different. He hugged his wife close as they waved farewell to all the guests.
When they were finally gone he pulled her into a French kiss and on cue she
kissed back. But like so many wars it was without meaning. For Releena the kiss
was empty, and lifeless. Just like her soul. The next day Machiavellian kissed
his wife good-bye. He now had to leave for a weeklong trip to L2. He knew she
wouldn't be able to pull anything off. If she did Heero would drop dead on the
spot and he made sure that she knew it. A tiny voice rang I her head,
"The only way you'll live is if you
learn to love him!"
"But I can't, I love Heero!" she told
it.
"But this man can give you what Heero
can't. Love!" the voice retorted.
"I don't want to live, I want to die!"
Releena screamed. "Dieing. He can stop me from dreaming and consorting with
those I love but he can't stop me from dieing!"
The servants were on vacation. Releena
was alone. No one could here her cries. No one would interfere. She'd end this
misery once and for all before he decided he wanted kids. She went to the
dungeon and found the knife Machiavellian had used on Heero when he forced
Releena to marry him five years ago. Heero's dried blood was still on the
knife. She picked up the knife.
*******begin flashback*******
"Did you see? Did you see?"
He tried to hide
his face but she'd seen it. Releena had called an ambulance but he disappeared
before it got there and Releena Darlain was left on the beach, wondering.
*******end flashback*******
Releena moved the
knife toward her heart. She wanted to end it all, end the pain that she felt
night and day.
*******begin flashback*******
"Here's an invitation to my party. You'll
be there?"
In one swift
motion without even looking at it he tore the invitation in half.
*******end flashback*******
"He never cared,
even when he was wiping away my tears he promised to destroy me." She thought
bitterly.
*******begin flashback*******
"Get down Peacemillion is going to crash
into to us."
"What?"
As Peacemillion
rammed into Libra pieces of the roof came tumbling down. Heero pushed Releena
to the ground and protected her from the falling debris. Releena went untouched
but Heero was injured.
"Heero you're
hurt!"
"It's nothing."
*******end flashback*******
Tears were
streaming down Releena's cheeks. Why? Why did people have to be so evil and
greedy like Machiavellian? Her hands were shaking as the knife neared its
target.
"Good Bye Heero."
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*Hallie's maiden
name before she married Trowa was Yuy, she's Heero's twin sister.