Chapter One: Unknown Even to Themselves
Six flaming comets flew directly towards the planet Earth, each landing in a separate part of the world. All close together, all reaching the planet safely…
The young girl's eyes fluttered and as she opened them, her vision came slowly into focus. "Augh… where am I?" she asked groggily trying to sit up before taking in her surroundings. There were multiple intravenous needles in her arm and she looked at them in horror. "What happened to me?" she gasped as a young woman in a white nurse's uniform came in holding a chart. "You're awake! Wonderful! You're in the Earth Sphere Alliance hospital (AN: Don't tell me if this exists or not. I make up stuff and I use other stuff.) and we found you in some sort of crater in the ground. What is your name? Do you remember?" The girl looked up at the nurse, her blue eyes peaceful, though her hair was a wild tangle of honey-gold hair. "Relena. My name is Relena." The nurse wrote her name down and left the room. As she sat there, she felt her hand grasp something and looking down and loosening her grip, she saw a pure black feather. "How beautiful!" she breathed as the feather fluttered slightly from her breath. It means the world to me…a world I can't remember… but I will. One day I will. She stroked the feather once more, smiling softly down at it.
In the exact same hospital, another young man awoke from a deep sleep. Another nurse came in to see him, a pretty woman with red hair and green eyes that some how looked vaguely familiar. "Hello, I'm happy you're awake. You were found in a crater-like formation near here and we brought you in. What's your name?" The young man's eyes stared into hers for a moment before saying, "Heero." The nurse nodded. "Heero. Nice name." She completed the procedures and walked out of the room. Heero looked down at himself and saw that he hand was clenched in a fist around something. Loosening his death grip, he saw a shining white feather that was miraculously uncrushed. For some reason, that one feather comforted him and he stroked the feather gently with his fingertips. This feather means something… something from long ago. And someday, I'll find out what it means.
It was a few days afterward that Heero and Relena finally met. They had both left the hospital and were found to own go to a boarding school and they found that they had left a life they did not remember. Looking in their pockets, their were wallets with their names and pictures and their I.D. but they didn't remember a thing. (AN: If any of you ask, this has nothing to do with the gundams or anything. Heero is *much* sweeter. I've always hated how they make the characters something other than what they can be. Whether you get that explanation or not is your problem.)
Relena stared at the door of her dorm room. Taking a deep breath, she slid the key into the keyhole and opened the door. The room was empty, but from first glance, there were definitely two people who were supposed to live there. There were two beds and two desks etc. She looked around the room for a moment. She had closed the door behind her and there was a slight noise as it opened again. In stepped a young man with unruly brown hair and dark blue eyes. "Huh? What are *you* doing here?" they Relena asked before saying, "I thought there weren't co-ed dorms." The young man shrugged. "I don't know. The other dorms were full. This was the only empty one."
"Oh… I guess that makes sense… Do you mind if I take the bed by the window?" Heero gave her a small smile. "I don't really care." Before tossing his duffel bag and suitcase on his own bed. Relena sat down on the bed and began to stuff some of the clothes that she had bought since leaving the hospital into the drawers and small closet. "What's your name?" she asked politely to Heero, looking up from folding one of her shirts. "Heero. Yours?"
"Relena." Nodding, she continued to put the clothes into the drawers. When she finished, she took out a small wooden box decorated with carved roses and placed it carefully on top of the drawers in the center.
Heero's unpacking hadn't taken too long since he didn't have a lot of stuff, but he too took out a box, wooden as well, but with a design of some sort of chain around the top of it. He placed it on his own chest-of-drawers. When they were done, Heero immediately took out his laptop computer and sat down on the bed, and began to type quickly, never blinking as he stared at the computer screen. Relena felt uncomfortable in Heero's silence. "Um… I'm going to take a shower…" she said before disappearing into the bathroom with her towels and other essentials. She turned on the water and stepped in just as there was a knock on the door. Heero walked over to open the door and he saw four guys standing in the hallway in front of his door. "Hey… we heard you were here already so we came to say hello." Heero motioned them to come in. They walked into the dorm room with wide eyes. "You have a girl living here with you don't you?" asked one of them, he had a long brown braid and mischievous eyes. "I'm Duo. The black-haired guy is Wufei, the brown-haired guy with the long bangs is Trowa, and Blondie here is-"
"Quatre Raberba Winner."
"Quatre." Duo finished, before doing a double-take. "Okay, so *don't* let me finish." Heero nodded instantly memorizing their names. "Yeah, I have a girl living here. This was the only dorm left. She's in the shower right now. Her name's Relena." He could see something flicker in all of their eyes as they looked in the direction that his hand had mindlessly waved in. "Relena…?" murmured Quatre. Maybe this won't be as hard as we thought. Heero nodded. Trowa looked at the two boxes on the chest-of-drawers and his face took on a strange expression. He walked over to the one on Heero's drawer and ran his hand on the box. "This is it." He breathed softly to the others. Heero's expression was confused while the others were smiling sadly. "And that should be the other one." Quatre said motioning to the other box. Wufei rolled his eyes. "You guys!" he hissed, "You're freaking out Heero already before he hardly even knows you!" Heero shook the expression of confusion off his face and said. "Not really…"
The door to the bathroom suddenly opened a crack. "Um… mind closing your eyes for a moment?" the guys all did so and turned their backs as Relena, clad only in a towel came into the room and grabbed her clothes that she had forgotten to bring. "Sorry 'bout that." she said as she closed the door behind her. The conversation continued as they proceeded into the small living room. (AN: This is kind of like a *very* small apartment.) While they were sitting down and talking, Relena entered the room. "Hi… I'm Heero's roommate." She said smiling at them. They introduced themselves quickly before they heard a ringing coming from all of the visitors' watches. "Um… we've got a few classes now. You don't go since you're both new, but if we miss them, we're dead!" yelped Duo jumping up. The others followed suit, apologizing for leaving in the middle of the conversation, they left the dorm.
As soon as they did and went into one of the other dorm rooms where two of them roomed together, they opened the small portal to the Sky Kingdom. "You fools! This is to be a test for the two. How many clues are you going to give them?!" the face of the Leader of the Arch Angels was clear in the portal. "The Peace Angel Leader has sent four of his female Peace Angels. They are to do the same job as you to the girl." The portal flickered before disappearing. Duo stretched. "I miss having my wings to travel around with." He shrugged his shoulders still feeling unaccustomed to the missing weight of his wings.
"I guess we'll have to help him… from the state he's in now, he's probably going to figure it out sooner or later. Besides, we gave him enough clues so we can simply have some fun around here. We're still his friends though he doesn't remember…" Trowa shook his head. "You can't simply expect that he'll know… his mind has been completely cleared of everything. The only thing the Great Faiiree granted was the ability to know that the feather was important. That's the only clue we gave them and the only one that we're allowed to give him. Any more clues and Arch Angel Leader will send us back to the Sky Kingdom. We won't be any help when we're there." Wufei nodded solemnly. "The other angels… they should be coming soon. I think we should meet with them first." Trowa nodded, his face suddenly hopeful. "Maybe Catherine will be there. It's hard to be separated from birth just because of the colors of our wings… I was separated from my sister and I barely got to see her."
They all walked out into the forest where they themselves had flown into to hide from spying eyes. There was a sudden tinkling of bells as four girls descended gracefully in dives before pulling out of them as soon as they reached the treetops. "Trowa!" one of them cried running in to his arms. "I missed you little brother!" cried the angel, Catherine. "Me too. You're one of the ones to join to help the couple aren't you?" Catherine nodded. "This is Sally, Dorothy, and Hilde. We're all here to 'befriend' Relena. Again." She said softly remembering the light-hearted angel that had been her friend. "There were other angels around here aren't there? Shouldn't they be around?" Catherine frowned. "They are the ones who are to make the test more difficult and I suspect the Leaders have given them free reign to do whatever they wish."
Dorothy walked over. "I think we should be rid of our wings first." She said softly. Catherine nodded and bracing herself for the rush of pain, she willed her wings to disappear. There was a bright flash of light and pain-filled yells as their wings disappeared leaving them all looking like regular humans. "We should see Relena." Said Sally, brushing back her dark blond hair. The girls nodded and parted with the Arch Angels. "Wish us luck!" they called before walking over to the dorm building. The Arch Angels stared after the four disguised Peace Angels. "They're the friends to Relena, just like we're friends to Heero." Said Quatre softly.
Relena answered the door to their knock. "Relena? That's your name isn't it?" at Relena's nod, they smiled. "We're from down the hallway and we just came to welcome you." Relena smiled. "Oh! Come in." she moved away from the door to let them in. Looking at the two wooden boxes, the girls didn't say anything about them, but their eyes continuously turned back to the small boxes. "We're hoping we can be friends Relena. We heard about your accident and the thing with amnesia. Are you alright now?" Relena nodded slightly. "It's hard to deal with when people you don't know keep walking up to you and calling your name when you don't know them or remember them." Hilde turned her head towards Relena. "Like who?"
"Well… there's this weird girl hanging around our dorm room… and she keeps shooting me evil looks. Her names Ririka or something and she keeps telling me to stay away from Heero. How am I supposed to do that when he's my roommate?" Catherine snapped to attention. "Did you say… *Ririka*???" Relena nodded. "Stay away from her Relena… If you can, stay as far away from her as possible. She'll hang around this other guy named-" Relena nodded. "I know, I met them. His name's Ikiru, right? He watches me like a hawk. There are two others. One's named Kuwano, and the other's Zoii. The last two are pretty nice… when Ikiru and Ririka aren't around."
Sally shook her head. "Whatever you do, we're warning you… not to threaten you, but warn you as we would a friend. Stay away from them, they will do anything to reach their goals. I've learned to stay far away from them." Relena nodded at the serious look on all of their faces. "What's wrong with them? Why does Ririka seem to hate me? Do you know?" Hilde shook her head. "No. She *does* seem to hate you, but we don't know why." She looked at her watch and did a double take. Duo's face was in her watch. His lips moved and she could read them. "Don't… tell… her… too… much." She interpreted. Giving a slight nod, she looked back over at Relena. "So do you like the place so far?" Relena nodded. "It's quite nice. At least so far I've seen."
Catherine placed a hand on Relena's shoulder. "We should really be leaving now Relena… but would you like to come with us to the mall tomorrow? We'd love for you to come with us." Shrugging Relena smiled. "Sure."
"Great. We'll meet you at the Angel Walk. It's down the street. You can't miss it, it's the most beautiful place filled with trees with white blossoms. Oh yeah… we'll be bringing along a few guys. If you want, you can ask someone too, maybe your roommate. It won't be a date, but you both need to settle in your dorm. It's not completely fixed up to what you want is it?" Relena shook her head. "I'll think about it." They all stood up and Relena led them to the door. "And follow our advice about Ikiru and Ririka. You might be confused, but we're not. We know them." Relena closed the door behind them and she leaned back on it wondering what she had done to make Ririka seem to hate her. Shrugging, she went back to the bedroom where she found Heero sitting on his bed working on his laptop. Sitting down on her own, she stared out the window at the sky on the other side of the glass. "Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could fly up into the sky and feel the freedom of the air beneath you?" she asked him dreamily.
Heero looked up from his laptop. "I wouldn't know. It might have been wonderful if you had someone with you… flying alone in a blue expanse with no one near you doesn't sound very fun." Relena looked away from the window and pulled out a book from her bag. Sitting so that her back rested on the headboard, she opened it and began to read. The book was of Greek Mythology and she soon was lost in the world of the gods and goddesses of old. Soon, her eyelids grew heavy and the book fell from her hands as she fell asleep. Heero looked up at the sound of the book falling to the carpeted floor before getting up from his own bed and laying her gently on the bed, covering her with the blankets. She stirred but didn't wake.
Heero felt something inside him stir at the touch of her skin and he pulled back. Still looking at her silent form, he turned back to look at the clock. "1:00? It's already 1:00? I've *really* been lost in that search thing." He quickly shut off the computer and changed quickly into the sweats that he wore to bed before turning out the light and fell into his bed. He fell asleep quickly and there was a silence in the dark room. But next to the two beds, the two wooden boxes that held the precious feathers in them, began to glow with a warm yellow light…
"Heero!" the young man turned to see a pretty girl with red hair and green eyes waving at him. "Um… hi." The girl came up to him. "Heero, it's *so* nice to see you again! I was *so* worried when you went into the hospital. You *must* have been *so* brave and *so* strong to get through that!" Heero winced internally at the girl's raucous squealing. "Uh, sure. What's your name?" The girl stopped. "Oh, I'm *so* sorry! You had something with that *awful* amnesia thing right?! I'm Ririka!" Heero nodded. "Uh, well, I've got to go now… my roommate's needs me for something... and I need to go and talk to her about… that something." He made excuse before walking rapidly towards Relena who was close enough to hear the girl's eye-rolling squealing and smiled when Heero gave her a look obviously *pleading* for help.
When he reached her, she didn't object when he took her hand and led her out of sight. Sneaking a peek over her shoulder, she almost burst out laughing at the horrible red blush that was staining Ririka's cheeks. When Heero stopped, he dropped Relena's hand and leaned against the wall. "Phew! Thanks a lot Relena… she was getting on my nerves." Smiling Relena nodded. "I could tell. I was afraid my eyes would pop out of my head, I was rolling my eyes so much." They sat down under the tree that provided a nice shade from the blazing hot sun.
"So… how are things happening with you? Relena shrugged. "Well… I'm going to the mall with some girls today… you want to come? There'll be some other guys going along so you won't be the only one." Heero looked into her eyes… "Are you sure? I think I'd probably be a bother. I don't really *love* to shop." Relena poked his arm playfully. "Aw, come on. I plan to fix up the dorm a little and if you don't come with me, you'll find yourself living in a Barbie pink apartment with frills and potpourri in every visible space. Try explaining *that* to your tough guy friends." Heero was surprised to feel a grin creeping up on his face.
"Fine. You win. I'll come. But *NO* potpourri or frills. I hate the stuff." Relena laughed. "I do too, I was only kidding." Heero looked over. "And one more thing… one of those girls wouldn't happen to be that Ririka would they?" Relena rolled her eyes at the question. "Oh yeah she's coming, along with the cheerleading squad and the football team as well." She said sarcastically.
"Hey, we'd better hurry if we're going to go there on time… now, let's see… where's the Angel Walk, I wonder…" Heero smirked slightly. "I know where it is. Come on." Relena grabbed her bag and after standing up and brushing stray pieces of grass of their clothes, they set off. Unbeknownst to them, a girl with flaming red hair was glaring after them. "How *dare* he walk away from me like that! I am *so* much better than that… that… poor excuse for a fallen angel!" Kuwano was behind her and he comforted her quietly. "Don't worry Ririka. You and Ikiru are a perfect match against them. You'll get your angel and he'll get his and they'll never return to the Sky Kingdom."
Ririka leaned against Kuwano almost lazily. "Yes, I suppose… but still, they are such a ridiculous couple." Kuwano shook his head though she couldn't see. "Yes, they are… and I'm sure you're simply wishing to run after him and snatch the Arch Angel away from her." She didn't see the pained expression that flitted across his face for a moment either. "Don't worry Ririka… I'll help you get him from that Peace Angel…" he didn't continue but in his thoughts, the words raced. Even thought that will be the death of my heart. He admitted it, he loved the ditzy Peace Angel and he would do anything for her, even give her up for the one she loved instead of himself.
Six flaming comets flew directly towards the planet Earth, each landing in a separate part of the world. All close together, all reaching the planet safely…
The young girl's eyes fluttered and as she opened them, her vision came slowly into focus. "Augh… where am I?" she asked groggily trying to sit up before taking in her surroundings. There were multiple intravenous needles in her arm and she looked at them in horror. "What happened to me?" she gasped as a young woman in a white nurse's uniform came in holding a chart. "You're awake! Wonderful! You're in the Earth Sphere Alliance hospital (AN: Don't tell me if this exists or not. I make up stuff and I use other stuff.) and we found you in some sort of crater in the ground. What is your name? Do you remember?" The girl looked up at the nurse, her blue eyes peaceful, though her hair was a wild tangle of honey-gold hair. "Relena. My name is Relena." The nurse wrote her name down and left the room. As she sat there, she felt her hand grasp something and looking down and loosening her grip, she saw a pure black feather. "How beautiful!" she breathed as the feather fluttered slightly from her breath. It means the world to me…a world I can't remember… but I will. One day I will. She stroked the feather once more, smiling softly down at it.
In the exact same hospital, another young man awoke from a deep sleep. Another nurse came in to see him, a pretty woman with red hair and green eyes that some how looked vaguely familiar. "Hello, I'm happy you're awake. You were found in a crater-like formation near here and we brought you in. What's your name?" The young man's eyes stared into hers for a moment before saying, "Heero." The nurse nodded. "Heero. Nice name." She completed the procedures and walked out of the room. Heero looked down at himself and saw that he hand was clenched in a fist around something. Loosening his death grip, he saw a shining white feather that was miraculously uncrushed. For some reason, that one feather comforted him and he stroked the feather gently with his fingertips. This feather means something… something from long ago. And someday, I'll find out what it means.
It was a few days afterward that Heero and Relena finally met. They had both left the hospital and were found to own go to a boarding school and they found that they had left a life they did not remember. Looking in their pockets, their were wallets with their names and pictures and their I.D. but they didn't remember a thing. (AN: If any of you ask, this has nothing to do with the gundams or anything. Heero is *much* sweeter. I've always hated how they make the characters something other than what they can be. Whether you get that explanation or not is your problem.)
Relena stared at the door of her dorm room. Taking a deep breath, she slid the key into the keyhole and opened the door. The room was empty, but from first glance, there were definitely two people who were supposed to live there. There were two beds and two desks etc. She looked around the room for a moment. She had closed the door behind her and there was a slight noise as it opened again. In stepped a young man with unruly brown hair and dark blue eyes. "Huh? What are *you* doing here?" they Relena asked before saying, "I thought there weren't co-ed dorms." The young man shrugged. "I don't know. The other dorms were full. This was the only empty one."
"Oh… I guess that makes sense… Do you mind if I take the bed by the window?" Heero gave her a small smile. "I don't really care." Before tossing his duffel bag and suitcase on his own bed. Relena sat down on the bed and began to stuff some of the clothes that she had bought since leaving the hospital into the drawers and small closet. "What's your name?" she asked politely to Heero, looking up from folding one of her shirts. "Heero. Yours?"
"Relena." Nodding, she continued to put the clothes into the drawers. When she finished, she took out a small wooden box decorated with carved roses and placed it carefully on top of the drawers in the center.
Heero's unpacking hadn't taken too long since he didn't have a lot of stuff, but he too took out a box, wooden as well, but with a design of some sort of chain around the top of it. He placed it on his own chest-of-drawers. When they were done, Heero immediately took out his laptop computer and sat down on the bed, and began to type quickly, never blinking as he stared at the computer screen. Relena felt uncomfortable in Heero's silence. "Um… I'm going to take a shower…" she said before disappearing into the bathroom with her towels and other essentials. She turned on the water and stepped in just as there was a knock on the door. Heero walked over to open the door and he saw four guys standing in the hallway in front of his door. "Hey… we heard you were here already so we came to say hello." Heero motioned them to come in. They walked into the dorm room with wide eyes. "You have a girl living here with you don't you?" asked one of them, he had a long brown braid and mischievous eyes. "I'm Duo. The black-haired guy is Wufei, the brown-haired guy with the long bangs is Trowa, and Blondie here is-"
"Quatre Raberba Winner."
"Quatre." Duo finished, before doing a double-take. "Okay, so *don't* let me finish." Heero nodded instantly memorizing their names. "Yeah, I have a girl living here. This was the only dorm left. She's in the shower right now. Her name's Relena." He could see something flicker in all of their eyes as they looked in the direction that his hand had mindlessly waved in. "Relena…?" murmured Quatre. Maybe this won't be as hard as we thought. Heero nodded. Trowa looked at the two boxes on the chest-of-drawers and his face took on a strange expression. He walked over to the one on Heero's drawer and ran his hand on the box. "This is it." He breathed softly to the others. Heero's expression was confused while the others were smiling sadly. "And that should be the other one." Quatre said motioning to the other box. Wufei rolled his eyes. "You guys!" he hissed, "You're freaking out Heero already before he hardly even knows you!" Heero shook the expression of confusion off his face and said. "Not really…"
The door to the bathroom suddenly opened a crack. "Um… mind closing your eyes for a moment?" the guys all did so and turned their backs as Relena, clad only in a towel came into the room and grabbed her clothes that she had forgotten to bring. "Sorry 'bout that." she said as she closed the door behind her. The conversation continued as they proceeded into the small living room. (AN: This is kind of like a *very* small apartment.) While they were sitting down and talking, Relena entered the room. "Hi… I'm Heero's roommate." She said smiling at them. They introduced themselves quickly before they heard a ringing coming from all of the visitors' watches. "Um… we've got a few classes now. You don't go since you're both new, but if we miss them, we're dead!" yelped Duo jumping up. The others followed suit, apologizing for leaving in the middle of the conversation, they left the dorm.
As soon as they did and went into one of the other dorm rooms where two of them roomed together, they opened the small portal to the Sky Kingdom. "You fools! This is to be a test for the two. How many clues are you going to give them?!" the face of the Leader of the Arch Angels was clear in the portal. "The Peace Angel Leader has sent four of his female Peace Angels. They are to do the same job as you to the girl." The portal flickered before disappearing. Duo stretched. "I miss having my wings to travel around with." He shrugged his shoulders still feeling unaccustomed to the missing weight of his wings.
"I guess we'll have to help him… from the state he's in now, he's probably going to figure it out sooner or later. Besides, we gave him enough clues so we can simply have some fun around here. We're still his friends though he doesn't remember…" Trowa shook his head. "You can't simply expect that he'll know… his mind has been completely cleared of everything. The only thing the Great Faiiree granted was the ability to know that the feather was important. That's the only clue we gave them and the only one that we're allowed to give him. Any more clues and Arch Angel Leader will send us back to the Sky Kingdom. We won't be any help when we're there." Wufei nodded solemnly. "The other angels… they should be coming soon. I think we should meet with them first." Trowa nodded, his face suddenly hopeful. "Maybe Catherine will be there. It's hard to be separated from birth just because of the colors of our wings… I was separated from my sister and I barely got to see her."
They all walked out into the forest where they themselves had flown into to hide from spying eyes. There was a sudden tinkling of bells as four girls descended gracefully in dives before pulling out of them as soon as they reached the treetops. "Trowa!" one of them cried running in to his arms. "I missed you little brother!" cried the angel, Catherine. "Me too. You're one of the ones to join to help the couple aren't you?" Catherine nodded. "This is Sally, Dorothy, and Hilde. We're all here to 'befriend' Relena. Again." She said softly remembering the light-hearted angel that had been her friend. "There were other angels around here aren't there? Shouldn't they be around?" Catherine frowned. "They are the ones who are to make the test more difficult and I suspect the Leaders have given them free reign to do whatever they wish."
Dorothy walked over. "I think we should be rid of our wings first." She said softly. Catherine nodded and bracing herself for the rush of pain, she willed her wings to disappear. There was a bright flash of light and pain-filled yells as their wings disappeared leaving them all looking like regular humans. "We should see Relena." Said Sally, brushing back her dark blond hair. The girls nodded and parted with the Arch Angels. "Wish us luck!" they called before walking over to the dorm building. The Arch Angels stared after the four disguised Peace Angels. "They're the friends to Relena, just like we're friends to Heero." Said Quatre softly.
Relena answered the door to their knock. "Relena? That's your name isn't it?" at Relena's nod, they smiled. "We're from down the hallway and we just came to welcome you." Relena smiled. "Oh! Come in." she moved away from the door to let them in. Looking at the two wooden boxes, the girls didn't say anything about them, but their eyes continuously turned back to the small boxes. "We're hoping we can be friends Relena. We heard about your accident and the thing with amnesia. Are you alright now?" Relena nodded slightly. "It's hard to deal with when people you don't know keep walking up to you and calling your name when you don't know them or remember them." Hilde turned her head towards Relena. "Like who?"
"Well… there's this weird girl hanging around our dorm room… and she keeps shooting me evil looks. Her names Ririka or something and she keeps telling me to stay away from Heero. How am I supposed to do that when he's my roommate?" Catherine snapped to attention. "Did you say… *Ririka*???" Relena nodded. "Stay away from her Relena… If you can, stay as far away from her as possible. She'll hang around this other guy named-" Relena nodded. "I know, I met them. His name's Ikiru, right? He watches me like a hawk. There are two others. One's named Kuwano, and the other's Zoii. The last two are pretty nice… when Ikiru and Ririka aren't around."
Sally shook her head. "Whatever you do, we're warning you… not to threaten you, but warn you as we would a friend. Stay away from them, they will do anything to reach their goals. I've learned to stay far away from them." Relena nodded at the serious look on all of their faces. "What's wrong with them? Why does Ririka seem to hate me? Do you know?" Hilde shook her head. "No. She *does* seem to hate you, but we don't know why." She looked at her watch and did a double take. Duo's face was in her watch. His lips moved and she could read them. "Don't… tell… her… too… much." She interpreted. Giving a slight nod, she looked back over at Relena. "So do you like the place so far?" Relena nodded. "It's quite nice. At least so far I've seen."
Catherine placed a hand on Relena's shoulder. "We should really be leaving now Relena… but would you like to come with us to the mall tomorrow? We'd love for you to come with us." Shrugging Relena smiled. "Sure."
"Great. We'll meet you at the Angel Walk. It's down the street. You can't miss it, it's the most beautiful place filled with trees with white blossoms. Oh yeah… we'll be bringing along a few guys. If you want, you can ask someone too, maybe your roommate. It won't be a date, but you both need to settle in your dorm. It's not completely fixed up to what you want is it?" Relena shook her head. "I'll think about it." They all stood up and Relena led them to the door. "And follow our advice about Ikiru and Ririka. You might be confused, but we're not. We know them." Relena closed the door behind them and she leaned back on it wondering what she had done to make Ririka seem to hate her. Shrugging, she went back to the bedroom where she found Heero sitting on his bed working on his laptop. Sitting down on her own, she stared out the window at the sky on the other side of the glass. "Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could fly up into the sky and feel the freedom of the air beneath you?" she asked him dreamily.
Heero looked up from his laptop. "I wouldn't know. It might have been wonderful if you had someone with you… flying alone in a blue expanse with no one near you doesn't sound very fun." Relena looked away from the window and pulled out a book from her bag. Sitting so that her back rested on the headboard, she opened it and began to read. The book was of Greek Mythology and she soon was lost in the world of the gods and goddesses of old. Soon, her eyelids grew heavy and the book fell from her hands as she fell asleep. Heero looked up at the sound of the book falling to the carpeted floor before getting up from his own bed and laying her gently on the bed, covering her with the blankets. She stirred but didn't wake.
Heero felt something inside him stir at the touch of her skin and he pulled back. Still looking at her silent form, he turned back to look at the clock. "1:00? It's already 1:00? I've *really* been lost in that search thing." He quickly shut off the computer and changed quickly into the sweats that he wore to bed before turning out the light and fell into his bed. He fell asleep quickly and there was a silence in the dark room. But next to the two beds, the two wooden boxes that held the precious feathers in them, began to glow with a warm yellow light…
"Heero!" the young man turned to see a pretty girl with red hair and green eyes waving at him. "Um… hi." The girl came up to him. "Heero, it's *so* nice to see you again! I was *so* worried when you went into the hospital. You *must* have been *so* brave and *so* strong to get through that!" Heero winced internally at the girl's raucous squealing. "Uh, sure. What's your name?" The girl stopped. "Oh, I'm *so* sorry! You had something with that *awful* amnesia thing right?! I'm Ririka!" Heero nodded. "Uh, well, I've got to go now… my roommate's needs me for something... and I need to go and talk to her about… that something." He made excuse before walking rapidly towards Relena who was close enough to hear the girl's eye-rolling squealing and smiled when Heero gave her a look obviously *pleading* for help.
When he reached her, she didn't object when he took her hand and led her out of sight. Sneaking a peek over her shoulder, she almost burst out laughing at the horrible red blush that was staining Ririka's cheeks. When Heero stopped, he dropped Relena's hand and leaned against the wall. "Phew! Thanks a lot Relena… she was getting on my nerves." Smiling Relena nodded. "I could tell. I was afraid my eyes would pop out of my head, I was rolling my eyes so much." They sat down under the tree that provided a nice shade from the blazing hot sun.
"So… how are things happening with you? Relena shrugged. "Well… I'm going to the mall with some girls today… you want to come? There'll be some other guys going along so you won't be the only one." Heero looked into her eyes… "Are you sure? I think I'd probably be a bother. I don't really *love* to shop." Relena poked his arm playfully. "Aw, come on. I plan to fix up the dorm a little and if you don't come with me, you'll find yourself living in a Barbie pink apartment with frills and potpourri in every visible space. Try explaining *that* to your tough guy friends." Heero was surprised to feel a grin creeping up on his face.
"Fine. You win. I'll come. But *NO* potpourri or frills. I hate the stuff." Relena laughed. "I do too, I was only kidding." Heero looked over. "And one more thing… one of those girls wouldn't happen to be that Ririka would they?" Relena rolled her eyes at the question. "Oh yeah she's coming, along with the cheerleading squad and the football team as well." She said sarcastically.
"Hey, we'd better hurry if we're going to go there on time… now, let's see… where's the Angel Walk, I wonder…" Heero smirked slightly. "I know where it is. Come on." Relena grabbed her bag and after standing up and brushing stray pieces of grass of their clothes, they set off. Unbeknownst to them, a girl with flaming red hair was glaring after them. "How *dare* he walk away from me like that! I am *so* much better than that… that… poor excuse for a fallen angel!" Kuwano was behind her and he comforted her quietly. "Don't worry Ririka. You and Ikiru are a perfect match against them. You'll get your angel and he'll get his and they'll never return to the Sky Kingdom."
Ririka leaned against Kuwano almost lazily. "Yes, I suppose… but still, they are such a ridiculous couple." Kuwano shook his head though she couldn't see. "Yes, they are… and I'm sure you're simply wishing to run after him and snatch the Arch Angel away from her." She didn't see the pained expression that flitted across his face for a moment either. "Don't worry Ririka… I'll help you get him from that Peace Angel…" he didn't continue but in his thoughts, the words raced. Even thought that will be the death of my heart. He admitted it, he loved the ditzy Peace Angel and he would do anything for her, even give her up for the one she loved instead of himself.