Chapter Three: Memories
Relena awoke to bright beams of warm sunlight on her face and she shut her eyes again to the bright light. Too bright… were the only words that went through her brain. Heero had awakened only moments before and placed his hand in the air above Relena's eyes shielding them from the sunlight. She opened them carefully again and sat up. She suddenly realized that she had been sleeping on Heero's lap and she blinked. "Wha-?" Instead of answering, Heero crawled out from under the low overhang. "Freshen up. I'll look out for the bad guys." Relena laughed softly, "Hopefully you won't see them." She splashed the water on her face and let the water trickle down to her shirt. She then put her head right under the crack where the water was spewing out of and wetted her hair until it was soaking and had darkened slightly to an almost brown color. She crawled out of the overhang and lightly tapped Heero on the shoulder. "Your turn." She said simply and he crawled in to do the same that she had.
Relena looked over the platform of jutting rock. Reaching down, she fingered the small bag, which held the box with the feather that was slung on her waist. She looked down at the spectacular view of the land below. The large river below and the trees gave the land a beautiful wild feeling, like you could run for miles anywhere and there would be the melodious silence of the forest. Heero came out from behind her, his hair also soaking and dripping water droplets onto his neck. She grinned. "Well, don't we both look like a couple of drowned rats!" Heero raised an eyebrow and shot her his now-famous smirk. Relena flushed. "Should we get moving?" Heero looked up at the distance they still had to climb. "Oh yeah. Looks like we still have a while to go." Relena wilted a little at the thought of climbing for another day. "It shouldn't take us a whole day. I'm sure we'll get there soon." Encouraged Heero. "Come on." She nodded and they both began the long grueling work of climbing up and up and up.
Below them, the three that were coming after them were being battled by the elements to slow them down. Chunks of rock plummeted straight at them, the wind blew fiercely at them, making them push their wings to the max. Ririka was fairly growling with anger and frustration. They continued to fight the oncoming attacks from the elements that the lesser gods kept throwing at them. Ikiru made no sound but the terrible expression on his face told all his emotions clearly. They would pay.
"Heero! We're almost there!" called Relena looking down a little ways below her to see Heero climbing up . She reached the edge first and clambered up onto the top of the mountain before gasping in wonder. Heero climbed up behind her and gaped at their surroundings as well. They were in something like a paradise where there were columns of pearly white and a somewhat cloudy floor. Relena gasped recognizing the place from her Greek Mythology book. "Mount Olympus… We're on Mount Olympus!" Heero nodded slowly remembering from the book that he had also needed to read to prepare for their classes at school. A young man with a staff with two snakes and sandals with wings greeted them. "Greetings Relena and Heero. We have been expecting you. We knew you could overcome part of the task. I am Hermes, the messenger of the gods."
He led them to another part of the heavenly chambers where the gods were sitting in a circle each upon their thrones. In the center of the throne room, a woman tended the fire burning. Hestia, Relena knew, the goddess of the hearth. She bowed low before the gods and goddesses. "Rise Relena. There is no need for formalities at this time." The voice of Zeus was warm and kind and she raised her head. The gods and goddesses were wondrous to look at, more than anything the myths of old told her. The surrounding light that covered them was warm and yellow. The light of imperial divinity. Relena looked at each of the gods and goddesses in turn. "Please… what is it that we both cannot remember?"
The most beautiful of all the goddesses, proven so by the golden apple that she held in her hand, stood up. "I am Aphrodite. The goddess of love." Relena nodded, "I know. I have read of you all." The gods were pleased that someone at least remembered them. Aphrodite motioned for them to follow her. They entered a whole different place there weren't any walls, only the edge of the clouds. "Give me the two feathers." She ordered. At their hesitation, she laughed. "Oh, they told you of the precautions. Don't worry, if they are in the boxes, there is no fear." Heero and Relena slowly gave her the two precious boxes. "Now. This is for reaction time, if you can do what I expect you to do, then you will regain something that will help you in your quest." The two nodded determined to do whatever she said they had to.
Without warning, Aphrodite flung the boxes off the sides of the clouds towards Earth. A simultaneous cry came from both their lips and they dove over the edge after the plummeting boxes. They felt nothing except a wondrous feeling as their wings appeared from their shoulders, Relena's brilliant white, Heero's pure black. With strong beats of their wings, they reached out and caught the boxes before twisting expertly and soaring back up to Mount Olympus where Aphrodite was waiting. Aphrodite smiled at them, "I am sorry for that. But it was necessary. Now you know part of the reason your friends were sent to guard you. You are fallen angels of the Sky Kingdom." Relena and Heero stared at each other, their eyes wide and then towards their wings.
"But the feathers…" murmured Relena, looking at the box clutched in her hand. "Ah, the feathers. That is for you to understand. There is a battle being fought even now. And it is up to you two to fight them. Heero, the sword you took from Kuwano is really your own, the one given to you when you entered the ranks of the Arch Angels." Heero lifted the sword he had been carrying and felt now the familiarity of it. "And of our memories?" asked Relena quietly. Aphrodite shook her head, "It is up to you to recover them. The battlefield. Now." They nodded but Aphrodite stopped them before they could go, "It is of no problem to me Relena… but would you be more comfortable with a shirt of some sort?" Relena looked down and blushed furiously. The sudden appearance of her wings had torn her shirt away from her completely leaving her in her bra. Aphrodite snapped her fingers and they were both instantly wearing some sort of ancient costume. "You two are to save the world. You must look the part."
They both nodded solemnly and Heero slid the sword in the sheath that had appeared with his clothes and they soared off in the direction where they knew the battle was. Below them, the three following them, were consumed in anger. Following them quickly, they regained their ability of easy flight and flew swiftly after them. They weren't the only ones who were tied up in the destiny of the Sky Kingdom.
The clash of steel on steel was heard all over the battlefield. The demons from Tartarus were seeming to multiply in numbers. Even the Peace Angels had joined the fight completely, physically since they were almost drained of power in their futile attempt to close the opened gate of Tartarus. Dorothy surveyed the battlefield and the rush of bloodlust almost overpowered her as she watched the scene unfold. The calling for the beings of Tartarus almost overwhelmed her. She took a hesitant step in the direction.
But suddenly, Trowa was there. His body was battered and bruised from the long fight, "No Dorothy please don't leave us… don't leave me." Dorothy stopped in her tracks. In the midst of the battlefield, the two embraced the white feathers that the wings shed mingled together to form a black and white snowfall on the ground around them. The broke apart to look into each other's eyes. "We'll fight together Dorothy, and we'll leave this battlefield together." Trowa promised her. Nodding, she picked up her sword and returned to the task of battling the continuing wave of demons.
"Sally! Behind you!" Sally whirled around with her sword to slice the demon behind her with a deadly arc of her sword. She saw Wufei in the near distance and she crossed over the battlefield. She gasped in horror, "You're hurt!" she cried, looking around quickly to make sure there were no demons near them. Wufei grabbed her hand, "Ignore me, go on. Fight." Sally shook her head, "Not without you Wufei, not without you." She immediately summoned her healing powers and closed the wound quickly. Her head was feeling light but she ignored it, picking up their swords, they continued on with the battle, never leaving the other's side.
Duo and Hilde were fighting alongside one another, the demons surrounding them were few, but very strong. From the corner of his eye, Duo saw Hilde take a bad hit from one of the demons. "Hilde!" he screamed, immediately destroying the demon in front of him and rushing over to her, he didn't care that they weren't the destined couple that they were meant protect, Hilde meant more to him than anyone ever had in his life. He quickly finished off the demon and knelt down beside Hilde. "Oh my god, are you all right?" he asked as she winced slightly at his touch. "I'm fine. Just got the wind knocked out of me." She stood up unsteadily and had to lean on Duo's shoulder. He kept an arm around her and used one hand to continue to battle the demons surrounding them. "I won't let anything happen to you." He whispered into her ear.
Quatre was looking at the terrible bloodshed on both sides of the war and he sighed even as his sword sliced through another enemy. "All this war and bloodshed. And for what? Senseless bloodshed." Catherine who was fighting beside him in the ranks placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "You're wrong. I hate killing as much as you do, but we're fighting for total peace. These demons of Tartarus cannot win or else our whole universe will collapse." Quatre nodded, "I supposed… Catherine behind you!" she whirled around just as a demon slashed at her. With Quatre's warning, it sliced her arm instead of her back. She cried out in pain but Quatre was there and the demon was destroyed with a slice of his sword. "Catherine! Are you alright?" Catherine nodded, her wound already healing. "The Peace Angels have healing powers. I'm fine." Quatre sighed, "I wouldn't have been able to bear it if I lost you… you're the only one that's meant more to me than my entire life." Catherine smiled. "And the same to you." Their smiles stayed on their lips as they continued to fight side by side.
Relena and Heero looked down at the scene. "Oh!" cried Relena in horror at the sight. Heero flew beside her and slipped his hand into hers. "It's alright. We'll end this somehow." He told her gently. She squeezed his hand tightly but nodded. Behind them, they heard a sudden scream. They whirled around to face a raging Ririka. "Get back here!" she shrieked with Ikiru and Kuwano close behind her. They stopped to face her, Heero drew his sword out in preparation. He and Ikiru dove into a sword battle while Relena dodged Ririka's attacks with a large sword since she was unarmed.
A sudden shimmering in her hands distracted her and Ririka's attention for a moment. A bow appeared in her hand, fashioned of gold. A quiver also appeared on her back. Pulling out an arrow and slinging it in the bow. Relena aimed straight at Ririka. "Did I mention, I've remembered how to kill you with this?" she asked coldly. Ririka glared at her. "You won't keep me away from Heero!" she screamed flying straight at Relena. Letting the arrow fly, Relena immediately notched another one in it in preparation. There was a sudden flash of black and Kuwano gave a gasp of pain as was shot with the arrow straight through his heart.
"Kuwano!" cried Ririka in horror as he looked up with pain-filled eyes. "Ririka… if it means anything to you… I've never stopped loving you… and I never will." Ririka felt something stir in her that made her entire life flash in front of her, it had never been Heero that had gone around with her, made her trust in him, made her laugh. It had always been Kuwano although she had been too absorbed in her stupid fixation to notice. She loved Kuwano with all her heart. "NO!" she screamed, the tears running down her face as the dying angel was slumped into her arms. "NO!" Her wings shifted immediately, back into the ebony black of the Arch Angel. "Kuwano…" she looked up into Relena's eyes. "I was a fool… I never loved Heero… I've always loved Kuwano… and now, now he's gone." She cried clutching him towards her.
She felt a sudden pull and Kuwano was jerked away from her. She looked up to see a blue light emanating from Relena, heading straight towards Kuwano in blue ribbons of light. She knew that Relena was healing Kuwano with her magic. The magic of one of the strongest Peace Angels of all time. Kuwano's body shuddered before being enveloped in the light. His eyes opened and he looked straight at Ririka. "Ririka…" he said softly, the word barely passing his lips. Ririka's tears turned to tears of joy. "Kuwano!" she cried rushing forward to envelope him in her arms. He was stunned for a moment, before returning the embrace.
A sudden cry returned Relena's attention back to Ikiru and Heero. She turned just in time to see Ikiru deliver a blow that sent Heero slamming into the mountain that they had carried the battle to. "Heero!" she cried trying to fly to him. She was suddenly stopped by Ikiru. "Give. Me. The. Feather." He said in a low voice. She tried to get away and to Heero. "I will kill him if you won't give me that feather." He warned her, his sword held at Heero's throat. "I…" Heero's eyes were staring at her. "I… remember… Relena, I love you! If you *ever* give him that feather, I *will* die!" Relena gasped. That was what their friends had been telling them, if they were to give the feathers to someone other than the two of them, they would be bound to that person forever instead of being set free. Relena glared at Ikiru. "Not in *this* lifetime, demon!" she yelled before a rush of blue light erupted from her forcing Ikiru to let go of her.
She aimed an arrow right at him when suddenly, a whirl of white appeared. "No! Stop Relena, don't shoot!" Zoii was directly in front of Ikiru, her tears falling from her eyes. "Please, not Ikiru!" she cried. Ikiru's eyes widened at her. "What are you doing?!" he yelled. She turned to him. "I love you, Ikiru. I always have… but I couldn't allow you to take Relena and make her a demon!" Ikiru glared at her, "Then you have no need of being here." He shoved her away and flew directly at Relena. Relena saw the despair in Zoii's eyes. But she could do nothing for her. "Oh… if only Zoii could be happy…" she whispered.
There was a sudden flash of light and in the center of it, she found the lady at the store where she and Heero had bought the painting. Noin. But she had wings this time and that was what surprised her. They weren't black, they weren't white. They were a silvery gray. Noin smiled down at her. "You too are the Destined Angels. Not even the Leaders have known this. I am Nemesis, the Balancer. Only I have the power to do what you cannot yet do. When you learn, I will lose that power. But for now…" she shot out her hands and a blast of purple light flew straight at Ikiru. He screamed a primal scream as the magic violated the black soul of a demon and destroyed it.
He fell limp and started to plummet to Earth but Zoii caught him before he could. "What have you done to him?!" she cried up at Noin. "I have destroyed the evil within him." she told her simply. The wings of the demon disappeared and became the white of the Peace Angel." Zoii held him in her arms before he opened his eyes. As soon as he did, Zoii gasped at the love he saw in his eyes. Love that was directed at her. Her tears ran down her face falling onto Ikiru's, shining with happiness. Their lips met in their first kiss. Ikiru knew… nothing he could ever share with Relena would be like this.
Flying towards each other, Relena and Heero immediately reached for the boxes they each had and opening them, took out the feathers inside. "Relena… I love you… I can now recognize the soul-bond between us." Heero's words were straight from the heart and Relena couldn't speak. She didn't need to, they could communicate without words. She simply gave him the feather that she knew belonged to him and he gave her the white feather from her own wings. The feathers began to glow before shaping themselves into a pendant that hung on each of their necks, a white stone in Relena's, a black stone in Heero's. Smiling happily, the two kissed in mid-air between the two couples already made and really matches made in heaven.
Relena and Heero broke apart to nod to each other. They needed to complete their task. Swooping down, they dove beneath the clouds where the battle raged. The two radiated such power,that both sides, the angels and the demons dropped their weapons to look up at the Destined Angels. And all, demon and angel, bowed low to the ground before them. And with one movement, all, the whole of the beings, flew up, following the two to the Sky Kingdom where they would live in complete peace. A real paradise.
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The End
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Okay, so it was a little weird. But I can't stand a sad ending, I absolutely hate it. Call me a 'happily ever after' person. This story was made up after I read someone's story called 'Fantasy Wing' by someone called Sailor Shinigami, though I don't know who this person is, but if you read this, thank you for the idea of a fallen angel! Other than that, the gods and goddesses are all from Greek Mythology,(if you haven't already guessed from the numerous times I've told you) just in case you didn't know. Email me! Tell me what you think PLEASE! This is my first Alternate Universe thing. If you forgot or don't know it at all, it's i_luv_heero_yuy@hotmail.com okay? Thanx.
Relena awoke to bright beams of warm sunlight on her face and she shut her eyes again to the bright light. Too bright… were the only words that went through her brain. Heero had awakened only moments before and placed his hand in the air above Relena's eyes shielding them from the sunlight. She opened them carefully again and sat up. She suddenly realized that she had been sleeping on Heero's lap and she blinked. "Wha-?" Instead of answering, Heero crawled out from under the low overhang. "Freshen up. I'll look out for the bad guys." Relena laughed softly, "Hopefully you won't see them." She splashed the water on her face and let the water trickle down to her shirt. She then put her head right under the crack where the water was spewing out of and wetted her hair until it was soaking and had darkened slightly to an almost brown color. She crawled out of the overhang and lightly tapped Heero on the shoulder. "Your turn." She said simply and he crawled in to do the same that she had.
Relena looked over the platform of jutting rock. Reaching down, she fingered the small bag, which held the box with the feather that was slung on her waist. She looked down at the spectacular view of the land below. The large river below and the trees gave the land a beautiful wild feeling, like you could run for miles anywhere and there would be the melodious silence of the forest. Heero came out from behind her, his hair also soaking and dripping water droplets onto his neck. She grinned. "Well, don't we both look like a couple of drowned rats!" Heero raised an eyebrow and shot her his now-famous smirk. Relena flushed. "Should we get moving?" Heero looked up at the distance they still had to climb. "Oh yeah. Looks like we still have a while to go." Relena wilted a little at the thought of climbing for another day. "It shouldn't take us a whole day. I'm sure we'll get there soon." Encouraged Heero. "Come on." She nodded and they both began the long grueling work of climbing up and up and up.
Below them, the three that were coming after them were being battled by the elements to slow them down. Chunks of rock plummeted straight at them, the wind blew fiercely at them, making them push their wings to the max. Ririka was fairly growling with anger and frustration. They continued to fight the oncoming attacks from the elements that the lesser gods kept throwing at them. Ikiru made no sound but the terrible expression on his face told all his emotions clearly. They would pay.
"Heero! We're almost there!" called Relena looking down a little ways below her to see Heero climbing up . She reached the edge first and clambered up onto the top of the mountain before gasping in wonder. Heero climbed up behind her and gaped at their surroundings as well. They were in something like a paradise where there were columns of pearly white and a somewhat cloudy floor. Relena gasped recognizing the place from her Greek Mythology book. "Mount Olympus… We're on Mount Olympus!" Heero nodded slowly remembering from the book that he had also needed to read to prepare for their classes at school. A young man with a staff with two snakes and sandals with wings greeted them. "Greetings Relena and Heero. We have been expecting you. We knew you could overcome part of the task. I am Hermes, the messenger of the gods."
He led them to another part of the heavenly chambers where the gods were sitting in a circle each upon their thrones. In the center of the throne room, a woman tended the fire burning. Hestia, Relena knew, the goddess of the hearth. She bowed low before the gods and goddesses. "Rise Relena. There is no need for formalities at this time." The voice of Zeus was warm and kind and she raised her head. The gods and goddesses were wondrous to look at, more than anything the myths of old told her. The surrounding light that covered them was warm and yellow. The light of imperial divinity. Relena looked at each of the gods and goddesses in turn. "Please… what is it that we both cannot remember?"
The most beautiful of all the goddesses, proven so by the golden apple that she held in her hand, stood up. "I am Aphrodite. The goddess of love." Relena nodded, "I know. I have read of you all." The gods were pleased that someone at least remembered them. Aphrodite motioned for them to follow her. They entered a whole different place there weren't any walls, only the edge of the clouds. "Give me the two feathers." She ordered. At their hesitation, she laughed. "Oh, they told you of the precautions. Don't worry, if they are in the boxes, there is no fear." Heero and Relena slowly gave her the two precious boxes. "Now. This is for reaction time, if you can do what I expect you to do, then you will regain something that will help you in your quest." The two nodded determined to do whatever she said they had to.
Without warning, Aphrodite flung the boxes off the sides of the clouds towards Earth. A simultaneous cry came from both their lips and they dove over the edge after the plummeting boxes. They felt nothing except a wondrous feeling as their wings appeared from their shoulders, Relena's brilliant white, Heero's pure black. With strong beats of their wings, they reached out and caught the boxes before twisting expertly and soaring back up to Mount Olympus where Aphrodite was waiting. Aphrodite smiled at them, "I am sorry for that. But it was necessary. Now you know part of the reason your friends were sent to guard you. You are fallen angels of the Sky Kingdom." Relena and Heero stared at each other, their eyes wide and then towards their wings.
"But the feathers…" murmured Relena, looking at the box clutched in her hand. "Ah, the feathers. That is for you to understand. There is a battle being fought even now. And it is up to you two to fight them. Heero, the sword you took from Kuwano is really your own, the one given to you when you entered the ranks of the Arch Angels." Heero lifted the sword he had been carrying and felt now the familiarity of it. "And of our memories?" asked Relena quietly. Aphrodite shook her head, "It is up to you to recover them. The battlefield. Now." They nodded but Aphrodite stopped them before they could go, "It is of no problem to me Relena… but would you be more comfortable with a shirt of some sort?" Relena looked down and blushed furiously. The sudden appearance of her wings had torn her shirt away from her completely leaving her in her bra. Aphrodite snapped her fingers and they were both instantly wearing some sort of ancient costume. "You two are to save the world. You must look the part."
They both nodded solemnly and Heero slid the sword in the sheath that had appeared with his clothes and they soared off in the direction where they knew the battle was. Below them, the three following them, were consumed in anger. Following them quickly, they regained their ability of easy flight and flew swiftly after them. They weren't the only ones who were tied up in the destiny of the Sky Kingdom.
The clash of steel on steel was heard all over the battlefield. The demons from Tartarus were seeming to multiply in numbers. Even the Peace Angels had joined the fight completely, physically since they were almost drained of power in their futile attempt to close the opened gate of Tartarus. Dorothy surveyed the battlefield and the rush of bloodlust almost overpowered her as she watched the scene unfold. The calling for the beings of Tartarus almost overwhelmed her. She took a hesitant step in the direction.
But suddenly, Trowa was there. His body was battered and bruised from the long fight, "No Dorothy please don't leave us… don't leave me." Dorothy stopped in her tracks. In the midst of the battlefield, the two embraced the white feathers that the wings shed mingled together to form a black and white snowfall on the ground around them. The broke apart to look into each other's eyes. "We'll fight together Dorothy, and we'll leave this battlefield together." Trowa promised her. Nodding, she picked up her sword and returned to the task of battling the continuing wave of demons.
"Sally! Behind you!" Sally whirled around with her sword to slice the demon behind her with a deadly arc of her sword. She saw Wufei in the near distance and she crossed over the battlefield. She gasped in horror, "You're hurt!" she cried, looking around quickly to make sure there were no demons near them. Wufei grabbed her hand, "Ignore me, go on. Fight." Sally shook her head, "Not without you Wufei, not without you." She immediately summoned her healing powers and closed the wound quickly. Her head was feeling light but she ignored it, picking up their swords, they continued on with the battle, never leaving the other's side.
Duo and Hilde were fighting alongside one another, the demons surrounding them were few, but very strong. From the corner of his eye, Duo saw Hilde take a bad hit from one of the demons. "Hilde!" he screamed, immediately destroying the demon in front of him and rushing over to her, he didn't care that they weren't the destined couple that they were meant protect, Hilde meant more to him than anyone ever had in his life. He quickly finished off the demon and knelt down beside Hilde. "Oh my god, are you all right?" he asked as she winced slightly at his touch. "I'm fine. Just got the wind knocked out of me." She stood up unsteadily and had to lean on Duo's shoulder. He kept an arm around her and used one hand to continue to battle the demons surrounding them. "I won't let anything happen to you." He whispered into her ear.
Quatre was looking at the terrible bloodshed on both sides of the war and he sighed even as his sword sliced through another enemy. "All this war and bloodshed. And for what? Senseless bloodshed." Catherine who was fighting beside him in the ranks placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "You're wrong. I hate killing as much as you do, but we're fighting for total peace. These demons of Tartarus cannot win or else our whole universe will collapse." Quatre nodded, "I supposed… Catherine behind you!" she whirled around just as a demon slashed at her. With Quatre's warning, it sliced her arm instead of her back. She cried out in pain but Quatre was there and the demon was destroyed with a slice of his sword. "Catherine! Are you alright?" Catherine nodded, her wound already healing. "The Peace Angels have healing powers. I'm fine." Quatre sighed, "I wouldn't have been able to bear it if I lost you… you're the only one that's meant more to me than my entire life." Catherine smiled. "And the same to you." Their smiles stayed on their lips as they continued to fight side by side.
Relena and Heero looked down at the scene. "Oh!" cried Relena in horror at the sight. Heero flew beside her and slipped his hand into hers. "It's alright. We'll end this somehow." He told her gently. She squeezed his hand tightly but nodded. Behind them, they heard a sudden scream. They whirled around to face a raging Ririka. "Get back here!" she shrieked with Ikiru and Kuwano close behind her. They stopped to face her, Heero drew his sword out in preparation. He and Ikiru dove into a sword battle while Relena dodged Ririka's attacks with a large sword since she was unarmed.
A sudden shimmering in her hands distracted her and Ririka's attention for a moment. A bow appeared in her hand, fashioned of gold. A quiver also appeared on her back. Pulling out an arrow and slinging it in the bow. Relena aimed straight at Ririka. "Did I mention, I've remembered how to kill you with this?" she asked coldly. Ririka glared at her. "You won't keep me away from Heero!" she screamed flying straight at Relena. Letting the arrow fly, Relena immediately notched another one in it in preparation. There was a sudden flash of black and Kuwano gave a gasp of pain as was shot with the arrow straight through his heart.
"Kuwano!" cried Ririka in horror as he looked up with pain-filled eyes. "Ririka… if it means anything to you… I've never stopped loving you… and I never will." Ririka felt something stir in her that made her entire life flash in front of her, it had never been Heero that had gone around with her, made her trust in him, made her laugh. It had always been Kuwano although she had been too absorbed in her stupid fixation to notice. She loved Kuwano with all her heart. "NO!" she screamed, the tears running down her face as the dying angel was slumped into her arms. "NO!" Her wings shifted immediately, back into the ebony black of the Arch Angel. "Kuwano…" she looked up into Relena's eyes. "I was a fool… I never loved Heero… I've always loved Kuwano… and now, now he's gone." She cried clutching him towards her.
She felt a sudden pull and Kuwano was jerked away from her. She looked up to see a blue light emanating from Relena, heading straight towards Kuwano in blue ribbons of light. She knew that Relena was healing Kuwano with her magic. The magic of one of the strongest Peace Angels of all time. Kuwano's body shuddered before being enveloped in the light. His eyes opened and he looked straight at Ririka. "Ririka…" he said softly, the word barely passing his lips. Ririka's tears turned to tears of joy. "Kuwano!" she cried rushing forward to envelope him in her arms. He was stunned for a moment, before returning the embrace.
A sudden cry returned Relena's attention back to Ikiru and Heero. She turned just in time to see Ikiru deliver a blow that sent Heero slamming into the mountain that they had carried the battle to. "Heero!" she cried trying to fly to him. She was suddenly stopped by Ikiru. "Give. Me. The. Feather." He said in a low voice. She tried to get away and to Heero. "I will kill him if you won't give me that feather." He warned her, his sword held at Heero's throat. "I…" Heero's eyes were staring at her. "I… remember… Relena, I love you! If you *ever* give him that feather, I *will* die!" Relena gasped. That was what their friends had been telling them, if they were to give the feathers to someone other than the two of them, they would be bound to that person forever instead of being set free. Relena glared at Ikiru. "Not in *this* lifetime, demon!" she yelled before a rush of blue light erupted from her forcing Ikiru to let go of her.
She aimed an arrow right at him when suddenly, a whirl of white appeared. "No! Stop Relena, don't shoot!" Zoii was directly in front of Ikiru, her tears falling from her eyes. "Please, not Ikiru!" she cried. Ikiru's eyes widened at her. "What are you doing?!" he yelled. She turned to him. "I love you, Ikiru. I always have… but I couldn't allow you to take Relena and make her a demon!" Ikiru glared at her, "Then you have no need of being here." He shoved her away and flew directly at Relena. Relena saw the despair in Zoii's eyes. But she could do nothing for her. "Oh… if only Zoii could be happy…" she whispered.
There was a sudden flash of light and in the center of it, she found the lady at the store where she and Heero had bought the painting. Noin. But she had wings this time and that was what surprised her. They weren't black, they weren't white. They were a silvery gray. Noin smiled down at her. "You too are the Destined Angels. Not even the Leaders have known this. I am Nemesis, the Balancer. Only I have the power to do what you cannot yet do. When you learn, I will lose that power. But for now…" she shot out her hands and a blast of purple light flew straight at Ikiru. He screamed a primal scream as the magic violated the black soul of a demon and destroyed it.
He fell limp and started to plummet to Earth but Zoii caught him before he could. "What have you done to him?!" she cried up at Noin. "I have destroyed the evil within him." she told her simply. The wings of the demon disappeared and became the white of the Peace Angel." Zoii held him in her arms before he opened his eyes. As soon as he did, Zoii gasped at the love he saw in his eyes. Love that was directed at her. Her tears ran down her face falling onto Ikiru's, shining with happiness. Their lips met in their first kiss. Ikiru knew… nothing he could ever share with Relena would be like this.
Flying towards each other, Relena and Heero immediately reached for the boxes they each had and opening them, took out the feathers inside. "Relena… I love you… I can now recognize the soul-bond between us." Heero's words were straight from the heart and Relena couldn't speak. She didn't need to, they could communicate without words. She simply gave him the feather that she knew belonged to him and he gave her the white feather from her own wings. The feathers began to glow before shaping themselves into a pendant that hung on each of their necks, a white stone in Relena's, a black stone in Heero's. Smiling happily, the two kissed in mid-air between the two couples already made and really matches made in heaven.
Relena and Heero broke apart to nod to each other. They needed to complete their task. Swooping down, they dove beneath the clouds where the battle raged. The two radiated such power,that both sides, the angels and the demons dropped their weapons to look up at the Destined Angels. And all, demon and angel, bowed low to the ground before them. And with one movement, all, the whole of the beings, flew up, following the two to the Sky Kingdom where they would live in complete peace. A real paradise.
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The End
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Okay, so it was a little weird. But I can't stand a sad ending, I absolutely hate it. Call me a 'happily ever after' person. This story was made up after I read someone's story called 'Fantasy Wing' by someone called Sailor Shinigami, though I don't know who this person is, but if you read this, thank you for the idea of a fallen angel! Other than that, the gods and goddesses are all from Greek Mythology,(if you haven't already guessed from the numerous times I've told you) just in case you didn't know. Email me! Tell me what you think PLEASE! This is my first Alternate Universe thing. If you forgot or don't know it at all, it's i_luv_heero_yuy@hotmail.com okay? Thanx.