The sequel to Meeting His Destiny! I do not own Gundam Wing, but Corinne, Aya, Sapphera, & Destiny...are MINE!!!! The boys will kill you if you try to steal any of their girls~ha. Lol, enjoy. It starts out nice and light and happy...just the way the boys should feel with their soulmates around!
My Destiny
Prologue
Three months had passed since Heero and Destiny were reunited from their seemingly unreal separation. It was a dream turned reality…a phenomenon all were at a loss of words to explain. But since their time of unification, the boys, and their happy girlfriends, had lived a life of true sincerity and bliss. Even the once Perfect Soldier had become the man no one ever would think him to be. He was strong, but caring, and would die to protect his friends…and Destiny.
Chapter 1
The seasons had passed on, and finally, carefree summer had returned to the lives of the Gundam Pilots and their "family". Each boy, including Sally, Corinne, Aya, Sapphera, and Destiny, sat outside in the vast expanse of estate in the main courtyard; one that was graced with intricate fountains and brilliant rose gardens.
Duo leaned back in his sun chair and sent Corinne beside him a flashy smile. The red headed siren blinked her emerald eyes quizzically and sat up. "What is it?"
The braided boy of 20, now a man, gave her a slight chuckle and shook his head. The mid-June afternoon sun beat down upon the group, who comfortably resided by the Olympic in-ground pool at the east side of the house. Quatre and Aya had situated themselves at the water's edge; Wufei and Sally had disappeared for a walk, meanwhile the remaining couples stayed at the pool. "It's nothing," Duo replied to her query. Corinne gave him a slight nod and leaned back in her chair,
"Life is so perfect…I can't remember ever being so happy in my life," she said with a content sigh.
"Neither can they," Duo murmured, motioning to Heero and Destiny who sat quietly, just enjoying one another's company. "Sometimes I wonder how things ever came to be this way. Does anyone really understand how your cousin and he hooked up?"
"Like we told you before, honey. None of us are sure, and if either of Heero or Destiny is, they're not talking. But I assume it's just as well. For once in their lives, they're happy. And having found their soul mates makes it all the better," Corinne answered, adjusting her sunglasses.
"Do you think you found yours?" the man prodded playfully.
"I don't know, he could be anywhere now," the girl answered sarcastically. Her boyfriend sent her an equally angry, but entirely sarcastic expression. "Oh come on Duo! You know the answer to your question."
"Do I?" he replied, his voice sounding off his good-natured personality.
"Yes, you do," the girl answered, leaning over and giving him a gentle kiss.
*~*~*
Heero looked lovingly at Destiny, who by now had fallen asleep in his arms in a lounge chair by the pool. The warm sunshine above had acted of as a soothing agent, melting away insecurities or doubts. Heero had no doubts, and he believed he couldn't have any when with her. Her honey hair was draped over his chest and legs like a silky blanket, and the gentle rise and fall of her breathing comforted Heero's thoughts. 'What would I do without you?'
The once cold, empty boy looked over at the other couples around the area, each lost in the eyes of their partner. With the passing of the three months, the girls had become a permanent part of the Manor, each with a separate, equally elegant room as the boys. Their chance meetings were what puzzled and delighted each couple the most. The strange, but altogether appealing family arrangements had made for tight bondage between each member of the household.
"Heero, are you alright?" Destiny spoke quietly, her bright Prussian eyes now awake and full of light as they fell on Heero.
"Huh-oh yeah. I'm fine, did you sleep alright?" Destiny nodded and bore a warm smile for him. "I take it yes." The sapphire-eyed boy gave her a tiny hug and laughed.
"I guess it seems to unreal at times," the girl affirmed.
"I still wonder how it ever came to be, as I assume the others do as well."
"Well, my cousins already filled you in on the family relations. Corinne, Aya, Sapphera, and I…our fathers were all brothers. Relena's mother was their sister, which connects us by blood making us family."
"That much I get, but oh well. The other stuff is all trivial, especially since we're lucky to be together like this," Heero replied.
"True, but you know…Relena is going to kill me when she finds out," Destiny laughed, her blue-green eyes reflecting the light of the skies above. Heero let out a nervous sigh, and a laugh.
'God help us when that happens.' Destiny nodded, reading his expression, and knowing his thoughts. Her right hand gently ran through Heero's still unruly dark brown hair, and ruffled it a bit. "Hey!"
"What, you're acting like Duo now with that braid of his!" Destiny exclaimed, jumping out the chair over to the pool's edge.
"Acting like Duo?!" Heero shouted sarcastically. The girl stood in front of him, her long hair flying in the summer breeze, eyes full of light. A delicate red two-piece bathing suit adorned her slim figure. Heero immediately made a reach for her side and flipped her over his shoulder.
"Heero! Heero-honey!" Destiny screamed as he chucked her the pool. She came up to the surface, sputtering, a smirk on her face as well as a flicker in her eyes. Corinne followed her braided boyfriend over to the water's edge where Heero stood laughing, Duo joined Heero in his amusement.
"You wanna join her?" Corinne threatened the braided boy with her hands on her hips, seeing his pleasure in her cousins "distress". She flipped her wild red hair out of her eyes, and spun around, showing off her teal two-piece. Without warning, her hands shoved Duo in the back and he, followed by Heero flew into the pool with the help of Trowa and Sapphera, who had just returned from the house.
"Trowa! This is like 'injustice'!" Duo shouted from the water, his hair matted to his face, causing the three remaining high and dry to unsuccessfully stifle their laughter.
His bangs hiding one bright eye, Trowa shrugged, "Hey if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" Corinne and Sapphera pulled Destiny out, and meanwhile turned on Trowa, forcing him to join his waterlogged comrades.
"Sorry boys!" they giggled sarcastically and waved. Duo, Trowa, and Heero, noticing an amused Quatre and Aya beside them, grabbed the blonde by his ankles and ripped him in.
"Hey!"
"Sorry, Q-man. You didn't think we'd let you get off easy did ya?" Duo quipped with a wide grin. The good-natured blonde shrugged slightly and turned his eyes on Aya from the water. His bright blue eyes signaled mischief, something Aya picked up on immediately as she rose from her seat with her leg dangling in the pool.
"Oh no ya don't!" the auburn angel squealed and made a wild dash for her cousins. Each girl, now standing proudly above their men, shot each boy a flashy smile and headed inside to change. Out-witted and defeated, the boys smiled inwardly and thought about their significant others.
"Hey, where's Wu-man?" Duo questioned suddenly as they too, got out and dried off. Each boy looked at the other and emitted sly smiles.
"He should join the fun," Quatre joked as they headed off in search of the justice-pushing boy.
*~*~*
Sapphera flung her incredibly long navy hair into a French twist and allowed the ends, which she curled, to bundle on the top. Her deep sapphire eyes were adorned with the ring of silver that would amaze anyone. Trowa was waiting for her in the courtyard with the others. Life was so simple now, and it was wonderful. It was often unreal, seemingly to good to possibly happen. Yet that was the beauty of it, Sapphera felt. That was what made life so good…so perfect. The fact that it was almost unreal, and the fact that her happiness could not be broken by anything, made it a dream come true.
Meeting the others, and especially Trowa, was something she wouldn't give up for the world. Being a princess, leading others in her own colony far from Earth in space with her cousins was no easy task. Relena, who was assumable to be the Queen of the World, couldn't even spoil this. Sapphera and Relena had never truly gotten along; their views on political issues and life had always gotten in the way. But Corinne, even an opinionated and still totally sophisticated siren, could help to ease the tension.
But that was why the cousins left behind their royalty, their lives. They were sick of being the Princesses of a joke, leaders of a sick world without gratitude for the good in their lives. So they left, and allowed Relena who had been pushing them all their lives to give it to her, to have it. And now, the pacifist Queen was fully content. So were the cousins. They all got what they wanted, and even Relena couldn't spoil this.
"Sapphera," Trowa called from the fountains. She saw him standing there, his usual hairstyle illuminated by sunlight, casting a small shadow on his khaki shorts and surf-style red tee.
"Hey, sorry I took so long." The boy waved off her concern and took her hands.
"Join me for a little walk?" the emerald-eyed pilot inquired with a cute smile.
'How can I possibly resist?!' Sapphera's mind agreed. She nodded and gave him an equally content grin. The two walked hand in hand through the gardens at the west side of the Manor, sunlight streamed through the willows and oaks that swayed gently in the summer breezes. "Do you think that things will stay the way they are, Trowa?"
"Why wouldn't they?" Trowa answered, leading her to a trellis bench covered in pink roses. Sapphera looked up at the sky in deep appreciation and shrugged.
"I don't know…I just wonder if maybe life is playing some sick joke on me. And that soon enough everything I love…everyone I love…" she said looking directly at Trowa, "will be taken from me."
"You know what?"
"What?"
"I'm not going anywhere, Angel." Trowa wrapped his strong arms around her tiny figure and kissed the top of her head lovingly, his nose tickled by the mound of wild ringlets. His fingers felt the softness of her lavender halter-top, perfectly matched with a black skirt. Her skin although, was far softer than anything he'd ever known. A tiny smile crossed his lips as he leaned his head on her shoulder and sighed. "I'm not going anywhere."
Sapphera grinned at his warm embrace, "I love you too."
