Love 9 by Rage Barton

Disclaimer: To write the disclaimer, or not to write. That, is the question. Oh well, of course, the answer is yes since I kinda have to. So, here it is. I don't own Gundam...even though I wish I did. So, don't sue.

Author's Note: This is kinda sad. But, like I said, it will be OKAY between everybody. Enjoy. :):):):):):):):):):):):):)

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"Noin, Milliardo, is everything okay?"

"Yeah, Relena. Zeches, why don't you go get Relena and us something to drink or eat?"

"Sure. Why not?"

Milliardo left the room, knowing what Noin was about to do, or rather tell Relena.

"Relena, we...I have something to tell you."

"What is it Noin?"

"Well, there's not exactly a...an...well."

"You can tell me anything."

"Okay! Relena you're going...well...to...uh...be... paralyzedfortherestofyourlife."

Noin said it in one long breath and looked at Relena. Relena went dead pale and stared at Noin in disbelief. She looked at Noin and smiled and weak smile. Her eyes twinkled and looked at the girls. Everyone looked at their hands and then all turned and looked angrily at Noin. Noin looked at them and a tear ran down her cheek. Dorothy spoke first and stared at Noin with a glare full of anger and disbelief.

"How could you...Noin. We...we thought...we were going...to...tell her together. How could you just blurt it out?"

"I...Relena's smart and would have figured it out. I...I...froze and...I did...what I saw was best..."

"Thank you Noin for telling me."

Relena looked at Noin and smiled a small lopsided smile. Relena then took a deep breath and then froze. Her eyes shined with fear and looked at the girls.

"Where...where's Heero?!?!?! Is he okay? Where is Heero? Shouldn't he be here? Is he...is he..."

Relena couldn't finish and stared blankly at the girls. Noin reacted first.

"Relena, calm down! He's fine. He's had just gone to the Preventers to take care of some business! Don't worry!"

"Then where is he?"

Milliardo walked in and said,

"Oh yeah! Relena, Heero's fine. He's just taking care of some papers for the hospital since he insisted he do them instead of us."

Noin shot Milliardo a glare that could have sent any other men shivering in the corner. But Milliardo stared at Noin.

"Noin! Milliardo! Why are you two lying to me?"

"We're not lying Relena. Heero taking care of the paper work."

Milliardo started to sweat when all the eyes in the room glared at him with rage and a stare that seemed to tell him that he had done something incredibly dumb.

"Milliardo. Noin just told me Heero was at the Preventers. TELL ME WHERE HE IS! Please."

"Relena..."

Noin looked around the room and saw everyone nod.

"Relena, I'm sorry but I have another appointment. Right Zeches. We'll come by later."

With that, Noin grabbed Milliardo and ran out of the room.

"Relena, sorry but, the circus is making its start here and so I have to get ready."

"Wait Catherine. Sorry I've got to run out on you but there's a charity show and I'm the guest of honor. Bye."

"Hey you two. Relena, I'm sorry I can't stay. Duo's garage needs a manager. I'll be back when I close up. Bye!"

With that, Dorothy, Hilde and Catherine ran out of the room in record speed.

"What's wrong with Heero?"

Relena laid back down and started to cry. She stared up at the ceiling with tear-stained eyes and swallowed.

"Hey Relena! Wazzup?!?!"

While Relena was crying, Duo walked into the room and looked at her with those big eyes. It was clear to her that even though he was pretending to be cheerful, he was tormented inside. His eyes revealed he was fearful, sorry, in pain, rage and confused, even though anyone else wouldn't have noticed.

"So, Relena. How ya feelin'? All comfy?"

"Yeah Duo. I'm fine."

She couldn't smile. She just couldn't. She began to cry and looked at her legs in anger. Duo was startled and took a minute to recover. He walked over to Relena and put his hand under her chin and lifts it up. She is greeted by the same smiling face and those big, sad, puppy eyes.

"Hey Princess, no tears. It looks weird on that pretty face of yours. Besides, the amazing Duo's here. And your alive, so no tears."

"But Duo..."

"I know. It's going to be A-okay. Science is really advanced so they'll find a cure or something."

"What if they don't Duo?!?!?!"

"Well, walking...who needs it. It just makes you all sweaty and yucky. Then you have to take a shower. An' besides, walkin' makes your feet hurt. Besides, if you go shoppin' you don't have to walk. You can sit while other can't find no chairs in da mall."

Amazingly, Relena felt relieved. Quatre and the other boys walked in. Relena's face lit up hoping to find Heero, but turned into a frown, as she did not see her Heero.

"Where's Heero?!?!?!"

"Well..."

Quatre looked nervously around the room. Trowa simply nodded. Wefei looked at him with doubt. Duo totally objected to it.

"He's fin..."

"No Quatre. Tell me the truth."

Quatre stared into those eyes and found that she was serious. Her eyes showed that she was not about to back down to what she had just asked. She wanted to know and wouldn't take a no for an answer. There was something else in those eyes. Fear and longing for her lover. Quatre started to say something and saw Duo shaking his head furiously. Wefei slowly shake his head.

"Relena, Heero's well...not well. He's in bad shape...to be precise, in coma."

Relena stared and started to cry. Duo was the first one at her side. Duo had a great imitation of the Heero Yuy Death Glare(tm) at Quatre. Relena suddenly stared at Quatre and said,

"Can...can I...see him?"

"Uh...Relena...I'm not so..."

"Please."

Trowa looked at Relena and then the others.

"Pilots....outside."

The three pilots followed Trowa out of the room.

"Trowa, we can't!"

"Duo, unless you want to tell her she can't, then we have to."

"Why me?"

"Because you're the one that's saying no."

"Quatre, it'll break her heart. It'll break her. What if she becomes worse after seeing him? I mean, he's not in the best shape of he's life."

"She's in love. She needs to see him. We...I don't know...how...to......say no."

"Let's do it."

Everyone turned to Wefei. Then everyone turned and went into the room. Trowa stepped forward and looked at Relena. He slowly lifted her blanket off of her. Duo appeared with a wheelchair and looked at Relena. When he saw her graceful smile, he smiled back. Trowa put his hands under the slender body and whispered in her ear,

"I really like Jennifer."

Relena shocked and started to giggle as Trowa lifted her and gently dropped her in the wheelchair. The gang set out towards critical care with Trowa pushing the wheelchair. Relena mentioned for Trowa to bend down.

"Trowa, what's this show of emotion?"

Trowa giggled. Everyone on the floor silenced and everyone stared at Trowa.

"Oh...haha... very funny."

Quatre giggled and looked at Relena with worry.

"Relena, we're here."

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Oky Doky. Not the best. Thank god I wasn't attacked again. So, watcha think. R&R please. No flames. It'll be oky doky. In the chapter after this. Okay, I can't tell exactly when but it'll get better. Hope you like it. Not a lot of action but it'll come.