TITLE: Innocence of a Soldier
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Gundam Wing.
NOTES: This is two months and twenty battles after they'd all arrived on Chikyuu.
Chapter 5: Destiny Realized
Selena walked into a castle on Japanese grounds. Her mission: to find Zechs Marquis and Lucretcia Noin. The girl saw many people dancing, including her cousin. She then noticed it was Relena in his arms. So, the rescue was a success. I'm glad that it was.
She leaned against a wall, smoothing the skirt of her aquamarine dress with gloved hands. Her raven black hair cascaded down her back gracefully in waves from the braid she had kept it in. Then a general came up to her. "May I have this dance?" he inquired. Selena looked into his face.
"It would be my pleasure, sir." she replied. The couple danced gracefully over the main floor of the room and when the song was over, she excused herself.
~
That's it, Selena. Keep your distance. Don't let them know who you really are. Heero thought with approval. She remembered more of her training than he thought. During the years they had been separated, Selena hadn't the reason to use such skills, to his knowledge.
"Heero, who is she?" Relena inquired. Curiosity laced her tone, as she had never seen the teenager before.
"She is my cousin. I'll tell you more later."
~
Selena emerged from the hall onto a patio outside. Stars sparkled overhead and the breeze was tinged with the smell of the ocean that was only two miles away. There she saw the two she had to convince to join them. The couple turned sharply, realizing that they were being watched.
"Who are you?" Zechs demanded.
"My name is Selena Lowe. May I speak with you two in private?" she replied softly. They followed her to another location. Hastily, she told them of the situation that they were all in. "Are you willing to help us?"
"We'll help. They've gone way too far with everything they've done." Lucretcia declared. Her eyes snapped in anger as she struggled to keep her voice down.
~*~
They left the party, with Relena coming along as well. "Are they willing to help us?" Heero inquired after they met with Selena.
"Hai, they will. Miss Noin said that they'd gone too far." she replied.
Relena looked over to the girl. "Heero told me that you are his cousin. What is your name?"
"My name is Selena Lowe. You are Relena Peacecraft-Darlien, right?"
"Right." she confirmed.
Once the group was back at the safe house, they got ready for bed. As Selena settled into hers, she let out a sigh of relief. Leaving at midnight allowed us to escape any suspicion. Man, after all of that, I feel like I could sleep for a week. She rubbed her sore feet. All the dancing had been a little much for her.
~*~
She woke at the time she usually did and got dressed. As usual, she was in casual clothing that wouldn't get in the way of her piloting her Gundam. The young woman came down the stairs as she was braiding her hair, only to hear Duo call out in appreciation. "Hey, pretty lady!"
"Duo, knock it off. You're such a flirt." Selena laughed. After finishing her breakfast, she went down into the hanger to work on her suit. Her gaze took in the nearly completed suits that had been moved from another location. The white Taurus and the Tallgeese. I hope that they can help.
Her own Gundam was in excellent condition, considering what it had already gone through. She went over the systems, checking for any errors that might be in them. When she looked up, she saw Quatre finish his own repairs.
He came down, finished with his suit. Then he saw Selena going over Firebird's systems with a fine-toothed comb. Afterwards, she looked up, realizing that Quatre was staring at her. "Are you all right?" she inquired.
"I'm fine." The Sand Rock pilot watched her as she came down from her suit. She turned to leave, but he took hold of her arm.
"What are you..." she began, but was cut off when Quatre's lips sealed her own.
~
Heero looked down from the cockpit of his suit. "Hey, Zero, do you think this will work?" He got a positive answer from his Gundam. With a secretive smile, he returned to work.
~
"I guess that answers my question." a flustered Selena muttered. A blush was spreading over her face from what had just occured.
"Sorry, Selena. I wasn't thinking." He, too, was blushing.
"No, Quatre. You don't have to apologize. You are the only person I'm not related to that has shown that type of care about me."
The alarm sounded, and red lights flashed in their hangar. Duo's head popped out of Death Scythe. "What's going on?" he demanded.
"Sounds like another attack to me. Let's get going." Heero declared. Everyone got into the cockpits of their suits, then headed out.
~
At the battlefield, near a town in a peaceful area. Zero and Firebird came down from the sky, transforming as they landed. Everyone else also came up. Many of the enemy suits were destroyed, but a majority of the pilots avoided the blows.
Then, after six shots, the two rifles on the wing suits overheated. "Kuso*, these guys are good." Heero hissed. Anger was strong in him.
"Well, then, let's switch tactics. Throw them off of us." Selena suggested. Trust her to think with a level head in the heat of battle. A deep crunching noise came into the cabins of the two wing models as a Cancer was ripped in half. After the light from the explosion died away, the Tallgeese was revealed. A white Taurus destroyed an Aries coming up to them.
"You are lucky we came when we did." Zechs declared over the comm.-link.
"Arigato* for your help." Selena replied. Then, the beam saber was pulled out of her suit. She slashed open a Leo, then fired the machine guns mounted in the head of Firebird. This is bad. Time to use the Zero system. The young amazon activated it, quickly adapting to the increase of battle data. Trouble had come, and she faced it as only a soldier could.
"Kuso! Selena's activated the Zero system!" Duo roared while green gas flooded from his energy scythe. Then the suit in front of the Shini no Kami* fell down in two pieces.
Quatre felt concern for the girl. Then he shook his head. "Come off it, guys! These people are worse than the White Fang! In the words of Selena, 'Let's kick some titanium butt!'" He then charged up his scythes. The Sand Rock pilot then got his cross grip on the enemy suit and crushed it out of existence.
"Hey, he's right!" Duo agreed, then opened a channel to the other suits. "The Great Shini no Kami has returned! Anyone who sees me has got a date with his maker!" He fired the arm cannon, and it destroyed another suit.
Firebird destroyed the last suit, another Aries, with its beam saber. All eight allies left the battlefield, returning to the hanger to repair their suits. They began the activity. Selena looked up from her computer. "Hey Duo! I see why you call yourself the Shini no Kami!" she called in a jesting tone of voice.
He looked a little embarrassed while the others laughed. They all finished in about five hours.
~*~~
(passage of time and location)
Selena sat quietly on a park bench. Quatre came up to her, looking a little nervous. "Penny for your thoughts, my friend." she declared. He was acting like... Well, she really didn't know.
He met her gaze, a deep emotion in his eyes. "I love you, Selena. W...will you marry me?"
"Yes!!!"
The Sand Rock pilot looked shocked as she flung her arms around him. Then he struggled to get ahold of her left hand. A smooth band of gundanium was slipped onto her ring finger. "I hope that our love will be as strong as this metal." he whispered.
*
Kuso- you don't want to know. It's impolite.
Shini no Kami- God of Death
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Gundam Wing.
NOTES: This is two months and twenty battles after they'd all arrived on Chikyuu.
Chapter 5: Destiny Realized
Selena walked into a castle on Japanese grounds. Her mission: to find Zechs Marquis and Lucretcia Noin. The girl saw many people dancing, including her cousin. She then noticed it was Relena in his arms. So, the rescue was a success. I'm glad that it was.
She leaned against a wall, smoothing the skirt of her aquamarine dress with gloved hands. Her raven black hair cascaded down her back gracefully in waves from the braid she had kept it in. Then a general came up to her. "May I have this dance?" he inquired. Selena looked into his face.
"It would be my pleasure, sir." she replied. The couple danced gracefully over the main floor of the room and when the song was over, she excused herself.
~
That's it, Selena. Keep your distance. Don't let them know who you really are. Heero thought with approval. She remembered more of her training than he thought. During the years they had been separated, Selena hadn't the reason to use such skills, to his knowledge.
"Heero, who is she?" Relena inquired. Curiosity laced her tone, as she had never seen the teenager before.
"She is my cousin. I'll tell you more later."
~
Selena emerged from the hall onto a patio outside. Stars sparkled overhead and the breeze was tinged with the smell of the ocean that was only two miles away. There she saw the two she had to convince to join them. The couple turned sharply, realizing that they were being watched.
"Who are you?" Zechs demanded.
"My name is Selena Lowe. May I speak with you two in private?" she replied softly. They followed her to another location. Hastily, she told them of the situation that they were all in. "Are you willing to help us?"
"We'll help. They've gone way too far with everything they've done." Lucretcia declared. Her eyes snapped in anger as she struggled to keep her voice down.
~*~
They left the party, with Relena coming along as well. "Are they willing to help us?" Heero inquired after they met with Selena.
"Hai, they will. Miss Noin said that they'd gone too far." she replied.
Relena looked over to the girl. "Heero told me that you are his cousin. What is your name?"
"My name is Selena Lowe. You are Relena Peacecraft-Darlien, right?"
"Right." she confirmed.
Once the group was back at the safe house, they got ready for bed. As Selena settled into hers, she let out a sigh of relief. Leaving at midnight allowed us to escape any suspicion. Man, after all of that, I feel like I could sleep for a week. She rubbed her sore feet. All the dancing had been a little much for her.
~*~
She woke at the time she usually did and got dressed. As usual, she was in casual clothing that wouldn't get in the way of her piloting her Gundam. The young woman came down the stairs as she was braiding her hair, only to hear Duo call out in appreciation. "Hey, pretty lady!"
"Duo, knock it off. You're such a flirt." Selena laughed. After finishing her breakfast, she went down into the hanger to work on her suit. Her gaze took in the nearly completed suits that had been moved from another location. The white Taurus and the Tallgeese. I hope that they can help.
Her own Gundam was in excellent condition, considering what it had already gone through. She went over the systems, checking for any errors that might be in them. When she looked up, she saw Quatre finish his own repairs.
He came down, finished with his suit. Then he saw Selena going over Firebird's systems with a fine-toothed comb. Afterwards, she looked up, realizing that Quatre was staring at her. "Are you all right?" she inquired.
"I'm fine." The Sand Rock pilot watched her as she came down from her suit. She turned to leave, but he took hold of her arm.
"What are you..." she began, but was cut off when Quatre's lips sealed her own.
~
Heero looked down from the cockpit of his suit. "Hey, Zero, do you think this will work?" He got a positive answer from his Gundam. With a secretive smile, he returned to work.
~
"I guess that answers my question." a flustered Selena muttered. A blush was spreading over her face from what had just occured.
"Sorry, Selena. I wasn't thinking." He, too, was blushing.
"No, Quatre. You don't have to apologize. You are the only person I'm not related to that has shown that type of care about me."
The alarm sounded, and red lights flashed in their hangar. Duo's head popped out of Death Scythe. "What's going on?" he demanded.
"Sounds like another attack to me. Let's get going." Heero declared. Everyone got into the cockpits of their suits, then headed out.
~
At the battlefield, near a town in a peaceful area. Zero and Firebird came down from the sky, transforming as they landed. Everyone else also came up. Many of the enemy suits were destroyed, but a majority of the pilots avoided the blows.
Then, after six shots, the two rifles on the wing suits overheated. "Kuso*, these guys are good." Heero hissed. Anger was strong in him.
"Well, then, let's switch tactics. Throw them off of us." Selena suggested. Trust her to think with a level head in the heat of battle. A deep crunching noise came into the cabins of the two wing models as a Cancer was ripped in half. After the light from the explosion died away, the Tallgeese was revealed. A white Taurus destroyed an Aries coming up to them.
"You are lucky we came when we did." Zechs declared over the comm.-link.
"Arigato* for your help." Selena replied. Then, the beam saber was pulled out of her suit. She slashed open a Leo, then fired the machine guns mounted in the head of Firebird. This is bad. Time to use the Zero system. The young amazon activated it, quickly adapting to the increase of battle data. Trouble had come, and she faced it as only a soldier could.
"Kuso! Selena's activated the Zero system!" Duo roared while green gas flooded from his energy scythe. Then the suit in front of the Shini no Kami* fell down in two pieces.
Quatre felt concern for the girl. Then he shook his head. "Come off it, guys! These people are worse than the White Fang! In the words of Selena, 'Let's kick some titanium butt!'" He then charged up his scythes. The Sand Rock pilot then got his cross grip on the enemy suit and crushed it out of existence.
"Hey, he's right!" Duo agreed, then opened a channel to the other suits. "The Great Shini no Kami has returned! Anyone who sees me has got a date with his maker!" He fired the arm cannon, and it destroyed another suit.
Firebird destroyed the last suit, another Aries, with its beam saber. All eight allies left the battlefield, returning to the hanger to repair their suits. They began the activity. Selena looked up from her computer. "Hey Duo! I see why you call yourself the Shini no Kami!" she called in a jesting tone of voice.
He looked a little embarrassed while the others laughed. They all finished in about five hours.
~*~~
(passage of time and location)
Selena sat quietly on a park bench. Quatre came up to her, looking a little nervous. "Penny for your thoughts, my friend." she declared. He was acting like... Well, she really didn't know.
He met her gaze, a deep emotion in his eyes. "I love you, Selena. W...will you marry me?"
"Yes!!!"
The Sand Rock pilot looked shocked as she flung her arms around him. Then he struggled to get ahold of her left hand. A smooth band of gundanium was slipped onto her ring finger. "I hope that our love will be as strong as this metal." he whispered.
*
Kuso- you don't want to know. It's impolite.
Shini no Kami- God of Death