"It's Gonna Be Me" Part Four: Search and Rescue
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Relena Peacecraft stopped suddenly. Her crystalline tears were still falling, her eyes wide with fear. Where am I? she wondered. I'm lost...Oh no... Relena heard a cracking noise behind her. "H-H-Hello?" she asked to the unseen appearance. Her answer was a menacing growl.
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Heero Yuy sat in the hand of his Gundam, apparently fully recovered. He was no longer crying, and the tear streak trails were gone from his face. I wonder where Relena has ended up? he thought. Hmmm, too bad. I don't really care. Or do I? Heero was beginning to question himself again. Just great...Look what she does to me. I HATE THAT GIRL! Heero mentally reminded himself. Heero heard a faint rustling in the bushes to the left of his white mobile suit. "Show yourself now or I cut you down without a second thought." he said to his unseen enemy. Quatre stepped out.
"Hello, Heero. That shiny black gun of yours is quite a greeting." Quatre commented dryly. "Now come and help me look for Princess Relena. I'm sure you're the one who scared her off. It's almost eleven a.m. standard and she hasn't come back to the institution."
"Why should I go look for her? She's not my responsibility. I'm not a servant that ANYONE can order around." Heero bit back. "Besides, I don't want to go look for her."
"Heero! Come on! You've got to help me! The nation will go to ruins! Pacifism will collapse! Peace will secede to exist! Wars will ensue! You have to help!" Quatre cried, clearly exasperated with Heero's stubborn nature. "Heero Yuy! Put away your stupid black gun, get away from that Gundam, and start looking for Princess Relena!" Quatre yelled. He glared at Heero afterward, daring him to say no.
"Fine. Let's get this over with. I have better things to do." Heero turned and walked into the deep green forest.
"I knew he'd come around..." Quatre murmured as he started off in the opposite direction.
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A large, black wolf stepped barely into view. It growled at her. It's whitish-yellow teeth shown clearly against its black coat. It started to slowly circle. It kept its head low, and it's teeth born. Relena tried to step backwards, but she couldn't move. Oh no, I'm going to die. I'm going to be eaten by a wolf. This is not a good way to go. I can't go like this. Milliardo can't run the Sank Kingdom. The pacifist countries would go to ruins! "Help! HELP!" she cried as loudly as she could. But she heard no answer. "Help!!!!"
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Heero grumbled and mumbled and growled to himself as he searched through the dark and forbidding forest that Relena had managed to get lost in. Stupid girl. Why did she have to go and get lost? Ugh, I hate women. Too much responsibility to get close to one. They're too picky and pushy. Then again, what do I know? I've never been close to a woman, save Miss Monica Lynn. She was the closest thing I had to a mother. He scowled angrily in the gloom. And then Romefellar murdered her. Murder, murder, murder. Everything ends in murder. Heero continued to search the forests with disturbing and controversial thoughts on his mind.
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Quatre searched the forest. The more he searched the more discouraged he became. We'll never find her... I just know it... More war... "RELENA! PRINCESS RELENA!" Quatre called out. He too received no answer.
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"Help!" Heero whirled when he heard the cry. Was that Relena? he wondered. "Relena?" he yelled to the surrounding trees. "Help!" he heard again. He turned in that direction. "Relena! Relena! I'm coming, Relena!" Heero Yuy, ice cold as his heart was took off at a dead run in the direction that Relena Peacecraft's voice came from. "I'm coming!"
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Relena heard the distant cry of a male voice answering her own. "Relena? Relena! Relena! Relena I'm coming! I'm coming!" It was Heero's voice, she was sure of it. "Heero--" she tried to yell, but tripped and fell backward into a thick, gnarled thorn bush. The wolf that had been stalking her leapt. It landed squarely on her; it's teeth biting savagely into her arm, ripping the cloth of her already soaked coat, drawing blood. Relena screamed.
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Every little thing I do
Never seems enough for you
You don't wanna lose it again
But I'm not like them
Baby, when you finally
Get to love somebody
Guess what
It's gonna be me
Heero heard the piercing scream filled with the purest of agony. He also heard the snarls of a wolf. He was nearing Relena, he was sure of it. She was in unimaginable pain. It hurt Heero to hear Relena in such fiery suffering. "Relena!" he yelled, desperate for a return call to give him direction. The mangled cries of pain coming from Relena's throat echoed all around him. "Relena!" he cried over and over in desperation. Heero was on the brink of tears. Look what she does to me. What is wrong with me? She's just a stupid girl. She means nothing to me... but even as Heero thought this, he knew it wasn't true. How scared he was becoming because of the viciously pain-filled cries coming from Relena only affirmed it more. "Oh, please Relena!" Then he heard it. A sobbing, scared, painful sob, "Heero!" And then he heard her scream again. Off he went, hopefully in time to save her.
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Oh, finally... Heero is here... He'll help me... Relena thought all of this through the blinding light of the pain she was in. The wound on her arm was gushing red blood, and she knew little of her other wounds, except that she had multiple scratches from the thorn bush she was lying in. Oh Heero... Help...
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Heero burst through one grove and thicket after another. Finally, after what seemed an eternity, he ran into a thicket with a wolf. He gasped. A wolf and a very bloody, very scared, Princess Relena Peacecraft. "Relena!" he cried he lunged for her. The wolf turned on him immediately and bit into his hand with a powerful jaw. Heero yelped in pain. He pulled out the gun that Quatre had told him to leave behind and shot at the wolf. At first he missed. And the wolf snarled and snapped at him before lunging straight for Relena's throat. Heero swore violently out of anger at the wolf, and shot him. Just as he was about to come snarling and crashing down on bloody Relena, he hit him. The wolf came crashing down, but next to Relena, not on her. Heero stood there for a moment, shaking, his gun pointed at the corpse of the dead, raving black wolf. He looked over at where Relena lay. "Relena..." he said, unable to believe the pain his eyes shown him. Relena had a huge section of her right arm torn to shreds because of the initial attack of the antagonist. She had a ring of teeth marks on her shoulder and lower neck from where the wolf had tried to remove her throat. She was covered in scratches from the thorn bushes she reclined in. There was a bloody gash across her forehead and cheek, left there by a wolf's paw. "Oh Relena..." Heero collapsed to the ground beside her. "I'm so sorry..." he sobbed, gently touching her unmarked right cheek. "I'm so sorry..." he bent down to lightly kiss her lips when he felt a sharp pain in his side. He cried out in pain as the realization that he had just been shot struck him. Relena cried out in anger and surprise. Heero lay on the ground beside Relena in a crumpled heap as a palace guard stood over him. He mouthed something cursed at Heero, but Heero couldn't hear him. All Heero could hear was the blood throbbing painfully in his ears and the dull noise of Relena Peacecraft's crying. Faintly, as he slipped into swarming blackness, he heard, "You fools! What have you done?" It was Quatre's voice. "When Ms. Noin hears of this she'll..." Heero slipped into uncharted space. His mind.
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Relena Peacecraft stopped suddenly. Her crystalline tears were still falling, her eyes wide with fear. Where am I? she wondered. I'm lost...Oh no... Relena heard a cracking noise behind her. "H-H-Hello?" she asked to the unseen appearance. Her answer was a menacing growl.
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Heero Yuy sat in the hand of his Gundam, apparently fully recovered. He was no longer crying, and the tear streak trails were gone from his face. I wonder where Relena has ended up? he thought. Hmmm, too bad. I don't really care. Or do I? Heero was beginning to question himself again. Just great...Look what she does to me. I HATE THAT GIRL! Heero mentally reminded himself. Heero heard a faint rustling in the bushes to the left of his white mobile suit. "Show yourself now or I cut you down without a second thought." he said to his unseen enemy. Quatre stepped out.
"Hello, Heero. That shiny black gun of yours is quite a greeting." Quatre commented dryly. "Now come and help me look for Princess Relena. I'm sure you're the one who scared her off. It's almost eleven a.m. standard and she hasn't come back to the institution."
"Why should I go look for her? She's not my responsibility. I'm not a servant that ANYONE can order around." Heero bit back. "Besides, I don't want to go look for her."
"Heero! Come on! You've got to help me! The nation will go to ruins! Pacifism will collapse! Peace will secede to exist! Wars will ensue! You have to help!" Quatre cried, clearly exasperated with Heero's stubborn nature. "Heero Yuy! Put away your stupid black gun, get away from that Gundam, and start looking for Princess Relena!" Quatre yelled. He glared at Heero afterward, daring him to say no.
"Fine. Let's get this over with. I have better things to do." Heero turned and walked into the deep green forest.
"I knew he'd come around..." Quatre murmured as he started off in the opposite direction.
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A large, black wolf stepped barely into view. It growled at her. It's whitish-yellow teeth shown clearly against its black coat. It started to slowly circle. It kept its head low, and it's teeth born. Relena tried to step backwards, but she couldn't move. Oh no, I'm going to die. I'm going to be eaten by a wolf. This is not a good way to go. I can't go like this. Milliardo can't run the Sank Kingdom. The pacifist countries would go to ruins! "Help! HELP!" she cried as loudly as she could. But she heard no answer. "Help!!!!"
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Heero grumbled and mumbled and growled to himself as he searched through the dark and forbidding forest that Relena had managed to get lost in. Stupid girl. Why did she have to go and get lost? Ugh, I hate women. Too much responsibility to get close to one. They're too picky and pushy. Then again, what do I know? I've never been close to a woman, save Miss Monica Lynn. She was the closest thing I had to a mother. He scowled angrily in the gloom. And then Romefellar murdered her. Murder, murder, murder. Everything ends in murder. Heero continued to search the forests with disturbing and controversial thoughts on his mind.
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Quatre searched the forest. The more he searched the more discouraged he became. We'll never find her... I just know it... More war... "RELENA! PRINCESS RELENA!" Quatre called out. He too received no answer.
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"Help!" Heero whirled when he heard the cry. Was that Relena? he wondered. "Relena?" he yelled to the surrounding trees. "Help!" he heard again. He turned in that direction. "Relena! Relena! I'm coming, Relena!" Heero Yuy, ice cold as his heart was took off at a dead run in the direction that Relena Peacecraft's voice came from. "I'm coming!"
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Relena heard the distant cry of a male voice answering her own. "Relena? Relena! Relena! Relena I'm coming! I'm coming!" It was Heero's voice, she was sure of it. "Heero--" she tried to yell, but tripped and fell backward into a thick, gnarled thorn bush. The wolf that had been stalking her leapt. It landed squarely on her; it's teeth biting savagely into her arm, ripping the cloth of her already soaked coat, drawing blood. Relena screamed.
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Every little thing I do
Never seems enough for you
You don't wanna lose it again
But I'm not like them
Baby, when you finally
Get to love somebody
Guess what
It's gonna be me
Heero heard the piercing scream filled with the purest of agony. He also heard the snarls of a wolf. He was nearing Relena, he was sure of it. She was in unimaginable pain. It hurt Heero to hear Relena in such fiery suffering. "Relena!" he yelled, desperate for a return call to give him direction. The mangled cries of pain coming from Relena's throat echoed all around him. "Relena!" he cried over and over in desperation. Heero was on the brink of tears. Look what she does to me. What is wrong with me? She's just a stupid girl. She means nothing to me... but even as Heero thought this, he knew it wasn't true. How scared he was becoming because of the viciously pain-filled cries coming from Relena only affirmed it more. "Oh, please Relena!" Then he heard it. A sobbing, scared, painful sob, "Heero!" And then he heard her scream again. Off he went, hopefully in time to save her.
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Oh, finally... Heero is here... He'll help me... Relena thought all of this through the blinding light of the pain she was in. The wound on her arm was gushing red blood, and she knew little of her other wounds, except that she had multiple scratches from the thorn bush she was lying in. Oh Heero... Help...
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Heero burst through one grove and thicket after another. Finally, after what seemed an eternity, he ran into a thicket with a wolf. He gasped. A wolf and a very bloody, very scared, Princess Relena Peacecraft. "Relena!" he cried he lunged for her. The wolf turned on him immediately and bit into his hand with a powerful jaw. Heero yelped in pain. He pulled out the gun that Quatre had told him to leave behind and shot at the wolf. At first he missed. And the wolf snarled and snapped at him before lunging straight for Relena's throat. Heero swore violently out of anger at the wolf, and shot him. Just as he was about to come snarling and crashing down on bloody Relena, he hit him. The wolf came crashing down, but next to Relena, not on her. Heero stood there for a moment, shaking, his gun pointed at the corpse of the dead, raving black wolf. He looked over at where Relena lay. "Relena..." he said, unable to believe the pain his eyes shown him. Relena had a huge section of her right arm torn to shreds because of the initial attack of the antagonist. She had a ring of teeth marks on her shoulder and lower neck from where the wolf had tried to remove her throat. She was covered in scratches from the thorn bushes she reclined in. There was a bloody gash across her forehead and cheek, left there by a wolf's paw. "Oh Relena..." Heero collapsed to the ground beside her. "I'm so sorry..." he sobbed, gently touching her unmarked right cheek. "I'm so sorry..." he bent down to lightly kiss her lips when he felt a sharp pain in his side. He cried out in pain as the realization that he had just been shot struck him. Relena cried out in anger and surprise. Heero lay on the ground beside Relena in a crumpled heap as a palace guard stood over him. He mouthed something cursed at Heero, but Heero couldn't hear him. All Heero could hear was the blood throbbing painfully in his ears and the dull noise of Relena Peacecraft's crying. Faintly, as he slipped into swarming blackness, he heard, "You fools! What have you done?" It was Quatre's voice. "When Ms. Noin hears of this she'll..." Heero slipped into uncharted space. His mind.
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