"It's Gonna Be Me" Part Seven: Welcome to Your New Life, Complete With Opportunities
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Relena said her last good-byes to the deep brown haired Aliana and her ebony haired mother, Carrie. As the doctor escorted the comatose figure of sleeping Heero Yuy, Relena stopped him suddenly, and looked down at Heero's peaceful face. She noticed his family watching her intently, as was the doctor and his team. She leaned down and laid a gentle kiss on his forehead. For good-bye, she thought. Then she kissed his lips as a tear fell from her eyes on to his cheek. For love, my beloved Heero Yuy... Relena turned and fled, crying to her hotel room where she wept for hours before falling asleep and awakening on a shuttle beside Paegan, headed for the capital of the Sank Kingdom. She closed her eyes and forced herself to sleep to flee the on coming tears of loss over Heero Yuy.
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A young man awoke to a young face leaning over him. "Mother! Mother! Japa is awake! Come quickly!" she cried. The lady leaning over him looked back at him. She had dark, dark brown hair and blue eyes. She looked at him with the light of joy in her eyes. "Oh, you're awake! Finally!"
"Where am I?" The young man she called Japa asked. "Who are you?"
A woman ran into the room. Her jet-black hair was tied in a loose braid and she was wearing ordinary trousers and a loose oriental design tunic. "Oh Japa..." she started crying happily and put his face in her hands and kissed his forehead. "I'm so glad you're awake! I'm your mother; you can just call me Mother. And this is your twin sister, Aliana." She pointed at the young girl with the dark brown hair. The girl smiled at him. Are you feeling all right, Japa?"
"Japa. Japa. Is that my name?" he asked, saying the name softly to himself under his breath. "Yes, yes, I feel fine." He looked up at the two women. How old am I? Is Japa my name? I have a twin? What do I look like? What happened to me? he wondered.
"Yes, Japa is your name. Your full name is Japa Ay Summers. You just turned eighteen a week ago. We don't know how you fell into the coma, but you've been in it for six months. Would you like to see what you look like? I have a mirror..." she trailed off as she handed Japa the mirror. He looked at himself. He had dark brown hair, blue eyes, and he was somewhat thin. Probably from the coma...he thought. Japa's mother and sister sat down on the edge of his bed and talked about the family. While they talked, Japa surveyed his room. His ceiling had the galaxy painted on it, with the light in the center looking like the bright center of the universe. There was a large black curtain hanging across one wall. When Japa asked what it was for, they explained that the entire wall was glass and the curtain was for privacy. He just nodded and continued his surveillance of his room. His carpet was plush and white, and his walls were white, too. The blankets he was lying in were silk. They consisted of white sheets, a black comforter, and a silver blanket with silver pillowcases. He had a sculptured metal bed stand with a white and black lamp. His dresser was also the polished silver metal, and so was the desk for his computer and communications terminal.
After Japa had been fed, he fell asleep comfortably. The doctor was called in the next day to give him a complete physical. He checked out perfect and was allowed to leave his bed for the first time in six months.
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Everything was perfect for the next eleven months. He finished school and was found to be a brilliant student with an incredibly high I.Q. He graduated with honors, top of the colony. He excelled in science, engineering, and computer skills. He was also an excellent strategist and mechanical designer. Soon after graduation, OZ showed up at the colony, looking for Colony 001's famed designer and strategist. They learned the address of his home after threatening the head master with the genocide of his school. A woman in a slim fitting uniform and her chestnut hair in a braid trapped against her skull walked up to the glass house and knocked. The sun glinted off of the glasses she wore just as it did the floor-to-ceiling windows of the front portion of the house. The boy's mother opened the door, wearing a long red dress. She had been getting ready for a posh party and had just finished her hair and make-up. She was trying to put in her other earring as she opened the door.
"May I help you?" she asked politely.
"I am Lady Un, one of OZ's top military officers. I have come looking for Japa Ay Summers. He is to be drafted as a military strategist and engineer." she explained smartly. She stepped into the house. "Where is he?" she asked.
Japa's mother smiled greatly at Lady Un. It was an honor to be drafted by OZ, especially for something so ranking. "Just a moment, I'll go get him. I'm sure he'll be thrilled!" She ran upstairs, holding up the hem of her dress. "Japa! Japa! Come here!"
Japa looked up from his computer terminal in his room when his name was called. "In here, Mother." he said, looking out his bedroom door. She came hustling in.
"Oh, Japa! This is such an honor! Come down stairs at once! There is someone here who would like to speak with you." she beamed.
"Yes, Mother." Japa close up the program he had been working on. And followed her downstairs. He was wearing tight fitting black pants with an Oriental blue, white, and silver design on black, jacket-like tunic. He looked at the woman in the military uniform warily. "What can I do for you?" he asked politely.
"Come with me. I am Lady Un; I work for Treize Cushranada, leader of OZ. I have come here to draft you as our new engineer and strategist. This is quite an honor. Please say your good-byes and come with me." she explained in a flat tone.
"Oh! Japa! You are so lucky! I can't wait to tell my fri--" Japa cut his mother off sharply by saying, "No. Never." through clenched teeth. His mother stared at him in surprise. "But, Japa, this is such an honor, why?" she asked, completely baffled at his behavior. His sheer loathing of the offer made her utterly confused.
"I will never work for OZ. I do not believe in OZ's ways. You can take your honored military offer and leave. I'm not working for you." he explained hotly. Japa turned and stalked up the stairs to his room. Lady Un did nothing but scowl at his back and leave, calling her escorts behind her. Japa's mother ran upstairs after she left.
"Japa! Japa, what are you doing? That is a very high honor that she walked up and handed you! Why did you refuse?' she asked, the look in her eyes one of distress. Japa had never done anything this outrageous.
"Mother, please, stop. I want nothing to do with OZ. They give a bad feeling. I know that something isn't right about them. Something is missing. Like peace." he explained. His mother gave up and left for her party.
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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
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Relena said her last good-byes to the deep brown haired Aliana and her ebony haired mother, Carrie. As the doctor escorted the comatose figure of sleeping Heero Yuy, Relena stopped him suddenly, and looked down at Heero's peaceful face. She noticed his family watching her intently, as was the doctor and his team. She leaned down and laid a gentle kiss on his forehead. For good-bye, she thought. Then she kissed his lips as a tear fell from her eyes on to his cheek. For love, my beloved Heero Yuy... Relena turned and fled, crying to her hotel room where she wept for hours before falling asleep and awakening on a shuttle beside Paegan, headed for the capital of the Sank Kingdom. She closed her eyes and forced herself to sleep to flee the on coming tears of loss over Heero Yuy.
***
A young man awoke to a young face leaning over him. "Mother! Mother! Japa is awake! Come quickly!" she cried. The lady leaning over him looked back at him. She had dark, dark brown hair and blue eyes. She looked at him with the light of joy in her eyes. "Oh, you're awake! Finally!"
"Where am I?" The young man she called Japa asked. "Who are you?"
A woman ran into the room. Her jet-black hair was tied in a loose braid and she was wearing ordinary trousers and a loose oriental design tunic. "Oh Japa..." she started crying happily and put his face in her hands and kissed his forehead. "I'm so glad you're awake! I'm your mother; you can just call me Mother. And this is your twin sister, Aliana." She pointed at the young girl with the dark brown hair. The girl smiled at him. Are you feeling all right, Japa?"
"Japa. Japa. Is that my name?" he asked, saying the name softly to himself under his breath. "Yes, yes, I feel fine." He looked up at the two women. How old am I? Is Japa my name? I have a twin? What do I look like? What happened to me? he wondered.
"Yes, Japa is your name. Your full name is Japa Ay Summers. You just turned eighteen a week ago. We don't know how you fell into the coma, but you've been in it for six months. Would you like to see what you look like? I have a mirror..." she trailed off as she handed Japa the mirror. He looked at himself. He had dark brown hair, blue eyes, and he was somewhat thin. Probably from the coma...he thought. Japa's mother and sister sat down on the edge of his bed and talked about the family. While they talked, Japa surveyed his room. His ceiling had the galaxy painted on it, with the light in the center looking like the bright center of the universe. There was a large black curtain hanging across one wall. When Japa asked what it was for, they explained that the entire wall was glass and the curtain was for privacy. He just nodded and continued his surveillance of his room. His carpet was plush and white, and his walls were white, too. The blankets he was lying in were silk. They consisted of white sheets, a black comforter, and a silver blanket with silver pillowcases. He had a sculptured metal bed stand with a white and black lamp. His dresser was also the polished silver metal, and so was the desk for his computer and communications terminal.
After Japa had been fed, he fell asleep comfortably. The doctor was called in the next day to give him a complete physical. He checked out perfect and was allowed to leave his bed for the first time in six months.
***
Everything was perfect for the next eleven months. He finished school and was found to be a brilliant student with an incredibly high I.Q. He graduated with honors, top of the colony. He excelled in science, engineering, and computer skills. He was also an excellent strategist and mechanical designer. Soon after graduation, OZ showed up at the colony, looking for Colony 001's famed designer and strategist. They learned the address of his home after threatening the head master with the genocide of his school. A woman in a slim fitting uniform and her chestnut hair in a braid trapped against her skull walked up to the glass house and knocked. The sun glinted off of the glasses she wore just as it did the floor-to-ceiling windows of the front portion of the house. The boy's mother opened the door, wearing a long red dress. She had been getting ready for a posh party and had just finished her hair and make-up. She was trying to put in her other earring as she opened the door.
"May I help you?" she asked politely.
"I am Lady Un, one of OZ's top military officers. I have come looking for Japa Ay Summers. He is to be drafted as a military strategist and engineer." she explained smartly. She stepped into the house. "Where is he?" she asked.
Japa's mother smiled greatly at Lady Un. It was an honor to be drafted by OZ, especially for something so ranking. "Just a moment, I'll go get him. I'm sure he'll be thrilled!" She ran upstairs, holding up the hem of her dress. "Japa! Japa! Come here!"
Japa looked up from his computer terminal in his room when his name was called. "In here, Mother." he said, looking out his bedroom door. She came hustling in.
"Oh, Japa! This is such an honor! Come down stairs at once! There is someone here who would like to speak with you." she beamed.
"Yes, Mother." Japa close up the program he had been working on. And followed her downstairs. He was wearing tight fitting black pants with an Oriental blue, white, and silver design on black, jacket-like tunic. He looked at the woman in the military uniform warily. "What can I do for you?" he asked politely.
"Come with me. I am Lady Un; I work for Treize Cushranada, leader of OZ. I have come here to draft you as our new engineer and strategist. This is quite an honor. Please say your good-byes and come with me." she explained in a flat tone.
"Oh! Japa! You are so lucky! I can't wait to tell my fri--" Japa cut his mother off sharply by saying, "No. Never." through clenched teeth. His mother stared at him in surprise. "But, Japa, this is such an honor, why?" she asked, completely baffled at his behavior. His sheer loathing of the offer made her utterly confused.
"I will never work for OZ. I do not believe in OZ's ways. You can take your honored military offer and leave. I'm not working for you." he explained hotly. Japa turned and stalked up the stairs to his room. Lady Un did nothing but scowl at his back and leave, calling her escorts behind her. Japa's mother ran upstairs after she left.
"Japa! Japa, what are you doing? That is a very high honor that she walked up and handed you! Why did you refuse?' she asked, the look in her eyes one of distress. Japa had never done anything this outrageous.
"Mother, please, stop. I want nothing to do with OZ. They give a bad feeling. I know that something isn't right about them. Something is missing. Like peace." he explained. His mother gave up and left for her party.
***
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
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