The Mermaids Scar…Gundam Style
Chapter 3
AnimeCat: Ok….chapter 3….here we go with the good stuff!!
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Mariemaia quickly dodged, feeling the blade of the scissors tear through her shirt, but her skin unbroken. She cried out loudly in shock and took off running down the steps, Une standing back up and coming at her again with her weapon.
"Miss Relena!!" Mariemaia screamed shrilly as Une leaped toward her again, missing her by a mere centimeter.
"Come back!!!" Une screamed furiously. "Where are you hiding it??"
Mariemaia tore down the steps and into Relena's arms. Relena tried to shield Mariemaia desperately. "Stop!!" She shrieked and Une aimed the scissors at Mariemaia's chest. "Don't do it!!"
Mariemaia screamed in terror as her mother's eyes flared with hatred. "Momma! No!!"
She ran from Relena's arms and unlocked the door, running out into the front yard, stumbling on broken pieces of the walk.
Une chased her yet again, running in a blind rage… Kill! Kill! Kill!! Her mind screamed to end Mariemaia's life…reason and logic be damned. She just wanted that girl dead!!! Unexplainable fury filled her, the desire to kill overwhelming. Mariemaia had done the unacceptable…at long last Une will rectify it…
The lifted the blade up high and brought it down. Somewhere in the distance, she could hear Relena screaming.
She shut her eyes as the blade closed in on Mariemaia, the girls' eyes open wide, her mouth gaping open, her face filled with a terror and anger that only made Une even more enraged.
Something tore under the blade of her weapon.
Blood spilled onto the walk, and Une opened her eyes.
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Mariemaia looked up. What on earth--?
The older boy Heero stood defensively over her, holding his arm out to take the blade. And so it had.
Mariemaia looked down, seeing blood and gasping. He'd done this for her?? She looked up at him in amazement and wonder. Admiration filled her gaze.
Heero remained still, blood dripping slowly from his forearm yet his eyes remained locked on Une, his face emotionless. He showed no obvious signs of pain.
She looked to her mother, who had her jaw hanging open in anguish and her eyes sorrowful. She held the blade limp now, looking ready to drop it. A low wail of defeat escaped her throat.
The blind rage gone, both Une and Mariemaia breathed deep.
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Relena wrapped the bandage tight on Heero's arm.
"It's not as bad as I thought," She commented softly. "There." She finished. Heero examined her work and nodded approvingly.
"Thank you, it feels better now." He said politely, and flexed his arm to assure her. He looked toward the shut door to the Solar Room. "How is she?"
Relena paused and sighed. "Better now…she doesn't seem to remember what came over her. She's not a bad person, Heero." She tried to explain. Heero nodded.
"I don't think she is…but I think I should go talk some sense into her." Heero said roughly. Heero let himself into the room, and Mariemaia came in from the kitchen.
"Miss Relena?" The little girl asked quietly, her voice barely above a whisper.
"Yes, Mary-M?" Relena beckoned for Mariemaia to come closer.
"Don't take me from here…I love my Momma…" She said defensively, her voice still soft. "She loves me, too…she didn't mean it, I know she didn't…"
Relena looked into Mariemaia's icy blue eyes. The truth and innocence the girl held made her sigh. "I know, Mary-M…don't worry, I won't take you from here…"
Mariemaia smiled happily, relieved.
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Heero stepped into the Solar Room, seeing Une sit peacefully in an armchair, her face regretful. He stepped in front of her, and slowly unwound his bandage. She watched him with one eyebrow raised high.
"What are you…" She began, and he extended his forearm to her. She looked…and saw nothing. The scratch was completely gone. No blood…no scars. "What--?" She gasped.
Heero let his gaze soften. "How long have you been around? It's nearing five hundred years for me."
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AnimeCat: Ok, if you think I did that to Mariemaia and Une because I hate them, you're dead wrong. Une and Mariemaia are my favorite girls from the show. Just wait till later….it gets plain nasty…*shudders*
Well!! Secret revealed! Heero's been around for quite a while, ne?
Review!!! Pleeeeeease?