Dark Princess
Part 1
"Heero Yuy. It's been a long time hasn't it? A
medium sized man in a laboratory coat said lifting his
mechanical hand up to the computer screen. "Dr. Jay!"
Heero said astounded from not seeing him in such a long
time. "What? Your showing emotion! What is this? I
thought we taught you better than that!" "That was the
past Jay. And I've learned that having emotions has
changed me into a better soldier on the battle field."
Heero replied. "Yes. A soldier with a weakness!" Dr.Jay
answered. "Nevermind the past!" Heero interrupted.
"Just tell me your reason for calling me!" Heero yelled.
"My, my. Don't get to angry. You should be more patient.
Especially when were talking about saving the leader of
the peace foundation!" "What?" Heero asked, immediately
leaning in toward the computer screen. "What are you
talking about?" He asked. "So, I've got your attention
now do I?" Dr. Jay asked giving a small smirk which Heero
noticed almost immediately. "Just tell me what I have to
do." Heero said his voice reaching a low disturbed
tone.
"Relena Peacecraft is having her vacation tomorrow.
She is finally getting away from her speeches and the
responsibility of being a leader of a foundation. This
would be the perfect opportunity for an assassin to
strike." Dr. Jay said. "Where is she going?" Heero
asked. "She is going camping with the other 4 Gundam
pilots around a club called Red Ring." "Well why can't
they watch after her? There as skilled as me." Heero
said pretending to complain. "I know that. But seeing how much you
follow that girl around I'm surprised you haven't asked her out
yet!" Dr.Jay complained but grinned afterwards. "So I
just thought I'd let you know." Heero gave a small smile
in return. "Thanks." Heero said turning off his
computer. Heero smiled to himself. "I knew you had it in
you all along!" A loud voice said interrupting his
thoughts. Heero practically fell out of his chair but
quickly gained composure. He turned around to find Duo
leaning over him grinning. "What do you want Duo?" Heero
asked giving Duo an angry look. "Nothing. I just came to
say congrats! Your finally going to ask Relena out! You
like her big time man! But I don't blame you. She is pretty
cute! Duo was surprised to see that Heero actually looked a little
embarrassed and tried covering it up with his usual emotionless face.
"Duo get out." Heero said as calmly as he could. To say the least Duo usually got on his nerves. Heero opened the door to throw Duo out but instead was pushed to the ground as the other 3 Gundam pilots tumbled onto him. Everyone immediately picked themselves off the ground all apologizing to Heero afraid that he might kill them all.
"Sorry. We are all so sorry about that Heero." Quatra said. Heero
looked over at Duo who was holding his mouth shut trying not to burst with laughter. "That's ok." Heero said giving a small grin. Everyone immediately stopped apologizing a stared at Heero in amazement. Heero
had never done anything like this before. Usually he didn't say a
word or if he did it would be cursing quietly or mentioning Relena's name under his breath so that no one could hear him. Everyone heard
him say things like that, especially "Relena." He repeated her name
many
times but no one ever said anything in fear of Heero hurting them.
"Are you feeling ok?" Duo asked still trying to keep back his
laughter. "I'm great." Heero said still smiling as he walked out the
door.
Everyone stared at each other in awe. "He's going to ask
Rele...." Duo started to say in a whisper but stopped immediately when he saw Heero's head pop into the doorway. "Duo!" Heero tried to say as calmly as he could but practically yelled it. "My mouth is shut Heero."Duo said giving a big grin. "No worries here." He said still grinning. Heero smiled and made his way down the hallway. "So what were you going to tell us?" Trowa asked. Even Wufei was leaning in to listen. He was always open to hearing any of Heero's secrets. With sweat drops Duo said "I'll tell you later guy's. No shame in a guy wanting to live a few more hours."Duo pictured himself being strangled by Heero.
Heero is a man of secrets. But his greatest one was easily discovered Duo thought.
In another part of the foundation in a elegant room filled with
silk drapes and satin sheets was a young girl with blond-brown
flowing hair. This is Relena Peacecraft. She is responsible for
finding peace throughout the world. So far she has succeeded. "Miss. Relena." A voice said coming through an intercom in her room. "Yes?" She replied. "An extra person by the name of Heero Yuy will be joining you on the camping trip this weekend. Is this added member alright?" "Y..yes. It's fine." She said. Relena was amaized at what happened. Heero, out of all people wanted to go on her trip! "Very well." The man on the intercom said.
Relena's heart leaped for joy. She was nervous but excited at the same time.
Another person was feeling the same emotions at that same time.
Yep, you guessed it. Heero Yuy. He was trying on more casual clothes and practicing talking to Relena in front of his mirror. "Hi Relena. It's me Heero. Look... I was just wondering if..uh." Heero cleared
his throat and tried some other lines which he thought were all reallylame. This is hopeless! He thought. Heero began getting angry at
himself. The perfect fighting soldier created for war is afraid of
asking a 14 year old girl out on a date! Heero thought how sheepish he was being and decided to call it a night. Before he fell asleep he decided to pay a visit to Relena before the night was over. He snuck out his window and stood on the balcony of Relena's bedroom. He peeked through the spotless window and saw Relena sleeping peacefully. She looked so content and happy. He smiled. He came out there just about every night to watch her sleep. He felt like marching in there and asking her out right then and there but never got up enough courage. He sighed quietly to himself and thought "I'll ask her out when I'm ready."
The next day everyone was prepared and ready to go except for
Relena and Heero. "Heero's never late." Quatra said. Duo started laughing until he heard the faint footsteps of someone coming.They turned around and saw Heero slowly walking toward them casually dressed. "Heero? In...jeans? And...wait what's that smell?" Duo asked whispering in Quatra's ear. Wufei and Trowa exchanged strange looks.
"I think he's wearing cologne!" Quatra whispered back to Duo.
Everyone exchanged looks. "What? Do you have a problem?" Heero asked staring angrily at everyone. "No!" Everyone said at the same time. Duo began whistling as everyone else gazed around the room trying to ignore Heero. Then they all heard someone walking toward them. It was Relena. Everyone gazed up at her in awe. She was dressed in short shorts and a tank top. None of the pilots had seen Relena wear something so revealing before. "Hey, hey." Duo said while nudging Heero in the side. Heero looked up at Relena eyes wide. "Well, let's get going. Shall we?" Relena said giggling at them. "Can I escort the lovely lady to her car?" Duo asked jokingly. "Why of course. What a gentleman!" Relena said sarcastically. Duo held his head up high pretending to be royal like. Relena giggled and played along. The others just rolled their eyes at Duo's usual personality and walked out behind them. Everyone piled into the car with Wufei in the front next to the driver not wanting to talk to anyone. "Still a real friendly guy isn't he?" Duo whispered in Quatra's ear. An hour later everyone except Relena and Heero were asleep. Heero got a short glance at Relena every now and then because she always seemed to look when he did. Suddenly Duo fell onto Heero's lap still sleeping and Heero just pushed him onto the floor. "Ouch!" Duo yelled. "If you had to wake me up you didn't have to be so violent." Duo was surprised to see Heero almost start laughing. "I didn't think it was that funny." Duo said.
"Miss. Relena we have reached your destination." The driver said pulling over to a small campsite. "Yahoo! Were finally here!"
Duo yelled jumping out of the car. Relena laughed. Everyone started Unpacking their things. "I will return in one week. Expect my arrival on Friday. Have a wonderful time." The driver said. Relena smiled in Recognition. He drove off leaving Relena and the Gundam pilots alone. "Well we better get started. Shall we?" Relena asked. "Yep, first things first." Duo replied.
**2 hours later**
"Hey, isn't there supposed to be some club nearby?" Quatra asked."Oh yes. It's called Red Ring. It should only be about a mile from here." Relena replied. "Cool! We can soak in the sun for a few hours then check out the club later tonight. How's that sound guys?" Duo asked. Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. Duo laid down on the grass while the others were putting up the tents. "You could give us a little help here Duo," Trowa said trying to hold his tent up. "Sorry. The sun is calling me." He replied. "Hey Duo could you help me with my tent?" Relena asked. "Sure! Always willing to help a damsel in distress!" Duo replied running over to help her. The other pilots rolled their eyes. "Don't worry my lady. I'm a professional when it comes to these things." Duo said. He grabbed the tent and propped it up. He crawled inside and the tent collapsed on him. "Hey help me out here guys!" Duo said. "Sorry Duo. As you said the sun is calling me." Trowa replied said. Duo pulled himself out from under the tent and gave a pleading look toward Heero. "Alright if it makes you happy." Heero said. "Thanks man." Duo replied. Relena was surprised at this. Heero was helping someone. By choice. He was acting
like a normal person for once. "I wonder what has caused him to act so differently?" Relena said quietly to herself. "Tada! It's
finished! So how do ya like it?" Duo asked. "It's wonderful! Thanks guys!" Relena replied giving a small smile. Heero went around helping everyone else put up their tents. Relena decided to join in and help too. She hammered one side of the tent into the ground and then another. She crawled inside to see how it looked but bumped heads with someone. "Ouch." Relena cried. She looked up to find Heero staring into her eyes. "Sorry Heero. I didn't see you. I thought that you were..." Heero put a finger up to her lips and said "It's ok." Then he stepped out of the tent and kept working. Relena stood there not knowing what to think or say. She put her hand to her lips remembering his touch. For some reason his voice was always so soothing. He was so strong mentally and physically yet he could be so gentle. She wished she could tell him how she felt, but she wasn't sure that he felt the same way. "I'll tell him when I'm ready." She whispered to herself.
"Hey!" A voice said from outside the tent which broke her
daydreaming. "Hello? Princess Relena? Anyone in there?" Duo asked giving a few small taps to the top of her head. "Oh, sorry." Relena said. "It's ok. A princess needs to zone out every once in a while." Duo replied. "So how bout we all go check out that Red Ring club down the street? It's there so we might as well see how it is." Duo said. Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. In about ten minutes they had made it to Red Ring. "So, this is it." Quatra said looking toward Relena. "It's what the sign says." Relena replied. The place looked old and gloomy. As if it hadn't been in business for over 40 years. "Well we might as well give it a try." Duo said a little disgusted by it's looks. Duo walked up to the door. "Hey guys there are a list of rules here." Duo read the list to everyone.
Everyone must sing karaoke.
Everyone must buy something.
Everyone must participate!
If these rules are not followed then we will be forced to remove you from Red Ring. Any questions speak to the manager Dean Karras. Or contact us at 1-800-Red Ring. Have a nice day!
"Man! Are these people demanding or what?" Duo asked. "Well, is everyone prepared to sing?" Relena asked. Everyone immediately turned their attention over to Heero. "What?" Heero asked. "Nothing!" Everyone replied at once. As soon as Duo opened the door they were welcomed in by 2 men in bartending suits. They seemed drunk. Everyone seemed unaware of what they were doing. "Come on, there is a table over there." Trowa said pointing over to the left side of the room. A man leaned onto Relena. He put his arm around her shoulder and had a beer bottle in his other hand. He was completely out of it and had more than his fair share in beer. "Hey, howzz bout you come home with me honeeeey. I've got a special surprise for youzz." The drunk man said his voice having a slur in it because of the beer. "Get off of me!" Relena cried. Immediately, all the gundam pilots turned there attention over to her. Trowa yanked the man off Relena and punched him hard in the stomach. Of course it didn't take much effort since he was drunk. "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea." Quatra said. "Yeah. We better get out of here before anything else happens." Everyone started on there way to the door. Heero was looking out for any other men that might try something fishy on there way out. It's a house full of drunks, he thought.
Duo was about to reach for the door when the two bartenders stepped in there way. "Excussss me sir. Didn't you read the rules? Everyone hassss to participate. Everyone hasss to buy something. Everyone hasss to sing karioki! Nobody leaves until they have followed all the rules. There were slight slurs in the guys voice. "Man these guys are drunk too." Duo said. "Come girl. Let the girl sing." The man said pulling Relena close to him. "You must sing." Suddenly a strong hand gripped around the mans arm. "She doesn't have to sing if she does not wish to." A low voice said. Looking upward the man looked into the eyes of a young boy. The man saw how serious the boy was a nodded his head. "No it's alright Heero." Relena said looking happily into the soldiers eyes. She couldn't believe that Heero Yuy had stood up for her. Out of all people. She had never thought he cared for her. But then in the tent. She remembered him touching her lips. How could she love him so much but not tell him. Heero nodded his head at Relena. He released his grip on the mans arm. "Sir, if I sing will you let all of us go.?" Relena asked hopeful. The man fell to the ground drunk as ever. "Well I guess that means yes." Duo said looking up toward Relena.
Relena walked up toward the stage and picked up the microphone. She began to sing the beginning of the song. It was "I wanna be with you" from Mandy Moore. Heero looked up in amaizment. He had never heard anyone sing so beautiful! She had the sweetest voice. It was so calming. While he was listening to her it was like they were the only two people left on earth. Duo let out a long sigh listening to her voice. "Well, she is strong in voice at least." Wufei said.