Author's Notes: Hi! Gomen, I kinda forgot to put a disclaimer in the prologue, please forgive me!!! I promise I'll never do it again! Okay, on to more important matters. For those of you who have been waiting for the next chapter to come out, here it is. Enjoy , Ja ne! ^_~ (more notes at bottom)
New Author's Notes: Alrighty then, so how do you all like the changes so far? Well, you'll have to e-mail or review me to let me know! Okay, now on to the disclaimer!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the original characters on Gundam Wing (sadly) If I did, I wouldn't have to write this, I could just put it on the show. All new characters (Amara, Ace, Quaterine, etc.…) belong to me. My daddy is a lawyer, so I mean this!( evil grin) Now, on to with the story! (Yes, I will probably say that at the beginning of every chapter)
Ripples in the Sea of Time
By: Elyra Destiny
Chapter 1: Glimpses of the Future
Year: AC 219
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Ace watched as the girl typed furiously on her computer, making final adjustments to her masterpiece, the time machine. He walked up behind her and peeked over her shoulder. All he could see was numbers, an occasional letter, and tons of symbols he had never seen before. His jaw dropped, and his face took on an expression of shock and complete lack of understanding before he checked himself. For a second there, he had forgotten that Amara was the greatest genius alive, and quite possibly of all time. That was why she was working alone on this project ; no one else could even come close to understanding it.
'Least of all, me,' The blue eyed boy thought. 'I don't even understand Geometry, and this stuff is way more advanced than even calculus'. Suddenly, a hand accompanied with a yell came flying up out of nowhere to whack him square in the face.
" Itai! Chikuso! Dammit Amara, what the hell did ya do that for?!" the braided pilot exclaimed loudly, grabbing his face.
" Huh? Kami-sama, did I hit you?! Gomen nasai, Ace- san, I forgot you were there!," Amara knelt next to him and tried to help him up.
" Speaking of which, why the hell were you waving your arms and yelling? This isn't a sparring session!"
" Gomen, Ace. I was just really excited because I finally finished adjusting the time machine."
Ace's face immediately changed from anger to eagerness," Does that mean…?", he asked excitedly.
" Hai. The time machine is ready for it's maiden voyage."
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Year: AC197
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Closing weary blue eyes, Vice Foreign Minister Darlian/ Princess Relena Peacecraft of the Cinq Kingdom ended another long day of work. The 17 year old girl had hardly had a chance to rest since the day her dying father had told her of her true heritage. A small tear escaped Relena's eye when she thought of her father. She quickly wiped it away, but the feelings remained. Thinking of her father made her think of the war; and thinking of the war made her think about… him.
" Oh, Heero," she whispered quietly into the night. " Heero, why are you always running away from me. Come back to me. I miss you… I-I want to see you again," tears started streaming down her face then.
" Heero…." She whispered before falling into a deep slumber, not knowing that the one she sought was right outside her door hearing every word.
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Heero could hear her quite clearly, but he steeled himself against going to comfort her like he did every night. Since he was her personal bodyguard, he followed her everywhere. Therefore he knew all of her habits. This was one of them. Every night she would whisper his name before falling asleep, and every night, it tore his soul in two. ' Relena, I wish I could do something to make you feel better. I wish I could let you see me. But I can't. If I get involved with you, I'll only end up hurting you. Gomen, Relena, but this is the way it has to be.'
Only when he was certain she was asleep did he enter the room. The only way he could comfort her was in her sleep. He slowly made his way over to her bed and gently stroked her face. She stirred a little bit, making him jerk his hand back. Relena stopped moving, much to Heero's relief. He smiled at her before walking over to his usual post (a Victorian chair in the corner of the room) and took a seat. Putting all of his highly trained senses on full alert, he took up his watch for the night.
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Year:AC219
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" KIA! HAH!," Amara yelled, jumping into the air and doing a spectacular series of complex movements, all in about 2 seconds before landing on her hands, wrapping her legs around her opponent's neck, and slamming his face into the ground. Standing up, she moved back into ready stance and bowed. She then helped pull her instructor off the ground.
" Well, Amara," the large, heavily muscled man said painfully, "You've got a lot of skill. Perhaps next week you could take over my classes? I' think I'm going to need a little time to recover from this."
"Gomen, sensei. Did I hurt you?" the young woman asked apologetically.
"You might say that, but it's nothing a visit to the hospital and a week in bed won't fix," the older man answered.
"Let me see," Amara demanded. "Ah, I see. I just dislocated your shoulder and lightly fractured the main part of your solarplexis. I also hit part of the central nervous system when I grabbed you. Nothing I can't fix. Now hold still…."
"Yow!"
"There you go, all better now."
" A-Amazing. I-I-I don't feel a thing! What did you do?
" I just applied pressure to a strategic point in the circulatory and nervous systems , temporarily shutting off all sensory reception in those areas and then I placed the bone back into its socket. I was, however unable to do any thing to remedy the fracture of the solarplexis, so I would advise you to see your physician in the near future to avoid stress to the injury, which could, if untreated, result in permanent damage to the solarplexis ."
The instructor just gave her a blank look. "Huh?", he asked.
" Use English, Amara," Cara and Ace yelled in unison.
" I was." Cara and Ace both raised an eyebrow and looked pointedly at the confused instructor. " Oh, all right. To put it simply, I used pressure points to numb you and then I popped your arm back in it's socket, but I can't do anything about your solarplexis, so you'd better see your doctor about that."
"Oh, okay… I have one question. Where exactly is my solarplexis?"
Amara sighed and pointed to the middle of her chest. "Here. It's about 5 inches down from your chin."
"Thanks, Bye!"
The neo Gundam pilots all watched the poor man limped away. "well, Amara, that's another one down. How many does that make, 130 in just 9 months?"
"137 in 9 months, 2 weeks, and 3 days," the brilliant princess automatically corrected him.
" Oh, sure, if you want to be exact. You know, it's scary sometimes how perfect you are. You're like an android or something."
" Nan de mo."
~ At the Palace ~
" Hey, Meiran," Amara asked.
" Hm?"
" How about a sparring session later today?"
" Sure, I probably won't win but, it's still worth a try," answered the fiery Chinese beauty.
" How about the rest of you, anyone up to it?"
"Sure," they all answered in unison.
" Great. I could use a good workout," Amara said with a feral grin.
" Uh-oh," said Ace.
" Nani?" asked Amara.
" When you have that look on your face, I know you're gonna do something that is going to result in me getting hurt."
" Oh, stop being so paranoid, Ace, nothing's gonna happen," his sister assured him.
" Have you forgotten that time last year?"
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AC218
" HIYA!"
" AHHHH!"
BAM! CRASH! Every one turned toward the sudden loud noise to find the cause. Which was a very interesting sight.
As it turned out, Amara had kicked Ace a little too hard, resulting in him being kicked through the wall of the gym. Which had fairly thick walls, but she had somehow managed to do it.
" Oops. Gomen, Ace, are you okay?" Amara asked worriedly.
" No, not really. How would you feel if you had just been kicked through a wall?"
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AC219
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" Oh, come on Ace, it's not like I did that on purpose," Amara protested.
" Yeah. Besides, I actually found it extremely funny," Xiao-li commented.
" Yeah, me too!" voiced Hiroshi
"WHAT?! You thought that was funny!? I'll show you funny, you little
baita-"
" MAXWELL, BAKAYARO, YOU ARE SO DEAD!!!"
All heads turned to the door. Suddenly, it burst open and a panic-stricken Duo ran in followed by a furious Wu-fei.
" I am going to KILL you, Duo!" the latter screamed.
" AHHH! HELP ME!" Duo yelled, dodging another slice from Wu-fei's precious katana.
Just then, all of the neo-Gundam pilots' parents entered the room.
" Heero, do something, please, those furnishings cost thousands of dollars," Relena asked her husband as if this happened everyday. Which it did.
" Okay, hold on a second," the King cleared his throat and took a deep breath. Amara and Hiroshi wisely covered their ears along with everyone except Wu-fei, Duo and Heero.
" OMAE O KOROSU!" Heero yelled at the top of his lungs. All motion in the room ceased. Duo turned very pale. Wu-fei started trembling a little, but he wasn't a coward, so he didn't show that he was still scared of the Perfect Soldier.
" That's better, now Xiao-Li and Hilde, could you keep an eye on them please? I have better things to do than baby sit Duo and Wu-fei."
" What do you mean, BABY SIT! I'm older than YOU are, YUY! INJUSTICE!," shouted the indignant Chinese pilot.
Wu-fei was quickly silenced by death-glares from two people: A) Heero B) his wife, Xiao-Li.
He reluctantly left the room, Meiran and Xiao-Li holding him back from Duo, muttering about "Injustice…"
Cara and Ace ( who were trying to keep from laughing and not having much success) and Hilde ( who wasn't even trying) were helping Duo up left the room, taking Duo to go calm down.
Quaterine and Michael left with Dorothy and Quatre, Maria, Kathryn, and Ken left with Trowa, Kathryn Bloom, and Amelia.
Now, the Peacecraft – Yuy family was alone.
" FINALLY! I thought they'd never leave!" Heero exclaimed falling onto a couch. Zechs and Noin fell into the couch opposite them while Relena sat down next to Heero. Well, actually, sort of on Heero, but oh well.
" I agree," Zechs stated in his deep baritone, " those two can be quite a handful. Heero, where did you learn to yell like that?"
" Hey! You're excluding us!," Elizabeth protested.
" Sorry, why don't you go train or something," Noin suggested.
" Okay," Amara and Hiroshi said inunison with an evil glint in their eyes. Elizavbeth and Zechs (Zechs the kid) suddenly found themselves being dragged down the hall, trying to get away, but not having much success.
" Well, it kinda comes naturally when your "social group" consists of Wu-fei and Duo. Not exactly the poster boys for anger control."
" Yeah, but they have their good side," Noin put in.
" You know, we've gotta be going. We have that meeting in an two hours," Relena reminded Heero.
" You're right, cause knowing you, you'll take an hour to get ready, and look just as beautiful when you come out as you did when you went in," Heero countered.
" Bye, hope the meeting goes well!" Zechs and Noin called out before Heero and Relena left.
" What meeting?," Noin whispered to her husband.
" I don't know, I think Relena was just trying to get away from us!" Zechs said somewhat stiffly.
" Why on Earth would she want to…oh, I see. In that case, we have a meeting to attend as well" Noin said slyly, as she led Zechs to their bedroom. In the meantime…
" Relena," you know that there isn't a meeting scheduled for tonight, don't you?"
"Um-hm"
" Then why did you say there was?"
" You know, for a perfect soldier, you miss some pretty obvious clues." Relena said.
" Huh?" Heero replied, completely baffled.
" Here, this should help you figure it out," Relena said slyly.
Suddenly, she leaned over and kissed her husband very passionately.
" I think I get it now," Heero purred seductively in her ear when they came up for air, causing shivers to run up and down her spine. He gently kissed her neck, making her throw her head back and give a small moan before things started to heat up… a lot…. The rest is none of our business, but you should be able to figure it out.
To be continued in Ch.2: The Journey Through Time
Author's Notes: HI! Okay, for those of you who are Japanese deficient, I've made a list of Japanese words used in this chapter. Here it is:
Bakayaro: you idiot
Gomen nasai: I'm very sorry Gomen means sorry, duh
Nan de mo: whatever
Baita: bitch
Itai: ow/ ouch
Chikuso: shit
Just in case you were wondering, Heero knew all along, he just wanted her to make the first move. So, whadya think, good, bad, in between? Ditto from the prologue: I want feedback!!! PLEASE review my story, and THANKS SO MUCH TO THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY DID! I have your names listed in the P.S Bye!
-Elyra Destiny^_~
New Author's notes: Okay peoples, here's the deal: I decided that this story could be a lot better than it was so I made some changes. Therefore you are going to have to read the whole thing over again. I'm sorry for the inconvenience! Also, don't take my advice on the spelling of solarplexis or even the location. Such a bone does exist, but I don't know how to spell it or even it's location except that it is somewhere in the upper body. That's all for now,
Ja ne!
P.S: These are the people who so far have reviewed it and my replies:
Phoenixnomiko: Thanks for being so kind to me! I'm a big RP+HY fan, too
Slindy: Thanks, and don't worry, Lady Une, Mariemaiea, and others DO play a part in this story, even though their roles are minor, they WILL be mentioned
Ryla: It gets better as it goes along. WHY did they even make it end that way (imitating Wu-fei) Injustice! Very kind and thoughtful review: Thank you!
Mere Barton (Amaya Night Rain): It will be kind of weird as it first starts out, but you'll start to understand it later, and Thanks.
*~ Star^_^ Pixie~*: You asked for me to continue, so here it is, hope you liked it.
Gloria: Same thing I said to Phoenixnomiko about the RP+HY thing. They are SUCH a cute couple, I don't know why they don't ever pair up in the series, that sucks!
Here are a few special notes for my friends who encouraged me to post this story:
Katie/ Stormrider: Thank you so much for the support you gave me when I told you about my idea. All of you who like this story, you have her to thank. Without her loving care and support, I would never have had the courage to post this. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
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Thanks so much, you guys! Each and every one of you is responsible for helping me make my dream come true. I'm dedicating this chapter to all of you.
Bye!
-Elyra Destiny^_~