Intruder - Part Twenty-nine
Trowa's Story...
Trowa's Story.
"As far back as I can remember, I had no name, everyone simply called me Nanashi, which as you may know, is Japanese for No Name. Ever since I was old enough to be aware of my surroundings, I was a part of a rebellion. The leader was having trouble keeping the men from quitting the war. They were tired of losing, and were more interested to side with the Federation Army because they paid well. However, he reminded them that the war is only going on because of them, and when they give up there would be no war, so no need for soldiers.
One day when I was returning to the base from the line of battle, I met a girl. He name was Midii Une."
He stopped knowing there would be a question.
"Midii Une? Like Lady Une?"
"I'm not sure. I decided to help her because we were the same. I told her this, but she didn't understand. When I was still a child, I was left alone; my parents had died in the war. The rebel leader took me in. By taking Midii in I was doing the same thing the leader had done for me. In return, she gave me her cross necklace as a token of appreciation.
The rebel leader then comes to pick up Trowa and Midii from outside of the circus. Catherine ran out in anger, shouting at them to go away. Nine years ago, Catherine lost her parents and an infant brother in a bombing raid. As we recently discovered, I was her lost brother."
"Was?"
Trowa ignored the comment.
"The rebel leader and I planned a surprise attack on the Federation Army. The plan failed because our men betrayed us and told them our plans. I killed them. The rebel leader asked me if I felt bad for killing his former comrades. I didn't feel anything.
I vaguely remember him asking me something then, he said, 'you're not human are you?' Being still a young boy I didn't fully understand.
I replied, 'No.... I'm a soldier'
Back at the base camp, Midii and I talked. She asked me if he felt sad that I'd killed my former comrades. Again I said no. When she asked why, I told her,
'I used up all my sadness when I was a baby'
She didn't like that. She said that I was ' killing my own heart' and she wanted to know 'How long do you plan to wear that mask which never cries?'
I told her I'd wear it as long as I managed to live.
I noticed she had a transmitter around her neck, but I said nothing about it.
Moments later, we were caught in the middle of an air strike. I saved himself and Midii. We both felt we had no right to live...but we escaped anyway."
"Of course you had a right to live, everyone who has a life-" Quatre was cut off
"Should live in a way that they can be proud of themselves." The others chorused.
"So you were listening."
They nodded. Trowa continued.
"The next day we stole some supplies from a nearby store. After we had escaped, I asked her how much she had managed to get.
She replied 'Enough so that my three little brothers and a sick father can eat for a while'
I realized that the Federation Army must have put that transmitter around Midii's neck so she could spy on us. I immediately pointed a gun at her. She told me that she was completely different from me. She said
'You have nothing that can be taken away from you. No name, no past, and right now not even any companions... I have the name Midii Une, a sick father and three little brothers. And because of that I had to become a spy and cause the death of many. I can't even tell the person I love that I love him. Do you understand why? Because I have too much... A home, a family and the knowledge of all the bad things I've done.
That's why I hate empty people like you!'
I argued with her for that.
She was better off than I was. She had a home to go back to.
I realized that we were too different, and I decided to leave her.
She called out to me. 'Wait! No name!'
I told her I had a name, and left her there.
Afterwards, I left for outer space where I hoped to find a home to go back to. I found myself working as a technician for Operation Meteor, in the construction of the HeavyArms Gundam. The pilot of that Gundam was Trowa Barton, and he dreamed of taking over the world. One of the technicians killed Trowa Barton, and there was no one else around who would fit the job. On the suggestion of Doctor S, I took both his place as the Gundam's pilot, and his name."
"Trowa, I-" Quatre paused, just long enough to be interrupted.
"Hey, if everyone keeps talking, the puddin'll get cold"
Hilde leant over to him, 'Duo, it's ice-cream.'
"-Or melt or whatever."
Heero was going to poke him, to get him to be quiet, but he didn't, for two reasons.
Firstly, because if you poke someone you're sitting next to, you usually poke them in the ribs, and he was injured there, either that or kick them in the shin, but that was not an option either. Secondly, although it was a relatively important issue, it didn't need to be this serious. It was bad enough feeling sorry for one other, but they all shared the understanding of the difficulty to share their past. So Duo he decided, being the self appointed comedian of the group, was the best one to change the subject and sidetrack them from this idea, at least for the meantime anyway. There may also have been a third reason for his reluctance to further injure his neighbor, which was the tiniest feeling in the back of his sub-conscious, that he had saved his life again today. He didn't understand why, but he kept doing it, putting his own life on the line, just to save his.
~ Maybe he doesn't want to lose another friend. ~
At that moment a question came into his mind.
~ Would he do the same in his place? ~
His unspoken answer confused him. It was all these reawakened memories, particularly of Odin's last mission. 'Live by your feelings'. It kind of made sense now.
~ Hmm...I shouldn't be thinking about this, there's more important things. ~
Heero had successfully side tracked himself, burying his mind on those other things. They would also need visuals of each of the people described in these histories, as the Intruder wasn't likely to introduce itself, and if the designated target wasn't with the observer to identify them, it could get even more confusing. Since the Intruder was obviously capable of finding this information and their voices too, then he certainly would be. He was sure that Duo's Father Maxwell hadn't spoken to him, because it didn't have the correct voice file, and this would give it away, so by keeping quiet it kept up the illusion. His own Relena and Zechs he knew were often on the news, so this was easy to gain, but how and where it had managed to get Odin's voice from he couldn't guess.
He decided that he would use any means necessary to gain this information, it couldn't be that difficult, especially for him.
After finishing their meal, on Quatre's suggestion they played a few games of cards between them 'while the dinner goes down', to bring them back together, then one by one departed to their rooms. Heero left first, then Trowa. Wufei lingered on for a bit, then let Quatre beat him, and left. The remaining three continued the game, until Hilde yawned. This set them all off, so they put away the deck.
They could all sort this matter in the morning, together when wide awake, after a good night's sleep, which they all deserved.
I would have put Hilde's story in here somewhere, but as far as the series is concerned, she doesn't have one, apart from she joined OZ, met Duo, saved him, left OZ, and helps out the guys when she feels like it.
If any of you out there know otherwise, please let me know.
ShianaBV@Yahoo.com
Trowa's Story...
Trowa's Story.
"As far back as I can remember, I had no name, everyone simply called me Nanashi, which as you may know, is Japanese for No Name. Ever since I was old enough to be aware of my surroundings, I was a part of a rebellion. The leader was having trouble keeping the men from quitting the war. They were tired of losing, and were more interested to side with the Federation Army because they paid well. However, he reminded them that the war is only going on because of them, and when they give up there would be no war, so no need for soldiers.
One day when I was returning to the base from the line of battle, I met a girl. He name was Midii Une."
He stopped knowing there would be a question.
"Midii Une? Like Lady Une?"
"I'm not sure. I decided to help her because we were the same. I told her this, but she didn't understand. When I was still a child, I was left alone; my parents had died in the war. The rebel leader took me in. By taking Midii in I was doing the same thing the leader had done for me. In return, she gave me her cross necklace as a token of appreciation.
The rebel leader then comes to pick up Trowa and Midii from outside of the circus. Catherine ran out in anger, shouting at them to go away. Nine years ago, Catherine lost her parents and an infant brother in a bombing raid. As we recently discovered, I was her lost brother."
"Was?"
Trowa ignored the comment.
"The rebel leader and I planned a surprise attack on the Federation Army. The plan failed because our men betrayed us and told them our plans. I killed them. The rebel leader asked me if I felt bad for killing his former comrades. I didn't feel anything.
I vaguely remember him asking me something then, he said, 'you're not human are you?' Being still a young boy I didn't fully understand.
I replied, 'No.... I'm a soldier'
Back at the base camp, Midii and I talked. She asked me if he felt sad that I'd killed my former comrades. Again I said no. When she asked why, I told her,
'I used up all my sadness when I was a baby'
She didn't like that. She said that I was ' killing my own heart' and she wanted to know 'How long do you plan to wear that mask which never cries?'
I told her I'd wear it as long as I managed to live.
I noticed she had a transmitter around her neck, but I said nothing about it.
Moments later, we were caught in the middle of an air strike. I saved himself and Midii. We both felt we had no right to live...but we escaped anyway."
"Of course you had a right to live, everyone who has a life-" Quatre was cut off
"Should live in a way that they can be proud of themselves." The others chorused.
"So you were listening."
They nodded. Trowa continued.
"The next day we stole some supplies from a nearby store. After we had escaped, I asked her how much she had managed to get.
She replied 'Enough so that my three little brothers and a sick father can eat for a while'
I realized that the Federation Army must have put that transmitter around Midii's neck so she could spy on us. I immediately pointed a gun at her. She told me that she was completely different from me. She said
'You have nothing that can be taken away from you. No name, no past, and right now not even any companions... I have the name Midii Une, a sick father and three little brothers. And because of that I had to become a spy and cause the death of many. I can't even tell the person I love that I love him. Do you understand why? Because I have too much... A home, a family and the knowledge of all the bad things I've done.
That's why I hate empty people like you!'
I argued with her for that.
She was better off than I was. She had a home to go back to.
I realized that we were too different, and I decided to leave her.
She called out to me. 'Wait! No name!'
I told her I had a name, and left her there.
Afterwards, I left for outer space where I hoped to find a home to go back to. I found myself working as a technician for Operation Meteor, in the construction of the HeavyArms Gundam. The pilot of that Gundam was Trowa Barton, and he dreamed of taking over the world. One of the technicians killed Trowa Barton, and there was no one else around who would fit the job. On the suggestion of Doctor S, I took both his place as the Gundam's pilot, and his name."
"Trowa, I-" Quatre paused, just long enough to be interrupted.
"Hey, if everyone keeps talking, the puddin'll get cold"
Hilde leant over to him, 'Duo, it's ice-cream.'
"-Or melt or whatever."
Heero was going to poke him, to get him to be quiet, but he didn't, for two reasons.
Firstly, because if you poke someone you're sitting next to, you usually poke them in the ribs, and he was injured there, either that or kick them in the shin, but that was not an option either. Secondly, although it was a relatively important issue, it didn't need to be this serious. It was bad enough feeling sorry for one other, but they all shared the understanding of the difficulty to share their past. So Duo he decided, being the self appointed comedian of the group, was the best one to change the subject and sidetrack them from this idea, at least for the meantime anyway. There may also have been a third reason for his reluctance to further injure his neighbor, which was the tiniest feeling in the back of his sub-conscious, that he had saved his life again today. He didn't understand why, but he kept doing it, putting his own life on the line, just to save his.
~ Maybe he doesn't want to lose another friend. ~
At that moment a question came into his mind.
~ Would he do the same in his place? ~
His unspoken answer confused him. It was all these reawakened memories, particularly of Odin's last mission. 'Live by your feelings'. It kind of made sense now.
~ Hmm...I shouldn't be thinking about this, there's more important things. ~
Heero had successfully side tracked himself, burying his mind on those other things. They would also need visuals of each of the people described in these histories, as the Intruder wasn't likely to introduce itself, and if the designated target wasn't with the observer to identify them, it could get even more confusing. Since the Intruder was obviously capable of finding this information and their voices too, then he certainly would be. He was sure that Duo's Father Maxwell hadn't spoken to him, because it didn't have the correct voice file, and this would give it away, so by keeping quiet it kept up the illusion. His own Relena and Zechs he knew were often on the news, so this was easy to gain, but how and where it had managed to get Odin's voice from he couldn't guess.
He decided that he would use any means necessary to gain this information, it couldn't be that difficult, especially for him.
After finishing their meal, on Quatre's suggestion they played a few games of cards between them 'while the dinner goes down', to bring them back together, then one by one departed to their rooms. Heero left first, then Trowa. Wufei lingered on for a bit, then let Quatre beat him, and left. The remaining three continued the game, until Hilde yawned. This set them all off, so they put away the deck.
They could all sort this matter in the morning, together when wide awake, after a good night's sleep, which they all deserved.
I would have put Hilde's story in here somewhere, but as far as the series is concerned, she doesn't have one, apart from she joined OZ, met Duo, saved him, left OZ, and helps out the guys when she feels like it.
If any of you out there know otherwise, please let me know.
ShianaBV@Yahoo.com