Angel in Disguise by Comet~Princess
Disclaimer: I definitely wish Sailormoon or Gundam Wing was mine, but they´re not. Don´t sue. You´ll be lucky if what you get out of me is enough to pay for half of the court fees. =P
AN: *sigh* I meant to say this awhile ago and I keep forgetting. Thanks to Mhairi, who e-mailed me about the title of the Tamora Pierce book that I mentioned in chapter 3. If anyone´s wondering, the book I got the spell from is apparently titled Wolf Speaker. And also to all my loyal reviewers who has kept me going so far. Your comments are the driving force of this story. ^_^ Warnings: Relena bashing, Heero is OOC (when is he actually in character in a romance story involving him?), sap, and action.
Zodena Midnight: I don´t plan on bringing in Mamoru. Since it´s AU for SM, he doesn´t exist. End of story. Soooo. . . Relena won´t be visited by some weirdo in a tuxedo and mask. ^_^ Hope you´re not disappointed.
Uranus2000: I don´t know where I get these ideas. My brother sits behind me babbling some of them, but otherwise, I just start writing and the keys come to life. ^_^ The water fight bit will be explained later in the chapter.
Samantha: I have honestly never heard of David Eddings or Sparhawk in my life. Any similarities are purely coincidence. Heero´s the main character for the sole reason that I love Heero/Usagi fics. And guess what? I remembered where I got Seraphina from. It has something to do with the Great Chain of Beings from Shakespeare´s time. Agh! Too much English class. But thanks very much for your compliments, and you´re right, Zoicite will probably regret your actions more than you and me. ^_^
Timeframe: Okay, I´ll clarify this. For SM, it´s AU. For GW, it starts after the end of the tv series and moves to Endless Waltz, except EW will happen differently from the actual movie. If you want to be really accurate, we could say it starts like October of A.C. 196. I know the prologue implied earlier than that with Pluto´s vision, but let´s just say she was reviewing that vision, okay? Hope that clears up any confusion.
And the curtain rises. . .(I shouldn´t quote Treize, huh?) ^_^
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Chapter 6 – Mission Complete
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"They survived," a voice said in frustration. "They´re not supposed to survive."
A girlish giggle filled the air. "That´s not a problem," the girl replied. "We´ve got plenty of time. When those pilots die and the Gundams are destroyed, then our plans would be guaranteed to succeed."
"Of course," the first voice replied. "And all the world shall bow down before you, the rightful ruler of it."
The girl laughed again, and its merriment echoed through the elegant, but creepily silent, building.
~*~*~*~*~
Heero moved his arm to wrap around Usagi´s tiny waist, gently lifting her so that she sat beside him on the bed. He continued to kiss her, applying a little more pressure on her lips. Usagi complied to his silent request by opening her mouth just slightly, and he welcomed the agreement eagerly. Heero didn´t know what he was doing, just that it felt so natural, and so right. He was doing everything by pure instinct. He´s never kissed anyone before.
Usagi unconsciously wrapped her arms lightly around Heero´s neck. She wanted this moment to last forever. It felt so good, his warm lips on her own, his arms securely around her. She felt like everything that was ever wrong with the world had disappeared, and that if she just stayed like this, she would be safe from everything. A little voice in her head told her to stop, to stop the kiss, to stop herself from being hurt when she had to leave. But she ignored it. She would go through being hurt another hundred times to have a moment like this one. I love you, Heero, she thought in a daze.
Another minute passed before they broke the kiss, both gasping slightly from the lack of air. Neither said anything. They just sat there, their arms around each other. Prussian blue stared into sky blue. Finally, Usagi broke the silence. "Is-Is your arm okay?" she managed to stutter out.
Heero blinked and looked at the bandage around his arm. He had wrapped his arm around Usagi, his hand on the small of her back, without even realizing it. Come to think of it, he hadn´t noticed the pain for the past couple of minutes either. "I´m fine," he replied in the infamous monotone.
Usagi smiled. "That´s good," she said. Another silence filled the room until Heero dropped his arms to his side. Usagi followed suit. "We should get ready for school," Heero suggested.
"Right," Usagi agreed. "You change into your uniform. I´ll go make us some breakfast."
Breakfast was unusually quiet. Even the bubbly Usagi didn´t know what to say. All Heero seemed to be doing was watching her, and Usagi felt self-conscious all through the meal. Once she put her dish into the sink, she whirled around to face him, irritation snapping in her eyes.
"Heero," she snapped, "stop staring at me like I´m a specimen under your microscope!"
Heero smirked a little. "Annoyed?" he asked as he too got up to put his dish into the sink.
"Yes! I mean, no! I mean, I don´t know!" Usagi cried out as she threw her arms in the air. "What do you want from me?"
"I don´t know," Heero said quietly, studying her again. "You´re different."
"What do you mean?" Usagi asked. She was suddenly scared. He didn´t know she wasn´t mortal, did he?
"You´re not like any other girl I´ve ever met," Heero clarified. "There´s something about you that makes me. . ."
"Yes?" Usagi prompted when he didn´t continue.
Another moment of silence ensued until Heero finally decided to give in. "You make me feel things. And I´ve never felt them before," he admitted. He didn´t want to give any more away.
"Oh, Heero," Usagi said as she crossed the space separating them and wrapped her arms around him in a gentle hug. He responded by putting his arms around her waist the second time that day. "Heero," Usagi began, her voice a little muffled since her face was pressed against his chest, "I know there´s a lot of things you´re not telling me." At this Heero stiffened, but didn´t attempt to move. "But I promise to always be there for you when you need me," she continued, pointedly ignoring his reaction.
Heero looked at the girl in his arms. She was certainly perceptive, but he was going to avoid giving information away as much as possible. He didn´t want such an innocent and sweet girl running into trouble, or worse, getting captured, because of him. Gathering his thoughts, he made her his promise. "I´m sorry, Usagi," he started, "but I promise to protect you until hell freezes over."
At this, Usagi started giggling. "You certainly have a way with words," she teased.
Heero shrugged and looked at the clock. "Let´s go," he stated.
Usagi nodded and the two left their room. In the lobby of the dorm, they found Duo trying to escape the wrath of Wufei´s katana, again. Duo was running around the lobby, laughing his head off while holding onto his braid. Wufei was chasing him and screaming "Injustice, Maxwell!" It would have been a normal scene, with the exception of a streak of neon orange in Wufei´s hair.
"Duo! Wufei!" Usagi shouted.
Both boys paused. Usagi glanced at them. "Explain," she commanded.
Wufei scowled. "Damn Maxwell put orange hair dye into my hair spray bottle!" he exclaimed, pointing to the streak in his hair.
Duo merely grinned. "It´s not my fault if you don´t check the contents first," he replied innocently.
Wufei turned to him. "Maxwell!" he barked, raising his katana again.
"Stop it!" Usagi cried out. Stepping closer to the two boys, she said, "Look, you´re both my friends and I don´t want to see a dead body anytime soon." She pointed to Duo. "You stop annoying him or I stop tutoring you, which means you can go fail English." Duo nodded obediently, afraid that he was going to have to retake his least favourite course. Usagi then turned to Wufei. "And you can at least refrain yourself from cutting his head off."
Wufei scowled again. "I don´t take orders from onnas," he declared.
"Alright," Usagi said, "but if he stops annoying you, will you comply to my request?"
Wufei considered this for a moment before nodding his approval. If this onna can stop Maxwell from annoying him, he´ll stop attempting to kill his fellow pilot.
"Good," Usagi said in satisfaction. "Now, you can go wash that ugly orange hair dye out. I´ll cover for you in English." She pushed Wufei towards the elevator.
Duo´s jaw dropped. "No fair!" he whined. "Wu-man gets to miss English?" Luckily, Wufei was already on his way up and didn´t hear Duo.
Usagi turned to the braided boy. "He wouldn´t be missing it if you didn´t play that trick on him," she reasoned. "Now let´s go."
As Duo walked grumpily out of the dormitory, Heero came up behind Usagi and put an arm around her waist. "You´re definitely different," he murmured into her ear.
Usagi blushed. "You wouldn´t have stopped them?" she asked as they followed Duo to the school building.
Heero shrugged. "I just do it differently," he replied with a smirk that Usagi had come to love.
Usagi raised an eyebrow at his reply. "How would you have-?" she paused, remembering her first day in English. She looked at him wryly. "Forget I asked," she muttered.
Heero glanced at her from the corner of his eye. He was about to reply when a loud wail reached their ears.
"HHHEEEEEERRROOO!!!"
Heero swore under his breath and started to make a mad dash for the school, but Usagi´s hand on his arm stopped him. "I´m not staying to confront the psycho," Heero stated.
Usagi grinned. "I´m not asking you to. Haven´t you ever thought of a more permanent way of getting her to stay away?" Usagi asked.
"Trust me, I´ve tried," Heero answered, thinking about all the times he´d threatened to kill Relena. Then he saw the mischievous smile on Usagi´s face. "If you have something in mind, enlighten me," he added.
Duo had stopped his own escape when he noticed that Heero and Usagi were just standing there. She´s not going to try setting them up again, is she? he thought, Because if she does, Heero will definitely kill her.
A moment later, Relena came into sight. Heero shot Usagi a look, but she remained impassive. As Relena got closer, she started to open her mouth again. Duo shut his eyes and braced himself for the deafening wail, but it never came. When he opened his eyes again, Relena was standing about a hundred feet from him, staring at something in open-mouthed shock. Duo turned to look at what she was staring at, and his jaw couldn´t help but drop as well. Heero had his arms wrapped around Usagi´s waist, and they were kissing. Duo blinked. Then, his lips turned upwards into a grin.
It was then that Usagi broke the kiss. Heero was staring wide-eyed at her, but she just smiled innocently. Relena´s voice broke Heero´s trance. "How could you, Heero? I thought you loved me!" Relena whined. For a second, she looked like she was going to cry. "You never loved me, did you? You just protected me because I´m the princess," she accused. "I´ve been running from the truth."
Duo rolled his eyes as Relena ran off to the school building. So now she figures it out, he thought.
Heero stared after Relena for another second before muttering, "Geez, if I´d known that´s all it took to get rid of her. . ."
Usagi laughed. "See? You just got to know a girl´s heart," she said.
Heero shot her a look. "I wouldn´t know," he said, before capturing her lips in a chaste kiss.
This immediately got Duo´s attention. "Whoa!" he exclaimed. They weren´t just acting? He looked at Heero and laughed out loud. "What happened between the last time I saw you and now?"
Heero glared at his comrade. "Say another word and omae o korosu," he threatened.
Duo wisely chose to shut up, but the grin didn´t falter. He followed Heero and Usagi to the school, thinking of the kind of mischief he could cause with this new piece of information.
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Quatre and Trowa parked their car in front of the Preventers´ Headquarters. They needed to discuss the current situation with Lady Une. They greeted Sally Po as they walked towards Une´s office. Quatre gave a quiet knock on the door before the two stepped inside.
"Quatre! Trowa!" Une greeted with a smile. "I wasn´t expecting you to come in person."
"We weren´t going to come in person," Quatre said with a polite smile of his own, "but it seems as though the situation is more complicated that we thought. We´d like to discuss it further with you."
Une nodded. "Have a seat," she said, pointing to the two chairs in front of her desk. The two pilots sat down and told Une about the results of their latest mission as she transferred the data from the disc Quatre brought to her own computer.
She frowned when they finished their story. "So you think someone is out to kill you?" she asked.
"It´s the only possible reason for the self-destruct system going off automatically," Trowa supplied.
"Could it just have been a security system?" Une questioned thoughtfully.
"No," Trowa said with certainty. "The base was guarded heavily, but the troops were unorganized and inexperienced. Such a defense in the mobile suits is indication that the base is not that important. It shouldn´t have that kind of security system."
Une nodded. Trowa and Heero were always the observant ones when it came to this kind of thing. "What´s Heero´s opinion on this?" she asked.
"He thinks the plans for the other two rebel bases are a lure," Quatre answered.
Une nodded again. "I really don´t want to send you, since he could very well be right," she said carefully, "but at this rate, we don´t have any information as to what those rebels want or what they´re doing."
"So, you want us to go investigate those two sites," Quatre finished.
Une smiled sadly. "I´m sorry, but it seems to be the only way."
Quatre smiled reassuringly. "Don´t worry about sending us," he started. "I know that I would willingly risk my life if it means peace for the rest of the world."
Trowa nodded in affirmation.
"Then," Une replied, "please see what you can find out about the base at Providence."
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Usagi plopped down in her seat in World History and turned to smile at Heero. "So what do you guys have planned this class?" she asked.
"Nothing," Heero replied without looking up from his laptop.
Usagi blinked. "Nothing?" she questioned. "As in, we might actually get through this class without being let out early?"
Heero shot her a glance and smirked. "We usually don´t plan anything," he replied before turning back to his laptop.
"But what about that water fight?" she returned, astonished as to how they could cause so much trouble without any planning.
"Trowa, Quatre, and I just happen to see Duo carrying that water gun to the school from the dorm during lunch," he answered. "Trowa and I decided to be prepared and he convinced Quatre to be as well, even though he was kind of reluctant. Like I said before, if we didn´t get hit, we wouldn´t have joined Duo´s rampage."
"What about Wufei?" Usagi continued.
"Was having a fight with the cafeteria lady," Heero supplied.
"Again?" Usagi asked. "For what?"
"The cafeteria lady wanted him to eat his veggies instead of throwing them at people," Heero answered.
Usagi rolled her eyes. Then, she noticed something. "Hey! Wasn´t class supposed to start a few minutes ago?" she inquired.
Just then, the teacher walked into the room looking like she hasn´t had any sleep for the past two weeks. She sighed before turning to her class. "Miss Relena has called in sick earlier this morning. So, I will be replacing her for this class," she informed, before looking warily at the five boys in the back. "If anyone in here will not behave themselves, please leave now," she added, taking Relena´s experience into account.
The entire class looked at each other and walked out, with the exception of Usagi, Heero, Wufei, Duo, and the teacher. (AN: Trowa and Quatre are at the Preventers´.) She took one look at her remaining students and left the room as well. Duo blinked. "Are we that unpopular?" he asked with feigned hurt.
(AN: So it wasn´t that funny, but the only reason why this is here is because Uranus2000 brought up the point that Heero, Trowa, and Quatre don´t seem the type to bring water guns into class. I decided that it´s a good point, so I provided an explanation. ^_^)
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"So, you mean the numbers in front of these letters are different from those little ones after the letters?" Usagi asked Heero as she stared at the massive amount of chemical symbols in her textbook.
"Onna, your lack of understanding is pathetic," Wufei commented.
Heero glared at him and Usagi stuck out her tongue. "Just because I don´t understand the difference between 3C and C3 does not make me pathetic," she said in annoyance. (AN: For those who care, 3C is three separate carbon atoms, and C3 is three carbon atoms that are bonded together. ^_^ The things you learn by reading fanfics.)
The three of them, along with Duo, were sitting around Duo and Wufei´s dorm, doing homework together. The idea had been Duo´s, who needed help with his schoolwork and figured his friends would help him. Wufei was sitting in an armchair facing the balcony, a pile of textbooks and binders spread out around him. Duo was on the floor, his English binder on the coffee table, facing the couch. Heero was on the couch, his arms around Usagi, who sat with her back leaning against his chest. A chemistry textbook lay open in her lap.
"Yea, Wu-man!" Duo added his two-cents.
"Maxwell, I thought I told you not to call me Wu-man!" Wufei said, getting up from his seat. Just as he was about to bring out his katana, a knock came from the door. "Saved by the knock," Wufei muttered as he went to open the door.
Duo breathed a sign of relief and Usagi giggled. "You know that annoys him, Duo. Why don´t you stop?" she asked curiously.
"Because it´s fun to tease him," Duo replied. He shot a look at Heero and added, "Just like it´s fun to tease Perfect Soldier boy about liking a girl."
Perfect Soldier? Usagi thought, It must be the same as the perfect assassin bit Jupiter told me about.
Heero growled. And Duo would have found a gun pointed at him if Trowa and Quatre hadn´t walked in at the moment.
"Hey!" Usagi greeted. "I haven´t seen you all day, and no one would tell me where you went."
Quatre smiled. "We just went to visit an old friend, that´s all," he answered, feeling guilty about not telling Usagi the whole truth. Then, he noticed the position she was in. "So, what´s with you two?"
Heero´s face remained expressionless, but Usagi blushed. Before either of them could say anything, Duo broke out, "Something happened this morning after Heero left us, but I don´t know what. Just that when we were walking to school, they started making out to get rid of Relena."
"We were not making out!" Usagi retorted.
"Sure," Duo said with a grin, "and I´m a monkey´s uncle."
Usagi blinked. "You are?" she asked.
"NO!" Duo shouted as the rest of the guys smirked. "It´s an expression!"
"Could have fooled me, Maxwell," Wufei muttered, coming back into the room.
"Hey! That´s mean of you, Wu-man!" Duo said.
Trowa exchanged a look with Quatre, who nodded and said before a fight could break out, "There is a celebration in town tomorrow for the year of peace we´ve had, and the circus is coming as a part of it too. How about Heero takes you to see it, Usagi?" He was originally going to suggest taking Usagi himself, but it seems the situation has changed.
All the guys except Trowa looked at Quatre in surprise. Realization dawned in Heero´s and Wufei´s eyes. "That would be great!" Usagi exclaimed. "But what about you guys?"
Duo was about to say that he wanted to go too when Trowa cut in, "I´m in the circus. They´re going to help me get ready."
"Really? Cool! I can´t wait to see it!" she said.
Seeing Duo´s confused look, Quatre added, "Do you need to pick out something to wear, Usagi? You´ll have to be ready and leave early tomorrow morning to see all the displays."
Usagi beamed. "You´re so thoughtful, Quatre," she commented, making Quatre blush. She hopped out of Heero´s arms and off the couch before giving him a quick kiss on the lips and running out of the dorm. As soon as she left, Duo blurted out, "What was that all about?"
Quatre and Trowa proceeded to summarize their encounter with Lady Une and their new mission. "I know it´s probably a trap, but there´s nothing else we can do," Quatre finished.
"Usagi will be suspicious if we all disappeared, so we figured if one of us took her to the celebration while the others attack the base, it would keep our secret under wraps," Trowa informed the pilots.
Heero opened his mouth, but Quatre cut him off. "I was going to take her," he said with a smile, "but now, it seems like it would be more appropriate if you do that. If you want to help, you can still investigate at the celebration. It´s supposed to attract all kinds of politicians from all over the Earth and the colonies."
Heero nodded. "Mission accepted, but if you need help, call me," he stated.
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"I´ll infiltrate the base this time," Trowa volunteered through the vid-com as the four Gundams headed for the base in Providence.
Quatre frowned. "Is it better to have more than one person go in?" he replied.
"No, if there´s something similar to what Heero encountered, losing one pilot is better than losing two," Trowa reasoned.
"Can we find a way to contact you inside so we don´t cut it as close as Heero did?" Duo said.
Quatre nodded. "If you can carry that communicator with you, we´ll be able to contact you," he informed them, indicating the black palm-sized device that looked like a walkie-talkie.
Trowa nodded and turned off the link between their Gundams. Another couple of minutes passed before they reached the base. This time, the four guys had a battle plan. Heavyarms fired a few missiles, destroying the five suits guarding the door to the base. Immediately, this attracted the other mobile suits´ attention. A flock of them headed towards where the Gundams were hiding. Trowa took this opportunity to sneak around to the other side of the base, quickly and quietly cutting up the few that remained on that side. He brought out the plans to the base and reviewed them in his memory once again. He had already looked at them more than a few times before the mission started. Nodding to himself, the silent boy cut through the door to the base, grabbed the communicator and some explosives, and headed inside. Surprisingly, there were no soldiers. But Trowa was careful none the less. He navigated the twisting corridors, planting explosives around. Soon, he found the control room. Quickly, he downloaded the information he needed and grabbed the disc, pausing for a second for an alarm. Nothing. Then, the faint beeping of his communicator ran off.
"Trowa!" Quatre´s voice called out. "Hurry up! A large number of mobile suits just rose out of some platforms around the base!"
That´s what I triggered, Trowa thought grimly as he ran through the corridors to the entrance. And all the guards must have been getting ready in their mobile suits. It was easier to get out than to get in since he didn´t have to plant bombs and figure out where to go. When he reached the door, he found that a few mobile suits surrounded his Gundam, trying to find a way of capturing it. Trowa pressed himself against the wall and brought out the communicator. "Guys," he started, "mobile suits surrounding my Gundam. One of you needs to distract them."
"I´ll be right at it, buddy!" Duo´s voice came through seconds before Trowa saw the buster shield take out one suit. This was enough for the other suits´ attention to be diverted elsewhere, and enough time for Trowa to jump into the cockpit of Heavyarms. He opened fire and took out the surrounding mobile suits.
"We need to retreat!" Quatre´s voice came over the vid-com.
"Retreat?!" Wufei cried out indignantly.
"We can´t take all of these out without Wing Zero!" Quatre said.
"Yea," Duo agreed, "And we´re supposed to meet up with Heero and Usagi in half an hour!"
"Get ready, guys," Trowa said, seconds before firing off all his missiles. A huge smokescreen resulted from the explosions, and the Gundams took the opportunity to leave without being detected. As soon as they were far away enough, Trowa detonated the bombs he planted inside the base.
"Whoo-hoo!" Duo cheered. "Now, let´s go before they come after us!"
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"So what does Trowa do in the circus?" Usagi asked Heero as she dragged him to the large circus tent for the performance. "Wait, let me guess. An acrobat?"
Heero shook his head. He had to admit he´d actually had fun today. Usagi´s energy had been contagious. She´d taken him to play every single game there was. Among some of the games, he had ended up winning a balloon in the shape of a cat at a discus throwing game, a neon green alien toy at a ring toss game, and a stuffed rabbit the size of Usagi herself at a target shooting game. Heero hadn´t wanted any of the prizes he´d won. What was he supposed to do with them anyway? So, Usagi had taken them and given them to some children who were standing around. The only one she kept was the rabbit, which she said was her favourite. Then, they´d gone on every ride there was, including the teacups and the merry-go-round, which Heero found absolutely pitiable. Usagi had pigged out at one of the food stands, and now, they were on their way to see the circus and meet up with the rest of the guys. In addition, Relena was off Heero´s back and away at a peace negotiation on the colony X-18999. If he didn´t have to worry about how the mission went, Heero would say it had been one of the best days of his life.
(AN: I know I made it sound like an amusement park or something, but they had to do SOMETHING. *sigh* Well, I´ve been to some celebrations where they bring in rides and game booths, okay? So sue me. . .wait, don´t do that!)
"A lion tamer? No, wait, I can´t get a mental picture of that," Usagi added to herself.
"You won´t guess," Heero replied.
Usagi was about to retort when Heero silenced her by putting a finger on her lips. "The show is going to start," he whispered. Usagi smiled at him and turned her attention to the center of the ring. She laughed at the clowns, clapped for the bareback riders, and cheered for the acrobats. She was having fun, and Heero had been surprisingly attentive all day. Finally, the ringmaster announced the last act, a knife throwing act. From the center of the ring, two spotlights appeared. A girl with wavy light-brown hair stood under one, and a guy with a mask and brown hair stood under the other. Usagi gasped slightly and squeezed Heero´s hand. "Trowa´s a clown? In the knife throwing act?" she hissed softly, not wanting to disturb the people around them.
Heero looked at her and smirked. "I told you. You wouldn´t have guessed," he answered.
Usagi smacked him playfully in the arm and turned to watch Trowa. It was then that Heero noticed three tall figures standing at the opposite end of the circus tent. He narrowed his eyes. They were wearing business suits and he didn´t like the feeling he was getting from just watching them. Gently, he pried Usagi´s hand from his arm and whispered, "I have to go do something."
Usagi opened her mouth to ask what was wrong, but Heero had already left. She frowned worriedly, wondering what could be the problem.
Heero took out two of the three men with quick kicks to their heads. The last one pulled out a knife, glaring at him, but Heero merely pulled out his gun. "Omae o korosu," he said, before kicking the knife out of the man´s hand and hitting him in the head with the end of his gun. The knife clattered harmlessly onto the floor and the man dropped to the ground, unconscious. He didn´t want to kill them in case he was mistaken. He searched the three men and found ids on all of them that had the name Barton Foundation. Heero frowned slightly. He knew Trowa wasn´t his friend´s real name, but maybe he knew something about this. The applause from the crowd broke his train of thought, and he realized that he had to go back to Usagi quickly. He tucked the three cards in his pocket and turned to run back down.
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Usagi stood leaning on the balcony of her dorm. Behind her, Heero had his arms wrapped protectively around her waist, his chin resting on her head. They had just gotten back from the celebration. Heero had a talk with the other guys and they had decided to exchange information the next day for the sake of exhaustion. Now, they were all just relaxing in their dorms. Usagi slowly turned from the view to face Heero, giving him a brilliant smile. "Heero," she started, "I want to tell you that I had a lot of fun today. Thank you so much for taking me."
"My pleasure," Heero murmured before pulling her close to him and kissing her softly on the lips. "I enjoyed it too."
"Really?" Usagi asked. At Heero´s nod, she added, "I´m so glad!"
Heero smiled at her, a real smile, not the fake polite kind, not the smirk she usually got. "I´m glad too," he said softly. He was actually feeling what he claimed. For once in his life, he was happy.
Despite Usagi´s radiant smile, Heero observed that her eyelids were drooping. "You´re tired," he stated, "You need some sleep." He started to lead her back to her room.
"But I don´t want this day to end," Usagi muttered, her legs loosing strength as she slowly fell asleep on Heero´s shoulder. He smiled again, picking her up and carrying her to her bed. He tucked her in and kissed her forehead.
"I don´t either," he confessed to the already asleep Usagi. "Because this had been the happiest day I could remember."
Gently, he closed the door behind him, going to catch some sleep himself. If another war was about to break out, he was going to need it.
~*~*~*~*~
Sunlight streamed through Usagi´s window, but that wasn´t the reason she woke up. Someone was calling her. "Seraphina! Seraphina! Wake up," the voice called softly.
Usagi bolted upright in her bed. Only they used that name.
She turned towards the window to find a woman with long dark green hair, half
done up in a bun, and garnet coloured eyes.
"Pluto?" she said aloud, not even remembering to be quiet at seven o´clock in the morning.
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End of Chapter 6.
AN: Yea, you probably want to kill me right now. Am I right? *yawn* It´s late, so I´m going to keep this short. REVIEW before you steal Heero´s gun to kill me. *yawn* Ja ne!