Mask of Zero
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Chapter 5
Trowa and Heero stood in darkly outlined circles opposite of each other with swords in hand.
"This is a training circle," Heero took notice of the circles and saw the intricate they formed pattern on the
chamber floor. "This circle will be your whole life until I tell you otherwise," Heero nodded in
understanding. "As you skills improve you move to a smaller circle, with each smaller circle your world
contracts bringing you that much closer to your retribution."
Cobalt eyes lit up "That's the part I like."
"Shall we then."
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Heero walked forward purposefully, he stopped and faced Trowa. Heero withdrew his sword and
swung it in wild circles over his head and to his sides. Trowa watched this display distastefully, as the boy
brought his blade to a halt in front of him; Trowa knocked the sword out of his hand with no effort.
Heero once again had his sword in hand as did Trowa. "Attack slow" commanded Trowa, the boy brought
his sword forward, and left and right it clanged against the other man's sword. "Good now a bit quicker,
attack!" a right then a left parry Heero's sword met its mark quickly and with precision. "Lets try the
Triangle" Heero followed the command and brought his sword forward then back and up and forward
forming the three points of a triangle 'the boy learns quickly'.
"Good… time for a drink."
Heero dived over one rope then leapt over to another, he leaped from rope to rope twirling and swinging in
a dizzying pattern with extreme accuracy. Trowa sat in a chair with his feet propped up sipping his tea,
watching as the boy completed the exercise, "Perfect, now do it again."
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Heero was doing push-ups his hands and feet were on four separate benches keeping him above
the flaming candles that burned beneath him. Trowa sat in his chair reading a book with his feet propped
up on Heero's back as the boy did his push-ups, he noticed the boy was getting to close to the candles and
smacked him with his book. The boy got the point and pushed himself up higher.
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Trowa stood in the center of the darkly lit chamber is a lions taming whip in hand. He snapped his
whip and barked out "point 1,5, 3," Heero followed the order his sword sounding the numbers. "6, 4, 2"
shouted the older man, Heero took a small leap forward and once again to the side up and to the left, "and
lunge!" Heero thrust his sword forward, "Un-lunge" Trowa's whip cracked against the boys' leg since he
did not respond quickly enough. The whip put a gash the boys' spandex shorts this pissed him off and he
ran towards the older man ready to kill him.
Trowa thew away the whip and drew his sword and a dagger, he blocked Heero's sword with his own and
pressed the dagger against the boys throat. "Lesson one never attack in anger" Trowa sniffed the air,
"Lesson two, come with me" and he walked away.
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Heero stood in a shower stall the spray of water cleaning the dirt and grime off his skin. Trowa
was looking though his drawers for clothing when Heero spoke "What is the third lesson?" Trowa pulled
out a pair of jeans and stood up "To get to lesson four." Heero stepped out of the shower and dried himself
off "Hn… I understand" Heero pulled on the jeans he was handed and pulled on his green tank top.
Heero unsheathed his sword and stood ready, Trowa was first to strike. Both men moved with an air of
confidence, each strike was sure and met its mark. Clang, clang sword against sword (the metal kind,
hentai), Heero drove Trowa further back. Trowa missed a parry and Heero circled the blade of his sword
around the other and knocked the other mans sword out of hand; the sword sailed though the air and
practically landed in Heero's hand. Trowa acknowledged his defeat with a nod of approval to Heero, he
was tossed his sword, and he caught it with ease. Heero was already back in the starting position "Again."
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Trowa and Heero entered the small town via a borrowed car. A few Leo's were flying overhead,
they were carrying some type of mobile suit. The strange suit caught Heero's eye, it was truly a
magnificent sight, it had angel like wings that shimmered in the light. "It's a suit made out of gundamium
alloy" Trowa commented when he saw the suit "Truly magnificent."
"It looks similar to your old Gundam Heavy Arms" Heero noted.
Trowa was already walking toward the supply store, and Heero was about to turn and follow him. The
Gundam seemed to come alive it's wings unfurled and it's electronic eyes blazed with a green fire, both
Leo suits were tossed to the ground narrowly missing the small town the suit turned and aimed it's guns
ground ward. Heero saw what the Gundam was about to do, so he quickly scaled a building and took a
running leap toward the Gundam. He managed to find a grip and started climbing his way to the Gundams
cockpit, he forced the door open and climbed inside. He swiftly ran his hands along the controls and
prevented the Gundam from firing on the small town, Heero set the suit down on the border of the town.
He looked around the cockpit and spotted a piece of black material, he picked up the silky material, which
was a large handkerchief of some sort. An old man with a metal claw crawled into the cockpit at that
moment and pushed Heero out the door.
Heero survived the fall without so much as scratch on him, he walked over to the Gundam, and he ran his
hand along the smooth gundamium. The two Leos had returned to once again haul the Gundam off, "I'll
see you tonight" Heero said as the Gundam was hauled away.
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Evening in the colony…
Heero brought the black silken handkerchief up to his head to tie it, his piercing cobalt eye shown
though the two holes he had cut into it. He leaned over a puddle of water to look at his reflection, "Zero is
back and better then ever" he splashed the puddle with his hand as he turned away. He jumped down from
the cement block and tossed his makeshift black cape back over his shoulder. He walked over to where a
couple of sattled horses were tied, just as he was about to untie the horse he heard galloping.
He turned around to look at the person who rode the horse, and was faced with the most beautiful vision he
had ever seen. Long chestnut hair flowed in the wind, and large violet eyes stared back at him. Heero
looked around then walked toward the beautiful boy on the horse "shhhh…" he did not want to frighten the
fey creature away, "You should be careful beautiful one, there are dangerous men about."
"Well…if you see any be sure to point them out," the boy whispered
Heero nodded and took off running up the cement stairs, a pair of violet eye followed him. As he reached
the top he turned around just to capture one last glimpse of that heavenly angel, and with a swish of his
cape he was gone from sight.
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'...' Characters thoughts
(…) Occasional comment by me
Chapter 5
Trowa and Heero stood in darkly outlined circles opposite of each other with swords in hand.
"This is a training circle," Heero took notice of the circles and saw the intricate they formed pattern on the
chamber floor. "This circle will be your whole life until I tell you otherwise," Heero nodded in
understanding. "As you skills improve you move to a smaller circle, with each smaller circle your world
contracts bringing you that much closer to your retribution."
Cobalt eyes lit up "That's the part I like."
"Shall we then."
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Heero walked forward purposefully, he stopped and faced Trowa. Heero withdrew his sword and
swung it in wild circles over his head and to his sides. Trowa watched this display distastefully, as the boy
brought his blade to a halt in front of him; Trowa knocked the sword out of his hand with no effort.
Heero once again had his sword in hand as did Trowa. "Attack slow" commanded Trowa, the boy brought
his sword forward, and left and right it clanged against the other man's sword. "Good now a bit quicker,
attack!" a right then a left parry Heero's sword met its mark quickly and with precision. "Lets try the
Triangle" Heero followed the command and brought his sword forward then back and up and forward
forming the three points of a triangle 'the boy learns quickly'.
"Good… time for a drink."
Heero dived over one rope then leapt over to another, he leaped from rope to rope twirling and swinging in
a dizzying pattern with extreme accuracy. Trowa sat in a chair with his feet propped up sipping his tea,
watching as the boy completed the exercise, "Perfect, now do it again."
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Heero was doing push-ups his hands and feet were on four separate benches keeping him above
the flaming candles that burned beneath him. Trowa sat in his chair reading a book with his feet propped
up on Heero's back as the boy did his push-ups, he noticed the boy was getting to close to the candles and
smacked him with his book. The boy got the point and pushed himself up higher.
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Trowa stood in the center of the darkly lit chamber is a lions taming whip in hand. He snapped his
whip and barked out "point 1,5, 3," Heero followed the order his sword sounding the numbers. "6, 4, 2"
shouted the older man, Heero took a small leap forward and once again to the side up and to the left, "and
lunge!" Heero thrust his sword forward, "Un-lunge" Trowa's whip cracked against the boys' leg since he
did not respond quickly enough. The whip put a gash the boys' spandex shorts this pissed him off and he
ran towards the older man ready to kill him.
Trowa thew away the whip and drew his sword and a dagger, he blocked Heero's sword with his own and
pressed the dagger against the boys throat. "Lesson one never attack in anger" Trowa sniffed the air,
"Lesson two, come with me" and he walked away.
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Heero stood in a shower stall the spray of water cleaning the dirt and grime off his skin. Trowa
was looking though his drawers for clothing when Heero spoke "What is the third lesson?" Trowa pulled
out a pair of jeans and stood up "To get to lesson four." Heero stepped out of the shower and dried himself
off "Hn… I understand" Heero pulled on the jeans he was handed and pulled on his green tank top.
Heero unsheathed his sword and stood ready, Trowa was first to strike. Both men moved with an air of
confidence, each strike was sure and met its mark. Clang, clang sword against sword (the metal kind,
hentai), Heero drove Trowa further back. Trowa missed a parry and Heero circled the blade of his sword
around the other and knocked the other mans sword out of hand; the sword sailed though the air and
practically landed in Heero's hand. Trowa acknowledged his defeat with a nod of approval to Heero, he
was tossed his sword, and he caught it with ease. Heero was already back in the starting position "Again."
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Trowa and Heero entered the small town via a borrowed car. A few Leo's were flying overhead,
they were carrying some type of mobile suit. The strange suit caught Heero's eye, it was truly a
magnificent sight, it had angel like wings that shimmered in the light. "It's a suit made out of gundamium
alloy" Trowa commented when he saw the suit "Truly magnificent."
"It looks similar to your old Gundam Heavy Arms" Heero noted.
Trowa was already walking toward the supply store, and Heero was about to turn and follow him. The
Gundam seemed to come alive it's wings unfurled and it's electronic eyes blazed with a green fire, both
Leo suits were tossed to the ground narrowly missing the small town the suit turned and aimed it's guns
ground ward. Heero saw what the Gundam was about to do, so he quickly scaled a building and took a
running leap toward the Gundam. He managed to find a grip and started climbing his way to the Gundams
cockpit, he forced the door open and climbed inside. He swiftly ran his hands along the controls and
prevented the Gundam from firing on the small town, Heero set the suit down on the border of the town.
He looked around the cockpit and spotted a piece of black material, he picked up the silky material, which
was a large handkerchief of some sort. An old man with a metal claw crawled into the cockpit at that
moment and pushed Heero out the door.
Heero survived the fall without so much as scratch on him, he walked over to the Gundam, and he ran his
hand along the smooth gundamium. The two Leos had returned to once again haul the Gundam off, "I'll
see you tonight" Heero said as the Gundam was hauled away.
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Evening in the colony…
Heero brought the black silken handkerchief up to his head to tie it, his piercing cobalt eye shown
though the two holes he had cut into it. He leaned over a puddle of water to look at his reflection, "Zero is
back and better then ever" he splashed the puddle with his hand as he turned away. He jumped down from
the cement block and tossed his makeshift black cape back over his shoulder. He walked over to where a
couple of sattled horses were tied, just as he was about to untie the horse he heard galloping.
He turned around to look at the person who rode the horse, and was faced with the most beautiful vision he
had ever seen. Long chestnut hair flowed in the wind, and large violet eyes stared back at him. Heero
looked around then walked toward the beautiful boy on the horse "shhhh…" he did not want to frighten the
fey creature away, "You should be careful beautiful one, there are dangerous men about."
"Well…if you see any be sure to point them out," the boy whispered
Heero nodded and took off running up the cement stairs, a pair of violet eye followed him. As he reached
the top he turned around just to capture one last glimpse of that heavenly angel, and with a swish of his
cape he was gone from sight.