No Longer Innocent
By: Ming
A/n: Well… Things are gonna get exciting in the 4th chapter, maybe even this one… I am not sure yet because I just started writing it right now. I was wondering if you guys liked chapter 2… I was pretty proud of that one. Oh yeah another thing! Heero never called Via Livy in the other chapter ok? I think it is a bit of a bad name. I also wish that more people would review, because I need opinions… Before anyone starts flaming me… No I am not a big Relena hater. She has some great characteristics ya know… But sometimes she can get real annoying. I hope to please both Relena haters, and lovers. I am probably going to write one about her pretty soon, but not too soon. My ideas will get muddled if I have too many stories going. Two stories are ok, but 3 will make my mind go loco. O_o; Oi… I stay up too late in the summer… So anyway… Please review!!! Also… if you want to know if any changes are going to occur then look at my author profile…
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing and all that mumbo jumbo… So you can't sue me again! Bwahahahaha… *more evil cackling*
Chapter 3
Via was half-conscious as she heard talking going on. Duo was saying ", I honestly never thought I would live to see Via tackle the old J man." There was humor in his voice, and he seemed to be enjoying himself. Via almost felt like kicking him right then, and there.
" Heero, you have a lot of explaining to do when she wakes up you know…" That was Quetra talking. Yep, count on good 'ol Quetra to be the practical one. A smile tugged on her lips, but she forced it down.
" I know… I have to explain a lot to her too… You know Via… you are really bad at acting asleep." Heero nudged her on the head with his finger.
Via squinted, and saw Heero sitting at her bedside with a really worried look. " You always caught me haven't you Bro?"
Everyone exclaimed at once ", Bro?"
Via grinned, and replied quietly ", Well not by blood, but we were, and still are really close friends, and have gone in the habit of calling each other brother, and sister." Heero was very quiet about this, but Via didn't notice.
" Does that mean you are single?" Duo got wacked on the head by Heero. " What? Is it wrong for a young, handsome, single man to inquire about a young ladies status?"
" It does if he already has a girlfriend!" A female voice said this from the doorway. Everyone looked over. It was Hilde Scheibeker the used to be OZ pilot. Via wondered who she was. She had a feeling that she would like this woman very much.
Over the years Hilde had grown out her hair so now it was a bit past her shoulders. She had lost her tomboy nature, but still had lots of spirit. She no longer had the pixie-like body when she was 15, but had a body of a woman. She had also grown to be 5'6".
Duo grinned, and sauntered over to her. " Hilde sweetie… you know I was joking… You are my one, and only true love… The star at night, and the sun in the morning…"
" Cut the poetic crap Duo… I get the point…" Hilde smiled at him affectionately, and wrapped her arms around his waist. She looked over at Via, and her eyes widened in surprise. " Oh…umm… Hello! I am sorry for interrupting! I am Hilde Scheibeker, and you are?" Via looked at her enviously. She had found someone to love, but she had not… She only loved Heero as a brother…
" I am Olivia Cho, but just call me Via… It is nice to meet you… We are in the process of explaining very confusing matters with each other. You may join if you want." Everyone was surprised at her sudden serious tone. " Heero?" He looked over at her. " Do you perhaps have a place where we can talk quietly?" He nodded, and motioned for everyone to follow. She got out of the bed, but a wave of dizziness hit her. Heero quickly came by her side, and let her lean against him for support. She smiled up at him gratitude.
As they walked in a group down the hall sunlight filtered through the windows. Via figured that it was probably already Thursday. This place was new to her though. From the looks of it they were on one of the colonies. It looked like L1. " Heero where are we?"
" We are at the Preventer's base on Colony L1… No one can hurt you here…" He reassured her with a pat on the head. She glared up at him, but he just smiled at her in return. She loved his smiles. He only smiled to her, and no one else. That's what made them so special. They reached a door, and Heero opened it.
Inside was a big table in the center. Lamps were everywhere, and there was one phone, and everything else you need to make a great meeting room. Via sat at the head since she was going to explain the bigger part of the story. " All right let me get into story time mode…" Heero snorted, and crossed his arms as usual. " When I was five years old my parents died in a fire. After that I ran and ran because I couldn't believe that my mommy, and daddy died… I ended up in a street that was way too dangerous for a small five-year-old. It was late at night, and I had been walking for hours. I just wanted to go to sleep. I was very absent-minded and naïve. Well… I was walking across the street, and I didn't notice a truck driving towards me. That was when Heero came, and he rescued me." She smiled over at him, and Heero looked down at his shoes. " He saved me, and brought me to Dr. J… That was when I started training like Heero for 3 years. But in those 3 years Heero wasn't like how he is now. He was a warm-hearted boy…" She looked over at Heero again, and this time he just turned his head away. " Everything changed when I was eight. Dr. J told me that he could make me forget everything, and start a new GOOD life. Now you know why I kind of tackled him…" She blushed as Heero, and Duo snickered.
" You didn't just tackle him! You beat the living crap out of him!" Duo started to laugh hysterically.
Hilde knocked him hard on the head. " Hush! I want to hear the rest!"
Via said thanks, and continued. " As I was saying a new life… He promised safety, and happiness. He even promised that I would see Heero again, but nothing turned out that way. Only today did I get the conclusion that Dr. J just wanted me out of the way so that he could start making Heero the ultimate perfect soldier. I can't forgive myself for letting that happen to Heero." Her expression turned to one of pain, but Heero's face was still stony. " Well you know the rest of that… then I met you guys! I couldn't be happier to have friends like you! I know we don't know much about each other, but I hope to start getting to know each of you. You too Hilde! Any friend or girlfriend of you guys is a friend of mine." Trowa had a hint of a smile, and the rest did smile.
" There is also some stuff that I have to explain to you all. I need to explain about our current condition against the terrorist." Dr J walked in at that moment saying that. Via scowled at him. He just chuckled, and continued, " One of our very good spies Hilde, was able to get a lot of useful information…" He walked to the head table, and motioned for Via to move. Her scowl deepened, and she went to take a seat next to Heero. Heero smirked, and did a little grunt. Everyone smiled behind his or her hands except Via. She was busy trying to not tackle Heero.
Dr. J ignored them, and pressed a button under the desk. A hologram showed up in the middle of the table. It was a picture of man in his late thirties. He had orange colored hair streaked with white hairs, and pale brown eyes. The expression on his face was one of hate. To heighten that effect a scar was down the left side of his face. It went to the eyebrow down to the corner of his lips. " This is the man leading the terrorist group. His name is Harrison Garland, and they call themselves The Soldier Recruits Force… His army is made up of old Oz, White Fang, Romafellar soldiers, and professional mercenaries." Duo whistled that he was impressed. " They even gathered enough mobile suit developers to make new mobile suits. The one you fought at that school I assigned you at was called Scorpios. Those are even more advanced than the Virgos. I am sure they have something else up their sleeve, but we weren't able to get the information. We do have the plans for Scorpio mobile suits." Dr J tapped the button under the table again. This time mobile suit plans popped up. " The weakest points are it's joints, and the fuel in the chest. The cockpit is write under the head. Its weapons include machine guns, missiles, and a energy generated sword. Its defense mechanism is an energy-powered shield on the left arm. The shield reflects bullets, and missiles. The beam cannon will be able to destroy it. They now put Gundanium in the armor so the beam cannon doesn't do much damage." Dr. J started flipping through plans of all five pilot's Gundams. " Luckily we have managed to upgrade the armor, and most of the weapons in the Gundams. We also added a shield arm much like the one the Scorpios had. Heero, the beam cannon on your Gundam is only aloud 5 shots at a time, then you have to wait 10 minutes before shooting it again or it will overload, and make your Gundam blow up. So use that weapon wisely."
" Now I have a mission for you tomorrow. There are five points you must all get to on the base they set up in Mars. I need you to set up a bomb, and detonate it at the same time. This will provide enough power to blow up most of the machinery they are producing inside there. Heero, I want you to head in, and get plans to the mobile suits in 10 minutes before the bombs blow up. If you do not make it out then I want the others to leave him behind, and Trowa you are in charge after that. Do you all understand?"
All the pilots nodded, but Via suddenly spoke up, " What about me? What will I be doing?" All the pilots stared at her funny, but Hilde just smiled as if this was some kind of joke.
" You will stay here, and I suppose help me out with the mechanics. You weren't planning to go on the mission were you?"
" As a matter of fact, yes, I did want to come along. Why would there be a problem if I did?"
WuFei by this time was getting red in the face. "Because you are a woman! You haven't been trained like us!"
" Via it would be safer for you here." Quetra tried to convince her by smiling persuasively.
Via looked over at Heero for support. Heero just shook his head no. " But why? I have trained at least 3 years!"
" Yes, but how many years has it been since you held a gun? How many years was it since you learned how to fight with your body instead of a weapon. You haven't even killed anyone before!" Dr. J said this logically so she would see his point.
" You do not wanna learn how to shed blood Via… It isn't something to be proud of." Duo looked at his hands sadly. Hilde soothingly rubbed his shoulders.
" I don't want to stand here idle doing nothing! Hilde gets to go on spy missions, and I don't even get to hold a gun?" Via angrily glared at everyone.
" This is different Via. I used to be a OZ soldier, and I was trained especially to spy." Hilde tried to make her agree with everyone's decisions.
" You just don't think I can do it! I am not some wimpy baby!" Via was about to leave, but Trowa stopped her by holding on to her arm.
" It isn't a matter of not thinking you can't do it. It is the fact of keeping you away from these horrible wars, and to stop guilt from ever coming to you for killing all those people. Think on it…We only want to protect you." Trowa then let her go. They watched her stalk out of the room.
Via grumbled to her self as she went into the room she had woken up in. It was obviously her permanent room since everything seemed to be put in order for someone to stay at for a long while. Her anger melted away when she saw that everything in the room was of her taste. Heero must have done the designing of the room himself since he knew what she liked. Yes, her opinions had not changed over the years.
The place was small, but comfortable. There was a bedroom, a small living room, a kitchen, and a nice balcony near the living room. The furniture was in navy blue, her favorite color. She wondered what clothes she was suppose to wear if all of her stuff was burned in the fire. Her question was answered as she looked in the closet. All different kind of clothes imaginable was hanged up. All of them were in dark colors too which was the only kind of color she would wear.
Even though everything looked nice and comfy she was still angry about not being able to go on any missions. A knock interrupted her thinking. She got up, and opened the door. She mumbled since she didn't like the to talk to the person that was at the door right now. " Hi… Heero… What brings you here?"
" You wanted to know why I am the way I am… I wanted to explain it to you…" Heero came in without being invited, and sat down on a couch.
Via grumbled some more, but curiosity got the better of her. She sat down next to him, and asked, " So how? I always wondered since you used to be so nice."
Heero's eyes got a far away look as he started explaining. " Well… when you left Dr. J told me that you had run away. After that I didn't have anyone to brighten up my day anymore. But when I was 12 years old, I killed a person for the first time. I didn't realize how painful that was. I would always ask myself questions. What about his family? How were they going to live without him? What about his kids? What about his wife? How were they going to react when they found out their husband or father died? I finally shut myself away when this one incident happened. I had even killed an innocent little girl. It wasn't suppose to happen!" Heero clenched his hands together painfully. Via gasped when his fingernails bit into his palms, and made them bleed. She hurried to the kitchen, and wiped the cuts up with a wet paper towel. She urged him to go on. He glared at his hands, but Via prevented him from clenching them together by holding them. " When that little girl died… I lost my humanity. It was just a mission to blow up a few simple mobile suits… I was sitting on the grass, and the little girl came up to me, and offered me a flower. She was the second person other then you to show me kindness… For gratitude I killed her! A mobile suit had fallen on her house, and blown up… I never forgave myself…" For the first time in his life Heero Yuy, the perfect soldier, was vulnerable.
Via sighed sadly, and wrapped her arms around his waist to comfort him. " Heero… Heero… when will you learn to stop blaming yourself… It wasn't your fault, and I am sure that girl forgave you… Besides I am here now, and your little sister will never leave you again." When she uttered the last sentence his body stiffened. She noticed his tenseness, and wondered what could have caused it other then the confession he just made. She tried to make him relax again by saying soothing words.
Heero finally relaxed, and wrapped his arms around her too. He was happy to have his close friend back, but he didn't have everything he wanted… Heero finally put his perfect soldier mask back on, and said in a monotone, " I better get going… I need to start getting ready… We are leaving early tomorrow. Are you going to be there to say good bye?"
" Nah… I am not good at good byes… See you later Heero… Remember, it wasn't your fault." He just nodded, and left. Via collapsed on the couch, and tried to think over about just what happened.
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A/n: So what do ya all think? I hope you liked it…I think this one is better than that other chapter 3… Please review! More to come soon! This one is a bit short, but that makes it last longer right?