Chapter 10-A Friend for Life
It took
Heero and Serena about 10 minutes at 70 MPH to return to the Winner Estate.
Back at the mansion, Trowa greeted them. He was slightly angry with Heero, for
not asking to use his car. But, he found out that they went shopping for
clothes for Serena. Trowa decided to let it go, since it was for their guest.
Heero heard Trowa say something along the lines of ,"Next time, please ask
first.".
It was
time for dinner. Everyone gathered in the dining hall. Serena was wearing her
blue dress that Heero bought her. Everybody was thinking ,"She looks just
like a princess." Even Wufei. For this meal, Heero had his black tuxedo
dry cleaned, and wore it for this special occasion. Serena was pleased with
Heero, wearing his best, just for her. Tonight, it was Heero's turn to choose
the main course. After some deliberation with everyone, tonight's theme would
be Japanese, with the main dish being Champon Noodles with fresh Sashimi on the
side. Heero wanted to expose Serena to a wide variety of food from around the
world. The beverage of choice, at Duo's request, was milk. Again, manners were
very good, even Duo. He was acting very polite. He wanted to make up for
walking in on Serena while Heero was taking care of her chest wound earlier
today. The conversation's topic tonight was technology. Duo brought up an
interesting point about technology and how it can help the human race. Serena
was a little surprised that this was coming from the person that saw her top
half exposed. After dinner, Duo apologized for his abrupt actions earlier."I'm
sorry about walking in on you when you were in your underwear. As a symbol of
respect, Duo kissed Serena's hand. Heero thought Duo was being sarcastic when
he apologized, but realized his sincerity with the small kiss. While Serena was
in the bathroom, Heero said ,"Thank you, Duo. That means very much to
me.". Duo replied ,"It was the least I could do to make up for my
mistake." He then apologized to Serena with a warm voice, who accepted it
without hesitation. "Everybody makes mistakes, Duo." she said.
It was
getting late. Around 11PM, Trowa whispered to Heero ,"You should tell her
about him."
Heero
asked ,"Serena, could I speak to you, alone?". "I get what you
mean, Heero. See you tomorrow." Duo said with a goofy smile. Heero and
Serena headed up to her room. When they arrived, Heero closed the door behind
him. "You better sit down. I have some good news and some bad news."
Heero said, worried "First, the good news: Your friend woke up about 10
minutes ago.". Serena was filled with joy. "Hang on. Now, the bad
news." Heero said in a firm voice. "We found out some disturbing
information about him. His name is Darien Shields, as you already knew. Trowa
and Zechs did some research on his past.". "What did you find
out?" asked a frightened Serena. Heero replied ,"Here's the gist of
it:"
"Trowa
found out about you and the Silver Millennium. It turns out that my former
self, with the same name, was your bodyguard. That's why I am so protective of
you. You know what happened to the Moon Kingdom. Also, Duo, Trowa, Quatre and
Wufei were the guardians of your friends. As you know, Queen Beryl attacked it,
destroying it. What you don't know is how it happened.". "How did it
happen?", Serena asked.
"This
might shock you, but Darien was Beryl's spy" Heero said firmly. "He
infiltrated the Moon Kingdom's security and found out when the best time to
attack was-Sunday, January 23, 999AD at 1:35AM. During the day, I arrested him
on charges of espionage. You were seriously infatuated with him and came to his
defense. During that time, the evil queen attacked at 1:35AM. While protecting
you from Beryl, I was mortally wounded and subsequently died in your arms. From
her minions, Queen Beryl created OZ. Now you know the whole story.".
Serena
was saddened that Heero gave his life to protect her and enraged that Darien
caused the Moon Kingdom's collapse. She was about to go there, but Heero
stopped her. "I'm sorry that you had to find out now, but it was better for
you to know the truth." he said "We can't blow our cover. If we did,
OZ would know exactly what happened. They would come after you. As I said
before, if anything were to happen to you, I could never forgive myself.".
"I understand, Heero." she returned. "Do you remember us playing
matchmaker yesterday? They sounded right because they were together during the
Silver Millennium." Heero said. "I never thought of it that
way." she responded.