AN: okay....all i'll say is ALOT OF SAP BETWEEN HEERO AND RELENA. well, all that i can mannage that is, lol. i can only go up to a certain extent of romance......'cause i guess u could say, I NEVER HAD ONE!!!! oh well....but this is all i can do for this favorite couple of mine. well.......enjoy this forever chapter # 21........
Summer Fun
Relena woke up to a sweet aroma. Wondering what it was that smelt so wonderful, she got up and grabbed a nice baby blue tank top, a dark blue mini skirt and a pair of blue sandals. She opened her door and quietly walked over to the bathroom to take a quick cool shower.
*Smells like breakfast. Who woke up this early to make breakfast? Quatre might have done such a thing, but he left early this morning for another business meeting in London.* Shaking her head from her thoughts, Relena closed the door to the bathroom.
A while later, Relena came out and headed back to her room. She placed the nightgown on a chair neatly and made her bed. Once that was done, she went over to her mirror and fixed up her hair. She brushed it out thoroughly and tied it loosely in a scrunchie. She then applied a little lip-gloss to her lips and looked at herself. Satisfied, she smiled and headed down stairs. (AN: same ol' routine)
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*What was your name again? I didn't quiet catch it.* Duo turned slightly in his sleep.
*My name, it's K . . . *
"Huh?" Duo looked at a white surface, the ceiling. "Damn. I had that same dream again. And I STILL don't know what her name is." Duo took in a long and deep breath.
~Sniff, sniff~ "Is that . . . BREAKFAST!!!" Duo hollered and got out of bed. As soon as he got out from under the covers, he quickly jumped back under them. "Geez, why is it so cold?" (AN: don't get any ideaz ppl!!! ;) it IS because of the dream, but i'm not going to get into that, sorry!!! lol)
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"Mmm . . . something smells goo . . . Heero?" Relena looked at him puzzled.
Heero turned and looked at her. A plate full of food, one in each hand. He gave her a smirk and said, "Yes, what is it?"
Hearing his 'dangerous' tone, Relena lifted up an eyebrow and said, "Never mind."
He walked over to the table and placed the food down, while Relena made her way over to a chair to seat herself. Once Heero placed the food down, he quickly rushed over towards Relena and brought the chair out for her.
Astounded, Relena looked at Heero and he motioned towards the chair. She wanted to say something, but once again she was speechless! She took the offer and sat down. Heero walked back into the kitchen as Duo came down the stairs.
"Hey 'jousan," Duo cautiously said. ". . . you feelin' any better?"
Relena faced Duo as if in puzzlement to the way he was talking to her. "Huh? Yeah, I'm fine Duo." She was still shocked from Heero being a 'gentlemen.' *Um . . . what just happened here?*
By now, Duo was seated and serving himself a plate while everyone else was making their way to the table.
"Who cooked this time?" RJ asked.
"Yeah, smells good." Tiffany and Jacelyn added in.
"Ih . . . don knoff, mah ee osan . . ." ~gulp~ "made 'em."
"Duo, next time speak when your mouth isn't full please." Relena stated.
He gave off a grin and said, "I'm sorry 'jousan." Then he began making his puppy dog eyes, "Can you fo give meeee??"
Everyone, except for one person, eyed Duo. The same thought running through each of their minds.
"Baka." A cold voice said simply.
Duo stuck his tongue out. "Ha! So, Heero, YOU'RE the one who made breakfast, huh. Well, what made ya do it?? Or better yet! Wh . . . " ~WACK!~
"Ouch! Whatchya do THAT for!!!" Duo rubbed the back of his head.
"It would be in your best interest to keep your mouth stuffed with food rather than mouth off what you're thinking." *But then again . . . * Heero just took his seat next to Relena.
"Fine! I will." And Duo began once again to devour his food as fast as he could.
Everyone just shook their heads at the sight before them. They didn't know when, how and why Heero was back so soon. But then again, this IS the 'perfect soldier.' It didn't seem like a good idea to ask about it any way. So they all served themselves and began eating their food.
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Breakfast was over and everyone helped clean up. But everyone made Duo clean up the mess that he made from his frenzy feast. Not wanting to touch it for fear of their 'health.'
"Relena, get your stuff. Time to leave." Heero told her.
"Alright, it's in my room. I guess I'll meet you out side." Relena took off to her room and disappeared up stairs.
*So . . . * Duo had an 'evil' gleam in his eyes. *Heero's gonna take 'jousan out huh, but to WHERE??!!!* Duo snuck behind Heero in cat like moves. Grinning from ear to ear, Duo made for a tackle on Heero.
"AAHHH!!!" Duo jumped up, ready to pounce. But Heero long sensed Duo moving behind him. He just stood there as if he didn't know that Duo was making his move. And just when Duo tried to pounce on him, Heero moved on reflex and stepped aside.
"Uh?" Duo landed flat faced onto the carpet. Duo quickly picked himself up and acted like nothing happened. "Where ya goin' Heero, my man?? Huh, takin' 'jousan on a date!?!" Duo probed.
" . . . " Heero just walked to the door to ready the car.
"What's the matter? Cat caught your tongue!!" Duo yelled. *Humph, well if I can't get it out of Heero . . . *
"RELENA!!!!" Duo shouted, and was about to run up the stairs to talk to her. But then he was stopped short as he was pulled roughly by his four-foot braid.
"AH!!!!!" Duo grabbed the base of his head in agony. He looked at the person who dared to do that to his 'precious hair.' He was met by the most deadly glare on the earth and colonies. Heero Yuy's piercing gaze challenged Duo to try another one of his stunts. Duo just tried one more thing, he stuck his tongue out at Heero and then went to cuddle his braid. Making sure that it wasn't damaged in any way.
"Ready!!" Smiling, Relena was standing at the base of the stairs and was accompanied by a black bag that looked well packed, and a pair of dark sunglasses on the crown of her head.
"Who called my name?" She asked politely.
Duo was about to say something to counter Heero, but was quickly stopped by the look that Heero was throwing at him.
"Duo was just going to ask if you were ready yet since I was a bit busy. But you already are, so lets go." Heero waited for Relena to walk past him, then he gave one more glance at Duo and followed her out.
"Hey Lena, where ya going?" Jacelyn asked.
"Oh, I don't know. I'm going to find out when I get there." She answered lightly.
"Oh, okay. Well, I guess I'll see ya when you come back. You're gonna be back before dinner right? I'm makin' my specialty." Jacelyn winked at her friend.
Smiling brightly, Relena said that she would be back in time for dinner. But Heero didn't catch what the two girls said. He just hoped into the car once he saw Relena already waiting in it.
"Lets go." He said, and the two took off.
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A girl about the same age as Relena, was driving in a sleek black car. She had dark eyes and hair, which was pulled back into a tight ponytail. She passed a car that had a guy driving. He had these intense prussian blue eyes that could freeze her in place if she wasn't just passing by. She saw that there was another person who was occupying the car, but she was wearing these dark sunglasses that she couldn't tell who it was. All she knew was that it was a girl with honey blond hair.
*I wonder . . . * She shook off the thought and continued on her drive to the house that came up before her.
"Hey!! Jacelyn!!!!!" She shouted as she slowed the car down and parked.
"Oh, hi!! What are you doing here?" The girl got out of the car and looked at her friend. "I thought that you were going to spend your summer with your folks." Jacelyn came over to her and gave a hug in her welcome.
"Yeah, well things changed." The girl simply stated, returning the warm greeting.
"Why not come inside and meet everyone." Jacelyn said as she made her way over to the door.
"Yeah, I wanna see Lena!!!! Man, when was the last time I saw her?! I think it was . . . " Then Jacelyn spoke up.
"You JUST missed her!!!" She cut her off.
"I WHAT!?!" The girl almost screamed. She couldn't believe it!! She hadn't seen her good friend for years, and SHE just MISSED HER!!!!
"Yeah," Jacelyn knew that her friend wanted an explanation. "She went off with a friend just now."
"Was the driver a guy with this mean look in his eyes that could kill?!" The girl questioned.
"Yeah, that's him. I was taken aback by him too when I first saw him. But you'll get used to it. Why not stay until Lena comes back? She's gonna be gone for the entire day, but she said she'd be back in time for my dinner." Jacelyn knew that she was planning on staying over anyway, seeing the bag that was in the car's back seat.
"Cool, really!?!" The girl asked.
"Sure, besides . . . there's some other people that you can meet while you're here. And knowing Lena, she'd make you stay anyways. No matter what you say or do." Jacelyn said as she opened the door for her friend.
The girls made little chit-chats about the things that have been going on. Most of the conversation was on how Relena was doing, Tiffany and Jacelyn herself. But when they both got started in talking about 'the guy with the intense eyes,' that was a pretty long conversation.
"Oh, I'm kindda thirsty. I'll go and get a drink of water." Jacelyn nodded as the girl she was talking to stood up and made her way over to the kitchen. What she didn't know was that there was someone already in the kitchen, eating all over again.
"Oh, hello." Duo looked up to the person who was talking to him, not quite recognizing the voice.
"What's your name? Mines K . . ." The girl's eyes widened as she looked at who it was that was in the kitchen. "AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Duo followed as he saw the girl's face.
Jacelyn was the first of the other three people in the house to reach the kitchen, to see what all the screaming was about. "What's wrong!?!" She looked at the two people who were just staring at each other.
"YOU!!!" They both said in unison.
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"So, Heero. Where are we going, and what do you have planned?" She asked after 10 minutes of tormenting silence.
Heero just shrugged. "I'm taking us on a little boating trip, so we can get a nice look of the island."
"Oh, okay."
The rest of the car ride was in silence. But a few more minutes, they found themselves at a small beach. Heero got out, as did Relena, and he grabbed the bag in the back seat. Heero lead Relena to the shoreline and directed her over to a small boat.
"We're going in this?" She asked.
"Yup, good enough for the two of us. I didn't want any extra passengers, so I took this small one just incase we would have anyone else with us." Heero placed his bag into the boat, then took Relena's out of her hands and did the same.
"Hop in."
"Okay." Relena slipped into the boat, followed by Heero after he pushed it out into the water.
"Here you go," Heero handed Relena her paddle.
"Paddling, huh? This is going to be fun." Relena smiled as she took the paddle that Heero offered her.
They stroked and stroked, looking at the sights that they came upon. They even saw two sea green turtles that went swimming past them. After about several hours, they passed two rivers. On the third one, Heero said for them to go into it. So Relena and Heero worked together and stroked towards the white water in front of them.
"Let's pull up over there." Heero pointed over to a small cove like shore. It was covered in little pebbles here and there.
Relena nodded and began paddling over to the spot that was picked out. Heero jumped out and pulled the boat over to the edge of the water. He offered his hand to Relena to help her out. Relena accepted and got out. She walked over to a small boulder and sat down in front of it, leaning her back on it.
"Here." Heero offered her a bottle of clear water. "It's still a bit cold."
"Thank you." Relena clutched the drink in her hands and took a few sips of it.
Heero sat down next to her and watched her drink the water, the liquid disappearing into her mouth. When he saw her start pulling the bottle away from her lips, he shifted his gaze over to the surroundings about him.
"That was good, do you want some?" Relena offered.
"No, that's alright. I already drank some water from another bottle." Heero said, his gaze not quite on Relena.
"Oh."
They sat there, resting and relaxing from their little adventure. But after a few intimidating moments of stillness and utter quiet, Relena got up from her place and went over to the boat to get her bag. She opened it and looked for something in which Heero had no clue on. Soon she brought out a packed lunch for two. Smiling, she walked back over to Heero and sat back down again.
"Hungry? I asked Tiff if she could pack us a little something." She opened the container to reveal chicken katsu, teriyaki, shrimp tempura and of course white rice. "Okay, maybe she went a little over board." Relena said, as she looked at the food.
Heero picked up a pair of hashi (AN: it's chop sticks) into his hands and took a shrimp. "Thank you Relena, but give Tiffany my regards to the food." He said before biting into it. Relena nodded and took her own hashi and began eating too.
The meal was eaten and they both rested a bit more before going back to their little adventurous exploration. Once back in the boat, they launched off and traveled deeper into the river, looking at the creatures and plants along the way. Clouds that looked pretty heavy moved in, and Heero noted that they'd be in for another down pour like last night. They would need to get out from the water and under some shelter fast.
*Those look like they're promising a good rain fall or even a small storm. But the place isn't that close by. It's further up the river.*
"Relena, those clouds are coming up fast." Heero pointed at the darkened sky behind them. "We need to get to a place to stay just for a while. We should keep going up the river and find a place."
Relena agreed at his decision and said, "at least we're not out at sea. That would make it worse."
They kept on heading up the river, looking for anything promising. The river seemed pretty long, for they'd been paddling and searching for a place for 20 minutes already. But by then, the first of the clouds hung above them, soaking the couple immensely. Some strands of Relena's hair were clinging to her face, and her bangs dripping water droplets into her eyes. She kept on brushing them away, looking around. 10 more minutes passed by, and not only was it an all out pour on the two, but the river seemed to be getting rough and rising. Heero didn't like the look of things, and figured that they would need to pull ashore now. Or the worst would happen. He'd kill himself if it did.
"Relena, we have no choice but to get out of the river now." Heero almost yelled over the loud pounding of the water. They were near what seemed like a small waterfall, but this one deceived even the judgement of the 'perfect soldier.' "The water is rising and getting harder for us to manage in."
"Yes, Heero." Relena answered. "We need to get out of the river now."
All of a sudden, a large rush of water came at them. Swallowing the boat and its occupants. Relena tried swimming up for the surface, but it was too dark and the white water was creating too much bubbles for her to see clearly. So in result, she just swam in any direction but up. She was running out of air fast, and if she didn't get up to the surface she would black out soon. She tried desperately to get out of the water and back to the air that was at the surface. But struggling like that only caused her to use up what ever air she had left. Soon she lost all her strength and tried to just hang on, to not breath in the water that surrounded her. Relena's vision soon became blurry, then started to fade. And then just before she lost all sight, she saw a figure swimming towards her. It had these orbs that were the color of prussain blue. Then she had one thought before going into a state of total unconsciousness.
*Heero . . . *
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"What was that all about again?" Tiffany asked the two people who were just siting and staring at each other.
Not getting any response, Jacelyn answered Tiffany's question. "The two of them never really met before, only in their dreams. So when they both saw the other, in reality, they both freaked and this was the end result."
Duo just stared at the girl that he not only encountered in his dreams, but also in the kitchen about three hours ago. The two hadn't said a word since then. Still not believing that the other was real. Tiffany, RJ and Jacelyn only looked at the two when they passed them by, giving them odd glances as to why they were acting like that.
Frustrated, Tiffany couldn't take it anymore. "Hello?? Anyone home?!" Tiffany waved her hands right in front of their faces, not getting any reaction. "Can you guys at LEAST say something!!??!!" A long pause of silence. Tiffany threw her hands up in the air and walked away from the two. Deciding to take a walk on the beach, maybe meet up with RJ and Jacelyn who were down there already.
"What's your name again?" They asked each other simultaneously. "I asked first." They both got mad, thinking that the other was copying ever word they said.
"Look lady," Duo began. "I don't know what you're trying to pull but . . . "
"ME trying to pull anything! I think it's YOU who's trying to do something!!!" She began, getting more angry.
"Hey, just that my dreams about you wasn't enough doesn't mean that you can, can . . . " Duo couldn't find anything to say. (AN: Duo not having anything to say¿! LS!!!!!!!!)
"Your dreams? HA! YOU were the ONE who invaded MINE!!!" Now fuming, she started to clench her fists tightly. Duo saw this and figured that it wouldn't be such a good idea, especially if he . . .
"Look, let's start over, huh . . . whatta ya say?" He stuck his hand out, waiting to see if she'd take it. "I'm Duo Maxwell."
Thinking that she might as well accept it, she took his hand and shook it. "My name's Kay, Kay Camerson. But just call me Kay."
"And YOU can call me whatever you like." He had a grin on his face once again. "But everyone else just calls me Duo."
Finally talking, the two began explaining about the dreams that they both had. Only to find out that they had the exact same ones. *Weird,* they both thought. But, once they got talking, there didn't seem like there was any sign of stopping.
After another hour, RJ, Jacelyn and Tiffany walked back into the house to see the two talking up a storm. This only earned the two on the couch more weird glances, and Duo giving them their own. They all shook their heads and headed their separate ways. Jacelyn to the kitchen, and RJ and Tiffany up the stairs. While Duo and Kay were talking, Jacelyn began preparation for dinner and RJ and Tiffany went up stairs to their respected rooms.
Jacelyn was halfway done cooking her 'special' meal when she noticed the sky outside. *Those two better take care. There's no doubt about it that it's a storm brewing out there, and it seems that it's headed in real fast.* Hoping for the best, Jacelyn continued her cooking.
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"Uhh . . . " Relena awakened to a clear starry night sky above her. As if the storm never took place. She felt cold, but her feet the worst for they were still slightly in the water. "I must have been out of it for quite some time." Relena tried to get up, but found that her body only responded in pain. Knowing that she's powerless to move at that point, she laid back down.
*What happened?* Relena began to ponder the last events that she could remember. *Oh, that's right. There was the rush of water, and me being in the river trying to get to the surface. But I couldn't and . . . *
"HEERO!!!" Relena tried desperately to look for him, trying to not move too much for her body ached enough as it was. She shut one eye in pain as the shocks were sent all over her body. Finally, she found Heero. He was laying face up at the twinkling sky above, to her left. He looked like he was out of it still, and looked pretty roughed up. Ignoring the protests that her body was saying, she crawled over to Heero. After five minutes of trying, Relena was finally at Heero's side. She looked at his face, seeing that he looked pretty fine. She place her head over his chest to where his heart is, careful not to put too much of her weight on him at first. Not sure if he was injured badly or not. Hearing the calm thumping of his heartbeat, Relena relaxed a bit. She made a good inspection of his body, looking for any serious injuries. Satisfied that he seemed pretty much fine, except for a few scratches here and there, she gave out a long sigh. She then leaned onto his body, feeling that she was falling asleep from all that she'd been through. Soon, she found herself dreaming of no one else but . . .
*Heero . . . *
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"Where's Relena? I thought you said that she'd be here before dinner started. It's already 11:45 pm!" Kay asked Jacelyn who looked really worried.
"RJ and Duo are back!" Jacelyn exclaimed at the sight of the car pulling up in the driveway.
The three girls all rushed out side to meet up with the guys. "Well?" They all said.
"We found the car, but there wasn't anyone around. The boat hasn't been returned either, so I'm guessing that they got caught up in the storm." Duo stated, his voice wavering here and there.
"Nah," RJ said. "Don't worry about them. Heero can take care of both of them. They'll be fine. Besides, I wouldn't be surprised if they came back tomorrow night."
Duo quickly shot up and said, "YEAH! Ol' soldier boy can take care of Relena AND himself!! I wouldn't be surprised if . . . " Duo shut his mouth immediately at the thought of it.
"IF?" Kay raised an eyebrow. She wanted to know what it was that Duo was thinking.
"Aww, never mind. Let's go bed already!! I'm sackin' it, it's almost midnight." Duo said.
"Yeah. I agree. Heero can take care of the two of 'em and we should get some rest." Tiffany added in.
"Alrighty," Jacelyn lead them all to the door and up the stairs.
"Umm, Jacelyn?" Kay asked quietly.
"Huh? Wh's the matter gurl?" Jacelyn tuned around to face Kay.
"Where can I sleep?"
"OH! Sorry, um . . . " Jacelyn thought for a moment. "Why not take Relena's room. Since she's not here you might as well take hers. I don't think you'd like the other two options."
A daring look was set in Kay's eyes as she asked, "What other two options?"
"Well . . . you COULD sleep on the couch down stairs." Jacelyn began.
"Scratch that one."
"Or you could take Heero's room. You know."
"Relena's so called 'boyfriend.' I know." Sarcastically said. "Well, I guess I will take Relena's room after all." Kay sighed.
"Okay, Relena's room is the one all the way down the hall to the right, k. G'night." Jacelyn entered her room as Kay bid her a good rest.
*Damn Relena, why g'ya have to leave just when I came by.* Kay yawned. *Oh well.* And went into 'her' room for the night.
Duo watched through his partially opened door as Kay entered Relena's room. He then said a silent good night to her before closing his door and heading off to bed.
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Moving around, scanning to find something that's there. Something that was seen. Carrying something fragile as pain shot through, made everything harder to do. 'It' shifted 'it's' weight, the movement ceasing for a bit. Then when 'it' settled back down, the movement resumed once again.
Ghostly shadows seemed to move about, the ire glow of the sliver lit moon cascading down onto the earth all around. Shadows that came and past. But not getting off what was at hand from the shadows that circled around, the moving picked up to a faster pace. Searching, searching for what was seen, and would be once again.
Finally, a path that seemed to stand out from the rest that was taken. Remembering the direction that was taken before, started going down the path. The 'thing' would be found again, and then could lay to rest. Rest till the break of dawn, the time when the fragile thing would shift once again. Finding it just where it was last seen and hidden, went inside and finally laid to rest.
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"Uhh . . what time is it?"
"Nine am, Duo. So get your lazy but out of bed. We got 'something' to take care of, remember?!" Kay asked sarcastically. *How can you forget that our friends ARE LOST!!!!!!*
"Oh yeah, well what would THAT be!?! HUH . . . can't here you." He shot back.
"You didn't even give me a chance to say anything." She complained. "Anyways, Heero AND Relena still haven't returned yet. We're starting to think different options."
"Like what, 'sendin' out a search party for Mr. Suicide boy'?" HA! That'll be the day. Him, getin' rescued by someone. That's . . . " Duo's world immediately turned black. "Wafa heff wavvs, wavvz . . . " Duo took the piece of clothing off his face. "THAT FOR!!" He finally finished.
Kay couldn't contain her laughter, the sight before her was too much for her. Duo Maxwell had a shirt thrown right into his face, without him even noticing.
"And I thought a gundam pilot would be on his toes ALL the time," she mocked.
"Yeah, well . . . well . . . " Duo couldn't come up with a good come back.
Kay started giggling again. She stopped a while after and got a look at Duo's expression.
"Oh, c'mon . . . get up and we'll go and get something to eat while thinking of what to do about the 'missing couple'." She said, walking out the door.
Duo just watched her walk out his bedroom door. Once she disappeared, he listened to the light footsteps fading away as she walked down the stairs.
*Man . . . how in the heck did she actually become reality??* Shaking off his thoughts, Duo got out of bed and slipped on the shirt that was thrown at him in the face by Kay.
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"Is he up yet?" Jacelyn asked Kay, who just got down from the stairs.
"Yeah," she started giggling.
"Uh oh." Tiffany simply said. "What did you do to him?"
"Well . . . " and Kay began her little story of what just happened up stairs in Duo's room.
"Hey you guys," RJ chimed at the girls, them having their little chit-chat. But when he spoke again, his voice sounded the total opposite. "The car's still there . . . and still no sign of the boat or Heero and Relena."
Everyone's faces turned grim at the news that was just given. The same thoughts running through each of their minds, except for one person. He sort of knew what was planned, but the storm wasn't apart of it. And that made things look pretty bad.
*It was going to be . . . but then the storm could change things and . . . *
"HEY! What's for breakfast??" Duo received hateful glances from everyone. "What?"
Everyone shook their heads at the 'clueless' Duo. Kay, motioning to him to sit down and placing a muffin down on the table.
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A stream of pure sunlight lit up the features of the Peacecraft princess. She turned over to her side, and slowly opened her aqua-marine eyes. The first thing that she saw was a small yellow flower and a piece of paper on the white plush pillow that her head laid on. She reached out for it, grasped the both of them in her left hand. She sat up and looked at the two contents within her hand. She looked at the graceful flower and smelt the kokochiyoi (AN: it means sweet in Japanese) in it. The heavenly fragrance hanging in the air, she read the note that went along with the gift she just received.
~* l'll be right back, just stay put. I mean it Relena, don't go out side.
-Heero*~
*'Don't go out side'.* Relena thought coyly. *Hmn . . . * An evil thought crossed her mind. *But wait a sec . . . where the heck am I?!*
Deciding that she'd get it out of Heero later, Relena got out from under the light blanket around her. She looked at her whereabouts and found that she was in a small one roomed cabin with a bathroom and what seemed to be a kitchen, but no place to cook any food what so ever. Just a sink, counter and a cabinet to store things inside. The place looked clean, as if someone was there recently. Knowing that something was up, Relena now became determined to find out where she really was. She went over to the bathroom to find all that was required for one to live in just that small house or shack. She even found a medicine cabinet that of course was also a mirror. She shrugged everything off and decided to fix herself up, take a good shower and get out of those clothes she was still wearing from yesterday. She had found her bag earlier next to the bed she was in, so she closed the door to the bathroom and took her shower.
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Heero searched for his way back to the river, in hopes that the boat would somehow still be somewhat intact. After back tracking his way that he semi-remembered from last night, he came upon the same spot where the water overcame the small boat and it's passengers. Heero began his search along the river for any clues to where the boat and/or derbies might have come ashore. It wasn't too long after that, that the boat or what was left of it was no where in sight. Deciding that Relena had long woken up, Heero began making his way back to where he left her.
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Relena came out of the bathroom, singing a tune that she had learned when she was five. This time she was wearing a blue tank top and black Capri pants and sandals. Her hair hanging loosely behind her.
She glided back over to the bed and sat down. She pulled out that little note that Heero left her and held the little flower in her right hand, placing it carefully in her hair. Once the flower was secure, she read the note all over again.
*What's so bad about going out side?* Relena thought. *What could possibly be out there?* Her curiosity getting the better of her, Relena got up and made her way over to the door. She turned the knob and pulled the creaking door towards her. Sunlight flooded the room's shadows immediately, and Relena tried to adjust to the brightness out side. Before she really could focus her sight, Relena stepped out side.
Almost right after she stepped out side, she felt something curl around her waist. Her breath caught in her throat, Relena stiffened under the touch of 'it' around her. What had she gotten herself into now.
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"I say that we should all go down to where they launched and search the beach. See if we find any clues as to where they might be." Kay said.
One person knew where they'd most likely be if they survived the storm and made it there. But didn't say anything at all about it, yet.
Duo swallowed the last of his drink and said, "I agree with Kay gurl here." He pointed out. "'Cause if we were to SEARCH for Mr. 'perfect soldier' boy . . . well HA! Gooood luck! If he didn't want us to find him, then we certainly won't."
"Yeah, you're probably right, Duo." Tiffany began. "But I hope we can get a clue as to where they are or that they're all right after that storm."
"Well," Jacelyn tried to sound a bit cheery. "If people really do say he's the 'perfect soldier,' than anythings possible. But let's just go down there to look anyways, but not be so worried, k."
Everyone nodded and agreed. They cleaned up the table and kitchen, then pilled up in their cars and left for where Heero and Relena were last known to be.
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"I thought I told you to stay inside." Heero whispered dangerously into her ear.
Relena relaxed a bit by the deep sound of his voice, knowing that it was only him. Heero's response was to pull her closer and secure her in a firmer grip. Now Relena was totally up against Heero, and she became somewhat tense again. Her breathing slightly becoming rapid at his sudden course of action. Heero sensed this from her and gave himself an inward smirk. *Good.*
"What would have happened to you if it wasn't me? Hmn." He began speaking in long, silky tones.
Relena's mind raced to not only answer his question, but at different thoughts as well.
"Then wouldn't my 'Heero' come to my rescue?" She answered with a question, a small smile appearing on her lips.
*So she wants to play it that way, huh.*
By now the 'perfect soldier' would be screaming for Heero to stop this foreplay, but that was long forgotten. This time Heero let his emotions run free and didn't let his training get in the way. He needed this just as much as Relena said she needed him and his strength. What he needed was to be with Relena from that moment on. Not that he didn't needed her before, but now, it would be a requirement for him just to live the rest of his life.
"Relena . . . " He felt her hold her breath for a short while. He spun her around gently, but with speed. Now they were face to face, eye to eye, gaze upon gaze. Even if either wanted out now, there was no turning back. They were both caught in each other's spells.
They drew nearer and nearer with each beat of their hearts. Thinking, hoping, and yet knowing somehow that it was and would happen. A tingling feeling running up and down each of their spines.
Relena quickly remembered when she and Heero kissed back in the kitchen, short and sweet. Not quite how Relena thought her first kiss would be, but was just as perfect as ever. But now, now she would discover how a real long, sweet and passionate kiss would be like. And she'd find that out with the one she loves with all her heart and soul.
Just before their lips brushed up against each other, Heero said something to Relena, barely a whisper. "Aishiteru."
Relena's eyes widened in shock, and she was totally caught off guard when Heero claimed her lips as his once again. Just for a moment, Relena didn't know what to do. As if this WAS her first time. That she was just a little girl playing a game with a 'dangerous' young man. And he did make her feel like a little girl, he would time and time again. She not knowing what she was doing, what she was thinking. All the things that she had done she vaguely remembered. She'd need someone to actually tell her what just happened.
Finally able to think as strait as possible, Relena gave into Heero and reacted back to the emotion that he was emitting through the kiss. She gave back all the feelings that she had held for him for years, all being said in this one-shared moment between the two. Words couldn't and wouldn't be said to explain the emotion that was being surpressed but now finally released and shared. They finally gave into one another.
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"We should split up into three groups." Tiffany began giving out instructions rather than suggestions. "We'll break up into three groups, but the third one will just be one person to stay behind, just incase Heero or Relena contact us. The rest of us will split into groups of two."
"I'll go with Kay"
"I'll go with Duo."
The other three in the group looked at the two people who just determined who they wanted to go with, simultaneously. Both shrugged and said 'what' at the same time. The other three just decided to forget it for now. They had more important matters to take care of now.
"Okay, fine. Duo and Kay, you two go that way," Tiffany pointed up one side of the beach. "RJ or Jacelyn, which one of you wanna stay behind?"
"I'll stay," RJ replied.
"Jacelyn?"
"That's fine, I'll partner up with you." She stated simply.
"Okay then, RJ stays here and Jacelyn and I will go the opposite to the two of you." Tiffany gestured to the couple in front of her. "We'll meet back here in and hour, no more. If you find something, come back here ASAP. Got it? Let's go."
They went searching up and down the shoreline, thinking that they HOPEFULLY wouldn't find anything that could mean . . . no, they wouldn't think like that. They'd just look up and down as they went along their way on the beach.
RJ went back into the car and sat there, listening for anything at all and keeping his eyes intent on the beach before him.
On the other hand, Duo and Kay were having a blast talking and finding out more about the other. The conversation getting more and more interesting at each word said. 45 minutes passed and they talked like this the entire time, that is until Kay spotted something unusual. The pair walked up to it and found out that it was what seemed to be a boat, but now was a complete wreck. Both decided that they ought to report this to the others, and headed on their way back to where they all began the search.
RJ saw Duo and Kay coming up fast. He figured they found something, so he got out of the car and ran up to them.
"Has there been any word from any of them?" Duo asked between pants from running.
"No." RJ said, fearing that they found something that would spell it all out.
"Well," Kay started to calm down a bit. "Well, we found what seemed to be a boat, but we're not too sure. RJ, did you ever see the boat that Heero and Relena took with them?"
RJ nodded his head in agreement just as Jacelyn and Tiffany were coming in sight.
"We didn't find anything." Jacelyn said. "But I got a feeling that you guys did."
Kay started explaining what was sighted and that RJ said that there still wasn't any contact from Heero or Relena yet.
"Well, let's go take a look at that thing, then head back to he house, 'cause there's nothing else to do here." RJ suggested. Everyone agreed and they went on their way to the thing that Duo and Kay saw.
"Is that it?" Kay asked worriedly. RJ looked at it carefully and found something interesting.
"Well!?!" Everyone asked anxiously.
"It looks the same." RJ explained. "But the name of the boat, I can't quite make it out . . . and the bad thing is that it looks like the name of the boat that Heero and Relena did take. We better head back though, the clouds are coming back in for a little shower." They all agreed and headed back to the cars.
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It had been a wonderful day, all alone with Heero Yuy. Of course nothing drastic happened. (AN: NO LEMONS!!!! i'm not old enough yet ppl, sorry.) But it was a perfect day to spend with him alone. After that kiss they shared, they went inside to get something to eat. They talked for a while, then decided to go hiking around to take a look around. Of course Heero was hesitant about letting the former Queen of the World go, he not knowing if it was safe or not. But it would be pretty safe considering that he knew the place pretty well by description from a friend. And the fact that Relena wouldn't be by herself made him feel a bit of easy. But right now, Relena was siting by the small fire that was made out side of the house. She gazed at the stars above her. They already had something to eat, and Heero said he'd be right back.
*Who would ever thought that we'd end up in a place like this . . . us lost and in a place where everything's . . . * Relena's thoughts stopped there. *Wait a minute, Heero Yuy, LOST!!??!! NO!!! IT CAN'T BE!!!!!* Relena couldn't believe it, she wouldn't believe it! *No, it had to be planned somehow, but it doesn't seem all well planned to me. The storm and me almost drowning surely wouldn't be apart of a plan would it?! AH! Who cares, as long as I get to stay with Heero alone for a day or two, I'm happy!!!!!!*
Just then, a shooting star shot across the heavens above. "Close your eyes and make a wish, Relena." Relena did as he said and closed her eyes, then silently made her wish.
When she opened her eyes, she was face to face with Heero. The fire had died down by now because of the lack of feeding it. The moon above was the only light that Relena could use to see Heero in front of her. The ire glow making him look . . .
"What did you wish for?" He asked.
Relena only shook her head and said, "I can't tell you, for if I do it won't come true."
"Are you sure about that?" He asked darkly this time, which drove Relena crazy.
"Well," her heart rate increasing again, just like what happened that morning. "I know that if I tell you in words it won't . . . " She trailed off.
"But?" He pursued. He began to lean forward towards her, she falling backwards at the same time.
"Maybe . . . maybe . . ." Relena was getting closer and closer to the ground behind her as Heero got closer and closer to her.
" . . . maybe . . . ???" By now Heero had her pinned to the ground, and he grabbed both her hands in his. As if he wasn't going to let his prey escape him, but of course she wouldn't.
" . . . I could show you . . . " That's all Heero wanted to hear, and he had her again, lips locked for just a moment.
When they broke apart, Heero let go of her, Relena already missing his touch on her. He helped her sit up. But then a breeze went by, carrying the cold chilly night air with it.
Heero saw Relena shiver and said, "Let's go back inside. It's getting kind of cold out here."
Relena shook her head. "But I love looking at the stars . . . they twinkle up in the heavens as if there was no end to their shine. They could sparkle for all eternity. Please, I just want to stay out here a bit longer to look at them. They always bring me and my mind peace."
Heero was studying her expression the entire time she said it, and heard the emotion in her words. They each had a different meaning and emphasized it in their own way. How could he refuse her request?
Knowing that it was still cold, and Heero wanting to grant her wish that she just asked of him, Heero moved closer to her. He wrapped his arms around her protectively from the cold.
"Better?" He asked softly.
Relena only smiled and replied, "Yes, and thank you, Heero."
Heero kissed her on the side of her face lightly and looked up to the stars himself.
They sat there together like that for about 10 more minutes before going back inside. Heero and Relena curled under the blanket together, getting ready for bed.
Right before Relena fell asleep, she asked Heero a question. "Heero?"
"Hmn."
"Did you mean what you said this morning?"
"What, 'Aishiteru'?"
"Yes." She said sleepily.
"Hai, Relena . . . " He kissed her forehead just as she fell into her slumber. "Yes, Relena, I love you."
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"Still no word of 'em?" Duo asked.
Everyone shook their heads grimly. Now they were thinking the worst.
"Well, I think we should all try and get some rest." Kay suggested. "We're not helping the situation by staying up all night. Besides, Relena would probably kill us if she found out that we stayed up all night."
The room unchanged by her strike of humor, she rose from her chair and walked over to Duo. She said 'good night' to him quietly and headed up stairs. As soon as everyone else heard Kay shut her door, they all made their way up to their rooms as well. Hoping they'd get word of the 'missing couple' tomorrow and that they'd find some way to get some shut eye.
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Relena woke up to find that Heero was pulling their bags to the door.
"Good morning sleepy head." Heero said without turning to make sure she was actually awake.
"Good morning Heero. What are you doing this morning?" She asked puzzled.
"Well, we better start heading back to where we parked the car. Everyone must be wondering where the heck we are."
Relena had totally forgotten about everyone else! How could she have forgotten about them!?! It was impossible!! But Relena was too caught up in being with Heero that she forgot the rest of the summer vacation.
"ARA! I forgot about them!!!" (AN: "Ara" means "oh")
Heero smirked at that, the thought now stuck in his head forever. *Relena Peacecraft forgot about her friends because she was too concentrated at the events that took place in less than 24 hours.*
"Come on Relena. Get out of bed, change your clothes and eat your breakfast. If we leave soon, we might make it to the car before dark."
Relena stuck her tongue out like a child and replied, "I don't need to be told what to do." She laughed as she got out from under the covers.
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Everyone at the house got up slowly, remembering the past days events. They were all hoping that it was just a nightmare and that they'd wake up with everything in right order. But it was all reality, and it sucked!
They morning went by slowly, and the afternoon twice as slow. No one ate, no one moved from their spot in the living room, they just sat there waiting for word. Hoping that this would resolve it's self.
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Heero helped Relena when she needed it. Not stopping to look at plants or animals, just for really short breaks for water and rest. They needed to get to the car as soon as they could. It was already 6:30 pm, and the sun would be coming down soon. Heero estimated that they weren't that far now. But he kept silent and just kept on going, watching Relena at the same time.
7:10 pm and the sun had set. Heero could see quite well in the dark since he was so used to hiding in the shadows. Relena however, had a little trouble with watching where she was going. But it didn't take long before she adapted to the dark around her. She could now sort of see for herself.
A few moments later, Heero saw a clearing, and a car. Their car.
"Relena, we made it." Heero called behind him.
"Really!?! God, I thought we'd never make it and that we'd have to go back to the house." She said sarcastically and tiredly.
Heero smirked at her comment. Then got a evil idea. "Wanna go back? We can."
WHAT WAS THAT!?! WAS HE ASKING IF SHE WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE HOUSE!?!
"Heero Yuy!" Relena couldn't believe what he just said.
Heero laughed slightly and told her he was just kidding.
They made their way over to the car and got in. Heero started it up and began driving their way back to Relena's house.
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"I DON'T CARE!!!!! I'M GOING TO CALL THEM!!!!!!!!" Kay screamed. She couldn't take it anymore and wanted to call one of the authorities.
"But if you do that Kay, then the world and colonies will know that she's missing. We can't do that!!!!" Duo tried to reason with her.
"NO!!!! I'M GONNA CAL . . . " RJ put up a hand for silence, cutting off Kay instantly.
"Listen." Tiffany said.
"Is that?" Jacelyn asked.
"RELENA!!!!!!!!" Kay cried and ran out the door, followed by four worried sick friends.
Relena and Heero emerged from the car and was mobbed by everyone. The mob, happy that they were all right, but a million questions going off at once.
AN: WOW!!!!!!! that chapters SUPPER SUPPER LONG!!!!!!! 16 pages on my microsoft word in textz size 10!!!! well, whatta ya think??? REVIEWS!!!!!!! and i'll give you ppl the "EPROLUGE". but for now, bye......
Summer Fun
Relena woke up to a sweet aroma. Wondering what it was that smelt so wonderful, she got up and grabbed a nice baby blue tank top, a dark blue mini skirt and a pair of blue sandals. She opened her door and quietly walked over to the bathroom to take a quick cool shower.
*Smells like breakfast. Who woke up this early to make breakfast? Quatre might have done such a thing, but he left early this morning for another business meeting in London.* Shaking her head from her thoughts, Relena closed the door to the bathroom.
A while later, Relena came out and headed back to her room. She placed the nightgown on a chair neatly and made her bed. Once that was done, she went over to her mirror and fixed up her hair. She brushed it out thoroughly and tied it loosely in a scrunchie. She then applied a little lip-gloss to her lips and looked at herself. Satisfied, she smiled and headed down stairs. (AN: same ol' routine)
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*What was your name again? I didn't quiet catch it.* Duo turned slightly in his sleep.
*My name, it's K . . . *
"Huh?" Duo looked at a white surface, the ceiling. "Damn. I had that same dream again. And I STILL don't know what her name is." Duo took in a long and deep breath.
~Sniff, sniff~ "Is that . . . BREAKFAST!!!" Duo hollered and got out of bed. As soon as he got out from under the covers, he quickly jumped back under them. "Geez, why is it so cold?" (AN: don't get any ideaz ppl!!! ;) it IS because of the dream, but i'm not going to get into that, sorry!!! lol)
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"Mmm . . . something smells goo . . . Heero?" Relena looked at him puzzled.
Heero turned and looked at her. A plate full of food, one in each hand. He gave her a smirk and said, "Yes, what is it?"
Hearing his 'dangerous' tone, Relena lifted up an eyebrow and said, "Never mind."
He walked over to the table and placed the food down, while Relena made her way over to a chair to seat herself. Once Heero placed the food down, he quickly rushed over towards Relena and brought the chair out for her.
Astounded, Relena looked at Heero and he motioned towards the chair. She wanted to say something, but once again she was speechless! She took the offer and sat down. Heero walked back into the kitchen as Duo came down the stairs.
"Hey 'jousan," Duo cautiously said. ". . . you feelin' any better?"
Relena faced Duo as if in puzzlement to the way he was talking to her. "Huh? Yeah, I'm fine Duo." She was still shocked from Heero being a 'gentlemen.' *Um . . . what just happened here?*
By now, Duo was seated and serving himself a plate while everyone else was making their way to the table.
"Who cooked this time?" RJ asked.
"Yeah, smells good." Tiffany and Jacelyn added in.
"Ih . . . don knoff, mah ee osan . . ." ~gulp~ "made 'em."
"Duo, next time speak when your mouth isn't full please." Relena stated.
He gave off a grin and said, "I'm sorry 'jousan." Then he began making his puppy dog eyes, "Can you fo give meeee??"
Everyone, except for one person, eyed Duo. The same thought running through each of their minds.
"Baka." A cold voice said simply.
Duo stuck his tongue out. "Ha! So, Heero, YOU'RE the one who made breakfast, huh. Well, what made ya do it?? Or better yet! Wh . . . " ~WACK!~
"Ouch! Whatchya do THAT for!!!" Duo rubbed the back of his head.
"It would be in your best interest to keep your mouth stuffed with food rather than mouth off what you're thinking." *But then again . . . * Heero just took his seat next to Relena.
"Fine! I will." And Duo began once again to devour his food as fast as he could.
Everyone just shook their heads at the sight before them. They didn't know when, how and why Heero was back so soon. But then again, this IS the 'perfect soldier.' It didn't seem like a good idea to ask about it any way. So they all served themselves and began eating their food.
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Breakfast was over and everyone helped clean up. But everyone made Duo clean up the mess that he made from his frenzy feast. Not wanting to touch it for fear of their 'health.'
"Relena, get your stuff. Time to leave." Heero told her.
"Alright, it's in my room. I guess I'll meet you out side." Relena took off to her room and disappeared up stairs.
*So . . . * Duo had an 'evil' gleam in his eyes. *Heero's gonna take 'jousan out huh, but to WHERE??!!!* Duo snuck behind Heero in cat like moves. Grinning from ear to ear, Duo made for a tackle on Heero.
"AAHHH!!!" Duo jumped up, ready to pounce. But Heero long sensed Duo moving behind him. He just stood there as if he didn't know that Duo was making his move. And just when Duo tried to pounce on him, Heero moved on reflex and stepped aside.
"Uh?" Duo landed flat faced onto the carpet. Duo quickly picked himself up and acted like nothing happened. "Where ya goin' Heero, my man?? Huh, takin' 'jousan on a date!?!" Duo probed.
" . . . " Heero just walked to the door to ready the car.
"What's the matter? Cat caught your tongue!!" Duo yelled. *Humph, well if I can't get it out of Heero . . . *
"RELENA!!!!" Duo shouted, and was about to run up the stairs to talk to her. But then he was stopped short as he was pulled roughly by his four-foot braid.
"AH!!!!!" Duo grabbed the base of his head in agony. He looked at the person who dared to do that to his 'precious hair.' He was met by the most deadly glare on the earth and colonies. Heero Yuy's piercing gaze challenged Duo to try another one of his stunts. Duo just tried one more thing, he stuck his tongue out at Heero and then went to cuddle his braid. Making sure that it wasn't damaged in any way.
"Ready!!" Smiling, Relena was standing at the base of the stairs and was accompanied by a black bag that looked well packed, and a pair of dark sunglasses on the crown of her head.
"Who called my name?" She asked politely.
Duo was about to say something to counter Heero, but was quickly stopped by the look that Heero was throwing at him.
"Duo was just going to ask if you were ready yet since I was a bit busy. But you already are, so lets go." Heero waited for Relena to walk past him, then he gave one more glance at Duo and followed her out.
"Hey Lena, where ya going?" Jacelyn asked.
"Oh, I don't know. I'm going to find out when I get there." She answered lightly.
"Oh, okay. Well, I guess I'll see ya when you come back. You're gonna be back before dinner right? I'm makin' my specialty." Jacelyn winked at her friend.
Smiling brightly, Relena said that she would be back in time for dinner. But Heero didn't catch what the two girls said. He just hoped into the car once he saw Relena already waiting in it.
"Lets go." He said, and the two took off.
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A girl about the same age as Relena, was driving in a sleek black car. She had dark eyes and hair, which was pulled back into a tight ponytail. She passed a car that had a guy driving. He had these intense prussian blue eyes that could freeze her in place if she wasn't just passing by. She saw that there was another person who was occupying the car, but she was wearing these dark sunglasses that she couldn't tell who it was. All she knew was that it was a girl with honey blond hair.
*I wonder . . . * She shook off the thought and continued on her drive to the house that came up before her.
"Hey!! Jacelyn!!!!!" She shouted as she slowed the car down and parked.
"Oh, hi!! What are you doing here?" The girl got out of the car and looked at her friend. "I thought that you were going to spend your summer with your folks." Jacelyn came over to her and gave a hug in her welcome.
"Yeah, well things changed." The girl simply stated, returning the warm greeting.
"Why not come inside and meet everyone." Jacelyn said as she made her way over to the door.
"Yeah, I wanna see Lena!!!! Man, when was the last time I saw her?! I think it was . . . " Then Jacelyn spoke up.
"You JUST missed her!!!" She cut her off.
"I WHAT!?!" The girl almost screamed. She couldn't believe it!! She hadn't seen her good friend for years, and SHE just MISSED HER!!!!
"Yeah," Jacelyn knew that her friend wanted an explanation. "She went off with a friend just now."
"Was the driver a guy with this mean look in his eyes that could kill?!" The girl questioned.
"Yeah, that's him. I was taken aback by him too when I first saw him. But you'll get used to it. Why not stay until Lena comes back? She's gonna be gone for the entire day, but she said she'd be back in time for my dinner." Jacelyn knew that she was planning on staying over anyway, seeing the bag that was in the car's back seat.
"Cool, really!?!" The girl asked.
"Sure, besides . . . there's some other people that you can meet while you're here. And knowing Lena, she'd make you stay anyways. No matter what you say or do." Jacelyn said as she opened the door for her friend.
The girls made little chit-chats about the things that have been going on. Most of the conversation was on how Relena was doing, Tiffany and Jacelyn herself. But when they both got started in talking about 'the guy with the intense eyes,' that was a pretty long conversation.
"Oh, I'm kindda thirsty. I'll go and get a drink of water." Jacelyn nodded as the girl she was talking to stood up and made her way over to the kitchen. What she didn't know was that there was someone already in the kitchen, eating all over again.
"Oh, hello." Duo looked up to the person who was talking to him, not quite recognizing the voice.
"What's your name? Mines K . . ." The girl's eyes widened as she looked at who it was that was in the kitchen. "AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Duo followed as he saw the girl's face.
Jacelyn was the first of the other three people in the house to reach the kitchen, to see what all the screaming was about. "What's wrong!?!" She looked at the two people who were just staring at each other.
"YOU!!!" They both said in unison.
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"So, Heero. Where are we going, and what do you have planned?" She asked after 10 minutes of tormenting silence.
Heero just shrugged. "I'm taking us on a little boating trip, so we can get a nice look of the island."
"Oh, okay."
The rest of the car ride was in silence. But a few more minutes, they found themselves at a small beach. Heero got out, as did Relena, and he grabbed the bag in the back seat. Heero lead Relena to the shoreline and directed her over to a small boat.
"We're going in this?" She asked.
"Yup, good enough for the two of us. I didn't want any extra passengers, so I took this small one just incase we would have anyone else with us." Heero placed his bag into the boat, then took Relena's out of her hands and did the same.
"Hop in."
"Okay." Relena slipped into the boat, followed by Heero after he pushed it out into the water.
"Here you go," Heero handed Relena her paddle.
"Paddling, huh? This is going to be fun." Relena smiled as she took the paddle that Heero offered her.
They stroked and stroked, looking at the sights that they came upon. They even saw two sea green turtles that went swimming past them. After about several hours, they passed two rivers. On the third one, Heero said for them to go into it. So Relena and Heero worked together and stroked towards the white water in front of them.
"Let's pull up over there." Heero pointed over to a small cove like shore. It was covered in little pebbles here and there.
Relena nodded and began paddling over to the spot that was picked out. Heero jumped out and pulled the boat over to the edge of the water. He offered his hand to Relena to help her out. Relena accepted and got out. She walked over to a small boulder and sat down in front of it, leaning her back on it.
"Here." Heero offered her a bottle of clear water. "It's still a bit cold."
"Thank you." Relena clutched the drink in her hands and took a few sips of it.
Heero sat down next to her and watched her drink the water, the liquid disappearing into her mouth. When he saw her start pulling the bottle away from her lips, he shifted his gaze over to the surroundings about him.
"That was good, do you want some?" Relena offered.
"No, that's alright. I already drank some water from another bottle." Heero said, his gaze not quite on Relena.
"Oh."
They sat there, resting and relaxing from their little adventure. But after a few intimidating moments of stillness and utter quiet, Relena got up from her place and went over to the boat to get her bag. She opened it and looked for something in which Heero had no clue on. Soon she brought out a packed lunch for two. Smiling, she walked back over to Heero and sat back down again.
"Hungry? I asked Tiff if she could pack us a little something." She opened the container to reveal chicken katsu, teriyaki, shrimp tempura and of course white rice. "Okay, maybe she went a little over board." Relena said, as she looked at the food.
Heero picked up a pair of hashi (AN: it's chop sticks) into his hands and took a shrimp. "Thank you Relena, but give Tiffany my regards to the food." He said before biting into it. Relena nodded and took her own hashi and began eating too.
The meal was eaten and they both rested a bit more before going back to their little adventurous exploration. Once back in the boat, they launched off and traveled deeper into the river, looking at the creatures and plants along the way. Clouds that looked pretty heavy moved in, and Heero noted that they'd be in for another down pour like last night. They would need to get out from the water and under some shelter fast.
*Those look like they're promising a good rain fall or even a small storm. But the place isn't that close by. It's further up the river.*
"Relena, those clouds are coming up fast." Heero pointed at the darkened sky behind them. "We need to get to a place to stay just for a while. We should keep going up the river and find a place."
Relena agreed at his decision and said, "at least we're not out at sea. That would make it worse."
They kept on heading up the river, looking for anything promising. The river seemed pretty long, for they'd been paddling and searching for a place for 20 minutes already. But by then, the first of the clouds hung above them, soaking the couple immensely. Some strands of Relena's hair were clinging to her face, and her bangs dripping water droplets into her eyes. She kept on brushing them away, looking around. 10 more minutes passed by, and not only was it an all out pour on the two, but the river seemed to be getting rough and rising. Heero didn't like the look of things, and figured that they would need to pull ashore now. Or the worst would happen. He'd kill himself if it did.
"Relena, we have no choice but to get out of the river now." Heero almost yelled over the loud pounding of the water. They were near what seemed like a small waterfall, but this one deceived even the judgement of the 'perfect soldier.' "The water is rising and getting harder for us to manage in."
"Yes, Heero." Relena answered. "We need to get out of the river now."
All of a sudden, a large rush of water came at them. Swallowing the boat and its occupants. Relena tried swimming up for the surface, but it was too dark and the white water was creating too much bubbles for her to see clearly. So in result, she just swam in any direction but up. She was running out of air fast, and if she didn't get up to the surface she would black out soon. She tried desperately to get out of the water and back to the air that was at the surface. But struggling like that only caused her to use up what ever air she had left. Soon she lost all her strength and tried to just hang on, to not breath in the water that surrounded her. Relena's vision soon became blurry, then started to fade. And then just before she lost all sight, she saw a figure swimming towards her. It had these orbs that were the color of prussain blue. Then she had one thought before going into a state of total unconsciousness.
*Heero . . . *
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"What was that all about again?" Tiffany asked the two people who were just siting and staring at each other.
Not getting any response, Jacelyn answered Tiffany's question. "The two of them never really met before, only in their dreams. So when they both saw the other, in reality, they both freaked and this was the end result."
Duo just stared at the girl that he not only encountered in his dreams, but also in the kitchen about three hours ago. The two hadn't said a word since then. Still not believing that the other was real. Tiffany, RJ and Jacelyn only looked at the two when they passed them by, giving them odd glances as to why they were acting like that.
Frustrated, Tiffany couldn't take it anymore. "Hello?? Anyone home?!" Tiffany waved her hands right in front of their faces, not getting any reaction. "Can you guys at LEAST say something!!??!!" A long pause of silence. Tiffany threw her hands up in the air and walked away from the two. Deciding to take a walk on the beach, maybe meet up with RJ and Jacelyn who were down there already.
"What's your name again?" They asked each other simultaneously. "I asked first." They both got mad, thinking that the other was copying ever word they said.
"Look lady," Duo began. "I don't know what you're trying to pull but . . . "
"ME trying to pull anything! I think it's YOU who's trying to do something!!!" She began, getting more angry.
"Hey, just that my dreams about you wasn't enough doesn't mean that you can, can . . . " Duo couldn't find anything to say. (AN: Duo not having anything to say¿! LS!!!!!!!!)
"Your dreams? HA! YOU were the ONE who invaded MINE!!!" Now fuming, she started to clench her fists tightly. Duo saw this and figured that it wouldn't be such a good idea, especially if he . . .
"Look, let's start over, huh . . . whatta ya say?" He stuck his hand out, waiting to see if she'd take it. "I'm Duo Maxwell."
Thinking that she might as well accept it, she took his hand and shook it. "My name's Kay, Kay Camerson. But just call me Kay."
"And YOU can call me whatever you like." He had a grin on his face once again. "But everyone else just calls me Duo."
Finally talking, the two began explaining about the dreams that they both had. Only to find out that they had the exact same ones. *Weird,* they both thought. But, once they got talking, there didn't seem like there was any sign of stopping.
After another hour, RJ, Jacelyn and Tiffany walked back into the house to see the two talking up a storm. This only earned the two on the couch more weird glances, and Duo giving them their own. They all shook their heads and headed their separate ways. Jacelyn to the kitchen, and RJ and Tiffany up the stairs. While Duo and Kay were talking, Jacelyn began preparation for dinner and RJ and Tiffany went up stairs to their respected rooms.
Jacelyn was halfway done cooking her 'special' meal when she noticed the sky outside. *Those two better take care. There's no doubt about it that it's a storm brewing out there, and it seems that it's headed in real fast.* Hoping for the best, Jacelyn continued her cooking.
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"Uhh . . . " Relena awakened to a clear starry night sky above her. As if the storm never took place. She felt cold, but her feet the worst for they were still slightly in the water. "I must have been out of it for quite some time." Relena tried to get up, but found that her body only responded in pain. Knowing that she's powerless to move at that point, she laid back down.
*What happened?* Relena began to ponder the last events that she could remember. *Oh, that's right. There was the rush of water, and me being in the river trying to get to the surface. But I couldn't and . . . *
"HEERO!!!" Relena tried desperately to look for him, trying to not move too much for her body ached enough as it was. She shut one eye in pain as the shocks were sent all over her body. Finally, she found Heero. He was laying face up at the twinkling sky above, to her left. He looked like he was out of it still, and looked pretty roughed up. Ignoring the protests that her body was saying, she crawled over to Heero. After five minutes of trying, Relena was finally at Heero's side. She looked at his face, seeing that he looked pretty fine. She place her head over his chest to where his heart is, careful not to put too much of her weight on him at first. Not sure if he was injured badly or not. Hearing the calm thumping of his heartbeat, Relena relaxed a bit. She made a good inspection of his body, looking for any serious injuries. Satisfied that he seemed pretty much fine, except for a few scratches here and there, she gave out a long sigh. She then leaned onto his body, feeling that she was falling asleep from all that she'd been through. Soon, she found herself dreaming of no one else but . . .
*Heero . . . *
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"Where's Relena? I thought you said that she'd be here before dinner started. It's already 11:45 pm!" Kay asked Jacelyn who looked really worried.
"RJ and Duo are back!" Jacelyn exclaimed at the sight of the car pulling up in the driveway.
The three girls all rushed out side to meet up with the guys. "Well?" They all said.
"We found the car, but there wasn't anyone around. The boat hasn't been returned either, so I'm guessing that they got caught up in the storm." Duo stated, his voice wavering here and there.
"Nah," RJ said. "Don't worry about them. Heero can take care of both of them. They'll be fine. Besides, I wouldn't be surprised if they came back tomorrow night."
Duo quickly shot up and said, "YEAH! Ol' soldier boy can take care of Relena AND himself!! I wouldn't be surprised if . . . " Duo shut his mouth immediately at the thought of it.
"IF?" Kay raised an eyebrow. She wanted to know what it was that Duo was thinking.
"Aww, never mind. Let's go bed already!! I'm sackin' it, it's almost midnight." Duo said.
"Yeah. I agree. Heero can take care of the two of 'em and we should get some rest." Tiffany added in.
"Alrighty," Jacelyn lead them all to the door and up the stairs.
"Umm, Jacelyn?" Kay asked quietly.
"Huh? Wh's the matter gurl?" Jacelyn tuned around to face Kay.
"Where can I sleep?"
"OH! Sorry, um . . . " Jacelyn thought for a moment. "Why not take Relena's room. Since she's not here you might as well take hers. I don't think you'd like the other two options."
A daring look was set in Kay's eyes as she asked, "What other two options?"
"Well . . . you COULD sleep on the couch down stairs." Jacelyn began.
"Scratch that one."
"Or you could take Heero's room. You know."
"Relena's so called 'boyfriend.' I know." Sarcastically said. "Well, I guess I will take Relena's room after all." Kay sighed.
"Okay, Relena's room is the one all the way down the hall to the right, k. G'night." Jacelyn entered her room as Kay bid her a good rest.
*Damn Relena, why g'ya have to leave just when I came by.* Kay yawned. *Oh well.* And went into 'her' room for the night.
Duo watched through his partially opened door as Kay entered Relena's room. He then said a silent good night to her before closing his door and heading off to bed.
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Moving around, scanning to find something that's there. Something that was seen. Carrying something fragile as pain shot through, made everything harder to do. 'It' shifted 'it's' weight, the movement ceasing for a bit. Then when 'it' settled back down, the movement resumed once again.
Ghostly shadows seemed to move about, the ire glow of the sliver lit moon cascading down onto the earth all around. Shadows that came and past. But not getting off what was at hand from the shadows that circled around, the moving picked up to a faster pace. Searching, searching for what was seen, and would be once again.
Finally, a path that seemed to stand out from the rest that was taken. Remembering the direction that was taken before, started going down the path. The 'thing' would be found again, and then could lay to rest. Rest till the break of dawn, the time when the fragile thing would shift once again. Finding it just where it was last seen and hidden, went inside and finally laid to rest.
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"Uhh . . what time is it?"
"Nine am, Duo. So get your lazy but out of bed. We got 'something' to take care of, remember?!" Kay asked sarcastically. *How can you forget that our friends ARE LOST!!!!!!*
"Oh yeah, well what would THAT be!?! HUH . . . can't here you." He shot back.
"You didn't even give me a chance to say anything." She complained. "Anyways, Heero AND Relena still haven't returned yet. We're starting to think different options."
"Like what, 'sendin' out a search party for Mr. Suicide boy'?" HA! That'll be the day. Him, getin' rescued by someone. That's . . . " Duo's world immediately turned black. "Wafa heff wavvs, wavvz . . . " Duo took the piece of clothing off his face. "THAT FOR!!" He finally finished.
Kay couldn't contain her laughter, the sight before her was too much for her. Duo Maxwell had a shirt thrown right into his face, without him even noticing.
"And I thought a gundam pilot would be on his toes ALL the time," she mocked.
"Yeah, well . . . well . . . " Duo couldn't come up with a good come back.
Kay started giggling again. She stopped a while after and got a look at Duo's expression.
"Oh, c'mon . . . get up and we'll go and get something to eat while thinking of what to do about the 'missing couple'." She said, walking out the door.
Duo just watched her walk out his bedroom door. Once she disappeared, he listened to the light footsteps fading away as she walked down the stairs.
*Man . . . how in the heck did she actually become reality??* Shaking off his thoughts, Duo got out of bed and slipped on the shirt that was thrown at him in the face by Kay.
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"Is he up yet?" Jacelyn asked Kay, who just got down from the stairs.
"Yeah," she started giggling.
"Uh oh." Tiffany simply said. "What did you do to him?"
"Well . . . " and Kay began her little story of what just happened up stairs in Duo's room.
"Hey you guys," RJ chimed at the girls, them having their little chit-chat. But when he spoke again, his voice sounded the total opposite. "The car's still there . . . and still no sign of the boat or Heero and Relena."
Everyone's faces turned grim at the news that was just given. The same thoughts running through each of their minds, except for one person. He sort of knew what was planned, but the storm wasn't apart of it. And that made things look pretty bad.
*It was going to be . . . but then the storm could change things and . . . *
"HEY! What's for breakfast??" Duo received hateful glances from everyone. "What?"
Everyone shook their heads at the 'clueless' Duo. Kay, motioning to him to sit down and placing a muffin down on the table.
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A stream of pure sunlight lit up the features of the Peacecraft princess. She turned over to her side, and slowly opened her aqua-marine eyes. The first thing that she saw was a small yellow flower and a piece of paper on the white plush pillow that her head laid on. She reached out for it, grasped the both of them in her left hand. She sat up and looked at the two contents within her hand. She looked at the graceful flower and smelt the kokochiyoi (AN: it means sweet in Japanese) in it. The heavenly fragrance hanging in the air, she read the note that went along with the gift she just received.
~* l'll be right back, just stay put. I mean it Relena, don't go out side.
-Heero*~
*'Don't go out side'.* Relena thought coyly. *Hmn . . . * An evil thought crossed her mind. *But wait a sec . . . where the heck am I?!*
Deciding that she'd get it out of Heero later, Relena got out from under the light blanket around her. She looked at her whereabouts and found that she was in a small one roomed cabin with a bathroom and what seemed to be a kitchen, but no place to cook any food what so ever. Just a sink, counter and a cabinet to store things inside. The place looked clean, as if someone was there recently. Knowing that something was up, Relena now became determined to find out where she really was. She went over to the bathroom to find all that was required for one to live in just that small house or shack. She even found a medicine cabinet that of course was also a mirror. She shrugged everything off and decided to fix herself up, take a good shower and get out of those clothes she was still wearing from yesterday. She had found her bag earlier next to the bed she was in, so she closed the door to the bathroom and took her shower.
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Heero searched for his way back to the river, in hopes that the boat would somehow still be somewhat intact. After back tracking his way that he semi-remembered from last night, he came upon the same spot where the water overcame the small boat and it's passengers. Heero began his search along the river for any clues to where the boat and/or derbies might have come ashore. It wasn't too long after that, that the boat or what was left of it was no where in sight. Deciding that Relena had long woken up, Heero began making his way back to where he left her.
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Relena came out of the bathroom, singing a tune that she had learned when she was five. This time she was wearing a blue tank top and black Capri pants and sandals. Her hair hanging loosely behind her.
She glided back over to the bed and sat down. She pulled out that little note that Heero left her and held the little flower in her right hand, placing it carefully in her hair. Once the flower was secure, she read the note all over again.
*What's so bad about going out side?* Relena thought. *What could possibly be out there?* Her curiosity getting the better of her, Relena got up and made her way over to the door. She turned the knob and pulled the creaking door towards her. Sunlight flooded the room's shadows immediately, and Relena tried to adjust to the brightness out side. Before she really could focus her sight, Relena stepped out side.
Almost right after she stepped out side, she felt something curl around her waist. Her breath caught in her throat, Relena stiffened under the touch of 'it' around her. What had she gotten herself into now.
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"I say that we should all go down to where they launched and search the beach. See if we find any clues as to where they might be." Kay said.
One person knew where they'd most likely be if they survived the storm and made it there. But didn't say anything at all about it, yet.
Duo swallowed the last of his drink and said, "I agree with Kay gurl here." He pointed out. "'Cause if we were to SEARCH for Mr. 'perfect soldier' boy . . . well HA! Gooood luck! If he didn't want us to find him, then we certainly won't."
"Yeah, you're probably right, Duo." Tiffany began. "But I hope we can get a clue as to where they are or that they're all right after that storm."
"Well," Jacelyn tried to sound a bit cheery. "If people really do say he's the 'perfect soldier,' than anythings possible. But let's just go down there to look anyways, but not be so worried, k."
Everyone nodded and agreed. They cleaned up the table and kitchen, then pilled up in their cars and left for where Heero and Relena were last known to be.
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"I thought I told you to stay inside." Heero whispered dangerously into her ear.
Relena relaxed a bit by the deep sound of his voice, knowing that it was only him. Heero's response was to pull her closer and secure her in a firmer grip. Now Relena was totally up against Heero, and she became somewhat tense again. Her breathing slightly becoming rapid at his sudden course of action. Heero sensed this from her and gave himself an inward smirk. *Good.*
"What would have happened to you if it wasn't me? Hmn." He began speaking in long, silky tones.
Relena's mind raced to not only answer his question, but at different thoughts as well.
"Then wouldn't my 'Heero' come to my rescue?" She answered with a question, a small smile appearing on her lips.
*So she wants to play it that way, huh.*
By now the 'perfect soldier' would be screaming for Heero to stop this foreplay, but that was long forgotten. This time Heero let his emotions run free and didn't let his training get in the way. He needed this just as much as Relena said she needed him and his strength. What he needed was to be with Relena from that moment on. Not that he didn't needed her before, but now, it would be a requirement for him just to live the rest of his life.
"Relena . . . " He felt her hold her breath for a short while. He spun her around gently, but with speed. Now they were face to face, eye to eye, gaze upon gaze. Even if either wanted out now, there was no turning back. They were both caught in each other's spells.
They drew nearer and nearer with each beat of their hearts. Thinking, hoping, and yet knowing somehow that it was and would happen. A tingling feeling running up and down each of their spines.
Relena quickly remembered when she and Heero kissed back in the kitchen, short and sweet. Not quite how Relena thought her first kiss would be, but was just as perfect as ever. But now, now she would discover how a real long, sweet and passionate kiss would be like. And she'd find that out with the one she loves with all her heart and soul.
Just before their lips brushed up against each other, Heero said something to Relena, barely a whisper. "Aishiteru."
Relena's eyes widened in shock, and she was totally caught off guard when Heero claimed her lips as his once again. Just for a moment, Relena didn't know what to do. As if this WAS her first time. That she was just a little girl playing a game with a 'dangerous' young man. And he did make her feel like a little girl, he would time and time again. She not knowing what she was doing, what she was thinking. All the things that she had done she vaguely remembered. She'd need someone to actually tell her what just happened.
Finally able to think as strait as possible, Relena gave into Heero and reacted back to the emotion that he was emitting through the kiss. She gave back all the feelings that she had held for him for years, all being said in this one-shared moment between the two. Words couldn't and wouldn't be said to explain the emotion that was being surpressed but now finally released and shared. They finally gave into one another.
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"We should split up into three groups." Tiffany began giving out instructions rather than suggestions. "We'll break up into three groups, but the third one will just be one person to stay behind, just incase Heero or Relena contact us. The rest of us will split into groups of two."
"I'll go with Kay"
"I'll go with Duo."
The other three in the group looked at the two people who just determined who they wanted to go with, simultaneously. Both shrugged and said 'what' at the same time. The other three just decided to forget it for now. They had more important matters to take care of now.
"Okay, fine. Duo and Kay, you two go that way," Tiffany pointed up one side of the beach. "RJ or Jacelyn, which one of you wanna stay behind?"
"I'll stay," RJ replied.
"Jacelyn?"
"That's fine, I'll partner up with you." She stated simply.
"Okay then, RJ stays here and Jacelyn and I will go the opposite to the two of you." Tiffany gestured to the couple in front of her. "We'll meet back here in and hour, no more. If you find something, come back here ASAP. Got it? Let's go."
They went searching up and down the shoreline, thinking that they HOPEFULLY wouldn't find anything that could mean . . . no, they wouldn't think like that. They'd just look up and down as they went along their way on the beach.
RJ went back into the car and sat there, listening for anything at all and keeping his eyes intent on the beach before him.
On the other hand, Duo and Kay were having a blast talking and finding out more about the other. The conversation getting more and more interesting at each word said. 45 minutes passed and they talked like this the entire time, that is until Kay spotted something unusual. The pair walked up to it and found out that it was what seemed to be a boat, but now was a complete wreck. Both decided that they ought to report this to the others, and headed on their way back to where they all began the search.
RJ saw Duo and Kay coming up fast. He figured they found something, so he got out of the car and ran up to them.
"Has there been any word from any of them?" Duo asked between pants from running.
"No." RJ said, fearing that they found something that would spell it all out.
"Well," Kay started to calm down a bit. "Well, we found what seemed to be a boat, but we're not too sure. RJ, did you ever see the boat that Heero and Relena took with them?"
RJ nodded his head in agreement just as Jacelyn and Tiffany were coming in sight.
"We didn't find anything." Jacelyn said. "But I got a feeling that you guys did."
Kay started explaining what was sighted and that RJ said that there still wasn't any contact from Heero or Relena yet.
"Well, let's go take a look at that thing, then head back to he house, 'cause there's nothing else to do here." RJ suggested. Everyone agreed and they went on their way to the thing that Duo and Kay saw.
"Is that it?" Kay asked worriedly. RJ looked at it carefully and found something interesting.
"Well!?!" Everyone asked anxiously.
"It looks the same." RJ explained. "But the name of the boat, I can't quite make it out . . . and the bad thing is that it looks like the name of the boat that Heero and Relena did take. We better head back though, the clouds are coming back in for a little shower." They all agreed and headed back to the cars.
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It had been a wonderful day, all alone with Heero Yuy. Of course nothing drastic happened. (AN: NO LEMONS!!!! i'm not old enough yet ppl, sorry.) But it was a perfect day to spend with him alone. After that kiss they shared, they went inside to get something to eat. They talked for a while, then decided to go hiking around to take a look around. Of course Heero was hesitant about letting the former Queen of the World go, he not knowing if it was safe or not. But it would be pretty safe considering that he knew the place pretty well by description from a friend. And the fact that Relena wouldn't be by herself made him feel a bit of easy. But right now, Relena was siting by the small fire that was made out side of the house. She gazed at the stars above her. They already had something to eat, and Heero said he'd be right back.
*Who would ever thought that we'd end up in a place like this . . . us lost and in a place where everything's . . . * Relena's thoughts stopped there. *Wait a minute, Heero Yuy, LOST!!??!! NO!!! IT CAN'T BE!!!!!* Relena couldn't believe it, she wouldn't believe it! *No, it had to be planned somehow, but it doesn't seem all well planned to me. The storm and me almost drowning surely wouldn't be apart of a plan would it?! AH! Who cares, as long as I get to stay with Heero alone for a day or two, I'm happy!!!!!!*
Just then, a shooting star shot across the heavens above. "Close your eyes and make a wish, Relena." Relena did as he said and closed her eyes, then silently made her wish.
When she opened her eyes, she was face to face with Heero. The fire had died down by now because of the lack of feeding it. The moon above was the only light that Relena could use to see Heero in front of her. The ire glow making him look . . .
"What did you wish for?" He asked.
Relena only shook her head and said, "I can't tell you, for if I do it won't come true."
"Are you sure about that?" He asked darkly this time, which drove Relena crazy.
"Well," her heart rate increasing again, just like what happened that morning. "I know that if I tell you in words it won't . . . " She trailed off.
"But?" He pursued. He began to lean forward towards her, she falling backwards at the same time.
"Maybe . . . maybe . . ." Relena was getting closer and closer to the ground behind her as Heero got closer and closer to her.
" . . . maybe . . . ???" By now Heero had her pinned to the ground, and he grabbed both her hands in his. As if he wasn't going to let his prey escape him, but of course she wouldn't.
" . . . I could show you . . . " That's all Heero wanted to hear, and he had her again, lips locked for just a moment.
When they broke apart, Heero let go of her, Relena already missing his touch on her. He helped her sit up. But then a breeze went by, carrying the cold chilly night air with it.
Heero saw Relena shiver and said, "Let's go back inside. It's getting kind of cold out here."
Relena shook her head. "But I love looking at the stars . . . they twinkle up in the heavens as if there was no end to their shine. They could sparkle for all eternity. Please, I just want to stay out here a bit longer to look at them. They always bring me and my mind peace."
Heero was studying her expression the entire time she said it, and heard the emotion in her words. They each had a different meaning and emphasized it in their own way. How could he refuse her request?
Knowing that it was still cold, and Heero wanting to grant her wish that she just asked of him, Heero moved closer to her. He wrapped his arms around her protectively from the cold.
"Better?" He asked softly.
Relena only smiled and replied, "Yes, and thank you, Heero."
Heero kissed her on the side of her face lightly and looked up to the stars himself.
They sat there together like that for about 10 more minutes before going back inside. Heero and Relena curled under the blanket together, getting ready for bed.
Right before Relena fell asleep, she asked Heero a question. "Heero?"
"Hmn."
"Did you mean what you said this morning?"
"What, 'Aishiteru'?"
"Yes." She said sleepily.
"Hai, Relena . . . " He kissed her forehead just as she fell into her slumber. "Yes, Relena, I love you."
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"Still no word of 'em?" Duo asked.
Everyone shook their heads grimly. Now they were thinking the worst.
"Well, I think we should all try and get some rest." Kay suggested. "We're not helping the situation by staying up all night. Besides, Relena would probably kill us if she found out that we stayed up all night."
The room unchanged by her strike of humor, she rose from her chair and walked over to Duo. She said 'good night' to him quietly and headed up stairs. As soon as everyone else heard Kay shut her door, they all made their way up to their rooms as well. Hoping they'd get word of the 'missing couple' tomorrow and that they'd find some way to get some shut eye.
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Relena woke up to find that Heero was pulling their bags to the door.
"Good morning sleepy head." Heero said without turning to make sure she was actually awake.
"Good morning Heero. What are you doing this morning?" She asked puzzled.
"Well, we better start heading back to where we parked the car. Everyone must be wondering where the heck we are."
Relena had totally forgotten about everyone else! How could she have forgotten about them!?! It was impossible!! But Relena was too caught up in being with Heero that she forgot the rest of the summer vacation.
"ARA! I forgot about them!!!" (AN: "Ara" means "oh")
Heero smirked at that, the thought now stuck in his head forever. *Relena Peacecraft forgot about her friends because she was too concentrated at the events that took place in less than 24 hours.*
"Come on Relena. Get out of bed, change your clothes and eat your breakfast. If we leave soon, we might make it to the car before dark."
Relena stuck her tongue out like a child and replied, "I don't need to be told what to do." She laughed as she got out from under the covers.
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Everyone at the house got up slowly, remembering the past days events. They were all hoping that it was just a nightmare and that they'd wake up with everything in right order. But it was all reality, and it sucked!
They morning went by slowly, and the afternoon twice as slow. No one ate, no one moved from their spot in the living room, they just sat there waiting for word. Hoping that this would resolve it's self.
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Heero helped Relena when she needed it. Not stopping to look at plants or animals, just for really short breaks for water and rest. They needed to get to the car as soon as they could. It was already 6:30 pm, and the sun would be coming down soon. Heero estimated that they weren't that far now. But he kept silent and just kept on going, watching Relena at the same time.
7:10 pm and the sun had set. Heero could see quite well in the dark since he was so used to hiding in the shadows. Relena however, had a little trouble with watching where she was going. But it didn't take long before she adapted to the dark around her. She could now sort of see for herself.
A few moments later, Heero saw a clearing, and a car. Their car.
"Relena, we made it." Heero called behind him.
"Really!?! God, I thought we'd never make it and that we'd have to go back to the house." She said sarcastically and tiredly.
Heero smirked at her comment. Then got a evil idea. "Wanna go back? We can."
WHAT WAS THAT!?! WAS HE ASKING IF SHE WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE HOUSE!?!
"Heero Yuy!" Relena couldn't believe what he just said.
Heero laughed slightly and told her he was just kidding.
They made their way over to the car and got in. Heero started it up and began driving their way back to Relena's house.
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"I DON'T CARE!!!!! I'M GOING TO CALL THEM!!!!!!!!" Kay screamed. She couldn't take it anymore and wanted to call one of the authorities.
"But if you do that Kay, then the world and colonies will know that she's missing. We can't do that!!!!" Duo tried to reason with her.
"NO!!!! I'M GONNA CAL . . . " RJ put up a hand for silence, cutting off Kay instantly.
"Listen." Tiffany said.
"Is that?" Jacelyn asked.
"RELENA!!!!!!!!" Kay cried and ran out the door, followed by four worried sick friends.
Relena and Heero emerged from the car and was mobbed by everyone. The mob, happy that they were all right, but a million questions going off at once.
AN: WOW!!!!!!! that chapters SUPPER SUPPER LONG!!!!!!! 16 pages on my microsoft word in textz size 10!!!! well, whatta ya think??? REVIEWS!!!!!!! and i'll give you ppl the "EPROLUGE". but for now, bye......