Disclaimer:I don't own Gundam Wing. That dosen't mean I can't dream......
A.n: Kinda based on S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders and That was then,
this is now
(I love those books!).
And it might
jump around a little, but I worked my butt off on it. Anyway, thanks for reading this! Onto the
fic...
Two Different Sunsets
Chapter One: It gets worse
A scream was heard as Relena walked home from school. She immedately realized who that
scream could belong to.
::Matt::
Matt was everyone's little brother. He was a shy boy of 12, but he always knew way more than
he let on. Everyone in the group protected him, it was like an unspoken rule. Even her brother,
who only looked out for people who were important to him, held Matt's back. Nothing could ever
happen to him.
She ran full speed to the source of the scream, praying that she could get to Matt in time. When
she finally got there, she noticed Trowa and Duo, two members in the "group" she was in, fighting
three other guys. She had no clue who they were fighting, and she currently didn't care. She sped
up, grabbed Matt by his arms, and brought him to the safety of the alley. Both stood there, one
panting, the other completely scared.
They had to wait there for Duo and Trowa. Relena wasn't going to take any chances with him.
"Matt, what happened? Wait, before you answer that, why wre you alone? All you had to do was
ask any of us, and we would have come with you. You know that they won't hesitate to do something
to you, especially since they know how important you are to us, and to the group." Relena angrily
told Matt.
"I'm so-sorry. I was just walking around, and I didn't think..." Matt shyly started, avoiding
their eyes.
"Exactly, you didn't think. You're always doing that! You never think before you do something.
If it hadn't been for us, you'd have been beaten, maybe even killed. Then what would we tell your
parents? Or the group? Do you realize what we tell you is true, about all the things they do to us?
Their only goal in life is to kill each and every last one of us. You know why? Because they get
bored. They have every luxary in life, and don't have to work for anything. They think it's fun
doing this to us. For all you knew, it could have been our tratior there, and you would have never
known. And you and I both know that if he was there, you wouldn't be standing here right now."
Duo pratically screamed at Matt. His blue eyes were flashing with anger.
Matt just stood there, not knowing exactly what to do. He was always getting yelled at, by his
parents, by the older group members, because he didn't use his head. He didn't mind Duo and
Relena screaming at him, because he knew they cared. But he didn't understand why they cared
so much. He had just begun to stand there when they reprimanded him, and waited until they weren't
mad anymore to talk to them.
This would anger Duo more. He wanted Matt to show some response, anything at all. But today,
it was just a bad day for him. He punched the wall above Matt's head, then stormed out of the
alley.
"Matt, think." Relena said softly, before following Duo out of the alley. Trowa gave Matt a
sympthetic look, and followed his friends.
Duo took off down the street, but Relena and Trowa knew that they'd see them later that night,
probably at Wufei's. Wufei's parents were never home, so his sister and him were always having
some sort of party or something.
"Me and Quatre are going to Charlie's tonight, wanna come?" Relena asked Trowa, as they
walked deeper into the city that they lived in. He shook his head.
"Not tonight, Cathy's home from my aunt's house. I haven't seen her in a couple months, so I'm
gonna go home." he said. They had stopped at the corner of E. 207, and Webster. They hugged,
and went their seperate ways.
Normally, no one under 21 was allowed in Charlie's by law. It was a bar, afterall. But somehow,
Quatre and Relena had convinced to allow them in there. Zechs thought it was half because of
Quatre's 'persuading abilities' and half because of Relena's looks.
On her way to Quatre's, she noticed someone familiar walking on the other side of the street.
She thought she recognized him, but couldn't place her finger on it.
Suddenly, she stoppded dead in her tracks.
"Heero..."she whispered.
At one time, Heero and Relena had practically been lovers. Heero belonged to the group, and
everyone thought that their love would last forever and beyond. He attended her Confirmation,
her 8th grade grauation, and her parent's funerals. But two years ago his father got a promotion. He
promised that he'd always do his part in the group; but after he moved, he never came back. He
had moved into the suburbs, where the people who beat up Matt lived. She soon began to realize
that he was one of "them", and that he'd never keep his promise of coming back.
She haden't seen him since he moved almost two years ago, so why was he back? Especially in
the neighboorhood where many kids wanted him gone, dead. He was basically a wanted man in the
group, everyone hated him for his betrayal, to them, to Relena.
Relena watched him as he went into Charlie's. She almost followed him, but decided to get
Quatre first. She took off down the street, praying that Heero would still be at Charlie's when
she and Quatre got there.
She ran up the steps of his building, panting at each platform in the stairs.
'Why does he have to live on the sixth floor?! The first would have been nice!' She thought as
she was one platform away from his floor.
She rang his bell about thirty times, praying someone, anyone home. A half asleep, half
dressed Quatre answered the door.
His eyes widened at the sight of her. "Rel?! What are you doing here, alone? I was sopposed to
meet you at Charlie's!" he said, as he let her in.
"Quatre, get dressed fast. I saw our tratior." She said, throwing him a shirt. His eyes
narrowed, as he threw the shirt on.
"Where? When? Are you sure it was him?" He asked. Quatre had despised Heero since he was
13, that was three years ago. He desprately wanted to get revenge for the betrayal.
"When I was coming here, he went into Charlie's." She said, as they took off. They ran full
speed, hoping that he'd still be there.
They walked into Charlie's, saying hi to anyone they recognized. They made their way through
the crowded front-room of the bar, and to Charlie.
"Hey Charlie! You see our little tratior around here lately?" Quatre asked causally. If Charlie
knew what Quatre wanted to do, the both of them would get thrown out.
"As a matter of fact, yeah. Go check in the back." Charlie said, as he cleaned another shot
glass. Quatre made his way quickly to the back of the bar. Only the group was ever back there,
so Heero and his new girlfriend, Sylvia, stood out.
Once Heero saw Quatre and Relena, he immedately put his drink down; and pretended not to
know Sylvia. For a minute, Quatre thought that Relena was going to kill Heero and Sylvia.
She resorted to punching the wall next to Sylvia's head. Quatre slowly pulled her away, and
told Johnny to hold her back. Then, Quatre and Heero just stood there, neither one wanting to admit
remorse or defeat to the other.
"Nice seeing you again." Heero started. "I can explain.." was all he could get out, though.
Quatre's hands were around his neck the minute he heard the words leave Heero's mouth. Slowly,
Quatre tightened his hands around Heero's neck. One of the last things Relena remembered was
Heero punching Quatre, and Sylvia screaming like a banshee.
A.N.- I know, bad ending, but It's currently 5:01 in the morning, and I haven't been to sleep
yet. I probably won't get to put this up until tomorrow, but oh well. I did it! My first fan fic, I'm
so proud! lol, lack of sleep. Please review, I need to know if I should continue, or if i should take
it down, or if I should change something. Thanks! ~LiLeo.