The paper:
Yesterday a mysterious lady had should up at an official for peace and showed all present a letter from Miss Relena Peacecraft. In the letter it proclaimed that she leaves the Sanc Kingdom in the hands of her brother Zechs/ Millardo Peacecraft. It seems that the Miss Peacecraft who had been standing in for her is not who we think she is. It said that she left her Kingdom in the care of her good friend 'Serena' for a while, until she had established her new life.
In the letter it also said that, for the time that her brother is not there, she leaves everything to Miss Setsuna Mieoh. We've yet to find out the true identity of Miss Serena. She refuses to reveal her last name. We asked around, and in school, all anyone knows is that she calls herself Serena. Who is this girl that Miss Peacecraft trust so much?
There were 2 pictures, one of Luna and the other of Serena. Obviously Luna was the one that had wet to present the letter to the officials. That was the entire article said about Serena. The rest was about the disappearance of Relena. Serena smiled at him from his bed where she chose to seat herself.
" You know Heero, I don't know why, but I feel I could trust you."
" Trust me?" He asked.
" Hai." She looked him in the eyes then, " sometimes I hear a voice in my head. Not mine, someone else's. A scared little boy's, he keeps begging to be freed. He asks me to save him, he's telling me he's lost. Do you know who I'm talking about?"
Heero turned away from her, " No." he said. But he was lying, he and she knew it. She had heard his soul, so scared and so lost in this world. He locked that part of him away and presented the emotionless face to the world, but that was not he.
{How does she know? If even Quatre can't sense it, how can she?} He opened his laptop and started to do random things, hoping that she would leave. But she didn't, she just kept staring at him.
Serena looked at him, {Heero,I want to help..I NEED to help. Why don't you let me in?} She got up from the bed and walked toward him. She placed her hands on his shoulders, she felt him tense, he tried not to show it but she could feel it.
" Why don't you let me help?" she started to massage his shoulders. He tensed a bit more instead of relaxing. " I'm not Relena you know. I'm no going to chase you around and stop you from doing things."
" I know." He said, and he was thankful. Then he started to muse, and started to relax. " I don't know how anyone could have thought you were her. You look so different, act so different. And your glow.."
" My glow?" she continued to massage his shoulders, she felt him finally start to relax.
" Your glow. Of innocence. Relena and Quatre had the same glow of innocence. But you, you don't glow, you SHINE. You're different. Who are you?" he asked. Her touch was doing things to him, he felt sparks where her hands moved and his thoughts we starting to go wild. He placed his hands on top of hers and stood up. He turned to face her; he didn't let go of her hands, not wanting to. He brought them their connecting hands down between them.
She smiled a soft smile, " People use to call me Usagi Tsukino, but that's not who I am anymore."
Heero blinked, registering the name, " You're related to Luna?"
" Yes and no..we're really old friends. Very close too. It's the same with the other girls; we've been through a lot together. Usagi Tsukino's who I was. Who I am..."
" Who you are? Is there a difference in who you were and who you are now?" Heero asked her.
" Yes," She looked up to the ceiling, eyes glazed. Heero knew she was slipping back into old memories. " Usagi had her whole life planned out, past, present, future, it was all laid out for her. Past, Future, Present is the order of things I live my life by now."
" Past, future and then the present? How?"
" The past and the future meet to have me here in the present. Don't ask me how Heero, it's too complicated."
" Who are you then?"
" Serenity Moon Cosmos. Serena for short."
" Moon? Cosmos? How do you get your last name? What about the Tsukinos?" Heero was trying to get as much information from her as possible.
" The Tsukino were my biological family, but yet not. They were my adoptive family. It's confusing, let's talk about something else shall we?" she said in soft tone, staring straight ahead, at his chest.
She didn't get a reply; she looked up to see Heero staring into her eyes. His eyes were softer, more open. His eyes searched hers, for what, she didn't know. She took this chance to look into his eyes, eyes that weren't closed up for once.
{How can she do this? Make me feel? What do I feel? Why do I want to kiss her? Should I kiss her?} While Heero was pondering this, his face slowly came closer to Serena's. Serena wanted to pull away, but...she couldn't. And she didn't want to, as his face came closer, his eyes dropped to her lips. Heero semi closed his eyes, as did Serena. Their lips were centimeters away, millimeters, almost touching...
" HEERO!!!" Duo came running up to his room and barged in.
Serena and Heero jumped apart, Serena smoothed out her dress in effort not to look at Heero.
" Did you read the paper yet?!?!" Duo wasn't even looking up, his eyes were concentrated on the paper he had in his hands. " You got to read this!!"
" Yes." Heero's voice seemed strained.
Duo looked up to see why, " Oh, um...Hi Serena."
" Hey Duo, I was just leaving." Serena quickly walked out of the room and out of the mansion.
" Why was he here?" Duo asked Heero.
" She showed me the paper." Heero answered in monotone. Heero was trying to decide if having Duo barge in at that moment had been a good thing or a bad thing.
{Of course it was a good thing! Do you realize that if he hadn't you'd have kissed Serena!! What gave the dumb idea in the first place Heero Yuy? You have to concentrate on the missions!!} Heero gave a small sigh.
" Are you alright Heero?" Duo asked, having heard the sigh.
" I'm fine," he replied in monotone and his expressionless mask slipped back on. " Does the others know about the new development?" he gestured to the paper.
" I dun no, I came here first. I'll go tell them now." And with that Duo ran out of his room to find the others.
Heero sighed, {it was for the best Heero. It's for the best.} He stared at the screen of his laptop, trying to figure out what he was trying to convince himself, was for the best.