Lily

Notes: Hey all! Hope that everyone had a great Valentine's Day! :) *sigh* I know that it's short,
but so's my endurance level right now, kay? Anyway, on with the story!

~Chapter 4~

The metal box flashed, indicating to Trowa that it was time to open the door, and let Heero,
Quatre, and the newcomer out. The first thing he heard was a very angry female voice shouting,
"PUT ME DOWN, YOU CREEP!!!!" Next thing he knew, Heero walked out with a screaming
girl over his shoulders, followed by an exasperated Quatre.

"So," Trowa asked Quatre, "Did it go well?" he asked looking at Heero and the girl. Quatre just
sighed. "You can put her down now, Heero." he said. Heero took the suggestion, placing the girl
back on her feet, immediately pointing his gun in her direction.

"Murderer!!!" she yelled. "You killed my boss! People just don't go around kidnapping people,
shooting their bosses!" she yelled at Heero. The others were shocked. Most people would freeze
in fright at the sight of the barrel of a gun. *Especially* Heero's gun.

"I didn't kill him." Heero said calmly. Minako had a puzzled look on her face. "I shot him in the
arm. He'll be fine." Minako's face turned red, and if you looked real hard, you could see steam
coming out of her ears.

"You act as if you don't even CARE that you've hurt someone!" she screamed. "I don't." he
replied, coolly. Minako was furious. "Well, I'm not sticking around with someone like you!" she
shouted, walking back to the metal box. "Stop!" Heero yelled, cocking his gun.

She didn't listen, instead, she kept walking--until she heard a gunshot. Minako winced in pain as
the bullet grazed her arm. Quatre's eyes widened. "What in the world did you do that for?!?!" he
shouted at Heero, running up to Minako to make sure that she was alright. One he reached her
though, she pushed him away. "Get away from me!" she yelled. Quatre backed of, a bit hurt, but he
understood why she reacted the way that she did.

"Yeah! Now she'll NEVER want to help us!" Duo shouted. Minako looked up at Duo.
"Help?!?! You want my HELP?!?! No way! Not after what he just did!" she shouted, pointing
to Heero.

Heero said nothing, just stared ahead. Minako pressed her hand harder to her wound, trying to
stop the bleeding. She heard footsteps running down the stairs. "What's happening?!" a familiar
voice shouted. "I heard a gunshot-" the girl was interrupted by the injured girl shouting,
"Usagi?!?! Is that you?"

Lily stopped. "Hello, Minako." she said quietly. "What are you doing here, Usagi?" Minako
asked. "Who's Usagi?" Duo asked, confused. Minako pointed to her friend. "Oh! You mean
Lily!" he said.

Minako looked at Lily. "What?" she asked. Lily sighed. "You wouldn't care anyway, Minako."
she said. "You don't want me around anymore, remember?" "NO!" Minako shouted. "I didn't
want you kicked off! It was the others!" "I don't believe you!" Lily shouted back. Her mind was
being flooded with memories of that horrible day.

"You would have spoken up! Besides, this is the perfect opportunity for you, Minako! You get
to be the leader of the Sailor Senshi!" Lily shouted, tears blurring her vision. "It's not like that!"
Minako shouted back. "I only stayed because I thought that I could change their minds!"

Lily didn't say anything. "If I felt the same way that the others did," Minako said sharply, "I
wouldn't have gotten in the way of Rei's fire!" she finished. Lily's eyes widened. She was
overcome with guilt, but the pain of her rejection soon took over, blinding her from what Minako
was telling her. "I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!" she shouted, running up the stairs.

Minako stared in shock. 'How could she feel this way?' she asked herself. "I'm going to talk to
her." a monotone voice interrupted her thoughts. Minako looked up, and saw Heero walking up
the same stairs that Lily had just disappeared on.

Minako couldn't believe that this was happening. She fell down to the floor, and started to cry.
"I'm sorry, Usagi." she whispered. "I tried."

The other four pilots stared at the crying girl, until finally, Quatre made one last try at talking to
her. He knelt down next to her, and placed a hand on her shoulder. "We're not your enemy." he
said in a calm voice. "We brought Lily-er, um, Usagi here to help us. She wasn't strong enough,
so we decided to ask for your help." "Some way of asking." she mumbled.

Quatre sighed. "None of that craziness was supposed to happen. Heero got way out of hand."
Minako nodded. Quatre tried to stand up, but a pain flying through his body prevented that. He
dropped back down to the floor.

He then lifted up his shirt, just enough to take a look at the source of the pain. There was a huge,
purple mark where Minako had punched him earlier. When she saw it, she gasped. "I'm so
sorry!" she said, "I didn't mean to hit you that hard!" "It's alright." Quatre smiled. "I'll be just
fine."

He sat still for a moment, then stood up fast. "There!" he said. He then extened a hand to
Minako. "May I take a look at your arm?" he asked. "It looks pretty bad, and we're going to
need to stop the bleeding soon."

Minako wasn't sure if she should trust these people. Afterall, she was kidnapped at gunpoint.
Minako looked up at him. His face was so caring and sincere. She finally desided to go along.
"Okay." she said, taking his hand. He then led her to sit on the sofa,
and took a look at her arm......

~Lily's Room~

Lily ran right into her room, and collapsed on the bed, sobbing. 'What have I done?' she though
to herself. Just then, there was a knock at the door. She wiped some of the tears off of her face,
and quietly said, "Come in."

The door opened, and in walked Heero. Lily wondered what he was doing here. "I came to see
if you're alright." he said. Lily nodded, "Yes, I'm fine." she said. But the tears streaming down
her face gave her away. "You're lying." he said. Lily covered her face in her arms.

Heero wanted to sit down next to her, to comfort her. 'What am I thinking?!?!' he thought to
himself as his emotions and his reason fought with eachother. He finally turned around and left
the room, shutting the door behind him.


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