So, This Is My Life?
By Pegasia Silverfeather
Part Two
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Authors Note: It has come to my attention that some of you were upset by Heero's lack of action. Hopefully this will make you all very happy. Here it is and thank you!
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Heero felt he was falling into a bottomless depth. The feeling sent his thoughts scrambling around in his mind.

Relena...Marena....Duo.....Osio....Relena..... It all raced there his head repeatedly. Heero fought the pain. Concentrating he focused on one name. Marena.

His memories flew to the small girl that had once been his sister.

Foggily he slipped into the past.

"Heero?" the soft voice whispered.

"Hn."

"Are you angry?" she asked.

Heero raised his head. Marena was a beautiful girl. Her blue eyes shown with unshed tears. Their identical eyes matched.

"I-I don't know. What do you mean you're... you're... in love." He said shaking his head.

"I mean it. Osio really loves me. I can see it in his eyes. Heero I want to marry him." She said her voice barely a whisper.

"Marena... I-I want you to be happy...but-"

"BUT! What do you mean but!" She screamed.

"He's a dangerous man. You could get hurt. I will not allow that." Heero said looking at the ugly yellow table

"What! Osio is the gentlest man I've ever met. He loves me."

Heero's eyes filled with unshed tears. What would father do? "He loves all nieve girls. And that is what you are a GIRL. Not a woman. I would hate to see you hurt. Did you forget Mei Mei? She was his last true love. "

Marena's eyes widened with wrath. "Fine! Forget you I don't need YOUR permission! Screw off and get out of my way!"

Heero ran to the front door blocking the flimsy wood with his body. "Marena, are you sure that this is what you want? Little sister? If you leave never cry about any tortures. I love you. Remember that." He said giving her a hug. Marena looked up into his eyes.

" You hate me. If you loved me you would be happy! Move. I hate you!" She said shoving him aside and storming out of the room. As her steps flew away his fist crashed threw the door. His pain rushed from his heart. He fell into a chair and rested his head his fist in thought.

Months passed. Marena never called, never visited. He had heard threw the streets that Osio had begun to beat her. Heero's anger had risen to the peaks when he had heard that but, Marena never returned. A year passed and Heero decided to leave Japan.

Having recieved allowment papers for him to come to America he left the address with the landlady for his sister should she ask. With the last of his few possession piled in a box he set off to the air on his way to a New World.


Every now and again he would pray that she was ok. That is untill his answers came back with a loud NO!

It was a warm day not long after he was fired from the Chinese restaurant for punching the main chef. He was alone on the front steps of the apartment building when the fed ex man drove up. "Heero Yuy?" He asked

"Yes." he said nodding his head, "I need you to sign for this package." Heero signed on the line and turned to his apartment. After looking at the address he became sorrowful.

Slowly he placed the brown package on the table. Stepping away from it as if it were a coiled snake. 'Hell' he mused 'Osio probably would send one to me.' with the last of his courage he opened the box.

A piece of paper was included.

"
Yuy Heero,
I am one of Osio's ex guard men. Recall EX.

I am sorry to inform you that Osio's eyes spread to another and he turned away from your sister Marena, whom was a great friend to me. He ordered three of his men to kill her. She was shot six times in the stomach. Even worst she was with child. Includes are letters that I found hidden in her room after her death. I thought you should have them.

My regrets to her death. I am willing to help you avenge her.
~Shinigami~
hitman.

If you wish to help me meet me at Okanowa airport at 3: am this time. "



Heero screamed at the words. His worst fears ran threw his mind. Flashes of Marena as a child raced threw his mind. In his despair he looked in the box. At least a hundred letters all addressed to him. He sat that night reading every one. Heero read as she came from hating him to being sorry for what she said, to realizing what he meant. talking of abuse, the unborn child then finally there was a letter stained with blood asking if he would forgive her and let her come home. Her last letter.


He was numb. For eight months he did nothing but train. He learned to fight. He learned to heal. Nothing else mattered. He wanted to defend the weak and heal the strong. Guilt ate away at him. Finally in his dispare he boarded a plane to Okanowa.

That is were he met the man again. Duo. He sat flirting with a stuartress his long braid swinging behind his black combat boots. His trench-jacket sleeves rolled up revealing a navy seals tattoo. Under it were the fated prints that Heero understood. "Shinigami."

He saw an evil smirk cross the mans face. He reached into his jacket and drew a gun to Heeros face. Heero's reflexes took control easily disarming the man. The woman screamed and panic broke loose. Duo smiled. "Yuy! I recognize you from Marena's pictures. Come we have much to discuss." He said in Japanese.

He and Heero walked out into the day Duo's coat sides flapping at every step." What is your real name?" Heero asked bluntly.

"Names Duo, Duo Maxwell." He said.

"Duo, you look like something out of the Matrix!" Heero said with a smirk.

Duo stopped in his tracks. "I don't know about that but how's that for a lady in red?" He said pointing to a young woman in a red komono.

"Duo! That's a bride!" Heero shrieked. Duo only chuckled.

"Yeah all the good ones are...well accept for Aq- uh this girl I know"

Heero followed the maniac to a jet-black jaguar XKD. "Oh you have GOT to let me drive this baby!" Heero yelped.

Duo tossed him the keys. "It's yours!"

Heero looked at him like he was crazy. "What?"

"I kinda stole 30 of them from Osio. I had only 29 conspirators so they each got there own and I have on that was actually given to me. It's customized. Get in tell me what you think."

Heero got in behind the wheel and punched the key in. Looking at the dashboard. "Uh....Duo what the hell is that?" Heero asked looking at a scanner.

"That good buddy is your security system. Hold on let me change the password." He stuck his cross into a key slot and punched into the keypad the word "Shinigaminaqua" here enter your own code. I'll leave you a laser key in the glove compartment."

"Laser key?"

"Hold up..." Taking off the necklace he opened it. Inside was a complicated laser setup. "See."

"Oh. Your gonna stick a cross in my glove-compartment?" Heero asked cynically.

"No, you got a ring or something?" Duo asked

Heero shook his head.

"Let's drive!" Duo said. As Heero gunned the gas Duo pulled a ring off of his finger. Looking at it in his finger he smiled wide. Heero looked over at the small band in Duo's hand.

"What's that?" Heero asked.

"This is from my best friend. She gave me this before I left, I wonder how she's doing?" He said as he slipped a laser signal in the back of the stone.

"Aquastone?" Heero asked looking at the rare stone.

"Yes, She doesn't want me to forget her. That's not even possible. You just can't forget a girl like that! One glance and your hooked...but me... she's more like a little sister." he said with a smile.

"Oh yeah, I know the feeling. I saw this girl once for like 20 minuets and I can't ever get her out of my mind." Heero said shaking his head.

Duo sighed and handed the ring to Heero.

"I can't take that!" Heero said.

"Hey...think of it this way. You'll have to give it back to her someday."

"ok." Heero said as he snatched the ring. Slipping it on his ring finger he put his hand he hit the gas as the name rolled threw his mind again. 'Aqua'

Duo led him to a small middle class apartment building. Parking and locking the car up they were soon climbing up six stories of steps.

"Home sweet home!" Duo said.

Heero looked around the studio. Dirty laundry hung from furniture. Cocking a brow Heero looked over at Duo. "Yeah, if you can't escape!"

"Oh yeah! Thanks man!" Duo said sarcastically.

"Ok so how is this going down?" Heero asked.

"OOOOOOhhhhhhhh! Someone's in a rush!" Duo said as he led Heero to a room. Inside were steel cabinets along all of the walls. "These are our assets." Duo said hitting a code into a computer.

"shlam! shlam! shlam! shlam! shlam! shlam!" all of the cabinet doors flew open revealing what could be possibly thousands of weapons.

Looking Heero in the eyes with a cocky grin "Take as much as you can run with."

"Later what else?"

"Ok hold up." Duo said as he opened a file. suddenly digital blueprints showed up on the large black screen. A red, green, blue and orange lights hi lighted certain parts of the blueprints.

"Ok the red are gooney rooms. Blue drug fineries. Green, allies. Those are my little Grand Thief Auto friends. Finally orange is Osio. We've been working on this for almost 3 months. Here the skinny on the plan." He said getting up to the screen as he ran a program. "I have three buddies up in the building still. They are going to let us in ...right here. The five of us are going to crawl threw these vent ways statically place gas bombs and small rigged explosives. Finally when we get to Osio..." Duo said looking a Heero " He's all yours."

"What time?" He asked

"Heero your gonna love this....at midnight."

"Let's lock and load!" Heero said stepping to the armory.

"Whoa! Why do I have the feeling that I just lost my status as Mr. leader." He said sarcastically.

Heero went threw the room and collected his armor and weapons. "Let's rock." Heero said coldly.

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Duo and Heero were shuffling noisily in the ventilation shafts. Every now and then one of Duo's faceless companions would stop and plant the bombs. As they were entering the tango room an explosion of bullets rained threw the vents. Sparks flew and Duo smirked.

"Oh, Trowa, please tell me that you gotta plan B."

The tall shadow knodded and pulled out a handled computer. "There is a hidden vent to the left. We have to escape the plan's scrapped."

Duo sighed. "Hee-man I guess we gotta get him later." He said as he started turning the vents.

Heero looked at the turn and then at the vent that would take him to Osio. 'Something's wrong." Heero said softly.

He scrambled onward until he reached the end room just in time to see Osio escape out the window. "SHINIGAMI!" he yelled and was followed by the squeal of tires.

"He knows who we are!" Trowa yelled from the vents. Heero glared and raced out the window. The rest of the crew raced out of the window and down the escape shafts in time to see the building erupt into a massive ball of flame. "I say we go back to America. That's were he will be going."

Heero glared at the darkness. "Next time." Heero said darkly.

Duo and Heero raced to Duo's apartment.

"Heero, I gotta proposition for you. See, I know this girl. She's like a sister to me. Her name is Aqua. I've known her since we were kids. I'm gonna be going on missions and I need someone to keep an eye over her. If you watch her I'll track down Osio." He said as he looked into the darkness.

"Aqua." He said raising a brow.

"It's a nick name. Icely is her real name."

Heero knodded. "Sounds like a deal."

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Relena's POV
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She sat looking at his still form on the thin bed. Looking up at the young man that was warping up the bandages.

Suddenly a shadow burst into the room. Relena did something unexpected and drew a gun. "Duo, I swore that the next time you left like that I was going to shoot you."

A faint chuckle was heard from the bed. "Consider him capped."

Relena shot over to where Wufei was wrapping his patient.

"What happened to Hee-man?" Duo asked.

"Heero! He got shot. Duh!" Relena said rather heart broken.

"I meant HOW did he get shot?"

"I don't want to get into it right now." Relena said sadly.

"Yeah. Um... I won't be here long. I'll be here for two weeks." Duo said woefully.

"Whatever. I'm going home would you stay here. I have to go to work in a couple of hours so I need some sleep." She said and grabbed a jacket off of the back of her chair and ran out of the room.

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Duo's POV
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Watching as his best friend ran out of the room he looked down at Heero's sleeping form.

"Heero, what did you do to her?" He said shaking his head.

Duo took off his leather trenchcoat and hung it on the door. "Wufei, how bad is it?"

The irritated young man glared at Duo. "Well, as bad as a minor stomach wound can be. The problem is infection." Wufei glared at his papers and raised his lip. "SALLY! I want you to keep him on a changing anti biotic schedule. This should keep his body from adjusting."

An equally grouchy woman with long twisting pigtails walked in and shoved a clipboard in Wufei's stomach. "Been there, done that! Try running immune-boosters. Then once the stitches take hold include an anti coagulant. The tissues that were operated on are swelling, so we'll run then to keep everything steady. Keep clotting at about 1.6 minuets and then talk to me!" She yelled and marched out of the room.

"She want's me." Wufei said sarcastically an impish grin on his face.

"Honestly! How long till he wakes up?" Duo asked.

"He already did. It was during surgery. He should be waking up in about four hours." He said and signed a paper on the clipboard and looked over at Duo. "Now if you'll excuse me I have a show to perform." He said stomping out of the room.

Soon afterwards the words "ONNA" and "BAKA PIG!" were heard from down the hall.

Duo rolled his eyes and sat back in his chair. It was already quite clear that this was going to be a long night.
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RELENA'S POV
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She raced down the streets. Her tears were blinding her. Something caught her foot and she looked up.

"MADISON CEMETARY"

Shoving the heavy iron doors open, she wandered into the cemetery. In the center was a gazebo, which she sat at.

Thoughts raced threw her mind. Tears fell from her checks and she realized that it was raining.

Her clothes were wet. Pulling the jacket out of the crook of her arm she curled up against the stone walls. The leather was warm and comforting, like a soothing hug. Her head feel upon the floor and she let sleep claim her.

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Authors POV..LOL

I know...horribly short. Nothing in comparison to chapter one. But to be truthful Chapter one took two months to right so I thought I'd give this to ya