Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
The Everlasting Story
By SS4Vegeto

A/N: Hm, coming along alright s/f, wouldn't you say? Please R&R! ^_^

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Gundam Wing. Trust me, all I own are the aforementioned anime goodies and my computer (it's not even a good computer, either).


The Everlasting Story
Chapter 5: Tears Of A Warrior

Heero walked into the living room for the second time that morning, and tossed a blanket on top of Trowa, who had fallen asleep against the wall.
Must have been one helluva night, Heero thought.
He would have thought he was dead if he weren't breathing, and there were trails left by fallen tears on his face. Heero had thought he had looked cold, so he had gotten a blanket for him.
"Sleep well." Heero told the sleeping guy. He turned and saw Quatre in the doorway.
"Good morning Heero." Quatre greeted cheerfully.
"Okay, what's wrong?" Heero asked, noting the overly-cheerful attitude.
"Nothing.." Quatre said meekly, "Okay, something. I didn't think you'd be interested."
"Tell me, Quatre." Heero urged him on. Trowa was still asleep.
"Okay, I just found out that Iria, the one who got in that.. accident.. back just before I went on Zero.. She's gonna be okay, but.. They said she might never walk again.." Quatre explained with a very evident lack of enthusiasm.
"That's too bad, Quatre." Heero tried his best at being polite.
"I wish I could go see her, but I'm needed here, with you guys." Quatre told him. Heero shook his head.
"Go on and see your sister. We can handle things here." Heero said softly.
"No, I've gotta stay. I'm not gonna leave Trowa yet." Quatre said stubbornly, "I'll go see Iria later.."
"Quatre? Heero? What are you two arguing about?" Trowa asked, just waking up.
"Nothing Trowa, it's okay." Quatre assured him.
"Gigs up. What's wrong, Quatre?" Trowa asked him. Heero and Quatre told him.
"Oh.. Sorry, Quatre.. You're right about being needed, but we can do without. You should go see your sister." Trowa added.
"It's two against one here.. Okay, I'll go.." Quatre finally gave up, "Trowa, are you sure-"
"Just go! Iria needs your support to get better." Trowa told him.
"Going! I'm going!" Quatre said, heading to his room to pack.
"How do you do that?" Heero asked Trowa.
"Do what?" Trowa asked him.
"Get Quatre to do what you want." Heero explained.
"Just tell me." Heero said, agitated, "Why won't he listen to me?"
"Because you're Heero. No one nice listens to you." Trowa explained. Heero glared at him.
"Enough with the insults." Heero remarked, then gave Trowa a mischeivous smile that always means something bad is happening, "By the way, Cathrine came to see you when you were missing."
Trowa put his hand to his forehead.
"Oh no.. Was I really gone that long? I think I wanna hide just now." Trowa asked, grinning a bit but managing to fake being afraid.
"Oh cut it out. Are you a baby or a Gundam Pilot?" Heero asked. Trowa looked at him.
"Hey, I wouldn't look who's talking Mister I'm-Afraid-Of-Relena-Peacecraft." Trowa teased.
"Who are you kidding? I'm waiting for Duo to leave too, so I can kill her without getting ragged on." Heero explained. Trowa shrugged, basically meaning, "whatever".
Later on, after Trowa had left, Trowa wandered down to his bedroom and started to put some clothes into a bag.
"Where are you going?" A soft voice asked from the doorway. It was Midii.
"I'm leaving. I can't stand it here." He explained. He put a sweater into the bag.
"You're not telling anyone else?" The pretty blonde asked. Trowa shook his head. Midii was holding onto the doorframe. She hadn't been tied up except at night, since there was always someone to watch her during the day.
"No. I don't want them to know." Trowa said, casually putting a pistol and some ammunition into the bag as well.
"Can I come?" Midii asked him, unsure. She hoped he would let her. She looked at him.
"No. I'm going alone." He told her, crushing her hopes, deliberately.
"Nanashi.. Please?" She pleaded with him. He shook his head. His decision was final.
She looked to his wall, above the bed, There were pictures of her and him when they were ten. They both looked so happy. She sighed audibly as he put them in a book and packed it away, along with some pictures of him and the other Gundam Pilots.
"Done.." He announced, closing the bag. The room looked so empty, without any of his things.
"You leaving.. For good?" Midii asked him. He nodded and brushed past her out of the doorway, "You're gonna leave, just like that?" She added. He nodded again.
"Yeah. They won't complain.. They don't need me." He told her.
"What about Quatre? That's why you told him to go to his sister, wasn't it?" She asked.
"He's strong enough on his own. Yeah, that's why." He told her, "'Bye."
He walked out the front door. Midii held on to the doorway, watching him leave.
"Walking away from me again, Nanashi? Goodbye.." She whispered as he left her line of sight.
She looked after him, wanting to follow him but she knew she wouldn't.
Trowa walked on, thinking of what Quatre would think when he returned to find him gone. Quatre would be back in two days. Enough time for him to get safely to the Colony. He decided on a landmark. He would go to L3 Cluster's X18999 Colony. It was the setting of the events codenamed the 'Endless Waltz'. He stepped up to Heavyarms.
"Looks like we're leaving, old friend." He said to the huge Mobile Suit. He stepped up into the cockpit, then put his bag in a clear area in the cockpit. It was where the helmet was supposed to be, but Trowa had forgotten his helmet.
He wondered if Quatre would think to go to X18999 to look for him. He doubted it. Trowa wasn't know for liking the past. He went on, thinking of the past, wondering why he couldn't seem to leave it behind. He sighed as he fought the instinct to go back to Sanc as he entered earth's atmosphere.
Meanwhile, at the Sanc Kingdom...
"Trowa?" Duo asked as he walked into the room. It was completely empty, as if no one had ever been there.
"He's gone." Midii's voice came from behind him.
"What? Where to?" Duo asked suspiciously.
"I don't know. I'm worried about him. He left so suddenly.." Midii said, "He said he couldn't stand to be here any longer. That you didn't need him to be strong. He thinks he's not needed, I believe."
"That IDIOT." Duo muttered as he left the room.
Midii smiled smugly behind his back.
Meanwhile, Trowa reaches Colony X18999...
"Finally here." Trowa whispered as he walked down the familiar streets. He passed hotel after hotel, always finding something wrong with each one. Maybe he missed 'home' or something. It just wasn't like 'home' at the Sanc Kingdom. He stepped out into the busy streets again, nearly falling over as someone pushed him. He sighed and ripped a 'wanted' sign for his arrest off the wall.
"Too bad, OZ, not today." He said as he trashed it.
He looked down at his pocket.
Why do I still carry this thing around? He thought as he looked at the gun in his pocket. His missions were over. OZ had won him when Midii became one of their pilots. He looked up at the sun, blazing high above him, and wiped away a tear.
"I'm not going back. I'm on my own and I don't need them." He muttered. He sighed and entered a smally motel that seemed 'homey' enough.
He got a room and unpacked his stuff.
"I guess this is it.." He told himself, "I'm just not used to not having Quatre or Duo or Heero or Wufei around, is all.. I just need to get used to not having for people living with me. This is me, Trowa Barton, and I'm on my own, without Quatre or Cathrine or anyone else with me. For the first time in over a year..." He whispered.
He sighed and finished unpacking.



A/N: Well, what do you think? Okay, a little lame, I know, but hey. Anyway, stay tuned for Chapter 6: Forever Gone. Please R&R. BTW, if you're wondering, I didn't come up with Midii on my own, she came into the manga and the OAV Blind Target in one of Trowa's flashbacks. Besides, if I did make her up, her name sure as heck wouldn't be 'Midii'.. Oh well! ^_^
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