***Diclaimer: I don't own Outlaw Star or the characters... Unfortunately I don't own Gene Starwind either ... Konnichiwa minna-san! I'm sorry it took so long to get this chapter up! So I hope you like it and please review!
Chapter Four
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She sat at the table, playing with the napkin dispenser. It was a slow Monday afternoon, with only a few customers. And she was on her break. "Where is my Mr. Right?" she asked herself, putting the napkins back into the dispenser. "Will I ever find him?" She sighed in a dull way and watched as the customers sipped their tea. Then before she knew it, he walked in. He waved to her and sat down at the table.
"Hey," he said. "I've missed you, Melfina."
She put a fake smile on her face. "Hi Harry," she replied. "What are you doing here? I thought you were going to be in that race today?"
"I wanted to stay here with you, Melfina," he said, and placed his hand on top of hers, but she casually moved her hand away and rested her head on it. "I came here to see if you wanted to go out with me later tonight."
She rolled her eyes and tilted her head to watch the doorway. She wished a load of customers would walk through the entrance, so she would be able to get up and leave him. She didn't have feelings for him anymore. She wanted somebody new. She wanted someone who she would feel safe with and someone that would love her the way that she wanted to be. Maybe he was out there, dreaming of her, too.
"What do you think, Melfina?" he asked.
She shrugged. "I'm not sure," she said.
"Why not?"
She closed her eyes and tried to build up enough courage. "You can do it, Melfina?" she told herself. She opened her eyes and looked at him blankly. "Harry, I'm sorry, but I don't feel the same way about you that you do for me."
He quickly stood up and pounded his fist on the table. "What?!? How can you say that? I love you, Melfina. I would do anything for you."
She backed away and looked at him defensively. "I'm sorry, Harry. I just can't be with you anymore. I don't feel the same way anymore. It's time to move on."
"Fine!" he shouted, knocking his chair over. "Have it your way."
"Listen, you nut, get out of here or you'll be very sorry," Aisha demanded. "Get out!"
"I'm sorry, Melfina," he said, picking up the chair. "I'll leave, but please forgive me."
Melfina stood up and turned her back to him. "Please, just go away."
Harry looked at Melfina and then looked at Aisha, who was giving him a nasty look. He said goodbye and then walked to the door. "I'll make you mine, Melfina. Just you wait," he mumbled to himself, and walked out of the restaurant.
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Gene woke up. Sweat rested on his forehead and his heart was beating wildly in his chest. "Another one? Why?" he asked himself. He sat up and placed his hands over his face. "Why me? Why do I have to protect her?"
He climbed out of bed and walked o the window. He raised the shades and noticed that it was still daylight. Everyone was living their lives peacefully, every one except him. Why did he have to be the only one not to live in peace? "Why can't everyone just leave me alone?"
"Gene," Jim said, standing in the doorway. "Someone's here for you."
Gene turned to him. "Who is it?"
He shrugged. "I don't know," he replied. "Some girl."
"All right," he said. "I'll be there in a minute."
Jim nodded and walked away.
"Who could it be now?" Gene asked as he grabbed a shirt from the floor and pulled it over his head.
He walked down the hall and into the living room. He stopped in his tracks. A tall woman in samurai clothes stood before him. She was very beautiful and looked really familiar. She held a long wooden sword in her hand.
"Are you Gene Starwind?" she asked.
He nodded. "Yeah," he replied. "What do you want?"
She moved closer to him. "My name is Suzuka," she said. "I have a proposition for you."
He narrowed his eyes. "What kind of proposition?"
"I was told that you helped my sister last night," she said. "And for that I am very grateful."
"You're Melfina's sister?" he said. "No wonder why you looked so familiar … So, what is this proposition all about?"
"I fear that I can't protect Melfina any longer from her psycho ex-boyfriend, so I want you to protect her instead."
"Why me?" he asked. "There are so many other people out there in the world, so why me? I'm nothing special."
"I was told that you're an excellent fighter in space and on the ground," she replied. "And Melfina trusts you. So you're perfect for the job."
He shook his head. "I'm no longer a fighter, nor am I space outlaw."
"Why not?" Suzuka asked. "Why are you denying the one thing you can do better than anyone else?"
"It's a long story," he replied. "I don't feel like it, okay? I can't protect anyone. I couldn't even protect her, and now she's dead!"
"Who are you talking about?" she asked.
Gene looked away. He never realized how much he missed Hilda and how much he blamed himself for what happened. "I should've been there," he told himself. "I should've been there to save her. Why did I leave her?"
"Gene," she said, "if you're not going to cooperate with me, then I'm going to find someone else."
Did he want to protect her? Did he really want to be somebody's bodyguard? But what if the same thing that happened to Hilda happens to Melfina? Will he be able to protect her? Will he mess up like he did last time?
He didn't want to say yes, but he didn't want to say no either. But for some reason, he nodded his head and said, "Okay, I'll do it."
"Thank you, Gene," she said. "I am forever thankful."
He shrugged. "Whatever," he replied. "Just don't expect me to be with her everywhere."
"Fine," she said, and walked to the door. "Just make sure you keep Harry away from her."
"All right."
"Thank you again, Mr. Starwind," she said, and left.
Gene rolled his eyes and collapsed onto the couch. "What did I get myself into now?"
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To Be Continued...
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Chapter Four
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She sat at the table, playing with the napkin dispenser. It was a slow Monday afternoon, with only a few customers. And she was on her break. "Where is my Mr. Right?" she asked herself, putting the napkins back into the dispenser. "Will I ever find him?" She sighed in a dull way and watched as the customers sipped their tea. Then before she knew it, he walked in. He waved to her and sat down at the table.
"Hey," he said. "I've missed you, Melfina."
She put a fake smile on her face. "Hi Harry," she replied. "What are you doing here? I thought you were going to be in that race today?"
"I wanted to stay here with you, Melfina," he said, and placed his hand on top of hers, but she casually moved her hand away and rested her head on it. "I came here to see if you wanted to go out with me later tonight."
She rolled her eyes and tilted her head to watch the doorway. She wished a load of customers would walk through the entrance, so she would be able to get up and leave him. She didn't have feelings for him anymore. She wanted somebody new. She wanted someone who she would feel safe with and someone that would love her the way that she wanted to be. Maybe he was out there, dreaming of her, too.
"What do you think, Melfina?" he asked.
She shrugged. "I'm not sure," she said.
"Why not?"
She closed her eyes and tried to build up enough courage. "You can do it, Melfina?" she told herself. She opened her eyes and looked at him blankly. "Harry, I'm sorry, but I don't feel the same way about you that you do for me."
He quickly stood up and pounded his fist on the table. "What?!? How can you say that? I love you, Melfina. I would do anything for you."
She backed away and looked at him defensively. "I'm sorry, Harry. I just can't be with you anymore. I don't feel the same way anymore. It's time to move on."
"Fine!" he shouted, knocking his chair over. "Have it your way."
"Listen, you nut, get out of here or you'll be very sorry," Aisha demanded. "Get out!"
"I'm sorry, Melfina," he said, picking up the chair. "I'll leave, but please forgive me."
Melfina stood up and turned her back to him. "Please, just go away."
Harry looked at Melfina and then looked at Aisha, who was giving him a nasty look. He said goodbye and then walked to the door. "I'll make you mine, Melfina. Just you wait," he mumbled to himself, and walked out of the restaurant.
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Gene woke up. Sweat rested on his forehead and his heart was beating wildly in his chest. "Another one? Why?" he asked himself. He sat up and placed his hands over his face. "Why me? Why do I have to protect her?"
He climbed out of bed and walked o the window. He raised the shades and noticed that it was still daylight. Everyone was living their lives peacefully, every one except him. Why did he have to be the only one not to live in peace? "Why can't everyone just leave me alone?"
"Gene," Jim said, standing in the doorway. "Someone's here for you."
Gene turned to him. "Who is it?"
He shrugged. "I don't know," he replied. "Some girl."
"All right," he said. "I'll be there in a minute."
Jim nodded and walked away.
"Who could it be now?" Gene asked as he grabbed a shirt from the floor and pulled it over his head.
He walked down the hall and into the living room. He stopped in his tracks. A tall woman in samurai clothes stood before him. She was very beautiful and looked really familiar. She held a long wooden sword in her hand.
"Are you Gene Starwind?" she asked.
He nodded. "Yeah," he replied. "What do you want?"
She moved closer to him. "My name is Suzuka," she said. "I have a proposition for you."
He narrowed his eyes. "What kind of proposition?"
"I was told that you helped my sister last night," she said. "And for that I am very grateful."
"You're Melfina's sister?" he said. "No wonder why you looked so familiar … So, what is this proposition all about?"
"I fear that I can't protect Melfina any longer from her psycho ex-boyfriend, so I want you to protect her instead."
"Why me?" he asked. "There are so many other people out there in the world, so why me? I'm nothing special."
"I was told that you're an excellent fighter in space and on the ground," she replied. "And Melfina trusts you. So you're perfect for the job."
He shook his head. "I'm no longer a fighter, nor am I space outlaw."
"Why not?" Suzuka asked. "Why are you denying the one thing you can do better than anyone else?"
"It's a long story," he replied. "I don't feel like it, okay? I can't protect anyone. I couldn't even protect her, and now she's dead!"
"Who are you talking about?" she asked.
Gene looked away. He never realized how much he missed Hilda and how much he blamed himself for what happened. "I should've been there," he told himself. "I should've been there to save her. Why did I leave her?"
"Gene," she said, "if you're not going to cooperate with me, then I'm going to find someone else."
Did he want to protect her? Did he really want to be somebody's bodyguard? But what if the same thing that happened to Hilda happens to Melfina? Will he be able to protect her? Will he mess up like he did last time?
He didn't want to say yes, but he didn't want to say no either. But for some reason, he nodded his head and said, "Okay, I'll do it."
"Thank you, Gene," she said. "I am forever thankful."
He shrugged. "Whatever," he replied. "Just don't expect me to be with her everywhere."
"Fine," she said, and walked to the door. "Just make sure you keep Harry away from her."
"All right."
"Thank you again, Mr. Starwind," she said, and left.
Gene rolled his eyes and collapsed onto the couch. "What did I get myself into now?"
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To Be Continued...
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