~*~Chapter one- Emotion Explosion~*~
Pegan, faithful as ever, walked into Relena's room carrying a tray of food. He noticed a note on her vanity which was addressed to him.
Dear Pegan,
oh how I dread the thought of leaving you. You are one of the select few who has always stood by my side, I could turn to you no matter what and know that I would come out of the conversation with a better perspective on things. Do not fret over my disappearance, I planned it with the best of the best and I don't mean Heero Yuy. No, not even he knew of this. Tell him of this, tell them all of this. Heero will know where to find his own letter in my room, the others will find their letters with him but only Heero may search. I'll miss you dearly my old friend. I have taken all necessities with me and have emptied out 7 of my bank accounts, I think that should last me little while don't you? Take care old friend, I'll see you in a couple years. Please Pegan, I'm depending on you to make sure noone tries to trace me.
Love,
Relena.
Gently, he folded the letter and placed it in his coat pocket. "I'm not in as good health as you may think Relena, you'll be back sooner than you may think." he whispered as he exited the room.
Millirado, Noin, Sally, Hilde, Dorothy and the Gundam pilots were informed and were now all seated in the private living room of the mansion. Pegan stood in the centre feeling ten pairs of eyes burning right through him. He swallowed hard before speaking. "I'm sure all of you know why you were called down here. Relena has not been kidnapped, assassinated etc. She ran away. I have been told not to let anyone search for her and I will follow her wishes as if they were her last. Heero, she left you a letter hidden in her room and she believe you'll know where to find it. Now, I'll excuse myself and pack my bag. Too many memories in this old house for me to bare. I will continue to live in the Sanq Kingdom, but I don't think anyone will hear much of me. Good-bye, maybe we'll meet again when Relena returns although I doubt she'll be the same." He bowed to Milliardo and exited the room.
Silent footsteps padded across the floor and made their way up to Relena's room. Shutting the door gently behind him Heero made his way across to Relena's bed and sat down in the familiar position. Every night for the past year he sat there, staring. Staring at his sleeping angel until minutes before dawn, when he would slip out of her balcony window only to return again the next night. But no. He had to leave to check on some stupid mission the preventors had assigned him. He left for one night and this. This! This had happened! Maybe if he had been here he would have been able to stop her. Maybe if he had been here he would have been able to tell her he loved her. Maybe. Just maybe.
He looked around to see anything out of place and that's when he noticed. Noticed the bear placed on the shelf in her walk-in closet. He walked in and picked up the bear. She left it. Was the first thought that crossed his mind. Frowning he searched the shelf and found nothing. He sat down on the rocking chair that over-looked the zen garden. He carefully searched the bear and noticed the beck had a very slight incision and there was a sheet of paper sticking out. Also he noticed that the thread had been left dangling. He carefully undid the stitching and pulled out the paper which he noticed was not the only one. There were rolls of tiny folded up sheets and each on had a name on it. He also found a little envelope addressed to Milliardo. Finding a needle on the table right in front of him he carefully sewed the bear back up. Walking out of the room he stopped. Breathing in the last breathe of the unmistakable scent in her room; Calvin Klein perfume, her personal preference; there was peppermint, her favourite candy; and then there was the slight smell of cigar smoke, the cause of being around so many old and smoking delegates. He was so distracted he didn't notice Duo coming down the hall.
~Duo's Point of View~
I noticed his closed eyes, his nostrils slightly flared and the expression on his face. So calm. So peaceful. I may be loud and obnoxious but I know when enough is enough. He looked so unlike the Heero Yuy I knew from the war. The effect this one girl had on him was incredible. Not even being chained to a wall and being beaten would change him this much. His eyes snapped open and he stared at me. I was scared. His eyes. They didn't hold the cold menacing glare they were trained to hold. Tears. That's what I saw. I saw glistening tears in his eyes. Tears of sorrow. Tears of pain. I slowly walked up to him and held a tissue out to him. He slid down against the wall he had been leaning against, and the tears. The agonizing tears. They fell. One after the other. "She's gone!" he screamed in agony. "How could she leave me!? God damn it!" I froze. Never had I feared of something so much.
Death could never strike so much fear into me as the image before me. Heero was crying.
"She'll be back, Heero. She loves you and could never stop loving you. She won't leave you. Hell, remember back in wars? She followed you over sea, country to country. She followed you all over the planet. She wouldn't leave you alone then and she sure as hell won't leave you now!" Heero looked up at me, his eyes were so sad. So agonizingly sad.
"How will I live without her? She was everything to me. She was my life!" He pounded his fist against the wall.
"Heero! She will come back! She'd do anything for you, and you god damn know it!" I grabbed his shirt collar and shook him fiercely. "Believe me this once. Just, this once! Believe me." He nodded.
"I believe you, Duo." I smiled, showing all my teeth.
"Come on Heero, let's get you patched up. We don't want the others to know about your little emotion explosion. Why, if we let them know it'd wreck your reputation and Shinigami knows how important that is!" I shoved him into the washroom and got him a cold, wet cloth ready.
