Labyrinth
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Warning: Because this story was not originally meant to be read by others, weird things will happen that normally don't happen in stories like this. This whole story will be a roller coaster of mush, humor, and tragedy. You have been warned!
Hiiro continued typing on his laptop- reading the updates from HQ.
Most
of it he already knew- considering he had completed the tasks himself.
His
typing stopped as he noticed one lone sentence. A sentence which he
read
over and over not believing its words. "Agent 04- hospitalized;
condition-
critical; whereabouts- 04 Colony General Hospital," it read. Hiiro
ran down
the stairs.
A li'l bit later
Four angry gundam pilots burst into the hospital waiting room.
They
stared at Minako with hatred.
"Omae o korosu." Hiiro spat.
"Weak woman." Wufei raged.
"What the hell happened?" Duo asked.
Trowa, on the other hand, took a seat next to Minako. "Are you
alright?"
he asked. Trowa was worried about his friend. His beloved Quatre,
whom he
held as a younger brother. The one who taught him how to trust.
He could recognize Minako's sadness, and wished to cheer her up.
But he
was a little depressed himself. "What happened, Minako?" he questioned
in a
grave tone.
Minako thought for a moment what she should say. How could she tell them about Peridot?
They knew nothing of her past and her enemies. They would never believe her. She had only
one choice. "We had some car trouble," she started, "so we pulled up to the side of the road.
Once we got out of the car, a man came up to us and he...he...." She broke down sobbing once
more.
Trowa stared at the crying girl that he knew Quatre cared about.
He
wasn't much of any emotional type guy, but he felt bad for her. But
who was
that man she was referring to? Most likely OZ had found them. He
looked
towards the other pilots. "We need to get out of here."
Hiiro nodded. "And Quatre."
They began to think of their plan to get away from here- and where
they
had been detected.
"What do you mean?" Minako asked, shocked, her body still shaking. She winced as a sharp
pain seared through her shoulder. It had been bandaged up, but it still hurt like hell. Trying to
ignore the pain, she continued to ask questions. "Why would you need to leave? Why would
you take Quatre this soon! He's in critical condition!"
Wufei glared at Minako with a harsh look on his face. "We don't
have the
time for you." He snapped. "Not for a weak woman who allowed Quatre to
be
hospitalized."
"Shut up, Wufei." Duo spat. "Minako, we need to talk in private."
He
led her to the cafeteria which was at the moment, practically deserted.
"Listen, Minako, you have to swear to me you won't tell any one
what I am
about to tell you." He said with an unusual amount of seriousness.
Minako was confused, eager and scared all at the same time. She wondered what could possibly
be so important, she was very curious as to what it could be, but she was also a bit nervous. Duo
sounded very serious, a hint of regret could be detected in his tone. "I swear, Duo. I won't tell a
soul." she agreed quietly.
Duo sighed. 'Here goes...' he thought.
"As you may or may not know, the organization known as OZ has
practically taken control of the colonies and Earth. Not through force, but
through persuading citizens that what they say is right.
"To ensure that no one attempted to steal their power OZ began
constructing mobile suits. Each line of mobile suits were engineered to
act as combat units.
"All resistance to Oz was easily destroyed using these mobile
suits. But more importantly, the civilians began to trust them.
"To resist Oz, five highly advanced scientists began making Mobile
Suits of their own. These mobile suits were made out of a metal called
Gundanium alloy which is why these Mobile Suits now carry the metal's
name, Gundam.
"However, these mobile suits are human operated, meaning they must
have a person in controlling them from within. That's where we came
along.
"The five of us are the Gundam pilots. I pilot Gundam 02
Deathscythe, Hiiro pilots 01 Wing Gundam, Trowa pilots 03 Heavyarms, Wufei
pilots Gundam Shenlong, also known as Nataku, and..." Duo paused and looked
Minako in the eye.
"My buddy Quatre pilots Gundam 04 Sandrock. Which is why we are in
danger right now.
"Quatre has a bullet wound which suggests that he was found by an
OZ agent. If OZ attempted to capture us at this time they would most
likely succeed.
"If captured we would probably be tortured to tell all we knew and
then killed before twenty billion citizens who would ignorantly be
pleased with our deaths.
"In other words, we need to get the hell out of here." Duo
finished.
Minako almost passed out. This was MUCH worse than she thought. She lied about who shot
Quatre, and now they think that OZ is after them! She debated in her head for a few seconds as
to what to do, and finally came to a conclusion. She had to tell him. "Duo..." she started, "I have
a confession to make..." She looked at Duo's confused expression . "I lied about who shot
Quatre."
Duo stared at Minako. He didn't know what to think. "Did... you?"
He
asked wishing he had his gun with him.
Two chibi pilots broke down the door and surrounded Minako,
pointing
chibi squirt guns at her.
"Omae o koro.... what's the rest?" Chibi Hiiro asked.
"Weak woman! Come on I'll arm wrestle you!" Chibi Wufei said,
flexing
his nonexistent muscle.
(Meanwhile)
Wufei noticed that something was missing- but he couldn't put his
finger
on it.
Hiiro realized before him. "....Our chibis are lose..."
Wufei swore under his breath
(back in the cafeteria)
Minako looked down nervously at the two chibis. "Ehehe....well...you two are kinda
cute....AAACCKK!!" she screamed as Chibi Hiiro shot her with his squirt gun. "Duo! What's
going on here?!?!"
Chibi Wufei glared at Minako. "Come on!!! I wanna arm wrestle
you!"
Duo got a sweatdrop. "Uh well... Hiiro and Wufei's chibis are
loose.
Their alternate personalities." He thought for a moment. "Come to
think of
it... my chibi's missing..." He winced. "My chibi is bad..."
Chibi Duo laughed in an evil shrill voice. "Bwe heeheheh!" He
walked
over to Minako. "Bwehehehehe!" and released her chibi.
"Bwehhehehehe!"
Minako watched in horror as chibis ran wild all around the room. She was getting dizzy. She
placed her hands on her temples and tried to calm herself by circling them with her fingers. It
didn't help. "I need to get out of here!" she shouted as she stood up and left the room.
Duo stared at Minako's face. She seemed dazed, really out of it.
"Minako are you okay?"
"I need to get out of here!" Minako shouted as she left the room.
Duo followed her. "Minako I think you're seeing delusions!
There's no
one here but me. But you need to tell me. Who shot Quatre?"
Minako blinked in confusion. She looked around, and sure enough, Duo was the only other
person with her. No chibis, just Duo. She sighed, but then remembered his question. She
looked at him with an unsure expression on her face. "I'd better tell you all together." she said.
"It's very complicated..."
"Complicated?" Duo asked. "As in math complicated? I never was
any good
at math. I mean I guess I gotta know math to pilot Deathscythe but...
ya
know geometry and that kind of math is hard for me... I'm confused..."
"Duo.." she interrupted him. "Let's go meet the other guys."
When they got back to the waiting room, Minako was greeted by three very unhappy faces.
"What were you talking about?" Wufei demanded.
"If you told her anything we'll kill you." Hiiro added.
Duo got a sweatdrop. "I love you guys." He turned to Minako. "So?"
Minako took a deep breath. "I need to tell you guys something." she paused, thinking of how to
say it right. "I lied about who shot Quatre." she could see that Hiiro and Wufei were about to
respond, but she cut them off immediately. "I have an explanation, though! You see, the bullet
that hit Quatre was his own."
She looked around at all the shocked faces, and decided to continue, there was no turning back
now. "I was attacked by one of my enemies, when Quatre tried to save me. He shot at the man,
but the bullet was deflected and sent right back at him.
"I know that this will sound weird, but you have to believe me." she continued, "The man who
attacked me, Peridot. He is an agent of the dark kingdom, who's purpose is to destroy me. He
wants to destroy me, as well as my friends so that the dark kingdom can take over the world."
She looked at the now even more confused faces, and sighed. She glanced around and made
sure that no one was nearby. "This might help." she said. With that, she threw her hand up in
the air, shouting, "Venus Power Make-up!"
The pilots stared in awe as she transformed into Sailor Venus. Once the transformation was
finished, she continued her explanation. "I am the senshi of love and beauty, Sailor Venus.
Protector of Princess Serenity and the future Crystal Tokyo. I have powers given to me from my
home planet, Venus.
"Peridot, as well as all other agents of the dark kingdom posses some kind of power. That's how
he deflected Quatre's bullet."
The four pilots stared at Minako in shock, fear, and stupidity (AN: one
in
particular there).
"Uh...Um...I feel a little dizzy." Duo said, grabbing hold of a
wall.
"Excuse me." He ran to the bathroom with a greenish face.
Hiiro and Wufei pointed there guns at her.
Trowa showed no emotion. "Don't shoot her. We can tell soon
enough if
what she saying is true."
"Please, you have to believe that I didn't and wouldn't do anything to hurt Quatre." she pleaded.
"I didn't know that Peridot followed me here, but as it turns out, he's the one that sent me to your
world." she continued, "I know all about OZ and the Gundam pilots, now you know all about me
and the senshi. As far as I'm concerned, we're even. Now please, let's try to get along."
"Excuse me." A nurse said, tapping Minako on the shoulder. "We
have some
news on your friend."
The short nurse was quickly surrounded by the three pilots.
"Um... Who are you? Are you more of Winner-san's friends?"She
asked.
"Is he okay?" Duo asked, entering the room.
"He should be alright... Luckily the bullet missed his heart. But
if
you don't mind me asking. How did he receive this bullet wound?" she
asked.
Duo looked towards Hiiro.
"Hunting accident." Hiiro replied.
"But there's no hunting on the coloni-"
"When can we see him?" Duo interrupted.
"...um... well... How did he receive a hunting wound if there's
nothing
to hu-"
"When can we see him?" Wufei asked angrily.
"Ah....SECURITY!" The nurse screamed.
"No! There's no need for you to call security, ma'am." Minako said, trying to calm her down.
"Our friend here," she walked up close to the nurse and quietly continued, "He get's a little out of
control at times. You may want to look into having him admitted to the psychiatric unit...." she
finished, ignoring the glare that she received from Wufei.
"Anyway, these four are with me, and we'd like to see our friend now." she said with a sweet
smile.
The confused nurse gave Minako a nervous smile. "Alright, room
B-22."
They began to walk towards the room.
"Hunting accident?!" Minako asked, exasperated just as the nurse was out of earshot. "What
kind of answer is that?!?!" She ignored the death glare that she received and looked up to see a
door labeled B-22. "Here we are." she said, quietly. She looked at the others, and opened the
door.
When she walked in, the first thing Minako saw was Quatre lying in the hospital bed. Tubes
were hooked up all over his body, and a huge bandage covered the spot where his chest was shot.
Wires ran from his body to machines that blipped and bleeped. It wasn't a pleasant scene, but at
least she knew that Quatre was all right.
She walked up to the bed and sat down in a chair beside him. She looked down at his peaceful
face, and gently stroked his hair with her fingers.
Quatre felt someone's hand on his forehead. He tried desperately
to open
his eyes, and finally succeeded. The light cut through his eyes and he
shut
them again quickly. After blinking a few times, he was able to see.
At first, he was sure he had died. Because the woman looking down
on him
had to be an angel. When he realized who it was, he smiled. Relief
washed
over him. He was so happy that Minako was alive.
He gathered all the strength he could find. Hoping that maybe he
would
be able to speak to her. "Are...." he tried to speak. "...you
alright?" he
began coughing. Maybe talking wasn't such a good idea...
"Shh! Hush, Quatre. Don't talk." she said, soothingly as she continued to stroke his hair. He
looked so vulnerable, so weak. She tried her hardest not to let the tears show. She couldn't stand
to see him in so much pain because of her. "I'm all right." she assured him. "Just rest now.
Everything is going to be all right."
Quatre smiled up at her. She seemed really worried. He wanted
to calm
her down. It made him feel helpless to just lay here while she was in
pain.
"Hey there, bud! We busted in here to see ya. Had to take a few
hostages but... oh well." Duo joked. He sat down on the chair opposite
of
Minako.
Trowa sat at the end of the bed. "Hello," he said. That one word
was
enough. Quatre could tell what he meant.
Hiiro stood near the door. He nodded to acknowledge Quatre.
"Don't get
hurt again." he said with anger in his voice. It was the closest
emotion to
concern he'd ever shown.
Wufei was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. "I honor
you."
He said.
Quatre smiled and a tear slid down his cheek. "Thanks..." he said
in a
raspy voice.
Minako smiled at him. "Everything's going to be all right, Quatre." she said once more, "Listen,
They know about the senshi now...."she paused, "and I know about the gundams. There are no
more secrets, unless you guys are aliens or something." she giggled.
Duo froze. His face covered with a look of pure terror. It
quickly
faded to anger. He looked over at the other pilots. "Alright," he
said,
"Who told her? The alien thing was supposed to be a SECRET."
Now Minako was REALLY confused, but she still kept her cool. "Please tell me that you're
kidding. This day really can't get any worse."
Duo got a sweatdrop. "Of course I'm kidding... Have I ever been
serious
in my life?" he asked.
"I really don't think so." Minako smiled. She looked back at Quatre. "I'm so glad that you're all
right, Quatre." she said quietly. She took his hand into hers, and took a deep breath, realizing
what she had to do. "I'm sorry, but I have to leave now."
She looked at the shocked expression on Quatre's face. "Peridot is still out there, he's still after me. I don't want to put you in any more danger. Thank you very much for your kindness and hospitality, but I really have to leave." she forced the tears back as she tried to break away from Quatre's hold on her hand.
Quatre held on to Minako's hand with a death grip. Fear clutched
his
heart. "Don't leave," he said, "I promised to protect you... Please
don't
go... I.... I love you..." Quatre pulled her close into a hug. "I
love
you." He said again. "Aishiteru..."
The other pilots looked as though they had become utterly
fascinated in
the room's decor. Wufei was staring at the floor tile as though it
were the
most interesting thing in the universe. Duo looked at the light. The
others
looked around as well.
Minako hugged Quatre back, finally letting the tears fall. "Aishiteru, Quatre." she said quietly.
She didn't know what to do. Her logic told her to leave, to run away as fast as she could and
never look back. She couldn't put Quatre or anyone else in this kind of danger again. Her heart,
however, told her otherwise. She said that she loved him and she meant it! Ever since they first
met, she had never felt the same. Both sides struggled for a moment, until finally, her heart won.
She stood back from Quatre, but their hands stayed connected. "I'll stay." she said, "But you
have to promise me that you'll let me fight my own fights and that you'll keep yourself safe."
Quatre pulled Minako closer. "I promise," he said, "Just don't
go..."
He leaned closer and looked into her eyes. "Aishiteru...Motto motto
aishiteru...."
Her eyes danced with radiant beauty. She was so beautiful.
Quatre blushed slightly as he leaned closer still. He felt his
face
burn. And then their lips were touching. "Aishiteru..." he whispered,
kissing her again.
The pilots were beat red. Wufei looked as though he would faint.
Duo grinned. "You go Quatre!"
As he received evil glares from Trowa, Wufei, and Hiiro, he
blushed. "I
mean," he looked at the window, "What a FABULOUS window treatment!"
Minako placed her hands over Quatre's neck as they kissed. Never in her life had she ever felt so
wonderful. It all seemed so right, so wonderfully right, so perfectly right, yet so disgustingly
right. She never wanted this moment to end! She knew that it would, and she knew that she
would one day have to return home, but for now, none of that mattered. All that mattered was
being with Quatre. Gods, she was glad that he got her to stay.
When they finally broke for air, Minako looked right back into Quatre's ocean blue eyes. Behind
them, she saw pure innocence. His heart was the purest of hearts that could never be matched.
Gods, she loved him. "Aishiteru, too." she said once more.
Quatre stared at the beautiful woman before him. The beautiful,
kind,
wonderful woman. Her eyes shined as the stars and her hair fell as the
waves
upon her shoulders. No one had ever been so perfect.
But what he couldn't understand was how she could ever come to love
him.
He, who could only think of one word to describe himself.
Weak.
He felt weakness towards himself. And he hated himself for it.
'No
more,' he told himself, 'no more weakness. I won't show Minako a weak
person. For her, I can learn to be strong.'
"Gomen nasai," he said to her, "I shouldn't have worried you.
Gomen..."
"Don't apologize, Quatre." she said soothingly. "You were only trying to help, and I thank you
for that." She brushed some hair out of his face. "Peridot is very strong, and he'll stop at nothing
to destroy me. He won't hesitate to kill anyone that gets in his way, so please, don't try to fight
him. Instead, let me. All I need is to know that you love me, that will give me the strength that I
need to win."
Quatre blushed. "Alright... but if I don't interfere with your
battles
than you need to promise that you'll stay out of mine," he stated, "I
know
that fighting Peridot is probably a great deal more significant than
protecting the colonies, so please, don't get hurt in a battle that
does not
require you."
"That sounds fair." Minako said, reluctantly, "But don't look at your battles as any less important
than mine. They're just different in how they're fought." She smiled at him. "Now that that's
over, is there anything that I can do for you?"
Quatre smiled. "You being here is enough." He took her hand.
Duo coughed. "I think I'll go get some coffee."
Just as Duo left the room, another nurse walked in. "Good afternoon!" she said in a cheery
voice. "Your tests have all come back. You should be able to go back home in just a couple of
days."
Quatre smiled sweetly at the nurse. "Thank you." He said with pure
innocence.
Hiiro realized something. Something HORRIBLE. "Duo said he was
going to
get coffee." he stated.
Wufei's eyes bulged.
They both took out their guns and ran towards the coffee room.
Meanwhile
Duo looked at the two types of coffees. Decaf or regular... so
many
choices.... He shrugged and poured a cup of regular...
back in Quatre's room
Minako watched as the two pilots left the room. "What's up with them?" she asked in confusion.
"Well...." Quatre started, "Duo just went to get coffee...." He
knew
that was all he needed to say.
Minako was still confused. All she knew was the Duo was leaving to get coffee, and apparently,
that was a VERY bad thing.
Meanwhile
Duo drank down the coffee. He smiled. 'Hey, this is pretty good!"
he
thought "just needs a little sugar." He poured himself another cup and
added
about half a cup of sugar.
Meanwhile
Hiiro and Wufei looked frantically for Duo. Coffee+Duo= death to
all!
(otherwise known as extreme hyperness.)
In the room
Quatre got a sweatdrop. "Duo doesn't deal well with caffeine...."
At hearing those words, Minako got very nervous. "Um, do you think that they'll need my help?"
Quatre smiled. "I don't think there's anything you can do... He's
very
hyper with caffeine."
Meanwhile
Duo gulped down his coffee and poured some more. "C-O-F-F-E-E
coffee is
not for me! It's a drink some people waaake up with that is makes them
nervous is nooo myth. Slaves to a coffee cup- they won't give coffee
up!"
Duo sang.
Back in Quatre's Room
"Okay then." Minako said. "Just as long as no one gets hurt."
"Well..." Quatre started, "Duo might get hurt by Hiiro or
Wufei...."
Minako sighed. "Well, looks like we'll just have to wait this out, huh?"
Quatre nodded. "And pray he doesn't burn the building down."
Meanwhile
Duo gulped down his 5th cup of coffee.
Wufei and Hiiro ran into the room and pointed their guns at him.
"Did
you have any coffee?" Wufei asked.
Duo smiled. "'Course not!" he laughed insanely. "Well... maybe a
teensy
bit."
Hiiro looked down at the 5 empty cups. "He drank some."
Meanwhile
"I hope that the others are okay." Minako trailed off. Minako, Quatre and Trowa remained quiet
until a loud scream broke the silence.
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Notes: Hey everyone! Here's yet another chapter of Labyrinth! ^^v I hope you guys are all
enjoying it so far! Kattie and I are having an awesome time writing it! Please review and send
comments to Kattie at Kattie41@aol.com as well! ^^v Anyhoo, here's some more! ^^v Enjoy!
Warning: Because this story was not originally meant to be read by others, weird things will happen that normally don't happen in stories like this. This whole story will be a roller coaster of mush, humor, and tragedy. You have been warned!
Hiiro continued typing on his laptop- reading the updates from HQ.
Most
of it he already knew- considering he had completed the tasks himself.
His
typing stopped as he noticed one lone sentence. A sentence which he
read
over and over not believing its words. "Agent 04- hospitalized;
condition-
critical; whereabouts- 04 Colony General Hospital," it read. Hiiro
ran down
the stairs.
A li'l bit later
Four angry gundam pilots burst into the hospital waiting room.
They
stared at Minako with hatred.
"Omae o korosu." Hiiro spat.
"Weak woman." Wufei raged.
"What the hell happened?" Duo asked.
Trowa, on the other hand, took a seat next to Minako. "Are you
alright?"
he asked. Trowa was worried about his friend. His beloved Quatre,
whom he
held as a younger brother. The one who taught him how to trust.
He could recognize Minako's sadness, and wished to cheer her up.
But he
was a little depressed himself. "What happened, Minako?" he questioned
in a
grave tone.
Minako thought for a moment what she should say. How could she tell them about Peridot?
They knew nothing of her past and her enemies. They would never believe her. She had only
one choice. "We had some car trouble," she started, "so we pulled up to the side of the road.
Once we got out of the car, a man came up to us and he...he...." She broke down sobbing once
more.
Trowa stared at the crying girl that he knew Quatre cared about.
He
wasn't much of any emotional type guy, but he felt bad for her. But
who was
that man she was referring to? Most likely OZ had found them. He
looked
towards the other pilots. "We need to get out of here."
Hiiro nodded. "And Quatre."
They began to think of their plan to get away from here- and where
they
had been detected.
"What do you mean?" Minako asked, shocked, her body still shaking. She winced as a sharp
pain seared through her shoulder. It had been bandaged up, but it still hurt like hell. Trying to
ignore the pain, she continued to ask questions. "Why would you need to leave? Why would
you take Quatre this soon! He's in critical condition!"
Wufei glared at Minako with a harsh look on his face. "We don't
have the
time for you." He snapped. "Not for a weak woman who allowed Quatre to
be
hospitalized."
"Shut up, Wufei." Duo spat. "Minako, we need to talk in private."
He
led her to the cafeteria which was at the moment, practically deserted.
"Listen, Minako, you have to swear to me you won't tell any one
what I am
about to tell you." He said with an unusual amount of seriousness.
Minako was confused, eager and scared all at the same time. She wondered what could possibly
be so important, she was very curious as to what it could be, but she was also a bit nervous. Duo
sounded very serious, a hint of regret could be detected in his tone. "I swear, Duo. I won't tell a
soul." she agreed quietly.
Duo sighed. 'Here goes...' he thought.
"As you may or may not know, the organization known as OZ has
practically taken control of the colonies and Earth. Not through force, but
through persuading citizens that what they say is right.
"To ensure that no one attempted to steal their power OZ began
constructing mobile suits. Each line of mobile suits were engineered to
act as combat units.
"All resistance to Oz was easily destroyed using these mobile
suits. But more importantly, the civilians began to trust them.
"To resist Oz, five highly advanced scientists began making Mobile
Suits of their own. These mobile suits were made out of a metal called
Gundanium alloy which is why these Mobile Suits now carry the metal's
name, Gundam.
"However, these mobile suits are human operated, meaning they must
have a person in controlling them from within. That's where we came
along.
"The five of us are the Gundam pilots. I pilot Gundam 02
Deathscythe, Hiiro pilots 01 Wing Gundam, Trowa pilots 03 Heavyarms, Wufei
pilots Gundam Shenlong, also known as Nataku, and..." Duo paused and looked
Minako in the eye.
"My buddy Quatre pilots Gundam 04 Sandrock. Which is why we are in
danger right now.
"Quatre has a bullet wound which suggests that he was found by an
OZ agent. If OZ attempted to capture us at this time they would most
likely succeed.
"If captured we would probably be tortured to tell all we knew and
then killed before twenty billion citizens who would ignorantly be
pleased with our deaths.
"In other words, we need to get the hell out of here." Duo
finished.
Minako almost passed out. This was MUCH worse than she thought. She lied about who shot
Quatre, and now they think that OZ is after them! She debated in her head for a few seconds as
to what to do, and finally came to a conclusion. She had to tell him. "Duo..." she started, "I have
a confession to make..." She looked at Duo's confused expression . "I lied about who shot
Quatre."
Duo stared at Minako. He didn't know what to think. "Did... you?"
He
asked wishing he had his gun with him.
Two chibi pilots broke down the door and surrounded Minako,
pointing
chibi squirt guns at her.
"Omae o koro.... what's the rest?" Chibi Hiiro asked.
"Weak woman! Come on I'll arm wrestle you!" Chibi Wufei said,
flexing
his nonexistent muscle.
(Meanwhile)
Wufei noticed that something was missing- but he couldn't put his
finger
on it.
Hiiro realized before him. "....Our chibis are lose..."
Wufei swore under his breath
(back in the cafeteria)
Minako looked down nervously at the two chibis. "Ehehe....well...you two are kinda
cute....AAACCKK!!" she screamed as Chibi Hiiro shot her with his squirt gun. "Duo! What's
going on here?!?!"
Chibi Wufei glared at Minako. "Come on!!! I wanna arm wrestle
you!"
Duo got a sweatdrop. "Uh well... Hiiro and Wufei's chibis are
loose.
Their alternate personalities." He thought for a moment. "Come to
think of
it... my chibi's missing..." He winced. "My chibi is bad..."
Chibi Duo laughed in an evil shrill voice. "Bwe heeheheh!" He
walked
over to Minako. "Bwehehehehe!" and released her chibi.
"Bwehhehehehe!"
Minako watched in horror as chibis ran wild all around the room. She was getting dizzy. She
placed her hands on her temples and tried to calm herself by circling them with her fingers. It
didn't help. "I need to get out of here!" she shouted as she stood up and left the room.
Duo stared at Minako's face. She seemed dazed, really out of it.
"Minako are you okay?"
"I need to get out of here!" Minako shouted as she left the room.
Duo followed her. "Minako I think you're seeing delusions!
There's no
one here but me. But you need to tell me. Who shot Quatre?"
Minako blinked in confusion. She looked around, and sure enough, Duo was the only other
person with her. No chibis, just Duo. She sighed, but then remembered his question. She
looked at him with an unsure expression on her face. "I'd better tell you all together." she said.
"It's very complicated..."
"Complicated?" Duo asked. "As in math complicated? I never was
any good
at math. I mean I guess I gotta know math to pilot Deathscythe but...
ya
know geometry and that kind of math is hard for me... I'm confused..."
"Duo.." she interrupted him. "Let's go meet the other guys."
When they got back to the waiting room, Minako was greeted by three very unhappy faces.
"What were you talking about?" Wufei demanded.
"If you told her anything we'll kill you." Hiiro added.
Duo got a sweatdrop. "I love you guys." He turned to Minako. "So?"
Minako took a deep breath. "I need to tell you guys something." she paused, thinking of how to
say it right. "I lied about who shot Quatre." she could see that Hiiro and Wufei were about to
respond, but she cut them off immediately. "I have an explanation, though! You see, the bullet
that hit Quatre was his own."
She looked around at all the shocked faces, and decided to continue, there was no turning back
now. "I was attacked by one of my enemies, when Quatre tried to save me. He shot at the man,
but the bullet was deflected and sent right back at him.
"I know that this will sound weird, but you have to believe me." she continued, "The man who
attacked me, Peridot. He is an agent of the dark kingdom, who's purpose is to destroy me. He
wants to destroy me, as well as my friends so that the dark kingdom can take over the world."
She looked at the now even more confused faces, and sighed. She glanced around and made
sure that no one was nearby. "This might help." she said. With that, she threw her hand up in
the air, shouting, "Venus Power Make-up!"
The pilots stared in awe as she transformed into Sailor Venus. Once the transformation was
finished, she continued her explanation. "I am the senshi of love and beauty, Sailor Venus.
Protector of Princess Serenity and the future Crystal Tokyo. I have powers given to me from my
home planet, Venus.
"Peridot, as well as all other agents of the dark kingdom posses some kind of power. That's how
he deflected Quatre's bullet."
The four pilots stared at Minako in shock, fear, and stupidity (AN: one
in
particular there).
"Uh...Um...I feel a little dizzy." Duo said, grabbing hold of a
wall.
"Excuse me." He ran to the bathroom with a greenish face.
Hiiro and Wufei pointed there guns at her.
Trowa showed no emotion. "Don't shoot her. We can tell soon
enough if
what she saying is true."
"Please, you have to believe that I didn't and wouldn't do anything to hurt Quatre." she pleaded.
"I didn't know that Peridot followed me here, but as it turns out, he's the one that sent me to your
world." she continued, "I know all about OZ and the Gundam pilots, now you know all about me
and the senshi. As far as I'm concerned, we're even. Now please, let's try to get along."
"Excuse me." A nurse said, tapping Minako on the shoulder. "We
have some
news on your friend."
The short nurse was quickly surrounded by the three pilots.
"Um... Who are you? Are you more of Winner-san's friends?"She
asked.
"Is he okay?" Duo asked, entering the room.
"He should be alright... Luckily the bullet missed his heart. But
if
you don't mind me asking. How did he receive this bullet wound?" she
asked.
Duo looked towards Hiiro.
"Hunting accident." Hiiro replied.
"But there's no hunting on the coloni-"
"When can we see him?" Duo interrupted.
"...um... well... How did he receive a hunting wound if there's
nothing
to hu-"
"When can we see him?" Wufei asked angrily.
"Ah....SECURITY!" The nurse screamed.
"No! There's no need for you to call security, ma'am." Minako said, trying to calm her down.
"Our friend here," she walked up close to the nurse and quietly continued, "He get's a little out of
control at times. You may want to look into having him admitted to the psychiatric unit...." she
finished, ignoring the glare that she received from Wufei.
"Anyway, these four are with me, and we'd like to see our friend now." she said with a sweet
smile.
The confused nurse gave Minako a nervous smile. "Alright, room
B-22."
They began to walk towards the room.
"Hunting accident?!" Minako asked, exasperated just as the nurse was out of earshot. "What
kind of answer is that?!?!" She ignored the death glare that she received and looked up to see a
door labeled B-22. "Here we are." she said, quietly. She looked at the others, and opened the
door.
When she walked in, the first thing Minako saw was Quatre lying in the hospital bed. Tubes
were hooked up all over his body, and a huge bandage covered the spot where his chest was shot.
Wires ran from his body to machines that blipped and bleeped. It wasn't a pleasant scene, but at
least she knew that Quatre was all right.
She walked up to the bed and sat down in a chair beside him. She looked down at his peaceful
face, and gently stroked his hair with her fingers.
Quatre felt someone's hand on his forehead. He tried desperately
to open
his eyes, and finally succeeded. The light cut through his eyes and he
shut
them again quickly. After blinking a few times, he was able to see.
At first, he was sure he had died. Because the woman looking down
on him
had to be an angel. When he realized who it was, he smiled. Relief
washed
over him. He was so happy that Minako was alive.
He gathered all the strength he could find. Hoping that maybe he
would
be able to speak to her. "Are...." he tried to speak. "...you
alright?" he
began coughing. Maybe talking wasn't such a good idea...
"Shh! Hush, Quatre. Don't talk." she said, soothingly as she continued to stroke his hair. He
looked so vulnerable, so weak. She tried her hardest not to let the tears show. She couldn't stand
to see him in so much pain because of her. "I'm all right." she assured him. "Just rest now.
Everything is going to be all right."
Quatre smiled up at her. She seemed really worried. He wanted
to calm
her down. It made him feel helpless to just lay here while she was in
pain.
"Hey there, bud! We busted in here to see ya. Had to take a few
hostages but... oh well." Duo joked. He sat down on the chair opposite
of
Minako.
Trowa sat at the end of the bed. "Hello," he said. That one word
was
enough. Quatre could tell what he meant.
Hiiro stood near the door. He nodded to acknowledge Quatre.
"Don't get
hurt again." he said with anger in his voice. It was the closest
emotion to
concern he'd ever shown.
Wufei was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. "I honor
you."
He said.
Quatre smiled and a tear slid down his cheek. "Thanks..." he said
in a
raspy voice.
Minako smiled at him. "Everything's going to be all right, Quatre." she said once more, "Listen,
They know about the senshi now...."she paused, "and I know about the gundams. There are no
more secrets, unless you guys are aliens or something." she giggled.
Duo froze. His face covered with a look of pure terror. It
quickly
faded to anger. He looked over at the other pilots. "Alright," he
said,
"Who told her? The alien thing was supposed to be a SECRET."
Now Minako was REALLY confused, but she still kept her cool. "Please tell me that you're
kidding. This day really can't get any worse."
Duo got a sweatdrop. "Of course I'm kidding... Have I ever been
serious
in my life?" he asked.
"I really don't think so." Minako smiled. She looked back at Quatre. "I'm so glad that you're all
right, Quatre." she said quietly. She took his hand into hers, and took a deep breath, realizing
what she had to do. "I'm sorry, but I have to leave now."
She looked at the shocked expression on Quatre's face. "Peridot is still out there, he's still after me. I don't want to put you in any more danger. Thank you very much for your kindness and hospitality, but I really have to leave." she forced the tears back as she tried to break away from Quatre's hold on her hand.
Quatre held on to Minako's hand with a death grip. Fear clutched
his
heart. "Don't leave," he said, "I promised to protect you... Please
don't
go... I.... I love you..." Quatre pulled her close into a hug. "I
love
you." He said again. "Aishiteru..."
The other pilots looked as though they had become utterly
fascinated in
the room's decor. Wufei was staring at the floor tile as though it
were the
most interesting thing in the universe. Duo looked at the light. The
others
looked around as well.
Minako hugged Quatre back, finally letting the tears fall. "Aishiteru, Quatre." she said quietly.
She didn't know what to do. Her logic told her to leave, to run away as fast as she could and
never look back. She couldn't put Quatre or anyone else in this kind of danger again. Her heart,
however, told her otherwise. She said that she loved him and she meant it! Ever since they first
met, she had never felt the same. Both sides struggled for a moment, until finally, her heart won.
She stood back from Quatre, but their hands stayed connected. "I'll stay." she said, "But you
have to promise me that you'll let me fight my own fights and that you'll keep yourself safe."
Quatre pulled Minako closer. "I promise," he said, "Just don't
go..."
He leaned closer and looked into her eyes. "Aishiteru...Motto motto
aishiteru...."
Her eyes danced with radiant beauty. She was so beautiful.
Quatre blushed slightly as he leaned closer still. He felt his
face
burn. And then their lips were touching. "Aishiteru..." he whispered,
kissing her again.
The pilots were beat red. Wufei looked as though he would faint.
Duo grinned. "You go Quatre!"
As he received evil glares from Trowa, Wufei, and Hiiro, he
blushed. "I
mean," he looked at the window, "What a FABULOUS window treatment!"
Minako placed her hands over Quatre's neck as they kissed. Never in her life had she ever felt so
wonderful. It all seemed so right, so wonderfully right, so perfectly right, yet so disgustingly
right. She never wanted this moment to end! She knew that it would, and she knew that she
would one day have to return home, but for now, none of that mattered. All that mattered was
being with Quatre. Gods, she was glad that he got her to stay.
When they finally broke for air, Minako looked right back into Quatre's ocean blue eyes. Behind
them, she saw pure innocence. His heart was the purest of hearts that could never be matched.
Gods, she loved him. "Aishiteru, too." she said once more.
Quatre stared at the beautiful woman before him. The beautiful,
kind,
wonderful woman. Her eyes shined as the stars and her hair fell as the
waves
upon her shoulders. No one had ever been so perfect.
But what he couldn't understand was how she could ever come to love
him.
He, who could only think of one word to describe himself.
Weak.
He felt weakness towards himself. And he hated himself for it.
'No
more,' he told himself, 'no more weakness. I won't show Minako a weak
person. For her, I can learn to be strong.'
"Gomen nasai," he said to her, "I shouldn't have worried you.
Gomen..."
"Don't apologize, Quatre." she said soothingly. "You were only trying to help, and I thank you
for that." She brushed some hair out of his face. "Peridot is very strong, and he'll stop at nothing
to destroy me. He won't hesitate to kill anyone that gets in his way, so please, don't try to fight
him. Instead, let me. All I need is to know that you love me, that will give me the strength that I
need to win."
Quatre blushed. "Alright... but if I don't interfere with your
battles
than you need to promise that you'll stay out of mine," he stated, "I
know
that fighting Peridot is probably a great deal more significant than
protecting the colonies, so please, don't get hurt in a battle that
does not
require you."
"That sounds fair." Minako said, reluctantly, "But don't look at your battles as any less important
than mine. They're just different in how they're fought." She smiled at him. "Now that that's
over, is there anything that I can do for you?"
Quatre smiled. "You being here is enough." He took her hand.
Duo coughed. "I think I'll go get some coffee."
Just as Duo left the room, another nurse walked in. "Good afternoon!" she said in a cheery
voice. "Your tests have all come back. You should be able to go back home in just a couple of
days."
Quatre smiled sweetly at the nurse. "Thank you." He said with pure
innocence.
Hiiro realized something. Something HORRIBLE. "Duo said he was
going to
get coffee." he stated.
Wufei's eyes bulged.
They both took out their guns and ran towards the coffee room.
Meanwhile
Duo looked at the two types of coffees. Decaf or regular... so
many
choices.... He shrugged and poured a cup of regular...
back in Quatre's room
Minako watched as the two pilots left the room. "What's up with them?" she asked in confusion.
"Well...." Quatre started, "Duo just went to get coffee...." He
knew
that was all he needed to say.
Minako was still confused. All she knew was the Duo was leaving to get coffee, and apparently,
that was a VERY bad thing.
Meanwhile
Duo drank down the coffee. He smiled. 'Hey, this is pretty good!"
he
thought "just needs a little sugar." He poured himself another cup and
added
about half a cup of sugar.
Meanwhile
Hiiro and Wufei looked frantically for Duo. Coffee+Duo= death to
all!
(otherwise known as extreme hyperness.)
In the room
Quatre got a sweatdrop. "Duo doesn't deal well with caffeine...."
At hearing those words, Minako got very nervous. "Um, do you think that they'll need my help?"
Quatre smiled. "I don't think there's anything you can do... He's
very
hyper with caffeine."
Meanwhile
Duo gulped down his coffee and poured some more. "C-O-F-F-E-E
coffee is
not for me! It's a drink some people waaake up with that is makes them
nervous is nooo myth. Slaves to a coffee cup- they won't give coffee
up!"
Duo sang.
Back in Quatre's Room
"Okay then." Minako said. "Just as long as no one gets hurt."
"Well..." Quatre started, "Duo might get hurt by Hiiro or
Wufei...."
Minako sighed. "Well, looks like we'll just have to wait this out, huh?"
Quatre nodded. "And pray he doesn't burn the building down."
Meanwhile
Duo gulped down his 5th cup of coffee.
Wufei and Hiiro ran into the room and pointed their guns at him.
"Did
you have any coffee?" Wufei asked.
Duo smiled. "'Course not!" he laughed insanely. "Well... maybe a
teensy
bit."
Hiiro looked down at the 5 empty cups. "He drank some."
Meanwhile
"I hope that the others are okay." Minako trailed off. Minako, Quatre and Trowa remained quiet
until a loud scream broke the silence.
Notes: That's it for now! Now it's your job to review! ^^v Also send comments to Kattie,
(Kattie41@aol.com). Ja! ^^v
