Labyrinth
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Kattie: *opens her mouth to say something*
Yaten: THEY DON'T OWN SAILOR MOON OR GUNDAM WING!
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Kattie: *sticks out tongue*
~*~*~*~*~
later
Minako stirred as she started to wake up. She turned
over and felt the soft covers brush against her skin.
She opened her eyes and found herself in a strange new
room, but she didn't care. She knew that Quatre had
brought her here, that he would always protect her.
"Quatre.." she thought aloud, remembering the day's
events. She sat up in her bed and glanced around the
room. 'Guess I'll have to do some exploring..' she
thought to herself as she set her feet onto the floor.
She left the room, shutting the door behind her and
setting off down the hall.
elsewhere
Quatre sat in silence inside of his Gundam. They had to wait for the OZ troops do be
dismissed.
"Are they GOONE YET?" Duo asked quietly in an annoying voice.
"Baka! You just asked that a minute ago." Wufei replied
"I know! But are they GOOONE YET?"
There was silence and all that could be heard from Wufei's gundam was a *thwak* such
of someone hitting their head on a wall in frustration.
Quatre smiled. "They shouldn't leave for another 1/2 hour."
"I'm BOOOOORED. OOH I'll play minesweeper.
"You put minesweeper on your gundam's controls?" Hiiro asked angrily.
"Yah!" Duo replied happily. "AGH I lost!"
meanwhile
Minako hummed to herself as she continued to explore
the huge mansion. Each and every room that she
explored was beautiful in it's own unique way.
She walked into one room that had a large mirror on
the wall. She stared at her dirty, disheveled
reflection. She hadn't showered or changed since she
arrived in this strange new world. "How could he love
this?" she wondered aloud, wiping a smudge of dirt
away from her face. Needless to say, it didn't help
much.
She sighed as she sat down on the floor and continued
to stare at her reflection. "Wherever you are,
Quatre, I hope you're all right."
[meanwhile]
"ARE THEY GOOONE YET!" Duo asked.
"Almost." Quatre replied. He watched his clock a few more minutes. "Troops Dismissal
Completed."
"Mission Commencing." Hiiro stated.
The pilots got ready for battle.
[meanwhile]
A man with dark eyes and dark clothing watched the pilots. "Soon... soon I will get my
revenge."
Meanwhile
Minako continued to explore the house until she
finally found a shower. First, she filled up the tub
with soapy water and did the best she could to wash
her clothes in it. She hung them on the towel rack to
dry as she showered.
[at the same point in time]
Hiiro fired off the first missile, destroying a wall.
"13 minutes until evacuation." Quatre read off of his screen.
"We can level this place in 13 minutes." Duo exclaimed, slicing the ceiling with his
scythe.
"I don't know...something doesn't feel right." Quatre explained.
"Well 13 is considered an unlucky number. But its never been bad to me."
Little red dots appeared all over the radar. The screen seemed to be colored red with
their amount. The green dots were surrounded.
"Damnit! They set a trap!" Duo swore.
"There's too many," Quatre said sadly, "we can't win."
meanwhile
Minako winced as the comb pulled on yet another knot
in her hair. 'Beauty is pain.' she would remind
herself each day as she completed this task.
She moved her gaze to the window and looked outside at
the beautiful blue sky. The sun was shining bright.
Normally, the scene would put her in a cheery mood,
but for some reason, she felt deep down inside that
something just wasn't right.
[all the while]
Quatre watched as the mobile suits surrounded them.
"You are completely surrounded. Come out of your gundams with your hands in the air
and we will cease fire." An OZ agent yelled, his voice coming over the transmission.
"Like hell we will," Duo snapped, "Shinigami fights to the death."
"Duo... do you really think it will help the colonies if we die?" Quatre asked, trying to
reason with the enraged pilot.
Duo sighed. "If we go with them we'll be tortured and THEN die. Better to die without
torture."
"It is only honorable to fight to the death." Wufei spoke.
"However, it is dishonorable to die without reason." Quatre explained.
"There's no way I'm going to be tortured!" Duo yelled.
Quatre smiled calmly. "Only one of us would need to stay for the rest of us to escape."
"Hell no! No one's staying behind!" Duo screamed.
"Calm down, Duo. I'll distract them and the rest of you can escape."
"No," Hiiro snapped, "we do not abandon our allies."
"I'm sorry," Quatre whispered, "But I care too much about you to let you die this way.
Please tell Minako I love her..." He threw his gundam straight into the crowd of mobile suits and
began fighting with a hidden anger.
Tears streaked down his face. 'Gomen nasai, Mina-chan.' He struck another suit. "FOR
MINAKO!" he cried.
In the meantime...
Minako eyes snapped wide open. Something, she didn't
know what, but something caught her attention.
It tugged at her heart, as if it were trying to
tell her something. 'What's wrong?' she wondered.
She closed her eyes and concentrated on this new
feeling. She knew right away what was wrong.
"Quatre!" she shouted as she stood up. She ran as
fast as she could out the door and eventually outside.
She glanced around at her surroundings. 'Where will
I go?' she wondered, 'What can I do?'
She looked up in the sky and saw that the sun was
beginning to set and the moon and venus were visible.
She looked to Venus and knew exactly which direction
to follow. 'Something's wrong with Quatre.' she
thought as she ran towards the evening star, 'I have
to help him...'
[later and somewhere else]
Quatre glanced at his screen, happy to see that 4 of the green dots had slipped away.
However, the red dots didn't seem to have gone down at all.
He shot at a suit to his right and was horrified when no bullets came out. Trying all of
his other guns, he came to the reality that he was out of ammunition.
The mobile suits stopped shooting as a voice came over the transmission. "We know you
are out of bullets. If you come out now with your hands up, we will let you live."
Quatre sighed and reached for the self-destruct button.
Suddenly a memory of Minako's voice came into his head. "You have to promise me that
you'll keep yourself safe."
Angrily, Quatre pulled out the self-destruct mechanism.
He opened the door and walked out, with his hands in the air.
[meanwhile]
The man watched Quatre step out of his gundam. A smile crossed his wicked lips. "You
should have self-destructed."
(at the same point in time)
"We shouldn't have left." Duo yelled.
"He had already gone in. To not leave would be to make his sacrifice pointless." Trowa
explained.
"We'll commence a rescue mission at 13:00 tomorrow." Hiiro said, emotionlessly.
"That's the main base! That would be suicide... but we can't just leave him... DAMNIT!
What the hell are we supposed to do?" Duo asked. He sighed and thought for a moment, before
kneeling down, and doing something he hadn't done in a very long time. "In the name of the
father, son, and the holy spirit, amen." [no this isn't just ASSUMING he's Christian- he went to
Maxwell church and was a Catholic. So I'm not being prejudice or anything]
a bit later.
Minako ran as fast as she could and paid no attention
to the pain in her legs that was begging her to stop.
She didn't even know where she was going, or even if
it was the right way. All she could do was follow her
heart.
She ran further and further down the street until she
finally saw four figures walking in her direction.
She immediately recognized them. 'Hiiro, Duo, Trowa,
Wufei.....wait....where's Quatre?!?!" she wondered.
She ran right up to them and stopped before them,
taking a moment to catch her breath.
"Where were you guys?!" she asked frantically,
"Where's Quatre?!?!"
Duo looked sadly at Minako. "We were fighting enemy mobile suits and he threw
himself into the mob... he didn't want us to get hurt... I'm sorry Minako... But we'll try to rescue
him...if he survived." He took her hand. "He told us to tell you he loved you."
{meanwhile}
Quatre watched the guns that were pointed at him. He couldn't escape from the
numerous amount.
"He's just a kid!" He heard one OZ agent exclaim.
"Disarm yourself." Another agent called to Quatre.
He obediently, pulled out his gun and tossed it across the pavement.
That's when he felt rings around his wrist. 'Handcuffs.' he thought.
With his hands now secure, the OZ agents began beating on him. Pain soared through his
tired body and forced him to the ground.
"Not so strong without your gundam, eh?" One sneered.
"Minako..." he whispered, before all went black.
{meanwhile}
The man picked up his phone and punched in some numbers. "Bring the pilot to me." He
spoke, with a dark aura emanating. "I'll see what I can get out of him."
meanwhile
Minako stood frozen for a moment. All she could do
was stare straight ahead. She felt Duo squeeze her
hand and she snapped out of her daze. She looked up
at him as tears clouded her vision. "It...This can't
be.." she whispered. Her mind was numb. The
information that it had just received totally threw
her off. This couldn't be happening.
"NO!" she screamed, withdrawing her hand from Duo.
"You're lying! You have to be!" She looked at the
solemn expressions on the four pilots' faces.
"Please.." she begged, "Please tell me you're lying."
she cried as the tears fell like twin rivers down her
cheeks. There was still no reaction from the pilots.
She realized that they were telling the truth. There
was nothing that they could do to help it.
"NO!" she screamed as she collapsed to the ground, her
body wracking with sobs. "Quatre...No!"
Duo sat down on the ground next to Minako. "I'm sorry Minako... I'm... so sorry." he
whispered. Anger took over his thoughts, and he threw his fist into the pavement. "DAMNIT!
Why did we leave him? We could've gotten him out of there!"
"That would be impossible." Hiiro replied.
"We could have at least tried!" Duo started into hysterics. "We didn't even try! We left
him there! It's all my fault! I should have stayed with him! DAMNIT I killed Quatre!"
[Meanwhile]
Quatre slowly opened his eyes. It took a moment for them to adjust to the new light.
The room was mostly dark, but a lamp stood on a desk, letting off a faint light.
"Woken up, I see." An evil voice asked.
He thought a bit, for the words to register. It was hard to think through all the pain.
"Now you will tell us what we want to know."
Quatre looked around for the speaker, but couldn't see anyone. "I will?"
"Of course you will," the voice laughed, "whether you want to or not."
Meanwhile
A few minutes had passed, and Minako had since calmed
down a bit. She didn't speak, she only stared down at
the pavement. Her heart ached with an unexplainable
pain, but she realized that crying would help nothing.
Quatre might still be alive, she still had hope.
She stood up and brushed herself off and turned to
face Hiiro.
"I'm going with you tomorrow." she stated with
authority, "I'm going with you to rescue Quatre."
"Out of the question." Hiiro snapped. "You would only lower our chances of getting him
out."
"Nonsense! I'm just as capable as you are! Maybe
even more!" she challenged, determined to get her way.
"Are you questioning my authority?!" Hiiro asked angrily.
"What if I am?!" Minako shouted defiantly.
Hiiro put his gun to her forehead. "Omae o korosu."
"Go ahead." she narrowed her eyes to slits, "I dare
you. Nothing will stop me from helping save Quatre."
Hiiro glared at her for about 5 minutes before putting his gun down. "Alright... you can
come. Just don't get in my way."
Minako smiled with satisfaction. She knew that he
wouldn't kill her. Hiiro may seem cold, but she knew
that he had a heart...somewhere in there.
"All right then." she said in a serious tone, "What's
the plan?"
"Uh... um... well." Duo started. He blushed and looked away. "There ISN'T one... yet....
heh heh ^^*..."
"All right." Minako agreed, "So where do we start?"
"Okay!" Duo said, getting excited. "Hiiro- work out the dangerous
junk!
Wufei- figure out how to get out undetected! Trowa- Figure out
breaking the
lock without setting alarms. I'll figure out how to get in! And
Minako.....
find the quickest escape plan just in case.
"Just let me know what to do." she said with
determination, "I'll do whatever it takes."
"Yeah," Duo said, "Us too."
meanwhile
"Who are the other pilots?" The man asked Quatre.
"Pilots?" He questioned, trying to clear his mind.
"Damn soldiers," the man muttered, "Can't get a straight answer out
of
him."
"Soldiers?... Pilots... That's right... there were soldiers...
everywhere..."
"Yes, there were soldiers. Which ones weren't you attacking?"
"I... attacked... everyone... in the crowd... the other pilots
left..."
"So you were abandoned?" The man smiled coldly.
"No... they left... I told them too..."
"What were their names?"
"Can't tell..."
Quatre felt a fist crash into his face.
"Tell me their names!" The man yelled.
"Quatre... Quatre was a pilot..."
"That was a pilot's name?"
"Yes... Quatre..." Quatre looked up at the man as he picked Quatre
up by
the collar.
"If you're lying I'll kill you."
"Kill me... kill Quatre?" His vision splurred again, his mind was
becoming foggier.
The man dropped him to the ground and left.
Quatre blinked his eyes a few times, trying to remember. "Quatre?
Is
that me?"
that night
Minako tossed and turned in her sleep. There was no way that she could relax. Not with all that
was going on.
She opened up her eyes and looked around the room. Nothing felt right. Every bit of her soul
screamed for relief..for Quatre to return home.
She got out of bed and leaned against the open window. "Quatre," she whispered into the night
as the faint glow of the moon graced her features, "I don't know if you can hear me, Quatre, but I
know that my soul can feel you. Please come back to me, Quatre. Onegai..."
meanwhile
Quatre looked up at the ceiling. Fear echoed through his head.
"Who am
I?" he asked himself over and over. He could remember faint names.
One
stood out most of all. "Minako..." he whispered, trying to remember
who it
was.
the next morning
"I have done it!" Duo laughed insanely. He has huge bags under his
eyes
and his hair was messy. It appeared as if he hadn't slept for a while.
"We
commence Operation- Rescue Quatre at 13 hundred hours."
"Guys..." Minako said, a bit worried, "I just thought of something.." she paused and looked at the
confused faces. "I assume that you'll be traveling in your gundams.."
The others nodded.
"That's the problem, I don't have a gundam!"
Duo sighed. He looked back at the other pilots. "There goes my
master
plan! BACK TO WORK PEOPLE."
Minako's eyes widened. "You mean you didn't think about that in your plan?!?!"
Duo blushed. "Well, I'm so used to Quatre being here that I kinda
put
his gundam in the plan..." he turned away. "I'm sure you could come in
my
gundam though."
Minako sighed. "I guess so...if that's the only way..."
"Great!" Duo exclaimed. "Let's move out!" He rubbed his eyes.
"Can we
get some coffee or something though? I've been working all night."
"NOOO!!!" Minako shouted as she ran to block the way
to the kitchen.
"But I'm TIIIIRED!" Duo whined. "Just a little cup?"
Minako shook her head. "Duo, we have to get ready to rescue Quatre. We don't have time."
"Fine," Duo grumbled, "But if I fall asleep in the middle of a
battle,
don't go blaming me."
"Whatever! Let's just get going!" Minako shouted.
"Okay! Operation- Rescue Quatre BEGINS NOW!" Duo grabbed Minako's
hand
and ran out of the room. "Come on MINAKOOOOO! We have to hurry! Now
that
it has officially began- I don't get sleep until we're back- so I'm
grumpy.
Anywho- this mission CAN'T be a failure."
{Meanwhile}
Quatre was startled to consciousness when the door to his cell
slammed
open. "Ohayo Gozaimasu." He said, sweetly to the two men who entered.
One
of them he recognized as the man who had questioned him before.
"Tell us what you remember." The new man asked.
Quatre frowned, and racked his mind, trying to remember
something...anything. "There were enemies everywhere, and I was
fighting.
Then I was questioned. That's all I remember."
The man nodded. "You were right, sir. It does seem that he has
amnesia."
he told the other man.
"Do you remember the gundams?" Dark-eyes questioned.
The word "gundam" sparked his memory. "Gundams... I remember... I
know
how to pilot them... Was I a pilot?"
"Kuso!" Dark-eyes swore, punching the wall. "He is useless."
"Not entirely," New man said, with an evil smirk, "A pilot of his
skill
could prove useful... Especially against the other pilots."
Dark-eyes' expression changed to utter delight with an evil twist.
"Of
course..."
meanwhile
Minako's eyes went wide as she looked into the cockpit of Duo's gundam. There was only
enough room for one person....Quatre's was much bigger than this.... "Hey, uh, Duo? Where do I
sit?" she asked him, almost dreading the answer.
Duo grinned evilly. "Do you really have to ask?"
Minako sighed in defeat. "Don't tell me...it's better that you don't. Now let's just go.."
"Okay then... Lucky me lucky me lucky me!" Duo sang. "Aw- don't
worry
Minako. I already have girlfriend. Besides, I don't find you in the
least
bit attractive."
"Oh yeah?!?! Well I feel the same way about you! How about that?!" Minako stated, crossing
her arms.
Duo got a sweatdrop. "I meant it in a nice way..."
"Whatever.." Minako said, "Let's just get this over with."
"Okay," Duo said, sitting down, "Just remember, this is JUST AS
FRIENDS.
Besides, you're Quatre's girl. No problem. Don't hit on her Duo.
Don't
even think about it." Duo began talking to himself.
Minako reluctantly walked into Deathscythe's cockpit and sat on Duo's lap. "Please don't make
me regret this..." she said.
Duo gasped. "You mean you don't ALREADY regret it?"
Minako glared at him. "Don't push it!"
"Alright," Duo replied, "Let's get going." He started the ignition
and
the gundam surged forward and off into space. Duo couldn't help but
grin as
he went as fast as it was able, doing tricks. "Having fun?" He asked
Minako.
Minako wished that she had taken some Dramamine. She felt sick! "Um..D-Duo...c-could
you...please...please slow down??"
Duo stopped immediately. "AH! Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry! Are
you
okay? I hadn't thought of that! No more spinning then! And slow
pace...Hey...Where'd everyone else go?"
An angry Wufei showed up on the screen. "Baka! Why are you going
so
fast? We'll be detected!"
Duo got a sweatdrop. "Ehehheh...sorry..."
Minako sighed and sat back, jumping up when she heard a yelp beneath her. She turned around
to see Duo rubbing his nose. "Hehehe...gomen..."
Duo took a deep breath. "Ah, glorious air! I can breathe! Now,
let's
get this over with." He flew the gundam through space.
(later)
The gundams silently pulled into the OZ base. Duo turned to
Minako.
"It's over too soon."
Minako nodded. "Just tell me what to do."
Duo sighed. "Minako, there's something I haven't told you yet." He
took
a gun out of his pocket and handed it to her. "The OZ base is very
dangerous, so you'll need a gun."
Minako reluctantly took the gun from Duo. She had never used one before. "All right." she said
a bit nervously, "I'll just have to warn you though, I've never used a gun before."
"Don't worry," Duo said, putting his hand on her shoulder, "You
probably
won't need to use it. If you do, just point it at their head and
say,
"Don't move or I'll shoot" or something like that."
Minako nodded again. "Okay." she said, "So what do we do now?"
Duo smiled. "Now we are going to rescue Quatre. Well... technically we don't really do the
rescuing... that's more Hiiro and Trowa's job. Wufei's on guard duty, making sure we aren't
found. And we, my fair lady, get to hack through all the codes on the building," He smiled at
Minako, "And don't think that's not much. That's the MOST important part of this mission. So...
be VERY careful and listen to me."
"Oh, great.." Minako mumbled, wishing that she had paid more attention in computer class.
"Don't worry," Duo said confidently, "You won't screw up, 'cause if you do, we're all dead."
"OHHH!!" Minako shouted, "Well in that case, I KNOW that I'll do it right.." she said
sarcastically.
"Great!" Duo said, happily, "I knew I could inspire some confidence. Now, let's get started. You
get on the computer to the left. Follow my orders EXACTLY. One mistake and Shinigami goes
home... and I'm NOT homesick yet, thank you very much."
"All right, fine." Minako said, "Let's just hope that YOU don't screw up."
Duo laughed. "Me? Screw up? I'm a professional! I never mess
up!"
He hacked into the OZ database. "Voila!" A picture of Dorothy from the
wizard of Oz came up. "Well... maybe never was a BIT too farfetched."
[Meanwhile]
Wufei watched his screen intently. So far the little red dots were
far
away from the few green ones. This was a good sign.
"Bweep bweep." The gundam bweeped.
Wufei looked around for the cause of this. The screen flashed red
before
going black. Immediately, Wufei got on the communicator.
"Duo!" He yelled. All he heard was a staticy noise. "KUSO!" He
swore
pounding his fists on the keys.
His only choice was to leave the gundam and warn Duo. Slowly he
opened
the hatch and climbed out... before being intercepted by OZ soldiers
surrounding his gundam...
(Meanwhile)
"Do you understand?" A deep voice ask.
"Yes, sir!" A cheerful voice replied.
"Destroy the gundams."
"Of course, sir!"
(Meanwhile)
Minako's fingers tapped at the keys faster than she had ever dreamed possible, doing it with
amazing accuracy. She was determined to help Quatre, nomatter what it took.
The computer beeped and the image on the screen changed. "Uh, Duo? I think I've got
something." Minako said, "Only I don't know what it it."
Duo's eyes widened. "Dear God... Minako we're going into battle.
Be
careful." Duo watched the screen with fear. The chances were
completely
against him. And there were only 3 green dots left.
"What are we going to do then?" Minako asked nervously.
Duo smiled sadly. "I'm going to try to fight them... I don't know
what
you can do... I'm sorry Minako..." He looked at the screen. 'This is
suicide...' he thought.
Minako noticed the look of hopelessness on Duo's face. She knew what he was thinking. "I'm
going to help you." she said, "After all, that's what I'm here for, isn't it?"
Duo smiled at her and kissed her on the cheek. "You're a good
friend,"
he said kindly, "The only thing that I can think for you to do would be
to
hack in to OZ security and use the cameras to find the positions of
Wufei,
Trowa, and Hiiro... and of course Quatre."
Minako nodded. "Okay. What should I do when I find them?"
"I just need you to tell me where they are once you find the
location.
After that you could try to commence communications." Duo explained.
"Oh...
and thank you Mina-chan."
Minako hugged Duo. "Thanks.." she whispered, "Good luck."
Duo smiled at Minako before grabbing the controls. "Hold on
tight!" he
yelled to her as he shot off bullets to where he knew the OZ soldiers
were
hiding. Bullets flew back from all directions.
In an instant, Duo had drawn his scythe and was slashing a group of
Taurus'/tauruses (what's the plural?). The battle aura soaked in and
Duo got
battle-happy. "SHINIGAMI IS BACK FROM HELL!" He laughed evilly...
before
the next onslaught of bullets came.
They hit the gundam like cold water, throwing it across the
room...okay
so maybe NOT like cold water EXACTLY.
Duo flew out of his seat and into the wall, hitting his head with a
sickening *thud*. "Ouchies..." he murmered before loosing
consciousness.
"Duo!!" Minako shouted. "Please, Duo!" she cried, shaking him, "Please wake up!" Nothing.
She couldn't believe that this was happening.
*CRASH* Something hit the gundam hard. She looked and saw five mobile suits heading
straight for her, so she did the only thing that she could do.
"THAT'S IT!" she screamed, placing her hands on the controls, "NOW I'm PISSED!" She
located a lever and decided to pull it to see what it would do.
A familiar figure made its way through the mobile suit horde. It
moved
with experience and confidence. It's pilot smiled sadly when it
reached the
gundam. "I'm sorry." he said, before firing off a round of bullets.
Minako quickly pulled the lever to the side, sending the gundam spinning around. "How the
heck do you fly this thing?!?!" she screamed to no one in particular.
The pilot watched the gundam's troubles. Its pilot seemed a
complete
novice, confusing him slightly. Feeling it dishonorable to attack an
opponent without first giving a chance for surrender, he turned on the
communications to the gundam. "Please surrender, I can only give you
one
chance to."
Minako froze. She knew that voice. Was it...? No! It couldn't be! "Quatre?!" she asked
nervously.
The pilot held his head as a huge pain struck through it.
'Quatre... I
remember that...' "Quatre?" The pilot replied.
Minako's eyes widened. "It IS you!" she cried, happy
that he was alive, yet sad because he had joined their
side. "What are you doing? I was so worried! Are
you okay?" her questions went on and on.
The pilot stared ahead blankly. "I'm...Quatre?..... I'm sorry...
but do
I know you?"
Minako's eyes filed with tears. How could he not remember? "Quatre!" she cried, "It's me!
Minako! Please! You have to remember!"
"Minako... I remember the name... I remember the love I felt
towards the
name... I still have the love... but I don't know Minako... That's
what I
must remember..." The pilot snapped out of his flashbackish daze.
"Are you
going to surrender?"
Crystalline tears poured down Minako's cheeks. "He...He doesn't remember me..." she thought
aloud. She suddenly got an idea. There was only one way for her to save Quatre. He obviously
wouldn't come willingly. She would have to go with him, to convince him. "Fine.." she said,
wondering if it was the right decision, "I surrender."
"Thank you." The pilot said, cheering up. Killing just wasn't his
thing.
He typed in the code for enemy surrender. "Please evacuate the
gundam." he
asked kindly.
Minako sighed in defeat. She stood up as the front of the gundam opened up, allowing her to
step out onto the platform. She looked around at the numerous guns pointed at her. Placing her
hands in the air, she prayed that they wouldn't find the unconscious pilot inside. "Gomen,
Duo..." she said quietly.
The pilot stared at the girl. She seemed so familiar. And yet, he
was
sure he had never met her before. Slowly, he opened the hatch, and
stepped
out of his gundam. A pure feeling of love filled his body, and
instinct took
over. He ran up to the girl and embraced her. "Aishiteru..."
Minako gasped in surprise, but returned the hug, burrying her face in his shoulder. "Quatre!" she
shouted, tears falling from her eyes, "Aishiteru, too."
Quatre smiled at his love. The memories poured back as he held
her.
"Gomen... Gomen nasai Minako-chan."
The soldiers aimed for the couple.
Quatre kissed her forehead. "Gomen nasai."
Minako brought her lips up to his and kissed him back. She closed he eyes and braced herself
for the gunfire. But it never came. A moment later, she opened her eyes and found herself in a
whole new place. Looking around, she realized that it was familiar. A huge smile spread across
her lips. "Quatre!!" she shouted, "I'm HOME!!!"
Quatre looked around at his surroundings. It all looked so old.
Everything seemed to be from before the colonies were built. A long
time
before. He held Minako's hand tightly. "Where are we?" he asked.
"We're in Azabu Juuban. It's in Minato-ku in Tokyo." she beamed, "This is my home. Back in
the year A.D. 2001."
~*~*~*~
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~*~*~*~*~
later
Minako stirred as she started to wake up. She turned
over and felt the soft covers brush against her skin.
She opened her eyes and found herself in a strange new
room, but she didn't care. She knew that Quatre had
brought her here, that he would always protect her.
"Quatre.." she thought aloud, remembering the day's
events. She sat up in her bed and glanced around the
room. 'Guess I'll have to do some exploring..' she
thought to herself as she set her feet onto the floor.
She left the room, shutting the door behind her and
setting off down the hall.
elsewhere
Quatre sat in silence inside of his Gundam. They had to wait for the OZ troops do be
dismissed.
"Are they GOONE YET?" Duo asked quietly in an annoying voice.
"Baka! You just asked that a minute ago." Wufei replied
"I know! But are they GOOONE YET?"
There was silence and all that could be heard from Wufei's gundam was a *thwak* such
of someone hitting their head on a wall in frustration.
Quatre smiled. "They shouldn't leave for another 1/2 hour."
"I'm BOOOOORED. OOH I'll play minesweeper.
"You put minesweeper on your gundam's controls?" Hiiro asked angrily.
"Yah!" Duo replied happily. "AGH I lost!"
meanwhile
Minako hummed to herself as she continued to explore
the huge mansion. Each and every room that she
explored was beautiful in it's own unique way.
She walked into one room that had a large mirror on
the wall. She stared at her dirty, disheveled
reflection. She hadn't showered or changed since she
arrived in this strange new world. "How could he love
this?" she wondered aloud, wiping a smudge of dirt
away from her face. Needless to say, it didn't help
much.
She sighed as she sat down on the floor and continued
to stare at her reflection. "Wherever you are,
Quatre, I hope you're all right."
[meanwhile]
"ARE THEY GOOONE YET!" Duo asked.
"Almost." Quatre replied. He watched his clock a few more minutes. "Troops Dismissal
Completed."
"Mission Commencing." Hiiro stated.
The pilots got ready for battle.
[meanwhile]
A man with dark eyes and dark clothing watched the pilots. "Soon... soon I will get my
revenge."
Meanwhile
Minako continued to explore the house until she
finally found a shower. First, she filled up the tub
with soapy water and did the best she could to wash
her clothes in it. She hung them on the towel rack to
dry as she showered.
[at the same point in time]
Hiiro fired off the first missile, destroying a wall.
"13 minutes until evacuation." Quatre read off of his screen.
"We can level this place in 13 minutes." Duo exclaimed, slicing the ceiling with his
scythe.
"I don't know...something doesn't feel right." Quatre explained.
"Well 13 is considered an unlucky number. But its never been bad to me."
Little red dots appeared all over the radar. The screen seemed to be colored red with
their amount. The green dots were surrounded.
"Damnit! They set a trap!" Duo swore.
"There's too many," Quatre said sadly, "we can't win."
meanwhile
Minako winced as the comb pulled on yet another knot
in her hair. 'Beauty is pain.' she would remind
herself each day as she completed this task.
She moved her gaze to the window and looked outside at
the beautiful blue sky. The sun was shining bright.
Normally, the scene would put her in a cheery mood,
but for some reason, she felt deep down inside that
something just wasn't right.
[all the while]
Quatre watched as the mobile suits surrounded them.
"You are completely surrounded. Come out of your gundams with your hands in the air
and we will cease fire." An OZ agent yelled, his voice coming over the transmission.
"Like hell we will," Duo snapped, "Shinigami fights to the death."
"Duo... do you really think it will help the colonies if we die?" Quatre asked, trying to
reason with the enraged pilot.
Duo sighed. "If we go with them we'll be tortured and THEN die. Better to die without
torture."
"It is only honorable to fight to the death." Wufei spoke.
"However, it is dishonorable to die without reason." Quatre explained.
"There's no way I'm going to be tortured!" Duo yelled.
Quatre smiled calmly. "Only one of us would need to stay for the rest of us to escape."
"Hell no! No one's staying behind!" Duo screamed.
"Calm down, Duo. I'll distract them and the rest of you can escape."
"No," Hiiro snapped, "we do not abandon our allies."
"I'm sorry," Quatre whispered, "But I care too much about you to let you die this way.
Please tell Minako I love her..." He threw his gundam straight into the crowd of mobile suits and
began fighting with a hidden anger.
Tears streaked down his face. 'Gomen nasai, Mina-chan.' He struck another suit. "FOR
MINAKO!" he cried.
In the meantime...
Minako eyes snapped wide open. Something, she didn't
know what, but something caught her attention.
It tugged at her heart, as if it were trying to
tell her something. 'What's wrong?' she wondered.
She closed her eyes and concentrated on this new
feeling. She knew right away what was wrong.
"Quatre!" she shouted as she stood up. She ran as
fast as she could out the door and eventually outside.
She glanced around at her surroundings. 'Where will
I go?' she wondered, 'What can I do?'
She looked up in the sky and saw that the sun was
beginning to set and the moon and venus were visible.
She looked to Venus and knew exactly which direction
to follow. 'Something's wrong with Quatre.' she
thought as she ran towards the evening star, 'I have
to help him...'
[later and somewhere else]
Quatre glanced at his screen, happy to see that 4 of the green dots had slipped away.
However, the red dots didn't seem to have gone down at all.
He shot at a suit to his right and was horrified when no bullets came out. Trying all of
his other guns, he came to the reality that he was out of ammunition.
The mobile suits stopped shooting as a voice came over the transmission. "We know you
are out of bullets. If you come out now with your hands up, we will let you live."
Quatre sighed and reached for the self-destruct button.
Suddenly a memory of Minako's voice came into his head. "You have to promise me that
you'll keep yourself safe."
Angrily, Quatre pulled out the self-destruct mechanism.
He opened the door and walked out, with his hands in the air.
[meanwhile]
The man watched Quatre step out of his gundam. A smile crossed his wicked lips. "You
should have self-destructed."
(at the same point in time)
"We shouldn't have left." Duo yelled.
"He had already gone in. To not leave would be to make his sacrifice pointless." Trowa
explained.
"We'll commence a rescue mission at 13:00 tomorrow." Hiiro said, emotionlessly.
"That's the main base! That would be suicide... but we can't just leave him... DAMNIT!
What the hell are we supposed to do?" Duo asked. He sighed and thought for a moment, before
kneeling down, and doing something he hadn't done in a very long time. "In the name of the
father, son, and the holy spirit, amen." [no this isn't just ASSUMING he's Christian- he went to
Maxwell church and was a Catholic. So I'm not being prejudice or anything]
a bit later.
Minako ran as fast as she could and paid no attention
to the pain in her legs that was begging her to stop.
She didn't even know where she was going, or even if
it was the right way. All she could do was follow her
heart.
She ran further and further down the street until she
finally saw four figures walking in her direction.
She immediately recognized them. 'Hiiro, Duo, Trowa,
Wufei.....wait....where's Quatre?!?!" she wondered.
She ran right up to them and stopped before them,
taking a moment to catch her breath.
"Where were you guys?!" she asked frantically,
"Where's Quatre?!?!"
Duo looked sadly at Minako. "We were fighting enemy mobile suits and he threw
himself into the mob... he didn't want us to get hurt... I'm sorry Minako... But we'll try to rescue
him...if he survived." He took her hand. "He told us to tell you he loved you."
{meanwhile}
Quatre watched the guns that were pointed at him. He couldn't escape from the
numerous amount.
"He's just a kid!" He heard one OZ agent exclaim.
"Disarm yourself." Another agent called to Quatre.
He obediently, pulled out his gun and tossed it across the pavement.
That's when he felt rings around his wrist. 'Handcuffs.' he thought.
With his hands now secure, the OZ agents began beating on him. Pain soared through his
tired body and forced him to the ground.
"Not so strong without your gundam, eh?" One sneered.
"Minako..." he whispered, before all went black.
{meanwhile}
The man picked up his phone and punched in some numbers. "Bring the pilot to me." He
spoke, with a dark aura emanating. "I'll see what I can get out of him."
meanwhile
Minako stood frozen for a moment. All she could do
was stare straight ahead. She felt Duo squeeze her
hand and she snapped out of her daze. She looked up
at him as tears clouded her vision. "It...This can't
be.." she whispered. Her mind was numb. The
information that it had just received totally threw
her off. This couldn't be happening.
"NO!" she screamed, withdrawing her hand from Duo.
"You're lying! You have to be!" She looked at the
solemn expressions on the four pilots' faces.
"Please.." she begged, "Please tell me you're lying."
she cried as the tears fell like twin rivers down her
cheeks. There was still no reaction from the pilots.
She realized that they were telling the truth. There
was nothing that they could do to help it.
"NO!" she screamed as she collapsed to the ground, her
body wracking with sobs. "Quatre...No!"
Duo sat down on the ground next to Minako. "I'm sorry Minako... I'm... so sorry." he
whispered. Anger took over his thoughts, and he threw his fist into the pavement. "DAMNIT!
Why did we leave him? We could've gotten him out of there!"
"That would be impossible." Hiiro replied.
"We could have at least tried!" Duo started into hysterics. "We didn't even try! We left
him there! It's all my fault! I should have stayed with him! DAMNIT I killed Quatre!"
[Meanwhile]
Quatre slowly opened his eyes. It took a moment for them to adjust to the new light.
The room was mostly dark, but a lamp stood on a desk, letting off a faint light.
"Woken up, I see." An evil voice asked.
He thought a bit, for the words to register. It was hard to think through all the pain.
"Now you will tell us what we want to know."
Quatre looked around for the speaker, but couldn't see anyone. "I will?"
"Of course you will," the voice laughed, "whether you want to or not."
Meanwhile
A few minutes had passed, and Minako had since calmed
down a bit. She didn't speak, she only stared down at
the pavement. Her heart ached with an unexplainable
pain, but she realized that crying would help nothing.
Quatre might still be alive, she still had hope.
She stood up and brushed herself off and turned to
face Hiiro.
"I'm going with you tomorrow." she stated with
authority, "I'm going with you to rescue Quatre."
"Out of the question." Hiiro snapped. "You would only lower our chances of getting him
out."
"Nonsense! I'm just as capable as you are! Maybe
even more!" she challenged, determined to get her way.
"Are you questioning my authority?!" Hiiro asked angrily.
"What if I am?!" Minako shouted defiantly.
Hiiro put his gun to her forehead. "Omae o korosu."
"Go ahead." she narrowed her eyes to slits, "I dare
you. Nothing will stop me from helping save Quatre."
Hiiro glared at her for about 5 minutes before putting his gun down. "Alright... you can
come. Just don't get in my way."
Minako smiled with satisfaction. She knew that he
wouldn't kill her. Hiiro may seem cold, but she knew
that he had a heart...somewhere in there.
"All right then." she said in a serious tone, "What's
the plan?"
"Uh... um... well." Duo started. He blushed and looked away. "There ISN'T one... yet....
heh heh ^^*..."
"All right." Minako agreed, "So where do we start?"
"Okay!" Duo said, getting excited. "Hiiro- work out the dangerous
junk!
Wufei- figure out how to get out undetected! Trowa- Figure out
breaking the
lock without setting alarms. I'll figure out how to get in! And
Minako.....
find the quickest escape plan just in case.
"Just let me know what to do." she said with
determination, "I'll do whatever it takes."
"Yeah," Duo said, "Us too."
meanwhile
"Who are the other pilots?" The man asked Quatre.
"Pilots?" He questioned, trying to clear his mind.
"Damn soldiers," the man muttered, "Can't get a straight answer out
of
him."
"Soldiers?... Pilots... That's right... there were soldiers...
everywhere..."
"Yes, there were soldiers. Which ones weren't you attacking?"
"I... attacked... everyone... in the crowd... the other pilots
left..."
"So you were abandoned?" The man smiled coldly.
"No... they left... I told them too..."
"What were their names?"
"Can't tell..."
Quatre felt a fist crash into his face.
"Tell me their names!" The man yelled.
"Quatre... Quatre was a pilot..."
"That was a pilot's name?"
"Yes... Quatre..." Quatre looked up at the man as he picked Quatre
up by
the collar.
"If you're lying I'll kill you."
"Kill me... kill Quatre?" His vision splurred again, his mind was
becoming foggier.
The man dropped him to the ground and left.
Quatre blinked his eyes a few times, trying to remember. "Quatre?
Is
that me?"
that night
Minako tossed and turned in her sleep. There was no way that she could relax. Not with all that
was going on.
She opened up her eyes and looked around the room. Nothing felt right. Every bit of her soul
screamed for relief..for Quatre to return home.
She got out of bed and leaned against the open window. "Quatre," she whispered into the night
as the faint glow of the moon graced her features, "I don't know if you can hear me, Quatre, but I
know that my soul can feel you. Please come back to me, Quatre. Onegai..."
meanwhile
Quatre looked up at the ceiling. Fear echoed through his head.
"Who am
I?" he asked himself over and over. He could remember faint names.
One
stood out most of all. "Minako..." he whispered, trying to remember
who it
was.
the next morning
"I have done it!" Duo laughed insanely. He has huge bags under his
eyes
and his hair was messy. It appeared as if he hadn't slept for a while.
"We
commence Operation- Rescue Quatre at 13 hundred hours."
"Guys..." Minako said, a bit worried, "I just thought of something.." she paused and looked at the
confused faces. "I assume that you'll be traveling in your gundams.."
The others nodded.
"That's the problem, I don't have a gundam!"
Duo sighed. He looked back at the other pilots. "There goes my
master
plan! BACK TO WORK PEOPLE."
Minako's eyes widened. "You mean you didn't think about that in your plan?!?!"
Duo blushed. "Well, I'm so used to Quatre being here that I kinda
put
his gundam in the plan..." he turned away. "I'm sure you could come in
my
gundam though."
Minako sighed. "I guess so...if that's the only way..."
"Great!" Duo exclaimed. "Let's move out!" He rubbed his eyes.
"Can we
get some coffee or something though? I've been working all night."
"NOOO!!!" Minako shouted as she ran to block the way
to the kitchen.
"But I'm TIIIIRED!" Duo whined. "Just a little cup?"
Minako shook her head. "Duo, we have to get ready to rescue Quatre. We don't have time."
"Fine," Duo grumbled, "But if I fall asleep in the middle of a
battle,
don't go blaming me."
"Whatever! Let's just get going!" Minako shouted.
"Okay! Operation- Rescue Quatre BEGINS NOW!" Duo grabbed Minako's
hand
and ran out of the room. "Come on MINAKOOOOO! We have to hurry! Now
that
it has officially began- I don't get sleep until we're back- so I'm
grumpy.
Anywho- this mission CAN'T be a failure."
{Meanwhile}
Quatre was startled to consciousness when the door to his cell
slammed
open. "Ohayo Gozaimasu." He said, sweetly to the two men who entered.
One
of them he recognized as the man who had questioned him before.
"Tell us what you remember." The new man asked.
Quatre frowned, and racked his mind, trying to remember
something...anything. "There were enemies everywhere, and I was
fighting.
Then I was questioned. That's all I remember."
The man nodded. "You were right, sir. It does seem that he has
amnesia."
he told the other man.
"Do you remember the gundams?" Dark-eyes questioned.
The word "gundam" sparked his memory. "Gundams... I remember... I
know
how to pilot them... Was I a pilot?"
"Kuso!" Dark-eyes swore, punching the wall. "He is useless."
"Not entirely," New man said, with an evil smirk, "A pilot of his
skill
could prove useful... Especially against the other pilots."
Dark-eyes' expression changed to utter delight with an evil twist.
"Of
course..."
meanwhile
Minako's eyes went wide as she looked into the cockpit of Duo's gundam. There was only
enough room for one person....Quatre's was much bigger than this.... "Hey, uh, Duo? Where do I
sit?" she asked him, almost dreading the answer.
Duo grinned evilly. "Do you really have to ask?"
Minako sighed in defeat. "Don't tell me...it's better that you don't. Now let's just go.."
"Okay then... Lucky me lucky me lucky me!" Duo sang. "Aw- don't
worry
Minako. I already have girlfriend. Besides, I don't find you in the
least
bit attractive."
"Oh yeah?!?! Well I feel the same way about you! How about that?!" Minako stated, crossing
her arms.
Duo got a sweatdrop. "I meant it in a nice way..."
"Whatever.." Minako said, "Let's just get this over with."
"Okay," Duo said, sitting down, "Just remember, this is JUST AS
FRIENDS.
Besides, you're Quatre's girl. No problem. Don't hit on her Duo.
Don't
even think about it." Duo began talking to himself.
Minako reluctantly walked into Deathscythe's cockpit and sat on Duo's lap. "Please don't make
me regret this..." she said.
Duo gasped. "You mean you don't ALREADY regret it?"
Minako glared at him. "Don't push it!"
"Alright," Duo replied, "Let's get going." He started the ignition
and
the gundam surged forward and off into space. Duo couldn't help but
grin as
he went as fast as it was able, doing tricks. "Having fun?" He asked
Minako.
Minako wished that she had taken some Dramamine. She felt sick! "Um..D-Duo...c-could
you...please...please slow down??"
Duo stopped immediately. "AH! Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry! Are
you
okay? I hadn't thought of that! No more spinning then! And slow
pace...Hey...Where'd everyone else go?"
An angry Wufei showed up on the screen. "Baka! Why are you going
so
fast? We'll be detected!"
Duo got a sweatdrop. "Ehehheh...sorry..."
Minako sighed and sat back, jumping up when she heard a yelp beneath her. She turned around
to see Duo rubbing his nose. "Hehehe...gomen..."
Duo took a deep breath. "Ah, glorious air! I can breathe! Now,
let's
get this over with." He flew the gundam through space.
(later)
The gundams silently pulled into the OZ base. Duo turned to
Minako.
"It's over too soon."
Minako nodded. "Just tell me what to do."
Duo sighed. "Minako, there's something I haven't told you yet." He
took
a gun out of his pocket and handed it to her. "The OZ base is very
dangerous, so you'll need a gun."
Minako reluctantly took the gun from Duo. She had never used one before. "All right." she said
a bit nervously, "I'll just have to warn you though, I've never used a gun before."
"Don't worry," Duo said, putting his hand on her shoulder, "You
probably
won't need to use it. If you do, just point it at their head and
say,
"Don't move or I'll shoot" or something like that."
Minako nodded again. "Okay." she said, "So what do we do now?"
Duo smiled. "Now we are going to rescue Quatre. Well... technically we don't really do the
rescuing... that's more Hiiro and Trowa's job. Wufei's on guard duty, making sure we aren't
found. And we, my fair lady, get to hack through all the codes on the building," He smiled at
Minako, "And don't think that's not much. That's the MOST important part of this mission. So...
be VERY careful and listen to me."
"Oh, great.." Minako mumbled, wishing that she had paid more attention in computer class.
"Don't worry," Duo said confidently, "You won't screw up, 'cause if you do, we're all dead."
"OHHH!!" Minako shouted, "Well in that case, I KNOW that I'll do it right.." she said
sarcastically.
"Great!" Duo said, happily, "I knew I could inspire some confidence. Now, let's get started. You
get on the computer to the left. Follow my orders EXACTLY. One mistake and Shinigami goes
home... and I'm NOT homesick yet, thank you very much."
"All right, fine." Minako said, "Let's just hope that YOU don't screw up."
Duo laughed. "Me? Screw up? I'm a professional! I never mess
up!"
He hacked into the OZ database. "Voila!" A picture of Dorothy from the
wizard of Oz came up. "Well... maybe never was a BIT too farfetched."
[Meanwhile]
Wufei watched his screen intently. So far the little red dots were
far
away from the few green ones. This was a good sign.
"Bweep bweep." The gundam bweeped.
Wufei looked around for the cause of this. The screen flashed red
before
going black. Immediately, Wufei got on the communicator.
"Duo!" He yelled. All he heard was a staticy noise. "KUSO!" He
swore
pounding his fists on the keys.
His only choice was to leave the gundam and warn Duo. Slowly he
opened
the hatch and climbed out... before being intercepted by OZ soldiers
surrounding his gundam...
(Meanwhile)
"Do you understand?" A deep voice ask.
"Yes, sir!" A cheerful voice replied.
"Destroy the gundams."
"Of course, sir!"
(Meanwhile)
Minako's fingers tapped at the keys faster than she had ever dreamed possible, doing it with
amazing accuracy. She was determined to help Quatre, nomatter what it took.
The computer beeped and the image on the screen changed. "Uh, Duo? I think I've got
something." Minako said, "Only I don't know what it it."
Duo's eyes widened. "Dear God... Minako we're going into battle.
Be
careful." Duo watched the screen with fear. The chances were
completely
against him. And there were only 3 green dots left.
"What are we going to do then?" Minako asked nervously.
Duo smiled sadly. "I'm going to try to fight them... I don't know
what
you can do... I'm sorry Minako..." He looked at the screen. 'This is
suicide...' he thought.
Minako noticed the look of hopelessness on Duo's face. She knew what he was thinking. "I'm
going to help you." she said, "After all, that's what I'm here for, isn't it?"
Duo smiled at her and kissed her on the cheek. "You're a good
friend,"
he said kindly, "The only thing that I can think for you to do would be
to
hack in to OZ security and use the cameras to find the positions of
Wufei,
Trowa, and Hiiro... and of course Quatre."
Minako nodded. "Okay. What should I do when I find them?"
"I just need you to tell me where they are once you find the
location.
After that you could try to commence communications." Duo explained.
"Oh...
and thank you Mina-chan."
Minako hugged Duo. "Thanks.." she whispered, "Good luck."
Duo smiled at Minako before grabbing the controls. "Hold on
tight!" he
yelled to her as he shot off bullets to where he knew the OZ soldiers
were
hiding. Bullets flew back from all directions.
In an instant, Duo had drawn his scythe and was slashing a group of
Taurus'/tauruses (what's the plural?). The battle aura soaked in and
Duo got
battle-happy. "SHINIGAMI IS BACK FROM HELL!" He laughed evilly...
before
the next onslaught of bullets came.
They hit the gundam like cold water, throwing it across the
room...okay
so maybe NOT like cold water EXACTLY.
Duo flew out of his seat and into the wall, hitting his head with a
sickening *thud*. "Ouchies..." he murmered before loosing
consciousness.
"Duo!!" Minako shouted. "Please, Duo!" she cried, shaking him, "Please wake up!" Nothing.
She couldn't believe that this was happening.
*CRASH* Something hit the gundam hard. She looked and saw five mobile suits heading
straight for her, so she did the only thing that she could do.
"THAT'S IT!" she screamed, placing her hands on the controls, "NOW I'm PISSED!" She
located a lever and decided to pull it to see what it would do.
A familiar figure made its way through the mobile suit horde. It
moved
with experience and confidence. It's pilot smiled sadly when it
reached the
gundam. "I'm sorry." he said, before firing off a round of bullets.
Minako quickly pulled the lever to the side, sending the gundam spinning around. "How the
heck do you fly this thing?!?!" she screamed to no one in particular.
The pilot watched the gundam's troubles. Its pilot seemed a
complete
novice, confusing him slightly. Feeling it dishonorable to attack an
opponent without first giving a chance for surrender, he turned on the
communications to the gundam. "Please surrender, I can only give you
one
chance to."
Minako froze. She knew that voice. Was it...? No! It couldn't be! "Quatre?!" she asked
nervously.
The pilot held his head as a huge pain struck through it.
'Quatre... I
remember that...' "Quatre?" The pilot replied.
Minako's eyes widened. "It IS you!" she cried, happy
that he was alive, yet sad because he had joined their
side. "What are you doing? I was so worried! Are
you okay?" her questions went on and on.
The pilot stared ahead blankly. "I'm...Quatre?..... I'm sorry...
but do
I know you?"
Minako's eyes filed with tears. How could he not remember? "Quatre!" she cried, "It's me!
Minako! Please! You have to remember!"
"Minako... I remember the name... I remember the love I felt
towards the
name... I still have the love... but I don't know Minako... That's
what I
must remember..." The pilot snapped out of his flashbackish daze.
"Are you
going to surrender?"
Crystalline tears poured down Minako's cheeks. "He...He doesn't remember me..." she thought
aloud. She suddenly got an idea. There was only one way for her to save Quatre. He obviously
wouldn't come willingly. She would have to go with him, to convince him. "Fine.." she said,
wondering if it was the right decision, "I surrender."
"Thank you." The pilot said, cheering up. Killing just wasn't his
thing.
He typed in the code for enemy surrender. "Please evacuate the
gundam." he
asked kindly.
Minako sighed in defeat. She stood up as the front of the gundam opened up, allowing her to
step out onto the platform. She looked around at the numerous guns pointed at her. Placing her
hands in the air, she prayed that they wouldn't find the unconscious pilot inside. "Gomen,
Duo..." she said quietly.
The pilot stared at the girl. She seemed so familiar. And yet, he
was
sure he had never met her before. Slowly, he opened the hatch, and
stepped
out of his gundam. A pure feeling of love filled his body, and
instinct took
over. He ran up to the girl and embraced her. "Aishiteru..."
Minako gasped in surprise, but returned the hug, burrying her face in his shoulder. "Quatre!" she
shouted, tears falling from her eyes, "Aishiteru, too."
Quatre smiled at his love. The memories poured back as he held
her.
"Gomen... Gomen nasai Minako-chan."
The soldiers aimed for the couple.
Quatre kissed her forehead. "Gomen nasai."
Minako brought her lips up to his and kissed him back. She closed he eyes and braced herself
for the gunfire. But it never came. A moment later, she opened her eyes and found herself in a
whole new place. Looking around, she realized that it was familiar. A huge smile spread across
her lips. "Quatre!!" she shouted, "I'm HOME!!!"
Quatre looked around at his surroundings. It all looked so old.
Everything seemed to be from before the colonies were built. A long
time
before. He held Minako's hand tightly. "Where are we?" he asked.
"We're in Azabu Juuban. It's in Minato-ku in Tokyo." she beamed, "This is my home. Back in
the year A.D. 2001."
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