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Quatre stared at her with mixed horror and fascination. "A.D?
This
is... 2000 years ago... I
don't... understand... how did this happen?" he asked, squeezing his
fists to
keep calm.
Minako placed a hand on his shoulder and gazed at him lovingly. "It'll be all right, Quatre." she
soothed, "We'll figure out what to do. At least," she took his hand into hers, "At least we'll be
together."
Quatre smiled at her. "It doesn't matter where I am or when I am
as long
as you're by my side." He took her hand in his and kissed her softly.
Minako closed her eyes and fell into the kiss. She was so glad that Quatre was with her. She
heard a click, then a surprised gasp.
"MINAKO AINO!!!!" a voice shouted, "WHAT IN KAMI-SAMA'S NAME ARE YOU
DOING?!?!?!"
Minako turned around and laughed nervously. "Uh...hehe...Hi, Daddy." she said, smiling
sweetly.
Quatre immediately bowed in an appropriate fashion. "It is an
honor to
meet you, sir. Please forgive my rudeness."
Mr. Aino blinked, but then went back to his screaming. "I don't buy that!!!! Minako!! Your
mother and I have been worried sick these last few days, and now you show up with some guy
off the street?!?!"
"But, Daddy!" Minako pleaded, trying to explain.
"NO BUTS ABOUT IT!! YOU!" he pointed to Minako, "You're grounded for the next 500
years! And YOU!!" he pointed to Quatre, "OUT OF MY HOUSE!!! STAY AWAY FROM MY
DAUGHTER OR I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY
AGAIN!!!!!"
"Daddy! No! Listen to me!" Minako shouted, but her father just turned his head.
"It's alright, Minako," Quatre said, calmly, "I can go somewhere
else
while you explain to them... it would probably be easier..."
"I'm going with you!" Minako shouted, following Quatre.
"You're not going ANYWHERE, young lady!" her father shouted back.
"I'm going now, Daddy! Bai!!" she yelled, running out the door, slamming it behind her. Muffled
screams could be heard from inside, but her father never emerged. Minako smiled thinking
about how she locked the door before she left.
"Sorry about that..." she apologized.
Quatre smiled. "It's alright. It's nice to see that your father
cares
for you so much."
Minako frowned. "Heh..the only thing he cares about is making sure that I don't come home
pregnant one day. That's all. He doesn't care about anything else. He probably couldn't even tell
you when my birthday is! Even though it's been 17 years.." she said sadly.
Quatre gently kissed her. "Don't be sad Mina-chan. He loves you.
Just
from a distance. A lot like my father does. Otherwise he wouldn't be
so
scared that you were gone..."
"Yeah..I guess you're right.." Minako said quietly, resting her head against Quatre as he wrapped
his arm around her.
down the street
"USAGI!!! Come on!" an angry Rei yelled.
"Yeah! Come on!! We don't have all day!" Makoto shouted.
"I'm..*pant* coming!!!" Usagi yelled, trying her hardest to keep up with the group.
"We can't waste any time, Usagi-chan! Minako has been missing for two days now and no one
knows where she is! We have to find her, and fast!" came the wise voice of Ami.
"Fine..I'm coming..I'm coming.."I'm." Usagi gasped, "There she is!!!" she shouted, "And she's
with a HUNK!!!"
"What?!?! Where?!?!" Makoto shouted, seeing the couple holding eachother. "Wow! Who is
HE??"
Rei groaned. "Well let's go talk to her and find out, shall we?!?! Minako!!" she shouted, waving
her hand.
Minako turned around to see her friends just a bit down the street. "MINNA!!" she shouted,
running towards them. "Oh! I missed you guys SOOO much!!!"
"Where were you?!" Rei asked.
"Yeah! And who's THIS?!" Makoto asked, dreamily.
Minako gripped Quatre's arm protectively. "This," she said with a smile, "Is Quatre."
Quatre smiled sweetly at Minako's friends. He bowed respectfully.
"It's
a pleasure to meet you." He said.
"Quatre, I'd like you to meet my friends! Usagi, Ami, Rei and Makoto."
"Hiya!"
"Hello!"
"Hey!"
"Nice to meet you.."
Minako smiled and moved closer to Quatre, giving him the hint that they had to establish right
away that they were a couple.
Quatre held Minako's hand tightly. He stared at the buildings in
awe.
"Everything's so... old..." he said, quietly.
Minako smiled. "That's because everything in your world is new!" she joked.
Quatre stared at the girls', wondering if they were the senshi that
Minako had mentioned. He smiled at Usagi. "Minako has spoken of you.
It's
nice to finally meet you."
Usagi smiled back. "It's nice to meet you too!"
"Hey!" Makoto said, "We want to hear all about what happened? We're still trying to figure out
where this guy is from in the first place!"
"Why don't we all go out and talk over ice cream...I'm starving!" Usagi bounced.
Minako smiled. "That sounds great! I could REALLY go for some right now!"
Quatre bit his lip as he felt something. In the back of his mind
he
could feel his friends'. They seemed very distant, but they were still
there. Something was wrong. He smiled to cover up his fear, but
continued
biting his lip. The pilot stopped when he tasted blood in his mouth.
"Ice
cream sounds great." He said sweetly.
"YAY!!" Usagi shouted, immediately taking off down the street. The other girls followed, but
Minako and Quatre stayed back for a moment. Minako gasped when she noticed a trace of red
in Quatre's mouth.
"Quatre!" she said, running her finger across his lip, wiping away some of the blood. "What
happened to your lip?"
Quatre took her finger into his hand. "It's nothing." He kissed her finger gently. "I must have
cut it or something… We'd better hurry, they seem eager for ice cream."
Minako gave him a concerned look. "Are you sure?" she asked, "You didn't bump yourself or
anything, did you?"
She watched him turn his head away slightly and she placed her hand on his shoulder. "What's
wrong, Quatre?" she asked calmly.
Hesitantly, Quatre looked back at her. He smiled, trying to hide his concern, but knew his eyes
would show all. "I'm sorry, Minako. I don't want to ruin this for you… You finally got back…
but something's wrong. I'm worried about the others. And there's nothing I can do to help them."
Minako wrapped her arms around him. "I'm sorry, Quatre.." she said quietly,"I know how you
feel. I'll help you get through this, just as you helped me. And as for ruining this, you're not
ruining anything. As long as you're here, I'm happy."
A tear slipped down Quatre's face. How could one person be so wonderful? "Aishiteru,
Minako-chan." He brought his lips to hers. "Arigato, my love."
"HEY!!!" came an angry voice from down the street. "Let's go!!! I'm hungry!!!"
Minako winced. "We'll continue later, ne?"
Quatre grinned. "Ice cream first." He took her hand and followed the other girls.
a few minutes later
"Well, here we are!" Minako exclaimed as they entered the shop. They all walked over to a
booth and sat down.
"YAY!!!" Usagi shouted, "Ice cream!!!!!"
Quatre looked at his wallet. "I don't suppose they'd accept futuristic money?"
"Of course not!" Minako replied cheerily, "But that doesn't matter, 'cuz I'm paying anyway."
Quatre grinned slyly. "I'll have to make this up to you." He kissed her gently on the cheek.
Minako blushed. "No!" Minako shouted, "It's the least I could do after all that you've done for
me!"
"Thank you." He said quietly, stroking her hair. "Aishiteru."
"WILL YOU TWO STOP GETTING ALL LOVEY-DOVEY AND GET SOME ICE CREAM
ALREADY?!?!" came Usagi's angry shout.
Minako sighed. "Aaawww....but it's so much fun!" she whined.
"Well don't let your fun get in the way of my ice cream!!"
Minako giggled. "Guess we'd better get going, huh?"
Quatre smiled. "If we don't, your friends might break our eardrums."
later on
"Minako, are you sure you don't want to stay with me?" Makoto asked, concerned.
Minako nodded. "It'll be fine. Quatre and I will find somewhere to stay. Besides, I can't leave
him alone. He's new, y'know." she said with a wink.
"Yeah...I'm sure that's the reason..." Makoto mumbled...
"ETCCHI!!" Minako shouted, shoving the giggling Makoto into her apartment. Minako sighed
once the door shut. "Finally..."
"Your friends are very nice," Quatre noted, "that must be why you get along so well." He kissed
her hand. "Where were we?"
"I think we were here.." Minako smiled, pressing her lips to his.
Quatre felt pure happiness at that moment. Everything was right and nothing could ruin the
moment. Neither floods nor fires or comets. Love was stronger than any disaster. However,
love cannot overpower friendship… He fell to the ground, clutching his stomach. "Hiiro…" he
whispered.
"Quatre!" Minako cried as she knelt down next to him. "You need some rest! Let's get
somewhere to stay for the night!"
She gently helped him off the ground and put his arm over her shoulder. "Just hang on to me.
There's a motel near by. We'll stay there tonight." she said, kissing him on the cheek.
"I'm sorry," Quatre replied, "I'm just worried about my friends" He
took
her hand. "Yes, I probably just need sleep." He said optimistically.
a few minutes later
Minako and Quatre waited patiently at the front desk of the Juuban Motel. "May I help you?" a
man asked.
"Yes," Minako replied, "We'd like a room with two beds."
"I'm sorry," the man replied, "But we don't have any available tonight."
"You're kidding, right?" The man shook his head.
Minako didn't know what to do. The closest motel was eight miles away! She finally sighed in
defeat, "Okay, fine. We'll take a room."
Quatre blushed slightly. "I'll sleep on the floor." He suggested.
"No!!" Minako shouted as she took the key from the desk clerk, "Of course you won't! You're
the one who's ill! I'll sleep on the floor, and you'll take the bed. And listen here, there's
absolutely NO WAY that you can change my mind! I would feel just aweful!"
Quatre stared at her, wide-eyed and surprised. "But you're PAYING for it! You should get the
bed! Besides, the ground can't make anyone sicker. Unless the heat was really low…"
"Fine!" Minako shouted, "We'll BOTH sleep on the bed!"
"Uh.." the clerk said, "I'm not sure how old you two are, so I'll just be leaving...enjoy your stay!"
Minako sighed. "Let's go.."
Quatre turned beat red. He could feel his face burning and his eyes widened. "Uh… Pardon
me?"
"Like I said," Minako stated, "There's no way that you're going to sleep on that floor, so either I
sleep on the floor, or we both sleep on the bed. You decide." She paused a moment.
"Besides...I trust you."
"O…Okay… I can't let you sleep on the floor…so… so I guess it would be okay?" Quatre tried
to hide his burgundy face but it was useless. Sweat trickled down his back as he got more and
more worried. 'This isn't right… not gentlemanly… but I CAN'T let her sleep on the floor. And
she WON'T let me sleep on the floor…' he thought. He sighed with defeat. 'It's inevitable…'
Minako took Quatre's hand. "It's all right, Quatre. We're not going to do anything." She smiled
at him, "Besides, I can think of no one in the world I would rather be in this situation with than
you."
Quatre smiled. "O-okay… I'm sorry…"
Minako wrapped her arms around the blonde boy. "You look tired.." she said, "Let's go to our
room." They walked down the hall and located room number 143. When Minako unlocked the
door, she turned on the light. The room was just like any other motel room. It had a bathroom, a
table with three chairs and a bed.
"Here we are."
"It looks comfy anyway…" Quatre said optimistically.
Minako frowned. "You seem upset. Are you all right?"
"I'm fine." Quatre said, with a smile. 'Hiiro…' Hiiro's presence has almost vanished. He could
barely feel anything. It was like there was a hole in his soul. Something wasn't there. And it
was terrifying.
Minako saw the pain in Quatre's eyes. Her heart went out to him. She wished that there was
something that she could do for him. "Quatre.." she said, "You can tell me anything, you
know..."
She placed her finger under his chin and brought his face gently up to meet hers, "I love you,
Quatre, and it hurts me to see you in such pain. Don't tell me that you're not hurting, because
you are. I can see it, I can feel it."
Quatre looked away. "I'm sorry. It's just… I can't feel Hiiro's presence. I can't feel what he is.
It's like he's dead… but I can still feel his soul is alive… I don't know what's happening…"
Minako hugged Quatre tight. "I'm so sorry, Quatre.." she whispered, "I wish that there was
something I could do, but I'm afraid that I'm just as helpless as you are." A single tear fell from
her eye. It hurt her so much that he was in so much pain.
"Don't worry, Mina-chan," Quatre brushed her tear away, "As long as he's still alive. I'm sure it's
nothing big. I'm probably just loosing my empathic abilities."
Minako rested her head on Quatre's shoulder. "I'm so sorry, Quatre. I know that I can't do
anything to help your situation. I guess the only thing I can do is be here for you. I wish that I
could do more."
"Just being here is enough. Don't worry about me. I'm just being weak. I'll try to be stronger for
you." Quatre kissed her hair.
"You're not weak, Quatre..." Minako whispered, looking up at his eyes. They were full of pain
and fear, but also love and innocence. "You're strong. Stronger than I could ever be. Don't ever
let yourself think otherwise."
"No, Minako," Quatre replied, "You are much stronger than I am. You're will is the strongest as
well as your heart . I wish I were more like you."
Minako let out a soft giggle. "Looks like we'll never agree on this, will we?"
"I guess not," Quatre grinned, "But I'll always know that I was right."
"Why you!!!" Minako laughed as she wrapper her arms tightly around him. "I love you...have I
ever told you that?" she smiled.
"Maybe once or twice," Quatre smiled as he kissed her gently, "Aishiteru."
Minako smiled again. "And I love you.." she said, finishing with a yawn.
"I think you should sleep now," he stated, "otherwise you might get cranky." He smiled sweetly.
"Only kidding ^^" - {Kattie: visual aid!!!!!}
"Hey!" Minako slapped him playfully, "That wasn't nice!"
"Sorry," Quatre replied, "I think the ice cream made me hyper." {Kattie: hyper Quatre O.o uh
oh}
"Kami-sama help us!" Minako joked. She giggled for another moment, then yawned again. "Oh
boy!" she said, "I MUST be tired!" She reached her arms behind her and struggled with the bow.
"Argh! Stupid thing is in a knot!"
"Don't force it." Quatre explained. "It might pull out some of your beautiful hair." He gently
pulled on side of the bow and then the other working it to freedom. Finally it came out. Quatre
handed it to her. "I guess it just got a little tight." He smiled sweetly.
Minako smiled. "What would I do without you?"
"Lose hair pulling the bow out?" Quatre suggested, giving her a kiss on the forehead.
Minako giggled and wrapped her arms around him. "Yeah, and maybe die of lonliness. I love
you so much, Quatre." she said, giving him a light kiss.
"I love you too." He replied, stroking her hair. "Because you are my soul. All of my love grows
stronger because of you. And without you, I'd be a soulless body. Wandering with no love and
no hope for a future. Aishiteru."
"You're too good to be true, Quatre. Are you really for real?" Minako asked dreamily as she
snuggled into him, struggling to keep her eyelids open.
"You should sleep now." He said, yawning himself. "Otherwise you'll be tired in the morning."
He kissed her cheek. "Oyasuminasai (Kattie: thanks PV-chan for finding that out ^^)."
"Oyasuminasai.." she whispered, falling asleep in Quatre's arms.
Quatre held her in his arms tightly, as if she would disappear if he let go. "Aishiteru…eien…"
Slowly the sandman came and soon Quatre was fast asleep, with Minako still in his arms.(PV:
Isn't that just SOOO darn cute?? *squeals*)
in the meantime
The clerk finally finished cleaning up, and signed out of his shift. He was on his way out the
door when a realization hit him. He ran to the phone as fast as he could.
~*~*~*~
Minako's father paced back and forth around the living room of the Aino home. It was midnight
already and Minako hadn't returned.
*ring* Mr. Aino ran as fast as he could to the phone. "Hello?!"
"Toru(PV: her Dad's name)!" the clerk said on the other end. "A couple of kids checked into my
motel tonight...one of them looks alot like your daughter!"
Mr. Aino gasped. "She did WHAT?!?! That's it! I'm going over there RIGHT now!!!"
"Sorry, Toru," the clerk apologized, "But only registered guests are allowed at this hour. And
only in their own rooms. I wish I could do something to help you..."
"What room are they in?"
"143..but..."
"I'll be there first thing in the morning!!" he shouted, then slammed the phone down.
~*~*~
Quatre woke up with a start. Sweat trickled down his back from the nightmare he'd just had. He
kissed Minako on the cheek. 'Just a nightmare…' he told himself. But still something didn't feel
right. "Minako." He said softly, shaking her gently to wake her up.
Minako slowly opened her eyes and was greeted by the site of her angel. She smiled, but then
noticed the distress in his expression. "What's wrong, sweetie?"
"I don't know." He replied. "I think we need to get out of here…"
Minako frowned, she was still tired, but Quatre was the one with the empathic abilities. "All
right," she said, sitting up, "Let's go."
Quatre took her hand and dashed out of the room.
Minako followed Quatre, who was running much faster than she was. 'What's he so afraid of?'
she wondered.
"HEY!!" she heard someone shout, "GET BACK HERE!!! MINAKO!!!"
Minako turned around to see her father chasing them down the hall. "Damn..." she muttered,
"RUN!" she shouted, running faster now.
Quatre ran with all the energy he could manage. "Uh Minako… He won't actually HURT us…
will he? He looks pretty angry…"
Minako didn't want to think about what would happen to Quatre if they were caught. He would
have been better off in the OZ base..."Just keep running!!" she shouted.
Quatre got a sweatdrop. "Maybe I should talk to him… or… if we needed to… I could carry you
down a drain pipe?… Minako… you're dad is scary…"
"You don't have to tell me that!" They ran and ran until they reached the end of the hall. All that
there was was a door to a balcony. They were trapped. "Crap.."
Minako suddenly got an idea. It was crazy, but they didn't have any other options. "Out here!"
she shouted, opening the door to the balcony. When they reached the edge, she turned to Quatre.
"Hold on to me! We're going to jump!"
"NE? Jump? That seems a little suicidal… Maybe it would be better to face your father? He
can't be THAT bad…can he?"
"Well, not if you consider having your arms and legs permanently twisted in unnatural ways
bad.."
Quatre looked at her horrified. "Okay then… Jumping sounds good…"
Minako stepped all the way up to the edge as Quatre wrapped his arms around her. "Okay now,"
she said, "I've never done this with two people before, so it'll most likely hurt. But just think of it
this way, it'll hurt ALOT less than my father will. Ready?"
"Sure… you've jumped out of a window before? I think you're dad needs to take some anger
management classes. It's not good to be vio-." Quatre looked down. "Be careful…"
"I will.." Minako said, masking her own nervousness. "Here we goooooo!!!" she shouted as they
jumped off the balcony and landed hard on the pavement. "Ouch!" The weight was a bit too
much. Minako's ankle gave out, and they both fell to the ground. 'Oh gods..' she thought, 'I hope
I'll be able to run now..'
Seeing Minako's pain, Quatre scooped her up and continued running. "I'll fix your ankle when
we've got away from your dad." He kissed her forehead. "Arigato, koishii."
Minako smiled. "Arigato..."
Minako's dad ran and ran, then he finally made it to the balcony. "What the hell?!?! Where's he
taking her?!?!"
"How'd she get down?" the clerk asked., confused.
"I need a phone! I'm calling the police!"
~*~*~*~*~
"Is there a place we can stay?" Quatre asked. "I don't know where we should go…"
"Let's try going to Rei's temple for now. He'll eventually figure it out, but it'll buy us some time.
It's all the way down this road....a long ways."
"Alright," Quatre replied, "What's it called?"
"The Hikawa Ginga. It's about a mile down on the left."
Quatre ran as fast as he could, searching for a temple. He finally saw one with a sign that read
"Hikawa Ginga" (Kattie: well I HOOPE it does… otherwise Rei's temple has a LITTLE
competition). He raced up and knocked on the door.
Rei's grandfather walked up to the door, humming his own happy little tune. He opened the door
and looked at the couple standing outside. "Can I help you two love-birds?"
"Please…" Quatre said, panting from all of the running. "Do you have some bandages? She's
hurt."
"Of course! Let me go get the price list..."
"GRAMPA!!!!" and angry Rei shouted at the top of her lungs. "What do you think you're
doing?!?!?! We don't CHARGE for those kinds of things!!!"
"Fine, fine..but don't come crying to ME when we don't have enough money to pay your tuition!"
Rei moaned in annoyance, when she noticed who was at the door. "MINA! Quatre! Are you
two all right?"
Quatre panted with exhaustion. He could barely breathe. Only two words could be said through
the deep breaths. "Her...dad..." Quatre brushed Minako's hair. He looked up at Rei with hoping
eyes.
"Oh crap..." Rei said, "He's doing it again?"
Minako nodded.
"Get in then! Hurry! Grampa! Close up the temple! Quick!"
"But it's only still morning!!" he protested.
"NOW!" Rei barked, sending her grandfather walking to the front, mumbling.
"Thank you." Quatre said, quietly. "I'm sorry to involve you in this. It is very kind of you to help
us."
"Yeah, thanks Rei-chan" Minako smiled.
"It's no problem...really..." Rei explained.
Quatre held Minako's hand. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah," she smiled again, "I'll be fine. Arigato, darling."
He kissed her forehead gently. "Gomen… Gomen nasai… I'm so sorry…" Tears welled up in
his deep blue eyes. Quatre kissed her hand and smiled sadly, raising to his feet. "I can't let you
get hurt again," he said, "I'm going to try and talk to your father."
Minako's face turned white. "No!" she protested, "You can't!!"
The tears in his eyes slid down his cheeks. "Gomen nasai… but I love you too much to let you
get hurt again. You're a much better person than I am and if one of us needs to get hurt then it'd
better to be me… Suki yo…"
"No! Don't worry! I can handle myself! Besides...whatever her does to me doesn't take long to
heal.." Minako stopped realizing that she has said too much, "I mean.....It's fine. Just don't talk to
him."
Quatre's heart stopped. He looked her in the eyes. "He's hurt you before?"
"Well.. not too badly..I mean....not really.. I mean..."
"Wait a minute!" Rei interrupted, "So that's what all those bruises were! Minako! You didn't get
those from a fight! Why didn't you tell us?!"
"Listen," Minako sighed, "It's no huge deal. I'm used to this. I've learned to live with it."
Quatre stared at her and realized he was sobbing. "Minako…" He wrapped her in his arms.
"He's not going to hurt you anymore. Never again." He smiled at her through his tears. "Even if
it kills me."
"No...." Minako protested, "Please...don't get involved, Quatre. If my father ever hurt you, I
would never forgive myself."
Quatre bowed his head. "Gomen nasai…" He ran from the temple.
"NOOO!!!" Minako screamed as tears poured from her eyes. Her body was shaking with
fear...fear of what could happen to Quatre, "Quatre!!! Come back!!" She sobbed.
With anger fueling his tired body, Quatre ran to the hotel. Running with so much anger he could
hardly stand. "Damnit," he cried, "Why did you hurt her!"
Minako's father's eyes narrowed at the boy. His blood boiled at his defiance. "She deserved it."
he stated, slowly starting to walk up to Quatre.
Quatre was shaking with anger. "She deserves only happiness and love. Things you obviously
cannot give her. God save your soul, for Satan obviously has stolen it. Hurting another person is
the single more evil thing you can do. But you hurt someone who loved you. Such evil cannot
be put into words. You are a demon. And if you touch Minako again, I WILL kill you."
"Don't try my patience, boy." Mr. Aino threatened, "You've all ready gone far enough. Minako is
no concern of yours."
"I think," Quatre raged, "she is no longer a concern of yours."
"Just get out of here before I hurt you!!" he shouted, stepping closer still.
"Can't hurt me anymore than you already have," he spat, "my soul is aching."
Mr. Aino laughed. "Soul...whatever. You're just some punk kid who wants to get my daughter
for one night. You don't care about her, all you care about is taking advantage of her."
Quatre's eyes widened. "Sir, I have 29 sisters. I don't think so."
Mr. Aino smirked. "So it runs in the family, eh?"
The rage in Quatre's heart raised to the peak. It overflowed into a flash of rage. "You hurt your
own daughter. And you insult my sisters. Minako is a million times the person you are. She is
kind and will live to be a loving mother. But you sir," Quatre drew his gun and pointed it at the
man's forehead, "You will never see her as a mother. Never again. If you come near Minako I
will kill you. Slowly and painfully. And sir, I will not regret it."
Minako's father just rolled his eyes. "You're just a boy..." he spat, "You'd never kill me. Even if
you would, you couldn't, so if you'll excuse me, I think I'll head on over to the Hikawa Ginga.....I
assume that's where Minako is.....that's the only place she would have gone to in the direction
you came from." He began to walk away, "And because of your actions, I'm afraid that I'm going
to have to punish her even more than usual. Good day."
With an unusual anger, from the time traveling, or maybe from Oz,
Quatre put
his gun back into his pocket and tackled Mr. Aino. "Like hell I'll
let you
touch her!"
Mr. Aino cried out in rage as he felt a fist come into contact with his chest. That was it, his
patience was gone. He let out another cry as his fist met with Quatre's face.
"NOOO!!!" they both heard a girl scream. Mr. Aino looked over to see Minako, supported by
Rei trying to run over to them, despite her limp.
"Get out of here, Mina-chan!" Quatre cried. "You'll get hurt!"
"NO!" Minako shouted defiantly, "I won't let him hurt you!"
"It's too late for that!" Mr. Aino shouted, punching Quatre again.
"NOO!!" Minako broke away from Rei and knelt down next to Quatre. "REI! GO GET HELP!!"
Rei nodded and ran off, saying a prayer for her friends.
"You little bitch.." Mr. Aino slapped Minako hard across the face, leaving a red mark where his
hand hit.
"Don't touch Minako!" Quatre yelled, kicking Mr. Aino in the face.
He
turned to Minako. "Are you okay?" he asked, touching her face lightly.
Minako looked up and nodded, forcing a smile. "Yes..I'll be fine...but what about you?" she
wondered aloud, brushing her own hand against the bruise on his face.
Quatre held back a wince. Pain soured through his head. But still, he
held
a smile. "It's nothing." He watched Mr. Aino stand, and his smile
fell. His
arm outstretched as he blocked Mr. Aino from his daughter. "Please,
if
you're angry just hurt me! leave Minako alone."
"Both of you are going to get it! I've had enough of you two!" Mr. Aino shouted as he pulled a
gun out of his pocket and pointed it at Quatre.
"NO!!" Minako shouted, jumping at her father , twisting his arm around just as the gun shot out.
Mr. Aino stared at Minako, wordless.
"I really did love you, you know." he whispered before collapsing to the floor, a pool of blood
collecting underneath him.
Minako stared in shock at what was before her. Her father was dead...killed...and the worst part
was that she did it. It was her fault. If she hadn't twisted his arm around, he wouldn't have died.
She never wanted that.
"Daddy..." she managed before falling onto her father's body, sobbing. "Daddy...I'm sorry....I
didn't know what to do!"
Quatre stared at the body in shock. "Minako…" Her pain and fear flew through his body. So
many emotions slipped around through his mind and soul. And there was no more Hiiro. No
more Duo, Wufei, or Trowa… They were gone. All he could feel was Minako's confusion. His
fear mixed with hers spread through his mind leaving him numb.
His body began shaking and his breathing quickened. "Minako… don't worry… everything will
be okay…" Falling to the ground, he began hyperventilating. "Minako…"
"Quatre!!" Minako cried as she ran to him and held him in her arms. "What's wrong?! Please,
Quatre?! Are you okay??"
"Mina-chan," Quatre brushed his hand against her face, "They're all gone… Hiiro…Trowa…
Wufei… Duo… they're all gone… All I can feel is your pain… Gomen… It's just
overwhelming…" He closed his eyes and forced them open again. "So hard to stay awake…"
His eyes closed and he could see his mother. She was holding out a hand, beckoning him…
Notes:
PV: Haha! Don't you just love cliffhangers? *smile*
Kattie: *nods*
Yaten: *now tied up on the floor* Grrr....
We're back!!! Mwahahahaha!!! Remember, send reviews to PV via fanfiction.net and to Kattie at Kattie41@aol.com. ^^v
Disclaimer: *Yaten is standing in front of PV and Kattie who are tied up and gagged on the floor* They don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing. *smirk*
Kattie & PV: MMMRRMMPPHH!!!!!!
~*~*~*~*~
Quatre stared at her with mixed horror and fascination. "A.D?
This
is... 2000 years ago... I
don't... understand... how did this happen?" he asked, squeezing his
fists to
keep calm.
Minako placed a hand on his shoulder and gazed at him lovingly. "It'll be all right, Quatre." she
soothed, "We'll figure out what to do. At least," she took his hand into hers, "At least we'll be
together."
Quatre smiled at her. "It doesn't matter where I am or when I am
as long
as you're by my side." He took her hand in his and kissed her softly.
Minako closed her eyes and fell into the kiss. She was so glad that Quatre was with her. She
heard a click, then a surprised gasp.
"MINAKO AINO!!!!" a voice shouted, "WHAT IN KAMI-SAMA'S NAME ARE YOU
DOING?!?!?!"
Minako turned around and laughed nervously. "Uh...hehe...Hi, Daddy." she said, smiling
sweetly.
Quatre immediately bowed in an appropriate fashion. "It is an
honor to
meet you, sir. Please forgive my rudeness."
Mr. Aino blinked, but then went back to his screaming. "I don't buy that!!!! Minako!! Your
mother and I have been worried sick these last few days, and now you show up with some guy
off the street?!?!"
"But, Daddy!" Minako pleaded, trying to explain.
"NO BUTS ABOUT IT!! YOU!" he pointed to Minako, "You're grounded for the next 500
years! And YOU!!" he pointed to Quatre, "OUT OF MY HOUSE!!! STAY AWAY FROM MY
DAUGHTER OR I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY
AGAIN!!!!!"
"Daddy! No! Listen to me!" Minako shouted, but her father just turned his head.
"It's alright, Minako," Quatre said, calmly, "I can go somewhere
else
while you explain to them... it would probably be easier..."
"I'm going with you!" Minako shouted, following Quatre.
"You're not going ANYWHERE, young lady!" her father shouted back.
"I'm going now, Daddy! Bai!!" she yelled, running out the door, slamming it behind her. Muffled
screams could be heard from inside, but her father never emerged. Minako smiled thinking
about how she locked the door before she left.
"Sorry about that..." she apologized.
Quatre smiled. "It's alright. It's nice to see that your father
cares
for you so much."
Minako frowned. "Heh..the only thing he cares about is making sure that I don't come home
pregnant one day. That's all. He doesn't care about anything else. He probably couldn't even tell
you when my birthday is! Even though it's been 17 years.." she said sadly.
Quatre gently kissed her. "Don't be sad Mina-chan. He loves you.
Just
from a distance. A lot like my father does. Otherwise he wouldn't be
so
scared that you were gone..."
"Yeah..I guess you're right.." Minako said quietly, resting her head against Quatre as he wrapped
his arm around her.
down the street
"USAGI!!! Come on!" an angry Rei yelled.
"Yeah! Come on!! We don't have all day!" Makoto shouted.
"I'm..*pant* coming!!!" Usagi yelled, trying her hardest to keep up with the group.
"We can't waste any time, Usagi-chan! Minako has been missing for two days now and no one
knows where she is! We have to find her, and fast!" came the wise voice of Ami.
"Fine..I'm coming..I'm coming.."I'm." Usagi gasped, "There she is!!!" she shouted, "And she's
with a HUNK!!!"
"What?!?! Where?!?!" Makoto shouted, seeing the couple holding eachother. "Wow! Who is
HE??"
Rei groaned. "Well let's go talk to her and find out, shall we?!?! Minako!!" she shouted, waving
her hand.
Minako turned around to see her friends just a bit down the street. "MINNA!!" she shouted,
running towards them. "Oh! I missed you guys SOOO much!!!"
"Where were you?!" Rei asked.
"Yeah! And who's THIS?!" Makoto asked, dreamily.
Minako gripped Quatre's arm protectively. "This," she said with a smile, "Is Quatre."
Quatre smiled sweetly at Minako's friends. He bowed respectfully.
"It's
a pleasure to meet you." He said.
"Quatre, I'd like you to meet my friends! Usagi, Ami, Rei and Makoto."
"Hiya!"
"Hello!"
"Hey!"
"Nice to meet you.."
Minako smiled and moved closer to Quatre, giving him the hint that they had to establish right
away that they were a couple.
Quatre held Minako's hand tightly. He stared at the buildings in
awe.
"Everything's so... old..." he said, quietly.
Minako smiled. "That's because everything in your world is new!" she joked.
Quatre stared at the girls', wondering if they were the senshi that
Minako had mentioned. He smiled at Usagi. "Minako has spoken of you.
It's
nice to finally meet you."
Usagi smiled back. "It's nice to meet you too!"
"Hey!" Makoto said, "We want to hear all about what happened? We're still trying to figure out
where this guy is from in the first place!"
"Why don't we all go out and talk over ice cream...I'm starving!" Usagi bounced.
Minako smiled. "That sounds great! I could REALLY go for some right now!"
Quatre bit his lip as he felt something. In the back of his mind
he
could feel his friends'. They seemed very distant, but they were still
there. Something was wrong. He smiled to cover up his fear, but
continued
biting his lip. The pilot stopped when he tasted blood in his mouth.
"Ice
cream sounds great." He said sweetly.
"YAY!!" Usagi shouted, immediately taking off down the street. The other girls followed, but
Minako and Quatre stayed back for a moment. Minako gasped when she noticed a trace of red
in Quatre's mouth.
"Quatre!" she said, running her finger across his lip, wiping away some of the blood. "What
happened to your lip?"
Quatre took her finger into his hand. "It's nothing." He kissed her finger gently. "I must have
cut it or something… We'd better hurry, they seem eager for ice cream."
Minako gave him a concerned look. "Are you sure?" she asked, "You didn't bump yourself or
anything, did you?"
She watched him turn his head away slightly and she placed her hand on his shoulder. "What's
wrong, Quatre?" she asked calmly.
Hesitantly, Quatre looked back at her. He smiled, trying to hide his concern, but knew his eyes
would show all. "I'm sorry, Minako. I don't want to ruin this for you… You finally got back…
but something's wrong. I'm worried about the others. And there's nothing I can do to help them."
Minako wrapped her arms around him. "I'm sorry, Quatre.." she said quietly,"I know how you
feel. I'll help you get through this, just as you helped me. And as for ruining this, you're not
ruining anything. As long as you're here, I'm happy."
A tear slipped down Quatre's face. How could one person be so wonderful? "Aishiteru,
Minako-chan." He brought his lips to hers. "Arigato, my love."
"HEY!!!" came an angry voice from down the street. "Let's go!!! I'm hungry!!!"
Minako winced. "We'll continue later, ne?"
Quatre grinned. "Ice cream first." He took her hand and followed the other girls.
a few minutes later
"Well, here we are!" Minako exclaimed as they entered the shop. They all walked over to a
booth and sat down.
"YAY!!!" Usagi shouted, "Ice cream!!!!!"
Quatre looked at his wallet. "I don't suppose they'd accept futuristic money?"
"Of course not!" Minako replied cheerily, "But that doesn't matter, 'cuz I'm paying anyway."
Quatre grinned slyly. "I'll have to make this up to you." He kissed her gently on the cheek.
Minako blushed. "No!" Minako shouted, "It's the least I could do after all that you've done for
me!"
"Thank you." He said quietly, stroking her hair. "Aishiteru."
"WILL YOU TWO STOP GETTING ALL LOVEY-DOVEY AND GET SOME ICE CREAM
ALREADY?!?!" came Usagi's angry shout.
Minako sighed. "Aaawww....but it's so much fun!" she whined.
"Well don't let your fun get in the way of my ice cream!!"
Minako giggled. "Guess we'd better get going, huh?"
Quatre smiled. "If we don't, your friends might break our eardrums."
later on
"Minako, are you sure you don't want to stay with me?" Makoto asked, concerned.
Minako nodded. "It'll be fine. Quatre and I will find somewhere to stay. Besides, I can't leave
him alone. He's new, y'know." she said with a wink.
"Yeah...I'm sure that's the reason..." Makoto mumbled...
"ETCCHI!!" Minako shouted, shoving the giggling Makoto into her apartment. Minako sighed
once the door shut. "Finally..."
"Your friends are very nice," Quatre noted, "that must be why you get along so well." He kissed
her hand. "Where were we?"
"I think we were here.." Minako smiled, pressing her lips to his.
Quatre felt pure happiness at that moment. Everything was right and nothing could ruin the
moment. Neither floods nor fires or comets. Love was stronger than any disaster. However,
love cannot overpower friendship… He fell to the ground, clutching his stomach. "Hiiro…" he
whispered.
"Quatre!" Minako cried as she knelt down next to him. "You need some rest! Let's get
somewhere to stay for the night!"
She gently helped him off the ground and put his arm over her shoulder. "Just hang on to me.
There's a motel near by. We'll stay there tonight." she said, kissing him on the cheek.
"I'm sorry," Quatre replied, "I'm just worried about my friends" He
took
her hand. "Yes, I probably just need sleep." He said optimistically.
a few minutes later
Minako and Quatre waited patiently at the front desk of the Juuban Motel. "May I help you?" a
man asked.
"Yes," Minako replied, "We'd like a room with two beds."
"I'm sorry," the man replied, "But we don't have any available tonight."
"You're kidding, right?" The man shook his head.
Minako didn't know what to do. The closest motel was eight miles away! She finally sighed in
defeat, "Okay, fine. We'll take a room."
Quatre blushed slightly. "I'll sleep on the floor." He suggested.
"No!!" Minako shouted as she took the key from the desk clerk, "Of course you won't! You're
the one who's ill! I'll sleep on the floor, and you'll take the bed. And listen here, there's
absolutely NO WAY that you can change my mind! I would feel just aweful!"
Quatre stared at her, wide-eyed and surprised. "But you're PAYING for it! You should get the
bed! Besides, the ground can't make anyone sicker. Unless the heat was really low…"
"Fine!" Minako shouted, "We'll BOTH sleep on the bed!"
"Uh.." the clerk said, "I'm not sure how old you two are, so I'll just be leaving...enjoy your stay!"
Minako sighed. "Let's go.."
Quatre turned beat red. He could feel his face burning and his eyes widened. "Uh… Pardon
me?"
"Like I said," Minako stated, "There's no way that you're going to sleep on that floor, so either I
sleep on the floor, or we both sleep on the bed. You decide." She paused a moment.
"Besides...I trust you."
"O…Okay… I can't let you sleep on the floor…so… so I guess it would be okay?" Quatre tried
to hide his burgundy face but it was useless. Sweat trickled down his back as he got more and
more worried. 'This isn't right… not gentlemanly… but I CAN'T let her sleep on the floor. And
she WON'T let me sleep on the floor…' he thought. He sighed with defeat. 'It's inevitable…'
Minako took Quatre's hand. "It's all right, Quatre. We're not going to do anything." She smiled
at him, "Besides, I can think of no one in the world I would rather be in this situation with than
you."
Quatre smiled. "O-okay… I'm sorry…"
Minako wrapped her arms around the blonde boy. "You look tired.." she said, "Let's go to our
room." They walked down the hall and located room number 143. When Minako unlocked the
door, she turned on the light. The room was just like any other motel room. It had a bathroom, a
table with three chairs and a bed.
"Here we are."
"It looks comfy anyway…" Quatre said optimistically.
Minako frowned. "You seem upset. Are you all right?"
"I'm fine." Quatre said, with a smile. 'Hiiro…' Hiiro's presence has almost vanished. He could
barely feel anything. It was like there was a hole in his soul. Something wasn't there. And it
was terrifying.
Minako saw the pain in Quatre's eyes. Her heart went out to him. She wished that there was
something that she could do for him. "Quatre.." she said, "You can tell me anything, you
know..."
She placed her finger under his chin and brought his face gently up to meet hers, "I love you,
Quatre, and it hurts me to see you in such pain. Don't tell me that you're not hurting, because
you are. I can see it, I can feel it."
Quatre looked away. "I'm sorry. It's just… I can't feel Hiiro's presence. I can't feel what he is.
It's like he's dead… but I can still feel his soul is alive… I don't know what's happening…"
Minako hugged Quatre tight. "I'm so sorry, Quatre.." she whispered, "I wish that there was
something I could do, but I'm afraid that I'm just as helpless as you are." A single tear fell from
her eye. It hurt her so much that he was in so much pain.
"Don't worry, Mina-chan," Quatre brushed her tear away, "As long as he's still alive. I'm sure it's
nothing big. I'm probably just loosing my empathic abilities."
Minako rested her head on Quatre's shoulder. "I'm so sorry, Quatre. I know that I can't do
anything to help your situation. I guess the only thing I can do is be here for you. I wish that I
could do more."
"Just being here is enough. Don't worry about me. I'm just being weak. I'll try to be stronger for
you." Quatre kissed her hair.
"You're not weak, Quatre..." Minako whispered, looking up at his eyes. They were full of pain
and fear, but also love and innocence. "You're strong. Stronger than I could ever be. Don't ever
let yourself think otherwise."
"No, Minako," Quatre replied, "You are much stronger than I am. You're will is the strongest as
well as your heart . I wish I were more like you."
Minako let out a soft giggle. "Looks like we'll never agree on this, will we?"
"I guess not," Quatre grinned, "But I'll always know that I was right."
"Why you!!!" Minako laughed as she wrapper her arms tightly around him. "I love you...have I
ever told you that?" she smiled.
"Maybe once or twice," Quatre smiled as he kissed her gently, "Aishiteru."
Minako smiled again. "And I love you.." she said, finishing with a yawn.
"I think you should sleep now," he stated, "otherwise you might get cranky." He smiled sweetly.
"Only kidding ^^" - {Kattie: visual aid!!!!!}
"Hey!" Minako slapped him playfully, "That wasn't nice!"
"Sorry," Quatre replied, "I think the ice cream made me hyper." {Kattie: hyper Quatre O.o uh
oh}
"Kami-sama help us!" Minako joked. She giggled for another moment, then yawned again. "Oh
boy!" she said, "I MUST be tired!" She reached her arms behind her and struggled with the bow.
"Argh! Stupid thing is in a knot!"
"Don't force it." Quatre explained. "It might pull out some of your beautiful hair." He gently
pulled on side of the bow and then the other working it to freedom. Finally it came out. Quatre
handed it to her. "I guess it just got a little tight." He smiled sweetly.
Minako smiled. "What would I do without you?"
"Lose hair pulling the bow out?" Quatre suggested, giving her a kiss on the forehead.
Minako giggled and wrapped her arms around him. "Yeah, and maybe die of lonliness. I love
you so much, Quatre." she said, giving him a light kiss.
"I love you too." He replied, stroking her hair. "Because you are my soul. All of my love grows
stronger because of you. And without you, I'd be a soulless body. Wandering with no love and
no hope for a future. Aishiteru."
"You're too good to be true, Quatre. Are you really for real?" Minako asked dreamily as she
snuggled into him, struggling to keep her eyelids open.
"You should sleep now." He said, yawning himself. "Otherwise you'll be tired in the morning."
He kissed her cheek. "Oyasuminasai (Kattie: thanks PV-chan for finding that out ^^)."
"Oyasuminasai.." she whispered, falling asleep in Quatre's arms.
Quatre held her in his arms tightly, as if she would disappear if he let go. "Aishiteru…eien…"
Slowly the sandman came and soon Quatre was fast asleep, with Minako still in his arms.(PV:
Isn't that just SOOO darn cute?? *squeals*)
in the meantime
The clerk finally finished cleaning up, and signed out of his shift. He was on his way out the
door when a realization hit him. He ran to the phone as fast as he could.
~*~*~*~
Minako's father paced back and forth around the living room of the Aino home. It was midnight
already and Minako hadn't returned.
*ring* Mr. Aino ran as fast as he could to the phone. "Hello?!"
"Toru(PV: her Dad's name)!" the clerk said on the other end. "A couple of kids checked into my
motel tonight...one of them looks alot like your daughter!"
Mr. Aino gasped. "She did WHAT?!?! That's it! I'm going over there RIGHT now!!!"
"Sorry, Toru," the clerk apologized, "But only registered guests are allowed at this hour. And
only in their own rooms. I wish I could do something to help you..."
"What room are they in?"
"143..but..."
"I'll be there first thing in the morning!!" he shouted, then slammed the phone down.
~*~*~
Quatre woke up with a start. Sweat trickled down his back from the nightmare he'd just had. He
kissed Minako on the cheek. 'Just a nightmare…' he told himself. But still something didn't feel
right. "Minako." He said softly, shaking her gently to wake her up.
Minako slowly opened her eyes and was greeted by the site of her angel. She smiled, but then
noticed the distress in his expression. "What's wrong, sweetie?"
"I don't know." He replied. "I think we need to get out of here…"
Minako frowned, she was still tired, but Quatre was the one with the empathic abilities. "All
right," she said, sitting up, "Let's go."
Quatre took her hand and dashed out of the room.
Minako followed Quatre, who was running much faster than she was. 'What's he so afraid of?'
she wondered.
"HEY!!" she heard someone shout, "GET BACK HERE!!! MINAKO!!!"
Minako turned around to see her father chasing them down the hall. "Damn..." she muttered,
"RUN!" she shouted, running faster now.
Quatre ran with all the energy he could manage. "Uh Minako… He won't actually HURT us…
will he? He looks pretty angry…"
Minako didn't want to think about what would happen to Quatre if they were caught. He would
have been better off in the OZ base..."Just keep running!!" she shouted.
Quatre got a sweatdrop. "Maybe I should talk to him… or… if we needed to… I could carry you
down a drain pipe?… Minako… you're dad is scary…"
"You don't have to tell me that!" They ran and ran until they reached the end of the hall. All that
there was was a door to a balcony. They were trapped. "Crap.."
Minako suddenly got an idea. It was crazy, but they didn't have any other options. "Out here!"
she shouted, opening the door to the balcony. When they reached the edge, she turned to Quatre.
"Hold on to me! We're going to jump!"
"NE? Jump? That seems a little suicidal… Maybe it would be better to face your father? He
can't be THAT bad…can he?"
"Well, not if you consider having your arms and legs permanently twisted in unnatural ways
bad.."
Quatre looked at her horrified. "Okay then… Jumping sounds good…"
Minako stepped all the way up to the edge as Quatre wrapped his arms around her. "Okay now,"
she said, "I've never done this with two people before, so it'll most likely hurt. But just think of it
this way, it'll hurt ALOT less than my father will. Ready?"
"Sure… you've jumped out of a window before? I think you're dad needs to take some anger
management classes. It's not good to be vio-." Quatre looked down. "Be careful…"
"I will.." Minako said, masking her own nervousness. "Here we goooooo!!!" she shouted as they
jumped off the balcony and landed hard on the pavement. "Ouch!" The weight was a bit too
much. Minako's ankle gave out, and they both fell to the ground. 'Oh gods..' she thought, 'I hope
I'll be able to run now..'
Seeing Minako's pain, Quatre scooped her up and continued running. "I'll fix your ankle when
we've got away from your dad." He kissed her forehead. "Arigato, koishii."
Minako smiled. "Arigato..."
Minako's dad ran and ran, then he finally made it to the balcony. "What the hell?!?! Where's he
taking her?!?!"
"How'd she get down?" the clerk asked., confused.
"I need a phone! I'm calling the police!"
~*~*~*~*~
"Is there a place we can stay?" Quatre asked. "I don't know where we should go…"
"Let's try going to Rei's temple for now. He'll eventually figure it out, but it'll buy us some time.
It's all the way down this road....a long ways."
"Alright," Quatre replied, "What's it called?"
"The Hikawa Ginga. It's about a mile down on the left."
Quatre ran as fast as he could, searching for a temple. He finally saw one with a sign that read
"Hikawa Ginga" (Kattie: well I HOOPE it does… otherwise Rei's temple has a LITTLE
competition). He raced up and knocked on the door.
Rei's grandfather walked up to the door, humming his own happy little tune. He opened the door
and looked at the couple standing outside. "Can I help you two love-birds?"
"Please…" Quatre said, panting from all of the running. "Do you have some bandages? She's
hurt."
"Of course! Let me go get the price list..."
"GRAMPA!!!!" and angry Rei shouted at the top of her lungs. "What do you think you're
doing?!?!?! We don't CHARGE for those kinds of things!!!"
"Fine, fine..but don't come crying to ME when we don't have enough money to pay your tuition!"
Rei moaned in annoyance, when she noticed who was at the door. "MINA! Quatre! Are you
two all right?"
Quatre panted with exhaustion. He could barely breathe. Only two words could be said through
the deep breaths. "Her...dad..." Quatre brushed Minako's hair. He looked up at Rei with hoping
eyes.
"Oh crap..." Rei said, "He's doing it again?"
Minako nodded.
"Get in then! Hurry! Grampa! Close up the temple! Quick!"
"But it's only still morning!!" he protested.
"NOW!" Rei barked, sending her grandfather walking to the front, mumbling.
"Thank you." Quatre said, quietly. "I'm sorry to involve you in this. It is very kind of you to help
us."
"Yeah, thanks Rei-chan" Minako smiled.
"It's no problem...really..." Rei explained.
Quatre held Minako's hand. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah," she smiled again, "I'll be fine. Arigato, darling."
He kissed her forehead gently. "Gomen… Gomen nasai… I'm so sorry…" Tears welled up in
his deep blue eyes. Quatre kissed her hand and smiled sadly, raising to his feet. "I can't let you
get hurt again," he said, "I'm going to try and talk to your father."
Minako's face turned white. "No!" she protested, "You can't!!"
The tears in his eyes slid down his cheeks. "Gomen nasai… but I love you too much to let you
get hurt again. You're a much better person than I am and if one of us needs to get hurt then it'd
better to be me… Suki yo…"
"No! Don't worry! I can handle myself! Besides...whatever her does to me doesn't take long to
heal.." Minako stopped realizing that she has said too much, "I mean.....It's fine. Just don't talk to
him."
Quatre's heart stopped. He looked her in the eyes. "He's hurt you before?"
"Well.. not too badly..I mean....not really.. I mean..."
"Wait a minute!" Rei interrupted, "So that's what all those bruises were! Minako! You didn't get
those from a fight! Why didn't you tell us?!"
"Listen," Minako sighed, "It's no huge deal. I'm used to this. I've learned to live with it."
Quatre stared at her and realized he was sobbing. "Minako…" He wrapped her in his arms.
"He's not going to hurt you anymore. Never again." He smiled at her through his tears. "Even if
it kills me."
"No...." Minako protested, "Please...don't get involved, Quatre. If my father ever hurt you, I
would never forgive myself."
Quatre bowed his head. "Gomen nasai…" He ran from the temple.
"NOOO!!!" Minako screamed as tears poured from her eyes. Her body was shaking with
fear...fear of what could happen to Quatre, "Quatre!!! Come back!!" She sobbed.
With anger fueling his tired body, Quatre ran to the hotel. Running with so much anger he could
hardly stand. "Damnit," he cried, "Why did you hurt her!"
Minako's father's eyes narrowed at the boy. His blood boiled at his defiance. "She deserved it."
he stated, slowly starting to walk up to Quatre.
Quatre was shaking with anger. "She deserves only happiness and love. Things you obviously
cannot give her. God save your soul, for Satan obviously has stolen it. Hurting another person is
the single more evil thing you can do. But you hurt someone who loved you. Such evil cannot
be put into words. You are a demon. And if you touch Minako again, I WILL kill you."
"Don't try my patience, boy." Mr. Aino threatened, "You've all ready gone far enough. Minako is
no concern of yours."
"I think," Quatre raged, "she is no longer a concern of yours."
"Just get out of here before I hurt you!!" he shouted, stepping closer still.
"Can't hurt me anymore than you already have," he spat, "my soul is aching."
Mr. Aino laughed. "Soul...whatever. You're just some punk kid who wants to get my daughter
for one night. You don't care about her, all you care about is taking advantage of her."
Quatre's eyes widened. "Sir, I have 29 sisters. I don't think so."
Mr. Aino smirked. "So it runs in the family, eh?"
The rage in Quatre's heart raised to the peak. It overflowed into a flash of rage. "You hurt your
own daughter. And you insult my sisters. Minako is a million times the person you are. She is
kind and will live to be a loving mother. But you sir," Quatre drew his gun and pointed it at the
man's forehead, "You will never see her as a mother. Never again. If you come near Minako I
will kill you. Slowly and painfully. And sir, I will not regret it."
Minako's father just rolled his eyes. "You're just a boy..." he spat, "You'd never kill me. Even if
you would, you couldn't, so if you'll excuse me, I think I'll head on over to the Hikawa Ginga.....I
assume that's where Minako is.....that's the only place she would have gone to in the direction
you came from." He began to walk away, "And because of your actions, I'm afraid that I'm going
to have to punish her even more than usual. Good day."
With an unusual anger, from the time traveling, or maybe from Oz,
Quatre put
his gun back into his pocket and tackled Mr. Aino. "Like hell I'll
let you
touch her!"
Mr. Aino cried out in rage as he felt a fist come into contact with his chest. That was it, his
patience was gone. He let out another cry as his fist met with Quatre's face.
"NOOO!!!" they both heard a girl scream. Mr. Aino looked over to see Minako, supported by
Rei trying to run over to them, despite her limp.
"Get out of here, Mina-chan!" Quatre cried. "You'll get hurt!"
"NO!" Minako shouted defiantly, "I won't let him hurt you!"
"It's too late for that!" Mr. Aino shouted, punching Quatre again.
"NOO!!" Minako broke away from Rei and knelt down next to Quatre. "REI! GO GET HELP!!"
Rei nodded and ran off, saying a prayer for her friends.
"You little bitch.." Mr. Aino slapped Minako hard across the face, leaving a red mark where his
hand hit.
"Don't touch Minako!" Quatre yelled, kicking Mr. Aino in the face.
He
turned to Minako. "Are you okay?" he asked, touching her face lightly.
Minako looked up and nodded, forcing a smile. "Yes..I'll be fine...but what about you?" she
wondered aloud, brushing her own hand against the bruise on his face.
Quatre held back a wince. Pain soured through his head. But still, he
held
a smile. "It's nothing." He watched Mr. Aino stand, and his smile
fell. His
arm outstretched as he blocked Mr. Aino from his daughter. "Please,
if
you're angry just hurt me! leave Minako alone."
"Both of you are going to get it! I've had enough of you two!" Mr. Aino shouted as he pulled a
gun out of his pocket and pointed it at Quatre.
"NO!!" Minako shouted, jumping at her father , twisting his arm around just as the gun shot out.
Mr. Aino stared at Minako, wordless.
"I really did love you, you know." he whispered before collapsing to the floor, a pool of blood
collecting underneath him.
Minako stared in shock at what was before her. Her father was dead...killed...and the worst part
was that she did it. It was her fault. If she hadn't twisted his arm around, he wouldn't have died.
She never wanted that.
"Daddy..." she managed before falling onto her father's body, sobbing. "Daddy...I'm sorry....I
didn't know what to do!"
Quatre stared at the body in shock. "Minako…" Her pain and fear flew through his body. So
many emotions slipped around through his mind and soul. And there was no more Hiiro. No
more Duo, Wufei, or Trowa… They were gone. All he could feel was Minako's confusion. His
fear mixed with hers spread through his mind leaving him numb.
His body began shaking and his breathing quickened. "Minako… don't worry… everything will
be okay…" Falling to the ground, he began hyperventilating. "Minako…"
"Quatre!!" Minako cried as she ran to him and held him in her arms. "What's wrong?! Please,
Quatre?! Are you okay??"
"Mina-chan," Quatre brushed his hand against her face, "They're all gone… Hiiro…Trowa…
Wufei… Duo… they're all gone… All I can feel is your pain… Gomen… It's just
overwhelming…" He closed his eyes and forced them open again. "So hard to stay awake…"
His eyes closed and he could see his mother. She was holding out a hand, beckoning him…
Notes:
PV: Haha! Don't you just love cliffhangers? *smile*
Kattie: *nods*
Yaten: *now tied up on the floor* Grrr....
