MOBILE SUIT

GUNDAM WING'S

Beauty

AND THE

BEAST

Chapter: 12

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Noin: I don't think I can do this…

Zechs: just relax, it's really quite easy once you get the hang of it, and look up at me you'll never get anywhere if you keep staring at your feet!

Cadet Noin: It was the first day of the dancing lessons that Zechs had promised to give beauty, Zechs patiently leaded her across the floor showing her the steps.

Noin: Zechs?

Cadet Noin: she asked, uneasily looking up from her feet that seemed to go in the opposite direction that she intended.

Zechs: hmmm?

Noin: when did you learn to dance?

Cadet Noin: for a moment he halted, although Quatre and the other chibi's continued to play the beautiful waltz, oblivious to the conversation in the other room.

Zechs: my mother taught me to dance when I was very little…

Noin: your mother did she die…?

Cadet Noin: a great sadness filled Zechs, Noin could not see his eyes because of the mask but she felt his hand go limp as he held hers.

Noin: Forgive me, I should not have asked…

Zechs: no, the pain is still very fresh Noin, but it is all right for you to have asked.

Cadet Noin: beauty's brow furrowed as she listened to his words. His voice was stoic and stiff like the first time she had met him, there was a pain in her heart as she listened, but it gradually went away as she heard the rise in his voice, his pale lips tilting into a soft smile and he began to dance again.

Zechs: my mother was very beautiful and not in just the way she looked, her hair was a light blonde brown, that shined like gold in the sunlight, my mother also wanted to help people. She had such a brilliant light in her eyes, filled with kindness.

Cadet Noin: lulled by the poetic words, beauty leaned slightly against him trying to picture a woman with a gentle smile, kind eyes and a halo of light hair, the sunlight shining upon that shade's face. Suddenly the woman's face began to pale, and disappeared. Strangely this didn't feel wrong, the apparition laughed and waved goodbye, and in its place of Zechs's mother was another ghostly figure, and this one seemed so much like the first. A gentle smile graced the phantoms face and kind eyes looked down at her, but this woman had dark, rich hair, that almost brushed the floor. Beauty reached out but to no avail, Noin could touch her mother. The woman's lips began to move…

Zechs: Noin? Noin, you fell asleep are you all right?

Cadet Noin: slowly raised her head to look drunkenly up at the bewildered man, she sloppily smiled as she saw his mouth shift and his head turn, it was funny she could imagine him cocking his eyebrow even though she couldn't see his face.

Noin: huh?…… ah yeah I think so, I think I'll go lie down…

Zechs: errr yes. Perhaps that would be best…

Later

Cadet Noin: Beauty laid sprawled across her bed with her hand pressed to her forehead. After the first feelings of giddiness had gone from her earlier dream, her head began to ache terribly. She moaned and shut her eyes for a moment trying to picture the woman in her mind and remember what she had said, almost in a whisper right before Zechs had woken her up, but the more she tried to press it from the back of her mind the farther back it slipped and the more her head began to throb painfully. Finally Noin sighed and thought:

Noin: perhaps I just relax it'll come back to me…

Cadet Noin: she lay there for hours just staring at the ceiling until unexpectantly it came to her almost as if someone had actually said it.

Vin de couleur velours

Sang tacher neige

Clair de lune pale chevelure

La seul rose

Gacher prince

Royaume non execute

Morbide bete

Brave belle

Breche la sortil`ege

Sur le masque

Cadet Noin: Slowly she thought hard about the cryptic words willing herself to understand.

Noin: Wine colored velvet….

Blood stained snow…

Moonlight pale hair…

A single rose…

Spoiled prince…

Kingdom undone…

Morbid beast…

The brave beauty...

Break the spell…

Upon the mask…aaarrrrgh it makes no sense!

Cadet Noin: only to end in agitated frustration. She ran her hand roughly through her hair several times not knowing what else to do, and only just then noticing the perspiration down her face and clinging to her back making her suddenly very uncomfortable and smothered. Quickly she walked over to a basin on a vanity and splashed some icy cool water onto her face and let it drip down as she stood a minute before sinking to the polished wooden floor. There in the middle of the room she sat for long while afterward she sat pondering in the dark in her insomnia if she was succumbing to madness.

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Cadet Noin: suffice to say beauty did not sleep well, it seemed to haunt her as she moved about the castle and the servant chibi's were not the only one's who noticed…

Lady Une: Miss Noin what's wrong? Something's troubling you.

Noin: I- I don't feel like talking about right now.

Cadet Noin: she said as beauty swept past the housekeeper. Lady Une brow furrowed.

Lady Une: something is not right here… I must go see the other servants…

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Lady Une: Chang Wufei! Please look at me when I'm speaking to you! You are being highly disrespectful jumping around in your pajamas while I'm trying to tell you something!

Cadet Noin: the Head mistress barked at the hot-tempered Chinese servant.

Wufei: How many times must I tell you woman-!

Cadet Noin: at this Chang Wufei realized looking at domineering woman glaring at him his mistake, and lowered his voice to a more civil level though his head was still as read as a tomato.

Wufei: I mean... ma`m... these are not pajamas. They are martial arts uniform.

Lady Une: well ever the case maybe I expect your full attention!

Wufei: yes ma'm…*grumble grumble*

Lady Une: now, have you noticed anything peculiar with Mistress Noin?

Cadet Noin: Wufei cocked an eyebrow.

Wufei: Noin? No not really

Lady Une: well she's been wandering around lately with such a vacant look on her face as if something her that we know nothing of, an otherworldly fear. If she continues in such a state there may be nothing left of her but an apparition of her former self.

Wufei: I see…

Voice: WELL I'm glad somebody does cause I sure as heck don't!

Cadet Noin: after jumping a bout 3 feet *which is about how tall they are already* in surprise, lady Une and Wufei looked around for the eavesdropper. Mrs. Une looked perturbed.

Lady Une: DUOOOOOO WHERE ARE YOU! AHHHH!

Cadet Noin: Mrs. Une screeched as she was startled by a creature that had just swung infront of her from one of the above trees, looking at her with large blue eyes.

Duo: hiya Miss Une! What's up?

Lady Une: duo if you weren't so cute I'd strangle you

Cadet Noin: said the housekeeper with half annoyance and half amusement and rolling her eyes.

Duo: I know!

Cadet Noin: said the mischievous servant beaming from ear to ear, Wufei only groaned.

Duo: so uh let me get this straight, and I'll say it ENGLISH, you think Noin is depressed?

Wufei: I must congratulate you on figuring that all out by your self you mental capabilities far surpass what I have always presumed to be.

Duo: shut up, I knew what you were talking about I was trying to make a point by saying you didn't have such big words, so act like your big smart-Alec Chinese swordsmen and I'm the big dumb American who smiles too much!

Cadet Noin: *whisper* uhhhh duo America doesn't exist yet! This in late 1600's to early 1700's

Duo: yeah yeah I know but Wufei being a jerk!

Wufei: oh sure go ahead and whine to the author about you big weakling!

Duo: argggg! WUFEI I'M GONNA-

Lady Une: SILENCE! Both of you! *Crack*

Cadet Noin: everyone stood stone still as lady Une cracked her large black leather whip to get everyone's full attention.

Duo and Wufei: yes ma'm!

Cadet Noin: thanks lady Une, on with the story!

Lady Une: so now what do one of you propose we should do about it?

Quatre: I think we surprise her today and cheer up!

Cadet Noin: suddenly Quatre appeared dangling from another tree also apparently eavesdropping, Mrs. Une rolled her eyes and responded with-

Lady Une: would anyone else who's eaves dropping like to fall out of a tree as well?

Heero: Trowa that my foot! Slip

Suddenly two more chibi's were hanging from trees

Lady Une: why did I bother?

Cadet Noin: the poor housekeeper sighed rested her head into her hands.

End of chapter 12 originally this was gonna be the last chapter but I think it's gonna be a couple chapter's longer now. I hope nobody minds. I can't apologize enough for my procrastination, the only excuses I can give is all the school work I have, a writer's block the size of the great wall. But it will be gone I WI LL TRY TORIGHT MORE! AS ZECHS AS MY WITNESS! * Pulls Zechs on stage* I do promise to work on my beloved story on a more regular basis! *Zechs looks confused as to how he got on stage so quickly but smiles at the readers and waves* Cadet Noin: PLEASE REVIEW!

Cadet Noin

Wine colored velvet

Blood stained snow

Moonlight pale hair

A single rose

Spoiled prince

Kingdom undone

Morbide bete

La belle

Break the spell

Upon the mask