1 Chapter 2: You Are Not…
Disclaimer: I dun own Gundam Wing. Etc. Etc.
Claimer: I DO OWN any original characters (I.E: Annette).
A.N.: Heh heh, sorry last chapter was cut short. Meh dad kept telling me I had to go to bed and wouldn't let me write a satisfying ending to the chapter. As it is now he's trying to tell me I have more homework (AND I DON'T) just to annoy me and get me away from my beloved. The computer. Oh, and for all you Zechs lovers, he makes a cameo in this chapter and he is NOT the bad guy in my story!
"Heero Yuy…" Relena said quietly as she exited the room. Such a strange name. He wasn't from around here, that was for sure. It by now it was late in the afternoon and the regulars were already waiting for their afternoon meal. There was also the new regular, if there are such things, who sat in the dark corner asking for nothing, simply watching. Relena joined Annette behind the bar.
"You see that guy over there," Annette whispered pointing to the man in the shadows, "He won't take anything. I mean, he refused ME!"
"I'm going to go talk to him," Relena said quietly. There must have been something he wanted. If it was anything personal he would be refused of course. Relena walked over to the table and put on her friendliest smile.
"Is there anything you would like to eat or drink this afternoon?" she asked amiably. He motioned for her to sit in the seat across from him. Relena did so and at the same time reached for her ladies dagger in the pocket of her apron.
"Relena," he said in a deep, slightly raspy voice, "I've been looking for you for a long time now."
"Who are you?" Relena asked. By now she clutched the dagger tightly in her right hand. If she needed to she would lash out. Even if she couldn't over power this man she would draw enough attention to them and get help.
"My name is Mr. Merquise. You are a very important person, Relena. I suggest you stay on your guard. There are other people who are not interested in you for respectable reasons like I am and are out to kill you," he said in a matter of fact voice.
"Wh-why would anyone want to kill me? I've never done anyone harm!" Relena stammered.
"Like I've told you. You are important. You are not who you think you are, Relena. None of this is real! You have been living a lie all this time," Mr. Merquise stated.
"Then tell me the truth…" Relena pleaded.
"The truth will reveal itself in it's own good time. And when it does you must be prepared." And with that Mr. Merquise got up and began to walk toward the door. For the first time Relena got a good look at him. He was tall and well built with platinum blonde hair and ice blue eyes.
"Oh my God! He was CUTE!" Annette squealed as soon as Mr. Merquise left. She ran over to Relena and grabbed her shoulders
"Tell me everything! What did he say? What was he like?"
"I need to check up on Heero," Relena murmured as she wiggled away from her sister's questions.
"Oh ho! So you're on first name basis, huh?" Annette scoffed as she went back to the bar. Relena ignored her and went upstairs. Heero was gone. Relena searched the entire room but there was no sign of him anywhere. She had only been downstairs for ten minutes, why would he leave. There was not even a trace that he had been there in the beginning. The bed was made and nothing was missing. He was just…gone…
"I suggest you stay on your guard. There are other people who are not interested in you for respectable reasons like I am and are out to kill you" Mr. Merquise's words played in her mind. Wait a second…who was Mr. Merquise…and Heero…was he an assassin hired to kill her. In just one day her world had gone from a simple life to one that was beginning to spin. And it was spinning too fast for her liking.
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Heero walked slowly through the market streets. How could I've been so careless? He thought to himself. He walked into a narrow alley where he was almost run over by a person dressed in black with a large braid and what looked to be a case strapped to his back.
"Whoa! Hey! Who are you?" the guy in black asked.
"It doesn't matter who I am. Who are you and why are you running?" Heero inquired.
"My name is Duo Maxwell. My friends call me Duo. But you're not my friend are ya? Hey! How come I just told you my name and you didn't tell me yours? Who ARE you anyway?" Duo ranted.
"My name is Heero," Heero mumbled just to shut Duo up.
"Okay. Now you can call me Duo," Duo grinned.
"What makes you think I'm your friend?" Heero asked.
"Ugh…well…I told you my name and you told me yours so if you steal something of mine I can say who you are. I mean, how many Heero's are there out there any way?" Duo said. Just then a couple of hook nosed men came wandering down the alley.
"Well well well, what have we here? A little thief!" the first one said.
"Oh! Hey guys, I was just…I was just…leaving!" Duo said smiling nervously.
"We told you never to show your face here again, maybe if we cut it off you'll be less likely to do it," the second one laughed.
"This isn't good. This isn't good," Duo chanted under his breath. He took the case off his back and quickly opened it revealing a rather large scythe.
"Oh ho, so you're gonna fight us huh? Do you really thing you can stand a chance against the both of us?" the first one asked.
"Oh yeah," Duo smirked maliciously. He swung his scythe around in a menacing circle taking off half of the first one's ear. The man screamed and he and his partner ran at Duo with rather large knives in his hand. Duo swung his scythe in what almost seemed like a dance taking them both down in quick flashes of metal and blood. Duo turned around angrily and faced Heero who was leaning casually against the wall.
"You could have helped ya know!" Duo screamed.
"You seemed to have taken care of it well enough. Besides I did enough," Heero said motioning to the several dead bodies lying further down the alley. It was obvious they were associates of the other two dead men and they were going to attack Duo from behind. Now they were all on the ground with small daggers in their necks and chest.
"Who are you anyway?" Duo asked sounding dumfounded. How was he able to kill them so silently and quickly.
"I told you my name," Heero said as he walked, stepping over the bodies. Duo looked back at the two others and ran to catch up with Heero.
"Hey, we had better get out of this part of town. It's run by the Crimson Knives. They have eyes all over and if they know we killed these guys they're probably gonna go after us. I have a safehouse on the other side of town. Come on. You can meet the rest of the gang!" Duo said.
"Hn. I need to get back to where I'm supposed to be," Heero commented.
"Oh come on! You can stay for one pint of ale can't ya! It's a favor!"
"No. You can repay me later. I'm sure I'll need it," Heero murmured. With that he walked away.
Strange people about these days… Duo thought.
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Tomboy Rose: That's the end of Chapter 2. Do not kill me! If you do you'll never get the next chapter…eh heh heh…I'm gonna die…
Disclaimer: I dun own Gundam Wing. Etc. Etc.
Claimer: I DO OWN any original characters (I.E: Annette).
A.N.: Heh heh, sorry last chapter was cut short. Meh dad kept telling me I had to go to bed and wouldn't let me write a satisfying ending to the chapter. As it is now he's trying to tell me I have more homework (AND I DON'T) just to annoy me and get me away from my beloved. The computer. Oh, and for all you Zechs lovers, he makes a cameo in this chapter and he is NOT the bad guy in my story!
"Heero Yuy…" Relena said quietly as she exited the room. Such a strange name. He wasn't from around here, that was for sure. It by now it was late in the afternoon and the regulars were already waiting for their afternoon meal. There was also the new regular, if there are such things, who sat in the dark corner asking for nothing, simply watching. Relena joined Annette behind the bar.
"You see that guy over there," Annette whispered pointing to the man in the shadows, "He won't take anything. I mean, he refused ME!"
"I'm going to go talk to him," Relena said quietly. There must have been something he wanted. If it was anything personal he would be refused of course. Relena walked over to the table and put on her friendliest smile.
"Is there anything you would like to eat or drink this afternoon?" she asked amiably. He motioned for her to sit in the seat across from him. Relena did so and at the same time reached for her ladies dagger in the pocket of her apron.
"Relena," he said in a deep, slightly raspy voice, "I've been looking for you for a long time now."
"Who are you?" Relena asked. By now she clutched the dagger tightly in her right hand. If she needed to she would lash out. Even if she couldn't over power this man she would draw enough attention to them and get help.
"My name is Mr. Merquise. You are a very important person, Relena. I suggest you stay on your guard. There are other people who are not interested in you for respectable reasons like I am and are out to kill you," he said in a matter of fact voice.
"Wh-why would anyone want to kill me? I've never done anyone harm!" Relena stammered.
"Like I've told you. You are important. You are not who you think you are, Relena. None of this is real! You have been living a lie all this time," Mr. Merquise stated.
"Then tell me the truth…" Relena pleaded.
"The truth will reveal itself in it's own good time. And when it does you must be prepared." And with that Mr. Merquise got up and began to walk toward the door. For the first time Relena got a good look at him. He was tall and well built with platinum blonde hair and ice blue eyes.
"Oh my God! He was CUTE!" Annette squealed as soon as Mr. Merquise left. She ran over to Relena and grabbed her shoulders
"Tell me everything! What did he say? What was he like?"
"I need to check up on Heero," Relena murmured as she wiggled away from her sister's questions.
"Oh ho! So you're on first name basis, huh?" Annette scoffed as she went back to the bar. Relena ignored her and went upstairs. Heero was gone. Relena searched the entire room but there was no sign of him anywhere. She had only been downstairs for ten minutes, why would he leave. There was not even a trace that he had been there in the beginning. The bed was made and nothing was missing. He was just…gone…
"I suggest you stay on your guard. There are other people who are not interested in you for respectable reasons like I am and are out to kill you" Mr. Merquise's words played in her mind. Wait a second…who was Mr. Merquise…and Heero…was he an assassin hired to kill her. In just one day her world had gone from a simple life to one that was beginning to spin. And it was spinning too fast for her liking.
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Heero walked slowly through the market streets. How could I've been so careless? He thought to himself. He walked into a narrow alley where he was almost run over by a person dressed in black with a large braid and what looked to be a case strapped to his back.
"Whoa! Hey! Who are you?" the guy in black asked.
"It doesn't matter who I am. Who are you and why are you running?" Heero inquired.
"My name is Duo Maxwell. My friends call me Duo. But you're not my friend are ya? Hey! How come I just told you my name and you didn't tell me yours? Who ARE you anyway?" Duo ranted.
"My name is Heero," Heero mumbled just to shut Duo up.
"Okay. Now you can call me Duo," Duo grinned.
"What makes you think I'm your friend?" Heero asked.
"Ugh…well…I told you my name and you told me yours so if you steal something of mine I can say who you are. I mean, how many Heero's are there out there any way?" Duo said. Just then a couple of hook nosed men came wandering down the alley.
"Well well well, what have we here? A little thief!" the first one said.
"Oh! Hey guys, I was just…I was just…leaving!" Duo said smiling nervously.
"We told you never to show your face here again, maybe if we cut it off you'll be less likely to do it," the second one laughed.
"This isn't good. This isn't good," Duo chanted under his breath. He took the case off his back and quickly opened it revealing a rather large scythe.
"Oh ho, so you're gonna fight us huh? Do you really thing you can stand a chance against the both of us?" the first one asked.
"Oh yeah," Duo smirked maliciously. He swung his scythe around in a menacing circle taking off half of the first one's ear. The man screamed and he and his partner ran at Duo with rather large knives in his hand. Duo swung his scythe in what almost seemed like a dance taking them both down in quick flashes of metal and blood. Duo turned around angrily and faced Heero who was leaning casually against the wall.
"You could have helped ya know!" Duo screamed.
"You seemed to have taken care of it well enough. Besides I did enough," Heero said motioning to the several dead bodies lying further down the alley. It was obvious they were associates of the other two dead men and they were going to attack Duo from behind. Now they were all on the ground with small daggers in their necks and chest.
"Who are you anyway?" Duo asked sounding dumfounded. How was he able to kill them so silently and quickly.
"I told you my name," Heero said as he walked, stepping over the bodies. Duo looked back at the two others and ran to catch up with Heero.
"Hey, we had better get out of this part of town. It's run by the Crimson Knives. They have eyes all over and if they know we killed these guys they're probably gonna go after us. I have a safehouse on the other side of town. Come on. You can meet the rest of the gang!" Duo said.
"Hn. I need to get back to where I'm supposed to be," Heero commented.
"Oh come on! You can stay for one pint of ale can't ya! It's a favor!"
"No. You can repay me later. I'm sure I'll need it," Heero murmured. With that he walked away.
Strange people about these days… Duo thought.
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Tomboy Rose: That's the end of Chapter 2. Do not kill me! If you do you'll never get the next chapter…eh heh heh…I'm gonna die…