Chapter15- By the Name Pecaecraft
Heero was looking at Lady Une and his master, Treize. Why did Treize agree with them?? Didn't he tell us that they were our enemies.......what is it for anyway....joining forces??
Heero didn't pay attention to what Relena was thinking. Then he watched them leave, as if they were telling him and Relena to follow them. Just then someone caught his hand.......his right hand......the hand in which he was holding on to Relena's weapon. It was the owner of the weapon who wanted to take it back. But something was weird.......She pointed the dragger part to herself. Suddenly she stabbed it into her stomach. Heero widened his eyes. What is she doing......Relena..... Blood coming out of her body......and dyed her gray skirt red........and smothered onto his hand.......as if he had killed her.........Heero was shocked, he couldn't beleive what he saw........ Relena couldn't stand the pain any more, she fell down. Heero caught her into his arms quickly, preventing her from hitting the ground. He can hear her breathe......she is breathing so hard and perspiration was on her face. She lifted her head up, near his ear.........

"Heero...please don't forget me.." She whispered into his ear. Her voice sounded so thin that he could hardly hear her. After that she just slowly closed her eyes.

".............." .....Relena......Heero wanted to cry it out loud......but he can't......because that's another emotion from humans............anger............A pressure that's pressing his heart.
.............But why did you....... Relena..........If you're going to die........that why did you ask me that........
not to forget you...........why did you have to leave this pain for me to face...............

"Relena!!!" Hilde was the first one to cry it out. Then the others who were leaving looked back. Most people in 056 area knows what had already happened.

"Where's Sally??" Cathy was looking for Sally who was standing behind Wufei.

"Get Relena to the infirmary, fast!!" Sally cried.

Heero found himself running to whatever the place was. He was following Sally, and the others were behind him. If he knew the way, he would be faster than any of them. But what's the point of getting to the infirmary faster than the doctor.
Then they all waited out side of the infirmary. Dorothy and Cathy went in to help. Hilde was sitting on the bench ignoring Duo at her side. She didn't want to face him, especially right now. Trowa was standing there. Quatre, was looking really sad and worried for what had happened. Lady Une and Treize had gone to the basement to get Mariameia. Wufei, was standing in the end of the hallway. Noin is talking to Zechs, who looked more worried than anyone else, more worried than Heero. Which is a very strange reaction to all of them except for Noin, Lady Une and Treize. Zechs was a very hard intructor, sometimes even Heero couldn't understand him.

Heero was sitting down on the floor. Looking at the ground.........thinking of their strange relationship......
he had saved her from the school roof. One thing that made him have0 an impression on her was her eyes. The same eyes that he had seen in the mirror. His reflection.....his eyes.
At that time he felt weird to save her. It's not part of the mission that he should be looking after her, or protecting her. When he pulled her back from the fence, it's liking saving himself from the death.....like shielding the bullet from hitting himself. I actually felt relieved that time....... However he had failed to save her this time, he thought.......when did I start to think like Quatre........... Relena............All he can do now is wait.


It was 1:00 am now, Quatre, Wufei and Trowa had gone to the guestroom to rest. The operation was still on since this afternoon. Cathy and Dorothy had rotated with Hilde and Noin now. The people who were left in the hallway before the infirmary was Zechs and Heero.

"Heero, you're still here." It was Duo who just walked towards them. Both of them stared at Duo.

"..................." Heero didn't give an answer to him, he just turned his head back and looked back onto the floor to where he was looking at all along.

"Fine don't answer. And what about your intructor Zechs??"

"Duo and Heero, you two should both go back and get some rest, we may have mission tomorrow." Zechs told them with his deep voice.

"You see, instructor, I have to wait for Hilde and I think that Heero is waiting for Relena!!" That's a perfect answer, thought Duo.

"Didn't I tell you that emotions should not get in the way of your missions!!"

Heero and Duo both looked up at Zechs as if he had done the same in breaking his own rule. Zechs totally understood what they're thinking!!! Noin, they think that he's waiting for Noin to come out. Well in some point he is, but in a way he's not. There's something that they don't know. They don't know that he had a younger sister. And his sister's name is Relena Peacecraft. They share the same last name................
...................Peacecraft............a name that doesn't even fit in to what both of them does.

As Zechs looked down. Someone had come out from the operation room. It was Noin, she looked tired. And then came Hilde and Sally.
At the first moment, Zechs and Heero asked together in the same tone.

"How is she!!?" They were even more worried now.

"She is fine. Lucky she was trained to have a tough body. Or maybe she had aways done that to herself, so her body became good at protecting itself."

They both gave out a sigh of relief. But still look concerned about Relena's condition.

"Can I see her?" Zechs asked.

"Only one person can, okay?" Sally told Zechs.

"I'll go then." Zechs was ready to walk inside.

"Zechs wait......" Noin stopped him and she was pulling him back with her hand.

"What is it Noin?" Zechs wasn't very patient. But he didn't shake off her hand.

"Let Heero go first." Noin looked at him.

"................" Zechs didn't speak, because he knew that Noin had her reason. Heero looked at instructor Noin. Noin nodded and smile, so then Heero went inside.


After other felt, Noin was about to leave too.........

"Noin, why don't you let me go in first?" He finally had a chase to ask his question.

"Relena doesn't even know that you are her brother." Noin explain.

"............" Zechs understand now and didn't said a word.

"You do know why your room is right? If you do then I'll go rest now."

"Thanks for taking care of my sister all this year Noin." Zechs said.

"It's not for you Zechs, it's for my duty." Noin answered back.

"Noin.... I don't mean to......." Zechs sense there was something else in this conversation.

"I had forgot all about the past, Zechs. Including you." with that Noin just walk away.
Chapter16- A Warm Poem
Heero went into the room. The smell of hospital. He saw Relena sleeping in the bed. The colour of her pale face matched with the colour of the white sheets. He walked closer to her, and he sat down in the chair near her bed slowly, trying not to make a sound, so he won't wake Relena up.
After so long they could finally be together......alone........ Even if she is asleep now.........even if she is hurt.
He hoped that she felt the same. He didn't know why, but he smiled.

Watching the sleeping Relena made him feel secure. As if she was protecting him, and he was protecting her. Relena slept like a child. There's just one thing that's missing..........a teddy bear.............but she's already 15.......girls at 15 usually don't like toys now.They like jewellery, clothes and make up.

Relena turned her head a little. She must be suffering from the pain after the surgery. Heero reached out and held her hand.......That's what people usually did on TV..........I don't know if it really works.

That night he sat beside her. He had never left the room, because he wanted to guard her. And he too fell asleep, which he wouldn't do usually. But he didn't realize that Relena was the one who had change him from his bloody life. It was until morning that he found out that Relena was ............G..O..N..E....... The window was open, letting the wind seep into the room. Suddenly he felt emptiness within his body, pressures once again were pressing his heart. Heero ran out of the room quickly. He didn't know where he should go. The one thing that he reailzed was that he was running out of the base as he ran downstairs and through the halls. Finally he reached a beach, which is just near the base. It was a very beautiful place. And there he saw Relena. So he ran towards her.

Relena heard someone coming, she turned around and looked at the shadow that just appeared behind her. It was a face that was very familiar.........it's those cold blue eyes again........Heero.......

"Heero....." Relena said softly.

"Relena, why are you running away from me?" Heero asked as he grabbed her hand.

"..............." Relena looked at him as her eyes were filling up with tears.......how should I answer......I ran away from him because.......because I discovered that I love him?.............I wanted to run away because I don't think that I'm good enough for him?.......... Because I don't want him to know that I kill people. I don't want him to know the real me...........the bad side about me.............

"Is it because I kill people?" Heero answered his own question for Relena. Relena suddenly looked up at him.

"No, Heero. It's the opposite.I'm afraid that you would be angry at me for killing people. I have killed so many people. I didn't want you to know that that was the reason I don't have the courage to face you." Relena looked down.....as if Heero would just run away from her after he heard this.

"Relena." Heero pulled Relena closer to himself.

"I'm sorry for running away." Relena placed her head on his shoulder.

"................" Heero put his arms around her.

"I promise that I won't run away again, Heero." Relena buried her head in Heero's arms.

"And I promise that I will protect you, Relena."

Just like any other couple, they sat on the beach to watch the sunrise. They didn't have to talk to each other to understand each other..........What a strange thing........how can I not have a conversation with him, but I still understand what he does.............. Is it because of that.......that's why I want to be by his side?........Is it that the reason...why?.....Is it because I love him?

Relena lifted her head and looked at Heero. The first thing that she saw was his cold blue eyes.......they are still cold eyes..........but I can see a million thoughts swirling in them........I can't hear what they want to say but I can understand all of those thoughts.

The fresh sea breeze blew, which made the couple feel warmer......................She smiled at him, and he returned it with his. They walked back to the base together, holding hands. No matter how many miles they still have to walk tomorrow, they would still hold on to each other tightly.
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Hilde had just walked out of her room, and guess who she saw(we don't have to guess, we know it already) Duo was waiting outside her door. It was only 7:00 am in the morning. Hilde was going to get a drink, so that's why she went out of her room. She pretended that she didn't see Duo. She tried to walk by him but Duo didn't let her past.

"What is it?" Hilde still didn't look at him.

"Hilde, stop acting now, I understand why you did that to me."

"Well if you understand, then why are you still here?" Hilde couldn't describe how happy she was to hear that, but she wanted to make sure. She finally looked at Duo in the eye to see if he was going to answer.

"You already know."

"So?" Hilde smiled playfully and also with happiness.

"Let's try again." Duo held her hand. Hilde just nodded to him.
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Catherine went to the circus to visit the Ringmaster with Trowa. Dorothy didn't bother to talk to Quatre, because he look too cute; just like a little child and she likes strong MEN. Wufei was on his own again. Training himself in the weapon room. Noin, Lady Une, Treize, Mariameia and Zechs were in the office discussing the peace treaty between them. Mariameia was sitting in a big chair near her father, Treize.

"Okay, thank you for your time Mr. Treize. There will be a party on Tuesday to announce our agreements. All the agents will be there on that day." Lady Une stood up and shook Treize's hand.

"Thank you Lady."

"You're welcome. Also, you can have your daughter back now."
Mariemeia looked up at Lady Une as if she had something to say. Lady Une discovered it anyway.

"Is there anything that you don't like Mariemeia?" Lady Une asked her.

"No, it's okay." Mariemeia didn't say it, even if she wanted to. That's what she was told, she was told not to have her ideas in front of her father. How old fashioned.

"Your group can stay here in 056 base until the party is over on Tuesday."

"Thank you very much for your hospitality."

After the meeting, everybody returned to the 056 base. Lady Une called her group to her office. She started talking until the last person came in.

"There will be a party for the agreement treaty on Tuesday with the OZ group. I'll let instructor Noin talk about the details." Lady Une looked at them.

"Yes, Lady Une. Okay girls, this is a party to announce the agreements between The Cinq Kingdom group and the OZ. It's a party alright, but you still have to be prepared, because spies from the G Eilte forces could merge into the party as a different identiy. In the party, if you find someone that's suspicious or weird, elimate him/her right away. You don't need my instruction."

"So we have to dress up for the party?" Hilde asked seriously. She never dressed up and she hates to wear dresses. They restrained her from running.

"Yes, Hilde and you have to wear one too!! And you can't run away like when you were small." Noin smiled at her. True, when the Cinq Kingdom group was having a party with another group called The White Fang 7 years ago, Hilde ran away because she didn't want to wear a dress. They found her under the table in the kitchen. After that, Hilde never hide under tables again, because she discovered that is not a safe place to hide.

"No.........." What would happen to my future if I wear a dress??..........and ...and Duo will be at the party too!!! Oh no......I would look so bad..............Hilde became a stone statue because it was all too shocking for her.

"Anyway, you have to buy your own clothes. You have the money anyway." Noin ingnored Hilde.

They received a lot of money for killing one person. They didn't even know what units they have to use to count their money.........but no matter how much they pay the vicitims families, they could never end their pain. Relena thought.

"Is anything unclear?" Noin asked finally.

"No, instructor." They all answered together, except for........Hilde.........

"Okay, you're all dismissed now." They all walked out except for the stone statue.
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