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EpilogueBy The Pretty Penwriter
"A year…" Hitomi sighed as she fell against Tristin's chest.
He kissed the top of her head, "Yes a year my love, it's been a whole year since the ending of the war…aren't you glad?" he asked her.
"I…don't know." She answered as she looked up at the sky through the branches of the oak tree.
"What do you mean?" he asked curiously.
"The cost, there was a cost for the ending of the war, how I made my family feel pain, how Milliardo lost the last thread of pride he had…I don't even know if Lucretzia is alive or not." Hitomi said with a sigh.
Tristin stayed silent and followed Hitomi's gaze through the tree branches. The couple stayed like that silent and thoughtful staring at the sapphire sky dotted with large and fluffy clouds. The squealing of a young child interrupted their reverie and they watched as Isis, Tristin's little sister came running full speed away from Brad, Faye's younger brother who was armed with a water gun.
The scene brought warmth to Hitomi's heart as she watched the two children untouched by the war. Running behind the two children waving frantically was Midii, Brad's mother, another one of Hitomi's 'aunts'.
"No Brad don't…that's her new dress!" Midii called but the children paid no heed.
Hilde another one of Hitomi's 'aunts' Tristin's mother was pointing and laughing at the three.
"I told you they wouldn't listen!" she called after them.
But all three of them paid no heed, Hitomi's eyes moved to where her family was seated all of them, and all of them she loved dearly. She smirked when she saw her father practically glaring daggers at her and Tristin, her mother ever so often elbowing him to leave the two alone. Her brother now a teenager, a moody depressed teenager as he called himself was seated a distance from the family beneath an elm tree reading a book and listening to his Walkman. Hitomi's two elder siblings Lee and Ling were perched high above the trees talking and pointing to William below their eyes gleaming with mischief. She knew they were probably about to do something cruel and unusual to William but in a way he deserved it. Ariel one of Hitomi's best friends and Will's little sister had her head perched precariously on George's shoulder reading the book he was now engrossed in. George's past was a peculiar one to Hitomi; all she knew was that her 'uncle' Heero had adopted him a few years after Relena's death. There was still curiosity pawing at Hitomi about him but there was no curiosity about how Ariel felt about him. The poor girl was hopelessly in love with the silent but emotional teen who may or may not have the same feelings for her but that was up to fate. Faye Midii's oldest daughter was over by the lake flirting with an older looking man who was in nothing but shorts.
Suspiciously holding a pitcher of water was Heero who held a certain look in his eyes that told you trouble was coming and trouble fell, that is the water pitcher tipped and spilled all over Duo Maxwell. Duo let out a yelp of surprise as Heero fell back laughing and pointing at his best friend. Maybe it was payback for a prank Duo had previously played on Heero; Hitomi didn't know she'd lost count of how many pranks the two had played over the years. A dispute seemed to have broken out between Samantha Duo's second oldest daughter and Cassie Catherine's youngest. By the looks of it a brawl was about to break out and so the two peacemakers Quatre and Trowa decided to settle the dispute; although this was a dispute that never seemed to end. Her 'aunt' Catherine and 'aunt' Dorothy were talking to Joseph, Catherine's oldest and by the looks of their pointing to a young woman who was ever so often glancing at him, they were trying to get him to talk to her. Joseph turned to look to his father for a little help but his father Dan was whistling and looking around ignoring his sons' pleas.
Hitomi smiled broadly as she looked at all of them and her heart soared, this was what it was supposed to be like from the beginning. Her family was like a puzzle neither shape the same but they came together to make a picture, she felt in her heart that one piece was missing. She then spotted the figure hiding in the shadows, she knew her family knew he was there but they were politely ignoring him the alternative was that weapons would be drawn. She stood up and the silver locket thumped lightly against her chest, Tristin looked up at her quizzically.
"I think your friend Joe needs help." Hitomi said as she pointed towards the teen cornered by the two women.
Tristin laughed and stood as well he pecked Hitomi on the cheek and jogged over to his friend. Hitomi clutched the locket lightly she had found it in Lucretzia's journal it was taped to the back cover she didn't know why she wore it but something told her she had to. She released the locket and ran over to her purse and with every step she took the locket thumped quicker against her chest. She pulled out the worn journal and then ran over to the figure and hugged him, he was startled as well as surprised but he stiffly returned the gesture.
"I suspected that you haven't been hugged in a while Milliardo." She said with a smile.
"How can you speak to me…I thought everyone hated me." He said his eyes watery.
"Everyone is angry with you Milliardo at least my family is…I don't know about the people who lost someone during this war. But I am a firm believer that people should be forgiven. Over time their anger will lessen and people's hearts will mend." Hitomi explained and smiled again.
"You're so much like Relena was when she was young." Milliardo said and smiled back at her.
"Thank you and here I'm sure Lucretzia would've wanted you to have this." Hitomi said as she handed the journal to Milliardo.
The locket began to hum a tune, a light tune that only Hitomi could hear and the same presence that had entered her before returned; apparently it wasn't free to leave this plane. Hitomi smiled at Milliardo and turned and walked away from the picnic area, away from the park. She slowly broke into a jog and then to a run the locket beating against her chest as wildly as her heart was beating. The music hummed louder in her ears, as she got closer to wherever she was going. She finally stopped when she arrived to the front of a bus terminal. She felt herself reaching into her pocket and paying the fare she stepped onto the bus and took the empty seat. After the bus made several stops she climbed down the stairs and looked around, the tune was unbearable now and Hitomi felt like screaming but she constrained herself, she didn't think scaring the people would help any. She saw stairs to her left and she was forced to move up them quickly as if she were in a rush to get somewhere before it was too late. She began taking the stairs two at a time and the music grew louder in her ears as well as the beating of her heart.
She finally reached the top of the stairs to the lookout there was no one else up here except herself and a woman. The woman was silently looking at the valley's lush green forests, a part of the forest had small little saplings just growing near a fallen and destroyed mobile suit. This was a sacred ground just another place for mourning of the soldiers lost to the war. As suddenly as the music had begun it stopped and Hitomi's heart calmed. The wind blew and the locket around Hitomi's neck moved slightly making a clink sound. The woman didn't seem to notice as the wind blew again gently swaying her black hair streaked with gray. Hitomi's feet moved slowly as she approached the woman she stood next to her and looked over the guardrail.
"Nice locket." The woman mentioned light humor in her voice.
Hitomi didn't respond but only smiled slowly,
"You have a way of disappearing." Hitomi said after a moment of silence.
"Ah, but I have a very bad past one that wouldn't want me alive." She responded.
"But there are so many that miss you, and I'm not going back there without you." Hitomi said back.
There was a long silence between the two.
"It's now AC 229, so the war's over eh?" she asked
"Yes it is, and your voice has been heard." Hitomi informed.
The woman turned to her and looked at Hitomi with her inky blue eyes, her face looked as if it hadn't changed a bit from Hitomi's parent's wedding photo.
"Maybe my past won't kill me after all." The woman said.
Hitomi unclasped the locket and handed it to the woman.
"No it won't but you shouldn't forget it." Hitomi responded.
The woman clasped the locket around her own neck, turned and went down the stairs. Hitomi stared after her.
"Hey are we going back or what?" She called back to Hitomi.
"Gladly." Hitomi said as she felt the presence finally leave her body and this worldly plane. Goodbye…Relena. Hitomi thought as she ran down the stairs after the once missing puzzle piece.
I hope that you all didn't consider me getting this story out late…I was going to post it yesterday but I had some home improvement projects to work on with my dad my brothers are lazy and clumsy -_-. Yeah some more stings in there but that leaves room for a sequel if I decide to write one. Hey I couldn't ask for 50 reviews maybe could you possibly????? Oh okay. Well I have a few writing projects going on and you all can vote on which I should post the choices are: 1"Now I lay me down to sleep." 2 "Shadow in the Sky." And 3 "Shadows of the past." Yeah shadows on the brain maybe -_-. Well I assure you that all of the plots are original…my parents always said I was an odd child.