Chapter 4
Makoto braided her hair back gently while she hummed a song to herself. She looked over at Heero who was sleeping with his gun in hand. She smiled gently.
'He looks so cute asleep,' she thought to herself. She mentally kicked herself.
'What am I thinking? Do I like this guy? I can't. I have things to do. Places to go, the world to save. As a senshi I have no time for a guy as well as he for a woman. He's a pilot. We're in the same place. Probably why he's so, well, quiet. Quick at talking. Very few words. Emotionless.' She looked at the clock to see it was noon.
"Heero?"
"Hmmm?" His eyes slowly opened.
"What--" She was cut off by the door opening. It was Rei.
"Makoto. Come on. We have to upgrade the Gundams. Then, we have to make four more MR's to place in them."
"Now?"
"No. Next year. We have to get as much done as possible. You still have that once type of computer chip on you, correct?" she asked.
"Yes."
"Well, get it and come on." She tapped one of her earrings to have a bag pop out. She grabbed the bag and followed Rei. Finally, they came to the Gundams. Makoto pulled out six disks. She got four. Rei got two. Both of them quickly got in and started typing away, entering a disk into each system. Soon, they waited. Makoto pulled out a labtop and entered the last disk as she typed away. Rei hooked up cables to each Gundam. Soon, they were finished and went upstairs.
"Systems ready. But, don't go down stairs for two hours.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~One Year Later~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sanq Kingdom. Location. School. Absolute location. Outside in the forest.
Rei sighed as she leaned against a tree. Her arms were folded over her chest while you could see the bored look on her face. She turned to look at Quatre.
"So, you wanted to meet here?" she asked. He nodded and looked at his watch.
"Makoto should be here any time." He looked to see if anyone was coming there way. Trowa sat on a log with his flute in hand.
"I wish we could have had this meeting some other time," he said.
"Why is it taking Makoto so long?" asked Rei.
"Piano tryouts," said Wufei.
"And why wasn't I told?" she asked.
"She didn't want anyone there," said Heero.
"Why not?" Suddenly, someone jumped down. She was in a green and white oufit of a senshi.
"Tada!" She was smiling while in a cute pose. Rei's mouth was open in shock. Duo grinned.
"Hey babe. Wanna go out sometime? Make sure you're wearing that though!" He winked and gave her a playful growl. She giggles but continued on what she was staying.
"Don't I look cute? I haven't been in this thing for a year!" Heero pulled out his gun and pointed it at her.
"Who are you?" Rei shot a glare at her.
"What are you going Makoto? Heero could have killed you! Plus! You promised you wouldn't get suited up until an enemy comes!" Duo's eyes popped out in shock.
"Makoto? Man. But, do you still wanna date with me?" he asked.
"I couldn't resist! Plus, I didn't want to be late..." She trailed off into her own little world of reasons.
"Makoto! Get out of that right now!" said Rei. A green light went off and she was in her school uniform.
"Happy?" she asked sitting down next to Trowa.
"Very. Now Quatre. What did you bring us here for?" asked Rei.
"I was given an invitation to a ball held by Treize Kushrananda. Inside the envelope was a letter. It comes to my concern that he has joined forces with this strange man from another universe or demension. All of us are to attend if we wish to live. Are we to go, or not?" asked Quatre.
"There is a strange man here from another demension?" asked Makoto getting up.
"Yes. That's what the letter stated."
"I don't know about you, but I'm going."
"Makoto, are you sure this is right?" asked Rei.
"Rei, I had a chat with Setsuna and her famous little staff of hers," she answered.
"You know, don't you?" asked Rei.
"Yes."
"I'm in," said Rei.
"I'll go," said Wufei.
"I'll go anywhere the babe's go," smiled Duo.
"I'm in," said Trowa. They looked at Heero.
"Please go He-chan," said Makoto.
"I'll be ready."
~*~
Rei walked down the steps slowly in her evening grown of a beautiful red. Her long black hair was black up in a beautiful style. A white diamound necklace was around her neck. She turned around to look up the stairs.
"Makoto! Hurry up or else we're going to be late!" she called up. She turned around to a whistle to see Duo grinning at her.
"My, my, my. If I would have known you had a body like that, I wouldn't have let Wufei have you!" Wufei hit him in the back of the head with his hand and glared. Rei let out a giggle.
"I can tell you don't like him for his kindness," said Duo rubbing his head. Rei pointed a finger at him.
"Duo, you better behave or else I'll fry you to a crisp. You understand?" Her glare was intense. Quatre and Trowa appeared next to Wufei and Duo.
"What is taking that girl so long?" asked Duo.
...........
She placed her arms around his shoulders while she leaned her head next to his.
"You look cute He-chan. I never thought I would ever see you in a tuxedo," she smiled.
"This is the only time you'll see me in one Mako." She smiled gently again and turned him away from the computer.
"You're not going to wear one for any of your friends wedding?" she rose an eye brow.
"No." She looked at the clock.
"We better meet the others before we're late." She pulled him along with her. She went down the stairs quicly with Heero walking normally. Duo looked up at grinned.
"Love the dress Makoto!" He looked at her figure against the dark green. Her hair was up in curls.
"Thank-you," she smiled.
~*~
They were seated quickly where they awaited Treize's speech and announcement. They finally looked up to see him get on stage. There was a short applause.
"Ladies and gentlemen. I am glad that you have attended. Here, I would like to introduce to you, my new partner that will be working with Oz for a long time I believe. His name is Mr. Alex Kino. He will be coming around to visit you as well as chat. I hope most of your tabs are clear ladies for he will take a spot in it. Thank-you." He then walked off stage.
'I remember Pluto telling me something about a man named Alex Kino and that he would come to this demension,' thought Rei to herself. She looked up to see Makoto with a confused look on her face. Rei grabbed her purse and walked over to Makoto. She tapped her on the shoulder which made her quickly turn to her with a frown then a sight of relief.
"Yes?" she asked in a small voice.
"I need you to come with me outside, please," said Rei. Makoto nodded and slowly got up and followed her. One they were outside, Rei pulled out a mini computer and started to type on it.
"What are you doing?" asked Makoto.
"I know that I heard about Alex Kino a long time ago from Pluto when we were placed in this demension. Don't you remember?" asked Rei.
"I must have forgot." She pulled up something and started to read.
"I placed everything that Pluto told us in a secret file on my computer so that I could look something up. Now. Come read this." Makoto walked over to her and looked at the screen.
"...Make sure to be careful of this strange man by the name of Alex Kino. I believe that there is a link between him and Makoto as well. Be careful. Do not listen to a word that he says about anything. He will try to take you two soldiers over and use you against the Gundam Pilots. Be careful. Once your mission is over, I will return to bring you back to Crystal Tokyo..." She stopped and turned away.
"What's wrong?" asked Rei. Makoto turned to her.
"I'm not going back." Rei took a step back.
"What do you mean you're not going back? You can't decide Makoto. We have to go back. There's no choice! What's wrong with you? I thought you would be happy to return to everyone."
"I'm staying with my decision." She turned on her heel and walked back into the building, leaving Rei standing there in shock. She sighed and sat down.
'Makoto, what has gotten into you. You were never like this before. Could it be? No. That's impossible,' she thought and then started closing things on the computer.
~*~
Makoto starting walking toward the table. She turned when she felt a gentle touch on her hand. She looked to see the a young man perhaps one or two years older than her smile. He had a hint of a darker brown to his hair, and those same emerald eyes that smiled at her.
"May I have this dance?" he asked. She nodded and he wisked her away around the ballroom.
"Heero, who is that man dancing with Makoto?" asked Duo poking at him. Heero turned to see. He got this glare in his eyes.
'Who is he? Why would she dance with a complete stranger?' he thought. He turned to a grinning Duo.
"You're jealous, aren't you?" he asked.
"Hn." He leaned back and folded his arms over his chest.
"You don't want to leave here, do you Makoto?" he whispered in her ear. She looked up at him, surprised.
"How do you---"
"Know? I know everything Makoto. All I want to do, is see you happy. But, in return, you have to do something for me."
"Alex Kino?" she whispered.
"Yes. Do we have a deal?"
"I'm not---"
"Suppose to? But, don't you want to be happy Makoto? To be here, in a place that you finally feel is right?" he asked. She pondered for a moment and then looked back at him.
"Deal."
AN: Sorry for not writing in so long. I have been busy with other things at hand. Hope you enjoyed it.
Makoto braided her hair back gently while she hummed a song to herself. She looked over at Heero who was sleeping with his gun in hand. She smiled gently.
'He looks so cute asleep,' she thought to herself. She mentally kicked herself.
'What am I thinking? Do I like this guy? I can't. I have things to do. Places to go, the world to save. As a senshi I have no time for a guy as well as he for a woman. He's a pilot. We're in the same place. Probably why he's so, well, quiet. Quick at talking. Very few words. Emotionless.' She looked at the clock to see it was noon.
"Heero?"
"Hmmm?" His eyes slowly opened.
"What--" She was cut off by the door opening. It was Rei.
"Makoto. Come on. We have to upgrade the Gundams. Then, we have to make four more MR's to place in them."
"Now?"
"No. Next year. We have to get as much done as possible. You still have that once type of computer chip on you, correct?" she asked.
"Yes."
"Well, get it and come on." She tapped one of her earrings to have a bag pop out. She grabbed the bag and followed Rei. Finally, they came to the Gundams. Makoto pulled out six disks. She got four. Rei got two. Both of them quickly got in and started typing away, entering a disk into each system. Soon, they waited. Makoto pulled out a labtop and entered the last disk as she typed away. Rei hooked up cables to each Gundam. Soon, they were finished and went upstairs.
"Systems ready. But, don't go down stairs for two hours.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~One Year Later~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sanq Kingdom. Location. School. Absolute location. Outside in the forest.
Rei sighed as she leaned against a tree. Her arms were folded over her chest while you could see the bored look on her face. She turned to look at Quatre.
"So, you wanted to meet here?" she asked. He nodded and looked at his watch.
"Makoto should be here any time." He looked to see if anyone was coming there way. Trowa sat on a log with his flute in hand.
"I wish we could have had this meeting some other time," he said.
"Why is it taking Makoto so long?" asked Rei.
"Piano tryouts," said Wufei.
"And why wasn't I told?" she asked.
"She didn't want anyone there," said Heero.
"Why not?" Suddenly, someone jumped down. She was in a green and white oufit of a senshi.
"Tada!" She was smiling while in a cute pose. Rei's mouth was open in shock. Duo grinned.
"Hey babe. Wanna go out sometime? Make sure you're wearing that though!" He winked and gave her a playful growl. She giggles but continued on what she was staying.
"Don't I look cute? I haven't been in this thing for a year!" Heero pulled out his gun and pointed it at her.
"Who are you?" Rei shot a glare at her.
"What are you going Makoto? Heero could have killed you! Plus! You promised you wouldn't get suited up until an enemy comes!" Duo's eyes popped out in shock.
"Makoto? Man. But, do you still wanna date with me?" he asked.
"I couldn't resist! Plus, I didn't want to be late..." She trailed off into her own little world of reasons.
"Makoto! Get out of that right now!" said Rei. A green light went off and she was in her school uniform.
"Happy?" she asked sitting down next to Trowa.
"Very. Now Quatre. What did you bring us here for?" asked Rei.
"I was given an invitation to a ball held by Treize Kushrananda. Inside the envelope was a letter. It comes to my concern that he has joined forces with this strange man from another universe or demension. All of us are to attend if we wish to live. Are we to go, or not?" asked Quatre.
"There is a strange man here from another demension?" asked Makoto getting up.
"Yes. That's what the letter stated."
"I don't know about you, but I'm going."
"Makoto, are you sure this is right?" asked Rei.
"Rei, I had a chat with Setsuna and her famous little staff of hers," she answered.
"You know, don't you?" asked Rei.
"Yes."
"I'm in," said Rei.
"I'll go," said Wufei.
"I'll go anywhere the babe's go," smiled Duo.
"I'm in," said Trowa. They looked at Heero.
"Please go He-chan," said Makoto.
"I'll be ready."
~*~
Rei walked down the steps slowly in her evening grown of a beautiful red. Her long black hair was black up in a beautiful style. A white diamound necklace was around her neck. She turned around to look up the stairs.
"Makoto! Hurry up or else we're going to be late!" she called up. She turned around to a whistle to see Duo grinning at her.
"My, my, my. If I would have known you had a body like that, I wouldn't have let Wufei have you!" Wufei hit him in the back of the head with his hand and glared. Rei let out a giggle.
"I can tell you don't like him for his kindness," said Duo rubbing his head. Rei pointed a finger at him.
"Duo, you better behave or else I'll fry you to a crisp. You understand?" Her glare was intense. Quatre and Trowa appeared next to Wufei and Duo.
"What is taking that girl so long?" asked Duo.
...........
She placed her arms around his shoulders while she leaned her head next to his.
"You look cute He-chan. I never thought I would ever see you in a tuxedo," she smiled.
"This is the only time you'll see me in one Mako." She smiled gently again and turned him away from the computer.
"You're not going to wear one for any of your friends wedding?" she rose an eye brow.
"No." She looked at the clock.
"We better meet the others before we're late." She pulled him along with her. She went down the stairs quicly with Heero walking normally. Duo looked up at grinned.
"Love the dress Makoto!" He looked at her figure against the dark green. Her hair was up in curls.
"Thank-you," she smiled.
~*~
They were seated quickly where they awaited Treize's speech and announcement. They finally looked up to see him get on stage. There was a short applause.
"Ladies and gentlemen. I am glad that you have attended. Here, I would like to introduce to you, my new partner that will be working with Oz for a long time I believe. His name is Mr. Alex Kino. He will be coming around to visit you as well as chat. I hope most of your tabs are clear ladies for he will take a spot in it. Thank-you." He then walked off stage.
'I remember Pluto telling me something about a man named Alex Kino and that he would come to this demension,' thought Rei to herself. She looked up to see Makoto with a confused look on her face. Rei grabbed her purse and walked over to Makoto. She tapped her on the shoulder which made her quickly turn to her with a frown then a sight of relief.
"Yes?" she asked in a small voice.
"I need you to come with me outside, please," said Rei. Makoto nodded and slowly got up and followed her. One they were outside, Rei pulled out a mini computer and started to type on it.
"What are you doing?" asked Makoto.
"I know that I heard about Alex Kino a long time ago from Pluto when we were placed in this demension. Don't you remember?" asked Rei.
"I must have forgot." She pulled up something and started to read.
"I placed everything that Pluto told us in a secret file on my computer so that I could look something up. Now. Come read this." Makoto walked over to her and looked at the screen.
"...Make sure to be careful of this strange man by the name of Alex Kino. I believe that there is a link between him and Makoto as well. Be careful. Do not listen to a word that he says about anything. He will try to take you two soldiers over and use you against the Gundam Pilots. Be careful. Once your mission is over, I will return to bring you back to Crystal Tokyo..." She stopped and turned away.
"What's wrong?" asked Rei. Makoto turned to her.
"I'm not going back." Rei took a step back.
"What do you mean you're not going back? You can't decide Makoto. We have to go back. There's no choice! What's wrong with you? I thought you would be happy to return to everyone."
"I'm staying with my decision." She turned on her heel and walked back into the building, leaving Rei standing there in shock. She sighed and sat down.
'Makoto, what has gotten into you. You were never like this before. Could it be? No. That's impossible,' she thought and then started closing things on the computer.
~*~
Makoto starting walking toward the table. She turned when she felt a gentle touch on her hand. She looked to see the a young man perhaps one or two years older than her smile. He had a hint of a darker brown to his hair, and those same emerald eyes that smiled at her.
"May I have this dance?" he asked. She nodded and he wisked her away around the ballroom.
"Heero, who is that man dancing with Makoto?" asked Duo poking at him. Heero turned to see. He got this glare in his eyes.
'Who is he? Why would she dance with a complete stranger?' he thought. He turned to a grinning Duo.
"You're jealous, aren't you?" he asked.
"Hn." He leaned back and folded his arms over his chest.
"You don't want to leave here, do you Makoto?" he whispered in her ear. She looked up at him, surprised.
"How do you---"
"Know? I know everything Makoto. All I want to do, is see you happy. But, in return, you have to do something for me."
"Alex Kino?" she whispered.
"Yes. Do we have a deal?"
"I'm not---"
"Suppose to? But, don't you want to be happy Makoto? To be here, in a place that you finally feel is right?" he asked. She pondered for a moment and then looked back at him.
"Deal."
AN: Sorry for not writing in so long. I have been busy with other things at hand. Hope you enjoyed it.