Chapter twenty two- A Name Given to You
Usagi stormed into the office. Her heart was racing, and her body burned with sore muscles, and pain of betrayal.
She slammed the door shut behind her, "I want you to tell me everything!!!" Her heart slammed against her chest, and tears burned her eyes.
Dr. J looked up at her from his laptop, "What do you want me to say?"
Usagi growled under her breath, and stalked towards him. Without a care in the world, she swiped her arm across the desk. She sent things flying into the wall. "Mamoru is dead!"
"I figured as much. Either that or you."
Usagi slammed her fists against his desk, "Tell me, who is Odin, and how do I know that name! And tell me why Heero called me Nanashi? He's not supposed to know me!" she threw her arms out to show off her figure.
"Did you get the things?" Usagi let out a yell, Hai, now tell me!"
Dr. J nodded, and leaned back in his seat. He studied her closely, "You truly don't remember do you?" he wasn't really asking her, but mainly stating it to himself.
Usagi fell into the chair across from him. "Tell me what happened before I woke up four years ago, not remembering anything about myself, let alone who I was."
Dr. J nodded, "I see there is no way out of telling you. Let see where to begin. Awe I know."
He paused briefly, letting Usagi's anger to die out. "Odin is Heero. Actually, Heero is Odin. He took up the name Heero Yui, when I sent him on mission meteor."
Usagi nodded, and leaned forward in her chair. She strained to hear every word he spoke. "He lived here, with the rest of us, and had become my top pupil, and then my top agent. He was the perfect soldier, able to hide away his feelings." Dr. J watched her face, and it never changed. He sighed out loud.
"But then I hired you. You had the potential, to learn how to become a stronger fighter. You had lost both your parents to a disease, and lost your brother to the war."
Usagi's eyes flinched, and he found satisfaction, that it still hurt, that even though she had forgotten the memories, the pain was still there. If he could just dig a little deeper, he might be able to break her free.
"I took you in, and trained you. You worked hard, and soon you were almost as good as Odin. So I thought I'd make you two partners. But Hee...Odin worked alone, and refused. But, you fought for the chance to be trained by him."
Usagi felt a pang in her heart, it was so light, and she barely felt it.
"I watched you two from afar, and noticed a change in Odin. I didn't like it, but was happy for him." He shrugged, and turned in his chair. He clicked his claw like fingers together in thought.
"Awe, I almost forgot..." He glanced at her from the corner of his eyes. "Don't you remember that night Usagi?" She shook her head, but then stopped.
"You do know something happened, you just don't want to remember it. Think hard Usagi; you know what went on that night. What caused you to hate Mamoru so, when all he wanted was you?"
Usagi bit back a sob that was lodged in her throat. Tears glittered in her eyes, but she didn't let them fall.
"Don't you remember, running to him that night, your clothes ripped to shreds, because of the attack? Don't you remember, Mamoru coming after you, and getting angry, when he found you and..."
Usagi cried out, and shook her head, "iie. I don't want to know!" She flew to her feet, and raced out of the office...
She ran down the corridor, and the scenery changed, just like it had been the day before. She didn't where the black clothes she had worn out to go to the academy in. Instead she was dressed in her uniform. The uniform shredded, by the greedy hands of her attacker.
She let out a strangled cry, and burst through a door. She saw a flash, of what it looked today, barren, and locked up. But now her mind filled it up like bedroom, the room he had been given.
She saw him, standing in the corner of the room, staring out the window. She knew he knew she was there, but didn't look at her. She rubbed her eyes, trying to hide her tears, "O...Odin."
He must have heard the shakiness in her voice, because he turned. He stared at her, standing in the light of the room. "What happened to you Nanashi?"
Tears streamed down her face, and she looked at her hands, as if they would tell him what had happened minutes before.
Before she could fall to the ground, her caught her in his arms. He was so fast; she hadn't seen him move across the room to reach her. He helped her across the room, and set her down on the bed. "Tell me."
His face was set into a scowl, as he looked her over, for injuries. "I...I was going to his bunk, to report him his mission. I thought we were friends, but he had pulled me into his room, and tried to...try to..." her voice broke, and she covered her face.
He lifted her face, and looked into her eyes. He wiped her tears, and she whispered, "I'm so weak..."
He shook his head, "iie. You were brave, Nanashi." She stared into his eyes, and felt the tears dry on her cheeks. She searched his face, just briefly, before she slipped her arms around his neck, and pulled herself to meet him. Their lips touched.
Before the kiss could go anywhere, the door to the room swung open, and someone yelled, "IIE!!! I wont let you take her!!"
She wrenched away from him, when she heard the soft click. She pushed him aside, and heard the trigger being pulled. She threw herself forwards, and felt the bullet slam into her chest.
She grunted, and jerked backwards. Her eyes stared accusingly at him, as she swayed forward, and hit her knees. Her eyes fell shut, and she pitched forward.
Usagi opened her eyes, and caught herself, before she hit the floor. On her hands and knees, she gasped for air. She stared at the dark stained carpet, and realized this was where she had been shot.
Startled, she threw herself back, and scrambled away from the stain. She glanced at the doorway, and was relieved to find her attacker not there. But there hadn't been an attacker. She had just been remembering a horrifying memory of her past; she thought she had lost forever.
Usagi touched her forehead, and sighed in relief. The memory had been so real. Usagi pulled down her shirt, and looked at her breasts. There was a faint scar still left from what the bullet had done to her.
Shaking her head, she climbed to her feet. So she now had a past. She was once Nanashi. Then was given the name Usagi, and then had taken up the name Duo. Who was she now? Nanashi, had lived with a family, until one fateful day, they had been taken from her. Usagi had lived a life training, and trying to run from the past she couldn't remember. Duo someone who had lived alone, learned to deal alone, and on his own. And now here she was. There was no training left to do, no family to worry about or remember. No past to run from, and no knowing, that she would forever be alone, or watch the ones around her die. She had a name; given to her, by her mentor Dr. J it was Usagi.
Usagi stormed into the office. Her heart was racing, and her body burned with sore muscles, and pain of betrayal.
She slammed the door shut behind her, "I want you to tell me everything!!!" Her heart slammed against her chest, and tears burned her eyes.
Dr. J looked up at her from his laptop, "What do you want me to say?"
Usagi growled under her breath, and stalked towards him. Without a care in the world, she swiped her arm across the desk. She sent things flying into the wall. "Mamoru is dead!"
"I figured as much. Either that or you."
Usagi slammed her fists against his desk, "Tell me, who is Odin, and how do I know that name! And tell me why Heero called me Nanashi? He's not supposed to know me!" she threw her arms out to show off her figure.
"Did you get the things?" Usagi let out a yell, Hai, now tell me!"
Dr. J nodded, and leaned back in his seat. He studied her closely, "You truly don't remember do you?" he wasn't really asking her, but mainly stating it to himself.
Usagi fell into the chair across from him. "Tell me what happened before I woke up four years ago, not remembering anything about myself, let alone who I was."
Dr. J nodded, "I see there is no way out of telling you. Let see where to begin. Awe I know."
He paused briefly, letting Usagi's anger to die out. "Odin is Heero. Actually, Heero is Odin. He took up the name Heero Yui, when I sent him on mission meteor."
Usagi nodded, and leaned forward in her chair. She strained to hear every word he spoke. "He lived here, with the rest of us, and had become my top pupil, and then my top agent. He was the perfect soldier, able to hide away his feelings." Dr. J watched her face, and it never changed. He sighed out loud.
"But then I hired you. You had the potential, to learn how to become a stronger fighter. You had lost both your parents to a disease, and lost your brother to the war."
Usagi's eyes flinched, and he found satisfaction, that it still hurt, that even though she had forgotten the memories, the pain was still there. If he could just dig a little deeper, he might be able to break her free.
"I took you in, and trained you. You worked hard, and soon you were almost as good as Odin. So I thought I'd make you two partners. But Hee...Odin worked alone, and refused. But, you fought for the chance to be trained by him."
Usagi felt a pang in her heart, it was so light, and she barely felt it.
"I watched you two from afar, and noticed a change in Odin. I didn't like it, but was happy for him." He shrugged, and turned in his chair. He clicked his claw like fingers together in thought.
"Awe, I almost forgot..." He glanced at her from the corner of his eyes. "Don't you remember that night Usagi?" She shook her head, but then stopped.
"You do know something happened, you just don't want to remember it. Think hard Usagi; you know what went on that night. What caused you to hate Mamoru so, when all he wanted was you?"
Usagi bit back a sob that was lodged in her throat. Tears glittered in her eyes, but she didn't let them fall.
"Don't you remember, running to him that night, your clothes ripped to shreds, because of the attack? Don't you remember, Mamoru coming after you, and getting angry, when he found you and..."
Usagi cried out, and shook her head, "iie. I don't want to know!" She flew to her feet, and raced out of the office...
She ran down the corridor, and the scenery changed, just like it had been the day before. She didn't where the black clothes she had worn out to go to the academy in. Instead she was dressed in her uniform. The uniform shredded, by the greedy hands of her attacker.
She let out a strangled cry, and burst through a door. She saw a flash, of what it looked today, barren, and locked up. But now her mind filled it up like bedroom, the room he had been given.
She saw him, standing in the corner of the room, staring out the window. She knew he knew she was there, but didn't look at her. She rubbed her eyes, trying to hide her tears, "O...Odin."
He must have heard the shakiness in her voice, because he turned. He stared at her, standing in the light of the room. "What happened to you Nanashi?"
Tears streamed down her face, and she looked at her hands, as if they would tell him what had happened minutes before.
Before she could fall to the ground, her caught her in his arms. He was so fast; she hadn't seen him move across the room to reach her. He helped her across the room, and set her down on the bed. "Tell me."
His face was set into a scowl, as he looked her over, for injuries. "I...I was going to his bunk, to report him his mission. I thought we were friends, but he had pulled me into his room, and tried to...try to..." her voice broke, and she covered her face.
He lifted her face, and looked into her eyes. He wiped her tears, and she whispered, "I'm so weak..."
He shook his head, "iie. You were brave, Nanashi." She stared into his eyes, and felt the tears dry on her cheeks. She searched his face, just briefly, before she slipped her arms around his neck, and pulled herself to meet him. Their lips touched.
Before the kiss could go anywhere, the door to the room swung open, and someone yelled, "IIE!!! I wont let you take her!!"
She wrenched away from him, when she heard the soft click. She pushed him aside, and heard the trigger being pulled. She threw herself forwards, and felt the bullet slam into her chest.
She grunted, and jerked backwards. Her eyes stared accusingly at him, as she swayed forward, and hit her knees. Her eyes fell shut, and she pitched forward.
Usagi opened her eyes, and caught herself, before she hit the floor. On her hands and knees, she gasped for air. She stared at the dark stained carpet, and realized this was where she had been shot.
Startled, she threw herself back, and scrambled away from the stain. She glanced at the doorway, and was relieved to find her attacker not there. But there hadn't been an attacker. She had just been remembering a horrifying memory of her past; she thought she had lost forever.
Usagi touched her forehead, and sighed in relief. The memory had been so real. Usagi pulled down her shirt, and looked at her breasts. There was a faint scar still left from what the bullet had done to her.
Shaking her head, she climbed to her feet. So she now had a past. She was once Nanashi. Then was given the name Usagi, and then had taken up the name Duo. Who was she now? Nanashi, had lived with a family, until one fateful day, they had been taken from her. Usagi had lived a life training, and trying to run from the past she couldn't remember. Duo someone who had lived alone, learned to deal alone, and on his own. And now here she was. There was no training left to do, no family to worry about or remember. No past to run from, and no knowing, that she would forever be alone, or watch the ones around her die. She had a name; given to her, by her mentor Dr. J it was Usagi.