Chapter twenty five- A Past Told to All
Duo shrugged his shoulders, and moved towards the table where the group of older men, were seated. "What's with her?" He jerked his thumb towards Usagi's retreating form.
Dr. J motioned for Duo to sit down. "I have a lot to explain to you Duo. Please sit."
Duo nodded, and sat down, where Usagi had once been sitting. He propped his feet up on the table, and crossed his arms over his chest. "Talk away Doc."
Dr. J frowned, and muttered something about the boy's manners. "Three years ago, AC 195, you were killed. Not you physically, but we faked your death. You supposedly died in the Maxwell church."
Duo frowned, "yeah, keep going."
Dr. J nodded, and pointed to Dr. G. "Dr. G was to take you in, and trained you to be a gundam pilot. But since you died, I hired Usagi."
Duo held up a hand, "But I didn't die..."
Dr. J nodded, "Yes we know. But Usagi, is our top agent, she was trained to be the best. She was to become the original pilot 02. But the pilots were all men, so we had your identity killed, and made her believe, that you had died."
Duo tapped his chin thoughtfully, "Just so she could be a pilot? I don't get it. Why didn't you just tell her, maybe then she wouldn't have her panties in such a wad."
Dr. J scowled at Duo's analogy, but let it slide. "It's hard to explain. She was meant to be a gundam pilot, but not as a girl. The others wouldn't have accepted her. So we had to lie to her, and make her believe that you were supposed to be the pilot of Deathscythe."
Duo swung his legs down, and slapped the surface of the table. "Okay, I think I understand, but I guess it doesn't matter. Since she has to be me again, where do I go?"
Dr. J nodded, "you will stay here. You might need, in the up coming war."
"What war?"
Dr. J shook his head, "No reason to go into details." Duo sighed, but asked with interest, "So tell me about this Usagi, who's supposed to be me."
Dr. J frowned slightly, but leaned back in his seat. "Usagi, came to us when she was eleven years old. Her name then, was Nanashi. Both a disease killed her parents, and then right after, she lost her older brother in the war."
Duo sat up, completely engrossed in Usagi's past. Dr. J continued after a long pause. "She came to me, why I'm not sure. She had the potential, to learn. She knew the basics from her brother, and wanted to learn to be a fighter. She wanted to fight for peace. At First I declined. I wasn't going to train a female, let alone a child. But then she kept coming back till finally I agreed."
Dr. J gave a small shrug, as if it didn't matter at all to him. "So I had her train under my partners. Dr. P Dr. L, and Dr. A were great teachers. Soon she was right up there with gundam pilot 01. And soon, I had Odin train her."
Duo nodded, "Whose Odin?"
Dr. J shook his head, "That is off the subject. It wasn't, till Usagi was about 14 years old. Another soldier trained under me, was Mamoru. Usagi infatuated him. But then he found out that she held no feelings for him. So he tried to kill Odin. But Usagi took the bullet for him."
Dr. J sighed, knowing full well, this was where the story grew dark. "I told Odin, she died. And sent him on his mission to fight in the war. But Usagi was well alive she just lost her memory. So that was when Nanashi, became Usagi Tsukino."
Duo climbed to his feet, "Wow what a life. Thank god I'm not her."
"Yeah lucky you."
Duo looked up, slightly startled by the deep male voice in the room. What he saw was a mirror image of himself. "Holy hell!"
Dr. J stated calmly, "Dr. O take Duo to his room. I need to speak with him later."
The tall man nodded, and took Duo by the arm. He led the shock stricken boy from the meeting.
(All right, I'm going to continue calling Usagi Duo, but I'll be using she, her and such).
Duo walked towards them, and flipped the chestnut braid off her shoulder. Her cobalt blue eyes, eyed the Drs, as she joined them at the table.
She glared at Dr. J, and snapped at him, "Telling everyone my life history?" Dr. J frowned, and was going to speak, but Duo cut him off sharply, "So what is my punishment?"
Dr. J sighed wearily, and looked down at the table's surface. As if he found his wits, he cleared his throat, and began, "Your pun..." There was knock at the door, and Dr. J paused in the middle of his sentence. Duo sighed, and turned around. She took a step back, when the gundam pilots entered the room.
Heero paid her no heed; he stalked towards Dr. J, and hissed in a monotone voice, "You told me she died."
Dr. J sighed, he hated repeating him self. "What I told you was for your own good." Heero narrowed his eyes, "How do you know what's for my own good?"
Dr. J shook his head, and looked Heero in the eye, "If you knew she was alive, you wouldn't have gone on mission meteor." Duo turned, and looked directly at Heero, then at Dr. J. She thought silently, 'you son of a bitch."
Dr. J met her gaze, and his eyes slightly hardened, but then they went back to Heero's form. Wufei noticed Duo's presence for the first time they had entered the meeting room. He was about to ask, but someone else beat him to it
Heero looked at her from the corner of his eyes, and had to take a double look. He wasn't sure, but he could have sworn, Duo's eyes had been azure. Just for a fleeting second, they had been to a lighter blue.
Heero frowned, "Why are you here, Duo."
The venom held in Heero's tone startled her. Duo stared at the young man. He was straight as a board, and nothing in his posture gave away anger. Even his eyes, were able to shut off the boiling rage building up inside him. She opened her mouth to utter her excuse, but she was cut off harshly.
"I asked Duo to accompany me back here. When was it, oh yes a few day ago, I believe it was snowing." He cleared his throat, and went back to the subject "I needed to speak with him. When you choose to leave, he can go back with you."
Heero's eyes lingered on Duo, for a split second too long. 'So he was there?' He shook his head, to rid his mind of nonsense. Instead he tried to focus on the matter at hand. "Where is Nanashi?" Dr. J frowned, and glanced briefly at Duo. His claw hand click together, and he stated clearly, "She's gone Heero. She's not here anymore."
Heero scowled, and had a felling, that Dr. J was lying between his teeth, "Hn."
Duo, knew that Heero didn't believe Dr. J, and knew if they stayed, he'd find out the truth. Wanting to keep the horrible secret, from the ones he cared mostly about, he spoke up, "Heero lets go."
Heero looked at her, and his eyes narrowed, "Hn." Duo touched his shoulder, and looked him in the eye. "Please Heero, I want to go."
Heero pulled away from her, and turned back towards the other pilots. "Iie. We're staying here, and I'll find out the truth."
Duo winced, at the harsh words directed to her, and she felt as if he had split open her lies, and found the truth, and through her into hell. She inhaled deeply, and watched him push passed Quatre. He disappeared, and the others followed closely behind.
Duo shook his head, and he whispered, "It's all over."
Heero was going to find the truth, and expose her of the lies she had been from the beginning. She would loose their trust, their friendship. Everything would be taken away, because of Dr. J's plans.
Duo fell onto the bed, and pulled her knees to her chest. She could feel the stabbing pain aching inside, and knew her heart was breaking.
She first had lost her parents, then her brother, then her memory, Odin, Duo, her trust in the world, then now it would be the guys.
There was a knock on the door, and Duo ignored it. She rolled over, and laid on her back. She missed her old room, but now that she was Duo, she'd have to stay in a guest room.
The knock came again, but louder this time. Sighing, she called out, "Come in." The door opened, and her head rolled to the side.
She frowned, "Hey Dr. L." The older woman, softly smiled, "Hello Usagi, how are you feeling?"
Duo rolled her eyes, "How do you think?" She rolled over, her back to the woman.
Dr. L came around, and held out a folded up piece of paper. "Dr. J asked me to give this to you." Duo sat up, and took the paper. "Don't you mean he ordered you to?" She unfolded it, and scanned its contents.
When she was near the end, her eyes widen in shock, and pain. Her mouth gapped open slightly, and she felt tears form in her eyes. Dr. L asked, "What's wrong?"
Duo let the paper fall to the floor slowly. It fluttered several times, before it slapped the floor with a silent thud.
"My punishment." Dr. L nodded, wondering what they had in store for her now. "I have to wait six more years, before I can have my life."
And the tears finally fell.
Duo shrugged his shoulders, and moved towards the table where the group of older men, were seated. "What's with her?" He jerked his thumb towards Usagi's retreating form.
Dr. J motioned for Duo to sit down. "I have a lot to explain to you Duo. Please sit."
Duo nodded, and sat down, where Usagi had once been sitting. He propped his feet up on the table, and crossed his arms over his chest. "Talk away Doc."
Dr. J frowned, and muttered something about the boy's manners. "Three years ago, AC 195, you were killed. Not you physically, but we faked your death. You supposedly died in the Maxwell church."
Duo frowned, "yeah, keep going."
Dr. J nodded, and pointed to Dr. G. "Dr. G was to take you in, and trained you to be a gundam pilot. But since you died, I hired Usagi."
Duo held up a hand, "But I didn't die..."
Dr. J nodded, "Yes we know. But Usagi, is our top agent, she was trained to be the best. She was to become the original pilot 02. But the pilots were all men, so we had your identity killed, and made her believe, that you had died."
Duo tapped his chin thoughtfully, "Just so she could be a pilot? I don't get it. Why didn't you just tell her, maybe then she wouldn't have her panties in such a wad."
Dr. J scowled at Duo's analogy, but let it slide. "It's hard to explain. She was meant to be a gundam pilot, but not as a girl. The others wouldn't have accepted her. So we had to lie to her, and make her believe that you were supposed to be the pilot of Deathscythe."
Duo swung his legs down, and slapped the surface of the table. "Okay, I think I understand, but I guess it doesn't matter. Since she has to be me again, where do I go?"
Dr. J nodded, "you will stay here. You might need, in the up coming war."
"What war?"
Dr. J shook his head, "No reason to go into details." Duo sighed, but asked with interest, "So tell me about this Usagi, who's supposed to be me."
Dr. J frowned slightly, but leaned back in his seat. "Usagi, came to us when she was eleven years old. Her name then, was Nanashi. Both a disease killed her parents, and then right after, she lost her older brother in the war."
Duo sat up, completely engrossed in Usagi's past. Dr. J continued after a long pause. "She came to me, why I'm not sure. She had the potential, to learn. She knew the basics from her brother, and wanted to learn to be a fighter. She wanted to fight for peace. At First I declined. I wasn't going to train a female, let alone a child. But then she kept coming back till finally I agreed."
Dr. J gave a small shrug, as if it didn't matter at all to him. "So I had her train under my partners. Dr. P Dr. L, and Dr. A were great teachers. Soon she was right up there with gundam pilot 01. And soon, I had Odin train her."
Duo nodded, "Whose Odin?"
Dr. J shook his head, "That is off the subject. It wasn't, till Usagi was about 14 years old. Another soldier trained under me, was Mamoru. Usagi infatuated him. But then he found out that she held no feelings for him. So he tried to kill Odin. But Usagi took the bullet for him."
Dr. J sighed, knowing full well, this was where the story grew dark. "I told Odin, she died. And sent him on his mission to fight in the war. But Usagi was well alive she just lost her memory. So that was when Nanashi, became Usagi Tsukino."
Duo climbed to his feet, "Wow what a life. Thank god I'm not her."
"Yeah lucky you."
Duo looked up, slightly startled by the deep male voice in the room. What he saw was a mirror image of himself. "Holy hell!"
Dr. J stated calmly, "Dr. O take Duo to his room. I need to speak with him later."
The tall man nodded, and took Duo by the arm. He led the shock stricken boy from the meeting.
(All right, I'm going to continue calling Usagi Duo, but I'll be using she, her and such).
Duo walked towards them, and flipped the chestnut braid off her shoulder. Her cobalt blue eyes, eyed the Drs, as she joined them at the table.
She glared at Dr. J, and snapped at him, "Telling everyone my life history?" Dr. J frowned, and was going to speak, but Duo cut him off sharply, "So what is my punishment?"
Dr. J sighed wearily, and looked down at the table's surface. As if he found his wits, he cleared his throat, and began, "Your pun..." There was knock at the door, and Dr. J paused in the middle of his sentence. Duo sighed, and turned around. She took a step back, when the gundam pilots entered the room.
Heero paid her no heed; he stalked towards Dr. J, and hissed in a monotone voice, "You told me she died."
Dr. J sighed, he hated repeating him self. "What I told you was for your own good." Heero narrowed his eyes, "How do you know what's for my own good?"
Dr. J shook his head, and looked Heero in the eye, "If you knew she was alive, you wouldn't have gone on mission meteor." Duo turned, and looked directly at Heero, then at Dr. J. She thought silently, 'you son of a bitch."
Dr. J met her gaze, and his eyes slightly hardened, but then they went back to Heero's form. Wufei noticed Duo's presence for the first time they had entered the meeting room. He was about to ask, but someone else beat him to it
Heero looked at her from the corner of his eyes, and had to take a double look. He wasn't sure, but he could have sworn, Duo's eyes had been azure. Just for a fleeting second, they had been to a lighter blue.
Heero frowned, "Why are you here, Duo."
The venom held in Heero's tone startled her. Duo stared at the young man. He was straight as a board, and nothing in his posture gave away anger. Even his eyes, were able to shut off the boiling rage building up inside him. She opened her mouth to utter her excuse, but she was cut off harshly.
"I asked Duo to accompany me back here. When was it, oh yes a few day ago, I believe it was snowing." He cleared his throat, and went back to the subject "I needed to speak with him. When you choose to leave, he can go back with you."
Heero's eyes lingered on Duo, for a split second too long. 'So he was there?' He shook his head, to rid his mind of nonsense. Instead he tried to focus on the matter at hand. "Where is Nanashi?" Dr. J frowned, and glanced briefly at Duo. His claw hand click together, and he stated clearly, "She's gone Heero. She's not here anymore."
Heero scowled, and had a felling, that Dr. J was lying between his teeth, "Hn."
Duo, knew that Heero didn't believe Dr. J, and knew if they stayed, he'd find out the truth. Wanting to keep the horrible secret, from the ones he cared mostly about, he spoke up, "Heero lets go."
Heero looked at her, and his eyes narrowed, "Hn." Duo touched his shoulder, and looked him in the eye. "Please Heero, I want to go."
Heero pulled away from her, and turned back towards the other pilots. "Iie. We're staying here, and I'll find out the truth."
Duo winced, at the harsh words directed to her, and she felt as if he had split open her lies, and found the truth, and through her into hell. She inhaled deeply, and watched him push passed Quatre. He disappeared, and the others followed closely behind.
Duo shook his head, and he whispered, "It's all over."
Heero was going to find the truth, and expose her of the lies she had been from the beginning. She would loose their trust, their friendship. Everything would be taken away, because of Dr. J's plans.
Duo fell onto the bed, and pulled her knees to her chest. She could feel the stabbing pain aching inside, and knew her heart was breaking.
She first had lost her parents, then her brother, then her memory, Odin, Duo, her trust in the world, then now it would be the guys.
There was a knock on the door, and Duo ignored it. She rolled over, and laid on her back. She missed her old room, but now that she was Duo, she'd have to stay in a guest room.
The knock came again, but louder this time. Sighing, she called out, "Come in." The door opened, and her head rolled to the side.
She frowned, "Hey Dr. L." The older woman, softly smiled, "Hello Usagi, how are you feeling?"
Duo rolled her eyes, "How do you think?" She rolled over, her back to the woman.
Dr. L came around, and held out a folded up piece of paper. "Dr. J asked me to give this to you." Duo sat up, and took the paper. "Don't you mean he ordered you to?" She unfolded it, and scanned its contents.
When she was near the end, her eyes widen in shock, and pain. Her mouth gapped open slightly, and she felt tears form in her eyes. Dr. L asked, "What's wrong?"
Duo let the paper fall to the floor slowly. It fluttered several times, before it slapped the floor with a silent thud.
"My punishment." Dr. L nodded, wondering what they had in store for her now. "I have to wait six more years, before I can have my life."
And the tears finally fell.