notes: Sequel. Yay! *too lazy to write more*
Minako's eyes narrowed at the figure that stood before her. The tall woman in front of her just shook her head sadly.
"I HATE YOU!!" Minako shouted.
"Minako.." Pluto replied, "I'm sorry. It had to be this way. There was no other choice."
"But Pluto..... I LOVE him! Surely you can make some kind of exception!!!"
The Senshi of Time just shook her head. "Gomen nasai, Minako. I mean it. I wish so much to send you back, but you are a senshi. A warrior of this world. You were put here for a reason, you are here for a purpose."
"But.." Minako's lips began to tremble as tears fell freely from her eyes. "Can't you take him here? Isn't there anything that you can do??"
"Onegai, Minako. Don't torture yourself with false hopes. There is no way."
Minako shook her head and crumpled to the floor. "Onegai, Pluto-san..."
Pluto shook her head and placed a hand on the grieving girl's shoulder. "I wish there was something more that I could do..... gomen nasai....."
The tall, dark woman then disappeared, leaving Minako alone in the thick, black void.
A small girl, with curly blonde hair carefully approached Minako. "Okaasan?" she whispered, but Minako didn't hear her.
Clenching her fists, Minako slammed them to the ground. "NOOOOO!!!!!"
"Minako-chan!" a girl shouted as she burst through her bedroom door.
Minako sat up in her bed, panting heavily. "Rei-chan?"
Rei ran up to her friend and took her hand into her own. "Minako-chan! What happened?"
Minako placed her head in her hands. "I had that dream again, Rei-chan. Every night, I have it. I can't make it go away."
Rei frowned. "Minako-chan...... You're subconscious hasn't yet accepted the fact that...." her eyes softened and she gripped Minako's hand tighter, "that he's gone."
"How can I?" she asked Rei sadly, "How can I accept it when I know that he's still there? I can still feel him, Rei-chan. I can feel his love, and I can feel his pain."
Rei took in a deep, frustrated breath. "I'm sorry, Minako.." she said sadly, "I wish that there was something that I could do for you."
Minako looked up at her friend and smiled sadly. "Rei-chan..... You are helping me incredibly, and I thank you for that. Please, don't feel like you have to do more. Like Setsuna-san said..... we.. can't do anything more..."
"Will you be all right, tonight?" Rei asked.
Minako nodded. "Hai. Arigato."
Rei nodded and stood up. "Sleep well, I'll check on you in the morning. Oyasuminasai."
"Ja..." Minako whispered as her friend exited the room.
Once Rei was gone, Minako reached over and opened the drawer on her night stand, pulling the wedding ring and locket that Quatre had given her. She hadn't shown these to anyone. She didn't know what they would make of it. Her, being married. She was too confused right now.
It had been nearly ten weeks since her life ended, and her hell began. Since her father had died, she decided to move out of that house which was full of painful memories. Rei had offered to let her stay at the temple until she could find an apartment and get her life going again. She had finally found an apartment across the street from Makoto.
Gently sliding the ring over her finger, Minako smiled as she remembered the wedding. Then she took the locket, and opened it up, tears falling from her eyes as she looked at the picture. She laid her head back on her pillow, and soon drifted off to sleep, clutching the precious locket in her hand.
As Minako slept, the transparent form of a little girl crept up to her bed. She gently kissed Minako's cheek and smiled, then vanished.
Meanwhile.....
The mysterious senshi of time frowned slightly as she watched over the gates. Something felt wrong, she just couldn't tell what.
The next morning, Minako woke with the rising of the sun. Every morning, she remembered that Quatre would wake up with the sun. She remembered waking up, seeing the soft orange rays pour through the window as Quatre's bright blue eyes looked deeply into hers.
"Good morning, Tenshi." he would say with a smile each morning.
"Good morning, koibito." she would say in return. He would kiss her on the cheek, and get out of bed. This was how they began each day.
She pulled herself out of bed, and put her precious jewelry back into the drawer, then walked out of the room, ready to start a new day.
Meanwhile-
Quatre played his violin in solitude. The notes echoed down the halls of the large mansion. In the next room over, the other pilots heard the sad music.
"I don't think he should fight in this condition." Trowa stated.
"I agree. It would be to easy for him to kill himself." Hiiro added.
"He wouldn't actually kill himself… would he?" Duo questioned.
They looked at him. "Do you really want to take the chance?" Trowa asked.
Suddenly, the music changed to a new song, cutting right through the middle of the last one. It was fast and angry. Such as that of music played during a chase scene in a movie, or in a shooting scene. There was a crash, and the music stopped.
Quickly, the pilots ran to the next room.
Quatre was sitting on the floor and the table next to him had been knocked over. His face was red with tearstains on his cheeks. He forced a smile. "Hi," he said cheerfully.
"Are you okay?" Duo asked, helping him up.
"I tripped." Quatre explained, putting the table back up.
"Maybe we should move the table. You've tripped over it 5 times now."
"… I guess I'm a klutz." Quatre grinned.
"No you're not." Hiiro stated, firmly.
"What… do you think I fall on purpose or something?" He joked.
The other pilots just stared at him, with a serious expression planted on their faces.
"Well… I don't! I guess after Mina-she left… I got clumsy…" Quatre was still smiling, but it looked like it took a great deal of effort.
"Stop the act, Quatre. Look, take a couple weeks off, okay?" Duo said, for once seriously.
A shadow fell over Quatre's face as he looked toward the floor. "Alright…" He said, quietly. "I'm sorry."
"No biggie!" Duo replied, trying to lighten the mood.
"We need to get going." Wufei stated.
"Bye, Quatre." Duo waved, as he left the room.
Wufei and Trowa nodded to Quatre and also left.
Hiiro stayed behind. "… for what it's worth… I know what you're going through… If you want to talk to Relena… I could arrange it…"
"Thanks." Quatre's miniscule voice replied.
Hiiro nodded and left the room.
"Thank you, my friends…" Quatre said. 'I almost said her name,' he thought, 'Maybe… Maybe I can't be happy again… Maybe… If I can just say her name…'
Slowly, he walked to the window and stared out at the sun. "Minako…" He whispered. Tears began to fall one after another. "I'm waiting…"
Meanwhile....
Minako fought back tears as she walked out into the hall from the bathroom. On top of all this, she was sick, and she couldn't figure out what it was.
Ami looked at her friend, concerned. "Minako..... did you throw up again?"
Minako nodded her head slowly, then stopped and closed her eyes. All that movement was making her dizzy.
"I think that we should take you to see a doctor." she said sternly.
"But the meeting.." Minako protested.
Ami just shook her head. "We already told you, no fighting for you right now, okay? Besides, the meeting can wait. We're worried about you."
Minako began to shake her head, but stopped suddenly, then ran back into the bathroom.
Ami sighed as she walked into the other room and grabbed her purse. Once Minako came back out, Ami approached her. "I'm taking you to the doctor now, Mina."
Minako couldn't resist, she was too dizzy. "All right.." she mumbled as she followed Ami out to her car.
A few hours later.........
Minako and Ami sat patiently in the waiting room, awaiting the test results. "How are you feeling?" Ami asked her.
Minako shook her head. "Truthfully, Ami... I've never felt worse..."
Ami frowned and reached over to hug her friend when the doctor came out. "Miss Aino?" he asked.
Minako tried her hardest not to wince at that name. She was not Miss Aino, she was Mrs. Winner, but she couldn't tell anyone that. "Hai.." she said quietly.
"I have your test results..... please come inside.... we need to talk." the doctor said sternly.
Minako nodded as she stood up. "Ami-chan, can you please come with me?"
Ami nodded and stood, but the doctor shook his head. "You may want her to wait outside, miss." he said.
Minako shook her head. "Of course not! She's my friend, I want her here with me."
"All right.." the doctor said regretfully, shaking his head and leading the girls into the small room, then shutting the door behind them. He took a look at his clipboard and sighed. "Miss, I understand that you have suffered from some kind of emotional trauma."
Minako nodded.
"I'm going to prescribe something for the depression and give you the names of some people that you can talk to.... but, there's one more thing."
"Oh?" Minako asked curiously, wondering what it could possibly be.
"Miss Aino..... you're pregnant."
Minako's eyes narrowed at the figure that stood before her. The tall woman in front of her just shook her head sadly.
"I HATE YOU!!" Minako shouted.
"Minako.." Pluto replied, "I'm sorry. It had to be this way. There was no other choice."
"But Pluto..... I LOVE him! Surely you can make some kind of exception!!!"
The Senshi of Time just shook her head. "Gomen nasai, Minako. I mean it. I wish so much to send you back, but you are a senshi. A warrior of this world. You were put here for a reason, you are here for a purpose."
"But.." Minako's lips began to tremble as tears fell freely from her eyes. "Can't you take him here? Isn't there anything that you can do??"
"Onegai, Minako. Don't torture yourself with false hopes. There is no way."
Minako shook her head and crumpled to the floor. "Onegai, Pluto-san..."
Pluto shook her head and placed a hand on the grieving girl's shoulder. "I wish there was something more that I could do..... gomen nasai....."
The tall, dark woman then disappeared, leaving Minako alone in the thick, black void.
A small girl, with curly blonde hair carefully approached Minako. "Okaasan?" she whispered, but Minako didn't hear her.
Clenching her fists, Minako slammed them to the ground. "NOOOOO!!!!!"
"Minako-chan!" a girl shouted as she burst through her bedroom door.
Minako sat up in her bed, panting heavily. "Rei-chan?"
Rei ran up to her friend and took her hand into her own. "Minako-chan! What happened?"
Minako placed her head in her hands. "I had that dream again, Rei-chan. Every night, I have it. I can't make it go away."
Rei frowned. "Minako-chan...... You're subconscious hasn't yet accepted the fact that...." her eyes softened and she gripped Minako's hand tighter, "that he's gone."
"How can I?" she asked Rei sadly, "How can I accept it when I know that he's still there? I can still feel him, Rei-chan. I can feel his love, and I can feel his pain."
Rei took in a deep, frustrated breath. "I'm sorry, Minako.." she said sadly, "I wish that there was something that I could do for you."
Minako looked up at her friend and smiled sadly. "Rei-chan..... You are helping me incredibly, and I thank you for that. Please, don't feel like you have to do more. Like Setsuna-san said..... we.. can't do anything more..."
"Will you be all right, tonight?" Rei asked.
Minako nodded. "Hai. Arigato."
Rei nodded and stood up. "Sleep well, I'll check on you in the morning. Oyasuminasai."
"Ja..." Minako whispered as her friend exited the room.
Once Rei was gone, Minako reached over and opened the drawer on her night stand, pulling the wedding ring and locket that Quatre had given her. She hadn't shown these to anyone. She didn't know what they would make of it. Her, being married. She was too confused right now.
It had been nearly ten weeks since her life ended, and her hell began. Since her father had died, she decided to move out of that house which was full of painful memories. Rei had offered to let her stay at the temple until she could find an apartment and get her life going again. She had finally found an apartment across the street from Makoto.
Gently sliding the ring over her finger, Minako smiled as she remembered the wedding. Then she took the locket, and opened it up, tears falling from her eyes as she looked at the picture. She laid her head back on her pillow, and soon drifted off to sleep, clutching the precious locket in her hand.
As Minako slept, the transparent form of a little girl crept up to her bed. She gently kissed Minako's cheek and smiled, then vanished.
Meanwhile.....
The mysterious senshi of time frowned slightly as she watched over the gates. Something felt wrong, she just couldn't tell what.
The next morning, Minako woke with the rising of the sun. Every morning, she remembered that Quatre would wake up with the sun. She remembered waking up, seeing the soft orange rays pour through the window as Quatre's bright blue eyes looked deeply into hers.
"Good morning, Tenshi." he would say with a smile each morning.
"Good morning, koibito." she would say in return. He would kiss her on the cheek, and get out of bed. This was how they began each day.
She pulled herself out of bed, and put her precious jewelry back into the drawer, then walked out of the room, ready to start a new day.
Meanwhile-
Quatre played his violin in solitude. The notes echoed down the halls of the large mansion. In the next room over, the other pilots heard the sad music.
"I don't think he should fight in this condition." Trowa stated.
"I agree. It would be to easy for him to kill himself." Hiiro added.
"He wouldn't actually kill himself… would he?" Duo questioned.
They looked at him. "Do you really want to take the chance?" Trowa asked.
Suddenly, the music changed to a new song, cutting right through the middle of the last one. It was fast and angry. Such as that of music played during a chase scene in a movie, or in a shooting scene. There was a crash, and the music stopped.
Quickly, the pilots ran to the next room.
Quatre was sitting on the floor and the table next to him had been knocked over. His face was red with tearstains on his cheeks. He forced a smile. "Hi," he said cheerfully.
"Are you okay?" Duo asked, helping him up.
"I tripped." Quatre explained, putting the table back up.
"Maybe we should move the table. You've tripped over it 5 times now."
"… I guess I'm a klutz." Quatre grinned.
"No you're not." Hiiro stated, firmly.
"What… do you think I fall on purpose or something?" He joked.
The other pilots just stared at him, with a serious expression planted on their faces.
"Well… I don't! I guess after Mina-she left… I got clumsy…" Quatre was still smiling, but it looked like it took a great deal of effort.
"Stop the act, Quatre. Look, take a couple weeks off, okay?" Duo said, for once seriously.
A shadow fell over Quatre's face as he looked toward the floor. "Alright…" He said, quietly. "I'm sorry."
"No biggie!" Duo replied, trying to lighten the mood.
"We need to get going." Wufei stated.
"Bye, Quatre." Duo waved, as he left the room.
Wufei and Trowa nodded to Quatre and also left.
Hiiro stayed behind. "… for what it's worth… I know what you're going through… If you want to talk to Relena… I could arrange it…"
"Thanks." Quatre's miniscule voice replied.
Hiiro nodded and left the room.
"Thank you, my friends…" Quatre said. 'I almost said her name,' he thought, 'Maybe… Maybe I can't be happy again… Maybe… If I can just say her name…'
Slowly, he walked to the window and stared out at the sun. "Minako…" He whispered. Tears began to fall one after another. "I'm waiting…"
Meanwhile....
Minako fought back tears as she walked out into the hall from the bathroom. On top of all this, she was sick, and she couldn't figure out what it was.
Ami looked at her friend, concerned. "Minako..... did you throw up again?"
Minako nodded her head slowly, then stopped and closed her eyes. All that movement was making her dizzy.
"I think that we should take you to see a doctor." she said sternly.
"But the meeting.." Minako protested.
Ami just shook her head. "We already told you, no fighting for you right now, okay? Besides, the meeting can wait. We're worried about you."
Minako began to shake her head, but stopped suddenly, then ran back into the bathroom.
Ami sighed as she walked into the other room and grabbed her purse. Once Minako came back out, Ami approached her. "I'm taking you to the doctor now, Mina."
Minako couldn't resist, she was too dizzy. "All right.." she mumbled as she followed Ami out to her car.
A few hours later.........
Minako and Ami sat patiently in the waiting room, awaiting the test results. "How are you feeling?" Ami asked her.
Minako shook her head. "Truthfully, Ami... I've never felt worse..."
Ami frowned and reached over to hug her friend when the doctor came out. "Miss Aino?" he asked.
Minako tried her hardest not to wince at that name. She was not Miss Aino, she was Mrs. Winner, but she couldn't tell anyone that. "Hai.." she said quietly.
"I have your test results..... please come inside.... we need to talk." the doctor said sternly.
Minako nodded as she stood up. "Ami-chan, can you please come with me?"
Ami nodded and stood, but the doctor shook his head. "You may want her to wait outside, miss." he said.
Minako shook her head. "Of course not! She's my friend, I want her here with me."
"All right.." the doctor said regretfully, shaking his head and leading the girls into the small room, then shutting the door behind them. He took a look at his clipboard and sighed. "Miss, I understand that you have suffered from some kind of emotional trauma."
Minako nodded.
"I'm going to prescribe something for the depression and give you the names of some people that you can talk to.... but, there's one more thing."
"Oh?" Minako asked curiously, wondering what it could possibly be.
"Miss Aino..... you're pregnant."