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W. Neither do I own any characters of either series.
AN: Here we are for another chapter, and to tell you the
truth I wasn't planning on having it up this early. You guys have Tenshi-nee
to thank for that. I think it was the long review that tipped the scale.
Adding to the great response that I've been getting.
Chibi_Tenshi sweatdrops: Oi! I thought it was because
I gave you Omi-kun and Ken-kun! -_-;;
Hikari nods eagerly before glomping the two: Hai! That
too! ^_^
Tenshi-nee, Omi & Ken: ~_~;;
arigato – thank you
gomen – sorry
(o)nii-san(chan) – big brother
imooto-chan – little sister
saa - okay
ohayo – good morning
ano – well or 'um'
ne – used in context usually 'right' or in a beginning
of a sentence 'well'
hai – yes
iie - no
demo – but
Broken Angel - 08
Wufei caught the collapsing Rei in reflex, but his attention
was still on the pale girl who was on the couch. He glanced quickly at
Rei who was now being supported in his arms.
"I'll go ahead and take this one in," he said. But he
knew it was an excuse to turn away from the sight. Wufei silently cursed
himself for being weak as he made his way across the room and down the
hall.
After Wufei had spoken, everyone seemed to snap out of
his shock. Duo released Minako and rushed to the couch; he faintly noted
that Heero reached there first.
He and Heero carefully removed Usagi's limp hand from
the wound that covered the side of her abdomen. Duo winced and brought
his eyes to her face. Her eyes were closed and her lips were slightly parted.
He felt himself exhale when he noticed the small, quick rises of her chest.
As Heero moved aside her hand, he discovered that her
body heat was dropping and immediately turned towards the blanched blue-haired
girl.
"You. Come with us." Heero somehow managed to keep his
voice indifferent. He turned his attention to the two standing pilots.
"Take those two to the guest room. We'll be in Usagi's..."
"No."
Duo's voice cut through Heero's. "We'll bring her to mine.
Usa-chan will stay in my room until she's better." His voice left no room
for argument, so Heero nodded before carefully picking up the odango-headed
girl. He briefly noticed that one of her odangos was coming undone before
making his way towards Duo's bedroom.
After a moment of hesitation, Duo looked back at the three
remaining girls before glancing at Ami.
"Follow me."
Ami snapped out of her trance of the bloody couch and
stared up at the braided boy.
"Hai," she answered quietly and followed him down the
hall. On the way, she momentary wondered why the wounded girl seemed familiar
to her.
"This way."
Trowa stopped at a bedroom door and glanced briefly at
Wufei who was leaning against the wall next to it.
"Is she still unconscious, Wufei?" Quatre asked quietly
as Trowa led the two girls into the bedroom. Since seeing Usagi, neither
girl made any attempts to escape or talk. And Quatre was grateful, for
he knew he wouldn't be able to go after them in the emotional shape he
was in. He kept going back to the moment in the van when he felt his heart
ache. 'Why wasn't the pain stronger? Maybe we would have made it here
faster if I would've said something!'
Wufei looked at Quatre, noting the faraway look in his
eyes. "Hai. She went into shock briefly, but I'm sure she's fine."
Quatre nodded absently. "That's good. I'm going to go
see if Usagi's alright now." With that he turned around and walked quickly
down the hallway.
Ami worked quickly on her new patient, pushing her earlier
qualms out of her head. Whoever this girl was, she was obviously important
to the five men who had abducted her and her friends, and she thought briefly
about their relationship with each other. Ami narrowed her eyes as she
cleaned out the wound. 'This is not the time to be spacing out. I can
think about all this later.'
She turned her attention back to the girl as she gently
probed the wound before stitching it up with the supplies that she'd been
given to work with. 'This is one hell-of-a first-aid kit,' she thought
wryly as she glanced at the black box. 'It's got more stuff in here
than my own medical bag at home!'
Ami shook her head as she finished up the last stitch.
She sighed in relief and sat back to look over her work.
Duo was at her side in an instant, "What is it? Will she
be okay?" Instead of answering him immediately, Ami continued wrapping
the gauze around Usagi's abdomen. Duo helped by supporting Usagi's shoulders
so she could wrap it around her back. When she was finished, Ami met Duo's
agitated gaze with her steady one.
"Fortunately, the bullet went straight through, didn't
hit any major arteries, and it missed her lower organs. Demo, she did lose
an abundance of blood, so if her coloring isn't back or if she isn't conscious
in two to three days, I'd advise that you take her to a hospital for more
medical attention."
She stood and faced both Heero and Duo. "Also, you should
make sure she gets plenty of fluids and good nourishment when she is awake.
Because of the blood loss, she'll be sluggish and weak. It would be wise
to keep her bedridden to insure that she doesn't upset the stitches and
reopen the wound."
Heero nodded before stepping forward. "Thank you."
The words left his mouth as if he just informed her of
the date and time. He headed towards the door before giving her a sideward-glance.
"Let's go."
Ami considered trying to escape and deleted the thought
in a second flat. 'I couldn't risk leave the others. Besides,' she
took one last glance at Usagi. 'I have to make sure she gets better.'
She nodded before following Heero out of the hushed room.
When they left, Duo sighed heavily and sat in the chair
Ami vacated after mending Usagi. He held her small hand in his larger one.
"You'll be up and running in no time, Usa-chan."
Usagi moaned slightly before opening her eyes. She turned
her head towards Duo's voice and looked at him strangely.
"What's wrong, Duo? You guys completed your mission, ne?"
Duo looked up bewilderedly at her foggy blue eyes.
"Usagi-chan! You're awake."
Usagi smiled briefly. "Hai. Don't worry, this is just
a minor setback. Besides, I still kicked her ass."
Duo cocked an eyebrow. "Hontoo? And who exactly is 'her'?
Would this be the person who shot you?"
Usagi closed her eyes and nodded. "Um-hum. I'll have to
tell you about when I wake up, 'nii-chan." With that she fell into a well-needed
healing sleep.
Duo's eyes widened in surprise as he stared down at the
sleeping girl. 'Nii-chan?' he asked silently. His facial expression
relaxed before molding into a smile. He brushed her bangs out of her eyes
before whispering something almost inaudible, but it still brought a faint
smile to Usagi's lips.
"I can't wait to hear all about it... imooto-chan."
***
He brought a hand through his short blond hair before
looking over the forms again. He'd been looking over them since he left
the Genesis building. A sigh broke from his lips and he leaned back into
the couch of his parent's house. He couldn't stop thinking about the girl
he saw in the shadows. Whoever she was, she probably was good as dead by
now. He had saw the soldier go after her, and couldn't help wondering if
she had got away. 'Yeah right. That place was crawling with soldiers,
if that women didn't catch her, someone else did.'
Tsukino Motoki frowned at the forms in his hands.
He shook his head and threw the papers onto the table.
"I can't be apart of something like that. Mom and dad would kill me if
they even saw me with these forms."
"With what forms?" asked a voice behind him. Motoki jumped
slightly before glaring at his younger brother.
"Don't do that, Shingo! Didn't anyone tell you that sneaking
up on people is rude? Besides, aren't you suppose to be hanging out with
your friends or something?"
Shingo rolled his eyes as his older brother folded up
the forms and stuff them into his back pocket.
"Ohayo to you too, 'niisan. Anyway, I would demo I'm out
of money."
Motoki scoffed, "Then why don't you get a job? You're
almost 15 ya know?" Shingo smirked and crossed his arms. "You're one to
talk! You're 21 and I don't see you rolling in then yen."
Motoki flushed in embarrassment before glaring at the
dirty-blond. "Shut-up, baka. I'm not the one without money."
Shingo shrugged before making his way towards the front
door. "What-ever. I'm going out."
"Matte, Shingo! Don't forget to pick up imooto-chan at
one."
Shingo's shoulders dropped. "Aww. Do I have to?"
Motoki narrowed his eyes in warning.
Shingo held up his hands. "Saa, saa. I wont forget. Ja!"
Motoki smiled and shook his head.
***
Makoto looked up as the door to their 'prison' opened.
Duo and Wufei stood on the other side.
"Rise and shine ladies. It's morning!"
Minako stretched and looked at the two standing outside
the door. "Are you letting us go?"
Duo laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head.
"Not at the moment."
Rei glared as she stood up. "Then what do you want with
us?"
Wufei returned the glare. "Be quiet, onna. Don't you want
to know why we brought you here?" he asked giving them all disinterested
stares. His eyes rested on the white cat that circled Minako's legs.
"Nani! What the hell is that cat doing here?!"
Minako giggled before picking up Artemis and scratching
him behind the ears.
"Isn't it great? He must have snuck in my bag before you
nabbed us! Lucky for me you guys didn't make me leave it back there, ne?"
They all sweat-dropped before Ami cleared her throat.
"You were about to tell us why we were brought here?"
Duo shook his head. "Oh, not us! Someone else who you
haven't met will tell you all that good stuff. But Quatre insisted that
you guys eat something first."
Makoto crossed her arms and gave them both a skeptical
glance. "How do we know that it won't be poisoned?"
Wufei gave her an insulted and angry glare. "We would
never do something so dishonorable." Makoto took an involuntary step back
at the intensity of his gaze.
Minako shrugged, "At this point, I couldn't care less.
I'm so hungry I'll eat just about anything at the moment." She looked at
Artemis when she felt the cat tense up in her arms. Minako smiled. "I was
just joking, Artemis-chan!"
Quatre watched Usagi sleep as he sat in the chair next
to her bed. Duo had told them that she was up for a minute the previous
night, but she'd been asleep since then.
Quatre sighed again for the hundredth time that morning.
"If you keep doing that Quatre-kun, I'm going to think
that something's wrong." Usagi said in a groggy voice.
Quatre lifted his head and stared at her incredulously.
"Usagi-san, you're awake! I thought you were still asleep."
Usagi looked at him and whined softly, sounding a lot
like the Usagi from the 21th century. "Quatre-kun! I told you
not call me that."
Quatre smiled slightly. "Gomen, Usagi-chan. It slipped
out again."
"Besides," she continued, happy that he added the '-chan'
this time. "How could I sleep with you sighing every ten seconds?"
Quatre blushed. "Ano, I didn't mean to wake you. I didn't
think you would be waking up anytime soon." Ofcourse this wasn't true,
since the reason he was there was to apologize when she _did_ come
to.
Usagi looked Quatre over. "What's with the guilty look,
Quatre-kun?" Quatre sighed again, and blushed when Usagi glared at him.
"Ano, it's...I.. I just wanted to apologize for us not
being here sooner when you were hurt. I had a feeling that something was
wrong, but I didn't voice my concern to the others."
"Nani?" Usagi tried to sit up to look at him evenly, and
winced in pain before Quatre helped her get comfortable in a half-sitting
position.
"Saa. Now what's this about you apologizing? You know
that I don't blame anyone for my slip-ups. If there's anyone to blame,
it's myself for being too cocky. Demo, I don't blame you Quatre-kun, and
neither should you."
Quatre smiled at her before standing up. "Arigato, Usagi-chan.
And I hope you're feeling better.
But in the meantime, why don't I bring you some breakfast.
You must be famished by now."
Usagi's eyes got big as saucer plates, reminding Quatre
of large blue marbles. A sweatmark appeared on the side of his head.
"Hontoo?! That would be great, Quatre-kun! Give me everything
you've got!"
The sweatmark grew and Quatre slowly made his way out
of Duo's room. "Sure, Usagi-chan. I'll be back as soon as possible."
With that, he left the now drooling Usagi to herself.
***
Relina sighed as she gazed longingly out the window in
her office. She had been cooped up in the building all morning, and quite
frankly – she was dying to get out.
She looked at the photo on her desk. It was a picture
of her older brother before he disappeared after the war in 195.
"I'll have to thank Noin again for this." She said quietly
as ran her finger over the frame. Thinking about her brother brought her
mind to five other young men. It had been a year since she last saw Duo
and Quatre, and about three since all five together.
She knew that it wasn't really a bad thing, considering
the fact that when they were usually around it meant that trouble wasn't
far behind. But she couldn't help but resent that they didn't keep in touch
or hang around.
Relina smiled wryly. 'Was there ever a time that we
just talked or hung around?'
Even now, she knew more trouble was starting up. Noin
had told her about the Genesis organization, which was one of the main
reasons that she was swamped with work now. It seemed that the organization
had violated many of the laws and prohibitions about weapons and mobile
suits, but for some reason they still weren't able to shut Genesis down.
And to make matters worse, their recruit numbers were growing steadily
every day and soon the association would grow larger than OZ.
She checked her watch that told her that it was now noon.
She rubbed the back of her neck before standing up. "It's time for a break.
I guess I'll be able to have that cup of coffee with Noin after all."
Someone knocked on her door and sighed in defeat. "I guess
I can cancel that last thought," she muttered to herself before opening
the door. She smiled at her personal secretary who had been working for
her for two years now.
"Gomen nasai for interrupting, Relina-san. Demo the representatives
for colony X1109 are here to speak with you. If you'd like, I could ask
them to schedule an appointment..."
Relina shook her head lightly. "Iie, that won't be necessary,
Naru-san. You can send them up."
The red-head nodded before making her way back down the
hall.
Relina sighed again at the closed door and made her way
back towards her desk.
"It looks like I'll be missing lunch again." She picked
up her phone and pressed the button that would connect to her secretary's
line.
"Yes, Naru-san? When Noin gets back in, will you tell
her that I won't be able to go out for lunch? Thanks."
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Happy minna-chan? I didn't leave at a cliffhanger this
time! And I even got the chapter out before 2 weeks went by. And I brought
in some more people, three to be exact.
So, was anyone caught off guard by Motoki(Andrew from
the arcade in SM, and Shingo is Sammy) being the one who Usagi saw in the
base? Or was it the fact that I made him a Tsukino that threw you off?
>giggles
I had fun with that one.
And thanks goes to all my reviewers, and Tenshi-nee for
editing.
Oh, and for the curious, yes it will be some romance in
this fic. I'm not revealing anything but don't jump to conclusions. Just
because I'm not bashing any characters doesn't mean that I will match them
with someone else from the same series, or does it? ^_^;;
Anyway, things are going to get confusing ahead, so you
never know what can happen!
Hikari ^_~
