Hiya! Here's chapter six, after a VERY long cliffhanger, which I dote my apologies for.
I give my word that there will be at least one chapter a week for this story, from now on.
-August Sere.
P.S. I don't own SM or GW. I really hope that didn't turn your brains to mush.
P.P.S. LOOK!! It's... it's... going to have some semblance of romance between Serena and Heero!!!
P.P.P.S Thanks to everyone who has reviewed in the past (even though they (the reviews) were accidentally deleted.)
Thanks for all of the suggestions, and kudos to those who asked what happened in Serena's dimension.
I did explain some of it, but more detail on that in the future.
P.P.P.P.S. Please review!
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I Know Who I Am: Chapter Six: How Do You Spell Psycho??
IKWIA: 6
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Last time, in IKWIA...
....."Thank you, Miss Aria." Quatre smiled, and, nodding, Aria closed the door behind her. Augustus
sat down next to Quatre, looking at them all through crystalline eyes. Quatre looked uncomfortable.
Heero anything but solved that problem by pointing his gun at the girl.
"Quatre doesn't have a cousin your age. Who are you??" Heero looked at her intently.
The girl smirked. "I am Augustus."
"Cut the crap, lady." Duo was serious for once.
"I am Serene." Heero's eyes widened.
"What?"
"I am Serena. I am Princess Serenity. And I am about to get mad if you don't put that gun down,
Heero."
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Continuing our story...
Heero blinked... How the hell could Augustus be Serena...?! Expressing his similar feelings, Duo slid away
from Serena in his chair, thinking, "Na na na... na psycho!! (Batman tune) and humming the music in turn.
Turning her head, Serena stared deadpan at Duo. Leaning over, she whispered in his ear. "What are you humming,
Duo??"
"Ah, nothing...." Duo scratched the back of his head nervously.
"Well, in that case, did you have a question?"
"Actually, yes. I was wondering exactly how you could be Serena??" Duo leaned back, smirking.
"I was resurrected, you baka!" She smacked him on his head, which propelled his body forward.
"Owwww!!!" Duo rubbed the back of his head. "That doesn't explain it!!"
"Yes. I know it doesn't."
"Then why did you hit me??!!"
She shrugged, then turned to face Heero, her eyes narrowed down to slits.
"Heero," she began sweetly, sweatdropping, "would you put the damn gun down already?!"
Heero leaned forward, towards her. Glaring directly into her eyes, he gave his answer.
"No."
"In that case..." Augusta flew, in a blur of white, towards Heero, attempting to hit the gun out of his hand.
Before her hand could make contact, however, Heero had grabbed her wrist and flipped her over onto the floor, smirking.
He leaned over her, holding her wrist above her head. They stared at eachother for a few minutes, before Augusta's hand,
having snaked around, had grabbed the newly replaced gun out of Heero's back pocket, which was then aimed at him.
After a few minutes in which neither Heero nor Augusta did anything, each staring at the other, Augusta handed the gun back
to him, and, lifting her wrist free, sat back down on the couch.
Duo was somewhat confused. "Well, that was.... interesting."
Augusta, after looking satisfied that Heero had put his gun away, cleared her throat. Ignoring Duo, she continued.
"I suppose you're all wondering how I'm here." The five pilots nodded. "Well, to start with, I sort of have these...
guardians... that are really protective of me. Everytime I die fighting, I will be brought back to life...
"Kind of like a video game??" Duo questioned.
"Yes, Duo, I suppose it is kind of like a video game. Except, it only happens when I die fighting... before it is my
time to die... So, I don't get "unlimited lives". It may not make much sense now, but at some point or another, you'll
understand. I was reborn with the name Augusta because it means Serene. As for growing so quickly, that was also the
"magic" of my guardians."
Heero nodded. "Alright... you can stay with us... 'But don't think we fully believe you, not for a minute" Despite his
cold exterior, Heero was ecstatic inside.'She's alive! Is it really her...??
"By the way," it was Duo speaking now, "What did you mean when you said you were a princess??"
Augusta answered, softly. "Because that is what I am cursed to be."
"Well, your story.... Okaaaaaaaaaay." Duo gave the other pilots a look of disbelief.
Augusta sighed. She had known that they wouldn't understand.
"If you're all done with your tea, I'll clear the glasses." She stood, and Quatre was the only one to smile
at her. She lifted the glasses, placing them back on the tray, and exited the room carrying it.
Heero's eyes followed her out of the room. When he was sure that Augusta was gone, he turned back to face the other
pilots.
"Someone should watch her at all times." Heero concluded out loud. The others nodded in agreement.
"I'll take first shift..." Heero stared past Quatre's shoulder as Augusta reentered the room. She was getting nervous
from their constant staring, and shifted between feet. "I'm a little tired..." she lied. "I think I'll go to my room
now." She said, walking quickly away. Heero jumped up and ran out of the room to follow her. On the way out, he heard
Duo yell, "Hahaha, Heero! Have fun in her room!!!"
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As they walked down the hall to her room, Augusta was annoyed. Why was he following her?? Every once in a while she would
glance behind her, and Heero would be staring at her. It was unnerving. Finally, Augusta was fed up. She stopped dead in
her tracks and turned around to face him.
"Why are you following me??!" Augusta was infuriated when all she recieved as a response from Heero was a blank stare.
'Fine. If he's going to mess with me, then I'll mess with him.' And with that, Augusta grabbed Heero by his shirt and
shoved him up against the wall, bringing her face close to his. His eyes widened as she brought her forehead to his, and
put her hand on his cheek. Our perfect soldier actually blushed as Augusta brushed her lips against his own. Releasing
the blushing pilgrims (Shakespearean reference) from her grasp, Augusta backed away and looked up at him. Satisfied with
the rose that tinted his cheeks, she turned around, continuing the walk to her room. She entered her room, leaving the
door open, as she knew that he was still following her. When Heero entered the room, he closed the door behind him, as
he knew that Duo would otherwise spy.
Heero shook the millions of feelings bubbling up to the surface free, asking Augusta, "Why are you here?"
She stared at him blankly. "Here? In the mansion, 'here'??"
"No." Heero closed his eyes. "I mean, what were you doing at the park that day? Why haven't you asked us to try to
find a way back to your home?"
"Because I have nothing left there." Augusta lowered her head.
"What do you mean?"
"There is a price on my head, in that place where I used to belong."
"Why? What did you do?"
"Nothing... That's just it, I didn't do anything." She looked up at him. "I used to think that if I was a 'good person'
that everything would be alright. I was promised a kingdom, a prince, a future. It was a mapped out destiny, but I
didn't mind much. I had no qualms with destiny. It was all for the best, anyway... I had friends, and a love... for whom
I held no love." Augusta sighed. "Our marriage was to protect the earth, so who was I to argue...?" Heero shrugged.
"But then the future changed... and my guardians could see, that the marriage of my fiance and I was no longer the
Earth's best option. *I* was no longer the Earth's best option. But as long as I was alive, I was the only possible option.
So, a quick solution was found... my elimination. It seems so simple, doesn't it?" She laughed bitterly.
Nine guardians, nine planets, nine sets of powers that were supposed to protect me... and by that point, nine life
forces programmed to kill me. And only one sought to save me. 'Ami-chan.' My only friend, my one ally. Funny, isn't it,
that she would be my savior. Ah, a trace of humanity found within one of the nine... Ironic, isn't it, that the one they
had chosen to replace me would die saving me. Dead is she now and forever, for she jumped in front of the magic meant
for my destruction... and I can't bring her back. Not ever." She glanced over at Heero. His eyes were wide.
"So now, I can't go back. They'd probably kill my parents trying to get to me if I did... there'd be nothing there for
me at all... I can't let them be sacrificed..." Augusta's face was buried in her hands now, and her eyes were brimming
with tears. "So if you guys don't want me, then... then..." she moved her head even lower.
"We want you." Augusta lifted her head a little, but it still remained buried in her hands.
"You do??" She questioned. Heero grasped each of her hands in his own and pulled them away. "I want you," he whispered.
Augusta lifted her head. Her hair was messy and her eyes were red, but he thought that she was beautiful. After a
journey of over a year, his lips met hers, and the stars cried out in the heavens.
"Serena," he mouthed beyond her sight, caressing her tresses, "my beautiful Sere."
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0.o I can't believe I wrote that... I was toying with the idea of delaying "the kiss" some more, but I didn't want to
leave you readers hanging. Ah, well... please read and review... I'll have another chapter out by Sunday at 6 pm,
eastern/pacific time. By the way, in the next chapter and thereafter, "Augusta" will again be known as Serena, on a case
by case base (of familiarity) with each of the pilots.
P.S. For anyone who doesn't know or something of that sort, "blushing pilgrims" is a reference to Romeo's lips when he
wants to kiss Juliet (in the beginning of Romeo and Juliet).
Okay... here's a poll (my first!) In the next chapter, what would you most like to see happen ?:
a) Wufei's rear gettin' kicked by Augusta (Serena)
b) Augusta and Duo having an ice cream fight, Heero getting hit with a glob
c) a catfight between Relena and Serena
d) a catfight of Relena and Serena over Heero, AND witnessed by Duo and Heero
Please review or email me at SereniT686@aol.com to give comments on the story and your choice for the poll. I'm grateful
for all reviews, even *constructive* criticism.