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"Chang, it's me…Meiren." Was her soft response.
This, of course, left the others completely baffled. Wufei had never talked about his past, and especially not about a beautiful girl. Most were shocked that such a lovely creature knew the Chinese pilot and could actually tolerate him let alone come looking for him. A certain, braided Shinigami was silently cursing his dark haired comrade for all of his good luck. Also trying to figure out just how the katana wielding, martial artist could have forgotten such a babe! Jeeze! That would be something the woman hater would do, but still! If HE had met her somewhere he definitely wouldn't have let her out of his sight, let alone forget her! Old Wu-man was crazy!
Heero, on the other hand, wasn't watching the girl, but the dark eyed boy she claimed to know. Alright, so Duo was the only one really watching the girl, everyone else was looking at Wufei for his response. And indeed they got one. Once the name had escaped the girl's lips he had not been able to stop his eyes from widening slightly. He stood as if a statue, just looking at the girl. It was almost as if he was looking at a ghost. But that didn't last long. He suddenly snapped out of his trance, his eyes blazing with hate. Oh, boy was he mad. They had never seen him like this, not even when his colony had blown up did he ever look this angry. No, he had skipped the levels of angry and gone straight to rage. It was almost as if they could feel the heat of the powerful emotion pulsing from him. Hilde, along with Quatre and Duo, moved back away from the fuming dragon, seeing as it definitely wasn't safe being so close to him at this point.
It was a good thing too, for the pilot of Nataku whipped his katana from it's sheath and stepped back into a fighting position, a low growl escaping his lips.
"How DARE you call yourself her! Is this someone's idea of a SICK joke, because I'm not laughing onna!" He barked at the girl, making the others in the room flinch.
She, however, didn't. To Heero it looked as if she was expecting this reaction. WHAT WAS GOING ON!? Who was she, how did she find Wufei, what was he talking about, who was this Meiren girl, why had Wufei suddenly gone from shock to anger, and was she an enemy? The Perfect Soldier HATED not knowing what was going on.
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Rei bit back tears as her previous husband glared at her with such hate it could have rivaled that of Mamoru's. His words had pierced her heart, what if he didn't believe her? What would happen if he hated her!? She couldn't survive that. She had lost everybody she ever cared about in a matter of hours! If she lost Wufei too she didn't know how she could continue to live. Everyone she had ever met thought she was a strong person, always able to be the crutch that people could lean on when no one else would. She never allowed herself to cry, that would be weak. She was there for everyone and never once complained about her problems. Instead she locked them inside, deep within the recesses of her mind so no one could see them. She placed a cold wall around her heart and was loyal to her duty.
But she wasn't strong. The wall she used to keep people from hurting her, she never complained because her problems didn't matter. She was a crutch because if she wasn't then who would be? It was as if everything depended on her and she couldn't stand it! No one could live like that for long, and she had gone through almost an entire lifetime of it! If it hadn't been for the thoughts of her Chinese husband, she would have died after watching her friends be slaughtered one by one. If she hadn't had his image to hold on to she would never have been able to keep going after she watched everything be ripped and apart and to feel the souls of her friends cry out for help and not be able to give it. She would have killed herself then and there to stop the pain, but it was Wufei's love that kept her from doing it. It wouldn't matter now, though, if he didn't believe her and she was forced to leave again she would die of heartbreak. Not the kind of heart break that is talked about in cheep romance novels, but the kind that tares your soul apart piece by piece till nothing is left of you except a shell. A cold, emotionless shell that will soon die without a reason to live.
Wufei had to believe her, he just HAD to. Otherwise she will have truly lost everything.
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The ebony haired girl glanced at the floor for a moment, as if not able to stand looking into his eyes any longer. She took in a slightly ragged breath, trying to prevent the tears that she was obviously trying to hide, from falling. Looking closer at her, Heero Yuy noticed that there was more to her than porcelain perfection. He could see, along her legs and parts of her arms, light scars that were definitely not accidental. They were extremely light, almost to the point that they weren't there, but he saw them. She was a soldier. The way those scars were angled and placed stated it clearly, they were different from normal scars that you could get out of clumsiness, and didn't have the arranged looks that beatings gave. Yes, she was definitely a soldier. But for who? Did she actually know his comrade or was this a trap for something. Was she an enemy?
He had to stop his train of thought, however, when the girl looked back up and began to speak again.
"Chang…it IS me. I-I've missed you for so long. I'm sorry…" But she was cut off by the katana wielding boy before her.
"SHUT UP! Don't you DARE try to tell me you're Meiren! My wife DIED three years ago! I WAS THERE! SHE DIED IN MY ARMS!" He yelled at her, enraged that someone would try to pull a stunt like this.
It had been three years since he had lost his beloved wife. It had taken him every ounce of will he possessed to simply be able to get up each morning knowing that she wouldn't be there. He had finally gotten to the point where he could begin to live like he used to, but the ache was still there. The pain was finally getting smaller, and now someone had to do something like this! Why couldn't Kami just let him move on!?
The others were, to say the least, stunned at his outburst. Since when had Wufei had a WIFE? Why didn't he ever tell them about her? They now atleast understood why he was so mad. To have someone waltz up to you and say they were your dead lover would be exceedingly painful, especially if they were still trying to heal from losing that person in the first place.
"Fei-chan please, it is me." The ebony haired girl begged, slowly stepping towards him, ignoring the gun that was suddenly aimed at her. "Re- remember when I first fought you? You beat me and I was mad because you called me weak. And when you…when you took me to our flower field you told me that fighting was pointless."
"STOP IT! MY WIFE IS DEAD!" His voice wavering with pain that he had taken a long time to hide.
"No, Fei-chan, I'm not." She managed to choke out, still slowly making her way to him, "It was staged. I…I was need to fight in a war. I had to go alone and…and I didn't think I would ever get to come back. I couldn't tell you and I didn't want you to think I have betrayed you and ran off with some guy so that you would never know peace. This way you could eventually move on"
By now she was standing right in front of Wufei, taking no notice of the katana or the gun. Her eyes were glassed over with tears as she looked into his eyes, begging him to believe her.
Thick silence filled the room, as everyone waited what would happen. Most still blown by the fact that Wufei had been married. The heir to the Dragon Clan's voice was shaky, and broken, nothing like the determined, egotistical boy they knew. But then again, there seemed to be a lot about him that they didn't know.
"Why?…"
"I…was needed. I had a duty to up hold." She said in a low whisper, shame flooding her every word.
Another laps of silence past.
"Was I really that bad of a husband that you had to leave?" Sorrow and pain etched across his usually strong appearance.
Horror filled the Rei's eyes as her mouth hung open. She stumbled back a step, not believing what she heard. How could he think it was his fault!? No! It was hers not his!
"NAI!" She cried, throwing herself at him and wrapping her arms tightly around his waist while burying her face into his chest. "Don't say that! I love you more than anything in the universe Wufei! I never hated you! I hated the idea of not being able to chose who I wanted to marry, but that all changed! I didn't mean to but I fell in love with you! I could never hate you! You were a perfect husband! I never wanted to hurt you! It was the last thing I ever wanted to do! But I was needed! They needed me!"
Wufei made no move to hold her, just looked down at her while she clutched his shirt tightly. His lack of reaction struck Rei in the heart. He didn't want her, he probably hated her! She didn't blame him, she couldn't. What she had done was unforgivable.
"SLAG IT CHANG! DO SOMETHING! Yell at me, hit me, I don't care. Just DO something!" She sobbed angrily, her body shaking as she felt her heart slowly breaking apart.
CLANG.
Wufei's prized katana rattle to the floor as it slipped from his hand. Closing his eyes tightly, the Asian boy wrapped his arms around her, burying his face into her silken hair. He had forgotten. He had forgotten how it felt when he held her in his arms. How many nights had he spent dreaming about her, then wake up to find she wasn't there? Too many in his opinion. But she was back. For some reason, Kami had taken pity on him and given back the one person he had ever truly loved. Cosmos, how he had missed her!
"I thought I had lost you forever." He choked, tightening his embrace as if she would disappear.
"Do…do you hate me?" She asked quietly, dreading the answer, but knowing she had to ask.
"No, I could never hate you Meiren. But it's going to take me a while to trust you again after you lied to me." He said gently.
She sighed softly, not even realizing the dampness of her cheeks from when she had been crying and not noticed.
"I understand…and I'm sorry. I never wanted to hurt you."
Wufei hushed her quietly, running a hand through her hair soothingly.
"I know…I know."
"Chang…my…my name isn't Meiren anymore. It's Rei. I…I can no longer use that name."
The Chinese boy nodded in understanding, just happy that she was alive.
"Alright…Rei."
The others silently left the room, leaving the two to have some much needed time alone. They could get answers later.
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Please read and review! I can't wait to hear from you again! ^_^ You can vote on who you want to have fall in love with Rei as well. I'll pick the one with the most votes, and MAYBE a second one if there is a close run.
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"Chang, it's me…Meiren." Was her soft response.
This, of course, left the others completely baffled. Wufei had never talked about his past, and especially not about a beautiful girl. Most were shocked that such a lovely creature knew the Chinese pilot and could actually tolerate him let alone come looking for him. A certain, braided Shinigami was silently cursing his dark haired comrade for all of his good luck. Also trying to figure out just how the katana wielding, martial artist could have forgotten such a babe! Jeeze! That would be something the woman hater would do, but still! If HE had met her somewhere he definitely wouldn't have let her out of his sight, let alone forget her! Old Wu-man was crazy!
Heero, on the other hand, wasn't watching the girl, but the dark eyed boy she claimed to know. Alright, so Duo was the only one really watching the girl, everyone else was looking at Wufei for his response. And indeed they got one. Once the name had escaped the girl's lips he had not been able to stop his eyes from widening slightly. He stood as if a statue, just looking at the girl. It was almost as if he was looking at a ghost. But that didn't last long. He suddenly snapped out of his trance, his eyes blazing with hate. Oh, boy was he mad. They had never seen him like this, not even when his colony had blown up did he ever look this angry. No, he had skipped the levels of angry and gone straight to rage. It was almost as if they could feel the heat of the powerful emotion pulsing from him. Hilde, along with Quatre and Duo, moved back away from the fuming dragon, seeing as it definitely wasn't safe being so close to him at this point.
It was a good thing too, for the pilot of Nataku whipped his katana from it's sheath and stepped back into a fighting position, a low growl escaping his lips.
"How DARE you call yourself her! Is this someone's idea of a SICK joke, because I'm not laughing onna!" He barked at the girl, making the others in the room flinch.
She, however, didn't. To Heero it looked as if she was expecting this reaction. WHAT WAS GOING ON!? Who was she, how did she find Wufei, what was he talking about, who was this Meiren girl, why had Wufei suddenly gone from shock to anger, and was she an enemy? The Perfect Soldier HATED not knowing what was going on.
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Rei bit back tears as her previous husband glared at her with such hate it could have rivaled that of Mamoru's. His words had pierced her heart, what if he didn't believe her? What would happen if he hated her!? She couldn't survive that. She had lost everybody she ever cared about in a matter of hours! If she lost Wufei too she didn't know how she could continue to live. Everyone she had ever met thought she was a strong person, always able to be the crutch that people could lean on when no one else would. She never allowed herself to cry, that would be weak. She was there for everyone and never once complained about her problems. Instead she locked them inside, deep within the recesses of her mind so no one could see them. She placed a cold wall around her heart and was loyal to her duty.
But she wasn't strong. The wall she used to keep people from hurting her, she never complained because her problems didn't matter. She was a crutch because if she wasn't then who would be? It was as if everything depended on her and she couldn't stand it! No one could live like that for long, and she had gone through almost an entire lifetime of it! If it hadn't been for the thoughts of her Chinese husband, she would have died after watching her friends be slaughtered one by one. If she hadn't had his image to hold on to she would never have been able to keep going after she watched everything be ripped and apart and to feel the souls of her friends cry out for help and not be able to give it. She would have killed herself then and there to stop the pain, but it was Wufei's love that kept her from doing it. It wouldn't matter now, though, if he didn't believe her and she was forced to leave again she would die of heartbreak. Not the kind of heart break that is talked about in cheep romance novels, but the kind that tares your soul apart piece by piece till nothing is left of you except a shell. A cold, emotionless shell that will soon die without a reason to live.
Wufei had to believe her, he just HAD to. Otherwise she will have truly lost everything.
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The ebony haired girl glanced at the floor for a moment, as if not able to stand looking into his eyes any longer. She took in a slightly ragged breath, trying to prevent the tears that she was obviously trying to hide, from falling. Looking closer at her, Heero Yuy noticed that there was more to her than porcelain perfection. He could see, along her legs and parts of her arms, light scars that were definitely not accidental. They were extremely light, almost to the point that they weren't there, but he saw them. She was a soldier. The way those scars were angled and placed stated it clearly, they were different from normal scars that you could get out of clumsiness, and didn't have the arranged looks that beatings gave. Yes, she was definitely a soldier. But for who? Did she actually know his comrade or was this a trap for something. Was she an enemy?
He had to stop his train of thought, however, when the girl looked back up and began to speak again.
"Chang…it IS me. I-I've missed you for so long. I'm sorry…" But she was cut off by the katana wielding boy before her.
"SHUT UP! Don't you DARE try to tell me you're Meiren! My wife DIED three years ago! I WAS THERE! SHE DIED IN MY ARMS!" He yelled at her, enraged that someone would try to pull a stunt like this.
It had been three years since he had lost his beloved wife. It had taken him every ounce of will he possessed to simply be able to get up each morning knowing that she wouldn't be there. He had finally gotten to the point where he could begin to live like he used to, but the ache was still there. The pain was finally getting smaller, and now someone had to do something like this! Why couldn't Kami just let him move on!?
The others were, to say the least, stunned at his outburst. Since when had Wufei had a WIFE? Why didn't he ever tell them about her? They now atleast understood why he was so mad. To have someone waltz up to you and say they were your dead lover would be exceedingly painful, especially if they were still trying to heal from losing that person in the first place.
"Fei-chan please, it is me." The ebony haired girl begged, slowly stepping towards him, ignoring the gun that was suddenly aimed at her. "Re- remember when I first fought you? You beat me and I was mad because you called me weak. And when you…when you took me to our flower field you told me that fighting was pointless."
"STOP IT! MY WIFE IS DEAD!" His voice wavering with pain that he had taken a long time to hide.
"No, Fei-chan, I'm not." She managed to choke out, still slowly making her way to him, "It was staged. I…I was need to fight in a war. I had to go alone and…and I didn't think I would ever get to come back. I couldn't tell you and I didn't want you to think I have betrayed you and ran off with some guy so that you would never know peace. This way you could eventually move on"
By now she was standing right in front of Wufei, taking no notice of the katana or the gun. Her eyes were glassed over with tears as she looked into his eyes, begging him to believe her.
Thick silence filled the room, as everyone waited what would happen. Most still blown by the fact that Wufei had been married. The heir to the Dragon Clan's voice was shaky, and broken, nothing like the determined, egotistical boy they knew. But then again, there seemed to be a lot about him that they didn't know.
"Why?…"
"I…was needed. I had a duty to up hold." She said in a low whisper, shame flooding her every word.
Another laps of silence past.
"Was I really that bad of a husband that you had to leave?" Sorrow and pain etched across his usually strong appearance.
Horror filled the Rei's eyes as her mouth hung open. She stumbled back a step, not believing what she heard. How could he think it was his fault!? No! It was hers not his!
"NAI!" She cried, throwing herself at him and wrapping her arms tightly around his waist while burying her face into his chest. "Don't say that! I love you more than anything in the universe Wufei! I never hated you! I hated the idea of not being able to chose who I wanted to marry, but that all changed! I didn't mean to but I fell in love with you! I could never hate you! You were a perfect husband! I never wanted to hurt you! It was the last thing I ever wanted to do! But I was needed! They needed me!"
Wufei made no move to hold her, just looked down at her while she clutched his shirt tightly. His lack of reaction struck Rei in the heart. He didn't want her, he probably hated her! She didn't blame him, she couldn't. What she had done was unforgivable.
"SLAG IT CHANG! DO SOMETHING! Yell at me, hit me, I don't care. Just DO something!" She sobbed angrily, her body shaking as she felt her heart slowly breaking apart.
CLANG.
Wufei's prized katana rattle to the floor as it slipped from his hand. Closing his eyes tightly, the Asian boy wrapped his arms around her, burying his face into her silken hair. He had forgotten. He had forgotten how it felt when he held her in his arms. How many nights had he spent dreaming about her, then wake up to find she wasn't there? Too many in his opinion. But she was back. For some reason, Kami had taken pity on him and given back the one person he had ever truly loved. Cosmos, how he had missed her!
"I thought I had lost you forever." He choked, tightening his embrace as if she would disappear.
"Do…do you hate me?" She asked quietly, dreading the answer, but knowing she had to ask.
"No, I could never hate you Meiren. But it's going to take me a while to trust you again after you lied to me." He said gently.
She sighed softly, not even realizing the dampness of her cheeks from when she had been crying and not noticed.
"I understand…and I'm sorry. I never wanted to hurt you."
Wufei hushed her quietly, running a hand through her hair soothingly.
"I know…I know."
"Chang…my…my name isn't Meiren anymore. It's Rei. I…I can no longer use that name."
The Chinese boy nodded in understanding, just happy that she was alive.
"Alright…Rei."
The others silently left the room, leaving the two to have some much needed time alone. They could get answers later.
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Please read and review! I can't wait to hear from you again! ^_^ You can vote on who you want to have fall in love with Rei as well. I'll pick the one with the most votes, and MAYBE a second one if there is a close run.