Title: Because of You
Author: Cheska
E-mail Address: Minnashime@aol.com
Rating: PG or PG-13
Chapter: 16
Disclaimer: *pops up and back* Cheska doesn't own Sailor Moon and/or Gundam Wing.
Author's Notes: *nervous chuckle* Well I'm back and with a new chapter! Isn't it great? Well if you do still read my boring story. It's boring right? *looks around to see some nods of heads* Well I'm starting to back away from computer life because of all that's happening in my life. Too much school work and I'll be starting summer school and all that, it seems as if there are very few moments in my life for writing anymore. However, I love writing and I'll still try to make time to write them, if you still want me to. If you feel if I shouldn't continue writing, then that's what the reviews and stuff are for. Feedback. That's all I'm saying, so here's Chapter 16 of Because of You.
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Shuttle:
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"Approaching the satellite in five minutes," Mamoru pointed out to Pilot 01.
Opening his left eye, Hiiro saw the approaching station and simply grunted in response that he heard him and saw the place. Sitting upright, Hiiro checked the monitors and unbuckled his seatbelt and leaned forward to type in a few new coordinates and settled back down.
"What was that for?" Mamoru questioned.
"Hn.." Hiiro ignored the question and simply went back to closing his eyes with his arms folded.
For awhile the shuttle was heading away from the station and just northeast of the regular coordinates. For five minutes more it remained that way and finally, Hiiro simply got back up from his seat and stopped the shuttle all together.
Mamoru gave him a quizzical glance but remained silent, for his own sake and Hiiro's. From the first time he saw the pilot, he knew that if he got in his way, he'd be meeting the end of his trusty little gun that the pilot brought with him at all times.
"Open the hatch of the shuttle and lease Wing Zero in five minutes," Hiiro ordered as he prepared to leave the cockpit for the back.
Mamoru simply nodded at the directions and leaned over the controls.
Getting up, Hiiro opened the door leading to the narrow, dark corridor and back out into the hangar of the shuttle. His black shoes making silent, indistinct sounds on the tiled floor as he made his way to the large Gundam called Wing Zero. For a moment he stared at it, as if wondering what he was doing here and why but the pilot merely pushed the thought away and picked up the space helmet lying next to the Gundam where he placed it in earlier. Just as the brown haired pilot put on the helmet, he picked up a sound nearby and stooped down to retrieve his gun and clicked off the safety.
(Where'd the sound come from? South or East of me?) Hiiro wondered to himself.
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In the Satellite
Station:
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Trowa crept through the tight space, checking now and then to see if anyone caught on to his whereabouts. Luckily, no one as of yet has noticed that he came up through the vents. But inside, he knew that they'd check up here sooner or later.
(They should know by now about where I'm located. So why is it that the Tetra Force hasn't caught me yet?) Trowa wondered as he crawled through the duct.
As he turned the next corner, he came to a stop as an opening appeared. Peering through, Trowa took in the sights that met him. It was a war room or a strategy room, either one works. Soldiers that held rank stood around a lined table filled with maps but he couldn't make out what the maps held.
"High commander, there was a report from the radar room that a new ship has entered our borders but turned a few areas short of here," a lieutenant reported.
"…"
"The ship doesn't seem to be just a passerby but it could be another fighter," the lieutenant continued.
"Have you figured out its intention?" another asked.
"Not as of yet," the lieutenant answered.
"What of the missing pilot loose in the station?" sighed another.
"We haven't located him, either. But we've received a hint that they last saw him in the southern side of the station half an hour ago," informed the lieutenant.
A mug or a glass was placed down on a table and silence reigned in.
"If it was just a half hour ago, wouldn't that mean that the missing pilot could be close to the central core of the station?" pressed what sounded like an advisor.
"Ano…that could be possible," the lieutenant uttered in an embarrassed tone.
Before another word could be said, a knock sounded on the door and then it burst open as the door slammed to the wall with a bang.
"What is this?!" as a fist met the table with a loud bam.
"I'm sorry, demo the fight outside the station is getting intense. New suits from the enemies as back up have arrived! What's worse is that we've received word that the ship that came by earlier is actually an enemy ship. Although, we haven't yet figured out what's inside the ship or what will happen with their intentions," reported a soldier that came in with a panicked tone.
There came a snap of fingers after that and mostly all the high rankers filed out.
After hearing that report, Trowa backed away as silently as he could and left the area as he made his way deeper into the station.
For what seemed like hours, were in fact minutes, as Trowa finally found the command center where all the reports, files, etc. were held at. Closing in, he neared the holes in the vents and gazed around what little view he had and noticed several computers around. But not just computers, super computers, with soldiers, reporters, computer experts, guards, more guards, and translators were inside the room. Making an inward sigh, Trowa slowly crept backwards and thought this through over what he could do to get in there without getting caught and at the same time managing to kill the high commander of the Tetra Force, save his comrades who got captured somewhere back there from what he heard, and get the captured Gundams. This one appeared so hard but as he reflected back to the days when Oz was the enemy, he considered it and compared it.
(Actually, I wasn't in this situation as much as the others were. I had to act as a…hmm…soldier…) Trowa reflected back and then crawled backwards once more and found a restroom nearby and got off from there by unscrewing the screws without making too much sound and jumped out and landed perfectly on the ground. Ducking inside a stall he waited it out until a soldier entered the room. Peering from the stall he weighed out the soldier's height, weight, age, and posture and nodded his head.
(Sufficient enough..) Trowa figured and just as the soldier bent his head down to twist the knob to run the water, Trowa ducked through the stall and behind the soldier. Before the soldier could raise his head, Trowa grabbed the soldier's mouth and knocked him unconscious with his free hand.
"Hmph.."Trowa began his plan.
Stepping out of the restroom, Trowa wore his new suit and pulled down his hat a bit with his bangs brushed back, showing all two dark green eyes. Walking down the hall, he stepped into the command center and sat down on the available seat and began to type in the necessary commands. From what he rummaged through the suit, it had notes in there on accessing the computer that the soldier sat in. Meaning, he was suppose to be in here and obviously new at this. It was working his way, just as he wished it to be.
"Drukino, where's…?" a fellow soldier was about to continue his questions when a siren sounded out through the station.
(Just in time…)Trowa smirked inwardly as he managed to hack into the system and set off an alarm far off from the central core.
"Nevermind, check it out, it might be the missing soldier or a new infiltrator! Go!!" the soldier commanded with a gruff distaste.
As the soldiers left, the other computerizes began hacking into the system, trying to find out who set off the alarm. So, Trowa began working away as he tried to release his comrades in two of the cells. As well as freeing the Gundams located at the eastern side of the station.
"Approaching suit in the North, North East," a hacker reported from Trowa's left.
"Zoom on it," the lieutenant came in and ordered.
The hacker nodded and stepped away from the screen, showing the upcoming suit. What was showed was Wing Zero but was stopped when several suits came in and surrounded him.
(Hiiro…don't worry, the guys are on it.) Trowa noted as he turned to face his computer and it opened up, releasing the captured prisoners.
(Now to get out of here.) Trowa added inside his mind as he pushed away from the computer after inserting a little surprise.
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In the
Prison Cell:
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"Hey! The door's opening, let's ditch this place!" Duo cried out as he started making his way over there.
"After we get the keys to get these manacles off," Wufei sighed as he exited the cell with his comrades.
"Looking around, gunshots fired straight at them and all three managed to duck and kill off their opponents with their bare hands and released the chains off.
"Where to now?" Duo wondered out loud.
"South," Quatre advised.
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Earlier:
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"Omae o korosu," Hiiro stated in his cold monotonic voice.
"You'd kill me, Hiiro?" a familiar voice questioned innocently from the back of Wing Zero.
"Usagi," Hiiro grunted but didn't lower the gun.
"You don't have to worry about me being an enemy, Hiiro. I'm just here because I wanted to help out," Usagi simply stated as she came out from behind her hiding place but didn't near the soldier.
"Hn.."
"I heard that the others got captured. That, Duo got captured…"Usagi murmured.
"Hn."
Hiiro bent down and retrieved his helmet once more then placed his gun back in its hiding place.
"You think that I'm just wasting time by doing this, don't you?" Usagi went on.
Hiiro put the helmet over his head and when he heard her speak, he turned to stare at her but didn't say anything else.
"I may be a klutz, a ditz, and even considered an air-head but I'm there to help out whenever I can. That's why I'm here," Usagi proclaimed.
"That's why you're wasting your time," grunted Hiiro as he swung up to the mini ladder.
"Let me come, please!" Usagi shouted.
"Iie," Hiiro grunted and entered the cockpit of Wing Zero.
(Hmph, just see. I'll do something to help them out..)Usagi mumbled inside her mind as she stepped back and went into hiding again before Hiiro could find out where she went to.
"Releasing Wing Zero Gundam," Mamoru stated in the cockpit.
In the control panel, the black hair blue eyed soldier could see the completion of the release as the red dots normalized to black. After the release, Mamoru moved over to open the hatch and saw the green glow of the released hatch normalize to a faint, dull color.
"Hatch: Open," Mamoru stated more to himself as a reminder.
As the back hatch opened up, Hiiro steered his Gundam towards the exit and into outer space. Where his determination will steer him over to the satellite station; towards where his friends were at and where his mission would lead him to.
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Earth:
Japan
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"Ririna-sama, what will happen now in the war? Or what is happening now?" questioned Dorothy as she came over to the breakfast table and took the vacant seat right across the young woman.
"*sigh* I wish I could bring in some good news, but there is none. It seems that the war out in outer space isn't fairing so well. The number of soldiers fighting for our cause is losing its number. The soldiers from our enemy, appears to be winning. If the Gundam Pilots don't escape from the enemies soon, we'll end up being in the control of the Tetra Organization," informed Ririna.
"What about the war in Earth? And the declaration of asking for more fighters in Earth against our enemies than in outer space?" inquired Dorothy.
"Hino-san agreed with the number of soldiers under my request, demo the war in Earth is just as bad as outer space. It just isn't enough. I'm afraid that we'll need to end this war soon or else, our warriors
won't be able to return home to their loved ones," Ririna answered as she took a sip of her early morning tea.
Just then the door opened to reveal the girls assigned to Ririna for protection. Ami strolled in first with a small bow and stood stationed in the northern corner while Makoto placed herself to the other side from Ami. Rei came in with Minako and placed herself near Ririna with Minako beside Dorothy. The girls came in with only a murmur of a morning in the English language followed by silence.
"Good morning, did you all sleep well?" Ririna greeted.
"Hai," the girls murmured in a formal tone.
"Hmmm, Rei-san, what's wrong? You don't appear to be faring too well," Ririna commented on the girl's health.
"Ano..I'm all right. It's just that I stayed up late, Ririna-sama. No need to worry about me," Rei replied with a fake excuse, which the girl accepted, although a bit doubtful.
All the other girls just glanced at the raven haired Shinto priestess with skepticism but remained silent. Deep inside themselves, they knew the reason as to why and that was because of their own princess. Inquiring themselves about whether she was alright or not.
"What shall happen now, Ririna-san? Shall we return back to the Sanq Kingdom or remain here in Tokyo?" Dorothy asked.
"For now we remain here, the Sanq Kingdom would be the first place that our enemies will look to find me. Tokyo is our safe haven at the moment, when the war is over, then we shall return to the kingdom," Ririna answered truthfully.
"And when do you think that the war will end?" Dorothy asked, her eyebrows tilting upwards.
"I'm not sure,"
"Then why stay here for so long?"
"Because this is the area that is least noticeable,"
"Excuse me, Ririna-sama, demo Tokyo, Japan isn't the least noticeable area to be in!" Ami interrupted.
"Oh?"
"Hai, Tokyo is filled with so many people and they were involved in the previous wars," Ami explained.
"Yes, but since Japan is involved in the fight and thousands of soldiers are involved in the fight, our enemies would think Japan too dangerous to hide in. Therefore, they'd simply glance right pass it." Ririna explained.
"I don't know…" Minako murmured uncertainly.
"Whatever happens, just happens," Dorothy added lightly and smiled as she sipped at her cup of tea.
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Outer Space:
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Hundreds of suits warred against their enemies in the deep, endless pool of outer space. With every warrior that fought against another, a suit would be destroyed as well. An enemy gaining an advantage only to be pulverized by another and the same went with the other. Dozens of lights filled up the blackness as a Leo or a Taurus would get destroyed as well as a suit from Earth or another colony. It seemed that all would be hopeless for the soldiers of Earth and the colonies. And maybe it is.
"When will this end? Will the Tetra ever run out of these Dolls?" groaned Motoki as another Leo was destroyed.
"I thought that you contacted Chiba to come over and help us with these Dolls?" another soldiers mentioned.
"I did, but it doesn't seem that he's here, does it?" Motoki said.
"And where are those Gundams?!" the soldiers shouted.
"We can't always rely on them, they do receive more missions than we do," Motoki pointed out.
"I guess so," the soldier sighed and cut off the communicator much to Motoki's relief.
(Mamoru, where are you?) Motoki wondered inside his mind as he shook his head and paid more attention to the task at hand.
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Shuttle
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*beep* *beep*
Mamoru answered the oncoming call, wondering who it was that managed to figure out their station.
"Lieutenant?" Mamoru blinked in surprise at the familiar woman who contacted him.
"Our ship managed to find this shuttle in our radar not too far from here. Listen Chiba, did you receive Furuhata's message?" the lieutenant asked.
"Hai, I did," Mamoru nodded.
"Good, then you better get out there and help out your comrades because it doesn't look good right now. We could sure use the help," the lieutenant stated.
"Right, I'll get right on it," Mamoru nodded.
"You better," the lieutenant saluted and then cut off the communicator.
After the vid-screen shut off, the soldier stood up and prepared for the hatch to open up as well as releasing his Mobile Suit.
"Let's see, how am I going to close it afterwards?" Mamoru wondered to himself as he uttered several strategies he could try, but none of them worked out as well. No one in the group really told him what would happen if you're by yourself in a ship with no one to help you out.
Brushing back his bangs, he sighed but couldn't find the right solution.
"Leaving to fight, Mamo-chan?" a familiar voice stated in back of him.
Turning around, he faced his princess, Usagi.
"What are you doing here?" Mamoru demanded in a stern voice but couldn't keep it up as Usagi feigned a hurt expression.
"Are you angry?" Usagi used her sweetest, most innocent voice.
"You know I can't keep it up for long," Mamoru rolled his eyes.
"Anyways, I heard what your lieutenant said. Is Motoki really fighting out there as well?" Usagi asked.
"Hai, he is. Now what are you doing here?" Mamoru repeated.
"I want to help out, I can't just stay back in Colony L2!" Usagi stated.
"You know that I don't want you to get hurt," Mamoru uttered.
"After all this time, do you really think that I can avoid fighting? I've tried since I was fourteen, Mamo-chan, and it hasn't worked as of yet. You can't keep me sheltered from what is meant to be," Usagi stated.
"You're right, but still…I have to try," Mamoru offered a wane smile.
"Now then, let's get you into that Mobile Suit and shipped off to toward the station," Usagi smiled.
"Right," Mamoru kissed her forehead before going to the back and suited up for space.
Before long, the Mobile Suit left the shuttle and zoomed off into the darkness towards the station.
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As Hiiro steered his Gundam towards the satellite station, approaching enemies came and surrounded him. His Prussian blue eyes hardened as the heat of battle rose up around him. He could feel the adrenaline rush through him and his grip on the controls pressed more firmly. As the Leos and Taurus came around his suit, only one thought entered his mind: Omae o korosu.
The suits all powered up and blasted him with their beams, but at that moment, Hiiro steered his vehicle upwards and the beams all connected together creating a gigantic blast that had the enemies caught up in the explosion. By that time, Wing Zero managed to steer clear of the enemies and towards the station.
"Hey, what's that coming from our back?" Motoki wondered outloud.
"It's…a Gundam!" one of his comrades answered in a shocked tone.
"Which one?"
"Wing Zero: Pilot 01," his comrade answered.
"Now maybe we have a chance," Motoki mumbled.
As Hiiro neared the designated area, he noticed the battle and all wasn't fairing too well. Coming closer, he blasted a few enemies in his way and then ripped the others in half with his Twin buster Rifle.
*blip*
"Pilot 01, thank you for coming," Motoki greeted through the voice com.
"Hn."
"We appreciate the help."
Ignoring the greeting, Hiiro came closer to the station.
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Trowa ran out of the room as fast as he could before the others would notice what he did with the computer. After a few seconds after he turned around the upcoming corner, shouts and orders were heard followed by random shots at his vanishing form. Sooner than he thought, an explosion came from the room and mild screams erupted.
After a few minutes he reached an intersection and smashed right into a group of people. Backing up, he saw that it was his comrades.
"Hey Trow! Thanks for the save back there, should've known it was you," Duo greeted with a big grin.
"Uhh, you guys. I don't think this is the time for greetings," Quatre said with some caution.
"He's right," Wufei agreed.
From the area that the guys came in came muffled shouts of protests while in back of Trowa came firing shots of guns.
"Over here," Trowa lured them to the only available option left, their right.
"So how far are we till our Gundams are in sight?" Duo conversed as they ran on.
"Don't you ever shut up?" Wufei mumbled in complaint.
"Hey! I heard that!" Duo feigned a hurt expression.
"Oh just leave it be!" Quatre intercepted before Wufei could place an opinion.
"There it is!" Duo shouted as he saw the sign leading to the port where their Gundams were held at.
As they neared the doorway, a dozen guards came around with guns in hand.
"Well, well what do we have here?" the lead guard grinned as he waved his gun around towards them.
"It seems to me it's the escaped prisoners and the missing one," another one stated.
"What should we do?" Quatre whispered to his comrades.
"Hmm, I take the left you take the right," whispered Wufei.
"Duo, help out Quatre and Trowa you go for the middle," Wufei added.
"Right," Duo murmured.
Without a countdown, the four charged their appointed area.
Trowa drew out his gun from his new uniform and fired at the lead guard while the others took out the others with the weapons that they managed to steal from their enemies.
In just a few seconds, the numbers of their enemies went down to zero. And soon, the pilots reached their own respective Gundams that waited for them.
"Shinigami is back," Duo grinned as he approached it but was stopped as a fire was shot.
Looking to his right, where the shot came from, a man stood near the railway with a pistol in hand.
"Duo…"Quatre stopped as he was halfway up the ladder toward his Gundam.
"No, you guys, go on. I can handle him," Duo narrowed his eyes as he made eye contact with his foe.
"Are you sure?" Quatre asked, still a bit cautious.
"Let him be, Winner. He knows what he's getting into," Wufei waved it off and continued on toward his Gundam while Trowa closed the doorway into his Heavyarms.
"Yeah, I'm sure," Duo nodded his head and stepped away from his suit.
The man came down from the railway and headed his way with pistol in hand. A rumble started and soon the other Gundams left the scene and out to outer space with the exception of Duo who stayed behind to face this one guy.
"The name's Lieutenant Dachi," the man introduced himself.
"02."
"What? No name?"
"Hmph, why would I?" Duo sneered as he felt his fingers press against the gun lying inside his pocket from the previous fight his comrades and himself were in.
"Before I kill you…I've got to say that it is an honor to defeat a Gundam Pilot," the man stated.
"You haven't killed me yet."
"The main word is, 'yet'" Dachi's gray eyes glinted in the dim light as his finger pulled on the trigger sending out a loud bang.
The bullet whizzed over, heading toward the braided pilot but luckily for Duo he managed to avoid the heated metal just in time as it grazed his shoulder. At that same moment, Duo pulled out his gun from his pocket and fired at Dachi who rolled out of the way with a thin trickle of blood trailing from his left cheek and landed on his right knee.
Dachi's pistol aimed for Duo's heart as Duo's gun aimed for Dachi's.
Both soldier's eyes trained on the other with neither one backing down.
"You're pretty good," Dachi commented," of course, I shouldn't expect anything less of a Gundam Pilot."
"Hm…as are you," Duo stated with a small smirk making its way to his shining indigo blue eyes.
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"Hey look over there! It's the pilots!" a soldier exclaimed.
"And over there, coming from behind Wing Zero!" another soldier pointed.
"It's…a suit like ours!" the first soldier mentioned.
"It's got to be Chiba Mamoru!" Motoki guessed.
"Things are looking up now, isn't it?" one of the other soldiers sighed in relief.
"That doesn't mean that the war will be over soon," a second soldier pointed out.
"But it does mean that the pressure on us will lighten," Motoki jumped in to add.
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"01, glad to have you around," Quatre greeted.
"Hn, where's 02?" Hiiro asked as he destroyed a few more Leos while making his way towards them.
"Inside fighting some guy," Wufei grunted.
"He'll be fine," Quatre added.
"Hn.."
Mamoru looked at the carnage in front of him, suit against suit. If he didn't know any better he'd say that the Tetra Force already one this thing. However, the war wasn't over yet. Not until Earth, the Colonies, or Tetra said it was over and that hasn't happened yet. Not yet.
As Mamoru neared the site, a vid-link popped up showing his old friend, Motoki.
"Hey Mamoru! Where've you been?" Motoki greeted with a smile.
"Over at L2, that's where the mission took me. Seems that things have been hectic without me, ne?"
"Get over yourself, Chiba, and come over and help!" Motoki grinned and cut of the communication between them.
"Feh…" Mamoru gave an additional grin over at the empty screen before turning to face his upcoming enemies making their way over to him.
Brushing back his midnight black bangs, his hands held firmly on his handle as he prepared to fire at Tetra's suits.
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"So 02, giving up?" Dachi questioned as he saw the beads of sweat forming at his enemy's brows.
"Not if you are," Duo shot back.
At that time, footsteps could be heard as they came closer to where they fought.
"Sooner or later you'll have to because back up is here," Dachi grinned.
(He's right…)Duo grimaced as he heard those echoing footsteps come closer with each echo that was made.
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Shuttle:
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"This is so boring! I'm suppose to help out the others and yet here I am! Right here, in this shuttle…all alone and not doing anything too helpful…" Usagi trailed off as an idea popped up in her mind.
A small smile lighting up her face as an idea entered her mind and then she shook her blond hair from side to side.
(I can't believe that I haven't thought of this sooner! I am such an air-head not to think of it until now! Oh Tsukino, you're really not getting this…) Usagi badgered to herself as her blond tresses moved from side to side.
Gazing in front of her was the control panel in the cockpit of the shuttle. Getting up, she studied the monitors, switches, buttons, etc.
All of this would certainly benefit to her use in what will come. As her pale, smooth hand brushed up against the cold exterior of the panel she closed her crystalline blue eyes trying to recall past memories. Memories of when she went with her companions to outer space not too long ago in a shuttle. Remembering what buttons were correctly pressed to start the shuttle and steering the ship and whatnot.
"I really should've paid more attention to what was going on," sighed Usagi as she looked over the panel more closely.
Knowing that this would take more time to think about, she sat back down and leaned over. Her eyes gazing around at the buttons as old memories returned to her.
To be continued…
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Well there goes your chapter 16! Sorry it took so long to get out! Tell me what you think, kay? Or else I'm not too sure about what any of you do think or how many people actually care about this story. *shrugs* Gomen ne if I'm bothering you with this little notice.
