Disclaimers: Um, as far I know…. I STILL don't own Gundam Wing… I've tried looking for it to pop up on sale somewhere on the internet and it just hasn't happened yet. I don't know what else I may mention in this but I probably won't own it either. It makes me wonder what kind of people actually have the time to sue people who forget to put up disclaimers. O__o;;;
*hides behind a nearby boulder from the murderous glares she's receiving* Ok… so I'll admit that I took over a year to write this. And I won't say that there was a good reason for it. Ok, so maybe there was one… I received an email about this story that kinda freaked me out and sent me into hiding. I never realized how scary rabid fans could really be. ^_^;;; I love you all though. *huggles all the nice people*
Special Thanks to well, 2 people… first my nee-chan Komadori-chan MD who is always pestering me… er, um requesting nicely that I write more, (Random Voice: Oh yeah that was a GOOD cover… NOT) and to Shadow who wrote me recently asking if I was going to finish this and made me realize that I still had people out there reading my stuff. (Scary thought… yes, I know.)
Quick Warning: Beware the quick switching between scenes… it's for "dramatic effect" that probably only works in the movies *sweatdrops*
The One – Part 6
He couldn't have heard that right…
"The One…?"
Duo smiled, "Yeah Hee-chan, didn't ya know? You're the one for me!" He batted his eyelashes, cackling at Heero's response.
"You know, you didn't have to remind me baka."
"Of course I did…" Duo's smile faltered, "You forgot."
Now he was confused, before he could say anything Duo began to explain:
"Haven't you ever wondered why people seem to attach to you even though you're cold toward them and you continually push them away…?"
"You mean why Relena attaches to me," He snorted.
"Well, yes…" Duo paused looking thoughtful. "Heero…" he sighed, "all I can say is that you are Life."
"Duo… have you been drinking?"
Duo frowned offended, "Watashi wa Shinigami. Life and Death… we're opposites attracted to one another. Haven't you ever wondered why you haven't died? You are life in pure form; it's not so easily killed as one may think."
"This can't be real…"
"I never tell a lie Heero… you should know that."
"So now what?"
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Relena's wails filled the endless emptiness.
Heero absently rubbed his temples in an attempt to ease the pain… it isn't working.
"Heero why do you have wings!? Are you my guardian angel sent from heaven? That's why you've always protected me… that's why isn't it!?"
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"That's why you could never kill Relena, Heero. That's why it hurts to take life away simply because you are life."
Heero's brow furrowed in thought, "Then why do you hurt? You said you were death."
Duo looked pained, he spoke softly dropping his head, "It didn't used to hurt… long ago I didn't understand life's importance. I took life without thinking merely because I didn't understand… until I met you. The true Angel of Life" he looked up and gave Heero a sad smile. "You probably don't remember, do you? The first day I met you…"
"You shot me twice… yes, I remember."
Duo shook his head. "That's when we met again on Earth… before we fell down to Earth…"
"Fell to Earth…?"
But Duo continued as if he hadn't heard the question, "…You came to me with your wings hanging low in pain, tears streaming down your beautiful face demanding that if I must take another life to take yours and to never take a life of another mortal." Heero looked shocked, but Duo laughed ruefully, "This of course was impossible for many obvious reasons… people die… no one could stop that… not even me." Duo looked deep into Heero's eyes, "It was your eyes I fell in love with first… I love them still. But our love was forbidden… so we broke the rules… and we fell." Duo smiled softly, "It seems ironic that we came to Earth only to find out that in the eyes of some… our love's STILL forbidden."
"I don't care what others think." Heero stated flatly.
Duo smiled.
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"You have got to be kidding…" Heero stared at Relena in disbelief. He vaguely wondered at that moment if it had been worth it to have given her the chance for redemption. Having given up on relieving his headache he stood and contemplated her for a moment or two before answering, "No Relena, I'm not you're guardian angel. Never was… never will be."
Relena's mouth set to that of a pitiful pout, a look of disbelief on her face. "You're mine Heero. I knew it from the first time I saw you. I knew it when I spotted you out in space returning to Earth." Her eyes were once again filled with determination. "I saw you first."
Heero's eyes had set somewhere to the right of him, his look was equal to that as if he were gazing in an art gallery, yet there was still nothing surrounding the two but the suffocating blackness. He was silent for a long while.
"Prove it."
Relena was taken aback. Heero had never given her this chance. He must have finally realized that she was speaking the truth and just needed her to lead him the rest of the way. "How?"
Heero's eyes settled back on hers, "If what you say is true… then you should have no problem with completing this simple task…" His eyes swirled with electric energy.
"I will do anything Heero! Tell me what it is that you want me to do!"
Heero actually smiled at her, "If I belonged to you… you should already know."
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"Heero… your eyes…" Duo saw them begin to swirl and cloud, as if a thunderstorm was developing within their depths. Heero didn't respond. It was as if he were in another world entirely. He hadn't seen this since… before Heero had… to Relena… Oh no…
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Relena could still get no closer to Heero than she was, the invisible walls continued to surround her. She didn't understand. Heero wanted her to prove he belonged to her, and yet… he wouldn't tell her how. "You are mine…" she whispered, "YOU ARE!!!"
Heero's wings flitted in what could be interpreted as annoyance.
Why did he continue to play these games with her!? Why was he denying the inevitable?
"Why are you?" A voice whispered inside of her head.
"Who are you!? Why am I what!?"
"Who I am has no meaning to you. Why are YOU denying the inevitable, Relena?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." She snapped.
"Hn. Heero doesn't belong to you, you know…"
"You LIE! He's always belonged to me!!!"
The voice laughed a whispery, cackled laugh. "No Relena…" her eyes widened in horror.
"He belongs to me."
It was the last thing she heard before everything went white.
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One Year Later. . .
Duo squeezed Heero's hand in reassurance as they walked down the silent, white corridor following behind the orderly.
"I don't know how much good it'll do to see her. She was brought in a couple months ago, and we haven't had any luck getting any type of response from her." They turned a corner. "You said you knew her, right?" he glanced back at them, "Are you SURE you still wanna see her?"
Heero glared.
"Um, sure… right, of course you do." He nervously fiddled for the right key and unlocked the door, "You do have a time lim-" Another glare. "Never mind! Take all the time you guys want!" Taking one last look at Heero he disappeared down the hallway.
They entered the semi-dark room, letting their eyes adjust. They scanned the room until they saw the unmoving figure sitting in the corner of the room. Relena sat still, her eyes dead and unseeing, completely devoid of light. They stood in front of her silently.
Duo knelt down, brushing strands of hair out of her face. "Come on Heero… let's just go." He glanced back into her eyes, "My God…"
When violet met blue… something… somewhere… clicked inside of Relena's mind.
/"He belongs to me."/
Relena's eyes flashed with life and she let out a piercing shriek.
"Holy shit!" Duo fell backwards, "What the-"
Heero snorted, "Pathetic." He walked toward the door.
The orderly ran into them as they were leaving, "What in the hell did you guys do!?" Heero shrugged him off and kept going.
"Heero, where in the hell are you going?" Duo ran to catch up. "You wanted to come see her… and now you're just leaving!?"
"She couldn't prove it, Duo. And I really don't care."
"Prove WHAT?"
"She couldn't prove she was The One… but you proved you were."
"Nanda…!?"
"You had the chance to kill her… but you didn't." He quickly shut his eyes to suppress the tears. "Because you knew that it would have hurt me to have killed her. It may seem that she's worse off the way she is… but death would have given her release… now she must learn to live with the truth… and until she does…" he shook his head.
Duo took Heero's hand in his and kissed his fingertips softly, a small, understanding smile was on his face. "Let's go."
As they began to walk away from the institution the sounds of Relena's screams continued to pierce the air.
~ OWARI ~
[*hides* eep!!! If the last conversation didn't make TOTAL sense… just think of what Duo said about his and Heero's first meeting. And when Heero says that "she must learn to live with the truth… and until she does" was referring to that she still had a chance to continue her life if she can accept the truth. But most likely, she won't and she'll forever stay in the mental institution. I was originally going to have her die… but… oh well. This has some nice twisted advantages to it too. Oh… and if you haven't figured it out by now… The mysterious voice speaking to Relena was Duo as Shinigami and The One… well… if you can't figure out what that's supposed to mean…]
And so this ends the very first fic I ever started. Yes, I may have written and completed 7 others before this… but uh, this is my baby. ^_^;; My humble apologizes to those who were frustrated that I didn't finish this sooner.
Oh! Final note… I did promise to post this a week ago… but I couldn't find the disk I saved this on… so, uh… whoops. *major sweatdrop* Review this with love, hate or indifference. But please at least say hi if you read this!!!