(A/N: Thanq all for the reviews! I appreciate it all! *lol* )
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The morning light dawned and gave rays of sunlight to the morning dew. A new morning and a new beginning. The morning glorys had blossomed for the short time and the early birds, were catching the worms. So if you're a worm, be late.
Heero stood alone outside in the gardens, under the Cherry Blossom trees that rained with soft pink petals. There were beautiful and flowers of variety with multiple colors that blended and blurred; it looked like a peaceful water color painting.
He had left Serena, who was still sleeping peacefully again. Wanting to be by himself with his feelings and thought, he came outside into the flower garden and tried to reflect on himself.
She had softened him, with one moment, she had softened his cold hard heart. For years it took him to have a stone heart, but it only took her one moment to touch his feelings and soften his it. It was...like a miracle.
He hadn't known how much time had passed but he didn't care. He didn't care for anything at that moment anymore.
"Heero?" said a soft voice behind him. He turned and saw Serena, smiling good-naturely up at him.
Heaven must be missing an angel, he thought vaguely as he gazed at her. Serena was in the cream night gown, her face was pale but her cheeks were the colors of ripe cherries. Her golden hair shamed the bright sun that surronded her, making her look more heavenly. The blue eyes of her glimmered like rich blue daimonds held gracefully in the sockets. She looked even more lovely with the falling pink flower blossoms around her.
Serena walked slowly up to him at looked up at him with stunningly enchanting eyes and her smile that she gave Heero was like tasting milk and honey itself.
"Are you feeling okay?" he asked her. She nodded.
"Its beautiful isn't it?" she asked softly in a sweet melodious voice looking up at the blossoms falling down. She held her hands up and caught a single blossom, "So beautiful, I remember the first I saw these flowers. I felt if I were in heaven."
"Hn." But he felt the same way too, but in heaven with an angel.
She smiled faintly and let the blossom fall slowly onto the ground.
"Each year, we would picnics under the cherry trees, my friends and I." she continued, blissfully recollecting her memories, "We would have so much fun. Have you ever been on picnic like that?" She expected the answer to be 'No' and she was right.
Heero shook his head lightly in response.
"Oh you should!" Serena exclaimed gently, her eyes closed and smiling to herself,"It's wonderful, you would really love it. My friend, Lita, is the best cook there is! You would really fall in love with her food!"
Heero made no reply but Serena kept smiling. She let her blue eyes scan the serene flowery scene. The daffidols, lady's slippers, violets, tulips, snapdragons, carnations, orchids, and many other vibrant flowers. She stopped when she saw a rose bush in front of them. It reminded her of him. She didn't cry out loud this time, but the wound in her heart remained and ached. She walked slowly towards it and a picked a single red rose by the stem, careful not to get pricked by the fierce looking thorns.
Heero kept his eyes on her and watched carefully as she picked the red rose and brought it back to him. She put the rose an inch away from her and sniffed the frangrance. Her face lit up with pleasure and looked at him.
"This was his favorite flower and was the first gift I ever gave him." she said. Heero looked at her face, which now had sadness from her memories of Darien.
"Hn." But his voice was softer and gentler. It was more like a sympethetic, "Hmm...." Serena stared down quietly in thought at the rose and her eyes softened sympathetically.
"Heero," Serena said again, "When was the last time you stopped and smelled the roses?" Heero was suprised by the questions and didn't know what to answer. He actually never thought about it. Flowers were no importance to him. Why would it be?
"Why?" he asked.
"Because," was Serena's only response with a note of finality. Heero shook his head.
"I figured," she whispered, then she held the rose up to him, "Here, try it, It smells beautiful." He gave her a skeptical look and relunctantly and slowly took the rose from her and put it up to his nose like she had done, with his eyes unwavering from Serena's, he and sniffed it.
She was right. It was so beautiful. The rose fragrance enticed his senses with its rich, glamorous smell, Heero wondered why he never noticed before. He looked over at Serena who smiled at him with deep satisfication.
"See?" she said with a tone of triamphant. Heero shifted his fingers dubiously on the stems and let go in sudden pain. The thorns had pricked his fingers and the rose fell to the ground at Serena's feet.
She frowned and picked it up carefully from the ground. Heero was smearing the blood on his pricked finger.
"Every rose has its thorns. It protects it." Serena said with a hint of sadness, "There is always an ugly price someone must pay to get something beautiful and sweet. Like bees for Honey. No matter what it is, everything is not easy to get, everything comes with a certain price."
"Do you really believe that?" Heero asked, speaking at last, but his voice was the same monotonous voice. Serena looked suprised by his question and smiled in answer.
"I fight for peace," he said in the same tone, "But I never actually really felt what I fought for. What I killed for. I do this for my missions, it is what I was trianed for." He looked so uptight to her, and stiff, like those British soldeirs.
"Peace," she mused, twirling the rose in her hands, "How can you not feel it? It is a very common good feeling, even the grumpiest and the evil know how it feels." Heero shrugged absent-mindedly.
"Because you don't stop and think," Serena asnwered for him, her tone became a bit hard, "You don't stop and appreciate what you live for or just feel good for no reason. I know, I've watched you, watching me. I've watched you when you talk, I've watched how you move and react. You think of yourself as a machine with no heart. But your not Heero." She looked up at him with determined and demanding crystal blue eyes and put her hands softly on his. Heero's eyes looked surprisingly soft and remorseful.
"You're human," Serena continued more softly, "Like everyone else. You have feelings and opinions, like humans, you just don't know it. You deserve a life with a heart and fun. You're human Heero Yuy, you should know that, you're not a weapon. I remember I you held me and comfort me yesterday night, you have a heart."
"Maybe." he murmured, "I never was taught that kind of thing." He partly thought she was right, but all he lived for was to be a weapon, a killer. Nobody ever told him things she had said. Maybe she was an angel to help him. But that was rediculous, but he felt as she was reaching deep inside of him and plucking out his feelings that was drowned from years and years of training.
"Taught?" she asked incredulously, "You needn't to be tuaght these things! It comes from your heart..."
"What if I don't have a heart?" Heero asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Then how are you living and breathing?" she asked with a bright, clever smile.
"I didn't-"
"Yes I know, I was only kidding." She giggled. Her giggle sounded like a beautiful ringing of a bell, "So what were you taught?"
"Nothing you said to me." he replied, ceasing their conversation.
Serena sighed, partly in defeat and the other in impatience and bit her lips. Heero turned away from her and walked back towards the mansion.
She turned her gaze to him and watched as he walked farther away from her.
"I tried Heero," she whispered, "And I'll keep trying." She returned her gaze at the cherry trees and sighed deeply again.
"Now what should I do?" Serena asked herself, "I'm in another world and falling in love with a heartless man and telling him about flowers. Like he cares..." Her voice contained a large amount a sarcasm, "I need to find a way to get back. My scouts need me..." she trailed off and looked up into the blue skies decorated with cotton-like clouds. Tears swelled in her eyes. "But he does too..."
Serena suddenly sensed something behind her and whipped around and saw the same Darien Ghost. But she didn't scream or run away, instead, she spoke bravely to him.
"Darien, what is it you want?" she asked in tears, "Why are you haunting me?" The ghost made no reply and grabbed her neck with his hands.
"DARIEN?!" Serena shrieked in suprise, "WHAT'RE DOING?" He started chocking her, putting more pressure on her neck.
"Darien," she gasped, "Stop it! I can't breath!"
"Thats the point my dear," he sneered in an evil voice Serena had never heard him use before.
"DARIEN!" she chocked, her face was turning red, "NO!"
"Come with me my love, join me!" he said, laughing maniacally.
"No.." Serena managed to croak.
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Heero walked in silence, thinking about what Serena had said. He admitted to himself it was true. Then he heard her screams. He sprinted as fast as he could back to the space where they had been and saw a pale, sickly, dark- haired man chocking Serena.
"HEY!" he shouted. He took out a gun and shot at him. It hit the man's neck, but he didn't even flinch. He turned his head to Heero and gave him a menacing grin. He suddenly let go of Serena and disappeared.
Serena fell to the ground, sobbing and holding her neck. Heero ran up to her, relieved she was okay. He knelt down next to her and raised her head with his fingers.
Her face was red from the lack of oxygen and from her tears.
"Are you okay?" he asked. She nodded and started crying.
"He tried to kill me," she gasped between her sobs, "I can't believe it..."
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Heero carried Serena all the way back to the Mansion. He was greeted with a panicked Quatre, stunned Duo and a scowling Wufei
"What happened?" they asked in unison.
"I'll tell you later," he said in his monotone voice. He started walking upstairs and into Serena's room.
"What happened?" asked Trowa when he saw Heero carrying Serena upstairs.
Duo shrugged, "Beats the heck out of me."
"Looks like she fainted again," Quatre said frowning, he sighed, "Maybe we should get her to the hospital."
"I told you," said Wufei triamphaintly, "She needs to be at the hospital, besides, all onnas are weak, this one isn't any different."
"Don't be so harsh Wu-man," Duo half-scolded Wufei. Wufei's face turned red with anger about to explode.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" he fumed at Duo, " THE NAME IS WUFEI, NOT WU-MAN, NOT WUFIE (I never called you that, thought Duo.), NOT WU ANYTHING (Nor that!), JUST WUFEI! GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL YOU IDIOT!"
"STOP YELLING!" Heero shouted from above, he came out of the room, looking fiercely down at them.
"Make one more sound I will shoot you all! She needs some rest with the things she been through and she can't do that with all this racket !" Then he went back into the room and closed the door without slamming it shut. The 4 pilots stared dumbstruck the stairs and at eachother.
"Did I just see what I just saw?" Duo asked stupidly.
"He was defending that onna..." Wufei murmured, looking a bit stunned.
"Of course Wu-man," Duo said sarcastically and rolled his eyes. Wufei was red again from supressed anger, if only smoke was coming out of his ears, it would've looked like he was about to explode.
"He acts differently around her," said Quatre, "Do you think...?"
"I don't know," said Trowa, "A bit possible..."
"Yuy? Its impossible," Wufei inquired.
"I still doubt, but we'll give him the benefit of it, weather its good or bad." Duo said shaking his head.
"We don't know this for sure though," Wufei said, trying to defy that Heero was falling for an onna. None of them spoke nor move for awhile. There was a long silent pause. All of them were dazed at Heero's change of behavior. Even Wufei, who just won't accept it.
"I'm going to get a cup of coco," Trowa said abruptly, shattering the silence and changing the subject. He turned and walked to the kitchen.
"Hey!" Duo called, following Trowa, "Make one for me! I want marshmellows in mine!"
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"I found her!" Pluto declared. The others turned their full attention to Pluto, whose face was tired from her scrying.
"She has been pulled into the realm of war fighting mobile suits. Namely Gundams." Pluto explained.
"I heard of them," said Uranus, "They're fighting robots."
"Percisely, they had a long battle, but they have peace now." said Pluto, "But not for long, the force wanting to kill the princess is in the same place, they can corrupt the world and rule there and here if they suceed on killing her."
"So this is a 2 for 1 bargain isn't it?" Mercury said, "When can we go?"
"We can go maybe tomorrow, I'll need to make arrangements." Pluto asnwered, "But it's perilous."
"I'm ready take on anything," Jupiter gritted through her teeth, "We're gonna save her and kick some ass!"
"But we must be careful," Neptune whispered, "We could be trapped there forever."
"Of course..." Venus muttered, "I think we should go right now!"
"Right now?" asked Pluto, surprised and wide-eyes.
"Well yeah," Venus exclaimed, "Whoever is trying to kill her could've gotten to her already!"
"Venus calm down girl," Mars snapped, though not in a harsh way, "We'll get to her alright?!" Venus nodded and bit her lower lip.
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"It was him again," Serena said, there was a sad grin on her face, "He tried to kill me. Even in death...he won't let go of me."
"But I don't think it justify trying to choke you to death," said Heero plainly. He was leaning on the opposite wall from the bed Serena sat on.
"True..." she said, "Very true," She shook her head and mumbled under her breath, "Everyone is trying to kill me."
"What?"
"Nothing...just that we held on to eachother for more then what? Years, lives...and he finally dies. Just like that!" She paused and looked down at the palm of her hands and let out a small sigh, "Its like someone suddenly cut your heart in half..."
"How did he die?" Heero asked gently.
"He was on his motorcycle, somewhere...riding..back from work and he was ran over by a...large truck." Her head turned side to side as she spoke and there was an angry smile slash frown on her face, "So simple that its funny...after all the danger...so simple way to die."
"I'm sorry." Heero whispered to her, still in his monotone, though he didn't really feel that way. He as might as well lie to her then make her feel badder. He didn't care about Darien, no matter how important he was to Serena.
"Doesn't matter," Serena murmured shrugging, "Its been, what? Weeks since his death, so I'll get over...I have to ya know?" Heero didn't know but he said nothing. He just stared at her in the darkness, staring at her palms.
"Its actually very funny..." she continued, there was an insane smile of depression, "That day the crashed happen, I was at a Fortune teller person." She started crying and laughing softly. Heero became concerned at this point. This wasn't really normal; crying and laughing. He went over and sat down by her and watched carfully as she laugh cried.
"That person told me," she bit her lips in hesitation, "That...there is something terrible in my future. She showed me a black thorned rose as a symbol of my love life. A dark cloud and a crescent moon as my enemy and a dark cloud as my overall future. She told me my future was clouded and full of confusion. Thats..." She sobbed loudly, "the same thing Setsuna had said!" Then she stopped laughing and started wailing.
Heero, like the night before put his arms around her and pulled her close to him. He was an expert at this now, he caught on the comforting pretty fast, especially around this blond. He ran his hands through her long golden hair slowly, comforting her with his gentle touch that was usually reserve for spying missions.
"Who's Setsuna?" he asked quietly.
"A friend..."
"Hn..." Serena cried a waterfall of tears in Heero's arms, snuggling against his hard chest. Then she stopped crying abruptly and wiped all the tears from her rouge face.
"Right..." she murmured and suddenly sat up, there was an imaptient look in her eyes, "Thank you Heero. But I think its time I better stop moaning after his death." She stood up suddenly, her red face full of determination, "Its time to be myself again! I'm not gonna let him ruin my life! Its time to be Serena again and I'm gonna show you who Serena really is. C'mon Heero, lets go!" She grabbed Heero's hands, oblivious to his stunned face, and opened the door and sprinted out the door with Heero trailing behind her.
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"I'm not kidding," Rini squeled like a little girl at Trieze. "She is!"
"M'dear..." Trieze started, "I believed you when you said you were from the future because of your super powers, but the queen of the universe? And you the princess? Impossible!"
"Are you mocking me?" Rini whispered dangerously narrowing her eyes evilly at him, she flew up higher then Trieze, her voice rose 2 notches or more, "I am not lying! Why would I lie about a thing like this!?"
"Well, what'd you expect me to do? Assassinate her?" Trieze asked with highly raised eyebrows.
"Well," Rini shrugged floating back down,"That was my job, but the thing is, I lost her here and I can't find her...She's blond with two strange pigtails, blue eyes, and she a ditz."
"Hm..." He rubbed his chin in thought, "I'll have to think."
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The morning light dawned and gave rays of sunlight to the morning dew. A new morning and a new beginning. The morning glorys had blossomed for the short time and the early birds, were catching the worms. So if you're a worm, be late.
Heero stood alone outside in the gardens, under the Cherry Blossom trees that rained with soft pink petals. There were beautiful and flowers of variety with multiple colors that blended and blurred; it looked like a peaceful water color painting.
He had left Serena, who was still sleeping peacefully again. Wanting to be by himself with his feelings and thought, he came outside into the flower garden and tried to reflect on himself.
She had softened him, with one moment, she had softened his cold hard heart. For years it took him to have a stone heart, but it only took her one moment to touch his feelings and soften his it. It was...like a miracle.
He hadn't known how much time had passed but he didn't care. He didn't care for anything at that moment anymore.
"Heero?" said a soft voice behind him. He turned and saw Serena, smiling good-naturely up at him.
Heaven must be missing an angel, he thought vaguely as he gazed at her. Serena was in the cream night gown, her face was pale but her cheeks were the colors of ripe cherries. Her golden hair shamed the bright sun that surronded her, making her look more heavenly. The blue eyes of her glimmered like rich blue daimonds held gracefully in the sockets. She looked even more lovely with the falling pink flower blossoms around her.
Serena walked slowly up to him at looked up at him with stunningly enchanting eyes and her smile that she gave Heero was like tasting milk and honey itself.
"Are you feeling okay?" he asked her. She nodded.
"Its beautiful isn't it?" she asked softly in a sweet melodious voice looking up at the blossoms falling down. She held her hands up and caught a single blossom, "So beautiful, I remember the first I saw these flowers. I felt if I were in heaven."
"Hn." But he felt the same way too, but in heaven with an angel.
She smiled faintly and let the blossom fall slowly onto the ground.
"Each year, we would picnics under the cherry trees, my friends and I." she continued, blissfully recollecting her memories, "We would have so much fun. Have you ever been on picnic like that?" She expected the answer to be 'No' and she was right.
Heero shook his head lightly in response.
"Oh you should!" Serena exclaimed gently, her eyes closed and smiling to herself,"It's wonderful, you would really love it. My friend, Lita, is the best cook there is! You would really fall in love with her food!"
Heero made no reply but Serena kept smiling. She let her blue eyes scan the serene flowery scene. The daffidols, lady's slippers, violets, tulips, snapdragons, carnations, orchids, and many other vibrant flowers. She stopped when she saw a rose bush in front of them. It reminded her of him. She didn't cry out loud this time, but the wound in her heart remained and ached. She walked slowly towards it and a picked a single red rose by the stem, careful not to get pricked by the fierce looking thorns.
Heero kept his eyes on her and watched carefully as she picked the red rose and brought it back to him. She put the rose an inch away from her and sniffed the frangrance. Her face lit up with pleasure and looked at him.
"This was his favorite flower and was the first gift I ever gave him." she said. Heero looked at her face, which now had sadness from her memories of Darien.
"Hn." But his voice was softer and gentler. It was more like a sympethetic, "Hmm...." Serena stared down quietly in thought at the rose and her eyes softened sympathetically.
"Heero," Serena said again, "When was the last time you stopped and smelled the roses?" Heero was suprised by the questions and didn't know what to answer. He actually never thought about it. Flowers were no importance to him. Why would it be?
"Why?" he asked.
"Because," was Serena's only response with a note of finality. Heero shook his head.
"I figured," she whispered, then she held the rose up to him, "Here, try it, It smells beautiful." He gave her a skeptical look and relunctantly and slowly took the rose from her and put it up to his nose like she had done, with his eyes unwavering from Serena's, he and sniffed it.
She was right. It was so beautiful. The rose fragrance enticed his senses with its rich, glamorous smell, Heero wondered why he never noticed before. He looked over at Serena who smiled at him with deep satisfication.
"See?" she said with a tone of triamphant. Heero shifted his fingers dubiously on the stems and let go in sudden pain. The thorns had pricked his fingers and the rose fell to the ground at Serena's feet.
She frowned and picked it up carefully from the ground. Heero was smearing the blood on his pricked finger.
"Every rose has its thorns. It protects it." Serena said with a hint of sadness, "There is always an ugly price someone must pay to get something beautiful and sweet. Like bees for Honey. No matter what it is, everything is not easy to get, everything comes with a certain price."
"Do you really believe that?" Heero asked, speaking at last, but his voice was the same monotonous voice. Serena looked suprised by his question and smiled in answer.
"I fight for peace," he said in the same tone, "But I never actually really felt what I fought for. What I killed for. I do this for my missions, it is what I was trianed for." He looked so uptight to her, and stiff, like those British soldeirs.
"Peace," she mused, twirling the rose in her hands, "How can you not feel it? It is a very common good feeling, even the grumpiest and the evil know how it feels." Heero shrugged absent-mindedly.
"Because you don't stop and think," Serena asnwered for him, her tone became a bit hard, "You don't stop and appreciate what you live for or just feel good for no reason. I know, I've watched you, watching me. I've watched you when you talk, I've watched how you move and react. You think of yourself as a machine with no heart. But your not Heero." She looked up at him with determined and demanding crystal blue eyes and put her hands softly on his. Heero's eyes looked surprisingly soft and remorseful.
"You're human," Serena continued more softly, "Like everyone else. You have feelings and opinions, like humans, you just don't know it. You deserve a life with a heart and fun. You're human Heero Yuy, you should know that, you're not a weapon. I remember I you held me and comfort me yesterday night, you have a heart."
"Maybe." he murmured, "I never was taught that kind of thing." He partly thought she was right, but all he lived for was to be a weapon, a killer. Nobody ever told him things she had said. Maybe she was an angel to help him. But that was rediculous, but he felt as she was reaching deep inside of him and plucking out his feelings that was drowned from years and years of training.
"Taught?" she asked incredulously, "You needn't to be tuaght these things! It comes from your heart..."
"What if I don't have a heart?" Heero asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Then how are you living and breathing?" she asked with a bright, clever smile.
"I didn't-"
"Yes I know, I was only kidding." She giggled. Her giggle sounded like a beautiful ringing of a bell, "So what were you taught?"
"Nothing you said to me." he replied, ceasing their conversation.
Serena sighed, partly in defeat and the other in impatience and bit her lips. Heero turned away from her and walked back towards the mansion.
She turned her gaze to him and watched as he walked farther away from her.
"I tried Heero," she whispered, "And I'll keep trying." She returned her gaze at the cherry trees and sighed deeply again.
"Now what should I do?" Serena asked herself, "I'm in another world and falling in love with a heartless man and telling him about flowers. Like he cares..." Her voice contained a large amount a sarcasm, "I need to find a way to get back. My scouts need me..." she trailed off and looked up into the blue skies decorated with cotton-like clouds. Tears swelled in her eyes. "But he does too..."
Serena suddenly sensed something behind her and whipped around and saw the same Darien Ghost. But she didn't scream or run away, instead, she spoke bravely to him.
"Darien, what is it you want?" she asked in tears, "Why are you haunting me?" The ghost made no reply and grabbed her neck with his hands.
"DARIEN?!" Serena shrieked in suprise, "WHAT'RE DOING?" He started chocking her, putting more pressure on her neck.
"Darien," she gasped, "Stop it! I can't breath!"
"Thats the point my dear," he sneered in an evil voice Serena had never heard him use before.
"DARIEN!" she chocked, her face was turning red, "NO!"
"Come with me my love, join me!" he said, laughing maniacally.
"No.." Serena managed to croak.
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Two Minutes Before:
Heero walked in silence, thinking about what Serena had said. He admitted to himself it was true. Then he heard her screams. He sprinted as fast as he could back to the space where they had been and saw a pale, sickly, dark- haired man chocking Serena.
"HEY!" he shouted. He took out a gun and shot at him. It hit the man's neck, but he didn't even flinch. He turned his head to Heero and gave him a menacing grin. He suddenly let go of Serena and disappeared.
Serena fell to the ground, sobbing and holding her neck. Heero ran up to her, relieved she was okay. He knelt down next to her and raised her head with his fingers.
Her face was red from the lack of oxygen and from her tears.
"Are you okay?" he asked. She nodded and started crying.
"He tried to kill me," she gasped between her sobs, "I can't believe it..."
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Heero carried Serena all the way back to the Mansion. He was greeted with a panicked Quatre, stunned Duo and a scowling Wufei
"What happened?" they asked in unison.
"I'll tell you later," he said in his monotone voice. He started walking upstairs and into Serena's room.
"What happened?" asked Trowa when he saw Heero carrying Serena upstairs.
Duo shrugged, "Beats the heck out of me."
"Looks like she fainted again," Quatre said frowning, he sighed, "Maybe we should get her to the hospital."
"I told you," said Wufei triamphaintly, "She needs to be at the hospital, besides, all onnas are weak, this one isn't any different."
"Don't be so harsh Wu-man," Duo half-scolded Wufei. Wufei's face turned red with anger about to explode.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" he fumed at Duo, " THE NAME IS WUFEI, NOT WU-MAN, NOT WUFIE (I never called you that, thought Duo.), NOT WU ANYTHING (Nor that!), JUST WUFEI! GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL YOU IDIOT!"
"STOP YELLING!" Heero shouted from above, he came out of the room, looking fiercely down at them.
"Make one more sound I will shoot you all! She needs some rest with the things she been through and she can't do that with all this racket !" Then he went back into the room and closed the door without slamming it shut. The 4 pilots stared dumbstruck the stairs and at eachother.
"Did I just see what I just saw?" Duo asked stupidly.
"He was defending that onna..." Wufei murmured, looking a bit stunned.
"Of course Wu-man," Duo said sarcastically and rolled his eyes. Wufei was red again from supressed anger, if only smoke was coming out of his ears, it would've looked like he was about to explode.
"He acts differently around her," said Quatre, "Do you think...?"
"I don't know," said Trowa, "A bit possible..."
"Yuy? Its impossible," Wufei inquired.
"I still doubt, but we'll give him the benefit of it, weather its good or bad." Duo said shaking his head.
"We don't know this for sure though," Wufei said, trying to defy that Heero was falling for an onna. None of them spoke nor move for awhile. There was a long silent pause. All of them were dazed at Heero's change of behavior. Even Wufei, who just won't accept it.
"I'm going to get a cup of coco," Trowa said abruptly, shattering the silence and changing the subject. He turned and walked to the kitchen.
"Hey!" Duo called, following Trowa, "Make one for me! I want marshmellows in mine!"
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"I found her!" Pluto declared. The others turned their full attention to Pluto, whose face was tired from her scrying.
"She has been pulled into the realm of war fighting mobile suits. Namely Gundams." Pluto explained.
"I heard of them," said Uranus, "They're fighting robots."
"Percisely, they had a long battle, but they have peace now." said Pluto, "But not for long, the force wanting to kill the princess is in the same place, they can corrupt the world and rule there and here if they suceed on killing her."
"So this is a 2 for 1 bargain isn't it?" Mercury said, "When can we go?"
"We can go maybe tomorrow, I'll need to make arrangements." Pluto asnwered, "But it's perilous."
"I'm ready take on anything," Jupiter gritted through her teeth, "We're gonna save her and kick some ass!"
"But we must be careful," Neptune whispered, "We could be trapped there forever."
"Of course..." Venus muttered, "I think we should go right now!"
"Right now?" asked Pluto, surprised and wide-eyes.
"Well yeah," Venus exclaimed, "Whoever is trying to kill her could've gotten to her already!"
"Venus calm down girl," Mars snapped, though not in a harsh way, "We'll get to her alright?!" Venus nodded and bit her lower lip.
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"It was him again," Serena said, there was a sad grin on her face, "He tried to kill me. Even in death...he won't let go of me."
"But I don't think it justify trying to choke you to death," said Heero plainly. He was leaning on the opposite wall from the bed Serena sat on.
"True..." she said, "Very true," She shook her head and mumbled under her breath, "Everyone is trying to kill me."
"What?"
"Nothing...just that we held on to eachother for more then what? Years, lives...and he finally dies. Just like that!" She paused and looked down at the palm of her hands and let out a small sigh, "Its like someone suddenly cut your heart in half..."
"How did he die?" Heero asked gently.
"He was on his motorcycle, somewhere...riding..back from work and he was ran over by a...large truck." Her head turned side to side as she spoke and there was an angry smile slash frown on her face, "So simple that its funny...after all the danger...so simple way to die."
"I'm sorry." Heero whispered to her, still in his monotone, though he didn't really feel that way. He as might as well lie to her then make her feel badder. He didn't care about Darien, no matter how important he was to Serena.
"Doesn't matter," Serena murmured shrugging, "Its been, what? Weeks since his death, so I'll get over...I have to ya know?" Heero didn't know but he said nothing. He just stared at her in the darkness, staring at her palms.
"Its actually very funny..." she continued, there was an insane smile of depression, "That day the crashed happen, I was at a Fortune teller person." She started crying and laughing softly. Heero became concerned at this point. This wasn't really normal; crying and laughing. He went over and sat down by her and watched carfully as she laugh cried.
"That person told me," she bit her lips in hesitation, "That...there is something terrible in my future. She showed me a black thorned rose as a symbol of my love life. A dark cloud and a crescent moon as my enemy and a dark cloud as my overall future. She told me my future was clouded and full of confusion. Thats..." She sobbed loudly, "the same thing Setsuna had said!" Then she stopped laughing and started wailing.
Heero, like the night before put his arms around her and pulled her close to him. He was an expert at this now, he caught on the comforting pretty fast, especially around this blond. He ran his hands through her long golden hair slowly, comforting her with his gentle touch that was usually reserve for spying missions.
"Who's Setsuna?" he asked quietly.
"A friend..."
"Hn..." Serena cried a waterfall of tears in Heero's arms, snuggling against his hard chest. Then she stopped crying abruptly and wiped all the tears from her rouge face.
"Right..." she murmured and suddenly sat up, there was an imaptient look in her eyes, "Thank you Heero. But I think its time I better stop moaning after his death." She stood up suddenly, her red face full of determination, "Its time to be myself again! I'm not gonna let him ruin my life! Its time to be Serena again and I'm gonna show you who Serena really is. C'mon Heero, lets go!" She grabbed Heero's hands, oblivious to his stunned face, and opened the door and sprinted out the door with Heero trailing behind her.
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"I'm not kidding," Rini squeled like a little girl at Trieze. "She is!"
"M'dear..." Trieze started, "I believed you when you said you were from the future because of your super powers, but the queen of the universe? And you the princess? Impossible!"
"Are you mocking me?" Rini whispered dangerously narrowing her eyes evilly at him, she flew up higher then Trieze, her voice rose 2 notches or more, "I am not lying! Why would I lie about a thing like this!?"
"Well, what'd you expect me to do? Assassinate her?" Trieze asked with highly raised eyebrows.
"Well," Rini shrugged floating back down,"That was my job, but the thing is, I lost her here and I can't find her...She's blond with two strange pigtails, blue eyes, and she a ditz."
"Hm..." He rubbed his chin in thought, "I'll have to think."
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