Chapter 18: Going home
Hello, my friends! I hope you all liked my last chapter, so here's the one you've all been waiting for!! The guys and Scouts go back to the Gundam time.Well, I just want to say right now that the city they are in is made up. It's not any real city; I didn't even get it off either of the shows. I hope you like it. So, here it is!!!
The next day, everyone got up extra early upon the insistence of Serenity. She told them, "You want to get there early and hope that the place you will be dropping is empty. Laytha, if anyone sees you, improve his memory a little." The only sad face in the palace was Rini, who wanted desperately to go with them, but had to stay home and continue her studies.
Before they left, each of the Scouts got a purse boost. "Things must be awfully expensive down there, but don't spend all of it!" Neptune said as she handed each of them a stylish handbag.
When it was finally time to go, the small pasture behind the palace was brimming with energy. The Scouts were, of course, excited to be going somewhere, but each had expressed their doubts about putting their lives on a tiny, pink key. But Rini assured them she had used it several times and there was practically no risk. It was finally decided and everyone gathered around Pluto. Since she was the creator of the key, she should be the one to handle it.
"Chronos, keeper of the gates of time, open and let us through!" She shouted and the oval cloud appeared above her and extended to cover the whole group. Needles of light pierced through the cloud and everyone on the clearing started to float. But the group under the cloud ascended right through the hole and disappeared.
The assembly found themselves in-between, the misty, dark place, searching for the gates of time. Following Pluto, they trusted her to know where they were, since she had spent nearly an eternity there. Finally, the mists parted and there stood the pearly gates, guarded by a burly man in a tunic. Pluto stepped to him and told him, "Step aside, Chronos. We wish to pass." The man silently obeyed and the gates swung open.
Despite the distrustful eye he gave Zechs, Chronos muttered in a deep, rumbling voice, "Be careful."
Pluto looked back at him. "We can take care of ourselves."
"It's really windy in here!" Duo shouted after the gates closed and they were hit with the first gust.
"It's supposed to keep the weak from passing! Keep concentrating on your time!" Pluto shouted back to him.
They struggled through the wind, slipping a few times, but eventually made it through the wind. It simply stopped and everyone dropped to the ground. "Is it over?" Venus whined.
"Does that always happen?" Quatre asked, standing up.
"Does what happen, the wind? Yeah." Pluto said over her shoulder, while helping Zechs up.
"Alright, people, let's go." Jupiter said defiantly.
"Guys, now just concentrate on your home, and a portal will appear." Pluto instructed.
The boys simply stood. Duo closed his eyes and groaned in mock concentration. There were a few laughs, but all he really got was a slap across the back of his head by Mars. "Quit messing around, I don't want to be up here all day!"
He sighed and closed his eyes again. A tiny blip of light bounced up and down in front of them. It gradually grew and grew until it was a full- fledged portal. "Finally." Venus yawned.
"Let's go." Mercury pushed past the group and entered the portal. The others followed.
Luckily, the portal led to an abandoned park. Though there was no one around, the park looked surprisingly well kept. There were cherry trees along a path, and the blossoms were just starting to fall.
"Wow, this is so pretty. We hardly ever see cherry blossoms in Crystal Tokyo." Jupiter said, going to stand beneath on of the trees.
"Looks like we're in central park. That's odd. The trees weren't even in bloom when we left." Quatre said, picking up a blossom from the ground.
"Well, it's hard to be exact when you are going back so many centuries. By my estimate, it is around May." Pluto murmured.
"July?!" Duo shouted. "When we left it was only March!"
"I told you, it's hard to be exact."
"Alright. Why don't we catch a cab somewhere? You guys can go make sure your places are still yours and we can explore the city. How about we meet up somewhere and, um, do something?" Jupiter suggested.
"Good idea. There's a restaurant on the corner of Fifth and Carters. Called Le 'Mures, I believe. Meet there at four." Heero said with the efficiency of an officer addressing his troops.
"Yes sir!" Venus said, clicking her heels together and offering a salute. Heero almost smiled, but left towards the buildings.
Each said their temporary goodbyes and went their separate ways. Except for Zechs and the girls. He had lived in space and didn't have a place on Earth. The girls decided to take him along on their 'expedition'.
Quatre P.O.V.
Quatre left central park and looked for a phone, since there weren't any, he decided to catch a cab. Moving slowly towards the partially busy street, he hesitated. (I hate taking cabs in the city.) But he held up his hand and yelled, "Taxi!" and one pulled right up to the curb. Sliding into the seat, he told the driver, "Anywhere with a phone." Closing the door as the taxi drove off, Quatre almost choked at the lack of fresh air. The cab smelled rotten, stagnant, and over all disgusting.
Quatre leaned over in hopes of keeping his breakfast down. The driver called back in a slight Southern slur, "You alright, boy?"
"Fine." Quatre muttered. Suddenly, the car slammed to a stop and Quatre's head crashed into the driver's seat.
"Here's one o' them payphones, boy." The driver called to the back.
"Finally." Quatre said under his breath, trying not to breath more than necessary. Sliding out of the car and tossing the man some of the few dollars in his pocket, he slowly took in the city air that smelled very distinctively like car exhaust, but was comparatively much better than the cab air. Trying not to stumble to the phone, Quatre pulled out a few quarters and slid them into the machine. Starting to recover from the car, he quickly dialed his own number. Surely one of the men would be there.
After three rings, someone picked up the phone. "Hello?"
Quatre recognized the voice. "Jonathan? It's me, Quatre."
"Master Quatre?!" The voice shouted.
"Yes, calm down. I just got back in town, and some friends of mine will need a place to stay. Have you-"
"Everything is in order, Master Quatre. It's good to hear you again. Where have you been?"
"I will explain everything when I get there. I'm not sure exactly what time, but it might be around five, six or even seven. Tell everyone I said hello."
"Yes, Master Quatre." Jonathan's voice quivered. "It's so good to hear you are okay."
"Thank you Jonathan. Good bye." With that he hung up and collected the change left from his call. (I wonder how the others are doing.)
Heero's P.O.V.
Heero did not at all expect his apartment to still be under his name, so he went to a different building, this one right across the street from the park, and rented one. Stuffing the key into his pocket he nodded as the plump woman at the desk told him his room number. "508. You might want to write that down, ya know."
"Hn." Heero didn't pay much attention to the woman, just looked around the shabby, third rate hotel. The tacky wallpaper was almost completely torn off the wall, and the carpet on the floor was stained and matted. (If their lobby is this bad, what is my room going to look like?) He suppressed a sigh and walked out. (I should get to Le 'Mures and get a reservation.) Walking in the direction of Fifth Avenue, he wondered about Duo.
Duo and Trowa's P.O.V.
They left the park and walked in the opposite direction of the others. Duo led Trowa, and told him multiple times that he knew where he was going. It wasn't ten minutes before they were lost.
"Duo, we are lost."
"No we're not. See there's a phone right there." Duo walked up to it. "After you." He said waving Trowa inside the booth.
Trowa looked at Duo. After examining the phone, he concluded that it did work and put four quarters in. It was expensive to call up to the colonies. After dialing the numbers, someone picked up. "Circus Spectacular, from the L5 colony, Katherine speaking."
Trowa smiled. "Katherine, it's Trowa."
There was a long silence. "Trowa? Is that really you?!"
"Hi Katherine. I'm on Earth right now, so I have to make this short. I don't know when I will be able to get back up there, but I will make it there eventually."
"It's good to hear your voice again Trowa. I've missed you."
Trowa looked away from the phone, in spite of himself. Almost smiling he said, "You might say you've been with me this whole time."
"That's sweet, Trowa. Where have you been?"
"I'll tell you when I get up there. Tell your father I will be coming. Bye."
"Bye."
Hanging up, Trowa opened the booth door for Duo.
"Thanks, Trowa."
Duo stepped inside and pushed his quarters into the machine. He quickly dialed Hilde's number and waited for her to pick up. He was about to hang up when some one answered the phone. "Hello?" It was a man's voice.
"Hello? Who is this?"
"Who is this?"
"This is.Roger." Duo lied a name. (Maybe Hilde moved?) "Is Hilde there?"
"What you want with my girlfriend?!" The man on the other end shouted.
"Your girlfriend?!"
Duo heard Hilde's voice in the background. "Kay, who is it?"
"Some fool, Roger, askin' 'bout you."
"Roger?" Duo could almost hear her mind click over the phone. Hilde apparently grabbed the phone because her next words were shouted right in his ear. "Duo where are you, what happened to you?!"
"Two months, babe. Two months and your with another guy." Duo closed his eyes. "I thought we were closer than that. See ya, babe."
"Duo, wait-" Duo hung up the phone and cut her off. He took a deep breath and opened the booth door. Trowa was standing under a tree, looking up into its branches. Duo stopped. The cruel, little voice drifted back into his head. (You're happy. You know you are. You knew that you and Hilde couldn't be together. Think of it this way. Now Venus can be your girlfriend. Hilde's not a problem anymore.) Duo smiled. The voice was right. Venus was waiting.
"Come on, Trowa! We gotta get to a restaurant!"
Wufei's P.O.V.
Wufei didn't have anywhere to go, and didn't have the number of the ship Sally was on, but he wouldn't stand walking around with those onnas. He saw Duo and Trowa walk off towards the other side of the park. Duo shouted, "I know exactly where we're going!" Wufei didn't smile. (That braided baka has no idea where he's going.) Wufei looked around. (May as well get to that restaurant.) He headed off in that direction. He brushed past dozens of parked cars and looked out into the street. Nothing was coming. Rush hour must be past already. He walked across the crosswalk and stopped at the curb on the other side. Someone was walking down the sidewalk. It was a woman and a man. He man had dark brown hair and had pants that were a little to big for him with a silver chain hanging out of the pocket on one side.
Wufei felt his shoulders drop when he saw the woman. She had dark blonde hair in two twists, one on either side of her head. She was hanging eagerly on the man's arm. Two schoolgirls, walking the opposite way pointed the couple out to a boy walking beside them. "Yeah, that's Sally and Max. Aren't they, like, the totally cutest couple. They, like, just got engaged something like three days ago."
"I thought Sally was going steady with some other guy.Asian I think."
"Come on, Billy, get with the gossip. I heard he walked out on her, like, two months ago.That's when Max asked her out. Then, he, like, totally proposed. Sally told me she was, like, never so happy."
Wufei turned away from the kids. (I didn't walk out on her.) He crossed the street and turned towards Fifth Avenue.
The Scouts and Zechs's P.O.V.
After everyone took off the girls were left with Zechs.
"Let's go!!" Venus yelled and took off out of the park.
"Wait!" The others yelled after her and ran through the wake of flying cherry blossoms. Venus ran along the sidewalk, laughing at the few people actually out at this hour, who gave her strange looks. Jupiter finally caught up with Venus and told her to slow down. Well, not really told. More like, yelled.
Once the group was all together again, Mercury warned them they couldn't buy anything, because they were supposed to meet the guys. Even Mars was a little upset. So, They walked around the city, every now and then, Pluto asking Zechs if he was okay. He insisted he was fine. Eventually they found themselves at Le 'Mures. Laytha pointed out through the window, the five guys were already inside. The group filed inside.
Well, how was it? Geez, that is definitely the longest chapter I have ever done! Do you like how I personally made each of the guys totally available? Sorry to all the people who hoped for each to go home and back to their girlfriends.Anyway what should I do with Relena? Should she have retired? Or get a boyfriend? Or get fat? (he he) Let me know! I haven't really decided what to do about her, but she has to go. Anyway, R&R! Let me know how I'm doing!
Hello, my friends! I hope you all liked my last chapter, so here's the one you've all been waiting for!! The guys and Scouts go back to the Gundam time.Well, I just want to say right now that the city they are in is made up. It's not any real city; I didn't even get it off either of the shows. I hope you like it. So, here it is!!!
The next day, everyone got up extra early upon the insistence of Serenity. She told them, "You want to get there early and hope that the place you will be dropping is empty. Laytha, if anyone sees you, improve his memory a little." The only sad face in the palace was Rini, who wanted desperately to go with them, but had to stay home and continue her studies.
Before they left, each of the Scouts got a purse boost. "Things must be awfully expensive down there, but don't spend all of it!" Neptune said as she handed each of them a stylish handbag.
When it was finally time to go, the small pasture behind the palace was brimming with energy. The Scouts were, of course, excited to be going somewhere, but each had expressed their doubts about putting their lives on a tiny, pink key. But Rini assured them she had used it several times and there was practically no risk. It was finally decided and everyone gathered around Pluto. Since she was the creator of the key, she should be the one to handle it.
"Chronos, keeper of the gates of time, open and let us through!" She shouted and the oval cloud appeared above her and extended to cover the whole group. Needles of light pierced through the cloud and everyone on the clearing started to float. But the group under the cloud ascended right through the hole and disappeared.
The assembly found themselves in-between, the misty, dark place, searching for the gates of time. Following Pluto, they trusted her to know where they were, since she had spent nearly an eternity there. Finally, the mists parted and there stood the pearly gates, guarded by a burly man in a tunic. Pluto stepped to him and told him, "Step aside, Chronos. We wish to pass." The man silently obeyed and the gates swung open.
Despite the distrustful eye he gave Zechs, Chronos muttered in a deep, rumbling voice, "Be careful."
Pluto looked back at him. "We can take care of ourselves."
"It's really windy in here!" Duo shouted after the gates closed and they were hit with the first gust.
"It's supposed to keep the weak from passing! Keep concentrating on your time!" Pluto shouted back to him.
They struggled through the wind, slipping a few times, but eventually made it through the wind. It simply stopped and everyone dropped to the ground. "Is it over?" Venus whined.
"Does that always happen?" Quatre asked, standing up.
"Does what happen, the wind? Yeah." Pluto said over her shoulder, while helping Zechs up.
"Alright, people, let's go." Jupiter said defiantly.
"Guys, now just concentrate on your home, and a portal will appear." Pluto instructed.
The boys simply stood. Duo closed his eyes and groaned in mock concentration. There were a few laughs, but all he really got was a slap across the back of his head by Mars. "Quit messing around, I don't want to be up here all day!"
He sighed and closed his eyes again. A tiny blip of light bounced up and down in front of them. It gradually grew and grew until it was a full- fledged portal. "Finally." Venus yawned.
"Let's go." Mercury pushed past the group and entered the portal. The others followed.
Luckily, the portal led to an abandoned park. Though there was no one around, the park looked surprisingly well kept. There were cherry trees along a path, and the blossoms were just starting to fall.
"Wow, this is so pretty. We hardly ever see cherry blossoms in Crystal Tokyo." Jupiter said, going to stand beneath on of the trees.
"Looks like we're in central park. That's odd. The trees weren't even in bloom when we left." Quatre said, picking up a blossom from the ground.
"Well, it's hard to be exact when you are going back so many centuries. By my estimate, it is around May." Pluto murmured.
"July?!" Duo shouted. "When we left it was only March!"
"I told you, it's hard to be exact."
"Alright. Why don't we catch a cab somewhere? You guys can go make sure your places are still yours and we can explore the city. How about we meet up somewhere and, um, do something?" Jupiter suggested.
"Good idea. There's a restaurant on the corner of Fifth and Carters. Called Le 'Mures, I believe. Meet there at four." Heero said with the efficiency of an officer addressing his troops.
"Yes sir!" Venus said, clicking her heels together and offering a salute. Heero almost smiled, but left towards the buildings.
Each said their temporary goodbyes and went their separate ways. Except for Zechs and the girls. He had lived in space and didn't have a place on Earth. The girls decided to take him along on their 'expedition'.
Quatre P.O.V.
Quatre left central park and looked for a phone, since there weren't any, he decided to catch a cab. Moving slowly towards the partially busy street, he hesitated. (I hate taking cabs in the city.) But he held up his hand and yelled, "Taxi!" and one pulled right up to the curb. Sliding into the seat, he told the driver, "Anywhere with a phone." Closing the door as the taxi drove off, Quatre almost choked at the lack of fresh air. The cab smelled rotten, stagnant, and over all disgusting.
Quatre leaned over in hopes of keeping his breakfast down. The driver called back in a slight Southern slur, "You alright, boy?"
"Fine." Quatre muttered. Suddenly, the car slammed to a stop and Quatre's head crashed into the driver's seat.
"Here's one o' them payphones, boy." The driver called to the back.
"Finally." Quatre said under his breath, trying not to breath more than necessary. Sliding out of the car and tossing the man some of the few dollars in his pocket, he slowly took in the city air that smelled very distinctively like car exhaust, but was comparatively much better than the cab air. Trying not to stumble to the phone, Quatre pulled out a few quarters and slid them into the machine. Starting to recover from the car, he quickly dialed his own number. Surely one of the men would be there.
After three rings, someone picked up the phone. "Hello?"
Quatre recognized the voice. "Jonathan? It's me, Quatre."
"Master Quatre?!" The voice shouted.
"Yes, calm down. I just got back in town, and some friends of mine will need a place to stay. Have you-"
"Everything is in order, Master Quatre. It's good to hear you again. Where have you been?"
"I will explain everything when I get there. I'm not sure exactly what time, but it might be around five, six or even seven. Tell everyone I said hello."
"Yes, Master Quatre." Jonathan's voice quivered. "It's so good to hear you are okay."
"Thank you Jonathan. Good bye." With that he hung up and collected the change left from his call. (I wonder how the others are doing.)
Heero's P.O.V.
Heero did not at all expect his apartment to still be under his name, so he went to a different building, this one right across the street from the park, and rented one. Stuffing the key into his pocket he nodded as the plump woman at the desk told him his room number. "508. You might want to write that down, ya know."
"Hn." Heero didn't pay much attention to the woman, just looked around the shabby, third rate hotel. The tacky wallpaper was almost completely torn off the wall, and the carpet on the floor was stained and matted. (If their lobby is this bad, what is my room going to look like?) He suppressed a sigh and walked out. (I should get to Le 'Mures and get a reservation.) Walking in the direction of Fifth Avenue, he wondered about Duo.
Duo and Trowa's P.O.V.
They left the park and walked in the opposite direction of the others. Duo led Trowa, and told him multiple times that he knew where he was going. It wasn't ten minutes before they were lost.
"Duo, we are lost."
"No we're not. See there's a phone right there." Duo walked up to it. "After you." He said waving Trowa inside the booth.
Trowa looked at Duo. After examining the phone, he concluded that it did work and put four quarters in. It was expensive to call up to the colonies. After dialing the numbers, someone picked up. "Circus Spectacular, from the L5 colony, Katherine speaking."
Trowa smiled. "Katherine, it's Trowa."
There was a long silence. "Trowa? Is that really you?!"
"Hi Katherine. I'm on Earth right now, so I have to make this short. I don't know when I will be able to get back up there, but I will make it there eventually."
"It's good to hear your voice again Trowa. I've missed you."
Trowa looked away from the phone, in spite of himself. Almost smiling he said, "You might say you've been with me this whole time."
"That's sweet, Trowa. Where have you been?"
"I'll tell you when I get up there. Tell your father I will be coming. Bye."
"Bye."
Hanging up, Trowa opened the booth door for Duo.
"Thanks, Trowa."
Duo stepped inside and pushed his quarters into the machine. He quickly dialed Hilde's number and waited for her to pick up. He was about to hang up when some one answered the phone. "Hello?" It was a man's voice.
"Hello? Who is this?"
"Who is this?"
"This is.Roger." Duo lied a name. (Maybe Hilde moved?) "Is Hilde there?"
"What you want with my girlfriend?!" The man on the other end shouted.
"Your girlfriend?!"
Duo heard Hilde's voice in the background. "Kay, who is it?"
"Some fool, Roger, askin' 'bout you."
"Roger?" Duo could almost hear her mind click over the phone. Hilde apparently grabbed the phone because her next words were shouted right in his ear. "Duo where are you, what happened to you?!"
"Two months, babe. Two months and your with another guy." Duo closed his eyes. "I thought we were closer than that. See ya, babe."
"Duo, wait-" Duo hung up the phone and cut her off. He took a deep breath and opened the booth door. Trowa was standing under a tree, looking up into its branches. Duo stopped. The cruel, little voice drifted back into his head. (You're happy. You know you are. You knew that you and Hilde couldn't be together. Think of it this way. Now Venus can be your girlfriend. Hilde's not a problem anymore.) Duo smiled. The voice was right. Venus was waiting.
"Come on, Trowa! We gotta get to a restaurant!"
Wufei's P.O.V.
Wufei didn't have anywhere to go, and didn't have the number of the ship Sally was on, but he wouldn't stand walking around with those onnas. He saw Duo and Trowa walk off towards the other side of the park. Duo shouted, "I know exactly where we're going!" Wufei didn't smile. (That braided baka has no idea where he's going.) Wufei looked around. (May as well get to that restaurant.) He headed off in that direction. He brushed past dozens of parked cars and looked out into the street. Nothing was coming. Rush hour must be past already. He walked across the crosswalk and stopped at the curb on the other side. Someone was walking down the sidewalk. It was a woman and a man. He man had dark brown hair and had pants that were a little to big for him with a silver chain hanging out of the pocket on one side.
Wufei felt his shoulders drop when he saw the woman. She had dark blonde hair in two twists, one on either side of her head. She was hanging eagerly on the man's arm. Two schoolgirls, walking the opposite way pointed the couple out to a boy walking beside them. "Yeah, that's Sally and Max. Aren't they, like, the totally cutest couple. They, like, just got engaged something like three days ago."
"I thought Sally was going steady with some other guy.Asian I think."
"Come on, Billy, get with the gossip. I heard he walked out on her, like, two months ago.That's when Max asked her out. Then, he, like, totally proposed. Sally told me she was, like, never so happy."
Wufei turned away from the kids. (I didn't walk out on her.) He crossed the street and turned towards Fifth Avenue.
The Scouts and Zechs's P.O.V.
After everyone took off the girls were left with Zechs.
"Let's go!!" Venus yelled and took off out of the park.
"Wait!" The others yelled after her and ran through the wake of flying cherry blossoms. Venus ran along the sidewalk, laughing at the few people actually out at this hour, who gave her strange looks. Jupiter finally caught up with Venus and told her to slow down. Well, not really told. More like, yelled.
Once the group was all together again, Mercury warned them they couldn't buy anything, because they were supposed to meet the guys. Even Mars was a little upset. So, They walked around the city, every now and then, Pluto asking Zechs if he was okay. He insisted he was fine. Eventually they found themselves at Le 'Mures. Laytha pointed out through the window, the five guys were already inside. The group filed inside.
Well, how was it? Geez, that is definitely the longest chapter I have ever done! Do you like how I personally made each of the guys totally available? Sorry to all the people who hoped for each to go home and back to their girlfriends.Anyway what should I do with Relena? Should she have retired? Or get a boyfriend? Or get fat? (he he) Let me know! I haven't really decided what to do about her, but she has to go. Anyway, R&R! Let me know how I'm doing!