Hey again! ::knocks self in head:: Gomen, minna! I took way to long getting
this one up... and its relatively short at that! ::grabs collar !and slings
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Prepare for Zero/Kizna back and forth not quite stuff. ::cringes:: Actually, that sounds wierd, but if you read it you'll know what I'm talking about.
-------------Towryk Eyes Pt 2--------
/I really wonder sometimes if I'm even good enough for this job./
"Kizna, don't be serious. You're an awesome Repairer, though you really do have bad coordination sometimes."
Kizna gritted her teeth within her spacesuit, both at herself for thinking outloud, and at the boy attatched to the 40 or so foot long cord, drifting carelessly (for the moment) in space. "Zero..."
He waved his arms as he we drifting. "I'm serious! Do you daydream a lot or something?" His waving unfortunately made him twist an extra bit more and he groaned. "Oh man, bad idea."
The anchored Repairer looked past her charge and on to Zion. They had been there 'practicing' (meaning wrestling with each other until Kizna's strength won out and forced Zero to float into space) for nearly forty-five minutes. A hundred times and the young girl could never get used to the view on the sparkling diamond of Zion. The blue sphere radiated a peace and warmth that Kizna could find in no other except... she blinked and shook herself out of it. It was no use. She was a _Repairer_, and her _job_ was to take care of him. Nothing more...
"You can't tell me you never dream, Zero." There was such a long pause that she thought he had drifted to sleep, but when she opened her mouth to ask him again his quieted voice drifted in her communication set.
"Yeah, I dream." He paused again, closing his eyes, visualizing sitting in a field under a particular tree... "I dream a lot, Kizna. There are so many things that I want..." He stopped trying to get his direction coordinated and simply drifted, eyes again fixed on Zion. A note of whimsical longing entered his voice. "Maybe someday I'll get them, maybe some day I won't. There is so much -- but I'll get there someday."
Kizna's expression softened and she tore her gaze away from the boy and the planet she wished so badly to land on, to explore with... "You never know, Zero. Dreams were meant to come true." She smiled and tugged on the line almost affectionately. "Hopefully one of those dreams will be realized in the next week or so, right?"
He paused and managed to slowly turn around. "Kizna?" /Kizna, please look at me.../
"Yes?"
"I've been thinking really hard about something..." He faltered and trailed off into silence again. Opened his mouth. Closed it again. He quietly groaned in frustration. /I just... ahhhh, why can't I do it?!/
For some reason she found herself flushing, but managed to keep herself under control. She cleared her throat. "Zero--?"
"And I'd like to know what you think about it," he rushed on.
"Okay, what is it?"
Another moment of silence and...
"It would really suck if I died as a Candidate rather than a Goddess Pilot."
The mood shattered all but instantly, and the Repairer felt she could actually see the glass shards of it drifting back off into space. Zero continued, seemingly oblivious. "You would get sent off somewhere or have to start over over, right? You'd basically be screwed. I mean, Hiead would probably rise as the next Top Candidate and you'd go back to the bottom. How would you feel if that happened?"
He was answered by a severe yank on the attachment cord that sent him spiralling at a highly unacceptable (to him) speed. "Kizna!! No, please! What did I say??" He yelped and grabbed for the cord. "Let me off this ride! I want my money back!"
"ZERO ENNA, you are a MORON!" yelled the jaded cat-eared individual, accentuating the rises in volume with a violent twist. "You manage to single handedly piss of the onr person who is CONTROLLING your LIFE?"
"I'm sorry! What did I do? Your mood changed all of a sudden! Was there something you wanted me to say??"
She stopped yanking on the cord and looked down. /Really, what did I want him to say? I couldn't have really expected him to--/ She shook her head furiously. /He's got _one_ objective, and _you_ are supposed to help _him_. Not him.../ "ZERO!"
"WHAT WHAT WHAT??"
She lowered her voice. "Candidate Number 88. You have _one_ objective and _one_ objective only, correct?"
"Y-yes! Why are you--"
"And what is it?"
"To become a Goddess Pilot!" he answered honestly, smiling to himself, forgetting his zero gravity sickness another moment. "To become a Goddess Pilot and protect Zion!"
Kizna felt a sharp pang in her heart hearing him say it with such emotion. She smiled and pushed her thoughts aside. "Right. And you will let no one get in your way, all right?"
"Right!" His voice conveyed all of the energy he could muster, but a part of his heart wasn't into it. /Kizna, is there something you're trying to tell me?/
"Not even--" she hesitated, then pushed on. "--not even me."
There was a period of silence on the side and she felt her determination falter. His voice was confused, a little distant. "You?" Another moment a silence, and he burst out laughing. Kizna felt her face turning red. "Kizna, why would you get in my way?"
Hiead's face flashed before her eyes and she felt her mood deteriorate. She was slow to answer. "Because I--"
"Kizna, you would never get in my way because we're partners."
Her head snapped up. Her cheeks flushed of their own accord. /Am I imagining things? He said it... kind of in the way he did when he was talking about protecting Zion but... different somehow./ The light glowing off of the beautiful blue planet masked the fact that Zero was no longer looking at its beauty, but _her_. Her moment and she couldn't see it. He opened his palms slightly and smiled.
"We're partners."
/Zero.../ "You're right. We're partners. You're going to be a Goddess Pilot."
"And you're going to be a Goddess Repairer." /And stay with me./ He made a small noise and shrugged. "And forget Hiead. You're a good fighter."
Kizna smiled, then sighed. "Yeah."
There was a long moment of comfortable silence. Zero was content for a moment, then quickly grew bored and yawned. "Anyway, you won't get in my way." He paused. Kizna could all but hear the gears cranking in his head for his next comment. "Though you still--"
"Zero?"
"Yes?"
"Don't... don't ruin it, okay?"
"Hunh?"
"Quit while you're ahead. Just trust me on this one."
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So, whaddaya think? I'm punishing myself for taking so long to get this out, so I'll write another one tonight and try to pull it out of my hat tomorrow! ::cheers:: Oh... and I think I just might pull a Erts/Tune one out of my hat! And if I don't going to end up eating that nonexistent hat, okay? Ja! --Deon
Next Chapter: Hiead has a little Jerk-to-Jerk talk with himself (I'm sorry all you Hiead lovers! I'm not exactly bashing him... not *really* ^_^) and discovers that he's a little more alone than he thought. Azuma gets the low down on the Kizna/Hiead deal (sort of) and comes up with a rather interesting partner/partner idea. ^_^ Will all of them survive the Instructor's devious plans for them? We'll see!
Prepare for Zero/Kizna back and forth not quite stuff. ::cringes:: Actually, that sounds wierd, but if you read it you'll know what I'm talking about.
-------------Towryk Eyes Pt 2--------
/I really wonder sometimes if I'm even good enough for this job./
"Kizna, don't be serious. You're an awesome Repairer, though you really do have bad coordination sometimes."
Kizna gritted her teeth within her spacesuit, both at herself for thinking outloud, and at the boy attatched to the 40 or so foot long cord, drifting carelessly (for the moment) in space. "Zero..."
He waved his arms as he we drifting. "I'm serious! Do you daydream a lot or something?" His waving unfortunately made him twist an extra bit more and he groaned. "Oh man, bad idea."
The anchored Repairer looked past her charge and on to Zion. They had been there 'practicing' (meaning wrestling with each other until Kizna's strength won out and forced Zero to float into space) for nearly forty-five minutes. A hundred times and the young girl could never get used to the view on the sparkling diamond of Zion. The blue sphere radiated a peace and warmth that Kizna could find in no other except... she blinked and shook herself out of it. It was no use. She was a _Repairer_, and her _job_ was to take care of him. Nothing more...
"You can't tell me you never dream, Zero." There was such a long pause that she thought he had drifted to sleep, but when she opened her mouth to ask him again his quieted voice drifted in her communication set.
"Yeah, I dream." He paused again, closing his eyes, visualizing sitting in a field under a particular tree... "I dream a lot, Kizna. There are so many things that I want..." He stopped trying to get his direction coordinated and simply drifted, eyes again fixed on Zion. A note of whimsical longing entered his voice. "Maybe someday I'll get them, maybe some day I won't. There is so much -- but I'll get there someday."
Kizna's expression softened and she tore her gaze away from the boy and the planet she wished so badly to land on, to explore with... "You never know, Zero. Dreams were meant to come true." She smiled and tugged on the line almost affectionately. "Hopefully one of those dreams will be realized in the next week or so, right?"
He paused and managed to slowly turn around. "Kizna?" /Kizna, please look at me.../
"Yes?"
"I've been thinking really hard about something..." He faltered and trailed off into silence again. Opened his mouth. Closed it again. He quietly groaned in frustration. /I just... ahhhh, why can't I do it?!/
For some reason she found herself flushing, but managed to keep herself under control. She cleared her throat. "Zero--?"
"And I'd like to know what you think about it," he rushed on.
"Okay, what is it?"
Another moment of silence and...
"It would really suck if I died as a Candidate rather than a Goddess Pilot."
The mood shattered all but instantly, and the Repairer felt she could actually see the glass shards of it drifting back off into space. Zero continued, seemingly oblivious. "You would get sent off somewhere or have to start over over, right? You'd basically be screwed. I mean, Hiead would probably rise as the next Top Candidate and you'd go back to the bottom. How would you feel if that happened?"
He was answered by a severe yank on the attachment cord that sent him spiralling at a highly unacceptable (to him) speed. "Kizna!! No, please! What did I say??" He yelped and grabbed for the cord. "Let me off this ride! I want my money back!"
"ZERO ENNA, you are a MORON!" yelled the jaded cat-eared individual, accentuating the rises in volume with a violent twist. "You manage to single handedly piss of the onr person who is CONTROLLING your LIFE?"
"I'm sorry! What did I do? Your mood changed all of a sudden! Was there something you wanted me to say??"
She stopped yanking on the cord and looked down. /Really, what did I want him to say? I couldn't have really expected him to--/ She shook her head furiously. /He's got _one_ objective, and _you_ are supposed to help _him_. Not him.../ "ZERO!"
"WHAT WHAT WHAT??"
She lowered her voice. "Candidate Number 88. You have _one_ objective and _one_ objective only, correct?"
"Y-yes! Why are you--"
"And what is it?"
"To become a Goddess Pilot!" he answered honestly, smiling to himself, forgetting his zero gravity sickness another moment. "To become a Goddess Pilot and protect Zion!"
Kizna felt a sharp pang in her heart hearing him say it with such emotion. She smiled and pushed her thoughts aside. "Right. And you will let no one get in your way, all right?"
"Right!" His voice conveyed all of the energy he could muster, but a part of his heart wasn't into it. /Kizna, is there something you're trying to tell me?/
"Not even--" she hesitated, then pushed on. "--not even me."
There was a period of silence on the side and she felt her determination falter. His voice was confused, a little distant. "You?" Another moment a silence, and he burst out laughing. Kizna felt her face turning red. "Kizna, why would you get in my way?"
Hiead's face flashed before her eyes and she felt her mood deteriorate. She was slow to answer. "Because I--"
"Kizna, you would never get in my way because we're partners."
Her head snapped up. Her cheeks flushed of their own accord. /Am I imagining things? He said it... kind of in the way he did when he was talking about protecting Zion but... different somehow./ The light glowing off of the beautiful blue planet masked the fact that Zero was no longer looking at its beauty, but _her_. Her moment and she couldn't see it. He opened his palms slightly and smiled.
"We're partners."
/Zero.../ "You're right. We're partners. You're going to be a Goddess Pilot."
"And you're going to be a Goddess Repairer." /And stay with me./ He made a small noise and shrugged. "And forget Hiead. You're a good fighter."
Kizna smiled, then sighed. "Yeah."
There was a long moment of comfortable silence. Zero was content for a moment, then quickly grew bored and yawned. "Anyway, you won't get in my way." He paused. Kizna could all but hear the gears cranking in his head for his next comment. "Though you still--"
"Zero?"
"Yes?"
"Don't... don't ruin it, okay?"
"Hunh?"
"Quit while you're ahead. Just trust me on this one."
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So, whaddaya think? I'm punishing myself for taking so long to get this out, so I'll write another one tonight and try to pull it out of my hat tomorrow! ::cheers:: Oh... and I think I just might pull a Erts/Tune one out of my hat! And if I don't going to end up eating that nonexistent hat, okay? Ja! --Deon
Next Chapter: Hiead has a little Jerk-to-Jerk talk with himself (I'm sorry all you Hiead lovers! I'm not exactly bashing him... not *really* ^_^) and discovers that he's a little more alone than he thought. Azuma gets the low down on the Kizna/Hiead deal (sort of) and comes up with a rather interesting partner/partner idea. ^_^ Will all of them survive the Instructor's devious plans for them? We'll see!