~ kitten ~
By Alexia Goddess
Epilogue Finale
I sat at my desk and smiled as I looked through the thick, paper crammed
scrapbook that I keep with me always. Tears came to my eyes at some of
them. Mainly at the pictures of the funerals of my sister, Zephra, and
one of my best friend, Kiros.
But other photos bring me smiles, such as the one featuring a -shock
of all shocks- smiling Heero, his grinning, blushing bride -Relena, of
course- on his arm as they exited the white chapel. Just behind the
newly weds was me, Dorothy, a girl named Hilde that I absolutly adore,
and a woman named Lucrezia that we called Noin, who is an complete
sweetheart.
In the picture, while grinning widely from behind Relena, I'm staring
straight into the eyes of my own fiance. Thats right; Axis got out the
base safely that day so long ago, as did Zion. I'll never forget the
relief in seeing him, though it was hard not to be somewhat mad at him
for 'abadoning' us, though he hadn't known I was there, and it was a
perfectly reasonable strategic retreat.
Still...had we been married, I probably would have made him sleep on
the couch for a week. I chuckled at the thought.
The next picuture is at the Sanq Palace, taken soon after the previous
photo, with Relena throwing the bouquet over her shoulder. Of course -I
laugh at the memory- while all of us girls dived for the thing, it came
down to me and Dorothy. Guess who got it? I laugh again. Both of us,
really; it ripped in half!
Everyone got a good laugh out of that, I remember fondly. I lifted one
of the flowers I had saved from my half of the bouquet and press-dried,
and smiled.
Now Dorothy was engaged to marry Quatre. It wasn't really a surprise,
actually. Those two had been desperately trying to hide their attraction
for ages, and failed miserably.
Another one of my fav pictures was me and Axis at Trowa's circus. Cathy
and I got along splendidly after my initial refusal to meet her. Seeing
the woman deftly and expertly handling those knives so soon after
Zephra's death was too much for me. Luckily, Cathy had her own
experience with such things -Trowa turned out to be her brother!
Imagine my surprise- so she was a darling and understood completely.
The one on the next page was an interesting one. We had been trying to
take a group picture, just before I got on the plane to L2 colony,
where I was going to attend Maxwell College; it had been named after
Duo!
Oh, yes, thats right, you haven't been told that part of the story yet,
have you? Well, Axis and Zion and I checked in with our Kingdom, and it
turns out that Xylion had errected a domocracy. So since Zion wasn't
needed to rule, we decided to stay on Earth. When we announced the
descision, one of the first thing nearly everyone agreed on -I'm still
mad at them all for ganging up on my like that, by the way- was the idea
that I should immediately start college. Ugh...school... I save the
whole freakin' universe and I *still* have to go to school, you say?
Ooooooh, yeah.
Life sucks.
Anyway, at the airport when taking the picture, Duo had been elected to
set the timer and try and race back in time to be in the picture. We
should have known right then we were doomed (don't tell him I said
that! He *is* bigger than me!). Anyways, he tripped just as he reached
us, and what happened? You got it. Dominos! And I don't mean the pizza
place!
I laughed yet again as I turn the page and see yet another funny pic of
Axis stealing Zion's hat to reveal that the former Zylion prince had blue
hair. Hey, just because I'm a college graduate and almost twenty does
*not* mean I stopped my pranks! *halo*
Every day I'm glad we decided to stay on this wonderful planet. And
every day I remember what my old friend Shini said so long ago; out of
every evil, no matter how big, there will always be at least one good,
no matter how small. I think somehow that dragon goddess knew that we
would end up staying on earth, and thus end up happier than ever. She
must have known that if it hadn't been for Jzaar rising up again when
he did, I would never have landed on Earth...
Though sometimes I wonder if she had been trying to tell me something
more... I sighed and blinked back tears. I missed Kiros. He would have
been able to give wonderful advice as to that question. I missed Zephra,
too. She would have told me to just demand that Shinimejenya explain
herself.
I wish Shini *was* still around to tell me, but I've had no word from her,
even though I still wear the Destruction Stone -now called the Trinity
Stone- on my ring.
When I had left the imaginary spirit world that my mind and heart had
created for me while my real body had been unconscious while Trowa had
rescued me from the fire, somehow Shinimejenya had found my engagement
ring that had been lost when I had jumped from Xylion to Earth. She had
then taken frome the amulet the Destruction Stone, and merged it with the
oval sapphire of my engagement ring.
So now my ring served as my engagement ring as well as the most
powerful object in the universe; the Trinity Stone. Why Trinity? I
didn't know. The name just seemed eerily appropriate.
I sighed. That was all so long ago...almost three years ago, now. I
stroked my ring that was on my ring finger. Axis and I had been
engaged for almost seven years...it was almost unbelievable. Almost a
decade!
What was more was that we had kept it a deep secret. Zion had actually
fainted when we told him! Then he had fainted *again* when we told him
that we had been engaged since I was thirteen and Axis sixteen!
But now the wait was over.
I sat the scrapbook down on my desk, and looked at myself wristfully in
the mirror, my face contorted in nervousness. The silver, pearly white
veil cascaded around my face, waiting for Duo to pull it down just
before we walk down the isle to the alter, where he would present me
to my husband to be -Axis.
Yup, you guessed right; I'm getting married *today.* And Duo is giving
me away. It seems right, and no one argued; my parents have been dead
since I was little. Duo and the Gundam Boy seemed slightly surprised at
that bit of info. I had nevet bothered to mention it, I guess, even
after I got most of my memories back.
I keep reflecting on how annoying and distruptive it had been to regain
my most vital memories *during* the battle with Jzaar. Oh, You thought I
was recalling those memories? Oh, no, I was remembering them from out
of my amnesiatic state. Very distracting...
"Hey, Kit, you ready?" Duo rapped his knuckles on the doorframe and
peeked his head in. I turned in my seat to look at him with a brilliant
smile, wringing the poor silk hankerchief that I was holding to within an
inch of its life. Duo saw this and laughed. A big, deep laugh. He had
grown into such a great man...
He strode across the room, his long braid -yes, he kept the thing-
swinging behind him as he stood before me and pulled me up.
"Is the onna being a weakling wimp?" A familiar voice asked sarcastically.
"Typical." Wufei stepped into the room, shaking his head. I rolled my
eyes. He hadn't changed a bit. None of them had, really. Except maybe
Heero. Two years with Relena as your wife, and you would too! And now
with a baby on the way? Duh! If Heero hadn't softened up I would have
personally hunted him down and beat some sense into him! With the rest
of the G-Boys right behind me, too, I'll bet!
"No, I'm ready," I said, smiling somewhat shakily at Wufei. He smiled
back. I shook my head and sighed. "Engaged seven years and it still did
me absolutely no good when it came to the nervousness factor."
"Good," Another voice said. I smiled even wider as Quatre, followed by
Trowa entered the room, both smiling. Quatre came up to me, placed his
hands on my shoulders and kissed me on the cheek; he was almost a whole
head taller than me! And he was the shortest guy I knew! I grumbled
mentally. Man, I hated being short...
I hugged him tight, smiling.
"Why is it good?" I asked Trowa, who was the one who had spoken.
"I said good because if you weren't nervous, it would mean you were too
cocky. No one should be cocky when getting married," He smiled at me
gently, and Duo laughed.
"Hey, c'mon!" A female voice sighed exhasperatedly. Relena poked her head
inside the room before stepping into full view, Heero right next to her.
The woman was dressed in an royal blue gown that was specially made,
maternity style to allow for the increasing size of her belly. She frowned
at me impatiently.
"You got everything?" Heero inquired. I nodded and grinned.
"Something old," I touched the 'kitten' bracelet on my wrist, smiling
with a fond memory. "Something new," The pearl necklace Quatre had
gotten me, which I was wearing. "Something borrowed," I tapped the
sapphire stud earrings I had lented from Dorothy. "And something blue."
I raised my hand, with the blue Trinity Stone in my ring. "I'm ready!"
"Then lets go!" Relena sighed exhasperatedly. "You're going to miss
your cue! Get out here!" The former politician and soon to be mother
(baaaaaaaaad combination....that poor kid...) scolded. "C'mon, lets
go!"
I rolled my eyes and Duo laughed yet again. He offered me his arm, and
I took it, and we exited the room and headed down the hall and stopped
before a pair of large oak doors.
Relena, my matron of honor, and my bridesmaids -Dorothy, Hilde, Cathy,
and Noin- positioned themselves accordingly, looping their arms through
the ushurs; Zion, the best man, was paired with Relena (Heero wasn't
too happy with this; he was escorting Hilde, who was behind Dorothy.).
Dorothy was being guided by Quatre, Cathy by Trowa, and Noin by Wufei.
I took a deep breath. Duo, whose arm I was clutching -it was probably
turning blue under that tuxedo sleeve- turned to me and kissed me on
the cheek as the music inside neared our cue. He reached over with his
other arm, and with a wink, lowered the veil. I turned back to the
oak double doors.
As I listened to the music, I blinked back tears. So much had happened!
A war...becoming the most powerful sorceress in existence... Falling in
love, having my heart torn in two at seeing that love near death, then
taking a leap...a leap of faith into another world, willingly leaving
behind any and all memories of who I once was.
Finding a group of five young men, the best warriors in this dimension,
being taken under their wing as a little sister, finding a new family
in them. They had helped me so much...dealing with the pain of no
memories, helping me to rediscover who I was.
Meeting Relena and Dorothy, having Duo call me his 'little sister,' and
finally realizing that I was no longer alone as I had felt that first
night, curled up under the wings of a gargoyle during a winter storm.
The music inside quickened slightly...
Recieving the Dragon Sword -I still didn't know who it was from- finding
little Akari -who wasn't so little anymore, but just as playful- finally
getting a clue that maybe I was more than even I had ever thought...
And finally, during another storm, remembering who I was...
Being reunited with Axis, Zion...Zephra and Kiros... Seeing my Companions
and my 'brothers' unite in a friendly fellowship.
Jzaar...
The final battle...
Finding out that my sister and my best friend was dead... I had never
even gotten to say goodbye.
The music became louder and more insistent from within the room.
The final battle, winning, feeling the strength of my onii-chan and my
brothers all around me, supporting me, though they hadn't known what
to do, they had still been there for me, supporting me, pulling me
through till the very end...
The music stopped...
A flute played a tinkling note.
I took another big breath, and smiled. Despite all the hardships, we did
get our happily ever after.
The trumpets sounded...
This was it... The step that would take me through those doors would
take me into another stage in my life.
The doors swung open...
The End.
Well, peeps, this is really the very, very final end of 'Kitten.' I
hope you enjoyed it; I certianly did...
*sniff*
*tries to be calm and composed*
*fails and bursts into tears*
*bawls* I'M GONNA MISS YOU GUYS! I'M GONNA MISS KITTEN, TOO! I'M GONNA
MISS- *stops* oh, wait, the sequel! YAY! *grins*
Anyhoo, I LOVE how that turned out! I sure hope you did! Did this clear
up a few things from chapter sixteen? If not, I'll go back and add a
few things and try and clear it up that way.
Anyhoo, its almost midnight, my neck is about to croak on me, my fingers
are about to fall off, and my eyes are burning; it is soooo time for
me to go to bed. *waves* Ja ne! G'night! (for me, anyways...)
-Alexia Goddess
*ALL STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLY; I DO NOT OWN GUNDAM WING. THE OTAKU
CHARACTERS AND PLOT ARE MINE, AS IS THE 'KITTEN' BRACELET.*
By Alexia Goddess
Epilogue Finale
I sat at my desk and smiled as I looked through the thick, paper crammed
scrapbook that I keep with me always. Tears came to my eyes at some of
them. Mainly at the pictures of the funerals of my sister, Zephra, and
one of my best friend, Kiros.
But other photos bring me smiles, such as the one featuring a -shock
of all shocks- smiling Heero, his grinning, blushing bride -Relena, of
course- on his arm as they exited the white chapel. Just behind the
newly weds was me, Dorothy, a girl named Hilde that I absolutly adore,
and a woman named Lucrezia that we called Noin, who is an complete
sweetheart.
In the picture, while grinning widely from behind Relena, I'm staring
straight into the eyes of my own fiance. Thats right; Axis got out the
base safely that day so long ago, as did Zion. I'll never forget the
relief in seeing him, though it was hard not to be somewhat mad at him
for 'abadoning' us, though he hadn't known I was there, and it was a
perfectly reasonable strategic retreat.
Still...had we been married, I probably would have made him sleep on
the couch for a week. I chuckled at the thought.
The next picuture is at the Sanq Palace, taken soon after the previous
photo, with Relena throwing the bouquet over her shoulder. Of course -I
laugh at the memory- while all of us girls dived for the thing, it came
down to me and Dorothy. Guess who got it? I laugh again. Both of us,
really; it ripped in half!
Everyone got a good laugh out of that, I remember fondly. I lifted one
of the flowers I had saved from my half of the bouquet and press-dried,
and smiled.
Now Dorothy was engaged to marry Quatre. It wasn't really a surprise,
actually. Those two had been desperately trying to hide their attraction
for ages, and failed miserably.
Another one of my fav pictures was me and Axis at Trowa's circus. Cathy
and I got along splendidly after my initial refusal to meet her. Seeing
the woman deftly and expertly handling those knives so soon after
Zephra's death was too much for me. Luckily, Cathy had her own
experience with such things -Trowa turned out to be her brother!
Imagine my surprise- so she was a darling and understood completely.
The one on the next page was an interesting one. We had been trying to
take a group picture, just before I got on the plane to L2 colony,
where I was going to attend Maxwell College; it had been named after
Duo!
Oh, yes, thats right, you haven't been told that part of the story yet,
have you? Well, Axis and Zion and I checked in with our Kingdom, and it
turns out that Xylion had errected a domocracy. So since Zion wasn't
needed to rule, we decided to stay on Earth. When we announced the
descision, one of the first thing nearly everyone agreed on -I'm still
mad at them all for ganging up on my like that, by the way- was the idea
that I should immediately start college. Ugh...school... I save the
whole freakin' universe and I *still* have to go to school, you say?
Ooooooh, yeah.
Life sucks.
Anyway, at the airport when taking the picture, Duo had been elected to
set the timer and try and race back in time to be in the picture. We
should have known right then we were doomed (don't tell him I said
that! He *is* bigger than me!). Anyways, he tripped just as he reached
us, and what happened? You got it. Dominos! And I don't mean the pizza
place!
I laughed yet again as I turn the page and see yet another funny pic of
Axis stealing Zion's hat to reveal that the former Zylion prince had blue
hair. Hey, just because I'm a college graduate and almost twenty does
*not* mean I stopped my pranks! *halo*
Every day I'm glad we decided to stay on this wonderful planet. And
every day I remember what my old friend Shini said so long ago; out of
every evil, no matter how big, there will always be at least one good,
no matter how small. I think somehow that dragon goddess knew that we
would end up staying on earth, and thus end up happier than ever. She
must have known that if it hadn't been for Jzaar rising up again when
he did, I would never have landed on Earth...
Though sometimes I wonder if she had been trying to tell me something
more... I sighed and blinked back tears. I missed Kiros. He would have
been able to give wonderful advice as to that question. I missed Zephra,
too. She would have told me to just demand that Shinimejenya explain
herself.
I wish Shini *was* still around to tell me, but I've had no word from her,
even though I still wear the Destruction Stone -now called the Trinity
Stone- on my ring.
When I had left the imaginary spirit world that my mind and heart had
created for me while my real body had been unconscious while Trowa had
rescued me from the fire, somehow Shinimejenya had found my engagement
ring that had been lost when I had jumped from Xylion to Earth. She had
then taken frome the amulet the Destruction Stone, and merged it with the
oval sapphire of my engagement ring.
So now my ring served as my engagement ring as well as the most
powerful object in the universe; the Trinity Stone. Why Trinity? I
didn't know. The name just seemed eerily appropriate.
I sighed. That was all so long ago...almost three years ago, now. I
stroked my ring that was on my ring finger. Axis and I had been
engaged for almost seven years...it was almost unbelievable. Almost a
decade!
What was more was that we had kept it a deep secret. Zion had actually
fainted when we told him! Then he had fainted *again* when we told him
that we had been engaged since I was thirteen and Axis sixteen!
But now the wait was over.
I sat the scrapbook down on my desk, and looked at myself wristfully in
the mirror, my face contorted in nervousness. The silver, pearly white
veil cascaded around my face, waiting for Duo to pull it down just
before we walk down the isle to the alter, where he would present me
to my husband to be -Axis.
Yup, you guessed right; I'm getting married *today.* And Duo is giving
me away. It seems right, and no one argued; my parents have been dead
since I was little. Duo and the Gundam Boy seemed slightly surprised at
that bit of info. I had nevet bothered to mention it, I guess, even
after I got most of my memories back.
I keep reflecting on how annoying and distruptive it had been to regain
my most vital memories *during* the battle with Jzaar. Oh, You thought I
was recalling those memories? Oh, no, I was remembering them from out
of my amnesiatic state. Very distracting...
"Hey, Kit, you ready?" Duo rapped his knuckles on the doorframe and
peeked his head in. I turned in my seat to look at him with a brilliant
smile, wringing the poor silk hankerchief that I was holding to within an
inch of its life. Duo saw this and laughed. A big, deep laugh. He had
grown into such a great man...
He strode across the room, his long braid -yes, he kept the thing-
swinging behind him as he stood before me and pulled me up.
"Is the onna being a weakling wimp?" A familiar voice asked sarcastically.
"Typical." Wufei stepped into the room, shaking his head. I rolled my
eyes. He hadn't changed a bit. None of them had, really. Except maybe
Heero. Two years with Relena as your wife, and you would too! And now
with a baby on the way? Duh! If Heero hadn't softened up I would have
personally hunted him down and beat some sense into him! With the rest
of the G-Boys right behind me, too, I'll bet!
"No, I'm ready," I said, smiling somewhat shakily at Wufei. He smiled
back. I shook my head and sighed. "Engaged seven years and it still did
me absolutely no good when it came to the nervousness factor."
"Good," Another voice said. I smiled even wider as Quatre, followed by
Trowa entered the room, both smiling. Quatre came up to me, placed his
hands on my shoulders and kissed me on the cheek; he was almost a whole
head taller than me! And he was the shortest guy I knew! I grumbled
mentally. Man, I hated being short...
I hugged him tight, smiling.
"Why is it good?" I asked Trowa, who was the one who had spoken.
"I said good because if you weren't nervous, it would mean you were too
cocky. No one should be cocky when getting married," He smiled at me
gently, and Duo laughed.
"Hey, c'mon!" A female voice sighed exhasperatedly. Relena poked her head
inside the room before stepping into full view, Heero right next to her.
The woman was dressed in an royal blue gown that was specially made,
maternity style to allow for the increasing size of her belly. She frowned
at me impatiently.
"You got everything?" Heero inquired. I nodded and grinned.
"Something old," I touched the 'kitten' bracelet on my wrist, smiling
with a fond memory. "Something new," The pearl necklace Quatre had
gotten me, which I was wearing. "Something borrowed," I tapped the
sapphire stud earrings I had lented from Dorothy. "And something blue."
I raised my hand, with the blue Trinity Stone in my ring. "I'm ready!"
"Then lets go!" Relena sighed exhasperatedly. "You're going to miss
your cue! Get out here!" The former politician and soon to be mother
(baaaaaaaaad combination....that poor kid...) scolded. "C'mon, lets
go!"
I rolled my eyes and Duo laughed yet again. He offered me his arm, and
I took it, and we exited the room and headed down the hall and stopped
before a pair of large oak doors.
Relena, my matron of honor, and my bridesmaids -Dorothy, Hilde, Cathy,
and Noin- positioned themselves accordingly, looping their arms through
the ushurs; Zion, the best man, was paired with Relena (Heero wasn't
too happy with this; he was escorting Hilde, who was behind Dorothy.).
Dorothy was being guided by Quatre, Cathy by Trowa, and Noin by Wufei.
I took a deep breath. Duo, whose arm I was clutching -it was probably
turning blue under that tuxedo sleeve- turned to me and kissed me on
the cheek as the music inside neared our cue. He reached over with his
other arm, and with a wink, lowered the veil. I turned back to the
oak double doors.
As I listened to the music, I blinked back tears. So much had happened!
A war...becoming the most powerful sorceress in existence... Falling in
love, having my heart torn in two at seeing that love near death, then
taking a leap...a leap of faith into another world, willingly leaving
behind any and all memories of who I once was.
Finding a group of five young men, the best warriors in this dimension,
being taken under their wing as a little sister, finding a new family
in them. They had helped me so much...dealing with the pain of no
memories, helping me to rediscover who I was.
Meeting Relena and Dorothy, having Duo call me his 'little sister,' and
finally realizing that I was no longer alone as I had felt that first
night, curled up under the wings of a gargoyle during a winter storm.
The music inside quickened slightly...
Recieving the Dragon Sword -I still didn't know who it was from- finding
little Akari -who wasn't so little anymore, but just as playful- finally
getting a clue that maybe I was more than even I had ever thought...
And finally, during another storm, remembering who I was...
Being reunited with Axis, Zion...Zephra and Kiros... Seeing my Companions
and my 'brothers' unite in a friendly fellowship.
Jzaar...
The final battle...
Finding out that my sister and my best friend was dead... I had never
even gotten to say goodbye.
The music became louder and more insistent from within the room.
The final battle, winning, feeling the strength of my onii-chan and my
brothers all around me, supporting me, though they hadn't known what
to do, they had still been there for me, supporting me, pulling me
through till the very end...
The music stopped...
A flute played a tinkling note.
I took another big breath, and smiled. Despite all the hardships, we did
get our happily ever after.
The trumpets sounded...
This was it... The step that would take me through those doors would
take me into another stage in my life.
The doors swung open...
The End.
Well, peeps, this is really the very, very final end of 'Kitten.' I
hope you enjoyed it; I certianly did...
*sniff*
*tries to be calm and composed*
*fails and bursts into tears*
*bawls* I'M GONNA MISS YOU GUYS! I'M GONNA MISS KITTEN, TOO! I'M GONNA
MISS- *stops* oh, wait, the sequel! YAY! *grins*
Anyhoo, I LOVE how that turned out! I sure hope you did! Did this clear
up a few things from chapter sixteen? If not, I'll go back and add a
few things and try and clear it up that way.
Anyhoo, its almost midnight, my neck is about to croak on me, my fingers
are about to fall off, and my eyes are burning; it is soooo time for
me to go to bed. *waves* Ja ne! G'night! (for me, anyways...)
-Alexia Goddess
*ALL STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLY; I DO NOT OWN GUNDAM WING. THE OTAKU
CHARACTERS AND PLOT ARE MINE, AS IS THE 'KITTEN' BRACELET.*