I dont own any Gundam Wing characters or Makoto, but I do own Akari, Kei, Ruka-Li, Myoki and Takeshi Sadustuki. The song is not mine either. 'This Little Bird' is a song I got off of Jewel's Hands CD. So the song is not mine, it's Jewels' and her mothers'.

Just wanted to say, I HATE THIS CHAPTER!!!!!! I think its so Dramatic and Stupid and Meaningless!!!!!!!!





This Little Bird





CHAPTER 2 - LOOSING FRIENDS AND FACING FEARS



Theres a little bird, somebody sent down to the earth to, live on the wind. Blowing on the wind, and she sleeps on the wind. This little bird somebody sent.......

Light and fragile and feathers sky blue. Thin and graceful, sun shining through......

She flies so high up in the sky, way out of reach of human eyes.....

Light and fragile and feathers sky blue. Thin and graceful, sun shining through......

And the only time, that she touches the ground, is when that little bird, little bird...... Is when that little bird, little bird..... Is when that little bird, dies....................

Makoto broke down in tears for the 3rd time today. She's now in her bed thinking about what happened today during lunch period, which was right after history.

~FLASHBACK~

Makoto grabbed her lunch from her locker and dragged herself to where her friends were waiting for her under her favorite tree. It was where they had met and where they have been eating their lunches together since the begining of the year. It was their personal spot. "Hey Mako-chan! Are you alright? What was wrong with you in History today, you looked so out of it. And how come that Mr. Sadustuki kept you out of 2 periods of study hall? Come on Makoto, you could tell us." Interrogated Akari worriedly. The others nodded. They were all there. History, science, gym, and lunch are the only classes all 5 have together. "And you werent in math today either......where were you?" Asked Kei. "You missed math too!? Makoto what did he say to you!? Tell us now Makoto!!!!" Ruka-Li yelled. Her impatience and bad temper kicking in. "Ruka - Li calm down........she'll tell us.......right Makoto?" Myoki finally spoke up. Makoto didnt know what to do. All she did was stare at her friends who were trying to help her. But she knew they would get mad. Then it all blurted out. The truth was finally told. "I'm......I......i'm not who you think I am, guys." Makoto looked into each and every one of there confused, shocked eyes. "I'm sorry, almost everything you know about me is false, they're all lies I made up, so no one would know who I really am. But Mr. Sadustuki told me that I need to tell you, so, I am. First off, My real last name is Barton. Makoto Barton. My parents died when I was 5, I have a brother too, he's 2 years older than me. We had to go to orphanages, cause we had no other family. All 4 of our grandparents died long before and our parents had no siblings. So we had no cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents.........or parents, anymore. We were all alone, and then, making things worse, we were put into seperate orphanages. I never saw him, my brother, again. I found out that he ran away from his orphanage. I wish i could too. I had no friends there. They would always get in fights with me and i would get blamed. I was always caught doing things im not supposed to do too. So i would be punished, or......beaten, actually. Thats how I got all of my scars. Today, Mr. Sadustuki told me that my brother was still alive, he's a soldier in the colonies. And I........I have to find him." Makoto finished and then looked back up into there eyes, all were shocked and sad, except for the short tempered Ruka - Li's eyes. She looked raged. "Wait a minute!!!! If what you saying is true, then that means you lied to us!!!" Makoto nodded. "After all we've done for you.......grrrr.......this is how you pay us back!?!?!?" Akari had to stop her before she could say anything real nasty. "Ruka - Li!!! Stop!!!! Your temper is taking over.......you dont mean to say what your saying. Just calm down, please Ruk-" Akari was cut off by Ruka - Li. "No! Dont tell me to calm down! Are You siding with that traitor Makoto over there? Cause' if you are...........grrrrrr......... See Makoto! Your even making me turn on my REAL FRIENDS!!!! Sorry Akari." Akari nodded right before Makoto started to talk again. "I'm sorry, I really am...........but I didnt think I needed to tell anyone, untill Mr. Sadustuki told me the truth about my brother......" Makoto trailed off looking into their eyes again. "Well then, Ms. Barton! If we and our friendship are not good enough reasons for you to trust us and tell us things, then you and your finally telling us the truth are not good enough reasons for us to be your friends!!!!!!" Ruka - Li yelled and walked away. As soon as she got about 3 yards away she turned around giving everybody glares. "Well? Kei? Myoki? Akari? Do you want to stick around her and be lied to some more, or do you want to come with me so we can stay as true friends?" She said shooting Makoto a death glare. Kei and Myoki looked at one another, than to Makoto than to Akari, who was now looking at her shoes saddly. "Sorry Makoto, maybe we will understand someday and we could be best friends again, like before....." Myoki said as she started to walk toward Ruka - Li, who was now smirking. "Makoto, I'm not too sorry about my decision..........you should of told us, no matter what. Bye." Kei said as she walked over to where Myoki and Ruka - Li were standing. Now all eyes were on Akari who was biting her bottom lip while looking down at her hands that were fiddling with the end of her long black ponytail. She then looked up, and Makoto saw that she was on the verge of crying. All Makoto wanted to do was hug her, but she wasnt sure if Akari, who was always the peacemaking soccer player of the group, wanted her to, so she asked. Akari nodded and they hugged. "It's ok, its ok to cry, let out your emotions. Its healthy........" Makoto soothed her. Akari did as she was told, and cried. "Akari! When your done crying, tell me who you choose, us or her!? We'll be waiting on the roof of school.........right above the science lab!" Ruka - Li informed. Akari nodded thinking about her choice, thinking she already knew it. Over Akari's sobs, Makoto could just barely hear what Ruka - Li was saying to Myoki and Kei. "If Akari decides to be friends with Makoto, which I think she will, then we need to find some way to kick both of them off the soccer team, cause, I dont know about you, but if I have to play soccer with them, I'll die." Ruka - Li stated dramaticly. The other 2 nodded, not really wanting to. They were all on the soccer team, and Akari was the best player, 21 goals in 10 games and they still have 1 game left............the championship. The championship game is her favorite game, cause theres more competition, if shes not in it, she'll be so sad and depressed. Shes been playing with a soccer ball ever since before she was old enough to stand. And she was on her first team at age 3 1/2, her mother lied and said she was 4 cause she really did look like she was 4. Its been her dream to be the best pro soccer player ever since she knew what a dream was. Makoto didnt want to get Akari kicked off, cause she knew that somehow, Ruka-Li would get her way and get Akari off. She's heard Akari say before, that the only fun she ever has in her life anymore is when she plays soccer on the team and when she hangs out with her best friends, Myoki, Kei, Ruka - Li and herself. That is because her father used to abuse her and her mother since she could remember till she was 5, when he was caught and sent to jail. Akari's mother almost died from her father and is paralized from the waist down and she has severe brain damage. A nurse lives with them and takes care of the mother while Akari works 3 part time jobs to take care of their small appartment, the nurse's pay, her mother's medications and her little 11 year old brother, Hiroshi. "I know now, who I want to be friends with....." Akari said softly, as she finally stopped crying. Makoto nodded and stopped hugging her, hoping that she would choose Ruka - Li. "I know how it is to be scarred to tell others about how my life really is and was. But I did anyways, cause I knew I could trust all of you, and I think you should have trusted us too. But, I think that Ruka - Li never should of lost her temper, I think she's wrong to stop being friends with you. And I know, I want to be friends with...." Akari took a deep breath. ".....I want to be friends with you, Makoto." Makoto looked at her and shook her head. "I'm sorry Akari, but im not going to allow the rest of them to ruin your dream. Be friends with them, Akari." She said as she started to walk away. Akari gasped. "Wha......" That was all she could say as she watched Makoto walk away. Akari was wide - eyed, sad, and shocked. But most of all confused. She didnt know what she ment by her last sentence. Finally she started to walk away.

~END OF FLASHBACK~

'He was wrong.............I never should of told them. Now what if they tell others. No, Akari wouldnt let them, would she? Mr Sadustuki.........You knew this was gonna happen didnt you!? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.............' Makoto then sighed. 'My life was ment to suck, wasnt it? I must of been cursed. Or else why would all this happen to me? I need to find my brother, I have to. I will.' A tear then escaped her eye and went down her cheek. "I will." She said outloud, and she fell asleep.

The next morning, a saturday when she woke up, her cheeks were stained with tears and a small part of her pillow where her eyes were, was damp. No dream came to her that night. Everything was blank. She sat up in her bed and looked at the time. It was 9:30 A.M. She had to be at practice in 3 hours. She sighed to herself and got out of bed. She went into the bathroom and took a shower. When she got out, she put her silver and green robe and slippers on, grabbed her green brush and walked out into the hallway. She made her way to the living room and gasped, dropping her brush onto the floor. "Oh my God!" On the floor were a bunch of flower petals scattered everywhere. She walked across them and made her way to the door. A small note was taped to it. She looked towards her terrace door and saw that it was open, and she knew for a fact that she had shut it the night before. She looked back at the door and saw it was unlocked and she had definately locked it last night too. She looked at the note and read it.........

Dear Makoto, And how are you today? I hope you dont mind me stopping by. Oh, and dont worry, I did no harm to you or your home. I'll see you at practice today.

from your new friend

Makoto dropped the letter on the petal covered floor. She turned quickly and looked around. Looking for hints as to who this person is, if he/she stole anything or if he/she left anything, like another note lying around somewhere. She found nothing. After an hour of looking all through her house she decided to call the police later, but for now, she needed to get ready and make breakfast, she only had an hour to get there. She quickly got into her uniform, brushed her teeth, dried her hair and put it in her usual ponytail. Then she made and ate breakfast. She had 2 eggs sunny side up, toast and bacon with orange juice and milk. Then she packed up 2 water bottles, and a change of clothes. Her practices were usually rough. She looked at her clock, she had 7 min to get there. That means she needed to run. She grabbed her keys, locked the terrace doors and locked the front door on the way out.

Running, running, running..................more running, running, running...............even more running, running, CRASH!!!!

Makoto ran right into someone turning the corner and she fell right smack on her bottom. "Im so sor-" Makoto stopped in mid sentence when she realized who she ran into. Mr Sadustuki.............her new principal who told her to tell her best friends the truth, well now thanks to him, she has no best friends, only a bunch of people who she could say hello to in the hall. "Grrrrrrrrr" Makoto mumbled a sorry and started running again, still feeling Mr. Sadustuki's gaze following her every move. Looking at the Tokyo clock tower, she saw that she had 2 minutes left and she was 3 minutes away. So she quickened her speed. She knew she was gonna be too tired to practice, but since she ran into her jerk principal, she lost a minute and now has to run extra fast to make it up and get there on time. Cause if she was even 15 seconds late, she wouldnt be in the championship game or at least not all of it, instead she would be running laps. Thats how strict her coach was.

'Come on Makoto almost there! Come on! Come on! Faster! Run......faster!! hhhmmmm.............how much time do I have left? 30 seconds! shoot! Oh man! Coach is gonna have my head if I dont make it! Man, i'm top defence! They'll need me! I cant be late! 15. 14. 13. 12. Almost there! 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. Made it!' "Yes i'm here!" The coach then blew his whistle and looked at everyone and started yelling warm ups and leaders. "Akari, you lead for Dasai, Kei, Nanisia, Amy and Felisha for stretches, dribbling and sprints." Akari nodded and did as she was told. "Makoto, you lead Ruka - Li, Harotu, Yuri, Hitomi and Tori for some stretches, passing and stealing." Makoto nodded, but then remembered that he said Ruka - Li was in her group and that can only mean one thing.

Trouble.

The practice almost went smoothly, and Ruka - Li switched groups, so a girl named Nancy was in Makoto's group. So there was no trouble between the two. All was going well, untill Mr. Sadustuki showed up. When he showed, All Makoto felt, was his forest green eyes staring at her, the whole time. Never leaving her body. It was like he was trying to get into her mind and see what she was thinking, seeing, feeling. He knew that she was uncomfortable, but no matter what, he kept his gaze glued to her every move. Time soon passed. No one went into her house again and neither she or the police found out who it was, or why they went in. Ruka - Li, Kei, Myoki, and Akari didnt hang out with her anymore, and luckily they didnt tell anyone else, thanks to Akari probably. Makoto always spent her lunch time in the tree. The other girls spent it on the roof. Akari didnt want to be friends with Makoto anymore either. Akari thought Makoto really didnt want to be friends with her, so she decided she didnt want to either.

The championship game came and was won. Although, Makoto was kicked off the team. Ruka - Li told the coach that Makoto was in a gang and she smoked, and because she had been in so many fights before, he beleived her. So Makoto was kicked off the day before the championship game, but that didnt keep her from going to watch .

The team played well and beat the other team 8 to 7. Ruka-Li was top defense and Akari was top offense. Akari scored 4 of the goals, Kei scored 1, a girl named Tori scored 1, and and a girl named Fuyuka scored 2. Four days later school ended and they had their graduation. Now 2 days later, Makoto needs to face her fears, and ride the shuttle, to outerspace.............the colonies.











As I said before....I HATE this chapter!!!! Its Meaningless! Dramatic! And Stupid!!!! Gggrrrrr.......*sighs* Anyways...The gundam boys are gonna be in the next chapter I think...

Makoto Almasy..thanx for the tip, but I cant do anything about it yet.....dont ask me y....but I cant...

IMPORTANT: I need to know if I should put the other scouts in this or not....if I do, then they will only be in this as normal people, like Makoto. But if I put them in here, should I pair them with the other g-boys? If so, who? HEERO IS WITH MAKOTO!!!!!! Come on people!!! You need to tell me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please Review!!!! --LadyAnimeAllegra