Can Hate Be Love?
Laughter was heard all through the household as Duo awoken. //What's everyone laughing about?// Duo slowly got out of bed to see what was going on outside. He entered the living room and the other pilots looked at him with big grins on their faces.
"What's going on? Why's everyone smiling?"
"Hey Duo, you gotta show that teddy bear of your sometime," Wufei cracked. Duo looked at him in confusion.
"What are you talking about Wufei?"
"Don't try to hide it. We have proof of it so you can come right out with it," Heero said.
"What the hell are you guys talking about?" Duo was getting irritated. The pilots looked at each other and Heero pulled out a photo. He handed it to Duo with a small chuckle.
Duo stared at the picture in front of him. "Who took this?" The pilots shrugged. "I don't have a teddy bear and I *don't* suck on my thumb!" The other pilots gave him a skeptical look as Duo tore up the picture.
"TARI!!!"
"What! What's going on?" Tari said groggily as she entered the living room.
"We found a picture of Duo sucking on his thumb and hugging a teddy bear today," Quatre said. Tari blinked a few times before a huge grin appeared on her lips.
"Oh, I forgot all about that."
"How the hell did you take it?" Duo fumed.
"Well, you were sleeping like a baby, so I thought 'why not make him look like a baby? He is one after all'." Duo looked ready to kill.
"Well, I'll be going to the bathroom and I'll have breakfast made," Tari yawned. She left the living room and quickly washed her face and teeth. She went to the kitchen and made pancakes with sausage and eggs at the side. She quickly opened the fridge and got out the syrup and butter with honey and strawberry jam. Tari was setting the table when Quatre entered the kitchen.
"Smells wonderful in here," he said.
"Thank you." Tari got the toast from the toaster and set them on the table. She left the kitchen, but not before taking one piece of toast.
"Hey Tari! Aren't you going to eat?" Quatre called after her.
"Maybe later!" Quatre shook his head as the other pilots reached the kitchen and started eating what was set before them. Duo was a bit hesitant, after all, he was eating food made by the enemy, but who could resist this delicious looking food? He quickly gobbled up the food in a matter of minutes.
"Hey guys!" Tari called as she ran into the kitchen. The boys were almost done with their food. "We have a new mission, so get ready after you eat." Tari then ran out of the kitchen and readied herself and Death Angel for battle. The boys came after her a while later.
"Come on! Hurry up you guys! How long does it take to ready for battle?"
"You seem eager for this?" Wufei mused.
"I haven't battled for a while. I wanna hurry and fight!" They finally got going a few minuted later, while seemed like forever to Tari. They reached a base that was holding gundiam alloy to transport to OZ bases. There were mobile suits guarding the base that met them head forward. Reinforcements came a few minutes again.
"I've counted two hundred and forty mobile suits! We can all take forty each," Tari commanded. She finished her number of mobile suits with ease in a few minutes. She looked on her screen. Heero, Wufei, and Trowa had finished their number of mobile suits.
"Heero, Trowa, and Wufei! Go destroy the base. I'll stay here and help Quatre and Duo!" Tari said. They did as she said, Wufei complaining a bit, and Tari went over to where Quatre and Duo were. There were only a few more to destroy now, but something caught onto Tari's eye.
"Something's approaching us fast!" she yelled.
"I'll take care of it," Duo said. Tari nodded and helped Quatre get rid of the rest of the moblie suits. Duo slammed his scythe at the newcomer, which was a upgraded Leo, but the Leo blocked. It brought out a Beam Sword and attacked Duo. Duo blocked its attack with his Scythe, and the battling continued.
Tari and Quatre were just about finished when Tari saw Duo slammed into the ground by the Leo. The Leo brought a rifle and prepared to fire as Death Scythe struggled to get up. //He isn't fast enough!// Death Angel half flew half ran to where Death Scythe was and took the blow.
Death Angel flew back as the power hit her and was slammed a few feet into the ground. She did not get back up. Duo soon realized that the power had struck the cockpit. He felt anger rise within himself and Death Scythe rose up off the ground as the Leo prepared to finish off Death Angel with another shot.
There was a loud explosion when Death Scythe's scythe cut through the Leo. Duo didn't wait to see if the Leo was fully destroyed, but went to Death Angel to see if its piots was alright. Quatre and the other pilots were coming to check on Tari too. Duo reached Death Angel and jumped out of the cockpit. He forced the cockpit hatch open and looked inside, hoping to find a pissed off Tari. He had no such luck.
Tari lay there in the center of a pool of blood. There was a gash on her head and on her arms and legs. Duo picked her up and went back out of the hatch. "Tari's been seriously injured!" he shouted to the others. "I'll take her to the hospital while you guys take Death Angel back to the safe house." Duo didn't wait for any of them to say anything, but entered Deat Scythe and looked for something that would help stop the bleeding.
He grabbed his jacket and wrapped it around Tari. The blow flow ceased as Duo quickly looked for a hospital. He found one and took Tari into the hospital for emergency care. But Duo could not stay for the moment. He had to put Death Scythe away before something happened.
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Duo and the others arrived back at the hospital an hour later. There was no status report on Tari yet. They waited in the waiting room for a half hour before the nurse called for them. They walked down the corridor and into a room where a broken figure lay in bed with a doctor at her side.
"Is she alright?" Duo asked anxiously.
"She's near death, but is pretty much stable. She doesn't need life support because of that, but she's had a concussion. Her wounds have been checked for infection and we've found none, but we have some bad news," the doctor said gravely. Duo felt a pang in his heart.
"Her body's functioning properly, but her mind isn't. The concussion was pretty bad, and so she's in the state of a coma." Duo could not find his voice.
"How long will this coma last?" Quatre croaked out.
"We are not sure. The coma could last for months at end."
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Duo and the others reluctantly left the hospital and drove back to the safe house in silence. Duo went straight to his room and locked the door. No one said anything, for they understood how he felt.
The next few days were spent on fixing Death Angel. They were soon finished, and were surprised when they found her laying on the ground. They looked at each other, wanting to know who had done it, but only Duo knew that she had done that herself.
The days became weeks, weeks became a month and still no sign of conciousness from Tari. The boys were getting anxious and had a hard time getting back to their lives in worry of her. They felt out of place without her. It was like she had changed them all in the few weeks she stayed with them.
Duo had taken a position of being a zombie in the household. He would walk and continue his duties, but did it without emotion and without enthusiasm. The other pilots worried over him and tried to help, but Duo would always ask them to stop in such an emotionless manner, it scared them all. He was no longer Duo the happy prankster pilot, but a walking zombie that was not really there anymore. Another month and a half passed by.
Then one day, the phone rang. Duo walked silently to it and picked it up. "Hello?"
"Yes, hello? Is this the household of Tari Seiji?" Duo instantly became alert.
"Yeah, what happened? Is she okay? Did she wake up?"
"There's a problem. Tari seems to have lost the need to want to live. She's been put on life support and her heart is failing."
"I'll be there right away." Duo ran through the house as if his life depended on it. He made it to the garage and hopped onto his motorcycle.
"I'm going to the hospital! Something's wrong with Tari!" he yelled. He could hear the thudding of feet running towards the garage. Duo brought the engine to life and sped towards the hospital. //I need to make it there before she leaves! I just hope she lets me see her and tell her what I feel before she does leave// Duo mentally hit himself for thinking such thoughts. //You act like she*is* going to leave. You have to stop her first!// He then reached the hospital, other pilots at his heels.
Dun dun dun! Will Tari live long enough for Duo to tell her how he really feels for her, or will she leave this world forever?
Laughter was heard all through the household as Duo awoken. //What's everyone laughing about?// Duo slowly got out of bed to see what was going on outside. He entered the living room and the other pilots looked at him with big grins on their faces.
"What's going on? Why's everyone smiling?"
"Hey Duo, you gotta show that teddy bear of your sometime," Wufei cracked. Duo looked at him in confusion.
"What are you talking about Wufei?"
"Don't try to hide it. We have proof of it so you can come right out with it," Heero said.
"What the hell are you guys talking about?" Duo was getting irritated. The pilots looked at each other and Heero pulled out a photo. He handed it to Duo with a small chuckle.
Duo stared at the picture in front of him. "Who took this?" The pilots shrugged. "I don't have a teddy bear and I *don't* suck on my thumb!" The other pilots gave him a skeptical look as Duo tore up the picture.
"TARI!!!"
"What! What's going on?" Tari said groggily as she entered the living room.
"We found a picture of Duo sucking on his thumb and hugging a teddy bear today," Quatre said. Tari blinked a few times before a huge grin appeared on her lips.
"Oh, I forgot all about that."
"How the hell did you take it?" Duo fumed.
"Well, you were sleeping like a baby, so I thought 'why not make him look like a baby? He is one after all'." Duo looked ready to kill.
"Well, I'll be going to the bathroom and I'll have breakfast made," Tari yawned. She left the living room and quickly washed her face and teeth. She went to the kitchen and made pancakes with sausage and eggs at the side. She quickly opened the fridge and got out the syrup and butter with honey and strawberry jam. Tari was setting the table when Quatre entered the kitchen.
"Smells wonderful in here," he said.
"Thank you." Tari got the toast from the toaster and set them on the table. She left the kitchen, but not before taking one piece of toast.
"Hey Tari! Aren't you going to eat?" Quatre called after her.
"Maybe later!" Quatre shook his head as the other pilots reached the kitchen and started eating what was set before them. Duo was a bit hesitant, after all, he was eating food made by the enemy, but who could resist this delicious looking food? He quickly gobbled up the food in a matter of minutes.
"Hey guys!" Tari called as she ran into the kitchen. The boys were almost done with their food. "We have a new mission, so get ready after you eat." Tari then ran out of the kitchen and readied herself and Death Angel for battle. The boys came after her a while later.
"Come on! Hurry up you guys! How long does it take to ready for battle?"
"You seem eager for this?" Wufei mused.
"I haven't battled for a while. I wanna hurry and fight!" They finally got going a few minuted later, while seemed like forever to Tari. They reached a base that was holding gundiam alloy to transport to OZ bases. There were mobile suits guarding the base that met them head forward. Reinforcements came a few minutes again.
"I've counted two hundred and forty mobile suits! We can all take forty each," Tari commanded. She finished her number of mobile suits with ease in a few minutes. She looked on her screen. Heero, Wufei, and Trowa had finished their number of mobile suits.
"Heero, Trowa, and Wufei! Go destroy the base. I'll stay here and help Quatre and Duo!" Tari said. They did as she said, Wufei complaining a bit, and Tari went over to where Quatre and Duo were. There were only a few more to destroy now, but something caught onto Tari's eye.
"Something's approaching us fast!" she yelled.
"I'll take care of it," Duo said. Tari nodded and helped Quatre get rid of the rest of the moblie suits. Duo slammed his scythe at the newcomer, which was a upgraded Leo, but the Leo blocked. It brought out a Beam Sword and attacked Duo. Duo blocked its attack with his Scythe, and the battling continued.
Tari and Quatre were just about finished when Tari saw Duo slammed into the ground by the Leo. The Leo brought a rifle and prepared to fire as Death Scythe struggled to get up. //He isn't fast enough!// Death Angel half flew half ran to where Death Scythe was and took the blow.
Death Angel flew back as the power hit her and was slammed a few feet into the ground. She did not get back up. Duo soon realized that the power had struck the cockpit. He felt anger rise within himself and Death Scythe rose up off the ground as the Leo prepared to finish off Death Angel with another shot.
There was a loud explosion when Death Scythe's scythe cut through the Leo. Duo didn't wait to see if the Leo was fully destroyed, but went to Death Angel to see if its piots was alright. Quatre and the other pilots were coming to check on Tari too. Duo reached Death Angel and jumped out of the cockpit. He forced the cockpit hatch open and looked inside, hoping to find a pissed off Tari. He had no such luck.
Tari lay there in the center of a pool of blood. There was a gash on her head and on her arms and legs. Duo picked her up and went back out of the hatch. "Tari's been seriously injured!" he shouted to the others. "I'll take her to the hospital while you guys take Death Angel back to the safe house." Duo didn't wait for any of them to say anything, but entered Deat Scythe and looked for something that would help stop the bleeding.
He grabbed his jacket and wrapped it around Tari. The blow flow ceased as Duo quickly looked for a hospital. He found one and took Tari into the hospital for emergency care. But Duo could not stay for the moment. He had to put Death Scythe away before something happened.
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Duo and the others arrived back at the hospital an hour later. There was no status report on Tari yet. They waited in the waiting room for a half hour before the nurse called for them. They walked down the corridor and into a room where a broken figure lay in bed with a doctor at her side.
"Is she alright?" Duo asked anxiously.
"She's near death, but is pretty much stable. She doesn't need life support because of that, but she's had a concussion. Her wounds have been checked for infection and we've found none, but we have some bad news," the doctor said gravely. Duo felt a pang in his heart.
"Her body's functioning properly, but her mind isn't. The concussion was pretty bad, and so she's in the state of a coma." Duo could not find his voice.
"How long will this coma last?" Quatre croaked out.
"We are not sure. The coma could last for months at end."
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Duo and the others reluctantly left the hospital and drove back to the safe house in silence. Duo went straight to his room and locked the door. No one said anything, for they understood how he felt.
The next few days were spent on fixing Death Angel. They were soon finished, and were surprised when they found her laying on the ground. They looked at each other, wanting to know who had done it, but only Duo knew that she had done that herself.
The days became weeks, weeks became a month and still no sign of conciousness from Tari. The boys were getting anxious and had a hard time getting back to their lives in worry of her. They felt out of place without her. It was like she had changed them all in the few weeks she stayed with them.
Duo had taken a position of being a zombie in the household. He would walk and continue his duties, but did it without emotion and without enthusiasm. The other pilots worried over him and tried to help, but Duo would always ask them to stop in such an emotionless manner, it scared them all. He was no longer Duo the happy prankster pilot, but a walking zombie that was not really there anymore. Another month and a half passed by.
Then one day, the phone rang. Duo walked silently to it and picked it up. "Hello?"
"Yes, hello? Is this the household of Tari Seiji?" Duo instantly became alert.
"Yeah, what happened? Is she okay? Did she wake up?"
"There's a problem. Tari seems to have lost the need to want to live. She's been put on life support and her heart is failing."
"I'll be there right away." Duo ran through the house as if his life depended on it. He made it to the garage and hopped onto his motorcycle.
"I'm going to the hospital! Something's wrong with Tari!" he yelled. He could hear the thudding of feet running towards the garage. Duo brought the engine to life and sped towards the hospital. //I need to make it there before she leaves! I just hope she lets me see her and tell her what I feel before she does leave// Duo mentally hit himself for thinking such thoughts. //You act like she*is* going to leave. You have to stop her first!// He then reached the hospital, other pilots at his heels.
Dun dun dun! Will Tari live long enough for Duo to tell her how he really feels for her, or will she leave this world forever?