Stained with Blood
Sorry for the LOOOOOONG absence from typing up this next chapter. I wish I could say I've had writers block and have been unable to type up the chapters. But I've just been pure lazy and my computer has been giving me problems. It wont go to certain sites on the internet, takes a long time to get to other sites, and wont even let me download a friggin AOL instant messenger to talk to my friends. What the fuck's that all about right? I mean, I cant even get onto THIS site for crying out loud! I have to wait for the once-a-week visits to my father's house to talk to people and post these chapters! *sigh* I just wish my computer would stop fucking up already. Its been acting up since the beginning of June! Well anyway, I'll let you read the story now.
Chapter 11: The Runaway and a Kind Heart
The next morning, Shojo and Hachi woke up at the crack of dawn to get last minute stuff together. They took a cab to the docks and arrived at the docks around 6 am as told. The cop car escorting Heero was already there. When Heero was taken out of the car, her gave Hachi a frightening stare, chilling Hachi to the bone. It's amazing on how Hachi used to gaze upon his brother's face and have a warm, good-natured boy gazing back at him. But now, an expressionless corpse of a man grinded a mirthless smile, piercing his heart with a cold he could not understand. There was something about the way Heero quietly excepted being handcuffed and led onto the ship. Hachi knew very well that he has the capability of getting out of this situation easily; but he was letting them. When lead onto the ship, Heero sat in the front end of the ship outside, despite the tremendously cold weather. Hachi followed him, watching him suspiciously. Heero never moved from that spot for several days.
Heero stared out the dark horizon and the blackened sea, and then said, "Quite an un-humane way to transport prisoners, eh? By cargo ship, I mean." It was a particularly cold night, and this was the first time Heero had spoken since undocking.
"Hm?" Hachi answered. "Uh, well, yeah. I guess so." Heero laughed and stood up. Hachi pulled out his gun and stood up himself. "Sit back down, now."
"Now, now. I'm simply just going to the front of the ship. Is that alright?"
After Hachi stared at his suspiciously, he said, "Alright." And lowered his gun, but didn't put it away.
Heero walked up to the front and stood there for a while, gazing out at a rapidly approaching island. "Ya know," he said, "I WILL be back to finish my job. I have never let anyone escape. And you're no exception." They were now level with the island.
"What?!" Hachi brought up his gun again. "What do you mean?!" Shojo and some other guards came running up.
"I mean, I'll come back to kill you." He climbed up on the rail. He turned around and smirked. "Well then, so you, dear brother." He saluted and let himself fall backwards into the freezing water.
Hachi stood there for a split second and then put his gun into its holster. He ran to the back of the boat and took a leaping dive into the water, surfaced, and swam with all his might to the island. Shojo and another officer followed. Heero finally reached the shore and stood up, shivering. He looked back out towards the water. "Shit. Why did they follow?!" Hachi reached the shore, and seconds later, so did Shojo and the officer. Heero Wasted no time in taking Hachi's gun while he gasped for breath. He pointed it straight at Shojo and the other officer. He shot the officer, walked over, picked up the gun, and threw Hachi's gun back to him. Hachi caught the gun, looking at Heero with bewildered eyes. Heero then took off his jacket and put it over Shojo's shoulders. He was wearing a long-sleeve, completely black shirt tucked into his belted black, baggy jeans. The coat was surprisingly dry and warm. Shojo and Hachi looked at him walk away, not knowing what to think or make of this. Heero stopped, and without turning around said, "Well? Are you coming, or are you going to just stand there like idiots?" Hachi and Shojo started towards him and he started walking again.
After a while of walking, Heero stopped and slumped up against a tree and closed his eyes. "We'll rest here for now." he said. Hachi and Shojo sat down by different trees, and the fell asleep.
Shojo awoke a little while later. There was a small fire going. Shojo got up, wrapping Heero's coat around her. Heero wasn't anywhere around. Shojo decided she would just look around for him. After a while of searching around, she heard the sound of water. She walked towards the sound and peered around a tree. She saw Heero sitting there with his shirt off, trying to take something out of his arm. She stumbled and stepped on a twig and it snapped. Heero jumped, grabbed his gun, and pointed it at the spot where Shojo was. "Who's there?!" he shouted. Shojo walked out from behind the tree.
"Eh heh heh, it's just me." She said.
He lowered his gun. "What do you want?"
"I was just wondering where you were. Hey what's wrong with your arm?" Shojo looked at and gasped. "Hey! That's where Hachi shot you! But. Why hasn't it been taken out?! The paramedics that took you away should've gotten that out."
"Nah. They left it in. I think the hoped that I would die of lead poisoning." He smirked.
"Well let me take a look at it."
Heero shifted slightly. "U-uh, n-no, that's alright. I can do it myself."
"Oh come on. You're just like Hachi. Never lets me do anything to help. 'No! I can do it myself!' Geez. You boys. You're all the same. Now let me see your arm." She grabbed for his arm but he pulled it back, scooting away a little.
"It's all right. I CAN do it by myself."
Shojo started to get a bit impatient. "Ok. FINE! See if I care. Let your arm rot."
"Thank you." He started to try to take the bullet out once more."
Shojo's eye twitched. She grabbed him and put him in a hold so that she could get to his arm. "Let ME do it. I took a course in this one year."
"Uh. No you don't need to-"
"I know I don't NEED to. But that wont stop me from doing so. Now sit still. You're acting like a child." Heero sat still and Shojo let him out of the hold. He just sat there looking at her, a little pink in the face, while she dug out the bullet. She got the bullet out and took a long cloth- ribbon out and began wrapping his wound in it. "So why do you have such a problem with being helped?"
"I-it's not that." He turned his face away, but his red ears gave him away.
"Awwww. That's so kawii! You're nervous to be touched. Does that mean you're a virgin too?!" She laughed.
Heero's eyes widened and he turned to look at her, even redder in the face. "W-what?! I-I never said that!"
Shojo laughed and pumbled him. "Haha! It's written all over your face! You cant lie to me! Hahahaha! You and Hachi. Twin virgins!"
Heero's face became even more red. "N-no." He avoided eye contact.
"Hahahaha! That's so rich!" she sat up. "You and Hachi really need to open up. In more ways than one."
Heero just sat there, staring at her out of the corner of his eyes, still a slight blush to his cheeks. "So, uh, thanks." he said. She just smiled. ". So, uh, why are you being nice to me even though I tried to kill Hachi?"
"Weeeeeeeeell. I dunno. Just 'cuz I can sense an inner feeling of something good and pure inside of you."
He narrowed his eyes at her. "No, not inside of me. That's long gone. I hold no such thing."
"If you say so." She said and stood up. "If you want to continue believing what you tell yourself, then fine. But if you lie to yourself, you'll end up falling deeper into the dark hole you're already so far down. If you stop lying, there just might be a chance."
"A chance for what, exactly?"
"A chance to live." And with that, she walked away, off into the trees back to the campsite, leaving him to just look at her with a feeling deep inside that he didn't understand. 'There's nothing inside of me like that. . At least, not anymore.' He thought. He felt something swell deep inside of himself come up and lodge in his throat at a memory. He wanted to forget this awful memory, but couldn't. 'Why did she have to be taken out of my life? Why?! What have I been doing these past years? She wouldn't have wanted this. I-I want you back. I want you back so badly.' Then the lump in his throat triggered his tears, and he fell sideways, silently crying and shaking.
".Nakushita.Koi."
Chapter 11 end.
Wow. Ok. We have our longest chapter yet! I'm so esscited! As I continue to re-write the chapters from their original form in my notebook, I cant help but to notice that the story has so much more detail than the original copy, especially THIS chapter. The original one was basically this: They all jump off the boat, Heero has them follow him, they find camp, Shojo falls asleep, Heero senses that Hachi likes her, Heero and Hachi talk, and the next morning the set out. It was pretty dull to even write it. I guess I was in such a hurry to get to the end, cuz I knew how I wanted to end it, and I just rushed. In the original, I never got around to telling everyone why Heero acted the way he did, and the whole Heero/Shojo scene never happened. To tell the truth, I didn't even know why he was acting the way he was and I just made it up now. ^^* I just get so carried away with no details. Well anyway, I hope you liked this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Well, re-writing it. The next chapter is called: Onward to HQ. Well, ja ne!
Sorry for the LOOOOOONG absence from typing up this next chapter. I wish I could say I've had writers block and have been unable to type up the chapters. But I've just been pure lazy and my computer has been giving me problems. It wont go to certain sites on the internet, takes a long time to get to other sites, and wont even let me download a friggin AOL instant messenger to talk to my friends. What the fuck's that all about right? I mean, I cant even get onto THIS site for crying out loud! I have to wait for the once-a-week visits to my father's house to talk to people and post these chapters! *sigh* I just wish my computer would stop fucking up already. Its been acting up since the beginning of June! Well anyway, I'll let you read the story now.
Chapter 11: The Runaway and a Kind Heart
The next morning, Shojo and Hachi woke up at the crack of dawn to get last minute stuff together. They took a cab to the docks and arrived at the docks around 6 am as told. The cop car escorting Heero was already there. When Heero was taken out of the car, her gave Hachi a frightening stare, chilling Hachi to the bone. It's amazing on how Hachi used to gaze upon his brother's face and have a warm, good-natured boy gazing back at him. But now, an expressionless corpse of a man grinded a mirthless smile, piercing his heart with a cold he could not understand. There was something about the way Heero quietly excepted being handcuffed and led onto the ship. Hachi knew very well that he has the capability of getting out of this situation easily; but he was letting them. When lead onto the ship, Heero sat in the front end of the ship outside, despite the tremendously cold weather. Hachi followed him, watching him suspiciously. Heero never moved from that spot for several days.
Heero stared out the dark horizon and the blackened sea, and then said, "Quite an un-humane way to transport prisoners, eh? By cargo ship, I mean." It was a particularly cold night, and this was the first time Heero had spoken since undocking.
"Hm?" Hachi answered. "Uh, well, yeah. I guess so." Heero laughed and stood up. Hachi pulled out his gun and stood up himself. "Sit back down, now."
"Now, now. I'm simply just going to the front of the ship. Is that alright?"
After Hachi stared at his suspiciously, he said, "Alright." And lowered his gun, but didn't put it away.
Heero walked up to the front and stood there for a while, gazing out at a rapidly approaching island. "Ya know," he said, "I WILL be back to finish my job. I have never let anyone escape. And you're no exception." They were now level with the island.
"What?!" Hachi brought up his gun again. "What do you mean?!" Shojo and some other guards came running up.
"I mean, I'll come back to kill you." He climbed up on the rail. He turned around and smirked. "Well then, so you, dear brother." He saluted and let himself fall backwards into the freezing water.
Hachi stood there for a split second and then put his gun into its holster. He ran to the back of the boat and took a leaping dive into the water, surfaced, and swam with all his might to the island. Shojo and another officer followed. Heero finally reached the shore and stood up, shivering. He looked back out towards the water. "Shit. Why did they follow?!" Hachi reached the shore, and seconds later, so did Shojo and the officer. Heero Wasted no time in taking Hachi's gun while he gasped for breath. He pointed it straight at Shojo and the other officer. He shot the officer, walked over, picked up the gun, and threw Hachi's gun back to him. Hachi caught the gun, looking at Heero with bewildered eyes. Heero then took off his jacket and put it over Shojo's shoulders. He was wearing a long-sleeve, completely black shirt tucked into his belted black, baggy jeans. The coat was surprisingly dry and warm. Shojo and Hachi looked at him walk away, not knowing what to think or make of this. Heero stopped, and without turning around said, "Well? Are you coming, or are you going to just stand there like idiots?" Hachi and Shojo started towards him and he started walking again.
After a while of walking, Heero stopped and slumped up against a tree and closed his eyes. "We'll rest here for now." he said. Hachi and Shojo sat down by different trees, and the fell asleep.
Shojo awoke a little while later. There was a small fire going. Shojo got up, wrapping Heero's coat around her. Heero wasn't anywhere around. Shojo decided she would just look around for him. After a while of searching around, she heard the sound of water. She walked towards the sound and peered around a tree. She saw Heero sitting there with his shirt off, trying to take something out of his arm. She stumbled and stepped on a twig and it snapped. Heero jumped, grabbed his gun, and pointed it at the spot where Shojo was. "Who's there?!" he shouted. Shojo walked out from behind the tree.
"Eh heh heh, it's just me." She said.
He lowered his gun. "What do you want?"
"I was just wondering where you were. Hey what's wrong with your arm?" Shojo looked at and gasped. "Hey! That's where Hachi shot you! But. Why hasn't it been taken out?! The paramedics that took you away should've gotten that out."
"Nah. They left it in. I think the hoped that I would die of lead poisoning." He smirked.
"Well let me take a look at it."
Heero shifted slightly. "U-uh, n-no, that's alright. I can do it myself."
"Oh come on. You're just like Hachi. Never lets me do anything to help. 'No! I can do it myself!' Geez. You boys. You're all the same. Now let me see your arm." She grabbed for his arm but he pulled it back, scooting away a little.
"It's all right. I CAN do it by myself."
Shojo started to get a bit impatient. "Ok. FINE! See if I care. Let your arm rot."
"Thank you." He started to try to take the bullet out once more."
Shojo's eye twitched. She grabbed him and put him in a hold so that she could get to his arm. "Let ME do it. I took a course in this one year."
"Uh. No you don't need to-"
"I know I don't NEED to. But that wont stop me from doing so. Now sit still. You're acting like a child." Heero sat still and Shojo let him out of the hold. He just sat there looking at her, a little pink in the face, while she dug out the bullet. She got the bullet out and took a long cloth- ribbon out and began wrapping his wound in it. "So why do you have such a problem with being helped?"
"I-it's not that." He turned his face away, but his red ears gave him away.
"Awwww. That's so kawii! You're nervous to be touched. Does that mean you're a virgin too?!" She laughed.
Heero's eyes widened and he turned to look at her, even redder in the face. "W-what?! I-I never said that!"
Shojo laughed and pumbled him. "Haha! It's written all over your face! You cant lie to me! Hahahaha! You and Hachi. Twin virgins!"
Heero's face became even more red. "N-no." He avoided eye contact.
"Hahahaha! That's so rich!" she sat up. "You and Hachi really need to open up. In more ways than one."
Heero just sat there, staring at her out of the corner of his eyes, still a slight blush to his cheeks. "So, uh, thanks." he said. She just smiled. ". So, uh, why are you being nice to me even though I tried to kill Hachi?"
"Weeeeeeeeell. I dunno. Just 'cuz I can sense an inner feeling of something good and pure inside of you."
He narrowed his eyes at her. "No, not inside of me. That's long gone. I hold no such thing."
"If you say so." She said and stood up. "If you want to continue believing what you tell yourself, then fine. But if you lie to yourself, you'll end up falling deeper into the dark hole you're already so far down. If you stop lying, there just might be a chance."
"A chance for what, exactly?"
"A chance to live." And with that, she walked away, off into the trees back to the campsite, leaving him to just look at her with a feeling deep inside that he didn't understand. 'There's nothing inside of me like that. . At least, not anymore.' He thought. He felt something swell deep inside of himself come up and lodge in his throat at a memory. He wanted to forget this awful memory, but couldn't. 'Why did she have to be taken out of my life? Why?! What have I been doing these past years? She wouldn't have wanted this. I-I want you back. I want you back so badly.' Then the lump in his throat triggered his tears, and he fell sideways, silently crying and shaking.
".Nakushita.Koi."
Chapter 11 end.
Wow. Ok. We have our longest chapter yet! I'm so esscited! As I continue to re-write the chapters from their original form in my notebook, I cant help but to notice that the story has so much more detail than the original copy, especially THIS chapter. The original one was basically this: They all jump off the boat, Heero has them follow him, they find camp, Shojo falls asleep, Heero senses that Hachi likes her, Heero and Hachi talk, and the next morning the set out. It was pretty dull to even write it. I guess I was in such a hurry to get to the end, cuz I knew how I wanted to end it, and I just rushed. In the original, I never got around to telling everyone why Heero acted the way he did, and the whole Heero/Shojo scene never happened. To tell the truth, I didn't even know why he was acting the way he was and I just made it up now. ^^* I just get so carried away with no details. Well anyway, I hope you liked this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Well, re-writing it. The next chapter is called: Onward to HQ. Well, ja ne!