Author's Note: Sorry for the wait. Not that I think anyone really was waiting, but if you're curious…this is a pretty simple and unremarkable chapter. I still like it though. More angst I hoping to squeeze out of the characters, but I'm running out of ideas.
Disclaimers: Yeah you know the drill. All characters do not belong to me and I make no profit from entertaining people with this story.
Wish Not in Dreams, Part 9
The sunlight pours through the wide bay window, attempting to bath the room in cheery warm light. It fails to lift the heart of the individual lying on the bed apparently asleep.
Well, she could have been just sleeping, if it wasn't for the many machines hooked to her body. She sleep there breathing soundlessly and peaceful, undisturbed by the beautiful weather.
She looked peaceful, but she would never smile again, unless she woke up.
Yes, Relena Peacecraft seemed to be in a coma after a life threatening bullet wound.
Her face looks relieved and relaxed; something no one has seen since her return...but it was longer than that. It has been a total of four years.
The people who knew her worried, constantly checking on her condition, with the exception of one.
The great and perfect solider Heero Yuy, the last to talk to her. He had disappeared to somewhere after he got her to a medic. Only Duo, determined as hell, had tracked Heero Yuy down.
"You fuck head! How could you just dump her and leave her there, without care to whether she died or not?! Even if you treated her as peace symbol, it was still important to see to her well-being wasn't it?! Answer me!"
"Go away, Duo Maxwell. I currently don't have time to deal with you now." As if to emphasize his argument, the click of the gun safety was heard.
A surprised, Heero Yuy saw himself being pummeled into the ground by one furious Duo Maxwell.
"Bastard! You don't have time? What do you have time for? What did you dedicate your life to? ANSWER ME!"
"Did you notice Duo Maxwell, no one cares about the fate of the princess?"
Duo pauses for a spilt second, giving enough time for Heero to repay the favor by punching him in the stomach. Though it was not bad as the incident during Mariemaria time of war*, it still left Duo breathless.
Panting on the ground, Duo answers, "So what?"
"Even you must realize that the popularity of the Vice Foreign Minister has dropped so much, that the people utterly despise her. The politicians are afraid of her, the public is keep aware of her apparent "evil" practices…all things leading to her previous dove image to be destroyed and replaced by one of a dictator. She herself has changed as well. Did you realize Maxwell? Did you…?"
Breathing heavily as he got up from the floor, he looks at Heero. "That must be the longest thing you ever said to me since I met you. To answer your question…yes I did. I wondered what the hell she was doing. This war we fought…was she trying to single-handedly break the fragile glass of peace?"
"She had a tentative hold on it, becoming inch by inch a figurehead."
"Relena always was like that; she always managed to turn the tables."
"Do you not find it strange that life went on without her, nothing earth shattering happened when she disappeared?"
"You mean…"
"Relena Peacecraft we know is basically dead. In the same body is a different Peacecraft, one that will be considered "evil" by the people. However, it is more quiet and peaceful now, more ever than before with or without the Princess of the Sanc kingdom"
Duo noticed how he rarely mentioned Relena's first name. "You're breaking a record today Yuy. Don't push yourself." He extends his arm to the man on the floor.
"If she's becoming that way, then the public is going to hang her. You better go save her."
That was two weeks ago.
Relena is still her coma, yet Heero never fails to watch her every single moment every day.
This day was like all the others.
Except, the wind was blowing gently across her face, the sunlight shining brightly, the smells of spring in the air…and without indication on the heart monitor, Relena opens her eyes for the first time in five months.
"I'm glad you're awake, Relena. You had us worried for quite a while." Noin stood by Relena's bedside, and smiled at her.
"Um…if you don't mind me asking, why was I hooked up to all those machines?"
"You mean you don't remember being shot?"
"Everything is fuzzy. The last thing I remember was getting ready for bed. It was right after the Crinde Conference."
"But that was a year and a half ago! Are you sure you're alright? No selective amnesia or something? I'll go get Sally…" Noin trails off and starts to call for the doctor, but Relena grabs her hand.
Her smile is forced. "Don't worry…I was just….kidding….I'm just feeling kind of tired…"
"I'll leave you to your rest then, " looking at her strangely Noin exits the room.
Actually Relena Peacecraft did remember snatches the night after the Crinde Conference. Something possessed her to call the guard..and kill him…her hands red with blood..
[Orye Uyeh ten years old..…blue hair...short….]
[fencing……the easy opponents….Duo Maxwell…fencing]
[found out….Heero Yuy….he lost….not me…]
………….Relena only remembered up to so far…and the rest was mystery.
Something kept nagging her though.
Why did the number 04 keep repeating and bothering her?
Author's Note: * Remember Duo got to punch Heero, and Heero punched Duo back, except it made him unconscious. Well…what do you think? I realized that Relena was turning into something no one likes in fanfiction that is…so I'm trying to get back on the real storyline. I'm also trying to finish a fanfic I start….heheeheheh. C/C appreciated.