Chapter 8:
Lark had been surprised when she met Relena at one of the conventions, she definitely was unlike any other pacifist leader she had ever met before. Relena was not hard and demanding, she was kind and soft. She seemed to Lark as though she had manners and had been raised in a very rich family.
"So you believe that we all should throw down our weapons and stop fighting?" Lark asked incredulously.
Relena folded her hands in her lap as her long blond hair cascaded about her shoulders, "I believe that is the answer for peace."
"But if you throw out all weapons, the enemy will see that as an advantage and take over and defeat you," Lark tried to explain.
"No Miss Yahara, that is where you are wrong..." she was cut short by Heero.
"Lark, I think we should start on the Gundams right away."
Lark looked up at him, shaking herself back into reality, "Yeah. Yeah. Let's go." Lark stood and headed toward the door.
"Miss Yahara!" She turned as Relena hurried over, "I'd like to hear more of your views, would you join me for dinner tomorrow night?"
Lark looked at Heero who shrugged, then turned back to Relena, "Ok, I'll go, but on one condition."
"What's that?"
"Don't call me Miss Yahara, call me Lark."
Relena looked shocked, but sighed, "All right, I won't call you Miss Yahara."
"Good," Lark smiled, "We may get along after all." _____
"Man I'm tired!" Duo whined as he stretched his arms above his head then plopped down on the couch.
"Me too," Lark replied as she smiled at him.
Being the only two people in the conference room, Duo asked her, "So what's goin' on with you and Trowa?"
Lark looked at him as she sat down and leaned her head back, "I want to marry him."
Duo sat forward, "And what does Mr. Barton think?"
"I think he thinks the same."
"Oh really?" Duo asked, "You're sure?"
Lark turned her head to look at him, "He kissed me, then he told me that he would fight Octavian because he loved me."
Duo sat back and sighed, "How come I can't fall in love like that?" He mumbled.
"What'd you say?" Lark asked.
"Nothing." He lied.
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"Hey, how's it going?"
Lark smiled at the picture of her brother on the screen as she replied, "I got half of Sandrock's repairs done today, and I talked to Relena Peacecraft, and I'm in love and I....." she was cut short.
"In love?" Armand asked as he sat back and crossed his arms, "Already?"
"You remember Trowa right?"
"Haven't met him yet."
"You haven't?" Lark asked, frowning. "You want to meet him?" She asked.
"I'd love to meet him," Armand replied, "But in the meantime, I'm gonna send you that legend."
Lark's eyes lit up, "You found it?!"
"Yeah, it might take awhile to process through, so I'll have time to talk to Trowa."
Lark nodded her head, then rolled her chair to the other side of the desk. Picking up the phone, she dialed Trowa's room.
Lark listened as the phone rang several times, with no answer. "Hmm...He's not in his room. I'll try Duo."
"Hello?" A sleepy voice answered after the third ring.
"Duo?" Lark asked, "You're always sleeping when I call."
"Yeah, I guess so," he yawned, "So what can I do for ya?"
"Do you know where Trowa is?"
"He said something about taking a walk, then he was gonna work on Heavyarms."
"Ok," Lark replied, "Thanks Duo."
"Yeah," Duo, replied, "Later."
"Bye." With that she hung up the phone then slid the chair back to the screen.
"Well, he's either out walking or working on his Gundam," Lark replied, "If you want to wait, I can go see if he's in the hangar."
"Sure, that's fine, but while you're looking for him, is AC around?" Armand asked.
"Yeah, he should be," she replied, "One minute."
Lark slid the chair back over to the phone and called Heero's room. After talking for a couple minutes, she hung up the phone and slid the chair back.
"He's on his way."
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Lark had only spent two minutes in the hangar to realize that Trowa was not there. Suddenly, she got an idea and took off running through the halls toward the habitation module where the animals slept. Finding Dinah there, she went in.
"Dinah," she said as she approached the tiger.
Dinah turned her head and jumped to her feet when she saw Lark, growling softly in greeting.
"Hey," Lark replied as she walked over and laid a hand on the large tiger's shoulder, "Want to help me find Trowa?"
Dinah looked up at her and growled again, then headed for the door. She stopped and turned to look at Lark, giving out an impatient roar.
"Ok," Lark laughed, "I'm coming!"
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By the time they got outside, Dinah had already found Trowa. There was a lake with a waterfall a little way off from the spaceship, and he was sitting on a large boulder, staring down at the ground. Lark stayed behind some bushes as Dinah tore off to see him.
Lark watched as Trowa looked up in surprise and smiled at the huge tiger.
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"What are you doing here?" Trowa asked, "Where's Lark?"
Dinah turned toward Lark's hiding spot and growled.
Trowa turned his eyes to the spot, "Lark?"
Then, suddenly, Dinah took off toward Lark, and Trowa hurried after.
Trowa turned around in a circle as Dinah disappeared into the bushes, "Lark?"
All of a sudden, Lark stepped out behind him, "Hey? What's up?"
Trowa gasped suddenly and spun around to face her, "You scared me!"
Lark laughed as she took his hands in hers, "You're adorable when you're scared."
"Really?" He asked as he pulled her to him, "Then you can scare me all you want."
Lark smiled up at him for a few seconds then asked, "What were you thinking about?"
"Just what you're planet is like, and what my/our life will be like when we get married."
"Quarrentine is very beautiful," she began as she pulled away and walked toward the waterfall, "There are waterfalls all over, and the woods are so beautiful..." she trailed off as she started to think of her home and her family, "Oh yeah! I almost forgot! Armand is on the videophone, would you like to meet him?"
"Yeah," Trowa replied.
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"Hey AC," Lark greeted Heero when she and Trowa walked in.
"What's goin' on Ly?" He replied.
Trowa frowned as he looked at Heero then Lark, "AC? Ly?"
"Old nicknames," Lark explained, "Now Trowa," she said as she grabbed his arm and led him over to the screen, "This is my brother Armand. Armand, this is Trowa."
"Trowa," Armand said as he shook his head, "You're not what I expected."
"Armand! Be nice!" Lark exclaimed.
"I'm sorry Ly, but it's true," Armand replied, "Well I would shake your hand, but that's kinda hard. So what's the deal with you and my sister?"
Trowa looked at Lark, "I love her, and I plan on marrying her," he said as Lark moved over and he put his arm around her.
"Well," Armand replied thoughtfully as they both looked at him, "You have my blessing, but you'll have to impress the rest of the Yahara men, we're pretty protective of our little girl. Oh, and one little hitch I might point out, she's engaged."
Trowa frowned thoughtfully, "Yeah, I know, but I'm not gonna let her alone with someone like that."
Armand smiled at Trowa then looked at Lark, "Found yourself a good man I see."
Lark smiled at Armand, she knew that if he did not object than no one else would. She turned to Heero, he was like a part of the Yahara family too, "What about you?"
He smiled, "Yeah, Trowa's an alright guy."
"An alright guy?!" Lark sounded hurt, "After fighting with him for five years, relying on him in battle, being linked to him by the Gundams........."
"Ok, ok," Heero interrupted, "I get the point! You're right, he's practically a brother to me."
"That settles it!" Armand exclaimed. "Now he has to marry her," he looked at Trowa, "Or we'll come after you."
Trowa smiled, as he jokingly knocked his heels together and saluted, "Yes sir!"
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When the legend had finally arrived, Lark had taken it to the conference room and had made it quite clear that she wanted to be alone. Curling up on the couch with a Sprite and the legend, she began to read.
There will one day be a queen of Quarrentine, who shall determine her own future. Her physical makeup shall cause her to be a beautiful young woman with bright blue eyes and long brown hair, who owns the respect of all those who know her, of who is in tune with nature. She will go through many tests in order to find herself, and will have to go father than any other person.
Lark stopped reading as she thought, that could be me, but what tests? Was she already going through those tests, or had she truly found herself? She began to read again.
The queen of Quarrentine will have six brothers....
Wait a minute, she thought, I only have five brothers. Maybe her mom was going to have another child, but.....AC! He's my sixth brother!
She picked up where she left off.
....Who will rule with her and who will, along with her make up the seven rulers of the new age. This age will begin with the marriage of the queen and her one true love, found during her period of finding her own self.
Lark stopped as her eyes grew big, Trowa! She smiled then kept reading.
The queen's true love will leave everything for her and will protect her from evil. But, she will do her part in protecting also. The new age will not be perfect though. New challenges and forces will demand the royal family's priorities, and hardship will ensue.
Lark frowned, "Not if I can help it."
But in the end, it will all end in happily ever after.
Lark had been surprised when she met Relena at one of the conventions, she definitely was unlike any other pacifist leader she had ever met before. Relena was not hard and demanding, she was kind and soft. She seemed to Lark as though she had manners and had been raised in a very rich family.
"So you believe that we all should throw down our weapons and stop fighting?" Lark asked incredulously.
Relena folded her hands in her lap as her long blond hair cascaded about her shoulders, "I believe that is the answer for peace."
"But if you throw out all weapons, the enemy will see that as an advantage and take over and defeat you," Lark tried to explain.
"No Miss Yahara, that is where you are wrong..." she was cut short by Heero.
"Lark, I think we should start on the Gundams right away."
Lark looked up at him, shaking herself back into reality, "Yeah. Yeah. Let's go." Lark stood and headed toward the door.
"Miss Yahara!" She turned as Relena hurried over, "I'd like to hear more of your views, would you join me for dinner tomorrow night?"
Lark looked at Heero who shrugged, then turned back to Relena, "Ok, I'll go, but on one condition."
"What's that?"
"Don't call me Miss Yahara, call me Lark."
Relena looked shocked, but sighed, "All right, I won't call you Miss Yahara."
"Good," Lark smiled, "We may get along after all." _____
"Man I'm tired!" Duo whined as he stretched his arms above his head then plopped down on the couch.
"Me too," Lark replied as she smiled at him.
Being the only two people in the conference room, Duo asked her, "So what's goin' on with you and Trowa?"
Lark looked at him as she sat down and leaned her head back, "I want to marry him."
Duo sat forward, "And what does Mr. Barton think?"
"I think he thinks the same."
"Oh really?" Duo asked, "You're sure?"
Lark turned her head to look at him, "He kissed me, then he told me that he would fight Octavian because he loved me."
Duo sat back and sighed, "How come I can't fall in love like that?" He mumbled.
"What'd you say?" Lark asked.
"Nothing." He lied.
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"Hey, how's it going?"
Lark smiled at the picture of her brother on the screen as she replied, "I got half of Sandrock's repairs done today, and I talked to Relena Peacecraft, and I'm in love and I....." she was cut short.
"In love?" Armand asked as he sat back and crossed his arms, "Already?"
"You remember Trowa right?"
"Haven't met him yet."
"You haven't?" Lark asked, frowning. "You want to meet him?" She asked.
"I'd love to meet him," Armand replied, "But in the meantime, I'm gonna send you that legend."
Lark's eyes lit up, "You found it?!"
"Yeah, it might take awhile to process through, so I'll have time to talk to Trowa."
Lark nodded her head, then rolled her chair to the other side of the desk. Picking up the phone, she dialed Trowa's room.
Lark listened as the phone rang several times, with no answer. "Hmm...He's not in his room. I'll try Duo."
"Hello?" A sleepy voice answered after the third ring.
"Duo?" Lark asked, "You're always sleeping when I call."
"Yeah, I guess so," he yawned, "So what can I do for ya?"
"Do you know where Trowa is?"
"He said something about taking a walk, then he was gonna work on Heavyarms."
"Ok," Lark replied, "Thanks Duo."
"Yeah," Duo, replied, "Later."
"Bye." With that she hung up the phone then slid the chair back to the screen.
"Well, he's either out walking or working on his Gundam," Lark replied, "If you want to wait, I can go see if he's in the hangar."
"Sure, that's fine, but while you're looking for him, is AC around?" Armand asked.
"Yeah, he should be," she replied, "One minute."
Lark slid the chair back over to the phone and called Heero's room. After talking for a couple minutes, she hung up the phone and slid the chair back.
"He's on his way."
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Lark had only spent two minutes in the hangar to realize that Trowa was not there. Suddenly, she got an idea and took off running through the halls toward the habitation module where the animals slept. Finding Dinah there, she went in.
"Dinah," she said as she approached the tiger.
Dinah turned her head and jumped to her feet when she saw Lark, growling softly in greeting.
"Hey," Lark replied as she walked over and laid a hand on the large tiger's shoulder, "Want to help me find Trowa?"
Dinah looked up at her and growled again, then headed for the door. She stopped and turned to look at Lark, giving out an impatient roar.
"Ok," Lark laughed, "I'm coming!"
_____
By the time they got outside, Dinah had already found Trowa. There was a lake with a waterfall a little way off from the spaceship, and he was sitting on a large boulder, staring down at the ground. Lark stayed behind some bushes as Dinah tore off to see him.
Lark watched as Trowa looked up in surprise and smiled at the huge tiger.
_____
"What are you doing here?" Trowa asked, "Where's Lark?"
Dinah turned toward Lark's hiding spot and growled.
Trowa turned his eyes to the spot, "Lark?"
Then, suddenly, Dinah took off toward Lark, and Trowa hurried after.
Trowa turned around in a circle as Dinah disappeared into the bushes, "Lark?"
All of a sudden, Lark stepped out behind him, "Hey? What's up?"
Trowa gasped suddenly and spun around to face her, "You scared me!"
Lark laughed as she took his hands in hers, "You're adorable when you're scared."
"Really?" He asked as he pulled her to him, "Then you can scare me all you want."
Lark smiled up at him for a few seconds then asked, "What were you thinking about?"
"Just what you're planet is like, and what my/our life will be like when we get married."
"Quarrentine is very beautiful," she began as she pulled away and walked toward the waterfall, "There are waterfalls all over, and the woods are so beautiful..." she trailed off as she started to think of her home and her family, "Oh yeah! I almost forgot! Armand is on the videophone, would you like to meet him?"
"Yeah," Trowa replied.
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"Hey AC," Lark greeted Heero when she and Trowa walked in.
"What's goin' on Ly?" He replied.
Trowa frowned as he looked at Heero then Lark, "AC? Ly?"
"Old nicknames," Lark explained, "Now Trowa," she said as she grabbed his arm and led him over to the screen, "This is my brother Armand. Armand, this is Trowa."
"Trowa," Armand said as he shook his head, "You're not what I expected."
"Armand! Be nice!" Lark exclaimed.
"I'm sorry Ly, but it's true," Armand replied, "Well I would shake your hand, but that's kinda hard. So what's the deal with you and my sister?"
Trowa looked at Lark, "I love her, and I plan on marrying her," he said as Lark moved over and he put his arm around her.
"Well," Armand replied thoughtfully as they both looked at him, "You have my blessing, but you'll have to impress the rest of the Yahara men, we're pretty protective of our little girl. Oh, and one little hitch I might point out, she's engaged."
Trowa frowned thoughtfully, "Yeah, I know, but I'm not gonna let her alone with someone like that."
Armand smiled at Trowa then looked at Lark, "Found yourself a good man I see."
Lark smiled at Armand, she knew that if he did not object than no one else would. She turned to Heero, he was like a part of the Yahara family too, "What about you?"
He smiled, "Yeah, Trowa's an alright guy."
"An alright guy?!" Lark sounded hurt, "After fighting with him for five years, relying on him in battle, being linked to him by the Gundams........."
"Ok, ok," Heero interrupted, "I get the point! You're right, he's practically a brother to me."
"That settles it!" Armand exclaimed. "Now he has to marry her," he looked at Trowa, "Or we'll come after you."
Trowa smiled, as he jokingly knocked his heels together and saluted, "Yes sir!"
_____
When the legend had finally arrived, Lark had taken it to the conference room and had made it quite clear that she wanted to be alone. Curling up on the couch with a Sprite and the legend, she began to read.
There will one day be a queen of Quarrentine, who shall determine her own future. Her physical makeup shall cause her to be a beautiful young woman with bright blue eyes and long brown hair, who owns the respect of all those who know her, of who is in tune with nature. She will go through many tests in order to find herself, and will have to go father than any other person.
Lark stopped reading as she thought, that could be me, but what tests? Was she already going through those tests, or had she truly found herself? She began to read again.
The queen of Quarrentine will have six brothers....
Wait a minute, she thought, I only have five brothers. Maybe her mom was going to have another child, but.....AC! He's my sixth brother!
She picked up where she left off.
....Who will rule with her and who will, along with her make up the seven rulers of the new age. This age will begin with the marriage of the queen and her one true love, found during her period of finding her own self.
Lark stopped as her eyes grew big, Trowa! She smiled then kept reading.
The queen's true love will leave everything for her and will protect her from evil. But, she will do her part in protecting also. The new age will not be perfect though. New challenges and forces will demand the royal family's priorities, and hardship will ensue.
Lark frowned, "Not if I can help it."
But in the end, it will all end in happily ever after.