Goodbye Heero

Chapter 1: broken promise

"I'll come back Relena, I promise."

Heero hated not keeping promises, but this was something he could not control. He would be coming back, but he would not be able to see her beautiful face, or hold her in his arms. He would never be able to marry her and never again would he feel her warmth as they kissed. Now it was getting hard for Heero to keep his eyes open but the stars were keeping him there and he used all his strength to keep their gaze. How had he gotten here?

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"I'll come back Relena, I promise." He reached down and kissed her before turning and getting into his mobile suit. He turned and gave her one last look then went to meet with Duo and the other pilots that were leaving. They were going to fight off the new army from Colony LEM8, for god sake they had declared war on the Earth again. Relena could not do anything about it. The people were incited by the new president there who is keen on bloodshed.

Using the last of his energy, Heero glanced over to his left, where he had heard movement. Someone came into his view and the perfect soldier strained his eyes trying to figure out who it was. After much concentration, he recognized the figure as Duo. It suddenly occurred to him that his friend had been talking to him, but Heero had not the strength to reply.

"make it....don't worry....Relena..for you."

The sound of the others voice wavered in and out and it was hard for Heero to understand anything. All at once, Heero realized several things. One was that Duo was holding his hand, and Heero tried as hard as he could but simply could not come up with the strength to squeeze it, to let Duo know he was at peace. All he could do was move his finger back and forth against the smooth skin of the hand that was holding his. Heero also noticed that by the way Duo was speaking that he thought Heero was going to live. However, Heero knew it much clear than anyone that he would not have the day

The soldier shifted his head so he could better look into his friend's eyes. He had never really looked into them and it surprised him. He had never thought that Duo¡¦s eyes could be so serious, and full of concern.

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Duo could do nothing but sit and helplessly watch his friend suffer. He couldn't admit to himself that his friend would soon be dead. He gently slipped one of his arms under Heero's neck and the other under his knees. He would have driven his mobile suite within a second and traveled back to the Earth as fast as he could, but stopped when he saw Heero shaking his head. Duo leaned his head closer to Heero¡¦s own as his friend spoke barely a whisper.

"No....Duo..." The God of Death could see how much pain his friend was in, and that talking was becoming a huge effort.

"Don't speak Heero, save your energy." Again, the soldier simply shook his head.

"Please...just leave me...leave me here...guard the Earth..peace.." With every word, Heero was becoming more and more pale. Tears were beginning to well up in Duo's eyes, and one fell down and landed softly on his friends face. "Don't...don't cry...you are the god of death...show no fear..." Heero's voice was getting softer and softer, and it was becoming hard to hear him.

Duo could not think of anything to say. He leaned closer to his friend, "I will stay right here with you"

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Darkness began to invade his sight, but Heero would not give up so easy, he was the perfect soldier after all. He watched his friend, no, his brother sit next to him. Wanting to say more he pulled at the others collar with all his extra energy to let Duo know he had something to say. Although the tug had been weak, his friend bent down and Heero could still see tears in the blue eyes. He wanted to laugh at him as such a weakling ibut he had not the strength to do that and talk at the same time. "Tell..." Darkness was trying to take him over once again, but this time Heero could not fight it off. "...Relena...I...love her." He could barely see his friend nod and he could barely hear him whisper back,

"I promise."

Duo was still close, so with one last effort Heero whispered to him, "Goodbye Duo...I have always treat you as my friend...I am sorry I have never shown it..."With that, Heero turned his gaze upon the sky and the last thing he ever saw was the bright stars smiling down on him. His eyes closed, and he was gone.

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Duo could do nothing but sit and watch his friend pass on. His eyelids closed, assuring Duo that his brother, the Heero Yuy, the Perfect soldier, was no longer living. Another tear escaped him, and gently fell down onto the peaceful face of his friend. "Goodbye Heero"

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What do you think?? Pls review!!! I love reviews!! And please read my other fics, it is called ¡§ It is hard to say Goodbye¡¦ It is also about hero¡¦s death, but this time he will not die so easily(evil me^_^)!! I am sorry, but I like making Heero die...I don't know why people always prefer Relena, but I like Heero.