Well, here you are everyone, chapter 14 of Medieval Scandal. Enjoy!
~Relena Peace
Chapter 14
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Relena smoothed down her light canary dress, letting her fingers trail over the ruffles and sequins while her handmaid, Ella, finished braiding her hair.
"Done!" Ella said triumphantly, standing back and letting Princess Relena stand up and turn towards the mirror. "You look wonderful your highness." Ella bowed slightly. "Best be off to your lunching with the Prince of Myena. You don't want him to suspect anything."
Nodding, Relena headed towards the door. "Wish me luck." She said smiling at Ella."
"Luck!"
Walking into the expensively furnished dining room Relena was greeted with the view of Heero gazing out the window, completely unaware of her entrance. Relena let her eyes gaze at him for a moment, taking in his handsome form as he leaned against the pillar, shaking her head she tried to rid herself of the train of thought she was going into.
"Are you going to eat lunch with me or stand there all day Price WuFei?" At the sound of her voice Heero turned away from the view of the garden below and smiled softly at the Princess.
He let his eyes travel down her dress, taking in her expensive taste in clothes, and her fine figure. His lip twitched a bit, her dress was a little tight on the waist and showed a little too much of her bounce. Not that it was a problem with Heero. "Do sit down." He said taking his eyes off her and pulling out a chair.
'At least he has manners.' Relena thought, sitting onto the chair and letting him push her in towards the table. 'But unfortunately he has a wandering eye.' She frowned slightly. 'Typical man. Just like my father, if there is a beautiful woman about he'll stare at her then bed her. Well, he has another thing coming if he thinks he's going to get anywhere with me!'
Sir Heero must have noticed that Relena was being quiet, which for her was not normal, because he started to inquire why. "What are you thinking of your highness?"
Startled to be pulled out of her thoughts Relena quickly picked up her fork and began eating the food in front of her, pausing only a moment to make a crisp reply. "Nothing of importance."
Heero's lip twitched again as he watched her lean slightly over to bring her fork to her mouth. He could get used to watching her just eat. Providing she wore more dresses like that to meals.
"You'd be kind enough, sir, to keep your eyes away from my chest." Relena stated not taking her eyes off her food. "It is not only rude, but terribly improper. If I was you I'd keep my eyes to myself."
Heero grunted. "And if I was you Princess, I wouldn't advertise."
Relena snapped her head in Heero's direction and scowled. She didn't advertise! How dare he! But she didn't voice the nasty words and sharpness that she wanted to. She had to make him think that she was enjoying his company. Well, until he "fell" in one of the holes, that is. Relena gave a sour smile, said nothing, and continued eating.
Eye brows curved in Heero tried to think of why she didn't reply with her usual verbal abuse. No matter, she was going to learn her lesson soon enough. "Would you like to go for a walk after we are finished here your highness?" Heero asked trying to sound polite. He knew she was going to ask any ways, but this way it would seem like her plan was working. Which would put her defenses down.
A little startled Relena smiled at Heero. Again, it was a wooden smile. "Why Prince WuFei, I didn't know you cared." She mused. "I don't have anything else planned. Okay, I'll join you for a walk."
Heero grinned in spite of himself. "Do you know of any good trails or any special place that is good for walking Princess?"
"Yes, we can take a walk through the forest that is next to the garden, they have some pretty trails on it." Relena said. 'Yes! This is working perfectly. He is going to have no idea what is going to happen! And he's the one setting up his own trap.' While Relena was silently cheering herself on, Heero was still, even though she already told him not to, gazing hungrily at her bounce.
'Just a little while longer Princess, and then you'll be mine.' Now his thought of marrying her for the Kingdom was starting to fade, and his thought of marrying her to bed her was becoming more pressing. 'Just a little while longer.'
After lunch the two of them headed for the forest trails. Being polite Relena accepted his offered arm. As the two of them walked on Relena was surprised to find that his company was most refreshing. She had almost completely forgot about the ditches until she spotted a small red cloth on the side of one of the trails. As soon as she saw this her mind was diverted from the pleasure of his company to pushing him into the branch covered ditch.
While Relena was telling him about the last ball she attended, Heero saw the red cloth barely noticeable within the flowers. He smiled. Watching Relena's eyes he noticed that she saw it too. "Any ways. It was a lovely ball, all except for the fact that my toes kept being treaded on by the horrible Lord Anthony. Can you imagine that he wanted to wed me? A Lord!" Relena let out a musical laughter as if the idea was absurd. "When he asked my father for my hand he was lucky to leave with his head. My father had to tell him exactly why no Lord would be worthy enough for his daughter." Sighing she let her laughter stop, she was thinking.
"Humm," Heero said trying to think of how to get her in the ditch before she put him in there. "I'm not to well with dancing. I never had much use for it." He let his right hand trail to her waist. "Perhaps you can teach me?" Relena squirmed under the unwanted touch of the older man.
Feeling her skin burn hot under Prince WuFei's touch Relena tried to focus on the matter at hand. "Dancing? Well, I don't see why not. Every royal blood must know the art."
"Fine then." Heero took his other hand and brought it to her's, then pulled her into a dancing position. Her back to the ditch. "Show me, now."
"Now Prince WuFei?" Relena breathed. His hands touching her was making her body hot to the point she could hardly think. She desperately tried to collect her thoughts "Umm..."
But before she could say anything Heero had already pulled her into a waltz, turning and twisting. Realization must have hit her seconds before it had happened, she looked down and the red cloth was on the other side of where it was a moment ago. Prince WuFei was still dancing with her, pulling and pushing her along. Glancing she saw the sticks and branches right behind her heals and screamed. "No!" But it was too late, the ground below her gave away and she went tumbling down into the hole, landing in nothing other then hard dirt.
It took a moment for the dirt and dust to clear, but the laughing of Prince WuFei could be heard ringing dully in her ears. She looked at herself. Head to toe, she was covered in dirt. Her face was smudged and her dress looked like it was bathed in it. She noticed with damp eyes that her dress was also torn in several spots, where the sticks greedily snatched on and ripped it.
She looked up at Heero's now smiling figure. The ditch was far deeper than five feet, it must have been six and a half if anything. She stood feeling like she was going to cry. Her plan didn't work. Somehow the Prince of Myena found out and now instead of him, she was the one trapped in the ditch. Helpless.
She stood clumsily. "Help me out!" She hollered to Heero. "I can't get out!"
Sitting down Heero let his legs dangle in the ditch, watching the Princess try to claw at the side of the ditch to allow her to get out. "Help me! Please!" He smiled at her panicked call.
"No need to shout Princess. I'm right here."
Relena scowled at him. "You, you! Ohhhhh! I'll have your head for this you evil, evil man! Wait until the King hears of what you've done!"
Heero was amused. "And what, pray tell, are you going to tell him your highness? That you had thieves dig a ditch for me to get trapped in and instead of me falling in it was you?" Her shocked expression made him laugh out loud. "Ah, now you see Princess. That it is you that is in a pickle, and not me. How long should I leave you down there? Two? Maybe three hours?"
Angry beyond words Relena grabbed his dangling ankles and pulled the shocked Prince into the ditch with her. Coughing because of the smoke, the angry Prince of Myena stood up and pushed the Princess to the wall of their dirt cage. He was mad. Now neither of them could get out.
"That was a stupid thing to do girl!" He barked at her while trapping her wrists under his hands and pushing her against the wall. "Now neither of us can get out and no one knows that we are here!" He leaned in, glaring at her. "I should beat you for what you've just done!"
Panic spread automatically on Relena's face. Heero was only threatening her, he'd never hit a women. But Relena didn't know that. As soon as the words spilt out of his mouth he could see the evident fear in her eyes, right before she lashed out trying desperately to free herself.
"Let me go!" She cried in a panic. "Let me go now." Bending her fingers down she tried to claw Prince WuFei's wrists, it didn't work though.
Pressing her harder against the wall Heero tried to calm her down. He wasn't going to let her go if she was going to try and claw him. Concern swept his features as she broke down in tears and let herself fall limp. "Please," She barely whispered through her tear streaked face. "Don't beat me. Please." Heero let go at once and let her small figure slide down the dirt wall and slump on the ground.
"I'm sorry for scaring you Princess. I would never hurt a women." He said after a strained silence with her gently weeping. Sitting down next to her he studied her limp form. "Are you all right?"
Shaking her head Relena continued to cry silently. "Like I said before Prince WuFei, anything portraying me is none of your concern." Her voice shook slightly, but it was clear what she was saying.
They sat down there what must have been at least an hour, after a little while Relena stopped crying but just sat there, not talking, nothing. Just staring at the space in front of her. Heero sighed. 'I wonder if Sir Duo, and Nataku have started to look for me by now?' He gave a sideways glance at the Princess. Who now sat numbly staring at the wall opposite of them.
He looked at the wall, thinking. After a few moments of just looking around and thinking Heero smiled. "I think," He said standing up. "I think I know how we can get out of here." He looked down at Relena. She was staring intently at him, as if hanging on his every word. Reaching out for her hand Heero helped her stand up and steady herself.
He pointed up at the top of their cage. "If I lift you up you can get out. Then, you can go and find my knights. Have them come and get me. You can have them use the rope you have."
"Rope?" The Princess mouthed. "How do you know about.." But Heero shook his head cutting her off. Apparently he knew about the rope too. "Have you been spying on me?!" Relena asked a little perturbed.
Heero shook his head. "Only when you were talking to the thieves, and it wasn't me. It was one of my knights." Running a hand through his unruly brown hair he let out a sigh. "Look Princess, what's important now is that we get out of here. Now, let me push you up and out okay?"
Slowly Relena backed away from him. The memory of the threat he gave her and the memory of him staring at her bounce were still fresh in her mind. She wasn't too sure that she wanted him lifting her up, the gods only knew what body parts he might "accadently" touch while doing so. "How about I lift you up?"
Rolling his eyes Heero shook his head. "Don't be absurd. You'll never be able to lift me. Now come on." He reached out a hand for Relena but she just stared at it.
"How do you know that I wont just run off and leave you here?" She asked blankly.
Heero was quiet for a moment. In one large stride he was at her side, his hands gripping her shoulders and his face merely inches away from hers. Staring into his eyes Relena felt goose bumps prickling the back of her neck. "We're going to have to trust each other."
Relena's voice caught when she tried to speak. Nothing came out. Him being this close to her was intoxicating. His warm breath tickled her skin, and his deep blue eyes enchanted her. She nodded. "Okay."
Fighting the urge to kiss her Heero let go of her and pulled her up into his arms. "Okay, put your foot on my hands and then I'll push you up. Take your other foot, place it on my shoulder, and pull yourself out while doing so." Heero instructed cupping his hands and lowering himself a bit to allow Relena to place her foot in it.
It took a couple of tries but Relena finally managed to pull herself out of the ditch (Heero was pushing from behind to help her). Standing up she made a feeble attempt to dust herself off. "Go get Nataku and Sir Duo!" Came Heero's voice beneath her.
Leaning over she looked down at him. "You mean Sir. Nataku and Sir Duo." She smiled. "I'll be right back." Running up to the castle she ran into her room and grabbed the rope.
"Princess Relena! What happened to you!" Ella said shocked as Relena trailed dirt all over the floor. "You're covered head to foot in grime! Come, we need to go give you a bath."
Relena shook her head. "No time, come, help me find the two Knights of Myena." Shuffling her rope from one hand to the other the two set off on the grounds to find Sir Duo and Sir Nataku.
By the time the four of them (Sir Duo, Sir Nataku, Princess Relena, and Ella) made it back to the hole it was nearly an hour later. It had taken Relena quite a long time to locate the two knights. One of them, Sir Duo, was taking a nap and didn't hear her call his name.
"I thought you weren't going to come back." Heero said quietly when he saw Relena's face pear over the hole. Duo's and WuFei's faces showed up next to her.
Smiling kindly at him Relena handed the rope to Duo and he went to tie one end on a tree trunk. She looked down back at Heero. "We have to trust each other remember?"
Tossing down the rope Duo leaned over and smiled at the man in the hole. "Bit dirty aren't you?" He mused. "Just pull yourself up."
When Heero was safely on solid ground, the kind that didn't have walls, he proceeded to dust himself off. He growled. "I'm going to have to change."
"You?" Relena rolled her eyes. "Look at me! I have to take a bath before changing, my hair is a complete mess!"
"We best hurry miss." Ella said quietly from behind her. "If you want to be all ready by the time dinner arrives, which should be in a few short hours."
"Right." Relena smiled at Duo and Nataku, this time it wasn't a plastic smile. It was genuine. "Thank you for helping me gentlemen. I don't think I could have gotten him out all by my own." With that she left with Ella trailing closely behind her.
"She has a pretty smile." Duo commented when the Princess was out of ear shot. He looked over at Heero who was staring at the spot where Relena disappeared into. "Not a bad figure either."
Heero glared at Duo and brushed past him. "Just remember Duo, you can look, but if you touch I'll break every bone in your body."
"Ehh..." Duo said to Nataku as Heero stormed off. "Did I miss something?"
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Okey, Dokey. There it is. ^_^" Hope ya all liked it! Now, please, REVIEW! Thanx!
Oh, just to let ya know, I wont be posting the next chapter of this untill I get the next chapter of The Vampire's Kiss done. I'm still working on it though. ^_^" Just give me a bit of time.
Later!
~Relena Peace
~Relena Peace
Chapter 14
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Relena smoothed down her light canary dress, letting her fingers trail over the ruffles and sequins while her handmaid, Ella, finished braiding her hair.
"Done!" Ella said triumphantly, standing back and letting Princess Relena stand up and turn towards the mirror. "You look wonderful your highness." Ella bowed slightly. "Best be off to your lunching with the Prince of Myena. You don't want him to suspect anything."
Nodding, Relena headed towards the door. "Wish me luck." She said smiling at Ella."
"Luck!"
Walking into the expensively furnished dining room Relena was greeted with the view of Heero gazing out the window, completely unaware of her entrance. Relena let her eyes gaze at him for a moment, taking in his handsome form as he leaned against the pillar, shaking her head she tried to rid herself of the train of thought she was going into.
"Are you going to eat lunch with me or stand there all day Price WuFei?" At the sound of her voice Heero turned away from the view of the garden below and smiled softly at the Princess.
He let his eyes travel down her dress, taking in her expensive taste in clothes, and her fine figure. His lip twitched a bit, her dress was a little tight on the waist and showed a little too much of her bounce. Not that it was a problem with Heero. "Do sit down." He said taking his eyes off her and pulling out a chair.
'At least he has manners.' Relena thought, sitting onto the chair and letting him push her in towards the table. 'But unfortunately he has a wandering eye.' She frowned slightly. 'Typical man. Just like my father, if there is a beautiful woman about he'll stare at her then bed her. Well, he has another thing coming if he thinks he's going to get anywhere with me!'
Sir Heero must have noticed that Relena was being quiet, which for her was not normal, because he started to inquire why. "What are you thinking of your highness?"
Startled to be pulled out of her thoughts Relena quickly picked up her fork and began eating the food in front of her, pausing only a moment to make a crisp reply. "Nothing of importance."
Heero's lip twitched again as he watched her lean slightly over to bring her fork to her mouth. He could get used to watching her just eat. Providing she wore more dresses like that to meals.
"You'd be kind enough, sir, to keep your eyes away from my chest." Relena stated not taking her eyes off her food. "It is not only rude, but terribly improper. If I was you I'd keep my eyes to myself."
Heero grunted. "And if I was you Princess, I wouldn't advertise."
Relena snapped her head in Heero's direction and scowled. She didn't advertise! How dare he! But she didn't voice the nasty words and sharpness that she wanted to. She had to make him think that she was enjoying his company. Well, until he "fell" in one of the holes, that is. Relena gave a sour smile, said nothing, and continued eating.
Eye brows curved in Heero tried to think of why she didn't reply with her usual verbal abuse. No matter, she was going to learn her lesson soon enough. "Would you like to go for a walk after we are finished here your highness?" Heero asked trying to sound polite. He knew she was going to ask any ways, but this way it would seem like her plan was working. Which would put her defenses down.
A little startled Relena smiled at Heero. Again, it was a wooden smile. "Why Prince WuFei, I didn't know you cared." She mused. "I don't have anything else planned. Okay, I'll join you for a walk."
Heero grinned in spite of himself. "Do you know of any good trails or any special place that is good for walking Princess?"
"Yes, we can take a walk through the forest that is next to the garden, they have some pretty trails on it." Relena said. 'Yes! This is working perfectly. He is going to have no idea what is going to happen! And he's the one setting up his own trap.' While Relena was silently cheering herself on, Heero was still, even though she already told him not to, gazing hungrily at her bounce.
'Just a little while longer Princess, and then you'll be mine.' Now his thought of marrying her for the Kingdom was starting to fade, and his thought of marrying her to bed her was becoming more pressing. 'Just a little while longer.'
After lunch the two of them headed for the forest trails. Being polite Relena accepted his offered arm. As the two of them walked on Relena was surprised to find that his company was most refreshing. She had almost completely forgot about the ditches until she spotted a small red cloth on the side of one of the trails. As soon as she saw this her mind was diverted from the pleasure of his company to pushing him into the branch covered ditch.
While Relena was telling him about the last ball she attended, Heero saw the red cloth barely noticeable within the flowers. He smiled. Watching Relena's eyes he noticed that she saw it too. "Any ways. It was a lovely ball, all except for the fact that my toes kept being treaded on by the horrible Lord Anthony. Can you imagine that he wanted to wed me? A Lord!" Relena let out a musical laughter as if the idea was absurd. "When he asked my father for my hand he was lucky to leave with his head. My father had to tell him exactly why no Lord would be worthy enough for his daughter." Sighing she let her laughter stop, she was thinking.
"Humm," Heero said trying to think of how to get her in the ditch before she put him in there. "I'm not to well with dancing. I never had much use for it." He let his right hand trail to her waist. "Perhaps you can teach me?" Relena squirmed under the unwanted touch of the older man.
Feeling her skin burn hot under Prince WuFei's touch Relena tried to focus on the matter at hand. "Dancing? Well, I don't see why not. Every royal blood must know the art."
"Fine then." Heero took his other hand and brought it to her's, then pulled her into a dancing position. Her back to the ditch. "Show me, now."
"Now Prince WuFei?" Relena breathed. His hands touching her was making her body hot to the point she could hardly think. She desperately tried to collect her thoughts "Umm..."
But before she could say anything Heero had already pulled her into a waltz, turning and twisting. Realization must have hit her seconds before it had happened, she looked down and the red cloth was on the other side of where it was a moment ago. Prince WuFei was still dancing with her, pulling and pushing her along. Glancing she saw the sticks and branches right behind her heals and screamed. "No!" But it was too late, the ground below her gave away and she went tumbling down into the hole, landing in nothing other then hard dirt.
It took a moment for the dirt and dust to clear, but the laughing of Prince WuFei could be heard ringing dully in her ears. She looked at herself. Head to toe, she was covered in dirt. Her face was smudged and her dress looked like it was bathed in it. She noticed with damp eyes that her dress was also torn in several spots, where the sticks greedily snatched on and ripped it.
She looked up at Heero's now smiling figure. The ditch was far deeper than five feet, it must have been six and a half if anything. She stood feeling like she was going to cry. Her plan didn't work. Somehow the Prince of Myena found out and now instead of him, she was the one trapped in the ditch. Helpless.
She stood clumsily. "Help me out!" She hollered to Heero. "I can't get out!"
Sitting down Heero let his legs dangle in the ditch, watching the Princess try to claw at the side of the ditch to allow her to get out. "Help me! Please!" He smiled at her panicked call.
"No need to shout Princess. I'm right here."
Relena scowled at him. "You, you! Ohhhhh! I'll have your head for this you evil, evil man! Wait until the King hears of what you've done!"
Heero was amused. "And what, pray tell, are you going to tell him your highness? That you had thieves dig a ditch for me to get trapped in and instead of me falling in it was you?" Her shocked expression made him laugh out loud. "Ah, now you see Princess. That it is you that is in a pickle, and not me. How long should I leave you down there? Two? Maybe three hours?"
Angry beyond words Relena grabbed his dangling ankles and pulled the shocked Prince into the ditch with her. Coughing because of the smoke, the angry Prince of Myena stood up and pushed the Princess to the wall of their dirt cage. He was mad. Now neither of them could get out.
"That was a stupid thing to do girl!" He barked at her while trapping her wrists under his hands and pushing her against the wall. "Now neither of us can get out and no one knows that we are here!" He leaned in, glaring at her. "I should beat you for what you've just done!"
Panic spread automatically on Relena's face. Heero was only threatening her, he'd never hit a women. But Relena didn't know that. As soon as the words spilt out of his mouth he could see the evident fear in her eyes, right before she lashed out trying desperately to free herself.
"Let me go!" She cried in a panic. "Let me go now." Bending her fingers down she tried to claw Prince WuFei's wrists, it didn't work though.
Pressing her harder against the wall Heero tried to calm her down. He wasn't going to let her go if she was going to try and claw him. Concern swept his features as she broke down in tears and let herself fall limp. "Please," She barely whispered through her tear streaked face. "Don't beat me. Please." Heero let go at once and let her small figure slide down the dirt wall and slump on the ground.
"I'm sorry for scaring you Princess. I would never hurt a women." He said after a strained silence with her gently weeping. Sitting down next to her he studied her limp form. "Are you all right?"
Shaking her head Relena continued to cry silently. "Like I said before Prince WuFei, anything portraying me is none of your concern." Her voice shook slightly, but it was clear what she was saying.
They sat down there what must have been at least an hour, after a little while Relena stopped crying but just sat there, not talking, nothing. Just staring at the space in front of her. Heero sighed. 'I wonder if Sir Duo, and Nataku have started to look for me by now?' He gave a sideways glance at the Princess. Who now sat numbly staring at the wall opposite of them.
He looked at the wall, thinking. After a few moments of just looking around and thinking Heero smiled. "I think," He said standing up. "I think I know how we can get out of here." He looked down at Relena. She was staring intently at him, as if hanging on his every word. Reaching out for her hand Heero helped her stand up and steady herself.
He pointed up at the top of their cage. "If I lift you up you can get out. Then, you can go and find my knights. Have them come and get me. You can have them use the rope you have."
"Rope?" The Princess mouthed. "How do you know about.." But Heero shook his head cutting her off. Apparently he knew about the rope too. "Have you been spying on me?!" Relena asked a little perturbed.
Heero shook his head. "Only when you were talking to the thieves, and it wasn't me. It was one of my knights." Running a hand through his unruly brown hair he let out a sigh. "Look Princess, what's important now is that we get out of here. Now, let me push you up and out okay?"
Slowly Relena backed away from him. The memory of the threat he gave her and the memory of him staring at her bounce were still fresh in her mind. She wasn't too sure that she wanted him lifting her up, the gods only knew what body parts he might "accadently" touch while doing so. "How about I lift you up?"
Rolling his eyes Heero shook his head. "Don't be absurd. You'll never be able to lift me. Now come on." He reached out a hand for Relena but she just stared at it.
"How do you know that I wont just run off and leave you here?" She asked blankly.
Heero was quiet for a moment. In one large stride he was at her side, his hands gripping her shoulders and his face merely inches away from hers. Staring into his eyes Relena felt goose bumps prickling the back of her neck. "We're going to have to trust each other."
Relena's voice caught when she tried to speak. Nothing came out. Him being this close to her was intoxicating. His warm breath tickled her skin, and his deep blue eyes enchanted her. She nodded. "Okay."
Fighting the urge to kiss her Heero let go of her and pulled her up into his arms. "Okay, put your foot on my hands and then I'll push you up. Take your other foot, place it on my shoulder, and pull yourself out while doing so." Heero instructed cupping his hands and lowering himself a bit to allow Relena to place her foot in it.
It took a couple of tries but Relena finally managed to pull herself out of the ditch (Heero was pushing from behind to help her). Standing up she made a feeble attempt to dust herself off. "Go get Nataku and Sir Duo!" Came Heero's voice beneath her.
Leaning over she looked down at him. "You mean Sir. Nataku and Sir Duo." She smiled. "I'll be right back." Running up to the castle she ran into her room and grabbed the rope.
"Princess Relena! What happened to you!" Ella said shocked as Relena trailed dirt all over the floor. "You're covered head to foot in grime! Come, we need to go give you a bath."
Relena shook her head. "No time, come, help me find the two Knights of Myena." Shuffling her rope from one hand to the other the two set off on the grounds to find Sir Duo and Sir Nataku.
By the time the four of them (Sir Duo, Sir Nataku, Princess Relena, and Ella) made it back to the hole it was nearly an hour later. It had taken Relena quite a long time to locate the two knights. One of them, Sir Duo, was taking a nap and didn't hear her call his name.
"I thought you weren't going to come back." Heero said quietly when he saw Relena's face pear over the hole. Duo's and WuFei's faces showed up next to her.
Smiling kindly at him Relena handed the rope to Duo and he went to tie one end on a tree trunk. She looked down back at Heero. "We have to trust each other remember?"
Tossing down the rope Duo leaned over and smiled at the man in the hole. "Bit dirty aren't you?" He mused. "Just pull yourself up."
When Heero was safely on solid ground, the kind that didn't have walls, he proceeded to dust himself off. He growled. "I'm going to have to change."
"You?" Relena rolled her eyes. "Look at me! I have to take a bath before changing, my hair is a complete mess!"
"We best hurry miss." Ella said quietly from behind her. "If you want to be all ready by the time dinner arrives, which should be in a few short hours."
"Right." Relena smiled at Duo and Nataku, this time it wasn't a plastic smile. It was genuine. "Thank you for helping me gentlemen. I don't think I could have gotten him out all by my own." With that she left with Ella trailing closely behind her.
"She has a pretty smile." Duo commented when the Princess was out of ear shot. He looked over at Heero who was staring at the spot where Relena disappeared into. "Not a bad figure either."
Heero glared at Duo and brushed past him. "Just remember Duo, you can look, but if you touch I'll break every bone in your body."
"Ehh..." Duo said to Nataku as Heero stormed off. "Did I miss something?"
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Okey, Dokey. There it is. ^_^" Hope ya all liked it! Now, please, REVIEW! Thanx!
Oh, just to let ya know, I wont be posting the next chapter of this untill I get the next chapter of The Vampire's Kiss done. I'm still working on it though. ^_^" Just give me a bit of time.
Later!
~Relena Peace