YEA!!!! I HIT THE 100 MARK ON REVIEWS!!! ::does happy dance around the room:: WOOHOO!!! Okay, I am the happiest person in
the WORLD right now!! ^^" ::stands up clearing voice and gets ready to make a speech:: "I would like to thank the academy.." ^_~" Okay, I'm shutting up now. Please read and REVIEW (big word there) this story! ^_^" Thank you all, really!
~Relena Peace
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CHAPTER 17:
"Where's Sir Duo?" Prince WuFei said, irritably looking around. "He better not have fallen asleep again. I swear, he is the laziest Knight I have ever laid eyes on."
"He's running an errand for me." Heero tried to calm down his cousin. Ever since he told his cousin and Duo about what King Peacecraft had to say, Prince WuFei had been very testy and moody. Obviously the conversation earlier that day was not in either of their favors. They did get the wedding to be dated, and rather soon. But the dowry was close to none. "What did you want to talk about Nataku?" He inquired, sitting down and staring intently at his now pacing cousin.
WuFei paced the floor a few moments before answering. The nervous and pained look on his face showed that all the pressure of the marriage and dowry were starting to pile up and show on him. "We have another problem." He said stiffly, stopping in mid-pace and staring at Heero. "The priest came to me after his meeting with King Peacecraft." WuFei nervously bit his bottom lip and started pacing again.
Heero watched his cousin carefully. He had never, in all his years, seen Prince WuFei so wound up. Staying silent he decided it was best to wait for WuFei to spill what he had to say than force it out of him. Any type of force or argument might just completely stress the Prince out more so than he was. "I can't marry Princess Relena!" He blurted out. "I mean, you can't marry her." He corrected himself then sat down. "The King and the Princess will find out before the wedding is over that you are an impostor."
A crease was etched on Heero's forehead. "Did Duo let it slip?" His first words were. But WuFei shook his head no. "Did you say something?" Again, WuFei answered with a silent shaking of the head. Heero was now a little exasperated. "Then why in the gods's name not!?"
"Because the priest wont lie!" WuFei angrily spat out. "When he is giving the ceremony he has to say the bride and the groom's name. The priest wont lie and say my name. He wont do it for two reasons. The first one being that he doesn't lie. And the second one being that if he says my name when you are the one marrying it wont be a legal marriage. He has to use your name or else it wont work! And if he does use your name the King and Princess will find out immediately and call it off!" WuFei was shaking with anger out of this. "I don't know what to do. The stress from trying to find out what to do is killing me." Leaning back in his seat the Prince tried to breath normal. "I need advice Sir Heero. Give me advice as to solve this problem." He eyed his cousin. "The future of Myena depends on this."
Heero was quiet. "I know."
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Standing still, Relena waited for the seamstresses to take their measurements and calculations. "The dress should be modest, yet flashy." One of the seamstresses was saying while marking down some measurements on paper. "And the flowers in her hair should match the ring that she's wearing." She rattled off to the older seamstress while she continued to write down calculations. "Are you going to be wearing that ring during the ceremony your highness?"
"Hummm?" Relena muttered, being brought back to the present day. "Oh," She looked down at the ring that Prince WuFei had given her when he first arrived. She smiled as the memory of seeing his handsome form for the first time crept into her thoughts. "Yes, I will be wearing this ring." She gazed at it and smiled. It was blue, sapphire blue. Again her mind wandered to the time when they first met. Oh, how his eyes pulled her in. Giving a small smile, Relena absently played with the ring, twirling it with her thumb.
"You be done your majesty." The older seamstress said bowing. "The dress is going to be worked on all night and will be ready by the time you wed." She gave a smile then bowed again. "If I may, I wish you luck, and what your heart truly wants."
Smiling Relena walked out of the room, her thoughts dragging along with her. What was it that her heart truly wanted? She knew, at first she did. But now, everything has changed. The memory of Prince WuFei saying "I would be a fool to." when Relena asked him if he would call off the wedding played over, and over in her head. She smiled big in spite of herself.'I want my people to be happy, and live a life that they deserve.' She thought numbly. For some reason that was planted firmly in her head, but not in her heart anymore. It was in her heart before, before she met Prince WuFei. But he had changed everything. She still wanted her people to be free, but her heart wanted something else. Something that Princess Relena wasn't sure she wanted to admit to herself yet.
"We have to trust each other." Is what he had said in the ditch. Relena leaned against the railing and looked out at the garden below. She liked looking at the garden from an upper view. It was much nicer. "We have to trust each other....I would be a fool to." Relena shook her head and tried to rid herself of the memories. She sighed. "I do trust you Prince WuFei. You have not lied to me, you are a honest man." She stared off into space as she spoke. "It's myself that I do not trust." Relena frowned.
Her heart was betraying her, and her people. She couldn't, she can't, it was impossible for her to, but, she was. She was falling in love. Her eyes widened at the thought. That word, love. Feeling a nagging, but pleasureful feeling inside of her she blushed. Did she love him? Did she really? Love was a thing scarce, the only true love that she ever felt was from her mother before she died. She had yet to experience love again, much less from the opposite sex. Was her love for the Prince of Myena outweighing her love for her people? No, it wasn't. It was a different kind of love though. It was very...different.
Unlike her first opinion of WuFei, he wasn't like King Peacecraft. Although he did share some qualities, like being upset at the small dowry and staring at her bounce. But he had nicer qualities. The first one being the most important to her. He was honest. He had yet to lie to her and that made her feel safe and good around him. Also, he was handsome. Gods, was he ever handsome. The ring was absently twirling in her fingers as she thought about his eyes again, and the rest of his physique. Relena smiled, he was handsome.
"Princess Relena!" Turning Relena saw Ella come huffing down the corridor. "There you are. I went to get you from the sewing room and they said you already left. So I went looking for you." The girl smiled, kneeling with her hands on her knees to catch her breath.
"Hello Ella." Relena smiled, still in thought about the Prince. "Ella, do you think that maybe if I marry the Prince he will use the money from his kingdom to rebuild mine?"
Staring at the Princess wide eyed Ella stood up. "Oh, Princess. I do not think your father will like that idea. It could work, it might. But don't you think that will just make your father tax the kingdom more?"
Relena gazed back out the window to the garden, where she saw Prince WuFei walking out with Sir Nataku. "I don't know. Maybe, maybe it will work. After all, father is getting on in years. I can influence him still, even if I am married." She smiled at the thought. "Besides, Prince WuFei isn't all that bad of a man."
"You mean he's not a gold digging, lying, jerk?" Ella asked innocently. "Isn't that what you've said before?"
Relena laughed. "Well, he may be gold digging. He may be a jerk once in a while, even though he can be quite charming and nice. But he doesn't lie. And that, to me, is the best quality a woman could get in a man. I trust him."
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Relena Peace: "Something tells me that this isn't going to go good..."
Relena: "What do you mean?"
Relena Peace: "Umm..." ::sweat drops:: "Never mind."
WuFei: "I think she's talking about honesty and what is going to happen when you find out that Prince WuFei isn't a Prince
but a Lord named Heero Yuy."
Relena: ::blink, blink:: "What!?! You mean I'm going to be marrying a LORD!?!" ::glares at Heero:: "Is this true!? I
wont stand for it! No! For something like this my father will call off the wedding!" ::growl:: "Prince Wu..Heero, You're
dead meat!"
Heero: ::sweat drops:: "thanks a lot WuFei."
Duo: "Ha! Heero's in the dog house!" ::starts singing:: "Heero's in the dog house, Heero's in the dog house, La la la la
la la!"
Heero and WuFei: "SHUT UP MAXWELL!"
Relena Peace: ::sweat drop:: "I'm leaving"
Relena: "I'm going to be sick." ::glares at Heero:: "You're sleeping outside."
Heero: "But,"
Relena: "NO!"
Heero: ::growls:: "When do I get a lemon scene?"
Duo: ::walks up to Heero and pats him on the shoulder:: "From the looks of it, you'r not going to get one."
Heero: ::Gives Duo the Yuy Death Glare and speaks in mono tone:: You die today.
Duo: "EEK!" ::runs off with Heero on his heels::
WuFei and Relena: -_-;;
^_^" Okay...the staff has their say on what is happening...umm..I think Heero is going to be getting in trouble with Relena. ::sweat drop:: ^_^;; Umm..yeah. But anywhoo..Review please peoples! ::gives chibi face:: Thank you!
OH, by the way, I just want to say that I am working very hard on getting my web site up so I can give out the award to my 100th reviewer! ^_^" So if you were that person (I know who but am keeping it "under wraps") please note the reason as to why you not yet have your award for being the 100Th reviewer! THANK YOU!! ^_^"
Later~
~Relena Peace
the WORLD right now!! ^^" ::stands up clearing voice and gets ready to make a speech:: "I would like to thank the academy.." ^_~" Okay, I'm shutting up now. Please read and REVIEW (big word there) this story! ^_^" Thank you all, really!
~Relena Peace
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CHAPTER 17:
"Where's Sir Duo?" Prince WuFei said, irritably looking around. "He better not have fallen asleep again. I swear, he is the laziest Knight I have ever laid eyes on."
"He's running an errand for me." Heero tried to calm down his cousin. Ever since he told his cousin and Duo about what King Peacecraft had to say, Prince WuFei had been very testy and moody. Obviously the conversation earlier that day was not in either of their favors. They did get the wedding to be dated, and rather soon. But the dowry was close to none. "What did you want to talk about Nataku?" He inquired, sitting down and staring intently at his now pacing cousin.
WuFei paced the floor a few moments before answering. The nervous and pained look on his face showed that all the pressure of the marriage and dowry were starting to pile up and show on him. "We have another problem." He said stiffly, stopping in mid-pace and staring at Heero. "The priest came to me after his meeting with King Peacecraft." WuFei nervously bit his bottom lip and started pacing again.
Heero watched his cousin carefully. He had never, in all his years, seen Prince WuFei so wound up. Staying silent he decided it was best to wait for WuFei to spill what he had to say than force it out of him. Any type of force or argument might just completely stress the Prince out more so than he was. "I can't marry Princess Relena!" He blurted out. "I mean, you can't marry her." He corrected himself then sat down. "The King and the Princess will find out before the wedding is over that you are an impostor."
A crease was etched on Heero's forehead. "Did Duo let it slip?" His first words were. But WuFei shook his head no. "Did you say something?" Again, WuFei answered with a silent shaking of the head. Heero was now a little exasperated. "Then why in the gods's name not!?"
"Because the priest wont lie!" WuFei angrily spat out. "When he is giving the ceremony he has to say the bride and the groom's name. The priest wont lie and say my name. He wont do it for two reasons. The first one being that he doesn't lie. And the second one being that if he says my name when you are the one marrying it wont be a legal marriage. He has to use your name or else it wont work! And if he does use your name the King and Princess will find out immediately and call it off!" WuFei was shaking with anger out of this. "I don't know what to do. The stress from trying to find out what to do is killing me." Leaning back in his seat the Prince tried to breath normal. "I need advice Sir Heero. Give me advice as to solve this problem." He eyed his cousin. "The future of Myena depends on this."
Heero was quiet. "I know."
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Standing still, Relena waited for the seamstresses to take their measurements and calculations. "The dress should be modest, yet flashy." One of the seamstresses was saying while marking down some measurements on paper. "And the flowers in her hair should match the ring that she's wearing." She rattled off to the older seamstress while she continued to write down calculations. "Are you going to be wearing that ring during the ceremony your highness?"
"Hummm?" Relena muttered, being brought back to the present day. "Oh," She looked down at the ring that Prince WuFei had given her when he first arrived. She smiled as the memory of seeing his handsome form for the first time crept into her thoughts. "Yes, I will be wearing this ring." She gazed at it and smiled. It was blue, sapphire blue. Again her mind wandered to the time when they first met. Oh, how his eyes pulled her in. Giving a small smile, Relena absently played with the ring, twirling it with her thumb.
"You be done your majesty." The older seamstress said bowing. "The dress is going to be worked on all night and will be ready by the time you wed." She gave a smile then bowed again. "If I may, I wish you luck, and what your heart truly wants."
Smiling Relena walked out of the room, her thoughts dragging along with her. What was it that her heart truly wanted? She knew, at first she did. But now, everything has changed. The memory of Prince WuFei saying "I would be a fool to." when Relena asked him if he would call off the wedding played over, and over in her head. She smiled big in spite of herself.'I want my people to be happy, and live a life that they deserve.' She thought numbly. For some reason that was planted firmly in her head, but not in her heart anymore. It was in her heart before, before she met Prince WuFei. But he had changed everything. She still wanted her people to be free, but her heart wanted something else. Something that Princess Relena wasn't sure she wanted to admit to herself yet.
"We have to trust each other." Is what he had said in the ditch. Relena leaned against the railing and looked out at the garden below. She liked looking at the garden from an upper view. It was much nicer. "We have to trust each other....I would be a fool to." Relena shook her head and tried to rid herself of the memories. She sighed. "I do trust you Prince WuFei. You have not lied to me, you are a honest man." She stared off into space as she spoke. "It's myself that I do not trust." Relena frowned.
Her heart was betraying her, and her people. She couldn't, she can't, it was impossible for her to, but, she was. She was falling in love. Her eyes widened at the thought. That word, love. Feeling a nagging, but pleasureful feeling inside of her she blushed. Did she love him? Did she really? Love was a thing scarce, the only true love that she ever felt was from her mother before she died. She had yet to experience love again, much less from the opposite sex. Was her love for the Prince of Myena outweighing her love for her people? No, it wasn't. It was a different kind of love though. It was very...different.
Unlike her first opinion of WuFei, he wasn't like King Peacecraft. Although he did share some qualities, like being upset at the small dowry and staring at her bounce. But he had nicer qualities. The first one being the most important to her. He was honest. He had yet to lie to her and that made her feel safe and good around him. Also, he was handsome. Gods, was he ever handsome. The ring was absently twirling in her fingers as she thought about his eyes again, and the rest of his physique. Relena smiled, he was handsome.
"Princess Relena!" Turning Relena saw Ella come huffing down the corridor. "There you are. I went to get you from the sewing room and they said you already left. So I went looking for you." The girl smiled, kneeling with her hands on her knees to catch her breath.
"Hello Ella." Relena smiled, still in thought about the Prince. "Ella, do you think that maybe if I marry the Prince he will use the money from his kingdom to rebuild mine?"
Staring at the Princess wide eyed Ella stood up. "Oh, Princess. I do not think your father will like that idea. It could work, it might. But don't you think that will just make your father tax the kingdom more?"
Relena gazed back out the window to the garden, where she saw Prince WuFei walking out with Sir Nataku. "I don't know. Maybe, maybe it will work. After all, father is getting on in years. I can influence him still, even if I am married." She smiled at the thought. "Besides, Prince WuFei isn't all that bad of a man."
"You mean he's not a gold digging, lying, jerk?" Ella asked innocently. "Isn't that what you've said before?"
Relena laughed. "Well, he may be gold digging. He may be a jerk once in a while, even though he can be quite charming and nice. But he doesn't lie. And that, to me, is the best quality a woman could get in a man. I trust him."
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Relena Peace: "Something tells me that this isn't going to go good..."
Relena: "What do you mean?"
Relena Peace: "Umm..." ::sweat drops:: "Never mind."
WuFei: "I think she's talking about honesty and what is going to happen when you find out that Prince WuFei isn't a Prince
but a Lord named Heero Yuy."
Relena: ::blink, blink:: "What!?! You mean I'm going to be marrying a LORD!?!" ::glares at Heero:: "Is this true!? I
wont stand for it! No! For something like this my father will call off the wedding!" ::growl:: "Prince Wu..Heero, You're
dead meat!"
Heero: ::sweat drops:: "thanks a lot WuFei."
Duo: "Ha! Heero's in the dog house!" ::starts singing:: "Heero's in the dog house, Heero's in the dog house, La la la la
la la!"
Heero and WuFei: "SHUT UP MAXWELL!"
Relena Peace: ::sweat drop:: "I'm leaving"
Relena: "I'm going to be sick." ::glares at Heero:: "You're sleeping outside."
Heero: "But,"
Relena: "NO!"
Heero: ::growls:: "When do I get a lemon scene?"
Duo: ::walks up to Heero and pats him on the shoulder:: "From the looks of it, you'r not going to get one."
Heero: ::Gives Duo the Yuy Death Glare and speaks in mono tone:: You die today.
Duo: "EEK!" ::runs off with Heero on his heels::
WuFei and Relena: -_-;;
^_^" Okay...the staff has their say on what is happening...umm..I think Heero is going to be getting in trouble with Relena. ::sweat drop:: ^_^;; Umm..yeah. But anywhoo..Review please peoples! ::gives chibi face:: Thank you!
OH, by the way, I just want to say that I am working very hard on getting my web site up so I can give out the award to my 100th reviewer! ^_^" So if you were that person (I know who but am keeping it "under wraps") please note the reason as to why you not yet have your award for being the 100Th reviewer! THANK YOU!! ^_^"
Later~
~Relena Peace