~*~*~ Gundam 07: Cosminc Darkness ~*~*~
By: Rage Barton
Original Idea: Zenbu Hotaru Megumi
Rage: Hi little boys and girls! Today I'm gonna teach you how to poison squirrels. But first I would like you to meet my friend Bob. Say 'hi' Bob!
Bob: Hi Bob.
Rage: Bob is thirty and still lives with his mom. Bob smokes p*t although his little brother looks up to him an awful lot.
::Jade pops up and smacks Rage on the head::
Jade: I TOLD YOU TO QUITE LISTENING TO EMINEM!!!!!!!!!!
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Jade ::Hits Rage over the head causing her to go unconscious::
Jade: There we go. Sorry but Rage couldn't afford to raise the rating for this fic if she started doing Eminem since she does the WHOLE thing. Well, Rage doesn't own Sailor Moon and Gundam because I do! MWAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!
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Around five in the aftrenon, everyone returned to the Peacecraft mansion. They found Hotaru reading in hers and Heero's room, Trowa was sitting on the couch watching TV and Heero was no where to be found. Wufei was sitting on the couch next to Trowa and everyone else around them when Hotaru came in. Her hair was messy and her eyes were slightly red and puffy. Setsuna was concerned since that afternoon she sensed something was wrong with her princess. Now looking at the way Hotaru was, she knew something was wrong.
"Weak onna looking pathetic."
Everyone turned to Wufei and threw him a look. Setsuna stood up with steam pouring out of her ears.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT HOTARU-HIME?!?!?"
Everyone gulped, for they saw the angry look that was on Setsuna's usually calm features. Hotaru put a hand on Setsuna's shoulder and glared at Wufei.
"Shut up you fool. You think you are so high and mighty and mock those whom you think are weaker. It is you who is weak since you make a judgement upon a person without knowing their true power, such as mine."
"HOW DARE YOU CALL ME WEAK! I CAN DESTROY YOU SO SIMPLY!"
"THEN CHALLENGE ME FOOL!"
"Very well! I challenge you to a match!"
A laugh rang out through the livingroom. Everyone turned to the source of the sound. They saw Heero leaning against the glass doors leading to the back. His Prussian eyes twinkling.
"WHAT IS IT YUY?! YOU CAN'T CHANGE MY MIND! I WILL BEAT YOUR GIRLFRIEND TO PULP!"
Heero walked casually to Wufei, his eyes cold and distant.
"First, she's not my girlfriend. Second..."
A small smile touched Heero's lips.
"...she just made you do the one thing you refuse to do, you challenged a WOMAN. And not just a woman, a woman that got you to do what she wanted."
Seeing the look on Wufei's face, everyone laughed. Wufei glared at Heero before storming away. Hotaru looked at Heero before following. Hereo walked as well, to be the referee. Setsuna walked away from Milliardo and walked to Heero. She looked at his emotionless and blank expression before speaking.
"How could you let them do this?"
Heero looked at Setsuna from the corner of his eyes. His face still impassive.
"Don't get me wrong. I don't like Wufei at ALL. But you know what she is capable of doing. You saw what she is, and I think you're the only one that truly comprehends who she was...who she is..."
Heero's face turned serious and focused his Prussian orbs on Setsuna's. Setsuna saw a touch of gentleness and that they softened as they landed on her. She saw understanding and caring whirl through those pools of hidden emotion.
"I know this isn't the smartest and kindest thing to do, putting Wufei up against Hotaru. But, Wufei needs to learn a lesson once and for all not to judge others so quickly."
Heero silenced as the others passed him. He smirked when Milliardo shot him a dirty look. His face softened again and his voice was gentle and soothing.
"I'm the only one that has seen what Hotaru is able to do. The others do not know of her...abilities and powers. The others need to see it. They need to know that they can depend on her, and that she will pull through. The others are following orders, but none of them truly believes in Hotaru, maybe except Trowa. The others need to see for themselves that Hotaru is not one to mess with, and one that can do many things. It's better for her. Because then she won't have to deal with their doubts later on."
Setsuna was amazed at how thought out he had everything. It was almost as if he had planned this, but she knew that he would never cause Hotaru to cry. As he walked away, Setsuna knew everything would be okay. She could put her trust in him, but then again....she always could before.
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Heero walked into the training room and saw that Hotaru and Wufei were standing on the mat, but not yet began. Trowa was standing by the corner. The others were sitting on the seats that were installed in the huge gym. Setsuna ran over to Milliardo and sat down by him. Hotaru and Wufei turned to look as Heero calmly walked towards them.
"Alright, I want a clean match." At this point, Heero threw a look at Wufei.
"I don't care what you do, but if you go beyond a certain point or fight dirty, I WILL interfere."
Heero looked at Hotaru and saw the violet fire blazing in her eyes. They turned almost black.
"Even though I'm sure you can hold your own...." Looking at Wufei and smiled.
"...I hope. BEGIN!"
At once the two fighters flew to the center of the ring. Wufei throwing a barrage of pounches at Hotaru. Using her nimble relexes, she dodged all of them, crouched down low, and attempted to sweep Wufei off his feet. Wufei caught the move in time and blocked it, but he did not expect Hotaru to put her weight on her hands and tuck her left leg in and then kick out as Wufei tried to kick her. Sending Wufei off his feet, Hotaru allowed Wufei to get up. Interpreting this as a weakness, Wufei managed to kick her in the chest which sent her three feet away.
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Setsuna felt her heart sink as she watched Hotaru getting punched in the face. She knew Hotaru was just playing, but she wished her princess wouldn't play sch games. It was hard enough making sure she didn't get hurt by the enemy, but there is no way that she could protect Hotaru from herself. She knew that the others' betray destroyed part of Hotaru. Although some thought of her as emotionless and not caring before, Hotaru was actually very kind. She just hid it, since she knew that it was her destiny to bring about the end of the universe one day if need be.
There was no one that could really help her. Setsuna felt her lips quirk up. She knew someone could help Hotaru, even if a certain goddess wasn't so sure. He glanced at Heero, who was standing by the ring, his Prussian eyes scanning over the fighters' moves.
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Heero felt a smile tug at his lips as he watched Hotaru send Wufei flying into the wall. The match was over and Hotaru had won. She was playing with Wufei in the beginning, allowing him to land a few hits. But soon afterwards, she had let her true power show. And then all the color drained from Heero's face. Hotaru had pulled out her glaive from her subspace pocket. She was holding it to Wufei's throat. Flying over to the two, Heero heard Hotaru order Wufei to say Mercy, or else she would kill him. Knowing that Hotaru meant it, Heero quickly stopped in front of Wufei.
"Come on Hotaru, calm down."
"Shut up Yuy!"
Heero gulped as he saw that her violet eyes were serious. Kneeling down next to Wufei, Heero looked at him intently.
"Say 'mercy' Wufei."
"Never."
"Wufei, she's not bluffing."
"I would rather die then than admit my weakness."
"You don't seem to get it! Hotaru doesn't care whether or not she kills you! She will! Say mercy and you live Chang!"
"I would never dishonor myself like that."
Heero shook his head and stared into Wufei's eyes.
"Wufei, it's that or your life."
"I would rather give my life, than my pride."
"You idiot there is more than pride!"
"NO THERE ISN'T! Without pride you do the most dispicable things! Like killing innocence and children! Like you Yuy!"
At this point everyone fell silent. Duo was gasping in shock that Wufei dared insult Heero. Milliardo was about to kill Wufei, for despite their rivalry, he respected Heero's sense of dedication and he knew that Heero's pride was important. But he knew when it was getting in the way.
Hotaru felt her anger rise at Wufei's careless words. She did not know Heero well, but she saw that despite what he makes you believe, he was tearing up on the inside whenever he killed someone. Preshing the glaive into Wufei's neck more, she cut the skin and watched as the arrogant fool began to bleed. Heero placed his hand on the glaive, stopping it from going any further. Then all of a sudden, Heero lashed out and punched Wufei, knocking him unconscious. Heero turned to Hotaru, trying his best to mask the hurt but Hotaru saw right through it.
"He can't say 'mercy' if he's unconscious."
Heero stood up and walked out, his stormy eyes swirling with emotion, this time, not even the Perfect Soldier could hide his emotions.
The room was silent. No one dared move, no one even dared breath. What just happened here could of been a lot worse. But then again, what Wufei said pretty much blew a lot of people up. They were outraged that he could say something like that. They all knew that Heero wasn't like that. The watched as Hotaru's moved. With a simple flick of her wrist, she used her glaive to slash a long gash on Wufei's chest. Then, she kicked him. She simply turned and left, they saw her usually emotionless eyes holding a kind of untameable fire. But only Setsuna saw the worry shining in them.
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Hotaru walked out the gym and looked around to find Heero. She coudln't find him and finally allowed herslef to frown. She wanted to kill Wufei in there. Why? She had no idea and that was bugging her! Of course the obvious is that he dissed Heero. But then WHY DOES SHE CARE?!?! She wasn't suppose to care about anyone, or anything. But then she felt her heart, what's left of it that is, twisted once she saw the look of pain on Heero's features. Not knowing what she was going, she found herself at the gardens.
She walked through, admiring the scenery. She still had a love for gardens and flowers. But she wondered why she was here, of all the places, why the garden? She found herself being pulled to the lake. There was a hidden lake in the Peacecraft gardens. A beautiful place that she thought no one knew about.
Hotaru stopped. She watched from behind a tree as Heero just stodd there, by the edge of the lake. The wind gently playing with his hair. His black clothes blew as well, making him seem like a dark angel, even though he was in such a beautiful plaec. The lake was very big, and a clear blue. Trees surrounded it, blocking it from view. It was about three miles from the actual main garden and about a mile and half from the palace. She didn't know how, but she just KNEW that he was there. Hot did she know?!
~*~*~ Flash ~*~*~
ChibiPrincess Selene sat by the lake. A dark figure next to her. Selen looked up and into the figure's eyes, which mirrored her own, dancing with joy and happiness. The the figure lowered it's face to her ear as Selene leaned into it's chest. A soulful and soothing voice was heard by her as it's warm breath tickled her ear.
"I just love the lake, don't you Firefly?"
~*~*~ Flash End ~*~*~
Hotaru shook her head as she continued to watch Heero. These flashes of the past were getting intense and more frequent. She didn't understand it, she was seeing pictures of the very past, of the time when she was princess of the moon in the Silver Millenium. She knew about her past, but never had she seen these images. Especially one's of her and the figure. She always felt so safe, so warm, even though they were just flashes. And she never saw the preson's face. 'Damn it,' she thought as she watched Heero sit down. 'Why is mother letting me see these flashes now?! As if life wasn't hard enough without them. But I have never heard of mother speak of someone that I knew besides Usagi and the others.'
"What are you doing here Hotaru?"
Hotaru looked up to see Heero looking at her with his intense eyes. His back was leaned against a tree and he turned his head to the left so he could see her.
"I'm just making sure you're okay."
She watched as Hereo cocked a brow in amusement. Hotaru managed a small smile as she walked towards him.
"Wufei gave you quite the insult."
Heero nodded as Hotaru sat down, on the other side of the tree, leaning against it. They were now on opposite sides of the tree. Both knowing it would be wiser not to look at each other.
"Yeah, I suppose Wufei did."
"How do you feel about it?"
"I thought you were going to ask 'do you feel anything?'"
Hotary shook her head as she sadly smiled. He was just like her.
"I suppose I figured that you do feel. At least cared for your friends."
"How do you see that?"
"You knocked Wufei out. Others thought you were angry at him, but I know you were trying to prevent me from killing him."
"How are you so sure?"
"Because you would have done worse to him than just knock him out."
"Maybe your right. So what if you are right?"
"Then you do feel."
"And so do you."
"And how do you know that?"
"Since I saw the blaze in your eyes when you thnk of your past."
Hotaru returned to her monotone.
"There is only anger there."
"No, there's more than anger. There's sadness, loneliness, anger, pain, happiness, and once in a while contentment. But I know you're not content here. You're just here because you're ordered to be, because it's logical."
"That should be good enough."
"There's a difference between contentment and orders. A big difference."
"And how do you know that? How do you know the difference since you're the perfect soldier and all."
"You have a point there. But I know enough to know that just because you're ordered, doesn't mean you're happy. Why live with an order while you can be happy? Isn't there more to life?"
"Once upon a time there was. But now it's gone. I once thought that I had the best life. But that was ripped away. I got too comfortable, I got too content. No Heero Yuy, there is a difference."
Hotaru stood up and turned to face him.
"You can live with orders, and you don't have that cloud hovering over you that at any second this will be over. When you're content and happy, you let down your guard. You forget that there will be a time that everything comes crashing down. With orders you live it, and never risk beng sad when it is ripped away from you, since you know it wasn't going to last long. You know that your not suppose to be comfortable."
"But what is life if you never experience comfort and content. With orders you never know what you're missing out on. Hotaru Megumi that is the coward's way out. To shy away from happiness because you're afraid that there might be pain. But without pain, how can you truly know when your happy?"
Hereo stood up and looked into her eyes.
"Without one the other can not exsist. If you don't know pain, how will you know contentment?"
"That's the way of a soldier's life Yuy. I know you know that. I know you know that a soldier can never be content, because you can always die."
"Then wouldn't it be worth dying if you were happy? At least once? Because if you just die, you never know what you missed out on. I would trade my whole life of orders, just to live through one hour, one minute of you pain. To feel something and think of something besides orders. To know that there is something more than fighting."
Heero held Hotaru's cheek.
"Someone once told me to live on your emotions. And although I may not always follow it, I know it's the best way to live."
Heero walked away, leaving Hotaru to stand there and just stare at his retreating figure. She knew he was right, but she wouldn't admit it. Because when she did, she would feel her world tumble down around her.
~*~*~ Flash ~*~*~ (Chibi-voices)
"You know what I've always been taught?"
"What Selene?"
"My mom has always told me to always follow my emotions."
"That's very wise advice."
"Listen to it like I do."
"I'll remember it, don't you worry."
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