~*~*~ Gundam 07: Cosmic Darkness~*~*~
By: Rage Barton
Idea by: Zenbu Hotaru Megumi
Hey everyone. I'm really tired right now, it's not easy to play with aggressive 7th graders in a soccer game for about an hour. I'm tired but I need to write this fic. I'm booking it man, bye! Go and read, oh yeah, I don't own Gundam.
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Heero slowed down once he was in the house. His head was really swimming. He's the Perfect Soldier, the one that locks up all emotions. And he just spilled everything he thought about and his values to a girl that he hasn't known for two weeks yet. But he felt he could tell her anything, like he's known her of eternity.
Shaking the thoughts from his mind, Heero sat down in the library. He did not know what it was about her. He buried his face in his hands as he breathed heavily. He closed his eyes as another flash appeared in his head. They were just voices, not pictures.
"Come on slow poke! Catch me if you can! Move it!!!!!!!!!"
"Sele! Don't make me use my powers! It's not fair that you're using your powers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Don't blame me! It's not my fault you're so slow!"
"I'VE GOT YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Haha! I've finally got you!"
"Hahaha, Ory!"
"I've got you. You're all mine." The male voice was now husky. It was no longer that childish and carefree voice. It held love, compasion, and lust.
"I'm always yours." The female voice was music to anyone's ears. Her voice was carefree, innocent and soothing. But it now had a touch of love and lust. The voices sound young. Only about 10 or 11.
"What would I do without you?"
"What would you do anyways?"
"I would just die."
"No you wo-"
The voices were silent. Heero knew that they were kissing.
"I love you Sele, now and forever."
Heero shook his head. These voices were coming again and again. But he had no idea what they meant. He knew that these were important, but did not know how important. HE didn't know what these were. Were they the future? Or the past? Or someone else's memories?
He overturned the chairs in fustration. He didn't know what to do! His mind was killing him. The flashes made sense. It comforted him, but he didn't know what was going on.
"I need to know, what's going on!!!!!!!!!!"
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Hotaru looked at the lake. She didn't know what to think of Heero yuy. She knew that there was something about him. She felt a power, strong, soothing, and good. But she didn't know where it was coming from. She felt it around her, and she felt like she could just let evertyhing go. That she could be truly happy. And there was just a warm fuzzy feeling.
"Is it love?"
Hotaru shook her heard furiously, she knew she couldn't. She had been foolish and allowed the boys to know her story, and for Heero yuy to get close. She could not get involved. Not again.
Hotaru walked away, her violet eyes cold and dead. She wasn't going to get involved again. She wouldn't, she couldn't, she could not feel again. Because when she did...
"... I will fall for Heero Yuy... "
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The goddess watched as Hotaru walked away slowly.
"My Queen, do not worry."
The goddess face the dark eyed warrior once again.
"I see that you are back."
"Yes Queen Selenity."
Queen Selenity walked out of the shadows. Her silver eyes flaring with an inner fire.
"I already know what you will tell me."
"I am greatly sorry but we can not possibly offer our services to Princess Hotaru. There is a new danger in our section of the universe. I am sure that she can handle herself. Especially with Pluto and... him... there."
"Very well. Leave"
"I am sorry your highness."
The warrior turned and walked out, leaving the Queen with a migrane. She knew that the other Scouts would not give up that easily. And now with the Starlights out of the picture, she did not know what to do.
"Your majesty you need to stop panicking."
Selenity turned around and she frowned at sailor Pluto, who had a gentle smile on her lips.
"I don't know what to do. I know you will do your best to protect her, but as you said, you can not protect her from herself."
Pluto walked to the Queen and held her hand. Her staff passed over the silver pool that the Queen was looking at. A picture of Hotaru appeared. Her eyes dead.
"I know it seems hopeless. Sometimes I wondered if saving hre was the right thing. Although she's alive, she's in a way dead. The only way to get her back is if... well, you know what must happen."
"I've talked to the others. They seemed to think the chance of Hotaru making the right choice are high. But I feel they need to hurry the process. The others are nearing. And they don't even suspect anything! Lord for people so smart they can be so thick! Especially Hotaru!"
Pluto laughed at the Queen. She knows that she aws just worried about Hotaru, but she was over reacting. The Queen scowled at Pluto.
"You know I'm only worried. But you can't blame me. That daughter of mine is giving me white hair! I mean... y9u know what I mean!!!!!!"
Pluto hugged her Queen. Although she was strong, she needed help once in a while too.
"Oh Pu... I don't know what I'll do if she changes again."
"She'll be fine Selenity. With him in the picture she'll be fine!"
"Oh yeah?!"
"Yeah! I'm always right."
"I hate it when you're right."
Sailor Pluto laughed at her queen. Although she was one of the most powerful beings in the universe, she sure was babish sometimes. And that's just the way she liked her baby cousin.
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Milliardo sat out in the garden. His long platinium hair blowing gently in the wind. His icy blue eyes were far off. The picture of a woman filled his mind. Her face made his heart race. Her smile turned his knees to jelly. Her scent ingulped him at all times. And the music that was her voice gave him the speaking ability of a 4 year old toddler.
Hitting himself with his hand, he tried to figure out what was wrong with him. Heck! He knew what was wrong with him! He knew that there was nothing wrong with him. Other than the fact that he was in love.
"Yeah, the Lightning Count's in love, who would of ever saw THAT coming?"
He allowed himself to forget he was a soldier for a second. To forget that he was the rightful king of the Sanq Kingdom. To forget that he had the blood of hundreds on his hands. Those hands!
He looked down at his hands. They were big, strong. A few scars covered them, but they looked like strong capable hands. He clenched his fists together and closed his eyes.
They were the hands that he used to kill soldiers, destroy families, change lives, and destroy innocence. They were the hands that fueled war, that fueled the hate that consumed the world. He allowed the flame of hate to spread fast, to grow stronger, to feed on innocence.
He sighed as he thought that he would never be good enough for Setsuna. She was gentle, kind and ever so loving. He would never let his stained hands ruin her.
He heard rustling and turned around to see Heero storming away. He moved to the direction where Heero came from and saw that Tenshi was standing by the hidden lake, her eyes were far off. She had her head low as if she was thinking.
Milliardo smirked. The two little Perfect Soldiers were having trouble with romance themselves. Everyone, except maybe Duo, knew that there was something brewing between the two. The way that Hotaru had punished Wufei when Wufei insulted Heero. Milliardo winced once he remember the stitches that Trowa had to give Wufei.
'The girl is very impressive. Heero must of known, it was almost as if he was letting Tenshi to show us her power.' Milliardo knew that Heero probably was doing just that. His rival had a way of showing things that he wanted to reveal without having anyone supect it.
Upon closer inspection, he saw that Hotaru was really beautiful. She was pale, but her shoulder-length raven hair and deep mesmerizing violet eyes which were void of anything gave her the look of a goddess. Someone that was mysterious and an enigma. She was quite the interesting person. Not to mention that she had the fair skinned kind of beauty, which was fair and yet dabgerous at the same time. Heero had very good taste. She looked innocent, like she was weak, but Milliardo had seen what she was capable of doing.
'Just like Yuy. He made a good choice. Now if their secretive personalities and tortured pasts can allow the other to enter. It would be especially good for Tenshi if that happened. Heer can help her through this. Yuy does know alot, although I hate to admit it...'
Deciding he needed to have a little chat with Tenshi, he cleared his throat and stepped toward. Emotionless violet met flashing ice blue as they locked gazes. Milliardo offered a soft smile as she glared at him.
"You know, to letting your emotions show isn't a bad thing Miss Tenshi."
She only continued to glare at him. Milliardo sighed inwardly. The girl was too much like Heero. And that was not a really good thing.
"I know that Heero can come off as well, the Perfect Soldier, but he does care."
HE was met by silence. But just then he noticed that something flashed in her eyes. Milliardo smirked once he realized that he struck a nerve. At least he was getting somewhere.
"With the way Heero stormed off, you must of said something, or did something that struck a nerve."
He was rewarded by another flash in her violet eyes. She had something with Heero, just like Heero with her.
"Heero knows what it feels like to be betrayed, to be expected many great things from, to have thw weight to the world on his shoulders. He knows what it feels like to go through pain, because Heero certainly had had his fair share."
This time there was nothing. Milliardo sighed as he realized he wasn't getting anywhere...... at least not now.
'She must be angry at him. I'll just offer a little something that may catch erh attention.'
"Believe it or not, Heero and I are in a way friends. We understand each other, and we respect each other as wel. Although I have been through my own shares of secrets and pains, it's nothing compared to Heero. But, I do know part of the Perfect Soldier's past. Some of the things he has been through. If you know it, you would see that he is a lot like you. Maybe after knowing his past and history a little better, you will accept what you feel for him and why. My door is always open, and you're welcome to come by anytime if you need to talk, or want to learn something."
Milliardo turned and walked away. Knowing that he just helped in building a bridge between those two. They were truly a pair, dangerous and yet vulnerable at the same time. Shaking his head, he wondered if Tenshi and Heero would let down their shields and let each other in. And he couldn't help but wonder what Setsuna had been through.
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A shadow watched as Milliardo walked away and into the house. Dark green eyes twinkled with love as she watched her prince walked away. She couldn't help but wonder the same thing about him
Walking out of the shadows Setsuna Meyou waited patiently for her princess to come. She was in desperate need to talk to her. Although Hotaru would not believe it, The Guardian of Time was feeling something, and she knew that loving someoneone, was not in the job description. If it was in the manual of Proper Care of the Time Gates, Setsuna would of noticed, unless she forgot about it since it had been 500 years since she read it last.
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Hotaru walked towards the house. And she knew that Setsuna had to talk to her. She could feel the other woman's worries and fear as she smiled. Setsuna, Guardian of the Time Gates, Angel Scout, and cousin to her mother was in love. She shook her head as the idea amused her. Setsuna taught her much of what she knew, from controlling her powers, to shooting a gun. But now the mentor needed help from the student. But Hotaru knew that love wasn't her strong point. Heck! She would be better at public speaking and acting than at love!
"Hotaru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Hotaru heard setsuna's urgent scream when she was a few hundred yards away. Hotaru let out a small giggle before speeding up.
"Look Hotaru, I know that you know that I know that you know what i'm gonna say. Save it! I know that you also want to burst out laughing, but you can't!!!!!!!!!!!"
Hotaru sighed once she realized that Setsuna was using the only thing that could get Hotaru to do anything, setsuna was acting immature.
"I know I know. You think you're in love with Milliardo Peacecraft, aka Zechs Merguise, aka Lightning Count. But if you haven't noticed Setsuna, I'm, not exactly the expert on love. Or any emotion actually!"
Hotaru hit herself mentally when setsuna looked saddened. Setsuna was alwas strong for Hotaru, to set an example, but she knew the woman had a breaking point. And it looked as if she had reached it.
Sliding an arm around the much older woman's shoulders, Hotaru led Setsuna into the house and straight to Setsuna's room. They both collapsed into the bed. Dead tired from what they were feeling.
"If I knew that love took this much out of you, I wouldn't of gone to those excercise classes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Hotaru allowed herself to laugh. And Setsuna smiled, for it was good to hear her princess's musical laughter again.
"You know what my 'Not so little one anymore'? It would be easier to be like you."
Hotaru bolted from bed and shok Setsuna's shoulders. Her eyes were wild as she jaw was tight.
"Don't. You. Ever. Say. That."
"I'm sorry little one. Just that I don't know what to do."
Setsuna absentmindedly began playing with some of Hotaru's hair, just like she had done when Hotaru was young.
"Don't be like me, cuz you'll be even more confused than you are now. I mean, after a while of being like this, you forget what love is."
"You could remember if only you let that someone in."
Hotaru cringed. She knew who Setsuna was talking about. She had known that Setsuna knew. The woman knows everything so it's kinda hard to keep anythig from her! Muttering a few selective curses, she walked to the window.
"It's not that easy Setsuna-mama."
"Trust him."
"A lot of good trust did me last time! I trusted them, and look where it's got me now."
"You need someone that knows what you're going through. And he is the best person. You should take Milliardo up on his offer you know."
"And you should take Milliardo up, PERIOD."
The ageless one blushed a deep red as she hugged her adoptive daughter from behind. Hotaru just went stiff.
"I wish you weren't so scare to be happy. To try something you may like. Because this is getting you no where."
Without waiting for an answer, Setsuna spun on her heels and walked out the door, leaving Hotaru with her thoughts. She cursed as she realized people were always giving her something to think about. Her mind was racing and she knew that a migrane was coming on.
"Damn it, next thing you know they're gonna be making me think about the meaning of life."
She cursed as she realized that Heero DID give her that to think about. Muttering several more curses, she stormed to the trainging room, in desperate need to kicking something.
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Was that bad? I just needed to write something down. Don't you jsut hate it when you have the climax of a fic, but need things to happen to get there?! That's where I am now. And thank you for all those who have reviewed. I totally appreciate it. At first I didn't think anyone would like it, or me for that matter. But the reviews really have made a differece. I now know that there are epople who like my fic, and that there is a reason to keep going.
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I promised not to cry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah, I always saw people thinking that Setsuna and Queen Selenity was strong and capable of holding up anything and totally lady like, but every strong person has a breaking point. Even the mightiest of warriors has a weakness, and the strongest of shield has a crack. So I decided that it would be...interesting to show that strong people aren't always strong, that they have a breaking point as well. Besides, I thought it would be cute it Setsuna and Selenity acted babyish! Anyways, if you haven't noticed, that Starlights aren't going to be coming to the rescue. The story is so much smoother that way. Well I gotta go! Tomorrow I have a soccer game, and I gotta be ready, cuz believe it or not, seventh graders kick really hard.
::Shutters as she remembers how hard seventh graders kick and what Miaka told her about how hard highschool dudes kick.::
I should try to get out of the game. I don't feel like getting another 20 bruises like last ime. Ja ne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!