Only A Breath Away
Disclaimer: Nope. Still don't own any of 'em.
Now: We meet some of the peeps on the journey. The others will come in gradually. I'll kill off somebody. I have to. Can't kill Usagi, she's the princess. Maybe Heero? No. I'll have to think.
"Why do we have to wait so long for that damn princess to wake up? We're wasting valuable time, besides, she'll only slow us down" a raven haired woman said as she crossed her arms over her chest. She wore a maroon dress with a red scarf around her waist and , her long hair in a french braid, and sat on a wooden stool near the small fireplace.
"Because she's my sister and no one but me can protect her as well in times like these. Especially since the Queen has been missing" the brown hair man known as Heero stated. His arms too were crossed in front of him as he leaned up against the stone wall.
"He's right, Hino, and not just that but she's way too pretty to leave behind." The shallow comment came from a boy in a chair with a long brown braid. This comment got him an agitated look from the woman and a death-threat look from the man. He quickly silenced.
"If she's coming she better wake up soon, because once the full moon comes tomorrow we will have no chance of acomplishing anything. It will be too late to recieve the queen" the raven haired woman known as Rei Hino said, closing her eyes.
"How is that so?" came another voice. It was a blonde haired blue eyed man entering the room. His was softer and more gentle than the other three.
"By then the queen's army will have already blocked up the city, letting no one in or out, which will leave us stuck here" the braided man said. His violet eyes had turned serious and he looked as though in thought. The blonde turned to the Rei. She nodded.
"The boy may be a pain, but Maxwell knows what he is talking about" Rei said, twisting her mouth into a smirk as she turned twoards Duo Maxwell, the braided boy who happened to look mockingly sad. He traced a tear down his cheek.
"But you've gotta love me!" he smiled as he got up and streched. "So, Quatre? How's the princess?" he asked, turning to the blonde who was bussying himself by fixing the top of the fireplace.
"She's fine. I do hope she wakes up in time, I don't think I'll be able to carry her, not with my armor on anways. She'll be too uncomfortable when she wakes up" Quatre said, his hands still fixing the fireplace but his head turned twoards Duo.
"Dang, Yui! What did you use to knock her out!?!" Duo asked Heero, who was still leaning against the wall, looking down at the ground. Instead of Heero it was Rei who answered.
"Something special I created just for this occasion. I didn't know he would use it in it's concentrated form, though. I specifically told him to put a little in her drink, not inject the whole thing into that apple!" she got up and walked over to Heero. "If you had listened to me we could be at the lookout by now, but no. You're too smart to listen to what the expert has to say" she spat, thick with venom. He glared at her a moment before he spoke.
"And yet here you are, still the expert, and you can't find a way to revive her until the serum wears off, now can you Rei?" Heero said, raising one of his eyebrows. Rei just glared at him before storming out of the room.
"That wasn't a very nice thing to say to a lady, Yui" Duo said, walking over to pat his comrade on the back. "Why don't we go check on the princess?" He asked. He only recieved a nod from Heero and the headed twoards the room where Serenity was asleep.
"Well, I'll go check on Rei" Quatre said to Duo as they passed each other going in opposite directions. Rei had gone outside into the chilly winter air.
As Quatre opened the door a strong wind pushed him back inside, like a hand telling him not to enter the tranquility of the still air. Then the air was still once more. As he walked outside he saw a few torches lit near a church, and the moon (which appeared to be close to full) lit up the tops of the trees and the nearby lake.
"Miss Hino? Are you alright?" Quatre asked, but it seemed as though he were asking nothing but air, for nothing replied but the soft breeze over the water. He walked further from the door to be able to look around the little house they were staying in. Nothing. Then he heard a soft crying. It wasn't far off. Quatre walked around until the noise was louder. He spotted a large oak tree, most of it's leaves gone, but in one of the branches sat a raven haired woman, her arms wrapped around her knees and her face buried in her dress.
"Miss Hino? Are you alright?" Quatre called concerned to the crying young maiden. Rei stopped a second to look down at Quatre. She straightened herself up and quickly wiped the remaining tears from her face. She wanted to scream at him to leave, but that was harsh treatment to someone as nice and caring as Quatre. Instead, she settled on confessing to him.
"He's right you know" she said softly but still loud enough for Quatre to hear her. "He's right. I should be able to create a counter- serum. But I just can't. I don't knw why." This was a side of the raven haired warrior that the blonde had never seen before, even after all of their travels together. Rei and Quatre, along with Duo and a possible appearance by Heero, were wandering soliders. They had been part of the draft, their parents killed when the city of Luthina, their birthplace, was burned because a plague had taken over.
The four hadn't known each other then, but they were four of six children who attempted to get past the guards, who were there to make sure no infected person should leave the area. The six children were now orphans, and not too soon after, the other two, two boys, Dean and Marc died of the plague. Heero had always been an orphan, but it was extremely new to the other three. Heero instantly became their leader. He vowed to protect his friends. Rei had always been the stubborn one. She said she's be much better off without 'Yui' as she started calling him. It caught on with the rest of them, and soon they were all calling each other formally by their last names, except Quatre would occasionally call them by their first to relieve some tension.
Rei often ran away from the group, and Quatre always got worried. Duo was more confident that she would return, though. He respected her for her will-power and determination, not like many of the pretty, yet dim-witted, girls he had fallen for in the past.. Heero never really cared, and if he did he never showed it. He would just keep trecking on, not even bothering to look back.
Rei wanted to be around when Heero was usually off doing secret things, which they were never informed as to what. Rei had developed her powers she had had since she was a child, which included, among many things, her ability to sense things before the happen and her ability to help heal others, which both helped the four barely escape death quite a few times.
They were always on adventures, but nothing like this. They never had the responsibility of the princess' well-being and rescuing the queen. This was a much greater chalenge, one they had all been waiting for.
"Come on down from there, Rei. You'll hurt yourself" Quatre called up, changing the subject. Her mood changed from sad to quite insulted. She glared down at the bonde haired boy.
"I've been through twelve years of hell and you still don't think I can take care of myself!" she accused. "I'm sorry, Quatre, but I'm all grown up now! Stop acting like my father!" At that she began to cry, jumping out of the tree and running away faster than Quatre could. Quatre started after her but felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Leave her be, Quatre." Quatre turned to see Duo, staring off in the direction that Rei had ran. "She'll be ok, she'll be back in time for us to leave" Duo said, smiling warmly for Quatre.
"I do hope you're right" Quatre said softly, tilting his head up to look at the bright moon. Though it was not nearly as magnificent as a sunset, Quatre thought, it calmed Quatre immensley. Quatre looked back at the house and suggested they go inside before it gets too late. Duo nodded, paused, looked again in the direction Rei had gone, and then followed Quatre into the house.
Ta da! The End. No, I wouldn't end the whole story here! But sadly, this is the end of the chapter. I still dunno what I'm gonna do for romance. I don't know! Tell me what you think. The others should be coming in very soon, so any couples you wanna see, tell me! Tks!
Disclaimer: Nope. Still don't own any of 'em.
Now: We meet some of the peeps on the journey. The others will come in gradually. I'll kill off somebody. I have to. Can't kill Usagi, she's the princess. Maybe Heero? No. I'll have to think.
"Why do we have to wait so long for that damn princess to wake up? We're wasting valuable time, besides, she'll only slow us down" a raven haired woman said as she crossed her arms over her chest. She wore a maroon dress with a red scarf around her waist and , her long hair in a french braid, and sat on a wooden stool near the small fireplace.
"Because she's my sister and no one but me can protect her as well in times like these. Especially since the Queen has been missing" the brown hair man known as Heero stated. His arms too were crossed in front of him as he leaned up against the stone wall.
"He's right, Hino, and not just that but she's way too pretty to leave behind." The shallow comment came from a boy in a chair with a long brown braid. This comment got him an agitated look from the woman and a death-threat look from the man. He quickly silenced.
"If she's coming she better wake up soon, because once the full moon comes tomorrow we will have no chance of acomplishing anything. It will be too late to recieve the queen" the raven haired woman known as Rei Hino said, closing her eyes.
"How is that so?" came another voice. It was a blonde haired blue eyed man entering the room. His was softer and more gentle than the other three.
"By then the queen's army will have already blocked up the city, letting no one in or out, which will leave us stuck here" the braided man said. His violet eyes had turned serious and he looked as though in thought. The blonde turned to the Rei. She nodded.
"The boy may be a pain, but Maxwell knows what he is talking about" Rei said, twisting her mouth into a smirk as she turned twoards Duo Maxwell, the braided boy who happened to look mockingly sad. He traced a tear down his cheek.
"But you've gotta love me!" he smiled as he got up and streched. "So, Quatre? How's the princess?" he asked, turning to the blonde who was bussying himself by fixing the top of the fireplace.
"She's fine. I do hope she wakes up in time, I don't think I'll be able to carry her, not with my armor on anways. She'll be too uncomfortable when she wakes up" Quatre said, his hands still fixing the fireplace but his head turned twoards Duo.
"Dang, Yui! What did you use to knock her out!?!" Duo asked Heero, who was still leaning against the wall, looking down at the ground. Instead of Heero it was Rei who answered.
"Something special I created just for this occasion. I didn't know he would use it in it's concentrated form, though. I specifically told him to put a little in her drink, not inject the whole thing into that apple!" she got up and walked over to Heero. "If you had listened to me we could be at the lookout by now, but no. You're too smart to listen to what the expert has to say" she spat, thick with venom. He glared at her a moment before he spoke.
"And yet here you are, still the expert, and you can't find a way to revive her until the serum wears off, now can you Rei?" Heero said, raising one of his eyebrows. Rei just glared at him before storming out of the room.
"That wasn't a very nice thing to say to a lady, Yui" Duo said, walking over to pat his comrade on the back. "Why don't we go check on the princess?" He asked. He only recieved a nod from Heero and the headed twoards the room where Serenity was asleep.
"Well, I'll go check on Rei" Quatre said to Duo as they passed each other going in opposite directions. Rei had gone outside into the chilly winter air.
As Quatre opened the door a strong wind pushed him back inside, like a hand telling him not to enter the tranquility of the still air. Then the air was still once more. As he walked outside he saw a few torches lit near a church, and the moon (which appeared to be close to full) lit up the tops of the trees and the nearby lake.
"Miss Hino? Are you alright?" Quatre asked, but it seemed as though he were asking nothing but air, for nothing replied but the soft breeze over the water. He walked further from the door to be able to look around the little house they were staying in. Nothing. Then he heard a soft crying. It wasn't far off. Quatre walked around until the noise was louder. He spotted a large oak tree, most of it's leaves gone, but in one of the branches sat a raven haired woman, her arms wrapped around her knees and her face buried in her dress.
"Miss Hino? Are you alright?" Quatre called concerned to the crying young maiden. Rei stopped a second to look down at Quatre. She straightened herself up and quickly wiped the remaining tears from her face. She wanted to scream at him to leave, but that was harsh treatment to someone as nice and caring as Quatre. Instead, she settled on confessing to him.
"He's right you know" she said softly but still loud enough for Quatre to hear her. "He's right. I should be able to create a counter- serum. But I just can't. I don't knw why." This was a side of the raven haired warrior that the blonde had never seen before, even after all of their travels together. Rei and Quatre, along with Duo and a possible appearance by Heero, were wandering soliders. They had been part of the draft, their parents killed when the city of Luthina, their birthplace, was burned because a plague had taken over.
The four hadn't known each other then, but they were four of six children who attempted to get past the guards, who were there to make sure no infected person should leave the area. The six children were now orphans, and not too soon after, the other two, two boys, Dean and Marc died of the plague. Heero had always been an orphan, but it was extremely new to the other three. Heero instantly became their leader. He vowed to protect his friends. Rei had always been the stubborn one. She said she's be much better off without 'Yui' as she started calling him. It caught on with the rest of them, and soon they were all calling each other formally by their last names, except Quatre would occasionally call them by their first to relieve some tension.
Rei often ran away from the group, and Quatre always got worried. Duo was more confident that she would return, though. He respected her for her will-power and determination, not like many of the pretty, yet dim-witted, girls he had fallen for in the past.. Heero never really cared, and if he did he never showed it. He would just keep trecking on, not even bothering to look back.
Rei wanted to be around when Heero was usually off doing secret things, which they were never informed as to what. Rei had developed her powers she had had since she was a child, which included, among many things, her ability to sense things before the happen and her ability to help heal others, which both helped the four barely escape death quite a few times.
They were always on adventures, but nothing like this. They never had the responsibility of the princess' well-being and rescuing the queen. This was a much greater chalenge, one they had all been waiting for.
"Come on down from there, Rei. You'll hurt yourself" Quatre called up, changing the subject. Her mood changed from sad to quite insulted. She glared down at the bonde haired boy.
"I've been through twelve years of hell and you still don't think I can take care of myself!" she accused. "I'm sorry, Quatre, but I'm all grown up now! Stop acting like my father!" At that she began to cry, jumping out of the tree and running away faster than Quatre could. Quatre started after her but felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Leave her be, Quatre." Quatre turned to see Duo, staring off in the direction that Rei had ran. "She'll be ok, she'll be back in time for us to leave" Duo said, smiling warmly for Quatre.
"I do hope you're right" Quatre said softly, tilting his head up to look at the bright moon. Though it was not nearly as magnificent as a sunset, Quatre thought, it calmed Quatre immensley. Quatre looked back at the house and suggested they go inside before it gets too late. Duo nodded, paused, looked again in the direction Rei had gone, and then followed Quatre into the house.
Ta da! The End. No, I wouldn't end the whole story here! But sadly, this is the end of the chapter. I still dunno what I'm gonna do for romance. I don't know! Tell me what you think. The others should be coming in very soon, so any couples you wanna see, tell me! Tks!