Author: Fate's Child (Terra Brooks)
Date: December 6, 2001
E-mail: Prncss_Earth@hotmail.com
Going Home and Finding Serenity
It had been two long nights before the boy's fever came down. Lita was amazed that for all the medical advancement they had, they couldn't bring down a damn fever and keep it down. Of course, it could have to do some with the fact that she had used her powers to heal him a bit because of the amount of blood he'd lost. The power coursing through his veins could be counteracting with the pills. But he was going to be okay. Lita frowned as the boy shifted and raised her hand to check his temperature again when his eyes opened and he grabbed her wrist.
"Omae o korosu." It was said in such a calm, emotionless voice, that she smiled slightly.
"You've threatened to kill me, maim me, and personally escort me down to hell. I don't care if you're awake, your threats have lost some of their merit." She smiled again before asking, "are you awake enough to tell me your name?"
"Yui Heero." She nodded her head.
"I'm Kino Makoto. It's a pleasure to meet you, although I wish it were under different circumstances. I do remember telling me you could try and kill me after you'd healed, but you're not all the way there yet." When he continued to glare at her, she sighed. "If your adamant about doing something, your clothes are cleaned and on the chair over there. The phone is next to the bed on your right and if you need or want them, the pain killers are next to the bottle of water on your left." She stood and left the room. "Good day, Mr. Yui."
Heero watched her leave, puzzled at her behavior. She hadn't asked any questions, hadn't tried to get him to stay. He remembered waking quite a few times only to have her tell him he was safe. And he would drift back off to sleep. It didn't matter what he had said-and from the sound of it, he said more than he should have-she never left his side, never acted disgusted, and now, never even asked questions. The only question he remembered her asking was if he was an OZ soldier. And she had pushed him away when she thought he was.
Quickly putting on his clothes, he looked around for his gun and swore when he couldn't find it. His head still felt like it had a million Duo's running around and so he swallowed the pills she had left him before walking out of the room. He frowned before opening the door. He would have to kill her. She knew too much. Struggling, for the first time since he had started being the 'perfect soldier', over a simple death made him angry and he slammed open to door only to find her gone.
One the kitchen table, there was a note-sitting next to his gun. Curious, he picked up the gun and stuck it back it its place before reading the note. He was surprised to find it was in Japanese.
Yui-san-
I do not wish to die today, I still have to work things out with my brother. You are welcome to try and kill me another time, I will appreciate the challenge. But today is not the day. You are welcome to anything you can find in the apartment (clothes, food, etc.) and if you want, you may stay for a few more days. I am off to do the errands I missed while tending to you. (don't frown, I didn't mean that you were a burden, I just meant that- never mind) three days have passed since I found you and you are undoubtedly needed somewhere else. May Kami protect you.
Makoto.
Heero stared in shock at the letter before looking around the room. Shaking his head, he left to find out just how far from Quatre's he was.
* * *
Lita watched from the balcony as Heero left her apartment. She smiled softly to herself. She knew that he would want to leave and really had no intention or inclination to try his threat on killing her. She slid back into the apartment as silently as she had left and lay down on the couch. Pulling a blanket up to her chin, she fell asleep for the first time in days. Tomorrow she would move again.
* * *
It turned out that "Makoto's" apartment was only a fifteen-minute walk to Quatre's mansion. But it was long enough for Heero who wasn't 100% yet. He slipped past the gate and leaned on the doorframe to catch his breath before opening the door and walking into the house. He made his way to the library and stopped dead in his tracks.
* * *
Duo sat in the library, ignoring the surprised expressions of his fellow pilots as he typed quickly on the laptop in front of him. One of the windows on his screen was scanning for information on the missing Gundam pilot while the other was devoted to looking for Lita. He didn't even turn around as he heard the click of a gun, but shut down the search for Heero.
"Omae o-"
"Not now, Heero, I'm busy." The muttered comment caused the pilot's eyes widened in surprise. Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei all turned to look at the normally stoic boy.
"Why is he on my computer." It wasn't asked as a question, more like an order for them to tell him what his laptop was doing out of his hands and room.
"It's his." Trowa responded. "He said he's had it tucked away for a while."
"Heero, what happened? We were starting to get worried about you." The concerned expression on Quatre's face and in his voice made Heero answer.
"Hn." Heero looked at Quarte's face again and mentally sighed. "I got shot." He lifted up the side of his shirt to show them the bandage. "A woman took me home after bumping into me on the street. She took care of me for a while."
"Who was she?" Trowa asked.
"She said her name was Kino Makoto. She spoke Japanese-" He almost jumped back as Duo stopped typing and turned around. The normally cheerful boy looked like he hadn't slept in days.
"She said what?"
"Her name was Kino Makoto. Makoto Kino in English." He hid his surprise when Duo turned around again and started typing while muttering under his breath. He stopped suddenly and swore, reaching into his pocket. He pulled out a ring and groaned in dismay as he looked at it.
"Maxwell, if Yui knows where the onna is why don't you just have him take you there." Duo turned around and smiled slightly.
"Because if a soldier knew where she lived, she would have moved already. She wouldn't stay in a place where she could possibly be in danger before hearing my answer. She doesn't trust anyone. Or at least she didn't used to." He frowned and looked at the ring before glaring at Wufei. "You could have reminded me again to look in my pocket. This ring could have saved me a lot of time."
"Why is that ring so special?" Quatre asked, walking over to look at it. His eyes widened in surprise as Duo handed him the ring. The ring itself was worth a small fortune. It was silver, real silver with gold lighting bolts etched on the sides. On the very top was a rose, pinkish red in color, and glazed over so that the rose quartz it was made out of would never be damaged.
"I gave her that ring. Along with a pair of rose earrings made out of quartz. I was maybe eight years old. Lita was ten. Or was turning ten. It was her birthday. We didn't have any money but she always managed to find me a gift. I thought I was old enough to get her one. I was ready to steal one for her." Duo's voice got quiet. The rest of the pilots listened in rapt attention. Duo hardly ever talked about his life before the Maxwell church. "I was picking out a target when a lady sat next to me. I was surprised, and stopped looking long enough to look up. She had long black hair with green highlights in it. She asked me what I was doing." Duo smiled slightly. "I told her it was none of her business."
Flashback
"Well, your sister will be worried about you." The woman's voice was soft and kind. Duo looked up at her suspiciously.
"I can't go home yet." The woman seemed to think something over before putting her hand in her pocket.
"I'll tell you a story if you promise to never tell anyone that you saw me." She waited until Duo nodded. "A long time ago, there was a Princess of a planet far, far away from here. Well," she looked thoughtful. "Maybe not so far.
"This Princess was kind and loving. She had the biggest garden in the universe and a family that loved her very much. She was loyal and strong. And her younger brother adored her. So on her tenth birthday, when this Princess was going to leave her home to go protect a friend of hers, her younger brother gave her a pair of earrings to remember him by. They were made of a crystal that couldn't be broken. And the Princess wore them always.
"When she grew up, she was maybe sixteen, the Princess fell in love. And the first person she told was her brother. Her brother was both very happy for her and very sad because this meant that he would get to see her less and less that he had before. She smiled when he told her this and gave him a ring to symbolize her love for him, her brother. It had a rose to match the ones in her ears.
"His sister never got to marry her love. He was killed by the same people that later killed her. And her brother put the ring she had given him on her finger and promised revenge for her- and the man she had loved, the man he had come to love like a brother."
"What happened to the brother?" Duo asked, clearly enthralled by the story.
"He died later that day. But he fought bravely. But do not cry for them, you see, a happy ending there shall be. In another time and space, they were reborn. And everyone, in the end, will live happily ever after. Just you wait and see." And the woman rose, walking into the crowded street before disappearing.
End Flashback
"There was a pair of earrings and this ring in my pocket along with a piece of paper. It said that that the Princess name was Makoto. So I went home or where we were sleeping that night and gave Lita the earrings. The next year I gave her the ring and told her the story. She laughed and promised me she's wear them always." Duo glared at Wufei. "And if SOMEONE had reminded me to look in my pocket I would have known what name she was using!" Duo turned back to the computer and kept typing, once again ignoring the shocked looks on his friend's faces. He also ignored when the doorbell rang and the sound of shoes walking to the library. He couldn't ignore what came next though, the amused voice that had his hands still over the keyboard.
TBC
See, I'm making good on my promise to have a chapter out every few week days. I hurt so bad though. It was my brother's birthday this weekend and he decided to go snowboarding. I've never been snowboarding. You do the math. Anyway, reviews get you more chapters.
Ja
Ash-ri Terraline Ran Brooks (Fate's Child)
Date: December 6, 2001
E-mail: Prncss_Earth@hotmail.com
Going Home and Finding Serenity
It had been two long nights before the boy's fever came down. Lita was amazed that for all the medical advancement they had, they couldn't bring down a damn fever and keep it down. Of course, it could have to do some with the fact that she had used her powers to heal him a bit because of the amount of blood he'd lost. The power coursing through his veins could be counteracting with the pills. But he was going to be okay. Lita frowned as the boy shifted and raised her hand to check his temperature again when his eyes opened and he grabbed her wrist.
"Omae o korosu." It was said in such a calm, emotionless voice, that she smiled slightly.
"You've threatened to kill me, maim me, and personally escort me down to hell. I don't care if you're awake, your threats have lost some of their merit." She smiled again before asking, "are you awake enough to tell me your name?"
"Yui Heero." She nodded her head.
"I'm Kino Makoto. It's a pleasure to meet you, although I wish it were under different circumstances. I do remember telling me you could try and kill me after you'd healed, but you're not all the way there yet." When he continued to glare at her, she sighed. "If your adamant about doing something, your clothes are cleaned and on the chair over there. The phone is next to the bed on your right and if you need or want them, the pain killers are next to the bottle of water on your left." She stood and left the room. "Good day, Mr. Yui."
Heero watched her leave, puzzled at her behavior. She hadn't asked any questions, hadn't tried to get him to stay. He remembered waking quite a few times only to have her tell him he was safe. And he would drift back off to sleep. It didn't matter what he had said-and from the sound of it, he said more than he should have-she never left his side, never acted disgusted, and now, never even asked questions. The only question he remembered her asking was if he was an OZ soldier. And she had pushed him away when she thought he was.
Quickly putting on his clothes, he looked around for his gun and swore when he couldn't find it. His head still felt like it had a million Duo's running around and so he swallowed the pills she had left him before walking out of the room. He frowned before opening the door. He would have to kill her. She knew too much. Struggling, for the first time since he had started being the 'perfect soldier', over a simple death made him angry and he slammed open to door only to find her gone.
One the kitchen table, there was a note-sitting next to his gun. Curious, he picked up the gun and stuck it back it its place before reading the note. He was surprised to find it was in Japanese.
Yui-san-
I do not wish to die today, I still have to work things out with my brother. You are welcome to try and kill me another time, I will appreciate the challenge. But today is not the day. You are welcome to anything you can find in the apartment (clothes, food, etc.) and if you want, you may stay for a few more days. I am off to do the errands I missed while tending to you. (don't frown, I didn't mean that you were a burden, I just meant that- never mind) three days have passed since I found you and you are undoubtedly needed somewhere else. May Kami protect you.
Makoto.
Heero stared in shock at the letter before looking around the room. Shaking his head, he left to find out just how far from Quatre's he was.
* * *
Lita watched from the balcony as Heero left her apartment. She smiled softly to herself. She knew that he would want to leave and really had no intention or inclination to try his threat on killing her. She slid back into the apartment as silently as she had left and lay down on the couch. Pulling a blanket up to her chin, she fell asleep for the first time in days. Tomorrow she would move again.
* * *
It turned out that "Makoto's" apartment was only a fifteen-minute walk to Quatre's mansion. But it was long enough for Heero who wasn't 100% yet. He slipped past the gate and leaned on the doorframe to catch his breath before opening the door and walking into the house. He made his way to the library and stopped dead in his tracks.
* * *
Duo sat in the library, ignoring the surprised expressions of his fellow pilots as he typed quickly on the laptop in front of him. One of the windows on his screen was scanning for information on the missing Gundam pilot while the other was devoted to looking for Lita. He didn't even turn around as he heard the click of a gun, but shut down the search for Heero.
"Omae o-"
"Not now, Heero, I'm busy." The muttered comment caused the pilot's eyes widened in surprise. Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei all turned to look at the normally stoic boy.
"Why is he on my computer." It wasn't asked as a question, more like an order for them to tell him what his laptop was doing out of his hands and room.
"It's his." Trowa responded. "He said he's had it tucked away for a while."
"Heero, what happened? We were starting to get worried about you." The concerned expression on Quatre's face and in his voice made Heero answer.
"Hn." Heero looked at Quarte's face again and mentally sighed. "I got shot." He lifted up the side of his shirt to show them the bandage. "A woman took me home after bumping into me on the street. She took care of me for a while."
"Who was she?" Trowa asked.
"She said her name was Kino Makoto. She spoke Japanese-" He almost jumped back as Duo stopped typing and turned around. The normally cheerful boy looked like he hadn't slept in days.
"She said what?"
"Her name was Kino Makoto. Makoto Kino in English." He hid his surprise when Duo turned around again and started typing while muttering under his breath. He stopped suddenly and swore, reaching into his pocket. He pulled out a ring and groaned in dismay as he looked at it.
"Maxwell, if Yui knows where the onna is why don't you just have him take you there." Duo turned around and smiled slightly.
"Because if a soldier knew where she lived, she would have moved already. She wouldn't stay in a place where she could possibly be in danger before hearing my answer. She doesn't trust anyone. Or at least she didn't used to." He frowned and looked at the ring before glaring at Wufei. "You could have reminded me again to look in my pocket. This ring could have saved me a lot of time."
"Why is that ring so special?" Quatre asked, walking over to look at it. His eyes widened in surprise as Duo handed him the ring. The ring itself was worth a small fortune. It was silver, real silver with gold lighting bolts etched on the sides. On the very top was a rose, pinkish red in color, and glazed over so that the rose quartz it was made out of would never be damaged.
"I gave her that ring. Along with a pair of rose earrings made out of quartz. I was maybe eight years old. Lita was ten. Or was turning ten. It was her birthday. We didn't have any money but she always managed to find me a gift. I thought I was old enough to get her one. I was ready to steal one for her." Duo's voice got quiet. The rest of the pilots listened in rapt attention. Duo hardly ever talked about his life before the Maxwell church. "I was picking out a target when a lady sat next to me. I was surprised, and stopped looking long enough to look up. She had long black hair with green highlights in it. She asked me what I was doing." Duo smiled slightly. "I told her it was none of her business."
Flashback
"Well, your sister will be worried about you." The woman's voice was soft and kind. Duo looked up at her suspiciously.
"I can't go home yet." The woman seemed to think something over before putting her hand in her pocket.
"I'll tell you a story if you promise to never tell anyone that you saw me." She waited until Duo nodded. "A long time ago, there was a Princess of a planet far, far away from here. Well," she looked thoughtful. "Maybe not so far.
"This Princess was kind and loving. She had the biggest garden in the universe and a family that loved her very much. She was loyal and strong. And her younger brother adored her. So on her tenth birthday, when this Princess was going to leave her home to go protect a friend of hers, her younger brother gave her a pair of earrings to remember him by. They were made of a crystal that couldn't be broken. And the Princess wore them always.
"When she grew up, she was maybe sixteen, the Princess fell in love. And the first person she told was her brother. Her brother was both very happy for her and very sad because this meant that he would get to see her less and less that he had before. She smiled when he told her this and gave him a ring to symbolize her love for him, her brother. It had a rose to match the ones in her ears.
"His sister never got to marry her love. He was killed by the same people that later killed her. And her brother put the ring she had given him on her finger and promised revenge for her- and the man she had loved, the man he had come to love like a brother."
"What happened to the brother?" Duo asked, clearly enthralled by the story.
"He died later that day. But he fought bravely. But do not cry for them, you see, a happy ending there shall be. In another time and space, they were reborn. And everyone, in the end, will live happily ever after. Just you wait and see." And the woman rose, walking into the crowded street before disappearing.
End Flashback
"There was a pair of earrings and this ring in my pocket along with a piece of paper. It said that that the Princess name was Makoto. So I went home or where we were sleeping that night and gave Lita the earrings. The next year I gave her the ring and told her the story. She laughed and promised me she's wear them always." Duo glared at Wufei. "And if SOMEONE had reminded me to look in my pocket I would have known what name she was using!" Duo turned back to the computer and kept typing, once again ignoring the shocked looks on his friend's faces. He also ignored when the doorbell rang and the sound of shoes walking to the library. He couldn't ignore what came next though, the amused voice that had his hands still over the keyboard.
TBC
See, I'm making good on my promise to have a chapter out every few week days. I hurt so bad though. It was my brother's birthday this weekend and he decided to go snowboarding. I've never been snowboarding. You do the math. Anyway, reviews get you more chapters.
Ja
Ash-ri Terraline Ran Brooks (Fate's Child)
