Author: Fate's Child (Terra Brooks)
Date: December 11, 2001
E-mail: Prncss_Earth@hotmail.com

Wufei watched with curiosity as Lita's eyes went serious and flat. It reminded him of Heero's when he was on a mission. As her attacks began to come harder and faster, he shut down his mind, acting purely on instinct as he thrust and parried. They had no mercy and began to duck and roll, using different martial arts moves. Finally, after an hour of hard fighting, Lita's blade skimmed along his arm, drawing first blood. He hesitated for a moment expecting her to sheath her blade. Duels were usually played until first blood. He ducked out of the swing of her blade just in time and pulled his up when he realized she wasn't going to stop.

His eyes widened in amazement as he realized that she wasn't even short of breath. Her eyes had taken on a feral glint that vaguely reminded Wufei of someone else though it took him a moment to figure out the other place he had seen the look. It had been on Quatre when he had first been exposed to the Zero system. There was murder in her eyes. He almost froze when he felt her energy signal go up a few notches. His hesitation cost him and when she brought her sword down this time it cut deeply into his leg. He couldn't mask his wince of pain.

Lita's mind was blank except for one thought. 'Kill the youma'. Alarm bells had ceased ringing and her movements were born of instinct. Her sword cut deeply into the leg of her opponent and she saw him wince. 'Feel the pain you made me feel by killing her'. Triumph was in her mind as she prepared to make the lethal strike.

'Princess, what do you think you are doing?' A soft voice filled her mind, making her loosen her grip on her weapon.

'Your majesty?'

'Princess Jupiter, my daughter's death was not your fault. It never was. It was in her nature to love you all to the point of giving her own life, just as you did for her. And it was needed-her death was needed-for her happiness. Do not let your anger and your hurt rule your life. It is not what she wants.'

The silvery voice left her head and she shoved her sword back into her space pocket before dropping to her knees in front of the Nataku pilot.

"Oh my god. What have I done?" She ignored the look on his face as she placed her hands over his wound and let her power flow out of her and into the wound. A few minutes later, it healed.

Wufei was surprised when all of a sudden, she loosened her grip on her weapon and a few seconds later, put it back where she had pulled it from. She dropped to her knees in front of him and without looking in his eyes placed her hands over his wound. A girl light glowed for a minute and the next time he was able to look down, his wound was gone. Completely. It was as if it had never been there. He looked up to find her staring at him seriously.

"I'm sorry. I should never have lost control. I-I wasn't seeing you. I was seeing an enemy that was already destroyed. But that still haunts my dreams."

"Ghosts," Wufei said quietly, "have a way of never leaving the living at peace." She nodded silently and looked back at where his cut had been.

"I have to ask you to never mention this. It is something that I cannot explain." Her eyes lifted to his again. "My honor rests on it. I gave my word I would never tell." Wufei nodded silently and stood, helping her to her feet. He bowed slightly and walked out of the room. Her eyes followed him to the door before dropping to her hands. There was still blood on them.

"There's always blood on them." Her voice was soft. "No matter how far or hard I run, there'll always be blood on them." She let a soft sigh pass her lips before walking to the door and heading towards her room heedless of the eyes that watched her from the shadows.

- - -

The flight to the Sank kingdom was fairly short although Lita was happy to actually be able to enjoy her flight. Whenever she went anywhere on an airplane with the other senshi, he had to pretend she was deathly afraid of the flight. She turned every now and then and noticed Heero watching her silently. It was a bit unnerving at times, but she eventually got used to it, vowing that she wouldn't let it bother her.

She spent the entire flight talking to Duo and listening to him talk about the Sank kingdom and more importantly, all the times he had to listen to the "pacifist psycho" as he called her. She raised her eyes when she heard about the Heero wail and for a painful moment remember Usagi and her Mamo-chan wail. She plastered on a smile and turned in her seat to stare at the stoic boy. Duo had mentioned that Heero talked to her more then he normally talked to anyone but she had just raised an eyebrow at that. He barely talked to her at all.

"Hey Heero, you like Relena?"

"No." The response was sharp. She smiled slightly and turned around, already putting together a plan that was sure to shake up the serious boy and possibly get his "stalker" off of his back.

- - -

They stepped off the plane and strait into a limo. Quatre gave the driver orders to head to the Sank kingdom and off they went. During the ride, she asked Trowa about his life in the circus. Everyone laughed at one point or another-except for Heero. She frowned over that and vowed to shake up his normally emotionless façade. When they finally reached their destination and stepped out of the car preparing to head to Quatre's mansion in the Sank Kingdom, she had to cover her ears.

"HHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Damn. It was worse that Usagi's Mamo-wail. A minute later a dirty blond head of hair glomped the boy. (I meant dirty blond as a color not as in an actual dirty blond) She noticed the barely restrained laughter on the rest of the pilot's faces and the look of murder blooming on Heero's.

"Excuse me." She tapped the girl on the shoulder.

"Who," the girl sniffed, "are you?"

"Lita Trio. Who are you?"

"Queen Relena Dorlin Peacecraft. Queen of the World."

"No. I meant who are you to be all over my boyfriend?" Relena loosened her grip just enough for Lita to pull Heero out of the girl's grasp. Ignoring the shocked looks on all of the pilot's faces, she glared at Relena.

"You are not his girlfriend! Heero, tell her you love me," she whined and turned to the pilot.

"If he loves you," Lita said with a sly smile before Heero could answer, "then why doesn't he mind this?" Without another word, she threw her arms around the Perfect Soldier and kissed him.

- - -

Heero's arms snuck around Lita's waist as she continued to kiss him. Her hands began to play with the hair at the base of his skull before she remembered that she was just doing this for an audience. Quickly, she pulled back and nestled her head on his shoulder and whispered,

"Just play along," in his ear before turning back to Relena. "So you still want to tell me that he loves you?"

"I-how-what-" Relena stuttered before fainting. Untangling herself from Heero's grasp she stepped over the girl and headed inside.

"Anyone interested in dinner?"

TBC