The Complications of Emotions
By: OniiStar
Chapter 6
Author's Notes: Well, I updated. I'm telling you…I'm on a roll people. I'm debating as to what the next chapter will be about though.. Please read and review…or I will slow my pace down and type V E R Y S L O W L Y. *starts showing this by typing one finger at a time*
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The Princess of Saturn sat on the edge of the large bed, her head held in her hands. She couldn't believe it. She was to marry Heero Yuy the day after tomorrow. She needed time to think. She needed a week, a month, a year, a decade, a century…she needed a lot of time. But time was her enemy today, as a knock on the door was heard.
"Your highness, Prince Andromeda is waiting for you. It is time, your highness, to tour the capital city," a servant said.
Hotaru stood up, fixing her hair, and straightening the wrinkles from her dress. She walked calmly to the door and opened it, smiling gently to the servant. The heiress of this kingdom and the Saturn's kingdom slipped a small gold coin into the servant's hand before walking away. She heard the servant scurry off, about to tell his other fellow pals about the beautiful goddess of kindness.
"Heero, I'm here," Hotaru said.
Heero started walking out of the large palace gates and onto the common street. She followed quietly, sensing something unspoken between them.
"Hotaru, you gave one of the servants a gold coin."
The statement was blunt, cold, and harsh.
"Yes, I did. Is there a problem?" she asked, stopping to grab two apples from a market stand.
She handed some coins to the man and he thanked her in Andromedan.
"Yes. The other servants may expect the same from the rest of the royals and nobles," Heero spoke, watching as children scrambled away from him.
"So? They will have some hope. Show some feeling, Heero," the senshi of Saturn said in a light voice.
They stepped inside a garden behind an inn, signaling for the workers there to leave. It was then he chose to speak again.
"Feeling? You speak of feeling, yet you show none but hate," his voice was calm and cold, like ice.
"I show what I feel is needed," she answered.
"You felt that the servants needed some hope of some sort. So you gave one of my servants an extra gold coin. They get paid enough, I daresay," Heero stated.
"Minimum wage. Some of those servants have families. And with the conditions of your galaxy, I understand, the only time these common folk are ever rich is when they are dreaming. Sometimes not even then," Hotaru spoke with such an air of confidence that Heero turned to face her.
Prussian blue met with deep violet, each seeing past all the barriers and looking straight to the other's core.
"Why do you try to act like your father? Like some cold, harsh, merciless bastard??" Hotaru asked, tossing an apple to him, as she walks to the entrance to the inn.
"You're not like that Yuy. I know you can be sweet, kind, and caring. You were friendly enough at the dinner party," and with that she turned and left.
Heero looked at the door, watching it close slowly, before he sat down on the edge of a fountain.
*~~~~~* Flash Back *~~~~~*
She was like a goddess from his dreams, every small smile that appeared on her devilish ruby red lips made his insides melt. Those small laughs of merriment that escaped her lips when Duo would flirt with her or any other girl made his heart ache.
'Why can't I stop looking at her?' he thought.
He thought it was the food or the wine, but he secretly doubted that. He would never admit that he thought her becoming in her dress.
'Probably some type of flu or sickness. I must be hallucinating. Maybe it's just her haircut…' he thought, trying to convince himself of his own reasoning.
"Hey Heero! Why so silent man?" Duo, the Great Shinigami, as he called himself, said.
"There is nothing to talk about. Besides, I think you do the talking well enough for both of us," Heero answered casually.
The braided man made a pout with his lips and opened his mouth to say something.
"Duo! Come here now, you buffoon!" came a stern, yet joking voice. It belonged to the tall Princess of Jupiter, Makoto.
"Ruff ruff!" replied Duo as he joined the group of girls and their escorts.
Heero glanced back towards the group and looked silently through the crowd.
'Where in the world did she-' his thoughts were interrupted.
"Hey Yuy. What are you doing by yourself?" a soft voice spoke from behind him.
"I'm trying to avoid a headache," he responded, turning around to face Hotaru.
"Too bad. I'm here to give you a headache that will rattle your brains," said the dark-haired goddess.
"You don't even have to try. I think I already have one by just looking at you."
A smug smirk appeared on his lips as he watched her glare at him playfully.
Hotaru thought for a moment before answering him, "Well, if that's a compliment, thank you. If it's an insult, omae o korosu."
"I'll let you decide that for yourself," the Prince of Andromeda said.
"You are a very annoying person, you know that? Anyhow, I came here to call a truce between us, and seeming that you don't have a dance partner, I would like to know if you would care for a spin."
Heero raised a brow at how informal she was acting, and mentally cursed himself when she smiled slightly in victory. She already knew that he had to accept because it was his duty as a gentleman.
"I despise you." was his reply as he set down his glass of wine.
*~~~~~* End of Flash Back *~~~~~*
'True, we are rivals and we hate our guts. But…I couldn't say no even if I had a choice. She reminded me of the goddess in my dreams….her hair moving about her as she twirled around. Dark amethyst eyes changing and mystifying me, luring me into their depths….' Heero drifted into serious thought.
A rustle came from the tree branch beside him as he turned his head, eyes narrowed slightly. Then, it became silent as he continued wondering who or what it was. A sharp wind passed through the garden as he continued to stare at the tree. Suddenly, he recognized the feel and aura of Death, and he realized who it was.
"Maxwell," he growled.
Another rustle was heard as the Prince of Hell jumped down to the ground gracefully. He had his usual grin on his face as he looked at Heero, a spark of amusement in his eyes.
"Hey Heero. I just came from a meeting and I heard that Queen Serenity wants to try and make peace with the other Immortals. Wufei would have said no but he had to think of his sister, he said. We still haven't come to a decision though," Duo said, speaking of business matters, yet speaking as if he was commenting on the weather.
"We'll have to hold a meeting in order to come up with a decision," Prince Yuy stated.
At that moment, a maid came running out of the inn, it was the same maid that was in the garden when Hotaru and Heero first appeared. The look on her face as she went to Heero caused the two Immortals to look at her seriously.
"Sire! Sire! There are some men in the inn!! They're trying to take the princess away!" cried the maid.
"What?!" Duo cried out.
Without further explanations, Heero and Duo ran over to the inn door, and yanked it open, nearly pulling it off its hinges. Indeed the maid was not lying, but there was no sign of the senshi of destruction, death, and rebirth anywhere. There was a struggle, that much was apparent, since there were some holes in the walls and the inn looked chaotic.
"Hey innkeeper!" shouted Duo in Andromedan; his usual grin was replaced with a grim look of determination.
"Yes, sire?" asked the old innkeeper.
"The men that took Princess Saturn, who were they?" questioned Duo in Andromeda's native language, using Hotaru's formal title.
"Them men looked like they were from the Saturn palace," answered the innkeeper.
Heero nodded and tossed to the old man a few gold coins, as Duo thanked the innkeeper. They disappeared from the tavern, using their birthright powers.
*~~~~~* Mars's Temple of Fire *~~~~~*
Wufei rushed inside the temple, ignoring the angry remarks from the priests and priestesses there. His onyx black eyes scanned the area for a certain someone. Finally, his search ended as he quickly jogged up to raven haired priestess sitting in front of a statue of the Mars Guardian and Protector, the Fire Phoenix.
He knelt beside her, closing his eyes and pretending that he was praying or meditating.
"What are you doing here?" Rei whispered to him quietly without opening her eyes or moving from position.
"Something has happened," Wufei whispered back, keeping his eyes closed as well.
"Let's go outside to the garden to talk about it," the fiery priestess whispered, before standing up and disappearing in a dim flash of red flame.
Wufei followed suit and disappeared in a glimmer of black flames. When he reappeared again, he was standing in front of Rei, who was sitting on some steps leading to the fountain. His face was dead serious and in a frown, while his eyes held worry.
"A rebel group has come and vandalized the castle somehow, they left a single patch and it was the badge worn by Andromedan soldiers. They don't want the Immortals within our galaxy and it is causing an uproar. Mother and Father are outraged and calling for war against the Galaxy of Andromeda. They have already contacted the Queen of Andromeda; the marriage between Heero and Hotaru is over. There will be no matrimonial ceremony…no celebration…just war," Wufei explained to Rei calmly.
"But?" the Princess of Mars questioned, sensing he thought something different.
"I don't think the Andromedans committed this crime. I believe it is a set up, a plan to do exactly what my parents have done. I can't trust anyone else with my thoughts.." Wufei trailed off.
"What of Hotaru?" Rei asked, genuinely concerned.
Normally, the senshi of fire would snap at Wufei, but she saw past his look of cold and uncaring.
'He is worried about Hotaru…that is why I can sense his emotions so easily. Poor guy… Wait!! When did I start feeling pity for that…that…that sexist pig!?!?!' Rei thought.
She glanced at the Immortal who represented the extinct Dragon clan. He certainly didn't seem almighty and powerful as people would say.
'But that's because he shows me the real him,' she smiled slightly at this thought, 'even if he doesn't realize it.'
She stood up and walked over to the turned back of Wufei Chang, Prince of Saturn, and Immortal Dragon. Hesitantly, she placed a single hand on his shoulder and sighed gently.
"She is angry over the rude treatment of the men. She wants to know what is going on, but neither I nor my parents will tell her…" Wufei said.
"Fine, fine. I'll talk to her, but you owe me Wu-Chang," spoke the priestess, before walking ahead of him.
"Hey! It's Wufei, weak onna!!" growled Wufei, not noticing the small smirk on Rei's lips.
"Oh? So, you're Wufei weak onna?" teased the Princess of Mars.
"Argh!! You know what I meant!" shouted Wufei.
Rei turned around, her priestess gown rustling as a small breeze blew strands of her long raven hair in her face. A small smile was on her lips as she raised a slender hand to brush the strands away. The light from the sun landed on her, causing her to glow softly as if she was some type of angel.
Wufei missed none of this, and stood there speechless for quite some time before quickly regaining his senses when she said, "What? Cat got your tongue?"
"I'm leaving. But I will be back, Phoenix," spoke Wufei, the last part a soft whisper.
Rei heard the last word, and her light purple eyes widened slightly as she opened her mouth to question him. But before she got the chance, he disappeared in a burst of black flames that soon vanished.
'Was that just the wind?' Rei thought to herself.
"I'm going crazy to think it was him," she muttered as she went back to the shrine.
But in the back of her mind there was a small nagging part, as she continued to think of a certain onyx eyed prince.
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Author's Notes: Heehee! I finished!!! Go me!! GO ME!! I just made a twist happen? Right? Right? Huh? Huh?? HUH?! *cough* Alright…well…review so I can continue. And, Duo is the closest thing Heero has to a buddy and he does NOT like Hotaru in any way, other than sorta family love. ^_^ REVIEW!!! Pwease?
By: OniiStar
Chapter 6
Author's Notes: Well, I updated. I'm telling you…I'm on a roll people. I'm debating as to what the next chapter will be about though.. Please read and review…or I will slow my pace down and type V E R Y S L O W L Y. *starts showing this by typing one finger at a time*
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The Princess of Saturn sat on the edge of the large bed, her head held in her hands. She couldn't believe it. She was to marry Heero Yuy the day after tomorrow. She needed time to think. She needed a week, a month, a year, a decade, a century…she needed a lot of time. But time was her enemy today, as a knock on the door was heard.
"Your highness, Prince Andromeda is waiting for you. It is time, your highness, to tour the capital city," a servant said.
Hotaru stood up, fixing her hair, and straightening the wrinkles from her dress. She walked calmly to the door and opened it, smiling gently to the servant. The heiress of this kingdom and the Saturn's kingdom slipped a small gold coin into the servant's hand before walking away. She heard the servant scurry off, about to tell his other fellow pals about the beautiful goddess of kindness.
"Heero, I'm here," Hotaru said.
Heero started walking out of the large palace gates and onto the common street. She followed quietly, sensing something unspoken between them.
"Hotaru, you gave one of the servants a gold coin."
The statement was blunt, cold, and harsh.
"Yes, I did. Is there a problem?" she asked, stopping to grab two apples from a market stand.
She handed some coins to the man and he thanked her in Andromedan.
"Yes. The other servants may expect the same from the rest of the royals and nobles," Heero spoke, watching as children scrambled away from him.
"So? They will have some hope. Show some feeling, Heero," the senshi of Saturn said in a light voice.
They stepped inside a garden behind an inn, signaling for the workers there to leave. It was then he chose to speak again.
"Feeling? You speak of feeling, yet you show none but hate," his voice was calm and cold, like ice.
"I show what I feel is needed," she answered.
"You felt that the servants needed some hope of some sort. So you gave one of my servants an extra gold coin. They get paid enough, I daresay," Heero stated.
"Minimum wage. Some of those servants have families. And with the conditions of your galaxy, I understand, the only time these common folk are ever rich is when they are dreaming. Sometimes not even then," Hotaru spoke with such an air of confidence that Heero turned to face her.
Prussian blue met with deep violet, each seeing past all the barriers and looking straight to the other's core.
"Why do you try to act like your father? Like some cold, harsh, merciless bastard??" Hotaru asked, tossing an apple to him, as she walks to the entrance to the inn.
"You're not like that Yuy. I know you can be sweet, kind, and caring. You were friendly enough at the dinner party," and with that she turned and left.
Heero looked at the door, watching it close slowly, before he sat down on the edge of a fountain.
*~~~~~* Flash Back *~~~~~*
She was like a goddess from his dreams, every small smile that appeared on her devilish ruby red lips made his insides melt. Those small laughs of merriment that escaped her lips when Duo would flirt with her or any other girl made his heart ache.
'Why can't I stop looking at her?' he thought.
He thought it was the food or the wine, but he secretly doubted that. He would never admit that he thought her becoming in her dress.
'Probably some type of flu or sickness. I must be hallucinating. Maybe it's just her haircut…' he thought, trying to convince himself of his own reasoning.
"Hey Heero! Why so silent man?" Duo, the Great Shinigami, as he called himself, said.
"There is nothing to talk about. Besides, I think you do the talking well enough for both of us," Heero answered casually.
The braided man made a pout with his lips and opened his mouth to say something.
"Duo! Come here now, you buffoon!" came a stern, yet joking voice. It belonged to the tall Princess of Jupiter, Makoto.
"Ruff ruff!" replied Duo as he joined the group of girls and their escorts.
Heero glanced back towards the group and looked silently through the crowd.
'Where in the world did she-' his thoughts were interrupted.
"Hey Yuy. What are you doing by yourself?" a soft voice spoke from behind him.
"I'm trying to avoid a headache," he responded, turning around to face Hotaru.
"Too bad. I'm here to give you a headache that will rattle your brains," said the dark-haired goddess.
"You don't even have to try. I think I already have one by just looking at you."
A smug smirk appeared on his lips as he watched her glare at him playfully.
Hotaru thought for a moment before answering him, "Well, if that's a compliment, thank you. If it's an insult, omae o korosu."
"I'll let you decide that for yourself," the Prince of Andromeda said.
"You are a very annoying person, you know that? Anyhow, I came here to call a truce between us, and seeming that you don't have a dance partner, I would like to know if you would care for a spin."
Heero raised a brow at how informal she was acting, and mentally cursed himself when she smiled slightly in victory. She already knew that he had to accept because it was his duty as a gentleman.
"I despise you." was his reply as he set down his glass of wine.
*~~~~~* End of Flash Back *~~~~~*
'True, we are rivals and we hate our guts. But…I couldn't say no even if I had a choice. She reminded me of the goddess in my dreams….her hair moving about her as she twirled around. Dark amethyst eyes changing and mystifying me, luring me into their depths….' Heero drifted into serious thought.
A rustle came from the tree branch beside him as he turned his head, eyes narrowed slightly. Then, it became silent as he continued wondering who or what it was. A sharp wind passed through the garden as he continued to stare at the tree. Suddenly, he recognized the feel and aura of Death, and he realized who it was.
"Maxwell," he growled.
Another rustle was heard as the Prince of Hell jumped down to the ground gracefully. He had his usual grin on his face as he looked at Heero, a spark of amusement in his eyes.
"Hey Heero. I just came from a meeting and I heard that Queen Serenity wants to try and make peace with the other Immortals. Wufei would have said no but he had to think of his sister, he said. We still haven't come to a decision though," Duo said, speaking of business matters, yet speaking as if he was commenting on the weather.
"We'll have to hold a meeting in order to come up with a decision," Prince Yuy stated.
At that moment, a maid came running out of the inn, it was the same maid that was in the garden when Hotaru and Heero first appeared. The look on her face as she went to Heero caused the two Immortals to look at her seriously.
"Sire! Sire! There are some men in the inn!! They're trying to take the princess away!" cried the maid.
"What?!" Duo cried out.
Without further explanations, Heero and Duo ran over to the inn door, and yanked it open, nearly pulling it off its hinges. Indeed the maid was not lying, but there was no sign of the senshi of destruction, death, and rebirth anywhere. There was a struggle, that much was apparent, since there were some holes in the walls and the inn looked chaotic.
"Hey innkeeper!" shouted Duo in Andromedan; his usual grin was replaced with a grim look of determination.
"Yes, sire?" asked the old innkeeper.
"The men that took Princess Saturn, who were they?" questioned Duo in Andromeda's native language, using Hotaru's formal title.
"Them men looked like they were from the Saturn palace," answered the innkeeper.
Heero nodded and tossed to the old man a few gold coins, as Duo thanked the innkeeper. They disappeared from the tavern, using their birthright powers.
*~~~~~* Mars's Temple of Fire *~~~~~*
Wufei rushed inside the temple, ignoring the angry remarks from the priests and priestesses there. His onyx black eyes scanned the area for a certain someone. Finally, his search ended as he quickly jogged up to raven haired priestess sitting in front of a statue of the Mars Guardian and Protector, the Fire Phoenix.
He knelt beside her, closing his eyes and pretending that he was praying or meditating.
"What are you doing here?" Rei whispered to him quietly without opening her eyes or moving from position.
"Something has happened," Wufei whispered back, keeping his eyes closed as well.
"Let's go outside to the garden to talk about it," the fiery priestess whispered, before standing up and disappearing in a dim flash of red flame.
Wufei followed suit and disappeared in a glimmer of black flames. When he reappeared again, he was standing in front of Rei, who was sitting on some steps leading to the fountain. His face was dead serious and in a frown, while his eyes held worry.
"A rebel group has come and vandalized the castle somehow, they left a single patch and it was the badge worn by Andromedan soldiers. They don't want the Immortals within our galaxy and it is causing an uproar. Mother and Father are outraged and calling for war against the Galaxy of Andromeda. They have already contacted the Queen of Andromeda; the marriage between Heero and Hotaru is over. There will be no matrimonial ceremony…no celebration…just war," Wufei explained to Rei calmly.
"But?" the Princess of Mars questioned, sensing he thought something different.
"I don't think the Andromedans committed this crime. I believe it is a set up, a plan to do exactly what my parents have done. I can't trust anyone else with my thoughts.." Wufei trailed off.
"What of Hotaru?" Rei asked, genuinely concerned.
Normally, the senshi of fire would snap at Wufei, but she saw past his look of cold and uncaring.
'He is worried about Hotaru…that is why I can sense his emotions so easily. Poor guy… Wait!! When did I start feeling pity for that…that…that sexist pig!?!?!' Rei thought.
She glanced at the Immortal who represented the extinct Dragon clan. He certainly didn't seem almighty and powerful as people would say.
'But that's because he shows me the real him,' she smiled slightly at this thought, 'even if he doesn't realize it.'
She stood up and walked over to the turned back of Wufei Chang, Prince of Saturn, and Immortal Dragon. Hesitantly, she placed a single hand on his shoulder and sighed gently.
"She is angry over the rude treatment of the men. She wants to know what is going on, but neither I nor my parents will tell her…" Wufei said.
"Fine, fine. I'll talk to her, but you owe me Wu-Chang," spoke the priestess, before walking ahead of him.
"Hey! It's Wufei, weak onna!!" growled Wufei, not noticing the small smirk on Rei's lips.
"Oh? So, you're Wufei weak onna?" teased the Princess of Mars.
"Argh!! You know what I meant!" shouted Wufei.
Rei turned around, her priestess gown rustling as a small breeze blew strands of her long raven hair in her face. A small smile was on her lips as she raised a slender hand to brush the strands away. The light from the sun landed on her, causing her to glow softly as if she was some type of angel.
Wufei missed none of this, and stood there speechless for quite some time before quickly regaining his senses when she said, "What? Cat got your tongue?"
"I'm leaving. But I will be back, Phoenix," spoke Wufei, the last part a soft whisper.
Rei heard the last word, and her light purple eyes widened slightly as she opened her mouth to question him. But before she got the chance, he disappeared in a burst of black flames that soon vanished.
'Was that just the wind?' Rei thought to herself.
"I'm going crazy to think it was him," she muttered as she went back to the shrine.
But in the back of her mind there was a small nagging part, as she continued to think of a certain onyx eyed prince.
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Author's Notes: Heehee! I finished!!! Go me!! GO ME!! I just made a twist happen? Right? Right? Huh? Huh?? HUH?! *cough* Alright…well…review so I can continue. And, Duo is the closest thing Heero has to a buddy and he does NOT like Hotaru in any way, other than sorta family love. ^_^ REVIEW!!! Pwease?
