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Chapter 20:The Truth Comes Out
Relena's POV
Relena's location: Cinq Kingdom, Peacecraft mansion, 3rd floor, room 54, over sized canopy bed
Relena was bored beyond belief, she had only been home for a brief hour, and already she was regretting her return. But then again if she were to be in the hospital, she didn't believe her sanity would be intact by the time she got out.
She was confused beyond belief. Should she believe what Josh had told her about Heero? Had every declaration of love Heero had made to her, been false? Only to lead her to her death, which he had constantly threatened when she had first met him. Who knew, he always completed his mission, after all he was the perfect soldier, and he had sworn to kill her.......
She shuddered at the thought. She loved him deeply, but what he had done to her was cruel. Leaving her to die. She felt like she had been deeply betrayed, and she didn't want to deal with him ever again. The pain in her chest increased at that moment, and she sobbed from both pain of betrayal and pain from her wounds.
She curled herself under the sheets in a ball, her bed very comfortable she suddenly felt the need to sleep. The bandages around her chest and stomach had been replaced with fresh new ones and the IV in her hand, was annoying her to no end, but she ignored the pain and resumed her normal position on her bed anyway.
Her eyelids began to feel heavy and she didn't bother fighting to keep them opened, so she gave into her need for sleep and dozed off.
Heero's POV
Heero, thanks to the warnings given by Quatre, knew that his current status in the Peacecraft mansion was not a favourable one. He knew that Zechs was on a rampage and would slit his throat if he dared to even mention stepping foot in the mansion. So for that reason he was under Relena's balcony after careful surveillance of his surroundings, making sure not to get caught.
He looked above him at the three story high wall and decided it would be best to climb up and onto her balcony. At the moment he knew he was in a mess with Relena and he needed to dig himself back out of the hole that was dug for him, and fast if he ever wanted to be near her again.
But how was he going to get up to the balcony? Simple in order to scale the wall he needed rope. And where was he going to get rope? The garden shed of course.
He realised he should have thought about this sooner, and save himself from doing the trip from the shed and back here again and risk getting caught. But he had handled missions far more dangerous then this one and came out alive each time.
Or maybe this was more dangerous then any mission he had ever been on. For Relena was on the line...would they ever have a normal relationship for once? And what had he done wrong? Would she be able to forgive him for where his faults lay? And if he got caught in her room, would he be decapitated by her malicious brother?
Different images of possible scenarios where his mission could fail played in his head like they were taunting him. He shivered at the prospect of Relena hating him. Would he be able to survive if she didn't return his love for her? No possibly not. Relena was the only one who could get on his nerves, make him smile and make him want to hold her at the same time. She was a magnificent person...no a treasure that had no value, she could never be replaced. She was his life and he realised that if she were to suddenly disappear from his life, he would have nothing to hold on to. His life would be meaningless without her in it. She was his weakness and his strength.
He came to the conclusion that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with that woman. The one woman he truly loved.
But what if she rejected him? What if, for reasons unknown to him, she would never want to be near him again?
He couldn't think about that right now. He had to take his chances on her. So carefully he left the safety of the wall and like a cat, snuck away to the garden shed, and with his expertise, went unnoticed.
Until of course, he was almost spotted by a servant who had come out for a breath of fresh air. The servant almost was looking right at him, but before Heero was caught, he slid behind a tree and flattened his back against it, keeping his arms as close to his sides as humanly possible, and stood as perfectly straight and still as he could. He heard the servant coming closer, most likely out of curiosity and Heero began to sweat a little. But thankfully the servant was called by another to come inside and help with something. So the servant gave one last suspicious look and then turned on their heels towards the mansion.
Heero sighed relieved. That was too close for comfort. So yet again, this time on more alert, he headed to the garden shed. As soon as he had reached it he opened the large heavy door quietly and crept inside. He looked around the walls of the large shed until he spotted a fair length of rope.
He tested it by bending, twisting and yanking at it, just to make sure that it would not break under the support of his weight. Satisfied at last with it, he carried it back out of the shed, closing the door behind him, and he swiftly made his way back to the wall under Relena's balcony.
When he made it successfully, he looked up at the sky, pleased that the sun was beginning to set. The dimming light cast long dark shadows of the trees and flowers around him and he couldn't say that he didn't enjoy the sight. It was very unique on the mansion lot, the small pond and rose garden that lay only a short distance walk on the Peacecraft property, had many ducks and little birds floating or walking around. The great willow trees all over the lot looked very inviting to lie under and the mansion itself was a very spectacular Victorian.
He turned his attention back up to the balcony and thought over his situation. He came to a decision that he was not going to attempt to get into the mansion until the sun was set and it was late into the night. That way he had assurance that his talk with Relena would not be interrupted.
He hid the coil of rope in a bush nearby and then yet again set out to leave that particular area. But of course he was not going to leave the property just yet. He would stay here until he would climb up the wall, and he would have a few hours to himself to think of what he would say to her. So he found a nice looking willow tree where the bows bowed so low to the ground that the green leaves hid anything that lay beneath it from view. He crawled underneath and rested his back against the trunk. But after having a long day, he felt tired so he closed his eyes and dozed off into a light sleep.
~ Several hours later ~
Heero awoke to pure darkness. When his gaze lingered on the mansion, he noticed that all the lights were out, a sign that only meant the residence were asleep.
Now for his entrance. Even though the lights were all out, he was no fool, he was certain that the mansion was under surveillance by either soldiers, or Zechs himself. So Heero carefully and for the millionth time that day, made his way to the wall below Relena's balcony. On his way there he picked up the length of rope he had got earlier that day, and carried it with him. Minutes later he was yet again under the balcony. He looked around to see if anyone had noticed him, but the grounds around the mansion lay undisturbed. So he soundlessly untangled the rope and flung it up onto the railing of the balcony. He eased the rope through until it reached around one of the columns of the railing, and then kept urging it on until the end of rope he had sent up was back in his hand, making a loop. He tied the rope loosely, and then continued to pull the first end of the rope until the not reached the tope of the column and he yanked hard until he was sure that the not was tight. He then began to pull himself up the rope, using only his upper body. He didn't even break a sweat by the time he reached the top of the balcony and onto the platform.
He walked quietly over to the balcony door and slowly opened it. His plan was going smoothly until.....a small but obvious squeak from the door could be heard. Obviously no one had oiled the door's hinges in a while. Damnit! He finished opening the door and stepped inside. He shut the door quickly behind him.
He listened for any sounds of movement in the house, he feared he had woken someone up. But the house was still. Except for the figure on the bed.
Relena. He hadn't seen her in a week. How he longed to hold her in his arms, he missed her so much. She had bolted up from bed and was clutching her sheets and looking around the room alarmed. The moonlight drifted through her windows and spilled onto her bed and onto her beautiful pale face.
"Whose there?" she whispered
"It's me Relena" Heero said and stepped out of the shadows and began his journey to her bed.
"Go away!" she said warningly
"Relena, we need to talk. Obviously there's been a misunderstanding of some sort, but whatever it is we have to talk about it."
"No I don't want to" she resorted to whispering again. She pulled the covers up higher and she turned her head away from him.
Heero sat on her bed and beside her.
"What's wrong?" he asked
"Why did you do it?" she blurted out and tears streamed down her face in a worn track.
"What did I do? Relena tell me please!"
"Don't play stupid with me, I know that you were just trying to complete your mission" she cried even harder
"What mission? Relena what's wrong?"
"Nothing, just go away"
"I'm not leaving until we figure this out"
Relena tried to shove Heero away with her delicate arms, but she was too weak to push him very far. Heero looked at her, hurt by her actions. But he wasn't about to give up now, he would have to force it out of her if he needed to.
"Relena what aren't you telling me? What did I do wrong?"
Finally she decided to co-operate and explain to him
"You....you left me to be with other women....while you..* sniff *....left Josh and Kayla to kill me! You lied to me!" she cried even harder.
"What!?" Heero was now confused and angry. Had Josh and Kayla actually convinced her that he had set her up and left her to die? What's worse was that she believed them.
"I would never EVER do something like that to you. I love you. I would never go with some other women. I would never try to hurt you either. Why did you believe them? Don't you realise why I was out there in the first place? I was trying to get them, to hurt them for what they did to you, I wasn't leaving you to die. I can't believe you don't trust me enough to not believe that. I would never hurt you, Relena don't you believe me?"
Relena looked up at him, her tears only lightly flowing down her cheeks now. She had a look of hope in her eyes.
"But you left me...."
"Relena it was only so I could get rid of them, but it turns out they had a hidden agenda all along."
"Oh" Relena looked up at him in realisation.
"Heero they hurt me" she told him like a child would after it fell down and scraped its knee.
She began to cry fresh tears. He looked down at her and her fragile form. He took her in his arms and gently pulled her in his lap, careful not to touch the IV coming out of her hand. He could feel the bandages through her night gown and guilt rushed through him. If he had been there to protect her she'd have been fine right now. Her head rested under his chin, and he had his arms wrapped protectively around her.
She eventually fell asleep in his arms, he guessed that after surgery and probably no decent sleep due to her pain, she was very tired. So he gently lay her down, but he never let go of her. She was shivering so he pulled up her over stuffed comforter and just held her. Loving the feeling that he had missed for a week. That was too long for him, but he only wished that the circumstances were different. That she wasn't hurt like she was.
He vowed that he wouldn't let anyone hurt her ever again. He also vowed that he was going to spend the rest of his life with her, never leaving her side....if only he could murder Relena's interfering brother. No he couldn't, Relena would just be upset if she lost her last relative, whom she loved, though he didn't understand why.
How was he going to get around Zechs when all he had on his mind at the moment was to seemingly kill him. Heero was never in his good books, and every detail that he could find, proving Heero's faults were like a treasure to Zechs.
Heero let out a frustrated sigh. And once again Relena was back in the clutches of her brother, who probably was, as before, planning her return to office. He growled and pulled Relena closer to him. Oh he was going to have a nice little chat with her brother tomorrow, whether he tried to kill Heero or not, it didn't matter, but Zechs was going to see what he was putting his little sister through.
So Heero occupied himself the rest of the night, by planning his speech to Milliardo and watching over Relena.
He was going to put all his effort into making her happy for the rest of her life, she deserved it after what hell she was put through.
That said he slowly drifted off into a comforting sleep.
A.N so was that better then the last previous chapters I posted? I hope so, because I worked slightly harder on it. Well go on and review now! * shoves everyone out the door and boots them to review area * have fun there and don't forget to write...a review that is! *^-^ lame joke I know!
Chapter 20:The Truth Comes Out
Relena's POV
Relena's location: Cinq Kingdom, Peacecraft mansion, 3rd floor, room 54, over sized canopy bed
Relena was bored beyond belief, she had only been home for a brief hour, and already she was regretting her return. But then again if she were to be in the hospital, she didn't believe her sanity would be intact by the time she got out.
She was confused beyond belief. Should she believe what Josh had told her about Heero? Had every declaration of love Heero had made to her, been false? Only to lead her to her death, which he had constantly threatened when she had first met him. Who knew, he always completed his mission, after all he was the perfect soldier, and he had sworn to kill her.......
She shuddered at the thought. She loved him deeply, but what he had done to her was cruel. Leaving her to die. She felt like she had been deeply betrayed, and she didn't want to deal with him ever again. The pain in her chest increased at that moment, and she sobbed from both pain of betrayal and pain from her wounds.
She curled herself under the sheets in a ball, her bed very comfortable she suddenly felt the need to sleep. The bandages around her chest and stomach had been replaced with fresh new ones and the IV in her hand, was annoying her to no end, but she ignored the pain and resumed her normal position on her bed anyway.
Her eyelids began to feel heavy and she didn't bother fighting to keep them opened, so she gave into her need for sleep and dozed off.
Heero's POV
Heero, thanks to the warnings given by Quatre, knew that his current status in the Peacecraft mansion was not a favourable one. He knew that Zechs was on a rampage and would slit his throat if he dared to even mention stepping foot in the mansion. So for that reason he was under Relena's balcony after careful surveillance of his surroundings, making sure not to get caught.
He looked above him at the three story high wall and decided it would be best to climb up and onto her balcony. At the moment he knew he was in a mess with Relena and he needed to dig himself back out of the hole that was dug for him, and fast if he ever wanted to be near her again.
But how was he going to get up to the balcony? Simple in order to scale the wall he needed rope. And where was he going to get rope? The garden shed of course.
He realised he should have thought about this sooner, and save himself from doing the trip from the shed and back here again and risk getting caught. But he had handled missions far more dangerous then this one and came out alive each time.
Or maybe this was more dangerous then any mission he had ever been on. For Relena was on the line...would they ever have a normal relationship for once? And what had he done wrong? Would she be able to forgive him for where his faults lay? And if he got caught in her room, would he be decapitated by her malicious brother?
Different images of possible scenarios where his mission could fail played in his head like they were taunting him. He shivered at the prospect of Relena hating him. Would he be able to survive if she didn't return his love for her? No possibly not. Relena was the only one who could get on his nerves, make him smile and make him want to hold her at the same time. She was a magnificent person...no a treasure that had no value, she could never be replaced. She was his life and he realised that if she were to suddenly disappear from his life, he would have nothing to hold on to. His life would be meaningless without her in it. She was his weakness and his strength.
He came to the conclusion that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with that woman. The one woman he truly loved.
But what if she rejected him? What if, for reasons unknown to him, she would never want to be near him again?
He couldn't think about that right now. He had to take his chances on her. So carefully he left the safety of the wall and like a cat, snuck away to the garden shed, and with his expertise, went unnoticed.
Until of course, he was almost spotted by a servant who had come out for a breath of fresh air. The servant almost was looking right at him, but before Heero was caught, he slid behind a tree and flattened his back against it, keeping his arms as close to his sides as humanly possible, and stood as perfectly straight and still as he could. He heard the servant coming closer, most likely out of curiosity and Heero began to sweat a little. But thankfully the servant was called by another to come inside and help with something. So the servant gave one last suspicious look and then turned on their heels towards the mansion.
Heero sighed relieved. That was too close for comfort. So yet again, this time on more alert, he headed to the garden shed. As soon as he had reached it he opened the large heavy door quietly and crept inside. He looked around the walls of the large shed until he spotted a fair length of rope.
He tested it by bending, twisting and yanking at it, just to make sure that it would not break under the support of his weight. Satisfied at last with it, he carried it back out of the shed, closing the door behind him, and he swiftly made his way back to the wall under Relena's balcony.
When he made it successfully, he looked up at the sky, pleased that the sun was beginning to set. The dimming light cast long dark shadows of the trees and flowers around him and he couldn't say that he didn't enjoy the sight. It was very unique on the mansion lot, the small pond and rose garden that lay only a short distance walk on the Peacecraft property, had many ducks and little birds floating or walking around. The great willow trees all over the lot looked very inviting to lie under and the mansion itself was a very spectacular Victorian.
He turned his attention back up to the balcony and thought over his situation. He came to a decision that he was not going to attempt to get into the mansion until the sun was set and it was late into the night. That way he had assurance that his talk with Relena would not be interrupted.
He hid the coil of rope in a bush nearby and then yet again set out to leave that particular area. But of course he was not going to leave the property just yet. He would stay here until he would climb up the wall, and he would have a few hours to himself to think of what he would say to her. So he found a nice looking willow tree where the bows bowed so low to the ground that the green leaves hid anything that lay beneath it from view. He crawled underneath and rested his back against the trunk. But after having a long day, he felt tired so he closed his eyes and dozed off into a light sleep.
~ Several hours later ~
Heero awoke to pure darkness. When his gaze lingered on the mansion, he noticed that all the lights were out, a sign that only meant the residence were asleep.
Now for his entrance. Even though the lights were all out, he was no fool, he was certain that the mansion was under surveillance by either soldiers, or Zechs himself. So Heero carefully and for the millionth time that day, made his way to the wall below Relena's balcony. On his way there he picked up the length of rope he had got earlier that day, and carried it with him. Minutes later he was yet again under the balcony. He looked around to see if anyone had noticed him, but the grounds around the mansion lay undisturbed. So he soundlessly untangled the rope and flung it up onto the railing of the balcony. He eased the rope through until it reached around one of the columns of the railing, and then kept urging it on until the end of rope he had sent up was back in his hand, making a loop. He tied the rope loosely, and then continued to pull the first end of the rope until the not reached the tope of the column and he yanked hard until he was sure that the not was tight. He then began to pull himself up the rope, using only his upper body. He didn't even break a sweat by the time he reached the top of the balcony and onto the platform.
He walked quietly over to the balcony door and slowly opened it. His plan was going smoothly until.....a small but obvious squeak from the door could be heard. Obviously no one had oiled the door's hinges in a while. Damnit! He finished opening the door and stepped inside. He shut the door quickly behind him.
He listened for any sounds of movement in the house, he feared he had woken someone up. But the house was still. Except for the figure on the bed.
Relena. He hadn't seen her in a week. How he longed to hold her in his arms, he missed her so much. She had bolted up from bed and was clutching her sheets and looking around the room alarmed. The moonlight drifted through her windows and spilled onto her bed and onto her beautiful pale face.
"Whose there?" she whispered
"It's me Relena" Heero said and stepped out of the shadows and began his journey to her bed.
"Go away!" she said warningly
"Relena, we need to talk. Obviously there's been a misunderstanding of some sort, but whatever it is we have to talk about it."
"No I don't want to" she resorted to whispering again. She pulled the covers up higher and she turned her head away from him.
Heero sat on her bed and beside her.
"What's wrong?" he asked
"Why did you do it?" she blurted out and tears streamed down her face in a worn track.
"What did I do? Relena tell me please!"
"Don't play stupid with me, I know that you were just trying to complete your mission" she cried even harder
"What mission? Relena what's wrong?"
"Nothing, just go away"
"I'm not leaving until we figure this out"
Relena tried to shove Heero away with her delicate arms, but she was too weak to push him very far. Heero looked at her, hurt by her actions. But he wasn't about to give up now, he would have to force it out of her if he needed to.
"Relena what aren't you telling me? What did I do wrong?"
Finally she decided to co-operate and explain to him
"You....you left me to be with other women....while you..* sniff *....left Josh and Kayla to kill me! You lied to me!" she cried even harder.
"What!?" Heero was now confused and angry. Had Josh and Kayla actually convinced her that he had set her up and left her to die? What's worse was that she believed them.
"I would never EVER do something like that to you. I love you. I would never go with some other women. I would never try to hurt you either. Why did you believe them? Don't you realise why I was out there in the first place? I was trying to get them, to hurt them for what they did to you, I wasn't leaving you to die. I can't believe you don't trust me enough to not believe that. I would never hurt you, Relena don't you believe me?"
Relena looked up at him, her tears only lightly flowing down her cheeks now. She had a look of hope in her eyes.
"But you left me...."
"Relena it was only so I could get rid of them, but it turns out they had a hidden agenda all along."
"Oh" Relena looked up at him in realisation.
"Heero they hurt me" she told him like a child would after it fell down and scraped its knee.
She began to cry fresh tears. He looked down at her and her fragile form. He took her in his arms and gently pulled her in his lap, careful not to touch the IV coming out of her hand. He could feel the bandages through her night gown and guilt rushed through him. If he had been there to protect her she'd have been fine right now. Her head rested under his chin, and he had his arms wrapped protectively around her.
She eventually fell asleep in his arms, he guessed that after surgery and probably no decent sleep due to her pain, she was very tired. So he gently lay her down, but he never let go of her. She was shivering so he pulled up her over stuffed comforter and just held her. Loving the feeling that he had missed for a week. That was too long for him, but he only wished that the circumstances were different. That she wasn't hurt like she was.
He vowed that he wouldn't let anyone hurt her ever again. He also vowed that he was going to spend the rest of his life with her, never leaving her side....if only he could murder Relena's interfering brother. No he couldn't, Relena would just be upset if she lost her last relative, whom she loved, though he didn't understand why.
How was he going to get around Zechs when all he had on his mind at the moment was to seemingly kill him. Heero was never in his good books, and every detail that he could find, proving Heero's faults were like a treasure to Zechs.
Heero let out a frustrated sigh. And once again Relena was back in the clutches of her brother, who probably was, as before, planning her return to office. He growled and pulled Relena closer to him. Oh he was going to have a nice little chat with her brother tomorrow, whether he tried to kill Heero or not, it didn't matter, but Zechs was going to see what he was putting his little sister through.
So Heero occupied himself the rest of the night, by planning his speech to Milliardo and watching over Relena.
He was going to put all his effort into making her happy for the rest of her life, she deserved it after what hell she was put through.
That said he slowly drifted off into a comforting sleep.
A.N so was that better then the last previous chapters I posted? I hope so, because I worked slightly harder on it. Well go on and review now! * shoves everyone out the door and boots them to review area * have fun there and don't forget to write...a review that is! *^-^ lame joke I know!
