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Battle of the Heart

Chapter 16: Heero's Past and Kri's Past

Kri smirked slightly as she walked towards Heero's room, a small chant going to through her head. I get to bug Heero. I get to bug Heero. I get to bug Heero until he tells me about his past. She knocked on his door and quickly got rid of her smirk, though she was still chanting in her head. She waited for a muffled 'hn' and when she heard it, let herself in. Heero sat in front of his laptop, busily typing away.

"Hey Heero, do you have a minute?" Kri asked sweetly. Heero stopped typing and turned to her.

"What is it?" He said in a monotone voice.

"Um, what was your past like? I've been wondering for a while..." Kri said quietly as she sat on a chair by the door. Heero stared at her for a minute for turning back to his computer. Kri frowned, but then smirked again. So, he's not going to tell me. Well, I'm just going to have to sit here and wait for him to tell me. She thought and started her chant back up. Heero tried to ignore Kri's presence, but it was sort of hard, considering he was the 'perfect soldier'. He turned to her, annoyed.

"You're not going to leave until I tell you, right?" He muttered. Kri nodded, not even flinching when Heero gave her his trademark 'death glare'.

"Fine. But after I am done, you have to tell me about your past." Kri nodded, smiling to herself.

~Heero's Past~

A.C. 175, April 07

The man who killed Heero Yuy, the leader of the colonies, did not leave his name in the history books. *shows Heero Yuy getting shot* However, the OZ organization, which was then just a group of special operatives... must surely have counted this assassin among its members. There can be no doubt that the single shot this man fired, changed the course of After Colony history...

A.C. 198 Heero Yuy

"Odin Lowe. You're a musician?" An airport bag-checker asked a tall blonde man with a young boy at his side.

"Used to be. Now I just carry it around as a hobby. I'm traveling with my son." The man, Odin Lowe, said.

"Your destination is X-18999. I thought that colony wasn't completed yet?" The bag-checker asked as he checked Odin's ticket.

"Like it says, we're not going there for a vacation." Odin said and pointed to the screen on the computer.

"A former musician, doing hard labor like colony construction?" The man asked as he gave Odin back his card.
"I've been told I'm an odd one." Odin said and grinned before turning to the boy at his side.

"Let's go." As they waked along the airports halls, Odin turned to the boy.

"Hey, try to act a bit more like family, eh? That's our contract." Odin told Heero.

"Hn. Okay, dad." Heero responded and smiled.

X-18999 is the newest space colony, due to be completed in A.C. 189. It's an unusual project. Not only is X-18999 funded by the colonies' foundations, but the Alliance Space Force was heavily involved in its design.

Heero stood silently, looking out of the window of his and Odin's hotel room.

"Whatcha looking at?" Odin asked as he came into the room.

"The void of space...which took everything away from you? Or...your own image, a face without a name?? Odin said as he sat a briefcase down on the desk.

"Why...did you come to this colony?" Heero asked, turning to Odin.

"To abandon you." Odin answered simply.

"Soon, there';; be a coup d'etat here. You'll take advantage of the confusion to settle down at this colony. You know how. I've taught you everything you need to survive." Odin said as he took a violin out of the briefcase, showing a sniper rifle hidden beneath it.

"And...who are you going to kill this time?" Heero asked as he pulled a gun on Odin.

"Septem, of the Alliance Space Force. This'll be my last job. So you should go to school and live a normal life." Odin said, not worried about the gun.

"I'll decide what I am going to do." Heero said coldly as Odin smirked.

That year, uprisings and rebellions were frequent. The colonial revolutionary army, led by Quinze, took eight Tragos mobile suits stolen from the Alliance, and advanced towards Colony X-18999's main command center.

Heero and Odin sat on the roof of their hotel, observing what was happening below.

Hn...there seems to be a rather clever man in command." Odin remarked as he watched the chaos below him.

"The rebels are just amateurs. They need to take out the frontline command center, or they'll be individually targeted." Heero said as he held a sniper/grenade launcher in his arms.

"That right. That's why they need men like me." Odin said.

"That's a nice train of thought."

"Yeah...Here's one last bit of good advice. No matter what happens, follow your feelings." Odin as Heero stared at his back.

"Once...some idiot fired a single shot...and changed the course of history. After that, I left the organization, and just lived from day to day." Odin said. Suddenly, two soldiers walked onto the roof.

"Hey! What are you doing over there?!" They yelled. Odin quickly spun around and through a knife at one of the soldiers, hitting him in the chest. While the other soldier was distracted, Heero ran forward and knocked him off his feet. The soldier hit his head on the ground, becoming unconscious.

"However carefully you plan. you never know if some fool is going to change the future." Odin said as he took off the soldiers uniform.

"So, you may as well do what your heart tells you, so you won't regret it later. That's the right path...for people who live life in the present." He said as he put the uniform on.

"Okay, this is goodbye." Odin said as put the soldiers helmet on.

"Don't overdo it. You're old now." Heero told him.

"Huh. Not something I want to hear from a kind." Odin responded and smiled.

"Don't get killed." Was the last thing Odin said before leaving. Heero watched him go before grabbing his gun and running towards the main command center.

"Septem!" Odin yelled as he spotted the general in the command center.

"O-Odin Lowe?!" Septem yelled.

"Y-you bastard!" One of Septem's recruits said. Odin shot, but one of the recruits ran in front of Septem and took the bullet instead. Odin cursed and quickly ran off.

"Open fire! Don't let him get away!" Septem screamed. Odin kept running as bullets bounced off the walls around him. He grunted when one of the bullets hit him in the leg. Dammit! He thought and kept running.

"Instructor Treize! The enemy command center vehicle is escaping!" Someone yelled.

"No matter. Leave it." Treize commanded. Suddenly one of Treize's soldiers was hit from behind.

"They've broken through." Treize remarked. He turned his head toward where Heero was standing among the smoke. Heero picked up his gun, and aimed it.

"He's aiming!... A-at us!" Noin yelled to Treize. Treize gritted his teeth as Heero shot.

"Instructor Treize!" Noin yelled as she watched the explosion. Heero dropped the gun and walked off.

"H-hold it! D-don't!" One of the soldiers yelled at the retreating Heero.

"Stop...the battle is...already over." Treize said as he collected himself.

"Noin, are you alright?" Treize asked the young woman.

"Yes...thank you." Noin replied back.

"Good...everyone's alright." Treize mumbled, welcoming the darkness.

Odin grunted as he wrapped his wound with a piece of cloth.

"Are you alright?" He heard a voice ask him. He turned his head, seeing an old guy standing behind him.

"Oh, it's you.

"Don't worry. This place will blow with one press of this button.

"I see..." The man said and pulled out a gun.

"You want me silenced? No need for that." Odin said.

"No. This is revenge." The man said and fired. Odin grunted as the bullet hit him in the chest.

"D-did you m-mean to do this...ever since you hired me?" Odin growled as the man left.

"Heh. How ironic." He muttered.

"Odin!" Heero yelled as he leaned down next to Odin.

"Hey...I shoulda listened to your advice. I've gotten old." Odin mumbled and grinned at Heero.

"Wait here. I'll secure us an escape route." Heero said and stood up.
Too late. Listen, don't forget what I told you...before we left. It's the last lesson...this old fool can give you." Odin said, struggling to breathe.

"T-the last few years...we spent together...weren't so...bad." Odin said before closing his eyes for the final time. Heero stood there, staring at Odin's dead body. He heard a noise and looked on the floor. Odin had dropped the control to blow up the bombs that he had placed in the building.

"So this...is the job you left unfinished." Heero said as he picked it up. He left the building, turning to look at it one last time, before pushing the button and blowing it up.

Heero walked along the rain washed streets, thinking about what had happened. Nothing is known of the subsequent past of the boy who would later be known as Heero Yuy. (I know, I already had him called that. But what else would I call him? Boy?)

~A few years later~

Heero walked along deserted streets, when he heard a voice.

Hey..." He turned and saw an old man sitting in an alley.

"You have good eyes...want to become a gundam pilot?" The man asked. Heero was silent for a moment, as he remembered what Odin Lowe had taught him. Do as your hearts tells you. That's the right path.
"Sure."

~End of Heero's Past~

Kri stared at Heero, more somber than she was when she had asked him about his past.

"Wow. That's a lot to go through for one so young." She said quietly. Heero nodded and turned back to his computer.

"Yes... Now, remember our deal? You have to tell me about your past." Heero said and Kri sighed.

"Okay." She said and started.

~Kri's Past~

A young girl around the age of five walked among the rubble of what was once her home. Beside the pile of rubble were three bodies. The girl stood in front of the pile, her tears mixing in with the rain that was falling around her.

"Okka-san, Otou-san, Nii-san. Why did you leave me? Why can't you stay with me?" She cried. She heard a noise behind her and spun around. A young woman stood there, gazing at the girl and the dead bodies sadly.

"Little one, what is your name?" She asked the girl.

"Kri Mizumi." The girl said quietly. The woman smiled at her.

"I'm Sasami. Would you like to live with me, Kri?" The woman asked kindly. She had known the Mizumi's, and cared for their son when Kri was born. Kri nodded and walked over to the woman. The two then left the pile of rubble behind them, going on to a new future.

~Five Years Later~

"Kri! Get up! It's time for your training!" Sasami yelled as she banged on Kri's door. Kri quickly got up and dressed. She grabbed a piece of toast and ate it before going into the training room in the back of Sasami's house. When Sasami had taken her in five years ago, she did not realize that Sasami was going to train her to become a gundam pilot. She didn't mind it though. She liked training and was always prepared to fight. She walked into the training room, ready to start.

"Kri! Get out of here and go to Dr. J! He will continue your training! Hurry!" Sasami yelled over the noise of the attacking mobile suits. Kri nodded. She wanted to have Sasami come with her, but she knew that would go against Sasami's orders. She grabbed a picture of her family and Sasami off of her dresser and left the house, running in the alleys and in dark areas where she would not be seen.

Kri stopped at a large building, and looked at the address that Sasami had give her before she left. This is the place the paper says. She walked into the building and noticed that it was not anything that she was expecting. It was all concrete, and no one was there. She walked towards a door, but was stopped by a voice.

"What are you doing?" Kri turned around to face a girl about her age, and took her hand away from the doorknob she was about to turn.

"I am Kri Mizumi, friend of Sasami Shirotoki. I am looking for Dr. J." Kri said in a monotone voice. The girl stared at Kri a moment longer before grabbing a walkie-talkie like thing from her pocket. Kri couldn't hear what the girl was saying, as she was a good distance away from her.

"Dr. J will be here in a minute." The girl said and stared at Kri some more. Soon a man with a cybernetic arm came into the room.

"Ah, you are the young girl that Sasami-san told me about. Welcome. I am Dr. J, and I will continue your training to become a gundam pilot. This is Reiko Toshoku, she will be your partner in training from now on." He said and pointed to the girl who Kri had 'met' first. Today Kri would start her training as a gundam pilot.

~End of Kri's Past~

Kri finished her tale and yawned, she was getting sleepy.

"So, you trained with Dr. J as well. Hn. That's not that much of a coincidence if you ask me." Heero muttered and went back to typing on his laptop. Kri stood up and yawned again.
Yeah, whatever Heero. Now that we've told each other about our pasts, I'm going to bed. Oyasumi Nasai." Kri said and smiled when she heard a faint 'oyasumi' from Heero.

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There. I hope you liked it. I know, Kri's past was sort of boring but I couldn't think of anything else to write about. And I was originally going to do Kri's past in a different chapter, but since I haven't updated in such a long time, I decided to do it this chapter and give you a nice long one. Ja ne and please review!

*Shiroi Hikari*