Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing characters except this story plot, the
Gundam Wing Angel, and Leah.
Perfect No More
Chapter 2: Arrivals
A young man stood at the top of the grand staircase overlooking the grand, white marble-floored hall. Thick yet short blonde hair covered aqua colored eyes, as they surveyed the scene below them. All the Maguanac Troops were running around trying to quickly finish decorating the whole downstairs part of the mansion, for the Christmas Eve party that was less than a week away.
Clad in loose white pants and a neatly pressed tan dress shirt, with a matching white jacket over top, Quatre descended down the red-carpeted steps. As his foot touched the cool white marble at the bottom, he stepped off to his left and through the wide archway entering into the living room, where three extra couches and two loveseats were placed near a soon-to-be warm crackling fire in the now cold brick fireplace. On the far side of the long room were a pool table and a couple of chess board tables, in case anyone got bored, like a certain braided-haired pilot he knew so well. Windows surrounded the walls letting the bright rays of the afternoon sun pour into the room, combining natural light with the light from gold chandeliers hanging from overhead.
Quatre was so entranced by the beauty of the room, and with the Christmas decorations along the wall and a beautiful white candle lit tree in the middle of it all, it only seemed to enhance the beauty. However, he did not notice the figure approach him from behind, and tapped him lightly on the shoulder.
Quatre jumped at the sudden contact and turned around only to be met with Dorothy Catalonia. "I'm sorry if I'm disturbing you, Quatre." Dorothy smiled as if reading his emotions and thoughts.
"Not at all Miss Dorothy, I am grateful you came early to help decorate and get things ready." Quatre replied.
"That is really no trouble at all, Quatre. I am most happy to help."
The two stepped out of the living and walked across the hall and through another large archway, which led to a kitchen/indoor/outdoor patio, overlooking the seemingly endlessly waves of sand as it sparkled under the hot sun. There the two sat discussing various events of the party, past wars, and seeing their friends and allies, all while drinking cups of warm tea. Soon the two gave into the heat and dozed off into a light sleep.
After a few hours of silence, Quatre was gently shaken awake. He opened his aqua eyes to see his friend and guardian while on Earth, Rashid.
"Master Quatre, sorry to wake you but some early guests have just arrived and waiting in the front hall."
Quatre sat up yawned slightly, "Thank you Rashid."
Dorothy, who had overheard the short conversion, stood up from her chair as well.
As the three entered the great, lavishly decorated hall, Quatre's face brightened as he instantly recognized the long trail of the chestnut brown braid. "Duo!"
The long brown braid spun around to reveal a seventeen year old man, who looked more mature as well as gotten taller by an inch or two. Duo still wore his normal attire, black leather pants and jacket with the sleeves rolled up halfway, and a loose blood red shirt underneath. Not only did his clothes not change; neither did his fun-loving personality kept behind his cheerful smile and bright cobalt/violet eyes.
"Yo! Quatre! Hey, sorry if we're early, but I guess I didn't realize that it would not have taken long to get here. " Duo replied, seeing the semi- surprised look on everyone's faces at seeing him of all people here early.
Just then, an elbow was jabbed hard into Duo's side, and a dark blue-haired young woman, wearing long dark blue pants and a light purple sweater with a light purple beret on her head, appeared beside him.
"Ow! Why the hell did you do that Hilde?"
The woman crossed her arms, playfully glaring at Duo. "Don't lie, Duo. You only wanted to come early to make sure there would be plenty of food."
Duo chuckled as he put his hand up and behind his head, trying to look as innocent as possible. On the other side, Quatre laughed softly at his friend's actions. "You guys haven't changed one bit." Dorothy then spoke up, with a smile on her face. "Well, we are glad you two were able to come, and don't worry, there is enough food here to serve dozens of Maganac Troops."
Duo smirked, "Well, that's just fine, but then what will everyone else have?"
Everyone went wide-eyed, staring at Duo in disbelief. When Duo saw this he quickly replied, "Hey I was only kidding!" This got him another hard yet playful slap across the head by Hilde.
~ * ~
After another few hours, the four friends had gone outside to enjoy the scenery. There Rashid had set up a large tent-like cover, in order to keep the rays of what remained of the hot sun as it slowly sank below the horizon, off the teenagers' skins. Quatre and Dorothy sat underneath the huge cover, laughing while watching Duo and Hilde play an endless and might I add, mindless game of "tag".
"You're it!" Hilde shouted, as she yet again, caught Duo from behind, pushing him to the ground.
"Phew! Hey! That's not fair Hilde!" Duo shouted, trying to get remaining grains of course sand from his mouth, then jumped up and began to chase after a laughing Hilde again.
Just then, the sound of a small jeep reached the sensitive ears of the former gundam pilots. Duo and Quatre both stood up and started to run around to the front of the mansion, with the girls following behind.
Everyone soon reached the front grounds of the mansion. There sitting stationary at the end of the driveway, was indeed a jeep, to be specific it was a Preventer Jeep. They smiled wider as their eyes recognized the person standing, arms crossed, and eyes closed, leaning against the side of the small black vehicle. That slick black hair pulled into a tight ponytail and coal black eyes gave him away.
"Wufei!"
As they all approached closer, they now could inside the vehicle. There was another sitting one arm over the seat and the other resting on the steering wheel. It was Sally Po, her creamy brown hair was still in the two braided twists, and she wore the typical Preventer uniform.
"Hey, it's good to see you all again. It's been a long time." Sally waved from her seat.
Duo then spoke out, "My god Wu fei, you are the last one of us I expected to come to this party."
Wu fei smirked, but didn't even flinch, "And watch you make a fool of yourself Maxwell, I don't think so."
"Hey!"
Hilde just giggled from behind Duo's shoulder.
~ * ~
The sun had already long ago set underneath the sandy horizon, making the bright sand turn dark and cool. Everyone had journeyed inside and gathered in a small living room that was next to the larger one, which was currently locked until Christmas Eve.
Duo had hastily challenged Wufei to a game of chess. They were already into their fifth game, and Wufei was still beating the braided baka, badly.
Quatre was convinced to join in a game of pool with Sally, Dorothy, and Hilde. All of them were doing considerably well.
After winning his tenth game in row, Wufei stifled back a yawn and stood up.
"Winner, is there some place we all can rest, here?"
Quatre looked up from his view of the multi-colored balls on the pool table, "Does everyone feel the same way?"
Everyone nodded, yawning in confirmation.
"Okay, there are spare rooms for everyone up the stairs; you can pick which one you each want."
Everyone followed after Quatre into the hall and up the grand staircase. At the base of the red velvet-carpeted steps, the four guests grabbed their bags, and as they reached the top, each of them went beyond a different wooden oak door. Wufei took the door at the farthest end of the left side of the hallway, the most secluded one from the other room. Sally took another door right across from him. Quatre and Dorothy also each had their own rooms, one on each side of the staircase, Quatre on the right and Dorothy on the left. They had these rooms so they would be able to hear if any other late night guests show up.
One the right side of the staircase, Duo walked down it peering through different ones trying to find the best one in his own opinion. As he poked his head through one door, he was playfully pushed in and heard a small laughter, run into the room next to him. Growling with a slight laughter, Duo stomped over and threw open the door that, conveniently, was adjoining the two rooms, and yelled out.
"I swear to Shinigami! You are really going to pay for that, Hilde!"
As he slammed the door shut, a muffled shout was heard through the door, "Can't wait!"
Dorothy couldn't help but giggle lightly as she heard the shouts between those two young lovebirds. She, on the other hand, stood on her balcony to her room overlooking the front grounds of the desert estate. Across from her balcony, was Quatre's darkened balcony window, which probably told her he was already asleep. Just then, her mind reminded her of the conversion she and Quatre had earlier.
//\\ ~~~ //\\
The two teens sat on the comfy white plastic lawn chairs, drinking their warm tea quietly. Quatre then looked up at Dorothy and set his cup down on the glass table in between them.
"Miss Dorothy, you have traveled all over the Earth and to many colonies as well, am I right?" Quatre asked almost shyly.
"Why do you ask, Quatre Winner?" Dorothy said smiling, also setting her half empty cup on the table.
Quatre found the courage to continue, "Heero and Trowa had asked me and the other pilots to help them search for Leah."
"And who is Leah?" asked Dorothy, pushing her long white blonde hair behind her ears, and raising an eyebrow curiously.
"Oh, forgive me; do you remember the warrior assassin during the war, the one who wanted to kill us Gundam pilots?"
Dorothy cringed in remembrance of her first meeting, "Y-yes, yes I do."
Quatre sensing her frustration tried to calm her down, "Miss Dorothy, she is not like that any longer. Do you remember when Libra's main canon was fired on the Gundams for the first time, and that new Gundam blocked the impact." Dorothy nodded allowing Quatre to continue. "That was the Wing Angel and Leah was inside. She sacrificed her own life to save us. After that, she fell to Earth and we haven't seen her since. As far as I know, Leah is no longer a warrior."
Dorothy sighed and spoke her head down, "Unfortunately, no I haven't heard or seen any trace of her."
Quatre put his head down in defeat, "Thank you anyways for your attempted help, Miss Dorothy."
//\\ ~~~ //\\
"Oh, Gundam Pilots, you think you all can just talk and/or fight with a person, and they will turn around into another person. This girl, Leah, will always be a warrior. When the person Leah sacrificed her life for you all, the warrior died. The way I see it, that girl can never be the same person again."
Dorothy perked up back into reality, and her eyes turned up to the black clouded starry sky. A small shuttle came down into view from the dark cloud cover. Dorothy watched as the small plane landed just beyond the gates of the Winner front barred gates. Emerging from the door, Dorothy smiled broadly at the distant yet plain sight of Relena and Heero. Her icy blue eyes moved again, stopping once they caught sight of a tall figure walking towards the entrance to the estate, almost halfway to the front door. She immediately recognized the familiar face of pilot 03, known as Trowa Barton.
Turning abruptly, she smiled again as she closed the doors to her bedroom balcony. Putting on a black robe over her black silk nightgown, she went out to notify and, in some cases, wake the others, to tell them of their new, late night guests.
Meanwhile outside, Heero stepped off the ramp of the Darlien shuttle standing right behind Relena. At his side, his hand held the strap of a large dark black bag. He wore his usual green tank top and a pair of tight dark blue pants. Gripping the straps on the bag, he started to follow Relena up to the mansion, but came to a sudden stop just as he passed the front gate. There staring at him, were dark green eyes that he knows so well. Heero could just hear the silent question those hope-filled orbs were asking. Prussian blue orbs just stared back, and as he reached Trowa, who had stopped halfway to the front door, he put his hand on the other boy's shoulder, silently telling Trowa the undeniable, yet also unbearable, truth. However, as they looked at each other again, both could see determination in their eyes, neither of them would give up their search.
"Heero! Trowa!"
The two boys turned to see all their friends standing at the entrance to the wide open doors. As they all said their hellos and gave greetings, everyone began to settle down in their own rooms with silence surrounding them all as they lay down in their beds, and falling asleep dreaming of what the next day would bring.
TBC
Yippee! Chapter 2 is finally done and the next chapter I promise Leah will be in the next chapter. I just had to get this little bit of information down. In the next maybe two chapters, will take place during the Endless Waltz.
Happy Valentine's Day! Ja ne
White Spirit Angel
Perfect No More
Chapter 2: Arrivals
A young man stood at the top of the grand staircase overlooking the grand, white marble-floored hall. Thick yet short blonde hair covered aqua colored eyes, as they surveyed the scene below them. All the Maguanac Troops were running around trying to quickly finish decorating the whole downstairs part of the mansion, for the Christmas Eve party that was less than a week away.
Clad in loose white pants and a neatly pressed tan dress shirt, with a matching white jacket over top, Quatre descended down the red-carpeted steps. As his foot touched the cool white marble at the bottom, he stepped off to his left and through the wide archway entering into the living room, where three extra couches and two loveseats were placed near a soon-to-be warm crackling fire in the now cold brick fireplace. On the far side of the long room were a pool table and a couple of chess board tables, in case anyone got bored, like a certain braided-haired pilot he knew so well. Windows surrounded the walls letting the bright rays of the afternoon sun pour into the room, combining natural light with the light from gold chandeliers hanging from overhead.
Quatre was so entranced by the beauty of the room, and with the Christmas decorations along the wall and a beautiful white candle lit tree in the middle of it all, it only seemed to enhance the beauty. However, he did not notice the figure approach him from behind, and tapped him lightly on the shoulder.
Quatre jumped at the sudden contact and turned around only to be met with Dorothy Catalonia. "I'm sorry if I'm disturbing you, Quatre." Dorothy smiled as if reading his emotions and thoughts.
"Not at all Miss Dorothy, I am grateful you came early to help decorate and get things ready." Quatre replied.
"That is really no trouble at all, Quatre. I am most happy to help."
The two stepped out of the living and walked across the hall and through another large archway, which led to a kitchen/indoor/outdoor patio, overlooking the seemingly endlessly waves of sand as it sparkled under the hot sun. There the two sat discussing various events of the party, past wars, and seeing their friends and allies, all while drinking cups of warm tea. Soon the two gave into the heat and dozed off into a light sleep.
After a few hours of silence, Quatre was gently shaken awake. He opened his aqua eyes to see his friend and guardian while on Earth, Rashid.
"Master Quatre, sorry to wake you but some early guests have just arrived and waiting in the front hall."
Quatre sat up yawned slightly, "Thank you Rashid."
Dorothy, who had overheard the short conversion, stood up from her chair as well.
As the three entered the great, lavishly decorated hall, Quatre's face brightened as he instantly recognized the long trail of the chestnut brown braid. "Duo!"
The long brown braid spun around to reveal a seventeen year old man, who looked more mature as well as gotten taller by an inch or two. Duo still wore his normal attire, black leather pants and jacket with the sleeves rolled up halfway, and a loose blood red shirt underneath. Not only did his clothes not change; neither did his fun-loving personality kept behind his cheerful smile and bright cobalt/violet eyes.
"Yo! Quatre! Hey, sorry if we're early, but I guess I didn't realize that it would not have taken long to get here. " Duo replied, seeing the semi- surprised look on everyone's faces at seeing him of all people here early.
Just then, an elbow was jabbed hard into Duo's side, and a dark blue-haired young woman, wearing long dark blue pants and a light purple sweater with a light purple beret on her head, appeared beside him.
"Ow! Why the hell did you do that Hilde?"
The woman crossed her arms, playfully glaring at Duo. "Don't lie, Duo. You only wanted to come early to make sure there would be plenty of food."
Duo chuckled as he put his hand up and behind his head, trying to look as innocent as possible. On the other side, Quatre laughed softly at his friend's actions. "You guys haven't changed one bit." Dorothy then spoke up, with a smile on her face. "Well, we are glad you two were able to come, and don't worry, there is enough food here to serve dozens of Maganac Troops."
Duo smirked, "Well, that's just fine, but then what will everyone else have?"
Everyone went wide-eyed, staring at Duo in disbelief. When Duo saw this he quickly replied, "Hey I was only kidding!" This got him another hard yet playful slap across the head by Hilde.
~ * ~
After another few hours, the four friends had gone outside to enjoy the scenery. There Rashid had set up a large tent-like cover, in order to keep the rays of what remained of the hot sun as it slowly sank below the horizon, off the teenagers' skins. Quatre and Dorothy sat underneath the huge cover, laughing while watching Duo and Hilde play an endless and might I add, mindless game of "tag".
"You're it!" Hilde shouted, as she yet again, caught Duo from behind, pushing him to the ground.
"Phew! Hey! That's not fair Hilde!" Duo shouted, trying to get remaining grains of course sand from his mouth, then jumped up and began to chase after a laughing Hilde again.
Just then, the sound of a small jeep reached the sensitive ears of the former gundam pilots. Duo and Quatre both stood up and started to run around to the front of the mansion, with the girls following behind.
Everyone soon reached the front grounds of the mansion. There sitting stationary at the end of the driveway, was indeed a jeep, to be specific it was a Preventer Jeep. They smiled wider as their eyes recognized the person standing, arms crossed, and eyes closed, leaning against the side of the small black vehicle. That slick black hair pulled into a tight ponytail and coal black eyes gave him away.
"Wufei!"
As they all approached closer, they now could inside the vehicle. There was another sitting one arm over the seat and the other resting on the steering wheel. It was Sally Po, her creamy brown hair was still in the two braided twists, and she wore the typical Preventer uniform.
"Hey, it's good to see you all again. It's been a long time." Sally waved from her seat.
Duo then spoke out, "My god Wu fei, you are the last one of us I expected to come to this party."
Wu fei smirked, but didn't even flinch, "And watch you make a fool of yourself Maxwell, I don't think so."
"Hey!"
Hilde just giggled from behind Duo's shoulder.
~ * ~
The sun had already long ago set underneath the sandy horizon, making the bright sand turn dark and cool. Everyone had journeyed inside and gathered in a small living room that was next to the larger one, which was currently locked until Christmas Eve.
Duo had hastily challenged Wufei to a game of chess. They were already into their fifth game, and Wufei was still beating the braided baka, badly.
Quatre was convinced to join in a game of pool with Sally, Dorothy, and Hilde. All of them were doing considerably well.
After winning his tenth game in row, Wufei stifled back a yawn and stood up.
"Winner, is there some place we all can rest, here?"
Quatre looked up from his view of the multi-colored balls on the pool table, "Does everyone feel the same way?"
Everyone nodded, yawning in confirmation.
"Okay, there are spare rooms for everyone up the stairs; you can pick which one you each want."
Everyone followed after Quatre into the hall and up the grand staircase. At the base of the red velvet-carpeted steps, the four guests grabbed their bags, and as they reached the top, each of them went beyond a different wooden oak door. Wufei took the door at the farthest end of the left side of the hallway, the most secluded one from the other room. Sally took another door right across from him. Quatre and Dorothy also each had their own rooms, one on each side of the staircase, Quatre on the right and Dorothy on the left. They had these rooms so they would be able to hear if any other late night guests show up.
One the right side of the staircase, Duo walked down it peering through different ones trying to find the best one in his own opinion. As he poked his head through one door, he was playfully pushed in and heard a small laughter, run into the room next to him. Growling with a slight laughter, Duo stomped over and threw open the door that, conveniently, was adjoining the two rooms, and yelled out.
"I swear to Shinigami! You are really going to pay for that, Hilde!"
As he slammed the door shut, a muffled shout was heard through the door, "Can't wait!"
Dorothy couldn't help but giggle lightly as she heard the shouts between those two young lovebirds. She, on the other hand, stood on her balcony to her room overlooking the front grounds of the desert estate. Across from her balcony, was Quatre's darkened balcony window, which probably told her he was already asleep. Just then, her mind reminded her of the conversion she and Quatre had earlier.
//\\ ~~~ //\\
The two teens sat on the comfy white plastic lawn chairs, drinking their warm tea quietly. Quatre then looked up at Dorothy and set his cup down on the glass table in between them.
"Miss Dorothy, you have traveled all over the Earth and to many colonies as well, am I right?" Quatre asked almost shyly.
"Why do you ask, Quatre Winner?" Dorothy said smiling, also setting her half empty cup on the table.
Quatre found the courage to continue, "Heero and Trowa had asked me and the other pilots to help them search for Leah."
"And who is Leah?" asked Dorothy, pushing her long white blonde hair behind her ears, and raising an eyebrow curiously.
"Oh, forgive me; do you remember the warrior assassin during the war, the one who wanted to kill us Gundam pilots?"
Dorothy cringed in remembrance of her first meeting, "Y-yes, yes I do."
Quatre sensing her frustration tried to calm her down, "Miss Dorothy, she is not like that any longer. Do you remember when Libra's main canon was fired on the Gundams for the first time, and that new Gundam blocked the impact." Dorothy nodded allowing Quatre to continue. "That was the Wing Angel and Leah was inside. She sacrificed her own life to save us. After that, she fell to Earth and we haven't seen her since. As far as I know, Leah is no longer a warrior."
Dorothy sighed and spoke her head down, "Unfortunately, no I haven't heard or seen any trace of her."
Quatre put his head down in defeat, "Thank you anyways for your attempted help, Miss Dorothy."
//\\ ~~~ //\\
"Oh, Gundam Pilots, you think you all can just talk and/or fight with a person, and they will turn around into another person. This girl, Leah, will always be a warrior. When the person Leah sacrificed her life for you all, the warrior died. The way I see it, that girl can never be the same person again."
Dorothy perked up back into reality, and her eyes turned up to the black clouded starry sky. A small shuttle came down into view from the dark cloud cover. Dorothy watched as the small plane landed just beyond the gates of the Winner front barred gates. Emerging from the door, Dorothy smiled broadly at the distant yet plain sight of Relena and Heero. Her icy blue eyes moved again, stopping once they caught sight of a tall figure walking towards the entrance to the estate, almost halfway to the front door. She immediately recognized the familiar face of pilot 03, known as Trowa Barton.
Turning abruptly, she smiled again as she closed the doors to her bedroom balcony. Putting on a black robe over her black silk nightgown, she went out to notify and, in some cases, wake the others, to tell them of their new, late night guests.
Meanwhile outside, Heero stepped off the ramp of the Darlien shuttle standing right behind Relena. At his side, his hand held the strap of a large dark black bag. He wore his usual green tank top and a pair of tight dark blue pants. Gripping the straps on the bag, he started to follow Relena up to the mansion, but came to a sudden stop just as he passed the front gate. There staring at him, were dark green eyes that he knows so well. Heero could just hear the silent question those hope-filled orbs were asking. Prussian blue orbs just stared back, and as he reached Trowa, who had stopped halfway to the front door, he put his hand on the other boy's shoulder, silently telling Trowa the undeniable, yet also unbearable, truth. However, as they looked at each other again, both could see determination in their eyes, neither of them would give up their search.
"Heero! Trowa!"
The two boys turned to see all their friends standing at the entrance to the wide open doors. As they all said their hellos and gave greetings, everyone began to settle down in their own rooms with silence surrounding them all as they lay down in their beds, and falling asleep dreaming of what the next day would bring.
TBC
Yippee! Chapter 2 is finally done and the next chapter I promise Leah will be in the next chapter. I just had to get this little bit of information down. In the next maybe two chapters, will take place during the Endless Waltz.
Happy Valentine's Day! Ja ne
White Spirit Angel