Disclaimer: Ch.1
Left in the Rain Ch. 12: Nothing is Perfect
"So…Rain seems to be feeling a bit…down."
"Yes sir, Allenby seems to be the one with Domon now. She's the perfect one! We can use her to destroy Burning Gundam! She has strong duel impulses."
"Well, I know that was the original plan, but the boss said he wanted Domon dead by the time he got back! He didn't say specifically how. So, let's kill him."
"How? With all due respect, none of us are powerful enough to stop him and his little friends."
"Michelo, do you not know anything! If we can't defeat him with sheer strength, then we'll have to try a different approach. That Allenby girl has me a bit concerned as well, but we'll simply have to… kill two birds with one stone." Michelo looked at Master Asia confused.
"Do you understand? We'll get rid of Domon while getting rid of one of the people he holds dear to his heart. Burning Gundam will finally be no more!!!!!"
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Rain slowly opened her eyes. A beam of sunlight shone through the window near her bed. In front of her, Domon slept silently next to her, like a sweet, innocent child. She kissed his cheek gently and he smiled in return. Finally, Domon was hers. With that sense of satisfaction, she took a shower, got dressed and went out for a beautiful Saturday morning walk.
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Rain sat at the bench reading in front of the school building. Things were looking brighter though. A fellow schoolmate walked by and she waved hello, something she hadn't done in a long time. Now with Kyoji there to support her, Rain felt like there was nothing to worry about anymore. Domon had broken her heart, but it was time to move on. Maybe she would find someone else she really liked. Rain reached into her pocket. It was her notepad of Diary entries. She took out a piece of writing. It was one of her letters to Domon. She crumpled it up in her hand. 'No more pain,' she thought and went back to her sitting quietly reading her book. After a couple of sentences, she could see the image of Allenby from the corner of her eye. She was walking down toward her. Rain suddenly thought of something. She needed to make ends meet with Allenby. As Allenby walked closer to the bench, Rain got up, ready to talk to her. She walked closer. Allenby kind of felt nervous walking up to her. Maybe Rain was going to hit her for all she'd done, but she decided to just keep walking towards the still Rain. They stopped to look at each other. Other people discreetly stopped to look at the two hoping to see a great cat fight. "I haven't seen you around Rain," Allenby started. "Yeah, I've been…busy." They both nodded. "Look, I know you've been through a lot, but I never meant to hurt you. You just…" Allenby took a breath. Rain nodded. "It's ok. None of us could help what happened. I admit, I was mad at first, but things are going to change now. Can we be friends again?" The two looked at each other again. Allenby extended her hand. "Of course! Friends!" Rain shook her hand. "Friends!" and they smiled at each other. Something they haven't done in a long time. Everyone else walked away, their few seconds wasted. The two girls began walking into the green area of the campus. A place deserted where the two could just talk again.
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"Look at them Asia, so naïve, so vulnerable."
"Hmm…. seems like the plan's going to work better than I thought."
Michelo looked at Asia again. "Huh, what do you mean?"
In a raspy, old voice he responded, "Michelo, change of plans. I think we've got ourselves a two for one special!"
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Allenby and Rain kept walking, talking. A peace was finally achieved by the two. They kept that peace until…Allenby stopped. "What's wrong?" Rain asked. "Nothing…I think. I though I felt something weird. Man! It must have been that dinner I ate last night!" They laughed and continued. Suddenly, their laughter was interrupted by a laughing Michelo Chariot appearing in front of them from the bushes, arms folded. They stopped. In back of them, Master Asia appeared laughing as well, his long gray hair flowing in the afternoon breeze. The girls looked at each other frightened. Several other men came out of the bushes surrounding them in a circle. Michelo half smiled at the two. "We're back!"
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Domon turned over on the bed. "What a night!" he mumbled half asleep. "You know Allenby, I had a great dream! You…" he looked to his side. Allenby was gone. 'She probably went on some walk or something,' he thought. But his thoughts were soon interrupted by two loud screams. His head perked up. 'Could that be Allenby?' He thought. Suddenly, Domon heard a knock on the door. He opened it and to his surprise, it was Saisici panting like he ran 5 miles. "Hurry Domon! Get ready; I heard Rain and Allenby screaming nearby!"
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"What the hell do you want to do with us?" Allenby shouted. "Don't worry young one,
You'll know soon enough!" Just then, Domon came rushing up in Burning Gundam along with Saisici and Kyoji which they soon picked up after Domon heard the news. "Let them go!" Domon shouted from the Gundam. Asia laughed. "You fool! Do you really think it's that simple? You should know me better than that! After all, I am family. You are still the naïve brat I always took you for!"
Domon looked at him hot with anger. "I waited for years to get away from you! And you still haunt me!"
"Ha ha! Haunt you? No Domon! I want to kill you!" suddenly, a black could of smoke surrounded him and he appeared inside Shadow Gundam. He picked the two girls into the hands of the Gundam, surrounded them in energy shields, so they wouldn't get away, and turned to face Burning Gundam. His eyes flared red as he spoke. "Now, Domon!" The black cloud circled around him. The wind blew heavier. "Here's what I'm going to do. Since I can defeat you in a second and I have all my little friends here, I'll give you a chance. I'll be nice this time and let you choose, Allenby or Rain. If you choose to save one, the other will be killed. I'll give you a couple of minutes to pick, but once that time is up, both of them will be killed. It's your choice Domon. One, the other, or they will both be killed. Domon looked at Allenby and then at Rain. Kyoji and Saisici stood at his side ready to attack if needed, but they knew this was Domon's choice; they couldn't do anything about it anyway. Domon looked into Asia's eyes. "The clock is ticking…"Asia teased. For a second, Domon couldn't think. He blinked and came back to his senses. Only a few words came to his mind. 'Don't screw this up Domon!'
A/N: Hey! That's the end of this chapter! I'm almost coming to the end of the story! Now, just to make one thing clear, I kind of changed the character of Master Asia a little bit. I know that in the series Domon cared about him and that Master Asia would never want to kill Domon, and he's not Domon's family, but just to fit the story, Domon just sees him as a horrible person from his past. If you just think its stupid, don't tell me. R&R and thanks for reading!