Revised 7/14/05


Have You Ever

Heero cringed as a bullet grazed by his shoulder and ripped through his black shirt. He hit the cement and rolled shooting in the direction that the bullet came from. He heard a satisfying choking scream and thud of a body falling before he smirked and stood up and continued running without pausing.

He ran out into the field and chanced a look behind him. No one had kept up. Perfect. Heero leaped onto his motorcycle and blazed out of the base. He crashed through the fence and winced as the metal cut into his skin. He slowed the bike long enough to pull a detonator out of his pocket to push a red button and catch a few of the orange blue flames that exploded behind him reaching for the sky. Satisfied he roared away back to the Sanq Kingdom. Back to Hell.

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Falling, I'm falling
Have you ever walked through a room
But it was more like the room passed around you
Like there was a leash around your neck that pulled
You though

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Heero sighed and readjusted his tie. He hated gatherings, especially the Peacecraft gatherings. This was Quatre's kind of environment, not his. But Quatre avoided Peacecraft gatherings, and anything where there was a chance of seeing Relena and her pet Dorothy. He couldn't really blame him though, Dorothy did stab him.

"Heeeeeeeeero!" A voice squealed behind him. Heero grimaced as he turned around and saw Relena Peacecraft running towards him. How utterly foolish she looked like that. She threw herself at him and grabbed him around the neck in a gigantic hug. Didn't she know people were watcing?

"Relena." Heero replied in a monotone voice while trying to pry her off of him.

"Oh Heero! I'm so glad you are here! I want you to meet some people." She squealed again and dragged him off into a crowd. Heero tried to pull back put Relena was like a piranha, she never let go once she had you until she was satisfied.

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Have you ever been at some place
Recognizing everybody's face
Until you realized that there was no one there you knew
Well I know

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Heero stood around with a group of important people that Relena had left him with looking awfully uncomfortable. He listened to them talk about peace and politics. One extremely fat old man turned to Heero. He briefly wondered how much it cost to get a suit that large before remembering to pay attention to his ramblings.

"...Don't you think peace can only be achieved if we talk?" He asked.

Heero snorted. Did he look like a politician? He was a Gundam pilot, a soldier, a trained killer, not Relena. He always preferred action to talking. "Excuse me." He told him in a monotone voice before walking out onto the balcony.

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Some days, my soul's confined and out of my mind
Sleep forever
Some days, I'm so outshined and out of time
Have you ever

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Heero sighed and leaned against the railing that over looked the Sanq Kingdom. It was a beautiful sight, a scene from a post card. But he hated it here. Relena was always clinging to him and he couldn't get away. He felt suffocated. Duo and the others went back to their own lives. He felt as if he was intruding on their lives whenever he visited for too long. They knew something besides war and fighting. It had been six years since the last Gundam battle and Heero was miserable. He was supposed to be happy now that the war had ended, but Wufei was right: he was nothing without battles. He still went on secret missions for the Preventers to stop rebels just to keep himself busy.

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Falling, I'm falling
Have you ever buried your face in your hands
Cause no one around you understands
Or has the slightest idea what it is that makes you be
Have you ever felt like there was more
Like someone else was keeping score
And what could make you whole was simply out of reach
Well I know

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Heero glanced back into the bustling party. He saw Relena looking around for something, probably him. Heero rolled his eyes and leaped off the balcony. He had enough of her for one night. He then walked off into the beautiful forests of the Sanq Kingdom. Heero trudged through the dark trees, his mind blank, until he came to a lake. He stared into the calm watery depths.

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Someday I'll try again and not pretend
This time forever
Someday I'll get it straight but not today
Have you ever

-

"Heero Yuy! I wont let you get away with this!" A voice yelled from behind. Heero turned around to see a man about his age. He was breathing heavily and had a mad look in his eyes. Heero raised an eyebrow.

"I saw you blow up that base! My father was in it. You killed him you murderer!" The man howled. Heero sighed, another crazy lunatic out to destroy him. He never felt guilty, not since the little girl and her dog. Never again.

The man charged at him. Heero leaped in the air landing behind him and drew his gun. He pressed it in the back of his attacker's neck. "If you leave now, I won't kill you." Heero warned.

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Falling, I'm falling
Some days, my soul's confined and out of mind
Sleep forever
Some days, my darkest friend is me again
Have you ever
Someday I'll try again and not pretend
This time forever
Someday I'll get it straight but not today
Have you ever

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The man nodded and slowly started to walk away. He was five meters away when he turned around quickly and shot his gun. Heero anticipated this and dodged without a problem. He shot the man and he hit the ground with a dull thud. Dead. Heero shook his head.

"I warned you." He told the body in his monotone voice. Heero holstered his pistol and walked off. Acting like nothing was out of the ordinary.

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When the truth walks away
Everybody stays
Cause the truth about the world is that crime does pay

So if you walk away, who is gonna stay
Cause I'd like to think the world is a better place

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Soft footsteps came up behind Heero. He pulled his gun and turned around to see a slim woman with long blackish green hair and ruby red eyes. She held an odd staff that was designed to look like a key. Heero stared at he coldly.

"What do you want?" He asked catiously.

"It is time for your reward for saving peace all those years ago." She told him.

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When the truth walks away, everybody stays
Cause the truth about the world is that crime does pay

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"Who are you?" Heero asked suspiciously.

"My name is Setsuna, and I know of a girl that will make you happy. You deserve it after all you've been through, she will ease your suffering and pain. You will not be alone anymore." She told him.

Heero stared blankly at her. Not be alone anymore? Someone just for him? It sounded too good to be true.

Setsuna handed him a piece of paper. "Be here at exactly sixteen hundred hours tomorrow afternoon." She ordered. Heero glanced down at the paper. 'Tokyo, Japan-Juban Japan Aoi Park, west end, wooden bridge. Girl with long blonde hair. Usagi Tsukino' Heero looked back up to see nothing. He glanced around but saw no sign of the woman.

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So if you walk away
Who is gonna stay
Cause I'd like to make the world a better place

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Heero glanced at his watch. '3:55… It's now or never.' He told himself. He had thought over coming a thousand times and had finally concluded that he must be crazy but he had nothing to lose. He also had his magnum incase it was an attack. Heero leaned against the railing glancing out over the park. He watched two kids play frisbee in the distance. He frowned. He had never played frisbee before. When he was their age he was learning how to assemble sniping rifles.

He heard footsteps further down on the bridge and looked over to see a girl with long blonde hair walking slowly towards him. Heero took in her breath taking appearance. She had thick, long golden blonde hair and sapphire blue eyes. She was shorter than him and wore a short blue summer dress. She sighed and leaned against the railing staring down into a water. He watched a single crystal tear roll off her beautiful cheek.

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When the truth walks away
Everybody stays
Cause the truth about the world is that crime does pay

-

'She shouldn't be so sad.' Heero said to himself as he looked into her pain filled eyes. Heero wanted to take her into his arms and comfort her of her pain. Heero's eyes widened at his thoughts. 'What's wrong with me? How can one girl effect me so?' He screamed in his head. He needed to talk to her. After all, she supposedly could heal his pain. God he hoped so.

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So if you walk away
Who is gonna stay
Cause I'd like to think the world is a better place
I'd like to leave the world as a better place
I'd like to think the world…

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Heero saw her turn towards him. He straightened up and started walking towards her. He watched her study him with her wide blue eyes. He stopped a few steps in front of her. She cocked her head and looked up into his eyes. She looked hopeful and hesitant.

"Heero Yuy." He introduced himself.

He studied her face as it lit up into a dazzling smile. "Usagi Tsukino." Heero smiled down at the girl. Maybe this wasn't a crazy idea after all…