Dead Shadow Ch. 9
Disclaimer: Gundam Wing not mine; all other characters are mine unless otherwise noted.
Trowa continued to look at me on bended knee and after what seemed like ages he began to speak:
"Quatre, the only reason I even did that wasn't because I loved him: I wanted to save you. You're far more important to me than my own life. I - I love you more than I can even express with mere words. I know this isn't exactly the right place & I had wanted to give you the ring later tonight but..."
Ring?!
My heart began beating very rapidly and the next thing he said confirmed what I had hoped.
"Quatre Rabera Winner," Trowa continued, "...will you please marry me?"
The world stood still in silence as he waited for my answer.
Speechless, I nodded.
"Well well, what a wonderful mushy moment you two lovebirds have set up here. There seems to be one little snag," Lemar interrupted with a slight chuckle before baring his fangs & continuing, now with greed in his voice. "You're both going to die & your souls will be mine!!" With a yell of unquenched anger, he came running toward us & ready to take us down.
Not this time! I thought.
Glancing at Trowa for a moment, then giving my full attention to my so-called 'creator', I concentrated my energy: my happiness, bitterness, extreme anger - all of it - and created a wall of living flame around us. Lemar couldn't slow down in enough time & became engulfed in the flames screaming out in anguish. I knew then I only had one chance to end this once & for all. As he tried to recover from the sudden attack, I came in from behind to strike:
I plunged my hand through his chest. Success was near!
Lemar was certainly in deep surprise and tried to get himself untangled in his own web.
"I - I never thought one of my own children would surpass his master," he said in a hoarse voice. It was obvious he was losing strength. together. I can....make.....it up....to.....you...." As for his "generous" request, I whispered my reply tenderly in his ear:
"Fuck you."
Immediately, I pulled out the orb which held his soul & crushed it with my own bare hands; Lemar's body became nothing but an empty shell as he fell over dead. His flesh vanished into nothingness, leaving behind his bones until even that turned into the dust of the earth. Good riddance and may eternal torchure be given to you at last, I thought as I looked at what remained of him. Finally this was all over with. Returning to Trowa, I extended my hand to him & smiled. "Enough of this. Let's go home," I said. "After all, you owe me a ring."
"Oh trust me, I owe you a lot more than just a ring koibito," he replied as he took my hand. With that we left with a stirring feeling of freedom & release in our souls though we were damned to be vampires until our deaths - which luckily for us wouldn't be for a long long time.
After returning to the others, we explained what happened & though they were a bit confused, they somehow understood. Duo didn't really care about the details; all he talked about for days was how cool it must be for us to be vampires & have fangs & such. After our story, we then explained that we had fallen deeply in love with each other. Heero - yes I said Heero - smiled; not a "You're my next victim" smile, but a normal human smile that many say is impossible for him to express.
"Um, Quatre, we already knew," he said. "You may not have expressed it with words, but the way you look at him all the time & want to spend time with him - well, we just knew. Plus if you two are getting married we'll be more than happy to assist you in any way we can." Everyone agreed.
"T-Thank you Heero, everyone," I replied. It was afterwards that Trowa took me to his bedroom & shut the door.
"Did you think I would forget love?" he said. He paused & pulled a red colored ring box from a drawer in his night stand & opened it to reveal a silver 15 Karat diamond ring. Upon further inspection it had these words engraved: ' My Eternal Angel '. Again he got down on one knee, looked me & smiled. "Perhaps I should ask you again the right way this time," he said with a slight chuckle.
For what felt like the millionth time, I cried; this had been the first time so far I had done so in blissful happiness.
"Y-You don't need to ask again. I - I still want to be yours," I choked in between sobs & then hugged him. Trowa said nothing but lightly kissed my neck: I guess he was excited as well.
Six months later, we were wed in front of our friends - and some of my sisters - in a small chappel located a few miles from where we lived. It was such a blissfuly wonderful day to us, but for some it wasn't so grand, for halfway through the ceremony....
"HEEEERROOOOO!!"
"She" had arrived.
Heero of course lowered his head & mumbled what sounded like, "Oh hell no. Please tell me she's not here!" For him, it was a living nightmare: Relena had showed up wearing some outlandishly pink outfit that made her look like Cindi Lauper from the 80s - in a severly bad way. Even the minister was embarassed. "Ma'am could you please hurry & take you're seat? We're in the middle of the ceremony - "
"But that's exactly why I am here!" she cried. "Today I am to be wed to my darling Heero! So where's the lucky guy?" Relena started scanning the place for him. Meanwhile, Trowa & I couldn't help but laugh at all this - that is until Heero gave us his 'Death Glare'. Immediately we stopped but in our minds we continued to have a laugh as Duo prompty grabbed her & shoved her out of the place, then turned to the minister & said, "Please continue." Luckily, the rest of the day went fairly smoothly.
Two days later, we were in Hawaii enjoying what was to be our wedding night. I sat on the bed figiting while waiting for Trowa to change his clothes (he had just come back from taking a few laps around one of the hotel's three Olympic-sized swimming pools). A few minutes later, he emerged from the bathroom wearing his usual green turtle neck & jeans; even though his hair was still a bit wet from the pool, I could care less. My heart once again to beat wildly as I saw him enter the room with a wicked, lustful smile on his lips, though I knew he would be very gentle with me. No words were spoken as he sat next to me & started to kiss me....
The rest I'm sure you can figure out for yourself: l will say however that Trowa's experience while working at the circus does have its numerous benefits.
Well that's it. It's finally the end of the story: a big thanks to those who've had the patience to wait for me to finish & trust me, it's been worth it. I can promise you this won't be my last fanfic. As for the Relena bit, I'm not (that) anti-Relena: I just wanted to add a bit of comedy to the mix. Please read & review - and again, thanks!!
The End
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