Disclaimer - I do not own Gundam Wing. I do, however, own my muse,
Wufei.
Wufei - ::appalled:: Onna, you do NOT own me! I, Chang Wufei, am no one's
personal property.
::glances at him:: I wasn't talking about you. :: Wufei pauses with a 'huh?'
look:: I was talking about my Wufei plushie. ::hugz!!::
Wufei: ................ oY_Yo
Chapter 20
"I Am Heero Yuy"
Relena found herself slammed to the ground once again. The restraints of
the cockpit tightened around her in response to the shock, serving only to
add to the discomfort she was already feeling.
'Have I actually cracked a rib…?' she thought in wonder. It was odd how she
didn't feel more alarmed by this.
And why should she? She had just been accused of killing someone's sister.
No amount of pain she was experiencing at the moment could equal what
Naya was feeling.
"And you think that's going to make me feel any better?!" Naya's voice
screeched, following another slam to her cockpit. Before she could make
any attempts at maneuvering out of the way, the Scorpio's hand shot out of
nowhere, clamping down on Arch Angel's head and lifting the whole suit into
the air.
Relena could still hear her voice over the sound of metal frame groaning in
protest. "You are a hypocrite," she spat. "Everything you do, the mere fact
that you're here in front of me, shows how much of a liar you truly are."
Naya's coal black eye's gleamed dangerously.
"I don't understand…" Relena choked out. "What you're… talking about…"
"You think I don't know all about you?" Naya sneered. "Miss Vice Foreign
Minister… Miss Peacecraft?"
"I… am no longer… a Peacecraft…!"
The Scorpio's hold tightened. "You will always be a Peacecraaft!" Naya
screamed. "Changing your name doesn't change the fact that you're still a
hypocrite! Your family hid behind the pretense of Pacifism just so that
others would fight for them! You talk of peace just so that people will fall
under your control - then you denounce your title and demand that they still
obey your every whim…" She sneered. "In the name of peace?"
Relena did not respond.
"There is no such thing as peace!" Scorpio threw Arch Angel to the ground.
"And those who believe so are either fools or liars just like you!"
Relena gripped her controls, pulling her Gundam out of its descent at the
last moment. "That's not true!" she exclaimed. "Peace can and does exist -
it only takes people to believe in it for it to come to be!"
"Nonsense!" Naya exclaimed. "Taking the weapons away from soldiers
does not bring about peace - only more hostility. It's just pacifistic garbage!"
"You're right about that," Relena replied solemnly. "I was a fool to believe
that taking away the means to fight would solve the problem. I realize now
that the only way to achieve peace is to fight for it - by any means possible;
the same way you would fight for anything you believe in!"
"A touching speech," Naya replied calmly. "But don't think that your words
are going to change me so easily." She drew out her beam saber, smirking
when Arch Angel made no move to arm itself. "I have waited long… and hard
for this day. I had nothing in this world… I fought and fought against the
bureaucracy and hypocrisy of the Earth sphere… Politicians and officials
like you were what was wrong with the world in the first place!"
"You're right," Relena replied, her hand clenched tightly over her controls.
"But we're making changes… we're trying to make things better."
"I don't care." Naya's glare remained steady. "I don't care about the Earth,
I don't care about the Colonies… I don't care about anyone." She clenched
her eyes shut, lowering her head just slightly. "I had one person in this
whole entire world… and you took her from me…"
"Natasha…" Relena murmured.
With the snapping quickness of its namesake, the Scorpio Gundam flashed
into action, lunging towards its enemy with its beam saber poised to strike.
"DON'T YOU DARE SAY HER NAME!!!" Naya screamed in rage as Arch
Angel unsheathed its scimitar, blocking her attack. "I'll take revenge for her
death! I'll make you pay… MURDERER!!!"
~*~*~*~
~ I, Relena Dorlian Peacecraft, am a pathetic hypocrite. ~
She'd said so herself, not even a month ago. Wasn't it true? She'd been in
the presence of the five eccentric scientists - they, themselves, partly
responsible for the chaos that had been so common so few years ago.
They'd created weapons of mass destruction - and mobile suits for them to
pilot - for the sole purpose of overthrowing the existing government.
OZ had been wrong, this she knew. They lied and cheated; they killed
those who stood in their way only to gain more power. Still, two wrongs did
not make it right. Violence was wrong; she had said so herself. She had
convinced nations; almost the entire world that she was right.
And still she was a hypocrite. She'd known from the very beginning that
taking away weapons and discarding soldiers was not the way to obtain
peace. She knew that there were those who would try to stop her from
realizing her ideals. That is why she learned to fight.
Relena knew she was weak. Words had been her means offense solely
because she knew no other way to fight. She'd talk and talk, convince
others that hers was the right path to take, all the while secretly training for
the day when talking would not be enough. And they called her the Dove of
Peace…
Arch Angel had been made for her; as soon as she laid eyes on it, she
knew there was no turning back. She could no longer hide under the
pretense of pacifism. She'd rid herself of the title Peacecraft as soon as
she stepped into the cockpit for the first time. She had been prepared to
face her destiny… to meet her true self.
That Relena turned out to be a hypocrite as well.
~*~*~*~*~
She knew she was not responsible for Natasha Mayomato's death. At least,
not directly anyway. Never in her entire life had she taken the life of another
person. She'd wanted to take revenge against OZ for the death of her father,
but when faced with his killer, she'd refused the opportunity to take
vengeance. She chose, instead, to forgive.
But could she be forgiven? She'd never taken a life herself, but how could
she not be held responsible for the deaths of so many. People had died in
her name, in her views of pacifism! She'd handed her kingdom over to the
enemy so quickly, ignoring those who had died in vain to protect it. They'd
believed in her and her words so wholeheartedly. She'd practically sent
thousands to their graves; how could the guilt not rest on her shoulders?
'Yes… it's true…' she told herself. 'I am as much to blame as anyone
else…' The Zero system whirred loudly with renewed fervor. 'My mother…
my fathers… my family… they all died and suffered on my behalf… and I
made their sacrifices in vain…'
She closed her eyes, tightening her hold controls, only half aware of her
battle with the Scorpio Gundam. "I should have fought with everything I had
from the very beginning… and yet I didn't… I was weak… I was a coward."
Naya lashed out at her again, her words serving only to fuel the rebel leader's
anger even more. "Yes! A weakling! A fool! A coward! A liar!" She lashed
out at Arch Angel's arm, slicing off the armor covering the shoulder. "You're
a murderer, Relena Peacecraft!" she screamed. "And you shall be
punished!"
Relena looked up, her once warm, turquoise eyes flashing golden yellow
under her systems influence. Naya's words echoed over and over through
her head, accompanied with images from previous battles. "I am responsible…
I am a murderer…" A lone tear ran down her cheek as Arch Angel lowered
its scimitar. "I deserve to be punished…"
The Scorpio's eyes suddenly flashed red, as Naya came in for the kill. "SHI
NE!!!"
Relena started suddenly, the words striking a chord in her mind. "Heero…"
At that same moment, a lone blast of energy shot out of nowhere. Naya let
out a scream as it collided with the Scorpio's hand, exploding on impact.
The black Gundam stumbled backwards to the ground, with Naya all the
while screeching about her revenge.
"No!" she howled. "I won't be defeated!" She activated her Omega Jammer,
aiming it at the Gundam in front of her. However, with a sudden swoosh, she
found it sitting in her Gundam's lap. "What?" she exclaimed, "Who dares-"
She looked up at Arch Angel to find it shrouded in a pair of metallic wings.
Before she could question what she was seeing, the wings parted to reveal
another Gundam standing next to it.
Her eyes widened in disbelief. "Wing Zero…" she awed. "But how…
who…?"
A face appeared on her monitor; cobalt eyes glared down at her in cold
fury. "Boku wa Heero Yuy…" Wing Zero drew its beam saber, placing itself
in front of Arch Angel in a protective gesture. "Omae o korosu."
~End of Chapter 20
Author's Notes -
Ah yes! The moment you have been waiting for. The Prince of the Star
has arrived on his shiny white Gundam to save his fair princess from
certain doom!
Wufei: WTF....? Translation please....
Wufei saying please? Well, that's a first.. ::Wufei gives her a dirty look::
Anyways. Heero and Relena are united once again... but will they be
united in their fight against Naya and her dreaded Scorpio Gundam?
Will they fall prey to its hypnotic effects once again or can they emerge
victorious? And what will become of their relationship in the end? Read
and find out! =)
Wufei.
Wufei - ::appalled:: Onna, you do NOT own me! I, Chang Wufei, am no one's
personal property.
::glances at him:: I wasn't talking about you. :: Wufei pauses with a 'huh?'
look:: I was talking about my Wufei plushie. ::hugz!!::
Wufei: ................ oY_Yo
Chapter 20
"I Am Heero Yuy"
Relena found herself slammed to the ground once again. The restraints of
the cockpit tightened around her in response to the shock, serving only to
add to the discomfort she was already feeling.
'Have I actually cracked a rib…?' she thought in wonder. It was odd how she
didn't feel more alarmed by this.
And why should she? She had just been accused of killing someone's sister.
No amount of pain she was experiencing at the moment could equal what
Naya was feeling.
"And you think that's going to make me feel any better?!" Naya's voice
screeched, following another slam to her cockpit. Before she could make
any attempts at maneuvering out of the way, the Scorpio's hand shot out of
nowhere, clamping down on Arch Angel's head and lifting the whole suit into
the air.
Relena could still hear her voice over the sound of metal frame groaning in
protest. "You are a hypocrite," she spat. "Everything you do, the mere fact
that you're here in front of me, shows how much of a liar you truly are."
Naya's coal black eye's gleamed dangerously.
"I don't understand…" Relena choked out. "What you're… talking about…"
"You think I don't know all about you?" Naya sneered. "Miss Vice Foreign
Minister… Miss Peacecraft?"
"I… am no longer… a Peacecraft…!"
The Scorpio's hold tightened. "You will always be a Peacecraaft!" Naya
screamed. "Changing your name doesn't change the fact that you're still a
hypocrite! Your family hid behind the pretense of Pacifism just so that
others would fight for them! You talk of peace just so that people will fall
under your control - then you denounce your title and demand that they still
obey your every whim…" She sneered. "In the name of peace?"
Relena did not respond.
"There is no such thing as peace!" Scorpio threw Arch Angel to the ground.
"And those who believe so are either fools or liars just like you!"
Relena gripped her controls, pulling her Gundam out of its descent at the
last moment. "That's not true!" she exclaimed. "Peace can and does exist -
it only takes people to believe in it for it to come to be!"
"Nonsense!" Naya exclaimed. "Taking the weapons away from soldiers
does not bring about peace - only more hostility. It's just pacifistic garbage!"
"You're right about that," Relena replied solemnly. "I was a fool to believe
that taking away the means to fight would solve the problem. I realize now
that the only way to achieve peace is to fight for it - by any means possible;
the same way you would fight for anything you believe in!"
"A touching speech," Naya replied calmly. "But don't think that your words
are going to change me so easily." She drew out her beam saber, smirking
when Arch Angel made no move to arm itself. "I have waited long… and hard
for this day. I had nothing in this world… I fought and fought against the
bureaucracy and hypocrisy of the Earth sphere… Politicians and officials
like you were what was wrong with the world in the first place!"
"You're right," Relena replied, her hand clenched tightly over her controls.
"But we're making changes… we're trying to make things better."
"I don't care." Naya's glare remained steady. "I don't care about the Earth,
I don't care about the Colonies… I don't care about anyone." She clenched
her eyes shut, lowering her head just slightly. "I had one person in this
whole entire world… and you took her from me…"
"Natasha…" Relena murmured.
With the snapping quickness of its namesake, the Scorpio Gundam flashed
into action, lunging towards its enemy with its beam saber poised to strike.
"DON'T YOU DARE SAY HER NAME!!!" Naya screamed in rage as Arch
Angel unsheathed its scimitar, blocking her attack. "I'll take revenge for her
death! I'll make you pay… MURDERER!!!"
~*~*~*~
~ I, Relena Dorlian Peacecraft, am a pathetic hypocrite. ~
She'd said so herself, not even a month ago. Wasn't it true? She'd been in
the presence of the five eccentric scientists - they, themselves, partly
responsible for the chaos that had been so common so few years ago.
They'd created weapons of mass destruction - and mobile suits for them to
pilot - for the sole purpose of overthrowing the existing government.
OZ had been wrong, this she knew. They lied and cheated; they killed
those who stood in their way only to gain more power. Still, two wrongs did
not make it right. Violence was wrong; she had said so herself. She had
convinced nations; almost the entire world that she was right.
And still she was a hypocrite. She'd known from the very beginning that
taking away weapons and discarding soldiers was not the way to obtain
peace. She knew that there were those who would try to stop her from
realizing her ideals. That is why she learned to fight.
Relena knew she was weak. Words had been her means offense solely
because she knew no other way to fight. She'd talk and talk, convince
others that hers was the right path to take, all the while secretly training for
the day when talking would not be enough. And they called her the Dove of
Peace…
Arch Angel had been made for her; as soon as she laid eyes on it, she
knew there was no turning back. She could no longer hide under the
pretense of pacifism. She'd rid herself of the title Peacecraft as soon as
she stepped into the cockpit for the first time. She had been prepared to
face her destiny… to meet her true self.
That Relena turned out to be a hypocrite as well.
~*~*~*~*~
She knew she was not responsible for Natasha Mayomato's death. At least,
not directly anyway. Never in her entire life had she taken the life of another
person. She'd wanted to take revenge against OZ for the death of her father,
but when faced with his killer, she'd refused the opportunity to take
vengeance. She chose, instead, to forgive.
But could she be forgiven? She'd never taken a life herself, but how could
she not be held responsible for the deaths of so many. People had died in
her name, in her views of pacifism! She'd handed her kingdom over to the
enemy so quickly, ignoring those who had died in vain to protect it. They'd
believed in her and her words so wholeheartedly. She'd practically sent
thousands to their graves; how could the guilt not rest on her shoulders?
'Yes… it's true…' she told herself. 'I am as much to blame as anyone
else…' The Zero system whirred loudly with renewed fervor. 'My mother…
my fathers… my family… they all died and suffered on my behalf… and I
made their sacrifices in vain…'
She closed her eyes, tightening her hold controls, only half aware of her
battle with the Scorpio Gundam. "I should have fought with everything I had
from the very beginning… and yet I didn't… I was weak… I was a coward."
Naya lashed out at her again, her words serving only to fuel the rebel leader's
anger even more. "Yes! A weakling! A fool! A coward! A liar!" She lashed
out at Arch Angel's arm, slicing off the armor covering the shoulder. "You're
a murderer, Relena Peacecraft!" she screamed. "And you shall be
punished!"
Relena looked up, her once warm, turquoise eyes flashing golden yellow
under her systems influence. Naya's words echoed over and over through
her head, accompanied with images from previous battles. "I am responsible…
I am a murderer…" A lone tear ran down her cheek as Arch Angel lowered
its scimitar. "I deserve to be punished…"
The Scorpio's eyes suddenly flashed red, as Naya came in for the kill. "SHI
NE!!!"
Relena started suddenly, the words striking a chord in her mind. "Heero…"
At that same moment, a lone blast of energy shot out of nowhere. Naya let
out a scream as it collided with the Scorpio's hand, exploding on impact.
The black Gundam stumbled backwards to the ground, with Naya all the
while screeching about her revenge.
"No!" she howled. "I won't be defeated!" She activated her Omega Jammer,
aiming it at the Gundam in front of her. However, with a sudden swoosh, she
found it sitting in her Gundam's lap. "What?" she exclaimed, "Who dares-"
She looked up at Arch Angel to find it shrouded in a pair of metallic wings.
Before she could question what she was seeing, the wings parted to reveal
another Gundam standing next to it.
Her eyes widened in disbelief. "Wing Zero…" she awed. "But how…
who…?"
A face appeared on her monitor; cobalt eyes glared down at her in cold
fury. "Boku wa Heero Yuy…" Wing Zero drew its beam saber, placing itself
in front of Arch Angel in a protective gesture. "Omae o korosu."
~End of Chapter 20
Author's Notes -
Ah yes! The moment you have been waiting for. The Prince of the Star
has arrived on his shiny white Gundam to save his fair princess from
certain doom!
Wufei: WTF....? Translation please....
Wufei saying please? Well, that's a first.. ::Wufei gives her a dirty look::
Anyways. Heero and Relena are united once again... but will they be
united in their fight against Naya and her dreaded Scorpio Gundam?
Will they fall prey to its hypnotic effects once again or can they emerge
victorious? And what will become of their relationship in the end? Read
and find out! =)