Babs: Thank you very much for reading my stories and for reviewing. Yup, Trowa-baby is my favourite gw-boy too. (And my 2nd favourite is Heero, thus I'm like really obsessed with 1x3). Well anyway, I do hope that you'll enjoy this new chapter.
STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLIED: All characters mentioned in this fanfic belong to GW, and the sonnet, 'Remember' is written by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894).
NOTES:
I assumed that the people in the past (1999BC) do not have family names, for example it is just Heero and not Heero Yuy.
Names: Present life (past life): Triton Bloom (Trowa), Heero Yuy (Heero), Raberba Winner (Quatre), Chang Fei (Wufei), Duo Maxwell (And orphan without a name, and goes by the nick: Lord Death).
I've assumed that in 1999 AD (present life) Duo and Hirde are twins, and Triton and Catherine are their cousins. (And that all four of them are livingin the same house.)
The present life (1999AD) is in regular font
The past life (1999BC) is in italics
Remembrance
--Chapter 2--
Prince Heero woke up in frustrating bewilderment... wondering why he was still alive...
He attempted to push his body up into a sitting position, so that he could be able to study his surroundings better. But, even such a seemingly simple movement was enough to send a sudden stroke of tremendous pain running through his battle-strained body. Thus, he mentally winced from the sudden bolt of incoming pain, and was forced to lie back down on the lumpy bed. For no matter how well trained a warrior like him is, he is still a human, and as a human, he too, like anybody else would feel such physical pains.
As the young prince's vision cleared, he looked up and saw a person... a gorgeous young man, leaning against the entrance of what seemed like a cave, eyeing at him silently with his one visible emerald-green eye. Every part of the lovely stranger seemed to radiate a sense of mystifying beauty.
Heero silently studies the beautiful stranger for quite a while, before gruffly asking him in his blunt monotone, "Where is this place? Why am I here?"
The dazzling beauty moved closer in utmost grace. In his entire life, Prince Heero had never ever felt so attracted to any being, as he was to this seemingly angel before him.
"I found you spawned across my doorway one morning more than two weeks ago. You were badly injured, so I took you in." The mysterious stranger's voice though expressionless, was oddly soothing. "You must be feeling hungry. I'll go get you some food." The boy said in a quiet voice before he abruptly turned and left the room.
Minuets later, the young stranger returned with a steaming bowl of gruel.
After propping the young prince up with the help of the pillow, the mysterious stranger pulled a chair by the price's bedside and sat down with the bowl of mushy-looking gruel in his hands.
"You're going to feed me?" asked Prince Heero somewhat curiously.
As reply, the strange boy just stared blankly at Prince Heero for a moment, before he shoved a full spoonful of bland and tasteless gruel into Heero's mouth, allowing his sudden action to answer for him.
Normally, the young prince would be furious, if anyone tried to do this. After all, he was an extremely self-reliant prince who had always treasured his own privacy. However, strangely, he could hear an inner voice prompting him to allow the young stranger to feed him; he could hear the inner voice calling out for the boy to be near him. Why was this so? The young prince could not comprehend. All he knew was that he yearned for and appreciated the lovely stranger's company.
After the prince had his fill of the disgustingly unappetizing gruel, the bowl was set aside, and both the occupants in the cave, remained seated silently, enjoying the quiet company shared between them. Peaceful silence had once again settled comfortably into the cave.
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Upon reaching the place they called home, since the death of their parents a couple of years back, Duo Maxwell turned towards his twin sister and enquired, "Hirde, I'm going upstairs to check on Triton, you want to come along?"
"Sure," replied Hirde, as she headed on upstairs towards Triton's bedroom. She knocked at the door, before opening it.
The room was well lit, being bathed by the mid-day sunlight, allowing Hirde and Duo to have a clear glimpse of the room and its occupant.
Triton was tossing and turning in his bed mumbling to himself in a dream-like trance; mumbling to himself incoherently.
Duo shook his head wearily, looked at his twin sister and said in a solemn manner that was so unlike his usual sunshine-filled tone, "We better do something about this soon..." and then left the room without another word.
Hirde took another look at the sleeping form of her cousin, before following her brother out of the room.
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The young prince once again found himself being drawn into the depth of his mind into the presence of the mysterious young man with his enchanting green eyes. Eyes that reminded Heero so much of the forest that he love; the forest that helped to calm his nerve and soothed his senses; the forest that he was walking through now.
Heero couldn't help wondering why this particular young man unlike so many others, seemed to have such a strong effect on him. He was one that was hardly roused by others' actions or behaviours; he was one that lived for himself, his goals and missions as a prince; he was one with countable few friends, and hardly cared to make more. Yet now, he found himself oddly attracted to another person... another young man, an insignificant street-performer to be precise.
Upon entering the palace, Heero was informed by his general and closest friend, Lord Death that the court seer had requested for his presence. Lord Death was the titled honoured upon the nameless braided-hair general by Heero's father, King Treize himself, when the orphaned young general, rode bravely and saved his only daughter, the child-princess Mariemaia from the hands of the ruthless White Fang Clan.
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"Triton, wakie–wakie!"
Triton blinked sleepily as a voice cut through the haziness of his mind, and slowly sat up, "Duo?"
"Don't tell me you're planning to skip school again, ne?"
"No, Duo. I'll be down in a while."
"Sure thing! I and Hirde will wait downstairs for you."
Triton nodded back in response, as he slipped off his bed gracefully.
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"Lady Une, you required my presence?"
The court seer bowed, before replying, "Yes, your highness, I'm here to inform you about your destiny."
"My destiny?" The young prince queried.
"Yes, your highness, as you've already known, and been taught that everyone has a path to take in life. And this path, this destiny is foreordained," she paused for an audible moment before continuing, "Now, it's the moment to elaborate on your destiny. My prince, you're destined to aid the world. You're an angel born into the world of men, with the duty to save mankind from their own devastation. You're the heavenly Guardian Angel of Peace, and thus the true embodiment of peace. And your goal in life is to ensure peace through forgiveness."
"Care to explain yourself clearer, Lady Une?"
"As I've say, it is your destiny to be born into this world to protect the human race from destroying themselves with their numerous sins. You've to remember this, whatever you do will decide the final fate of mankind. This may means a total wipe out of all mankind existence, thus in this case; there would be no future... Or well... if the human race manages to live through this time, they'll increasingly destroy the environment, and one day you'll be needed again."
"..."
"And my lord... if you're called upon a second time, I may not be there with you anymore..." The seer's eyes were downcast as she said this, as if something in the words was biting at her...
"..."
"Like you my prince, I was born to serve this world... and... and unlike any normal being I'll not die of nature cause, but only when the earth is destroyed or by the will of Heaven. However, I do not think that my soul could remain pure and untainted in the face of increasing pollution and corruption, especially if I lived for an extended period of time. Therefore, if you'll once again called upon to grace the face of this world, by that time... I may have been twisted by the evil ways of the human nature... So if we ever meet again in future, and that you can remember this lifetime, do be wary of me..."
"Hn."
"And yes, working opposite you is the Guardian Angel of Justice from the eastern realm of heaven. His task will be to bring forth justice, and that includes punishing mankind for their sins. Therefore, if he won the battle, all mankind will be wiped out, since all mankind have and will sin in varying extent. Yet, on the other hand, if you won the battle totally, it will leads to the continuation in the breeding of sins, since if you won, heaven will forgive all beings, and allow life to go on as it is. Thus, the best way out, is for you to work in hand with the Angel of Justice, to bring about a rightful balance between punishment and forgiveness, so that the world will be cleansed but not destroyed. Understood?"
"Mission understood."
"Yes, but it's not easy. To find that balance is definitely not easy."
"Hn. But, who is the Angel of Justice?"
"He is born as Prince Wufei of the L5 Kingdom."
"And yes... I've to warn you to seal your heart to a certain extent at least. I know that it's not easy for the Angel of Peace to carry out his mission without emotions, since it's against your motto. But do be careful, where your heart leads you. And remember don't fall for a mortal, no matter how pure he is. For the love between an angel and a child of sinners is cursed. There'll not be happiness. Do remember this."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"My lord, some secrets are better left untold... Just remember to be careful."
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"Class, this is Heero Yuy. He will be your classmate from now on."
Feeling as if a pair of piercing eyes was drilling straight through him, Triton looked up from his history text and was at once lost into the depths of those mysterious dark blue orbs...
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Feeling perplexed and perturbed with the recent revelations of the court's seer, the young prince, Heero decided to go for a walk in the forest at the back of the palace, with the hope that the more calm and pleasant atmosphere of nature would help to ease his disturbed mind.
Heero was strolling down the beaten forest track, when he was rammed head on by an oncoming young man.
On hitting the prince, the beautiful young man immediately flashed beet red, and without even looking up,
He began to make an attempt to apologise in between puffs of air, "Err...I'm really sorry... I..."
Heero remained stunned momentarily, before regaining his composure and recognising the young man, "Trowa?"
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The boy named Heero Yuy; the boy who was his new classmate... was he not the handsome, brooding, young prince of his dreams?
--Chapter 2 (End)--
Hope you all will enjoy reading it, and sorry for all spelling and grammatical errors.
(C&C is much appreciated, and please do point out my mistakes. Thanks.)