(A/N: Btw, the rating for this fic could possibly go up to PG-13. But I plan that as the highest possible rating. Should the rating rise, PG-13 will be as far as it goes. But don't worry. I'm not going to use wickedly mature things if I do so. Now on with the feature presentation ladies and gentlemen!)

"Who are you?" Heero said inquiring the stranger that had just made his appearance after finally getting up slightly injured.

The man turned around to face him. He could see that under his sunglasses that his right eye was closed shut. On that shut eye was an obvious scar that extended from the eyebrow to his upper cheek. At that same moment, Quatre was running over to Heero.

"Sorry, I got lost and I didn't know where you were. There were people running everywhere and chaos was there too and so I had a hard time tracking you and-" he said in between breaths. Then he noticed the muscular man that was with Heero. "Who are you?"

"Auron" he said at last. "Come, we should head back to the palace." With that said, he began walking using that massive sword of his as a cane.

"But where are people who were causing all the trouble? The terrorists?" Quatre inquired obviously unaware of the fact that it had been taken care of.

"They've been dealt with" Auron said briefly and continued walking on as if nothing else mattered. Heero and Quatre followed but with caution.

"Do you know this guy Heero? What's going?" Quatre whispered to Heero confused by Auron's presence.

"No I don't know him. But we can ask him some questions when we get back" he whispered back. The three of them made their way to the palace.

They were now at the front entrance of the palace. Surprisingly, it seemed that Auron already knew his way around here. He led the way and throughout the short journey he didn't ask for directions.

As they walked in the palace, Heero's back began to gradually hurt more and more. "Ughhhhhhh..." Heero moaned quietly closing his eyes as he writhed in slight but annoying pain. Unfortunately it seemed, he had some minor injuries from the battle earlier. He thought back to that scene, where he had made those careless mistakes. I was such a fool! he thought. Auron turned around to face him.

"You need to go get treatment for that" Auron said. "Go and take him to the hospital" he said ordering Quatre but did not say his name or even look at him. "I'll go speak to the sultan" and with that he continued on.

"But-" Quatre began but stopped himself from going on with whatever it was he was about to ask when Auron quickly turned around to face him. "Go take him" he said in his usual tone. Auron left off without another word.

By now, Heero's pain was getting stronger. "Ughh!...ughhhh..." Worrying about what was more important at the moment, Quatre took Heero's arm and put it behind his back. "C'mon Heero. You can make it." And off they went to the nearest hospital which just happened to be in the palace itself. But with his increasing pain by the second, he hoped that they would make it. In time that is.

Auron walked through the main hallway of the palace. As he walked, he took a few moments here and there to observe his surroundings. Hasn't changed a single bit. He had been here once before. No, it was more than just once. But that was a long time ago and he made every effort to keep it off his mind. There were more important things at hand anyway. When he stopped thinking about it he was just in front of a large pair of shiny metal. Using his strength, he placed both of his arms, one on each door and pushed. With little effort, the doors opened as if someone said: "open sesame". He walked in.

Before him was the great throne room. At the end, was no other than the sultan himself sitting on the cathedra. He had been reading a book until he was disturbed by Auron's unannounced entry. He looked up surprised.

"...Auron?..." he said his jaw somewhat dropped.

"Yes. It's me" came the reply. Now the surprised look on the sultan was gone. It was now serious and stern.

"You were to never return" the sultan said. The words came out like poison ivy being burned and the fumes were diffused into the air.

Not wanting to waste time with needless "banter", he chose to get to the point. "La Plume(1) has been given to the one" He had given it to Heero, the legendary magical blade when he was fighting Mushu, Ryo, and Bowser. But the sultan didn't seem to care really.

"Now what is it that you want?" he asked Auron impatiently.

"Give me the lamp. It's all I ask." Auron said trying to be polite.

"The lamp?...and why do you need that?"

"I have my reasons" Auron replied coolly.

"If that is your answer, then I refuse!" he said quickly. "Now I ask that you please leave and do not return." Auron stared at him as though nothing was wrong and walked back.

Jasmine walked around the palace looking everywhere, but she could not find him! "Where in the world is he?" All day she had been looking for Heero, but there was no sign of him. Standing alone by Heero's room door tired, she leaned on it and sank until she was sitting on the floor. What's wrong with me? I've only just met him. Why am I looking for him anyway? Then she remembered the reason. She had hoped that they could talk to one another and get know each other. Moments later, her thoughts were interrupted when someone else's presence coming by. When she looked up, she saw Quatre with one of Heero's arms wrapped around his shoulders. The odd thing was that Heero was breathing heavily and it looked like he made sounds showing he was badly hurt. She had a feeling that something was wrong.

"Quatre! What's wrong? Is everything ok?" she asked running over. She looked at Heero and knew that what magic she knew couldn't handle this kind of injury.

"Heero's in major pain. Help me carry him over to the hospital!" he pleaded. And of course, she did not hesitate and took Heero's other arm and did the same as Quatre. Now having two people carry him, they could walk at a much faster pace.

"We're almost there!" Jasmine said as they neared the hospital. The sultan had thought about providing care for his people so he established a convenient hospital at his palace free of charge for treatments. Since he was extremely wealthy, he decided to pay for the services poor people needed.

When they got inside, there were doctors and nurses working everywhere all over. There were rooms each with beds inside. Quatre and Jasmine with Heero went over to the counter. At it was a woman wearing a hijab.

"He needs help. His back is in great pain" Jasmine managed to say calmly to the woman.

"Yes, alright. We will see to him right away" the woman said. "Doctor!" she called out.

From a room behind the counter, a woman walked out. She had had mildly dark blonde hair that was divided up into two ponytails that hung over on each of her shoulders. "What's the problem?" she asked. But then she saw Heero and his condition. She needed no answer to get the picture. "Bring him over to the bed over there!" she directed to the two. "You two! Come with me!" she said to two nurses. One was a man and the other a woman. Jasmine and Quatre did as they were told and went into a room. They carefully put him on the bed in it. Then the female doctor and her colleagues rushed over.

"We'll take from here. Thank you" the doctor said reassuringly and made Quatre and Jasmine leave so that they could do whatever work they needed to do. They left and sat down at the lobby.

"What happened?" Jasmine asked right away after sitting down. She was courteous enough to wait to ask until her companion took a seat as well.

"I don't know..." he said. "When I found him with a man, he was just injured" he explained.

"What man?"

"He said his name was Auron"

She thought she felt some feeling inside her rise as if it had sunk deep somewhere. Auron? Had she heard that name somewhere before? Deciding not to pursue the topic any further from exhaustion, she leaned back comfortably in her seat. She'd been having a long day looking for him after all. And carrying him too.

(A/N: (1) "La Plume" means "The Feather" in French. Also, the thing about the lamp will be revealed later on as well.)

I planned for these chapters to be shorter and get to the main point sooner, but I'm always coming up with things to do next thus delaying the development of the story. But I think it's good to add extra stuff to a story. Don't ya think so?

If this story goes on, more about Auron will revealed and explained. New characters will also appear... keep your eyes peeled...

Btw, I'm planning to make the beginning part of the next chapter funny! But don't just come back to see what's funny. Come back to read what happens next...or else...(j/k) but come anyways.

I also kinda think I made Heero's condition seem much more worse than it should be. Well I have to make up stuff for my fic...

Tell me what you think of what I've done so far. Read&Review!

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Sincerely,

Maj.Gen.