(Oh! Crystal Gundam! Guess what! I've found a place to put Aladdin. Oh yeah Shark, I thank you for your suggestions but I'm not interested in them. I also already had my plans for Squall. But thanks again. Btw, I'm hungry for more reviews. I ask that you please pretty please feed me.)
Jasmine saw as Heero looked at Relena with some mysterious interest at Relena. Turning over to see what it was that was so interesting, all she could see was a girl dressed in plain clothing: patched up shirt, patched up pants, and all dirty, not that she judged people by their looks. But Heero soon stopped. "Auron said that you would need to stay just a while longer" she said remembering their conversation before he showed up and to get Heero to stop looking at Relena. Now turning over to Auron, Heero asked him why the delay. "Trust your instincts" was all he said to Heero in response as he left for the door without saying good-bye or anything else. Ok, I don't understand he thought and decided that he would ask him later about it when they were alone. "Well, I'll be in my room" Quatre said leaving. "Ok, Relena. Why don't we go get you fixed up" Jasmine said leading her to some other part of the palace. Seeing her wretched state, she offered to provide her a more fashionable set of clothes while Auron, Quatre, and Relena and herself were talking with each other. Once again alone, Heero decided that he would explore the rest of the palace and then try to figure out what was going on.
First, he stopped at his temporary room where he had woken up when he first got here. This was where Quatre had showed that world map. But that wasn't the world map he saw last time he looked at one. I'm going to find out just exactly where I am. Taking out any book from the bookshelf, he turned and turned the pages until he thought he would find something of interest to him. But then his door knocked, interrupting his investigation. He went over and opened the door and saw Jasmine carrying some fabrics and measuring tape in her hands. "Yes Jasmine?" he said. "Hello Heero" she greeted. "Since you're going to stay here longer than you expected, you'll might as well come with the rest of us at the concert. Would you like to come?" she asked again. Not really sure what to say, he said: "Sure" without knowing why. "Ok, then I'll be seeing you later then" she said with a satisfied smile. But before he took another step, drowsiness somehow began invading him and his eyes closed before he had a chance to resist it. He collapsed to the floor.
Treize Khushrenada walked with his two companions on the road in the long and cold night. He was a man dressed in plain clothing with mild brown hair. His eyebrows ended in V 's and had blue eyes. They had been walking for quite a long time and hoped to find an inn or something to stay in. And he also hoped that it was free of charge.
"Ok, now how in the 'freezing' blue blazes are we going to pay for our ride when we get there?" Zechs his other companion asked. He had long platinum blonde hair that reached his legs, and he too was dressed in simple clothing. Throughout their whole trip, the three of them had to pay many expenses, including food, hotels, drinks, etc. And there were also other things they had to pay for…because of Treize.
Then the other one named Aladdin also made a comment. "You know Treize, are you sure we're going in the right direction this time?" he complained. He was shivering because his clothes weren't exactly suitable for the weather: a round cap, a vest and some sort of baggy trousers wasn't the kind of apparel one would wear when walking in the cold. He thought of buying more suitable clothing, but knew that he could not. Treize had all their money spent. And for what? he thought vexed.
"My friends, please trust my judgment, I promise-" Treize calmly and soothingly managed to say before being interrupted. "Bullspit!" both Zechs and Aladdin spat loudly at the same time. Treize mentally sighed. Maybe they're right…but you never know for sure until you've tried he thought. "Well you could be wrong and-" but again, he was interrupted. "Oh c'mon…" Zechs said. "…you always say the same thing!" It was certainly true. Now what do I do? What do I say? But then after Treize opened his mouth and before he could say another of what his two friends thought was his stupid trying-to-reassure-you-lines, an explosion's sound effects made its way to the three. 'What was that?" Aladdin said. They continued to run forward on the road. There was smoke everywhere covering the crater it should have made. But what was the thing that had seemed to crash? They waited awhile, and saw what it was that crashed after the smoke cleared away. Moving over and touching whatever it was with his hand on it, Treize smiled to his two companions. "You see? All you have to do is believe in me a little more..." But in fact, it was all a coincidence.
Heero awoke startled. Was all that a dream? It had seemed so real…but was he really dreaming about other people? Just simply thinking it was a dream and leaving it at that, he looked out in the window and saw that it was night. Oh my god. Did I sleep that long? When that thought was done, his door knocked. He went over and opened it and saw Quatre at the door step. "Hey Heero, are you ready to go? You remembered about the concert right?" Oh yeah. "Alright, I'm coming" he said stepping out the door and followed Quatre's lead.
Ouatre led Heero to the front door. There stood the sultan, Jasmine, and most notably to Heero was Relena-unlike earlier, she now wore a white sleeveless vest on top of a black garment and a knee length skirt. And her hair was redone too-it was now neatly arranged and had two slim ponytails form on each side of her side hair and at the back was tied up. Heero also saw the sultan look a little bit depressed, but he did look a lot better compared to earlier today.
"Alright everyone, are we ready?" the sultan asked managing a small smile. "Yeah, I think so" Quatre said. "So…is…Auron coming?" he said almost reluctantly. "I don't know" said Quatre. "we haven't seen him since he left." "Alright, then. Let's go" he said. They walked out to the front courtyard and there was a convoy of chocobos. But Heero was careful to no be too trusting at first remembering his earlier episode with them. However, as he got nearer he sensed a genuine and gentle nature and decided it was ok. Each of the five got on their own chocobo and rode them, and surprisingly they didn't need to control them. Perhaps they've been trained to know the way Heero thought.
The chocobos finally stopped at parking lot where other chocobos had parked. They disembarked and they were at an open field. Other people were sitting down all arranged in a big circle under the clear starry night. And at the fairly large hub of it were a group of tents set up and a whole cavalry of chocobos and camels. The five took a seat on the ground and waited for something to happen. "May sit beside you?" said a voice. Heero looked up and saw Jasmine standing behind him. "Well, you are a princess. You can do whatever you want" he said turning away from her and back to the center. Then she sat beside him. "I hope you don't mind" she said. "So do you like music? Or the circus?" she asked. "I've never listened to any, nor have ever been to one" he answered her. "You're kidding right?" Jasmine asked back surprised. Heero knew that he was not someone who kidded and didn't bother to answer. Believing that his silence told her that she had somehow offended him, she felt that she should apologize and did so. "Just forget about it" he said. Thinking of something else to say, she brought up: "So, do you think I've done a good job on Relena?" Heero looked over at her but didn't know what she was talking about. "Remember all that fabric I was carrying earlier?" she said. "I used it to make a replacement for her old clothes. What do you think?" she continued. Taking another look at Relena from the bottom side, he stared at her for a second. But he looked away. "Yes, I'm sure you did" he said turning to her for once.
"Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please… You've heard of them…you've been waiting for them… and now you'll finally see them!" said a voice on a loudspeaker. "I present to you the Amazing Maganacs!" Out of no where, a spotlight appeared at the center of the field where all the tents were. Exposed under it, thirty-nine men lined up in a single horizontal line. In front of them was a young man-Relena recognized him as the one who had been rude to her earlier today. The performance began when that young man took out a flute and jumped high into the air and played his flute at the same time. His colleagues in response took out violins and began playing them as they ran in a nicely imagined circle. Then their camels and chocobos came over and circled them as they walked. Then the Maganacs jumped on to the animals and stood on them and at the same time played their violins. Then the young man, after jumping landed on a chocobo of his own and stood on one arm and managed to play his flute with only one arm.
As the acrobatic and musical performance went on, Jasmine began to feel sleepy. It was as if the music was a lullaby. Gradually, her eyes began to close and accidently fell on Heero's shoulder when they were completely shut.
"…And they lived happily ever after" Jasmine's mother said finishing the bedtime story she was holding in her arms sitting on the bed next to her daughter Jasmine as she lay down in bed, tucked under her blanket. Jasmine back then was a very curious and naïve girl. "Mommy?" she asked her mother. "Yes my dear?" came the reply with a smile. "Are you living happily ever after just like in the story?" she asked. For a moment, it seemed her mother thought for a moment. "Why yes of course" she said at last as she too lay down on the bed next to her daughter. "I have you. And you make me happy" she continued. "But what about daddy? Does he make you happy too?" Again, it seemed she had to think before answering. "…yes…" she said weakly with a few small tears coming out of her eyes. Jasmine saw it and had to ask: "Mommy? Is everything alright?" Her mother looked at her and tried to smile as her tears were now falling more freely. "Yes. Everything is fine. Sometimes you can cry when you are happy. You make me very happy. And your daddy too…" she said. But when 'daddy' was mentioned, it seemed as if her tears came out harder and she had to close her eyes. Her mother gave her a warm hug and wiped some of her tears away. "…I am living happily ever after."
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