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--I'll Fight For You--
Last time…
" Thanks for the surprise, Lena. I immensely enjoyed the view."
" Bastard!" Relena shouted angrily before throwing the bath container. She regretted it because it hit the closing door and not his back.
" That insufferable bastard! I'll show him!" Relena pouted her lips. " Ill shove his face on the fencing mat!"
She then placed the button on the hole of her padded stretch jacket. She did basketball moments ago just to spend time.
It's already her nature to be competitive. The more she is challenged, the more she fires up. That's why she didn't freak out when Heero challenged her.
Besides, fencing was a gentleman's sport. The known musketeers popularized that sport. In fencing, precision, skill and speed are essential than strength.
Relena then heard upcoming footsteps.
' He's here.' Relena thought.
Moments later, Heero appeared before her already dressed except the mask.
" Ready for the fight?" he began.
" Yes, I am." She answered with confidence. " What is this duel for?" Relena curiously asked while putting the gauntlet (AN: Is this correct if I may ask?). " What's at stake in here?"
" Nothing. I just want to see how you fight."
" In life, there's always something at stake."
" Okay, let's say that it's a duel of honor."
" That's a vague term."
" Just fight for what you believe in." he finished rather impatiently.
She was about to get her wire-mesh mask when he stopped her.
" It's not needed. It's an informal duel. First to score five touches wins."
They agreed to use the foil as weapon.
" Equal rights among men and women. I believe in that." She told him with full conviction while walking towards the fencing mat.
" You're really are a feminist." Heero snobbishly told her.
" And you're a chauvinist pig." Relena replied.
" On guard!" he shouted.
They both assumed their starting position. Relena then studied him. He could pass as a double for a musketeer or some valiant knight. He was in tip-top shape. His body is in perfect form. If only she could play damsel in distress… She quickly erased her absurd thoughts just as quickly as it came. There are no feminists who are damsels in distress. She is a warrior. She saves instead of being saved.
"Fence!" he shouted again.
Relena attacked. She straightened her hand that is holding the foil and swiftly moved forward like a raging bull. Heero successfully parried her attack. And then he counter-attacked. It was Relena's turn to defend. Then as Relena turned to attack again, she felt the tip of the blade in her waist.
"Touch!" Heero shouted.
She stepped back.
" Retreating?" he asked with a sneer.
" Not in this lifetime." She returned to her guard position. She lunged and successfully made a touch.
They fought tooth and nail. Instead of feeling bad, Relena felt high admiration for the man. He was a skilled fencer and he was graceful despite his height. His footwork, hand technique and body balance are very coordinated. He moved like a panther-fast, controlled and precise. And she couldn't help feeling like a kitten compared to him. It was still in the middle of the duel but she already accepted that he was really a skilled fencer. Though it looks as though she is losing, she didn't give up. She promised to finish the fight. But even though, this guy here experienced her wrath. She managed to bring him to sweat, even a little. Also, if Heero saw some potential in her, Relena knows he wouldn't dare say it aloud. After all, all he did was mock her.
A running attack forced her to stumble. She lied down all drained. Heero pointed his foil just above her chest. " You're finished."
" I fought. That's all that matters." She said in between her breath. She just wants to wipe away the triumphant smug in his face.
" Soon enough you'll find out that winning is everything. There's no use being second place in a war." Heero's expression changed and he became serious. " War is ugly. You don't belong here."
He placed the foil in the cabinet and went to her. He offered a hand but she didn't accept it and got up on her own.
" And where do you think I belong?" she asked with annoyance. " In a palace beside his highness, the king?"
" Why not? You are beautiful."
She had prepared something smart to say. She opened her mouth to talk but no sound came out. She felt she as if she had swallowed her tongue. Her lower jaw went limp. Heero's last words echoed again and again in her ears. When did she become beautiful in his eyes? She didn't notice that she was paralyzed. She just became aware of her surroundings when Heero's hand is waving in front of her.
" Hey, you look thunderstruck. Am I the only one who said that you're beautiful?" he asked jokingly.
She quickly closed her mouth before some fly went inside it. She faced back.
" Go ahead and make a laughingstock out of me. It doesn't matter." Relena fixed her things.
If Relena was alone in the room, she could have banged her head on a wall. Of course, she knew Heero was just joking. He was a man with fine taste. It was rumored that he had affairs with women of supermodel qualities. 'I am wishing for the impossible.' She thought.
" I'm sorry, I'm just not used to jokes. I'm not like your women. For me, what's important is the physical capacity of a person and not the appearances."
Heero caught her shoulders. " I was not making fun of you."
" Yeah right." She mockingly told him while removing his hands. " Time will come, I can prove to you that I have value in this institution."
She got her things and with head rose high, walks out of the room.
Practice makes perfect. That's Relena's motto. She doesn't easily give up. After all, only determination brought her to where she is now. For her, it's okay to fall. What's important is that every time you fall, you know how to rise and go on.
That's why she didn't mind losing to Heero that much. Instead she doubled her efforts. And her efforts paid well.
During drills, she tried her very best not to become a spineless sissy. During mock combats, she managed to defeat her enemy twice as big as her. Those who underestimated her skills lessened because she made it on the top thirty trainees of the Modern Commando Unit.
Each step up, Relena felt like she earned a point against Heero. It's good that he didn't have the power to dominate her. It wouldn't be easy making her give up the training.
As what Relena could recall, she had been trained well. She was life's tenacious warrior and "surviving" was her middle name. When she was still small, her father used to leave her to the neighbors that's why she learned early how to take care of herself. She learned to adapt. She had survived in worst conditions. She could do it.
"I'll show him what I'm made of! I'll show him I'm tough! I could do this! I may be a woman but I don't easily give up! Watch out Heero, watch this woman survive and beat your ass!" Relena muttered with passion and a huge amount of determination.
So…there you go…I know this story is really getting boring but honestly I'm trying my very best people. Waahh!!!! I hope this is okay for you. Anyways, reviews, suggestion or questions are appreciated. You can e-mail me or just put it in the review. I would also like to ask sorry to you people about my grammatical mistakes, etc. I'm sorry…
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