FINALLY HOME
Diana Crescent
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Family Affair part Four
Thanks for the reviews!! Seeing as all of you were expecting 'Girls Against the World part Three', I thought I might just change it up a little bit. I'm evil, I know. Love you all.
Also, yes, these are short, but they wouldn't be if I didn't have to press enter three times just for the paragraphs to separate on ff.net. I don't know why they don't, but that's just the way it is. My chapters are usually like six to seven pages long, but I'll try to lengthen them out.
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Serena sat at her desk, bouncing her leg. She was just waiting to go to lunch so she could get away from Relena. It was practically driving her mad.
There was absolutely nothing to do and Relena was driving her up the wall, constantly checking to see if anyone had called or to get her some more coffee.
~If Heero were here, she'd constantly be throwing herself at him, and I could get some peace and quiet. . .lord, back when he was here and she was doing that, I didn't know if I should be pissed or relieved.~
Her eyes flashed with anger. They had all just left like that, packing up and leaving without a word since. Two months and she hadn't heard from either of her brothers. She didn't know if Sammy was all right or even in school.
"Heero. . .please be alright you jerk. . .when and if you ever get back, I swear. . .I swear I'll get revenge on what you all did the girls. All of you hurt them so much. You're killing them inside. . .you're killing me inside Heero." She whispered, staring out into the drafty February sky.
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Heero sat at the edge of the lake that was on his parent's estate.
"Uncle Heero!" Adriana shouted as she ran toward him. She had taken to calling him Uncle Heero, seeing as that's the name that he had gone by since he was young.
He let out a rare smile as the five year old jumped into his open arms. She had figured it out all by herself that he was her uncle Michael.
::FLASHBACK::
Heero sat at his laptop, typing away at an inhuman speed and, no matter how many times Serena told him it would ruin his eyes, in the dark.
Adriana watched him quietly from the doorway. "Uncle Michael," She whispered, not positive she was right or not.
Heero stopped typing abruptly and turned around, looking at her with surprise.
She smiled and giggled, her bright Persian blue eyes practically glowing with pride. She ran over to him and quickly climbed into his lap.
"How did you figure it out?" He whispered and held the small child close.
"You look exactly like grandpa and my father. . .well, you have grandma's hair color, but other than that, you look exactly like grandpa." She whispered, snuggling closer to his warmth.
He smiled. She had an extremely brilliant mind and eye for detail for someone so young.
"Don't worry, I won't call you Michael. I don't think they've figured it out yet." She whispered, giggling again, happy that she was on the one that figured it out first.
"Thank you." He said quietly. He turned off his laptop and held her.
::END FLASHBACK::
Adriana hugged her uncle. "Guess what!"
Heero smiled, deciding to play along. "You finally got a pony."
Adriana made face, letting him know that she hadn't gotten her most wanted dream.
~Memo: get her a pony.~ Heero thought. She was, oddly, like a daughter to him, though he was only technically old enough to be her father. He thought of the first time he saw her.
::FLASHBACK::
Heero stood there while he was introduced to his parents. It was a little late, around two. He had claimed that the plane was late getting off when he apologized.
A small girl with long black hair and Persian blue eyes walked into the room, yawning, a stuffed horse rag doll that looked well loved and extremely valued.
His parents were looking at him strangely. They hadn't noticed the small child yet. He seemed so cold and standoffish, but the resemblance between themselves and the young man were amazing.
The girl saw him and smiled, instantly knowing that he was special. She ran over to him and jumped, wanting him to catch her.
Heero looked surprised, but caught the child nonetheless.
"I'm Adriana and this is Chester."
He allowed his face to soften and a small grin to appear. "I'm Heero. It's nice to meet you both."
Adriana giggled, her eyes lighting up. "Do you like horses Heero?"
He smiled and shook his head.
Her eyes went wide. "Do you have a horse at your home?"
"No, but one of my good friends has a lot of them."
Her eyes lit up. "One day, Heero, would you take me to see your friend's horses?"
Heero shook his head and smiled. Amazing how small children could just get straight to you when it took others so long.
::END FLASHBACK::
Adriana shook her head and rubbed her nose. The crisp February weather was getting to them both fast.
Heero picked her up and began their journey back towards the house. "What then?"
"Grandpa said that a scientist called and told them all about you. Grandma was so happy that she was crying. Grandpa was grinning like crazy. When I asked what had happened they told me that you were my Uncle Michael that had been missing." She giggled, "I told them that I already knew and I had figured it out all by myself. They stared at me for the longest time. I finally came out here to tell you. They are so funny Uncle Heero." She said.
Heero stood there for a little while, not knowing what to say or do.
"Uncle Heero, why did that man take you away from us?"
Heero looked at her. "I don't know. I think. . .that he was lonely and wanted a son." He lied to her.
Her eyes narrowed. "I'm five, I'm not stupid."
He smiled. "Alright. He needed someone to train to fight in wars and he took me."
Adriana nodded. "Come on, Uncle Heero. I'm cold and Mrs. W is making hot chocolate."
Heero smiled. ~That sounds like something that would go really good with telling my parents everything they want to know.~
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Heero sat next to the lake with his parents and Adriana. They were eating lunch next to it, due to the unusually warm weather. It was so warm that Adriana was in a sleeveless dress and Heero was in a white dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows as well as black, cotton dress pants.
He was holding Adriana in his lap and reading 'Black Beauty' to her and Chester. They were almost like a real family, with the exception of Adriana's parents being dead.
The water began to stir, rippling out from the center.
Adriana gasped, "Uncle Heero! Look!"
Heero looked out at the water and got a bad feeling. "Adriana, go over to grandma and stay with her."
Joanne clutched her granddaughter close to her.
Heero took out his gun from wherever it is that he puts it and quietly crept over to the water. As he was about to touch it, a yoma shot up from the middle of the lake. It had fins going down its back and large spikes for arms. Instead of legs, it had hundreds of large, metallic colored tentacles.
Adriana Let out a muffled cry of freight. No doubt about it, this thing wasn't your average assassin.
"Got out of here." Heero said to his father.
"I'm not leaving you. I lost you once, I'm not going to lose you again." His father said.
Heero looked at him squarely in the eyes. "Adriana and mom need someone to protect them. I've been hired to protect you and that's exactly what I'm going to do." He said emotionlessly.
His father looked at him. ~Sometimes that boy is so cold and others he's so warm and loving, especially towards Adriana.~ "Alright. But you better come back."
Heero nodded and got the yoma's attention by throwing rocks at its head and running the other way of his family.
The yoma let out a battle cry and quickly followed Heero, not thinking about the mission to kill it had been sent on.
Heero jumped up into a large tree and waited for the yoma to come over by him. He quickly attached the silencer onto his gun, not waiting the yoma to hear the bullet being fired.
The yoma stopped near the tree he was in.
Heero aimed and pulled the trigger, killing the yoma with a blow to the chest.
He jumped down and walked over to it, almost not trusting it, but he didn't get far when a scream of terror erupted from the house as well as the sound of gunshots.
Heero began running as fast as he could towards the house. ~Dammit! You should have thought that this was a trap!~
He burst inside the house and continued to run as the yoma fired shots at him. He dived behind the couch and found Adriana, huddling in the corner in fear.
"Where are mom and dad?" He whispered, quickly loading another gun that he had hid God knows where.
"They put me here and started running. I don't know where they are." She whispered, her Persian blue eyes showing so much fear and so much hope when she looked at him.
He nodded and said, "When I start shooting, I want you to run behind me and go to the security office outside, tell them that I need back up, then I want you to call 911 and answer the questions. Okay?"
Adriana nodded furiously, scared out of her mind.
Heero nodded at her and kissed her head for good luck. "One. . .two. . .three!" He said and then jumped up and started shooting.
Adriana ran as fast as she could, Chester still clutched to her chest. As soon as the security office got in site (it was at the beginning of the drive way) she started screaming. "HELP!!! UNCLE HEERO NEEDS HELP!!! SOMEONE'S HERE TO KILL US!!!"
Three security officers ran outside and quickly ran to the house, not even bothering to check on her. The head guard kneeled in front of her. "Stay here, we'll help your uncle."
Adriana shook her head and quickly ran inside the little office. She grabbed the phone and dialed 911 like her uncle had instructed.
"911, how can I help you?" (A/n: I've been lucky enough that I've never had to call 911, so I'm going to make this conversation up.)
"Please help, there's someone trying to kill us."
"What's your name?"
"Adriana Tsatsuki. I live at 1900 Sakura Avenue. My grandparents are Alexander and Joanne."
"I'll send help immediately. Stay on the phone and talk to me until the police get there okay."
"Okay."
"Tell me about yourself. How old are you?"
"I'm five."
Meanwhile, Heero was reloading him gun from behind the doorway while the yoma looked for him. He could here the footsteps coming closer.
He spun around, seeing the yoma in shock, staring at him, but quickly pulling its gun up to shoot him. Heero let a bullet soar at the same time the yoma did.
He got out of the way, catching the bullet in his arm, while the yoma caught his in its head.
Security guards rushed in to see the ashes on the floor.
Heero started towards the security office to get Adriana. Again, a blood-curdling scream erupted through the air. Heero ran as fast as he could towards his niece.
"Adriana!" He shouted, seeing the yoma that he thought he had killed earlier, reaching in a window, trying to get the child.
Police pulled up, sirens blaring. They all stepped out of their vehicles in awe. They had never seen a monster like this. . .or at all for that matter.
Heero fired a bullet, hitting the yoma's arm.
The yoma turned toward him in anger, just in time to get hit in the center of the forehead with another bullet, bursting into ashes as soon as the bullet made contact.
Heero rushed towards the office, kicking the door open only to have a little girl launch herself into his arms, trembling in fear. She sobbed on his shoulder, her small arms wrapped around his neck.
Heero sat down next to the office, holding her and letting her cry. Still in her hand was Chester, the stitching in his arm slightly torn, making some of his stuffing come out.
"Adriana!! Michael!!" They heard his mother call as she and Alexander ran to where Heero sat, blood seeping out of his arm and tears flowing freely down her face.
"Grandma!!" She cried when her grandmother hugged her and Heero in her arms.
Alexander smiled as he too joined in the hugging. "You know. . .we're really going to have to talk about what name you want to go by." He said to his son.
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Heero sat in the library a week later, arm wrapped up but still stinging. His family had finally agreed on calling him Heero since he was so used to it, but he would go by Michael formally.
Adriana sat in his lap, which wasn't unusual anymore. If she wasn't in her room playing, she was with Heero, a constant shadow to her favorite person. Anyway, she was in his lap, getting her first sewing lesson from her grandmother. Adriana had refused to let anyone touch Chester, with the exception of Heero of course, until she herself had sewn up his arm.
Heero smirked as the girl concentrated on making the bandage strong and just as good as it had been before. He could picture her twenty-years from now, tucking her child in with good old Chester wrapped up in the arms of a three-year-old.
~Memo: remember to get her a pony.~
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TBC.
Okay, that was ten pages. REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!
Diana Crescent
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Family Affair part Four
Thanks for the reviews!! Seeing as all of you were expecting 'Girls Against the World part Three', I thought I might just change it up a little bit. I'm evil, I know. Love you all.
Also, yes, these are short, but they wouldn't be if I didn't have to press enter three times just for the paragraphs to separate on ff.net. I don't know why they don't, but that's just the way it is. My chapters are usually like six to seven pages long, but I'll try to lengthen them out.
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Serena sat at her desk, bouncing her leg. She was just waiting to go to lunch so she could get away from Relena. It was practically driving her mad.
There was absolutely nothing to do and Relena was driving her up the wall, constantly checking to see if anyone had called or to get her some more coffee.
~If Heero were here, she'd constantly be throwing herself at him, and I could get some peace and quiet. . .lord, back when he was here and she was doing that, I didn't know if I should be pissed or relieved.~
Her eyes flashed with anger. They had all just left like that, packing up and leaving without a word since. Two months and she hadn't heard from either of her brothers. She didn't know if Sammy was all right or even in school.
"Heero. . .please be alright you jerk. . .when and if you ever get back, I swear. . .I swear I'll get revenge on what you all did the girls. All of you hurt them so much. You're killing them inside. . .you're killing me inside Heero." She whispered, staring out into the drafty February sky.
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Heero sat at the edge of the lake that was on his parent's estate.
"Uncle Heero!" Adriana shouted as she ran toward him. She had taken to calling him Uncle Heero, seeing as that's the name that he had gone by since he was young.
He let out a rare smile as the five year old jumped into his open arms. She had figured it out all by herself that he was her uncle Michael.
::FLASHBACK::
Heero sat at his laptop, typing away at an inhuman speed and, no matter how many times Serena told him it would ruin his eyes, in the dark.
Adriana watched him quietly from the doorway. "Uncle Michael," She whispered, not positive she was right or not.
Heero stopped typing abruptly and turned around, looking at her with surprise.
She smiled and giggled, her bright Persian blue eyes practically glowing with pride. She ran over to him and quickly climbed into his lap.
"How did you figure it out?" He whispered and held the small child close.
"You look exactly like grandpa and my father. . .well, you have grandma's hair color, but other than that, you look exactly like grandpa." She whispered, snuggling closer to his warmth.
He smiled. She had an extremely brilliant mind and eye for detail for someone so young.
"Don't worry, I won't call you Michael. I don't think they've figured it out yet." She whispered, giggling again, happy that she was on the one that figured it out first.
"Thank you." He said quietly. He turned off his laptop and held her.
::END FLASHBACK::
Adriana hugged her uncle. "Guess what!"
Heero smiled, deciding to play along. "You finally got a pony."
Adriana made face, letting him know that she hadn't gotten her most wanted dream.
~Memo: get her a pony.~ Heero thought. She was, oddly, like a daughter to him, though he was only technically old enough to be her father. He thought of the first time he saw her.
::FLASHBACK::
Heero stood there while he was introduced to his parents. It was a little late, around two. He had claimed that the plane was late getting off when he apologized.
A small girl with long black hair and Persian blue eyes walked into the room, yawning, a stuffed horse rag doll that looked well loved and extremely valued.
His parents were looking at him strangely. They hadn't noticed the small child yet. He seemed so cold and standoffish, but the resemblance between themselves and the young man were amazing.
The girl saw him and smiled, instantly knowing that he was special. She ran over to him and jumped, wanting him to catch her.
Heero looked surprised, but caught the child nonetheless.
"I'm Adriana and this is Chester."
He allowed his face to soften and a small grin to appear. "I'm Heero. It's nice to meet you both."
Adriana giggled, her eyes lighting up. "Do you like horses Heero?"
He smiled and shook his head.
Her eyes went wide. "Do you have a horse at your home?"
"No, but one of my good friends has a lot of them."
Her eyes lit up. "One day, Heero, would you take me to see your friend's horses?"
Heero shook his head and smiled. Amazing how small children could just get straight to you when it took others so long.
::END FLASHBACK::
Adriana shook her head and rubbed her nose. The crisp February weather was getting to them both fast.
Heero picked her up and began their journey back towards the house. "What then?"
"Grandpa said that a scientist called and told them all about you. Grandma was so happy that she was crying. Grandpa was grinning like crazy. When I asked what had happened they told me that you were my Uncle Michael that had been missing." She giggled, "I told them that I already knew and I had figured it out all by myself. They stared at me for the longest time. I finally came out here to tell you. They are so funny Uncle Heero." She said.
Heero stood there for a little while, not knowing what to say or do.
"Uncle Heero, why did that man take you away from us?"
Heero looked at her. "I don't know. I think. . .that he was lonely and wanted a son." He lied to her.
Her eyes narrowed. "I'm five, I'm not stupid."
He smiled. "Alright. He needed someone to train to fight in wars and he took me."
Adriana nodded. "Come on, Uncle Heero. I'm cold and Mrs. W is making hot chocolate."
Heero smiled. ~That sounds like something that would go really good with telling my parents everything they want to know.~
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Heero sat next to the lake with his parents and Adriana. They were eating lunch next to it, due to the unusually warm weather. It was so warm that Adriana was in a sleeveless dress and Heero was in a white dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows as well as black, cotton dress pants.
He was holding Adriana in his lap and reading 'Black Beauty' to her and Chester. They were almost like a real family, with the exception of Adriana's parents being dead.
The water began to stir, rippling out from the center.
Adriana gasped, "Uncle Heero! Look!"
Heero looked out at the water and got a bad feeling. "Adriana, go over to grandma and stay with her."
Joanne clutched her granddaughter close to her.
Heero took out his gun from wherever it is that he puts it and quietly crept over to the water. As he was about to touch it, a yoma shot up from the middle of the lake. It had fins going down its back and large spikes for arms. Instead of legs, it had hundreds of large, metallic colored tentacles.
Adriana Let out a muffled cry of freight. No doubt about it, this thing wasn't your average assassin.
"Got out of here." Heero said to his father.
"I'm not leaving you. I lost you once, I'm not going to lose you again." His father said.
Heero looked at him squarely in the eyes. "Adriana and mom need someone to protect them. I've been hired to protect you and that's exactly what I'm going to do." He said emotionlessly.
His father looked at him. ~Sometimes that boy is so cold and others he's so warm and loving, especially towards Adriana.~ "Alright. But you better come back."
Heero nodded and got the yoma's attention by throwing rocks at its head and running the other way of his family.
The yoma let out a battle cry and quickly followed Heero, not thinking about the mission to kill it had been sent on.
Heero jumped up into a large tree and waited for the yoma to come over by him. He quickly attached the silencer onto his gun, not waiting the yoma to hear the bullet being fired.
The yoma stopped near the tree he was in.
Heero aimed and pulled the trigger, killing the yoma with a blow to the chest.
He jumped down and walked over to it, almost not trusting it, but he didn't get far when a scream of terror erupted from the house as well as the sound of gunshots.
Heero began running as fast as he could towards the house. ~Dammit! You should have thought that this was a trap!~
He burst inside the house and continued to run as the yoma fired shots at him. He dived behind the couch and found Adriana, huddling in the corner in fear.
"Where are mom and dad?" He whispered, quickly loading another gun that he had hid God knows where.
"They put me here and started running. I don't know where they are." She whispered, her Persian blue eyes showing so much fear and so much hope when she looked at him.
He nodded and said, "When I start shooting, I want you to run behind me and go to the security office outside, tell them that I need back up, then I want you to call 911 and answer the questions. Okay?"
Adriana nodded furiously, scared out of her mind.
Heero nodded at her and kissed her head for good luck. "One. . .two. . .three!" He said and then jumped up and started shooting.
Adriana ran as fast as she could, Chester still clutched to her chest. As soon as the security office got in site (it was at the beginning of the drive way) she started screaming. "HELP!!! UNCLE HEERO NEEDS HELP!!! SOMEONE'S HERE TO KILL US!!!"
Three security officers ran outside and quickly ran to the house, not even bothering to check on her. The head guard kneeled in front of her. "Stay here, we'll help your uncle."
Adriana shook her head and quickly ran inside the little office. She grabbed the phone and dialed 911 like her uncle had instructed.
"911, how can I help you?" (A/n: I've been lucky enough that I've never had to call 911, so I'm going to make this conversation up.)
"Please help, there's someone trying to kill us."
"What's your name?"
"Adriana Tsatsuki. I live at 1900 Sakura Avenue. My grandparents are Alexander and Joanne."
"I'll send help immediately. Stay on the phone and talk to me until the police get there okay."
"Okay."
"Tell me about yourself. How old are you?"
"I'm five."
Meanwhile, Heero was reloading him gun from behind the doorway while the yoma looked for him. He could here the footsteps coming closer.
He spun around, seeing the yoma in shock, staring at him, but quickly pulling its gun up to shoot him. Heero let a bullet soar at the same time the yoma did.
He got out of the way, catching the bullet in his arm, while the yoma caught his in its head.
Security guards rushed in to see the ashes on the floor.
Heero started towards the security office to get Adriana. Again, a blood-curdling scream erupted through the air. Heero ran as fast as he could towards his niece.
"Adriana!" He shouted, seeing the yoma that he thought he had killed earlier, reaching in a window, trying to get the child.
Police pulled up, sirens blaring. They all stepped out of their vehicles in awe. They had never seen a monster like this. . .or at all for that matter.
Heero fired a bullet, hitting the yoma's arm.
The yoma turned toward him in anger, just in time to get hit in the center of the forehead with another bullet, bursting into ashes as soon as the bullet made contact.
Heero rushed towards the office, kicking the door open only to have a little girl launch herself into his arms, trembling in fear. She sobbed on his shoulder, her small arms wrapped around his neck.
Heero sat down next to the office, holding her and letting her cry. Still in her hand was Chester, the stitching in his arm slightly torn, making some of his stuffing come out.
"Adriana!! Michael!!" They heard his mother call as she and Alexander ran to where Heero sat, blood seeping out of his arm and tears flowing freely down her face.
"Grandma!!" She cried when her grandmother hugged her and Heero in her arms.
Alexander smiled as he too joined in the hugging. "You know. . .we're really going to have to talk about what name you want to go by." He said to his son.
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Heero sat in the library a week later, arm wrapped up but still stinging. His family had finally agreed on calling him Heero since he was so used to it, but he would go by Michael formally.
Adriana sat in his lap, which wasn't unusual anymore. If she wasn't in her room playing, she was with Heero, a constant shadow to her favorite person. Anyway, she was in his lap, getting her first sewing lesson from her grandmother. Adriana had refused to let anyone touch Chester, with the exception of Heero of course, until she herself had sewn up his arm.
Heero smirked as the girl concentrated on making the bandage strong and just as good as it had been before. He could picture her twenty-years from now, tucking her child in with good old Chester wrapped up in the arms of a three-year-old.
~Memo: remember to get her a pony.~
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TBC.
Okay, that was ten pages. REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!