Gundam Wing and its Characters do not belong to me

After Eve Gundam Wing: A New Heero

Chapter Twenty One

The next day, Jin wake up early, earlier than everyone else. It was still dark, because it was five in the morning. He dressed in a long black trench coat over a long-sleeve blue shirt and jeans.

He taped a piece of paper on the door and walked outside, where he was met by a taxi.

Howard,

I left early his morning. I'm going to Varsity City for the day. I have enough money to pay my own expenses. Don't worry. I'll be back later, but don't wait up on me. I could be late.

-Jin

Jin was soon in the back seat of a taxi, riding to Varsity City. It was about an hour's drive from Howard's house and the beach.

Varsity City, he thought as he looked out the window at the rain clouds. My home. I'm returning after two years... He could see the buildings on the horizon getting closer.

Soon, the cab dropped him off in his driveway. He stood before the small house in which he used to live. It began raining, and Jin leaned down to talk to the driver.

"I'll only need a few minutes." He handed the cab driver a few bills, which seemed to satisfy him. Jin walked up the walkway to the door and unlocked it with a key miraculously still above the door after two years.

"Home sweet home," he mumbled as he entered. Walking trough the house, he found it to be in the same condition it was left in. It was dark, and there was no running water. But everything was untouched, left the same it had been when his parents were murdered.

"Everything's exactly how I remember it," he said as he gazed around. "I can't believe I'm back home...I need to get what I came for."

Jin walked into the basement with a flashlight and explored through the dust and cobwebs, until he found a metal door in the wall with a lock n the center. He spun the lock around a few times, and it clicked open.

"I remembered," he said, almost amazed and doubtful he could do it. "Well let's get these mementoes outta here." He reached into the safe and removed a leather belt with two holsters on the sides. He reached in again and took out two silver handguns, rather large and powerful.

"Perfect, fathers guns." He holstered them in the belt around his waist and extracted a few extra clips from the safe, loading them into the guns and belt. "And last, but certainly not least..."

Jin pulled out a long sword in a sheath, a samurai blade known as a katana. He unsheathed it and inspected the blade. "Still sharp." He sheathed it and then clipped the sword to his belt on the left waist.

"Now let's get out of here." Jin walked outside and locked the door again. When he turned around, it occurred to him that the cab wasn't there anymore.

"What the-Dammit!" It was still raining, and the taxi driver had taken off with his money. "Asshole. I've only got one more stop. I should be able to make it okay in the rain. It's not far." Jin walked down the driveway and turned onto the street, walking alone in the rain.

"I thought it would be a lot more difficult to visit you guys," said Jin as he stood above a large cement block in the grass. The block read the names of his parents. He was in a cemetery, the cemetery where his parent's were buried.

"Vance and OZ took you way from me," he said. "They killed you. Now I'm working on avenging you guys. I'm going to make them all pay for their crimes. They will be punished for their wrongdoings." He reached into his trench coat and pulled out a long stemmed rose.

He clenched it so tightly in his fist that blood started to weep from between his fingers and drip to the ground. "It's time for me to go. I'll try to visit you more often. The next time I come though, OZ and Vance will be no more. I will have brought peace back to our world again." He let the bloody rose drop to the grave as he turned to leave.

He couldn't lie to himself. Of course it hurt like hell, but it didn't seem to matter much to him as the blood drained form the holes in the palm of his hand.

"How strange is it that we should meet here?" asked someone behind him. He began to turn around, knowing fully well who it was. This was not a good time or place to see Vance right now in his mind.

"What are you up to Vance?" asked Jin as he closed his hand and held it behind his back. "Are you stalking me or something?"

"No," said Vance as he turned to the side and looked at the ground. "I just came to pay my respects is all." Vance layed a bouquet of roses on a different grave. Jin read te name on the stone.

Marry Skye

"She's my wife," said Vance. "I haven't visited her n a while. Today's the anniversary of her own murder...It's kinda ironic how they died on the same day."

"Is this a joke or something to you?!" shouted Jin in disbelief. "You killed my family and have the nerve to talk about them like that?! You're a sick son of a bitch!"

"I'm sorry," said Vance. "I guess you're right." Vance made a move to step toward him, but before he could lift a foot, Jin held out two silver pistols, both less than a foot from Vance's chest.

"Don't take another step Vance," said Jin shakily.

"I understand," said Vance as he put his hands up and backed away. "I'm unarmed Jin. I can't hurt you."

"Funny thing you should say that," said Jin. "Because you didn't seem to care when you shot both my parents dead. They were unarmed, weren't they? It doesn't make any difference to you."

"You're right again," said Vance. "I guess I just ate my own words. You could kill me now. You'd be completely justified n doing so. You'd be a hero. No one else is here. It's just you and me. I'm alone. You could end my life and the war right here right now."

Jin smiled defiantly and lowered his guns, holstering them. "I won't be killing you today Vance. It would not be justified at all. You see Vance, I'm not you. I'm not capable of being such a soulless man." Jin turned and walked away. "Goodbye Vance."

"Till next we meet then," said Vance.

"You should pray that day never comes," said Jin. "Because the day we do meet again will be the day marked on your gravestone."

The door of Howard's beach house suddenly opened, and Jin walked in slowly, coutching his jacket together. He was soaking wet from head to toe all through. Howard and the other pilots ran up to him from various places in the house as he slid his jacket off.

"And where the hell have you been?!" shouted Stephen. Jin was shivering.

"Home," said Jin, looking down and holding his arms together tightly, still shivering.

"Huh?" asked Kreed.

"Varsity," answered Jin. "My...home."

"You scared the hell out of us," said Anita. "We were worried sick about you.

"You really shouldn't...worry about me so much...I'm...fine." Jin continued to walk slowly away from them, until Rachel stopped him.

"You're not going anywhere," she said sternly. "You're shivering uncontrollably." She felt his forehead. "Shit! You're freezing cold."

"Yeah?" asked Jin. "It's a long walk... from Varsity in the rain. That's why I'm so...late."

"Well you need to be taken care of," said Rachel.

"I'm fine," said Jin, trying to pull away.

"Like hell you're fine!" shouted Rachel as she tightened her grip on his arm. "You need to be warmed up right away, or you could die of hypothermia. Howard, we need to take care of him."

"Right," said Howard. "Let's take him to the pool. That should warm him up good."

They led Jin to the pool, and practically forced him to get in. Before wading into the pool, he unclipped the belt and placed it on the ground. They stared at it.

"Where in the hell did you get the equipment?" asked Stephen, bending down to examine it.

"They're my father's guns and my sword," answered Jin, already feeling warmer.

"Jin, don't ever do something like that again," said Rachel. "If something were to happen to you, we don't know what we would do."

"Nothing's gonna happen to me," said Jin in frustration. He didn't like being lectured at all, and it was obvious. "Really, I'll be alright. Now if I could have some time to myself, I need to be alone to think on some things. Please."

Everyone nodded and agreed to leave Jin alone in the pool. They all went inside. "What's his problem?" asked Kreed.

"Do you even know why he went to Varsity?" asked Stephen.

"He was visiting his parents' graves," answered Rachel. "Today's the day they were shot two years ago. That's why he left."

"He shouldn't have just left without warning though," said Anita. "Anything could happen."

"I think we just need to leave the topic alone for now and be supportive of Jin," said Howard. "Believe me. He's in a tight situation, and he needs to sort some things out. So just leave him alone until he's ready. Okay?"

End Chapter Twenty One

Not much to this chapter. Just some dialogue and more conflict between Vance and Jin. Expect the next chapter tonight. After that, it's the weekend, and I won't be posting for a few days.