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There now that, that is done I would just like to take a few seconds and thank all those that reviewed the last chapter. I really think it's great that so many people like the story so far, so thanks agian and I hope you continue to review.
WEEL NOW THAT I'M DONE BEING SAPPY ON TO THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THE TRUTH ABOUT RELENA.
Chapter 4
The point of war is not to die for your county,
But to make the other bastard die for his
Patton
A thousand miles away somewhere on a remote island on the other side of the Earth a one Mr. Heero Yuy awoke with a start Relena's pain filled scream ringing through his head.
As he awoke he jerked up. Sitting straight up not a touch of tiredness or fatigue emitting from his body a gun in his hand that was hidden under his pillow ready to kill who ever had hurt his Relena. Only to find himself alone in his small cramped apartment he called home for the last three years.
Searching warily around in case he had missed something or someone Heero finally lowered the gun. Breathing heavily, sweat oozing down his skin in rivulets. Heero let go of the gun and pulled back the comforters, then swung his legs off the bed.
Sitting up on the bed leaning forward, Heero felt the lingering pain of a gunshot wound, and the resounding echo of Relena's pained filled scream. Looking down Heero was relieved to see there was no blood staining his upper body in fact the only thing on his body at the moment was sweat glistening.
Putting his hands in front of his face Heero took deep calming breaths. "It was only a dream," he whispered to himself. "Relena is safe," he continued, "no one can get to her and no one wants to harm her, it wasn't real," he finished.
For a few more minutes he sat there merely letting the sounds coming from his open window of the night and of his neighbors surround him.
He listened to the waves crashing against the beach; he listened to the seagulls squawking as they looked for prey. He became aware of Mr. and Misses Tremens snores echoing through the walls a sign they were very much asleep and dreaming pleasant dreams, he also became aware of the young college student living a floor below him listening to rock music.
All of them had happy and full feeling life's, and none of them had burdens on their souls as great as his or ever felt the coming of death or seen it first hand. They had innocence and that was something very rare and uncommon especially in this day and age, maybe that was why he was still here even after three years.
With a sigh Heero stood up completely naked seeing no reason to put pajamas on the night before as he lived alone and it was to damned hot to wear them to bed. Walking over to the window Heero leaned out the window breathing deeply the clean salt air and letting the cool sea breeze wash over him.
Heero had no idea why he chose this remote island to come to three years ago. Of all the places to go to, of all the places to settle down Heero just had seemed drawn here, it was so peaceful, so calm and slow. An after always being on the fast run and always seeing and doing things that had been hectic and bad for the soul this place had been a kind of heaven a heaven he had only found in one other place, Relena's arms.
An he had known from the start when he had started to look for a place to settle down at least for a little while that he wanted to live by the sea though he would never tell anyone why if they asked. However if he was being honest to himself he would a meant that it was because the sea reminded him of Relena.
After all the beach was where he had met Relena for the very first time; the beach was where he had met the one person who meant more to him then anything else in the world, who he would do anything for. Who had given him hope, and peace and a reason to live for. She had been the one who had opened his eyes to something other then bloodshed and death; she had been the one who had given him peace and content.
He had only to look at her and he felt his heart lighten and his body warm with desire, for not only did she give him peace but she brought out emotions in him.
And that was what had driven him to push her away it was the emotions she had evoked in him. It was she who brought out in him the need to be something more than a killing machine, it was tough's feelings and more that had made him resolve himself to kill her, after all he was a soldier, and not any ordinary soldier he was a soldier with a mission and a mere slip of a girl that brought out emotions in him that made him weak and took his mind off his goals did not fit into his plans.
But no matter how hard he had tried to kill her or stay away from her he couldn't, he was drawn to her as he never had been drawn to anyone. She was like a drug in his system that no matter how hard he tried he couldn't break the habit.
An if that didn't make matters worse he new there was something more to Relena from the very beginning he new she saw and understood much more then she let on. He tried to be careful but for some reason when she was around all natural sense left him and he found himself making mistakes, mistakes Relena it seemed picked up right away and with no problem set them into the puzzle. But still he had been able to keep his motives relatively to him or at least he thought he had until the night of that damned ball.
God he still remembered how shocked and surprised he had been when she had come into his rooms and pronounced she new everything, in fact he had to work extra hard those first few seconds to keep his cold an calm mask on but damn it, it had been a near thing, the most near thing to ever come close to breaking his well worn and almost unbreakable mask.
An then later that night when he had danced with her it had been like heaven, he had felt like he was being touched by an angel and for a few good minutes there he had never wanted to let her go. He had wanted nothing more then to stay in her arms for all eternity; he had wanted to scream at the top of his lungs for the whole world and the heavens to hear to go screw themselves. He wanted to forget his whole mission and all the death he new he would help cause and that scared him more then anything else in the whole world.
It was funny really when he thought back on it that he, Heero Yuy could stare down a whole army of mobile suits, self destruct his own gundam without so much as a blink, and face down and beat the zero system, was afraid of one slip of a girl, his slip of a girl true; but a slip of a girl none the less.
From the moment he saved her that first time at the school when the ball had been interrupted because of the attacking mobile suits he new even as he was running away because now years later he could finally a meant to himself he was running away, away from the emotions she brought out in him, he new that she would change his life in even more ways then she had already.
Five years later Heero could not help but smirk at the prediction he had predicted that day, and how he had been right.
Relena had changed his life in so many ways that Heero wasn't sure what was left of himself from those early years before he met her, he wasn't even sure if he had been living before Relena after all, his life up to the point he had met Relena was not much more then a blur except for a few memories. She truly had given him life in that regard; she truly had made him human. Relena truly was everything to Heero though he would never mention that to her or anyone else.
It just wasn't right for him to be able to love, he was the perfect soldier, he wasn't meant to have feelings, he wasn't meant to want to have a normal life or to have happiness.
But every time he saw Relena on T.V. or when he took time off from his job and went to check up on her he found himself feeling those emotions, which in a sense made him feel guilty for after all that he had done, all those he had killed, after everything he had helped destroy it didn't seem right to feel so loved. So again like a coward he had run away from her and had hid.
With a sigh Heero lost in thought as the sun slowly rose looked over into his small kitchen and looked at the clock over his microwave.
With another small sigh as he realized what time it was he leaned back into his apartment and shut the window. Then turning around he walked across his one room apartment and went into his bathroom deciding he needed a shower.
Fifteen minutes later a showered Heero walked out of the bathroom fully dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a green t-shirt tucked into his pants, his eyes sharp and his mask on tight.
Without looking around he walked into his kitchen and started working on getting his coffee machine working, his mind wandering again he thought of all that had happened since he had come to live on this small island, away from politics and society.
However even though he had decided to remove himself from the bigger picture, he by no means had stopped doing things he did best, being a spy and hacker. More then once he had hacked into the Preventer's personal files and had looked through them, he had also kept up with the news, for it would do him no good to help bring peace and then watch it crumble around him.
An not only that he had also kept tabs on his fellow Gundam pilots and them on him, in fact he would not be at all surprised if not at least one or more new where he was and new how to get in touch with him, after all he new how to get in touch with all of them. They also probably new what his home number was, who his neighbors were and what he did for a living.
Which when he thought about it, it probably wasn't a good thing not that what he did for a living was illegal but damn it, if he new Duo and Zech's and he did though not entirely by choice the news of what he did for a job would surely bring out a few chuckles or in Duo's case hysterics.
And it wasn't that his job was exactly funny it was just something that many people Duo being one of them and Zech's being another probably couldn't imagine him doing. Though in truth he really didn't give a damn what people thought of him, or what he did for a living working on an oil plant in the middle of the ocean was his choice not any bodies else's.
He liked it, he liked the physical challenge, the sense of danger that if he didn't do it right that he could die, and he liked that by the time got home he was so physically and mentally tired that all he had time for was a quick shower and to fall on his bed and sleep without any nightmares of the past coming back to haunt him.
The money was good to and he didn't mind the sweat or the grease that came with the job but still it was damn annoying to listen to Duo snicker behind his hand and Zech's smirk with that annoying you're inferior look on his face when he called and they did call all of them at least once a month.
Turning away from the coffee maker a few seconds later with a steaming mug of coffee in his hand he was slightly surprised to see Duo's face on his vidcom.
"Hello Heero," came Duo's voice over the speakers calm and serious.
Heero was quiet for a few a minutes leaning back against his counter sipping his coffee he quietly looked over Duo his mask still fully on and in place. He took in Duo's stillness and the seriousness that was printed all over his face and was laced into his voice.
Heero new something was wrong because Duo never acted like this. Quiet and stone faced it just wasn't part of Duo personality, it wasn't part of his character Duo was open, loud and quick to find humor in everything, that Heero had come to the conclusion a long time ago was how Duo had copped and still do with all that he had seen and all those he had killed in the war, it was his defense mechanism against the world, and Duo relied on it heavily along with Hilda to keep him sane.
An when Duo let his mask go down and showed his true colors for people to see it always meant that all hell was about to break loose whether you liked it or not.
Heero closed his eyes and turned himself inward for a few seconds drawing strength from deep within side himself. Knowing that without a doubt that whatever had happened was serious and it would probably mean that he would have to leave his little bit of heaven behind for any length of time and that he would once again be thrown into society with all its corrupt and evilness.
Opening his eyes again he locked eyes with Duo's cobalt eyes then, "hello Duo I'm guessing this isn't a social call."
For just a second Duo's customary smirk graced his face but as soon as it appeared it was gone once again leaving behind the deadly seriousness that consumed his face. "We have ourselves a problem Heero buddy a very big problem."
Heero lifted a brown finely chiseled eyebrow in mockery, "Duo, when do we not have a problem," he said with a hint of mockery in his voice as he lifted his mug of still warm coffee to his lips to take a much needed sip to help calm his pounding headache that had just appeared as they always did when Duo called.
Duo his face still in stone said quietly, "this is different Heero, very different."
Heero still calmly drinking his coffee didn't say anything after all there was no need to jump to conclusions without knowing the full problem. After taking a few more swallows of the coffee Heero lowered the mug and looked up into Duo's now worried eyes.
Letting out a tired sigh Heero said, "You might as well tell me what is wrong instead of putting it off."
Duo quickly broke eye contact which made Heero's hair stand on end. Swiftly he stood up Duo had never looked away from him, never, "What the hell is going on here," Heero thought almost widely.
"Duo what are you not telling me, what's going on," he quietly commanded. Heero now standing straight his knuckles white around his mug was watching Duo closely saw him flinch.
Duo slowly looked up and met his eyes the desperate worry, sadness and anger were so profound that Heero was tempted to take a step back.
Duo opened his mouth and then, "it's Relena." He said almost hesitant.
Heero went numb then hot as his mind flashed to earlier this morning when he had awoken with the sound of Relena's voice screaming in his head in pain. The pressure around Heero's coffee mug intensified ten fold, he could literally feel it shake under his hands in protest to the pressure he was exerting to it and not only that but his body literally became as still as ice. Duo went on not noticing or perhaps ignoring the stillness of Heero's body.
"She was hurt earlier this morning in Japan. She, she was shot Heero in the chest. I, I mean we don't know how serous it is, but I think you should get your ass down here fast. In case," and with this Duo faltered and then bravely pushed on, "in case she doesn't make it," he finished with a bone weary sigh of relief.
Heero's head jerked up and his eyes flashed and burned with fire, "she is not going to die."
Duo didn't say anything for a second, he merely sat there in silence and searched his face, then, "of course she's going to make it buddy, I just meant that you should come for support, I'm sure that when Relena awakes she'll be happy to no you were there," he finished reassuringly.
After saying that Duo informed him that Relena was at The King Clinic in Tokyo and that as soon as he arrived to give him a call and he would come and pick him up. And with that Duo was gone and Heero was left with the shock and the fear. Not moving, not blinking Heero just stood there looking into the blank vidcom that only a few seconds ago had held the face of Duo Maxwell.
"Relena," he whispered quietly and with a wealth of meaning and then with a crack and a crash his mug broke open and shattered in his hands. Hot coffee stained his hands and flowed to the floor burning his skin as it went. Pieces of shards cut into his hands and blood welled up to slowly drip to the floor to mix with the coffee.
Pain should have engulfed him but he was immune to everything. He was cold and numb, and nothing registered, he new he should feel pain but it didn't sink in.
Slowly he brought his hands to his face to inspect them and then looked down at the floor at the coffee and blood mixing and swirling together to become one.
An as he stood there for who knows how long, he became aware of one thing, someone was screaming, someone was screaming inside his head and as it became louder and louder he realized what he was hearing was Relena screaming in pain, she was screaming in pain and calling out his name again and again.
Well if you're reading this little message right now then I'm hoping you read the chapter.
So anyways I just want to let everyone no that I will not be updating this story until next weekend at the earliest because I have FCAT all next week and tests so I'm going to be swamped but don'y worry the next chapter will be up no later then wednesday of not this week but of next week.
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