1 o'clock by: transcendent.
A.N.:Before you scream at me for not updating in a while (I always tend to do this?) I'm sorry! There is a certain scene in this story that I suppose I was..sort of...avoiding...in the least. I don't have much things to share with y'all....I changed my profile, nothing new. I might get a new email address, nothing new there either. My AIM is still the same, but now you can all see I'm on and can IM me (before I was on private). I haven't been online often to talk to my best buddies (SILVER CALADAN I LOVE YOU). I haven't seen Aino like...at all. Oh wow, that saddens me. (Not sarcastic lol)
What else? Ah, school. School is getting to be another pain in my fucking ass, y'all. I'm serious. Math blows. I hate my teacher and I hate that we have homework every night. I got a D in French this quarter, that blows. But everything else is nice and dandy.
Oh yes, I have an IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. Since FFnet doesn't allow an NC-17 type things on the site anymore, I edited this chapter only for FFnet. I actually took out the sex scene from this, so all of you that shouldn't read it, don't read it. I know you all want to read it though, it's practically my first lemon...so, I just uploaded the thing on geocities. I'll release the URL at the bottom of the chapter so you can rush off to it when the time comes!
Alright, now to the new additions to my...posting-stories-routine...I'm going to respond to my reviewers...or I'm going to start doing that again. After a while I guess I got fed up with answer all of your stupid questions over and over again...lol but now I'm more patient and I guess I can answer your questions now (unless it reveals too much about the plot). Another reason why I brought this back....was simply because I was bored all night and I wanted to answer back to Wishful Thinking lol...so here goes nothing, eh? Wishful Thinking: HA! So Liz made you review? That's okay, at least you reviewed for every chapter instead of being lazy. Couples in general are cliché in most sections because every story ends up with couples. All of them besides what? One or two? It rarely happens that a couple gets to together and it doesn't work out in stories these days. Life, is where things don't always work out...and in stories around here...they make it so love is perfect, and everyone falls in love and gets together and gets married and BOOM...they live happily ever after. Well none of that is always true. Nowadays, people get divorced more than they stay together. So *shrug* I just believe that couples ending up together are clichéd...
About chapter two, I think I was lazy...and I didn't use Liz's edits -_-;; Sorry there. I just get lazy after I write a whole god damn chapter, and then I have to go back and edit the whole fucking thing. So I just didn't that time -_- Or the lasts times I believe. Damnit *growls at self* I think I've been getting better though...
It works because her father remembers all those scenarios, and ...basically recreates them with the people he kills. Does that make any more sense to you??
Descendent of Jack the Ripper? OH NO OF COURSE NOT -_-;; It's actually more or less from the multiple mystery books I read. Just an abundance of killing-nature I've picked up from the many books by Patricia Cornwell (she's such a damn good writer). Once you've read enough books with killing, you...acquire a certain...extensive...ability to write about death I guess. lol That sounds sooo bad. I'm not a killer, I seriously am NOT.
Trowa...well..I don't know. I hate how people portray him. I hate how they portray Heero, and Minako, and Ami, and Wufei, and just about every character. They over exaggerate their main characteristics. Like Trowa, for instance. Sure, he leans against walls a hell of a lot, but that doesn't mean he does it every fucking minute. He might be prone to not saying a lot, but he says shit when he wants to (or when I want him to...ha). Heero, they all think he says nothing but 'hn' unless he's in love with Usagi. Of course then he can spill out his entire life (of which he magically remembers) to her. Minako, they make her this all bubbly fucking Barbie girl. It's horrible what they do to her. Sure, she gets her proverb's wrong, but what the fuck? She doesn't do it EVERY OTHER SENTENCE. And it's just gruesome what they do to Ami. Ami isn't ALWAYS shy. She might be passive, but she stands up for her rights when she fucking wants to. Wufei, he does NOT always get pissed at Duo for stealing his katana. Wufei does not ALWAYS chase Duo around and threaten to cut off his fucking braid.
Sorry, went overboard there. I really don't mean to offend anyone -_-;; It's all the influence of....Liz and Rita...
Thank you again for reviewing all my chapters at once ^_^ I'm glad to have you as my reviewer. ^_~ SVZ: I don't know if I'm going to pair Trowa with Makoto. I don't even know if I'm going to have Mako in this story at all (actually, I've quite forgotten who I was going to add, thank god for AIM logs). Quatre is with Rei, and that's how it will stay. Ami ...will either be paired with Wufei, or Duo..or it might not work out at all between them (love triangle *makes triangle with fingers like Sil does* Summer Firefly: I'm glad you like what I've picked out so far. Trowa and Minako have been working together for years now, so naturally they would have gotten closer. Thanks for promising to review more lol You don't have to, but I would appreciate it ^_^ Reviews make me all bubbly inside Tsubasa-chan: Hey, yo! WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO UPDATE, DAMNIT? I'm great at stalking, but let's not have you find that out the hard way lmfao (I'm jk here). I'm glad you like the fic so far, and I'm glad you're glad I didn't kill of Usagi..or Relena. I'll 'see' you in your next review, or my next review *waves* OH, and thanks for the happy birthday ^_~ Finally 15, ya' know? I've been waiting forever to turn 15, and I feel no different lol Being older is overrated. VOL-chan: Hmm, she was passed out...in a coma-state maybe. I didn't do enough research on the date-rape drug. I just know it would make her pass out and pretty much make her seem like she was drunk. That's all I needed. But she wasn't dead when he cut into her, but she wasn't able to feel it if that makes you feel better!
Yes, eventually all the pilots will enter this story...and a few other GW characters, too, as well as a few minor SM characters. Thanks for the happy birthday.
And, the review was long enough. Very entertaining too, babe! I'll talk to you later ^_^ crystalgem2003: Thanks for reviewing, and thanks for wishing me a happy birthday! ^_^ I try to make all my stories different since a lot of plotlines out there are cliché and shit...hehe ^_^;; Melika: I'm glad you think this is good, and I'm very glad you love it. Minako is my overall favorite characters because she has so many dynamics I can relate to. Thanks for reviewing! SilverCaladan: You loser -_-;; But lol, thanks for the song! I love you *hugs* We neeeed to talk. I hate school, it keeps me from you!! Ha! Aino Yuy: I can't believe that's ALL you said in your review. And after all the times I've written you pages and pages!!! YOU GIVE ME THREE SENTENCES! That's bullshit *cries* I'm expecting a lengthy review for this chapter to make it up to me!! AznxAngel: Did I make you review this chapter? lol I think I might have. OH WELL. *hugs* I'm glad I make everyone who tries to portray an autospy look like idiots. Ha! ^_~ Pyro*Chic: DON'T MESS WITH ME LIKE THAT! YOU ALMOST MADE ME HAVE A FUCKING HEART ATTACK! But hey, you shouldn't hate your writing. Being 15 almost sucks. The expectations are stupid, and you still can't do certain things (like driving and getting into R rated movies). You get odd looks when you trick or treat, too. Pfft. Optical Illusions: Hey, hun! ^_^ It's fine that you're late. I'm glad you resigned up for ff.net! I was scared you had quit or something!! ;_; That would have been bad bad bad. One last thing. Some parts of this may seem rushed, but it's because Ami herself is in a rush...therefore..it's all hurried? No real explanation, that's all you get...
Dedication: SilverCaladan - *sings Mariah Carrey* aaand thennn a heeero comes alloong, with the streeength to carrrry on, and you caast your feears asiddee, and you know you caaaan survivvee! so when you feeel like hoope is gone, look inside you and be strong, and then you finnaally see the truth that a heeeeeeeeero lies in youuuuuu! ^_^;; Yeah, this shit is dedicated to Sil...or Liz, whatever the fuck I called her in this chapter ^_^;;;;; I love Sil *huggles*
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Chapter Five: Never Again Ami took out her keys and inserted them into the keyhole of her apartment. Her life, from this point on, would be less easy.No one so close to her had ever died, and Ami didn't know how to handle her feelings if Minako were to die. She wanted to lie down on her bed and hug her pillow tightly; crying into the softness. She felt as if she could just stop living and fall over. It was as if her life was going to slowly deteriorate from this point; it would never ameliorate.
But what about Minako? It had to be twice as hard to live right now for her. The feelings of guilt could have slowly washed over her by now and rendered her soul lifeless. She knew her very own father wanted her dead. And even in his subtle cunning, he was going to get the job done sooner or later.
Ami shivered slightly, feeling the coldness of her penthouse suddenly. She stepped into the living room after placing her shoes next to her now closed and locked door. Her hand immediately went to the small knob on the wall which turned up the heat.
She signed seeing the little red light blinking on her answering machine. "Just what I need…" She shuffled to the machine, pressing the largest button and waiting for the message to be repeated.
"You have one unheard message. Message one was left at six forty nine pm December 19th." Silence, until the small beep and the familiar masculine voice. "Hey Ami. I'm back in town for a while and I wanted to see you again for a little. Meet me at the small café on Ninth Street at nine tonight if you can. I hope to see you soon."
Ami's hand hovered over the erase button. Why did he call her? She looked down at her watch.
"Oh shit…" she muttered. She had stayed at work a bit longer than she had anticipated, and it was nearly nine already. She ran into her room, taking her black dress pants and blouse off and replacing them with a chocolate peasant layered skirt that barely reached her knees and a gray sweater and lacy tan undershirt.
Ami opened her closet door, grabbing her brown leather mid calve boots. She placed them on her feet then rushed over to her vanity. She picked up some make up and touched up her worn look.
She grabbed her lip gloss and picked up her Coach leather carry bag. Ami placed her keys and necessities in her bag and rushed out the door, locking it again behind her.
Ami nearly flew down the six flights of stairs in twenty seconds. She sped out of the main lobby and down to the parking underneath the building. Ami pressed a small button, her rental car's head and tail lights flickered and her alarm turned off after a loud, short beep. She opened the door and sat on the tan leather seat. She started her car and looked at the clock again.
She whispered to herself. "I'm late! Damnit!"
Ami quickly gathered her silver Motorola cell phone from her bag after she turned on the car lights. She briefly looked in her mirror and put the car in reverse and started driving out of the parking lot.
The phone rang only once before the voice answered the phone. "Be quick."
"It's Ami. I won't be here when you come home."
"Oh," the voice on the other said. "Ami…I won't be coming home tonight. Uh…something…big happened."
Ami frowned. "What happened?"
For a while there was nothing. "He killed someone else."
Ami slammed on her brakes when the light suddenly turned red on her. "Damnit! …Who was it?" She took the time of the light to apply her lip gloss.
"You shouldn't be driving and talking. I'll call you later, okay?"
Ami sensed the urgency to change subjects in Minako's attitude. She only did that when she was upset. "Minako, are you about to cry?"
"No. I can't talk anymore, I've got to go."
"Okay, fine. I'll be expecting a call later and an explanation."
"Yes, mother. Call Makoto for me, tell her Rei will be giving her a call."
"I don't have time. Wufei called."
Silence again.
"I'm meeting him..."
"Ami."
"I know. Nothing will happen, I promise."
"Somehow, I don't think this time you can promise. I really have to go now. Later."
Ami didn't know what that meant, but she let it go. "Bye."
Ami felt dumbfounded. For some odd reason every moment seemed faster than it really was. She felt she was rushing for no reason. She felt like she was missing something.
She pulled into a parking spot in front of the café. She turned off her car and grabbed her bag. Ami stepped out of her rental car and hurriedly walked to the front of the café.
She opened the door, hearing the familiar bell above the door ring. Ami looked around the small room. The linoleum floor was still dark brown and tan tiles. The in front of the door was still dark brown. The counters were still yellow, and the booth and chair cushions were still brown. The lights above still had yellow covers, and the place still didn't take credit cards.
Ami caught a glimpse of the familiar sleek black hair in the back of the coffee shop. She walked over, taking her time and trying not to make her boots click on the floor.
She put on her best smile after flipping her wavy shoulder blade length blue hair. Ami sat in the chair across from her boyfriend.
"Sorry I'm late…I didn't get back home until eight fifty," she smiled with her excuse.
"That's fine. I didn't think you were going to come," he replied.
"How long are you in town for?"
"Two days. This is my last night…"
Suddenly she was angry. "Why didn't you call me earlier?"
He shrugged in his non-caring manner. "I didn't think you would want to see me."
"Don't lie." Her mouth turned into a thin line, her bangs falling into her eyes.
He ignored her. "I thought you were going to cut your hair."
"I canceled my appointment. I couldn't go out in public with the blotches I had acquired from crying for two days straight," she said hoarsely.
Wufei reached over the yellow table and took her hand in his. "I'm sorry."
"No need to be sorry." She took her hand back and replaced it in her lap. "You were only being a man."
"Started to dislike men like that friend of yours?"
"No. And do not tamper with my temper right now. You should know Rei is being stalked at the moment."
"No, I didn't know. I'm not her stalker."
"What is with you, Wufei Chang? Since when have you become so overbearing like this? You've never been this way before. What happened to the nice, gentle, caring Wufei that I fell in love with?"
"He's waiting for the nice, gentle, caring Ami to come back. The Ami that cares more about me than her nitwit friends." He stopped for a moment, taking his time to look up and sigh at once before starting his rebuttal again. "I used to despise women until I met you, and so far, you're the only woman I've had any respect for, and it will probably stay that way."
"There are millions of women out there that are just as easily respected as I am, and are twice as beautiful and glamorous than me. So why don't you go crying to them?" Ami knew she had cross the invisible line that had always been marked. But she didn't know what would happen.
"Ami, you know I care deeply for you, and that's why I don't go crying to them."
"You could have anyone you want, Wufei, so why do you choose me?"
Wufei's obvious Chinese features paused for a moment. His chocolate eyes lingered on Ami's blues, and his mouth didn't stretch further than an oval. He went without blinking.
Ami sighed, her features, unlike Wufei's, faltered. "I'm not perfect like you, and I'm not nearly as intelligent-"
"Don't say that, you know it's not true-"
"So why in the world do you choose me? What about that woman you had once told me about? What about your wife?"
"You know she's dead, and that other woman never mattered to me. Only you matter."
"Then why do you only care deeply for me?" Somehow Ami felt hurt with this. "Why don't you love me instead?"
"I…I-"
"You don't know, do you? You can't answer any of my questions, can you?"
"I can answer them. I just need time…I guess." He paused again. "This is the first time I've been uncertain about anything. But I do know that I want to be with you more than anyone I've ever met or ever will meet."
At this point, Ami thought she should just give in to him. He was alluring, charming, and had an adequate amount of money. Of course, the money didn't matter. This man was perfect for her from what she could tell.
She did what she thought she should do. "Okay."
Giving up almost hurt her inside. She remembered she had promised Minako that she wouldn't do anything like this. Or …quite like this. Ami wondered if Minako would even know. And…what about Duo?
Ami rested her hands back on top of the table, somewhere in the middle. Instantly Wufei's hands fell on top of hers, entwining his larger, masculine hands with her petit, feminine ones. Duo was just a boy; he wasn't the one for her. Ami had just met him anyways. No use in fretting over what was never going to be.
"Want to come over to my apartment for the night?"
Ami grunted playfully. "Let me call Minako." She reached for her phone, but Wufei's hand caught hers before it could get in the bag.
"Come on. You don't need to call her."
Ami felt herself giving into his chocolate eyes again. "Alright…fine."
Wufei stood up. He knew he had won this time. And he knew his secrets would be safe for now, at least up till she won the mental battle between the two of them next time.
He took two steps, offering his hand to her instantly without a second thought. Ami grabbed it, and stood up next to him. Wufei's arm snaked across her back after leaving her hand and rested on her opposite hip.
Ami wanted to pull away from his grip. She was used to walking without an attachment. But she felt as if she had no other choice. She felt, to some extent, that she had an obligation to fulfill tonight. What that obligation might be, Ami had no idea.
The two left the café, a few goodbyes exchanged between the couple and the workers. They drifted to his sleek black roadster BMW. Ami looked at him, searching his eyes for a moment. For once, Wufei wasn't masking his emotions, and she could see every emotion he produced.
In his feverous russet eyes lurked an emotion Ami would have liked to not be there, desire. Wufei's gaze wasn't filled with the love and passion as she had wished. But in that instant, Ami had forgotten all that she had stood for. All she could see were his eyes, and all she could feel was his touch. That left her breathless with the same desire.
The convertible had pulled out of the diner, leaving her car in the parking lot. They drove, slowly, to Wufei's apartment in silence. They didn't touch, but they were alive to each other's nearness and that's all Ami needed for the moment.
Ami walked hand in hand with Wufei to the elevator after he parked in the downstairs garage that seemed all too familiar. The silver doors slid open for just the two of them, and they were once again alone.
He put his arms around her as they waited to reach the top level. Wufei began kissing her, gently, his lips felt like they never touched her milky skin. His breath traveled over her face and throat, and his hands slid under her jacket. She felt herself being pulled towards his muscular body.
As soon as he judged they were close enough and he was holding her tight enough, his soft, full lips pressed against hers. Shivers of delight rippled through her; she didn't want the kiss to end even though she knew what has happened was momentarily wrong.
The elevator stopped, Wufei swung Ami's lithe body in his chiseled arms and carried her to his apartment, his lips still on hers. They sank together into the depths of his big brocade sofa, still lost in each other.
He pulled back from her. "I love you Ami," he whispered in her ear softly, stroking back her tumbled hair.
She hesitated only for a moment. "I love you, too."
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If you are UNDER the age of fourteen I advise you DO NOT read the unedited version for the safety of me and you if your parents find out. The place that URL takes you is a place were lemons roam and Ami and Wufei nearly go over the edge. So there is your warning. If you're eleven and stupidly copy and paste the URL into your browser and read the damn thing, it is no longer my fault. (note: take out spaces in URL)
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A.N.: Fini. It took me a while to work up enough courage to write a smut scene, but I did it, eventually. I'm very inexperienced in that type of crap, so if it sucked, then go cry to your fucking mom because I don't give a flying fuck!
If you think the lemon scene is wonderful, then tell me...because I'll love you forever. ^_~
For all of you wondering what the hell about Duo...I don't know. Sil asked me this and I replied with: "Like he'd find out." So *shrug* I don't know. The two obviously don't go all the way (for all of you who didn't read it, there's the ending for you), so maybe Ami isn't ready for Wufei? Or maybe she just doesn't want him anymore and she's feeling a little more attracted to Duo? But in the end, she'll end up with someone. That's all you get to know, for now, that is.
Next chapter will be focusing on Minako (if you haven't noticed it's basically been switching back and forth since chapter two). I have no clue as to what is going to happen, so the next chapter might take a while to come out too. I think it'll have more Trowa and Minako scenes than Heero and her. But you know which couple I'm partial to, so maybe I'm lying to you? lol ^_^;; Just uplifting the mood here. I might make the next chapter about Rei and Quatre? I know just about just as much as you do at the moment about the next chapter. But I'm thinking about court...
Or maybe not? I need to talk to SILVER CALADAN badly (so that means GET YOUR ASS ON THIS WEEKEND, I HAVE MONDAY AND TUESDAY OFF!). ^_^;; Ooohh, and email me. I get desperately bored sometimes. And I edit too *nods*...So if you are in need of someone to edit your crap really bad, email me and I'll get back to you. I might not edit for you because what you write would require years to edit so lmfao, I'm not for sure if I'll edit for you.....I'm indecisive about everything. Doesn't it sicken you?
ONE LAST THING (wow this is so fucking long, sorry y'all). I might make an email list as to when I update...or maybe authors notes to keep in touch with you guys (so you know when I update, or why I'm not updating). If you'd be interested in it, say so in your review and give me your email address, please! Some of you I might put on it automatically if I make one (because I love you so much).
That's all she wrote, Transcendent.