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Pairings:Minako/Heero Hotaru/Trowa.
Usagi will not be paired with anyone!
Ages:
Usagi and Minako:24
Hotaru:18
Boys:24-25
"Who are you." Heero asked in his emotionless voice as he held the gun. He and Duo had come back outside and were looking at Shingo suspiciously. Venus growled.
"Heero can't you ever greet people normally? This is Usagi-chan's younger brother." she yelled. Heero didn't pull the gun away nor did his stare soften.
"That doesn't mean he's not out enemy." he hissed. Venus was about to yell at him again when Shingo stood up.
"No he's right Venus. I could very well be an enemy now. Though I'm not. Alright Heero, I guess it is, what do I have to do to prove to you I'm not an enemy?" he asked.
"Hn." was all Heero said for awhile. "We'll talk about this later. I'm sure the doctors will be able to tell. But we need to hurry up and get Relena out of here."
"Relena?" Shingo asked scratching his head. Venus smiled.
"The fake princess." she said.
"Excuse me, but I am a real princess." came a soft voice. Usagi, Shingo and Venus looked to see a woman with light brown hair and blue eyes walk up to them. She wore a white blouse and dark red skirt. A small braid was on each side of her head and was pulled back and tied in the back of her head. She looked very proper and well mannered, if only that was true. Venus looked her over then crossed her arms and looked away.
"You look more like a annoying school teacher then a princess. And yes you are a-." Duo suddenly covered her mouth.
"Hehe, she didn't mean that. She's just still a little tired and cranky. Ouch!" Duo cried as Venus bit his hand. Usagi and Shingo tried their hardest not to laugh. Relena then looked her up and down and smirked.
"At least I don't look like I'm about to go seduce men for money ." she said. Usagi and Shingo knew what would come next. Venus practically tried to tackle the girl, but Duo and Shingo held her back.
"Oh yeah, you're real princess like. I don't know why anyone would want to come after a freak like you. I could break you with both hands behind my back. I knew some girls in kindergarten that could be better princesses then you. You stupid little bitch!" she cried. Relena's smirk just grew. That is until Usagi stepped up to her. She looked at Relena as if trying to figure out what she was, she was a mer few inches away from the girls face, which didn't sit well with the sandy haired woman.
"What do you want." Relena said coldly. Usagi blinked then suddenly slapped Relena across the face as if experimenting with her reaction. Relena looked shocked, and even Venus stopped her ranting, she too was surprised. So was everyone else it seemed. The princess looked at Usagi and tried to slap her back but the moon princess quickly ducked and kicked the woman in the stomach. She fell to the ground gasping for air. Usagi straightened up and dusted off her shorts then looked at Relena, pointed and laughed.
"Relena-baka fall down. Ahahaha!" she cried. Duo grabbed her hand and led her back over to the jeep afraid she would do something else they might regret. Venus grinned as Shingo let her go. Heero went to help or rather force Relena up and almost threw her in the jeep. Then the three guys climbed in. Venus flapped her wings and they began to drive back to the base. All the while Relena starred at Venus as she flew over head, wondering how this girl had wings.
They made it back without any problems and the pilots took Relena and Shingo to the doctors while Usagi and Minako went to see Hotaru. Ever since Uranus said she would be waking up soon the two girls plus Irea had been watching her throughout the day. So far nothing has happened. Minako was starting to get inpatient. A knock on the door was heard as Minako tried to play a game of go-fish with Usagi.
"Come in." she said. Shingo stepped into the room. "Hey Shingo-chan how was the questioning?"
"It went alright. I told them some of E.D.'s plans and who I was and stuff. They used a lie detector on me. I thought those things were long gone." he explained.
"Hm guess not. Anyway I guess they believed you huh?" when Shingo didn't answer Minako turned to see him starring wide-eyed over at Hotaru. "Oh..Hotaru-chan.. She's been in a coma ever since we got attacked at the park. She's actually looking better than when we first arrived here. Her colors returned a little and she isn't sweating as often."
"A coma?" he asked. She nodded.
"But don't worry, she'll be coming out of it soon." she assured him. He then turned to her. A serious look in his eyes.
"Mina-san what happened all those times you had to fight." he asked. Minako sighed and placed her cards down.
"Shingo..what I'm about to tell you isn't going to be the happiest of times." she said. Then she began the story of the Silver Millennium and the times when they were reborn. Last came the battle at the park were she and Usagi watched all of their friends be murdered. By the time she was done it began to rain. Shingo looked at the floor. "That's all of it. Well a summary of it. I didn't feel like getting into too many details."
"So you were the ones who saved me all those times?" he asked. She nodded. "Wow, and all this time I thought you guys were just normal, ditzy girls who failed all their tests and got detention everyday."
"Hey I resent that." Minako said. Usagi put on a angry little pout. This only made the boy laugh.
"Well I'm going to go get something to eat. Usagi-chan can you show me where the food is." Shingo asked. Usagi nodded, grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the room. Minako sighed. She hoped Shingo would help bring the old Usagi back, but there was a trace of doubt in her mind. She looked out the window at the rain. She thought back to the battles with Beryl and the Dark Moon family. Up until their battle with Galaxia. All those times she had thought it was the end of her friends. But they always managed to come back, some way or another. They had always made it through. Only this time, they weren't. None of them were coming back.
The rain tapped on the window and she turned away from it. She lay on the bed and listened to it's sound. "Man this stinks." she growled and put the pillow over her head wishing it could block out her thoughts. "Well at least Shingo has returned. And I did get to say good-bye to the others this time at least. Or rather they said good-bye to me. I don't get it. How come everything changed?"
"Because that's the way it is." Minako sat up and turned to see Heero leaning on the door frame.
"Look what the cat dragged in...I guess. But..ah! It just all sucks!" she cried. Heero walked over and sat on the chair next to the bed backwards. (You know, chest against the back.) "Well life sucks." he said.
"Heero stop being so damn emotionless. Having emotions isn't a crime. And so far they've worked well with me." she said. Heero grunted."Emotions get in the way when fighting. I have no use for them." he stated.
"Then why fight? Do you even care for what you're fighting for? It sounds like you're some kind of robot. You fight because you're told to, but if you don't treasure what you're fighting for, then why fight for it? I'm fighting for... what friends I have left, and for the people of this world. Sure I hate a lot of them, but that doesn't mean they should die." she said hugging her knees. Heero was silent for a long time.
"I fight because that is what is required of me. Nothing more." he said and got up, he was walking towards the door when Minako said.
"Who decided that? It couldn't have been you. If someone just walked up to you and told you, you had to be a soldier with no emotions, would you do it? I don't think that's what happened Heero Yui. You were stripped of your emotions weren't you?... Either that or you hid them from even yourself. I wonder who decided.. you had to be this way. Or if you were meant to be this way. You must of had an opinion about it when they began your change. Did you want to change? Did you want to throw away who you were... for someone they wanted? I don't think you did." she said looking at her feet.
Heero listened to her, then turned around and walked back to the chair. Silence filled the room. The only sound heard was the rain outside and a beep every now and then from one of the monitors. "You're right." Heero whispered. Minako looked over at him, a bit shocked. "I didn't want to become who I am now. But I had no choice. They didn't give me one. But the rest of me is gone now. I don't even remember how I was then. I just know I didn't want to change."
Heero looked down at the floor. "You know Heero-san ... it's ok to let your emotions out. Otherwise you will forget them entirely if you haven't already." she told him. He got up and walked to the door, but stopped right at it.
"I know that. And as to your first question. I now know what I will fight for." Minako blinked and waited for his answer. "I'll fight for you." he said then walked out of her sight.
Minako just stared at the door. Did she just hear right? Did the guy she had hated since she first met him, the guy who almost killed her, just say he would fight for her? She realized then that she was blushing.
'Oh my god? What is going on? I don't even like the guy... Do I? No, no I don't like him, I hate his guts. I..damn it I do like him. Oh man this really is ironic in a way.' she thought. She shook her head and looked back out the window at the rain.
'Senshi I don't know what to think anymore. I don't know who to turn to. I feel alone here. I miss all of you dearly. Haruka-san and Rei-chan's short tempers. Makoto-chan's boy crazy mind and cooking. Ami-chan and Michiru-san's shyness and grace. And Setsuna-san's fashion advice. Now that you're all gone I feel like a part of me is gone. I guess I feel like Heero-san in a sense. Stripped of some emotions. Guys I wish you were here.' she thought.
Suddenly a load beeping sound filled the room. Minako turned to the monitors next to Hotaru and saw her heart pace was quickening. 'Oh no!' she quickly pressed a nurses button on the wall and went over to her friend. Hotaru's breathing had quickened. She didn't sense anything evil so she wasn't being possessed again. But then what was happening? The door opened and Irea and Trowa came in."Minako-san what's going on?" Irea asked.
"I don't know. All of a sudden a beeping sound went off and she started breathing faster. She's not being taken over though." she explained.
"Then either she's waking up, or she's losing to death." Trowa said, reading some of the monitors. Minako looked down at Hotaru, she hoped this wasn't the end. Suddenly the alarm stopped. Trowa and Minako peered over Hotaru. Nothing happened, until the senshi's eyes fluttered open.
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