Fall from Grace
Summary: After EW. Heero's finally returned from a long absence to the Preventors. But things get turned upside when he runs into a young lady named Rika Owaii, a famous singer. But in the chaos, he will also learn the truth about him and his family.
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action/Adventure & Fantasy
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing. I do own the original characters though.
Mini-Wing: Yay! Finally chapter 3!
Mission Wing Zero: No thanks to you .
Mini-Wing: I helped! I bought the ink!
Mission Wing Zero: With my money that you stole!
Mini-Wing: You should be glad I used some of the money on you. It shows, that I care.
Mission Wing Zero:hits Mini-Wing with a paper fan:
Is everything Fate or Luck? If someone meets the love of their life by bumping into each other on a sidewalk, sometimes they say 'It is Fate that we should meet here!' But, if a person gets into a car accident, sometimes they'll say 'It's just bad luck'. Sometimes we just like to think of Fate as Good and Luck being mainly Bad. What of the Bad Fates and the Good Luck?
Chapter 3: Fate or Luck?
She had been a star from the young age of 8. She was the grand daughter of a multi-millionaire, but refused to use the money. At 13, she made her first single. And at 15, she had topped music charts. Her parents had died when she was very young and she had lived with her grandparents, but her grandparents did buy her a house for her 16th birthday. Now at 18, Rika Owaii does concerts and meets with her fans.
A black limo traveled down the city streets. Rika was looking out the window. She had black sunglasses on, covering her dark blue eyes. She had long straight dark brown hair that reached past her waist. She looked bored.
A man sitting next to her had narrow green eyes and black hair. He seemed to be in his mid 30's. He pushed his glasses up again. He sighed. He was Mr. Kinomito. Ryusaki Kinomito. Rika's manager.
A younger man, about 21, sat opposite of Rika. He had black unruly hair and, he too, was wearing sunglasses over his brown eyes. He was Sousuke Tomoi, Rika's self proclaimed body guard.
"It seems you don't like Miss Peacecraft. Rika, why must you-" Ryusaki started to say. Rika smiled.
"Do you really believe that at this point in humanity's history, that all mankind is going to give up fighting?" Rika asked. She leaned forward and bent her head downward causing her glasses to slip off a small bit, revealing her blue eyes.
"Heh. You gotta have more faith in people Rika-chan." Sousuke said. Rika laughed a bit.
"Maybe so." Rika said looking out the window again.
"Nonetheless I want you to speak a bit about helping Relena's cause before you sing." Ryusaki said. Rika turned so quickly her glasses fell off.
"What? You want me to preach something that I don't believe in just so the fans will go with it?" Rika said.
"Well, yes. You do have a power from being a celebrity."
Rika glared. "Stop the car!" The limo pulled over and Rika opened the door. She stepped out and bent over so her head was in the car. "I did not become a celebrity to brainwash people!" She slammed the door. She tapped the car twice and it pulled away. Rika heard Ryusaki cursing as it pulled away. Se had always told the driver, Todd, that if she tapped 2 times, to pull away. It was always useful.
Rika straightened her blue denim shorts and fixed her black tank top. She sighed. 'Damn, left my wallet in the limo.' she thought and pouted. She looked up in the air and stopped to think. "What now?" She asked herself.
"Oh my God! It's Rika Owaii!" She heard someone yell. Rika turned around and saw a bunch of girls headed her way. She laughed.
"Why Hello!" She said and smiled.
"Oh My God! I've been dying to meet you Miss Owaii" One said.
"Can I have your autograph?"
"Me too! Me too!" Rika smiled.
"Of course! But Can I borrow a pen? I don't have one on me." Rika asked. A bunch of pens were suddenly thrust towards her. She laughed. "That'll do.!"
Heero and Duo started walking back to the Preventor's building. Since they had left, their spot was taken. So Heero decided that he would park in the nearby parking lot. Unfortunately, it was business hours now. And in the city, it was almost impossible to find a spot. So he and Duo ended up walking a block and a half back to the building.
"They need to make that Post Office a helluva lot closer. It took us an hour to get there and back."
"They need to make it bigger. I hate it when people are in my personal space." Heero said. Duo leaned in closer to Heero. His face was inches from Heero. Heero stopped walking.
"What the hell are you doing?" He asked without moving his head. Duo grinned.
"Just wanted to see what you'd do if I got in your 'personal space.'" Duo emphasized using air quotes.
"I swear I'm going to kill you one of these days Duo." Heero walked faster. Duo ran to catch up.
Rika finished signing all the autographs. They had kept asking her questions. Did she have a boyfriend and Was Sousuke her boyfriend were the 2 main questions. She looked out of the corner of her eye and saw a small black and white kitten crossing the street. But there was a car coming. "Oh no!" Rika cried out and ran out into the street, startling some of the fans. She dived to grab the kitten. She hit the ground with her back and held the cat to her chest.
Heero and Duo stopped. "Did she just jump in the street!" Duo asked. Heero stared where Duo had mentioned. His eyes narrowed and then he took off like a shot. "Huh? Hey Heero!"
The cars horn was starting to go off as it came closer to Rika and the kitten. Everyone gasped as the car drove by quickly. Rika was crouched in the other lane holding the mewing kitten. Something wasn't right though. And the loud horns from behind acknowledged it. Rika turned around, only to find a large semi was headed right for her.
It was too late for her to move now. It felt like time had slowed as bent over and tried to shield the kitten with her body. "Maybe it can survive still." She muttered and braced for the truck's impact. She heard screams and gasps all around her.
Suddenly she felt a strong force push her back in the direction of the curb she had originally leapt from. But whatever it was had leapt from the curb in such force that it managed to lift her off the ground. The diesel passed by not even a second later.
Rika opened her eyes and saw a young man holding her as they evaded the truck. She felt him flip her over and now he was on the bottom as she was on top. Suddenly they crashed into the asphalt and slammed into the curb.
Everything was silent as they lay there. The small kitten started to mew softly. "Heero! Are you okay?" Duo yelled. Rika opened her eyes as the young man who saved her stirred.
"Yeah...Are you ok?" Heero asked the girl laying on top of him. She looked at him.
"Y-Y-Yes thank you." Suddenly she stopped and thought about everything. "Oh god! You saved my life!" She grabbed a hold of Heero's jacket and started to cry. Heero looked at Duo with a 'What should I do now?' sort of look.
Heero stood up and helped Rika stand up. She wiped her tears away and smiled. "M-My name is Rika. Rika Owaii, thank you again Mr.?" She left the end as a question.
"Heero." He didn't think she needed to know his entire name.
"T-Thank you." She said and bowed. Heero let go of her arms, certain she could stand on her own. Rika bowed once more and ran off.
"She must be late for something." A fan said. Heero looked over. Why were all these girls here? He brushed himself off and looked in the direction she had ran off in. Heero stuck his hand in his pocket and felt something soft. He pulled it out. It was a small kitten. One of the girls saw this and 'aww'd' the sight.
"Awww she gave you her cat!" the girl said. Heero looked confused. He saw a piece of paper the kitten was holding in it's mouth. It had numbers on it. He stopped to think again. He raised his hand in the air.
"Hey! You forgot your cat!" Heero waved the kitten in the air. He stopped and lowered his arm and the kitten looked at him It mewed back at him. Duo walked closer to Heero.
"So, you saved the girl and got a cat out of it?" Duo picked up the cat. "Ehey! You got her cell number!" Duo mentioned. Heero glared and walked away.
Rika kept running down the street. She hid behind a small alleyway. She leaned against the wall to catch her breath. She felt her cheeks since they felt hot. Who was that guy? He just leapt in front of a truck to save someone he didn't seem to know.
"His name is Heero...wonder what's his last name? Heero doesn't sound like a very common name." She said to herself and started to walk out of the alleyway and down the sidewalk. "Wonder if he's got a girlfriend..." she caught herself and stopped walking. She dismissed the thought and walked on again.
He didn't seem to know who she was. That didn't bother her though. It would've ruined the moment if he did... she stopped again. What moment? He saved her life. That's all...right?
"I better head to the studio..." She muttered.
Heero walked into the Preventor's building. The small kitten was following him. Duo was right behind the kitten. Zechs looked over. "Why is there a kitten following Yuy?" He asked.
"I saved some girl who dived in the street to save it. You want it?" Heero said, as if it wasn't strange.
"You did what?" Quatre asked, standing up quickly.
"There was a girl in the middle of the street. A truck was coming, so I jumped into the street to save her. What's so strange about that?" Heero asked.
"The fact you jumped into the street for some strange weak woman you didn't even know." Wufei replied without looking up.
"She didn't look weak. She looked confused." Heero replied back. Sally looked up at him.
"If she wasn't weak, then she must've been foolish. Standing in the street for a miserable animal..."
"Maybe she really liked cats. I don't know. Maybe she was just a kind person!" Heero seemed to actually sound angry about Wufei's comments about her. Noin raised an eyebrow.
"You're too emotional Yuy. It's just girl." Wufei said looking at Heero. Heero was slightly leaning forward and glaring. Wufei raised an eyebrow and Heero realized what he was doing. He stood straight again and looked away.
"He is right about that. I've never seen you so worked up over a girl before." Heero glared at Sally's words.
"I am not 'worked up' about anything." Heero turned and walked into his office the kitten followed and he shut the door. Everyone turned to Duo who had gone back to his seat.
"What?" Duo questioned.
"What happened?" Noin asked. Duo sighed to himself.
"Why is this place more like a sitcom business then an actual business?" He muttered. Noin and Sally leaned over him.
Heero held the paper between his fingers. It was a cell number no doubt. So came the debate if he should call.
"If I did, she would certainly pick it up. It was a cell phone. And she seemed to be busy. So she most likely had it on. Bu why would I want to call? If I did, what would I say? If I didn't, would I look like a jerk to her? Wait, why would I care if I look like a jerk to her?" He said to himself. He looked down at the kitten on the floor as it stared back at him. It mewed at him. Heero bent down and picked it up. He turned his chair around to where it was facing the window.
"Are you trying to have a say in all this matter?" The kitten mewed again. Heero laughed to himself. "Fine then, what do you think I should do?"
"Call her." Heero almost dropped the kitten from being startled. He turned around quickly and found Noin, Sally, and Une in his office. He placed the kitten in his lap.
"You must've been in pretty deep thought if all of us could sneak into your office." Sally said, smiling. Heero seemed to almost pout and turned away.
"I was. What are you all doing here?"
"Here to help you." Heero turned back to face them and saw them smiling innocently.
And that's what was scaring him.
Rika walked into the studio. Ryusaki and Sousuke were waiting there. They saw how dirty she was and ran to her. "What happened to you?" Ryusaki asked. Rika walked towards a small table with food and drinks on it. It was for staff to eat while working. Rika grabbed some water and drank it.
"I was in an accident. Well actually almost in an accident. Then a knight in shining armor saved me."
"He asked you a genuine question Rika, not the plot of some movie you'd want to be in!" Sousuke yelled, grabbed her and making sure she was okay.
"Sousuke I'm ok." She laughed. "There was this cat in the road. So I jumped to get the cat to save it but then a huge truck came from the opposit direction, but I couldn't move. I thought it was all over and then some guy pushed me back to safety. His name was Heero."
"Well, we should thank this Heero!" Ryusaki laughed. "You should be more careful." Sousuke looked at Rika, slightly still mad.
"He was pretty cute. He looked a lot like you Sousuke, except he had brown hair and blue eyes. Sousuke seemed to take Rika's compliment as an insult.
"Next time don't run off!" Sousuke growled. "So, where's this hero of yours?" He spoke the word 'hero' jokingly. Rika seemed to get slightly angry.
"He's at work!" She said and walked off towards a room to get cleaned up in. Sousuke 'hmphed'
"Women are so hard to understand sometimes." Ryusaki said.
"I heard that! You men aren't easy either!" Rika yelled from down the hall. Sousuke grinned a bit. "Meet you in the recording room."
"I'm going to make sure she doesn't try to save anymore cats." Sousuke said and walked towards the recording room.
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Mission Wing Zero: Yes I know, it's slowly getting longer.
Mini-Wing:drinking a slurpee:
Mission Wing Zero: I bought him a slurpee since he was such a good muse this time.
Mini-Wing: Yep
Mission Wing Zero: It's starting to dawn on me just how long this story's gonna be.
Mini-Wing: It's gonna be long?
Mission Wing Zero: Yep.
Mini-Wing: Can I get a slurpee for everyone of them?
Mission Wing Zero: Yep. If you behave. Please R&R ) Your words feed the starving writer.
Mini-Wing: Why are all you authors and authoresses so 'starving' all the time. :eats a cup of noodles:
Mission Wing Zero: Probably because they have muses that eat all the food too:glare: