Standard disclaimers applied. I don't own Gundam, neither do I earn
anything out of this but I do hope people are reading this!!!!
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Heero walked out and was greeted by a silence. Relena kept looking away from him as Zeimer cuddled with her. Hera was nowhere in sight, perhaps she was in the kitchen. Heero excused himself and went to the balcony. Someone else was already there.
"What are you doing here?" Heero asked.
"I don't suit this type of gatherings." Hera replied simply, typing away on her palm-top. "Is this your family?" she turned to Heero. Who rolled his eyes and hung his head, looking down the balcony.
"You accessed my log?"
"I'd call it a diary." She replied. She turned to him. "Dad, why is it that we're both perfect soldiers and yet can still have emotions? I thought rule number 1 was demolish all feelings." She asked him with a serious face. Heero turned his body sideways so he's facing Hera. It's time to be a teacher.
As the two talked, some people came to the party, Zechs, Une and Mariemaia. Une was brought to the kitchen by Dorothy leaving Zechs and Mariemaia looking around the room.
"Milliardo, how are you doing?" Zeimer stood up and shook hands with Zechs. "I thought the Preventers NEVER take a break." He smiled.
"I didn't know politicians do either." Zechs returned the sarcasm. Sparks seem to fly out of each others' eyes as they shook/gripped hands. Relena looked at the 2 in the balcony, oblivious to her surrounding. They were talking. For some strange reason, she felt her heart cringe when Heero saw her and Zeimer as they came. She can't believe she can still stay and face him. But, there's a thing she must make clear to him and she inhaled deeply; and walked to the balcony, realizing all eyes on her.
"Perfect soldiers are only needed in the battlefield. Outside of battle, we have to try to be human. I was taught by my teacher a long time ago to follow my heart. And heart is the place where feelings grow, isn't it?" Hera knitted her eyebrows but nodded. Heero cocked his head. "Do you understand?"
"You mean, we CAN have emotions?" she asked. Heero smirked. This conversation looked familiar. He talked to Duo as they were now 2 years ago. Funny, he asked the very same question.
"Who decides you to live or die? It's up to you." Heero replied. "Whether you want it or not." Hera seem to ponder about this for a bit. "Trust me, I've learnt this the hard way. It took me 4 years to understand it. Make sure you don't make the same mistake I did." He ruffled her hair. She chuckled. Heero raised his eyebrows.
"Is my laugh okay?" she asked.
Heero smiled. "Good start." Suddenly. He sensed someone approaching them from the corner of his eyes. Hera also looked at his gaze. It was Relena.
"Relena Darlian Peacecraft, ex-pilot to Heero Yuy, perfect soldier's heart." She received a death glare from Heero. "I'll go and find a quiet place to type or gather info." She said quite teasingly and went.
As Relena approached him, he felt a sensation he's never felt before in his stomach. 'Must be another human reaction,' he thought. That's what he always say to himself whenever a new feeling appeared in him.
"Hi." Relena greeted, her voice sounding shaky.
"Relena." He said. She walked and stood next to him, looking at the night's clear sky.
"You made it." She tried to open up a conversation.
"Hn." Heero replied automatically. He's been pretty good in dealing with his feelings for the past years and he can somehow switch personality from the perfect soldier to Heero Yuy and back. It surprised him at first but quickly got used to it.
At that time, Relena was getting more and more frustrated. Her heart was already feeling guilty as it is and Heero's not helping. 'Say something, damn it!!' she screamed in her head. Heero observed her from the corner of his eyes.
"Heero sure took things easy, doesn't he?" Catherine whispered to her lover, distributing some cookies. Trowa turned from the little group's (ex- gundam pilots') game of Jenga (a game where a lot of wooden/plastic blocks stacked up then, each player must, in turns, pile one block from the bottom to the top and the one to make the stack fall loses.) to the balcony and just shrugged.
Outside, it was deadly silent. Hera was watching them from the corner of her eyes. 'It's starting.' She thought quietly.
Meanwhile, inside the kitchen, Une and Dorothy were having a little 'business' talk. "You're saying Heero is responsible for the explosion?" Dorothy asked, not believing her ears. Une nodded slowly, drinking a glass of Scotch. "But... they've... he... all worked so hard to attain peace, why would he...?" Une sighed and sat on the counter.
"Zechs and I trust Heero, he must have had a reason to this. Unfortunately, the Earth Sphere has been sent a copy of the hidden camera's record. God knows who sent it to them but they just knew. We're trying to convince Mr. Wader (Earth Sphere leader) that he was doing it for a good cause but... as bad as it sounds, it wasn't convincing enough."
Dorothy knitted her eyebrow. "So, what will they do? Arrest him?"
Une looked at her with a grim look. "I hope they'll just do that because, I just found out that a new law has been issued." Une said and turned Dorothy who was as shocked as she was when she first heard of the news.
In the balcony, Relena gathered all her courage and faced Heero. "Look, Heero. There's no point for me to hide anything because it has been more than clear for you to understand but, it'll be a lot better for me to tell you..." she started. Heero didn't move a muscle. He kept on staring at the forest below him.
Relena took a deep breath and turned away from him. "Since you disappeared 3 years ago, I asked all the gundam pilots and the preventors to search for you. They've checked practically all over the world and colonies but to no avail. Only when you rescued me a few months after your disappearance were they able to track you, thanks to a detecting device. I must say, you're so, very good at hiding." She paused for a little while before continuing.
"As I waited for you and get to meet you only during New Year's Day, which you came twice only or Christmas which you came only once or when I'm in danger, which seldom happen these days, I never get to see nor hear from you. Don't you realise the hell you've put me through?!" she turned around to see him. Tears glistened in her eyes. "I missed you." she said softly.
Heero shut his eyes this time. "Relena..." he started.
"But, Zeimer came." Heero's eyes snapped open and looked at her, his heart was raging with a storm but his face... blank. She was looking straight into him. "He was there for me all the time. During my lonely days, my sickly days, my broken days missing you, when I'm troubled, everything. He's able to give me something you have never been able to give me : Love." Heero suddenly gave Relena the ever familiar Heero-glare and she shut up but did not tear her eyes away from him; she just can't.
He walked to her and stood very close to her. Suddenly, the balcony door opened and Zeimer rushed in, delivering a blow which was easily evaded by Heero.
"Zeimer!" Relena cried, surprised. Zeimer stood in front of Relena protectively and pointed to Heero's face.
"Stay away from her. Her life's already fine the way it is. You just HAD to come and ruin it didn't you? Don't you realise that she invited you over just for the sake of sympathy knowing you are a dangerous killer?" Heero continued to stare at him, not blinking, nor moving.
"Zeimer..." Relena started but was cut by him.
"I may not be a soldier like you, neither will I be able to protect her from continuous harm which I myself is exposed to, but, fact is fact Yuy, what do you have that can promise her of something?- nothing."
"Hey, hey, break it up, Zeimer, Heero's changed, okay?" Duo suddenly appeared from behind and stood up for his friend, pushing Zeimer a distant away from his best friend. "That was a mean thing to say. He had his own reasons to every action he did. So, mind your language when you're talking to my pal."
"A man should speak with what he's worth and not just air." Wufei chimed in, standing in front of Heero.
Trowa came and stood next to Heero. "Besides, if you call Heero a killer, that simply means you're putting us along with him. Because, all of us were killers." He put a hand on Heero's shoulder.
"What is this?" Zeimer suddenly asked, looking shocked. "You know I'd never refer you guys as lowly as him. You guys are my friends, my protectors."
"Then, make Heero your friend too, after all, we're no better than him." Quatre appeared, arms folded and stood in front of Heero. Zeimer looked disgusted.
As they stared at each other waiting for replies while the others, who were not involved in the argument just sat and watched in shock, Heero felt that he was unwanted there but at the same time, felt happy that all his friends stood up for him. "Excuse me." he said softly and left the balcony.
Suddenly, Lady Une appeared in front of him, "Heero, I..." she hung her head. Heero brushed past her and headed for the door.
"Freeze Yuy." A voice suddenly said from behind accompanied by a gun click. It was Zechs' unmistakable voice. Heero turned his head slightly to look over his shoulder and saw a gun pointed at him. They were less than 2 metres apart. If he attempts to escape, he might get shot.
"Milliardo, please, not in the house." Noin pleaded. But, Zechs heed not of her pleas.
"Heero Yuy, I hereby put you under arrest for the riot caused in L3 earlier this evening." He said in a growling voice. "Put your hands on the back of your head and lie on the floor, face down." He ordered. Heero didn't move at first. "Don't make me repeat myself, Yuy."
As Zechs barked orders, Heero was planning his escape. 'The door might be locked, that leaves me...' he thought silently. Then, he put his hand behind his head and bent his knees to lie on the floor. But, as he neared the ground, he sprung to his feet and dashed to the balcony. When Zechs released a shot, he was already gone.
"Damn it!" Zechs cursed and went to the door which was somehow blocked from the other side. He rammed the door but it didn't even budge. Wufei looked out of the window and saw Heero running to his car.
"Don't waste your time, Zechs. He's escaped." Sally went to stand next to him but was just in time to see the car start and zoom away. Everyone fell silent.
Hera was looking at her watch. Suddenly, she heard rustlings from the forest. She stretched over and started the engine. Heero came in a second later and zoomed off. Hera took out her palm-top. "Head for the hideout, father."
Heero fell silent for a while before replying, "Roger."
To Be Continued...
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Heero walked out and was greeted by a silence. Relena kept looking away from him as Zeimer cuddled with her. Hera was nowhere in sight, perhaps she was in the kitchen. Heero excused himself and went to the balcony. Someone else was already there.
"What are you doing here?" Heero asked.
"I don't suit this type of gatherings." Hera replied simply, typing away on her palm-top. "Is this your family?" she turned to Heero. Who rolled his eyes and hung his head, looking down the balcony.
"You accessed my log?"
"I'd call it a diary." She replied. She turned to him. "Dad, why is it that we're both perfect soldiers and yet can still have emotions? I thought rule number 1 was demolish all feelings." She asked him with a serious face. Heero turned his body sideways so he's facing Hera. It's time to be a teacher.
As the two talked, some people came to the party, Zechs, Une and Mariemaia. Une was brought to the kitchen by Dorothy leaving Zechs and Mariemaia looking around the room.
"Milliardo, how are you doing?" Zeimer stood up and shook hands with Zechs. "I thought the Preventers NEVER take a break." He smiled.
"I didn't know politicians do either." Zechs returned the sarcasm. Sparks seem to fly out of each others' eyes as they shook/gripped hands. Relena looked at the 2 in the balcony, oblivious to her surrounding. They were talking. For some strange reason, she felt her heart cringe when Heero saw her and Zeimer as they came. She can't believe she can still stay and face him. But, there's a thing she must make clear to him and she inhaled deeply; and walked to the balcony, realizing all eyes on her.
"Perfect soldiers are only needed in the battlefield. Outside of battle, we have to try to be human. I was taught by my teacher a long time ago to follow my heart. And heart is the place where feelings grow, isn't it?" Hera knitted her eyebrows but nodded. Heero cocked his head. "Do you understand?"
"You mean, we CAN have emotions?" she asked. Heero smirked. This conversation looked familiar. He talked to Duo as they were now 2 years ago. Funny, he asked the very same question.
"Who decides you to live or die? It's up to you." Heero replied. "Whether you want it or not." Hera seem to ponder about this for a bit. "Trust me, I've learnt this the hard way. It took me 4 years to understand it. Make sure you don't make the same mistake I did." He ruffled her hair. She chuckled. Heero raised his eyebrows.
"Is my laugh okay?" she asked.
Heero smiled. "Good start." Suddenly. He sensed someone approaching them from the corner of his eyes. Hera also looked at his gaze. It was Relena.
"Relena Darlian Peacecraft, ex-pilot to Heero Yuy, perfect soldier's heart." She received a death glare from Heero. "I'll go and find a quiet place to type or gather info." She said quite teasingly and went.
As Relena approached him, he felt a sensation he's never felt before in his stomach. 'Must be another human reaction,' he thought. That's what he always say to himself whenever a new feeling appeared in him.
"Hi." Relena greeted, her voice sounding shaky.
"Relena." He said. She walked and stood next to him, looking at the night's clear sky.
"You made it." She tried to open up a conversation.
"Hn." Heero replied automatically. He's been pretty good in dealing with his feelings for the past years and he can somehow switch personality from the perfect soldier to Heero Yuy and back. It surprised him at first but quickly got used to it.
At that time, Relena was getting more and more frustrated. Her heart was already feeling guilty as it is and Heero's not helping. 'Say something, damn it!!' she screamed in her head. Heero observed her from the corner of his eyes.
"Heero sure took things easy, doesn't he?" Catherine whispered to her lover, distributing some cookies. Trowa turned from the little group's (ex- gundam pilots') game of Jenga (a game where a lot of wooden/plastic blocks stacked up then, each player must, in turns, pile one block from the bottom to the top and the one to make the stack fall loses.) to the balcony and just shrugged.
Outside, it was deadly silent. Hera was watching them from the corner of her eyes. 'It's starting.' She thought quietly.
Meanwhile, inside the kitchen, Une and Dorothy were having a little 'business' talk. "You're saying Heero is responsible for the explosion?" Dorothy asked, not believing her ears. Une nodded slowly, drinking a glass of Scotch. "But... they've... he... all worked so hard to attain peace, why would he...?" Une sighed and sat on the counter.
"Zechs and I trust Heero, he must have had a reason to this. Unfortunately, the Earth Sphere has been sent a copy of the hidden camera's record. God knows who sent it to them but they just knew. We're trying to convince Mr. Wader (Earth Sphere leader) that he was doing it for a good cause but... as bad as it sounds, it wasn't convincing enough."
Dorothy knitted her eyebrow. "So, what will they do? Arrest him?"
Une looked at her with a grim look. "I hope they'll just do that because, I just found out that a new law has been issued." Une said and turned Dorothy who was as shocked as she was when she first heard of the news.
In the balcony, Relena gathered all her courage and faced Heero. "Look, Heero. There's no point for me to hide anything because it has been more than clear for you to understand but, it'll be a lot better for me to tell you..." she started. Heero didn't move a muscle. He kept on staring at the forest below him.
Relena took a deep breath and turned away from him. "Since you disappeared 3 years ago, I asked all the gundam pilots and the preventors to search for you. They've checked practically all over the world and colonies but to no avail. Only when you rescued me a few months after your disappearance were they able to track you, thanks to a detecting device. I must say, you're so, very good at hiding." She paused for a little while before continuing.
"As I waited for you and get to meet you only during New Year's Day, which you came twice only or Christmas which you came only once or when I'm in danger, which seldom happen these days, I never get to see nor hear from you. Don't you realise the hell you've put me through?!" she turned around to see him. Tears glistened in her eyes. "I missed you." she said softly.
Heero shut his eyes this time. "Relena..." he started.
"But, Zeimer came." Heero's eyes snapped open and looked at her, his heart was raging with a storm but his face... blank. She was looking straight into him. "He was there for me all the time. During my lonely days, my sickly days, my broken days missing you, when I'm troubled, everything. He's able to give me something you have never been able to give me : Love." Heero suddenly gave Relena the ever familiar Heero-glare and she shut up but did not tear her eyes away from him; she just can't.
He walked to her and stood very close to her. Suddenly, the balcony door opened and Zeimer rushed in, delivering a blow which was easily evaded by Heero.
"Zeimer!" Relena cried, surprised. Zeimer stood in front of Relena protectively and pointed to Heero's face.
"Stay away from her. Her life's already fine the way it is. You just HAD to come and ruin it didn't you? Don't you realise that she invited you over just for the sake of sympathy knowing you are a dangerous killer?" Heero continued to stare at him, not blinking, nor moving.
"Zeimer..." Relena started but was cut by him.
"I may not be a soldier like you, neither will I be able to protect her from continuous harm which I myself is exposed to, but, fact is fact Yuy, what do you have that can promise her of something?- nothing."
"Hey, hey, break it up, Zeimer, Heero's changed, okay?" Duo suddenly appeared from behind and stood up for his friend, pushing Zeimer a distant away from his best friend. "That was a mean thing to say. He had his own reasons to every action he did. So, mind your language when you're talking to my pal."
"A man should speak with what he's worth and not just air." Wufei chimed in, standing in front of Heero.
Trowa came and stood next to Heero. "Besides, if you call Heero a killer, that simply means you're putting us along with him. Because, all of us were killers." He put a hand on Heero's shoulder.
"What is this?" Zeimer suddenly asked, looking shocked. "You know I'd never refer you guys as lowly as him. You guys are my friends, my protectors."
"Then, make Heero your friend too, after all, we're no better than him." Quatre appeared, arms folded and stood in front of Heero. Zeimer looked disgusted.
As they stared at each other waiting for replies while the others, who were not involved in the argument just sat and watched in shock, Heero felt that he was unwanted there but at the same time, felt happy that all his friends stood up for him. "Excuse me." he said softly and left the balcony.
Suddenly, Lady Une appeared in front of him, "Heero, I..." she hung her head. Heero brushed past her and headed for the door.
"Freeze Yuy." A voice suddenly said from behind accompanied by a gun click. It was Zechs' unmistakable voice. Heero turned his head slightly to look over his shoulder and saw a gun pointed at him. They were less than 2 metres apart. If he attempts to escape, he might get shot.
"Milliardo, please, not in the house." Noin pleaded. But, Zechs heed not of her pleas.
"Heero Yuy, I hereby put you under arrest for the riot caused in L3 earlier this evening." He said in a growling voice. "Put your hands on the back of your head and lie on the floor, face down." He ordered. Heero didn't move at first. "Don't make me repeat myself, Yuy."
As Zechs barked orders, Heero was planning his escape. 'The door might be locked, that leaves me...' he thought silently. Then, he put his hand behind his head and bent his knees to lie on the floor. But, as he neared the ground, he sprung to his feet and dashed to the balcony. When Zechs released a shot, he was already gone.
"Damn it!" Zechs cursed and went to the door which was somehow blocked from the other side. He rammed the door but it didn't even budge. Wufei looked out of the window and saw Heero running to his car.
"Don't waste your time, Zechs. He's escaped." Sally went to stand next to him but was just in time to see the car start and zoom away. Everyone fell silent.
Hera was looking at her watch. Suddenly, she heard rustlings from the forest. She stretched over and started the engine. Heero came in a second later and zoomed off. Hera took out her palm-top. "Head for the hideout, father."
Heero fell silent for a while before replying, "Roger."
To Be Continued...