Puppy Love
Chapter 6
Finding Heero
By Animeguera

Tears stained Relena's face. All through the night, they fell from her eyes to my fur. Her voice called out for my master. She missed him, as much as I did. But I did not know where he was, maybe she knew. She called to him as if he was near us and he could hear her but yet he never appeared.

Relena remained in bed for the most part of the morning, she said she didn't wish to go to work but she had to. I didn't want her to leave me also. I cried and cried but she still left. Her moving thing took her away from me. Another older man tried to stop me from following Relena but he couldn't restrain me very easily with his added age.

I had nowhere else to go. I had been with Relena the entire time I Heero had left me here. I could not find my way back to him, or my mother and my siblings. I decided to return; however, I found that I couldn't. The rain from the night before had created a small river. This river was four times as long as me and I could not cross. Why couldn't my mother have taught me to swim?

I walked along the edge of this river, with each step, the river grew less. If I followed it would river disappear? I decided to find out. I kept walking along. In my excitement I began to run. The river was becoming a stream. I found I could jump from one sid eof the river to the other while I was running. I hopped from one side to the other. I forget where I was and could not remember where I was headed. I stopped and sat down. The river in front of was a trickle of a stream. I thought I had found Relena's house but only found more grass. There was a lot of grass at her house, maybe I was close.

However close the grass was to me, my attention was diverted to a nearby wood. There were a few trees growing close together and I smelled something familiar. I could not name the smell, it was very minute; however, I knew it. I kept walking along past the river, the grass and the trees. The darkness of the shadows did not stop me, although I wimpered a bit. On the ground I saw drops of liquid. It did not look like the river, so it could not be water. My paw stepped in the liquid and it got wet. I followed the smell, it grew stronger and stronger. The drops grew bigger and bigger, they turned into puddles of liquid. My fur was soon all covered in the liquid.

Thump. A loud noise. The bird flew from the few trees into the air. I found what my nose had been looking for. A dark figure was hunched over next to a tree. The figure did not look at me but I knew that figure. I had immediately recognized the shape. I let out a cry of happiness and ran over to my master's side.

I cried for happiness that I finally found him. He did not acknowledge my presence. I rubbed my nose against the hand closest to the floor but he barely responded. He was covered in that liquid that formed puddles earlier. My fur was now drenched in it. Finally his hand moved. He clutched me like an object and held me up to his vision. He muttered under his breath, "the pup?"

He let me down gently. As he attempted to pick himself up, I trotted behind the tree. His voice bellowed in my ears. "Pup! Where'd he go!" He could not make suddent movements to I lead myself back to him. I am so happy to see my master again, even in his poor condidtion. I wonder what led him to become so slow.

He picked me up again and held me in his arms. He did not speak to me but merely to someone I could not see. He repeated the words. "I will come back, Relena. I will come back." Go back to where? I had no idea.I was comfortable in his arms. I had found my master again. Now, I'm worried. I left Relena all by herself. Who is to guard her?

Sorry for the delay...Havea great summer...Not much else to say...Enjoy: p