Petra: Okay, guys, I know that the 'goddesses' in this are boring for you because you don't know the actual people. So, I thought I'd tell you how it came about. See, at first I was going to right just a little fic about Heero losing his memory but then, I needed someone to take care of him becuase I decided I didn't want Duo to know him right away. Naturally, I'll add my good friends. Well, then I felt obligated to add them all in and... you get the point. Another reason is that, at first, I decided that this would be a prequal to this huge crossover arc I *was* going to do.
Kati: 'Was' being the key word.
Petra: So, there you are. The reasons why my bratty friends are in it!
DEDICATED: For the gundam pilots; I would set them free of their memories and guilt if I could.
WARNING: See last 6 chapters!
DISCLAIMER: *glares* I refuse to say it! *glomps on Heero* I won't let him go! I won't! *looks down* Heero, I didn't know that you could turn blue at will... oh!
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If You Could: First Mornings
"The world is beautiful because no one expects it to be." -Black Beyond; The World is Perfect
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Heero awoke the next morning around nine and flipped over to lie on his stomach, staring at the blank white wall. He grinned as a memory drifted through his mind, of one of the first times he had woken after he'd been healed. It had been interesting… He'd woken at six in the morning, still feeling tired, but feeling as though he should be up, and walked to the kitchen. He'd poured himself a cup of orange juice and walked to Artemis's bedroom. He opened the door slightly and peered inside... to find her sleeping in a corner of her bed, pushed up against the wall, leaving almost the entire bed bare. Blankets lay on the floor and, the one that had been wrapped around her like a cocoon, was half trailing off the bed.
She mumbled incoherently in her sleep, moving slightly as she seemed to sense the presence in her room. Heero, walking over, put the glass down on her desk and then gently shook her by the shoulder. She moaned and pried her eyes open as though she were pain. "Odin?" she asked, her dazed eyes looking at him through a mess of silver-blonde hair.
"I woke up and can't go back to sleep," the boy had stated, watching as her eyes widened. Heero felt himself shiver in the present as he remembered what had happened.
"YOU WOKE UP AND CAME TO WAKE ME UP!!!" Artemis all but screamed. Heero backed up, feeling very alarmed and trying hard not to run screaming from the room; for some reason, Artemis was really, really scary. "GOOD GODDESS IT'S…" she trailed off as she looked at her watch and then let out a screech that Heero was afraid was going to make his ears bleed. "*SIX O'CLOCK* IN THE FUCKIN' MORNING!!! GET BACK TO YOUR DAMN BED BEFORE I TURN YOU TO A PILE OF ASH WHERE YOU STAND!!! *MOVE!!!!*" Heero, who had never been scared of anything in his life, felt himself scuttling like a panicked dog down the hallway and into his bedroom, closing his door and leaning against it, sweating in fear.
Someone knocked on the door and Heero had let out a most undignified screech before frantically crying, "Gomen nasai! Gomen nasai! Kami-sama, gomen nasai! Ashi-"
"Odin-kun, are you okay?" Heero had almost collapsed in relief at the sound of Hestia's voice. He yanked open the door and, though he didn't really care for the smaller girl, pulled her into a hug as he tried to stop trembling. "Odin-kun, what's wrong? I woke up and heard screaming…"
"I… I… I… Arte… awake… six…" He couldn't make the words get past his frozen lips.
"You tried to wake Artemis up, now?" Heero had nodded dumbly. "And you're still alive?" Again Heero nodded. "You lucky S.O.B."
Gently, but firmly, Hestia pried Heero's hands off her arms and, leading him like a child, set him down on his bed. "Listen, Odin-kun, I'm going to tell you something that I should have told you before. Don't ever try to wake Arte-chan up when she's sleeping. She doesn't take it very well." Heero had chuckled weakly. "…As you obviously saw a few minutes ago. Actually, you got off lucky. When Athena tried to wake Artemis up to ask for her password to her Laptop, Ena-chan was lucky to get away with a broken arm and a few bruised ribs." Heero could only nod dumbly and then lay back down on the bed as Hestia walked out of the room.
Heero, now in the present, chuckled fondly as he rolled out of bed, only to see Duo, sitting in his own bed, staring at him as he'd just turned into a can of Dr. Pepper. "Morning, kokoro," Heero said cheerily, as he pulled on his shirt he had worn from yesterday. Reminder to self: Get things from apartment… scratch that, pilots are moving into apartment out of this crap hole. "How did you sleep last night?"
Duo looked as though he were just barely holding himself from panicking. "Not all that good."
"That's okay, koi," Heero said, walking over and lifting Duo's face to is. "It's new adjustment, it's gotta be." He used his other hand to tweak Duo's nose gently before stepping away. "You have breakfast yet?" Heero asked, pulling his hair out of the loose ponytail it had been in.
"No…" Duo trailed off right as Heero's hair flopped around his face. Heero turned to Duo, midnight blue-gray eyes twinkling at the other boy. Duo felt his breath catch in his throat. Jesus Christ, when had Heero gotten so damn beautiful?
"Want go get something with me? We can move all our stuff to my apartment as we go."
"Apartment?" Duo said numbly, still enraptured by the way Heero's hair fell just a bit below his shoulders and that thought led to the incredibly tight shirt that Heero was…
"Yeah," Heero's now incredibly vivid voice broke through Duo's thoughts. "A gift from Arte-chan. It's big enough for all of us to stay which, I'm beginning to believe, was her intent all along."
"Arte-chan? That one of the women that helped you?" 'And that I will now have to worship?' "There were what, three more right?"
"Actually three in all: Artemis, Hestia, and then Athena. I also met another friend of Arte-chan's that pointed you out to me, her name was Hebe."
Duo's brow crinkled. "Wow, that's really weird." One of Heero's brows rose in question. "They're all named after Greek Goddesses."
Heero's eyes widened and he smiled at Duo who, still not use to it, felt like he was being blinded. "I knew something was weird about their name but I couldn't quite put my finger on it." He laughed, snatching Duo off the bed and hugging him. "You're the smartest, koi!" Then Heero let go, grabbing his jacket as he left. "Be downstairs in a couple minutes! I'm treating you to breakfast! I know the best little place! You'll love it, kokoro!"
Duo was left staring at the empty doorway, the feeling of warm arms surrounding him still humming through his mind and heart, and couldn't help but feel as if a tornado had just blown through. 'Heero… You'd better stop being so sweet or I just might fall completely for you and I don't know I could survive it if you went back to ignoring me.'
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IMPORTANT NOTE: For those of you that wish it, DUE TO MY SPORADIC postings, I am offering you, the readers, A MAILING LIST to sign up to. When I finally UPDATE, I will SEND OUT AN EMAIL informing those of you that are on the list that I have finally updated. I need you to EMAIL me, telling that you wish to sign up, and whether it's for ORIGINAL FICTION or FANFICTION. I WILL NOT accept those people that ask to be up on it in a review because I can't be sure that email is real. The mailing list will ALSO OFFER the TITLES of those works that I am posting, the COUPLES (if any) that are in it, which FANDOM it is from, and whether it is a SEQUEL to anything.
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Kati: R&R! You know the rest.
Petra: By the by, meet Heero, one umbrella, and one Duo in the rain in the next chapter... and did I mention the tiny elevator?
Kati: THANKS! to:
SILVER ANGEL: ^_^ I'm really glad that you like it! Um... sorry about the lack of reaction but I kinda got stumped and just decided I want to get to messing with Duo's head. Which reminds me, you'll like the next part!
SWEET MISERY: Um... well... It's artistic liscencing all right! *grumbles* But thanks for telling me anyways! I'm really glad you like the quotes. And may I recommend you read the stories the quotes are from?
ABERUNCATE: I like you! ^_^ Yeah, have you ever seen that pic where Heero smiles? *purrs* My fav! That's what made me decide he was the second cutest gundam pilot. After Duo, of course! Um... if you're waiting for a kiss... be prepared to wait for a while... *ducks* I'm sorry! But, I do offer you Duo-torture for the meanwhile! *laughs evilly*
KAZUKO: Sorry! Sorry! If you'll go to the top, I explained why I added 'these people'. I'm sorry you find them boring. In fact, at first I wasn't going to post it but then I wanted to becauseI thought it was cute. The characters were needed at first because... well, um, you can read at the top.
LB: Who can't love a smiling Hee-chan? Or a blushing one? Mmmm... *blinks* Sorry, went to bishie land there for a moment... ^_^ Thanks for R&R. As Apu on the Simpsons says, "Thank you, come again!" *giggle*
"I dream of a day when I can open my eyes, and my dreams won't disappear."
-Rose Marie Ledam
~Petra Megami Assari~
*The Gentle Tiger Goddess*
Kati: 'Was' being the key word.
Petra: So, there you are. The reasons why my bratty friends are in it!
DEDICATED: For the gundam pilots; I would set them free of their memories and guilt if I could.
WARNING: See last 6 chapters!
DISCLAIMER: *glares* I refuse to say it! *glomps on Heero* I won't let him go! I won't! *looks down* Heero, I didn't know that you could turn blue at will... oh!
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If You Could: First Mornings
"The world is beautiful because no one expects it to be." -Black Beyond; The World is Perfect
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Heero awoke the next morning around nine and flipped over to lie on his stomach, staring at the blank white wall. He grinned as a memory drifted through his mind, of one of the first times he had woken after he'd been healed. It had been interesting… He'd woken at six in the morning, still feeling tired, but feeling as though he should be up, and walked to the kitchen. He'd poured himself a cup of orange juice and walked to Artemis's bedroom. He opened the door slightly and peered inside... to find her sleeping in a corner of her bed, pushed up against the wall, leaving almost the entire bed bare. Blankets lay on the floor and, the one that had been wrapped around her like a cocoon, was half trailing off the bed.
She mumbled incoherently in her sleep, moving slightly as she seemed to sense the presence in her room. Heero, walking over, put the glass down on her desk and then gently shook her by the shoulder. She moaned and pried her eyes open as though she were pain. "Odin?" she asked, her dazed eyes looking at him through a mess of silver-blonde hair.
"I woke up and can't go back to sleep," the boy had stated, watching as her eyes widened. Heero felt himself shiver in the present as he remembered what had happened.
"YOU WOKE UP AND CAME TO WAKE ME UP!!!" Artemis all but screamed. Heero backed up, feeling very alarmed and trying hard not to run screaming from the room; for some reason, Artemis was really, really scary. "GOOD GODDESS IT'S…" she trailed off as she looked at her watch and then let out a screech that Heero was afraid was going to make his ears bleed. "*SIX O'CLOCK* IN THE FUCKIN' MORNING!!! GET BACK TO YOUR DAMN BED BEFORE I TURN YOU TO A PILE OF ASH WHERE YOU STAND!!! *MOVE!!!!*" Heero, who had never been scared of anything in his life, felt himself scuttling like a panicked dog down the hallway and into his bedroom, closing his door and leaning against it, sweating in fear.
Someone knocked on the door and Heero had let out a most undignified screech before frantically crying, "Gomen nasai! Gomen nasai! Kami-sama, gomen nasai! Ashi-"
"Odin-kun, are you okay?" Heero had almost collapsed in relief at the sound of Hestia's voice. He yanked open the door and, though he didn't really care for the smaller girl, pulled her into a hug as he tried to stop trembling. "Odin-kun, what's wrong? I woke up and heard screaming…"
"I… I… I… Arte… awake… six…" He couldn't make the words get past his frozen lips.
"You tried to wake Artemis up, now?" Heero had nodded dumbly. "And you're still alive?" Again Heero nodded. "You lucky S.O.B."
Gently, but firmly, Hestia pried Heero's hands off her arms and, leading him like a child, set him down on his bed. "Listen, Odin-kun, I'm going to tell you something that I should have told you before. Don't ever try to wake Arte-chan up when she's sleeping. She doesn't take it very well." Heero had chuckled weakly. "…As you obviously saw a few minutes ago. Actually, you got off lucky. When Athena tried to wake Artemis up to ask for her password to her Laptop, Ena-chan was lucky to get away with a broken arm and a few bruised ribs." Heero could only nod dumbly and then lay back down on the bed as Hestia walked out of the room.
Heero, now in the present, chuckled fondly as he rolled out of bed, only to see Duo, sitting in his own bed, staring at him as he'd just turned into a can of Dr. Pepper. "Morning, kokoro," Heero said cheerily, as he pulled on his shirt he had worn from yesterday. Reminder to self: Get things from apartment… scratch that, pilots are moving into apartment out of this crap hole. "How did you sleep last night?"
Duo looked as though he were just barely holding himself from panicking. "Not all that good."
"That's okay, koi," Heero said, walking over and lifting Duo's face to is. "It's new adjustment, it's gotta be." He used his other hand to tweak Duo's nose gently before stepping away. "You have breakfast yet?" Heero asked, pulling his hair out of the loose ponytail it had been in.
"No…" Duo trailed off right as Heero's hair flopped around his face. Heero turned to Duo, midnight blue-gray eyes twinkling at the other boy. Duo felt his breath catch in his throat. Jesus Christ, when had Heero gotten so damn beautiful?
"Want go get something with me? We can move all our stuff to my apartment as we go."
"Apartment?" Duo said numbly, still enraptured by the way Heero's hair fell just a bit below his shoulders and that thought led to the incredibly tight shirt that Heero was…
"Yeah," Heero's now incredibly vivid voice broke through Duo's thoughts. "A gift from Arte-chan. It's big enough for all of us to stay which, I'm beginning to believe, was her intent all along."
"Arte-chan? That one of the women that helped you?" 'And that I will now have to worship?' "There were what, three more right?"
"Actually three in all: Artemis, Hestia, and then Athena. I also met another friend of Arte-chan's that pointed you out to me, her name was Hebe."
Duo's brow crinkled. "Wow, that's really weird." One of Heero's brows rose in question. "They're all named after Greek Goddesses."
Heero's eyes widened and he smiled at Duo who, still not use to it, felt like he was being blinded. "I knew something was weird about their name but I couldn't quite put my finger on it." He laughed, snatching Duo off the bed and hugging him. "You're the smartest, koi!" Then Heero let go, grabbing his jacket as he left. "Be downstairs in a couple minutes! I'm treating you to breakfast! I know the best little place! You'll love it, kokoro!"
Duo was left staring at the empty doorway, the feeling of warm arms surrounding him still humming through his mind and heart, and couldn't help but feel as if a tornado had just blown through. 'Heero… You'd better stop being so sweet or I just might fall completely for you and I don't know I could survive it if you went back to ignoring me.'
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IMPORTANT NOTE: For those of you that wish it, DUE TO MY SPORADIC postings, I am offering you, the readers, A MAILING LIST to sign up to. When I finally UPDATE, I will SEND OUT AN EMAIL informing those of you that are on the list that I have finally updated. I need you to EMAIL me, telling that you wish to sign up, and whether it's for ORIGINAL FICTION or FANFICTION. I WILL NOT accept those people that ask to be up on it in a review because I can't be sure that email is real. The mailing list will ALSO OFFER the TITLES of those works that I am posting, the COUPLES (if any) that are in it, which FANDOM it is from, and whether it is a SEQUEL to anything.
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Kati: R&R! You know the rest.
Petra: By the by, meet Heero, one umbrella, and one Duo in the rain in the next chapter... and did I mention the tiny elevator?
Kati: THANKS! to:
SILVER ANGEL: ^_^ I'm really glad that you like it! Um... sorry about the lack of reaction but I kinda got stumped and just decided I want to get to messing with Duo's head. Which reminds me, you'll like the next part!
SWEET MISERY: Um... well... It's artistic liscencing all right! *grumbles* But thanks for telling me anyways! I'm really glad you like the quotes. And may I recommend you read the stories the quotes are from?
ABERUNCATE: I like you! ^_^ Yeah, have you ever seen that pic where Heero smiles? *purrs* My fav! That's what made me decide he was the second cutest gundam pilot. After Duo, of course! Um... if you're waiting for a kiss... be prepared to wait for a while... *ducks* I'm sorry! But, I do offer you Duo-torture for the meanwhile! *laughs evilly*
KAZUKO: Sorry! Sorry! If you'll go to the top, I explained why I added 'these people'. I'm sorry you find them boring. In fact, at first I wasn't going to post it but then I wanted to becauseI thought it was cute. The characters were needed at first because... well, um, you can read at the top.
LB: Who can't love a smiling Hee-chan? Or a blushing one? Mmmm... *blinks* Sorry, went to bishie land there for a moment... ^_^ Thanks for R&R. As Apu on the Simpsons says, "Thank you, come again!" *giggle*
"I dream of a day when I can open my eyes, and my dreams won't disappear."
-Rose Marie Ledam
~Petra Megami Assari~
*The Gentle Tiger Goddess*
