He smiled at her tenderly, "I'm glad you're okay," he said to her gently as he closed his eyes tiredly.

Somewhere I Belong
Chapter 13
To End all Battles
By: Miguela

Heero rested for a few days in the Preventers Hospital on L2. Lady Une had come to see him personally when he tried to get up and tried to wrestle his laptop away from Wufei. Wufei wouldn't give him the laptop, which had inspired Heero to get up and go and retrieve it. He was not at all pleased when three nurses and a doctor wrestled him back in to bed and Relena perched on the foot of his bed to be sure that he wouldn't get up again.

He and Relena were back on decent terms again. He had explained to her about the ambush on Colony Six, all the while demanding that she retrieve his laptop from Wufei so he wouldn't try breaking the passwords on it. Relena had giggled girlishly when he glared at her from his hospital bed.

"Lee, it's just a laptop," Relena said to him, using his real name instead of his code name. "Really, there's no need to get it back, he's not going to hurt it."

He sighed, "Relena, please?" he asked her, though he was on the verge of being bored. "I want to write my report for Lady Une and that way I won't have to write it later." Because it was only Relena in the room, he relaxed around her and acted himself to try and get her to do as he asked. He pouted at her, "Please?"

"The report can wait," Relena said to him as she started to roam around the privet room, arranging flowers that she had gone out and bought for the room and the various cards that Heero had received from his friends back on L1. "You're still wheezing so wait until Sally clears you before you start to work again."

He sighed as he flopped back on the pillows, wincing slightly at the sharp pain that went through his chest but not really bothering with it other than that. "Relena, I have a serious question to ask you," he said to her quietly as looked at her.

She stopped trimming the dead leaves off of one of the flowers and turned to him, "What is it, Lee?" she asked him, coming over to sit at his feet.

He seemed to loose his nerve now that he had her attention and blushed, "Well, I don't know how to say this," he started and Relena giggled.

"Heero, I didn't know that you could blush," she said to him as she leaned closer to him, "You're cute when you blush like that."

His face reddened even more now that she was poking fun at him. He wanted to ask her if they could still be friends but he didn't know how to word it without sounding either childish or demanding. "Relena, I'm trying to be serious here," he said to her as he took her hand. "Relena, I-"

He was cut off as Wufei came into the room. He didn't bother to knock and just entered with Duo and Quatre on his heels. Heero released Relena's hand-he wasn't ready to tell the others that he still had strong feelings for Relena-and glared at the three of them. "Don't you guys know how to knock?" he demanded irritably as Relena smiled at him and got off his bed.

Wufei shrugged, "We figured you wouldn't mind Yuy," he said as he set Heero's laptop down on one of the tables. "We need to discuss what we're going to do about the Black Wolves."

Heero sighed as the three pilots shooed Relena from the room so they could talk privately. I really wanted to make up with her, he thought to himself as he made himself comfortable on the bed, and I'm sure that she wanted to do the same.

Duo seemed to be worn out as he smiled at Heero, "Hey man," he mumbled as he sat down on the couch. His right arm was in a sling, held close to his chest, and he was still in hospital garb as they hadn't released him yet.

"You should be resting, Duo," Heero said to his friend, "Your arm could get complications if you don't let it rest."

"Yeah, you're right," Duo said as he rubbed his eyes, "But I don't want to miss anything. If they're going to let you in on this then I want to be included."

Heero shook his head at his friend and turned to Quatre, "What have you guys come up with?"

Quatre seemed to be distracted in looking out in the hallway, "Well, we think that they've got some other reason to take over you and Duo other than control of you," Quatre said lamely and Heero rolled his eyes.

"They wanted to get rid of Relena," Heero said to him, "Quatre, Halen Chambers is behind the attacks on Relena, I'm sure of it, all we have to do now is put him together with the Black Wolves and we can have them all charged."

Quatre's attention snapped back to Heero, "What?" he asked in confusion, "Halen Chambers, why is he involved with the Black Wolves?"

"That we can't seem to figure out," Heero said to Quatre though he noticed Quatre's hand was shaking abnormally. "Quatre, are you okay? You seem to be having a fit or something…"

Quatre smiled at him sheepishly, "I've just been trembling a lot since this whole thing started," Quatre said to him, "I was just scared that something like this was going to happen."

Heero didn't reply as he watched Quatre's hand flop feebly, though Quatre didn't seem to mind. Heero noted this and didn't say anything further to his friend.

"So Heero, are you and Relena going to get together now?" Duo asked excitedly, as he eyed his best friend. Heero glared at Duo, which caused his smirk to widen, "Come on Heero, I saw the way you two were holding hands, just admit it."

Heero willed himself firmly not to blush as Duo started to question him at every chance he got on whether or not he and Relena were going to become girlfriend and boyfriend. "Duo," Heero said finally, "Relena and I are friends, nothing more."

"Yuy, stop trying to deny your feelings for her," Wufei said as he started typing on Heero's laptop. "You said so yourself, you have to be true to your emotions, why don't you just admit that you have feelings for her?"

Heero glared at Wufei, "Even if I did, Chang, where would that get us?" he asked as he rubbed his scarred side, "Relena is in enough danger without me getting her into even more danger. I think that we should keep the guards close to her as we are now and make sure that we don't slip up and let anyone harm her."

Duo giggled in his corner by the window. "Duo, I don't know what pills they have you on, but you need to cut back," Wufei said to him as he eyed Duo, "It can't be healthy to laugh that much."

"You guys are just too uptight," Duo chortled as he got up slowly and started to pace around the room, "Heero, you need to laugh more."

"I'll laugh later," Heero muttered as he leaned over the side of the bed and snatched his laptop away from Wufei. "I don't like when people are on my laptop," he said to Wufei simply as he sat back on the bed and put the laptop in his lap. "Now then, we need to see what we can do about those Black Wolves."

Duo smirked as he started to bounce in his seat. Heero gave Duo a very strange look, "Duo, either get off those pills or share," Heero said to his friend as he started to change every password on his laptop.

"Man, I wish I could," Duo said with a smirk, "I'm high on life, man, you need to loosen up to get this way."

Heero sighed as he looked away from Duo and back to his laptop. The whole time, he noticed Quatre's shaking was getting worse. Did they get Quatre? Heero wondered quietly to himself, I've never seen Quatre shake that much, not even when he was hurt, so why now? He watched as Quatre leaned closer to the laptop screen, which made him close the screen. "Hey Quatre, how about you get some rest?" Heero suggested, "I'm feeling tired so I'll leave Wufei to try and figure out what these guys are after." He typed up a quick message to Wufei, asking him to check the back of Quatre's neck for an implant and handed him back the laptop. "I'll leave this in your hands," Heero said simply.

Wufei nodded and tucked the laptop under his arm as Heero lay back on the bed. "We'll be going with Relena Darlian to the L3 colony cluster," Wufei said to Heero. "Once you're feeling better, Lady Une instructed me to let you come along. We have to find the Black Wolves and put an end to them."

Heero nodded as he heard the door creak open, "Heero, can I talk to you?" Relena asked timidly as he slipped in around the door.

"He's all yours," Duo said to her happily as he smirked, "Now Relena, go easy on him now, we don't want to have to stitch him up again, okay?"

Relena smiled at Duo and nodded to his good nature and the three pilots left Heero and Relena alone together. Relena sat down at Heero's feet once again and started to play with her hair. Heero recognized the signs that she was nervous. "What did you want to talk to me about?" Heero asked her as he eyed her. She was so beautiful to him, a mature young woman, and it made his heart ache that he couldn't hold her, even if they were still lovers.

Relena shifted so that she could look away from Heero and out the window. "I'm sorry," she said quietly, "Heero, I'm so sorry."

He took her hand gently, "Don't be," he said to her gently, "Relena, we need to concentrate on keeping you safe right now."

She looked up at him and he could see her eyes shining with tears, "Heero, when will be safe together?" she whispered as she moved closer to him and rested her head on his shoulder and started to cry silently. "You come back and now you're always getting hurt over me. I feel horrible, Heero."

He smiled at her tenderly as he wiped her tears away, "I said that I would protect you, Relena," he said to her gently as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders, "You're the important one in this fight, and I'll protect you." His lips brushed her forehead gently, "I promise, Relena, that I won't let anyone harm you."

He wondered briefly when he had gone from hating Relena to loving her again. Maybe they were one in the same, his love and his hate for her. She looked up at him as she pulled her knees to her chest. "Heero, I love you," she whispered, "I didn't have any courage to say it in front of the others, but I missed you so much. You must think me weak, Heero, for relying on you so much."

He shook his head quietly, "Relena, I'm sorry," he said to her gently, "I was mad. I know how important your job is to you." Heero felt his heart ease with the tension of the room. This is how it should be, he thought to himself, Me and Relena, together like this. This feels… right.

A/N: Here you are people, another chapter for your reading pleasure. I should have this done by next weekend, so keep reviewing and keep my inspiration going :P