Here is the next part of my new GW fic.  I hope that you had enjoyed the previous parts.  At last, GW doesn’t belong to me.  Meaning standard disclaimers still apply to my new GW fic.  Well, that’s it for now.  Enjoy!

 

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True Beings

 

Part 4

 

By: Era-chan

 

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Relena lay quietly on her bed, staring sightlessly at the ceiling of her room.  The others had left her, realizing that she needed the time for herself to grieve.  She tried not to relieve the memory of that time, which had only been seven hours ago.  Through disbelieving ears, she had heard Quatre tell the others that there was no sign that any survivors, including Heero, could have survived the explosion.

Her musings were interrupted when she felt another presence.  His presence.  Without getting off the bed, she turned her head, and saw him.  “You.”

The dark figure walked inside.  “Yes.  Me.”

Relena slowly sat up.  They stared at each other, letting the silence hang between them.  Then she smiled and threw herself at him.  He possessively embraced her within his arms.  She gave a sob.  “I thought I lost you,” she whispered, her voice muffled from where it lay on his chest.

He took her face between his hands and raised it so that his hungry eyes could look at her own.  “You will never lose me, angel.”  He began to lower his face towards hers.  Before his lips met hers, he whispered, “This time, no one will take you away from me.  Ever.”

Relena surrendered to her dark angel’s ministrations.  She had been torn between two men, but not anymore.  She had chosen him, her dark angel, the other half to her light angel.  She need not fear him, now that he was here, in the flesh.  With all her being, she let him possess her.  Heart, body, and soul.

Afterwards, the lovers lay entwined on the rumpled bed.  His hand lay on her belly, caressing it.  He had given her the gift of love, which was now inside her, waiting until it was born.

“He’s going to be fine.”

He stared at her silver eyes, loving the way that she looked at him, her love so bright and beautiful, he could have wept, if he could.  “Hai, he is.”

“You wanted me to get pregnant.”

He didn’t refute it.  “I wanted to start a family, now that we have a second chance to do so.”  He scowled.  “This time they won’t separate us.”

“Hush.”  She caressed his lips with her finger.  “We’re together now.  Not even they could separate us now.  I won’t let them.”  There was a stubborn note in her voice.

“Me neither.”  He gathered her close.  They lay like this for a moment, and then he gently pulled away.  “We better get dressed, angel.  We still have to contend with the others.”  His hand took hers and pulled her to her feet.  “Do you still have those clothes that I left behind?”

Relena nodded, even as she went to her closet.  She gasped as she felt herself being pulled back toward a hard, masculine chest.

“That’s good,” he purred.  “But let’s shower first.”  He muffled her laughter with his mouth, even as he moved them toward the bathroom.  He closed the door after them, cutting of the protests of his light angel from the room.

 

The group was silent, the news of their friend’s death still on their mind.  Milliardo stared near the stairs, worried for his younger sister.  Their friends knew that she was taking it hard, since she did loved Heero so much.  Even he knew that she loved his rival, though he wouldn’t admit it to anyone else, including himself.  The only person who could have beaten him was gone.  He felt his hand being squeezed and turned his gaze to the sympathetic one of his beloved.

Before he could speak, however, he saw two figures come down the stairs.  He had long black hair that was longer than his own or the braided boy, with black eyes to match his hair.  Not the same as the Chinese boy, but more darker, if black could get any darker, that is.  The boy had an aura of power, palpable to the group.

Milliardo got up from his perch.  “Who are you?” he demanded.

The boy raised his brow, but ignore the question.  He sat down on a chair, pulling Relena onto his lap.

Milliardo took a step toward them.  “Answer the question.”

The boy stared at him for a long moment.  Finally, he spoke as he saw that the older man was about to lose patience.  “You don’t remember me, Zechs?”

        The group gasped.  It was Duo who voiced their suspicion.

        “Heero?”

        Heero shrugged.  “What?”

        “How…?  What…?” Duo swallowed and tried again.  “What happened to you?”

        Heero contemplated his answer.  “I was nearly finished with the last bomb when a scientist shot a needle at me.  I shot him and pushed the detonator button.  I figured that I was going to die since the potion was for the ‘pure’ souls.”  He smirked.  “Looks like they were wrong.”

        Quatre shook his head.  “But you couldn’t have survived the explosion, Heero.”

        Duo turned to Quatre.  “Come on, Quatre.  This is Heero we are talking about.  He can survive anything.”  He turned to his ‘best’ friend.  “You did survive, right Heero?  I mean, you didn’t die, right?”

        “No, I’m not dead, if you must know.  Truthfully, I wouldn’t have survived the explosion, since I was near the bomb.  But the potion took effect and I used my powers to save myself.”

        Meiran, who had kept silent, asked a question.  “Which potion was that?”

        Heero smirked.  “The same potion that they gave to Relena.”

        Midii, who had also been silent since arriving to the Peacecraft mansion, also spoke at last.

        “You know, I was always curious about our success.  Why did we survived and not the others?” Midii asked.

        “Good question.  It’s really simple.  We were successful because the potions didn’t change us.  It just released our true self.”

        “What do you mean?”

        “In another time, we were different beings.  For instance, Relena is an angel.  Meiran there is a dragon.  And Midii is a nymph, an earth being with magical powers.  We died and were reborn, but our powers were locked away.”

        “Are you an angel, Heero?”

        “I am.”

        This revelation unnerved the group.  Trowa stared at Midii, while Wufei stared at Meiran.  They didn’t know what to do.  Before they could decide any future actions, however, Heero spoke again.

        “Look, the base in the Moon was not the only one that they have.  I just destroyed it.  There are others, smaller ones that still dangerous.   I’m going to destroy them as soon as possible.”

        “No!”  Relena grabbed Heero’s arm with her own.  “Mamo-chan, don’t go.”

        Heero kissed her temple.  “I must, angel.  I’m used to them and you are not.  That’s why you can’t change your appearance.”  With that said, Heero swiftly changed his hair and eye color to the ones that the others knew best.

        Milliardo frowned.  “What does that mean?”

        “It means,” and Heero rose from the chair, leaving Relena upon it.  “That I’m a dark angel while Relena is a light angel.”

        “What is the difference between the two?”

        “The white angels are more peaceful and never kills, but harms.  The dark angel are more wicked and kills without cause.”

        “That’s not true!  You’re not like them, Mamo-chan!”  Relena grabbed his hand and held on to it tightly.

        “Tell that to them, angel.”  Bitterness colored his tone.  “They were aghast and attempted to separate us.  Well, not this time.  This time I won’t let them.”

        “Neither will I.”  Relena gazed lovingly at him.

        Milliardo was still in shock over his sister’s revelation, but not enough to let his older brother instinct lay to rest.  Yet before he could utter a word, Heero turned his gaze toward him.  With steel in his voice, he halted the older man in his tracks.  “I wouldn’t do anything, Zechs.  You may be the brother of Relena both in the past and the present, but this time you won’t succeed in separating us again.”  He had a rueful smile on his face when he saw the reaction of the older man.  “Yes, you are also a light angel.  In fact, the best of the light warrior angels, powerful in your own right.  But unlike you, even as I am younger than you, I’m still powerful.  And you realize it also, you just won’t admit it.  Even then, you realized how powerful your sister and I were, and we still have the same connection as before.”  He tensed.  “But you are too late.  Our battles, our rivalry, our animosity cannot separate my angel and I from each other.”  He glared at the older man.  “You were one of the people who led the trial of separating us.  You fought against me, and know my flaws.”  He turned his gaze to the woman who had sat beside the older man.  “In the past, you had tried to stop him when you realized what was between Relena and I, but your realization was too late.  You were also a party of the group, and though this time you are trying to rectify yourself, your efforts are still not enough.”  Power grew stronger from him, as he remembered the past, the anguish he had felt, when he was torn from his angel’s side.  It streaked around the room, making the people wince in reaction.  His eyes, so blue, deepened until it was black.  He clenched and unclenched his hands, trying to suppress his anger from erupting.  When he neared the point of no return, a calm feeling blossomed in his mind, soothing him until his anger was eased.  His eyes returned to the Prussian blue that everyone knew, which he turned them to the silver eyes of his beloved.

        Relena smiled at him, a plea in her eyes.

        Heero hesitated for a moment, and then he gave a barely perceptible nod.  He slowly returned to the older couple.  “Be glad that Relena still loves you both and has forgiven you.  Unlike her, I’m not easy handing my forgiveness.  Though you earned my respect now, a part of me still hold a grudge against you both.  Heero has no qualms against you, but my past self does.  I am Heero.  I am also the dark angel, the prince of the dark angels.”

       

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        Well, that’s it for now.  I’ll be working at the next part of this fic.  If you want to read the previous parts or any of my fics, then go to Era-chan’s Lovely Little Corner.  Until then…