Well, here is the long-awaited part 8. I hope you enjoy this new part. As before, GW doesn’t belong to me, so
standard disclaimers still apply.
Enjoy!
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Relena looked up and gasped. She
shot up from her chair and toward the bruised girl in the arms of Wufei. She brushed the midnight locks from the
girl’s brow, raising her eyes to the eyes of the Gundam pilot. Instantly she sensed the change in the
brunette, and her eyes widened.
Onyx
eyes stared right back at her calmly. With
an imperceptible nod, he motioned for her to move aside. Relena acquiesced, and let Wufei bring the
young girl to the sofa. Gently, he laid
down his burden and straightened up.
“She
got changed, right?”
Wufei
nodded his head. “She’s a light demon
now.” He motioned to the white bat-like
wings on her back. “I got her as soon
as I can. She still doesn’t know how to
use her wings.”
“I
see.” Relena gazed at the young girl
for a moment before she returned to the Chinese boy. “Dorothy?”
“Trowa
is getting her.”
After
a moment, Relena turned to stare at the wall, as if she could see through them
(and probably can). “Do ‘they’ know?”
Wufei
followed her gaze and stared at the wall that separated him from his wife. “Not yet.”
Relena
smiled. “He didn’t tell you that you
would have survived the ordeal, did he.”
Wufei
snorted. “You know him. He is your soulmate.”
Relena’s
smile grew wider. “Yes, I do.”
The
girl on the sofa stirred, bringing their attention back to her. She opened her eyes, disoriented at
first. Relena went to her, her hand a
soothing touch to the other girl.
“Where
am I?”
“At
my home.”
The
girl tried to get up, but winced as she felt pain lance through her. It reminded her of what happened to
her. Her eyes focused on the blue eyes
of the Vice Foreign Minister. A
question was in them, which Relena answered.
“You’ve
been turned back to a demon.
Thankfully, Wufei got you immediately after you had been initiated.”
“Duo…?”
It
was Wufei who answered. “He was
withheld by Heero.” His eyes met
Relena’s. “For good reason.”
Relena,
who had already figured out what happened, didn’t say a word. The dark-haired girl didn’t notice, too
preoccupied by her pain.
Duo
burst through the door, his eyes immediately settling upon his beloved. He was beside her in an instant, gathering
her into his arms.
“Hilde,
babe.”
Hilde,
realizing that her boyfriend was there, finally broke down. She raised her eyes, tears pouring from her
beautiful blue eyes. “Duo…”
Duo
shushed her. “I know.” He carefully massaged the tensed muscles
beneath his hands. “I just wished that
it was me instead of you.” He wiped her
tears away with his thumb. “Compare to
Heero’s treatment, you must have been in hell.”
Hilde
laughed at the weak joke, before the sentence settled into her mind. Her eyes widened. “You’re…”
Duo
grinned grimly. “That’s right,
babe. You won’t go through this
alone. The God of Death is here with
his Goddess.” He smoothed the sheet
that had been hastily tied upon her being for coverage. “I would like to show you, but my clothes
would tear apart. Which,” and he looked
at Relena, “would not be wise since we have an audience right now.”
The
moment between the couple was cut off by the arrival of Trowa. He was carrying the heiress of the
Romefeller Foundation, another of the victims that were successful. The Gundam pilot laid his burden on another
sofa. Unlike Hilde, the other girl was
wide awake, though her eyes held back the pain she experienced from the ‘test’
put upon her.
The
other girl smiled. “I’m okay.”
As
soon as the words were out of her mouth, the last two Gundam pilots
appeared. Quatre immediately went to
his beloved, worry visible in his eyes.
“Dorothy.”
Dorothy
turned to the Arab, her eyes widening in spite of her pain. “Quatre?”
Quatre
smiled sadly as he sat down beside the blonde girl. “I’m just like you.”
Relena
went to her soulmate. He stared right
back. He didn’t say a word as she went
into his arms. Thank you.
Heero
kissed his beloved on the hair.
The
commotion had piqued the occupants of the next room, who walked in. Their eyes rested on their respected man,
who stared back.
One
word passed through the nymph’s lips.
“Why?” Her troubled gaze met the
emerald eyes of the other.
Trowa
came to her, embracing her in his arms.
“To be with you.”
Nataku
didn’t say a word. Instead, she just
went to her husband and took his hand, who didn’t mind the little show of
affection.
The
group was silent for a moment, each couple lost in their own sliver of time. Finally, Heero broke the silence.
“Now
that everyone is settled, what did you found out?” He looked at Wufei and Trowa.
“I
found that an old enemy of ours is still alive.”
Heero’s
eyes narrowed. “Which kind?”
Wufei
grew grim. “The serpents.”
The
silence grew ominous. Duo shook his
head.
“The
serpents are notoriously evil. I can’t
believe that they are still alive even after the humans killed them.” He sighed.
“It will probably be tough to beat.”
“I
agree.” Quatre held his beloved closer
in his arms.
“Why
do they do these kind of things?” Dorothy burst out.
Trowa shrugged. “From angels to
demons, these sick creatures would do experiments to innocent people. We had seen our fellow people do them. Not only were they many, but it was also a
constant battle between each kind to vanquish them. Many died, and a few survived.”
Trowa turned to the others.
“Even now, inhumane things are happening to the humans. They do it for their own sick
pleasures.” Trowa turned to the dark
angel. “I found out that the serpent
behind all this is an old friend of ours, Heero.”
Heero grinned mockingly.
“Ah. So it is him
that we are after.” His eyes became
hard. “I should have killed him
when I had that chance.”
Duo seconded that. “You’re not
the only one, pal.”
Heero turned to the group. “We
should stay here. It would benefit us
the most if we stay together. That way,
we could relearn our powers again, and recuperate from our ordeals.” He meant the recent addition to their
groups. “While we are doing that, some
of us will go destroy the scientists and gather more information.” He stared meaningfully at the other boys.
Relena began to protest. “But
Mamo-chan...”
Heero gently cut her off.
“Angel, this is for your own good.
And you, too.” He gazed at the
other girls. “We know that you can
handle yourself, but we are used to this.
We also have full use of our powers.”
He pleaded with his beloved with his Prussian blue eyes. “Please, angel.”
Relena stared back into his eyes, then sighed. “I can’t change your mind.
But please take care, Mamo-chan.
I don’t want to lose you again.”
Heero kissed her temple. “You
won’t. Never again, this I vow.”
“Sir?”
The dark figure turned from the window overlooking his new ‘monster.’
“What is it?”
The messenger swallowed in fear, but held his stance. “We just confirmed that ‘Demon’ and ‘Sprite’
were rescued.”
“And the scientists?”
“Dead, sir.”
The serpent rubbed his hands in delight. “So, it has begun.” An
evil gleam made his red eyes grow brighter.
“I’ll finally meet them again, especially him.” He cackled, forgetting the messenger and his
surroundings, his mind focused on his enemies.
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As I
had said before, this part was long. The
next part is longer. If you want to
read previous parts, go to Era-chan’s
Lovely Little Corner. I’ll have the
next part out as soon as possible.