Fall Like Rain

Lots of ya loved Part Seven. Some of you thought that Heero couldn't lose to Marshall. Let me get this straight, Marshall had a much bigger sword. He was also much bigger and stronger.

It's been confirmed; it will end at part Eight with (probably) an epilogue. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and emailed me!

Aishiteru - I love you
baka - idoit

This one's a little longer than usual, aren't you glad?

One more thing, next part (which is the last one) will be a sonfic. The song will be "I'm So Curious" by Britney Spears.

Disclaimer: GW doesn't belong to me. I'm just using these characters and promise to return them slightly rumbled for the next author to use.

"Stop!"

The heavy mental door opened with a loud BANG!

Marshall, very surprised, pulled his sword back.

A heavy-breathing, sweating-leaking-down, tear-faced Relena stood in the doorway.

"What?!" exclaimed a very shocked Marshall.

He turned his face to look at her, which means turning his back from Heero. It seems there is a God after all. In that split second, Heero half-got up. He still had his sword in his hand.

This was the chance, Marshall's distracted.

He turned his face to Marshall back, brought up his arm, and stuck that sword in Marshall's stomach.

Marshall uttered a slight "ow…" his eyes budging out. His mouth was opened in an O shape of surprise.

The tip of the sword could be seen on the other side. There was no blood at first, slowly, a blood ring begun to form. Soon red murderous red goosed out.

It leaked down his back, and made a puddle on the floor.

It was so dark, the blood. It was almost black, as if it was washed over with black hatred.

He uttered a silent whisper of "no…" and no sound of heard from him again.

It seemed like time slowed down. She could see in slow motion how Heero jabbed that sword into Marshall's back.

And that memory played again and again in her head, she didn't even notice Marshall had feel down.

All she could see was the blood. That and the hatred on Heero face when he… when he used that sword.

She could all see it now. So clear, every atom fresh and renewed. It stuck her in the face and no matter how hard, she could not forget that memory.

The soft rrriiiiiipppppp as the fabric of Marshall's short teared. And surely she could not forget the way the tip of the sword suddenly appeared outside his body.

It was so horrifying, to die this way. To have no defense and in a moment when you total didn't expect it.

Though this not a movement or sound was made from Relena, but then she uttered a chocking sound of disgust and surprise.

Exhausted, Heero fell.

Relena finally snapped out of it, an "Ow..." was heard from her.

She ran to him, catching his bleeding body before he hit ground.

"Heero? Oh Heero! Are you okay?"

A simple "uh" was heard from Heero. Whether he didn't want to answer her or was too tired was unknown.

She hugged him with all her might, afraid he was going to slip away if she let go. And it was the best moment of her life, holding him that way. Even thought he didn't hug her back, he was just there. Like a limp doll in her arms.

Moments later he heard the sobbing.

Relena was crying that this horrid fate had come to him. Even more horrible was this had to happen at all. And she was ever so sad that when she found her love again he might be taken away.

Because he risked his life to save her's.

Her beautiful tears dropped onto his face.

"I love you," she said. And yes, she meant it. She meant it with all her heart.

Heero used the last of his strength to wipe those tears away.

"Aishiteru Relena," was what he said before he blacked out.

Jordan watched from the door staring at the couple. There were so beautiful. So precious like glass.

This was real love, this was what it was like to really care for someone.

Jordan treasured the sight in front of his eyes, for he never really cared for anyone.

But this… this was pure love. So pure that nothing evil could touch it.

This was the bond that the two lovers shared. They cared for each other very much, but never expressed it physically, but they both knew mentally.

Marshall was Jordan's only living relative. For he lived with Marsh all his life, he never cared for him. Actually, he hated him.

It's in Jordan's nature to be kind and loving, like his biological mother. But Marshall was not this way. He was an insane old man driven mad by revenge. All he was taught was the hatred for Heero.

He knew everything there was to know about the Gundam Pilot. He could have taken Heero one-on-one.

His grandfather was Heero's greatest enemy. He had studied everything, from what he ate every morning to his greatest weakness, which of course, was Relena.

But Marsh didn't have enough information. Or rather he seemed like he didn't have enough information. Marshall probably knew more about Heero then he knew himself. If the girl had more info that he didn't know, that's great. If she didn't, too bad.

She was merely the bait.

The plan was complicated. And it all went according to plan. All would have work if it weren't for him, Jordan, to have let the princess go.

And she did interrupt, giving Heero the chance that he needed.

One must think that Jordan hated Heero. He didn't. What Relena said to him made sense. Heero was protecting the peace in order to protect him, and billions around the world. And to relieve the thousands of babies who is being born today the duty and pain of war. To give them a happy carefree life.

He suffered for them.

Of course sacrifices are to be made. One was Heero's soul. Another was the ones that died in the war.

Unfortunately, his adopted parents had to be one of them.

Jordan didn't have a happy childhood. He was always spanked for the simplest things, like forgetting to put the toilet seat down.

He was trained to be the "Perfect Solider" like Heero. But Jordan didn't succeed. Marshall gave up on him. Said he was stupid.

He had been taught to hate this world, and to hate everybody in it.

But he doesn't. He doesn't really hate anybody.

He was always misunderstood. No one cared. No one.

Then he meets Relena, she was just had loving and caring as him.

She cared, she even cared for the enemy, the one that tortured and wanted her love dead.

She cared more about the enemy than herself.

Most people would think she's crazy and a fool, but Jordan didn't think that. She was strong.

She was stronger than anyone he's meet. She can stand torture, pain, and horrible things. And her love was unimaginable.

Love.

Jordan was new to this emotion just as Heero.

And for the first time, he saw love. It was right in front of his eyes.

And he wished that he could feel love.

Meanwhile…

"There's so many of them!" yelled Duo.

"There's nobody piloting these!" yelled Wufei.

"There's gotta be a control center. If we can destroy that then its over for them." Said the ever-so-calm Trowa.

The others continued their battle with the MDs. Searching for any sign of control center.

"They're center must be on the base!" yelled Quatre.

"Okay, one of us go to the base and destroy the control center, the rest of us keep here and battle," said Duo.

"Who'll go?" asked Wufei.

"I'll go," said Duo.

"I see the base," said Duo. After what seemed like hours of fighting with those goddamn MDs, he was past the dolls.

What fools they are, once you get thought the little line that's made of dolls, then there's no more defense.

The control center was easy to locate. A little base located on the southwest side of the base.

It was an outlier [A/N: outlier-something apart from all the others.]. Located a mile from the original base.

It would be easy to blow up from here, a simple beam, and wa-la, it'll be gone.

And that's exactly what he did.

"Piece 'o cake," said the Duo with a grin on his face.

"Hey, everything stopped," said Wufei.

Everything did stop. The MD stopped firing, they were frozen. Not moving an inch.

Trowa fired at one, just to make sure. And sure enough, it did nothing.

The MDs were garbage now. Trash littering a beautiful beach.

Or rather, dead MDs littering a horrible space.

Quatre signed. "Let's get on the base and find Heero and Relena.

Everybody agreed and did what he said.

In the corner of Jordan's eye he noticed a figure coming towards them.

As he focused, it was a young man dressed in black and had a loonnnnngggg braid. The smirk on his face gave away Duo's happy-go-lucky personality.

Surely the man could see Jordan, he was right in front of the "mental room's" door.

Relena and Heero were still inside.

The young man with the braid continued to walk this way.

Until he was partially 4 feet away did he pull out his gun and point it in Jordan's face.

Jordan didn't flinch. He was used to being pointed a gun at.

"Who are you?" asked Duo.

"I am not important. The two you are looking for are in there," said Jordan pointing inside the door.

Duo gave a suspicious look and walked inside the room completely unknown to the face that Jordan could have locked him in there [A/N: He's not called the braided baka for nothing ya know].

The sight he saw was one of the most beautiful and most horrible.

Relena still cradled the still unconscious Heero in her arms. She was facing the wall and didn't see someone come in.

"Oh my God…" said a familiar voice.

The voice sounded like a shocked Duo. Relena had never had a shocked Duo before.

"Duo?"

"Oh my God, Relena! What the hell happened here?"

She turned around and faced him. She looked like she had been tough hell and back.

That and the fact that she was cradling a bloody Heero in her arms.

"Please Duo… help him. Please…" she said practically going to break down.

"I've got to call Sally. I'll be right b-"

"What the…?" Duo was cut off by Wufei as he, Trowa, and Quatre walked in.