Life's Bitter Truth Chapter 3 (PG-13)

[darklord22]

A/N: Sorry for the wait this is chapter three of Life's Bitter Truths.

PS: Please review, I need to know if this story is worth continuing. Because if just one person enjoys the story then it is.

Chapter 13: Price to Play

?Who was that guy Duo?? asked John while they sat outside the hospital room.

?Who, Heero??

?Yes? replied John.

?Oh, he?s Relena?s old flame? Duo smiled mischievously in his head. He didn?t care much for John and he knew for a fact that Relena truthfully didn?t love him. You?re going to owe me for this Heero buddy, he thought to himself as a plan formulated in his conniving little head.

?I wonder what he needed to talk to her about?? said John quietly.

?Isn?t it obvious? He?s trying to win her back.? Duo was planting a bug.

?What do you mean??

?He?s making a move on your girl.? That caught John?s attention. ?To hell he is.? John started to get up but Duo pushed him back.

?Wait till later that way you can catch him off guard.? Heero will kill this little candy ass smirked Duo inwardly. ?I?m glad to have a friend like you Duo,? Beamed John.

?Yeah, sure,? he wanted to puke. It will all be fixed soon though thought Duo who again smiled at his own genius. ?It?ll all work out?.

?Before I fill you in on the events of the past four years I want you to tell me something Heero,? He grimaced at this knowing full well what was coming. ?I want to know why you left and if you know what you left behind??

This last part hit him hard mostly because he had never really thought about what he had left behind. He took a moment to look back on that day four years ago, back to that last fight?

He had been called upon by Preventers to retrieve a dirty bomb from a terrorist organization on L-1. At the time his main job was to provide security and find flaws in Relena?s mansion and the capital building. But because of his familiarity with L-1 it was decided that he would be the best person for the job. He remembered that it was Relena who first confronted him, she had been crying at the time and he hadn?t understood why, but thinking back to the argument, he better understood now.

?You promised you wouldn?t do these missions anymore,? she said.

?I said only if someone else was capable of the job? he replied coolly.
?That?s bull shit, you know as well as I that there are numerous other people capable of the job,? she was pissed off now and he could tell.

?Preventers obviously didn?t think so,? he was getting irritated as well. ?Otherwise they wouldn?t have chosen me.?

?Fuck the Preventers,? she yelled at him.

?Why do you care?? he asked, ?I?m just a soldier doing my duty. Why are you interfering??

?I care for you that?s why,? she said through her tears, ?You?re more than just a soldier to me.?

?Find somebody else to care about,? he said coolly, picking up his stuff and walking out, leaving her with a hurt look on her face and tears in her eyes.

?I left because I was selfish,? he said slowly. ?I left because I thought I knew what was best when in reality I knew nothing at all.?

?I was left in that room with part of me missing, part of me dead to the world and the other part dissolving right in front of my eyes. But you didn?t care then so why should you care now?? this last part was tainted with malice. ?Ask you?re question and leave, you can get Duo to tell you about the past four years.?

Her words hit him hard. ?I just wanted to see you. I?ll go now since that?s what you wish.? He turned around to leave.

?Heero? she called when he reached the door.

?Yes?.

?Don?t try to protect me; I have people who care about me to do that now.? He felt like he had been drained of all life at this statement, but he didn?t know why. As he was leaving the room he said silently ?I?m sorry Relena, I just can?t change who I am, and nor can you. But please forgive me if you can.? and with that he left the room, passing by Duo and John on the way.

?Let?s go Duo,? he said quietly. He walked down the hallway towards the elevators. The guard unlocked the elevators for the two and Heero stepped in, hitting the button for the first floor.

?Where are we going?? asked Duo.

?To Zech?s house, I?ve made my decision.?

When John got back into Relena?s room he noticed that she was crying. ?Why are you crying my dear?? he asked.

?I cry because he can?t, I cry because he doesn?t know how to.?

?Do you love him?? John was curious to know.

?I?ll always love him,? she said ?But I can never forgive him. He won?t let me forgive him.?

?Why is that??

?Because he doesn?t know how? she said slowly. ?Because as a soldier there?s now room for forgiveness, there?s now room for weakness. I just wish he would open up.?

?Why do you waste your time with such unrequited love? Let me provide you with true love, let me give you what you disserve, what you need.?

?I am tired right now John. Let?s talk tomorrow.?

?Ok,? he said as he got up, ?Have a good evening, I?ll swing by tomorrow afternoon.?

?That will be fine,? she said tiredly, ?Good night.?

?Good night Relena.?

The ride to the mansion was uneventful, the only words spoken coming from Heero?s phone call to Zechs and then to Une. The action began when they arrived at the mansion only to find dozens of vehicles with flashing lights and at least two armed personnel per vehicle and all with guns drawn. When the car stopped Heero was dragged out by Wufei and thrown to the ground.

?Come back to finish her off?? Wufei said while snapping hand cuffs on him. Heero felt being dragged up off the ground and pushed forward. The media had arrived and had begun to hound him.

?Mr. Yuy why did you do it??

?Give us a statement Mr. Yuy.?

?Anything for the press?? a death glare was all she got in response to the question.

He was quickly loaded into a vehicle and sent off to face his sentence. No, to complete his mission, because in the end that was all this was. It was his life story, the only absolute in his life?s equation was that he would always be a soldier, Wufei had said it, and this had confirmed it.
He remembered back to a time in the war when he had wondered what he was fighting for, he had met Relena and fought the rest of the war thinking he was fighting for peace. But now he wondered, it had been so much easier during the war; fighting for nothing, following the orders and everything else be damned. Relena once said she was fighting with words not just for the idea of peace, but for him, so he wouldn?t have to fight, so he could have a normal life. But that was her life, he thought, and this was his. She chose to live in the light of the world, but he only knew how to fight in the darkness of hell. It was better that way, he would fight in hell so that she could grace the light. It was his job, except now he knew what he had to fight for, knew who he had to protect.

Though she was tired she had also lost contact with the outside world, so Relena decided to watch the news before turning in that night. She got up to turn the television on and changed the channel to a news station.

?Our top story today, the man who was responsible for the attempted assassination of Vice Foreign Minister Dorlian has been taken into custody. At 20:00 hours today Heero Yuy was arrested in front of the Peacecraft Manor. This is a picture of Heero Yuy given to us by Preventers head quarters.?

Relena couldn?t speak, couldn?t move. Her knee?s felt weak and she was shocked by the news. Finally she said, ?Heero?, and then collapsed on the floor.