Within Relena's Shame (7)

[wicked]

Disclaimer: I?m not going to say it again. *whispers* They don?t belong to me: the characters (except the rapist), the GW universe, or the bed I sleep in. But the plot line is all mine. That and the drool.

AN: And now introducing a new couple within the story?. I don?t know how it happened but there they are. But more importantly: ENTER THE OTHER GUNDAM PILOTS!!!!! ^__^ Hey Ryan, if you?re extra special good I?ll even bring in your woman, eyebrows and all! ^___^

Within Relena?s Shame: Chapter Seven
by Wicked Child

Tomorrow Relena would return to work, having taken an extra week off. Heero would return to normal Preventer duties, or at least pretend to do so. In reality he would be keeping watch on Relena when he could while following up on some new information. It seemed that the rapist felt the need to sign his last letter to Relena in blood. That would work for and against them, of that Heero was sure.

Wufei would continue to base operations from the guest bedroom while using most of his time to investigate. That meant someone else was going to have to watch Relena like a hawk. Davis seemed the best candidate but Relena felt more comfortable with him watching the home. Davis, though disappointed, agreed. That left only three suitable Preventer agents.

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?Agents Barton, Maxwell, and Winner I have called you off your current assignments for a most important matter.?

Une looked at her three subordinates. Maxwell leaned forward, face full of determination. Winner sat back, legs crossed with a look of nervousness mixed with his determination. Barton leaned against the wall looking as impassive as ever. Her gaze lingered on him a bit longer than it should have.

Trowa smirked as Une?s eyes traveled down his lean frame, silently appreciative.

Over my ass, he thought.

Une noticed the smirk and scowled in return. If he thinks I?m changing my mind, he?s sorely mistaken. Her scowl deepened as his smirk widened. Why do I let him get to me?

Why does she deny herself?

Aloud Une said, ?It concerns Ms. Dorlian.?

Winner?s eyes widened. ?Miss Relena? Is it another assassination attempt??

Maxwell cracked his knuckles, his protective side geared up and ready to go. ?Ain?t nobody gonna touch Princess.?

?We are currently uncertain as to what danger Ms. Dorlian is worried about. All I do know is that this is very serious and not to be taken lightly. You will each have guard duty, eight hour shifts. Agent Winner will be first shift, Maxwell second and Barton third.?

?What of Agent Yuy?? Trowa asked.

?Agent Yuy will, of course, guard Ms. Dorlian overlapping at some points with your shifts. The times he is not present will be spent with Agent Chang investigating leads.?

Duo scratched his head, signifying to all that happy-go-lucky Duo was in attendance as well. ?Is that such a good idea Une? I mean Heero and Wufei are little too head strong y?know? The two of them together could easily equal kaboom.?

Une stared hard at Agent Maxwell. It sill amazed her that he had been one of the boys who defeated Treize. It amazed her even more that he had been able to retain his jovial nature.

?Agent Chang was the first to discover this threat to Ms. Dorlian. He requested Agent Yuy?s assistance.?

?Oh,? Duo said slightly dumbstruck. I guess Hell has frozen over.

?That will be all gentlemen,? Une said dismissing the trio. The sooner Barton was gone from her presence the better.

?Une,? Trowa said. He knew she wanted him away from her but that was just too damn bad. He wasn?t giving up.

?Yes Agent Barton??

?Is there anything else we need to know??

?Such as??

The truth. ?Are there any signs this threat leaves of which we need to be aware?? Trowa stared hard and long at his former lover.

Une answered, ?This threat likes to leave letters. It?s always been a red envelope. If you see such an envelope do not open it. Contact Agent Chang and myself. We will deal with it.?

?So Princess knows we?re watching her ?round the clock?? Duo asked.

Une nodded. ?She has been informed and agreed. She?s expecting Agent Winner within the hour.?

Quatre nodded and took his leave with Duo close behind complaining about always being stuck in second.

Trowa remained, his eyes trained on the older woman who was not only his superior but who he felt was truly the love of his life.

?What is it Barton?? she asked turning away from him to gaze out of her window.

?How is Mariemaia??

?She?s well.? Une paused, hesitant to tell him the truth but felt lies between them were never welcome. ?She misses you.?

?It?s mutual.?

?What do you really want??

You. ?What aren?t you telling us??

I can?t be with you. ?What do you mean??

We?re meant for each other as Heero and Relena are meant for one another. ?It?s not like the organization to know so little about a possible threat to Dorlian.?

Destiny is for fools. I fear that you are one of them. ?The people who need to know everything do.? Une turned around. ?You?re dismissed.?

Trowa turned and left the office slamming the door behind him.

Une just closed her eyes exhausted.

~~~

Relena did know of the plan to have around the clock bodyguards. She knew that meant intelligent mornings with Quatre, laughter filled afternoons with Duo, and peaceful nights with well placed candid conversations with Trowa. She also knew that Wufei would still stay at her place, as would Davis, and continue his investigation. She didn?t know that Heero was working the investigation as well.

Une did inform her that he may pull guard duty from time to time but only when absolutely necessary. Relena was pleased. She would be protected by the best and her secret would be safe from everyone, Perfect Soldier included. Relena sigh happily and scratched Bo?s belly.

?Oh Bo! You are just too adorable!?

The cat purred her response.

?I would love to take you with me back to work today but somehow I don?t think the rest of the overstuffed politicians would like it.?

Bo looked at her female master and licked a finger.

Relena smiled and kissed Bo on the head. ?Don?t tell ?Fei, but I?m keeping you when this is all over.?

Bo purred louder in contentment.

There was a knock at the door and Pagan entered. ?Miss Relena, you have a visitor.?

?Who is it??

?Master Heero.?

Relena gasped and missed Bo?s hiss at the mention of Heero. ?What? Why is he here? He doesn?t have guard duty.?

?All I know Miss Relena is that he?s in the family room waiting.?

?Of course,? Relena stammered. ?I?ll be down in a moment.?

Pagan nodded and left.

?Oh my,? Relena said to the cat. ?This can?t be good.?

Ten minutes later Relena walked into the family room to find Heero looking into the garden. His hands were stuffed into a pair of gray slacks, a silken royal blue shirt covering his upper torso. It was an outfit she?d bought for him just prior to her ?sabbatical.?

?I knew you?d look handsome in that,? she said in greeting.

?I can?t imagine you buying me something that wouldn?t.? Heero turned around.

Relena smiled. ?Is that a challenge??

Heero walked up to her with only a foot separating. This was the first time he?d been able to see her face to face legitimately. The extra week helped as her hands were healing fine. She looked glorious despite the past month. ?Do you want it to be??

?Maybe.? It had seemed an eternity since the two of them had been this close. She realized just how much she missed him. A part of her wanted to bury her face in his chest and pour her soul out to him but reason won out. He would never look at her the same if he knew. She would fully know the meaning of shame once he found out the truth.

?Then I should warn you, I?ve never lost a challenge.? Heero?s voice brought Relena back to the conversation.

She laughed. ?No, I suppose you haven?t. You do look very handsome though.?

?Thank you.? Heero looked at her closely, not to inspect her for any more damage but to etch every new line of worry into his mind to help fuel his already burning rage. ?I thought sabbaticals were supposed to leave you rested.?

?Oh!? Relena paled a bit before regaining her composure. ?I?ve already been bombarded with new proposals and the like.?

Heero nodded and cupped the side of her face. ?You still look beautiful. Always have.?

?Thank you Heero,? Relena whispered.

Heero let his hand travel from the side of her face down her neck to the spot just above the space separating her breasts. He could feel her heart beating rapidly. He stared at that spot for a moment before saying, ?You aren?t wearing it.?

Relena?s eyes widened as she realized his hand had stopped its journey right where the locket should have rested. For a moment she was stunned and couldn?t form an answer.

?Do you no longer enjoy it?? he asked softly. He let the hurt he?d been feeling over the past week show.

?No, that?s not it at all,? Relena managed. ?The?the clasp broke and I?m having it fixed, then cleaned.?

Heero nodded but did not remove his hand. Since the day he had given it to her, the locket had rested in that spot. So far as he knew, she had never removed it. It wasn?t until that moment he realized that he hadn?t noticed its absence. Chang didn?t mention it in his report either.

?Heero?? Relena looked at him concerned. She placed her hand over his and repeated, ?Heero? What is it??

Prussian blue eyes flicked up, meeting her for a second before finding another point in the room to focus on. His hand removed itself from its current position, returning to its pocket. Maybe Chang gave her something better to replace it with. Inside Heero felt a sharp pain seemingly stemming from his heart. He tried his best to ignore it.

?I just came by to say that I?m happy you?re back and that I,? Heero swallowed. ?I missed you.?

Relena relaxed before smiling. ?Oh Heero. I missed you too.? She made a move to hug him but Pagan interrupted.

?Master Quatre is here.?

Relena pulled back disappointed. ?Thank you Pagan.?

?I?ll show myself to the door.? Heero walked away from the room leaving a slightly hurt Relena behind.

?Hello Heero,? Quatre greeted in the foyer.

Heero nodded, his head up and eyes staring forward. ?Quatre.? As he passed by the other man he said, ?If you fail, I won?t hesitate to kill you.?

Quatre blanched, remaining silent. He had never been so blatantly threatened by Heero. It scared him more than his battles in the Eve Wars. Is this how Relena felt? I suppose it must be. Quatre looked at the retreating figure. But how did she continue her pursuit of him? Quite suddenly Quatre had an even deeper respect for Relena.

?Hello Quatre,? Relena said as she dashed passed him and out the door. ?Heero!?

Heero had just been about to get into his car when he heard Relena call his name. He turned to see her dashing out of the house, stopping abruptly at the bottom step. He just looked at her, waiting for her to continue.

?You used the front door.?

For a minute Heero was dumbfounded before remembering to what she was referring. ?A smart young woman told me it would be better than sneaking in.?

Relena smiled lovingly at him. ?An even smarter young man told me to never lose the little girl inside.?

Then was he really all that much smarter? ?And have you? Lost the little girl??

Relena shook her head. ?Not when it comes to you. I never will so long as you live. Not even when I?m an old hag.?

Heero looked off to the side digesting her last three comments before looking back at her.

?Good. I?m glad.?

He then got in his car and drove off.

~~~

?Where?s her locket??

Wufei looked up from a set of files and sighed. ?What??

?Are you deaf as well as incompetent? Where?s her locket?? Heero picked up the files and tossed them across the room.

Wufei pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed. Heero never had a real childhood, so he?s using his twenties as a decade long version of the terrible two?s. It?s just a tantrum Chang. Stay calm. ?What locket are you talking about?

?The one I gave her last year.? Heero stared at his ?partner.?

?Tell me something first. What?s so special about it other than it was your birthday present to her??

Heero was quiet a moment. Chang was being exceptionally calm. It worried Heero but he put it aside. The locket was more important. He contemplated whether he should be honest.

Finally he said, ?It contains pictures. One side has her birth parents, along with Zechs and Relena as a baby. The other side has a picture of Relena with the Dorlian's not long before Mr. Dorlian died.?

Wufei nodded. But before he could answer Heero?s original question the other man continued.

?There?s another compartment for a picture. You press a small button and the Dorlian photo swings open revealing another picture.?

?Continue,? Wufei said. He was fascinated at Heero?s sentimentality. It was a wonder in and of itself.

Heero scowled at him. ?If you must know, it?s a picture of Relena and me.?

?What?s so special about that??

?That?s none of your concern.?

?For now. It may become useful later.?

?How so?? Heero questioned, looking at Chang suspiciously.

?The rapist has it. He told Relena that she didn?t deserve a gift so precious. He also referred to her as a whore and you as a murderer.?

?How original,? Heero stated dryly.

Wufei nodded.

?You didn?t mention it in your reports.?

?No,? Wufei answered. ?I didn?t. She wanted only me to know. She didn?t tell the police, Une, Pagan, or anyone else. Maybe my cat but she doesn?t count.?

Heero glanced at Wufei before moving his attention to another part of the room. ?So that?s your furball.?

?Her name?s Bo,? the Chinese man informed him.

?Hn.? Mental note, don?t tell Chang I ?stepped? on his cat ?accidentally? or that I kicked her not so ?accidentally.?

Heero walked over to the files on the floor and picked them up. He handed them back to Wufei. ?Any new information on the last letter??

Wufei nodded. ?AB negative. They did a DNA profile but currently have nothing to compare it to. If we still had that foreign hair we?d know if it was one person or more.?

?You said that all previous evidence just disappeared.?

Wufei nodded.

?I know you?re not incompetent and must have checked to see who the last person was who examined it or checked the lot out.?

?Une three days prior. Checked out at two-twenty seven and checked back in at three-forty. This was all in the afternoon.?

Heero sighed. ?When did we notice it was missing??

?Dr. Anders went to check it out at eight-forty five, three days after Une. When the clerk went to the back to get the box, it was missing.?

?So anyone could have gone in there and just taken it.?

Heero leaned his head against the office window. The cool glass helping to calm his rising temper.

?I?m going to kill him Wufei. When we find him, I?m going to kill him and I won?t feel guilty.? He looked over at his fellow Preventer expecting to be met with a look of arrogant righteousness. He found none. ?I?ll take pleasure in it.?

?Get in line Yuy.?

~~~
AN: Sis, this one was for you. *takes a bite out of her lemon filled cupcake* I posted, now it's your turn. Cough it up! ^_^

[AFI]

OoOoOoOoOo...rising actions between Heero and WuWu...Good job!

[Melville's Best Friend]

*squeals with glee and delight and all-around-happiness*

After all that's happened to me today, this....*cries* made it all better!!! *glomps Wicked*

This was great!!!!! Well worth the *cought*threemonthwait*cough*

You say it was only 1 1/2. Donno beleaf joo.

I loved it! It made me happy in my where we live, and I look forward to the next part....with LEMONY goodness and SECCY Hee-chan in a speedo!!!!

Wicked: There will be no speedos.

MBF: But you said...

Wicked: No speedos.

MBF: Yeah, but--

Wicked: Shh. No.

MBF:......b-

Wicked: no. Don't make me go Dr. Evil on you.

MBF: *tears up*


The next chapter will be out tomorrow, everybody. I promise.

[Numena]

This fic just gets more amazing every time you post another chapter.. I can't wait to see what you have planned next!
I loved the interaction between Une and Trowa, and the interaction between Heero and Relena, and Heero's comment to Quatre, and...I just loved the whole thing!
Hope you update again soon! It's so hard to wait from chapter to chapter with this fic...It's so wonderful, I feel like I'm addicted to it.. I need my Within Relena's Shame fix!
Fantastic as always!

[RyanEX2000]

Dorothy....
My Dorothy......
As in my forked eyebrowed,sexy as hell Dorothy....

Oh yes I grovel at your feet,Mistress Wicked.Please allow my goddess to grace the G-boys and.......what's her name....oh yeah,Relena with her presence.

Une and Trowa playing mind games.Heero theatening to kill Quatre(is that done??)....all we were missing was Fei threatening to kill Duo.

[freelight01]

This just gets better and better!!!!! This story is amazing and your a terrific writer!!!! I can't wait to find out what happens next, i wonder what trowa is going to do about Une and Heero about Relena!! Get the next chapter out SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kuno-baby]

AH! How can one story be so damn good! It's not fir...sike. Anyway, wonderful moments with Trowa and Une and especially Heero and Relena. The bits of humor were delightful. I laughed a lot about the Bo and Heero comment. More, more, more!

[aku_ryo]

well what can i say that hasnt already been said by everyone else,
i am thrilled to find another cahpter - check yep been saidcool wu-fei heero talking - check yep been said
ah - okay im still getting used to this trowa une thing - i find it wierd and kinda gross to be honest - its just ew anyway i may yet get used to it -

asides from that naughty heero kicking Bo how can releena love soemone so eeeeevil!!!! go for wu-fei girl - naughty cat kicking heero - i kill you ...

aku akuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[AnimeBabe90]

Me like, Me really like, CONTINUE, and hurry up with the next chapter ^^

[silversong]

Wicked! It was such a long wait, but it's simply beautiful! I love the unspoken dialogue between Trowa and Une. Funny how they're becoming a more popular pairing here, huh?
I love the relationship between Wufei and Heero. Marvelous!

~Silver, W. of S.