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Eight: Not Quite The End
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Title: Not Quite the End
Mini-series: 8th story of `Arguments of The Soul and Mind' series
Status: Complete and unedited. Companion to my other stories of the `mini-series'.
By: Shinigami Goddess (Lionna)
Warnings: shonen-ai/ mild yoai Y'know me: angst, emotional, etc. Always torturing the characters; some language. ACTUALLY…. None of those warnings apply to this part. No warnings, seriously.
Extra note: The last paragraph introduces Blind Target, one of the official mangas. I will be including scenes from BT and using the plot for a few of these next parts until we enter the Endless Waltz segments. I'm working on covering most of the official Gundam Wing story-lines. Anyhow, here goes.
Started: July 15, 2000 (early) Completed: July 15, 2000 (early)
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I cleared my eyesight to find myself facing the ceiling of the medic area. Quatre was to my left and I noted you along with Trowa and Wufei in beds to my right. Sally must have given you something, I doubt a perfect soldier like you could get as exhausted as I was.
I refocused on the ceiling again as I let the thought of the war being over sink in. Now what to do? I had no place to go to - I envy Quatre for that; even Trowa, he has that circus of his. Hmm… I'd wonder about you and Wufei but I've too much to worry about myself. Perhaps I could ask Quatre to go with him - work for a bit, see if I like working. I've never worked in my life.
The ceiling, so appealing - hn. It's just white, how boring. I wondered why I even was keeping my eyes open. I could try falling asleep again, after all. Something kept bothering me in the back of my mind, however, and I just couldn't place a finger on it.
Something bothered me and I felt my skin crawling, someone was watching me. Turning my head I found you standing and staring at me with something wild flinging through the back of your eyes. I raised my eyebrows in question but you ignored it and walked away. My lips turned into a slightly bitter smile; you've always ignored me.
Once we were all gathered and awake again we began listening in on the plans for peace negotiations. I felt incredibly bored, political things - when going into deep detail - never interest me. I always get lost in the talks anyhow. Finally Relena excused us and the five of us sat at one of the mess hall dining tables. I asked what everyone was going to do, now, where they were going to stay. Trowa said he'd be returning to the circus but didn't say more. Wufei didn't answer, pretended to ignore me. You, at least, were honest in saying that you didn't have any plans. Quatre would be returning home to start running his family's business.
I was surprised, but when I announced that I had nothing to do and nowhere to go, Quatre offered me to go with him. I thought about it for a while before accepting, it would be nice to still be around a fellow pilot after the war. I wondered how you'd fare on your own… I guess it's not for me to worry or wonder about. Relena will surely provide you somewhere to stay and a job.
A few days later we finally parted ways. I stood beside Quatre as we said goodbye. I watched you as you moved out of sight and towards your shuttle gate. I felt inclined to say something, to admit a few things to you. It was too late when I finally found the words and so I just smiled at your back. "Sayonara, Heero…" I murmured.
"Nani-o?" Quatre asked me as we boarded our shuttled. I just shook my head and grinned in reply. He shrugged and went about finding our seats. It would be a long shuttle ride, I'd just have to sit tight and watch space from the window.
The Winner residence is huge; I'm not sure I can even explain it in words. You just can't understand it unless you're actually standing there. And his sisters…! So many! And they're all ages - some married, some not; some with kids… Oi, what a large family. It's clear his sisters love him thought, for they pamper him and treat him as a baby. I had to laugh at that.
Quatre is quite focused on his work and is very good at keeping everything organized. Sometimes it's a bit lonely without him around. His sisters that are still on L4 do make good company, however. Iria is a doctor here, she says she met Quatre when tending his wounds after recovering him from outer space. She informed me on a lot of things about the colony and its history. Interesting, but long…
I do wonder how you guys are doing? Trowa likes to check in with Quatre every-so-often so we hear from him. You and Wufei are so distant, though. That's too bad…
We saw Relena on television the other day - seems she's got a new helper. It's strange, Trowa wrote us the same day that we saw Relena's new helper to say that some guy he knew from the mercenaries came to the circus asking for his gundam. Quatre's got a bad feeling about this and so do I. I believe we're splitting up soon to take a look into a few things. I'll have to check on the gundams, Quatre will have to continue keeping up the business while secretly looking into the going-ons lately. Looks like there's some action left…
~~~~~ Owari ~~~~