Hey Minna - San! I wrote this one-shot fic a long time ago, so I hope you all like it.
See Ya in the funny pages ^_^
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"Hey man, you ever gonna go back?"
"No."
"Why? I mean why stay in this dump with nothing. No outside contact.
Nothing except your laptop. Just go back!"
"No."
"You are even more stubborn than she is. I tried, Hilde tried, even
Relena tried to get her to forget you. She won't! She is convinced
that you are still alive. How long has it been since you last saw her?"
"7 years."
"So...Either go back or really DIE!" A rather tall man, with violet
eyes and long brown braid yelled.
"I can't" the figure concealed within a blanket of shadows, coldly
replied.
"Why?" *If he doesn't give me a good reason, than I am knocking him
out and dragging him back.*
"I failed her." He whispered.
"What I couldn't hear you, could you repeat that?" The violet eyed
man 'slightly' shivered under the other man's glare.
"I failed her Duo." He said louder.
"So, just go back on your hands and knees, say your sorry, bring her
favorite flowers. Kiss and make out."
"Make up."
"What?"
"It's 'kiss and make up'."
"Ya, but that's no fun."
"I wont go back."
"Fine, make her suffer forever. It's not like you care how she feels,
its not like you have a heart Hiiro. Cause someone with a heart
wouldn't let this happen to a per-" he stopped in mid-sentence,
because he had a gun pointed at his head.
"You know nothing Duo. I hate not being able to go back to her. I
would have rather died than put her through this. But I made a
promise and I intend to keep it." he coldly stated. "Leave"
"Fine!" Duo brushed past Hiiro and headed for the door. "Next time I
come, I won't be alone." he threatened as the door closed.
Putting away his gun. Hiiro sat down on his bed;
pulling out an old, faded picture of a younger him, wearing black
pants, and a white shirt with the first few buttons undone. There was
a girl with shoulder length golden brown hair, wearing a black,
sleeveless chinese dress with silver dragons embroiled on it. Finally
her emerald green orbs, so focused in him. On his steel blue eyes.
"Makoto."
~*FlashBack*~
As he ran down the hallway looking for away out of the now explosive
building. When he saw a man, all in black run to a side door,
breaking the lock with his foot and enter the room.
Hiiro ran into the room, just in time to see the black clad man
smash open a window; than jump up onto the window sill. Turning
around he found himself looking down the barrel of Hiiro Yui's gun.
"Are you going to stand there, or jump with me. The building will be
exploding in..." the man checked his watch. "20 seconds." Hiiro put
his gun away, seeing that it had no effect. He watched as the man
jumped out of the building, fall till he hit the side of the mountain
and start rolling till he hit the ground.
Quickly Hire did the same and soon found himself
beside the guy. Noticing that the man was unconscious, Hiiro looked at
his (the unconscious mans) watch *0:02, 0:01* quickly covering the
unconscious person with his own body *0:00* and waited for the blast.
That did come. After the rocks and chunks of the building stopped
pouring down. Hiiro noticed something, the guy that was dressed in
all black, was actually a girl dressed in all black. Hiiro pulled
off the mask to reveal a girl with a huge gash in her forehead, and
a few cuts on her face. Not to mention what ever was hidden under the suit.
He checked for a pulse, he found it.
*Odd her pulse is very strong, yet she is unconscious.* As he picked
her up -princess style- a sharp pain shot threw his left arm.
*Hn...Broken.* Since she was small, he could easily carry her with
his right arm.
"Um..." Hiiro looked down to see her mumble something, then curl up closer to him.
~*End Flashback*~
"Makoto come with Hilde and me, we have to go shopping for Zain's party.
Please you have to come." Relena took Makoto's hand and lightly pulled on it.
"All right Lena, I will go with you. But why know? We have all day."
"We have to shop for gifts and food. You know how much Duo and Solo
eat. Poor Hilde she has to cook all day just to feed them for five
minutes." Makoto giggled.
"Okay, where is Hilde?"
"She is outside. Come on." The blonde pulled the younger girl out the door.
"Hey Hilde!"
"Oh, I see Lena got you out hu?"
"Ya, her speaking skills are getting better and better every day."
"So do you know what Zain wants for his birthday?"
"what he has wanted ever since he was able to speak." Makoto said quietly.
She hung her head and fiddled with the silver locket, she wore around
her neck.
~*Flashback*~
"Makoto." a quiet voice called. A smile passed over her lips. She
turned around to see the man-of-her-dreams standing at the door.
He had a jacket in his hand and a duffle bag, sitting at his feet. Her
eyes slightly widened,
"Where are you going?" she slowly stood up.
"I have a mission."
"How long?"
"If I fail. Forever." Tears began to fill her eyes, but they never
fell.
"Don't go Hiiro. Please don't." She whispered softly. Hiiro brushed a
fallen tear that had escaped.
"Here." he pulled out a silver locket and put it around her neck.
"Don't open it until I get back,
or if-"
"I won't open it until you get back." He looked into her eyes.
"You will be fine." She
whispered as she hugged him.
"Makoto."
"Yes?"
"I-I..."
"Um hm." She snuggled closer into his chest.
"Never mind." Hiiro sighed as he kissed the top of her head.
~*End Flashback.*~
"So, where is he Hilde? Duo should have been back with Zain 20 minutes ago."
"I don't know Makoto. Duo just said that he had a special gift to give
him. Maybe it is taking longer than he expected."
"I guess. But he should have realized, that all the guys have taken
time off to be with Zain today."
"Uncle Duo?"
"Ya, kid."
"Where are we going?"
"To visit an old friend."
"Why do I have to come?"
"Because he knows you mother. And I bet he would love to met you."
"So..."
"Zain, just watch. This will be the best birthday present you will
ever get."
"Oh...Okay Uncle Duo." They pulled up to an old apartment building.
The paint that used to be white was now either gray or black.
Most of the windows either had cracks in them or had cardboard,
garbage bags and duct tape to block off the cold wind.
"Uncle Duo. If your friend knows you and mommy, than why does he live
here?"
"What do you mean?"
"Couldn't he stay with you or mommy or Uncle Quatra, cause he has
lots of money. Or Uncle Wufei or Uncle Trowa?"
"He could, but he likes it here."
"Oh, okay." The now 7 year old boy happily squeaked. They walked into
the run-down building and over to the room, with the number '01'
(the first door on the left.)
"Okay kid, if you get a little scared at how he acts, don't worry.
He tries to act tough, but he is a kitten inside, okay?" The little
boy just nodded. *He is mean. Why would mommy like him?*
"Hey Hiiro old buddy, old pal you in there?" Duo yelled through the d
oor. Zain heard some words that his mother always said he should
never say, then saw the door open.
"What do you want Duo?" A very hard and cold voice asked.
"I only came to see how you were doing. Oh and I brought you a gift."
"Hn."
"Awe, come on Hiiro. Let us in."
"Us?"
"Yes us, and no it's not Makoto." Hiiro turned around and walked
back over to his warn out bed. "Come on Zain, he won't bite." Duo
whispered as he softly pulled Zain inside of the very old, small
apartment. Hiiro's eyes left Duo and fell to the boy.
"Who's this?" He asked never breaking his connection with the boys
emerald green eyes.
"This is my little buddy Zain, Zain this is Hiiro." All the little
boy could see of the man hidden within the shadows was his steel
blue eyes, staring at him.
"So Zain." Hiiro said quietly "Who are your parents, and how do they
know Duo?"
*Ah Hiiro always the perfect soldier.* Duo smirked at his thought
"My mommy has known Uncle Duo even before I was born, and I never
met my daddy."
"How old are you boy?" Zain smiled at the question.
"I turn 7 today!" He said happily.
"Why don't you have a father?"
"My mommy said he had to go fight a battle, and no one could go with h
im. Not even mommy. Though she said that she was even better than he
is." Hiiro's head shot up and he glared at Duo.
"Did your mother tell you about him?"
"My mommy said that he was one of the strongest, smartest, and
greatest soldier there ever was. He rescued her many times, that
is how they met." Zain was so happy, he loved talking about his
father, though no one ever talked about him besides 'mommy'.
"Boy, go outside." Hiiro tried to sound kind but it came out as
cold as steel. Zain looked up at Duo.
"Ya kid, just stay outside the door." After the small boy walked out,
Duo found a cold steel gun against his head and a glare to match,
coming from the ex-pilot.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Hey man, I am not the one that abandoned her to raise a child o
n her own."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Hiiro hated repeating his questions.
"Cause I didn't want you to go back to her because she had your c
hild, that would probably be more painful to her, than you never
coming back. And you know, what if you left again. It would probably
kill her,than Zain would have no father and no mother." Hiiro glared
at the babbling man.
"Why did you bring him here?"
"Well..." he brought his pointer finger up to his chin and tapped it.
"I thought it would be a good birthday present for Zain to meet his
father, even if he doesn't know." Duo's eyes trailed over to meet
Hiiro's. "You know we are having a big party for him today. Everyone
will be there. Hilde and Solo, Quatra, Trowa and Catherine, Wufei and
Sally, Relena...Makoto." Duo studied Hiiro's face at the last name.
"No." Duo's face dropped.
"Fine, be that way. Here I am trying to help you out and make you
happy and you just throw it back in my face." Duo turned around,
putting his hand on the handle. "But don't come crying to me when
you're all alone and need to talk." He opened the door and saw Zain
sitting on the floor, talking to a little girl. "Come on kid, we have
to go home."
"Okay, bye Sarah, bye Hiiro!" He yelled from behind him. The
anti-social man growled, then shut the door with a muffled good-bye.
"Duo Maxwell! Where have you been? We have been waiting for you for
over an hour." Makoto had been yelling at Duo ever since he and
Zain walked in.
"Mommy don't be mad, Uncle Duo took me to meet one of his friends."
"Duo you didn't take him drinking did you?" Hilde joked from behind
Makoto, holding the 6 year old Solo. Makoto's eyes grew wide.
"You didn't!"
"No mommy, he took me to see Hiiro!" The small boy blurted out.
Everyone's eyes grew.
"Damn it." Duo hissed.
"Hiiro is alive." Makoto whispered. Her eyes went from shocked to
angry. She turned her head to the braided baka. Throwing him against
the wall and whipped out her gun. "I may be a mother, but I still
know a few things. Now tell me where is he?" Duo slightly trembled.
"It's a different Hiiro I swear, tell her Zain." Still keeping the
gun and her eyes on him, she asked quietly.
"Sweetie, tell mommy about the man." Zain slightly afraid of his
mother, did exactly what she asked.
"He was a bit angry and quiet."
"Did you see the color of his eyes?"
"Um...They were blue." Her eyes grew cold.
"How long Duo?"
"How long what?"
"Don't act dumb Duo, how long have you known about him?"
"Um..."
"Duo I would answer her if I were you." Quatra finally spoke, after
getting over the shock.
"5 years."
*BANG* A bullet from Makoto's gun flew strait towards Duo, missing
his ear by a millimeter.
"You will take me to him now or this time I won't miss." Duo just
nodded and headed for the door.
"Mommy where are you going?" She smiled and bent down.
"To get your father sweetie."
"This is it?" she questioned. Duo just nodded. "What number?"
"01, ironic isn't it?" She smiled.
"Sorry about the threat."
"That's okay." She stepped out of the car.
*01...01...0-* "Ah." Makoto knocked on the door, growing slightly
scared. *Calm down.*
"Duo I will shoot yo-" The annoyed, deep voice stopped dead once he
noticed who was there. His eyes filled with happiness but left as
quickly as it came.
"Hiiro." She softly acknowledged as she entered the room.
"Makoto." Oh how she missed his voice. *No snap out of it.*
"Why?" she whispered, not taking her eyes of the wall. ("Why" it is
such a simple word for many reasons. 'Why didn't he come back?'
'Why so long.' 'Why did you leave?' and so many other questions that
needed to be answered.) *Because he is a baka, that's why.* Makoto
turned around. "Well Hiiro?" That was when there eyes met.
~*Flashback*~
"I have a mission."
"You can't go!"
"Mako you know what will happen if I don't."
"Than I am going with you." Makoto smugly replied.
"No."
"But why? I can help yo-"
"I couldn't do my job if I had you to worry about."
"This will be your first mission without me." she hung her head.
"I just want to protect you."
~*End Flashback*~
Her hand was clutching the necklace. *I can't do this.* Unclipping
the chain, she placed it in his hand. "Good-bye Hiiro." she whispered
"I never opened it." She had to get out of there before he saw her one
weakness. Him.
She began to run, allowing her feet to take her where ever they
wanted. She wouldn't do anything stupid, her only reason was Zain.
He was the only thing that kept her here. As she left, Makoto could
hear Duo yelling at her to stop. Stop, she couldn't stop. Not until
she was far away from him.
Duo watched Makoto run out of the apartment. He didn't know what to
think until she started to run and continued till she was out of
sight. *Damn soldier.* Basically he was not impressed.
"Hiiro what did you do?" Duo just had to know what the baka was
thinking. "How could you let the most perfect thing in the world go!"
*Why is he just standing there?* "Damn it Yui, go after her or
shoot yourself!" Duo was getting tired of this. His best friend was
suffering, because of his own promise. *Promises were made to be
broken.* He had enough of the perfect soldier, and did what any
decent friend would do. He hit him. Not one of those soft taps,
but hard and rib cracking. The soldier looked up from the floor,
his eyes cleared, his mind focused. Hiiro stood up, a cold yet
determined look crossed over his face. He turned and ran out the door.
"That's right. Go get her. You better thank me when you get back!"
The braided boy yelled at the now running Hiiro.
Crystal tears slid down her face. Makoto's heart was broken.
*Why do I still love him?* Her mind flashed back to all the times
when they were together here. In their spot. Standing up she walked
over to the edge. All the lights of the city shone like the sun.
*I wish he was here.* She also wished that she had a coat.
It was cold up there. A large gust of wind surrounded her.
Arms wrapped around her small waist. Makoto closed her eyes.
*I want to forgive you.* Pulling out of the warm arms, *But I can't.*
she turned around.
"Mako, I-"
"Don't you dare Yui!" Hiiro took a step towards her, *Please don't.*
Her mind begged, she couldn't take it. The pain, the longing, the
love. His arms wrapped around her, pulling the small woman close.
"I love you." His words echoed in her mind. Makoto's face was buried
in his chest, tears began to fall once again. She couldn't do this
any more, her heart and soul couldn't take it.
"Hiiro I-" His large hand fell over her mouth. Hiiro reached into his
pocket, pulling out the silver locket.
"Open it." she just nodded. Taking the small object into her hands,
she opened it. Her eyes grew wide, and Makoto did something she
thought she would never do again. She kissed him. Not one of those
soft, light kisses. This one was deep, filled with passion and longing.
"Yes." she whispered once they stopped. "But if you leave again,
I will kill you."
