Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ It's a Mad Univerese ❯ Friend or Foe? ( Chapter 8 )

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Chapter Eight: Friend or Foe


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Chapter Eight: Friend or Foe?

She sat on the cliffs as the waves crashed on the rocks
next to her. Two days into her
vacation, and already she was restless. Once Sally Po had checked her over and
made sure her injuries were completely healed, she had been detained for
questioning by Lady Une, head of the Preventers. Instead of convicting her for
killing and destruction of private property, her charges had been dropped
because she worked for Doctor J. She didn't understand why that would get her
out of the justice system, but as long as she wasn't in jail, she didn't care.

After all of the important legal
stuff had been completed, Quatre had asked her to stay at his home in the Sank
Kingdom Sea Cliffs for her vacation week. Without anywhere else to go, she heartily
accepted (of course, she had had to remind herself she was a heartless killer,
so she couldn't act happy about anyone caring enough about her to invite her to
stay with them). However, after only two days, the routine was too predictable.
She, Trowa, and Hiiro were always the first awake, and the last to bed each
day. Quatre made breakfast, lunch and dinner every time, and Duo goofed off
while Wufei was either trying to kill him or focus on his kata of the day. As
for she, Trowa, and Hiiro, Trowa spent a good deal of time with his girlfriend,
Catherine. She was a nice girl, and had told Sai right off the bat that she
should call her Cathy, but Sai stuck with Catherine for some odd reason. Hiiro
spent most of his time either away, or in his room, constantly typing on his
laptop. He reminded her of her self, never wanting to stop work, for fear the
world would once again be ruled be chaos after two days of a break. This was
one of those precious moments where Sai wasn't working, but just lazing around.


"Tide's coming in." Sai turned, surprised to see Hiiro
standing next to her on the rocky cliffs. " Soon, this Rock will be under water
as well."

" Well then, I guess I'll be getting wet tonight, won't
I?" She responded, not making eye contact, but instead gazing out into the
mists.

"Are you cold?" Hiiro had been keeping a close eye on Sai
since she had moved in with them. He saw how she worked just like he, how she
showed no consideration for her feelings or other's reaction to them. Earlier,
he had seen her go down to the cliffs and waited for her return by Quatre's
rose garden, which was situated right above where she had gone down. When she
didn't return after the sun set, he went down to find her. When he found her,
she looked to be deep in thought, and obviously didn't notice the water that
was creeping in, closer to her and the rock she was perched upon. Now that he
was close enough, he saw her shiver, and worried that she would get sick if she
stayed out too late and was too cold.

" Not much." She answered. Hiiro took off his jacket and
put it around her shoulders. It wasn't that cold to him, but she was obviously
colder than she was letting on.

"You've been down here for a while. Why?" He asked her,
trying to start a conversation. He liked her voice, even if it did have a
distant and cold ring to it.

" I was thinking of my friend, Michi-chan. The ocean
reminded me of her. When I thought of her, I thought of he best friend, my
friend Ruka-chan. When that got me thinking, I thought of all my other friends
and family." She had been thinking of home more lately, and was beginning to
feel homesick for the first time since she had left.

"You still have family? Why aren't you with them now?"
Hiiro thought it was a simple and logical question.

"My, my, getting brave and personal, aren't you?" She
snapped at him. "I'll tell you why. What's left of my family, I haven't seen
since I was eleven years old. As for my friends, I could care less about them
now days. End of story, so just go home pretty boy, I'll not answer anymore
questions from you tonight, or ever for that matter."

Hiiro, confused with the answer, went on: "They disowned
you for fighting in the war?"

" They might have if they even lived around here, but no.
They might have if they were even conscience." Hiiro heard that and stopped
pushing the subject. So her parents were, well, unconscious? That confused him
even more, but he didn't want her too mad at him.

"Why did you change your appearance back to the
darker version?"

" Because. I'm not very scary as a blued-eyed blonde, now
am I? Being scary and intimidating is extremely helpful in our line of work,
incase you hadn't noticed." She saw him move towards her throat and pull the
pin, changing her back into Serena.

" I like this version more though. This is the real you.
Before you fought, did you talk more?"

"Did you?" She countered.

"I was never not a soldier. I was raised by an assassin, so I
have always acted like one."

"I used to talk a lot. And laugh, and smile. I don't any
more."

" Because there's nothing to smile about. You're a murderer
and thief."

"Right." She glanced at him. For once, his face was
peaceful, not hard. He looked out towards sea, and then, in her direction. When
their eyes locked, he said to her

"Don't you ever get tired of fighting like the world
depends only upon your victories?"

"All the time. Since before I started. You feel the
same way, don't you."

"All the time." With that, both of them became lost within
each other's eyes and drew closer towards each other. Then, as quickly as the
mood had been set, it was broken by a wave crashing down upon the two. When it
was all over, and they had caught their breaths, Hiiro smiled a wide grin at
her, and Sai returned the smile.

"You just smiled." He said.

"So did you, Hii-kun."

"Hii-kun? Getting bold and personal, now aren't we?" He said,
mocking her earlier comments.

"So what?" She smirked. " Do me a favor?"

"Huh?"

"Call me Serry."

"Why's that?"

"My real name is Serena Usagi Tsukino. Serry is for short."

" Who were you, before the war?" He asked. Now that she
was opening up, he wanted to know more about her, the real her. He listened as
she told him about the craziest things; monsters and demons, witches and
talking cats. He heard how her mother died and father and brother were in a coma.
He heard she tried to kill herself and how she became to be known as Sai.
Though it all sounded so crazy, he believed her. What else could he do? She
told it so innocently, so plainly that he had no choice. When she was done, she
was nearly in tears.

As Serena told her story to
Hiiro, all the built up pain and emotions she had chained behind locked gates
slipped through her, and tears over took her eyes. She cried and cried, with
Hiiro holding onto her all the while. After a while, Hiiro looked down to the
sleeping girl in his arms. She wasn't a killer by nature, but had been thrown
into the fights unwillingly. But she had swum, not sunk, and now she was done
with all of her fighting. He picked her up carefully, so as not to wake her,
and was surprised that she barely weighed anything. He had carried monster guns
that weighed more than she did. As he carried her into the house, the other
five pilots looked up and each made a remark as to the extraordinary scene.

"Yui, why are you caring that
weak onna?" Wufei asked him.

" Hiiro, is she alright?" Asked
Quatre.

"Go Hiiro man! I hope she doesn't
kill you for touching her in the morning!" Screamed Duo.

"I never thought you'd get sucked
in by a girl. I never did." Was Trowa's remark.

"Be quiet, or you'll wake her up.
And if you do that, I won't care if she shoots you where the sun don't shine.
And I haven't fallen for or been sucked in by any girl" Was Hiiro's only reply
to all the others. Then, he carried her up the stairs and into her bedroom.
Kissing her forehead, he said good night softly and left her to her dreams.

~~~Next Morning~~~

Just as
Serena, the real, blonde haired blued eyed Serena, left her room that morning,
she ran into Hiiro, who was leaving his room right across the hall. They stared
at each other for a moment, then Serena gave way and smiled brightly at him.

Hiiro
wanted to talk to Serry again, but he hadn't expected to see her first thing.
While the staring contest between the two raged, he suddenly saw her break into
a full blown smile. She looked beautiful beyond belief when she smiled, more so
than she had ever looked before. The smile was infectious, and soon he was
smiling widely too. Randomly, she broke into laughter.

Quatre
woke to hear a strange noise in the hall way. He had never heard the likes of
which in his home, except for from Duo, and occasionally himself. He heard
laughing. It wasn't Duo, he was sure, because Duo didn't usually wake up until
eleven, and it certainly wasn't him. Just then a knock on his door brought him
out of his reverie. Trowa and Wufei, who had rooms adjoining, entered his room
through Trowa's, which adjoined to his. They gave Quatre a questioning look,
and he had to shake his head. Then, a new laugh joined the first, This one was
rich and deep, a good compliment to the light, almost fairy-ish one that had
sounded first. They all ran to the door to peek out to see who was laughing.
What they saw nearly gave them a heart attack. In the hall stood Sai and Hiiro,
both laughing hysterically at one another. Suddenly, the door across the hall,
Duo's door, opened and he too, saw the laughing scene. Quatre watched as Duo's
eye's bugged out of their sockets when he saw the two seemingly unfeeling
Perfect Soldiers laughing like they always did it.

"Oh my
God! Hiiro! Sai! You're laughing! You're even smiling! I don't believe it! And
me without a camera!" Cried Duo. Suddenly, the laughter stopped. The two turned
to face the four people down the hall, which were watching them with great
interest. Then, they turned to face each other, nodded to each other, and went
back into their respective rooms, without some much as a smirk on their faces.

"Maxwell,
you spoiled the moment. Yui was almost normal for a change. Baka!" Then Wufei
went into the hall and into his own room. Trowa followed in suit, and Quatre
shut his own door, leaving Duo alone in the hall. Just what was going on
between Sai and Hiiro?

Hiiro
scaled the wall with the greatest of ease. Once he reached the top, he found
the balcony doors open, so he entered. He heard the shower running and sat down
on the arm chair in the corner of the room to wait for Sai to finish. Ten
minutes later, she stepped out of the bathroom, dressed and ready for another
day. She grinned at Hiiro, who grinned back.

"Want to
go out to eat, or face the others?" She asked him.

"I
haven't been to the bank for a month, so I'm broke of cash. We have no choice.
Do you mind?"

"Not
really. But if Maxwell tries something, I swear I'll shoot him so he can't have
any kids… ever."

"I'll
even help you." With that, the two left the room and went down to breakfast.

~~~Four weeks later~~~

The last
four weeks had been the best in Hiiro's life. He laughed, smiled, and talked,
but never around the other boys, only around Serry. Sai reverted back to the name
Serena, but only for him. Life was perfect, and it was never going to get any
better. It couldn't get worse at all. Nothing could ruin their lives.

"Hiiro,
penny for your thoughts?"

"Just
thinking how good everything has been lately. And you?"

"Same."
Just then, a multicolored blotch appeared in the sky right above them. Hiiro
looked at the sky, knowing full-well what it was.

" The
dimensional rift! It's back! It could take me home!" She looked at Hiiro, who
suddenly had a dark cloud over his face. She realized why. If she went through,
she might never see him again. But it was her only way home. Since their night
on the cliffs, she had been getting more and more homesick, and a bad feeling
when she thought about how she had just up and left everything at home. She
wanted to go home so badly, but it would mean leaving Hiiro, her best and only
friend, her truest confidant.

"Serry,
go. Find your home." Though it took ever ounce of will power had had to say it,
he knew he had to support her decisions. He knew she had been homesick, and
knew that she would never forgive herself for not taking the only opportunity
to get home.

"And
leave you here on your own? You'd
revert back into all work and no play."

"Serry,
you'll never forgive yourself if you don't go."

"I don't
have my capsules, or my sword. I haven't said goodbye to the others yet. I
can't leave."

" Serry…"

"Come
with me. I want to go home, but it would feel wrong without you around." Hiiro
thought it over. A new world. He could start fresh, live in peace. No more
fighting, or stereotypes about him because he was the Perfect Soldier. A real
home. But what about the boys? And peace here? It was still fragile, and if
another war broke out, who would fight it? Hiiro never noticed Serena drive off
in the jeep. By the time he came out of his reverie however, she was back, with
her sword, capsules, and the rest of the pilots.

"Hiiro."
Said Trowa. "Go. You know the drill. Live on your emotions."

"We'll
take care of peace here, Hiiro, go." Added Quatre.

"It'll be
dull without the daily 'omea wa koruso', but go Hiiro, man, just do it!"

"Yui,
take care of your onna. She needs a strict hand to keep her in order. Go with
her." Was Wufei's simple reply.

"Hiiro.
Please come with me? The rift is closing, please."

" Thanks.
I hope I'll see you again someday. Don't let any radical groups gain an upper
hand with you, and keep training. Duo, Quatre, Trowa, Wufei, good luck. Let's
go." Serena smiled at him, then hugged each of the others, whispering in theirs
ears her goodbyes. Then she turned away.

"Nimbus!"
She cried. She held onto Hiiro's arm, and when the cloud came close enough, she
jumped on it as it zoomed into the rift.