Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Vacation ❯ Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, it's character's, etc. *tear* although I wish I did. Oh! And the plot is mine, created by yours truly through sheer brilliance and intelligence.

Title: The Vacation

Warnings: Slight language, but not much. Oh, and some characters may be a little OOC, but I really don't care so, :p!!!!!

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Last Time

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"I love you." He breathed in her ear.

"Hey Junior!" Two gunshots rang out,

"Hey man shouldn't we call Sally or something?"

"I love her so much..."

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This Time

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(AN: IF I DON'T GET ENOUGH REVIEWS ON THIS CHAPTER, THEN I WON'T PUT UP THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!!! SO THERE! AND LET ME TELL YA, THE NEXT CHAPTER IS A DOOZY! YOU'LL LOVE IT.... BUT IF I DON'T GET ENOUGH REVIEWS.... I THINK YOU GET THE PICTURE)

"Have you ever thought about asking Relena to marry you, Heero?" Duo asked me soberly, I nodded but didn't look at him,

"Yes, but first I'd like to talk to Miliardo."

"Why?!"

"I'd like to have his approval or permission first, because one day, if we did get married, she would look back and wish he had given his approval, and if it wasn't her then it would be me."

"Hold on now, this isn't about you marrying Relena anymore now is it? It's about you wanting Zechs approval as you as a person... isn't it?"

"In part, yes it is, I don't see myself as a worth while human-being, where as Relena tells me that I am, I don't think that I'm good enough for Relena, and I think that she deserves better than me, who I am, and what I've done. And if I did ask her to marry me than I would want Miliardo to tell me that it's okay with him that I ask."

"But... why?"

"Because that's the way that I want it." He paused a moment staring at me, then sighed,

"You and Relena were meant to be together."

"...."

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Zechs and I had spent the entire day together, we had had dinner together and talked for three hours, when we had come out of the restraunt it was dark outside and Zechs had insisted on walking me home; that's where we were now, my doorstep to my apartment, the street light shined dimly on us.

"Thank you for today, I enjoyed it. And thank you for walking me home, although it was unnecessary."

"It's not wise for you to walk home alone at night."

"You'll be walking home alone."

"Yes, but I can take care of myself." I crossed my arms at his response

"Are you saying that I can't take care of myself?" He gave a small chuckle

"I had a good time Noin. Maybe we could do it again sometime." I looked at him, his ice blue eyes glittered in the dim light, I searched his eyes trying to understand what he thinking, feeling, needing, wanting... There were only a few inches between us, my mind whirled, I remembered the kiss, and what I had felt, thought , realized during that kiss, I wanted to kiss him, I wanted him to hold me and never let me go. I think he sensed what I was, he gave me a small smile,

"Good-night Noin." he whispered in a masculine tone,

"Good-night... Zechs." Slowly he turned and began walking down the street, as hot further away, I wanted to ask him the question that kept me awake night after night,

"DO YOU LOVE ME?" I cried out after him, but he didn't stop or answer me, he simply continued on the path to his destination, but I knew that he had heard me; I felt as if a weight had been lifted off of me.

I looked at myself in the mirror, adjusting my Preventor's uniform and checking my hair, Ding-dong! Startled, I jumped. Baka, it's just the door bell! I laughed to myself as I walked to the front door. I opened it to see Miliardo standing in front of me,

"Zechs!?"

"I came to tell you that yes, I do." He replied gently, inwardly I gasped as I wanted to jump for joy, but found that I couldn't move. But he could... his arm was around me as his lips touched mine. It sent a rush of fire through me, making every fiber in my body tingle with desire and excitement. He gently pulled back, I looked at him as I felt my cheeks growing warm and my heart pounding,

"I love you too." I whispered before he kissed me again...

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"She'll live thanks to you. There aren't any serious problems, she lost alot of blood... which I can easily see is all over you. Get cleaned up, and get some rest. Relena is stable, she will probably come-to every now and then, give her these for the pain," she replied handing me a bottle of pills, then continued as she walked towards the door, "Give me a call if she changes. Ugh! I have a one track mind! Heero, you weren't hurt were you?"

"Nothing physical." Sally smiled,

"You need to break that habit of being too hard on yourself, you couldn't have known. Take care now. Bye."

"Thank you, Sally." I called after her as she headed towards her car.

I changed clothes, and washed my arms and hands which were covered in blood.

"Heero?" a voice called weakly; I dashed upstairs and into Relena's room. Walking over I sat next to her on the bed. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at me. I didn't know what to say and even if I had I I wouldn't have been able to say it because of the lump that had formed in my throat.

"I'm... glad th...that you're... okay, Heero." she replied her voice barely above a whisper. I swallowed hard,

"You shouldn't have done it Relena. You shouldn't have risked your life to save mine."

"In protecting... you I-I ... saved both... of our l-lifes. I-I can't live... without... you Heero."

"Shh, don't use up all of your strength." Relena closed her eyes and smiled, as her breathing evened out and I knew that she had fallen asleep.

Relena slept for three days before waking up again, but after an hour she fell asleep. Duo called everyday to check on Relena; I made him swear not to tell anyone what had happened or where we were.

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I was sitting in a white room, when the door opened and Miliardo walked in. His hands were cuffed together, I ran over to him.

"Miliardo what happened?"

"Relena, my dear little sister..."

"What is it, Miliardo." His face was pale and tired. Sadness mixed with fear shown through his eyes.

"Relena, I'm afraid you won't be seeing me for a while."

"What do you mean??"

"Relena, I have to protect you, as I've always told you that I would. And that is what I intend to do."

"What are you saying Miliardo?"

"Relena, I'm not going to be here for much longer, but I am keeping my promise." I gasped,

"No Miliardo! You can't! It's not fair you can't die because of me! No! We have to make it out of here alive! Both of us! We have to! I'm not leaving without you." I cried out, shocked and furious at what he was telling me. He frowned at me,

"Relena, you don't need me anymore, in truth, you never really did. All I ever wanted was to be able to protect you and that is what I am doing."

"No you can't! You can't do this Miliardo!-"

"Relena, you don't need me."

"What about Noin?!? She needs you! What about her??" A look of fresh pain flashed across his eyes,

"I love Noin, and she knows that; what I'm doing is for the best. Noin is strong and can take care of herself, she doesn't need me either. No one does..."

"This isn't fair Miliardo! How can you just give up?? You're such a coward! Only cowards give up and that is just what you are doing! You coward." I accused, tears streaming down my cheeks,

"I'm not giving up. I fought my battle and this will be my victory-"

"By giving up?! How is that a victory??" I demanded, he smiled,

"You will understand one day, Relena. And one day you will thank me." I couldn't stop the tears, this was Miliardo, my big brother, yes he had done some horrible things in his life, started a war, killed, demolished cities, countries, etc., but I didn't see that when I looked at him, I saw my big brother, and I loved him, and I knew that nothing and no one could or would ever take his place in my heart and life. Then, Miliardo lifted his handcuffed arms and put them over my head, pulling me into a gentle embrace.

The guards came and took Miliardo away, while two others led me into another white room. To one side of the room was a large white platform, where Heero stood leaning against the wall. Breaking away from the soldiers I ran over to him,

"Heero! They're going to kill Miliardo! We've got to help him!" Heero didn't even look at me,

"You need to get out of here Relena."

"You've got to come with me, I can't just leave you here."

"Relena, I have things under control here. I still have to complete this mission, and I'm not failing it by letting you die!!"

".....Y-your planning to die... aren't you, Heero?"

"Yes, but it's none of your concern so get out of here while you still can."

"Why? Tell me! Why don't you want to live?!" He looked at me, his expression kind and sincere;

"I'm dying for what made me want to live." He replied softly,

"I don't understand."

"Oh Relena, if only I could have told you sooner, if only I could tell you..."

"Tell me what?!" I begged as the two soldiers grabbed me, pulling me away. The soldiers pulled me towards a door as I struggled to break free; a man followed by six more soldiers walked into the room, stopping the man looked over at me.

"Wait! Let her stay. I think that it is necessary that we show the Vice Foreign Minister how much it cost to keep her safe." I looked over at Heero, who was still leaning against the wall, realization of what was happening finally hit me,

"NNNNOOOOOO!!!! Heero RUN! You can't die!! You don't have to do this!!!" I again tried frantically to escape from my captors, but their grip was too tight, and they didn't let me go. The other soldiers got in line in front of the platform as Heero walked to the center of the platform and faced the soldiers.

"Do you have any last words?" The general taunted, with a grin of victory plastered on his face, after a moment Heero spoke,

"I have only one thing to say."

"Begging for your life won't help you now!" he sneered, Heero frowned with a grunt of disgust,

"I don't beg for anything. All I have to say is this," he replied as he turned to me, "I'm doing this because I love you, my dear Relena." Gunshot and my agonized scream filled the air as his lifeless body crumbled to the ground and his words rang in my ears,

/I love you, my dear Relena./

/I love you, Relena./

/I love Relena./

/Relena./

"Relena! Relena, open your eyes! Relena!"

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Her screams had instantly awaken me, now I shook her trying to wake her up from the horrors of her dream, suddenly her eyes shot open,

"Heero!" she gasped seeing me; she clung to me, her head against my shoulder as she began to cry again; her body wracked with sobs. I put an arm around her waist as I stroked her hair in an effort to calm her.

"Don't ever leave me, Heero." she begged when her tears finally stopped, I smiled and held her closer to me.

"I love you." I whispered and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead, before carefully laying her back against the pillows,

"Go back to sleep Relena"

"Heero, don't leave me. I don't want to stay by myself, I can't, I'm too afraid! The dream was too real and-" Heero put a finger to her lips to shush her, as he nodded,

"I'll stay with you, Relena, so don't worry." Relena closed her eyes and relaxed,

"Thank you, Heero, thank you..." her voice drifted off as she fell asleep; I cautiously laid back next to Relena, then, as if even in her sleep she knew that I was there she moved closer to me, I smiled and gently put an arm around her waist. I could definitely get use to this. (AN: Oh, yeah! We know you can Heero, we know you can! ^_^)

"Sweet dreams, Relena." I whispered before falling to sleep.

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Sally and Duo had both been acting really strange for the past few days, and I was suspicious. A few days earlier, Sally had gotten an emergency phone call, she had disappeared, only to show up hours later and refused to say what had happened. Plus, she had been making secret phone calls everyday, but she never said who she had talked to and what about. She knew something that I didn't, but I intended to find out!

Sally was on the phone with Duo, in her office. Perfect! I thought, as I turned on the intercom on the phone in my office, and quietly listened to their conversation.

"So far she seems safe... do you think he'll try and kill her again?" Sally asked.

"I don't know, I would have never thought he'd try to kill Relena."

"You said yourself that he probably wasn't trying to kill Relena."

"Well, that bullet did come close to her heart, an inch to the left and two inches down would have killed her for sure."

"How's Heero been since she got shot?"

"Really, I don't know what to think about Heero anymore, I mean... he's like a completely different person than what we know him as. Really,... he's starting to scare me! Maybe he's been brainwashed or sumthin'"

"Well, I told you that I thought something like this might happen, but I doubt that he has been brainwashed. Don't mention this when they get back, we don't want to make Heero mad, Lord only knows what he'd do then."

"Yeah, I know."

"Does anyone else know where they are?"

"I don't think so. I didn't even know that Relena owned a beach house. And besides that, I didn't even know that it was there, because of how it's surrounded by all those trees, I had no clue."

"You never do, Duo." Sally replied with a laugh,

"Hey!!"

"I'm just kidding. Well, I think she'll be safe."

"Yeah, I hope so. Well, I gotta go or Hilde is gonna kill me." Sally laughed,

"Alright, Duo. Bye" Heero shot Relena? I knew it! I think it's about time I paid Heero a little "visit".

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A small noise had charred me awake, it was early in the morning, the sun started to float through the window; the sound had sounded as if it had come from downstairs. Normally, I would have gotten up to go see what had caused the noise, but I was too comfortable, Relena was lying close to me, her head against my shoulder as one hand held onto my shirt and the other wrapped around me; my arms around her waist. I looked at her, she looked so peaceful, like a sleeping angel. That's because you are an angel, Relena. One day I'll help you see that. 'Creak'! I snapped my attention to the doorway; there stood Miliardo. He was glaring straight at me, his eyes ice cold pools of pure fury...

I led Miliardo downstairs before saying anything,

"What are you doing here?" I demanded,

"You SLEPT with MY SISTER????!!!!! YOU LITTLE SON-OF-A-"

"Keep your voice down! Do you want to wake her up?? Now, what are you doing here?"

"Why the hell were you in MY SISTER'S BED?????? ANSWER ME, YUY!!!!" he ordered, Yuy?? Now, that's a change of pace.

"I can't believe you SLEPT with my sister!!!!!?????!!!! You better have one damned good excuse!!!"

"Yes, I did sleep with Relena, but not the way you think."

"NOT THE WAY YOU THINK?????? What kind of-"

"You still haven't explained what you are doing here. And how did you find out where we are?"

"I overheard Duo and Sally saying something about Relena being shot; I came for an explanation and to make sure she is alright."

"Well, congratulations, you win the brother of the year award."

"Don't mess with me, Yuy. Do you deny sleeping with Relena?"

"No."

"How dare you corrupt my sister!!" he exclaimed; I couldn't help laughing,

"What are you laughing at?!"

"You. Corrupt your sister? Zechs, I-we didn't do anything, she had a nightmare and begged me not to leave her alone. Besides, I'm wearing blue jeans and a tee-shirt!"

"Are you mocking me?"

"Yes."

"How dare you." he growled as he whipped out a gun and put it to my head,

"Give me one good reason why NOT to blow your head off."

"Me." a female voice replied, Gunshot. Miliardo's gun lay on the ground next to him, as Miliardo clutched his hand in pain; I looked up and saw Relena standing on the stairs, a smoking gun in her hand. Quickly, I was at her side, lifting her off of her feet, gently holding her close to me.

"Relena, you should stay in bed! I don't want you getting hurt again, or reopening that wound." Relena put her head against my shoulder, but kept the gun trained on Miliardo.

"I'm fine, but I can't let you get hurt," she replied as I carried her over to where Zechs was standing,

"Miliardo, I'm always happy to see you, but not like this. I'm not going to let you or anyone one else hurt Heero."

"Relena..."I whispered, she looked at me,

"Heero, you have saved me more times than I can count, and I'll never be able to repay you, but I am going to try to repay you in some way. ....Heero, I won't lose you."

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She looked at him adoringly; his expression was so tender, in his eyes you could see that he loved her. I felt sick. I didn't even notice the pain in my hand as I looked at them. He held her gently, carefully; her head rest against his shoulder.

The pacifist princess held in the arms of her beloved knight.... Snap out of it!!! Don't think that! He's Heero! He's not good enough for her!

"Miliardo... why *are* you here?" Relena asked, her voice breaking into my thoughts. Heero looked at me, and then at Relena,

"He found out that you got shot, and came to see if you were alright." He informed her, What is he doing? Why did he just say that? What is he doing?

"Thank you Milliardo, but as you can see, I'm fine."

"I'm not so sure... I think you should come back-"

"No! No, I plan on finishing my vacation. I've realized how much I needed one and I'm enjoying my time off. I will be back when my vacation is over, but no sooner." she replied sternly, inwardly I let out a sigh of disappointment and frustration,

"Alright Relena, as long as you're okay and you're happy."

"I am." she replied, dropping her head to his shoulder and closing her eyes,

"Relena, you should have stayed in bed, your body isn't well enough to be walking around." Heero told her quietly; she only mumbled her protest, as Heero motioned for me to take the gun. I held the gun a moment as I watched Heero carry Relena upstairs; set the gun on the coffee table and left.

Slowly, I walked in the direction of my car. I felt empty, alone, betrayed, and baffled. Could he love her, and I just don't realize it? But he has nothing to offer her, so what could she see in him?

/What about love?/

What? Love won't keep her safe and taken care of!

/No? Then what do you have to offer Noin?/

That's not the point!

/I don't see how it is any different/

It way different!

/How?/

Well... first of all...

/Yes?/

Well it...

/I'm waiting./

That's me and Noin, this is Heero and Relena! He's not good enough for her!

/Have you ever wondered if Relena thought Noin wasn't good enough for you?/

What are you talking about?

/You're jealous./

I am not!

/You are the only one who doesn't accept him, and accept them as a couple. You should accept him too./

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She had fallen asleep before I had even put her to bed. I was now in the living room. I stared at the gun on the coffee table, and then the tracks outside that had been left by Milliardo. I walked over to the vid-screen and quickly punched in a few numbers. Suddenly Duo's face came on the screen,

"Hey Heero ol' buddy! How's Relena? Did she get worse?"

"She's fine. Did you tell Zechs about what happened?"

"Huh? No.... why?"

"Because he came here and tried to kill me."

"What?! Why?"

"Never mind. He mentioned something about you and Sally talking about Relena getting shot."

"Hm... he must have eavesdropped one of our conversations. But why would that make him want to kill you?" I didn't answer, but I felt my cheeks growing warm; Duo noticed,

"What happened that you aren't telling me?"

"He started screaming that I slept with Relena." Duo's jaw came unhinged, hanging open, as his eyes grew three sizes,

"Did you?"

".....I-um- technically, yes-"

"YOU SLEPT WITH O'JOUSAN?! It can't believe this!! uh-uh! No way! Seriously!?"

"Just shut-up, okay? I don't want the whole world to know. Besides, I didn't sleep with her like *that*! Just...-"

"In the same bed together." he replied in a voice that let you know he had another meaning to it, and he only emphasized the point by raising his eyebrows repeatedly,

"Don't be a hentai baka!"

"He, he, he. Alright, I'll find out about Zechs and the mixed message. Gimme a call if O' Jousan changes any, okay?" I nodded, and went to turn off the vid-phone,

"Hey! Don't I get a 'Thank you'?!"

"Thanks." I mumbled just as the screen went blank...

~*To Be Continued*~

AN: I know it took me a while to get this chapter out, and I'm sorry, I just don't think this is one of my better fics, and I, myself, don't really think it is that great, but obviously all of you do like it, so I promise not to take so long getting the next chapters out. K?

Another AN: GO READ MY OTHER FIC 'Moon Dream' IT'S REALLY GOOD, SO PLEASE GO READ IT! THANX! ~*Tenoko*~