Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Vacation ❯ Chapter 3

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The Vacation: Chapter Three

~*~*~*~*~*~*~ (From Milliardo's POV)

"Mr. Peacecraft?" I looked up at the small intercom on the long table,

"Yes?"

"I-um... Mr. Maxwell is on his way there sir. I tried to stop him, but..."

"That's fine."

"Mr. Peacecraft... he isn't in a pleasant mood."

"Uh oh!" I heard Quatre whisper. I looked at them, Trowa, Wufei, Quatre, Lady Une, Noin, and Sally Poe all watched me. Just then, the doors to the conference room flew open with a loud bang, only to be slammed shut behind him. Duo was glaring straight at me.

"Is there something the matter Duo?" I asked, and if looks could kill I would have dropped dead right there.

"Yeah Zechs, I think there is!"

"Oh? And what is that?" He stormed over to me, I looked down at the younger man, and at age seventeen he was still much shorter than me.

"Why, if you don't mind explaining, were you over there where Heero and Relena are on vacation?"

"It's none of your concern."

"When somebody puts a gun to my best friend's head and threatens to pull the trigger, I think it qualifies as *my* concern!! And I want an explanation, not that it will be a good one, knowing you..."

"Milliardo, you tried to kill Heero? But why?" Sally asked, but I didn't pay them any attention, my focus was on Duo,

"As stated before Duo, it's none of your concern. You aren't aware of the situation, where as I am, nor do you know the circumstance of what happened-"

"You didn't even give the chance for an explanation! You didn't have the right to be over there in the first place!! Nothing happened! And I think Relena would be very upset to know that you don't trust her more than that! It's her life! Quit trying to live it for her!! And second, Relena couldn't be safer with anyone else than she is with Heero, *and* she couldn't be happier!"

"Hmph! Heero is a con artist! One who can't and couldn't ever be trusted! He withholds information, he disappears and reappears with out a trace, he refuses to get rid of his mobile suit, plus a million other things!! How do you know he doesn't plan to kill her and cause complete and utter chaos?!"

"One, he's risked his life to safe hers too many times to count, two, he's devoted his life to protecting her and the peace, third..." he replied reaching into his pocket, and bringing a tape player out, setting it on the table, "this is the reason she is safer with him rather than anyone else, and the reason you should leave them alone." with a click Heero's voice began to float from the machine,

"I won't ever let anyone hurt her, I'm going to keep her safe no matter what. I can't loose her... it would kill me... to live in a world without her, I need her more than I need my next breath, she's the only reason I want to live..." Duo clicked the machine off, I stared at him in disbelief, he can me a sinister smile,

"And that Milliardo, is only the very beginning of the tape. That was a portion of a resent conversation between Heero and I, that I happened to tape without his knowledge."

"Well for God's sake! Turn the thing back on Duo!!" Lady Une exclaimed,

"I think that after all we've done to try and get them together the rest of us deserve to hear the truth about how he feels about her, and besides that..." she crossed her arms, "I'm just plain awestruck and nosy about the two of them, and how their minds work when it comes to what one thinks of the other." Duo looked at them and grinned like there was no tomorrow,

"Well ladies and gentlemen... you are in for a real treat!" and pressed the play button again...

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ (From Relena's POV)

"You're babying me." I replied with a grin, as Heero held up another spoon full of food,

"I am not. You shouldn't have gotten out of bed yesterday, and I'm shocked that you were able to lift the gun," I took a bite of the food, and he continued, "when I got shot, I couldn't eat for days because I couldn't lift a spoon."
"I find that very unlikely. You self destructed and didn't die-"

"Thank God." he whispered, I tilted my head to look at him,

"Why do you say that? I thought you always wanted to die."

"Yes, I did always want to die, but now it's different... now I'm glad I'm alive and didn't die."

"Why is that?" I asked softly, he looked at me; his eyes soft and compassionate, showing his emotions, though his face and voice did not,

"Because now I have you..."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~ (From Milliardo's POV)

Noin, Lady Une, and Sally were dabbing their eyes, Quatre sniffed once or twice, Trowa was smiling, and Wufei couldn't hide the faint smile that was on his face, but I couldn't believe what I had heard off of the tape. Heero had said he loved Relena, wanted to marry her, wanted *my* permission first, and somehow or another, *admired* me for being the over protective brother that I was. I was completely dumb-founded; I just couldn't believe it!

"That was beautiful." Noin sniffed

"That was so sweet." Sally added

"Mm hm." was all Lady Une could get out; I just stared at the tape recorder. Suddenly, an idea came to me. A way to apologize for the day before, and way for a truce.... I grabbed the tape recorder and headed for the door,

"HEY! That's my tape recorder!" Duo protested, I turned to him, handing him a bill from my pocket,

"Here's twenty dollars. Go buy you a new one." and with that I left to go see Heero and Relena...

~*~*~*~*~*~*~ (From Heero's POV)

The person at the door knocked again, louder this time,

"I'm coming!" I answered as I came down stairs. Opening the door I saw Zechs, I looked at him a minute, unsure of what he was there for, then opened the door more for him to come in, but he didn't come in,

"I came to talk to you. Where's Relena?"

"Upstairs."

"Is she asleep?"

"No."

"Then come outside." I did as he said and looked at him, slightly confused,

"Didn't you come to see Relena?" He shook his head,

"In part yes, but mainly I came to talk to you." I nodded and he continued,

"I came to apologize for the other day." Mentally I was gaping at him, but my soldier training wouldn't allow even the slightest change in my poise, I was completely shocked, I knew that had to have been extremely hard, almost impossible for him to say, for him to apologize to *me*. He continued,

"I over reacted and didn't even give the chance for an explanation, not that I would have listened to it anyway. I know you wouldn't, or at least I hope, you wouldn't do anything like that, but I know she's safer with you than anyone else," he paused, taking a breath, " and also I came to see if you would be willing for a truce between us, over the war, Relena, and anything else we don't exactly.... agree on." he said the last part slowly, causing me to smile. I held out my hand,

"Forgiven, but not forgotten." he shook my hand,

"As it should be." I somehow felt greatly relieved, as if a great burden had been lifted off of me. Zechs and I could probably never be friends or anything like that, but we had agreed to put up with each other and get along, but then again, as for us being friends, anything was possible, I was best friends with Duo wasn't I?

"Come on. Relena will be glad to see you."

~~*~~

"Heero what happened between you and my brother?" Relena asked after Zechs had left and I had come back into her room, I sat down on the bed next to her,

"Nothing, we are just okay with each other now. And agreed to disagree." Her eyebrows went up in surprise,

"What did you do to him, brainwash him, or cause him to have serious brain damage and he can't think like he normally does?" I laughed at her reaction,

"I love the sound of your laugh Heero, you should do it more often." she replied, I smiled at her,

"I'm working on that. But no I didn't do anything to your brother. He came to me. I didn't expect it at all, and he caught me quiet off guard, of course I never expected anything like that to come from him."

"Seems as if we are all slowly getting back to normal."

"Yeah." I replied, she laid her head against my shoulder,

"Heero, do you regret your life? I mean do you regret that you were a soldier, and fought in the wars, and all of that?" I sat there a minute thinking over what she had just asked me, alot of it I did regret, and wanted more than anything to be able to forget it, but then there were other things that I was glad had happened, I had met people that had taught me something important, I had met Relena.

"I hated being the Perfect Soldier, hated having to do all of the things that came with the title, but I don't hate the out come it had."

"Though you took lives, in the end you saved millions of lives. You saved yourself."

"No that was you, Relena, who saved me. If it weren't for you, I would have been dead long ago."

"If you would have died, we would both be dead, and God only knows were the world would be today. But I don't regret that you were a Gundam pilot. I regret that you were put through such horrible things, but I would never give up The Perfect Soldier or Heero Yuy. I love you both too much. I love *you*." I kissed the top of her head, and gave her a gentle squeeze,

"I love you too, Relena."

"Heero, do you realize that without you, none of this could have happened. The world would still be at war or enslaved, the world would have been hit by Libra, and so much more. You are a hero."

"Hn." She curled up closer to me, her breathing evened out as she drifted off to sleep, my own consciousness leaving me shortly after...

~*~*~*~*~*~*~ (After their vacation is finally over) (From Relena's POV)

"Sigh, well, back to paper work, meetings, and politics." I replied gloomily,

"Well, you need to take a vacation more often. It has done you a ton of good." Sally replied, I smiled,

"I think it has done alot of good for more people than just me, Sally."

"How are you and Heero?" I felt my cheeks growing warm,

"We are fine. He seems to be better now, and we are alot closer."

"Define 'closer'." she replied with a grin,

"Now I don't really think that is any concern of my doctor."

"You're right, it isn't, but what about a curious female friend?"

"Alright you win. Closer, as in... I have never seen this side of Heero Yuy before." Sally's eye got wide,

"You don't mean the two of you..."

"Heavens NO! No, no, no, no, no. I didn't mean that! There is just a whole lot more to Heero than what you might expect."

"As in what?" Noin asked as she entered the room with Lady Une. I looked at them,

"If I tell you, you have to promise to never tell a soul." they all nodded there heads in unison,

"Okay, well, first of all he's really sweet. And just as protective as Milliardo! Oh, he's so... I don't even know of a word to describe him... perfect. I love him to death."

"And does he love you?" Noin inquired, I couldn't fight the smile that spread across my face,

"....Yes." Noin and the others got closer, their faces eager for details,

"Well, he actually told me right before we were attacked-"

"Well, there's a real romantic moment for you." Lady Une replied, I laughed,

"Actually... it was, because.... he kissed me." all three of them made sort of squealing sounds,

"So when did you tell him?" Sally asked curiously,

"Actually, I told him on accident. It just sorta came out, I panicked and ran, he grabbed me, asking me if it was true, I was so embarrassed and scared-"

"Why were you scared?"

"Because I thought he'd be mad at me, disappear, and I'd never see him again. I didn't want to loose him. Well, after I finally admitted that it was true and that I loved him... he kissed me, and then he held me and said he loved me. *Then* we were rudely interrupted!"

"I'll say!" Noin laughed, I smiled at them, it was good to be home.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ (Heero's POV)

"So then, it's okay if I ask her?" I asked him, he nodded at me,

"Just don't ever hurt her and keep her safe."

"I won't, and she will be.... Thank you, Zechs." I replied, he nodded, and I left.

I looked for Relena in the crowd of people, we were at a charity/dedication ceremony, that celebrated the end of the war. It was being held outside, and I and the others were dressed in our Preventor uniforms, standing protectively in front of a large object, hidden from view by a huge sheet. I knew it was some sort of statue, most likely one made for Relena. Suddenly, I saw Relena coming to the stage, she smiled at me, then walked to the podium to give her speech,

"Today marks the anniversary of the end of the war. A war that took the lives of millions, but those lives were not lost in vain, and because of people like those dedicated soldiers is the reason we have peace today. But a great deal of the credit goes to a group of soldiers that inspired the hearts of people everywhere, people of all ages, shapes, and sizes. Soldiers that fought for what they knew was right, even when they were rejected by the ones they were fighting for, it is to those soldiers that this national monument is dedicated. To the ones who really brought peace to the people of the earth and colonies... the Gundam Pilots!" The sheet was taken off of the statue, the secret revealed, it was a statue of the Gundams, all six, even Epyon was included, we stared at the statue in amazement, shock, and disbelief, just as the crowd erupted with cheers and screams, some screaming 'long live the Gundam pilots', I looked over the crowd, they were all jumping and screaming, cheering and celebrating. I had never felt such a feeling of joy as I looked at them, the memory of crowds screaming for our execution was soon forgotten as I watched the sea of faces. They didn't hate us, they saw us as heroes! I looked at the others, they were all smiling, eyes glistening their joy and peace. Relena walked over to me, her eyes glistening with her joy-filled tears. Noin walked up on stage, followed by Zechs, who stood in line next to us. Then Noin, one by one, took a medal and put it around each of our necks, before standing over to one side, straight and erect, saluted, a smile on her face, the act was soon followed by others in Preventors and retired military leaders; all of them giving their approval and thanks. I looked at the others, and they all smiled at me. Again the crowd went wild, whoops of joy filled the air, and I knew everything from now on would be okay...

~~*~~

I took Relena's hand, leading her out to the gardens, the night was beautiful, so peaceful, the moonlight gave the gardens a heavenly air. I stopped and faced her,

"I wanted to thank you, what you did meant a great deal to me and the others. We can never repay you for what you have done. You set us free, free from our guilt and shame, and helped us to realize that the people no longer hate us.... you don't know how much that meant to them or me. Thank you." she shook her head,

"You don't need to thank me Heero. You were a hero to begin with, but the people didn't realize it, because they were being lied to. You are more of a hero to me and everyone else than any monument can ever say. I love you so much."

"That's another reason I wanted to talk to you." I took her hands in mine, "Relena... will you marry me? I love you like I never thought it was possible to love a single person. I don't ever want to be with anyone else. You are the other half of me, and without you, I will always be incomplete. Please say you will marry me, Relena." she stared up at me, her lower lip trembling in her effort not to cry,

"Yes, I will marry you Heero." she sniffed, I wrapped my arms around small frame, unable to say anything, because of the feelings that coursed through me. I pulled back some, gently pushing a strand of her hair away from her face, before leaning down and kissing her gently on the lips. When we pulled away, she laid her head against my shoulder, I looked up to see four smiling faces that peeked out at us from the window inside. I laughed,

"Looks like we have an audience."

"Then lets give them a show they won't forget." Relena whispered looking up at me, a smile on her face. I smiled at her, before kissing her once again, and with that, we gave them a show neither they nor us would soon forget.....

The End.

AN: Well, that's the end, I hope you liked it. Please tell me what you thought about it. And go read my other fics, I have a new one out (also a HYxRP) please R&R.

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~*Tenoko*~