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ChiChi16
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A/N: I had decided to edit this entire story. I was just reading it the other day and thought "How could I have written this?" I promise to make it better. I will be editing my other stories as well in hopes of finishing them.
Here is the story.
Notes:
iii are thoughts.
/aa/ are changes between different POVs.
uuu indicates flasshbacks.
It's funny. I'd never thought I would wind up back here. That I could never stay away. Here I am back to the one place Icame from. Back to the one place that holds so many memories for me.
My name, my real name anyway, is Relena Peacecraft. I now go by the name Starlight Sapphire (I know it's corny). I was said to have been missing for a couple of years now, maybe even I wish that I was dead...
I now stood before the office of the Preventers. It turns out that I was selected for a job interview with Lady Une, leader of the Preventers. I opened the door and walked inside.
Not much has changed.
I surveyed the area.
The same bland reception area with the same receptionsist. Elevators were to the left. People were bustling about as usual, not noticing that a used-to-be princess was among them.
I should not be here.
I approached the front desk.
I should not be here. They would recognize me, and all will be ruined. I don't want them to know.
"How may I help you?" the receptionist asked, her eyes looking me up and down.
Get me out of here!
"Yes, I am here because I have an appointment with Lady Une," I answered, "I am Star Sapphire."
"She will bewith youin a minute," the lady replied, "if you don't mind waiting here for her."
"Thank you," I smiled. I sat down in a chair and waited for Lady Une.
Minutes passed by...
...Just as I was about to leave, a voice called to me.
"You're finally here!" a voice exclaimed. I turned to see Lady Une approach me.
She didn't change.
"Please to meet you, ma'm," I replied with a smile.
"And polite, too," she continued, "Follow me."
"You look strong," she noticed as we walked down a long corridor.
I had short red hair now. I wore skin-tight pants and a mid-drift tank top. I wore green contacts tokeep my blue eyes hidden.
"I'm stronger than you think," I replied.
Who knew that I would actually learn something from the outside world.
"Now you can meet your coworkers," she continued.
She opened the door to the briefing room. Inside were the guys along with my old girlfriends. Even Heero, Milliardo, and Noin were there. They all sat there, staring at me.
Just breathe.
"You guys," Lady Une started," this is Starlight Sapphire. She will be the new addition to the team. Why don't you start by introducing yourselves."
"I'm Hilde," my old best friend said," and this is Catherine, Dorothy, Sally, and Noin."
Each one answered when their name was called.
"I'm Quatre," the rich boy said," and that's Duo, Wufei, Heero, Trowa, and Zechs."
All of them were silent, except Duo was grinning sheepishly at me.
Wonder what he's planning.
I turned to my brother.
"You're Milliardo Peacecraft," I said," Whatever happened to Relena Peacecraft?"
Heero glared at me, and Noin looked away.
"She is dead," Lady Une explained sadly.
Don't be so sure.
Heero looked up at me, as if searching my eyes for a secret. He always had a way of reading people's faces.
Please don't let him figure it out.
"You guys can call me Star," I smiled brightly.
"Heero," she said," I want you to show Star to her room."
He nodded, and I followed him out the door. He led me to a nice room. It looked strangely similar to the room I always had when I was here.
Maybe it's a different one.
"Thank you," I said.
I glanced at him, sensing sadness in his eyes.
Did he really miss her...me?
"You must've really loved her, huh?" I asked.
He gave me one of his all-famous "death glares."
"Mind your own business," he growled.
He left the room, leaving me to my thoughts.
It's weird being back here now. I always end up saying the wrong thing but I catch myself in time. I have to get used to the servants again. I had washed my own dishes, and Noin complained to me.
"That's what the hired help is for," she said.
"I'm sorry, ma'm," I replied," I'm just used to doing my own things. Why leave this for the servants to do when I can just as easily do it myself?"
"No worries," she said," there are more important things for you to do than worry about the dishes."
"Yes, ma'm," I answered.
"How about you go and see Lady Une now," she continued," she told me that she wanted to see you."
"I will," I replied," thank you, Ms. Noin."
I made my way out of the kitchen and found Lady Une in her office.
"I was told you wanted to see me, ma'm?" I asked once I entered.
"Yes," she started," have a seat."
I sat down in a chair.
"Are you familiar with mobile suits, Star?" she asked.
I nodded eagerly.
"I am also familiar in piloting a gundam," I boasted.
"Really?" she asked," and how is this?"
"Ever since I saw the gundams," I started," I became dedicated to learn how to pilot one and even learned how to make one."
"You can make a gundam?" she asked in surprise.
"I actually made my gundam," I answered," although it is not here with me now."
"That wasn't said in your résumé," she added.
"I know," I grinned," otherwise I wouldn't have posted it on the web."
"Here's your assignment," she commanded, handing me a piece of paper," you are to retrieve your gundam and bring it here. I will send someone to assist you."
"No!" I exclaimed.
She looked at me strangely.
"I'm sorry," I explained," thanks anyway but I don't need help, and I don't want to burden anyone with anything that's supposed to be my responsibility."
"You act just like Heero, in a way," Lady Une said in awe," at least you say when you don't want the help. I give you 24 hours to retrieve your gundam safely. If not, I will send help."
"Understood," I answered," mission accepted."
You don't know how right you are. I left the office.
"Where are you off to?" Duo asked as I headed to the door.
"I've got to go and get something," I said in a hurry," don't worry, Shinigami. You'll love it!"
I ran off leaving a speechless Duo behind.
"Hey!" he called," how did you know?"
"Maybe I'll tell you when I get back!" I called back, smiling.
I looked around and found my gundam. It was similar to Heero's Wing Zero but different colors. It also had a few new techniques that Wing Zero can't do. It also has an Artificial Intelligence System or "A.I." As I put my gundam onto a truck, an alarm sounded. "Intruders! Intruders!"
I ran to the console and looked at the monitors. A group of mobile suits surrounded my base.
"They're here!" I growled.
It didn't take long for soldiers to surround me. One soldier stepped forward, one whose face I could never forget, for I vowed to make him pay.
"Relena," the stewardess smiled," we are ready for take-off."
I nodded and waited as the ship blasted off to the colonies. I was heading to Colony 196999 to settle a dispute over some land that belonged to a well-known royal family.
We were almost out of range with Earth when I noticed something was wrong. We were headed in the wrong direction.
"What's going on?" I asked the captain when I reached the door.
It turns out it wasn't that captain but an OZ soldier.
"You belong to us now, Relena," he said," there's no escape for you now."
End Flashback
"Why are you here?" I asked.
"Do you know how long it took us to realize who you are, Ms. Peacecraft?" he continued," you won't be getting away this time."
"I'm flattered," I replied," but I have a schedule to keep."
I ran to my truck and drove off with the soldiers shooting at me. "We'll meet again," I heard. "We'll see," I thought.
I made it to the base quickly.
"What took you so long?" Noin asked through the communicator.
I put my gundam in the hangar with the rest of them. I left it there and ran into Heero.
"Sorry," I mumbled.
He nodded and saw my gundam.
"Where did you get a gundam?" he asked me.
"I made it," I replied.
" I tried to get by but he grabbed my hand.
"You know something and I intend to find out," he said.
I stared at him.
How can I keep this from him?
"Or else," he continued.
"Or else what?" I asked.
I then did something that I knew I was going to regret. I kissed him. He looked surprised but didn't push me away or anything. He actually kissed me back. I eventually pulled away and ran. I ran all the way to my room.
I ran inside and shut the door. I quickly locked it.
How can I do something so stupid? How could I just kiss him and think that he wouldn't remember?
I took a deep breath.
"Calm down, Relena," I whispered as I paced around the room," it's not like he's going to think it's you. Would he? It'll probably take him a while to figure it out, and you'll probably be gone by then."
But I stopped and sat on my bed.
Could I really just leave? Leave without telling them? Leave without revealing to them that I am still alive and kicking? Wasn't that my main purpose? To have them protect me again? What would my brother think? And Noin? And the guys and girls? And Heero? But what about my gundam? I won't be able to get it out. I'll probably just leave it here and come back for it later.
There was a knock at my door.
"Star," Hilde called," are you going to eat?"
What if I don't answer?I could just sit here, and she'll probably think I'm asleep or something. I could leave while they're eating...No, wait. Then Heero would know. Know my secret. He would probably tell everyone. Or spend his time trying to track me down. Good luck.
"Star?" Hilde called again," are you in there?"
"I'll be out in a minute, Hilde," I answered.
I heard her walk off.
Looks like I'm still stuck here. Nice going, Peacecraft. Great job at messing up!
"Sit before Duo eats it all," Hilde said.
"Alright," I said and took a seat next to Dorothy.
Lady Une stood up.
"Here is your next mission," she announced," you are to infiltrate the new OZ base at that was just located near the seashore. I need you to find out any information about a certain young girl that they are after."
I froze. "My base?" I wondered," but how? OZ must be after me again..."
"Heero," Lady Une continued," you and Star will infiltrate the base while the others keep the soldiers busy with the gundams."
"Yes, ma'm," I nodded.
Heero nodded as well but didn't look at me.
"Be prepared at 2100 hours," she commanded.
We nodded and left to get ready.
"Good luck, you guys," Lady Une said on the loudspeaker.
"Thank you, ma'm," I answered.
Everyone else nodded, and we left.
Heero and I arrived at the base.
"So they decided to take over my base," I thought," it's a good thing I got my information out of there. But if they think I'm going to let them then they got another thing coming."
"Let's do this," I said to Heero.
I punched in my security code on the keypad.
"How did you...?" Heero asked.
"I would know all the codes to my base now, wouldn't I?" I asked with sarcasm.
"But..." he continued.
"I had to get my gundam out of here," I explained," that's when OZ came. I had no choice but to run."
"Why didn't you ask for help?" he asked.
"Would you ask for help, Heero?" I asked already knowing what the answer would be.
He was silent.
"Thought so," I said," let's get this over with."
We managed to find the control room since I already knew where it was.
"Where are you guys?" Trowa asked through the communicator.
"We're in the control room," Heero answered.
He pushed a few buttons.
"Accessing files," I reported.
I found nothing on me.
"Look at this," Heero said. He clicked on an icon that said, "Project Updates."
"We have recently found out that Relena Peacecraft is still alive after getting away from us all those years ago. How she managed to escaped is beyond us but she hasn't reached her brother or any of the gundam pilots," Heero read," she is now said to be located on Earth in the Northern Japan area...Today is our lucky day. We have found out who Relena is going undercover as. Her alias is Star..."
"Me," I answered.
"You?" he asked.
"Me," I repeated.
"Guys," Quatre called," can you please hurry up?"
"Let's go!" I cried.
Heero and I ran out of the room as the soldiers ran down the hall. We made it to the hangar and stole a ship. We got out of there safely.
"You know how long we waited for you guys?" Duo asked.
I didn't answer.
The "death glare" from Heero was already keeping me occupied.
"You...you're Relena?" he cried out in shock.
"Yeah," I whispered.
"You're the one that OZ is looking for?" he continued. I nodded.
"How could you be with us all this time and not say anything?" he asked," why didn't you say anything?"
"I couldn't," I replied," not without giving away my position."
"Why did you leave?" he asked.
"I didn't leave, necessarily," I explained," I almost died in that accident. I was on my way to settle a dispute when the shuttle lost control. We crashed on a nearby colony. I woke up to find myself in care of other people. I don't know what happened to the other passengers. I then learned how to pilot a mobile suit and even taught myself how to make a gundam. I didn't come back because OZ found me, and I kept running."
Yeah, like I'm going to tell you what really happened.
"You know I have to tell them, right?" he asked.
"No," I said quickly," if you tell them, then I will always have someone around to protect me. I changed from being the protected to the protector. They will also be mad at me for not telling them sooner."
He looked at me.
"Are you sure about this?" he asked.
"Yes," I nodded.
I'll just have to leave again, but how?
We made it back to the base. We all went to see Lady Une.
"Great job, you guys," she congratulated us.
She looked at Heero and me.
"What did you guys find?" she asked.
Heero held up a disk, andI gasped.
I didn't know he downloaded it! How dare he! How can he do something like this!
"May I be excused, ma'm?" I asked, "I would like to get a little rest since I am so tired."
"Go ahead," she said.
Heero glared at me as I walked out.
I ran outside.
I can't leave without my gundam.
I ran back inside to the hangar. Luckily, no one was inside. I ran to my gundam and jumped into the cockpit.
"Gundam 007," I confirmed," Starlight gundam."
The A.I. System was activated.
"How is my baby doing?" I asked.
"Doing well, Ms. Relena," the A.I. system replied.
"Let us get going then," I commanded," and I thought I said that I changed my name."
"Sorry," it said," the name is in my hard drive."
"Oh, well," I said, "we've got to leave now."
I tried to make it move but it couldn't.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Someone has deactivated my power supply," it responded.
"Heero," I growled," how long will it take to repair?"
"About four hours," it replied.
"Shut down," I commanded.
"As you wish," it responded.
It turned off, and I jumped out of the cockpit. Heero was waiting for me.
"I'm sure they already know by now," I started," why haven't they said anything? If I know my brother, he would've been here lecturing me by now."
"I only downloaded the part up to where they said your name, Star," Heero explained," I figured that you would tell them."
"I can't," I whispered.
He walked up to me. He gently touched my face. I froze.
"I don't remember the last time that you did that," I whispered.
He smiled and embraced me.
"I've missed you so much," he started," you don't know..."
"What do you mean, 'I missed you,' Heero?" a voice asked.
We turned and saw Duo. We abruptly broke apart.
"He was listening the whole time!" I panicked. I turned away.
"I heard it all," he said.
He looked at me.
"Are you really...?" he asked.
I started walking off. He grabbed my arm.
"I'm going to tell them," he said.
"It wouldn't matter," I growled," you can't prove it. Would they believe you?"
"We'll see, Relena," he shot back.
He ran to the door of the hangar.
"Guys!" he called," come here! Quick!"
Everyone came soon after.
"What's wrong?" Zechs asked.
"Star's got something to tell you," Duo explained.
"No, I don't," I replied.
I glared at him. He glared back. He grabbed me again.
"Let go of me!" I growled through clenched teeth.
"Tell them or I will, Relena," he finished.
Everyone gasped.
"You mean that you're Ms. Relena?" Dorothy asked.
"You can't be!" Noin exclaimed," she's dead!"
I broke free from Duo's grip. I glanced at Heero, who nodded. I sighed.
This can't be happening. Might as well tell them.
"I knew that I couldn't keep this for long," I started.
My brother, as well as everyone else, stared at me.
"You guys are still the same," I continued," even you, big brother."
Their eyes widened.
"It is you!" my brother cried.
He ran to me and picked me up.
"I missed you, too, Milliardo," I replied.
Everyone took turns at giving me hugs.
"You guys," I said after all the hugs and kisses.
Milliardo didn't lecture me for once.
"I'm sorry for keeping this a secret but I have a favor to ask of you," I continued.
"What is it?" Hilde asked.
"Please keep on calling me Star," I replied," please continue to call me Star and treat me no differently than before.. OZ is still after me for some reason and until then, I can't reveal myself to the people."
"We understand," Trowa said. I smiled. I started to explain my story to them. "Sorry guys," I thought as I explained the fake story," I can't tell you the real story yet."
