Chapter 3
“Relena’s birthday.” Duo looks over at the young woman accompanying him in the small two passenger shuttle to Earth from the L2 sector, Hilde. “You know, it marks the twenty-three years to the day that the original Heero Yuy was killed.” Duo blinks. “How did you know that Hilde?” The brunette smirks at her braided boyfriend. “It’s history, and a very important day in the life of the colonies. I’m surprised you didn’t know that Duo.” Duo stretches out and waves his hand nonchalantly. “I never bothered to learn the details of history. To me, it was just a repetition of tragic events after another. So why bother learning about something that has been done multiple times before?”
Hilde thinks about his words. She shrugs lightly and leans back into her seat. “You might think that, but certain days are important to remember.” Duo nods lightly. “Yup, but I think the most important day so far is November 6.” Hilde smiles. “It’s good you’ve remembered the anniversary of our first date, but it only counts on the day.” Duo chuckles at that and looks at the radar again, seeing nothing along the route. “Are you checking for something?” “Well, yeah. Seeing if there’s more debris in this area that we can inform the rest about.” Hilde closes her eyes and crosses her arms, though amused. “Always looking out for possible investments.” Duo beams at that. “Of course, not like there’s a lot of people that would do our job.”
He pilots the shuttle into the atmosphere, driving the vehicle closer to the ground kilometer by kilometer. The bottom of the craft glows red from the heat of entry, the metal changing from the cold of outer space to something humans find acceptable. The shuttle makes its way to the Brussels International Spaceport. “I don’t know why they continue to say ‘International’ when there’s only one nation on the Earth now. It makes no sense whatsoever.” Hilde nods and points to the arriving area of the spaceport. “It seems rather busy.” Duo nods and wonders about that. “Shuttle T1654, proceed to land via the second entry runway.” Hilde activates the speaker. “This is shuttle T1654, we acknowledge.”
The shuttle touches down safely and the shuttle comes to a stop, guided by a worker with orange batons. He directs them to park it alongside other shuttles. After shutting down the engines, the two exit the craft and are met by a large number of people. “Well, looks like we’re rather famous here, eh Hilde?” She smirks and the two head to a familiar blonde haired youth at the center of the crowd. “I’m glad you guys could come.” “Like we would miss her birthday. Besides, it seemed like as good an excuse as any to take a break.” Quatre smiles and waves to a waiting limo. “The others are inside, you’re the last ones.” Duo smiles. “Nothing like having friends who’ll wait for you.” Quatre laughs and the three enter the limo, seeing Trowa, Catherine, Dorothy, Wu Fei, and Sally.
Duo notices the lack of a few people. “Where’s Heero and Noin?” The trio take their seats and the Maguanac Corp outside go into their vehicles to escort the limo to Relena’s place. “Heero will meet us there. At least that’s what I’m assuming. I wasn’t able to contact him, but I have no doubts that he found out. As for Miss Noin, I don’t know. I sent her a message about the party, but she didn’t send a reply.” The convoy leaves the spaceport and heads to the outskirts of Brussels where Relena stayed when she was on Earth.
During the ride there, the people in the limo catch up on things that had been going on with their lives since they had last been together. The ride seemed to go by very quickly for all those within it, though nearly an hour had passed since they started out. The convoy enters the gated entrance to Relena’s house. It was a white two story building that seemed modest enough on the outside, aside from the large number of bushes and shrubs and a garden on one side.
“This place looks real nice.” Duo comments after he gets out of the limo parked at the front door. He is pushed by Hilde from blocking the door. “Some of us would like to get out and not have to stare at your backside.” Duo turns around and grins widely. The front door opens and Lucrezia Noin smiles at the exiting group. “I’m glad you all came. Relena will be pleased to see all of you.” Duo whispers to Hilde, “But not as pleased if someone we know shows up.” Hilde steps on his foot and ignores Duo’s yelp. Noin smiles, having heard his comment. “I’m sure she would be, but do come in.”
The gang enters into Relena’s living room and look around at all the lavish decorations. Next to a table is a pile of wrapped gifts in varying shapes and sizes. Noin clears her throat before explaining. “I received all the gifts you sent Quatre and set them up with the rest of the decorations. Relena won’t be here for about an hour, so go ahead and get comfortable.” She eyes Duo. “And try not to eat everything.” Duo acts hurt before starting to snack on some cookies. Wu Fei places a hand on Hilde’s shoulder. “The only good thing about him eating is we won’t have to hear him.” Hilde laughs and goes to the corner of the living room where the other females were gathering and talking together. The gundam pilots look at each other for a little bit before joining Duo in snacking.
Relena walks into the living room and finds her friends all together, talking and laughing. They don’t notice her entrance, so she just sits down at the long table where the snacks were. She smiles, glad to see so many people she had known together and enjoying being around each other. “You should join them.” Relena jumps and turns to see Heero behind her. “Heero…” He opens his eyes and looks at her. “You should enjoy your birthday, it only comes once a year.” Relena stares at him for a few seconds before nodding and getting up, walking with him to the others.
“Hey, if it isn’t the birthday girl!” Everyone turns and smiles at the sight of the former Princess. The females get up and give her a hug, the guys nod and smile at her, everyone of them wishing her a happy birthday. “Well, there’s no need to wish for it, I’m quite happy now.” The group continues socializing but stop when they see Pagan entering from the kitchen with a white cake. On top are eighteen lit candles, burning brightly even in the middle of the day. The congregation migrates to the long table, with Relena sitting in front of the candles. “Blow them out Relena.” She smiles at Dorothy. “Good, I didn’t miss the main event this time.” Everyone turns to look at the source of the voice, seeing a blonde haired man with a smile on his rather grim face holding a bouquet of flowers.
“You ran off after Heero the last time, and I’m glad that I’ll finally see it.” Quatre looks at the stranger. “Who are you?” “His name is Vincent Semist.” The boys look at Heero. “You know him?” Heero looks at Vincent, his eyes hardening at seeing him here. “Somewhat. We fenced once, and he thought it was rude of me to rip up Relena’s invitation to her birthday party.” Vincent nods. “Yes, and it was very ungentlemanly of you.” He steps forward and places the bouquet on the table, looking at Relena. “Happy birthday Relena.” She forces a smile to her lips. “Thank you.” “Well, go ahead and blow them out all ready.” Relena nods and breathes in, blowing out the candles. Vincent’s smile broadens. “I hope you get your wish.” He then turns and leaves the house, not talking or even looking at anyone else.
“He’s a strange one.” Cathy says, which everyone there agreed with. “Well, no reason to let him dampen our fun, now is there? C’mon, let’s cut the cake all ready.” Duo grins and rubs his hands together. Relena chuckles. “Okay, just be patient Duo.” Heero closes his eyes, his arms folding across his chest, thinking to himself.
Hilde thinks about his words. She shrugs lightly and leans back into her seat. “You might think that, but certain days are important to remember.” Duo nods lightly. “Yup, but I think the most important day so far is November 6.” Hilde smiles. “It’s good you’ve remembered the anniversary of our first date, but it only counts on the day.” Duo chuckles at that and looks at the radar again, seeing nothing along the route. “Are you checking for something?” “Well, yeah. Seeing if there’s more debris in this area that we can inform the rest about.” Hilde closes her eyes and crosses her arms, though amused. “Always looking out for possible investments.” Duo beams at that. “Of course, not like there’s a lot of people that would do our job.”
He pilots the shuttle into the atmosphere, driving the vehicle closer to the ground kilometer by kilometer. The bottom of the craft glows red from the heat of entry, the metal changing from the cold of outer space to something humans find acceptable. The shuttle makes its way to the Brussels International Spaceport. “I don’t know why they continue to say ‘International’ when there’s only one nation on the Earth now. It makes no sense whatsoever.” Hilde nods and points to the arriving area of the spaceport. “It seems rather busy.” Duo nods and wonders about that. “Shuttle T1654, proceed to land via the second entry runway.” Hilde activates the speaker. “This is shuttle T1654, we acknowledge.”
The shuttle touches down safely and the shuttle comes to a stop, guided by a worker with orange batons. He directs them to park it alongside other shuttles. After shutting down the engines, the two exit the craft and are met by a large number of people. “Well, looks like we’re rather famous here, eh Hilde?” She smirks and the two head to a familiar blonde haired youth at the center of the crowd. “I’m glad you guys could come.” “Like we would miss her birthday. Besides, it seemed like as good an excuse as any to take a break.” Quatre smiles and waves to a waiting limo. “The others are inside, you’re the last ones.” Duo smiles. “Nothing like having friends who’ll wait for you.” Quatre laughs and the three enter the limo, seeing Trowa, Catherine, Dorothy, Wu Fei, and Sally.
Duo notices the lack of a few people. “Where’s Heero and Noin?” The trio take their seats and the Maguanac Corp outside go into their vehicles to escort the limo to Relena’s place. “Heero will meet us there. At least that’s what I’m assuming. I wasn’t able to contact him, but I have no doubts that he found out. As for Miss Noin, I don’t know. I sent her a message about the party, but she didn’t send a reply.” The convoy leaves the spaceport and heads to the outskirts of Brussels where Relena stayed when she was on Earth.
During the ride there, the people in the limo catch up on things that had been going on with their lives since they had last been together. The ride seemed to go by very quickly for all those within it, though nearly an hour had passed since they started out. The convoy enters the gated entrance to Relena’s house. It was a white two story building that seemed modest enough on the outside, aside from the large number of bushes and shrubs and a garden on one side.
“This place looks real nice.” Duo comments after he gets out of the limo parked at the front door. He is pushed by Hilde from blocking the door. “Some of us would like to get out and not have to stare at your backside.” Duo turns around and grins widely. The front door opens and Lucrezia Noin smiles at the exiting group. “I’m glad you all came. Relena will be pleased to see all of you.” Duo whispers to Hilde, “But not as pleased if someone we know shows up.” Hilde steps on his foot and ignores Duo’s yelp. Noin smiles, having heard his comment. “I’m sure she would be, but do come in.”
The gang enters into Relena’s living room and look around at all the lavish decorations. Next to a table is a pile of wrapped gifts in varying shapes and sizes. Noin clears her throat before explaining. “I received all the gifts you sent Quatre and set them up with the rest of the decorations. Relena won’t be here for about an hour, so go ahead and get comfortable.” She eyes Duo. “And try not to eat everything.” Duo acts hurt before starting to snack on some cookies. Wu Fei places a hand on Hilde’s shoulder. “The only good thing about him eating is we won’t have to hear him.” Hilde laughs and goes to the corner of the living room where the other females were gathering and talking together. The gundam pilots look at each other for a little bit before joining Duo in snacking.
Relena walks into the living room and finds her friends all together, talking and laughing. They don’t notice her entrance, so she just sits down at the long table where the snacks were. She smiles, glad to see so many people she had known together and enjoying being around each other. “You should join them.” Relena jumps and turns to see Heero behind her. “Heero…” He opens his eyes and looks at her. “You should enjoy your birthday, it only comes once a year.” Relena stares at him for a few seconds before nodding and getting up, walking with him to the others.
“Hey, if it isn’t the birthday girl!” Everyone turns and smiles at the sight of the former Princess. The females get up and give her a hug, the guys nod and smile at her, everyone of them wishing her a happy birthday. “Well, there’s no need to wish for it, I’m quite happy now.” The group continues socializing but stop when they see Pagan entering from the kitchen with a white cake. On top are eighteen lit candles, burning brightly even in the middle of the day. The congregation migrates to the long table, with Relena sitting in front of the candles. “Blow them out Relena.” She smiles at Dorothy. “Good, I didn’t miss the main event this time.” Everyone turns to look at the source of the voice, seeing a blonde haired man with a smile on his rather grim face holding a bouquet of flowers.
“You ran off after Heero the last time, and I’m glad that I’ll finally see it.” Quatre looks at the stranger. “Who are you?” “His name is Vincent Semist.” The boys look at Heero. “You know him?” Heero looks at Vincent, his eyes hardening at seeing him here. “Somewhat. We fenced once, and he thought it was rude of me to rip up Relena’s invitation to her birthday party.” Vincent nods. “Yes, and it was very ungentlemanly of you.” He steps forward and places the bouquet on the table, looking at Relena. “Happy birthday Relena.” She forces a smile to her lips. “Thank you.” “Well, go ahead and blow them out all ready.” Relena nods and breathes in, blowing out the candles. Vincent’s smile broadens. “I hope you get your wish.” He then turns and leaves the house, not talking or even looking at anyone else.
“He’s a strange one.” Cathy says, which everyone there agreed with. “Well, no reason to let him dampen our fun, now is there? C’mon, let’s cut the cake all ready.” Duo grins and rubs his hands together. Relena chuckles. “Okay, just be patient Duo.” Heero closes his eyes, his arms folding across his chest, thinking to himself.
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