When The Past Returns

Chapter 6

 

By Estrange

 

Trowa stalked out of the house and on to the Dorlian mansion grounds. He needed to get away. Everything he had hoped to overcome and put in the past

came back in full force. HER. He grabbed onto a tree trunk for support. *How

can she be here? How did she find me? This can't be happening.* His mind was

racing from disbelief. Nanashi. How he hated that name. Hearing his old name

again twisted an old knife in his heart he thought was pulled out a long time ago. 

 

His shock slipped away and was replaced by anger. *How dare she!* He kept wandering farther away from the house.*How DARE she come waltzing in my

life again after she threw me to the wolves. Did she think I forgot?! How could I forget? My only friend betrayed me for money. My friendship was worth less than a handful of money." He shook his head in disgust. He finally made it to a closed off part of the grounds hidden from view. He liked to visit here when he came to Relena's. He sat under a shady tree and stared into the clear, green pond to his side. Little orange fish were swimming rhythmically in the pond and helped to soothe the young man's troubled mind.

 

With his mind eased a little by the peaceful scenery, he began to think of Midii. *Man, she sure has grown up.* he mused to himself. She had grown much taller and her slender frame made her quite ethereal. Her light blonde hair came playfully over her shoulders and curled softly at the end. But the eyes. The eyes were the same ice blue they always had been. Almost an icy gray, with no hint of

warmth. He didn't like that. They reminded him too much of his own, caused by

years of loneliness and hurt, draining away any emotion that eyes could hold.

 

*She must have suffered through the war.* he thought to himself.* A happy life would not cause such coldness.* Trowa spent hours by the pond til the sun started to set. He had to go back. The others were probably wondering where he ran off too. Then she came back to the forefront of his mind. *What IS she doing here?* His eyes narrowed as he thought.  *She came with Hilde. What if she's here on some mission?* His eyes widened at the thought. He ran all the way back to the house. Everyone was waiting around to get ready for dinner when Trowa burst in the door. Breathing heavy, his eyes scanned the room. Duo by the bar, Heero and Wufie on the couch. He could hear Quatre chatting from the kitchen. No girls to be found. Of course one would think the girls were getting ready upstairs, but in Trowa's frame of mind he immediately assumed the worst.

 

He took off towards the stairs ready to save the ladies in distress when an arm snaked around him and pulled him to a stop. It was Duo of all people. "Trowa, i have no clue what you think your doing, but i think you'd better come talk to us first." Heero motioned that they all go out to the patio. When all 5 of them were seated amoungst the chairs on the deck, Duo started the conversation. "Trowa, who is she to you? You two seemed to know each other, but she called you...... by a different name."

 

*Leave it to Duo, he either forgot what she called me, or he sensed I didnt like it so he's avoiding saying it. Knowing how Duo is, I'd bet it was the latter.* He had told them all of his past before. They knew his real name wasnt Trowa. He didn't mind with them though. Only Quatre and Wufei used their real names. Heero was raised using only a number as his name. It eventually was changed to Heero Yuy, his code name. Duo couldn't remember having a name. He had gone by Duo for so many years, he couldn't remember being called anything else. Being an orphan, there was no record for him.

 

Trowa sighed. "I don't recall if I told you about a girl who betrayed me when I was a mercenary." They nodded, having heard about it from one time or another during the war. "Midii is that girl." Duo's eyes widened. "What is Hilde doing with her then?"

 

Trowa turned to Duo."You don't know?" Duo shook his head. "Well I think we better find out, if we have a spy on our hands, we need to be alert." said Heero. Duo turned to Trowa. "I'll find out whats going on from Hilde. We'll meet out here for drinks after dinner. They all agreed and went inside. Duo headed straight upstairs to Hilde's room and knocked. Hilde cracked open the door. "Duo, I told you not to come up here!" she scolded.

 

She wanted him to be surprised when she came down for dinner. All the girls wanted to look great tonight and surprise their boyfriends. Duo grinned. "Hilde babe, you always look great to me, but I really need to talk to you right now." His face turned serious and she knew what this was about.

 

"Hold on." She said before closing the door. Midii was trying to fix her hair the best way she knew how. She was failing miserably. "Whats wrong?" She asked Hilde who was throwing on her robe. "Duo needs to talk to me." Midii's face showed a trace of nervousness at that. Hilde smiled. "Midii, don't worry about it." She turned and followed Duo down the hall into Heero's room.

 

After closing the door, Duo got right to the point. "You know that girl stabbed Trowa in the back, don't you?" "Yeah I know about that." Hilde replied. Duo's jaw dropped as if she said something incredibly dumb, so dumb that it was hard to comprehend. He took a deep breath and continued. "Ok, so if you knew, why did you bring her here?" Hilde smiled. She wasn't mad at Duo for prying.

 

She came and wrapped her arms around him. "Duo, did Trowa explain why she did it?" He thought for a moment and then shook his head. "It's because he

doesn't know why. She told me the story before i knew it was Trowa she was

referring to. She told me before she knew I knew the same guy. I feel this is her chance to make right with what she did. So I brought her. Simple, really."

 

She felt Duo's arms encircle her and pull her closer. "Babe, you're messing with trouble." He began to slide her robe off her shoulders. She smiled seductively at him. "I like trouble." He grinned back, as he carried her over to the bed. "Well, babe, then you're gonna get all the "trouble" you can handle." Before he could even push her on the bed they heard the door creak open. "Go away" Duo groaned not even looking to see who it was. "Get out of my room." Heero said flatly. "

 

Duo turned and scowled. "Heero, you have the worst timing." he complained. Hilde just sat silently and blushed, slowly slipping her robe back on. Heero crossed his arms over his chest. "Get out. I'm not going to repeat myself." Duo grumbled under his breath and dragged Hilde out with him. He turned to her and grinned. "So you wanna go to my room?" he asked, hopeful. "Nah, we've got to get ready anyway." She stated. Hilde gave him a quick peck on the cheek and went down the hall to her room.

 

Duo started mumbling to himself and almost turned to leave when he heard a

faint chuckle from Heero's room. "YUY!!! Your dead!!" Duo hollared and burst

into Heero's room.