When they were back on Earth, Michiko and Heero were already going back to their apartments. "Hey Mereko! Are you ready? I can give you a ride home." Michiko asked Mereko. "No thanks! I'll manage!" Mereko said while getting out of her mobile suit. Michiko and Heero then walked out. Then one by one all the pilots left the building and the lights started to turn off. "Guess I'll walk home!" Mereko said to her self.

As Mereko walked on the concrete side walk, she noticed that their was a child being pulled by people in black business suits. "Mommy! Nooooo! I don't wanna be alone!!! MOM!!!!!!!!" The child cried with her scratchy voice screamed. Mereko started to breath deeply as she fell down on the sidewalk. She had fainted.

~FLASHBACK~



I was�.. Alone. Mereko's voice narrated. "Nooooooo!!" The 5-year-old Mereko yelled as people in black business suits took her away from her single mom. Her mother looked away, I guess she couldn't stand to look at the men taking away her only daughter. We were too poor� My mother couldn't take care of me� We lived in a closed motel. "MOTHER!" She screamed again. Little Mereko then heard the sound of the bullet from afar. I couldn't look back� I could never go back.



~End Of FLASHBACK~

"Mother!" Mereko woke up and screamed. She was in a bed. "Where am I?" Mereko screamed again. "It's okay! I found you last night when you were on the sidewalk on Green Ville Street, a block from H.Q. I then took you straight here!" Said Michiko looking completely worried. "What a minute! Were is Gree�." Mereko gasped. " Oh.. Um.. By this old, closed, motel..." Michiko started to say. Then, Mereko ran out the door. Michiko followed her only to the apartment's mailbox, Mereko was out of site. "Mereko, where are you going? MEREKO!?" Michiko yelled. Mereko just kept running as she cried all of her anger out of her system.

As she starred at the broken motel she was raised in, she felt a drop of rain. Then it came pouring down. It soaked her aqua hair and drenched her clothing. Then she heard a voice, it belonged to an old construction worker. "Gotta light kid?" "Huh� sir I'm only 12 years old�" "Oh I see�" Do you see this old, tattered motel here?" I could only nod� how could I miss it? "This building is condemned, it comes down tomorrow." He said plainly as he smoked his cigarette. "What?" Mereko said in surprise. "Why� How could this be?" Mereko ran in the motel. She walked in the room she and her mom stayed in at a time long ago. The motel looked more trashed then she remembered. Half the ceiling fell down, and there was a huge hole in the middle of the room. She looked into the window and saw into the debts of her past. A tear slid down her cheek. In the reflection, she then saw a note pinned on a wall. Mereko climbed over the old motel items, tore the note off the wall and read it.

~My Dearest Mereko,
If you are reading this note right now I'm problebly not with you. But I am truly sorry for my leaving you but you must understand it was for the best� I hope you're happy with your new life. I shall see you again� someday.

Mereko left the motel with a slight grin, and then it faded into sadness. She started walking to H.Q. She got to the front desk. "Good Afternoon Miss Mereko, how are you feeling?" The woman at the desk said. "Fine thank you� Do we have a mission today?" Mereko asked. "They're already waiting for you. Hurry." The woman replied. Mereko walked to the changing room and got changed. (Well duh! What else is she gonna do in a changing room!) Mereko walked to Star Mist. "We'll get in the action today!!!!" Mereko exclaimed with hope in her eyes as she climbed in her gundam. Then launched.

Soon she was in space. "Star Mist help us here!" Michiko said to Mereko, gundam to gundam. "Gotcha!" Mereko grasped hold of her laser sword and they triumphed! Then they were back on earth. Back at HQ.

"Are you okay now?" Michiko asked in curiosity. "Yeah! Thank you for understanding what I'm goin' through!" Mereko smirked. "You really are star mist, clearing away the sad memories into the starred sky which scattered into the mists of the shadows�" Michiko said, in a deep, poetic expression. Mereko just held up a peace sign and laughed.

To be continued ...



AUTHOR'S NOTE!!!!
You must read the author's note before you leave!!! Sorry it wasn't very funny! I was in a weird, sad mood! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE e-mail me about your thoughts and comments!!! I get no letters and it makes me sad! So if you want me to write funny fics, you'll e-mail me and I'll give you the address to find them and if you want sad fics you must e-mail me and tell me that you liked it and for me to write more!!! Thank you so much! E-mail me at:
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Thank you!
Ya know� you should really be playing the song "It's not unusual" by Tom Jones... DO IT! It adds to the sap-happy experience for the last 2 lines of the fic! This fic was very unusual right? JA' NE!
~Melko Takasaki~