Its been awhile folks, hasn’t it? I’m so sorry, I got 
a new computer and I didn’t save my stuff so I had to go to 
hell to try and get it back. Well, sorry again. Lets get to 
the story now. The usual disclaimers apply (don’t own it, 
never had and probably never will). 
Chapter VIII- Awakening 
Two weeks had passed since the attempted 
assassination. Makoto was in the cryogenic tank 
recuperating. The seven body guards (G-boys plus Mina and 
Rei) had went back later to find the other assassins but 
they had escaped. In those two weeks while Makoto was in 
the tank, Minako and Rei practiced their new powers well 
away from Queen Relena and any other people (except for the 
Heero and the others who knew). Minako and Duo became 
friends, and only friends. Duo had met his match in Minako.
Rei and Wufei stayed as far away from each other as 
possible. Rei didn’t want to stay next to that 
“chauvinistic, pony tailed baka”, and Wufei didn’t want to 
stay next to the “self centered weak onna.” They both 
obviously avoided each other. Rei even went as far as 
choosing a bedroom on the other end of the palace.
They did have duties however as Relena’s bodyguards. 
They just stood around and looked dangerous during 
meetings, treaties, etc. Relena still wasn’t aware that her 
bodyguards had any special powers and all seven bodyguards 
intended to keep it that way because Relena would 
undoubtedly abuse that power.
Relena was aware though, that the three women had 
been experiments of Oz, which were unsuccessful and gave 
them the tattoos. It was all a lie though. Rei, Minako and 
the comatose Makoto were the only ones who knew the truth. 
As for their powers of future, past and present, only the 
Gundam boys knew about that and still disbelieved in their 
powers.
Everything was going well, no more assassinations, 
nothing out of the ordinary. Until the day Makoto woke up…
*****************(Cryogenic Lab in Mako 
P.O.V.)***************** 
I exhaled deeply. It had only been a dream, an awful 
one of the ordeal we went through to become what we were 
today. 
Opening my eyes I discovered I was floating in a tube 
tank thinggie, I was surrounded by some liquid. I also had 
several wires connected to my body. No, I wasn’t naked you 
hentai. I was wearing a black bikini, It didn’t do much…I 
wonder where they got that from.
As I breathed out bubbles rose to the surface. I 
admit, I panicked and did the singularly most stupid thing 
I could do. I started to struggle. Bad idea, I had a 
breathing mask on my face and if that fell of I was done 
for
Calm down Makoto…panic is only going to get me 
killed. I should have at least a look around… And that I 
did. Outside of my tank was a large laboratory. It had 
computers, monitors, everything that you expected to find 
in a lab. But the one thing missing were the people. There 
were no doctors and scientists in white lab coats. I was 
alone.
I wondered where I was. A chill went down my back as 
I imagined myself in enemy hands. That can’t be possible…I 
saved Relena. We destroyed all of the enemies…I remember 
taking the bullet for her…and passed out later…Why did I do 
such a stupid thing? It’s funny how you don’t regret things 
until you have enough time on your hands to reflect and you 
instantly feel mortified. That’s how I felt now. But I 
shouldn’t have felt guilty because it was to save the time-
weave.
Time…I didn’t know how much time was left until the 
doctors or whoever came back. I had to escape. I looked 
down at myself. There was no way I could escape if I was 
still injured. Looking down I saw two small scars. I…I was 
healed. There was no way that I could have healed that 
fast…oh wait yes there is. Did I mention I have enhanced 
healing powers? Either that or what ever they did to try to 
heal me worked. 
How long had I been floating in the tube? Whatever, 
It’s time to make my getaway. I checked the level of my 
powers with my other sight. I was positively brimming with 
energy. That was the good news. The bad news was that my 
body felt like mush. It’ll be a hellish time trying to get 
back into shape.
Now how to get out…how to get out? Yes, I’ve got it I 
can use my power and call some other plant? Damn it, I 
can’t do that, I’ll destroy all of the walls. I wonder if 
Relena will charge me for the damages in the hall. She 
would…
Other then my plant power I can cause a small 
earthquake…yes that would work. It worked on Bruce, it 
didn’t save Relena but I only made a small quake around 
just him. So that should mean I could do this without 
destroying anything but this tank. I don’t care about this 
tank anyway. But it seems to me that it runs on emotions.
Isn’t that lovely? Last time I was feeling anger. I 
just have to get angry, but at what? Bruce is dead and I 
pity him, not hate him. I haven’t been in the world long 
enough to really care for anything. Selene saw to that. No 
it wasn’t Selene, It was Chaos. Chaos…could she have been 
behind these attacks? Maybe, there’s no time to really 
check…That’s it, I can use Chaos, not as Selene but when we 
defeated Galaxia. I can use that.
Channeling my energy and clenching my fists, I 
concentrated on the battle with Galaxia, my friends dying 
one by one until even I died. And Galaxia was another 
unwilling servant and chaos even dragged Serenity’s 
granddaughter into it. That is unforgivable.
The tank started to shake. I felt the liquid swishing 
around me. Peeking one eye open I found that the tank was 
the only thing moving in the room which was a good thing. I 
almost lost control of the shake. A couple of the computers 
fell over, but didn’t break thankfully. 
I took a deep breath of air, but realized there was 
no more air coming through the breather. I must have 
severed the tube some how…I took a deep breath of the 
remaining air and tore the mask of. I admit, I panicked 
again but this time it was a good thing. The panic fueled 
my power and the glass began to crack.
It didn’t seem to crack quickly enough. My lungs 
began to burn with the need for good old oxygen. Then with 
a crash, the glass broke. Everything including me tumbled 
out. Unfortunately I landed on glass and cut my legs but I 
didn’t care, I would heal eventually. The important thing 
was that I was free. I gasped for air and coughed out all 
of the liquid I swallowed.
I immediately tore off all of the wires connected to 
me. Now was the time to escape. They might have heard the 
crash and come looking for me. I couldn’t be too sure it 
wasn’t the enemy. Struggling to my knees I immediately 
collapsed. My body felt like spaghetti, so much for that 
idea.
Well I began to crawl, not one of my better ideas. It 
would take awhile but I would escape. My body was so numbed 
up from what ever they did to me that I didn’t notice I was 
leaving a small trail of blood on my way out.
******************(End of P.O.V.)****************
Minako was with Duo walking in the halls outside of a 
peace meeting. They were supposed to be patrolling but it 
didn’t look that way seeing as Minako kept laughing at 
Duo’s jokes. Then she stopped and stared at something. Her 
eyes were out of focus and she looked like she was on cloud 
nine. Duo was confused until he followed her gaze and saw 
her staring at Millardo Peacecraft (A.N.- I just had to put 
him into the story somehow). 
Duo noticed she got that way after looking at guys. 
Not to mention her flirting with every eligible guy in 
city. It made his blood boil. He was madly in love with 
Minako but she didn’t notice. She didn’t even flirt with 
him and he found that odd. Sure, Minako treated him like a 
best friend but never anything more. Duo kept trying to 
tell Minako his true feelings but it seemed like they were 
always interrupted. This case wasn’t any different.
Mina began to walk over to Milliardo using her flirty 
walk but Duo called her. “Mina, I have something to tell 
you,” he said with a flush on his face. Mina came back with 
a sigh. She looked absolutely beautiful at that moment. She 
was wearing long pants and a tube top. Rei and Minako 
discovered a way to manipulate the tattoos from the face 
and neck but it didn’t seem to work on their legs or arms. 
People kept commenting on how beautiful they were but they 
wouldn’t say all of those pretty things if they saw their 
whole body covered with them. 
Duo felt like now was the perfect moment to confess 
his true feelings. And he didn’t have to do it in front of 
anybody because Milliardo had went into the meeting room 
leaving Minako and Duo alone in the large empty halls. 
“What is it Duo-kun?” she asked. “Mina I-” Duo was 
interrupted yet again, this time by Quatra. Duo spun around 
to face him, really mad at the interruption. Quatra looked 
out of breath as if he had ran to them. 
“Mina…Duo…Makoto’s…” he stopped to catch his breath. “What 
happened to Makoto!” Mina asked alarmed. “She’s gone,” 
Quatra finished.
Mina, Duo and Quatra were at the cryogenic lab ten 
minutes later, both of them were out of breath. Wufei, 
Heero, Trowa and Rei were already there. They look like 
they had only been there for a short while.
The room was intact except for the cryogenic tank 
that was completely shattered. The floor was wet with the 
liquid. There was blood on the glass and a trail leading 
out the door. Heero was bent next to the puddle of blood. 
He took one finger and touched the blood and seemed to test 
its consistency with. He looked puzzled.
Rei and Mina were blushing, as they both knew why 
Heero was puzzled. Their blood was slightly different then 
normal you can say it was rainbow of metallic colors, 
another happy little result of their transformation. The 
reason they were blushing was because they both wanted to 
be as normal as possible. Rarely did situations where their 
differences were obvious occur. 
The G-boys were all examining the blood themselves. 
“This is-this is blood?” Trowa asked. Minako suddenly was 
interested in how many holes were in the tiles on the 
ceiling. Rei glared at Minako. Without Makoto, the job of 
explaining things fell to her. 
“Well yes…its blood…I don’t know why its that color 
myself…I guess you can say it was a side effect from the 
transformation…erm…experiment.” Rei had a look on her face 
that dared them to comment further. “Ok, the onna is your 
friend. Tell us where she went and how the hell she did 
this,” Wufei said. One would expect Rei to kill him on the 
spot but she left him alone knowing that it would piss him 
off more.
“Well Makoto doesn’t like to be fussed over so when 
she woke from her coma she probably escaped. Remember we 
have powers. One of hers is to make earthquakes,” Minako 
said. Heero nodded gravely and rose. “We have to find her 
now. The cryogenic process numbed up her body. She could be 
bleeding to death as we speak and not even be aware of it,” 
he said. 
“Why Heero, I never knew you cared,” Duo said. “Hn.” 
Mina and Rei kept quiet. The boys were forgetting that they 
had healing powers and it was tiresome trying to remind 
them. It didn’t matter though; the sooner they found Makoto 
the better. “Let’s follow the tracks then,” Trowa said. 
Mina and Rei nodded. 
The bodyguards followed the trail for nearly an hour. 
It disappeared at times but they always found it. After 
awhile the trail disappeared completely. Makoto had 
probably healed enough so she wouldn’t bleed. They were 
outside in a small forest by then. Makoto could have been 
anywhere.
“Split up, she couldn’t have gotten far,” Heero said. 
Mina tried not to laugh because it sounded like Makoto was 
an escaped convict but she realized how serious the 
situation was and didn’t. 
Heero was actually the one who found Makoto. He had 
been following a trail of flowers. Weird but true. The 
flowers were all in full bloom. It sounded like some side 
effect of Makoto’s power.
The trail led to a small clearing. He would have 
missed it completely seeing as high brambles and large 
trees surrounded it. There was no way to get inside except 
for up. Heero climbed up one of the trees and hopped over. 
His eyes widened in surprise at the scene in the small 
grove. 
There was a small pond with a willow dipping near it. 
The pond was filled with water lilies and was complete with 
several kinds of iridescent fish. The cherry blossom trees 
in the grove were in full bloom and filled the air with 
falling pink petals. It was completely beautiful and 
peaceful. Yes, that was what the perfect soldier was 
thinking but tried desperately to think of something else 
lest he be considered weak.
His seemingly stoic mask had loosened several 
notches. He found Makoto unconscious in the center of the 
ethereal grove. She was lying on a stone slab wearing 
nothing but a black bikini and her green vine tattoos. 
There was a little bit of blood on her arms and legs but 
she was well on her way to recovery. The ground around the 
stone was filled with small flowers in full bloom that 
seemed to be reaching for Makoto.
Heero knew he had to leave soon or he would stay 
forever looking at the picturesque scenery but his training 
took over once more. He kneeled by Makoto and picked her 
up. She was surprisingly light and she smelled of the 
flowery scent of nature. It was comforting. Heero’s stoic 
mask disappeared completely.
He looked around for a way out. There was none and he 
doubted he could carry her up the tree. Maybe he could go 
and come back for her…no telling what could happen if she 
was left alone. That idea was abandoned. Then he felt 
Makoto stirring in his arms. 
Makoto blinked open her emerald eyes slowly. She 
found herself looking into Heero’s Prussian blue eyes. 
Looking around she found that she was still in the grove 
she had collapsed in only it looked beautiful and she knew 
her presence had something to do with it. A barricade of 
brambles enclosed the grove. Makoto had called the plants 
to protect her before she passed out; they did their job 
too well. How did Heero get in there then? The answer was 
obvious as she saw a tree branch from outside reaching into 
the grove. Heero had climbed in. Wait…Heero? What was he 
doing here?
Makoto was more alert. She was half sleep earlier. 
“H-Heero?” she asked. “Hn,” he said in his perfect soldier 
mode. Makoto frowned. Heero’s voice didn’t match his face. 
The invisible mask he wore had been removed. The emotions 
on his face were visible. 
The emotion on his face was worth a thousand words. 
The pain behind his eyes, the look of promises 
unfulfilled…he looked a like a lost child but that 
strangely made him seem more human. Before Makoto could dig 
deeper he looked away. “You’re friends are looking for you. 
We have to go,” he said. 
Makoto nodded. Heero looked once more at her, his 
emotions still visible. One of the ones that played across 
his face was concern. Makoto was the one to look away this 
time. She knew she was seeing something rare, something he 
tried to keep hid. “Can you walk?” he asked. Makoto looked 
at his face but couldn’t meet his eyes. “I-I don’t know,” 
she said. 
Heero slowly set her down. She stood up slowly but at 
her first step, she collapsed. Heero set her down back on 
the slab. “I’ll go look for a way out. Stay here.” Makoto 
nodded and watched as Heero walked down to the brambles, 
looking for a weak spot. 
‘What was that all about? He’s more human then I 
thought.’
Makoto broke out of her little reverie and found 
Heero struggling to find a weak spot in the seemingly 
impenetrable plant barricade. 
It was kind of funny the way he looked. He looked 
like a frustrated child who couldn’t beat a game. ‘I 
shouldn’t be enjoying this but I am. I’m probably not going 
to see him like this again. Don’t laugh Mako-chan, don’t 
laugh. I could help him…its not like its difficult for me 
and the look on his face when I do it will be priceless. I 
wish I had a camera,’ she thought to herself.
With a casual flick of her wrist the vines and 
brambles parted creating a doorway. Heero however was busy 
trying to find an entrance and didn’t notice the obvious 
exit. 
He worked his way to the right using his hands and a 
stick to check for weakness. There weren’t any. After 
laughing at the absurdity of the situation Makoto grew 
tired of waiting for Heero to stumble upon the doorway. 
She merged minds with a nearby vine. It tapped him on 
the shoulder. Heero had his gun pointed to the vine. The 
vine motioned towards something. Heero looked back at 
Makoto. She looked innocent as she studied a flower…a 
little to innocent. 
He followed the vine with his gun still out and 
stopped in his tracks when he saw where it had led him. He 
was standing in front of a gate. Heero looked back at 
Makoto. She was laughing so hard tears were beginning to 
run down her cheeks.
Mako expected him to glare at her or worse but to her 
surprise he laughed. It wasn’t as strong as her laugh but 
it was an unmistakable laugh. He walked up to her with his 
laugh fading. Makoto was surprised and gladdened by his 
change in attitude. She knew that when they were around 
anybody else that he would return once more to the stoic 
Heero Yuy…the perfect soldier. 
He lifted her up again and they walked to the gate. 
“Yuy?” she asked. “What?” he asked abruptly. “Um…about this 
grove. Don’t tell anybody about it. Let it be our little 
secret…I don’t want anybody else to disturb it. Please,” 
she asked sincerely. “Hn,” he answered.
Heero stopped after they exited the grove. At 
Makoto’s insistence he turned. They both got a last look at 
the paradise. “Guard my sanctuary,” she whispered. Heero 
was puzzled but then he realized that she was talking to 
the plants and not to him. She swept her arm over the scene 
in front of her. The vines closed the paradise, guarding it 
until the ‘mistress’ returned. 
“Let’s go Yuy,” she said. Heero turned and walked 
back to where he agreed to meet the others. With every step 
he took, his invisible mask was slipping back into place. 
Makoto looked up at his face. ‘It was nice while it 
lasted.’
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Wasn’t that lovely. It wasn’t mush (my mush scenes 
are horrible) but we’re getting there. Please review to let 
me know that people have borne with my procrastination and 
are still reading this.