Neo Gundam Wing - OVA -
Episode 3 - Pretend
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Shen sighed as he took a breath. It was the same as always, he'd try to do something nice for Trina and she'd run from him in front of everyone. Acht patted the boy on the back and grinned.
Acht: Hey now Shen if it doesn't work out between you and Trina
you always have me!
Shen: I would rather have Kaze then you.
Acht: I'm hurt! You want the psycho and not me. *starts crying on Quat's shoulder*
Quat: Get off of me idiot!
Acht: But Kitty Kat! I love you! *starts chasing Quat all over the place*
Rena: *watches the two, unamused* Shen, it's not your fault Trina doesn't
want to accept something from you. It's the fact that everytime she smiles
she's only pretending.
Shen: And what's that suppose to mean?
Rena: There's somethings you don't know about her, that's what that means.
Shen: Then I'll make it my priority to find out!
Rena: Go ahead but I think it's best to leave things where they belong, in
the past.
Shen: Now I see why no one wants to listen to you, you confuse people.
Rena: Perhaps one day you'll understand what I'm talking about. You're still
a little kid compared to me and Trina.
Shen: If you're trying to say that Trina's too old for me I don't care.
Rena: Never said that. I just meant that you still act like a child so you'd
never understand how Trina really feels until you grow up.
Shen: I have a feeling that you know more then you're telling me.
Rena: And as I said you'll understand why when you grow up.
Shen: I'm thirteen years old and I pilot a gundam I think I'm old enough!
Rena: I'm two years older then you and Trina a mear year younger then myself.
We all pilot a gundam but that doesn't mean that we're any older then what
we really are. The real place that you should grow up in is your mind. If
you're still imature then you have no right to call yourself anything. Don't
tell me it's impossible for someone to not be mature when they pilot a gundam.
Quat is the same age as you and he still acts more mature in a serious situation
while you believe that the world revolves around you and you should
get what you want. Acting so selfish won't get you anything.
Shen: Humph...You only praise Quat because you like him. Don't ever compare
me and that moron again! *stomps off to find Trina*
Rena: *mutters* Still green.
Quat walked scilently into the hanger knowing his sister would be there as usual staring at the most scariest gundam he's ever seen in his life.
Trina: What is it, Quat? Hiding from Acht?
Quat: How'd you know I was here?
Trina: It just felt like you were around. And I heard Acht screaming out your
name as he passed by.
Quat: Oh. So what's up with you? Still upset or something? *notices no response*
Ahh... Wow that's a big gundam!
Trina: You're terrible at starting a conversation.
Quat: *shrugs* What else can I do?
Trina: Just sit.
Quat: Ah ok... *sits down and looks up at the disturbing gundam*
Trina: Are you still afraid, Quat?
Quat: Me? Afraid?! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes... Wasn't that dad's gundam anyways?
Trina: That's what Haruka-saa tells me.
Quat: I'm starting to have second thoughts about his sanity. Mom always told
me he was a little odd but this thing is kinda scary looking.
Trina: I guess so, but I think it's cute!
Quat: *stare* You know I never realized how much we don't really know about
dad. Someone could've told me he was a psycho gundam pilot and not a normal
guy that liked to look at nasty stuff.
Trina: He probably didn't want us to get the wrong idea about him.
Quat: I don't know about that but this gundam's pretty questionable. Tells
me a lot about him...strange.
Trina: I believe our entire family is strange.
Quat: All the way back to grandpa?
Trina: Further back then him probably.
Quat: I guess you could be right though I always thought our grandpa on mom's
side of the family was scary. Must of been a big shock for him to find out
our mom was a gundam pilot.
Trina: Why would he, he was a gundam pilot too. A.C. 195, don't you remember?
Quat: It's been awhile since I've seen a history book that wasn't completely
destroyed. *watches Trina ignore him* What's so facinating?
Trina: Nothing really. It's just that I feel something strange about this
gundam. Like a weird connection to it. Kinda feels like papa.
Quat: Shouldn't that make sense? He did pilot it.
Trina: True but this thing feels bad almost evil like. It's almost like someone's
trying to break out.
Quat: You think that gundam's alive or something? *starts laughing*
Trina: Well you explain why it's chained down like a prisoner.
Quat: That's simple, Haruka-saa didn't want anyone stealing the gundam. *notices
Trina get up* Where are you going? *looks on as she touches the gundam* Eh...Trina?
Trina: *in an errie voice* Where is he?! WHERE IS HE?! I'LL KILL HIM! WHERE
IS HE?! *looks over at Quat*
Quat: Trina, you're really scaring me.
Trina: Where...is...he?! *lets go of the gundam and blinks a few times*
Quat: What the hell was that?!
Trina: Ne? What are you talking about?
Quat: You were going on about killing someone and you stared directly at me
while you were touching that thing.
Trina: Really? I don't remember that. You should stop telling lies, Quat.
Quat: I'm serious! You were really scarry looking too!
Trina: I'm telling mom that you're making up stories again. *leaves the hanger*
Quat: *frowns* But I'm not lying. *looks at the gundam* I don't know what
you did but you leave us alone!
Haruka turns around to the sound of his name coming from Trina and puts down everything he had in his hands as she gives him a hug and starts crying.
Haruka: What's wrong this time?
Trina: It happened again! Quat said that I was acting all weird again.
Haruka: You weren't around SandStorm again where you?
Trina: I didn't mean to! I'm scared, Haruka-saa! Why can't you just destroy
that thing?!
Haruka: Why? *stares at Trina still crying*
A.C. 223 -
Haruka: *sits down next to a familiar blond* Been awhile...
Waitress: Anything I can get you dear?
Haruka: Coffee, black.
Waitress: Ok.
Haruka: What did you want, Shingo?
Shingo: *looks up from his cup and stares at Haruka smiling* Nothing just
wanted to see if you were still alive that's all. You're right, it has been
awhile.
Haruka: Four years to be exact. Where have you been hiding at?
Shingo: Mars with Ariel.
Haruka: Everyone was worried about you after...*trails off*
Shingo: Yeah I know... So your a Preventor now, eh? Never thought you'd take
up a job like that.
Haruka: *looks at his newly set cup in front of him* Yeah, Milliardo gave
it up to take my mother's job.
Shingo: Vice Forgien Minister Milliardo Yuy... That sounds so strange. He
could've been the best Preventor ever.
Haruka: Yeah but he decided that he wanted to be a politician rather then
cop under a different name. Besides he and Duet are married now.
Shingo: So I've heard. You held back then.
Haruka: Had to, besides she much more happier with him. I have Michiru now
anyway along with two girls and one on the way.
Shingo: Wow already out doing me. I've got a son and a daughter so far. I
brought my daugther along with me so she could see her grandpa.
Haruka: That must of taken a lot of you to do such a thing.
Shingo: I've never been on good terms with him but I just keep reminding myself
that this is what Trina wants to do. She's always asking questions about things.
Besides I'm sure if I didn't do this she'd be very upset.
Haruka: And your son?
Shingo: He was too afraid to come. I don't blame him though.
Haruka: *notices a little girl in pink pull on Shingo's hair*
Girl: Shingo-saa I wanna play the dance game! *points to a DDR machine*
Shingo: I thought you already were... Haruka this is my little girl, Trina.
Trina: *stares at Haruka* You look funny, did you get ran over with a mower
cause your hair is really messy. Or maybe a strong wind blew by. Is that really
your hair?
Haruka: ...This is most definatly your kid.
Shingo: Here's some money go play.
Trina: Mmmk, but really is that his real hair?
Shingo: Trina what have I told you about talking about people?
Trina: It's rude and mean.
Shingo: Exactly so go play while me and Haruka-saa talk.
Trina: Ok.
Shingo: My days are numbered, Haruka, so I'll get to the point. I need you
to take SandStorm.
Haruka: You still have that thing?!
Shingo: I couldn't get rid of it. I didn't know how and I still don't. It's
right now on Phobos, I need you to take it and hide it.
Haruka: I think it's already in a good enough spot.
Shingo: No, people have been trying to get to it. I'm afraid that someone
will soon enough and use the gundam.
Haruka: Why should we worry? You're the only one that can pilot the thing.
Shingo: That's not true.
Haruka: You mean...
Shingo: Yeah, it's possible.
Haruka: Then we'll set up some exposives on the thing and blow it up!
Shingo: Don't you think I already tried that?! Not a night goes by that I
don't hear that thing in my head telling me how pathedic I am and how I should
get rid of Ariel and the kids. Which brings me to my last request, I want
you to kill me if I end up piloting the thing again.
Haruka: But you'll get stuck in there.
Shingo: I rather have that then know that I'll be used once again to kill
people. *starts laughing a little*
Haruka: What's wrong now?
Shingo: Four, I've always said my lucky number was four. Four years I've been
gone by since we've seen each other and now I ask you to kill me. It's going
to be Trina's fourth birthday soon. Four was never my lucky number it was
a curse. What bad luck I have. I can trust you to do as I ask correct?
Haruka: I'll see what I can do.
Shingo: Remember 'Ruka don't destroy that gundam it could very well be of
some use to you one day. *takes a sip of his drink* Cold...as usual.
Present -
Haruka: Why? Because I made a promise a long time ago to a friend
that I wouldn't.
Trina: It's not fair. Who would make you do something like that?
Haruka: I don't know anymore. Go to your room and rest for awhile I'm sure
that it'll be alright after that.
Trina: Ok, Haruka-saa.
Ling: A promise to someone who you don't know anymore. Is that the real reason
we still have that thing? Why not just hand it over to Hidama? She can't do
anything with it anyway. Shingo's dead she made sure of that.
Haruka: I think that she did that because she knew he was the only one who
could pilot it otherwise SandStorm is worthless to us. There also could be
something she knows that I do as well.
Ling: What's that mean? Are you talking about that kid piloting?
Haruka: He probably could do it if he weren't bound to a promise.
Ling: One day he's going to break that promise and go for it, Haruka.
Haruka: Then we'll have to hope that day never happens.
Ling: Considering who he's around I'm sure it'll happen.
Haruka: You're talking about Ariel.
Ling: That girl's forever lost in a dream world.
Trina walks past the kitchen and notices a table set and ready as it usualy was each day at the same time, six o' clock.
Ariel: *places plates down on the table and smiles as she sees
Trina* Trina you should get dressed up, your father's going to come home soon!
Trina: But, mama, papa's not going to come home because--
Ariel: Your father is coming home today, he was just busy working a lot yesterday
that's all. He's coming home I know it. *starts crying* Look at me I'm crying!
Your father would be upset if he saw me like this. Go get dressed Trina and
tell your brother to do the same because your father is coming home today.
I know he will.
Trina: *sighs* Ok Mama. I think Uncle Nova will come to dinner.
Ariel: Don't talk about such nonsense. Your uncle is on Earth and so is everyone
else.
Trina: If you say so, mama.
Ariel: You should wear that pretty white dress your father bought you. He'd
like it if you did that.
Trina: Yes, mama.
Ariel: And smile some more, dear, your father is coming home after all.
Trina: Yes, mama. *walks out the door and into Shen* Shen.
Ariel: Who are you talking to, Trina?
Trina: No one, mama!
Ariel: Hurry up then, your father is comming home soon.
Shen: Your father?
Trina: Yeah, my mother still thinks he's going to come home one day.
Shen: I thought he was dead.
Trina: I know, but she's the only one here that believes that he'll come home
one day. I've tried explaining to her that he's dead but she just tells me
to stop making up stories. She still thinks of me and Quat as little childeren
living on Mars waiting for my father to come home. It's odd, yes, but I don't
want to hurt her feelings and Haruka-saa has told me to just let her live
her dream world until she realizes my father's not going to come back.
Shen: He's been gone for awhile I would've thought she'd suspect something
by now. It has been ten years.
Trina: I think that's something called faith. I guess to you it sounds so
silly to believe that someone would come back from the dead but I believed
it too for awhile and still kind of do. I used to believe every word my mother
told me until I noticed that the didn't reconize anyone but me and Quat. I
guess it's because she's living in the past. There's a lot of things I know
that you wouldn't understand, Shen, but at the sametime there's also a lot
of things you know that I don't understand like why do you try giving me things
even when I tell you I don't want them?
Shen: Because I await the day you do accept something from me. Why don't you
accept anything?
Trina: I'm not ready to accept anything from anyone. You know it's like another
one of those odd things about me.
Shen: Is that so? Someone also made me realize how fake the smiles you make
really are. If you want to talk you can always talk to me.
Trina: Rena told you that, didn't she? I thought she would tell someone eventually.
She's not good at keeping secrets but when she does tell someone she makes
it difficult for them to understand what she says. Everything she does is
the opposite of what she meant to do.
Shen: So could you spare me anymore confusion and tell me what you really
think about me and...you?
Trina: I don't know about that yet. I'm just a princess waiting for my prince
to come and rescue me that's all.
Shen: That's ok I suppose but I won't stop trying.
Trina: I don't expect you to.
Quat, Acht and for some odd Rena spied on the two while Acht was making kissing noises.
Acht: *sticks up a hand puppet representing Trina and another
representing Shen* Oh Shenykins! I wuv joo! I wuv joo too Trwina! Kiss, kiss,
kiss!
Quat: ...You're very disturbing. *pulls out a set of him and Rena and starts
playing with them*
Rena: ...Both of you are and that thing looks nothing like me.
Quat: I tried so hard but your right nothing can compare to your beauty!
Rena: Whatever.
Acht: Think they're going to get past the talking?
Quat: Doubt it.
Rena: She doesn't like him.
Quat: And what about you liking me?
Rena: I'd rather die then even think of liking you.
Quat: You always have to be so mean.
Rena: *stares Quat in the face*
Acht: *looks back and forth between the two* Umm so you guys gonna just stare
at each other?
Rena: *smacks Quat and turns back around*
Quat: Why'd you do that?!
Rena: I don't like the way you stare at me.
Acht: Aw man nothing happened. Shen just walked away.
Rena: As I expected.
Quat: Probably told him to get lost.
Haruka: I suppose this means you'll go back to what you were doing then, correct?
All Three: Yes, Haruka...
Trina closes the door to her room behind her and goes to a box under her bed and pulls out a once white dress dyed a faint red color at the bottom.
Trina: Papa I'm going to move on and stop pretending. *places
the dress back in the box and exits the room* Perhapes thoes who can't do
anything but pretend will do the same one day. *passes the kitchen with Ariel
still waiting* There's still a lot of things I don't understand. *watches
Acht give Quat a hug while Quat yells for Rena's help* I doubt I ever will
understand them.*gets outside, finds a barrel, and tosses the box in with
a lit match* Bye Papa.
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Sap...sap...and more sap! FEEL DA PAIN! BUWahahahha! Ermm I should go finish
NGW.... *runs away*
-ChibiChibi-chan