It's been a long time since I posted this fic, as some of the members of
the list know, I am doing a major revamp on it. Here's a taste of
things to come
Gundam Wing Alternate Story
Project Orion
Prologue
Seeing in Darkness
Excerpts from the journal of Lt. Mu Tzu, pilot designate of Gundam
Orochi:
Entry Alpha
I never thought about how lucky I was to just simply have been myopic
rather than blind. Back then, all I needed to see clearly with was a
pair of coke bottle glasses. Even without them I can still discern
shapes and colors, just not specific ones. I didn't realize how lucky I
really was until what I had, what little sight I possessed, was forcibly
taken from me.
Back then my mission in life was simple, kill Ranma, and try to make
Shampoo realize that she loved me. Looking back now, I realize how
foolish and empty my life's goal really was. All that changed when the
accident that transported me here along with Ranma, Ryouga, Kuno and
Konatsu occurred. I woke up sprawled on the ground surrounded by animal
cages and a lot of people busily erecting the big top. I shook my head
to clear the cobwebs and looked around, it was at that moment that all
hell broke loose. Huge robots I thought only existing in movies and
anime were everywhere shooting randomly at the people running for
cover. One of them, a girl I would later find out to be named
Catherine, was pinned down by one of the huge cages that fell over when
the animals panicked. I did not hesitate to act, after all a male of
the joketsuzoku should risk his life for the sake of his betters. She
was going to be shot and I dove on top of her to take the full blunt of
the blow, I didn't realize at that time that I was glowing, an after
effect probably of the dimensional jump we accidentally took. The blast
hit me square on the back yet it only felt like a slight burn, I thought
it must have been because the numerous weapons hidden in my robes have
insulated my body. Yet the blast also made the weapons to glow making it
so intense that I had to close my eyes, when I opened them all I could
see was darkness.
I couldn't think of anything but my loss of sight, it was then that I
heard her voice, she said �I will be your eyes.� I suddenly remembered
that we still weren't safe and opted to take action rather than mope
around. I told her to guide me towards a place where we could find
temporary shelter. I carried her piggyback as she guided me to where I
should go. My plan was that I will tend to her, then I would leave her
to wallow in my misery. We arrived at a copse of trees, I asked her if
she could walk, she said she could but she couldn't possibly leave me
there. I detected concern and pity in her voice, two things that I
don't need. I yelled at her, tried to make it clear to her that I don't
want neither her pity nor her company. That was when she slapped me,
repeatedly on both cheeks, it was clear from the sounds she was making
that she was crying. She said she wouldn't hear of my bullheadedness as
she half carried, half dragged me away from the robots, mobile suits I
soon learned, that were searching for us. Never has any female cared for
my well being, to the point of risking theirs to ensure the continuance
of mine. I was taught since childhood that a male's life is expendable,
not worthy enough to cause sacrifice. Catherine's actions are
anitthesis to everything taught to me.
I stayed with her afterwards, hiding in plain sight in a circus. I
reprised my old role in the Chinese circus, Mu-Mu the duck. But this
time to my surprise, a good surprise for once, I no longer change into
my cursed alter ego. I became the circus magician, pulling anything and
everything from my seemingly empty sleeves. Life was starting to be
good, so good in fact that the thought of returning home never crossed
my mind the past few weeks of my stay with her. It was at that time
that he arrived, Trowa Barton accursed rival to Catherine's heart.
Sensing her feed him, care for him drove daggers into my fragile heart.
It was at that time that I decided it would be best if I just left. I
decided to leave the next morning and head out for god knows where. She
must have caught wind because she stood in front of my dressing room
later that night, I pretended not to notice her as I continued to pack,
feeling the warmth wafting from her, hearing her gentle breathing and
her heart beat. My senses have been honed ever since the accident that
I don't actually miss my sense of sight much anymore. She walked up to
me and asked why I was leaving, her hand rested on my shoulder. I faced
her and held her hand while thinking of several ways to tell her how I
felt about her. I must have voiced out my thoughts because her hand
tensed. I let her hand drop and resumed packing, she was trying to tell
me something but I tuned out what she was telling me, thinking it would
probably hurt more. I left the circus that night, a few hours earlier
than I intended. I camped out sometime later and slept when fatigue
overcame me, I dreamed about her and Shampoo, but somehow her image
appeared to be clearer while Shampoo's was getting more and more
indiscernible. I woke up the next morning when I heard the sounds of
thrusters nearby, very nearby. A Mobile Suit landed beside the place
where I made camp, the cockpit opened and she walked out, Commander
Ranma Saotome of the Sank Liberation Army. Unlike me, Ranma never got
rid of her curse; in fact in this world she was locked in her cursed
form. But like the arrogant bastard that she was, she never did let
that fact hinder her. She asked me to join her fight against OZ,
against the butchers who robbed me of my sight, who made several people
homeless and countless others without family or friends. She was asking
me to fight as a warrior. She didn't care about my blindness, she
believed I can still fight without my sight. I accepted and I was
assigned my mobile suit, Gundam Orochi, the weapon that allows me to
fight in equal terms with the enemy. With it I can extract sweet
revenge against OZ.
This is why I fight, I fight to avenge the loss of my sight and to bring
justice to those that OZ made suffer. More so, I fight so that
Catherine, the one I treasure most in this world may live and experience
happiness.