A small girl with strawberry blond haired sighed slightly as she watched the scenery fly by as her father drove their black jeep along the deserted highway,

"Cheer up Nobara" her mother said quickly in a cheerful voice, "This is going to be one of our last stops before we head home"

"I guess…" the girl muttered slowly.

Hi, I'm Nobara Kiyoi Mitsukai; I'm nine years old and female as you've probably guessed by now.

"Look, we're nearly there" Nobara's father said quickly as they shot past a sign,

"Whoopee…" the small girl sarcastically said as she lay down on the back seat and looked at the roof.

"Look, sweetheart" her mother started, "We know you haven't been to fond of this trip after the last stop"

"Really?" Nobara said quickly,

"Can you tell us why?" her father asked.

"Maybe it's the fact that I keep being dragged away from any friends I might happen to make when we stop for about a month" she snapped quickly as she sat bolt up, "I mean, every time!" she shouted and her parents sighed lightly and glanced at each other.

"Nobara…" her father started, "There were reasons we came on this trip," he said quickly, "Not just for a bit of research"

"Zen… she wouldn't believe us" her mother whispered quickly,

"I know Kitai, but, it was worth a try" his voice sounded slightly annoyed and disappointed.

These are my parents, my father, Zen'aku Mitsukai, and my mother, Kitai Mitsukai. They mean everything to me but… sometimes they can get on my nerves.

"Here we are" Zen'aku said quickly as the car came to a slow stop, "Zephyr Springs" he said with a nod as he got out of the car, followed by his wife, Kitai.

"Common Nobara" Kitai said quickly, "We're going to go find something to eat for lunch" she told the girl quickly as she jumped out of the car and walked over to her parents.

"Whatever…" Nobara hissed slowly as she turned up the music she was listening to from her laptop she carried under her arm,

"Sweetheart, must you bring that?" her mother asked quickly,

"Mother, must you drag me along on this crappy trip?" the strawberry blond haired girl snapped quickly.

"Nobara Kiyoi Mitsukai!" her father raised his voice, "Don't you talk to your mother like that!"

"Why don't you two just die and go to hell!" Nobara screeched as she ran off quickly as tears filled her mothers eyes.

"Zen'aku, you shouldn't have done that…" Kit said slowly as she looked at her husband,

"Kitai…" he said slowly, "If I treat her too softly, she won't be able to stand up for herself when the gundams come to earth" he put a hand on his wife's shoulder, "You know that as well as I do"

And that is where the fight for my life starts, the moment I leave my parents, my life alone begins…

"I hate them," Nobara thought quickly as she stopped herself in a bus stop that had a phone line in it. "It's their faults that my life is like this," she said to herself in her head and she unplugged the phone and plugged her laptop in and connected up to the Internet. The message 'You've got Mail' flashed up on her screen as she clicked it,

"Wow, lucky me, five new e-mail messages…" her voice sarcastically said as she looked at the first name. Duo Maxwell. "Who?" she said as she clicked on the e-mail and read it.

'Hey there!

This is Duo, Duo Shingami Maxwell, don't know who you are, just found your e-mail address while hacking onto G's computer so you must be someone rather important! Try to reply ASAP so I can find out who you are, thanks a million! J

Duo Shingami Maxwell'

"Well, well, well…" Nobara muttered slowly, "Look's like I've gotten myself some guy that has nothing better to do with his life" she shook her head and clicked on reply.

'Hello Duo Maxwell,

I am called Shinimegami. Please don't waste your time sending me useless e-mails or I'll just have to track you down and kill you with my own hands.

Have a nice day,

Shinimegami' and with that, Nobara clicked on enter and chuckled as she returned to her inbox.

"Let's see…" she muttered slowly, "Junk mail, junk mail, junk mail…" her eyes stopped upon the last e-mail, "Sender, Doctor J…" her head tilted slightly, "Subject: Change of plans…" she said as she sneezed slightly, "Sounds interesting" she shrugged as she clicked on the e-mail.

'Dear Miss. Nobara Kiyoi Mitsukai,

It is a pleasure to finally be able to talk to the child of some of the brains behind our new creation. Your parents foreboded our communication with you until you were at least at the age of ten, but it seems that we cannot delay any longer. Please inform your parents that instead of one of them, you will be piloting gundam XXX-DA07 instead of our original plan. These changes have been made because of the finding of another pilot being trained at the moment. Also, because our boys would be able to get along with people more of their age, even though you are female, a little female companionship never would hurt.

In your location, please be careful and keep a low profile and make sure you aren't caught. If you are, make sure you (Nobara) are safe and still able to get to a working telephone or computer. Also be aware that OZ are currently searching for your whereabouts at the moment. Just to remind you as well, Zen'aku, Kitai, we are now doing the finishing touches on gundam XXX-DA07. We need those plans you had taken with you to complete as soon as possible so we may complete the gundam before OZ discovers it. For safety, once we complete the seventh gundam, we shall put it into hiding on the moon.

Hope to see you three alive and well very soon,

J'

Nobara just blinked,

"What, is today 'Weird people send Rose weird e-mail day'?" she asked herself quickly with a shake of her head as she went back to her inbox and deleted the junk mail and left the strange mail there. The message 'You've got Mail' flashed again, "Maxwell again?" she said slowly as she clicked on the e-mail.

'Well, it's nice to meet you Shinimegami,

but tell me the truth, what's your real name, what do your friends call you, huh? I mean, I don't think a girl's friend would call her 'The goddess of death' in Japanese. So, you know my name, so, tell me something to call you!

Duo Shingami Maxwell'

"He's got more brains then it sounds like" the strawberry blond haired girl said slowly, a slight smirk appeared on her face as she clicked on reply.

"Well Duo Maxwell,

people call me Kiyoi for a fact. Right now, I got some strange e-mail from some guy called Doctor J! Pretty stupid, eh? He was saying something about something he and my parents built, and said something about a plan… But, anyway, are you American by any chance?' Nobara nodded and hit send quickly and then began to look on other sites for the word 'gundam'.

"Oh, lovely," she sighed, "Forbidden access" her head shook as she got up a program and quickly began to type stuff in. "With all that computer training my parents gave me" she took a breath in, "I learnt how to hack onto 'forbidden' things on the web, thus" she hit the enter key and things began to flash up onto the screen. "What the hell?" she muttered slowly.

Name: Yuy, Heero

Age: 10-11

Specialties: trained assassin, hacker

Gundam: 01

Name: Zero One

Specialties: transformation into single person shuttle

Name: Maxwell, Duo

Age: 10-11

Specialties: thief, stealth

Gundam: 02

Name: Deathscythe

Specialties: stealth, ability to go under water

Name: Barton, Trowa

Age: 20(?)

Specialties: technology

Gundam: 03

Name: Heavyarms

Specialties: high ammunition

Name: Winner, Quatre

Age: 10-11

Specialties: kind, understanding, negotiator

Gundam: 04

Name: Sandrock

Specialties: desert camouflage, high armor

Name: Chang, Nataku

Age: unknown

Specialties: martial arts

Gundam: 05

Name: Shenlong

Specialties: marine type suit

Name: Doppelganger (?)

Age: unknown

Specialties: unknown

Gundam: 06 (?)

Name: unknown

Specialties: unknown

Name: Mitsukai, Nobara

Age: 9-10

Specialties: undisclosed

Gundam: 07

Name: DA (at moment)

Specialties: under water capabilities, voice activation, and password system

"Okay…" Nobara muttered slowly as she put the site as one of her favorites, "That's kinda scary" her eyes slowly closed as she sighed lightly. Once again, for the third time, the message 'You've got Mail' flashed in the middle of her screen. She placed her finger on the small mouse and moved the cursor over to the e-mail message to click on it.

'Yeah, I'm American.

G wants to talk to you for some reason, so, I better leave before I get yelled at ^^;; Cya!

Duo.

Hello Miss. Kiyoi, I'm Professor G. If you are in Zephyr Springs, get to cover/shelter quickly. The OZ base near that town is planning to'

But the strawberry blond haired girl stopped as she heard an explosion,

'The OZ base near that town is planning to try some of their defense weapon out on the town and then blame it on terrorists. Please be careful.

Professor G.'

Nobara glanced up as she disconnected her computer but then dropped it as she dropped to the ground as something near her exploded, dust filled the area quickly. Slowly, the small girl rose to her feet and headed out of the bus stops shelter and looked about herself at the destruction of the small town. Buildings were ablaze and bodies lay on the ground motionless. Her feet slowly began to carry her forwards through the rubble.

"No…" she muttered slowly, "I don't want to see this… this…" but she was lost for words as her eyes fell upon two bodies in front of her. Only two words left her mouth as she ran forwards, "Zen'aku" and "Kitai", she quickly dropped to her knees. "Mom? Dad?" her nervous voice said slowly as she slapped both of their cheeks lightly.

"My dear Wild Rose" Her mother said slowly as she looked up at her daughter through one eye,

"Kitai…" Rose mumbled slowly as she looked at her mother.

"Rose, please be strong…" her mother coughed slightly, bringing up a bit of blood, "Go find Doctor J…" she sighed as the small girl just nodded.

"Mama… Doctor J told me I was going to be chosen to pilot XXX-DA07…" she said slowly as tears began to build up in her eyes,

"That's good Rose… you'll be strong… and you'll…" Kitai had to stop as Rose shook her head.

"Mom… save your energy… I'll find you some help!" the girl panicked,

"You'll become strong and… you'll be able to protect the ones you love and care about…" her mother took a deep breath. "Take this Rose" she slowly said as she raised her hand and dropped a black gun in front of the girl, "Get away from here" she ordered.

"But, mom, I…" Rose started but her mother just shook her head quickly,

"Darling, I won't survive, face the truth…" her mother took in another breath and smiled, "Be free… my Wild Rose" and with that, her open eye closed as her head dropped to one side.

"Goddammit…" Nobara growled slowly as she stood up, she could hear feet marching her way, and they came to a halt when they saw her.

"Capture her and take her back to the base" a male voice said quickly as some of the soldiers moved forwards to capture Rose.

Now, I thought I was alone at the moment, but, I wasn't going to let these bastards capture me with out a fight, and what did my mother just happen to give me? A fully loaded gun.

"Stay away from me!" Rose yelled quickly as she glared at them, "You… bastards are the reason my parents are dead!" her voice screeched as the men just moved closer. Raising the hand that had the gun she pulled the trigger,

"Sir! She's armed!" one of the soldiers advancing said as they stopped.

"She's a child! Bribe her! Just do something!" the male that had yelled the orders the first time said quickly.

"Come on kid, we have lots of candy at the base" was the first attempt,

"Get damn lost" Rose snapped as she shot another bullet, making him drop to the ground.

"Sir, it seems she's been trained in someway!" the soldier yelled quickly,

"Then why don't you…" but he was cut off by the clicking of guns, he glanced about to find they had been surrounded by a group of men and some women that all had guns.

"Weapons down!" one the of the men surrounding them yelled quickly as they put their guns down onto the dirt floor,

"And what might you be doing?" a female voice said as Sally Po walked up beside Rose, she was staring at the leader of the group,

"Taking survivors to the base to ask what happened" the male shot back quickly.

"Tssh… yeah right" Rose muttered slowly as she glared at the ground,

"Please carry on little Miss" Sally said quickly as the small girl nodded,

"This soldiers are the reason my parents were killed" she hissed and took a step forwards, "They were trying out their defense systems on this town and were going to blame it on terrorists" she looked up at the two dead soldiers.

"Well, would you imagine that" the light brown haired female said quickly as she put her hand on her hip and watched the 'leader' twitch slightly, "I just happen to believe this kid," she smiled slightly as she took the gun from Rose's shaking hand. "Now back off unless you want to start a fight right now"

"Men, back to base!" the 'leader' said as he and the soldiers quickly walked off.

"Good job, now lets get this kid…" Sally started as she looked down to where Rose had been to find she was gone, "Where did she go?" she commanded quickly,

"Sally, she headed in that direction," one of the guys said quickly.

"Go find her!" Po yelled quickly as the men nodded and they all ran after the small girl.

"This isn't happening…" Rose muttered to her self over and over; she dropped to her knees by her laptop and quickly hooked it up to the Internet again and got to her inbox. She copied the last e-mail address from Duo's e-mail and then clicked on the e-mail from Doctor J and clicked on 'Reply'. Placing the e-mail in the 'To:' box, she began to type quickly.

'To Doctor J and Professor G,

The oz base has attacked and my parents are dead. I killed two soldiers with a gun my mother had given me before she passed away. I have a strange group of people following me, even though they saved me, I'm not sure of them. Please reply to this e-mail as soon as possible.

Rose Kiyoi Mitsukai,

Future pilot of XXX-DA07'

Nobara hit the enter key quickly and as soon as it was sent, she disconnected the computer to the internet and shutdown the computer and closed it just as Sally Po appeared in front of her.

"There you are little Miss" she said quickly as she knelt down beside the girl who just looked at her, "Come on now, let's get you to a bed and get you something to eat and drink" the female said as the strawberry blond haired girl just nodded slowly and let Sally pick her up.

And that's how my new life started. After being found by Sally Po, she became a sort of mother to me.

"I found her," Sally said quickly as she walked over to the group of males, "I'm taking her with me" she started before any of the males could ask. "Her parents got killed, so, I'm going to watch over her as she grows up" and with that. The group headed towards their transportation.

Sally sat watching Rose in amazement as the girl quickly ate food that had been placed in front of her,

"Thank you" she said quickly as she finished the food.

"You're welcome little Miss." Sally chuckled; "It seems that you needed something to eat" she smiled again as Rose nodded.

"This might sound rude, but," the girl swallowed, "What can I call you?"

"Me?" Sally lent on the table with her elbow, "My name is Sally Po, so, you can just call me Sally like everyone else"

"Okay, Sally" the strawberry blond haired girl smiled with a nod. "My name is Nobara Kiyoi Mitsukai," she said slowly, "Please just call me either Nobara or Rose"

"Okay Rose" the brown haired female said, "Now, can you tell me something, were your parents important people?" Sally asked plainly. "You don't have to answer just yet, but, keep it in mind"

"Sure…" Rose nodded slowly as the older female stood up,

"Come now, lets go find you a half decent room in this place" she said quickly as Rose shook her head.

"I'm sorry, my mother told me to find Doctor J" she looked at the table and Sally sighed,

"Is he your grandfather or a relative?" the brown haired rebel asked and Nobara just shrugged.

"I don't know…" Rose muttered slowly; "I was told I was to be the pilot of XXX-DA07, which is all I know"

"XXX-DA07?" sally thought slowly but nodded, "How about this Rose, we'll help you find him and when we do, we'll leave you with him?" Po suggested.

"You would do that for me?" the strawberry blond haired girl said in slight shock,

"Of course," Sally smiled with a nod, "I help the people that need help, but, can you get in contact of him?"

"I should be able to" the nine year old girl calmly said as she looked around, "But, I'll need my laptop and the ability to get onto the Internet for e-mail" she nodded.

"Sure thing" the brown haired female said as she grabbed Rose's hand, "This way" she lead Rose through halls and corridors until they finally reached a room where there was a large computer in. Rose's black laptop sat upon a desk. The girl with strawberry blond hair quickly headed over to the laptop and turned it on, typing in a username and password in a flash, her settings loaded while she looked around.

"So, this is the main computer in this building…" Rose muttered slowly as Sally nodded,

"Right," the brown haired female said slowly, "This is where we pinpoint the next attacks so we can prevent them"

"I see…" the girl muttered as she looked back at her screen. "I need a link up to the Internet," she coolly said and Sally smiled,

"It's already hooked up" and with that, Nobara quickly got to her inbox.

So, I was a type of hacker, I could hack into things. I also had a slight attitude problem that Sally soon helped me get over. But, like I said, this is just the beginning…

'You've got Mail' the voice and message said quickly as it flashed on the screen,

"And you have to shut up" Rose snapped as she clicked on it to see her new mail, "One from J and one from G and Duo" her head shook as she clicked on the one from Professor G and Duo Maxwell first.

"You mean, there's three people?" Po asked quickly,

"Well, kinda" the girl started, "Doctor J is the person I'm looking for, and" she took in a breath, "Professor G and Duo Maxwell are just people I'm talking to at the moment" Rose shrugged slowly and began to read the e-mail.

'Hello Nobara Kiyoi Mitsukai.

It seems that Duo has found one of the new pilots that J has told me about. Now, I'll first say I'm sorry for you lose, but, please tell us your location so we can find you. Those people that saved you were probably rebels, you don't have to worry about them unless you fight them. Finally, I'll wish you good luck with your training.

Professor G.'

"He really gets to the point, doesn't he?" Sally chuckled as Rose just stared at the screen and clicked on reply, "You're going to reply?" the female said in slight shock, "But, don't we need to find this 'J' guy?" but Rose wasn't listening.

'Dear Professor G,

I don't need your damn pity, so don't start with me. I'm currently trying to locate Doctor J with the help of my new friend, Sally. She is of course one of the rebels and has taken up the responsibility of taking care of my well being. I would like to thank you for wishing me good luck, but, I shan't be doing any training as of yet. I am going to wait until I am of the age of ten to start. Doctor J told me my parents didn't want you guys talking to me until I was at least ten, so, my training will have to be delayed until then.

Rose'

The send button was clicked and Rose continued to glare at the screen,

"Sally, I'm going to be staying with you until I'm ten" she plainly said as Sally just nodded, lost for words after reading what Rose had written. "Next, Doctor J" she nodded and clicked onto the next e-mail.

'Glad to hear from you Nobara.

I'm sorry to hear about your parents but we won't stay on that topic. I would like to congratulate you on taking down those two soldiers. I know it might not seem good, but, you better get used to it because you'll be doing it a lot more when you're older. Please send my regards to the rebels and thank them for making sure you didn't get yourself killed.

Now, would you inform me of your whereabouts so I can send some of my men to pick you up. Unless you would prefer to get picked up when you are ten, like your parents suggested if something like this should happen. Please respond as soon as possible.

Doctor J'

Rose scratched her head and sighed slightly,

"Sally, can you please get me a glass of water?" she asked quickly,

"Sure" Sally simply said as she left the room and the small girl nodded again.

'Dear Doctor J,

I would prefer to start my training at ten, but I have a question or two to ask. How long would I be training for and what is XXX-DA07?

Personally, I don't want to get involved in this war to be, but, it seems that I must if I want to obtain peace for the people. Also, I would like to know who Yuy, Maxwell, Barton, Winner, Chang and Doppelganger are if possible.

I was wondering as well, if I was to pilot XXX-DA07, what would my specialties be? My parents were teaching me computer technology and such, but I have also picked up a bit of hacking. Please inform me of what I wish to know and then I'll tell you my whereabouts.

Nobara Kiyoi Mitsukai'

Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatre Winner, Wufei Chang and Doppelganger, rather, Duette. These six become my good friends when I'm older. We worked together in defeating enemies, we were all of course using special suits, and I was of course using XXX-DA07, soon to be known as Kataki Joshin…

'You've got…' the voice started but was stopped when the girl turned the sound off,

"I know, I know, I heard you the first frikken time" she sighed slowly as she clicked on it. "Doctor J replies quickly" she muttered slowly.

'Rose,

I accept your wishes to be trained starting at ten. It will take about eight years if we go slowly, we don't like to force our pilots into learning things to quickly. We prefer to let them soak it in than continues training. XXX-DA07 is something we call a Gundam. It has a neo-titanium frame and gundaniam armor. It has weapons on it like our boys; so, you have five different choices of what to use. A beam sword, a beam scythe, chest missiles, chortles and a dragon arm/claw. Also, machine guns by the head. The gundams are being used in Operation Meteor, an operation where the gundams will be sent to earth to rule after a colony is dropped onto it. I myself don't really like this, I would prefer to send my pilot to earth just to destroy OZ. Those bastards are the reason that there might be an upcoming war.

I'm glad you understand the fact that this has got to be, if we want to prevent the total destruction of earth, you're are going to be needed. You will use your gundam to make sure our boys don't mess up and destroy anyone or anything important.

Yuy, Maxwell, Barton, Winner and Chang are 'our' boys; they are the gundam pilots that are going to be sent to earth after their training is completed. Doppelganger is a mysterious pilot who we have just received word of from a old 'friend' of mine... We don't know much about this new pilot so if you meet up with him, be careful.

Your specialty would probably be technology, hacking and finally, gun shooting. If you have killed those two soldiers without much hesitation, then teaching you how to shoot a gun won't be hard

Doctor J'

Drop a colony onto MY home planet? Guess again. I was pissed of; seriously, I could have killed if I had a weapon. In my conscience, I had decided that if someone want to destroy my home, they would have to destroy me first. There was no way I was going to let them do that, so I knew I had to work hard so I could prevent that type of crap happening.

'Well excuse me Doctor J, I will not allow such crap to happen to earth!

It IS my home and the people here don't deserve to die just because of some people in space want to drop a damn colony onto it. They would have to get past me in that gundam first. That's what I'm going to devote using my gundam for. Defending the earth at all costs, even if it means my life.

For the training, I'll work on technology and hacking while I'm here, I'll do all that I can and learn all that I can learn before we start to 'work' together.

Ja ne,

Rose'

The strawberry blond haired girl nodded and clicked on the send key. Her eyes glanced about to find the gun her mother had given her, her hand slowly reached out to it and pulled it over to herself.

"The last present my parents ever will give me…" Nobara muttered slowly as she examined it carefully, on the handle, there was a metal rose symbol on it. "A rose?" the girl said slowly as she held the gun in her hand properly and looked for a target to attempt to shoot at. Her blue eyes locked onto her target and just as she pulled the trigger, the door slid open. Sally was standing there with the glass of water in her hand, she dropped it when Rose turned to face her. Nobara Kiyoi Mitsukai's face was emotionless; her eyes showed nothing, no fear, no anger, and just the will to complete something. Her blue eyes just stared at the brown haired female; the gun was still in her hand as she suddenly fell to the ground. Sally quickly ran over to her and went onto her knees to check on the small survivor, she still had a pulse, but she had just fainted. The older female stood up and walked over to a microphone, hitting a button, she spoke,

"Would the doctor please make a prompt visit to the survivors room immediately" she breathed, "I repeat, would the doctor please make a prompt visit to the survivors room immediately, that is all" and with that, she hit the button again and sighed. "This girl is going to be harder to handle than we thought" her head shook as she walked over to Rose and picked the girl up in her arms and try to dislodge the gun from her hand. Wouldn't budge. So, Sally Po ended up carrying the girl to her new room where the doctor stood waiting.

"What's wrong Sally?" the doctor asked quickly as she placed Nobara down onto the bed,

"This girl, just call her Rose" her head shook again. "There's something about this look she gave me before she fainted"

"I see, and, what was it like?" he asked as he began to give Rose a check up.

"It was cold" was all the brunette could say,

"Cold?" the doctor stopped as she nodded,

"She stared at me, her look was basically saying 'I have a mission, get in my way and die'" she chuckled slightly.

"Sally, I don't find that funny" the doctor said plainly, "A child with that kind of look would mean they have some mental disorder, and…" he paused and looked at the gun, "Could you not remove this weapon before you brought her?" he asked. "A child shouldn't be mixed up with this fight, and leaving guns about for them to play with…" but Sally just shook her head.

"This weapon isn't mine" Po said calmly as she looked at the small girl, "It hers"

"What?" the doctor basically yelled, "A child of her age with a gun in her possession?" his head shook, "I'll have her put in a home strait away!" he began to pack up. "What kind of parents did she have?" he muttered, "Giving their child a gun to play with."

"Look" Sally said as she stopped him from leaving, "Her parents gave it to her when they… they…" she paused and looked away,

"They what?" the black haired man asked as he tilted his head,

"Well, they were killed in that last OZ problem…" the brunette's eyes looked back at Rose.

"Oh dear…" the male said slowly, looking at the girl, "I see, but, she still shouldn't be mixed up in this" he sighed, "She should have been left out of this fight that might turn into a war" his head shook.

"She's already involved though…" Sally mentally thought as he left, "She's going to be one of the people who are going to pull us through this war" her hand hit the light switch as the door opened. "One of the chosen people to save us from total destruction…" the female then stepped back through the door and watched it close before she left herself.

I always had a natural eye for shooting, Sally pointed that out to me not long ago. That cold look I gave her… That was the start of another self being born or created inside of me. The self that has my sense of battle, people called that side of me a rather odd name, knowing that I wasn't afraid to kill, yet, I knew it had to be done.

The Angel of Death…