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Fallen Stars
by Team X-treme
[L3 Colony area]
"Look mommy! I wanna do that when I grow up!" said a child at about 6 years old.
Cheers of anticipation and excitement filled the arena. Children were up on their seats eagerly waiting for the act to begin. High above the crowd were two figures standing up on a tightrope. One of the figures was a boy roughly 17 years of age wearing a clown outfit and a mask covering half of his face. The boy stood firmly with his arms crossed and his eyes closed as if he was bored. The other figure was of a beautiful woman wearing a pink shrilly dress holding a couple of razor sharp daggers in her hand. The woman had a gleam in her eye, while the sad clown opened his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.
"Ready Trowa?" asked the woman.
The clown by the name of Trowa nodded expressionless. The woman pulled her hands back and quick as lightning she released the daggers all at once at Trowa each aimed at different parts of his body. But Trowa was even quicker, as if it were nothing he easily jumped into the air and did a series of flips and gracefully landed back onto the tightrope evading the flying fatales. Meanwhile the daggers had hit each of the marked points of a dartboard set up on a platform on the other side.
"There you have it folks! The Amazing Dagger Delight! Please give it up for the irresistible and deadly Catherine Bloom and the extraordinary acrobatics by the clown of unhappiness!" cried the ringmaster.
The crowed was roared with delight. Some people still looked at the scene in a silence of wonder and awe. Every person in the arena stood up to give a standing ovation. The two figures from above jumped down from the tightrope silently and easily. Catherine and Trowa elegantly bowed to each side of the arena and walked off stage leaving the crowd with the feeling of knowing that they had got what they paid for.
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The lights were shutting down into the arena and power everywhere in the circus. The crowd had gone home happy an hour ago. The animals were being put back into their cage and some of the performers were tending towards them like the clown named Trowa Barton. His hair that was formed as an uni-bang was covering half of his face like the mask he wore. The side of his face that could be seen was just as always emotionless but somehow seemed a bit less as he petted one of the circus' lions.
"Hey Trowa, that was a good show we put on today," Catherine said cheerfully. "The crowd went wild for us! Not bad for the first time we've ever performed that act. "
Trowa nodded slowly as always.
"Well, I'll leave you two alone Trowa, because I'm dead tired. Please don't stay up too long, a kid like you needs at least 8 hours of sleep per day. Well, G'nite Trowa," said Catherine and she turned around, closed the curtain behind her leaving Trowa once more with nothing but silence or so it would seem.
"Soyou've finally got a name Nanashi," said a voice. "Too bad you stole it from someone."
Trowa turned swiftly around alarmed that someone could sneak in without anyone noticing not even the animals. A man in his mid-twenties stepped out from the shadows. He has pale blond hair and an even paler face. He had a huge grin plastered on his face.
"Ah! That's the most emotion I've seen from you Nanashi!" said the figure.
The boy once again put on his mask of no emotion. "Takashi..."
"And you've even graced me with your voice! The only time I ever heard it was when you caught me tipping off the Alliance when we were working together on your old and now deceased friend Heavyarms!" mocked the one named Takashi.
"I thought you were dead," spoke Trowa.
"And I thought the REAL Trowa Barton was alive! Well, I guess we were both wrong!" said Takashi with a laugh.
"I don't have time for games," Trowa said softly. "What do you want?"
The man held out his arms showing he had no weapons in a gesture of peace. "What I wantis your help Nanashi. Actually WE want your help."
Trowa stayed expressionless. "We?"
"Yes, you see I've turned a new leaf! Yes I'm clean! this time i'm working with the real winners. That's right my friend...I've joined the Preventers!" said Takashi with a smirk.
Takashi held out his badge for Trowa to see. Trowa wasn't quite clear what to make of this or what game Takashi was trying to pull.
"More like forced to join us," said a firm strong voice.
Behind Trowa the curtain opened up to 2 people wearing Preventer uniforms. One was a tall chubby man and the other was a woman with jet-black hair. Takashi scowled at the sight of them.
"You were taking too long," said the woman.
Takashi gave the two new strangers a mock smile. The tall chubby man approached the expressionless boy with a smile.
"Hello, I am Captain Jared Zanith, this is my partner Lei Milan. We're also from the Preventers that also keep Takashi in check."
Takashi gave them a look of utter disgustment.
"You must be Trowa Barton," said Zanith with a smile as he took out his hand to greet Trowa.
Instead of excepting this greeting Trowa crossed his arms, closed his eyes, and leaned against a wall. "If you have no other name to call me, then you may call me Trowa Barton."
Zanith smile wiped off from his face and took back his hand. "Right. As we were saying when the Preventers were formed two eyars ago there were only a few of them. Still there is not many of us, there are still many probalems and issues and our forces are limited and spread too thin. The only reason Takashi is in the Preventers is because we could use someone with the skill of mechanics Takashi has and when we found out that he was alive we promised he would regain full citizenship if he stayed with the Preventers for at least 3 years."
"Yeah. Lucky me," muttered Takashi.
"I have no time for a story, if there is need for me tell me why otherwise I have somewhere else to be," Trowa spoke coolly.
"We were sent here specifically to get you," said Lei. "Our mission is a very special one. It requires the skills of a Gundam Pilot so we were sent here."
Trowa pondered for a moment. "Where are the other pilots? There must be some reason why you specifically came here."
"You are the only Gundam Pilot available. The one called Heero Yuy is missing but is suspected to be guarding former Queen Relena. Mr. Duo Maxwell is busy working in the salvaging industries. Wufei Chan is already working on a separate Preventer mission, and Quatre Rebarba Winner has duties to fulfill on his own. So we are left with you Trowa Barton."
Takashi burst out a laugh "Enough with the suspense already, let's tell him what the mission is!"
Zanith nodded. "There is a man on Earth by the name of Richard Gilmore. He is a business person but suspicion is that he's dealing more then usual business. We believe he's smuggled in a shipment of Gundammian Alloy."
Trowa eyes opened immediately.
Takashi smirked, "As you know Trowa because of the peace pact of New Year's eve there is to be no weapons allowed to carry or build whatsoever except to Preventers like us. And there is to be no mobile suits to be allowed not even to us preventers, and we all know what Gundamian alloy can be used for."
[A Gundam]...Trowa thought. [Another Gundam on Earth would mean nothing but destruction. But a Gundam anywhere would be nothing but destruction. I can't let that happen.]
It seemed as if Zanith knew what Trowa was thinking. "Mr. Gilmore hasn't begun construction yet. We are sure of that because many Governments are suspicous as well. He is being watched constantly and everything he does is being monitored, but they cannot always be accurate."
"We are not sure where the location of the alloy is placed, and nobody else knows either except Mr. Gilmore himself," continued Lei.
"Nowbecause of a few more laws and morals of the Preventers we can't find out the old fashion way by beating and threatening him for it," said Takashi.
"You want me to do an infiltration mission" stated Trowa.
"Not exactly. The problem is that in case something was to happen to Mr.Gilmore made sure his associates would be able to find out where he's hidden the alloy. So thanks to some inside help we learned that clues to the location is spread out in 3 disks each holding a clue to where the location is. We've found 2 of these disks we were able to trace the two disks but we cannot find the third one. We believe there is a pattern, you see one disk was sent to a complete stranger in Michigan, the other was sent to a friend in Australia but we took it before it could reach him," said Zanith.
"So you believe that his family is the next target where he sent the disk," Trowa pointed out.
"Exactly, now he has one daughter named Lorelei who is a single mother. She had an argument with her family and is no longer that close with her famly, although they attend dinner with them every weekend.We believe they are the keys to the last disk. We want you to go Stars Hollow, the place where they live and try to retrieve the disk," ordered Lei.
"Her daughter, also named Lorelei attends an expensive and highly classed Private school in Chilton. You are already set to be enrolled in," said Zanith."The disk is small and undetectable and could hide anywhere in anything such as a locket or something so the disk holder themself will not know that they have the disks. We believe either one of them can be the disk holders."
Trowa listened and observed the situation. "I know now. It is not only my skills as a Gundam Pilot but because I'm young enough to be integrated into the school and not raise suspicion by the people," Trowa said not showing any sign of fear, doubt, or confidence.
"We've already arranged everything, there is a house that has been set up for you to live in Stars Hollow. We know of your ability to be accepted by others as was shown when you infiltrated both OZ and Maremai's army," said Zanith. "You must accept this duty Trowa Barton. You Gundam pilots fought for peace and it is time for you to do it again. Do your duty Pilot."
There was nothing to be heard but the sound of the hot breath of the sleeping Lion in the room. What seemed like ages of utter silence and suspense Trowa uncrossed his arms and stood straight.
"I understand," said Trowa. "Mission accepted."
Author's Notes: Hello there! You are probably asking yourself these question(s).
1. "Why do a Gundam Wing/Gilmore Girls Fanfic?"
Why not do one? We have been trying to think of more original ways to have our favourite Mecha anime to have adventures, and the only real way to expand is to expand with other universes. In other words, a crossover. Most crossovers that we've seen with Gundam Wing are all the same so we've decided to try and do something original. Besides YOU try living in a house with with 2 sisters and NOT once hear of Gilmore Girls. The show is not so bad and just watching it I had the crazy idea of spicing up their boring lives with th more exciting Gundam Wing universe.
2. "Why have Trowa as a main character for your story? He doesn't even talk."
The answer is simple. We're NOT gonna do this fic with simply just Trowa. If we would do this fic with just Trowa then we would've said that in the summary box. Yes, some of your favourite Gundam Wing pilots might drop by for a cameo...or something more...And Trowa isn't that bad of a character. He is not my favourite one but we agreed to use him because never really gets many fanfics of his own and we all want to make a statement and be the alternative.
3. "What is the meaning of the title Fallen Stars?"
There is none. We just can't think of a better title :-D
I hope that if you asked yourself these question(s) that they have been answered. If you have another question just put it into your review. We always read our reviews and take in ideas from others so that the people may be please. I hope to see you in the next chapter!
- X-treme Goku