Ok people this is a test run of this fic. We shall see where it me if your interested or even like it or don't like it's beginning...

I re-worked it because of poor grammar and should have the next chapter out next week!

A Candle for the Future - Chapter1

The first time hearing his voice it was commanding; informing the Gundam pilots of the terrifying mistake made at New Edwards base. It echoed over the coms informing us that we, no… I, destroyed the shuttle that belonged to that of the peace doves. Stunned at the mission failure, I noted that he and another pilot took off after the Oz leader Trieze. That was the first time hearing that voice and it stayed in mind constantly.

The first time actually seeing him was when Quatre had organized a rendezvous at one of his homes as a safe house. All of the Gundams had been in the hanger already when he arrived. He walked into the house and all of us watched. He nodded to Trowa first, as a greeting; they had spent some time together earlier in the war. The soothing powerful voice, which had burned to memory since the first time hearing it, filled the quite room, "My name is Chang Wufei."

Duo went about talking non-stop doing introductions to the rest of the group. The new round of introductions only needed partial attention as that information had already been retained.

Wufei Chang was small and compact in frame, but had somewhat delicate masculine features. His skin had a darker tanned complexion and his eyes and hair... that is what initially caught my attention. Black. Sleek black hair and a searching intelligent gaze that could turn deadly in an instant and set my nerves on fire the first time I was its target. They reminded me of volcanic glass, although I had only seen pictures of the substance.

Through the week long period of remaining in close quarters one learned the man's habits. Learned his sense of morals and justice, his routine of rising early to hone his body and perfect his already deadly martial arts skills. His sense of pride and honor were nothing I have ever encountered before when learning the social habits of other people. It was fascinating. He was a rarity my attention held on to, because he was pure Chinese.

This was what most fascinating about the man. The fact that he appeared to have such a solid linear decent of one heritage, for it is a rarity of this time period. So many examples of the mixing that had occurred; I am of Japanese decent with blue eyes and brown hair. Quatre is an Arabian, but with blonde hair and blue eyes. Sally Poe is of Chinese decent and she has blonde hair and blue eyes. The cultures had mixed all over the world and it was rare to find someone from such obviously pure blood lines.

It was truly fascinating, his pure devotion to the traditions of his culture, whether done consciously or unconsciously. From his mannerisms to his clothing, he was an anomaly that I never encountered before. Even as a pure blood he was obviously raised with an air of aristocracy around him as his grace seemed completely natural.

I watched him discreetly over the week, when not devoting myself to my Gundam or mission details. Wufei had already been determined to be an excellent pilot due to his outstanding assault record. Other then the facts though, watching him do his exercises one morning... the true meaning of the word escapes me...if I were to call him and his ideals one word… the only word that came to mind that seemed suited was... Beautiful.

Stumped by my own word choice, an online dictionary was quickly consulted to find that it stated ' 1. Having qualities that delight the senses, especially the sense of sight. 2. Excellent; wonderful'.

I do not know if that was my intent when the word came to mind, but that is what I thought after meeting and observing him. The other pilots appeared to be just as fascinated by him and though we lived under the same roof he was somewhat distant, quite similar to my actions. Although, he did smile at some of Duo's jokes and calmly input his thoughts in conversations and mission detailing. Duo had put it once, 'Wufei was a prime candidate for a boyfriend that you would want to have around forever. Definitely a keeper.' Although Wufei's comments could be somewhat harsh, perhaps it was a mechanism to prevent those he wanted to protect from getting hurt. Calling Sally weak to her face repeatedly may have been an attempt to get her out of harms way. I don't know. I'm definitely no expert on relationships friendly or otherwise.

Later we attended several missions together and worked with the other pilots as well. Once again he was dedicated with relentless determination to his cause. The end of the war came went and it was a while before seeing Wufei again.

In the following war incident, he had switched sides. Even so I still retained great respect for him and his motives. He questioned the new peace and was the only one of us who dared too. Wufei's overall intelligence and ability to analyze situations is high. That is probably why he stopped fighting in the end. While it may not have been his intent, Wufei helped the people of the earth realize they had to stand together in order to prevent the peace from deteriorating beyond their control and for a new war to break out.

Wufei joined the Preventers shortly afterward. As did I. He and I worked on countless cases together but we found that our ability to go after the real criminals and rebel factions was hindered. Hindered from the fear of possible military control by the Preventers organization. Hindered by the laws and policies that had been implemented to stop us from completing our tasks and missions.

The ESUN had established the Preventers under some extremely prohibitive laws. The first and foremost was the policy that required the Preventers to go to a panel weekly with a report on all the missions that would be commenced and were in progress as well as the results of each mission. Each mission could not be started out without express consent by the panel. We soon found that major missions regarding large rebel groups somehow mysteriously the mission would be delayed for clearance for three or four days, or the confirmed head quarters would vanish despite the fact that it had been there five hours ago.

The only plausible response to this problematic situation was that there were politicians on the panel that were in league with the rebels. There was no other explanation as to why this happened so frequently and only when a mission was about to begin and needed approval.

One time though, it became exceedingly dangerous.

The same thing had happened, a major threat was going to be reduced by ourselves and once again it was delayed. Wufei and I were assigned to the case so three days later we went ahead with the mission of entering, taking prisoners, and destroying any weaponry we found. We had already been expecting them to have left as that followed the usual trend. Instead it was a trap.

Wufei was furious. We killed three guys on the way out. Wufei ended up having a bullet through his right arm and myself, a concussion though I was more concerned for Wufei as it appeared to be bleeding more then a usual bullet wound.

It was back at the Preventers medical facilities that he said something that once again shocked me and broke almost every idea I had about the man's dedication to his ideals.

"I'm done."

I remember I tilted my head for further explanation. "I'm quitting the Preventers. What we do is meaningless. We're nothing but pawns and peace will not remain even if we are here." The strong person I had known him to be seemed to have dissolved. Sally and Une put up quite a show attempting to convince him otherwise, but he wouldn't have it. He left and I knew that my job would be even less an enjoyable and even more of a necessity in this post-war period. It had been less then four months and the peace was going to dissolve rapidly from there.

I did not visit him in the time after he left. It was strange and his absence did leave me felling rather...dissatisfied. He, after all, was the one person interesting and had intriguing enough to examine closely. I was partnered with him for three months and even that was the longest relations I had with an individual uninterrupted.

The next time seeing Wufei was in the news networks two months later, and his actions did not seem anything like what the proud sophisticated warrior would do. He had forgotten his old self.

Wufei was heir to the Dragon Clan fortune and all land holdings, company ownership and titles that went with it. There was a rather large branch of the company already established by the time he had arrived two months ago.

The company was named Dragon Clan Industries or DCI, which made sense considering it belonged to the Dragon Clan. After the two long months where Wufei had been away from the Preventers, his company was making the news as he had finally stepped up into the position as CEO of DCI. He had rightful ownership of the company instantly, unlike Quatre who not only was involved as a minor player on the ESUN board, but was currently fighting those who had been caring for the company, between the time of his fathers death and his return to the position, for total control of the WEI economic empire.

Wufei was making the news because not only was he stepping into a high position that was already ranked in the top ten largest and most economically powerful corporations, WEI of course being the top, but because he was making a series of acquisitions and take-overs rapidly. Yet there was little linking between each company that was bought, the seemed to be from random fields. Critics at the time thought this to be rash behavior and the death of the company.

Regardless of his actions as CEO, he was now a political player to contend with. His contacts were obvious and influential immediately. Relena was often stopping in and having meetings with him regularly and Quatre despite his slight troubles that occupied his time with his own empire appeared to be making regular meetings with Wufei as well.

The strangest meeting though, was not one that was announced to the media or public. In fact it was doubtful that anyone knew about the meeting other then me and Sally as she was the one who told me about it. The day before he announced his stepping in as CEO of his cooperation he had had a meeting with Lady Une, head of the Preventers.

Either way I was beginning to be somewhat disappointed with the person that I would see in the papers and on the news. He was different in a way that couldn't be pinpointed. He still had the proud front, but to me he appeared always disgusted with something...always contemplating. It was not obvious in his face but it was his stance informed me. I regard him slightly as a lost cause as all his ideals and un-materialistic nature suddenly appeared to have vaporized.

A month and a half after Wufei's entrance as the CEO I found out from Sally that not only was his company booming, fifth in the rankings, Wufei was the figure head of a traditionalist movement in the Asia Sector of Earth Sphere. I ran a search on him online and found a full length photo of him, rather then a suit like he wore as the CEO of his company, in old traditional Chinese clothes. It was an excellent shot of him, though the small smile on his face seemed fake, though I only had seen him smile a few times in the past so maybe I was wrong. Maybe the previous ones were fake and this was his true persona.

Not only was he now proving to be materialistic, he lacked the fire he use to have in his eyes and he was becoming an idol or model of some sort. His looks allowed him such a position; Sally would not have fit the traditionalist movement with her light hair and eyes. It did not matter to me that he was popular and that the people had an icon to guide them in their actions and everyday life.

As far as I was concerns the old Wufei was dead and all that remained was the memory of his voice as he yelled at us and the first times I worked with him. He was a fool to work that sort of job to give up on the Preventers, the only organization that seemed to want to protect the peace, while sharks like himself bred hatred and discontent among the poor people in the devastated areas of the world. He left my mind, and was now nonexistent.

Then something happened that I did not expect. Une called me into her office and ordered me to sit down. I sat. What could she possibly want when none of our mission plans had been cleared by the panel yet? The panel was even going to run their monthly raid of the Preventer office to see if they could find cases that were being hidden from them. It was procedure. Even Une couldn't fight the new laws that were so restrictive.

She sat at her desk with her fingertips touching each other and stared at me. I simply stared back silent as usual. She sighed and then spoke, "I'm sending you on a minor mission. There is no militaristic action so I don't need approval by the panel." I nodded for her to proceed. "You will be a bodyguard for Wufei Chang for as long as necessary."

I frowned at her, glaring slightly. It didn't matter how long he had been from his last battle, "He's a Gundam Pilot he does not need a bodyguard." Simply stating facts should be fine.

She looked distressed slightly, "Chang will explain everything. We will owe him everything and need to provide him with anything necessary and you, Heero Yuy, are necessary and expendable at the moment as we have no missions that are worth you skill and capability."

"I could be forming new mission plans or going on intel missions, Lady Une." Wufei did not need anything from us. He had his empire. There was no need for more underlings.

Une frowned and glared. "This is unlike you Yuy. Usually you simply accept what I give you." I shifted in my seat. It was unlike me.

Voice like steel sounded, "I am pulling rank Agent Yuy. You will be Wufei's body guard. You will do whatever Wufei requests. If he says 'Jump'. You say 'how high?' and then complete the requested task. Do I make myself clear?"

TBC...

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