Summary: One Girl and a new Gundam. A choice in life and the decision that could change the future. Raven finds the Gundam boys and adventure ensues.

Author's Note: This is one of my weirder fictions. Enjoy.

Rating: PG-13 ( Mainly because of Language, and sexual content)

Disclaimer: I don't own any of this so don't sue.

Gundam Wing: Raven's Story

Part 1: The Meeting

Night fell on a quiet little town; a young woman sat debating between life and death. In one hand sat the blade that would end her miserable life in the other the key that would start a new life. The key belonged to a Gundam suit. She didn't mind the idea of being a pilot, but what she did mind was that these particular suits brought forth death and violence. This was not a life she wanted. She knew that the colonies had declared war against Earth, but to her the whole thing was ridiculous. She stood there looking into to the natural night, wondering which way would be better. The woman that gave her the suit told her to choose her own path, but she was sure that it involved her own fundamental ideas. She sat down tired of thinking. Still gripping the knife, she dug into the moist earth. There was a rustling sound that startled the young woman. She turned and places the knife on a defensive point.

"Whoa, no need to harm a friend, right." A young man spoke. His rustic almost Texas accent was noticeable. He wore all black except for the little bit of red that stood out from the shirt he wore underneath the black biker jacket. He stood at the height that the young woman was. The young woman threw the knife down at the young man's feet, making him a bit startled. She flopped down to the ground not caring about minor grass stains.

"You shouldn't be out here bothering me. I'm not in the best of moods to catch myself for not doing any damage. You were spying on me weren't you?" The young woman warned.

"Well sort of . . . My name is Duo Maxwell. What's yours?" Duo replied hoping she wasn't going to hit him for doing so.

"Raven." She spat. He sat beside her. He saw the look in her eyes, like a glimmer of hope, but that disappeared as quick as it came. She looked away from Duo.

"I see that you have a key to a Gundam . . . Were you planning on using it?" Duo asked. She didn't reply. "I have a Gundam too, his name is Deathscythe. Does yours have a name?"

Raven turned to him, noticeably upset by something he had said. "What's the deal, does everything have to involve violence? I particularly don't want any of this even if I have a Gundam. I would fight for peace nothing else. Too many people I have known over my twenty years of life are dead from this useless pathetic war. I want it to stop." She cries intensified as the tears of rage flowed freely from her bitter eyes. Revenge was not her idea, but it had seemed that it was everybody else's. Duo sat not knowing how to reply Raven's cries. Her fury was as bad as Zechs' though, he knew that she wouldn't have any idea about who he was talking. Then an idea popped into to Duo's head.

"Raven come with me. Heero and the others would probably like to meet you. Then you can decide if you want the Gundam or not." Duo hoped that would work to his advantage.

"Heero Yuy . . .?" Yes he did say whom she was thinking. She nodded and followed Duo to the camp. It was a long walk and Duo wanted her to feel that it wasn't the end, but the beginning. The problem was getting her to speak her feelings. He could tell that she had a lot of anger built up in her. She was like a ticking time bomb, ready to explode any minute. He looked at her Black blonde hair. It was obvious that she had dyed it and it was just growing out, but it was a huge turn on for him. Oh shit, what am I thinking? Here's a really vulnerable young woman and I want to take advantage of her. I really am starting to hate these hormones, Duo thought. His violet eyes turned away as Raven looked at him.

"You know that it's not right to stare at anyone don't you . . . Especially someone who is fit to kill anyone at this moment." Raven spoke harshly. Her aqua marine eyes showed her anger. Duo jumped away from her. She acts so much like Heero. He looked at the ground, blatantly making obvious that he didn't mean to.

"I'm sorry. Please don't hurt me, okay? Heero has done enough damage already for today." Duo spoke sheepishly. Raven, concerned about this man faced him, stopping him dead in his tracks.

"What did Heero do to you? You make it sound like that you can't even take a punch." She was a little too blunt. Duo stared at her, his deep violet eyes starting to water. His pride and ego were hurt. "Sorry . . ." Her apology was too late. He had already rush to hide the tears that threatened to spill. But he didn't get that far. He tripped on a rather large root and fell to the ground. That tipped him off the edge. His sobs increase by each passing minute. Hiding his shame and guilt, he tightly curled up into a ball and cried. He didn't even notice two slim arms embrace his trembling form.

"Shh . . . I'm sorry Duo. I didn't realize that he did that to you." Raven spoke quietly. He looked into her eyes knowing that she was being sincere. He got up brush off the dirt for his black pants and wiped the tears from his eyes. He acts as if nothing had ever happened.

"I guess that we should get to camp. It will be dark soon and the ozzies love to come out then." Duo replied looking away from her prying eyes.

"Okay. Oh you wanted to know the name of my Gundam . . . Well, its called Hell Fury. I guess they gave him that name because of my temper." Raven spoke. Duo looked at her. Could she be Shinigami's twin? He looked even deeper into her eyes, noticing that it was making her quite uncomfortable. The sounds from others at the camp were more than a little noticeable.

"Hey Duo's back!" the little Arabian called. Quatre Winner was the noble name that was given to him. Trowa Barton stood beside him, his arms tight across his chest. The Latino had a hard expression. The Chinese, name Chang Wufei sat with his back away from all the commotion. Then the ever-elusive Japanese, Heero Yuy met up with the young Raven's eyes. She knew these pilots and what they could do, but never thought in a million years that she might have a chance to fight along side them.

"Duo, what have I told you about bringing women that we don't really know to the camp?!" Heero snapped at Duo.

"Yeah, but-" Duo was about to defend himself when Wufei laughed.

"Duo, give up, you're beat." Wufei spoke.

"Ah. But he isn't." Raven spoke in a strong voice even stronger than what Duo expected. "He brought me because I own the Gundam Hell Fury. I guess he wanted me to join you all."

"Humph! No woman can fight." Wufei challenged. Duo shook his head trying to stop Wufei. Quatre and Trowa could tell that it was a bad idea to upset this woman.

"Are you challenging me?" She bellowed. The anger built up in her. Heero looked on knowing that this was going to prove quite valuable.

"Women are weak! All of them!" Wufei taunted further. That tipped her to the edge. She lunged at him knowing that he was expecting it. He swung at her head as she ducked. She kicked low to surprise him but not to make him fall. He kicked low and made her land on the ground. He thought it was over. She got back up and proceeded to attack. This time when he lunged at her she went for his neck, with teeth bared. Using all of her weight and strength she threw him to the ground. Surprise that a woman could do this, Wufei really couldn't respond until the pain engulfed him. He screamed. Trowa and Quatre could see what was going on, but the others could not. He screamed until she let go. Wufei terror-stricken eyes widened when he saw blood dripping from her mouth (and it wasn't a little amount either). Wufei threw her off of him and scooted away from her.

"Don't ever challenge me again, got that!?" She growled. Duo sat there in shock. Wufei one of the strongest of the group looked as if he had just wet his pants. She turned to Heero. He shuddered a bit with a little emotion, then held out his hand.

"Welcome aboard, Raven." She smiled and accepted Heero's invitation to the group.

"Thank you. Shinigami can you come with me for a minute?" Raven asked.

"Sure." Duo smiled. He loved the way she said his little nickname, even if she mutilated it. They walked to the stream so she could clean up the mess that she made.

"Do you think Wufei is scared of me? I mean I really didn't mean to get carried away like that." Duo nodded and sat next to her. He started to play with her long hair.

"Naw, he might be for a little while, but he doesn't keep fears or grudges, well unless you're Treize." Duo replied. Raven shuddered at the thought of Treize.

"I can't stand that man at all!" She spoke with fury. Duo sat there not knowing how to reply to that comment.

"Um . . ."

"Yes."

"Why did you bite Wufei? I mean you can scare him other ways you know."

"Yeah I like the taste of blood," She looked away embarrassed. "I didn't make you ill did I? I mean I have a few really disgusting habits."

"As long you don't put a busted up bone back into place yourself, I'll be okay."

"Okay so I won't do that while you're around." She smirked. Duo shuddered at the thought. "We better get back they probably think that we're making out or something like that." Shinigami laughed. They walked back to see Heero complaining at Wufei and Trowa trying to stop a fight.

"Hey Quatre what's going on?" Raven asked.

"Wufei stole something of Heero and Heero is making a big deal about it." Quatre replied. Raven walked up to them. Heero was showing a little more than usual on the emotion scale.

"Heero what does he have of yours?" She asked. There were tears in Heero's eyes.

"He took it! He took it!" Heero babbled. He was starting to sound like a five-year-old. "He took Yoshi."

"Huh?" Trowa was befuddled.

"I take it you don't know what he's talking about." She asked Trowa.

"Nope."

"What would I want with your damn teddy bear!" Wufei yelled.

"Then give him back. I can't sleep with out him!" Heero cried. "I'm gonna kill you if you don't give him back!" Raven looked around for his toy, knowing how it would feel if anyone took her Jonathan Davis. Her intuition served her well this time. Wufei had it tucked under all his blankets, so that Heero could never find it. Heero was already throwing one hell of a temper tantrum.

"Heero, here. He had it all the time." She handed him the bear. He grabbed it and held it tightly so that no one could ever steal it again. "As for YOU!" Wufei cringed. "Get to bed and if ever touch Heero or anyone else's sleeping buddies . . . So help me god!" Wufei looked down to the ground, wanting to hide and cry. He walked over to his sleeping bag and curled up in a tight ball.

"Man you have a way with him. No one I know could scare him that bad." Duo replied. She grabbed her teddy bear and showed it to Duo.

"I know how Heero feels. Been there, done that. No one is really allowed to get near Jonathan, but I allow someone if they need it to sleep with him." She noted the expression on Duo face. He looked afraid to sleep.

"Yeah I know what you mean."

"I better get something for Wufei, but that's if he behaves." She replied. "But that will be tomorrow." She yawned, showing extreme signs of how tired she really was.

"Can I borrow him?" Duo asked quietly. He acted as if he was greatly embarrassed to ask for her beloved teddy.

"Yes. Don't worry I trust you." She patted his head goodnight and climbed up into the tree. She quickly found a branch that felt comfortable and fell asleep. Duo walked over to Heero. He was still clutching on to the toy for dear life.

"You scared?" Duo whispered.

"Yes and no. I'm sorry that I showed so much emotion back there. I'm kind of embarrassed that Raven had to see that. Did she go to sleep? I don't see her." Heero spoke.

"Up there. She's out like a light. You mind if I sleep near you tonight?"

"Sure you can. Just don't pee your pants."

"I don't do that!" Shinigami was quite offended by the comment that Heero had just made.

"I know, but Quatre did. I really don't like cleaning it up if I didn't do it."

"So you admit it, Baka? You do it too?"

"Shut up." And with that everyone went to sleep.

To be continued . . .