By ~*Ai*~Wing
The Unknown Reflection

By ~*Ai*~Wing

Prologue

It is the year A.C. 197.  All wars between resistance factions, the Earth and the colonies have been settled for one whole year.  The goal of the E.S.U.N. is directed towards pacifism in hopes of achieving total peace one day.  All those involved in Mariemeia's and Dekim Barton's Operation: Meteor has now moved on with life.

Relena Darlian now busily attends to her duties as Vice Foreign Minister.  Although, she is always occupied with endless tasks, she still stays optimistic.  Her job has brought her happiness and pride, as she is able to contribute so much to the world she so loves.  There is only one unsettling matter that she constantly thinks about…

Each and every one of the Gundam pilots has gone their separate ways too.

Duo Maxwell operates the junkyard with his girlfriend, Hilde Schbeiker on a colony in L2.  Their business can be considered very successful as they find that they hardly have any free time now a day.

Trowa Barton is still with his job at the circus.  He is still a clown and enjoys this simple life while he lives with his only family, his sister, Catherine Bloom.

Quatre Raberba Winner is managing the businesses of the Winner Corporation with the help from a few of his 29 sisters.  His family's business has thrived under his command.  Quatre has kept up his family's reputation as a respectable bloodline.

While all pilots are inactive status Preventers agents, Wufei Chang makes that exception.  He works full time as a Preventers agent along with Milliardo Peacecraft, Lucrezia Noin and Sally Po under the command of Lady Une.

However, there is one pilot whose activities are ever so concealed.  He is the pilot of Gundam 01, Heero Yuy.  For all they know, he could be protecting the Vice Foreign Minister in the shadows to keep his promise to her, made so long ago.  He could be an undercover agent for the Preventers.  He could be hidden somewhere in L1 or he could be anywhere in the vast universe with the intention of staying away from everyone else.

"Hello…Duo, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei.  Come on in."  Relena welcomed her own guests herself.  It was a reunion gathering held at the Peacecraft estate.  Even though Relena no longer considers herself a Peacecraft, her brother had convinced her to stay with him in the huge estate.

"Is Hilde here yet?"  Duo asked.

"Yes, she's helping me with the preparations for refreshments." Relena said warmly, although in truth she was quite disappointed.

"Refreshments?  Do you mean 'food'?  That's great, because I'm famished." Duo exclaimed.

"Yes.  This way please."  Relena led her guests to the porch veranda since it was so beautiful outside.

Not soon after everyone sat down did Hilde and Pagan bring in the refreshments.  Relena and Hilde had bonded when they met again after the Mariemeia incident.

"Hilde!  Babe, I've missed you!" Duo exclaimed while helping himself to the pastry.

"We saw each other this morning, silly!" Hilde reminded him.

"Oh, yeah." Duo said with his mouthful.

"Please, Maxwell.  Swallow before you talk." The annoyed Wufei said.

"Sorry, Wufie." Duo apologized with glee.

"What did you call me?" Wufei yelled in anger.

"Wufie…or do you like Wu-man better?" Duo asked while snickering.

"This is purely an injustice!" Wufei announced in rage.

"Let's quiet down a bit, please.  We're not here to cause any trouble." Quatre pleaded while stirring his tea.

"Say, where's Heero anyway?" Hilde asked.

"I don't know where the idiot of a pilot is.  We couldn't contact the stubborn bastard." Duo said as he began munching on some cupcakes.

"Mmmmm…these are delicious!  Who made them?" Duo questioned right after taking bite.

"Relena did." Hilde told him.

However, Relena wasn't paying the least bit of attention.  Quatre noticed her dazed look.

"Are you ok, Miss Relena?" Quatre asked with concern.

"Huh?  Yes, I'm fine…Quatre!  How many times did I tell you to drop the Miss?" Relena scolded as she snapped back into the present. 

"I'm terribly sorry M…uh…Relena." Quatre said softly.

"There's no need to be sorry, Quatre." Relena replied with a warm smile.

Then she looked up into the clear blue sky and sighed.

Where are you?  My Perfect Soldier…

A.N.: Hi!  I'm here again with another story.  I know, I know.  It sounds like any other plain dumb story, but I (almost) promise that it'll get better later on!  Alright, let's keep going!

Disclaimer: Me no own Gundam Wing!