When Heero fails to prevent the nuclear detonation at New Edwards, the ensuing explosion rips a hole in space and time and transports the Gundam pilots to an alternate universe where the Eve War never happened and they get a glimpse at the life they could've had.
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A Tale of Twins
Prologue:
They say that everyone has a twin somewhere. What you might not know is that they exist in another universe parallel to our own. No one should be able to transcend the boundaries between worlds and find their twins. However, fate doesn't listen to rules.
It was hot. Burning. He inhaled and tasted ash. Opening his eyes, he found himself engulfed in flames. In the distance, he could hear explosions and then …
Heero woke up with a jolt. Calming his racing heartbeat, he reassured himself that he was just having a nightmare. But was he? Sitting up with some difficultly, he noticed that he was no longer at New Edwards but an apartment of some sorts. Somewhere a small distance away, perhaps in the next room, Heero heard the thud of what sounded like shoes in a dryer.
Heero cautiously looked around the place: it was a small and cozy with some clothes strewn on the floor. Abruptly, he heard the dryer shut off and the door open and close once more, followed by some shuffling…then nothing. A moment later, he heard the soft thuds of clothes being folded.
With a start, he found his mouth unbearably dry as if he could still taste the ashes in his dream. He shuddered with effort to contain his cough, but to no avail. Suddenly, the person in the next room stopped what he was doing and looked in at Heero. At first, Heero thought it was Duo, but when the person walked in the room all the way, he found himself looking at a girl about his own age, wearing a black tank top with black pants. Her long chestnut-honey hair was tied back into a long braid and startlingly, she had the same violet eyes as Duo.
"Hey, you look better than before. So how are you feeling?" asked the girl.
"I feel fine. What happened?" asked Heero, staring at her.
"I'm not sure. I found you lying in the street when I was walking home and I saw you were injured, so I bandaged you up the best I could and you've been out since," said the girl, rocking on her heels slightly.
Heero could only look at the girl in silence. He didn't know where he was, or the identity of this strange girl standing in front of him. But the bigger question was: why did she look so much like Duo Maxwell?