Tooi Yoake (The Far Away Dawn)

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Summary: When a mysterious young woman joins Preventers, Duo finds himself irresistibly drawn to her. The other G-boys are worried about the amount of time that Duo is spending with Magami Amaya, and decide to investigate her but are thwarted at every turn. Just who is Magami Amaya and what connections does she have with Duo Maxwell?

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A young woman sits alone on the plane, her attention is on her laptop, and the clicking of the keyboard can be heard over the steady thrumming of the engines. Her black hair with red highlights was pulled away from her face in a high pony tail, and her sea grey eyes were cold and focused, and the full force of her glared was aimed at the laptop. She hardly blinked when the stewardess announced the plane's arrival in Sanq. Calmly, she saved whatever she was working on onto a disk and the hard drive, shut the laptop and packed it securely away in its black leather carrying case before collecting the papers scattered over the lap tray in front of her and carefully packing them away in a hidden compartment installed inside the case. The disk on which her files were saved was tucked away securely in a hidden compartment in the lining of the carrying case.

The plane jerked as the wheels made contact with the runway, and the woman merely checked her watch before pulling a mirror and a tube of lipstick from her purse. She seemed almost bored as she touched up her lipstick and replaced the mirror and the tube of lipstick in her purse. The all clear is given, and the woman rises to her feet, and reaches up to the overhead rack and pulls down a suitcase and she lightly adjusts her black Armani suit before picking up the two cases and walking down the aisle, her black heels tapping lightly against the ground.

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The chestnut haired man paused in the perusing of the papers on his desk and turned to look out the window. He sighed, watching the sakura petals coat the grounds like snow, as a wave of nostalgia assailed him. Contrary to popular belief, he had been born and raised in Japan and had only spent three of nine years on the colonies in training, and the remaining six years, he spent honing down his skills in his homeland. He had good memories of those times, and it was true that he had spent some time there to better solidify his cover story, but he was getting tired of the deception. His old friend Hiyono was dead, caught in one of the blasts that destroyed numerous Oz bases. His throat tightened as the memory of their surprise meeting rose unbidden in the back of his mind…

(Flashback)

"Stop where you are!"

His back stiffened at the familiar voice and the name. He spun around, leveling the gun between the eyes of the woman behind him and his eyes widened in shock. His gun fell from numb fingers as he took in the familiar face and the Oz uniform.

"Hiyono-chan…"

"Narumi-kun!"

He picked up the gun and said sadly, "So this is what things come down to, after all our years of friendship. I never imagined that you would be one of the enemy."

"We've been communicating via e-mail since you left, but you never said anything about joining the rebellions, what happened to you?"

"I found my purpose. I have to destroy the base."

"I see."

"But not with you inside it."

"I will not abandon my post, just as you cannot abandon your mission. I am glad that I got to see you one last time before I die. I am glad, Narumi-kun, that I will die by your hands at least, instead of by the hands of the Gundam Pilots."

"Hiyono…"

"This is war, there will always be casualties. I'm glad we got to meet one last time though…"

He nodded. "I'll miss hearing from you, Hiyono, but you're right. At least we got to meet face to face one last time." He leveled the gun between her eyes.

Hiyono smiled sadly. "Sayonara, Narumi-kun."

"Sayonara," he said, pulling the trigger. He was down the hall and around the corner before the body hit the floor, his tears falling unchecked…

(End Flashback)

His hand rose to his face, feeling the moisture on his cheeks. He had never been able to stem the tears whenever that particular memory came up… He turned away and buried himself in paperwork once more.

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"Well, ladies and gentlemen, we have a new member for the Preventor Inner Circle!" Lady Une announced at the meeting.

Zechs, Noin, Sally, Hilde, and the Gundam Pilots stared at the Lady in shock. Quatre was the first person to recover.

"Lady Une, are you sure that that's alright?" the blonde said nervously. "I mean, this person hasn't even gone through the required enlistment parameters."

Lady Une smiled and waved her hand flippantly. "Oh, don't worry about that! This person has ranked the absolute highest on all our physical and academic entrance exams. She was able to beat even the scores of the Gundam Pilots. I have no doubt that Magami Amaya will be a fine addition to out team."

"Magami…Ayama?" Duo murmured. The group looked at him in confusion as he looked up, a soft smile curving on his lip, his eyes glassy with an oddly nostalgic glimmer in the violet depths. "Yes… She will be a fine addition to the organization that is Preventors."