Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, please don't sue me. Okay...this story will turn out
to be more drama than action. If you can live with that. Read on!!!! Censor - this story will
have rape, cussing, and abuse..so if you can handle that, okay.

Another thing read the prologue or you won't understand this very well.


WHISPERS TO STONE
Part 1

It was a beautiful wedding...at least to everyone but the bride. Her brother had demanded
that this wedding should be private and let the reporters know about the wedding after it
was done. Relena sat in her room on a beautiful chair that matched the dresser located on
her right.

"Husband."

Relena whispered looking at her elaborate wedding dress.

"I can't believe I'm married..and to a man I don't know. I never expected my life to turn
out like this."

She heard the door open, and her newly aquired husband stepped in, his name was James.
Relena guessed he was handsome, in the clean cut sort of way. She didn't know what it was
but something about him she did not like. He spared her a glance as he walked into the
bathroom. Relena desperately looked around the room.

"I can't believe this is happening."

She saw the balcony and decided the night air might cool her nerves. She looked out over
the fields of her kingdom half in hoping this was a dream and the other half seriously
considering jumping off the balcony. Relena leaned over the railing and closed her eyes
when she suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder pulling her back. She turned around and
met James's gaze.

"What exactly where you doing?"

Relena glanced back at the gold and white balcony and shook her head.

"Nothing, just got caught up in the moment."

James gave her a funny look and walked over to the bed. Relena gave a weary sigh.

"This is going to be a long night."

2 Months later: At the Preventer HQ.

Hilde walked down the corridor to the control room, she reached her destination and
scanned the room looking for one person in paticular. She felt something falling off her
head and reached up to straighten her beret.

"Damn thing keeps falling off."

She kept looking until she found him, she walked up behind him and lowered her voice.

"Did somebody call for an emergency haircut?"

She laughed as Duo turned around with a horrified expression and ready to fend off the
'attacker.' He relaxed when he saw Hilde.

"Don't do that! It's awful scaring me like that."

Hilde laughed and shook her head.

"Duo, your so easy to scare, especialy when it comes to that braid."

Duo tried to keep a serious face but his grin couldn't be held back.

"Hilde, I only allow you to scare me and..to do whatever you want with me for that matter. "

He leaned back against the console he was working at and gave her one of his heart stopping
smiles. Hilde looked at him with a tired expression.

"Oh, is that because I'm your girlfriend? Well, let me see what I want to do with you, hey
how about doing the dishes for once or helping me clean the living room or .... DUO! are
you listening to me?"

She was tapping her foot with her hand on her hip, glaring at Duo; who for the moment
was finding a pencil extremely interesting. Some of the other soldiers looked at Duo with
sympathy. He looked up when she yelled his name.

"What was that babe, your going to do the dishes?"

She kept glaring at him, Duo didn't think he could survive more of the heated gaze. So he
decided to turn on his secret weapon. The puppy eyes. Hilde backed up a step.

"Come on Duo, that's low..no please anything but those eyes. Oh...oh you win, I'll drop the
subject."

Duo closed the distance between them and engulfed her in a hug, Hilde sighed, feeling that
at that moment everything was right. It had been about four years since the whole Relena kidnapping
incident, and the Gundam boys changed, physicaly. Hilde was glad that she had Duo, she had
to give out death threats to the girls who hounded Duo, hoping for a relationship. The other
pilots had the same problem with the girls, and guys too, hoping to shake the hands of the
hero's of earth and space. Hilde broke from the hug at the same time Heero came into the
room, he went straight over to talk with a soldier and handed him a disk. Hilde looked
at Heero for a moment, than turned to Duo.

"How he doing since 'you know who got married' ?

Duo hung his head, and raised an eyebrow.

"It's affected him more than he would want it to. He's even more withdrawn than before."

Duo turned his head up to the ceiling, giving a confused look.

"If that's possible."

They both watched Heero walk back out of the room. Hilde turned to Duo with a sad look.

"I feel so sorry for him."

Duo put an arm around her shoulders.

"Well, part of it's his fault ya know. He never took the initiative and he lost her."

Hilde looked up at Duo.

"I don't know Duo, when Heero puts his mind to something he does'nt give up until he
gets it...or destroys it."


Preventers HQ: In the hallway

His steps were rythmic and the when the employee's saw him coming they moved out of his
way or all together decided to turn down a different hallway. He turned down another
corridor and passed one of the few people he would consider a friend.

"Wufei."

Wufei spared a glance from reading a paper.

"Heero."

Heero walked a few steps when he heard Wufei's voice call out.

"We have a meeting at 0800 on Wednesday. Be there."

Heero kept walking as he answered Wufei.

"I understand."

He walked into his office and looked around, papers were everywhere. Heero had been
pulling all nighters since a certain blond had gotten married. He went over and sat at the
desk, he closed his eyes for a moment and whispered into the silence of the room.

"Maybe it's better this way."


Same time at the Sank Kingdom: Relena and James bedroom

"Next time you better think twice before talking BACK TO ME!!!"

Relena jumped at the sound of the door slamming. She turned to the mirror and reached
up to touch the new bruise James had given her on her cheek.

"How did everything get so confusing?"

She thought back a couple weeks. All seemed to be going well, Relena was even starting
to like James. That was until he hit her for the first time, it was over a stupid argument
about meeting the delegates of the colonies. He wanted to go instead of her but Relena
refused saying he had no place to talk to them yet.

"That bastard."

Relena got up and sat on their bed. She had only wanted to give the delegates some new
idea's she had, but she was restricted from that now. James had taken everything away
from her now and threatened that if she didn't stand by him like a good wife and back all his
decisions than he would hurt everyone close to her including the Gundam piots.

Relena ran her hand over the comforter on the bed.

"Heero...I wish you were here."

She got up and walked to the phone, quickly dialing a number. Relena smiled as she heard
the female voice on the other end.

"Hi Hilde? It's Relena."

In the city close to the Sank Kingdom: At a Warehouse

"He's late."

A man shifted in his sitting position. Another man was pacing back and forth.

"He will come."

The occupants of the room looked up as the door opened and reveled James.

"Gentlemen, let's get started with planning this operation..to finally crush the kingdom
and all of it's followers. Let me assure you that I have the princess under control so it
should be a peice of cake."

James grinned and walked to a table in the middle of the room.

"Very easy."


End of Part 1

Raven