Warning: Au, possible OCC, yaoi, angst, death

Disclaimer: Don't own them. Don't want to own them. Want to be one of them!

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Baby Oh Baby

Duo woke to a very loud alarm clock. "Wait a sec. We don't have an alarm clock." Throwing back the covers he saw next to him not his love, Heero, but his very naked best friend Hilde. Pulling the sheets back over herself, Hilde smiled very weakly at him. "Um Hilde…how did we get here and where are our clothes?"

Blushing she replied "Duo…I think we had too much to drink last night." At the same time they blurted out " If you don't tell I won't."

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 When Duo arrived back at the apartment he found it in a state of controlled chaos. Heero grabbed his arm. " I've got a mission. I'll be back late tonight." "Well hello to you too." Heero leveled his death glare at Duo. " We'll discuss last night when I get back." With that he grabbed his bag off the couch and left.

Duo flopped down on the couch. "What am I going to tell him?"

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That Night…

"Where were you last night" Heero growled. "You disappeared after the party and I was…worried."

"The great Heero Yuy, prefect solder, worried. Everyone watch out. The sky's gonna fall."

"Baka. Just tell me where you were."

Duo sweatdropped. "Goman. I had a bit too much to drink last night. Hilde got me to one of the bedrooms before I passed out. I slept it off there. I got home as fast as I could. Do I get to live this time?"

" This time. But you tell Hilde that next time she needs to call me."

"Should I tell Relena the same?"

Heero's eyes seemed to widen for a split second, but Duo didn't notice. Throwing his arm over Heero's shoulders, Duo laughed. "Just kidding you Koi." "Hn"

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Two Months Later…

The vid-phone was nearly ringing off its hook when Duo, wearing nothing but a towel and a smile, answered. "Hey Hilde. What's up?" Hilde blinked back at him. When she didn't say anything he got concerned. "You don't look so good"

Hilde suddenly scowled. "Neither would you if you had been barfing for three days straight."

Duo's eyes grew wide with shock at her tone. "Your sick?" he asked.

Hilde took a deep breath to calm her self. " No Duo. I'm not sick…I'm pregnant."

"NANI?"

"I'm pregnant and it's all your fault."

"Are you positive?"

Hilde glared at him. "I just got back from the doctor's office. I'm very positive. And before you ask if I'm sure it's yours, I can assure you that it could be no one else."

"Oh man, what am I going to tell Heero?"

"I would suggest the truth, because if you don't I will."

Growing a little annoyed Duo glared back at Hilde. "Fine, but you have to be here when I do."

"Fine." Yelled Hilde. "I'll be there in an hour."

"Fine." Duo yelled back as he slammed down the phone.

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 Hilde arrived exactly one hour later. To Duo's relief Heero was upstairs and he we able to get to the door first. As soon as he opened the door, a sobbing Hilde threw herself into his arms.

"I didn't mean to yell at you Duo. Goman?"

"Hai. I guess if your ready I'll go get Heero." Hilde just nodded.

Duo walked up to the stairs and yelled up "Hey Heero, can you come down here. We need to talk."

The sound of shuffling around come from up stairs and then Heero appeared in the living room, still wet from his own shower. (1) His usual hard mask of unemotion got harder when he saw the scene in front of him.

 Duo was sitting on the couch holding a crying Hilde. For once in his life Duo looked dead serious when he turned and looked Heero in the eyes. " We have good and bad news, Heero. The good news is that Hilde is pregnant. The bad news is" Duo looked away "the baby is mine."

Heero's mask hit the floor. Pure shock spread over his face. "How…when…why?"

 Duo lowered his head. "Remember that night after the party when I said I slept in the guest room at Hilde's house? Well actually we woke up the next morning in bed together. Neither one of us can remember that night, but we know one thing for sure. I'm sorry we didn't tell you. We thought nothing would come of it. We were both drunk out of our minds and made huge fools of ourselves."

Hilde sniffled out "I...I'm sorry Heero."

Heero didn't know what to say. He couldn't get mad at them. He had his own secrets that he hadn't told Duo yet too.

He walked over and sank down on the couch next to Duo. "I'm not mad. Upset yes, but not mad." Looking at his two friends he sighed. "So what do we do now?"

 A week later Heero and Duo moved in with Hilde at the scrap yard. They decided that all four of them would live together in the house and they would explain everything to the kid when he or she was old enough to understand.

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 The months flew by. Eventually Duo took over all the duties at the scrap yard and Hilde was forced to slow down. Heero continued consulting for the Preventers and going on the occasional invasion or distraction mission. Every once and a while Duo went with him and one of the others would come and stay with Hilde. Duo insisted that she never be left alone in her "condition." Hilde just drank up the attention.

 Days before the baby was due to be born a mission came in that required both Heero and Duo. Duo was very hesitant to accept.

 "Duo, we're fine. Just go and hurry back." Hilde insisted. Duo looked her in the eye. "Fine, but we're leaving Quatre here with you." Hilde smiled at him. "Ok. I'll be in my room taking a nap."

 Duo turned to Quatre. "Keep a close eye on her buddy. She could pop at any time." A very annoyed voice from down the hall called back "I heard that." Duo shrugged "Women."

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 An hour later, Quatre had dozed off on the couch when Hilde came in with her arms around herself. "Wake up Quatre. I think I need to get to the hospital. My water just broke." Quatre was up in a flash, dialing the hospital and garbing his car keys.

 When they arrived at the hospital, Sally was waiting out front with a wheelchair. "What are you doing here, Sally?" Hilde asked. Helping her into the chair Sally explained "When I'm not working as a Preventer, I do some volunteer work here so I can keep my license to practice medicine. When I heard you were coming in, I had to take you. Hope you don't mind." Hilde smiled. "Of course not. In fact I feel even safer knowing it will be you to deliver my kid." Then another contraction hit. Hilde greeted her teeth. "Quatre, call the guys. I need them here ASAP." Quatre nodded and went to the waiting room to call on the Preventer communicator.

 "Death this is Prince do you read me?" Duo's worried face appeared on the tiny screen. "This is Death. I copy Prince. What's wrong?"

"Hilde's gone into labor. We're at the hospital. Water is with her."

"Roger that Prince. ETA in about 30 min. Tell Hilde to hang in there. Death out."

 20 min later Duo burst in the door followed closely by Heero, Trowa, and Wufei. Duo grabbed Quatre's shoulders. "How is she buddy?" wiggling out of Duo's grasp he cleared his voice. "Last I heard, fine. She's been asking for you. I'll let Sally know you're here." Quatre went over to the nurse's station and spoke to one of the nurse's.

 Meanwhile, Duo began to pace. Trowa ignored him. Heero, although sitting, seemed just as worried. Wufei was also getting antsy. "Maxwell sit down. I'm sure they'll let you see her soon. It's not like she's in grave danger. Onnas have been doing this since the beginning of time."

Just then Sally came in. "Have some respect Wufei. Duo, I think you had better come with me. Something's wrong." They rushed to Hilde's side. She looked very pale. "Something's wrong isn't it Duo. And don't lie. I would know if you were lying."

Tears welled in Duo's eyes. "You know I never lie and yea. Something's wrong. I just don't know what yet." He took Hilde's hand and they turned to Sally.

 Sally took a deep breath. "Honestly we don't know exactly what's wrong. All we know is that Hilde's blood pressure id dropping fast. I think she may have developed some internal bleeding. If that's true than I can't do much till the baby is born."

 "Can you go in with a c-section and get the baby?" Duo asked. Sally shook her head. "Not if she's bleeding inside. It would do more harm than good. We can, however, speed up the contractions." Hilde looked up. "Do it."

 Five long hours later Hilde finished giving birth. Sally rushed her off to the operating room and the baby to the NICU (2) to be checked out. Duo went back to the waiting room where the others greeted him. Concerned by the look of shock on Duo's face, Heero warped his arms around him and sat him down on the bench next to him. Quatre asked all the important questions.

"Boy or girl?"

"Girl. Six pounds three ounces."

"Congratulations. What are you going to name her?"

"I...I don't know yet. I'll have to discuss it with Hilde when she gets out of surgery."

Wufei looked up. "What happened?"

"We're not sure yet. They think she may have developed some internal bleeding. Sally has her in surgery trying to fix it."

"And the baby?"

 "I think she's ok. I haven't seen her yet." The nurse walked in just then. "Mr. Maxwell?" "Yes?" "You and your friends can see your daughter now." The boys followed the nurse to the nursery. When they got there only Duo could go in, but the others could see through the window.

 Duo cradled his daughter in his arms. 'She's so beautiful' he thought. Bright blue eyes, a small tuft of red gold hair, and soft pink skin. She looked up at her father, burbled a little, yawned, and fell asleep. "That's my little princess." A wistful smile spread across his face.

 After placing his daughter back in the bassinet, Duo returned to the waiting room just in time to see Sally walking in. She looked very upset. "How's Hilde Doc?" Duo asked, still smiling and thinking of his little girl.

 "Duo…guys…I'm sorry…Hilde didn't make it." Duo flinched. "The bleeding was too much. I'm…sorry. We tried everything, but it just wasn't enough." Duo just stood there with a smile plastered on his face, a single tear slid down his cheek.

 Calmly and in a tone of seriousness that even Heero didn't know he was capable of, Duo turned and asked, "When can I take my daughter home?" Sally, slightly shocked, replied "Tomorrow afternoon." Duo nodded "I'll be back then." With that he turned, and left. Heero followed, calling back, "I'll talk to him."

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 Back at the house Heero walked into the room he and Duo shaired. In the corner, Duo was setting up the basinet they had bought a few weeks ago. He looked as if he had been crying and his ever present smile was gone. Heero had rarely seen him like this.

 "Duo?" Duo turned toward Heero and collapsed into a sobbing heap on the floor. Heero rushed over and took him in his arms. "It's going to be ok. We have each other and the baby if fine." He whispered, trying to sooth his koi. Between sobs Duo replied "No…it's not…going to be ok. I killed her Heero. Once again I've killed someone close to me. The only person as close to me as you,"

 "Don't think like that Duo. Hilde wouldn't like to hear you saying that. She has intrusted this little life to you. You have to think of your daughter now. It's fine to be upset. So am I. But never blame yourself. There is nothing you could have done to prevent this."

 Calming down some, Duo looked into Heero's eyes. "Your right. I must think of my child now." Duo sighed "I guess the first order of business is finding an name for the little princess."

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 Back at the hospital the next afternoon, Duo was filling out the necessary paperwork to take home his daughter and making arrangements for Hilde's funeral. Heero sat next to him for support.

 Picking up a particular form, Duo smiled. "Hey Heero, I've been thinking. What do you think of the name Faith Duet Maxwell? Hilde once joked about naming a girl Duet, but I kind of like the idea." "I think it's perfect." "Then Faith it is." Duo's smile grew as he filled out the form to officially name his bundle of joy.

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 While Duo and Heero were at the hospital, Trowa and Quatre were setting up for a surprise baby shower. Despite the fact that they were all torn-up over Hilde's death, Quatre felt it would do all of them good to give the baby a proper welcome. He just hoped that all the guests would arrive before the little guest of honor.

 The last guest to arrive pulled in mere moments before Heero's car. Quatre took note of the fact that Relena had not come. "Wonder why?" he shrugged and quickly had everyone hide and wait for him to yell, "surprise."

 Duo walked into the house first, cradling a small pink bundle close to his heart. Heero followed close behind carrying the bag of baby supplies the hospital had given them.

 Quatre jumped out and yelled "surprise." Both young men instantly drew their guns and aimed them at the one who had surprised them. As soon as they saw it was just all their friends they put them away. Duo blushed. "Sorry everyone. Old habit."

 Quatre rolled his eyes and smiled. "It's ok Duo. I probably would have done the same thing. But anyway, what's our special little girl's name?"

 Duo grinned from ear to ear. "Everyone, I'd like to introduce Faith Duet Maxwell." He then pulled back the corner of the blanket so everyone could see his new pride and joy.

 The party raged on for hours. Little Faith received lots of nice things. Mostly clothes though. As each outfit was opened, Duo would hold it up faith and let everyone see how it looked. Most of them were down right cute, but a few made the new father grimace slightly. At these he took mental note to burn them.

 Finally it was Heero who called a halt to things. "Newborns need their sleep and so do new daddies." Everyone agreed and left with well wishes. Heero picked up the sleeping infant. "Come on Duo. Time for everyone to get some sleep."

 Upon entering their room, Heero took note of the fact that Duo had finished setting up the baby bed. There really was no surprise that it was done in all black. Black ribbons a mobile with images of the Gundams hanging down, and little black baby sheets. That was where Heero did his double take. Where had Duo found black baby sheets? Oh well. None of it seemed to bother the little one as she yawned and fell asleep.

2BC...

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1. Has anyone else ever noticed how the guys are always just getting out of the shower or bath when something important happens? Or maybe it's just me.

2. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

A/N: well the first part of my first fic is done. What do you think? I promise that the other pilots will play bigger parts in the future. My muse, Peace Moose, couldn't seem to think of what to do with them yet. Anyway there will probably be about twelve or so more chapters. I'm not sure yet. C&C loved.