Title: SD Gundam Force – No Son of Mine

Author: LJ

Summery: In Lacroa, a young Gundam boy is captured by Tallgeese and his Griffin. Deathscythe, in a strange act of kindness unknown to the Tempest Knight, takes the young boy, realizing that he may be the only thing left reminding the Dark Knight of better times with the boy's father.

Rating: R

Warnings: Sexual themes, Slash/Yaoi, Angst, Torture

Pairings: Zero/Bakunetsumaru, Deed "Deathscythe"/Princess, Zero/OC, implied Guneagle/Captain

Author's Note: this bunny has been plaguing me for MONTHS, but I've been rather nervous of sending this out into the world. Well slag with that I'm writing it! And I'll be damned with the consequences! Title is inspired by the song of the same name by Genesis. BTW, please review? Please? I give you a cookie if you review? .

Disclaimer: I own Leon, he is mine. Also I own Lilly, she is mine, although you can probably steal her if you want, minor character and all, but ask first! All else belongs to Bandai. Please don't sue! I'm a poor college student! O.O

Chapter Two:

"Checkmate," Zero said leaning back and crossing his arms over his chest. Baku blinked and looked over the board, frustration and disbelief flooding his features.

"Wha…You cheat!" he cried glaring at the Lacroan. Zero chuckled and looked over his fingers nonchalantly.

"No, I just happen to be able to read your strategy at Chess, which actually is fairly transparent." Baku glared daggers at the white and blue knight and growled.

"Fine then, I challenge you to play a game of Shogi." Zero blinked and sulked, he HATED Shogi, mostly because he was no good at it.

"I really don't feel like playing anymore…" he muttered. Baku smirked and narrowed his eyes playfully.

"Chicken…"

"I am not!" Zero said standing up in defense. Baku leaned back and smirked his eyes shinning in victory.

"You are too; you know I can kick your ass all the way back to Lacroa if I wanted to in Shogi." Shute looked up from playing a video game with Captain and sighed.

"They're having another lover's quarrel, Captain. Should we stop them?" the young boy asked looking up at the blue and white Gundam. Captain turned his head around and watched the duo and sighed.

"I don't think we should get involved this time. It probably won't last that long."

"I just hope they don't start making out again…" Shute said with a playfully gagging noise.

"We only did that ONCE!" the pair cried defending themselves from the young boy's teasing. Captain chuckled a bit at them. They were even beginning to think the same, even though they had only been together for a short period of time.

"Maybe you should act more like Captain and Guneagle do, then…" Shute said turning around with a smirk. Captain blushed and turned to Shute.

"Shute…!" he said his voice squeaking slightly from embarrassment. Baku snorted and crossed his arms over his chest.

"What? And act like nothing's ever happened when people are around but make out like crazy when no one is looking?" Baku smirked slowly, enjoying prying at Captain Gundam's shy and easily embarrassed nature.

"Baku! Why must you always make fun of us?" the commanding Gundam asked his face bright red. Shute laughed and patted his best friend on the shoulder.

"Relax, Captain. We're only having fun."

"Besides, we all know that you and Guneagle were made for each other…figuratively speaking." Captain sighed and nodded slightly. Guneagle had always been there for him, a sort of little brother that would always try to cheer him up or help him figure out emotions better. He had actually been shocked when Guneagle had become very shy and rather awkward around him, something that Guneagle NEVER was. When he had cornered Captain under the mistletoe one Christmas and gave him a very quick kiss before hurrying off, it gave Captain a peek into the younger Gundam's feelings. It had been quick, but Captain felt a slight longing for it to be longer.

Guneagle had always been interested in flirting with Juli or the other women on the base, but slowly he began spending more time with Captain. Although Captain never thought of the flyer to be gay, he himself had been fighting over the strange feelings he had for the flyer. He knew it was love, since he had felt something similar whenever he was around Shute, but it was much different. With Shute, Captain wished to protect him, and make sure nothing would ever harm him, like a father or big brother would; yet with Guneagle, it was entirely different.

"I think he's drifting again…" Bakunetsumaru said looking at Captain as he stared off in the distance. Shute sighed and playfully shoved Captain in the shoulder.

"Wake up, Cappy!" the boy cried startling him out of his thoughts. Jumping slightly and shaking his head, Captain rubbed the back of his head and coughed slightly.

"Sorry. I need to stop doing that…" Shute shrugged and chuckled.

"It's okay. It's gotta be hard with Guneagle still going through a lot of his training on base." Captain nodded but shrugged.

"Yes, it is. But with everything that's been going on, Guneagle still needs to keep up on his training; even if he would rather be out flying." Captain smiled a bit and chuckled. "He'd rather do anything else but train to be honest." The others laughed warmly at that, knowing it to be very true. Slowly, Shute looked up, hearing the cries of his baby sister come from her room.

"Looks like Nana's up," he said with a sigh. He loved his baby sister, but there were times when it was a little frustrating. Like at that moment, when his mom had left for the store and asked for him to watch her. Getting up Shute jumped over the couch and headed for his sister's room.

"Shute will make a very good father…" Bakunetsumaru said as he heard the young boy begin to giggle and play with his sister before bringing her our. Zero nodded in agreement.

"Very much so." Zero smiled and watched as Shute brought out Nana. The small baby immediately squeaked in joy and reached for Baku. Laughing slightly, the Musha took Nana from Shute so that he could get her food ready.

"Konnichiha Nana!" Nana giggled and reached for his unique chevron, spitting out her pacifier and going to chew on Baku.

"You would be a good dad too, Baku!" Shute said warming up Nana's milk. Baku blushed and chuckled shrugging.

"I dunno about that…" Baku carefully pried the small child off of his helmet handing her back to Shute. Zero chuckled and nodded in agreement.

"No, I have to agree with Shute, Baku. You're very good with Nana." Baku blushed even more and fixed his helmet, absently wiping off the drool that covered his chevron.

"Thanks, Zero." Zero smiled and got up to get some water.

"It's just a fact, Baku." Zero frowned slightly and leant up against the counter sipping his water. Shute looked up and frowned seeing Zero's face.

"What's wrong, Zero?" Shute asked shifting his hold on Nana as she sucked on her bottle. Zero looked up and shook his head.

"Nothing…just…thinking is all."

"About what?" Shute sat down on the couch and watched as Zero finished his water.

"Just…the fact that Baku and I can't have children." Shute blinked curiously, still in the dark about how Gundams were created in other worlds.

"You can't just have kids built?" he asked. Zero blushed and patted his head shuffling nervously. Baku was just as red and tried not to choke as Shute asked the innocent question.

"Uh, no, it doesn't work that way, Shute…" Zero said slowly smiling, but completely unwilling to go into THAT discussion with a twelve year old. Shute sighed and continued to feed his sister sulking.

"What does one of you have to get pregnant or something?" he muttered. Bakunetsumaru and Zero choked on air and blushed bright red before staring at the twelve year old.

"Shute!" Captain said gaping at him. Shute blinked and shrugged.

"My mom and dad gave me the talk before Nana was born. Not a lot of details but the real basics. I'm almost thirteen anyway." The trio of Gundams blushed and sighed in embarrassment for the boy. Baku and Zero exchanged looks before steeling themselves to do their best.

"Well, it is like a pregnancy," Zero began sitting down, wondering how to talk about it. Baku went over and flopped down on the other side of Shute.

"There are two types of sparks, the male and female," Baku said professionally before opening up his chest armor to let the boy see the energy ball. Shute blinked and looked tilting his head.

"Looks sort of like Captain's soul drive."

"It's similar," Captain said shrugging. Zero looked between his boyfriend and Captain Gundam who seemed to take over the conversation, even if he was one of the older Gundams there.

"Basically, a femme's spark has the ability to create another, when given the right information from a mech's spark." Baku closed his armor and took another breath. "Remember that report you had to do on bacteria in biology class a while back?" Shute nodded to Baku and shifted his sister in his arms.

"Yeah, about how they reproduce. Sometimes they split in half just on their own, and sometimes they kinda join up and exchange information before splitting." Baku grinned and nodded.

"It's similar to when they reproduce with the exchange of information. Only the femme, though, can produce a spark. Personally, I don't even know how, I learned all this from my brothers and dad," Baku said before picking up a game controller. Shute blinked and nodded seeming to have sustained his curiosity.

"Okay, and because you and Zero are both mech's…okay I get it." Shute shook his head to banish an image and looked at Nana who was making raspberries at him. Baku grinned and made a face at Nana, who giggled and clapped her pudgy little hands. Zero chuckled and poked at Nana's foot enjoying hearing the small child laugh.

"We could always adopt…" Baku said as he started up the game again, waiting for Captain to make his move on the video game. Zero nodded in agreement taking Nana from Shute's lap to play with her.

"Of course we still have a long way to go, Baku. We're not even technically married." Baku sulked and shuddered at the thought of a marriage ceremony in Ark. His father would probably make him wear formal armor…and GOD was that shit heavy! And he didn't WANT to think of his eldest brother giving him issues.

"Yeah…very true…besides we also still have to save the universe." Baku pushed the buttons on the controller and fought off Captain's character's attack. Captain smiled and easily knocked Baku's fighter out of the ring.

"I thought you were better than that, Bakunetsumaru," Captain said a smile lacing his voice. Baku glared at him and sighed.

"I'm not used to this character. I'm better with Ryu…" Captain shrugged and waited for the next round to start.

"Shute, I'm home!" The quad looked up and smiled at Keiko's return.

"Hi mom. Nana just woke up," Shute said as Nana reached for their mom. Keiko smiled and went into the kitchen putting down the groceries before picking up her daughter.

"Did you have a good nap, Nana? Thank so much for watching her while I was shopping boys."

"It was nothing, Lady Keiko," Zero said standing and bowing. Keiko chuckled warmly and smiled.

"I thought you weren't doing that anymore Zero, your boyfriend might get jealous." Zero blinked and coughed looking over at Baku who was giving him a look. Zero smiled nervously and stood up straight.

"A force of habit milady," he said quickly. Baku rolled his eyes and sighed.

"You're a helpless flirt, Zero," he muttered.

"I am not…" Zero replied putting his hands on his hips.

"Now, now, don't argue you two. Will you be staying for dinner tonight?" The trio of Gundams looked at each other and nodded.

"If you'll have us, Keiko-san." Keiko smiled at Baku and shifted Nana onto her hip.

"Of course, Bakunetsumaru, you and your friends are always welcome to join us for dinner."

"Just don't eat poor Shute and his parents out of house and home, Baku," Zero said smirking at his boyfriend. Baku glared and threw a pillow at Zero, giving him the raspberries.

"Shut it flower boy." Keiko shook her head and went into the kitchen, putting Nana in her walker before starting dinner. Zero floated over the couch and sat back down watching Bakunetsumaru get his ass handed to him on the videogame.

"Looks like you're getting pawned Baku. HA! Oh I should remember to say that next time we meet up with Pawn Leos!" Shute laughed at his own joke; causing the three Gundams to sweat drop at the boy.

"I think Shute needs to lay off the Internet," Captain said with a sigh. The other two nodded in agreement as Shute sulked.

"You guys ruin all my fun…"

"Come boy! Fight back!" Tallgeese tossed the small blue and white boy to the side, the dagger sliding next to his small hands.

"Please…" he whimpered looking up at the Tempest Knight. "Stop hurting me…" His body was covered in bruises, cuts, and cracks in his armor. He was bleeding from the corner of his mouth where Tallgeese had punched him.

"Defeat me, and I'll stop, boy," Tallgeese said smiling darkly. "Maybe if you are good enough, Deathscythe will make you a knight for the New Lacroa. What do you think Mercurius, Vayeate?" The two knights of the storm smiled and nodded.

"If he proves himself, sure! After all, his father abandoned Lacroa…"

"NO! He didn't abandon Lacroa!" the boy said, finding his voice again, slowly standing. "My Papa wouldn't do that…"

"Your 'Papa' is a coward." Tallgeese said stalking up to him. "Now why don't you tell me your name, so I know what to carve on your tombstone." Tallgeese grinned and pointed his blade at the young boy's neck.

"My name…? My name is Leon…" Tallgeese stiffened and glared, hatred burning in his eyes.

"Leon, is it? Well then I will put you in the same place as your namesake. Leon The Knight of the Shinning Sun denied me my place in the court of Knights! I was unable to strike him down, that was left to my brother, Scythe, but now I will be able to strike you down in his place." Deathscythe watched from the shadows as Tallgeese lifted his sword to strike the child down. "Greet your mother for me, will you?" As the blade swung, Deathscythe saw in the reflection, the boy's face, and his gunsoul stopped.

"Z-Zero…" As quickly as a blink of the eye, a massive red and black scythe countered Tallgeese's sword.

"Lord Deathscythe!" Tallgeese gasped, as the uncloaked figure flared his wings.

"Sheath your blade, Tallgeese, or I shall make your head roll." The dark look that the red glowing eyes gave caused the other knights to shudder in fear. Slowly removing his blade from Deathscythe's weapon Tallgeese backed away.

"Why do you protect the boy, Lord?" Tallgeese ventured swallowing. Deathscythe continued to glare.

"That is not for you to know. Leave these chambers now, before you try my patience any further." Tallgeese swallowed and quickly left, the Knights of the Storm following their commander. Griffin watched curiously, the spirit beast knowing that Deathscythe wouldn't dare to throw him out.

"W-why…?" Leon asked scrambling away from the strange Gundam who saved him. Deathscythe sighed and let the Steele Dragon leave his form, going to Griffin to watch in curiosity. Deathscythe looked over at the small boy, now closer and seeing how much Leon looked like his father.

"To be honest, I don't know. You are the son of my rival. I should kill you." Leon swallowed hard and scrambled farther back, grabbing at his knife. "But," Deathscythe continued with a sigh. "I cannot. Come, I will heal your wounds, and give you safety from Tallgeese and the Knights of the Storm." Deathscythe put his weapon away and offered his hand to the boy. Leon swallowed and looked at the green Gundam, his body shaking in fear. Looking up at the corner, where Griffin and Steele Dragon watched, Leon nervously got up, his dagger still in his hand and took the offered hand.

Chapter Three: