Five Gundams And A Baby

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Author : Mavrik

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"I better be getting paid extra for this." Usagi sighed as Duo chuckled

"I know...sorry, but for work we move a lot." He shrugged as Usagi growled

"But five times in a month?" Usagi groaned as she dropped her head onto the table, she had just been informed that they were about to move again

"Yeah…well…if you want to talk to Quatre about more pay I guess you can, but he's busy at the moment, with preparations for moving and stuff." Duo said as Usagi sighed again

"Where to this time?"

"The Sanq Kingdom." Duo said as Usagi blinked as the name sank in, far in the past, so far that it was a lifetime ago for her, back in the time of Serenity-hime, the Sanq kingdom had been the kingdom of earth, Endymion's home and birthplace.

"Oh…" Usagi whispered as memories and feelings hit her with enough force to cause physical pain, but she hid it as best she could.

"So you better go pack for you and the kid…" Duo said studying her questioningly as she forced a smile rather well, it managed to convince Duo.

"Alright…well excuse us then." Usagi said as she walked off as Heero watched her leave the room before following after her.

"You have issues in the Sanq kingdom?" he demanded in monotone, if she was going to cause trouble for them he would deal with her himself, Usagi stopped walking for a moment as she glanced back at him, so not all of them were as easily fooled by a smile as Duo was.

"I knew someone that came from there…they died in the war…nothing more…it's just…painful." She said softly as Heero grunted

"Don't cause trouble." He said as she nodded her silvery blond tresses hiding her face as she looked downwards.

"Excuse me." She said softly as she walked back to her rooms at this mansion, it hurt…her chest hurt…thinking about him, talking about him, even vaguely talking about him. Hikari sniffling and beginning to cry snapped her from her thoughts as she tried to bury it again, she managed to get the memories forced down with considerable effort as she turned her attention to the child in her arms and began to cheer her up as they got to packing.

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"…Wow…you know Quatre-san…even by your standards…this is huge." Usagi breathed as she stared up at the monstrous mansion as Quatre chuckled

"Unfortunately it's not mine…I only have a small house in the Sanq kingdom…we'll be staying here with a friend of ours, Ms Relena Peacecraft."

"Peacecraft…oh…you don't mean the vice foreign minister do you?" Usagi cried as recognition of the name hit her as Quatre nodded

"She's been a friend of ours for a long time." He said as Usagi looked over at Heero as she noticed something, he seemed very…more then usual at least…unhappy about being there, his death glare had become permanent and he was growling every few minutes.

"What's up with him?" Usagi asked Duo as Duo looked over at the other brunette.

"Ah…well…you see…Relena…and him have some history…she…well…you'll see…it's hard to explain, you'll see is all I can say." Duo said awkwardly trying to avoid the glare he was getting from Heero

"Relena is in love with him." Trowa said simply as Usagi blinked over at the tallest of the group as Heero growled menacingly at him and Trowa just shrugged, it was common knowledge.

"That onna…is a disgrace to her gender…" Wufei growled angrily, he didn't like her either, she was a typical stereotype female that he hated

"Ah…you spoke!" Usagi cried as Wufei glared at her

"Excuse me?" he hissed as she flinched back

"N…Nothing…just you haven't spoken in front of me…well not really before." Usagi muttered as Wufei scoffed at her as he looked away and back at the mansion "If you don't like her much, why stay here?" Usagi asked as Quatre stiffened slightly they couldn't tell her the real reason…they couldn't tell her it was a mission

"Well we need more space then Q-man's mansion can provide…so we asked if we could stay here, hotels are very expensive in Sanq, and she does offer free room and board, so…we had little choice." Duo quickly lied, he was the best of them at coming up with lies on the spot, effective and believable ones at least

"Ah…okay." Usagi said accepting his obvious lie, why call it a mansion if it didn't have the room for them all? And she doubted money was any issue with Quatre paying the bills, but she would accept it, their business was their own.

"We should go in." Quatre said as they stood there for a few moments longer

"We should…" Duo said as he eyed the gates warily, not even he could stand Relena when Heero was nearby, she went insane…psychotic…maybe they should fail their mission and let her get kidnapped, killed whatever it was.

"Oh for gods sake, you're all cowards." Usagi sighed as she marched up to the gates and rung the buzzer before anyone could stop her, Heero was fit to kill as he strode up behind her, before he could get close though a sandy haired blob had glomped onto his chest as he fought for air as he was knocked backwards.

"Heero you're back, it's been so long since I saw you." The girl squealed as Heero groaned, why wouldn't J let him kill her? Why god?

"Relena you're going to suffocate him, let the poor man up." A smooth voice said as a tall, even taller then Trowa Usagi noted, man walked over to them with a grace that came from both his obvious status and a familiarity with fighting.

"But…" Relena began to protest as the platinum blond tugged the girl from the fallen brunette as Heero pulled himself up trying to hold onto whatever shred of dignity he had left.

"Please come in." the man bade as he scanned the group noting Usagi and the baby with well hidden shock, obviously he hadn't heard about her presence.

"We need to talk business." Quatre said as he glanced at Usagi as the tall man nodded

"Of course, Relena, please be a good girl and show this young lady to some rooms, we men have to talk business." He said as Relena grumbled but nodded as she hugged Heero one last time before darting off Usagi being pulled along behind her.

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"So what's going on? J just called and said you were coming over for an emergency." Zechs said as he let them all into a meeting room as the men gathered around a table as Quatre handed over the report they had been given by the doctor.

"This is it?" Zechs asked as Quatre nodded

"It's all they announced, J lost almost 10 men trying to infiltrate this…organisation, they managed to find and kill each spy, this was the only information we got, and that was because they allowed him to have it…they sent it to him personally, hasn't Preventer HQ received this as well?" Quatre asked as Zechs shook his head as he sat down re-reading the simple message.

"Is this all…nothing else? No one claiming responsibility?" he asked as Quatre shook his head

"Only that." He said as Heero took over

"J ordered us here to watch Relena."

"Can we be sure they're serious? That it's Relena?" Zechs asked as Heero nodded

"How many other royals do you know? You heard of the incident last week?" he asked as Zechs nodded, the report of a murder, an unidentified blond female had been found dead, beaten so badly her face was unrecognisable, no details had been publicly released, but the in depth report they had been sent had been sickening, they were unsure exactly of what torture the girl had gone through, only that it had been horrible…and slow.

"That was their warning." Wufei grunted as Zechs paled

"I'll step up security…don't let her out of your sight." He warned as the group nodded

"Oh…before I forget…the girl you brought with you…who is she?" Zechs asked as Duo blushed

"Ah…well she's…" he stuttered as Zechs raised an eyebrow at him

"You lover and child? Bringing them on a mission is most unwise." He said as Quatre coughed as he tried to hide his laughter.

"She's not my lover." Duo snapped as Heero felt his chest constrict slightly at the thought of her as Duo's lover…what was wrong with him lately? Indigestion maybe?

"The child is Duo's…her mother left her for him and ran off…we hired a live in nurse for the girl. That is Tsukino Usagi-san. Don't worry, she's been with us for a while and knows not to get involved or ask questions. You won't even notice her here." Quatre explained as Zechs nodded doubtfully, he still disapproved.

"Excuse us." Quatre said as they left and the blond left alone in the meeting room studied the note before him.

Guard the hime well, we'll come soon for her.

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