HP X-OVER Howard found another boy with potential when he found a runaway boy who had the 'eyes' of a survivor. The boy had the story of maltreatment and gross neglect, and decided to give him a purpose when the boy had none. To become the sixth.

Warning!Lime Alert halfway!

06 and 07 in Space

In the Mess Hall...

'...how is she doing in Sanq?' Zechs asked Rei as they went to get food by the cafeteria, before sitting on a table.

'Relena's very capable and knows how to handle her job...most likely because Vice-Foreign Minister Darlian always takes her with him to work and she's seen first-hand how things are done. And now she's come up with her own ways using what she's learned to rule the country but I'm sure you're not ignorant of what's going on down there, right?' Rei asked Zechs with a raised eyebrow.

'Yes...my sister is part of the 'rebels' Operation Nova is to stamp out.' Zechs growled in gritted teeth, 'Because people are getting sick and tired of war, they'd want refuge. Romefeller's warmongering control will weaken and they will no longer gain anything. But nonetheless, Relena's done very well. Father would be proud.' he said softly with a soft smile on his face.

'Relena's working hard. We should do our part too. She can't do this alone afterall...there's us who must stamp out the threats to her rule...and there's her with her political power to put an end to this mess. Then hello normal life.'

''Hello normal life'?' Zechs asked Rei with amusement glinting in his eyes.

'You know, go to school, have friends, have fun, get a boyfriend...' Zechs' eyes looked owlish at this. 'What? Got any problems with my preferences?' Rei drawled blandly as the older male shook his head.

'Er no, just surprised.' Zechs coughed. 'What let this on?'

'Well...I really don't see myself with a woman.' Rei sighed gloomily. 'And I can't see myself in charge regarding relationships...I figured this out since I was ten. I like boys and Grandpa's OK with it. Apparently it's a common occurrence in the Military.' Zechs chuckled at that, while remembering his time with Treize.

'Hmmm...intriguing...what about the other pilots?'

'Paired up in order too. The only single guys are me and 05. 03 fell head over heels in love with 04 at first sight that left a deep impression on 04 and they're going steady. 01 learned how to be a proper boyfriend to 02 after learning about love. And those two pairs will last very long...as only they can understand each other and only have each other to turn to. Because only we fellow soldiers can understand our pain and burdens afterall. No woman with her maternal protective instincts can understand that pain. They never will.'

'...'

'How about you? What's your preference?' Rei grinned with wiggling eyebrows. 'It's only fair since I told you mine!' Zechs blanched before twitching...before sighing in defeat.

'Fine...I'm a military man through and through.' Zechs grumbled. 'Don't tell Relena!' Rei smiled...too brightly...and that wasn't reassuring...

'Hehe, I won't I won't.'

'That smile isn't too reassuring.' Zechs grumbled as the younger pilot laughed.

'Sheesh, it's just a smile! You don't have to be wary of a cute, sweet, angelic face like this.' Rei grinned as he got himself close to Zechs before backing off.

'And said cute, sweet, angelic face can create a Mobile Suit with the latest programming in just a month? In my opinion you're scary.' Rei pouted at this with his lower lip sticking out.

'You're so mean to mee...' Rei huffed in a baby-speak manner in the equally baby-speak voice. Zechs merely rolled his eyes at this childish behavior but hey...it's cute...and granted, the boy was well...beautiful. Effeminately beautiful how did he stay SINGLE while surrounded by his fellow GAY pilots? It was a mystery even he could not comprehend! Even he admittedly would advance on him if given the opportunity but he's an unknown...and therefore...

'Hmph...well, how are you doing your job as Relena's Royal Guard?' Zechs wanted to change the subject.

'Oh, sending my cute widdle Black Mambas to assassinate a few troublesome people, that's all.' Rei chuckled as two snakes came out under his jacket. 'Most of them's successful but some of my snakes haven't returned yet...'

'Black Mambas? Aren't they poisonous?' Zechs yelped as he quickly backed away from the two snakes that were making laughing hisses.

'They are...they're very good friends of mine and Blanca says your expression was quite funny upon seeing them. Who'd have thought that the Lightning Baron could make such a face?' he giggled as the snakes on his shoulders hissed in laughter.

Zechs now knew WHY he was still single.

He had damn snakes for bodyguards and insurance. Who knows how many under his clothes and one wrong move...you'll be dead with Dendrotoxin in minutes, depending how much injected. 'I'm an assassin foremost, before a pilot, then engineer. Speaking of engineer, how are you treating my first child, Freedom?' Rei asked Zechs curiously.

'It has amazing reaction and great speed...I actually had to train in mastering Freedom by using Operation Nova as an excuse.' Zechs chuckled. 'Simulations are nothing compared to reality afterall, although Howard found a flaw in Freedom.'

'The half-assed Gundanium Armor. I know.' Rei deadpanned. "Damn!" 'Because I made Freedom in Earth and despite how carefully I designed it, it's building was rushed. To forge perfect Gundanium Alloy, you need the zero gravity of Space. Has grandpa fixed it?' he asked the blonde who nodded.

'Yes.'

'I see...'

'Then what about Heero Yuy? I recreated his Gundam as well but I had no idea about how Gundanium should be forged. I just learned from Howard about the conditions needed to forge perfect Gundanium not long ago.' Zechs admitted. 'Have you fixed it?'

'Yes, during our time here in Space...I had to bail the pilots out when OZ caught them in their suits not suited for space battles. Before that, they split up, attacked random bases and shot off to space before I could do anything for their Gundams.' the young jack-of-all-trades grumbled. 'Had to fix them in L3 afterwards...then some idiot created Wing Zero, an unknown Gundam with an unknown Engineer...complete with the dangerous prototype A.I program, the ZERO System and gave it to 04 of all people.' and he explained what the system is.

'And today's A.I is a mere toddler compared to this system?' Zechs blurted incredulously. 'What'd you do with it?'

'I am keeping it on hold. Who knows who might need it someday but I require that 'who' to have a strong mind. I admit I don't. But I have two candidates who have the mental power to master this monster...and one of them I'm chatting with right now.'

Zechs looked gobsmacked. 'And the other is 01...Heero Yuy.'

WTF?

'Explain.' Zechs demanded. 'How on earth, can we master this 'logical' system?'

'By emptying your consciousness of unnecessary thoughts other than battle, in order to focus more on providing the Logically 'heartless' will of ZERO with conscience and emotions. ZERO will no longer 'enter' your mind once you feel that the battle is over. However, we have no training grounds...so you'll have to learn on the battlefield...and i have to stay out, lest the ZERO makes you see that I'm your enemy.' Rei drawled. 'To the ZERO, every mobile suit or doll other than yourself is the enemy. Until you master providing it a conscience that you have 'allies' to consider, I can't go out and join you. That's IF you want this 'thing' in your Gundam. You got a lot to think about before making me do it, your highness.' he said grimly while eating his meal.

Zechs looked thoughtful while eating his meal as well. He indeed has a lot to consider. Can he do it? Can he master ZERO?

xxx

In the Hangar...

'That's a rather interesting thing you're making. It looks like a circuit.' Howard commented as he saw his adoptive grandson make a circuit-like object that looked more like a decorative medallion with tiny wings.

'The A.I programs intrigued me grandpa.' said Rei. 'Makes me want to make an android with A.I capable of sentient thought.' he explained. 'But capable of knowing consequences and the decision of to do or not to do judging on predicted consequences.'

'Isn't that a bit ambitious? Machines can't do that. Even ZERO needs a human to have a heart!' Howard deadpanned. 'It's plain impossible!'

'What can I say, I love making the impossible possible! Humans can create anything...that even went as far as creating monsters called Mobile Dolls and the Zero System. So I want to give a machine a 'heart' based on our life experiences to create a balance. I'll first use this circuit on Templar to help Zechs out in his ZERO System Training and help him provide a conscience to the damn thing. I'll use Templar as a prototype body for this heart.'

'Don't overdo it...because hearts are a fickle thing to deal with. Even I will never attempt something like that, Rei. Not even the others did.' Howard warned him.

'I know. But we need all cards we can get.' said Rei as he poured in all data he could into the circuit and even went as far as programming a 'personality' into it. He created two circuits. One with a kind, cheerful, bubbly and child-like personality and the other, a maternal, gentle loving personality. He would give the cheerful one to Heero and the maternal one to Zechs. Goodness knows Heero could learn how to brighten up his personality by learning from his invention. It will not be healthy to his and Duo's relationship if he had the emotional range of a baby spoon while Zechs needs to learn that he can't just bottle things up which would one day cause him to snap.

That won't be good older brother material for Relena.

And he spent three days and three nights working, not noticing how much time passed by due to lack of 'time' in space. Nobody really notices...and they only know it's time to sleep when they get tired in ships like this. The colonies had manipulated atmospheres to imitate 'day and night' so people can still sleep at night by following their body's instincts. He created the data disk regarding his Circuits and stored it in a gold disk, protected with the same protection he has on Templar.

By the time he was done, he was severely stressed.

'Uhhhh...the things I do...honestly!' he moaned as he left his personal laboratory to float back to his room...but in the end, fell asleep while floating, curled up like a cat.

Zechs eventually found him after a shower, and is on his way back to his room when he found Rei floating around, fast asleep. "...sleeping in the hallway of all places..." and he proceeded to drag the younger boy to his room with a rather mischievous smile on his face.

Next...morning(?)

Rei stirred from his sleep and rolled around, wondering why he was on a soft bed, and his cheeks rested on something warm...and rising and falling? He opened his eyes to see a fair-skinned chest and a lock of pale blonde hair. He looked up to see Zechs looking down on him with a smirk and in shock, he jumped off the bed with a yelp and hit his head on the ceiling. Hard. 'Owwwww~' he whimpered as he rubbed his aching head.

'That look on your face is priceless.' Zechs chuckled. 'That's payback for that snake incident.' Rei twitched at this. Zechs was still smarting over that? 'Besides, don't like what you see?' he purred as Zechs was...naked...before Rei knew it, he was blushing as his eyes fell on the Prince.

'P-PUT SOME CLOTHES ON YOUR HIGHNESS!' Rei screamed in embarrassment as he closed his eyes with his hands. Zechs just laughed and pulled him back down by grabbing his ankle. This was just too fun to miss.

'Ohhh no, I enjoy having fun at your expense this time Rei.' Zechs purred as he held Rei quite close, much to the boy's chagrin and pinned him down. 'Look at me Rei. That's an order.'

'Put some clothes on first THEN I'll look at you!' Rei sputtered with his eyes still shut tight when he felt hot breath blown against his ear. He squirmed at this.

'Hooo? Then I'll have to make you the hard way.' and next thing he knew, Zechs drew lines in his left ear with his tongue...and underneath while holding Rei's wrists down. Rei squirmed when the kisses went down to his neck...to his jawline and then he put Rei's hands above him and held his wrists with his one hand, and his other hand snaked into Rei's pants, causing the boy to gasp and used that opportunity to kiss him senseless, while fondling him, with his thumb paying extra attention to his tip. He felt Rei slowly hardening in his hand and his slippery pre-cum giving his thumb the extra slick...

And Rei was starting to moan wantonly in their kiss and his resistance weakening. Zechs then let his hands go and focused more on ravishing the younger boy. Hands began roaming...Rei reached for him and wrapped his arms around him and began a steamy lovemaking session, with Zechs being the victor as he managed to make this willful pilot submit to him. Who'd have thought he'd be so...sensitive?

"Hehehe...so no wonder Treize always wanted to be on top...he loved this feeling of dominance...and I can't help it but desire it myself." he purred as Rei was now sitting on his lap, naked and kissing him in such a submissive manner with Zechs carressing his hair by raking his fingers on Rei's hair. 'Rei...'

'Yes, your highness?' Rei asked him while still looking flustered while Zechs was still petting him.

'You'd make a good consort.' Zechs chuckled, causing the brunette to blush. 'You may be my sister's guard...but you are to be my lover foremost. Once we win this war, we can live together and share this moment every night. What do you say?' he suggested.

'B-but your highness...I...is it OK?' Rei flustered. 'What would Relena think?'

'What she doesn't know won't hurt.' Zechs smiled as he pushed Rei's head up from the chin and kissed those shapely rosy lips again. It was hard to believe they were natural! Rei was just so...so perfect! His small slender body fit well into his own just as how he fit so well with Treize. He responds well to his advances and he was a virgin and adorably moans and moves to his will, not some well-trained slut out there who knew how to react to each move without even feeling it.

He will train Rei to be his lover alone. He wanted this boy! He would be his lover no matter the cost.

And he got rougher...

Surprisingly, Rei enjoyed it and began wanting more...making Zechs lust more. How can Rei be so effortless...yet natural? He is so alluring...addicting...he must have more of Rei even if he had to lock him up for life!

xxx

Later...Rei was asleep once again. He was so tired...again and whose fault was it? 'Oh we'll have tow work on this...we lasted only forty minutes...not fun at all.' Zechs smirked as he enjoyed petting his new conquest who was sleeping, and curled up like a cat it was just too cute! His only problem now would be getting Howard to approve of him and his Grandson. Howard knew Rei is an open homosexual yet nobody on all Sweeper Bases made a move on the beauty...due to being 'hands-off' and that, Rei was to be the next boss of the Sweepers afterall. And nobody was worthy enough of touching his soft, silky wavy tresses that made a beautiful image as it floated in zero-gravity, which he flicks upward with his fingers to create such a picture. Rei's effeminate beauty, striking slender body, fair skin and his wavy hair imprinted the picture of a faerie in his mind. Small, beautiful, and alluring to behold.

OK, that sounded like he was obsessed back there but what can he do?

He fell HARD for this little beauty.

Fell to the bottom head first. He grabbed Rei, pulled him closer and pressed his body against his own by tightly wrapping his arms around him. He really liked how well Rei fit with him.