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Hey there! It's been a few weeks but here it is; Chapter one of the sequel to "The Last Battlefield." There's going to be six chapters each dealing with the pilots lives after TLBF. Hope you all like it and I hope ya R/R.

The Five That Fell Chapter 1 The Guest Room

It had been nearly three weeks since Duo had been home. He had been staying with Relena while she was in the hospital. Finally he could go home and see his wife Hilde. Duo couldn't help but smile as he walked down the street to his home where no doubt Hilde would be sitting their waiting for him to burst through the door. 'Oh man is she gonna be pissed.'

            Duo climbed the front stairs of his home and gently pushed the door open. "Funny," he said under his breath. "She usually locks the door." He became more cautious when he stepped inside and saw that the lights weren't on. "Hilde! Babe where are ya?" Out of nowhere a figure pounced on Duo from behind knocking him to the floor. Normally Duo would've snapped the figures neck but he recognized its giggle. "Babe let me explain."

            Hilde stood up and walked over to the light switch and flipped it on. Duo was shocked to see a bright smile across her beautiful face. "Welcome home hun." Hilde seductively walked over to Duo and wrapped her slender arms around his neck. "I'm glad you're safe." She stood up on her tiptoes and planted a firm yet loving kiss on her husband's lips. "So how is Relena?"

            After getting over the original shock of the situation he finally reacted to the beautiful creature pressed up against his body. "I missed you so much." Duo pulled her in tight and buried his face into the nape of her neck. "And Relena's fine. Heero is with her."

            "So he finally came to his senses? Bout time." Hilde took her arms down from Duo's neck and gently tugged at his hands that were locked around her waist. "Hey Duo, I've got something to show ya." She grabbed his arm and pulled him up stairs.

            Duo didn't know what to make of the whole situation; 'I thought she was gonna tear me a new one but instead she's seems really excited.' Hilde stopped in front of the door next to the bedroom and smiled mischievously at him. "Did you remodel the guest room?"

            Her expression was that of a seven-year-old girl on Christmas morning, Hilde was struggling to hold back her excitement. "Hey Duo, do you remember what we were talking about the night before you left?"

            For the life of him he couldn't remember. "Uh…sure, we were talking about buying a new grill. Right?"

            Hilde seemed a little more annoyed but still very excited. "No, we were talking about how I should see a doctor about the nausea I had. Well I did…"

            "You look a lot better than you did a few weeks ago. So what did you have the flu or something?" Duo put his hands on his stomach as he felt an immense rumbling coming from its depths. "Geez I'm hungry. Hilde do we have anything to eat?"

            All of the excitement in her expression sank into her feet, "Do you want to hear what I have to say or are you just interested in stuffing your face." Hilde threw her arms up in the air and stormed into the guest room. Before Duo could follow suit the door was shut in his face and locked. "Sometimes you are just impossible!"

            Rather than sticking around and arguing, Duo went downstairs and fixed himself a sandwich. After minutes of digging in the fridge he came out with a variety of meat and set to work constructing a sandwich fit for "The God of Death." Once that was taken care of he grabbed a beer and sauntered into the living room. "Women," he chuckled. "They can be so damn moody sometimes." Duo threw his feet up on the coffee table and grabbed the remote. "At least I can watch the game." He just sat their mesmerized by the basketball game on T.V. For hours Duo didn't take his eyes off the screen; he just sat their transfixed on the images before him for three hours.

            Once the game was over Duo cursed under his breath, "stupid ref! There was no way that was a foul. He must be blind or something." Duo yawned and looked over at the clock on the far wall. "Geez its getting late. I better get to bed." He lethargically climbed the stairs but stopped when he passed the guest room. Duo pressed his ear up to the door and could vaguely hear the sound of Hilde crying. 'Shit I totally forgot.' Reluctantly he knocked on the door. "Hey Hild, I'm so sorry. I guess I can be an idiot sometimes."

            After what seemed like an eternity Hilde's face peeked through the now open door. "Sometimes?" Her eyes were bloodshot and her face had silver trails running down it. "But I suppose I should've expected that."

            "So what did you want to tell me?" Slowly, Hilde crept out from behind the door and shut it behind her.

            The joy returned to her face to a degree; but she still looked mighty pissed off. "Like I said I went to the doctors. When I got there I told her what was wrong and she ran a whole bunch of tests." Hilde reached her hand out to her husband's hands and pulled him to the door. "When the results came back the next day I nearly peed my pants." Hilde pulled him into the guest room but to Duo's surprised it was filled to the brim with stuffed animals and had farm animals painted on the walls. His jaw hit the floor when he saw the crib in the middle of the room. "Duo I'm…we're gonna have a baby!"

            Duo swallowed hard and ran her words through his head. A huge smile tore across his face as her words finally sunk in. She gasped as Duo picked her up in his arms and rained kisses down on her. "Oh my god, we're gonna have a baby!" He shouted and hollered in between kisses. "Do you have any idea how happy I am?"

             "I do know." Tears started to roll down her cheeks and a smile across her lips. "I love you Duo." She had never seen him so happy. He was even crying a little himself.

            He pressed her close to his body and let her head fall to his shoulder. "I love you too. And I'm sorry being so insensitive."

            Hours later Duo woke up back in his room with Hilde snuggled up close to his side. 'I can't believe I'm gonna be a father.' He ran his hand through Hilde's azure tresses and sighed. 'Who would've thought that I, the God of Death would have a family.' Duo let his head fall back onto his pillow, he closed his eyes and let sleep claim his weary frame. Finally the man who lost everyone he considered family had come full circle. He was ready to start his own.