~My Home is Here~
*Force of the Future*
Location: New Richmond, Virginia
"I've finished speaking to the second in command to Greg Nasedo," Zechs said, walking over to where the five gundam pilots stood near the ocean coast. Relena and Andie were with them, tending to their wounds. Relena, Heero and Wufei arrived an hour after Quatre and they all gathered. "He says that Nasedo will be taken under the juristiction of the Preventers and will be brought to a fair trial."
"Including Hepburn?" Duo asked.
Zechs nodded. "Even her, Maxwell. Well done, everyone."
Trowa faced Quatre. "I thought there was no mechanism for the warhead."
"I thought so, too," Quatre replied. "I started lurking around again and followed that guy again...the same guy that knocked me out. I was led to some secluded part of the town, and then I realized that there was a bunch of them. Apparently, my helper, Rafdah, belongs to this group of fanatical political fraction opposed to this peace union."
"I see," Relena said softly.
He nodded. "Anyways, I followed Rafdah home when I sort of...well, threatened him to get me to the control room," Quatre continued. "So, I had to knock him out and get his clothes before venturing in."
"That was risky," Wufei pointed out glumly.
Quatre shrugged. "I had to. I found it, after fighting my way in."
Duo smiled. "Great job, Quatre. Welcome to the club!"
"He is in the club, Duo," Trowa said softly.
"I know," Duo replied quickly, "I just had to say something.
"You always have something to say," Heero remarked.
"Not all the time," Duo said defensively.
"All the time, Duo," Heero replied darkly.
"Don't toy with me, Heero!" Duo snapped.
"You started it," Heero shot back.
Relena rolled her eyes. "You two sound like two kids arguing over a toy."
"We're not little kids!" they snapped in unison.
"They really are passionate about it," Andie remarked softly.
Relena giggled, the straightened. "Miss Noin!"
The gang turned to see Noin walking slowly towards them with Zechs behind her for support, one arm around her. She wasn't in her Preventer uniform as she smiled. "Hello, people," she greeted warmly. "I wanted to congratulate you all on a job well done!"
"Thanks, Noin," Trowa replied.
"It was nothing," Wufei said hotly.
"Are you alright, Miss Noin?" Andie asked, concerned.
"I'm okay," Noin said, smiling softly. "Thank you." She turned to Duo. "Duo, I have a visitor you might want to see."
Duo's eyebrows went up. "Oh?"
"Duo!" Hilde ran from behind Noin and Zechs and into Duo's arms.
"Hilde!" he laughed. "How...why...what..."
"Where and who," she finished, smiling. "I missed you! I came to check up on you when I saw Noin and Zechs here as well. So I decided to stick with them till I get to see you!"
He laughed again. "Aw, Hilde, am I glad to see you!" He smiled down at her glassy eyes. "Hilde, I think this experience has taught me a lot about me, about us. I just want to tell you that there'll never be anyone other than you. I promise."
She embraced him tightly and kissed him. "Thank you, Duo."
Heero approached the scowling Wufei, who was facing the sea. The sun was now peaking over the dark clouds, lighting up certain patches as though God was speaking to his people through the weather. It was a beautiful scene...if Wufei wasn't scowling.
"You never told me how you winded up in Siberia," Heero rumbled.
"Contacts," Wufei replied dryly, "same as you."
Silence.
"You lost, didn't you?"
Wufei hesitated. "Maybe."
Heero pressed his lips together. "I should tell you this," he said, "from soldier to soldier. Don't let that defeat get to you...you'll only cloud your judgement. Save the broken warrior output for someone worth fighting. Number One was scum...like his men. Don't be so grounded for it." He turned and walked towards the others, who was watching some people marched from a barrack nearby.
"They found Mr. Nasedo and Ms. Hepburn," Zechs said.
Mr. Nasedo was the first to appear, his clothes tattered and smoke crisp and his silver hair messed up and sooted. His eyes briefly met the amusing ones of Duo's and the cold ones of Andie's before the Preventers ordered him to get a move on.
Hepburn was the next to appear. Her face and hair was sooted, her clothes in the same condition as Mr. Nasedo's and her face crimpled with anger. Duo ordered the men assigned to guard her to bring her over for a minute. "I'm glad you're so amused," she said frostily.
"Oh, anything for an ex-partner," Duo replied, deeply amused. "Anyways, I believe you haven't met Hilde here...my girlfriend." He smiled broadly at the ex-Preventer, who glared at him, then at Hilde's innocent eyes before the Preventers pushed her on.
"Duo?" Hilde said slowly. "What was that about?"
He let go a breath of deep satisfaction. "I'll tell you on the way."
"Trowa," Andie said, watching Hilde starting you raise her voice against the anguished Duo, "you were willing your life to save us all back there with the warhead heading for you."
He shrugged. "I told you I will if it were necessary."
"Only few people would actually be courageous enough to do so," she told him calmly, brushing her brown hair back. "I could be interested in someone like that..."
Trowa raised a brow. "Really?"
Relena looked at Heero, who was watching the episode from behind the other members. "I guess you'll be leaving again, huh?"
He took her hand and held it in his, looking down at it as Relena watched in awe. Heero never showed any sign of affection before, not even a friendly one. Why the sudden change. "Not this time, Relena," he rumbled ominously. "Not this time."
"Heero..."
He looked at her face, his piercing blue-gray eyes looking into her colbalt blue ones. Again, she felt like he was glancing at her soul, only this time it wasn't as uncomfortable. She felt like it was completely natural for him to do so. "I've always been looking for home," he told her softly. "First here on Earth, then in the L1 colony, then in my Gundam. Now it's gone and I've been searching for my home since then. I've found it, Relena, I've found home. In you."
She felt herself blush mad. "H-Heero, I..."
He placed a finger on her lips. "Don't say it, Relena," he cooed. "I'm not leaving. I'm not packing and going away this time. I'm staying. And this time...it's for good." He then leaned forward, his bangs cringing over and kissed her gently on her lips.
She broke the kiss and smiled at him. "Oh, Heero."
"Heero Yuy!"
They turned abruptly to see Zechs marching up to them, his anger uncontrollable. Noin shrugged at them from behind him, unable to keep her boyfriend's anger from lashing out at them. His anger was going to draw some casualties. "Take your dirty hands off my little sister!"
"Gee, Zechs," Heero said calmly. "I think you should cool off because sometime in the near future, I'll be your brother in law."
Relena giggled.
"Baka-somo!" Zechs said, chasing after Heero.
Quatre shrugged. "Some things just never change."
*End of Story*
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*Force of the Future*
Location: New Richmond, Virginia
"I've finished speaking to the second in command to Greg Nasedo," Zechs said, walking over to where the five gundam pilots stood near the ocean coast. Relena and Andie were with them, tending to their wounds. Relena, Heero and Wufei arrived an hour after Quatre and they all gathered. "He says that Nasedo will be taken under the juristiction of the Preventers and will be brought to a fair trial."
"Including Hepburn?" Duo asked.
Zechs nodded. "Even her, Maxwell. Well done, everyone."
Trowa faced Quatre. "I thought there was no mechanism for the warhead."
"I thought so, too," Quatre replied. "I started lurking around again and followed that guy again...the same guy that knocked me out. I was led to some secluded part of the town, and then I realized that there was a bunch of them. Apparently, my helper, Rafdah, belongs to this group of fanatical political fraction opposed to this peace union."
"I see," Relena said softly.
He nodded. "Anyways, I followed Rafdah home when I sort of...well, threatened him to get me to the control room," Quatre continued. "So, I had to knock him out and get his clothes before venturing in."
"That was risky," Wufei pointed out glumly.
Quatre shrugged. "I had to. I found it, after fighting my way in."
Duo smiled. "Great job, Quatre. Welcome to the club!"
"He is in the club, Duo," Trowa said softly.
"I know," Duo replied quickly, "I just had to say something.
"You always have something to say," Heero remarked.
"Not all the time," Duo said defensively.
"All the time, Duo," Heero replied darkly.
"Don't toy with me, Heero!" Duo snapped.
"You started it," Heero shot back.
Relena rolled her eyes. "You two sound like two kids arguing over a toy."
"We're not little kids!" they snapped in unison.
"They really are passionate about it," Andie remarked softly.
Relena giggled, the straightened. "Miss Noin!"
The gang turned to see Noin walking slowly towards them with Zechs behind her for support, one arm around her. She wasn't in her Preventer uniform as she smiled. "Hello, people," she greeted warmly. "I wanted to congratulate you all on a job well done!"
"Thanks, Noin," Trowa replied.
"It was nothing," Wufei said hotly.
"Are you alright, Miss Noin?" Andie asked, concerned.
"I'm okay," Noin said, smiling softly. "Thank you." She turned to Duo. "Duo, I have a visitor you might want to see."
Duo's eyebrows went up. "Oh?"
"Duo!" Hilde ran from behind Noin and Zechs and into Duo's arms.
"Hilde!" he laughed. "How...why...what..."
"Where and who," she finished, smiling. "I missed you! I came to check up on you when I saw Noin and Zechs here as well. So I decided to stick with them till I get to see you!"
He laughed again. "Aw, Hilde, am I glad to see you!" He smiled down at her glassy eyes. "Hilde, I think this experience has taught me a lot about me, about us. I just want to tell you that there'll never be anyone other than you. I promise."
She embraced him tightly and kissed him. "Thank you, Duo."
Heero approached the scowling Wufei, who was facing the sea. The sun was now peaking over the dark clouds, lighting up certain patches as though God was speaking to his people through the weather. It was a beautiful scene...if Wufei wasn't scowling.
"You never told me how you winded up in Siberia," Heero rumbled.
"Contacts," Wufei replied dryly, "same as you."
Silence.
"You lost, didn't you?"
Wufei hesitated. "Maybe."
Heero pressed his lips together. "I should tell you this," he said, "from soldier to soldier. Don't let that defeat get to you...you'll only cloud your judgement. Save the broken warrior output for someone worth fighting. Number One was scum...like his men. Don't be so grounded for it." He turned and walked towards the others, who was watching some people marched from a barrack nearby.
"They found Mr. Nasedo and Ms. Hepburn," Zechs said.
Mr. Nasedo was the first to appear, his clothes tattered and smoke crisp and his silver hair messed up and sooted. His eyes briefly met the amusing ones of Duo's and the cold ones of Andie's before the Preventers ordered him to get a move on.
Hepburn was the next to appear. Her face and hair was sooted, her clothes in the same condition as Mr. Nasedo's and her face crimpled with anger. Duo ordered the men assigned to guard her to bring her over for a minute. "I'm glad you're so amused," she said frostily.
"Oh, anything for an ex-partner," Duo replied, deeply amused. "Anyways, I believe you haven't met Hilde here...my girlfriend." He smiled broadly at the ex-Preventer, who glared at him, then at Hilde's innocent eyes before the Preventers pushed her on.
"Duo?" Hilde said slowly. "What was that about?"
He let go a breath of deep satisfaction. "I'll tell you on the way."
"Trowa," Andie said, watching Hilde starting you raise her voice against the anguished Duo, "you were willing your life to save us all back there with the warhead heading for you."
He shrugged. "I told you I will if it were necessary."
"Only few people would actually be courageous enough to do so," she told him calmly, brushing her brown hair back. "I could be interested in someone like that..."
Trowa raised a brow. "Really?"
Relena looked at Heero, who was watching the episode from behind the other members. "I guess you'll be leaving again, huh?"
He took her hand and held it in his, looking down at it as Relena watched in awe. Heero never showed any sign of affection before, not even a friendly one. Why the sudden change. "Not this time, Relena," he rumbled ominously. "Not this time."
"Heero..."
He looked at her face, his piercing blue-gray eyes looking into her colbalt blue ones. Again, she felt like he was glancing at her soul, only this time it wasn't as uncomfortable. She felt like it was completely natural for him to do so. "I've always been looking for home," he told her softly. "First here on Earth, then in the L1 colony, then in my Gundam. Now it's gone and I've been searching for my home since then. I've found it, Relena, I've found home. In you."
She felt herself blush mad. "H-Heero, I..."
He placed a finger on her lips. "Don't say it, Relena," he cooed. "I'm not leaving. I'm not packing and going away this time. I'm staying. And this time...it's for good." He then leaned forward, his bangs cringing over and kissed her gently on her lips.
She broke the kiss and smiled at him. "Oh, Heero."
"Heero Yuy!"
They turned abruptly to see Zechs marching up to them, his anger uncontrollable. Noin shrugged at them from behind him, unable to keep her boyfriend's anger from lashing out at them. His anger was going to draw some casualties. "Take your dirty hands off my little sister!"
"Gee, Zechs," Heero said calmly. "I think you should cool off because sometime in the near future, I'll be your brother in law."
Relena giggled.
"Baka-somo!" Zechs said, chasing after Heero.
Quatre shrugged. "Some things just never change."
*End of Story*
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