Chapter One: Anniversary

Today is April 7th, After Colony 225. In the year After Colony 175, political pacifist Heero Yuy was assasinated by the mysterious OZ organization. This event changed the flow of history and triggered the series of events that would lead up to Operation: Meteor. Now, there is a meeting of the heads of each nation and all members of the cabinet. Of note attending are Relena Dorlian and Quatre Raberba Winner.

Current president of the Earth-Sphere United Nations, Marshall Killgrave, was born on Christmas Eve, AC 195. He looks to the Eve War as an inspiration for his leadership qualities. He tries his best to emulate the traits and personality of the man he considers his hero, Treize Khushrenada. And so the talks began.

"Welcome to this meeting of the Earth-Sphere United Nations Conference here on the moon." stated Killgrave, "There are many reasons why we are here. One is to honor the memory of the man known as Heero Yuy. The other is to talk about our respective progress in our parts of Space."

Relena bowed her head at the mention of that name. She hadn't seen Heero in days. He had said that he was going to visit Zechs. He still hadn't returned. Quatre put his hand on her leg.

"It's going to be alright, Relena." he said, "I'm sure he'll be alright." Relena smiled and looked up at Quatre and Dorothy, who were sitting to the right of her. The empty seat on her left was filled by a man in a long, white trenchcoat. Although Relena could not see it, there was a small insignia on the inside of his pocket.

Killgrave continued his speech and then suddenly excused himself. As he walked off stage, an enterage of people in long, black trenchcoats followed him.

"Something's wrong." Quatre whispered to Relena, "Something's very wrong here. I'll go check it out." As he slipped past Relena, he looked down at the man in the trenchcoat to excuse himself. That was when he saw the insignia on the inside of his pocket.

Quatre stopped. He realized what was happening. And there was nothing he could do about it. "OZ." he muttered as the building around him exploded. As Quatre fell to the ground in a haze of flames, he saw Dorothy on top of Relena, trying to protect her, but to no avail. Quatre felt the last breath he had left come out.

As the world fell black around him, all he could mutter was "OZ."

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Except for Marshall Killgrave, every single member of the Earth-Sphere United Nations died in the blast. All their bodies were accounted for. Duo could only bow his head at this news. He had been alone for the past six years. Howard had died of a heart attack in AC 207. Hildy had died of Tuberculosis in AC 210. His son, Solo Maxwell, had left him on bad terms in AC 219. Now Relena and Quatre were gone. He hadn't heard from Heero or Wu Fei in a year. That was at Trowa's funeral.

Trowa's death had hit them all very hard. If the Gundam pilots were to die of anything, it wouldn't have been Cancer. Sadly, that was what took Trowa. Catherine was hit so hard, she didn't even show up. Neither did his daughter, Raphaela.

Duo lived alone in the Colony X-15221. The house he lived in was surrounded by graves. He had already built one for Quatre, Relena, and Dorothy next to Trowa's and Treize's. There was no way Duo would let them leave him in death even. After all, he was the God of Death.

Duo looked to the mountain in the North. There he held the graves for those special to him. Howard, the Lords of Plague, and Hildy were all buried there. There was also another grave, saved for himself. It was hidden in the shadow of Howard's last and greatest work, the Peacemillion V. Duo was saddened at the news of the day, but in a way, he was glad. This meant he may get to see a battle yet again.

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He sat alone in the darkness. He had long forgotten his real name. He was now and forever known by the code name given to him by Dr. J, Heero Yuy. He sat and reflected upon the past day's events. There was no way he could hide the sadness he felt when he heard of Relena's death. Then, add Quatre and Dorothy onto it and the pressure was too much to bear by the most non-emotional of the Gundam Pilots.

"I could've saved her." he said to nobody in particular, "I could've saved them all. I had to come here, though didn't I? It was stupid. it's always been stupid. And this time I paid the price."

Every April 7th since the end of the Eve War, Heero visited this spot, the exact place where the real Heero Yuy had been assasinated. This is the place where history was changed forever. The place where his mentor had pulled the trigger. The place where everything started. Now, though, it was abandoned and dark.

He thought about the past few years. Seeing Relena refuse to run for President. Seeing the world delve deeper into peace. Seeing his son, Odin Lowe Yuy grow up to be a fine young man. Now all that was gone. All Heero could do was sit there, alone in the darkness. Alone with his thoughts and memories.

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Wow, I didn't realize how short these chapters were when I decided to edit it. Oh well. Read on!

BOOYA! - Matt Ryan