Oh, WOW! So many great reviews! This is just so wonderful! I can't believe that so
many people liked my story! Well, here's the next chapter. Wow, I got this out quick!
I hope you like it. Just to warn you, Usagi is really out of character. She grew up with
Milliardo/Zechs, so she couldn't get away with being a whiny cry-baby. Well, I guess
that's it, oh ya, I'm changing the ages a little. Zechs is 18 in this chapter and Usagi is 11.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or Sailor Moon. There, I said it. Happy now?


Usa and Mill
By Tegasus
Rating: PG

Chapter 2

"Hey, Zechs! Mail call! You got another letter from Usagi!" A slim dark-haired
young woman walked up to her masked friend, who also happened to be the number one
student in the history of the Academy, and smacked him over the head with a book.
"Hey! Aren't you even going to open it?"

"Go away, Noin. I'm not in the mood right now."

Noin shook her head. "Sometimes I wonder about you, Zechs Marquise. Well, if
you aren't going to open it, then I will. Usa always sends the most interesting letters."


"Dear Gracious Benefactor,

In case you couldn't tell, I am really mad at you this time! How
dare you not write and tell me that you and Noin are graduating as the
top two students in the history of the Alliance Military Academy?! Not
only did you not tell me, but I had to find out through WALTER!!!
You're just lucky that I'm such a good actress, or I would never have
been able to cover my surprise over this to continue the charade that I
don't know you. And you won't believe what else. I actually had to
agree with him that he could have beat you hands down if his father had
let him go to the Academy! He is such an IDIOT!!! Everyone knows
that he couldn't beat his own shadow! The things I do for you...
Anyway, Relena's doing fine, as always. She seems really
excited about going on that vacation with the Dorlins next week. There's
also talk that Dorlin is up for the Foreign Vice Minister position once
Wakefield retires next month. I think it would be really good for Relena.
It would expand her horizons, but that's just my opinion.
Moving on. I've enclosed my grades for last term, perfect
marks as always. This place is sooo boring! The Sisters won't even let
me take Advanced Quantum Mathematics OR Advanced Flight
Technological Systems! I know you want someone to keep an eye on
Relena, but come on! I'm going to die of boredom here! You've got to
get me out of here before I do something stupid, like steal an Aries and
blow up the school! (hint, hint!)
Well, I think that's it for now. Oh, and if you make Noin write
back to me for you again, I'm going to come there and totally kick
your butt! Hi Noin! Kick the dolt for me, okay? Love ya both!

Usagi

Noin laughed as she finished reading Usagi's letter. "Do you think she's serious
about blowing up the school?"

Zechs groaned and buried his face in his hands. "Unfortunately. I've heard a
rumor that an Aries MS was stolen from a base near the school last night. Thief
unknown."

Noin's eyes widened. "Oh, shit! You can't let her blow up the school! Dozens of
people might get hurt! Not to mention the fact that she'll be caught!"

"She's not going to blow up the school and even if she did, Usa-chan would make
sure that no one got hurt. And, Noin, she definitely wouldn't be caught. She's been
trained too well."

"But you just said that she was serious about blowing up the school! Now you're
saying she won't? Make up your mind!' Noin paused. "Besides, she's just an eleven-year-old
kid!"

"That eleven-year-old kid is smarter then most of her teachers put together, can pilot
anything she gets into the cockpit of, and has been working as a spy for the past year. Not
to mention the fact that she just stole an Aries off a guarded military base. I wouldn't
underestimate her, if I were you. That's a good way to get yourself killed."

"But Usa is the sweetest and kindest girl I've ever met!"

"Then maybe you don't know me as well as you think you do, Noin."

"Usa!" Noin turned, surprised at the younger girl's presence. "Usagi, what are you
doing here?"

Zechs groaned and buried his face deeper into his hands. "Making trouble, what
else?" Usagi just grinned.

Noin froze and slowly turned towards Zechs. "How long has Usagi been here at
the Academy?"

"Why don't you ask her?"

"Because I'm asking you, Zechs."

"I got here late last night, Noin. Oh, and can you keep your voice down? I think
the Masked Wonder has a hangover."

Noin laughed, but Zechs didn't lift his head. "All right, all right. I'll leave you
two to talk, but remember, there's an inspection in two hours. Have fun!" Zechs waited
until Noin closed the door behind her before lifting his head to look at the other occupant
in the room.

"Did you return it, Usagi?"

"I said I would, didn't I?" Zechs said nothing, waiting. Usagi sighed. "Yes, I
returned it, but I wish you had let me keep it. The Alliance doesn't deserve to have toys
like the Aries if it can't even guard it properly." Usagi walked over and dropped down on
the bed next to Zechs. "Security was so lax that I could have announced that I was
stealing it, waited five minutes, and still gotten away easily! Did you talk to that Treize
guy?"

"Yes. He asked me to commend my little thief for his cunning and skill and asked
me to tell him that he is invited to have dinner with His Excellency tomorrow at six."

"He, huh? So Treize has no idea who I am?"

"None, and I'd like to keep it that way. I have a lot of enemies, Usa-chan, and I
don't want you getting hurt in the crossfire. The fewer people who know about our ties,
the better."

"Like with Relena."

Zechs said nothing. After a few moments he stood up and walked over to the
window. "What have you heard about relations between the Earth Sphere and the
Colonies, Usa-chan?"

"Changing the subject?"

"Humor me."

"Very well. The Colonies have been restless and distrustful since Heero Yuy was
assassinated several years ago. They don't trust the Earth Sphere and that feeling has only
gotten stronger since the Alliance took control of the Colonies. There is some talk of
rebellion, but nothing concrete, only rumors. There hasn't been an extraordinary amount
of grumbling, so I believe that any actions will be by a small group of radicals working
on their own. If it's worked right, the Colonies might even hunt them down and turn the
radicals over to the Alliance to prove their allegiance."

"Probability of the Colonies successfully breaking away from Earth?"

"At this point, nil. The Colonies just don't have the resources to win an all out
war at this time, but give them a few years, and they may be able to." Zechs nodded, but
continued staring out the window. "Milliardo, unless something is done soon, it will
come to war between the Earth and the Colonies."

"The war is coming. It has been since Heero Yuy died."

"But it can be prevented! We can stop the war now, before it ever gets started!"

"Maybe, but what about the next one and the one after that? No, war will not stop
until people no longer want to fight."

Usagi was quiet for a moment, then said softly, "Is this what Treize has been
teaching you? That killing people is the only way to rule?" Zechs said nothing. "I see.
Well, I hope that what ever you find is worth it, Zechs Marquise." Usagi turned and walked
out the door.

Five minutes later a MS transport plane took off into the sky. Zechs watched it disappear
with a heavy heart. This time Usagi wouldn't be coming back, her taking the transport was all
the proof he needed.

Zechs didn't turn around as Noin burst into his room without knocking. "Why the
HELL did Usa just tell me to tell Zechs Marquise that his little thief wouldn't be attending
Treiz's dinner party?! She's NEVER called you Zechs before! NEVER! What the hell did
you do to her?!"

"I informed her of some truths that she didn't want to hear." Zechs said calmly.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, there's an inspection coming up that I have to get ready for."

Noin went very still as understanding dawned on her. "She's not going to be
coming back, but then again, you already knew that, didn't you? You planned this all
along."

"I have work to do, Noin."

Noin marched up to Zechs and slapped him, hard. "She didn't deserve that, Zechs
Marquise! Especially not from you! She trusted you and you've betrayed her!"

"I did what I had to, Noin. This is the only way I can protect her. I have a lot of
enemies and I'm planning on making even more. The only place that she'll be safe is far
away from me!"

@~~~~~~~~ @~~~~~~~~

Usagi set the carrier on autopilot and finally let the tears flow. She knew why he
had done it, but that didn't make his betrayal hurt any less. An hour later, her tears spent
and her mind working again, Usagi set the carrier down in a field near a large stand of
trees. It had taken her a while, but she had finally decided on a course of action. Zechs,
Usagi refused to call him Milliardo any longer, had been right. The wars would never
stop until the people realized that fighting brought nothing but more fighting. She would
find a way to make the people realize that war was not the answer, if she had to help start
one to do it.


So, what did you think? Like it, hate it? Please respond! Oh, and I'm still unsure whether
it's going to be a romance and who's going to pare up with who. If you want a specific
paring, tell me, kay? And, yes, I got the votes for a Usa/Mill paring. Don't forget about
Haruka, Ami, and the other g-boys! They're probably going to show up in the next
chapter. Well, until then! Ja ne!

Tegasus