Legal disclaimer: Yeah yeah yeah, I *unfortunetly* don't own any of the G-Wing chars....
Summary: Takes place after Endless Waltz. My first Gundam fic, so please R+R! Oh yeah, don't cream me Heero-lovers until ya read the end. By the way, if you have any suggestions for me, please tell me!!! I know it must suck, but ... well, here goes nothing:

Dark Shadows
Chapter Eight: The End
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"History will never remember this day. This day, when a star exploded. Nobody will remember this day. Not the truth, at the very least."


Heero fired his Twin Buster Rifle at the same time Zechs fired his Mega Beam Cannon. The two beams met in space, colliding with each other. All the pilots shielded their eyes as their gundams were thrown back by the shockwave. When the flash, which would have blinded them had they seen it directly, had faded, the last two warriors of a dying bread stood there, weapons discarded and armor torn from it's frame.

They were two ghosts, standing there. The very last children of war. one, brought up from birth to be a perfect soldier. The other, a man who's only point in life was to fight. they were the last soldiers.

Heero glared at Zechs over the crackling vidscreen. Both of their mobile suits could go at any moment. They stared at each other, until Zechs finally spoke.

"Can you justify killing hundreds to get to one?"

Heero felt the Vertigo system creeping back to the dark realm from which it came. He came back to his senses, finally realizing what he was going to do.

"Oh God..."

Zechs spoke again."History will never remember this day. This day, when a star exploded. Nobody will remember this it, any of it. Not the truth, at the very least. So let us keep it that way."

Heero looked around him, at the wreckage of his suit. This suit, which they called Vertigo. this suit, which held the most dangerous system known to man. Heero stood.

"Your right, Zechs...no one will remember this day." He picked up the self-destruct controller, and before anyone could stop him, pressed the button.

Time seem to freeze. Everything just slowed down. No one could reach it in time. They watched, wide-eyed and speechless as the Neo-Gundam Vertigo flashed and disappeared in a raging ball of flame.

On that day, Heero Yuy died. But also on that day, a new life was created.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~One Month Later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Relena looked at the bear Heero had gotten her. Was it a year already? The heavy-hearted Gundam pilots told her what happened. Duo tried to make her laugh. Trowa tried to make her see reason. Wufei tried to convince her that he died nobly. Quatre comforted her. but they didn't know how she felt.

She reminisced about him. His unruly, untameable brown hair. His deep, penetrating Prussian blue eyes. His soft features, throwing you off-guard from his soldier nature. Yes it's true, she loved him and there would be no one like him in her life ever again.

She stood up and headed to the conference held on this colony, at L1, with a sad mood.


Quatre, on the other hand, was reletively happy. He went along with his buisness when he was graced with a surprise visit from Trowa. He smiled as he let him in.

"Trowa! How nice of you to visit!"

"Hello Quatre. I'm afraid i can't stay long."

Quatre flashed another smile at him. "I know. Neither can i. the conference is starting in a half-hour."

Trowa nodded. "Quatre...you didn't seem to be too sad at the funeral we had for Heero."

Quatre nodded, putting various items in his breifcase. "Of course i wasn't. Heero is alive."

Trowa blinked. "He's alive?"

Quatre nodded again. "He is. My heart tells me. He's alive, but he's not needed. What better death for a soldier then on the battlefield?"

Trowa nodded. "I guess your right. Then I guess we shouldn't look forward to the time we meet up again. Dead souls stir in times of war."

Quatre smiled. "He'll be back. We can count on it. But your right. We may have yet to see the final battle."

With that, the two of them left, chatting along the way.


When Relena got to her room at the conference building, she was surprised to find another bear. She held up the card, even though it didn't have a name on it, and read it. She almost dropped it, but when she was done, when she read the single line over and over, she couldn't help but cry happily. She dropped the note onto the floor as she picked up the bear.

-Relena. You're the right person to lead this new age of peace. My faith is in you. ~ Heero Yuy



In the conference hall, the representative of the Gemini foundation watched with intrest. the black-haired aristoccrat smirked. You have not seen the last of me, gundam pilots, he thought. You have not seen the last of Emilio Tsuni.

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Well that's it!^_^ Dark Shadows is finally finished, with room for a sequel, ne? Anyway, I hoped ya enjoyed it! please review! thanks a lot! C-ya!