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Author Notes: *blinks rapidly* Your still reading!! Oh my goddess!!! *cheers waving flags like mad* I've put this chapter into html format so hopefully it'll be a little better now! gomen gomen I forgot two tags so it looked really messed up before my friend pointed it out!!( THANKS DRU!! ^.^) Many gomen's to you all ^^;; I feel quite stupid!!

Chapter Two-Confused Eyes…

Princess Talia looked at her father and mother, with an innocent yet confused look on her face. Why do they look so worried. She wondered.

The middle-aged man sitting in one of the two thrones above, the maid that was busily explaining her fears nodded. " We have no choice other than to shoot them down. We can't let anyone find out about us, or the whole operation will fail." He said.

" Father!? What are you talking about! We can't just take their lives, when we don't even know their motives." The princess cried out.

The woman sitting next to the king shook her head at her daughter. " Talia you must hold your tongue, and respect your father's orders." She said.

" I don't believe this! A small team of mobil suits appear from the human race and you all are thinking that it's the end of world for us! Get a grip, they can't possibly do anything to our ship. Not to mention that our shield is up." Talia argued.

" I don't believe this is how I raised my daughter to act. You will stay silent, or leave this room at once." The king said sternly.

Talia bowed mockingly at her father. " Of course, how rash of me." She practically sneered. " I'll just go back to my quarters. If anyone wants me.. I'll be there." She spun on her heel and stalked out of the throne room slamming the doors behind her.

The queen shook her head. " That girl's got a mind all of her own." She sighed If they won't listen to me.. Talia thought pounding down the hallways I'll just warn the human's by myself. She smirked.

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" But the Princess does seem to have a point." A figure said coming out of the shadows of the throne room. His voice sounding monotone.

" Yet she does not honor her parents wishes. Which means she does not honor other's wishes." Another voice chimed in, then continued muttering under his breath.

The king sighed. " Yes, but still."

" You don't really have to kill these people for just coming close to here." Another voice put in.

The King gave his Queen an exasperated look. The Queen shrugged, and gave him a look back as if saying ' What do you want me to do!?'.

" Five? Do you ever stop talking about justice and all that crap? I swear it's giving me a headache." A new voice complained.

Both royal's sweatdropped again, as the figures started arguing among themselves. The king looked over at the guards standing near the door. " Tell the center control to shoot down those mobil suits please. Also tell them just to use the main cannon, so we don't have to waste anytime with this nuisance." He said simply.

Both of the guard's bowed then saluted. " Yes, Sir." They said and hurried out of the throne room.

The king settled back into his chair, while the Queen shook her head watching the fight go on between the five figures. She looked over at her husband.

" Do you really think this is necessary." She asked.

The king raised an eyebrow. " What them?" He gestured to the fighting four. " Or that latest order?"

The queen grinned. " I know those four aren't necessary, but I mean killing those innocents.. Don't you think it's a little." She paused. " Cruel?"

" Love, we where going to have to do this sooner or later." The king said, his face softening looking at his wife. " Lives will be lost in this war coming up soon, on both of our sides. I think you have been listening to our daughter too much, also.

The queen nodded reluctantly, she mentally tried to convince herself that they were taking the right path. " Our daughter is a very smart girl though." She said.

" Of course, she has royal blood in her, with the wisdom of the old gods." The king added.

The figure that had been silently watching the four fight, calmly walked over to the group and whacked them all. " Quit acting like fools." He muttered before returning to standing against the wall.

" Oi! Three, why did you do that!?" One of them demanded. The other three just glared at Three.

" Because your acting like fools in front of the King and Queen.." Three stated simply. " Fight on your own time."

The king sighed in relief. " Thank you, Three."

The figure nodded in return.

" Why don't you all go back to working on your gundams, I'm sure there're going to be needed soon." The queen suggested. The five bowed to the royals and walked out of the room.

One of the guards soon returned with a female figure walking after him. Both the guard and the woman bowed to the royals.

" The center control has been warned and is now carrying out the order, of shooting down the suits." She said.

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Solo dodged another beam narrowly missing it. " Sheesh how much fire power do these people have!?" He asked firing a missile at the ship.

" Who knows." Okatami muttered. " All I know is they aren't your friendly E.T here."

" I think their just weak, hiding behind all that technology." Merian snorted, she fired another missile at the ugly building that happened to just be spiting out everything but the old atom bomb at the suits.

" Don't look now. But I think none of our missiles or bullets are actually getting though." Professor Kim said.

" What!?" Most of the students demanded.

" Look at the building after something explodes near it. It looks like the building was hit but there's some kind of shimmer in front of it." She said.

" They have some kind of shield up." Ikiiki informed. She started trying rapidly on her keyboard. " It…seems that it's weakness seems to be at the center of the shield, right in front …of the building that's shooting at us."

" I've got it!" Merian shouted guiding her Serpent suit down towards the ground. While cutting of her connection with the rest of the teams, not wanting to hear their protests.

" No wait! " Ikiiki yelled. She looked worried. " The ships preparing to use it's main cannon…. We've got less than thirty seconds to get out of range, or be killed." She said

" I'll get Merian." Okatami said, without hesitation he raced after the female pilot.

" All teams fall back now! " Misora shouted dodging another beam from the alien ship.

" Fifteen seconds!" Ikiiki yelled.

Solo forced his Serpent out of the cannon's reach. " Okatami, Merian! Get out of there!" He yelled.

" Ten.."

" Nine.."

Solo looked down at the two suits still in range of the cannon, as Ikiiki counted down their seconds to live. Everything seemed to slow down, as Okatami's suit raced over to Merian's, who had just fired off the last of her missiles at the ship. The ship's main cannon came out of the building that had been firing at the suits.

"One…" Ikiiki whispered.

"Okatami!!!" Solo screamed watching his friend push the Chinese's pilot's suit just out of range of the beam. Yet not being able to save himself also, Okatami's suit exploded under the cannon's power. The whole area was bathed in a yellow light, covering death's spell that just had taken place.

" Okatami!!!" Solo screamed again, he pounded on his keyboard. " No…!" He whispered, shaking his head.

Merian's image appeared back on the all the mobil suit's screens. Her face was scratched up and she had blood running down her left cheek. " I…" She stuttered slightly in shock. " He…I think he's.."

Professor Kim lowered her head shamefully. " I didn't plan for anything like this to happen.." She said.

God, they killed him. Solo thought. Those bastards, They killed Okatami…They killed my best friend. He was trying to save a life, and he got killed instead…

" Solo…?" Misora asked softly.

" They killed him!!! Those bastards!! How could they kill him!?!?" Solo muttered, blinded by his rage, he forced his suit forward aiming down towards the center of the shield.

"Solo!" Misora yelled after him. " Stop!"

" Killing them won't bring back Okatami, no matter how much we all wish that it did. It would only bring more grief." Yusuke said calmly cutting off the braided pilot from the alien ship.

Solo jerked back on the controls of his Serpent suit, stopping it from crashing into Yusuke's suit. He leaned over in his chair, covering his face with his hands. Refusing to give in and weep from the loss of his friend. Yet Solo knew the truth in Yusuke's words, as much as he didn't want to believe, it was true.

" What's that!?" One of the students shouted.

" It looks like a.." Another said.

Could it actually be?"

" A…A gundam.." Professor Kim breathed.

" It doesn't look like, one of the ones in our textbooks." Another student said.

They were right though, a Gundam was heading out of the alien ship and towards the area where the last of Okatami's suit had fallen. The Gundam landed and a figure jumped out of it. The figure started throwing away rocks and dirt, and mobil suit parts away from a pile.

" What the…" Solo asked looking back at his screen. A faint light of hope that maybe his long term friend was still alive glimmered, as he also set his Serpent down near the area, jumped out and ran over to the pile.

Solo didn't even look at the figure as he started helping also. The two of them worked silently only pausing to look for any trace of a body. After what seemed to be like hours, a faint groan of pain was heard.

" Okatami! " Solo cried, pulling away more debris with renewed energy.

The figure next to Solo gasped looking at the burnt boy lying in front of them.

" Gods, Okatami.. Hold on!" Solo pleaded kneeling down next to his friend.

Okatami looked at Solo though glazed over, pale gray eyes. His face and body where red from numerous burns, his soft black hair was plastered to his face in an untidy manner. He also had a gash on his chest that was bleeding steadily.

" Is she okay?" The gray eyed boy asked softly.

Solo nodded " You pushed her out of the way just in time." He said.

" That's good." He forced a slight grin. " She's cute." He laughed, then started coughing. " Just wish I could of gotten out of range in time. Those damn aliens."

" Gomen nasai." A feminine voice said from behind Solo, that was followed by soft footsteps that seemed to be jogging away from the boys. " We will meet again " The voice paused as if wanting to say something else, before jumping into her Gundam and heading back towards the ship.

Solo turned around looking at the Gundam as it flew away, with wide violet eyes clouded with confusion. When he turned back to Okatami, he found his friend with closed eyes and without any sign of life.

Solo clenched his hands into fist and turned away from the dead body. Barely containing his anger and grief of what had taken place he started walking back to his Serpent…….

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A single lovely note from a wooden instrument floated down though the battlefield. A group of four watched, from inside the shield of the alien ship, as the suits from the Garden all flew off. They sat or stood on the balcony having their own meeting.

" This was not how I thought the war would start." A figure with platinum blonde hair and piercing blue eyes stated. He leaned back in his chair.

" Yet it is how it has." A female said. " And that boy that died should be honored. He is the first to give up his life in this glorious war. A war that will prove to be very interesting." She smiled and took a long sip out of her wine glass.

" But he was so young." The violinist said still playing his soft tune. His blue-green eyes looked somewhat sad at the short battle that had taken place.

" Age does not have any matter in wars. It was their own fault that they didn't save that boy in time." A brown haired man said before drawing his flute up to his lips and joining the violinist in the tune.

" Do you really think this is right though?" The violinist asked again, the song he was weaving took a despairingly lovely tune.

" It's too late to have doubts about this now Four, we have pledged our loyalty to the King and we cannot go against it….unless you would like to go to your grave as a traitor." The platinum haired man said

Four lowered his innocent green eyes without another word, and continued playing on, into the night….

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Solo walked down the hallway towards the dorms, staring at the floor and with his hands in his pockets. His mind was replying the battle over and over without mercy. Solo felt like breaking down and crying, laughing, screaming and many other ways to express what one is feeling at one time. He sighed when someone yelled his name from behind him down the hallway.

It's late. I'm a wreck. And they better have a damn good reason to talk to me right now. Solo thought turning around.

Yusuke walked over to the braided boy, while supporting Merian with his arms. " Solo.. about back there.." Yusuke said.

" I don't want to talk about it." Solo muttered.

" I told you." Merian sighed.

Yusuke glared at his sister. " I just wanted to ..Tell you thank I'm really thankful for what Okatami did back there. I-I'm not really sure what I would of done if Merian was killed on like her first day at this Garden." He said, his eyes showing sympathy for the braided boy and gratefulness.

" Why are you telling me this? I didn't do anything at all. If it was anyone you should of told that too, it's Okatami." Solo said. He grinned ruefully. " Oh that's right. You can't. Damn doesn't that just suck."

" Solo…." Merian said.

" Well, you enjoy this second chance, Merian. Might be the only one you get." Solo said turning around and walking away from the siblings.

" He's taking this hard." Merian said.

" Of course. " Yusuke looked at his sister. " Now explain to me exactly how you got so banged up while in your suit?" He asked.

Merian sweatdropped. " Of all the most random questions at a time like this, from my stupid brother... " She muttered.

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Solo walked into his dorm room and slammed the door behind him, causing the pictures on the wall to tremble at the pure force. Solo threw his jacket onto a nearby chair and walked into his bedroom.

Most of the rooms where set up like an apartment. There was a large room, with a table and a couch, a.k.a. living room. With two medium sided bedrooms adjoined to the it, both bedrooms containing a bed, desk, and lamp. It wasn't the best that the Garden's could offer but most found the living quarter's comfortable.

Solo poked his head out of his bedroom, hearing muffled music being played from across the living room.

Great. They finally decided to assign someone that damn room. Solo sweatdropped. Better not be some idiot.

He was about to head back into his room when, the door of the other room opened. A platinum blue haired boy, with a long hair, and deep blue eyes walked out. He blinked at Solo. " Thought I heard someone slam the door." He muttered.

" And you are?.." Solo asked.

" I'm Kazen Peacecraft. Also your new roommate. I just got here today." He said.

Solo nodded. " I'm Solo Maxwell. Welcome to Hell also know as the Garden." He grumbled.

" You mean Solo as in the dude that was leading Team C on that mission we just finished three hours ago?" Kazen asked.

" Bingo. That would be me. So now that you know the big secret and probably why I'm in a bad mood. I'll be going to sleep now." Solo said before walking into his room and slamming the door behind him.

Kazen sweatdropped. " Lovely welcoming." He muttered before going back into his room also.

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Walking out of his bedroom, Solo stood at the window of the dorm room braiding off the rest of his chestnut brown hair. Tying the braid off with a black ribbon, Solo looked out over the numerous gardens on the base level of the school.

A knock at the door brought the braided boy out of his thoughts. Kazen walked out of his room and saved Solo from the task of answering that dreaded door.

"What!?" Kazen demanded looking slightly annoyed, yet that was quite hard because his hair was in disarray, making him look like he just survived a tornado.

" Uh.." The short teacher looked at the platinum blue haired boy with a boggled effect. " I'm here to take Solo Maxwell to the guidance office. It seems that one of his friends happened to pass away last night and the counselor would like to talk to him." He said.

" Hold on a sec." Kazen said then quickly shut the door. He turned to Solo, who had raised an eyebrow at the conversation." Run far. Run fast. Run now." He said.

"Guidance?" Solo asked.

" Run far. Run fast. Run now." Kazen repeated nodding.

Solo sweatdropped and slid the window open. " Gotcha. Cover for me. I'll be back around 17 hundred." He said before squeezing though the small window and out onto roof under the room.

Kazen opened the door again and gave the disgruntle teacher a grin. " I'm sorry Solo seems to be out at the moment. Please call back later." He said before slamming the door and going back into his bedroom.

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Princess Talia sat at her vanity table staring at her reflection. Of course. I blend in perfectly with the humans. Blue skin in all. I won't stick out at all. She sweatdropped noticing the large flaw in her plot.

The alien Princess got up from her chair and walked out of her quarters. Being careful not to be caught roaming the halls again, she silently crept towards Fourteen's chambers.

Successfully getting into the room, Talia quickly emptied the woman's make-up drawing, look around, hitched up her royal dress. And got the hell out of there and back to her chambers

She dumped the pile of make up containers on her bed, dragged her full-length mirror over to her bed, then grinned.

" This'll be fun." She said before setting to the task before her.

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Solo walked along the roof of the Garden till it slanted down enough so that he could jump down. Once it had done that, the violet eyed boy jumped down into one of the outer gardens surrouning the dorms.

Hoping that Kazen could hold the ' Hugs are better than drugs' guidance shrinks off until he could talk to Professor Kim. Solo set off weaving though the rainbow colored maze intent on finding the stairs leading to the bridge into the main building. Another lovely day at the Gardens…lost as always. Solo sweatdropped. Always an adventure…

He rounded another corner of the maze, the stopped seeing a blonde girl sitting on a stone bench. The girl looked no more than 16 with a frail figure. She sat there painting the small waterpool filled with lilypads and small fish, while softly singing a long forgotten song to no one.

Solo blinked not really wanting to jerk the platinum blonde girl from her fantasy world. Yet he did need to get to the main building quickly. The braided boy sweatdropped at the choices in front of him.

The blonde girl's song died off as she set down her paintbrush. She looked back at the braided boy, with eyes that never could decided wither they were a piercing light blue or a royal light purple.

" Your Solo Maxwell right?" She asked, then not waiting for the boy to answer. " I'm Niji Peacecraft. I recall being on Team B last night during that mission. You've also meant my brother Kazen, I think he shares one of the dorm apartments with you?"

Solo nodded. " That's all right." He said

Niji looked back at the pool, watching the gentle breeze cause small ripples in it. " I heard about what happened to your friend. You should be honored that he was brave enough to give up his life for that girl." She said softly.

Solo just stood there, not wanting to reply to the girls compliment about his dead friend.

Niji took the canvas off the easel and stood up. " It's been nice meeting you Solo. And I look forward to working with you more. Professor Kim is looking for you, I think you might want to find her." She said before brushing past the violet eyed boy and off into the maze.

Solo stared after the girl, then shrugged and went up the stairs to the bridge.

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Well I don't think I did too bad. Princess Talia thought staring at her reflection in the mirror.

The princess had spent hours trying to disguise herself to look more human. The results had come out like this.

Face powder now covered her arms, face and neck. Transforming her pale blue skin, to a soft peachy color. She had taken down her waist length golden blonde hair, down out of her crown, and simply braided it into a long braid. The forest green dress that she was once wearing had been exchanged for a pair of black pants, and a silk white shirt.

I guess this will have to do. She thought brushing a stray lock of hair away from her faintly glowing forest green eyes.

" Princess Talia?" A female voice asked knocking loudly on the alien's outer chamber door.

The Princess cursed her luck in her own native tongue and added another lovely string in the language human's called English. She'd learned all of the known English words even the so called "bad" ones, much to the dismay of Four when he caught her yelling after stubbing her toe on a corner.

Talia bolted from the mirror and ran out of the bedroom. She jumped over the couch lying in front of a roaring fire, in her spacious living room.

" I'm here!" She cried flinging herself against the door, praying that Fourteen wouldn't open the door. " What would you like Fourteen?" She asked innocently still from behind the closed door.

" I was just checking in on you for the Queen. She says to make sure you finish the rest of the repairs on your Gundam soon." Fourteen said.

Talia glared at the door wishing the older, yet still annoying, woman would just go away. " Yes I'll make a note to do that." She said.

" Good. I'll check on you someone later." Fourteen said before walking away from the Princess's room.

Talia opened the door, wide enough to look out into the hallway. She caught the blonde woman walking away from her room and head into another room. Seeing that her plot was still on a roll without anyone finding out, the Princess let out a sigh of relief and went back into her chamber.

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(Author: This author had way to much fun writing the rest of this chapter! So I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it!mwee hee hee!!)

Yusuke walked down the dorm hallways intent on delivering a message from Professor Kim to a certain Ikiiki Yuy.

Now if only I could find her room. He thought sweatdropping.

" Excuse me?" He asked a girl that was walking by. " Do you know where Ikiiki Yuy's room is?"

The girl blinked. " Why do you want to see that psycho?" She asked.

Yusuke sweatdropped once again " I just have to tell a message from one of the Professors." He said

" Oh!" The girl nodded. "She's in room 265 then." She said.

" Thanks." Yusuke said to the girl, bowing slightly.

He headed down the hallway again. Soon enough he found the room that the girl had told him. He knocked lightly on the door, then looked around with his hands in his pockets.

No answer to the door came, yet a boombox had been turned on somewhere from inside the room.

Yusuke coughed sweatdropping. He sighed and checked to see if the door was open. It was and it swung open at the Chinese boy's touch.

Yusuke's mouth dropped open in surprise at the site before him. Ikiiki only donned in a baby blue towel, that barely covered her might this be added walked by singing along with the song.

" So now your back ..Walked in the door. Just turn around now. Your not welcome anymore. I've got all my life to live and I've got all my soul to give! I will survive!! I will survive!!! Hey hey!" Ikiiki sand walking by the door apparently looking for something. Amazing she had quite the good singing voice.

The song played on and Ikiiki kept looking for whatever she was, spinning around once in a while with the music.

Meanwhile Yusuke had won the boggling contest for the next few years, staring at the brown haired girl walk by….again….and again….and again!!

" Hey Hey!! I will sur-" Ikiiki sang walking by the door again. Unfortunately she turned towards the door, her sing along stopping dead in it's tracks. There went Yusuke's boggling record.

" Yusuke!!" She shrieked. " What the hell are you doing here!?"

Yusuke blinked. " I…Uh….message…er…hi!..uh…yea.." Ah, yes the perfect example of a embarrassed male, watching a female psychopath dance around in a towel. Note the lovely shade of red Yusuke had just turned.

Ikiiki was also just a red as Yusuke was. " I. Am. Going. To. Kill. You." The brunette said though gritted teeth.

Yet, Yusuke was still stuttering like an idiot, which he happened to be at the minute. Didn't hear the cobalt blue eyed girls threat. Nor did he really notice Ikiiki storm over to him and raise her hand to slap him. Unfortunately that was the hand that was holding her towel in place.

See towel fall on floor...

See Ikiiki discover a new shade of red...

See Yusuke throw all of his gentlemanly manners out the windows.

" My god you've got cute boo-" Yusuke started to say but..

SLAP!

SLAP!

"*&@^%#!"

PUNCH!

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Solo blinked noticing Yusuke walking towards him with his right hand covering his right eye.

" What happened to you?" The braided boy asked.

" You don't want to know." Yusuke muttered, falling into step with Solo.

Solo noted the hand imprints on the Chinese boy's cheeks. " What did you say to her? And who was it?" He asked simply.

Yusuke looked at Solo slightly startled, his face once again found that lovely shade of red that seemed to be appearing a lot lately.

Solo raised an eyebrow. " Did you walk in on some girl!?" He asked.

The dark brown haired Chinese boy turned a deeper shade of red. " Ikiiki." He mumbled.

" Ikiiki!?" Solo boggled. " And you walked away with no gun wounds!?"

Yusuke nodded. " Hai, but she gave me one hell of a black eye."

" Ahhhh…So that's why your covering your eye!" Solo grinned.

" No, Da. You better go to the headmaster's office, Professor Kim is there. I'm in need of a ice pack like now, so I'll catch up with you later." Yusuke said before walking away from the violet eyed boy.

Solo turned around. " Hey Yu!? Was it worth it!?" He yelled.

Yusuke looked back at Solo grinning. " It was worth it! So worth it!" He yelled back.