Disclaimer: Of course I don't own GW. >cries< But, >strikes pose< If I DID, I'd be the greatest owner in the world!!! >Naga laugh< OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!!!!

Author notes: ^_^;; I think I just scared anyone away with that disclaimer. Thanks to everyone that's reviewed Tansura is very happy that minna likes her fic. Chapter Seven is long so I split it into two parts! I'll try to keep uploading chapters quicker but >_o;; I'm running out of chapters already written and I have a case of writers block. ^^;; So once I get to nine, your gonna have to wait for me to get over this damn writers block. Gomen ne!!!

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Chapter Seven- Tragic Eyes Part A

" Damnit! Where could that girl be?" Two cursed, after having searched another room with no clues where the alien princess could be.

" Well find her don't worry." Fifteen said, joining the braided man out in the hallway. The pair ran down the hallway out into the main section of the Garden and looked around.

" Don't you think there should be like mass panicking people running around here?" Two said noticing that barely anyone was around.

" All the people are in outside gardens if not caught in the east wing." Fifteen said. She looked at the elevator. " Come on. Maybe she's up there, seems more likely."

" If only that Solo guy was around. I'm sure we could find the princess if we knew where he was." Two muttered before following after the dark blonde haired woman.

" Do you hear something?" Fifteen asked stopping in front of the staircase leading to the elevator.

Two stopped and blinked. " Well, are you talking about that sound of the fighting going outside or that sniffling sound?" He asked.

The blonde woman rolled her ice blue eyes at Two and walked over to the right side of the staircase. She motioned for Two to join her then knelt down talking to someone in a comforting voice.

Two raised an eyebrow, while walking over to where Fifteen was standing. He frowned, questioning his motives after looking at the little girl looking no more like she was six, huddled up in front of him clutching an old teddy bear and crying softly.

Sometimes I wonder if we're really doing the right thing, for both races. Two thought.

Fifteen was also frowning, but gently tapped the little black haired girl. " Are you okay?" She asked.

The girl shook her head, clearly upset over something. "I dunno what's going on." She whispered. " Onee-chan said that I needed go away, and-and then those blue people came in…" She sniffled clutching the teddy bear harder. " Onee-chan got hurt..and she didn't get back up. I ran here and all these explosions started happening. Solo said everything was gonna be okies…but…"

" Do you know where Solo went?" Two asked.

A much larger and louder explosion came from the front gate. The explosion was close enough to the three that they could feel the heat of the fire wash over them. The black haired girl let out a stifled shriek and started crying again.

" Looks like Iolite is getting trigger happy." Fifteen muttered, looking at the fire spreading down the bridge towards the stairs that they were standing by.

" We better hurry." Two said, Fifteen nodded and picked up the little girl.

" Hey you!" She yelled at one of the older students that was running by.

The boy stopped and looked at Fifteen. " Huh?"

The blonde woman handed the crying girl over to the boy. " Make sure she comes though this alive. Head outside towards the largest garden that's where everybody is gathering. It'll be safe there, for now." She yelled over the roar of the fire.

The boy nodded slightly confused but getting the point to get the hell out of there. " Okay!" He yelled before running off towards the West Side exit, with the girl in his arms.

Two had already climbed the staircase and walk glaring impatiently at the elevator doors, waiting for them to open. Fifteen ran up the steps and joined Two. After about thirty seconds of standing there Fifteen sweatdropped.

" Hey Two?" She said.

" Eh?" The violet-eyed man looked at her.

" You need to push the down button." She said.

Two blinked, then laughed. " I knew that." He said pushing the button located at the side of the doors.

" Of course you did.."

" Really I did!" Two protested.

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Yusuke ran though the second hanger covering his face with his arm, so that the falling ceiling parts won't hurt him to badly.

Yusuke bit his lip before opening the door to the room where Ikiiki was supposed to be. He let out a sigh of relief seeing the brunette standing in the middle of the room. One of her arms in a sling, and the other wrapped around her waist. The girl seemed obvious of everything that was going on around here, Yusuke walked over to her and embraced her gently. Ikiiki sighed her eyes closed and relaxed into his embrace, still obvious to the chaos around them. Taking in the warmth from his strong arms and chest.

" Ikiiki…" Yusuke said softly. " You should still be resting."

Well, that shattered Ikiiki's peaceful state, she pulled out of Yusuke's arms and glared at him. " I'm fine, stop worrying about me." She muttered. " Like I could rest anyway. If you haven't noticed the Garden seems to be falling apart."

" I'm only worried because I care." Yusuke protested ingoring her other comment.

" Why the hell do you care!?" Ikiiki yelled, another explosion from above racked the room emphasizing the Japanese girl's question in a way.

" Because, I love you." Yusuke said.

Ikiiki let out a harsh laugh. " I truly doubt that, what do you really think? You think I'm pretty? Just some trophy that you can get? Drop the chivalry act Yusuke!"

" Why won't you let anyone actually show you kindness." Yusuke asked, ignoring the girl's question for a second. " I don't think like that about you at all." He shook his head. " I'm ashamed you actually think I feel like that."

" If there's anything I've learned in my lifetime it's not to trust anyone." Ikiiki stated turning away from him.

" That'll just get you killed. You're surrounded by people who just want to be your friends, and you just brush them away!" Yusuke argued.

" I don't care!" Ikiiki yelled. " I never asked for anyone to be my friend. I don't need you or any of these people here. I've done fine living on my own for four years, with nobody giving a damn if I was dead or not! Now you expect me to be some ' I love the whole fucking world' freak!?"

Yusuke grabbed the brunette's shoulders, and forced her to turn back to him, he tilted her chin so her cobalt blue eyes looked straight into his dark brown." Forget about the world then. Ikiiki I'm madly in love with you I mean like, head over heels, fallen and don't want to get up, I-want-to-be-with-you-every-blessed-day-I-have love.

" God, I don't care about everyone else damnit! I just want you!" Yusuke shook his head sadly. " Don't you have any emotions for me at all?"

Ikiiki blinked back the tears that where blurring her vision. She wouldn't cry, oh mother of mercy she wouldn't cry. Crying is for the weak, and pathetic which she wasn't one. " Yusuke…" She whispered.

The dark haired Chinese boy sighed, letting go of Ikiiki. " And I just embarrassed myself to someone who couldn't care less. Yusuke you're a fool." He paused, suddenly taking an interest in the floor. "I just hoped…that maybe you'd say you felt the same about me. But, obviously that was just a wish.."

Ikiiki found herself unable to reply, her mind and heart debated what she should do. The room was silent except for the pounding of Ikiiki's own heart in her ears. She closed her eyes, letting a single tear run down her cheek.

" Ikiiki..your…" Yusuke frowned, not having wanted to make the girl cry. But still puzzled at the girl's reaction.

" Your right Yusuke. I-I do feel the same.." She kissed his quickly yet with a hidden passion, on his soft lips. " But I'll never admit it to myself." She let out a rueful laugh. " I can't trust myself when I'm with you Yusuke. And that's why I hate you so. I've never felt like this…before…and I can't stop it." She let out a strangled sob. " I meant it when I said it before…and I still do …I-I think."

Yusuke nodded understanding some of what the brunette was saying. He silently moved and embraced the girl, letting her cry on his shoulder for the second time in his life.

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(Author: Anyone else getting sick of all this Waff/agnst? *giggles *)

Solo stood there as if frozen as he listened to the blue alien stated her undying hatred against him and all humans. He didn't blink, he didn't move, hell he wasn't even sure if he was breathing. All he could hear, were those sentences coming out of that lovely girl's mouth, so unlike her.

Merian drew back the katana preparing to stab the alien in the chest. " I'm sure your people will consider you a hero, dying at the hands of your enemy." She said.

Nishou, Kim, Misora, and Kain had all lowered they're eyes to the ground. Not particularly wanting this to happen, but not seeing any reason to do anything to stop it. Talia was the enemy.

Talia looked at Merian with her emerald eyes that weren't as lively as they were before, they looked faded and somewhat dead. " Do what you'd like it'll only further the destruction of your world." She said simply.

" Whatever…" Merian snorted. The katana sped towards Talia's heart, the blonde alien winced closing her eyes waiting for the pain that the sword would bring to come.

" Wait!" Solo yelled crossing the room in a flash and plucking the katana out of Merian's hand just in the nick of time.

" Solo!?" Both Merian and Talia questioned.

" I'm sorry Merian. I can't let you kill her, no matter what she says or does." Solo said handing the katana back to the short Chinese girl.

He still likes me? Talia's mind was racing. After all that? I played with his emotions somewhat, use him to get the information on the Gundams, lied to him numerous times and he still likes me?! She looked up at the violet-eyed boy, her eyes wide and confused. " You still...?" She questioned. " After all this?!"

" Talia, I don't believe you really did those things because you wanted too." Solo said not meeting her eyes, instead his where scanning the room trying to see if any of the other humans would stick up for the alien.

Misora happened to be the brave one at the moment. She stepped up and smiled at Talia softly. " I'm going with Solo…you can't be all that bad nor can you people be." She said cautiously.

No! No, no no no no! Talia cursed in her mind. Gods, Solo why did you have to put so much trust in me?! Your just making this harder for both of us! We can't ever be together. No matter how hard we try and even if our races where at peace. We could never be together, I live in a different world than you it'd never work…

Forgive me. She reached up and slapped the chestnut haired boy harshly across the cheek. " Emotion blinded fool." She spat, reaching into her knee high boot and pulling out a small laser gun. She pointed it at Solo, who's head was still turned away from her. " Don't you get it!? I'm a damn spy, everything I said or did was just to get near the Gundams. I don't believe you're so ignorant to still believe me."

Solo didn't answer, he just looked back at her steadily with his sad violet eyes. " Maybe I just don't want to believe it." He said softly.

" Princess Talia!" Fifteen shouted as the door to the office was kicked open by a chestnut braided man. Both of the intruders pulled out a lager version of the small laser gun Talia held, and pointed at the others in the room.

" Two! Fifteen!" Talia cried rushing over to her older friends. " I've got the disk. We need to get out of here." She said in a hushed voice to them.

Two nodded. " I know and Iolite's getting a little to trigger happy for comfort." He looked over at Fifteen. " Let's get the hell-er…Fifteen, you still with us?" He asked noting the dark blown haired woman was staring at Merian in mild confusion.

Fifteen shook her head, clearing her thoughts. " Right. You go join the others in the front line, I'll get Talia to the King and Queen." She said before, glancing at the others in the office and walking out.

" Goodbye Solo…" Talia whispered taking one long last look at the violet-eyed teenager before following Fifteen out of the office.

" Don't get yourselves killed yet." Two grinned tipping his hat to the other humans. " We still have yet to actually have a fair fight." And with that the braided man left the room.

" Mom….." Merian said, her voice softer than a whisper. The blood smeared katana that the girl was holding clattered to the ground, as Merian fell on her knees. " I knew it …. I knew all along.." She whispered.

Kim rushed over to the Merian's side. " You mean you actually remember?" She asked quickly. Merian nodded numbly still staring at the door.

" I'm missing something, but that's okay for now." Nishou said. " We need to protect the Garden! I hope you're all ready because it's time to get start using your Gundams! Find the others if you think you know where they are and head to the hanger as quickly as possible!" She brushed a blue strand of her hair back behind her ear. " No way in bloody hell are we going to let those aliens take this Garden!"

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"God Damnit." Solo cursed always having the right thing to say at the right moment. " Look at all that."

Misora opened a com like to Solo's Gundam. " We can handle it, if we keep a level mind and a good formation." She said brightly.

Solo snorted. " I hope you have a plan." He muttered.

" Your hopes are answered. That I do have." The blonde grinned. It was a short lived grin though, before her face changed to a concerned look. " Are you okay? I mean with Talia and all?" She asked.

Solo shook his head. " I don't want to talk about it." He said.

Merian's gundam, which she had named Leviathan, sped out in front of the other Gundams, heading towards the first line of alien mobil suits.

" Merian!?" Misora yelled. " Where are you going!?" She demanded.

Leviathan was turned around and faced the other gundams. " I have to do something. Don't worry I'll be careful." She said. " Did you find Yusuke?" She asked.

" No. Sorry. I looked but I couldn't find him or Ikiiki, in the hangers or anywhere near there." Niji said sounding as calm as ever dispite the situation.

" Alright." Merian said, valiantly trying to hide the concern in her voice. " I'll be back soon." She said, turning Leviathan back around and speeding off again.

" Kazen?" Niji asked, looking back at the still gundam that was piloted by her brother.

" I'm okay!" Kazen yelled over the com. He grinned sheepishly. " Sorry, wasn't really prepared enough. Momentary freak out minus the killing spree" He piloted his gundam, the revamped Epyon, over to where the others where. " The weakest point of their formation, seems to be at the bottom left side." He informed. " I think we can easily wipe out at least a quarter of their forces if we attack starting there and work our way up."

All blinked save Kazen.

The platinum blue haired boy sweatdropped. " Hey all of a sudden I could pick out like a million plans for this. Don't assume that I'm really that smart." He said.

All sweatdroped save Kazen.

" Alright. Seems good." Misora said. " I'm gonna go with Kazen's plan. God save us all we're doomed…."

All sweatdropped including the offended Kazen this time.

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" We have to stop King Iolite's attack on this Garden" Talia yelled climbing the ladder up to the top deck of one of the alien ships.

" Talia I'm afraid it's going to be hard to convince him that." Fifteen said climbing up the ladder after the princess.

" I don't care! I won't let him do this!" Talia shouted looking around the deck. " You there!" She stopped one of the workers that was rushing by. " Is the king on this ship?" She demanded.

The worker shook her head. " S-sorry princess. He or M'Queen isn't on this ship." She pointed outside to the larger ship in the distant " Their on that one over there I think."

" Of course." Talia grumbled. " They're always on the largest ship." She looked back at the worker. " Do me a favor and make sure this ship doesn't fire at the target anymore."

" Talia…" Fifteen started.

" I don't want to hear it Fifteen. I'm sure whatever you're going to say is probably right. But right now I'm not using my logic so, come with me or get lost fast." Talia yelled cutting the dark blonde haired woman off. She headed down to the control deck of the ship.

Fifteen sighed, before following after the princess.

" Let me take control of this ship!" Talia demanded bursting into the control room.

" Princess Talia." Most of the workers cried started by the Princess's outburst.

" Umm..I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to let you do that." The captain said bowing to the royal quickly.

Talia walked over to the captain. " That was not a suggestion. That was an order. Move. Away. From. The. Controls. Now." She hissed.

The captain bowed again, sighing softly but not wanting to anger his princess more than she already was. " Yes Princess." He said stepping away.

Talia moved behind the transparent keyboard and started to type rapidly on it. " Engine room!?" She yelled.

" Yes?" A com link popped up on the glass window in the front of the control room.

" Speed up to 45 kiones, but I want this ship to slow down to 13 when I give the word." Talia shouted

The Selecstain on the com nodded, and began barking orders as the com faded out.

Fifteen shook her head, then joined Talia on the base level on the deck. " So how do you plan to go about convincing your father to crease fire?" She asked.

" To tell you the truth, I haven't the slightest idea." Talia growled annoyed with herself, she shot Fifteen a glance not to say anymore and when back to steering the ship though he maze of a battlefield. " But I will." She added.

" We're approaching the King's ship!" One of the workers informed from above the base level.

" Engine room. Slow down to 15 kiones* now!" Talia shouted.

" Engine is slowing down to 15 kiones!" Another worker confirmed.

Talia looked over at Fifteen. " Can you swing by the side of the King's ship?"

Fifteen grinned. " Of course I can. You think I've been here this long and I can't pilot a ship. Geesh Talia." She said, stepping behind the keyboard.

Talia smiled at the older woman before, jogging out of the control deck and over to the left side of the ship.

" Oh and good- ah she's already gone." Fifteen called after the Princess. " Everybody's so damn reckless when they're young." She laughed to herself.

The ship Talia was on ran up beside the Star Tracker**, the ship that house her mother and King Iolite. Talia took a deep breath climbing up onto the rail of the open part of her ship and closing her eyes. Don't let me fall.. don't let me fall… don't let me fall… The princess chanted in her mind, springing off the rail and jumping towards the Star Tracker.

She grunted slamming into the side of the ship, hanging onto the rail with a death grip. Damnit that hurt…She thought cursing under her breath, pulling herself up and over the rail and tumbling onto the deck.

"Talia!?" A familiar voice yelled from behind the alien princess, who had gotten up and was brushing her blonde locks out of her eyes. She turned around.

" Eleven?"

The short purple haired woman ran over and hugged the blonde quickly.

" Thank god your okay!" Eleven said. " Your poor mother was fretting up a storm."

" Where is my mother and Iolite!?" Talia asked, stopping the purple haired woman's chatter.

" They're both in the central control deck of course." Eleven said brightly. " Where's Two?" She asked.

" He went to join Four and the others at the front wave." Talia answered quickly before running off to the control deck.

" Talia!" Queen Natina's head snapped up as her daughter walked in.

" Yes, yes..All main power to the Giga cannons." King Iolite was saying to the worker standing next to his chair.

Talia stopped dead in her tracks and paled slightly. " Do not inform me that you are planning to destroy that Garden." She said directed at the King.

Queen Natina got up from her plush chair, before the Iolite could answer. The blonde queen rushed down the stairs and over to the Princess, whom she hugged tightly. " Thank the gods your okay." She cried.

Talia smiled at her mother's care for her. " I'm glad to see you again too." She said, then looked up at Iolite who had not risen from his own chair.

" I trust you got the disk. " Iolite asked looking at the princess coolly.

Talia gently pried her mother's grip off her. She glared at the King icily. " Answer my question. Are you going to destroy that Garden?"

" I intend to do that yes." Iolite replied.

" You bastard!!" Talia shrieked enraged. " That Garden has not done anything to you!" She stormed up the step and stood in front of the King, her cheeks flushed purple in anger. " Do you have any idea how cold, selfish and heartless you sound!? There are hundreds of innocent children in that building! They can't even defend themselves."

" Giga cannons are fully charged sir, awaiting orders." A worker informed softly.

" Iolite-" Queen Natina started.

" Set target at that human Garden." Iolite said cutting off his wife.

" Target set, all ships moving clear firing range of the target. " Another worker confirmed.

Iolite looked over at his daughter. " I think you have been around those humans for far to long. Not only are you speaking like them, but also you know are defending them, turning your back on your own people. Your heart has grown to soft now, and those with soft hearts and are to trustful will perish in war." He paused looking out the glass wall at the Gundams from the Garden easily destroying his mobil suits, and people. " I trust you have the disk?" he asked looking back at Talia.

Talia sneered, while pulling the triangle disk out of her pocket in the back of her dress. She dropped it in the King's lap.

" Tell one and my other advisors to hold off the Garden's Gundams until the garden has been demolished." Iolite said, picking up and examining the disk.

Talia shook her head and walked back down the steps sadly. She looked at her mother, who gave her a sad smile in return, her blue eyes trying to tell her daughter that everything would work out.

" Talia look outside." Iolite said, his voice no longer sounding cold or with any trace of anger.

Talia complied and faced the glass wall, looking out at the battlefield. She winced, wanting to turn away from the scene but her guilt held her in place. She watched the Gundams from the Garden fight her race, three of them destroying the suits that each held a person of her race, the others fighting Iolite's advisors with all their might.

She gasped slightly pinpointing the Gundam that was assigned to Solo. Gundam Diablos she recalled it being named, or 06, was barely holding it's own against Sandrock Four's gundam.

" Sir, permission to fire?" One worker asked looking up at Iolite.

" Granted." Iolite said.

Talia put her hand up against the glass, watching as Solo and Four fought. She barely heard the worker from behind her start to count down to the destruction of the Garden.

"Two.." The worker counted down.

Unable to watch what was going to happen, Talia turned away from the glass wall and all but ran out of the room, eyes brimming with tears and making her vision blurry. Solo…please forgive my race… She thought.

" One…"

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* Isn't it amazing what little words you can make up fiddling around with one's keyboard? Kiones is basically just mph. ^_^;;

** >cough< Okay so that ship name was a littttle unorrginal so sue me!! >_<;;