The Greatest Loss
Part II: The Reason Life Sucks
Well, I hope you liked the first part, those of you who read it. If you didn't review the first
chapter, please review in this one so I know if you want more or if I should quit.


Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or it's characters. I'm only borrowing them. I forgot
to say in the last chapter that I do not own the song Wait and Bleed by Slipknot, they do.

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Duo took his time on his way back to the Peacecraft mansion. He had to think hard about the
events that had just happened, and what he was supposed to tell Relena. He thought about what
Heero said to him mostly.

*Begin Flashback*
"Thank you Duo. For everything." Duo took off towards the Peacecraft mansion once he was
sure Heero was following. Duo turned to face the way towards Relena. "Hey, Duo?"

"Yeah buddy?"

"Tell Relena I forgive her and I love her for me."

"WHAT!?! Heero No!" Duo stopped his Gundam and turned around to see the explosion on the
sandy beach. "No."
* End Flashback*

'Dammit Heero, how do you expect me to do this? You know I can't,' he stopped his thoughts
when he reached the mansion. To make things worse for Duo, Relena came running out of the
building towards the area where Duo had landed Deathscythe. 'Here goes nothing.' "Hey Relena."

"Duo!" she yelled. As soon as she got two yards away from him and noticed his watery red eyes
she stopped dead in her tracks. "Where's Heero?" she asked after looking around the field and
in the sky around them. She heard Duo suck in a breath and she looked at him worriedly. "Duo?"

"Relena," he paused to hold in a sob. " Heero's not coming back."

"You mean to the mansion? Fine, where did he go? Let's go get him."

"No, Relena. Heero is never coming back." Duo told her. He bowed his head and let a tear fall.
And then, barely above a whisper he added, "He self-detonated."

Relena fell to the ground, shaking and sucking in the air as though she were drowning. "Never?"
She let go of all the tears she was trying to hold back. They flowed down her cheeks and felt
hot against her now paled skin. Duo fell down to his knees and hugged Relena. "Did he say anything?
I mean before he..."

Duo nodded. "Let's go inside first okay?" He helped Relena stand up and they walked back the
200 yards to the mansion in complete silence except for the occasional sob.

Relena sat down on the couch and Duo sat next to her. "What did he tell you?" she asked him
slowly, still trying to take in the shock of 'never'.

"He said, 'Duo thank you for everything.' And then we started back here, but he's was like, 'Hey
Duo,' and I go 'Yeah buddy,' and then he said," Duo had to stop to take in a breath and to wipe
his eyes quick. " Then he said, 'Tell Relena that I forgive her and that I love her for me.'" Duo
stopped again, he couldn't continue with the next part because he knew that it would just kill Relena
to hear it.

Relena's eyes were no longer as beautiful as they had been that morning. They were now red and
watery and made Duo feel so awful that he had to turn away so he wouldn't see her face. "And
then what happened?" she asked barely audible.

"That's when I shouted, 'what? Heero No.' and then I turned around and saw the explosion go off
against the sunset and on the beach and the sand was flying and" Duo bowed his head and wept.
Every time he said the word 'and' he had to suck in a breath to continue. "Heero, why didn't you
just listen to me? Why? Damn you Heero."

Relena looked at Duo with tears flowing from her eyes and saw how he wept for his friend, she
then put her face in her hands and started crying like she never had before. 'Heero...'

Two months later

Relena climbed out of her limo to face a grand building made of granite, steel, and had the most
beautiful glass windows she had ever seen. Ever since the day on the beach when Heero 'left',
Relena hadn't spoken a word to anyone unless she was in a business meeting where she argued and
fought until her point was made clear: she wanted peace between their nation and hers. But now,
she followed her bodyguards into the Meredith building where a small conference was to be held
dealing with the safety of the Sanq Kingdom. Although this was a very important subject, Relena
couldn't help but think about what happened exactly two months ago to the day, and about the
funeral they had for him 3 weeks ago. 'Heero, I'm sorry, and for whatever it helps, I forgive you,
too. I just want to be able to see you again, and to have the same sense of feeling I had when you
would hide in the shadows and protect me. I always felt safe with you here, but now, I don't and
I need you back. Please, Heero. Come back to me.'

"Miss Dorlian, please come this way. The meeting will be held here in five minutes. Allow yourself
time to prepare for the meeting," the secretary at the front desk said this to her. She seemed like
a very nice lady.

Relena nodded and went into the room and took a seat at the opposite end of where the host sat.
She placed out her papers and waited for the others to come in. After Relena made her point, they
took a small break and thought about what she had told them. Relena went out into the lounge area
for a while and to see if Duo had come yet. She saw him sitting on a bench near a window and
decided to join him. "Hey Relena," he greeted her.

"Hi Duo," she smiled a weak, sad smile and sat down by him. "Duo, I know I probably shouldn't ask
but, when you searched the beach, did you find any sign at all of Heero?"

"No, nothing at all." Relena had a sudden feeling of joy when he said that and she couldn't figure
out why.

"Duo! If you didn't find anything, you know what that could mean don't you?" she asked suddenly
standing up. Everyone in the lounge looked at her but she didn't care. Duo gave her a look as if
she were crazy and then looked down. When he brought his head up his eyes went wide.

"That bastard! He did it again! How on Earth can someone live through a self-detonation?" he asked
her jumping to his feet.

"No not one, two," she said smiling. "If he's not dead, then where the hell is he?"

"I don't know. But I'm going to find out, let's go," Duo grabbed Relena's arm and was about to
pull her out the door when the door to the boardroom opened. Relena turned around and stopped
Duo so suddenly he almost fell over. "What the heck? Lena let's go!"

"My meeting... I can't leave yet Duo." He gave a look of total disbelief. "It won't take long I
promise. I'll be out in five minutes." Relena ran to the door.

"Yeah well that only lets him get two months and five minutes ahead of us!" he shouted after her.

Two Days Later

"It's about time you guys got here, I can't believe it took two days! All right down to work now.
Trowa, I need you and Quatre to look through all the databases and records you can for hospitals
or morgues or whatever you can think of as to where Heero may have gone. WuFei, you and me will
check through the Preventer's database to see if we can come up with anything there. Relena, would
you please go get me some lunch? I'm starving!" asked a very commanding Duo.

"Yes sir, I'm right on it," said Relena sarcastically giving Duo a smirk, and walked towards the
kitchen.

"I'm still not sure what we're looking for here Duo," stated a very confused Quatre.

"That's simple. We are just looking for any notification or clue that Heero is still alive so just
look for any stolen vehicles or even bandages and gauze or something like that from a hospital.
I'm not really sure what to look for, it is Heero Yuy ya know," Duo answered.

5 minutes passed and Relena brought in lunch for all of them. They continued to search and eat
their lunch at the same time for the next hour or so. All five boys were seated at computers typing
busily as they searched for their friend. Relena had nothing to do while she waited for the boys to
finish their search. Duo said that it would probably be best for her to rest mostly for the reason
that she hadn't slept in 3 days. Her eyes seemed tired but they never lost their hope. "I know they
will find Heero, they just have too. If Duo didn't find any sign of him on the beach, and just a
bunch of Gundanium debris from the explosion, then Heero has to be alive. I don't think I can
accept any other conclusion. Heero IS alive, and he will come back to us,' she thought. Then
added, 'to me.' Sighing, Relena walked around the Preventer's Headquarters, not really paying
attention to what was going on around her. She was just hallwalking (1), looking through opened
doors, trying to find somewhere to go or something to do. She walked past a custodial closet and
didn't give it more than a split second glance. She, instead, turned her head and looked at the
door on the other side of the hall across from the closet. It was an office for one of the higher
class Preventers. In this hall, the offices of the best Preventers had their offices; her brother,
Noin, Sally, Une, WuFei, Quatre, Trowa, and Duo just for some. This door however was the only
barrier between Relena and the office of a forgotten Preventer: Heero Yuy.

Taking a deep breath she twisted the knob, finding it unlocked, and walked in peeking her head
in first to make sure it was safe. She walked around the room looking at pictures and little objects
on his desk and on his shelves. Just being in the room made her sad. She thought of him and felt
like she would start crying again. 'I cry too much. No wonder WuFei thinks I'm so weak, I cry
just being in this room. So what if is was Heero's old office? He won't be back. I had too much
hope before, how do I know if Heero is dead or not. No one but him knows that for sure. As much
as I want him to be alive that doesn't mean anything. I wan to be able to see him again, that would
be nice. I just hope that it doesn't have to be at another funeral. I don't know what to think
anymore, I want Heero back. That's all I know. But if he's dead I might as well be too. I love
him way too much to not be with him. If he's not coming back, then I'm leaving the same way he
did.' She walked around the room some more and came up to his desk. She looked at it and tilted
her head to the side. "Heero..." she sat down in the chair and folded her arms on the desk and
laid her head down on them. 2 minutes passed and Relena had fallen asleep.


A.N. I'm sorry that this was shorter than the first one. I had originally planned to only have this
one chapter but I was told that a happy ending was wanted. And with the idea that I had, I had
to put it into a chapter by itself completely. I will get that out as soon as possible. Please review.


Angel Yuy