I'm back!!!!!!  The identity of the new character will be revealed in this part.  His past and the connection he has to the GW gang.  Just a reminder: GW doesn't belong to me; so standard disclaimer is still operational.  Other than that, enjoy the part!!!

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True Beings Part 14

By Era-chan

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As the group arrived at the Peacecraft mansion, they didn't feel any difference in the air until they were inside the mansion.  Then they knew that two new beings had finally came forth.  They glanced at Heero, who had grown tense.  But that didn't stop them walking toward the newly arisen light angels.

Milliardo met his rival's gaze.  Silver eyes met Prussian eyes.  He didn't even changed back to his blonde locks, proudly displaying his waist-length silver locks, so similar to his sibling's own hair.

Heero gave a swift glance at Noin, who had also changed.  Her usual black locks were now light blue, having also grown waist-length down her back.

"I see that you have taken the 'potion.'"

Milliardo didn't give him an answer.  He had taken one look of the others behind the dark-haired boy and realized that Relena wasn't there.  His angry gaze returned to his rival.  White light of power erupted, making the others, with the exception of Heero and the light angel prince, shiver with its iciness.

"Where's Relena?"

Heero ignored the question by asking one of his own.

"Where did you get the 'potion'?"

Milliardo narrowed his eyes.  With a gesture, he had his sword at the ready.

The others looked at it in awe.

Duo whistled.  "He has the Gabriel Sword."

Like the Lucifer Sword, the Gabriel Sword was also powerful, similar to each other.

"NO!!"

The others, except for Heero, jumped in surprise as they heard Relena's voice.  They looked around the room, but she wasn't there.

Heero closed his eyes, ignoring the others.  He held up his hands, a sphere of black light appearing between them.  The sphere grew bigger and bigger until finally it was the size of a door.  Relena stepped out of the sphere, as the light angel princess.

The black sphere disappeared.

Relena stood between her soulmate and her brother.  She stared beseechingly at Milliardo.  "Please, Milliardo.  Put away the sword."

The two siblings stared at each other for a while.  Then Milliardo let the Gabriel Sword disappear.

Relena sighed and then turned to her soulmate.  Heero had returned back to his dark angel prince persona, with black wings and armor.  He didn't bring forth the Lucifer Sword, but he didn't relax either.  His dark power pulsed around him.

Heero gazed at his wife.  "I'm not going to do anything, angel."

Relena knew that she had dissuaded the two rivals from fighting for now.  But she also knew that she couldn't stop the oncoming fight between them.  The two had been rivals in both the past and the present.  There were too many things between them that they couldn't ignore.  She sighed, and laid her hand on her stomach.

Heero saw the move and put his arm around her.  He returned his gaze back to his brother-in-law.

"So who gave it to you."

Milliardo stared at the hand around his sister's waist, but held his anger in check.  He really didn't want to answer the question, but he could see that Relena and his wife wanted him to answer it.

"There was this guy who gave it to me."

"Who was he?"

Milliardo ran his hand through his hair.  "I don't know.  He kept interrupting me."

Heero stared at him thoughtfully.  "What does he look like?"

"He had black hair and brown eyes."

Heero frowned.  Relena looked up at him, concern in her eyes.  "Heero…?"

Heero squeezed the hand that was on top of the one that was around her waist.  He had one more question before he was satisfied.  He had a suspicion of who the person was, but he wasn't sure.  Yet.

"Can you show me his picture?"

Milliardo shot the Perfect Soldier an irritated look, but acquiesced as he saw the look that his wife was giving him.

Holding up his hand, Milliardo brought forth a sphere of light power.  Inside the sphere, he had the picture of the man.  It was a trait that all the angels possessed.

Instantly, the room was surrounded by dark power.  The doors that led into the room they were in slammed shut behind the others, scaring the hell out of four couples.  The dark power crept all over the room, from the floor to the ceiling.  No light penetrated the gloom.  Only the people within the room weren't touched by the power.

Milliardo would have used his own powers except that Noin kept him from using it.  He had to wait for the dark prince's explanation.

Relena stared at her husband, worried.  "Mamo-chan?"

Heero drew a deep breath and closed his eyes.  He concentrated, standing still.  His senses swiftly surrounded the Peacecraft grounds, looking for any residue of evil.  Satisfied that no one was looking at them, he opened his onyx eyes, finding scared silver eyes staring at him.  He immediately went to the task of calming Relena down.

"It's okay, angel.  Don't worry."  Heero laid his other hand on his unborn son, letting his energy convey serenity and reassurance.

Relena put her hand on top of his own.  "Do you know who he is, Mamo-chan?"

Heero reluctantly put down his hand, so that his unborn son would not feel his rage.

"Colin."

The others were puzzled.

Duo scratched his head.  "Who the hell is Colin?"

Heero stared at the glowing sphere, displeasure in his stark eyes.  With a wave of his hand, he changed the view, showing a tall man with black hair and red eyes.  He had black wings and was holding a black staff.

"Colin, the head minister of my kingdom."

Milliardo fought the compulsion to recoil when he heard it.  He had taken the 'potion' from another dark angel, his enemies.  It made him want to wring the dark angel to death.

Trowa went up to the sphere to take a closer look.  "I thought he would be dead, after everything that has happened back then."

Heero scowled.  "Frankly, I wouldn't put it that way.  All of the dark angels are evil.  He would try to save his own hide when the mystical creatures began to disappear."

Relena turned to her husband.  "That's not true!  You aren't evil, Heero!"

His friends agreed.

"You may be born as the dark angel prince, Heero.  But that doesn't mean you are evil."  Duo gestured with his hand, his braid waving around from the movements that the American pilot was doing.

Heero ironically grinned.  "It may be so, but not all of us believes that."  And he stared at his brother-in-law.

The others quieted down, looking at the two adversaries.

Milliardo didn't say a word.  Neither did Heero.  They let the silence go on, until Duo broke it again.

"Since this Colin guy is still alive, what are we going to do about him?"

"First of, I'll find him."  Heero turned to the others, his mask back in place.  "This is my battle.  I'll deal with him as I see fit."

Duo opened his mouth, but Heero cut him off.  "He is one of my people, Duo."

Wufei frowned.  "Yuy, he may be your head minister, but what about your wife?"

"I thought about it.  Right now, if I hadn't looked around, I wouldn't have known if he was spying on us.  In the past, he hated me with a vengeance."  Heero turned his gaze to Milliardo.  "I think he gave you the 'potion' so that the two of us would be fighting to the death right about now."

Milliardo scowled.  "I'm not letting a dark angel scum order me who to fight with."

Heero ignored the reference about dark angels, and continued with his reasoning.  "I've used my powers to surround the room, so that he wouldn't hear what we are saying."  He let Relena go.  "I'm going to meet him right now."

Quatre took a step forward.  "Do you know where he is?"

Heero shook his head.  "Not yet.  But I will."  He turned to his friends.  "I want all of you to protect Relena while I'm gone."  He turned to his rival.  "Milliardo, protect Relena."

Milliardo nodded his head.

Relena, who hadn't said a word for a while, stepped in.  "Heero, I don't think-"

Heero put his finger on her lips, silencing her.  "Angel, I don't want you to get hurt.  My battle with Colin will be bloody.  I'll definitely kill him.  I don't want you to see me do that.  I also don't want to distress you, since you are soon to give birth to our son."  He took her hand and squeezed it. "Please, angel."

Relena hesitated, but finally agreed.  She crossed her arms in front of her.  "But I don't like it."

Heero chuckled.  "I didn't expect you to."  Heero turned to the others, finally catching sight of the demon.  He raised his brow.  "What?"

Duo shook his head.  "Man, I never thought I would see the day that the Perfect Soldier will act like a normal human boy."  He grinned.  "Thank goodness!  There is hope after all for you, Heero!"

The others, with the exception of the more stoic Gundam pilots, laughed.

Heero smirked.  "You just hadn't been paying attention."  He turned to his wife.  "Relena already knew about the change."

Relena nodded her head.

Duo snorted.  "Well, only Relena would know."

Heero shook his head.  Then he returned his attention back to Relena.  He put his hand on her cheek, caressing the smooth skin lovingly.  "You'll be okay?"

Relena leaned into his hand, staring right back at her lover's eyes.  "I'll be okay.  Just return back to me soon, Heero."

"I will."

Ignoring the others, Heero leaned down to kiss his wife with passion.  Then he disappeared.

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            Next part: the encounter between Colin and Heero.  What will happen?  Find out in Part 15!!  Just a note: True Beings will be over soon.  Two more parts and an epilogue before the story ends.  To reread previous parts, go to Era-chan's Lovely Little Corner OR go to Fanfiction.net to read them (under Era-chan, of course).  PLEASE sign my guestbook and send me feedback.  I want to know what you think about TB and my other fics.  ^_^