Hey everyone! Thank so much for reviewing my story everyone! It means a lot to me. Last chapter, Heero had decided to leave and Trowa tried to convince him to stay. What decision has he come to? Hope you all enjoy this chapter! It's called Tears of Sorrow.

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"What do you mean?" asked Quatre looking at Wufei. "Haven't you seen the way he's been acting lately? It's not like him; even I have to admit it. His mind is so clouded with thoughts, he can't see." Said Wufei. Quatre looked down sadly. "So what you're saying is that Heero's running away from his problems, and the only way he'd come back is if he forgets everything? Heero never runs away from his problems." asked Duo in disbelieve. "We can't be certain yet you guys. Have faith in Heero, he's never taken the wrong path, and I doubt he's going to start now." Said Quatre.

"Quatre's right. Heero is the strongest between the five of us, he'll pull through." Said Trowa reassuringly. "We better get some shut eyes before tomorrow. We can talk to Heero about it later on." Said Quatre heading back into his room. "* Yawn * I guess you're right." Said Duo as he stretched a bit and walked back to his room. Wufei left quietly.

Heero heard everything they had said, even if they were in the same rooms. "Do I really know what I'm doing?" he asked himself as he finally fell asleep.

The next morning, Heero got up at five in the morning. As usual nobody was awake, at least that's what Heero had expected. Heero took a quick shower and headed back into his room to finish packing.

"So you really are going to leave huh Heero?" asked Duo, "Man I knew it. You never do get it through your tuff skull do you? Use your head a little will ya?" asked Duo with a sigh. "Same to you." Said Heero as he brushed pass Duo and headed over to the kitchen.

"Wha…? Hey, what's the big idea going around messing up everyone's fun?" asked Duo. Heero decided to ignore him as he poured himself a cup of coffee. "Come on Heero, give a guy some credit. I'm just trying to help sheesh. Can't blame a guy for trying. You just can't get through Heero can ya? Maybe Relena can." Said Duo as he was about to head out, but Heero put a firm grasp on his shoulder. "Don't tell Relena." Said Heero. "And why not?" asked Duo. Heero used his free hand and punched Duo in the stomach, hard.

Duo fell onto the floor. "O.K. I… get the… point." Said Duo before he was out cold. Heero picked him up and carried him back into his room. Heero put Duo down on his bed, (Duo's.) and had a look around. His room was a mess; I guess that's what happens when you live around the spare parts junk place. Heero left silently and went back to his coffee.

While this was happening, Quatre went outside and took a stroll in the gardens. To his surprise, he saw Relena lying on the bench sleeping. "Relena?" he said as he headed toward her. He shook her slightly as her eyes began to open and gave her his jacket.

"Relena, you shouldn't be sleeping out here in the cold." Said Quatre, "You could catch a cold, or worse, ammonia." "Quatre? What are you doing here?" asked Relena getting up drowsily. "Heero's leaving soon." Said Quatre sadly. "What?! He is? Why didn't anyone inform me about it?" asked Relena snapping awake. "We just found out last night." said Quatre. "Where's Heero?" asked Relena. "He's still in the guy's dormitories. He just knocked Duo out cold." Said Quatre. "Is he alright?" asked Relena in worry. "Yea, it happens a lot, but he'll be fine after some rest." Said Quatre. Relena blew out a sigh of relief.

Just then Heero was passing by. "Heero!" yelled Relena. Heero turned around and saw Relena. "Relena?" he whispered. "Hey Heero!" Yelled Quatre as he ran towards him. Heero stared at Relena sadly, his eyes showed all his sorrow and regret and that he didn't really want to leave her but had to, but his face remained the same.

"Heero, look… we heard that you were leaving and…" started Quatre. "Did you tell Relena?" asked Heero. "Yes, but we don't want…" continued Quatre. Heero stared at Relena, "How long has she been there?" asked Heero. "All night apparently." Answered Quatre. Heero brushed passed him and headed toward Relena. She was watching him sadly. "But Heero… I leave you two alone." Said Quatre giving up as he headed back to the dormitories.

"Heero…" said Relena as Heero approached her. "You heard?" he asked. Relena nodded her head sadly and patted the spot next to her. "Sit down Heero, we need to talk." Said Relena softly, trying to hide her tears and sorrow. "Forget about me Relena, life is cheap, especially my life. If I stay here, I'll only be a burden to you." Said Heero not listening to her. "But Heero, there's nothing left to fight. My brother is gone and peace has been obtained." Said Relena as one tear rolled down her face. Heero swept it away.

"Relena, I can't stay here. I don't belong here." Said Heero softly as he turned around slowly and walked away. "Heero!" yelled Relena running up to him. "How long will you be staying?" asked Relena. Heero looked at her sadly, if he told her, she'd only get in the way. "In a week or so." Answered Heero. "Well, at least that gives you enough time to say good- bye." Smiled Relena sadly. Heero closed his eyes and turned to look where he was going. 'Not as much time as you think Relena.' He thought silently. Relena followed him from behind without saying another word. She wanted to stay with him until he had to go.

'I leave tonight.' Thought Heero silently. Soon it was lunchtime and everyone hurried into the cafeteria. All the gundam pilots sat with Heero, and the girls joined them. No one spoke for a while and no one even touched his or her food. Heero got up, but as he did, so did everyone else.

"Where are you going Heero?" asked Relena. "There's something I have to do." Said Heero as he left. As soon as he was gone, all the guys in the cafeteria except the gundam pilots got up and ran after him. "What's with the guys?" asked Cathy. "They think Heero can teach them his way of getting girls." Sighed Duo with a little laugh as if everything was fine. But the truth was it wasn't fine, and the gundam pilots knew that clearly.

While outside, Heero stopped and looked around. He'd leave tonight and it would be the last time he'd ever come here. Ever see Relena again. Just then all the guys caught up with Heero.

"Hey Heero! Can you help me out with my girlfriend? She'd upset about something but I don't know what?" yelled one guy. "No Heero, help me. I haven't had a girlfriend in two years, why's that?" yelled another. "Heero! I need help, my girlfriend doesn't think I'm a good kisser, what's your secret?" yelled another.

All Heero wanted was to be left alone but he was surrounded by guys with questions, that he didn't even know how to answer. How could he, when even he couldn't do anything about his own problem but to run away from it.

"Hey Heero! Aren't you going to say something?" asked one of the guys. Everyone was complaining so much, it was hard to hear a single word.

Duo and everyone hearing the commotion outside ran out to see what was going on. "Come on, give me a break!" Duo sweat dropped seeing all the guys around Heero. "Do you think we should help him?" asked Quatre. "You'd think?" said Duo in sarcasm. "He needs all the help he can get." Said Wufei. Trowa walked over to the crowd and squeezed through the crowd.

"O.K. everyone, let's get going. He has other things in mind right now, leave him alone." Said Trowa. Everyone stared at him, but then bursted out with more questions then before. Trowa jumped out of the crowd. Heero had his arms crossed and eyes closed. He was trying to ignore everything.

"No luck huh? Guess it's my turn." Said Quatre as he went over to the crowd. "Hey look you guys, don't you think we should give Heero some space." Said Quatre but everyone ignored him. "Hey Quatre! Let me handle this!" yelled Duo. Quatre nodded and headed back toward them.

"Hey y'all! Need help with your problems, you've got some pretty good advisors right here." Yelled Duo. Everyone turned around to face them, knowing Heero wasn't going to answer them. So they ran over and surrounded them instead.

"Great going Maxwell!" yelled Wufei as he was crowded by questions. "What will I do? My girlfriend's going to dump me if I don't get my driver's license soon." Said one of the guys. "Then obviously she's not the one for you!" yelled Wufei. "But then who is?" asked the same guy. "Who knows, only your heart can tell." Said Wufei. 'Man these guys are dumb.' Thought Wufei in anger.

"O.K. everyone, the Duo's express is here in action, please line up in an orderly fashion." Said Duo. "O.K. first person up go ahead." Said Duo. "Well, I'm afraid of commitment. My girlfriend thinks I play around too much and don't spend enough time with her. What will I do?" asked the guy. "Well first of all, stop playing around and face your fears, it can't be worse than death. If you can't do that, then just relax and find some other girl more of your speed. Next." Answered Duo simply.

"I'm afraid of getting rejected. I like her and all, but I don't know if she feels the same way about me." Said one guy. "Then I suggest you go and ask her, it can't be worse than not knowing for the rest of your life." Smiled Quatre. "But I couldn't bare to live if she says no." said the guy. "There's nothing more important than life, because life is very precious. If she doesn't feel the same, there are always others out there. You'll heal and be on with your life like it never happen, even if the pain is hard to bare." Said Quatre.

"My sister is in love with this guy, but then he's cheating on her. I want to beat the crap out of him, but she won't let me, what should I do?" asked a guy. "Heero once told me, to follow your emotions. It'll tell you the truth. If you really care for your sister than don't do it. Let love run it's own course. Your sister will be fine." Said Trowa looking up to see if Heero was still there, but he had already left.

The girls stared in amusement as they watched the guys answer everyone's questions. When everyone had had there questions answered they all left saying things like "Man they're good," or "I wonder why I didn't ask them before." And things like that. (A/N: It' already passed dinnertime by now.)

"Whew, that was exhausting." Said Duo taking a sip of lemonade. Quatre laughed as Trowa decided to take a nape. "I can't believe you did that. When did I ever say you could pull me into this Maxwell?" asked Wufei in annoyance. "Hey, you were bad. Admit it, you enjoyed it at least a little right?" asked Duo with a sly grin as Quatre chuckled at the thought of it. Wufei sighed and headed toward his room. "Can I take that as a yes?" asked Duo cheerfully. "No, I'm too tired to argue with you right now." Said Wufei as he disappeared upstairs.

Heero had decided to visit Relena one more time before he left, so he snuck into her room. "Heero?" she asked sadly as she looked at him. "Good-bye Relena." Said Heero as he was about to exit through the window. "Wait Heero, what do you mean good-bye?" she asked. Heero into her and walked toward her. He put a hand on Relena's cheek, "Good-bye Relena." He repeated sadly as he kissed her in the cheek and then disappeared. Relena touched her cheek ever so gently, unable to move. When she had finally snapped out of her trance, she understood what Heero meant when he said good-bye, but Heero had already left. "Heero!" yelled Relena out the window.

She looked down and saw Heero running father and farther away. "Heero…" she whispered as her tears ran freely from her eyes. "Why must you run away from me Heero?" she cried.

"Relena? Are you alright?" asked Hilde as she knocked on the door. "I'm fine Hilde, please let me be alone." Said Relena trying to hide the fact that she wasn't.

Trowa and the other gundam pilots heard Relena's scream. "Heero has already left." Said Trowa on his way down the stairs. "Did you check his room?" asked Quatre. "No ones there." Answered Trowa sadly. "But what about Relena? Doesn't he even care?" asked Duo. "I'm sure Heero has an explanation for what he's doing." Said Trowa.

Everyone remained silent. No one knew what to do. They had relied on Heero during the war, and they relied on him now. He had the answers to all of their questions, but now he was gone. Even Wufei had to admit it didn't feel right without Heero around.

Relena wouldn't come out of her room, or do anything but cry for the past three days, and when her friends tried to get her out of her room to get some fresh air and all, she wouldn't listen. She was in terrible conditions. She seemed normal, but her eyes were always drowned with tears of sorrow. Even the gundam pilots who understood her most couldn't help her, not matter how hard they tried. They felt like failures.

Relena had a distinct feeling that the only reason Heero left because of her, and through all the times they were separated, for some reason, it really hurt this time. She had never felt this way before, the pain was so hard to bare, but she tried to seem O.K. whenever someone was there. She still ate and everything, even when she wasn't hungry, but she still hadn't left her room.

While Heero had flown to colony 195, but no one knew where he was. Everyone expected him to still be on earth. He still couldn't get her out of his mind no matter how hard he tried. There were news reports saying the disappearance of Relena and how she hadn't shown her face in public for three days.

"Forget about me Relena. I'm not worth it." Heero whispered. "Hey kid! Come over here and help me out will you?" yelled one of the construction workers. "Yes sir." Answered Heero as he went over.

"Did you guys find anything on the Maritime Foundation yet?" asked Duo. "Not quite. They've erased all data except the escape of two prisoners." Said Quatre. "Heero and me obviously." Said Trowa. "Well maybe not in this school, but the Preventers HQ, has just found where Heero is. And you're not going to believe this." Said Wufei.

Everyone averted their attention to him. "He's on colony 195. He's not on earth. He's around the X five one area." Answered Wufei. "But that's the largest city in 195." Said Quatre. "That's Heero, trying to blend in with everything." Said Duo. "Do you think we should go tell Relena?" asked Quatre thoughtfully.

"Not right now. We should leave her alone, besides, if Heero wanted us to tell her, he would've said so. But knowing the matter as it is, we've got other things to worry about." Said Trowa. "And Heero running off like that ain't helping." Said Duo. "Shouldn't we at least try to locate him and tell him everything about the Maritime foundation?" asked Quatre. "Heero can handle himself. If there's something big going on in the Maritime foundation, I think he'd handle it himself right now." Said Wufei. "But…" started Quatre. "Quatre, calm down, Heero's alright, you'll see." Said Trowa.

Relena looked in the mirror at herself. She was a wreck. "Why do I feel so strongly about this? I've been away from Heero longer than this, then why does it hurt so much now?" asked Relena as another tear rolled down her face.

"Because you love him Miss Relena, and no matter what you say or do to deny it, it will always stand true. Don't you get it by now Miss Relena? Heero means everything to you, and now that he's gone, you feel this emptiness in your heart. Am I wrong?" asked Dorothy.

"Dorothy? How'd you get here?" asked Relena wiping her tears away quickly. "Quatre thought I should come and talk to you." Said Dorothy sadly as she walked up to Relena. Relena nodded. 'Why didn't I realize this before?' Relena asked herself, 'I was the one who got too close to Heero and made him run away.'

"Miss Relena, you can't blame yourself for Heero's disappearance. He knows what he's doing, and when he realizes the truth and is able to finally accept it, he'll return to you." Said Dorothy. "How do you know that Dorothy?" asked Relena. "I just do Miss Relena. There's a lot out in the world that you don't know about, but if you try to see things in Heero's point of view, maybe everything may get clearer. Try Miss Relena." Said Dorothy as she quietly left the room.

"So how is she?" asked Hilde. "She's still lost. If only she knew." Said Dorothy sadly. "We can't tell her though. I just wish there was something we could do to help her." Said Cathy sadly.