(Gundam Wing doesn't belong to me. It belongs to Bandai and Sunrise. Only
the new characters here are mine.)
Kasey: Ohayo minna! Didn't think I'd be back so soon did ya? Because of all the great response I got from "The Reunion of Two Pilots" I decided to write a sequel to it.
Duo: Kasey, what are you planing to do?
Kasey: (grins) That's for me to know and you to find out. Now minna, hope you all enjoy the first chapter to "The Begining of a New Era"!
The Begining of a New Era
by Kasey Sanada
Episode One: A New Era Begins
"Captain, you wanted to see me?"
"Yes. I want to know how my plan is doing."
"Yes Kamaria, we have ordered the soliders to get ready to attack the World Colony Nations on your order."
"Good." Kamaria Kobayashi stood up from her seat. "I want the World Colony Nations under my control as soon as we can. Do you understand?"
The solider in front of her saluted to her. "Ma'am!"
"Good, now if you would excuse me, I need to get ready for school. Just because I'm about to rule the world, doesn't mean I don't have to go to college."
"Anna?" A deep voice echoed through the house. No one answered.
The person that said the name sighed. "Why can't I find that girl when I need her?" He walked into a room where a woman with raven black hair that stopped at the middle of her back and tiger blue eyes was working at a computer. "Kasey, have you seen Anna? I've looked all over and I still can't find her!"
Kasey Maxwell looked up from the computer. "No, but you better find her Duo, and Mark, or else they'll be late for school." She picked up a notebook from a stack and began to insert the figures from the Salvage Yard's quota from that month. "I swear, she's so much like you when you were seventeen."
Duo chuckled as he wrapped his arms around his wife. "I hope not. I don't really want to be a grandfather yet." He nuzzled Kasey's neck. "Though I wouldn't mind having another kid."
Kasey laughed as she pushed Duo away. "Not now Duo! Maybe later, but right now you need to find Anna and Mark."
"Alright, alright," Duo kissed Kasey but before he could leave to look for Anna, Anna came to him.
"Hey Dad," Anna walked into the room, her twin brother Mark behind her.
Duo sighed. "Anna, where have you been?"
"In the hanger," Anna replied, grabbing a apple. "I was working on a car I saved from the salvage yard." She took a bite and grinned. "In a few months that thing is going to be running like new."
Mark snatched a orange out of the bowl and groaned. "Anna, all you think is cars. You really need to get a new hobby." He blew his bangs out of his face.
Anna glared at her brother. "Oh right, like you don't think about soccer day and night," she retorted. "You're one to talk, Mark."
Mark was about to snap back when Kasey stepped in. "Anna, Mark! That's enough!" Kasey exclaimed. The twin quickly snapped their mouths shut. Kasey smiled. "That's better. Now, Anna, come here so I can braid your hair."
"Hai, Okassan." Anna went over and sat down in front of her mother.
Kasey began to braid her hair back. "I swear kid, with all this hair, you look excatly like your father, except you're a girl."
Anna looked up at Kasey and grinned. "You really think so?"
Mark cringed. "That's a scary thought."
Anna jumped up, her hair now bound back, and gave her brother a rasberry. "You're just jealous."
Duo and Kasey looked at each other and rolled their eyes. Seventeen and they STILL acted like ten year olds. "You two, finish your fight later. Right now you need to be heading to school." Duo shook his head grinning.
"Hai Otousan!" The twins quickly grabbed their bookbags and yelled "Ja mata!" as they left the room. The two ex-pilots jumped slightly as the door slammed.
Duo looked at Kasey with a pained look. "WHY did I let you teach them Japanese? I can barely understand them."
Kasey slapped Duo lightly in the arm. "Because I'M Japanese, you baka. It's not my fault you couldn't sit down for ten minutes and let me teach you."
An evil smile grew on Duo's face. "Oh, there are a few things that you taught me that I remember." He picked Kasey up in his arms. "Want me to show you what I remember?"
Kasey blushed and giggled. "Why not?" Those figures can wait a couple more hours."
Duo kissed Kasey hungerly. "Good, because I wasn't going to take no for a answer." Kasey giggled again as Duo took her to their bedroom and closed the door.
"Mom, have you seen my pom-poms?"
Marissa looked up the stairs. "Check in your closet Emily!"
"Oh, there they are! Thanks!" A moment later, sixteen year old Emily Raberba Winner came down the stairs in her Colony High cheerleading uniform. Her shoulder-length, wavy blonde hair bounced with each step she took, and her blue eyes sparkled brightly. "Morning Mom!" She kissed Marissa on the cheek.
Marissa smiled. "Good morning dear. Your father and sister are already having breakfast. Would you like something?"
"Some fruit, thanks." The two women joined the rest of their family in the kitchen. "Morning Daddy!" Emily said happily, wrapping her arms around Quatre and kissed him on the cheek.
Quatre looked up and smiled warmly at his oldest daughter. "Good morning Emily. What are you so happy about today?"
Mandy looked up from her bowl of cereal and rolled her eyes. "Alex and his family is back from touring with the circus." She rolled her eyes slightly. "She's acting like he's been gone for a year or something."
Emily bounced into the seat next to her fifteen year old sister. "I haven't seen or heard from him in three months Mandy. Of course I'm excited. He is my boyfriend after all." She smiled at Mandy. "You really need to get a boyfriend, then you'll understand how I feel."
Much to Emily's surprise, Mandy grew quiet. "No thanks," she said softly. "I heard they're too much trouble." She looked back down at her cereal and began to eat again.
Emily blinked at Mandy, confused. 'That's weird. I wonder what's gotten into her.'
Quatre wondered the same thing. 'Mandy's gotten really withdrawn from everyone lately. Maybe it's just because she's starting high school.' Quatre took a sip of his coffee. "Are you ready for your first day of high school, Mandy?" he asked his youngest.
Mandy looked up at Quatre and brightened slightly. "Hai, and I'm going to be a little late getting home today. I'm going to try out for the soccer team with Mark and Alex."
Quatre smiled at Mandy proudly and tugged on her long ponytail slightly, making her giggle. "That's great Mandy! I hope you make it. You're an excellent soccer player." He was proud of her. While Emily was great at cheerleading, Mandy was even better at soccer. She had brought and helped her junoir high win championships every year she was there. That's where she met Mark Maxwell. They've been really close friends since playing together her first year. 'I'm just really happy she's friends with one of Duo and Kasey's kids. I need to see how they're doing later.' He stood up and kissed both his daughter's on the forehead. "Well, I'm off to work. You two have fun today, alright?"
"We will!" The girls chimed.
Quatre walked out of the kitchen and stood in front of the stairs. There was one more kid he needed to say goodbye to, and she was late coming down. Not that it was unusual. "Adrianne! Come down! I'm leaving!"
"Coming Uncle Quatre!" A second later a girl with long brown hair with plantium blonde bangs running down the sides of her face and colbat blue eyes came running down the stairs. "Sorry I was late for breakfast Quatre-san. I had to blowdry my hair." Adrianne said breathlessly.
Quatre smiled at his adopted neice. "Don't worry about it. Where's your mom? She wasn't down for breakfast either."
"Oh, she left before you woke up. She had something to talk about to Uncle Heero," Adrianne said. "I don't know what, but it sounded important."
Quatre wrinkled his forehead. "I wonder what about," he thought, worriedly.
Marissa broke into his thoughts when she came out of the kitchen with Quatre's lunch in a box and wrapped in a cloth, something she learned when she lived in Japan with her cousin Michelle and her girlfriend Amara. "Here's your lunch Quatre-chan."
Adrianne snickered slightly at the nickname. "Quatre-chan?"
Quatre turned red. "Go eat breakfast Adrianne."
"Alright.... Quatre-chan." She retreated to the kitchen, still giggling.
Marissa had a glint of laughter in her sea blue eyes as she handed Quatre his lunch. "If Adrianne is anything like Hannah, she'll never let you live that one down.
Quatre sighed, irratated, but had a small smile on anyway. "I'm thirty-five years old Marissa. I think that nickname is a little too out of date for me."
Marissa wrapped her arms around her husband's neck. "Oh, really? I think it fits you perfectly." She leaned foreward and kissed him sensually.
Quatre ran his free hand through Marissa's long golden blonde hair as he slipped his tounge into her mouth and kissed her back with all the love he felt for her since they met eighteen years ago. All that mattered at that moment to him was the women he had in his arm. 'Gods, she always know what to do to me to get me started.' He pressed his wife against the wall and kissed her fiercerly.
Marissa whimpered softly into her koibito's mouth as she felt Quatre's hardened member pressed against her. She broke their heated kiss and panted softly. "Quatre, you have to go to work...."
Quatre dropped the box he had in his hand, and to Marissa's surprise, picked her up and started up the stairs to their room. "I'm calling in sick today."
"But what about...." Marissa began to protest, but Quatre silenced her with another heated kiss.
"My sisters can handle it, don't worry about a thing. Right now all I want to do in make love to you, my beautiful Mariko."
The moon princess (1) blushed and buried her face into Quatre's sweet smelling hair. "That sounds good to me, my desert prince," she said softly as Quatre took them into their bedroom and locked the door behind them. (2)
Emily watched Mandy as she shifted her soccer back from one foot to the other as she finished her breakfast. Emily sighed. "Mandy, when are you going to stop playing that silly game and get into something that isn't so.... tomboyish?"
Mandy gave her sister a look as she got up to put her dishes in the dishwasher, even though the maid could do it. Without turning around, she said, "Look, I don't gripe about you and your stupid cheerleading stuff, so don't with me and soccer."
Emily got defensive. "Cheerleading is NOT...."
"Ohayo gozaimasu!" Adrianne cut in as she walked in the kitchen. She grabbed an apple and bit into it.
Mandy smiled happily. "Ohayo Adrianne-chan!" She closed the dishwasher. "I'm going upstairs to grab my stuff. Be back in a flash!" She left the kitchen and on her way up the stairs, she caught a glimps of Quatre's lunch. "I wonder why dad's lunch is still here?" She got her answer as she past her parents bedroom. Her face turned red. "Forget I asked." She quickly ran into her room. (3)
Adrianne looked at Emily. "What? Aren't you going to at least say good morning?" She took another bite of her apple.
Emily glared at the older girl, She hated Adrianne Yashima with a passion, and probably always would. "Where's my mother?" she asked icily.
"Last time I saw Marissa-san, she and Quatre-san went upstairs. Though I wonder why since Qjisan had to work." She grinned as she took another bite.
"You are very crude Adrianne," Emily snapped. "And another thing, my father is NOT your uncle. He's just very close friends with your mother, and he only felt sorry for you."
Adrianne clasped a hand over her heart dramaticly. "Oh break my heart Emily." She stared at the blonde, "Look, I know your jealous with the close relationship I have with your family, expecally your sister, but that gives you no right to say things like that just to cover up your brused ego." She threw her apple core away.
Emily was about to snap at Adrianne again when someone with brown hair cut above the ears (4) and green eyes walked into the kitchen. "Hi everyone."
"Alex!" Emily forgot about Adrianne and jumped up and kissed her boyfriend. "What are you doing here? I thought we were going to meet at school!"
"Thought I'd surprise you and give you a lift to school. Hey Adrianne," he said warmly.
Adrianne smiled back. "Ohayo, Alex. How was your summer?"
Alex shrugged slightly. "It was okay, but I'm not much on the family business, you know that." Adrianne nodded, knowing what he meant.
Emily tried not to look jealous. She knew Alex was just being polite, but even though, she wrapped her arms around him and glared at Adrianne slightly.
Mandy came down just then and cried out happily when she saw her best friend's brother. "Alex, your back!" She hugged her friend. "Where's Christina? I can't wait to see her!"
Alex laughed. "Christina went to school early. She had to take care of a few things before hand."
Adrianne put a hand on Mandy's shoulder. "Come on kid. I'll take you to school, and leave the two love birds alone. We need to stop and pick up Nikolas on the way."
Mandy blushed slightly, but not enough for anyone to notice. "Okay, thanks!" She quickly got out of Adrianne's touch, grabbed her bag and soccer ball and went out to Adrianne's car. "See ya Alex! Bye Emily-chan!"
Adrianne got her keys and bag and bowed slightly to Alex and Emily before leaving. "Ja mata."
After she heard the door close, Emily turned to Alex, smiling with tears in her eyes. "I'm so glad your back Alex. I've missed you so much."
Alex smiled as he wiped one of the tears that got loose off Emily's cheek. "I've missed you too, Emily."
"Nikolas! Wake up!" All that answered Son Pan was a snore. She sighed and walked out of her son's room. "Trunks! Wufei! Could you please get that kid up? He's not getting up with me yelling at him."
Trunks kissed Pan on the lips. "Sure love." He turned to Wufei. "Same as before?"
Wufei nodded. "It seems to be the ONLY was to get that kid of mine up. Only this time, YOU throw him in the tub. I don't want to be blasted through the wall again."
Pan laughed at the image of her ex-husband and best friend hanging half out of a wall the last time they woke Nikolas up like that. She stiffled her laughing when Wufei gave her a death glare.
Trunks chuckled and slapped his friend on the back. "No prob. Go start the water."
A moment later Trunks had a still sleeping Nikolas in his arm. "Stand back. This ain't gonna be pretty." After Pan and Wufei stepped out of the bathroom, a second later Nikolas was heard screaming. "What the fuck?!? TRUNKS! What's the fucking big idea?"
"It wasn't his idea Nikolas Chang," Pan said stepping into the bathroom. "And if I hear anything like that out of your mouth again...."
"I'll knock your butt into the L1 Colony, and believe me kid, you won't like it," Wufei finished for her.
Nikolas blinked as water continued to run on top of him. "Dad? What are you doing here? I thought you weren't coming back till next week."
Wufei shut off the water and helped his son out of the tub. "My job with the Preventers finished early, so I thought I would come by and see you off to school. Hope that's okay."
Nikolas beamed. "That's great! Now you can meet Adrianne! She should be here any minute!"
"Who's Adrianne?" Wufei asked, curious. "Your new girlfriend?"
"Only my best friend since I was six. I told you about her before," Nikolas said to his father. Just then the doorbell rang. "That's her now!" He flew down the stairs, literily.
"Nikolas! No flying in the house!" Pan shouted. She sighed. "I swear that boy...."
"Hey it's your family's genes, and I actually say that because it's true." Wufei stated. (4) Pan stuck her tounge out. Wufei chuckled. "Come on, let me go meet this Adrianne I've heard so much about."
As they walked down the stairs, they heard Nikolas and Adrianne talking. "Gods, Adrianne, its been so long!" Nikolas said, giving his long time friend a hug.
Wufei's eyes widened slightly as the girl laughed happily. "I know! Three months is too long to be away from my best friend!"
Nikolas heard footsteps behind him and turned around to see his parents and Trunks coming in the room. "Dad, great! Now you can meet my best friend,Adrianne Yashima."
Wufei froze when the girl turned around and smiled warmly at him. 'Oh my gods. She looks just like.....'
Adrianne raised her eyebrow slightly. 'Why is he looking at me like that?' She smiled. "It's nice to finally meet you Wufei-san."
"Uh, yeah...." Wufei said, finally able to shake off some of his shock. "It's nice to meet you too Adrianne. I know this may sound like a very foreward question, since we just met, but who are your parents?" Nikolas looked at his father, wondering what made him ask that.
"My parents?" Adrianne blinked, surprised. "My parents are Christina Yashima and Milliardo Peacecraft."
Pan's hands flew up to her mouth, thankful that the kids couldn't see her. 'By the gods! I didn't even THINK she could be related to Hannah!' Trunks looked at his wife worriedly.
Nikolas noticed that Wufei paled slightly. "Dad, are you alright?"
Adrianne looked at Wufei. "Do you.... know them or something?"
Wufei quickly let go of Adrianne's hand. "Yes, something like that," he mumbled. "It was very nice meeting you Adrianne. Excuse me now, but I have something to do." He quickly left the room.
Nikolas blinked his black eyes, confused. "What was that all about?"
Adrianne was just as confused. "Um... come on Nikolas, we need to get going. Mandy's waiting in the car. I said I'd give her a ride today."
"Okay, give me a few minutes." He ran back upstairs. A few minutes later he returned, now in school clothes and his black hair spiked up. Slinging his backpack over his shoulder,
he kissed Pan on the cheek. "Ja mata Okassan, Trunks-san. See you later."
"Goodbye dear." After Nikolas and Adrianne left, Pan gave Trunks a look saying she'd explain later and ran into the other room, where Wufei had his face covered in his hands. Pan went over to her friend and wrapped her arms around him. "I'm so sorry Wufei. I had no idea she was Hannah's daughter."
"Twenty years and I still love her as much as I did then," he said softly. He was quiet for a moment before saying, "Why hasn't she tried to contact me?" A tear trickled down his cheek.
Pan sighed and layed her head on Wufei's shoulder. "I don't Wufei. I just don't know."
"Maria!! Wait up!"
Maria Yuy turned and saw her brother Trevor running towards her. "You know, if you didn't waste so much time fixing your damn hair, you wouldn't have to run to catch up!" She turned around and started walking again.
Trevor grinned and ran past her. "Race you to school!" Knowing his baby sister, that was one thing she'd NEVER turned down!
He was right. "You're on!" Maria cried and starting running after him. It didn't take long for Maria to run pass him and a few minutes later, both were gasping for breath on the steps of Colony High. "You better just stick to basketball Trevor-chan," Maria said breathlessly.
Trevor smirked as he stood up. "Yeah, I guess I better." He walked into the school.
Maria blinked and realized she'd been tricked, AGAIN! She quickly got up and ran after her brother. "Trevor, you jackass! You get back here!" She ran through the doors and ran into someone in the process. "OOF!" She fell backwards onto her butt. Maria glared angerly at the person who bumped into her. "Hey! Watch where...." She stopped and blinked, surprised, when she realized who it was. "Nikolas?"
Nikolas smiled apologically. "Hey Maria-chan. Sorry about that." He held out a hand. "Let me help you up."
Maria tried not to blush as she took his hand and let Nikolas help her up. "Arigato Nikolas," she said softly, bowing. "Sorry for not watching where I was going."
Nikolas smiled. "Don't worry about it, Maria. It happens." He let go of her hand, realizing he had been holding it longer then he should have. "Uh, sorry about that."
Before Maria could say anything, Adrianne came around the hall. "Hey Nikolas! What's taking...." she started to say before noticing Maria. "Oh, hey Maria! How's my favorite cousin?"
Maria stared at Adrianne for a second before her tough 'tude came back. "None of your damn business." She turned to Nikolas and smiled slightly. "Later." She quickly left.
Adrianne blinked. "What's with her?" she asked Nikolas.
Nikolas shrugged. "You know Maria. She never let's her true feelings show if she can help it." He wasn't about to tell anyone what just happened between him and Maria. She actually.... blushed! 'She's really cute when she blushes,' he thought, smiling to himself for a second before realizing what he was thinking. 'Where did that come from?' He was quickly brought out of his thoughts when Adrianne punched him hard in the shoulder, but due to his Saiyan heritage, it didn't hurt. "Huh?"
Adrianne looked at her friend curiously. "You were spacing man. What's up?" "Nothing, just thinking. Where's Mandy?" he asked, quickly changing the subject as he started walking to class.
"She had to go find her locker," Adrianne replied as she followed Nikolas, wondering what was up with her friend.
Mandy slammed her fist against her locker, angry that it wouldn't open. "Stupid fucking lock!" Mandy quickly turned around when a soft laugh was her behind her.
A girl with long black hair with a striped yellow and black bandana used as a hairband and soft brown eyes was looking at her with amusement dancing in her eyes. "Need some help?"
Mandy blushed. "Uh, yeah. That would be great. The stupid lock is stuck."
The girl smiled. "I could tell from you yelling profanity." Mandy blushed harder. The girl walked up and grabbed the lock and with a flick of her wrist, she broke it off. "There, problem solved."
Mandy looked at her, amazed. "How did you do that?"
The girl blushed. "Uh, well, you see...."
Mandy smiled. "That's okay. You don't have to tell me. Thanks a lot for helping me. I'm Mandy Raberba Winner, Grade 10." She held out her hand.
The girl took Mandy's hand into her own. "I'm Samantha Hibiki, Grade 10 also. I'm your locker partner. It's nice to meet you, and thank you, for not making me go into detail about how I was able to break that lock." She looked at Mandy for a moment. "You know, you're very pretty," Samantha said, smiling.
Mandy looked surprised. 'Nobody has ever called me pretty before,' she thought to herself.
Samantha must have thought that she said something wrong because she quickly let go of Mandy's hand. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that," she said, bowing her head.
"Why should you be sorry?" Mandy asked, confused.
Samantha looked at Mandy slowly. "Well, I thought you might be uncomfortable about the fact that I'm...." She turned red.
Mandy smiled. "Of course not! The thing is, I am too. It's just that...." she trailed off.
"What?" Samantha tilted her head at Mandy.
Mandy leaned against the lockers. "Nobody knows except my friend Mark, and now you." She blushed. "The thing is, I think you're pretty too."
Samantha smiled. "You do?"
Mandy nodded, smiling back. "I like your clothes too," she added, nodding towards Samantha's outfit. "Where did you get it?"
"Oh, it's my father's actually," Samantha said, beaming. "He use to wear this when he was my age. I've never been into the whole dresses and and high heels bit."
Mandy laughed. "I'm not either! My sister Emily is ALWAYS trying to get me to drop sports and get into cheerleading." Samantha laughed with her.
While the two girls got to know each other, some other girls where watching them.
"Poor Emily! She actually has to put up with that little tomboy for a sister?" one girl exclaimed.
"I know! And it's worse when she's becoming friends with that! What should we do Allison?" another asked.
Allison put her hand on her cheerleading skirt. "Why, save Emily's sister of course." She and the other girls walked up to Mandy. "Why hello Mandy!"
Mandy gave the girl a weird look. "Um, am I suppose to know you?"
A vain twitched in blond hair girl's eye. "I'm Allison, Emily's best friend."
Mandy remembered now, and wished she hadn't. "Oh yes, I remember now," she said politely. Before Allison could say anything else, Mandy closed her locker. "I'm SO sorry to cut our chat short, but I have to get to class. Let's go Samantha." She grabbed Samantha's hand and quickly left before Allison could object.
"Here you go, Christina. We're sorry for the mix up." The secratary handed Christina Barton her new classes.
Christina bowed respectfully. "Domo arigato gozaimasu, Hashiba-san. Gomen nasai for putting you through this."
Hashiba-san smiled. "It was no problem, Christina. I want to make sure you have the classes you need."
"Thank you again!" Christina walked out of the office and nearly collided with Mandy and a girl she never met before. "Mandy!"
"Christina!" Mandy hugged her best friend happily. "It's so good to see you again!"
Christina laughed. "It good to see you too!" She turned to look at the girl next to Mandy. "Who's this?"
"Oh!" Mandy let go of her friend and said, "Christina, this a new friend of mine, Samantha Hibiki. Samantha, this is my best friend, Christina Barton."
Samantha smiled and held out her hand. "It's nice to finally meet you. Mandy-chan hasn't stopped talking about you since we've met."
Christina raised her eyebrow slightly. 'Mandy-chan?' She shook Samantha's hand. "It nice to meet you too." She looked down at her watch. "I have to get to my class. Sorry for being so rude, but I need to go. Ja ne." Christina turned and walked away, unable to comprehend what just happened.
Mandy was unable to understand either. "What was that all about?"
"Mom! Will you stop messing with my hair? OW!! Daddy, help!"
Amuro Yashima laughed as his only child tried to get away from her mother Lucrezia. "Sorry Sayla, but you should just let your mother finish. Won't hurt as much."
Fourteen year old Sayla tried to get away from her mother again, but Lucrezia held firm. "Sayla, will you stop fighting me? All I'm doing is putting your hair up and your acting like it's the end of the colonies! Now sit still. You're already going to be late for school!"
Sayla scowled and crossed her arms. "Fine, but why do I have to wear my hair half up like this? It makes me look like a ten year old!!"
"In my opinion, it make you look very pretty."
Sayla's eyes snapped over to where the voice was coming from and saw a guy with light brown hair and ice blue eyes standing in the doorway, smiling. She flushed slightly and put her
head down, avoiding the guy's eyes.
"Ohayo Brian." Amuro said, standing and shaking hands with the guy now known as Brian. "Are you here for those reports your parents wanted? By the way, how are Treize and Tamara anyway?"
"Yes sir," Brian said, answering the first question. "My parents just got back from their vacation in Australia. They visited Sydney and they said it was just beautiful in the middle of September."
Lucrezia smiled as she finished putting up Sayla's hair. I'm glad they had such a nice time. I'm done torchering you Sayla-chan."
"Thank the gods." She was about to push herself up when a hand came into her line of vision.
"Would you like some help up?" Brian said, still smiling.
"Um....sure," Sayla blushed as she took his hand and he help her up. "Thanks."
"You're quite welcome Sayla." Brian replied.
"Come on Brian," Amuro said, patting him on the back. "I'll get you those reports."
"Thanks." He looked into Sayla's purple eyes. "I'll see you again sometime?" Unable to say anything, Sayla nodded. "Goodbye for now then." Brian left with Amuro.
"Come on Sayla, I'll drive you to school," Lucrezia said to her daughter.
"Alright...." Sayla watched Brian's retreating back, then turned and walked with her mother out to the car.
Christina Yashima was typing something on her labtop when someone behind her spoke. "What is it that you wanted to talk to me about Hannah?"
Christina sighed as she continued typing. "Why do you insist on calling me that Heero? I haven't gone by that name since we were kids."
Heero shrugged. "I don't know. That what you were going by when I met you and that's what I'll continue to call you."
"Whatever."
Heero sighed. His sister hasn't been the same since the war....and Wufei. Heero knew she still loved him terribly, but even though Heero saw Wufei nearly everyday at the Preventers, Christina hasn't seen him since the war back in A.C. 195. He went over and sat in a chair next to Christina and looked at the computer screen. "So what is it?"
Still typing, Christina said bluntly, "I think we have another war coming."
Heero's head snapped over to look at his sister. "What?"
Christina nodded slowly. "And if we don't stop it soon, this one is going to make worse damage then the last one," she said.
Heero crossed his arms and looked foreward again. He closed his eyes. "So what do we do now? None of us are in any shape to fight. Our skills are outdated. We wouldn't make it out of the war alive."
"We have only one choice," Christina said softly. "We have to bring in new pilots to pilot the Gundams."
Heero opened his eyes and looked at Christina again. "But who Hannah? Who would be capable of piloting them?"
Christina looked back at Heero, a pained look in her eyes. "Our children."
Kasey: Ohayo minna! I finally finished Chapter One!! And this is my longest chapter EVER!! I hope you all like it!
Trowa: Hey!! You forgot about us!!
Raye: Yeah!
Kasey: Gomen you guys, but I couldn't find anywhere to put you in this chapter. I promise to put you in the next one though.
Trowa and Raye: (glare at Kasey) You better!
Kasey: (sighs) You just can't please anyone these days. Anyway, email me at kasey_sanada@hotmail.com or please place a review. See ya all next chapter!!
(For those of you that noiced the numbers throughout the chapter, those are for the footnotes below.)
(1) To make a long story short, in a Sailor Moon fic I'm writing, Marissa is the youngest princess of the Moon Kingdom.
(2) Sorry minna! No lemon here! I'm trying to keep this as R rated as possible. If you want me to write a lemon for Quatre and Marissa, tell me.
(3) Oh boy. Something a fifteen year old should NOT be hearing ^_^;;;;
(4) I know, I know, it sounds a little like Trunks from DBZ, but I couldn't help it!!
(5) Remember minna, Pan is 1/4 Sayian, so that makes Nikolas 1/8 Sayian!!
Kasey: Ohayo minna! Didn't think I'd be back so soon did ya? Because of all the great response I got from "The Reunion of Two Pilots" I decided to write a sequel to it.
Duo: Kasey, what are you planing to do?
Kasey: (grins) That's for me to know and you to find out. Now minna, hope you all enjoy the first chapter to "The Begining of a New Era"!
The Begining of a New Era
by Kasey Sanada
Episode One: A New Era Begins
"Captain, you wanted to see me?"
"Yes. I want to know how my plan is doing."
"Yes Kamaria, we have ordered the soliders to get ready to attack the World Colony Nations on your order."
"Good." Kamaria Kobayashi stood up from her seat. "I want the World Colony Nations under my control as soon as we can. Do you understand?"
The solider in front of her saluted to her. "Ma'am!"
"Good, now if you would excuse me, I need to get ready for school. Just because I'm about to rule the world, doesn't mean I don't have to go to college."
"Anna?" A deep voice echoed through the house. No one answered.
The person that said the name sighed. "Why can't I find that girl when I need her?" He walked into a room where a woman with raven black hair that stopped at the middle of her back and tiger blue eyes was working at a computer. "Kasey, have you seen Anna? I've looked all over and I still can't find her!"
Kasey Maxwell looked up from the computer. "No, but you better find her Duo, and Mark, or else they'll be late for school." She picked up a notebook from a stack and began to insert the figures from the Salvage Yard's quota from that month. "I swear, she's so much like you when you were seventeen."
Duo chuckled as he wrapped his arms around his wife. "I hope not. I don't really want to be a grandfather yet." He nuzzled Kasey's neck. "Though I wouldn't mind having another kid."
Kasey laughed as she pushed Duo away. "Not now Duo! Maybe later, but right now you need to find Anna and Mark."
"Alright, alright," Duo kissed Kasey but before he could leave to look for Anna, Anna came to him.
"Hey Dad," Anna walked into the room, her twin brother Mark behind her.
Duo sighed. "Anna, where have you been?"
"In the hanger," Anna replied, grabbing a apple. "I was working on a car I saved from the salvage yard." She took a bite and grinned. "In a few months that thing is going to be running like new."
Mark snatched a orange out of the bowl and groaned. "Anna, all you think is cars. You really need to get a new hobby." He blew his bangs out of his face.
Anna glared at her brother. "Oh right, like you don't think about soccer day and night," she retorted. "You're one to talk, Mark."
Mark was about to snap back when Kasey stepped in. "Anna, Mark! That's enough!" Kasey exclaimed. The twin quickly snapped their mouths shut. Kasey smiled. "That's better. Now, Anna, come here so I can braid your hair."
"Hai, Okassan." Anna went over and sat down in front of her mother.
Kasey began to braid her hair back. "I swear kid, with all this hair, you look excatly like your father, except you're a girl."
Anna looked up at Kasey and grinned. "You really think so?"
Mark cringed. "That's a scary thought."
Anna jumped up, her hair now bound back, and gave her brother a rasberry. "You're just jealous."
Duo and Kasey looked at each other and rolled their eyes. Seventeen and they STILL acted like ten year olds. "You two, finish your fight later. Right now you need to be heading to school." Duo shook his head grinning.
"Hai Otousan!" The twins quickly grabbed their bookbags and yelled "Ja mata!" as they left the room. The two ex-pilots jumped slightly as the door slammed.
Duo looked at Kasey with a pained look. "WHY did I let you teach them Japanese? I can barely understand them."
Kasey slapped Duo lightly in the arm. "Because I'M Japanese, you baka. It's not my fault you couldn't sit down for ten minutes and let me teach you."
An evil smile grew on Duo's face. "Oh, there are a few things that you taught me that I remember." He picked Kasey up in his arms. "Want me to show you what I remember?"
Kasey blushed and giggled. "Why not?" Those figures can wait a couple more hours."
Duo kissed Kasey hungerly. "Good, because I wasn't going to take no for a answer." Kasey giggled again as Duo took her to their bedroom and closed the door.
"Mom, have you seen my pom-poms?"
Marissa looked up the stairs. "Check in your closet Emily!"
"Oh, there they are! Thanks!" A moment later, sixteen year old Emily Raberba Winner came down the stairs in her Colony High cheerleading uniform. Her shoulder-length, wavy blonde hair bounced with each step she took, and her blue eyes sparkled brightly. "Morning Mom!" She kissed Marissa on the cheek.
Marissa smiled. "Good morning dear. Your father and sister are already having breakfast. Would you like something?"
"Some fruit, thanks." The two women joined the rest of their family in the kitchen. "Morning Daddy!" Emily said happily, wrapping her arms around Quatre and kissed him on the cheek.
Quatre looked up and smiled warmly at his oldest daughter. "Good morning Emily. What are you so happy about today?"
Mandy looked up from her bowl of cereal and rolled her eyes. "Alex and his family is back from touring with the circus." She rolled her eyes slightly. "She's acting like he's been gone for a year or something."
Emily bounced into the seat next to her fifteen year old sister. "I haven't seen or heard from him in three months Mandy. Of course I'm excited. He is my boyfriend after all." She smiled at Mandy. "You really need to get a boyfriend, then you'll understand how I feel."
Much to Emily's surprise, Mandy grew quiet. "No thanks," she said softly. "I heard they're too much trouble." She looked back down at her cereal and began to eat again.
Emily blinked at Mandy, confused. 'That's weird. I wonder what's gotten into her.'
Quatre wondered the same thing. 'Mandy's gotten really withdrawn from everyone lately. Maybe it's just because she's starting high school.' Quatre took a sip of his coffee. "Are you ready for your first day of high school, Mandy?" he asked his youngest.
Mandy looked up at Quatre and brightened slightly. "Hai, and I'm going to be a little late getting home today. I'm going to try out for the soccer team with Mark and Alex."
Quatre smiled at Mandy proudly and tugged on her long ponytail slightly, making her giggle. "That's great Mandy! I hope you make it. You're an excellent soccer player." He was proud of her. While Emily was great at cheerleading, Mandy was even better at soccer. She had brought and helped her junoir high win championships every year she was there. That's where she met Mark Maxwell. They've been really close friends since playing together her first year. 'I'm just really happy she's friends with one of Duo and Kasey's kids. I need to see how they're doing later.' He stood up and kissed both his daughter's on the forehead. "Well, I'm off to work. You two have fun today, alright?"
"We will!" The girls chimed.
Quatre walked out of the kitchen and stood in front of the stairs. There was one more kid he needed to say goodbye to, and she was late coming down. Not that it was unusual. "Adrianne! Come down! I'm leaving!"
"Coming Uncle Quatre!" A second later a girl with long brown hair with plantium blonde bangs running down the sides of her face and colbat blue eyes came running down the stairs. "Sorry I was late for breakfast Quatre-san. I had to blowdry my hair." Adrianne said breathlessly.
Quatre smiled at his adopted neice. "Don't worry about it. Where's your mom? She wasn't down for breakfast either."
"Oh, she left before you woke up. She had something to talk about to Uncle Heero," Adrianne said. "I don't know what, but it sounded important."
Quatre wrinkled his forehead. "I wonder what about," he thought, worriedly.
Marissa broke into his thoughts when she came out of the kitchen with Quatre's lunch in a box and wrapped in a cloth, something she learned when she lived in Japan with her cousin Michelle and her girlfriend Amara. "Here's your lunch Quatre-chan."
Adrianne snickered slightly at the nickname. "Quatre-chan?"
Quatre turned red. "Go eat breakfast Adrianne."
"Alright.... Quatre-chan." She retreated to the kitchen, still giggling.
Marissa had a glint of laughter in her sea blue eyes as she handed Quatre his lunch. "If Adrianne is anything like Hannah, she'll never let you live that one down.
Quatre sighed, irratated, but had a small smile on anyway. "I'm thirty-five years old Marissa. I think that nickname is a little too out of date for me."
Marissa wrapped her arms around her husband's neck. "Oh, really? I think it fits you perfectly." She leaned foreward and kissed him sensually.
Quatre ran his free hand through Marissa's long golden blonde hair as he slipped his tounge into her mouth and kissed her back with all the love he felt for her since they met eighteen years ago. All that mattered at that moment to him was the women he had in his arm. 'Gods, she always know what to do to me to get me started.' He pressed his wife against the wall and kissed her fiercerly.
Marissa whimpered softly into her koibito's mouth as she felt Quatre's hardened member pressed against her. She broke their heated kiss and panted softly. "Quatre, you have to go to work...."
Quatre dropped the box he had in his hand, and to Marissa's surprise, picked her up and started up the stairs to their room. "I'm calling in sick today."
"But what about...." Marissa began to protest, but Quatre silenced her with another heated kiss.
"My sisters can handle it, don't worry about a thing. Right now all I want to do in make love to you, my beautiful Mariko."
The moon princess (1) blushed and buried her face into Quatre's sweet smelling hair. "That sounds good to me, my desert prince," she said softly as Quatre took them into their bedroom and locked the door behind them. (2)
Emily watched Mandy as she shifted her soccer back from one foot to the other as she finished her breakfast. Emily sighed. "Mandy, when are you going to stop playing that silly game and get into something that isn't so.... tomboyish?"
Mandy gave her sister a look as she got up to put her dishes in the dishwasher, even though the maid could do it. Without turning around, she said, "Look, I don't gripe about you and your stupid cheerleading stuff, so don't with me and soccer."
Emily got defensive. "Cheerleading is NOT...."
"Ohayo gozaimasu!" Adrianne cut in as she walked in the kitchen. She grabbed an apple and bit into it.
Mandy smiled happily. "Ohayo Adrianne-chan!" She closed the dishwasher. "I'm going upstairs to grab my stuff. Be back in a flash!" She left the kitchen and on her way up the stairs, she caught a glimps of Quatre's lunch. "I wonder why dad's lunch is still here?" She got her answer as she past her parents bedroom. Her face turned red. "Forget I asked." She quickly ran into her room. (3)
Adrianne looked at Emily. "What? Aren't you going to at least say good morning?" She took another bite of her apple.
Emily glared at the older girl, She hated Adrianne Yashima with a passion, and probably always would. "Where's my mother?" she asked icily.
"Last time I saw Marissa-san, she and Quatre-san went upstairs. Though I wonder why since Qjisan had to work." She grinned as she took another bite.
"You are very crude Adrianne," Emily snapped. "And another thing, my father is NOT your uncle. He's just very close friends with your mother, and he only felt sorry for you."
Adrianne clasped a hand over her heart dramaticly. "Oh break my heart Emily." She stared at the blonde, "Look, I know your jealous with the close relationship I have with your family, expecally your sister, but that gives you no right to say things like that just to cover up your brused ego." She threw her apple core away.
Emily was about to snap at Adrianne again when someone with brown hair cut above the ears (4) and green eyes walked into the kitchen. "Hi everyone."
"Alex!" Emily forgot about Adrianne and jumped up and kissed her boyfriend. "What are you doing here? I thought we were going to meet at school!"
"Thought I'd surprise you and give you a lift to school. Hey Adrianne," he said warmly.
Adrianne smiled back. "Ohayo, Alex. How was your summer?"
Alex shrugged slightly. "It was okay, but I'm not much on the family business, you know that." Adrianne nodded, knowing what he meant.
Emily tried not to look jealous. She knew Alex was just being polite, but even though, she wrapped her arms around him and glared at Adrianne slightly.
Mandy came down just then and cried out happily when she saw her best friend's brother. "Alex, your back!" She hugged her friend. "Where's Christina? I can't wait to see her!"
Alex laughed. "Christina went to school early. She had to take care of a few things before hand."
Adrianne put a hand on Mandy's shoulder. "Come on kid. I'll take you to school, and leave the two love birds alone. We need to stop and pick up Nikolas on the way."
Mandy blushed slightly, but not enough for anyone to notice. "Okay, thanks!" She quickly got out of Adrianne's touch, grabbed her bag and soccer ball and went out to Adrianne's car. "See ya Alex! Bye Emily-chan!"
Adrianne got her keys and bag and bowed slightly to Alex and Emily before leaving. "Ja mata."
After she heard the door close, Emily turned to Alex, smiling with tears in her eyes. "I'm so glad your back Alex. I've missed you so much."
Alex smiled as he wiped one of the tears that got loose off Emily's cheek. "I've missed you too, Emily."
"Nikolas! Wake up!" All that answered Son Pan was a snore. She sighed and walked out of her son's room. "Trunks! Wufei! Could you please get that kid up? He's not getting up with me yelling at him."
Trunks kissed Pan on the lips. "Sure love." He turned to Wufei. "Same as before?"
Wufei nodded. "It seems to be the ONLY was to get that kid of mine up. Only this time, YOU throw him in the tub. I don't want to be blasted through the wall again."
Pan laughed at the image of her ex-husband and best friend hanging half out of a wall the last time they woke Nikolas up like that. She stiffled her laughing when Wufei gave her a death glare.
Trunks chuckled and slapped his friend on the back. "No prob. Go start the water."
A moment later Trunks had a still sleeping Nikolas in his arm. "Stand back. This ain't gonna be pretty." After Pan and Wufei stepped out of the bathroom, a second later Nikolas was heard screaming. "What the fuck?!? TRUNKS! What's the fucking big idea?"
"It wasn't his idea Nikolas Chang," Pan said stepping into the bathroom. "And if I hear anything like that out of your mouth again...."
"I'll knock your butt into the L1 Colony, and believe me kid, you won't like it," Wufei finished for her.
Nikolas blinked as water continued to run on top of him. "Dad? What are you doing here? I thought you weren't coming back till next week."
Wufei shut off the water and helped his son out of the tub. "My job with the Preventers finished early, so I thought I would come by and see you off to school. Hope that's okay."
Nikolas beamed. "That's great! Now you can meet Adrianne! She should be here any minute!"
"Who's Adrianne?" Wufei asked, curious. "Your new girlfriend?"
"Only my best friend since I was six. I told you about her before," Nikolas said to his father. Just then the doorbell rang. "That's her now!" He flew down the stairs, literily.
"Nikolas! No flying in the house!" Pan shouted. She sighed. "I swear that boy...."
"Hey it's your family's genes, and I actually say that because it's true." Wufei stated. (4) Pan stuck her tounge out. Wufei chuckled. "Come on, let me go meet this Adrianne I've heard so much about."
As they walked down the stairs, they heard Nikolas and Adrianne talking. "Gods, Adrianne, its been so long!" Nikolas said, giving his long time friend a hug.
Wufei's eyes widened slightly as the girl laughed happily. "I know! Three months is too long to be away from my best friend!"
Nikolas heard footsteps behind him and turned around to see his parents and Trunks coming in the room. "Dad, great! Now you can meet my best friend,Adrianne Yashima."
Wufei froze when the girl turned around and smiled warmly at him. 'Oh my gods. She looks just like.....'
Adrianne raised her eyebrow slightly. 'Why is he looking at me like that?' She smiled. "It's nice to finally meet you Wufei-san."
"Uh, yeah...." Wufei said, finally able to shake off some of his shock. "It's nice to meet you too Adrianne. I know this may sound like a very foreward question, since we just met, but who are your parents?" Nikolas looked at his father, wondering what made him ask that.
"My parents?" Adrianne blinked, surprised. "My parents are Christina Yashima and Milliardo Peacecraft."
Pan's hands flew up to her mouth, thankful that the kids couldn't see her. 'By the gods! I didn't even THINK she could be related to Hannah!' Trunks looked at his wife worriedly.
Nikolas noticed that Wufei paled slightly. "Dad, are you alright?"
Adrianne looked at Wufei. "Do you.... know them or something?"
Wufei quickly let go of Adrianne's hand. "Yes, something like that," he mumbled. "It was very nice meeting you Adrianne. Excuse me now, but I have something to do." He quickly left the room.
Nikolas blinked his black eyes, confused. "What was that all about?"
Adrianne was just as confused. "Um... come on Nikolas, we need to get going. Mandy's waiting in the car. I said I'd give her a ride today."
"Okay, give me a few minutes." He ran back upstairs. A few minutes later he returned, now in school clothes and his black hair spiked up. Slinging his backpack over his shoulder,
he kissed Pan on the cheek. "Ja mata Okassan, Trunks-san. See you later."
"Goodbye dear." After Nikolas and Adrianne left, Pan gave Trunks a look saying she'd explain later and ran into the other room, where Wufei had his face covered in his hands. Pan went over to her friend and wrapped her arms around him. "I'm so sorry Wufei. I had no idea she was Hannah's daughter."
"Twenty years and I still love her as much as I did then," he said softly. He was quiet for a moment before saying, "Why hasn't she tried to contact me?" A tear trickled down his cheek.
Pan sighed and layed her head on Wufei's shoulder. "I don't Wufei. I just don't know."
"Maria!! Wait up!"
Maria Yuy turned and saw her brother Trevor running towards her. "You know, if you didn't waste so much time fixing your damn hair, you wouldn't have to run to catch up!" She turned around and started walking again.
Trevor grinned and ran past her. "Race you to school!" Knowing his baby sister, that was one thing she'd NEVER turned down!
He was right. "You're on!" Maria cried and starting running after him. It didn't take long for Maria to run pass him and a few minutes later, both were gasping for breath on the steps of Colony High. "You better just stick to basketball Trevor-chan," Maria said breathlessly.
Trevor smirked as he stood up. "Yeah, I guess I better." He walked into the school.
Maria blinked and realized she'd been tricked, AGAIN! She quickly got up and ran after her brother. "Trevor, you jackass! You get back here!" She ran through the doors and ran into someone in the process. "OOF!" She fell backwards onto her butt. Maria glared angerly at the person who bumped into her. "Hey! Watch where...." She stopped and blinked, surprised, when she realized who it was. "Nikolas?"
Nikolas smiled apologically. "Hey Maria-chan. Sorry about that." He held out a hand. "Let me help you up."
Maria tried not to blush as she took his hand and let Nikolas help her up. "Arigato Nikolas," she said softly, bowing. "Sorry for not watching where I was going."
Nikolas smiled. "Don't worry about it, Maria. It happens." He let go of her hand, realizing he had been holding it longer then he should have. "Uh, sorry about that."
Before Maria could say anything, Adrianne came around the hall. "Hey Nikolas! What's taking...." she started to say before noticing Maria. "Oh, hey Maria! How's my favorite cousin?"
Maria stared at Adrianne for a second before her tough 'tude came back. "None of your damn business." She turned to Nikolas and smiled slightly. "Later." She quickly left.
Adrianne blinked. "What's with her?" she asked Nikolas.
Nikolas shrugged. "You know Maria. She never let's her true feelings show if she can help it." He wasn't about to tell anyone what just happened between him and Maria. She actually.... blushed! 'She's really cute when she blushes,' he thought, smiling to himself for a second before realizing what he was thinking. 'Where did that come from?' He was quickly brought out of his thoughts when Adrianne punched him hard in the shoulder, but due to his Saiyan heritage, it didn't hurt. "Huh?"
Adrianne looked at her friend curiously. "You were spacing man. What's up?" "Nothing, just thinking. Where's Mandy?" he asked, quickly changing the subject as he started walking to class.
"She had to go find her locker," Adrianne replied as she followed Nikolas, wondering what was up with her friend.
Mandy slammed her fist against her locker, angry that it wouldn't open. "Stupid fucking lock!" Mandy quickly turned around when a soft laugh was her behind her.
A girl with long black hair with a striped yellow and black bandana used as a hairband and soft brown eyes was looking at her with amusement dancing in her eyes. "Need some help?"
Mandy blushed. "Uh, yeah. That would be great. The stupid lock is stuck."
The girl smiled. "I could tell from you yelling profanity." Mandy blushed harder. The girl walked up and grabbed the lock and with a flick of her wrist, she broke it off. "There, problem solved."
Mandy looked at her, amazed. "How did you do that?"
The girl blushed. "Uh, well, you see...."
Mandy smiled. "That's okay. You don't have to tell me. Thanks a lot for helping me. I'm Mandy Raberba Winner, Grade 10." She held out her hand.
The girl took Mandy's hand into her own. "I'm Samantha Hibiki, Grade 10 also. I'm your locker partner. It's nice to meet you, and thank you, for not making me go into detail about how I was able to break that lock." She looked at Mandy for a moment. "You know, you're very pretty," Samantha said, smiling.
Mandy looked surprised. 'Nobody has ever called me pretty before,' she thought to herself.
Samantha must have thought that she said something wrong because she quickly let go of Mandy's hand. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that," she said, bowing her head.
"Why should you be sorry?" Mandy asked, confused.
Samantha looked at Mandy slowly. "Well, I thought you might be uncomfortable about the fact that I'm...." She turned red.
Mandy smiled. "Of course not! The thing is, I am too. It's just that...." she trailed off.
"What?" Samantha tilted her head at Mandy.
Mandy leaned against the lockers. "Nobody knows except my friend Mark, and now you." She blushed. "The thing is, I think you're pretty too."
Samantha smiled. "You do?"
Mandy nodded, smiling back. "I like your clothes too," she added, nodding towards Samantha's outfit. "Where did you get it?"
"Oh, it's my father's actually," Samantha said, beaming. "He use to wear this when he was my age. I've never been into the whole dresses and and high heels bit."
Mandy laughed. "I'm not either! My sister Emily is ALWAYS trying to get me to drop sports and get into cheerleading." Samantha laughed with her.
While the two girls got to know each other, some other girls where watching them.
"Poor Emily! She actually has to put up with that little tomboy for a sister?" one girl exclaimed.
"I know! And it's worse when she's becoming friends with that! What should we do Allison?" another asked.
Allison put her hand on her cheerleading skirt. "Why, save Emily's sister of course." She and the other girls walked up to Mandy. "Why hello Mandy!"
Mandy gave the girl a weird look. "Um, am I suppose to know you?"
A vain twitched in blond hair girl's eye. "I'm Allison, Emily's best friend."
Mandy remembered now, and wished she hadn't. "Oh yes, I remember now," she said politely. Before Allison could say anything else, Mandy closed her locker. "I'm SO sorry to cut our chat short, but I have to get to class. Let's go Samantha." She grabbed Samantha's hand and quickly left before Allison could object.
"Here you go, Christina. We're sorry for the mix up." The secratary handed Christina Barton her new classes.
Christina bowed respectfully. "Domo arigato gozaimasu, Hashiba-san. Gomen nasai for putting you through this."
Hashiba-san smiled. "It was no problem, Christina. I want to make sure you have the classes you need."
"Thank you again!" Christina walked out of the office and nearly collided with Mandy and a girl she never met before. "Mandy!"
"Christina!" Mandy hugged her best friend happily. "It's so good to see you again!"
Christina laughed. "It good to see you too!" She turned to look at the girl next to Mandy. "Who's this?"
"Oh!" Mandy let go of her friend and said, "Christina, this a new friend of mine, Samantha Hibiki. Samantha, this is my best friend, Christina Barton."
Samantha smiled and held out her hand. "It's nice to finally meet you. Mandy-chan hasn't stopped talking about you since we've met."
Christina raised her eyebrow slightly. 'Mandy-chan?' She shook Samantha's hand. "It nice to meet you too." She looked down at her watch. "I have to get to my class. Sorry for being so rude, but I need to go. Ja ne." Christina turned and walked away, unable to comprehend what just happened.
Mandy was unable to understand either. "What was that all about?"
"Mom! Will you stop messing with my hair? OW!! Daddy, help!"
Amuro Yashima laughed as his only child tried to get away from her mother Lucrezia. "Sorry Sayla, but you should just let your mother finish. Won't hurt as much."
Fourteen year old Sayla tried to get away from her mother again, but Lucrezia held firm. "Sayla, will you stop fighting me? All I'm doing is putting your hair up and your acting like it's the end of the colonies! Now sit still. You're already going to be late for school!"
Sayla scowled and crossed her arms. "Fine, but why do I have to wear my hair half up like this? It makes me look like a ten year old!!"
"In my opinion, it make you look very pretty."
Sayla's eyes snapped over to where the voice was coming from and saw a guy with light brown hair and ice blue eyes standing in the doorway, smiling. She flushed slightly and put her
head down, avoiding the guy's eyes.
"Ohayo Brian." Amuro said, standing and shaking hands with the guy now known as Brian. "Are you here for those reports your parents wanted? By the way, how are Treize and Tamara anyway?"
"Yes sir," Brian said, answering the first question. "My parents just got back from their vacation in Australia. They visited Sydney and they said it was just beautiful in the middle of September."
Lucrezia smiled as she finished putting up Sayla's hair. I'm glad they had such a nice time. I'm done torchering you Sayla-chan."
"Thank the gods." She was about to push herself up when a hand came into her line of vision.
"Would you like some help up?" Brian said, still smiling.
"Um....sure," Sayla blushed as she took his hand and he help her up. "Thanks."
"You're quite welcome Sayla." Brian replied.
"Come on Brian," Amuro said, patting him on the back. "I'll get you those reports."
"Thanks." He looked into Sayla's purple eyes. "I'll see you again sometime?" Unable to say anything, Sayla nodded. "Goodbye for now then." Brian left with Amuro.
"Come on Sayla, I'll drive you to school," Lucrezia said to her daughter.
"Alright...." Sayla watched Brian's retreating back, then turned and walked with her mother out to the car.
Christina Yashima was typing something on her labtop when someone behind her spoke. "What is it that you wanted to talk to me about Hannah?"
Christina sighed as she continued typing. "Why do you insist on calling me that Heero? I haven't gone by that name since we were kids."
Heero shrugged. "I don't know. That what you were going by when I met you and that's what I'll continue to call you."
"Whatever."
Heero sighed. His sister hasn't been the same since the war....and Wufei. Heero knew she still loved him terribly, but even though Heero saw Wufei nearly everyday at the Preventers, Christina hasn't seen him since the war back in A.C. 195. He went over and sat in a chair next to Christina and looked at the computer screen. "So what is it?"
Still typing, Christina said bluntly, "I think we have another war coming."
Heero's head snapped over to look at his sister. "What?"
Christina nodded slowly. "And if we don't stop it soon, this one is going to make worse damage then the last one," she said.
Heero crossed his arms and looked foreward again. He closed his eyes. "So what do we do now? None of us are in any shape to fight. Our skills are outdated. We wouldn't make it out of the war alive."
"We have only one choice," Christina said softly. "We have to bring in new pilots to pilot the Gundams."
Heero opened his eyes and looked at Christina again. "But who Hannah? Who would be capable of piloting them?"
Christina looked back at Heero, a pained look in her eyes. "Our children."
Kasey: Ohayo minna! I finally finished Chapter One!! And this is my longest chapter EVER!! I hope you all like it!
Trowa: Hey!! You forgot about us!!
Raye: Yeah!
Kasey: Gomen you guys, but I couldn't find anywhere to put you in this chapter. I promise to put you in the next one though.
Trowa and Raye: (glare at Kasey) You better!
Kasey: (sighs) You just can't please anyone these days. Anyway, email me at kasey_sanada@hotmail.com or please place a review. See ya all next chapter!!
(For those of you that noiced the numbers throughout the chapter, those are for the footnotes below.)
(1) To make a long story short, in a Sailor Moon fic I'm writing, Marissa is the youngest princess of the Moon Kingdom.
(2) Sorry minna! No lemon here! I'm trying to keep this as R rated as possible. If you want me to write a lemon for Quatre and Marissa, tell me.
(3) Oh boy. Something a fifteen year old should NOT be hearing ^_^;;;;
(4) I know, I know, it sounds a little like Trunks from DBZ, but I couldn't help it!!
(5) Remember minna, Pan is 1/4 Sayian, so that makes Nikolas 1/8 Sayian!!