(Mobile Suit Gundam Wing does not belong to me. It belongs to the awesome
people at Bandai and Sunrise.)
Kasey: Ohayo minna! I'm back with chapter two! My computer decided to be an ass and delete not only what I had written of this chapter, it also deleted chapter one and the character guide!! Thank Dende I had text versions of those but now I'm having to re-write chapter two! (sobs for a moment) Okay I'm done. Now, like I promised I'm bringing in Raye and Trowa and well.... I hope you like chapter two!
The Begining of a New Era
by Kasey Sanada
Episode Two: Gundam Pilots Unite!
"WHAT?!? Are you nuts?" Raye Barton cried, jumping up from her chair and glaring at Christina, who looked back at her calmly.
"Raye, calm down," Trowa, her husband, said softly.
"I will NOT calm down!" she snapped, making Trowa flinch. "She's saying we should put our kids in a war that hasn't even started yet!"
"But Raye," Pan said softly, "Christina has a point. We are in no shape to pilot our Gundams anymore, and besides, they are old enough to take care of themselves."
"That's easy for you to say! Your son's a Sayian!"
"RAYE! THAT'S ENOUGH!" a usually calm Marissa yelled. Raye blinked at her best friend, surprised. Marissa sighed. "I don't like the idea anymore than you, but we should at least listen to Christina's plan."
Raye sat back down. "Fine," she grumbled.
"Now, as I was saying before Raye's outburst," Christina said, ignoring Raye's death glare, "I know none of us want to see our kids fight, but if you look at it, we might not have much of a choice. Not many people know the Gundams still exist, and if we did get new pilots, for all we know, they could be the enemy. We know our children better than anyone, therefor we know they can be trusted."
Ukyou sighed. "I see your point, but I still don't like the fact that we would be putting our kids in twenty year old mobile suits."
"Howard has some people upgrading the Gundams as we speak Ucchan," Heero said, trying to put his wife's mind at ease.
Kasey crossed her arms and leaned against Duo. "How long do you think we have before this war hits, Hannah?"
"One month, maybe two at most, and don't call me Hannah," Christina said, glaring at Kasey before continuing. "It's up to you guys though, if you want your them apart of this."
Ukyou looked at Heero for a moment. "Well, Trevor and Maria do have some training with mobile suits, so.... I guess it's okay..." Heero smiled slightly and took her hand in his.
"I don't have a problem with it, as long as Marissa agrees," Quatre spoke up. He looked at Marissa. "What do you say?"
Marissa shrugged. "I don't have a problem with it either."
Duo and Kasey looked at each other and nodded. "We're in," Duo said.
Trowa looked at his wife. "I know you're not to fond of the idea, Raye, so I'm going to leave the decision up to you."
Raye was quiet for a moment. "I don't know....."
"Raye?" She looked up when she heard Christina. "I know we haven't always been on the same page on some things," Christina said, "but I would never put my daughter's life on the line unless I knew she could take care of herself. I'm positive that Alex and Christina can."
Raye looked at the woman her daughter was named after for a moment before nodding. "Alright."
Pan didn't say anything. "Pan, is everything alright?" Marissa asked.
Pan nodded. "Hai, its just that I'm not going to say anything until I talk to Wufei about it. Nikolas is his son too."
Christina stiffened at the mention of Wufei's name. "That's alright Pan. Call me when you guys have your answer." She looked at her watch. "I have to go. I'm meeting Milliardo to talk about Adrianne. Ja na." She quickly turned on her heel and left without another word.
Pan watched her leave. "Gomen," she said to Heero. "I didn't realize that about Wufei was still too hard for her."
"Don't worry about it, Pan-chan," Heero said, also watching his sister leave. He hated seeing her so unhappy. 'Hannah, stop doing this to yourself and talk to Wufei,' he thought.
Anna opened her locker and pulled out her hat as she got ready for her first, and favorite class, auto body. Since she was younger, she had always loved cars, and waited for the day when she would take over for her dad at his Salvage Yard and Auto Repair. When she first joined the class her freshman year, she used to get crap from the other guys since she was the only girl in the class, but now three years later, they've accepted her and treat her like one of the guys. Anna had just put her hand on backwards when she heard a voice that made her cringe. "Hey Anna."
Anna closed her locker and said without turning around. "Loran." Loran Sakamoto was a senior like her, and in the eyes of the other girls at school, was one of the hottest guys around. His short dark brown hair, deep blue eyes, and sexy body made most girls want to faint, but it made Anna want to barf. She turned around and forced a small smile. "How are you?"
Loran let out a grin that made Anna want to shrudder. "Really good, now that I found you," he said as he placed a hand on the locker behind Anna.
"Well, great, but if you would excuse me, I have to get to class." Anna tried to move away but Loran blocked her only way of getting out.
"Anna, stop fighting your feelings and go out on a date with me," he said in a low voice.
Anna rolled her eyes. "Give me a break. You only want to get me in bed and make me another conquest."
Loran moved closer to Anna, making her back up against the locker. "You're right, and one day you will be mine Anna Maxwell," he said as he leaned closer to her, but a hand grabbed his arm and yanked him away from the braided girl. Anna was relieved to see that the person was Trevor.
"I suggest you back off Sakamoto, if you know what's good for you," Trevor said, narrowing his eyes and growling slightly.
Loran yanked his arm out of Trevor's grasp. "You're the one that better back off, Yuy," he said angerly. He looked at Anna. "I'll see you later," he said, giving her one of his killer smiles and walked off.
Trevor watched him go, eyes filled with anger. 'He better not hurt her, or I'll....' He turned to face Anna, a smile now on his face. "You okay?"
Anna nodded. "Yeah, thanks Trevor. I swear, that guy really gets on my nerves." She shrudder to show how highly she thought of Loran Sakamoto. She sighed before smiling back at Trevor. "Hey, would you walk me to my auto body class, you know, to keep Loran away? That, and I want to know how my best friend's brother has been doing."
Trevor laughed. "Sure. You know," he said as they started walking, "sometimes I still can't believe that you and Maria are best friends. I mean, you two are totally different."
Anna giggled. "Well, as much as Maria tries, she still can't piss me off. It's kinda of the relationship my Dad has with Heero-san. Heero's quiet while my Dad is always talking, only I know when to shut up when I'm around Maria. Dad usually get punched in the face by Heero-san." They both started to laugh, remember the time Heero gave Duo a black eye during a family outing a few years back because Duo wouldn't stop talking. After a few moments, they both got ahold of themselves. "How was your vacation?" was the next question asked by Anna.
Trevor rolled. "All I pretty much saw was four walls of a Preventer's office. My Dad is hell bent on having me and Maria work for them, not that Maria minds, she LOVES working there."
"You just want to try out things before you choose what do, right?" Anna asked, smiling.
"Yeah, you know me too well Anna," Trevor said, chuckling.
"Hi Trevor!" Trevor looked over to a girl with curly blonde hair and blue eyes in a short skirt and tight baby tee. She grabbed onto Trevor's arm and smiled brightly.
"Uh, hey," Trevor said, sweatdropping. Anna forced herself not to laugh.
"Are you trying out for the basketball team?" the ditzy blond asked. She giggled. "Well of course you are! You're only the best player in the school!
"Sorry, but I really have to go," Trevor said as he got his arm out of the girl's grip. "Bye," he grabbed Anna's hand and hurried down the hall.
As soon as they were out of ear shot, Anna burst out laughing. "Oh, god, did that girl lay it on thick!" In a high pitch voice, she said, "You're only the best player in the school!"
"Okay, that's it!" Trevor backed Anna against a wall and started to tickle her.
"S...stop it! I'm sorry!" Anna said laughing.
"That's better," Trevor stopped tickling her. "Anyway, we're at your class."
"Oh!" Anna was a little upset that they we're there already there. She was quiet for a moment before speaking. "Trevor, can I ask you a question?"
Trevor blinked. "Yeah, go ahead."
"What kinda girl do you go for? I see all these girls flirting with you, but you never date them. Why?"
Trevor shrugged. "They're not my type, I guess."
"Then what is your type?" Anna asked, not noticing that some of her bangs fell out of her hat and inbetween her eyes. She was used to it.
Trevor smiled slightly. "After knowing me all this time, you should know by now. See ya later Maxwell." He tugged on her braid slightly before walking off.
Anna started to walk into her class but turned her head to watch Trevor walk away. 'What did he mean by that?' she asked herself, confused, before walking into her class.
"Thanks, Mom! See you later!" Sayla said, slamming the door to the car and quickly ran up the stairs. 'Damn, I'm late!' she though to herself as she opened the front door and went into the school. 'Thank Dende I made it in time for 2nd period.' She was in such a hurry that she bumped into a girl, Allison Catalonia, the most popular girl in school.
"Hey!" the girl said angerly.
"Oh, gomen for bumping into you," Sayla said politely. "I was in a hurry and wasn't watching where I was going." She started to walk away when another girl, Susan Po, grabbed her arm tightly. "Hey, do you have any idea who you bumped into?"
Sayla blinked, not even wincing from the pain in her arm. "Um, no. Am I suppose to?"
"You bumped into Allison Catalonia, the coolest girl in Colony High." Susan shoved Sayla away roughly. "Next time watch where you're going!"
Sayla narrowed her eyes and got into Susan's face. "Nobody pushes me and gets away with it!" She shoved her into the lockers and was quickly slapped across the face by Allison.
"NOBODY treats my friends like that, you little bitch!"
Sayla growled and was about to hit Allison when someone pulled her back. "Okay, fun time's over, little cousin." Sayla didn't even have to look to see it was Adrianne. "Let's go." She led Sayla away.
"You better watch your back, slut!" Allison and the others laughed.
As soon as they were out of sight, Sayla yanked her arm out of Adrianne's grasp. "I could have taken care of myself back there!"
"Yeah, and get expelled before you finish your first day," Adrianne said. "Really kid, you need to control your temper."
Sayla turned and looked at Adrianne angerly. "Why do all of you treat me like a little kid? The only one that treats me my age is Uncle Heero!" She turned and stormed away.
Adrianne sighed. "I really hate Aunt Lucrezia for asking me to watch after her," she muttered.
Now that it was his break period, Nikolas had come to the stands to watch the track team practice and read his book. He thought it was a good idea at the time, but if he had known she was going to be there, he would have gone somewhere else. He tried to keep his eyes on his book, but they kept looking over at one girl. Maria. She was practing with the other girls on the team, running around the track, but she was further ahead. She was always trying to be better than anyone else, that was just how she was. Nikolas watched her in awe. 'Gods, she's beautiful,' he thought to himself as he watched her running around the track, her hair in a tight ponytail and bouncing with every move she made. 'Everything about her is perfect. Her brown hair, her colbat blue eyes, her body......'
"Nikolas! Earth to Nikolas!"
Nikolas blinked and looked up to see Alex. "Oh, hey Alex. How long have you been there?"
Alex rolled his eyes. "I've been calling your name for the past five minutes. What were you thinking about?" He grinned. "Or should I say who? Maria maybe?" His grin grew wider when Nikolas blushed.
Nikolas quickly got a hold of himself and scowled. "She's not my type," he said flatly as he put his book in his bag and stood up.
Alex laughed. "Yeah right! I saw how you were looking at her! If Trevor saw you looking at her, Sayian or no Sayian, he would have kicked your ass!"
"What are you geeks talking about?"
Alex and Nikolas turned to see Maria glaring at them. Alex grinned at Maria gleefully. "Nikolas has the hots for......"
"BARTON!!" Alex backed off slightly when he saw Nikolas in his Super Sayian form, his black eyes a deep blue and his black hair now a burning yellow glaring at him like he was ready to kill, and he was. "I suggest you better leave," he growled, "before I decided to use your ass as target practice!"
"I'm going!" Alex exclaimed, laughing. "See you two later!" He jumped off the bleaches and went looking for Emily.
Maria raised an eyebrow. "What the hell was he talking about?" she asked Nikolas and he flipped off the bleachers, landing softly on the ground.
Before Nikolas could respond, a huge blast was heard and a bright light was seen not too far from the school, shaking the ground and throwing Maria off balance. Nikolas quickly caught her and looked up. "What the fuck?"
Screams were heard from around the school. "We better get over there and see what's happening!" Maria exclaimed.
"Right, hang on!" Nikolas held onto Maria as he flew over to where the comotion was coming from and quickly spotted Adrianne. "Adrianne!"
Adrianne looked relieved when she saw her friend. "Nikolas! Some mobile suits are attacking the school!"
"What?!? Are they crazy?" Nikolas cried.
"Adrianne!"
Adrianne turned to where the voice was. "Mom? What are you doing here? What's going on?"
Christina stopped in front of Adrianne. "I'll explain on the way, first we have to find these people." She handed her daughter a list of names.
Alex Barton
Christina Barton
Nikolas Chang
Anna Maxwell
Mark Maxwell
Emily Winner
Mandy Winner
Adrianne Yashima
Maria Yuy
Trevor Yuy
Adrianne looked them over. "Well, we already have two with us. Maria and Nikolas are right here. What is this about?"
"I said I'd explain later!" Christina barked. "We have to find the others!"
Ripping the paper in half, Adrianne handed one half to Nikolas and Maria. "Guys, find everyone that is on that paper. My mother and I will find the others! Meet us back right here!"
"Right, come on Maria!" Nikolas and Maria ran off in the opposite direction.
As Adrianne and Christina ran, Christina started explaining. "You remember the war twenty years ago right?'
Adrianne nodded. "Yes, we learned about it in school."
"Well, your uncles and I were apart of it."
Adrianne's eyes widened and was about to say something when she spotted someone. "Mandy!"
Mandy turned around. "Adrianne! Aunt Christina! What...."
"We'll explain later. Come on!" Mandy said nothing as she followed them.
Fifteen minutes they met Nikolas and Maria back in the appointed place, everyone on the list accounted for.
Christina motioned everyone to follow her. "Amuro is waiting with two vans. We have to get out of here quickly."
"Hold it!" Emily exclaimed, crossing her arms. "We're not going anywhere until you tell us what the hell is going on!" Just then another loud blast was heard, shaking the school.
"Emily, everything will be explained when we get out of here, now MOVE IT!" Christina yelled. Nobody argued and did as instructed, but as they ran to the vans, Anna saw a mobile suit with what looked like flames on its body. Her eyes narrowed. 'I can't believe someone would start a war all of a sudden.'
A teenager about seventeen walked in and saluted his commanding officer. "Lady Kamaria, the World Nation's headquarters in the L1 Colony has been completly destroyed, but some of the school next to it was destroyed also.
Kamaria smiled at the brown haired and blue eyed man. "That's quiet alright. Some things must be sacraficed in order for our plan to succeed." She stood up and walked up to the teenager, red hair swishing softly, and placed a hand on his shoulder. "I knew I was right when I made you my right hand, Lieutenant Loran Sakamoto."
Loran smiled and saluted Kamaria again. "It's a honor to work by your side ma'ma."
Kamaria turned and went to the window and looked outside. "Did you see any of them?"
"Yes, ma'ma. We saw the pilot of 06 running into the school, but we didn't see her run out. She might have left when we weren't looking."
Kamaria placed a hand on her cheek, and smiled slightly. "Well, it looks like I'm going to meet the famous Hannah Yuy after all."
After Christina had got the teenagers safely into the Preventer's office, she gathered the ex-pilots together.
The kids were shocked. "Mom, Dad? What's going on?" Mark asked.
"We're going to let Christina explain everything," Kasey told her son.
"Huh, me?" Christina asked, confused.
The older Christina laughed. "So nobody gets confused, just call me Hannah, alright?" She stopped laughing and put on a serious face. "I know you're all wondering what you're doing here, and I'm here to explain it. Twenty years ago, the war between the Earth Federation and OZ was going on. Out of all of us, six of us were part of the war..... as Gundam Pilots."
The everyone's mouth dropped. "Are you serious?" Adrianne asked. "Six of you were Gundam Pilots? Who?"
"Heero, Duo, Trowa, Quatre..." Hannah paused a moment before continuing. "Wufei, Kasey, and me."
"Raye, Marissa, Ukyou, and Pan were also Gundam Pilots," Heero added, "but their jobs were to surpress smaller wars from exploding into larger one."
Christina sat down, shocked. "But... why are you telling us this?"
Raye knelt down in front of her daughter. "Another war is about to start, and all of us are getting too old. Our reflexes are not like they use to be, and we wouldn't make it out of the war alive.
"The reason you guys are here," Quatre explained, "is for you to take our place."
Trevor raised an eyebrow. "Are you serious? What makes you think WE can pilot them?"
"Each of you have the abillity to pilot, wither or not you think so yourself," Ukyou said. "We also know we can trust you to keep this a secret, due to the fact that you're our children."
"But it's your choice if you want to pilot them or not," Hannah said, crossing her arms and leaning against the wall. "We're not going to force you to do anything."
Mandy was the first to speak up. "I'll do it!" Everyone looked at her in shock. "What? It sounds pretty cool to me, learning how to pilot a Gundam."
Anna agreed. "I'll do it too. I'll be able to learn more about mobile suits and mechanics that way."
Maria, whose eyes have been closed the entire time, said, "If Anna does it, I'll do it too."
"I'm with Maria," Trevor piped up.
Adrianne and Nikolas looked at each other. "We'll do it too," they said in unison.
Christina shrugged. "Count me in, I guess."
Mark thought it over for a second. "Well, how often do you get a chance like this? I'm defantly in."
Alex looked at Emily. "What do you say hun?"
Emily's bit her bottom lip. "I guess....."
Alex placed a hand on Emily's cheek gently. "Hey, our parents wouldn't put us in any severe danger," he said softly. "You know that, Emily-chan."
Emily nodded. "Alright," she said. "I'll do it."
Hannah nodded. "Follow me then." She let the group of teenagers and their parents to the hanger.
Nikolas looked over at Pan. "Hey Mom, where's Dad? Shouldn't he be here?"
Pan saw Hannah stiffen slightly. "He.... he had some things to take care of," she said lightly. She patted her son's shoulder. "Don't worry though, he should be here soon."
Adrianne saw her mother stiffen and raised an eyebrow. 'I wonder what's wrong....'
"Here we are." Hannah opened the door and let everyone in. They all gasped at what they saw.
"Woah! Way cool!" Mandy exclaimed.
Marissa giggled and placed a hand on her daughter's shoulder. "That's pretty much how I reacted when I first saw them. They've all been updated with new equipment and everything. There are eleven Gundams in all."
"Who has which one?" Alex asked, amazed at the mobile suits before them. He's seen mobile suits before, but nothing like these!
"I'm glad you asked Alex," Hannah said. She grabbed a folder off a table nearby and opened it. "I had to run some tests on you to figure that out. The results are pretty amazing, considering Gundams. All of you are piloting the same gundams your parents did. Trevor, you'll be piloting the Wing Zero Gundam, also known as 01. Mark, you have 02, Gundam Deathscythe HELL. Alex, you'll be piloting 03, Gundam Heavyarms CUSTOM, Emily, you have 04, Gundam Sandrock CUSTOM, Nikolas will be piloting 05, Gundam Altron, and Adrianne, you'll be in 06, Gundam Dragonfire Zero." She quickly explained to each of them what their Gundams had installed in them. (1)
Hannah then turned to the other group. "Anna, you'll be piloting 07, Gundam Starburst. Maria, you have 08, Gundam Sunbeam. Mandy has 09, Gundam Warrior Star, and Christina, you'll be piloting 011, Gundam Firestorm."
"Wait, what happened to 010?" Emily asked.
Hannah pointed over at one of the Gundams. "That's 010, Gundam Vortex. It was to be piloted by my niece, Sayla, but my brother Amuro and Lucrezia don't want her in this war. They think she's too young." She rolled her eyes. "Oh, I forgot one thing. You'll be breaking up into teams, one team of five, and one team of four. Due to the results of the tests, I picked the two that seem to think faster when under pressure. Adrianne, you'll be the leader of Gundams 01-06. Anna, you'll be the leader of 07- 011. Do you think you two can handle it?"
Anna and Adrianne looked at each other. "Hai," they finally said.
Hannah smiled. "Good. Now we have to talk about....."
"Gomen I'm late! What did I miss?"
Hannah froze when she heard the voice that had gone deeper with age. 'Gods, no....'
"Dad!" Nikolas exclaimed. "I was wondering when you were going to get here!"
Wufei smiled at his son. "Sorry about that. I had some paper...." he stopped cold when he saw her. No longer her hair in the tight ponytail like it use to me, it was now down just below her shoulders, soft waves surrounding her face, her colbat blue eyes full of emotion, just like before. Twenty years since he last saw her, and she was still as beautiful as the day he met her. "Hannah...."
Hannah stared back into the midnight black eyes that were staring at her. He had matured since she last saw him, growing several inches and putting on some muscle. 'Gods, he's.... gorgous...' "Wufei.... its been a long time," she said softly.
Adrianne and Nikolas looked at each other and blinked, surprised. "You mean.... you know each other?" Adrianne asked her mother.
Hannah didn't answer, due to the fact that she was forcing herself not to cry. She was fighting a losing battle, as several tears trickled down her face.
Adrianne was shocked. In her seventeen years, she had never seen her mother cry. "Mom?"
Hannah continued to look into Wufei's eyes, so full of hurt that she finally lost it. "I'm sorry Wufei...." Hannah whispered, tears now flowing down her cheeks freely. "I'm so sorry...." She let herself slump to the floor.
Wufei quickly caught her in his arms, holding her tightly as though she would slip out of his arms. "Shh...." he said softly, stroking her hair in comfort as she continued to cry. "It's alright Hannah. I'm here."
"I'm so sorry...." she continue to cry softly into his shoulder.
Nikolas and Adrianne looked at their parents in bewilderment, then at each other. What was going on?!?
Kasey: Hai, minna, I've done it!! Chapter two is finally completed and I'm getting on the road of getting Hannah and Wufei back together!! Email me at kasey_sanada@hotmail.com and tell me what you think! See you next chapter!!
(1) Gomen minna, but most of you should probably know what kind of weapons and stuff that the original Gundams have, and I explained what Dragonfire has in "The Reunion of Two Pilots" so I'm not going to bore you or myself into writing that.
Chapter finished on August 23, 2001
Kasey: Ohayo minna! I'm back with chapter two! My computer decided to be an ass and delete not only what I had written of this chapter, it also deleted chapter one and the character guide!! Thank Dende I had text versions of those but now I'm having to re-write chapter two! (sobs for a moment) Okay I'm done. Now, like I promised I'm bringing in Raye and Trowa and well.... I hope you like chapter two!
The Begining of a New Era
by Kasey Sanada
Episode Two: Gundam Pilots Unite!
"WHAT?!? Are you nuts?" Raye Barton cried, jumping up from her chair and glaring at Christina, who looked back at her calmly.
"Raye, calm down," Trowa, her husband, said softly.
"I will NOT calm down!" she snapped, making Trowa flinch. "She's saying we should put our kids in a war that hasn't even started yet!"
"But Raye," Pan said softly, "Christina has a point. We are in no shape to pilot our Gundams anymore, and besides, they are old enough to take care of themselves."
"That's easy for you to say! Your son's a Sayian!"
"RAYE! THAT'S ENOUGH!" a usually calm Marissa yelled. Raye blinked at her best friend, surprised. Marissa sighed. "I don't like the idea anymore than you, but we should at least listen to Christina's plan."
Raye sat back down. "Fine," she grumbled.
"Now, as I was saying before Raye's outburst," Christina said, ignoring Raye's death glare, "I know none of us want to see our kids fight, but if you look at it, we might not have much of a choice. Not many people know the Gundams still exist, and if we did get new pilots, for all we know, they could be the enemy. We know our children better than anyone, therefor we know they can be trusted."
Ukyou sighed. "I see your point, but I still don't like the fact that we would be putting our kids in twenty year old mobile suits."
"Howard has some people upgrading the Gundams as we speak Ucchan," Heero said, trying to put his wife's mind at ease.
Kasey crossed her arms and leaned against Duo. "How long do you think we have before this war hits, Hannah?"
"One month, maybe two at most, and don't call me Hannah," Christina said, glaring at Kasey before continuing. "It's up to you guys though, if you want your them apart of this."
Ukyou looked at Heero for a moment. "Well, Trevor and Maria do have some training with mobile suits, so.... I guess it's okay..." Heero smiled slightly and took her hand in his.
"I don't have a problem with it, as long as Marissa agrees," Quatre spoke up. He looked at Marissa. "What do you say?"
Marissa shrugged. "I don't have a problem with it either."
Duo and Kasey looked at each other and nodded. "We're in," Duo said.
Trowa looked at his wife. "I know you're not to fond of the idea, Raye, so I'm going to leave the decision up to you."
Raye was quiet for a moment. "I don't know....."
"Raye?" She looked up when she heard Christina. "I know we haven't always been on the same page on some things," Christina said, "but I would never put my daughter's life on the line unless I knew she could take care of herself. I'm positive that Alex and Christina can."
Raye looked at the woman her daughter was named after for a moment before nodding. "Alright."
Pan didn't say anything. "Pan, is everything alright?" Marissa asked.
Pan nodded. "Hai, its just that I'm not going to say anything until I talk to Wufei about it. Nikolas is his son too."
Christina stiffened at the mention of Wufei's name. "That's alright Pan. Call me when you guys have your answer." She looked at her watch. "I have to go. I'm meeting Milliardo to talk about Adrianne. Ja na." She quickly turned on her heel and left without another word.
Pan watched her leave. "Gomen," she said to Heero. "I didn't realize that about Wufei was still too hard for her."
"Don't worry about it, Pan-chan," Heero said, also watching his sister leave. He hated seeing her so unhappy. 'Hannah, stop doing this to yourself and talk to Wufei,' he thought.
Anna opened her locker and pulled out her hat as she got ready for her first, and favorite class, auto body. Since she was younger, she had always loved cars, and waited for the day when she would take over for her dad at his Salvage Yard and Auto Repair. When she first joined the class her freshman year, she used to get crap from the other guys since she was the only girl in the class, but now three years later, they've accepted her and treat her like one of the guys. Anna had just put her hand on backwards when she heard a voice that made her cringe. "Hey Anna."
Anna closed her locker and said without turning around. "Loran." Loran Sakamoto was a senior like her, and in the eyes of the other girls at school, was one of the hottest guys around. His short dark brown hair, deep blue eyes, and sexy body made most girls want to faint, but it made Anna want to barf. She turned around and forced a small smile. "How are you?"
Loran let out a grin that made Anna want to shrudder. "Really good, now that I found you," he said as he placed a hand on the locker behind Anna.
"Well, great, but if you would excuse me, I have to get to class." Anna tried to move away but Loran blocked her only way of getting out.
"Anna, stop fighting your feelings and go out on a date with me," he said in a low voice.
Anna rolled her eyes. "Give me a break. You only want to get me in bed and make me another conquest."
Loran moved closer to Anna, making her back up against the locker. "You're right, and one day you will be mine Anna Maxwell," he said as he leaned closer to her, but a hand grabbed his arm and yanked him away from the braided girl. Anna was relieved to see that the person was Trevor.
"I suggest you back off Sakamoto, if you know what's good for you," Trevor said, narrowing his eyes and growling slightly.
Loran yanked his arm out of Trevor's grasp. "You're the one that better back off, Yuy," he said angerly. He looked at Anna. "I'll see you later," he said, giving her one of his killer smiles and walked off.
Trevor watched him go, eyes filled with anger. 'He better not hurt her, or I'll....' He turned to face Anna, a smile now on his face. "You okay?"
Anna nodded. "Yeah, thanks Trevor. I swear, that guy really gets on my nerves." She shrudder to show how highly she thought of Loran Sakamoto. She sighed before smiling back at Trevor. "Hey, would you walk me to my auto body class, you know, to keep Loran away? That, and I want to know how my best friend's brother has been doing."
Trevor laughed. "Sure. You know," he said as they started walking, "sometimes I still can't believe that you and Maria are best friends. I mean, you two are totally different."
Anna giggled. "Well, as much as Maria tries, she still can't piss me off. It's kinda of the relationship my Dad has with Heero-san. Heero's quiet while my Dad is always talking, only I know when to shut up when I'm around Maria. Dad usually get punched in the face by Heero-san." They both started to laugh, remember the time Heero gave Duo a black eye during a family outing a few years back because Duo wouldn't stop talking. After a few moments, they both got ahold of themselves. "How was your vacation?" was the next question asked by Anna.
Trevor rolled. "All I pretty much saw was four walls of a Preventer's office. My Dad is hell bent on having me and Maria work for them, not that Maria minds, she LOVES working there."
"You just want to try out things before you choose what do, right?" Anna asked, smiling.
"Yeah, you know me too well Anna," Trevor said, chuckling.
"Hi Trevor!" Trevor looked over to a girl with curly blonde hair and blue eyes in a short skirt and tight baby tee. She grabbed onto Trevor's arm and smiled brightly.
"Uh, hey," Trevor said, sweatdropping. Anna forced herself not to laugh.
"Are you trying out for the basketball team?" the ditzy blond asked. She giggled. "Well of course you are! You're only the best player in the school!
"Sorry, but I really have to go," Trevor said as he got his arm out of the girl's grip. "Bye," he grabbed Anna's hand and hurried down the hall.
As soon as they were out of ear shot, Anna burst out laughing. "Oh, god, did that girl lay it on thick!" In a high pitch voice, she said, "You're only the best player in the school!"
"Okay, that's it!" Trevor backed Anna against a wall and started to tickle her.
"S...stop it! I'm sorry!" Anna said laughing.
"That's better," Trevor stopped tickling her. "Anyway, we're at your class."
"Oh!" Anna was a little upset that they we're there already there. She was quiet for a moment before speaking. "Trevor, can I ask you a question?"
Trevor blinked. "Yeah, go ahead."
"What kinda girl do you go for? I see all these girls flirting with you, but you never date them. Why?"
Trevor shrugged. "They're not my type, I guess."
"Then what is your type?" Anna asked, not noticing that some of her bangs fell out of her hat and inbetween her eyes. She was used to it.
Trevor smiled slightly. "After knowing me all this time, you should know by now. See ya later Maxwell." He tugged on her braid slightly before walking off.
Anna started to walk into her class but turned her head to watch Trevor walk away. 'What did he mean by that?' she asked herself, confused, before walking into her class.
"Thanks, Mom! See you later!" Sayla said, slamming the door to the car and quickly ran up the stairs. 'Damn, I'm late!' she though to herself as she opened the front door and went into the school. 'Thank Dende I made it in time for 2nd period.' She was in such a hurry that she bumped into a girl, Allison Catalonia, the most popular girl in school.
"Hey!" the girl said angerly.
"Oh, gomen for bumping into you," Sayla said politely. "I was in a hurry and wasn't watching where I was going." She started to walk away when another girl, Susan Po, grabbed her arm tightly. "Hey, do you have any idea who you bumped into?"
Sayla blinked, not even wincing from the pain in her arm. "Um, no. Am I suppose to?"
"You bumped into Allison Catalonia, the coolest girl in Colony High." Susan shoved Sayla away roughly. "Next time watch where you're going!"
Sayla narrowed her eyes and got into Susan's face. "Nobody pushes me and gets away with it!" She shoved her into the lockers and was quickly slapped across the face by Allison.
"NOBODY treats my friends like that, you little bitch!"
Sayla growled and was about to hit Allison when someone pulled her back. "Okay, fun time's over, little cousin." Sayla didn't even have to look to see it was Adrianne. "Let's go." She led Sayla away.
"You better watch your back, slut!" Allison and the others laughed.
As soon as they were out of sight, Sayla yanked her arm out of Adrianne's grasp. "I could have taken care of myself back there!"
"Yeah, and get expelled before you finish your first day," Adrianne said. "Really kid, you need to control your temper."
Sayla turned and looked at Adrianne angerly. "Why do all of you treat me like a little kid? The only one that treats me my age is Uncle Heero!" She turned and stormed away.
Adrianne sighed. "I really hate Aunt Lucrezia for asking me to watch after her," she muttered.
Now that it was his break period, Nikolas had come to the stands to watch the track team practice and read his book. He thought it was a good idea at the time, but if he had known she was going to be there, he would have gone somewhere else. He tried to keep his eyes on his book, but they kept looking over at one girl. Maria. She was practing with the other girls on the team, running around the track, but she was further ahead. She was always trying to be better than anyone else, that was just how she was. Nikolas watched her in awe. 'Gods, she's beautiful,' he thought to himself as he watched her running around the track, her hair in a tight ponytail and bouncing with every move she made. 'Everything about her is perfect. Her brown hair, her colbat blue eyes, her body......'
"Nikolas! Earth to Nikolas!"
Nikolas blinked and looked up to see Alex. "Oh, hey Alex. How long have you been there?"
Alex rolled his eyes. "I've been calling your name for the past five minutes. What were you thinking about?" He grinned. "Or should I say who? Maria maybe?" His grin grew wider when Nikolas blushed.
Nikolas quickly got a hold of himself and scowled. "She's not my type," he said flatly as he put his book in his bag and stood up.
Alex laughed. "Yeah right! I saw how you were looking at her! If Trevor saw you looking at her, Sayian or no Sayian, he would have kicked your ass!"
"What are you geeks talking about?"
Alex and Nikolas turned to see Maria glaring at them. Alex grinned at Maria gleefully. "Nikolas has the hots for......"
"BARTON!!" Alex backed off slightly when he saw Nikolas in his Super Sayian form, his black eyes a deep blue and his black hair now a burning yellow glaring at him like he was ready to kill, and he was. "I suggest you better leave," he growled, "before I decided to use your ass as target practice!"
"I'm going!" Alex exclaimed, laughing. "See you two later!" He jumped off the bleaches and went looking for Emily.
Maria raised an eyebrow. "What the hell was he talking about?" she asked Nikolas and he flipped off the bleachers, landing softly on the ground.
Before Nikolas could respond, a huge blast was heard and a bright light was seen not too far from the school, shaking the ground and throwing Maria off balance. Nikolas quickly caught her and looked up. "What the fuck?"
Screams were heard from around the school. "We better get over there and see what's happening!" Maria exclaimed.
"Right, hang on!" Nikolas held onto Maria as he flew over to where the comotion was coming from and quickly spotted Adrianne. "Adrianne!"
Adrianne looked relieved when she saw her friend. "Nikolas! Some mobile suits are attacking the school!"
"What?!? Are they crazy?" Nikolas cried.
"Adrianne!"
Adrianne turned to where the voice was. "Mom? What are you doing here? What's going on?"
Christina stopped in front of Adrianne. "I'll explain on the way, first we have to find these people." She handed her daughter a list of names.
Alex Barton
Christina Barton
Nikolas Chang
Anna Maxwell
Mark Maxwell
Emily Winner
Mandy Winner
Adrianne Yashima
Maria Yuy
Trevor Yuy
Adrianne looked them over. "Well, we already have two with us. Maria and Nikolas are right here. What is this about?"
"I said I'd explain later!" Christina barked. "We have to find the others!"
Ripping the paper in half, Adrianne handed one half to Nikolas and Maria. "Guys, find everyone that is on that paper. My mother and I will find the others! Meet us back right here!"
"Right, come on Maria!" Nikolas and Maria ran off in the opposite direction.
As Adrianne and Christina ran, Christina started explaining. "You remember the war twenty years ago right?'
Adrianne nodded. "Yes, we learned about it in school."
"Well, your uncles and I were apart of it."
Adrianne's eyes widened and was about to say something when she spotted someone. "Mandy!"
Mandy turned around. "Adrianne! Aunt Christina! What...."
"We'll explain later. Come on!" Mandy said nothing as she followed them.
Fifteen minutes they met Nikolas and Maria back in the appointed place, everyone on the list accounted for.
Christina motioned everyone to follow her. "Amuro is waiting with two vans. We have to get out of here quickly."
"Hold it!" Emily exclaimed, crossing her arms. "We're not going anywhere until you tell us what the hell is going on!" Just then another loud blast was heard, shaking the school.
"Emily, everything will be explained when we get out of here, now MOVE IT!" Christina yelled. Nobody argued and did as instructed, but as they ran to the vans, Anna saw a mobile suit with what looked like flames on its body. Her eyes narrowed. 'I can't believe someone would start a war all of a sudden.'
A teenager about seventeen walked in and saluted his commanding officer. "Lady Kamaria, the World Nation's headquarters in the L1 Colony has been completly destroyed, but some of the school next to it was destroyed also.
Kamaria smiled at the brown haired and blue eyed man. "That's quiet alright. Some things must be sacraficed in order for our plan to succeed." She stood up and walked up to the teenager, red hair swishing softly, and placed a hand on his shoulder. "I knew I was right when I made you my right hand, Lieutenant Loran Sakamoto."
Loran smiled and saluted Kamaria again. "It's a honor to work by your side ma'ma."
Kamaria turned and went to the window and looked outside. "Did you see any of them?"
"Yes, ma'ma. We saw the pilot of 06 running into the school, but we didn't see her run out. She might have left when we weren't looking."
Kamaria placed a hand on her cheek, and smiled slightly. "Well, it looks like I'm going to meet the famous Hannah Yuy after all."
After Christina had got the teenagers safely into the Preventer's office, she gathered the ex-pilots together.
The kids were shocked. "Mom, Dad? What's going on?" Mark asked.
"We're going to let Christina explain everything," Kasey told her son.
"Huh, me?" Christina asked, confused.
The older Christina laughed. "So nobody gets confused, just call me Hannah, alright?" She stopped laughing and put on a serious face. "I know you're all wondering what you're doing here, and I'm here to explain it. Twenty years ago, the war between the Earth Federation and OZ was going on. Out of all of us, six of us were part of the war..... as Gundam Pilots."
The everyone's mouth dropped. "Are you serious?" Adrianne asked. "Six of you were Gundam Pilots? Who?"
"Heero, Duo, Trowa, Quatre..." Hannah paused a moment before continuing. "Wufei, Kasey, and me."
"Raye, Marissa, Ukyou, and Pan were also Gundam Pilots," Heero added, "but their jobs were to surpress smaller wars from exploding into larger one."
Christina sat down, shocked. "But... why are you telling us this?"
Raye knelt down in front of her daughter. "Another war is about to start, and all of us are getting too old. Our reflexes are not like they use to be, and we wouldn't make it out of the war alive.
"The reason you guys are here," Quatre explained, "is for you to take our place."
Trevor raised an eyebrow. "Are you serious? What makes you think WE can pilot them?"
"Each of you have the abillity to pilot, wither or not you think so yourself," Ukyou said. "We also know we can trust you to keep this a secret, due to the fact that you're our children."
"But it's your choice if you want to pilot them or not," Hannah said, crossing her arms and leaning against the wall. "We're not going to force you to do anything."
Mandy was the first to speak up. "I'll do it!" Everyone looked at her in shock. "What? It sounds pretty cool to me, learning how to pilot a Gundam."
Anna agreed. "I'll do it too. I'll be able to learn more about mobile suits and mechanics that way."
Maria, whose eyes have been closed the entire time, said, "If Anna does it, I'll do it too."
"I'm with Maria," Trevor piped up.
Adrianne and Nikolas looked at each other. "We'll do it too," they said in unison.
Christina shrugged. "Count me in, I guess."
Mark thought it over for a second. "Well, how often do you get a chance like this? I'm defantly in."
Alex looked at Emily. "What do you say hun?"
Emily's bit her bottom lip. "I guess....."
Alex placed a hand on Emily's cheek gently. "Hey, our parents wouldn't put us in any severe danger," he said softly. "You know that, Emily-chan."
Emily nodded. "Alright," she said. "I'll do it."
Hannah nodded. "Follow me then." She let the group of teenagers and their parents to the hanger.
Nikolas looked over at Pan. "Hey Mom, where's Dad? Shouldn't he be here?"
Pan saw Hannah stiffen slightly. "He.... he had some things to take care of," she said lightly. She patted her son's shoulder. "Don't worry though, he should be here soon."
Adrianne saw her mother stiffen and raised an eyebrow. 'I wonder what's wrong....'
"Here we are." Hannah opened the door and let everyone in. They all gasped at what they saw.
"Woah! Way cool!" Mandy exclaimed.
Marissa giggled and placed a hand on her daughter's shoulder. "That's pretty much how I reacted when I first saw them. They've all been updated with new equipment and everything. There are eleven Gundams in all."
"Who has which one?" Alex asked, amazed at the mobile suits before them. He's seen mobile suits before, but nothing like these!
"I'm glad you asked Alex," Hannah said. She grabbed a folder off a table nearby and opened it. "I had to run some tests on you to figure that out. The results are pretty amazing, considering Gundams. All of you are piloting the same gundams your parents did. Trevor, you'll be piloting the Wing Zero Gundam, also known as 01. Mark, you have 02, Gundam Deathscythe HELL. Alex, you'll be piloting 03, Gundam Heavyarms CUSTOM, Emily, you have 04, Gundam Sandrock CUSTOM, Nikolas will be piloting 05, Gundam Altron, and Adrianne, you'll be in 06, Gundam Dragonfire Zero." She quickly explained to each of them what their Gundams had installed in them. (1)
Hannah then turned to the other group. "Anna, you'll be piloting 07, Gundam Starburst. Maria, you have 08, Gundam Sunbeam. Mandy has 09, Gundam Warrior Star, and Christina, you'll be piloting 011, Gundam Firestorm."
"Wait, what happened to 010?" Emily asked.
Hannah pointed over at one of the Gundams. "That's 010, Gundam Vortex. It was to be piloted by my niece, Sayla, but my brother Amuro and Lucrezia don't want her in this war. They think she's too young." She rolled her eyes. "Oh, I forgot one thing. You'll be breaking up into teams, one team of five, and one team of four. Due to the results of the tests, I picked the two that seem to think faster when under pressure. Adrianne, you'll be the leader of Gundams 01-06. Anna, you'll be the leader of 07- 011. Do you think you two can handle it?"
Anna and Adrianne looked at each other. "Hai," they finally said.
Hannah smiled. "Good. Now we have to talk about....."
"Gomen I'm late! What did I miss?"
Hannah froze when she heard the voice that had gone deeper with age. 'Gods, no....'
"Dad!" Nikolas exclaimed. "I was wondering when you were going to get here!"
Wufei smiled at his son. "Sorry about that. I had some paper...." he stopped cold when he saw her. No longer her hair in the tight ponytail like it use to me, it was now down just below her shoulders, soft waves surrounding her face, her colbat blue eyes full of emotion, just like before. Twenty years since he last saw her, and she was still as beautiful as the day he met her. "Hannah...."
Hannah stared back into the midnight black eyes that were staring at her. He had matured since she last saw him, growing several inches and putting on some muscle. 'Gods, he's.... gorgous...' "Wufei.... its been a long time," she said softly.
Adrianne and Nikolas looked at each other and blinked, surprised. "You mean.... you know each other?" Adrianne asked her mother.
Hannah didn't answer, due to the fact that she was forcing herself not to cry. She was fighting a losing battle, as several tears trickled down her face.
Adrianne was shocked. In her seventeen years, she had never seen her mother cry. "Mom?"
Hannah continued to look into Wufei's eyes, so full of hurt that she finally lost it. "I'm sorry Wufei...." Hannah whispered, tears now flowing down her cheeks freely. "I'm so sorry...." She let herself slump to the floor.
Wufei quickly caught her in his arms, holding her tightly as though she would slip out of his arms. "Shh...." he said softly, stroking her hair in comfort as she continued to cry. "It's alright Hannah. I'm here."
"I'm so sorry...." she continue to cry softly into his shoulder.
Nikolas and Adrianne looked at their parents in bewilderment, then at each other. What was going on?!?
Kasey: Hai, minna, I've done it!! Chapter two is finally completed and I'm getting on the road of getting Hannah and Wufei back together!! Email me at kasey_sanada@hotmail.com and tell me what you think! See you next chapter!!
(1) Gomen minna, but most of you should probably know what kind of weapons and stuff that the original Gundams have, and I explained what Dragonfire has in "The Reunion of Two Pilots" so I'm not going to bore you or myself into writing that.
Chapter finished on August 23, 2001