Relena followed, and listened to the conversations of the group; during a
heated discussion, Xander erupted into tears. "Shh…" Relena frantically
rocked the baby back and forth, but to no avail. Quatre put his arm around
her and helped comfort the child, who was soon asleep.
Heero, who had just finished checking Wing Zero Enforcer, entered the room, saw Quatre's arm around Relena, and turned and left. Relena calmly handed the child to Quatre and followed Hiiro out of the room to confront. him. "Hiiro? Why'd you leave? WE all need to talk, Do you know I'm wanted for murder now?
Hiiro looked back at her with his usual blank stare. "Relena…"
"What?" Relena looked at Hiiro, deciding to tease him just a little. "Were you… jealous of Quatre?"
Hiiro stared back with silent anger. Relena's eyes got wide. "I don't believe you…" she mused. "He was taking care of his nephew, ok? So he had his arm around me! There was nothing there, and if there was, who cares? I'm 21 years old, Hiiro. I'm not 15, and I'm not going to chase you around anymore. Got it?" Relena turned and stormed back into the room where the others waited.
As she entered, Quatre stood to meet her. "Relena, they're releasing information on the Falcon. Should we build another base? I can fund another one—"
Relena had had about enough. She was sick to death of everyone assuming she was in charge of everything. Before she could stop herself, she exploded in Quatre's face. "Quatre, shut up! I'm not in charge here, don't ask me!"
Trowa quickly stood to interfere, "Quatre, we don't need another base yet."
"But we might." Said Hiiro as he walked in. "All we need to do at the moment is avoid NSA's spotlight. They're manipulating the media—"
"Like that's a hard thing to do…" Dorothy said with thick sarcasm.
"Well then," Hiiro retorted, "Once they die down a bit, we'll use some manipulation of our own.
"Yes," said Dorothy, "but wanted murderers and company don't have much media influence."
"What do you think the NSA is?" Quatre said heatedly. "They're no more innocent than us Gundam Pilots. AT least WE don't murder innocent civilians."
"Quatre…?" Hiiro raised his eyebrow. "What are you talking about?"
"The NSA is who blew up Nadia's Shuttle. I wouldn't fund them… so they.. they…" Quatre looked on the verge of tears.
Relena's face softened and she walked closer to Quatre and put an arm around his shoulder. Hiiro stared a moment, and suddenly said with a quiet, threatening anger, "Cry Later. We'll beat the NSA, but not by crying. If you'd rather wallow in self-pity, go out in the hall."
"Hiiro!" Relena scolded.
"What?" He turned to her, his voice louder now, "Queen Relena?" He emphasized "queen" with a sneer.
Foreseeing an altercation, Quatre dried his eyes and interrupted, "Heero, you're right. WE have no time for tears right now. All we have time for is concentrating on destroying the NSA."
Trowa by this time was standing at the edge of the group. "We need a plan. Where's Duo and Wufei?"
"Falcon." Hiiro replied stoic once again.
"We need them here." Quatre said. "Hiiro, tell them to get here with attracting as little attention as possible."
"Relena, Dorothy, go to your quarters until we're done." Trowa ordered.
"Figures…" Dorothy sighed as she left.
"Oh am I a spy now, too?" Relena contorted.
Trowa pleaded, "Relena, please."
"Here," said Quatre as he handed his infant nephew to Relena, "Take Xander. I'll have a crib set up in your room. We'll take a while."
"Great…" she mumbled, walking out with the infant.
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Once she was in her room, she cradled the infant in her arms, and talked to him softly. "You poor little thing… You're so little and your parents are dead for the sake of war." She held the infant closer, "Just like me…" She lay down on her bed, still holding Xander close and they both drifted off to sleep.
Some time later, Hiiro softly opened the door to Relena's room and crept in. "Relena…" he called softly. Instead of Relena waking, he got the sighs of the infant. Curious, Hiiro picked him up and held him awkwardly. "So you're Quatre's nephew." He said. The infant started to cry softly, and the cry soon grew into a tremendous wailing. "Shh… Xander…" Hiiro cooed frantically. "Shh.. go to sleep… c'mon… please…" he pleaded with the infant.
On her bed, Relena stirred and frantically grasped for Xander, momentarily startled. "Hiiro?" She sat up straight as a rail, "Hiiro!?"
Hiiro turned to her apologetically. "Sorry, Relena… I came to suggest that you return to the Sanc Kingdom, Miss Peacecraft."
Relena smirked and got out of her bed, "And then you commenced to steal a baby?" She laughed lightheartedly. And turned to face Hiiro with a straight face. "Heero… I can't return to the Sanc Kingdom. It's .. I…well.. people wouldn't like it if a wanted person –"
"Miano lived and said a rebel shot him. You're off the hook, Relena."
"That rebel would be you."
Hiiro nodded. "and they're after the Gundams. Return to the Sanc Kingdom, Relena."
"On one condition."
"What?"
"Don't get yourself killed, Hiiro."
Hiiro nodded stoically. His comm. unit beeped and Duo's voice filled Relena's room, shattering the moment. "Heero, I got Trowa's message. Wufei and I are on our way."
Wufei's voice chimed in, "We also left the Falcon with cloak on. We put A. Morgan in charge."
Hiiro hastily handed Xander to Relena and answered his Comm. "Duo, Wufei, I hear you. Let me know when you arrive. Wufei, I want you to accompany Relena and Dorothy to the Sanc Kingdom. See you when you arrive. " He turned the comm. off and turned back to Relena before he left the room. "Bye, Relena."
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Heero, who had just finished checking Wing Zero Enforcer, entered the room, saw Quatre's arm around Relena, and turned and left. Relena calmly handed the child to Quatre and followed Hiiro out of the room to confront. him. "Hiiro? Why'd you leave? WE all need to talk, Do you know I'm wanted for murder now?
Hiiro looked back at her with his usual blank stare. "Relena…"
"What?" Relena looked at Hiiro, deciding to tease him just a little. "Were you… jealous of Quatre?"
Hiiro stared back with silent anger. Relena's eyes got wide. "I don't believe you…" she mused. "He was taking care of his nephew, ok? So he had his arm around me! There was nothing there, and if there was, who cares? I'm 21 years old, Hiiro. I'm not 15, and I'm not going to chase you around anymore. Got it?" Relena turned and stormed back into the room where the others waited.
As she entered, Quatre stood to meet her. "Relena, they're releasing information on the Falcon. Should we build another base? I can fund another one—"
Relena had had about enough. She was sick to death of everyone assuming she was in charge of everything. Before she could stop herself, she exploded in Quatre's face. "Quatre, shut up! I'm not in charge here, don't ask me!"
Trowa quickly stood to interfere, "Quatre, we don't need another base yet."
"But we might." Said Hiiro as he walked in. "All we need to do at the moment is avoid NSA's spotlight. They're manipulating the media—"
"Like that's a hard thing to do…" Dorothy said with thick sarcasm.
"Well then," Hiiro retorted, "Once they die down a bit, we'll use some manipulation of our own.
"Yes," said Dorothy, "but wanted murderers and company don't have much media influence."
"What do you think the NSA is?" Quatre said heatedly. "They're no more innocent than us Gundam Pilots. AT least WE don't murder innocent civilians."
"Quatre…?" Hiiro raised his eyebrow. "What are you talking about?"
"The NSA is who blew up Nadia's Shuttle. I wouldn't fund them… so they.. they…" Quatre looked on the verge of tears.
Relena's face softened and she walked closer to Quatre and put an arm around his shoulder. Hiiro stared a moment, and suddenly said with a quiet, threatening anger, "Cry Later. We'll beat the NSA, but not by crying. If you'd rather wallow in self-pity, go out in the hall."
"Hiiro!" Relena scolded.
"What?" He turned to her, his voice louder now, "Queen Relena?" He emphasized "queen" with a sneer.
Foreseeing an altercation, Quatre dried his eyes and interrupted, "Heero, you're right. WE have no time for tears right now. All we have time for is concentrating on destroying the NSA."
Trowa by this time was standing at the edge of the group. "We need a plan. Where's Duo and Wufei?"
"Falcon." Hiiro replied stoic once again.
"We need them here." Quatre said. "Hiiro, tell them to get here with attracting as little attention as possible."
"Relena, Dorothy, go to your quarters until we're done." Trowa ordered.
"Figures…" Dorothy sighed as she left.
"Oh am I a spy now, too?" Relena contorted.
Trowa pleaded, "Relena, please."
"Here," said Quatre as he handed his infant nephew to Relena, "Take Xander. I'll have a crib set up in your room. We'll take a while."
"Great…" she mumbled, walking out with the infant.
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Once she was in her room, she cradled the infant in her arms, and talked to him softly. "You poor little thing… You're so little and your parents are dead for the sake of war." She held the infant closer, "Just like me…" She lay down on her bed, still holding Xander close and they both drifted off to sleep.
Some time later, Hiiro softly opened the door to Relena's room and crept in. "Relena…" he called softly. Instead of Relena waking, he got the sighs of the infant. Curious, Hiiro picked him up and held him awkwardly. "So you're Quatre's nephew." He said. The infant started to cry softly, and the cry soon grew into a tremendous wailing. "Shh… Xander…" Hiiro cooed frantically. "Shh.. go to sleep… c'mon… please…" he pleaded with the infant.
On her bed, Relena stirred and frantically grasped for Xander, momentarily startled. "Hiiro?" She sat up straight as a rail, "Hiiro!?"
Hiiro turned to her apologetically. "Sorry, Relena… I came to suggest that you return to the Sanc Kingdom, Miss Peacecraft."
Relena smirked and got out of her bed, "And then you commenced to steal a baby?" She laughed lightheartedly. And turned to face Hiiro with a straight face. "Heero… I can't return to the Sanc Kingdom. It's .. I…well.. people wouldn't like it if a wanted person –"
"Miano lived and said a rebel shot him. You're off the hook, Relena."
"That rebel would be you."
Hiiro nodded. "and they're after the Gundams. Return to the Sanc Kingdom, Relena."
"On one condition."
"What?"
"Don't get yourself killed, Hiiro."
Hiiro nodded stoically. His comm. unit beeped and Duo's voice filled Relena's room, shattering the moment. "Heero, I got Trowa's message. Wufei and I are on our way."
Wufei's voice chimed in, "We also left the Falcon with cloak on. We put A. Morgan in charge."
Hiiro hastily handed Xander to Relena and answered his Comm. "Duo, Wufei, I hear you. Let me know when you arrive. Wufei, I want you to accompany Relena and Dorothy to the Sanc Kingdom. See you when you arrive. " He turned the comm. off and turned back to Relena before he left the room. "Bye, Relena."
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