Chapter 1

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AC Year 197 – Sanc Kingdom – 12:30

"So how have things been going for you, Relena?" asked Quatre.

He, the other pilots and Relena were currently in a small gazebo near the Sanc Kingdom, catching up on old times before they had to leave for the new safehouse they were appointed to.

The new enemy, the Fang Union, was growing in power every day – and the pilots knew that they obviously had a very clever man in command. The Fang Union had soldiers from OZ, White Fang and the Mariemaia Army – making it very large – and wanted to destroy the colonies. They had already come very close to destroying L3. So, once again, the Gundams and their pilots were out of retirement.

"They're going quite well, actually," Relena said. "I'm surprised since many of the colonies have already been attacked. That reminds me – why aren't you preparing for your mission next week?"

The pilots looked at Heero.

"Orders from Tristan Sloan," he growled.

"Tristan Sloan?" Relena said. "Who is he?"

"Apparently he's Lady Une's cousin – twice removed or something," Heero said. "He helps with the Preventers, our missions and the like."

"Oh," said Relena, still quite in the fog.

Suddenly, they all heard screams and yells of "Treize!!" and "He's ALIVE!!"

"What the...?" Duo murmured. They looked past the garden where the gazebo was placed, and to the white sidewalk that led to the garden where a lone figure was walking. For some strange reason when the guards saw the figure they walked away in fright.

Duo, along with the other pilots, took out their guns and stood in front of Relena. They heard the name Treize. That was equivalent to: 'be alert and ready, you might have to kill someone now.'

"Oh my God...." Duo said when he saw who it was.

"It's Treize..." Quatre said.

And, indeed, it was. It was the leader of OZ, once one of the most powerful enemies the colonies had faced. *For Christ's sakes, his daughter was dangerous to be around!* Duo thought, tightening his finger on the trigger.

Treize smiled and nodded. He reached into his jacket pocket, and the pilots were ready to shoot him at any time. He pulled out a gun, but he didn't use it. Instead he threw it at the pilot's feet.

He averted his ice blue eyes to Relena. "Miss Darlian Peacecraft," he said.

*His voice sounds much lighter...* Heero thought. *And he seems much thinner and a lot smaller, too... Waitasec – what the heck is he doing here in the first place?! He died!! He was killed...*

"Don't move," Wufei said, moving the muzzle of his gun from his chest to Treize's head.

"I will not harm her," he said, his glare cutting straight through Wufei's ebony eyes. "I just need to speak with her. It doesn't matter if you five are here – but I need Zechs Merquise here as well."

Relena stood up. "He's at the Preventer HO," she said calmly.

"Well, is there any way we could get Mr. Merquise here, today?"

"We can call Lady Une," said Relena, putting a tiny bit of emphasis on "Lady Une."

Treize nodded. "Alright."

*I thought he had the hots for, Une – but now he's acting like he doesn't really care!* Duo thought. *Ah, you can never figure out these wannabe world-dominators. They have their own way of looking at the world, and the world has their own way of looking at them.*

Relena took the phone that was oh-so-conveniently placed in the gazebo and called the Preventer HO. "Hello, Lady," Relena said as a greeting.

"Good afternoon, Relena," Lady Une said. "From what am I obliged this honor?"

Relena smiled. "Well, actually...I need my brother down here right away."

Treize stepped up and stood behind Relena. "We need Lucrezia here, too – and if you'd like to join, be my guest, Une," he said.

"TREIZE?!?!" she exclaimed, her eyes wide in surprise.

The former-leader of OZ nodded. "Nice to see you too, Lady," he said.

Relena and the pilots thought they saw a smile begin on Lady Une's lips, but dismissed the thought.

"Alright. We'll be there as soon as we can," said Lady Une. But before anyone else could say anything, she cut off the connection.

They all looked at Treize. "I'm as surprised as you are that she took it that well. I never talked to her since I came back here." He shrugged. "Peculiar..."

"This is getting weird..." Duo blurted. Treize looked at him with one eyebrow arched.

"God, he's HOT!!" Treize thought, though his mask hid it quite well.

The group sat down in the gazebo, the pilots and Relena giving Treize wary looks every now and then. He responded to them with a smirk and a condescending noise in his throat. About thirty minutes of strained silence later, Zechs, Noin and Lady Une walked up to the gazebo – led by two guards who paled at the sight of Treize Khushrenada.

"Ah, Zechs, Lucrezia and Lady," Treize said, standing up and smiling.

"T-Treize?!" they all stuttered, their eyes wide open. But Lady Une seemed to be trying to hide a smirk and a laugh.

"Where have you been all this time?/How did you survive?/How long have you been here?!" Those were only a few of the questions Treize was bombarded with by Lucrezia Noin and Zechs Merquise.

"Questions later – though I doubt I'll be able to answer all of them. I need to tell you something very important right now. So please, sit down." The three nodded in perplexity (though Une still seemed to be hiding something), and sat in the gazebo with the others.

The group all looked at Treize, who was standing at the entrance to the pergola. He had a very grim face on, and his emotions were hidden.

"Well?" Lady Une said. "Aren't you going to say anything, Ray—eh, Treize?"

Treize looked at her, and tried hiding a grin. "Er...yes. Well, I'm not going to beat around the bush, I'm going to get straight to the point." There was a pause, where the others just nodded blankly. What was he talking about...? "You see – I'm not actually Treize Khushrenada," he said.

*I knew it...* Heero thought. He stood up and aimed his gun at "Treize's" head. "Who are you then!?" he growled.

"Treize" smiled then, and to all their surprise, took off his hair and peeled off his face with a noise that sounded like taking a sticker off plastic. Behind the face and under the wig was a girl's head. She had ivory hair in a very tight bun at the top of her head. Her skin was fair, though it seemed quite flushed from being under a plastic mask on such a hot, Indian-summer day.

Their mouths fell open.

"My name is Rayne Kiesling," she said, answering Heero's question. "Otherwise known as—" she began, but her next words were joined by Zech's voice.

"Shae Peacecraft," the two said simultaneously.

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