III: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

Relena opened her book and started to read. She was sitting in the garden bench away from the other students. She doesn't have much time studying alone and in peace. It is either she is into some conference, symposium, or getting killed by terrorists and assassins.

"Human beings don't learn... they still want war even if peace has come its way..." Relena thought as she goes deeper to what she was reading. She didn't noticed that someone was approaching her.

"Relena..." that someone called. Relena looked up and saw Heero looking at her. She smiled and said, "Heero!" Heero sat beside her and replied, "I have something to ask you"

Relena closed her book and asked, "What is it?" Heero looked at her and asked, "Who is Sese Deo Brado?" Relena smiled and answered casually, "Another victim of war Heero, she is Spanish, his father was a Romefellar Soldier who died at war...."

"You're not good at lying you know!" Heero exclaimed cutting Relena in her words. Relena started to fell nervous as she spoke, "But I-I am not! That is the truth!"

"I overheard you and Dorothy talking about Sese awhile ago... who is Sese Deo Brado?" Heero demanded looking intensely at Relena.

Relena sighed and exclaimed, "I'm sorry Heero, I promised Sese that I would never tell the truth about her. She is living a new life and she deserves it!" Heero stood up and said, "I'll find one way or another... I was right, there is more than meets the eye..."

"Yes there is, but whatever Dorothy is saying is not true, I don't believe anything of it!" Relena exclaimed looking annoyed. Heero looked at her again and asked, "Is she a Deliverance?"

Relena stood up and exclaimed, "Of course not! She never was! I don't believe this!" Heero held her hand and said, "I'm just making sure... I can't have you in danger again!"

"I understand Heero but Sese is not going to put me into danger!" Relena reasoned out. Heero replied, "But remember Relena... if she did... and if she is ever a Deliverance... I will kill her!" with that he left.

"Heero..." Relena thought

THAT EVENING (FILES ROOM)

Quatre opened a flashlight and started looking through the files. Wu Fei and Trowa was with him and they too were looking through the files.

"I can' believe I'm doing this!" Wu Fei complained. Quatre replied, "That's okay Wu Fei!"

Trowa stopped scanning and asked, "What is with Sese that intrigues you Quatre?" Quatre took out a folder with Sese's name on it and answered, "I have hunch that she was the missing princess of Spain!"

"Princess of Spain? Ain't that farfetched? The Princess of Spain is dead!" Wu Fei reasoned out. Quatre opened the folder and answered, "Maybe the princess is not really dead! Heero and I knew that we saw her before, here look!" with that he showed the files of Sese to the two.

Name: Sese Deo Brado

Age: 17

Race: Spanish

Mother: Estrellita Deo Brado

Father: Unknown Romefellar Soldier

Trowa exclaimed, "Her bio-data says nothing about her being a princess Quatre!" Quatre sighed and exclaimed, "That's because this is not her real bio-data! Everything is altered!"

"Winner boy is right!" Duo exclaimed appearing behind Wu Fei and Trowa. "Duo!" Quatre exclaimed. Duo took out an MO disk and said, "This might answer your questions Quatre!"

"I thought you don't want to spy on her?" Wu Fei asked. Duo answered, "Let's just say, Heero was right... AGAIN! There is more than the meets the eye!"

"I'm against to what I'm doing, but I don't have a choice... there is something about Sese and to what Dorothy have said!" Duo thought as he followed his comrades outside the file room.

COMPUTER ROOM

As Trowa opened the door they found Heero waiting for them. "Heero!" Trowa exclaimed. "What took you so long?" Heero asked as he sat infront of the computer.

Duo then approached Heero handing him an MO disk. Heero took it and asked, "What changed your mind?" Duo answered looking annoyed, "I changed my mind because I want the truth! You got a problem with that?"

Heero inserted the MO disk and ran the program. And lo and behold, the true files about Sese Deo Brado appeared. Wide-eyed Duo exclaimed, "Sese Deo Brado.... or rather.... Princess Seomi Deo Brado?"

"She is the Princess of Spain!" Quatre exclaimed. "Not anymore! Ever since the war started in Spain, the royal family were dethroned and they became commoners trying to survive and escape war!" Heero replied.

Trowa frowned and asked, "What make her dangerous then?" Heero pointed something on the screen, Wu Fei read what is it.

"The ability to control mecha?" Wu Fei read. "So? We can control mecha too!" he exclaimed looking dignified. Heero shook his head and said, "More than meets the eye! The way she control or pilot the mecha is the reason why some people are after her! That power she possess!"

Quatre sat down on a chair and said, "Whatever is that power she has started the urge of the Deliverance to start a war in order to have her!"

Duo frowned and said, "I overheard Dorothy telling Sese that she is a Deliverance herself!" Quatre then reasoned, "Maybe there's another term for Deliverance beside the term we knew!"

"Why not ask Dorothy for the other meaning?" Wu Fei suggested. Heero shook his head and exclaimed, "No use, Relena won't tell me anything about Sese and see Dorothy to tell us? I doubt it! That woman swore loyalty to Relena and she's not gonna break that!"

Duo sighed and said, "Then it's all up to me then!" with that the four looked at him with questioning looks. Duo reasoned out, "Among us five, Sese talks to me often! She confides in me!"

Quatre smiled and said, "Almost everyone confides in you Duo, even Heero!" Duo smirked and said, "That's because I have the charm!"

THE NEXT DAY (AT THE GARAGE)

Sese wiped away her sweat as she tuned up her bike. She then noticed Duo looking at her. She stopped working and stood up.

"Good Morning Sese!" Duo greeted. Sese smiled and greeted back, "Good Morning!" Duo scanned the bike and commented, "Nice tuning! You're hell of a mechanic too!"

Sese blushed and said, "Thank you! Pierre taught me a lot in that field!" Duo raised an eyebrow and asked, "Pierre?"

"He's an old friend... he is just like me..." Sese answered her voice low and sad.

"Like you huh? A deliverance or a royalty?" Duo wondered. Duo smiled and exclaimed, "Don't try to tell me sad things about your past if you don't feel like talking about them!"

Sese shook her head and said, "It can't be helped, sooner or later you'll find out what is my past!"

"I've already knew half of it...." Duo thought, "So what's the point keeping it a secret?" he asked. Sese drew closer to him and answered, "Because... I don't want to be casted out again, not this early... at least before that thing to happen, I manage to make friends with you guys..."

Duo closed his eyes and said, "But ain't that sad? After gaining their trust you'll just betray it for not telling the truth of you are?"

"That it the bitter part of life Duo, life is unfair and if it's not, then maybe I won't be called the way I am!" Sese explained. "What the way you are Sese?" Duo asked again.

Sese sighed and said, "Something inhuman... something you would never wanted to cross with..."

"Like Death?" Duo asked his voice serious. Sese looked at him and answered, "Yes... like death..."

Duo took Sese's hands and said, "Come, I'll show you something!" Sese gave him a puzzled look and asked, "What is that?"

"That something inhuman and something you would never wanted to cross with... death Sese! I'll show you Death!"

UNDERGROUND GARAGE

Sese awed at the sight she saw, 5 Gundams stood before her. Duo have taken her at the Underground Garage were Duo and the others kept their gundams.

"You're a Gundam pilot!" Sese exclaimed in awe. Duo nod his head and said, "Yup! Heero, Quatre, Trowa and Wu Fei are my fellow pilots."

With that Duo pointed to a Gundam and exclaimed, "That's my Gundam! Deathscythe Hell!" Sese looked at the huge black colored Gundam and asked, "Deathscythe Hell?"

"Yes, that's what I call him!" Duo answered. "But why?" Sese asked again.

Duo answered his voice serious, "That's because I'm the God of Death!" Sese stared at him with a questioning look. Duo explained, "I call myself Death Sese, The God of Death in order to stop Operation Meteor. I killed thousand of soldiers in my hand Sese... I've fought in a war they call endless!"

"Duo..." Sese replied. "Now you see death, now you know who am I! It's your turn to tell me who you are!" Duo exclaimed looking intensely at her.

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To be Continued