Relena left her dumbfounded friends and
sauntered her way over to Gally. Apparently, the trio didn't notice her arrival
until Relena put a hand on Gally's shoulder.
"Oh, hi, Relena!" Gally greeted
her.
"I've been looking for you,"
Relena said. Act calm. "So, this is where you've been." She stopped,
looking for an explaination.
"Um...you guys, this is my guardian,
Relena Dorlain," Gally introduced. "Relena, this is Andrew Lowe and
his little sister, Kitsune."
Kitsune waved happily while Andy greeted
with a polite hello. Relena smiled back. Act normally...
"Who invited you guys? I mean, I've
never seen you two before. Did you have to go in place of someone else?"
she asked.
Kitsune nodded. "Uh-huh, our uncle
H--"
Andy lightly tapped his sister's head so
that she would stop talking.
"Ah, like Kitsune said, our uncle
Odin sent us," Andy replied. "He was invited by a close friend of his,
but couldn't come due to a business trip. So, he asked us to come." He gave
a Look to his siter.
"Oh...sou ka..." Relena said,
a bit disappointed.
"Andy was just tellin' me how they
got here," Gally explained. "And Kitsune's been telling me about her
school."
Kitsune nodded.
"Why don't you three jo---" Relena
was about to say when a beeping sound interrputed them.
Kitsune looked down at her watch, the source
of the sound. She pressed a couple of buttons and then shut it off, pulling her
brother's sleeve. Andy leaned over, and his sister began to whisper in his ear.
Whatever was said was so low that Gally, the closest to the two, couldn't hear
what was being said.
"Anno," Andy scratched the back
of his head, "suminasen, shikashi, our uncle needs us right now..."
"Is something wrong?" Relena
asked curiously.
"No, um, Odin-niichan just needs us
to get something for him!" Kitsune answered, pulling her brother's sleeve
as if telling him to leave.
"Do you have to leave so soon?"
Gally asked.
"Yeah, it's an emergency," Andy
replied, following his sister's lead. Then he smiled back at Gally. "I'll
see ya at school, Gally."
Gally nodded and waved. Kitsune waved back
before the two disappeared behind the gate. Relena continued to stare at the spot
where the two were last seen, lost in her thoughts. She snapped back into reality
when she was being shaken.
"Relena, doushta no?" Gally asked,
frowning slightly.
"Uh...betsumi. It's nothing,"
Relena stammered. She smiled for reassurance. "I'm fine, really. Just thinking,
that's all."
Gally looked unsure for a moment, but smiled
back. "Well, okay, if you say so. Let's go back to the others, ne?"
Relena nodded, letting the girl lead her
back to the large group that was still chatting, barely even noticing that Relena
had disappeared for the moment.
Kitsune's eyes still bothered Relena somewhat.
She could've sworn that they looked like Heero's, but she could be wrong. Gally
said that their last name was Lowe, wasn't it? So, they couldn't be related to
Heero unless he changed his name. That was definetely a possibility. She noticed
how Andy gave his sister a look when Kitsune was about to explain out they were
invited. Lowe, huh? Why does that name sound familiar?
back at home...
The men who were after his relatives were
back on the hunt again. Heero wished that he'd rescue them sooner, before those
chips were inserted. But there was no way to reverse time, so everything had to
be the way it was now. Heero stared seriously at the computer sceen as he accessed
confidential government docutments and references on their database. The sound
of an engine and two voices broke his reverie, and Heero stood up, leaving the
computer on, as he went outside.
"Gally-san's really nice!" he
heard Kitsune say.
"Aa..." he heard Andy reply in
his usual monotonous way.
"And so's Relena-san, demo, she looked
a bit sad..."
"Hey, guys," Heero greeted, leaning
against a support.
"Hee-chan!" Kitsune ran to him,
arms wide open.
Heero swung her around and carried her
with one arm as Andy took off his helmet.
"So, how did it go? How's everyone?"
Heero asked.
"Everybody seemed pretty happy,"
Andy replied. "Some guy named Trowa has a wife and kid with another coming
on the way."
"You're kidding me," Heero commented
in awe.
"Hai! He has a pretty wife and a kawaii
little girl!" Kitsune said. "And a man named Wufei is going to have
a wedding."
"Wufei? He has a fiancee?" Heero
murmured.
"And his fiancee's pretty, too!"
Kitsune added, not even hearing Heero's comment.
"...What about Relena?" he hesitated.
"She's the guardian of a girl who
goes to the same school as I do," Andy answered. "She's just fine from
what we've seen so far. Still single which is why she's adopting orphaned children.
Right now, the girl who is staying with her is acting like a younger sister."
Heero nodded as an image of the Relena
he once knew appeared in his mind. Gods, how he missed her. But staying hidden
from the world was the only way he could redeem himself. It was also the only
way to keep Andy and Kitsune away from the men who were searching for them. To
remain in public with a code name was better than using a real name. That was
why Heero used his last name as theirs instead of their real one, Hanazaki.
"Relena-san's really pretty, Hee-chan!"
Kitsune informed as they all walked inside. "She's got really long hair and
sparkly blue eyes."
"Aa," Heero answered as they
both sat on the couch. Andy took a seat in the armchair across from them.
Heero remembered those eyes. So, she
hasn't changed.
"Why'd you call us back?" Andy
asked.
"I hacked into Canada's government
database and found something that might be of interest to you guys," Heero
answered. "It seems that out of the twenty of those like you that escaped,
about fifteen were recaptured after a period of four years."
"So, you mean that they're still searching
for us," Andy stated.
Heero nodded. "Only five of you left.
Including you two."
Kitsune rested her head on Heero's shoulder
and began playing with his daggerlike necklace. "Why do those meanies want
us for?"
He chuckled lightly, rustling her hair.
"That's a good way to put it, Kitsune. Once you're a bit older, we'll tell
you why."
"But I'm twelve. Isn't that old enough?"
Kitsune tried to point out.
"Twelve going on six," Andy countered.
"Daijoubu, Kitsune. It's nothing for you to worry about."
"I transferred the two of you out
of your schools," Heero continued. "And," he took out a piece of
paper from his pocket, "there's this for you guys' to take."
Andy received the paper and began to read
while Heero continued on explaining.
"The reason why is that in some cases
of the recaptured, they were recaptured by one of their own."
"By one of their own?" Andy arched
an eyebrow. "You mean---"
"The project's been completed,"
Heero finished. "I'm assuming that the Red Hawks have more than enough super
solders trained to overthrow the United Earth's Nation."
Which is why he's making us keep an
eye on Relena-san, Andy thought
as he reread the paper. "But why let us join the Preventers? I thought you
didn't want us to join."
"Now we have no choice. It's better
to go under the Preventers' protection than not to. So if the Red Hawks ever find
you, then the United Earth's Nation would know."
"Then, what about you, Hee-chan?"
Kitsune asked worriedly.
Heero smiled. "Daijoubu, I'm doming
with you guys. I'll disguise myself so I won't be noticed. Hopefully Wufei or
Sally won't see."
the next day ~ St. Gabriel's Institute
"Nani?!?" Gally exclaimed. "Andy's
been transferred to another school?!?"
Maya nodded sadly. "Uh-huh. And he
hasn't been here for a full month, yet."
"You said that he just transferred
here a week ago," Gally pondered. "But why?"
"The mistress never explained,"
Maya answered. "...And he was kinda cute, too."
Gally sat down next to her friend, pouting
the exact same way as she did. "Yeah, I know...." That means Kitsune-chan's
gone, too. She said that she'll follow her brother wherever he goes.
Preventer's HQ ~ Moon
Lady Une eyed the trio in front of her
suspiciously. They looked so...young, yet looking back at their resumes, they
were pretty well-experienced. A young man standing before her with ruffled midnight
hair that had thick bangs which partially covered his grey, smoky eyes looked
only around eighteen. A little girl stood behind him, holding the sleeve of the
hunched man next to her. She looked around eight or so, and so innocent. She looked
possibly older by just looking at her Prussian blue eyes that barely shown through
her tossled midnight hair. The elderly man had kept his head down, wearing a kakhi
hat over eye, and had a hunched back. He held a wooden cane for support from the
girl who was holding his arm.
A strange family it looked to her, especially
with such a young man before her. Then Lady Une had to remember that Wufei was
only sixteen when he was asked to join.
"You seem to have a lot of experience
for such a young person, Andrew," Une finally replied. "When did you
start working like this?"
"Ten," Andy answered and gestured
to the hunched man. "As soon as my grandfather fractured his hip. Both my
sister and I started working for money."
"Maa, you're well-qualified. You sister,
too," Lady Une said. "Our organization will provide your family with
food and shelter here on the base. Anno..." Her eyes looked at the hunced
old man.
"It's fine with my grandfather,"
Andy assured. "He doesn't go out much anyway. And my sister's an expert as
an information specialist."
Kitsune smiled, waving politely.
Lady Une nodded, considering the facts.
They were running out of members anyway....
"Maa, we're low on experienced members.
To this day and on, you are now a Preventer."
The True Victor
By: Ayame-chan