Chapter 1
She walked into the classroom, gazing around at her so-called classmates, not even a slight sign of a smile showing. Her short lavender hair that was chin length had two red pieces that hid behind her bangs and fell down below her shoulders. Her lavender eyes held a cold gaze that made everyone look away from her. She wore black leather pants and a tight red shirt that was almost hidden under a black duster that fell to her knees.
"Is that the new student?" she heard a girl in the back whisper to her friend. "She doesn't look too nice." Not that she had wanted to. She liked it better when people were scared of her. It was easier that way, and people wouldn't want to get close to her if they were scared. And it's not like she was going to stay long.
Searching the room, she let her eyes rest on a group of four guys sitting all the way in the back, hidden in the corner. One guy, who she had to admit was cute, had a long brown braid and cobalt blue eyes. Another guy had gravity defying hair, which she had to wonder about and think it cool at the same time, and green eyes. The third had messy brown hair and persian blue eyes. The last one seemed the nicest. He had nice blonde hair and adorable blue eyes. Smirking, she knew that the fun was about to begin. One was missing though. Where was he?
She spotted a young Chinese looking boy walk into the room. He had black hair that pulled into a small pigtail. There he is, she thought to herself. He took his seat next to his friends in the back.
"Class," she heard the teacher say. "This is Lily Hino. Lily, please take a seat in the back. One of the seats in front of those five boys." Lily nodded. The plan was going perfectly.
She took a seat in front of Heero. And they call him the perfect soldier? She laughed on the inside. He doesn't look so perfect to me. And Braid Boy over there, cute or not, better stop looking at me or else he's gonna have a black eye soon. As if reading her mind he quickly looked away.
"Hi, I'm Quatre." She looked back and Blondie was smiling at her.
"Quatre? Oh I know. And they are Heero, Trowa, Wufei and Duo. Or as I prefer to call you Mr. Sensitive, Perfect Soldier, Circus Boy, Sexist Pig and Braid Boy." The five Gundam Pilots stared at Lily wide-eyed.
"Who are you and how do you know our names?" demanded Wufei.
"And why should I tell you Sexist Pig?" He winced at the given nickname. "All you need to know is I've been watching you and I still am." The bell rang. Lily, happy to leave and get away from these 'dorks', gathered her books and walked away.
"I don't trust her," stated Heero.
"I heard that Perfect Soldier," Lily shouted over her shoulder just before she left the room. Heero growled.
"I'm gonna find out who that baka onna is," explained Wufei. He darted out of the room and into the hallway, which now, was empty of all people, including Lily. Grumbling, he walked back into the classroom. "She's gone."
"She called me Braid Boy," complained Duo.
"At least she didn't call you Sexist Pig," put in Wufei.
"Or Circus Boy," added Trowa.
"Yeah, well Heero doesn't even have to complain. He is the Perfect Soldier," stated Duo.
"Right," Trowa and Wufei agreed. Heero just ignored them and thought about the new girl. She was wierd and most definitely suspicious. How did she know their names?
"She called me Mr. Sensitive?" Quatre stood there. "Where'd she get that from?"
"Well, you are." All five boys jumped at the sound of Lily's voice. "I forgot my purse." She grabbed her purse off the floor. I knew he wasn't such a perfect soldier. First he doesn't see that I left my purse and second he couldn't hear me coming. "You're all pathetic."
"And how would you know," snapped Duo. Lily smirked, an evil glint in her eyes.
"Because I know plenty about the five of you. Braid Boy, you're an American and pilot the gundam Deathscythe Hell. You were raised by Father Maxwell, that being where you got your last name. You always wear that cross and you almost always have black on. Mainly your outfit now. It used to be a priest collar though, not the red shirt. You used to go out with Hilde Schbeiker but she dumped you because you flirted with too many girls. You are still friends though." Duo said nothing and did nothing. She turned to Heero.
"You Perfect Soldier, or anti social suicidal maniac, are Japanese. You pilot the gundam Wing Zero, and went into a coma because you self- destructed while you were still in it. Relena Peacecraft, or rather Queen Relena and Vice Foreign Minister, a friend of yours, keeps following you, hoping that one day you will love her the way she loves you. You also know Braid Boy here to be your best friend, although you would never come out and say it." Heero only glared at her. What was his business belonged to him only and not the whole world, especially her.
"Sexist Pig here is Chinese, and pilots the gundam Nataku. You killed your own wife and now have your eyes set on Sally Po. You would never tell her though. You once fought against Trieze and lost. What a pity too. You call all women weak, when you yourself are the weak one." Wufei balled his fist up, wanting very much to hit her but thought better of it. That only made Lily's fun even better. Getting people angry at her was her specialty.
"Blondie," motioning to Quatre, "is Arabian and loves to be with the Magunacs. You are very nice and hate to kill. Your best friend is Circus Boy over there. You pilot the gundam Sandrock. I wouldn't want to get you mad though. After your dad and sister, Irea, died you went psycho on everyone. You were worse than the anti social suicidal maniac who tried to kill himself a million times." Quatre laughed nervously, wishing to forget that day.
"Circus Boy, whose race in unknown and pilots the gundam Heavyarms, is why you went back to your normal self. He risked his life, in the process losing his memory. His sister is Kathryne Bloom and the two work in the circus which is why I call him Circus Boy." Trowa showed no feelings or emotions on how he felt about Lily knowing some of his past. He really didn't care anyway... what he wanted to know was why she was here and what exactly she wanted.
"And how do you know all this?" asked Heero.
"I do my homework," answered Lily. "If you did too you probably would know about me, but you don't. Some Perfect Soldier you are."
"And what would you know?" He knew that she already knew a lot but doubted on her knowing anymore. How much could one person know anyway?
"I know which colonies each of you comes from. You are from L1. Circus Boy is from L3, Sexist Pig from L5, Braid Boy from L2 and Blondie from L4. Braid Boy considers himself Shinigami. I consider him Bakagami. You really do love Relena but won't tell her. Circus Boy is probably the smartest out of all of you and Sexist Pig the weakest. You the strongest and Blondie the nicest. Braid Boy the 'hyper happy go lucky I don't care what people think of me because I'm Shinigami one'. Would you like me to go on?" All five pilots shook their heads. "Well, now that I have proven my point, I'll be going now." This time she left for real, leaving the five pilots to wonder what they were in for now.
* * *
Duo walked down his normal ally, pondering about the new girl, Lily. "Cute, but freaky. I wonder why she's like that anyway. Who is she and why is she here?"
"Yes ma'am," he heard a familiar female voice say. "I've found them." Looking around the corner he saw Lily on the phone. "Yes ma'am." She hung up and turned to look at Duo.
"Oh Braid Boy, hi." She didn't smile, simply just nodded her head and began to walk away.
"What do you have against us?" asked Duo as she walked right by him.
"I don't have anything against you." She stopped and turned back around to look at him. "I'm just doing my job."
"But we could be your friends," he explained.
"I have no friends. I don't need any. They would just get in the way. They always have and they always will." She continued walking and left him.
"But we could help you," he whispered. "Why are you like this Lily? I can see it in your eyes... You need friends. You're lonely, but scared. Why?" He sighed and continued down the ally to the gundam base.
* * *
"What do you mean a new pilot?" asked Wufei. "And who would that be?"
"Well Wufei, you just have to wait and meet her," said Sally Po. Lt. Noin agreed.
"She is a lot like you guys. Very anti-social, just not suicidal. Very athletic and very much into her missions. To her though, all men are weak, meaning all of you."
"It's a girl?" asked Duo. "This cannot be happening. How did a girl end up getting put on the team? In fact, how did a girl even become a gundam pilot?" Sally and Noin just ignored the last two comments and went on about the new pilot.
"Yes well here she is." A young girl walked in, but was covered head to toe. Sally laughed nervously. "Guess I forgot to tell you that you can't see what she looks like. This is Yuriko." Yuriko bowed her head slightly. She wore a black dress and a few veils that covered her face and hair. She was very petite and stood at about five feet and one inch.
"You will work with her on you next mission," explained Lt. Noin. "But first of all you will train."
"If she's a gundam pilot then where is her gundam?" asked Quatre.
"We were getting there," explained Noin.
"Look behind you, behind all of your gundams," ordered Sally. At first they just gave each other wierd looks, but then they finally turned. Right there stood a red gundam with a silence glaive hooked to it's back and a gun strapped to the gundam's leg. "This is Fire Storm, Yuriko's gundam." The g- boys all gawked at the new model which was obviously better than theirs. It was more high tech and there were more gadgets to it.
"Fire Storm?" Wufei looked at Noin and Sally and raised an eyebrow. "Why such a name?"
"You'll see when you use the gundams to fight," explained Sally.
* * *
"Geez, are you sure she's a girl?" Duo, who now had a black eye, popped his jaw back into place.
"She's fast," commented Heero, who popped a broken arm back into place.
"She dodged all our blows," observed Trowa. He rubbed his now throbbing head.
"She must train hard," explained Quatre. He had come out of it without a scratch, except for when he had been kicked in the stomach, which didn't seem to hurt anymore.
"She is still weak." All four g-boys glared at Wufei who had two black eyes, a broken arm and visible bruises on his arms and face. "She doesn't deserve to fight."
"Look who's talking," said Duo. "She beat the crap out of you. We can all tell she really doesn't like you. A girl and you still got beat." Wufei growled, not wanting to accept the truth.
"The weak one's are the one's who don't know when to give up." The five g- boys jumped as Yuriko walked into the room. "I guess then Wufei, that would make you the weak one. You only got hurt that much because you wouldn't surrender." Wufei glared at her but said nothing only because he knew that she was telling the truth. Not that he would ever admit that.
"Now now everyone," interrupted Sally. "No more fighting. You can do that tomorrow when you train some more. Now let's go greet our guest."
"A guest?" Heero looked at Sally, and she grinned.
"Oh, you should be happy Heero. She traveled a long way." Eyeing her suspiciously Heero went to the main room, followed by the remaining g-boys and Sally Po.
"Heero!" Relena jumped up from her seat and ran over to him.
"Well, what have we got here?" Yuriko walked in. "Queen Relena." She bowed.
"Oh Yuriko. I almost forgot that you were going to be here." Relena smiled at the girl, only making Yuriko glare at her. She didn't like Relena. In fact, she didn't like anyone. But more than anything or anyone, she really hated Relena.
"Relena, you know her?" asked Heero.
"Of course. I sent her." This surprised all the g-boys. Relena actually knew a violent girl like her? The silent anti-social non-people ones must somehow be attracted to her.
"Queen Relena," started Yuriko "if I may ask, why are you here?"
"Yeah, why are you here?" asked Heero who raised an eyebrow suspiciously at Relena.
"Actually, I came to check on Yuriko." Yuriko only glared at her. "I was afraid that maybe she had gotten out of control again. I wanted to make sure that she didn't kill any of the guys yet." All the g-boys stared wide- eyed.
"You know, that's not fair!" stated Duo. "Why send her if you don't trust her? Besides, I think the only one that you'd have to worry about her killing is Wufei." Under her mask Yuriko silently laughed. She liked these guys, especially Duo, but she would never admit it. But wait! She couldn't like them. She had a promise, one that she planned on keeping. Quickly, she stopped her laughing and looked at Relena.
"Oh?" Relena looked at the bruised and beaten Wufei. "I see."
"That's not the only reason you came, is it, Queen Relena?" The five g-boys looked at Yuriko and Relena shook her head.
"No, it's not. I actually came to talk to you about a new mission, Yuriko." Relena took a deep breath. She knew how Yuriko could get when she was mad and right now she didn't feel like getting Yuriko angry. "I want you to go tell your friend to go to OZ and find out their new plans." Yuriko nodded. A mission to her was very important, and she never failed them, neither did her so-called friend.
"You have a friend that we don't know about?" asked Duo.
"She's not a friend. And why couldn't you tell her that yourself, Queen Relena?"
"I would of, but I found you first. Is that a problem?" Yuriko shook her head. "Good. I should be going back now." She turned and walked out of the room.
"Thank goodness," exclaimed Yuriko as she walked out of the room. Duo watched her as she left.
"Guess she doesn't like Relena either." Duo shrugged and he too walked out of the room. The remaining pilots looked at each other and followed.
* * *
Lily sat up in a tree and watched as OZ loaded new mobile suits onto a carrier. Thanks to Relena she was stuck on this mission. She looked at her watch. She got ready to leave when she saw a certain someone that she hated walk out.
Standing up, she watched him. "I thought he was dead." Glaring, she jumped out of the tree. "Omae o korosu."
She walked into the classroom, gazing around at her so-called classmates, not even a slight sign of a smile showing. Her short lavender hair that was chin length had two red pieces that hid behind her bangs and fell down below her shoulders. Her lavender eyes held a cold gaze that made everyone look away from her. She wore black leather pants and a tight red shirt that was almost hidden under a black duster that fell to her knees.
"Is that the new student?" she heard a girl in the back whisper to her friend. "She doesn't look too nice." Not that she had wanted to. She liked it better when people were scared of her. It was easier that way, and people wouldn't want to get close to her if they were scared. And it's not like she was going to stay long.
Searching the room, she let her eyes rest on a group of four guys sitting all the way in the back, hidden in the corner. One guy, who she had to admit was cute, had a long brown braid and cobalt blue eyes. Another guy had gravity defying hair, which she had to wonder about and think it cool at the same time, and green eyes. The third had messy brown hair and persian blue eyes. The last one seemed the nicest. He had nice blonde hair and adorable blue eyes. Smirking, she knew that the fun was about to begin. One was missing though. Where was he?
She spotted a young Chinese looking boy walk into the room. He had black hair that pulled into a small pigtail. There he is, she thought to herself. He took his seat next to his friends in the back.
"Class," she heard the teacher say. "This is Lily Hino. Lily, please take a seat in the back. One of the seats in front of those five boys." Lily nodded. The plan was going perfectly.
She took a seat in front of Heero. And they call him the perfect soldier? She laughed on the inside. He doesn't look so perfect to me. And Braid Boy over there, cute or not, better stop looking at me or else he's gonna have a black eye soon. As if reading her mind he quickly looked away.
"Hi, I'm Quatre." She looked back and Blondie was smiling at her.
"Quatre? Oh I know. And they are Heero, Trowa, Wufei and Duo. Or as I prefer to call you Mr. Sensitive, Perfect Soldier, Circus Boy, Sexist Pig and Braid Boy." The five Gundam Pilots stared at Lily wide-eyed.
"Who are you and how do you know our names?" demanded Wufei.
"And why should I tell you Sexist Pig?" He winced at the given nickname. "All you need to know is I've been watching you and I still am." The bell rang. Lily, happy to leave and get away from these 'dorks', gathered her books and walked away.
"I don't trust her," stated Heero.
"I heard that Perfect Soldier," Lily shouted over her shoulder just before she left the room. Heero growled.
"I'm gonna find out who that baka onna is," explained Wufei. He darted out of the room and into the hallway, which now, was empty of all people, including Lily. Grumbling, he walked back into the classroom. "She's gone."
"She called me Braid Boy," complained Duo.
"At least she didn't call you Sexist Pig," put in Wufei.
"Or Circus Boy," added Trowa.
"Yeah, well Heero doesn't even have to complain. He is the Perfect Soldier," stated Duo.
"Right," Trowa and Wufei agreed. Heero just ignored them and thought about the new girl. She was wierd and most definitely suspicious. How did she know their names?
"She called me Mr. Sensitive?" Quatre stood there. "Where'd she get that from?"
"Well, you are." All five boys jumped at the sound of Lily's voice. "I forgot my purse." She grabbed her purse off the floor. I knew he wasn't such a perfect soldier. First he doesn't see that I left my purse and second he couldn't hear me coming. "You're all pathetic."
"And how would you know," snapped Duo. Lily smirked, an evil glint in her eyes.
"Because I know plenty about the five of you. Braid Boy, you're an American and pilot the gundam Deathscythe Hell. You were raised by Father Maxwell, that being where you got your last name. You always wear that cross and you almost always have black on. Mainly your outfit now. It used to be a priest collar though, not the red shirt. You used to go out with Hilde Schbeiker but she dumped you because you flirted with too many girls. You are still friends though." Duo said nothing and did nothing. She turned to Heero.
"You Perfect Soldier, or anti social suicidal maniac, are Japanese. You pilot the gundam Wing Zero, and went into a coma because you self- destructed while you were still in it. Relena Peacecraft, or rather Queen Relena and Vice Foreign Minister, a friend of yours, keeps following you, hoping that one day you will love her the way she loves you. You also know Braid Boy here to be your best friend, although you would never come out and say it." Heero only glared at her. What was his business belonged to him only and not the whole world, especially her.
"Sexist Pig here is Chinese, and pilots the gundam Nataku. You killed your own wife and now have your eyes set on Sally Po. You would never tell her though. You once fought against Trieze and lost. What a pity too. You call all women weak, when you yourself are the weak one." Wufei balled his fist up, wanting very much to hit her but thought better of it. That only made Lily's fun even better. Getting people angry at her was her specialty.
"Blondie," motioning to Quatre, "is Arabian and loves to be with the Magunacs. You are very nice and hate to kill. Your best friend is Circus Boy over there. You pilot the gundam Sandrock. I wouldn't want to get you mad though. After your dad and sister, Irea, died you went psycho on everyone. You were worse than the anti social suicidal maniac who tried to kill himself a million times." Quatre laughed nervously, wishing to forget that day.
"Circus Boy, whose race in unknown and pilots the gundam Heavyarms, is why you went back to your normal self. He risked his life, in the process losing his memory. His sister is Kathryne Bloom and the two work in the circus which is why I call him Circus Boy." Trowa showed no feelings or emotions on how he felt about Lily knowing some of his past. He really didn't care anyway... what he wanted to know was why she was here and what exactly she wanted.
"And how do you know all this?" asked Heero.
"I do my homework," answered Lily. "If you did too you probably would know about me, but you don't. Some Perfect Soldier you are."
"And what would you know?" He knew that she already knew a lot but doubted on her knowing anymore. How much could one person know anyway?
"I know which colonies each of you comes from. You are from L1. Circus Boy is from L3, Sexist Pig from L5, Braid Boy from L2 and Blondie from L4. Braid Boy considers himself Shinigami. I consider him Bakagami. You really do love Relena but won't tell her. Circus Boy is probably the smartest out of all of you and Sexist Pig the weakest. You the strongest and Blondie the nicest. Braid Boy the 'hyper happy go lucky I don't care what people think of me because I'm Shinigami one'. Would you like me to go on?" All five pilots shook their heads. "Well, now that I have proven my point, I'll be going now." This time she left for real, leaving the five pilots to wonder what they were in for now.
* * *
Duo walked down his normal ally, pondering about the new girl, Lily. "Cute, but freaky. I wonder why she's like that anyway. Who is she and why is she here?"
"Yes ma'am," he heard a familiar female voice say. "I've found them." Looking around the corner he saw Lily on the phone. "Yes ma'am." She hung up and turned to look at Duo.
"Oh Braid Boy, hi." She didn't smile, simply just nodded her head and began to walk away.
"What do you have against us?" asked Duo as she walked right by him.
"I don't have anything against you." She stopped and turned back around to look at him. "I'm just doing my job."
"But we could be your friends," he explained.
"I have no friends. I don't need any. They would just get in the way. They always have and they always will." She continued walking and left him.
"But we could help you," he whispered. "Why are you like this Lily? I can see it in your eyes... You need friends. You're lonely, but scared. Why?" He sighed and continued down the ally to the gundam base.
* * *
"What do you mean a new pilot?" asked Wufei. "And who would that be?"
"Well Wufei, you just have to wait and meet her," said Sally Po. Lt. Noin agreed.
"She is a lot like you guys. Very anti-social, just not suicidal. Very athletic and very much into her missions. To her though, all men are weak, meaning all of you."
"It's a girl?" asked Duo. "This cannot be happening. How did a girl end up getting put on the team? In fact, how did a girl even become a gundam pilot?" Sally and Noin just ignored the last two comments and went on about the new pilot.
"Yes well here she is." A young girl walked in, but was covered head to toe. Sally laughed nervously. "Guess I forgot to tell you that you can't see what she looks like. This is Yuriko." Yuriko bowed her head slightly. She wore a black dress and a few veils that covered her face and hair. She was very petite and stood at about five feet and one inch.
"You will work with her on you next mission," explained Lt. Noin. "But first of all you will train."
"If she's a gundam pilot then where is her gundam?" asked Quatre.
"We were getting there," explained Noin.
"Look behind you, behind all of your gundams," ordered Sally. At first they just gave each other wierd looks, but then they finally turned. Right there stood a red gundam with a silence glaive hooked to it's back and a gun strapped to the gundam's leg. "This is Fire Storm, Yuriko's gundam." The g- boys all gawked at the new model which was obviously better than theirs. It was more high tech and there were more gadgets to it.
"Fire Storm?" Wufei looked at Noin and Sally and raised an eyebrow. "Why such a name?"
"You'll see when you use the gundams to fight," explained Sally.
* * *
"Geez, are you sure she's a girl?" Duo, who now had a black eye, popped his jaw back into place.
"She's fast," commented Heero, who popped a broken arm back into place.
"She dodged all our blows," observed Trowa. He rubbed his now throbbing head.
"She must train hard," explained Quatre. He had come out of it without a scratch, except for when he had been kicked in the stomach, which didn't seem to hurt anymore.
"She is still weak." All four g-boys glared at Wufei who had two black eyes, a broken arm and visible bruises on his arms and face. "She doesn't deserve to fight."
"Look who's talking," said Duo. "She beat the crap out of you. We can all tell she really doesn't like you. A girl and you still got beat." Wufei growled, not wanting to accept the truth.
"The weak one's are the one's who don't know when to give up." The five g- boys jumped as Yuriko walked into the room. "I guess then Wufei, that would make you the weak one. You only got hurt that much because you wouldn't surrender." Wufei glared at her but said nothing only because he knew that she was telling the truth. Not that he would ever admit that.
"Now now everyone," interrupted Sally. "No more fighting. You can do that tomorrow when you train some more. Now let's go greet our guest."
"A guest?" Heero looked at Sally, and she grinned.
"Oh, you should be happy Heero. She traveled a long way." Eyeing her suspiciously Heero went to the main room, followed by the remaining g-boys and Sally Po.
"Heero!" Relena jumped up from her seat and ran over to him.
"Well, what have we got here?" Yuriko walked in. "Queen Relena." She bowed.
"Oh Yuriko. I almost forgot that you were going to be here." Relena smiled at the girl, only making Yuriko glare at her. She didn't like Relena. In fact, she didn't like anyone. But more than anything or anyone, she really hated Relena.
"Relena, you know her?" asked Heero.
"Of course. I sent her." This surprised all the g-boys. Relena actually knew a violent girl like her? The silent anti-social non-people ones must somehow be attracted to her.
"Queen Relena," started Yuriko "if I may ask, why are you here?"
"Yeah, why are you here?" asked Heero who raised an eyebrow suspiciously at Relena.
"Actually, I came to check on Yuriko." Yuriko only glared at her. "I was afraid that maybe she had gotten out of control again. I wanted to make sure that she didn't kill any of the guys yet." All the g-boys stared wide- eyed.
"You know, that's not fair!" stated Duo. "Why send her if you don't trust her? Besides, I think the only one that you'd have to worry about her killing is Wufei." Under her mask Yuriko silently laughed. She liked these guys, especially Duo, but she would never admit it. But wait! She couldn't like them. She had a promise, one that she planned on keeping. Quickly, she stopped her laughing and looked at Relena.
"Oh?" Relena looked at the bruised and beaten Wufei. "I see."
"That's not the only reason you came, is it, Queen Relena?" The five g-boys looked at Yuriko and Relena shook her head.
"No, it's not. I actually came to talk to you about a new mission, Yuriko." Relena took a deep breath. She knew how Yuriko could get when she was mad and right now she didn't feel like getting Yuriko angry. "I want you to go tell your friend to go to OZ and find out their new plans." Yuriko nodded. A mission to her was very important, and she never failed them, neither did her so-called friend.
"You have a friend that we don't know about?" asked Duo.
"She's not a friend. And why couldn't you tell her that yourself, Queen Relena?"
"I would of, but I found you first. Is that a problem?" Yuriko shook her head. "Good. I should be going back now." She turned and walked out of the room.
"Thank goodness," exclaimed Yuriko as she walked out of the room. Duo watched her as she left.
"Guess she doesn't like Relena either." Duo shrugged and he too walked out of the room. The remaining pilots looked at each other and followed.
* * *
Lily sat up in a tree and watched as OZ loaded new mobile suits onto a carrier. Thanks to Relena she was stuck on this mission. She looked at her watch. She got ready to leave when she saw a certain someone that she hated walk out.
Standing up, she watched him. "I thought he was dead." Glaring, she jumped out of the tree. "Omae o korosu."