Silent Waltz by Comet~Princess

Disclaimer: Minako did better than Ami in school. Quatre kicked guests out of his house, and Duo ran into a thorn bush. (Happy now, SilverRay-chan?) That ought to show you what Sailormoon or Gundam Wing would have been if I owned it. =P

AN: I shocked myself by getting off my lazy butt and typing this up. O.o Just a quick (and big) thank you to all the people who have stuck by me and still kept reading. *hugs* You guys are the best! ^_^ I´ve decided to finish this story before I write any of the others, one-shots included. So, maybe updates will actually be faster. (Yea, right, but I can hope.)

Warnings: Mamoru is OOC (or Mamoru-bashing) and sappy sweet romance between Minako and Duo. Mad Kenji-papa on the loose.

sakura-li: Not as far I´ve planned. Just Minako, Usagi, and Mamoru will be in here.

Kae: His shotgun´s back home, on the colony. =P Too bad for Kenji-papa. Yea right, just wait till you read this part.

Midnight Lady: I´m glad you don´t hate me. ^^ No boyfriend gone bad here. Don´t worry about that.

Akiko-chan: WHERE ARE YOU?

Bluejello: You shall find out. ^^

sele, Meghan Reamer: Honestly, they´re already 10 pages per chapter on Word. -_-;;; I´m going to die if I have to make them longer. ^^""" Or you´ll be waiting for a LONG time.

Mei-chan: *runs and hides* Yea, I have been really bad about updating. ^^"""

MooCow: -_-;;; Yea, you can have Duo. But you´ll have to find him first. *points to collection of bishie* He escaped my harem awhile back. =)P

Fenikkusu o Kiri: *big hugs* Quick reference to "I Promise." I´m so glad someone agrees with me on the ending. Don´t worry. No sequel planned. And speaking of "Crystal Fantasy," I´m actually going to finish this one before I continue any others. Sorry.

~ * ~ Firefly Princess ~ * ~ : LOL! Someone noticed that last note! ^^ I have some scenes written already, so I think I´m actually going to write it, but this has to be done first.

For my friends who entertained me while I was writing this ^_~ , Mei-chan, Purr-chan, SilverRay-chan, and Chibi Tenshi-chan. Big huggles to you all.

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Chapter 7 - Aftermath

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Usagi groaned as she felt herself coming to. Her head weighed a ton, and it throbbed painfully when she gingerly touched the back of it. What in the world had happened? She had been walking in the woods behind Quatre´s mansion, and the next thing she remembered was pain in the back of her head, a pair of remorseful eyes, and then, complete darkness. She would guess that the owner of those eyes had hit her in the back of the head, and she had fainted.

Mentally, Usagi scolded herself. It had been the first thing Heero had ever taught her: be alert. She sighed, and looked around. She was surprised at what she saw. She wasn´t in a prison cell of some sort. It wasn´t cold, dark, and damp, as she had expected.

The small room was painted white, with a beige coloured carpet. It held a single bed, on which she was now sitting, a wooden desk, and a dresser. A tiny window was located on the opposite wall from her bed, letting in just enough light to tell whether it was day or night. The only thing that would have given away the fact that she was a prisoner, was the metal door which no doubt led to the main area of the building.

"Where am I?" she asked out loud as she surveyed the room, looking for an escape route of some sort.

"Ah, I see you´ve woken up," came a deep voice from the doorway.

Usagi jumped at the sound, and instinctively pulled the covers up to her chin.

The man in doorway looked at her reaction and chuckled, amused. His ebony hair was brushed neatly, and his midnight blue eyes held a glint that made her back away from him. A dark trenchcoat hung around his shoulders like a cloak, and Usagi could see his black shirt and pants.

"Check your clothes," he commented lightly, not missing her eyes seizing him up. "I would have done something already if that was what I wanted from you."

Usagi did as he suggested, and found that he hadn´t even remove her coat from her. Curiously, she looked at him. From the looks of it, she may be able to cause enough damage to run past him.

The man seemed to miss nothing though. "Don´t even think about it," he stated, his voice suddenly dry and cold. "I have no intention of hurting you, but if you don´t follow my orders, I won´t guarantee your life."

Usagi was taken aback. If he didn´t want to hurt her, then what did he want? "What do you want from me then?" she asked.

The man smirked. "So you don´t know about me?" he stated rather than questioned. He should have known that the Perfect Soldier wouldn´t tell anyone his dark past.

Usagi frowned, racking her brain. "Am I supposed to?" she returned. She didn´t think she would forget someone such as the man in front of her. He was handsome, she supposed, but that wasn´t what stood out about him. He had a charisma about him, a strong feeling of control and calmness. At the same time, his eyes reflected a sadistic and cynical outlook to the life he was granted.

"Mamoru Chiba," he introduced himself, giving her a mock bow. "And you?"

Usagi clamped her mouth shut. Did this man think she was insane? He had just kidnapped her, and he wanted her to tell him her name? She gave him a glare, the one she had picked up from Heero.

Mamoru´s eyes narrowed. "I´ll tell you this once," he warned her, "don´t look at me like that. In fact, do anything that reminds me of him, and you´ll regret it."

"What?" Usagi uttered, her eyes turning confused. She replayed what he had said in her mind.

Don´t look at me like that.

. . .reminds me of him. . .

Her head snapped to attention, and her sapphire eyes bored into his, as though she was reading his soul. "What did you do to Heero?" was the only thing that she could think of to ask.

"J´s Perfect Soldier?" he replied, waiting for her reaction.

She frowned. How did this man know Dr. J and Heero´s nickname? "Yes," she answered. "What did you do to him?!"

Mamoru smirked. It looked as though Heero had told her more than he thought. "Nothing," he responded, "at least, nothing yet."

Usagi´s eyes hardened. She reached for the gun she had decided to keep on her. Anyone who was going to hurt Heero would have to deal with her. Even if he was pushing her away, she still loved him too much to watch him suffer. She blinked in surprise when she found it missing from her waist.

Mamoru laughed out loud this time. "The fact that I didn´t undress you doesn´t mean I didn´t disarm you," he informed her, taking out the gun she recognized so well from the pocket of his coat.

"Give it back!" she cried out, leaping up from the bed. It was his last gift to her, from a time when they were both so carefree and openly in love with each other. She couldn´t lose it.

She ran to him and tried desperately to tackle him and take it back, but Mamoru was too fast. He dodged her attempted punches and kicks easily, all the while observing her. There was no doubt about it. Heero had taught her how to fight. He ducked once more, her fist missing him only by a few inches. She was probably slower than the Perfect Soldier, and her current frustration was blinding her from executing the moves properly, but the style was similar.

Mamoru jumped back a good few metres from her. She dropped into a fighting stance, and he raised an eyebrow. "Tell me something, Usagi, why are you so determined to get this back?" he questioned. "You seem to be doing pretty well without it."

Usagi frowned again. She hadn´t told him her name. That much, she knew. "How did you know my name?" she demanded.

"Answer my question, and I´ll answer yours," Mamoru replied calmly.

Usagi hesitated. If Mamoru wanted to hurt Heero, was it such a good idea to tell him that she wanted the gun he held in his hand back because it was Heero´s gift to her? She debated with herself. "It. . .it was a token of someone´s affection for me," she finally said.

Mamoru smirked. "So the Perfect Soldier gave his love his gun," he finished the thought. "How touching. I should have guessed."

He easily unloaded the gun, and tossed the harmless weapon to her. Usagi caught it, surprised that he had given it back after he had found out.

"You can keep it for now," he answered her unasked question, "but I may decide to take it back, if you refuse to cooperate."

"Now, you answer my question," she replied, putting the gun back where it belonged.

He walked up to her, giving a chilling glare for daring to interrogate him, but Usagi didn´t back down. She didn´t even back up when he was standing right in front of her. Now, she noticed that he was at least a foot taller than her, even taller than Heero. He leaned down, his face inches from hers, but she didn´t relent. She´ll find out how he knew her, and why he wanted to hurt the person she loved the most.

"I know everything about J´s Perfect Soldier," he hissed, his breath in her face. "And you´re a part of him, so I know about you."

"How do you know Heero? And why am I here?" she continued, pushing her fear of him aside.

He smirked again. "I can see why he´s so taken with you, why he loves you so much," he said, ignoring her questions. "You´re the perfect combination of spunk and innocence. A rare gem in the cruel world, the only one that can melt even a heart frozen for over fifteen years."

Without warning, he closed the last of the space between them and kissed her. Usagi´s eyes widened in shock, and she pushed against his chest with both of her hands, using all her strength. When he broke the kiss, she slapped him across the face, hard.

"Don´t touch me," she responded, wiping her mouth with the sleeve of her jacket.

Mamoru looked at her, a fire of fury in his eyes. "Why not?" he answered in monotone. "As far as I can see, the person you care about the most is pushing you away. He´s given up on you. He doesn´t want you. Why are you still so loyal him?"

Usagi backed away from him, tears filling her eyes. That was cruel. Her heart bled painfully at his words. Was it true? She closed her eyes, running over her more current memories of him.

Her meeting with him at the Preventers, when he had kissed away her tears. The familiar feel of his lips brushing over hers. . . .

"Don´t cry for me. I´m not worth your tears."

"I made you into another soldier."

"I chose to become one."

"You shouldn´t have to be one."

The gentle way he had kissed her palm afterwards. . . .

The streaks of caring that she had seen in his eyes every time she caught him looking at her, even though he had said she was just his mission. . . .

Her eyes opened, and she glared at Mamoru once again. "He loves me," she told him in a voice that refused to accept anything he would tell her otherwise. "But that makes no difference. I refuse to be with someone else because I love Heero. He´s the only one I´ll ever love. And true love is worth everything there is in the world."

"Really," Mamoru muttered, examining her once more. He didn´t understand. "Why waste so much effort on one man? This love that you speak of is nothing but an illusion."

"If it is, then it´s one I want to stay in forever," she answered softly, her eyes growing gentle and faraway.

Mamoru´s eyes became darker than their usual colour, his fury hiding his confusion. He stalked out of the room in silence, slamming the metal door behind him. Usagi´s words echoed in his head. Why? Why do people, like that girl, and even the Perfect Soldier, succumb to something that doesn´t exist, the only emotion that caused everyone´s downfall, including his own?

"Sir!" a soldier´s voice called out, saluting him in the middle of the long hallway.

Mamoru gave a nod. "News?" he demanded, his face losing all its confusion suddenly.

"Letter delivered. Mansion kept on surveillance, but no movement yet," the soldier reported.

"Keep on guard," Mamoru commanded, "and report any movement to me immediately."

The soldier saluted again and left Mamoru to his thoughts. He had no doubt that Heero would come. From the looks of it, Heero really cared about the girl, so much that he was lost in the fantasy called love. Of course, that was the entire reason why he had his people kidnap Usagi. Military power spoke louder than any other kind of power, even political power. He wanted those cannon plans. . .in exchange for the Perfect Soldier´s object of affection.

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The sun was starting to set, sending splashes of pink and violet across the sky. Yet, for all the beauty it was reflecting, Minako still could not forget the loss she had suffered yesterday. Her heart had pounded furiously when Heero had opened the letter, and when she had found out that her cousin and best friend was missing, she could swear that the pain of her parents´ death had come back to haunt her, cutting into her heart more deeply than before. Was she destined to have everyone she was close to die?

"Hey," a soft voice snapped her out of her reverie.

Minako looked up to see Duo standing next to the bench she was sitting on. "Hey," she answered softly.

He took that as an invitation to sit down beside her. "Are you alright?" he asked gently.

"No," she responded. She turned to him, her eyes filling with tears. "How could that have happened?! I should have been with her! My room was right next to hers, and I knew that she was upset. I should have stayed with her. Instead, I went running around Quatre´s house. What kind of friend am I?"

Duo wrapped his arms around her shoulders, holding her close to him as she sobbed into his chest. "Look," he began reasonably, "Usagi didn´t want us to be with her in her room. This is nobody´s fault."

"But-"

"No buts," Duo interrupted, cutting her off. "Quatre thinks it´s his fault because he was supposed to be guarding her. Wufei´s telling himself he´s weak. Since I´m with you, he should have looked out for Usagi too. Trowa´s not saying anything, but I can tell he feels he´s responsible one way or another. Mrs. Tsukino thinks that if she and Mr. Tsukino didn´t come, this wouldn´t have happened. Even Lady Une is blaming herself, even though she hasn´t said anything. Stop it, Minako. You´re the least at fault. It was mine and the guys´ mission to protect you. You didn´t have to watch out for Usagi. We should have."

Minako´s sobs slowly became quieter as she listened to his explanation. "Well, that´s not everyone," she mumbled into his chest.

"Sure it is," Duo replied. "Who did I miss?"

"Heero. At least he´s not blaming himself," Minako answered.

Duo winced. "You have no idea, Minako," the braided boy responded, his eyes taking on a faraway look.

"What do you mean?" Minako asked, her curiosity peaked.

"You know how we always thought there were sparks between Heero and Usagi?" Duo started. When she nodded, he continued, "I think there´s more than that."

Minako frowned. "That´s impossible. Usagi hasn´t even dated for the past two years," she informed him. "She admitted to me once that she was attracted to him, but that´s hardly anything more."

"I didn´t think so either. I mean, I knew he liked her, but he´s the Perfect Soldier. It´d be a cold day in hell before he fell in love," Duo muttered. "You haven´t seen him in the past 24 hours though."

Minako thought back to when Heero had first opened the note. His reaction had scared her. He had read it, then paled visibly. But before anyone could ask what the note said, he had crumpled it up. His eyes, when he turned to face Lady Une, had held an anger so strong, even the normally calm leader of the Preventers had looked wary of doing anything out of the ordinary around him. Minako and Duo, having hidden behind Une´s chair, had shrank back even further. His Prussian blue depths glinted with a promise of death. He would never forgive the person who had kidnapped Usagi, especially if they had harmed her. But if she and Usagi were just missions, the reaction wouldn´t have been so strong. Was Duo right? As Minako thought this through, she realized that the question was no longer whether there was something going on between Heero and her cousin. There definitely was. The question was WHAT was going on between Usagi and Heero.

She turned to Duo. "How has he been in the past 24 hours?" she asked.

"Horrible," Duo answered. "He hasn´t eaten. I doubt he´s slept. What he´s doing locked up in his room is anyone´s best guess. Anyone who tries to disturb him is basically a dead man. Trust me, I´d know. I almost got my head blown off just now bringing him food. The only thing I know is that he´s using his laptop, since it was turned on and sitting on his desk."

Duo sighed as he looked up into the sky. As much as he teased Heero, the guy was still his best friend. He was worried, to say the least. "I wish we had cameras or something in Usagi´s room," he muttered, not really realizing he was speaking out loud. "Or someone who had known how the intruder got into and out of her bedroom."

Minako suddenly burst into tears again. Duo looked surprised, but tried to comfort her none the less. Instead she pushed him away and stood up. "Duo, I. . .I," she stuttered, "I think you should stay away from me."

She winced when she saw the sudden hurt in the braided boy´s eyes. "What? Why?" he asked, standing up next to her. "Did I hurt you? I didn´t mean to! I just say a lot of things without thinking."

Minako shook her head venomously. "No!" she choked out. "Haven´t you noticed? Everyone around me leaves. They die, or get kidnapped. I don´t want you to be hurt because of me."

Duo shook his head, making his long braid fly back and forth. "Even if I do get hurt because of you, I don´t care," he answered softly, his eyes looking at the girl in front of him tenderly. "Remember what you promised me? You said you wouldn´t leave me."

Minako nodded. "I know," she replied, her voice growing equally soft. "But do you want me to stay?"

Duo grinned. "Yes," he stated firmly. "And if you don´t, I´ll track you down and make you keep your promise."

Minako looked up and couldn´t help smiling back. His indigo eyes sparkled with relief. He walked up to her, slowly cupping her face with his hands so that she was looking up at him. Not another word was exchanged as Duo covered her soft lips with his, kissing her delicately. Minako felt her heart pound against her ribcage. This was so different than all the other kisses she had gotten before. It was feathery soft, yet, it conveyed his passion better a heated one would have. If only she could stay in this moment forever.

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Kenji was not having a good day. Or week, for that matter. He´d been extremely worried about the reaction of his boss when he finally revealed what had gone wrong with his research. Then, he found out that his daughter and his niece were being looked after by five nineteen year old boys. Next, it looked like he couldn´t even change his boss´s mind, because her choice had appeared reasonable, thought-out, and wonderfully appropriate. Of course, then there was the one named Duo, who was hitting on his niece. And after that, he had found out that his daughter was kidnapped.

Kenji growled as he walked along the paths in the garden. That Heero boy had stalked off with the note, not even bothering to reveal how Kenji could get his dear Usagi back. And to think he actually approved of him for a minute.

All of a sudden, Kenji came to a complete stop, jaw dropping at the storybook scene in front of him, two lovers kissing in the dusk. His rage was suddenly in an overdrive, and he yelled at the top of his lungs, "What do you think you´re doing?!"

In front of him, he could see his niece break loose from Duo´s embrace.

Duo gulped and almost jumped behind Minako. "You know, your uncle is scarier than Heero," he commented.

Minako grinned. "It´s okay, Duo. I´ll protect you!" Then she burst into a fit of giggles at the mental picture she suddenly had.

By now, Kenji had regained control of his legs, and was currently stomping towards the two.

"Let´s not stay and find out what kind of ways he came up with to torture me," Duo mumbled, grabbing a hold of Minako´s hand and making a mad dash for Quatre´s mansion. He could only hope Mrs. Tsukino was a little kinder.

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"Are you sure you´re alright, Mrs. Tsukino?" a worried Quatre asked one of his newest guests, bringing a cup of tea into the sitting room.

"Yes, thank you," Ikuko replied. "I´m just worried about my daughter."

"I´m sorry," Quatre apologized. "I should have kept better watch over her."

"No, no," Ikuko denied. "I´m sure she would have been fine if Kenji and I hadn´t come along. Perhaps the enemy knows we´re here, and they have taken Usagi to use her against us."

The woman´s shoulders drooped, and Quatre felt his heart go out to the poor woman. "Perhaps Duo is right," he suddenly spoke up. "Perhaps it is not any of our fault."

Ikuko smiled at the blond. "We just need to get her back," she said. "I´ll do anything to get her back. She´s my flesh and blood."

"I know," Quatre whispered, thinking back of how his own mother had given her life to give birth to him. "We´ll do whatever we can."

No sooner had he said that, the double doors burst open. Quatre turned around and had his gun pointed at the intruder in a second, but he immediately lowered it when he saw that their "intruder" was his braided comrade and Minako.

"Q-man!" Duo shouted, letting go of Minako and running behind the confused Arabian. "You have to save me!"

Quatre sighed. "What did you do to Wufei?" he grumbled in exasperation.

"Not Wufei! It´s worse than Wufei!" Duo whimpered.

Quatre raised an eyebrow. Worse than Wufei? Only Heero, on a bad day, would fit that criteria, but the Perfect Soldier hasn´t even left his room in the past twenty-four hours, and considering Duo almost got a nice bullet hole in his forehead earlier today, he wouldn´t really go annoy Heero again, would he?

"You stand there and let me shoot you!" an angry fatherly voice boomed through the halls.

Two seconds later, a pissed off Kenji was standing in the doorway of the sitting room. "Come out here!" he yelled. "And which one of you has a gun?"

"Uncle! You can´t shoot him!" Minako blurted out, coming to stand in front of Duo.

"Kenji," Ikuko reprimanded, "I know you´re upset over Usagi being missing, but shooting another human being is not a solution."

"I don´t want to shoot him because of Usagi," Kenji growled. "Do you know what he did to Minako out in the garden?!"

Quatre turned as red as a cherry at the implication, and Ikuko turned to look at Minako. The usually perky girl waved her hands and shook her head frantically. "It wasn´t like what Uncle Kenji is making it out to be!" she explained. "He kissed me, that´s all!"

"I never gave you permission to kiss my niece!" Kenji shouted loudly.

Quatre winced, convinced that his entire household now knew that Duo had kissed Minako. The girl frowned. "Uncle! I don´t need your permission to be kissed," she stated calmly. "Besides, I´ve kissed other guys back at the school at home."

If it was possible, Kenji looked even angrier than before. Duo tugged on Minako´s sleeve like a child. "Are you sure that was a good thing to tell your uncle?" he whispered.

"WHAT?!" came the outburst from one furious Kenji. "When we go back, you´re giving me a list, and I´m shooting every last one of them!"

"Dear," Ikuko replied easily, as though this kind of event happened all the time, "you can´t shoot a boy just because he kissed Minako. Besides, Minako didn´t refuse. You should know that what you want to do is against the law."

"Not that it ever stopped Heero or Wu-man from trying to kill me," Duo muttered under his breath.

"Duo, be quiet!" Minako hissed, momentarily taking her eyes off her uncle to glare at her boyfriend.

Kenji slowly went from red to blue, to purple, back to red, and then, to his normal colour. "Fine," he gritted out. Somehow, his wife had always made his actions seem childish and unreasonable, even though they had made perfect sense to him prior to her interference. "But only if Minako approved."

"I approve," Minako answered quickly, nodding her head. Anything to get her uncle away from Duo. Yeesh, if he was like this with her and Duo, what was he going to do to Heero when he found out about the mutual attraction between him and Usagi? Minako made a mental note to be there to watch the fireworks.

"Excuse me," a quiet voice interrupted from the doorway.

All occupants of the room looked up to find Trowa standing there. "Lady Une would like to speak to us," he informed them.

They all stood up and followed the tall boy down the hall to a room that Quatre had hoped they would never need to use again. It was large, with an oval-shaped table in the middle. Around the table was ten chairs. A screen of some sort sat at the other end of the room, facing the heavy wooden door. Another feature of the room was that it was soundproof. It was the meeting room that the five boys had used during the war to discuss their missions.

As the group walked in, they noticed that the Perfect Soldier was actually present. As soon as they all found a seat, Une started to talk.

"I think it´s about time that everyone knows what´s going on here," she began. "Kenji is the Preventers´ weapon developer. He had come up with some plans for a defense cannon. That is why you boys were assigned to protect his niece and daughter, in case someone wanted to use them to get the plans from him. I believe that this is also the reason why Usagi was kidnapped."

Surprisingly enough to Kenji, the boys had all remained calm at that little piece of information. It was, however, no surprise to Une that they understood Kenji´s point of view. After all, they fought in the war, and knew that weapons were needed in keeping peace, despite the irony in the concept. Minako, also remained calm at the revelation of her uncle´s true line of work. It did not shock her one bit. In fact, a lot of things now made more sense to her, like why he never told them what he did for a living. It was a danger for them to know.

"And?" Wufei prompted the former OZ colonel.

"How do we save her?" Ikuko suddenly interrupted. "Please, she´s my only daughter. You can´t give up!"

Kenji wrapped his arms around his wife, trying to soothe her.

"The condition," Une started, then hesitated. She took a deep breath. "The man who has her wants the plans for the cannon in exchange for your daughter."

"Fine, then I´ll give that to them," Kenji all but spitted out. "Hell, I´ll exchange myself. I just want my daughter to be safe."

For the first time since his appearance, all the guys could see just how much this man loved his daughter. Even Duo, who had been cowering in fear from Kenji only minutes before, could see that this was just a middle-aged man who was overprotective of his daughter and his niece, because he didn´t want them to be hurt, because he loved them.

"It´s alright," Une replied. "Why don´t you, Ikuko, and Minako go get some rest. You all seem distressed. I´m going to brief the boys on the rescue mission."

Kenji nodded. "I don´t care what you do. Just get her out," he said solemnly.

Une gave a brief nod, and Minako, after pecking Duo quickly on the cheek, followed her uncle and aunt out of the room.

As soon as the door shut, Trowa spoke up, "What are we really doing?"

At the looks she was receiving from all five of the boys, Une sighed. "Nothing gets past you, does it?"

"We have to rescue Usagi," Quatre said firmly. "Mrs. Tsukino was so upset."

"But we don´t even know who the enemy is," Wufei inputted with a frown. "If we just go in and rescue the onna, sure we´ll be fine if we succeed, but we´re not going to leave the kidnappers there. A confrontation will happen."

"And we´ll be unprepared," Trowa finished.

"I´ll go in," Heero spoke up, his eyes hardening "You four rescue Usagi. I´ll take out the enemy."

"No way, Heero!" Duo protested. "You don´t even know what you´re up against! And who´s to guarantee that Usagi will be kept away from their leader or whatnot?"

Heero clenched his fist. The braided boy was right there. If Mamoru was using Usagi as bait, then she´ll be with him. The man knew him a little too well, much to Heero´s dismay.

"We can´t let the cannon plans fall into the enemy´s hands," Une stated. "This kind of power would threaten the entire earth."

She paused, and Wufei spoke up. "Then what do you suggest we do, onna?"

"The mission," Une started, "is to investigate as much as you can about the enemy base, once you find it. If you can rescue Usagi without handing over the cannon plans, then do that."

Quatre, Trowa, Duo, and Wufei all exchanged looks. Meanwhile, Heero had his fist clenched so tightly under the table that his knuckles were turning white. He glared at the surface of the table. He had a feeling what was coming next.

"And if we can´t rescue her without handing over the cannon plans?" Quatre prompted for all the guys.

Une looked guiltily at them, hating what she was going to say herself. "If you can´t, then you destroy the base," she finished quietly. "Leave no survivors."

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End of Chapter 7.

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