Even the Strong Must Cry



Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing. I do however own the characters I made up, Kaiya, and the other four female students, and any 'bad guy' that isn't in the original timeline. This is AU, so many 'bad guys' are made up and the timeline goes by what I want it to. But it takes place about the time that all five are together. GW boys are 18. Kaiya and the other students are 18. So anyway… here is the fic.

Chapter 1: No Tears Yet

An 18-year-old young female ran swiftly through the forest. She had a huge pack strapped to her back. The pack weighed in at about 50 lb. This however, did not slow her pace. She ran into a large cave hidden by an overhang of vines and shrubs. She reached around a gutted snake and worked her hand inside the intestine. Her slim fingers pressed down on a large button. Suddenly, two large metal doors slid open silently. She walked up to the doors and entered a 21 alphanumeric code. Another set of doors opened allowing the teen access to the hidden tunnel. She quickly re-closed the doors and walked into the cave.

As she entered the cave and approached the center, clinking, banging and drilling sounds could be heard. She walked into an elevator where and old man with a claw for a left hand awaited her. He smiled a small half smile before saying,

"Hello, my Angel." The 50 lb. Pack dropped to the floor with a thud. She jumped up and hugged him tightly. He gladly returned the affection.

"Hello, grandfather, any news from earth team?" she asked releasing her hold and reaching down to pick up her pack.

"No, and I am growing concerned. How did the mission go tonight?"

"Easy, way too easy. If you ask me, either this training is paying off ten fold or OZ is really slacking off." Both had grim looks on their face as realization kicked in. Their fears were confirmed when Switch, the communication's expert rushed up to the pair.

"Dr. J, Commander Kaiya, there is news from the earth team," He let the information sink in before continuing, "There are no survivors, Ma'am. The informant who sent the message died shortly after sending the message. There is a meeting in Brief Room 4 right now." Kaiya nodded and began to follow the young man. Dr. J held her back. He turned to Switch,

"We'll meet you there." Switch nodded and headed for the room. Dr. J turned to look at his granddaughter. "It's OK to cry." She nodded before saying,

"I have already done enough crying for the both of us. I already said my goodbye to Uncle Joe when he left for earth. Let's go to the meeting." Dr. J nodded and followed his granddaughter to the meeting. ~she is already so brave, it isn't fair that she didn't have a childhood. But, I guess that is the price of freedom~ Dr. J mentally sighed before going to catch up with Kaiya.

The two entered the room to sad faces, and some faces showing utter shock. Kaiya took her seat at the head of the table and nodded for the meeting to continue.

"Commander, the count is in." Officer Davis said looking down at a piece of paper.

"So? What are our damages?" Kaiya asked although she already knew the answer. Officer Davis sighed and swallowed before reading the numbers off the paper.

"150 dead, 3 bases destroyed, and we lost all of the Mobil Suits that we sent down there." Kaiya nodded her head in agreement,

"And our supplies?" The officer looked back at his paper before answering,

"OZ doesn't know our plans ::sigh:: they think that they foiled our operation." Kaiya sighed and looked over at her grandfather,

"Any ideas?" She asked knowing full well that he already had a foolproof plan on how to fix the situation. Dr. J smirked knowing that Kaiya knew he had a plan,

"I have one," he turned to another soldier, "Lights please." The room became dark suddenly. Then, the whirling of the slide machine became evident. A small glow filled the room from the light of the slide machine. Dr. J started up the slide. He began to explain the situation in which Kaiya would travel to earth.

"10 students, one male and one female from each colony has been invited to go to the Peacecraft Academy for a year of study. The princess, Relena Peacecraft is doing this to try and ease tension between the colonies and earth." The slide changed to show the princess in her office talking to her brother, Milliardo. It then changed to show the Peacecraft Mansion.

First, we have the two students from colony L1. Kaiya you will go as the student Kaiya Owens. You are going because you scored the highest on the school's exams. You are a quiet person so feel free not to engage in any conversation that you feel you do not wish to. Your parents were killed in a boating accident and you were raised by your grandfather. Now, your grandfather is very ill and he needed special care. So this is another reason you were chosen. You 'may' also have to leave class to 'check up' on him and see 'how he is doing', if you catch my drift."

Your male counterpart is gundam pilot Heero Yuy. He is gundam pilot 01. He was trained to be the perfect soldier." The slide changed to show an 18-year-old boy with unruly dark brown hair. His eyes were a cold hostile blue. He wore a space suit and held a gun with perfect aim to the camera. Dr. J chuckled at this picture. "That boy didn't want me taking his picture. I told him he wouldn't be piloting the gundam if he didn't allow me to take his picture, he still made it difficult. He pilots the gundam Wing Zero.

"From L2 the female is Joanna Everett." The picture was a girl with long blonde hair done up in a series of braids and twists. She was actually quite pretty. "She is your average daddy's girl. Her mother died in childbirth so her father gives her basically anything she wants. And he has the power and money to do so too. Her father being a head political figure on the colony.

"The male is Duo Maxwell, gundam pilot 02. He was orphaned at a very young age and was raised by the Maxwell Church. Most likely the source of his last name." The slide showed a boy with a long braid. He had violet eyes and a bright smile. Some of his brown bangs fell into his face. "He is the 'comic relief' if you will of the group. He hasn't let his history get in the way of his life. He pilots the gundam Deathscythe.

"From L3, we have Mitsu Mizuno. She is very intelligent. A certified genius." Kaiya looked at her picture. She was a petite young girl with shoulder length very dark brown, almost black hair. Her hair also had a tint of blue in it. She had thin glasses that shaped her face nicely. She wore a casual dress and smiled politely at the camera. Dr. J continued his assessment of the girl. "She is very shy, and very polite. She does what she is told with no questions asked. Always trying to make a good impression. Her father is a famous scientist and her mother a famous doctor.

"The male from L3, is Trowa Barton, pilot 03. He does not remember a thing about his life before he was a pilot. He was known as Nameless until the real Barton was killed before he could pilot the gundam. Trowa then took his identity and became the pilot of Heavyarms. He used to work at a circus and is very good with animals." The picture showed a tall male with light brown hair that covered half of his face. The other half showed his green eyes and half smile. He was well built and had a certain quiet look on his face.

"From L4 we have Sarah Jones. She is your average girl. Her parents have decent jobs but aren't that powerful. She made the scholarship by her grades not her money." The girl in the picture was about average height. Kaiya silently agreed with Dr. J, the girl was average. She had light brown hair down past her shoulders, her hair was done up in a half ponytail. "She has an unknown backer who is supplying her with the funds to travel to earth. This person is also supplying her with nice clothes, accessories, and other supplies to make her look rich. You may want to look into that one.

"The male from L4 is Quatre Rabba Winner. He is heir to the Winner fortune. He is the youngest of 30 children. He has 29 older sisters, so, he may appear to be slightly feminine. He ran away from home at the start of the war to pilot his gundam. His father did not approve of the war, so he felt he had to run off to fight it. His gundam's name is Sandrock." Kaiya looked at his picture. He was a young man with blonde hair and blue eyes. He looked so innocent yet guilty at the same time.

"Finally, we have L5. The female is Angela Nariko. She is daughter of the head priest of the colony. She runs the temple with her father. She is training to be a priestess. Her manors and honor are unmeasureable. She knows every from of martial arts that there is." Kaiya looked at the picture of the young woman. She was about her height, her hair was triple braided, and it was the color of sand. There were several golden highlights running through the braids. She had the build of a fighter and wore black leather pants and light blue halter-top. Kaiya smiled inwardly, ~I think that I will get along with this one. She is the kind of person I was hoping would be going on this trip.~ Kaiya snapped out of her reverie when the slide changed to show a boy with dark black hair pulled into a tight ponytail. He wore a traditional Chinese outfit.

"This is Wufei Chang. Pilot of 05. He is obsessed with honor and that all woman are weak." Dr. J watched his granddaughter scowl. He knew that she would not get along with him that well. "He is a great pilot who prefers to do things by himself. He is excellent in martial arts and meditation. His gundam's name is Shenlong. He calls it Nataku after his dead wife." Kaiya's scowl softened into a slight frown after hearing the other name of his gundam.

"So, when do we leave?" Kaiya asked. Dr. J smirked and looked down at his watch.

"Your shuttle to the space port leaves in and hour. I suggest you pack quickly. Everyone else is dismissed." The room suddenly became bright again. A few people were still squinting at the change of brightness so quickly, Kaiya however was not effected and walked over to her grandfather.

"Do I even have to ask but, what about Lily and Washi?" She asked with a small smile of hope on her face. Dr. J shook his head,

"You know very well that a wild Siberian tiger won't go over too well with Relena-sama." Kaiya pouted,

"But, Lily isn't wild… she is house broken." She said the last part with a smile. Dr. J almost laughed aloud at his granddaughter's attachment to the wild creature.

"I'm sorry, you know the rules. As for Washi she will be sent down in about a week. Until then you will have to settle for explosives and land missions. Now, you best leave and go get ready."

"OK, see ya in 30 minutes." Kaiya bounded out of the room and ran down the hall to her quarters.

*** Kaiya's Room***

"Now, lets see… I'll take these pants, and this shirt. No, not that skirt…" Kaiya continued like this for another 10 minutes. Finally choosing six pants, three shorts, five shirts, three tank tops, two dresses, three skirts, PJ's, a bathing suit, and her training clothes. She threw her socks, and underclothes in the suitcase with her other clothes. She then came out of the bathroom with a bag of toiletries. Those were also thrown in the bag. Her other bag had explosives, and other training gear. The other suitcase was specially coated to hide such things. She strapped the one suitcase to her back and picked up the other and her laptop. After saying goodbye to Lily, she walked out of her room and closed the door.


*** base garage ***

"Where is that girl?" Dr. J said looking at his watch for the third time in the last 10 minutes. Finally, he could make out her form walking over to the car. "What took you so long?" he asked, "You said 30 minutes."

"So I'm 10 minutes late, sue me. Geese, don't get your diapers in a twist." She threw her stuff in the trunk and climbed in the front passenger seat. Dr. J. climbed out of the drivers seat and allowed Switch to get in.

"Huh? I thought you were taking me?" Kaiya asked looking confused.

"No, the other gundam pilots will be there and I don't want our plans known just yet. You must not tell any of them who you are or your mission until I give the word. Understood?" Kaiya nodded. "Now, hurry up or you will miss the shuttle." With that, the jeep sped off towards the shuttle.

Kaiya ran to gate 36 from where her shuttle was to leave. After giving Switch a quick hug and good luck she ran in the gate and onto the plane. She was already late for the shuttle to earth.


***space port ***


"Weak Onnas, figures one of them would make us late." A boy in a Chinese outfit said gruffly.

"Wufei, please lets not start insulting any of our class mates yet." A blonde hared boy said while shaking his head.

"Yeah, Wu-man Quatre is right. Hey Heero, the missing girl is from L1, ya think you will know her?" The boy directed the last part at a boy with messy brown hair and a bored look on his face.

"Maxwell… my name is Wufei not Wu-man!" Wufei said very angry. Just then, a pretty girl with blonde hair walked up to the group.

"Look, I wanna get to this school so I can meet the princess and her incredibly hot brother. So can one of you like call someone or something?" the girl said. Duo nearly burst out laughing at the thought of someone calling Milliardo hot. "What is like so funny?" the girl asked sounding annoyed. The other three girls walked over to the group.

"Hello, I presume that you five are the male students going on this trip to earth?" a girl with short dark brown hair said. She pushed her glasses back up on her nose. "My name is Mitsu Mizuno and I am from colony L3. It's a pleasure to meet you all." The other students nodded at her introduction.

" 'Sup? Sarah Jones, L4." A girl in jeans and red T-shirt said.

"I am Joanna Everett. From the colony L2. Daughter of William Everett, the great politician. I get what I want and that includes hot guys!" Joanna said the last part pointing her finger in the air and pumping her fist. The fourth girl rolled her eyes and stepped up to introduce her self.

" Angela Nariko. L5. It's an honor." She put her hands at her sides and bowed respectfully to the group.

"Who might you gentlemen be?" Mitsu said trying to bring them into the conversation.

"Duo Maxwell I may run and hide but I never tell a lie." A boy with a long braid said jumping up and down.

"Running is for the weak." Angela said. "But, perhaps you should run from the sugar Maxwell."
She smirked at him while crossing her arms over her chest. Duo's jaw dropped two feet,

"Another Wufei! Damn, it must be that colony." Wufei stepped up,

"Since, Maxwell has already introduced me, I am Wufei Chang from colony L5." He bowed just as Angela did. A boy with blonde hair stepped up next.

"I am Quatre Rabba Winner. I am from the colony L4. It is my pleasure to meet all of you." He turned expectantly to a boy with half of his face covered with his hair. The boy inwardly sighed and moved to speak,

"Trowa Barton, L3." He then fell silent. The girls were waiting for the last boy to introduce himself, however nothing came out. Duo nudged the boy in the arm,

"Well… come on introduce your self." The boy rolled his eyes and spoke in a cold monotone.

"Heero Yuy, L1. Don't bother me." He then turned and walked over to the window to look at the arriving ships. The girls shrugged and began a light conversation with the other pilots.

*** 20 minutes later ***

Kaiya ran into the spaceport. ::sigh:: "Now, where was I supposed to go? Ah yeah, here it is. Gateway 52." She skipped the elevator and ran up the stairs from gateway 2 to gateway 52. Five minutes later she approached a group of nine teens. She approached the group and called out,

"Hey, is this the group going to the Peacecraft Academy?" Nine heads turned in the direction of the voice. All of the male's breath caught in their throats.


"Finally, you're late." Heero said in his monotone, he was really thinking, ~wow, I have never seen anyone has beautiful as she is. She has to be an angel.~ Heero studied the girl who had just arrived. She was wearing tight black leather pants that could have been painted on, a blue knit top and black, ankle length, leather trench coat.

"Wow," Duo said, "Did God wish to talk to you longer before he sent you to earth?" Duo asked trying to sound smooth, but, he did not fully recover from the shock so he stuttered it out. Two fists came down and hit him on the head.

"Baka." Angela and Wufei said at the same time. Duo looked at them before shaking his head.

"What do they put in the water there?" Kaiya walked up to them,

"Sorry I'm late. I didn't hear about the invitation until about an hour ago. Then I had to pack, and almost missed my shuttle. I had to make sure Grandfather was OK before I left. Then, I arrive on gateway 2 and have to run up to gateway 52. I would have taken the elevator but I could run faster, so here I am. What'd I miss?" She asked digging through her laptop bag for her ticket for the next shuttle.

"We just introduced our selves." Mitsu said. "I will fill you in, I am Mitsu Mizuno from the colony L3, then we have Joanna Everett from L2, Sarah Jones from L4, and Angela Nariko from L5."

"I got the guys," Duo said stepping up. "I am Duo Maxwell from colony L2, over here we have Heero Yuy from L1, you don't wanna get on his bad side. Over there is Trowa Barton from L3, Quatre Rabba Winner from L4, and Wufei Chang from L5. And, who might you be?"

"I am Kaiya Owens, L1. I suggest we get on the shuttle. We can finish this on there. I don't wanna make us any more late than we already are." She walked up to the desk and handed the attendant her ticket then walked on board. Heero followed, then the others joined them after gathering up their luggage.


*** on the plane ***

"Where are we gonna sit?" Duo asked looking around the empty plane.

"I don't really think that matters, do you?" Sarah asked. Duo shook his head. After everyone was on the plane and searching for somewhere to sit, the pilot came on overhead.

"::curch:: this is your captain speaking. We are on a non-stop flight from SpacePort xv999 to Sanc Port on earth. The trip will be approximately six and ½ hours. You ten are the only ones joining us this evening so feel free to move around and sit where you like once the plane has taken off. Until then, please find a seat, store all carry on luggage in the overhead compartment, and fasten all seat belts. Make sure your tray tables are in their upright and lock position. Thank you for flying Air Gordon, please enjoy the rest of your flight. ::curch::"

The ten students all climbed in the first ten seats they found. They all wanted to get on earth as soon as possible, although each for a different reason.

*** 10 minutes later ***

"::curch:: This is your captain again. It is now safe to change seats. Enjoy your flight. Thank you. ::curch::" Everyone unbuckled their seat belts and stood up, stretching their legs. The seats were arranged in rows of five. There were five rows on each side and one main aisle going between them. Kaiya reached overhead and grabbed her bag of explosives and laptop. She walked over to row A aisle two. She opened the compartment and gently stowed her bag. She then sat in the seat on the aisle, opened her laptop and began typing.

Angela, seeing her personality walked over and put her carry one luggage in with hers. She sat in seat 4, next to her and pulled out her CD player. She popped in 3 Doors Down, and cranked the volume up. Angela then reclined her seat back and closed her eyes, every once and awhile bobbing her head slightly to the music.

Heero, not wanting to be far from his angel walked up to row B, aisle two. He sat directly behind her. He too stored his stuff and then began typing on his laptop, but still keeping his ear close enough to her so he could hear anything that she said. ~what am I doing? Spying on a woman? Grrr, maybe hacking into OZ files can calm my nerves~ He then began hacking into various files and accessing information. After he grew bored of that, he began researching the other female students, since he already knew the males.

Wufei went off into the back corner of row E aisle one. He took seats 1 and 2 and raised the armrest between them. The got into an Indian style position and began meditating.

Mitsu walked over to row C, aisle one. She placed her things in the proper place then sat in seat 5. She opened a novel she brought with her and began reading.

Trowa walked over to her and placed his things next to hers.

"Do you mind if I sit next to you?" He asked gently touching her arm. She looked up and turned a slight shade of pink.

"No, of course not." She moved her legs out of the way and allowed him to sit in seat 4. He two opened a book and began reading.

Duo walked up to Sarah,

"Hey, do ya wanna sit with me?" She nodded. They walked over to row D aisle two and Duo took hers and his things and threw them up in the compartment. They then sat in the middle of the aisle, seats 2 and 3. They quickly started up a game of poker.

"Come on, let's play strip poker." Duo whined. Sarah blushed before playfully smacking him on the arm,

"Duo… not here, not now. Geese, there are other people here you know?" She scolded.

"So… you would play? And, who said they couldn't play?" Duo said smiling his 100-watt smile. She laughed and continued her game.

Quatre went over to row B aisle one, in front of Trowa and Mitsu. He placed his belongings in the overhead storage bin. He sat down and opened his travel chess set. Mitsu looked up from her book and saw Quatre playing by himself.

"Oh, Quatre-san, would you like someone to play with? I love chess." Mitsu said smiling. Trowa looked up,

"As do i. Quatre-san, would you like me to play as well?" He asked placing his book in his lap. Quatre seeing the sparks between Mitsu and Trowa smiled,

"Sure, I have an idea. How about you two play each other and I'll watch and be the ref.? OK?" They both smiled and blushed. Quatre placed the chess set between the two teens and hung over the seat to watch.

Joanna was feeling left out. She looked around and scowled. Everyone was doing something with someone, or by himself or herself, and no one thought to include her. She scoffed and walked over to an aisle by her self and threw her bags up top. She grabbed her CD player and put her Brittany Spears CD, in and turned the volume up. Wufei being, in the row behind her, and in strict meditation heard the music and raised and eyebrow.

"Weak Onna." He muttered before re-closing his eyes and going back to his meditations.


OK, I know that was kind of a slow start at the beginning, but it picked up, and will move along. This I anticipate to be a rather lengthy fic, so don't get mad if I don't post to often. I modeled the female students of people I know. And yes Mitsu is oddly like Ami Mizuno from SM. That's cause she is my favorite scout and I wanted to put her in without, "putting" her in. I already have the pairs made up in my mind, who's going with who. You may already be able to guess. If not you will see in later chapters. Please Review! I need feedback! Say something? Please! OK enough rambling. ::grabs muse and walks out door. Muse sticks head back in::
Fred: Bye!