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Children of War

By,

Luna Dragon

The girl sighed and once again answered the boys' question. "I told you before, I don't remember anything." She repeated. "I woke up here and that's all."

Heero, Trowa, and Wufei looked at each other. For over a an hour and a half they had tried to interrogate Hotaru Tomoe, but they got nothing from her. All she managed to say was that she didn't remember anything since before waking up in this room, and she didn't even know who the boys were. Which, caught each of them by surprise.

Not only a while ago did she know too much about them, but now she knew nothing, not even about herself. Quatre had left to see if Sally Po knew of anything that could be wrong with her, and Duo was still in the recovery room, recovering from yesterday's attack.

The three boys each knew, that this was going to take a while . . .

~*^*^*~

Akiko sighed as she threw her friend the earring. "Done," She said with pride. She stood from her place on the couch and walked over to her friend. "Now lets go." Akiko said calmly.

Kaiya nodded and the two walked toward the door without another word. That is, until the door opened to reveal three silhouettes.

"Welcome back, Akiko, Kaiya." Setsuna greeted as she walked in with two teenage girls behind her. "I have informed Professor Tomoe of your arrival, and he praises you on your excellency."

Kaiya and Akiko looked at each other uneasily, but didn't say a word. "He's a fool for believing us, though." Said one of the girls with long raven black hair. "You two failed to complete your mission."

"Who are . . .? How did . . .?" Akiko asked.

"Kaiya, Akiko, I would like you to meet Rei and Ami." Setsuna introduced, answering part of Akiko's question.

"We will be helping you." Ami said as she brushed back a piece of her short, blue hair.

"Okay, since you seem to know a lot already, we'll tell you one more thing." Akiko said. "We don't plan on harming the ex-pilots. At all."

"We figured as much." Rei said with a smile. "And we don't plan to harm them either."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Kaiya demanded.

"Though you two may not know it, each of us are on the same team. We plan to stop Professor Tomoe from completing his goal, at no matter what the cost." Setsuna explained.

"Then how will you help us?" Akiko asked.

"Setsuna has told the Professor that you two have completed the mission. He believed her, and says you have done well. Now, you have your chance of getting to Hotaru, and asking the boys for help." Ami answered.

"How do you guys know all this?" Kaiya asked.

"We have our ways." Setsuna spoke. She smiled. "Good luck, but go completely unarmed or else they might think you're up to something." She gestured a wave and walked out of the door, closing it on the way out.

When she was gone Akiko moaned and threw her earring onto the floor. "You could've come earlier you know. I spent over an hour working on these two earrings!"

Ami smiled and apologized, Rei just rolled her eyes. "It took more than just telling the Professor and leaving, it took time."

"And speaking of which, we should get going." Kaiya said.

"It would help to come up with a strategy on how to get the ex-pilots to trust us instead of just barging in there." Ami reminded.

"She's right." Rei said. "We can't just break down the doors and yell for them, demanding that they help us."

"If they don't? What do we do then?" Akiko asked.

"Then we'll be on our own." Kaiya answered. Ami and Rei nodded, much to Akiko's disappointment.

"And we're supposed to kill the Prof, stop his army or God-knows-what, and all come back wholeheartedly without a scratch, right? Whoopee, I can't wait." Akiko muttered with fake enthusiasm.

"This is nothing to joke about, Akiko." Kaiya said.

"Well we can't just plan a mission with someone's feelings like the Prof does either. I say we just go and ask. If they refuse, we'll beg like sick puppies." Akiko said. "Who can refuse some girls like us, huh?"

No one laughed but they agreed.

~*^*^*~

"So you're basically saying she has amnesia?" Heero asked Sally. They were all in the infirmary, standing around Duo's bed. They had just heard news after Hotaru reluctantly agreed to see what was the matter with her.

"She probably had an allergic reaction to the chloroform you dosed her with." Sally answered. "She's had a long history of medical problems, and the toxins just added to the list."

"So does that mean her other two friends are gonna be pissed off?" Duo asked. Heero nodded. "Great, another lovely reunion with the lovable Kaiya. Should we plan some party favors?"

"This isn't time for your sarcasm Maxwell." Wufei snapped.

"Aw, come on. We can't be rude to our guests Wu-man!" Duo laughed.

Ignoring the bickering boys, Quatre turned to Sally. "Where's Hotaru?" He asked.

"She's being checked up on by my personal medical team, just to see if there's anything else wrong with her that we don't know about." Sally answered. "But other than the amnesia, she should be fine."

Trowa nodded from his place in the corner next to the window. Quietly, he asked, "When will her amnesia pass?"

"We're not sure but it will over time. And who knows, maybe her friends can jog her memory if and when they show up." Answered Sally.

"Is there a possibility of that happening now?" Trowa asked again.

"Why?" Wufei and Heero asked in union.

"Because Kaiya's here and she brought some of her cavalry with her." Duo answered as he glanced out the window. Trowa nodded solemnly.

Four "What?" were screamed as everyone else gathered around the window to witness Kaiya, Akiko and two others jumping out of a car. "Still want me to set up those party favors? Duo asked with a small laugh as he pried himself from the bed.

"Oh no you don't Duo." Sally ordered as she placed a firm grip on his shoulder. "You're staying right here until you recover."

"Ah c'mon Sally, I'm fine now. There's no way I'm gonna miss this!" Duo argued as he grabbed a pistol from a drawer and handed one to Quatre. Sally just sighed.

"I don't think we'll need weapons this time," Quatre said. When everyone turned their attention toward him the blonde, he added, "They appear to be unarmed."

"We'll have to make sure." Heero said as he grabbed a gun for himself and walked off.

"A weak woman's main skill is deception." Wufei added as he followed.

"But they're not weak Wu-man," Duo called out as he followed. They heard Duo's laughter when Wufei grunted profanity in his own language.

"Kaiya, Hotaru, and Akiko were enough trouble," Trowa spoke. "We'll take these for protection, just to make sure."

Quatre sighed and followed Trowa out, glancing apologetically at Sally before closing the door. "There's something about those girls and these pilots," She muttered. "They act more alike than they'll probably ever realize."

~*^*^*~

"You think they'll welcome us with open arms and some nice tea?" Akiko asked as the four girls walked unarmed towards the complex. "Or how about some coffee, it feels like I haven't slept in ages."

"Doubtfully." Ami answered. "But they wouldn't exactly open fire on us intentionally. They must've realized we're unarmed."

"We can't expect too much from former Gundam pilots." Kaiya reminded.

"Well we can't expect too little from former Gundam pilots, either." Rei added. "They've gone through two wars and they're physically and mentally fine."

"Unless they're clones and the real ex-boys are locked in some loony bin, never to come out because they've got permanent brain damage." Akiko suggested with a wide grin plastered on her face.

"Akiko?" Rei asked.

"Akiko here and at your service?" She replied.

"Please shut up and be serious." Rei ordered with a smirk.

Ami just shook her head and Kaiya held back a smirk. "They have welcomed us," Kaiya said. "Though not with open arms, tea, or coffee."

"How's that?" Ami wondered aloud as she stared at Kaiya.

"Well, the fact that the five of 'em are standing in front of the entrance is a pretty big clue." Akiko said.

Rei and Ami shot there heads up and all four girls stopped. "Looks like you're right yet again Ami." Rei muttered.

"On which account would that be?" Ami asked.

"It seems that we won't be barging inside after all." Rei answered.

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AN: Yeah, I finished the chapter, finally. It's longer, a lot longer than intended, but I figured I'd give everyone a break because I took so long. I know I've mentioned this before, but here it is anyway: THANK YOU HOTARU YUY! She gave me the idea for Hotaru. Heehee. Now that you've read, please REVIEW! I want feed back, please?