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Children of War

By,

Luna Dragon

"Maybe we could learn to trust you in time." Trowa whispered.

"Really?" Kaiya asked as she took a step forward. "So you'll let us in?"

Reluctantly, Heero nodded. They made perfect sense. Also, the were unarmed and, though they were extremely unpredictable, they'd be ready for the five girls if they suddenly wanted to spring a surprise attack.

Other than that, he wanted some answers.

"Yes!" Akiko shouted and jumped with a fist in the air. "You know, though you may not trust us yet, can you at least give us some food? And a place to stay would be nice . . . our place is off limits since we quit and no one knows. Also I'm very tired and can we save the chit chat for later--"

She would've gone on but Kaiya smacked her over the head. "Let's not overstay what little welcome we have," She mumbled.

~*^*^*~

In a remote region, far away from Heero and the others were, was a giant eight story building, just waiting to be used. But, if one just drove past it, the large building appeared abandoned, and unused, but no one knew of it's actual purpose.

Inside, five mobile suits were being constructed as Heero and the others talked, and only two out of the now ten group knew of it's existence.

And the two also knew that mobile suits was the opposite of what was being built. Inside, five giant machines loomed in the dim shadows cast by the setting sun's gaze. Five giant machines that might as well were being resurrected from the dead, but that's just what it was.

For the five Gundams: Heavyarms, Sandrock, Deathscythe, Altron, and of course, Wing Zero, were being rebuilt under the watchful eye of Meiou Setsuna.

"Is all going according to plan? You know I'm not supposed to stray here long," Setsuna spoke to a group of many, many workers.

"Of course we know Setsuna," One answered. "And the Gundams are almost finished. All that's left is to install the Zero system on wing, and then we'll add some ammunition and of course the self detonation devices . . ." The man let his voice trail off.

Setsuna nodded. "Then get to work, if I'm correct, Rei and Ami should be halfway through explaining the situation with the boys."

"Right!" A chorus of simultaneous answers echoed as the men scattered every which direction, trying to get back to their posts.

"Do you think we will finish, Setsuna?" Someone asked as they stepped forward. It was a girl with aqua-green shoulder-length hair and blue eyes. She was one of the workers and someone else was with her.

Another girl with extremely short, blonde hair, and light teal eyes. Instead of a skirt/shorts the other girl was wearing, she had on long pants and a long-sleeved shirt, the sleeves pulled up to her elbows.

"If Rei tells the former Gundam pilots about getting their Gundams back, they'd want to come here. Which might be soon, and we can't finish that quickly." She said. 'Other than that, they'll want to know a whole lot of other crap and I'm getting sick and tired of repeating myself these days.' The girl added silently, holding back a smirk.

"Michiru," Setsuna muttered, addressing the one with aqua hair. "Surely we'll finish, and if I have to borrow some more men and women to get the job done, then fine."

"And Haruka," said Setsuna, addressing the taller girl. "Rei won't blow our cover too quickly. She knows that rebuilding the Gundams from complete scratch will take a while."

"It was supposed to take years, and look at us. Months! Ha, Dr. J and those other idiots should see us now," Haruka muttered.

"Haruka!" Michiru and Setsuna shouted. "They were scientists, our teachers!" Michiru scolded.

Haruka put up her arms defensively. "Hey, come on. It's a small something called sarcasm."

Setsuna rolled her eyes, this was to be expected by Haruka Ten'ou. But you could always count on Michiru Kaiou to put her back in place. "Just get back to work, I have to get back to Professor Tomoe in case anything unexpected comes up."

Haruka and Michiru nodded before wishing their friend luck.

~*^*^*~

Rei sighed. She had finished telling the boys everything, with the help of Ami, Kaiya, and Akiko, of course. It had taken more than two hours, with the constant questions from both the Gundam boys and Akiko and Kaiya.

'Wufei,' Rei thought with disgust. She didn't like the guy too much. 'The sexist doesn't even know what's coming to him. He and his friends think that they're too good and tough just because they survived two wars.' She sighed inwardly; the wars.

So she didn't tell the boys everything. She left out to them and to Akiko and Kaiya that the Gundams were being finished as they spoke. She was going to, but not yet. They didn't know what they were up against.

An uneasy silence settled between the five ex-Gundam pilots and the four guests. 'So they know about everything now,' Akiko thought as she looked at the floor. 'Except for the reason why we were so persistent on killing them. I wonder if they even know that they caused Kaiya and me so much pain?'

The silence was still around them and Akiko didn't like it. So she voiced a thought she'd been wondering for a while now. "So," She began. All eyes averted their gazes from meaningless objects and stared at the girl with brown eyes. "Why are you all here? Something about Relena Peacecraft?"

Kaiya sighed next to her. 'Does she have to know every aspect of their lives?' She thought with embarrassment.

Duo groaned. "With all the excitement I forgot about that!"

"I don't think the excitement made you forget that Maxwell." Wufei muttered.

Duo grinned. "Guess not." He said remembering the gun to his stomach. When he woke up, Relena's meeting was the last thing on his mind.

"Now that you mention it, I am a bit curious." Ami said. "What does Ms. Peacecraft have in order for you five?"

"A dedication speech?" Rei asked.

Quatre shook his head. "She said it was the anniversary of the day Wing Zero and Heero destroyed Libra -- stopping it from colliding with Earth." He whispered.

Heero and the three boys nodded solemnly. Akiko sighed, 'now back to the matter beforehand." She said.

"And what was that?" Wufei snorted.

"Well, can we stay here or something? If the Prof finds out what we've done . . . well we're basically screwed and dead." Akiko answered. "And I haven't slept in a really long time! And the food Sally Po gave us was good and filled me up and all but," --she yawned -- "I'm still really tired!"

Kaiya heaved an exasperated sigh.

"You will never change!" Rei muttered.

Ami just slid lower in her seat. 'How embarrassing!'