*Epilogue*

Life went back to normal. There are much to rebuild from all around the realms but they will survive. Zechs and Noin went back to Magic Kingdom with Treize and Lady Une. There, Zechs managed the kingdom on behalf of his sister. Treize and Lady Une got engaged to the cheers of all their friends. They would be moving to live in the countryside where they would lead a simple, blissful life. But Zechs and Noin…

" When is your turn?" Duo asked again with a cheeky grin.

" Will you stop bothering me?" Zechs hissed at him and once again, he turned red. Noin did not wish to reply, but she stole a glance at him.

Lady Une came over to them, pushing Treize on a wheelchair. " Don't be wishy-washy, Millardo Peacecraft. Why are you soldiers always so shy about marriage and love when you fight so valiantly in the battlefield?"

Treize shrugged. " I suppose it's our trait. Right, my friend?"

Zechs froze for a moment. Then, he walked away.

" But whatever it is, I will stay by him always," Noin said.

" I know you will, Noin," Relena said.

At Magic Town, the new school term had started. Sally took the place of Lady Une as their new principal once again. Again, Heero has trouble waking Duo up from his bed.

" Hurry, we'll be late," Heero urged him.

" Wait for me! Don't run so fast, old chap!" Duo cried in despair.

Nearing the school gate, Heero braked suddenly, causing Duo to bump into him.

" What the…" Duo said, getting ready to berate his friend when he joined Heero in hanging his mouth open.

" My god, what is going on down here?" Duo muttered.

Just a few feet away, an army of students was crammed at the school gate, surrounding something or someone. Using Heero's thin but wonderfully strong shoulders as a prop, Duo hoisted himself up into air.

" Oi!" Heero squirmed, forcing Duo down on his feet again.

" Can't you be more of a gentleman, buddy? It's Trowa, Wufei and Quatre trapped in the middle of those students!" Duo reported.

Just then, a female student heard Duo's voice and she twirled around to face one of her heroes. " It's Duo Maxwell and Heero Yuy!" she squealed in delight. " Now they are all here!"

Before the two could even comprehend the situation, they were swept by the hurricane mob, into the centre of the eye, united together with the other three.

" You are our heroes!" a boy shouted from somewhere.

" Show it to us please!" another girl screamed in a high-pitched voice.

" What's going on here?" Heero asked Quatre.

" This morning when the three of us came to school, it was already like this. Everyone was waiting for us at the gate and they wanted to see us and the tablets," Quatre answered and nearly suffocated as another bouquet of flowers was thrown to him by Wufei, adding to the mountain of bouquets they had already received from their 'fans'.

" Heero!!!" someone shouted.

" I can't see Quatre!" another yelled.

" Show us the tablets!"

" So you mean you haven't step into the school at all?" Duo asked.

" Nope," Quatre answered, sounding somewhat muffled. Duo helped him with the flowers.

" I prefer chocolates," Trowa said, trying to joke.

" No problem! We'll make it for you!" a trio of girls screamed.

Trowa cringed a little behind Wufei.

" I feel like we are standing in the heart of the universe," Heero mumbled to himself.

" What did you say?" Quatre asked.

Some distance away stood Sally and the professors. " Aren't we going to help them?" Sally asked.

" Are you kidding?" Professor G said, combing his mushroom-shaped hair. " I'm enjoying this." The other four professors laughed.

" Please listen to me!" Heero shouted so suddenly that everyone immediately shut his or her mouths. " We have already hidden the tablets in a safe place and unless it is needed, it shall not see daylight again. We don't want it to fall into the wrong hands. Sorry to disappoint you."

Then he pushed through the crowd, making a straight rush for the school building just as the bell rang. In actual fact, neither the boys nor Zechs knew what had happened to their tablets after that battle.

" What are you waiting for? Hurry!" Heero said to his partners. They followed him.

And as he run, he saw someone familiar out of the corner of his eye. It was Relena. Dorothy was behind her.

" Relena, what are you doing here?"

She smiled. " Our schools have merged and I'll be in the same class with you. It is now officially known as the Gundam Boys and Girls School of Magic."

" Since when?!" he asked, bewildered.

" Since now!" she replied cheerfully, holding his arm.

" Are we ready, people?" Wufei asked, grinning at his mates.

" Ready!" they cried as they pushed Heero and Relena straight into the arms of each other.

In the distance, a lady in white watched this. In her hands, she held the six tablets. She is not a ghost, but neither is she a goddess. She nodded her head, satisfied that it was over at last. But this was not the end of the Gundam boys. She mouthed something that cannot be heard and then turned and disappeared with the wind. However it is easy to guess what she had just said:

Thank you.

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" That was a lovely story," six year old Heero Khushrenada said to his father. His twin brother, Duo Khushrenada agreed. Though they are twins, they looked very different from each other, from their hair colour right down to their personalities.

" Daddy is the number one storyteller!" he declared.

Treize Khushrenada laughed and patted their heads. " Of course, of course!" he answered, smiling complacently.

Une entered the twins' bedroom, pulling the ear of her husband playfully. " What far-fetched story have you been telling the twins my dear?"

" Ouch, ouch… Nothing much. It's only a new story that I'm writing," he said, pulling away from his wife. He rubbed his ear.

" Another one of those magical adventure, yes? You should know better than to put confusing ideas into their young minds. Now come down with me to entertain the guests. It's past your bed time, boys."

" No!!!" Duo shouted. Heero simply pouted.

Une tossed her brown hair aside and adjusted her glasses. " Don't argue with me. I let your dad tell you his new story idea for an hour and it's now way past your bedtime," she said sternly. " Do I have to…"

" No need!" both boys replied promptly and pulled the blankets up to their chins, pretending to be asleep.

" Good night," Une said, kissing their cheeks and switched off the lights. She and Treize went down the stairs.

" Here comes the great author!" Millardo Peacecraft announced as they descended.

" Long time no see, cousin! Merry Christmas!" Treize greeted him and both men gave the other a loud thud on the back. " Are you still calling yourself Zechs Merquise, after that great hero?"

" Ha, what do you think?"

" You finally got him down," Noin, Millardo's wife, said to Une.

" Once he starts on a story, it's hard to wrest him away," Une said and both ladies laugh. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw her daughter, four-year-old Relena sneaking up the stairs.

" Where are you going, Relena?" Noin asked.

" I want to see Heero and Duo," she said, looking as if she is going to cry any moment now. She buried her face into her brown teddy bear.

" Let her," Une answered. "I don't think those two are willing to sleep yet. What to do? It's Christmas."

" Thanks, Auntie Une!" Relena said and dashed up the stairs joyfully.

" No!!!" twelve-year-old child prodigy, Chang Wufei cried as his brother moved that critical piece of chess on the board. He was an orphan but was recently adopted by Sally Po, a divorced mother of one.

Twelve-year-old Trowa Po grinned in triumph. " Checkmate again, brother. You are a prodigy in music but I am a prodigy in chess."

" Trowa!" Sally rebuked him. " Don't be proud."

" Well, Wufei laughed at me just now."

" Be nice, boys. Or I won't give you any Christmas presents next year."

" Hey Trowa, let's go guess our presents," Wufei said.

" Okay!"

The doorbell rang and Une answered the door. " Dorothy, Catherine! You two ladies are terribly late."

" Sorry sister," Catherine said. " Traffic jam."

" And look who we brought back with us," Dorothy said. They moved aside to reveal Quatre Raberba Winner and his wife, Hilde Schbeiker.

" Hi, Une," Hilde greeted her. " Merry Christmas."

" Hilde! Haven't seen you for a year since we moved away! Come on in. So how's your new neighbours?" Une asked.

" Okay, but I still wish it was you and your family living beside us," Hilde said.

" Treize!" Quatre said. " Everybody!"

" Quatre R.Winner! Merry Christmas and so good to see you!" Treize said. "Staying over tonight, too?

" How about some nice wine, Winner?" Millardo asked, holding a bottle of red wine in his hands.

" Why not? We have lots of chatting to do. And yes, we'll be staying for two days."

"It's snowing!" Relena, Heero and Duo shouted down from the second storey.

" And it's near midnight!" Wufei and Trowa said in unison.

" Ten… nine… eight…" Treize began counting.

" Seven… six… five… four…" the rest joined in.

"Three… two… one…! Merry Christmas!" The merry group cheered loudly, welcoming this convivial season.

And just as the grandfather clock struck twelve, the explosion of a bomb dropped in a faraway country, marking the start of another new era.

The End

That's all folks! Hope you like the story and I welcome any feedback, from death threats all the way to cheek-blushing compliments. That's how I can write better. I actually wanted to write this Gundam Wing fanfic in the tone and style of its TV series but somehow, my own style kicked in. *Shrugs*.  I am not a regular fanfic writer and I know I am not a great writer. So if you have anything to say about me, please feel free to say it.

Bless you all, and amitabha.

                                                                                         Sincerely,

                                                                                                     The Three Realms