~*~*~ Gundam 07: Cosmis Darkness ~*~*~
Originally by Zenbu Hotaru Megumi (The Greatest author in the world, which reminds me, gotta build a shrine to her in the back of my closet along with the others....)

And New Author: ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay okay, maybe you don't know who "me" is! The only way you'll know is if you dear readers actually took the time to read my little author's note. And for those who did and joined in the celebration of throwing rotten vegetables at Rage, thank you all. I had enough on me to feed my pet white Bengal Tiger for a week. As for cleaning up my poor poor hair and clothes, ::Winces at the thought of her dry cleaning bill:: it took quite a while, only 10 showers and 5 bubble baths.


Anywayz, for those who didn't read my author's note. Well, I'm Rage Barton. Up to now, I've only been doing Gundam Wing fanfics. And well, I was beginning to love Sailor Moon and Gundam fics, and I thought this perhaps might be the way to get into it. I would be creating some chaos at times in the AN, sometimes it's normal, sometimes it's just plain boring, but only because my soccer matches are killing me. Well, my pet tiger Rampage is glaring for me to continue, so er....... AHEM


WITHOUT FURTHER ADUE, I PRESENT TO YOU KIND READRES, THE BEGINNING OF MY LIFE IN SM/GW FICS, AND THE TAKE OVER, OF THE ONE AND ONLY STORY, GUNDAM 07: COSMIC DARKNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



~*~Last Time, on the exciting episode of Dragon Ball Z! Er...I mean, Gundam 07: Cosmic Darkness...

"Alright, who and what are you?" Heero demanded as soon as he reached the two figures standing in the clearing.

Hotaru whirled around to look at him. "How long have you been there, we were having a private conversation!" Hotaru yelled as soon as she saw him.

"Long enough so, explain." Trowa said as he came up beside Heero, followed by the others. Milliardo said nothing because he was staring at Setsuna in a blind daze. (I'm a huge Milliardo/Setsuna fan, Hehehe poor Noin)



"*Sigh* sit down this could take awhile." Setsuna said as she realized just what they had gotten them selves into.

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~*~*~ Gundam 07: Cosmic Darkness ~*~*~

Duo looked at Setsuna and then suddenly jumped. Throughout the whole garden people could hear Duo Maxwell Singing...


"You need to sit down, this may take a while.
You see, she sorta looks, just like you.
She even smiles, just the way you do.
So innocent, she seemed, but I was schooled
I'm reminded when I look at you, but,

You remind of a girl, that I once knew.
See her face whenever I, I look at you.
You won't believe all of the things that she put me through.
This is why I just can't get with you."



Everyone sweatdropped while Hotaru glared at Duo with her emotionless eyes. Trowa and Heero caught this so Heero cleared his throat, getting everyone's attention. He turned to Setsuna and Hotaru and smiled weakly. (AN: I know, unlike him!)


"Don't mind him, Duo hit his head too many times jumping out of Deathsycthe. But, then again he was always missing a few marbles."


Wufei snorted and looked at Heero with a mischievous gleam in his eyes.


"A few marbles Heero? Don't you mean all of them?!"


This made everyone laugh, even Duo. But Hotaru's mouth didn't even move at all, if possible, it narrowed even more. Duo looked at Heero.


"Man she's tough. I mean, even you cracked a joke Soldier Boy."


Heero sent Duo a glare and leaned the garden wall. His eyes back to their emotionless Prussian orbs. He listened as Setsuna began explaining everything, from the moon kingdom. His face blank as he carefully inspected Hotaru. Her black hair was let loose as the wind caressed it. Her slim and womanly curves hugged by a tight spaghetti strap tank, under a black leather jacket, and finished by a knee length black skirt.

Heero smiled as he gently shook his head, never taking his eyes off of her. She stuck out like a sore thumb at Relena's fancy party. He kept looking at her, the way her hair gently swayed when she moved, and how her emotionless violet eyes seem to glow from a fire all their own.


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Hotaru felt eyes burning into her. She slightly looked over in the direction and saw someone looking at her. As she looked closer, she saw that it was Heero Yuy, the Perfect Soldier, Pilot 01, and controlled Gundams Wing Gundam, Wing Zero, and the majestic Wing Zero Custom. He was the only pilot that had ANY remote chance of competing with her.


She took a careful look, she never really looked at him or absorbed how he really looked. Her gaze landed on his unruly dark brown hair. It was wild and untamable. She then saw the black tuxedo that he was in, finished with a white silk vest and jacket, and a small white bow tie. It gave him a sense of royalty, but it didn't fit him.

She then noted that he was tall, at least a good 6' 2". His face was half hidden by those bangs of his. All of a sudden, he looked up and straight into her eyes. Her breath was taken away by those wild Prussian blue eyes. They were wild like him, but they held nothing, nothing to those who didn't look carefully. They were hard and cold, but she saw a touch of vulnerability, like he was shielding himself so he couldn't be hurt again. His eyes had a haunting look, the eyes of a man who've seen too much.


But the intensity held her. She couldn't move, couldn't breath, couldn't look away. He was reading her as well, and she was falling. Spiraling downward, out of control, her mind blank, nothing mattered, everything slipped away. She turned away quickly. Breathing slightly faster. She couldn't take it anymore, he was intense. And even worse, he was reading her, the real her, not Tenshi Hotaru Megumi, he was reading the soul of Hotaru Tomoe.



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Heero was blown away by the intensity of her eyes. He saw that they were like his, emotionless, and perfect to the dot. But then he looked deeper, past the shields and the masks. He was looking at her with the eyes of one who had experience. He had broken her shield, just like he felt her break his. And then for a second in time, he saw her. The REAL her. Not the soldier of the battlefield. He saw how lost and alone she was. How scared she was. She was hidding, from something... or someone. Her eyes were haunting as he was held by them.


Everything disappeared, and those eyes were the center of the universe, HIS universe. Her eyes were bare for him to read, her secret, her pains, and her soul. The tattered soul of one who've been hurt and the look of utter helplessness. He frowned as she looked away. He shook his head; those eyes were haunting him. But he has seen those eyes before. He knew it well. Each mask, each emotion, each pain, and each fear. He's seen them countless times. For those were the eyes he looked into, every time he looked into the mirror....







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Setsuna finished Hotaru's story, with her coming to the Gundam universe. She sighed as Wufei burst out laughing, yelling something about crazy woman. And watched in surprise as Milliardo started to fight with Wufei to defend her honor.

[AN: When Mill falls, he falls hard!]


Duo's jaw was somewhere in China, Quatre's eyes were the size of soccer balls, and she noted with amusement that Trowa's right eye was twitching. Duo turned to Heero, who was playing with a blade of grass and looking at the scene.


"Heero well why aren't you surprised or anything?"


Everyone turned their attention on Heero. Heero looked up and looked into Hotaru's eyes for a second. He then looked at Duo and casually shrugged.



"The story would explain why she looks like an angel and a princess. She certainly looks like one."



Everyone's jaw dropped to the floor. Even Hotaru looked surprised and shocked. Her mouth was slightly open as her left eye began to twitch, trying to hold onto the Perfect Soldier mask. Heero began to blush as he lowered his head to hide his face with his bangs. He pushed off from the wall and looked up. The blush was staining his cheeks.


"I..er...gotta go....and...um meet.....Noin! Yeah Noin!" he stammered.


Everyone watched as he ran into the house at neck breaking speed.


"Hey guys."


Everyone turned around to see.......NOIN?!


"Hey guys."



"Noin, where did you come from?"


"Well Duo, I was at a conference."

"Don't you have a meeting with Heero?"


"No I don't. Why?"

"No reason."


Everyone looked around and Duo grinned at Trowa. Trowa's lips quirked up slightly and nodded at Zechs. They had caught Heero Yuy, bad.




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Heero walked around the ballroom. Sticking close to the wall and in the shadows. He walked close to the wall and kept his eyes on Relena. There had been new threats on her life. He shook his head as Tenshi's eyes were imprinted in his mind. He couldn't concentrate. Damn her.



A silver gleam caught his eye. HE looked at the balcony and saw that a shadow was there, and something was gleaming in his hand.


"Oh man not again."



Heero ran out of the shadows and pushed Relena out of the way. The shot hit him in the chest and sent him flying a few feet. All the Preventers aimed their guns at the balcony while Heero pulled out his and took one clean shot. The would-be attacker fell off the balcony and crashed onto the marble floor. The Gundam boys, along with Hotaru and Setsuna burst into the ballroom at that second. Duo quickly ran to Heero and helped him up.


"Heero man be okay, you fool just take out the attacker instead of running to cover..."


"Maxwell, shut up. You're making my head hurt A LOT!"


Duo backed up and Trowa supported Heero's arm. Heero as usually barked instructions.


"Quatre, calm everyone down. We don't need aristocratic people running around panicked."


Quatre nodded and quickly set out with some of the Preventer to calm people down. Heero nodded at Zechs.


"The media can't know about this Milliardo. Make sure they don't."


Milliardo grabbed Noin and quickly ran out. Heero looked at Wufei.


"Kick that guy's ass, but make sure there's enough of his life left to interrogate him."


Heero staggered a bit and Trowa and Duo's grip tightened on him. Duo started to panic.


"Sally!"


Sally quickly appeared between the masses of panicked people and grabbed Heero.


"Damn it Heero, you always have to go all out don't you."


Heero nodded as Sally fussed over him.


"Sal, Sal, I'm fine!"


"Thank the lord that bullet didn't pierce your lungs. But it did leave some minor damage."


"I'll be fine."


"Shut up Heero!"


Heero looked at Duo who was glaring at him. Heero nodded and allowed Duo and Trowa to get him upstairs.


"You guys fuss too much."


"NO Heero. You don't care about yourself enough." Duo said shaking his head.


Heero nodded and continued to walk down the hall. He didn't notice the worried gleam in Hotaru's eyes.







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Hey, I'm done. Now you guys can flame my ass. Thanks for reading. REVIEW! FOR THE LOVE OF THAT HUNKY, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, GOD OF A MAN TROWA, REVIEW!!!!!!