Author: Shinigami195
Summary: Duo disappeared 11 years ago. Now a new enemy is about to attack the Earth but the Gundam Pilots are nowhere to be found and it's up to their children to save them.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: angst, kind of a deathfic for a few chapters but it isn't really, occ, swearing (from both author and characters), Limes
Pairings: 1+2, 3+4, 5+S, 6+9, R+oc, oc+2, oc+oc
Disclaimer: I don't own the Gundam Wing characters, but I do own the original characters.
Author Notes: This is mainly about the gundam pilots' children but the gundam pilots do have a very large part to play in this fic. Now that Worth Fighting For is finished, I am going to work on this fic coz I really do like it and its fun to write. So hello and be prepared for this to take a very long while as I have an idea as to where this fic is heading, but if it gets there or not, will be a complete different thing.
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THE CHILDREN OF PEACE
Chapter OneShinko Maxwell-Yuy looked at herself in the mirror. She couldn't recall any memories of her daddy, accept the very first day she met him, when he had told her, that he was going to be her new daddy. But she had always seen photos of him, and as she added the finishing touches to her long chestnut hair, she thought of him and his own long hair.
Her father always spoke highly of her daddy, but there was always a sad tone in his voice, and she knew without a doubt, her father loved her daddy and still did.
Tonight was Christmas Eve.
Like normal her and her rather large family of, 8 uncles, 7 aunts, and 12 cousins (4 of which, were adopted like Shinko), were spending Christmas at the Sanq Kingdom Palace, where Relena, her husband and her 3 children lived.
Shinko had never been told how she had come to have such a family, everyone had their own little thing, which they gave to the family and made it complete. She just assumed that the members had all meet either at school or work.
Shinko fastened her necklace and stepped back to study her handiwork.
Her hair was fastened in many different ways, some of it was pinned up in a bun like shape on the top of her head while other bits fell down, her hair plaited with silk ribbons, while some fell in curls around her face and shoulders.
Her family knew she had weird tastes.
Shinko was pleased with her hair, it had taken her well over an hour to do.
She wore a slim, knee-length, low cut dress. It was a rich amethyst colour and on her feet were six-inch sandals that had black ribbon attached to them that she could warp around her ankles to decorate them.
Black eyeliner surrounded her bright blue eyes, making them sprinkle, and rosy lip-gloss made her lips shine.
The finishing touch was her necklace.
Her father had given it to her on her sixteenth birthday.
It had been her daddy's.
On her pale neck, laid Duo's silver cross.
She may not remember him, but she loved him and treasured everything she could about him, after all, it had been her Daddy that he given her a home and a family.
"Shi?"
Shinko turned as her father stepped into her bedroom; he was dressed in his usual black suit with white shirt.
"You look gorgeous sweetie." He told her, giving her a small smile.
"You have to say that," She laughed turning back to the mirror. "You are my father."
"I would never lie to you." He told her, moving so he stood behind her. The top of her head came up to his neck. He reached over and placed a hand on the cross that hung round her neck. "I'm so proud of you."
Shinko turned round and looked at him, he never said anything like that, she was always in the wrong, either she had stayed out to late, or gotten bad grades at school, or never cleaned her room, etc.
She hugged him tightly and he held her close to his heart.
"I love you dad." She whispered, breathing in his scent, the scent that was always there, that comforted her and that made her feel safe.
"I love you too."
They pulled away from each other and she smiled at him, a true Shinko smile that made her glow.
"Are we ready?" Heero asked, he held out an arm and she took it.
"I'm ready for anything."
They entered the dining room to be greeted by their family.
Heero pulled out a chair and Shinko slide into it, thanking him as she sat down. Heero sat next to her on her left. On Heero's left, Relena sat and Heero greeted her with a light kiss on the cheek, three seats down from Relena sat her husband Jason, and between was their three kids.
Across from Shinko sat her eldest cousin, Cameron. He was the adopted son of Zechs and Lucrezia, who both sat to his left.
And sitting next to Shinko on her right was a blond man of 28.
He looked at her sadly, his light blue eyes studying his niece.
"Do I have something in my teeth uncle?" Shinko asked lightly.
"No, I was just thinking how much you look like your daddy."
Heero turned to face Quatre and their eyes meet.
Shinko closed her eyes and hung her head.
Heero had always been father and dad and would always be so, Duo would always be daddy, it was just the way it was, and no one questioned it.
Wufei and Sally entering the room disturbed the silence between the three.
"Sorry we are late. Ricco refused to get dressed."
The five year old was hanging off his father's leg and once they had sat down, the circle was complete.
Relena rose gracefully, her white gown flowed around her.
"Friends, family. It is once again my honour to have you all here. It has been a joyful year and next year will bring more joy. I am pleased to be able to announce that Dorothy and her lovely boyfriend Daniel will be celebrating their wedding come July, and I must also offer my congratulations to my brother and his wife, as they are expecting their third child in just 3 months."
The room gave a round of cheers for the engaged couple and expecting mother.
"I missed your birthday Shi, I apologise for that."
"That's alright."
"But as you are now 16, I think I need to remind Heero that you are now of legal age and therefore any activity that you would like to take part in with another person of the same legal age, is now… well legal."
"Not under my house." Heero muttered.
"And Heero should also stop scaring off boyfriends."
Heero fixed Relena with a death glare but she ignored him.
"You came here to eat, not listen to me go on." She raised her glass. "Merry Christmas."
Everyone raised their drinks too and chorused back. "Merry Christmas."
The dining room was full of noise as people began to chat and eat.
Shinko eat slowly and as she ate, she studied everyone.
There was Aunt Relena and Uncle Jason, with their three children, Tessa, Terri and Tommy. Jason was glaring at Heero, he had never liked him, Jason was very protective of his family and he always thought Heero was going to steal Relena from him.
There was Aunt Hilde and her two children, her own husband was ill at home and it was unfortunate that the 'pervert' (called pervert only by Shinko and Cameron) was not there.
There was Uncle Quatre and Uncle Trowa with their two adopted children, Carolyn and Christian, both aged 15, and little Jade, age 7, actually conceived, carried and born via Quatre's body.
Then there was Uncle Wufei and Aunt Sally who lived on L5 and only visited about once every year, they had two children. Mikirike had been adopted and she was 14, and her brother Ricco who was 5.
And then there were, Aunt Dorothy and her new fiancé, Aunt Une, who acted more like a mother than sister to Shinko's father and her uncles, and there was Aunt Mariemaya.
And finally there was Uncle Zechs and Aunt Lucrezia (Lucy for short), they had two children, and were expecting another one. Shelia is Aunt Lucy's first born, she's 11 and Cameron, (Shinko's best friend) had been adopted by Aunt Lucy and Uncle Zechs when he was seven. He was a year older than Shinko and they had developed a strong bond between them.
Shinko also had a crush on Cameron.
There was something about him that she couldn't ignore.
But nothing would ever happen between them, it was a promise she had made when she had realised she felt something more than friendship for him.
Dinner was soon over and the young children were trying to move everyone into the ballroom, they wanted presents, and everyone else just wanted a good time.
Heero sat down beside Wufei and Wufei looked over at him.
"You are 28, going on 78. What's wrong?"
"I don't know. It just feels like, something bad is happening out there while we are in here having a good time."
"You sound like Quatre."
Heero rolled his eyes.
"It's hard to explain."
"I know it is." Wufei sighed softly. "I feel it too. Too many years have past and there hasn't been a single act of violence that has results in more than one death. It feels too…"
"Peaceful." Heero finished. "The soldiers in us haven't died have they?"
Wufei was shaking his head. "I wish it were so. I felt so peaceful at the end of the war, now I feel, uneasy, restless. I have a family, I want to be with them, but I was think about joining the Preventers again."
Heero looked at Wufei, "Are you sure you want to take that route?"
"Sally is a full time doctor. Unless she books the time off then she's on 24/7. Mik is now older enough to take care of herself and her brother."
"She's only 14. I still don't trust Shinko in the house by herself."
Wufei laughed. "That's because she is Duo's daughter at heart."
Heero smiled. "She can't even cook, she tried once, nearly burnt the place down."
"And you feel restless too, my old friend? With her keeping you busy."
"I have things to do, I like my job, and it gives me the evenings off."
"Who would of thought it? Heero Yuy, hero of two wars, a school teacher."
Heero glared at Wufei. "It's PE. It's not drama or music."
"True." Wufei glanced sideways at his friend.
"Uncle Wu?"
"Yes Shi."
"Please excuse me and my father, I would like to borrow him for a dance."
Heero rose gracefully to his feet and took the hand his daughter offered him and she lead him onto the floor.
Wufei watched them dance together.
"What's wrong?" The ex blonde pilot asked, coming up to Wufei with his husband at his side,
"I just asked Heero that question." Wufei told the two men.
"We all feel it." Quatre said, holding his heart. "We can run for the past, but we can never lose the solider inside."
The three of them sat there in silence, watching Heero dance for a while before Shinko was whisked away by Cameron and then Heero and Zechs both joined them.
"She's a treasure." Quatre said, his eyes still on the dancing girl.
"That she is." Zechs agreed.
"She told me she love me today. She hadn't done that in a while."
"Something bad is going to happen." Quatre blunted out and the other five ex-pilots all looked at him sharply.
"What?"
"Nani?"
"Huh?"
"…"
"Explain."
"I can't explain. These strong feelings and dreams… nightmares. Back during the war both me and Duo suffered from nightmares, don't you remember?"
"Hai, he used to wake up crying and screaming. He also said he saw us dead. That he saw everyone he knew and loved die, and he was the reason why it had happened."
"I used to get the same dreams. Exactly the same, I used to have dreams of Duo betraying us without meaning too and then we all died."
"Soon as the war finished the dreams ended." Heero said. "He slept like a babe."
"Same for Quatre. Until now."
"It's the same dream, over and over. Only this time more people get hurt. I see more people, I see family. I see everyone in this very room dead, and all by Duo's hand."
They sat in silence, none of them talking but every single one of them thinking.
"Duo is dead." Heero finally spoke, his voice cold and detached from emotion.
"I know he is. I don't understand the dreams."
"There is no war going on right now. The world and space are at peace."
"But how long will this peace last? Relena grows older every day; the pressure of her job grows more and more and it is harder than ever to keep peace."
"Then lets enjoy it while we can." Zechs said.
"We gave up so much." Quatre spoke as the others stood. "It would be a pity for it to be a waste."
"What are you saying Quatre?"
"I think we should have a meeting. Talk to the Preventers, we need too. Are you willing to give this peace up so easily?"
"If you can get a meeting with them, I will be there." Heero said before he strolled away.
"Same. Contact me with more details."
"Ditto."
Wufei and Zechs walked off towards their wives.
Trowa sat back down.
"I did it." Quatre whispered. "I got out my fears and they believe me."
Quatre gave Trowa a bright smile and Trowa couldn't resist kissing it.
* * *
It was a few weeks later when Heero returned home from work to find Shinko serving tea to her uncles and cousins.
"Guests?"
"They were sitting on the doorstep when I came home. I couldn't leave them there." Shinko said, sticking her nose in the air and spilling tea onto the floor as she stepped forward not seeing Zechs's foot there.
Heero raised an eyebrow at the mess.
"Gomen."
"Baka."
Shinko grinned sheepishly.
"Kids can you leave us?" Quatre asked.
"Come on guys, up to my room."
"I always hoped you would say that to me."
Heero and Zechs both looked at Cameron with shocked looks of their faces.
"Behave yourself." Shinko said with a laugh. "Up!"
The kids hurried up the stairs and Shinko and Cameron followed them.
"We have a meeting with the Preventers. A week from today." Quatre informed Heero. "I thought we better decide what we should say to them."
* * *
"And why again, did I have to come?"
"Because I don't trust you home alone."
"Right. And you couldn't leave me in the hotel because?"
"You would leave the hotel and I would lose you."
"So instead you let me loose in the Preventer's headquarters?"
"I have gotten permission for you to use the computer database. You can finish your history essay on wars while you wait for me."
"Why are you going to the PHQ anyway?"
"None of your business."
"Oh Dad!!!"
"Shinko… I'm not telling you… and those eyes are not going to work on me… nor is that pout."
"Pretty please?"
"The taxi is here, come on."
"Onegai?"
"Lie."
"Onegai, onegai, onegai…"
"SHINKO!"
* * *
Shinko slide into a chair and pulled out her laptop, she attached it to the PHQ database and began to scan their files on different wars. She pulled up her half completed essay on "Wars of the AC Century, the winners, the losers and the results."
* * *
"We understand what you are saying. Lady Une also believes that there is a deep important threat of war over our heads. I am glad to hear the Gundam Pilots will still fight in it."
"Director, we don't wish to fight in another war, but if we must, we will." Quatre had been given the role of the spokesperson. "What we wish to do, is help you track down the threat of war and stop it, before war breaks out."
The Director looked at Quatre with sad eyes.
"Mr Winner, we have no idea where this army has come from. They have Gundam Knowledge, they may even have a Gundam, and we don't know anything about them, part from the fact they wish to control Space. They believe that we have trapped the people of Earth and Space, they wish to free them."
"Freedom Fighters?" Heero asked.
"They call themselves the Shadow Army."
"Then our mission is clear." Heero spoke again. "We must find them and stop them, before they act."
"They are harder to find than that."
"Sir, we are the best. No one has ever beaten us." Wufei boasted. "We will find them."
"Zero-Five, we haven't been soldiers for over 12 years. We can't go straight into battle. We must prepare ourselves first." Zechs spoke calmly.
"You will track down the Shadow Army for us?" The Director asked. "And put out their flame of war?"
Everyone in the room nodded, part from Heero, his eyes were staring out of the window, he was watching the lives that everyone lead in peace. It was a boring but pretty sight. He thought of Duo, giving his life in the name of Peace, and he thought of Shinko living in a world of war. He knew this was something they must do, to save their children and the peace.
"Mr Maxwell?"
Heero blinked at the name, it pulled him from his thoughts. "Mr Maxwell-Yuy." He corrected the Director.
"I apologise. Will you accept this job? We will pay you all well."
"Hai, ninmu ryoukai."
TBC…
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