Ok, the chapter you've been waiting for! An explanation to the Duo/Heero thing. And Sorry that this chapter is so late, my mom and her boyfriend decide to take the family to D.C for dinner. It took FOREVER! So that's my excuse for being so late...SORRY!

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Chapter Seven: What Really Happened?

They were all still in the kitchen, Trowa was making lunch while Quatre and Wufei watched the interesting scene unfolding between Duo, Heero, and Teolyn.

"Why didn't you just tell me he was your brother?" Duo asked. "Why can't you just come out and say it instead of making me find out myself?"

"Brother?" Wufei's head shot up at that word. "This weakling's your brother?"

Teolyn merely sighed and sat down as far away from Wufei as possible.

"Now that's unfair Wufei. He hasn't done anything to make us think that," Quatre responded in Teolyn's defense, for which Teolyn was very grateful.

"I'm sorry Heero," Teolyn said softly. "If I had known that you didn't want me to tell…" but Heero silenced him with a look.

"Guess you're right," Heero said to Duo.

"I…I am?" Duo replied shocked. Heero had never ever ever said that he was right… let alone about something of this magnitude…

"I guess I shouldn't hide things from you Duo," Heero continued. "That's what the last problem was."

"Oh really? I thought the last problem was because you called me a 'heartless bastard'?" Duo asked sarcastically. "Words like that hurt damnit!" At that very moment Wufei decided it best to leave as unobtrusively as possible. In moments he was out of his chair and down the hall before anyone noticed, except Teolyn that was, who just barely saw him as he slipped out of the room.

"I said no such thing," Heero retorted with a raised eyebrow. "Who told you that?"

There was momentary silence as Duo turned to look at Wufei…who was gone.

"I think someone's against the idea of us together," Duo said softly with a motion to where Wufei had been sitting. Heero turned and gave a slight nod.

"Wouldn't be the first,"

Trowa came over setting down five steaming hot bowls of soup onto the table.

"Careful," was all he said as he sat down next to Quatre who'd taken a seat across from Teolyn when the bowls went down. Duo sat down next to Heero and moved to eat a spoonful of the soup in front of him.

"So you didn't say that?" he asked between spoonfuls.

Heero just shook his head and ate his soup.

Duo let out a long sigh of relief at that.

"So I take it you're feeling better Prince Teolyn?" Quatre asked after a few minutes of silence.

Teolyn paused a moment, the word "Prince" causing him to remember the news broadcast that had caused him to seek refuge in the hanger.

"I'm not Prince of the Earth Sphere anymore," he replied quietly into his bowl.

"What do you mean?" Quatre said, setting his spoon down into his soup as a concerned look crossed his gentle face.

"They instated his High Consul or something as Prince Protector," Duo responded as he remembered the broadcast as well.

"Right into the hands of New OZ," Quatre concluded softly. That got the attention of the others.

"How?" was Heero's reaction.

"The High Consul's the traitor," Quatre replied. "He's the one that sold Teolyn out,"

"Then we have to do something. We can't let New OZ get control of the government, especially if they're anything like their predecessor," Trowa spoke in his usual softness.

"No, we can't," Quatre mused. "We'll have to attack them directly now,"

"What about the kid?"

They all turned to look at Teolyn, trying to figure out what to do with him.

"I want to help," he said simply as all those sets of eyes; violet, emerald, blue-green, and cobalt, fell on him alone.

"I'll take him," Heero said. "We'll infiltrate the Palace in Athens."

"Is splitting up in a position such at this wise?" Trowa asked. The question was clearly directed to Quatre.

"Well…" he was thinking it through. "Teolyn does know the layout of the Palace and a frontal assault is practically suicide. In this case it's a sound strategy,"

"Wufei and I will take the deserted OZ base. Their leader could be there," Duo said. He was actually a little disappointed about not getting teamed up with Heero, but figured that the siblings needed time to talk.

"That works. Trowa, you and I will go to High Consul Jarin's residence and see what we can find there. Everyone understand the mission?" Quatre looked around the table and got nods from everyone. "Then we'll begin at 0800 hours tomorrow morning,"

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So that's chapter seven. I hope it was worth the wait.

Silver Cateyes: Thank you for your reviews! You seem to be the only one reviewing... Don't worry about those two, they're solidly together for sure. I'm just contemplating who gets Teolyn. Thank You again for the reviews!!!!!