Rose of Neo -Versailles ;-

(note: I do not own anything to do with G Gundam)

It was twelve years before the Thirteenth Gundam fight when they first met ...............

Every morning was the same routine. Endless hours of fencing training and fighting etiquette with Raymond as his teacher, but at age nine George was already on his way to being a flawless gundam fighter. His training was held in the same place every morning, the far off rose garden on the Neo-Versailles place grounds. The only reason he was aloud on Neo- Versailles grounds was so he could train. His family had money, but he was not a true noble by name. The only way he'd ever be granted true nobility was to win the gundam fight when he came of age.

"Pay attention to the steps young master before you attack." Raymond command as he parried the sword from young George's hands.

The sword landed stuck in the ground next to a tree wrapped in rose vines.

George winced at being scalled by his teacher as he picked up the sword from under the tree where it lay, but as he picked up the sword he was struck by someone falling from a tree branch.

"Ow ..."

Rubbing the pain out of his back, he tried to get back up. It took George a second to come around, but coming to his scenes he tried to help up the girl who had fallen on him. It was when he took her hand in his that his eyes met hers. She was a small girl with long golden locks about the age of six clutching a beautiful scarlet rose in her small hands.

Softly she spoke. " I'm sorry I was spying on you..but I couldn't help to not look away--- "

She grew more shy as she felt his eyes still starring back at her in question. To her his eyes seemed as violet as twilight sky, his hair was like the fire of sunset.

"Spying?" He interrupted her stair.

Clenching the rose tighter her cheeks flushed as pink as her dress when she offered to rose to him. "I wanted to give this to you. You're like a brave knight out of a fairy tale book, beautiful and strong as a rose--"

He took the rose from her hand not knowing what to say, but he never had a chance to say a word.

" Princess! Princess Marie -Louise! " A nagging voice called from beyond the wall of rose bushes. "Where have you run off to?!"

"Coming Nanna!" With that she ran off, her pink dress blowing in the breeze behind her.

A bewildered young George was left sitting in the grass. "Princess..?"

Raymond interrupted "Yes, the crown princess of Neo- France, Princess Marie-Louise."

George held the rose gently in his hands as he looked it over. " Like a brave knight...?"

It wouldn't be till years later that they would see one another again face to face

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FC 60, the year of the thirteenth gundam fight.

George stood ontop of his gundam after victory over Neo-Cuba, his scarf blowing in the breeze behind him. Ignoring the fighter from Neo- Japan who wanted to desperately fight him, he shielded his eyes from the light as he glanced up at the sky. Seeing the princesses hovership passing over head, it filled his heart with joy to know that she still took liberty in spying on him after all this time.

A coy smile twinkled across his lips as he jumped back in his gundam.

"Not today will I fight someone so undignified as you." In a dash he took off towards the sky.

Sweeping past the princesses ship he knew they would meet face to face soon, tonight at the ball being held in the wishes of gundam fight victory for Neo- France.

The halls of Old Versailles where filled with the beauty of lights and music for the first time in many years. Despite it's slight worn state, it was still glorious enough to hold parties such as this one. However, most of the people it held in attendance were hardly beautiful at all, rich, snotty, unforgiving filth with only one gem in the whole place, the princess.

George walked out onto the grand terrace to rid his mind of the endless chatter of self centered nobility. The evening air of early fall was cool and refreshing as it blew though his long red hair. Taking a sip from his champagne glass, his thoughts drifted to his dreams as he watched over the decaying city of old Paris. Winning the gundam fight his chance at bringing honor and glory to Neo -France, but mostly his thought remained on the fair princess. He never forgot the day they had met. The day she's shown him his destiny. The day she captured his heart. Only he already knew he could never truly be with her. In her father's eyes, he was only a political tool to gain power.

George took another long sip from his glass as he gazed back at the city, it's then that he realize he wasn't alone on the terrace.

"Princess! " It was the only words his mind would let him speak.

Now at age nineteen, she had grown into a beautiful woman. Her face still looked young and innocent from living such a sheltered life. He'd only seen her from afar, in pictures and news reports, but her beauty was nothing to be compared to being face to face.

Her eyes sparkled in the light of the ball as she looked him over herself.

He too had grown to be simply ravishing, his violet eyes had grown darker with age, hair long past his mid back, a body so strong and regale. His looks where more wild than the cold sunset behind him.

Her face blushed pink in realizing that she had been starring at him too long, but she had to ask.

"George ..Would you fight in my honor?"

He was taken a back by her question. "Princess Marie - Louise, I fight for you and all the people of Neo -France. I fight to being glory to such a great nation. I fight because I was told to... princess..?"

She'd run off and he was left alone in his thoughts.

"Ofcorse I fight for you .." He let his champagne glass slip though his fingers and shatter on the terrace like a million diamonds in the night.

"You above anyone else."

Later that night George got word of the princess being kidnapped.

As he read the note in his hands, he smiled inwardly. "Such a facade, like a brave knight in a fairy tale you want me to rescue you."

" Princess...If only you knew that life doesn't always end happily ever after."

As expected, her fake kidnapping scene only got her shipped back to the colonies. Before she left he had to tell her atleast what he'd meant to say before. Obviously to pull off a scheme like she did there where some feelings she had for him too.

On the grand terrace where they had met for the first time face to face in years the night before, he told her partly what he meant to say.

Down on one knee he kissed her tiny gloved hand in promise. " Princess Marie-Louise I'll fight for you --- "

As she helped him up she confessed the same feelings to him.

" George I never once stopped thinking about you since the day we meant in the rose garden years ago." Burying her head in his chest, she embraced him as his strong arms held her firmly. In this moment she never wanted to let him go.

He confessed fully. " I never stopped thinking of you too. Marie Louise --- I love you .... Secretly, I loved you for all these years.."

Her eyes widened in suprize. His words where almost too good to be true. " Oh....Geroge..."

Her lips sparkled in the morning light with a smile as he pulled her close to him. Feeling Geroge's delicate fingertips grace under her chin, she closed her eyes as she aloud him to kiss her, fully, deeply, desperately sealing the promise of love.

As swift as rose petals blowing in the wind, their long good bye was over.

It nearly broke his heart to see her ship take off, but knowing how strong willed she was it would only be a matter of time before she would find a way back to earth. A way back to his heart. It was something he would continue fighting for .....