This was a hard chapter to write! I'm glad to get it finished. Thank you all for your reviews on the last chapter! I love every one of them.

I do NOT own Gundam Wing or its characters. Only Lian.

Gift From the Sea

Chapter Nine

The next morning around nine, Wufei was awake and was getting himself and Lian ready to go to meet Relena and everyone for the first time after three years.

Lian had been very fussy all that morning. Wufei couldn't find anything wrong with her so he figured she was just in a bad mood.

"You're going to have to stop that, Lian" he said trying to get clothes on her. She wouldn't stop fussing, squirming, and kicking.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you being so difficult" he asked, finishing clothing the child. He took a pacifier and stuck it in her mouth. She was quiet for a moment, but finally spat it out and continued fussing.

Wufei picked Lian up and instantly she stopped crying. He looked at her and she looked at him. She cooed.

"What is up with you this morning" he asked giving her a strange look and got her bottle and formula from the diaper bag. He went into th kitchen and made her bottle. She drunk it all quickly.

"Were you hungry or what" he commented and put the bottle away. He contemplated making her another one, but decided against it.


"You ready to go" Sally said coming into Wufei's hotel room an hour later. Before he could ask how she got into the locked room, she held up his spare card key. "I swiped it from your wallet when we checked in" she said.

"I wondered where it went" Wufei muttered finishing putting on his shoes. "You could have knocked, you know" he complained as he picked up Lian and put her in her stroller.

"Oh stop your whining and let's go" she smiled and grabbed the diaper bag and left the room with him following behind with Lian. "So, you ready to see everyone again" she asked.

"As ready as I can be" he sighed.

Sally looked back at him. "What's up with you" she asked. "You don't sound too happy about it."

"I'm fine" he said. "I would just rather"

"-Rather stay home and practice katas and meditate all day," she finished grinning.

He pressed the down button on the elevator. "Something like that" he said.

They got on the elevator and started going down after the doors closed. She looked at Lian, who was beginning to fuss again. "Just think of it as a chance to introduce Lian to your friends" she said gently to him.

He looked at her and gave a soft smile. He looked down at Lian. "Yeah. That's a good way to look at it" he said.


"There you are! Finally" Relena greeted when she answered the door. "Did you get lost? Everyone's here already."

"No, we did not get lost" Wufei said irritably going past her in the house.

"Don't lie, Wufei" Sally said. She smiled at Relena. "Yes, we got lost" she said.

"That's ok. It's a big city" she said closing the door after them.

"Where can I put this" Wufei asked talking about the stroller.

"I'll take it" Relena said going to take the stroller. She watched him take the baby out. She smiled. "Are you babysitting, Sally" she asked. "Is that why you guys brought a baby"

"Nope" she grinned. "And neither is Wufei. That's his daughter."

Relena looked floored. "What! Really" she said and stared at him holding Lian while scowling slightly.

"Don't stare at me like that" he said and turned and left, looking for everyone else.

He found them all in the huge living room, with the exception of Duo who was busy digging through the fridge.

"Wufei" Quatre said happily, getting up. "How have you been? You seem well."

He went to Wufei and smiled brightly. "Let me take the baby with the others, ok" he said.

He handed Lian to him. For some reason he completely trusted Quatre with her. "Be careful, ok" he said after him.

"I will! I promise" he answered going down the hall into another room. "She's so cute"

"So you have a kid too, Wufei" Trowa said wamly in his quite voice. He was lounging on a couch. Heero was leaning against the wall.

"Too? You have one, Trowa" he asked sitting down in a chair across from him.

"I don't, but Catherine does. She has two. They're in the bedroom with yours. I'm babysitting for the week" he said and looked back towards where Quatre disappeared. "Quatre has one on the way."

"He does" Wufei said in surprise.

Trowa noded. "It's due in six months."

"That's right" Quatre answered coming back into the room. "Amy would have come here too, but she went to her uncle's funeral. I would have stayed with her, but she convinced me to come."

"Are you married or what, Quatre" Heero asked.

"Found it" Duo cried triumphantly from the kitchen. Everyone turned to look at him. He was holding a bottle of Jack Daniels. "Sorry..." he said grinning and came and sat down with the rest of them.

"No, I'm not married" Quatre answered Heero.

"But you will be soon" Duo added. "Am I right" he laughed.

"How did you"

"I know you too well."

Relena and Sally came in just then.

"Sally told me that Lian isn't your daughter, Wufei" Relena said.

"Huh" Quatre and Trowa said in confusion.

"She's not yours, Wufei" Quatre asked.

"Yes, but she's not my biological daughter" Wufei answered.

"You adopted! That's wonderful" Quatre said happily.

Wufei gave a slight smile and explained how he got Lian. When he finished Quatre spoke.

"Wufei, that's illegal" he said softly.

"What" he said.

"It is! You have to legally adopt her. And you forged her birth certificate"

"I didn't forge"

"It's the same thing! You lied about being her real father! That's illegal. It's considered kidnapping if you're caught"

"Why would it be kidnapping? If I hadn't have rescued her then Lian would be dead"

"I understand that, Wufei, but the laws won't change..." Quatre said.

Duo spoke up. "Let's just forget about it for now. I'm sure Fei's fine" he said.

"Thank you" Wufei said.


Wufei decided to go when Lian woke up and started to cry. He had been there for three hours anyway.

"I'll see you guys" he said putting Lian in the stroller.

"You're going so soon" Duo asked. He had abandoned the Jack Daniels after Heero threatened to bash it over his head if he didn't stop inhaling it.

"Lian's tired. She's had a long day today" he answered and looked at Sally. "You can stay if you want. I can make to the hotel on my own."

"Just don't get lost again" she teased.

He blushed slightly in embarassment and scowled at her.

"See you" she laughed.

Quatre got up and went to his friend. "Look, if you ever need help with Lian or whatever, you can call me."

"I know" Wufei answered.

"Here's my new number" he said and wrote it on a napkin and gave it to him. "Call me anytime you need me, or if you just want to talk."

"Thank you" he said and was instantly pulled into a tight hug.

He pried Quatre off after a second. "I'll see you guys" he said and left the apartment with Lian.

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