Well I got a few reviews from Ebonylight again, plus some from a mysterious "FoxOfBlackShadows". Thanks to you both, especially Ebony. You are probably the one who reads this the most, seeing as how you really get into the reviews.

As for Ebony's comments concerning Rachel, all I can say is, yeah, she is a little messed up, but not nearly as much as Jin. I'm focusing this story on Jin being the one with issues to solve. This will affect his future actions and thoughts, the whole killing and severe guilt thing. Also, it just seems a bit darker because I got off to the plot in this one a lot quicker than the last. There's already issues threatening the peace, an it's a mystery to everyone, so it may seem a little dark.

Well, without further adieu... (did i spell that word right? Oh well, if you don't like it, blow me.)

Gundam Wing After Eve 2

Chapter Six

Rachel walked briskly back to the pilot's seat and stood there, waiting for Kreed to get up so that she may sit down. (He'd been watching the controls. Remember?) He got up and beckoned for her to sit down.

She slumped into the seat, and Kreed sat next to her in the copilot's seat. He looked over at her. Her eyes and face were red...She'd been crying. "Rachel, what the matter?" he asked urgently. "What happened?"

Rachel looked straight ahead without answering, trying to keep focused on anything but what Jin had just said. A single tear fell down her cheek, tracing the old line of a recently-passed tear, and it fell into her lap.

"Rachel, what's wrong?" asked Kreed more urgently.

"It's...nothing," said Rachel.

"You're a bad liar," said Kreed.

"It was nothing," she said, continuing to turn.

Jin cleared the ten feet between them without her noticing a single sound or movement, and he lightly grabbed her wrist. "Rachel," he said. "You are a bad liar. Excuse the cliché."

Rachel remembered Jin having just said the same thing. She broke down into tears, and Kreed didn't know what to do...except one thing. Whatever it is, Jin is responsible, he thought. He stood up immediately and left the cockpit, walking violently toward the door in the back of the cabin.

His loud steps didn't awake the sleeping Stephen. Anita watched him curiously.

When he met the door, he didn't knock. He kicked the door in, causing it to explode off the hinges. This did awake Stephen, and got everyone's attention immediately. Jin, turned around and watched Kreed approach, his anger and confusion evident.

"Can I help y-

Kreed pulled back his fist. Jin saw it coming from a mile away. He knew he could easily avoid it and could even quickly come up with a move to knock Kreed out instantly at the same time. He instead stopped talking, choosing to close his eyes and await the punishment he deserved.

The blow to his face caused him to stagger backwards and hit the wall. He opened his eyes and saw the fuming man with white hair prepare for another attack. Again, it would have been so easy to stop the fist from hitting him square in the stomach, but he didn't raise a finger to fight back.

He fell to his knees, doubled over and holding his stomach. He was having difficulty breathing, but he was quickly recovering. This is what you get Jin, he thought to himself. Of course Kreed would've noticed Rachel's sadness. Duh.

"What did you do to her?" asked Kreed. Jin looked up slowly. Kreed stood towering over him, his fists balled up tightly, his eyes flaming with rage. He looked past his legs and saw the other pilots standing in the doorway, unable to speak, unable to move. Jin looked back down, too ashamed to meet their eyes...especially Rachel's eyes.

"Kreed, stop," said Rachel finally.

"No," said Jin and Kreed simultaneously. Kreed looked sharply down at Jin again in shock. Everyone else was surprised too. "No Kreed," said Jin. "Please, continue."

"Get up," snarled Kreed. Jin stood up slowly and righted himself to stand in front of Kreed, just a foot away. "What did you do to her? What did you do or say to my sister?"

Jin looked to the side and refused to answer. "ANSWER ME DAMN YOU!!!" He caught the exposed side of Jin's face with a right-hook, which jettisoned him airborne on to a bed. Jin quickly stood up. He wouldn't even bother to wipe the blood from his face.

"By all means," said Jin. "Keep hitting me. God knows I deserve to die." Kreed was incensed at Jin's attitude.

Is he being arrogant? Does he LIKE this?! Kreed couldn't understand his problem, but he knew he wasn't done with Jin until he had an answer. If he wanted to be hurt beyond reasoning, then so be it.

He lifted Jin into the air by the collar with his left hand, and he hauled back with his right. He slugged Jin against the side of his face, and he hauled back again. He punched him again.

"Stop it!" said Stephen, running forward.

"Don't you move a muscle Stephen," said Jin. Stephen stopped, dumbfounded in his tracks. "Let him do as he pleases."

Kreed hauled back again, ready to punch Jin once more.

"That's most certainly enough!" screamed Anita. She ran between the two men and held her hands up to Kreed's arm that was ready to hit Jin again. "Lower your fist Kreed."

"No," said Kreed. Jin didn't have the strength to reply anymore. His vision was getting blurry.

"Don't make me kick your ass Kreed," threatened Anita. "Because I will. Hell, Jin could've kicked your ass a thousand times over. You know damn-well. Let Jin down right now."

Kreed stared at Anita hard for a second or two, and then he looked back at Jin. His battered face was bruised and bleeding, his eyes barely remaining opened. He sighed and literally dropped the blonde boy to the ground. He fell in a heap, unmoving, except for his breathing.

"Now get out," said Anita. She pointed to the door, and Kreed walked out, followed by the other pilots. "All of you out. I'll take care of him."

Jin awoke a couple minutes later, lying on the bed, his head propped up by a few pillows. He winced as he opened his eyes and sat up. "Please," said Anita. "Lay back down. God knows you don't need to be up in your condition."

Jin obliged and lay his head back down. Anita placed a cool cloth damp with water over his forehead.

"So do you want to talk about what the hell just happened?" she asked as Jin closed his eyes.

"No," said Jin.

"Why did you let him beat the shit out of you?" asked Anita, not allowing Jin to escape without giving some answers. "You could've easily saved yourself a whole lot of pain. Why'd you allow him to do this to you?"

"I deserved it," said Jin, continuing to keep his eyes shut. "I deserve to die."

"How can you say that?" asked Anita in surprise.

"I killed that man," said Jin... "and I hurt Rachel."

"No one deserves to die Jin," said Anita. "You killed that guy, and believe me, we can't begin to understand the hell you are going through, but it isn't right to beat yourself up while also letting others beat you up."

"I didn't want to hurt her..." said Jin. "I had to... I had to...tell her those things."

"What did you say Jin?" asked Anita. Jin agonized visibly under the pressure of his thoughts. "What'd you say Jin? You can trust me not to tell anyone. I won't tell a soul, not even Kreed."

"I told her to... to forget about me and... and get over me," said Jin. "I told her to leave me alone... I told her... I don't love her."

"Do you love her?" asked Anita.

"More than my own life," answered Jin. "I love her... more than I've ever loved anything. She's... all I think about all the time. I can't even stay focused... when she's around me, because I want nothing more... than to be in a relationship... with her."

"And you told her to buzz off why?"

"Because I can't love her and protect her at the same time," said Jin. "I can't be involved and keep her safe at the same time. If I can keep her at a safe distance from me... she's safer."

"I don't think I follow you," said Anita.

"I can't imagine the pain my father went through... when he realized my mother, the one he loved most... died because she was with him... He accepted his own death because of his own guilty soul, and I would accept death in the same way, should the time ever come... But he had to die, knowing that his wife was dead because they were involved..."

"I get it," said Anita. "You're protecting her by keeping her as far away from you as possible. You want people to look at you two and see strictly a professional relationship. You don't want to cause her harm because someone comes to the conclusion that she's all you care for."

Jin nodded painfully. "I see," said Anita. "Why didn't you just say so in the first place?"

"Because I need her to truly move on," said Jin. "I can't afford for her to know I have feelings for her. If she believes it, it'll be all the more evident. I want her to love someone else so that she can be happy."

"Jin, that has to be the bravest and most loving thing I've ever heard someone do," said Anita. "You wouldn't just give your life for her... but you'd deny her."

A tear escaped Jin's closed left eye as he nodded again. "I'm so sorry you have to live like this. No one should have to go through what you do, and yet you deal with it without the slightest bit of hesitation."

"So now you understand," said Jin. "That's why I can't love her. I do, but I can't let her know that, because I know she still loves me, and I can't afford to get involved... I just love her too much."

"Can I tell you a secret now?" asked Anita. Jin smiled.

"Sure. Why not? Shoot."

"It's about Kreed," started Anita.

"When are you going to ask him out?" asked Jin. Anita almost fell sideways out of the chair in which she sat. Jin chuckled.

"What do you mean?" sputtered Anita.

"I can see you like him, and I'm pretty sure he likes you also," said Jin. "It was amusing that you were the one with enough control over him to make him stop moments ago. So when are you going to ask him out? It doesn't look like he'll ever work up any gumption to ask you himself."

"Well, that was kinda my secret anyway," said Anita. Jin chuckled again. "I was going to ask you what you think I should do. I haven't talked to him about it just because I'm not brave enough to, unlike your reasons for with Rachel."

"First of all, this bull shit about you not being brave is nonsense, so throw it out the window immediately," said Jin. "Second of all, it doesn't matter what the hell I think. If you care about Kreed enough, you'll find the answer to your questions in your heart. It's not up to me to decide what you should do. It's your heart, not mine. Am I right?"

"Yeah," said Anita.

"So act based on what you feel is right deep within you," said Jin. "My word of caution though..."

"What's that?" asked Anita.

"It's some words I like to live by," said Jin. "It goes like this: Let your emotions guide you at all times. However, do not let them control you."

End Chapter Six

This was a very hard chapter to type. I got through it fast enough, but damn was it difficult. I was actually planning to have Kreed try to hit Jin but get beaten up in the process, but it would say more if Jin accepted his punishment.

So I guess this chapter was just some filler really. All I really accomplished was getting Kreed pissed off and I got Anita to admit her love for Kreed. I'll spoil it now. They will get involved by the end. I am having trouble getting further with the relationship between Jin and Rachel though.

Jin admits he really does love Rachel, but he loves her so much that he can't stand the thought of causing her harms indirectly. When typing this up, I realized someone could try and nail me for copying the love element of Spiderman 2. (If you haven't seen it yet, I command you in the name of all that is holy to rent/buy/borrow it immediately...It was awesome!)

However, I wasn't even thinking about that movie until afterwards. Please believe me, because I don't want people to think I'm unoriginal. This story is about as original as it can get while still being a fanficition.

Anyhow, I can't stress to you all how much I desire those lovely reviews I don't get much of. I get a few, as mentioned, from a couple regulars, but that's about it. I want more. I'm just going to be greedy about it. I hope that having any questions or comments answered in the author's notes section would be a great motivation tool. Oh, and give me some feedback on what you thought of Anita in this chapter. I don't think I've ever put much detail into her, so I tried harder this time. If some of you forgot or just don't know, Anita's supposed to be pretty smart and methodical about things, acting inteligently and justly, kind of like Sandrock's former pilot might. Her inteligence is supposed to be indicated by her glasses. I think I'm going to put up one of thos history lesson chapters again in this story, but it will be very detailed and will explian what some of the characters did over the past couple of years. Tell me what youall want. (Oh, and before I forget, I have a Senior Retreat this coming weekend, the 7th, 8th, and 9th of Jan. I won't have any computer access, so if I don't get a chapter up before then, I'm sorry.)