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Well the story continues. I just want to say that some of The chaters are from the Return of Zero story i had writen first. There have been some changes made to this chapter, not much but it would be best to keep reading anyways that way you still know what's going on.

LadyMeko: Thank you for the nice review I hope you still enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 1: Heero Returns

3 months later

A Hanger Outside the Perventer's Headquaters

The Hanger was cold dark and damp, like all hangers. There was no sound of work or people. There weren't any people, only large machines. Machines that the world had chosen to throw away and destroy. The only reason why the Perventers had these was for leverage, against a hidden faction of OZ revolutionists who were still fighting to survive. Only one person knew them from looking at them, and that was Heero Yuy.

Heero looked up at the mobile suit. 'I thought that I would be rid of fighting.' He thought with a sigh.

'We were originally sent to Earth to end the war and fulfill our missions for the colonies, only to have them turn on us and cast us out. After a long year of fighting we finally managed to reach our goals, only to be shot down once again with the uprising of Mariemaia and her army.'

Too much has happened in those years for all of them. 'Now the war may start all over again; only this time none of us know what's happening, it's as the war is happening without us'. Heero looked up at the mobile suit again. "We shouldn't have destroyed the gundams. Not yet, it was too soon."

Too many people have been caught trying to rebuild new mobile suits and Heero had spent most of his time trying to hunt down the plants to destroy them. Unfortunately without the threat of the gundams there would be nothing to stop them. He was only person who was able to act without asking permission from the government. The Perventers were stretched thin, unable to act fast enough and were also fairing as badly as he was.

The last mission he had as a Preventer was three months ago; part time work he had agreed to, ended nearly in failure. Surprisingly he and Duo nearly wound up dead due to a group of OZ operatives still clinging to the organization. Luckily they were the one's with luck on their side but five people paid the ultimate price in that encounter.

Although Duo had killed over five of the soldiers, Heero had taken the blame for his friend. Commander Une though, didn't take it as lightly as he had thought and he knew his credibility with the Preventers was starting to run dry.

Taking a life was out of the question if you worked as a Preventer, first and most important rule states that, killing will be dealt with by severe punishment. Luckily Heero was basically 'acting on his own' at the time and not as a Preventer.

(Flashback)

Heero and Duo came rushing into the Preventer's headquarters both looking weary from the battle and the return trip. Neither of the young men were surprised to see both Commander Une and Sally Poe waiting for them.

"You're late!" The Commander seemed agitated.

"We had some trouble." Heero stated calmly while Duo fidgited.

"From the look of you two I'm guessing you didn't manage to get the shipment." Une scowled.

Duo's head feel in defeat. "We almost did but there were a few OZ soldiers looking for it too."

"Did they get it?" Une asked now more accusing.

"No we made sure they wouldn't be able to get it out without being detected." Heero answered for his defeated freind.

"Any casualties?"

Both men looked at each other as if they were hoping she had ment them. "Yes but from the other side."

"How many?" Now her features showed sorrow.

"Five were at my hands and three more we can't quite place." Heero answered calmly again.

"What do you mean three you can't place?"

"One of the super soldiers was killed in the first ten minutes, but not by my hands. About twenty minutes after another was killed much the same way. The last was stabbed in the chest but from our angle there was no way we could tell who it was." Heero reported.

"They left this behind in one of the men." Duo pulled the knife from his coat pocket and handed the feather light balde to a plae Une.

"You're sure this is what you had found?" Une seemed more scared than confused.

"Let me see." Sally jumped in and took the kinfe. "Is this made of whatI think it is?"

"hmm." Heero nodded while Duo just looked on in confusion.

"I'll go anaylize it, there might be some prints or blood on it that might link it to the killer." Sally offered.

"Please do I'd like to get to the bottom of this." Une said as Sally left the room with the only piece of evidence they had to the myserious killer.

"As for you two. Heero you should have known better than to take a life, but you took five, that's too many."

"Yes mamm I know and I won't let it happen again." Heero tried his best to make it sound sincere but he felt more like he was saying this sort of thing often.

"Duo!" The young man she was addressing suddenly froze in mid fidget. "You should go clean up, you have another mission in a few hours. And the next time you're working with Heero make sure he doesn't kill anyone. Is that understood?"

Duo slowly nodded and watched as she left the room. "Yesh she's up tight today." Duo muttered as he slouched.

"You owe me you know that?"

"Yeah thanks man I needed that. I bet she would have tourtured me if it was me." Duo smiled.

"I wouldn't put it past her." heero snorted

"So where are you going?"

"I'm not to sure." Heero shrugged. "I'm going to go find out more about those soldiers, they bother me."

"Okay but stay in touch would you." Duo smiled as he started to walk away. "Tell me what you find i'd like to give'em a piece of my mind." Duo waved as he left down a hallway...

(End flashback)

He never did keep in touch but that wasn't entirely his fault. He knew eventually he'd have to face the wrath of his best frind, but the circumstances were against him either way.

Suddenly a loud sound erupts from behind him interrupting his thoughts.

"Hey Heero!" Duo yells happily from across the hanger.

'Great! Will he ever be quiet for one moment?' Heero thought as the braided boy ran towards him with the usual grin; that Heero didn't really like that much. "What do you want Duo?" Heero stated flatly, turning to face his friend.

"Nothing really, just that it's been a while since we all saw you last." He said childishly placing his hands in his pockets. "So where have you been so long? We were looking for ya."

Heero looked at his friend for what seemed to Duo as an eternity. Heero then shrugged and simply answered, "No where." Knowing well enough that Duo wouldn't take that answer very well, Heero turned and walked toward the mobile suit. Surprisingly Duo changed the subject.

"Heh, well since you weren't here they decided to let me take the first Taurus for a test run," Grinning widely he added. "So you're going to have to wait your turn." Waving a finger at Heero and then abruptly stopping, since he'd only be able to do that once and still have a hand.

"Hmm...sounds right that they made that decision, if only they knew you'd end up dead." Heero turned to watch his friend's reaction.

"Uh..." Duo murmured making a clueless face. "WHAT!" He shouts. " Hey wait a minute," Duo waved his hands in front of himself. "Where did you hear this?" Duo asked shakily as he backed away from Heero. "That makes no sense, why would someone want to kill me? What did I do?" Heero had heard that last question countless times, usually when Duo did do something.

Heero tilted his head and looked directly at Duo and quickly pulled out his gun; relishing the look of bewilderment on Duo's face. 'I thought he was better than this, to trust me to much when I tell him bad news. All he has to do is let me take the mobile suit.'

"Heero you're not the one that's going to kill me? Are you?" Duo asked kicking himself mentally for the stupid question.

'Ugh what a stupid question.' Heero's eyes narrowed. "No! But I will if you don't let me take that mobile suit." Heero then cocked his gun and waited for Duo's decision.

Duo just froze and stared. It seemed as if he was thinking Heero's words through carefully. "Does this have something to do with me testing the Taurus first." Duo asked. 'It's possible. It sounds like something he'd do.'

Heero sighed heavily. "Duo, I'm going to pull the trigger." Heero narrowed his eyes once again.

"You're not really going to go through with this are you?" Duo looked more concerned now. "I mean how many times did you point a gun at me?" He was starting to panic. Duo stopped talking as Heero's finger tightened even more on the trigger. "Oh, man you're really going to do it...uh..fine!" Duo said looking rather upset. "But you have to admit that you held me at gun point. "Duo finished, letting his head drop in defeat.

"Deal, They'd accept that, they'll understand soon enough why I'm doing this." With that Heero turned again and left running towards the Taurus.

"Hey Heero! Wait!" Duo yelled, Heero stopped and turned to look back. "Do me a favour." Duo called again.

"What?" Heero asked in his usual manner.

"Well actually two. First I want you to come back with that thing in one piece; and last I want you to stay for a bit so we can all get some answers about what's going on." Heero glared at Duo and curtly nodded and with that he climbed the ladder to the catwalk, and hurried to the cockpit to get ready to leave the hanger.

With that as his signal Duo ran to the hanger door controls and began to input the key code to open the doors for his friend. 'Please don't disappear, I don't want to tell Relina that you're gone again to work alone, she really needs you're support now.'

"Duo!" Heero's voice crackled over the com line. "I'm going to keep in touch throughout the test run, but every ten minutes instead of every three."

"Sure thing, just remember to come back." With that he pulled the final switched to open the hanger doors, and watched his friend fly away.

TBC..

A/N: Well no answers yet huh. Well keep readig to find out a bit more.

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