"What are we going to do about Heero?" Relena questioned the small gathering that they had currently. All the Gundam pilots including her were here, sitting in her bedroom while discussing, or more like debating somewhat, with one another.

"Are you sure that he's being abused…?" Wufei muttered as he cross his legs, rolling his shoulder slightly to loosen up the tense muscles that he had from moving around while arguing with the braided baka, AKA Maxwell.

"How would you think that he'd get all those cuts and bruises?!" Relena said with outrage as she lifted herself up slightly, arching her back from the position she was in, which was lying flat on the bed.

"Perhaps he's found other means to…relieve the pain?" Trowa shrugged, speaking for the first time in a while. Quatre looked at him quizzically, the look questioning him what he was getting at.

"You don't think that h-he's hurting himself do you, Trowa?!" Duo cried as pulled himself up from his position on the floor next to the empty box of pizza that was long eaten after they ordered it. "Heero's not the kind of person that would do that!"

"How would you know, Maxwell?" Wufei snorted. "He's self-destructed so obviously doesn't take his life into much consideration."

"Heero's changed since the war." Relena said while biting her lip, eyes tearing up slightly as she blinked them back behind her barriers.

"That doesn't explain the bruises; cuts maybe but not the bruises." Duo proclaimed as he refused to let that idea slide so easily. Relena nodded with renewed determination.

Quatre sighed heavily as he closed his eyes, running a hand through his light hair and bangs while groaning. They had been there for what seemed like hours and he looked at his watch, noting it had been about an hour and a half since Duo and Relena called them for a meeting, minus Heero, ASAP.

"Quatre?" Trowa questioned when he saw the blonde do this; even after countless meetings with the representatives from the colonies and earth, he had never seen the Winner heir so flustered. He noted that Relena was just the same; most likely because teen problems can effect the mind more. Plus there wasn't a paper with writing that was clear cut and precise. Hell, they didn't even know if he was really being abused or not; Relena and Duo could be over exaggerating the whole scenario.

Quatre looked up at the Heavyarms pilot and smiled slightly, giving a nod to show that he was okay. The silent pilot understood and nodded back, giving a small but reassuring smile to the blonde. Quatre looked back at the others. "So…?"

"So what? We're just gonna sit here and let them do this crap to Heero?!" Duo said as he slammed his fist into the plush carpet.

Quatre shook his head. "You shouldn't go around assuming. How would you know if his parent's did abuse him? Heero hasn't said a word to us about it and doesn't seem to fear his parent's." They had been over this arugment before.

"Heero's not the type to go and ask for help. He has enough trouble acting on his emotions." Trowa added silently.

"Any other brighter suggestions?" Everyone shrugged that opposed Relena and his knowledge. "C'mon you guys! We have to do something then!"

"Perhaps he's in a abusive relationship, we're learning about that in health class." Wufei shuddered at Trowa's words; health class was scaring.

"Heero's not dating anyone." Relena deadpanned; her tone of voice dropping the conversation. Sadly, Wufei didn't catch it.

"How would you—"

"He's not." The former Queen of the World said sharply with a glare to punctuate her statement. "Any other objections?" She said with her diplomatic face on now.

"Maybe he's street fighting and got hit a couple of times?" Wufei provided, spurring another argument.

"Man!" Duo exclaimed. "That would be so cool!" He emphasized this with a punch that accidentally landed on Trowa's arm.

The silent pilot turned slowly to look at the braided youth. "Uh heh he…" He giggled nervously but then reached to his neck, scratching a spot that seemed to conveniently itch at the moment. "Sorry 'bout that Tro." Trowa was silent and Duo grinned as he took that as an apology.

"Heero doesn't street fight."

"Onna! How would you know these things?" Wufei hollered with rage at the pacifist.

Relena flushed and got up off her bed. "You seriously need to stop insulting every woman you meet! Sally should be very displeased when she hears about your attitude." Wufei felt a blush come on to his cheeks and Relena smiled coyly at him. "Perhaps…" She started and thus an argument began between the two teenagers skyrocketed when gasoline was added to their already started war.

Duo started talking non-stop and Trowa looked at the three people that were making enough noise that the earth could shatter. Quatre screamed at them and Trowa looked at him with worry evident in his emerald eyes, though only one was visible since the other was hidden behind his uni-bang.

"Stop it!" Quatre repeated and everything went silent. He looked at them with a disappointed look in his eyes. "We came her to help one of our friends!" Everyone looked down at the floor with guilt minus him and Trowa who still wore his silent mask.

"Quatre, what do you think?" Trowa questioned. "We haven't heard your opinion, just questions."

"Yeah, Q-man, what do you think?" Duo questioned as he plopped down on the floor and cross his legs. Wufei sat down in a huff and crossed his arms, closing his eyes but showed that he was listening and not trying to meditate or block out their words. Relena returned to the spot she claimed on her bed and looked at Quatre, ready for his opinion.

"I don't know. So many things seem likely at the moment." His blue eyes showed the turmoil and indecisive battle he was holding against himself at the moment.

"Let's try this," Relena piped up after the small pause that followed Quatre's words. "We can try 'What ifs'." Duo looked at her blankly as did the others. "What is Heero was being abused?"

"Oh, I get it. Then we can work each scenario out." Quatre nodded to Relena's strategy. "Well, if he was, then it would depend on who it was."

"His parents." Duo supplied.

"We could hold a trial. Abuse is considered illegal." Wufei supplied as he opened one of his onyx colored eyes to look at the other's and closed it again, satisfied when he got an arranged nod of heads to this 'what if' suggestion.

"We would have to get Heero to testify, right?" Trowa questioned as he nodded at Quatre who looked down at the floor with a dejected look in his features. They would never be able to get Heero to stand before a court and admit something. "Remember Quatre, we don't know if this is really happening." He comforted the fair-haired boy.

"Thanks, Trowa." Quatre smiled as they continued throwing questions back at one another in a more orderly fashion.

"Hey, everyone." Quatre said after thinking silently for some time. "Isn't Heero on the football team?"

"Yeah," Relena said with a smile when she pictured him but shook her head to stay focused. "What does that have to do with anything? Sure he's close with the team member's but I think that if something was up that he would tell us first and not them. After all, you were his comrades during the war."

"True, but if I remember correctly, I think that you need a physical from your doctor along with all the forms to show that you're able to play football."

"So, are you thinking that perhaps the doctor that Heero goes to knows about this or something?"

"Yes Duo, but that's just a theory." Quatre reminded with the wave of his index finger. "Also, if we were to do anything, we should start there. That way we aren't accusing anyone. He could have just been injured during a session or something. After all, the coaches do work them hard."

"Anyone know his doctor?" Relena questioned.

"No." Relena looked down sadly while biting her lip in thought before looking up when Duo spoke again, he was grinning at her with a mischievous glint in his amethyst eyes. "But you have to remember that we are Gundam pilots."

"Are you suggesting that we hack someone's system to find this out?" Wufei questioned with some interest. Now they were getting to the action part.

Duo grinned at Wufei. "Well, we can try and if not I solemnly swear it was all my idea. Just promise to get me a pretty tombstone if our "perfect soldier" finds out about this." Everyone leaned in as Duo and everyone began to form his their plans for a certain brown haired former soldier with cobalt eyes…

TBC

Author's note:

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