Tooi Yoake (The Far Away Dawn)

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Summary: When a mysterious young woman joins Preventers, Duo finds himself irresistibly drawn to her. The other G-boys are worried about the amount of time that Duo is spending with Magami Amaya, and decide to investigate her but are thwarted at every turn. Just who is Magami Amaya and what connections does she have with Duo Maxwell?

A/N: Blade Children? Maybe. Who is Magami Amaya? She's an OC. I'll be using my LJ to answer reviews, 1: Melody

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Duo stepped wordlessly into the elevator, leaning against the wall, his eyes closed, his chin on his chest. He sighed, as he lifted his head and stared at his distorted reflection in the stainless steel doors reinforced with gundanium. His eyes narrowed as he mentally berated himself.

How could he have been so careless as to allow his shields to drop in the middle of a meeting? What had he been thinking, talking the way he had? He couldn't afford to return to the person he had been in the past, even though his old friends were bound to welcome him back, unaware that he was not the same person they had once known.

He had made a big mistake. Any more mistakes and it would be far too easy to discover the link tying him to his past. It was not something he could afford. No, he must be more careful in the future, after all, just because he was a Gundam Pilot didn't mean that the BC wouldn't be able to find him. If the BC found him, he'd be forced back in to his old position, and not even his skills as a Gundam pilot would be able to save him. He had to be more guarded, more careful.

Any conversations with his old friend must be kept secret at all costs, as he could not allow himself to be traced back to Na—to the person he once was. From this point on, he must take only the utmost of care, there was no more help for it, and he could no longer afford to be careless, not with Magami Amaya joining the ranks of the Preventors.

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Narumi Ayumu sat silently in his office, staring out the window, his eyes solemn. He had made a mistake of enormous proportions when in the meeting with his employers and co-workers. He sighed and turned his attention to the door. One or another of his friends would be coming in to question him soon, and he would have to lie to such an extent that he had never done before. He smiled. Why bother lying? He would simply be leaving out something. After all, half the truth was still a truth.

There was a knock at the door, and he removed his glasses and slipped them into a drawer as he put his musings aside for a moment.

"Enter!"

The door hissed open, and two blonde heads entered the room.

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"Are you sure about this Zechs?"

"Listen, Winner, Maxwell knows something. Whatever it is may be important."

"But Zechs, if it's from his past… We all know how closemouthed Duo gets about his past."

"Precisely why we have to know. If Duo has known this Magami for years, she may have some type of information she can use to manipulate him."

They two men arrived at the door of Duo's office, and Zechs rapped smartly at the wood. There was a brief moment of silence and then there was the soft sound of a drawer being opened and closed.

"Enter!" Duo called, his voice vaguely muffled by the thick metal door.

Zechs lightly tapped the touch screen beside the door, and the metal slid open with a quiet hiss. The two blondes stepped inside, and were surprised to find the office of normally messy and fidgety Gundam Pilot immaculate.

Duo looked up from the report he was going over and said, "I assume you're here to grill me about Magami Amaya?" There was a brief moment of shocked silence before Duo spoke again. "Honestly, you people are so transparent, no matter what kind of mask you use in order to hide."

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The woman walks calmly down the street, her heels clicking softly against the concrete. Eyes are drawn to her as she radiates an aura of strength, beauty, confidence, death, and self-assurance. The building which is Preventor Headquarters rises before her, and she walks calmly into the building, ignoring the other agents inside. Near the elevator are three of the five Gundam Pilots, Lucreizia Noin, Hilde Shielbecker, Sally Po, and Lady Une. She walks up to them and the elevator pings and three people exit.

Her eyes widen fractionally, but her expression stays the same and she says quietly, "It's been a long time, Narumi-kun."

Duo freezes. Damn. So much for keeping my past a seret. He sighs and smiles gently. "It has, hasn't it, Amaya-san?"

"Indeed. You've changed your eye color…"

"Contacts."

"I see."

There was a moment of strained silence, and Magami Amaya spoke again.

"You did not return to Tsukiomi after the wars like you promised."

"I have my reasons."

"Because you were a Gundam pilot?"

"Aa."

"You gave up logic for a gun."

"No. I used the gun in tandem with logic. The secret behind my vast successes."

"You haven't changed much. You can still find a reason for everything."

Duo's smile was strained. "The melody of logic always reveals the truth."

"I heard about Hiyono."

"Did you?"

"At least she died knowing that it was Narumi Ayumu who pulled the trigger instead of Pilot 02."

"It was not easy, pulling the trigger."

"No doubt. Hiyono was a very dear friend. For both of us."

"Aa."

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A/N: Whee! Another chapter finished! Yay! I know it's short, but oh well. (Shrugs) what are we going to do about it? Tell me what you think! Please, please, review!