Jealousy
Chapter 9: There's no place like home
Pairings: Heero/Duo
Disclaimer: I own nothing therefore I get nothing
Warnings: none

Summary: Duo has made her get-a-way, now the question is will she be able to find her husband and child.

Notes: This is not beta-read. Any and all mistakes are mine.

Special thank you to: Monty x Vixen Angelx Serenity Maxwellx Hitokimix yaekox and for those who read and didn't review thank you for even taking the time read and enjoy the fic.

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Millliardo Peacecraft (alias Zechs Marquise) was sitting next his wife, Luceriza Noin-Peacecraft, after her exam with Doctor Sally Chang. However, the reason why the couple was currently sitting in their friend's office was not because of the baby – no, it was concerning their adoptive son, Hayate.

The quiet toddler had been showing some unique personality traits. Neither Noin nor Zechs thought much about it until their older son's birthday party, when Hayate, out of the blue made his way over to the former Wing Zero pilot on shaky legs.

oOo Flashback oOo

The Preventor agent was saved from the Vice-Foreign Minister by a cheerful shout of, "DA-DA!'

All activities came to a screeching halt at the proclamation. Noin nervously walked between Heero and Relena with the intent of retrieving her son but the little boy refused to budge.

"I'm sorry Heero, I don't know what's come over him," Noin apologized, but Heero dismissed the apology by focusing on the small child. He bent down to the little boy's height. Heero held his arms open to him and was grabbed in a fierce hug burying his head in Heero's shoulder.

As gently as Heero could speak he said, "Your Daddy is right over there," Heero cooed softly in his ear while pointing Zechs. Hayate turned slightly to peek at the tall long haired blonde but Hayate wasn't having any of it. "No, Da-da! You, Da-da!"

Quatre gripped his chest, struggling to stand. There was so much conflicting emotions he couldn't figure out who it was coming from.

Heero walked over to Zechs handing the child over to him then walking out of the house leaving the party with Relena shouting after him to come back.

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"I'm only guessing but there might be a small possibility that Hayate is Heero's child," Sally said after carefully reviewing everything that Zechs and Noin told her.

"I don't want to lose my son but I'm not going to deny Heero any chance of being Father," Zechs finally said.

"We don't know for sure Hayate is Heero and Duo's child. Sally, you're only guessing. Don't try to give Heero something that his not his. I will not give him up!" Noin nearly shouted.

"Look at him, Noin! Don't you find it strange that he is a little small for his age, and add to that, that he has violet color eyes? Duo is the only person on Earth and probably all of the colonies who has that particular color – it is rare. Do you need more proof? Well, how about when Hayate broke his arm, when he accidentally slipped outside while playing with Milliardo. The boy didn't cry! The bones completely healed within a week.

"Want more? The boy can sneak around the house undetected – Milliardo hates playing hide-and-seek with him, because he can never find the boy. Oh, and let's not forget the time Hayate got on to my computer."

The couple forgot about Sally as they argued until she asked, "What happened with your computer?"

"Hayate somehow managed to lock me out and I couldn't break any of the codes. I finally called Heero to see if he could do something. He nearly had a heart-attack as he recognized some of his and Duo's encrypted codes from the war."

"Jesus, Zechs, you never told me that."

"I didn't want to you to get upset," Zechs admitted. "So, what do we do now, Sally?"

"Well, first we get a DNA sample from Hayate and Heero, then a parental test. I still have some of Duo's blood stored to complete the maternal part of the test. Listen, if Hayate turns out to be Heero's son there's going to be an investigation. Duo is still missing," Sally warned.

"I think Heero has been tortured enough. Let's try to give him closure," Zechs said sadly at the thought of giving up his adoptive son that he came to love as his own.

"Fine. I'll see you next month and keep you posted. Bye Zechs. Noin."

Sally walked them to the door. Going back to her desk she made some quick notes in Noin's medical file then picked-up the phone.

"Hey, Mike…Listen, I need a favor…"

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Duo stood in her living room not recognizing anything. No pictures of family and friends. No awards for saving the world – no, nothing. The furniture was different. The wall paint was different. Even the carpet had been changed.

She walked upstairs. The first bedroom to her left was the nursery. Opening the door, the once decorated baby room was now an office. Duo immediately closed the door, willing her tears to stop, but was unable to keep them from falling. She wiped them way along with the thoughts of her son for now.

Duo walked a little ways down the hallway to the master bedroom. Upon stepping in the room she couldn't believe what she saw. Nothing of hers or Heero's was in the room. Usually, bullets, laptops, gun clips, and such was either on the bed or the dresser or the floor as well as clothes the she didn't bother to pick-up.

She smiled as she remembered how Heero would always nag her about picking up after her self. She shook her head clear of the memory.

Wandering into massive walk-in closet, Duo knew by the look of the clothes that they were not Heero's.

Duo crouched down in the far right corner and pressed the wall panel. A secret door beyond the cross bar slid opened. She was relieved to find the artillery that she hid was still there as well as a change of clothes.

After gathering some weapons and ammo, Duo set about taking a much needed shower.

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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'SHE'S ESCAPED!'" Relena screeched to the top of her lungs. The security guard she was talking to flinched at the offensive sound. She was surrounded by incompetent simpletons. They could not watch one washed out Gundam pilot reject, and because of their blunder she was going to lose her only opportunity at happiness.

Well, not if she had anything to say about it.

"Captain, I'm giving you and your men another chance to redeem your selves, otherwise, I'll be force to use different means. Do I make my self clear?"

"Yes, Minister."

"Good. Now, the first place Duo would have went to would be her home on L1. Intercept her there and bring her back here. I don't care how you do it – just do it."

Relena left to meet her brother. She had a long flight and didn't need any other distractions. She popped two valium pills chasing them down with a large glass of red wine. Hopefully, she would sleep during the shuttle flight to Ll4.

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Duo was adjusting her black baseball cap when she felt that all too familiar jab of a gun muzzle in her back. She slowly raised her hands cursing herself to the lower pits of hell and back for dropping her guard.

"Who are you? And what the fuck are you doing in my house!"

Duo blew at her bangs shaking her head. /What a home coming/

oOo TBC oOo

A/N: Well, is it getting good yet? I hope so. I'm making the chapter short in order to post at least once a week. Now that Duo is home what do you think she's going to do? Is Hayate really Heero's child? Want to know? Stay tune for the next chapter. All comments and suggestions are welcomed.

Nemesis