AN: Oooo lookie! I'm updating. Wow. Been awhile, ne? How are all you lovely peeps today? Well here it finally is, Chapter 8. I'm very sorry for the delay. --' I'd Lost the original copy. But here I found it again and so I'm bringing you the next chapter. But before I post the next chappie after this I require a review. Onegai. Love to all. ENJOY!

Chapter 8

It was a week now that Lily had been on Mars and already she felt like she would go insane. Everyday she meditated to try and calm her nerves, but not once did it work. Frustrated, Lily kicked a tree and bit back a scream. She wanted to leave. There was a war going on and yet, here she was, doing nothing. For awhile she was confused as to why she fought so many wars, but now she knew. It was who she was.

"Why don't you try to see how your friends are?"

"Niichan!" Lily spun around and watched at Timmy walked towards her. He was the one person here, besides her father, that kept her sane.

"Come on. Let's go meditate." Lily nodded and followed her brother to the shrine, which was quite a walk from the castle.

"If you miss him so much then go back."

"Nani?"

"Duo. Bet you never realized how much you liked him till now, huh?" Timmy smiled and patted his sister on the head. The two walked into the shrine and Lily contemplated what Timmy said. She liked Duo? She had never thought of it that way before, but now that her brother mentioned it, she did like Duo. How come it never occurred to her till now?

The pair sat in front of shrine fire and took a deep breath. Lily always did love meditating. It put you in a calm state. It was even better when someone meditated with you. It was relaxing.

Lily fell into a meditative state, all else around her fading away. In her mind she reached out to her friends. When she found them they were alright, but there was more to them that she never knew… that they never knew. Duo was the one that caught most of her attention. But how?

It was dark around Duo. Everything was black. Was this the real Duo? Lily's inner self floated around her friend. He seemed like he was doing okay, but by what Lily could tell none of the gundam pilots were talking to one another. Why though? That's when Lily felt it. They all missed her.

She couldn't let them do this. They had a mission to complete. "Please do this for me." A tear slipped and the image of her friends disappeared.

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Duo looked up from the T.V. and around at all his friends. He could have sworn that he had just heard Lily, but maybe it was just his imagination. Of course it was. Lily was gone. Sighing, he went back to watching his T.V. program, but not for long.

"Lily." Everyone looked towards Nikki.

"Nani?" Duo got up from the couch and walked over to her.

"I know it sounds crazy, but I thought I heard her."

"You too?"

"Wait," interrupted Quatre. "You mean the both of you heard her as well? I thought it was just my imagination."

"This proves otherwise," commented Trowa, "or we'd all just be insane."

"This doesn't make sense. Maybe we're just thinking about her to much," complained Wufei.

"And so we all hear her at the same time?" asked Heero. He sneered at Wufei. "Right. She said, 'Please do this for me.'" Everyone looked at Heero. This was crazy. It had to be Lily. They all heard the same thing. "I think she was talking about the mission." The pilots looked around at each other and suddenly they felt ashamed for the way they had been acting lately.

"It's time we got to work," suggest Nikki, and all the pilots nodded their head in agreement.

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"Sally, since when did the pilots start working again?" asked Noin as she walked into the control room of the gundam base.

"What? They're working?" Une questioned.

"That's odd," added Sally. "I wonder what finally got to them."

"Lily," said Mariemaia. The three women turned to the young girl. "They're doing it for Lily."

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"Tadaima!" Umi breezed through the guards and towards her father's study, her beautiful blue hair flowing behind her, and her movements emitting such grace like a model. Her eyes were intense, saying she was strictly here on business. "Otousan!"

Jadeite looked up from his paperwork as his daughter burst into his study. "Umi dear, you're home early. I thought you were coming next week."

"Release Lily-neechan. She doesn't belong here. She has a war to fight and a promise to keep. I've gotten word from our cousin that Lily is in pain here. You know how strong the connection between those two is. Not only can they talk to one another, they also feel each other's emotions, or physical pain even. Don't torture Lily-neechan. Onegai."

Jadeite sighed and stood from his seat. "It's not me you have to ask, but your mother. She is the one that has confined Lily to this planet. I have been trying to get her to let Lily go. She won't listen. If you think that you can convince your mother to let Lily go then be my guest."

"Arigatou Otousan." Umi bowed slightly to her father and quietly left the room.

"Imouto?"

Umi blinked when she nearly ran into her twin. "Lily-neechan!"

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"I understand that you're trying to help, but don't even bother."

"Demo, Lily, naze?"

"You know Okaasan. Umi, it's pointless. She's too stubborn to cave into our pleas."

"We shall see. Lily, I have a plan."

Lily blinked as she looked over to her younger twin. There was something Umi wasn't telling her and Lily wanted to know what it was, but she knew Umi wouldn't tell her.

"I'm meeting up with Oniichan at the shrine now," Lily explained to her twin. Umi nodded and watched as Lily walked away.

"Neechan, I'll make sure you're free."

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"I'm sorry Umi. I'm not releasing your sister."

"Demo ne, Okaasan!"

"Iye. Umi, I won't let you take her place," Rei practically yelled at her daughter.

"Lily will run away. She'll hate you for life. You're the only one who doesn't see this!"

"I see it. I know she hates me, but she's my daughter. I want to be able to see her everyday, to see that she is okay."

This angered Umi so much that tears burned her eyes as she fought them back. "And what about me Okaasan?" Umi asked calmly.

"Nani?"

"Aren't I your daughter as well? Do I not matter? Are you that ashamed of me? I'm sorry Okaasan, but you're wrong. You are a horrible mother. You have no faith in your own kids, and those you hold close don't want that. We each have our own lives. Lily's isn't here. You're the worst."

"Umi…"

"Don't talk to me. I don't want to hear. I'm tired of being nice Okaasan, but this is where you draw the line. I won't forgive you." With that Umi left the room, slamming the door behind her. Rei stood there realizing Umi was right.

"What am I doing?"

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"I don't believe this!" Duo's gundam crashed into a colony as he had tried to avoid some mobile suits. "This isn't right."

"Since when was there this many soldiers?" asked Quatre.

"They're ready for us this time," Wufei explained.

"The colonies!" Nikki flew over to her friends, their gundams all gathered together. "It's no use. We're too late." The six pilots watched as each colony took turns exploding. "This just isn't right. It's all our fault. What were we thinking?"

"I wish Lily were here," Duo admitted. "She would know what to do."