I know I said that this chapter would be up in two or three weeks but things kept coming up delaying me. As I said I fixed up the first chapter slowing it down some. Well let me get the reviews done and over with so you can read the long awaited chapter.

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Chapter 2: May The Training Begin

It was the next day. Ara did not see much of Duo, or any of the guys for that matter. She spent her time exploring the base, or reading, or something of that sort.

All was quite Ara was laying on the couch reading when she hear the door open, she looked up to see Quatre walk in. He did not notice her and went right into the kitchen. He came out a moment later with a glass of water in hand. "Oh, hello I didn't see you." The blonde sat down in the arm chair across from her.

"It's ok. What's up?" Ara asked sitting up and setting her book down on the end table.

"Nothing I guess."

"Where is everyone? With all of you back, you'd think it be more lively around here, but it almost seems quieter."

"Hold on a minute, let me get this striate. You were here with Duo for about two weeks and it was quiet." Quatre set his glass down on the table with an astounded look in his face.

"Well, yeah. Is that odd." Ara asked not sure why her friend sounded so surprised.

"It's nothing. It's just that Duo's not one that's quiet. He's very outgoing, and almost the exact opposite of what he's supposed to be... quiet, calm, and observasive. Not someone that want's to rush in to something without out thinking what he is about to do first." Ara was sure that he started to talk to himself there at the end some.

I'm not so sure that I can completely agree with what he is saying but I can agree with some of it I guess.

"Then what's the point of being a human being if that is how you have to act." Ara joked some.

"I see what you mean." They both laughed a little.

At least I know that one of them isn't a robot. Well, besides Duo that is.

Neither one of them spoke for a minute. Then Quatre got an idea. "Duo told us that the two of you sparred some and did very well."

"Yeah. We spared but I wouldn't say that I did that good." Ara was wondering what is was he was getting at.

"So how would you like to improve your skills farther."

Improve my skills farther. There is nothing to wrong with them right now it's just that I'm weak at the moment and don't have a lot of energy and strength. But he doesn't know that. This is the perfect chance for me to regain my strength and who knows maybe I can learn a few new things from him. "Yeah. Ok." Was her answer.

"Great. Come on. Follow me." Quatre led her out of the room.

-§-

Ara stared aghast at the huge Torus suit in front of her. "Quatre. I didn't realize that you meant training with mobile suits!"

"Well, your still not in the right condition to start training physically. So I figured that this would be the next best thing for you right now." By saying that Ara figured out how much it is that Quatre actually cared about people. Most of the people that she knew would have you training even if you had fatal wounds, not so much that it would kill you though.

"As much as I want to I'm not even sure that I'll remember how to piolet a mobile suit." She cast a nervous glance at the giant piece of machinery.

"I'm sure you'll do fine." He headed toward the hanger. But stopped to look at the girl just staring after him. "Come on I'm sure it'll all come back to you once you get started." Still not liking the idea Ara followed after him. Hoping for the best.

Getting out of the suit Ara went over to Quatre. "You were right I did remember a lot more than I had enishally realized. But there were still a lot of things that I did not."

"You did great. I could tell that your not a beginner. Where did you learn to piolet a mobile suit?" You can't just learn how to piolet one of those things anywhere. With the right training she could be at my, our levels, me and the rest of the guys. This made Quatre a little worried. Where is she from?

"I'm not sure. I don't remember and I don't really want to either."

"Really? Why not?" This made him even more confused... if possible.

"I'm not quite sure, but I have this feeling that where ever it is that I'm from it's not a good place." Not good at all.

Quatre did not who what to say. She is probable right. From what I've heard her wounds were serious even fatal. If those people chasing her were her allies and they were willing to kill her for running that's proof that something serious is going on. But what?

"Quatre... Quatre!" Ara was waving her hand in front of his face trying to snap him out of his revere.

Startled he looking at the younger person in front of him. "Yes."

"I asked of you wanted to head back inside." And he says that Duo doesn't pay attention. Laughing to herself Ara walked back inside beside Quatre.

-§-

It's a few months later. Ara's wounds had completely healed and she had regained all of her strength back as well as her knowledge on mobile suits. She had become friends with all of the guys and then some with Duo, as he was the one she spent most of her time with.

One day when she was training in the park with Duo it started raining. "Great, just perfect. Ya know I'm really starting to hate this weather simulator up here in the colonies. I mean what's the point of it."

"Come on stop your complaining Duo. There are plenty of reasons for it, but instead of standing around here and getting soaked lets find some shelter until it lets up some and we can head back to the base."

"Fine by me." The two teens ran out of the park.

-§-

"Duo look up there." Looking ahead to where Ara was pointing he saw an old warehouse. "Let's stay there for now."

"You sure about that." He eyed the building suspiciously.

"Right now, I honestly don't care as long as we get out of this rain." He could see what she meant. As of this point both were drenched.

"Ok." Duo followed the younger girl over to it and ducked inside after her.

"Wow, what was this place." The building they were in now looked full of almost brand new equipment that was barley used. There was dust all over and spiders seemed to have taken a liking to the ceiling.

"I... don't know." Going over to one of the machines Duo took a look at it. "I can't tell when these were made. The dates are all worn down. By they look really old. Twenty-second century old."

Looking around Ara found a place on the far side of the wall that had a cloth thrown over something. "Duo come here. Help me take this thing off."

Running over to help her, he went on the other side of the object and helped to lift if off whatever it was covering. Once it was off it reveled some kind of weird, big, box.

"What do you think is in it." Ara took couple steps back to get a better look at the wooden object. It had to be at lest six feet tall and three feet wide.

"I don't know. Help me look around for something to pry it open with." Looking on the ground Duo found a thin piece of metal, thin but durable. Slipping it in to the side both of them pushed on it trying to open the crate some. The wood started to wear down where they were pushing and chunk of it broke off, leaving a rectangular hole.

Stinking his arm in it Duo pulled out a round black object. "A bomb." Ara said erasing the questioning look off of Duo's face.

"But why wold there be bombs here. And such old ones." Turning the bomb around in his hands examining it.

"This was one of the first colonies to thrive in space right." Duo nodded his head. "Well my guess is that this was an old weapons factory. But as more and more colonies came into space and weapons advanced more this place shut down, with no one removing what was left in here."

Understanding what it was she was saying the former gundam piolet took out his phone and dialed Lady Une's number. Ara took a few of the bombs and put them in her bag to take back to the base for analysis. Hearing Duo put his phone away she looked up. "You get a hold of anyone?"

"No. The storm is breaking up the signal." Slumping against the wall he fell to the floor.

"Just wait I'm sure it'll clear up soon." She tried to reassure her companion. "Let flip that cloth over and sit on that, that way we wont get that dirty. Nodding Duo got up and did what she said.

Sitting down neither one of them said anything. They just listened to the sound of the rain hitting the panels of the roof. "Hey Duo can I ask you something."

"Sure." Looking up from the ground to the brunette in front of him.

"You remember that day three months ago when you saved me."

"Yeah."

"Lady Une had told me that there were soldiers after me. Do you remember what it is they looked like?"

He wasn't sure but Duo thought that he saw desperation in her eyes. But of what? Stupid question she lost part of her memory and has no idea why people were chasing after her, supposedly to kill her. I'd want to know who they were too.

Thinking back to that day he tried to remember what those men had looked like. "I'm not really sure what they looked like Heero and the others fought them while I dove in after you. But from what I saw their uniforms were mostly all black with red adorning the edges of it."

"Black with red edges." Suddenly images started to flash through her mind. Leaning forward on her knees she held her head in her hands, looking down she could barley even see the material that they were sitting on. She screamed out pain. It felt although her head was going to bust open.

"Ara!" Crawling over to her Duo took her shoulders in his hands and shook her. Her screaming stopped and she looked at him but not really seeing him. Her eyes were dull and clouded as a memory played in her head.

There was gun fire and bodies all over covering the ground as well as blood. She was looking over the battle field where her allies had just prevailed. Turning her horse around she looked over the well trained group of soldiers behind her. They were wearing black uniforms with red trimming, but they looked although their outfits were never black just red from all of the blood covering them, a few black spots showing through.

A man in a black cape rode up beside her on another horse, putting hand on her shoulder she turned to look at him. "You did well. Not one person was left alive." Ara smirked at his comment, looking back over the soldiers.

"It is not although we could allow them to live. It would of just destroyed everything we have worked so hard to achieve."

"And we would not of gotten anywhere with out you." He placed a soft kiss on her cheek. "Let's head back." Turning to his left he rode off at a steady pace with Ara following him and the their men following behind her.

Ara collapsed onto Duo, opening her eyes she looked up at him, worry written all over his face. "Are you ok. Your face went white and grabbing your head you screamed out."

"I saw them."

"What? You'll have to speak up I can't hear you."

"I saw them. Those men. I saw them. They were all over as well as others." Duo felt the girl in his arms start to tremble as she said this.

"What?"

"There was a battle field cover in bodies. I was looking over seeing every person that was killed no life left within them. I was in control of their murders. Those men you said you saw in the black and red I was leading them, I was their commander." And with that she broke down crying.

Duo held her in his arms not knowing what more to do, but hold her and try ease her fears. After some time she fell asleep, her tears finally coming to an end. Soon he to fell asleep his head laying on hers.

I'm sorry that this chapter took so long. It's just that one thing after another kept coming up. Because of all the notices I kept putting up you couldn't leave reviews because technically you have reviewed for that chapter already. I can't believe that I just now realized that. So if you'd be as nice to, if you review for the notices, review as anonymous and put your pen-name up. That way I'll know that it was you. Ok enoth of my blabbering, I'm going to go work on the next chapter and hopefully I'll have it up in less than a fourth of the time it took me to put this one up.

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Goddess of Destruction Ara