I'm so sorry this took so long to get up. I've been working on a different story and it got away from me. But I'm taking a trip and'll have lots of time to work on it, so hopefully I can put up some new ones soon. Uh, this one and the next are just kinda to give Heero a normal life, but I think thisstory will be a lot shorter than World Warp. We'll have to see.

Disclaimer: I only own Heero's mom. And the idea. (Cries) Don't you pity me? (Ha! Like everyone doesn't want to own it.)
(What's wrong?) Heero turned up the stairs, ignoring the voice.

That man…his dad. Heero opened a door at the top of the stairs and threw his bag on the bed. A computer sat on a desk on the far wall and it only took Heero a few minutes to hack into the correct system. A few more minutes and he found the man he was looking for. Heero Yuy.

The information had no date of death. It talked about all the peace work he was doing in the colonies and talks on Earth, but no death.

So he's not dead. Heero leaned back in his chair and stared absently at the screen.

(Well, duh. He's a colonial pacifist, on the TV all the time. There've been a lot of assassination attempts, but so far none have been successful. Probably 'cause of Dad. He's a friend of Dad's, that's why I was named after him.)

Named after him?

(Yeah. My full name is Heero Yuy Lowe. I don't tell many people my full name since I met Duo. He teased me about it when we were little.)

Heero smiled slightly as he realized that it was his voice he'd been hearing. Except it sounded somehow like Duo's, relaxed and happy.

"Heero! Supper's ready!" Heero pushed himself out of the chair and followed his Mom's voice down the stairs.

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Heero sat on his bed, staring at the picture he's found on the bedside table. Two brown-haired boys stood with their arms over each other's shoulders. They were both laughing and giving the "peace" sign.

(That's Duo.)Heero's voice yawned. (But I guess you know that, since you knew him.)

Heero "Hn-ed" got into bed. A few minutes and he'd let himself fall asleep as a soft snow began falling outside.

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The sunlight fell through the window, falling on Heero's face. He opened his eyes and leapt out of the bed when he didn't recognize the room.

(Relax. Are you always this…energetic in the morning?) Heero had an image of his voice sitting cross-legged and watching him.

So it isn't a dream. Heero sighed and glanced out the window. The snow had fallen feet deep, covering the road and sidewalk.

(Always that faint hope, isn't there? On the plus side you don't have any classes today.) There was a pause and then the voice said, as casually as possible, (I didn't know Duo was alive in your world. Or that Dad was dead.) Heero didn't say anything and the voice pressed on. (Those days he was unconscious, he called for Arashi and Solo and his parents. He was acting different here; maybe that was your Duo. I mean, the Duo from your world.)

Heero shrugged and turned back to the window. "That was quite a speech. Maybe you're right. There's no way to know for sure until I get back."

"Heero! Are you up?" Heero glanced at the door as his Mom's voice floated through.

(You're the Perfect Soldier, right? Wanna try being the Perfect Actor?) The voice sounded pleading. (Please, just 'til we figure out how to get you back to your world.)

Heero sighed. "Fine. Just until then."

The kitchen was warm and toasty, the smell of pancakes wafting through. The black-haired woman smiled at Heero as he stepped through the door and a man looked up from the table. Heero stared at him for a minute as the man smiled at him. The last time he'd seen that smile it had been on the face of a dying man.

"Looks like you don't have class today. Are you going to go sledding with your friends?" Odin Lowe smiled at Heero as the boy sat across from him.

Heero shrugged. "I don't know."

"It's what I'd be doing."

(How'd yo-his mission go?)

"How'd the mission go?" Heero looked at Odin's face.

"Good. There was another attempt of Heero's life." Odin smiled at his wife as she set a plate of food in front of him. "That's the third this month."

Heero poked at his pancakes. I'm not hungry.

(What? You haven't eaten since supper and you barely at then.) Heero didn't say anything and the voice sighed. (Fine. Just eat some so Mom doesn't think you're sick and make you stay home.)

Heero ate a whole pancake, listening to Odin talk about his mission. Just as he finished the doorbell rang. Heero stood and opened the door to see Wufei standing on the step.

"Hey, Yuy. We're going to go to Dead Man's Drop, you coming?"

"Wufei!" Heero mom stood in the kitchen door, smiling brightly. "Why don't you come in? Would you like some cocoa?"

"No thanks, Mrs. Lowe. We're about to go sledding."

"Oh. Well, go get ready, Dear." Heero's mom disappeared into the kitchen. There was silence for a minute and then Heero's voice chuckled slightly. (Mom's a little weird.)

No way. Heero motioned Wufei inside and ran upstairs. So, when are you going to tell me what happened to Duo?

(He died in an explosion. Something about an illegal weapon manufacturing. Duo's dad's an amazing mechanic and had to make some part of it, but he backed out. The details are kinda sketchy but Duo went and destroyed the weapons, the building and himself.)

These weapons, what were they?

(Something called…Gundams.)

Heero laughed and grabbed a change of clothes and a coat. It took him a minute to change and he ran downstairs to where Wufei was talking to his mom.

"Let's go." Heero stopped long enough for Wufei to finish his conversation and to say good-bye to his parents.

(You should look into a career as an actor.) Heero laughed slightly as he followed Wufei to where Arashi, Trowa, Quatre, and Hilde were waiting.

Cookies for Sutoomu! She guessed right by saying Odin Lowe. (She's also the only one who guessed. I'm ashamed of you all.) Glare and sniff.