Author notes: Sorry it's taken me so long to get this chapter up. School is evil and has kept me from fun stuff like finishing this. Well, here it is. Hopefully this is a little more action packed than previous ones. Thank you all who have reviewed! I really appreciate it!!

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Chapter Four

"A woman?" Wufei said, voice filled with a mix of contempt and disbelief.

"Yes, a woman. I think she's telling the truth as well. We've looked through her records and have found nothing to discount her story," Quatre said across the communicator.

Wufei grunted and looked away from the screen, considering.

"Fight her."

Quatre blinked as if he didn't hear him correctly. "What?"

"It's the only way to figure out what she's really about. In the battle all pretenses and falsehoods will be stripped away. Fight her," Wufei replied, looking back at Quatre's frowning face.

The blond haired pilot opened his mouth to reply when Wufei heard Duo's voice interrupt from off screen.

"I'll do it. I really want to see what her and that Gundam are made of. Tell him you'll report in when you have more information."

Quatre looked off screen (Wufei could only assume he was looking at Duo), nodded once, and then turned back to the screen.

"I heard him. He's plenty loud enough," Wufei interrupted before Quatre could repeat what braid boy had said.

"Hey!"

"Let us know if Heero and Trowa turn up anything else," Quatre said, a slight smile on his face.

Wufei nodded, and clicked the window off.

"A fight?" a small voice came from behind the two G-boys.

They turned quickly and found Kira's long haired twin standing in the doorway. She blushed slightly and stared at her hands.

"I-I'm sorry," she stammered. "I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I was sent to take you to your rooms when I overheard."

"It's okay," Quatre replied kindly.

"Your sister won't fight with us?" Duo asked.

Jen shook her head. "She will, if she thinks it will convince you. But…must you fight her?"

Duo blinked twice at Jen's plea and looked pleadingly to Quatre for support.

"Well, you see…"

"Jen, you're not harassing our guests are you?" Kira said as she entered behind her twin and laid a hand firmly on her shoulder. Jen jumped and stifled a squeek.

"I'm sorry, sister."

Kira smiled kindly on her. "Why don't you go ready two of those scrap heap Leos for me and Duo, please?"

Duo stepped forward. "I'd rather fight you while you're in your Gundam actually."

Kira's eyes flashed dangerously. "If you're saying that because I'm a woman and you don't want to hurt me I'm less than flattered."

Duo grinned at her. "We can go with that if you'd like, but I really just want to see what your Gundam is capable of."

"Oh," Kira said as her face visibly softened. Then slowly, she gave him a wicked smile. "Well, in that case, are you sure you can actually push me hard enough to see what Bubble Blaster can do?"

He laughed. "They don't call me the God of Death for nothing."

"We'll see."

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Kira sat surrounded by buttons and switches in the cockpit of her blue Gundam. She was fiddling with some of the controls, getting things set up for the fight. Her twin stood on the open door watching her. Kira could sense that Jen was worried, but she wasn't going to indulged her unless she spoke up. It concerned her that her sister, who had been getting less and less shy, had suddenly clammed up at the introduction of the two Gundam pilots. And she was positive this fight wasn't helping matters.

Sure enough, as Kira typed in another specification into the system, Jen, who had been looking like a dam ready to burst, finally gave in.

"Kira, don't do this!"

Kira blinked a few times and looked up at Jen. "You know I can't do that," she said gently.

"But, you don't need to prove anything to them, especially by fighting. Isn't there another way to show them?" Jen pleaded, as she shifted so she sat at her sister's feet.

"Guess you aren't going to help me with these controls until I convince you, huh?" Kira replied half jokingly. When Jen just continued to stare at her, she sighed deeply. "Okay, I'm sorry. You have to understand there is no other way. These are Gundam pilots, Jen. They believe that in battle all things are thrown away and the truth made bare."

"Do you believe that?"

Kira opened her mouth, stopped, and then closed it again to give it more thought. "I don't know. I haven't been fighting long enough to decide."

"So, if you don't buy into that, why are you doing this?"

Kira smiled at Jen. "You could always tell what I was about, couldn't you? Okay, okay, I'm a little peeved that they don't believe this is my Gundam," she said, her smile widening into a grin. Then she tapped her on the head. "And you are not helping at all, showing no confidence in your own sister."

Jen's face dropped slightly. "Oh. I am, aren't I? I'm sorry." She smiled up at Kira, her eyes much clearer now. "I'll let you finish up here and see if the other two are ready. Go easy on them."

Kira was startled into laughter. "I'll try to."

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Duo's Leo was floating in space just outside the hanger door of the satellite. He turned one thruster on and spun to face the giant blue Gundam floating just beyond him. The pilot smiled to himself and did a final check on all systems. The model was old, yes, but familiar and relatively well equipped. Jen had made sure of that. He pulled up on the left control stick and watched the arms come up holding the giant just to prove it to himself.

The speed of the craft would be an issue, but he could compensate for that by using his own momentum in the vacuum of space. Of course, there was little doubt her Gundam, Bubble Blaster, would be faster but if he could cut her speed he might increase his chances. Duo knew he wasn't rusty enough yet for that to be impossible.

"Ready Duo?" Kira asked in a sing-songy voice. He could tell her adrenaline was pumping, which made his heart beat a little faster.

"Let's do this."

Kira wasted no time at Duo's words. The blue Gundam's green beam sword flashed out as the Gundam shot up in a large arc at the Leo. The Leo began shooting almost immediately, all while moving backwards away from the arcing mobile suit. Bubble Blaster shook, but didn't alter its course, taking the hits and continuing to come at him. In one sweeping motion, Kira slashed out at the Leo. Duo evaded the attack with ease, turning out away from the swing. Never missing a beat, he focused his shots at the outstretched arm.

Kira turned the thrusters on and shot upwards out of the way of the shots laughing.

"Duo, you're not trying, " Kira complained.

Without answering, he aimed and fired three successive shots at the left thruster on the backside. There was a large explosion as the thruster blew up, sending Bubble Blaster into a shaking spiral. Quickly, Kira began turning the functioning one on and off to stop the spinning motion. Duo continued to fire on her, trying to hit the remaining thruster.

"I'm not trying, huh? How about now that your speed advantage is gone?" he asked, watching the shots strike all over the Gundainum armor.

Finally with the combonation of the shots and her thruster, Kira's spin finally came to a stop. She really started to laugh then.

"You knew exactly where to hit that." It wasn't a question. "If I had any doubt that you weren't a Gundam pilot, I wouldn't anymore."

Duo stopped shooting to consider her. "You're holding back, aren't you?" He laughed at the prospect. "I wouldn't make that same mistake again, if I were you. Don't underestimate the God of Death."

Kira's Gundam silently kept on its course, floating slowly away from him. Then the eyes of Bubble Blaster flashed once, and it came to life again. Openings appeared in the armor as flaps swung upwards to reveal several rockets on the shoulders and legs. A moment later the rockets exploded towards the Leo. Deftly, Duo spun and maneuvered the bulky mobile suit around the explosives with grace and ease. And the two mecha were at it again.

It had been two hours since the battle had begun and they were still at it. Duo's Leo has lost half of a leg and Kira's Gundam was still handicapped by the missing thruster, but neither one seemed ready to give up. Not once had Kira drawn her bubble gun to end the battle once and for all.

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Quatre, Jen, Cye, and many of the crew on the satellite stood watching the battle on the giant screen in the control room. At every small victory the blue Gundam accomplished the room erupted into cheers as the crew spurred on their leader. Quatre stood near the back, watching the men and women in the room rather than watching the fight. It was clear that they adored their strange blue hair pilot. To him, it said much about what sort of person Kira really was to inspire such loyalty in these people. He could see a little of the Mauguiac corps in them.

Jen, on the other hand, was quietly watching the battle unfold, leaning on Cye for support. She wanted to look away, but her concern for the outcome kept her transfixed on the screen. She didn't have any doubts that Kira could handle Duo's Leo, but she couldn't understand why she let it go for so long. It was obvious to anyone who was going to win.

Then there was an outcry as Duo went in for the last thruster to leave her dead in the water. But, before Duo could reach her with his beam sword, Kira brought up the charged bubble gun, and fired three shots. The crowd on the control room floor watched with bated breath as Duo spun out of the way of the first bubble tried to slash through the second. Unfortunately for him, the bubble disrupted the beam, rendering it useless at the same time the third one slammed into the back of the Leo and enveloped it. When the bubble popped and revealed the Leo to be dead, the room erupted into cheers and celebration. Quatre smiled quietly. It was pretty obvious he had his answer.