Disclaimer: See previous chapters
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Epilogue
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After Colony 195... On this day, the earth and the colonies established communications, thus forming the Earth Sphere Unified Nation. The Radham had disappeared as well and peace has been allowed to develop soon afterward. It has now been three months since the end of the now named Eve Wars...
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Luxembourg
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It was a beautiful, sunny day, yet this fact was missed considering the place. A cemetery... But not just any cemetery. The final resting-place for those who had fallen in battle and recently, those who fought in the final battle of the Eve War. One grave became the focus of a young woman's attention. The grave of Trieze Khsurenada, who had died in order to bring this peace about. As the woman continued to gaze, another came up from behind her, holding a bouquet of flowers.
"So you're here again, Dorothy."
Dorothy turned her head to the speaker; Noin. Her eyes were partially blocked by the sun hat she wore, but Noin saw no evidence of tears. Not this time or the other times they had met. Trowa was right. She was a strong woman.
"That's right. But this is the last time." Dorothy answered. "I'm so tired of living in the past."
"I see..."
With that, Noin simply stepped past Dorothy and bent down to place the flowers before the headstone. Dorothy watched her do this and then veered her eyes over to the next grave. The one made for Milliardo Peacecraft.
"Why is it that you never pay your respects to Mr. Milliardo's grave, Ms Noin?" she questioned.
"Because I don't need to."
Dorothy gasped a bit as Noin rose up and looked into the sky with a smile on her face.
"I know that he's still alive out there."
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Space Knight Command Center
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"Chief! You're up!"
Goliate turned from his terminal after Anita's remark to see the Chief enter into the command room. The woman slowly walked out of the doorway and nodded to the two..
"Yes. Sorry to have worried you all for so long."
"Hey, should you be up and about?"
From the rear of the chamber, Noal rose up from a station with his arms folded and a half-stern look on his face. Aki gave a short smile, knowing that the elder man was only worried about her, as everyone had been.
"I've been in bed long enough." Aki replied simply. Honda raised an eyebrow, but said nothing more. Aki then turned back and addressed the others. "Where is everyone else?"
"Well, Yumi and Hayato are in the hanger bay." Anita answered first. "They were complaining about how boring it's been lately."
"And David and Natasha are out." Goliate added. "Dead, well..." His tone lowered. "No one's really sure where he goes."
Noal stepped in to change the subject. "Oh, and Milly's got an assignment, from what she's told me. Something about the new government working on organizing a special taskforce group."
"And our status...?"
"No sign of the Radham since...well, the battle." Anita shrugged. "In short, it's been pretty quiet, Chief." Sighing, Anita partly turned back to the terminal she sat at. "I guess that is how peace is supposed to be, right?"
Aki gave a simple nod and was about to answer her when she approached her desk and found a set of white flowers settled within her seat. She turned to Noal, who gave her a knowing smile.
D...
"Chief?"
"Yes. Quiet."
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"It hasn't changed...After all this time..."
A beautifully flowered field with a lighthouse in the distance was displayed before the man as he gazed in the area. It had been some time since he'd been here, yet this place hadn't changed in over twenty years.
It's as though this place wasn't affected by the outside world, no matter how much it changed...
Speaking of which, much had changed for the Space Knights. After the final battle, they remained on high alert in case a Radham force came in a second wave. But nothing came. Not even signs of the two remaining tekkamen, who had disappeared after the fight. Were they lurking in the shadows, waiting to plot their own revenge, as Dagger had done? He hoped not. D honestly hoped that they would try to find a new life for themselves at the very least, just as he and Dead had done. But only time will tell. Right now, his mind was here...
...with his sister.
The young woman was gazing out at the landscape along with her brother. Her eyes slowly lowered to her hands. Despite all the time that had passed, her body was only slightly older than it had been when she 'died'. It was as though she was taken out of that point in time and thrust into a new era.
"And neither have I."
D-Boy looked over at Miyuki while she was still gazing at her hands; his usual shades absent from his face.
"Consider it... a reawakening to life."
"A reawakening...?" She took it into thought for minute and then smiled lightly. "Hmm... I guess so. " Her hands closed and she looked back out onto the field. "What will happen now, Takaya?"
D lifted his eyes toward the sky and for once in a long time, he could not sense the presence of Radham invaders.
"We live in peace. One day at a time."
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Beach Boardwalk
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The sun was setting in a fiery ruby over the oceanside of the beach. As various groups of people passed on a walkway, a sole person was leaning on railing looking out over the sea, his short emerald tresses of hair brushing lightly in the wind.
"Still thinking about her?"
Dead End closed his eyes with a thin smile as he heard David approach him from the side. The blond Space Knight stood next to him and lent on the railing along with his friend.
"I was wondering how long it would take you to find me." Dead mused.
"A pretty face distracted me for a bit." David grinned. His smile then slid away. "And you dodged the question."
Dead lowered his head and shut his eyes. "I still can't get over...what she did..."
And…there was something else...
"David... I'm sorry."
"Sorry?" David blinked. "For what?"
His eyes now open, Dead lifted them upward. "She tried to kill me. But even after all of that, she gave me the choice...to live or die. But when we fought, I didn't give you that. I was so bent on dying that I couldn't see past my own misery and.…" Dead lowered his head again. "I'm sorry. I probably should have apologized a long time..."
"No. There's no need to." David turned and faced him. "I'm just glad that it didn't come to that. We're friends after all."
"And we're Space Knights. The future is where we look, not the past."
Both men were surprised by the new speaker and turned to see her come up behind them.
"Natasha...? What are you doing out here?"
Natasha took a spot next to Dead. "Odd as it may be, I've been looking for you guys. We don't hang out enough and I figured why not now."
David continued to give her a strange glance. Being with Yumi and Hayato, he understood that she'd want to stay away with the younger members from time to time. But Natasha was normally a solitary person, so for her wanting to hang anyone was rare in itself. And to add on, she wanted be with them; them including Dead.
Odd indeed...
"Why at all?"
Dead didn't turn when he said that, but his narrow tone was evident. David looked with worry, hoping that they wouldn't come to blows or anything of the sort. But Natasha simply sighed and answered.
"Okay, look. It isn't any secret that we haven't been on the best of terms, Dead. But you helped us in that battle and I am grateful. We all are. So here's me, trying to start over." She turned to him once again. "Will you?"
Dead was silent for a moment and then his eyes lid close again. "I'll think about it."
David simply looked at the both of them, unsure at how he should even react. In the end, only a simple smile was what he could come up with. "Hey, how about we do that over a drink?" Moving around, he put his arms on both their shoulders and grinned. "Sound good, you two?"
"I suppose." Natasha shrugged.
Dead did the same. "Eh, why not."
Thus the start of a beautiful friendship...hopefully...
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L-1 Colony
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"Excuse me, Vice Foreign Minister Dorian?"
In the bay of the colony, Relena turned around to see a colony representative come up behind her. Since the end of the war, she had taken up her adoptive father's role to keep and continue the peace between Earth and the colonies that had come up from this war. As such, she also returned to her adoptive last name too.
The representative soon caught up to her. "I'm wondering, are you off to the Earth again?"
Relena nodded. "Yes. It's important that I get the Earth Sphere delegates to review this terraformation project ASAP."
"Aw, dear, that's really a shame." he replied, scratching the back of his head. "Because we were planning on having your birthday party here on our colony today."
The colony citizens have always been courteous, but to throw a party for her. And a birthday party at that. Relena had almost forgotten it was her birthday today. But she had a lot of work to do and simply did not have the time for it. All she could do now was apologize
"I'm terribly sorry..."
After the encounter, Relena made her way onboard her shuttle. Despite her dedication to her work, a part of her, the part of her that was the little girl when all of this started, wanted to go to that party. Yet that could not be, for she had her duty. Still, she just wished for something...she wasn't sure what. As she moved to her seat, the shoulder of a maintenance worker brushed across hers.
"Excuse me."
"It's all right." Relena replied as she searched for her seat. Finally reaching it, she was greeted with an unusual surprise. A small teddybear was in the set, holding a small invitation card. Reading it, her eyes widened as she saw who it came from. The very man who had brushed past her... Heading to the window, she saw him walking toward the exit, his cap no longer on, thus revealing his familiar features.
"Heero!"
The young man turned around and gazed up at her, but didn't say a word. Relena settled for a bit and with a smile, she lifted up the card. Closing her eyes, she gently tore the card in half, a reminder of their first encounter. Opening her eyes, she continued to smile at him.
"Next time, hand it to me in person."
His eyes seemed to brighten at this and then he turned and walked on. Relena watched him go, the smile never leaving her face for the gundam tekkaman that brought peace.
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Wow. It's still hard to believe that I finished this. But before we all start getting teary-eyed (including me(Okay, mostly me)), attention is to be directed below.
The year, AC 195. The final war fought between the Earth and space colonies had come to an end.
Eliminating the boundaries between nations, the colonies and Earth had chosen to co-exist, thus giving
birth to the Earth-Sphere Unified Nation. With the Radham absent, there was now hope for everlasting
peace. And now, the year AC 196, there are no longer any military weapons in the Earth Sphere.
However, as long as humanity exists, there will always be battles...
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Gundam Tekkaman: Endless Waltz