Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Gundam wing characters.

"Neat joint, if you can afford it," commented Duo.

"Trust me," added Heero, "you would never even if you spent the next hundred years trying."

"You should have more faith in us, the Preventers' pay is quite good," argued Wufei.

"You can't earn as much as 10 billion in the next hundred years, can you?" Heero retorted.

"No. Is it really worth that much?" asked Sally.

"No." The room let out a sigh of relief. "It's worth more."

"That's not really nice. You just cheated our feelings," complained Duo.

"You're the one who had to believe it," Heero rebutted.

"Quite true, but I believe Quatre should be able to afford it, aren't I right Quatre?"

"Yes, but it is a waste to spent it on one house," mused Quatre.

Heero smiled wickedly and said, "Not if its occupants number up to over two hundred. There are more people living here than you think."

"More than two hundred!" exclaimed Hirde.

"Yes. This house was built not only for me and the rest of the family, it was meant to house all our closest staff and adopted children."

"Wow. I must say that is quite impressive," commented Relena.

"I'll show you around after we had tea. Mrs. Doubtfire does not like people wandering around the house eating."

"Whose Mrs. Doubtfire?" asked Noin.

"She's the housekeeper. She's the one you saw who could not stop telling me to step over the basin of fire."

"Oh, that one," commented Duo.

"Why did she ask you to do that for?" asked Trowa who was still trying to figure it out.

"It's to get rid of bad luck. The Chinese have a tradition to swept away bad luck with pomelo leaves and use a basin of fire to scare away demons."

"What an interesting tradition. I know that you are in need to get rid of many demons," teased Duo.

"Shut up."

They spent the rest of the day admiring the house or mansion before leaving regrettably, especially Relena. It could the last time she would see him again.

Or not.

Two days later, Relena and Quatre were due for a meeting with Miss Sylvia Noventa at a company named Akira where child labor and weaponry was supposedly found. This company was quite influential in its area thus there was a lingering fear if the other companies might follow the suit. This would not only disrupt the peace, it could also lead to division among the people, something they could scarcely afford.

They set off to meet at a junction before reaching the company. It was rather in the outskirts so a companion to assure that there were accidents accompanied them each. Quatre was accompanied by Trowa, Sylvia by Sally and Wufei, while Relena by Duo and Noin. Sure enough, there was a band that tried to ambush them at the junction.

They were masked and bore a red dove sign on their arm. They showered the gang with bullets forcing the gang to retreat behind their cars. Relena's car took much the damage thus was smoking excessively; obscuring the snipers view gave them an avenue of escape.

They tried to get into one of the cars to escape but there was not enough space for everyone.

"Akira had better have an excuse for giving us an early morning bullet shower," grumbled Duo as he and the others tried to retaliate.

Suddenly, a black car came out the bushes showering bullets at the snipers while blocking the gang. The car slammed open to reveal Heero dressed in a green shirt and black slacks.

"Get on," he urged as he continued shooting.

That was all the advice they needed. They shoot on the car as Heero ran out of bullets and hit the gas. He had already injured all of snipers but he did not want to risk any form of reinforcements, no matter what. They would waste the time he did not have.

"Thanks, pal," Duo said patting on his shoulder.

"You always show up in the last most opportune minute," commented Sally. The others sounded their agreement.

"I would have arrived earlier if you did not chose somewhere so far away from my house," Heero pointed out.

"Sorry," commented Quatre sheepishly. "I didn't realize that there would be so much trouble."

"We didn't realize that Akira would send so much amno at us," added Wufei.

"You're saying that Akira sent them at you?" asked Heero.

"Yes," confirmed Noin.

"Then you are accusing me of wanting to hurt you," questioned Heero.

"No. You always help us. You would never do anything to hurt us," protested Relena.

"Then why did you accuse me?" asked Heero without moving.

"WE didn't accuse you," argued Quatre. "We accused Akira. It's got nothing to do with you. Unless…"

"You are the owner of Akira," finished Trowa.

Silence fell like a ton of bricks in the car.

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