Five Gundams And A Baby
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Author : Mavrik
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Heero frowned deeply looking over at his fellow pilots across the table
"We need to question her." He said as Quatre stood
"Wait Heero please…she may not even know…this could be a…earth shattering event for her." Quatre countered hoping to keep the brunette from questioning Usagi, he would most likely do it without tact.
"We need answers." Heero growled as Duo jumped up as well.
"Heero…come on man you can't expect her to know this stuff and be able to answer you, you did the research yourself, she was raised by a family in Japan, most likely not knowing she wasn't their child…breaking the news to her…it would crush her Heero, like finding out your whole life was a lie…" Duo reasoned as Heero seemed to back down causing the trio that was defending Usagi to relax, even if Trowa hadn't seemed to be defending her a whole lot.
"We need answers." Heero growled as Duo nodded
"Agreed, but maybe not in such a traumatizing way…are her parents still alive?" Duo asked as Heero nodded, from what his research had uncovered. "Then we'll send someone to talk to them…Quatre?" Duo asked thinking he was the most sociable…probably most able to get answers.
"Alright…that sounds like an idea, they'd know they adopted her, and I can find out if they have told her, then you can ask Usagi-san about it alright?" Quatre asked as Heero nodded, it sounded reasonable to him
"In the meantime?" Zechs asked as Trowa frowned
"We tighten security, keep a watch on Usagi, while still protecting Relena, though not as…closely as before, we know she's likely not the target now…so…" Duo murmured as Heero nodded in relief. He might escape this missions alive after all, or at least with the target intact…he was ready to kill her if she clung to him one more time, thank god Zechs had bailed him out so many times.
"I'll see to personnel." Wufei grunted, even if he wasn't overly fond of Usagi, he wasn't going to let some psycho organization capture and torture her, experiment on her, it went against his sense of honour.
"She'll need a 24 hour watch…preferably without her knowing." Trowa added
"I'll draw up a roster, and install camera's." Zechs said taking a seat at his desk behind his computer screen as he began to draw it up then and there while they continued to talk plans and strategies to keep Usagi safe.
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Trowa sighed silently as he watched her playing with Hikari, Quatre had been gone two days, they had gotten a call from him when he had arrived in Japan, but nothing since, he may still be hunting down her parents. He missed the blond pilot, Quatre was his closest friend, well closer then any of the others were at least, he had wished for him to be here with him while he was going through this internal turmoil, at least the empath might have understood, talked to him…instead he was left with the internal pains of knowing he had torn her happiness from her.
"Trowa…are you alright?" Usagi asked finally as he jumped slightly, somehow she had snuck up on him while he was thinking
"I'm fine…why?" he asked as Usagi shrugged
"You looked…sad." She said finally making him shake his head
"I'm fine." He replied again as she nodded and wandered back over to the baby playing with some toys Quatre had gotten for her
"I just wonder will I ever be able to tell you…and will you hate me." Trowa whispered as he shook his head with his eyes closed, he couldn't think about it now…why…why was she effecting him like this, thinking of her hating him…NO, stop it! His mind demanded as Trowa tore his mind from her, he didn't have time for this…for feeling, he had to watch over her first and foremost, he had to protect her from those after her.
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Quatre sighed in relief as he finally found the house, the directions he had been given were impossible to follow, he had spent the previous day after his arrival wandering in circles around the city trying to find the house, note to self, never take directions from Heero again.
The blond double checked the number and address before walking to the door, he had found the wrong house about three times already, this time he wasn't going to embarrass himself…maybe he should have let Rashid drive him…
"Hello?" a soft voice asked as Quatre smiled at the dark haired woman he identified as Ikkuko, Usagi's mother
"Hello…Tsukino-san right?" he asked as the woman nodded smiling warmly at him
"May I help you?"
"Yes, my name is Winner Quatre." Quatre began, introducing himself in the Japanese fashion "I'm here to talk to you about Usagi…your daughter…I'm her current employer and a friend of hers." Quatre added as the woman grinned at him
"Oh a friend of Usa's, come in, please do come in." she urged making Quatre smile in return as he nodded respectfully and stepped into the house after the woman.
"Would you like a drink?" Ikkuko asked as Quatre shook his head
"No thankyou, actually I wanted to talk about something rather serious with you."
"Whatever could that be? Usagi's not hurt or anything is she? In trouble?"
"I fear she may." Quatre confided as the woman bade him into the lounge room to sit as she sat across from him her face worried
"What happened?" she asked as Quatre sighed taking a deep breath, how to broach the subject…
"A few days ago the mansion I was in was attacked by a…thief." Quatre said carefully as Ikkuko paled rapidly.
"Usagi was hurt wasn't she?" Ikkuko whispered
"Yes…though…the next day…" Quatre trailed off seeing the woman understood
"I knew this day would come…Kenji and I both knew one day this would…come into the open." Ikkuko whispered as Quatre leant forwards
"Tsukino-san…I am worried that because of the doctors report, some people may be after Usagi…and I want to know what you know so we can protect her, and how much she knows." Quatre said looking over at the dark haired woman as she finally nodded
"I was pregnant…22 years ago…but when my time came, I had a stillborn daughter…" Ikkuko said softly as Quatre leant further forwards listening intently "The day after I came home from the hospital…it was like a gift from god or something…she was there, sitting on our doorstep, wailing like crazy…just sitting there for us…with a letter." Ikkuko said as she stood and walked out while Quatre waited patiently for her to return, which she did, with a letter in hand. "Here." She said handing it over so he could read it.
Ikkuko and Kenji
You don't know me, and I don't know you, but I know of you, I know you are good people who have suffered a loss that none should have to bare…I give you this child, she is a special child, and will need your love and support to succeed in the tasks awaiting her. Please care for her as your own.
When she is older, she will be different, and you will know this, please, don't fear her, hate her, reject her, love her.
I hope that you can all be happy, and I am sorry that I could not meet you in person, but my task is done, I was chosen to carry her, not to raise her, that is the task I must ask of you.
I apologise for doing this so suddenly, but my time is close.
Love her
Care for her
Sincerely
Serenity.
"Serenity." Quatre whispered staring at the name, now so familiar to him and the others.
"Yes…we assume it was her mother, we debated on whether to call her that…but decided on Usagi instead…she was right…about her not being normal…when she was four…Usagi fell from a tree without gaining a scratch…and it happened again and again, she was never hurt, she was such an open, gentle, kind girl…" Ikkuko trailed off clasping her hands in her lap
"Does she know?"
"No!" Ikkuko said suddenly as she looked at Quatre evenly "And I must ask you don't tell her…she is our daughter, no matter what else she is…she is our child and we don't want her to have to know…that…she…"
"The doctor who examined Usagi when she was hurt…he said from her genetics that she is not human."
"It doesn't matter…no matter what they say she is our daughter…we raised her." Ikkuko said as Quatre nodded
"Thankyou for telling me this." Quatre said making Ikkuko smile
"Well…you sounded sincere when you said you were her friend…Usagi hasn't had many friends for a while, she had such a tight group…but they sort of…blame her for letting her fiancé go to war and get killed, though she tried to talk him out of it…she was so crushed when he died…they didn't help matters at all." Ikkuko sighed making Quatre smile
"We will protect your daughter Tsukino-san…and I think…we can even heal her heart, or at least one of us can."
"I hope you do, as long as it is you, or someone as kind as you, I will be alright with it." Ikkuko said as Quatre smiled thinking of his brunette friend, the one he knew was in love with Usagi, though being stubborn about it
"Not me…another of her new friends…and yes, he is kind, though slow, he is very kind."
"Quatre-san…take care of my daughter please."
"I promise you, we will not let her get hurt."
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"So she doesn't know?" Duo asked
"Yes…so please. Make sure Heero doesn't question her, I have all that her parents know, I even have a copy of the letter she was left with so just hold him off until I get back, I should only be about 12 hours away." Quatre replied as Duo nodded chuckling
"Sure thing man." Duo replied as the line went dead
"What now?" Trowa asked from his place in the doorway, the baby needed changing.
"We wait till Q gets back, don't want to see and angry Quatre do we? Come on Trowa…let's go put Duo in hell." Duo sighed marching out, even though he had been changing her for a few days now, he still didn't think he would ever get used to it, he hated changing his daughter, it still freaked him out.
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Mavrik – Well an update, WOOT for me.
Elendur – Yay, you actually finished more while avoiding your physics homework
Mavrik – ARG, don't remind me, please
Elendur – Please, do keep reading and reviewing, Mav goes on an ego trip for every review you send.
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