Soldiers of Apocalypse Part-4 Reunion & Revelations Warnings: Language, adult themes, and slight OCC. Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam wing, or its characters. I do own all original characters though. Ch-1 (3 weeks after cemetery visit) Heero and Relena checked around the house one last time to see if everything was perfect for the reunion. “I think were good to go, all we have to do now is wait for the others to show up.” Said Heero. Relena nodded “This is going to be a day to remember, I can’t wait to see the others. Who are we expecting first?” Heero looked out the window “Duo will probably be the first here, after that I don’t know.” No sooner had he said that, a black car pulled up. Heero and Relena walked out on the porch to greet Duo and Hilde. “Hey Duo!” Shouted Heero as he walked up and gave him a brief hug. “Good to see you too man.” said Duo Relena smiled “Duo, Hilde, it’s good to see you two again.” Hilde grinned “Same here, has anybody else arrived?” Heero shook his head “Not yet but they should arrive soon. I thought you said you were going to bring Howard?” “I wanted to but he’s been really busy with his shop.” “He really wanted to come, but sometimes things don’t go the way you plan.” Said Hilde Heero sighed “Tell me about it.” Suddenly, off in the horizon they saw a motorcycle come into view. “I think that’s Wu-Fei and Sally.” said Duo The motorcycle pulled into the driveway and came to a stop. Wu-Fei and Sally got off the bike and walked up to the group. “Hey guys, it’s good to see all you again.” Said Sally “Hey Sally, it’s been awhile.” Responded Relena “Hey Heero,” Wu-Fei walked up and gave him a big hug “Damn it’s good to see you again.” “Same here.” Said Heero Wu-Fei looked at Duo, who looked like he was going to cry. “What’s with the face Duo?” Asked Wu-Fei “My Wufies finally come back, I’m so happy hold me.” He held out his arms and ran up to Wu-Fei. Wu-Fei backed up and held up a finger. “Watch it, Wu-Man going to kick your ass.” Duo laughed “It’s good to see you Wu-Fei.” Wu-Fei smiled “Some things never change; it’s good to see you too. Oh yeah I think I saw Trowa on the way over here.” Duo grinned “Sweet.” Just then a red convertible sped into the driveway. When it came to a stop they saw Trowa step out of the car followed by Catherine. They then exchanged hugs with the others. “Man, it has been to long.” said Trowa Catherine nodded “I agree, as happy as I am right now, I really wish we could do this more often.” “I know, we really need to make time to see each other more.” Said Heero “I agree, but at least this time we actually keep in touch in some way.” Said Duo Relena smiled and looked at the group “Well in any case, everybody’s here except for Quatre, did anybody see him on the way here?” The other looked at each other and shook their heads. “Man he better not of skipped out on us, he promised me he would be here.” Said Duo Trowa sighed, “Don’t worry, I’m sure he’ll be here soon, and since were on the subject of Quatre, did anybody else hear what happened between him and Dorothy 10 months ago?” Wu-Fei shook his head “The real question is who didn’t, that break up made headlines. Although I can understand their reasons for doing it. I’m just glad it was mutual.” Heero nodded “Yeah but I still feel real bad for him, from what I heard he took it pretty hard. I remember at our last get-together he couldn’t stop talking about how much he loved her, its real sad. But on the plus side, I heard that he‘s doing better.” “That’s good to hear.” Said Duo The group continued talking when all of a sudden a dark blue muscle car sped into the circle driveway and came to a stop. Everyone just stared at the car as the driver’s side door and the passenger side door opened. Everyone’s mouth dropped as they saw Quatre step out of the car. His golden blonde hair now had a tint of brown. His blue eyes were cover with sunglasses that had a reddish tint to them. He was wearing dark blue jeans and a black T-Shirt that clung to his body. The bigger shock came when they saw who stepped out of the passenger side door; it was Lucrenzia Noin. The two shut the doors and walked two the stunned group. “Quatre… is that you?” Asked Trowa Quatre smiled and took off his glasses “Yes Trowa it’s me.” Wu-Fei laughed “Quatre, what happened to you?” “I take it you guys like the new look?” Said Quatre with a smile Relena grinned “Like it, we love it.” Hilde giggled “Yeah, you look even cuter than before.” The other girls nodded in agreement. Duo smiled and shook his head “Quatre, out of all the things I thought you would do this would’ve been the last thing I would expect, not a bad look though.” Heero laughed a bit and looked over at Noin “Noin, it’s been awhile since we’ve seen you, how have you been?” “I’m doing fine.” Said Noin. She looked around at the other people “My god it’s been years since we’ve all been together like this,” Quatre nodded “Yeah this is surreal,” Heero looked at the group “Everything’s perfect, um can I have your attention please, the party will start later on. But for now I want all the boys to follow me and all the girls to follow Relena,” “Uh Heero, I’m not in to that guy on guy stuff, I prefer woman.” said Duo The rest of the group laughed aloud while Heero glared at him and smiled. “Duo I think I’m going to kill you.” Duo laughed “Hey man I’m just joking, let’s get going.” Quatre gave Noin a quick hug “I’ll see you later at the pool.” Noin smiled “Okay bye.” The rest of the group said their goodbyes and split up in opposite directions. End Ch-1 Side note: When I first started out on this fic, there was a reason concerning to the plot on Quatre’s new look. However during the time period that I wrote this, I forgot what it was. I’m still keeping that part though, mainly because I like the idea of Quatre changing his appearance. Ch-2 Guest Room Duo, Quatre, Trowa, and Wu-Fei walked inside the room and took a seat. Heero walked over to the mini-bar and poured 5 glasses of drinks. He then handed each pilot a glass and held his own up. “I’d like to make a toast, to the man that’s responsible for this reunion, Duo Maxwell.” The others look at Duo, he smiled and shook his head “Thanks Heero, but I’d think it would be more appropriate to make this toast to the man responsible for us being alive.” Heero nodded “Alright, to Zechs.” The others raised up their glasses “To Zechs.” They took a drink and set them down. Duo cleared his throat. “Alright before we start any thing, there’s something I got to know,” He looked over at Quatre “What is up with that new look. Last time I saw you, you were Mr. Sophisticated.” Wu-Fei nodded “You even bulked up to; your muscles are about as big as Trowa’s.” Trowa shook his head “I wouldn’t go that far, but I have to admit this is a good change for you.” “I agree with that, but my question is why?” Asked Heero Quatre smiled “Well I just got tired of seeing the same old me in the mirror. I was tired of seeing myself as a pretty boy. So I decided to try something new, something different.” Duo chuckled a bit “Well I have to say this is defiantly a step up from a pink shirt.” Quatre snickered “Yeah, Yeah, don’t rub it in. Anyways how are you and Hilde doing?” Duo looked at him and smiled “Well… we’re engaged.” Everyone looked at him wide-eyed. “Well I’ll be… I’d never thought I’d live to see you get married, congratulations man.” Said Wu-Fei “I have to say I’m a little surprised, although given your relationship with her I guess it’s not too hard to believe. In any case though I’m very happy for you two.” Quatre Trowa smiled “I think hell just got a few degrees cooler, but all joking aside congratulations Duo, your going to make a good husband.” Duo blushed slightly “Thanks guys, anyways Trowa, what about you, have you found a women yet?” Trowa shook his head “No not really.” “Well what about your sister, has she found anybody yet?” Asked Heero Trowa bit his lip “Um... Well… about Catherine, she and I got a DNA test about a year ago, we wanted to see if we were truly related. But as it turns out, the test came back negative, Catherine’s not my sister.” Everyone looked at him with a shocked expression on their face. “Wait a minute, if she’s not your sister, what does that make her?” asked Quatre Trowa shrugged “To be honest I don’t know, I‘ve always looked at her like a sister, it‘s kind of hard to look at her like anything else.” “But she‘s not, so that means you two can date.” Said Duo with a smile. Trowa raised an eyebrow “You know something Duo, you’re crazy. You seriously need to get some help.” Heero sighed, “That’s just weird.” Trowa nodded “No kidding, what about you Heero, how are you and Relena holding up?” Heero smiled “Were doing great, Relena says that she wants to run for president of the Sanq Kingdom, and I‘m thinking of getting a position on the senate.” “Well I’m glad that you two are moving on.” Said Wu-Fei “What about you Wu-Fei, how’s running the Preventer’s going?” Asked Quatre “Pretty good, so far we’ve managed to stop every threat while it’s been small.” Said    Wu-Fei Heero nodded “Well you keep on doing what you’re doing, the last thing we need is another war. By the way, how are you and Sally doing?” Wu-Fei smiled “Were doing just fine, we’ve been talking a lot about marriage, and I’m sure it’s only a matter of time until it happens,” He looked over at Quatre “but the thing I want to know is what‘s up with you and Noin?” “Well were just friends.” “Anybody that thinks that’s BS raise your hands?” Said Duo. Everybody raised their hands; Quatre just shook his head. “I’m serious guys, I only think of her as a friend, she’s still too attached to Zechs.” “I feel for her, so you’re there for comfort?” Asked Heero. Quatre nodded “Yeah, I’ve been doing everything I can to help her.” “Well she seems to be doing great, so you must be doing a good job.” Said Wu-Fei. Quatre lowered his head “That’s the problem, I’m not, she actually hasn’t improved much, and I sometimes feel like I’m wasting my time. She also doesn’t seem to appreciate my help. She is always comparing me to Zechs, and it bugs me because she needs to let him go. That‘s the only way she‘ll be able to recover. But how can she do that when she looks at me like a lower form of him. I’m doing all I can for her, but she doesn‘t seem to see it. I just wish she could show some signs of gratefulness.” “But Quatre, you’re not doing this out of gratefulness, your doing this because she’s in need of a friend. She needs someone that will be their for her till the end.” said Trowa Quatre sighed “Yeah I know, I just wish I could do something, but I’m running out of idea’s, I don’t want to give up on her, but I feel like I’ve done nothing.” Heero placed a hand on his shoulder “Trust me Quatre, your doing something. I can tell when I look in her eyes. Don‘t give up on her, you can do this.” Quatre nodded “You’re right,” He decided to change the subject “So Duo, I know you didn‘t bring us in here just to talk about our love lives. You have something in-store for us, what is it?” Duo smiled “You’re good, actually I do,” He reached into his pocket and pulled out some photo’s “Only Heero has seen this, take a good look at theses.” He passed them out and the other looked at them; each one their jaws dropped. “My god.” Said Trowa Quatre gasped, “Theses can’t be real.” “How can this be, why wasn’t I informed?” Stammered Wu-Fei. Duo chuckled “Well I decided to let you know at an appropriate time.” Quatre shook his head “Theses look like our Gundams, but they seem, different.” “Well they should, I had them modified, and upgraded.” Said Duo Trowa looked on in amazement “Wow, how long have you had these upgraded?” “Actually, Howard and his engineers just finished them recently.” Wu-Fei looked at Duo “Well that’s good and all, but my question to you is why?” Duo cleared his throat “Well… you all remembered what happened with our last battle, are Gundams are strong, but they are not invincible. They have many weaknesses; I have sought to correct them.” Heero smiled “Well from the looks of things you did a fine job, but what are the improvements?” Duo bit his lip “Well it would be difficult to tell you, I’d rather show you. That’s why next month; I have it arranged for all of us to go see them.” “Where are they though?” Asked Quatre “There on colony L2, my birthplace.” Trowa grinned “Well then, it looks like were going to take a little trip.” “Man I can’t wait to see these.” Said Wu-Fei Heero smiled “Well this certainly has been a day of surprises, lets go check up on the girls, I want to go swimming.” End Ch-2 Ch-3 Women’s Guest Room “So if you could have guy besides your current one, who would it be?” Asked Relena All the girls looked at each other then back at Relena “Quatre.” Relena smiled “I don’t know, I’m can’t decided between Duo and Quatre.” “Why Duo?” Asked Hilde “Because I think he looks incredibly cute with that braid.” Said Relena with a giggle. Hilde smiled “Yep, and he’s all mine.” “You girls are so lucky to have such good men; all I get are the assholes.” Said Catherine “What do you mean?” Asked Sally “All guys seem to want from me is sex, in fact a few years ago a guy tried to rape me.” “What happened?” Asked Noin worriedly “Well, I managed to run home and tell Trowa and boy was he mad; he went over to the guy’s house and sent the jerk to the emergency room.” “Well good for him, I’m glad that at least you have somebody to look after you.” Said Relena “Me too, even though he’s not my brother, it’s still nice to know I have someone who will protect me.” “Well that’s good; hopefully one day you’ll find a man that will treat you with respect.” Said Hilde Catherine smiled “One can only dream, I wish I had a man like Quatre, you’re a lucky girl Noin.” The other girls nodded in agreement. Noin looked at them oddly “What are you talking about, were just friends.” “Sure, you expect us to believe that your living with one of the best looking guys on the planet, and that your just friends?” Said Sally “We may live together but we sleep in separate rooms, I stayed with Quatre because he took me in. After Zechs died… I fell into a deep depression. I felt like I had nothing, but Quatre helped me. He gave me a place to stay, and he helped comfort me in my time of need.” Relena smiled “Aww, that Quatre is such a sweetheart.” Noin lowered her head “It’s actually not as good as it sounds, it hasn’t been easy. He’s done so much for me, but I’ve been so unappreciative.” Hilde raised an eyebrow “How so?” Noin took a breath “All I ever do is bring him down, I keep comparing him to Zechs. About 3 weeks ago, we had an argument about something, I don’t quite remember what. But he told me that he was doing all he could, and I told him that if Zechs was here this wouldn’t be a problem. He didn’t say anything else but I could tell by the look on his face that I had hurt him immensely. We’ve barely spoken to each other since.” “Have you apologized?” Asked Sally. Noin shook her head “No… I don’t know why though. I just wish that I could tell him that I appreciate all he‘s done for me, and apologize for always hurting him. I wish that…” Noin fell silent and lowered her head; tears could be seen coming down her face. The other girls walked up to her and comforted her. After a few minutes she stopped crying and looked at the others. “Thank you, I needed to get that off my chest.” Relena nodded “Yes, but you still have to talk to Quatre, he needs to know that you appreciate his help. Otherwise he’ll feel like he’s not doing anything.” Noin sighed “Yeah, your right… I’ll tell him tonight, thank you Relena.” Relena nodded “Don’t mention it.” Noin looked at the others “Well, enough about me and Quatre, anybody else have a surprise in store for us?” “Well actually I do.” Answered Relena Relena pulled out some pictures and handed them to the others. “Take a good look at these.” The others looked at the photos in shock. “What are these things?” Asked Sally “They’re Gundams.” Answered Relena “Wait a minute, these don’t look like the Gundams.” Said Hilde Relena smirked “That’s because they’re not, these are brand new. About a year ago I got together the best engineers and had them secretly build 5 new Gundams. They are Thor, Firestarter, Raven, WolfClaw, and Epyon 2.” “But who are going to be the pilots?” Asked Catherine Relena smiled slightly “Well I was kind of hoping that it would be us.” Noin gasped “But why us?” “Well you, Sally, and Hilde all have experience with piloting mobile suit; I myself have been training thanks to a computer program I found on Heero’s computer.” “Wait a minute, for one, I have no experience with a mobile suit, nor do I want any.” Interrupted Catherine Relena looked at her “Cathy I know you are woman of peace, I am too. But I’m tired of always watching our men fighting for their lives, while we sit back and do nothing. My brother’s death made me realize a lot of things. But the thing I learned the most from it, was the truth. Peace just doesn’t come to you, it has to be earned, it has to be fought and defended for. But in the past all I could do is talk, and that can only go so far. Zech died out there in the darkness of space, and none of us could do anything to prevent it. So I decided to build theses Gundams, in hopes to prevent losing anybody else I care about. Next time Heero goes out to battle, I want to be by his side, so that maybe, just maybe, I can do something to help,” Relena looked around the room briefly at the others faces “I know this is sudden, but I didn’t know how else to bring it up. I won’t ask you to decide now, all that I ask, is for you to think about it.” There was a long silence between them as they all thought about what Relena said. Finally, Noin slowly stood up “I loved Zechs with all my heart, and everyday I ask myself what can I do to honor his memory? And you know what; I think this is the best way to do it. I will fight, to ensure that nobody else I care about ends up like Zechs. So that none of you will have to go through what I have.” Hilde nodded “Every time Duo goes out into battle, I keep wishing to myself, that I could be there with him. I can no longer just sit on the sidelines and watch him fight, I’m in.” Sally smiled “Being the head of the Preventers, I feel like I have a duty to protect the one’s I love. Count me in Relena.” Catherine sighed, “I may not like fighting, but every time I think about what happened to Zechs. I keep asking myself what if it was Trowa who died. I don’t know what I’d do if I lost him. So I’ll do it, but I still do not know how.” Relena nodded “Thank you, I‘m glad that were all in this together." She looked over at Catherine “And don‘t worry about the controls Catherine, I modified each Gundam to suit each of your abilities. Noin, you will be the pilot of the WolfClaw Gundam. Sally you will pilot the Firestarter Gundam. Hilde you will pilot the Raven Gundam. And Catherine, you will be the pilot of the Thor Gundam. I will pilot the Epyon 2. After the party I will give each of you a folder that will contain information on your Gundam.” “Where are they stationed at?” Asked Noin “On the Colony L2, with the other Gundams. And speaking of which, next month Heero and the others will be visiting L2 to see there old Gundams, so I figured we should all go with them so I can show you yours. Also that will be the time when I let Heero and the others know about this. So make you don’t let them know until then, I want to make it a surprise.” “No problem Relena, we’ll keep quiet until then.” Said Catherine Hilde smiled “This is so exciting, I can’t wait to see them.” “Yeah, but hopefully we’ll never have to pilot them.” Said Noin Sally nodded “Got that right.” Just then they heard multiple knocks on the door, followed by Duo’s voice. “HEY LADIES, COME ON OUT, WE WANT TO GO SWIMMING!” “DUO SHUT UP, WE’LL BE OUT IN A MINUTE!” Shouted Hilde Relena snickered “I can already tell you two will make a great couple.” End Ch-3 Ch-4 Duo could only stare wide-eyed at the 5 beautiful women in there swimsuits by the poolside. Heero walked over and stood next to him by the pool “Enjoying yourself?” He asked as he sat next to him. Duo smile “Oh yeah, my secret fantasy of seeing Relena in a bikini has finally come true.” Heero shot a glare at him and pushed him into the pool. Duo quickly bobbed to the surface and wiped his eyes. “DAMN IT HEERO, WHY DID YOU DO THAT?” Heero grinned “Serves you right.” Duo grumbled, “Man you’re a jerk, I was only joking.” Heero laughed, “Like you wouldn’t have done the same thing.” Duo shook his head “At least I’m not showing off like Trowa over there.” Heero looked over at Trowa who was subtly showing off his large muscles in front of the girls. “Who does he think he is Mr. Universe?” said Heero Wu-Fei walked over and looked at Duo “Hey Duo enjoying your swim?” Duo responded by splashing him with water. Wu-Fei laughed a bit and looked over at Trowa “Unbelievable, he’s getting all the attention.” Duo smirked “Yeah I know,” He picked up his empty can of beer that was lying by the poolside and threw it at Trowa “BOOOOO!” Heero and Wu-Fei followed suit. Trowa dodged them all and smiled “Hey, it’s not my fault that you’ll never look as good as me.” Heero was about to throw another beer can when he saw Quatre sprinting toward Trowa. “BONSAI!” Quatre jumped onto Trowa and they both fell into the pool. Heero and Wu-Fei looked at each other and smiled. “CHARGE!” They then dove into the pool, landing on top of Duo, and the five of them began wrestling with each other. Relena shook her head “You boys, you’re acting like a bunch of teenagers.” Duo looked at her and smiled “Aw come on, were only in our twenties.” “Besides, we hardly ever get a chance to act like this, live a little.” Said Heero Heero and the others began splashing water at the girls. The girls responded by jumping into the pool and splashing back. “Now this is fun!” said Trowa as he picked Quatre up and dunked him. Over the next couple of hours the 10 of them enjoyed the party like it was their last. Throughout the day there many games being played, as well as lots of talk of better days. But most importantly they celebrated the fact that they were all like a family again. Later on that night that there was also a huge BBQ that everyone enjoyed. After that, the party began to wind down and they all just started relaxing. Noin had asked Quatre to go for a walk with her down by the gardens so they could talk, while Trowa and Catherine went out on the balcony to look at the stars. Inside the living room, Duo, Hilde, Heero, Relena, Wu-Fei, and Sally were all playing a game of cards and chatting amongst themselves.

Living Room

“I don’t know what shocked me the most about today, the fact that Quatre and Noin now living together or that Catherine and Trowa are no longer related?” Questioned Duo. “I’d have to go with the whole Trowa, Catherine thing, that was just weird.” Said Relena “Me too, what do you think will happen now between them, do you think they’ll get together?” Asked Hilde “I doubt it, it’s true that they do both love each other, but it’s a different kind of love. They both been under the impression that they were related for so long, that they may never break that image.” Said Wu-Fei “True, but you do have to take in to consideration that both of there love lives are pretty dire. They just might find out that they do make the perfect couple for each other.” Noted Sally. Heero nodded “Good point, but love out of desperation isn’t usually a good thing. If something happens between the two, it should be from something more than just the sake of it. Whatever happens, it will probably take quite awhile.” Duo shrugged his shoulders “So I guess I’m the only one that thought that Quatre and Noin living together was a surprise?” “I’ll admit, it is a little strange, but those two have always been good friends. If anybody would’ve helped her out, it would definitely have been him.” Said Wu-Fei Sally nodded “I agree, I always thought those two would’ve made a pretty good couple, that is, if Noin never met Zechs. I just felt like they had some really good chemistry.” “That is true, but from what I can tell she’s there for comfort, not romance.” Replied Duo “Maybe there’s no romance yet, but those two do share a close bond with one another. It is possible that something may develop.” Said Relena “Your right, and if you think about it, he needs her almost just as much as she needs him.” Replied Heero “What do you mean by that?” Asked Hilde “Quatre’s still pretty torn up about Dorothy, I can tell. I have a feeling that by him helping her, Noin’s also been comforting him as well.” “I never really thought about it like that.” Said Duo Wu-Fei smiled “You not thinking Maxwell? Oh my god, what a surprise!” The others laughed while Duo picked up a throw pillow and through it at Wu-Fei. “Very funny Wu-Fei.” “Come on you set yourself up for that one.” Said Wu-Fei with a laugh. Heero grinned, “Hey guys no throwing the pillows, they’re pretty expensive. Anyways speaking of Dorothy, can any of you believe how well she’s been doing as a senator?” “I have to admit, she’s done a great job, who would’ve thought she could’ve risen through the ranks that quickly.” Said Sally Relena nodded “She’s made herself out to be a champion to the peoples needs, and so far she’s been doing a good job at it.” “It’s probably because she still feels like she owes it to the people to make up for her past mistakes. As much as I hate the fact that Quatre and her broke up, I’m glad that she’s at least doing something good with her life.” Said Hilde “Me too,” Heero looked at his watch “Well I’m going to bed, I’ll see you guys in the morning.” Relena yawned slightly and stood up “Yeah I’m kind of getting tired too, good night everyone.” The others said their good nights and began going to there separate bedrooms.

End Ch-4

Ch-5 Balcony “I’m really glad that we came here today.” Said Catherine “Me too, we need to do this more often.” Replied Trowa “So, how did the other guys react to the news about you and me?” “They were pretty surprised, almost as much as I was when I first found out.” “The girls were pretty shocked too, though it seemed like everyone had some sort of surprise in store for us.” Said Catherine with a smile “I’ll say.” Catherine and Trowa then looked up to stare at the stars. The stars were out in full display, and the moon, while no quite full, still shone down brightly on them. “It’s so beautiful tonight.” Said Catherine softly “It sure is.” Catherine glanced over at Trowa and let her eyes linger there for a moment. His eyes were gazed up at the night sky and seemed to be transfixed there. She took a moment to admire all of his features. He always looked handsome to her, and seeing him standing in the gentle glow of the moonlight only made him look better. She suddenly wanted him to wrap his arms around her and hold her against his chest. She wanted to feel her body against his; she wanted to press her lips to his… “Snap out of it!”  She thought to herself She quickly turned her head so that she wasn’t facing him; her face burned bright red. Trowa noticed her quick movement and looked at her. “Something wrong?” Catherine lowered her head “No I’ve just been doing a lot of thinking.” “About what?” Catherine bit her lip slightly “ Well… do you ever regret taking that test.” Trowa looked at her puzzled “What do you mean?” “I mean, do you think we would have been better off not knowing we weren’t related.” Trowa thought for a moment “I’m not sure, I know I was pretty disappointed when I found out the truth. I really did like the idea of having a sister, since I never did know my own family. But if we didn’t take that test, than I would always be thinking about it in the back of my mind. I guess I could say it was better to know the truth, than to always wonder what if, but in reality I still don’t know for sure, it’s kind of complicated.” Catherine moved next to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. “I’m sorry for bringing this up; it’s just been something that’s been on my mind for a while.” Trowa looked at her “Don’t worry about it, it’s good that we talk about these kinds of things. And I want you to know that despite everything we’ve been through, I’m glad that you still want to be a part of my life.” Catherine smiled and nodded “Me too, I couldn’t imagine my life right now without you in it, thank you Trowa.” She then wrapped both her arms around him in a gentle hug; Trowa smiled and did the same. Gardens Noin and Quatre were walking silently on the pathway through the garden, stopping once and awhile to look at the flowers. They didn’t say much to each other, and after a few minutes, Quatre stopped and looked at Noin. “So Noin, what did you want to talk to me about?” Noin looked Quatre in the eye; she quickly leaned forward, kissed him on the cheek, and held him close. Quatre was at first taken aback but quickly returned the hug. “What was that for?” Noin nuzzled her head in his shoulder “Quatre…I want to tell you that I’m sorry, about everything. You’ve done so much for me but all I do is bring you down. I’m so sorry, I want you to know that I’m grateful, I’m grateful that I have someone who I know will never hurt me, and will always be there when I need him to. I know I wouldn’t be here right now if it wasn’t for you, and I’ll forever be in your debt because of it. Thank you Quatre...” Quatre smiled and looked at her “Noin, I forgive you, and I want you to know that I’m going to do everything I can to help you get through this. I made a promise to Zechs that I would take care of you, and I don’t plan on going back on that, ever.” Tears fell freely from her eyes as they held each other while the moonlight shined down brightly on them. The Next Morning The next morning there was a huge breakfast prepared for them as one by one, everyone woke up. During the breakfast they reminisced about the events of the previous day, and planned out what they were going to do with the rest of the day. After they finished eating the festivities continued through most of the day. It had been a wonderful reunion; each person wished it would never end. But as the sun started to go down, they all knew it had to come to an end. As they all headed out to their cars Heero talked to the boys to remind them about the trip next month. Relena took the opportunity to call over the girls. She gave them each a small folder that had more detailed info on their Gundams. She then made them each swear not to say a word to the guys. They then each said their goodbyes and one by one, they all left, until just Heero and Relena were left. Relena smiled and put her arm around his waist “That was so much fun we have to do that again.” Heero grinned “No question about it, well I’m kind of tired, I need to get some sleep.” Relena nodded “Me too, but before we do.” she placed a hand on his chest and kissed him. After breaking the kiss Heero looked at her and smiled “You read my mind.” They shut the door behind them and ran up to their room. Next Day Heero woke up to the sound of someone knocking at the door. He quickly got out of bed, put on some boxers and a robe, and made his to the front door. When he opened the door, he saw a large envelope lying on the door step. He shut the door behind him and opened it, inside was blank DVD. “What the hell is this?” He put the DVD in his player and sat down on the couch. He pressed play, and an image immediately appeared onscreen. Heero dropped the remote, his mouth was agape, and his eyes open wide with horror. “My god!” Relena walked downstairs to see Heero frozen in place by the TV. “Heero, are you okay?” Heero didn’t answer, his eye still glued to the TV. Relena walked over to see what he was looking at. She looked at the TV and screamed, there on the TV was a smiling Kale Young.

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