Hey everyone! This is a gundam wing story and I hope you all enjoy it. I do
NOT own any of the GW characters but I sure wished I did. I'd be so lucky
then, but sadly I don't.
* Sob * Anyways, please enjoy this chapter and review what you think of it. It'll mean a lot to me. I wouldn't mind looking over some suggestion you might have either.
* Smiling * tee-he. By the way, this is ten years after the endless waltz, meaning they're 26 years old now.
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1 Chapter 1: Relena's secret…
Heero was at his new job as a secret agent. He had been trained well and the government had asked him to do a few missions as a favor. Heero had agreed as well as his fellow comrades.
He had been working under cover with the ex-gundam pilots, since they were all assigned the same thing.
Today was like any other day, when there wasn't another mission to be dealt with that is. Heero had woken up early as usual, and even though he was more then qualified for the job he had agreed to, he decided to train more during his free times.
Relena Peacecraft was outside enjoying the fresh air and freedom while it lasted. She had begun to wake up earlier since she was hardly ever allowed a minute on her own anymore. She leaned against a side of the balcony and closed her eyes. 'Heero, when will I ever see you again? Especially at a time like this.' she thought as she enjoyed the sun's rays as it started to rise and the smell of the beautiful garden in front of her.
Quatre and Trowa had decided to take a break from all the undercover work and weren't going to come back another week or so, unless an emergency had happened.
"Hey Heero ol' buddy. What a beautiful morning huh?" asked Duo as he stretched a bit. Duo wasn't an early bird type of guy, but once in a while, he'd wake up early to watch the sun rise and think of Hilde.
Heero looked up from his coffee and turned to look out the window. He knew it was beautiful, he always did, that's one of the reason's he bothered waking up so early. Now it was a bit different though. Heero and Relena hadn't seen each other for ten years and sometimes he'd even have nightmares about her. The way he could protect her and how she was killed and things like hat, but thankfully they weren't true.
Heero shrugged. "Man, don't you ever take a break and smell the roses?" sighed Duo as he walked over to the coffee machine and poured himself a cup. "Where's Wufei anyways?" asked Duo as he sat down. He was still in his robes.
"Upstairs, training in his room." Answered Heero as he went back to reading the newspapers, when suddenly stumbled across an article on Relena, not her speeches and politics and things like that, but an article on her personal life.
"Man, you'd think he'd stop by now." Sighed Duo as he heard Wufei swinging his sword around and chopping things.
Heero didn't listen to him, and continued to read the article. It read:
Relena Peacecraft has a child. No one knows how that happened or how this secret person who did this her is. The child is already 5 years of age. No one really knew about this except for her advisors and her. It was strange for her and everyone with her, and she didn't know how it had happened. When they had realized that she was pregnant, they had told her to stay at home, and forget about the politics, but she refused and continued to work hard in achieving peace.
How she had hidden this from the public's eyes we don't know, but she does have a 5 years old boy as rumors had spoken about before. She is unwilling to except an interviews about it, but her council informs us that when they do find out who did this to her, we will know for certain how the father of this child is.
When Heero finished reading this, which was pretty fast, he stared at the perfect picture of Relena. 'Relena?' he thought, 'You have a kid?'
"Hey Heero? Are you listening to me? What are you so interested about anyways? You've never been so drawn to reports before. You know they don't always tell the whole truth." Said Duo. Heero looked up from the newspaper and passed it over to Duo.
"No way! Relena's got a kid?! You gotta be joking!" said Duo in shock. Heero nodded slightly in agreement. "Aren't you going to say something Heero?" asked Duo. "I'm going to find her." Said Heero. Duo sighed, "Man, you really do care about her don't you?"
Heero got up didn't answer him. He wasn't the type going around telling people everything about himself, and he wasn't really in love with her right? Just plain simple worry, and maybe a bit of jealousy, but hey! Who can tell?!
"What's with all the commotion down here?" asked Wufei as he walked down the stairs. "We just found out that the lady's got a kid." Answered Duo. "You mean Relena?" asked Wufei. "Yup." Answered Duo. "When did Heero go visit her when we weren't watching?" asked Wufei in suspicion.
"He didn't. No one even knew about this. Not even Relena, until the time came. Man, this is some story. Front page maker too." Said Duo. Wufei shook his head in disbelief as he took a cup of coffee and sat down as well.
"So where is Heero going?" asked Wufei watching Heero walk out the door. "To go see her." Answered Duo. "You think we should tell Quatre and Trowa?" asked Wufei. "Nah let them enjoy their vacation. I would." Answered Duo.
Heero arrived at the Sanq kingdom in an hour and snuck inside without being noticed. Relena stood on the balcony the whole time. This was actually the only place she had left, before all the reporters burst in and start taking pictures and asking questions.
"Mommy? Why do you look so sad?" asked the little boy. Relena opened her eyes and smiled down at him, "I'm fine H.J. I'm just a bit tired. Why don't you go back to your room and get some sleep?" smiled Relena. "O.K. Mommy, but remember, you promised that we'd go to the park today." Said H.J. as he ran back to his room.
H.J. had the gentleness of his mother but a strong tense look in his eyes. He reminded her so much of Heero. He had a huge resemblance to Heero that's cause. He was like a five year old form of Heero. H.J. was only five, but he could easily do grade seven math. No one knew where he got that jean from though, all they knew was, and H.J.'s father must be really smart. Relena doubt that he even had a father.
She tried to explain that H.J. didn't have a father, but no one really believed that. How else was he born?
Relena turned to look at the beautiful scenery one last time as she took in a deep breath of fresh air and sighed. She turned around and accidentally bumped into someone.
"Heero?" she blushed, "What are you doing here?" asked Relena taking a step back. "Relena…" he whispered quietly. His voice wavered a bit, and his eyes shown all that he had wanted to ask, but were too afraid of the answers that he wouldn't want to hear.
Relena saw this and closed her eyes. She smiled peacefully as she shook her head. "No Heero. It's not that." She answered softly. Heero looked a bit relieved thought you really couldn't tell.
Heero put his hand on her shoulders, "And the kid?" he asked. "His name is H.J. how did you know about him? Where were you all this time?" asked Relena as she realized that she hadn't seen Heero for so long.
Heero took his hands off her shoulders and turned to face another direction. "I can't tell you Relena." Answered Heero with his eyes closed. Relena nodded. She didn't have to know; after all, Heero was here. There wasn't much more she could possibly wish for. If he didn't want to tell her, she wasn't going to force him too.
"What does H.J. stand for?" asked Heero curiously, though he didn't really care about that. He just didn't like the silence between them, and he wasn't sure how to bring up the subject of how it happened.
Relena blushed. "I'm not sure you want to know." She answered. Heero opened his eyes and turned to look at her again. Curious why not, he asked, "Why?" Relena looked at the ground as she fidgeted around with her morning dress.
"It stands for H… Heero Junior." She stammered. Heero looked at her questioningly. 'Did she name it after me?' He thought. That wasn't his real name of course but that's what everyone knew him as.
"You see, he reminded me so much of you, so I thought it'd sort of be a suitable name." Relena blushed. "Can I see him?" asked Heero. "I guess so. He's in his room right now. I show you." Said Relena as she walked out of her room. Heero followed after.
Relena slowly opened the door to H.J.'s room. "Well, there he is. He's still sleeping." Said Relena. Heero walked into the room while Relena stayed outside and watched Heero.
Heero gently pulled H.J.'s blanket down and looked at his face. Heero looked at him in shock. 'He looks just like me, but how?' thought Heero.
Just then, H.J. opened his eyes and saw Heero looking down at him. "Daddy? Is this you?!" asked H.J. excitedly as he swung his arms around Heero's neck. "Huh?" said Heero as he backed away a bit from H.J.
"Daddy? Why are you staying away from me?" asked H.J. as his eyes began to over flow with tears. Heero looked down softly at him. 'I'm not his father.' Thought Heero as he walked up to H.J. again and lifted him up.
H.J. quickly wiped away his tears and started to laugh and hug Heero. Heero quickly walked toward Relena who was blushing and looking at the ground.
"Relena?" asked Heero as he put H.J. down. H.J. wrapped his arms around Relena's leg and smiled warmly. "Heero, he didn't mean that. He just doesn't know who his father is." Whispered Relena so that H.J. wouldn't hear her.
"H.J. go back to bed O.K.? I'll take you to the park after lunch, but you have to get your sleep." Smiled Relena as she patted his little head. "O.K. mommy, but daddy's coming too right?" asked H.J. Relena hesitated, "Well, H.J. we'll see what happens. This here is Heero Yuy, and he's a friend of mine." Said Relena.
H.J. began to whimper, "He's not daddy?" asked H.J. sadly. "H.J. let's talk about this later O.K.? There's still another two hours before breakfast, so you better get your sleep." Said Relena. "O.K. mommy, but tell daddy to come home soon." Said H.J. sadly as he slowly crawled back into bed and fell fast asleep as tears streamed down his innocent little face.
"Heero, follow me. I'm so sorry for what happened." Said Relena as she headed back to her room. Heero followed her.
When she got into her room, she sat down on her bed, waiting for Heero to sit down next to her, but he didn't. He stayed standing and looked at her. "Who's his father?" asked Heero finally.
"He doesn't have one, but I haven't summoned up the courage to tell him yet." Answered Relena sadly. "You should tell him now, before it hurts even more when you tell him later." Said Heero.
"I know, but I can't. H.J.'s so young and all the friends he has all have a dad." Answered Relena. "What happened to his father?" asked Heero. "He never had one. I don't know what happened. He was just born. I never had time to meet anyone that I would feel comfortable with, and I don't know what happened. He was just born." Answered Relena in a daze. She wasn't really paying attention to what she was saying. Her eyes were full of water and her mind was hazy.
"I'm so confused. I know he deserves to know, but I don't know how to tell him, never mind bringing it up." Said Relena as a few tears escaped from her eyes. Heero walked up closer to her and gently swept them away.
"Relena, trust in him. He'll know what to do." Said Heero reassuringly. Relena looked up at him and nodded. Just then, there was a knock at the door.
"Miss Relena, Mr. Hilton is here to see you. He's in the living room downstairs waiting for you and he has a proposal for you." Said one of Relena's maids. "Thank you very much, I'll be right there." Said Relena. The maid walked away.
"Heero, don't leave yet. I'll be right back O.K.?" asked Relena. Heero stared at her. "Please, as a favor." Added Relena pleadingly. Heero nodded his head as Relena walked out of her room and went to get dressed.
"Hello Mr. Hilton. What is it that you wanted to discus?" asked Relena. "My name is Gordon Hilton. You may call me Gordon. Miss Relena, as we all know, you have a child. My proposal is for you to marry me. It'd be easier on you child, since we all know he does not have a father." Smiled Gordon confidently.
Heero was standing on the stair balcony and heard this. 'Is she going to agree?" thought Heero.
"Daddy? Why are you standing there?" asked H.J. Heero turned around and looked at him. "And what are you doing out of bed?" asked Heero. "Because I missed you." Smiled H.J. as ran up to him and hugged his leg.
Heero sighed. He wasn't going to be the one to tell him. Heero picked H.J. up and carried him back into his room. "Daddy, please go to the park with me and mommy." Said H.J. when Heero put him back down on the bed.
Heero sat down next to H.J. on the bed and put him on his lap. He didn't want to make H.J. cry. H.J. looked too much like him when he was five. The only difference was he wasn't trained.
Heero decided to change the subject. When Heero was little, he had a gift. He was a genius in a way. He could do grade nine math when he was five years old and was great at science and technology too. He had started walking at the age of 2-3 months and talking when he was around 3-5 months of age. His parent's were very proud of him.
"H.J. what level are you in, in math?" asked Heero. H.J. smiled proudly. "I can do grade seven math easily daddy. Mommy says she will teach me a trick for doing grade eight math."
Heero nodded and almost came close to a smile. H.J. was a lot like him he had to admit. "Please go to the park with us daddy." Smiled H.J. Heero nodded. He didn't know why, but he seemed to connect with H.J.
"I'm sorry Mr. Hilton, but my son would not be very pleased, and neither would I." Answered Relena as she sipped her tea.
"Miss Relena, you must reconsider. If you and I unit, we can help bring peace to the colonies and earth much quicker than we would separately." Said Gordon. "I'm sorry Mr. Hilton, but I have made up my mind and I will not change it." Answered Relena.
"Very well then. You'll regret this, I swear it, beware. Good day Miss." Said Gordon as he left the kingdom immediately and drove away. Relena quickly got up and hurried upstairs.
When she looked in her room, Heero wasn't there. 'Did Heero leave?' thought Relena. She was positive Heero never went back on his word. Then she heard H.J. laughing and quickly hurried over there.
"Heero, there you are." Smiled Relena as she saw the cute sight in front of her. Heero was playing with H.J. though Heero seemed bored and uninterested in building blocks; he seemed quite happy being with him. It was confusing how a person could look bored, uninterested and pleased at the same time.
"Daddy's a lot of fun mommy." Cheered H.J. Relena sighed and looked at Heero. Heero didn't really seem to mind being called daddy, but it did make them both feel uncomfortable.
Heero nodded his head as a sign. Relena understood it and took a deep breath. "H.J. Heero isn't your father." Said Relena quickly. "What do you mean mommy?" asked H.J. sadly. He didn't want to believe it.
"This kind man here isn't your father. You don't have one, but you can always turn to him." Smiled Relena. H.J. turned to look at Heero as Heero shrugged. "He's going to the park with us still isn't he?" asked H.J. Relena looked at Heero, "It depends on him." Answered Relena.
"He said yes before." Said H.J. as he hugged Heero again. Heero nodded. "Very well then H.J. but go get ready for breakfast." Smiled Relena. "O.K. mommy." "And don't forget to brush your teeth and wash your face." Smiled Relena. "I will." Said H.J. as he ran off.
"So what do you think of him Heero?" asked Relena. Heero shrugged, "He's what he's suppose to be." Answered Heero. "And that would be?" asked Relena. "Innocent." Answered Heero simply. "Did you talk to him about anything Heero?" asked Relena. "No, not really." Answered Heero, as he was about to leave.
"Heero, please stay for breakfast at least. H.J. would be really happy if you joined us, and me. Besides then you wouldn't have to walk back and forth right?" smiled Relena. Heero nodded slightly, "I won't be eating anything though." Stated Heero. Relena smiled, "That's fine. I'm just glad you decided to stay. Would you at least like some tea Heero?" asked Relena.
Heero shook his head. "Well then, please come down and sit at the table with us. H.J. would love to talk to you. For some reason though, he has a passion to fight, I've been trying to rid it, but I guess you'd be best suit for the job." Said Relena as she walked out of H.J.'s room.
Heero stayed there for a while and then finally walked out of the room. As he as walking down slowly he tough, 'I would have never done this before, why am I now? And why does that kid look so much like me?'
When Heero entered the dinning room H.J. jumped up happily from his seat and ran toward Heero. "Dad… I mean Mr. Yuy; I want to ask you something. Do you know how to fight?" asked H.J.
Heero looked up at Relena and Relena nodded her head uncertainly. "Yes." Heero answered looking back down at H.J. "Yea, can you teach me?" asked H.J. Heero shook his head.
"I'm not trying to start a fight, I just want to know how to protect myself. I don't like bodyguards. They never leave me alone and they're not very safe to be around with." Said H.J.
"H.J. sit down and eat your breakfast, we'll talk about this later." Smiled Relena. H.J. hesitated and then finally agreed as he sat back down and started eating his toast. Heero sat on a near by couch.
"Are you sure you wouldn't want anything to eat Heero?" asked Relena one more time. Heero nodded. "I'd like to use the phone." Said Heero. "That's fine. There's a phone right around the corner." Said Relena as Heero went over to it.
* Hello? *
"Hey Duo, I'll be taking that one month vacation
they offered me after all." Said Heero.
* Fine by me buddy. I'll tell them right away.
Are you staying with that Relena girl? *
"That's none of your business." Answered Heero.
* Whatever buddy, I think I already know. *
Heero hung up the phone and went back into the dinning room. "I'm going to take a walk." Said Heero. "That's fine, be back before lunch O.K.?" said Relena. Heero nodded as he left.
'Why did I even bother telling her, she doesn't really need to know.' Thought Heero as he took a stroll around the garden. It was beautiful outside, the sun was starting to really shine and the garden was just beautiful. The lake was so peaceful and Heero enjoyed it. He never really had time to enjoy the beauty of nature or anything like that before now.
A few hours later it was almost lunchtime and Heero headed back into the mansion. He found Relena and H.J. playing in the playroom and decided to watch. H.J. felt this somehow and turned to look behind him.
"D… Mr. Yuy! I'm so glad you're back. Can you teach me to fight?" begged H.J. Heero nodded slightly, "Maybe later." He answered. "O.K." said H.J.
"Miss, lunch is ready." Said a chief. "Thank you. Heero please join us. We'd be delighted if you did." Said Relena as she got up and headed toward the lunchroom. 'If I didn't know any better, I'd think Heero is actually quite fond of H.J.' smiled Relena as she left.
"Come on, let's go." Said H.J. as he dragged Heero with him. Heero sat at the other end of Relena. 'Did she say yes to that guy?' he wondered at he stared at her. Relena looked up and smiled, "Aren't you going to eat anything Heero?" asked Relena. Heero shook his head, "I'm not hungry." He answered.
H.J. quickly finished his bowl of soup and jumped out of his seat. "O.K. I'm done mommy. Can we please go to the park now?" asked H.J. "Very well." Smiled Relena as she got up. Heero stayed sitting until H.J. grabbed his hands and dragged him out of his chair.
H.J. held onto Relena on the left and Heero on the right. "I guess I should get someone to drive us," said Relena a bit nervous. "No mommy, I want us to walk there, please?" said H.J. doing the puppy face. "O.K." smiled Relena cautiously.
Relena let go of H.J.'s hands and hurried to her room, when she came back, you could hardly recognize her. "Relena?" said Heero. "Sorry Heero. I shouldn't be seen in the public, it attracts too much attention." Apologized Relena as H.J. grabbed her hand again.
When they got to the park, H.J. was busy playing around with other kids. Leaving Heero and Relena standing there, watching him under the tree shade.
"Heero… H.J. really seems fond of you." Said Relena trying to break the silence between them. Heero nodded slightly. "Do, I mean do you fell the same way?" asked Relena hopefully though she wasn't quite sure why.
"He… reminds me of me." Answered Heero as he stared at H.J.'s innocent laughs and smiles. He felt happy just watching H.J. though you really couldn't tell. H.J. was so innocent and vulnerable, just like he was before the training, which was around the age of 2.
Heero had an urge to make sure H.J. wouldn't have to go through anything like that, but he didn't know why. It was like H.J. was someone important in his life but he had forgotten.
Relena smiled, "I noticed. He's so smart too, I don't know where he got that from." Laughed Relena as she thought of Heero being his father. She knew Heero couldn't possibly be the father, but part of her did hope it. She had no idea why, but it felt so right when she did think that.
Heero laughed gently as he watched H.J. roll down the slide and get up so innocently. It was so cute as his friends helped him up and fell down again. Relena stared at Heero, 'He's… he's laughing?' she thought and then smiled.
She had never seen him laugh so warmly before and she was happy that he was finally showing his other side. The sweet, caring side that didn't have to destroy things. The innocent side that made him seems so kawaii.
For the next two weeks, everything went by pretty normal. Relena had to work so Heero got stuck doing babysitting sort of, but he didn't mind that much. He was teaching H.J. math, fighting and things like that.
He became very fond of H.J. and H.J. still thought of Heero as a father. Heero knew that but he wasn't going to say anything about it. H.J. really did want a father or a big brother he could look up to, and Heero filled in that void he felt.
One day, Heero was in Relena's office talking to her about some things, when there was an urgent knock on the door.
"Miss Relena! Miss Relena! H.J. is missing! He's gone!" yelled a bunch of servants. Relena immediately opened the door and let them in.
"We're so sorry Miss, but we don't know where he could be. We looked everywhere and then we found this." Said one of the caretakers of the mansion/kingdom.
Relena quickly grabbed the note and read it.
Miss Relena,
I have taken your son. I warned you, but now you will regret it. Give me $200,000,000 and I shall spare his life, but if you refuse, he will die. Don't call the cops or tell anyone of this. Meet me by the Victoria Lake at mid-night, precisely at the stroke of 12, two days from now.
The Kidnapper
Relena started to cry. Heero took the note from her hands and read it. "Who did this?" asked Heero. "Gordon Hilton." Answered Relena. "I'll get him back." Said Heero as he scrunched up the note and ran out.
'Heero… be careful.' She thought as she wiped away her tears. She couldn't do anything about it because she had a meeting with the high council that afternoon and there was no way to avoid it. She'd fail the chance to finally have true peace if she did.
This chapter isn't very good but please don't flame me if you don't like it very much. Please review, it'd be awesome if you could, thanks for reading! ^-^
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* Sob * Anyways, please enjoy this chapter and review what you think of it. It'll mean a lot to me. I wouldn't mind looking over some suggestion you might have either.
* Smiling * tee-he. By the way, this is ten years after the endless waltz, meaning they're 26 years old now.
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1 Chapter 1: Relena's secret…
Heero was at his new job as a secret agent. He had been trained well and the government had asked him to do a few missions as a favor. Heero had agreed as well as his fellow comrades.
He had been working under cover with the ex-gundam pilots, since they were all assigned the same thing.
Today was like any other day, when there wasn't another mission to be dealt with that is. Heero had woken up early as usual, and even though he was more then qualified for the job he had agreed to, he decided to train more during his free times.
Relena Peacecraft was outside enjoying the fresh air and freedom while it lasted. She had begun to wake up earlier since she was hardly ever allowed a minute on her own anymore. She leaned against a side of the balcony and closed her eyes. 'Heero, when will I ever see you again? Especially at a time like this.' she thought as she enjoyed the sun's rays as it started to rise and the smell of the beautiful garden in front of her.
Quatre and Trowa had decided to take a break from all the undercover work and weren't going to come back another week or so, unless an emergency had happened.
"Hey Heero ol' buddy. What a beautiful morning huh?" asked Duo as he stretched a bit. Duo wasn't an early bird type of guy, but once in a while, he'd wake up early to watch the sun rise and think of Hilde.
Heero looked up from his coffee and turned to look out the window. He knew it was beautiful, he always did, that's one of the reason's he bothered waking up so early. Now it was a bit different though. Heero and Relena hadn't seen each other for ten years and sometimes he'd even have nightmares about her. The way he could protect her and how she was killed and things like hat, but thankfully they weren't true.
Heero shrugged. "Man, don't you ever take a break and smell the roses?" sighed Duo as he walked over to the coffee machine and poured himself a cup. "Where's Wufei anyways?" asked Duo as he sat down. He was still in his robes.
"Upstairs, training in his room." Answered Heero as he went back to reading the newspapers, when suddenly stumbled across an article on Relena, not her speeches and politics and things like that, but an article on her personal life.
"Man, you'd think he'd stop by now." Sighed Duo as he heard Wufei swinging his sword around and chopping things.
Heero didn't listen to him, and continued to read the article. It read:
Relena Peacecraft has a child. No one knows how that happened or how this secret person who did this her is. The child is already 5 years of age. No one really knew about this except for her advisors and her. It was strange for her and everyone with her, and she didn't know how it had happened. When they had realized that she was pregnant, they had told her to stay at home, and forget about the politics, but she refused and continued to work hard in achieving peace.
How she had hidden this from the public's eyes we don't know, but she does have a 5 years old boy as rumors had spoken about before. She is unwilling to except an interviews about it, but her council informs us that when they do find out who did this to her, we will know for certain how the father of this child is.
When Heero finished reading this, which was pretty fast, he stared at the perfect picture of Relena. 'Relena?' he thought, 'You have a kid?'
"Hey Heero? Are you listening to me? What are you so interested about anyways? You've never been so drawn to reports before. You know they don't always tell the whole truth." Said Duo. Heero looked up from the newspaper and passed it over to Duo.
"No way! Relena's got a kid?! You gotta be joking!" said Duo in shock. Heero nodded slightly in agreement. "Aren't you going to say something Heero?" asked Duo. "I'm going to find her." Said Heero. Duo sighed, "Man, you really do care about her don't you?"
Heero got up didn't answer him. He wasn't the type going around telling people everything about himself, and he wasn't really in love with her right? Just plain simple worry, and maybe a bit of jealousy, but hey! Who can tell?!
"What's with all the commotion down here?" asked Wufei as he walked down the stairs. "We just found out that the lady's got a kid." Answered Duo. "You mean Relena?" asked Wufei. "Yup." Answered Duo. "When did Heero go visit her when we weren't watching?" asked Wufei in suspicion.
"He didn't. No one even knew about this. Not even Relena, until the time came. Man, this is some story. Front page maker too." Said Duo. Wufei shook his head in disbelief as he took a cup of coffee and sat down as well.
"So where is Heero going?" asked Wufei watching Heero walk out the door. "To go see her." Answered Duo. "You think we should tell Quatre and Trowa?" asked Wufei. "Nah let them enjoy their vacation. I would." Answered Duo.
Heero arrived at the Sanq kingdom in an hour and snuck inside without being noticed. Relena stood on the balcony the whole time. This was actually the only place she had left, before all the reporters burst in and start taking pictures and asking questions.
"Mommy? Why do you look so sad?" asked the little boy. Relena opened her eyes and smiled down at him, "I'm fine H.J. I'm just a bit tired. Why don't you go back to your room and get some sleep?" smiled Relena. "O.K. Mommy, but remember, you promised that we'd go to the park today." Said H.J. as he ran back to his room.
H.J. had the gentleness of his mother but a strong tense look in his eyes. He reminded her so much of Heero. He had a huge resemblance to Heero that's cause. He was like a five year old form of Heero. H.J. was only five, but he could easily do grade seven math. No one knew where he got that jean from though, all they knew was, and H.J.'s father must be really smart. Relena doubt that he even had a father.
She tried to explain that H.J. didn't have a father, but no one really believed that. How else was he born?
Relena turned to look at the beautiful scenery one last time as she took in a deep breath of fresh air and sighed. She turned around and accidentally bumped into someone.
"Heero?" she blushed, "What are you doing here?" asked Relena taking a step back. "Relena…" he whispered quietly. His voice wavered a bit, and his eyes shown all that he had wanted to ask, but were too afraid of the answers that he wouldn't want to hear.
Relena saw this and closed her eyes. She smiled peacefully as she shook her head. "No Heero. It's not that." She answered softly. Heero looked a bit relieved thought you really couldn't tell.
Heero put his hand on her shoulders, "And the kid?" he asked. "His name is H.J. how did you know about him? Where were you all this time?" asked Relena as she realized that she hadn't seen Heero for so long.
Heero took his hands off her shoulders and turned to face another direction. "I can't tell you Relena." Answered Heero with his eyes closed. Relena nodded. She didn't have to know; after all, Heero was here. There wasn't much more she could possibly wish for. If he didn't want to tell her, she wasn't going to force him too.
"What does H.J. stand for?" asked Heero curiously, though he didn't really care about that. He just didn't like the silence between them, and he wasn't sure how to bring up the subject of how it happened.
Relena blushed. "I'm not sure you want to know." She answered. Heero opened his eyes and turned to look at her again. Curious why not, he asked, "Why?" Relena looked at the ground as she fidgeted around with her morning dress.
"It stands for H… Heero Junior." She stammered. Heero looked at her questioningly. 'Did she name it after me?' He thought. That wasn't his real name of course but that's what everyone knew him as.
"You see, he reminded me so much of you, so I thought it'd sort of be a suitable name." Relena blushed. "Can I see him?" asked Heero. "I guess so. He's in his room right now. I show you." Said Relena as she walked out of her room. Heero followed after.
Relena slowly opened the door to H.J.'s room. "Well, there he is. He's still sleeping." Said Relena. Heero walked into the room while Relena stayed outside and watched Heero.
Heero gently pulled H.J.'s blanket down and looked at his face. Heero looked at him in shock. 'He looks just like me, but how?' thought Heero.
Just then, H.J. opened his eyes and saw Heero looking down at him. "Daddy? Is this you?!" asked H.J. excitedly as he swung his arms around Heero's neck. "Huh?" said Heero as he backed away a bit from H.J.
"Daddy? Why are you staying away from me?" asked H.J. as his eyes began to over flow with tears. Heero looked down softly at him. 'I'm not his father.' Thought Heero as he walked up to H.J. again and lifted him up.
H.J. quickly wiped away his tears and started to laugh and hug Heero. Heero quickly walked toward Relena who was blushing and looking at the ground.
"Relena?" asked Heero as he put H.J. down. H.J. wrapped his arms around Relena's leg and smiled warmly. "Heero, he didn't mean that. He just doesn't know who his father is." Whispered Relena so that H.J. wouldn't hear her.
"H.J. go back to bed O.K.? I'll take you to the park after lunch, but you have to get your sleep." Smiled Relena as she patted his little head. "O.K. mommy, but daddy's coming too right?" asked H.J. Relena hesitated, "Well, H.J. we'll see what happens. This here is Heero Yuy, and he's a friend of mine." Said Relena.
H.J. began to whimper, "He's not daddy?" asked H.J. sadly. "H.J. let's talk about this later O.K.? There's still another two hours before breakfast, so you better get your sleep." Said Relena. "O.K. mommy, but tell daddy to come home soon." Said H.J. sadly as he slowly crawled back into bed and fell fast asleep as tears streamed down his innocent little face.
"Heero, follow me. I'm so sorry for what happened." Said Relena as she headed back to her room. Heero followed her.
When she got into her room, she sat down on her bed, waiting for Heero to sit down next to her, but he didn't. He stayed standing and looked at her. "Who's his father?" asked Heero finally.
"He doesn't have one, but I haven't summoned up the courage to tell him yet." Answered Relena sadly. "You should tell him now, before it hurts even more when you tell him later." Said Heero.
"I know, but I can't. H.J.'s so young and all the friends he has all have a dad." Answered Relena. "What happened to his father?" asked Heero. "He never had one. I don't know what happened. He was just born. I never had time to meet anyone that I would feel comfortable with, and I don't know what happened. He was just born." Answered Relena in a daze. She wasn't really paying attention to what she was saying. Her eyes were full of water and her mind was hazy.
"I'm so confused. I know he deserves to know, but I don't know how to tell him, never mind bringing it up." Said Relena as a few tears escaped from her eyes. Heero walked up closer to her and gently swept them away.
"Relena, trust in him. He'll know what to do." Said Heero reassuringly. Relena looked up at him and nodded. Just then, there was a knock at the door.
"Miss Relena, Mr. Hilton is here to see you. He's in the living room downstairs waiting for you and he has a proposal for you." Said one of Relena's maids. "Thank you very much, I'll be right there." Said Relena. The maid walked away.
"Heero, don't leave yet. I'll be right back O.K.?" asked Relena. Heero stared at her. "Please, as a favor." Added Relena pleadingly. Heero nodded his head as Relena walked out of her room and went to get dressed.
"Hello Mr. Hilton. What is it that you wanted to discus?" asked Relena. "My name is Gordon Hilton. You may call me Gordon. Miss Relena, as we all know, you have a child. My proposal is for you to marry me. It'd be easier on you child, since we all know he does not have a father." Smiled Gordon confidently.
Heero was standing on the stair balcony and heard this. 'Is she going to agree?" thought Heero.
"Daddy? Why are you standing there?" asked H.J. Heero turned around and looked at him. "And what are you doing out of bed?" asked Heero. "Because I missed you." Smiled H.J. as ran up to him and hugged his leg.
Heero sighed. He wasn't going to be the one to tell him. Heero picked H.J. up and carried him back into his room. "Daddy, please go to the park with me and mommy." Said H.J. when Heero put him back down on the bed.
Heero sat down next to H.J. on the bed and put him on his lap. He didn't want to make H.J. cry. H.J. looked too much like him when he was five. The only difference was he wasn't trained.
Heero decided to change the subject. When Heero was little, he had a gift. He was a genius in a way. He could do grade nine math when he was five years old and was great at science and technology too. He had started walking at the age of 2-3 months and talking when he was around 3-5 months of age. His parent's were very proud of him.
"H.J. what level are you in, in math?" asked Heero. H.J. smiled proudly. "I can do grade seven math easily daddy. Mommy says she will teach me a trick for doing grade eight math."
Heero nodded and almost came close to a smile. H.J. was a lot like him he had to admit. "Please go to the park with us daddy." Smiled H.J. Heero nodded. He didn't know why, but he seemed to connect with H.J.
"I'm sorry Mr. Hilton, but my son would not be very pleased, and neither would I." Answered Relena as she sipped her tea.
"Miss Relena, you must reconsider. If you and I unit, we can help bring peace to the colonies and earth much quicker than we would separately." Said Gordon. "I'm sorry Mr. Hilton, but I have made up my mind and I will not change it." Answered Relena.
"Very well then. You'll regret this, I swear it, beware. Good day Miss." Said Gordon as he left the kingdom immediately and drove away. Relena quickly got up and hurried upstairs.
When she looked in her room, Heero wasn't there. 'Did Heero leave?' thought Relena. She was positive Heero never went back on his word. Then she heard H.J. laughing and quickly hurried over there.
"Heero, there you are." Smiled Relena as she saw the cute sight in front of her. Heero was playing with H.J. though Heero seemed bored and uninterested in building blocks; he seemed quite happy being with him. It was confusing how a person could look bored, uninterested and pleased at the same time.
"Daddy's a lot of fun mommy." Cheered H.J. Relena sighed and looked at Heero. Heero didn't really seem to mind being called daddy, but it did make them both feel uncomfortable.
Heero nodded his head as a sign. Relena understood it and took a deep breath. "H.J. Heero isn't your father." Said Relena quickly. "What do you mean mommy?" asked H.J. sadly. He didn't want to believe it.
"This kind man here isn't your father. You don't have one, but you can always turn to him." Smiled Relena. H.J. turned to look at Heero as Heero shrugged. "He's going to the park with us still isn't he?" asked H.J. Relena looked at Heero, "It depends on him." Answered Relena.
"He said yes before." Said H.J. as he hugged Heero again. Heero nodded. "Very well then H.J. but go get ready for breakfast." Smiled Relena. "O.K. mommy." "And don't forget to brush your teeth and wash your face." Smiled Relena. "I will." Said H.J. as he ran off.
"So what do you think of him Heero?" asked Relena. Heero shrugged, "He's what he's suppose to be." Answered Heero. "And that would be?" asked Relena. "Innocent." Answered Heero simply. "Did you talk to him about anything Heero?" asked Relena. "No, not really." Answered Heero, as he was about to leave.
"Heero, please stay for breakfast at least. H.J. would be really happy if you joined us, and me. Besides then you wouldn't have to walk back and forth right?" smiled Relena. Heero nodded slightly, "I won't be eating anything though." Stated Heero. Relena smiled, "That's fine. I'm just glad you decided to stay. Would you at least like some tea Heero?" asked Relena.
Heero shook his head. "Well then, please come down and sit at the table with us. H.J. would love to talk to you. For some reason though, he has a passion to fight, I've been trying to rid it, but I guess you'd be best suit for the job." Said Relena as she walked out of H.J.'s room.
Heero stayed there for a while and then finally walked out of the room. As he as walking down slowly he tough, 'I would have never done this before, why am I now? And why does that kid look so much like me?'
When Heero entered the dinning room H.J. jumped up happily from his seat and ran toward Heero. "Dad… I mean Mr. Yuy; I want to ask you something. Do you know how to fight?" asked H.J.
Heero looked up at Relena and Relena nodded her head uncertainly. "Yes." Heero answered looking back down at H.J. "Yea, can you teach me?" asked H.J. Heero shook his head.
"I'm not trying to start a fight, I just want to know how to protect myself. I don't like bodyguards. They never leave me alone and they're not very safe to be around with." Said H.J.
"H.J. sit down and eat your breakfast, we'll talk about this later." Smiled Relena. H.J. hesitated and then finally agreed as he sat back down and started eating his toast. Heero sat on a near by couch.
"Are you sure you wouldn't want anything to eat Heero?" asked Relena one more time. Heero nodded. "I'd like to use the phone." Said Heero. "That's fine. There's a phone right around the corner." Said Relena as Heero went over to it.
* Hello? *
"Hey Duo, I'll be taking that one month vacation
they offered me after all." Said Heero.
* Fine by me buddy. I'll tell them right away.
Are you staying with that Relena girl? *
"That's none of your business." Answered Heero.
* Whatever buddy, I think I already know. *
Heero hung up the phone and went back into the dinning room. "I'm going to take a walk." Said Heero. "That's fine, be back before lunch O.K.?" said Relena. Heero nodded as he left.
'Why did I even bother telling her, she doesn't really need to know.' Thought Heero as he took a stroll around the garden. It was beautiful outside, the sun was starting to really shine and the garden was just beautiful. The lake was so peaceful and Heero enjoyed it. He never really had time to enjoy the beauty of nature or anything like that before now.
A few hours later it was almost lunchtime and Heero headed back into the mansion. He found Relena and H.J. playing in the playroom and decided to watch. H.J. felt this somehow and turned to look behind him.
"D… Mr. Yuy! I'm so glad you're back. Can you teach me to fight?" begged H.J. Heero nodded slightly, "Maybe later." He answered. "O.K." said H.J.
"Miss, lunch is ready." Said a chief. "Thank you. Heero please join us. We'd be delighted if you did." Said Relena as she got up and headed toward the lunchroom. 'If I didn't know any better, I'd think Heero is actually quite fond of H.J.' smiled Relena as she left.
"Come on, let's go." Said H.J. as he dragged Heero with him. Heero sat at the other end of Relena. 'Did she say yes to that guy?' he wondered at he stared at her. Relena looked up and smiled, "Aren't you going to eat anything Heero?" asked Relena. Heero shook his head, "I'm not hungry." He answered.
H.J. quickly finished his bowl of soup and jumped out of his seat. "O.K. I'm done mommy. Can we please go to the park now?" asked H.J. "Very well." Smiled Relena as she got up. Heero stayed sitting until H.J. grabbed his hands and dragged him out of his chair.
H.J. held onto Relena on the left and Heero on the right. "I guess I should get someone to drive us," said Relena a bit nervous. "No mommy, I want us to walk there, please?" said H.J. doing the puppy face. "O.K." smiled Relena cautiously.
Relena let go of H.J.'s hands and hurried to her room, when she came back, you could hardly recognize her. "Relena?" said Heero. "Sorry Heero. I shouldn't be seen in the public, it attracts too much attention." Apologized Relena as H.J. grabbed her hand again.
When they got to the park, H.J. was busy playing around with other kids. Leaving Heero and Relena standing there, watching him under the tree shade.
"Heero… H.J. really seems fond of you." Said Relena trying to break the silence between them. Heero nodded slightly. "Do, I mean do you fell the same way?" asked Relena hopefully though she wasn't quite sure why.
"He… reminds me of me." Answered Heero as he stared at H.J.'s innocent laughs and smiles. He felt happy just watching H.J. though you really couldn't tell. H.J. was so innocent and vulnerable, just like he was before the training, which was around the age of 2.
Heero had an urge to make sure H.J. wouldn't have to go through anything like that, but he didn't know why. It was like H.J. was someone important in his life but he had forgotten.
Relena smiled, "I noticed. He's so smart too, I don't know where he got that from." Laughed Relena as she thought of Heero being his father. She knew Heero couldn't possibly be the father, but part of her did hope it. She had no idea why, but it felt so right when she did think that.
Heero laughed gently as he watched H.J. roll down the slide and get up so innocently. It was so cute as his friends helped him up and fell down again. Relena stared at Heero, 'He's… he's laughing?' she thought and then smiled.
She had never seen him laugh so warmly before and she was happy that he was finally showing his other side. The sweet, caring side that didn't have to destroy things. The innocent side that made him seems so kawaii.
For the next two weeks, everything went by pretty normal. Relena had to work so Heero got stuck doing babysitting sort of, but he didn't mind that much. He was teaching H.J. math, fighting and things like that.
He became very fond of H.J. and H.J. still thought of Heero as a father. Heero knew that but he wasn't going to say anything about it. H.J. really did want a father or a big brother he could look up to, and Heero filled in that void he felt.
One day, Heero was in Relena's office talking to her about some things, when there was an urgent knock on the door.
"Miss Relena! Miss Relena! H.J. is missing! He's gone!" yelled a bunch of servants. Relena immediately opened the door and let them in.
"We're so sorry Miss, but we don't know where he could be. We looked everywhere and then we found this." Said one of the caretakers of the mansion/kingdom.
Relena quickly grabbed the note and read it.
Miss Relena,
I have taken your son. I warned you, but now you will regret it. Give me $200,000,000 and I shall spare his life, but if you refuse, he will die. Don't call the cops or tell anyone of this. Meet me by the Victoria Lake at mid-night, precisely at the stroke of 12, two days from now.
The Kidnapper
Relena started to cry. Heero took the note from her hands and read it. "Who did this?" asked Heero. "Gordon Hilton." Answered Relena. "I'll get him back." Said Heero as he scrunched up the note and ran out.
'Heero… be careful.' She thought as she wiped away her tears. She couldn't do anything about it because she had a meeting with the high council that afternoon and there was no way to avoid it. She'd fail the chance to finally have true peace if she did.
This chapter isn't very good but please don't flame me if you don't like it very much. Please review, it'd be awesome if you could, thanks for reading! ^-^
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