Author's New Note: First of all, remember to look at the date this was written. I was very young, but I wanted to learn how to write back then. If anything? Use this to show yourself how much writing fanfiction really does make a difference. Practice makes perfect. Then compare this to the latest work I just put out for Gundam Wing, Illusions in 2019, and you will see a huge difference.

I don't own Gundam Wing. I don't own DBZ either. I don't own anything from Escaflowne, Pizza Hut, or whatever else you might think I might own. Quick note: From here on out anything in red is A.C. 197 and anything in black is D.C. 4.

The Trouble With the Truth

By

Chapter one: Where are the kids?

"Where are those rascals! I told them to stay put because dinner would be ready in 15 minutes!" Relena called out of the kitchen.

"There probably outside again. Guess I'll go get them," said Hilde sluggishly as she got off her chair.

Hilde went outside into the backyard of their house. She took a breath of the fresh air. The suburbs of Sanction always seemed so clean and fresh. Hilde moved farther out to their back fence and stopped. She cupped her hands over her mouth and shouted at a nearby tree.

"Dominic!"

"I didn't do anything!"A boy with short light-brown hair and blue eyes answered back innocently after he popped out of the tree he was in. He was wearing an old Magenta DBZ t-shirt and an innocent smirking smile. He hung in the breeze dangling from the tree with only his knees in a pair of ripped jeans.

"Did I say you did?" remarked Hilde dryly. Eyeing him with a suspicious glance she asked, "Dominic, where is Michael? Please tell me my son's up there with you?"

"Nope. he's below you," Dominic said. Then he evilly smirked,"but Jimmy's right above you."

"Oh, not again!" she said as she looked straight above herself. On the highwire was Catherine's son Jimmy staring down at them. He had his hands tucked in his green jean pockets that went well with his red t-shirt. He had distinctive short red hair and beautiful blue eyes.

"How many times has your mother told you to stay down from there?" Hilde asked.

"…" was Jimmy's reply.

Dominic shrugged his shoulders in the tree. "At least he isn't on the roof of the church next door like most of the others." Dominic said in Jimmy's defense.

"What? Is Michael over there, too?" Hilde cried.

"No. He's below you." said Jimmy.

"Yeah, Dominic already said that. What's it mean though?" Hilde asked confused as she looked at the grass she was standing on. "How can he be below the grass?"

As soon as she said it, she realized where he was. Now she was becoming angry.

"Hey, did you find them?" Catherine asked as she came out the back door. She started walking towards Hilde when she realized she wasn't in a good mood.

"Just two. Dominic and your son." Hilde replied roughly.

Catherine looked straight ahead at the sweet four year old waving to her in the tree. "Where's Jimmy?"

"You don't want to know."

"Oh, let me guess…" Catherine spoke as she looked straight above herself. The four year old just looked back down at her with no expression on his face.

"Jimmy," his mother said, "That's dangerous! How many times have I told you never to stand on our telephone wires!" his mother bellowed.

Jimmy waited a few seconds, and then responded, "258 times."

Burning with rage that she couldn't make her son feel any sort of guilt, she muttered the words, " You will know my pain, young man."

Jimmy looked down in confusion at his mother. She would never hurt him, so what was she talking about?

Suddenly his mother had an evil smirk on her face, and went back inside followed closely by Hilde.

A few minutes later Jimmy came in being trailed by Dominic.

"Did I miss the food yet?" Michael said running in, pushing past Jimmy and Dominic. Michael was a short brown-haired boy with bright blue eyes and a lot of energy few people naturally had. He wore black jeans and a dark-red ragged t-shirt, that briefly had snagged on a chair as he passed by.

"Can't you wait your turn weakling?" came the powerful tone of a small four year old girl. She had long black hair with powerful green eyes. She wore a beautiful blue blouse with shorts that appeared as a skirt.

Following in last were two four-year old children named Heero and Rei. They both had short dark brown tousled hair and hard, cold green eyes that could pierce the strongest person's heart. They both wore blue jeans with a dark-purple shirt. They were two of the eeriest children a person could ever meet.

All of the children walked towards the kitchen and looked around. The house had become deserted.

"Where's Mommy?" came Dominic's reply.

Soon five women entered through the kitchen door. The looks upon their faces were unreadable.

"I didn't do it!" came Michael, Dominic, and Mingh Loh's reply.

The women just stared down at the children. All of the women started talking to their children one after the other.

"Heero and Rei, you went out to play when I told you to stay." Said Relena.

"Dominic, you spilled that some of you went on the church's roof again…" said Dorothy.

"And that you were 'beneath' me Michael? Don't think I don't know where you were you little 'sewer' rat." Said Hilde.

"Not to mention that you, Jimmy, won't stay down from the telephone wires no matter how many times I tell you!" Said Catherine.

The children looked down at the ground. They all knew something was coming. Something horrible by their mothers' expression.

"We've decided you can't watch DBZ for one whole month!" was the reply of Mingh Loh's mother, Mae Linh.

The children seemed to be in shock. They stood there just looking straight at their mothers. After realizing what their moms' just said, Michael took the reigns.

"But that's not fair!" Michael cried. "Gohan just became a super saiyan and he was going to start kicking Cell's butt!"

Then Dominic started to whine. "Mommy! Can't I please have another punishment? Anything? Please?!"

"No." came Dorothy's reply.

All the children looked to the ground. Unless Jimmy spoke, they would be defeated. So, Jimmy started walking towards his mother. He summed up all his courage and looked his mom Catherine straight in the eye.

"I'm sorry. I love you mommy."

His mom looked down and smiled. She scooped him up in her arms. The other children started lifting their heads with hope. Catherine responded" Oh, Jimmy. Mommy loves you, too. Mommy loves you better than anything in the whole wide world!" Then she smirked at the children and said, "But you still can't watch DBZ for a month."

The children lost their last shred of hope. Mingh Loh would never defy her mother, so Heero and Rei would be their last hope, but the children had more of a chance of getting struck by lightning. Heero and Rei rarely argued with their mother, and they sure weren't going to argue in front of their comrades.

Knowing they had been drastically defeated the children quietly ate their lunch and then trudged up to their room.

"No DBZ for a month." Dominic repeated.

"Hey! I know!" Michael said enthusiastically. "Let's beat up Dominic! After all he's the one that got us into trouble."

"What?" Dominic said stunned and confused.

Suddenly, he noticed twelve eyes on him. They were all getting ready to pounce on Dominic like a wild cat on it's prey when Michael yelled out "Hey, I got an idea!"

They all stopped and looked at Michael. Michael beamed, "Let's record it! So when our times up, we can know what we missed. We'll just find our old VCR and Voila!

"That's a great idea!" Dominic replied. "Heero, could you let go of my shirt now?

Heero didn't know if he wanted to te go Dominic's shirt or not yet, but he decided he would. When he let go Dominic stumbled backwards a bit.

"Thanks, Heero," Dominic replied with a sigh of relief. "I'd thank you too Michael, but you made Heero psycho in the first place."

"Whatever Good Buddy!" Michal said while patting Dominic on the back.

Meanwhile downstairs…

"Maybe we shouldn't punish them like this." Hilde said. "It's not their fault they take after their fathers. Besides, little Michael's eyes looked so sad, I couldn't look at him straight." His mom Hilde replied.

"You are right on one account. It is in their blood, but they should still get punished though." Dorothy said sipping her coffee.

"We came to this concensus together ladies," Relena replied, "and like you said earlier Hilde they are like their father's. Would their father's think we were weak if we didn't punish them? They'd just take advantage of our loyalty."

"Are we talking about their father's or the children?" Catherine inquired.

"…" was all Relena could say.

"That's the same thing Jimmy always says Relena!" Catherine giggled. "Boy. He sure does remind me of Trowa. Everytime I look in Jimmy's eyes I see Trowa all the time."

"Let's not talk about this anymore," Relena replied. "They have been gone for more than four years. Let them rest in peace."

The others did not respond, but simply continued to drink their coffee.

Later that night…

"Michael, come back here! Don't run around with no towel on!" Hilde cried out after her son as he started skidding through the halls. Michael just laughed. He loved making his mom chase chase him all over the house. He finally slipped down on a rug in their living room and bumpd into Relena.

"Ow, Michael! Stop running around with no towel!" Relena said. She grabbed him by the waist and started lugging him up the stairs.

"Hey! I'm no luggage bag, lady!" Michael yelled.

"Hilde!" Relena called out.

"Oh, did you find him Relena?" asked Hilde.

"Hey mom! Am I carry on or should I go to the back of the plane?" asked Michael.

Hilde giggled, but remembered she should be yelling at him, not laughing at him. "Michael, come here and get in the bathtub." She said firmly.

"Why? I'll just get dirty tomorrow?" Michael argued with her.

Hilde wasn't pleased with her son's behavior. She strongly looked him straight him in the eye and said, "Get in now and I will wash you fast, challenge me and I'll wash you real slow." She paused for an answer. She glared at him. "Well?"

"I'm thinkin' about it." was all Michael said.

Hilde smirked. "I'll make you bathe with Heero and Jimmy too."

"No! I'll go! See! See!" Faster than the speed of light, Michael leaped into the tub splashing half the water out. "Sorry, …I love you mommy?" Michael said in hopes for some sympathy for drenching his mom and Relena.

"Tell me when you are done so I can bathe Heero and Rei, Hilde." Relena said after drying herself off. Then she went downstairs to make sure her children weren't getting into trouble.