Title : The Assassins

Feedback : Always appreciated ^_^

Pairings : 2x1 and whichever I come up with on the way. Remember, this is a work in progress.

Disclaimer : Unfortunatly I am not rich enough to own these boys *sigh*

Rating : As of right now, PG 13 but this is subject to change

Warning : yaoi....hehe and thats it for now. I may go OOC.



Prologue



How long had it been? He could barely remember. The war had ended and the five pilots had gone their separate ways. But just how long had it been since he had seen Duo Maxwell last? Heero smiled to himself. A smile he rarely let anyone see. He could still remember the self proclaimed Shinigami's goodbye. He had waved at Heero, the last one to say goodbye and Heero had watched him walk out of his life. He was guessing it had been at least five years now, but he had been so busy working for the Assassins that time had kind of blurred together.

The Assassins was a group of vigilantes that worked to destroy the now growing threat of S.I.N. S.I.N. liked to take all the natural resources out of the ground and sell them to the colonies. The group that Heero worked for went around and blew up the plants, hoping to stop S.I.N. The colonies would eventually run out of money and the earth would be out of recourses. What then?

He hadn't wanted to join up with another vigilante effort, but he had felt so…empty after the war. He tried going to school and getting a real job, but it just wasn't the same. He needed the adrenaline rush every once in a while. Just when he was about to quit, he was contacted by an anonymous source. From then on he was given information about the group. It turned out that they had been following him for some time. Not directly, but through news reports and such about the gundam attacks. After the war they had watched him closely. He almost smirked thinking about how good the group had to be to get watch him undetected.

Now it was time for Duo to join. He had been contacted and now was going to meet Heero in the parking garage where he was now. He turned around as he heard footsteps behind him. He could already tell it was him; his long braid was now much longer, almost touching the ground.

"I'm here. What is this about?"

"Duo Maxwell, you need to come with me."

Duo stopped cold. "I know that voice anywhere. Heero?"

"Yes Duo, it's me. I've been ordered to take you to a secret location. You will be given more information there." He opened the door of a nearby car. "Please, get it."

He obediently got into the car. "Heero, what are you doing here? It's been so long since I've seen you. Are the other pilots going to be there?"

"No Duo, it's just you and me right now. The others might join later but that is entirely up to the leaders of the group. Now, no more questions until we get to our location."

They reached the place where Duo was to be informed of the reason why he had been contacted to mysteriously. The Assassins couldn't be caught. They were rumored, but that was all. That was how it should be. Soon Duo had joined and they were on their first mission together. The leader, Johnson, suggested they work together since they had in the past. It seemed to Heero that Duo had joined very readily. He hadn't asked but he had the feeling that Duo had been going through the same thing he had.

Deep down Heero was very happy to be able to work with Duo. The missions were always successful when they worked together. It was soon decided that it would be a good idea for them to move in together, that way they could discuss missions together and not worry about phone taps or being followed. They were becoming closer. Heero was more open with his feelings when he was with Duo. He didn't know how or why, but he felt at ease when Duo was around. Even happy. Heero Yuy hadn't felt happy in a long time. He didn't think he had ever been as happy as he was now.

A year had passed and The Assassins had wiped out over half of the plants. They were more and more successful each day. S.I.N. couldn't build replacements fast enough and was losing money. They had already stopped sales by over 75% and the environment was being slowly replenished by independent planet protection agencies. Everything was going well for Heero Yuy.