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.

 

 

 

 

Epilogue

 

The Gundams were starting to go home, looking back at the asteroid that would help obliterate the colonies. There was nothing they could do. It left a deep, lonely feeling in their hearts. Then they looked over at their children. Somehow, when they looked at them, the painful feeling seemed to lessen.

 

They turned their backs to the asteroid and left to return to L71.

 

“Heeeeeeerrrrrooooooo!” Relena cried out when the pilots came back.

 

Geez, Heero thought, Gone for four years and she still has to shout out my name whenever I come back.

 

He opened the doors half expecting Relena to run up to him and squeeze the life out of him.  Let’s get this over with.

 

“Heeeerrroooo!” Relena cried out again as she stretched out her arms to hug Heero…her son.

 

What?! Thought Heero. No hug for me?

 

“Mommy!” Heero cried as she pulled him out of Wing Zero  and swung him around.

 

“Baby-honey-sweety-darling-angel! Are you okay? Mommy was sooooo worried!”

 

“I’m fine.” Heero said to his mother.

 

The ‘other’ Heero got out and walked past them while they continued hugging .

 

I shouldn’t be surprised. Heero said to himself., It’s been four years, after all.

 

Then he noticed Rei standing in front of him.

 

“What?” he asked.

 

Rei ran up to him and put her arms around Heero’s  knees. “I love you, Daddy.”

 

Heero was stunned. He picked her up and held her. “How did you find out?”

 

“Eavesdropping.” Rei answered.

 

Then he felt something tug at the back of his neck. “Thank you so much, Heero.” Relena said.

 

The other pilots payed little attention to Heero’s conversation, they were talking to their girlfriends and kids.

 

 “Then Duo said, ‘How about a banana hot-fudge sundae?’” Repeated Michael. “So mom, really! He owes me a banana hot-fudge sundae!”

 

Hilde just laughed.

 

“Hey, Hilde-babe! Don’t do this to me! There’s not enough ice cream for two people, so only he’d get one!” Duo whined.

 

“Dominic, sweety! My sweet little boy!” Dorothy said hugging her son with all her might.

 

“Don’t choke him Dorothy,” Quatre laughed, “I just got done saving him, you know.”

 

“Thank you, Wufei Chang, for saving my daughter.” Mae Linh said as she bowed.

 

“Mommy! Don’t be too kind!” Mingh Loh said. “He might be a strong Otoko, but he’s an arrogant one, too.”

 

“Your comment is appreciated,” Wufei said. “So is your’s Mingh Loh, except the last part.”

 

“Hah!” Mingh Loh shouted. “Reason number 392 of why Otokos are weak and Onna’s are strong: We don’t hide from the truth!”

 

“So?” Wufei added, “Am I a weakling?”

 

Mingh Loh thought hard. “No, but you are still arrogant.”

 

Trowa and Catherine looked at each other uncomfortably. They had no clue what to say. After all, Catherine was like Trowa’s sister, and Trowa was like Catherine’s little brother. Jimmy just stood between the both of them.

 

“Look!” Duo shouted “Their’s the inbreeders!” he said as he pointed towards Trowa and his family.

 

“Duo! Shut up!” Trowa said. Jimmy looked puzzled. Catherine blushed slightly.

 

“Hey, Duo?” Michael asked. “Why did you call them inbreeders?”

 

“Oh, I didn’t mean it in a cruel way! It’s just that they were like brother and sister, and now they have Jimmy!” Duo said.

 

Michael stopped. Hilde stopped. Duo stopped, and hit himself on the head with his hand when he realized what he just said.

 

“It’s okay!” said Michael. “I sorta knew it, but I never really had proof.”

 

Duo looked nervously  back at Michael. “Hey, kid. I wanted to tell ya, but the others said that it might make you feel guilty for leaving.”

 

Michael looked confused. “What do you mean? How should Jimmy being Trowa’s son have to do with me feeling guilty for leaving?”

 

Duo just looked back at Michael. “Not too quick on the ball, are ya kid?”

 

Hilde just sighed. “Nope. He’s just as slow as his dad.”

 

Duo blushed slightly.

 

Then Jimmy walked up to Michael. “Duo’s your dad, Baka.”

 

Michael just stood there speechless.

 

“Someone grab a recorder, this is the only time we’ll hear that out of Michael!” Hilde couldn’t help but laugh.

 

“Duo.” Trowa called out. “Come here.” Duo walked over to Trowa and the other pilots who had assembled. “What’s up?” Duo asked.

 

The other pilot’s were silent. Then Heero spoke up. “Rei knows.”

 

“Michael just found out, too.” Said Duo.

 

“You guys,” Quatre spoke, “I think we should look closely at our options again.”

 

“Yeah.” Duo said. “Die here and become traitors or…”

 

“I know we shouldn’t be considering it, Trowa.” Quatre apologized. “If we stay here we’ll just die, but if we magically ‘disappear’  we’ll still be considered dead traitors. So, how would the future change if…”

 

“It’s the girls’ decision.” Heero added. “They raised them,and might not want us to mysteriously drop into their lives.”

 

The guys looked at the floor. They knew Heero was right. What good would it be to interrupt the girls’ life?

 

“I don’t care.” Duo remarked. “I’ll take that chance and ask Hilde.”

 

“Yes.” Heero replied. “We will all ask. Agreed?” All the pilots shook their heads. Then they went to search for the girls. Upon doing this, they ran into Dr. J

 

“Dr. J.” Heero asked. “Where’s Relena?”

 

“Gone home.” Dr. J replied.

 

The pilot’s just looked just stunned.  “They went home ?” Duo asked again.

 

“Of course.” Dr. J said. “This colony’s dangerous enough with all the exhaust here, you know. Once you assembled they were ready to get the children away fron here.”

 

Quatre bit his lip Heero and Trowa looked down at their feet. Wufei closed his eyes and muttered ‘injustice’. Duo also closed his eyes briefly.

 

“They didn’t even let us say goodbye?!!” Duo shouted.

 

“Goodbye?” They heard a voice behind them comment. They turned around and saw Zeches Merquise, Relena, young Heero, and Rei.

 

“I thought you took off?!” Heero said surprised.

 

“Well,” Relena explained. “Three time machines were used to come here, you know. Half the children fit into the four seated car while most of the mother’s took the other car. We’re waiting for the girls to drop off the children and send the time machines back.”

 

The guys looked confused.

 

“Mathematically, though,” Quatre began, “You, Heero, Zeches, and Rei should have fit in the third car.”

 

Relena and Zeches just looked at each other.

 

Are they idiots? Zeches thought. Did they think we’d just leave them here to die? What a bunch of Baka’s.

 

“Did you think we’d leave you behind?” Relena asked.

 

“Well,” began Duo, “we thought you didn’t want us to come back with you.”

 

“Are you kidding?!” Relena asked in shock. “Why do you think we stole two of Dr. J’s time machines? For a quick trip and back?!” Then Relena calmed down. “Look, I don’t know if you’ll like the future or not. Many things have changed.”

 

“Like what?” Quatre asked.

 

“Many.” Relena answered back. “Only English is used, we’re divided into ten kingdoms, the air smells funny, there isn’t much grass, the skies are hazy, etc.”

 

“I don’t care. I stood the funky air before ya know.” Duo replied.

 

Relena continued. “You can only choose once, no complaints. You will not have the choice of ever coming back. It would hurt the kids. Do you understand?”

 

Hilde and Dorothy dropped the time machines off again. 

 

The pilots looked at each other. It was a permanent decision. If they said no, they would have to live incognito in the Sanc Kingdom. If they said yes, they would have to learn how to become a part of a family.

 

“Let’s go.” The pilots said together. The guys jumped in one of the time machines, while the girls jumped in the other.

 

They put the keys in the ignition, moved the stickshift, and disappeared from the colony L71 forever.

 

Author’s note: If you enjoyed my fanfiction, it would be a pleasure to hear from you!