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The S.A.T. presents....

Gundam Girls, the story behind the people. Part three of the S.A.T. (Silver AllianceTrilogy)

Chapter Nine : Random camping experience Part One...A shared Nightmare.

Authors Notes... Hey guys. This is my random space filler for the holidays between term two and term three. Just to clear things up, the students have been wearing their winter uniforms during term two and will also be doing so during term three.

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Soon the term drew to a close, and some very bored students were trying to figure out what to spend their holidays doing. Duo sighed, for what seemed the thousandth time, from his flopped position on the couch in the living room of Quatre's mansion.

"Maxwell, could you be any more annoying?" Wufei complained from where he was reading, glasses perched on his nose as usual

"Knowing Duo, he probably could, Wufei," Heero pointed out as he walked into the room. When around the pilots, he still acted like his perfect-soldier self.

"You have a point Yuy. What are you doing over here, I would have thought you would be next door with the girl and her brother?" Wufei questioned.

"We realised that Duo must be driving you lot insane by now, so we're inviting him over for a while. It was Atalanta's idea, not mine," Heero revealed.

"Thank Allah," Quatre muttered, only Heero's youkai healing picking the words up. He smirked slightly.

"Come on Duo, I have no idea what Neko has planned, but it probably involves unhealthy amounts of tang and the other four girls." Heero said, dragging Duo next door by the braid.

"Itai! Hee-chan, why do you have to be so mean to me?" Duo exclaimed, rubbing his sore head as he walked into the living room of the Demon Domain - as the mansion had been affectionately named by Atalanta - with Heero following him. "I would have come anyway if you'd just asked!"

"It's his right as your big brother," Syaoran stated in Lunarian. The girls cracked up.

"It's fun. With nothing for me to blow up these days, how else am I supposed to amuse myself?" Heero monotoned.

"Wait...don't answer that one Duo, Syaoran is too young to hear your perverted thoughts," Atalanta butted in.

Duo just grinned, while the other four ladies giggled, Rika blushing slightly.

"Ne, Rika, what's it like to have such a perverted man for a husband?" Aislin asked in Jovian from where she was reading the manga FAKE. All the girls had an obsession with it and thought Ryou and Dee where bishies.

"The benefits are unbelievable. Hentais are always the most creative. Besides, a good yank of his braid always stops him from going too far." Rika replied in the same language from where she was putting band-aids on, Her demon-cat, Tobiano, had elected her his new scratching post.

"Sounds like fun. He always has been a pervert, and didn't he rub off on Wing, once we got him to open up in the past?" Aurora piped up in Solarian. She was reading a manga called 'Eerie Queerie'.

"Heero was so much fun when we got him to open up. He was a prankster equal to Atalanta. I'm glad we got that side of him back," Lina agreed, looking up from her 'Utena' manga.

"I'm glad too, Nataku," Atalanta smiled slightly.

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"Do I even want to know what they are talking about?" Duo asked Heero, indicating in the direction of the living room, where the girls were chatting loudly in another language. He, Syaoran and Heero had performed a strategic withdrawal to the kitchen, where Heero was knocking together a few snacks for the boys.

"They're talking about you actually, Heero too. Those girls are big gossipers," Syaoran revealed. "You should have seen how much they grilled Lina the other day, when she came over after spending the entire day with Wufei."

"But what language is it?" Duo asked in sincere curiosity. "I've picked up more than a few tounges, both from the streets as a kid, and from training with the Doc. But I've never heard anything like that before."

"I'd be surprised if you had. Those dialects pre-date almost any written history we possess. They are from five thousand years ago." Heero stated, almost reverently.

"What? Only the Silver Alliance existed back then, and most reckon they're myth," Duo stated, confusion written on his face.

"You know of the silver alliance?" Syaoran yelped, surprised and equally confused.

"Only bits and pieces. It's always fascinated me, especially the Saturnian family. I mean, those people were supposed to have ruled hell. How much closer to Shinigami can you get?" Duo grinned proudly.

"What do you know, the baka has a brain after all," Lina drawled from the doorway of the kitchen.

"You've been around Wu-man too long," Duo stated.

"Don't insult my mate!" Rika seethed in Saturnian, before leaping at Lina and knocking her to the ground. Duo couldn't help but stare as the two began to trade blows.

"That exclamation, Duo, was in Saturnian. All of us know the languages from back then, and each of us has our own favourite. We believe that the story of the Silver Alliance is more than myth," Atalanta explained, gracefully leaping over Rika and Lina as they rolled past.

"Really? What languages are there?" Duo was beyond curious now and was displaying his rarely seen intellectual side

"There's Lunarian, which I know, along with Latin and Ancient Egyptian. Saturnian is Rika's forte. Aurora specializes in Latin, Solarian and Venusian..."

"Venusian? I thought she only ruled the sun?" Heero questioned in Latin.

"Nah, we scored control of Venus near the end, when Minako was taken over by the Negaverse. It was just after the Saturnian palace was leveled, so not many people paid much attention," Aurora replied in kind.

"Will you stop interrupting me, you baka!" Atalanta snapped in English, whacking Heero on the back of the head with her open hand. Duo found this exchange amusing, snorting with laughter.

"Man you are whipped, Heero. She's got you house-trained!" He cracked up, missing the 'I'm going to kill you later' look sent in his specific direction. Heero may have gotten rid of the Perfect Soldier, but he had decided to keep the repertoire of glares. You never knew when a glare would come in handy.

"Soon you won't be one to talk Duo, I'll make sure of it!" Rika yelled in Saturnian, momentarily breaking from her scuffle with Lina. Everybody who understood burst into laughter. Duo just stood there, looking bemused. While the others calmed down, he took the opportunity to break up the cat-fighting pair, pulling Rika into the safety of his arms. He figured protecting her from 'Wu-man's wu-man' was as good a reason as any to get his hands on her beautiful self.

"Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, Aislin's forte is Jovian and Mercurian; and Lina knows Martian and Alpha Centaurian best," Atalanta finished her list.

"Whoa, that's a lot of languages," Duo was shocked. "Where did you find the time to learn all that?"

"There's still Plutonian, Neptunian and Uranian to take into account," Heero commented. "Isn't Eleanor the only one who speaks Plutonian these days? I have no idea what happened to Haruka, Michuru and Setsuna," Heero commented.

"Too depressing to think of really," Aurora said, before an idea came to her, "I know what we can do to pass time these holidays!"

"What, Pansy Gal?" Lina asked, examining the 'wounds of honour' she'd acquired, making sure none were too serious.

"CAMPING TRIP!" Aurora exclaimed happily.

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"Remind me again exactly WHY we are doing this?" Wufei complained as he helped Quatre load supplies into the trunk of the final Jeep. More than enough experience in camping had been gained during Operation Meteor; just this time they wouldn't be hiding so much. Wufei had grown to dislike camping because of the war, and he wasn't about to change his mind on the matter, even though Meiran had assured him it would be 'fun'.

"It's either this, or be stuck at home trying to study while Duo passes the time by running around like a headless chicken," Quatre stated.

"I think this camping trip is sounding better by the minute," Trowa muttered quietly as he walked past.

Once the two cars were packed and everyone had climbed in, they set off for the Blue Mountains. Atalanta, having been around for as long as she had, knew all the best camping spots.

It took them almost two hours to reach the place Atalanta had chosen for them to stay at. When they got out of the vehicles and had a look around, everybody saw that the trip was well worth it. The camping ground was an open area, large enough for the group to camp in comfortably. There was already an area cleared for a fire, and fresh water and proper toilets were located in a building nestled just within the trees marking a semicircular perimeter to the site. The other half of the circle, facing the rising sun, sloped down gently, leading towards a lake, which was backed by small cliffs, fed by several rivers and waterfalls. Atalanta had mentioned that there was even a pod of mountain dolphins residing in the lake. It all just added to the beauty of the place.

All in all, the site was magnificent and nobody was ashamed to inform Atalanta of this.

"It wasn't too hard to arrange, seeing as I own the land anyway," Atalanta smirked as she started emptying the back of the 'freighter', a modded, six wheeled utility most of the camping gear had been brought up on.

"You own this site?" Quatre was shocked.

"You'd be surprised just how many things I own, Quatre. I could probably give you a run for your money," Atalanta giggled.

It took them about half an hour to full set things up to their liking. Once they had, the boys were assigned their mission: find wood for the fire. In the meantime, the girls went down to test the temperature of the water. When the pilots and Syaoran got back, they found the five happy ladies splashing on the shore of the lake.

"You ladies having fun?" Duo called out to them.

"Of course we are!" Rika yelled back. "The water is great, and it will be perfect tomorrow morning with the sun rising on it."

Eventually, the fire was constructed and lit. Just in time too, the sun was beginning to set. Syaoran, who was currently going through the stage of teenage male development that was known as pyromania, took great delight in being allowed to light the camp fire.

"Was I that much of a pyro when I was his age?" Heero asked Aurora in Latin, watching his son in mild shock. Syaoran seemed to have no fear of the fire, and about as much respect for its dangers.

"You were worse, Wing. After all, you were destined to be the god of war. Fire and brimstone belong in your department," Aurora giggled as she replicated Heero's famous trick, the ability to pull a gun from thin air, except with a bag of marshmallows.

"Remember when he discovered the 'Halls of Fire' during our trip to the Martian kingdom?" Rika enquired, poking Atalanta in the side as the older girl pulled out a grill and several packets of sausages.

"Who could forget? He ended up lighting Milliardo's cape on fire and blamed it on Princess Rei," Atalanta sniggered as she saw the look on her husband's face.

"Don't remind me," Heero groaned, throwing his arms up in surrender.

"What's wrong, Heero?" Quatre questioned.

"Embarrassing memories from my childhood, I was a pyro," Heero replied in the monotone that was really starting to irritate Atalanta. She was glad that the monotone was only an act now, but it still annoyed her.

"YOU were a pyro?" Duo snorted in laughter.

"You would be surprised by what Heero was like when we were all growing up as kids," Atalanta smiled sadly, realising how long a road it was until her family was reunited.

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After an enjoyable dinner, everyone crawled into their assigned tents and into their sleeping bags. There were six tents in all. The occupants went as follows: Tent 1- Atalanta. Tent 2- Rika and Aislin. Tent 3- Aurora and Lina. Tent 4- Heero and Duo. Tent 5- Quatre and Trowa. Tent 6- Wufei and Syaoran.

"Hey Heero, aren't you supposed to be sharing a tent with Atalanta?" Duo teased.

"Shut up, baka," Heero growled, hitting Duo on the back of the head.

"OW!" Duo cried out, his voice carrying to the other tents.

"Will you be quiet, Maxwell?!" Wufei roared from the tent he was sharing with Syaoran. After discovering that the kid had spent quite a bit of time in China with the Li clan, the pair had quickly become fast friends.

Around about midnight that night, Rika and Duo were both pulled into the same nightmare. But it was more then a nightmare, it was a vision of their past together - though Duo had no idea of this.

@Dream Sequence@ (Duo's POV)

I stood with my friends in the massive and surprisingly beautiful gardens that surrounded the Saturnian palace. We were congratulating Wufei and Lina on their up-coming wedding. I am happy for my friends. I turned to the palace, smiling as I saw my wife, Rika, walk out with our almost one-year-old daughter Hotaru in her arms.

"Hello my little shi-tenshi... I grinned, scooping Hotaru out of her mother's arms.

Unable to talk, Hotaru gurgled happily and snuggled into my arms.

"She's a cutey alright. You're a very lucky man, Shin," Aislin smiled, walking over with Trowa to inspect the first heir of the sennen hanyou legacy. They had only returned from their honeymoon that day.

At that moment, Heero and Atalanta, both looking rather frazzled, teleported onto the scene.

"Thank Ra we finally got away from court!" Atalanta exclaimed.

"Bad day?" Rika asked sympathetically. Atalanta and Heero ruled Elysion, and thus earth.

"You have no idea. That Elysion council is a bunch of simpering fools. It's hard to resist the temptation to unleash the wrath of the sennen hanyou on them. Now, how's my favourite niece?" Heero asked, stealing Hotaru from my arms. Surprisingly, for a man who was supposed to be the god of war, Heero had a big soft spot for kids and couldn't wait to become a father. Till then, he doted on his niece.

"Wing, she's your only niece," I laughed at my twin brother's comment about the 'wrath of the sennen hanyou'.

"And she needs to go down for her nap. I'll be right back," Rika said as she freed our daughter from the evil clutches of Uncle Heero and entered the palace. Maybe I'm a little over-dramatic sometimes... nah! The God of Death needs a few eccentricities.

Ten minutes later, she came back out, happy with the knowledge that our beautiful daughter was asleep in her nursery, in the west wing of the palace.

"Now, what's this I hear about Shenlong finally popping the question?" Atalanta asked, turning to the Queen of Alpha Centauri.

"About bloody time I say," Heero grinned, "Perhaps a celebratory prank is in order? Shall I contact Sesshoumaru and Kouga?"

"A prank sounds like a good idea indeed. But who shall we prank, dearest brother of mine?" I asked.

"The Lunar council has been giving mother and father some trouble lately. They do not believe that Serenity is fit to be the next queen, and that she should accept the arranged marriage offered by Prince Endymion of America," Milliardo reported from where he stood with his wife, Lucrezia, my sister-in-law.

"What? Why do those idiots they think that? Serenity's the perfect heir. She will be a fair and kind ruler, we all made sure of that when Queen Selenity named her," I ranted. If there's one thing I've learned from Mister God of Justice himself, a good rant every now and again is supposed to be healthy for the soul.

"They seem to think that wanting a Terran demon for my mate and become a demon myself, makes me too rash and irresponsible to be Queen. That is also why they're trying to force me to marry Endymion. I can't stand that prig," Serenity herself finally spoke her piece, a look of disgust on her face.

"The real question is how to pra..." my wife started to say, but was cut off by Heero.

"HIT THE DECK!" he roared. Out of reflex, I fell to the ground, pulling Rika down, sheltering her with my body. Just in time, the second after we hit dirt, an enormous explosion went off, which would have put us down anyway. We picked ourselves up off the ground, and I was about to comment that nobody appeared to be hurt, when I saw the look of shock and horror on Aislin's face.

"Oh my god...THE PALACE!" Aislin screamed. I turned to look... the entire palace had been destroyed!

"HOTARU!" I roared, as we all raced for what remained of the castle.

"She's got to be here somewhere!" Trowa exclaimed as we all began digging through the rubble, all that was left of the west wing. Moving a large slab of marble aside, I suddenly came across her tiny, broken body.

I gently picked her up, cradling the empty shell like I had held her only half an hour ago.

"NO!!!" I roared to the sky, ignoring the rain that had started to fall.(AN: Do you think it's possible for it to rain on Saturn? @_@; )

@End Dream Sequence@ (Third Person POV)

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"NO!!!"

The entire group was woken by Duo and Rika's combined screams. Everyone raced out of their tents. Atalanta got a few stares due to the fact that she was wearing a pair of Heero's black boxers and one of his tank tops.

"Um, Lan, did you raid Heero's dresser?" Aislin asked.

"Yes," Atalanta replied in a very familiar monotone, before sniffing the air to find Rika's sent. The dragon-lady had fled after she had woken from her version of the nightmare. Heero, who was unable to show the concern he felt for his brother due to his act, was supporting a very shaken Duo.

"Where's...Rika?" Duo asked, his voice hoarse after screaming.

"She's down by the lake, chucking stones and crying. Her nightmare affected her badly," Atalanta replied calmly, her senses telling her everything she needed to know.

"How can you tell? It's too far away to see in this light," Trowa questioned, unconvinced.

"It isn't the first time this has happened, and we know what she's like," Aislin replied. "Anyway, you can hear the sound of something hitting the water clear enough."

"Excuse me; I need to go and calm her down before she has a hysteria attack, or worse, goes and does something stupid," Atalanta said, before spinning around and taking off, following her friend's scent.

Heero helped Duo sit on a log by the fire which Aislin had rebuilt.

"What was your nightmare about, Duo?" Quatre asked as he sat down. He didn't need any kind of power to see how bad Duo was hurting; it was written all over his body.

"It was at a castle...a place like nowhere on earth. You guys were all there, so were Zechs, Lucrezia, and a few people I didn't recognize, called Serenity, Otogi, Malik and Akeifa. Why do I know their names? Any way, the end result of the dream is that the palace is destroyed and a ten month old baby girl who was my daughter in it is killed." Duo asked, not knowing the reaction what he was saying would provoke in the girls present.

"Ra, no! Not that night!" Aurora yelped, as she realised what Duo and Rika had just been forced to relive.

"You know what I saw?" Duo asked, but Aurora would not reply. Beside him Heero, literally preventing Duo from collapsing, shuddered, enough for Duo to notice. "Heero?"

"Don't ask. You really don't want to know the answer," Heero growled, the sound rather animalistic.

"Father?" Syaoran questioned in Lunarian, "Why is everyone so upset, over a time where everyone was together?"

"Because he dreams of the past, pup. He dreams of the night the Saturnian palace was destroyed. The night that Ryu and Shin's daughter, Hotaru, was killed. She was only ten months old, the only child to be born to any of us in the alliance days," Heero replied in kind.

Syaoran nodded in understanding, before a whimper escaped him. He decided that he would be of more use by the lake, and he ran to join his mother in comforting Rika.

"Continue with your dream, Maxwell," Wufei demanded.

"Ya know how I said we were all there; well we were dressed like royalty, crowns and all. We didn't seem human, and we had these strange symbols on our foreheads. Most of us had tails and the lot of us had wings. I swear Trowa even had fangs. We were chatting about the fact that Wu-man had proposed to Lina. Atalanta and Heero were late and were complaining about some Elysion council..." He trailed off, witnessing the most impossible sight in the universe: Heero, bursting out in laughter.

"Uh...Hee-man, you okay over there?" Duo asked, rather concerned. This was a side of Heero Yuy none of the other pilots had seen before. Of course, the girls had all seen him act like that many times; this was the version of him they were used to.

"Excuse me for a moment," Aurora said, picking up her pillow and launching herself at Heero. She fly-tackled him off the log, landing so she sat astride his chest, and began to hit him repeatedly with the pillow.

"Will you get of me, imouto? It's hardly fair that you get to attack me when I have no way to retaliate," Heero complained in English, forgetting that he was around people who didn't know his true past.

"Fine, here. This should stop you complaining," Aurora sighed, pulling another pillow out of nowhere. She handed it to Heero as rose to her feet, stepping off him.

"Revenge is mine, little sister," Heero smirked, back flipping onto his feet and brandishing his pillow like it was a more lethal weapon, before chasing after the wisely running Aurora and lashing out at her with said pillow.

"Um...what just happened?" Quatre had a freaked-out look on his face.

"And how the hell did Aurora get that second pillow? It's like Heero and his gun coming from no where. He called her his imouto, so does it only run in his family or something? I want to learn how they do that!" Duo exclaimed.

"Our mission has been completed. We got Heero to lose the perfect soldier, and this was the result. He's been acting like this since after the argument with Atalanta," Lina informed him with a smirk, doing nothing to reduce his worrying.

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Trowa was listening to this exchange, himself thoroughly confused. Even though he had never seen Heero act like this before, the whole scene felt familiar, almost right to him. What's more, the description of the events in Duo's dream felt familiar as well. He realised he needed to sort out his thoughts, so he stood up.

"Where are you going, Barton?" Wufei asked.

"A walk," Trowa replied simply, before moving off. His absence, although ignored by most, was noticed by one person. Aislin picked herself up, and moved into the bush, trailing after Trowa.

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Author's Notes: Well, here's chapter ten done. Something seems to be up with Trowa, but what could it be? Tune in next time to find out what's bugging everybody's favourite silent clown. Remember people, I accept any and all reviews!

This chapter has been mess with by Saberwyn: Official Editor of the Silver Alliance.

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