Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Sunset Over the Horizon ❯ And so it begins ( Chapter 3 )

Disclaimer: I do not own the Gundam boys or any other character from the series.

Warnings: Evil child like mischief by 6 year olds will be present, lemon, lime, Yuri,

Occasional fluff.

Pairings: 1X2X1, 3X4X3, HXRXH, 5XS, 6XN

Rating: NC17

Author: Ryouga.

Authors note: This chapter contains Yuri

Title: Sunset over the horizon ---- Sequel fic to A Love Beyond All Measure.

Sunset Over The Horizon

Part 3: And so it begins.

Duo opened the door of their humble home, watching the girls' reaction as she slowly walked up the front porch steps, stopping at the open front door. She glanced up at Duo, her eyes asking permission to enter.

He reached down and gently placed his hand over her shoulder. It was obvious the girl was unsure of so many things. It had to have been hard to be passed from place to place. Not being wanted wasn't a nice feeling. "Go ahead Itel." he began with a reassuring smile. "This is gonna be your home permanently some day soon." He turned to the blue-eyed one and grinned. "Right Heero?"

"Hn." came the quiet, yet not so reassuring reply. He wasn't so sure Duo should be promising that so soon. Six months was the trial period and anything, as far as Heero was concerned, could still go wrong.

Duo gave Heero a slight glare. He didn't want to let the child know that his partner wasn't as excited about this as he was. No doubt tonight, after the girl had gone to bed there would be a *discussion* of sorts.

Itel slowly moved forward a little, staring into the semi darkness of the hall way tentatively. "It's dark." she began quietly. "I don't like the dark."

As if inspired by the same thought the two men glanced knowingly at each other. No doubt spending time underneath a dark stair well would have contributed to that.

Duo gave a soft encouraging smile and reached around into the doorway, switching on the light. "That better?" he asked ruffling her hair a little. She nodded and ventured forth into the hallway, taking in her new surroundings closely.

"Duo will show you to your room." Heero informed the young girl. "I need to ring Mrs. Jenkins and let her know that we've arrived safely."

Duo smirked as the blue-eyed boy pushed past him. "Yeah okay. So you wanna see your new room then?" he began as he turned back to Itel and grabbed the young girl's hand gently.

A wide grin spread right across the girl's face as she stared up into those kind and gentle natured violet eyes nodding happily. " I sure do." came the excited reply.

"Alrighty then, let's go." He led her off towards the opposite end of the house.

The girl followed, listening attentively as Duo explained where the bathroom was, she listened until she thought her head would explode with all the information that was being fired in her direction. She stopped rather suddenly pulling on Duo's hand.

"What's up?" The braided haired boy gave her a puzzled look

She sighed a deep thoughtful sigh before answering him. " Just how much space do you think I gots in here?" She said pointing to her head with a serious look on her little face. "I'm a kid and we kids only have little brains, enough to remember where the bathroom, toys and candy is, so you can just hold your underwear on all that stuff you been saying, cause I only remember that dinner is at 5.30 and the bathroom is one over from my bedroom!"

Duo had to grin. She certainly was one *not* afraid of speaking her mind. Probably one of the reasons she got into trouble at the other places she'd been fostered at he'd assumed. But still his anger still burned a little at her treatment at the Griffiths' place. He shook it from his mind and knelt down beside her. "You know, you're right!" he replied apologizing to her. "I'm so used to it just being me and Heero that I guess I got a little over excited." He ruffled her hair. "So will you forgive me then?"

Screwing up her face in thought, Itel gave a sly little grin. "Alright I'll forgive ya, but, it's gonna cost ya!"

Duo gave a chuckle and folded his arms. "And just what is it gonna cost me?"

"Piggybaaaack!" Itel shouted laughing as she jumped on Duo, bowling him backwards onto the floor. "Ooops." She giggled as she crawled off him and knelt by his side.

"Oops is right." The Shinigami laughed as he pulled himself upright into a sitting position, a beaming smile on his face. "You certainly are a wild bundle of energy aren't you Itel." He gave her a wink.

Itel giggled some more and stood upright holding her hand out to Duo. "Accordin' to Mrs. Jenkins, I'm a bit of a whirly wind or sumthin' like that." she proudly stated.

"Oh and why is that?" He asked curiously as he took the girls hand in his own.

"Cause you can see me coming a mile away she says." She tightened her grasp on Duo's hand and pulled, trying to help the braided one get back up from off the floor. But to her surprise Duo pulled her back into him and tickled her, the girl shouting and laughing, crying out at the top of her lungs. "Gaaaah Duoooooo uncle even, uuuuuncle."

"Hey you two! I'm on the phone here …" Heero's voice sounded out, from the living area. He was not at all impressed.

Duo grinned and placed a finger to his lips and winked at the girl. "I think we'd better be quiet now." He whispered to the girl.

She nodded in agreement. "Yeah! We don't wanna get Mr grumpy bum any grumpier do we?" she said, giggling softly.

Duo had to stifle the laughter that longed to escape his lips. Instead he grinned and agreed. " I couldn't have put it any better if I'd said so myself." he smirked mischievously as he reached out to pick her up. "Now then,' he began cheerfully. "Hows about that piggyback?"

~*~

Relena sat alone on her bed by the window in her bedroom looking down onto the grounds of her estate. Preparations were under way for the next peace conference that was to be held in four hours time. It had been a while since she'd taken the time to even do this.

Her duties as Vice Minister had taken its toll on her last relationship and Dorothy had left her with the explanation that she could no longer stay at Relena's side because all of her time and attention was centered around her duties. The girl could not deny it, it was true. Vice Minister Darlian. Princess of the people, keeper of the peace. All this, yet she felt so alone. She had not been able to secure the man she had once loved and now the woman she had adored and loved so dearly had gone too.

If it hadn't been for Hilde seeing her through this break up, she was sure she would have lost her strength or maybe even her mind. Hilde had been her soul comfort, her truest and noblest friend during this time of trial in her life. She had been by her side at the last few conferences and meetings, never once complaining about how long it was taking before they were over. But Hilde had been called back to L2 to tend to the scrap yard, so for a short time she had been alone. But the girl had sent word that she would arrive on Earth today sometime and promised that she would come by, but so far there had been no Hilde.

A knock sounded on her bedroom door and the girl, without looking answered it. "Enter." she whispered just loudly enough for the one so brazen enough to disturb her thoughts to hear.

The door opened and a cheerful voice sounded out. "Hey, now what do you think you're doing, sitting here all by yourself on such a fine day?"

"Hilde!" Relena turned to see a smiling face before her. "I was beginning to think you weren't coming."

"Is that why you're sitting here so all depressed like huh? You miss me that much?" she said winking at the girl.

Relena blushed as Hilde walked over to her. She had missed the girl's company the past three days, very much so; and the realization had just dawned on her that maybe, just maybe, her feelings were trying to tell her something. "I, um…"

Hilde smiled and stood by her side, turning her attention to the activities below. " How long until the meeting starts?" she asked, saving the girl from having to answer the last question.

"Four hours." she sighed. "Four hours of freedom before I have to become, Vice Minister Darlian once more."

Hilde placed a hand on Relena's shoulder, a comforting smile upon on her face. "I'm here for you, you know that don't you?" the young woman said sincerely.

"I know." Relena replied simply, placing her own hand over Hilde's as the short haired girl sat down next to her.

"I'm just sorry I couldn't make it here for the big conference yesterday. Now that I run the scrap yard on L2 it's kinda hard to get away as much as I used to. But I managed to get three weeks off, Howie offered to oversee it for me. So I won't be running off in a hurry like last time."

Relena smiled happily. "That was good of him to do that for you."

"Yeah he could see I needed some time off. Well, I wanted time off too." she said moving a little closer to Relena. "Because I wanted to come see you."

Relena caught the young woman's gaze with her own and she blushed, swallowing nervously. "Really?" she asked a little surprised.

Hilde nodded. She had come to realize after being on L2 again that she had missed the girl something awful and she had made an executive decision. "Relena, I've decided to sell the scrap yard and move here to Earth."

"Sell the scrap yard, but why?" the girl asked, totally stunned by Hilde's sudden revelation. The scrap yard had been Hilde's pride and joy and it puzzled the blonde haired girl as to what could make her want to sell it.

"I have something here that I feel is more important." the young dark haired woman stated, looking directly into the blue eyes of the Vice Minister.

"More important?" the blond haired woman repeated, swallowing nervously as Hilde slowly moved closer still. "But, what could be more important?" she asked, knowing already what to expect. The two of them had grown closer as the weeks had gone by since Dorothy left and Relena knew she felt exactly the same way about Hilde as Hilde obviously did her. But yet, she didn't want to accept it. It was too much, she didn't want to be hurt again, but she wanted to be loved again, be held and comforted and to comfort, to love, and to hold some one again, and as much as she denied it, she had fallen for Hilde.

"I think you already know what." she answered.

Hilde… I "

"Shh!" A gentle finger traced along the Vice Minister's lips, down over her cheek, stopping just below her chin and the dark haired girl gently held onto the blond haired girl as she slowly leant into her, softly pressing her lips against Relena's.

The Vice Minister made no attempt to escape the entrancing kiss that followed, nor did she stop the girl from gently pushing her back onto the bed and deepening the kiss.

Reaching up with her hand Hilde rested her fingers over the top buttons of the Vice Ministers blouse. "May I?" she asked, not wanting this to be one sided or forced.

A silent nod gave the girl the answer she had hoped for; and one by one the buttons were undone. Slowly Hilde slid the blouse from the slender frame that had once been it's resting place, and exploring hands met smooth, silky soft skin as the two touched together sending shivers down the spine of the blonde haired girl who gasped at the gentle ministrations of Hilde's advances.

The Vice Minister blushed as Hilde slowly kissed up her neck, causing her to softly moan. Her skirt was next to go and Hilde had little trouble slipping it down over the girl's legs, dropping it to the floor next to the discarded blouse. The Vice Minister gasped loudly as she felt a hand slip into her panties and she moaned as her warmth was invaded by gentle probing fingers.

Hilde watched, fascinated as the girl arched her back and moaned. Her eyes closed as she raised her hips to meet with Hilde's ever gentle movement. She stopped for a moment and Relena gave a disappointed groan, but she wasn't disappointed for long as the girl slowly removed the panties and tossed them to the floor as well. Then reaching behind Relena's back she unclasped the girl's bra and that too joined the growing collection of the Vice Ministers clothes on the floor.

Relena glanced up, her own blue eyes met Hilde's and the dark haired girl once again pressed her lips to the Vice Minister's. The intensity of the kiss caused Relena to catch her breath as Hilde released the hold on her lips. So many things she wanted to say but her thoughts were a tangle of emotional cobwebs. Was this truly love that she felt or just lust on her part? It was clear to see that Hilde loved her, but suddenly the doubts began to play upon the Vice Minister's mind. Had she really fallen for the girl? She was afraid that her own emotional capabilities at this stage were unreliable and maybe, just maybe it was too soon after Dorothy to love again.

Her thoughts were catapulted back into reality and she cried out as the German girl gently commandeered a nipple with her mouth, suckling on it, slowly swirling her tongue around the hardening point. Gentle hands worked their way around the Vice Ministers body, eliciting small gasps and moans from the girl. Hilde's right hand remained free, caressing Relena's breast as the other remained under siege of Hilde's mouth and tongue. Her left hand roamed further down reaching towards her warmth again, but stopping this time at the small nub hidden by small folds of smoothness.

Relena bit her lip to stop herself from crying out loudly as the German girl began to gently, but firmly rub the tiny protrusion, sending the Vice Minister into an orbit of a different kind. Just when the blond haired girl thought she could take no more, Hilde's direction had digressed southbound, her tongue sweeping gently across the smooth skin of the blonde's' navel down slowly and teasingly to the small pink bud which the German girl still stimulated with her hand.

"Ohhhh God!" Relena moaned loudly not able to contain the cry as Hilde's tongue now began to caress the small pink nub. Over and over again the German girl lapped at the small target then slowly digressed even more, heading towards the warmth depths of her woman hood gently entering her tongue into the wetness, thrusting it as deep as she could.

The Vice Minister could no longer hold her moans back and she cried out the German girl's name as the girl spread apart the pink folds of vaginal lips and relentlessly tongue fucked her, thrusting it in and out of her soft womanly depths, occasionally lapping her tongue over the length of the blond girl's, hot wetness in quick rapid strokes.

Unable to resist the urge any longer Relena reached down, her hands inter weaving with the girls black hair as she pushed her head down into her groin, forcing the girl deeper into her wetness. "Ohhhh god, yes!"

Hilde complied, thrusting and pushing her tongue deeper into the vaginal depths, the more she heard the other girls cries the harder and deeper she'd thrust and she knew, as Relena's breath started to shallow and quicken that she would soon reach her peak. She dragged her tongue back up to the small pink stub and lapped fast and hard knowing that this would almost finish the girl off.

"Ohhhhh, Hilde I, I'm so close, Ohhhh, I'm, ohhhhhhh!" she cried out softly trying to remain in some kind of control but Hilde hadn't quite finished and she rammed her tongue back into the girls depths, her mouth covering as much of the wet, pulsating, heated mound as it could and she continued to suck and lick hard, sending the girl completely off the deep end.

"Ohhhhhhhh, Hilde, ohhhhhhhhh, god. I, I'm, c, coming!!"

Hilde felt Relena stiffen underneath her, inner walls spasming as her juices flowed, breathing heavily as her orgasm subsided, Slowly, Hilde crawled up beside her watching the girls chest rise and fall heavily and she whispered softly into her ear, " Can I keep you?"

Relena felt a warmth rush through her body as she looked up into the German girls sincere blue eyes. The bond was sealed and pulling her down to meet her lips, Relena took the other woman in a searing, passionate kiss. "Yes!" she whispered softly reaching up to gently stroke a soft warm cheek. "You can."

~*~

After oohing and aahhing over her room, Itel and Duo had finished unpacking. Duo had gone off to help Heero with dinner, and Itel had decided it was time to explore her new surroundings. She managed to wander into the main bedroom. It was bigger than her room and had a pretty lamp by the bed.

She walked up to the bedside table and opened the drawer. "Man Duo has ta have some chocolate in here somewheres!" she grumbled pulling open the drawer and looking about in it. Something different caught her eye and she picked it up and stared at it, reading the print "KY jelly?" A puzzled look befell her face. "Jelly? Don't they mean Jell-O?" she echoed, screwing up her nose. "This is funny looking Jell-O!"

"Just what do you think you're doing in here?" A stern calm voice asked from behind.

"I was just looking Heero. I wasn't gonna take nothin', honest." she defended herself, and it made Heero wonder just what the other foster places she had stayed in had been like. She was nervous about almost everything. Suddenly, the incessant babbling of the girl abruptly interrupted his thoughts. "Hey! Heero.

I asked you why this Jell-O is in a funny tube."

Heero looked at the tube that was being held so ceremoniously high and then back at the girl, he blushed, turned around and quickly walked off. Itel stood there puzzled, scratching her head with her free hand. "Now what's so scary `bout Jell-O?" she said innocently.

She began to undo the cap when suddenly Duo was pushed into the bedroom protesting frantically. "Duo has offered to help you with your inquiry. *I* will go and finish setting the table for dinner." Heero disappeared as quickly as he had just moments earlier.

Duo was left standing there looking sheepish, and the girl just stared at the doorway watching Heero leave.

"Is he scared of Jell-O?" Itel asked, a questioning look on her face.

"Jell-O?" the violet eyed boy asked. "What Jell-O?"

The girl reached out, lifting the tube higher for him to see. "This Jell-O."

'Oh Shit!!' he thought to himself in a mild panic. 'Of all the things she had to find, she had to go and find the damn lube.' He cursed himself quietly for not shutting the bedroom door. Well, technically speaking he had no one to blame but himself, after all, he had told her that any doors that were left open meant it was okay for her to enter without permission. Maybe he should have clarified that the main bedroom was a definite out-of-bounds.

It was no wonder that Heero had taken off after shoving him into the room like he had, although, when he'd come out into the kitchen claiming they had an emergency, he thought that the brown haired boy had been trying to trick him into unblocking the toilet in the ensuite again. He had never imagined that the little imp would have so brazenly gone into their bedroom and played about inside the bedside draws. Then again, maybe, subconsciously he did.

"Er that's not Jell-O Itel." Duo began calmly and swiftly walking over to her removed the tube from her small hand.

"So then? What is it Duo?"

Duo swallowed and thought, his mind searching for a quick and easy explanation. "It's um, well you see it's… Hair gel, yeah, that's it! It's hair gel. You use it in your hair, to, er, keep it in place"

Itel glared at him suspiciously. "Oh okay, um can ya show me what ya do with it? I ain't never seen no hair gel before. I'd like to see what you do with it." She knew he was trying to pull something over on her, her devious little mind knew that either he was fibbing or that he was so dumb that he had no idea what to do with the hair gel himself.

Duo blinked. `Oh shit!!!'

Her inner imp gave her insight that the first assumption was more than likely correct, that and the fact he was searching hard for some way to get out of this predicament. "Can ya please Duo?" the girl pleaded, "Ya know it's not nice to lie to kids. Remember!"

Duo swallowed. This time he really *had* backed himself into a corner with no way out. He had left himself with only three choices, make himself out to be a major liar, tell the truth, or, *run*. Considering all of his options he really only had one choice. He opted to keep up the facade. Sighing, he slowly twisted off the tube's cap and squeezed some onto his fingers. He swallowed as Itel watched him carefully, her eyes intensely fixed on Duo's every motion. He placed the cap back on and placed the tube back into the drawer. As he did so a brilliant idea crossed his scheming mind

"Heero! I need you just for a second. " Duo called out. Well there was no god damned way he was going to put this stuff through his hair. And besides what Heero didn't know… Duo smirked.

"What ya gonna do with Heero?" the girl asked.

He's gonna be our model." Duo, quite impressed that he'd thought of this idea, ruffled the girls' hair with his free hand. "I'll show you how it's used by gelling Heero's hair. How's that grab you?"

"Cool!" the young girl grinned.

Heero poked his head around the corner. "I'm busy! Is it going to take long?"

Duo shook his head. "Nope just a few seconds. Promise."

The blue-eyed youth walked slowly into the room. "I have this gut feeling that I'm about to regret this Maxwell." He stood by the violet-eyed boy and folded his arms.

"It's ok Heero, he's just gonna show me what to do with hair gel." Itel happily informed him.

Heero threw a sideways glance at the other ex-Gundam pilot who casually rubbed the lube between his fingers and then began to run them through Heero's hair, ignoring the death like glares he was receiving from his begrudging model.

"What brand is this? It smells familiar." Heero inquired.

Duo's eyes immediately shot to Itel who had reopened the drawer and proudly held out the tube again. "It's the Jell-O one see?" She smiled. "Nuthin' to be scared of!"

Heero's eyes widened and a look of sheer disbelief fell upon his face as he realized what the braided baka had just done, and Duo was gone, flying out of the room at top speed.

"OMAE WO KOROSU!! KISAMA!!!" he yelled, chasing after the boy.

Itel sighed and returned the tube to the drawer. She placed her hands on her hips and stared after the other two. "I dunno what all the fuss is about!" she began with a serious look on her face. "I mean it's only a dumb tube of hair gel." She shook her head in childlike disgust, her words trailing off down the hall as she exited the room.

"And they says us kids are childish! Least *we* gots an excuse!"

~*~

Outside the residence of Heero and Duo Maxwell-Yuy, darkness had begun its descent. In a nearby alleyway wisps of smoke weaved their way into the cool night air as a cigarette was tossed onto the pavement and smothered.

A tall figure, face unseen and covered by the shadows, scribbled notes in a small notebook. A quiet sinister chuckle escaped from thin and twisted lips as the notebook was slipped into an inside coat pocket. Then slowly the figure turned and walked off down the alleyway.

"Soon Heero Yuy, soon you too will taste the bitterness of my sorrow and the sweetness of my revenge!"

~*~

Trowa sighed and then yawned as he listened to Quatre reading a bedtime story to the newest addition of their small family. They had adopted Sebastian a month earlier, surprising the whole gang with the news.

Of course no one had really been *that* surprised. After Duo and Heero had mentioned adoption, Quatre had gone into *bug* Trowa mode and finally the taller boy had agreed to an adoption as well. So once the two had finally married, Quatre had started the adoption ball rolling for all of them.

Sebastian's parents had died two years ago. They were on a shuttle heading to one of the outer colonies on business when the shuttle had crashed into the landing area. It was found to be an accident. The landing gear had failed to exit the holds and as they landed the landing gear doors had opened and the Shuttle was flipped after touching on the opened doors. Luckily for Sebastian he had been left behind on Earth with the neighbors, but having four children of their own already they simply couldn't afford any more mouths to feed and so he was left on the orphanages doorstep.

Mrs. Jenkins had arranged both of the adoptions at the same time, although it was requested that Heero and Duo foster Itel for six months first because of the girls' previous track record in other foster homes and so it was agreed. Even though the adoption papers had been signed, they had been put on ice so to speak and Duo had told Quatre they were making them sign new forms for fostering the girl for now and that once the six month period was over and they were all happy with each other then the adoption would be made legal.

Duo had come outright and said the whole mess was a bunch of...... and then shot off a few unmentionable words which Quatre had refused to repeat.

The small framed blue-eyed, blond haired boy that lay beneath the soft silk sheets and thick quilt, pouted as Quatre closed the book and tucked him in. "…and that's it until tomorrow night okay?" he bent down kissing the boy's forehead.

"Just one more page, pleeeeaaaase?" the young boy implored.

Quatre glanced over at Trowa who shook his head. "Sorry Sebastian. You know the rules." Quatre reminded the boy.

The younger blonde sighed again. "But, Billy-Jo Mayer gets to stay up until seven thirty every night. How come I don't?"

Trowa came to the fore this time, "Because *you* are not Billy-Jo Mayer. You are Sebastian Barton-Raberba Winner." He walked over to the bed and sat down beside the young boy. "However, your father and I have been discussing the issue and we have decided to extend your Friday and Saturday Night bedtime until seven pm." He kissed the boy on the cheek.

"Really?" Sebastian grinned.

Quatre smiled at the boy. "Yes. Really." Quatre confirmed, smiling at their son. "But it's on the condition that you do all your homework and eat your broccoli and peas."

Trowa and Quatre both had to stifle a chuckle as the young boy screwed his nose up at the idea. "And if I don't, I don't get to stay up til seven on those nights, right?"

"You got it sport!" Quatre grinned. Their lives had certainly changed since Sebastian had arrived. New routines, new rules, new, almost everything. When it came to Sebastian, mischief was his middle name. He watched the boy wrinkle his nose, thinking about the request made of him. It was obviously an important decision for a 6 year old to make.

"And what about if I eat my carrots?" he asked suddenly.

Trowa exchanged bewildered glances with Quatre, who shrugged his shoulders." But you already eat your carrots." Quatre replied.

"Well, you see dad, I was hoping you'd give me an extra half hour if I keep eating them."

"How about we take an extra half hour off if you don't." Trowa winked at the boy.

Quatre grinned and bit his lip trying not to laugh. He certainly had to pay Trowa his dues; he was definitely quick on the draw with that comeback.

"Can I have butter on the peas?" Sebastian asked with pleading puppy dog eyes. It was bad enough they made him eat his carrots, but now he had to eat the broccoli and peas too. The world was surely taking a turn for the worst if a kid had to eat *all* of his vegetables.

Finally, Quatre had to laugh. " I think we can manage to make it a done deal; if your father says it's ok too."

Trowa nodded. "I think that's fair enough. I don't believe in torturing children with bland food and even I'll admit that I like butter on mine too." He gave a little smile of reassurance to the boy.

Sebastian rolled his eyes. "Ok, ok! I'll eat my dumb vegetables. I just hope staying up for an extra hour is *really* going to be worth it!"

~*~

Sally Po walked to her car. She had just finished at the office for the day and was heading home. Wu Fei had finished an hour earlier and as much as he had protested, Sally had told him to head on home and she would meet up with him there when she was done. Sally reached her car and delved into her bag to retrieve the keys from the bottom of it where they had settled. Suddenly, without any warning she was grabbed from behind. A cloth was placed strategically over her nose and mouth and she struggled trying to break free. Within seconds the struggle had ended and Sally's world went totally black, her bag falling to the floor by her car.

TBC…