AN: We will now continue on with the 2nd portion of Heero's explaination...sort of. Oh, and I don't know much about Episode Zero, so let's just say that it doesn't exist, okay? It just makes this fic a bit more easier to understand...

Chapter Nine

"Twenty...years ago?" Relena murmured.

Heero turned to look back at her with a sad smile on his face. "Why do you think it's so easy for me to do the impossible?"

This question was more addressed to everybody in the car besides Relena, but she felt a bit surprised by his reaction. She had never seen him look like that before. Gally, of course, had no clue about Heero's past so she silently listened on, hoping to catch something important about Andy's past. Zechs had instinctively narrowed his eyes as he drove on. The safehouse wasn't far from now, and he figured that everyone would be surprised, particularly a certain brunet with a braid.

Heero continued on, his face grim. "If it wasn't for Doctor J, my sister and I would have been exactly like mere puppets under the Red Hawks' command. He saved the two of us because he knew our father and had a promise to keep. However, he could only save Kaede and me. That's why he uses a cane to help his limp leg."

<Hosptial...I forgot the name>

Kaede had absentmindedly dozed off after Heero's phone call. If she wasn't a light sleeper, he would have had her head even if she was the elder of the two.

"What are you doing, Nurse?" she asked.

Yukki, in hospital uniform, paused and turned around, smiling. Damn, I forgot that she's still here.

"Oh, I'm just doing a regular checkup on your brother here," she replied innocently and quickly slid the syringe full of mercury back in its hiding place. "The doctor prescribed some medication."

Kaede walked towards Yukki with an arched eyebrow. "While he's still unconscious?"

Like Heero, Kaede was able to keep a perfectly emotionless face. It was instinct to her ever since she was a child. Yukki didn't see the suspicion behind it and continued on with her excuse. "It's better for him that he's asleep because the effects of the medication while conscious are fairly extreme."

Kaede's suspicions were justified as she saw a glimpse of the syringe. She smirked. "Oh really?"

Landing a solid punch in Yukki's midsection, she fell unconscious. Kaede quickly dragged the woman's body towards a seat, taking out whatever items Yukki had on her.

"Damn, I thought I would get somebody a bit more challenging," she muttered as she stuffed all the items in her purse. "Just a low ranking one."

Picking up the syringe, Kaede examined it before putting it back in Yukki's sleeve and then headed towards Andy's bed, taking out some of the cords attached to stationary machines and leaving him with only a respirator and the bag of IV fluid. She knew that he could survive with only just that. Afterwards, she gently carried Kitsune over to his bed where the young girl unconsciously curled into a tight ball at her brother's side.

"Well, here we go," Kaede murmured as she destroyed the tracker on one of the bed's legs and rolled the two out of the room. As soon as she left, it exploded, sending the entire hospital scrambling in a frenzy.

<Preventers' safehouse>

Relena, Heero, Zechs, Noin, and Gally finally arrived at the Preventers' safehouse. It was located deep in the thick of the forest, far from civilization. No enemy could be able to penetrate it from above for it was deep within the safe confines of the earth. Its whereabouts remain hidden from society with only the chosen few working there and other members within the Preventers such as Zechs and Noin.

They entered the facility with Relena helping Gally out and Heero in tow. A rather small group were hanging out in the main lobby, including all of the other four former Gundam pilots.

"Hey, what took you guys so long? And where's Kitsune?" Duo asked but found his answer soon enough by the man who entered the area last.

"Heero!" Quatre exclaimed.

"He was under disguise before Relena found out," Zechs explained. "He's also Andy and Kitsune's guardian."

"Nani?!?" that came from Duo.

"I was wondering why those two looked so much like you," Sally said. "I assume that you know about the current situation more than the rest of us do."

Heero nodded in his usual manner before asking, "Is there a videophone here?"

"Oi, you should at least explain where've you been all these years, you know," Duo said.

Wufei gestured to the counter behind him. "It's behind here, but why do you need it?"

Heero walked towards the videophone, answering, "I need to make a checkup call."

Nobody in the room knew what he was talking about, and Heero didn't even bother to explain as he dialed his sister's cell phone number.

<to Kaede>

After the explosion, Kaede easily found an empty ambulance van and set Andy into the back with a bit of difficulty. Fortunately, though, Kitsune had woken up during all of the commotion and helped the older woman lift the bed into the van and keep an eye on the unconscious teen.

They were now driving through the streets, heading towards the barren highway. There was no particular destination in Kaede's mind to go to until a beeping noise came into her ear. She hooked up her cell to the visual monitor on the dashboard before answering. "Yeah, what is it?"

Heero's face appeared on the monitor. He looked rather suspicious as he took a glance at the new surroundings.

"Since when were you in an ambulance?" he asked a bit sarcastically.

Kaede and Kitsune exchanged looks before giggling. Kaede brushed back a stray lock of her hair from her eyes. "Maa, you were right about some of those Hawks coming in to kill Andy, but we got out okay thanks to my ingenious plan."

"Can I talk to Hee-chan, Kaede-neechan?" Kitsune asked.

Kaede winked at the screen. "Kitsune-chan wants to talk to you."

She handed the young girl her earpiece. Kitsune delicately handled the piece and put it in her own ear before speaking.

"Hi, Hee-chan!" she said enthusiastically.

Heero ignored the snickers from Duo behind him. He gave the other man his special "Omae o Korosu" deathglare before going back to the conversation.

"You look better, Kitsune," he said. "How's your shoulder?"

Kitsune rotated her injured left shoulder as proof that it had already healed. "See? I can move it around now, but it's still kinda stiff."

Heero nodded in satisfaction. "How's your brother?"

"Anno...he woke up a few minutes ago and then went back to sleep again," the girl replied.

"Sou ka...it'll be a while before he'll wake up again."

Kitsune nodded in agreement. Heero smiled before asking, "Kitsune, let me talk to Kaede so I can give her directions."

"Hai!"

His sister was now in view, but she kept her eyes on the road. "Where in the world are you?"

"I'm in the JFCC098 area," he replied. "Just head straight towards the main road of the forest and there should be a side road that will lead you to the safehouse."

"Okay, whatever you say," she said as she veered off the main road for a bumpy ride. Oh, is Andy not going to have a good sleep.

<Preventers safehouse>

"Who was that?" Lady Une asked.

"My oneesan," Heero replied as he hung up and walked towards one of the chairs.

The way Heero had answered gave the others a glue to sit down as well as he told his story.

"My family, the Kanazakis, weren't your typical family. Our mother was a stay-at-home mom, teaching us all of the necessities to survive on our own, but she was killed in a freak accident soon after Kitsune was born. Our father, we rarely ever saw, but he was one of the ten scientists who were in charge of Project Neo..."

*Dundundun...* The drama continues. Part Three of Heero's Story will come soon! R&R!!

~Ayame-chan

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