Blood and Water

Slight AU standard disclaimers apply, not what you think and my friend helped me write it (she doesn’t even know what GW is) Censored

“Family is important”

1:Inadvertant disclosure

It had been a year since everyone had found out that Relena, perhaps, wasn't what she seemed. That she'd been lost at birth, stolen in confusion at the hospital, raised by an assassin, and forced to play pacifist for two years while her twin sister, Dawn, a true pacifist and daughter of Peacecraft raised by Darlian, was lost. And at the time all was revealed it came as a great surprise to everyone that she, Relena, was not in fact attracted to Heero Yuy at all and was more afraid of him than anything else for some indiscernible reason. It seemed as if she was confident in the fact that he wouldn't hurt her, and trusted him with her life, but she wouldn't let him near her emotionally. She also seemed to know much more about him than anyone else, including himself, did, but didn't seem to want to disclose any information.

After much testing it was proved that Relena Peacecraft was a work of art. She was in top physical shape, she was limber and fast, she could fire a gun, disguise what she was feeling, mask her consciousness, and surprisingly pilot a mobile suit. What she seemed to excel at was sword fighting and the art of manipulation.

In place of Heero's "never show any emotion" she had Relena's "show false emotion all the time" so it was near impossible to discern what she really felt about you or certain circumstances. This was, by no means, entertaining and most unsettling. And since she held everyone at arm's length, no one could get in and figure her out.

"Relena." Heero said, nodding to her as they passed in the hallway.

"Heero." She said looking up at him, since he was a great deal taller than her. "Paperwork?" she asked.

"I can handle it." he replied.

"Suit yourself." She said, shrugging. Then she continued down the hallway to her office.

Relena was now a Preventor and she was, much to her chagrin, Heero Yuy's partner. This was because they could almost read each other's minds when on the field, which meant, of course, that single words could communicate an entire sentence, in the field.

"Ah," she murmured despondently, "Little sister sure does love politics." She reached for her cup of coffee with a wry smile on her face as she read the headlines that appeared on the screen of her laptop.

Relena called Dawn her little sister even though they were the same age, and in some ways it was right. Except for the whole amnesia episode that threw Relena into the spotlight, she had only known comfort and compassion. Actually, she’d been in a comfortable place even during the amnesia thing. A family had taken her in, and when she one day woke up and remember where she was, she wanted her brother, and that’s who she went out to find. Cinq Kingdom records showed that there had in fact been two Peacecraft girls and so, the whole thing was sorted out, but not without the expected upstart. Thankfully, the superior political and people skills of the Peacecrafts smoothed everything out in only… three months.

Dawn was an excellent politician; her only problem was the inability to use force. She could ask, she could coax, but she couldn’t force and that, if you could consider as such, was a problem.

“Now where is that damn San Jose riot file?” Relena pressed a button on her intercom and said, “Paging Heero Yuy, Heero Yuy, please report to Ms. Craft’s office, thank you.” She didn’t have a secretary, hated them in fact. She also went by “Craft” because, as Noin remarked, it described her perfectly, an exceptionally crafty Peacecraft who didn’t believe in peace at all.

“What?” Heero said, as he entered her office.

“Gee, not the least bit polite, nothing like your brother.” Relena stated offhandedly, then she clamped her hand over her mouth as she realized what she’d just disclosed.

Heero stood stock still.

“You did not hear that.”

Heero blinked. “Bro-ther?”

“Forget it, I already told you some, might as well tell you the rest.” Relena said, rolling her eyes, “Ok, you have a brother, he’s one year older than you, his name is David, he’s nice, kinda like Dawn, and he was living with your parents on L1 but he moved to Earth after they died and joined the Preventors he’s one of the best. He and my sister are,” she cleared her throat, “evidently, as I found out last week, and have been, on extremely friendly terms… He’s also her personal body guard.”

“Why didn’t you tell me any of this earlier?” He asked angrily.

“Because…”

“I mean what, did you think you could just keep this from me forever, that I wouldn’t care or something?” He was now fuming.

“I didn’t tell you because I knew that if you knew he existed, and anything bad happened to him, you’d blame yourself for it, and you and I both know that you do not need that!” She shouted. “Now where is the ******* San Jose riot file?” she asked.

Heero glared at her and said, “In your drawer.”

Relena opened the drawer and… ta da! There was the San Jose riot file.

“Thank you.” She said, and then softening, “We’re all having dinner tonight at Chez Paris, just me Dawn and David, you’re welcome to come, if you’d like. David knows so much more about your parents than I do, and he knows almost nothing about you. You were lost in hospital confusion the same night I was. My sister and I were born on L1 because my father was paying a visit to the family Heero Yuy and he and my mother ended up getting stuck there for eight months because of my mother’s pregnancy and the fact that it was almost impossible to get a shuttle the night I, we, were born there was a bombing somewhere and the hospital was crowded, everyone was running around confused. You were picked up by Odin Lowe, and I was picked up by Hugh Lawrence. There is a lot your brother would like to know about you.” She said, so quietly he barely heard.

He shifted uncomfortably and then asked, “What time.”

2: Dinner

Heero Yuy had changed a lot since the Mariemaya coup. He’d disappeared for two years and had come back… after finishing highschool. And, coincidentally, Relena made her shocking statement one full day after he’d joined the Preventors. He was now nineteen and, even though he was an adult, as Ditzy Sarah from school would say, “Like so totally not able to deal.” He hadn’t been on a date since… well, he’d never been on a date. That didn’t matter though. He still lacked greatly in the social skills department and was a bit nervous about meeting his only family.

“Hey, I know you don’t need to be nervous.”

He looked up toward Relena. She walked up to him and straightened his tie. “You know how my sister is the sweetest thing on earth? Your brother is kind of like that.” She said with a small smile. “You don’t have to worry about him not liking you either.” She added. “Now come on, we’re going to be late.”

Heero was driving since Relena’s car was in the shop. Remember the riot in San Jose? They both climbed into his black 204 Treadline (Hey, remember they have colonies do you seriously expect the Benz to still be in style uh no) and drove off. When they got to the restaurant, David and Dawn were already there.

“Lena!” Dawn exclaimed, as she and David got up.

“Sit down, sit down.” Relena said.

Everyone sat down. Heero was sitting with Relena at the right and David on the left. Relena had Dawn on her right, and Dawn had David on hers.

“David, I’d like you to meet your brother, who doesn’t know his name so I’ll tell him now.” Relena said with a smile “Ok then, David, this is Ryan, Ryan, David.” Relena said.

David opened and closed his mouth a couple times, “That’s my little brother.” He said softly. He froze. And then without warning nearly tackled Heero.