Life's Bitter Truth Ch. One (PG-13)

[darklord22]

Disclaimer- Don't own so don't sue please.
AN: This is my first fanfic so please review and critic.

Chapter 1: The Bitterness Within

She was everywhere, on every television her speeches were broadcast, in every newspaper her smile was shown, and on every radio her name was spoken as if they were praises to the heavens themselves.

It was one particular detail however that caught the attention of Heero Yuy, who was sitting in the middle of a crowded park in Moscow, the gloominess in the air. Was there something unknown by the perfect soldier? Heero got up and began to walk to his apartment four blocks away. Whatever was wrong he needed to find out.

As he walked to his apartment he started to think about why he had chosen Moscow to live in. It was a place for people with dark pasts, no one asked question and for the right price came the right information. It was just right for someone looking to get lost.

About one minuet passed during his walk before he noticed he had picked up a shadow. Going through his list of options he decided to see what the person wanted before he did anything rash. Heero started to walk faster and at the last minuet ducked into an alley waiting to pounce on his unwanted follower.

?Don?t move? said an all too familiar voice from behind him.

?How did you find me Une? asked Heero, slowly trying to put his hands on the back of his head, from there he could easily get to the knife he kept strapped between his shoulder blades.

?Click? ?I said don?t move? this time even more stern than before. ?I just need to talk with you.?

?What about?? asked Heero suspiciously.

?Where can we go to talk in private, this may be Moscow but even here you can?t be too careful.?

?There?s a bar about three blocks down. It?s the best place for keeping secrets.? He didn?t want to take them to his apartment on the off chance they didn?t know where it was located.

?Lead the way. But let me warn you, if you try anything funny, then I?ll test out my new pistol.? She said making sure he could see her new Springfield XD-9. ?You?ll be my first victim? she smiled.

?Let?s go? he grumbled with a bad feeling about the whole situation.


About ten minuets later the were walking into the small bar a few miles out of Red Square, a bar that also held twice as many secrets as the Square and far darker ones. He led her into a small corner table and after waving off the bar tender, waited for business to begin.

?I?m sure you already heard about yesterday?s incident involving the Vice Foreign Minister so I?ll get straight to the point. Heero we need you to come back to work with Preventers.?

?What incident are you talking about??

?You mean you haven?t heard?? she asked incredulously. ?If I had then I wouldn?t be asking.? a touch of malice in his voice.

?Heero you may want to?? at that moment the news caster made an announcement on the television in the corner.

?Yesterday at 1300 hours Vice Foreign Minister Relena Darlin was shot while attending a conference in the Sanc Kingdom. She was last listed as being in stable condition at an undisclosed location?? he kept going with the report but Heero was too shocked to hear the rest.

?Relena? was all he managed to say in his frantic state of confusion. He was usually calm and collected but when it came to her then calmness be damned.

?That incident? Une said. ?Heero, are you ok??

It all seemed to hit him at once. ?Where is she, who did this? I want to see her now.? he silently stated.

?We need you to find out the identities of the people responsible for this. You?re going to come back to the Sanc with me, everything will be explained there.?

?I want to see her first.? demanded Heero.

?After you?re briefed on the entire situation then you may go but until then you?re coming with me. Let?s go, I have a plane waiting for us.?

Heero knew there was no arguing with her so he went along outside to a waiting vehicle which would take them to the airplane.

As soon as they were airborne Une began going over the basic outline of what had happened. ?Every thing had gone smoothly until about 12:40 when there was a report of a bomb threat. The security teams made the decision to evacuate the delegates. The security detail assigned to Relena said they were halfway to the vehicle when shots were fired causing the crowd to panic. In the ensuing chaos the detail became separated from the Vice Foreign Minister. Another two shots were fired but this time at Relena, both hit their target. The two shots which hit the Vice Foreign Minister weren?t heard by anybody and were fired from a separate, silenced gun than the first shot.?

?Do you have any leads on the two?? asked Heero.

?All we were able to find out was that there were two people. The first shooter was found dead in an ally a few blocks away with both guns and a slit throat. His right eye was missing and the only other thing we managed to find was this,? she handed him a small piece of metal. ?Maybe you know what it is??

He looked at the small pin for a few seconds before he realized what it was. ?Yes, I know what it is. But I don?t know how anyone would have gotten it. It?s an ejector pin from the seat of Wing ZERO.? he handed the piece of metal back to her. ?Is anything else known.?

?Nothing, though we were able to draw the conclusion that the killer was also the one who shot Relena. The dead guy was just a distraction, probably a local thug. We don?t know anything as of yet.?

?So, what do you need me for??

?As I have already said, you?re going to help us find out who did this.? She simply stated.

?How? Heero wanted know. Before she had the chance to respond her cell phone rang.

?Une here? yes I have him. Where are you right know? ok, we?ll meet you there in a little over an hour? no thanks, I have my car waiting? see you then.? she put up her phone before turning back to Heero to say they would finish with the conversation later.

?Relena? he said to himself. ?When did we get so far apart?? but he already knew the answer to that. It weighed on his mind all the time. He could never forget the answer to that question.

After landing at a private strip owned by Preventers Une showed Heero to her new Corvette and within minuets the were speeding down a barren stretch of road to whatever destination she had picked.

?Where are we going? asked Heero, only to be ignored. ?Look, if I?m going to do this for you then I want some answers.?

?We?re going to Zech?s house? she said. This brought out a colorful string of words from her passenger.
They sat in silence for the remainder of the drive. When they arrived Heero let out another string of words before getting out of the car and walking to the door. He knocked on the door with Une behind him. It was not Zech?s who answered but his wife Lucretzia Noin.

?Oh, Heero, its nice to see you after so long? said Noin. ?It?s been what, four years now??

?Hn? he mumbled. She just laughed ?You haven?t changed any.?

Noin then looked at Une and stated the group was in Zech?s office and made a motion for the two to follow her. Noin led them down a well decorated Victorian looking hallway and up a flight of stairs turning left at the top. This time the hallway they were in was decorated to look more medieval with swords and pieces of armor lining the wall. As they were walking through the hall Heero noticed Noin eying the items along the wall with an evil look, smiling deviously at some of the swords.

They stopped at the end of the hallway after telling them to just go on in, she bed her leave.

Heero hesitantly opened the door, and then let Une enter ahead of him.

?Well, where is he?? Heero heard Zech?s say from inside the room.

?I?m right over here.? came Heero?s rather annoyed reply. ?So don?t blow a gasket.?

?Watch your mouth or I?ll shoot a gasket off you.? Zech?s responded equally as annoyed.

?Both of you just shut up.? ordered Une, ?Now then, is everyone here??

?Check? said Trowa who had been sitting in the back right corner of the room. His famous gravity defying hair hadn?t changed over the years.

?How is everybody doing?? Quatre asked as he and Dorothy entered through the door.

?Here teacher, do you want your apple now or latter?? this from Duo who had been sitting in a chair in the back.

?We?re all here woman.? Wufei, who was sitting in the love seat on the left side of the room right next to a peeved looking Sally, made sure to let everybody know of his impatience. ?Now let?s get the hell on with it woma??
?Finish that sentence and Sally will be picking bullets out of your head.? Une informed him, her new pistol was aimed steadily at Wufei?s head. ?Now sit down and shut up everybody and let?s get started.?

?Your probably all wondering why you?ve been called in.? Zech?s started.

?The truth is that one of you five is connected to the attempted assassination of the Vice Foreign Minister, and we know who.? Une said.

?You said you didn?t know who the shooter was.? Heero was confused and pissed and it was showing in his tone.

?I say a lot of things.? retorted Une. She then grabbed a folder off of Zech?s large oak desk and proceeded to pull something out of it.

?This is the picture of our suspect,? she said to her audience, and then she flipped it over to reveal the photo.

?That?s impossible.? cried Duo.

?It?s got to be a mistake.? said the usually silent Trowa.

Everyone else could only stare, too shocked to say anything. No one knew what to do, except to wait for shit to hit the fan. It was all they could do.

[Death 12]

A nice introduction - now I want to know which one of them it is, although I have my suspicians.

On a side note, its says ten minuets later - fairly sure that should be ten minutes later, although that was the only one I spotted.

Now to wait for the second chapter to be released.

[RelenaDorlinYuy1]

Wahh why did you left us hanging >.<

Anyway i really like it i hope you post up the next chapter this is getting good.

[Fate Lowe]

I loved this!!! It's really original, which is hard to find alot of the time. Keep up the good work. Can't wait for the next chapter.

[Wingnut]

Interesting. All my instincts say that Heero is the one in the photo that Une flipped over. Naturally that's not the truth, but it does give Heero the motivation to do this job and find the real assassin if only to clear his own name.

[Nihal]

wanna bet that's a photo of Heero?

[lilac310]

yep..that's Heero in all probability....keep writing!

[SerenityDeath]

I loved the story you can't just leave us hanging there