Alright some of you may have thought the transition from chapter five to six was jarring, I’d like to thank Midii Une for pointing this out to me. Somewhere along the way this part of my story was lost, so here it is chapter five (b). Hopefully this will answer all the questions. Sorry for the confusion…and please enjoy

p.s. don’t pay attention to and spelling or grammatical errors, it has not been edited.

Chapter 5B

Une looked down at her watch; “It’s time.” She climbed to her feet and all those present followed. The older woman moved to the second door and opened it, instantly Midii could hear hundreds of voices all holding separate conversations, Une moved out behind a podium, and instantly cameras began to flash as they all began to shout their questions. Lady Une seemed more than used to this and simply raise her hands for silence, at least three minutes passed before order was restored to the room. “Ladies and gentlemen, your patients has been greatly appreciated, as you all know more than a week ago the Bèovel family was cruelly assassinated. It is not however the fate of the colonies to be forgotten. Ladies and gentlemen of the press I give to you Quatre Raberba Winner.”

The men and women present in the room came to their feet with a roar of applause; cameras flashed continuously about the room, Quatre raised one hand for silence, and almost instantly everyone retook their seats. “As I’m sure you already know my family has always had strong ties with that of Bèovel, my late father was very close friends with the late Jason Bèovel. I grieve as much as the people of the colonies for the loss of such a great leader, but I am not without hope. Though we presently do not know who is at fault for the hideous strike against humanity, we will not rest until they have been brought to justice.”

Once more the reporters in the room came to their feet in approval of all Quatre said, Midii noticed with some surprise that Quatre had no papers in front of him. He waited patiently for the crowd to calm themselves, and when they had he continued. “A man with high standing in the Bèovel family came to me some days ago, and informed me that Jason Bèovel had prepared for such a scenario, and I proudly present to you this very man, Devon Draken.” Quatre gestured to the door and Draken walked out in the view of the present.

“In the end Jason Bèovel’s ties to my family were so strong it was his last wish that I should take into my hands his colonies. However it was required that a child of the family be present at the signing, or the colonies could not be passed over. It is with great pleasure that I tell you, those behind the assassination were not able to complete their job.” Quatre half turned to Draken as he continued to speak in a clear and full voice. “Mr. Draken was able with the help of inside sources to gain knowledge of the strike, it was however not in time to save the whole family. Only one child was spared a child unaware of all he has lost. I am truly disgusted to be human when I think that not even a baby would have been spared.”

Trowa leaned down placing his lips near Midii’s ear, “Its time.” She nodded mutely and passed Erik into Duo hands, Trowa looked at her puzzled.

“You don’t want Kain to know, that you know it was him right?” he nodded, “then I had better stay out of sight, he knew I was looking for Erik.” She spoke in low tones and slipped back away from the door, the four Perventers moved out onto the platform surrounding Erik as the cameras flashed widely trying to get a clean picture of the baby. Erik himself was having the time of his life, laughing at all the bright lights and bouncing in Duo’s arms.

“And so as you can see the colonies shall not be forgotten, nor thrown into the hands of a man unworthy of them. They are now a part of my corporation though they will retain their own identity. As a trusted confidant of Jason Bèovel it is my decision that the colonies be placed within the care of Mr. Draken, I have no doubt that he will continue with the same ideals that made the Bèovel family so strong.” Quatre rested both hands on the podium and looked out over the crowd as they all shouted their questions, finally he pointed to one young woman near the front.

“Mr. Winner do the Perventers have any leads on who was behind the assassination?”

Lady Une stepped forward, “allow me to take that question. As of right now we are investigating all the evidence and perusing all leads, I assure you the ones behind this attack with be found. I’m sorry I can’t tell you anything more about them.” She then directed the floor to the middle aged man in the back.

“Can you tell us what colony their from and the corporation they work for?”

Une chuckled slightly, “see when I said I couldn’t tell you any more I meant everything but the colony they came from and the place they worked.” She rolled her eyes as once more the room filled with questions, “Thank you that’s all we have for today.” With that she turned back to wards the door and re-entered the conference room, “and now what?” Une inquired of Quatre.

The blonde man ran one hand through his hair, “well nothing until tomorrow at least, I think it would be best to let the information filter through the system to Kain. I want to know everything about his corporation and any connections it has to more volatile organisations.”

“Keep me updated.” Une said as she left the room.

Quatre looked about the room; “shall we head back? For now at least the peace has been secured. My father would be pleased, there was no fighting.”

Midii leaned against Trowa where he stood, and he gently placed his arm around her, “I don’t know about you but I’d like to relax for a little while.” He gave her a half smile, and kissed her lightly on the forehead.

“Duo when we get back do you mind looking after Erik?”

He gave her his best smile, “not at all pretty lady.”

Wufei turned to Quatre, “I’ll be by in the evening, there are still some things I need to finish.”

As one they left the room and made their way back towards the entrance, somewhere along the way Wufei split off, to complete his errands. Midii walked beside Trowa her hand clasped in his, she already knew how she wanted to spend the rest of her day. They made great time back to Quatre’s house and Midii found the day to be even warmer than expected. Trowa watched her silently as they stood alone in the parlour, he had discarded his Perventers jacket, and once more she undid the top two button of his shirt.

“It’s too beautiful a day to be inside, why don’t you show me Quatre’s gardens.” He shrugged silently and led the way through the large house. The sun shone bright and strong over the fiery gardens, and for a time Midii simply wandered through them with Trowa by her side. It was not long however until Midii found what she was looking for, a beautifully hand crafted wooden bench sat in the shade of a great oak tree it was just what she had been hoping for.

She gestured for Trowa to take a seat and when he had she sat upon his lap. Midii wrapped her arms about his neck and leaned her head against his chest laughing softly at his surprised look. “You’d think by now that you would at least be used to me.”

His arms circled about her; “I never know what to think when you do.”

“That’s what makes it so fun.” She closed her eyes and for a moment simply enjoyed the sun upon her skin, the wind through her hair, and the sound of Trowa’s heart beating clearly in her ears. “I love you Trowa.” She spoke softly glancing up at him through her long eyelashes.

Trowa pulled her closer to him, and cupping the side of her face with one hand, he leaned down to claim her lips in a passionate kiss. Midii felt Trowa’s love flow through he in indescribable ways, she felt him touch her very soul.

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Draken wandered without a sound through the hall of Quatre’s large home his mind so deep in thought that he hardly noticed where it was that he went. With a start He looked up from his deep contemplation, and found himself standing on the third floor of the house at a window that over looked the gardens below. His grey eyes fell upon Trowa and Midii, their attention entirely on one anther as they sealed their love with a kiss. He half smiled at the touching scene, knowing very well what it felt like to love another human being so completely.

He watched through the perfect glass window and the young couple separated for but a moment, still their arms encircled the other. He was about to move away, even though they were unaware of his presence to him it still felt wrong to intrude upon so special a moment, but something however made him stop and continue watching. Midii looked up at Trowa, even from this distance her loved was clear in her eyes, she ran one hand through his hair as she spoke, Draken had never been able to master the art of reading lips and so what she said was lost to him.

But Trowa’s reaction he found shocking, the usually silent man actually began to laugh a larger smile than Draken had ever seen dance upon his young face. Even Midii was for a moment shocked by her lovers reaction, but she recovered quickly as Trowa pulled her closer and buried his face in her hair. Draken continued to watch the happy couple, that was the first time he had ever seen Trowa show any emotion other than a half smile. It made him wonder even more what it was that Midii had said, truly she had a great power over Trowa, too incur such a reaction.