My name is Anime.  I don't know my last name I was never told. I'm 6' dead even with long red hair and green eyes I hate to wear skirts or dresses, I have the perfect body for it thought you can say my body is shaped like an hour glass. But you see I work for a place called OZ yeah I bet you hate that name I know I do I was sold to the organization to become one of there top pilots and that's what became of me. I still go to school and try to live a normal life. But when you work for OZ it's always traveling here and there and fighting and listing to Zechs he is the one who was told to watch after me. I was the only one to have the Mobil Suite Eypno a new Gundam. I had been stranded in Antarctica thrown from my Gundam but my suit was fine a Gundam pilot who found me ½ frozen spotted me in the snow and he took me into his Gundam and warmed me up. he was maybe 6'2' Brown eyes well built a brownish green colored hair that was strait and cut shoulder length. His features were handsome and strait edged like he was almost carved out.

"Umm thanks who ever you are." I said to him. He looked at me.

"Your welcome. What were you doing all the way out there?" he asked.

"I was on my way to a battle and somehow I was thrown out."

"You're a Gundam pilot?" he asked

"Yes, I am." I said.

"What's your name?"

"Anime."

"Anime what?"

"I don't know they just told me my name was Anime."

"Well, I'm Trunks. Nice to meet you Anime."

"Nice to meet you too and thanks for helping me." I said. We landed on an island and he opened the front door. And unstrapped himself.

"Come on it's warmer outside." He said.

He put his foot into the leg strap so you could lower your self down. I walked over to him and he held me around my waist and lowered down to the ground. I wasn't expecting him to do that. I had a gun in my back and a smaller one in my boot but I couldn't shoot him I owed him my life. We sat on the beach in silence and then we got into a water fight and we fell over laughing. I never had so much fun I just wished that he would never find out that I worked for OZ.  But someday we would end up in the same battle as him and only one of us would survive. I looked at him and he slept there in the sand, I don't when I dosed off but I remember him waking me up.

"Hey Anime maybe you should get back to your Mobil Suit." He said standing over me. I looked at my watch I was due back to base in 2 minuets.

"Shoot! yeah I should." I said standing up.

"I'll take you back to your Mobil Suit." He said.

We walked over to his Mobil Suit and he steeped into the leg strap and once again he put his arm around my waist and pulled me up into his Mobil Suit. The ride back was just as quiet as the ride there. We didn't relay talk witch was good for me because I didn't have to lie to him about who I worked for. When we arrived we said good-by and I took off back to base on my own. As I got closer my come came on and there was Zechs.

"Your late Anime." He said sternly.

"I know I am I ran into some trouble."

"That's no excuse you could have contacted us telling us you were going to be late."

"I'm sorry."

"No excuse. You're going to be doing double overtime this weekend."

"Ah man."

"Over and out Anime."

"Damn I hate double over time on weekends. It just ruins my social life." Suddenly someone was opening fire on the base.

"Shoot! I just powered down my Mobil Suit too." I powered up again and got ready to fight.

"ANIME GET YOUR BUTT OUT THERE!" The base Lt. yelled.

"I'm going I'm going I just powered down and I'm at 78% powered up." I watched the percentage climb. "Where's Zechs?" I asked.

"He's not at the base."

"Curses." I said I headed strait towards the commotion the base blew up. I saw him... Trunks... he was attacking the base.

"Aries surround him take him out Leo's distract him I'll take him from behind." I ordered. But the Leo's and the Aries were destroyed. "Shoot." There was only he and I left.

"Not today not today." I said I took off at full speed not even looking back. I fired into the water to make it seem as if I had realized I wouldn't be able to fight him off. I flew to the next base I was sure Trunks now knew I worked for OZ.

"ANIME!" Zechs yelled as I got off my Mobil Suit. "What happened out there? You could have taken that Gundam down easily!" Zechs yelled.

"I'm sorry I was running low on power and ammo." I said.

"You could have taken it down without ammo!"

"I wasn't sure about it."

"I know your abilities you could have taken that Gundam down blindfolded!"

"Yeah well I didn't."

"Well, next time you will take it down!"

"FINE! Just get my Mobil Suit up and loaded!"

"Now take the train home and get your self to school you hear me?"

"Yes, sir." I said walking off base.

"That girl has to get her head out of the gutter and out of the clouds and on the battle field." Zechs muttered when I walked out. I snorted at the thought that he thought my head was never on the battlefield. I caught the train and rushed to school and I was still late.

"Anime you're late again." My teacher yelled at me.

"I know."

"Remember to be on time is to be late to be early is to be on time." He said. I sighed and sat down in my seat. "And you have to learn to dress more appropriately. Jeans and a T-shirt is not appropriate for school you should wear a nice blouse and a skirt like the rest of the girls." He told me. I sighed.

"Yes, sir I know but I don't always have time to dress up." I said.

"Well, find the time to get here and dress properly and not take time out of my class so I have to remind you young lady." He said.

"Yes, sir." I said.

Class went on and on and on I just couldn't wait for the bell to ring so I could go to writing. You see when I'm not fighting or doing schoolwork I write. I almost have my first book finished and it's quite good I have it on disk that way when my computer gets thrown across the room by Zechs whom I call my caretaker I still have it. The bell finally rang and I was the first one out the door before the teacher could yell at me some more and make me late for class. I sat and typed all period until my fingers ached. I could usually type for hours but I didn't always sit flying a 17-ton machine before going to school and when my fingers
ached I saved it and yawned I wished I was back on the beach with Trunks. But we could never do that again he would have to kill me something I could not do. I knew in the end if it was down to me and him I would let him win I would die and that would be all right with me. I hit my self. What was wrong with me? Why couldn't I kill him before? I mean I could have stolen his Gundam and killed him but I didn't and I couldn't but why?

"You are not loosing your edge Anime. Zechs isn't right your head is not in the clouds your down to Earth and your ready for any fight." I muttered to myself.

"Oooo Anime is loosing her edge?" Chrissy said from behind me. "What happened meet someone you like? Dose Anime have a crush on someone?"

"Shut up Chrissy I don't need your opinion I already get enough from Zechs." I said.

"I want to hear it though. You meet someone who is it what dose he look like?"

"None of your business."

"Come on tell me I know you just tell me."

"Fine I came across a guy and I had an enjoyable time with him and if this gets to Zechs you are so dead." I warned her. "That's all I'm telling you."

"Come on give me details!" she demanded.

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Oh come on Anime."

"No. Now don't ask me any more." I said.

"Oh fine spoil my fun. He's probably ugly."

"No, he's quite han..." I covered my mouth not finishing what I was going to say.

"Dang I almost got it out of you."

"Oh don't bother me." I said.

The bell rang and the rest of the day I spent trying to get Trunks out of my head. I walked home alone and I looked at the time it was dinnertime. I stopped in a local restaurant. I sat down and ordered a chicken salad. I sat down and waited and when it came I started to pick at it. Then he came over to my table and I was startled.

"Hey." He said.

"What are you doing here?" I asked my voice quivering.

"I came here to eat and I saw you sitting here by your self and I thought I would join you." He said. I stuck my fork in my salad he made an order for himself.

"You know I didn't want to."

"Want to what?"

"Join OZ." I said.

"Well, why are you in it?"

"I was sold to them by my parent's I was born on L4 Colony I don't know who they are but I know where I was born and I was raised with in OZ to be a pilot obviously a rebellious one other wise I'd be different." I said.

"Well, why don't you leave?"

"I can't they own me they own me until I die. Or until I destroy the bill of sell as they call it." I said with a snort. I started to eat my salad again.

"Well, where is it?"

"It's with Treiz."

"Where is he?"

"I never know but he always shoves it in my face to show me I'm his I belong to OZ."

"That's got to suck." His order came and we ate not much talking between the 2 of us. I nodded. I looked at him and he looked at me. "You Irish?"

"I don't know why would you say that?"

"Those green eyes of yours and that red hair says you are Irish."

"Well, I could be I'm not sure." I said.

"I thought you knew."

"I don't know much I know who I have become I know my first name I know my birthday I know where I was born that's it." I said flatly. We finished our meal together. And the check came. I went to take it but he took it first.

"I'll take it." He said.

"No, I'll pay my half and you pay yours." I told him he looked me in the eyes.

"I'll take it." He said putting out his money.

"Thanks." I said standing up I left and he followed me.

"How about a ride home?" he said.

"No, it's not far."

"No please let me." I just couldn't say no now.

"OK." I said. I followed him to his car. He opened the door of a red Ferrari and let me in then he got into the driver's seat and we started down to road I told him the apartment complex I lived in and there was silence between us. "Why don't you kill me and get it over with." I said to him. He pulled out his gun and pointed it at me.

"Because you owe me one and I don't want to." He put his gun away. "Besides I don't need a mess on my leather seats." He said. I sort of laughed at his last comment.

"Where did you get the car?"

"I stole it from Zechs, that's why he's been in such a bad mood lately."

"Gee thanks you know who as to put up with him all the time?"

"I'm kidding. I bought this with my own money."

"Oh… cool." I said I realized that we were at my apartment. "Well, good night Trunks." I said steeping out.

"Let me walk you inside."

"No, I can walk into my own apartment by myself thank you very much." I said closing the door and saying good night. I walked into the apartment and I pulled my keys out. I couldn't stop thinking about him why couldn't I? I opened the apartment door and their Zechs sat not looking all too happy. "Hello Zechs." I said.

"You're late Anime."

"I know."

"Who was that that drove you home?"

"A friend."

"Who's this friend?"

"He's just a friend don't have a cow Zechs."

"Well, I don't want you hanging around people I don't know."

"What dose it matter to you?"

"He could be the enemy and he could kill you easily."

"I'm well armed and you know that."

"Who do you think is the better drawer?"

"I am." I said drawing my gun out on him before he could.

"Well, he could have been faster." I put my gun away and so did he.

"Well, he wasn't if he was the enemy."
 

"He could have been trying to figure you out."

"Do you ever let me be normal?"

"No mainly because you belong to OZ!"
 

"Stop throwing that in my face I know that!"

"Well, I'm reminding you Anime."

"Well, stop I spent my whole life knowing I belong to OZ."

"And we won't stop until you stop doing little things to rebel!"

"Maybe I do them because I want to be normal!" I stalked off into my room and slammed the door shut. I was so mad I sat in my room and listened to him mutter something to himself then I flopped onto my bed and put on my headphones. I did my homework and tried to pretend for once I was normal. "Just once I wish I could be normal and not worry about enemies and fights and who I belonged to." I said.

I looked at an old photo of a young beautiful woman who could have been a great actress or singer whose name I would never know holding a little baby girl, me, standing next to a handsome young man both looking proud of there child. I picked up the picture and walked to the mirror and looked at my face. I looked rugged and tired not at all like the soft lines of my mother not the strong features of my father but a rugged worn out girl. What did any one see in me?
Certainly not beauty or an energetic high school cheerleader. I never wore make up I hated to dress up my hair was too stringy and it always looked dry. Nothing like my mothers soft velvet hair that was down to her waist or like my fathers short silky hair. My eyebrows were not perfect like my mothers or defined like my fathers they just seemed to be there. What could Trunks in me? Probably nothing but an enemy and as someone who owed him a favor. I looked at the picture.

"Where did I come from? Not from this family there beautiful and handsome I'm dull and rugged." I said out loud.

I looked at my hair and it was totally uneven. I steeped in the shower and decided that it was time to cut it maybe it was time to listen to OZ no mater how much I hated it. I steeped out of the shower and dried off then with a pair of scissors I proceeded to cut my hair to just below my mid back. I pulled it back into a baraid that went over my shoulder. It looked OK for now. I fell asleep a little after 1. I woke up after my alarm went off and I got up and dressed for school in normal clothes I didn't have to look formal today I had gym. I walked out the door and there was Trunks in his car waiting outside for me.

"Well, good morning." I said to him.

"Good morning need a ride to school?"

"No, I can walk."

"To be on time is to be late to be early is to be on time."

"You know how often I hear that?"

"Don't know how often?"

"Every time I'm late for school." He laughed.

"Come on then I'll make it so you're not late for school."

"OK, OK." I got in the car and we headed for my school.

"Did you do something with your hair?"

"Yeah I cut it and baraided it to the side."

"Looks nice."

"Thanks."

There wasn't much talk between us any more. Maybe it would have been better if I made it look like I was on his side at the base… Maybe there wouldn't be as much silence between us. Maybe things would be different maybe I would be free. Fat chance… I sighed heavily at the thought.

"What's wrong?"

"Just thinking."

"Before School?"

"Ha, Ha funny Trunks." He smiled. "We do think before school."

"I know I went through school."

"You did?"

"Ha ha Yeah I did." I smirked. "Don't smirk at me like that, you look evil." We arrived at my school and I looked over him and smirked still.

"I am evil I can smirk at you if I want to." I hopped out and waved good by as I ran inside feeling light headed and happy. Why did I feel like this? Was it Trunks? Was this what it felt like to be free and not owned by any one? I spent most of the day trying to get him out of my head. Then it came a feeling of dread that something bad was going to happen.

"Mr. Cruton will you please send Anime to the main office to leave." The PA said.

"You heard them Anime."

"Yeah, yeah I know." I said packing up and running out.

"HEY NO RUNNING IN THE HALL!"

"I'm late no time for being yelled at." I ran like the wind out the door and to my apartment and then I grabbed the train to the base and headed for my Gundam. I strapped in and turned on the communicator. "Anime reporting for duty."

"Record timing Anime." Zechs said.

"Thank you sir."

"Now your mission is to take down the alliance base by the Peacecraft vicinity."

"Isn't that your job?"

"Do what you're told don't mouth back I'll be watching you!"

"OK, OK Chill man I'm moving." I took off and headed off for the Peacecraft kingdom. "Man the guys from there and he asks me to attack what an ass." I muttered to my self. I arrived there in no time and I found a fight right away. "Now this is what we call fun!" I shot up the old out of date Aries and Leo's then he was there. "Damn why do you always show up now!" I yelled. An Aries Attacked me I shot it up I looked around and there was another Gundam and it was all out attacking me. "Man Back off!" I yelled at him. I opened fire on him and that was not good.

"Ammo running low." The computer warned.

"Ah shut up." I said. Suddenly Trunks ran his MS in front Of the other one. "TRUNKS NO!" I yelled my ammo ran out but not without hitting him and doing some serious damage to his MS. The other MS took off. "Screw you too He just saved your life! TRUNKS GIVE ME SOME SINE YOU ARE OK!" I yelled.

"Forget him Anime your missions over."

"No, I can't just leave him there to slowly die!"

"Anime return to base he's the enemy."

"But Even enemy's don't deserve that!" I flew over and landed my Mobil Suit next to his fallen one. I climbed out onto his Mobil suit and opened the hatch he was seriously hurt. "I'm so sorry Trunks." I said. I tore my shirt and bandaged up his forehead and then a gash on his arm. I picked him up carefully he had bad wounds that had to be professionally taken care of. "I'm taking him to the hospital." I said.

"You're a fool Anime he's the enemy and he deserves to die."

"No, he doesn't! I'm taking him to the hospital!"

"Fine you'll get your just deserts when Traiz hears about it."

"See if I care!" I yelled I took off in my Mobil Suite and headed for the nearest town. I landed my Mobil Suit I called a local hospital for an ambulance so it would be there when she got there. I wouldn't let them leave me there so I rode in the back with him and then I waited 3 hours to be told something. I fell asleep waiting and I was shooken awake by a doctor. I opened my eyes.

"You the one who brought in the ignored boy?"

"Yes, how is he?"

"He'll be fine he needs rest you can go see him now if you want."

"Oh thank you."

"You know he's lucky to have a girlfriend like you."

"Oh we're not going out…"

"Oh well it seemed like it."

"Maybe someday…" I said. "When he can forgive me for this." I said in a whisper. I ran down the hallway until I found his room. I walked in quietly.

"Trunks?" he looked at me. "Listen I'm sorry…"

"Don't apologize."

"But it's my fault."

"No, it's my fault."

"I was the one firing on you."

"It's OK it was my fault."

"No, it was mine." I said softly feeling remorse.

"It's not your fault your on the other side."

"No, it's not but I still fired on you."

"Forget about it Anime. I'm just glad you saved me instead of leaving me there."

"I just couldn't let you die." He closed his eyes and I could see his bumps and bruises start to heal and I gasped he had psychic powers of healing.

"Now all's I need is a days rest." He said with a smile. "How bad is my Mobil Suit any ways?" he asked looking at me. I frowned.

"Almost as bad as you were but it's nothing that can't be repaired." I said.

"Good as long as it's not really bad that I can't fix."

"Well, I should let you rest I got to go back and face the music."

"Yeah I get a weeks paid vacation the bad thing is I'll have a lot of paper work."

"Yeah well I'll have 2 weeks of paper work."

"Why is that?"

"Because I helped you. Don't worry you get uses to it when you tend to mouth off to people like Zechs more then once a month." I said with a smile.

"Goodnight then Trunks." I said walking out that door.

I was quiet as I walked through the town heading back to my Mobil Suit I knew my punishment might be worst then paper work. I flew My Mobil Suit back to the base and climbed out and found Lady Une there and she didn't look too happy and even Zechs was there and they were talking. I walked past them trying to avoid the trouble I was going to get into. "Anime get over here now!" Une ordered. I sighed and walked over to her.

"What do you want Une?" I asked. She slapped me across the face. I held my face for a second getting very mad at her.

"You had no right to save that pilot! You were told to leave him to die."

"Well, you know what I couldn't let him die but I could let you!" She hit me again. I got mad and looked at her with angry eyes and I went to strike at her but I was held back. "Let me go I'll kill the bitch!" I yelled.

"You're lucky no one will kill you because of who you are." She walked off and I struggled to go after her I was held by 2 people and then I felt a needle prick my shoulder and I soon felt dizzy and tired and I stopped struggling and I was put in a room alone. I don't remember much of what happened in the half-hour I sat in there but I remember getting a mental slap in the face waking me from my trance. My face still hurt from Une.

*Anime Do you want out of OZ? * A voice said in my head.

"If I could I would have done so already." I said.

*Anime Let me take you away from this place. * It said again.

"What bout my stuff I can't leave my Mobil Suit in OZ's hands.

*Take it with you. *

"They'd notice it if I just suddenly leave with my Mobil Suit. Especially after today."

*Don't worry about it just hid under the bed or something I'm getting you out of that place. * I grumbled and rolled onto the floor and then under the small bed.  Suddenly one of the walls was gone. And the dust and parts of the wall was falling all around me a Mobil suit arm reached in and pulled me out from under the bed carefully. It was Trunks he had saved me I felt so dizzy I didn't care how he did it, the front of his Mobil suit opened and he placed me inside. I heard voices of Zechs Treiz and Une yelling to get that suit. "Just go to sleep Anime don't worry." Trunks said taking me from the Mobil Suit arm next to his seat. I drifted off into a dizzy sleep. "That's good just sleep Anime I'll take care of it all."

I awoke inside his Mobil Suit not far away I could see my own Mobil Suit Trunks was repairing a part of the right leg that had gotten pretty shot up. I smiled at him but he didn't see it he was busy fixing my Mobil Suit. I jumped down from his suit and walked over to him. "You know I can fix this my self." I said to him he looked at me and looked like he was going to laugh. "I can fix it I know this Mobil Suit inside out." I said.

"I bet you can." He said.

"Hey believe me this is nothing." I said I hit the side and the hatch opened. "There's probably more external damage to the Eypno then internal witch I'm going to check especially the right leg." I said I grabbed the rope that fell down and gave it a sharp tug twice and up I went. I opened the bottom of the cockpit and slid down into the ship it's self I taped into internal computer and checked for major damage in the right leg or any wears else. I climbed down into the leg and started to repair what I could. Witch turned out to be nothing much at all. I climbed back up and fixed a small problem in the right arm. Then I climbed to the top and sat in the cockpit.

"Hey Anime every thing in there OK?" he called about an hour later.

"Yeah I'm ducky." I said sleepily.

"You think you can make it to L4 Colony without falling asleep?" he asked.

"I can if you can." I shot back at him.

"Good that's where we are going."

"Why we going there?"

"They said they have room and they can supply us with a place to stay for a while."

"Good that's all I need is a place to stay for a while." I said I closed the hatch and strapped in and yawned. I powered up my Mobil Suit and got ready to take off. "Any time you're ready." I said over the intercom. I changed into armor mode and watched him take off and I followed behind him. I rolled my eyes.

"Come on slow poke."

"Hey shut up if I knew the way there you would be space dust."

"Sure." We keep on heading towards the Colony I was born at. Something seemed familiar about it all like as if I had been here many times before thought the only time I remember this place was from when I was relay young.

"You feeling all right Anime?"

"Yeah fine why do you ask?"

"You look a little pail there."

"I'm fine it's just the after affects of tranquilizers." It was a lie but he seemed to fall for it at least for now.

To Be Continued...

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