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Fushigi Onna

By: Hotaru

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Part 1

A dark figure ran down a long damp alley, being followed by several soldiers. The person looked up and saw a fire escape. They jumped onto it and ran up ten flights of stairs to the roof of a large building. "She's on the roof!" The person ran to the edge of the building and looked down. "Hold it right there! Hands where I can see them!" an officer shouted. Two arms rose in the air and the person turned around.

An officer approached the person slowly. "See ya." The dark figure leaped off the side of the building. Several officers started running back down the stairs to try and capture them.

A young boy looked up and saw someone's body falling from the top of a building. "Kuso!" he said, running to the presumed landing point. He caught the body and dropped to one knee. Pain tore through his shoulders and arms. Quickly, he got up and ran toward a small house hidden in the trees. When he was safely inside, he put the person on the couch.

There was a loud banging on the door. "Hey, Heero! Open up, it's me!" a voice yelled. The boy opened the door to another boy with a long braid. "Duo, what is it?" Heero asked, closing the door. Duo flopped onto the couch and stared at the person who was slumped over across from him. "Hey Heero? Who's that?" he asked. Heero shrugged and sat at his laptop. "I don't know. He was falling from a building and was going to die so I caught him." he said, clacking away.

Carefully, Duo pulled off the person's hood and looked at them. "Hey, Heero. This doesn't look like a guy to me." He said smirking. Heero turned in his chair and glanced over. It was a girl with short black hair which was wet from the rain and sticking to her forehead. "Do you think she was trying to kill herself?" Duo asked, looking at the laptop while Heero searched public profiles. He stopped on a newspaper article.

"Look at this. 'Police officials have found a underground cargo bay holding hundreds of mobile suits and mobile dolls. They said that a young girl between the ages of fifteen and eighteen is responsible for the production of these suits and they also believe she wants to start a war to avenge the death of Treize Khushrenada.'" Heero said, reading a ariticle. Duo peered at a picture of the base. "One little girl responsible for all of this? No way." He said, going back to the couch.

Heero turned off the laptop and walked over to the girl. He nudged her lightly and she stirred awake. "Hey, who are you?" Heero asked. She jumped out of the couch and slammed against a wall, looking around for an exit. Duo stood up and reached for his gun. "Hey now, relax. We're not gonna hurt you, just tell us who you are." He said, resting his hand on the gun. The girl was eyeing the front door. Heero sighed impatiently and walked over to the girl and blocked her way. "Who are you?" he demanded.

"None of your goddamn buisness!" the girl spat trying to get past him. She ran to the front door and pulled on it but it wouldn't open. "Hey, you're not going anywhere, so why don't you just relax and tell us your name." Duo said casually. The girl took off her muddy coat and hung it over a chair. "You don't have to know my name. But you can call me Matsuri." She said, perching on a chair. Heero turned to Duo and said, "Why did you come over?" Duo grinned and replied, "I saw you were holding someone so I came over to investigate." Heero pushed him outside and smirked. "Go home Duo." He said, closing the door.

Heero sat on the couch and glanced at the clock. Midnight already. "Why were you jumping off a building Matsuri?" he asked. She looked reluctant to answer. "Well..they were going to arrest me if I didn't." she replied. Heero sighed again and walked over to a closet and pulled out a blanket. "Here. Sleep on the couch if you want." He said tossing it to her. Matsuri eyed it wearily and said, "Sleep here? I can't stay here! They'll find me and kill me." Heero shrugged and closed the door to his room.

TBC

Hotaru