Hotaru: hi everybody remember me?

Leo: and me!!!

Jake: Yo, wazzup?!

Hotaru: yeah we brought Jake in but only cuz he was being a total baby, oh and SC you'll have ta talk to Michi since he IS her brother.

Michi: yeah sure just don't let him go anywhere near the zero system. He goes a little...nuts around it.

Hotaru: understatement of the year! Anyways we finally came up with a new angle to throw to this.

Jake: it took a few hours and a lot of Pepsi Blue but we finally did it!

Leo: Grr can we get to the story please?! I wanna get to the coolness so we can see how the reviewers like it!

Hotaru: yeah sure.

Jake: no need to yell

Leo: thank you! Disclaimer: we don't own anything!

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It was dark and a lone figure walked through the streets. A pair of golden eyes lay on the building ahead.

"So this is Michi's little slice of heaven" the figure smiled wickedly as she entered the building. "But heaven came become hell so easily...you just need the right person." She chuckled as she walked up two flights of stairs and reached apartment E18. The thought of going home crossed her mind but then an overwhelming urge to continue pushed through. She knocked on the door and Duo answered. The girl smiled pleasantly and Duo invited her in.

"I haven't seen you in a while, how are you doing" Duo asked.

"Enough with the chit chat Duo, I'm here for business only" she said.

"What business?" She pulled out a hand gun and pointed it at him. "Hey whoa, watch where you point that thing!" She smiled and fired just as Michi entered the room. The girls pulled her hood down over her face. Michi screamed bloody murder and ran to Duo's side. She glared at the girl.

"Why him?! Why not come after me?!" She snapped.

"It would be too easy that way. Toying with you people is so much easier, and a hell of a lot more fun. I have to go now, see you later Michi" the girl disappeared and Michi called 911. The ambulance came and picked Duo up and rushed him away. Heero and Clair were the closest people she could get a hold of. They arrived in the hospital where Michi was pacing in the operation waiting room.

"Michi are you ok" Clair asked.

"It's not me we should be worried about" Michi muttered. "Why did it have to be Duo? I mean if he dies..."

"He isn't gonna die Michi, I'm sure he's fine" Clair said.

"Yeah right" she replied darkly. (Easily depressed isn't she?) Crys came in beside her was two year old girl.

"Michi what's wrong, I got the call" Crys asked.

"Someone shot Duo."

"He'll live" Crys said. Michi glared at her. "I know he will"

"Crys is that your kid" Clair asked. Crys gave a derisive laugh.

"Yeah right! I'm just babysitting. I needed the cash; since Zechs split I really have been a bit lonely so I started a day care."

"Zechs dumped you" Clair asked. Crys winced a little.

"Clair!" Michi snapped. The doctor walked in and looked at everyone.

"Which of you is Michi" he asked. Michi raised her hand "He's very lucky; the bullet just missed his heart. He's still alive but he's fallen into a coma." Michi's eyes widened.

"Can I see him" she asked. The doctor nodded and showed them into his room. Duo was lying in bed hooked up to a bunch of machines. Michi broke down and started sobbing. Clair tried her best to comfort her while Crys and Heero looked at Duo.

"The Mark!" They exclaimed together. Everyone stared at them.

"Explanation please" Clair asked.

"Well back in training we were taught the different kill shots. But there was also a lesson we learned about the small spot between the heart and lungs that would cause someone to fall into a coma." Crys said.

"So what?! They screwed up and didn't kill him" Clair snapped.

"No, they meant to do it" Heero said. Crys turned on the light on the x- ray examiner. She examined them quickly then nodded.

"They knew what they were doing but-" she stopped as the kid started crying. She picked her up and looked apologetically at the others "I gotta go, page me if anything changes." She left and Heero looked at Michi.

"What?" Michi asked.

"There are only three people in the world that I know of who know about that shot." He said.

"So we have a zero percent of finding them" Clair asked. "Who?"

"J found out himself and he taught me" Heero muttered.

"You?!" Clair snapped.

"No it was a girl I could tell by her voice" Michi said.

"So who's the third person Heero?" Clair asked kindly. (Does she have like an emotional disorder or something?) (Shut it Jake!)

"Crys..." Heero answered.

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"Don't worry boss, it's taken care of." The girl said quietly into her cell phone.

"They haven't guessed" he asked. She laughed lightly

"Those idiots? They don't suspect a thing, Heero might be a problem though" she answered.

"Take him out of the picture then" he said.

"It'll be my pleasure" she replied "I gotta go" she hung up and put the phone away.

"They'll be watching me, dammit!" Her eyes widened in realization. "Duo saw me! Shit if he wakes up I'm dead!!! I'll just have to kill him later on when they leave."

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Jake: Dun, Dun, Dun...yeah and that's a good opening chapter!

Hotaru: *smiles* I gotta admit it Jake, this was a cool chapter.

Leo: *nods* yeah.

Hotaru: so the light of suspicion is on Crys, that doesn't mean it's her.

Jake: that'd be a little too obvious if it was. Heero said "There are only three people in the world THAT I KNOW OF who know about that shot." Besides why would she want to kill her own brother?

Leo: *nods* yeah

Jake; can you do anything but nod and say "yeah"?

Leo: *nods* yeah

Hotaru: *rolls eyes* well that's chapter one, please review