Anime: Gundam Wing AC
Author: T0T
Chapter one: To kill a mocking bird…you'd have to catch him first.
A/N: Bleh...I'm new at this so forgive me if stuff is a little off...anyway waves happily Hanashi ni anata ata no ho! Let me know what you think of it so far k!
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With the life he had Duo was no stranger to tough luck, but in all his eighteen years of living on the streets and pick pocketing he was never, ever, caught in the act.
"It just had to be roses!" Duo growled through his teeth as he sped down another ally.
"Of all the Fucking flowers there are in the world and the guy needs to smell of the ones that always make me sneeze!"
Duo talked no more as he had to speed up more because his pursuers where still on his trail, and getting closer.
Taking a left Duo nearly giggled with relief at the familiar feel of broken pavement and the underlining smell of some of his childhood memories and instantly knew where he was…and how he was going to lose his pursuers.
As Duo turned a corner where he knew lead to a dead end he grabbed onto a broken pipe that protruded three inches out of the ground and did a swishing slide across the dirt covered ally way and into the thin crawlspace that wasn't visible unless, of course, you knew it was there.
Duo grinned as he slipped further into the shadows.
"Welcome to wonderland fellas…."
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If someone had told Zech's he would be chasing after a pickpocket that afternoon he would have laughed in their face. Not because he couldn't chase a pickpocket, it was just the fact that no one has been able to get close to him or his friends without someone taking notice. Hell even trained assassins have had trouble with his group of friends since he was a little kid and could barely make it to the window without one of them taking notice.
It was a great surprise when, after hearing a cute little sneeze, he found a small boy, or was it a girl, not only extremely close to his group, but also with Trieze's wallet in hand.
It was unexpected enough with himself not to notice, but Heero and Quatre! Those two had been trained together since they where two years old by the best instructor's money could buy. They had been taking down full-grown assassins since they where six! Yet no one had seen, neither heard, nor felt when the thief snuck up and snatched Trieze's wallet.
Hell if the little thing hadn't sneezed when he did he probably would have disappeared without anyone the wiser and no one would have cared. That is unless they where an idiot and didn't put things away like they where supposed to.
"Why..." Zechs glared as he ran along side his friend "…the hell would you keep those specific, CLASSIFIED and highly important case files in your wallet of all places!You where supposed to have them somewhere safe!"
Trieze was just about to pant out a reply when they rounded the next corner, only to stop abruptly as a cement wall lied before them and no thief in sight.
Zechs nearly keeled over in disbelief. "he just…I swear I saw he come this way…"
After looking behind a few garbage cans to make sure he wasn't there Trieze, still out of breath mind you (he really needed to take his training sessions more seriously), realized their position for the first time.
"uhhhh Zechs…"
"What" came the disgruntled reply.
"Do you know where we are?"
"…"
"…"
"Crap"
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It was irritating to Heero that he couldn't catch the thief that had Trieze's wallet. Instead he, Trowa and Wufei where nearly tearing their hair out at the mocking voice that echoed around the ally ways.
It was the way the theif mocked them, taunting them even with the gorgous humming of a tune and the irritating laugh that got them all going.
They had lost sight of Quatre, Zechs, and Trieze over an hour ago and frankly Heero was pissed. For the very first time in his Heero was on the brink of losing control, but the little thief was bound to slip up, and when he did…Heero was planning to kill him.
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Duo laughed again as he evaded the men once more. He would have left an hour ago but this was too much fun!
It was probably that cockiness that caused Duo to forget that there had been six people instead of five, or maybe it was his streak of bad luck, but whatever it was he hadn't expected it.
Duo yelled in surprise when the attack came from behind him and scrambled for proper footing to defend against the rapid series of attacks. Violet eyes wide in fright darted rapidly around as he tried to get his bearings.
But soon it became apparent he had chosen the wrong people to steal from.
A blow from his left knocked him hard into a wall and a strong arm pinned him there cutting off his air supply and his breathing became shallower.
He was caught.
"shit..."