Duo looks at Heero strangely. "Come on!"
"No!"
"Isn't it our vacation?"
The rest of the pilots around him nod. He sighs and looks at the blue sky above him. "But it's my birthday!"
Duo stares at his friend. Heero closes his eyes. "Fine!"
"Yes!"
Duo starts to dance around him and Heero almost loses it. Quatre stops Duo and pulls him away from Heero before he loses all of his teeth. "Duo, don't ruin the moment."
"I have never been to a Shinto shrine before."
"I heard this one was nice."
They start to walk down the street of the busy city. Wufei didn't seem thrilled of the idea of going to a shrine. Trowa could care less, he just tagged along for his dear friend Quatre. They were all visiting Heero in Japan. It was his birthday. He moved there after the war to learn of his origins.
Supposedly Relena was also going to pay a visit, but only Heero didn't know when. Wufei pulls Duo aside. "Relena is going to be at the shrine later."
"How did you know we would go?"
"Out of all the people I know, it was obvious that you were going to break through to him."
"Does he know?"
"No, but it's going to be one hell of a surprise!"
"Yeah, she's going to drive him nuts!"
"She's bringing Milliardo and Treize with her."
"Why?"
"I guess Milliardo wanted to come and he's bringing Treize along with him."
"Why didn't he take Noin?"
"She's on sick leave."
"Oh..."
They finally reach the bus stop and Heero looks at them all. "Did any of you guys find out when Relena is going to visit?"
They all shake their heads and Duo snickers. Wufei elbows him in the stomach and he backs up. "Right."
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Raye stands outside of the temple sweeping. The scouts sit around her. She stops sweeping and looks at them. "Do you guys want to go to a different today?"
Amy looks up at her. "What shrine?"
"It's a shrine deep in the mountains. It's suppose to be very beautiful."
"Who owns it?"
"The Masaki family. Well? Would you like to go? I could use a break."
They all nod in agreement. Serena stares at her feet and Lita looks at her. "What's wrong Serena?"
"Have you seen Darien?"
Lita shakes her head and Rini gets in on the conversation. "I went to his apartment and he wasn't there."
"I haven't talked to him in days."
"I wonder where he is."
"Yeah, what could be more important than seeing his girlfriend?"
"What about his future daughter?!"
"Yeah, that's important to."
Raye sets down her broom. "I'm going to go change then we can go, okay?"
She walks into the house and Serena goes back to staring at her feet. Amara laughs. "I'm sure he's okay."
"I'm not worried about that."
Michelle looks at her. "What do you mean?"
"If he was hurt, I would have known already."
"Then what do you think is wrong?"
"... It's nothing..."
Raye comes back in a short tight violet dress which wraps around her neck at the top. "Lets go."
They all get up and start to walk down the steps. Rini takes Hotaru's hand. "I'm glad that you're feeling well today."
"Me to."
Trista takes Rini's other hand and they all walk down the steps. Rini starts laughing. "I'm so happy to have my best friends back!"
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Ryoko sits on the couch watching TV while Ayeka cleans the floor behind you. She gets up and looks at her. "Why don't you do some work around here for a change?"
"That's what we've got you for."
Ayeka's face is flushed with anger. She's about to throw her sponge at her when Tenchi walks in. "Ryoko! It's your turn to clean the bathroom."
"I thought it was Ayeka's."
Tenchi scratches the back of his head. "I don't think..."
Ayeka walks in front of the TV. "I am not going to do your dirty work!!"
"Fine."
Her face goes back to it's original color and she walks over to Tenchi. Ryoko laughs. "Just as soon as this movie is over."
Tenchi walks in front of the TV. "Ryoko!"
"Alright, fine. I'll go clean the bathroom."
Tenchi turns off the TV. Ryoko gets up and walks into the bathroom. She looks under the sink for the sponge. "Now this is the down side of living at the Masaki Shrine."
The doorbell rings and Mihoshi answers it. "Hello?"
The five gundam pilots are all standing there. She just stares at them and Duo lifts his eyebrow. "Is this the Masaki Shrine?"
Mihoshi smiles. "Yeah, are you paying respects to the shrine."
"Sure, I guess."
"Come in."
She lets him in and Sasami walks into the room. "Mihoshi, who is it?"
"I don't know..."
Duo pats Sasami on the head. "I'm Duo, it's nice to meet you."
"Would you like to see the owner of the shrine?"
He nods and Sasami takes his hand. She starts to lead him to the other room when Ryoko appears in front of them. "Sasami, who is it?"
Duo's eyes are wide open staring at her. He starts to back up. Sasami laughs. "Don't worry. Ryoko won't hurt you."
"Are you sure about that?!"
Ryoko looks at her fingernails. "Well, I am a space pirate."
Duo backs up more. "A space pirate?! I've heard of you people! Can't you destroy planets?"
"I've destroyed many in fact."
Heero watches her then pulls out his gun. "Don't move..."
Ryoko puts up her hands. "Hey, lets not be hostile here. I swear, I'm not as bad as you think."
Mihoshi nods. "Ryoko just got done cleaning the bathroom."
They all start laughing and Ryoko gets out of Sasami's way. Sasami starts to walk again and Ryoko taps Duo's shoulder. "Hey boy, what's your name?"
"I'm... Duo."
"Nice to meet you, Duo."
Heero puts away his gun and Ryoko floats over to him. "So. Do you carry a gun often?"
He stands there in silent. Tenchi walks into the room. "I heard the doorbell ring."
He looks at the visitors. "Grandpa's in the other room if you're paying your respects to the shrine."
Ryoko looks at him. "They know and the guy with the braid is already talking to him."
Tenchi feels something brush up against his leg and looks down to find Ryo-ohki staring at him. He picks her up. "Ryo-ohki, we have visitors."
Wufei looks at Ryo-ohki strangely. "You don't get visitors often?"
"Well, no. Our shrine is well hidden from civilization."
Trowa's eyes open. "It is."
Quatre smiles. "It took us awhile to actually find it."
Tenchi looks at Mihoshi. "Why don't you go and find Kiyone?"
"Yeah!"
She starts to walk off. Ryoko follows her. "Kiyone!"
Tenchi looks back at them. "Would you like to sit down?"
They nod their heads and Tenchi leads them into the room where Ayeka is cleaning the floor. She looks up. "Hello."
They wave then sit down. Tenchi puts Ryo-ohki on Quatre's lap and he pets her. Washu comes out of her lab and looks around. "Tenchi?"
She walks into the room and looks at them. "Well, we've got a big bunch today."
She looks around. "Wasn't Darien suppose to come by again today?"
Ayeka stands up and brushes herself off. "Yes, but he's not here yet."
Washu chuckles. "I bet you would know the second he's here."
Ayeka blushes and leaves the room. Washu walks in front of the gundam pilots and looks at Tenchi. "It would be something off your back, huh?"
He laughs and she looks back at them. "So who brought you here? It doesn't seem like you wanted to come."
They all point to Quatre. A sweat drop hangs off his head. "It was Duo's idea though."
"Duo?"
"He's talking with the owner."
"Oh, you can just call him grandpa."
She stands there for a minute and her two little mechanical puppets come up on her shoulders. "Washu, you're the greatest!"
"The greatest scientist in the universe!"
They both start to chant. "You're a genius, Washu!"
They all have sweat drops coming off their heads. The puppets vanish. "So, would any of you like to go to my lab?"
Wufei stands up. "I would."
She leads him to the storage space under the stairs. Heero is about to follow them but Trowa sits him back down. "You might kill her."
He mumbles and Tenchi has two sweat drops on his face. "So, what do you guys do for a living? Are you police or something?"
They shake their heads. Quatre sets Ryo-Ohki on Heero's lap and he pushes her off. "We're pilots."
"What kind of pilots?"
Trowa and Heero look at him sternly. Quatre chuckles. "We fly aircrafts..."
"Okay..."
The doorbell rings again and Tenchi goes to get it. Heero is petting his gun in his lap. Trowa looks at him. "Put it away. We don't need to make a scene."
Heero puts it behind his back. Tenchi opens the door and finds Darien holding a rose. "Hi Tenchi."
"Ayeka's around here somewhere."
Ayeka runs to the door. "Darien!"
She runs into his arms. "Princess Ayeka."
She backs up and he hands her the rose. "Thank you."
Serena finishes walking up the steps to the shrine and looks at them. She takes a breath and looks at Darien. "Darien?"
A tear falls onto the cement. "How could you?!"
She runs into the shrine and runs into the room with the rest of the gundam pilots. They look at her sobbing. She tries to wipe her eyes, but fails to stop the tears from coming. "Where's the bathroom?"
Quatre stands up and touches her shoulder. "I don't know."
"Get me out of here!"
Ryoko walks into the room. "Who's crying?"
She looks at Serena. "What's wrong sweetie?"
Quatre leads her over to Ryoko and Serena buries her head into Ryoko's robe. Quatre looks at them. "She wanted to know where the bathroom is."
"Alright."
Ryoko leads her into the bathroom and shuts the door behind her. Serena sits on the toilet. "I knew it."
Ryoko leans against the wall. "Knew what?"
"That Darien was seeing someone else."
She keeps on sobbing. Ryoko bends down next to her. "Darien has been coming here for days now."
"Darien was my boyfriend."
"Your joking!"
"No. I wish I was."
"It's as if Ayeka and him were an item."
Serena wipes her eyes and she hears a knock on the door. "Serena!"
Ryoko gets up and looks the sliding door. Serena looks at the floor still trying to dry off her eyes. "Thanks."
"No problem."
Ryoko sits down in front of her. "So what are you going to do, Serena?"
"I don't know."
"I can get you out the window if you'd like."
Serena chuckles. "No, it's okay. My friends really wanted to come here."
She looks at Ryoko. "What's your name?"
"I'm Ryoko. Ya know, I lie a lot, but something like that. I can't lie about. I'm real close to Tenchi and for that guy with the braid... That's something else."
"I'm happy for you."
They hear a knock on the door and it's Rini this time. "Serena? Are you in there?"
Ryoko looks up at her. "Who's that?"
"My friend, Rini."
Rini knocks on the door again. "Come on, Serena! Darien is in the other room now! Come out!"
Serena gets up and opens the door. She bends down and hugs Rini. Rini hugs her back then looks into her future mother's eyes. "I'm sure he's sorry."
"He has to be more than sorry to make up for that."
She stands up and looks at Ryoko. "Thanks for your help."
"No problem."
Ryoko vanishes and they both look at where she was. Their eyes blink and Serena looks down at Rini. "Did you see the rose he gave her?"
"Yeah."
"Where is he now?"
"He's talking with that Ayeka girl."
Rini's eyes show worry. "Serena, are you going to brake up with him?"
"I'm thinking about it."
"Don't do it."
They walk into the hall and they see Darien holding Ayeka's hand. Tears fill Serena's eyes once more. "Rini, I've... Thought about it."
She taps Darien's shoulder and he looks at her still holding Ayeka's hand. "Darien!! We're through!!!"
Serena runs outside and leaves Rini staring at him. Tears fill her eyes also. Darien bends down and touches her shoulder. "Don't touch me!"
She backs up then runs out the door following Serena. Darien gets up and looks at Ayeka. Her eyes are troubled. "Who were they?"
"That *was* my girlfriend."
Kiyone comes down the steps with Mihoshi behind her. She looks at the three pilots and then takes a second look at Heero. "Hello, I don't believe we've met. I'm Kiyone."
Heero looks up at her. "Heero."
"Well Heero, how long will you be staying?"
"Who knows."
The rest of the scouts come into the room. Hotaru looks around for Rini. "Where's Rini?"
Quatre chimes in. "The girl with the pink hair?"
She nods. He points to the door. "She just ran out the door with the girl with the pigtails."
Hotaru walks out the door in search for Rini. Raye looks at Trowa with excited eyes. "Hi, I'm Raye."
Mina looks at him also. "I'm Mina."
"Trowa... Trowa Barton."
Raye laughs. "Nice to meet you, Trowa."
She sits next to him and Mina sits on the other side of him. Mina puts her hand on his shoulder. "Do you have a girlfriend, Trowa?"
He shakes his head. Raye puts her arms around his lefts arm and snuggles up to his shoulder. He stares at her. "Umm..."
Mina does the same to his other arm. Heero slightly laughs. Quatre looks over at the blue haired girl holding a science book. He gets up and walks over to her. "Do you like science?"
He motions to her book and she blushes. "Yes. Um... I'm Amy."
He shakes her hand. "I'm Quatre."
He leads her over behind the couch and she opens the book. He starts to look at it. "I never got into science much."
"I love science and math."
They both sit down and start to enjoy the book. Amara and Michelle sit down on the other couch. Amara looks at her friend. "It's peaceful here."
"Yeah, it's nice."
Heero and Trowa look at Amara strangely. She laughs. "I'm a girl."
They both turn their heads in the other direction. Trista looks down the hallway. "Lita, I'm going to look around."
"Okay."
Trista walks off and the two cats follow her. Sasami walks into the room. "I'm going to make dinner soon."
She looks around at their big group. "I'm be sure to make plenty."
Sasami walks off and Lita follows her. "Do you like to cook?"
Sasami nods and gets into the frigerator. Lita folds her hands. "Do you mind if I help? Cooking is my hobby."
"Sure, it would be fun."
The doorbell rings again. Kiyone perks up. "Today is busy."
Mihoshi reaches the door first. "Hello."
Relena looks at her. "Is this the Masaki Shrine?"
Mihoshi laughs. "It sure is."
Kiyone can't help but look into the tall platinum blonde's eyes. Mihoshi lets them in. "I'm Mihoshi and this is Kiyone."
"Hi..."
Relena looks around. "Is Heero already here?"
"Heero?"
"Yes."
"He's probably in there."
She points to the room and Relena follows her finger. She finds Heero still sitting on the couch. "Heero!"
She jumps on him and gives him a hug. He looks at Trowa and Trowa can't help, but laugh. "Surprise."
Relena sits down next to Heero and he is stuck between her and Mina. "Great."
Treize looks at Mihoshi. "May I speak to the owner?"
She points down the hall and he walks away. Kiyone is still looking at the blonde. "I'm Milliardo."
"Nice... To meet you."
She shakes his hand and they both walk into the room full of people. Tenchi is sitting on the coffee table talking to Michelle and Amara. Kiyone looks around. "Everything is taken. We'll have to sit on the floor."
They sit down and cross their legs. Kiyone starts up a conversation that Mihoshi won't last long in. "So, what has brought you to our shrine?"
"My sister, Relena brought me along. It's her so called boyfriend's birthday."
"Heero?"
"Yes."
Treize finds Duo and Ryoko talking to grandpa. "Did I interrupt anything?"
Duo looks up. "Hi Treize. No, we were just about to leave."
Duo and Ryoko get up and Treize takes their place where they were sitting. Grandpa hands him a cup of tea. "Try some, it's good."
Ryoko leads Duo out of the room and she shuts the door. She hears the talking down the hall. "Why don't we go some place where it's quieter so we can talk?"
"Sure."
She takes him out the back to find Darien and Ayeka holding hands. Ryoko takes one glance at him. "Jerk."
He looks at her wide eyed then turns around. Ryoko starts to float into the air and she takes Duo with her. "What are you doing?"
"Hang on."
They get up to the roof and she leads him over to the edge and they both sit down. "That's amazing."
"I guess it is."
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"No!"
"Isn't it our vacation?"
The rest of the pilots around him nod. He sighs and looks at the blue sky above him. "But it's my birthday!"
Duo stares at his friend. Heero closes his eyes. "Fine!"
"Yes!"
Duo starts to dance around him and Heero almost loses it. Quatre stops Duo and pulls him away from Heero before he loses all of his teeth. "Duo, don't ruin the moment."
"I have never been to a Shinto shrine before."
"I heard this one was nice."
They start to walk down the street of the busy city. Wufei didn't seem thrilled of the idea of going to a shrine. Trowa could care less, he just tagged along for his dear friend Quatre. They were all visiting Heero in Japan. It was his birthday. He moved there after the war to learn of his origins.
Supposedly Relena was also going to pay a visit, but only Heero didn't know when. Wufei pulls Duo aside. "Relena is going to be at the shrine later."
"How did you know we would go?"
"Out of all the people I know, it was obvious that you were going to break through to him."
"Does he know?"
"No, but it's going to be one hell of a surprise!"
"Yeah, she's going to drive him nuts!"
"She's bringing Milliardo and Treize with her."
"Why?"
"I guess Milliardo wanted to come and he's bringing Treize along with him."
"Why didn't he take Noin?"
"She's on sick leave."
"Oh..."
They finally reach the bus stop and Heero looks at them all. "Did any of you guys find out when Relena is going to visit?"
They all shake their heads and Duo snickers. Wufei elbows him in the stomach and he backs up. "Right."
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Raye stands outside of the temple sweeping. The scouts sit around her. She stops sweeping and looks at them. "Do you guys want to go to a different today?"
Amy looks up at her. "What shrine?"
"It's a shrine deep in the mountains. It's suppose to be very beautiful."
"Who owns it?"
"The Masaki family. Well? Would you like to go? I could use a break."
They all nod in agreement. Serena stares at her feet and Lita looks at her. "What's wrong Serena?"
"Have you seen Darien?"
Lita shakes her head and Rini gets in on the conversation. "I went to his apartment and he wasn't there."
"I haven't talked to him in days."
"I wonder where he is."
"Yeah, what could be more important than seeing his girlfriend?"
"What about his future daughter?!"
"Yeah, that's important to."
Raye sets down her broom. "I'm going to go change then we can go, okay?"
She walks into the house and Serena goes back to staring at her feet. Amara laughs. "I'm sure he's okay."
"I'm not worried about that."
Michelle looks at her. "What do you mean?"
"If he was hurt, I would have known already."
"Then what do you think is wrong?"
"... It's nothing..."
Raye comes back in a short tight violet dress which wraps around her neck at the top. "Lets go."
They all get up and start to walk down the steps. Rini takes Hotaru's hand. "I'm glad that you're feeling well today."
"Me to."
Trista takes Rini's other hand and they all walk down the steps. Rini starts laughing. "I'm so happy to have my best friends back!"
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Ryoko sits on the couch watching TV while Ayeka cleans the floor behind you. She gets up and looks at her. "Why don't you do some work around here for a change?"
"That's what we've got you for."
Ayeka's face is flushed with anger. She's about to throw her sponge at her when Tenchi walks in. "Ryoko! It's your turn to clean the bathroom."
"I thought it was Ayeka's."
Tenchi scratches the back of his head. "I don't think..."
Ayeka walks in front of the TV. "I am not going to do your dirty work!!"
"Fine."
Her face goes back to it's original color and she walks over to Tenchi. Ryoko laughs. "Just as soon as this movie is over."
Tenchi walks in front of the TV. "Ryoko!"
"Alright, fine. I'll go clean the bathroom."
Tenchi turns off the TV. Ryoko gets up and walks into the bathroom. She looks under the sink for the sponge. "Now this is the down side of living at the Masaki Shrine."
The doorbell rings and Mihoshi answers it. "Hello?"
The five gundam pilots are all standing there. She just stares at them and Duo lifts his eyebrow. "Is this the Masaki Shrine?"
Mihoshi smiles. "Yeah, are you paying respects to the shrine."
"Sure, I guess."
"Come in."
She lets him in and Sasami walks into the room. "Mihoshi, who is it?"
"I don't know..."
Duo pats Sasami on the head. "I'm Duo, it's nice to meet you."
"Would you like to see the owner of the shrine?"
He nods and Sasami takes his hand. She starts to lead him to the other room when Ryoko appears in front of them. "Sasami, who is it?"
Duo's eyes are wide open staring at her. He starts to back up. Sasami laughs. "Don't worry. Ryoko won't hurt you."
"Are you sure about that?!"
Ryoko looks at her fingernails. "Well, I am a space pirate."
Duo backs up more. "A space pirate?! I've heard of you people! Can't you destroy planets?"
"I've destroyed many in fact."
Heero watches her then pulls out his gun. "Don't move..."
Ryoko puts up her hands. "Hey, lets not be hostile here. I swear, I'm not as bad as you think."
Mihoshi nods. "Ryoko just got done cleaning the bathroom."
They all start laughing and Ryoko gets out of Sasami's way. Sasami starts to walk again and Ryoko taps Duo's shoulder. "Hey boy, what's your name?"
"I'm... Duo."
"Nice to meet you, Duo."
Heero puts away his gun and Ryoko floats over to him. "So. Do you carry a gun often?"
He stands there in silent. Tenchi walks into the room. "I heard the doorbell ring."
He looks at the visitors. "Grandpa's in the other room if you're paying your respects to the shrine."
Ryoko looks at him. "They know and the guy with the braid is already talking to him."
Tenchi feels something brush up against his leg and looks down to find Ryo-ohki staring at him. He picks her up. "Ryo-ohki, we have visitors."
Wufei looks at Ryo-ohki strangely. "You don't get visitors often?"
"Well, no. Our shrine is well hidden from civilization."
Trowa's eyes open. "It is."
Quatre smiles. "It took us awhile to actually find it."
Tenchi looks at Mihoshi. "Why don't you go and find Kiyone?"
"Yeah!"
She starts to walk off. Ryoko follows her. "Kiyone!"
Tenchi looks back at them. "Would you like to sit down?"
They nod their heads and Tenchi leads them into the room where Ayeka is cleaning the floor. She looks up. "Hello."
They wave then sit down. Tenchi puts Ryo-ohki on Quatre's lap and he pets her. Washu comes out of her lab and looks around. "Tenchi?"
She walks into the room and looks at them. "Well, we've got a big bunch today."
She looks around. "Wasn't Darien suppose to come by again today?"
Ayeka stands up and brushes herself off. "Yes, but he's not here yet."
Washu chuckles. "I bet you would know the second he's here."
Ayeka blushes and leaves the room. Washu walks in front of the gundam pilots and looks at Tenchi. "It would be something off your back, huh?"
He laughs and she looks back at them. "So who brought you here? It doesn't seem like you wanted to come."
They all point to Quatre. A sweat drop hangs off his head. "It was Duo's idea though."
"Duo?"
"He's talking with the owner."
"Oh, you can just call him grandpa."
She stands there for a minute and her two little mechanical puppets come up on her shoulders. "Washu, you're the greatest!"
"The greatest scientist in the universe!"
They both start to chant. "You're a genius, Washu!"
They all have sweat drops coming off their heads. The puppets vanish. "So, would any of you like to go to my lab?"
Wufei stands up. "I would."
She leads him to the storage space under the stairs. Heero is about to follow them but Trowa sits him back down. "You might kill her."
He mumbles and Tenchi has two sweat drops on his face. "So, what do you guys do for a living? Are you police or something?"
They shake their heads. Quatre sets Ryo-Ohki on Heero's lap and he pushes her off. "We're pilots."
"What kind of pilots?"
Trowa and Heero look at him sternly. Quatre chuckles. "We fly aircrafts..."
"Okay..."
The doorbell rings again and Tenchi goes to get it. Heero is petting his gun in his lap. Trowa looks at him. "Put it away. We don't need to make a scene."
Heero puts it behind his back. Tenchi opens the door and finds Darien holding a rose. "Hi Tenchi."
"Ayeka's around here somewhere."
Ayeka runs to the door. "Darien!"
She runs into his arms. "Princess Ayeka."
She backs up and he hands her the rose. "Thank you."
Serena finishes walking up the steps to the shrine and looks at them. She takes a breath and looks at Darien. "Darien?"
A tear falls onto the cement. "How could you?!"
She runs into the shrine and runs into the room with the rest of the gundam pilots. They look at her sobbing. She tries to wipe her eyes, but fails to stop the tears from coming. "Where's the bathroom?"
Quatre stands up and touches her shoulder. "I don't know."
"Get me out of here!"
Ryoko walks into the room. "Who's crying?"
She looks at Serena. "What's wrong sweetie?"
Quatre leads her over to Ryoko and Serena buries her head into Ryoko's robe. Quatre looks at them. "She wanted to know where the bathroom is."
"Alright."
Ryoko leads her into the bathroom and shuts the door behind her. Serena sits on the toilet. "I knew it."
Ryoko leans against the wall. "Knew what?"
"That Darien was seeing someone else."
She keeps on sobbing. Ryoko bends down next to her. "Darien has been coming here for days now."
"Darien was my boyfriend."
"Your joking!"
"No. I wish I was."
"It's as if Ayeka and him were an item."
Serena wipes her eyes and she hears a knock on the door. "Serena!"
Ryoko gets up and looks the sliding door. Serena looks at the floor still trying to dry off her eyes. "Thanks."
"No problem."
Ryoko sits down in front of her. "So what are you going to do, Serena?"
"I don't know."
"I can get you out the window if you'd like."
Serena chuckles. "No, it's okay. My friends really wanted to come here."
She looks at Ryoko. "What's your name?"
"I'm Ryoko. Ya know, I lie a lot, but something like that. I can't lie about. I'm real close to Tenchi and for that guy with the braid... That's something else."
"I'm happy for you."
They hear a knock on the door and it's Rini this time. "Serena? Are you in there?"
Ryoko looks up at her. "Who's that?"
"My friend, Rini."
Rini knocks on the door again. "Come on, Serena! Darien is in the other room now! Come out!"
Serena gets up and opens the door. She bends down and hugs Rini. Rini hugs her back then looks into her future mother's eyes. "I'm sure he's sorry."
"He has to be more than sorry to make up for that."
She stands up and looks at Ryoko. "Thanks for your help."
"No problem."
Ryoko vanishes and they both look at where she was. Their eyes blink and Serena looks down at Rini. "Did you see the rose he gave her?"
"Yeah."
"Where is he now?"
"He's talking with that Ayeka girl."
Rini's eyes show worry. "Serena, are you going to brake up with him?"
"I'm thinking about it."
"Don't do it."
They walk into the hall and they see Darien holding Ayeka's hand. Tears fill Serena's eyes once more. "Rini, I've... Thought about it."
She taps Darien's shoulder and he looks at her still holding Ayeka's hand. "Darien!! We're through!!!"
Serena runs outside and leaves Rini staring at him. Tears fill her eyes also. Darien bends down and touches her shoulder. "Don't touch me!"
She backs up then runs out the door following Serena. Darien gets up and looks at Ayeka. Her eyes are troubled. "Who were they?"
"That *was* my girlfriend."
Kiyone comes down the steps with Mihoshi behind her. She looks at the three pilots and then takes a second look at Heero. "Hello, I don't believe we've met. I'm Kiyone."
Heero looks up at her. "Heero."
"Well Heero, how long will you be staying?"
"Who knows."
The rest of the scouts come into the room. Hotaru looks around for Rini. "Where's Rini?"
Quatre chimes in. "The girl with the pink hair?"
She nods. He points to the door. "She just ran out the door with the girl with the pigtails."
Hotaru walks out the door in search for Rini. Raye looks at Trowa with excited eyes. "Hi, I'm Raye."
Mina looks at him also. "I'm Mina."
"Trowa... Trowa Barton."
Raye laughs. "Nice to meet you, Trowa."
She sits next to him and Mina sits on the other side of him. Mina puts her hand on his shoulder. "Do you have a girlfriend, Trowa?"
He shakes his head. Raye puts her arms around his lefts arm and snuggles up to his shoulder. He stares at her. "Umm..."
Mina does the same to his other arm. Heero slightly laughs. Quatre looks over at the blue haired girl holding a science book. He gets up and walks over to her. "Do you like science?"
He motions to her book and she blushes. "Yes. Um... I'm Amy."
He shakes her hand. "I'm Quatre."
He leads her over behind the couch and she opens the book. He starts to look at it. "I never got into science much."
"I love science and math."
They both sit down and start to enjoy the book. Amara and Michelle sit down on the other couch. Amara looks at her friend. "It's peaceful here."
"Yeah, it's nice."
Heero and Trowa look at Amara strangely. She laughs. "I'm a girl."
They both turn their heads in the other direction. Trista looks down the hallway. "Lita, I'm going to look around."
"Okay."
Trista walks off and the two cats follow her. Sasami walks into the room. "I'm going to make dinner soon."
She looks around at their big group. "I'm be sure to make plenty."
Sasami walks off and Lita follows her. "Do you like to cook?"
Sasami nods and gets into the frigerator. Lita folds her hands. "Do you mind if I help? Cooking is my hobby."
"Sure, it would be fun."
The doorbell rings again. Kiyone perks up. "Today is busy."
Mihoshi reaches the door first. "Hello."
Relena looks at her. "Is this the Masaki Shrine?"
Mihoshi laughs. "It sure is."
Kiyone can't help but look into the tall platinum blonde's eyes. Mihoshi lets them in. "I'm Mihoshi and this is Kiyone."
"Hi..."
Relena looks around. "Is Heero already here?"
"Heero?"
"Yes."
"He's probably in there."
She points to the room and Relena follows her finger. She finds Heero still sitting on the couch. "Heero!"
She jumps on him and gives him a hug. He looks at Trowa and Trowa can't help, but laugh. "Surprise."
Relena sits down next to Heero and he is stuck between her and Mina. "Great."
Treize looks at Mihoshi. "May I speak to the owner?"
She points down the hall and he walks away. Kiyone is still looking at the blonde. "I'm Milliardo."
"Nice... To meet you."
She shakes his hand and they both walk into the room full of people. Tenchi is sitting on the coffee table talking to Michelle and Amara. Kiyone looks around. "Everything is taken. We'll have to sit on the floor."
They sit down and cross their legs. Kiyone starts up a conversation that Mihoshi won't last long in. "So, what has brought you to our shrine?"
"My sister, Relena brought me along. It's her so called boyfriend's birthday."
"Heero?"
"Yes."
Treize finds Duo and Ryoko talking to grandpa. "Did I interrupt anything?"
Duo looks up. "Hi Treize. No, we were just about to leave."
Duo and Ryoko get up and Treize takes their place where they were sitting. Grandpa hands him a cup of tea. "Try some, it's good."
Ryoko leads Duo out of the room and she shuts the door. She hears the talking down the hall. "Why don't we go some place where it's quieter so we can talk?"
"Sure."
She takes him out the back to find Darien and Ayeka holding hands. Ryoko takes one glance at him. "Jerk."
He looks at her wide eyed then turns around. Ryoko starts to float into the air and she takes Duo with her. "What are you doing?"
"Hang on."
They get up to the roof and she leads him over to the edge and they both sit down. "That's amazing."
"I guess it is."
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