A/N: I apologize but this chapter is realllly boring.so I'll get the next
one up soon!
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During the ride to the compound, silence reigned throughout the car. It took approx. fifteen minutes to drive into the forest that surrounded the mansion and to the location of the Gundam Lock-down Bay. Turning into the shade of a particularly tall Oak, Trowa put it in park while they waited for Heero to hop out. Heero walked to the trunk of the tree and pressed down a piece of bark. A larger piece swung away revealing a number pad. He entered a nine-digit code and jumped back into the waiting vehicle. The ground before them began to lift up showing an underground roadway. Driving through, they entered the cavern that stored their gundams. They parked and walked towards the control room in the center that Master O was waiting beside.
"Come inside." he said, motioning to the small room.
Once inside, they saw the rest of the designers of the gundams waiting for them. They took their seats and watched as Dr. J got up to speak first.
"So glad you could make it boys, we have a very special mission for you today." J said waving his claw in greeting. "Getting down to business, your mission is to go to earth and protect-" That was as far as he got before Duo butted in.
"Not the Ririna-bitch!" He cried in dismay holding on tighter to Heero's arm.
"No, actually had you let me finish 02, I would have told you that we are no longer concerned with the delegate of Sank. This is a person you have never met." He replied moving towards a computer and typing in a few passwords. An I.D. card came up with the photo of a female in her late teens, black hair cut short to around her ears, dark blue eyes and a tan complexion. The picture seemed to stare out at them, smirking all the while. The others looked at her, studying their new 'mission' but all that came from Heero was a twitch of his eyebrow, Duo noted his strange behavior but kept quiet and decided to bring it up later.
"Her name is Vero Kaiou, Her parents were colleagues of mine and her mother and father both designed three more gundams from earth to help you pilots but sadly, they were never built. Her parents were assassinated in order that those gundam plans could be obtained but I hid them with Vero when it happened, her only being three months old at the time. As far as we know she still has them with her since I put them in her locket behind her original parents' photos. We sent her to an adoption facility where they changed her name and sent her to live with a family in the United States. Her new name is recorded as you see on her I.D. as Nikki Hager. Her new family has no idea of her origins and I would like to keep it that way. Unfortunately there has been a leak in the agents we have sent to watch her. Kushrenada now knows there are plans floating around for three new gundams and will do anything to get his hands on them. Your mission is to protect her and recover the information discs. Do you accept or decline?"
There was a round of accepts as soon as he finished. J nodded to himself and soon Quatre spoke up.
"So where exactly in the U.S. is she?" he queried.
"Oh now that is the fun part of your mission." G grinned evilly. "She lives in the state of Idaho. I have a question for all of you. You have survived suicides, torture, Ririna, and dangerous missions, but can you survive an American highschool?"
"Private or public?" Duo asked
"Public, and no hideous uniforms either. The school is named Centennial, home of the patriots." H replied
"Yes! No uniforms!!!" Duo danced around as if he had scored a touchdown. Trowa stood still until Duo passed next to him and bonked him on the head. Duo, now dazed, staggered towards them slumped into his seat, mumbling something about 'pretty colors'. (1) J shook his head and turned his attention to Heero who was studying the screen intently
"Heero may I have a word with you in private?" He asked, turning toward a vacant room. Heero got up and followed him, closing the door in the process. He immediately turned to J.
"Was it true? The things you said about our parents being your colleagues?" he asked.
"Mainly yes. Treize also wants her because he knows about you being siblings. He believes he her a liability for you."
"Anything else I need to know?"
"Yes, actually. "The man that works for us watching her, Peter Fagan, is getting on in age. He will soon be retiring so he'll be moving out of the apartment next to Veros. Four of you will be moving in there while the other will be moving in the one above her since it is vacant as well. You're to be enrolled in school and settled in at most four days time. Oh and when you get there, there is storage garage with your name on its lease. You will find five bikes set up for your transport to school if you choose to use them. With them there is also a vehicle for transport in the city." He stood up, suggesting the meeting over. Heero made his way to the door and walked out.
Once outside, he found Wufei and Duo in the middle of a verbal fight. Oh joy.
"Onna hating, justice-obsessed, katana-wielding anger management reject!"
"Angst ridden, death-obsessed, girly-haired, Onna wannabe!"
"Hey, no one insults the braid!" Duo jumped towards Wufei but was yanked back by said braid. He yowled in frustration but stopped.
"You two stop playing around we need to pack, we leave tomorrow at nineteen hundred hours" Heero ordered. Duo sprang into salute with a lopsided grin
"Yessir!" Heero just walked past and dragged him out by the braid.
"Ow! Hey watch it Heero, the braid ain't just for show it's actually attached!" Duo yelled in complaint. The others just followed the 'loving couple' out to the car.
~At the mansion the next morning~
"Let's see I need my mangas, my Vampire Hunter D plushie, my DBZ wallscrolls, my GBA, my Yu-Gi-Oh cards.(2)" Duo continued to name off things as he piled them into a very large trunk. So far, he was the only one with more than one suitcase.
"Duo, you don't need to bring all of those things with you, they are hardly a necessity." Heero commented, packing a smaller trunk with his things. Duo made a horrified face.
"What would I do without my precious anime or my collection of manga or my little action figures, or hey! That's what I forgot! My laptop with all the fanfics I'm reading!!" With that he sped off towards the library to collect his prize possession.
~I new I shouldn't have given him that for christmas. ~ Heero thought to himself. He stared after his koi for a moment before finishing packing and closing his trunk. Quatre had said that the apartment was already furnished with the exception of perishables. There was enough for the first day but they would need to go to the store the day after and stock up. As for living arrangements, he and Duo would share a room in the apt. next to Vero's along with Wufei. Trowa and Quatre would get the apartment above all to themselves.
Setting his things near the door, he headed to Quatre and Trowas room. He knocked on the doorframe, announcing his arrival. Looking in he found Quatre folding his and Trowas' clothes into a shared suitcase. Trowa walked out of the closet carrying the last bundle.
"That's all of it." He said quietly.
"Well then we're all packed Heero, what about you and Duo?" Quatre asked, clicking his suitcase shut.
"I'm packed and Duo is looking for his last few things." Heero replied. At that moment Wufei walked in behind him and leaned against the doorway.
"I'm done as well," he said having picked up the last of their conversation. "I ran into the braided baka and he said he was done too."
"Well it's almost noon so let's get something to eat before we head out." Quatre said, leading them out to the kitchen.
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After lunch, they went to the airport to claim their tickets and make last minute stops along the way. *Quatre had to potty!!! ^_^ * They boarded soon after, (3) and naturally they sat near eachother:
Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei in row E. Duo, Heero, and an elderly woman in row D.
Duo the master conversationalist soon found her name to be Sarah and that she was going to New York to visit her granddaughter Mimi. He told her they were headed to Idaho when she asked the same question. They got along together great until the oldy fell asleep. He turned to Heero to find another source of entertainment. He watched him hack into the schools' files and download their fake ids and profiles growing bored quick. Heero was soon finished and closed his laptop. He turned to Duo who was looking at him sleepily.
"After we unpack, we'll head to the manager's office in the complex to register. I suggest you get some rest."
"Gladly." Duo said as he snuggled up to Heero's side. Almost as an afterthought he replied to Heero. " Well at least this time we can enjoy being on earth instead of being plagued by 'the stalker'." Heero just smirked.
A/n: heh heh, maybe I'll be evil and grant that nightmare.fufufu.
1. This refers to the anime and manga known as Inu Yasha. Miroku, who has the same voice actor as Trowa, bonked Totosai, the, maker of Tetsuaiga, on the head after a random act of idiocy. 'Where am I? Who are you people?' (Bonk!)
2. I made Duo into an Otaku!
3. Do you know how long it takes to get on a Damned plane?! Forever!!!
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During the ride to the compound, silence reigned throughout the car. It took approx. fifteen minutes to drive into the forest that surrounded the mansion and to the location of the Gundam Lock-down Bay. Turning into the shade of a particularly tall Oak, Trowa put it in park while they waited for Heero to hop out. Heero walked to the trunk of the tree and pressed down a piece of bark. A larger piece swung away revealing a number pad. He entered a nine-digit code and jumped back into the waiting vehicle. The ground before them began to lift up showing an underground roadway. Driving through, they entered the cavern that stored their gundams. They parked and walked towards the control room in the center that Master O was waiting beside.
"Come inside." he said, motioning to the small room.
Once inside, they saw the rest of the designers of the gundams waiting for them. They took their seats and watched as Dr. J got up to speak first.
"So glad you could make it boys, we have a very special mission for you today." J said waving his claw in greeting. "Getting down to business, your mission is to go to earth and protect-" That was as far as he got before Duo butted in.
"Not the Ririna-bitch!" He cried in dismay holding on tighter to Heero's arm.
"No, actually had you let me finish 02, I would have told you that we are no longer concerned with the delegate of Sank. This is a person you have never met." He replied moving towards a computer and typing in a few passwords. An I.D. card came up with the photo of a female in her late teens, black hair cut short to around her ears, dark blue eyes and a tan complexion. The picture seemed to stare out at them, smirking all the while. The others looked at her, studying their new 'mission' but all that came from Heero was a twitch of his eyebrow, Duo noted his strange behavior but kept quiet and decided to bring it up later.
"Her name is Vero Kaiou, Her parents were colleagues of mine and her mother and father both designed three more gundams from earth to help you pilots but sadly, they were never built. Her parents were assassinated in order that those gundam plans could be obtained but I hid them with Vero when it happened, her only being three months old at the time. As far as we know she still has them with her since I put them in her locket behind her original parents' photos. We sent her to an adoption facility where they changed her name and sent her to live with a family in the United States. Her new name is recorded as you see on her I.D. as Nikki Hager. Her new family has no idea of her origins and I would like to keep it that way. Unfortunately there has been a leak in the agents we have sent to watch her. Kushrenada now knows there are plans floating around for three new gundams and will do anything to get his hands on them. Your mission is to protect her and recover the information discs. Do you accept or decline?"
There was a round of accepts as soon as he finished. J nodded to himself and soon Quatre spoke up.
"So where exactly in the U.S. is she?" he queried.
"Oh now that is the fun part of your mission." G grinned evilly. "She lives in the state of Idaho. I have a question for all of you. You have survived suicides, torture, Ririna, and dangerous missions, but can you survive an American highschool?"
"Private or public?" Duo asked
"Public, and no hideous uniforms either. The school is named Centennial, home of the patriots." H replied
"Yes! No uniforms!!!" Duo danced around as if he had scored a touchdown. Trowa stood still until Duo passed next to him and bonked him on the head. Duo, now dazed, staggered towards them slumped into his seat, mumbling something about 'pretty colors'. (1) J shook his head and turned his attention to Heero who was studying the screen intently
"Heero may I have a word with you in private?" He asked, turning toward a vacant room. Heero got up and followed him, closing the door in the process. He immediately turned to J.
"Was it true? The things you said about our parents being your colleagues?" he asked.
"Mainly yes. Treize also wants her because he knows about you being siblings. He believes he her a liability for you."
"Anything else I need to know?"
"Yes, actually. "The man that works for us watching her, Peter Fagan, is getting on in age. He will soon be retiring so he'll be moving out of the apartment next to Veros. Four of you will be moving in there while the other will be moving in the one above her since it is vacant as well. You're to be enrolled in school and settled in at most four days time. Oh and when you get there, there is storage garage with your name on its lease. You will find five bikes set up for your transport to school if you choose to use them. With them there is also a vehicle for transport in the city." He stood up, suggesting the meeting over. Heero made his way to the door and walked out.
Once outside, he found Wufei and Duo in the middle of a verbal fight. Oh joy.
"Onna hating, justice-obsessed, katana-wielding anger management reject!"
"Angst ridden, death-obsessed, girly-haired, Onna wannabe!"
"Hey, no one insults the braid!" Duo jumped towards Wufei but was yanked back by said braid. He yowled in frustration but stopped.
"You two stop playing around we need to pack, we leave tomorrow at nineteen hundred hours" Heero ordered. Duo sprang into salute with a lopsided grin
"Yessir!" Heero just walked past and dragged him out by the braid.
"Ow! Hey watch it Heero, the braid ain't just for show it's actually attached!" Duo yelled in complaint. The others just followed the 'loving couple' out to the car.
~At the mansion the next morning~
"Let's see I need my mangas, my Vampire Hunter D plushie, my DBZ wallscrolls, my GBA, my Yu-Gi-Oh cards.(2)" Duo continued to name off things as he piled them into a very large trunk. So far, he was the only one with more than one suitcase.
"Duo, you don't need to bring all of those things with you, they are hardly a necessity." Heero commented, packing a smaller trunk with his things. Duo made a horrified face.
"What would I do without my precious anime or my collection of manga or my little action figures, or hey! That's what I forgot! My laptop with all the fanfics I'm reading!!" With that he sped off towards the library to collect his prize possession.
~I new I shouldn't have given him that for christmas. ~ Heero thought to himself. He stared after his koi for a moment before finishing packing and closing his trunk. Quatre had said that the apartment was already furnished with the exception of perishables. There was enough for the first day but they would need to go to the store the day after and stock up. As for living arrangements, he and Duo would share a room in the apt. next to Vero's along with Wufei. Trowa and Quatre would get the apartment above all to themselves.
Setting his things near the door, he headed to Quatre and Trowas room. He knocked on the doorframe, announcing his arrival. Looking in he found Quatre folding his and Trowas' clothes into a shared suitcase. Trowa walked out of the closet carrying the last bundle.
"That's all of it." He said quietly.
"Well then we're all packed Heero, what about you and Duo?" Quatre asked, clicking his suitcase shut.
"I'm packed and Duo is looking for his last few things." Heero replied. At that moment Wufei walked in behind him and leaned against the doorway.
"I'm done as well," he said having picked up the last of their conversation. "I ran into the braided baka and he said he was done too."
"Well it's almost noon so let's get something to eat before we head out." Quatre said, leading them out to the kitchen.
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After lunch, they went to the airport to claim their tickets and make last minute stops along the way. *Quatre had to potty!!! ^_^ * They boarded soon after, (3) and naturally they sat near eachother:
Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei in row E. Duo, Heero, and an elderly woman in row D.
Duo the master conversationalist soon found her name to be Sarah and that she was going to New York to visit her granddaughter Mimi. He told her they were headed to Idaho when she asked the same question. They got along together great until the oldy fell asleep. He turned to Heero to find another source of entertainment. He watched him hack into the schools' files and download their fake ids and profiles growing bored quick. Heero was soon finished and closed his laptop. He turned to Duo who was looking at him sleepily.
"After we unpack, we'll head to the manager's office in the complex to register. I suggest you get some rest."
"Gladly." Duo said as he snuggled up to Heero's side. Almost as an afterthought he replied to Heero. " Well at least this time we can enjoy being on earth instead of being plagued by 'the stalker'." Heero just smirked.
A/n: heh heh, maybe I'll be evil and grant that nightmare.fufufu.
1. This refers to the anime and manga known as Inu Yasha. Miroku, who has the same voice actor as Trowa, bonked Totosai, the, maker of Tetsuaiga, on the head after a random act of idiocy. 'Where am I? Who are you people?' (Bonk!)
2. I made Duo into an Otaku!
3. Do you know how long it takes to get on a Damned plane?! Forever!!!