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Dinner Time

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Minako had fallen asleep when her door was suddenly thrown open. She woke up with a start.

"Come on Sleeping Beauty, fifteen minutes to dinner," Duo told her with a grin. Minako yawned and rubbed her eyes.

"Coming," She told him. She went to her closet and pulled out an orange zip-up sweatshirt that matched her pants. She walked over to Duo.

"Let's go, I want food," He said with a gleam in his eyes. She laughed.

"Why'd you come to get me?" She asked.

"Relena told me to, apparently she wants to introduce you," He said with a shrug. Minako smiled.

"Then let's go," She said.

"Just to let you know, you aren't required to wear the uniform unless you're doing something messy," He told her. She nodded.

"That would make a little sense," she said with a grin.

"The uniforms are a lot easier to clean, and you can't see stains as easily on black," He told her with a shrug.

"I'll just wear it the first week and see how it goes," She said with a shrug.

"A good plan," He agreed. They came to a massive dining room and he brought her up to the front.

"Thank you Duo," Relena said with a smile. Minako smiled back.

"Alright, everyone, this is Minako," Relena started to the group around the table, "Minako, these are the rest of your teachers, Instructors Heero, Quatre, Trowa, Wufei, Sally, Dorothy, Rachel, Freddy, Mindy and Meg. John and Sam are cooking right now," She told the girl.

"Nice to meet you all," She said with a smile.

"Dinner starts in five, I'll bring you over to some of my boys," Duo said with a smile. He grabbed a roll off the table and started to follow him as the teachers started to talk.

"She looks like a weak Onna," Wufei commented.

"She might just surprise you," Relena said with a grin.

"She seems to have Duo pretty strung," Rachel said with a grin.

"He's like that with anyone who has looks," Dorothy said with a grin.

Duo was leading Minako to the end of one of the many small rectangular tables. He stopped and smiled at them.

"Hey guys," He said with a grin. He finished the roll, "I want you to meet Minako," He said with a smile. There were seven guys at that end of the table.

"Hey," They chorused before laughing.

"These animals are in all three years, and are definitely the best in my class," He told Minako.

"Awe, Shucks," One of them said sarcastically.

"This is Trent, he's the smart ass, but thankfully I don't have to deal with him anymore after this year," Duo said with a grin.

"Hi, I'm Minako, I just got here today," She told them.

"She's gonna eat with you guys," Duo told them. He walked away, leaving Minako and the boys.

"Sit down," Another boy said. He had wavy black hair and light green eyes. He scooted over and let her in next to him and a boy with red hair, blue eyes and freckles.

"Thanks," She said with a smile.

"I'm Derek and this is Mel," The boy told her, "Max," He had brown eyes and dark brown hair, "Donny," He had died blue hair and brown eyes, "George," Hazel eyes and Light brown hair, "Vince," dark blonde hair and light blue eyes, "And his brother Trent, " Dark blonde hair and dark blue eyes.

"I'm Minako Aino," She told them with a grin.

"You're hot," Donny said with a grin.

"I know," She said with a smile. The guys laughed.

"Where did you meet Duo?" Max asked.

"He was supposed to pick me up," She told them.

"Supposed to?" George asked.

"He did pick me up, but it was an hour late," She said with a grin.

"Duo, late?" Mel asked.

"No, he was there, he just wouldn't believe that I was the girl he was supposed to pick up," She said with a laugh.

"Generally girls that come here look or act like guys," Vince said with a shrug.

"Not me," Minako answered.

"So we noticed," Trent told her, wiggling his eyebrows.

"Why, if I didn't know any better I would say that you were checking me out," Minako said with a grin.

"You never know," He said with a smile. A gong sounded.

"Dinner's being served," Derek said happily. People brought out large pots of spaghetti and put them in the middle of the tables and then put baskets of bread. The boys started to dig in and Minako hung back until they were done. She piled her plate with more than the boys were eating and sat down. She started to shovel the food in and then she walked over to the bowl and got more. The boys looked at her in shock. She gave them a questioning look.

"Dude, you eat almost as much as Duo," Mel said in surprise.

"My friend Usagi eats almost four times as much as me," Minako said with a smile. They all looked at her as if she had four heads.

"You're a first year, right?" Derek asked.

"That would be a yes," Minako nodded.

"Cool, all the first years have the same classes. During the second and third year classes it depends on what you're really good at and what you suck at," He said with a smile.

"What do you all do for fun?" Minako asked. The boys grinned evilly at her.

"What?" She asked. They were still giving her the funny looks.

"Do you want to see first hand?" George asked.

"Oh hell no, if this is another attempt for some guy to sleep with me," Minako started, annoyed. They all laughed.

"No, we have a tendency to wreak havoc on the other barracks. It comes with being in Duo's wing," Trent told her.

"What about the girls' wing?" She asked.

"What about it? Usually it's empty," Vince reminded her.

"Well it wont be for the next few years," Minako said with a shrug.

"Depending on which crew you suit the most," Donny explained.

"Crew?" Minako asked.

"You'll see. Since there's only one of you, you can't be a crew. Instead you'll be put in one of the other crews instead. They like to mix the crews up between each other, but it's not so bad," Max told her.

"It just means more diversity," Trent said with a smile. everyone finished their meals at about the same time.

"Now what?" She asked as boys started to pick up their dishes and line up with them.

"Drop the pans and you're free," Derek said with a smile.

"Unless you have to fix certain vehicles," Came a stern female voice from behind them. Derek turned around with a grin, not seemingly surprised at all.

"What a pleasant surprise Instructor Dorothy," He told her.

"Cut the crap. You have to come with me, and so does the newbie," Dorothy said with a wink at Minako.

"I'll get your plates," Trent said with a smile.

"Time for more fun," Derek cheered. They started out at a brisk pace.

"Settling in Miss Aino?" Dorothy asked.

"My names Minako, and yes thank you," Minako answered.

"Derek here has a habit of rewiring things to do other than what they were originally meant for," Dorothy said shortly.

"I like to make them more interesting," Derek said primly. Dorothy snorted loudly.

"You like to cause more mischief," She told him, smacking him playfully on the arm.

"That could be the reason as well," He conceded.

"Go in there, Duo should be along soon," She told him as they came to the garage.

"See you later instructor, see you tomorrow morning Minako," Derek said with a cheery wave. He disappeared into the building with a whistle.

"That one's going to be trouble. I said it the first class I had with him, and I'll say it again now," Dorothy said with a laugh.

"So what am I doing?" Minako asked.

"You are being tested," She told her with a shrug.

"On what?" Minako asked.

"On everything I can think of for the next two hours," Dorothy said with a shrug.

"Is that all?" Minako asked with a shrug.

"Pretty much. What sort of weapons do you prefer?" Dorothy asked her as they came to a large shed in the east lawns.

"Uh, What do you have?" Minako asked.

"What can you think of?" Dorothy countered.

"In that case My favorites are, Steel fans (preferably with points), Bull Whips, Throwing knives, retractable staffs, bow and arrows (Both cross and long), Sais, numchucks, ninja stars, and poison," Minako answered. She quickly thought to herself 'Man, I just completely weirded myself out. I'm pretty sure that before I talked to Setsuna I didn't even know what most of those things were and the only reason I knew the others was because of the ninja turtles. Now I sound like Rei and Makoto having an argument with Haruka over which weapon is more dangerous,'

"On hand we have the whip, the knives, the staff, the numchucks, the stars, and the poison," Dorothy said.

"Damn, the fans are my favorite," Minako said with a frown.

"Those are pretty hard to teach," Dorothy told her.

"I mastered them a while back," Minako said with a shrug. 'A long way back. In fact, over a millennium ago,' She thought to herself.

"I'd like to see you use them soon," Dorothy said thoughtfully, "I might have you teach if your as good as you say,"

"Teach?" Minako asked in surprise.

"Yes, Relena needs to defend herself, but she doesn't want people to see her with weapons and wonder why she's carrying them. She says it will make them think that she's weak," Dorothy answered with a frown.

"No it wont. The people will understand that she's in a position of high authority and know that she needs to defend herself from those who do not share the hope of peace," Minako said with a frown.

"That's Relena for you," Dorothy said with a shrug.

"Doesn't she carry a compact around all of the time?" Minako asked.

"She has a small purse," Dorothy said.

"You guys just need to fix her clothes and teach her hidden attacks," Minako said with a shrug.

"What do you mean?" Dorothy asked curiously.

"Fix the sleeves of what she wears so that you can put small throwing knives in it or a ninja star. Use some sort of catch so that she can toss them when she needs to but have them hidden from view," Minako answered.

"We thought of that. They would set off metal detectors," Dorothy answered.

"Not if you didn't use metal. Use some form of crystal. Preferably diamond as it's the least likely to break," Minako told her.

"You know what? I like you," Dorothy told the young girl.

"Thanks, I like you to," Minako said with a smile.

"On with the test," Dorothy said with a grin. Dorothy told Minako to wait and then disappeared into the building. She came out a few minutes later with a few things they went around the shack and Minako smiled. On one of the walls there were two lines of targets. Five about her waist height, and five at about the top of her head. Dorothy put her bundle on the ground.

"The weapons?" Minako asked.

"Yes. First are throwing knives. I want you to throw one hard enough to get it lodged in the wood deep enough to stay, but not so deep as to get stuck," Dorothy commanded. She handed Minako a belt with fourteen of them on it. Minako strapped on the belt and pulled one off, throwing it into the wall between two targets. She looked at Dorothy expectantly.

"Good, now hit all of the targets," Dorothy said.

"One at a time?" Minako asked. Dorothy nodded. In fifteen seconds all ten targets had been hit in the bulls-eye. Dorothy turned and looked at the girl.

"That was good," Dorothy said with a smile.

"What can I say? I'm a sucker for attention," Minako said with a grin.

"I'm sure you can use those properly. Go get the ones in the wall and take off the belt," Dorothy told her. She pulled something out of the bag and stretched. Minako came back.

"Staff," Dorothy said, tossing one to her. Minako caught it gracefully. She stretched for a few seconds.

"I'm ready," Minako told her.

"Block all my hits," Dorothy told her. Minako pressed the button to extend the staff. Dorothy went through a series of simple maneuvers and Minako blocked them all. After that Dorothy started doing harder things. Dorothy stopped and looked at the girl.

"Now I want you to hit me," Dorothy said.

"Where?" Minako asked.

"Stomach, heart, one elbow and one knee," Dorothy said.

"I'll try not to hit you to hard," Minako said.

"I'm ready," Dorothy said with a smile. Minako nodded. She started simple and then faked a few moves and tapped the left elbow. Dorothy smiled.

"One down, three to go," Minako said with a smile. The staffs made resounding thwacks in the night air. Minako dropped and slid through dorothy's legs after about four minutes and popped back up before Dorothy could turn and hit the back of her right knee.

"Good move kid, you're fast," Dorothy said with a grin. Minako knew what that meant. It meant that she wasn't going to get it so easy now. They started again. Minako faked an opening and Dorothy fell for it, allowing Minako to twist the staff away and tap Dorothy on the chest.

"One left," Minako said with a nod. Dorothy started on the offense, leaving Minako to try and figure out what was going on. She took a couple of jabs to try and figure out what was going on. Dorothy smiled and slapped her staff back at her. Minako smiled in understanding. Dorothy was going to focus purely on offense so that Minako wouldn't be able to get in a good hit. The blonde girl shrugged her shoulders and started in on a flurry of motions that Dorothy blocked. Minako stopped about five minutes later and grinned. She slapped one end of the staff at Dorothy and when the woman went to block, Minako kicked it out her staff away and slammed the butt of her own into Dorothy's stomach. Dorothy flew back and hit the ground a few feet away. Minako's hand flew to her mouth and she ran for the woman.

"Are you alright?" She cried.

"I'm fine Aino. Do me a favor and hit Instructor Chang like that," Dorothy said with a grin. She took Minako's proffered hand and heaved herself up. They both turned at the sound of clapping.

"Nice job newbie," Derek said with a grin. He and Duo were standing and watching.

"You know, I'm in agreement with Dorothy, but I want to see you do it," Duo said with a smile.

"Duo, that sounds like a wonderful plan, but if you don't mind I need to finish testing her," Dorothy said with a smile.

"What's next?" Minako asked.

"I think we can deal with the stars next," Dorothy said with a nod. She reached into the bag and pulled out four of the deadly toys. She handed them to Minako, who smiled and felt their weight.

"What do you want me to do?" Minako asked.

"Can you lodge them into the targets?" Dorothy asked.

"I can try," Minako said with a shrug. She flipped them all into four of the targets.

"That's good. Now for the numchucks," she grabbed a pair and handed them to the petite blonde.

"Just move with them for a little while," Dorothy said with a nod. Minako smiled and started. Her arms and hands moved of their own volition as she went through movements she didn't know that she knew. 'muscle memory is a great thing indeed,' She thought to herself. about fifteen minutes an a lot of showing off later, Dorothy motioned her to stop.

"Now for the whip," Dorothy said with a smile. Minako grinned. As Sailor Venus, her most often used weapon was the love chain, which in actuality was a whip. It was natural for her. The whip and the fans were the best. The fans were a weapon used by Venetian royalty for over a millennium. She had been galaxy renowned for her extensive knowledge of those two weapons in the silver millennium. She took the weapon from the woman and snapped it experimentally.

"Targets?" Minako asked.

"I point something out, you hit it," Dorothy said with a shrug.

"Let's get this going," Minako said with a grin.

"The leaf on the end of the tree branch," Dorothy pointed.

"Just the leaf?" She snapped the whip. No noise was heard as the leaf was taken clean off and the branch didn't so much as tremble.

"Holy shit," Duo said.

"Such language in front of ladies?" Minako asked with a raised eyebrow.

"She's right Duo. Holy Fucking Shit makes more sense," Derek said with a nod. Minako shook her head and snapped the whip back, making it crack very loudly. She then flipped back and forth quickly, making a loud hissing noise. Then she snapped it once again, only this time she made it whistle.

"Alright, I think it's safe to say you have control over the whip," Dorothy said with a grin.

"What's left?" Duo asked.

"Poison, but I have a feeling that she's fine with that," Dorothy said with a grin.

"Does that mean I get to go to bed?" Minako asked. Dorothy smiled and nodded. She motioned the two guys over to talk as Minako walked away. Minako walked up to the large building and raised an eyebrow at the guys that were sitting in front of a TV. They were watching her practice.

"Security camera's?" She asked wryly. Vince turned and grinned at her.

"We set up a system a while back so that we could watch them from the living room TV. We watch all the newbies show what they've got," He told her unabashedly.

"Figures," They were watching her toss the knives again.

"Dude, you're fantastic," Mel said in awe.

"If I had known you were watching I wouldn't have shown off," Minako said with a blush.

"I don't see anything special," Commented a boy with long blonde hair in a ponytail.

"Shut up Fred, you're just jealous," George told him with a glare.

"She's a show off, plain and simple. She wouldn't last a second in real combat," Another boy commented. He had short spiky black hair.

"Nobody cares what you say Sam," Trent told him with a glare.

"She's a girl," another guy said. People started to stick up for her and put her down. It seemed like their was almost a line down the middle. Minako pushed to the middle and got on the table.

"SHUT UP," She shouted loudly. They all stopped an looked at her. She gave the guys against her a glare a little worse than Heero's and gave a softened version of it to the other guys. She looked back at the other side and crossed her arms over her chest.

"You don't know me, so don't you dare judge me. You don't know what I've been through, and you don't know what I'm capable of," She turned to the other side again. "As for you guys, You do not fight with your friends over something as stupid as this argument was. You ignore them. Jesus you're acting like five year olds. Do you have any idea what that looks like?" A couple of the other guys snickered. She turned. "don't laugh, you all did it to," She glared at all of them again. She scowled. "I hope that by tomorrow morning you are all acting your own age once again," She hopped down and walked out of the room. They all just stared at her as she walked out of the room and down the hall.

"Dude, she's hot," Someone said from the back.

"No shit," Another called.

"Dude, let's all save it. The instructors are gonna be pissed off if they find out what happened," Trent said with a grin.

"I'm for bed," Vince said with a grin. He wandered out and to his dorms.

"Dude, It's only 9," Mel called.

"Curfews not for another hour," George called.

"I have a good dream waiting for me though," Vince said with a grin.

"My brother definitely has the right idea," Trent said with a grin.